Added Revised Standard Version (CE) to ths available books - bbl - Read, search and index the Bible on the command line -- Greek, Latin, KJV, Knox, RSV, and more

commit d8996e9c9966339fc79b42122fb7d2ae91c9e057
parent 05336feb4ae9bceddcdcaae12b43b1cc8186ac0a
Author: Wilson Gheen <wilson@wilsonrgheen.com>
Date:   Wed,  9 Feb 2022 06:02:10 -0600

Added Revised Standard Version (CE) to ths available books

Diffstat:
M README.md  | 6 +++++-
M bbl.awk  | 4 ++--
M bbl.sh  | 18 ++++++++++++------
M drb.tsv  | 9380 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------------------
M knx.tsv  | 20940 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------------------
M njb.tsv  | 23901 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------------------
A rsv.tsv  | 35578 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

7 files changed, 62696 insertions(+), 27131 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ This implementation allows for numerous translations/versions of the Bible to be
 ## Usage
 
 ```
+
 usage: bbl [flags] [bible] [reference...]
 
   Flags:
@@ -15,12 +16,13 @@ usage: bbl [flags] [bible] [reference...]
   -W, --no-line-wrap      no line wrap
   -c, --cat               echo text to STDOUT
   -h, --help              show help
-  Bible:
+  Bibles:
   -d, --douay             Douay-Rheims Bible
   -g, --greek             Greek Bible (Septuagint + SBL NT)
   -j, --jerusalem         New Jerusalem Bible
   -k, --kjv               King James Bible
   -n, --knox              Knox Bible
+  -r, --rsv               Revised Standard Version: Catholic Edition
   -v, --vulgate           Clementine Vulgate
 
   Reference types:
@@ -30,6 +32,8 @@ usage: bbl [flags] [bible] [reference...]
           Individual chapter of a book
       <Book>:<Chapter>:<Verse>[,<Verse>]...
           Individual verse(s) of a specific chapter of a book
+      <Book>:<Chapter>:<Verse>[,<Chapter>:<Verse>]...
+          Individual verses of different chapters of a book
       <Book>:<Chapter>-<Chapter>
           Range of chapters in a book
       <Book>:<Chapter>:<Verse>-<Verse>
diff --git a/bbl.awk b/bbl.awk
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ function parseref(ref, arr) {
 	# 1. <book>
 	# 2. <book>:?<chapter>
 	# 3. <book>:?<chapter>:<verse>
-	# 3a. <book>:?<chapter>:<verse>[,<verse>]...
-	# 3b. <book>:?<chapter>:<verse>[, <chapter>:<verse>]...
+	# 3a. <book>:?<chapter>:<verse>[, ?<verse>]...
+	# 3b. <book>:?<chapter>:<verse>[, ?<chapter>:<verse>]...
 	# 4. <book>:?<chapter>-<chapter>
 	# 5. <book>:?<chapter>:<verse>-<verse>
 	# 6. <book>:?<chapter>:<verse>-<chapter>:<verse>
diff --git a/bbl.sh b/bbl.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ show_help() {
         echo "  -g, --greek             Greek Bible (Septuagint + SBL NT)"
 	echo "  -j, --jerusalem         New Jerusalem Bible"
 	echo "  -k, --kjv               King James Bible"
+    echo "  -r, --rsv               Revised Standard Version: Catholic Edition"
 	echo "  -n, --knox              Knox Bible"
 	echo "  -v, --vulgate           Clementine Vulgate"
 	echo
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ show_help() {
 	echo "          Individual chapter of a book"
 	echo "      <Book>:<Chapter>:<Verse>[,<Verse>]..."
 	echo "          Individual verse(s) of a specific chapter of a book"
+	echo "      <Book>:<Chapter>:<Verse>[,<Chapter>:<Verse>]..."
+	echo "          Individual verses of different chapters of a book"
 	echo "      <Book>:<Chapter>-<Chapter>"
 	echo "          Range of chapters in a book"
 	echo "      <Book>:<Chapter>:<Verse>-<Verse>"
@@ -66,7 +69,7 @@ set_bible() {
     fi
 }
 
-opts="$(getopt -o lWchdgjknv -l list,no-line-wrap,cat,help,douay,greek,jerusalem,kjv,knox,vulgate -- "$@")"
+opts="$(getopt -o lWchdgjknrv -l list,no-line-wrap,cat,help,douay,greek,jerusalem,kjv,knox,rsv,vulgate -- "$@")"
 eval set -- "$opts"
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
     case $1 in
@@ -101,6 +104,9 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
         -n|--knox)
                 set_bible knx
                 shift ;;
+        -r|--rsv)
+                set_bible rsv
+                shift ;;
         -v|--vulgate)
                 set_bible vul
                 shift ;;
@@ -139,17 +145,17 @@ fi
 
 crossRef=0
 i=1
-mydir=$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp/}$(basename $0).XXXXXXXXXXXX")
+myTempDir=$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp/}$(basename $0).XXXXXXXXXXXX")
 for version in $BIBLE; do
-    get_data ${version}.tsv 2>/dev/null | awk -v cmd=ref -v ref="$*" -v cross_ref="$crossRef" "$(get_data bbl.awk)" 2>/dev/null > "${mydir}/${i}-${version}.txt"
+    get_data ${version}.tsv 2>/dev/null | awk -v cmd=ref -v ref="$*" -v cross_ref="$crossRef" "$(get_data bbl.awk)" 2>/dev/null > "${myTempDir}/${i}-${version}.txt"
     i=$((i + 1))
     crossRef=1
 done
 
-cd "${mydir}"
+cd "${myTempDir}"
 if [ ${crossRef} ]; then
     paste $(ls) -d "@" | column -t -s "@" -o "	" | sed '/^[a-zA-Z]/s/^/\t/;1s/^ *//;' | ${PAGER}
 else
-    ${PAGER} "${mydir}/$(ls)"
+    ${PAGER} "${myTempDir}/$(ls)"
 fi
-rm -rf "${mydir}"
+rm -rf "${myTempDir}"
diff --git a/drb.tsv b/drb.tsv
@@ -2359,7 +2359,7 @@ Exodus	Ex	2	29	24	And thou shalt put all upon the hands of Aaron and of his sons
 Exodus	Ex	2	29	25	And thou shalt take all from their hands, and shalt burn them upon the altar for a holocaust, a most sweet savour in the sight of the Lord, because it is his oblation.
 Exodus	Ex	2	29	26	Thou shalt take also the breast of the ram, wherewith Aaron was consecrated, and elevating it thou shalt sanctify it before the Lord, and it shall fall to thy share.
 Exodus	Ex	2	29	27	And thou shalt sanctify both the consecrated breast, and the shoulder that thou didst separate of the ram,
-Exodus	Ex	2	29	28	Wherewith Aaron was consecrated and his sons, and they shall fall to Aarons share and his sons' by a perpetual right from the children of Israel: because they are the choicest and the beginnings of their peace victims which they offer to the Lord.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	28	Wherewith Aaron was consecrated and his sons, and they shall fall to Aaron's share and his sons' by a perpetual right from the children of Israel: because they are the choicest and the beginnings of their peace victims which they offer to the Lord.
 Exodus	Ex	2	29	29	And the holy vesture, which Aaron shall use, his sons shall have after him, that they may be anointed, and their hands consecrated to it.
 Exodus	Ex	2	29	30	He of his sons that shall be appointed high priest in his stead, and that shall enter into the tabernacle of the testimony to minister in the sanctuary, shall wear it seven days.
 Exodus	Ex	2	29	31	And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and shalt boil the flesh thereof in the holy place:
@@ -2797,7 +2797,7 @@ Leviticus	Lev	3	4	5	He shall take also of the blood of the calf, and carry it in
 Leviticus	Lev	3	4	6	And having dipped his finger in the blood, he shall sprinkle with it seven times before the Lord, before the veil of the sanctuary.
 Leviticus	Lev	3	4	7	And he shall put some of the same blood upon the horns of the altar of the sweet incense most acceptable to the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of the testimony. And he shall pour all the rest of the blood at the foot of the altar of holocaust in the entry of the tabernacle.
 Leviticus	Lev	3	4	8	And he shall take off the fat of the calf for the sin offering, as well that which covereth the entrails, as all the inwards:
-Leviticus	Lev	3	4	9	The two little kidneys, and the caul that is upon them, which is by the hanks, and the fat of the liver with the little kidneys,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	9	The two little kidneys, and the caul that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the fat of the liver with the little kidneys,
 Leviticus	Lev	3	4	10	As it is taken off from the calf of the sacrifice of peace offerings, and he shall burn them upon the altar of holocaust.
 Leviticus	Lev	3	4	11	But the skin and all the flesh with the head and the feet and the bowels and the dung,
 Leviticus	Lev	3	4	12	And the rest of the body he shall carry forth without the camp into a clean place where the ashes are wont to be poured out, and he shall burn them upon a pile of wood, they shall be burnt in the place where the ashes are poured out.
@@ -3587,7 +3587,7 @@ Leviticus	Lev	3	27	21	For when the day of jubilee cometh, it shall be sanctified
 Leviticus	Lev	3	27	22	If a field that was bought, and not of a man's ancestors' possession, be sanctified to the Lord,
 Leviticus	Lev	3	27	23	The priest shall reckon the price according to the number of years: unto the jubilee: and he that had vowed, shall give that to the Lord.
 Leviticus	Lev	3	27	24	But in the jubilee, it shall return to the former owner, who had sold it, and had it in the lot of his possession.
-Leviticus	Lev	3	27	25	All estimation shall be made according to the side of the sanctuary. A sicle hath twenty obols.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	25	All estimation shall be made according to the sicle of the sanctuary. A sicle hath twenty obols.
 Leviticus	Lev	3	27	26	The firstborn, which belong to the Lord, no man may sanctify and vow: whether it be bullock, or sheep, they are the Lord's.
 Leviticus	Lev	3	27	27	And if it be an unclean beast, he that offereth it shall redeem it, according to thy estimation, and shall add the fifth part of the price. If he will not redeem it, it shall be sold to another for how much soever it was estimated by thee.
 Leviticus	Lev	3	27	28	Any thing that is devoted to the Lord, whether it be man, or beast, or field, shall not be sold, neither may it be redeemed. Whatsoever is once consecrated shall be holy of holies to the Lord.
@@ -6210,7 +6210,7 @@ Josue	Jos	6	15	10	And it compasseth from Baala westward unto mount Seir: and pas
 Josue	Jos	6	15	11	And it reacheth northward to a part of Accaron at the side: and bendeth to Sechrona, and passeth mount Baala: and cometh into Jebneel, and is bounded westward with the great sea.
 Josue	Jos	6	15	12	These are the borders round about of the children of Juda in their kindreds.
 Josue	Jos	6	15	13	But to Caleb the son of Jephone he gave a portion in the midst of the children of Juda, as the Lord had commanded him: Cariath-Arbe the father of Enac. which is Hebron.
-Josue	Jos	6	15	14	And Caleb destroyed out of it the three sons of Ehac, Sesai and Ahiman. and Tholmai of the race of Enac.
+Josue	Jos	6	15	14	And Caleb destroyed out of it the three sons of Enac, Sesai and Ahiman. and Tholmai of the race of Enac.
 Josue	Jos	6	15	15	And going up from thence he came to the inhabitants of Dabir, which before was called Cariath-Sepher, that is to say, the city of letters.
 Josue	Jos	6	15	16	And Caleb said: He that shall smite Cariath-Sepher, and take it, I will give him Axa my daughter to wife.
 Josue	Jos	6	15	17	And Othoniel the son of Cenez, the younger brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Axa his daughter to wife.
@@ -7120,91 +7120,91 @@ Judges	Jdg	7	21	21	And when you shall see the daughters of Silo come out, as the
 Judges	Jdg	7	21	22	And when their fathers and their brethren shall come, and shall begin to complain against you, and to chide, we will say to them: Have pity on them for they took them not away as by the right of war or conquest, but when they asked to have them, you gave them not, and the fault was committed on your part.
 Judges	Jdg	7	21	23	And the children of Benjamin did, as they had been commanded: and according to their number, they carried off for themselves every man his wife of them that were dancing: and they went into their possession and built up their cities, and dwelt in them.
 Judges	Jdg	7	21	24	The children of Israel also returned by their tribes, and families, to their dwellings. In those days there was no king in Israel: but every one did that which seemed right to himself.
-Ruth	Ru	8	1	1	In the days of one of the judges, when the judges ruled, there came a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem Juda, went to sojourn in the land of Moab with his wife and his two sons.
-Ruth	Ru	8	1	2	He was named Elimelech, and his wife, Noemi: and his two sons, the one Mahalon, and the other Chelion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Juda. And entering into the country of Moab, they abode there.
-Ruth	Ru	8	1	3	And Elimelech the husband of Noemi died: and she remained with her sons.
-Ruth	Ru	8	1	4	And they took wives of the women of Moab, of which one was called Orpha, and the other Ruth. And they dwelt there ten years.
-Ruth	Ru	8	1	5	And they both died, to wit, Mahalon and Chelion: and the woman was left alone, having lost both her sons and her husband.
-Ruth	Ru	8	1	6	And she arose to go from the land of Moab to her own country with both her daughters in law: for she had heard that the Lord had looked upon his people, and had given them food.
-Ruth	Ru	8	1	7	Wherefore she went forth out of the place of her sojournment, with both her daughters in law: and being now in the way to return into the land of Juda,
-Ruth	Ru	8	1	8	She said to them: Go ye home to your mothers: the Lord deal mercifully with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.
-Ruth	Ru	8	1	9	May he grant you to find rest in the houses of the husbands which you shall take. And she kissed them. And they lifted up their voice and began to weep,
-Ruth	Ru	8	1	10	And to say: We will go on with thee to thy people.
-Ruth	Ru	8	1	11	But she answered them: Return, my daughters: why come ye with me? have I any more sons in my womb, that you may hope for husbands of me?
-Ruth	Ru	8	1	12	Return again, my daughters, and go your ways: for I am now spent with age, and not fit for wedlock. Although I might conceive this night, and bear children,
-Ruth	Ru	8	1	13	If you would wait till they were grown up, and come to man's estate, you would be old women before you marry. Do not so, my daughters, I beseech you: for I am grieved the more for your distress, and the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.
-Ruth	Ru	8	1	14	And they lifted up their voice, and began to weep again: Orpha kissed her mother in law and returned: Ruth stuck close to her mother in law.
-Ruth	Ru	8	1	15	And Noemi said to her: Behold thy kinswoman is returned to her people, and to her gods, go thou with her.
-Ruth	Ru	8	1	16	She answered: Be not against me, to desire that I should leave thee and depart: for whithersoever thou shalt go, I will go: and where thou shalt dwell, I also will dwell. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.
-Ruth	Ru	8	1	17	The land that shall receive thee dying, in the same will I die: and there will I be buried. The Lord do so and so to me, and add more also, if aught but death part me and thee.
-Ruth	Ru	8	1	18	Then Noemi, seeing that Ruth was steadfastly determined to go with her, would not be against it, nor persuade her any more to return to her friends:
-Ruth	Ru	8	1	19	So they went together and came to Bethlehem. And when they were come into the city, the report was quickly spread among all: and the women said: This is that Noemi.
-Ruth	Ru	8	1	20	But she said to them: Call me not Noemi, (that is, beautiful,) but call me Mara, (that is, bitter,) for the Almighty hath quite filled me with bitterness.
-Ruth	Ru	8	1	21	I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me back empty. Why then do you call me Noemi, whom the Lord hath humbled and the Almighty hath afflicted?
-Ruth	Ru	8	1	22	So Noemi came with Ruth the Moabitess her daughter in law, from the land of her sojournment: and returned into Bethlehem, in the beginning of the barley harvest.
-Ruth	Ru	8	2	1	Now her husband Elimelech had a kinsman, a powerful man, and very rich, whose name was Booz.
-Ruth	Ru	8	2	2	And Ruth the Moabitess said to her mother in law: If thou wilt, I will go into the field, and glean the ears of corn that escape the hands of the reapers, wheresoever I shall find grace with a householder that will be favourable to me. And she answered her: Go, my daughter.
-Ruth	Ru	8	2	3	She went therefore and gleaned the ears of corn after the reapers. And it happened that the owner of that field was Booz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
-Ruth	Ru	8	2	4	And behold, he came out of Bethlehem, and said to the reapers: The Lord be with you. And they answered him: The Lord bless thee.
-Ruth	Ru	8	2	5	And Booz said to the young man that was set over the reapers: Whose maid is this?
-Ruth	Ru	8	2	6	And he answered him: This is the Moabitess who came with Noemi, from the land of Moab,
-Ruth	Ru	8	2	7	And she desired leave to glean the ears of corn that remain, following the steps of the reapers: and she hath been in the field from morning till now, and hath not gone home for one moment.
-Ruth	Ru	8	2	8	And Booz said to Ruth: Hear me, daughter, do not go to glean in any other field, and do not depart from this place: but keep with my maids,
-Ruth	Ru	8	2	9	And follow where they reap. For I have charged my young men, not to molest thee: and if thou art thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink of the waters whereof the servants drink.
-Ruth	Ru	8	2	10	She fell on her face and worshipping upon the ground, said to him: Whence cometh this to me, that I should find grace before thy eyes, and that thou shouldst vouchsafe to take notice of me a woman of another country?
-Ruth	Ru	8	2	11	And he answered her: All hath been told me, that thou hast done to thy mother in law after the death of thy husband: and how thou hast left thy parents, and the land wherein thou wast born, and art come to a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
-Ruth	Ru	8	2	12	The Lord render unto thee for thy work, and mayest thou receive a full reward of the Lord the God of Israel, to whom thou art come, and under whose wings thou art fled.
-Ruth	Ru	8	2	13	And she said: I have found grace in thy eyes, my lord, who hast comforted me and hast spoken to the heart of thy handmaid, who am not like to one of thy maids.
-Ruth	Ru	8	2	14	And Booz said to her: At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. So she sat at the side of the reapers, and she heaped to herself frumenty, and ate and was filled, and took the leavings.
-Ruth	Ru	8	2	15	And she arose from thence, to glean the ears of corn as before. And Booz commanded his servants, saying: If she would even reap with you, hinder her not:
-Ruth	Ru	8	2	16	And let fall some of your handfuls of purpose, and leave them, that she may gather them without shame, and let no man rebuke her when she gathereth them.
-Ruth	Ru	8	2	17	She gleaned therefore in the field till evening: and beating out with a rod and threshing what she had gleaned, she found about the measure of an ephi of barley, that is, three bushels:
-Ruth	Ru	8	2	18	Which she took up and returned into the city, and shewed it to her mother in law: moreover she brought out, and gave her of the remains of her meat, wherewith she had been filled.
-Ruth	Ru	8	2	19	And her mother in law said to her: Where hast thou gleaned today, and where hast thou wrought? blessed be he that hath had pity on thee. And she told her with whom she had wrought: and she told the man's name, that he was called Booz.
-Ruth	Ru	8	2	20	And Noemi answered her: Blessed be he of the Lord: because the same kindness which he shewed to the living, he hath kept also to the dead. And again she said: The man is our kinsman.
-Ruth	Ru	8	2	21	And Ruth said, He also charged me, that I should keep close to his reapers, till all the corn should be reaped.
-Ruth	Ru	8	2	22	And her mother in law said to her: It is better for thee, my daughter, to go out to reap with his maids, lest in another man's field some one may resist thee.
-Ruth	Ru	8	2	23	So she kept close to the maids of Booz: and continued to glean with them, till all the barley and the wheat were laid up in the barns.
-Ruth	Ru	8	3	1	After she was returned to her mother in law, Noemi said to her: My daughter, I will seek rest for thee, and will provide that it may be well with thee.
-Ruth	Ru	8	3	2	This Booz, with whose maids thou wast joined in the field, is our near kinsman, and behold this night he winnoweth barley in the threshingfloor.
-Ruth	Ru	8	3	3	Wash thyself therefore and anoint thee, and put on thy best garments, and go down to the barnfloor: but let not the man see thee, till he shall have done eating and drinking.
-Ruth	Ru	8	3	4	And when he shall go to sleep, mark the place wherein he sleepeth: and thou shalt go in, and lift up the clothes wherewith he is covered towards his feet, and shalt lay thyself down there: and he will tell thee what thou must do.
-Ruth	Ru	8	3	5	She answered: Whatsoever thou shalt command, I will do.
-Ruth	Ru	8	3	6	And she went down to the barnfloor, and did all that her mother in law had bid her.
-Ruth	Ru	8	3	7	And when Booz had eaten, and drunk, and was merry, he went to sleep by the heap of sheaves, and she came softly and uncovering his feet, laid herself down.
-Ruth	Ru	8	3	8	And behold, when it was now midnight the man was afraid, and troubled: and he saw a woman lying at his feet,
-Ruth	Ru	8	3	9	And he said to her: Who art thou? And she answered: I am Ruth thy handmaid: spread thy coverlet over thy servant, for thou art a near kinsman.
-Ruth	Ru	8	3	10	And he said: Blessed art thou of the Lord, my daughter, and thy latter kindness has surpassed the former: because thou hast not followed young men either poor or rich.
-Ruth	Ru	8	3	11	Fear not therefore, but whatsoever thou shalt say to me I will do to thee. For all the people that dwell within the gates of my city, know that thou art a virtuous woman.
-Ruth	Ru	8	3	12	Neither do I deny myself to be near of kin, but there is another nearer than I.
-Ruth	Ru	8	3	13	Rest thou this night: and when morning is come, if he will take thee by the right of kindred, all is well: but if he will not, I will undoubtedly take thee, as the Lord liveth: sleep till the morning.
-Ruth	Ru	8	3	14	So she slept at his feet till the night was going off. And she arose before men could know one another, and Booz said: Beware lest any man know that thou camest hither.
-Ruth	Ru	8	3	15	And again he said: Spread thy mantle, wherewith thou art covered, and hold it with both hands. And when she spread it and held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it upon her. And she carried it and went into the city,
-Ruth	Ru	8	3	16	And came to her mother in law; who said to her: What hast thou done, daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
-Ruth	Ru	8	3	17	And she said: Behold he hath given me six measures of barley: for he said: I will not have thee return empty to thy mother in law.
-Ruth	Ru	8	3	18	And Noemi said: Wait my daughter, till we see what end the thing will have. For the man will not rest until he have accomplished what he hath said.
-Ruth	Ru	8	4	1	Then Booz went up to the gate, and sat there. And when he had seen the kinsman going by, of whom he had spoken before, he said to him, calling him by his name: Turn aside for a little while, and sit down here. He turned aside, and sat down.
-Ruth	Ru	8	4	2	And Booz taking ten men of the ancients of the city, said to them: Sit ye down here.
-Ruth	Ru	8	4	3	They sat down, and he spoke to the kinsman: Noemi, who is returned from the country of Moab, will sell a parcel of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.
-Ruth	Ru	8	4	4	I would have thee to understand this, and would tell thee before all that sit here, and before the ancients of my people. If thou wilt take possession of it by the right of kindred: buy it and possess it: but if it please thee not, tell me so, that I may know what I have to do. For there is no near kinsman besides thee, who art first, and me, who am second. But he answered: I will buy the field.
-Ruth	Ru	8	4	5	And Booz said to him: When thou shalt buy the field at the woman's hand, thou must take also Ruth the Moabitess, who was the wife of the deceased: to raise up the name of thy kinsman in his inheritance.
-Ruth	Ru	8	4	6	He answered: I yield up my right of next akin: for I must not cut off the posterity of my own family. Do thou make use of my privilege, which I profess I do willingly forego.
-Ruth	Ru	8	4	7	Now this in former times was the manner in Israel between kinsmen, that if at any time one yielded his right to another: that the grant might be sure, the man put off his shoe, and gave it to his neighhour; this was a testimony of cession of right in Israel.
-Ruth	Ru	8	4	8	So Booz said to his kinsman: Put off thy shoe. And immediately he took it off from his foot.
-Ruth	Ru	8	4	9	And he said to the ancients and to all the people: You are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and Chelion's, and Mahalon's, of the hand of Noemi:
-Ruth	Ru	8	4	10	And have taken to wife Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahalon, to raise up the name of the deceased in his inheritance lest his name be cut off, from among his family and his brethren and his people. You, I say, are witnesses of this thing.
-Ruth	Ru	8	4	11	Then all the people that were in the gate, and the ancients answered: We are witnesses: The Lord make this woman who cometh into thy house, like Rachel, and Lia, who built up the house of Israel: that she may be an example of virtue in Ephrata, and may have a famous name in Bethlehem:
-Ruth	Ru	8	4	12	And that the house may be, as the house of Phares, whom Thamar bore unto Juda, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.
-Ruth	Ru	8	4	13	Booz therefore took Ruth, and married her: and went in unto her, and the Lord gave her to conceive and to bear a son.
-Ruth	Ru	8	4	14	And the women said to Noemi: Blessed be the Lord, who hath not suffered thy family to want a successor, that his name should be preserved in Israel.
-Ruth	Ru	8	4	15	And thou shouldst have one to comfort thy soul, and cherish thy old age. For he is born of thy daughter in law: who loveth thee: and is much better to thee, than if thou hadst seven sons.
-Ruth	Ru	8	4	16	And Noemi taking the child laid it in her bosom, and she carried it, and was a nurse unto it.
-Ruth	Ru	8	4	17	And the women her neighbours, congratulating with her and saying: There is a son born to Noemi: called his name Obed: he is the father of Isai, the father of David.
-Ruth	Ru	8	4	18	These are the generations of Phares: Phares begot Esron,
-Ruth	Ru	8	4	19	Esron begot Aram, Aram begot Aminadab,
-Ruth	Ru	8	4	20	Aminadab begot Nahasson, Nahasson begot Salmon,
-Ruth	Ru	8	4	21	Salmon begot Booz, Booz begot Obed,
-Ruth	Ru	8	4	22	Obed begot Isai, Isai begot David.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	1	In the days of one of the judges, when the judges ruled, there came a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem Juda, went to sojourn in the land of Moab with his wife and his two sons.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	2	He was named Elimelech, and his wife, Noemi: and his two sons, the one Mahalon, and the other Chelion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Juda. And entering into the country of Moab, they abode there.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	3	And Elimelech the husband of Noemi died: and she remained with her sons.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	4	And they took wives of the women of Moab, of which one was called Orpha, and the other Ruth. And they dwelt there ten years.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	5	And they both died, to wit, Mahalon and Chelion: and the woman was left alone, having lost both her sons and her husband.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	6	And she arose to go from the land of Moab to her own country with both her daughters in law: for she had heard that the Lord had looked upon his people, and had given them food.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	7	Wherefore she went forth out of the place of her sojournment, with both her daughters in law: and being now in the way to return into the land of Juda,
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	8	She said to them: Go ye home to your mothers: the Lord deal mercifully with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	9	May he grant you to find rest in the houses of the husbands which you shall take. And she kissed them. And they lifted up their voice and began to weep,
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	10	And to say: We will go on with thee to thy people.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	11	But she answered them: Return, my daughters: why come ye with me? have I any more sons in my womb, that you may hope for husbands of me?
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	12	Return again, my daughters, and go your ways: for I am now spent with age, and not fit for wedlock. Although I might conceive this night, and bear children,
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	13	If you would wait till they were grown up, and come to man's estate, you would be old women before you marry. Do not so, my daughters, I beseech you: for I am grieved the more for your distress, and the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	14	And they lifted up their voice, and began to weep again: Orpha kissed her mother in law and returned: Ruth stuck close to her mother in law.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	15	And Noemi said to her: Behold thy kinswoman is returned to her people, and to her gods, go thou with her.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	16	She answered: Be not against me, to desire that I should leave thee and depart: for whithersoever thou shalt go, I will go: and where thou shalt dwell, I also will dwell. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	17	The land that shall receive thee dying, in the same will I die: and there will I be buried. The Lord do so and so to me, and add more also, if aught but death part me and thee.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	18	Then Noemi, seeing that Ruth was steadfastly determined to go with her, would not be against it, nor persuade her any more to return to her friends:
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	19	So they went together and came to Bethlehem. And when they were come into the city, the report was quickly spread among all: and the women said: This is that Noemi.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	20	But she said to them: Call me not Noemi, (that is, beautiful,) but call me Mara, (that is, bitter,) for the Almighty hath quite filled me with bitterness.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	21	I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me back empty. Why then do you call me Noemi, whom the Lord hath humbled and the Almighty hath afflicted?
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	22	So Noemi came with Ruth the Moabitess her daughter in law, from the land of her sojournment: and returned into Bethlehem, in the beginning of the barley harvest.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	1	Now her husband Elimelech had a kinsman, a powerful man, and very rich, whose name was Booz.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	2	And Ruth the Moabitess said to her mother in law: If thou wilt, I will go into the field, and glean the ears of corn that escape the hands of the reapers, wheresoever I shall find grace with a householder that will be favourable to me. And she answered her: Go, my daughter.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	3	She went therefore and gleaned the ears of corn after the reapers. And it happened that the owner of that field was Booz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	4	And behold, he came out of Bethlehem, and said to the reapers: The Lord be with you. And they answered him: The Lord bless thee.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	5	And Booz said to the young man that was set over the reapers: Whose maid is this?
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	6	And he answered him: This is the Moabitess who came with Noemi, from the land of Moab,
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	7	And she desired leave to glean the ears of corn that remain, following the steps of the reapers: and she hath been in the field from morning till now, and hath not gone home for one moment.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	8	And Booz said to Ruth: Hear me, daughter, do not go to glean in any other field, and do not depart from this place: but keep with my maids,
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	9	And follow where they reap. For I have charged my young men, not to molest thee: and if thou art thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink of the waters whereof the servants drink.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	10	She fell on her face and worshipping upon the ground, said to him: Whence cometh this to me, that I should find grace before thy eyes, and that thou shouldst vouchsafe to take notice of me a woman of another country?
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	11	And he answered her: All hath been told me, that thou hast done to thy mother in law after the death of thy husband: and how thou hast left thy parents, and the land wherein thou wast born, and art come to a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	12	The Lord render unto thee for thy work, and mayest thou receive a full reward of the Lord the God of Israel, to whom thou art come, and under whose wings thou art fled.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	13	And she said: I have found grace in thy eyes, my lord, who hast comforted me and hast spoken to the heart of thy handmaid, who am not like to one of thy maids.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	14	And Booz said to her: At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. So she sat at the side of the reapers, and she heaped to herself frumenty, and ate and was filled, and took the leavings.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	15	And she arose from thence, to glean the ears of corn as before. And Booz commanded his servants, saying: If she would even reap with you, hinder her not:
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	16	And let fall some of your handfuls of purpose, and leave them, that she may gather them without shame, and let no man rebuke her when she gathereth them.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	17	She gleaned therefore in the field till evening: and beating out with a rod and threshing what she had gleaned, she found about the measure of an ephi of barley, that is, three bushels:
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	18	Which she took up and returned into the city, and shewed it to her mother in law: moreover she brought out, and gave her of the remains of her meat, wherewith she had been filled.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	19	And her mother in law said to her: Where hast thou gleaned today, and where hast thou wrought? blessed be he that hath had pity on thee. And she told her with whom she had wrought: and she told the man's name, that he was called Booz.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	20	And Noemi answered her: Blessed be he of the Lord: because the same kindness which he shewed to the living, he hath kept also to the dead. And again she said: The man is our kinsman.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	21	And Ruth said, He also charged me, that I should keep close to his reapers, till all the corn should be reaped.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	22	And her mother in law said to her: It is better for thee, my daughter, to go out to reap with his maids, lest in another man's field some one may resist thee.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	23	So she kept close to the maids of Booz: and continued to glean with them, till all the barley and the wheat were laid up in the barns.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	1	After she was returned to her mother in law, Noemi said to her: My daughter, I will seek rest for thee, and will provide that it may be well with thee.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	2	This Booz, with whose maids thou wast joined in the field, is our near kinsman, and behold this night he winnoweth barley in the threshingfloor.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	3	Wash thyself therefore and anoint thee, and put on thy best garments, and go down to the barnfloor: but let not the man see thee, till he shall have done eating and drinking.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	4	And when he shall go to sleep, mark the place wherein he sleepeth: and thou shalt go in, and lift up the clothes wherewith he is covered towards his feet, and shalt lay thyself down there: and he will tell thee what thou must do.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	5	She answered: Whatsoever thou shalt command, I will do.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	6	And she went down to the barnfloor, and did all that her mother in law had bid her.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	7	And when Booz had eaten, and drunk, and was merry, he went to sleep by the heap of sheaves, and she came softly and uncovering his feet, laid herself down.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	8	And behold, when it was now midnight the man was afraid, and troubled: and he saw a woman lying at his feet,
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	9	And he said to her: Who art thou? And she answered: I am Ruth thy handmaid: spread thy coverlet over thy servant, for thou art a near kinsman.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	10	And he said: Blessed art thou of the Lord, my daughter, and thy latter kindness has surpassed the former: because thou hast not followed young men either poor or rich.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	11	Fear not therefore, but whatsoever thou shalt say to me I will do to thee. For all the people that dwell within the gates of my city, know that thou art a virtuous woman.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	12	Neither do I deny myself to be near of kin, but there is another nearer than I.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	13	Rest thou this night: and when morning is come, if he will take thee by the right of kindred, all is well: but if he will not, I will undoubtedly take thee, as the Lord liveth: sleep till the morning.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	14	So she slept at his feet till the night was going off. And she arose before men could know one another, and Booz said: Beware lest any man know that thou camest hither.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	15	And again he said: Spread thy mantle, wherewith thou art covered, and hold it with both hands. And when she spread it and held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it upon her. And she carried it and went into the city,
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	16	And came to her mother in law; who said to her: What hast thou done, daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	17	And she said: Behold he hath given me six measures of barley: for he said: I will not have thee return empty to thy mother in law.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	18	And Noemi said: Wait my daughter, till we see what end the thing will have. For the man will not rest until he have accomplished what he hath said.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	1	Then Booz went up to the gate, and sat there. And when he had seen the kinsman going by, of whom he had spoken before, he said to him, calling him by his name: Turn aside for a little while, and sit down here. He turned aside, and sat down.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	2	And Booz taking ten men of the ancients of the city, said to them: Sit ye down here.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	3	They sat down, and he spoke to the kinsman: Noemi, who is returned from the country of Moab, will sell a parcel of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	4	I would have thee to understand this, and would tell thee before all that sit here, and before the ancients of my people. If thou wilt take possession of it by the right of kindred: buy it and possess it: but if it please thee not, tell me so, that I may know what I have to do. For there is no near kinsman besides thee, who art first, and me, who am second. But he answered: I will buy the field.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	5	And Booz said to him: When thou shalt buy the field at the woman's hand, thou must take also Ruth the Moabitess, who was the wife of the deceased: to raise up the name of thy kinsman in his inheritance.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	6	He answered: I yield up my right of next akin: for I must not cut off the posterity of my own family. Do thou make use of my privilege, which I profess I do willingly forego.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	7	Now this in former times was the manner in Israel between kinsmen, that if at any time one yielded his right to another: that the grant might be sure, the man put off his shoe, and gave it to his neighhour; this was a testimony of cession of right in Israel.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	8	So Booz said to his kinsman: Put off thy shoe. And immediately he took it off from his foot.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	9	And he said to the ancients and to all the people: You are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and Chelion's, and Mahalon's, of the hand of Noemi:
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	10	And have taken to wife Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahalon, to raise up the name of the deceased in his inheritance lest his name be cut off, from among his family and his brethren and his people. You, I say, are witnesses of this thing.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	11	Then all the people that were in the gate, and the ancients answered: We are witnesses: The Lord make this woman who cometh into thy house, like Rachel, and Lia, who built up the house of Israel: that she may be an example of virtue in Ephrata, and may have a famous name in Bethlehem:
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	12	And that the house may be, as the house of Phares, whom Thamar bore unto Juda, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	13	Booz therefore took Ruth, and married her: and went in unto her, and the Lord gave her to conceive and to bear a son.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	14	And the women said to Noemi: Blessed be the Lord, who hath not suffered thy family to want a successor, that his name should be preserved in Israel.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	15	And thou shouldst have one to comfort thy soul, and cherish thy old age. For he is born of thy daughter in law: who loveth thee: and is much better to thee, than if thou hadst seven sons.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	16	And Noemi taking the child laid it in her bosom, and she carried it, and was a nurse unto it.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	17	And the women her neighbours, congratulating with her and saying: There is a son born to Noemi: called his name Obed: he is the father of Isai, the father of David.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	18	These are the generations of Phares: Phares begot Esron,
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	19	Esron begot Aram, Aram begot Aminadab,
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	20	Aminadab begot Nahasson, Nahasson begot Salmon,
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	21	Salmon begot Booz, Booz begot Obed,
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	22	Obed begot Isai, Isai begot David.
 1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	1	There was a man of Ramathaimsophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elcana, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliu, the son of Thohu, the son of Suph, an Ephraimite:
 1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	2	And he had two wives, the name of one was Anna, and the name of the other Phenenna. Phenenna had children: but Anna had no children.
 1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	3	And this man went up out of his city upon the appointed days, to adore and to offer sacrifice to the Lord of hosts in Silo. And the two sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, were there priests of the Lord.
@@ -7581,7 +7581,7 @@ Ruth	Ru	8	4	22	Obed begot Isai, Isai begot David.
 1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	26	And Samuel said to Saul: I will not return with thee, because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
 1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	27	And Samuel turned about to go away: but he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
 1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	28	And Samuel said to him: The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to thy neighbour who is better than thee.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	29	But the triumpher in Israel will not spare, and will not be moved to repentance: for he is not a mail that he should repent.
+1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	29	But the triumpher in Israel will not spare, and will not be moved to repentance: for he is not a man that he should repent.
 1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	30	Then he said: I have sinned: yet honour me now before the ancients of my people, and before Israel, and return with me, that I may adore the Lord thy God.
 1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	31	So Samuel turned again after Saul: and Saul adored the Lord.
 1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	32	And Samuel said: Bring hitherto me Agag the king of Amalec. And Agag was presented to him very fat, and trembling. And Agag said: Doth bitter death separate in this manner?
@@ -8181,7 +8181,7 @@ Ruth	Ru	8	4	22	Obed begot Isai, Isai begot David.
 2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	5	Go, and say to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord: Shalt thou build me a house to dwell in?
 2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	6	Whereas I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt even to this day: but have walked in a tabernacle, and in a tent.
 2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	7	In all the places that I have gone through with all the children of Israel, did ever I speak a word to any one of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying: Why have you not built me a house of cedar?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	8	And now thus shalt thou speak to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: a I took thee out of the pastures from following the sheep to be ruler over my people Israel:
+2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	8	And now thus shalt thou speak to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I took thee out of the pastures from following the sheep to be ruler over my people Israel:
 2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	9	And I have been with thee wheresoever thou hast walked, and have slain all thy enemies from before thy face: and I have made thee a great man, like unto the name of the great ones that are on the earth.
 2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	10	And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and I will plant them, and they shall dwell therein, and shall be disturbed no more: neither shall the children of iniquity afflict them any more as they did before,
 2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	11	From the day that I appointed judges over my people Israel: and I will give thee rest from all thy enemies. And the Lord foretelleth to thee, that the Lord will make thee a house.
@@ -9036,7 +9036,7 @@ Ruth	Ru	8	4	22	Obed begot Isai, Isai begot David.
 3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	56	Blessed be the Lord, who hath given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed so much as one word of all the good things that he promised by his servant Moses.
 3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	57	The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers, and not leave us, nor cast us off:
 3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	58	But may he incline our hearts to himself, that we may walk in all his ways, and keep his commandments, and his ceremonies, and all his judgments which he commanded our fathers.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	59	And let these my words, wherewith I have prayed before the Lord, he nigh unto the Lord our God day and night, that he may do judgment for his servant, and for his people Israel day by day:
+3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	59	And let these my words, wherewith I have prayed before the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night, that he may do judgment for his servant, and for his people Israel day by day:
 3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	60	That all the people of the earth may know, that the Lord he is God, and there is no other besides him.
 3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	61	Let our hearts also be perfect with the Lord our God, that we may walk in his statutes, and keep his commandments, as at this day.
 3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	62	And the king, and all Israel with him, offered victims before the Lord.
@@ -10713,7 +10713,7 @@ Ruth	Ru	8	4	22	Obed begot Isai, Isai begot David.
 1 Paralipomena	1Par	13	11	44	Ozia an Astarothite, Samma, and Jehiel the sons of Hotham an Arorite,
 1 Paralipomena	1Par	13	11	45	Jedihel the son of Zamri, and Jobs his brother a Thosaite,
 1 Paralipomena	1Par	13	11	46	Eliel a Mithumite, and Jeribai, and Josaia the sons of Elnaim, and Jethma a Moabite, Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel of Masobia.
-1 Paralipomena	1Par	13	12	1	Now these are they that came to David to Siceleg, while he yet fled from Saul the son of Cia, and they were most valiant and excellent warriors,
+1 Paralipomena	1Par	13	12	1	Now these are they that came to David to Siceleg, while he yet fled from Saul the son of Cis, and they were most valiant and excellent warriors,
 1 Paralipomena	1Par	13	12	2	Bending the bow, and using either hand in hurling stones with slings, and shooting arrows: of the brethren of Saul of Benjamin.
 1 Paralipomena	1Par	13	12	3	The chief was Ahiezer, and Joas, the sons of Samaa of Gabaath, and Jaziel, and Phallet the sons of Azmoth, and Beracha, and Jehu an Anathothite.
 1 Paralipomena	1Par	13	12	4	And Samaias of Gabaon, the stoutest amongst the thirty and over the thirty; Jeremias, and Jeheziel, and Johanan, and Jezabad of Gaderoth;
@@ -11237,7 +11237,7 @@ Ruth	Ru	8	4	22	Obed begot Isai, Isai begot David.
 2 Paralipomena	2Par	14	3	14	He made also a veil of violet, purple, scarlet, and silk: and wrought in it cherubims.
 2 Paralipomena	2Par	14	3	15	He made also before the doors of the temple two pillars, which were five and thirty cubits high: and their chapiters were five cubits.
 2 Paralipomena	2Par	14	3	16	He made also as it were little chains in the oracle, and he put them on the heads of the pillars: and a hundred pomegranates, which he put between the little chains.
-2 Paralipomena	2Par	14	3	17	These pillars he put at the entrance of the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left: that which was on the right hand, he called Jachin: and that on the left hand, Boot.
+2 Paralipomena	2Par	14	3	17	These pillars he put at the entrance of the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left: that which was on the right hand, he called Jachin: and that on the left hand, Booz.
 2 Paralipomena	2Par	14	4	1	He made also an altar of brass twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits broad, and ten cubits high.
 2 Paralipomena	2Par	14	4	2	Also a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass: it was five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.
 2 Paralipomena	2Par	14	4	3	And under it there was the likeness of oxen, and certain engravings on the outside of ten cubits compassed the belly of the sea, as it were with two rows.
@@ -12374,7 +12374,7 @@ Ruth	Ru	8	4	22	Obed begot Isai, Isai begot David.
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	4	22	At that time also I said to the people: Let every one with his servant stay in the midst of Jerusalem, and let us take our turns in the night, and by day, to work.
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	4	23	Now I and my brethren, and my servants, and the watchmen that followed me, did not put off our clothes: only every man stripped himself when he was to be washed.
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	5	1	Now there was a great cry of the people, and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
-2 Esdras	Neh	16	5	2	And there were some that said: Our sons and our daughters are very many: Yet us take up corn for the price of them, and let us eat and live.
+2 Esdras	Neh	16	5	2	And there were some that said: Our sons and our daughters are very many: let us take up corn for the price of them, and let us eat and live.
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	5	3	And there were some that said: Let us mortgage our lands, and our vineyards, and our houses, and let us take corn because of the famine.
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	5	4	And others said: Let us borrow money for the king's tribute, and let us give up our fields and vineyards:
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	5	5	And now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren: and our children as their children. Behold we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters, and some of our daughters are bondwomen already, neither have we wherewith to redeem them, and our fields and our vineyards other men possess.
@@ -13019,7 +13019,7 @@ Judith	Jdt	18	2	14	And he passed over the Euphrates and came into Mesopotamia: a
 Judith	Jdt	18	2	15	And he took the borders thereof from Cilicia to the coasts of Japheth, which are towards the south.
 Judith	Jdt	18	2	16	And he carried away all the children of Madian, and stripped them of all their riches, and all that resisted him he slew with the edge of the sword.
 Judith	Jdt	18	2	17	And after these things he went down into the plains of Damascus in the days of the harvest, and he set all the corn on fire, and he caused all the trees and vineyards to be cut down.
-Judith	Jdt	18	2	18	And the fear of them fell upon alit the inhabitants of the land.
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	18	And the fear of them fell upon all the inhabitants of the land.
 Judith	Jdt	18	3	1	Then the kings and the princes of all the cities and provinces, of Syria, Mesopotamia, and Syria Sobal, and Libya, and Cilicia sent their ambassadors, who coming to Holofernes, said:
 Judith	Jdt	18	3	2	Let thy indignation towards us cease: for it is better for us to live and serve Nabuchodonosor the great king, and be subject to thee, than to die and to perish, or suffer the miseries of slavery.
 Judith	Jdt	18	3	3	All our cities and our possessions, all mountains and hills, and fields, and herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep, and goats, and horses, and camels, and all our goods, and families are in thy sight:
@@ -13609,7 +13609,7 @@ Esther	Est	19	16	20	And you shall aid them that they may kill those who had prep
 Esther	Est	19	16	21	For the almighty God hath turned this day of sadness and mourning into joy to them.
 Esther	Est	19	16	22	Wherefore you shall also count this day among other festival days, and celebrate it with all joy, that it may be known also in times to come,
 Esther	Est	19	16	23	That all they who faithfully obey the Persians, receive a worthy reward for their fidelity: but they that are traitors to their kingdom, are destroyed for their wickedness.
-Esther	Est	19	16	24	And let every province and city, that will not be partaker of this solemnity, perish by the sword and by fire, and be destroyed in such manner as to be made unpassable, both to men and beasts, for an example of contempt, and disobedience,
+Esther	Est	19	16	24	And let every province and city, that will not be partaker of this solemnity, perish by the sword and by fire, and be destroyed in such manner as to be made unpassable, both to men and beasts, for an example of contempt, and disobedience.
 Job	Job	20	1	1	There was a man in the land of Hus, whose name was Job, and that man was simple and upright, and fearing God, and avoiding evil.
 Job	Job	20	1	2	And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
 Job	Job	20	1	3	And his possession was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a family exceeding great: and this man was great among all the people of the east.
@@ -14742,7 +14742,7 @@ Psalms	Ps	21	6	8	My eye is troubled through indignation: I have grown old amongs
 Psalms	Ps	21	6	9	Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity: for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.
 Psalms	Ps	21	6	10	The Lord hath heard my supplication: the Lord hath received my prayer.
 Psalms	Ps	21	6	11	Let all my enemies be ashamed, and be very much troubled: let them be turned back, and be ashamed very speedily.
-Psalms	Ps	21	7	1	The psalm of David which he sung to the Lord for the words of Chusi the son of Jemini. 2 Kings 16
+Psalms	Ps	21	7	1	The psalm of David which he sung to the Lord for the words of Chusi the son of Jemini.
 Psalms	Ps	21	7	2	O Lord my God, in thee have I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.
 Psalms	Ps	21	7	3	Lest at any time he seize upon my soul like a lion, while there is no one to redeem me, nor to save.
 Psalms	Ps	21	7	4	O Lord my God, if I have done this thing, if there be iniquity in my hands:
@@ -14870,7 +14870,7 @@ Psalms	Ps	21	16	12	They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the prey; and as a
 Psalms	Ps	21	16	13	Arise, O Lord, disappoint him and supplant him; deliver my soul from the wicked one: thy sword
 Psalms	Ps	21	16	14	From the enemies of thy hand. O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from thy hidden stores. They are full of children: and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.
 Psalms	Ps	21	16	15	But as for me, I will appear before thy sight in justice: I shall be satisfied when thy glory shall appear.
-Psalms	Ps	21	17	1	Unto the end, for David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hands of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. 2 Kings 22
+Psalms	Ps	21	17	1	Unto the end, for David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hands of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.
 Psalms	Ps	21	17	2	I will love thee, O Lord, my strength:
 Psalms	Ps	21	17	3	The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. My God is my helper, and in him will I put my trust. My protector and the horn of my salvation, and my support.
 Psalms	Ps	21	17	4	Praising I will call upon the Lord: and I shall be saved from my enemies.
@@ -15010,7 +15010,7 @@ Psalms	Ps	21	23	10	Who is this King of Glory? the Lord of hosts, he is the King 
 Psalms	Ps	21	24	1	Unto the end, a psalm for David. To thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul.
 Psalms	Ps	21	24	2	In thee, O my God, I put my trust; let me not be ashamed.
 Psalms	Ps	21	24	3	Neither let my enemies laugh at me: for none of them that wait on thee shall be confounded.
-Psalms	Ps	21	24	4	Let all them be confounded that act unjust things without cause. shew, O Lord, thy ways to me, and teach me thy paths.
+Psalms	Ps	21	24	4	Let all them be confounded that act unjust things without cause. Shew, O Lord, thy ways to me, and teach me thy paths.
 Psalms	Ps	21	24	5	Direct me in thy truth, and teach me; for thou art God my Saviour; and on thee have I waited all the day long.
 Psalms	Ps	21	24	6	Remember, O Lord, thy bowels of compassion; and thy mercies that are from the beginning of the world.
 Psalms	Ps	21	24	7	The sins of my youth and my ignorances do not remember. According to thy mercy remember thou me: for thy goodness' sake, O Lord.
@@ -15145,7 +15145,7 @@ Psalms	Ps	21	32	19	To deliver their souls from death; and feed them in famine.
 Psalms	Ps	21	32	20	Our soul waiteth for the Lord: for he is our helper and protector.
 Psalms	Ps	21	32	21	For in him our heart shall rejoice: and in his holy name we have trusted.
 Psalms	Ps	21	32	22	Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, as we have hoped in thee.
-Psalms	Ps	21	33	1	For David, when he changed his countenance before Achimelech, who dismissed him, and he went his way. 1 Kings 21
+Psalms	Ps	21	33	1	For David, when he changed his countenance before Achimelech, who dismissed him, and he went his way.
 Psalms	Ps	21	33	2	I will bless the Lord at all times, his praise shall be always in my mouth.
 Psalms	Ps	21	33	3	In the Lord shall my soul be praised: let the meek hear and rejoice.
 Psalms	Ps	21	33	4	O magnify the Lord with me; and let us extol his name together.
@@ -15483,7 +15483,7 @@ Psalms	Ps	21	50	19	A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: a contrite and hum
 Psalms	Ps	21	50	20	Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good will with Sion; that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.
 Psalms	Ps	21	50	21	Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations and whole burnt offerings: then shall they lay calves upon thy altar.
 Psalms	Ps	21	51	1	Unto the end, understanding for David,
-Psalms	Ps	21	51	2	When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul David went to the house of Achimelech. 1 Kings 22
+Psalms	Ps	21	51	2	When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul David went to the house of Achimelech.
 Psalms	Ps	21	51	3	Why dost thou glory in malice, thou that art mighty in iniquity?
 Psalms	Ps	21	51	4	All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.
 Psalms	Ps	21	51	5	Thou hast loved malice more than goodness: and iniquity rather than to speak righteousness.
@@ -15546,7 +15546,7 @@ Psalms	Ps	21	55	10	Then shall my enemies be turned back. In what day soever I sh
 Psalms	Ps	21	55	11	In God will I praise the word, in the Lord will I praise his speech. In God have I hoped, I will not fear what man can do to me.
 Psalms	Ps	21	55	12	In me, O God, are vows to thee, which I will pay, praises to thee:
 Psalms	Ps	21	55	13	Because thou hast delivered my soul from death, my feet from falling: that I may please in the sight of God, in the light of the living.
-Psalms	Ps	21	56	1	Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave. 1 Kings 24
+Psalms	Ps	21	56	1	Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave.
 Psalms	Ps	21	56	2	Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me: for my soul trusteth in thee. And in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until iniquity pass away.
 Psalms	Ps	21	56	3	I will cry to God the most High; to God who hath done good to me.
 Psalms	Ps	21	56	4	He hath sent from heaven and delivered me: he hath made them a reproach that trod upon me. God hath sent his mercy and his truth,
@@ -16759,7 +16759,7 @@ Psalms	Ps	21	118	53	A fainting hath taken hold of me, because of the wicked that
 Psalms	Ps	21	118	54	Thy justifications were the subject of my song, in the place of my pilgrimage.
 Psalms	Ps	21	118	55	In the night I have remembered thy name, O Lord: and have kept thy law.
 Psalms	Ps	21	118	56	This happened to me: because I sought after thy justifications.
-Psalms	Ps	21	118	57	HETH. O Lord, my portion, I have said, I would keep the law.
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	57	HETH. O Lord, my portion, I have said, I would keep thy law.
 Psalms	Ps	21	118	58	I entreated thy face with all my heart: have mercy on me according to thy word.
 Psalms	Ps	21	118	59	I have thought on my ways: and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
 Psalms	Ps	21	118	60	I am ready, and am not troubled: that I may keep thy commandments.
@@ -17094,10 +17094,10 @@ Psalms	Ps	21	140	7	As when the thickness of the earth is broken up upon the grou
 Psalms	Ps	21	140	8	But o to thee, O Lord, Lord, are my eyes: in thee have I put my trust, take not away my soul.
 Psalms	Ps	21	140	9	Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity.
 Psalms	Ps	21	140	10	The wicked shall fall in his net: I am alone until I pass.
-Psalms	Ps	21	141	1	Of understanding for David. A prayer when he was in the cave. 1 Kings 24
+Psalms	Ps	21	141	1	Of understanding for David. A prayer when he was in the cave.
 Psalms	Ps	21	141	2	I cried to the Lord with my voice: with my voice I made supplication to the Lord.
 Psalms	Ps	21	141	3	In his sight I pour out my prayer, and before him I declare my trouble:
-Psalms	Ps	21	141	4	When my spirit failed me, then thou knewest my paths. In this way wherein I walked, they have hidden a snare for me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	141	4	When my spirit failed me, then thou knewest my paths.	 In this way wherein I walked, they have hidden a snare for me.
 Psalms	Ps	21	141	5	I looked on my right hand, and beheld, and there was no one that would know me. Flight hath failed me: and there is no one that hath regard to my soul.
 Psalms	Ps	21	141	6	I cried to thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my hope, my portion in the land of the living.
 Psalms	Ps	21	141	7	Attend to my supplication: for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
@@ -18123,228 +18123,228 @@ Proverbs	Prv	22	31	28	Her children rose up, and called her blessed: her husband,
 Proverbs	Prv	22	31	29	Many daughters have gathered together riches: thou hast surpassed them all.
 Proverbs	Prv	22	31	30	Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: the woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
 Proverbs	Prv	22	31	31	Give her of the fruit of her hands: and let her works praise her in the gates.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	1	1	The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	1	2	Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes vanity of vanities, and all is vanity.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	1	3	What hath a man more of all his labour, that he taketh under the sun?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	1	4	One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth standeth for ever.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	1	5	The sun riseth, and goeth down, and returneth to his place: and there rising again,
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	1	6	Maketh his round by the south, and turneth again to the north: the spirit goeth forward surveying all places round about, and returneth to his circuits.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	1	7	All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea doth not overflow: unto the place from whence the rivers come, they return, to flow again.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	1	8	All things are hard: man cannot explain them by word. The eye is not filled with seeing, neither is the ear filled with hearing.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	1	9	What is it that hath been? the same thing that shall be. What is it that hath been done? the same that shall be done.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	1	10	Nothing under the sun is new, neither is any man able to say: Behold this is new: for it hath already gone before in the ages that were before us.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	1	11	There is no remembrance of former things: nor indeed of those things which hereafter are to come, shall there be any remembrance with them that shall be in the latter end.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	1	12	I Ecclesiastes was king over Israel in Jerusalem,
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	1	13	And I proposed in my mind to seek and search out wisely concerning all things that are done under the sun. This painful occupation hath God given to the children of men, to be exercised therein.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	1	14	I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity, and vexation of spirit.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	1	15	The perverse are hard to be corrected, and the number of fools is infinite.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	1	16	I have spoken in my heart, saying: Behold I am become great, and have gone beyond all in wisdom, that were before me in Jerusalem: and my mind hath contemplated many things wisely, and I have learned.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	1	17	And I have given my heart to know prudence, and learning, and errors, and folly: and I have perceived that in these also there was labour, and vexation of spirit,
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	1	18	Because In much wisdom there is much indignation: and he that addeth knowledge, addeth also labour.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	1	I said in my heart: I will go, and abound with delights, and enjoy good things. And I saw that this also was vanity.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	2	Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	3	I thought in my heart, to withdraw my flesh from wine, that I might turn my mind to wisdom, and might avoid folly, till I might see what was profitable for the children of men: and what they ought to do under the sun, all the days of their life.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	4	I made me great works, I built me houses, and planted vineyards,
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	5	I made gardens, and orchards, and set them with trees of all kinds,
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	6	And I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood of the young trees,
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	7	I got me menservants, and maidservants, and had a great family: and herds of oxen, and great flocks of sheep, above all that were before me in Jerusalem:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	8	I heaped together for myself silver and gold, and the wealth of kings, and provinces: I made me singing men, and singing women, and the delights of the sons of men, cups and vessels to serve to pour out wine:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	9	And I surpassed in riches all that were before me in Jerusalem: my wisdom also remained with me.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	10	And whatsoever my eyes desired, I refused them not: and I withheld not my heart from enjoying every pleasure, and delighting itself in the things which I had prepared: and esteemed this my portion, to make use of my own labour.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	11	And when I turned myself to all the works which my hands had wrought, and to the labours wherein I had laboured in vain, I saw in all things vanity, and vexation of mind, and that nothing was lasting under the sun.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	12	I passed further to behold wisdom, and errors and folly, (What is man, said I, that he can follow the King his maker?)
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	13	And I saw that wisdom excelled folly, as much as light differeth from darkness.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	14	The eyes of a wise man are in his head: the fool walketh in darkness: and I learned that they were to die both alike.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	15	And I said in my heart: If the death of the fool and mine shall be one, what doth it avail me, that I have applied myself more to the study of wisdom? And speaking with my own mind, I perceived that this also was vanity.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	16	For there shall be no remembrance of the wise no more than of the fool for ever, and the times to come shall cover all things together with oblivion: the learned dieth in like manner as the unlearned.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	17	And therefore I was weary of my life, when I saw that all things under the sun are evil, and all vanity and vexation of spirit.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	18	Again I hated all my application wherewith I had earnestly laboured under the sun, being like to have an heir after me,
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	19	Whom I know not whether he will be a wise man or a fool, and he shall have rule over all my labours with which I have laboured and been solicitous: and is there any thing so vain?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	20	Wherefore I left off and my heart renounced labouring any more under the sun.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	21	For when a man laboureth in wisdom, and knowledge, and carefulness, he leaveth what he hath gotten to an idle man: so this also is vanity, and a great evil.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	22	For what profit shall a man have of all his labour, and vexation of spirit, with which he hath been tormented under the sun?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	23	All his days are full of sorrows and miseries, even in the night he doth not rest in mind: and is not this vanity?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	24	Is it not better to eat and drink, and to shew his soul good things of his labours? and this is from the hand of God.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	25	Who shall so feast and abound with delights as I?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	2	26	God hath given to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he hath given vexation, and superfluous care, to heap up and to gather together, and to give it to him that hath pleased God: but this also is vanity, and a fruitless solicitude of the mind.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	1	All things have their season, and in their times all things pass under heaven.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	2	A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	3	A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to destroy, and a time to build.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	4	A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	5	A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	6	A time to get, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	7	A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	8	A time of love, and a time of hatred. A time of war, and a time of peace.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	9	What hath man more of his labour?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	10	I have seen the trouble, which God hath given the sons of men to be exercised in it.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	11	He hath made all things good in their time, and hath delivered the world to their consideration, so that man cannot find out the work which God hath made from the beginning to the end.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	12	And I have known that there was no better thing than to rejoice, and to do well in this life.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	13	For every man that eateth and drinketh, and seeth good of his labour, this is the gift of God.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	14	I have learned that all the works which God hath made, continue for ever: we cannot add any thing, nor take away from those things which God hath made that he may be feared.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	15	That which hath been made, the same continueth: the things that shall be, have already been: and God restoreth that which is past.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	16	I saw under the sun in the place of judgment wickedness, and in the place of justice iniquity.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	17	And I said in my heart: God shall judge both the just and the wicked, and then shall be the time of every thing.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	18	I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, that God would prove them, and shew them to be like beasts.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	19	Therefore the death of man, and of beasts is one, and the condition of them both is equal: as man dieth, so they also die: all things breathe alike, and man hath nothing more than beast: all things are subject to vanity.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	20	And all things go to one place: of earth they were made, and into earth they return together.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	21	Who knoweth if the spirit of the children of Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of the beasts descend downward?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	22	And I have found that nothing is better than for a man to rejoice in his work, and that this is his portion. For who shall bring him to know the things that shall be after him?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	4	1	I turned myself to other things, and I saw the oppressions that are done under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and they had no comforter; and they were not able to resist their violence, being destitute of help from any.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	4	2	And I praised the dead rather than the living:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	4	3	And I judged him happier than them both, that is not yet born, nor hath seen the evils that are done under the sun.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	4	4	Again I considered all the labours of men, and I remarked that their industries are exposed to the envy of their neighhour: so in this also there is vanity, and fruitless care.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	4	5	The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh, saying:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	4	6	Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	4	7	Considering I found also another vanity under the sun:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	4	8	There is but one, and he hath not a second, no child, no brother, and yet he ceaseth not to labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches, neither doth he reflect, saying: For whom do I labour, and defraud my soul of good things? in this also is vanity, and a grievous vexation.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	4	9	It is better therefore that two should be together, than one: for they have the advantage of their society:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	4	10	If one fall he shall be supported by the other: woe to him that is alone, for when he falleth, he hath none to lift him up.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	4	11	And if two lie together, they shall warm one another: how shall one alone be warmed?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	4	12	And if a man prevail against one, two shall withstand him: a threefold cord is not easily broken.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	4	13	Better is a child that is poor and wise, than a king that is old and foolish, who knoweth not to foresee for hereafter.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	4	14	Because out of prison and chains sometimes a man cometh forth to a kingdom: and another born king is consumed with poverty.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	4	15	I saw all men living, that walk under the sun with the second young man, who shall rise up in his place.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	4	16	The number of the people, of all that were before him is infinite: and they that shall come afterwards, shall not rejoice in him: but this also is vanity, and vexation of spirit.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	4	17	Keep thy foot, when thou goest into the house of God, and draw nigh to hear. For much better is obedience, than the victims of fools, who know not what evil they do.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	5	1	Speak not any thing rashly, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	5	2	Dreams follow many cares: and in many words shall be found folly.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	5	3	If thou hast vowed any thing to God, defer not to pay it: for an unfaithful and foolish promise displeaseth him: but whatsoever thou hast vowed, pay it.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	5	4	And it is much better not to vow, than after a vow not to perform the things promised.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	5	5	Give not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin: and say not before the angel: There is no providence: lest God be angry at thy words, and destroy all the works of thy hands.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	5	6	Where there are many dreams, there are many vanities, and words without number: but do thou fear God.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	5	7	If thou shalt see the oppressions of the poor, and violent judgments, and justice perverted in the province, wonder not at this matter: for he that is high hath another higher, and there are others still higher than these:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	5	8	Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject to him.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	5	9	A covetous man shall not be satisfied with money: and he that loveth riches shall reap no fruit from them: so this also is vanity.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	5	10	Where there are great riches, there are also many to eat them. And what doth it profit the owner, but that he seeth the riches with his eyes?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	5	11	Sleep is sweet to a labouring man, whether he eat little or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	5	12	There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	5	13	For they are lost with very great affliction: he hath begotten a son, who shall be in extremity of want.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	5	14	As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, so shall he return, and shall take nothing away with him of his labour.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	5	15	A most deplorable evil: as he came, so shall he return. What then doth it profit him that he hath laboured for the wind?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	5	16	All the days of his life he eateth in darkness, and in many cares, and in misery, and sorrow.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	5	17	This therefore hath seemed good to me, that a man should eat and drink, and enjoy the fruit of his labour, wherewith he hath laboured under the sun, all the days of his life, which God hath given him: and this is his portion.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	5	18	And every man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to enjoy his portion, and to rejoice of his labour: this is the gift of God.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	5	19	For he shall not much remember the days of his life, because God entertaineth his heart with delight,
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	6	1	There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and that frequent among men:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	6	2	A man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and honour, and his soul wanteth nothing of all that he desireth: yet God doth not give him power to eat thereof, but a stranger shall eat it up. This is vanity and a great misery.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	6	3	If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, and attain to a great age, and his soul make no use of the goods of his substance, and he be without burial: of this man I pronounce, that the untimely born is better than he.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	6	4	For he came in vain, and goeth to darkness, and his name shall be wholly forgotten.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	6	5	He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	6	6	Although he lived two thousand years, and hath not enjoyed good things: do not all make haste to one place?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	6	7	All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	6	8	What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	6	9	Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	6	10	He that shall be, his name is already called: and it is known, that he is man, and cannot contend in judgment with him that is stronger than himself.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	6	11	There are many words that have much vanity in disputing.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	1	What needeth a man to seek things that are above him, whereas he knoweth not what is profitable for him in his life, in all the days of his pilgrimage, and the time that passeth like a shadow? Or who can tell him what shall be after him under the sun?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	2	A good name is better than precious ointments: and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	3	It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting: for in that we are put in mind of the end of all, and the living thinketh what is to come.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	4	Anger is better than laughter: because by the sadness of the countenance the mind of the offender is corrected.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	5	The heart of the wise is where there is mourning, and the heart of fools where there is mirth.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	6	It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattery of fools.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	7	For as the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool: now this also is vanity.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	8	Oppression troubleth the wise, and shall destroy the strength of his heart.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	9	Better is the end of a speech than the beginning. Better is the patient man than the presumptuous.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	10	Be not quickly angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of a fool.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	11	Say not: What thinkest thou is the cause that former times were better than they are now? for this manner of question is foolish.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	12	Wisdom with riches is more profitable, and bringeth more advantage to them that see the sun.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	13	For as wisdom is a defence, so money is a defence: but learning and wisdom excel in this, that they give life to him that possesseth them.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	14	Consider the works of God, that no man can correct whom he hath despised.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	15	In the good day enjoy good things, and beware beforehand of the evil day: for God hath made both the one and the other, that man may not find against him any just complaint.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	16	These things also I saw in the days of my vanity: A just man perisheth in his justice, and a wicked man liveth a long time in his wickedness.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	17	Be not over just: and be not more wise than is necessary, lest thou become stupid.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	18	Be not overmuch wicked: and be not foolish, lest thou die before thy time.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	19	It is good that thou shouldst hold up the just, yea and from him withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God, neglecteth nothing.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	20	Wisdom hath strengthened the wise more than ten princes of the city.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	21	For there is no just man upon earth, that doth good, and sinneth not.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	22	But do not apply thy heart to all words that are spoken: lest perhaps thou hear thy servant reviling thee.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	23	For thy conscience knoweth that thou also hast often spoken evil of others.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	24	I have tried all things in wisdom. I have said: I will be wise: and it departed farther from me,
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	25	Much more than it was: it is a great depth, who shall find it out?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	26	I have surveyed all things with my mind, to know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason: and to know the wickedness of the fool, and the error of the imprudent:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	27	And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter's snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught by her.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	28	Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account,
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	29	Which yet my soul seeketh, and I have not found it. One man among a thousand I have found, a woman among them all I have not found.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	7	30	Only this I have found, that God made man right, and he hath entangled himself with an infinity of questions. Who is as the wise man? and who hath known the resolution of the word?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	8	1	The wisdom of a man shineth in his countenance, and the most mighty will change his face.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	8	2	I observe the mouth of the king, and the commandments of the oath of God.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	8	3	Be not hasty to depart from his face, and do not continue in an evil work: for he will do all that pleaseth him:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	8	4	And his word is full of power: neither can any man say to him: Why dost thou so?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	8	5	He that keepeth the commandments shall find no evil. The heart of a wise man understandeth time and answer.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	8	6	There is a time and opportunity for every business, and great affliction for man:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	8	7	Because he is ignorant of things past, and things to come he cannot know by any messenger.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	8	8	It is not in man's power to stop the spirit, neither hath he power in the day of death, neither is he suffered to rest when war is at hand, neither shall wickedness save the wicked.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	8	9	All these things I have considered, and applied my heart to all the works that are done under the sun. Sometimes one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	8	10	I saw the wicked buried: who also when they were yet living were in the holy place, and were praised in the city as men of just works: but this also is vanity.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	8	11	For because sentence is not speedily pronounced against the evil, the children of men commit evils without any fear.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	8	12	But though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and by patience be borne withal, I know from thence that it shall be well with them that fear God, who dread his face.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	8	13	But let it not be well with the wicked, neither let his days be prolonged, but as a shadow let them pass away that fear not the face of the Lord.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	8	14	There is also another vanity, which is done upon the earth. There are just men to whom evils happen, as though they had done the works of the wicked: and there are wicked men, who are as secure, as though they had the deeds of the just: but this also I judge most vain.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	8	15	Therefore I commended mirth, because there was no good for a man under the sun, but to eat, and drink, and be merry, and that he should take nothing else with him of his labour in the days of his life, which God hath given him under the sun.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	8	16	And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to understand the distraction that is upon earth: for there are some that day and night take no sleep with their eyes.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	8	17	And I understood that man can find no reason of all those works of God that are done under the sun: and the more he shall labour to seek, so much the less shall he find: yea, though the wise man shall say, that he knoweth it, he shall not be able to find it.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	9	1	All these things have I considered in my heart, that I might carefully understand them: there are just men and wise men, and their works are in the hand of God: and yet man knoweth not whether he be worthy of love, or hatred:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	9	2	But all things are kept uncertain for the time to come, because all things equally happen to the just and to the wicked, to the good and to the evil, to the clean and to the unclean, to him that offereth victims, and to him that despiseth sacrifices. As the good is, so also is the sinner: as the perjured, so he also that sweareth truth.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	9	3	This is a very great evil among all things that are done under the sun, that the same things happen to all men: whereby also the hearts of the children of men are filled with evil, and with contempt while they live, and afterwards they shall be brought down to hell.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	9	4	There is no man that liveth always, or that hopeth for this: a living dog is better than a dead lion.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	9	5	For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing more, neither have they a reward any more: for the memory of them is forgotten.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	9	6	Their love also, and their hatred, and their envy are all perished, neither have they any part in this world, and in the work that is done under the sun.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	9	7	Go then, and eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with gladness: because thy works please God.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	9	8	At all times let thy garments be white, and let not oil depart from thy head.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	9	9	Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest, all the days of thy unsteady life, which are given to thee under the sun, all the time of thy vanity: for this is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherewith thou labourest under the sun.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	9	10	Whatsoever thy hand is able to do, do it earnestly: for neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge shall be in hell, whither thou art hastening.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	9	11	I turned me to another thing, and I saw that under the sun, the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the learned, nor favour to the skillful: but time and chance in all.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	9	12	Man knoweth not his own end: but as fishes are taken with the hook, and as birds are caught with the snare, so men are taken in the evil time, when it shall suddenly come upon them.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	9	13	This wisdom also I have seen under the sun, and it seemed to me to be very great:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	9	14	A little city, and few men in it: there came against it a great king, and invested it, and built bulwarks round about it, and the siege was perfect.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	9	15	Now there was found in it a man poor and wise, and he delivered the city by his wisdom, and no man afterward remembered that poor man.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	9	16	And I said that wisdom is better than strength: how then is the wisdom of the poor man slighted, and his words not heard?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	9	17	The words of the wise are heard in silence, more than the cry of a prince among fools.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	9	18	Better is wisdom, than weapons of war: and he that shall offend in one, shall lose many good things.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	1	Dying flies spoil the sweetness of the ointment. Wisdom and glory is more precious than a small and shortlived folly.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	2	The heart of a wise man is in his right hand, and the heart of a fool is in his left hand.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	3	Yea, and the fool when he walketh in the way, whereas he himself is a fool, esteemeth all men fools.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	4	If the spirit of him that hath power, ascend upon thee, leave not thy place: because care will make the greatest sins to cease.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	5	There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were by an error proceeding from the face of the prince:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	6	A fool set in high dignity, and the rich sitting beneath.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	7	I have seen servants upon horses: and princes walking on the ground as servants.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	8	He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	9	He that removeth stones, shall be hurt by them: and he that cutteth trees, shall be wounded by them.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	10	If the iron be blunt, and be not as before, but be made blunt, with much labour it shall be sharpened: and after industry shall follow wisdom.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	11	If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	12	The words of the mouth of a wise man are grace: but the lips of a fool shall throw him down headlong.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	13	The beginning of his words is folly, and the end of his talk is a mischievous error.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	14	A fool multiplieth words. A man cannot tell what hath been before him: and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	15	The labour of fools shall afflict them that know not how to go to the city.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	16	Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and when the princes eat in the morning.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	17	Blessed is the land, whose king is noble, and whose princes eat in due season for refreshment, and not for riotousness.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	18	By slothfulness a building shall be brought down, and through the weakness of hands, the house shall drop through.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	19	For laughter they make bread, and wine that the living may feast: and all things obey money.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	20	Detract not the king, no not in thy thought; and speak not evil of the rich man in thy private chamber: because even the birds of the air will carry thy voice, and he that hath wings will tell what thou hast said.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	11	1	Cast thy bread upon the running waters: for after a long time thou shalt find it again.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	11	2	Give a portion to seven, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	11	3	If the clouds be full, they will pour out rain upon the earth. If the tree fall to the south, or to the north, in what place soever it shall fall, there shall it be.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	11	4	He that observeth the wind, shall not sow: and he that considereth the clouds, shall never reap.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	11	5	As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones are joined together in the womb of her that is with child: so thou knowest not the works of God, who is the maker of all.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	11	6	In the morning sow thy seed, and In the evening let not thy hand cease: for thou knowest not which may rather spring up, this or that: and if both together, it shall be the better.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	11	7	The light is sweet, and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	11	8	If a man live many years, and have rejoiced in them all, he must remember the darksome time, and the many days: which when they shall come, the things past shall be accused of vanity.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	11	9	Rejoice therefore, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart be in that which is good in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thy eyes: and know that for all these God will bring thee into judgment.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	11	10	Remove anger from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh. For youth and pleasure are vain.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	12	1	Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the time of affliction come, and the years draw nigh of which thou shalt say: They please me not:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	12	2	Before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	12	3	When the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall stagger, and the grinders shall be idle in a small number, and they that look through the holes shall be darkened:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	12	4	And they shall shut the doors in the street, when the grinder's voice shall be low, and they shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music shall grow deaf.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	12	5	And they shall fear high things, and they shall be afraid in the way, the almond tree shall flourish, the locust shall be made fat, and the caper tree shall be destroyed: because man shall go into the house of his eternity, and the mourners shall go round about in the street.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	12	6	Before the silver cord be broken, and the golden fillet shrink back, and the pitcher be crushed at the fountain, and the wheel be broken upon the cistern,
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	12	7	And the dust return into its earth, from whence it was, and the spirit return to God, who gave it.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	12	8	Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all things are vanity.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	12	9	And whereas Ecclesiastes was very wise, he taught the people, and declared the things that he had done: and seeking out, he set forth many parables.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	12	10	He sought profitable words, and wrote words most right, and full of truth.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	12	11	The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails deeply fastened in, which by the counsel of masters are given from one shepherd.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	12	12	More than these, my son, require not. Of making many books there is no end: and much study is an affliction of the flesh.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	12	13	Let us all hear together the conclusion of the discourse. Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is all man:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	12	14	And all things that are done, God will bring into judgment for every error, whether it be good or evil.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	1	The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	2	Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes vanity of vanities, and all is vanity.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	3	What hath a man more of all his labour, that he taketh under the sun?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	4	One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth standeth for ever.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	5	The sun riseth, and goeth down, and returneth to his place: and there rising again,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	6	Maketh his round by the south, and turneth again to the north: the spirit goeth forward surveying all places round about, and returneth to his circuits.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	7	All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea doth not overflow: unto the place from whence the rivers come, they return, to flow again.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	8	All things are hard: man cannot explain them by word. The eye is not filled with seeing, neither is the ear filled with hearing.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	9	What is it that hath been? the same thing that shall be. What is it that hath been done? the same that shall be done.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	10	Nothing under the sun is new, neither is any man able to say: Behold this is new: for it hath already gone before in the ages that were before us.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	11	There is no remembrance of former things: nor indeed of those things which hereafter are to come, shall there be any remembrance with them that shall be in the latter end.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	12	I Ecclesiastes was king over Israel in Jerusalem,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	13	And I proposed in my mind to seek and search out wisely concerning all things that are done under the sun. This painful occupation hath God given to the children of men, to be exercised therein.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	14	I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity, and vexation of spirit.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	15	The perverse are hard to be corrected, and the number of fools is infinite.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	16	I have spoken in my heart, saying: Behold I am become great, and have gone beyond all in wisdom, that were before me in Jerusalem: and my mind hath contemplated many things wisely, and I have learned.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	17	And I have given my heart to know prudence, and learning, and errors, and folly: and I have perceived that in these also there was labour, and vexation of spirit,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	18	Because In much wisdom there is much indignation: and he that addeth knowledge, addeth also labour.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	1	I said in my heart: I will go, and abound with delights, and enjoy good things. And I saw that this also was vanity.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	2	Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	3	I thought in my heart, to withdraw my flesh from wine, that I might turn my mind to wisdom, and might avoid folly, till I might see what was profitable for the children of men: and what they ought to do under the sun, all the days of their life.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	4	I made me great works, I built me houses, and planted vineyards,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	5	I made gardens, and orchards, and set them with trees of all kinds,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	6	And I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood of the young trees,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	7	I got me menservants, and maidservants, and had a great family: and herds of oxen, and great flocks of sheep, above all that were before me in Jerusalem:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	8	I heaped together for myself silver and gold, and the wealth of kings, and provinces: I made me singing men, and singing women, and the delights of the sons of men, cups and vessels to serve to pour out wine:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	9	And I surpassed in riches all that were before me in Jerusalem: my wisdom also remained with me.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	10	And whatsoever my eyes desired, I refused them not: and I withheld not my heart from enjoying every pleasure, and delighting itself in the things which I had prepared: and esteemed this my portion, to make use of my own labour.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	11	And when I turned myself to all the works which my hands had wrought, and to the labours wherein I had laboured in vain, I saw in all things vanity, and vexation of mind, and that nothing was lasting under the sun.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	12	I passed further to behold wisdom, and errors and folly, (What is man, said I, that he can follow the King his maker?)
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	13	And I saw that wisdom excelled folly, as much as light differeth from darkness.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	14	The eyes of a wise man are in his head: the fool walketh in darkness: and I learned that they were to die both alike.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	15	And I said in my heart: If the death of the fool and mine shall be one, what doth it avail me, that I have applied myself more to the study of wisdom? And speaking with my own mind, I perceived that this also was vanity.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	16	For there shall be no remembrance of the wise no more than of the fool for ever, and the times to come shall cover all things together with oblivion: the learned dieth in like manner as the unlearned.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	17	And therefore I was weary of my life, when I saw that all things under the sun are evil, and all vanity and vexation of spirit.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	18	Again I hated all my application wherewith I had earnestly laboured under the sun, being like to have an heir after me,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	19	Whom I know not whether he will be a wise man or a fool, and he shall have rule over all my labours with which I have laboured and been solicitous: and is there any thing so vain?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	20	Wherefore I left off and my heart renounced labouring any more under the sun.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	21	For when a man laboureth in wisdom, and knowledge, and carefulness, he leaveth what he hath gotten to an idle man: so this also is vanity, and a great evil.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	22	For what profit shall a man have of all his labour, and vexation of spirit, with which he hath been tormented under the sun?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	23	All his days are full of sorrows and miseries, even in the night he doth not rest in mind: and is not this vanity?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	24	Is it not better to eat and drink, and to shew his soul good things of his labours? and this is from the hand of God.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	25	Who shall so feast and abound with delights as I?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	26	God hath given to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he hath given vexation, and superfluous care, to heap up and to gather together, and to give it to him that hath pleased God: but this also is vanity, and a fruitless solicitude of the mind.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	1	All things have their season, and in their times all things pass under heaven.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	2	A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	3	A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to destroy, and a time to build.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	4	A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	5	A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	6	A time to get, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	7	A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	8	A time of love, and a time of hatred. A time of war, and a time of peace.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	9	What hath man more of his labour?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	10	I have seen the trouble, which God hath given the sons of men to be exercised in it.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	11	He hath made all things good in their time, and hath delivered the world to their consideration, so that man cannot find out the work which God hath made from the beginning to the end.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	12	And I have known that there was no better thing than to rejoice, and to do well in this life.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	13	For every man that eateth and drinketh, and seeth good of his labour, this is the gift of God.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	14	I have learned that all the works which God hath made, continue for ever: we cannot add any thing, nor take away from those things which God hath made that he may be feared.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	15	That which hath been made, the same continueth: the things that shall be, have already been: and God restoreth that which is past.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	16	I saw under the sun in the place of judgment wickedness, and in the place of justice iniquity.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	17	And I said in my heart: God shall judge both the just and the wicked, and then shall be the time of every thing.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	18	I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, that God would prove them, and shew them to be like beasts.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	19	Therefore the death of man, and of beasts is one, and the condition of them both is equal: as man dieth, so they also die: all things breathe alike, and man hath nothing more than beast: all things are subject to vanity.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	20	And all things go to one place: of earth they were made, and into earth they return together.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	21	Who knoweth if the spirit of the children of Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of the beasts descend downward?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	22	And I have found that nothing is better than for a man to rejoice in his work, and that this is his portion. For who shall bring him to know the things that shall be after him?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	1	I turned myself to other things, and I saw the oppressions that are done under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and they had no comforter; and they were not able to resist their violence, being destitute of help from any.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	2	And I praised the dead rather than the living:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	3	And I judged him happier than them both, that is not yet born, nor hath seen the evils that are done under the sun.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	4	Again I considered all the labours of men, and I remarked that their industries are exposed to the envy of their neighhour: so in this also there is vanity, and fruitless care.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	5	The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh, saying:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	6	Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	7	Considering I found also another vanity under the sun:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	8	There is but one, and he hath not a second, no child, no brother, and yet he ceaseth not to labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches, neither doth he reflect, saying: For whom do I labour, and defraud my soul of good things? in this also is vanity, and a grievous vexation.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	9	It is better therefore that two should be together, than one: for they have the advantage of their society:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	10	If one fall he shall be supported by the other: woe to him that is alone, for when he falleth, he hath none to lift him up.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	11	And if two lie together, they shall warm one another: how shall one alone be warmed?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	12	And if a man prevail against one, two shall withstand him: a threefold cord is not easily broken.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	13	Better is a child that is poor and wise, than a king that is old and foolish, who knoweth not to foresee for hereafter.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	14	Because out of prison and chains sometimes a man cometh forth to a kingdom: and another born king is consumed with poverty.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	15	I saw all men living, that walk under the sun with the second young man, who shall rise up in his place.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	16	The number of the people, of all that were before him is infinite: and they that shall come afterwards, shall not rejoice in him: but this also is vanity, and vexation of spirit.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	17	Keep thy foot, when thou goest into the house of God, and draw nigh to hear. For much better is obedience, than the victims of fools, who know not what evil they do.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	1	Speak not any thing rashly, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	2	Dreams follow many cares: and in many words shall be found folly.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	3	If thou hast vowed any thing to God, defer not to pay it: for an unfaithful and foolish promise displeaseth him: but whatsoever thou hast vowed, pay it.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	4	And it is much better not to vow, than after a vow not to perform the things promised.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	5	Give not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin: and say not before the angel: There is no providence: lest God be angry at thy words, and destroy all the works of thy hands.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	6	Where there are many dreams, there are many vanities, and words without number: but do thou fear God.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	7	If thou shalt see the oppressions of the poor, and violent judgments, and justice perverted in the province, wonder not at this matter: for he that is high hath another higher, and there are others still higher than these:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	8	Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject to him.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	9	A covetous man shall not be satisfied with money: and he that loveth riches shall reap no fruit from them: so this also is vanity.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	10	Where there are great riches, there are also many to eat them. And what doth it profit the owner, but that he seeth the riches with his eyes?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	11	Sleep is sweet to a labouring man, whether he eat little or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	12	There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	13	For they are lost with very great affliction: he hath begotten a son, who shall be in extremity of want.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	14	As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, so shall he return, and shall take nothing away with him of his labour.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	15	A most deplorable evil: as he came, so shall he return. What then doth it profit him that he hath laboured for the wind?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	16	All the days of his life he eateth in darkness, and in many cares, and in misery, and sorrow.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	17	This therefore hath seemed good to me, that a man should eat and drink, and enjoy the fruit of his labour, wherewith he hath laboured under the sun, all the days of his life, which God hath given him: and this is his portion.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	18	And every man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to enjoy his portion, and to rejoice of his labour: this is the gift of God.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	19	For he shall not much remember the days of his life, because God entertaineth his heart with delight,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	6	1	There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and that frequent among men:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	6	2	A man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and honour, and his soul wanteth nothing of all that he desireth: yet God doth not give him power to eat thereof, but a stranger shall eat it up. This is vanity and a great misery.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	6	3	If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, and attain to a great age, and his soul make no use of the goods of his substance, and he be without burial: of this man I pronounce, that the untimely born is better than he.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	6	4	For he came in vain, and goeth to darkness, and his name shall be wholly forgotten.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	6	5	He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	6	6	Although he lived two thousand years, and hath not enjoyed good things: do not all make haste to one place?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	6	7	All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	6	8	What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	6	9	Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	6	10	He that shall be, his name is already called: and it is known, that he is man, and cannot contend in judgment with him that is stronger than himself.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	6	11	There are many words that have much vanity in disputing.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	1	What needeth a man to seek things that are above him, whereas he knoweth not what is profitable for him in his life, in all the days of his pilgrimage, and the time that passeth like a shadow? Or who can tell him what shall be after him under the sun?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	2	A good name is better than precious ointments: and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	3	It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting: for in that we are put in mind of the end of all, and the living thinketh what is to come.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	4	Anger is better than laughter: because by the sadness of the countenance the mind of the offender is corrected.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	5	The heart of the wise is where there is mourning, and the heart of fools where there is mirth.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	6	It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattery of fools.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	7	For as the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool: now this also is vanity.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	8	Oppression troubleth the wise, and shall destroy the strength of his heart.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	9	Better is the end of a speech than the beginning. Better is the patient man than the presumptuous.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	10	Be not quickly angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of a fool.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	11	Say not: What thinkest thou is the cause that former times were better than they are now? for this manner of question is foolish.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	12	Wisdom with riches is more profitable, and bringeth more advantage to them that see the sun.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	13	For as wisdom is a defence, so money is a defence: but learning and wisdom excel in this, that they give life to him that possesseth them.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	14	Consider the works of God, that no man can correct whom he hath despised.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	15	In the good day enjoy good things, and beware beforehand of the evil day: for God hath made both the one and the other, that man may not find against him any just complaint.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	16	These things also I saw in the days of my vanity: A just man perisheth in his justice, and a wicked man liveth a long time in his wickedness.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	17	Be not over just: and be not more wise than is necessary, lest thou become stupid.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	18	Be not overmuch wicked: and be not foolish, lest thou die before thy time.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	19	It is good that thou shouldst hold up the just, yea and from him withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God, neglecteth nothing.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	20	Wisdom hath strengthened the wise more than ten princes of the city.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	21	For there is no just man upon earth, that doth good, and sinneth not.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	22	But do not apply thy heart to all words that are spoken: lest perhaps thou hear thy servant reviling thee.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	23	For thy conscience knoweth that thou also hast often spoken evil of others.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	24	I have tried all things in wisdom. I have said: I will be wise: and it departed farther from me,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	25	Much more than it was: it is a great depth, who shall find it out?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	26	I have surveyed all things with my mind, to know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason: and to know the wickedness of the fool, and the error of the imprudent:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	27	And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter's snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught by her.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	28	Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	29	Which yet my soul seeketh, and I have not found it. One man among a thousand I have found, a woman among them all I have not found.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	30	Only this I have found, that God made man right, and he hath entangled himself with an infinity of questions. Who is as the wise man? and who hath known the resolution of the word?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	1	The wisdom of a man shineth in his countenance, and the most mighty will change his face.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	2	I observe the mouth of the king, and the commandments of the oath of God.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	3	Be not hasty to depart from his face, and do not continue in an evil work: for he will do all that pleaseth him:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	4	And his word is full of power: neither can any man say to him: Why dost thou so?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	5	He that keepeth the commandments shall find no evil. The heart of a wise man understandeth time and answer.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	6	There is a time and opportunity for every business, and great affliction for man:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	7	Because he is ignorant of things past, and things to come he cannot know by any messenger.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	8	It is not in man's power to stop the spirit, neither hath he power in the day of death, neither is he suffered to rest when war is at hand, neither shall wickedness save the wicked.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	9	All these things I have considered, and applied my heart to all the works that are done under the sun. Sometimes one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	10	I saw the wicked buried: who also when they were yet living were in the holy place, and were praised in the city as men of just works: but this also is vanity.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	11	For because sentence is not speedily pronounced against the evil, the children of men commit evils without any fear.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	12	But though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and by patience be borne withal, I know from thence that it shall be well with them that fear God, who dread his face.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	13	But let it not be well with the wicked, neither let his days be prolonged, but as a shadow let them pass away that fear not the face of the Lord.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	14	There is also another vanity, which is done upon the earth. There are just men to whom evils happen, as though they had done the works of the wicked: and there are wicked men, who are as secure, as though they had the deeds of the just: but this also I judge most vain.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	15	Therefore I commended mirth, because there was no good for a man under the sun, but to eat, and drink, and be merry, and that he should take nothing else with him of his labour in the days of his life, which God hath given him under the sun.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	16	And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to understand the distraction that is upon earth: for there are some that day and night take no sleep with their eyes.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	17	And I understood that man can find no reason of all those works of God that are done under the sun: and the more he shall labour to seek, so much the less shall he find: yea, though the wise man shall say, that he knoweth it, he shall not be able to find it.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	1	All these things have I considered in my heart, that I might carefully understand them: there are just men and wise men, and their works are in the hand of God: and yet man knoweth not whether he be worthy of love, or hatred:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	2	But all things are kept uncertain for the time to come, because all things equally happen to the just and to the wicked, to the good and to the evil, to the clean and to the unclean, to him that offereth victims, and to him that despiseth sacrifices. As the good is, so also is the sinner: as the perjured, so he also that sweareth truth.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	3	This is a very great evil among all things that are done under the sun, that the same things happen to all men: whereby also the hearts of the children of men are filled with evil, and with contempt while they live, and afterwards they shall be brought down to hell.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	4	There is no man that liveth always, or that hopeth for this: a living dog is better than a dead lion.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	5	For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing more, neither have they a reward any more: for the memory of them is forgotten.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	6	Their love also, and their hatred, and their envy are all perished, neither have they any part in this world, and in the work that is done under the sun.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	7	Go then, and eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with gladness: because thy works please God.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	8	At all times let thy garments be white, and let not oil depart from thy head.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	9	Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest, all the days of thy unsteady life, which are given to thee under the sun, all the time of thy vanity: for this is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherewith thou labourest under the sun.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	10	Whatsoever thy hand is able to do, do it earnestly: for neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge shall be in hell, whither thou art hastening.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	11	I turned me to another thing, and I saw that under the sun, the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the learned, nor favour to the skillful: but time and chance in all.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	12	Man knoweth not his own end: but as fishes are taken with the hook, and as birds are caught with the snare, so men are taken in the evil time, when it shall suddenly come upon them.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	13	This wisdom also I have seen under the sun, and it seemed to me to be very great:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	14	A little city, and few men in it: there came against it a great king, and invested it, and built bulwarks round about it, and the siege was perfect.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	15	Now there was found in it a man poor and wise, and he delivered the city by his wisdom, and no man afterward remembered that poor man.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	16	And I said that wisdom is better than strength: how then is the wisdom of the poor man slighted, and his words not heard?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	17	The words of the wise are heard in silence, more than the cry of a prince among fools.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	18	Better is wisdom, than weapons of war: and he that shall offend in one, shall lose many good things.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	1	Dying flies spoil the sweetness of the ointment. Wisdom and glory is more precious than a small and shortlived folly.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	2	The heart of a wise man is in his right hand, and the heart of a fool is in his left hand.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	3	Yea, and the fool when he walketh in the way, whereas he himself is a fool, esteemeth all men fools.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	4	If the spirit of him that hath power, ascend upon thee, leave not thy place: because care will make the greatest sins to cease.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	5	There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were by an error proceeding from the face of the prince:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	6	A fool set in high dignity, and the rich sitting beneath.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	7	I have seen servants upon horses: and princes walking on the ground as servants.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	8	He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	9	He that removeth stones, shall be hurt by them: and he that cutteth trees, shall be wounded by them.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	10	If the iron be blunt, and be not as before, but be made blunt, with much labour it shall be sharpened: and after industry shall follow wisdom.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	11	If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	12	The words of the mouth of a wise man are grace: but the lips of a fool shall throw him down headlong.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	13	The beginning of his words is folly, and the end of his talk is a mischievous error.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	14	A fool multiplieth words. A man cannot tell what hath been before him: and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	15	The labour of fools shall afflict them that know not how to go to the city.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	16	Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and when the princes eat in the morning.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	17	Blessed is the land, whose king is noble, and whose princes eat in due season for refreshment, and not for riotousness.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	18	By slothfulness a building shall be brought down, and through the weakness of hands, the house shall drop through.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	19	For laughter they make bread, and wine that the living may feast: and all things obey money.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	20	Detract not the king, no not in thy thought; and speak not evil of the rich man in thy private chamber: because even the birds of the air will carry thy voice, and he that hath wings will tell what thou hast said.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	11	1	Cast thy bread upon the running waters: for after a long time thou shalt find it again.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	11	2	Give a portion to seven, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	11	3	If the clouds be full, they will pour out rain upon the earth. If the tree fall to the south, or to the north, in what place soever it shall fall, there shall it be.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	11	4	He that observeth the wind, shall not sow: and he that considereth the clouds, shall never reap.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	11	5	As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones are joined together in the womb of her that is with child: so thou knowest not the works of God, who is the maker of all.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	11	6	In the morning sow thy seed, and In the evening let not thy hand cease: for thou knowest not which may rather spring up, this or that: and if both together, it shall be the better.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	11	7	The light is sweet, and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	11	8	If a man live many years, and have rejoiced in them all, he must remember the darksome time, and the many days: which when they shall come, the things past shall be accused of vanity.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	11	9	Rejoice therefore, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart be in that which is good in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thy eyes: and know that for all these God will bring thee into judgment.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	11	10	Remove anger from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh. For youth and pleasure are vain.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	1	Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the time of affliction come, and the years draw nigh of which thou shalt say: They please me not:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	2	Before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	3	When the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall stagger, and the grinders shall be idle in a small number, and they that look through the holes shall be darkened:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	4	And they shall shut the doors in the street, when the grinder's voice shall be low, and they shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music shall grow deaf.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	5	And they shall fear high things, and they shall be afraid in the way, the almond tree shall flourish, the locust shall be made fat, and the caper tree shall be destroyed: because man shall go into the house of his eternity, and the mourners shall go round about in the street.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	6	Before the silver cord be broken, and the golden fillet shrink back, and the pitcher be crushed at the fountain, and the wheel be broken upon the cistern,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	7	And the dust return into its earth, from whence it was, and the spirit return to God, who gave it.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	8	Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all things are vanity.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	9	And whereas Ecclesiastes was very wise, he taught the people, and declared the things that he had done: and seeking out, he set forth many parables.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	10	He sought profitable words, and wrote words most right, and full of truth.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	11	The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails deeply fastened in, which by the counsel of masters are given from one shepherd.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	12	More than these, my son, require not. Of making many books there is no end: and much study is an affliction of the flesh.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	13	Let us all hear together the conclusion of the discourse. Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is all man:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	14	And all things that are done, God will bring into judgment for every error, whether it be good or evil.
 Song of Songs	Cant	24	1	1	Let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth: for thy breasts are better than wine,
 Song of Songs	Cant	24	1	2	Smelling sweet of the best ointments. Thy name is as oil poured out: therefore young maidens have loved thee.
 Song of Songs	Cant	24	1	3	Draw me: we will run after thee to the odour of thy ointments. The king hath brought me into his storerooms: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, remembering thy breasts more than wine: the righteous love thee.
@@ -18900,2889 +18900,2889 @@ Wisdom	Wis	25	19	17	For while the elements are changed in themselves, as in an i
 Wisdom	Wis	25	19	18	For the things of the land were turned into things of the water: and the things before swam in the water passed upon the land.
 Wisdom	Wis	25	19	19	The fire had power in water above its own virtue, and the water forgot its quenching nature.
 Wisdom	Wis	25	19	20	On the other side, the flames wasted not the flesh of corruptible animals walking therein, neither did they melt that good food, which was apt to melt as ice. For in all things thou didst magnify thy people, O Lord, and didst honour them, and didst not despise them, but didst assist them at all times, and in every place.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	1	All wisdom is from the Lord God, and hath been always with him, and is before all time.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	2	Who hath numbered the sand of the sea, and the drops of rain, and the days of the world? Who hath measured the height of heaven, and the breadth of the earth, and the depth of the abyss?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	3	Who hath searched out the wisdom of God that goeth before all things?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	4	Wisdom hath been created before all things, and the understanding of prudence from everlasting.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	5	The word of God on high is the fountain of wisdom, and her ways are everlasting commandments.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	6	To whom hath the root of wisdom been revealed, and who hath known her wise counsels?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	7	To whom hath the discipline of wisdom been revealed and made manifest? and who hath understood the multiplicity of her steps?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	8	There is one most high Creator Almighty, and a powerful king, and greatly to be feared, who sitteth upon his throne, and is the God of dominion.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	9	He created her in the Holy Ghost, and saw her, and numbered her, and measured her.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	10	And he poured her out upon all his works, and upon all flesh according to his gift, and hath given her to them that love him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	11	The fear of the Lord is honour, and glory, and gladness, and a crown of joy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	12	The fear of the Lord shall delight the heart, and shall give joy, and gladness, and length of days.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	13	With him that feareth the Lord, it shall go well in the latter end, and in the day of his death he shall be blessed.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	14	The love of God is honourable wisdom.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	15	And they to whom she shall shew herself love her by the sight, and by the knowledge of her great works.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	16	The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and was created with the faithful in the womb, it walketh with chosen women, and is known with the just and faithful.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	17	The fear of the Lord is the religiousness of knowledge.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	18	Religiousness shall keep and justify the heart, it shall give joy and gladness.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	19	It shall go well with him that feareth the Lord, and in the days of his end he shall be blessed.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	20	To fear God is the fulness of wisdom, and fulness is from the fruits thereof.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	21	She shall fill all her house with her increase, and the storehouses with her treasures.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	22	The fear of the Lord is a crown of wisdom, filling up peace and the fruit of salvation:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	23	And it hath seen, and numbered her: but both are the gifts of God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	24	Wisdom shall distribute knowledge, and understanding of prudence: and exalteth the glory of them that hold her.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	25	The root of wisdom is to fear the Lord: and the branches thereof are longlived.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	26	In the treasures of wisdom is understanding, and religiousness of knowledge: but to sinners wisdom is an abomination.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	27	The fear of the Lord driveth out sin:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	28	For he that is without fear, cannot be justified: for the wrath of his high spirits is his ruin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	29	A patient man shall bear for a time, and afterwards joy shall be restored to him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	30	A good understanding will hide his words for a time, and the lips of many shall declare his wisdom.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	31	In the treasures of wisdom is the signification of discipline:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	32	But the worship of God is an abomination to a sinner.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	33	Son, if thou desire wisdom, keep justice, and God will give her to thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	34	For the fear of the Lord is wisdom and discipline: and that which is agreeable to him,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	35	Is faith, and meekness: and he will fill up his treasures.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	36	Be not incredulous to the fear of the Lord: and come not to him with a double heart.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	37	Be not a hypocrite in the sight of men, and let not thy lips be a stumblingblock to thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	38	Watch over them, lest thou fall, and bring dishonour upon thy soul,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	39	And God discover thy secrets, and cast thee down in the midst of the congregation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	40	Because thou camest to the Lord wickedly, and thy heart is full of guile and deceit.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	2	1	Son, when thou comest to the service of God, stand in justice and in fear, and prepare thy soul for temptation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	2	2	Humble thy heart, and endure: incline thy ear, and receive the words of understanding: and make not haste in the time of clouds.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	2	3	Wait on God with patience: join thyself to God, and endure, that thy life may be increased in the latter end.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	2	4	Take all that shall be brought upon thee: and in thy sorrow endure, and in thy humiliation keep patience.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	2	5	For gold and silver are tried in the fire, but acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	2	6	Believe God, and he will recover thee: and direct thy way, and trust in him. Keep his fear, and grow old therein.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	2	7	Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy: and go not aside from him, lest ye fall.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	2	8	Ye that fear the Lord, believe him: and your reward shall not be made void.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	2	9	Ye that fear the Lord, hope in him: and mercy shall come to you for your delight.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	2	10	Ye that fear the Lord, love him, and your hearts shall be enlightened.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	2	11	My children behold the generations of men: and know ye that no one hath hoped in the Lord, and hath been confounded.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	2	12	For who hath continued in his commandment, and hath been forsaken? or who hath called upon him, and he despised him?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	2	13	For God is compassionate and merciful, and will forgive sins in the day of tribulation: and he is a protector to all that seek him in truth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	2	14	Woe to them that are of a double heart and to wicked lips, and to the hands that do evil, and to the sinner that goeth on the earth two ways.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	2	15	Woe to them that are fainthearted, who believe not God: and therefore they shall not be protected by him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	2	16	Woe to them that have lost patience, and that have forsaken the right ways, and have gone aside into crooked ways.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	2	17	And what will they do, when the Lord shall begin to examine?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	2	18	They that fear the Lord, will not be incredulous to his word: and they that love him, will keep his way.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	2	19	They that fear the Lord, will seek after the things that are well pleasing to him: and they that love him, shall be filled with his law.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	2	20	They that fear the Lord, will prepare their hearts, and in his sight will sanctify their souls.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	2	21	They that fear the Lord, keep his Commandments, and will have patience even until his visitation,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	2	22	Saying: If we do not penance, we shall fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	2	23	For according to his greatness, so also is his mercy with him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	1	The sons of wisdom are the church of the just: and their generation, obedience and love.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	2	Children, hear the judgment of your father, and so do that you may be saved.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	3	For God hath made the father honourable to the children: and seeking the judgment of the mothers, hath confirmed it upon the children.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	4	He that loveth God, shall obtain pardon for his sins by prayer, and shall refrain himself from them, and shall be heard in the prayer of days.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	5	And he that honoureth his mother is as one that layeth up a treasure.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	6	He that honoureth his father shall have joy in his own children, and in the day of his prayer he shall be heard.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	7	He that honoureth his father shall enjoy a long life: and he that obeyeth the father, shall be a comfort to his mother.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	8	He that feareth the Lord, honoureth his parents, and will serve them as his masters that brought him into the world.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	9	Honour thy father, in work and word, and all patience,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	10	That a blessing may come upon thee from him, and his blessing may remain in the latter end.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	11	The father's blessing establisheth the houses of the children: but the mother's curse rooteth up the foundation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	12	Glory not in the dishonour of thy father: for his shame is no glory to thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	13	For the glory of a man is from the honour of his father, and a father without honour is the disgrace of the son.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	14	Son, support the old age of thy father, and grieve him not in his life;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	15	And if his understanding fail, have patience with him, and despise him not when thou art in thy strength: for the relieving of the father shall not be forgotten.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	16	For good shall be repaid to thee for the sin of thy mother.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	17	And in justice thou shalt be built up, and in the day of affliction thou shalt be remembered: and thy sins shall melt away as the ice in the fair warm weather.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	18	Of what an evil fame is he that forsaketh his father: and he is cursed of God that angereth his mother.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	19	My son, do thy works in meekness, and thou shalt be beloved above the glory of men.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	20	The greater thou art, the more humble thyself in all things, and thou shalt find grace before God:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	21	For great is the power of God alone, and he is honoured by the humble.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	22	Seek not the things that are too high for thee, and search not into things above thy ability: but the things that God hath commanded thee, think on them always, and in many of his works be not curious.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	23	For it is not necessary for thee to see with thy eyes those things that are hid.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	24	In unnecessary matters be not over curious, and in many of his works thou shalt not be inquisitive.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	25	For many things are shewn to thee above the understanding of men.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	26	And the suspicion of them hath deceived many, and hath detained their minds in vanity.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	27	A hard heart shall fear evil at the last: and he that loveth danger shall perish in it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	28	A heart that goeth two ways shall not have success, and the perverse of heart shall be scandalized therein.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	29	A wicked heart shall be laden with sorrows, and the sinner will add sin to sin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	30	The congregation of the proud shall not be healed: for the plant of wickedness shall take root in them, and it shall not be perceived.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	31	The heart of the wise is understood in wisdom, and a good ear will hear wisdom with all desire.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	32	A wise heart, and which hath understanding, will abstain from sins, and in the works of justice shall have success.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	33	Water quencheth a flaming fire, and alms resisteth sins:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	34	And God provideth for him that sheweth favour: he remembereth him afterwards, and in the time of his fall he shall find a sure stay.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	1	Son, defraud not the poor of alms, and turn not away thy eyes from the poor.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	2	Despise not the hungry soul: and provoke not the poor in his want.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	3	Afflict not the heart of the needy, and defer not to give to him that is in distress.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	4	Reject not the petition of the afflicted: and turn not away thy face from the needy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	5	Turn not away thy eyes from the poor for fear of anger: and leave not to them that ask of thee to curse thee behind thy back.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	6	For the prayer of him that curseth thee in the bitterness of his soul, shall be heard, for he that made him will hear him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	7	Make thyself affable to the congregation of the poor, and humble thy soul to the ancient, and bow thy head to a great man.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	8	Bow down thy ear cheerfully to the poor, and pay what thou owest, and answer him peaceable words with mildness.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	9	Deliver him that suffereth wrong out of the hand of the proud: and be not fainthearted in thy soul.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	10	In judging be merciful to the fatherless as a father, and as a husband to their mother.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	11	And thou shalt be as the obedient son of the most High, and he will have mercy on thee more than a mother.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	12	Wisdom inspireth life into her children, and protecteth them that seek after her, and will go before them in the way of justice.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	13	And he that loveth her, loveth life: and they that watch for her, shall embrace her sweetness.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	14	They that hold her fast, shall inherit life: and whithersoever she entereth, God will give a blessing.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	15	They that serve her, shall be servants to the holy one: and God loveth them that love her.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	16	He that hearkeneth to her, shall judge nations: and he that looketh upon her, shall remain secure.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	17	If he trust to her, he shall inherit her, and his generation shall be in assurance.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	18	For she walketh with him in temptation, and at the first she chooseth him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	19	She will bring upon him fear and dread and trial: and she will scourge him with the affliction of her discipline, till she try him by her laws, and trust his soul.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	20	Then she will strengthen him, and make a straight way to him, and give him joy,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	21	And will disclose her secrets to him, and will heap upon him treasures of knowledge and understanding of justice.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	22	But if he go astray, she will forsake him, and deliver him into the hands of his enemy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	23	Son, observe the time, and fly from evil.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	24	For thy soul be not ashamed to say the truth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	25	For there is a shame that bringeth sin, and there is a shame that bringeth glory and grace.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	26	Accept no person against thy own person, nor against thy soul a lie.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	27	Reverence not thy neighbour in his fall:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	28	And refrain not to speak in the time of salvation. Hide not thy wisdom in her beauty.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	29	For by the tongue wisdom is discerned: and understanding, and knowledge, and learning by the word of the wise, and steadfastness in the works of justice.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	30	In nowise speak against the truth, but be ashamed of the lie of thy ignorance.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	31	Be not ashamed to confess thy sins, but submit not thyself to every man for sin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	32	Resist not against the face of the mighty, and do not strive against the stream of the river.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	33	Strive for justice for thy soul, and even unto death fight for justice, and God will overthrow thy enemies for thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	34	Be not hasty in thy tongue: and slack and remiss in thy works.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	35	Be not as a lion in thy house, terrifying them of thy household, and oppressing them that are under thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	4	36	Let not thy hand be stretched out to receive, and shut when thou shouldst give.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	5	1	Set not thy heart upon unjust possessions, and say not: I have enough to live on: for it shall be of no service in the time of vengeance and darkness.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	5	2	Follow not in thy strength the desires of thy heart:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	5	3	And say not: How mighty am I? and who shall bring me under for my deeds? for God will surely take revenge.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	5	4	Say not: I have sinned, and what harm hath befallen me? for the most High is a patient rewarder.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	5	5	Be not without fear about sin forgiven, and add not sin upon sin:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	5	6	And say not: The mercy of the Lord is great, he will have mercy on the multitude of my sins.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	5	7	For mercy and wrath quickly come from him, and his wrath looketh upon sinners.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	5	8	Delay not to be converted to the Lord, and defer it not from day to day.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	5	9	For his wrath shall come on a sudden, and in the time of vengeance he will destroy thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	5	10	Be not anxious for goods unjustly gotten: for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity and revenge.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	5	11	Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way: for so is every sinner proved by a double tongue.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	5	12	Be steadfast in the way of the Lord, and in the truth of thy judgment, and in knowledge, and let the word of peace and justice keep with thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	5	13	Be meek to hear the word, that thou mayst understand: and return a true answer with wisdom.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	5	14	If thou have understanding, answer thy neighbour: but if not, let thy hand be upon thy mouth, lest thou be surprised in an unskillful word, and be confounded.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	5	15	Honour and glory is in the word of the wise, but the tongue of the fool is his ruin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	5	16	Be not called a whisperer, and be not taken in thy tongue, and confounded.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	5	17	For confusion and repentance is upon a thief, and an evil mark of disgrace upon the double tongued, but to the whisperer hatred, and enmity, and reproach.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	5	18	Justify alike the small and the great.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	1	Instead of a friend become not an enemy to thy neighbour: for an evil man shall inherit reproach and shame, so shall every sinner that is envious and double tongued.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	2	Extol not thyself in the thoughts of thy soul like a bull: lest thy strength be quashed by folly,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	3	And it eat up thy leaves, and destroy thy fruit: and thou be left as a dry tree in the wilderness.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	4	For a wicked soul shall destroy him that hath it, and maketh him to be a joy to his enemies, and shall lead him into the lot of the wicked.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	5	A sweet word multiplieth friends, and appeaseth enemies, and a gracious tongue in a good man aboundeth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	6	Be in peace with many, but let one of a thousand be thy counsellor.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	7	If thou wouldst get a friend, try him before thou takest him, and do not credit him easily.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	8	For there is a friend for his own occasion, and he will not abide in the day of thy trouble.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	9	And there is a friend that turneth to enmity; and there is a friend that will disclose hatred and strife and reproaches.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	10	And there is a friend a companion at the table, and he will not abide in the day of distress.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	11	A friend if he continue steadfast, shall be to thee as thyself, and shall act with confidence among them of thy household.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	12	If he humble himself before thee, and hide himself from thy face, thou shalt have unanimous friendship for good.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	13	Separate thyself from thy enemies, and take heed of thy friends.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	14	A faithful friend is a strong defence: and he that hath found him, hath found a treasure.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	15	Nothing can be compared to a faithful friend, and no weight of gold and silver is able to countervail the goodness of his fidelity.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	16	A faithful friend is the medicine of life and immortality: and they that fear the Lord, shall find him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	17	He that feareth God, shall likewise have good friendship: because according to him shall his friend be.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	18	My son, from thy youth up receive instruction, and even to thy grey hairs thou shalt find wisdom.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	19	Come to her as one that plougheth, and soweth, and wait for her good fruits:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	20	For in working about her thou shalt labour a little, and shalt quickly eat of her fruits.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	21	How very unpleasant is wisdom to the unlearned, and the unwise will not continue with her.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	22	She shall be to them as a mighty stone of trial, and they will cast her from them before it be long.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	23	For the wisdom of doctrine is according to her name, and she is not manifest unto many, but with them to whom she is known, she continueth even to the sight of God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	24	Give ear, my son, and take wise counsel, and cast not away my advice.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	25	Put thy feet into her fetters, and thy neck into her chains:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	26	Bow down thy shoulder, and bear her, and be not grieved with her bands.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	27	Come to her with all thy mind, and keep her ways with all thy power.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	28	Search for her, and she shall be made known to thee, and when thou hast gotten her, let her not go:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	29	For in the latter end thou shalt find rest in her, and she shall be turned to thy joy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	30	Then shall her fetters be a strong defence for thee, and a firm foundation, and her chain a robe of glory:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	31	For in her is the beauty of life, and her bands are a healthful binding.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	32	Thou shalt put her on as a robe of glory, and thou shalt set her upon thee as a crown of joy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	33	My son, if thou wilt attend to me, thou shalt learn: and if thou wilt apply thy mind, thou shalt be wise.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	34	If thou wilt incline thy ear, thou shalt receive instruction: and if thou love to hear, thou shalt be wise.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	35	Stand in the multitude of ancients that are wise, and join thyself from thy heart to their wisdom, that thou mayst hear every discourse of God, and the sayings of praise may not escape thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	36	And if thou see a man of understanding, go to him early in the morning, and let thy foot wear the steps of his doors.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	6	37	Let thy thoughts be upon the precepts of God, and meditate continually on his commandments: and he will give thee a heart, and the desire of wisdom shall be given to thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	1	Do no evils, and no evils shall lay hold of thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	2	Depart from the unjust, and evils shall depart from thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	3	My son, sow not evils in the furrows of injustice, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	4	Seek not of the Lord a pre-eminence, nor of the king the seat of honour.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	5	Justify not thyself before God, for he knoweth the heart: and desire not to appear wise before the king.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	6	Seek not to be made a judge, unless thou have strength enough to extirpate iniquities: lest thou fear the person of the powerful, and lay a stumblingblock for thy integrity.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	7	Offend not against the multitude of a city, neither cast thyself in upon the people,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	8	Nor bind sin to sin: for even in one thou shalt not be unpunished.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	9	Be not fainthearted in thy mind:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	10	Neglect not to pray, and to give alms.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	11	Say not: God will have respect to the multitude of my gifts, and when I offer to the most high God, he will accept my offerings.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	12	Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one that humbleth and exalteth, God who seeth all.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	13	Devise not a lie against thy brother: neither do the like against thy friend.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	14	Be not willing to make any manner of lie: for the custom thereof is not good.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	15	Be not full of words in a multitude of ancients, and repeat not the word in thy prayer.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	16	Hate not laborious works, nor husbandry ordained by the most High.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	17	Number not thyself among the multitude of the disorderly.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	18	Remember wrath, for it will not tarry long.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	19	Humble thy spirit very much: for the vengeance on the flesh of the ungodly is fire and worms.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	20	Do not transgress against thy friend deferring money, nor despise thy dear brother for the sake of gold.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	21	Depart not from a wise and good wife, whom thou hast gotten in the fear of the Lord: for the grace of her modesty is above gold.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	22	Hurt not the servant that worketh faithfully, nor the hired man that giveth thee his life.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	23	Let a wise servant be dear to thee as thy own soul, defraud him not of liberty, nor leave him needy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	24	Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	25	Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow down their neck from their childhood.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	26	Hast thou daughters? have a care of their body, and shew not thy countenance gay towards them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	27	Marry thy daughter well, and thou shalt do a great work, and give her to a wise man.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	28	If thou hast a wife according to thy soul, cast her not off: and to her that is hateful, trust not thyself. With thy whole heart,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	29	Honour thy father, and forget not the groanings of thy mother:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	30	Remember that thou hadst not been born but through them: and make a return to them as they have done for thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	31	With all thy soul fear the Lord, and reverence his priests.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	32	With all thy strength love him that made thee: and forsake not his ministers.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	33	Honour God with all thy soul, and give honour to the priests, and purify thyself with thy arms.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	34	Give them their portion, as it is commanded thee, of the firstfruits and of purifications: and for thy negligences purify thyself with a few.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	35	Offer to the Lord the gift of thy shoulders, and the sacrifice of sanctification, and the firstfruits of the holy things:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	36	And stretch out thy hand to the poor, that thy expiation and thy blessing may be perfected.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	37	A gift hath grace in the sight of all the living, and restrain not grace from the dead.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	38	Be not wanting in comforting them that weep, and walk with them that mourn.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	39	Be not slow to visit the sick: for by these things thou shalt be confirmed in love.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	40	In all thy works remember thy last end, and thou shalt never sin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	8	1	Strive not with a powerful man, lest thou fall into his hands.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	8	2	Contend not with a rich man, lest he bring an action against thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	8	3	For gold and silver hath destroyed many, and hath reached even to the heart of kings, and perverted them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	8	4	Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	8	5	Communicate not with an ignorant man, lest he speak ill of thy family.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	8	6	Despise not a man that turneth away from sin, nor reproach him therewith: remember that we are all worthy of reproof.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	8	7	Despise not a man in his old age; for we also shall become old.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	8	8	Rejoice not at the death of thy enemy; knowing that we all die, and are not willing that others should rejoice at our death.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	8	9	Despise not the discourse of them that are ancient and wise, but acquaint thyself with their proverbs.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	8	10	For of them thou shalt learn wisdom, and instruction of understanding, and to serve great men without blame.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	8	11	Let not the discourse of the ancients escape thee, for they have learned of their fathers:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	8	12	For of them thou shalt learn understanding, and to give an answer in time of need.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	8	13	Kindle not the coals of sinners by rebuking them, lest thou be burnt with the flame of the fire of their sins.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	8	14	Stand not against the face of an injurious person, lest he sit as a spy to entrap thee in thy words.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	8	15	Lend not to a man that is mightier than thyself: and if thou lendest, count it as lost.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	8	16	Be not surety above thy power: and if thou be surety, think as if thou wert to pay it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	8	17	Judge not against a judge: for he judgeth according to that which is just.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	8	18	Go not on the way with a bold man, lest he burden thee with his evils: for he goeth according to his own will, and thou shalt perish together with his folly.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	8	19	Quarrel not with a passionate man, and go not into the desert with a bold man: for blood is as nothing in his sight, and where there is no help he will overthrow thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	8	20	Advise not with fools, for they cannot love but such things as please them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	8	21	Before a stranger do no matter of counsel: for thou knowest not what he will bring forth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	8	22	Open not thy heart to every man: lest he repay thee with an evil turn, and speak reproachfully to thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	1	Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, lest she shew in thy regard the malice of a wicked lesson.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	2	Give not the power of thy soul to a woman, lest she enter upon thy strength, and thou be confounded.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	3	Look not upon a woman that hath a mind for many: lest thou fall into her snares.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	4	Use not much the company of her that is a dancer, and hearken not to her, lest thou perish by the force of her charms.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	5	Gaze not upon a maiden, lest her beauty be a stumblingblock to thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	6	Give not thy soul to harlots in any point: lest thou destroy thyself and thy inheritance.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	7	Look not round about thee in the ways of the city, nor wander up and down in the streets thereof.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	8	Turn away thy face from a woman dressed up, and gaze not about upon another's beauty.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	9	For many have perished by the beauty of a woman, and hereby lust is enkindled as a fire.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	10	Every woman that is a harlot, shall be trodden upon as dung in the way.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	11	Many by admiring the beauty of another man's wife, have become reprobate, for her conversation burneth as fire.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	12	Sit not at all with another man's wife, nor repose upon the bed with her:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	13	And strive not with her over wine, lest thy heart decline towards her, and by thy blood thou fall into destruction.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	14	Forsake not an old friend, for the new will not be like to him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	15	A new friend is as new wine: it shall grow old, and thou shalt drink it with pleasure.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	16	Envy not the glory and riches of a sinner: for thou knowest not what his ruin shall be.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	17	Be not pleased with the wrong done by the unjust, knowing that even to hell the wicked shall not please.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	18	Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill, so thou shalt not suspect the fear of death.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	19	And if thou come to him, commit no fault, lest he take away thy life.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	20	Know it to be a communication with death: for thou art going in the midst of snares, and walking upon the arms of them that are grieved:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	21	According to thy power beware of thy neighbour, and treat with the wise and prudent.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	22	Let just men be thy guests, and let thy glory be in the fear of God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	23	And let the thought of God be in thy mind, and all thy discourse on the commandments of the Highest.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	24	Works shall be praised for the hand of the artificers, and the prince of the people for the wisdom of his speech, but the word of the ancients for the sense.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	25	A man full of tongue is terrible in his city, and he that is rash in his word shall be hateful.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	1	A wise judge shall judge his people, and the government of a prudent man shall be steady.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	2	As the judge of the people is himself, so also are his ministers: and what manner of man the ruler of a city is, such also are they that dwell therein.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	3	An unwise king shall be the ruin of his people: and cities shall be inhabited through the prudence of the rulers.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	4	The power of the earth is in the hand of God, and in his time he will raise up a profitable ruler over it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	5	The prosperity of man is in the hand of God, and upon the person of the scribe he shall lay his honour.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	6	Remember not any injury done thee by thy neighbour, and do thou nothing by deeds of injury.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	7	Pride is hateful before God and men: and all iniquity of nations is execrable.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	8	A kingdom is translated from one people to another, because of injustices, and wrongs, and injuries, and divers deceits.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	9	But nothing is more wicked than the covetous man. Why is earth and ashes proud?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	10	There is not a more wicked thing than to love money: for such a one setteth even his own soul to sale: because while he liveth he hath cast away his bowels.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	11	All power is of short life. A long sickness is troublesome to the physician.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	12	The physician cutteth off a short sickness: so also a king is today, and tomorrow he shall die.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	13	For when a man shall die, he shall inherit serpents, and beasts, and worms.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	14	The beginning of the pride of man, is to fall off from God:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	15	Because his heart is departed from him that made him: for pride is the beginning of all sin: he that holdeth it, shall be filled with maledictions, and it shall ruin him in the end.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	16	Therefore hath the Lord disgraced the assemblies of the wicked, and hath utterly destroyed them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	17	God hath overturned the thrones of proud princes, and hath set up the meek in their stead.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	18	God hath made the roots of proud nations to wither, and hath planted the humble of these nations.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	19	The Lord hath overthrown the lands of the Gentiles, and hath destroyed them even to the foundation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	20	He hath made some of them to wither away, and hath destroyed them, and hath made the memory of them to cease from the earth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	21	God hath abolished the memory of the proud, and hath preserved the memory of them that are humble in mind.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	22	Pride was not made for men: nor wrath for the race of women.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	23	That seed of men shall be honoured, which feareth God: but that seed shall be dishonoured, which transgresseth the commandments of the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	24	In the midst of brethren their chief is honourable: so shall they that fear the Lord, be in his eyes.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	25	The fear of God is the glory of the rich, and of the honourable, and of the poor:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	26	Despise not a just man that is poor, and do not magnify a sinful man that is rich.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	27	The great man, and the judge, and the mighty is in honour: and there is none greater than he that feareth God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	28	They that are free shall serve a servant that is wise: and a man that is prudent and well instructed will not murmur when he is reproved; and he that is ignorant, shall not be honoured.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	29	Extol not thyself in doing thy work, and linger not in the time of distress:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	30	Better is he that laboureth, and aboundeth in all things, than he that boasteth himself and wanteth bread.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	31	My son, keep thy soul in meekness, and give it honour according to its desert.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	32	Who will justify him that sinneth against his own soul? and who will honour him that dishonoureth his own soul?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	33	The poor man is glorified by his discipline and fear: and there is a man that is honoured for his wealth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	10	34	But he that is glorified in poverty, how much more in wealth? and he that is glorified in wealth, let him fear poverty.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	1	The wisdom of the humble shall exalt his head, and shall make him sit in the midst of great men.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	2	Praise not a man for his beauty, neither despise a man for his look.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	3	The bee is small among flying things, but her fruit hath the chiefest sweetness.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	4	Glory not in apparel at any time, and be not exalted in the day of thy honour: for the works of the Highest only are wonderful, and his works are glorious, and secret, and hidden.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	5	Many tyrants have sat on the throne, and he whom no man would think on, hath worn the crown.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	6	Many mighty men have been greatly brought down, and the glorious have been delivered into the hand of others.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	7	Before thou inquire, blame no man: and when thou hast inquired, reprove justly.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	8	Before thou hear, answer not a word: and interrupt not others in the midst of their discourse.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	9	Strive not in a matter which doth not concern thee, and sit not in judgment with sinners.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	10	My son, meddle not with many matters: and if thou be rich, thou shalt not be free from sin: for if thou pursue after thou shalt not overtake: and if thou run before thou shalt not escape.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	11	There is an ungodly man that laboureth, and maketh haste, and is in sorrow, and is so much the more in want.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	12	Again, there is an inactive man that wanteth help, is very weak in ability, and full of poverty:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	13	Yet the eye of God hath looked upon him for good, and hath lifted him up from his low estate, and hath exalted his head: and many have wondered at him, and have glorified God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	14	Good things and evil, life and death, poverty and riches, are from God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	15	Wisdom and discipline, and the knowledge of the law are with God. Love and the ways of good things are with him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	16	Error and darkness are created with sinners: and they that glory in evil things, grow old in evil.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	17	The gift of God abideth with the just, and his advancement shall have success for ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	18	There is one that is enriched by living sparingly, and this is the portion of his reward.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	19	In that he saith: I have found me rest, and now I will eat of my goods alone:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	20	And he knoweth not what time shall pass, and that death approacheth, and that he must leave all to others, and shall die.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	21	Be steadfast in thy covenant, and be conversant therein, and grow old in the work of thy commandments.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	22	Abide not in the works of sinners. But trust in God, and stay in thy place.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	23	For it is easy in the eyes of God on a sudden to make the poor man rich.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	24	The blessing of God maketh haste to reward the just, and in a swift hour his blessing beareth fruit.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	25	Say not: What need I, and what good shall I have by this?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	26	Say not: I am sufficient for myself: and what shall I be made worse by this?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	27	In the day of good things be not unmindful of evils: and in the day of evils be not unmindful of good things:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	28	For it is easy before God in the day of death to reward every one according to his ways.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	29	The affliction of an hour maketh one forget great delights, and in the end of a man is the disclosing of his works.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	30	Praise not any man before death, for a man is known by his children.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	31	Bring not every man into thy house: for many are the snares of the deceitful.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	32	For as corrupted bowels send forth stinking breath, and as the partridge is brought into the cage, and as the roe into the snare: so also is the heart of the proud, and as a spy that looketh on the fall of his neighbour.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	33	For he lieth in wait and turneth good into evil, and on the elect he will lay a blot.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	34	Of one spark cometh a great fire, and of one deceitful man much blood: and a sinful man lieth in wait for blood.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	35	Take heed to thyself of a mischievous man, for he worketh evils: lest he bring upon thee reproach for ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	11	36	Receive a stranger in, and he shall overthrow thee with a whirlwind, and shall turn thee out of thy own.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	12	1	If thou do good, know to whom thou dost it, and there shall be much thanks for thy good deeds.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	12	2	Do good to the just, and thou shalt find great recompense: and if not of him, assuredly of the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	12	3	For there is no good for him that is always occupied in evil, and that giveth no alms: for the Highest hateth sinners, and hath mercy on the penitent.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	12	4	Give to the merciful and uphold not the sinner: God will repay vengeance to the ungodly and to sinners, and keep them against the day of vengeance.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	12	5	Give to the good, and receive not a sinner.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	12	6	Do good to the humble, and give not to the ungodly: hold back thy bread, and give it not to him, lest thereby he overmaster thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	12	7	For thou shalt receive twice as much evil for all the good thou shalt have done to him: for the Highest also hateth sinners, and will repay vengeance to the ungodly.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	12	8	A friend shall not be known in prosperity, and an enemy shall not be hidden in adversity.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	12	9	In the prosperity of a man, his enemies are grieved: and a friend is known in his adversity.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	12	10	Never trust thy enemy: for as a brass pot his wickedness rusteth:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	12	11	Though he humble himself and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	12	12	Set him not by thee, neither let him sit on thy right hand, lest he turn into thy place, and seek to take thy seat: and at the last thou acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	12	13	Who will pity an enchanter struck by a serpent, or any that come near wild beasts? so is it with him that keepeth company with a wicked man, and is involved in his sins.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	12	14	For an hour he will abide with thee: but if thou begin to decline, he will not endure it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	12	15	An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he lieth in wait, to throw thee into a pit.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	12	16	An enemy weepeth with his eyes: but if he find an opportunity he will not be satisfied with blood:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	12	17	And if evils come upon thee, thou shalt find him there first.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	12	18	An enemy hath tears in his eyes, and while he pretendeth to help thee, will undermine thy feet.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	12	19	He will shake his head, and clap his hands, and whisper much, and change his countenance.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	1	He that toucheth pitch, shall be defiled with it: and he that hath fellowship with the proud, shall put on pride.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	2	He shall take a burden upon him that hath fellowship with one more honourable than himself. And have no fellowship with one that is richer than thyself.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	3	What agreement shall the earthen pot have with the kettle? for if they knock one against the other, it shall be broken.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	4	The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he will fume: but the poor is wronged and must hold his peace.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	5	If thou give, he will make use of thee: and if thou have nothing, he will forsake thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	6	If thou have any thing, he will live with thee, and will make thee bare, and he will not be sorry for thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	7	If he have need of thee he will deceive thee, and smiling upon thee will put thee in hope; he will speak thee fair, and will say: What wantest thou?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	8	And he will shame thee by his meats, till he have drawn thee dry twice or thrice, and at last he will laugh at thee: and afterward when he seeth thee, he will forsake thee, and shake his head at thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	9	Humble thyself to God, and wait for his hands.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	10	Beware that thou be not deceived into folly, and be humbled.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	11	Be not lowly in thy wisdom, lest being humbled thou be deceived into folly.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	12	If thou be invited by one that is mightier, withdraw thyself: for so he will invite thee the more.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	13	Be not troublesome to him, lest thou be put back: and keep not far from him, lest thou be forgotten.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	14	Affect not to speak with him as an equal: and believe not his many words: for by much talk he will sift thee, and smiling will examine thee concerning thy secrets.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	15	His cruel mind will lay up thy words: and he will not spare to do thee hurt, and to cast thee into prison.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	16	Take heed to thyself, and attend diligently to what thou hearest: for thou walkest in danger of thy ruin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	17	When thou hearest those things, see as it were in sleep, and thou shalt awake.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	18	Love God all thy life, and call upon him for thy salvation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	19	Every beast loveth its like: so also every man him that is nearest to himself.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	20	All flesh shall consort with the like to itself, and every man shall associate himself to his like.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	21	If the wolf shall at any time have fellowship with the lamb, so the sinner with the just.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	22	What fellowship hath a holy man with a dog, or what part hath the rich with the poor?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	23	The wild ass is the lion's prey in the desert: so also the poor are devoured by the rich.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	24	And as humility is an abomination to the proud: so also the rich man abhorreth the poor.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	25	When a rich man is shaken, he is kept up by his friends: but when a poor man is fallen down, he is thrust away even by his acquaintance.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	26	When a rich man hath been deceived, he hath many helpers: he hath spoken proud things, and they have justified him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	27	The poor man was deceived, and he is rebuked also: he hath spoken wisely, and could have no place.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	28	The rich man spoke, and all held their peace, and what he said they extol even to the clouds.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	29	The poor man spoke, and they say: Who is this? and if he stumble, they will overthrow him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	30	Riches are good to him that hath no sin in his conscience: and poverty is very wicked in the mouth of the ungodly.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	31	The heart of a man changeth his countenance, either for good, or for evil.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	13	32	The token of a good heart, and a good countenance thou shalt hardly find, and with labour.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	1	Blessed is the man that hath not slipped by a word out of his mouth, and is not pricked with the remorse of sin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	2	Happy is he that hath had no sadness of his mind, and who is not fallen from his hope.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	3	Riches are not comely for a covetous man and a niggard, and what should an envious man do with gold?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	4	He that gathereth together by wronging his own soul, gathereth for others, and another will squander away his goods in rioting.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	5	He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? and he shall not take pleasure in his goods.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	6	There is none worse than he that envieth himself, and this is the reward of his wickedness:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	7	And if he do good, he doth it ignorantly, and unwillingly: and at the last he discovereth his wickedness.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	8	The eye of the envious is wicked: and he turneth away his face, and despiseth his own soul.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	9	The eye of the covetous man is insatiable in his portion of iniquity: he will not be satisfied till he consume his own soul, drying it up.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	10	An evil eye is towards evil things: and he shall not have his fill of bread, but shall be needy and pensive at his own table.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	11	My son, if thou have any thing, do good to thyself, and offer to God worthy offerings.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	12	Remember that death is not slow, and that the covenant of hell hath been shewn to thee: for the covenant of this world shall surely die.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	13	Do good to thy friend before thou die, and according to thy ability, stretching out thy hand give to the poor.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	14	Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good gift overpass thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	15	Shalt thou not leave to others to divide by lot thy sorrows and labours?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	16	Give and take, and justify thy soul.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	17	Before thy death work justice: for in hell there is no finding food.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	18	All flesh shall fade as grass, and as the leaf that springeth out on a green tree.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	19	Some grow, and some fall off: so is the generation of flesh and blood, one cometh to an end, and another is born.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	20	Every work that is corruptible shall fail in the end: and the worker thereof shall go with it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	21	And every excellent work shall be justified: and the worker thereof shall be honoured therein.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	22	Blessed is the man that shall continue in wisdom, and that shall meditate in his justice, and in his mind shall think of the all seeing eye of God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	23	He that considereth her ways in his heart, and hath understanding in her secrets, who goeth after her as one that traceth, and stayeth in her ways:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	24	He who looketh in at her windows, and hearkeneth at her door:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	25	He that lodgeth near her house, and fastening a pin in her walls shall set up his tent nigh unto her, where good things shall rest in his lodging for ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	26	He shall set his children under her shelter, and shall lodge under her branches:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	14	27	He shall be protected under her covering from the heat, and shall rest in her glory.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	15	1	He that feareth God, will do good: and he that possesseth justice, shall lay hold on her,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	15	2	And she will meet him as an honourable mother, and will receive him as a wife married of a virgin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	15	3	With the bread of life and understanding, she shall feed him, and give him the water of wholesome wisdom to drink: and she shall be made strong in him, and he shall not be moved:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	15	4	And she shall hold him fast, and he shall not be confounded: and she shall exalt him among his neighbours.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	15	5	And in the midst of the church she shall open his mouth, and shall fill him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding, and shall clothe him with a robe of glory.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	15	6	She shall heap upon him a treasure of joy and gladness, and shall cause him to inherit an everlasting name.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	15	7	But foolish men shall not obtain her, and wise men shall meet her, foolish men shall not see her: for she is far from pride and deceit.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	15	8	Lying men shall not be mindful of her: but men that speak truth shall be found with her, and shall advance, even till they come to the sight of God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	15	9	Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	15	10	For wisdom came forth from God: for praise shall be with the wisdom of God, and shall abound in a faithful mouth, and the sovereign Lord will give praise unto it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	15	11	Say not: It is through God, that she is not with me: for do not thou the things that he hateth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	15	12	Say not: He hath caused me to err: for he hath no need of wicked men.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	15	13	The Lord hateth all abomination of error, and they that fear him shall not love it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	15	14	God made man from the beginning, and left him in the hand of his own counsel.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	15	15	He added his commandments and precepts.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	15	16	If thou wilt keep the commandments and perform acceptable fidelity for ever, they shall preserve thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	15	17	He hath set water and fire before thee: stretch forth thy hand to which thou wilt.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	15	18	Before man is life and death, good and evil, that which he shall choose shall be given him:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	15	19	For the wisdom of God is great, and he is strong in power, seeing all men without ceasing.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	15	20	The eyes of the Lord are towards them that fear him, and he knoweth all the work of man.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	15	21	He hath commanded no man to do wickedly, and he hath given no man license to sin:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	15	22	For he desireth not a multitude of faithless and unprofitable children.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	1	Rejoice not in ungodly children, if they be multiplied: neither be delighted in them, if the fear of God be not with them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	2	Trust not to their life, and respect not their labours.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	3	For better is one that feareth God, than a thousand ungodly children.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	4	And it is better to die without children, than to leave ungodly children.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	5	By one that is wise a country shall be inhabited, the tribe of the ungodly shall become desolate.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	6	Many such things hath my eyes seen, and greater things than these my ear hath heard.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	7	In the congregation of sinners a fire shall be kindled, and in an unbelieving nation wrath shall flame out.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	8	The ancient giants did not obtain pardon for their sins, who were destroyed trusting to their own strength:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	9	And he spared not the place where Lot sojourned, but abhorred them for the pride of their word.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	10	He had not pity on them, destroying the whole nation that extolled themselves in their sins.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	11	So did he with the six hundred thousand footmen, who were gathered together in the hardness of their heart: and if one had been stiffnecked, it is a wonder if he had escaped unpunished:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	12	For mercy and wrath are with him. He is mighty to forgive, and to pour out indignation:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	13	According as his mercy is, so his correction judgeth a man according to his works.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	14	The sinner shall not escape in his rapines, and the patience of him that sheweth mercy shall not be put off.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	15	All mercy shall make a place for every man according to the merit of his works, and according to the wisdom of his sojournment.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	16	Say not: I shall be hidden from God, and who shall remember me from on high?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	17	In such a multitude I shall not be known: for what is my soul in such an immense creation?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	18	Behold the heaven, and the heavens of heavens, the deep, and all the earth, and the things that are in them, shall be moved in his sight,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	19	The mountains also, and the hills, and the foundations of the earth: when God shall look upon them, they shall be shaken with trembling.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	20	And in all these things the heart is senseless: and every heart is understood by him:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	21	And his ways who shall understand, and the storm, which no eye of man see?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	22	For many of his works are hidden: but the works of his justice who shall declare? or who shall endure? for the testament is far from some, and the examination of all is in the end.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	23	He that wanteth understanding thinketh vain things: and the foolish, and erring man, thinketh foolish things.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	24	Hearken to me, my son, and learn the discipline of understanding, and attend to my words in thy heart.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	25	And I will shew forth good doctrine in equity, and will seek to declare wisdom: and attend to my words in thy heart, whilst with equity of spirit I tell thee the virtues that God hath put upon his works from the beginning, and I shew forth in truth his knowledge.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	26	The works of God are done in judgment from the beginning, and from the making of them he distinguished their parts, and their beginnings in their generations.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	27	He beautified their works for ever, they have neither hungered, nor laboured, and they have not ceased from their works.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	28	Nor shall any of them straiten his neighbour at any time.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	29	Be not thou incredulous to his word.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	30	After this God looked upon the earth, and filled it with his goods.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	16	31	The soul of every living thing hath shewn forth before the face thereof, and into it they return again.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	1	God created man of the earth, and made him after his own image.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	2	And he turned him into it again, and clothed him with strength according to himself.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	3	He gave him the number of his days and time, and gave him power over all things that are upon the earth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	4	He put the fear of him upon all flesh, and he had dominion over beasts and fowls.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	5	He created of him a helpmate like to himself: he gave them counsel, and a tongue, and eyes, and ears, and a heart to devise: and he filled them with the knowledge of understanding.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	6	He created in them the science of the spirit, he filled their heart with wisdom, and shewed them both good and evil.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	7	He set his eye upon their hearts to shew them the greatness of his works:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	8	That they might praise the name which he hath sanctified: and glory in his wondrous acts, that they might declare the glorious things of his works.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	9	Moreover he gave them instructions, and the law of life for an inheritance.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	10	He made an everlasting covenant with them, and he shewed them his justice and judgments.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	11	And their eye saw the majesty of his glory. and their ears heard his glorious voice, and he said to them: Beware of all iniquity.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	12	And he gave to every one of them commandment concerning his neighbour.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	13	Their ways are always before him, they are not hidden from his eyes.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	14	Over every nation he set a ruler.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	15	And Israel was made the manifest portion of God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	16	And all their works are as the sun in the sight of God: and his eyes are continually upon their ways.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	17	Their covenants were not hid by their iniquity, and all their iniquities are in the sight of God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	18	The alms of a man is as a signet with him, and shall preserve the grace of a man as the apple of the eye:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	19	And afterward he shall rise up, and shall render them their reward, to every one upon their own head, and shall turn them down into the bowels of the earth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	20	But to the penitent he hath given the way of justice, and he hath strengthened them that were fainting in patience, and hath appointed to them the lot of truth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	21	Turn to the Lord, and forsake thy sins:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	22	Make thy prayer before the face of the Lord, and offend less.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	23	Return to the Lord, and turn away from thy injustice, and greatly hate abomination.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	24	And know the justices and judgments of God, and stand firm in the lot set before thee, and in prayer to the most high God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	25	Go to the side of the holy age, with them that live and give praise to God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	26	Tarry not in the error of the ungodly, give glory before death. Praise perisheth from the dead as nothing.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	27	Give thanks whilst thou art living, whilst thou art alive and in health thou shalt give thanks, and shalt praise God, and shalt glory in his mercies.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	28	How great is the mercy of the Lord, and his forgiveness to them that turn to him!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	29	For all things cannot be in men, because the son of man is not immortal, and they are delighted with the vanity of evil.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	30	What is brighter than the sun; yet it shall be eclipsed. Or what is more wicked than that which flesh and blood hath invented? and this shall be reproved.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	17	31	He beholdeth the power of the height of heaven: and all men are earth and ashes.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	1	He that liveth for ever created all things together. God only shall be justified, and he remaineth an invincible king for ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	2	Who is able to declare his works?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	3	For who shall search out his glorious acts?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	4	And who shall shew forth the power of his majesty? or who shall be able to declare his mercy?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	5	Nothing may be taken away, nor added, neither is it possible to find out the glorious works of God:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	6	When a man hath done, then shall he begin: and when he leaveth off, he shall be at a loss.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	7	What is man, and what is his grace? and what is his good, or what is his evil?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	8	The number of the days of men at the most are a hundred years: as a drop of water of the sea are they esteemed: and as a pebble of the sand, so are a few years compared to eternity.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	9	Therefore God is patient in them, and poureth forth his mercy upon them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	10	He hath seen the presumption of their heart that it is wicked, and hath known their end that it is evil.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	11	Therefore hath he filled up his mercy in their favour, and hath shewn them the way of justice.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	12	The compassion of man is toward his neighbour: but the mercy of God is upon all flesh.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	13	He hath mercy, and teacheth, and correcteth, as a shepherd doth his flock.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	14	He hath mercy on him that receiveth the discipline of mercy, and that maketh haste in his judgments.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	15	My son, in thy good deeds, make no complaint, and when thou givest any thing, add not grief by an evil word.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	16	Shall not the dew assuage the heat? so also the good word is better than the gift.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	17	Lo, is not a word better than a gift? but both are with a justified man.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	18	A fool will upbraid bitterly: and a gift of one ill taught consumeth the eyes.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	19	Before judgment prepare thee justice, and learn before thou speak.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	20	Before sickness take a medicine, and before judgment examine thyself, and thou shalt find mercy in the sight of God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	21	Humble thyself before thou art sick, and in the time of sickness shew thy conversation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	22	Let nothing hinder thee from praying always, and be not afraid to be justified even to death: for the reward of God continueth for ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	23	Before prayer prepare thy soul: and be not as a man that tempteth God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	24	Remember the wrath that shall be at the last day, and the time of repaying when he shall turn away his face.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	25	Remember poverty in the time of abundance, and the necessities of poverty in the day of riches.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	26	From the morning until the evening the time shall be changed, and all these are swift in the eyes of God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	27	A wise man will fear in every thing, and in the days of sins will beware of sloth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	28	Every man of understanding knoweth wisdom, and will give praise to him that findeth her.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	29	They that were of good understanding in words, have also done wisely themselves: and have understood truth and justice, and have poured forth proverbs and judgments.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	30	Go not after thy lusts, but turn away from thy own will.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	31	If thou give to thy soul her desires, she will make thee a joy to thy enemies.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	32	Take no pleasure in riotous assemblies, be they ever so small: for their concertation is continual.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	18	33	Make not thyself poor by borrowing to contribute to feasts when thou hast nothing in thy purse: for thou shalt be an enemy to thy own life.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	1	A workman that is a drunkard shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things, shall fall by little and little.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	2	Wine and women make wise men fall off, and shall rebuke the prudent.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	3	And he that joineth himself to harlots, will be wicked. Rottenness and worms shall inherit him, and he shall be lifted up for a greater example, and his soul shall be taken away out of the number.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	4	He that is hasty to give credit, is light of heart, and shall be lessened: and he that sinneth against his own soul, shall be despised.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	5	He that rejoiceth in iniquity, shall be censured, and he that hateth chastisement, shall have less life: and he that hateth babbling, extinguisheth evil.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	6	He that sinneth against his own soul, shall repent: and he that is delighted with wickedness, shall be condemned.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	7	Rehearse not again a wicked and harsh word, and thou shalt not fare the worse.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	8	Tell not thy mind to friend or foe: and if there be a sin with thee, disclose it not.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	9	For he will hearken to thee, and will watch thee, and as it were defending thy sin he will hate thee, and so will he be with thee always.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	10	Hast thou heard a word against thy neighbour? let it die within thee, trusting that it will not burst thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	11	At the hearing of a word the fool is in travail, as a woman groaning in the bringing forth a child.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	12	As an arrow that sticketh in a man's thigh: so is a word in the heart of a fool.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	13	Reprove a friend, lest he may not have understood, and say: I did it not: or if he did it, that he may do it no more.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	14	Reprove thy neighbour, for it may be he hath not said it: and if he hath said it, that he may not say it again.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	15	Admonish thy friend: for there is often a fault committed.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	16	And believe not every word. There is one, that slippeth with the tongue, but not from his heart.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	17	For who is there that hath not offended with his tongue? Admonish thy neighbour before thou threaten him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	18	And give place to the fear of the most High: for the fear of God is all wisdom, and therein is to fear God, and the disposition of the law is in all wisdom.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	19	But the learning of wickedness is not wisdom: and the device of sinners is not prudence.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	20	There is a subtle wickedness, and the same is detestable: and there is a man that is foolish, wanting in wisdom.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	21	Better is a man that hath less wisdom, and wanteth understanding, with the fear of God, than he that aboundeth in understanding, and transgresseth the law of the most High.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	22	There is an exquisite subtilty, and the same is unjust.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	23	And there is one that uttereth an exact word telling the truth. There is one that humbleth himself wickedly, and his interior is full of deceit:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	24	And there is one that submitteth himself exceedingly with a great lowliness: and there is one that casteth down his countenance, and maketh as if he did not see that which is unknown:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	25	And if he be hindered from sinning for want of power, if he shall find opportunity to do evil, he will do it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	26	A man is known by his look, and a wise man, when thou meetest him, is known by his countenance.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	27	The attire of the body, and the laughter of the teeth, and the gait of the man, shew what he is.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	19	28	There is a lying rebuke in the anger of an injurious man: and there is a judgment that is not allowed to be good: and there is one that holdeth his peace, he is wise.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	1	How much better is it to reprove, than to be angry, and not to hinder him that confesseth in prayer.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	2	The lust of an eunuch shall devour a young maiden:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	3	So is he that by violence executeth unjust judgment.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	4	How good is it, when thou art reproved, to shew repentance! for so thou shalt escape wilful sin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	5	There is one that holdeth his peace, that is found wise: and there is another that is hateful, that is bold in speech.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	6	There is one that holdeth his peace, because he knoweth not what to say: and there is another that holdeth his peace, knowing the proper time.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	7	A wise man will hold his peace till he see opportunity: but a babbler, and a fool, will regard no time.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	8	He that useth many words shall hurt his own soul: and he that taketh authority to himself unjustly shall be hated.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	9	There is success in evil things to a man without discipline, and there is a finding that turneth to loss.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	10	There is a gift that is not profitable: and there is a gift, the recompense of which is double.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	11	There is an abasement because of glory: and there is one that shall lift up his head from a low estate.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	12	There is that buyeth much for a small price, and restoreth the same sevenfold.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	13	A man wise in words shall make himself beloved: but the graces of fools shall be poured out.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	14	The gift of the fool shall do thee no good: for his eyes are sevenfold.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	15	He will give a few things, and upbraid much: and the opening of his mouth is the kindling of a fire.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	16	Today a man lendeth, and tomorrow he asketh it again: such a man as this is hateful.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	17	A fool shall have no friend, and there shall be no thanks for his good deeds.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	18	For they that eat his bread, are of a false tongue. How often, and how many will laugh him to scorn!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	19	For he doth not distribute with right understanding that which was to be had: in like manner also that which was not to be had.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	20	The slipping of a false tongue is as one that falleth on the pavement: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	21	A man without grace is as a vain fable, it shall be continually in the mouth of the unwise.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	22	A parable coming out of a fool's mouth shall be rejected: for he doth not speak it in due season.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	23	There is that is hindered from sinning through want, and in his rest he shall be pricked.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	24	There is that will destroy his own soul through shamefacedness, and by occasion of an unwise person he will destroy it: and by respect of person he will destroy himself.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	25	There is that for bashfulness promiseth to his friend, and maketh him his enemy for nothing.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	26	A lie is a foul blot in a man, and yet it will be continually in the mouth of men without discipline.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	27	A thief is better than a man that is always lying: but both of them shall inherit destruction.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	28	The manners of lying men are without honour: and their confusion is with them without ceasing.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	29	A wise man shall advance himself with his words, and a prudent man shall please the great ones.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	30	He that tilleth his land shall make a high heap of corn: and he that worketh justice shall be exalted: and he that pleaseth great men shall escape iniquity.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	31	Presents and gifts blind the eyes of judges, and make them dumb in the mouth, so that they cannot correct.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	32	Wisdom that is hid, and treasure that is not seen: what profit is there in them both?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	20	33	Better is he that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	1	My son, hast thou sinned? do so no more: but for thy former sins also pray that they may be forgiven thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	2	Flee from sins as from the face of a serpent: for if thou comest near them, they will take hold of thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	3	The teeth thereof are the teeth of a lion, killing the souls of men.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	4	All iniquity is like a two-edged sword, there is no remedy for the wound thereof.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	5	Injuries and wrongs will waste riches: and the house that is very rich shall be brought to nothing by pride: so the substance of the proud shall be rooted out.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	6	The prayer out of the mouth of the poor shall reach the ears of God, and judgment shall come for him speedily.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	7	He that hateth to be reproved walketh in the trace of a sinner: and he that feareth God will turn to his own heart.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	8	He that is mighty by a bold tongue is known afar off, but a wise man knoweth to slip by him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	9	He that buildeth his house at other men's charges, is as he that gathereth himself stones to build in the winter.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	10	The congregation of sinners is like tow heaped together, and the end of them is a flame of fire.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	11	The way of sinners is made plain with stones, and in their end is hell, and darkness, and pains.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	12	He that keepeth justice shall get the understanding thereof.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	13	The perfection of the fear of God is wisdom and understanding.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	14	He that is not wise in good, will not be taught.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	15	But there is a wisdom that aboundeth in evil: and there is no understanding where there is bitterness.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	16	The knowledge of a wise man shall abound like a flood, and his counsel continueth like a fountain of life.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	17	The heart of a fool is like a broken vessel, and no wisdom at all shall it hold.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	18	A man of sense will praise every wise word he shall hear, and will apply it to himself: the luxurious man hath heard it, and it shall displease him, and he will cast it behind his back.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	19	The talking of a fool is like a burden in the way: but in the lips of the wise, grace shall be found.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	20	The mouth of the prudent is sought after in the church, and they will think upon his words in their hearts.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	21	As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool: and the knowledge of the unwise is as words without sense.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	22	Doctrine to a fool is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	23	A fool lifteth up his voice in laughter: but a wise man will scarce laugh low to himself.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	24	Learning to the prudent is as an ornament of gold, and like a bracelet upon his right arm.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	25	The foot of a fool is soon in his neighbour's house: but a man of experience will be abashed at the person of the mighty.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	26	A fool will peep through the window into the house: but he that is well taught will stand without.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	27	It is the folly of a man to hearken at the door: and a wise man will be grieved with the disgrace.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	28	The lips of the unwise will be telling foolish things but the words of the wise shall be weighed in a balance.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	29	The heart of fools is in their mouth: and the mouth of wise men is in their heart.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	30	While the ungodly curseth the devil, he curseth his own soul.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	21	31	The talebearer shall defile his own soul, and shall be hated by all: and he that shall abide with him shall be hateful: the silent and wise man shall be honoured.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	1	The sluggard is pelted with a dirty stone, and all men will speak of his disgrace.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	2	The sluggard is pelted with the dung of oxen: and every one that toucheth him will shake his hands.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	3	A son ill taught is the confusion of the father: and a foolish daughter shall be to his loss.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	4	A wise daughter shall bring an inheritance to her husband: but she that confoundeth, becometh a disgrace to her father.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	5	She that is bold shameth both her father and husband, and will not be inferior to the ungodly: and shall be disgraced by them both.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	6	A tale out of time is like music in mourning: but the stripes and instruction of wisdom are never out of time.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	7	He that teacheth a fool, is like one that glueth a potsherd together.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	8	He that telleth a word to him that heareth not, is like one that waketh a man out of a deep sleep.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	9	He speaketh with one that is asleep, who uttereth wisdom to a fool: and in the end of the discourse he saith: Who is this?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	10	Weep for the dead, for his light hath failed: and weep for the fool, for his understanding faileth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	11	Weep but a little for the dead, for he is at rest.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	12	For the wicked life of a wicked fool is worse than death.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	13	The mourning for the dead is seven days: but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of their life.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	14	Talk not much with a fool, and go not with him that hath no sense.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	15	Keep thyself from him, that thou mayst not have trouble, and thou shalt not be defiled with his sin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	16	Turn away from him, and thou shalt find rest, and shalt not be wearied out with his folly.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	17	What is heavier than lead? and what other name hath he but fool?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	18	Sand and salt, and a mass of iron is easier to bear, than a man without sense, that is both foolish and wicked.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	19	A frame of wood bound together in the foundation of a building, shall not be loosed: so neither shall the heart that is established by advised counsel.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	20	The thought of him that is wise at all times, shall not be depraved by fear.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	21	As pales set in high places, and plasterings made without cost, will not stand against the face of the wind:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	22	So also a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool shall not resist against the violence of fear.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	23	As a fearful heart in the thought of a fool at all times will not fear, so neither shall he that continueth always in the commandments of God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	24	He that pricketh the eye, bringeth out tears: and he that pricketh the heart, bringeth forth resentment.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	25	He that flingeth a stone at birds, shall drive them away: so he that upbraideth his friend, breaketh friendship.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	26	Although thou hast drawn a sword at a friend, despair not: for there may be a returning. To a friend,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	27	If thou hast opened a sad mouth, fear not, for there may be a reconciliation: except upbraiding, and reproach, and pride, and disclosing of secrets, or a treacherous wound: for in all these cases a friend will flee away.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	28	Keep fidelity with a friend in his poverty, that in his prosperity also thou mayst rejoice.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	29	In the time of his trouble continue faithful to him, that thou mayst also be heir with him in his inheritance.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	30	As the vapour of a chimney, and the smoke of the fire goeth up before the fire: so also injurious words, and reproaches, and threats, before blood.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	31	I will not be ashamed to salute a friend, neither will I hide myself from his face: and if any evil happen to me by him, I will bear it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	32	But every one that shall hear it, will beware of him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	33	Who will set a guard before my mouth, and a sure seal upon my lips, that I fall not by them, and that my tongue destroy me not?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	1	O Lord, father, and sovereign ruler of my life, leave me not to their counsel: nor suffer me to fall by them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	2	Who will set scourges over my thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom over my heart, that they spare me not in their ignorances, and that their sins may not appear:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	3	Lest my ignorance increase, and my offences be multiplied, and my sins abound, and I fall before my adversaries, and my enemy rejoice over me?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	4	O Lord, father, and God of my life, leave me not to their devices.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	5	Give me not haughtiness of my eyes, and turn away from me all coveting.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	6	Take from me the greediness of the belly, and let not the lusts of the flesh take hold of me, and give me not over to a shameless and foolish mind.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	7	Hear, O ye children, the discipline of the mouth: and he that will keep it shall not perish by his lips, nor be brought to fall into most wicked works.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	8	A sinner is caught in his own vanity, and the proud and the evil speakers shall fall thereby.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	9	Let not thy mouth be accustomed to swearing: for in it there are many falls.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	10	And let not the naming of God be usual in thy mouth, and meddle not with the names of saints, for thou shalt not escape free from them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	11	For as a slave daily put to the question, is never without a blue mark: so every one that sweareth, and nameth, shall not be wholly pure from sin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	12	A man that sweareth much, shall be filled with iniquity, and a scourge shall not depart from his house.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	13	And if he make it void, his sin shall be upon him: and if he dissemble it, he offendeth double:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	14	And if he swear in vain, he shall not be justified: for his house shall be filled with his punishment.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	15	There is also another speech opposite to death, let it not be found in the inheritance of Jacob.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	16	For from the merciful all these things shall be taken away, and they shall not wallow in sins.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	17	Let not thy mouth be accustomed to indiscreet speech: for therein is the word of sin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	18	Remember thy father and thy mother, for thou sittest in the midst of great men:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	19	Lest God forget thee in their sight, and thou, by thy daily custom, be infatuated and suffer reproach: and wish that thou hadst not been born, and curse the day of thy nativity.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	20	The man that is accustomed to opprobrious words, will never be corrected all the days of his life.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	21	Two sorts of men multiply sins, and the third bringeth wrath and destruction.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	22	A hot soul is a burning fire, it will never be quenched, till it devour some thing.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	23	And a man that is wicked in the mouth of his flesh, will not leave off till he hath kindled a fire.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	24	To a man that is a fornicator all bread is sweet, he will not be weary of sinning unto the end.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	25	Every man that passeth beyond his own bed, despising his own soul, and saying: Who seeth me?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	26	Darkness compasseth me about, and the walls cover me, and no man seeth me: whom do I fear? the most High will not remember my sins.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	27	And he understandeth not that his eye seeth all things, for such a man's fear driveth from him the fear of God, and the eyes of men fearing him:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	28	And he knoweth not that the eyes of the Lord are far brighter than the sun, beholding round about all the ways of men, and the bottom of the deep, and looking into the hearts of men, into the most hidden parts.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	29	For all things were known to the Lord God, before they were created: so also after they were perfected he beholdeth all things.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	30	This man shall be punished in the streets of the city, and he shall be chased as a colt: and where he suspected not, he shall be taken.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	31	And he shall be in disgrace with all men, because he understood not the fear of the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	32	So every woman also that leaveth her husband, and bringeth in an heir by another:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	33	For first she hath been unfaithful to the law of the most High: and secondly, she hath offended against her husband: thirdly, she hath fornicated in adultery, and hath gotten her children of another man.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	34	This woman shall be brought into the assembly, and inquisition shall be made of her children.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	35	Her children shall not take root, and her branches shall bring forth no fruit.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	36	She shall leave her memory to be cursed, and her infamy shall not be blotted out.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	37	And they that remain shall know. that there is nothing better than the fear of God: and that there is nothing sweeter than to have regard to the commandments of the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	23	38	It is great glory to follow the Lord for length of days shall be received from him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	1	Wisdom shall praise her own self, and shall be honoured in God, and shall glory in the midst of her people,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	2	And shall open her mouth in the churches of the most High, and shall glorify herself in the sight of his power,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	3	And in the midst of her own people she shall be exalted, and shall be admired in the holy assembly.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	4	And in the multitude of the elect she shall have praise, and among the blessed she shall be blessed, saying:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	5	I came out of the mouth of the most High, the firstborn before all creatures:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	6	I made that in the heavens there should rise light that never faileth, and as a cloud I covered all the earth:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	7	I dwelt in the highest places, and my throne is in a pillar of a cloud.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	8	I alone have compassed the circuit of heaven, and have penetrated into the bottom of the deep, and have walked in the waves of the sea,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	9	And have stood in all the earth: and in every people,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	10	And in every nation I have had the chief rule:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	11	And by my power I have trodden under my feet the hearts of all the high and low: and in all these I sought rest, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	12	Then the creator of all things commanded, and said to me: and he that made me, rested in my tabernacle,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	13	And he said to me: Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel, and take root in my elect.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	14	From the beginning, and before the world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	15	And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	16	And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of my God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	17	I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree on mount Sion.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	18	I was exalted like a palm tree in Cades, and as a rose plant in Jericho:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	19	As a fair olive tree in the plains, and as a plane tree by the water in the streets, was I exalted.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	20	I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon. and aromatical balm: I yielded a sweet odour like the best myrrh:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	21	And I perfumed my dwelling as storax, and galbanum, and onyx, and aloes, and as the frankincense not cut, and my odour is as the purest balm.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	22	I have stretched out my branches as the turpentine tree, and my branches are of honour and grace.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	23	As the vine I have brought forth a pleasant odour: and my flowers are the fruit of honour and riches.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	24	I am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	25	In me is all grace of the way and of the truth, in me is all hope of life and of virtue.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	26	Come over to me, all ye that desire me, and be filled with my fruits.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	27	For my spirit is sweet above honey, and my inheritance above honey and the honeycomb.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	28	My memory is unto everlasting generations.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	29	They that eat me, shall yet hunger: and they that drink me, shall yet thirst.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	30	He that hearkeneth to me, shall not be confounded: and they that work by me, shall not sin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	31	They that explain me shall have life everlasting.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	32	All these things are the book of life, and the covenant of the most High, and the knowledge of truth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	33	Moses commanded a law in the precepts of justices, and an inheritance to the house of Jacob, and the promises to Israel.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	34	He appointed to David his servant to raise up of him a most mighty king, and sitting on the throne of glory for ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	35	Who filleth up wisdom as the Phison, and as the Tigris in the days of the new fruits.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	36	Who maketh understanding to abound as the Euphrates, who multiplieth it as the Jordan in the time of harvest.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	37	Who sendeth knowledge as the light, and riseth up as Gehon in the time of the vintage.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	38	Who first hath perfect knowledge of her, and a weaker shall not search her out.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	39	For her thoughts are more vast than the sea, and her counsels more deep than the great ocean.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	40	I, wisdom, have poured out rivers.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	41	I, like a brook out of a river of a mighty water; I, like a channel of a river. and like an aqueduct, came out of paradise.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	42	I said: I will water my garden of plants, and I will water abundantly the fruits of my meadow.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	43	And behold my brook became a great river, and my river came near to a sea:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	44	For I make doctrine to shine forth to all as the morning light, and I will declare it afar off.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	45	I will penetrate to all the lower parts of the earth, and will behold all that sleep, and will enlighten all that hope in the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	46	I will yet pour out doctrine as prophecy, and will leave it to them that seek wisdom, and will not cease to instruct their offspring even to the holy age.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	24	47	See ye that I have not laboured for myself only, but for all that seek out the truth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	1	With three things my spirit is pleased, which are approved before God and men:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	2	The concord of brethren, and the love of neighbours, and man and wife that agree well together.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	3	Three sorts my soul hateth, and I am greatly grieved at their life:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	4	A poor man that is proud: a rich man that is a liar: an old man that is a fool, and doting.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	5	The things that thou hast not gathered in thy youth, how shalt thou find them in thy old age?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	6	O how comely is judgment for a grey head, and for ancients to know counsel!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	7	O how comely is wisdom for the aged, and understanding and counsel to men of honour!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	8	Much experience is the crown of old men, and the fear of God is their glory.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	9	Nine things that are not to be imagined by the heart have I magnified, and the tenth I will utter to men with my tongue.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	10	A man that hath joy of his children: and he that liveth and seeth the fall of his enemies.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	11	Blessed is he. that dwelleth with a wise woman, and that hath not slipped with his tongue, and that hath not served such as are unworthy of him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	12	Blessed is he that findeth a true friend, and that declareth justice to an ear that heareth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	13	How great is he that findeth wisdom and knowledge! but there is none above him that feareth the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	14	The fear of God hath set itself above all things:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	15	Blessed is the man, to whom it is given to have the fear of God: he that holdeth it, to whom shall he be likened?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	16	The fear of God is the beginning of his love: and the beginning of faith is to be fast joined unto it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	17	The sadness of the heart is every plague: and the wickedness of a woman is all evil.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	18	And a man will choose any plague, but the plague of the heart:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	19	And any wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	20	And any affliction, but the affliction from them that hate him:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	21	And any revenge, but the revenge of enemies.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	22	There is no head worse than the head of a serpent:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	23	And there is no anger above the anger of a woman. It will be more agreeable to abide with a lion and a dragon, than to dwell with a wicked woman.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	24	The wickedness of a woman changeth her face: and she darkeneth her countenance as a bear: and sheweth it like sackcloth. In the midst of her neighbours,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	25	Her husband groaned, and hearing he sighed a little.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	26	All malice is short to the malice of a woman, let the lot of sinners fall upon her.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	27	As the climbing of a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of tongue to a quiet man.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	28	Look not upon a woman's beauty, and desire not a woman for beauty.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	29	A woman's anger, and impudence, and confusion is great.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	30	A woman, if she have superiority, is contrary to her husband.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	31	A wicked woman abateth the courage, and maketh a heavy countenance, and a wounded heart.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	32	Feeble hands, and disjointed knees, a woman that doth not make her husband happy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	33	From the woman came the beginning of sin, and by her we all die.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	34	Give no issue to thy water, no, not a little: nor to a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	35	If she walk not at thy hand, she will confound thee in the sight of thy enemies.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	36	Cut her off from thy flesh, lest she always abuse thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	1	Happy is the husband of a good wife: for the number of his years is double.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	2	A virtuous woman rejoiceth her husband: and shall fulfill the years of his life in peace.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	3	A good wife is a good portion, she shall be given in the portion of them that fear God, to a man for his good deeds.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	4	Rich or poor, if his heart is good, his countenance shall be cheerful at all times.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	5	Of three things my heart hath been afraid, and at the fourth my face hath trembled:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	6	The accusation of a city, and the gathering together of the people:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	7	And a false calumny, all are more grievous than death.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	8	A jealous woman is the grief and mourning of the heart.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	9	With a jealous woman is a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	10	As a yoke of oxen that is moved to and fro, so also is a wicked woman: he that hath hold of her, is as he that taketh hold of a scorpion.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	11	A drunken woman is a great wrath: and her reproach and shame shall not be hid.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	12	The fornication of a woman shall be known by the haughtiness of her eyes, and by her eyelids.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	13	On a daughter that turneth not away herself, set a strict watch: lest finding an opportunity she abuse herself.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	14	Take heed of the impudence of her eyes, and wonder not if she slight thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	15	She will open her mouth as a thirsty traveller to the fountain, and will drink of every water near her, and will sit down by every hedge, and open her quiver against every arrow, until she fail.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	16	The grace of a diligent woman shall delight her husband, and shall fat his bones.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	17	Her discipline is the gift of God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	18	Such is a wise and silent woman, and there is nothing so much worth as a well instructed soul.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	19	A holy and shamefaced woman is grace upon grace.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	20	And no price is worthy of a continent soul.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	21	As the sun when it riseth to the world in the high places of God, so is the beauty of a good wife for the ornament of her house.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	22	As the lamp shining upon the holy candlestick, so is the beauty of the face in a ripe age.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	23	As golden pillars upon bases of silver, so are the firm feet upon the soles of a steady woman.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	24	As everlasting foundations upon a solid rock, so the commandments of God In the heart of a holy woman.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	25	At two things my heart is grieved, and the third bringeth anger upon me:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	26	A man of war fainting through poverty: and a man of sense despised:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	27	And he that passeth over from justice to sin, God hath prepared such an one for the sword.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	26	28	Two sorts of callings have appeared to me hard and dangerous: a merchant is hardly free from negligence: and a huckster shall not be justified from the sins of the lips.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	1	Through poverty many have sinned: and he that seeketh to be enriched, turneth away his eye.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	2	As a stake sticketh fast in the midst of the joining of stones, so also in the midst of selling and buying, sin shall stick fast.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	3	Sin shall be destroyed with the sinner.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	4	Unless thou hold thyself diligently in the fear of the Lord, thy house shall quickly be overthrown.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	5	As when one sifteth with a sieve, the dust will remain: so will the perplexity of a man in his thoughts.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	6	The furnace trieth the potter's vessels, and the trial of affliction just men.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	7	As the dressing of a tree sheweth the fruit thereof, so a word out of the thought of the heart of man.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	8	Praise not a man before he speaketh, for this is the trial of men.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	9	If thou followest justice, thou shalt obtain her: and shalt put her on as a long robe of honour, and thou shalt dwell with her: and she shall protect thee for ever, and in the day of acknowledgment thou shalt find a strong foundation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	10	Birds resort unto their like: so truth will return to them that practise her.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	11	The lion always lieth in wait for prey: so do sins for them that work iniquities.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	12	A holy man continueth in wisdom as the sun: but a fool is changed as the moon.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	13	In the midst of the unwise keep in the word till its time: but be continually among men that think.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	14	The discourse of sinners is hateful, and their laughter is at the pleasures of sin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	15	The speech that sweareth much shall make the hair of the head stand upright: and its irreverence shall make one stop his ears.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	16	In the quarrels of the proud is the shedding of blood: and their cursing is a grievous hearing.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	17	He that discloseth the secret of a friend loseth his credit, and shall never find a friend to his mind.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	18	Love thy neighbour, and be joined to him with fidelity.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	19	But if thou discover his secrets, follow no more after him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	20	For as a man that destroyeth his friend, so also is he that destroyeth the friendship of his neighbour.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	21	And as one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and thou shalt not get him again.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	22	Follow after him no more, for he is gone afar off, he is fled, as a roe escaped out of the snare: because his soul is wounded.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	23	Thou canst no more bind him up. And of a curse there is reconciliation:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	24	But to disclose the secrets of a friend, leaveth no hope to an unhappy soul.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	25	He that winketh with the eye forgeth wicked things, and no man will cast him off:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	26	In the sight of thy eyes he will sweeten his mouth, and will admire thy words: but at the last he will writhe his mouth, and on thy words he will lay a stumblingblock.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	27	I have hated many things, but not like him, and the Lord will hate him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	28	If one cast a stone on high, it will fall upon his own head: and the deceitful stroke will wound the deceitful.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	29	He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that setteth a stone for his neighbour, shall stumble upon it: and he that layeth a snare for another, shall perish in it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	30	A mischievous counsel shall be rolled back upon the author, and he shall not know from whence it cometh to him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	31	Mockery and reproach are of the proud, and vengeance as a lion shall lie in wait for him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	32	They shall perish in a snare that are delighted with the fall of the just: and sorrow shall consume them before they die.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	27	33	Anger and fury are both of them abominable, and the sinful man shall be subject to them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	1	He that seeketh to revenge himself, shall find vengeance from the Lord, and he will surely keep his sins in remembrance.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	2	Forgive thy neighbour if he hath hurt thee: and then shall thy sins be forgiven to thee when thou prayest.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	3	Man to man reserveth anger, and doth he seek remedy of God?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	4	He hath no mercy on a man like himself, and doth he entreat for his own sins?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	5	He that is but flesh, nourisheth anger, and doth he ask forgiveness of God? who shall obtain pardon for his sins?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	6	Remember thy last things, and let enmity cease:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	7	For corruption and death hang over in his commandments.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	8	Remember the fear of God, and be not angry with thy neighbour.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	9	Remember the covenant of the most High, and overlook the ignorance of thy neighbour.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	10	Refrain from strife, and thou shalt diminish thy sins:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	11	For a passionate man kindleth strife, and a sinful man will trouble his friends, and bring in debate in the midst of them that are at peace.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	12	For as the wood of the forest is, so the fire burneth: and as a man's strength is, so shall his anger be, and according to his riches he shall increase his anger.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	13	A hasty contention kindleth a fire: and a hasty quarrel sheddeth blood: and a tongue that beareth witness bringeth death.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	14	If thou blow the spark, it shall burn as a fire: and if thou spit upon it, it shall be quenched: both come out of the mouth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	15	The whisperer and the double tongued is accursed: for he hath troubled many that were at peace.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	16	The tongue of a third person hath disquieted many, and scattered them from nation to nation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	17	It hath destroyed the strong cities of the rich, and hath overthrown the houses of great men.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	18	It hath cut in pieces the forces of people, and undone strong nations.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	19	The tongue of a third person hath cast out valiant women, and deprived them of their labours.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	20	He that hearkeneth to it, shall never have rest, neither shall he have a friend in whom he may repose.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	21	The stroke of a whip maketh a blue mark: but the stroke of the tongue will break the bones.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	22	Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but not so many as have perished by their own tongue.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	23	Blessed is he that is defended from a wicked tongue, that hath not passed into the wrath thereof, and that hath not drawn the yoke thereof, and hath not been bound in its bands.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	24	For its yoke is a yoke of iron: and its bands are bands of brass.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	25	The death thereof is a most evil death: and hell is preferable to it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	26	Its continuance shall not be for a long time, but it shall possess the ways of the unjust: and the just shall not be burnt with its flame.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	27	They that forsake God shall fall into it, and it shall burn in them, and shall not be quenched, and it shall be sent upon them as a lion, and as a leopard it shall tear them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	28	Hedge in thy ears with thorns, hear not a wicked tongue, and make doors and bars to thy mouth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	29	Melt down thy gold and silver, and make a balance for thy words, and a just bridle for thy mouth:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	28	30	And take heed lest thou slip with thy tongue, and fall in the sight of thy enemies who lie in wait for thee, and thy fall be incurable unto death.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	1	He that sheweth mercy, lendeth to his neighbour: and he that is stronger in hand, keepeth the commandments.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	2	Lend to thy neighbour in the time of his need, and pay thou thy neighbour again in due time.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	3	Reap thy word, and deal faithfully with him: and thou shalt always find that which is necessary for thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	4	Many have looked upon a thing lent as a thing found, and have given trouble to them that helped them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	5	Till they receive, they kiss the hands of the lender, and in promises they humble their voice:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	6	But when they should repay, they will ask time, and will return tedious and murmuring words, and will complain of the time:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	7	And if he be able to pay, he will stand off, he will scarce pay one half, and will count it as if he had found it:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	8	But if not, he will defraud him of his money, and he shall get him for an enemy without cause:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	9	And he will pay him with reproaches and curses, and instead of honour and good turn will repay him injuries.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	10	Many have refused to lend, not out of wickedness, but they were afraid to be defrauded without cause.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	11	But yet towards the poor be thou more hearty, and delay not to shew him mercy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	12	Help the poor because of the commandment: and send him not away empty handed because of his poverty.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	13	Lose thy money for thy brother and thy friend: and hide it not under a stone to be lost.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	14	Place thy treasure in the commandments of the most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	15	Shut up alms in the heart of the poor, and it shall obtain help for thee against all evil.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	16	Better than the shield of the mighty, and better than the spear:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	17	It shall fight for thee against thy enemy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	18	A good man is surety for his neighbour: and he that hath lost shame, will leave him to himself.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	19	Forget not the kindness of thy surety: for he hath given his life for thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	20	The sinner and the unclean fleeth from his surety.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	21	A sinner attributeth to himself the goods of his surety: and he that is of an unthankful mind will leave him that delivered him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	22	A man is surety for his neighbour: and when he hath lost all shame, he shall forsake him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	23	Evil suretyship hath undone many of good estate, and hath tossed them as a wave of the sea.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	24	It hath made powerful men to go from place to place round about, and they have wandered in strange countries.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	25	A sinner that transgresseth the commandment of the Lord, shall fall into an evil suretyship: and he that undertaketh many things, shall fall into judgment.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	26	Recover thy neighbour according to thy power, and take heed to thyself that thou fall not.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	27	The chief thing for man's life is water and bread, and clothing, and a house to cover shame.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	28	Better is the poor man's fare under a roof of boards, than sumptuous cheer abroad in another man's house.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	29	Be contented with little instead of much, and thou shalt not hear the reproach of going abroad.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	30	It is a miserable life to go as a guest from house to house: for where a man is a stranger, he shall not deal confidently, nor open his mouth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	31	He shall entertain and feed, and give drink to the unthankful, and moreover he shall hear bitter words.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	32	Go, stranger, and furnish the table, and give others to eat what thou hast in thy hand.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	33	Give place to the honourable presence of my friends: for I want my house, my brother being to be lodged with me.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	29	34	These things are grievous to a man of understanding: the upbraiding of houseroom, and the reproaching of the lender.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	1	He that loveth his son, frequently chastiseth him, that he may rejoice in his latter end, and not grope after the doors of his neighbours.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	2	He that instructeth his son shall be praised in him, and shall glory in him in the midst of them of his household.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	3	He that teacheth his son, maketh his enemy jealous, and in the midst of his friends he shall glory in him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	4	His father is dead, and he is as if he were not dead: for he hath left one behind him that is like himself.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	5	While he lived he saw and rejoiced in him: and when he died he was not sorrowful, neither was he confounded before his enemies.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	6	For he left behind him a defender of his house against his enemies, and one that will requite kindness to his friends.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	7	For the souls of his sons he shall bind up his wounds, and at every cry his bowels shall be troubled.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	8	A horse not broken becometh stubborn, and a child left to himself will become headstrong.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	9	Give thy son his way, and he shall make thee afraid: play with him, and he shall make thee sorrowful.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	10	Laugh not with him, lest thou have sorrow, and at the last thy teeth be set on edge.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	11	Give him not liberty in his youth, and wink not at his devices.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	12	Bow down his neck while he is young, and beat his sides while he is a child, lest he grow stubborn, and regard thee not, and so be a sorrow of heart to thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	13	Instruct thy son, and labour about him, lest his lewd behaviour be an offence to thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	14	Better is a poor man who is sound, and strong of constitution, than a rich man who is weak and afflicted with evils.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	15	Health of the soul in holiness of justice, is better then all gold and silver: and a sound body, than immense revenues.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	16	There is no riches above the riches of the health of the body: and there is no pleasure above the joy of the heart.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	17	Better is death than a bitter life: and everlasting rest, than continual sickness.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	18	Good things that are hidden in a mouth that is shut, are as masses of meat set about a grave.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	19	What good shall an offering do to an idol? for it can neither eat, nor smell:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	20	So is he that is persecuted by the Lord, bearing the reward of his iniquity:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	21	He seeth with his eyes, and groaneth, as an eunuch embracing a virgin, and sighing.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	22	Give not up thy soul to sadness, and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	23	The joyfulness of the heart, is the life of a man, and a never failing treasure of holiness: and the joy of a man is length of life.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	24	Have pity on thy own soul, pleasing God, and contain thyself: gather up thy heart in his holiness: and drive away sadness far from thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	25	For sadness hath killed many, and there is no profit in it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	26	Envy and anger shorten a man's days, and pensiveness will bring old age before the time.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	30	27	A cheerful and good heart is always feasting: for his banquets are prepared with diligence.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	1	Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the thought thereof driveth away sleep.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	2	The thinking beforehand turneth away the understanding, and a grievous sickness maketh the soul sober.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	3	The rich man hath laboured in gathering riches together, and when he resteth he shall be filled with his goods.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	4	The poor man hath laboured in his low way of life, and in the end he is still poor.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	5	He that loveth gold, shall not be justified: and he that followeth after corruption, shall be filled with it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	6	Many have been brought to fall for gold, and the beauty thereof hath been their ruin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	7	Gold is a stumblingblock to them that sacrifice to it: woe to them that eagerly follow after it, and every fool shall perish by it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	8	Blessed is the rich man that is found without blemish: and that hath not gone after gold, nor put his trust in money nor in treasures.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	9	Who is he, and we will praise him? for he hath done wonderful things in his life.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	10	Who hath been tried thereby, and made perfect, he shall have glory everlasting. He that could have transgressed, and hath not transgressed: and could do evil things, and hath not done them:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	11	Therefore are his goods established in the Lord, and all the church of the saints shall declare his alms.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	12	Art thou set at a great table? be not the first to open thy mouth upon it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	13	Say not: There are many things which are upon it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	14	Remember that a wicked eye is evil.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	15	What is created more wicked than an eye? therefore shall it weep over all the face when it shall see.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	16	Stretch not out thy hand first, lest being disgraced with envy thou be put to confusion.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	17	Be not hasty in a feast.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	18	Judge of the disposition of thy neighbour by thyself.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	19	Use as a frugal man the things that are set before thee: lest if thou eatest much, thou be hated.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	20	Leave off first, for manners' sake: and exceed not, lest thou offend.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	21	And if thou sittest among many, reach not thy hand out first of all: and be not the first to ask for drink.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	22	How sufficient is a little wine for a man well taught, and in sleeping thou shalt not be uneasy with it, and thou shalt feel no pain.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	23	Watching, and choler, and gripes, are with an intemperate man:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	24	Sound and wholesome sleep with a moderate man: he shall sleep till morning, and his soul shall be delighted with him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	25	And if thou hast been forced to eat much, arise, go out, and vomit: and it shall refresh thee, and thou shalt not bring sickness upon thy body.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	26	Hear me, my son, and despise me not: and in the end thou shalt find my words.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	27	In all thy works be quick, and no infirmity shall come to thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	28	The lips of many shall bless him that is liberal of his bread, and the testimony of his truth is faithful.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	29	Against him that is niggardly of his bread, the city will murmur, and the testimony of his niggardliness is true.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	30	Challenge not them that love wine: for wine hath destroyed very many.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	31	Fire trieth hard iron: so wine drunk to excess shall rebuke the hearts of the proud.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	32	Wine taken with sobriety is equal life to men: if thou drink it moderately, thou shalt be sober.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	33	What is his life, who is diminished with wine?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	34	What taketh away life? death.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	35	Wine was created from the beginning to make men joyful, and not to make them drunk.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	36	Wine drunken with moderation is the joy of the soul and the heart.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	37	Sober drinking is health to soul and body.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	38	Wine drunken with excess raiseth quarrels; and wrath, and many ruins.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	39	Wine drunken with excess is bitterness of the soul.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	40	The heat of drunkenness is the stumblingblock of the fool, lessening strength and causing wounds.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	41	Rebuke not thy neighbour in a banquet of wine: and despise him not in his mirth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	31	42	Speak not to him words of reproach: and press him not in demanding again.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	1	Have they made thee ruler? be not lifted up: be among them as one of them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	2	Have care of them, and so sit down, and when thou hast acquitted thyself of all thy charge, take thy place:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	3	That thou mayst rejoice for them, and receive a crown as an ornament of grace, and get the honour of the contribution.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	4	Speak, thou that art elder: for it becometh thee,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	5	To speak the first word with care knowledge, and hinder not music.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	6	Where there is no hearing, pour not out words, and be not lifted up out season with thy wisdom.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	7	A concert of music in a banquet wine is as a carbuncle set in gold.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	8	As a signet of an emerald in a work of gold: so is the melody of music with pleasant and moderate wine.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	9	Hear in silence, and for thy reverence good grace shall come to thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	10	Young man, scarcely speak in thy own cause.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	11	If thou be asked twice, let thy answer be short.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	12	In many things be as if thou wert ignorant, and hear in silence and withal seeking.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	13	In the company of great men bake not upon thee: and when the ancients are present, speak not much.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	14	Before a storm goeth lightning: and before shamefacedness goeth favour: and for thy reverence good grace shall come to thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	15	And at the time of rising be not slack: but be first to run home to thy house, and there withdraw thyself, and there take thy pastime.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	16	And do what thou hast a mind, but not in sin or proud speech.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	17	And for all these things bless the Lord, that made thee, and that replenisheth thee with all his good things.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	18	He that feareth the Lord, will receive his discipline: and they that will seek him early, shall find a blessing.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	19	He that seeketh the law, shall be filled with it: and he that dealeth deceitfully, shall meet with a stumblingblock therein.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	20	They that fear the Lord, shall find just judgment, and shall kindle justice as a light.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	21	A sinful man will flee reproof, and will find an excuse according to his will.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	22	A man of counsel will not neglect understanding, a strange and proud man will not dread fear:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	23	Even after he hath done with fear without counsel, he shall be controlled by the things of his own seeking.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	24	My son, do thou nothing without counsel, and thou shalt not repent when thou hast done.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	25	Go not in the way of ruin, and thou shalt not stumble against the stones; trust not thyself to a rugged way, lest thou set a stumblingblock to thy soul.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	26	And beware of thy own children, and take heed of them of thy household.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	27	In every work of thine regard thy soul in faith: for this is the keeping of the commandments.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	28	He that believeth God, taketh heed to the commandments: and he that trusteth in him, shall fare never the worse.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	1	No evils shall happen to him that feareth the Lord, but in temptation God will keep him, and deliver him from evils.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	2	A wise man hateth not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	3	A man of understanding is faithful to the law of God, and the law is faithful to him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	4	He that cleareth up a question, shall prepare what to say, and so having prayed he shall be heard, and shall keep discipline, and then he shall answer.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	5	The heart of a fool is as a wheel of a cart: and his thoughts are like a rolling axletree.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	6	A friend that is a mocker, is like a stallion horse: he neigheth under every one that sitteth upon him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	7	Why doth one day excel another, and one light another, and one year another year, when all come of the sun?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	8	By the knowledge of the Lord they were distinguished, the sun being made, and keeping his commandment.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	9	And he ordered the seasons, and holidays of them, and in them they celebrated festivals at an hour.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	10	Some of them God made high and great days, and some of them he put in the number of ordinary days. And all men are from the ground, and out of the earth, from whence Adam was created.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	11	With much knowledge the Lord hath divided them and diversified their ways.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	12	Some of them hath he blessed, and exalted: and some of them hath he sanctified, and set near himself: and some of them hath he cursed and brought low, and turned them from their station.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	13	As the potter's clay is in his hand, to fashion and order it:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	14	All his ways are according to his ordering: so man is in the hand of him that made him, and he will render to him according to his judgment.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	15	Good is set against evil, and life against death: so also is the sinner against a just man. And so look upon all the works of the most High. Two and two, and one against another.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	16	And I awaked last of all, and as one that gathereth after the grapegatherers.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	17	In the blessing of God I also have hoped: and as one that gathereth grapes, have I filled the winepress.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	18	See that I have not laboured for myself only, but for all that seek discipline.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	19	Hear me, ye great men, and all ye people, and hearken with your ears, ye rulers of the church.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	20	Give not to son or wife, brother or friend, power over thee while thou livest; and give not thy estate to another, lest then repent, and thou entreat for the same.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	21	As long as thou livest, and hast breath in thee, let no man change thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	22	For it is better that thy children should ask of thee, than that thou look toward the hands of thy children.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	23	In all thy works keep the pre-eminence.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	24	Let no stain sully thy glory. In the time when thou shalt end the days of thy life, and in the time of thy decease, distribute thy inheritance.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	25	Fodder, and a wand, and a burden are for an ass: bread, and correction, and work for a slave.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	26	He worketh under correction, and seeketh to rest: let his hands be idle, and he seeketh liberty.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	27	The yoke and the thong bend a stiff neck, and continual labours bow a slave.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	28	Torture and fetters are for a malicious slave: send him to work, that he be not idle:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	29	For idleness hath taught much evil.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	30	Set him to work: for so it is fit for him. And if he be not obedient, bring him down with fetters, but be not excessive towards any one: and do no grievous thing without judgment.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	31	If thou have a faithful servant, let him be to thee as thy own soul: treat him as a brother: because in the blood of thy soul thou hast gotten him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	32	If thou hurt him unjustly, he will run away:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	33	And if he rise up and depart, thou knowest not whom to ask, and in what way to seek him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	1	The hopes of a man that is void of understanding are vain and deceitful: and dreams lift up fools.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	2	The man that giveth heed to lying visions, is like to him that catcheth at a shadow, and followeth after the wind.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	3	The vision of dreams is the resemblance of one thing to another: as when a man's likeness is before the face of a man.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	4	What can be made clean by the unclean? and what truth can come from that which is false?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	5	Deceitful divinations and lying omens and the dreams of evildoers, are vanity:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	6	And the heart fancieth as that of a woman in travail: except it be a vision sent forth from the most High, set no thy heart upon them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	7	For dreams have deceived many, and they have failed that put their trust in them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	8	The word of the law shall be fulfilled without a lie, and wisdom shall be made plain in the mouth of the faithful.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	9	What doth he know, that hath not been tried? A man that hath much experience, shall think of many things: and he that hath learned many things, shall shew forth understanding.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	10	He that hath no experience, knoweth little: and he that hath been experienced in many things, multiplieth prudence.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	11	He that hath not been tried, what manner of things doth he know? he that hath been surprised, shall abound with subtlety.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	12	I have seen many things by travelling, and many customs of things.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	13	Sometimes I have been in danger of death for these things, and I have been delivered by the grace of God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	14	The spirit of those that fear God; is sought after, and by his regard shall be blessed.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	15	For their hope is on him that saveth them, and the eyes of God are upon them that love him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	16	He that feareth the Lord shall tremble at nothing, and shall not be afraid for he is his hope.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	17	The soul of him that feareth the Lord is blessed.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	18	To whom doth he look, and who in his strength?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	19	The eyes of the Lord are upon them that fear him, he is their powerful protector, and strong stay, a defence from the heat, and a cover from the sun at noon,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	20	A preservation from stumbling, and a help from falling; he raiseth up the soul, and enlighteneth the eyes, and giveth health, and life, and blessing.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	21	The offering of him that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, is stained, and the mockeries of the unjust are not acceptable.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	22	The Lord is only for them that wait upon him in the way of truth and justice.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	23	The most High approveth not the gifts of the wicked: neither hath he respect to the oblations of the unjust, nor will he be pacified for sins by the multitude of their sacrifices.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	24	He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor, is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presence of his father.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	25	The bread of the needy, is the life of the poor: he that defraudeth them thereof, is a man of blood.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	26	He that taketh away the bread gotten by sweat, is like him that killeth his neighbour.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	27	He that sheddeth blood, and he that defraudeth the labourer of his hire, are brothers.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	28	When one buildeth up, and another pulleth down: what profit have they but the labour?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	29	When one prayeth, and another curseth: whose voice will God hear?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	30	He that washeth himself after touching the dead, if he toucheth him again, what doth his washing avail?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	31	So a man that fasteth for his sins, and doth the same again, what doth his humbling himself profit him? who will hear his prayer?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	1	He that keepeth the law, multiplieth offerings.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	2	It is a wholesome sacrifice to take heed to the commandments, and to depart from all iniquity.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	3	And to depart from injustice, is to offer a propitiatory sacrifice for injustices, and a begging of pardon for sins.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	4	He shall return thanks, that offereth fine flour: and he that doth mercy, offereth sacrifice.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	5	To depart from iniquity is that which pleaseth the Lord, and to depart from injustice, is an entreaty for sins.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	6	Thou shalt not appear empty in the sight of the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	7	For all these things are to be done because of the commandment of God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	8	The oblation of the just maketh the altar fat, and is an odour of sweetness in the sight of the most High.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	9	The sacrifice of the just is acceptable, and the Lord will not forget the memorial thereof.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	10	Give glory to God with a good heart: and diminish not the firstfruits of thy hands.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	11	In every gift shew a cheerful countenance, and sanctify thy tithes with joy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	12	Give to the most High according to what he hath given to thee, and with a good eye do according to the ability of thy hands:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	13	For the Lord maketh recompense, and will give thee seven times as much.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	14	Do not offer wicked gifts, for such he will not receive.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	15	And look not upon an unjust sacrifice, for the Lord is judge, and there is not with him respect of person.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	16	The Lord will not accept any person against a poor man, and he will hear the prayer of him that is wronged.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	17	He will not despise the prayers of the fatherless; nor the widow, when she poureth out her complaint.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	18	Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	19	For from the cheek they go up even to heaven, and the Lord that heareth will not be delighted with them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	20	He that adoreth God with joy, shall be accepted, and his prayer shall approach even to the clouds.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	21	The prayer of him that humbleth himself, shall pierce the clouds: and till it come nigh he will not be comforted: and he will not depart till the most High behold.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	22	And the Lord will not be slack, but will judge for the just, and will do judgment: and the Almighty will not have patience with them, that he may crush their back:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	23	And he will repay vengeance to the Gentiles, till he have taken away the multitude of the proud, and broken the sceptres of the unjust,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	24	Till he have rendered to men according to their deeds: and according to the works of Adam, and according to his presumption,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	25	Till he have judged the cause of his people, and he shall delight the just with his mercy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	35	26	The mercy of God is beautiful in the time of affliction, as a cloud of rain in the time of drought.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	1	Have mercy upon us, O God of all, and behold us, and shew us the light of thy mercies:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	2	And send thy fear upon the nations, that have not sought after thee: that they may know that there is no God beside thee, and that they may shew forth thy wonders.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	3	Lift up thy hand over the strange nations, that they may see thy power.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	4	For as thou hast been sanctified in us in their sight, so thou shalt be magnified among them in our presence,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	5	That they may know thee, as we also have known thee, that there is no God beside thee, O Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	6	Renew thy signs, and work new miracles.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	7	Glorify thy hand, and thy right arm.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	8	Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	9	Take away the adversary, and crush the enemy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	10	Hasten the time, and remember the end, that they may declare thy wonderful works.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	11	Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire: and let them perish that oppress thy people.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	12	Crush the head of the princes of the enemies that say: There is no other beside us.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	13	Gather together all the tribes of Jacob: that they may know that there is no God besides thee, and may declare thy great works: and thou shalt inherit them as from the beginning.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	14	Have mercy on thy people, upon whom thy name is invoked: and upon Israel, whom thou hast raised up to be thy firstborn.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	15	Have mercy on Jerusalem, the city which thou hast sanctified, the city of thy rest.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	16	Fill Sion with thy unspeakable words, and thy people with thy glory.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	17	Give testimony to them that are thy creatures from the beginning, and raise up the prophecies which the former prophets spoke in thy name.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	18	Reward them that patiently wait for thee, that thy prophets may be found faithful: and hear the prayers of thy servants,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	19	According to the blessing of Aaron over thy people, and direct us into the way of justice, and let all know that dwell upon the earth, that thou art God the beholder of all ages.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	20	The belly will devour all meat, yet one is better than another.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	21	The palate tasteth venison and the wise heart false speeches.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	22	A perverse heart will cause grief, and a man of experience will resist it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	23	A woman will receive every man: yet one daughter is better than another.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	24	The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance of her husband, and a man desireth nothing more.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	25	If she have a tongue that can cure, and likewise mitigate and shew mercy: her husband is not like other men.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	26	He that possesseth a good wife, beginneth a possession: she is a help like to himself, and a pillar of rest.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	27	Where there is no hedge, the possession shall be spoiled: and where there is no wife, he mourneth that is in want.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	36	28	Who will trust him that hath no rest, and that lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him, as a robber well appointed, that skippeth from city to city.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	1	Every friend will say: I also am his friend: but there is a friend, that is only a friend in name. Is not this a grief even to death?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	2	But a companion and a friend shall be turned to an enemy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	3	O wicked presumption, whence camest thou to cover the earth with thy malice, and deceitfulness?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	4	There is a companion who rejoiceth with his friend in his joys, but in the time of trouble, he will be against him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	5	There is a companion who condoleth with his friend for his belly's sake, and he will take up a shield against enemy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	6	Forget not thy friend in thy mind, and be not unmindful of him in thy riches.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	7	Consult not with him that layeth a snare for thee, and hide thy counsel from them that envy thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	8	Every counsellor giveth out counsel, but there is one that is a counsellor for himself.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	9	Beware of a counsellor. And know before what need he hath: for he will devise to his own mind:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	10	Lest he thrust a stake into the ground, and say to thee:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	11	Thy way is good; and then stand on the other side to see what shall befall thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	12	Treat not with a man without religion concerning holiness, nor with an unjust man concerning justice, nor with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous, nor with a coward concerning war, nor with a merchant about traffic, nor with a buyer of selling, nor with an envious man of giving thanks,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	13	Nor with the ungodly of piety, nor with the dishonest of honesty, nor with the held labourer of every work,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	14	Nor with him that worketh by the year of the finishing of the year, nor with an idle servant of much business: give no heed to these in any matter of counsel.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	15	But be continually with a holy man, whomsoever thou shalt know to observe the fear of God,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	16	Whose soul is according to thy own soul: and who, when thou shalt stumble in the dark, will be sorry for thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	17	And establish within thyself a heart of good counsel: for there is no other thing of more worth to thee than it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	18	The soul of a holy man discovereth sometimes true things, more than seven watchmen that sit in a high piece to watch.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	19	But above all these things pray to the most High, that he may direct thy way in truth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	20	In all thy works let the true word go before thee, and steady counsel before every action.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	21	A wicked word shall change the beast: out of which four manner of things arise, good and evil, life and death: and the tongue is continually the ruler of them. There is a man that is subtle and a teacher of many, and yet is unprofitable to his own soul.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	22	A skillful man hath taught many, and is sweet to his own soul.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	23	He that speaketh sophistically, is hateful: he shall be destitute of every thing.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	24	Grace is not given him from the Lord: for he is deprived of all wisdom.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	25	There is a wise man that is wise to his own soul: and the fruit of his understanding is commendable.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	26	A wise man instructeth his own people, and the fruits of his understanding are faithful.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	27	A wise man shall be filled with blessings, and they that see shall praise him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	28	The life of a man is in the number of his days: but the days of Israel are innumerable.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	29	A wise man shall inherit honour among his people, and his name shall live for ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	30	My son, prove thy soul in thy life: and if it be wicked, give it no power:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	31	For all things are not expedient for all, and every kind pleaseth not every soul.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	32	Be not greedy in any feasting, and pour not out thyself upon any meat:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	33	For in many meats there will be sickness, and greediness will turn to choler.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	37	34	By surfeiting many have perished: but he that is temperate, shall prolong life.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	1	Honour the physician for the need thou hast of him: for the most High hath created him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	2	For all healing is from God, and he shall receive gifts of the king.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	3	The skill of the physician shall lift up his head, and in the sight of great men he shall be praised.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	4	The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	5	Was not bitter water made sweet with wood?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	6	The virtue of these things is come to the knowledge of men, and the most High hath given knowledge to men, that he may be honoured in his wonders.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	7	By these he shall cure and shall allay their pains, and of these the apothecary shall make sweet confections, and shall make up ointments of health, and of his works there shall be no end.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	8	For the peace of God is over all the face of the earth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	9	My son, in thy sickness neglect not thyself, but pray to the Lord, and he shall heal thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	10	Turn away from sin and order thy hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all offence.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	11	Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour, and make a fat offering, and then give place to the physician.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	12	For the Lord created him: and let him not depart from thee, for his works are necessary.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	13	For there is a time when thou must fall into their hands:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	14	And they shall beseech the Lord, that he would prosper what they give for ease and remedy, for their conversation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	15	He that sinneth in the sight of his Maker, shall fall into the hands of the physician.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	16	My son, shed tears over the dead, and begin to lament as if thou hadst suffered some great harm, and according to judgment cover his body, and neglect not his burial.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	17	And for fear of being ill spoken of weep bitterly for a, day, and then comfort thyself in thy sadness.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	18	And make mourning for him according to his merit for a day, or two, for fear of detraction.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	19	For of sadness cometh death, and it overwhelmeth the strength, and the sorrow of the heart boweth down the neck.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	20	In withdrawing aside sorrow remaineth: and the substance of the poor is according to his heart.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	21	Give not up thy heart to sadness, but drive it from thee: and remember the latter end.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	22	Forget it not: for there is no returning, and thou shalt do him no good, and shalt hurt thyself.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	23	Remember my judgment: for also shall be so: yesterday for me, and today for thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	24	When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest, and comfort him in the departing of his spirit.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	25	The wisdom of a scribe cometh by his time of leisure: and he that is less in action, shall receive wisdom.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	26	With what wisdom shall he be furnished that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth the oxen therewith, and is occupied in their labours, and his whole talk is about the offspring of bulls?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	27	He shall give his mind to turn up furrows, and his care is to give the kine fodder.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	28	So every craftsman and workmaster that laboureth night and day, he who maketh graven seals, and by his continual diligence varieth the figure: he shall give his mind to the resemblance of the picture, and by his watching shall finish the work.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	29	So doth the smith sitting by the anvil and considering the iron work. The vapour of the fire wasteth his flesh, and he fighteth with the heat of the furnace.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	30	The noise of the hammer is always in his ears, and his eye is upon the pattern of the vessel he maketh.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	31	He setteth his mind to finish his work, and his watching to polish them, to perfection.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	32	So doth the potter sitting at his work, turning the wheel about with his feet, who is always carefully set to his work, and maketh all his work by number:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	33	He fashioneth the clay with his arm, and boweth down his strength before his feet:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	34	He shall give his mind to finish the glazing, and his watching to make clean the furnace.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	35	All these trust to their hands, and every one is wise in his own art.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	36	Without these a city is not built.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	37	And they shall not dwell, nor walk about therein, and they shall not go up into the assembly.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	38	Upon the judges' seat they shall not sit, and the ordinance of judgment they shall not understand, neither shall they declare discipline and judgment, and they shall not be found where parables are spoken:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	39	But they shall strengthen the state of the world, and their prayer shall be in the work of their craft, applying their soul, and searching in the law of the most High.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	1	The wise men will seek out the wisdom of all the ancients, and will be occupied in the prophets.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	2	He will keep the sayings of renowned men, and will enter withal into the subtilties of parables.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	3	He will search out the hidden meanings of proverbs, and will be conversant in the secrets of parables.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	4	He shall serve among great men, and: appear before the governor.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	5	He shall pass into strange countries: for he shall try good and evil among men.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	6	He will give his heart to resort early to the Lord that made him, and he will pray in the sight of the most High.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	7	He will open his mouth in prayer, and will make supplication for his sins.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	8	For if it shall please the great Lord, he will fill him with the spirit of understanding:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	9	And he will pour forth the words of his wisdom as showers, and in his prayer he will confess to the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	10	And he shall direct his counsel, and his knowledge, and in his secrets shall he meditate.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	11	He shall shew forth the discipline he hath learned, and shall glory in the law of the covenant of the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	12	Many shall praise his wisdom, and it shall never be forgotten.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	13	The memory of him shall not depart away, and his name shall be in request from generation to generation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	14	Nations shall declare his wisdom, and the church shall shew forth his praise.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	15	If he continue, he shall leave a name above a thousand: and if he rest, it shall be to his advantage.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	16	I will yet meditate that I may declare: for I am filled as with a holy transport.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	17	By a voice he saith: Hear me, ye divine offspring, and bud forth as the rose planted by the brooks of waters.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	18	Give ye a sweet odour as frankincense.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	19	Send forth flowers, as the lily, and yield a smell, and bring forth leaves in grace, and praise with canticles, and bless the Lord in his works.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	20	Magnify his name, and give glory to him with the voice of your lips, and with the canticles of your mouths, and with harps, and in praising him, you shall say in this manner:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	21	All the works of the Lord are exceeding good.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	22	At his word the waters stood as a heap: and at the words of his mouth the receptacles of waters:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	23	For at his commandment favour is shewn, and there is no diminishing of his salvation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	24	The works of all flesh are before him, and there is nothing hid from his eyes.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	25	He seeth from eternity to eternity, and there is nothing wonderful before him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	26	There is no saying: What is this, or what is that? for all things shall be sought in their time.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	27	His blessing hath overflowed like a river.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	28	And as a flood hath watered the earth; so shall his wrath inherit the nations, that have not sought after him:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	29	Even as he turned the waters into a dry land, and the earth was made dry: and his ways were made plain for their journey: so to sinners they are stumblingblocks in his wrath.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	30	Good things were created for the good from the beginning, so for the wicked, good and evil things.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	31	The principal things necessary for the life of men, are water, fire, and iron, salt, milk, and bread of flour, and honey, and the cluster of the grape, and oil, and clothing.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	32	All these things shall be for good to the holy, so to the sinners and the ungodly they shall be turned into evil.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	33	There are spirits that are created for vengeance, and in their fury they lay on grievous torments.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	34	In the time of destruction they shall pour out their force: and they shall appease the wrath of him that made them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	35	Fire, hail, famine, and death, all these were created for vengeance.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	36	The teeth of beasts, and scorpions, and serpents, and the sword taking vengeance upon the ungodly unto destruction.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	37	In his commandments they shall feast, and they shall be ready upon earth when need is, and when their time is come they shall not transgress his word.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	38	Therefore from the beginning I was resolved, and I have meditated, and thought on these things and left them in writing.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	39	All the works of the Lord are good, and he will furnish every work in due time.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	40	It is not to be said: This is worse than that: for all shall be well approved in their time.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	41	Now therefore with the whole heart and mouth praise ye him, and bless the name of the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	1	Great labour is created for all men, and a heavy yoke is upon the children of Adam, from the day of their coming out of their mother's womb, until the day of their burial into the mother of all.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	2	Their thoughts, and fears of the heart, their imagination of things to come, and the day of their end:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	3	From him that sitteth on a glorious throne, unto him that is humbled in earth and ashes:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	4	From him that weareth purple, and beareth the crown, even to him that is covered with rough linen: wrath, envy, trouble, unquietness, and the fear of death, continual anger, and strife,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	5	And in the time of rest upon his bed, the sleep of the night changeth his knowledge.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	6	A little and as nothing is his rest, and afterward in sleep, as in the day of keeping watch.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	7	He is troubled in the vision of his heart, as if he had escaped in the day of battle. In the time of his safety he rose up, and wondereth that there is no fear:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	8	Such things happen to all flesh, from man even to beast, and upon sinners are sevenfold more.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	9	Moreover, death, and bloodshed, strife, and sword, oppressions, famine, and affliction, and scourges:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	10	All these things are created for the wicked, and for their sakes came the flood.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	11	All things that are of the earth, shall return to the earth again, and all waters shall return to the sea.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	12	All bribery, and injustice shall blotted out, and fidelity shall stand for ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	13	The riches of the unjust shall be dried up like a river, and shall pass away with a noise like a great thunder in rain.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	14	While he openeth his hands he shall rejoice: but transgressors shall pine away in the end.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	15	The offspring of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches, and make a noise as unclean roots upon the top of a rock.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	16	The weed growing over every water, and at the bank of the river, shall be pulled up before all grass.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	17	Grace is like a paradise in blessings, and mercy remaineth for ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	18	The life of a labourer that is content with what he hath, shall be sweet, and in it thou shalt find a treasure.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	19	Children, and the building of a city shall establish a name, but a blameless wife shall be counted above them both.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	20	Wine and music rejoice the heart, but the love of wisdom is above them both.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	21	The flute and the psaltery make a sweet melody, but a pleasant tongue is above them both.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	22	Thy eye desireth favour and beauty, but more than these green sown fields.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	23	A friend and companion meeting together in season, but above them both is a wife with her husband.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	24	Brethren are a help in the time of trouble, but mercy shall deliver more than they.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	25	Gold and silver make the feet stand sure: but wise counsel is above them both.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	26	Riches and strength lift up the heart: but above these is the fear of the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	27	There is no want in the fear of the Lord, and it needeth not to seek for help.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	28	The fear of the Lord is like a paradise of blessing, and they have covered it above all glory.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	29	My son, in thy lifetime be not indigent: for it is better to die than to want.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	30	The life of him that looketh toward another man's table is not to be counted a life: for he feedeth his soul with another man's meat.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	31	But a man, well instructed and taught, will look to himself.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	32	Begging will be sweet in the mouth of the unwise, but in his belly there shall burn a fire.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	1	O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	2	To a man that is at rest, and whose ways are prosperous in all things, and that is yet able to take meat!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	3	O death, thy sentence is welcome to the man that is in need, and to him whose strength faileth:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	4	Who is in a decrepit age, and that is in care about all things, and to the distrustful that loseth patience!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	5	Fear not the sentence of death. Remember what things have been before thee, and what shall come after thee: this sentence is from the Lord upon all flesh.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	6	And what shall come upon thee by the good pleasure of the most High? Whether ten, or a hundred, or a thousand years.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	7	For among the dead there is no accusing of life.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	8	The children of sinners become children of abominations, and they that converse near the houses of the ungodly.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	9	The inheritance of the children of sinners shall perish, and with their posterity shall be a perpetual reproach.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	10	The children will complain of an ungodly father, because for his sake they are in reproach.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	11	Woe to you, ungodly men, who have forsaken the law of the most high Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	12	And if you be born, you shall be born in malediction: and if you die, in malediction shall be your portion.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	13	All things that are of the earth, shall return into the earth: so the ungodly shall from malediction to destruction.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	14	The mourning of men is about their body, but the name of the ungodly shall be blotted out.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	15	Take care of a good name: for this shall continue with thee, more than a thousand treasures precious and great.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	16	A good life hath its number of days: but a good name shall continue for ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	17	My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is there in them both?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	18	Better is the man that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	19	Wherefore have a shame of these things I am now going to speak of.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	20	For it is not good to keep all shamefacedness: and all things do not please all men in opinion.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	21	Be ashamed of fornication before father and mother: and of a lie before a governor and a man in power:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	22	Of an offence before a prince, and a judge: of iniquity before a congregation and a people:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	23	Of injustice before a companion and friend: and in regard to the place where thou dwellest,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	24	Of theft, and of the truth of God, and the covenant: of leaning with thy elbow over meat, and of deceit in giving and taking:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	25	Of silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy face from thy kinsman.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	26	Turn not away thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	27	Gaze not upon another man's wife, and be not inquisitive after his handmaid, and approach not her bed.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	28	Be ashamed of upbraiding speeches before friends: and after thou hast given, upbraid not.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	1	Repeat not the word which thou hast heard, and disclose not the thing that is secret; so shalt thou be truly without confusion, and shall find favour before all men: be not ashamed of any of these things, and accept no person to sin thereby:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	2	Of the law of the most High, and of his covenant, and of judgment to justify the ungodly:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	3	Of the affair of companions and travellers, and of the gift of the inheritance of friends:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	4	Of exactness of balance and weights, of getting much or little:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	5	Of the corruption of buying, and of merchants, and of much correction of children, and to make the side of a wicked slave to bleed.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	6	Sure keeping is good over a wicked wife.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	7	Where there are many hands, shut up, and deliver all things in number, and weight: and put all in writing that thou givest out or receivest in.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	8	Be not ashamed to inform the unwise and foolish, and the aged, that are judged I by young men: and thou shalt be well instructed in all things, and well approved in the sight of all men living.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	9	The father waketh for the daughter when no man knoweth, and the care for her taketh away his sleep, when she is young, lest she pass away the flower of her age, and when she is married, lest she should be hateful:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	10	In her virginity, lest she should be corrupted, and be found with child in her father's house: and having a husband, lest she should misbehave herself, or at the least become barren.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	11	Keep a sure watch over a shameless daughter: lest at any time she make thee become a laughingstock to thy enemies, and a byword in the city, and a reproach among the people, and she make thee ashamed before all the multitude.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	12	Behold not everybody's beauty: and tarry not among women.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	13	For from garments cometh a moth, and from a woman the iniquity of a man.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	14	For better is the iniquity of a man, than a woman doing a good turn, and a woman bringing shame and reproach.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	15	I will now remember the works of the Lord, and I will declare the things I have seen. By the words of the Lord are his works.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	16	The sun giving light hath looked upon all things, and full of the glory of the Lord is his work.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	17	Hath not the Lord made the saints to declare all his wonderful works, which the Lord Almighty hath firmly settled to be established for his glory?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	18	He hath searched out the deep, and the heart of men: and considered their crafty devices.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	19	For the Lord knoweth all knowledge, and hath beheld the signs of the world, he declareth the things that are past, and the things that are to come, and revealeth the traces of hidden things.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	20	No thought escapeth him, and no word can hide itself from him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	21	He hath beautified the glorious works of his wisdom: and he Is from eternity to eternity, and to him nothing may be added,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	22	Nor can he be diminished, and he hath no need of any counsellor.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	23	O how desirable are all his works, and what we can know is but as a spark!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	24	All these things live, and remain for ever, and for every use all things obey him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	25	All things are double, one against another, and he hath made nothing defective.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	26	He hath established the good things of every one. And who shall be filled with beholding his glory?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	1	The firmament on high is his beauty, the beauty of heaven with its glorious shew.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	2	The sun when he appeareth shewing forth at his rising, an admirable instrument, the work of the most High.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	3	At noon he burneth the earth, and who can abide his burning heat? As one keeping a furnace in the works of heat:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	4	The sun three times as much, burneth the mountains, breathing out fiery vapours, and shining with his beams, he blindeth the eyes.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	5	Great is the Lord that made him, and at his words he hath hastened his course.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	6	And the moon in all in her season, is for a declaration of times and a sign of the world.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	7	From the moon is the sign of the festival day, a light that decreaseth in her perfection.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	8	The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her perfection.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	9	Being an instrument of the armies on high, shining gloriously in the Armament of heaven.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	10	The glory of the stars is the beauty of heaven; the Lord enlighteneth the world on high.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	11	By the words of the holy one they shall stand in judgment, and shall never fail in their watches.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	12	Look upon the rainbow, and bless him that made it: it is very beautiful in its brightness.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	13	It encompasseth the heaven about with the circle of its glory, the hands of the most High have displayed it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	14	By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, and sendeth forth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	15	Through this are the treasures opened, and the clouds fly out like birds.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	16	By his greatness he hath fixed the clouds, and the hailstones are broken.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	17	At his sight shall the mountains be shaken, and at his will the south wind shall blow.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	18	The noise of his thunder shall strike the earth, so doth the northern storm, and the whirlwind:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	19	And as the birds lighting upon the earth, he scattereth snow, and the falling thereof, is as the coming down of locusts.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	20	The eye admireth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the shower thereof.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	21	He shall pour frost as salt upon the earth: and when it freezeth, it shall become like the tops of thistles.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	22	The cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into crystal; upon every gathering together of waters it shall rest, and shall clothe the waters as a breastplate.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	23	And it shall devour the mountains, and burn the wilderness, and consume all that is green as with fire.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	24	A present remedy of all is the speedy coming of a cloud, and a dew that meeteth it, by the heat that cometh, shall overpower it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	25	At his word the wind is still, and with his thought he appeaseth the deep, and the Lord hath planted islands therein.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	26	Let them that sail on the sea, tell the dangers thereof: and when we hear with our ears, we shall admire.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	27	There are great and wonderful works: a variety of beasts, and of all living things, and the monstrous creatures of whales.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	28	Through him is established the end of their journey, and by his word all things are regulated.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	29	We shall say much, and yet shall want words: but the sum of our words is, He is all.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	30	What shall we be able to do to glorify him? for the Almighty himself is above all his works.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	31	The Lord is terrible, and exceeding great, and his power is admirable.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	32	Glorify the Lord as much as ever you can, for he will yet far exceed, and his magnificence is wonderful.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	33	Blessing the Lord, exalt him as much as you can: for he is above all praise.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	34	When you exalt him put forth all your strength, and be not weary: for you can never go far enough.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	35	Who shall see him, and declare him? and who shall magnify him as he is from the beginning?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	36	There are many things hidden from us that are greater than these: for we have seen but a few of his works.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	43	37	But the Lord hath made all things, and to the godly he hath given wisdom.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	1	Let us now praise men of renown, and our fathers in their generation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	2	The Lord hath wrought great glory through his magnificence from the beginning.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	3	Such as have borne rule in their dominions, men of great power, and endued with their wisdom, shewing forth in the prophets the dignity of prophets,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	4	And ruling over the present people, and by the strength of wisdom instructing the people in most holy words.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	5	Such as by their skill sought out musical tunes, and published canticles of the scriptures.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	6	Rich men in virtue, studying beautifulness: living at peace in their houses.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	7	All these have gained glory in their generations, and were praised in their days.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	8	They that were born of them have left a name behind them, that their praises might be related:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	9	And there are some, of whom there is no memorial: who are perished, as if they had never been: and are become as if they had never been born, and their children with them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	10	But these were men of mercy, whose godly deeds have not failed:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	11	Good things continue with their seed,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	12	Their posterity are a holy inheritance, and their seed hath stood in the covenants.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	13	And their children for their sakes remain for ever: their seed and their glory shall not be forsaken.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	14	Their bodies are buried in peace, and their name liveth unto generation and generation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	15	Let the people shew forth their wisdom, and the church declare their praise.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	16	Henoch pleased God, and was translated into paradise, that he may give repentance to the nations.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	17	Noe was found perfect, just, and in the time of wrath he was made a reconciliation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	18	Therefore was there a remnant left to the earth, when the flood came.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	19	The covenants of the world were made with him, that all flesh should no more be destroyed with the flood.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	20	Abraham was the great father of a multitude of nations, and there was not found the like to him in glory, who kept the law of the most High, and was in covenant with him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	21	In his flesh he established the covenant, and in temptation he was found faithful.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	22	Therefore by an oath he gave him glory in his posterity, that he should increase as the dust of the earth,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	23	And that he would exalt his seed as the stars, and they should inherit from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	24	And he did in like manner with Isaac for the sake of Abraham his father.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	25	The Lord gave him the blessing of all nations, and confirmed his covenant upon the head of Jacob.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	26	He acknowledged him in his blessings, and gave him an inheritance, and divided him his portion in twelve tribes.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	44	27	And he preserved for him men of mercy, that found grace in the eyes of all flesh.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	1	Moses was beloved of God, and men: whose memory is in benediction.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	2	He made him like the saints in glory, and magnified him in the fear of his enemies, and with his words he made prodigies to cease.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	3	He glorified him in the sight of kings, and gave him commandments in the sight of his people, and shewed him his glory.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	4	He sanctified him in his faith, and meekness, and chose him out of all flesh.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	5	For he heard him, and his voice, and brought him into a cloud.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	6	And he gave him commandments before his face, and a law of life and instruction, that he might teach Jacob his covenant, and Israel his judgments.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	7	He exalted Aaron his brother, and like to himself of the tribe of Levi:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	8	He made an everlasting covenant with him, and gave him the priesthood of the nation, and made him blessed in glory,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	9	And he girded him about with a glorious girdle, and clothed him with a robe of glory, and crowned him with majestic attire.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	10	He put upon him a garment to the feet, and breeches, and as ephod, and he compassed him with many little bells of gold all round about,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	11	That as he went there might be a sound, and a noise made that might be heard in the temple, for a memorial to the children of his people.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	12	He gave him a holy robe of gold, and blue, and purple, a woven work of a wise man, endued with judgment and truth:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	13	Of twisted scarlet the work of an artist, with precious stones cut and set in gold, and graven by the work of a lapidary for a memorial, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	14	And a crown of gold upon his mitre wherein was engraved Holiness, an ornament of honour: a work of power, and delightful to the eyes for its beauty.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	15	Before him there were none so beautiful, even from the beginning.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	16	No stranger was ever clothed with them, but only his children alone, and his grandchildren for ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	17	His sacrifices were consumed with fire every day.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	18	Moses filled his hands and anointed him with holy oil.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	19	This was made to him for an everlasting testament, and to his seed as the days of heaven, to execute the office of the priesthood, and to have praise, and to glorify his people in his name.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	20	He chose him out of all men living, to offer sacrifice to God, incense, and a good savour, for a memorial to make reconciliation for his people:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	21	And he gave him power in his commandments, in the covenants of his judgments, that he should teach Jacob his testimonies, and give light to Israel in his law.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	22	And strangers stood up against him, and through envy the men that were with Dathan and Abiron, compassed him about in the wilderness, and the congregation of Core in their wrath.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	23	The Lord God saw and it pleased him not, and they were consumed in his wrathful indignation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	24	He wrought wonders upon them, and consumed them with a flame of fire.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	25	And he added glory to Aaron, and gave him an inheritance, and divided unto him the firstfruits of the increase of the earth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	26	He prepared them bread in the first place unto fulness: for the sacrifices also of the Lord they shall eat, which he gave to him, and to his seed.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	27	But he shall not inherit among the people in the land, and he hath no portion among the people: for he himself is his portion and inheritance.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	28	Phinees the son of Eleazar is the third in glory, by imitating him in the fear of the Lord:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	29	And he stood up in the shameful fall of the people: in the goodness and readiness of his soul he appeased God for Israel.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	30	Therefore he made to him a covenant of peace, to be the prince of the sanctuary, and of his people, that the dignity of priesthood should be to him and to his seed for ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	31	And a covenant to David the king, the son of Jesse of the tribe of Juda, an inheritance to him and to his seed, that he might give wisdom into our heart to judge his people in justice, that their good things might not be abolished, and he made their glory in their nation everlasting.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	1	Valiant in war was Jesus the son of Nave, who was successor of Moses among the prophets, who was great according to his name,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	2	Very great for the saving the elect of God, to overthrow the enemies that rose up against them, that he might get the inheritance for Israel.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	3	How great glory did he gain when he lifted up his hands, and stretched out swords against the cities?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	4	Who before him hath so resisted? for the Lord himself brought the enemies.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	5	Was not the sun stopped in his anger, and one day made as two?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	6	He called upon the most high Sovereign when the enemies assaulted him on every side, and the great and holy God heard him by hailstones of exceeding great force.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	7	He made a violent assault against the nation of his enemies, and in the descent he destroyed the adversaries.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	8	That the nations might know his power, that it is not easy to fight against God. And he followed the mighty one:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	9	And in the days of Moses he did a work of mercy, he and Caleb the son of Jephone, in standing against the enemy, and withholding the people from sins, and appeasing the wicked murmuring.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	10	And they two being appointed, were delivered out of the danger from among the number of six hundred thousand men on foot, to bring them into their inheritance, into the land that floweth with milk and honey.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	11	And the Lord gave strength also to Caleb, and his strength continued even to his old age, so that he went up to the high places of the land, and his seed obtained it for an inheritance:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	12	That all the children of Israel might see, that it is good to obey the holy God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	13	Then all the judges, every one by name, whose heart was not corrupted: who turned not away from the Lord,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	14	That their memory might be blessed, and their bones spring up out of their place,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	15	And their name continue for ever, the glory of the holy men remaining unto their children.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	16	Samuel the prophet of the Lord, the beloved of the Lord his God, established a new government, and anointed princes over his people.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	17	By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation, and the God of Jacob beheld, and by his fidelity he was proved a prophet.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	18	And he was known to be faithful in his words, because he saw the God of light:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	19	And called upon the name of the Lord Almighty, in fighting against the enemies who beset him on every side, when he offered a lamb without blemish.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	20	And the Lord thundered from heaven, and with a great noise made his voice to be heard.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	21	And he crushed the princes of the Tyrians, and all the lords of the Philistines:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	22	And before the time of the end of his life in the world, he protested before the Lord, and his anointed: money, or any thing else, even to a shoe, he had not taken of any man, and no man did accuse him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	23	And after this he slept, and he made known to the king, and shewed him the end of his life, and he lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy to blot out the wickedness of the nation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	1	Then Nathan the prophet arose in the days of David.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	2	And as the fat taken away from the flesh, so was David chosen from among the children of Israel.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	3	He played with lions as with lambs: and with bears he did in like manner as with the lambs of the flock, in his youth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	4	Did not he kill the giant, and take away reproach from his people?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	5	In lifting up his hand, with the stone in the sling he beat down the boasting of Goliath:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	6	For he called upon the Lord the Almighty, and he gave strength in his right hand, to take away the mighty warrior, and to set up the horn of his nation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	7	So in ten thousand did he glorify him, and praised him in the blessings of the Lord, in offering to him a crown of glory:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	8	For he destroyed the enemies on every side, and extirpated the Philistines the adversaries unto this day: he broke their horn for ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	9	In all his works he gave thanks to the holy one, and to the most High, with words of glory.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	10	With his whole heart he praised the Lord, and loved God that made him: and he gave him power against his enemies:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	11	And he set singers before the altar, and by their voices he made sweet melody.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	12	And to the festivals he added beauty, and set in order the solemn times even to the end of his life, that they should praise the holy name of the Lord, and magnify the holiness of God in the morning.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	13	The Lord took away his sins, and exalted his horn for ever: and he gave him a covenant of the kingdom, and a throne of glory in Israel.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	14	After him arose up a wise son, and for his sake he cast down all the power of the enemies.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	15	Solomon reigned in days of peace, and God brought all his enemies under him, that he might build a house in his name, and prepare a sanctuary for ever: O how wise wast thou in thy youth!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	16	And thou wast filled as a river with wisdom, and thy soul covered the earth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	17	And thou didst multiply riddles in parables: thy name went abroad to the islands far off, and thou wast beloved in thy peace.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	18	The countries wondered at thee for thy canticles, and proverbs, and parables, and interpretations,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	19	And at the name of the Lord God, whose surname is, God of Israel.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	20	Thou didst gather gold as copper, and didst multiply silver as lead,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	21	And thou didst bow thyself to women: and by thy body thou wast brought under subjection.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	22	Thou hast stained thy glory, and defiled thy seed so as to bring wrath upon thy children, and to have thy folly kindled,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	23	That thou shouldst make the kingdom to be divided, and out of Ephraim a rebellious kingdom to rule.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	24	But God will not leave off his mercy, and he will not destroy, nor abolish his own works, neither will he out up by the roots the offspring of his elect: and he will not utterly take away the seed of him that loveth the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	25	Wherefore he gave a remnant to Jacob, and to David of the same stock.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	26	And Solomon had an end with his fathers.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	27	And he left behind him of his seed, the folly of the nation,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	28	Even Roboam that had little wisdom, who turned away the people through his counsel:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	29	And Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who caused Israel to sin, and shewed Ephraim the way of sin, and their sins were multiplied exceedingly.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	30	They removed them far away from their land.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	47	31	And they sought out all iniquities, till vengeance came upon them, and put an end to all their sins.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	1	And Elias the prophet stood up, as a fire, and his word burnt like a torch.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	2	He brought a famine upon them, and they that provoked him in their envy, were reduced to a small number, for they could not endure the commandments of the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	3	By the word of the Lord he shut up the heaven, and he brought down fire from heaven thrice.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	4	Thus was Elias magnified in his wondrous works. And who can glory like to thee?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	5	Who raisedst up a dead man from below, from the lot of death, by the word of the Lord God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	6	Who broughtest down kings to destruction, and brokest easily their power in pieces, and the glorious from their bed.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	7	Who heardest judgment in Sina, and in Horeb the judgments of vengeance.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	8	Who anointedst kings to penance, and madest prophets successors after thee.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	9	Who wast taken up in a whirlwind of fire, in a chariot of fiery horses.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	10	Who art registered in the judgments of times to appease the wrath of the Lord, to reconcile the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	11	Blessed are they that saw thee, and were honoured with thy friendship.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	12	For we live only in our life, but after death our name shall not be such.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	13	Elias was indeed covered with the whirlwind, and his spirit was filled up in Eliseus: in his days he feared not the prince, and no man was more powerful than he.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	14	No word could overcome him, and after death his body prophesied.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	15	In his life he did great wonders, and is death he wrought miracles.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	16	For all this the people repented not, neither did they depart from their sins till they were cast out of their land, and were scattered through all the earth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	17	And there was left but a small people, and a prince in the house of David.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	18	Some of these did that which pleased God: but others committed many sins.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	19	Ezechias fortified his city, and brought in water into the midst thereof, and he digged a rock with iron, and made a well for water.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	20	In his days Sennacherib came up, and sent Rabsaces, and lifted up his hand against them, and he stretched out his hand against Sion, and became proud through his power.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	21	Then their hearts and hands trembled, and they were in pain as women in travail.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	22	And they called upon the Lord who is merciful, and spreading their hands, they lifted them up to heaven: and the holy Lord God quickly heard their voice.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	23	He was not mindful of their sins, neither did he deliver them up to their enemies, but he purified them by the hand of Isaias, the holy prophet.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	24	He overthrew the army of the Assyrians, and the angel of the Lord destroyed them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	25	For Ezechias did that which pleased God, and walked valiantly in the way of David his father, which Isaias, the great prophet, and faithful in the sight of God, had commanded him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	26	In his days the sun went backward, and he lengthened the king's life.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	27	With a great spirit he saw the things that are to come to pass at last, and comforted the mourners in Sion.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	48	28	He shewed what should come to pass for ever, and secret things before they came.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	1	The memory of Josias is like the composition of a sweet smell made by the art of a perfumer:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	2	His remembrance shall be sweet as honey in every mouth, and as music at a banquet of wine.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	3	He was directed by God unto the repentance of the nation, and he took away the abominations of wickedness.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	4	And he directed his heart towards the Lord, and in the days of sinners he strengthened godliness.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	5	Except David, and Ezechias, and Josias, all committed sin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	6	For the kings of Juda forsook the law of the most High, and despised the fear of God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	7	So they gave their kingdom to others, and their glory to a strange nation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	8	They burnt the chosen city of holiness, and made the streets thereof desolate according to the prediction of Jeremias.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	9	For they treated him evil, who was consecrated a prophet from his mother's womb, to overthrow, and pluck up, and destroy, and to build again, and renew.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	10	It was Ezechiel that saw the glorious vision, which was shewn him upon the chariot of cherubims.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	11	For he made mention of the enemies under the figure of rain, and of doing good to them that shewed right ways.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	12	And may the bones of the twelve prophets spring up out of their place: for they strengthened Jacob, and redeemed themselves by strong faith.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	13	How shall we magnify Zorobabel? for he was as a signet on the right hand;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	14	In like manner Jesus the son of Josedec? who in their days built the house, and set up a holy temple to the Lord, prepared for everlasting glory.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	15	And let Nehemias be a long time remembered, who raised up for us our walls that were cast down, and set up the gates and the bars, who rebuilt our houses.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	16	No man was born upon earth like Henoch: for he also was taken up from the earth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	17	Nor as Joseph, who was a man born prince of his brethren, the support of his family, the ruler of his brethren, the stay of the people:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	18	And his bones were visited, and after death they prophesied.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	19	Seth and Sem obtained glory among men: and above every soul Adam in the beginning.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	1	Simon the high priest, the son of Onias, who in his life propped up the house, and in his days fortified the temple.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	2	By him also the height of the temple was founded, the double building and the high walls of the temple.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	3	In his days the wells of water flowed out, and they were filled as the sea above measure.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	4	He took care of his nation, and delivered it from destruction.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	5	He prevailed to enlarge the city, and obtained glory in his conversation with the people: and enlarged the entrance of the house and the court.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	6	He shone in his days as the morning star in the midst of a cloud, and as the moon at the full.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	7	And as the sun when it shineth, so did he shine in the temple of God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	8	And as the rainbow giving light in the bright clouds, and as the flower of roses in the days of the spring, and as the lilies that are on the brink of the water, and as the sweet smelling frankincense in the time of summer.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	9	As a bright fire, and frankincense burning in the fire.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	10	As a massy vessel of gold, adorned with every precious stone.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	11	As an olive tree budding forth, and a cypress tree rearing itself on high, when he put on the robe of glory, and was clothed with the perfection of power.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	12	When he went up to the holy altar, he honoured the vesture of holiness.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	13	And when he took the portions out of the hands of the priests, he himself stood by the altar. And about him was the ring of his brethren: and as the cedar planted in mount Libanus,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	14	And as branches of palm trees, they stood round about him, and all the sons of Aaron in their glory.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	15	And the oblation of the Lord was in their hands, before all the congregation of Israel: and finishing his service, on the altar, to honour the offering of the most high King,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	16	He stretched forth his hand to make a libation, and offered of the blood of the grape.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	17	He poured out at the foot of the altar a divine odour to the most high Prince.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	18	Then the sons of Aaron shouted, they sounded with beaten trumpets, and made a great noise to be heard for a remembrance before God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	19	Then all the people together made haste, and fell down to the earth upon their faces, to adore the Lord their God, and to pray to the Almighty God the most High.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	20	And the singers lifted up their voices. and in the great house the sound of sweet melody was increased.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	21	And the people in prayer besought the Lord the most High, until the worship of the Lord was perfected, and they had finished their office.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	22	Then coming down, he lifted up his hands over all the congregation of the children of Israel, to give glory to God with his lips, and to glory in his name:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	23	And he repeated his prayer, willing to shew the power of God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	24	And now pray ye to the God of all, who hath done great things in all the earth, who hath increased our days from our mother's womb, and hath done with us according to his mercy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	25	May he grant us joyfulness of heart, and that there be peace in our days in Israel for ever:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	26	That Israel may believe that the mercy of God is with us, to deliver us in his days.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	27	There are two nations which my soul abhorreth: and the third is no nation, which I hate:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	28	They that sit on mount Seir, and the Philistines, and the foolish people that dwell in Sichem.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	29	Jesus the son of Sirach, of Jerusalem, hath written in this book the doctrine of wisdom and instruction, who renewed wisdom from his heart.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	30	Blessed is he that is conversant in these good things: and he that layeth them up in his heart, shall be wise always.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	50	31	For if he do them, he shall be strong to do all things: because the light of God guideth his steps.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	1	A prayer of Jesus the son of Sirach. I will give glory to thee, O Lord, O King, and I will praise thee, O God my Saviour.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	2	I will give glory to thy name: for thou hast been a helper and protector to me.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	3	And hast preserved my body from destruction, from the snare of an unjust tongue, and from the lips of them that forge lies, and in the sight of them that stood by, thou hast been my helper.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	4	And thou hast delivered me, according to the multitude of the mercy of thy name, from them that did roar, prepared to devour.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	5	Out of the hands of them that sought my life, and from the gates of afflictions, which compassed me about:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	6	From the oppression of the flame which surrounded me, and in the midst of the fire I was not burnt.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	7	From the depth of the belly of hell, and from an unclean tongue, and from lying words, from an unjust king, and from a slanderous tongue:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	8	My soul shall praise the Lord even to death.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	9	And my life was drawing near to hell beneath.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	10	They compassed me on every side, and there was no one that would help me. I looked for the succour of men, and there was none.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	11	I remembered thy mercy, O Lord, and thy works, which are from the beginning of the world.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	12	How thou deliverest them that wait for thee, O Lord, and savest them out of the hands of the nations.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	13	Thou hast exalted my dwelling place upon the earth and I have prayed for death to pass away.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	14	I called upon the Lord, the father of my Lord, that he would not leave me in the day of my trouble, and in the time of the proud without help.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	15	I will praise thy name continually, and will praise it with thanksgiving, and my prayer was heard.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	16	And thou hast saved me from destruction, and hast delivered me from the evil time.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	17	Therefore I will give thanks, and praise thee, and bless the name of the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	18	When I was yet young, before I wandered about, I sought for wisdom openly in my prayer.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	19	I prayed for her before the temple, and unto the very end I will seek after her, and she flourished as a grape soon ripe.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	20	My heart delighted in her, my foot walked in the right way, from my youth up I sought after her.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	21	I bowed down my ear a little, and received her.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	22	I found much wisdom in myself, and I profited much therein.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	23	To him that giveth me wisdom, will I give glory.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	24	For I have determined to follow her: I have had a zeal for good, and shall not be confounded.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	25	My soul hath wrestled for her, and in doing it I have been confirmed.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	26	I stretched forth my hands on high, and I bewailed my ignorance of her.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	27	I directed my soul to her, and in knowledge I found her.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	28	I possessed my heart with her from the beginning: therefore I shall not be forsaken.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	29	My entrails were troubled in seeking her: therefore shall I possess a good possession.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	30	The Lord hath given me a tongue for my reward: and with it I will praise him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	31	Draw near to me, ye unlearned, and gather yourselves together into the house of discipline.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	32	Why are ye slow? and what do you say of these things? your souls are exceeding thirsty.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	33	I have opened my mouth, and have spoken: buy her for yourselves without silver,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	34	And submit your neck to the yoke, and let your soul receive discipline: for she is near at hand to be found.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	35	Behold with your eyes how I have laboured a little, and have found much rest to myself.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	36	Receive ye discipline as a great sum of money, and possess abundance of gold by her.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	37	Let your soul rejoice in his mercy, and you shall not be confounded in his praise.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	38	Work your work before the time, and he will give you your reward in his time.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	1	The vision of Isaias the son of Amos, which he saw concerning Juda and Jerusalem in the days of Ozias, Joathan, Achaz, and Ezechias, kings of Juda.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	2	Hear, O ye heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the Lord hath spoken. I have brought up children, and exalted them: but they have despised me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	3	The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	4	Woe to the sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a wicked seed, ungracious children: they have forsaken the Lord, they have blasphemed the Holy One of Israel, they are gone away backwards.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	5	For what shall I strike you any more, you that increase transgression? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart is sad.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	6	From the sole of the foot unto the top of the head, there is no soundness therein: wounds and bruises and swelling sores: they are not bound up, nor dressed, nor fomented with oil.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	7	Your land is desolate, your cities are burnt with fire: your country strangers devour before your face, and it shall be desolate as when wasted by enemies.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	8	And the daughter of Sion shall be left as a covert in a vineyard, and as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, and as a city that is laid waste.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	9	Except the Lord of hosts had left us seed, we had been as Sodom, and we should have been like to Gomorrha.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	10	Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom, give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrha.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	11	To what purpose do you offer me the multitude of your victims, saith the Lord? I am full, I desire not holocausts of rams, and fat of fatlings, and blood of calves, and lambs, and buck goats.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	12	When you came to appear before me, who required these things at your hands, that you should walk in my courts?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	13	Offer sacrifice no more in vain: incense is an abomination to me. The new moons, and the sabbaths, and other festivals I will not abide, your assemblies are wicked.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	14	My soul hateth your new moons, and your solemnities: they are become troublesome to me, I am weary of bearing them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	15	And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	16	Wash yourselves, be clean, take away the evil of your devices from my eyes: cease to do perversely,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	17	Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	18	And then come, and accuse me, saith the Lord: if your sins be as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow: and if they be red as crimson, they shall be white as wool.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	19	If you be willing, and will hearken to me, you shall eat the good things of the land.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	20	But if you will not, and will provoke me to wrath: the sword shall devour you because the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	21	How is the faithful city, that was full of judgment, become a harlot? justice dwelt in it, but now murderers.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	22	Thy silver is turned into dross: thy wine is mingled with water.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	23	Thy princes are faithless, companions of thieves: they all love bribes, they run after rewards. They judge not for the fatherless: and the widow's cometh not in to them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	24	Therefore saith the Lord the God of hosts, the mighty one of Israel: Ah! I will comfort myself over my adversaries: and I will be revenged of my enemies.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	25	And I will turn my hand to thee, and I will clean purge away thy dross, and I will take away all thy tin.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	26	And I will restore thy judges as they were before, and thy counsellors as of old. After this thou shalt be called the city of the just, a faithful city.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	27	Sion shall be redeemed in judgment, and they shall bring her back in justice.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	28	And he shall destroy the wicked, and the sinners together: and they that have forsaken the Lord, shall be consumed.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	29	For they shall be confounded for the idols, to which they have sacrificed: and you shall be ashamed of the gardens which you have chosen.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	30	When you shall be as an oak with the leaves falling off, and as a garden without water.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	1	31	And your strength shall be as the ashes of tow, and your work as a spark: and both shall burn together, and there shall be none to quench it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	2	1	The word that Isaias the son of Amos saw, concerning Juda and Jerusalem.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	2	2	And in the last days the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be prepared on the top of mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	2	3	And many people shall go, and say: Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall come forth from Sion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	2	4	And he shall judge the Gentiles, and rebuke many people: and they shall turn their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into sickles: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they be exercised any more to war.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	2	5	O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	2	6	For thou hast cast off thy people, the house of Jacob: because they are filled as in times past, and have had soothsayers as the Philistines, and have adhered to strange children.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	2	7	Their land is filled with silver and gold: and there is no end of their treasures.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	2	8	And their land is filled with horses: and their chariots are innumerable. Their land also is full of idols: they have adored the work of their own hands, which their own fingers have made.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	2	9	And man hath bowed himself down, and man hath been debased: therefore forgive them not.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	2	10	Enter thou into the rock, and hide thee in the pit from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	2	11	The lofty eyes of man are humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be made to stoop: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	2	12	Because the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and highminded, and upon every one that is arrogant, and he shall be humbled.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	2	13	And upon all the tall and lofty cedars of Libanus, and upon all the oaks of Basan.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	2	14	And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the elevated hills.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	2	15	And upon every high tower, and every fenced wall.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	2	16	And upon all the ships of Tharsis, and upon all that is fair to behold.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	2	17	And the loftiness of men shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be humbled, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	2	18	And idols shall be utterly destroyed.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	2	19	And they shall go into the holes of rocks, and into the caves of the earth from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall rise up to strike the earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	2	20	In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which he had made for himself to adore, moles and bats.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	2	21	And he shall go into the clefts of rocks, and into the holes of stones from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall rise up to strike the earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	2	22	Cease ye therefore from the man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for he is reputed high.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	1	For behold the sovereign the Lord of hosts shall take away from Jerusalem, and from Juda the valiant and the strong, the whole strength of bread, and the whole strength of water.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	2	The strong man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the cunning man, and the ancient.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	3	The captain over fifty, and the honourable in countenance, and the counsellor, and the architect, and the skillful in eloquent speech.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	4	And I will give children to be their princes, and the effeminate shall rule over them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	5	And the people shall rush one upon another, and every man against his neighbour: the child shall make it tumult against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	6	For a man shall take hold or his brother, one of the house of his father, saying: Thou hast a garment, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	7	In that day he shall answer, saying: I am no healer, and in my house there is no bread, nor clothing: make me not ruler of the people.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	8	For Jerusalem is ruined, and Juda is fallen: because their tongue, and their devices are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his majesty.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	9	The shew of their countenance hath answered them: and they have proclaimed abroad their sin as Sodom, and they have not hid it: woe to their souls, for evils are rendered to them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	10	Say to the just man that it is well, for he shall eat the fruit of his doings.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	11	Woe to the wicked unto evil: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	12	As for my people, their oppressors have stripped them, and women have ruled over them. O my people, they that call thee blessed, the same deceive thee, and destroy the way of thy steps.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	13	The Lord standeth up to judge, and he standeth to judge the people.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	14	The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and its princes: for you have devoured the vineyard, and the spoil of the poor is in your house.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	15	Why do you consume my people, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord the God of hosts.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	16	And the Lord said: Because the daughters of Sion are haughty, and have walked with stretched out necks, and wanton glances of their eyes, and made a noise as they walked with their feet and moved in a set pace:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	17	The Lord will make bald the crown of the head of the daughters of Sion, and the Lord will discover their hair.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	18	In that day the Lord will take away the ornaments of shoes, and little moons,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	19	And chains and necklaces, and bracelets, and bonnets,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	20	And bodkins, and ornaments of the legs, and tablets, and sweet balls, and earrings,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	21	And rings, and jewels hanging on the forehead,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	22	And changes of apparel, and short cloaks, and fine linen, and crisping pins,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	23	And looking-glasses, and lawns, and headbands, and fine veils.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	24	And instead of a sweet smell there shall be stench, and instead of a girdle, a cord, and instead of curled hair, baldness, and instead of a stomacher, haircloth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	25	Thy fairest men also shall fall by the sword, and thy valiant ones in battle.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	3	26	And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she shall sit desolate on the ground.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	4	1	And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying: We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, take away our reproach.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	4	2	In that day the bud of the Lord shall be in magnificence and glory, and the fruit of the earth shall be high, and a great joy to them that shall have escaped of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	4	3	And it shall come to pass, that every one that shall be left in Sion, and that shall remain in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, every one that is written in life in Jerusalem.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	4	4	If the Lord shall wash away the filth of the daughters of Sion, and shall wash away the blood of Jerusalem out of the midst thereof, by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	4	5	And the Lord will create upon every place of mount Sion, and where he is called upon, a cloud by day, and a smoke and the brightness of a flaming fire in the night: for over all the glory shall be a protection.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	4	6	And there shall be a tabernacle for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a security and covert from the whirlwind, and from rain.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	1	I will sing to my beloved the canticle of my cousin concerning his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a hill in a fruitful place.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	2	And he fenced it in, and picked the stones out of it, and planted it with the choicest vines, and built a tower in the midst thereof, and set up a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it broutht forth wild grapes.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	3	And now, O ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and ye men of Juda, judge between me and my vineyard.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	4	What is there that I ought to do more to my vineyard, that I have not done to it?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	5	And now I will shew you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be wasted: I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	6	And I will make it desolate: it shall not be pruned, and it shall not be digged: but briers and thorns shall come up: and I will command the clouds to rain no rain upon it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	7	For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel: and the man of Juda, his pleasant plant: and I looked that he should do judgment, and behold iniquity: and do justice, and behold a cry.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	8	Woe to you that join house to house and lay field to field, even to the end of the place: shall you alone dwell in the midst of the earth?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	9	These things are in my ears, saith the Lord of hosts: unless many great and fair houses shall become desolate, without an inhabitant.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	10	For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one little measure, and thirty bushels of seed shall yield three bushels.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	11	Woe to you that rise up early in the morning to follow drunkenness, and to drink till the evening, to be inflamed with wine.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	12	The harp, and the lyre, and the timbrel, and the pipe, and wine are in your feasts: and the work of the Lord you regard not, nor do you consider the works of his hands.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	13	Therefore is my people led away captive, because they had not knowledge, and their nobles have perished with famine, and their multitude were dried up with thirst.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	14	Therefore hath hell enlarged her soul, and opened her mouth without any bounds, and their strong ones, and their people, and their high and glorious ones shall go down into it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	15	And man shall be brought down, and man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be brought low.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	16	And the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God shall be sanctified in justice.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	17	And the lambs shall feed according to their order, and strangers shall eat the deserts turned into fruitfulness.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	18	Woe to you that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as the rope of a cart.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	19	That say: Let him make haste, and let his work come quickly, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel come, that we may know it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	20	Woe to you that call evil good, and good evil: that put darkness for light, and light for darkness: that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	21	Woe to you that are wise in your own eyes, and prudent in your own conceits.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	22	Woe to you that are mighty to drink wine, and stout men at drunkenness.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	23	That justify the wicked for gifts, and take away the justice of the just from him.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	24	Therefore as the tongue of the fire devoureth the stubble, and the heat of the flame consumeth it: so shall their root be as ashes, and their bud shall go up as dust: for they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and have blasphemed the word of the Holy One of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	25	Therefore is the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched out his hand upon them, and struck them: and the mountains were troubled, and their carcasses became as dung in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	26	And he will lift up a sign to the nations afar off, and will whistle to them from the ends of the earth: and behold they shall come with speed swiftly.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	27	There is none that shall faint, nor labour among them: they shall not slumber nor sleep, neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	28	Their arrows are sharp, and all their bows are bent. The hoofs of their horses shall be like the flint, and their wheels like the violence of a tempest.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	29	Their roaring like that of a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea they shall roar, and take hold of the prey, and they shall keep fast hold of it, and there shall be none to deliver it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	5	30	And they shall make a noise against them that day, like the roaring of the sea; we shall look towards the land, and behold darkness of tribulation, and the light is darkened with the mist thereof.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	6	1	In the year that king Ozias died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne high and elevated: and his train filled the temple.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	6	2	Upon it stood the seraphims: the one had six wings, and the other had six wings: with two they covered his face, and with two they covered his feet, and with two they flew.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	6	3	And they cried one to another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God of hosts, all the earth is full of his glory.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	6	4	And the lintels of the doors were moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	6	5	And I said: Woe is me, because I have held my peace; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people that hath unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King the Lord of hosts.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	6	6	And one of the seraphims flew to me, and in his hand was a live coal, which he had taken with the tongs off the altar.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	6	7	And he touched my mouth, and said: Behold this hath touched thy lips, and thy iniquities shall be taken away, and thy sin shall be cleansed.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	6	8	And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: Whom shall I send? and who shall go for us? And I said: Lo, here am I, send me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	6	9	And he said: Go, and thou shalt say to this people: Hearing, hear, and understand not: and see the vision, and know it not.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	6	10	Blind the heart of this people, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes: lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted and I heal them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	6	11	And I said: How long, O Lord? And he said: Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land shall be left desolate.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	6	12	And the Lord shall remove men far away, and she shall be multiplied that was left in the midst of the earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	6	13	And there shall be still a tithing therein, and she shall turn, and shall be made a shew as a turpentine tree, and as an oak that spreadeth its branches: that which shall stand therein, shall be a holy seed.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	7	1	And it came to pass in the days of Achaz the son of Joathan, the son of Ozias, king of Juda, that Basin king of Syria, and Phacee the son of Romelia king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem, to fight against it: but they could not prevail over it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	7	2	And they told the house of David, saying: Syria hath rested upon Ephraim, and his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the woods are moved with the wind.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	7	3	And the Lord said to Isaias: Go forth to meet Achaz, thou and Jasub thy son that is left, to the conduit of the upper pool, in the way of the fuller's field.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	7	4	And thou shalt say to him: See thou be quiet: fear not, and let not thy heart be afraid of the two tails of these fire brands, smoking with the wrath of the fury of Rasin king of Syria, and of the son of Romelia.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	7	5	Because Syria hath taken counsel against thee, unto the evil of Ephraim and the son of Romelia, saying:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	7	6	Let us go up to Juda, and rouse it up, and draw it away to us, and make the son of Tabeel king in the midst thereof.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	7	7	Thus saith the Lord God: It shall not stand, and this shall not be.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	7	8	But the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Basin: and within threescore and five years, Ephraim shall cease to be a people:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	7	9	And the head of Ephraim is Samaria and the head of Samaria the son of Romelia. If you will not believe, you shall not continue.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	7	10	And the Lord spoke again to Achaz, saying:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	7	11	Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God either unto the depth of hell, or unto the height above.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	7	12	And Achaz said: I will not ask, and I will not tempt the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	7	13	And he said: Hear ye therefore, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to be grievous to men, that you are grievous to my God also?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	7	14	Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	7	15	He shall eat butter and honey, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	7	16	For before the child know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good, the land which thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of the face of her two kings.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	7	17	The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon the house of thy father, days that have not come since the time of the separation of Ephraim from Juda with the king of the Assyrians.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	7	18	And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly, that is in the uttermost parts of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	7	19	And they shall come, and shall all of them rest in the torrents of the valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all places set with shrubs, and in all hollow places.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	7	20	In that day the Lord shall shave with a razor that is hired by them that are beyond the river, by the king of the Assyrians, the head and the hairs of the feet, and the whole beard.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	7	21	And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	7	22	And for the abundance of milk he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that shall be left in the midst of the land.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	7	23	And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place where there were a thousand vines, at a thousand pieces of silver, shall become thorns and briers.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	7	24	With arrows and with bows they shall go in thither: for briars and thorns shall be in all the land.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	7	25	And as for all the hills that shall be raked with a rake, the fear of thorns and briers shall not come thither, but they shall be for the ox to feed on, and the lesser cattle to tread upon.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	8	1	And the Lord said to me: Take thee a great book, and write in it with a man's pen. Take away the spoils with speed, quickly take the prey.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	8	2	And I took unto me faithful witnesses, Urias the priest, and Zacharias the son of Barachias.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	8	3	And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. And the Lord said to me: Call his name, Hasten to take away the spoils: Make haste to take away the prey.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	8	4	For before the child know to call his father and his mother, the strength of Damascus, and the spoils of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of the Assyrians.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	8	5	And the Lord spoke to me again, saying:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	8	6	Forasmuch as this people hath cast away the waters of Siloe, that go with silence, and hath rather taken Basin, and the son of Romelia:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	8	7	Therefore behold the Lord will bring upon them the waters of the river strong and many, the king of the Assyrians, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and shall overflow all his banks,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	8	8	And shall pass through Juda, overflowing, and going over shall reach even to the neck. And the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Emmanuel.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	8	9	Gather yourselves together, O ye people, and be overcome, and give ear, all ye lands afar off: strengthen yourselves, and be overcome, gird yourselves, and be overcome.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	8	10	Take counsel together, and it shall be defeated: speak a word, and it shall not be done: because God is with us.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	8	11	For thus saith the Lord to me: As he hath taught me, with a strong arm, that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	8	12	Say ye not: A conspiracy: for all that this people speaketh, is a conspiracy: neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	8	13	Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself: and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	8	14	And he shall be a sanctification to you. But for a stone or stumbling, and for a rock of offence to the two houses of Israel, for a snare and a ruin to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	8	15	And very many of them shall stumble and fall, and shall be broken in pieces, and shall be snared, and taken.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	8	16	Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	8	17	And I will wait for the Lord, who hath hid his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	8	18	Behold I and my children, whom the Lord hath given me for a sign, and for a wonder in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Sion.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	8	19	And when they shall say to you: Seek of pythons, and of diviners, who mutter in their enchantments: should not the people seek of their God, for the living of the dead?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	8	20	To the law rather, and to the testimony. And if they speak not according to this word, they shall not have the morning light.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	8	21	And they shall pass by it, they shall fall, and be hungry: and when they shall be hungry, they will be angry, and curse their king, and their God, and look upwards.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	8	22	And they shall look to the earth, and behold trouble and darkness, weakness and distress, and a mist following them, and they cannot fly away from their distress.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	9	1	At the first time the land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephtali was lightly touched: and at the last the way of the sea beyond the Jordan of the Galilee of the Gentiles was heavily loaded.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	9	2	The people that walked in darkness, have seen a great light: to them that dwelt in the region of the shadow of death, light is risen.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	9	3	Thou hast multiplied the nation, and hast not increased the joy. They shall rejoice before thee, as they that rejoice in the harvest, as conquerors rejoice after taking a prey, when they divide the spoils.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	9	4	For the yoke of their burden, and the rod of their shoulder, and the sceptre of their oppressor thou hast overcome, as in the day of Median.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	9	5	For every violent taking of spoils, with tumult, and garment mingled with blood, shall be burnt, and be fuel for the fire.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	9	6	For a CHILD IS BORN to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	9	7	His empire shall be multiplied, and there shall be no end of peace: he shall sit upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom; to establish it and strengthen it with judgment and with justice, from henceforth and for ever: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	9	8	The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	9	9	And all the people of Ephraim shall know, and the inhabitants of Samaria that say in the pride and haughtiness of their heart:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	9	10	The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with square stones: they have cut down the sycamores, but we will change them for cedars.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	9	11	And the Lord shall set up the enemies of Rasin over him, and shall bring on his enemies in a crowd:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	9	12	The Syrians from the east, and the Philistines from the west: and they shall devour Israel with open mouth, For all this his indignation is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	9	13	And the people are not returned to him who hath struck them, and have not sought after the Lord of hosts.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	9	14	And the Lord shall destroy out of Israel the head and the tail, him that bendeth down, and him that holdeth back, in one day.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	9	15	The aged and honourable, he is the head: and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	9	16	And they that call this people blessed, shall cause them to err: and they that are called blessed, shall be thrown down headlong.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	9	17	Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men: neither shall he have mercy on their fatherless, and widows: for every one is a hypocrite and wicked, and every mouth hath spoken folly. For all this his indignation is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	9	18	For wickedness is kindled as a fire, it shall devour the brier and the thorn: and shall kindle in the thicket of the forest, and it shall be wrapped up in smoke ascending on high.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	9	19	By the wrath of the Lord of hosts the land is troubled, and the people shall be as fuel for the fire: no man shall spare his brother.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	9	20	And he shall turn to the right hand, and shall be hungry: and shall eat on the left hand, and shall not be filled: every one shall eat the flesh of his own arm: Manasses Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasses, and they together shall be against Juda.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	9	21	After all these things his indignation is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	1	Woe to them that make wicked laws: and when they write, write injustice:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	2	To oppress the poor in judgment, and do violence to the cause of the humble of my people: that widows might be their prey, and that they might rob the fatherless.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	3	What will you do in the day of visitation, and of the calamity which cometh from afar? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	4	That you be not bowed down under the bond, and fall with the slain? In all these things his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	5	Woe to the Assyrian, he is the rod and the staff of my anger, and my indignation is in their hands.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	6	I will send him to a deceitful nation, and I will give him a charge against the people of my wrath, to take away the spoils, and to lay hold on the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	7	But he shall not take it so, and his heart shall not think so: but his heart shall be set to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	8	For he shall say:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	9	Are not my princes as so many kings? is not Calano as Charcamis: and Emath as Arphad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	10	As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idol, so also their idols of Jerusalem, and of Samaria.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	11	Shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	12	And it shall come to pass, that when the Lord shall have performed all his works in mount Sion, and in Jerusalem, I will visit the fruit of the proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of the haughtiness of his eyes.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	13	For he hath said: By the strength of my own hand I have done it, and by my own wisdom I have understood: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have taken the spoils of the princes, and as a mighty man hath pulled down them that sat on high.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	14	And my hand hath found the strength of the people as a nest; and as eggs are gathered, that are left, so have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or made the least noise.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	15	Shall the axe boast itself against him that cutteth with it? or shall the saw exalt itself against him by whom it is drawn? as if a rod should lift itself up against him that lifteth it up, and a staff exalt itself, which is but wood.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	16	Therefore the sovereign Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall send leanness among his fat ones: and under his glory shall be kindled a burning, as it were the burning of a fire.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	17	And the light of Israel shall be as a fire, and the Holy One thereof as a flame: and his thorns and his briers shall be set on fire, and shall be devoured in one day.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	18	And the glory of his forest, and of his beautiful hill, shall be consumed from the soul even to the flesh, and he shall run away through fear.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	19	And they that remain of the trees of his forest shall be so few, that they shall easily be numbered, and a child shall write them down.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	20	And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and they that shall escape of the house of Jacob, shall lean no more upon him that striketh them: but they shall lean upon the Lord the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	21	The remnant shall be converted, the remnant, I say, of Jacob, to the mighty God.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	22	For if thy people, O Israel, shall be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of them shall be converted, the consumption abridged shall overflow with justice.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	23	For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, and an abridgment in the midst of all the land.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	24	Therefore, thus saith the Lord the God of hosts: O my people that dwellest in Sion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall strike thee with his rod, and he shall lift up his staff over thee in the way of Egypt.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	25	For yet a little and a very little while, and my indignation shall cease, and my wrath shall be upon their wickedness.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	26	And the Lord of hosts shall raise up a scourge against him, according to the slaughter of Madian in the rock of Oreb, and his rod over the sea, and he shall lift it up in the way of Egypt.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	27	And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall putrify at the presence of the oil.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	28	He shall come into Aiath, he shall pass into Magron: at Machmas he shall lay up his carriages.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	29	They have passed in haste, Gaba is our lodging: Rama was astonished, Gabaath of Saul fled away.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	30	Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim, attend, O Laisa, poor Anathoth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	31	Medemena is removed: ye inhabitants of Gabim, take courage.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	32	It is yet day enough, to remain in Nobe: he shall shake his hand against the mountain of the daughter of Sion, the hill of Jerusalem.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	33	Behold the sovereign Lord of hosts shall break the earthen vessel with terror, and the tall of stature shall be cut down, and the lofty shall be humbled.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	10	34	And the thickets of the forest shall be cut down with iron, and Libanus with its high ones shall fall.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	11	1	And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	11	2	And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: the spirit of wisdom, and of understanding, the spirit of counsel, and of fortitude, the spirit of knowledge, and of godliness.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	11	3	And he shall be filled with the spirit of the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge according to the sight of the eyes, nor reprove according to the hearing of the ears.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	11	4	But he shall judge the poor with justice, and shall reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	11	5	And justice shall be the girdle of his loins: and faith the girdle of his reins.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	11	6	The wolf shall dwell with the lamb: and the leopard shall lie down with the kid: the calf and the lion, and the sheep shall abide together, and a little child shall lead them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	11	7	The calf and the bear shall feed: their young ones shall rest together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	11	8	And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp: and the weaned child shall thrust his hand into the den of the basilisk.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	11	9	They shall not hurt, nor shall they kill in all my holy mountain, for the earth is filled with the knowledge of the Lord, as the covering waters of the sea.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	11	10	In that day the root of Jesse, who standeth for an ensign of the people, him the Gentiles shall beseech, and his sepulchre shall be glorious.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	11	11	And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand the second time to possess the remnant of his people, which shall be left from the Assyrians, and from Egypt, and from Phetros, and from Ethiopia, and from Elam, and from Sennaar, and from Emath, and from the islands of the sea.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	11	12	And he shall set up a standard unto the nations, and shall assemble the fugitives of Israel, and shall gather together the dispersed of Juda from the four quarters of the earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	11	13	And the envy of Ephraim shall be taken away, and the enemies of Juda shall perish: Ephraim shall not envy Juda, and Juda shall not fight against Ephraim.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	11	14	But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines by the sea, they together shall spoil the children of the east: Edom, and Moab shall be under the rule of their hand, and the children of Ammon shall be obedient.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	11	15	And the Lord shall lay waste the tongue of the sea of Egypt, and shall lift up his hand over the river in the strength of his spirit: and he shall strike it in the seven streams, so that men may pass through it in their shoes.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	11	16	And there shall be a highway for the remnant of my people, which shall be left from the Assyrians: as there was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	12	1	And thou shalt say in that day: I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, for thou wast angry with me: thy wrath is turned away, and thou hast comforted me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	12	2	Behold, God is my saviour, I will deal confidently, and will not fear: O because the Lord is my strength, and my praise, and he is become my salvation.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	12	3	You shall draw waters with joy out of the saviour's fountains:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	12	4	And you shall say in that day: Praise ye the Lord, and call upon his name: make his works known among the people: remember that his name is high.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	12	5	Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath done great things: shew this forth in all the earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	12	6	Rejoice, and praise, O thou habitation of Sion: for great is he that is in the midst of thee, the Holy One of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	13	1	The burden of Babylon, which Isaias the son of Amos saw.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	13	2	Upon the dark mountain lift ye up a banner, exalt the voice, lift up the hand, and let the rulers go into the gates.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	13	3	I have commanded my sanctified ones, and have called my strong ones in my wrath, them that rejoice in my glory.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	13	4	The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as it were of many people, the noise of the sound of kings, of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts hath given charge to the troops of war.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	13	5	To them that come from a country afar off, from the end of heaven: the Lord and the instruments of his wrath, to destroy the whole land.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	13	6	Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is near: it shall come as a destruction from the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	13	7	Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every heart of man shall melt,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	13	8	And shall be broken. Gripings and pains shall take hold of them, they shall be in pain as a woman in labour. Every one shall be amazed at his neighbour, their countenances shall be as faces burnt.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	13	9	Behold, the day of the Lord shall come, a cruel day, and full of indignation, and of wrath, and fury, to lay the land desolate, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	13	10	For the stars of heaven, and their brightness shall not display their light: the sun shall be darkened in his rising, and the moon shall not shine with her light.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	13	11	And I will visit the evils of the world, and against the wicked for their iniquity: and I will make the pride of infidels to cease, and will bring down the arrogancy of the mighty.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	13	12	A man shall be more precious than gold, yea a man than the finest of gold.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	13	13	For this I will trouble the heaven: and the earth shall be moved out of her place, for the indignation of the Lord of hosts, and for the day of his fierce wrath.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	13	14	And they shall be as a doe fleeing away, and as a sheep: and there shall be none to gather them together: every man shall turn to his own people, and every one shall flee to his own land.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	13	15	Every one that shall be found, shall be slain: and every one that shall come to their aid, shall fall by the sword.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	13	16	Their infants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes: their houses shall be pillaged, and their wives shall be ravished.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	13	17	Behold I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not seek silver, nor desire gold:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	13	18	But with their arrows they shall kill the children, and shall have no pity upon the sucklings of the womb, and their eye shall not spare their sons.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	13	19	And that Babylon, glorious among kingdoms, the famous pride of the Chaldeans, shall be even as the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	13	20	It shall no more be inhabited for ever, and it shall not be founded unto generation and generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch his tents there, nor shall shepherds rest there.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	13	21	But wild beasts shall rest there, and their houses shall be filled with serpents, and ostriches shall dwell there, and the hairy ones shall dance there:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	13	22	And owls shall answer one another there, in the houses thereof, and sirens in the temples of pleasure.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	1	Her time is near at hand, and her days shall not be prolonged. For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose out of Israel, and will make them rest upon their own ground: and the stranger shall be joined with them, and shall adhere to the house of Jacob.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	2	And the people shall take them, and bring them into their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall make them captives that had taken them, and shall subdue their oppressors.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	3	And it shall come to pass in that day, that when God shall give thee rest from thy labour, and from thy vexation, and from the hard bondage, wherewith thou didst serve before,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	4	Thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and shalt say: How is the oppressor come to nothing, the tribute hath ceased?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	5	The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, the rod of the rulers,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	6	That struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, that brought nations under in fury, that persecuted in a cruel manner.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	7	The whole earth is quiet and still, it is glad and hath rejoiced.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	8	The fir trees also have rejoiced over thee, and the cedars of Libanus, saying: Since thou hast slept, there hath none come up to cut us down.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	9	Hell below was in an uproar to meet thee at thy coming, it stirred up the giants for thee. All the princes of the earth are risen up from their thrones, all the princes of nations.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	10	All shall answer, and say to thee: Thou also art wounded as well as we, thou art become like unto us.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	11	Thy pride is brought down to hell, thy carcass is fallen down: under thee shall the moth be strewed, and worms shall be thy covering.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	12	How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, who didst rise in the morning? how art thou fallen to the earth, that didst wound the nations?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	13	And thou saidst in thy heart: I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, I will sit in the mountain of the covenant, in the sides of the north.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	14	I will ascend above the height of the clouds, I will be like the most High.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	15	But yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, into the depth of the pit.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	16	They that shall see thee, shall turn toward thee, and behold thee. Is this the man that troubled the earth, that shook kingdoms,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	17	That made the world a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof, that opened not the prison to his prisoners?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	18	All the kings of the nations have all of them slept in glory, every one in his own house.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	19	But thou art cast out of thy grave, as an unprofitable branch defiled, and wrapped up among them that were slain by the sword, and art gone down to the bottom of the pit, as a rotten carcass.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	20	Thou shalt not keep company with them, even in burial: for thou hast destroyed thy land, thou hast slain thy people: the seed of the wicked shall not be named for ever.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	21	Prepare his children for slaughter for the iniquity of their fathers: they shall not rise up, nor inherit the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	22	And I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will destroy the name of Babylon, and the remains, and the bud, and the offspring, saith the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	23	And I will make it a possession for the ericius and pools of waters, and I will sweep it and wear it out with a besom, saith the Lord of hosts.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	24	The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying: Surely as I have thought, so shall it be: and as I have purposed,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	25	So shall it fall out: That I will destroy the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: and his yoke shall be taken away from them, and his burden shall be taken off their shoulder.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	26	This is the counsel, that I have purposed upon all the earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all nations.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	27	For the Lord of hosts hath decreed, and who can disannul it? and his hand is stretched out: and who shall turn it away?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	28	In the year that king Achaz died, was this burden:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	29	Rejoice not thou, whole Philistia, that the rod of him that struck thee is broken in pieces: for out of the root of the serpent shall come forth a basilisk, and his seed shall swallow the bird.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	30	And the firstborn of the poor shall be fed, and the poor shall rest with confidence: and I will make thy root perish with famine, and I will kill thy remnant.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	31	Howl, O gate; cry, O city: all Philistia is thrown down: for a smoke shall come from the north, and there is none that shall escape his troop.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	14	32	And what shall be answered to the messengers of the nations? That the Lord hath founded Sion, and the poor of his people shall hope in him.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	15	1	The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, it is silent: because the wall of Moab is destroyed in the night, it is silent.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	15	2	The house is gone up, and Dibon to the high places to mourn over Nabo, and over Medaba, Moab hath howled: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard shall be shaven.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	15	3	In their streets they are girded with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets all shall howl and come down weeping.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	15	4	Hesebon shall cry, and Eleale, their voice is heard even to Jasa. For this shall the well appointed men of Moab howl, his soul shall howl to itself.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	15	5	My heart shall cry to Moab, the bars thereof shall flee unto Segor a heifer of three years old: for by the ascent of Luith they shall go up weeping: and in the way of Oronaim they shall lift up a cry of destruction.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	15	6	For the waters of Nemrim shall be desolate, for the grass is withered away, the spring is faded, all the greenness is perished.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	15	7	According to the greatness of their work, is their visitation also: they shall lead them to the torrent of the willows.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	15	8	For the cry is gone round about the border of Moab: the howling thereof unto Gallim, and unto the well of Elim the cry thereof.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	15	9	For the waters of Dibon are filled with blood: for I will bring more upon Dibon: the lion upon them that shall flee of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	16	1	Send forth, O Lord, the lamb, the ruler of the earth, from Petra of the desert, to the mount of the daughter of Sion.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	16	2	And it shall come to pass, that as a bird fleeing away, and as young ones flying out of the nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be in the passage of Arnon.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	16	3	Take counsel, gather a council: make thy shadow as the night in the midday: hide them that flee, and betray not them that wander about.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	16	4	My fugitives shall dwell with thee: O Moab, be thou a covert to them from the face of the destroyer: for the dust is at an end, the wretch is consumed: he hath failed, that trod the earth under foot.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	16	5	And a throne shall be prepared in mercy, and one shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging and seeking judgment and quickly rendering that which is just.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	16	6	We have heard of the pride of Moab, he is exceeding proud: his pride and his arrogancy, and his indignation is more than his strength.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	16	7	Therefore shall Moab howl to Moab, every one shall howl: to them that rejoice upon the brick walls, tell ye their stripes.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	16	8	For the suburbs of Hesebon are desolate, and the lords of the nations have destroyed the vineyard of Sabama: the branches thereof have reached even to Jazer: they have wandered in the wilderness, the branches thereof are left, they are gone over the sea.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	16	9	Therefore I will lament with the weeping of Jazer the vineyard of Sabama: I will water thee with my tears, O Hesebon, and Eleale: for the voice of the treaders hath rushed in upon thy vintage, and upon thy harvest.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	16	10	And gladness and joy shall be taken away from Carmel, and there shall be no rejoicing nor shouting in the vineyards. He shall not tread out wine in the press that was wont to tread it out: the voice of the treaders I have taken away.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	16	11	Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for the brick wall.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	16	12	And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is wearied on his high places, that he shall go in to his sanctuaries to pray, and shall not prevail.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	16	13	This is the word, that the Lord spoke to Moab from that time:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	16	14	And now the Lord hath spoken, saying: In three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be taken away for all the multitude of the people, and it shall be left small and feeble, not many.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	17	1	The burden of Damascus. Behold Damascus shall cease to be a city, and shall be as a ruinous heap of stones.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	17	2	The cities of Aroer shall be left for flocks, and they shall rest there, and there shall be none to make them afraid.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	17	3	And aid shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus: and the remnant of Syria shall be as the glory of the children of Israel: saith the Lord of hosts.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	17	4	And it shall come to pass in that day, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall grow lean.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	17	5	And it shall be as when one gathereth in the harvest that which remaineth, and his arm shall gather the ears of corn: and it shall be as he that seeketh ears in the vale of Raphaim.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	17	6	And the fruit thereof that shall be left upon it, shall be as one cluster of grapes, and as the shaking of the olive tree, two or three berries in the top of a bough, or four or five upon the top of the tree, saith the Lord the God of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	17	7	In that day man shall bow down himself to his Maker, and his eyes shall look to the Holy One of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	17	8	And he shall not look to the altars which his hands made: and he shall not have respect to the things that his fingers wrought, such as groves and temples.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	17	9	In that day his strong cities shall be forsaken, as the ploughs, and the corn that were left before the face of the children of Israel, and thou shalt be desolate.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	17	10	Because thou hast forgotten God thy saviour, and hast not remembered thy strong helper: therefore shalt thou plant good plants, and shalt sow strange seed.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	17	11	In the day of thy planting shall be the wild grape, and in the morning thy seed shall flourish: the harvest is taken away in the day of inheritance, and shall grieve thee much.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	17	12	Woe to the multitude of many people, like the multitude of the roaring sea: and the tumult of crowds, like the noise of many waters.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	17	13	Nations shall make a noise like the noise of waters overflowing, but he shall rebuke him, and he shall flee far off: and he shall be carried away as the dust of the mountains before the wind, and as a whirlwind before a tempest.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	17	14	In the time of the evening, behold there shall be trouble: the morning shall come, and he shall not be: this is the portion of them that have wasted us, and the lot of them that spoiled us.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	18	1	Woe to the land, the winged cymbal, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	18	2	That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, and in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters. Go, ye swift angels, to a nation rent and torn in pieces: to a terrible people, after which there is no other: to a nation expecting and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	18	3	All ye inhabitants of the world, who dwell on the earth, when the sign shall be lifted up on the mountains, you shall see, and you shall hear the sound of the trumpet.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	18	4	For thus saith the Lord to me: I will take my rest, and consider in my place, as the noon light is clear, and as a cloud of dew in the day of harvest.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	18	5	For before the harvest it was all flourishing, and it shall bud without perfect ripeness, and the sprigs thereof shall be cut off with pruning hooks: and what is left shall be cut away and shaken out.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	18	6	And they shall be left together to the birds of the mountains, and the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall be upon them all the summer, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	18	7	At that time shall a present be brought to the Lord of hosts, from a people rent and torn in pieces: from a terrible people, after which there hath been no other: from a nation expecting, expecting and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, to mount Sion.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	19	1	The burden of Egypt. Behold the Lord will ascend upon a swift cloud, and will enter into Egypt, and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst thereof.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	19	2	And I will set the Egyptians to fight against the Egyptians: and they shall fight brother against brother, and friend against friend, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	19	3	And the spirit of Egypt shall be broken in the bowels thereof, and I will cast down their counsel: and they shall consult their idols, and their diviners, and their wizards, and soothsayers.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	19	4	And I will deliver Egypt into the hand of cruel masters, and a strong king shall rule over them, saith the Lord the God of hosts.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	19	5	And the water of the sea shall be dried up, and the river shall be wasted and dry.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	19	6	And the rivers shall fail: the streams of the banks shall be diminished, and be dried up. The reed and the bulrush shall wither away.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	19	7	The channel of the river shall be laid bare from its fountain, and every thing sown by the water shall be dried up, it shall wither away, and shall be no more.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	19	8	The fishers also shall mourn, and all that cast a hook into the river shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish away.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	19	9	They shall be confounded that wrought in flax, combing and weaving fine linen.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	19	10	And its watery places shall be dry, all they shall mourn that made pools to take fishes.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	19	11	The princes of Tanis are become fools, the wise counsellors of Pharao have given foolish counsel: how will you say to Pharao: I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	19	12	Where are now thy wise men? let them tell thee, and shew what the Lord of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	19	13	The princes of Tanis are become fools, the princes of Memphis are gone astray, they have deceived Egypt, the stay of the people thereof.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	19	14	The Lord hath mingled in the midst thereof the spirit of giddiness: and they have caused Egypt to err in all its works, as a drunken man staggereth and vomiteth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	19	15	And there shall be no work for Egypt, to make head or tail, him that bendeth down, or that holdeth back.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	19	16	In that day Egypt shall be like unto women, and they shall be amazed, and afraid, because of the moving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he shall move over it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	19	17	And the land of Juda shall be a terror to Egypt: every one that shall remember it shall tremble because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts, which he hath determined concerning it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	19	18	In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt, speaking the language of Chanaan, and swearing by the Lord of hosts: one shall be called the city of the sun.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	19	19	In that day there shall be an altar of the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a monument of the Lord at the borders thereof:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	19	20	It shall be for a sign, and for a testimony to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt. For they shall cry to the Lord because of the oppressor, and he shall send them a Saviour and a defender to deliver them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	19	21	And the Lord shall be known by Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day, and shall worship him with sacrifices and offerings: and they shall make vows to the Lord, and perform them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	19	22	And the Lord shall strike Egypt with a scourge, and shall heal it, and they shall return to the Lord, and he shall be pacified towards them, and heal them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	19	23	In that day there shall be a way from Egypt to the Assyrians, and the Assyrian shall enter into Egypt, and the Egyptian to the Assyrians, and the Egyptians shall serve the Assyrian.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	19	24	In that day shall Israel be the third to the Egyptian and the Assyrian: a blessing in the midst of the land,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	19	25	Which the Lord of hosts hath blessed, saying: Blessed be my people of Egypt, and the work of my hands to the Assyrian: but Israel is my inheritance.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	20	1	In the year that Tharthan entered into Azotus, when Sargon the king of the Assyrians had sent him, and he had fought against Azotus, and had taken it:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	20	2	At that same time the Lord spoke by the hand of Isaias the son of Amos, saying: Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and take off thy shoes from thy feet. And he did so, and went naked, and barefoot.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	20	3	And the Lord said: As my servant Isaias hath walked, naked and barefoot, it shall be a sign and a wonder of three years upon Egypt, and upon Ethiopia,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	20	4	So shall the king of the Assyrians lead away the prisoners of Egypt, and the captivity of Ethiopia, young and old. naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered to the shame of Egypt.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	20	5	And they shall be afraid, and ashamed of Ethiopia their hope, and of Egypt their glory.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	20	6	And the inhabitants of this isle shall say in that day: Lo this was our hope, to whom we fled for help, to deliver up from the face of the king of the Assyrians: and how shall we be able to escape?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	21	1	The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds come from the south, it cometh from the desert from a terrible land.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	21	2	A grievous vision is told me: he that is unfaithful dealeth unfaithfully: and he that is a spoiler, spoileth. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Mede: I have made all the mourning thereof to cease.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	21	3	Therefore are my loins filled with pain, anguish hath taken hold of me, as the anguish of a woman in labour: I fell down at the hearing of it, I was troubled at the seeing of it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	21	4	My heart failed, darkness amazed me: Babylon my beloved is become a wonder to me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	21	5	Prepare the table, behold in the watchtower them that eat and drink: arise, ye princes, take up the shield.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	21	6	For thus hath the Lord said to me: Go, and set a watchman: and whatsoever he shall see, let him tell.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	21	7	And he saw a chariot with two horsemen, a rider upon an ass, and a rider upon a camel: and he beheld them diligently with much heed.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	21	8	And a lion cried out: I am upon the watchtower of the Lord, standing continually by day: and I am upon my ward, standing whole nights.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	21	9	Behold this man cometh, the rider upon the chariot with two horsemen, and he answered, and said: Babylon is fallen, she is fallen, and all the graven gods thereof are broken unto the ground.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	21	10	O my thrashing and the children of my door, that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I have declared unto you.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	21	11	The burden of Duma calleth to me out of Seir: Watchman, what of the night? watchman, what of the night?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	21	12	The watchman said: The morning cometh, also the night: if you seek, seek: return, come.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	21	13	The burden in Arabia. In the forest at evening you shall sleep, in the paths of Dedanim.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	21	14	Meeting the thirsty bring him water, you that inhabit the land of the south, meet with bread him that fleeth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	21	15	For they are fled from before the swords, from the sword that hung over them, from the bent bow, from the face of a grievous battle.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	21	16	For thus saith the Lord to me: Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Cedar shall be taken away.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	21	17	And the residue of the number of strong archers of the children of Cedar shall be diminished: for the Lord the God of Israel hath spoken it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	22	1	The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee also, that thou too art wholly gone up to the housetops?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	22	2	Full of clamour, a populous city, a joyous city: thy slain are not slain by the sword, nor dead in battle.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	22	3	All the princes are fled together, and are bound hard: all that were found, are bound together, they are fled far off.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	22	4	Therefore have I said: Depart from me, I will weep bitterly: labour not to comfort me, for the devastation of the daughter of my people.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	22	5	For it is a day of slaughter and of treading down, and of weeping to the Lord the God of hosts in the valley of vision, searching the wall, and magnificent upon the mountain.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	22	6	And Elam took the quiver, the chariot of the horseman, and the shield was taken down from the wall.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	22	7	And thy choice valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horseman shall place themselves in the gate.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	22	8	And the covering of Juda shall be discovered, and thou shalt see in that day the armoury of the house of the forest.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	22	9	And you shall see the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and you have gathered together the waters of the lower pool,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	22	10	And have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and broken down houses to fortify the wall.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	22	11	And you made a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: and you have not looked up to the maker thereof, nor regarded him even at a distance, that wrought it long ago.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	22	12	And the Lord, the God of hosts, in that day shall call to weeping, and to mourning, to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	22	13	And behold joy and gladness, killing calves, and slaying rams, eating flesh, and drinking wine: Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	22	14	And the voice of the Lord of hosts was revealed in my ears: Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you till you die, saith the Lord God of hosts.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	22	15	Thus saith the Lord God of hosts: Go, get thee in to him that dwelleth in the tabernacle, to Sobna who is over the temple: and thou shalt say to him:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	22	16	What dost thou here, or as if thou wert somebody here? for thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, thou hast hewed out a monument carefully in a high place, a dwelling for thyself in a rock.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	22	17	Behold the Lord will cause thee to be carried away, as a cock is carried away, and he will lift thee up as a garment.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	22	18	He will crown thee with a crown of tribulation, he will toss thee like a ball into a large and spacious country: there shalt thou die, and there shall the chariot of thy glory be, the shame of the house of thy Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	22	19	And I will drive thee out from thy station, and depose thee from thy ministry.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	22	20	And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliacim the son of Helcias,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	22	21	And I will clothe him with thy robe, and will strengthen him with thy girdle, and will give thy power into his hand: and he shall be as a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Juda.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	22	22	And I will lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder: and he shall open, and none shall shut: and he shall shut, and none shall open.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	22	23	And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place, and he shall be for a throne of glory to the house of his father.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	22	24	And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, divers kinds of vessels, every little vessel, from the vessels of cups even to every instrument of music.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	22	25	In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the peg be removed, that was fastened in the sure place: and it shall be broken and shall fall: and that which hung thereon, shall perish, because the Lord hath spoken it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	23	1	The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of the sea, for the house is destroyed, from whence they were wont to come: from the land of Cethim it is revealed to them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	23	2	Be silent, you that dwell in the island: the merchants of Sidon passing over the sea, have filled thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	23	3	The seed of the Nile in many waters, the harvest of the river is her revenue: and she is become the mart of the nations.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	23	4	Be thou ashamed, O Sidon: for the sea speaketh, even the strength of the sea, saying: I have not been in labour, nor have I brought forth, nor have I nourished up young men, nor brought up virgins.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	23	5	When it shall be heard in Egypt, they will be sorry when they shall hear of Tyre:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	23	6	Pass over the seas, howl, ye inhabitants of the island.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	23	7	Is not this your city, which gloried from of old in her antiquity? her feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	23	8	Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, that was formerly crowned, whose merchants were princes, and her traders the nobles of the earth?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	23	9	The Lord of hosts hath designed it, to pull down the pride of all glory, and bring to disgrace all the glorious ones of the earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	23	10	Pass thy land as a river, O daughter of the sea, thou hast a girdle no more.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	23	11	He stretched out his hand over the sea, he troubled kingdoms: the Lord hath given a charge against Chanaan, to destroy the strong ones thereof.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	23	12	And he said: Thou shalt glory no more, O virgin daughter of Sidon, who art oppressed: arise and sail over to Cethim, there also thou shalt have no, rest.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	23	13	Behold the land of the Chaldeans, there was not such a people, the Assyrian founded it: they have led away the strong ones thereof into captivity, they have destroyed the houses thereof, they have brought it to ruin.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	23	14	Howl, O ye ships of the sea, for your strength is laid waste.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	23	15	And it shall come to pass in that day that thou, O Tyre, shalt be forgotten, seventy years, according to the days of one king: but after seventy years, there shall be unto Tyre as the song of a harlot.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	23	16	Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten: sing well, sing many a song, that thou mayst be remembered.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	23	17	And it shall come to pass after seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and will bring her back again to her traffic: and she shall commit fornication again with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	23	18	And her merchandise and her hire shall be sanctified to the Lord: they shall not be kept in store, nor laid up: for her merchandise shall be for them that shall dwell before the Lord, that they may eat unto fulness, and be clothed for a continuance.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	24	1	Behold the Lord shall lay waste the earth, and shall strip it, and shall afflict the face thereof, and scatter abroad the inhabitants thereof.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	24	2	And it shall be as with the people, so with the priest: and as with the servant, so with his master: as with the handmaid, so with her mistress: as with the buyer, so with the seller: as with the lender, so with the borrower: as with him that calleth for his money, so with him that oweth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	24	3	With desolation shall the earth be laid waste, and it shall be utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	24	4	The earth mourned, and faded away, and is weakened: the world faded away, the height of the people of the earth is weakened.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	24	5	And the earth is infected by the inhabitants thereof: because they have transgressed the laws, they have changed the ordinance, they have broken the everlasting covenant.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	24	6	Therefore shall a curse devour the earth, and the inhabitants thereof shall sin: and therefore they that dwell therein shall be mad, and few men shall be left.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	24	7	The vintage hath mourned, the vine hath languished away, all the merryhearted have sighed.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	24	8	The mirth of timbrels hath ceased, the noise of them that rejoice is ended, the melody of the harp is silent.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	24	9	They shall not drink wine with a song: the drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	24	10	The city of vanity is broken down, every house is shut up, no man cometh in.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	24	11	There shall be a crying for wine in the streets: all mirth is forsaken: the joy of the earth is gone away.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	24	12	Desolation is left in the city, and calamity shall oppress the gates.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	24	13	For it shall be thus in the midst of the earth, in the midst of the people, as if a few olives, that remain, should be shaken out of the olive tree: or grapes, when the vintage is ended.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	24	14	These shall lift up their voice, and shall give praise: when the Lord shall be glorified, they shall make a joyful noise from the sea.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	24	15	Therefore glorify ye the Lord in instruction: the name of the Lord God of Israel in the islands of the sea.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	24	16	From the ends of the earth we have heard praises, the glory of the just one. And I said: My secret to myself, my secret to myself, woe is me: the prevaricators have prevaricated, and with the prevarication of transgressors they have prevaricated.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	24	17	Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon thee, O thou inhabitant of the earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	24	18	And it shall come to pass, that he that shall flee from the noise of the fear, shall fall into the pit: and he that shall rid himself out of the pit, shall be taken in the snare: for the flood-gates from on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth shall be shaken.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	24	19	With breaking shall the earth be broken, with crushing shall the earth be crushed, with trembling shall the earth be moved.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	24	20	With shaking shall the earth be shaken as a drunken man, and shall be removed as the tent of one night: and the iniquity thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	24	21	And it shall come to pass, that in that day the Lord shall visit upon the host of heaven on high, and upon the kings of the earth, on the earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	24	22	And they shall be gathered together as in the gathering of one bundle into the pit, and they shall be shut up there in prison: and after many days they shall be visited.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	24	23	And the moon shall blush, and the sun shall be ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Sion, and in Jerusalem, and shall be glorified in the sight of his ancients.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	25	1	O Lord, thou art my God, I will exalt thee, and give glory to thy name: for thou hast done wonderful things, thy designs of old faithful, amen.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	25	2	For thou hast reduced the city to a heap, the strong city to ruin, the house of strangers, to be no city, and to be no more built up for ever.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	25	3	Therefore shall a strong people praise thee, the city of mighty nations shall fear thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	25	4	Because thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress: a refuge from the whirlwind, a shadow from the heat. For the blast of the mighty is like a whirlwind beating against a wall.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	25	5	Thou shalt bring down the tumult of strangers, as heat in thirst: and as with heat under a burning cloud, thou shalt make the branch of the mighty to wither away.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	25	6	And the Lord of hosts shall make unto all people in this mountain, a feast of fat things, a feast of wine, of fat things full of marrow, of wine purified from the lees.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	25	7	And he shall destroy in this mountain the face of the bond with which all people were tied, and the web that he began over all nations.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	25	8	He shall cast death down headlong for ever: and the Lord God shall wipe away tears from every face, and the reproach of his people he shall take away from off the whole earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	25	9	And they shall say in that day: Lo, this is our God, we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord, we have patiently waited for him, we shall rejoice and be joyfull in his salvation.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	25	10	For the hand of the Lord shall rest in this mountain: and Moab shall be trodden down under him, as straw is broken in pieces with the wain.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	25	11	And he shall stretch forth his hands under him, as he that swimmeth stretcheth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down his glory with the dashing of his hands.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	25	12	And the bulwarks of thy high walls shall fall, and be brought low, and shall be pulled down to the ground, even to the dust.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	26	1	In that day shall this canticle be sung the land of Juda. Sion the city of our strength a saviour, a wall and a bulwark shall be set therein.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	26	2	Open ye the gates, and let the just nation, that keepeth the truth, enter in.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	26	3	The old error is passed away: thou wilt keep peace: peace, because we have hoped in thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	26	4	You have hoped in the Lord for evermore, in the Lord God mighty for ever.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	26	5	For he shall bring down them that dwell on high, the high city he shall lay low. He shall bring it down even to the ground, he shall pull it down even to the dust.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	26	6	The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	26	7	The way of the just is right, the path of the just is right to walk in.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	26	8	And in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, we have patiently waited for thee: thy name, and thy remembrance are the desire of the soul.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	26	9	My soul hath desired thee in the night: yea, and with my spirit within me in the morning early I will watch to thee. When thou shalt do thy judgments on the earth, the inhabitants of the world shall learn justice.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	26	10	Let us have pity on the wicked, but he will not learn justice: in the land of the saints he hath done wicked things, and he shall not see the glory of the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	26	11	Lord, let thy hand be exalted, and let them not see: let the envious people see, and be confounded: and let fire devour thy enemies.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	26	12	Lord, thou wilt give us peace: for thou hast wrought all our works for us.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	26	13	O Lord our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us, only in thee let us remember thy name.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	26	14	Let not the dead live, let not the giants rise again: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and hast destroyed all their memory.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	26	15	Thou hast been favourable to the nation, O Lord, thou hast been favourable to the nation: art thou glorified? thou hast removed all the ends of the earth far off.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	26	16	Lord, they have sought after thee in distress, in the tribulation of murmuring thy instruction was with them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	26	17	As a woman with child, when she draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs: so are we become in thy presence, O Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	26	18	We have conceived, and been as it were in labour, and have brought forth wind: we have not wrought salvation on the earth, therefore the inhabitants of the earth have not fallen.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	26	19	Thy dead men shall live, my slain shall rise again: awake, and give praise, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is the dew of the light: and the land of the giants thou shalt pull down into ruin.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	26	20	Go, my people, enter into thy chambers, shut thy doors upon thee, hide thyself a little for a moment, until the indignation pass away.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	26	21	For behold the Lord will come out of his place, to visit the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth against him: and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall cover her slain no more.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	27	1	In that day the Lord with his hard, and great, and strong sword shall visit leviathan the bar serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent, and shall slay the whale that is in the sea.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	27	2	In that day there shall be singing to the vineyard of pure wine.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	27	3	I am the Lord that keep it, I will suddenly give it drink: lest any hurt come to it, I keep it night and day.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	27	4	There is no indignation in me: who shall make me a thorn and a brier in battle: shall march against it, shall I set it on fire together?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	27	5	Or rather shall it take hold of my strength, shall it make peace with me, shall it make peace with me?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	27	6	When they shall rush in unto Jacob, Israel shall blossom and bud, and they shall fill the face of the world with seed.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	27	7	Hath he struck him according to the stroke of him that struck him? or is he slain, as he killed them that were slain by him?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	27	8	In measure against measure, when it shall be cast off, thou shalt judge it. He hath meditated with his severe spirit in the day of heat.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	27	9	Therefore upon this shall the iniquity of the house of Jacob be forgiven: and this is all the fruit, that the sin thereof should be taken away, when he shall have made all the stones of the altar, as burnt stones broken in pieces, the groves and temples shall not stand.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	27	10	For the strong city shall be desolate, the beautiful city shall be forsaken, and shall be left as a wilderness: there the calf shall feed, and there shall he lie down, and shall consume its branches.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	27	11	Its harvest shall be destroyed with drought, women shall come and teach it: for it is not a wise people, therefore he that made it, shall not have mercy on it: and he that formed it, shall not spare it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	27	12	And it shall come to pass, that in that day the Lord will strike from the channel of the river even to the torrent of Egypt, and you shall be gathered together one by one, O ye children of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	27	13	And it shall come to pass, that in that day a noise shall be made with a great trumpet, and they that were lost, shall come from the land of the Assyrians, and they that were outcasts in the land of Egypt, and they shall adore the Lord in the holy mount in Jerusalem.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	1	Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower the glory of his joy, who were on the head of the fat valley, staggering with wine.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	2	Behold the Lord is mighty and strong, as a storm of hail: a destroying whirlwind, as the violence of many waters overflowing, and sent forth upon a spacious land.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	3	The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	4	And the fading flower the glory of his joy, who is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as a hasty fruit before the ripeness of autumn: which when he that seeth it shall behold, as soon as he taketh it in his hand, he will eat it up.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	5	In that day the Lord of hosts shall be a crown of glory, and a garland of joy to the residue of his people:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	6	And a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that return out of the battle to the gate.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	7	But these also have been ignorant through wine, and through drunkenness have erred: the priest and the prophet have been ignorant through drunkenness, they are swallowed up with wine, they have gone astray in drunkenness, they have not known him that seeth, they have been ignorant of judgment.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	8	For all tables were full of vomit and filth, so that there was no more place.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	9	Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand the hearing? them that are weaned from the milk, that are drawn away from the breasts.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	10	For command, command again; command, command again; expect, expect again; expect, expect again: a little there, a little there.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	11	For with the speech of lips, and with another tongue he will speak to this people.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	12	To whom he said: This is my rest, refresh the weary, and this is my refreshing: and they would not hear.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	13	And the word of the Lord shall be to them: Command, command again; command, command again: expect, expect again; expect, expect again: a little there, a little there: that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	14	Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, who rule over my people that is in Jerusalem.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	15	For you have said: We have entered into a league with death, and we have made a covenant with hell. When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come upon us: for we have placed our hope in lies, and by falsehood we are protected.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	16	Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will lay a stone in the foundations of Sion, a tried stone, a corner stone, a precious stone, founded in the foundation. He that believeth, let him not hasten.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	17	And I will set judgment in weight, and justice in measure: and hail shall overturn the hope of falsehood: and waters shall overflow its protection.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	18	And your league with death shall be abolished, and your covenant with hell shall not stand: when the overflowing scourge shall pass, you shall be trodden down by it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	19	Whensoever it shall pass through, it shall take you away: because in the morning early it shall pass through, in the day and in the night, and vexation alone shall make you understand what you hear.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	20	For the bed is straitened, so that one must fall out, and a short covering cannot cover both.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	21	For the Lord shall stand up as in the mountain of divisions: he shall be angry as in the valley which is in Gabaon: that he may do his work, his strange work: that he may perform his work, his work is strange to him.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	22	And now do not mock, lest your bonds be tied strait. For I have heard of the Lord the God of hosts a consumption and a cutting short upon all the earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	23	Give ear, and hear my voice, hearken, and hear my speech.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	24	Shall the ploughman plough all the day to sow, shall he open and harrow his ground?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	25	Will he not, when he hath made plain the surface thereof, sow gith, and scatter cummin, and put wheat in order, and barley, and millet, and vetches in their bounds?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	26	For he will instruct him in judgment: his God will teach him.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	27	For gith shall not be thrashed with saws, neither shall the cart wheel turn about upon cummin: but gith shall be beaten out with a rod, and cummin with a staff.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	28	But bread corn shall be broken small: but the thrasher shall not thrash it for ever, neither shall the cart wheel hurt it, nor break it with its teeth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	28	29	This also is come forth from the Lord God of hosts, to make his counsel wonderful, and magnify justice.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	29	1	Woe to Ariel, to Ariel the city which David took: year is added to year: the solemnities are at an end.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	29	2	And I will make a trench about Ariel, and it shall be in sorrow and mourning, and it shall be to me as Ariel.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	29	3	And I will make a circle round about thee, and will cast up a rampart against thee, and raise up bulwarks to besiege thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	29	4	Thou shalt be brought down, thou shalt speak out of the earth, and thy speech shall be heard out of the ground: and thy voice shall be from the earth like that of the python, and out of the ground thy speech shall mutter.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	29	5	And the multitude of them that fan thee, shall be like small dust: and as ashes passing away, the multitude of them that have prevailed against thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	29	6	And it shall be at an instant suddenly. A visitation shall come from the Lord of hosts in thunder, and with earthquake, and with a great noise of whirlwind and tempest, and with the flame of devouring fire.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	29	7	And the multitude of all nations that have fought against Ariel, shall be as the dream of a vision by night, and all that have fought, and besieged and prevailed against it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	29	8	And as he that is hungry dreameth, and eateth, but when he is awake, his soul is empty: and as he that is thirsty dreameth, and drinketh, and after he is awake, is yet faint with thirst, and his soul is empty: so shall be the multitude of all the Gentiles, that have fought against mount Sion.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	29	9	Be astonished, and wander, waver, and stagger: be drunk, and not with wine: stagger, and not with drunkenness.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	29	10	For the Lord hath mingled for you the spirit of a deep sleep, he will shut up your eyes, he will cover your prophets and princes, that see visions.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	29	11	And the vision of all shall be unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which when they shall deliver to one that is learned, they shall say: Read this: and he shall answer: I cannot, for it is sealed.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	29	12	And the book shall be given to one that knoweth no letters, and it shall be said to him: Read: and he shall answer: I know no letters.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	29	13	And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips glorify me, but their heart is far from me, and they have feared me with the commandment and doctrines of men:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	29	14	Therefore behold I will proceed to cause an admiration in this people, by a great and wonderful miracle: for wisdom shall perish from their wise men, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	29	15	Woe to you that are deep of heart, to hide your counsel from the Lord: and their works are in the dark, and they say: Who seeth us, and who knoweth us?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	29	16	This thought of yours is perverse: as if the clay should think against the potter, and the work should say to the maker thereof: Thou madest me not: or the thing framed should say to him that fashioned it: Thou understandest not.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	29	17	Is it not yet a very little while, and Libanus shall be turned into charmel, and charmel shall be esteemed as a forest?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	29	18	And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind shall see.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	29	19	And the meek shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	29	20	For he that did prevail hath failed, the scorner is consumed, and they are all cut off that watched for iniquity:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	29	21	That made men sin by word, and supplanted him that reproved them in the gate, and declined in vain from the just.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	29	22	Therefore thus saith the Lord to the house of Jacob, he that redeemed Abraham: Jacob shall not now be confounded, neither shall his countenance now be ashamed:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	29	23	But when he shall see his children, the work of my hands in the midst of him sanctifying my name, and they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall glorify the God of Israel:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	29	24	And they that erred in spirit, shall know understanding, and they that murmured, shall learn the law.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	1	Woe to you, apostate children, saith the Lord, that you would take counsel, and not of me: and would begin a web, and not by my spirit, that you might add sin upon sin:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	2	Who walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth, hoping for help in the strength of Pharao, and trusting in the shadow of Egypt.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	3	And the strength of Pharao shall be to your confusion, and the confidence of the shadow of Egypt to your shame.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	4	For thy princes were in Tanis, and thy messengers came even to Hanes.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	5	They were all confounded at a people that could not profit them: they were no help, nor to any profit, but to confusion and to reproach.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	6	The burden of the beasts of the south. In a land of trouble and distress, from whence come the lioness, and the lion, the viper and the flying basilisk, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of beasts, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels to a people that shall not be able to profit them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	7	For Egypt shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this: It is pride only, sit still.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	8	Now therefore go in and write for them upon box, and note it diligently in a book, and it shall be in the latter days for a testimony for ever.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	9	For it is a people that provoketh to wrath, and lying children, children that will not hear the law of God.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	10	Who say to the seers: See not: and to them that behold: Behold not for us those things that are right: speak unto us pleasant things, see errors for us.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	11	Take away from me the way, turn away the path from me, let the Holy One of Israel cease from before us.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	12	Therefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel: Because you have rejected this word, and have trusted in oppression and tumult, and have leaned upon it:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	13	Therefore shall this iniquity be to you as a breach that falleth, and is found wanting in a high wall, for the destruction thereof shall come on a sudden, when it is not looked for.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	14	And it shall be broken small, as the potter's vessel is broken all to pieces with mighty breaking, and there shall not a sherd be found of the pieces thereof, wherein a little fire may be carried from the hearth, or a, little water be drawn out of the pit.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	15	For thus saith the Lord God the Holy One of Israel: If you return and be quiet, you shall be saved: in silence and in hope shall your strength be. And you would not:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	16	But have said: No, but we will flee to horses: therefore shall you flee. And we will mount upon swift ones: therefore shall they be swifter that shall pursue after you.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	17	A thousand men shall flee for fear of one: and for fear of five shall you flee, till you be left as the mast of a ship on the top of a mountain, and as an ensign upon a hill.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	18	Therefore the Lord waiteth that he may have mercy on you: and therefore shall he be exalted sparing you: because the Lord is the God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	19	For the people of Sion shall dwell in Jerusalem: weeping thou shalt not weep, he will surely have pity on thee: at the voice of thy cry, as soon as he shall hear, he will answer thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	20	And the Lord will give you spare bread, and short water: and will not cause thy teacher to flee away from thee any more, and thy eyes shall see thy teacher.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	21	And thy ears shall hear the word of one admonishing thee behind thy back: This is the way, walk ye in it: and go not aside neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	22	And thou shalt defile the plates of thy graven things of silver, and the garment of thy molten things of gold, and shalt cast them away as the uncleanness of a menstruous woman. Thou shalt say to it: Get thee hence.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	23	And rain shall be given to thy seed, wheresoever thou shalt sow in the land: and the bread of the corn of the land shall be most plentiful, and fat. The lamb in that day shall feed at large in thy possession:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	24	And thy oxen, and the ass colts that till the ground, shall eat mingled provender as it was winnowed in the floor.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	25	And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every elevated hill rivers of running waters in the day of the slaughter of many, when the tower shall fall.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	26	And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days: in the day when the Lord shall bind up the wound of his people, and shall heal the stroke of their wound.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	27	Behold the name of the Lord cometh from afar, his wrath burneth, and is heavy to bear: his lips are filled with indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	28	His breath as a torrent overflowing even to the midst of the neck, to destroy the nations unto nothing, and the bridle of error that was in the jaws of the people.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	29	You shall have a song as in the night of the sanctified solemnity, and joy of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe, to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the Mighty One of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	30	And the Lord shall make the glory of his voice to be heard, and shall shew the terror of his arm, in the threatening of wrath, and the flame of devouring fire: he shall crush to pieces with whirlwind, and hailstones.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	31	For at the voice of the Lord the Assyrian shall fear being struck with the rod.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	32	And the passage of the rod shall be strongly grounded, which the Lord shall make to rest upon him with timbrels and harps, and in great battles he shall over throw them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	30	33	For Topheth is prepared from yesterday, prepared by the king, deep, and wide. The nourishment thereof is fire and much wood: the breath of the Lord as a torrent of brimstone kindling it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	31	1	Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, trusting in horses, and putting their confidence in chariots, because they are many: and in horsemen, because they are very strong: and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought after the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	31	2	But he that is the wise one hath brought evil, and hath not removed his words: and he will rise up against the house of the wicked, and against the aid of them that work iniquity.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	31	3	Egypt is man, and not God: and their horses, flesh, and not spirit: and the Lord shall put down his hand, and the helper shall fall, and he that is helped shall fall, and they shall all be confounded together.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	31	4	For thus saith the Lord to me: Like as the lion roareth, and the lion's whelp upon his prey, and when a multitude of shepherds shall come against him, he will not fear at their voice, nor be afraid of their multitude: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight upon mount Sion, and upon the hill thereof.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	31	5	As birds dying, so will the Lord of hosts protect Jerusalem, protecting and delivering, passing over and saving.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	31	6	Return as you had deeply revolted, O children of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	31	7	For in that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your hands have made for you to sin.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	31	8	And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword not of a man, and the sword not of a man shall devour him, and he shall flee not at the face of the sword: and his young men shall be tributaries.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	31	9	And his strength shall pass away with dread, and his princes fleeing shall be afraid: the Lord hath said it, whose die is in Sion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	32	1	Behold a king shall reign in justice, and princes shall rule in judgment.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	32	2	And a man shall be as when one is hid from the wind, and hideth himself from a storm, as rivers of waters in drought, and the shadow of a rock that standeth out in a desert land.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	32	3	The eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken diligently.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	32	4	And the heart of fools shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of stammerers shall speak readily and plain.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	32	5	The fool shall no more be called prince: neither shall the deceitful be called great:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	32	6	For the fool will speak foolish things, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and speak to the Lord deceitfully, and to make empty the soul of the hungry, and take away drink from the thirsty.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	32	7	The vessels of the deceitful are most wicked: for he hath framed devices to destroy the meek, with lying words, when the poor man speaketh judgment.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	32	8	But the prince will devise such things as are worthy of a prince, and he shall stand above the rulers.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	32	9	Rise up, ye rich women, and hear my voice: ye confident daughters, give ear to my speech.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	32	10	For after days and a year, you that are confident shall be troubled: for the vintage is at an end, the gathering shall come no more.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	32	11	Be astonished, ye rich women, be troubled, ye confident ones: strip you, and be confounded, gird your loins.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	32	12	Mourn for your breasts, for the delightful country, for the fruitful vineyard.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	32	13	Upon the land of my people shall thorns and briers come up: how much more upon all the houses of joy, of the city that rejoiced?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	32	14	For the house is forsaken, the multitude of the city is left, darkness and obscurity are come upon its dens for ever. A joy of wild asses, the pastures of flocks,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	32	15	Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high: and the desert shall be as a charmel, and charmel shall be counted for a forest.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	32	16	And judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and justice shall sit in charmel.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	32	17	And the work of justice shall be peace, and the service of justice quietness, and security for ever.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	32	18	And my people shall sit in the beauty of peace, and in the tabernacles of confidence, and in wealthy rest.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	32	19	But hail shall be in the descent of the forest, and the city shall be made very low.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	32	20	Blessed are ye that sow upon all waters, sending thither the foot of the ox and the ass.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	33	1	Woe to thee that spoilest, shalt not thou thyself also be spoiled? and thou that despisest, shalt not thyself also be despised? when thou shalt have made an end of spoiling, thou shalt be spoiled: when being wearied thou shalt cease to despise, thou shalt be despised.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	33	2	O Lord, have mercy on us: for we have waited for thee: be thou our arm in the morning, and our salvation in the time of trouble.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	33	3	At the voice of the angel the people fled, and at the lifting up thyself the nations are scattered.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	33	4	And your spoils shall be gathered together as the locusts are gathered, as when the ditches are full of them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	33	5	The Lord is magnified, for he hath dwelt on high: he hath filled Sion with judgment and justice.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	33	6	And there shall be faith in thy times: riches of salvation, wisdom and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	33	7	Behold they that see shall cry without, the angels of peace shall weep bitterly.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	33	8	The ways are made desolate, no one passeth by the road, the covenant is made void, he hath rejected the cities, he hath not regarded the men.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	33	9	The land hath mourned, and languished: Libanus is confounded and become foul, and Saron is become as a desert: and Basan and Carmel are shaken.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	33	10	Now will I rise up, saith the Lord: now will I be exalted, now will I lift up myself.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	33	11	You shall conceive heat, you shall bring forth stubble: your breath as fire shall devour you.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	33	12	And the people shall be as ashes after a fire, as a bundle of thorns they shall be burnt with fire.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	33	13	Hear, you that are far off, what I have done, and you that are near know my strength.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	33	14	The sinners in Sion are afraid, trembling hath seized upon the hypocrites. Which of you can dwell with devouring fire? which of you shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	33	15	He that walketh in justices, and speaketh truth, that casteth away avarice by oppression, and shaketh his hands from all bribes, that stoppeth his ears lest he hear blood, and shutteth his eyes that he may see no evil.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	33	16	He shall dwell on high, the fortifications of rocks shall be his highness: bread is given him, his waters are sure.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	33	17	His eyes shall see the king in his beauty, they shall see the land far off.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	33	18	Thy heart shall meditate fear: where is the learned? where is he that pondereth the words of the law? where is the teacher of little ones?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	33	19	The shameless people thou shalt not see, the people of profound speech: so that thou canst not understand the eloquence of his tongue, in whom there is no wisdom.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	33	20	Look upon Sion the city of our solemnity: thy eyes shall see Jerusalem, a rich habitation, a tabernacle that cannot be removed: neither shall the nails thereof be taken away for ever, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	33	21	Because only there our Lord is magnificent: a place of rivers, very broad and spacious streams: no ship with oars shall pass by it, neither shall the great galley pass through it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	33	22	For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king: he will save us.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	33	23	Thy tacklings are loosed, and they shall be of no strength: thy mast shall be in such condition, that thou shalt not be able to spread the flag. Then shall the spoils of much prey be divided: the lame shall take the spoil.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	33	24	Neither shall he that is near, say: I am feeble. The people that dwell therein, shall have their iniquity taken away from them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	34	1	Come near, ye Gentiles, and hear, and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein, the world, and every thing that cometh forth of it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	34	2	For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath killed them, and delivered them to slaughter.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	34	3	Their slain shall be cast forth, and out of their carcasses shall rise a stink: the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	34	4	And all the host of the heavens shall pine away, and the heavens shall be folded together as a book: and all their host shall fall down as the leaf falleth from the vine, and from the fig tree.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	34	5	For my sword is inebriated in heaven: behold it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my slaughter unto judgment.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	34	6	The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made thick with the blood of lambs and buck goats, with the blood of rams full of marrow: for there is a victim of the Lord in Bosra and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	34	7	And the unicorns shall go down with them, and the bulls with the mighty: their land shall be soaked with blood, and their ground with the fat of fat ones.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	34	8	For it is the day of the vengeance of the Lord, the year of recompenses of the judgment of Sion.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	34	9	And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the ground thereof into brimstone: and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	34	10	Night and day it shall not be quenched, the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste, none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	34	11	The bittern and ericius shall possess it: and the ibis and the raven shall dwell in it: and a line shall be stretched out upon it, to bring it to nothing, and a plummet, unto desolation.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	34	12	The nobles thereof shall not be there: they shall call rather upon the king, and all the princes thereof shall be nothing.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	34	13	And thorns and nettles shall grow up in its houses, and the thistle in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be the habitation of dragons, and the pasture of ostriches.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	34	14	And demons and monsters shall meet, and the hairy ones shall cry out one to another, there hath the lamia lain down, and found rest for herself.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	34	15	There hath the ericius had its hole, and brought up its young ones, and hath dug round about, and cherished them in the shadow thereof: thither are the kites gathered together one to another.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	34	16	Search ye diligently in the book of the Lord, and read: not one of them was wanting, one hath not sought for the other: for that which proceedeth out of my mouth, he hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	34	17	And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it to them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation they shall dwell therein.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	35	1	The land that was desolate and impassable shall be glad, and the wilderness shall rejoice, and shall flourish like the lily.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	35	2	It shall bud forth and blossom, and shall rejoice with joy and praise: the glory of Libanus is given to it: the beauty of Carmel, and Saron, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the beauty of our God.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	35	3	Strengthen ye the feeble hands, and confirm the weak knees.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	35	4	Say to the fainthearted: Take courage, and fear not: behold your God will bring the revenge of recompense: God himself will come and will save you.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	35	5	Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	35	6	Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall be free: for waters are broken out in the desert, and streams in the wilderness.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	35	7	And that which was dry land, shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water. In the dens where dragons dwell before, shall rise up the verdure of the reed and the bulrush.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	35	8	And a path and a way shall be there, and it shall be called the holy way: the unclean shall not pass over it, and this shall be unto you a straight way, so that fools shall not err therein.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	35	9	No lion shall be there, nor shall any mischievous beast go up by it, nor be found there: but they shall walk there that shall be delivered.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	35	10	And the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and shall come into Sion with praise, and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	36	1	And it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Ezechias, that Sennacherib king of the Assyrians came up against all the fenced cities of Juda, and took them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	36	2	And the king of the Assyrians sent Rabsaces from Lachis to Jerusalem, to king Ezechias with a great army, and he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the way of the fuller's field.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	36	3	And there went out to him Eliacim the son of Helcias, who was over the house, and Sobna the scribe, and Joahe the son of Asaph the recorder.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	36	4	And Rabsaces said to them: Tell Ezechias: Thus saith the great king, the king of the Assyrians: What is this confidence wherein thou trustest?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	36	5	Or with what counsel or strength dost thou prepare for war? on whom dost thou trust, that thou art revolted from me?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	36	6	Lo thou trustest upon this broken staff of a reed, upon Egypt: upon which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharao king or Egypt to all that trust in him.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	36	7	But if thou wilt answer me: We trust in the Lord our God: is it not he whose high places and altars Ezechias hath taken away, and hath said to Juda and Jerusalem: You shall worship before this altar?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	36	8	And now deliver thyself up to my lord the king of the Assyrians, and I will give thee two thousand horses, and thou wilt not be able on thy part to find riders for them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	36	9	And how wilt thou stand against the face of the judge of one place, of the least of my master's servants? But if thou trust in Egypt, in chariots and in horsemen:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	36	10	And am I now come up without the Lord against this land to destroy it? The Lord said to me: Go up against this land, and destroy it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	36	11	And Eliacim, and Sobna, and Joahe said to Rabsaces: Speak to thy servants in the Syrian tongue: for we understand it: speak not to us in the Jews' language in the hearing of the people, that are upon the wall.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	36	12	And Rabsaces said to them: Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee, to speak all these words; and not rather to the men that sit on the wall; that they may eat their own dung, and drink their urine with you?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	36	13	Then Rabsaces stood, and cried out with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said: Hear the words of the great king, the king of the Assyrians.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	36	14	Thus saith the king: Let not Ezechias deceive you, for he shall not be able to deliver you.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	36	15	And let not Ezechias make you trust in the Lord, saying: The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	36	16	Do not hearken to Ezechias: for thus said the king of the Assyrians: Do with me that which is for your advantage, and come out to me, and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the water of his cistern,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	36	17	Till I come and take you away to a land, like to your own, a land of corn and of wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	36	18	Neither let Ezechias trouble you, saying: The Lord will deliver us. Have any of the gods of the nations delivered their land out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	36	19	Where is the god of Emath and of Arphad? where is the god of Sepharvaim? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	36	20	Who is there among all the gods of these lands, that hath delivered his country out of my hand, that the Lord may deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	36	21	And they held their peace, and answered him not a word. For the king had commanded, saying: answer him not.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	36	22	And Eliacim the son of Helcias, that was over the house, and Sobna the scribe, and Joahe the son of Asaph the recorder, went in to Ezechias with their garments rent, and told him the words of Rabsaces.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	1	And it came to pass, when king Ezechias had heard it, that he rent his garments and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	2	And he sent Eliacim who was over the house, and Sobna the scribe, and the ancients of the priests covered with sackcloth, to Isaias the son of Amos the prophet.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	3	And they said to him: Thus saith Ezechias: This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	4	It may be the Lord thy God will hear the words of Rabsaces, whom the king of the Assyrians his master hath sent to blaspheme the living God, and to reproach with words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	5	And the servants of Ezechias came to Isaias.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	6	And Isaias said to them: Thus shall you say to your master: Thus saith the Lord: Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of the Assyrians have blasphemed me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	7	Behold, I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a message, and shall return to his own country, and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own country.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	8	And Rabsaces returned, and found the king of the Assyrians besieging Lobna. For he had heard that he was departed from Lachis.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	9	And he heard say about Tharaca the king of Ethiopia: He is come forth to fight against thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Ezechias, saying:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	10	Thus shall you speak to Ezechias the king of Juda, saying: Let not thy God deceive thee, in whom thou trustest, saying: Jerusalem shall not be given into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	11	Behold thou hast heard all that the kings of the Assyrians have done to all countries which they have destroyed, and canst thou be delivered?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	12	Have the gods of the nations delivered them whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozam, and Haram, and Reseph, and the children of Eden, that were in Thalassar?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	13	Where is the king of Emath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Ana, and of Ava?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	14	And Ezechias took the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it, and went up to the house of the Lord, and Ezechias spread it before the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	15	And Ezechias prayed to the Lord, saying:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	16	O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, who sittest upon the cherubims, thou alone art the God of all the kingdoms of the earth, thou hast made heaven and earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	17	Incline, O Lord, thy ear, and hear: open, O Lord, thy eyes, and see, and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he hath sent to blaspheme the living God.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	18	For of a truth, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have laid waste lands, and their countries.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	19	And they have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, but the works of men's hands, of wood and stone: and they broke them in pieces.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	20	And now, O Lord our God, save us out of his hand: and let all the kingdoms of the earth know, that thou only art the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	21	And Isaias the son of Amos sent to Ezechias, saying: Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: For the prayer thou hast made to me concerning Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	22	This is the word which the Lord hath spoken of him: The virgin the daughter of Sion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn: the daughter of Jerusalem hath wagged the head after thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	23	Whom hast thou reproached, and whom hast thou blasphemed, and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thy eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	24	By the hand of thy servants thou hast reproached the Lord: and hast said: With the multitude of my chariots I have gone up to the height of the mountains, to the top of Libanus: and I will cut down its tall cedars, and its choice fir trees, and will enter to the top of its height, to the forest of its Carmel.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	25	I have digged, and drunk water, and have dried up with the sole of my foot, all the rivers shut up in banks.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	26	Hast thou not heard what I have done to him of old? from the days of old I have formed it: and now I have brought it to effect: and it hath come to pass that hills fighting together, and fenced cities should be destroyed.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	27	The inhabitants of them were weak of hand, they trembled, and were confounded: they became like the grass of the field, and the herb of the pasture, and like the grass of the housetops, which withered before it was ripe.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	28	I know thy dwelling, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	29	When thou wast mad against me, thy pride came up to my ears: therefore I will put a ring in thy nose, and a bit between thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	30	But to thee this shall be a sign: Eat this year the things that spring of themselves, and in the second year eat fruits: but in the third year sow and reap, and giant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	31	And that which shall be saved of the house of Juda, and which is left, shall take root downward, and shall bear fruit upward:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	32	For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a, remnant, and salvation from mount Sion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	33	Wherefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of the Assyrians: He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow into it, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a trench about it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	34	By the way that he came, he shall return, and into this city he shall not come, saith the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	35	And I will protect this city, and will save it for my own sake, and for the sake of David my servant.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	36	And the angel of the Lord went out, and slew in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And they arose in the morning, and behold they were all dead corpses.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	37	And Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians went out and departed, and returned, and dwelt in Ninive.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	37	38	And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the temple of Nesroch his god, that Adramelech and Sarasar his sons slew him with the sword: and they fled into the land of Ararat, and Asarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	38	1	In those days Ezechias was sick even to death, and Isaias the son of Amos the prophet came unto him, and said to him: Thus saith the Lord: Take order with thy house, for thou shalt die, and not live.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	38	2	And Ezechias turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the Lord,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	38	3	And said: I beseech thee, O Lord, remember how I have walked before thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Ezechias wept with great weeping.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	38	4	And the word of the Lord came to Isaias, saying:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	38	5	Go and say to Ezechias: Thus saith the Lord the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, and I have seen thy tears: behold I will add to thy days fifteen years:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	38	6	And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians, and I will protect it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	38	7	And this shall be a sign to thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this word which he hath spoken:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	38	8	Behold I will bring again the shadow of the lines, by which it is now gone down in the sun dial of Achaz with the sun, ten lines backward. And the sun returned ten lines by the degrees by which it was gone down.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	38	9	The writing of Ezechias king of Juda, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	38	10	I said: In the midst of my days I shall go to the gates of hell: I sought for the residue of my years.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	38	11	I said: I shall not see the Lord God in the land of the living. I shall behold man no more, nor the inhabitant of rest.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	38	12	My generation is at an end, and it is rolled away from me, as a shepherd's tent. My life is cut off, as by a weaver: whilst I was yet but beginning, he cut me off: from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	38	13	I hoped till morning, as a lion so hath he broken all my bones: from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	38	14	I will cry like a young swallow, I will meditate like a dove: my eyes are weakened looking upward: Lord, I suffer violence, answer thou for me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	38	15	What shall I say, or what shall he answer for me, whereas he himself hath done it? I will recount to thee all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	38	16	O Lord, if man's life be such, and the life of my spirit be in such things as these, thou shalt correct me, and make me to live.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	38	17	Behold in peace is my bitterness most bitter: but thou hast delivered my soul that it should not perish, thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	38	18	For hell shall not confess to thee, neither shall death praise thee: nor shall they that go down into the pit, look for thy truth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	38	19	The living, the living, he shall give praise to thee, as I do this day: the father shall make thy truth known to the children.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	38	20	O Lord, save me, and we will sing our psalms all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	38	21	Now Isaias had ordered that they should take a lump of figs, and lay it as it plaster upon the wound, and that he should be healed.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	38	22	And Ezechias had said: What shall be the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	39	1	At that time Merodach Baladan, the son of Baladan king of Babylon, sent letters and presents to Ezechias: for he had heard that he had been sick and was recovered.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	39	2	And Ezechias rejoiced at their coming, and he shewed them the storehouses of his aromatical spices, and of the silver, and of the gold, and of the sweet odours, and of the precious ointment, and all the storehouses of his furniture, and all things that were found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion that Ezechias shewed them not.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	39	3	Then Isaias the prophet came to king Ezechias, and said to him: What said these men, and from whence came they to thee? And Ezechias said: From a far country they came to me, from Babylon.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	39	4	And he said: What saw they in thy house? And Ezechias said: All things that are in my house have they seen, there was not any thing which I have not shewn them in my treasures.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	39	5	And Isaias said to Ezechias: Hear the word of the Lord of hosts.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	39	6	Behold the days shall come, that all that is in thy house, and that thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried away into Babylon: there shall not any thing be left, saith the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	39	7	And of thy children, that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, they shall take away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	39	8	And Ezechias said to Isaias: The word of the Lord, which he hath spoken, is good. And he said: Only let peace and truth be in my days.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	1	Be comforted, be comforted, my people, saith your God.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	2	Speak ye to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her: for her evil is come to an end, her iniquity is forgiven: she hath received of the hand of the Lord double for all her sins.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	3	The voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the wilderness the paths of our God.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	4	Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough ways plain.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	5	And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh together shall see, that the mouth of the Lord hath spoken.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	6	The voice of one, saying: Cry. And I said: What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory thereof as the flower of the field.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	7	The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen, because the spirit of the Lord hath blown upon it. Indeed the people is grass:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	8	The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen: but the word of our Lord endureth for ever.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	9	Get thee up upon a high mountain, thou that bringest good tidings to Sion: lift up thy voice with strength, thou that bringest good tidings to Jerusalem: lift it up, fear not. Say to the cities of Juda: Behold your God:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	10	Behold the Lord God shall come with strength, and his arm shall rule: Behold his reward is with him and his work is before him.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	11	He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather together the lambs with his arm, and shall take them up in his bosom, and he himself shall carry them that are with young.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	12	Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and weighed the heavens with his palm? who hath poised with three fingers the bulk of the earth, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	13	Who hath forwarded the spirit of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor, and hath taught him?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	14	With whom hath he consulted, and who hath instructed him, and taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and shewed him the way of understanding?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	15	Behold the Gentiles are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the smallest grain of a balance: behold the islands are as a little dust.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	16	And Libanus shall not be enough to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	17	All nations are before him as if they had no being at all, and are counted to him as nothing, and vanity.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	18	To whom then have you likened God? or what image will you make for him?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	19	Hath the workman cast a graven statue? or hath the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	20	He hath chosen strong wood, and that will not rot: the skillful workman seeketh how he may set up an idol that may not be moved.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	21	Do you not know? hath it not been heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have you not understood the foundations of the earth?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	22	It is he that sitteth upon the globe of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as locusts: he that stretcheth out the heavens as nothing, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	23	He that bringeth the searchers of secrets to nothing, that hath made the judges of the earth as vanity.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	24	And surely their stock was neither planted, nor sown, nor rooted in the earth: suddenly he hath blown upon them, and they are withered, and a whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	25	And to whom have ye likened me, or made me equal, saith the Holy One?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	26	Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these things: who bringeth out their host by number, and calleth them all by their names: by the greatness of his might, and strength, and power, not one of them was missing.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	27	Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel: My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	28	Knowest thou not, or hast thou not heard? the Lord is the everlasting God, who hath created the ends of the earth: he shall not faint, nor labour, neither is there any searching out of his wisdom.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	29	It is he that giveth strength to the weary, and increaseth force and might to them that are not.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	30	Youths shall faint, and labour, and young men shall fall by infirmity.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	40	31	But they that hope in the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall take wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	1	Let the islands keep silence before me, and the nations take new strength: let them come near, and then speak, let us come near to judgment together.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	2	Who hath raised up the just one from the east, hath called him to follow him? he shall give the nations in his sight, and he shall rule over kings: he shall give them as the dust to his sword, as stubble driven by the wind, to his bow.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	3	He shall pursue them, he shall pass in peace, no path shall appear after his feet.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	4	Who hath wrought and done these things, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, I am the first and the last.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	5	The islands saw it, and feared, the ends of the earth were astonished, they drew near, and came.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	6	Every one shall help his neighbour, and shall say to his brother: Be of good courage.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	7	The coppersmith striking with the hammer encouraged him that forged at that time, saying: It is ready for soldering: and he strengthened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	8	But thou Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	9	In whom I have taken thee from the ends of the earth, and from the remote parts thereof have called thee, and said to thee: Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee, and have not cast thee away.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	10	Fear not, for I am with thee: turn not aside, for I am thy God: I have strengthened thee, and have helped thee, and the right hand of my just one hath upheld thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	11	Behold all that fight against thee shall be confounded and ashamed, they shall be as nothing, and the men shall perish that strive against thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	12	Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find the men that resist thee: they shall be as nothing: and as a thing consumed the men that war against thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	13	For I am the Lord thy God, who take thee by the hand, and say to thee: Fear not, I have helped thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	14	Fear not, thou worm of Jacob, you that are dead of Israel: I have helped thee, saith the Lord: and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	15	I have made thee as a new thrashing wain, with teeth like a saw: thou shall thrash the mountains, and break them in pieces: and shalt make the hills as chaff.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	16	Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, in the Holy One of Israel thou shalt be joyful.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	17	The needy and the poor seek for waters, and there are none: their tongue hath been dry with thirst. I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	18	I will open rivers in the high hills, and fountains in the midst of the plains: I will turn the desert into pools of waters, and the impassable land into streams of waters.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	19	I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, and the thorn, and the myrtle, and the olive tree: I will set in the desert the fir tree, the elm, and the box tree together:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	20	That they may see and know, and consider, and understand together that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	21	Bring your cause near, saith the Lord: bring hither, if you have any thing to allege, saith the King of Jacob.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	22	Let them come, and tell us all things that are to come: tell us the former things what they were: and we will set our heart upon them, and shall know the latter end of them, and tell us the things that are to come.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	23	shew the things that are to come hereafter, and we shall know that ye are gods. Do ye also good or evil, if you can: and let us speak, and see together.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	24	Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of that which hath no being: he that hath chosen you is an abomination.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	25	I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come from the rising of the sun: he shall call upon my name, and he shall make princes to be as dirt, and as the potter treading clay.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	26	Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know: and from time of old, that we may say: Thou art just. There is none that sheweth, nor that foretelleth, nor that heareth your words.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	27	The first shall say to Sion: Behold they are here, and to Jerusalem I will give an evangelist.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	28	And I saw, and there was no one even among them to consult, or who, when I asked, could answer a word.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	41	29	Behold they are all in the wrong, and their works are vain: their idols are wind and vanity.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	42	1	Behold my servant, I will uphold him: my elect, my soul delighteth in him: I have given my spirit upon him, he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	42	2	He shall not cry, nor have respect to person, neither shall his voice be heard abroad.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	42	3	The bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	42	4	He shall not be sad, nor troublesome, till he set judgment in the earth: and the islands shall wait for his law.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	42	5	Thus saith the Lord God that created the heavens, and stretched them out: that established the earth, and the things that spring out of it: that giveth breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them that tread thereon.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	42	6	I the Lord have called thee in justice, and taken thee by the hand, and preserved thee. And I have given thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	42	7	That thou mightest open the eyes of the blind, and bring forth the prisoner out of prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	42	8	I the Lord, this is my name: I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to graven things.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	42	9	The things that were first, behold they are come: and new things do I declare: before they spring forth, I will make you hear them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	42	10	Sing ye to the Lord a new song, his praise is from the ends of the earth: you that go down to the sea, and all that are therein: ye islands, and ye inhabitants of them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	42	11	Let the desert and the cities thereof be exalted: Cedar shall dwell in houses: ye inhabitants of Petra, give praise, they shall cry from the top of the mountains.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	42	12	They shall give glory to the Lord, and shall declare his praise in the islands.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	42	13	The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, as a man of war shall he stir up zeal: he shall shout and cry: he shall prevail against his enemies.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	42	14	I have always held my peace, I have I kept silence, I have been patient, I will speak now as a woman in labour: I will destroy, and swallow up at once.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	42	15	I will lay waste the mountains and hills, and will make all their grass to wither: and I will turn rivers into islands, and will dry up the standing pools.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	42	16	And I will lead the blind into the way which they know not: and in the paths which they were ignorant of I will make them walk: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight: these things have I done to them, and have not forsaken them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	42	17	They are turned back: let them be greatly confounded, that trust in a graven thing, that say to a molten thing: You are our god.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	42	18	Hear, ye deaf, and, ye blind, behold that you may see.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	42	19	Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, but he to whom I have sent my messengers? Who is blind, but he that is sold? or who is blind, but the servant of the Lord?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	42	20	Thou that seest many things, wilt thou not observe them? thou that hast ears open, wilt thou not hear?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	42	21	And the Lord was willing to sanctify him, and to magnify the law, and exalt it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	42	22	But this is a people that is robbed and wasted: they are all the snare of young men, and they are hid in the houses of prisons: they are made a prey, and there is none to deliver them: a spoil, and there is none that saith: Restore.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	42	23	Who is there among you that will give ear to this, that will attend and hearken for times to come?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	42	24	Who hath given Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to robbers? hath not the Lord himself, against whom we have sinned? And they would not walk in his ways, and they have not hearkened to his law.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	42	25	And he hath poured out upon him the indignation of his fury, and a strong battle, and hath burnt him round about, and he knew not: and set him on fire, and he understood not.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	1	And now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, and called thee by thy name: thou art mine.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	2	When thou shalt pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and the rivers shall not cover thee: when thou shalt walk in the fire, thou shalt not be burnt, and the flames shall not burn in thee:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	3	For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I have given Egypt for thy atonement, Ethiopia and Saba for thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	4	Since thou becamest honourable in my eyes, thou art glorious: I have loved thee, and I will give men for thee, and people for thy life.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	5	Fear not, for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	6	I will say to the north: Give up: and to the south: Keep not back: bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the ends of the earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	7	And every one that calleth upon my name, I have created him for my glory, I have formed him, and made him.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	8	Bring forth the people that are blind, and have eyes: that are deaf, and have ears.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	9	All the nations are assembled together, and the tribes are gathered: who among you can declare this, and shall make us hear the former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, let them be justified, and hear, and say: It is truth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	10	You are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that you may know, and believe me, and understand that I myself am. Before me there was no God formed, and after me there shall be none.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	11	I am, I am the Lord: and there is no saviour besides me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	12	I have declared, and have saved. I have made it heard, and there was no strange one among you. You are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and I am God.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	13	And from the beginning I am the same, and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall turn it away?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	14	Thus saith the Lord your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their bars, and the Chaldeans glorying in their ships.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	15	I am the Lord your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	16	Thus saith the Lord, who made a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	17	Who brought forth the chariot and the horse, the army and the strong: they lay down to sleep together, and they shall not rise again: they are broken as flax, and are extinct.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	18	Remember not former things, and look not on things of old.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	19	Behold I do new things, and now they shall spring forth, verily you shall know them: I will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	20	The beast of the field shall glorify me, the dragons and the ostriches: because I have given waters in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, to my chosen.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	21	This people have I formed for myself, they shall shew forth my praise.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	22	But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob, neither hast thou laboured about me, O Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	23	Thou hast not offered me the ram of thy holocaust, nor hast thou glorified me with thy victims: I have not caused thee to serve with oblations, nor wearied thee with incense.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	24	Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy victims. But thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thy iniquities.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	25	I am, I am he that blot out thy iniquities for my own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	26	Put me in remembrance, and let us plead together: tell if thou hast any thing to justify thyself.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	27	Thy first father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	43	28	And I have profaned the holy princes, I have given Jacob to slaughter, and Israel to reproach.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	1	And now hear, O Jacob, my servant, and Israel whom I have chosen.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	2	Thus saith the Lord that made and formed thee, thy helper from the womb: Fear not, O my servant Jacob, and thou most righteous whom I have chosen.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	3	For I will pour out waters upon the thirsty ground, and streams upon the dry land: I will pour out my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thy stock.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	4	And they shall spring up among the herbs, as willows beside the running waters.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	5	One shall say: I am the Lord's, and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob, and another shall subscribe with his hand, To the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	6	Thus saith the Lord the king of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last, and besides me there is no God.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	7	Who is like to me? let him call and declare: and let him set before me the order, since I appointed the ancient people: and the things to come, and that shall be hereafter, let them shew unto them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	8	Fear ye not, neither be ye troubled, from that time I have made thee to hear, and have declared: you are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me, a maker, whom I have not known?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	9	The makers of idols are all of them nothing, and their best beloved things shall not profit them. They are their witnesses, that they do not see, nor understand, that they may be ashamed.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	10	Who hath formed a god, and made a graven thing that is profitable for nothing?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	11	Behold, all the partakers thereof shall be confounded: for the makers are men: they shall all assemble together, they shall stand and fear, and shall be confounded together.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	12	The smith hath wrought with his file, with coals, and with hammers he hath formed it, and hath wrought with the strength of his arm: he shall hunger and faint, he shall drink no water, and shall be weary.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	13	The carpenter hath stretched out his rule, he hath formed it with a plane: he hath made it with corners, and hath fashioned it round with the compass: and he hath made the image of a man as it were a beautiful man dwelling in a house.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	14	He hath cut down cedars, taken the holm, and the oak that stood among the trees of the forest: he hath planted the pine tree, which the rain hath nourished.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	15	And it hath served men for fuel: he took thereof, and warmed himself: and he kindled it, and baked bread: but of the rest he made a god, and adored it: he made a graven thing, and bowed down before it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	16	Part of it he burnt with fire, and with part of it he dressed his meat: he boiled pottage, and was filled, and was warmed, and said: Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	17	But the residue thereof he made a god, and a graven thing for himself: he boweth down before it, and adoreth it, and prayeth unto it, saying: Deliver me, for thou art my God.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	18	They have not known, nor understood: for their eyes are covered that they may not see, and that they may not understand with their heart.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	19	They do not consider in their mind, nor know, nor have the thought to say: I have burnt part of it in the fire, and I have baked bread upon the coals thereof: I have broiled flesh and have eaten, and of the residue thereof shall I make an idol? shall I fall down before the stock of a tree?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	20	Part thereof is ashes: his foolish heart adoreth it, and he will not save his soul, nor say: Perhaps there is a lie in my right hand.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	21	Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for thou art my servant. I have formed thee, thou art my servant, O Israel, forget me not.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	22	I have blotted out thy iniquities as a cloud, and thy sins as a mist: return to me, for I have redeemed thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	23	Give praise, O ye heavens, for the Lord hath shewn mercy: shout with joy, ye ends of the earth: ye mountains, resound with praise, thou, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and Israel shall be glorified.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	24	Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer, and thy maker, from the womb: I am the Lord, that make all things, that alone stretch out the heavens, that establish the earth, and there is none with me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	25	That make void the tokens of diviners, and make the soothsayers mad. That turn the wise backward, and that, make their knowledge foolish.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	26	That raise up the word of my servant and perform the counsel of my messengers, who say to Jerusalem: Thou shalt be inhabited: and to the cities of Juda: You shall be built, and I will raise up the wastes thereof.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	27	Who say to the deep: Be thou desolate, and I will dry up thy rivers.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	44	28	Who say to Cyrus: Thou art my shepherd, and thou shalt perform all my pleasure. Who say to Jerusalem: Thou shalt be built: and to the temple: Thy foundations shall be laid.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	1	Thus saith the Lord to my anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I have taken hold of, to subdue nations before his face, and to turn the backs of kings, and to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	2	I will go before thee, and will humble the great ones of the earth: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and will burst the bars of iron.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	3	And I will give thee hidden treasures, and the concealed riches of secret places: that thou mayest know that I am the Lord who call thee by thy name, the God of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	4	For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have made a likeness of thee, and thou hast not known me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	5	I am the Lord, and there is none else: there is no God, besides me: I girded thee, and thou hast not known me:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	6	That they may know who are from the rising of the sun, and they who are from the west, that there is none besides me. I am the Lord, and there is none else:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	7	I form the light, and create darkness, I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord that do all these things.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	8	Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the just: let the earth be opened, and bud forth a saviour: and let justice spring up together: I the Lord have created him.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	9	Woe to him that gainsayeth his maker, a sherd of the earthen pots: shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it: What art thou making, and thy work is without hands?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	10	Woe to him that saith to his father: Why begettest thou? and to the woman: Why dost thou bring forth?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	11	Thus saith the Lord the Holy One of Israel, his maker: Ask me of things to come, concerning my children, and concerning the work of my hands give ye charge to me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	12	I made the earth: and I created man upon it: my hand stretched forth the heavens, and I have commanded all their host.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	13	I have raised him up to justice, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and let go my captives, not for ransom, nor for presents, saith the Lord the God of hosts.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	14	Thus saith the Lord: The labour of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and of Sabaim, men of stature shall come over to thee, and shall be thine: they shall walk after thee, they shall go bound with manacles: and they shall worship thee, and shall make supplication to thee: only in thee is God, and there is no God besides thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	15	Verily thou art a hidden God, the God of Israel the saviour.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	16	They are all confounded and ashamed: the forgers of errors are gone together into confusion.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	17	Israel is saved in the Lord with an eternal salvation: you shall not be confounded, and you shall not be ashamed for ever and ever.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	18	For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens, God himself that formed the earth, and made it, the very maker thereof: he did not create it in vain: he formed it to be inhabited. I am the Lord, and there is no other.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	19	I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I have not said to the seed of Jacob: Seek me in vain. I am the Lord that speak justice, that declare right things.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	20	Assemble yourselves, and come, and draw near together, ye that are saved of the Gentiles: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven work, and pray to a god that cannot save.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	21	Tell ye, and come, and consult together: who hath declared this from the beginning, who hath foretold this from that time? Have not I the Lord, and there is no God else besides me? A just God and a saviour, there is none besides me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	22	Be converted to me, and you shall be saved, all ye ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	23	I have sworn by myself, the word of justice shall go out of my mouth, and shall not return:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	24	For every knee shall be bowed to me, and every tongue shall swear.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	25	Therefore shall he say: In the Lord are my justices and empire: they shall come to him, and all that resist him shall be confounded.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	45	26	In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified and praised.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	46	1	Bel is broken, Nebo is destroyed: their idols are put upon beasts and cattle, your burdens of heavy weight even unto weariness.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	46	2	They are consumed, and are broken together: they could not save him that carried them, and they themselves shall go into captivity.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	46	3	Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who are carried by my bowels, are borne up by my womb.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	46	4	Even to your old age I am the same, and to your grey hairs I will carry you: I have made you, and I will bear: I will carry and will save.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	46	5	To whom have you likened me, and made me equal, and compared me, and made me like?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	46	6	You that contribute gold out of the bag, and weigh out silver in the scales: and hire a goldsmith to make a god: and they fall down and worship.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	46	7	They bear him on their shoulders and carry him, and set him in his piece, and he shall stand, and shall not stir out of his place. Yea, when they shall cry also unto him, he shall not hear: he shall not save them from tribulation.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	46	8	Remember this, and be ashamed: return, ye transgressors, to the heart.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	46	9	Remember the former age, for I am God, and there is no God beside, neither is there the like to me:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	46	10	Who shew from the beginning the things that shall be at last, and from ancient times the things that as yet are not done, saying: My counsel shall stand, and all my will shall be done:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	46	11	Who call a bird from the east, and from a far country the man of my own will, and I have spoken, and will bring it to pass: I have created, and I will do it. Hear me, O ye hardhearted, who are far from justice.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	46	12	I have brought my justice near, it shall not be afar off: and my salvation shall not tarry. I will give salvation in Sion, and my glory in Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	47	1	Come down, sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne for the daughter of the Chaldeans, for thou shalt no more be called delicate and tender.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	47	2	Take a millstone and grind meal: uncover thy shame, strip thy shoulder, make bare thy legs, pass over the rivers.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	47	3	Thy nakedness shall be discovered, and thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and no man shall resist me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	47	4	Our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	47	5	Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called the lady of kingdoms.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	47	6	I was angry with my people, I have polluted my inheritance, and have given them into thy bend: thou hast shewn no mercy to them: upon the ancient thou hast laid thy yoke exceeding heavy.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	47	7	And thou hast said: I shall be a lady for ever: thou hast not laid these things to thy heart, neither hast thou remembered thy latter end.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	47	8	And now hear these things, thou that art delicate, and dwellest confidently, that sayest in thy heart: I am, and there is none else besides me: I shall not sit as a widow, and I shall not know barrenness.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	47	9	These two things shall come upon thee suddenly in one day, barrenness and widowhood. All things are come upon thee, because of the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great hardness of thy enchanters.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	47	10	And thou hast trusted in thy wickedness, and hast said: There is none that seeth me. Thy wisdom, and thy knowledge, this hath deceived thee. And thou hast said in thy heart: I am, and besides me there is no other.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	47	11	Evil shall come upon thee, and then shalt not know the rising thereof: and calamity shall fall violently upon thee, which thou canst not keep off: misery shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	47	12	Stand now with thy enchanters, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, in which thou hast laboured from thy youth, if so be it may profit thee any thing, or if thou mayst become stronger.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	47	13	Thou hast failed in the multitude or thy counsels: let now the astrologers stand and save thee, they that gazed at the stars, and counted the months, that from them they might tell the things that shall come to thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	47	14	Behold they are as stubble, fire hath burnt them, they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flames: there are no coals wherewith they may be warmed, nor fire, that they may sit thereat.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	47	15	Such are all the things become to thee, in which thou hast laboured: thy merchants from thy youth, every one hath erred in his own way, there is none that can save thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	48	1	Hear ye these things, O house of Jacob, you that are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Juda, you who swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in justice.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	48	2	For they are called of the holy city, and are established upon the God of Israel: the Lord of hosts is his name.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	48	3	The former things of old I have declared, and they went forth out of my mouth, and I have made them to be heard: I did them suddenly and they came to pass.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	48	4	For I knew that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is as an iron sinew, and thy forehead as brass.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	48	5	I foretold thee of old, before they came to pass I told thee, lest thou shouldst say: My idols have done these things, and my graven and molten things have commanded them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	48	6	See now all the things which thou hast heard: but have you declared them? I have shewn thee new things from that time, and things are kept which thou knowest not:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	48	7	They are created now, and not of old: and before the day, when thou heardest them not, lest thou shouldst say: Behold I knew them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	48	8	Thou hast neither heard, nor known, neither was thy ear opened of old. For I know that transgressing thou wilt transgress, and I have called thee a transgressor from the womb.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	48	9	For my name's sake I will remove my wrath far off: and for my praise I will bridle thee, lest thou shouldst perish.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	48	10	Behold I have refined thee, but not as silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of poverty.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	48	11	For my own sake, for my own sake will I do it, that I may not be blasphemed: and I will not give my glory to another.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	48	12	Hearken to me, O Jacob, and thou Israel whom I call: I am he, I am the first, and I am the last.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	48	13	My hand also hath founded the earth, and my right hand hath measured the heavens: I shall call them, and they shall stand together.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	48	14	Assemble yourselves together, all you, and hear: who among them hath declared these things? the Lord hath loved him, he will do his pleasure in Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	48	15	I, even I have spoken and called him: I have brought him, and his way is made prosperous.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	48	16	Come ye near unto me, and hear this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning: from the time before it was done, I was there, and now the Lord God hath sent me, and his spirit.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	48	17	Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord thy God that teach thee profitable things, that govern thee in the way that thou walkest.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	48	18	O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments: thy peace had been as a river, and thy justice as the waves of the sea,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	48	19	And thy seed had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof: his name should not have perished, nor have been destroyed from before my face.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	48	20	Come forth out of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, declare it with the voice of joy: make this to be heard, and speak it out even to the ends of the earth. Say: The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	48	21	They thirsted not in the desert, when he led them out: he brought forth water out of the rock for them, and he clove the rock, and the waters gushed out.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	48	22	There is no peace to the wicked, saith the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	1	Give ear, ye islands, and hearken, ye people from afar. The Lord hath called me from the womb, from the bowels of my mother he hath been mindful of my name.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	2	And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword: in the shadow of his hand he hath protected me, and hath made me as a chosen arrow: in his quiver he hath hidden me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	3	And he said to me: Thou art my servant Israel, for in thee will I glory.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	4	And I said: I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength without cause and in vain: therefore my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	5	And now saith the Lord, that formed me from the womb to be his servant, that I may bring back Jacob unto him, and Israel will not be gathered together: and I am glorified in the eyes of the Lord, and my God is made my strength.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	6	And he said: It is a small thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I have given thee to be the light of the Gentiles, that thou mayst be my salvation even to the farthest part of the earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	7	Thus saith the Lord the redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to the soul that is despised, to the nation that is abhorred, to the servant of rulers: Kings shall see, and princes shall rise up, and adore for the Lord's sake, because he is faithful, and for the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	8	Thus saith the Lord: In an acceptable time I have heard thee, and in the day of salvation I have helped thee: and I have preserved thee, and given thee to be a covenant of the people, that thou mightest raise up the earth, and possess the inheritances that were destroyed:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	9	That thou mightest say to them that are bound: Come forth: and to them that are in darkness: shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in every plain.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	10	They shall not hunger, nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor the sun strike them: for he that is merciful to them, shall be their shepherd, and at the fountains of waters he shall give them drink.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	11	And I will make all my mountains a way, and my paths shall be exalted.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	12	Behold these shall come from afar, and behold these from the north and from the sea, and these from the south country.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	13	Give praise, O ye heavens, and rejoice, O earth, ye mountains, give praise with jubilation: because the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy on his poor ones.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	14	And Sion said: The Lord hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	15	Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to have pity on the son of her womb? and if she should forget, yet will not I forget thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	16	Behold, I have graven thee in my hands: thy walls are always before my eyes.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	17	Thy builders are come: they that destroy thee and make thee waste shall go out of thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	18	Lift up thy eyes round about, and see all these are gathered together, they are come to thee: I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt be clothed with all these as with an ornament, and as a bride thou shalt put them about thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	19	For thy deserts, and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction shall now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be chased far away.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	20	The children of thy barrenness shall still say in thy ears: The place is too strait for me, make me room to dwell in.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	21	And thou shalt-say in thy heart: Who hath begotten these? I was barren and brought not forth, led away, and captive: and who hath brought up these? I was destitute and alone: and these, where were they?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	22	Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will lift up my hand to the Gentiles, and will set up my standard to the people. And they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and carry thy daughters upon their shoulders.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	23	And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and queens thy nurses: they shall worship thee with their face toward the earth, and they shall lick up the dust of thy feet. And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, for they shall not be confounded that wait for him.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	24	Shall the prey be taken from the strong? or can that which was taken by the mighty be delivered?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	25	For thus saith the Lord: Yea verily, even the captivity shall be taken away from the strong: and that which was taken by the mighty, shall be delivered. But I will judge those that have judged thee, and thy children I will save.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	49	26	And I will feed thy enemies with their own flesh: and they shall be made drunk with their own blood, as with new wine: and all flesh shall know, that I am the Lord that save thee, and thy Redeemer the Mighty One of Jacob.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	50	1	Thus saith the Lord: What is this bill of the divorce of your mother, with which I have put her away? or who is my creditor, to whom I sold you: behold you are sold for your iniquities, and for your wicked deeds have I put your mother away.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	50	2	Because I came, and there was not a man: I called, and there was none that would hear. Is my hand shortened and become little, that I cannot redeem? or is there no strength in me to deliver? Behold at my rebuke I will make the sea a desert, I will turn the rivers into dry land: the fishes shall rot for want of water, and shall die for thirst.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	50	3	I will clothe the heavens with darkness, and will make sackcloth their covering.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	50	4	The Lord hath given me a learned tongue, that I should know how to uphold by word him that is weary: he wakeneth in the morning, in the morning he wakeneth my ear, that I may hear him as a master.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	50	5	The Lord God hath opened my ear, and I do not resist: I have not gone back.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	50	6	I have given my body to the strikers, and my cheeks to them that plucked them: I have not turned away my face from them that rebuked me, and spit upon me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	50	7	The Lord God is my helper, therefore am I not confounded: therefore have I set my face as a most hard rock, and I know that I shall not be confounded.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	50	8	He is near that justifieth me, who will contend with me? let us stand together, who is my adversary? let him come near to me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	50	9	Behold the Lord God is my helper: who is he that shall condemn me? Lo, they shall all be destroyed as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	50	10	Who is there among you that feareth the Lord, that heareth the voice of his servant, that hath walked in darkness, and hath no light? let him hope in the name of the Lord, and lean upon his God.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	50	11	Behold all you that kindle a fire, encompassed with flames, walk in the light of your fire, and in the flames which you have kindled: this is done to you by my hand, you shall sleep in sorrows.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	51	1	Give ear to me, you that follow that which is just, and you that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence you are hewn, and to the hole of the pit from which you are dug out.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	51	2	Look unto Abraham your father, and to Sara that bore you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and multiplied him.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	51	3	The Lord therefore will comfort Sion, and will comfort all the ruins thereof: and he will make her desert as a place of pleasure, and her wilderness as the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of praise.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	51	4	Hearken unto me, O my people, and give ear to me, O my tribes: for a law shall go forth from me, and my judgment shall rest to be a light of the nations.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	51	5	My just one is near at hand, my saviour is gone forth, and my arms shall judge the people: the islands shall look for me, and shall patiently wait for my arm.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	51	6	Lift up your eyes to heaven, and look down to the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish like smoke, and the earth shall be worn away like a garment, and the inhabitants thereof shall perish in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my justice shall not fail.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	51	7	Hearken to me, you that know what is just, my people who have my law in your heart: fear ye not the reproach of men, and be not afraid of their blasphemies.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	51	8	For the worm shall eat them up as a garment: and the moth shall consume them as wool: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my justice from generation to generation,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	51	9	Arise, arise, put on strength, O thou arm of the Lord, arise as in the days of old, in the ancient generations. Hast not thou struck the proud one, and wounded the dragon?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	51	10	Hast not thou dried up the sea, the water of the mighty deep, who madest the depth of the sea a way, that the delivered might pass over?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	51	11	And now they that are redeemed by the Lord, shall return, and shall come into Sion singing praises, and joy everlasting shall be upon their heads, they shall obtain joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	51	12	I, I myself will comfort you: who art thou, that thou shouldst be afraid of a mortal man, and of the son of man, who shall wither away like grass?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	51	13	And thou hast forgotten the Lord thy maker, who stretched out the heavens, and founded the earth: and thee hast been afraid continually all the day at the presence of his fury who afflicted thee, and had prepared himself to destroy thee: where is now the fury of the oppressor?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	51	14	He shall quickly come that is going to open unto you, and he shall not kill unto utter destruction, neither shall his bread fail.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	51	15	But I am the Lord thy God, who trouble the sea, and the waves thereof swell: the Lord of hosts is my name.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	51	16	I have put my words in thy mouth, and have protected thee in the shadow of my hand, that thou mightest plant the heavens, and found the earth: and mightest say to Sion: Thou art my people.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	51	17	Arise, arise, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his wrath; thou hast drunk even to the bottom of the cup of dead sleep, and thou hast drunk even to the dregs.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	51	18	There is none that can uphold her among all the children that she hath brought forth: and there is none that taketh her by the hand among all the children that she hath brought up.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	51	19	There are two things that have happened to thee: who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword, who shall comfort thee?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	51	20	Thy children are cast forth, they have slept at the head of all the ways, as the wild ox that is snared: full of the indignation of the Lord, of the rebuke of thy God.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	51	21	Therefore hear this, thou poor little one, and thou that art drunk but no with wine.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	51	22	Thus saith thy Sovereign the Lord and thy God, who will fight for his people: Behold I have taken out of thy hand the cup of dead sleep, the dregs of the cup of my indignation, thou shalt not drink it again any more.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	51	23	And I will put it in the hand of them that have oppressed thee, and have said to thy soul: Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as a way to them that went over.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	52	1	Arise, arise, put on thy strength, O Sion, put on the garments of thy glory, O Jerusalem, the city of the Holy One: for henceforth the uncircumcised, and unclean shall no more pass through thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	52	2	Shake thyself from the dust, arise, sit up, O Jerusalem: loose the bonds from off thy neck, O captive daughter of Sion.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	52	3	For thus saith the Lord: You were sold gratis, and you shall be redeemed without money.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	52	4	For thus saith the Lord God: My people went down into Egypt at the beginning to sojourn there: and the Assyrian hath oppressed them without any cause at all.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	52	5	And now what have I here, saith the Lord: for my people is taken away gratis. They that rule over them treat them unjustly, saith the Lord, and my name is continually blasphemed all the day long.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	52	6	Therefore my people shall know my name in that day: for I myself that spoke, behold I am here.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	52	7	How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, and that preacheth peace: of him that sheweth forth good, that preacheth salvation, that saith to Sion: Thy God shall reign!
-Isaiah	Isa	27	52	8	The voice of thy watchmen: they have lifted up their voice, they shall praise together: for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord shall convert Sion.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	52	9	Rejoice, and give praise together, O ye deserts of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people: he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	52	10	The Lord hath prepared his holy arm in the sight of all the Gentiles: and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	52	11	Depart, depart, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing: go out of the midst of her, be ye clean, you that carry the vessels of the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	52	12	For you shall not go out in a tumult, neither shall you make haste by flight: For the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will gather you together.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	52	13	Behold my servant shall understand, he shall be exalted, and extolled, and shall be exceeding high.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	52	14	As many have been astonished at thee, so shall his visage be inglorious among men, and his form among the sons of men.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	52	15	He shall sprinkle many nations, kings shall shut their mouth at him: for they to whom it was not told of him, have seen: and they that heard not, have beheld.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	53	1	Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	53	2	And he shall grow up as a tender plant before him, and as a root out of a thirsty ground: there is no beauty in him, nor comeliness: and we have seen him, and there was no sightliness, that we should be desirous of him:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	53	3	Despised, and the most abject of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with infirmity: and his look was as it were hidden and despised, whereupon we esteemed him not.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	53	4	Surely he hath borne our infirmities and carried our sorrows: and we have thought him as it were a leper, and as one struck by God and afflicted.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	53	5	But he was wounded for our iniquities, he was bruised for our sins: the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and by his bruises we are healed.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	53	6	All we like sheep have gone astray, every one hath turned aside into his own way: and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	53	7	He was offered because it was his own will, and he opened not his mouth: he shall be led as a sheep to the slaughter, and shall be dumb as a lamb before his shearer, and he shall not open his mouth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	53	8	He was taken away from distress, and from judgment: who shall declare his generation? because he is cut off out of the land of the living: for the wickedness of my people have I struck him.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	53	9	And he shall give the ungodly for his burial, and the rich for his death: because he hath done no iniquity, neither was there deceit in his mouth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	53	10	And the Lord was pleased to bruise him in infirmity: if he shall lay down his life for sin, he shall see a long-lived seed, and the will of the Lord shall be prosperous in his hand.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	53	11	Because his soul hath laboured, he shall see and be filled: by his knowledge shall this my just servant justify many, and he shall bear their iniquities.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	53	12	Therefore will I distribute to him very many, and he shall divide the spoils of the strong, because he hath delivered his soul unto death, and was reputed with the wicked: and he hath borne the sins of many, and hath prayed for the transgressors.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	54	1	Give praise, O thou barren, that bearest not: sing forth praise, and make a joyful noise, thou that didst not travail with child: for many are the children of the desolate, more than of her that hath a husband, saith the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	54	2	Enlarge the place of thy tent, and stretch out the skins of thy tabernacles, spare not: lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	54	3	For thou shalt pass on to the right hand, and to the left: and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and shall inhabit the desolate cities.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	54	4	Fear not, for thou shalt not be confounded, nor blush: for thou shalt not be put to shame, because thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt remember no more the reproach of thy widowhood.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	54	5	For he that made thee shall rule over thee, the Lord of hosts is his name: and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, shall be called the God of all the earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	54	6	For the Lord hath called thee as woman forsaken and mourning in spirit, and as a wife cast off from her youth, said thy God.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	54	7	For a, small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	54	8	In a moment of indignation have I hid my face a little while from thee, but with everlasting kindness have I had mercy on thee, said the Lord thy Redeemer.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	54	9	This thing is to me as in the days of Noe, to whom I swore, that I would no more bring in the waters of Noe upon the earth: so have I sworn not to be angry with thee, and not to rebuke thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	54	10	For the mountains shall be moved, and the hills shall tremble; but my mercy shall not depart from thee, and the covenant of my peace shall not be moved: said the Lord that hath mercy on thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	54	11	O poor little one, tossed with tempest, without all comfort, behold I will lay thy stones in order, and will lay thy foundations with sapphires,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	54	12	And I will make thy bulwarks of jasper: and thy gates of graven stones, and all thy borders of desirable stones.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	54	13	All thy children shall be taught of the Lord: and great shall be the peace of thy children.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	54	14	And thou shalt be founded in justice: depart far from oppression, for thou shalt not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	54	15	Behold, an inhabitant shall come, who was not with me, he that was a stranger to thee before, shall be joined to thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	54	16	Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and bringeth forth an instrument for his work, and I have created the killer to destroy.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	54	17	No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper: and every tongue that resisteth thee in judgment, thou shalt condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of the Lord, and their justice with me, saith the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	55	1	All you that thirst, come to the waters: and you that have no money make haste, buy, and eat: come ye, buy wine and milk without money, and without any price.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	55	2	Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labour for that which doth not satisfy you? Hearken diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and your soul shall be delighted in fatness.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	55	3	Incline your ear and come to me: hear and your soul shall live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the faithful mercies of David.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	55	4	Behold I have given him for a witness to the people, for a leader and a master to the Gentiles.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	55	5	Behold thou shalt call a nation, which thou knewest not: and the nations that knew not thee shall run to thee, because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	55	6	Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found: call upon him, while he is near.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	55	7	Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unjust man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God: for he is bountiful to forgive.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	55	8	For my thoughts are not your thoughts: nor your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	55	9	For as the heavens are exalted above the earth, so are my ways exalted above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	55	10	And as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return no more thither, but soak the earth, and water it, and make it to spring, and give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	55	11	So shall my word be, which shall go forth from my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall do whatsoever I please, and shall prosper in the things for which I sent it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	55	12	For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall sing praise before you, and all the trees of the country shall clap their hands.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	55	13	Instead of the shrub, shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the nettle, shall come up the myrtle tree: and the Lord shall be named for an everlasting sign, that shall not be taken away.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	56	1	Thus saith the Lord: Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my justice to be revealed.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	56	2	Blessed is the man that doth this, and the son of man that shall lay hold on this: that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, that keepeth his hands from doing any evil.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	56	3	And let not the son of the stranger, that adhereth to the Lord, speak, saying: The Lord will divide and separate me from his people. And let not the eunuch say: Behold I am a dry tree.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	56	4	For thus saith the Lord to the eunuchs, They that shall keep my sabbaths, and shall choose the things that please me, and shall hold fast my covenant:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	56	5	I will give to them in my house, and within my walls, a place, and a name better than sons and daughters: I will give them an everlasting name which shall never perish.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	56	6	And the children of the stranger that adhere to the Lord, to worship him, and to love his name, to be his servants: every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and that holdeth fast my covenant:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	56	7	I will bring them into my holy mount, and will make them joyful in my house of prayer: their holocausts, and their victims shall please me upon my altar: for my house shall be called the house of prayer, for all nations.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	56	8	The Lord God, who gathereth the scattered of Israel, saith: I will still gather unto him his congregation.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	56	9	All ye beasts of the field come to devour, all ye beasts of the forest.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	56	10	His watchmen are all blind, they are all ignorant: dumb dogs not able to bark, seeing vain things, sleeping and loving dreams.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	56	11	And meet impudent dogs, they never had enough: the shepherds themselves knew no understanding: all have turned aside into their own way, every one after his own gain, from the first even to the last.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	56	12	Come, let us take wine, and be filled with drunkenness: and it shall be as today, so also tomorrow, and much more.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	57	1	The just perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart, and men of mercy are taken away, because there is none that understandeth; for the just man is taken away from before the face of evil.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	57	2	Let peace come, let him rest in his bed that hath walked in his uprightness.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	57	3	But draw near hither, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer, and of the harlot.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	57	4	Upon whom have you jested? upon whom have you opened your mouth wide, and put out your tongue? are not you wicked children, a false seed,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	57	5	Who seek your comfort in idols under every green tree, sacrificing children in the torrents, under the high rocks?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	57	6	In the parts of the torrent is thy portion, this is thy lot: and thou hast poured out libations to them, thou hast offered sacrifice. Shall I not be angry at these things?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	57	7	Upon a high and lofty mountain thou hast laid thy bed, and hast gone up thither to offer victims.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	57	8	And behind the door, and behind the post thou hast set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself near me, and hast received an adulterer: thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made a covenant with them: thou hast loved their bed with open hand.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	57	9	And thou hast adorned thyself for the king with ointment, and hast multiplied thy perfumes. Thou hast sent thy messengers far off, and wast debased even to hell.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	57	10	Thou hast been wearied in the multitude of thy ways: yet thou saidst not: I will rest: thou hast found life of thy hand, therefore thou hast not asked.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	57	11	For whom hast thou been solicitous and afraid, that thou hast lied, and hast not been mindful of me, nor thought on me in thy heart? for I am silent, and as one that seeth not, and thou hast forgotten me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	57	12	I will declare thy justice, and thy works shall not profit thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	57	13	When thou shalt cry, let thy companies deliver thee, but the wind shall carry them all off, a breeze shall take them away, but he that putteth his trust in me, shall inherit the land, and shall possess my holy mount.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	57	14	And I will say: Make a way: give free passage, turn out of the path, take away the stumblingblocks out of the way of my people.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	57	15	For thus saith the High and the Eminent that inhabiteth eternity: and his name is Holy, who dwelleth in the high and holy place, and with a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	57	16	For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be angry unto the end: because the spirit shall go forth from my face, and breathings I will make.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	57	17	For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry, and I struck him: I hid my face from thee, and was angry: and he went away wandering in his own heart.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	57	18	I saw his ways, and I healed him, and brought him back, and restored comforts to him, and to them that mourn for him.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	57	19	I created the fruit of the lips, peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, said the Lord, and I healed him.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	57	20	But the wicked are like the raging sea, which cannot rest, and the waves thereof cast up dirt and mire.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	57	21	There is no peace to the wicked, saith the Lord God.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	58	1	Cry, cease not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their wicked doings, and the house of Jacob their sins.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	58	2	For they seek me from day to day, sad desire to know my ways, as a nation that hath done justice, and hath not forsaken the judgment of their God: they ask of me the judgments of justice: they are willing to approach to God.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	58	3	Why have we fasted, and thou hast not regarded: have we humbled our souls, and thou hast not taken notice? Behold in the day of your fast your own will is found, and you exact of all your debtors.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	58	4	Behold you fast for debates and strife, and strike with the fist wickedly. Do not fast as you have done until this day, to make your cry to be heard on high.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	58	5	Is this such a fast as I have chosen: for a man to afflict his soul for a day? is this it, to wind his head about like a circle, and to spread sackcloth and ashes? wilt thou call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the Lord?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	58	6	Is not this rather the fast that I have chosen? loose the bands of wickedness, undo the bundles that oppress, let them that are broken go free, and break asunder every burden.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	58	7	Deal thy bread to the hungry, and bring the needy and the harbourless into thy house: when thou shalt see one naked, cover him, and despise not thy own flesh.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	58	8	Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy health shall speedily arise, and thy justice shall go before thy face, and the glory of the Lord shall gather thee up.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	58	9	Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall hear: thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou wilt take away the chain out of the midst of thee, and cease to stretch out the finger, and to speak that which profiteth not.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	58	10	When thou shalt pour out thy soul to the hungry, and shalt satisfy the afflicted soul then shall thy light rise up in darkness, and thy darkness shall be as the noonday.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	58	11	And the Lord will give thee rest continually, and will fill thy soul with brightness, and deliver thy bones, and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a fountain of water whose waters shall not fail.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	58	12	And the places that have been desolate for ages shall be built in thee: thou shalt raise up the foundations of generation and generation: and thou shalt be called the repairer of the fences, turning the paths into rest.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	58	13	If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy own will in my holy day, and call the sabbath delightful, and the holy of the Lord glorious, and glorify him, while thou dost not thy own ways, and thy own will is not found: to speak a word:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	58	14	Then shalt thou be delighted in the Lord, and I will lift thee up above the high places of the earth, and will feed thee with the inheritance of Jacob thy father. For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	59	1	Behold the hand of the Lord is not shortened that it cannot save, neither is his ear heavy that it cannot hear.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	59	2	But your iniquities have divided between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you that he should not hear.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	59	3	For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity: your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue uttereth iniquity.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	59	4	There is none that calleth upon justice, neither is there any one that judgeth truly: but they trust in a mere nothing, and speak vanities: they have conceived labour, and brought forth iniquity.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	59	5	They have broken the eggs of asps, and have woven the webs of spiders: he that shall eat of their eggs, shall die: and that which is brought out, shall be hatched into a basilisk.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	59	6	Their webs shall not be for clothing, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are unprofitable works, and the work of iniquity is in their hands.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	59	7	Their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are unprofitable thoughts: wasting and destruction are in their ways.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	59	8	They have not known the way of peace, and there is no judgment in their steps: their paths are become crooked to them, every one that treadeth in them, knoweth no peace.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	59	9	Therefore is judgment far from us, and justice shall not overtake us. We looked for light, and behold darkness: brightness, and we have walked in the dark.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	59	10	We have groped for the wall, and like the blind we have groped as if we had no eyes: we have stumbled at noonday as in darkness, we are in dark places as dead men.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	59	11	We shall roar all of us like bears, and shall lament as mournful doves. We have looked for judgment, and there is none: for salvation, and it is far from us.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	59	12	For our iniquities are multiplied before thee, and our sins have testified against us: for our wicked doings are with us, and we have known our iniquities:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	59	13	In sinning and lying against the Lord: and we have turned away so that we went not after our God, but spoke calumny and transgression: we have conceived, and uttered from the heart, words of falsehood.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	59	14	And judgment is turned away backward, and justice hath stood far off: because truth hath fallen down in the street, and equity could not come in.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	59	15	And truth hath been forgotten: and he that departed from evil, lay open to be a prey: and the Lord saw, and it appeared evil in his eyes, because there is no judgment.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	59	16	And he saw that there is not a man: and he stood astonished, because there is none to oppose himself: and his own arm brought salvation to him, and his own justice supported him.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	59	17	He put on justice as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head: he put on the garments of vengeance, and was clad with zeal as with a cloak.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	59	18	As unto revenge, as it were to repay wrath to his adversaries, and a reward to his enemies: he will repay the like to the islands.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	59	19	And they from the west, shall fear the name of the Lord: and they from the rising of the sun, his glory: when he shall come as a violent stream, which the spirit of the Lord driveth on:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	59	20	And there shall come a, redeemer to Sion, and to them that return from iniquity in Jacob, saith the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	59	21	This is my covenant with them, saith the Lord: My spirit that is in thee, and my words that I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	60	1	Arise, be enlightened, O Jerusalem: for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	60	2	For behold darkness shall cover the earth, and a mist the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	60	3	And the Gentiles shall walk in thy light, and kings in the brightness of thy rising.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	60	4	Lift up thy eyes round about, and see: all these are gathered together, they are come to thee: thy sons shall come from afar, and thy daughters shall rise up at thy side.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	60	5	Then shalt thou see, and abound, and thy heart shall wonder and be enlarged, when the multitude of the sea shall be converted to thee, the. strength of the Gentiles shall come to thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	60	6	The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Madian and Epha: all they from Saba shall come, bringing gold and frankincense: and shewing forth praise to the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	60	7	All the flocks of Cedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nabaioth shall minister to thee: they shall be offered upon my acceptable altar, and I will glorify the house of my majesty.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	60	8	Who are these, that fly as clouds, and as doves to their windows?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	60	9	For, the islands wait for me, and the ships of the sea in the beginning: that I may bring thy sons from afar: their silver, and their gold with them, to the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	60	10	And the children of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister to thee: for in my wrath have I struck thee, and in my reconciliation have I had mercy upon thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	60	11	And thy gates shall be open continually: they shall not be shut day nor night, that the strength of the Gentiles may be brought to thee, and their kings may be brought.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	60	12	For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee, shall perish: and the Gentiles shall be wasted with desolation.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	60	13	The glory of Libanus shall come to thee, the Ar tree, and the box tree, and the pine tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary: and I will glorify the place of my feet.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	60	14	And the children of them that afflict thee, shall come bowing down to thee, and all that slandered thee shall worship the steps of thy feet, and shall call thee the city of the Lord, the Sion of the Holy One of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	60	15	Because thou wast forsaken, and hated, and there was none that passed through thee, I will make thee to be an everlasting glory, a joy unto generation and generation:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	60	16	And thou shalt suck the milk of the Gentiles, and thou shalt be nursed with the breasts of kings: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	60	17	For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver: and for wood brass, and for stones iron: and I will make thy visitation peace, and thy overseers justice.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	60	18	Iniquity shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction in thy borders, and salvation shall possess thy walls, and praise thy gates.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	60	19	Thou shalt no more have the sun for thy light by day, neither shall the brightness of the moon enlighten thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee for an everlasting light, and thy God for thy glory.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	60	20	Thy sun shall go down no more, and thy moon shall not decrease: for the Lord shall be unto thee for an everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	60	21	And thy people shall be all just, they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hand to glorify me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	60	22	The least shall become a thousand, and a little one a most strong nation: I the Lord will suddenly do this thing in its time.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	61	1	The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	61	2	To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God: to comfort all that mourn:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	61	3	To appoint to the mourners of Sion, and to give them a crown for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, a garment of praise for the spirit of grief: and they shall be called in it the mighty ones of justice, the planting of the Lord to glorify him.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	61	4	And they shall build the places that have been waste from of old, and shall raise up ancient ruins, and shall repair the desolate cities, that were destroyed for generation and generation.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	61	5	And strangers shall stand and shall feed your flocks: and the sons of strangers shall be your husbandmen, and the dressers of your vines.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	61	6	But you shall be called the priests of the Lord: to you it shall be said: Ye ministers of our God: you shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and you shall pride yourselves in their glory.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	61	7	For your double confusion and shame, they shall praise their part: therefore shall they receive double in their land, everlasting joy shall be unto them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	61	8	For I am the Lord that love judgment, and hate robbery in a holocaust: and I will make their work in truth, and I will make a perpetual covenant with them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	61	9	And they shall know their seed among the Gentiles, and their offspring in the midst of peoples: all that shall see them, shall know them, that these are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	61	10	I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, and my soul shall be joyful in my God: for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation: and with the robe of justice he hath covered me, as a bridegroom decked with a crown, and as a bride adorned with her jewels.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	61	11	For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth her seed to shoot forth: so shall the Lord God make justice to spring forth, and praise before all the nations.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	62	1	For Sion's sake I will not hold my peace, and for the sake of Jerusalem, I will not rest till her just one come forth as brightness, and her saviour be lighted as a lamp.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	62	2	And the Gentiles shall see thy just one, and all kings thy glorious one: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	62	3	And thou shalt be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	62	4	Thou shalt no more be called Forsaken: and thy land shall no more be called Desolate: but thou shalt be called My pleasure in her, and thy land inhabited. Because the Lord hath been well pleased with thee: and thy land shall be inhabited.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	62	5	For the young man shall dwell with the virgin, and thy children shall dwell in thee. And the bridegroom shall rejoice over the bride, and thy God shall rejoice over thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	62	6	Upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen all the day, and all the night, they shall never hold their peace. You that are mindful of the Lord, hold not your peace,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	62	7	And give him no silence till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	62	8	The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength: Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thy enemies: and the sons of the strangers shall not drink thy wine, for which thou hast laboured.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	62	9	For they that gather it, shall eat it, and shall praise the Lord: and they that bring it together, shall drink it in my holy courts.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	62	10	Go through, go through the gates, prepare the way for the people, make the road plain, pick out the stones, and lift up the standard to the people.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	62	11	Behold the Lord hath made it to be heard in the ends of the earth, tell the daughter of Sion: Behold thy Saviour cometh: behold his reward is with him, and his work before him.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	62	12	And they shall call them, The holy people, the redeemed of the Lord. But thou shalt be called: A city sought after, and not forsaken.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	63	1	Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bosra, this beautiful one in his robe, walking in the greatness of his strength. I, that speak justice, and am a defender to save.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	63	2	Why then is thy apparel red, and thy garments like theirs that tread in the winepress?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	63	3	I have trodden the winepress alone, and of the Gentiles there is not a man with me: I have trampled on them in my indignation, and have trodden them down in my wrath, and their blood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my apparel.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	63	4	For the day of vengeance is in my heart, the year of my redemption is come.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	63	5	I looked about, and there was none to help: I sought, and there was none to give aid: and my own arm hath saved for me, and my indignation itself hath helped me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	63	6	And I have trodden down the people in my wrath, and have made them drunk in my indignation, and have brought down their strength to the earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	63	7	I will remember the tender mercies of the Lord, the praise of the Lord for all the things that the Lord hath bestowed upon us, and for the multitude of his good things to the house of Israel, which he hath given them according to his kindness, and according to the multitude of his mercies.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	63	8	And he said: Surely they are my people, children that will not deny: so he became their saviour.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	63	9	In all their affliction he was not troubled, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love, and in his mercy he redeemed them, and he carried them and lifted them up all the days of old.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	63	10	But they provoked to wrath, and afflicted the spirit of his Holy One: and he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	63	11	And he remembered the days of old of Moses, and of his people: Where is he that brought them up out of the sea, with the shepherds of his flock? where is he that put in the midst of them the spirit of his Holy One?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	63	12	He that brought out Moses by the right hand, by the arm of his majesty: that divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	63	13	He that led them out through the deep, as a horse in the wilderness that stumbleth not.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	63	14	As a beast that goeth down in the field, the spirit of the Lord was their leader: so didst thou lead thy people to make thyself a glorious name.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	63	15	Look down from heaven, and behold from thy holy habitation and the place of thy glory: where is thy zeal, and thy strength, the multitude of thy bowels, and of thy mercies? they have held back themselves from me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	63	16	For thou art our father, and Abraham hath not known us, and Israel hath been ignorant of us: thou, O Lord, art our father, our redeemer, from everlasting is thy name.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	63	17	Why hast thou made us to err, O Lord, from thy ways: why hast thou hardened our heart, that we should not fear thee? return for the sake of thy servants, the tribes of thy inheritance.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	63	18	They have possessed thy holy people as nothing: our enemies have trodden down thy sanctuary.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	63	19	We are become as in the beginning, when thou didst not rule over us, and when we were not called by thy name.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	64	1	That thou wouldst rend the heavens, and wouldst come down: the mountains would melt away at thy presence.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	64	2	They would melt as at the burning of fire, the waters would burn with fire, that thy name might be made known to thy enemies: that the nations might tremble at thy presence.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	64	3	When thou shalt do wonderful things, we shall not bear them: thou didst come down, and at thy presence the mountains melted away.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	64	4	From the beginning of the world they have not heard, nor perceived with the ears: the eye hath not seen, O God, besides thee, what things thou hast prepared for them that wait for thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	64	5	Thou hast met him that rejoiceth, and doth justice: in thy ways they shall remember thee: behold thou art angry, and we have sinned: in them we have been always, and we shall be saved.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	64	6	And we are all become as one unclean, and all our justices as the rag of a menstruous woman: and we have all fallen as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	64	7	There is none that calleth upon thy name: that riseth up, and taketh hold of thee: thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast crushed us in the hand of our iniquity.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	64	8	And now, O Lord, thou art our father, and we are clay: and thou art our maker, and we all are the works of thy hands.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	64	9	Be not very angry, O Lord, and remember no longer our iniquity: behold, see we are all thy people.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	64	10	The city of thy sanctuary is become a desert, Sion is made a desert, Jerusalem is desolate.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	64	11	The house of our holiness, and of our glory, where our fathers praised thee, is burnt with fire, and all our lovely things are turned into ruins.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	64	12	Wilt thou refrain thyself, O Lord, upon these things, wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us vehemently?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	65	1	They have sought me that before asked not for me, they have found me that sought me not. I said: Behold me, behold me, to a nation that did not call upon my name.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	65	2	I have spread forth my hands all the day to an unbelieving people, who walk in a way that is not good after their own thoughts.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	65	3	A people that continually provoke me to anger before my face: that immolate in gardens, and sacrifice upon bricks.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	65	4	That dwell in sepulchres, and sleep in the temple of idols: that eat swine's flesh, and profane broth is in their vessels.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	65	5	That say: Depart from me, come not near me, because thou art unclean: these shall be smoke in my anger, a fire burning all the day.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	65	6	Behold it is written before me: I will not be silent, but I will render and repay into their bosom.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	65	7	Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord, who have sacrificed upon the mountains, and have reproached me upon the hills; and I will measure back their first work in their bosom.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	65	8	Thus saith the Lord: As if a grain be found in a cluster, and it be said: Destroy it not, because it is a blessing: so will I do for the sake of my servants, that I may not destroy the whole.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	65	9	And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Juda a possessor of my mountains: and my elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	65	10	And the plains shall be turned to folds of flocks, and the valley of Achor into a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	65	11	And you, that have forsaken the Lord, that have forgotten my holy mount, that set a table for fortune, and offer libations upon it,
-Isaiah	Isa	27	65	12	I will number you in the sword, and you shall all fall by slaughter: because I called and you did not answer: I spoke, and you did not hear: and you did evil in my eyes, and you have chosen the things that displease me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	65	13	Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold my servants shall eat, and you shall be hungry: behold my servants shall drink, and you shall be thirsty.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	65	14	Behold my servants shall rejoice, and you shall be confounded: behold my servants shall praise for joyfulness of heart, and you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for grief of spirit.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	65	15	And you shall leave your name for an execration to my elect: and the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	65	16	In which he that is blessed upon the earth, shall be blessed in God, amen: and he that sweareth in the earth, shall swear by God, amen: because the former distresses are forgotten, and because they are hid from my eyes.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	65	17	For behold I create new heavens, and a new earth: and the former things shall not be in remembrance, and they shall not come upon the heart.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	65	18	But you shall be glad and rejoice for ever in these things, which I create: for behold I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and the people thereof joy.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	65	19	And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people, and the voice of weeping shall no more be heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	65	20	There shall no more be an infant of days there, nor an old man that shall not fill up his days: for the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	65	21	And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruits of them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	65	22	They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of my people, and the works of their hands shall be of long continuance.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	65	23	My elect shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth in trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their posterity with them.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	65	24	And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will hear; as they are yet speaking, I will hear.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	65	25	The wolf and the lamb shall feed together; the lion and the ox shall eat straw; and dust shall be the serpent's food: they shall not hurt nor kill in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	66	1	Thus saith the Lord: Heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool: what is this house that you will build to me? and what is this place of my rest?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	66	2	My hand made all these things, and all these things were made, saith the Lord. But to whom shall I have respect, but to him that is poor and little, and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my words?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	66	3	He that sacrificeth an ox, is as if he slew a man: he that killeth a sheep in sacrifice, as if he should brain a dog: he that offereth an oblation, as if he should offer swine's blood; he that remembereth incense, as if he should bless an idol. All these things have they chosen in their ways, and their soul is delighted in their abominations.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	66	4	Wherefore I also will choose their mockeries, and will bring upon them the things they feared: because I called, and there was none that would answer; I have spoken, and they heard not; and they have done evil in my eyes, and have chosen the things that displease me.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	66	5	Hear the word of the Lord, you that tremble at his word: Your brethren that hate you, and cast you out for my name's sake, have said: Let the Lord be glorified, and we shall see in your joy: but they shall be confounded.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	66	6	A voice of the people from the city, a voice from the temple, the voice of the Lord that rendereth recompense to his enemies.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	66	7	Before she was in labour, she brought forth; before her time came to be delivered, she brought forth a man child.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	66	8	Who hath ever heard such a thing? and who hath seen the like to this? shall the earth bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be brought forth at once, because Sion hath been in labour, and hath brought forth her children?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	66	9	Shall not I that make others to bring forth children, myself bring forth, saith the Lord? shall I, that give generation to others, be barren, saith the Lord thy God?
-Isaiah	Isa	27	66	10	Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all you that mourn for her.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	66	11	That you may suck, and be filled with the breasts of her consolations: that you may milk out, and flow with delights, from the abundance of her glory.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	66	12	For thus saith the Lord: Behold I will bring upon her as it were a river of peace, and as an overflowing torrent the glory of the Gentiles, which you shall suck; you shall be carried at the breasts, and upon the knees they shall caress you.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	66	13	As one whom the mother caresseth, so will I comfort you, and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	66	14	You shall see and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb, and the hand of the Lord shall be known to his servants, and he shall be angry with his enemies.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	66	15	For behold the Lord will come with fire, and his chariots are like a whirlwind, to render his wrath in indignation, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	66	16	For the Lord shall judge by fire, and by his sword unto all flesh, and the slain of the Lord shall be many.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	66	17	They that were sanctified, and thought themselves clean in the gardens behind the gate within, they that did eat swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse: they shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	66	18	But I know their works, and their thoughts: I come that I may gather them together with all nations and tongues: and they shall come and shall see my glory.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	66	19	And I will set a sign among them, and I will send of them that shall be saved, to the Gentiles into the sea, into Africa, and Lydia them that draw the bow: into Italy, and Greece, to the islands afar off, to them that have not heard of me, and have not seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory to the Gentiles:
-Isaiah	Isa	27	66	20	And they shall bring all your brethren out of all nations for a gift to the Lord, upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and on mules, and in coaches, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as if the children of Israel should bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	66	21	And I will take of them to be priests, and Levites, saith the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	66	22	For as the new heavens, and the new earth, which I will make to stand before me, saith the Lord: so shall your seed stand, and your name.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	66	23	And there shall be month after month, and sabbath after sabbath: and all flesh shall come to adore before my face, saith the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	27	66	24	And they shall go out, and see the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: their worm shall not die, and their fire shall not be quenched: and they shall be a loathsome sight to all flesh.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	1	All wisdom is from the Lord God, and hath been always with him, and is before all time.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	2	Who hath numbered the sand of the sea, and the drops of rain, and the days of the world? Who hath measured the height of heaven, and the breadth of the earth, and the depth of the abyss?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	3	Who hath searched out the wisdom of God that goeth before all things?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	4	Wisdom hath been created before all things, and the understanding of prudence from everlasting.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	5	The word of God on high is the fountain of wisdom, and her ways are everlasting commandments.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	6	To whom hath the root of wisdom been revealed, and who hath known her wise counsels?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	7	To whom hath the discipline of wisdom been revealed and made manifest? and who hath understood the multiplicity of her steps?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	8	There is one most high Creator Almighty, and a powerful king, and greatly to be feared, who sitteth upon his throne, and is the God of dominion.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	9	He created her in the Holy Ghost, and saw her, and numbered her, and measured her.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	10	And he poured her out upon all his works, and upon all flesh according to his gift, and hath given her to them that love him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	11	The fear of the Lord is honour, and glory, and gladness, and a crown of joy.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	12	The fear of the Lord shall delight the heart, and shall give joy, and gladness, and length of days.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	13	With him that feareth the Lord, it shall go well in the latter end, and in the day of his death he shall be blessed.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	14	The love of God is honourable wisdom.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	15	And they to whom she shall shew herself love her by the sight, and by the knowledge of her great works.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	16	The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and was created with the faithful in the womb, it walketh with chosen women, and is known with the just and faithful.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	17	The fear of the Lord is the religiousness of knowledge.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	18	Religiousness shall keep and justify the heart, it shall give joy and gladness.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	19	It shall go well with him that feareth the Lord, and in the days of his end he shall be blessed.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	20	To fear God is the fulness of wisdom, and fulness is from the fruits thereof.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	21	She shall fill all her house with her increase, and the storehouses with her treasures.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	22	The fear of the Lord is a crown of wisdom, filling up peace and the fruit of salvation:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	23	And it hath seen, and numbered her: but both are the gifts of God.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	24	Wisdom shall distribute knowledge, and understanding of prudence: and exalteth the glory of them that hold her.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	25	The root of wisdom is to fear the Lord: and the branches thereof are longlived.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	26	In the treasures of wisdom is understanding, and religiousness of knowledge: but to sinners wisdom is an abomination.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	27	The fear of the Lord driveth out sin:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	28	For he that is without fear, cannot be justified: for the wrath of his high spirits is his ruin.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	29	A patient man shall bear for a time, and afterwards joy shall be restored to him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	30	A good understanding will hide his words for a time, and the lips of many shall declare his wisdom.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	31	In the treasures of wisdom is the signification of discipline:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	32	But the worship of God is an abomination to a sinner.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	33	Son, if thou desire wisdom, keep justice, and God will give her to thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	34	For the fear of the Lord is wisdom and discipline: and that which is agreeable to him,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	35	Is faith, and meekness: and he will fill up his treasures.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	36	Be not incredulous to the fear of the Lord: and come not to him with a double heart.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	37	Be not a hypocrite in the sight of men, and let not thy lips be a stumblingblock to thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	38	Watch over them, lest thou fall, and bring dishonour upon thy soul,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	39	And God discover thy secrets, and cast thee down in the midst of the congregation.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	1	40	Because thou camest to the Lord wickedly, and thy heart is full of guile and deceit.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	2	1	Son, when thou comest to the service of God, stand in justice and in fear, and prepare thy soul for temptation.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	2	2	Humble thy heart, and endure: incline thy ear, and receive the words of understanding: and make not haste in the time of clouds.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	2	3	Wait on God with patience: join thyself to God, and endure, that thy life may be increased in the latter end.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	2	4	Take all that shall be brought upon thee: and in thy sorrow endure, and in thy humiliation keep patience.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	2	5	For gold and silver are tried in the fire, but acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	2	6	Believe God, and he will recover thee: and direct thy way, and trust in him. Keep his fear, and grow old therein.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	2	7	Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy: and go not aside from him, lest ye fall.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	2	8	Ye that fear the Lord, believe him: and your reward shall not be made void.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	2	9	Ye that fear the Lord, hope in him: and mercy shall come to you for your delight.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	2	10	Ye that fear the Lord, love him, and your hearts shall be enlightened.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	2	11	My children behold the generations of men: and know ye that no one hath hoped in the Lord, and hath been confounded.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	2	12	For who hath continued in his commandment, and hath been forsaken? or who hath called upon him, and he despised him?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	2	13	For God is compassionate and merciful, and will forgive sins in the day of tribulation: and he is a protector to all that seek him in truth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	2	14	Woe to them that are of a double heart and to wicked lips, and to the hands that do evil, and to the sinner that goeth on the earth two ways.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	2	15	Woe to them that are fainthearted, who believe not God: and therefore they shall not be protected by him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	2	16	Woe to them that have lost patience, and that have forsaken the right ways, and have gone aside into crooked ways.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	2	17	And what will they do, when the Lord shall begin to examine?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	2	18	They that fear the Lord, will not be incredulous to his word: and they that love him, will keep his way.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	2	19	They that fear the Lord, will seek after the things that are well pleasing to him: and they that love him, shall be filled with his law.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	2	20	They that fear the Lord, will prepare their hearts, and in his sight will sanctify their souls.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	2	21	They that fear the Lord, keep his Commandments, and will have patience even until his visitation,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	2	22	Saying: If we do not penance, we shall fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	2	23	For according to his greatness, so also is his mercy with him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	1	The sons of wisdom are the church of the just: and their generation, obedience and love.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	2	Children, hear the judgment of your father, and so do that you may be saved.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	3	For God hath made the father honourable to the children: and seeking the judgment of the mothers, hath confirmed it upon the children.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	4	He that loveth God, shall obtain pardon for his sins by prayer, and shall refrain himself from them, and shall be heard in the prayer of days.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	5	And he that honoureth his mother is as one that layeth up a treasure.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	6	He that honoureth his father shall have joy in his own children, and in the day of his prayer he shall be heard.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	7	He that honoureth his father shall enjoy a long life: and he that obeyeth the father, shall be a comfort to his mother.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	8	He that feareth the Lord, honoureth his parents, and will serve them as his masters that brought him into the world.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	9	Honour thy father, in work and word, and all patience,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	10	That a blessing may come upon thee from him, and his blessing may remain in the latter end.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	11	The father's blessing establisheth the houses of the children: but the mother's curse rooteth up the foundation.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	12	Glory not in the dishonour of thy father: for his shame is no glory to thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	13	For the glory of a man is from the honour of his father, and a father without honour is the disgrace of the son.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	14	Son, support the old age of thy father, and grieve him not in his life;
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	15	And if his understanding fail, have patience with him, and despise him not when thou art in thy strength: for the relieving of the father shall not be forgotten.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	16	For good shall be repaid to thee for the sin of thy mother.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	17	And in justice thou shalt be built up, and in the day of affliction thou shalt be remembered: and thy sins shall melt away as the ice in the fair warm weather.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	18	Of what an evil fame is he that forsaketh his father: and he is cursed of God that angereth his mother.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	19	My son, do thy works in meekness, and thou shalt be beloved above the glory of men.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	20	The greater thou art, the more humble thyself in all things, and thou shalt find grace before God:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	21	For great is the power of God alone, and he is honoured by the humble.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	22	Seek not the things that are too high for thee, and search not into things above thy ability: but the things that God hath commanded thee, think on them always, and in many of his works be not curious.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	23	For it is not necessary for thee to see with thy eyes those things that are hid.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	24	In unnecessary matters be not over curious, and in many of his works thou shalt not be inquisitive.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	25	For many things are shewn to thee above the understanding of men.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	26	And the suspicion of them hath deceived many, and hath detained their minds in vanity.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	27	A hard heart shall fear evil at the last: and he that loveth danger shall perish in it.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	28	A heart that goeth two ways shall not have success, and the perverse of heart shall be scandalized therein.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	29	A wicked heart shall be laden with sorrows, and the sinner will add sin to sin.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	30	The congregation of the proud shall not be healed: for the plant of wickedness shall take root in them, and it shall not be perceived.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	31	The heart of the wise is understood in wisdom, and a good ear will hear wisdom with all desire.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	32	A wise heart, and which hath understanding, will abstain from sins, and in the works of justice shall have success.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	33	Water quencheth a flaming fire, and alms resisteth sins:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	3	34	And God provideth for him that sheweth favour: he remembereth him afterwards, and in the time of his fall he shall find a sure stay.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	1	Son, defraud not the poor of alms, and turn not away thy eyes from the poor.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	2	Despise not the hungry soul: and provoke not the poor in his want.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	3	Afflict not the heart of the needy, and defer not to give to him that is in distress.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	4	Reject not the petition of the afflicted: and turn not away thy face from the needy.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	5	Turn not away thy eyes from the poor for fear of anger: and leave not to them that ask of thee to curse thee behind thy back.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	6	For the prayer of him that curseth thee in the bitterness of his soul, shall be heard, for he that made him will hear him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	7	Make thyself affable to the congregation of the poor, and humble thy soul to the ancient, and bow thy head to a great man.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	8	Bow down thy ear cheerfully to the poor, and pay what thou owest, and answer him peaceable words with mildness.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	9	Deliver him that suffereth wrong out of the hand of the proud: and be not fainthearted in thy soul.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	10	In judging be merciful to the fatherless as a father, and as a husband to their mother.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	11	And thou shalt be as the obedient son of the most High, and he will have mercy on thee more than a mother.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	12	Wisdom inspireth life into her children, and protecteth them that seek after her, and will go before them in the way of justice.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	13	And he that loveth her, loveth life: and they that watch for her, shall embrace her sweetness.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	14	They that hold her fast, shall inherit life: and whithersoever she entereth, God will give a blessing.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	15	They that serve her, shall be servants to the holy one: and God loveth them that love her.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	16	He that hearkeneth to her, shall judge nations: and he that looketh upon her, shall remain secure.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	17	If he trust to her, he shall inherit her, and his generation shall be in assurance.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	18	For she walketh with him in temptation, and at the first she chooseth him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	19	She will bring upon him fear and dread and trial: and she will scourge him with the affliction of her discipline, till she try him by her laws, and trust his soul.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	20	Then she will strengthen him, and make a straight way to him, and give him joy,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	21	And will disclose her secrets to him, and will heap upon him treasures of knowledge and understanding of justice.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	22	But if he go astray, she will forsake him, and deliver him into the hands of his enemy.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	23	Son, observe the time, and fly from evil.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	24	For thy soul be not ashamed to say the truth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	25	For there is a shame that bringeth sin, and there is a shame that bringeth glory and grace.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	26	Accept no person against thy own person, nor against thy soul a lie.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	27	Reverence not thy neighbour in his fall:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	28	And refrain not to speak in the time of salvation. Hide not thy wisdom in her beauty.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	29	For by the tongue wisdom is discerned: and understanding, and knowledge, and learning by the word of the wise, and steadfastness in the works of justice.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	30	In nowise speak against the truth, but be ashamed of the lie of thy ignorance.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	31	Be not ashamed to confess thy sins, but submit not thyself to every man for sin.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	32	Resist not against the face of the mighty, and do not strive against the stream of the river.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	33	Strive for justice for thy soul, and even unto death fight for justice, and God will overthrow thy enemies for thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	34	Be not hasty in thy tongue: and slack and remiss in thy works.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	35	Be not as a lion in thy house, terrifying them of thy household, and oppressing them that are under thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	4	36	Let not thy hand be stretched out to receive, and shut when thou shouldst give.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	5	1	Set not thy heart upon unjust possessions, and say not: I have enough to live on: for it shall be of no service in the time of vengeance and darkness.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	5	2	Follow not in thy strength the desires of thy heart:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	5	3	And say not: How mighty am I? and who shall bring me under for my deeds? for God will surely take revenge.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	5	4	Say not: I have sinned, and what harm hath befallen me? for the most High is a patient rewarder.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	5	5	Be not without fear about sin forgiven, and add not sin upon sin:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	5	6	And say not: The mercy of the Lord is great, he will have mercy on the multitude of my sins.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	5	7	For mercy and wrath quickly come from him, and his wrath looketh upon sinners.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	5	8	Delay not to be converted to the Lord, and defer it not from day to day.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	5	9	For his wrath shall come on a sudden, and in the time of vengeance he will destroy thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	5	10	Be not anxious for goods unjustly gotten: for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity and revenge.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	5	11	Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way: for so is every sinner proved by a double tongue.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	5	12	Be steadfast in the way of the Lord, and in the truth of thy judgment, and in knowledge, and let the word of peace and justice keep with thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	5	13	Be meek to hear the word, that thou mayst understand: and return a true answer with wisdom.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	5	14	If thou have understanding, answer thy neighbour: but if not, let thy hand be upon thy mouth, lest thou be surprised in an unskillful word, and be confounded.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	5	15	Honour and glory is in the word of the wise, but the tongue of the fool is his ruin.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	5	16	Be not called a whisperer, and be not taken in thy tongue, and confounded.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	5	17	For confusion and repentance is upon a thief, and an evil mark of disgrace upon the double tongued, but to the whisperer hatred, and enmity, and reproach.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	5	18	Justify alike the small and the great.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	1	Instead of a friend become not an enemy to thy neighbour: for an evil man shall inherit reproach and shame, so shall every sinner that is envious and double tongued.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	2	Extol not thyself in the thoughts of thy soul like a bull: lest thy strength be quashed by folly,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	3	And it eat up thy leaves, and destroy thy fruit: and thou be left as a dry tree in the wilderness.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	4	For a wicked soul shall destroy him that hath it, and maketh him to be a joy to his enemies, and shall lead him into the lot of the wicked.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	5	A sweet word multiplieth friends, and appeaseth enemies, and a gracious tongue in a good man aboundeth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	6	Be in peace with many, but let one of a thousand be thy counsellor.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	7	If thou wouldst get a friend, try him before thou takest him, and do not credit him easily.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	8	For there is a friend for his own occasion, and he will not abide in the day of thy trouble.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	9	And there is a friend that turneth to enmity; and there is a friend that will disclose hatred and strife and reproaches.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	10	And there is a friend a companion at the table, and he will not abide in the day of distress.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	11	A friend if he continue steadfast, shall be to thee as thyself, and shall act with confidence among them of thy household.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	12	If he humble himself before thee, and hide himself from thy face, thou shalt have unanimous friendship for good.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	13	Separate thyself from thy enemies, and take heed of thy friends.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	14	A faithful friend is a strong defence: and he that hath found him, hath found a treasure.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	15	Nothing can be compared to a faithful friend, and no weight of gold and silver is able to countervail the goodness of his fidelity.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	16	A faithful friend is the medicine of life and immortality: and they that fear the Lord, shall find him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	17	He that feareth God, shall likewise have good friendship: because according to him shall his friend be.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	18	My son, from thy youth up receive instruction, and even to thy grey hairs thou shalt find wisdom.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	19	Come to her as one that plougheth, and soweth, and wait for her good fruits:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	20	For in working about her thou shalt labour a little, and shalt quickly eat of her fruits.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	21	How very unpleasant is wisdom to the unlearned, and the unwise will not continue with her.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	22	She shall be to them as a mighty stone of trial, and they will cast her from them before it be long.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	23	For the wisdom of doctrine is according to her name, and she is not manifest unto many, but with them to whom she is known, she continueth even to the sight of God.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	24	Give ear, my son, and take wise counsel, and cast not away my advice.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	25	Put thy feet into her fetters, and thy neck into her chains:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	26	Bow down thy shoulder, and bear her, and be not grieved with her bands.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	27	Come to her with all thy mind, and keep her ways with all thy power.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	28	Search for her, and she shall be made known to thee, and when thou hast gotten her, let her not go:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	29	For in the latter end thou shalt find rest in her, and she shall be turned to thy joy.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	30	Then shall her fetters be a strong defence for thee, and a firm foundation, and her chain a robe of glory:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	31	For in her is the beauty of life, and her bands are a healthful binding.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	32	Thou shalt put her on as a robe of glory, and thou shalt set her upon thee as a crown of joy.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	33	My son, if thou wilt attend to me, thou shalt learn: and if thou wilt apply thy mind, thou shalt be wise.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	34	If thou wilt incline thy ear, thou shalt receive instruction: and if thou love to hear, thou shalt be wise.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	35	Stand in the multitude of ancients that are wise, and join thyself from thy heart to their wisdom, that thou mayst hear every discourse of God, and the sayings of praise may not escape thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	36	And if thou see a man of understanding, go to him early in the morning, and let thy foot wear the steps of his doors.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	6	37	Let thy thoughts be upon the precepts of God, and meditate continually on his commandments: and he will give thee a heart, and the desire of wisdom shall be given to thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	1	Do no evils, and no evils shall lay hold of thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	2	Depart from the unjust, and evils shall depart from thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	3	My son, sow not evils in the furrows of injustice, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	4	Seek not of the Lord a pre-eminence, nor of the king the seat of honour.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	5	Justify not thyself before God, for he knoweth the heart: and desire not to appear wise before the king.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	6	Seek not to be made a judge, unless thou have strength enough to extirpate iniquities: lest thou fear the person of the powerful, and lay a stumblingblock for thy integrity.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	7	Offend not against the multitude of a city, neither cast thyself in upon the people,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	8	Nor bind sin to sin: for even in one thou shalt not be unpunished.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	9	Be not fainthearted in thy mind:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	10	Neglect not to pray, and to give alms.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	11	Say not: God will have respect to the multitude of my gifts, and when I offer to the most high God, he will accept my offerings.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	12	Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one that humbleth and exalteth, God who seeth all.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	13	Devise not a lie against thy brother: neither do the like against thy friend.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	14	Be not willing to make any manner of lie: for the custom thereof is not good.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	15	Be not full of words in a multitude of ancients, and repeat not the word in thy prayer.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	16	Hate not laborious works, nor husbandry ordained by the most High.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	17	Number not thyself among the multitude of the disorderly.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	18	Remember wrath, for it will not tarry long.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	19	Humble thy spirit very much: for the vengeance on the flesh of the ungodly is fire and worms.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	20	Do not transgress against thy friend deferring money, nor despise thy dear brother for the sake of gold.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	21	Depart not from a wise and good wife, whom thou hast gotten in the fear of the Lord: for the grace of her modesty is above gold.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	22	Hurt not the servant that worketh faithfully, nor the hired man that giveth thee his life.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	23	Let a wise servant be dear to thee as thy own soul, defraud him not of liberty, nor leave him needy.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	24	Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	25	Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow down their neck from their childhood.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	26	Hast thou daughters? have a care of their body, and shew not thy countenance gay towards them.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	27	Marry thy daughter well, and thou shalt do a great work, and give her to a wise man.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	28	If thou hast a wife according to thy soul, cast her not off: and to her that is hateful, trust not thyself. With thy whole heart,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	29	Honour thy father, and forget not the groanings of thy mother:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	30	Remember that thou hadst not been born but through them: and make a return to them as they have done for thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	31	With all thy soul fear the Lord, and reverence his priests.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	32	With all thy strength love him that made thee: and forsake not his ministers.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	33	Honour God with all thy soul, and give honour to the priests, and purify thyself with thy arms.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	34	Give them their portion, as it is commanded thee, of the firstfruits and of purifications: and for thy negligences purify thyself with a few.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	35	Offer to the Lord the gift of thy shoulders, and the sacrifice of sanctification, and the firstfruits of the holy things:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	36	And stretch out thy hand to the poor, that thy expiation and thy blessing may be perfected.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	37	A gift hath grace in the sight of all the living, and restrain not grace from the dead.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	38	Be not wanting in comforting them that weep, and walk with them that mourn.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	39	Be not slow to visit the sick: for by these things thou shalt be confirmed in love.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	7	40	In all thy works remember thy last end, and thou shalt never sin.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	8	1	Strive not with a powerful man, lest thou fall into his hands.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	8	2	Contend not with a rich man, lest he bring an action against thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	8	3	For gold and silver hath destroyed many, and hath reached even to the heart of kings, and perverted them.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	8	4	Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	8	5	Communicate not with an ignorant man, lest he speak ill of thy family.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	8	6	Despise not a man that turneth away from sin, nor reproach him therewith: remember that we are all worthy of reproof.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	8	7	Despise not a man in his old age; for we also shall become old.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	8	8	Rejoice not at the death of thy enemy; knowing that we all die, and are not willing that others should rejoice at our death.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	8	9	Despise not the discourse of them that are ancient and wise, but acquaint thyself with their proverbs.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	8	10	For of them thou shalt learn wisdom, and instruction of understanding, and to serve great men without blame.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	8	11	Let not the discourse of the ancients escape thee, for they have learned of their fathers:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	8	12	For of them thou shalt learn understanding, and to give an answer in time of need.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	8	13	Kindle not the coals of sinners by rebuking them, lest thou be burnt with the flame of the fire of their sins.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	8	14	Stand not against the face of an injurious person, lest he sit as a spy to entrap thee in thy words.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	8	15	Lend not to a man that is mightier than thyself: and if thou lendest, count it as lost.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	8	16	Be not surety above thy power: and if thou be surety, think as if thou wert to pay it.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	8	17	Judge not against a judge: for he judgeth according to that which is just.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	8	18	Go not on the way with a bold man, lest he burden thee with his evils: for he goeth according to his own will, and thou shalt perish together with his folly.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	8	19	Quarrel not with a passionate man, and go not into the desert with a bold man: for blood is as nothing in his sight, and where there is no help he will overthrow thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	8	20	Advise not with fools, for they cannot love but such things as please them.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	8	21	Before a stranger do no matter of counsel: for thou knowest not what he will bring forth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	8	22	Open not thy heart to every man: lest he repay thee with an evil turn, and speak reproachfully to thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	9	1	Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, lest she shew in thy regard the malice of a wicked lesson.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	9	2	Give not the power of thy soul to a woman, lest she enter upon thy strength, and thou be confounded.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	9	3	Look not upon a woman that hath a mind for many: lest thou fall into her snares.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	9	4	Use not much the company of her that is a dancer, and hearken not to her, lest thou perish by the force of her charms.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	9	5	Gaze not upon a maiden, lest her beauty be a stumblingblock to thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	9	6	Give not thy soul to harlots in any point: lest thou destroy thyself and thy inheritance.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	9	7	Look not round about thee in the ways of the city, nor wander up and down in the streets thereof.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	9	8	Turn away thy face from a woman dressed up, and gaze not about upon another's beauty.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	9	9	For many have perished by the beauty of a woman, and hereby lust is enkindled as a fire.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	9	10	Every woman that is a harlot, shall be trodden upon as dung in the way.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	9	11	Many by admiring the beauty of another man's wife, have become reprobate, for her conversation burneth as fire.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	9	12	Sit not at all with another man's wife, nor repose upon the bed with her:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	9	13	And strive not with her over wine, lest thy heart decline towards her, and by thy blood thou fall into destruction.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	9	14	Forsake not an old friend, for the new will not be like to him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	9	15	A new friend is as new wine: it shall grow old, and thou shalt drink it with pleasure.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	9	16	Envy not the glory and riches of a sinner: for thou knowest not what his ruin shall be.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	9	17	Be not pleased with the wrong done by the unjust, knowing that even to hell the wicked shall not please.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	9	18	Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill, so thou shalt not suspect the fear of death.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	9	19	And if thou come to him, commit no fault, lest he take away thy life.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	9	20	Know it to be a communication with death: for thou art going in the midst of snares, and walking upon the arms of them that are grieved:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	9	21	According to thy power beware of thy neighbour, and treat with the wise and prudent.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	9	22	Let just men be thy guests, and let thy glory be in the fear of God.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	9	23	And let the thought of God be in thy mind, and all thy discourse on the commandments of the Highest.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	9	24	Works shall be praised for the hand of the artificers, and the prince of the people for the wisdom of his speech, but the word of the ancients for the sense.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	9	25	A man full of tongue is terrible in his city, and he that is rash in his word shall be hateful.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	1	A wise judge shall judge his people, and the government of a prudent man shall be steady.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	2	As the judge of the people is himself, so also are his ministers: and what manner of man the ruler of a city is, such also are they that dwell therein.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	3	An unwise king shall be the ruin of his people: and cities shall be inhabited through the prudence of the rulers.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	4	The power of the earth is in the hand of God, and in his time he will raise up a profitable ruler over it.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	5	The prosperity of man is in the hand of God, and upon the person of the scribe he shall lay his honour.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	6	Remember not any injury done thee by thy neighbour, and do thou nothing by deeds of injury.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	7	Pride is hateful before God and men: and all iniquity of nations is execrable.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	8	A kingdom is translated from one people to another, because of injustices, and wrongs, and injuries, and divers deceits.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	9	But nothing is more wicked than the covetous man. Why is earth and ashes proud?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	10	There is not a more wicked thing than to love money: for such a one setteth even his own soul to sale: because while he liveth he hath cast away his bowels.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	11	All power is of short life. A long sickness is troublesome to the physician.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	12	The physician cutteth off a short sickness: so also a king is today, and tomorrow he shall die.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	13	For when a man shall die, he shall inherit serpents, and beasts, and worms.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	14	The beginning of the pride of man, is to fall off from God:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	15	Because his heart is departed from him that made him: for pride is the beginning of all sin: he that holdeth it, shall be filled with maledictions, and it shall ruin him in the end.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	16	Therefore hath the Lord disgraced the assemblies of the wicked, and hath utterly destroyed them.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	17	God hath overturned the thrones of proud princes, and hath set up the meek in their stead.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	18	God hath made the roots of proud nations to wither, and hath planted the humble of these nations.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	19	The Lord hath overthrown the lands of the Gentiles, and hath destroyed them even to the foundation.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	20	He hath made some of them to wither away, and hath destroyed them, and hath made the memory of them to cease from the earth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	21	God hath abolished the memory of the proud, and hath preserved the memory of them that are humble in mind.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	22	Pride was not made for men: nor wrath for the race of women.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	23	That seed of men shall be honoured, which feareth God: but that seed shall be dishonoured, which transgresseth the commandments of the Lord.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	24	In the midst of brethren their chief is honourable: so shall they that fear the Lord, be in his eyes.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	25	The fear of God is the glory of the rich, and of the honourable, and of the poor:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	26	Despise not a just man that is poor, and do not magnify a sinful man that is rich.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	27	The great man, and the judge, and the mighty is in honour: and there is none greater than he that feareth God.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	28	They that are free shall serve a servant that is wise: and a man that is prudent and well instructed will not murmur when he is reproved; and he that is ignorant, shall not be honoured.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	29	Extol not thyself in doing thy work, and linger not in the time of distress:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	30	Better is he that laboureth, and aboundeth in all things, than he that boasteth himself and wanteth bread.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	31	My son, keep thy soul in meekness, and give it honour according to its desert.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	32	Who will justify him that sinneth against his own soul? and who will honour him that dishonoureth his own soul?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	33	The poor man is glorified by his discipline and fear: and there is a man that is honoured for his wealth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	10	34	But he that is glorified in poverty, how much more in wealth? and he that is glorified in wealth, let him fear poverty.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	1	The wisdom of the humble shall exalt his head, and shall make him sit in the midst of great men.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	2	Praise not a man for his beauty, neither despise a man for his look.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	3	The bee is small among flying things, but her fruit hath the chiefest sweetness.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	4	Glory not in apparel at any time, and be not exalted in the day of thy honour: for the works of the Highest only are wonderful, and his works are glorious, and secret, and hidden.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	5	Many tyrants have sat on the throne, and he whom no man would think on, hath worn the crown.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	6	Many mighty men have been greatly brought down, and the glorious have been delivered into the hand of others.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	7	Before thou inquire, blame no man: and when thou hast inquired, reprove justly.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	8	Before thou hear, answer not a word: and interrupt not others in the midst of their discourse.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	9	Strive not in a matter which doth not concern thee, and sit not in judgment with sinners.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	10	My son, meddle not with many matters: and if thou be rich, thou shalt not be free from sin: for if thou pursue after thou shalt not overtake: and if thou run before thou shalt not escape.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	11	There is an ungodly man that laboureth, and maketh haste, and is in sorrow, and is so much the more in want.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	12	Again, there is an inactive man that wanteth help, is very weak in ability, and full of poverty:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	13	Yet the eye of God hath looked upon him for good, and hath lifted him up from his low estate, and hath exalted his head: and many have wondered at him, and have glorified God.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	14	Good things and evil, life and death, poverty and riches, are from God.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	15	Wisdom and discipline, and the knowledge of the law are with God. Love and the ways of good things are with him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	16	Error and darkness are created with sinners: and they that glory in evil things, grow old in evil.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	17	The gift of God abideth with the just, and his advancement shall have success for ever.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	18	There is one that is enriched by living sparingly, and this is the portion of his reward.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	19	In that he saith: I have found me rest, and now I will eat of my goods alone:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	20	And he knoweth not what time shall pass, and that death approacheth, and that he must leave all to others, and shall die.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	21	Be steadfast in thy covenant, and be conversant therein, and grow old in the work of thy commandments.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	22	Abide not in the works of sinners. But trust in God, and stay in thy place.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	23	For it is easy in the eyes of God on a sudden to make the poor man rich.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	24	The blessing of God maketh haste to reward the just, and in a swift hour his blessing beareth fruit.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	25	Say not: What need I, and what good shall I have by this?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	26	Say not: I am sufficient for myself: and what shall I be made worse by this?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	27	In the day of good things be not unmindful of evils: and in the day of evils be not unmindful of good things:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	28	For it is easy before God in the day of death to reward every one according to his ways.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	29	The affliction of an hour maketh one forget great delights, and in the end of a man is the disclosing of his works.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	30	Praise not any man before death, for a man is known by his children.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	31	Bring not every man into thy house: for many are the snares of the deceitful.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	32	For as corrupted bowels send forth stinking breath, and as the partridge is brought into the cage, and as the roe into the snare: so also is the heart of the proud, and as a spy that looketh on the fall of his neighbour.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	33	For he lieth in wait and turneth good into evil, and on the elect he will lay a blot.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	34	Of one spark cometh a great fire, and of one deceitful man much blood: and a sinful man lieth in wait for blood.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	35	Take heed to thyself of a mischievous man, for he worketh evils: lest he bring upon thee reproach for ever.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	11	36	Receive a stranger in, and he shall overthrow thee with a whirlwind, and shall turn thee out of thy own.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	12	1	If thou do good, know to whom thou dost it, and there shall be much thanks for thy good deeds.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	12	2	Do good to the just, and thou shalt find great recompense: and if not of him, assuredly of the Lord.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	12	3	For there is no good for him that is always occupied in evil, and that giveth no alms: for the Highest hateth sinners, and hath mercy on the penitent.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	12	4	Give to the merciful and uphold not the sinner: God will repay vengeance to the ungodly and to sinners, and keep them against the day of vengeance.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	12	5	Give to the good, and receive not a sinner.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	12	6	Do good to the humble, and give not to the ungodly: hold back thy bread, and give it not to him, lest thereby he overmaster thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	12	7	For thou shalt receive twice as much evil for all the good thou shalt have done to him: for the Highest also hateth sinners, and will repay vengeance to the ungodly.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	12	8	A friend shall not be known in prosperity, and an enemy shall not be hidden in adversity.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	12	9	In the prosperity of a man, his enemies are grieved: and a friend is known in his adversity.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	12	10	Never trust thy enemy: for as a brass pot his wickedness rusteth:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	12	11	Though he humble himself and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	12	12	Set him not by thee, neither let him sit on thy right hand, lest he turn into thy place, and seek to take thy seat: and at the last thou acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	12	13	Who will pity an enchanter struck by a serpent, or any that come near wild beasts? so is it with him that keepeth company with a wicked man, and is involved in his sins.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	12	14	For an hour he will abide with thee: but if thou begin to decline, he will not endure it.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	12	15	An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he lieth in wait, to throw thee into a pit.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	12	16	An enemy weepeth with his eyes: but if he find an opportunity he will not be satisfied with blood:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	12	17	And if evils come upon thee, thou shalt find him there first.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	12	18	An enemy hath tears in his eyes, and while he pretendeth to help thee, will undermine thy feet.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	12	19	He will shake his head, and clap his hands, and whisper much, and change his countenance.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	1	He that toucheth pitch, shall be defiled with it: and he that hath fellowship with the proud, shall put on pride.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	2	He shall take a burden upon him that hath fellowship with one more honourable than himself. And have no fellowship with one that is richer than thyself.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	3	What agreement shall the earthen pot have with the kettle? for if they knock one against the other, it shall be broken.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	4	The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he will fume: but the poor is wronged and must hold his peace.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	5	If thou give, he will make use of thee: and if thou have nothing, he will forsake thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	6	If thou have any thing, he will live with thee, and will make thee bare, and he will not be sorry for thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	7	If he have need of thee he will deceive thee, and smiling upon thee will put thee in hope; he will speak thee fair, and will say: What wantest thou?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	8	And he will shame thee by his meats, till he have drawn thee dry twice or thrice, and at last he will laugh at thee: and afterward when he seeth thee, he will forsake thee, and shake his head at thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	9	Humble thyself to God, and wait for his hands.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	10	Beware that thou be not deceived into folly, and be humbled.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	11	Be not lowly in thy wisdom, lest being humbled thou be deceived into folly.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	12	If thou be invited by one that is mightier, withdraw thyself: for so he will invite thee the more.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	13	Be not troublesome to him, lest thou be put back: and keep not far from him, lest thou be forgotten.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	14	Affect not to speak with him as an equal: and believe not his many words: for by much talk he will sift thee, and smiling will examine thee concerning thy secrets.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	15	His cruel mind will lay up thy words: and he will not spare to do thee hurt, and to cast thee into prison.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	16	Take heed to thyself, and attend diligently to what thou hearest: for thou walkest in danger of thy ruin.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	17	When thou hearest those things, see as it were in sleep, and thou shalt awake.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	18	Love God all thy life, and call upon him for thy salvation.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	19	Every beast loveth its like: so also every man him that is nearest to himself.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	20	All flesh shall consort with the like to itself, and every man shall associate himself to his like.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	21	If the wolf shall at any time have fellowship with the lamb, so the sinner with the just.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	22	What fellowship hath a holy man with a dog, or what part hath the rich with the poor?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	23	The wild ass is the lion's prey in the desert: so also the poor are devoured by the rich.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	24	And as humility is an abomination to the proud: so also the rich man abhorreth the poor.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	25	When a rich man is shaken, he is kept up by his friends: but when a poor man is fallen down, he is thrust away even by his acquaintance.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	26	When a rich man hath been deceived, he hath many helpers: he hath spoken proud things, and they have justified him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	27	The poor man was deceived, and he is rebuked also: he hath spoken wisely, and could have no place.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	28	The rich man spoke, and all held their peace, and what he said they extol even to the clouds.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	29	The poor man spoke, and they say: Who is this? and if he stumble, they will overthrow him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	30	Riches are good to him that hath no sin in his conscience: and poverty is very wicked in the mouth of the ungodly.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	31	The heart of a man changeth his countenance, either for good, or for evil.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	13	32	The token of a good heart, and a good countenance thou shalt hardly find, and with labour.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	1	Blessed is the man that hath not slipped by a word out of his mouth, and is not pricked with the remorse of sin.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	2	Happy is he that hath had no sadness of his mind, and who is not fallen from his hope.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	3	Riches are not comely for a covetous man and a niggard, and what should an envious man do with gold?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	4	He that gathereth together by wronging his own soul, gathereth for others, and another will squander away his goods in rioting.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	5	He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? and he shall not take pleasure in his goods.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	6	There is none worse than he that envieth himself, and this is the reward of his wickedness:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	7	And if he do good, he doth it ignorantly, and unwillingly: and at the last he discovereth his wickedness.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	8	The eye of the envious is wicked: and he turneth away his face, and despiseth his own soul.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	9	The eye of the covetous man is insatiable in his portion of iniquity: he will not be satisfied till he consume his own soul, drying it up.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	10	An evil eye is towards evil things: and he shall not have his fill of bread, but shall be needy and pensive at his own table.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	11	My son, if thou have any thing, do good to thyself, and offer to God worthy offerings.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	12	Remember that death is not slow, and that the covenant of hell hath been shewn to thee: for the covenant of this world shall surely die.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	13	Do good to thy friend before thou die, and according to thy ability, stretching out thy hand give to the poor.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	14	Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good gift overpass thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	15	Shalt thou not leave to others to divide by lot thy sorrows and labours?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	16	Give and take, and justify thy soul.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	17	Before thy death work justice: for in hell there is no finding food.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	18	All flesh shall fade as grass, and as the leaf that springeth out on a green tree.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	19	Some grow, and some fall off: so is the generation of flesh and blood, one cometh to an end, and another is born.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	20	Every work that is corruptible shall fail in the end: and the worker thereof shall go with it.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	21	And every excellent work shall be justified: and the worker thereof shall be honoured therein.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	22	Blessed is the man that shall continue in wisdom, and that shall meditate in his justice, and in his mind shall think of the all seeing eye of God.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	23	He that considereth her ways in his heart, and hath understanding in her secrets, who goeth after her as one that traceth, and stayeth in her ways:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	24	He who looketh in at her windows, and hearkeneth at her door:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	25	He that lodgeth near her house, and fastening a pin in her walls shall set up his tent nigh unto her, where good things shall rest in his lodging for ever.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	26	He shall set his children under her shelter, and shall lodge under her branches:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	14	27	He shall be protected under her covering from the heat, and shall rest in her glory.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	15	1	He that feareth God, will do good: and he that possesseth justice, shall lay hold on her,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	15	2	And she will meet him as an honourable mother, and will receive him as a wife married of a virgin.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	15	3	With the bread of life and understanding, she shall feed him, and give him the water of wholesome wisdom to drink: and she shall be made strong in him, and he shall not be moved:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	15	4	And she shall hold him fast, and he shall not be confounded: and she shall exalt him among his neighbours.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	15	5	And in the midst of the church she shall open his mouth, and shall fill him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding, and shall clothe him with a robe of glory.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	15	6	She shall heap upon him a treasure of joy and gladness, and shall cause him to inherit an everlasting name.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	15	7	But foolish men shall not obtain her, and wise men shall meet her, foolish men shall not see her: for she is far from pride and deceit.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	15	8	Lying men shall not be mindful of her: but men that speak truth shall be found with her, and shall advance, even till they come to the sight of God.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	15	9	Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	15	10	For wisdom came forth from God: for praise shall be with the wisdom of God, and shall abound in a faithful mouth, and the sovereign Lord will give praise unto it.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	15	11	Say not: It is through God, that she is not with me: for do not thou the things that he hateth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	15	12	Say not: He hath caused me to err: for he hath no need of wicked men.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	15	13	The Lord hateth all abomination of error, and they that fear him shall not love it.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	15	14	God made man from the beginning, and left him in the hand of his own counsel.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	15	15	He added his commandments and precepts.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	15	16	If thou wilt keep the commandments and perform acceptable fidelity for ever, they shall preserve thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	15	17	He hath set water and fire before thee: stretch forth thy hand to which thou wilt.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	15	18	Before man is life and death, good and evil, that which he shall choose shall be given him:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	15	19	For the wisdom of God is great, and he is strong in power, seeing all men without ceasing.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	15	20	The eyes of the Lord are towards them that fear him, and he knoweth all the work of man.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	15	21	He hath commanded no man to do wickedly, and he hath given no man license to sin:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	15	22	For he desireth not a multitude of faithless and unprofitable children.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	1	Rejoice not in ungodly children, if they be multiplied: neither be delighted in them, if the fear of God be not with them.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	2	Trust not to their life, and respect not their labours.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	3	For better is one that feareth God, than a thousand ungodly children.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	4	And it is better to die without children, than to leave ungodly children.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	5	By one that is wise a country shall be inhabited, the tribe of the ungodly shall become desolate.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	6	Many such things hath my eyes seen, and greater things than these my ear hath heard.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	7	In the congregation of sinners a fire shall be kindled, and in an unbelieving nation wrath shall flame out.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	8	The ancient giants did not obtain pardon for their sins, who were destroyed trusting to their own strength:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	9	And he spared not the place where Lot sojourned, but abhorred them for the pride of their word.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	10	He had not pity on them, destroying the whole nation that extolled themselves in their sins.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	11	So did he with the six hundred thousand footmen, who were gathered together in the hardness of their heart: and if one had been stiffnecked, it is a wonder if he had escaped unpunished:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	12	For mercy and wrath are with him. He is mighty to forgive, and to pour out indignation:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	13	According as his mercy is, so his correction judgeth a man according to his works.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	14	The sinner shall not escape in his rapines, and the patience of him that sheweth mercy shall not be put off.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	15	All mercy shall make a place for every man according to the merit of his works, and according to the wisdom of his sojournment.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	16	Say not: I shall be hidden from God, and who shall remember me from on high?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	17	In such a multitude I shall not be known: for what is my soul in such an immense creation?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	18	Behold the heaven, and the heavens of heavens, the deep, and all the earth, and the things that are in them, shall be moved in his sight,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	19	The mountains also, and the hills, and the foundations of the earth: when God shall look upon them, they shall be shaken with trembling.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	20	And in all these things the heart is senseless: and every heart is understood by him:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	21	And his ways who shall understand, and the storm, which no eye of man see?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	22	For many of his works are hidden: but the works of his justice who shall declare? or who shall endure? for the testament is far from some, and the examination of all is in the end.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	23	He that wanteth understanding thinketh vain things: and the foolish, and erring man, thinketh foolish things.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	24	Hearken to me, my son, and learn the discipline of understanding, and attend to my words in thy heart.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	25	And I will shew forth good doctrine in equity, and will seek to declare wisdom: and attend to my words in thy heart, whilst with equity of spirit I tell thee the virtues that God hath put upon his works from the beginning, and I shew forth in truth his knowledge.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	26	The works of God are done in judgment from the beginning, and from the making of them he distinguished their parts, and their beginnings in their generations.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	27	He beautified their works for ever, they have neither hungered, nor laboured, and they have not ceased from their works.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	28	Nor shall any of them straiten his neighbour at any time.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	29	Be not thou incredulous to his word.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	30	After this God looked upon the earth, and filled it with his goods.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	16	31	The soul of every living thing hath shewn forth before the face thereof, and into it they return again.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	1	God created man of the earth, and made him after his own image.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	2	And he turned him into it again, and clothed him with strength according to himself.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	3	He gave him the number of his days and time, and gave him power over all things that are upon the earth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	4	He put the fear of him upon all flesh, and he had dominion over beasts and fowls.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	5	He created of him a helpmate like to himself: he gave them counsel, and a tongue, and eyes, and ears, and a heart to devise: and he filled them with the knowledge of understanding.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	6	He created in them the science of the spirit, he filled their heart with wisdom, and shewed them both good and evil.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	7	He set his eye upon their hearts to shew them the greatness of his works:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	8	That they might praise the name which he hath sanctified: and glory in his wondrous acts, that they might declare the glorious things of his works.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	9	Moreover he gave them instructions, and the law of life for an inheritance.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	10	He made an everlasting covenant with them, and he shewed them his justice and judgments.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	11	And their eye saw the majesty of his glory. and their ears heard his glorious voice, and he said to them: Beware of all iniquity.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	12	And he gave to every one of them commandment concerning his neighbour.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	13	Their ways are always before him, they are not hidden from his eyes.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	14	Over every nation he set a ruler.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	15	And Israel was made the manifest portion of God.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	16	And all their works are as the sun in the sight of God: and his eyes are continually upon their ways.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	17	Their covenants were not hid by their iniquity, and all their iniquities are in the sight of God.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	18	The alms of a man is as a signet with him, and shall preserve the grace of a man as the apple of the eye:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	19	And afterward he shall rise up, and shall render them their reward, to every one upon their own head, and shall turn them down into the bowels of the earth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	20	But to the penitent he hath given the way of justice, and he hath strengthened them that were fainting in patience, and hath appointed to them the lot of truth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	21	Turn to the Lord, and forsake thy sins:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	22	Make thy prayer before the face of the Lord, and offend less.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	23	Return to the Lord, and turn away from thy injustice, and greatly hate abomination.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	24	And know the justices and judgments of God, and stand firm in the lot set before thee, and in prayer to the most high God.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	25	Go to the side of the holy age, with them that live and give praise to God.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	26	Tarry not in the error of the ungodly, give glory before death. Praise perisheth from the dead as nothing.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	27	Give thanks whilst thou art living, whilst thou art alive and in health thou shalt give thanks, and shalt praise God, and shalt glory in his mercies.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	28	How great is the mercy of the Lord, and his forgiveness to them that turn to him!
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	29	For all things cannot be in men, because the son of man is not immortal, and they are delighted with the vanity of evil.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	30	What is brighter than the sun; yet it shall be eclipsed. Or what is more wicked than that which flesh and blood hath invented? and this shall be reproved.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	17	31	He beholdeth the power of the height of heaven: and all men are earth and ashes.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	1	He that liveth for ever created all things together. God only shall be justified, and he remaineth an invincible king for ever.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	2	Who is able to declare his works?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	3	For who shall search out his glorious acts?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	4	And who shall shew forth the power of his majesty? or who shall be able to declare his mercy?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	5	Nothing may be taken away, nor added, neither is it possible to find out the glorious works of God:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	6	When a man hath done, then shall he begin: and when he leaveth off, he shall be at a loss.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	7	What is man, and what is his grace? and what is his good, or what is his evil?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	8	The number of the days of men at the most are a hundred years: as a drop of water of the sea are they esteemed: and as a pebble of the sand, so are a few years compared to eternity.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	9	Therefore God is patient in them, and poureth forth his mercy upon them.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	10	He hath seen the presumption of their heart that it is wicked, and hath known their end that it is evil.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	11	Therefore hath he filled up his mercy in their favour, and hath shewn them the way of justice.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	12	The compassion of man is toward his neighbour: but the mercy of God is upon all flesh.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	13	He hath mercy, and teacheth, and correcteth, as a shepherd doth his flock.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	14	He hath mercy on him that receiveth the discipline of mercy, and that maketh haste in his judgments.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	15	My son, in thy good deeds, make no complaint, and when thou givest any thing, add not grief by an evil word.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	16	Shall not the dew assuage the heat? so also the good word is better than the gift.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	17	Lo, is not a word better than a gift? but both are with a justified man.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	18	A fool will upbraid bitterly: and a gift of one ill taught consumeth the eyes.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	19	Before judgment prepare thee justice, and learn before thou speak.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	20	Before sickness take a medicine, and before judgment examine thyself, and thou shalt find mercy in the sight of God.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	21	Humble thyself before thou art sick, and in the time of sickness shew thy conversation.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	22	Let nothing hinder thee from praying always, and be not afraid to be justified even to death: for the reward of God continueth for ever.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	23	Before prayer prepare thy soul: and be not as a man that tempteth God.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	24	Remember the wrath that shall be at the last day, and the time of repaying when he shall turn away his face.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	25	Remember poverty in the time of abundance, and the necessities of poverty in the day of riches.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	26	From the morning until the evening the time shall be changed, and all these are swift in the eyes of God.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	27	A wise man will fear in every thing, and in the days of sins will beware of sloth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	28	Every man of understanding knoweth wisdom, and will give praise to him that findeth her.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	29	They that were of good understanding in words, have also done wisely themselves: and have understood truth and justice, and have poured forth proverbs and judgments.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	30	Go not after thy lusts, but turn away from thy own will.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	31	If thou give to thy soul her desires, she will make thee a joy to thy enemies.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	32	Take no pleasure in riotous assemblies, be they ever so small: for their concertation is continual.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	18	33	Make not thyself poor by borrowing to contribute to feasts when thou hast nothing in thy purse: for thou shalt be an enemy to thy own life.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	1	A workman that is a drunkard shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things, shall fall by little and little.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	2	Wine and women make wise men fall off, and shall rebuke the prudent.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	3	And he that joineth himself to harlots, will be wicked. Rottenness and worms shall inherit him, and he shall be lifted up for a greater example, and his soul shall be taken away out of the number.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	4	He that is hasty to give credit, is light of heart, and shall be lessened: and he that sinneth against his own soul, shall be despised.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	5	He that rejoiceth in iniquity, shall be censured, and he that hateth chastisement, shall have less life: and he that hateth babbling, extinguisheth evil.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	6	He that sinneth against his own soul, shall repent: and he that is delighted with wickedness, shall be condemned.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	7	Rehearse not again a wicked and harsh word, and thou shalt not fare the worse.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	8	Tell not thy mind to friend or foe: and if there be a sin with thee, disclose it not.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	9	For he will hearken to thee, and will watch thee, and as it were defending thy sin he will hate thee, and so will he be with thee always.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	10	Hast thou heard a word against thy neighbour? let it die within thee, trusting that it will not burst thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	11	At the hearing of a word the fool is in travail, as a woman groaning in the bringing forth a child.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	12	As an arrow that sticketh in a man's thigh: so is a word in the heart of a fool.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	13	Reprove a friend, lest he may not have understood, and say: I did it not: or if he did it, that he may do it no more.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	14	Reprove thy neighbour, for it may be he hath not said it: and if he hath said it, that he may not say it again.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	15	Admonish thy friend: for there is often a fault committed.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	16	And believe not every word. There is one, that slippeth with the tongue, but not from his heart.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	17	For who is there that hath not offended with his tongue? Admonish thy neighbour before thou threaten him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	18	And give place to the fear of the most High: for the fear of God is all wisdom, and therein is to fear God, and the disposition of the law is in all wisdom.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	19	But the learning of wickedness is not wisdom: and the device of sinners is not prudence.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	20	There is a subtle wickedness, and the same is detestable: and there is a man that is foolish, wanting in wisdom.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	21	Better is a man that hath less wisdom, and wanteth understanding, with the fear of God, than he that aboundeth in understanding, and transgresseth the law of the most High.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	22	There is an exquisite subtilty, and the same is unjust.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	23	And there is one that uttereth an exact word telling the truth. There is one that humbleth himself wickedly, and his interior is full of deceit:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	24	And there is one that submitteth himself exceedingly with a great lowliness: and there is one that casteth down his countenance, and maketh as if he did not see that which is unknown:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	25	And if he be hindered from sinning for want of power, if he shall find opportunity to do evil, he will do it.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	26	A man is known by his look, and a wise man, when thou meetest him, is known by his countenance.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	27	The attire of the body, and the laughter of the teeth, and the gait of the man, shew what he is.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	19	28	There is a lying rebuke in the anger of an injurious man: and there is a judgment that is not allowed to be good: and there is one that holdeth his peace, he is wise.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	1	How much better is it to reprove, than to be angry, and not to hinder him that confesseth in prayer.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	2	The lust of an eunuch shall devour a young maiden:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	3	So is he that by violence executeth unjust judgment.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	4	How good is it, when thou art reproved, to shew repentance! for so thou shalt escape wilful sin.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	5	There is one that holdeth his peace, that is found wise: and there is another that is hateful, that is bold in speech.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	6	There is one that holdeth his peace, because he knoweth not what to say: and there is another that holdeth his peace, knowing the proper time.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	7	A wise man will hold his peace till he see opportunity: but a babbler, and a fool, will regard no time.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	8	He that useth many words shall hurt his own soul: and he that taketh authority to himself unjustly shall be hated.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	9	There is success in evil things to a man without discipline, and there is a finding that turneth to loss.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	10	There is a gift that is not profitable: and there is a gift, the recompense of which is double.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	11	There is an abasement because of glory: and there is one that shall lift up his head from a low estate.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	12	There is that buyeth much for a small price, and restoreth the same sevenfold.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	13	A man wise in words shall make himself beloved: but the graces of fools shall be poured out.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	14	The gift of the fool shall do thee no good: for his eyes are sevenfold.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	15	He will give a few things, and upbraid much: and the opening of his mouth is the kindling of a fire.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	16	Today a man lendeth, and tomorrow he asketh it again: such a man as this is hateful.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	17	A fool shall have no friend, and there shall be no thanks for his good deeds.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	18	For they that eat his bread, are of a false tongue. How often, and how many will laugh him to scorn!
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	19	For he doth not distribute with right understanding that which was to be had: in like manner also that which was not to be had.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	20	The slipping of a false tongue is as one that falleth on the pavement: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	21	A man without grace is as a vain fable, it shall be continually in the mouth of the unwise.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	22	A parable coming out of a fool's mouth shall be rejected: for he doth not speak it in due season.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	23	There is that is hindered from sinning through want, and in his rest he shall be pricked.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	24	There is that will destroy his own soul through shamefacedness, and by occasion of an unwise person he will destroy it: and by respect of person he will destroy himself.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	25	There is that for bashfulness promiseth to his friend, and maketh him his enemy for nothing.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	26	A lie is a foul blot in a man, and yet it will be continually in the mouth of men without discipline.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	27	A thief is better than a man that is always lying: but both of them shall inherit destruction.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	28	The manners of lying men are without honour: and their confusion is with them without ceasing.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	29	A wise man shall advance himself with his words, and a prudent man shall please the great ones.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	30	He that tilleth his land shall make a high heap of corn: and he that worketh justice shall be exalted: and he that pleaseth great men shall escape iniquity.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	31	Presents and gifts blind the eyes of judges, and make them dumb in the mouth, so that they cannot correct.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	32	Wisdom that is hid, and treasure that is not seen: what profit is there in them both?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	20	33	Better is he that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	1	My son, hast thou sinned? do so no more: but for thy former sins also pray that they may be forgiven thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	2	Flee from sins as from the face of a serpent: for if thou comest near them, they will take hold of thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	3	The teeth thereof are the teeth of a lion, killing the souls of men.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	4	All iniquity is like a two-edged sword, there is no remedy for the wound thereof.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	5	Injuries and wrongs will waste riches: and the house that is very rich shall be brought to nothing by pride: so the substance of the proud shall be rooted out.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	6	The prayer out of the mouth of the poor shall reach the ears of God, and judgment shall come for him speedily.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	7	He that hateth to be reproved walketh in the trace of a sinner: and he that feareth God will turn to his own heart.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	8	He that is mighty by a bold tongue is known afar off, but a wise man knoweth to slip by him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	9	He that buildeth his house at other men's charges, is as he that gathereth himself stones to build in the winter.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	10	The congregation of sinners is like tow heaped together, and the end of them is a flame of fire.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	11	The way of sinners is made plain with stones, and in their end is hell, and darkness, and pains.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	12	He that keepeth justice shall get the understanding thereof.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	13	The perfection of the fear of God is wisdom and understanding.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	14	He that is not wise in good, will not be taught.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	15	But there is a wisdom that aboundeth in evil: and there is no understanding where there is bitterness.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	16	The knowledge of a wise man shall abound like a flood, and his counsel continueth like a fountain of life.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	17	The heart of a fool is like a broken vessel, and no wisdom at all shall it hold.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	18	A man of sense will praise every wise word he shall hear, and will apply it to himself: the luxurious man hath heard it, and it shall displease him, and he will cast it behind his back.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	19	The talking of a fool is like a burden in the way: but in the lips of the wise, grace shall be found.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	20	The mouth of the prudent is sought after in the church, and they will think upon his words in their hearts.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	21	As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool: and the knowledge of the unwise is as words without sense.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	22	Doctrine to a fool is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	23	A fool lifteth up his voice in laughter: but a wise man will scarce laugh low to himself.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	24	Learning to the prudent is as an ornament of gold, and like a bracelet upon his right arm.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	25	The foot of a fool is soon in his neighbour's house: but a man of experience will be abashed at the person of the mighty.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	26	A fool will peep through the window into the house: but he that is well taught will stand without.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	27	It is the folly of a man to hearken at the door: and a wise man will be grieved with the disgrace.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	28	The lips of the unwise will be telling foolish things but the words of the wise shall be weighed in a balance.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	29	The heart of fools is in their mouth: and the mouth of wise men is in their heart.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	30	While the ungodly curseth the devil, he curseth his own soul.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	21	31	The talebearer shall defile his own soul, and shall be hated by all: and he that shall abide with him shall be hateful: the silent and wise man shall be honoured.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	1	The sluggard is pelted with a dirty stone, and all men will speak of his disgrace.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	2	The sluggard is pelted with the dung of oxen: and every one that toucheth him will shake his hands.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	3	A son ill taught is the confusion of the father: and a foolish daughter shall be to his loss.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	4	A wise daughter shall bring an inheritance to her husband: but she that confoundeth, becometh a disgrace to her father.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	5	She that is bold shameth both her father and husband, and will not be inferior to the ungodly: and shall be disgraced by them both.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	6	A tale out of time is like music in mourning: but the stripes and instruction of wisdom are never out of time.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	7	He that teacheth a fool, is like one that glueth a potsherd together.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	8	He that telleth a word to him that heareth not, is like one that waketh a man out of a deep sleep.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	9	He speaketh with one that is asleep, who uttereth wisdom to a fool: and in the end of the discourse he saith: Who is this?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	10	Weep for the dead, for his light hath failed: and weep for the fool, for his understanding faileth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	11	Weep but a little for the dead, for he is at rest.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	12	For the wicked life of a wicked fool is worse than death.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	13	The mourning for the dead is seven days: but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of their life.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	14	Talk not much with a fool, and go not with him that hath no sense.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	15	Keep thyself from him, that thou mayst not have trouble, and thou shalt not be defiled with his sin.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	16	Turn away from him, and thou shalt find rest, and shalt not be wearied out with his folly.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	17	What is heavier than lead? and what other name hath he but fool?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	18	Sand and salt, and a mass of iron is easier to bear, than a man without sense, that is both foolish and wicked.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	19	A frame of wood bound together in the foundation of a building, shall not be loosed: so neither shall the heart that is established by advised counsel.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	20	The thought of him that is wise at all times, shall not be depraved by fear.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	21	As pales set in high places, and plasterings made without cost, will not stand against the face of the wind:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	22	So also a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool shall not resist against the violence of fear.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	23	As a fearful heart in the thought of a fool at all times will not fear, so neither shall he that continueth always in the commandments of God.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	24	He that pricketh the eye, bringeth out tears: and he that pricketh the heart, bringeth forth resentment.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	25	He that flingeth a stone at birds, shall drive them away: so he that upbraideth his friend, breaketh friendship.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	26	Although thou hast drawn a sword at a friend, despair not: for there may be a returning. To a friend,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	27	If thou hast opened a sad mouth, fear not, for there may be a reconciliation: except upbraiding, and reproach, and pride, and disclosing of secrets, or a treacherous wound: for in all these cases a friend will flee away.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	28	Keep fidelity with a friend in his poverty, that in his prosperity also thou mayst rejoice.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	29	In the time of his trouble continue faithful to him, that thou mayst also be heir with him in his inheritance.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	30	As the vapour of a chimney, and the smoke of the fire goeth up before the fire: so also injurious words, and reproaches, and threats, before blood.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	31	I will not be ashamed to salute a friend, neither will I hide myself from his face: and if any evil happen to me by him, I will bear it.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	32	But every one that shall hear it, will beware of him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	22	33	Who will set a guard before my mouth, and a sure seal upon my lips, that I fall not by them, and that my tongue destroy me not?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	1	O Lord, father, and sovereign ruler of my life, leave me not to their counsel: nor suffer me to fall by them.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	2	Who will set scourges over my thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom over my heart, that they spare me not in their ignorances, and that their sins may not appear:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	3	Lest my ignorance increase, and my offences be multiplied, and my sins abound, and I fall before my adversaries, and my enemy rejoice over me?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	4	O Lord, father, and God of my life, leave me not to their devices.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	5	Give me not haughtiness of my eyes, and turn away from me all coveting.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	6	Take from me the greediness of the belly, and let not the lusts of the flesh take hold of me, and give me not over to a shameless and foolish mind.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	7	Hear, O ye children, the discipline of the mouth: and he that will keep it shall not perish by his lips, nor be brought to fall into most wicked works.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	8	A sinner is caught in his own vanity, and the proud and the evil speakers shall fall thereby.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	9	Let not thy mouth be accustomed to swearing: for in it there are many falls.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	10	And let not the naming of God be usual in thy mouth, and meddle not with the names of saints, for thou shalt not escape free from them.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	11	For as a slave daily put to the question, is never without a blue mark: so every one that sweareth, and nameth, shall not be wholly pure from sin.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	12	A man that sweareth much, shall be filled with iniquity, and a scourge shall not depart from his house.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	13	And if he make it void, his sin shall be upon him: and if he dissemble it, he offendeth double:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	14	And if he swear in vain, he shall not be justified: for his house shall be filled with his punishment.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	15	There is also another speech opposite to death, let it not be found in the inheritance of Jacob.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	16	For from the merciful all these things shall be taken away, and they shall not wallow in sins.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	17	Let not thy mouth be accustomed to indiscreet speech: for therein is the word of sin.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	18	Remember thy father and thy mother, for thou sittest in the midst of great men:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	19	Lest God forget thee in their sight, and thou, by thy daily custom, be infatuated and suffer reproach: and wish that thou hadst not been born, and curse the day of thy nativity.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	20	The man that is accustomed to opprobrious words, will never be corrected all the days of his life.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	21	Two sorts of men multiply sins, and the third bringeth wrath and destruction.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	22	A hot soul is a burning fire, it will never be quenched, till it devour some thing.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	23	And a man that is wicked in the mouth of his flesh, will not leave off till he hath kindled a fire.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	24	To a man that is a fornicator all bread is sweet, he will not be weary of sinning unto the end.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	25	Every man that passeth beyond his own bed, despising his own soul, and saying: Who seeth me?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	26	Darkness compasseth me about, and the walls cover me, and no man seeth me: whom do I fear? the most High will not remember my sins.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	27	And he understandeth not that his eye seeth all things, for such a man's fear driveth from him the fear of God, and the eyes of men fearing him:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	28	And he knoweth not that the eyes of the Lord are far brighter than the sun, beholding round about all the ways of men, and the bottom of the deep, and looking into the hearts of men, into the most hidden parts.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	29	For all things were known to the Lord God, before they were created: so also after they were perfected he beholdeth all things.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	30	This man shall be punished in the streets of the city, and he shall be chased as a colt: and where he suspected not, he shall be taken.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	31	And he shall be in disgrace with all men, because he understood not the fear of the Lord.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	32	So every woman also that leaveth her husband, and bringeth in an heir by another:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	33	For first she hath been unfaithful to the law of the most High: and secondly, she hath offended against her husband: thirdly, she hath fornicated in adultery, and hath gotten her children of another man.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	34	This woman shall be brought into the assembly, and inquisition shall be made of her children.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	35	Her children shall not take root, and her branches shall bring forth no fruit.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	36	She shall leave her memory to be cursed, and her infamy shall not be blotted out.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	37	And they that remain shall know. that there is nothing better than the fear of God: and that there is nothing sweeter than to have regard to the commandments of the Lord.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	23	38	It is great glory to follow the Lord for length of days shall be received from him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	1	Wisdom shall praise her own self, and shall be honoured in God, and shall glory in the midst of her people,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	2	And shall open her mouth in the churches of the most High, and shall glorify herself in the sight of his power,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	3	And in the midst of her own people she shall be exalted, and shall be admired in the holy assembly.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	4	And in the multitude of the elect she shall have praise, and among the blessed she shall be blessed, saying:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	5	I came out of the mouth of the most High, the firstborn before all creatures:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	6	I made that in the heavens there should rise light that never faileth, and as a cloud I covered all the earth:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	7	I dwelt in the highest places, and my throne is in a pillar of a cloud.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	8	I alone have compassed the circuit of heaven, and have penetrated into the bottom of the deep, and have walked in the waves of the sea,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	9	And have stood in all the earth: and in every people,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	10	And in every nation I have had the chief rule:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	11	And by my power I have trodden under my feet the hearts of all the high and low: and in all these I sought rest, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lord.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	12	Then the creator of all things commanded, and said to me: and he that made me, rested in my tabernacle,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	13	And he said to me: Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel, and take root in my elect.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	14	From the beginning, and before the world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	15	And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	16	And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of my God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	17	I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree on mount Sion.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	18	I was exalted like a palm tree in Cades, and as a rose plant in Jericho:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	19	As a fair olive tree in the plains, and as a plane tree by the water in the streets, was I exalted.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	20	I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon. and aromatical balm: I yielded a sweet odour like the best myrrh:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	21	And I perfumed my dwelling as storax, and galbanum, and onyx, and aloes, and as the frankincense not cut, and my odour is as the purest balm.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	22	I have stretched out my branches as the turpentine tree, and my branches are of honour and grace.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	23	As the vine I have brought forth a pleasant odour: and my flowers are the fruit of honour and riches.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	24	I am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	25	In me is all grace of the way and of the truth, in me is all hope of life and of virtue.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	26	Come over to me, all ye that desire me, and be filled with my fruits.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	27	For my spirit is sweet above honey, and my inheritance above honey and the honeycomb.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	28	My memory is unto everlasting generations.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	29	They that eat me, shall yet hunger: and they that drink me, shall yet thirst.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	30	He that hearkeneth to me, shall not be confounded: and they that work by me, shall not sin.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	31	They that explain me shall have life everlasting.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	32	All these things are the book of life, and the covenant of the most High, and the knowledge of truth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	33	Moses commanded a law in the precepts of justices, and an inheritance to the house of Jacob, and the promises to Israel.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	34	He appointed to David his servant to raise up of him a most mighty king, and sitting on the throne of glory for ever.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	35	Who filleth up wisdom as the Phison, and as the Tigris in the days of the new fruits.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	36	Who maketh understanding to abound as the Euphrates, who multiplieth it as the Jordan in the time of harvest.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	37	Who sendeth knowledge as the light, and riseth up as Gehon in the time of the vintage.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	38	Who first hath perfect knowledge of her, and a weaker shall not search her out.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	39	For her thoughts are more vast than the sea, and her counsels more deep than the great ocean.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	40	I, wisdom, have poured out rivers.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	41	I, like a brook out of a river of a mighty water; I, like a channel of a river. and like an aqueduct, came out of paradise.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	42	I said: I will water my garden of plants, and I will water abundantly the fruits of my meadow.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	43	And behold my brook became a great river, and my river came near to a sea:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	44	For I make doctrine to shine forth to all as the morning light, and I will declare it afar off.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	45	I will penetrate to all the lower parts of the earth, and will behold all that sleep, and will enlighten all that hope in the Lord.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	46	I will yet pour out doctrine as prophecy, and will leave it to them that seek wisdom, and will not cease to instruct their offspring even to the holy age.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	24	47	See ye that I have not laboured for myself only, but for all that seek out the truth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	1	With three things my spirit is pleased, which are approved before God and men:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	2	The concord of brethren, and the love of neighbours, and man and wife that agree well together.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	3	Three sorts my soul hateth, and I am greatly grieved at their life:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	4	A poor man that is proud: a rich man that is a liar: an old man that is a fool, and doting.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	5	The things that thou hast not gathered in thy youth, how shalt thou find them in thy old age?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	6	O how comely is judgment for a grey head, and for ancients to know counsel!
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	7	O how comely is wisdom for the aged, and understanding and counsel to men of honour!
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	8	Much experience is the crown of old men, and the fear of God is their glory.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	9	Nine things that are not to be imagined by the heart have I magnified, and the tenth I will utter to men with my tongue.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	10	A man that hath joy of his children: and he that liveth and seeth the fall of his enemies.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	11	Blessed is he. that dwelleth with a wise woman, and that hath not slipped with his tongue, and that hath not served such as are unworthy of him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	12	Blessed is he that findeth a true friend, and that declareth justice to an ear that heareth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	13	How great is he that findeth wisdom and knowledge! but there is none above him that feareth the Lord.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	14	The fear of God hath set itself above all things:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	15	Blessed is the man, to whom it is given to have the fear of God: he that holdeth it, to whom shall he be likened?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	16	The fear of God is the beginning of his love: and the beginning of faith is to be fast joined unto it.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	17	The sadness of the heart is every plague: and the wickedness of a woman is all evil.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	18	And a man will choose any plague, but the plague of the heart:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	19	And any wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	20	And any affliction, but the affliction from them that hate him:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	21	And any revenge, but the revenge of enemies.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	22	There is no head worse than the head of a serpent:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	23	And there is no anger above the anger of a woman. It will be more agreeable to abide with a lion and a dragon, than to dwell with a wicked woman.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	24	The wickedness of a woman changeth her face: and she darkeneth her countenance as a bear: and sheweth it like sackcloth. In the midst of her neighbours,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	25	Her husband groaned, and hearing he sighed a little.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	26	All malice is short to the malice of a woman, let the lot of sinners fall upon her.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	27	As the climbing of a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of tongue to a quiet man.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	28	Look not upon a woman's beauty, and desire not a woman for beauty.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	29	A woman's anger, and impudence, and confusion is great.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	30	A woman, if she have superiority, is contrary to her husband.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	31	A wicked woman abateth the courage, and maketh a heavy countenance, and a wounded heart.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	32	Feeble hands, and disjointed knees, a woman that doth not make her husband happy.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	33	From the woman came the beginning of sin, and by her we all die.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	34	Give no issue to thy water, no, not a little: nor to a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	35	If she walk not at thy hand, she will confound thee in the sight of thy enemies.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	25	36	Cut her off from thy flesh, lest she always abuse thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	1	Happy is the husband of a good wife: for the number of his years is double.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	2	A virtuous woman rejoiceth her husband: and shall fulfill the years of his life in peace.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	3	A good wife is a good portion, she shall be given in the portion of them that fear God, to a man for his good deeds.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	4	Rich or poor, if his heart is good, his countenance shall be cheerful at all times.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	5	Of three things my heart hath been afraid, and at the fourth my face hath trembled:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	6	The accusation of a city, and the gathering together of the people:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	7	And a false calumny, all are more grievous than death.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	8	A jealous woman is the grief and mourning of the heart.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	9	With a jealous woman is a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	10	As a yoke of oxen that is moved to and fro, so also is a wicked woman: he that hath hold of her, is as he that taketh hold of a scorpion.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	11	A drunken woman is a great wrath: and her reproach and shame shall not be hid.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	12	The fornication of a woman shall be known by the haughtiness of her eyes, and by her eyelids.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	13	On a daughter that turneth not away herself, set a strict watch: lest finding an opportunity she abuse herself.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	14	Take heed of the impudence of her eyes, and wonder not if she slight thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	15	She will open her mouth as a thirsty traveller to the fountain, and will drink of every water near her, and will sit down by every hedge, and open her quiver against every arrow, until she fail.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	16	The grace of a diligent woman shall delight her husband, and shall fat his bones.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	17	Her discipline is the gift of God.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	18	Such is a wise and silent woman, and there is nothing so much worth as a well instructed soul.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	19	A holy and shamefaced woman is grace upon grace.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	20	And no price is worthy of a continent soul.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	21	As the sun when it riseth to the world in the high places of God, so is the beauty of a good wife for the ornament of her house.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	22	As the lamp shining upon the holy candlestick, so is the beauty of the face in a ripe age.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	23	As golden pillars upon bases of silver, so are the firm feet upon the soles of a steady woman.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	24	As everlasting foundations upon a solid rock, so the commandments of God In the heart of a holy woman.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	25	At two things my heart is grieved, and the third bringeth anger upon me:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	26	A man of war fainting through poverty: and a man of sense despised:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	27	And he that passeth over from justice to sin, God hath prepared such an one for the sword.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	26	28	Two sorts of callings have appeared to me hard and dangerous: a merchant is hardly free from negligence: and a huckster shall not be justified from the sins of the lips.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	1	Through poverty many have sinned: and he that seeketh to be enriched, turneth away his eye.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	2	As a stake sticketh fast in the midst of the joining of stones, so also in the midst of selling and buying, sin shall stick fast.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	3	Sin shall be destroyed with the sinner.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	4	Unless thou hold thyself diligently in the fear of the Lord, thy house shall quickly be overthrown.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	5	As when one sifteth with a sieve, the dust will remain: so will the perplexity of a man in his thoughts.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	6	The furnace trieth the potter's vessels, and the trial of affliction just men.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	7	As the dressing of a tree sheweth the fruit thereof, so a word out of the thought of the heart of man.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	8	Praise not a man before he speaketh, for this is the trial of men.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	9	If thou followest justice, thou shalt obtain her: and shalt put her on as a long robe of honour, and thou shalt dwell with her: and she shall protect thee for ever, and in the day of acknowledgment thou shalt find a strong foundation.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	10	Birds resort unto their like: so truth will return to them that practise her.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	11	The lion always lieth in wait for prey: so do sins for them that work iniquities.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	12	A holy man continueth in wisdom as the sun: but a fool is changed as the moon.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	13	In the midst of the unwise keep in the word till its time: but be continually among men that think.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	14	The discourse of sinners is hateful, and their laughter is at the pleasures of sin.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	15	The speech that sweareth much shall make the hair of the head stand upright: and its irreverence shall make one stop his ears.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	16	In the quarrels of the proud is the shedding of blood: and their cursing is a grievous hearing.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	17	He that discloseth the secret of a friend loseth his credit, and shall never find a friend to his mind.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	18	Love thy neighbour, and be joined to him with fidelity.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	19	But if thou discover his secrets, follow no more after him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	20	For as a man that destroyeth his friend, so also is he that destroyeth the friendship of his neighbour.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	21	And as one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and thou shalt not get him again.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	22	Follow after him no more, for he is gone afar off, he is fled, as a roe escaped out of the snare: because his soul is wounded.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	23	Thou canst no more bind him up. And of a curse there is reconciliation:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	24	But to disclose the secrets of a friend, leaveth no hope to an unhappy soul.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	25	He that winketh with the eye forgeth wicked things, and no man will cast him off:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	26	In the sight of thy eyes he will sweeten his mouth, and will admire thy words: but at the last he will writhe his mouth, and on thy words he will lay a stumblingblock.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	27	I have hated many things, but not like him, and the Lord will hate him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	28	If one cast a stone on high, it will fall upon his own head: and the deceitful stroke will wound the deceitful.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	29	He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that setteth a stone for his neighbour, shall stumble upon it: and he that layeth a snare for another, shall perish in it.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	30	A mischievous counsel shall be rolled back upon the author, and he shall not know from whence it cometh to him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	31	Mockery and reproach are of the proud, and vengeance as a lion shall lie in wait for him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	32	They shall perish in a snare that are delighted with the fall of the just: and sorrow shall consume them before they die.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	27	33	Anger and fury are both of them abominable, and the sinful man shall be subject to them.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	1	He that seeketh to revenge himself, shall find vengeance from the Lord, and he will surely keep his sins in remembrance.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	2	Forgive thy neighbour if he hath hurt thee: and then shall thy sins be forgiven to thee when thou prayest.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	3	Man to man reserveth anger, and doth he seek remedy of God?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	4	He hath no mercy on a man like himself, and doth he entreat for his own sins?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	5	He that is but flesh, nourisheth anger, and doth he ask forgiveness of God? who shall obtain pardon for his sins?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	6	Remember thy last things, and let enmity cease:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	7	For corruption and death hang over in his commandments.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	8	Remember the fear of God, and be not angry with thy neighbour.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	9	Remember the covenant of the most High, and overlook the ignorance of thy neighbour.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	10	Refrain from strife, and thou shalt diminish thy sins:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	11	For a passionate man kindleth strife, and a sinful man will trouble his friends, and bring in debate in the midst of them that are at peace.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	12	For as the wood of the forest is, so the fire burneth: and as a man's strength is, so shall his anger be, and according to his riches he shall increase his anger.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	13	A hasty contention kindleth a fire: and a hasty quarrel sheddeth blood: and a tongue that beareth witness bringeth death.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	14	If thou blow the spark, it shall burn as a fire: and if thou spit upon it, it shall be quenched: both come out of the mouth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	15	The whisperer and the double tongued is accursed: for he hath troubled many that were at peace.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	16	The tongue of a third person hath disquieted many, and scattered them from nation to nation.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	17	It hath destroyed the strong cities of the rich, and hath overthrown the houses of great men.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	18	It hath cut in pieces the forces of people, and undone strong nations.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	19	The tongue of a third person hath cast out valiant women, and deprived them of their labours.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	20	He that hearkeneth to it, shall never have rest, neither shall he have a friend in whom he may repose.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	21	The stroke of a whip maketh a blue mark: but the stroke of the tongue will break the bones.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	22	Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but not so many as have perished by their own tongue.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	23	Blessed is he that is defended from a wicked tongue, that hath not passed into the wrath thereof, and that hath not drawn the yoke thereof, and hath not been bound in its bands.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	24	For its yoke is a yoke of iron: and its bands are bands of brass.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	25	The death thereof is a most evil death: and hell is preferable to it.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	26	Its continuance shall not be for a long time, but it shall possess the ways of the unjust: and the just shall not be burnt with its flame.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	27	They that forsake God shall fall into it, and it shall burn in them, and shall not be quenched, and it shall be sent upon them as a lion, and as a leopard it shall tear them.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	28	Hedge in thy ears with thorns, hear not a wicked tongue, and make doors and bars to thy mouth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	29	Melt down thy gold and silver, and make a balance for thy words, and a just bridle for thy mouth:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	28	30	And take heed lest thou slip with thy tongue, and fall in the sight of thy enemies who lie in wait for thee, and thy fall be incurable unto death.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	1	He that sheweth mercy, lendeth to his neighbour: and he that is stronger in hand, keepeth the commandments.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	2	Lend to thy neighbour in the time of his need, and pay thou thy neighbour again in due time.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	3	Reap thy word, and deal faithfully with him: and thou shalt always find that which is necessary for thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	4	Many have looked upon a thing lent as a thing found, and have given trouble to them that helped them.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	5	Till they receive, they kiss the hands of the lender, and in promises they humble their voice:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	6	But when they should repay, they will ask time, and will return tedious and murmuring words, and will complain of the time:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	7	And if he be able to pay, he will stand off, he will scarce pay one half, and will count it as if he had found it:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	8	But if not, he will defraud him of his money, and he shall get him for an enemy without cause:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	9	And he will pay him with reproaches and curses, and instead of honour and good turn will repay him injuries.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	10	Many have refused to lend, not out of wickedness, but they were afraid to be defrauded without cause.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	11	But yet towards the poor be thou more hearty, and delay not to shew him mercy.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	12	Help the poor because of the commandment: and send him not away empty handed because of his poverty.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	13	Lose thy money for thy brother and thy friend: and hide it not under a stone to be lost.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	14	Place thy treasure in the commandments of the most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	15	Shut up alms in the heart of the poor, and it shall obtain help for thee against all evil.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	16	Better than the shield of the mighty, and better than the spear:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	17	It shall fight for thee against thy enemy.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	18	A good man is surety for his neighbour: and he that hath lost shame, will leave him to himself.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	19	Forget not the kindness of thy surety: for he hath given his life for thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	20	The sinner and the unclean fleeth from his surety.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	21	A sinner attributeth to himself the goods of his surety: and he that is of an unthankful mind will leave him that delivered him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	22	A man is surety for his neighbour: and when he hath lost all shame, he shall forsake him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	23	Evil suretyship hath undone many of good estate, and hath tossed them as a wave of the sea.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	24	It hath made powerful men to go from place to place round about, and they have wandered in strange countries.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	25	A sinner that transgresseth the commandment of the Lord, shall fall into an evil suretyship: and he that undertaketh many things, shall fall into judgment.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	26	Recover thy neighbour according to thy power, and take heed to thyself that thou fall not.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	27	The chief thing for man's life is water and bread, and clothing, and a house to cover shame.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	28	Better is the poor man's fare under a roof of boards, than sumptuous cheer abroad in another man's house.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	29	Be contented with little instead of much, and thou shalt not hear the reproach of going abroad.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	30	It is a miserable life to go as a guest from house to house: for where a man is a stranger, he shall not deal confidently, nor open his mouth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	31	He shall entertain and feed, and give drink to the unthankful, and moreover he shall hear bitter words.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	32	Go, stranger, and furnish the table, and give others to eat what thou hast in thy hand.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	33	Give place to the honourable presence of my friends: for I want my house, my brother being to be lodged with me.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	29	34	These things are grievous to a man of understanding: the upbraiding of houseroom, and the reproaching of the lender.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	1	He that loveth his son, frequently chastiseth him, that he may rejoice in his latter end, and not grope after the doors of his neighbours.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	2	He that instructeth his son shall be praised in him, and shall glory in him in the midst of them of his household.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	3	He that teacheth his son, maketh his enemy jealous, and in the midst of his friends he shall glory in him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	4	His father is dead, and he is as if he were not dead: for he hath left one behind him that is like himself.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	5	While he lived he saw and rejoiced in him: and when he died he was not sorrowful, neither was he confounded before his enemies.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	6	For he left behind him a defender of his house against his enemies, and one that will requite kindness to his friends.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	7	For the souls of his sons he shall bind up his wounds, and at every cry his bowels shall be troubled.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	8	A horse not broken becometh stubborn, and a child left to himself will become headstrong.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	9	Give thy son his way, and he shall make thee afraid: play with him, and he shall make thee sorrowful.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	10	Laugh not with him, lest thou have sorrow, and at the last thy teeth be set on edge.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	11	Give him not liberty in his youth, and wink not at his devices.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	12	Bow down his neck while he is young, and beat his sides while he is a child, lest he grow stubborn, and regard thee not, and so be a sorrow of heart to thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	13	Instruct thy son, and labour about him, lest his lewd behaviour be an offence to thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	14	Better is a poor man who is sound, and strong of constitution, than a rich man who is weak and afflicted with evils.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	15	Health of the soul in holiness of justice, is better then all gold and silver: and a sound body, than immense revenues.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	16	There is no riches above the riches of the health of the body: and there is no pleasure above the joy of the heart.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	17	Better is death than a bitter life: and everlasting rest, than continual sickness.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	18	Good things that are hidden in a mouth that is shut, are as masses of meat set about a grave.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	19	What good shall an offering do to an idol? for it can neither eat, nor smell:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	20	So is he that is persecuted by the Lord, bearing the reward of his iniquity:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	21	He seeth with his eyes, and groaneth, as an eunuch embracing a virgin, and sighing.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	22	Give not up thy soul to sadness, and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	23	The joyfulness of the heart, is the life of a man, and a never failing treasure of holiness: and the joy of a man is length of life.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	24	Have pity on thy own soul, pleasing God, and contain thyself: gather up thy heart in his holiness: and drive away sadness far from thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	25	For sadness hath killed many, and there is no profit in it.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	26	Envy and anger shorten a man's days, and pensiveness will bring old age before the time.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	30	27	A cheerful and good heart is always feasting: for his banquets are prepared with diligence.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	1	Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the thought thereof driveth away sleep.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	2	The thinking beforehand turneth away the understanding, and a grievous sickness maketh the soul sober.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	3	The rich man hath laboured in gathering riches together, and when he resteth he shall be filled with his goods.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	4	The poor man hath laboured in his low way of life, and in the end he is still poor.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	5	He that loveth gold, shall not be justified: and he that followeth after corruption, shall be filled with it.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	6	Many have been brought to fall for gold, and the beauty thereof hath been their ruin.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	7	Gold is a stumblingblock to them that sacrifice to it: woe to them that eagerly follow after it, and every fool shall perish by it.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	8	Blessed is the rich man that is found without blemish: and that hath not gone after gold, nor put his trust in money nor in treasures.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	9	Who is he, and we will praise him? for he hath done wonderful things in his life.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	10	Who hath been tried thereby, and made perfect, he shall have glory everlasting. He that could have transgressed, and hath not transgressed: and could do evil things, and hath not done them:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	11	Therefore are his goods established in the Lord, and all the church of the saints shall declare his alms.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	12	Art thou set at a great table? be not the first to open thy mouth upon it.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	13	Say not: There are many things which are upon it.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	14	Remember that a wicked eye is evil.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	15	What is created more wicked than an eye? therefore shall it weep over all the face when it shall see.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	16	Stretch not out thy hand first, lest being disgraced with envy thou be put to confusion.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	17	Be not hasty in a feast.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	18	Judge of the disposition of thy neighbour by thyself.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	19	Use as a frugal man the things that are set before thee: lest if thou eatest much, thou be hated.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	20	Leave off first, for manners' sake: and exceed not, lest thou offend.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	21	And if thou sittest among many, reach not thy hand out first of all: and be not the first to ask for drink.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	22	How sufficient is a little wine for a man well taught, and in sleeping thou shalt not be uneasy with it, and thou shalt feel no pain.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	23	Watching, and choler, and gripes, are with an intemperate man:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	24	Sound and wholesome sleep with a moderate man: he shall sleep till morning, and his soul shall be delighted with him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	25	And if thou hast been forced to eat much, arise, go out, and vomit: and it shall refresh thee, and thou shalt not bring sickness upon thy body.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	26	Hear me, my son, and despise me not: and in the end thou shalt find my words.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	27	In all thy works be quick, and no infirmity shall come to thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	28	The lips of many shall bless him that is liberal of his bread, and the testimony of his truth is faithful.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	29	Against him that is niggardly of his bread, the city will murmur, and the testimony of his niggardliness is true.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	30	Challenge not them that love wine: for wine hath destroyed very many.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	31	Fire trieth hard iron: so wine drunk to excess shall rebuke the hearts of the proud.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	32	Wine taken with sobriety is equal life to men: if thou drink it moderately, thou shalt be sober.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	33	What is his life, who is diminished with wine?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	34	What taketh away life? death.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	35	Wine was created from the beginning to make men joyful, and not to make them drunk.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	36	Wine drunken with moderation is the joy of the soul and the heart.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	37	Sober drinking is health to soul and body.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	38	Wine drunken with excess raiseth quarrels; and wrath, and many ruins.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	39	Wine drunken with excess is bitterness of the soul.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	40	The heat of drunkenness is the stumblingblock of the fool, lessening strength and causing wounds.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	41	Rebuke not thy neighbour in a banquet of wine: and despise him not in his mirth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	31	42	Speak not to him words of reproach: and press him not in demanding again.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	1	Have they made thee ruler? be not lifted up: be among them as one of them.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	2	Have care of them, and so sit down, and when thou hast acquitted thyself of all thy charge, take thy place:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	3	That thou mayst rejoice for them, and receive a crown as an ornament of grace, and get the honour of the contribution.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	4	Speak, thou that art elder: for it becometh thee,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	5	To speak the first word with care knowledge, and hinder not music.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	6	Where there is no hearing, pour not out words, and be not lifted up out season with thy wisdom.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	7	A concert of music in a banquet wine is as a carbuncle set in gold.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	8	As a signet of an emerald in a work of gold: so is the melody of music with pleasant and moderate wine.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	9	Hear in silence, and for thy reverence good grace shall come to thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	10	Young man, scarcely speak in thy own cause.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	11	If thou be asked twice, let thy answer be short.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	12	In many things be as if thou wert ignorant, and hear in silence and withal seeking.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	13	In the company of great men bake not upon thee: and when the ancients are present, speak not much.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	14	Before a storm goeth lightning: and before shamefacedness goeth favour: and for thy reverence good grace shall come to thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	15	And at the time of rising be not slack: but be first to run home to thy house, and there withdraw thyself, and there take thy pastime.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	16	And do what thou hast a mind, but not in sin or proud speech.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	17	And for all these things bless the Lord, that made thee, and that replenisheth thee with all his good things.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	18	He that feareth the Lord, will receive his discipline: and they that will seek him early, shall find a blessing.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	19	He that seeketh the law, shall be filled with it: and he that dealeth deceitfully, shall meet with a stumblingblock therein.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	20	They that fear the Lord, shall find just judgment, and shall kindle justice as a light.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	21	A sinful man will flee reproof, and will find an excuse according to his will.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	22	A man of counsel will not neglect understanding, a strange and proud man will not dread fear:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	23	Even after he hath done with fear without counsel, he shall be controlled by the things of his own seeking.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	24	My son, do thou nothing without counsel, and thou shalt not repent when thou hast done.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	25	Go not in the way of ruin, and thou shalt not stumble against the stones; trust not thyself to a rugged way, lest thou set a stumblingblock to thy soul.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	26	And beware of thy own children, and take heed of them of thy household.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	27	In every work of thine regard thy soul in faith: for this is the keeping of the commandments.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	32	28	He that believeth God, taketh heed to the commandments: and he that trusteth in him, shall fare never the worse.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	1	No evils shall happen to him that feareth the Lord, but in temptation God will keep him, and deliver him from evils.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	2	A wise man hateth not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	3	A man of understanding is faithful to the law of God, and the law is faithful to him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	4	He that cleareth up a question, shall prepare what to say, and so having prayed he shall be heard, and shall keep discipline, and then he shall answer.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	5	The heart of a fool is as a wheel of a cart: and his thoughts are like a rolling axletree.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	6	A friend that is a mocker, is like a stallion horse: he neigheth under every one that sitteth upon him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	7	Why doth one day excel another, and one light another, and one year another year, when all come of the sun?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	8	By the knowledge of the Lord they were distinguished, the sun being made, and keeping his commandment.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	9	And he ordered the seasons, and holidays of them, and in them they celebrated festivals at an hour.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	10	Some of them God made high and great days, and some of them he put in the number of ordinary days. And all men are from the ground, and out of the earth, from whence Adam was created.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	11	With much knowledge the Lord hath divided them and diversified their ways.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	12	Some of them hath he blessed, and exalted: and some of them hath he sanctified, and set near himself: and some of them hath he cursed and brought low, and turned them from their station.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	13	As the potter's clay is in his hand, to fashion and order it:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	14	All his ways are according to his ordering: so man is in the hand of him that made him, and he will render to him according to his judgment.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	15	Good is set against evil, and life against death: so also is the sinner against a just man. And so look upon all the works of the most High. Two and two, and one against another.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	16	And I awaked last of all, and as one that gathereth after the grapegatherers.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	17	In the blessing of God I also have hoped: and as one that gathereth grapes, have I filled the winepress.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	18	See that I have not laboured for myself only, but for all that seek discipline.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	19	Hear me, ye great men, and all ye people, and hearken with your ears, ye rulers of the church.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	20	Give not to son or wife, brother or friend, power over thee while thou livest; and give not thy estate to another, lest then repent, and thou entreat for the same.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	21	As long as thou livest, and hast breath in thee, let no man change thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	22	For it is better that thy children should ask of thee, than that thou look toward the hands of thy children.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	23	In all thy works keep the pre-eminence.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	24	Let no stain sully thy glory. In the time when thou shalt end the days of thy life, and in the time of thy decease, distribute thy inheritance.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	25	Fodder, and a wand, and a burden are for an ass: bread, and correction, and work for a slave.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	26	He worketh under correction, and seeketh to rest: let his hands be idle, and he seeketh liberty.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	27	The yoke and the thong bend a stiff neck, and continual labours bow a slave.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	28	Torture and fetters are for a malicious slave: send him to work, that he be not idle:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	29	For idleness hath taught much evil.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	30	Set him to work: for so it is fit for him. And if he be not obedient, bring him down with fetters, but be not excessive towards any one: and do no grievous thing without judgment.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	31	If thou have a faithful servant, let him be to thee as thy own soul: treat him as a brother: because in the blood of thy soul thou hast gotten him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	32	If thou hurt him unjustly, he will run away:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	33	33	And if he rise up and depart, thou knowest not whom to ask, and in what way to seek him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	1	The hopes of a man that is void of understanding are vain and deceitful: and dreams lift up fools.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	2	The man that giveth heed to lying visions, is like to him that catcheth at a shadow, and followeth after the wind.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	3	The vision of dreams is the resemblance of one thing to another: as when a man's likeness is before the face of a man.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	4	What can be made clean by the unclean? and what truth can come from that which is false?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	5	Deceitful divinations and lying omens and the dreams of evildoers, are vanity:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	6	And the heart fancieth as that of a woman in travail: except it be a vision sent forth from the most High, set no thy heart upon them.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	7	For dreams have deceived many, and they have failed that put their trust in them.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	8	The word of the law shall be fulfilled without a lie, and wisdom shall be made plain in the mouth of the faithful.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	9	What doth he know, that hath not been tried? A man that hath much experience, shall think of many things: and he that hath learned many things, shall shew forth understanding.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	10	He that hath no experience, knoweth little: and he that hath been experienced in many things, multiplieth prudence.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	11	He that hath not been tried, what manner of things doth he know? he that hath been surprised, shall abound with subtlety.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	12	I have seen many things by travelling, and many customs of things.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	13	Sometimes I have been in danger of death for these things, and I have been delivered by the grace of God.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	14	The spirit of those that fear God; is sought after, and by his regard shall be blessed.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	15	For their hope is on him that saveth them, and the eyes of God are upon them that love him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	16	He that feareth the Lord shall tremble at nothing, and shall not be afraid for he is his hope.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	17	The soul of him that feareth the Lord is blessed.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	18	To whom doth he look, and who in his strength?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	19	The eyes of the Lord are upon them that fear him, he is their powerful protector, and strong stay, a defence from the heat, and a cover from the sun at noon,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	20	A preservation from stumbling, and a help from falling; he raiseth up the soul, and enlighteneth the eyes, and giveth health, and life, and blessing.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	21	The offering of him that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, is stained, and the mockeries of the unjust are not acceptable.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	22	The Lord is only for them that wait upon him in the way of truth and justice.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	23	The most High approveth not the gifts of the wicked: neither hath he respect to the oblations of the unjust, nor will he be pacified for sins by the multitude of their sacrifices.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	24	He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor, is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presence of his father.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	25	The bread of the needy, is the life of the poor: he that defraudeth them thereof, is a man of blood.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	26	He that taketh away the bread gotten by sweat, is like him that killeth his neighbour.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	27	He that sheddeth blood, and he that defraudeth the labourer of his hire, are brothers.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	28	When one buildeth up, and another pulleth down: what profit have they but the labour?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	29	When one prayeth, and another curseth: whose voice will God hear?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	30	He that washeth himself after touching the dead, if he toucheth him again, what doth his washing avail?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	34	31	So a man that fasteth for his sins, and doth the same again, what doth his humbling himself profit him? who will hear his prayer?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	1	He that keepeth the law, multiplieth offerings.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	2	It is a wholesome sacrifice to take heed to the commandments, and to depart from all iniquity.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	3	And to depart from injustice, is to offer a propitiatory sacrifice for injustices, and a begging of pardon for sins.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	4	He shall return thanks, that offereth fine flour: and he that doth mercy, offereth sacrifice.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	5	To depart from iniquity is that which pleaseth the Lord, and to depart from injustice, is an entreaty for sins.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	6	Thou shalt not appear empty in the sight of the Lord.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	7	For all these things are to be done because of the commandment of God.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	8	The oblation of the just maketh the altar fat, and is an odour of sweetness in the sight of the most High.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	9	The sacrifice of the just is acceptable, and the Lord will not forget the memorial thereof.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	10	Give glory to God with a good heart: and diminish not the firstfruits of thy hands.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	11	In every gift shew a cheerful countenance, and sanctify thy tithes with joy.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	12	Give to the most High according to what he hath given to thee, and with a good eye do according to the ability of thy hands:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	13	For the Lord maketh recompense, and will give thee seven times as much.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	14	Do not offer wicked gifts, for such he will not receive.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	15	And look not upon an unjust sacrifice, for the Lord is judge, and there is not with him respect of person.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	16	The Lord will not accept any person against a poor man, and he will hear the prayer of him that is wronged.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	17	He will not despise the prayers of the fatherless; nor the widow, when she poureth out her complaint.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	18	Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	19	For from the cheek they go up even to heaven, and the Lord that heareth will not be delighted with them.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	20	He that adoreth God with joy, shall be accepted, and his prayer shall approach even to the clouds.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	21	The prayer of him that humbleth himself, shall pierce the clouds: and till it come nigh he will not be comforted: and he will not depart till the most High behold.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	22	And the Lord will not be slack, but will judge for the just, and will do judgment: and the Almighty will not have patience with them, that he may crush their back:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	23	And he will repay vengeance to the Gentiles, till he have taken away the multitude of the proud, and broken the sceptres of the unjust,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	24	Till he have rendered to men according to their deeds: and according to the works of Adam, and according to his presumption,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	25	Till he have judged the cause of his people, and he shall delight the just with his mercy.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	35	26	The mercy of God is beautiful in the time of affliction, as a cloud of rain in the time of drought.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	1	Have mercy upon us, O God of all, and behold us, and shew us the light of thy mercies:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	2	And send thy fear upon the nations, that have not sought after thee: that they may know that there is no God beside thee, and that they may shew forth thy wonders.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	3	Lift up thy hand over the strange nations, that they may see thy power.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	4	For as thou hast been sanctified in us in their sight, so thou shalt be magnified among them in our presence,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	5	That they may know thee, as we also have known thee, that there is no God beside thee, O Lord.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	6	Renew thy signs, and work new miracles.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	7	Glorify thy hand, and thy right arm.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	8	Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	9	Take away the adversary, and crush the enemy.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	10	Hasten the time, and remember the end, that they may declare thy wonderful works.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	11	Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire: and let them perish that oppress thy people.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	12	Crush the head of the princes of the enemies that say: There is no other beside us.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	13	Gather together all the tribes of Jacob: that they may know that there is no God besides thee, and may declare thy great works: and thou shalt inherit them as from the beginning.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	14	Have mercy on thy people, upon whom thy name is invoked: and upon Israel, whom thou hast raised up to be thy firstborn.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	15	Have mercy on Jerusalem, the city which thou hast sanctified, the city of thy rest.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	16	Fill Sion with thy unspeakable words, and thy people with thy glory.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	17	Give testimony to them that are thy creatures from the beginning, and raise up the prophecies which the former prophets spoke in thy name.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	18	Reward them that patiently wait for thee, that thy prophets may be found faithful: and hear the prayers of thy servants,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	19	According to the blessing of Aaron over thy people, and direct us into the way of justice, and let all know that dwell upon the earth, that thou art God the beholder of all ages.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	20	The belly will devour all meat, yet one is better than another.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	21	The palate tasteth venison and the wise heart false speeches.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	22	A perverse heart will cause grief, and a man of experience will resist it.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	23	A woman will receive every man: yet one daughter is better than another.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	24	The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance of her husband, and a man desireth nothing more.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	25	If she have a tongue that can cure, and likewise mitigate and shew mercy: her husband is not like other men.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	26	He that possesseth a good wife, beginneth a possession: she is a help like to himself, and a pillar of rest.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	27	Where there is no hedge, the possession shall be spoiled: and where there is no wife, he mourneth that is in want.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	36	28	Who will trust him that hath no rest, and that lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him, as a robber well appointed, that skippeth from city to city.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	1	Every friend will say: I also am his friend: but there is a friend, that is only a friend in name. Is not this a grief even to death?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	2	But a companion and a friend shall be turned to an enemy.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	3	O wicked presumption, whence camest thou to cover the earth with thy malice, and deceitfulness?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	4	There is a companion who rejoiceth with his friend in his joys, but in the time of trouble, he will be against him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	5	There is a companion who condoleth with his friend for his belly's sake, and he will take up a shield against enemy.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	6	Forget not thy friend in thy mind, and be not unmindful of him in thy riches.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	7	Consult not with him that layeth a snare for thee, and hide thy counsel from them that envy thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	8	Every counsellor giveth out counsel, but there is one that is a counsellor for himself.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	9	Beware of a counsellor. And know before what need he hath: for he will devise to his own mind:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	10	Lest he thrust a stake into the ground, and say to thee:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	11	Thy way is good; and then stand on the other side to see what shall befall thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	12	Treat not with a man without religion concerning holiness, nor with an unjust man concerning justice, nor with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous, nor with a coward concerning war, nor with a merchant about traffic, nor with a buyer of selling, nor with an envious man of giving thanks,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	13	Nor with the ungodly of piety, nor with the dishonest of honesty, nor with the held labourer of every work,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	14	Nor with him that worketh by the year of the finishing of the year, nor with an idle servant of much business: give no heed to these in any matter of counsel.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	15	But be continually with a holy man, whomsoever thou shalt know to observe the fear of God,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	16	Whose soul is according to thy own soul: and who, when thou shalt stumble in the dark, will be sorry for thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	17	And establish within thyself a heart of good counsel: for there is no other thing of more worth to thee than it.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	18	The soul of a holy man discovereth sometimes true things, more than seven watchmen that sit in a high piece to watch.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	19	But above all these things pray to the most High, that he may direct thy way in truth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	20	In all thy works let the true word go before thee, and steady counsel before every action.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	21	A wicked word shall change the beast: out of which four manner of things arise, good and evil, life and death: and the tongue is continually the ruler of them. There is a man that is subtle and a teacher of many, and yet is unprofitable to his own soul.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	22	A skillful man hath taught many, and is sweet to his own soul.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	23	He that speaketh sophistically, is hateful: he shall be destitute of every thing.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	24	Grace is not given him from the Lord: for he is deprived of all wisdom.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	25	There is a wise man that is wise to his own soul: and the fruit of his understanding is commendable.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	26	A wise man instructeth his own people, and the fruits of his understanding are faithful.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	27	A wise man shall be filled with blessings, and they that see shall praise him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	28	The life of a man is in the number of his days: but the days of Israel are innumerable.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	29	A wise man shall inherit honour among his people, and his name shall live for ever.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	30	My son, prove thy soul in thy life: and if it be wicked, give it no power:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	31	For all things are not expedient for all, and every kind pleaseth not every soul.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	32	Be not greedy in any feasting, and pour not out thyself upon any meat:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	33	For in many meats there will be sickness, and greediness will turn to choler.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	37	34	By surfeiting many have perished: but he that is temperate, shall prolong life.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	1	Honour the physician for the need thou hast of him: for the most High hath created him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	2	For all healing is from God, and he shall receive gifts of the king.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	3	The skill of the physician shall lift up his head, and in the sight of great men he shall be praised.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	4	The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	5	Was not bitter water made sweet with wood?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	6	The virtue of these things is come to the knowledge of men, and the most High hath given knowledge to men, that he may be honoured in his wonders.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	7	By these he shall cure and shall allay their pains, and of these the apothecary shall make sweet confections, and shall make up ointments of health, and of his works there shall be no end.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	8	For the peace of God is over all the face of the earth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	9	My son, in thy sickness neglect not thyself, but pray to the Lord, and he shall heal thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	10	Turn away from sin and order thy hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all offence.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	11	Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour, and make a fat offering, and then give place to the physician.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	12	For the Lord created him: and let him not depart from thee, for his works are necessary.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	13	For there is a time when thou must fall into their hands:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	14	And they shall beseech the Lord, that he would prosper what they give for ease and remedy, for their conversation.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	15	He that sinneth in the sight of his Maker, shall fall into the hands of the physician.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	16	My son, shed tears over the dead, and begin to lament as if thou hadst suffered some great harm, and according to judgment cover his body, and neglect not his burial.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	17	And for fear of being ill spoken of weep bitterly for a, day, and then comfort thyself in thy sadness.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	18	And make mourning for him according to his merit for a day, or two, for fear of detraction.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	19	For of sadness cometh death, and it overwhelmeth the strength, and the sorrow of the heart boweth down the neck.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	20	In withdrawing aside sorrow remaineth: and the substance of the poor is according to his heart.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	21	Give not up thy heart to sadness, but drive it from thee: and remember the latter end.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	22	Forget it not: for there is no returning, and thou shalt do him no good, and shalt hurt thyself.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	23	Remember my judgment: for also shall be so: yesterday for me, and today for thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	24	When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest, and comfort him in the departing of his spirit.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	25	The wisdom of a scribe cometh by his time of leisure: and he that is less in action, shall receive wisdom.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	26	With what wisdom shall he be furnished that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth the oxen therewith, and is occupied in their labours, and his whole talk is about the offspring of bulls?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	27	He shall give his mind to turn up furrows, and his care is to give the kine fodder.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	28	So every craftsman and workmaster that laboureth night and day, he who maketh graven seals, and by his continual diligence varieth the figure: he shall give his mind to the resemblance of the picture, and by his watching shall finish the work.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	29	So doth the smith sitting by the anvil and considering the iron work. The vapour of the fire wasteth his flesh, and he fighteth with the heat of the furnace.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	30	The noise of the hammer is always in his ears, and his eye is upon the pattern of the vessel he maketh.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	31	He setteth his mind to finish his work, and his watching to polish them, to perfection.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	32	So doth the potter sitting at his work, turning the wheel about with his feet, who is always carefully set to his work, and maketh all his work by number:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	33	He fashioneth the clay with his arm, and boweth down his strength before his feet:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	34	He shall give his mind to finish the glazing, and his watching to make clean the furnace.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	35	All these trust to their hands, and every one is wise in his own art.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	36	Without these a city is not built.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	37	And they shall not dwell, nor walk about therein, and they shall not go up into the assembly.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	38	Upon the judges' seat they shall not sit, and the ordinance of judgment they shall not understand, neither shall they declare discipline and judgment, and they shall not be found where parables are spoken:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	38	39	But they shall strengthen the state of the world, and their prayer shall be in the work of their craft, applying their soul, and searching in the law of the most High.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	1	The wise men will seek out the wisdom of all the ancients, and will be occupied in the prophets.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	2	He will keep the sayings of renowned men, and will enter withal into the subtilties of parables.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	3	He will search out the hidden meanings of proverbs, and will be conversant in the secrets of parables.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	4	He shall serve among great men, and: appear before the governor.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	5	He shall pass into strange countries: for he shall try good and evil among men.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	6	He will give his heart to resort early to the Lord that made him, and he will pray in the sight of the most High.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	7	He will open his mouth in prayer, and will make supplication for his sins.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	8	For if it shall please the great Lord, he will fill him with the spirit of understanding:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	9	And he will pour forth the words of his wisdom as showers, and in his prayer he will confess to the Lord.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	10	And he shall direct his counsel, and his knowledge, and in his secrets shall he meditate.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	11	He shall shew forth the discipline he hath learned, and shall glory in the law of the covenant of the Lord.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	12	Many shall praise his wisdom, and it shall never be forgotten.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	13	The memory of him shall not depart away, and his name shall be in request from generation to generation.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	14	Nations shall declare his wisdom, and the church shall shew forth his praise.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	15	If he continue, he shall leave a name above a thousand: and if he rest, it shall be to his advantage.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	16	I will yet meditate that I may declare: for I am filled as with a holy transport.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	17	By a voice he saith: Hear me, ye divine offspring, and bud forth as the rose planted by the brooks of waters.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	18	Give ye a sweet odour as frankincense.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	19	Send forth flowers, as the lily, and yield a smell, and bring forth leaves in grace, and praise with canticles, and bless the Lord in his works.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	20	Magnify his name, and give glory to him with the voice of your lips, and with the canticles of your mouths, and with harps, and in praising him, you shall say in this manner:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	21	All the works of the Lord are exceeding good.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	22	At his word the waters stood as a heap: and at the words of his mouth the receptacles of waters:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	23	For at his commandment favour is shewn, and there is no diminishing of his salvation.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	24	The works of all flesh are before him, and there is nothing hid from his eyes.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	25	He seeth from eternity to eternity, and there is nothing wonderful before him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	26	There is no saying: What is this, or what is that? for all things shall be sought in their time.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	27	His blessing hath overflowed like a river.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	28	And as a flood hath watered the earth; so shall his wrath inherit the nations, that have not sought after him:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	29	Even as he turned the waters into a dry land, and the earth was made dry: and his ways were made plain for their journey: so to sinners they are stumblingblocks in his wrath.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	30	Good things were created for the good from the beginning, so for the wicked, good and evil things.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	31	The principal things necessary for the life of men, are water, fire, and iron, salt, milk, and bread of flour, and honey, and the cluster of the grape, and oil, and clothing.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	32	All these things shall be for good to the holy, so to the sinners and the ungodly they shall be turned into evil.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	33	There are spirits that are created for vengeance, and in their fury they lay on grievous torments.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	34	In the time of destruction they shall pour out their force: and they shall appease the wrath of him that made them.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	35	Fire, hail, famine, and death, all these were created for vengeance.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	36	The teeth of beasts, and scorpions, and serpents, and the sword taking vengeance upon the ungodly unto destruction.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	37	In his commandments they shall feast, and they shall be ready upon earth when need is, and when their time is come they shall not transgress his word.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	38	Therefore from the beginning I was resolved, and I have meditated, and thought on these things and left them in writing.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	39	All the works of the Lord are good, and he will furnish every work in due time.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	40	It is not to be said: This is worse than that: for all shall be well approved in their time.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	39	41	Now therefore with the whole heart and mouth praise ye him, and bless the name of the Lord.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	1	Great labour is created for all men, and a heavy yoke is upon the children of Adam, from the day of their coming out of their mother's womb, until the day of their burial into the mother of all.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	2	Their thoughts, and fears of the heart, their imagination of things to come, and the day of their end:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	3	From him that sitteth on a glorious throne, unto him that is humbled in earth and ashes:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	4	From him that weareth purple, and beareth the crown, even to him that is covered with rough linen: wrath, envy, trouble, unquietness, and the fear of death, continual anger, and strife,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	5	And in the time of rest upon his bed, the sleep of the night changeth his knowledge.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	6	A little and as nothing is his rest, and afterward in sleep, as in the day of keeping watch.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	7	He is troubled in the vision of his heart, as if he had escaped in the day of battle. In the time of his safety he rose up, and wondereth that there is no fear:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	8	Such things happen to all flesh, from man even to beast, and upon sinners are sevenfold more.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	9	Moreover, death, and bloodshed, strife, and sword, oppressions, famine, and affliction, and scourges:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	10	All these things are created for the wicked, and for their sakes came the flood.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	11	All things that are of the earth, shall return to the earth again, and all waters shall return to the sea.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	12	All bribery, and injustice shall blotted out, and fidelity shall stand for ever.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	13	The riches of the unjust shall be dried up like a river, and shall pass away with a noise like a great thunder in rain.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	14	While he openeth his hands he shall rejoice: but transgressors shall pine away in the end.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	15	The offspring of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches, and make a noise as unclean roots upon the top of a rock.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	16	The weed growing over every water, and at the bank of the river, shall be pulled up before all grass.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	17	Grace is like a paradise in blessings, and mercy remaineth for ever.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	18	The life of a labourer that is content with what he hath, shall be sweet, and in it thou shalt find a treasure.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	19	Children, and the building of a city shall establish a name, but a blameless wife shall be counted above them both.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	20	Wine and music rejoice the heart, but the love of wisdom is above them both.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	21	The flute and the psaltery make a sweet melody, but a pleasant tongue is above them both.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	22	Thy eye desireth favour and beauty, but more than these green sown fields.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	23	A friend and companion meeting together in season, but above them both is a wife with her husband.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	24	Brethren are a help in the time of trouble, but mercy shall deliver more than they.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	25	Gold and silver make the feet stand sure: but wise counsel is above them both.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	26	Riches and strength lift up the heart: but above these is the fear of the Lord.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	27	There is no want in the fear of the Lord, and it needeth not to seek for help.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	28	The fear of the Lord is like a paradise of blessing, and they have covered it above all glory.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	29	My son, in thy lifetime be not indigent: for it is better to die than to want.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	30	The life of him that looketh toward another man's table is not to be counted a life: for he feedeth his soul with another man's meat.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	31	But a man, well instructed and taught, will look to himself.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	40	32	Begging will be sweet in the mouth of the unwise, but in his belly there shall burn a fire.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	1	O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions!
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	2	To a man that is at rest, and whose ways are prosperous in all things, and that is yet able to take meat!
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	3	O death, thy sentence is welcome to the man that is in need, and to him whose strength faileth:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	4	Who is in a decrepit age, and that is in care about all things, and to the distrustful that loseth patience!
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	5	Fear not the sentence of death. Remember what things have been before thee, and what shall come after thee: this sentence is from the Lord upon all flesh.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	6	And what shall come upon thee by the good pleasure of the most High? Whether ten, or a hundred, or a thousand years.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	7	For among the dead there is no accusing of life.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	8	The children of sinners become children of abominations, and they that converse near the houses of the ungodly.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	9	The inheritance of the children of sinners shall perish, and with their posterity shall be a perpetual reproach.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	10	The children will complain of an ungodly father, because for his sake they are in reproach.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	11	Woe to you, ungodly men, who have forsaken the law of the most high Lord.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	12	And if you be born, you shall be born in malediction: and if you die, in malediction shall be your portion.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	13	All things that are of the earth, shall return into the earth: so the ungodly shall from malediction to destruction.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	14	The mourning of men is about their body, but the name of the ungodly shall be blotted out.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	15	Take care of a good name: for this shall continue with thee, more than a thousand treasures precious and great.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	16	A good life hath its number of days: but a good name shall continue for ever.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	17	My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is there in them both?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	18	Better is the man that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	19	Wherefore have a shame of these things I am now going to speak of.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	20	For it is not good to keep all shamefacedness: and all things do not please all men in opinion.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	21	Be ashamed of fornication before father and mother: and of a lie before a governor and a man in power:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	22	Of an offence before a prince, and a judge: of iniquity before a congregation and a people:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	23	Of injustice before a companion and friend: and in regard to the place where thou dwellest,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	24	Of theft, and of the truth of God, and the covenant: of leaning with thy elbow over meat, and of deceit in giving and taking:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	25	Of silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy face from thy kinsman.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	26	Turn not away thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	27	Gaze not upon another man's wife, and be not inquisitive after his handmaid, and approach not her bed.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	41	28	Be ashamed of upbraiding speeches before friends: and after thou hast given, upbraid not.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	1	Repeat not the word which thou hast heard, and disclose not the thing that is secret; so shalt thou be truly without confusion, and shall find favour before all men: be not ashamed of any of these things, and accept no person to sin thereby:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	2	Of the law of the most High, and of his covenant, and of judgment to justify the ungodly:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	3	Of the affair of companions and travellers, and of the gift of the inheritance of friends:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	4	Of exactness of balance and weights, of getting much or little:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	5	Of the corruption of buying, and of merchants, and of much correction of children, and to make the side of a wicked slave to bleed.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	6	Sure keeping is good over a wicked wife.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	7	Where there are many hands, shut up, and deliver all things in number, and weight: and put all in writing that thou givest out or receivest in.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	8	Be not ashamed to inform the unwise and foolish, and the aged, that are judged I by young men: and thou shalt be well instructed in all things, and well approved in the sight of all men living.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	9	The father waketh for the daughter when no man knoweth, and the care for her taketh away his sleep, when she is young, lest she pass away the flower of her age, and when she is married, lest she should be hateful:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	10	In her virginity, lest she should be corrupted, and be found with child in her father's house: and having a husband, lest she should misbehave herself, or at the least become barren.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	11	Keep a sure watch over a shameless daughter: lest at any time she make thee become a laughingstock to thy enemies, and a byword in the city, and a reproach among the people, and she make thee ashamed before all the multitude.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	12	Behold not everybody's beauty: and tarry not among women.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	13	For from garments cometh a moth, and from a woman the iniquity of a man.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	14	For better is the iniquity of a man, than a woman doing a good turn, and a woman bringing shame and reproach.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	15	I will now remember the works of the Lord, and I will declare the things I have seen. By the words of the Lord are his works.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	16	The sun giving light hath looked upon all things, and full of the glory of the Lord is his work.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	17	Hath not the Lord made the saints to declare all his wonderful works, which the Lord Almighty hath firmly settled to be established for his glory?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	18	He hath searched out the deep, and the heart of men: and considered their crafty devices.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	19	For the Lord knoweth all knowledge, and hath beheld the signs of the world, he declareth the things that are past, and the things that are to come, and revealeth the traces of hidden things.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	20	No thought escapeth him, and no word can hide itself from him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	21	He hath beautified the glorious works of his wisdom: and he Is from eternity to eternity, and to him nothing may be added,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	22	Nor can he be diminished, and he hath no need of any counsellor.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	23	O how desirable are all his works, and what we can know is but as a spark!
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	24	All these things live, and remain for ever, and for every use all things obey him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	25	All things are double, one against another, and he hath made nothing defective.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	42	26	He hath established the good things of every one. And who shall be filled with beholding his glory?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	1	The firmament on high is his beauty, the beauty of heaven with its glorious shew.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	2	The sun when he appeareth shewing forth at his rising, an admirable instrument, the work of the most High.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	3	At noon he burneth the earth, and who can abide his burning heat? As one keeping a furnace in the works of heat:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	4	The sun three times as much, burneth the mountains, breathing out fiery vapours, and shining with his beams, he blindeth the eyes.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	5	Great is the Lord that made him, and at his words he hath hastened his course.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	6	And the moon in all in her season, is for a declaration of times and a sign of the world.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	7	From the moon is the sign of the festival day, a light that decreaseth in her perfection.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	8	The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her perfection.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	9	Being an instrument of the armies on high, shining gloriously in the Armament of heaven.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	10	The glory of the stars is the beauty of heaven; the Lord enlighteneth the world on high.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	11	By the words of the holy one they shall stand in judgment, and shall never fail in their watches.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	12	Look upon the rainbow, and bless him that made it: it is very beautiful in its brightness.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	13	It encompasseth the heaven about with the circle of its glory, the hands of the most High have displayed it.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	14	By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, and sendeth forth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	15	Through this are the treasures opened, and the clouds fly out like birds.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	16	By his greatness he hath fixed the clouds, and the hailstones are broken.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	17	At his sight shall the mountains be shaken, and at his will the south wind shall blow.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	18	The noise of his thunder shall strike the earth, so doth the northern storm, and the whirlwind:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	19	And as the birds lighting upon the earth, he scattereth snow, and the falling thereof, is as the coming down of locusts.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	20	The eye admireth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the shower thereof.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	21	He shall pour frost as salt upon the earth: and when it freezeth, it shall become like the tops of thistles.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	22	The cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into crystal; upon every gathering together of waters it shall rest, and shall clothe the waters as a breastplate.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	23	And it shall devour the mountains, and burn the wilderness, and consume all that is green as with fire.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	24	A present remedy of all is the speedy coming of a cloud, and a dew that meeteth it, by the heat that cometh, shall overpower it.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	25	At his word the wind is still, and with his thought he appeaseth the deep, and the Lord hath planted islands therein.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	26	Let them that sail on the sea, tell the dangers thereof: and when we hear with our ears, we shall admire.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	27	There are great and wonderful works: a variety of beasts, and of all living things, and the monstrous creatures of whales.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	28	Through him is established the end of their journey, and by his word all things are regulated.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	29	We shall say much, and yet shall want words: but the sum of our words is, He is all.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	30	What shall we be able to do to glorify him? for the Almighty himself is above all his works.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	31	The Lord is terrible, and exceeding great, and his power is admirable.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	32	Glorify the Lord as much as ever you can, for he will yet far exceed, and his magnificence is wonderful.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	33	Blessing the Lord, exalt him as much as you can: for he is above all praise.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	34	When you exalt him put forth all your strength, and be not weary: for you can never go far enough.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	35	Who shall see him, and declare him? and who shall magnify him as he is from the beginning?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	36	There are many things hidden from us that are greater than these: for we have seen but a few of his works.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	43	37	But the Lord hath made all things, and to the godly he hath given wisdom.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	1	Let us now praise men of renown, and our fathers in their generation.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	2	The Lord hath wrought great glory through his magnificence from the beginning.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	3	Such as have borne rule in their dominions, men of great power, and endued with their wisdom, shewing forth in the prophets the dignity of prophets,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	4	And ruling over the present people, and by the strength of wisdom instructing the people in most holy words.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	5	Such as by their skill sought out musical tunes, and published canticles of the scriptures.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	6	Rich men in virtue, studying beautifulness: living at peace in their houses.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	7	All these have gained glory in their generations, and were praised in their days.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	8	They that were born of them have left a name behind them, that their praises might be related:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	9	And there are some, of whom there is no memorial: who are perished, as if they had never been: and are become as if they had never been born, and their children with them.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	10	But these were men of mercy, whose godly deeds have not failed:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	11	Good things continue with their seed,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	12	Their posterity are a holy inheritance, and their seed hath stood in the covenants.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	13	And their children for their sakes remain for ever: their seed and their glory shall not be forsaken.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	14	Their bodies are buried in peace, and their name liveth unto generation and generation.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	15	Let the people shew forth their wisdom, and the church declare their praise.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	16	Henoch pleased God, and was translated into paradise, that he may give repentance to the nations.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	17	Noe was found perfect, just, and in the time of wrath he was made a reconciliation.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	18	Therefore was there a remnant left to the earth, when the flood came.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	19	The covenants of the world were made with him, that all flesh should no more be destroyed with the flood.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	20	Abraham was the great father of a multitude of nations, and there was not found the like to him in glory, who kept the law of the most High, and was in covenant with him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	21	In his flesh he established the covenant, and in temptation he was found faithful.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	22	Therefore by an oath he gave him glory in his posterity, that he should increase as the dust of the earth,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	23	And that he would exalt his seed as the stars, and they should inherit from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	24	And he did in like manner with Isaac for the sake of Abraham his father.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	25	The Lord gave him the blessing of all nations, and confirmed his covenant upon the head of Jacob.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	26	He acknowledged him in his blessings, and gave him an inheritance, and divided him his portion in twelve tribes.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	44	27	And he preserved for him men of mercy, that found grace in the eyes of all flesh.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	1	Moses was beloved of God, and men: whose memory is in benediction.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	2	He made him like the saints in glory, and magnified him in the fear of his enemies, and with his words he made prodigies to cease.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	3	He glorified him in the sight of kings, and gave him commandments in the sight of his people, and shewed him his glory.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	4	He sanctified him in his faith, and meekness, and chose him out of all flesh.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	5	For he heard him, and his voice, and brought him into a cloud.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	6	And he gave him commandments before his face, and a law of life and instruction, that he might teach Jacob his covenant, and Israel his judgments.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	7	He exalted Aaron his brother, and like to himself of the tribe of Levi:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	8	He made an everlasting covenant with him, and gave him the priesthood of the nation, and made him blessed in glory,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	9	And he girded him about with a glorious girdle, and clothed him with a robe of glory, and crowned him with majestic attire.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	10	He put upon him a garment to the feet, and breeches, and as ephod, and he compassed him with many little bells of gold all round about,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	11	That as he went there might be a sound, and a noise made that might be heard in the temple, for a memorial to the children of his people.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	12	He gave him a holy robe of gold, and blue, and purple, a woven work of a wise man, endued with judgment and truth:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	13	Of twisted scarlet the work of an artist, with precious stones cut and set in gold, and graven by the work of a lapidary for a memorial, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	14	And a crown of gold upon his mitre wherein was engraved Holiness, an ornament of honour: a work of power, and delightful to the eyes for its beauty.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	15	Before him there were none so beautiful, even from the beginning.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	16	No stranger was ever clothed with them, but only his children alone, and his grandchildren for ever.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	17	His sacrifices were consumed with fire every day.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	18	Moses filled his hands and anointed him with holy oil.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	19	This was made to him for an everlasting testament, and to his seed as the days of heaven, to execute the office of the priesthood, and to have praise, and to glorify his people in his name.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	20	He chose him out of all men living, to offer sacrifice to God, incense, and a good savour, for a memorial to make reconciliation for his people:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	21	And he gave him power in his commandments, in the covenants of his judgments, that he should teach Jacob his testimonies, and give light to Israel in his law.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	22	And strangers stood up against him, and through envy the men that were with Dathan and Abiron, compassed him about in the wilderness, and the congregation of Core in their wrath.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	23	The Lord God saw and it pleased him not, and they were consumed in his wrathful indignation.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	24	He wrought wonders upon them, and consumed them with a flame of fire.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	25	And he added glory to Aaron, and gave him an inheritance, and divided unto him the firstfruits of the increase of the earth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	26	He prepared them bread in the first place unto fulness: for the sacrifices also of the Lord they shall eat, which he gave to him, and to his seed.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	27	But he shall not inherit among the people in the land, and he hath no portion among the people: for he himself is his portion and inheritance.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	28	Phinees the son of Eleazar is the third in glory, by imitating him in the fear of the Lord:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	29	And he stood up in the shameful fall of the people: in the goodness and readiness of his soul he appeased God for Israel.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	30	Therefore he made to him a covenant of peace, to be the prince of the sanctuary, and of his people, that the dignity of priesthood should be to him and to his seed for ever.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	45	31	And a covenant to David the king, the son of Jesse of the tribe of Juda, an inheritance to him and to his seed, that he might give wisdom into our heart to judge his people in justice, that their good things might not be abolished, and he made their glory in their nation everlasting.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	46	1	Valiant in war was Jesus the son of Nave, who was successor of Moses among the prophets, who was great according to his name,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	46	2	Very great for the saving the elect of God, to overthrow the enemies that rose up against them, that he might get the inheritance for Israel.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	46	3	How great glory did he gain when he lifted up his hands, and stretched out swords against the cities?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	46	4	Who before him hath so resisted? for the Lord himself brought the enemies.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	46	5	Was not the sun stopped in his anger, and one day made as two?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	46	6	He called upon the most high Sovereign when the enemies assaulted him on every side, and the great and holy God heard him by hailstones of exceeding great force.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	46	7	He made a violent assault against the nation of his enemies, and in the descent he destroyed the adversaries.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	46	8	That the nations might know his power, that it is not easy to fight against God. And he followed the mighty one:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	46	9	And in the days of Moses he did a work of mercy, he and Caleb the son of Jephone, in standing against the enemy, and withholding the people from sins, and appeasing the wicked murmuring.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	46	10	And they two being appointed, were delivered out of the danger from among the number of six hundred thousand men on foot, to bring them into their inheritance, into the land that floweth with milk and honey.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	46	11	And the Lord gave strength also to Caleb, and his strength continued even to his old age, so that he went up to the high places of the land, and his seed obtained it for an inheritance:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	46	12	That all the children of Israel might see, that it is good to obey the holy God.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	46	13	Then all the judges, every one by name, whose heart was not corrupted: who turned not away from the Lord,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	46	14	That their memory might be blessed, and their bones spring up out of their place,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	46	15	And their name continue for ever, the glory of the holy men remaining unto their children.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	46	16	Samuel the prophet of the Lord, the beloved of the Lord his God, established a new government, and anointed princes over his people.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	46	17	By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation, and the God of Jacob beheld, and by his fidelity he was proved a prophet.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	46	18	And he was known to be faithful in his words, because he saw the God of light:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	46	19	And called upon the name of the Lord Almighty, in fighting against the enemies who beset him on every side, when he offered a lamb without blemish.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	46	20	And the Lord thundered from heaven, and with a great noise made his voice to be heard.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	46	21	And he crushed the princes of the Tyrians, and all the lords of the Philistines:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	46	22	And before the time of the end of his life in the world, he protested before the Lord, and his anointed: money, or any thing else, even to a shoe, he had not taken of any man, and no man did accuse him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	46	23	And after this he slept, and he made known to the king, and shewed him the end of his life, and he lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy to blot out the wickedness of the nation.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	1	Then Nathan the prophet arose in the days of David.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	2	And as the fat taken away from the flesh, so was David chosen from among the children of Israel.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	3	He played with lions as with lambs: and with bears he did in like manner as with the lambs of the flock, in his youth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	4	Did not he kill the giant, and take away reproach from his people?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	5	In lifting up his hand, with the stone in the sling he beat down the boasting of Goliath:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	6	For he called upon the Lord the Almighty, and he gave strength in his right hand, to take away the mighty warrior, and to set up the horn of his nation.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	7	So in ten thousand did he glorify him, and praised him in the blessings of the Lord, in offering to him a crown of glory:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	8	For he destroyed the enemies on every side, and extirpated the Philistines the adversaries unto this day: he broke their horn for ever.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	9	In all his works he gave thanks to the holy one, and to the most High, with words of glory.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	10	With his whole heart he praised the Lord, and loved God that made him: and he gave him power against his enemies:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	11	And he set singers before the altar, and by their voices he made sweet melody.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	12	And to the festivals he added beauty, and set in order the solemn times even to the end of his life, that they should praise the holy name of the Lord, and magnify the holiness of God in the morning.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	13	The Lord took away his sins, and exalted his horn for ever: and he gave him a covenant of the kingdom, and a throne of glory in Israel.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	14	After him arose up a wise son, and for his sake he cast down all the power of the enemies.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	15	Solomon reigned in days of peace, and God brought all his enemies under him, that he might build a house in his name, and prepare a sanctuary for ever: O how wise wast thou in thy youth!
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	16	And thou wast filled as a river with wisdom, and thy soul covered the earth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	17	And thou didst multiply riddles in parables: thy name went abroad to the islands far off, and thou wast beloved in thy peace.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	18	The countries wondered at thee for thy canticles, and proverbs, and parables, and interpretations,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	19	And at the name of the Lord God, whose surname is, God of Israel.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	20	Thou didst gather gold as copper, and didst multiply silver as lead,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	21	And thou didst bow thyself to women: and by thy body thou wast brought under subjection.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	22	Thou hast stained thy glory, and defiled thy seed so as to bring wrath upon thy children, and to have thy folly kindled,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	23	That thou shouldst make the kingdom to be divided, and out of Ephraim a rebellious kingdom to rule.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	24	But God will not leave off his mercy, and he will not destroy, nor abolish his own works, neither will he out up by the roots the offspring of his elect: and he will not utterly take away the seed of him that loveth the Lord.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	25	Wherefore he gave a remnant to Jacob, and to David of the same stock.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	26	And Solomon had an end with his fathers.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	27	And he left behind him of his seed, the folly of the nation,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	28	Even Roboam that had little wisdom, who turned away the people through his counsel:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	29	And Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who caused Israel to sin, and shewed Ephraim the way of sin, and their sins were multiplied exceedingly.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	30	They removed them far away from their land.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	47	31	And they sought out all iniquities, till vengeance came upon them, and put an end to all their sins.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	1	And Elias the prophet stood up, as a fire, and his word burnt like a torch.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	2	He brought a famine upon them, and they that provoked him in their envy, were reduced to a small number, for they could not endure the commandments of the Lord.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	3	By the word of the Lord he shut up the heaven, and he brought down fire from heaven thrice.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	4	Thus was Elias magnified in his wondrous works. And who can glory like to thee?
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	5	Who raisedst up a dead man from below, from the lot of death, by the word of the Lord God.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	6	Who broughtest down kings to destruction, and brokest easily their power in pieces, and the glorious from their bed.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	7	Who heardest judgment in Sina, and in Horeb the judgments of vengeance.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	8	Who anointedst kings to penance, and madest prophets successors after thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	9	Who wast taken up in a whirlwind of fire, in a chariot of fiery horses.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	10	Who art registered in the judgments of times to appease the wrath of the Lord, to reconcile the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	11	Blessed are they that saw thee, and were honoured with thy friendship.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	12	For we live only in our life, but after death our name shall not be such.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	13	Elias was indeed covered with the whirlwind, and his spirit was filled up in Eliseus: in his days he feared not the prince, and no man was more powerful than he.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	14	No word could overcome him, and after death his body prophesied.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	15	In his life he did great wonders, and is death he wrought miracles.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	16	For all this the people repented not, neither did they depart from their sins till they were cast out of their land, and were scattered through all the earth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	17	And there was left but a small people, and a prince in the house of David.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	18	Some of these did that which pleased God: but others committed many sins.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	19	Ezechias fortified his city, and brought in water into the midst thereof, and he digged a rock with iron, and made a well for water.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	20	In his days Sennacherib came up, and sent Rabsaces, and lifted up his hand against them, and he stretched out his hand against Sion, and became proud through his power.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	21	Then their hearts and hands trembled, and they were in pain as women in travail.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	22	And they called upon the Lord who is merciful, and spreading their hands, they lifted them up to heaven: and the holy Lord God quickly heard their voice.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	23	He was not mindful of their sins, neither did he deliver them up to their enemies, but he purified them by the hand of Isaias, the holy prophet.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	24	He overthrew the army of the Assyrians, and the angel of the Lord destroyed them.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	25	For Ezechias did that which pleased God, and walked valiantly in the way of David his father, which Isaias, the great prophet, and faithful in the sight of God, had commanded him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	26	In his days the sun went backward, and he lengthened the king's life.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	27	With a great spirit he saw the things that are to come to pass at last, and comforted the mourners in Sion.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	48	28	He shewed what should come to pass for ever, and secret things before they came.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	49	1	The memory of Josias is like the composition of a sweet smell made by the art of a perfumer:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	49	2	His remembrance shall be sweet as honey in every mouth, and as music at a banquet of wine.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	49	3	He was directed by God unto the repentance of the nation, and he took away the abominations of wickedness.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	49	4	And he directed his heart towards the Lord, and in the days of sinners he strengthened godliness.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	49	5	Except David, and Ezechias, and Josias, all committed sin.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	49	6	For the kings of Juda forsook the law of the most High, and despised the fear of God.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	49	7	So they gave their kingdom to others, and their glory to a strange nation.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	49	8	They burnt the chosen city of holiness, and made the streets thereof desolate according to the prediction of Jeremias.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	49	9	For they treated him evil, who was consecrated a prophet from his mother's womb, to overthrow, and pluck up, and destroy, and to build again, and renew.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	49	10	It was Ezechiel that saw the glorious vision, which was shewn him upon the chariot of cherubims.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	49	11	For he made mention of the enemies under the figure of rain, and of doing good to them that shewed right ways.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	49	12	And may the bones of the twelve prophets spring up out of their place: for they strengthened Jacob, and redeemed themselves by strong faith.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	49	13	How shall we magnify Zorobabel? for he was as a signet on the right hand;
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	49	14	In like manner Jesus the son of Josedec? who in their days built the house, and set up a holy temple to the Lord, prepared for everlasting glory.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	49	15	And let Nehemias be a long time remembered, who raised up for us our walls that were cast down, and set up the gates and the bars, who rebuilt our houses.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	49	16	No man was born upon earth like Henoch: for he also was taken up from the earth.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	49	17	Nor as Joseph, who was a man born prince of his brethren, the support of his family, the ruler of his brethren, the stay of the people:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	49	18	And his bones were visited, and after death they prophesied.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	49	19	Seth and Sem obtained glory among men: and above every soul Adam in the beginning.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	1	Simon the high priest, the son of Onias, who in his life propped up the house, and in his days fortified the temple.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	2	By him also the height of the temple was founded, the double building and the high walls of the temple.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	3	In his days the wells of water flowed out, and they were filled as the sea above measure.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	4	He took care of his nation, and delivered it from destruction.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	5	He prevailed to enlarge the city, and obtained glory in his conversation with the people: and enlarged the entrance of the house and the court.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	6	He shone in his days as the morning star in the midst of a cloud, and as the moon at the full.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	7	And as the sun when it shineth, so did he shine in the temple of God.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	8	And as the rainbow giving light in the bright clouds, and as the flower of roses in the days of the spring, and as the lilies that are on the brink of the water, and as the sweet smelling frankincense in the time of summer.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	9	As a bright fire, and frankincense burning in the fire.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	10	As a massy vessel of gold, adorned with every precious stone.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	11	As an olive tree budding forth, and a cypress tree rearing itself on high, when he put on the robe of glory, and was clothed with the perfection of power.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	12	When he went up to the holy altar, he honoured the vesture of holiness.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	13	And when he took the portions out of the hands of the priests, he himself stood by the altar. And about him was the ring of his brethren: and as the cedar planted in mount Libanus,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	14	And as branches of palm trees, they stood round about him, and all the sons of Aaron in their glory.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	15	And the oblation of the Lord was in their hands, before all the congregation of Israel: and finishing his service, on the altar, to honour the offering of the most high King,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	16	He stretched forth his hand to make a libation, and offered of the blood of the grape.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	17	He poured out at the foot of the altar a divine odour to the most high Prince.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	18	Then the sons of Aaron shouted, they sounded with beaten trumpets, and made a great noise to be heard for a remembrance before God.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	19	Then all the people together made haste, and fell down to the earth upon their faces, to adore the Lord their God, and to pray to the Almighty God the most High.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	20	And the singers lifted up their voices. and in the great house the sound of sweet melody was increased.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	21	And the people in prayer besought the Lord the most High, until the worship of the Lord was perfected, and they had finished their office.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	22	Then coming down, he lifted up his hands over all the congregation of the children of Israel, to give glory to God with his lips, and to glory in his name:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	23	And he repeated his prayer, willing to shew the power of God.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	24	And now pray ye to the God of all, who hath done great things in all the earth, who hath increased our days from our mother's womb, and hath done with us according to his mercy.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	25	May he grant us joyfulness of heart, and that there be peace in our days in Israel for ever:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	26	That Israel may believe that the mercy of God is with us, to deliver us in his days.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	27	There are two nations which my soul abhorreth: and the third is no nation, which I hate:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	28	They that sit on mount Seir, and the Philistines, and the foolish people that dwell in Sichem.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	29	Jesus the son of Sirach, of Jerusalem, hath written in this book the doctrine of wisdom and instruction, who renewed wisdom from his heart.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	30	Blessed is he that is conversant in these good things: and he that layeth them up in his heart, shall be wise always.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	50	31	For if he do them, he shall be strong to do all things: because the light of God guideth his steps.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	1	A prayer of Jesus the son of Sirach. I will give glory to thee, O Lord, O King, and I will praise thee, O God my Saviour.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	2	I will give glory to thy name: for thou hast been a helper and protector to me.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	3	And hast preserved my body from destruction, from the snare of an unjust tongue, and from the lips of them that forge lies, and in the sight of them that stood by, thou hast been my helper.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	4	And thou hast delivered me, according to the multitude of the mercy of thy name, from them that did roar, prepared to devour.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	5	Out of the hands of them that sought my life, and from the gates of afflictions, which compassed me about:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	6	From the oppression of the flame which surrounded me, and in the midst of the fire I was not burnt.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	7	From the depth of the belly of hell, and from an unclean tongue, and from lying words, from an unjust king, and from a slanderous tongue:
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	8	My soul shall praise the Lord even to death.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	9	And my life was drawing near to hell beneath.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	10	They compassed me on every side, and there was no one that would help me. I looked for the succour of men, and there was none.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	11	I remembered thy mercy, O Lord, and thy works, which are from the beginning of the world.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	12	How thou deliverest them that wait for thee, O Lord, and savest them out of the hands of the nations.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	13	Thou hast exalted my dwelling place upon the earth and I have prayed for death to pass away.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	14	I called upon the Lord, the father of my Lord, that he would not leave me in the day of my trouble, and in the time of the proud without help.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	15	I will praise thy name continually, and will praise it with thanksgiving, and my prayer was heard.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	16	And thou hast saved me from destruction, and hast delivered me from the evil time.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	17	Therefore I will give thanks, and praise thee, and bless the name of the Lord.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	18	When I was yet young, before I wandered about, I sought for wisdom openly in my prayer.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	19	I prayed for her before the temple, and unto the very end I will seek after her, and she flourished as a grape soon ripe.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	20	My heart delighted in her, my foot walked in the right way, from my youth up I sought after her.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	21	I bowed down my ear a little, and received her.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	22	I found much wisdom in myself, and I profited much therein.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	23	To him that giveth me wisdom, will I give glory.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	24	For I have determined to follow her: I have had a zeal for good, and shall not be confounded.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	25	My soul hath wrestled for her, and in doing it I have been confirmed.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	26	I stretched forth my hands on high, and I bewailed my ignorance of her.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	27	I directed my soul to her, and in knowledge I found her.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	28	I possessed my heart with her from the beginning: therefore I shall not be forsaken.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	29	My entrails were troubled in seeking her: therefore shall I possess a good possession.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	30	The Lord hath given me a tongue for my reward: and with it I will praise him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	31	Draw near to me, ye unlearned, and gather yourselves together into the house of discipline.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	32	Why are ye slow? and what do you say of these things? your souls are exceeding thirsty.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	33	I have opened my mouth, and have spoken: buy her for yourselves without silver,
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	34	And submit your neck to the yoke, and let your soul receive discipline: for she is near at hand to be found.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	35	Behold with your eyes how I have laboured a little, and have found much rest to myself.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	36	Receive ye discipline as a great sum of money, and possess abundance of gold by her.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	37	Let your soul rejoice in his mercy, and you shall not be confounded in his praise.
+Ecclesiasticus	Ecclus	26	51	38	Work your work before the time, and he will give you your reward in his time.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	1	The vision of Isaias the son of Amos, which he saw concerning Juda and Jerusalem in the days of Ozias, Joathan, Achaz, and Ezechias, kings of Juda.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	2	Hear, O ye heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the Lord hath spoken. I have brought up children, and exalted them: but they have despised me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	3	The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	4	Woe to the sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a wicked seed, ungracious children: they have forsaken the Lord, they have blasphemed the Holy One of Israel, they are gone away backwards.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	5	For what shall I strike you any more, you that increase transgression? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart is sad.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	6	From the sole of the foot unto the top of the head, there is no soundness therein: wounds and bruises and swelling sores: they are not bound up, nor dressed, nor fomented with oil.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	7	Your land is desolate, your cities are burnt with fire: your country strangers devour before your face, and it shall be desolate as when wasted by enemies.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	8	And the daughter of Sion shall be left as a covert in a vineyard, and as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, and as a city that is laid waste.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	9	Except the Lord of hosts had left us seed, we had been as Sodom, and we should have been like to Gomorrha.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	10	Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom, give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrha.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	11	To what purpose do you offer me the multitude of your victims, saith the Lord? I am full, I desire not holocausts of rams, and fat of fatlings, and blood of calves, and lambs, and buck goats.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	12	When you came to appear before me, who required these things at your hands, that you should walk in my courts?
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	13	Offer sacrifice no more in vain: incense is an abomination to me. The new moons, and the sabbaths, and other festivals I will not abide, your assemblies are wicked.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	14	My soul hateth your new moons, and your solemnities: they are become troublesome to me, I am weary of bearing them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	15	And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	16	Wash yourselves, be clean, take away the evil of your devices from my eyes: cease to do perversely,
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	17	Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	18	And then come, and accuse me, saith the Lord: if your sins be as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow: and if they be red as crimson, they shall be white as wool.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	19	If you be willing, and will hearken to me, you shall eat the good things of the land.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	20	But if you will not, and will provoke me to wrath: the sword shall devour you because the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	21	How is the faithful city, that was full of judgment, become a harlot? justice dwelt in it, but now murderers.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	22	Thy silver is turned into dross: thy wine is mingled with water.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	23	Thy princes are faithless, companions of thieves: they all love bribes, they run after rewards. They judge not for the fatherless: and the widow's cause cometh not in to them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	24	Therefore saith the Lord the God of hosts, the mighty one of Israel: Ah! I will comfort myself over my adversaries: and I will be revenged of my enemies.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	25	And I will turn my hand to thee, and I will clean purge away thy dross, and I will take away all thy tin.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	26	And I will restore thy judges as they were before, and thy counsellors as of old. After this thou shalt be called the city of the just, a faithful city.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	27	Sion shall be redeemed in judgment, and they shall bring her back in justice.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	28	And he shall destroy the wicked, and the sinners together: and they that have forsaken the Lord, shall be consumed.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	29	For they shall be confounded for the idols, to which they have sacrificed: and you shall be ashamed of the gardens which you have chosen.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	30	When you shall be as an oak with the leaves falling off, and as a garden without water.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	31	And your strength shall be as the ashes of tow, and your work as a spark: and both shall burn together, and there shall be none to quench it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	1	The word that Isaias the son of Amos saw, concerning Juda and Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	2	And in the last days the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be prepared on the top of mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	3	And many people shall go, and say: Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall come forth from Sion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	4	And he shall judge the Gentiles, and rebuke many people: and they shall turn their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into sickles: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they be exercised any more to war.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	5	O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	6	For thou hast cast off thy people, the house of Jacob: because they are filled as in times past, and have had soothsayers as the Philistines, and have adhered to strange children.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	7	Their land is filled with silver and gold: and there is no end of their treasures.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	8	And their land is filled with horses: and their chariots are innumerable. Their land also is full of idols: they have adored the work of their own hands, which their own fingers have made.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	9	And man hath bowed himself down, and man hath been debased: therefore forgive them not.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	10	Enter thou into the rock, and hide thee in the pit from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	11	The lofty eyes of man are humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be made to stoop: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	12	Because the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and highminded, and upon every one that is arrogant, and he shall be humbled.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	13	And upon all the tall and lofty cedars of Libanus, and upon all the oaks of Basan.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	14	And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the elevated hills.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	15	And upon every high tower, and every fenced wall.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	16	And upon all the ships of Tharsis, and upon all that is fair to behold.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	17	And the loftiness of men shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be humbled, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	18	And idols shall be utterly destroyed.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	19	And they shall go into the holes of rocks, and into the caves of the earth from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall rise up to strike the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	20	In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which he had made for himself to adore, moles and bats.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	21	And he shall go into the clefts of rocks, and into the holes of stones from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall rise up to strike the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	22	Cease ye therefore from the man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for he is reputed high.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	1	For behold the sovereign the Lord of hosts shall take away from Jerusalem, and from Juda the valiant and the strong, the whole strength of bread, and the whole strength of water.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	2	The strong man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the cunning man, and the ancient.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	3	The captain over fifty, and the honourable in countenance, and the counsellor, and the architect, and the skillful in eloquent speech.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	4	And I will give children to be their princes, and the effeminate shall rule over them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	5	And the people shall rush one upon another, and every man against his neighbour: the child shall make it tumult against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	6	For a man shall take hold or his brother, one of the house of his father, saying: Thou hast a garment, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	7	In that day he shall answer, saying: I am no healer, and in my house there is no bread, nor clothing: make me not ruler of the people.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	8	For Jerusalem is ruined, and Juda is fallen: because their tongue, and their devices are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his majesty.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	9	The shew of their countenance hath answered them: and they have proclaimed abroad their sin as Sodom, and they have not hid it: woe to their souls, for evils are rendered to them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	10	Say to the just man that it is well, for he shall eat the fruit of his doings.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	11	Woe to the wicked unto evil: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	12	As for my people, their oppressors have stripped them, and women have ruled over them. O my people, they that call thee blessed, the same deceive thee, and destroy the way of thy steps.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	13	The Lord standeth up to judge, and he standeth to judge the people.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	14	The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and its princes: for you have devoured the vineyard, and the spoil of the poor is in your house.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	15	Why do you consume my people, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord the God of hosts.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	16	And the Lord said: Because the daughters of Sion are haughty, and have walked with stretched out necks, and wanton glances of their eyes, and made a noise as they walked with their feet and moved in a set pace:
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	17	The Lord will make bald the crown of the head of the daughters of Sion, and the Lord will discover their hair.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	18	In that day the Lord will take away the ornaments of shoes, and little moons,
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	19	And chains and necklaces, and bracelets, and bonnets,
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	20	And bodkins, and ornaments of the legs, and tablets, and sweet balls, and earrings,
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	21	And rings, and jewels hanging on the forehead,
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	22	And changes of apparel, and short cloaks, and fine linen, and crisping pins,
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	23	And looking-glasses, and lawns, and headbands, and fine veils.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	24	And instead of a sweet smell there shall be stench, and instead of a girdle, a cord, and instead of curled hair, baldness, and instead of a stomacher, haircloth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	25	Thy fairest men also shall fall by the sword, and thy valiant ones in battle.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	26	And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she shall sit desolate on the ground.
+Isaiah	Is	27	4	1	And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying: We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, take away our reproach.
+Isaiah	Is	27	4	2	In that day the bud of the Lord shall be in magnificence and glory, and the fruit of the earth shall be high, and a great joy to them that shall have escaped of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	4	3	And it shall come to pass, that every one that shall be left in Sion, and that shall remain in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, every one that is written in life in Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	27	4	4	If the Lord shall wash away the filth of the daughters of Sion, and shall wash away the blood of Jerusalem out of the midst thereof, by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
+Isaiah	Is	27	4	5	And the Lord will create upon every place of mount Sion, and where he is called upon, a cloud by day, and a smoke and the brightness of a flaming fire in the night: for over all the glory shall be a protection.
+Isaiah	Is	27	4	6	And there shall be a tabernacle for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a security and covert from the whirlwind, and from rain.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	1	I will sing to my beloved the canticle of my cousin concerning his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a hill in a fruitful place.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	2	And he fenced it in, and picked the stones out of it, and planted it with the choicest vines, and built a tower in the midst thereof, and set up a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it broutht forth wild grapes.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	3	And now, O ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and ye men of Juda, judge between me and my vineyard.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	4	What is there that I ought to do more to my vineyard, that I have not done to it?
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	5	And now I will shew you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be wasted: I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	6	And I will make it desolate: it shall not be pruned, and it shall not be digged: but briers and thorns shall come up: and I will command the clouds to rain no rain upon it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	7	For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel: and the man of Juda, his pleasant plant: and I looked that he should do judgment, and behold iniquity: and do justice, and behold a cry.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	8	Woe to you that join house to house and lay field to field, even to the end of the place: shall you alone dwell in the midst of the earth?
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	9	These things are in my ears, saith the Lord of hosts: unless many great and fair houses shall become desolate, without an inhabitant.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	10	For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one little measure, and thirty bushels of seed shall yield three bushels.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	11	Woe to you that rise up early in the morning to follow drunkenness, and to drink till the evening, to be inflamed with wine.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	12	The harp, and the lyre, and the timbrel, and the pipe, and wine are in your feasts: and the work of the Lord you regard not, nor do you consider the works of his hands.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	13	Therefore is my people led away captive, because they had not knowledge, and their nobles have perished with famine, and their multitude were dried up with thirst.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	14	Therefore hath hell enlarged her soul, and opened her mouth without any bounds, and their strong ones, and their people, and their high and glorious ones shall go down into it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	15	And man shall be brought down, and man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be brought low.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	16	And the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God shall be sanctified in justice.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	17	And the lambs shall feed according to their order, and strangers shall eat the deserts turned into fruitfulness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	18	Woe to you that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as the rope of a cart.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	19	That say: Let him make haste, and let his work come quickly, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel come, that we may know it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	20	Woe to you that call evil good, and good evil: that put darkness for light, and light for darkness: that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	21	Woe to you that are wise in your own eyes, and prudent in your own conceits.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	22	Woe to you that are mighty to drink wine, and stout men at drunkenness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	23	That justify the wicked for gifts, and take away the justice of the just from him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	24	Therefore as the tongue of the fire devoureth the stubble, and the heat of the flame consumeth it: so shall their root be as ashes, and their bud shall go up as dust: for they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and have blasphemed the word of the Holy One of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	25	Therefore is the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched out his hand upon them, and struck them: and the mountains were troubled, and their carcasses became as dung in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	26	And he will lift up a sign to the nations afar off, and will whistle to them from the ends of the earth: and behold they shall come with speed swiftly.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	27	There is none that shall faint, nor labour among them: they shall not slumber nor sleep, neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	28	Their arrows are sharp, and all their bows are bent. The hoofs of their horses shall be like the flint, and their wheels like the violence of a tempest.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	29	Their roaring like that of a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea they shall roar, and take hold of the prey, and they shall keep fast hold of it, and there shall be none to deliver it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	30	And they shall make a noise against them that day, like the roaring of the sea; we shall look towards the land, and behold darkness of tribulation, and the light is darkened with the mist thereof.
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	1	In the year that king Ozias died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne high and elevated: and his train filled the temple.
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	2	Upon it stood the seraphims: the one had six wings, and the other had six wings: with two they covered his face, and with two they covered his feet, and with two they flew.
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	3	And they cried one to another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God of hosts, all the earth is full of his glory.
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	4	And the lintels of the doors were moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	5	And I said: Woe is me, because I have held my peace; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people that hath unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King the Lord of hosts.
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	6	And one of the seraphims flew to me, and in his hand was a live coal, which he had taken with the tongs off the altar.
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	7	And he touched my mouth, and said: Behold this hath touched thy lips, and thy iniquities shall be taken away, and thy sin shall be cleansed.
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	8	And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: Whom shall I send? and who shall go for us? And I said: Lo, here am I, send me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	9	And he said: Go, and thou shalt say to this people: Hearing, hear, and understand not: and see the vision, and know it not.
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	10	Blind the heart of this people, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes: lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted and I heal them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	11	And I said: How long, O Lord? And he said: Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land shall be left desolate.
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	12	And the Lord shall remove men far away, and she shall be multiplied that was left in the midst of the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	13	And there shall be still a tithing therein, and she shall turn, and shall be made a shew as a turpentine tree, and as an oak that spreadeth its branches: that which shall stand therein, shall be a holy seed.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	1	And it came to pass in the days of Achaz the son of Joathan, the son of Ozias, king of Juda, that Basin king of Syria, and Phacee the son of Romelia king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem, to fight against it: but they could not prevail over it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	2	And they told the house of David, saying: Syria hath rested upon Ephraim, and his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the woods are moved with the wind.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	3	And the Lord said to Isaias: Go forth to meet Achaz, thou and Jasub thy son that is left, to the conduit of the upper pool, in the way of the fuller's field.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	4	And thou shalt say to him: See thou be quiet: fear not, and let not thy heart be afraid of the two tails of these fire brands, smoking with the wrath of the fury of Rasin king of Syria, and of the son of Romelia.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	5	Because Syria hath taken counsel against thee, unto the evil of Ephraim and the son of Romelia, saying:
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	6	Let us go up to Juda, and rouse it up, and draw it away to us, and make the son of Tabeel king in the midst thereof.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	7	Thus saith the Lord God: It shall not stand, and this shall not be.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	8	But the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Basin: and within threescore and five years, Ephraim shall cease to be a people:
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	9	And the head of Ephraim is Samaria and the head of Samaria the son of Romelia. If you will not believe, you shall not continue.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	10	And the Lord spoke again to Achaz, saying:
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	11	Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God either unto the depth of hell, or unto the height above.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	12	And Achaz said: I will not ask, and I will not tempt the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	13	And he said: Hear ye therefore, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to be grievous to men, that you are grievous to my God also?
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	14	Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	15	He shall eat butter and honey, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	16	For before the child know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good, the land which thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of the face of her two kings.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	17	The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon the house of thy father, days that have not come since the time of the separation of Ephraim from Juda with the king of the Assyrians.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	18	And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly, that is in the uttermost parts of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	19	And they shall come, and shall all of them rest in the torrents of the valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all places set with shrubs, and in all hollow places.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	20	In that day the Lord shall shave with a razor that is hired by them that are beyond the river, by the king of the Assyrians, the head and the hairs of the feet, and the whole beard.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	21	And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	22	And for the abundance of milk he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that shall be left in the midst of the land.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	23	And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place where there were a thousand vines, at a thousand pieces of silver, shall become thorns and briers.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	24	With arrows and with bows they shall go in thither: for briars and thorns shall be in all the land.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	25	And as for all the hills that shall be raked with a rake, the fear of thorns and briers shall not come thither, but they shall be for the ox to feed on, and the lesser cattle to tread upon.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	1	And the Lord said to me: Take thee a great book, and write in it with a man's pen. Take away the spoils with speed, quickly take the prey.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	2	And I took unto me faithful witnesses, Urias the priest, and Zacharias the son of Barachias.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	3	And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. And the Lord said to me: Call his name, Hasten to take away the spoils: Make haste to take away the prey.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	4	For before the child know to call his father and his mother, the strength of Damascus, and the spoils of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of the Assyrians.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	5	And the Lord spoke to me again, saying:
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	6	Forasmuch as this people hath cast away the waters of Siloe, that go with silence, and hath rather taken Basin, and the son of Romelia:
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	7	Therefore behold the Lord will bring upon them the waters of the river strong and many, the king of the Assyrians, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and shall overflow all his banks,
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	8	And shall pass through Juda, overflowing, and going over shall reach even to the neck. And the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Emmanuel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	9	Gather yourselves together, O ye people, and be overcome, and give ear, all ye lands afar off: strengthen yourselves, and be overcome, gird yourselves, and be overcome.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	10	Take counsel together, and it shall be defeated: speak a word, and it shall not be done: because God is with us.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	11	For thus saith the Lord to me: As he hath taught me, with a strong arm, that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	12	Say ye not: A conspiracy: for all that this people speaketh, is a conspiracy: neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	13	Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself: and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	14	And he shall be a sanctification to you. But for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of offence to the two houses of Israel, for a snare and a ruin to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	15	And very many of them shall stumble and fall, and shall be broken in pieces, and shall be snared, and taken.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	16	Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	17	And I will wait for the Lord, who hath hid his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	18	Behold I and my children, whom the Lord hath given me for a sign, and for a wonder in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Sion.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	19	And when they shall say to you: Seek of pythons, and of diviners, who mutter in their enchantments: should not the people seek of their God, for the living of the dead?
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	20	To the law rather, and to the testimony. And if they speak not according to this word, they shall not have the morning light.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	21	And they shall pass by it, they shall fall, and be hungry: and when they shall be hungry, they will be angry, and curse their king, and their God, and look upwards.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	22	And they shall look to the earth, and behold trouble and darkness, weakness and distress, and a mist following them, and they cannot fly away from their distress.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	1	At the first time the land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephtali was lightly touched: and at the last the way of the sea beyond the Jordan of the Galilee of the Gentiles was heavily loaded.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	2	The people that walked in darkness, have seen a great light: to them that dwelt in the region of the shadow of death, light is risen.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	3	Thou hast multiplied the nation, and hast not increased the joy. They shall rejoice before thee, as they that rejoice in the harvest, as conquerors rejoice after taking a prey, when they divide the spoils.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	4	For the yoke of their burden, and the rod of their shoulder, and the sceptre of their oppressor thou hast overcome, as in the day of Median.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	5	For every violent taking of spoils, with tumult, and garment mingled with blood, shall be burnt, and be fuel for the fire.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	6	For a CHILD IS BORN to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	7	His empire shall be multiplied, and there shall be no end of peace: he shall sit upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom; to establish it and strengthen it with judgment and with justice, from henceforth and for ever: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	8	The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	9	And all the people of Ephraim shall know, and the inhabitants of Samaria that say in the pride and haughtiness of their heart:
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	10	The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with square stones: they have cut down the sycamores, but we will change them for cedars.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	11	And the Lord shall set up the enemies of Rasin over him, and shall bring on his enemies in a crowd:
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	12	The Syrians from the east, and the Philistines from the west: and they shall devour Israel with open mouth, For all this his indignation is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	13	And the people are not returned to him who hath struck them, and have not sought after the Lord of hosts.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	14	And the Lord shall destroy out of Israel the head and the tail, him that bendeth down, and him that holdeth back, in one day.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	15	The aged and honourable, he is the head: and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	16	And they that call this people blessed, shall cause them to err: and they that are called blessed, shall be thrown down headlong.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	17	Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men: neither shall he have mercy on their fatherless, and widows: for every one is a hypocrite and wicked, and every mouth hath spoken folly. For all this his indignation is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	18	For wickedness is kindled as a fire, it shall devour the brier and the thorn: and shall kindle in the thicket of the forest, and it shall be wrapped up in smoke ascending on high.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	19	By the wrath of the Lord of hosts the land is troubled, and the people shall be as fuel for the fire: no man shall spare his brother.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	20	And he shall turn to the right hand, and shall be hungry: and shall eat on the left hand, and shall not be filled: every one shall eat the flesh of his own arm: Manasses Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasses, and they together shall be against Juda.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	21	After all these things his indignation is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	1	Woe to them that make wicked laws: and when they write, write injustice:
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	2	To oppress the poor in judgment, and do violence to the cause of the humble of my people: that widows might be their prey, and that they might rob the fatherless.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	3	What will you do in the day of visitation, and of the calamity which cometh from afar? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	4	That you be not bowed down under the bond, and fall with the slain? In all these things his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	5	Woe to the Assyrian, he is the rod and the staff of my anger, and my indignation is in their hands.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	6	I will send him to a deceitful nation, and I will give him a charge against the people of my wrath, to take away the spoils, and to lay hold on the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	7	But he shall not take it so, and his heart shall not think so: but his heart shall be set to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	8	For he shall say:
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	9	Are not my princes as so many kings? is not Calano as Charcamis: and Emath as Arphad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	10	As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idol, so also their idols of Jerusalem, and of Samaria.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	11	Shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	12	And it shall come to pass, that when the Lord shall have performed all his works in mount Sion, and in Jerusalem, I will visit the fruit of the proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of the haughtiness of his eyes.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	13	For he hath said: By the strength of my own hand I have done it, and by my own wisdom I have understood: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have taken the spoils of the princes, and as a mighty man hath pulled down them that sat on high.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	14	And my hand hath found the strength of the people as a nest; and as eggs are gathered, that are left, so have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or made the least noise.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	15	Shall the axe boast itself against him that cutteth with it? or shall the saw exalt itself against him by whom it is drawn? as if a rod should lift itself up against him that lifteth it up, and a staff exalt itself, which is but wood.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	16	Therefore the sovereign Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall send leanness among his fat ones: and under his glory shall be kindled a burning, as it were the burning of a fire.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	17	And the light of Israel shall be as a fire, and the Holy One thereof as a flame: and his thorns and his briers shall be set on fire, and shall be devoured in one day.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	18	And the glory of his forest, and of his beautiful hill, shall be consumed from the soul even to the flesh, and he shall run away through fear.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	19	And they that remain of the trees of his forest shall be so few, that they shall easily be numbered, and a child shall write them down.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	20	And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and they that shall escape of the house of Jacob, shall lean no more upon him that striketh them: but they shall lean upon the Lord the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	21	The remnant shall be converted, the remnant, I say, of Jacob, to the mighty God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	22	For if thy people, O Israel, shall be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of them shall be converted, the consumption abridged shall overflow with justice.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	23	For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, and an abridgment in the midst of all the land.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	24	Therefore, thus saith the Lord the God of hosts: O my people that dwellest in Sion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall strike thee with his rod, and he shall lift up his staff over thee in the way of Egypt.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	25	For yet a little and a very little while, and my indignation shall cease, and my wrath shall be upon their wickedness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	26	And the Lord of hosts shall raise up a scourge against him, according to the slaughter of Madian in the rock of Oreb, and his rod over the sea, and he shall lift it up in the way of Egypt.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	27	And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall putrify at the presence of the oil.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	28	He shall come into Aiath, he shall pass into Magron: at Machmas he shall lay up his carriages.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	29	They have passed in haste, Gaba is our lodging: Rama was astonished, Gabaath of Saul fled away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	30	Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim, attend, O Laisa, poor Anathoth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	31	Medemena is removed: ye inhabitants of Gabim, take courage.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	32	It is yet day enough, to remain in Nobe: he shall shake his hand against the mountain of the daughter of Sion, the hill of Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	33	Behold the sovereign Lord of hosts shall break the earthen vessel with terror, and the tall of stature shall be cut down, and the lofty shall be humbled.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	34	And the thickets of the forest shall be cut down with iron, and Libanus with its high ones shall fall.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	1	And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	2	And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: the spirit of wisdom, and of understanding, the spirit of counsel, and of fortitude, the spirit of knowledge, and of godliness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	3	And he shall be filled with the spirit of the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge according to the sight of the eyes, nor reprove according to the hearing of the ears.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	4	But he shall judge the poor with justice, and shall reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	5	And justice shall be the girdle of his loins: and faith the girdle of his reins.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	6	The wolf shall dwell with the lamb: and the leopard shall lie down with the kid: the calf and the lion, and the sheep shall abide together, and a little child shall lead them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	7	The calf and the bear shall feed: their young ones shall rest together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	8	And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp: and the weaned child shall thrust his hand into the den of the basilisk.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	9	They shall not hurt, nor shall they kill in all my holy mountain, for the earth is filled with the knowledge of the Lord, as the covering waters of the sea.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	10	In that day the root of Jesse, who standeth for an ensign of the people, him the Gentiles shall beseech, and his sepulchre shall be glorious.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	11	And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand the second time to possess the remnant of his people, which shall be left from the Assyrians, and from Egypt, and from Phetros, and from Ethiopia, and from Elam, and from Sennaar, and from Emath, and from the islands of the sea.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	12	And he shall set up a standard unto the nations, and shall assemble the fugitives of Israel, and shall gather together the dispersed of Juda from the four quarters of the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	13	And the envy of Ephraim shall be taken away, and the enemies of Juda shall perish: Ephraim shall not envy Juda, and Juda shall not fight against Ephraim.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	14	But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines by the sea, they together shall spoil the children of the east: Edom, and Moab shall be under the rule of their hand, and the children of Ammon shall be obedient.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	15	And the Lord shall lay waste the tongue of the sea of Egypt, and shall lift up his hand over the river in the strength of his spirit: and he shall strike it in the seven streams, so that men may pass through it in their shoes.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	16	And there shall be a highway for the remnant of my people, which shall be left from the Assyrians: as there was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
+Isaiah	Is	27	12	1	And thou shalt say in that day: I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, for thou wast angry with me: thy wrath is turned away, and thou hast comforted me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	12	2	Behold, God is my saviour, I will deal confidently, and will not fear: O because the Lord is my strength, and my praise, and he is become my salvation.
+Isaiah	Is	27	12	3	You shall draw waters with joy out of the saviour's fountains:
+Isaiah	Is	27	12	4	And you shall say in that day: Praise ye the Lord, and call upon his name: make his works known among the people: remember that his name is high.
+Isaiah	Is	27	12	5	Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath done great things: shew this forth in all the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	12	6	Rejoice, and praise, O thou habitation of Sion: for great is he that is in the midst of thee, the Holy One of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	1	The burden of Babylon, which Isaias the son of Amos saw.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	2	Upon the dark mountain lift ye up a banner, exalt the voice, lift up the hand, and let the rulers go into the gates.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	3	I have commanded my sanctified ones, and have called my strong ones in my wrath, them that rejoice in my glory.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	4	The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as it were of many people, the noise of the sound of kings, of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts hath given charge to the troops of war.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	5	To them that come from a country afar off, from the end of heaven: the Lord and the instruments of his wrath, to destroy the whole land.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	6	Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is near: it shall come as a destruction from the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	7	Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every heart of man shall melt,
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	8	And shall be broken. Gripings and pains shall take hold of them, they shall be in pain as a woman in labour. Every one shall be amazed at his neighbour, their countenances shall be as faces burnt.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	9	Behold, the day of the Lord shall come, a cruel day, and full of indignation, and of wrath, and fury, to lay the land desolate, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	10	For the stars of heaven, and their brightness shall not display their light: the sun shall be darkened in his rising, and the moon shall not shine with her light.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	11	And I will visit the evils of the world, and against the wicked for their iniquity: and I will make the pride of infidels to cease, and will bring down the arrogancy of the mighty.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	12	A man shall be more precious than gold, yea a man than the finest of gold.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	13	For this I will trouble the heaven: and the earth shall be moved out of her place, for the indignation of the Lord of hosts, and for the day of his fierce wrath.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	14	And they shall be as a doe fleeing away, and as a sheep: and there shall be none to gather them together: every man shall turn to his own people, and every one shall flee to his own land.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	15	Every one that shall be found, shall be slain: and every one that shall come to their aid, shall fall by the sword.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	16	Their infants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes: their houses shall be pillaged, and their wives shall be ravished.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	17	Behold I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not seek silver, nor desire gold:
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	18	But with their arrows they shall kill the children, and shall have no pity upon the sucklings of the womb, and their eye shall not spare their sons.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	19	And that Babylon, glorious among kingdoms, the famous pride of the Chaldeans, shall be even as the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	20	It shall no more be inhabited for ever, and it shall not be founded unto generation and generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch his tents there, nor shall shepherds rest there.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	21	But wild beasts shall rest there, and their houses shall be filled with serpents, and ostriches shall dwell there, and the hairy ones shall dance there:
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	22	And owls shall answer one another there, in the houses thereof, and sirens in the temples of pleasure.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	1	Her time is near at hand, and her days shall not be prolonged. For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose out of Israel, and will make them rest upon their own ground: and the stranger shall be joined with them, and shall adhere to the house of Jacob.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	2	And the people shall take them, and bring them into their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall make them captives that had taken them, and shall subdue their oppressors.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	3	And it shall come to pass in that day, that when God shall give thee rest from thy labour, and from thy vexation, and from the hard bondage, wherewith thou didst serve before,
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	4	Thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and shalt say: How is the oppressor come to nothing, the tribute hath ceased?
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	5	The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, the rod of the rulers,
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	6	That struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, that brought nations under in fury, that persecuted in a cruel manner.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	7	The whole earth is quiet and still, it is glad and hath rejoiced.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	8	The fir trees also have rejoiced over thee, and the cedars of Libanus, saying: Since thou hast slept, there hath none come up to cut us down.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	9	Hell below was in an uproar to meet thee at thy coming, it stirred up the giants for thee. All the princes of the earth are risen up from their thrones, all the princes of nations.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	10	All shall answer, and say to thee: Thou also art wounded as well as we, thou art become like unto us.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	11	Thy pride is brought down to hell, thy carcass is fallen down: under thee shall the moth be strewed, and worms shall be thy covering.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	12	How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, who didst rise in the morning? how art thou fallen to the earth, that didst wound the nations?
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	13	And thou saidst in thy heart: I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, I will sit in the mountain of the covenant, in the sides of the north.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	14	I will ascend above the height of the clouds, I will be like the most High.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	15	But yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, into the depth of the pit.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	16	They that shall see thee, shall turn toward thee, and behold thee. Is this the man that troubled the earth, that shook kingdoms,
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	17	That made the world a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof, that opened not the prison to his prisoners?
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	18	All the kings of the nations have all of them slept in glory, every one in his own house.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	19	But thou art cast out of thy grave, as an unprofitable branch defiled, and wrapped up among them that were slain by the sword, and art gone down to the bottom of the pit, as a rotten carcass.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	20	Thou shalt not keep company with them, even in burial: for thou hast destroyed thy land, thou hast slain thy people: the seed of the wicked shall not be named for ever.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	21	Prepare his children for slaughter for the iniquity of their fathers: they shall not rise up, nor inherit the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	22	And I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will destroy the name of Babylon, and the remains, and the bud, and the offspring, saith the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	23	And I will make it a possession for the ericius and pools of waters, and I will sweep it and wear it out with a besom, saith the Lord of hosts.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	24	The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying: Surely as I have thought, so shall it be: and as I have purposed,
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	25	So shall it fall out: That I will destroy the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: and his yoke shall be taken away from them, and his burden shall be taken off their shoulder.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	26	This is the counsel, that I have purposed upon all the earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all nations.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	27	For the Lord of hosts hath decreed, and who can disannul it? and his hand is stretched out: and who shall turn it away?
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	28	In the year that king Achaz died, was this burden:
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	29	Rejoice not thou, whole Philistia, that the rod of him that struck thee is broken in pieces: for out of the root of the serpent shall come forth a basilisk, and his seed shall swallow the bird.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	30	And the firstborn of the poor shall be fed, and the poor shall rest with confidence: and I will make thy root perish with famine, and I will kill thy remnant.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	31	Howl, O gate; cry, O city: all Philistia is thrown down: for a smoke shall come from the north, and there is none that shall escape his troop.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	32	And what shall be answered to the messengers of the nations? That the Lord hath founded Sion, and the poor of his people shall hope in him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	15	1	The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, it is silent: because the wall of Moab is destroyed in the night, it is silent.
+Isaiah	Is	27	15	2	The house is gone up, and Dibon to the high places to mourn over Nabo, and over Medaba, Moab hath howled: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard shall be shaven.
+Isaiah	Is	27	15	3	In their streets they are girded with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets all shall howl and come down weeping.
+Isaiah	Is	27	15	4	Hesebon shall cry, and Eleale, their voice is heard even to Jasa. For this shall the well appointed men of Moab howl, his soul shall howl to itself.
+Isaiah	Is	27	15	5	My heart shall cry to Moab, the bars thereof shall flee unto Segor a heifer of three years old: for by the ascent of Luith they shall go up weeping: and in the way of Oronaim they shall lift up a cry of destruction.
+Isaiah	Is	27	15	6	For the waters of Nemrim shall be desolate, for the grass is withered away, the spring is faded, all the greenness is perished.
+Isaiah	Is	27	15	7	According to the greatness of their work, is their visitation also: they shall lead them to the torrent of the willows.
+Isaiah	Is	27	15	8	For the cry is gone round about the border of Moab: the howling thereof unto Gallim, and unto the well of Elim the cry thereof.
+Isaiah	Is	27	15	9	For the waters of Dibon are filled with blood: for I will bring more upon Dibon: the lion upon them that shall flee of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	1	Send forth, O Lord, the lamb, the ruler of the earth, from Petra of the desert, to the mount of the daughter of Sion.
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	2	And it shall come to pass, that as a bird fleeing away, and as young ones flying out of the nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be in the passage of Arnon.
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	3	Take counsel, gather a council: make thy shadow as the night in the midday: hide them that flee, and betray not them that wander about.
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	4	My fugitives shall dwell with thee: O Moab, be thou a covert to them from the face of the destroyer: for the dust is at an end, the wretch is consumed: he hath failed, that trod the earth under foot.
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	5	And a throne shall be prepared in mercy, and one shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging and seeking judgment and quickly rendering that which is just.
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	6	We have heard of the pride of Moab, he is exceeding proud: his pride and his arrogancy, and his indignation is more than his strength.
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	7	Therefore shall Moab howl to Moab, every one shall howl: to them that rejoice upon the brick walls, tell ye their stripes.
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	8	For the suburbs of Hesebon are desolate, and the lords of the nations have destroyed the vineyard of Sabama: the branches thereof have reached even to Jazer: they have wandered in the wilderness, the branches thereof are left, they are gone over the sea.
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	9	Therefore I will lament with the weeping of Jazer the vineyard of Sabama: I will water thee with my tears, O Hesebon, and Eleale: for the voice of the treaders hath rushed in upon thy vintage, and upon thy harvest.
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	10	And gladness and joy shall be taken away from Carmel, and there shall be no rejoicing nor shouting in the vineyards. He shall not tread out wine in the press that was wont to tread it out: the voice of the treaders I have taken away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	11	Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for the brick wall.
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	12	And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is wearied on his high places, that he shall go in to his sanctuaries to pray, and shall not prevail.
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	13	This is the word, that the Lord spoke to Moab from that time:
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	14	And now the Lord hath spoken, saying: In three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be taken away for all the multitude of the people, and it shall be left small and feeble, not many.
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	1	The burden of Damascus. Behold Damascus shall cease to be a city, and shall be as a ruinous heap of stones.
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	2	The cities of Aroer shall be left for flocks, and they shall rest there, and there shall be none to make them afraid.
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	3	And aid shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus: and the remnant of Syria shall be as the glory of the children of Israel: saith the Lord of hosts.
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	4	And it shall come to pass in that day, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall grow lean.
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	5	And it shall be as when one gathereth in the harvest that which remaineth, and his arm shall gather the ears of corn: and it shall be as he that seeketh ears in the vale of Raphaim.
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	6	And the fruit thereof that shall be left upon it, shall be as one cluster of grapes, and as the shaking of the olive tree, two or three berries in the top of a bough, or four or five upon the top of the tree, saith the Lord the God of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	7	In that day man shall bow down himself to his Maker, and his eyes shall look to the Holy One of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	8	And he shall not look to the altars which his hands made: and he shall not have respect to the things that his fingers wrought, such as groves and temples.
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	9	In that day his strong cities shall be forsaken, as the ploughs, and the corn that were left before the face of the children of Israel, and thou shalt be desolate.
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	10	Because thou hast forgotten God thy saviour, and hast not remembered thy strong helper: therefore shalt thou plant good plants, and shalt sow strange seed.
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	11	In the day of thy planting shall be the wild grape, and in the morning thy seed shall flourish: the harvest is taken away in the day of inheritance, and shall grieve thee much.
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	12	Woe to the multitude of many people, like the multitude of the roaring sea: and the tumult of crowds, like the noise of many waters.
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	13	Nations shall make a noise like the noise of waters overflowing, but he shall rebuke him, and he shall flee far off: and he shall be carried away as the dust of the mountains before the wind, and as a whirlwind before a tempest.
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	14	In the time of the evening, behold there shall be trouble: the morning shall come, and he shall not be: this is the portion of them that have wasted us, and the lot of them that spoiled us.
+Isaiah	Is	27	18	1	Woe to the land, the winged cymbal, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,
+Isaiah	Is	27	18	2	That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, and in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters. Go, ye swift angels, to a nation rent and torn in pieces: to a terrible people, after which there is no other: to a nation expecting and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled.
+Isaiah	Is	27	18	3	All ye inhabitants of the world, who dwell on the earth, when the sign shall be lifted up on the mountains, you shall see, and you shall hear the sound of the trumpet.
+Isaiah	Is	27	18	4	For thus saith the Lord to me: I will take my rest, and consider in my place, as the noon light is clear, and as a cloud of dew in the day of harvest.
+Isaiah	Is	27	18	5	For before the harvest it was all flourishing, and it shall bud without perfect ripeness, and the sprigs thereof shall be cut off with pruning hooks: and what is left shall be cut away and shaken out.
+Isaiah	Is	27	18	6	And they shall be left together to the birds of the mountains, and the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall be upon them all the summer, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	18	7	At that time shall a present be brought to the Lord of hosts, from a people rent and torn in pieces: from a terrible people, after which there hath been no other: from a nation expecting, expecting and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, to mount Sion.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	1	The burden of Egypt. Behold the Lord will ascend upon a swift cloud, and will enter into Egypt, and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst thereof.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	2	And I will set the Egyptians to fight against the Egyptians: and they shall fight brother against brother, and friend against friend, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	3	And the spirit of Egypt shall be broken in the bowels thereof, and I will cast down their counsel: and they shall consult their idols, and their diviners, and their wizards, and soothsayers.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	4	And I will deliver Egypt into the hand of cruel masters, and a strong king shall rule over them, saith the Lord the God of hosts.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	5	And the water of the sea shall be dried up, and the river shall be wasted and dry.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	6	And the rivers shall fail: the streams of the banks shall be diminished, and be dried up. The reed and the bulrush shall wither away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	7	The channel of the river shall be laid bare from its fountain, and every thing sown by the water shall be dried up, it shall wither away, and shall be no more.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	8	The fishers also shall mourn, and all that cast a hook into the river shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	9	They shall be confounded that wrought in flax, combing and weaving fine linen.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	10	And its watery places shall be dry, all they shall mourn that made pools to take fishes.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	11	The princes of Tanis are become fools, the wise counsellors of Pharao have given foolish counsel: how will you say to Pharao: I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	12	Where are now thy wise men? let them tell thee, and shew what the Lord of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	13	The princes of Tanis are become fools, the princes of Memphis are gone astray, they have deceived Egypt, the stay of the people thereof.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	14	The Lord hath mingled in the midst thereof the spirit of giddiness: and they have caused Egypt to err in all its works, as a drunken man staggereth and vomiteth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	15	And there shall be no work for Egypt, to make head or tail, him that bendeth down, or that holdeth back.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	16	In that day Egypt shall be like unto women, and they shall be amazed, and afraid, because of the moving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he shall move over it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	17	And the land of Juda shall be a terror to Egypt: every one that shall remember it shall tremble because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts, which he hath determined concerning it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	18	In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt, speaking the language of Chanaan, and swearing by the Lord of hosts: one shall be called the city of the sun.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	19	In that day there shall be an altar of the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a monument of the Lord at the borders thereof:
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	20	It shall be for a sign, and for a testimony to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt. For they shall cry to the Lord because of the oppressor, and he shall send them a Saviour and a defender to deliver them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	21	And the Lord shall be known by Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day, and shall worship him with sacrifices and offerings: and they shall make vows to the Lord, and perform them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	22	And the Lord shall strike Egypt with a scourge, and shall heal it, and they shall return to the Lord, and he shall be pacified towards them, and heal them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	23	In that day there shall be a way from Egypt to the Assyrians, and the Assyrian shall enter into Egypt, and the Egyptian to the Assyrians, and the Egyptians shall serve the Assyrian.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	24	In that day shall Israel be the third to the Egyptian and the Assyrian: a blessing in the midst of the land,
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	25	Which the Lord of hosts hath blessed, saying: Blessed be my people of Egypt, and the work of my hands to the Assyrian: but Israel is my inheritance.
+Isaiah	Is	27	20	1	In the year that Tharthan entered into Azotus, when Sargon the king of the Assyrians had sent him, and he had fought against Azotus, and had taken it:
+Isaiah	Is	27	20	2	At that same time the Lord spoke by the hand of Isaias the son of Amos, saying: Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and take off thy shoes from thy feet. And he did so, and went naked, and barefoot.
+Isaiah	Is	27	20	3	And the Lord said: As my servant Isaias hath walked, naked and barefoot, it shall be a sign and a wonder of three years upon Egypt, and upon Ethiopia,
+Isaiah	Is	27	20	4	So shall the king of the Assyrians lead away the prisoners of Egypt, and the captivity of Ethiopia, young and old. naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered to the shame of Egypt.
+Isaiah	Is	27	20	5	And they shall be afraid, and ashamed of Ethiopia their hope, and of Egypt their glory.
+Isaiah	Is	27	20	6	And the inhabitants of this isle shall say in that day: Lo this was our hope, to whom we fled for help, to deliver up from the face of the king of the Assyrians: and how shall we be able to escape?
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	1	The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds come from the south, it cometh from the desert from a terrible land.
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	2	A grievous vision is told me: he that is unfaithful dealeth unfaithfully: and he that is a spoiler, spoileth. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Mede: I have made all the mourning thereof to cease.
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	3	Therefore are my loins filled with pain, anguish hath taken hold of me, as the anguish of a woman in labour: I fell down at the hearing of it, I was troubled at the seeing of it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	4	My heart failed, darkness amazed me: Babylon my beloved is become a wonder to me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	5	Prepare the table, behold in the watchtower them that eat and drink: arise, ye princes, take up the shield.
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	6	For thus hath the Lord said to me: Go, and set a watchman: and whatsoever he shall see, let him tell.
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	7	And he saw a chariot with two horsemen, a rider upon an ass, and a rider upon a camel: and he beheld them diligently with much heed.
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	8	And a lion cried out: I am upon the watchtower of the Lord, standing continually by day: and I am upon my ward, standing whole nights.
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	9	Behold this man cometh, the rider upon the chariot with two horsemen, and he answered, and said: Babylon is fallen, she is fallen, and all the graven gods thereof are broken unto the ground.
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	10	O my thrashing and the children of my door, that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I have declared unto you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	11	The burden of Duma calleth to me out of Seir: Watchman, what of the night? watchman, what of the night?
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	12	The watchman said: The morning cometh, also the night: if you seek, seek: return, come.
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	13	The burden in Arabia. In the forest at evening you shall sleep, in the paths of Dedanim.
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	14	Meeting the thirsty bring him water, you that inhabit the land of the south, meet with bread him that fleeth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	15	For they are fled from before the swords, from the sword that hung over them, from the bent bow, from the face of a grievous battle.
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	16	For thus saith the Lord to me: Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Cedar shall be taken away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	17	And the residue of the number of strong archers of the children of Cedar shall be diminished: for the Lord the God of Israel hath spoken it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	1	The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee also, that thou too art wholly gone up to the housetops?
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	2	Full of clamour, a populous city, a joyous city: thy slain are not slain by the sword, nor dead in battle.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	3	All the princes are fled together, and are bound hard: all that were found, are bound together, they are fled far off.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	4	Therefore have I said: Depart from me, I will weep bitterly: labour not to comfort me, for the devastation of the daughter of my people.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	5	For it is a day of slaughter and of treading down, and of weeping to the Lord the God of hosts in the valley of vision, searching the wall, and magnificent upon the mountain.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	6	And Elam took the quiver, the chariot of the horseman, and the shield was taken down from the wall.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	7	And thy choice valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horseman shall place themselves in the gate.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	8	And the covering of Juda shall be discovered, and thou shalt see in that day the armoury of the house of the forest.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	9	And you shall see the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and you have gathered together the waters of the lower pool,
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	10	And have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and broken down houses to fortify the wall.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	11	And you made a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: and you have not looked up to the maker thereof, nor regarded him even at a distance, that wrought it long ago.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	12	And the Lord, the God of hosts, in that day shall call to weeping, and to mourning, to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	13	And behold joy and gladness, killing calves, and slaying rams, eating flesh, and drinking wine: Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	14	And the voice of the Lord of hosts was revealed in my ears: Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you till you die, saith the Lord God of hosts.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	15	Thus saith the Lord God of hosts: Go, get thee in to him that dwelleth in the tabernacle, to Sobna who is over the temple: and thou shalt say to him:
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	16	What dost thou here, or as if thou wert somebody here? for thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, thou hast hewed out a monument carefully in a high place, a dwelling for thyself in a rock.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	17	Behold the Lord will cause thee to be carried away, as a cock is carried away, and he will lift thee up as a garment.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	18	He will crown thee with a crown of tribulation, he will toss thee like a ball into a large and spacious country: there shalt thou die, and there shall the chariot of thy glory be, the shame of the house of thy Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	19	And I will drive thee out from thy station, and depose thee from thy ministry.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	20	And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliacim the son of Helcias,
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	21	And I will clothe him with thy robe, and will strengthen him with thy girdle, and will give thy power into his hand: and he shall be as a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Juda.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	22	And I will lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder: and he shall open, and none shall shut: and he shall shut, and none shall open.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	23	And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place, and he shall be for a throne of glory to the house of his father.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	24	And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, divers kinds of vessels, every little vessel, from the vessels of cups even to every instrument of music.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	25	In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the peg be removed, that was fastened in the sure place: and it shall be broken and shall fall: and that which hung thereon, shall perish, because the Lord hath spoken it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	1	The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of the sea, for the house is destroyed, from whence they were wont to come: from the land of Cethim it is revealed to them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	2	Be silent, you that dwell in the island: the merchants of Sidon passing over the sea, have filled thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	3	The seed of the Nile in many waters, the harvest of the river is her revenue: and she is become the mart of the nations.
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	4	Be thou ashamed, O Sidon: for the sea speaketh, even the strength of the sea, saying: I have not been in labour, nor have I brought forth, nor have I nourished up young men, nor brought up virgins.
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	5	When it shall be heard in Egypt, they will be sorry when they shall hear of Tyre:
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	6	Pass over the seas, howl, ye inhabitants of the island.
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	7	Is not this your city, which gloried from of old in her antiquity? her feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	8	Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, that was formerly crowned, whose merchants were princes, and her traders the nobles of the earth?
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	9	The Lord of hosts hath designed it, to pull down the pride of all glory, and bring to disgrace all the glorious ones of the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	10	Pass thy land as a river, O daughter of the sea, thou hast a girdle no more.
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	11	He stretched out his hand over the sea, he troubled kingdoms: the Lord hath given a charge against Chanaan, to destroy the strong ones thereof.
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	12	And he said: Thou shalt glory no more, O virgin daughter of Sidon, who art oppressed: arise and sail over to Cethim, there also thou shalt have no, rest.
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	13	Behold the land of the Chaldeans, there was not such a people, the Assyrian founded it: they have led away the strong ones thereof into captivity, they have destroyed the houses thereof, they have brought it to ruin.
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	14	Howl, O ye ships of the sea, for your strength is laid waste.
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	15	And it shall come to pass in that day that thou, O Tyre, shalt be forgotten, seventy years, according to the days of one king: but after seventy years, there shall be unto Tyre as the song of a harlot.
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	16	Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten: sing well, sing many a song, that thou mayst be remembered.
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	17	And it shall come to pass after seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and will bring her back again to her traffic: and she shall commit fornication again with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	18	And her merchandise and her hire shall be sanctified to the Lord: they shall not be kept in store, nor laid up: for her merchandise shall be for them that shall dwell before the Lord, that they may eat unto fulness, and be clothed for a continuance.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	1	Behold the Lord shall lay waste the earth, and shall strip it, and shall afflict the face thereof, and scatter abroad the inhabitants thereof.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	2	And it shall be as with the people, so with the priest: and as with the servant, so with his master: as with the handmaid, so with her mistress: as with the buyer, so with the seller: as with the lender, so with the borrower: as with him that calleth for his money, so with him that oweth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	3	With desolation shall the earth be laid waste, and it shall be utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	4	The earth mourned, and faded away, and is weakened: the world faded away, the height of the people of the earth is weakened.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	5	And the earth is infected by the inhabitants thereof: because they have transgressed the laws, they have changed the ordinance, they have broken the everlasting covenant.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	6	Therefore shall a curse devour the earth, and the inhabitants thereof shall sin: and therefore they that dwell therein shall be mad, and few men shall be left.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	7	The vintage hath mourned, the vine hath languished away, all the merryhearted have sighed.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	8	The mirth of timbrels hath ceased, the noise of them that rejoice is ended, the melody of the harp is silent.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	9	They shall not drink wine with a song: the drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	10	The city of vanity is broken down, every house is shut up, no man cometh in.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	11	There shall be a crying for wine in the streets: all mirth is forsaken: the joy of the earth is gone away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	12	Desolation is left in the city, and calamity shall oppress the gates.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	13	For it shall be thus in the midst of the earth, in the midst of the people, as if a few olives, that remain, should be shaken out of the olive tree: or grapes, when the vintage is ended.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	14	These shall lift up their voice, and shall give praise: when the Lord shall be glorified, they shall make a joyful noise from the sea.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	15	Therefore glorify ye the Lord in instruction: the name of the Lord God of Israel in the islands of the sea.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	16	From the ends of the earth we have heard praises, the glory of the just one. And I said: My secret to myself, my secret to myself, woe is me: the prevaricators have prevaricated, and with the prevarication of transgressors they have prevaricated.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	17	Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon thee, O thou inhabitant of the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	18	And it shall come to pass, that he that shall flee from the noise of the fear, shall fall into the pit: and he that shall rid himself out of the pit, shall be taken in the snare: for the flood-gates from on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth shall be shaken.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	19	With breaking shall the earth be broken, with crushing shall the earth be crushed, with trembling shall the earth be moved.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	20	With shaking shall the earth be shaken as a drunken man, and shall be removed as the tent of one night: and the iniquity thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	21	And it shall come to pass, that in that day the Lord shall visit upon the host of heaven on high, and upon the kings of the earth, on the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	22	And they shall be gathered together as in the gathering of one bundle into the pit, and they shall be shut up there in prison: and after many days they shall be visited.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	23	And the moon shall blush, and the sun shall be ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Sion, and in Jerusalem, and shall be glorified in the sight of his ancients.
+Isaiah	Is	27	25	1	O Lord, thou art my God, I will exalt thee, and give glory to thy name: for thou hast done wonderful things, thy designs of old faithful, amen.
+Isaiah	Is	27	25	2	For thou hast reduced the city to a heap, the strong city to ruin, the house of strangers, to be no city, and to be no more built up for ever.
+Isaiah	Is	27	25	3	Therefore shall a strong people praise thee, the city of mighty nations shall fear thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	25	4	Because thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress: a refuge from the whirlwind, a shadow from the heat. For the blast of the mighty is like a whirlwind beating against a wall.
+Isaiah	Is	27	25	5	Thou shalt bring down the tumult of strangers, as heat in thirst: and as with heat under a burning cloud, thou shalt make the branch of the mighty to wither away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	25	6	And the Lord of hosts shall make unto all people in this mountain, a feast of fat things, a feast of wine, of fat things full of marrow, of wine purified from the lees.
+Isaiah	Is	27	25	7	And he shall destroy in this mountain the face of the bond with which all people were tied, and the web that he began over all nations.
+Isaiah	Is	27	25	8	He shall cast death down headlong for ever: and the Lord God shall wipe away tears from every face, and the reproach of his people he shall take away from off the whole earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	25	9	And they shall say in that day: Lo, this is our God, we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord, we have patiently waited for him, we shall rejoice and be joyfull in his salvation.
+Isaiah	Is	27	25	10	For the hand of the Lord shall rest in this mountain: and Moab shall be trodden down under him, as straw is broken in pieces with the wain.
+Isaiah	Is	27	25	11	And he shall stretch forth his hands under him, as he that swimmeth stretcheth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down his glory with the dashing of his hands.
+Isaiah	Is	27	25	12	And the bulwarks of thy high walls shall fall, and be brought low, and shall be pulled down to the ground, even to the dust.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	1	In that day shall this canticle be sung the land of Juda. Sion the city of our strength a saviour, a wall and a bulwark shall be set therein.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	2	Open ye the gates, and let the just nation, that keepeth the truth, enter in.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	3	The old error is passed away: thou wilt keep peace: peace, because we have hoped in thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	4	You have hoped in the Lord for evermore, in the Lord God mighty for ever.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	5	For he shall bring down them that dwell on high, the high city he shall lay low. He shall bring it down even to the ground, he shall pull it down even to the dust.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	6	The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	7	The way of the just is right, the path of the just is right to walk in.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	8	And in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, we have patiently waited for thee: thy name, and thy remembrance are the desire of the soul.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	9	My soul hath desired thee in the night: yea, and with my spirit within me in the morning early I will watch to thee. When thou shalt do thy judgments on the earth, the inhabitants of the world shall learn justice.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	10	Let us have pity on the wicked, but he will not learn justice: in the land of the saints he hath done wicked things, and he shall not see the glory of the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	11	Lord, let thy hand be exalted, and let them not see: let the envious people see, and be confounded: and let fire devour thy enemies.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	12	Lord, thou wilt give us peace: for thou hast wrought all our works for us.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	13	O Lord our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us, only in thee let us remember thy name.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	14	Let not the dead live, let not the giants rise again: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and hast destroyed all their memory.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	15	Thou hast been favourable to the nation, O Lord, thou hast been favourable to the nation: art thou glorified? thou hast removed all the ends of the earth far off.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	16	Lord, they have sought after thee in distress, in the tribulation of murmuring thy instruction was with them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	17	As a woman with child, when she draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs: so are we become in thy presence, O Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	18	We have conceived, and been as it were in labour, and have brought forth wind: we have not wrought salvation on the earth, therefore the inhabitants of the earth have not fallen.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	19	Thy dead men shall live, my slain shall rise again: awake, and give praise, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is the dew of the light: and the land of the giants thou shalt pull down into ruin.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	20	Go, my people, enter into thy chambers, shut thy doors upon thee, hide thyself a little for a moment, until the indignation pass away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	21	For behold the Lord will come out of his place, to visit the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth against him: and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall cover her slain no more.
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	1	In that day the Lord with his hard, and great, and strong sword shall visit leviathan the bar serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent, and shall slay the whale that is in the sea.
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	2	In that day there shall be singing to the vineyard of pure wine.
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	3	I am the Lord that keep it, I will suddenly give it drink: lest any hurt come to it, I keep it night and day.
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	4	There is no indignation in me: who shall make me a thorn and a brier in battle: shall march against it, shall I set it on fire together?
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	5	Or rather shall it take hold of my strength, shall it make peace with me, shall it make peace with me?
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	6	When they shall rush in unto Jacob, Israel shall blossom and bud, and they shall fill the face of the world with seed.
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	7	Hath he struck him according to the stroke of him that struck him? or is he slain, as he killed them that were slain by him?
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	8	In measure against measure, when it shall be cast off, thou shalt judge it. He hath meditated with his severe spirit in the day of heat.
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	9	Therefore upon this shall the iniquity of the house of Jacob be forgiven: and this is all the fruit, that the sin thereof should be taken away, when he shall have made all the stones of the altar, as burnt stones broken in pieces, the groves and temples shall not stand.
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	10	For the strong city shall be desolate, the beautiful city shall be forsaken, and shall be left as a wilderness: there the calf shall feed, and there shall he lie down, and shall consume its branches.
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	11	Its harvest shall be destroyed with drought, women shall come and teach it: for it is not a wise people, therefore he that made it, shall not have mercy on it: and he that formed it, shall not spare it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	12	And it shall come to pass, that in that day the Lord will strike from the channel of the river even to the torrent of Egypt, and you shall be gathered together one by one, O ye children of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	13	And it shall come to pass, that in that day a noise shall be made with a great trumpet, and they that were lost, shall come from the land of the Assyrians, and they that were outcasts in the land of Egypt, and they shall adore the Lord in the holy mount in Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	1	Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower the glory of his joy, who were on the head of the fat valley, staggering with wine.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	2	Behold the Lord is mighty and strong, as a storm of hail: a destroying whirlwind, as the violence of many waters overflowing, and sent forth upon a spacious land.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	3	The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	4	And the fading flower the glory of his joy, who is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as a hasty fruit before the ripeness of autumn: which when he that seeth it shall behold, as soon as he taketh it in his hand, he will eat it up.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	5	In that day the Lord of hosts shall be a crown of glory, and a garland of joy to the residue of his people:
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	6	And a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that return out of the battle to the gate.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	7	But these also have been ignorant through wine, and through drunkenness have erred: the priest and the prophet have been ignorant through drunkenness, they are swallowed up with wine, they have gone astray in drunkenness, they have not known him that seeth, they have been ignorant of judgment.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	8	For all tables were full of vomit and filth, so that there was no more place.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	9	Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand the hearing? them that are weaned from the milk, that are drawn away from the breasts.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	10	For command, command again; command, command again; expect, expect again; expect, expect again: a little there, a little there.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	11	For with the speech of lips, and with another tongue he will speak to this people.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	12	To whom he said: This is my rest, refresh the weary, and this is my refreshing: and they would not hear.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	13	And the word of the Lord shall be to them: Command, command again; command, command again: expect, expect again; expect, expect again: a little there, a little there: that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	14	Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, who rule over my people that is in Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	15	For you have said: We have entered into a league with death, and we have made a covenant with hell. When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come upon us: for we have placed our hope in lies, and by falsehood we are protected.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	16	Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will lay a stone in the foundations of Sion, a tried stone, a corner stone, a precious stone, founded in the foundation. He that believeth, let him not hasten.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	17	And I will set judgment in weight, and justice in measure: and hail shall overturn the hope of falsehood: and waters shall overflow its protection.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	18	And your league with death shall be abolished, and your covenant with hell shall not stand: when the overflowing scourge shall pass, you shall be trodden down by it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	19	Whensoever it shall pass through, it shall take you away: because in the morning early it shall pass through, in the day and in the night, and vexation alone shall make you understand what you hear.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	20	For the bed is straitened, so that one must fall out, and a short covering cannot cover both.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	21	For the Lord shall stand up as in the mountain of divisions: he shall be angry as in the valley which is in Gabaon: that he may do his work, his strange work: that he may perform his work, his work is strange to him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	22	And now do not mock, lest your bonds be tied strait. For I have heard of the Lord the God of hosts a consumption and a cutting short upon all the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	23	Give ear, and hear my voice, hearken, and hear my speech.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	24	Shall the ploughman plough all the day to sow, shall he open and harrow his ground?
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	25	Will he not, when he hath made plain the surface thereof, sow gith, and scatter cummin, and put wheat in order, and barley, and millet, and vetches in their bounds?
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	26	For he will instruct him in judgment: his God will teach him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	27	For gith shall not be thrashed with saws, neither shall the cart wheel turn about upon cummin: but gith shall be beaten out with a rod, and cummin with a staff.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	28	But bread corn shall be broken small: but the thrasher shall not thrash it for ever, neither shall the cart wheel hurt it, nor break it with its teeth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	29	This also is come forth from the Lord God of hosts, to make his counsel wonderful, and magnify justice.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	1	Woe to Ariel, to Ariel the city which David took: year is added to year: the solemnities are at an end.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	2	And I will make a trench about Ariel, and it shall be in sorrow and mourning, and it shall be to me as Ariel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	3	And I will make a circle round about thee, and will cast up a rampart against thee, and raise up bulwarks to besiege thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	4	Thou shalt be brought down, thou shalt speak out of the earth, and thy speech shall be heard out of the ground: and thy voice shall be from the earth like that of the python, and out of the ground thy speech shall mutter.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	5	And the multitude of them that fan thee, shall be like small dust: and as ashes passing away, the multitude of them that have prevailed against thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	6	And it shall be at an instant suddenly. A visitation shall come from the Lord of hosts in thunder, and with earthquake, and with a great noise of whirlwind and tempest, and with the flame of devouring fire.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	7	And the multitude of all nations that have fought against Ariel, shall be as the dream of a vision by night, and all that have fought, and besieged and prevailed against it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	8	And as he that is hungry dreameth, and eateth, but when he is awake, his soul is empty: and as he that is thirsty dreameth, and drinketh, and after he is awake, is yet faint with thirst, and his soul is empty: so shall be the multitude of all the Gentiles, that have fought against mount Sion.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	9	Be astonished, and wander, waver, and stagger: be drunk, and not with wine: stagger, and not with drunkenness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	10	For the Lord hath mingled for you the spirit of a deep sleep, he will shut up your eyes, he will cover your prophets and princes, that see visions.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	11	And the vision of all shall be unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which when they shall deliver to one that is learned, they shall say: Read this: and he shall answer: I cannot, for it is sealed.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	12	And the book shall be given to one that knoweth no letters, and it shall be said to him: Read: and he shall answer: I know no letters.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	13	And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips glorify me, but their heart is far from me, and they have feared me with the commandment and doctrines of men:
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	14	Therefore behold I will proceed to cause an admiration in this people, by a great and wonderful miracle: for wisdom shall perish from their wise men, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	15	Woe to you that are deep of heart, to hide your counsel from the Lord: and their works are in the dark, and they say: Who seeth us, and who knoweth us?
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	16	This thought of yours is perverse: as if the clay should think against the potter, and the work should say to the maker thereof: Thou madest me not: or the thing framed should say to him that fashioned it: Thou understandest not.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	17	Is it not yet a very little while, and Libanus shall be turned into charmel, and charmel shall be esteemed as a forest?
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	18	And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind shall see.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	19	And the meek shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	20	For he that did prevail hath failed, the scorner is consumed, and they are all cut off that watched for iniquity:
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	21	That made men sin by word, and supplanted him that reproved them in the gate, and declined in vain from the just.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	22	Therefore thus saith the Lord to the house of Jacob, he that redeemed Abraham: Jacob shall not now be confounded, neither shall his countenance now be ashamed:
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	23	But when he shall see his children, the work of my hands in the midst of him sanctifying my name, and they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall glorify the God of Israel:
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	24	And they that erred in spirit, shall know understanding, and they that murmured, shall learn the law.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	1	Woe to you, apostate children, saith the Lord, that you would take counsel, and not of me: and would begin a web, and not by my spirit, that you might add sin upon sin:
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	2	Who walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth, hoping for help in the strength of Pharao, and trusting in the shadow of Egypt.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	3	And the strength of Pharao shall be to your confusion, and the confidence of the shadow of Egypt to your shame.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	4	For thy princes were in Tanis, and thy messengers came even to Hanes.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	5	They were all confounded at a people that could not profit them: they were no help, nor to any profit, but to confusion and to reproach.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	6	The burden of the beasts of the south. In a land of trouble and distress, from whence come the lioness, and the lion, the viper and the flying basilisk, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of beasts, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels to a people that shall not be able to profit them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	7	For Egypt shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this: It is pride only, sit still.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	8	Now therefore go in and write for them upon box, and note it diligently in a book, and it shall be in the latter days for a testimony for ever.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	9	For it is a people that provoketh to wrath, and lying children, children that will not hear the law of God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	10	Who say to the seers: See not: and to them that behold: Behold not for us those things that are right: speak unto us pleasant things, see errors for us.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	11	Take away from me the way, turn away the path from me, let the Holy One of Israel cease from before us.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	12	Therefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel: Because you have rejected this word, and have trusted in oppression and tumult, and have leaned upon it:
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	13	Therefore shall this iniquity be to you as a breach that falleth, and is found wanting in a high wall, for the destruction thereof shall come on a sudden, when it is not looked for.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	14	And it shall be broken small, as the potter's vessel is broken all to pieces with mighty breaking, and there shall not a sherd be found of the pieces thereof, wherein a little fire may be carried from the hearth, or a, little water be drawn out of the pit.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	15	For thus saith the Lord God the Holy One of Israel: If you return and be quiet, you shall be saved: in silence and in hope shall your strength be. And you would not:
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	16	But have said: No, but we will flee to horses: therefore shall you flee. And we will mount upon swift ones: therefore shall they be swifter that shall pursue after you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	17	A thousand men shall flee for fear of one: and for fear of five shall you flee, till you be left as the mast of a ship on the top of a mountain, and as an ensign upon a hill.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	18	Therefore the Lord waiteth that he may have mercy on you: and therefore shall he be exalted sparing you: because the Lord is the God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	19	For the people of Sion shall dwell in Jerusalem: weeping thou shalt not weep, he will surely have pity on thee: at the voice of thy cry, as soon as he shall hear, he will answer thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	20	And the Lord will give you spare bread, and short water: and will not cause thy teacher to flee away from thee any more, and thy eyes shall see thy teacher.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	21	And thy ears shall hear the word of one admonishing thee behind thy back: This is the way, walk ye in it: and go not aside neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	22	And thou shalt defile the plates of thy graven things of silver, and the garment of thy molten things of gold, and shalt cast them away as the uncleanness of a menstruous woman. Thou shalt say to it: Get thee hence.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	23	And rain shall be given to thy seed, wheresoever thou shalt sow in the land: and the bread of the corn of the land shall be most plentiful, and fat. The lamb in that day shall feed at large in thy possession:
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	24	And thy oxen, and the ass colts that till the ground, shall eat mingled provender as it was winnowed in the floor.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	25	And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every elevated hill rivers of running waters in the day of the slaughter of many, when the tower shall fall.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	26	And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days: in the day when the Lord shall bind up the wound of his people, and shall heal the stroke of their wound.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	27	Behold the name of the Lord cometh from afar, his wrath burneth, and is heavy to bear: his lips are filled with indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	28	His breath as a torrent overflowing even to the midst of the neck, to destroy the nations unto nothing, and the bridle of error that was in the jaws of the people.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	29	You shall have a song as in the night of the sanctified solemnity, and joy of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe, to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the Mighty One of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	30	And the Lord shall make the glory of his voice to be heard, and shall shew the terror of his arm, in the threatening of wrath, and the flame of devouring fire: he shall crush to pieces with whirlwind, and hailstones.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	31	For at the voice of the Lord the Assyrian shall fear being struck with the rod.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	32	And the passage of the rod shall be strongly grounded, which the Lord shall make to rest upon him with timbrels and harps, and in great battles he shall over throw them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	33	For Topheth is prepared from yesterday, prepared by the king, deep, and wide. The nourishment thereof is fire and much wood: the breath of the Lord as a torrent of brimstone kindling it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	31	1	Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, trusting in horses, and putting their confidence in chariots, because they are many: and in horsemen, because they are very strong: and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought after the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	31	2	But he that is the wise one hath brought evil, and hath not removed his words: and he will rise up against the house of the wicked, and against the aid of them that work iniquity.
+Isaiah	Is	27	31	3	Egypt is man, and not God: and their horses, flesh, and not spirit: and the Lord shall put down his hand, and the helper shall fall, and he that is helped shall fall, and they shall all be confounded together.
+Isaiah	Is	27	31	4	For thus saith the Lord to me: Like as the lion roareth, and the lion's whelp upon his prey, and when a multitude of shepherds shall come against him, he will not fear at their voice, nor be afraid of their multitude: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight upon mount Sion, and upon the hill thereof.
+Isaiah	Is	27	31	5	As birds dying, so will the Lord of hosts protect Jerusalem, protecting and delivering, passing over and saving.
+Isaiah	Is	27	31	6	Return as you had deeply revolted, O children of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	31	7	For in that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your hands have made for you to sin.
+Isaiah	Is	27	31	8	And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword not of a man, and the sword not of a man shall devour him, and he shall flee not at the face of the sword: and his young men shall be tributaries.
+Isaiah	Is	27	31	9	And his strength shall pass away with dread, and his princes fleeing shall be afraid: the Lord hath said it, whose die is in Sion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	1	Behold a king shall reign in justice, and princes shall rule in judgment.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	2	And a man shall be as when one is hid from the wind, and hideth himself from a storm, as rivers of waters in drought, and the shadow of a rock that standeth out in a desert land.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	3	The eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken diligently.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	4	And the heart of fools shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of stammerers shall speak readily and plain.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	5	The fool shall no more be called prince: neither shall the deceitful be called great:
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	6	For the fool will speak foolish things, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and speak to the Lord deceitfully, and to make empty the soul of the hungry, and take away drink from the thirsty.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	7	The vessels of the deceitful are most wicked: for he hath framed devices to destroy the meek, with lying words, when the poor man speaketh judgment.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	8	But the prince will devise such things as are worthy of a prince, and he shall stand above the rulers.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	9	Rise up, ye rich women, and hear my voice: ye confident daughters, give ear to my speech.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	10	For after days and a year, you that are confident shall be troubled: for the vintage is at an end, the gathering shall come no more.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	11	Be astonished, ye rich women, be troubled, ye confident ones: strip you, and be confounded, gird your loins.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	12	Mourn for your breasts, for the delightful country, for the fruitful vineyard.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	13	Upon the land of my people shall thorns and briers come up: how much more upon all the houses of joy, of the city that rejoiced?
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	14	For the house is forsaken, the multitude of the city is left, darkness and obscurity are come upon its dens for ever. A joy of wild asses, the pastures of flocks,
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	15	Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high: and the desert shall be as a charmel, and charmel shall be counted for a forest.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	16	And judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and justice shall sit in charmel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	17	And the work of justice shall be peace, and the service of justice quietness, and security for ever.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	18	And my people shall sit in the beauty of peace, and in the tabernacles of confidence, and in wealthy rest.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	19	But hail shall be in the descent of the forest, and the city shall be made very low.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	20	Blessed are ye that sow upon all waters, sending thither the foot of the ox and the ass.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	1	Woe to thee that spoilest, shalt not thou thyself also be spoiled? and thou that despisest, shalt not thyself also be despised? when thou shalt have made an end of spoiling, thou shalt be spoiled: when being wearied thou shalt cease to despise, thou shalt be despised.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	2	O Lord, have mercy on us: for we have waited for thee: be thou our arm in the morning, and our salvation in the time of trouble.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	3	At the voice of the angel the people fled, and at the lifting up thyself the nations are scattered.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	4	And your spoils shall be gathered together as the locusts are gathered, as when the ditches are full of them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	5	The Lord is magnified, for he hath dwelt on high: he hath filled Sion with judgment and justice.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	6	And there shall be faith in thy times: riches of salvation, wisdom and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	7	Behold they that see shall cry without, the angels of peace shall weep bitterly.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	8	The ways are made desolate, no one passeth by the road, the covenant is made void, he hath rejected the cities, he hath not regarded the men.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	9	The land hath mourned, and languished: Libanus is confounded and become foul, and Saron is become as a desert: and Basan and Carmel are shaken.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	10	Now will I rise up, saith the Lord: now will I be exalted, now will I lift up myself.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	11	You shall conceive heat, you shall bring forth stubble: your breath as fire shall devour you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	12	And the people shall be as ashes after a fire, as a bundle of thorns they shall be burnt with fire.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	13	Hear, you that are far off, what I have done, and you that are near know my strength.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	14	The sinners in Sion are afraid, trembling hath seized upon the hypocrites. Which of you can dwell with devouring fire? which of you shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	15	He that walketh in justices, and speaketh truth, that casteth away avarice by oppression, and shaketh his hands from all bribes, that stoppeth his ears lest he hear blood, and shutteth his eyes that he may see no evil.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	16	He shall dwell on high, the fortifications of rocks shall be his highness: bread is given him, his waters are sure.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	17	His eyes shall see the king in his beauty, they shall see the land far off.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	18	Thy heart shall meditate fear: where is the learned? where is he that pondereth the words of the law? where is the teacher of little ones?
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	19	The shameless people thou shalt not see, the people of profound speech: so that thou canst not understand the eloquence of his tongue, in whom there is no wisdom.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	20	Look upon Sion the city of our solemnity: thy eyes shall see Jerusalem, a rich habitation, a tabernacle that cannot be removed: neither shall the nails thereof be taken away for ever, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken:
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	21	Because only there our Lord is magnificent: a place of rivers, very broad and spacious streams: no ship with oars shall pass by it, neither shall the great galley pass through it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	22	For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king: he will save us.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	23	Thy tacklings are loosed, and they shall be of no strength: thy mast shall be in such condition, that thou shalt not be able to spread the flag. Then shall the spoils of much prey be divided: the lame shall take the spoil.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	24	Neither shall he that is near, say: I am feeble. The people that dwell therein, shall have their iniquity taken away from them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	1	Come near, ye Gentiles, and hear, and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein, the world, and every thing that cometh forth of it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	2	For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath killed them, and delivered them to slaughter.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	3	Their slain shall be cast forth, and out of their carcasses shall rise a stink: the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	4	And all the host of the heavens shall pine away, and the heavens shall be folded together as a book: and all their host shall fall down as the leaf falleth from the vine, and from the fig tree.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	5	For my sword is inebriated in heaven: behold it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my slaughter unto judgment.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	6	The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made thick with the blood of lambs and buck goats, with the blood of rams full of marrow: for there is a victim of the Lord in Bosra and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	7	And the unicorns shall go down with them, and the bulls with the mighty: their land shall be soaked with blood, and their ground with the fat of fat ones.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	8	For it is the day of the vengeance of the Lord, the year of recompenses of the judgment of Sion.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	9	And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the ground thereof into brimstone: and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	10	Night and day it shall not be quenched, the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste, none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	11	The bittern and ericius shall possess it: and the ibis and the raven shall dwell in it: and a line shall be stretched out upon it, to bring it to nothing, and a plummet, unto desolation.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	12	The nobles thereof shall not be there: they shall call rather upon the king, and all the princes thereof shall be nothing.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	13	And thorns and nettles shall grow up in its houses, and the thistle in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be the habitation of dragons, and the pasture of ostriches.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	14	And demons and monsters shall meet, and the hairy ones shall cry out one to another, there hath the lamia lain down, and found rest for herself.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	15	There hath the ericius had its hole, and brought up its young ones, and hath dug round about, and cherished them in the shadow thereof: thither are the kites gathered together one to another.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	16	Search ye diligently in the book of the Lord, and read: not one of them was wanting, one hath not sought for the other: for that which proceedeth out of my mouth, he hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	17	And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it to them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation they shall dwell therein.
+Isaiah	Is	27	35	1	The land that was desolate and impassable shall be glad, and the wilderness shall rejoice, and shall flourish like the lily.
+Isaiah	Is	27	35	2	It shall bud forth and blossom, and shall rejoice with joy and praise: the glory of Libanus is given to it: the beauty of Carmel, and Saron, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the beauty of our God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	35	3	Strengthen ye the feeble hands, and confirm the weak knees.
+Isaiah	Is	27	35	4	Say to the fainthearted: Take courage, and fear not: behold your God will bring the revenge of recompense: God himself will come and will save you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	35	5	Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
+Isaiah	Is	27	35	6	Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall be free: for waters are broken out in the desert, and streams in the wilderness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	35	7	And that which was dry land, shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water. In the dens where dragons dwell before, shall rise up the verdure of the reed and the bulrush.
+Isaiah	Is	27	35	8	And a path and a way shall be there, and it shall be called the holy way: the unclean shall not pass over it, and this shall be unto you a straight way, so that fools shall not err therein.
+Isaiah	Is	27	35	9	No lion shall be there, nor shall any mischievous beast go up by it, nor be found there: but they shall walk there that shall be delivered.
+Isaiah	Is	27	35	10	And the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and shall come into Sion with praise, and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	1	And it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Ezechias, that Sennacherib king of the Assyrians came up against all the fenced cities of Juda, and took them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	2	And the king of the Assyrians sent Rabsaces from Lachis to Jerusalem, to king Ezechias with a great army, and he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the way of the fuller's field.
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	3	And there went out to him Eliacim the son of Helcias, who was over the house, and Sobna the scribe, and Joahe the son of Asaph the recorder.
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	4	And Rabsaces said to them: Tell Ezechias: Thus saith the great king, the king of the Assyrians: What is this confidence wherein thou trustest?
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	5	Or with what counsel or strength dost thou prepare for war? on whom dost thou trust, that thou art revolted from me?
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	6	Lo thou trustest upon this broken staff of a reed, upon Egypt: upon which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharao king or Egypt to all that trust in him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	7	But if thou wilt answer me: We trust in the Lord our God: is it not he whose high places and altars Ezechias hath taken away, and hath said to Juda and Jerusalem: You shall worship before this altar?
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	8	And now deliver thyself up to my lord the king of the Assyrians, and I will give thee two thousand horses, and thou wilt not be able on thy part to find riders for them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	9	And how wilt thou stand against the face of the judge of one place, of the least of my master's servants? But if thou trust in Egypt, in chariots and in horsemen:
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	10	And am I now come up without the Lord against this land to destroy it? The Lord said to me: Go up against this land, and destroy it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	11	And Eliacim, and Sobna, and Joahe said to Rabsaces: Speak to thy servants in the Syrian tongue: for we understand it: speak not to us in the Jews' language in the hearing of the people, that are upon the wall.
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	12	And Rabsaces said to them: Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee, to speak all these words; and not rather to the men that sit on the wall; that they may eat their own dung, and drink their urine with you?
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	13	Then Rabsaces stood, and cried out with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said: Hear the words of the great king, the king of the Assyrians.
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	14	Thus saith the king: Let not Ezechias deceive you, for he shall not be able to deliver you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	15	And let not Ezechias make you trust in the Lord, saying: The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	16	Do not hearken to Ezechias: for thus said the king of the Assyrians: Do with me that which is for your advantage, and come out to me, and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the water of his cistern,
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	17	Till I come and take you away to a land, like to your own, a land of corn and of wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	18	Neither let Ezechias trouble you, saying: The Lord will deliver us. Have any of the gods of the nations delivered their land out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians?
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	19	Where is the god of Emath and of Arphad? where is the god of Sepharvaim? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	20	Who is there among all the gods of these lands, that hath delivered his country out of my hand, that the Lord may deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	21	And they held their peace, and answered him not a word. For the king had commanded, saying: answer him not.
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	22	And Eliacim the son of Helcias, that was over the house, and Sobna the scribe, and Joahe the son of Asaph the recorder, went in to Ezechias with their garments rent, and told him the words of Rabsaces.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	1	And it came to pass, when king Ezechias had heard it, that he rent his garments and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	2	And he sent Eliacim who was over the house, and Sobna the scribe, and the ancients of the priests covered with sackcloth, to Isaias the son of Amos the prophet.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	3	And they said to him: Thus saith Ezechias: This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	4	It may be the Lord thy God will hear the words of Rabsaces, whom the king of the Assyrians his master hath sent to blaspheme the living God, and to reproach with words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	5	And the servants of Ezechias came to Isaias.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	6	And Isaias said to them: Thus shall you say to your master: Thus saith the Lord: Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of the Assyrians have blasphemed me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	7	Behold, I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a message, and shall return to his own country, and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own country.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	8	And Rabsaces returned, and found the king of the Assyrians besieging Lobna. For he had heard that he was departed from Lachis.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	9	And he heard say about Tharaca the king of Ethiopia: He is come forth to fight against thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Ezechias, saying:
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	10	Thus shall you speak to Ezechias the king of Juda, saying: Let not thy God deceive thee, in whom thou trustest, saying: Jerusalem shall not be given into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	11	Behold thou hast heard all that the kings of the Assyrians have done to all countries which they have destroyed, and canst thou be delivered?
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	12	Have the gods of the nations delivered them whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozam, and Haram, and Reseph, and the children of Eden, that were in Thalassar?
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	13	Where is the king of Emath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Ana, and of Ava?
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	14	And Ezechias took the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it, and went up to the house of the Lord, and Ezechias spread it before the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	15	And Ezechias prayed to the Lord, saying:
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	16	O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, who sittest upon the cherubims, thou alone art the God of all the kingdoms of the earth, thou hast made heaven and earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	17	Incline, O Lord, thy ear, and hear: open, O Lord, thy eyes, and see, and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he hath sent to blaspheme the living God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	18	For of a truth, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have laid waste lands, and their countries.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	19	And they have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, but the works of men's hands, of wood and stone: and they broke them in pieces.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	20	And now, O Lord our God, save us out of his hand: and let all the kingdoms of the earth know, that thou only art the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	21	And Isaias the son of Amos sent to Ezechias, saying: Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: For the prayer thou hast made to me concerning Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians:
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	22	This is the word which the Lord hath spoken of him: The virgin the daughter of Sion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn: the daughter of Jerusalem hath wagged the head after thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	23	Whom hast thou reproached, and whom hast thou blasphemed, and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thy eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	24	By the hand of thy servants thou hast reproached the Lord: and hast said: With the multitude of my chariots I have gone up to the height of the mountains, to the top of Libanus: and I will cut down its tall cedars, and its choice fir trees, and will enter to the top of its height, to the forest of its Carmel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	25	I have digged, and drunk water, and have dried up with the sole of my foot, all the rivers shut up in banks.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	26	Hast thou not heard what I have done to him of old? from the days of old I have formed it: and now I have brought it to effect: and it hath come to pass that hills fighting together, and fenced cities should be destroyed.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	27	The inhabitants of them were weak of hand, they trembled, and were confounded: they became like the grass of the field, and the herb of the pasture, and like the grass of the housetops, which withered before it was ripe.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	28	I know thy dwelling, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	29	When thou wast mad against me, thy pride came up to my ears: therefore I will put a ring in thy nose, and a bit between thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	30	But to thee this shall be a sign: Eat this year the things that spring of themselves, and in the second year eat fruits: but in the third year sow and reap, and giant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	31	And that which shall be saved of the house of Juda, and which is left, shall take root downward, and shall bear fruit upward:
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	32	For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a, remnant, and salvation from mount Sion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	33	Wherefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of the Assyrians: He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow into it, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a trench about it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	34	By the way that he came, he shall return, and into this city he shall not come, saith the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	35	And I will protect this city, and will save it for my own sake, and for the sake of David my servant.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	36	And the angel of the Lord went out, and slew in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And they arose in the morning, and behold they were all dead corpses.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	37	And Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians went out and departed, and returned, and dwelt in Ninive.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	38	And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the temple of Nesroch his god, that Adramelech and Sarasar his sons slew him with the sword: and they fled into the land of Ararat, and Asarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	1	In those days Ezechias was sick even to death, and Isaias the son of Amos the prophet came unto him, and said to him: Thus saith the Lord: Take order with thy house, for thou shalt die, and not live.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	2	And Ezechias turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the Lord,
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	3	And said: I beseech thee, O Lord, remember how I have walked before thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Ezechias wept with great weeping.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	4	And the word of the Lord came to Isaias, saying:
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	5	Go and say to Ezechias: Thus saith the Lord the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, and I have seen thy tears: behold I will add to thy days fifteen years:
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	6	And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians, and I will protect it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	7	And this shall be a sign to thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this word which he hath spoken:
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	8	Behold I will bring again the shadow of the lines, by which it is now gone down in the sun dial of Achaz with the sun, ten lines backward. And the sun returned ten lines by the degrees by which it was gone down.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	9	The writing of Ezechias king of Juda, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	10	I said: In the midst of my days I shall go to the gates of hell: I sought for the residue of my years.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	11	I said: I shall not see the Lord God in the land of the living. I shall behold man no more, nor the inhabitant of rest.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	12	My generation is at an end, and it is rolled away from me, as a shepherd's tent. My life is cut off, as by a weaver: whilst I was yet but beginning, he cut me off: from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	13	I hoped till morning, as a lion so hath he broken all my bones: from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	14	I will cry like a young swallow, I will meditate like a dove: my eyes are weakened looking upward: Lord, I suffer violence, answer thou for me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	15	What shall I say, or what shall he answer for me, whereas he himself hath done it? I will recount to thee all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	16	O Lord, if man's life be such, and the life of my spirit be in such things as these, thou shalt correct me, and make me to live.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	17	Behold in peace is my bitterness most bitter: but thou hast delivered my soul that it should not perish, thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	18	For hell shall not confess to thee, neither shall death praise thee: nor shall they that go down into the pit, look for thy truth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	19	The living, the living, he shall give praise to thee, as I do this day: the father shall make thy truth known to the children.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	20	O Lord, save me, and we will sing our psalms all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	21	Now Isaias had ordered that they should take a lump of figs, and lay it as it plaster upon the wound, and that he should be healed.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	22	And Ezechias had said: What shall be the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?
+Isaiah	Is	27	39	1	At that time Merodach Baladan, the son of Baladan king of Babylon, sent letters and presents to Ezechias: for he had heard that he had been sick and was recovered.
+Isaiah	Is	27	39	2	And Ezechias rejoiced at their coming, and he shewed them the storehouses of his aromatical spices, and of the silver, and of the gold, and of the sweet odours, and of the precious ointment, and all the storehouses of his furniture, and all things that were found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion that Ezechias shewed them not.
+Isaiah	Is	27	39	3	Then Isaias the prophet came to king Ezechias, and said to him: What said these men, and from whence came they to thee? And Ezechias said: From a far country they came to me, from Babylon.
+Isaiah	Is	27	39	4	And he said: What saw they in thy house? And Ezechias said: All things that are in my house have they seen, there was not any thing which I have not shewn them in my treasures.
+Isaiah	Is	27	39	5	And Isaias said to Ezechias: Hear the word of the Lord of hosts.
+Isaiah	Is	27	39	6	Behold the days shall come, that all that is in thy house, and that thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried away into Babylon: there shall not any thing be left, saith the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	39	7	And of thy children, that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, they shall take away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
+Isaiah	Is	27	39	8	And Ezechias said to Isaias: The word of the Lord, which he hath spoken, is good. And he said: Only let peace and truth be in my days.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	1	Be comforted, be comforted, my people, saith your God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	2	Speak ye to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her: for her evil is come to an end, her iniquity is forgiven: she hath received of the hand of the Lord double for all her sins.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	3	The voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the wilderness the paths of our God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	4	Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough ways plain.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	5	And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh together shall see, that the mouth of the Lord hath spoken.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	6	The voice of one, saying: Cry. And I said: What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory thereof as the flower of the field.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	7	The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen, because the spirit of the Lord hath blown upon it. Indeed the people is grass:
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	8	The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen: but the word of our Lord endureth for ever.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	9	Get thee up upon a high mountain, thou that bringest good tidings to Sion: lift up thy voice with strength, thou that bringest good tidings to Jerusalem: lift it up, fear not. Say to the cities of Juda: Behold your God:
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	10	Behold the Lord God shall come with strength, and his arm shall rule: Behold his reward is with him and his work is before him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	11	He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather together the lambs with his arm, and shall take them up in his bosom, and he himself shall carry them that are with young.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	12	Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and weighed the heavens with his palm? who hath poised with three fingers the bulk of the earth, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	13	Who hath forwarded the spirit of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor, and hath taught him?
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	14	With whom hath he consulted, and who hath instructed him, and taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and shewed him the way of understanding?
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	15	Behold the Gentiles are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the smallest grain of a balance: behold the islands are as a little dust.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	16	And Libanus shall not be enough to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	17	All nations are before him as if they had no being at all, and are counted to him as nothing, and vanity.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	18	To whom then have you likened God? or what image will you make for him?
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	19	Hath the workman cast a graven statue? or hath the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	20	He hath chosen strong wood, and that will not rot: the skillful workman seeketh how he may set up an idol that may not be moved.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	21	Do you not know? hath it not been heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have you not understood the foundations of the earth?
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	22	It is he that sitteth upon the globe of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as locusts: he that stretcheth out the heavens as nothing, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	23	He that bringeth the searchers of secrets to nothing, that hath made the judges of the earth as vanity.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	24	And surely their stock was neither planted, nor sown, nor rooted in the earth: suddenly he hath blown upon them, and they are withered, and a whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	25	And to whom have ye likened me, or made me equal, saith the Holy One?
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	26	Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these things: who bringeth out their host by number, and calleth them all by their names: by the greatness of his might, and strength, and power, not one of them was missing.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	27	Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel: My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	28	Knowest thou not, or hast thou not heard? the Lord is the everlasting God, who hath created the ends of the earth: he shall not faint, nor labour, neither is there any searching out of his wisdom.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	29	It is he that giveth strength to the weary, and increaseth force and might to them that are not.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	30	Youths shall faint, and labour, and young men shall fall by infirmity.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	31	But they that hope in the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall take wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	1	Let the islands keep silence before me, and the nations take new strength: let them come near, and then speak, let us come near to judgment together.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	2	Who hath raised up the just one from the east, hath called him to follow him? he shall give the nations in his sight, and he shall rule over kings: he shall give them as the dust to his sword, as stubble driven by the wind, to his bow.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	3	He shall pursue them, he shall pass in peace, no path shall appear after his feet.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	4	Who hath wrought and done these things, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, I am the first and the last.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	5	The islands saw it, and feared, the ends of the earth were astonished, they drew near, and came.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	6	Every one shall help his neighbour, and shall say to his brother: Be of good courage.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	7	The coppersmith striking with the hammer encouraged him that forged at that time, saying: It is ready for soldering: and he strengthened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	8	But thou Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend:
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	9	In whom I have taken thee from the ends of the earth, and from the remote parts thereof have called thee, and said to thee: Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee, and have not cast thee away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	10	Fear not, for I am with thee: turn not aside, for I am thy God: I have strengthened thee, and have helped thee, and the right hand of my just one hath upheld thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	11	Behold all that fight against thee shall be confounded and ashamed, they shall be as nothing, and the men shall perish that strive against thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	12	Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find the men that resist thee: they shall be as nothing: and as a thing consumed the men that war against thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	13	For I am the Lord thy God, who take thee by the hand, and say to thee: Fear not, I have helped thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	14	Fear not, thou worm of Jacob, you that are dead of Israel: I have helped thee, saith the Lord: and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	15	I have made thee as a new thrashing wain, with teeth like a saw: thou shall thrash the mountains, and break them in pieces: and shalt make the hills as chaff.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	16	Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, in the Holy One of Israel thou shalt be joyful.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	17	The needy and the poor seek for waters, and there are none: their tongue hath been dry with thirst. I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	18	I will open rivers in the high hills, and fountains in the midst of the plains: I will turn the desert into pools of waters, and the impassable land into streams of waters.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	19	I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, and the thorn, and the myrtle, and the olive tree: I will set in the desert the fir tree, the elm, and the box tree together:
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	20	That they may see and know, and consider, and understand together that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	21	Bring your cause near, saith the Lord: bring hither, if you have any thing to allege, saith the King of Jacob.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	22	Let them come, and tell us all things that are to come: tell us the former things what they were: and we will set our heart upon them, and shall know the latter end of them, and tell us the things that are to come.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	23	Shew the things that are to come hereafter, and we shall know that ye are gods. Do ye also good or evil, if you can: and let us speak, and see together.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	24	Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of that which hath no being: he that hath chosen you is an abomination.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	25	I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come from the rising of the sun: he shall call upon my name, and he shall make princes to be as dirt, and as the potter treading clay.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	26	Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know: and from time of old, that we may say: Thou art just. There is none that sheweth, nor that foretelleth, nor that heareth your words.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	27	The first shall say to Sion: Behold they are here, and to Jerusalem I will give an evangelist.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	28	And I saw, and there was no one even among them to consult, or who, when I asked, could answer a word.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	29	Behold they are all in the wrong, and their works are vain: their idols are wind and vanity.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	1	Behold my servant, I will uphold him: my elect, my soul delighteth in him: I have given my spirit upon him, he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	2	He shall not cry, nor have respect to person, neither shall his voice be heard abroad.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	3	The bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	4	He shall not be sad, nor troublesome, till he set judgment in the earth: and the islands shall wait for his law.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	5	Thus saith the Lord God that created the heavens, and stretched them out: that established the earth, and the things that spring out of it: that giveth breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them that tread thereon.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	6	I the Lord have called thee in justice, and taken thee by the hand, and preserved thee. And I have given thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles:
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	7	That thou mightest open the eyes of the blind, and bring forth the prisoner out of prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	8	I the Lord, this is my name: I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to graven things.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	9	The things that were first, behold they are come: and new things do I declare: before they spring forth, I will make you hear them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	10	Sing ye to the Lord a new song, his praise is from the ends of the earth: you that go down to the sea, and all that are therein: ye islands, and ye inhabitants of them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	11	Let the desert and the cities thereof be exalted: Cedar shall dwell in houses: ye inhabitants of Petra, give praise, they shall cry from the top of the mountains.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	12	They shall give glory to the Lord, and shall declare his praise in the islands.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	13	The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, as a man of war shall he stir up zeal: he shall shout and cry: he shall prevail against his enemies.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	14	I have always held my peace, I have I kept silence, I have been patient, I will speak now as a woman in labour: I will destroy, and swallow up at once.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	15	I will lay waste the mountains and hills, and will make all their grass to wither: and I will turn rivers into islands, and will dry up the standing pools.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	16	And I will lead the blind into the way which they know not: and in the paths which they were ignorant of I will make them walk: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight: these things have I done to them, and have not forsaken them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	17	They are turned back: let them be greatly confounded, that trust in a graven thing, that say to a molten thing: You are our god.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	18	Hear, ye deaf, and, ye blind, behold that you may see.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	19	Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, but he to whom I have sent my messengers? Who is blind, but he that is sold? or who is blind, but the servant of the Lord?
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	20	Thou that seest many things, wilt thou not observe them? thou that hast ears open, wilt thou not hear?
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	21	And the Lord was willing to sanctify him, and to magnify the law, and exalt it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	22	But this is a people that is robbed and wasted: they are all the snare of young men, and they are hid in the houses of prisons: they are made a prey, and there is none to deliver them: a spoil, and there is none that saith: Restore.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	23	Who is there among you that will give ear to this, that will attend and hearken for times to come?
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	24	Who hath given Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to robbers? hath not the Lord himself, against whom we have sinned? And they would not walk in his ways, and they have not hearkened to his law.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	25	And he hath poured out upon him the indignation of his fury, and a strong battle, and hath burnt him round about, and he knew not: and set him on fire, and he understood not.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	1	And now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, and called thee by thy name: thou art mine.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	2	When thou shalt pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and the rivers shall not cover thee: when thou shalt walk in the fire, thou shalt not be burnt, and the flames shall not burn in thee:
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	3	For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I have given Egypt for thy atonement, Ethiopia and Saba for thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	4	Since thou becamest honourable in my eyes, thou art glorious: I have loved thee, and I will give men for thee, and people for thy life.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	5	Fear not, for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	6	I will say to the north: Give up: and to the south: Keep not back: bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the ends of the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	7	And every one that calleth upon my name, I have created him for my glory, I have formed him, and made him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	8	Bring forth the people that are blind, and have eyes: that are deaf, and have ears.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	9	All the nations are assembled together, and the tribes are gathered: who among you can declare this, and shall make us hear the former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, let them be justified, and hear, and say: It is truth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	10	You are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that you may know, and believe me, and understand that I myself am. Before me there was no God formed, and after me there shall be none.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	11	I am, I am the Lord: and there is no saviour besides me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	12	I have declared, and have saved. I have made it heard, and there was no strange one among you. You are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and I am God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	13	And from the beginning I am the same, and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall turn it away?
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	14	Thus saith the Lord your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their bars, and the Chaldeans glorying in their ships.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	15	I am the Lord your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	16	Thus saith the Lord, who made a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	17	Who brought forth the chariot and the horse, the army and the strong: they lay down to sleep together, and they shall not rise again: they are broken as flax, and are extinct.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	18	Remember not former things, and look not on things of old.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	19	Behold I do new things, and now they shall spring forth, verily you shall know them: I will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	20	The beast of the field shall glorify me, the dragons and the ostriches: because I have given waters in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, to my chosen.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	21	This people have I formed for myself, they shall shew forth my praise.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	22	But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob, neither hast thou laboured about me, O Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	23	Thou hast not offered me the ram of thy holocaust, nor hast thou glorified me with thy victims: I have not caused thee to serve with oblations, nor wearied thee with incense.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	24	Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy victims. But thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thy iniquities.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	25	I am, I am he that blot out thy iniquities for my own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	26	Put me in remembrance, and let us plead together: tell if thou hast any thing to justify thyself.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	27	Thy first father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	28	And I have profaned the holy princes, I have given Jacob to slaughter, and Israel to reproach.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	1	And now hear, O Jacob, my servant, and Israel whom I have chosen.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	2	Thus saith the Lord that made and formed thee, thy helper from the womb: Fear not, O my servant Jacob, and thou most righteous whom I have chosen.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	3	For I will pour out waters upon the thirsty ground, and streams upon the dry land: I will pour out my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thy stock.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	4	And they shall spring up among the herbs, as willows beside the running waters.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	5	One shall say: I am the Lord's, and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob, and another shall subscribe with his hand, To the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	6	Thus saith the Lord the king of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last, and besides me there is no God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	7	Who is like to me? let him call and declare: and let him set before me the order, since I appointed the ancient people: and the things to come, and that shall be hereafter, let them shew unto them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	8	Fear ye not, neither be ye troubled, from that time I have made thee to hear, and have declared: you are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me, a maker, whom I have not known?
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	9	The makers of idols are all of them nothing, and their best beloved things shall not profit them. They are their witnesses, that they do not see, nor understand, that they may be ashamed.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	10	Who hath formed a god, and made a graven thing that is profitable for nothing?
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	11	Behold, all the partakers thereof shall be confounded: for the makers are men: they shall all assemble together, they shall stand and fear, and shall be confounded together.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	12	The smith hath wrought with his file, with coals, and with hammers he hath formed it, and hath wrought with the strength of his arm: he shall hunger and faint, he shall drink no water, and shall be weary.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	13	The carpenter hath stretched out his rule, he hath formed it with a plane: he hath made it with corners, and hath fashioned it round with the compass: and he hath made the image of a man as it were a beautiful man dwelling in a house.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	14	He hath cut down cedars, taken the holm, and the oak that stood among the trees of the forest: he hath planted the pine tree, which the rain hath nourished.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	15	And it hath served men for fuel: he took thereof, and warmed himself: and he kindled it, and baked bread: but of the rest he made a god, and adored it: he made a graven thing, and bowed down before it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	16	Part of it he burnt with fire, and with part of it he dressed his meat: he boiled pottage, and was filled, and was warmed, and said: Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	17	But the residue thereof he made a god, and a graven thing for himself: he boweth down before it, and adoreth it, and prayeth unto it, saying: Deliver me, for thou art my God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	18	They have not known, nor understood: for their eyes are covered that they may not see, and that they may not understand with their heart.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	19	They do not consider in their mind, nor know, nor have the thought to say: I have burnt part of it in the fire, and I have baked bread upon the coals thereof: I have broiled flesh and have eaten, and of the residue thereof shall I make an idol? shall I fall down before the stock of a tree?
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	20	Part thereof is ashes: his foolish heart adoreth it, and he will not save his soul, nor say: Perhaps there is a lie in my right hand.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	21	Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for thou art my servant. I have formed thee, thou art my servant, O Israel, forget me not.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	22	I have blotted out thy iniquities as a cloud, and thy sins as a mist: return to me, for I have redeemed thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	23	Give praise, O ye heavens, for the Lord hath shewn mercy: shout with joy, ye ends of the earth: ye mountains, resound with praise, thou, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and Israel shall be glorified.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	24	Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer, and thy maker, from the womb: I am the Lord, that make all things, that alone stretch out the heavens, that establish the earth, and there is none with me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	25	That make void the tokens of diviners, and make the soothsayers mad. That turn the wise backward, and that, make their knowledge foolish.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	26	That raise up the word of my servant and perform the counsel of my messengers, who say to Jerusalem: Thou shalt be inhabited: and to the cities of Juda: You shall be built, and I will raise up the wastes thereof.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	27	Who say to the deep: Be thou desolate, and I will dry up thy rivers.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	28	Who say to Cyrus: Thou art my shepherd, and thou shalt perform all my pleasure. Who say to Jerusalem: Thou shalt be built: and to the temple: Thy foundations shall be laid.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	1	Thus saith the Lord to my anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I have taken hold of, to subdue nations before his face, and to turn the backs of kings, and to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	2	I will go before thee, and will humble the great ones of the earth: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and will burst the bars of iron.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	3	And I will give thee hidden treasures, and the concealed riches of secret places: that thou mayest know that I am the Lord who call thee by thy name, the God of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	4	For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have made a likeness of thee, and thou hast not known me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	5	I am the Lord, and there is none else: there is no God, besides me: I girded thee, and thou hast not known me:
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	6	That they may know who are from the rising of the sun, and they who are from the west, that there is none besides me. I am the Lord, and there is none else:
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	7	I form the light, and create darkness, I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord that do all these things.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	8	Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the just: let the earth be opened, and bud forth a saviour: and let justice spring up together: I the Lord have created him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	9	Woe to him that gainsayeth his maker, a sherd of the earthen pots: shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it: What art thou making, and thy work is without hands?
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	10	Woe to him that saith to his father: Why begettest thou? and to the woman: Why dost thou bring forth?
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	11	Thus saith the Lord the Holy One of Israel, his maker: Ask me of things to come, concerning my children, and concerning the work of my hands give ye charge to me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	12	I made the earth: and I created man upon it: my hand stretched forth the heavens, and I have commanded all their host.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	13	I have raised him up to justice, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and let go my captives, not for ransom, nor for presents, saith the Lord the God of hosts.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	14	Thus saith the Lord: The labour of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and of Sabaim, men of stature shall come over to thee, and shall be thine: they shall walk after thee, they shall go bound with manacles: and they shall worship thee, and shall make supplication to thee: only in thee is God, and there is no God besides thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	15	Verily thou art a hidden God, the God of Israel the saviour.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	16	They are all confounded and ashamed: the forgers of errors are gone together into confusion.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	17	Israel is saved in the Lord with an eternal salvation: you shall not be confounded, and you shall not be ashamed for ever and ever.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	18	For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens, God himself that formed the earth, and made it, the very maker thereof: he did not create it in vain: he formed it to be inhabited. I am the Lord, and there is no other.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	19	I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I have not said to the seed of Jacob: Seek me in vain. I am the Lord that speak justice, that declare right things.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	20	Assemble yourselves, and come, and draw near together, ye that are saved of the Gentiles: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven work, and pray to a god that cannot save.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	21	Tell ye, and come, and consult together: who hath declared this from the beginning, who hath foretold this from that time? Have not I the Lord, and there is no God else besides me? A just God and a saviour, there is none besides me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	22	Be converted to me, and you shall be saved, all ye ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	23	I have sworn by myself, the word of justice shall go out of my mouth, and shall not return:
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	24	For every knee shall be bowed to me, and every tongue shall swear.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	25	Therefore shall he say: In the Lord are my justices and empire: they shall come to him, and all that resist him shall be confounded.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	26	In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified and praised.
+Isaiah	Is	27	46	1	Bel is broken, Nebo is destroyed: their idols are put upon beasts and cattle, your burdens of heavy weight even unto weariness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	46	2	They are consumed, and are broken together: they could not save him that carried them, and they themselves shall go into captivity.
+Isaiah	Is	27	46	3	Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who are carried by my bowels, are borne up by my womb.
+Isaiah	Is	27	46	4	Even to your old age I am the same, and to your grey hairs I will carry you: I have made you, and I will bear: I will carry and will save.
+Isaiah	Is	27	46	5	To whom have you likened me, and made me equal, and compared me, and made me like?
+Isaiah	Is	27	46	6	You that contribute gold out of the bag, and weigh out silver in the scales: and hire a goldsmith to make a god: and they fall down and worship.
+Isaiah	Is	27	46	7	They bear him on their shoulders and carry him, and set him in his piece, and he shall stand, and shall not stir out of his place. Yea, when they shall cry also unto him, he shall not hear: he shall not save them from tribulation.
+Isaiah	Is	27	46	8	Remember this, and be ashamed: return, ye transgressors, to the heart.
+Isaiah	Is	27	46	9	Remember the former age, for I am God, and there is no God beside, neither is there the like to me:
+Isaiah	Is	27	46	10	Who shew from the beginning the things that shall be at last, and from ancient times the things that as yet are not done, saying: My counsel shall stand, and all my will shall be done:
+Isaiah	Is	27	46	11	Who call a bird from the east, and from a far country the man of my own will, and I have spoken, and will bring it to pass: I have created, and I will do it. Hear me, O ye hardhearted, who are far from justice.
+Isaiah	Is	27	46	12	I have brought my justice near, it shall not be afar off: and my salvation shall not tarry. I will give salvation in Sion, and my glory in Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	1	Come down, sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne for the daughter of the Chaldeans, for thou shalt no more be called delicate and tender.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	2	Take a millstone and grind meal: uncover thy shame, strip thy shoulder, make bare thy legs, pass over the rivers.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	3	Thy nakedness shall be discovered, and thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and no man shall resist me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	4	Our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	5	Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called the lady of kingdoms.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	6	I was angry with my people, I have polluted my inheritance, and have given them into thy bend: thou hast shewn no mercy to them: upon the ancient thou hast laid thy yoke exceeding heavy.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	7	And thou hast said: I shall be a lady for ever: thou hast not laid these things to thy heart, neither hast thou remembered thy latter end.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	8	And now hear these things, thou that art delicate, and dwellest confidently, that sayest in thy heart: I am, and there is none else besides me: I shall not sit as a widow, and I shall not know barrenness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	9	These two things shall come upon thee suddenly in one day, barrenness and widowhood. All things are come upon thee, because of the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great hardness of thy enchanters.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	10	And thou hast trusted in thy wickedness, and hast said: There is none that seeth me. Thy wisdom, and thy knowledge, this hath deceived thee. And thou hast said in thy heart: I am, and besides me there is no other.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	11	Evil shall come upon thee, and then shalt not know the rising thereof: and calamity shall fall violently upon thee, which thou canst not keep off: misery shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	12	Stand now with thy enchanters, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, in which thou hast laboured from thy youth, if so be it may profit thee any thing, or if thou mayst become stronger.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	13	Thou hast failed in the multitude or thy counsels: let now the astrologers stand and save thee, they that gazed at the stars, and counted the months, that from them they might tell the things that shall come to thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	14	Behold they are as stubble, fire hath burnt them, they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flames: there are no coals wherewith they may be warmed, nor fire, that they may sit thereat.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	15	Such are all the things become to thee, in which thou hast laboured: thy merchants from thy youth, every one hath erred in his own way, there is none that can save thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	1	Hear ye these things, O house of Jacob, you that are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Juda, you who swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in justice.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	2	For they are called of the holy city, and are established upon the God of Israel: the Lord of hosts is his name.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	3	The former things of old I have declared, and they went forth out of my mouth, and I have made them to be heard: I did them suddenly and they came to pass.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	4	For I knew that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is as an iron sinew, and thy forehead as brass.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	5	I foretold thee of old, before they came to pass I told thee, lest thou shouldst say: My idols have done these things, and my graven and molten things have commanded them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	6	See now all the things which thou hast heard: but have you declared them? I have shewn thee new things from that time, and things are kept which thou knowest not:
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	7	They are created now, and not of old: and before the day, when thou heardest them not, lest thou shouldst say: Behold I knew them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	8	Thou hast neither heard, nor known, neither was thy ear opened of old. For I know that transgressing thou wilt transgress, and I have called thee a transgressor from the womb.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	9	For my name's sake I will remove my wrath far off: and for my praise I will bridle thee, lest thou shouldst perish.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	10	Behold I have refined thee, but not as silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of poverty.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	11	For my own sake, for my own sake will I do it, that I may not be blasphemed: and I will not give my glory to another.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	12	Hearken to me, O Jacob, and thou Israel whom I call: I am he, I am the first, and I am the last.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	13	My hand also hath founded the earth, and my right hand hath measured the heavens: I shall call them, and they shall stand together.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	14	Assemble yourselves together, all you, and hear: who among them hath declared these things? the Lord hath loved him, he will do his pleasure in Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	15	I, even I have spoken and called him: I have brought him, and his way is made prosperous.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	16	Come ye near unto me, and hear this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning: from the time before it was done, I was there, and now the Lord God hath sent me, and his spirit.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	17	Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord thy God that teach thee profitable things, that govern thee in the way that thou walkest.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	18	O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments: thy peace had been as a river, and thy justice as the waves of the sea,
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	19	And thy seed had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof: his name should not have perished, nor have been destroyed from before my face.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	20	Come forth out of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, declare it with the voice of joy: make this to be heard, and speak it out even to the ends of the earth. Say: The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	21	They thirsted not in the desert, when he led them out: he brought forth water out of the rock for them, and he clove the rock, and the waters gushed out.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	22	There is no peace to the wicked, saith the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	1	Give ear, ye islands, and hearken, ye people from afar. The Lord hath called me from the womb, from the bowels of my mother he hath been mindful of my name.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	2	And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword: in the shadow of his hand he hath protected me, and hath made me as a chosen arrow: in his quiver he hath hidden me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	3	And he said to me: Thou art my servant Israel, for in thee will I glory.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	4	And I said: I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength without cause and in vain: therefore my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	5	And now saith the Lord, that formed me from the womb to be his servant, that I may bring back Jacob unto him, and Israel will not be gathered together: and I am glorified in the eyes of the Lord, and my God is made my strength.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	6	And he said: It is a small thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I have given thee to be the light of the Gentiles, that thou mayst be my salvation even to the farthest part of the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	7	Thus saith the Lord the redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to the soul that is despised, to the nation that is abhorred, to the servant of rulers: Kings shall see, and princes shall rise up, and adore for the Lord's sake, because he is faithful, and for the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	8	Thus saith the Lord: In an acceptable time I have heard thee, and in the day of salvation I have helped thee: and I have preserved thee, and given thee to be a covenant of the people, that thou mightest raise up the earth, and possess the inheritances that were destroyed:
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	9	That thou mightest say to them that are bound: Come forth: and to them that are in darkness: shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in every plain.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	10	They shall not hunger, nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor the sun strike them: for he that is merciful to them, shall be their shepherd, and at the fountains of waters he shall give them drink.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	11	And I will make all my mountains a way, and my paths shall be exalted.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	12	Behold these shall come from afar, and behold these from the north and from the sea, and these from the south country.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	13	Give praise, O ye heavens, and rejoice, O earth, ye mountains, give praise with jubilation: because the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy on his poor ones.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	14	And Sion said: The Lord hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	15	Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to have pity on the son of her womb? and if she should forget, yet will not I forget thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	16	Behold, I have graven thee in my hands: thy walls are always before my eyes.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	17	Thy builders are come: they that destroy thee and make thee waste shall go out of thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	18	Lift up thy eyes round about, and see all these are gathered together, they are come to thee: I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt be clothed with all these as with an ornament, and as a bride thou shalt put them about thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	19	For thy deserts, and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction shall now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be chased far away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	20	The children of thy barrenness shall still say in thy ears: The place is too strait for me, make me room to dwell in.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	21	And thou shalt-say in thy heart: Who hath begotten these? I was barren and brought not forth, led away, and captive: and who hath brought up these? I was destitute and alone: and these, where were they?
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	22	Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will lift up my hand to the Gentiles, and will set up my standard to the people. And they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and carry thy daughters upon their shoulders.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	23	And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and queens thy nurses: they shall worship thee with their face toward the earth, and they shall lick up the dust of thy feet. And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, for they shall not be confounded that wait for him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	24	Shall the prey be taken from the strong? or can that which was taken by the mighty be delivered?
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	25	For thus saith the Lord: Yea verily, even the captivity shall be taken away from the strong: and that which was taken by the mighty, shall be delivered. But I will judge those that have judged thee, and thy children I will save.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	26	And I will feed thy enemies with their own flesh: and they shall be made drunk with their own blood, as with new wine: and all flesh shall know, that I am the Lord that save thee, and thy Redeemer the Mighty One of Jacob.
+Isaiah	Is	27	50	1	Thus saith the Lord: What is this bill of the divorce of your mother, with which I have put her away? or who is my creditor, to whom I sold you: behold you are sold for your iniquities, and for your wicked deeds have I put your mother away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	50	2	Because I came, and there was not a man: I called, and there was none that would hear. Is my hand shortened and become little, that I cannot redeem? or is there no strength in me to deliver? Behold at my rebuke I will make the sea a desert, I will turn the rivers into dry land: the fishes shall rot for want of water, and shall die for thirst.
+Isaiah	Is	27	50	3	I will clothe the heavens with darkness, and will make sackcloth their covering.
+Isaiah	Is	27	50	4	The Lord hath given me a learned tongue, that I should know how to uphold by word him that is weary: he wakeneth in the morning, in the morning he wakeneth my ear, that I may hear him as a master.
+Isaiah	Is	27	50	5	The Lord God hath opened my ear, and I do not resist: I have not gone back.
+Isaiah	Is	27	50	6	I have given my body to the strikers, and my cheeks to them that plucked them: I have not turned away my face from them that rebuked me, and spit upon me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	50	7	The Lord God is my helper, therefore am I not confounded: therefore have I set my face as a most hard rock, and I know that I shall not be confounded.
+Isaiah	Is	27	50	8	He is near that justifieth me, who will contend with me? let us stand together, who is my adversary? let him come near to me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	50	9	Behold the Lord God is my helper: who is he that shall condemn me? Lo, they shall all be destroyed as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.
+Isaiah	Is	27	50	10	Who is there among you that feareth the Lord, that heareth the voice of his servant, that hath walked in darkness, and hath no light? let him hope in the name of the Lord, and lean upon his God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	50	11	Behold all you that kindle a fire, encompassed with flames, walk in the light of your fire, and in the flames which you have kindled: this is done to you by my hand, you shall sleep in sorrows.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	1	Give ear to me, you that follow that which is just, and you that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence you are hewn, and to the hole of the pit from which you are dug out.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	2	Look unto Abraham your father, and to Sara that bore you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and multiplied him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	3	The Lord therefore will comfort Sion, and will comfort all the ruins thereof: and he will make her desert as a place of pleasure, and her wilderness as the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of praise.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	4	Hearken unto me, O my people, and give ear to me, O my tribes: for a law shall go forth from me, and my judgment shall rest to be a light of the nations.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	5	My just one is near at hand, my saviour is gone forth, and my arms shall judge the people: the islands shall look for me, and shall patiently wait for my arm.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	6	Lift up your eyes to heaven, and look down to the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish like smoke, and the earth shall be worn away like a garment, and the inhabitants thereof shall perish in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my justice shall not fail.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	7	Hearken to me, you that know what is just, my people who have my law in your heart: fear ye not the reproach of men, and be not afraid of their blasphemies.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	8	For the worm shall eat them up as a garment: and the moth shall consume them as wool: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my justice from generation to generation,
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	9	Arise, arise, put on strength, O thou arm of the Lord, arise as in the days of old, in the ancient generations. Hast not thou struck the proud one, and wounded the dragon?
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	10	Hast not thou dried up the sea, the water of the mighty deep, who madest the depth of the sea a way, that the delivered might pass over?
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	11	And now they that are redeemed by the Lord, shall return, and shall come into Sion singing praises, and joy everlasting shall be upon their heads, they shall obtain joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	12	I, I myself will comfort you: who art thou, that thou shouldst be afraid of a mortal man, and of the son of man, who shall wither away like grass?
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	13	And thou hast forgotten the Lord thy maker, who stretched out the heavens, and founded the earth: and thee hast been afraid continually all the day at the presence of his fury who afflicted thee, and had prepared himself to destroy thee: where is now the fury of the oppressor?
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	14	He shall quickly come that is going to open unto you, and he shall not kill unto utter destruction, neither shall his bread fail.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	15	But I am the Lord thy God, who trouble the sea, and the waves thereof swell: the Lord of hosts is my name.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	16	I have put my words in thy mouth, and have protected thee in the shadow of my hand, that thou mightest plant the heavens, and found the earth: and mightest say to Sion: Thou art my people.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	17	Arise, arise, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his wrath; thou hast drunk even to the bottom of the cup of dead sleep, and thou hast drunk even to the dregs.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	18	There is none that can uphold her among all the children that she hath brought forth: and there is none that taketh her by the hand among all the children that she hath brought up.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	19	There are two things that have happened to thee: who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword, who shall comfort thee?
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	20	Thy children are cast forth, they have slept at the head of all the ways, as the wild ox that is snared: full of the indignation of the Lord, of the rebuke of thy God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	21	Therefore hear this, thou poor little one, and thou that art drunk but no with wine.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	22	Thus saith thy Sovereign the Lord and thy God, who will fight for his people: Behold I have taken out of thy hand the cup of dead sleep, the dregs of the cup of my indignation, thou shalt not drink it again any more.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	23	And I will put it in the hand of them that have oppressed thee, and have said to thy soul: Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as a way to them that went over.
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	1	Arise, arise, put on thy strength, O Sion, put on the garments of thy glory, O Jerusalem, the city of the Holy One: for henceforth the uncircumcised, and unclean shall no more pass through thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	2	Shake thyself from the dust, arise, sit up, O Jerusalem: loose the bonds from off thy neck, O captive daughter of Sion.
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	3	For thus saith the Lord: You were sold gratis, and you shall be redeemed without money.
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	4	For thus saith the Lord God: My people went down into Egypt at the beginning to sojourn there: and the Assyrian hath oppressed them without any cause at all.
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	5	And now what have I here, saith the Lord: for my people is taken away gratis. They that rule over them treat them unjustly, saith the Lord, and my name is continually blasphemed all the day long.
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	6	Therefore my people shall know my name in that day: for I myself that spoke, behold I am here.
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	7	How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, and that preacheth peace: of him that sheweth forth good, that preacheth salvation, that saith to Sion: Thy God shall reign!
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	8	The voice of thy watchmen: they have lifted up their voice, they shall praise together: for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord shall convert Sion.
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	9	Rejoice, and give praise together, O ye deserts of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people: he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	10	The Lord hath prepared his holy arm in the sight of all the Gentiles: and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	11	Depart, depart, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing: go out of the midst of her, be ye clean, you that carry the vessels of the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	12	For you shall not go out in a tumult, neither shall you make haste by flight: For the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will gather you together.
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	13	Behold my servant shall understand, he shall be exalted, and extolled, and shall be exceeding high.
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	14	As many have been astonished at thee, so shall his visage be inglorious among men, and his form among the sons of men.
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	15	He shall sprinkle many nations, kings shall shut their mouth at him: for they to whom it was not told of him, have seen: and they that heard not, have beheld.
+Isaiah	Is	27	53	1	Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
+Isaiah	Is	27	53	2	And he shall grow up as a tender plant before him, and as a root out of a thirsty ground: there is no beauty in him, nor comeliness: and we have seen him, and there was no sightliness, that we should be desirous of him:
+Isaiah	Is	27	53	3	Despised, and the most abject of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with infirmity: and his look was as it were hidden and despised, whereupon we esteemed him not.
+Isaiah	Is	27	53	4	Surely he hath borne our infirmities and carried our sorrows: and we have thought him as it were a leper, and as one struck by God and afflicted.
+Isaiah	Is	27	53	5	But he was wounded for our iniquities, he was bruised for our sins: the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and by his bruises we are healed.
+Isaiah	Is	27	53	6	All we like sheep have gone astray, every one hath turned aside into his own way: and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
+Isaiah	Is	27	53	7	He was offered because it was his own will, and he opened not his mouth: he shall be led as a sheep to the slaughter, and shall be dumb as a lamb before his shearer, and he shall not open his mouth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	53	8	He was taken away from distress, and from judgment: who shall declare his generation? because he is cut off out of the land of the living: for the wickedness of my people have I struck him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	53	9	And he shall give the ungodly for his burial, and the rich for his death: because he hath done no iniquity, neither was there deceit in his mouth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	53	10	And the Lord was pleased to bruise him in infirmity: if he shall lay down his life for sin, he shall see a long-lived seed, and the will of the Lord shall be prosperous in his hand.
+Isaiah	Is	27	53	11	Because his soul hath laboured, he shall see and be filled: by his knowledge shall this my just servant justify many, and he shall bear their iniquities.
+Isaiah	Is	27	53	12	Therefore will I distribute to him very many, and he shall divide the spoils of the strong, because he hath delivered his soul unto death, and was reputed with the wicked: and he hath borne the sins of many, and hath prayed for the transgressors.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	1	Give praise, O thou barren, that bearest not: sing forth praise, and make a joyful noise, thou that didst not travail with child: for many are the children of the desolate, more than of her that hath a husband, saith the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	2	Enlarge the place of thy tent, and stretch out the skins of thy tabernacles, spare not: lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	3	For thou shalt pass on to the right hand, and to the left: and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and shall inhabit the desolate cities.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	4	Fear not, for thou shalt not be confounded, nor blush: for thou shalt not be put to shame, because thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt remember no more the reproach of thy widowhood.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	5	For he that made thee shall rule over thee, the Lord of hosts is his name: and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, shall be called the God of all the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	6	For the Lord hath called thee as woman forsaken and mourning in spirit, and as a wife cast off from her youth, said thy God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	7	For a, small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	8	In a moment of indignation have I hid my face a little while from thee, but with everlasting kindness have I had mercy on thee, said the Lord thy Redeemer.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	9	This thing is to me as in the days of Noe, to whom I swore, that I would no more bring in the waters of Noe upon the earth: so have I sworn not to be angry with thee, and not to rebuke thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	10	For the mountains shall be moved, and the hills shall tremble; but my mercy shall not depart from thee, and the covenant of my peace shall not be moved: said the Lord that hath mercy on thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	11	O poor little one, tossed with tempest, without all comfort, behold I will lay thy stones in order, and will lay thy foundations with sapphires,
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	12	And I will make thy bulwarks of jasper: and thy gates of graven stones, and all thy borders of desirable stones.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	13	All thy children shall be taught of the Lord: and great shall be the peace of thy children.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	14	And thou shalt be founded in justice: depart far from oppression, for thou shalt not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	15	Behold, an inhabitant shall come, who was not with me, he that was a stranger to thee before, shall be joined to thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	16	Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and bringeth forth an instrument for his work, and I have created the killer to destroy.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	17	No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper: and every tongue that resisteth thee in judgment, thou shalt condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of the Lord, and their justice with me, saith the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	1	All you that thirst, come to the waters: and you that have no money make haste, buy, and eat: come ye, buy wine and milk without money, and without any price.
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	2	Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labour for that which doth not satisfy you? Hearken diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and your soul shall be delighted in fatness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	3	Incline your ear and come to me: hear and your soul shall live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the faithful mercies of David.
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	4	Behold I have given him for a witness to the people, for a leader and a master to the Gentiles.
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	5	Behold thou shalt call a nation, which thou knewest not: and the nations that knew not thee shall run to thee, because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	6	Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found: call upon him, while he is near.
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	7	Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unjust man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God: for he is bountiful to forgive.
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	8	For my thoughts are not your thoughts: nor your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	9	For as the heavens are exalted above the earth, so are my ways exalted above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	10	And as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return no more thither, but soak the earth, and water it, and make it to spring, and give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	11	So shall my word be, which shall go forth from my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall do whatsoever I please, and shall prosper in the things for which I sent it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	12	For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall sing praise before you, and all the trees of the country shall clap their hands.
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	13	Instead of the shrub, shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the nettle, shall come up the myrtle tree: and the Lord shall be named for an everlasting sign, that shall not be taken away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	56	1	Thus saith the Lord: Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my justice to be revealed.
+Isaiah	Is	27	56	2	Blessed is the man that doth this, and the son of man that shall lay hold on this: that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, that keepeth his hands from doing any evil.
+Isaiah	Is	27	56	3	And let not the son of the stranger, that adhereth to the Lord, speak, saying: The Lord will divide and separate me from his people. And let not the eunuch say: Behold I am a dry tree.
+Isaiah	Is	27	56	4	For thus saith the Lord to the eunuchs, They that shall keep my sabbaths, and shall choose the things that please me, and shall hold fast my covenant:
+Isaiah	Is	27	56	5	I will give to them in my house, and within my walls, a place, and a name better than sons and daughters: I will give them an everlasting name which shall never perish.
+Isaiah	Is	27	56	6	And the children of the stranger that adhere to the Lord, to worship him, and to love his name, to be his servants: every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and that holdeth fast my covenant:
+Isaiah	Is	27	56	7	I will bring them into my holy mount, and will make them joyful in my house of prayer: their holocausts, and their victims shall please me upon my altar: for my house shall be called the house of prayer, for all nations.
+Isaiah	Is	27	56	8	The Lord God, who gathereth the scattered of Israel, saith: I will still gather unto him his congregation.
+Isaiah	Is	27	56	9	All ye beasts of the field come to devour, all ye beasts of the forest.
+Isaiah	Is	27	56	10	His watchmen are all blind, they are all ignorant: dumb dogs not able to bark, seeing vain things, sleeping and loving dreams.
+Isaiah	Is	27	56	11	And meet impudent dogs, they never had enough: the shepherds themselves knew no understanding: all have turned aside into their own way, every one after his own gain, from the first even to the last.
+Isaiah	Is	27	56	12	Come, let us take wine, and be filled with drunkenness: and it shall be as today, so also tomorrow, and much more.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	1	The just perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart, and men of mercy are taken away, because there is none that understandeth; for the just man is taken away from before the face of evil.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	2	Let peace come, let him rest in his bed that hath walked in his uprightness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	3	But draw near hither, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer, and of the harlot.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	4	Upon whom have you jested? upon whom have you opened your mouth wide, and put out your tongue? are not you wicked children, a false seed,
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	5	Who seek your comfort in idols under every green tree, sacrificing children in the torrents, under the high rocks?
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	6	In the parts of the torrent is thy portion, this is thy lot: and thou hast poured out libations to them, thou hast offered sacrifice. Shall I not be angry at these things?
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	7	Upon a high and lofty mountain thou hast laid thy bed, and hast gone up thither to offer victims.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	8	And behind the door, and behind the post thou hast set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself near me, and hast received an adulterer: thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made a covenant with them: thou hast loved their bed with open hand.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	9	And thou hast adorned thyself for the king with ointment, and hast multiplied thy perfumes. Thou hast sent thy messengers far off, and wast debased even to hell.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	10	Thou hast been wearied in the multitude of thy ways: yet thou saidst not: I will rest: thou hast found life of thy hand, therefore thou hast not asked.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	11	For whom hast thou been solicitous and afraid, that thou hast lied, and hast not been mindful of me, nor thought on me in thy heart? for I am silent, and as one that seeth not, and thou hast forgotten me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	12	I will declare thy justice, and thy works shall not profit thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	13	When thou shalt cry, let thy companies deliver thee, but the wind shall carry them all off, a breeze shall take them away, but he that putteth his trust in me, shall inherit the land, and shall possess my holy mount.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	14	And I will say: Make a way: give free passage, turn out of the path, take away the stumblingblocks out of the way of my people.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	15	For thus saith the High and the Eminent that inhabiteth eternity: and his name is Holy, who dwelleth in the high and holy place, and with a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	16	For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be angry unto the end: because the spirit shall go forth from my face, and breathings I will make.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	17	For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry, and I struck him: I hid my face from thee, and was angry: and he went away wandering in his own heart.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	18	I saw his ways, and I healed him, and brought him back, and restored comforts to him, and to them that mourn for him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	19	I created the fruit of the lips, peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, said the Lord, and I healed him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	20	But the wicked are like the raging sea, which cannot rest, and the waves thereof cast up dirt and mire.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	21	There is no peace to the wicked, saith the Lord God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	1	Cry, cease not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their wicked doings, and the house of Jacob their sins.
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	2	For they seek me from day to day, sad desire to know my ways, as a nation that hath done justice, and hath not forsaken the judgment of their God: they ask of me the judgments of justice: they are willing to approach to God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	3	Why have we fasted, and thou hast not regarded: have we humbled our souls, and thou hast not taken notice? Behold in the day of your fast your own will is found, and you exact of all your debtors.
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	4	Behold you fast for debates and strife, and strike with the fist wickedly. Do not fast as you have done until this day, to make your cry to be heard on high.
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	5	Is this such a fast as I have chosen: for a man to afflict his soul for a day? is this it, to wind his head about like a circle, and to spread sackcloth and ashes? wilt thou call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the Lord?
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	6	Is not this rather the fast that I have chosen? loose the bands of wickedness, undo the bundles that oppress, let them that are broken go free, and break asunder every burden.
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	7	Deal thy bread to the hungry, and bring the needy and the harbourless into thy house: when thou shalt see one naked, cover him, and despise not thy own flesh.
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	8	Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy health shall speedily arise, and thy justice shall go before thy face, and the glory of the Lord shall gather thee up.
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	9	Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall hear: thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou wilt take away the chain out of the midst of thee, and cease to stretch out the finger, and to speak that which profiteth not.
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	10	When thou shalt pour out thy soul to the hungry, and shalt satisfy the afflicted soul then shall thy light rise up in darkness, and thy darkness shall be as the noonday.
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	11	And the Lord will give thee rest continually, and will fill thy soul with brightness, and deliver thy bones, and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a fountain of water whose waters shall not fail.
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	12	And the places that have been desolate for ages shall be built in thee: thou shalt raise up the foundations of generation and generation: and thou shalt be called the repairer of the fences, turning the paths into rest.
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	13	If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy own will in my holy day, and call the sabbath delightful, and the holy of the Lord glorious, and glorify him, while thou dost not thy own ways, and thy own will is not found: to speak a word:
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	14	Then shalt thou be delighted in the Lord, and I will lift thee up above the high places of the earth, and will feed thee with the inheritance of Jacob thy father. For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	1	Behold the hand of the Lord is not shortened that it cannot save, neither is his ear heavy that it cannot hear.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	2	But your iniquities have divided between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you that he should not hear.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	3	For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity: your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue uttereth iniquity.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	4	There is none that calleth upon justice, neither is there any one that judgeth truly: but they trust in a mere nothing, and speak vanities: they have conceived labour, and brought forth iniquity.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	5	They have broken the eggs of asps, and have woven the webs of spiders: he that shall eat of their eggs, shall die: and that which is brought out, shall be hatched into a basilisk.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	6	Their webs shall not be for clothing, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are unprofitable works, and the work of iniquity is in their hands.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	7	Their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are unprofitable thoughts: wasting and destruction are in their ways.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	8	They have not known the way of peace, and there is no judgment in their steps: their paths are become crooked to them, every one that treadeth in them, knoweth no peace.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	9	Therefore is judgment far from us, and justice shall not overtake us. We looked for light, and behold darkness: brightness, and we have walked in the dark.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	10	We have groped for the wall, and like the blind we have groped as if we had no eyes: we have stumbled at noonday as in darkness, we are in dark places as dead men.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	11	We shall roar all of us like bears, and shall lament as mournful doves. We have looked for judgment, and there is none: for salvation, and it is far from us.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	12	For our iniquities are multiplied before thee, and our sins have testified against us: for our wicked doings are with us, and we have known our iniquities:
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	13	In sinning and lying against the Lord: and we have turned away so that we went not after our God, but spoke calumny and transgression: we have conceived, and uttered from the heart, words of falsehood.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	14	And judgment is turned away backward, and justice hath stood far off: because truth hath fallen down in the street, and equity could not come in.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	15	And truth hath been forgotten: and he that departed from evil, lay open to be a prey: and the Lord saw, and it appeared evil in his eyes, because there is no judgment.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	16	And he saw that there is not a man: and he stood astonished, because there is none to oppose himself: and his own arm brought salvation to him, and his own justice supported him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	17	He put on justice as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head: he put on the garments of vengeance, and was clad with zeal as with a cloak.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	18	As unto revenge, as it were to repay wrath to his adversaries, and a reward to his enemies: he will repay the like to the islands.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	19	And they from the west, shall fear the name of the Lord: and they from the rising of the sun, his glory: when he shall come as a violent stream, which the spirit of the Lord driveth on:
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	20	And there shall come a, redeemer to Sion, and to them that return from iniquity in Jacob, saith the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	21	This is my covenant with them, saith the Lord: My spirit that is in thee, and my words that I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	1	Arise, be enlightened, O Jerusalem: for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	2	For behold darkness shall cover the earth, and a mist the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	3	And the Gentiles shall walk in thy light, and kings in the brightness of thy rising.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	4	Lift up thy eyes round about, and see: all these are gathered together, they are come to thee: thy sons shall come from afar, and thy daughters shall rise up at thy side.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	5	Then shalt thou see, and abound, and thy heart shall wonder and be enlarged, when the multitude of the sea shall be converted to thee, the. strength of the Gentiles shall come to thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	6	The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Madian and Epha: all they from Saba shall come, bringing gold and frankincense: and shewing forth praise to the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	7	All the flocks of Cedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nabaioth shall minister to thee: they shall be offered upon my acceptable altar, and I will glorify the house of my majesty.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	8	Who are these, that fly as clouds, and as doves to their windows?
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	9	For, the islands wait for me, and the ships of the sea in the beginning: that I may bring thy sons from afar: their silver, and their gold with them, to the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	10	And the children of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister to thee: for in my wrath have I struck thee, and in my reconciliation have I had mercy upon thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	11	And thy gates shall be open continually: they shall not be shut day nor night, that the strength of the Gentiles may be brought to thee, and their kings may be brought.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	12	For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee, shall perish: and the Gentiles shall be wasted with desolation.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	13	The glory of Libanus shall come to thee, the fir tree, and the box tree, and the pine tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary: and I will glorify the place of my feet.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	14	And the children of them that afflict thee, shall come bowing down to thee, and all that slandered thee shall worship the steps of thy feet, and shall call thee the city of the Lord, the Sion of the Holy One of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	15	Because thou wast forsaken, and hated, and there was none that passed through thee, I will make thee to be an everlasting glory, a joy unto generation and generation:
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	16	And thou shalt suck the milk of the Gentiles, and thou shalt be nursed with the breasts of kings: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	17	For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver: and for wood brass, and for stones iron: and I will make thy visitation peace, and thy overseers justice.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	18	Iniquity shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction in thy borders, and salvation shall possess thy walls, and praise thy gates.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	19	Thou shalt no more have the sun for thy light by day, neither shall the brightness of the moon enlighten thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee for an everlasting light, and thy God for thy glory.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	20	Thy sun shall go down no more, and thy moon shall not decrease: for the Lord shall be unto thee for an everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	21	And thy people shall be all just, they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hand to glorify me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	22	The least shall become a thousand, and a little one a most strong nation: I the Lord will suddenly do this thing in its time.
+Isaiah	Is	27	61	1	The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up.
+Isaiah	Is	27	61	2	To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God: to comfort all that mourn:
+Isaiah	Is	27	61	3	To appoint to the mourners of Sion, and to give them a crown for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, a garment of praise for the spirit of grief: and they shall be called in it the mighty ones of justice, the planting of the Lord to glorify him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	61	4	And they shall build the places that have been waste from of old, and shall raise up ancient ruins, and shall repair the desolate cities, that were destroyed for generation and generation.
+Isaiah	Is	27	61	5	And strangers shall stand and shall feed your flocks: and the sons of strangers shall be your husbandmen, and the dressers of your vines.
+Isaiah	Is	27	61	6	But you shall be called the priests of the Lord: to you it shall be said: Ye ministers of our God: you shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and you shall pride yourselves in their glory.
+Isaiah	Is	27	61	7	For your double confusion and shame, they shall praise their part: therefore shall they receive double in their land, everlasting joy shall be unto them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	61	8	For I am the Lord that love judgment, and hate robbery in a holocaust: and I will make their work in truth, and I will make a perpetual covenant with them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	61	9	And they shall know their seed among the Gentiles, and their offspring in the midst of peoples: all that shall see them, shall know them, that these are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.
+Isaiah	Is	27	61	10	I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, and my soul shall be joyful in my God: for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation: and with the robe of justice he hath covered me, as a bridegroom decked with a crown, and as a bride adorned with her jewels.
+Isaiah	Is	27	61	11	For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth her seed to shoot forth: so shall the Lord God make justice to spring forth, and praise before all the nations.
+Isaiah	Is	27	62	1	For Sion's sake I will not hold my peace, and for the sake of Jerusalem, I will not rest till her just one come forth as brightness, and her saviour be lighted as a lamp.
+Isaiah	Is	27	62	2	And the Gentiles shall see thy just one, and all kings thy glorious one: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.
+Isaiah	Is	27	62	3	And thou shalt be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	62	4	Thou shalt no more be called Forsaken: and thy land shall no more be called Desolate: but thou shalt be called My pleasure in her, and thy land inhabited. Because the Lord hath been well pleased with thee: and thy land shall be inhabited.
+Isaiah	Is	27	62	5	For the young man shall dwell with the virgin, and thy children shall dwell in thee. And the bridegroom shall rejoice over the bride, and thy God shall rejoice over thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	62	6	Upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen all the day, and all the night, they shall never hold their peace. You that are mindful of the Lord, hold not your peace,
+Isaiah	Is	27	62	7	And give him no silence till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	62	8	The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength: Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thy enemies: and the sons of the strangers shall not drink thy wine, for which thou hast laboured.
+Isaiah	Is	27	62	9	For they that gather it, shall eat it, and shall praise the Lord: and they that bring it together, shall drink it in my holy courts.
+Isaiah	Is	27	62	10	Go through, go through the gates, prepare the way for the people, make the road plain, pick out the stones, and lift up the standard to the people.
+Isaiah	Is	27	62	11	Behold the Lord hath made it to be heard in the ends of the earth, tell the daughter of Sion: Behold thy Saviour cometh: behold his reward is with him, and his work before him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	62	12	And they shall call them, The holy people, the redeemed of the Lord. But thou shalt be called: A city sought after, and not forsaken.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	1	Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bosra, this beautiful one in his robe, walking in the greatness of his strength. I, that speak justice, and am a defender to save.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	2	Why then is thy apparel red, and thy garments like theirs that tread in the winepress?
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	3	I have trodden the winepress alone, and of the Gentiles there is not a man with me: I have trampled on them in my indignation, and have trodden them down in my wrath, and their blood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my apparel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	4	For the day of vengeance is in my heart, the year of my redemption is come.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	5	I looked about, and there was none to help: I sought, and there was none to give aid: and my own arm hath saved for me, and my indignation itself hath helped me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	6	And I have trodden down the people in my wrath, and have made them drunk in my indignation, and have brought down their strength to the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	7	I will remember the tender mercies of the Lord, the praise of the Lord for all the things that the Lord hath bestowed upon us, and for the multitude of his good things to the house of Israel, which he hath given them according to his kindness, and according to the multitude of his mercies.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	8	And he said: Surely they are my people, children that will not deny: so he became their saviour.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	9	In all their affliction he was not troubled, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love, and in his mercy he redeemed them, and he carried them and lifted them up all the days of old.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	10	But they provoked to wrath, and afflicted the spirit of his Holy One: and he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	11	And he remembered the days of old of Moses, and of his people: Where is he that brought them up out of the sea, with the shepherds of his flock? where is he that put in the midst of them the spirit of his Holy One?
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	12	He that brought out Moses by the right hand, by the arm of his majesty: that divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	13	He that led them out through the deep, as a horse in the wilderness that stumbleth not.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	14	As a beast that goeth down in the field, the spirit of the Lord was their leader: so didst thou lead thy people to make thyself a glorious name.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	15	Look down from heaven, and behold from thy holy habitation and the place of thy glory: where is thy zeal, and thy strength, the multitude of thy bowels, and of thy mercies? they have held back themselves from me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	16	For thou art our father, and Abraham hath not known us, and Israel hath been ignorant of us: thou, O Lord, art our father, our redeemer, from everlasting is thy name.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	17	Why hast thou made us to err, O Lord, from thy ways: why hast thou hardened our heart, that we should not fear thee? return for the sake of thy servants, the tribes of thy inheritance.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	18	They have possessed thy holy people as nothing: our enemies have trodden down thy sanctuary.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	19	We are become as in the beginning, when thou didst not rule over us, and when we were not called by thy name.
+Isaiah	Is	27	64	1	That thou wouldst rend the heavens, and wouldst come down: the mountains would melt away at thy presence.
+Isaiah	Is	27	64	2	They would melt as at the burning of fire, the waters would burn with fire, that thy name might be made known to thy enemies: that the nations might tremble at thy presence.
+Isaiah	Is	27	64	3	When thou shalt do wonderful things, we shall not bear them: thou didst come down, and at thy presence the mountains melted away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	64	4	From the beginning of the world they have not heard, nor perceived with the ears: the eye hath not seen, O God, besides thee, what things thou hast prepared for them that wait for thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	64	5	Thou hast met him that rejoiceth, and doth justice: in thy ways they shall remember thee: behold thou art angry, and we have sinned: in them we have been always, and we shall be saved.
+Isaiah	Is	27	64	6	And we are all become as one unclean, and all our justices as the rag of a menstruous woman: and we have all fallen as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	64	7	There is none that calleth upon thy name: that riseth up, and taketh hold of thee: thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast crushed us in the hand of our iniquity.
+Isaiah	Is	27	64	8	And now, O Lord, thou art our father, and we are clay: and thou art our maker, and we all are the works of thy hands.
+Isaiah	Is	27	64	9	Be not very angry, O Lord, and remember no longer our iniquity: behold, see we are all thy people.
+Isaiah	Is	27	64	10	The city of thy sanctuary is become a desert, Sion is made a desert, Jerusalem is desolate.
+Isaiah	Is	27	64	11	The house of our holiness, and of our glory, where our fathers praised thee, is burnt with fire, and all our lovely things are turned into ruins.
+Isaiah	Is	27	64	12	Wilt thou refrain thyself, O Lord, upon these things, wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us vehemently?
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	1	They have sought me that before asked not for me, they have found me that sought me not. I said: Behold me, behold me, to a nation that did not call upon my name.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	2	I have spread forth my hands all the day to an unbelieving people, who walk in a way that is not good after their own thoughts.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	3	A people that continually provoke me to anger before my face: that immolate in gardens, and sacrifice upon bricks.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	4	That dwell in sepulchres, and sleep in the temple of idols: that eat swine's flesh, and profane broth is in their vessels.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	5	That say: Depart from me, come not near me, because thou art unclean: these shall be smoke in my anger, a fire burning all the day.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	6	Behold it is written before me: I will not be silent, but I will render and repay into their bosom.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	7	Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord, who have sacrificed upon the mountains, and have reproached me upon the hills; and I will measure back their first work in their bosom.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	8	Thus saith the Lord: As if a grain be found in a cluster, and it be said: Destroy it not, because it is a blessing: so will I do for the sake of my servants, that I may not destroy the whole.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	9	And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Juda a possessor of my mountains: and my elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	10	And the plains shall be turned to folds of flocks, and the valley of Achor into a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	11	And you, that have forsaken the Lord, that have forgotten my holy mount, that set a table for fortune, and offer libations upon it,
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	12	I will number you in the sword, and you shall all fall by slaughter: because I called and you did not answer: I spoke, and you did not hear: and you did evil in my eyes, and you have chosen the things that displease me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	13	Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold my servants shall eat, and you shall be hungry: behold my servants shall drink, and you shall be thirsty.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	14	Behold my servants shall rejoice, and you shall be confounded: behold my servants shall praise for joyfulness of heart, and you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for grief of spirit.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	15	And you shall leave your name for an execration to my elect: and the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	16	In which he that is blessed upon the earth, shall be blessed in God, amen: and he that sweareth in the earth, shall swear by God, amen: because the former distresses are forgotten, and because they are hid from my eyes.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	17	For behold I create new heavens, and a new earth: and the former things shall not be in remembrance, and they shall not come upon the heart.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	18	But you shall be glad and rejoice for ever in these things, which I create: for behold I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and the people thereof joy.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	19	And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people, and the voice of weeping shall no more be heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	20	There shall no more be an infant of days there, nor an old man that shall not fill up his days: for the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	21	And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruits of them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	22	They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of my people, and the works of their hands shall be of long continuance.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	23	My elect shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth in trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their posterity with them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	24	And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will hear; as they are yet speaking, I will hear.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	25	The wolf and the lamb shall feed together; the lion and the ox shall eat straw; and dust shall be the serpent's food: they shall not hurt nor kill in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	1	Thus saith the Lord: Heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool: what is this house that you will build to me? and what is this place of my rest?
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	2	My hand made all these things, and all these things were made, saith the Lord. But to whom shall I have respect, but to him that is poor and little, and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my words?
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	3	He that sacrificeth an ox, is as if he slew a man: he that killeth a sheep in sacrifice, as if he should brain a dog: he that offereth an oblation, as if he should offer swine's blood; he that remembereth incense, as if he should bless an idol. All these things have they chosen in their ways, and their soul is delighted in their abominations.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	4	Wherefore I also will choose their mockeries, and will bring upon them the things they feared: because I called, and there was none that would answer; I have spoken, and they heard not; and they have done evil in my eyes, and have chosen the things that displease me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	5	Hear the word of the Lord, you that tremble at his word: Your brethren that hate you, and cast you out for my name's sake, have said: Let the Lord be glorified, and we shall see in your joy: but they shall be confounded.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	6	A voice of the people from the city, a voice from the temple, the voice of the Lord that rendereth recompense to his enemies.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	7	Before she was in labour, she brought forth; before her time came to be delivered, she brought forth a man child.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	8	Who hath ever heard such a thing? and who hath seen the like to this? shall the earth bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be brought forth at once, because Sion hath been in labour, and hath brought forth her children?
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	9	Shall not I that make others to bring forth children, myself bring forth, saith the Lord? shall I, that give generation to others, be barren, saith the Lord thy God?
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	10	Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all you that mourn for her.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	11	That you may suck, and be filled with the breasts of her consolations: that you may milk out, and flow with delights, from the abundance of her glory.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	12	For thus saith the Lord: Behold I will bring upon her as it were a river of peace, and as an overflowing torrent the glory of the Gentiles, which you shall suck; you shall be carried at the breasts, and upon the knees they shall caress you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	13	As one whom the mother caresseth, so will I comfort you, and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	14	You shall see and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb, and the hand of the Lord shall be known to his servants, and he shall be angry with his enemies.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	15	For behold the Lord will come with fire, and his chariots are like a whirlwind, to render his wrath in indignation, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	16	For the Lord shall judge by fire, and by his sword unto all flesh, and the slain of the Lord shall be many.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	17	They that were sanctified, and thought themselves clean in the gardens behind the gate within, they that did eat swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse: they shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	18	But I know their works, and their thoughts: I come that I may gather them together with all nations and tongues: and they shall come and shall see my glory.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	19	And I will set a sign among them, and I will send of them that shall be saved, to the Gentiles into the sea, into Africa, and Lydia them that draw the bow: into Italy, and Greece, to the islands afar off, to them that have not heard of me, and have not seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory to the Gentiles:
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	20	And they shall bring all your brethren out of all nations for a gift to the Lord, upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and on mules, and in coaches, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as if the children of Israel should bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	21	And I will take of them to be priests, and Levites, saith the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	22	For as the new heavens, and the new earth, which I will make to stand before me, saith the Lord: so shall your seed stand, and your name.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	23	And there shall be month after month, and sabbath after sabbath: and all flesh shall come to adore before my face, saith the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	24	And they shall go out, and see the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: their worm shall not die, and their fire shall not be quenched: and they shall be a loathsome sight to all flesh.
 Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	1	The words of Jeremias the son of Helcias, of the priests that were in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin.
 Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	2	The word of the Lord which came to him in the days of Josias the son of Amon king of Juda, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
 Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	3	And which came to him in the days of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, unto the end of the eleventh year of Sedecias the son of Josias king of Juda, even unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive, in the fifth month.
@@ -25587,152 +25587,152 @@ Joel	Joel	34	3	18	And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shal
 Joel	Joel	34	3	19	Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom a wilderness destroyed: because they have done unjustly against the children of Juda, and have shed innocent blood in their land.
 Joel	Joel	34	3	20	And Judea shall be inhabited for ever, and Jerusalem to generation and generation.
 Joel	Joel	34	3	21	And I will cleanse their blood which I had not cleansed: and the Lord will dwell in Sion.
-Amos	Am	35	1	1	The words of Amos, who was among herdsmen of Thecua: which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Ozias king of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joas king of Israel two years before the earthquake.
-Amos	Am	35	1	2	And he said: The Lord will roar from Sion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem: and the beautiful places of the shepherds have mourned, and the top of Carmel is withered.
-Amos	Am	35	1	3	Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Damascus, and for four I will not convert it: because they have thrashed Galaad with iron wains.
-Amos	Am	35	1	4	And I will send a fire into the house of Azael, and it shall devour the houses of Benadad.
-Amos	Am	35	1	5	And I will break the bar of Damascus: and I will cut off the inhabitants from the plain of the idol, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of pleasure: and the people of Syria shall be carried away to Cyrene, saith the Lord.
-Amos	Am	35	1	6	Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Gaza, and for four I will not convert it: because they have carried away a perfect captivity to shut them up in Edom.
-Amos	Am	35	1	7	And I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the houses thereof.
-Amos	Am	35	1	8	And I will cut off the inhabitant from Azotus, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ascalon: and I will turn my hand against Accaron, and the rest of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God.
-Amos	Am	35	1	9	Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Tyre, and for four I will not convert it: because they have shut up an entire captivity in Edom, and have not remembered the covenant of brethren.
-Amos	Am	35	1	10	And I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour the houses thereof.
-Amos	Am	35	1	11	Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Edom, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath pursued his brother with the sword, and hath cast off all pity, and hath carried on his fury, and hath kept his wrath to the end.
-Amos	Am	35	1	12	I will send a fire into Theman: and it shall devour the houses of Bosra.
-Amos	Am	35	1	13	Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of the children of Ammon, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath ripped up the women with child of Galaad to enlarge his border.
-Amos	Am	35	1	14	And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabba: and it shall devour the houses thereof with shouting in the day of battle, and with a whirlwind in the day of trouble.
-Amos	Am	35	1	15	And Melchom shall go into captivity, both he, and his princes together, saith the Lord.
-Amos	Am	35	2	1	Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Moab, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath burnt the bones of the king of Edom even to ashes.
-Amos	Am	35	2	2	And I will send a fire into Moab, and it shall devour the houses of Carioth: and Moab shall die with a noise, with the sound of the trumpet:
-Amos	Am	35	2	3	And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all his princes with him, saith the Lord.
-Amos	Am	35	2	4	Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Juda, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath cast away the law of the Lord, and hath not kept his commandments: for their idols have caused them to err, after which their fathers have walked.
-Amos	Am	35	2	5	And I will send a fire into Juda, and it shall devour the houses of Jerusalem.
-Amos	Am	35	2	6	Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Israel, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath sold the just man for silver, and the poor man for a pair of shoes.
-Amos	Am	35	2	7	They bruise the heads of the poor upon the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the humble: and the son and his father have gone to the same young woman, to profane my holy name.
-Amos	Am	35	2	8	And they sat down upon garments laid to pledge by every altar: and drank the wine of the condemned in the house of their God.
-Amos	Am	35	2	9	Yet I cast out the Amorrhite before their face: whose height was like the height of cedars, and who was strong as an oak: and I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots beneath.
-Amos	Am	35	2	10	It is I that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and I led you forty years through the wilderness, that you might possess the land of the Amorrhite.
-Amos	Am	35	2	11	And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not so, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord?
-Amos	Am	35	2	12	And you will present wine to the Nazarites: and command the prophets, saying: Prophesy not.
-Amos	Am	35	2	13	Behold, I will screak under you as a wain screaketh that is laden with hay.
-Amos	Am	35	2	14	And flight shall perish from the swift, and the valiant shall not possess his strength, neither shall the strong save his life.
-Amos	Am	35	2	15	And he that holdeth the bow shall not stand, and the swift of foot shall not escape, neither shall the rider of the horse save his life.
-Amos	Am	35	2	16	And the stout of heart among the valiant shall flee away naked in that day, saith the Lord.
-Amos	Am	35	3	1	Hear the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning you, O ye children of Israel: concerning the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:
-Amos	Am	35	3	2	You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore will I visit upon you all your iniquities.
-Amos	Am	35	3	3	Shall two walk together except they be agreed?
-Amos	Am	35	3	4	Will a lion roar in the forest, if he have no prey? will the lion's whelp cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
-Amos	Am	35	3	5	Will the bird fall into the snare upon the earth, if there be no fowler? Shall the snare be taken up from the earth, before it hath taken somewhat?
-Amos	Am	35	3	6	Shall the trumpet sound in a city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, which the Lord hath not done?
-Amos	Am	35	3	7	For the Lord God doth nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.
-Amos	Am	35	3	8	The lion shall roar, who will not fear? The Lord God hath spoken, who shall not prophesy?
-Amos	Am	35	3	9	Publish it in the houses of Azotus, and in the houses of the land of Egypt, and say: Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the many follies in the midst thereof, and them that suffer oppression in the inner rooms thereof.
-Amos	Am	35	3	10	And they have not known to do the right thing, saith the Lord, storing up iniquity, and robberies in their houses.
-Amos	Am	35	3	11	Therefore thus saith the Lord God: The land shall be in tribulation, and shall be compassed about: and thy strength shall be taken away from thee, and thy houses shall be spoiled.
-Amos	Am	35	3	12	Thus saith the Lord: As if a shepherd should get out of the lion's mouth two legs, or the tip of the ear: so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria, in a piece of a bed, and in the couch of Damascus.
-Amos	Am	35	3	13	Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord the God of hosts:
-Amos	Am	35	3	14	That in the day when I shall begin to visit the transgressions of Israel, I will visit upon him, and upon the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altars shall be cut off, and shall fall to the ground.
-Amos	Am	35	3	15	And I will strike the winter house with the summer house: and the houses of ivory shall perish, and many houses shall be destroyed, saith the Lord.
-Amos	Am	35	4	1	Hear this word, ye fat kine that are in the mountains of Samaria: you that oppress the needy, and crush the poor: that say to your masters: Bring, and we will drink.
-Amos	Am	35	4	2	The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that lo, the days shall come upon you, when they shall lift you up on pikes, and what shall remain of you in boiling pots.
-Amos	Am	35	4	3	And you shall go out at the breaches one over against the other, and you shall be cast forth into Armon, saith the Lord.
-Amos	Am	35	4	4	Come ye to Bethel, and do wickedly: to Galgal, and multiply transgressions: and bring in the morning your victims, your tithes in three days.
-Amos	Am	35	4	5	And offer a sacrifice of praise with leaven: and call free offerings, and proclaim it: for so you would do, O children of Israel, saith the Lord God.
-Amos	Am	35	4	6	Whereupon I also have given you dulness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet you have not returned to me, saith the Lord.
-Amos	Am	35	4	7	I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon: and the piece whereupon I rained not, withered.
-Amos	Am	35	4	8	And two and three cities went to one city to drink water, and were not filled: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord.
-Amos	Am	35	4	9	I struck you with a burning wind, and with mildew, the palmerworm hath eaten up your many gardens, and your vineyards: your olive groves, and fig groves: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord.
-Amos	Am	35	4	10	I sent death upon you in the way of Egypt, I slew your young men with the sword, even to the captivity of your horses: and I made the stench of your camp to come up into your nostrils: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord.
-Amos	Am	35	4	11	I destroyed some of you, as God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha, and you were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord.
-Amos	Am	35	4	12	Therefore I will do these things to thee, O Israel: and after I shall have done these things to thee, be prepared to meet thy God, O Israel.
-Amos	Am	35	4	13	For behold he that formeth the mountains and createth the wind, and declareth his word to man, he that maketh the morning mist, and walketh upon the high places of the earth: the Lord the God of hosts is his name.
-Amos	Am	35	5	1	Hear ye this word, which I take up concerning you for a lamentation. The house of Israel is fallen, and it shall rise no more.
-Amos	Am	35	5	2	The virgin of Israel is cast down upon her land, there is none to raise her up.
-Amos	Am	35	5	3	For thus saith the Lord God: The city, out of which came forth a thousand, there shall be left in it a hundred: and out of which there came a hundred, there shall be left in it ten, in the house of Israel.
-Amos	Am	35	5	4	For thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and you shall live.
-Amos	Am	35	5	5	But seek not Bethel, and go not into Galgal, neither shall you pass over to Bersabee: for Galgal shall go into captivity, and Bethel shall be unprofitable.
-Amos	Am	35	5	6	Seek ye the Lord, and live: lest the house of Joseph be burnt with fire, and it shall devour, and there shall be none to quench Bethel.
-Amos	Am	35	5	7	You that turn judgment into wormwood, and forsake justice in the land,
-Amos	Am	35	5	8	Seek him that maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and that turneth darkness into morning, and that changeth day into night: that calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.
-Amos	Am	35	5	9	He that with a smile bringeth destruction upon the strong, and waste upon the mighty.
-Amos	Am	35	5	10	They have hated him that rebuketh in the gate: and have abhorred him that speaketh perfectly.
-Amos	Am	35	5	11	Therefore because you robbed the poor, and took the choice prey from him: you shall build houses with square stone, and shall not dwell in them: you shall plant most delightful vineyards, and shall not drink the wine of them.
-Amos	Am	35	5	12	Because I know your manifold crimes, and your grievous sins: enemies of the just, taking bribes, and oppressing the poor in the gate.
-Amos	Am	35	5	13	Therefore the prudent shall keep silence at that time, for it is an evil time.
-Amos	Am	35	5	14	Seek ye good, and not evil, that you may live: and the Lord the God of hosts will be with you, as you have said.
-Amos	Am	35	5	15	Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be the Lord the God of hosts may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
-Amos	Am	35	5	16	Therefore thus saith the Lord the God of hosts the sovereign Lord: In every street there shall be wailing: and in all places that are without, they shall say: Alas, alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skillful in lamentation to lament.
-Amos	Am	35	5	17	And in all vineyards there shall be wailing: because I will pass through in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.
-Amos	Am	35	5	18	Woe to them that desire the day of the Lord: to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.
-Amos	Am	35	5	19	As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him: or enter into the house, and lean with his hand upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him.
-Amos	Am	35	5	20	Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light: and obscurity, and no brightness in it?
-Amos	Am	35	5	21	I hate, and have rejected your festivities: and I will not receive the odour of your assemblies.
-Amos	Am	35	5	22	And if you offer me holocausts, and your gifts, I will not receive them: neither will I regard the vows of your fat beasts.
-Amos	Am	35	5	23	Take away from me the tumult of thy songs: and I will not hear the canticles of thy harp.
-Amos	Am	35	5	24	But judgment shall be revealed as water, and justice as a mighty torrent.
-Amos	Am	35	5	25	Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me in the desert for forty years, O house of Israel?
-Amos	Am	35	5	26	But you carried a tabernacle for your Moloch, and the image of your idols, the star of your god, which you made to yourselves.
-Amos	Am	35	5	27	And I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, the God of hosts is his name.
-Amos	Am	35	6	1	Woe to you that are wealthy in Sion, and to you that have confidence in the mountain of Samaria: ye great men, heads of the people, that go in with state into the house of Israel.
-Amos	Am	35	6	2	Pass ye over to Chalane, and see, and go from thence into Emath the great: and go down into Geth of the Philistines, and to all the best kingdoms of these: if their border be larger than your border.
-Amos	Am	35	6	3	You that are separated unto the evil day: and that approach to the throne of iniquity;
-Amos	Am	35	6	4	You that sleep upon beds of ivory, and are wanton on your couches: that eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the herd;
-Amos	Am	35	6	5	You that sing to the sound of the psaltery: they have thought themselves to have instruments of music like David;
-Amos	Am	35	6	6	That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best ointments: and they are not concerned for the affliction of Joseph.
-Amos	Am	35	6	7	Wherefore now they shall go captive at the head of them that go into captivity: and the faction of the luxurious ones shall be taken away.
-Amos	Am	35	6	8	The Lord God hath sworn by his own soul, saith the Lord the God of hosts: I detest the pride of Jacob, and I hate his houses, and I will deliver up the city with the inhabitants thereof.
-Amos	Am	35	6	9	And if there remain ten men in one house, they also shall die.
-Amos	Am	35	6	10	And a man's kinsman shall take him up, and shall burn him, that he may carry the bones out of the house; and he shall say to him that is in the inner rooms of the house: Is there yet any with thee?
-Amos	Am	35	6	11	And he shall answer: There is an end. And he shall say to him: Hold thy peace, and mention not the name of the Lord.
-Amos	Am	35	6	12	For behold the Lord hath commanded, and he will strike the greater house with breaches, and the lesser house with clefts.
-Amos	Am	35	6	13	Can horses run upon the rocks, or can any one plough with buffles? for you have turned judgment into bitterness, and the fruit of justice into wormwood.
-Amos	Am	35	6	14	You that rejoice in a thing of nought: you that say: Have we not taken unto us horns by our own strength?
-Amos	Am	35	6	15	But behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall destroy you from the entrance of Emath, even to the torrent of the desert.
-Amos	Am	35	7	1	These things the Lord God shewed to me: and behold the locust was formed in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter rain, and lo, it was the latter rain after the king's mowing.
-Amos	Am	35	7	2	And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, I said: O Lord God, be merciful, I beseech thee: who shall raise up Jacob, for he is very little?
-Amos	Am	35	7	3	The Lord had pity upon this: It shall not be, said the Lord.
-Amos	Am	35	7	4	These things the Lord God shewed to me: and behold the Lord called for judgment unto fire, and it devoured the great deep, and ate up a part at the same time.
-Amos	Am	35	7	5	And I said: O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee, who shall raise up Jacob, for he is a little one?
-Amos	Am	35	7	6	The Lord had pity upon this. Yea this also shall not be, said the Lord God.
-Amos	Am	35	7	7	These things the Lord shewed to me: and behold the Lord was standing upon a plastered wall, and in his hand a mason's trowel.
-Amos	Am	35	7	8	And the Lord said to me: What seest thou, Amos? And I said: A mason's trowel. And the Lord said: Behold, I will lay down the trowel in the midst of my people Israel. I will plaster them over no more.
-Amos	Am	35	7	9	And the high places of the idol shall be thrown down, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste: and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
-Amos	Am	35	7	10	And Amasias the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying: Amos hath rebelled against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
-Amos	Am	35	7	11	For thus saith Amos: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall be carried away captive out of their own land.
-Amos	Am	35	7	12	And Amasias said to Amos: Thou seer, go, flee away into the land of Juda: and eat bread there, and prophesy there.
-Amos	Am	35	7	13	But prophesy not again any more in Bethel: because it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom.
-Amos	Am	35	7	14	And Amos answered and said to Amasias: I am not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet: but I am a herdsman plucking wild figs.
-Amos	Am	35	7	15	And the Lord took me when I followed the flock, and the Lord said to me: Go, prophesy to my people Israel.
-Amos	Am	35	7	16	And now hear thou the word of the Lord: Thou sayest, thou shalt not prophesy against Israel, and thou shalt not drop thy word upon the house of the idol.
-Amos	Am	35	7	17	Therefore thus saith the Lord: Thy wife shall play the harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be measured by a line: and thou shalt die in a polluted land, and Israel shall go into captivity out of their land.
-Amos	Am	35	8	1	These things the Lord shewed to me: and behold a hook to draw down the fruit.
-Amos	Am	35	8	2	And he said: What seest thou, Amos? And I said: A hook to draw down fruit. And the Lord said to me: The end is come upon my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more.
-Amos	Am	35	8	3	And the hinges of the temple shall screak in that day, saith the Lord God: many shall die: silence shall be cast in every place.
-Amos	Am	35	8	4	Hear this, you that crush the poor, and make the needy of the land to fail,
-Amos	Am	35	8	5	Saying: When will the month be over, and we shall sell our wares: and the sabbath, and we shall open the corn: that we may lessen the measure, and increase the sicle, and may convey in deceitful balances,
-Amos	Am	35	8	6	That we may possess the needy for money, and the poor for a pair of shoes, and may sell the refuse of the corn?
-Amos	Am	35	8	7	The Lord hath sworn against the pride of Jacob: surely I will never forget all their works.
-Amos	Am	35	8	8	Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein: and rise up altogether as a river, and be cast out, and run down as the river of Egypt?
-Amos	Am	35	8	9	And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that the sun shall go down at midday, and I will make the earth dark in the day of light:
-Amos	Am	35	8	10	And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation: and I will bring up sackcloth upon every back of yours, and baldness upon every head: and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the latter end thereof as a bitter day.
-Amos	Am	35	8	11	Behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will send forth a famine into the land: not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, but of hearing the word of the Lord.
-Amos	Am	35	8	12	And they shall move from sea to sea, and from the north to the east: they shall go about seeking the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
-Amos	Am	35	8	13	In that day the fair virgins, and the young men shall faint for thirst.
-Amos	Am	35	8	14	They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say: Thy God, O Dan, liveth: and the way of Bersabee liveth: and they shall fall, and shall rise no more.
-Amos	Am	35	9	1	I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said: Strike the hinges, and let the lintels be shook: for there is covetousness in the head of them all, and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall be no flight for them: they shall flee, and he that shall flee of them shall not be delivered.
-Amos	Am	35	9	2	Though they go down even to hell, thence shall my hand bring them out: and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.
-Amos	Am	35	9	3	And though they be hid in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them away from thence: and though they hide themselves from my eyes in the depth of the sea, there will I command the serpent and he shall bite them.
-Amos	Am	35	9	4	And if they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall kill them. And I will set my eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
-Amos	Am	35	9	5	And the Lord the God of hosts is he who toucheth the earth, and it shall melt: and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up as a river, and shall run down as the river of Egypt.
-Amos	Am	35	9	6	He that buildeth his ascension in heaven, and hath founded his bundle upon the earth: who calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth, the Lord is his name.
-Amos	Am	35	9	7	Are not you as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel, saith the Lord? did not I bring up Israel, out of the land of Egypt: and the Philistines out of Cappadocia, and the Syrians out of Cyrene?
-Amos	Am	35	9	8	Behold the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth: but yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord.
-Amos	Am	35	9	9	For behold I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, as corn is sifted in a sieve: and there shall not a little stone fall to the ground.
-Amos	Am	35	9	10	All the sinners of my people shall fall by the sword: who say: The evils shall not approach, and shall not come upon us.
-Amos	Am	35	9	11	In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David, that is fallen: and I will close up the breaches of the walls thereof, and repair what was fallen: and I will rebuild it as in the days of old.
-Amos	Am	35	9	12	That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all nations, because my name is invoked upon them: saith the Lord that doth these things.
-Amos	Am	35	9	13	Behold the days come, saith the Lord, when the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed: and the mountains shall drop sweetness, and every hill shall be tilled.
-Amos	Am	35	9	14	And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel: and they shall build the abandoned cities, and inhabit them: and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine of them: and shall make gardens, and eat the fruits of them. And I will plant them upon their own land: and I will no more pluck them out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.
+Amos	Amos	35	1	1	The words of Amos, who was among herdsmen of Thecua: which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Ozias king of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joas king of Israel two years before the earthquake.
+Amos	Amos	35	1	2	And he said: The Lord will roar from Sion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem: and the beautiful places of the shepherds have mourned, and the top of Carmel is withered.
+Amos	Amos	35	1	3	Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Damascus, and for four I will not convert it: because they have thrashed Galaad with iron wains.
+Amos	Amos	35	1	4	And I will send a fire into the house of Azael, and it shall devour the houses of Benadad.
+Amos	Amos	35	1	5	And I will break the bar of Damascus: and I will cut off the inhabitants from the plain of the idol, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of pleasure: and the people of Syria shall be carried away to Cyrene, saith the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	1	6	Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Gaza, and for four I will not convert it: because they have carried away a perfect captivity to shut them up in Edom.
+Amos	Amos	35	1	7	And I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the houses thereof.
+Amos	Amos	35	1	8	And I will cut off the inhabitant from Azotus, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ascalon: and I will turn my hand against Accaron, and the rest of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God.
+Amos	Amos	35	1	9	Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Tyre, and for four I will not convert it: because they have shut up an entire captivity in Edom, and have not remembered the covenant of brethren.
+Amos	Amos	35	1	10	And I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour the houses thereof.
+Amos	Amos	35	1	11	Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Edom, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath pursued his brother with the sword, and hath cast off all pity, and hath carried on his fury, and hath kept his wrath to the end.
+Amos	Amos	35	1	12	I will send a fire into Theman: and it shall devour the houses of Bosra.
+Amos	Amos	35	1	13	Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of the children of Ammon, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath ripped up the women with child of Galaad to enlarge his border.
+Amos	Amos	35	1	14	And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabba: and it shall devour the houses thereof with shouting in the day of battle, and with a whirlwind in the day of trouble.
+Amos	Amos	35	1	15	And Melchom shall go into captivity, both he, and his princes together, saith the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	2	1	Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Moab, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath burnt the bones of the king of Edom even to ashes.
+Amos	Amos	35	2	2	And I will send a fire into Moab, and it shall devour the houses of Carioth: and Moab shall die with a noise, with the sound of the trumpet:
+Amos	Amos	35	2	3	And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all his princes with him, saith the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	2	4	Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Juda, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath cast away the law of the Lord, and hath not kept his commandments: for their idols have caused them to err, after which their fathers have walked.
+Amos	Amos	35	2	5	And I will send a fire into Juda, and it shall devour the houses of Jerusalem.
+Amos	Amos	35	2	6	Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Israel, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath sold the just man for silver, and the poor man for a pair of shoes.
+Amos	Amos	35	2	7	They bruise the heads of the poor upon the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the humble: and the son and his father have gone to the same young woman, to profane my holy name.
+Amos	Amos	35	2	8	And they sat down upon garments laid to pledge by every altar: and drank the wine of the condemned in the house of their God.
+Amos	Amos	35	2	9	Yet I cast out the Amorrhite before their face: whose height was like the height of cedars, and who was strong as an oak: and I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots beneath.
+Amos	Amos	35	2	10	It is I that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and I led you forty years through the wilderness, that you might possess the land of the Amorrhite.
+Amos	Amos	35	2	11	And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not so, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord?
+Amos	Amos	35	2	12	And you will present wine to the Nazarites: and command the prophets, saying: Prophesy not.
+Amos	Amos	35	2	13	Behold, I will screak under you as a wain screaketh that is laden with hay.
+Amos	Amos	35	2	14	And flight shall perish from the swift, and the valiant shall not possess his strength, neither shall the strong save his life.
+Amos	Amos	35	2	15	And he that holdeth the bow shall not stand, and the swift of foot shall not escape, neither shall the rider of the horse save his life.
+Amos	Amos	35	2	16	And the stout of heart among the valiant shall flee away naked in that day, saith the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	3	1	Hear the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning you, O ye children of Israel: concerning the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:
+Amos	Amos	35	3	2	You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore will I visit upon you all your iniquities.
+Amos	Amos	35	3	3	Shall two walk together except they be agreed?
+Amos	Amos	35	3	4	Will a lion roar in the forest, if he have no prey? will the lion's whelp cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
+Amos	Amos	35	3	5	Will the bird fall into the snare upon the earth, if there be no fowler? Shall the snare be taken up from the earth, before it hath taken somewhat?
+Amos	Amos	35	3	6	Shall the trumpet sound in a city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, which the Lord hath not done?
+Amos	Amos	35	3	7	For the Lord God doth nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.
+Amos	Amos	35	3	8	The lion shall roar, who will not fear? The Lord God hath spoken, who shall not prophesy?
+Amos	Amos	35	3	9	Publish it in the houses of Azotus, and in the houses of the land of Egypt, and say: Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the many follies in the midst thereof, and them that suffer oppression in the inner rooms thereof.
+Amos	Amos	35	3	10	And they have not known to do the right thing, saith the Lord, storing up iniquity, and robberies in their houses.
+Amos	Amos	35	3	11	Therefore thus saith the Lord God: The land shall be in tribulation, and shall be compassed about: and thy strength shall be taken away from thee, and thy houses shall be spoiled.
+Amos	Amos	35	3	12	Thus saith the Lord: As if a shepherd should get out of the lion's mouth two legs, or the tip of the ear: so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria, in a piece of a bed, and in the couch of Damascus.
+Amos	Amos	35	3	13	Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord the God of hosts:
+Amos	Amos	35	3	14	That in the day when I shall begin to visit the transgressions of Israel, I will visit upon him, and upon the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altars shall be cut off, and shall fall to the ground.
+Amos	Amos	35	3	15	And I will strike the winter house with the summer house: and the houses of ivory shall perish, and many houses shall be destroyed, saith the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	4	1	Hear this word, ye fat kine that are in the mountains of Samaria: you that oppress the needy, and crush the poor: that say to your masters: Bring, and we will drink.
+Amos	Amos	35	4	2	The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that lo, the days shall come upon you, when they shall lift you up on pikes, and what shall remain of you in boiling pots.
+Amos	Amos	35	4	3	And you shall go out at the breaches one over against the other, and you shall be cast forth into Armon, saith the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	4	4	Come ye to Bethel, and do wickedly: to Galgal, and multiply transgressions: and bring in the morning your victims, your tithes in three days.
+Amos	Amos	35	4	5	And offer a sacrifice of praise with leaven: and call free offerings, and proclaim it: for so you would do, O children of Israel, saith the Lord God.
+Amos	Amos	35	4	6	Whereupon I also have given you dulness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet you have not returned to me, saith the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	4	7	I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon: and the piece whereupon I rained not, withered.
+Amos	Amos	35	4	8	And two and three cities went to one city to drink water, and were not filled: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	4	9	I struck you with a burning wind, and with mildew, the palmerworm hath eaten up your many gardens, and your vineyards: your olive groves, and fig groves: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	4	10	I sent death upon you in the way of Egypt, I slew your young men with the sword, even to the captivity of your horses: and I made the stench of your camp to come up into your nostrils: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	4	11	I destroyed some of you, as God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha, and you were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	4	12	Therefore I will do these things to thee, O Israel: and after I shall have done these things to thee, be prepared to meet thy God, O Israel.
+Amos	Amos	35	4	13	For behold he that formeth the mountains and createth the wind, and declareth his word to man, he that maketh the morning mist, and walketh upon the high places of the earth: the Lord the God of hosts is his name.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	1	Hear ye this word, which I take up concerning you for a lamentation. The house of Israel is fallen, and it shall rise no more.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	2	The virgin of Israel is cast down upon her land, there is none to raise her up.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	3	For thus saith the Lord God: The city, out of which came forth a thousand, there shall be left in it a hundred: and out of which there came a hundred, there shall be left in it ten, in the house of Israel.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	4	For thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and you shall live.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	5	But seek not Bethel, and go not into Galgal, neither shall you pass over to Bersabee: for Galgal shall go into captivity, and Bethel shall be unprofitable.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	6	Seek ye the Lord, and live: lest the house of Joseph be burnt with fire, and it shall devour, and there shall be none to quench Bethel.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	7	You that turn judgment into wormwood, and forsake justice in the land,
+Amos	Amos	35	5	8	Seek him that maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and that turneth darkness into morning, and that changeth day into night: that calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	9	He that with a smile bringeth destruction upon the strong, and waste upon the mighty.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	10	They have hated him that rebuketh in the gate: and have abhorred him that speaketh perfectly.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	11	Therefore because you robbed the poor, and took the choice prey from him: you shall build houses with square stone, and shall not dwell in them: you shall plant most delightful vineyards, and shall not drink the wine of them.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	12	Because I know your manifold crimes, and your grievous sins: enemies of the just, taking bribes, and oppressing the poor in the gate.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	13	Therefore the prudent shall keep silence at that time, for it is an evil time.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	14	Seek ye good, and not evil, that you may live: and the Lord the God of hosts will be with you, as you have said.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	15	Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be the Lord the God of hosts may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	16	Therefore thus saith the Lord the God of hosts the sovereign Lord: In every street there shall be wailing: and in all places that are without, they shall say: Alas, alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skillful in lamentation to lament.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	17	And in all vineyards there shall be wailing: because I will pass through in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	18	Woe to them that desire the day of the Lord: to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	19	As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him: or enter into the house, and lean with his hand upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	20	Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light: and obscurity, and no brightness in it?
+Amos	Amos	35	5	21	I hate, and have rejected your festivities: and I will not receive the odour of your assemblies.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	22	And if you offer me holocausts, and your gifts, I will not receive them: neither will I regard the vows of your fat beasts.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	23	Take away from me the tumult of thy songs: and I will not hear the canticles of thy harp.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	24	But judgment shall be revealed as water, and justice as a mighty torrent.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	25	Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me in the desert for forty years, O house of Israel?
+Amos	Amos	35	5	26	But you carried a tabernacle for your Moloch, and the image of your idols, the star of your god, which you made to yourselves.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	27	And I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, the God of hosts is his name.
+Amos	Amos	35	6	1	Woe to you that are wealthy in Sion, and to you that have confidence in the mountain of Samaria: ye great men, heads of the people, that go in with state into the house of Israel.
+Amos	Amos	35	6	2	Pass ye over to Chalane, and see, and go from thence into Emath the great: and go down into Geth of the Philistines, and to all the best kingdoms of these: if their border be larger than your border.
+Amos	Amos	35	6	3	You that are separated unto the evil day: and that approach to the throne of iniquity;
+Amos	Amos	35	6	4	You that sleep upon beds of ivory, and are wanton on your couches: that eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the herd;
+Amos	Amos	35	6	5	You that sing to the sound of the psaltery: they have thought themselves to have instruments of music like David;
+Amos	Amos	35	6	6	That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best ointments: and they are not concerned for the affliction of Joseph.
+Amos	Amos	35	6	7	Wherefore now they shall go captive at the head of them that go into captivity: and the faction of the luxurious ones shall be taken away.
+Amos	Amos	35	6	8	The Lord God hath sworn by his own soul, saith the Lord the God of hosts: I detest the pride of Jacob, and I hate his houses, and I will deliver up the city with the inhabitants thereof.
+Amos	Amos	35	6	9	And if there remain ten men in one house, they also shall die.
+Amos	Amos	35	6	10	And a man's kinsman shall take him up, and shall burn him, that he may carry the bones out of the house; and he shall say to him that is in the inner rooms of the house: Is there yet any with thee?
+Amos	Amos	35	6	11	And he shall answer: There is an end. And he shall say to him: Hold thy peace, and mention not the name of the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	6	12	For behold the Lord hath commanded, and he will strike the greater house with breaches, and the lesser house with clefts.
+Amos	Amos	35	6	13	Can horses run upon the rocks, or can any one plough with buffles? for you have turned judgment into bitterness, and the fruit of justice into wormwood.
+Amos	Amos	35	6	14	You that rejoice in a thing of nought: you that say: Have we not taken unto us horns by our own strength?
+Amos	Amos	35	6	15	But behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall destroy you from the entrance of Emath, even to the torrent of the desert.
+Amos	Amos	35	7	1	These things the Lord God shewed to me: and behold the locust was formed in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter rain, and lo, it was the latter rain after the king's mowing.
+Amos	Amos	35	7	2	And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, I said: O Lord God, be merciful, I beseech thee: who shall raise up Jacob, for he is very little?
+Amos	Amos	35	7	3	The Lord had pity upon this: It shall not be, said the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	7	4	These things the Lord God shewed to me: and behold the Lord called for judgment unto fire, and it devoured the great deep, and ate up a part at the same time.
+Amos	Amos	35	7	5	And I said: O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee, who shall raise up Jacob, for he is a little one?
+Amos	Amos	35	7	6	The Lord had pity upon this. Yea this also shall not be, said the Lord God.
+Amos	Amos	35	7	7	These things the Lord shewed to me: and behold the Lord was standing upon a plastered wall, and in his hand a mason's trowel.
+Amos	Amos	35	7	8	And the Lord said to me: What seest thou, Amos? And I said: A mason's trowel. And the Lord said: Behold, I will lay down the trowel in the midst of my people Israel. I will plaster them over no more.
+Amos	Amos	35	7	9	And the high places of the idol shall be thrown down, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste: and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
+Amos	Amos	35	7	10	And Amasias the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying: Amos hath rebelled against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
+Amos	Amos	35	7	11	For thus saith Amos: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall be carried away captive out of their own land.
+Amos	Amos	35	7	12	And Amasias said to Amos: Thou seer, go, flee away into the land of Juda: and eat bread there, and prophesy there.
+Amos	Amos	35	7	13	But prophesy not again any more in Bethel: because it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom.
+Amos	Amos	35	7	14	And Amos answered and said to Amasias: I am not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet: but I am a herdsman plucking wild figs.
+Amos	Amos	35	7	15	And the Lord took me when I followed the flock, and the Lord said to me: Go, prophesy to my people Israel.
+Amos	Amos	35	7	16	And now hear thou the word of the Lord: Thou sayest, thou shalt not prophesy against Israel, and thou shalt not drop thy word upon the house of the idol.
+Amos	Amos	35	7	17	Therefore thus saith the Lord: Thy wife shall play the harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be measured by a line: and thou shalt die in a polluted land, and Israel shall go into captivity out of their land.
+Amos	Amos	35	8	1	These things the Lord shewed to me: and behold a hook to draw down the fruit.
+Amos	Amos	35	8	2	And he said: What seest thou, Amos? And I said: A hook to draw down fruit. And the Lord said to me: The end is come upon my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more.
+Amos	Amos	35	8	3	And the hinges of the temple shall screak in that day, saith the Lord God: many shall die: silence shall be cast in every place.
+Amos	Amos	35	8	4	Hear this, you that crush the poor, and make the needy of the land to fail,
+Amos	Amos	35	8	5	Saying: When will the month be over, and we shall sell our wares: and the sabbath, and we shall open the corn: that we may lessen the measure, and increase the sicle, and may convey in deceitful balances,
+Amos	Amos	35	8	6	That we may possess the needy for money, and the poor for a pair of shoes, and may sell the refuse of the corn?
+Amos	Amos	35	8	7	The Lord hath sworn against the pride of Jacob: surely I will never forget all their works.
+Amos	Amos	35	8	8	Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein: and rise up altogether as a river, and be cast out, and run down as the river of Egypt?
+Amos	Amos	35	8	9	And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that the sun shall go down at midday, and I will make the earth dark in the day of light:
+Amos	Amos	35	8	10	And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation: and I will bring up sackcloth upon every back of yours, and baldness upon every head: and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the latter end thereof as a bitter day.
+Amos	Amos	35	8	11	Behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will send forth a famine into the land: not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, but of hearing the word of the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	8	12	And they shall move from sea to sea, and from the north to the east: they shall go about seeking the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
+Amos	Amos	35	8	13	In that day the fair virgins, and the young men shall faint for thirst.
+Amos	Amos	35	8	14	They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say: Thy God, O Dan, liveth: and the way of Bersabee liveth: and they shall fall, and shall rise no more.
+Amos	Amos	35	9	1	I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said: Strike the hinges, and let the lintels be shook: for there is covetousness in the head of them all, and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall be no flight for them: they shall flee, and he that shall flee of them shall not be delivered.
+Amos	Amos	35	9	2	Though they go down even to hell, thence shall my hand bring them out: and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.
+Amos	Amos	35	9	3	And though they be hid in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them away from thence: and though they hide themselves from my eyes in the depth of the sea, there will I command the serpent and he shall bite them.
+Amos	Amos	35	9	4	And if they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall kill them. And I will set my eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
+Amos	Amos	35	9	5	And the Lord the God of hosts is he who toucheth the earth, and it shall melt: and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up as a river, and shall run down as the river of Egypt.
+Amos	Amos	35	9	6	He that buildeth his ascension in heaven, and hath founded his bundle upon the earth: who calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth, the Lord is his name.
+Amos	Amos	35	9	7	Are not you as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel, saith the Lord? did not I bring up Israel, out of the land of Egypt: and the Philistines out of Cappadocia, and the Syrians out of Cyrene?
+Amos	Amos	35	9	8	Behold the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth: but yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	9	9	For behold I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, as corn is sifted in a sieve: and there shall not a little stone fall to the ground.
+Amos	Amos	35	9	10	All the sinners of my people shall fall by the sword: who say: The evils shall not approach, and shall not come upon us.
+Amos	Amos	35	9	11	In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David, that is fallen: and I will close up the breaches of the walls thereof, and repair what was fallen: and I will rebuild it as in the days of old.
+Amos	Amos	35	9	12	That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all nations, because my name is invoked upon them: saith the Lord that doth these things.
+Amos	Amos	35	9	13	Behold the days come, saith the Lord, when the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed: and the mountains shall drop sweetness, and every hill shall be tilled.
+Amos	Amos	35	9	14	And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel: and they shall build the abandoned cities, and inhabit them: and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine of them: and shall make gardens, and eat the fruits of them. And I will plant them upon their own land: and I will no more pluck them out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.
 Abdias	Abd	36	1	1	The vision of Abdias. Thus saith the Lord God to Edom: We have heard a rumour from the Lord, and he hath sent an ambassador to the nations: Arise, and let us rise up to battle against him.
 Abdias	Abd	36	1	2	Behold I have made thee small among the nations: thou art exceeding contemptible.
 Abdias	Abd	36	1	3	The pride of thy heart hath lifted thee up, who dwellest in the clefts of the rocks, and settest up thy throne on high: who sayest in thy heart: Who shall bring me down to the ground?
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 2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	38	So these things being done with relation to Nicanor, and from that time the city being possessed by the Hebrews, I also will here make an end of my narration.
 2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	39	Which if I have done well, and as it becometh the history, it is what I desired: but if not so perfectly, it must be pardoned me.
 2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	40	For as it is hurtful to drink always wine, or always water, but pleasant to use sometimes the one, and sometimes the other: so if the speech be always nicely framed, it will not be grateful to the readers. But here it shall be ended.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	1	The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	2	Abraham begot Isaac. And Isaac begot Jacob. And Jacob begot Judas and his brethren.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	3	And Judas begot Phares and Zara of Thamar. And Phares begot Esron. And Esron begot Aram.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	4	And Aram begot Aminadab. And Aminadab begot Naasson. And Naasson begot Salmon.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	5	And Salmon begot Booz of Rahab. And Booz begot Obed of Ruth. And Obed begot Jesse.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	6	And Jesse begot David the king. And David the king begot Solomon, of her that had been the wife of Urias.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	7	And Solomon begot Roboam. And Roboam begot Abia. And Abia begot Asa.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	8	And Asa begot Josaphat. And Josaphat begot Joram. And Joram begot Ozias.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	9	And Ozias begot Joatham. And Joatham begot Achaz. And Achaz begot Ezechias.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	10	And Ezechias begot Manasses. And Manasses begot Amon. And Amon begot Josias.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	11	And Josias begot Jechonias and his brethren in the transmigration of Babylon.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	12	And after the transmigration of Babylon, Jechonias begot Salathiel. And Salathiel begot Zorobabel.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	13	And Zorobabel begot Abiud. And Abiud begot Eliacim. And Eliacim begot Azor.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	14	And Azor begot Sadoc. And Sadoc begot Achim. And Achim begot Eliud.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	15	And Eliud begot Eleazar. And Eleazar begot Mathan. And Mathan begot Jacob.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	16	And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	17	So all the generations, from Abraham to David, are fourteen generations. And from David to the transmigration of Babylon, are fourteen generations: and from the transmigration of Babylon to Christ are fourteen generations.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	18	Now the generation of Christ was in this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child, of the Holy Ghost.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	19	Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing publicly to expose her, was minded to put her away privately.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	20	But while he thought on these things, behold the angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	21	And she shall bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name JESUS. For he shall save his people from their sins.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	22	Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying:
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	23	Behold a virgin shall be with child, and bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	24	And Joseph rising up from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took unto him his wife.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	25	And he knew her not till she brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	1	When Jesus therefore was born in Bethlehem of Juda, in the days of king Herod, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	2	Saying, Where is he that is born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east, and are come to adore him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	3	And king Herod hearing this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	4	And assembling together all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired of them where Christ should be born.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	5	But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet:
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	6	And thou Bethlehem the land of Juda art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come forth the captain that shall rule my people Israel.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	7	Then Herod, privately calling the wise men, learned diligently of them the time of the star which appeared to them;
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	8	And sending them into Bethlehem, said: Go and diligently inquire after the child, and when you have found him, bring me word again, that I also may come to adore him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	9	Who having heard the king, went their way; and behold the star which they had seen in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the child was.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	10	And seeing the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	11	And entering into the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and falling down they adored him; and opening their treasures, they offered him gifts; gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	12	And having received an answer in sleep that they should not return to Herod, they went back another way into their country.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	13	And after they were departed, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and fly into Egypt: and be there until I shall tell thee. For it will come to pass that Herod will seek the child to destroy him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	14	Who arose, and took the child and his mother by night, and retired into Egypt: and he was there until the death of Herod:
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	15	That it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying: Out of Egypt have I called my son.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	16	Then Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise men, was exceeding angry; and sending killed all the men children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	17	Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet, saying:
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	18	A voice in Rama was heard, lamentation and great mourning; Rachel bewailing her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	19	But when Herod was dead, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph in Egypt,
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	20	Saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel. For they are dead that sought the life of the child.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	21	Who arose, and took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	22	But hearing that Archelaus reigned in Judea in the room of Herod his father, he was afraid to go thither: and being warned in sleep retired into the quarters of Galilee.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	23	And coming he dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was said by prophets: That he shall be called a Nazarene.
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	1	And in those days cometh John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea.
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	2	And saying: Do penance: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	3	For this is he that was spoken of by Isaias the prophet, saying: A voice of one crying in the desert, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	4	And the same John had his garment of camels' hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins: and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	5	Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the country about Jordan:
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	6	And were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	7	And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them: Ye brood of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come?
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	8	Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of penance.
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	9	And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father. For I tell you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	10	For now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that doth not yield good fruit, shall be cut down, and cast into the fire.
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	11	I indeed baptize you in the water unto penance, but he that shall come after me, is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear; he shall baptize you in the Holy Ghost and fire.
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	12	Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor and gather his wheat into the barn; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	13	Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan, unto John, to be baptized by him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	14	But John stayed him, saying: I ought to be baptized by thee, and comest thou to me?
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	15	And Jesus answering, said to him: Suffer it to be so now. For so it becometh us to fulfill all justice. Then he suffered him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	16	And Jesus being baptized, forthwith came out of the water: and lo, the heavens were opened to him: and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	17	And behold a voice from heaven, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	1	Then Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	2	And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	3	And the tempter coming said to him: If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	4	Who answered and said: It is written, Not in bread alone doth man live, but in every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	5	Then the devil took him up into the holy city, and set him upon the pinnacle of the temple,
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	6	And said to him: If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down, for it is written: That he hath given his angels charge over thee, and in their hands shall they bear thee up, lest perhaps thou dash thy foot against a stone.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	7	Jesus said to him: It is written again: Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	8	Again the devil took him up into a very high mountain, and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them,
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	9	And said to him: All these will I give thee, if falling down thou wilt adore me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	10	Then Jesus saith to him: Begone, Satan: for it is written, The Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and him only shalt thou serve.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	11	Then the devil left him; and behold angels came and ministered to him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	12	And when Jesus had heard that John was delivered up, he retired into Galilee:
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	13	And leaving the city Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capharnaum on the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim;
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	14	That it might be fulfilled which was said by Isaias the prophet:
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	15	Land of Zabulon and land of Nephthalim, the way of the sea beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles:
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	16	The people that sat in darkness, hath seen great light: and to them that sat in the region of the shadow of death, light is sprung up.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	17	From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say: Do penance, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	18	And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers).
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	19	And he saith to them: Come ye after me, and I will make you to be fishers of men.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	20	And they immediately leaving their nets, followed him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	21	And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets: and he called them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	22	And they forthwith left their nets and father, and followed him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	23	And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom: and healing all manner of sickness and every infirmity, among the people.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	24	And his fame went throughout all Syria, and they presented to him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and such as were possessed by devils, and lunatics, and those that had palsy, and he cured them:
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	25	And much people followed him from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	1	And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain, and when he was set down, his disciples came unto him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	2	And opening his mouth, he taught them, saying:
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	3	Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	4	Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	5	Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	6	Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	7	Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	8	Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	9	Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called children of God.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	10	Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	11	Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake:
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	12	Be glad and rejoice, for your reward is very great in heaven. For so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	13	You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt lose its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is good for nothing any more but to be cast out, and to be trodden on by men.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	14	You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	15	Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	16	So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	17	Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	18	For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	19	He therefore that shall break one of these least commandments, and shall so teach men, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But he that shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	20	For I tell you, that unless your justice abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	21	You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not kill. And whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	22	But I say to you, that whosoever is angry with his brother, shall be in danger of the judgment. And whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council. And whosoever shall say, Thou Fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	23	If therefore thou offer thy gift at the altar, and there thou remember that thy brother hath any thing against thee;
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	24	Leave there thy offering before the altar, and go first to be reconciled to thy brother: and then coming thou shalt offer thy gift.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	25	Be at agreement with thy adversary betimes, whilst thou art in the way with him: lest perhaps the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	26	Amen I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from thence till thou repay the last farthing.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	27	You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit adultery.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	28	But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	29	And if thy right eye scandalize thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee. For it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than that thy whole body be cast into hell.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	30	And if thy right hand scandalize thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than that thy whole body be cast into hell.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	31	And it hath been said, whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	32	But I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, excepting for the cause of fornication, maketh her to commit adultery: and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	33	Again you have heard that it was said to them of old, Thou shalt not forswear thyself: but thou shalt perform thy oaths to the Lord.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	34	But I say to you not to swear at all, neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God:
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	35	Nor by the earth, for it is his footstool: nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king:
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	36	Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	37	But let your speech be yea, yea: no, no: and that which is over and above these, is of evil.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	38	You have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	39	But I say to you not to resist evil: but if one strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other:
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	40	And if a man will contend with thee in judgment, and take away thy coat, let go thy cloak also unto him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	41	And whosoever will force thee one mile, go with him other two,
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	42	Give to him that asketh of thee and from him that would borrow of thee turn not away.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	43	You have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thy enemy.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	44	But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you:
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	45	That you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven, who maketh his sun to rise upon the good, and bad, and raineth upon the just and the unjust.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	46	For if you love them that love you, what reward shall you have? do not even the publicans this?
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	47	And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more? do not also the heathens this?
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	48	Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	1	Take heed that you do not your justice before men, to be seen by them: otherwise you shall not have a reward of your Father who is in heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	2	Therefore when thou dost an almsdeed, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honoured by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	3	But when thou dost alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	4	That thy alms may be in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	5	And when ye pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, that love to stand and pray in the synagogues and corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men: Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	6	But thou when thou shalt pray, enter into thy chamber, and having shut the door, pray to thy Father in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	7	And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens. For they think that in their much speaking they may be heard.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	8	Be not you therefore like to them, for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before you ask him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	9	Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	10	Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	11	Give us this day our supersubstantial bread.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	12	And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	13	And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	14	For if you will forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will forgive you also your offences.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	15	But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your offences.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	16	And when you fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad. For they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	17	But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	18	That thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will repay thee.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	19	Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and moth consume, and where thieves break through and steal.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	20	But lay up to yourselves treasures in heaven: where neither the rust nor moth doth consume, and where thieves do not break through, nor steal.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	21	For where thy treasure is, there is thy heart also.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	22	The light of thy body is thy eye. If thy eye be single, thy whole body shall be lightsome.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	23	But if thy eye be evil thy whole body shall be darksome. If then the light that is in thee, be darkness: the darkness itself how great shall it be!
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	24	No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other: or he will sustain the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	25	Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more than the meat: and the body more than the raiment?
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	26	Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns: and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not you of much more value than they?
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	27	And which of you by taking thought, can add to his stature by one cubit?
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	28	And for raiment why are you solicitous? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	29	But I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	30	And if the grass of the field, which is today, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, God doth so clothe: how much more you, O ye of little faith?
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	31	Be not solicitous therefore, saying, What shall we eat: or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed?
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	32	For after all these things do the heathens seek. For your Father knoweth that you have need of all these things.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	33	Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	34	Be not therefore solicitous for tomorrow; for the morrow will be solicitous for itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	1	Judge not, that you may not be judged,
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	2	For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	3	And why seest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye; and seest not the beam that is in thy own eye?
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	4	Or how sayest thou to thy brother: Let me cast the mote out of thy eye; and behold a beam is in thy own eye?
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	5	Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam in thy own eye, and then shalt thou see to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	6	Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon you, they tear you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	7	Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	8	For every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	9	Or what man is there among you, of whom if his son shall ask bread, will he reach him a stone?
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	10	Or if he shall ask him a fish, will he reach him a serpent?
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	11	If you then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more will your Father who is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him?
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	12	All things therefore whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you also to them. For this is the law and the prophets.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	13	Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in thereat.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	14	How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way that leadeth to life: and few there are that find it!
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	15	Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	16	By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	17	Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	18	A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	19	Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	20	Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	21	Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	22	Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, have not we prophesied in thy name, and cast out devils in thy name, and done many miracles in thy name?
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	23	And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	24	Every one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock,
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	25	And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on a rock.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	26	And every one that heareth these my words, and doth them not, shall be like a foolish man that built his house upon the sand,
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	27	And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall thereof.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	28	And it came to pass when Jesus had fully ended these words, the people were in admiration at his doctrine.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	29	For he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the scribes and Pharisees.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	1	And when he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him:
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	2	And behold a leper came and adored him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	3	And Jesus stretching forth his hand, touched him, saying: I will, be thou made clean. And forthwith his leprosy was cleansed.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	4	And Jesus saith to him: See thou tell no man: but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded for a testimony unto them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	5	And when he had entered into Capharnaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him,
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	6	And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, and is grieviously tormented.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	7	And Jesus saith to him: I will come and heal him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	8	And the centurion making answer, said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof: but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	9	For I also am a man subject to authority, having under me soldiers; and I say to this, Go, and he goeth, and to another, Come, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	10	And Jesus hearing this, marvelled; and said to them that followed him: Amen I say to you, I have not found so great faith in Israel.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	11	And I say to you that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven:
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	12	But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	13	And Jesus said to the centurion: Go, and as thou hast believed, so be it done to thee. And the servant was healed at the same hour.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	14	And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying, and sick of a fever:
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	15	And he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose and ministered to them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	16	And when evening was come, they brought to him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word: and all that were sick he healed:
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	17	That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the prophet Isaias, saying: He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	18	And Jesus seeing great multitudes about him, gave orders to pass over the water.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	19	And a certain scribe came and said to him: Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou shalt go.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	20	And Jesus saith to him: The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests: but the son of man hath not where to lay his head.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	21	And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	22	But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	23	And when he entered into the boat, his disciples followed him:
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	24	And behold a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was covered with waves, but he was asleep.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	25	And they came to him, and awaked him, saying: Lord, save us, we perish.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	26	And Jesus saith to them: Why are you fearful, O ye of little faith? Then rising up he commanded the winds, and the sea, and there came a great calm.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	27	But the men wondered, saying: What manner of man is this, for the winds and the sea obey him?
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	28	And when he was come on the other side of the water, into the country of the Gerasens, there met him two that were possessed with devils, coming out of the sepulchres, exceeding fierce, so that none could pass by that way.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	29	And behold they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	30	And there was, not far from them, an herd of many swine feeding.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	31	And the devils besought him, saying: If thou cast us out hence, send us into the herd of swine.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	32	And he said to them: Go. But they going out went into the swine, and behold the whole herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea: and they perished in the waters.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	33	And they that kept them fled: and coming into the city, told every thing, and concerning them that had been possessed by the devils.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	34	And behold the whole city went out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart from their coasts.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	1	And entering into a boat, he passed over the water and came into his own city.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	2	And behold they brought to him one sick of the palsy lying in a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man sick of the palsy: Be of good heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	3	And behold some of the scribes said within themselves: He blasphemeth.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	4	And Jesus seeing their thoughts, said: Why do you think evil in your hearts?
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	5	Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee: or to say, Arise, and walk?
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	6	But that you may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then said he to the man sick of palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	7	And he arose, and went into his house.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	8	And the multitude seeing it, feared, and glorified God that gave such power to men.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	9	And when Jesus passed on from hence, he saw a man sitting in the custom house, named Matthew; and he saith to him: Follow me. And he rose up and followed him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	10	And it came to pass as he was sitting at meat in the house, behold many publicans and sinners came, and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	11	And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat with publicans and sinners?
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	12	But Jesus hearing it, said: They that are in health need not a physician, but they that are ill.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	13	Go then and learn what this meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the just, but sinners.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	14	Then came to him the disciples of John, saying: Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples do not fast?
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	15	And Jesus said to them: Can the children of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	16	And nobody putteth a piece of raw cloth unto an old garment. For it taketh away the fulness thereof from the garment, and there is made a greater rent.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	17	Neither do they put new wine into old bottles. Otherwise the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish. But new wine they put into new bottles: and both are preserved.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	18	As he was speaking these things unto them, behold a certain ruler came up, and adored him, saying: Lord, my daughter is even now dead; but come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	19	And Jesus rising up followed him, with his disciples.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	20	And behold a woman who was troubled with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	21	For she said within herself: If I shall touch only his garment, I shall be healed.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	22	But Jesus turning and seeing her, said: Be of good heart, daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	23	And when Jesus was come into the house of the ruler, and saw the minstrels and the multitude making a rout,
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	24	He said: Give place, for the girl is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	25	And when the multitude was put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand. And the maid arose.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	26	And the fame hereof went abroad into all that country.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	27	And as Jesus passed from thence, there followed him two blind men crying out and saying, Have mercy on us, O Son of David.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	28	And when he was come to the house, the blind men came to him. And Jesus saith to them, Do you believe, that I can do this unto you? They say to him, Yea, Lord.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	29	Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith, be it done unto you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	30	And their eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly charged them, saying, See that no man know this.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	31	But they going out, spread his fame abroad in all that country.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	32	And when they were gone out, behold they brought him a dumb man, possessed with a devil.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	33	And after the devil was cast out, the dumb man spoke, and the multitudes wondered, saying, Never was the like seen in Israel.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	34	But the Pharisees said, By the prince of devils he casteth out devils.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	35	And Jesus went about all the cities, and towns, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease, and every infirmity.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	36	And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them: because they were distressed, and lying like sheep that have no shepherd.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	37	Then he saith to his disciples, The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	38	Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	1	And having called his twelve disciples together, he gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of diseases, and all manner of infirmities.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	2	And the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother,
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	3	James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus,
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	4	Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	5	These twelve Jesus sent: commanding them, saying: Go ye not into the way of the Gentiles, and into the city of the Samaritans enter ye not.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	6	But go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	7	And going, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	8	Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils: freely have you received, freely give.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	9	Do not possess gold, nor silver, nor money in your purses:
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	10	Nor scrip for your journey, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor a staff; for the workman is worthy of his meat.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	11	And into whatsoever city or town you shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there abide till you go thence.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	12	And when you come into the house, salute it, saying: Peace be to this house.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	13	And if that house be worthy, your peace shall come upon it; but if it be not worthy, your peace shall return to you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	14	And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words: going forth out of that house or city shake off the dust from your feet.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	15	Amen I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	16	Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	17	But beware of men. For they will deliver you up in councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	18	And you shall be brought before governors, and before kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles:
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	19	But when they shall deliver you up, take no thought how or what to speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what to speak.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	20	For it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	21	The brother also shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the son: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and shall put them to death.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	22	And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	23	And when they shall persecute you in this city, flee into another. Amen I say to you, you shall not finish all the cities of Israel, till the Son of man come.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	24	The disciple is not above the master, nor the servant above his lord.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	25	It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the goodman of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household?
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	26	Therefore fear them not. For nothing is covered that shall not be revealed: nor hid, that shall not be known.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	27	That which I tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light: and that which you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the housetops.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	28	And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in hell.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	29	Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	30	But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	31	Fear not therefore: better are you than many sparrows.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	32	Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	33	But he that shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	34	Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth: I came not to send peace, but the sword.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	35	For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	36	And a man's enemies shall be they of his own household.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	37	He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	38	And he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	39	He that findeth his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for me, shall find it.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	40	He that receiveth you, receiveth me: and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	41	He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive the reward of a prophet: and he that receiveth a just man in the name of a just man, shall receive the reward of a just man.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	42	And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, amen I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	1	And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he passed from thence, to teach and preach in their cities.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	2	Now when John had heard in prison the works of Christ: sending two of his disciples he said to him:
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	3	Art thou he that art to come, or look we for another?
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	4	And Jesus making answer said to them: Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	5	The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor have the gospel preached to them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	6	And blessed is he that shall not be scandalized in me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	7	And when they went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John: What went you out into the desert to see? a reed shaken with the wind?
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	8	But what went you out to see? a man clothed in soft garments? Behold they that are clothed in soft garments, are in the houses of kings.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	9	But what went you out to see? a prophet? yea I tell you, and more than a prophet.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	10	For this is he of whom it is written: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	11	Amen I say to you, there hath not risen among them that are born of women a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is the lesser in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	12	And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	13	For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John:
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	14	And if you will receive it, he is Elias that is to come.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	15	He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	16	But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	17	Who crying to their companions say: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have lamented, and you have not mourned.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	18	For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say: He hath a devil.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	19	The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. And wisdom is justified by her children.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	20	Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein were done the most of his miracles, for that they had not done penance.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	21	Woe to thee, Corozain, woe to thee, Bethsaida: for if in Tyre and Sidon had been wrought the miracles that have been wrought in you, they had long ago done penance in sackcloth and ashes.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	22	But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	23	And thou Capharnaum, shalt thou be exalted up to heaven? thou shalt go down even unto hell. For if in Sodom had been wrought the miracles that have been wrought in thee, perhaps it had remained unto this day.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	24	But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	25	At that time Jesus answered and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to the little ones.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	26	Yea, Father; for so hath it seemed good in thy sight.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	27	All things are delivered to me by my Father. And no one knoweth the Son, but the Father: neither doth any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom it shall please the Son to reveal him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	28	Come to me, all you that labour, and are burdened, and I will refresh you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	29	Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart: and you shall find rest to your souls.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	30	For my yoke is sweet and my burden light.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	1	At that time Jesus went through the corn on the sabbath: and his disciples being hungry, began to pluck the ears, and to eat.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	2	And the Pharisees seeing them, said to him: Behold thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	3	But he said to them: Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him:
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	4	How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for them that were with him, but for the priests only?
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	5	Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple break the sabbath, and are without blame?
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	6	But I tell you that there is here a greater than the temple.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	7	And if you knew what this meaneth: I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: you would never have condemned the innocent.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	8	For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	9	And when he had passed from thence, he came into their synagogues.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	10	And behold there was a man who had a withered hand, and they asked him, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	11	But he said to them: What man shall there be among you, that hath one sheep: and if the same fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not take hold on it and lift it up?
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	12	How much better is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do a good deed on the sabbath days.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	13	Then he saith to the man: Stretch forth thy hand; and he stretched it forth, and it was restored to health even as the other.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	14	And the Pharisees going out made a consultation against him, how they might destroy him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	15	But Jesus knowing it, retired from thence: and many followed him, and he healed them all.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	16	And he charged them that they should not make him known.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	17	That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaias the prophet, saying:
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	18	Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul hath been well pleased. I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	19	He shall not contend, nor cry out, neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	20	The bruised reed he shall not break: and smoking flax he shall not extinguish: till he send forth judgment unto victory.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	21	And in his name the Gentiles shall hope.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	22	Then was offered to him one possessed with a devil, blind and dumb: and he healed him, so that he spoke and saw.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	23	And all the multitudes were amazed, and said: Is not this the son of David?
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	24	But the Pharisees hearing it, said: This man casteth not out the devils but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	25	And Jesus knowing their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself shall be made desolate: and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	26	And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself: how then shall his kingdom stand?
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	27	And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	28	But if I by the Spirit of God cast out devils, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	29	Or how can any one enter into the house of the strong, and rifle his goods, unless he first bind the strong? and then he will rifle his house.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	30	He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	31	Therefore I say to you: Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but the blasphemy of the Spirit shall not be forgiven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	32	And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but he that shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to come.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	33	Either make the tree good and its fruit good: or make the tree evil, and its fruit evil. For by the fruit the tree is known.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	34	O generation of vipers, how can you speak good things, whereas you are evil? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	35	A good man out of a good treasure bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of an evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	36	But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	37	For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	38	Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying: Master we would see a sign from thee.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	39	Who answering said to them: An evil and adulterous generation seeketh a sign: and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	40	For as Jonas was in the whale's belly three days and three nights: so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	41	The men of Ninive shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they did penance at the preaching of Jonas. And behold a greater than Jonas here.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	42	The queen of the south shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold a greater than Solomon here.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	43	And when an unclean spirit is gone out of a man he walketh through dry places seeking rest, and findeth none.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	44	Then he saith: I will return into my house from whence I came out. And coming he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	45	Then he goeth, and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is made worse than the first. So shall it be also to this wicked generation.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	46	As he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	47	And one said unto him: Behold thy mother and thy brethren stand without, seeking thee.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	48	But he answering him that told him, said: Who is my mother, and who are my brethren?
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	49	And stretching forth his hand towards his disciples, he said: Behold my mother and my brethren.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	50	For whosoever shall do the will of my Father, that is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	1	The same day Jesus going out of the house, sat by the sea side.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	2	And great multitudes were gathered unto him, so that he went up into a boat and sat: and all the multitude stood on the shore.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	3	And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	4	And whilst he soweth some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate them up.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	5	And other some fell upon stony ground, where they had not much earth: and they sprung up immediately, because they had no deepness of earth.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	6	And when the sun was up they were scorched: and because they had not root, they withered away.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	7	And others fell among thorns: and the thorns grew up and choked them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	8	And others fell upon good ground: and they brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some thirtyfold.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	9	He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	10	And his disciples came and said to him: Why speakest thou to them in parables?
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	11	Who answered and said to them: Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven: but to them it is not given.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	12	For he that hath, to him shall be given, and he shall abound: but he that hath not, from him shall be taken away that also which he hath.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	13	Therefore do I speak to them in parables: because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	14	And the prophecy of Isaias is fulfilled in them, who saith: By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand: and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	15	For the heart of this people is grown gross, and with their ears they have been dull of hearing, and their eyes they have shut: lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	16	But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	17	For, amen, I say to you, many prophets and just men have desired to see the things that you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the things that you hear and have not heard them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	18	Hear you therefore the parable of the sower.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	19	When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, there cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart: this is he that received the seed by the way side.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	20	And he that received the seed upon stony ground, is he that heareth the word, and immediately receiveth it with joy.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	21	Yet hath he not root in himself, but is only for a time: and when there ariseth tribulation and persecution because of the word, he is presently scandalized.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	22	And he that received the seed among thorns, is he that heareth the word, and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choketh up the word, and he becometh fruitless.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	23	But he that received the seed upon good ground, is he that heareth the word, and understandeth, and beareth fruit, and yieldeth the one an hundredfold, and another sixty, and another thirty.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	24	Another parable he proposed to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seeds in his field.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	25	But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat and went his way.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	26	And when the blade was sprung up, and had brought forth fruit, then appeared also the cockle.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	27	And the servants of the goodman of the house coming said to him: Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it cockle?
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	28	And he said to them: An enemy hath done this. And the servants said to him: Wilt thou that we go and gather it up?
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	29	And he said: No, lest perhaps gathering up the cockle, you root up the wheat also together with it.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	30	Suffer both to grow until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers: Gather up first the cockle, and bind it into bundles to burn, but the wheat gather ye into my barn.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	31	Another parable he proposed unto them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	32	Which is the least indeed of all seeds; but when it is grown up, it is greater than all herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come, and dwell in the branches thereof.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	33	Another parable he spoke to them: The kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	34	All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the multitudes: and without parables he did not speak to them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	35	That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	36	Then having sent away the multitudes, he came into the house, and his disciples came to him, saying: Expound to us the parable of the cockle of the field.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	37	Who made answer and said to them: He that soweth the good seed, is the Son of man.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	38	And the field, is the world. And the good seed are the children of the kingdom. And the cockle, are the children of the wicked one.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	39	And the enemy that sowed them, is the devil. But the harvest is the end of the world. And the reapers are the angels.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	40	Even as cockle therefore is gathered up, and burnt with fire: so shall it be at the end of the world.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	41	The Son of man shall send his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all scandals, and them that work iniquity.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	42	And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	43	Then shall the just shine as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	44	The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in a field. Which a man having found, hid it, and for joy thereof goeth, and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	45	Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking good pearls.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	46	Who when he had found one pearl of great price, went his way, and sold all that he had, and bought it.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	47	Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a net cast into the sea, and gathering together of all kind of fishes.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	48	Which, when it was filled, they drew out, and sitting by the shore, they chose out the good into vessels, but the bad they cast forth.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	49	So shall it be at the end of the world. The angels shall go out, and shall separate the wicked from among the just.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	50	And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	51	Have ye understood all these things? They say to him: Yes.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	52	He said unto them: Therefore every scribe instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like to a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure new things and old.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	53	And it came to pass: when Jesus had finished these parables, he passed from thence.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	54	And coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogues, so that they wondered and said: How came this man by this wisdom and miracles?
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	55	Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Jude:
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	56	And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence therefore hath he all these things?
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	57	And they were scandalized in his regard. But Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	58	And he wrought not many miracles there, because of their unbelief.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	1	At the time Herod the Tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	2	And he said to his servants: This is John the Baptist: he is risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works shew forth themselves in him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	3	For Herod had apprehended John and bound him, and put him into prison, because of Herodias, his brother's wife.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	4	For John said to him: It is not lawful for thee to have her.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	5	And having a mind to put him to death, he feared the people: because they esteemed him as a prophet.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	6	But on Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them: and pleased Herod.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	7	Whereupon he promised with an oath, to give her whatsoever she would ask of him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	8	But she being instructed before by her mother, said: Give me here in a dish the head of John the Baptist.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	9	And the king was struck sad: yet because of his oath, and for them that sat with him at table, he commanded it to be given.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	10	And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	11	And his head was brought in a dish: and it was given to the damsel, and she brought it to her mother.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	12	And his disciples came and took the body, and buried it, and came and told Jesus.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	13	Which when Jesus had heard, he retired from thence by boat, into a desert place apart, and the multitudes having heard of it, followed him on foot out of the cities.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	14	And he coming forth saw a great multitude, and had compassion on them, and healed their sick.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	15	And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying: This is a desert place, and the hour is now past: send away the multitudes, that going into the towns, they may buy themselves victuals.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	16	But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go: give you them to eat.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	17	They answered him: We have not here, but five loaves, and two fishes.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	18	He said to them: Bring them hither to me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	19	And when he had commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the grass, he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	20	And they did all eat, and were filled. And they took up what remained, twelve full baskets of fragments.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	21	And the number of them that did eat, was five thousand men, besides women and children.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	22	And forthwith Jesus obliged his disciples to go up into the boat, and to go before him over the water, till he dismissed the people.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	23	And having dismissed the multitude, he went into a mountain alone to pray. And when it was evening, he was there alone.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	24	But the boat in the midst of the sea was tossed with the waves: for the wind was contrary.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	25	And in the fourth watch of the night, he came to them walking upon the sea.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	26	And they seeing him walk upon the sea, were troubled, saying: It is an apparition. And they cried out for fear.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	27	And immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying: Be of good heart: it is I, fear ye not.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	28	And Peter making answer, said: Lord, if it be thou, bid me come to thee upon the waters.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	29	And he said: Come. And Peter going down out of the boat, walked upon the water to come to Jesus.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	30	But seeing the wind strong, he was afraid: and when he began to sink, he cried out, saying: Lord, save me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	31	And immediately Jesus stretching forth his hand took hold of him, and said to him: O thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt?
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	32	And when they were come up into the boat, the wind ceased.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	33	And they that were in the boat came and adored him, saying: Indeed thou art the Son of God.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	34	And having passed the water, they came into the country of Genesar.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	35	And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent into all that country, and brought to him all that were diseased.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	36	And they besought him that they might touch but the hem of his garment. And as many as touched, were made whole.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	1	Then came to him from Jerusalem scribes and Pharisees, saying:
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	2	Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the ancients? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	3	But he answering, said to them: Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for your tradition? For God said:
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	4	Honour thy father and mother: And: He that shall curse father or mother, let him die the death.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	5	But you say: Whosoever shall say to father or mother, The gift whatsoever proceedeth from me, shall profit thee.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	6	And he shall not honour his father or his mother: and you have made void the commandment of God for your tradition.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	7	Hypocrites, well hath Isaias prophesied of you, saying:
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	8	This people honoureth me with their lips: but their heart is far from me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	9	And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	10	And having called together the multitudes unto him, he said to them: Hear ye and understand.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	11	Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man: but what cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	12	Then came his disciples, and said to him: Dost thou know that the Pharisees, when they heard this word, were scandalized?
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	13	But he answering them, said: Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	14	Let them alone: they are blind, and leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the pit.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	15	And Peter answering, said to him: Expound to us this parable.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	16	But he said: Are you also yet without understanding?
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	17	Do you not understand, that whatsoever entereth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the privy?
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	18	But the things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and those things defile a man.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	19	For from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	20	These are the things that defile a man. But to eat with unwashed hands doth not defile a man.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	21	And Jesus went from thence, and retired into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	22	And behold a woman of Canaan who came out of those coasts, crying out, said to him: Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David: my daughter is grieviously troubled by the devil.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	23	Who answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying: Send her away, for she crieth after us:
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	24	And he answering, said: I was not sent but to the sheep that are lost of the house of Israel.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	25	But she came and adored him, saying: Lord, help me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	26	Who answering, said: It is not good to take the bread of the children, and to cast it to the dogs.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	27	But she said: Yea, Lord; for the whelps also eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	28	Then Jesus answering, said to her: O woman, great is thy faith: be it done to thee as thou wilt: and her daughter was cured from that hour.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	29	And when Jesus had passed away from thence, he came nigh the sea of Galilee. And going up into a mountain, he sat there.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	30	And there came to him great multitudes, having with them the dumb, the blind, the lame, the maimed, and many others: and they cast them down at his feet, and he healed them:
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	31	So that the multitudes marvelled seeing the dumb speak, the lame walk, and the blind see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	32	And Jesus called together his disciples, and said: I have compassion on the multitudes, because they continue with me now three days, and have not what to eat, and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	33	And the disciples say unto him: Whence then should we have so many loaves in the desert, as to fill so great a multitude?
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	34	And Jesus said to them: How many loaves have you? But they said: Seven, and a few little fishes.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	35	And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	36	And taking the seven loaves and the fishes, and giving thanks, he brake, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the people.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	37	And they did all eat, and had their fill. And they took up seven baskets full, of what remained of the fragments.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	38	And they that did eat, were four thousand men, beside children and women.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	39	And having dismissed the multitude, he went up into a boat, and came into the coasts of Magedan.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	1	And there came to him the Pharisees and Sadducees tempting: and they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	2	But he answered and said to them: When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	3	And in the morning: Today there will be a storm, for the sky is red and lowering. You know then how to discern the face of the sky: and can you not know the signs of the times?
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	4	A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign: and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. And he left them, and went away.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	5	And when his disciples were come over the water, they had forgotten to take bread.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	6	Who said to them: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	7	But they thought within themselves, saying: Because we have taken no bread.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	8	And Jesus knowing it, said: Why do you think within yourselves, O ye of little faith, for that you have no bread?
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	9	Do you not yet understand, neither do you remember the five loaves among five thousand men, and how many baskets you took up?
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	10	Nor the seven loaves among four thousand men, and how many baskets you took up?
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	11	Why do you not understand that it was not concerning the bread I said to you: Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	12	Then they understood that he said not that they should beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	13	And Jesus came into the quarters of Caesarea Philippi: and he asked his disciples, saying: Whom do men say that the Son of man is?
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	14	But they said: Some John the Baptist, and other some Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	15	Jesus saith to them: But whom do you say that I am?
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	16	Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	17	And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	18	And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	19	And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	20	Then he commanded his disciples, that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	21	From that time Jesus began to shew to his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the ancients and scribes and chief priests, and be put to death, and the third day rise again.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	22	And Peter taking him, began to rebuke him, saying: Lord, be it far from thee, this shall not be unto thee.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	23	Who turning, said to Peter: Go behind me, Satan, thou art a scandal unto me: because thou savourest not the things that are of God, but the things that are of men.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	24	Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	25	For he that will save his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	26	For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	27	For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels: and then will he render to every man according to his works.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	28	Amen I say to you, there are some of them that stand here, that shall not taste death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	1	And after six days Jesus taketh unto him Peter and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart:
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	2	And he was transfigured before them. And his face did shine as the sun: and his garments became white as snow.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	3	And behold there appeared to them Moses and Elias talking with him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	4	And Peter answering, said to Jesus: Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	5	And as he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them. And lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear ye him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	6	And the disciples hearing, fell upon their face, and were very much afraid.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	7	And Jesus came and touched them: and said to them, Arise, and fear not.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	8	And they lifting up their eyes saw no one but only Jesus.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	9	And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying: Tell the vision to no man, till the Son of man be risen from the dead.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	10	And his disciples asked him, saying: Why then do the scribes say that Elias must come first?
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	11	But he answering, said to them: Elias indeed shall come, and restore all things.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	12	But I say to you, that Elias is already come, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they had a mind. So also the Son of man shall suffer from them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	13	Then the disciples understood, that he had spoken to them of John the Baptist.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	14	And when he was come to the multitude, there came to him a man falling down on his knees before him, saying: Lord, have pity on my son, for he is a lunatic, and suffereth much: for he falleth often into the fire, and often into the water.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	15	And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	16	Then Jesus answered and said: O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	17	And Jesus rebuked him, and the devil went out of him, and the child was cured from that hour.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	18	Then came the disciples to Jesus secretly, and said: Why could not we cast him out?
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	19	Jesus said to them: Because of your unbelief. For, amen I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Remove from hence hither, and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	20	But this kind is not cast out but by prayer and fasting.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	21	And when they abode together in Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	22	And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise again. And they were troubled exceedingly.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	23	And when they were come to Capharnaum, they that received the didrachmas, came to Peter and said to him: Doth not your master pay the didrachmas?
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	24	He said: Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying: What is thy opinion, Simon? The kings of the earth, of whom do they receive tribute or custom? of their own children, or of strangers?
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	25	And he said: Of strangers. Jesus said to him: Then the children are free.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	26	But that we may not scandalize them, go to the sea, and cast in a hook: and that fish which shall first come up, take: and when thou hast opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater: take that, and give it to them for me and thee.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	1	At that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Who thinkest thou is the greater in the kingdom of heaven?
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	2	And Jesus calling unto him a little child, set him in the midst of them,
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	3	And said: Amen I say to you, unless you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	4	Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greater in the kingdom of heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	5	And he that shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	6	But he that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be drowned in the depth of the sea.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	7	Woe to the world because of scandals. For it must needs be that scandals come: but nevertheless woe to that man by whom the scandal cometh.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	8	And if thy hand, or thy foot scandalize thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee to go into life maimed or lame, than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	9	And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee having one eye to enter into life, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	10	See that you despise not one of these little ones: for I say to you, that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	11	For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	12	What think you? If a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them should go astray: doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the mountains, and go to seek that which is gone astray?
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	13	And if it so be that he find it: Amen I say to you, he rejoiceth more for that, than for the ninety-nine that went not astray.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	14	Even so it is not the will of your Father, who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	15	But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	16	And if he will not hear thee, take with thee one or two more: that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may stand.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	17	And if he will not hear them: tell the church. And if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	18	Amen I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven; and whatsoever you shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	19	Again I say to you, that if two of you shall consent upon earth, concerning any thing whatsoever they shall ask, it shall be done to them by my Father who is in heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	20	For where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	21	Then came Peter unto him and said: Lord, how often shall my brother offend against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	22	Jesus saith to him: I say not to thee, till seven times; but till seventy times seven times.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	23	Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a king, who would take an account of his servants.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	24	And when he had begun to take the account, one was brought to him, that owed him ten thousand talents.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	25	And as he had not wherewith to pay it, his lord commanded that he should be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	26	But that servant falling down, besought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	27	And the lord of that servant being moved with pity, let him go and forgave him the debt.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	28	But when that servant was gone out, he found one of his fellow servants that owed him an hundred pence: and laying hold of him, throttled him, saying: Pay what thou owest.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	29	And his fellow servant falling down, besought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	30	And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he paid the debt.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	31	Now his fellow servants seeing what was done, were very much grieved, and they came and told their lord all that was done.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	32	Then his lord called him; and said to him: Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all the debt, because thou besoughtest me:
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	33	Shouldst not thou then have had compassion also on thy fellow servant, even as I had compassion on thee?
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	34	And his lord being angry, delivered him to the torturers until he paid all the debt.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	35	So also shall my heavenly Father do to you, if you forgive not every one his brother from your hearts.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	1	And it came to pass when Jesus had ended these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea, beyond Jordan.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	2	And great multitudes followed him: and he healed them there.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	3	And there came to him the Pharisees tempting him, and saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	4	Who answering, said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made man from the beginning, made them male and female? And he said:
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	5	For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	6	Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	7	They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce, and to put away?
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	8	He saith to them: Because Moses by reason of the hardness of your heart permitted you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	9	And I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	10	His disciples say unto him: If the case of a man with his wife be so, it is not expedient to marry.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	11	Who said to them: All men take not this word, but they to whom it is given.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	12	For there are eunuchs, who were born so from their mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, who were made so by men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven. He that can take, let him take it.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	13	Then were little children presented to him, that he should impose hands upon them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	14	But Jesus said to them: Suffer the little children, and forbid them not to come to me: for the kingdom of heaven is for such.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	15	And when he had imposed hands upon them, he departed from thence.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	16	And behold one came and said to him: Good master, what good shall I do that I may have life everlasting?
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	17	Who said to him: Why asketh thou me concerning good? One is good, God. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	18	He said to him: Which? And Jesus said: Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	19	Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	20	The young man saith to him: All these I have kept from my youth, what is yet wanting to me?
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	21	Jesus saith to him: If thou wilt be perfect, go sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come follow me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	22	And when the young man had heard this word, he went away sad: for he had great possessions.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	23	Then Jesus said to his disciples: Amen, I say to you, that a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	24	And again I say to you: It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	25	And when they had heard this, the disciples wondered very much, saying: Who then can be saved?
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	26	And Jesus beholding, said to them: With men this is impossible: but with God all things are possible.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	27	Then Peter answering, said to him: Behold we have left all things, and have followed thee: what therefore shall we have?
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	28	And Jesus said to them: Amen, I say to you, that you, who have followed me, in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit on the seat of his majesty, you also shall sit on twelve seats judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	29	And every one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall possess life everlasting.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	30	And many that are first, shall be last: and the last shall be first.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	1	The kingdom of heaven is like to an householder, who went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	2	And having agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	3	And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market place idle.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	4	And he said to them: Go you also into my vineyard, and I will give you what shall be just.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	5	And they went their way. And again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did in like manner.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	6	But about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing, and he saith to them: Why stand you here all the day idle?
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	7	They say to him: Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them: Go you also into my vineyard.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	8	And when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward: Call the labourers and pay them their hire, beginning from the last even to the first.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	9	When therefore they were come, that came about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	10	But when the first also came, they thought that they should receive more: and they also received every man a penny.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	11	And receiving it they murmured against the master of the house,
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	12	Saying: These last have worked but one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, that have borne the burden of the day and the heats.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	13	But he answering said to one of them: Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penny?
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	14	Take what is thine, and go thy way: I will also give to this last even as to thee.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	15	Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? is thy eye evil, because I am good?
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	16	So shall the last be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	17	And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart, and said to them:
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	18	Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests and the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	19	And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked, and scourged, and crucified, and the third day he shall rise again.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	20	Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, adoring and asking something of him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	21	Who said to her: What wilt thou? She saith to him: Say that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left, in thy kingdom.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	22	And Jesus answering, said: You know not what you ask. Can you drink the chalice that I shall drink? They say to him: We can.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	23	He saith to them: My chalice indeed you shall drink; but to sit on my right or left hand, is not mine to give to you, but to them for whom it is prepared by my Father.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	24	And the ten hearing it, were moved with indignation against the two brethren.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	25	But Jesus called them to him, and said: You know that the princes of the Gentiles lord it over them; and they that are the greater, exercise power upon them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	26	It shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be the greater among you, let him be your minister:
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	27	And he that will be first among you, shall be your servant.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	28	Even as the Son of man is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a redemption for many.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	29	And when they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	30	And behold two blind men sitting by the way side, heard that Jesus passed by, and they cried out, saying: O Lord, thou son of David, have mercy on us.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	31	And the multitude rebuked them that they should hold their peace. But they cried out the more, saying: O Lord, thou son of David, have mercy on us.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	32	And Jesus stood, and called them, and said: What will ye that I do to you?
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	33	They say to him: Lord, that our eyes be opened.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	34	And Jesus having compassion on them, touched their eyes. And immediately they saw, and followed him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	1	And when they drew nigh to Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto mount Olivet, then Jesus sent two disciples,
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	2	Saying to them: Go ye into the village that is over against you, and immediately you shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them and bring them to me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	3	And if any man shall say anything to you, say ye, that the Lord hath need of them: and forthwith he will let them go.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	4	Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	5	Tell ye the daughter of Sion: Behold thy king cometh to thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of her that is used to the yoke.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	6	And the disciples going, did as Jesus commanded them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	7	And they brought the ass and the colt, and laid their garments upon them, and made him sit thereon.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	8	And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way: and others cut boughs from the trees, and strewed them in the way:
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	9	And the multitudes that went before and that followed, cried, saying: Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	10	And when he was come into Jerusalem, the whole city was moved, saying: Who is this?
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	11	And the people said: This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth of Galilee.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	12	And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the chairs of them that sold doves:
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	13	And he saith to them: It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	14	And there came to him the blind and the lame in the temple; and he healed them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	15	And the chief priests and scribes, seeing the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying: Hosanna to the son of David; were moved with indignation.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	16	And said to him: Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus said to them: Yea, have you never read: Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	17	And leaving them, he went out of the city into Bethania, and remained there.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	18	And in the morning, returning into the city, he was hungry.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	19	And seeing a certain fig tree by the way side, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves only, and he saith to it: May no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And immediately the fig tree withered away.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	20	And the disciples seeing it wondered, saying: How is it presently withered away?
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	21	And Jesus answering, said to them: Amen, I say to you, if you shall have faith, and stagger not, not only this of the fig tree shall you do, but also if you shall say to this mountain, Take up and cast thyself into the sea, it shall be done.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	22	And in all things whatsoever you shall ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	23	And when he was come into the temple, there came to him, as he was teaching, the chief priests and ancients of the people, saying: By what authority dost thou these things? and who hath given thee this authority?
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	24	Jesus answering, said to them: I also will ask you one word, which if you shall tell me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	25	The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven or from men? But they thought within themselves, saying:
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	26	If we shall say, from heaven, he will say to us: Why then did you not believe him? But if we shall say, from men, we are afraid of the multitude: for all held John as a prophet.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	27	And answering Jesus, they said: We know not. He also said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	28	But what think you? A certain man had two sons; and coming to the first, he said: Son, go work today in my vineyard.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	29	And he answering, said: I will not. But afterwards, being moved with repentance, he went.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	30	And coming to the other, he said in like manner. And he answering, said: I go, Sir; and he went not.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	31	Which of the two did the father's will? They say to him: The first. Jesus saith to them: Amen I say to you, that the publicans and the harlots shall go into the kingdom of God before you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	32	For John came to you in the way of justice, and you did not believe him. But the publicans and the harlots believed him: but you, seeing it, did not even afterwards repent, that you might believe him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	33	Hear ye another parable. There was a man an householder, who planted a vineyard, and made a hedge round about it, and dug in it a press, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen; and went into a strange country.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	34	And when the time of the fruits drew nigh, he sent his servants to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits thereof.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	35	And the husbandmen laying hands on his servants, beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	36	Again he sent other servants more than the former; and they did to them in like manner.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	37	And last of all he sent to them his son, saying: They will reverence my son.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	38	But the husbandmen seeing the son, said among themselves: This is the heir: come, let us kill him, and we shall have his inheritance.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	39	And taking him, they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	40	When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to those husbandmen?
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	41	They say to him: He will bring those evil men to an evil end; and will let out his vineyard to other husbandmen, that shall render him the fruit in due season.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	42	Jesus saith to them: Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? By the Lord this has been done; and it is wonderful in our eyes.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	43	Therefore I say to you, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and shall be given to a nation yielding the fruits thereof.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	44	And whosoever shall fall on this stone, shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	45	And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they knew that he spoke of them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	46	And seeking to lay hands on him, they feared the multitudes: because they held him as a prophet.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	1	And Jesus answering, spoke again in parables to them, saying:
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	2	The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king, who made a marriage for his son.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	3	And he sent his servants, to call them that were invited to the marriage; and they would not come.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	4	Again he sent other servants, saying: Tell them that were invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my calves and fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come ye to the marriage.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	5	But they neglected, and went their own ways, one to his farm, and another to his merchandise.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	6	And the rest laid hands on his servants, and having treated them contumeliously, put them to death.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	7	But when the king had heard of it, he was angry, and sending his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and burnt their city.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	8	Then he saith to his servants: The marriage indeed is ready; but they that were invited were not worthy.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	9	Go ye therefore into the highways; and as many as you shall find, call to the marriage.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	10	And his servants going forth into the ways, gathered together all that they found, both bad and good: and the marriage was filled with guests.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	11	And the king went in to see the guests: and he saw there a man who had not on a wedding garment.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	12	And he saith to him: Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? But he was silent.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	13	Then the king said to the waiters: Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	14	For many are called, but few are chosen.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	15	Then the Pharisees going, consulted among themselves how to insnare him in his speech.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	16	And they sent to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying: Master, we know that thou art a true speaker, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou dost not regard the person of men.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	17	Tell us therefore what dost thou think, is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	18	But Jesus knowing their wickedness, said: Why do you tempt me, ye hypocrites?
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	19	Shew me the coin of the tribute. And they offered him a penny.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	20	And Jesus saith to them: Whose image and inscription is this?
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	21	They say to him: Caesar's. Then he saith to them: Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and to God, the things that are God's.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	22	And hearing this they wondered, and leaving him, went their ways.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	23	That day there came to him the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and asked him,
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	24	Saying: Master, Moses said: If a man die having no son, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up issue to his brother.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	25	Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first having married a wife, died; and not having issue, left his wife to his brother.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	26	In like manner the second, and the third, and so on to the seventh.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	27	And last of all the woman died also.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	28	At the resurrection therefore whose wife of the seven shall she be? for they all had her.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	29	And Jesus answering, said to them: You err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	30	For in the resurrection they shall neither marry nor be married; but shall be as the angels of God in heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	31	And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken by God, saying to you:
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	32	I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	33	And the multitudes hearing it, were in admiration at his doctrine.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	34	But the Pharisees hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, came together:
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	35	And one of them, a doctor of the law, asking him, tempting him:
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	36	Master, which is the greatest commandment in the law?
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	37	Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	38	This is the greatest and the first commandment.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	39	And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	40	On these two commandments dependeth the whole law and the prophets.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	41	And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus asked them,
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	42	Saying: What think you of Christ? whose son is he? They say to him: David's.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	43	He saith to them: How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying:
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	44	The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, until I make thy enemies thy footstool?
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	45	If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	46	And no man was able to answer him a word; neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	1	Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	2	Saying: The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of Moses.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	3	All things therefore whatsoever they shall say to you, observe and do: but according to their works do ye not; for they say, and do not.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	4	For they bind heavy and insupportable burdens, and lay them on men's shoulders; but with a finger of their own they will not move them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	5	And all their works they do for to be seen of men. For they make their phylacteries broad, and enlarge their fringes.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	6	And they love the first places at feasts, and the first chairs in the synagogues,
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	7	And salutations in the market place, and to be called by men, Rabbi.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	8	But be not you called Rabbi. For one is your master; and all you are brethren.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	9	And call none your father upon earth; for one is your father, who is in heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	10	Neither be ye called masters; for one is your master, Christ.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	11	He that is the greatest among you shall be your servant.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	12	And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled: and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	13	But woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men, for you yourselves do not enter in; and those that are going in, you suffer not to enter.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	14	Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: because you devour the houses of widows, praying long prayers. For this you shall receive the greater judgment.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	15	Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you go round about the sea and the land to make one proselyte; and when he is made, you make him the child of hell twofold more than yourselves.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	16	Woe to you blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but he that shall swear by the gold of the temple, is a debtor.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	17	Ye foolish and blind; for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	18	And whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, is a debtor.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	19	Ye blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	20	He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things that are upon it:
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	21	And whosoever shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth in it:
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	22	And he that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	23	Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you tithe mint, and anise, and cummin, and have left the weightier things of the law; judgment, and mercy, and faith. These things you ought to have done, and not to leave those undone.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	24	Blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	25	Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within you are full of rapine and uncleanness.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	26	Thou blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside may become clean.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	27	Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you are like to whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear to men beautiful, but within are full of dead men's bones, and of all filthiness.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	28	So you also outwardly indeed appear to men just; but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	29	Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; that build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the just,
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	30	And say: If we had been in the days of our Fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	31	Wherefore you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are the sons of them that killed the prophets.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	32	Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	33	You serpents, generation of vipers, how will you flee from the judgment of hell?
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	34	Therefore behold I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them you will put to death and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	35	That upon you may come all the just blood that hath been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just, even unto the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachias, whom you killed between the temple and the altar.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	36	Amen I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	37	Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered together thy children, as the hen doth gather her chickens under her wings, and thou wouldest not?
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	38	Behold, your house shall be left to you, desolate.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	39	For I say to you, you shall not see me henceforth till you say: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	1	And Jesus being come out of the temple, went away. And his disciples came to shew him the buildings of the temple.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	2	And he answering, said to them: Do you see all these things? Amen I say to you there shall not be left here a stone upon a stone that shall not be destroyed.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	3	And when he was sitting on mount Olivet, the disciples came to him privately, saying: Tell us when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the consummation of the world?
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	4	And Jesus answering, said to them: Take heed that no man seduce you:
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	5	For many will come in my name saying, I am Christ: and they will seduce many.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	6	And you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that ye be not troubled. For these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	7	For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be pestilences, and famines, and earthquakes in places:
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	8	Now all these are the beginnings of sorrows.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	9	Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall put you to death: and you shall be hated by all nations for my name's sake.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	10	And then shall many be scandalized: and shall betray one another: and shall hate one another.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	11	And many false prophets shall rise, and shall seduce many.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	12	And because iniquity hath abounded, the charity of many shall grow cold.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	13	But he that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	14	And this gospel of the kingdom, shall be preached in the whole world, for a testimony to all nations, and then shall the consummation come.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	15	When therefore you shall see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place: he that readeth let him understand.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	16	Then they that are in Judea, let them flee to the mountains:
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	17	And he that is on the housetop, let him not come down to take any thing out of his house:
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	18	And he that is in the field, let him not go back to take his coat.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	19	And woe to them that are with child, and that give suck in those days.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	20	But pray that your flight be not in the winter, or on the sabbath.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	21	For there shall be then great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, neither shall be.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	22	And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh should be saved: but for the sake of the elect those days shall be shortened.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	23	Then if any man shall say to you: Lo here is Christ, or there, do not believe him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	24	For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if possible) even the elect.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	25	Behold I have told it to you, beforehand.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	26	If therefore they shall say to you: Behold he is in the desert, go ye not out: Behold he is in the closets, believe it not.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	27	For as lightning cometh out of the east, and appeareth even into the west: so shall the coming of the Son of man be.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	28	Wheresoever the body shall be, there shall the eagles also be gathered together.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	29	And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall be moved:
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	30	And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all tribes of the earth mourn: and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with much power and majesty.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	31	And he shall send his angels with a trumpet, and a great voice: and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the farthest parts of the heavens to the utmost bounds of them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	32	And from the fig tree learn a parable: When the branch thereof is now tender, and the leaves come forth, you know that summer is nigh.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	33	So you also, when you shall see all these things, know ye that it is nigh, even at the doors.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	34	Amen I say to you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	35	Heaven and earth shall pass, but my words shall not pass.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	36	But of that day and hour no one knoweth, not the angels of heaven, but the Father alone.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	37	And as in the days of Noe, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	38	For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, even till that day in which Noe entered into the ark,
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	39	And they knew not till the flood came, and took them all away; so also shall the coming of the Son of man be.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	40	Then two shall be in the field: one shall be taken, and one shall be left.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	41	Two women shall be grinding at the mill: one shall be taken, and one shall be left.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	42	Watch ye therefore, because ye know not what hour your Lord will come.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	43	But know this ye, that if the goodman of the house knew at what hour the thief would come, he would certainly watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken open.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	44	Wherefore be you also ready, because at what hour you know not the Son of man will come.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	45	Who, thinkest thou, is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath appointed over his family, to give them meat in season.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	46	Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come he shall find so doing.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	47	Amen I say to you, he shall place him over all his goods.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	48	But if that evil servant shall say in his heart: My lord is long a coming:
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	49	And shall begin to strike his fellow servants, and shall eat and drink with drunkards:
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	50	The lord of that servant shall come in a day that he hopeth not, and at an hour that he knoweth not:
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	51	And shall separate him, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	1	Then shall the kingdom of heaven be like to ten virgins, who taking their lamps went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	2	And five of them were foolish, and five wise.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	3	But the five foolish, having taken their lamps, did not take oil with them:
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	4	But the wise took oil in their vessels with the lamps.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	5	And the bridegroom tarrying, they all slumbered and slept.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	6	And at midnight there was a cry made: Behold the bridegroom cometh, go ye forth to meet him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	7	Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	8	And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	9	The wise answered, saying: Lest perhaps there be not enough for us and for you, go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	10	Now whilst they went to buy, the bridegroom came: and they that were ready, went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	11	But at last come also the other virgins, saying: Lord, Lord, open to us.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	12	But he answering said: Amen I say to you, I know you not.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	13	Watch ye therefore, because you know not the day nor the hour.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	14	For even as a man going into a far country, called his servants, and delivered to them his goods;
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	15	And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to every one according to his proper ability: and immediately he took his journey.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	16	And he that had received the five talents, went his way, and traded with the same, and gained other five.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	17	And in like manner he that had received the two, gained other two.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	18	But he that had received the one, going his way digged into the earth, and hid his lord's money.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	19	But after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reckoned with them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	20	And he that had received the five talents coming, brought other five talents, saying: Lord, thou didst deliver to me five talents, behold I have gained other five over and above.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	21	His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant, because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	22	And he also that had received the two talents came and said: Lord, thou deliveredst two talents to me: behold I have gained other two.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	23	His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant: because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	24	But he that had received the one talent, came and said: Lord, I know that thou art a hard man; thou reapest where thou hast not sown, and gatherest where thou hast not strewed.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	25	And being afraid I went and hid thy talent in the earth: behold here thou hast that which is thine.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	26	And his lord answering, said to him: Wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sow not, and gather where I have not strewed:
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	27	Thou oughtest therefore to have committed my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received my own with usury.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	28	Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him that hath ten talents.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	29	For to every one that hath shall be given, and he shall abound: but from him that hath not, that also which he seemeth to have shall be taken away.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	30	And the unprofitable servant cast ye out into the exterior darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	31	And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	32	And all nations shall be gathered together before him, and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats:
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	33	And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	34	Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	35	For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in:
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	36	Naked, and you covered me: sick, and you visited me: I was in prison, and you came to me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	37	Then shall the just answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, and fed thee; thirsty, and gave thee drink?
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	38	And when did we see thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and covered thee?
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	39	Or when did we see thee sick or in prison, and came to thee?
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	40	And the king answering, shall say to them: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	41	Then he shall say to them also that shall be on his left hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	42	For I was hungry, and you gave me not to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me not to drink.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	43	I was a stranger, and you took me not in: naked, and you covered me not: sick and in prison, and you did not visit me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	44	Then they also shall answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee?
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	45	Then he shall answer them, saying: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it not to one of these least, neither did you do it to me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	46	And these shall go into everlasting punishment: but the just, into life everlasting.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	1	And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended all these words, he said to his disciples:
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	2	You know that after two days shall be the pasch, and the son of man shall be delivered up to be crucified:
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	3	Then were gathered together the chief priests and ancients of the people into the court of the high priest, who was called Caiphas:
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	4	And they consulted together, that by subtilty they might apprehend Jesus, and put him to death.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	5	But they said: Not on the festival day, lest perhaps there should be a tumult among the people.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	6	And when Jesus was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper,
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	7	There came to him a woman having an alabaster box of precious ointment, and poured it on his head as he was at table.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	8	And the disciples seeing it, had indignation, saying: To what purpose is this waste?
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	9	For this might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	10	And Jesus knowing it, said to them: Why do you trouble this woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	11	For the poor you have always with you: but me you have not always.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	12	For she in pouring this ointment upon my body, hath done it for my burial.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	13	Amen I say to you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also which she hath done, shall be told for a memory of her.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	14	Then went one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, to the chief priests,
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	15	And said to them: What will you give me, and I will deliver him unto you? But they appointed him thirty pieces of silver.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	16	And from thenceforth he sought opportunity to betray him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	17	And on the first day of the Azymes, the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the pasch?
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	18	But Jesus said: Go ye into the city to a certain man, and say to him: the master saith, My time is near at hand, with thee I make the pasch with my disciples.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	19	And the disciples did as Jesus appointed to them, and they prepared the pasch.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	20	But when it was evening, he sat down with his twelve disciples.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	21	And whilst they were eating, he said: Amen I say to you, that one of you is about to betray me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	22	And they being very much troubled, began every one to say: Is it I, Lord?
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	23	But he answering, said: He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, he shall betray me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	24	The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man shall be betrayed: it were better for him, if that man had not been born.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	25	And Judas that betrayed him, answering, said: Is it I, Rabbi? He saith to him: Thou hast said it.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	26	And whilst they were at supper, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke: and gave to his disciples, and said: Take ye, and eat. This is my body.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	27	And taking the chalice, he gave thanks, and gave to them, saying: Drink ye all of this.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	28	For this is my blood of the new testament, which shall be shed for many unto remission of sins.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	29	And I say to you, I will not drink from henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I shall drink it with you new in the kingdom of my Father.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	30	And a hymn being said, they went out unto mount Olivet.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	31	Then Jesus said to them: All you shall be scandalized in me this night. For it is written: I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be dispersed.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	32	But after I shall be risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	33	And Peter answering, said to him: Although all shall be scandalized in thee, I will never be scandalized.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	34	Jesus said to him: Amen I say to thee, that in this night before the cock crow, thou wilt deny me thrice.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	35	Peter saith to him: Yea, though I should die with thee, I will not deny thee. And in like manner said all the disciples.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	36	Then Jesus came with them into a country place which is called Gethsemani; and he said to his disciples: Sit you here, till I go yonder and pray.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	37	And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to grow sorrowful and to be sad.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	38	Then he saith to them: My soul is sorrowful even unto death: stay you here, and watch with me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	39	And going a little further, he fell upon his face, praying, and saying: My Father, if it be possible, let this chalice pass from me. Nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	40	And he cometh to his disciples, and findeth them asleep, and he saith to Peter: What? Could you not watch one hour with me?
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	41	Watch ye, and pray that ye enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh weak.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	42	Again the second time, he went and prayed, saying: My Father, if this chalice may not pass away, but I must drink it, thy will be done.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	43	And he cometh again and findeth them sleeping: for their eyes were heavy.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	44	And leaving them, he went again: and he prayed the third time, saying the selfsame word.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	45	Then he cometh to his disciples, and saith to them: Sleep ye now and take your rest; behold the hour is at hand, and the Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of sinners.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	46	Rise, let us go: behold he is at hand that will betray me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	47	As he yet spoke, behold Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the ancients of the people.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	48	And he that betrayed him, gave them a sign, saying: Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he, hold him fast.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	49	And forthwith coming to Jesus, he said: Hail, Rabbi. And he kissed him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	50	And Jesus said to him: Friend, whereto art thou come? Then they came up, and laid hands on Jesus, and held him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	51	And behold one of them that were with Jesus, stretching forth his hand, drew out his sword: and striking the servant of the high priest, cut off his ear.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	52	Then Jesus saith to him: Put up again thy sword into its place: for all that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	53	Thinkest thou that I cannot ask my Father, and he will give me presently more than twelve legions of angels?
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	54	How then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that so it must be done?
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	55	In that same hour Jesus said to the multitudes: You are come out as it were to a robber with swords and clubs to apprehend me. I sat daily with you, teaching in the temple, and you laid not hands on me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	56	Now all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then the disciples all leaving him, fled.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	57	But they holding Jesus led him to Caiphas the high priest, where the scribes and the ancients were assembled.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	58	And Peter followed him afar off, even to the court of the high priest. And going in, he sat with the servants, that he might see the end.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	59	And the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death:
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	60	And they found not, whereas many false witnesses had come in. And last of all there came two false witnesses:
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	61	And they said: This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and after three days to rebuild it.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	62	And the high priest rising up, said to him: Answerest thou nothing to the things which these witness against thee?
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	63	But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said to him: I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou be the Christ the Son of God.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	64	Jesus saith to him: Thou hast said it. Nevertheless I say to you, hereafter you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the power of God, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	65	Then the high priest rent his garments, saying: He hath blasphemed; what further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now you have heard the blasphemy:
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	66	What think you? But they answering, said: He is guilty of death.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	67	Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him: and others struck his face with the palms of their hands,
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	68	Saying: Prophesy unto us, O Christ, who is he that struck thee?
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	69	But Peter sat without in the court: and there came to him a servant maid, saying: Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilean.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	70	But he denied before them all, saying: I know not what thou sayest.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	71	And as he went out of the gate, another maid saw him, and she saith to them that were there: This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	72	And again he denied with an oath, I know not the man.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	73	And after a little while they came that stood by, and said to Peter: Surely thou also art one of them; for even thy speech doth discover thee.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	74	Then he began to curse and to swear that he knew not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	75	And Peter remembered the word of Jesus which he had said: Before the cock crow, thou wilt deny me thrice. And going forth, he wept bitterly.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	1	And when morning was come, all the chief priests and ancients of the people took counsel against Jesus, that they might put him to death.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	2	And they brought him bound, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	3	Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that he was condemned, repenting himself, brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and ancients,
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	4	Saying: I have sinned in betraying innocent blood. But they said: What is that to us? look thou to it.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	5	And casting down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed: and went and hanged himself with an halter.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	6	But the chief priests having taken the pieces of silver, said: It is not lawful to put them into the corbona, because it is the price of blood.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	7	And after they had consulted together, they bought with them the potter's field, to be a burying place for strangers.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	8	For this cause the field was called Haceldama, that is, The field of blood, even to this day.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	9	Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet, saying: And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was prized, whom they prized of the children of Israel.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	10	And they gave them unto the potter's field, as the Lord appointed to me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	11	And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, saying: Art thou the king of the Jews? Jesus saith to him: Thou sayest it.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	12	And when he was accused by the chief priests and ancients, he answered nothing.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	13	Then Pilate saith to him: Dost not thou hear how great testimonies they allege against thee?
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	14	And he answered him to never a word; so that the governor wondered exceedingly.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	15	Now upon the solemn day the governor was accustomed to release to the people one prisoner, whom they would.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	16	And he had then a notorious prisoner, that was called Barabbas.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	17	They therefore being gathered together, Pilate said: Whom will you that I release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus that is called Christ?
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	18	For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	19	And as he was sitting in the place of judgment, his wife sent to him, saying: Have thou nothing to do with that just man; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	20	But the chief priests and ancients persuaded the people, that they should ask for Barabbas, and take Jesus away.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	21	And the governor answering, said to them: Whether will you of the two to be released unto you? But they said, Barabbas.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	22	Pilate saith to them: What shall I do then with Jesus that is called Christ? They say all: Let him be crucified.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	23	The governor said to them: Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying: Let him be crucified.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	24	And Pilate seeing that he prevailed nothing, but that rather a tumult was made; taking water washed his hands before the people, saying: I am innocent of the blood of this just man; look you to it.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	25	And the whole people answering, said: His blood be upon us and our children.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	26	Then he released to them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him unto them to be crucified.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	27	Then the soldiers of the governor taking Jesus into the hall, gathered together unto him the whole band;
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	28	And stripping him, they put a scarlet cloak about him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	29	And platting a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand. And bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying: Hail, king of the Jews.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	30	And spitting upon him, they took the reed, and struck his head.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	31	And after they had mocked him, they took off the cloak from him, and put on him his own garments, and led him away to crucify him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	32	And going out, they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon: him they forced to take up his cross.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	33	And they came to the place that is called Golgotha, which is the place of Calvary.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	34	And they gave him wine to drink mingled with gall. And when he had tasted, he would not drink.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	35	And after they had crucified him, they divided his garments, casting lots; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: They divided my garments among them; and upon my vesture they cast lots.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	36	And they sat and watched him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	37	And they put over his head his cause written: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	38	Then were crucified with him two thieves: one on the right hand, and one on the left.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	39	And they that passed by, blasphemed him, wagging their heads,
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	40	And saying: Vah, thou that destroyest the temple of God, and in three days dost rebuild it: save thy own self: if thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	41	In like manner also the chief priests, with the scribes and ancients, mocking, said:
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	42	He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the king of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	43	He trusted in God; let him now deliver him if he will have him; for he said: I am the Son of God.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	44	And the selfsame thing the thieves also, that were crucified with him, reproached him with.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	45	Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over the whole earth, until the ninth hour.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	46	And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying: Eli, Eli, lamma sabacthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	47	And some that stood there and heard, said: This man calleth Elias.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	48	And immediately one of them running took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar; and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	49	And the others said: Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to deliver him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	50	And Jesus again crying with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	51	And behold the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top even to the bottom, and the earth quaked, and the rocks were rent.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	52	And the graves were opened: and many bodies of the saints that had slept arose,
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	53	And coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, came into the holy city, and appeared to many.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	54	Now the centurion and they that were with him watching Jesus, having seen the earthquake, and the things that were done, were sore afraid, saying: Indeed this was the Son of God.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	55	And there were there many women afar off, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	56	Among whom was Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	57	And when it was evening, there came a certain rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	58	He went to Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded that the body should be delivered.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	59	And Joseph taking the body, wrapped it up in a clean linen cloth.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	60	And laid it in his own new monument, which he had hewed out in a rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the monument, and went his way.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	61	And there was there Mary Magdalen, and the other Mary sitting over against the sepulchre.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	62	And the next day, which followed the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate,
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	63	Saying: Sir, we have remembered, that that seducer said, while he was yet alive: After three days I will rise again.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	64	Command therefore the sepulchre to be guarded until the third day: lest perhaps his disciples come and steal him away, and say to the people: He is risen from the dead; and the last error shall be worse than the first.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	65	Pilate saith to them: You have a guard; go, guard it as you know.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	66	And they departing, made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting guards.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	1	And in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalen and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	2	And behold there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and coming, rolled back the stone, and sat upon it.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	3	And his countenance was as lightning, and his raiment as snow.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	4	And for fear of him, the guards were struck with terror, and became as dead men.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	5	And the angel answering, said to the women: Fear not you; for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	6	He is not here, for he is risen, as he said. Come, and see the place where the Lord was laid.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	7	And going quickly, tell ye his disciples that he is risen: and behold he will go before you into Galilee; there you shall see him. Lo, I have foretold it to you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	8	And they went out quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy, running to tell his disciples.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	9	And behold Jesus met them, saying: All hail. But they came up and took hold of his feet, and adored him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	10	Then Jesus said to them: Fear not. Go, tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, there they shall see me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	11	Who when they were departed, behold some of the guards came into the city, and told the chief priests all things that had been done.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	12	And they being assembled together with the ancients, taking counsel, gave a great sum of money to the soldiers,
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	13	Saying: Say you, His disciples came by night, and stole him away when we were asleep.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	14	And if the governor shall hear this, we will persuade him, and secure you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	15	So they taking the money, did as they were taught: and this word was spread abroad among the Jews even unto this day.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	16	And the eleven disciples went into Galilee, unto the mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	17	And seeing him they adored: but some doubted.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	18	And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	19	Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	20	Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	1	The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	2	Abraham begot Isaac. And Isaac begot Jacob. And Jacob begot Judas and his brethren.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	3	And Judas begot Phares and Zara of Thamar. And Phares begot Esron. And Esron begot Aram.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	4	And Aram begot Aminadab. And Aminadab begot Naasson. And Naasson begot Salmon.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	5	And Salmon begot Booz of Rahab. And Booz begot Obed of Ruth. And Obed begot Jesse.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	6	And Jesse begot David the king. And David the king begot Solomon, of her that had been the wife of Urias.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	7	And Solomon begot Roboam. And Roboam begot Abia. And Abia begot Asa.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	8	And Asa begot Josaphat. And Josaphat begot Joram. And Joram begot Ozias.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	9	And Ozias begot Joatham. And Joatham begot Achaz. And Achaz begot Ezechias.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	10	And Ezechias begot Manasses. And Manasses begot Amon. And Amon begot Josias.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	11	And Josias begot Jechonias and his brethren in the transmigration of Babylon.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	12	And after the transmigration of Babylon, Jechonias begot Salathiel. And Salathiel begot Zorobabel.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	13	And Zorobabel begot Abiud. And Abiud begot Eliacim. And Eliacim begot Azor.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	14	And Azor begot Sadoc. And Sadoc begot Achim. And Achim begot Eliud.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	15	And Eliud begot Eleazar. And Eleazar begot Mathan. And Mathan begot Jacob.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	16	And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	17	So all the generations, from Abraham to David, are fourteen generations. And from David to the transmigration of Babylon, are fourteen generations: and from the transmigration of Babylon to Christ are fourteen generations.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	18	Now the generation of Christ was in this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child, of the Holy Ghost.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	19	Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing publicly to expose her, was minded to put her away privately.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	20	But while he thought on these things, behold the angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	21	And she shall bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name JESUS. For he shall save his people from their sins.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	22	Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying:
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	23	Behold a virgin shall be with child, and bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	24	And Joseph rising up from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took unto him his wife.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	25	And he knew her not till she brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	1	When Jesus therefore was born in Bethlehem of Juda, in the days of king Herod, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	2	Saying, Where is he that is born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east, and are come to adore him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	3	And king Herod hearing this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	4	And assembling together all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired of them where Christ should be born.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	5	But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet:
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	6	And thou Bethlehem the land of Juda art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come forth the captain that shall rule my people Israel.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	7	Then Herod, privately calling the wise men, learned diligently of them the time of the star which appeared to them;
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	8	And sending them into Bethlehem, said: Go and diligently inquire after the child, and when you have found him, bring me word again, that I also may come to adore him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	9	Who having heard the king, went their way; and behold the star which they had seen in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the child was.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	10	And seeing the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	11	And entering into the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and falling down they adored him; and opening their treasures, they offered him gifts; gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	12	And having received an answer in sleep that they should not return to Herod, they went back another way into their country.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	13	And after they were departed, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and fly into Egypt: and be there until I shall tell thee. For it will come to pass that Herod will seek the child to destroy him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	14	Who arose, and took the child and his mother by night, and retired into Egypt: and he was there until the death of Herod:
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	15	That it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying: Out of Egypt have I called my son.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	16	Then Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise men, was exceeding angry; and sending killed all the men children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	17	Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet, saying:
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	18	A voice in Rama was heard, lamentation and great mourning; Rachel bewailing her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	19	But when Herod was dead, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph in Egypt,
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	20	Saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel. For they are dead that sought the life of the child.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	21	Who arose, and took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	22	But hearing that Archelaus reigned in Judea in the room of Herod his father, he was afraid to go thither: and being warned in sleep retired into the quarters of Galilee.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	23	And coming he dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was said by prophets: That he shall be called a Nazarene.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	1	And in those days cometh John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	2	And saying: Do penance: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	3	For this is he that was spoken of by Isaias the prophet, saying: A voice of one crying in the desert, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	4	And the same John had his garment of camels' hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins: and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	5	Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the country about Jordan:
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	6	And were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	7	And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them: Ye brood of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come?
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	8	Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of penance.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	9	And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father. For I tell you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	10	For now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that doth not yield good fruit, shall be cut down, and cast into the fire.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	11	I indeed baptize you in the water unto penance, but he that shall come after me, is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear; he shall baptize you in the Holy Ghost and fire.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	12	Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor and gather his wheat into the barn; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	13	Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan, unto John, to be baptized by him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	14	But John stayed him, saying: I ought to be baptized by thee, and comest thou to me?
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	15	And Jesus answering, said to him: Suffer it to be so now. For so it becometh us to fulfill all justice. Then he suffered him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	16	And Jesus being baptized, forthwith came out of the water: and lo, the heavens were opened to him: and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	17	And behold a voice from heaven, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	1	Then Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	2	And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	3	And the tempter coming said to him: If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	4	Who answered and said: It is written, Not in bread alone doth man live, but in every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	5	Then the devil took him up into the holy city, and set him upon the pinnacle of the temple,
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	6	And said to him: If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down, for it is written: That he hath given his angels charge over thee, and in their hands shall they bear thee up, lest perhaps thou dash thy foot against a stone.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	7	Jesus said to him: It is written again: Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	8	Again the devil took him up into a very high mountain, and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them,
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	9	And said to him: All these will I give thee, if falling down thou wilt adore me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	10	Then Jesus saith to him: Begone, Satan: for it is written, The Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and him only shalt thou serve.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	11	Then the devil left him; and behold angels came and ministered to him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	12	And when Jesus had heard that John was delivered up, he retired into Galilee:
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	13	And leaving the city Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capharnaum on the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim;
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	14	That it might be fulfilled which was said by Isaias the prophet:
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	15	Land of Zabulon and land of Nephthalim, the way of the sea beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles:
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	16	The people that sat in darkness, hath seen great light: and to them that sat in the region of the shadow of death, light is sprung up.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	17	From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say: Do penance, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	18	And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers).
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	19	And he saith to them: Come ye after me, and I will make you to be fishers of men.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	20	And they immediately leaving their nets, followed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	21	And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets: and he called them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	22	And they forthwith left their nets and father, and followed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	23	And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom: and healing all manner of sickness and every infirmity, among the people.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	24	And his fame went throughout all Syria, and they presented to him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and such as were possessed by devils, and lunatics, and those that had palsy, and he cured them:
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	25	And much people followed him from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	1	And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain, and when he was set down, his disciples came unto him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	2	And opening his mouth, he taught them, saying:
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	3	Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	4	Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	5	Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	6	Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	7	Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	8	Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	9	Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called children of God.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	10	Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	11	Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake:
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	12	Be glad and rejoice, for your reward is very great in heaven. For so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	13	You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt lose its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is good for nothing any more but to be cast out, and to be trodden on by men.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	14	You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	15	Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	16	So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	17	Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	18	For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	19	He therefore that shall break one of these least commandments, and shall so teach men, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But he that shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	20	For I tell you, that unless your justice abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	21	You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not kill. And whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	22	But I say to you, that whosoever is angry with his brother, shall be in danger of the judgment. And whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council. And whosoever shall say, Thou Fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	23	If therefore thou offer thy gift at the altar, and there thou remember that thy brother hath any thing against thee;
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	24	Leave there thy offering before the altar, and go first to be reconciled to thy brother: and then coming thou shalt offer thy gift.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	25	Be at agreement with thy adversary betimes, whilst thou art in the way with him: lest perhaps the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	26	Amen I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from thence till thou repay the last farthing.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	27	You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit adultery.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	28	But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	29	And if thy right eye scandalize thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee. For it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than that thy whole body be cast into hell.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	30	And if thy right hand scandalize thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than that thy whole body be cast into hell.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	31	And it hath been said, whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	32	But I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, excepting for the cause of fornication, maketh her to commit adultery: and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	33	Again you have heard that it was said to them of old, Thou shalt not forswear thyself: but thou shalt perform thy oaths to the Lord.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	34	But I say to you not to swear at all, neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God:
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	35	Nor by the earth, for it is his footstool: nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king:
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	36	Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	37	But let your speech be yea, yea: no, no: and that which is over and above these, is of evil.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	38	You have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	39	But I say to you not to resist evil: but if one strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other:
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	40	And if a man will contend with thee in judgment, and take away thy coat, let go thy cloak also unto him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	41	And whosoever will force thee one mile, go with him other two,
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	42	Give to him that asketh of thee and from him that would borrow of thee turn not away.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	43	You have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thy enemy.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	44	But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you:
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	45	That you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven, who maketh his sun to rise upon the good, and bad, and raineth upon the just and the unjust.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	46	For if you love them that love you, what reward shall you have? do not even the publicans this?
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	47	And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more? do not also the heathens this?
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	48	Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	1	Take heed that you do not your justice before men, to be seen by them: otherwise you shall not have a reward of your Father who is in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	2	Therefore when thou dost an almsdeed, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honoured by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	3	But when thou dost alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	4	That thy alms may be in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	5	And when ye pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, that love to stand and pray in the synagogues and corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men: Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	6	But thou when thou shalt pray, enter into thy chamber, and having shut the door, pray to thy Father in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	7	And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens. For they think that in their much speaking they may be heard.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	8	Be not you therefore like to them, for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before you ask him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	9	Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	10	Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	11	Give us this day our supersubstantial bread.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	12	And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	13	And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	14	For if you will forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will forgive you also your offences.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	15	But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your offences.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	16	And when you fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad. For they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	17	But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	18	That thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will repay thee.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	19	Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and moth consume, and where thieves break through and steal.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	20	But lay up to yourselves treasures in heaven: where neither the rust nor moth doth consume, and where thieves do not break through, nor steal.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	21	For where thy treasure is, there is thy heart also.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	22	The light of thy body is thy eye. If thy eye be single, thy whole body shall be lightsome.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	23	But if thy eye be evil thy whole body shall be darksome. If then the light that is in thee, be darkness: the darkness itself how great shall it be!
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	24	No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other: or he will sustain the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	25	Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more than the meat: and the body more than the raiment?
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	26	Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns: and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not you of much more value than they?
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	27	And which of you by taking thought, can add to his stature by one cubit?
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	28	And for raiment why are you solicitous? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	29	But I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	30	And if the grass of the field, which is today, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, God doth so clothe: how much more you, O ye of little faith?
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	31	Be not solicitous therefore, saying, What shall we eat: or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed?
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	32	For after all these things do the heathens seek. For your Father knoweth that you have need of all these things.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	33	Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	34	Be not therefore solicitous for tomorrow; for the morrow will be solicitous for itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	1	Judge not, that you may not be judged,
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	2	For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	3	And why seest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye; and seest not the beam that is in thy own eye?
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	4	Or how sayest thou to thy brother: Let me cast the mote out of thy eye; and behold a beam is in thy own eye?
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	5	Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam in thy own eye, and then shalt thou see to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	6	Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon you, they tear you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	7	Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	8	For every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	9	Or what man is there among you, of whom if his son shall ask bread, will he reach him a stone?
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	10	Or if he shall ask him a fish, will he reach him a serpent?
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	11	If you then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more will your Father who is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him?
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	12	All things therefore whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you also to them. For this is the law and the prophets.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	13	Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in thereat.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	14	How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way that leadeth to life: and few there are that find it!
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	15	Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	16	By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	17	Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	18	A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	19	Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	20	Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	21	Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	22	Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, have not we prophesied in thy name, and cast out devils in thy name, and done many miracles in thy name?
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	23	And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	24	Every one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock,
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	25	And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on a rock.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	26	And every one that heareth these my words, and doth them not, shall be like a foolish man that built his house upon the sand,
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	27	And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall thereof.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	28	And it came to pass when Jesus had fully ended these words, the people were in admiration at his doctrine.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	29	For he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the scribes and Pharisees.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	1	And when he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him:
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	2	And behold a leper came and adored him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	3	And Jesus stretching forth his hand, touched him, saying: I will, be thou made clean. And forthwith his leprosy was cleansed.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	4	And Jesus saith to him: See thou tell no man: but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded for a testimony unto them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	5	And when he had entered into Capharnaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him,
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	6	And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, and is grieviously tormented.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	7	And Jesus saith to him: I will come and heal him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	8	And the centurion making answer, said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof: but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	9	For I also am a man subject to authority, having under me soldiers; and I say to this, Go, and he goeth, and to another, Come, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	10	And Jesus hearing this, marvelled; and said to them that followed him: Amen I say to you, I have not found so great faith in Israel.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	11	And I say to you that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven:
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	12	But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	13	And Jesus said to the centurion: Go, and as thou hast believed, so be it done to thee. And the servant was healed at the same hour.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	14	And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying, and sick of a fever:
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	15	And he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose and ministered to them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	16	And when evening was come, they brought to him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word: and all that were sick he healed:
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	17	That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the prophet Isaias, saying: He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	18	And Jesus seeing great multitudes about him, gave orders to pass over the water.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	19	And a certain scribe came and said to him: Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou shalt go.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	20	And Jesus saith to him: The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests: but the son of man hath not where to lay his head.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	21	And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	22	But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	23	And when he entered into the boat, his disciples followed him:
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	24	And behold a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was covered with waves, but he was asleep.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	25	And they came to him, and awaked him, saying: Lord, save us, we perish.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	26	And Jesus saith to them: Why are you fearful, O ye of little faith? Then rising up he commanded the winds, and the sea, and there came a great calm.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	27	But the men wondered, saying: What manner of man is this, for the winds and the sea obey him?
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	28	And when he was come on the other side of the water, into the country of the Gerasens, there met him two that were possessed with devils, coming out of the sepulchres, exceeding fierce, so that none could pass by that way.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	29	And behold they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	30	And there was, not far from them, an herd of many swine feeding.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	31	And the devils besought him, saying: If thou cast us out hence, send us into the herd of swine.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	32	And he said to them: Go. But they going out went into the swine, and behold the whole herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea: and they perished in the waters.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	33	And they that kept them fled: and coming into the city, told every thing, and concerning them that had been possessed by the devils.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	34	And behold the whole city went out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart from their coasts.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	1	And entering into a boat, he passed over the water and came into his own city.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	2	And behold they brought to him one sick of the palsy lying in a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man sick of the palsy: Be of good heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	3	And behold some of the scribes said within themselves: He blasphemeth.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	4	And Jesus seeing their thoughts, said: Why do you think evil in your hearts?
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	5	Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee: or to say, Arise, and walk?
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	6	But that you may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then said he to the man sick of palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	7	And he arose, and went into his house.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	8	And the multitude seeing it, feared, and glorified God that gave such power to men.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	9	And when Jesus passed on from hence, he saw a man sitting in the custom house, named Matthew; and he saith to him: Follow me. And he rose up and followed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	10	And it came to pass as he was sitting at meat in the house, behold many publicans and sinners came, and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	11	And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat with publicans and sinners?
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	12	But Jesus hearing it, said: They that are in health need not a physician, but they that are ill.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	13	Go then and learn what this meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the just, but sinners.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	14	Then came to him the disciples of John, saying: Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples do not fast?
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	15	And Jesus said to them: Can the children of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	16	And nobody putteth a piece of raw cloth unto an old garment. For it taketh away the fulness thereof from the garment, and there is made a greater rent.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	17	Neither do they put new wine into old bottles. Otherwise the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish. But new wine they put into new bottles: and both are preserved.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	18	As he was speaking these things unto them, behold a certain ruler came up, and adored him, saying: Lord, my daughter is even now dead; but come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	19	And Jesus rising up followed him, with his disciples.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	20	And behold a woman who was troubled with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	21	For she said within herself: If I shall touch only his garment, I shall be healed.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	22	But Jesus turning and seeing her, said: Be of good heart, daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	23	And when Jesus was come into the house of the ruler, and saw the minstrels and the multitude making a rout,
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	24	He said: Give place, for the girl is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	25	And when the multitude was put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand. And the maid arose.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	26	And the fame hereof went abroad into all that country.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	27	And as Jesus passed from thence, there followed him two blind men crying out and saying, Have mercy on us, O Son of David.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	28	And when he was come to the house, the blind men came to him. And Jesus saith to them, Do you believe, that I can do this unto you? They say to him, Yea, Lord.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	29	Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith, be it done unto you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	30	And their eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly charged them, saying, See that no man know this.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	31	But they going out, spread his fame abroad in all that country.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	32	And when they were gone out, behold they brought him a dumb man, possessed with a devil.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	33	And after the devil was cast out, the dumb man spoke, and the multitudes wondered, saying, Never was the like seen in Israel.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	34	But the Pharisees said, By the prince of devils he casteth out devils.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	35	And Jesus went about all the cities, and towns, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease, and every infirmity.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	36	And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them: because they were distressed, and lying like sheep that have no shepherd.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	37	Then he saith to his disciples, The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	38	Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	1	And having called his twelve disciples together, he gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of diseases, and all manner of infirmities.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	2	And the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother,
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	3	James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus,
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	4	Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	5	These twelve Jesus sent: commanding them, saying: Go ye not into the way of the Gentiles, and into the city of the Samaritans enter ye not.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	6	But go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	7	And going, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	8	Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils: freely have you received, freely give.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	9	Do not possess gold, nor silver, nor money in your purses:
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	10	Nor scrip for your journey, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor a staff; for the workman is worthy of his meat.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	11	And into whatsoever city or town you shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there abide till you go thence.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	12	And when you come into the house, salute it, saying: Peace be to this house.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	13	And if that house be worthy, your peace shall come upon it; but if it be not worthy, your peace shall return to you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	14	And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words: going forth out of that house or city shake off the dust from your feet.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	15	Amen I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	16	Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	17	But beware of men. For they will deliver you up in councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	18	And you shall be brought before governors, and before kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles:
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	19	But when they shall deliver you up, take no thought how or what to speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what to speak.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	20	For it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	21	The brother also shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the son: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and shall put them to death.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	22	And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	23	And when they shall persecute you in this city, flee into another. Amen I say to you, you shall not finish all the cities of Israel, till the Son of man come.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	24	The disciple is not above the master, nor the servant above his lord.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	25	It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the goodman of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household?
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	26	Therefore fear them not. For nothing is covered that shall not be revealed: nor hid, that shall not be known.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	27	That which I tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light: and that which you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the housetops.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	28	And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in hell.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	29	Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	30	But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	31	Fear not therefore: better are you than many sparrows.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	32	Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	33	But he that shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	34	Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth: I came not to send peace, but the sword.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	35	For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	36	And a man's enemies shall be they of his own household.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	37	He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	38	And he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	39	He that findeth his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for me, shall find it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	40	He that receiveth you, receiveth me: and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	41	He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive the reward of a prophet: and he that receiveth a just man in the name of a just man, shall receive the reward of a just man.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	42	And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, amen I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	1	And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he passed from thence, to teach and preach in their cities.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	2	Now when John had heard in prison the works of Christ: sending two of his disciples he said to him:
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	3	Art thou he that art to come, or look we for another?
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	4	And Jesus making answer said to them: Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	5	The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor have the gospel preached to them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	6	And blessed is he that shall not be scandalized in me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	7	And when they went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John: What went you out into the desert to see? a reed shaken with the wind?
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	8	But what went you out to see? a man clothed in soft garments? Behold they that are clothed in soft garments, are in the houses of kings.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	9	But what went you out to see? a prophet? yea I tell you, and more than a prophet.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	10	For this is he of whom it is written: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	11	Amen I say to you, there hath not risen among them that are born of women a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is the lesser in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	12	And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	13	For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John:
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	14	And if you will receive it, he is Elias that is to come.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	15	He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	16	But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	17	Who crying to their companions say: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have lamented, and you have not mourned.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	18	For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say: He hath a devil.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	19	The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. And wisdom is justified by her children.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	20	Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein were done the most of his miracles, for that they had not done penance.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	21	Woe to thee, Corozain, woe to thee, Bethsaida: for if in Tyre and Sidon had been wrought the miracles that have been wrought in you, they had long ago done penance in sackcloth and ashes.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	22	But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	23	And thou Capharnaum, shalt thou be exalted up to heaven? thou shalt go down even unto hell. For if in Sodom had been wrought the miracles that have been wrought in thee, perhaps it had remained unto this day.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	24	But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	25	At that time Jesus answered and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to the little ones.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	26	Yea, Father; for so hath it seemed good in thy sight.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	27	All things are delivered to me by my Father. And no one knoweth the Son, but the Father: neither doth any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom it shall please the Son to reveal him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	28	Come to me, all you that labour, and are burdened, and I will refresh you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	29	Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart: and you shall find rest to your souls.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	30	For my yoke is sweet and my burden light.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	1	At that time Jesus went through the corn on the sabbath: and his disciples being hungry, began to pluck the ears, and to eat.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	2	And the Pharisees seeing them, said to him: Behold thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	3	But he said to them: Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him:
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	4	How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for them that were with him, but for the priests only?
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	5	Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple break the sabbath, and are without blame?
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	6	But I tell you that there is here a greater than the temple.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	7	And if you knew what this meaneth: I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: you would never have condemned the innocent.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	8	For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	9	And when he had passed from thence, he came into their synagogues.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	10	And behold there was a man who had a withered hand, and they asked him, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	11	But he said to them: What man shall there be among you, that hath one sheep: and if the same fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not take hold on it and lift it up?
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	12	How much better is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do a good deed on the sabbath days.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	13	Then he saith to the man: Stretch forth thy hand; and he stretched it forth, and it was restored to health even as the other.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	14	And the Pharisees going out made a consultation against him, how they might destroy him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	15	But Jesus knowing it, retired from thence: and many followed him, and he healed them all.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	16	And he charged them that they should not make him known.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	17	That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaias the prophet, saying:
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	18	Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul hath been well pleased. I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	19	He shall not contend, nor cry out, neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	20	The bruised reed he shall not break: and smoking flax he shall not extinguish: till he send forth judgment unto victory.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	21	And in his name the Gentiles shall hope.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	22	Then was offered to him one possessed with a devil, blind and dumb: and he healed him, so that he spoke and saw.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	23	And all the multitudes were amazed, and said: Is not this the son of David?
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	24	But the Pharisees hearing it, said: This man casteth not out the devils but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	25	And Jesus knowing their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself shall be made desolate: and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	26	And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself: how then shall his kingdom stand?
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	27	And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	28	But if I by the Spirit of God cast out devils, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	29	Or how can any one enter into the house of the strong, and rifle his goods, unless he first bind the strong? and then he will rifle his house.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	30	He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	31	Therefore I say to you: Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but the blasphemy of the Spirit shall not be forgiven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	32	And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but he that shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to come.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	33	Either make the tree good and its fruit good: or make the tree evil, and its fruit evil. For by the fruit the tree is known.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	34	O generation of vipers, how can you speak good things, whereas you are evil? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	35	A good man out of a good treasure bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of an evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	36	But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	37	For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	38	Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying: Master we would see a sign from thee.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	39	Who answering said to them: An evil and adulterous generation seeketh a sign: and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	40	For as Jonas was in the whale's belly three days and three nights: so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	41	The men of Ninive shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they did penance at the preaching of Jonas. And behold a greater than Jonas here.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	42	The queen of the south shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold a greater than Solomon here.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	43	And when an unclean spirit is gone out of a man he walketh through dry places seeking rest, and findeth none.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	44	Then he saith: I will return into my house from whence I came out. And coming he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	45	Then he goeth, and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is made worse than the first. So shall it be also to this wicked generation.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	46	As he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	47	And one said unto him: Behold thy mother and thy brethren stand without, seeking thee.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	48	But he answering him that told him, said: Who is my mother, and who are my brethren?
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	49	And stretching forth his hand towards his disciples, he said: Behold my mother and my brethren.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	50	For whosoever shall do the will of my Father, that is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	1	The same day Jesus going out of the house, sat by the sea side.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	2	And great multitudes were gathered unto him, so that he went up into a boat and sat: and all the multitude stood on the shore.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	3	And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	4	And whilst he soweth some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate them up.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	5	And other some fell upon stony ground, where they had not much earth: and they sprung up immediately, because they had no deepness of earth.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	6	And when the sun was up they were scorched: and because they had not root, they withered away.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	7	And others fell among thorns: and the thorns grew up and choked them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	8	And others fell upon good ground: and they brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some thirtyfold.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	9	He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	10	And his disciples came and said to him: Why speakest thou to them in parables?
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	11	Who answered and said to them: Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven: but to them it is not given.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	12	For he that hath, to him shall be given, and he shall abound: but he that hath not, from him shall be taken away that also which he hath.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	13	Therefore do I speak to them in parables: because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	14	And the prophecy of Isaias is fulfilled in them, who saith: By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand: and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	15	For the heart of this people is grown gross, and with their ears they have been dull of hearing, and their eyes they have shut: lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	16	But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	17	For, amen, I say to you, many prophets and just men have desired to see the things that you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the things that you hear and have not heard them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	18	Hear you therefore the parable of the sower.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	19	When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, there cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart: this is he that received the seed by the way side.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	20	And he that received the seed upon stony ground, is he that heareth the word, and immediately receiveth it with joy.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	21	Yet hath he not root in himself, but is only for a time: and when there ariseth tribulation and persecution because of the word, he is presently scandalized.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	22	And he that received the seed among thorns, is he that heareth the word, and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choketh up the word, and he becometh fruitless.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	23	But he that received the seed upon good ground, is he that heareth the word, and understandeth, and beareth fruit, and yieldeth the one an hundredfold, and another sixty, and another thirty.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	24	Another parable he proposed to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seeds in his field.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	25	But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat and went his way.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	26	And when the blade was sprung up, and had brought forth fruit, then appeared also the cockle.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	27	And the servants of the goodman of the house coming said to him: Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it cockle?
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	28	And he said to them: An enemy hath done this. And the servants said to him: Wilt thou that we go and gather it up?
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	29	And he said: No, lest perhaps gathering up the cockle, you root up the wheat also together with it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	30	Suffer both to grow until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers: Gather up first the cockle, and bind it into bundles to burn, but the wheat gather ye into my barn.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	31	Another parable he proposed unto them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	32	Which is the least indeed of all seeds; but when it is grown up, it is greater than all herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come, and dwell in the branches thereof.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	33	Another parable he spoke to them: The kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	34	All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the multitudes: and without parables he did not speak to them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	35	That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	36	Then having sent away the multitudes, he came into the house, and his disciples came to him, saying: Expound to us the parable of the cockle of the field.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	37	Who made answer and said to them: He that soweth the good seed, is the Son of man.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	38	And the field, is the world. And the good seed are the children of the kingdom. And the cockle, are the children of the wicked one.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	39	And the enemy that sowed them, is the devil. But the harvest is the end of the world. And the reapers are the angels.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	40	Even as cockle therefore is gathered up, and burnt with fire: so shall it be at the end of the world.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	41	The Son of man shall send his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all scandals, and them that work iniquity.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	42	And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	43	Then shall the just shine as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	44	The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in a field. Which a man having found, hid it, and for joy thereof goeth, and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	45	Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking good pearls.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	46	Who when he had found one pearl of great price, went his way, and sold all that he had, and bought it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	47	Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a net cast into the sea, and gathering together of all kind of fishes.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	48	Which, when it was filled, they drew out, and sitting by the shore, they chose out the good into vessels, but the bad they cast forth.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	49	So shall it be at the end of the world. The angels shall go out, and shall separate the wicked from among the just.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	50	And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	51	Have ye understood all these things? They say to him: Yes.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	52	He said unto them: Therefore every scribe instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like to a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure new things and old.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	53	And it came to pass: when Jesus had finished these parables, he passed from thence.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	54	And coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogues, so that they wondered and said: How came this man by this wisdom and miracles?
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	55	Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Jude:
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	56	And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence therefore hath he all these things?
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	57	And they were scandalized in his regard. But Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	58	And he wrought not many miracles there, because of their unbelief.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	1	At the time Herod the Tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	2	And he said to his servants: This is John the Baptist: he is risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works shew forth themselves in him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	3	For Herod had apprehended John and bound him, and put him into prison, because of Herodias, his brother's wife.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	4	For John said to him: It is not lawful for thee to have her.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	5	And having a mind to put him to death, he feared the people: because they esteemed him as a prophet.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	6	But on Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them: and pleased Herod.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	7	Whereupon he promised with an oath, to give her whatsoever she would ask of him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	8	But she being instructed before by her mother, said: Give me here in a dish the head of John the Baptist.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	9	And the king was struck sad: yet because of his oath, and for them that sat with him at table, he commanded it to be given.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	10	And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	11	And his head was brought in a dish: and it was given to the damsel, and she brought it to her mother.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	12	And his disciples came and took the body, and buried it, and came and told Jesus.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	13	Which when Jesus had heard, he retired from thence by boat, into a desert place apart, and the multitudes having heard of it, followed him on foot out of the cities.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	14	And he coming forth saw a great multitude, and had compassion on them, and healed their sick.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	15	And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying: This is a desert place, and the hour is now past: send away the multitudes, that going into the towns, they may buy themselves victuals.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	16	But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go: give you them to eat.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	17	They answered him: We have not here, but five loaves, and two fishes.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	18	He said to them: Bring them hither to me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	19	And when he had commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the grass, he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	20	And they did all eat, and were filled. And they took up what remained, twelve full baskets of fragments.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	21	And the number of them that did eat, was five thousand men, besides women and children.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	22	And forthwith Jesus obliged his disciples to go up into the boat, and to go before him over the water, till he dismissed the people.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	23	And having dismissed the multitude, he went into a mountain alone to pray. And when it was evening, he was there alone.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	24	But the boat in the midst of the sea was tossed with the waves: for the wind was contrary.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	25	And in the fourth watch of the night, he came to them walking upon the sea.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	26	And they seeing him walk upon the sea, were troubled, saying: It is an apparition. And they cried out for fear.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	27	And immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying: Be of good heart: it is I, fear ye not.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	28	And Peter making answer, said: Lord, if it be thou, bid me come to thee upon the waters.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	29	And he said: Come. And Peter going down out of the boat, walked upon the water to come to Jesus.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	30	But seeing the wind strong, he was afraid: and when he began to sink, he cried out, saying: Lord, save me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	31	And immediately Jesus stretching forth his hand took hold of him, and said to him: O thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt?
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	32	And when they were come up into the boat, the wind ceased.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	33	And they that were in the boat came and adored him, saying: Indeed thou art the Son of God.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	34	And having passed the water, they came into the country of Genesar.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	35	And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent into all that country, and brought to him all that were diseased.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	36	And they besought him that they might touch but the hem of his garment. And as many as touched, were made whole.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	1	Then came to him from Jerusalem scribes and Pharisees, saying:
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	2	Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the ancients? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	3	But he answering, said to them: Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for your tradition? For God said:
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	4	Honour thy father and mother: And: He that shall curse father or mother, let him die the death.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	5	But you say: Whosoever shall say to father or mother, The gift whatsoever proceedeth from me, shall profit thee.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	6	And he shall not honour his father or his mother: and you have made void the commandment of God for your tradition.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	7	Hypocrites, well hath Isaias prophesied of you, saying:
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	8	This people honoureth me with their lips: but their heart is far from me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	9	And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	10	And having called together the multitudes unto him, he said to them: Hear ye and understand.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	11	Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man: but what cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	12	Then came his disciples, and said to him: Dost thou know that the Pharisees, when they heard this word, were scandalized?
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	13	But he answering them, said: Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	14	Let them alone: they are blind, and leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the pit.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	15	And Peter answering, said to him: Expound to us this parable.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	16	But he said: Are you also yet without understanding?
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	17	Do you not understand, that whatsoever entereth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the privy?
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	18	But the things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and those things defile a man.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	19	For from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	20	These are the things that defile a man. But to eat with unwashed hands doth not defile a man.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	21	And Jesus went from thence, and retired into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	22	And behold a woman of Canaan who came out of those coasts, crying out, said to him: Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David: my daughter is grieviously troubled by the devil.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	23	Who answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying: Send her away, for she crieth after us:
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	24	And he answering, said: I was not sent but to the sheep that are lost of the house of Israel.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	25	But she came and adored him, saying: Lord, help me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	26	Who answering, said: It is not good to take the bread of the children, and to cast it to the dogs.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	27	But she said: Yea, Lord; for the whelps also eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	28	Then Jesus answering, said to her: O woman, great is thy faith: be it done to thee as thou wilt: and her daughter was cured from that hour.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	29	And when Jesus had passed away from thence, he came nigh the sea of Galilee. And going up into a mountain, he sat there.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	30	And there came to him great multitudes, having with them the dumb, the blind, the lame, the maimed, and many others: and they cast them down at his feet, and he healed them:
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	31	So that the multitudes marvelled seeing the dumb speak, the lame walk, and the blind see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	32	And Jesus called together his disciples, and said: I have compassion on the multitudes, because they continue with me now three days, and have not what to eat, and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	33	And the disciples say unto him: Whence then should we have so many loaves in the desert, as to fill so great a multitude?
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	34	And Jesus said to them: How many loaves have you? But they said: Seven, and a few little fishes.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	35	And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	36	And taking the seven loaves and the fishes, and giving thanks, he brake, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the people.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	37	And they did all eat, and had their fill. And they took up seven baskets full, of what remained of the fragments.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	38	And they that did eat, were four thousand men, beside children and women.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	39	And having dismissed the multitude, he went up into a boat, and came into the coasts of Magedan.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	1	And there came to him the Pharisees and Sadducees tempting: and they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	2	But he answered and said to them: When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	3	And in the morning: Today there will be a storm, for the sky is red and lowering. You know then how to discern the face of the sky: and can you not know the signs of the times?
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	4	A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign: and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. And he left them, and went away.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	5	And when his disciples were come over the water, they had forgotten to take bread.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	6	Who said to them: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	7	But they thought within themselves, saying: Because we have taken no bread.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	8	And Jesus knowing it, said: Why do you think within yourselves, O ye of little faith, for that you have no bread?
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	9	Do you not yet understand, neither do you remember the five loaves among five thousand men, and how many baskets you took up?
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	10	Nor the seven loaves among four thousand men, and how many baskets you took up?
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	11	Why do you not understand that it was not concerning the bread I said to you: Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	12	Then they understood that he said not that they should beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	13	And Jesus came into the quarters of Caesarea Philippi: and he asked his disciples, saying: Whom do men say that the Son of man is?
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	14	But they said: Some John the Baptist, and other some Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	15	Jesus saith to them: But whom do you say that I am?
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	16	Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	17	And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	18	And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	19	And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	20	Then he commanded his disciples, that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	21	From that time Jesus began to shew to his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the ancients and scribes and chief priests, and be put to death, and the third day rise again.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	22	And Peter taking him, began to rebuke him, saying: Lord, be it far from thee, this shall not be unto thee.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	23	Who turning, said to Peter: Go behind me, Satan, thou art a scandal unto me: because thou savourest not the things that are of God, but the things that are of men.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	24	Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	25	For he that will save his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	26	For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	27	For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels: and then will he render to every man according to his works.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	28	Amen I say to you, there are some of them that stand here, that shall not taste death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	1	And after six days Jesus taketh unto him Peter and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart:
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	2	And he was transfigured before them. And his face did shine as the sun: and his garments became white as snow.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	3	And behold there appeared to them Moses and Elias talking with him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	4	And Peter answering, said to Jesus: Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	5	And as he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them. And lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear ye him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	6	And the disciples hearing, fell upon their face, and were very much afraid.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	7	And Jesus came and touched them: and said to them, Arise, and fear not.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	8	And they lifting up their eyes saw no one but only Jesus.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	9	And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying: Tell the vision to no man, till the Son of man be risen from the dead.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	10	And his disciples asked him, saying: Why then do the scribes say that Elias must come first?
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	11	But he answering, said to them: Elias indeed shall come, and restore all things.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	12	But I say to you, that Elias is already come, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they had a mind. So also the Son of man shall suffer from them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	13	Then the disciples understood, that he had spoken to them of John the Baptist.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	14	And when he was come to the multitude, there came to him a man falling down on his knees before him, saying: Lord, have pity on my son, for he is a lunatic, and suffereth much: for he falleth often into the fire, and often into the water.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	15	And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	16	Then Jesus answered and said: O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	17	And Jesus rebuked him, and the devil went out of him, and the child was cured from that hour.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	18	Then came the disciples to Jesus secretly, and said: Why could not we cast him out?
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	19	Jesus said to them: Because of your unbelief. For, amen I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Remove from hence hither, and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	20	But this kind is not cast out but by prayer and fasting.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	21	And when they abode together in Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	22	And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise again. And they were troubled exceedingly.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	23	And when they were come to Capharnaum, they that received the didrachmas, came to Peter and said to him: Doth not your master pay the didrachmas?
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	24	He said: Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying: What is thy opinion, Simon? The kings of the earth, of whom do they receive tribute or custom? of their own children, or of strangers?
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	25	And he said: Of strangers. Jesus said to him: Then the children are free.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	26	But that we may not scandalize them, go to the sea, and cast in a hook: and that fish which shall first come up, take: and when thou hast opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater: take that, and give it to them for me and thee.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	1	At that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Who thinkest thou is the greater in the kingdom of heaven?
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	2	And Jesus calling unto him a little child, set him in the midst of them,
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	3	And said: Amen I say to you, unless you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	4	Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greater in the kingdom of heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	5	And he that shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	6	But he that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be drowned in the depth of the sea.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	7	Woe to the world because of scandals. For it must needs be that scandals come: but nevertheless woe to that man by whom the scandal cometh.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	8	And if thy hand, or thy foot scandalize thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee to go into life maimed or lame, than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	9	And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee having one eye to enter into life, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	10	See that you despise not one of these little ones: for I say to you, that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	11	For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	12	What think you? If a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them should go astray: doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the mountains, and go to seek that which is gone astray?
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	13	And if it so be that he find it: Amen I say to you, he rejoiceth more for that, than for the ninety-nine that went not astray.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	14	Even so it is not the will of your Father, who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	15	But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	16	And if he will not hear thee, take with thee one or two more: that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may stand.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	17	And if he will not hear them: tell the church. And if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	18	Amen I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven; and whatsoever you shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	19	Again I say to you, that if two of you shall consent upon earth, concerning any thing whatsoever they shall ask, it shall be done to them by my Father who is in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	20	For where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	21	Then came Peter unto him and said: Lord, how often shall my brother offend against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	22	Jesus saith to him: I say not to thee, till seven times; but till seventy times seven times.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	23	Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a king, who would take an account of his servants.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	24	And when he had begun to take the account, one was brought to him, that owed him ten thousand talents.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	25	And as he had not wherewith to pay it, his lord commanded that he should be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	26	But that servant falling down, besought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	27	And the lord of that servant being moved with pity, let him go and forgave him the debt.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	28	But when that servant was gone out, he found one of his fellow servants that owed him an hundred pence: and laying hold of him, throttled him, saying: Pay what thou owest.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	29	And his fellow servant falling down, besought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	30	And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he paid the debt.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	31	Now his fellow servants seeing what was done, were very much grieved, and they came and told their lord all that was done.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	32	Then his lord called him; and said to him: Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all the debt, because thou besoughtest me:
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	33	Shouldst not thou then have had compassion also on thy fellow servant, even as I had compassion on thee?
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	34	And his lord being angry, delivered him to the torturers until he paid all the debt.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	35	So also shall my heavenly Father do to you, if you forgive not every one his brother from your hearts.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	1	And it came to pass when Jesus had ended these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea, beyond Jordan.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	2	And great multitudes followed him: and he healed them there.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	3	And there came to him the Pharisees tempting him, and saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	4	Who answering, said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made man from the beginning, made them male and female? And he said:
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	5	For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	6	Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	7	They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce, and to put away?
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	8	He saith to them: Because Moses by reason of the hardness of your heart permitted you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	9	And I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	10	His disciples say unto him: If the case of a man with his wife be so, it is not expedient to marry.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	11	Who said to them: All men take not this word, but they to whom it is given.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	12	For there are eunuchs, who were born so from their mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, who were made so by men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven. He that can take, let him take it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	13	Then were little children presented to him, that he should impose hands upon them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	14	But Jesus said to them: Suffer the little children, and forbid them not to come to me: for the kingdom of heaven is for such.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	15	And when he had imposed hands upon them, he departed from thence.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	16	And behold one came and said to him: Good master, what good shall I do that I may have life everlasting?
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	17	Who said to him: Why asketh thou me concerning good? One is good, God. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	18	He said to him: Which? And Jesus said: Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	19	Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	20	The young man saith to him: All these I have kept from my youth, what is yet wanting to me?
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	21	Jesus saith to him: If thou wilt be perfect, go sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come follow me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	22	And when the young man had heard this word, he went away sad: for he had great possessions.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	23	Then Jesus said to his disciples: Amen, I say to you, that a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	24	And again I say to you: It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	25	And when they had heard this, the disciples wondered very much, saying: Who then can be saved?
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	26	And Jesus beholding, said to them: With men this is impossible: but with God all things are possible.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	27	Then Peter answering, said to him: Behold we have left all things, and have followed thee: what therefore shall we have?
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	28	And Jesus said to them: Amen, I say to you, that you, who have followed me, in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit on the seat of his majesty, you also shall sit on twelve seats judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	29	And every one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall possess life everlasting.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	30	And many that are first, shall be last: and the last shall be first.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	1	The kingdom of heaven is like to an householder, who went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	2	And having agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	3	And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market place idle.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	4	And he said to them: Go you also into my vineyard, and I will give you what shall be just.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	5	And they went their way. And again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did in like manner.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	6	But about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing, and he saith to them: Why stand you here all the day idle?
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	7	They say to him: Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them: Go you also into my vineyard.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	8	And when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward: Call the labourers and pay them their hire, beginning from the last even to the first.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	9	When therefore they were come, that came about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	10	But when the first also came, they thought that they should receive more: and they also received every man a penny.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	11	And receiving it they murmured against the master of the house,
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	12	Saying: These last have worked but one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, that have borne the burden of the day and the heats.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	13	But he answering said to one of them: Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penny?
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	14	Take what is thine, and go thy way: I will also give to this last even as to thee.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	15	Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? is thy eye evil, because I am good?
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	16	So shall the last be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	17	And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart, and said to them:
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	18	Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests and the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	19	And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked, and scourged, and crucified, and the third day he shall rise again.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	20	Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, adoring and asking something of him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	21	Who said to her: What wilt thou? She saith to him: Say that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left, in thy kingdom.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	22	And Jesus answering, said: You know not what you ask. Can you drink the chalice that I shall drink? They say to him: We can.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	23	He saith to them: My chalice indeed you shall drink; but to sit on my right or left hand, is not mine to give to you, but to them for whom it is prepared by my Father.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	24	And the ten hearing it, were moved with indignation against the two brethren.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	25	But Jesus called them to him, and said: You know that the princes of the Gentiles lord it over them; and they that are the greater, exercise power upon them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	26	It shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be the greater among you, let him be your minister:
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	27	And he that will be first among you, shall be your servant.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	28	Even as the Son of man is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a redemption for many.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	29	And when they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	30	And behold two blind men sitting by the way side, heard that Jesus passed by, and they cried out, saying: O Lord, thou son of David, have mercy on us.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	31	And the multitude rebuked them that they should hold their peace. But they cried out the more, saying: O Lord, thou son of David, have mercy on us.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	32	And Jesus stood, and called them, and said: What will ye that I do to you?
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	33	They say to him: Lord, that our eyes be opened.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	34	And Jesus having compassion on them, touched their eyes. And immediately they saw, and followed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	1	And when they drew nigh to Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto mount Olivet, then Jesus sent two disciples,
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	2	Saying to them: Go ye into the village that is over against you, and immediately you shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them and bring them to me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	3	And if any man shall say anything to you, say ye, that the Lord hath need of them: and forthwith he will let them go.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	4	Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	5	Tell ye the daughter of Sion: Behold thy king cometh to thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of her that is used to the yoke.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	6	And the disciples going, did as Jesus commanded them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	7	And they brought the ass and the colt, and laid their garments upon them, and made him sit thereon.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	8	And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way: and others cut boughs from the trees, and strewed them in the way:
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	9	And the multitudes that went before and that followed, cried, saying: Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	10	And when he was come into Jerusalem, the whole city was moved, saying: Who is this?
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	11	And the people said: This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth of Galilee.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	12	And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the chairs of them that sold doves:
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	13	And he saith to them: It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	14	And there came to him the blind and the lame in the temple; and he healed them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	15	And the chief priests and scribes, seeing the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying: Hosanna to the son of David; were moved with indignation.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	16	And said to him: Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus said to them: Yea, have you never read: Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	17	And leaving them, he went out of the city into Bethania, and remained there.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	18	And in the morning, returning into the city, he was hungry.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	19	And seeing a certain fig tree by the way side, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves only, and he saith to it: May no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And immediately the fig tree withered away.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	20	And the disciples seeing it wondered, saying: How is it presently withered away?
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	21	And Jesus answering, said to them: Amen, I say to you, if you shall have faith, and stagger not, not only this of the fig tree shall you do, but also if you shall say to this mountain, Take up and cast thyself into the sea, it shall be done.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	22	And in all things whatsoever you shall ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	23	And when he was come into the temple, there came to him, as he was teaching, the chief priests and ancients of the people, saying: By what authority dost thou these things? and who hath given thee this authority?
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	24	Jesus answering, said to them: I also will ask you one word, which if you shall tell me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	25	The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven or from men? But they thought within themselves, saying:
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	26	If we shall say, from heaven, he will say to us: Why then did you not believe him? But if we shall say, from men, we are afraid of the multitude: for all held John as a prophet.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	27	And answering Jesus, they said: We know not. He also said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	28	But what think you? A certain man had two sons; and coming to the first, he said: Son, go work today in my vineyard.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	29	And he answering, said: I will not. But afterwards, being moved with repentance, he went.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	30	And coming to the other, he said in like manner. And he answering, said: I go, Sir; and he went not.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	31	Which of the two did the father's will? They say to him: The first. Jesus saith to them: Amen I say to you, that the publicans and the harlots shall go into the kingdom of God before you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	32	For John came to you in the way of justice, and you did not believe him. But the publicans and the harlots believed him: but you, seeing it, did not even afterwards repent, that you might believe him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	33	Hear ye another parable. There was a man an householder, who planted a vineyard, and made a hedge round about it, and dug in it a press, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen; and went into a strange country.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	34	And when the time of the fruits drew nigh, he sent his servants to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits thereof.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	35	And the husbandmen laying hands on his servants, beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	36	Again he sent other servants more than the former; and they did to them in like manner.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	37	And last of all he sent to them his son, saying: They will reverence my son.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	38	But the husbandmen seeing the son, said among themselves: This is the heir: come, let us kill him, and we shall have his inheritance.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	39	And taking him, they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	40	When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to those husbandmen?
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	41	They say to him: He will bring those evil men to an evil end; and will let out his vineyard to other husbandmen, that shall render him the fruit in due season.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	42	Jesus saith to them: Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? By the Lord this has been done; and it is wonderful in our eyes.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	43	Therefore I say to you, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and shall be given to a nation yielding the fruits thereof.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	44	And whosoever shall fall on this stone, shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	45	And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they knew that he spoke of them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	46	And seeking to lay hands on him, they feared the multitudes: because they held him as a prophet.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	1	And Jesus answering, spoke again in parables to them, saying:
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	2	The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king, who made a marriage for his son.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	3	And he sent his servants, to call them that were invited to the marriage; and they would not come.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	4	Again he sent other servants, saying: Tell them that were invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my calves and fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come ye to the marriage.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	5	But they neglected, and went their own ways, one to his farm, and another to his merchandise.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	6	And the rest laid hands on his servants, and having treated them contumeliously, put them to death.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	7	But when the king had heard of it, he was angry, and sending his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and burnt their city.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	8	Then he saith to his servants: The marriage indeed is ready; but they that were invited were not worthy.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	9	Go ye therefore into the highways; and as many as you shall find, call to the marriage.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	10	And his servants going forth into the ways, gathered together all that they found, both bad and good: and the marriage was filled with guests.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	11	And the king went in to see the guests: and he saw there a man who had not on a wedding garment.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	12	And he saith to him: Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? But he was silent.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	13	Then the king said to the waiters: Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	14	For many are called, but few are chosen.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	15	Then the Pharisees going, consulted among themselves how to insnare him in his speech.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	16	And they sent to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying: Master, we know that thou art a true speaker, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou dost not regard the person of men.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	17	Tell us therefore what dost thou think, is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	18	But Jesus knowing their wickedness, said: Why do you tempt me, ye hypocrites?
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	19	Shew me the coin of the tribute. And they offered him a penny.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	20	And Jesus saith to them: Whose image and inscription is this?
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	21	They say to him: Caesar's. Then he saith to them: Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and to God, the things that are God's.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	22	And hearing this they wondered, and leaving him, went their ways.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	23	That day there came to him the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and asked him,
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	24	Saying: Master, Moses said: If a man die having no son, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up issue to his brother.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	25	Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first having married a wife, died; and not having issue, left his wife to his brother.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	26	In like manner the second, and the third, and so on to the seventh.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	27	And last of all the woman died also.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	28	At the resurrection therefore whose wife of the seven shall she be? for they all had her.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	29	And Jesus answering, said to them: You err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	30	For in the resurrection they shall neither marry nor be married; but shall be as the angels of God in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	31	And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken by God, saying to you:
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	32	I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	33	And the multitudes hearing it, were in admiration at his doctrine.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	34	But the Pharisees hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, came together:
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	35	And one of them, a doctor of the law, asking him, tempting him:
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	36	Master, which is the greatest commandment in the law?
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	37	Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	38	This is the greatest and the first commandment.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	39	And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	40	On these two commandments dependeth the whole law and the prophets.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	41	And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus asked them,
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	42	Saying: What think you of Christ? whose son is he? They say to him: David's.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	43	He saith to them: How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying:
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	44	The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, until I make thy enemies thy footstool?
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	45	If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	46	And no man was able to answer him a word; neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	1	Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	2	Saying: The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of Moses.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	3	All things therefore whatsoever they shall say to you, observe and do: but according to their works do ye not; for they say, and do not.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	4	For they bind heavy and insupportable burdens, and lay them on men's shoulders; but with a finger of their own they will not move them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	5	And all their works they do for to be seen of men. For they make their phylacteries broad, and enlarge their fringes.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	6	And they love the first places at feasts, and the first chairs in the synagogues,
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	7	And salutations in the market place, and to be called by men, Rabbi.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	8	But be not you called Rabbi. For one is your master; and all you are brethren.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	9	And call none your father upon earth; for one is your father, who is in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	10	Neither be ye called masters; for one is your master, Christ.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	11	He that is the greatest among you shall be your servant.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	12	And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled: and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	13	But woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men, for you yourselves do not enter in; and those that are going in, you suffer not to enter.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	14	Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: because you devour the houses of widows, praying long prayers. For this you shall receive the greater judgment.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	15	Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you go round about the sea and the land to make one proselyte; and when he is made, you make him the child of hell twofold more than yourselves.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	16	Woe to you blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but he that shall swear by the gold of the temple, is a debtor.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	17	Ye foolish and blind; for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	18	And whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, is a debtor.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	19	Ye blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	20	He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things that are upon it:
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	21	And whosoever shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth in it:
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	22	And he that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	23	Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you tithe mint, and anise, and cummin, and have left the weightier things of the law; judgment, and mercy, and faith. These things you ought to have done, and not to leave those undone.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	24	Blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	25	Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within you are full of rapine and uncleanness.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	26	Thou blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside may become clean.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	27	Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you are like to whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear to men beautiful, but within are full of dead men's bones, and of all filthiness.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	28	So you also outwardly indeed appear to men just; but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	29	Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; that build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the just,
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	30	And say: If we had been in the days of our Fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	31	Wherefore you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are the sons of them that killed the prophets.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	32	Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	33	You serpents, generation of vipers, how will you flee from the judgment of hell?
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	34	Therefore behold I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them you will put to death and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	35	That upon you may come all the just blood that hath been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just, even unto the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachias, whom you killed between the temple and the altar.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	36	Amen I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	37	Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered together thy children, as the hen doth gather her chickens under her wings, and thou wouldest not?
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	38	Behold, your house shall be left to you, desolate.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	39	For I say to you, you shall not see me henceforth till you say: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	1	And Jesus being come out of the temple, went away. And his disciples came to shew him the buildings of the temple.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	2	And he answering, said to them: Do you see all these things? Amen I say to you there shall not be left here a stone upon a stone that shall not be destroyed.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	3	And when he was sitting on mount Olivet, the disciples came to him privately, saying: Tell us when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the consummation of the world?
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	4	And Jesus answering, said to them: Take heed that no man seduce you:
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	5	For many will come in my name saying, I am Christ: and they will seduce many.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	6	And you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that ye be not troubled. For these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	7	For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be pestilences, and famines, and earthquakes in places:
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	8	Now all these are the beginnings of sorrows.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	9	Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall put you to death: and you shall be hated by all nations for my name's sake.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	10	And then shall many be scandalized: and shall betray one another: and shall hate one another.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	11	And many false prophets shall rise, and shall seduce many.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	12	And because iniquity hath abounded, the charity of many shall grow cold.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	13	But he that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	14	And this gospel of the kingdom, shall be preached in the whole world, for a testimony to all nations, and then shall the consummation come.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	15	When therefore you shall see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place: he that readeth let him understand.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	16	Then they that are in Judea, let them flee to the mountains:
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	17	And he that is on the housetop, let him not come down to take any thing out of his house:
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	18	And he that is in the field, let him not go back to take his coat.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	19	And woe to them that are with child, and that give suck in those days.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	20	But pray that your flight be not in the winter, or on the sabbath.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	21	For there shall be then great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, neither shall be.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	22	And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh should be saved: but for the sake of the elect those days shall be shortened.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	23	Then if any man shall say to you: Lo here is Christ, or there, do not believe him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	24	For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if possible) even the elect.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	25	Behold I have told it to you, beforehand.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	26	If therefore they shall say to you: Behold he is in the desert, go ye not out: Behold he is in the closets, believe it not.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	27	For as lightning cometh out of the east, and appeareth even into the west: so shall the coming of the Son of man be.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	28	Wheresoever the body shall be, there shall the eagles also be gathered together.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	29	And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall be moved:
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	30	And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all tribes of the earth mourn: and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with much power and majesty.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	31	And he shall send his angels with a trumpet, and a great voice: and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the farthest parts of the heavens to the utmost bounds of them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	32	And from the fig tree learn a parable: When the branch thereof is now tender, and the leaves come forth, you know that summer is nigh.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	33	So you also, when you shall see all these things, know ye that it is nigh, even at the doors.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	34	Amen I say to you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	35	Heaven and earth shall pass, but my words shall not pass.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	36	But of that day and hour no one knoweth, not the angels of heaven, but the Father alone.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	37	And as in the days of Noe, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	38	For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, even till that day in which Noe entered into the ark,
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	39	And they knew not till the flood came, and took them all away; so also shall the coming of the Son of man be.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	40	Then two shall be in the field: one shall be taken, and one shall be left.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	41	Two women shall be grinding at the mill: one shall be taken, and one shall be left.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	42	Watch ye therefore, because ye know not what hour your Lord will come.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	43	But know this ye, that if the goodman of the house knew at what hour the thief would come, he would certainly watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken open.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	44	Wherefore be you also ready, because at what hour you know not the Son of man will come.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	45	Who, thinkest thou, is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath appointed over his family, to give them meat in season.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	46	Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come he shall find so doing.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	47	Amen I say to you, he shall place him over all his goods.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	48	But if that evil servant shall say in his heart: My lord is long a coming:
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	49	And shall begin to strike his fellow servants, and shall eat and drink with drunkards:
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	50	The lord of that servant shall come in a day that he hopeth not, and at an hour that he knoweth not:
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	51	And shall separate him, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	1	Then shall the kingdom of heaven be like to ten virgins, who taking their lamps went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	2	And five of them were foolish, and five wise.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	3	But the five foolish, having taken their lamps, did not take oil with them:
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	4	But the wise took oil in their vessels with the lamps.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	5	And the bridegroom tarrying, they all slumbered and slept.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	6	And at midnight there was a cry made: Behold the bridegroom cometh, go ye forth to meet him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	7	Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	8	And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	9	The wise answered, saying: Lest perhaps there be not enough for us and for you, go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	10	Now whilst they went to buy, the bridegroom came: and they that were ready, went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	11	But at last come also the other virgins, saying: Lord, Lord, open to us.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	12	But he answering said: Amen I say to you, I know you not.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	13	Watch ye therefore, because you know not the day nor the hour.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	14	For even as a man going into a far country, called his servants, and delivered to them his goods;
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	15	And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to every one according to his proper ability: and immediately he took his journey.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	16	And he that had received the five talents, went his way, and traded with the same, and gained other five.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	17	And in like manner he that had received the two, gained other two.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	18	But he that had received the one, going his way digged into the earth, and hid his lord's money.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	19	But after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reckoned with them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	20	And he that had received the five talents coming, brought other five talents, saying: Lord, thou didst deliver to me five talents, behold I have gained other five over and above.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	21	His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant, because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	22	And he also that had received the two talents came and said: Lord, thou deliveredst two talents to me: behold I have gained other two.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	23	His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant: because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	24	But he that had received the one talent, came and said: Lord, I know that thou art a hard man; thou reapest where thou hast not sown, and gatherest where thou hast not strewed.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	25	And being afraid I went and hid thy talent in the earth: behold here thou hast that which is thine.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	26	And his lord answering, said to him: Wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sow not, and gather where I have not strewed:
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	27	Thou oughtest therefore to have committed my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received my own with usury.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	28	Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him that hath ten talents.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	29	For to every one that hath shall be given, and he shall abound: but from him that hath not, that also which he seemeth to have shall be taken away.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	30	And the unprofitable servant cast ye out into the exterior darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	31	And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	32	And all nations shall be gathered together before him, and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats:
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	33	And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	34	Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	35	For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in:
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	36	Naked, and you covered me: sick, and you visited me: I was in prison, and you came to me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	37	Then shall the just answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, and fed thee; thirsty, and gave thee drink?
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	38	And when did we see thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and covered thee?
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	39	Or when did we see thee sick or in prison, and came to thee?
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	40	And the king answering, shall say to them: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	41	Then he shall say to them also that shall be on his left hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	42	For I was hungry, and you gave me not to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me not to drink.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	43	I was a stranger, and you took me not in: naked, and you covered me not: sick and in prison, and you did not visit me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	44	Then they also shall answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee?
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	45	Then he shall answer them, saying: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it not to one of these least, neither did you do it to me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	46	And these shall go into everlasting punishment: but the just, into life everlasting.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	1	And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended all these words, he said to his disciples:
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	2	You know that after two days shall be the pasch, and the son of man shall be delivered up to be crucified:
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	3	Then were gathered together the chief priests and ancients of the people into the court of the high priest, who was called Caiphas:
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	4	And they consulted together, that by subtilty they might apprehend Jesus, and put him to death.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	5	But they said: Not on the festival day, lest perhaps there should be a tumult among the people.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	6	And when Jesus was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper,
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	7	There came to him a woman having an alabaster box of precious ointment, and poured it on his head as he was at table.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	8	And the disciples seeing it, had indignation, saying: To what purpose is this waste?
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	9	For this might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	10	And Jesus knowing it, said to them: Why do you trouble this woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	11	For the poor you have always with you: but me you have not always.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	12	For she in pouring this ointment upon my body, hath done it for my burial.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	13	Amen I say to you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also which she hath done, shall be told for a memory of her.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	14	Then went one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, to the chief priests,
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	15	And said to them: What will you give me, and I will deliver him unto you? But they appointed him thirty pieces of silver.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	16	And from thenceforth he sought opportunity to betray him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	17	And on the first day of the Azymes, the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the pasch?
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	18	But Jesus said: Go ye into the city to a certain man, and say to him: the master saith, My time is near at hand, with thee I make the pasch with my disciples.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	19	And the disciples did as Jesus appointed to them, and they prepared the pasch.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	20	But when it was evening, he sat down with his twelve disciples.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	21	And whilst they were eating, he said: Amen I say to you, that one of you is about to betray me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	22	And they being very much troubled, began every one to say: Is it I, Lord?
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	23	But he answering, said: He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, he shall betray me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	24	The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man shall be betrayed: it were better for him, if that man had not been born.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	25	And Judas that betrayed him, answering, said: Is it I, Rabbi? He saith to him: Thou hast said it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	26	And whilst they were at supper, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke: and gave to his disciples, and said: Take ye, and eat. This is my body.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	27	And taking the chalice, he gave thanks, and gave to them, saying: Drink ye all of this.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	28	For this is my blood of the new testament, which shall be shed for many unto remission of sins.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	29	And I say to you, I will not drink from henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I shall drink it with you new in the kingdom of my Father.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	30	And a hymn being said, they went out unto mount Olivet.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	31	Then Jesus said to them: All you shall be scandalized in me this night. For it is written: I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be dispersed.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	32	But after I shall be risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	33	And Peter answering, said to him: Although all shall be scandalized in thee, I will never be scandalized.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	34	Jesus said to him: Amen I say to thee, that in this night before the cock crow, thou wilt deny me thrice.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	35	Peter saith to him: Yea, though I should die with thee, I will not deny thee. And in like manner said all the disciples.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	36	Then Jesus came with them into a country place which is called Gethsemani; and he said to his disciples: Sit you here, till I go yonder and pray.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	37	And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to grow sorrowful and to be sad.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	38	Then he saith to them: My soul is sorrowful even unto death: stay you here, and watch with me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	39	And going a little further, he fell upon his face, praying, and saying: My Father, if it be possible, let this chalice pass from me. Nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	40	And he cometh to his disciples, and findeth them asleep, and he saith to Peter: What? Could you not watch one hour with me?
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	41	Watch ye, and pray that ye enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh weak.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	42	Again the second time, he went and prayed, saying: My Father, if this chalice may not pass away, but I must drink it, thy will be done.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	43	And he cometh again and findeth them sleeping: for their eyes were heavy.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	44	And leaving them, he went again: and he prayed the third time, saying the selfsame word.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	45	Then he cometh to his disciples, and saith to them: Sleep ye now and take your rest; behold the hour is at hand, and the Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of sinners.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	46	Rise, let us go: behold he is at hand that will betray me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	47	As he yet spoke, behold Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the ancients of the people.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	48	And he that betrayed him, gave them a sign, saying: Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he, hold him fast.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	49	And forthwith coming to Jesus, he said: Hail, Rabbi. And he kissed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	50	And Jesus said to him: Friend, whereto art thou come? Then they came up, and laid hands on Jesus, and held him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	51	And behold one of them that were with Jesus, stretching forth his hand, drew out his sword: and striking the servant of the high priest, cut off his ear.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	52	Then Jesus saith to him: Put up again thy sword into its place: for all that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	53	Thinkest thou that I cannot ask my Father, and he will give me presently more than twelve legions of angels?
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	54	How then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that so it must be done?
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	55	In that same hour Jesus said to the multitudes: You are come out as it were to a robber with swords and clubs to apprehend me. I sat daily with you, teaching in the temple, and you laid not hands on me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	56	Now all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then the disciples all leaving him, fled.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	57	But they holding Jesus led him to Caiphas the high priest, where the scribes and the ancients were assembled.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	58	And Peter followed him afar off, even to the court of the high priest. And going in, he sat with the servants, that he might see the end.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	59	And the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death:
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	60	And they found not, whereas many false witnesses had come in. And last of all there came two false witnesses:
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	61	And they said: This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and after three days to rebuild it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	62	And the high priest rising up, said to him: Answerest thou nothing to the things which these witness against thee?
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	63	But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said to him: I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou be the Christ the Son of God.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	64	Jesus saith to him: Thou hast said it. Nevertheless I say to you, hereafter you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the power of God, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	65	Then the high priest rent his garments, saying: He hath blasphemed; what further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now you have heard the blasphemy:
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	66	What think you? But they answering, said: He is guilty of death.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	67	Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him: and others struck his face with the palms of their hands,
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	68	Saying: Prophesy unto us, O Christ, who is he that struck thee?
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	69	But Peter sat without in the court: and there came to him a servant maid, saying: Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilean.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	70	But he denied before them all, saying: I know not what thou sayest.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	71	And as he went out of the gate, another maid saw him, and she saith to them that were there: This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	72	And again he denied with an oath, I know not the man.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	73	And after a little while they came that stood by, and said to Peter: Surely thou also art one of them; for even thy speech doth discover thee.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	74	Then he began to curse and to swear that he knew not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	75	And Peter remembered the word of Jesus which he had said: Before the cock crow, thou wilt deny me thrice. And going forth, he wept bitterly.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	1	And when morning was come, all the chief priests and ancients of the people took counsel against Jesus, that they might put him to death.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	2	And they brought him bound, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	3	Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that he was condemned, repenting himself, brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and ancients,
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	4	Saying: I have sinned in betraying innocent blood. But they said: What is that to us? look thou to it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	5	And casting down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed: and went and hanged himself with an halter.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	6	But the chief priests having taken the pieces of silver, said: It is not lawful to put them into the corbona, because it is the price of blood.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	7	And after they had consulted together, they bought with them the potter's field, to be a burying place for strangers.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	8	For this cause the field was called Haceldama, that is, The field of blood, even to this day.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	9	Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet, saying: And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was prized, whom they prized of the children of Israel.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	10	And they gave them unto the potter's field, as the Lord appointed to me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	11	And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, saying: Art thou the king of the Jews? Jesus saith to him: Thou sayest it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	12	And when he was accused by the chief priests and ancients, he answered nothing.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	13	Then Pilate saith to him: Dost not thou hear how great testimonies they allege against thee?
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	14	And he answered him to never a word; so that the governor wondered exceedingly.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	15	Now upon the solemn day the governor was accustomed to release to the people one prisoner, whom they would.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	16	And he had then a notorious prisoner, that was called Barabbas.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	17	They therefore being gathered together, Pilate said: Whom will you that I release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus that is called Christ?
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	18	For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	19	And as he was sitting in the place of judgment, his wife sent to him, saying: Have thou nothing to do with that just man; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	20	But the chief priests and ancients persuaded the people, that they should ask for Barabbas, and take Jesus away.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	21	And the governor answering, said to them: Whether will you of the two to be released unto you? But they said, Barabbas.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	22	Pilate saith to them: What shall I do then with Jesus that is called Christ? They say all: Let him be crucified.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	23	The governor said to them: Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying: Let him be crucified.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	24	And Pilate seeing that he prevailed nothing, but that rather a tumult was made; taking water washed his hands before the people, saying: I am innocent of the blood of this just man; look you to it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	25	And the whole people answering, said: His blood be upon us and our children.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	26	Then he released to them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him unto them to be crucified.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	27	Then the soldiers of the governor taking Jesus into the hall, gathered together unto him the whole band;
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	28	And stripping him, they put a scarlet cloak about him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	29	And platting a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand. And bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying: Hail, king of the Jews.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	30	And spitting upon him, they took the reed, and struck his head.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	31	And after they had mocked him, they took off the cloak from him, and put on him his own garments, and led him away to crucify him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	32	And going out, they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon: him they forced to take up his cross.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	33	And they came to the place that is called Golgotha, which is the place of Calvary.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	34	And they gave him wine to drink mingled with gall. And when he had tasted, he would not drink.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	35	And after they had crucified him, they divided his garments, casting lots; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: They divided my garments among them; and upon my vesture they cast lots.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	36	And they sat and watched him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	37	And they put over his head his cause written: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	38	Then were crucified with him two thieves: one on the right hand, and one on the left.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	39	And they that passed by, blasphemed him, wagging their heads,
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	40	And saying: Vah, thou that destroyest the temple of God, and in three days dost rebuild it: save thy own self: if thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	41	In like manner also the chief priests, with the scribes and ancients, mocking, said:
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	42	He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the king of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	43	He trusted in God; let him now deliver him if he will have him; for he said: I am the Son of God.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	44	And the selfsame thing the thieves also, that were crucified with him, reproached him with.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	45	Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over the whole earth, until the ninth hour.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	46	And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying: Eli, Eli, lamma sabacthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	47	And some that stood there and heard, said: This man calleth Elias.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	48	And immediately one of them running took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar; and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	49	And the others said: Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to deliver him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	50	And Jesus again crying with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	51	And behold the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top even to the bottom, and the earth quaked, and the rocks were rent.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	52	And the graves were opened: and many bodies of the saints that had slept arose,
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	53	And coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, came into the holy city, and appeared to many.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	54	Now the centurion and they that were with him watching Jesus, having seen the earthquake, and the things that were done, were sore afraid, saying: Indeed this was the Son of God.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	55	And there were there many women afar off, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	56	Among whom was Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	57	And when it was evening, there came a certain rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	58	He went to Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded that the body should be delivered.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	59	And Joseph taking the body, wrapped it up in a clean linen cloth.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	60	And laid it in his own new monument, which he had hewed out in a rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the monument, and went his way.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	61	And there was there Mary Magdalen, and the other Mary sitting over against the sepulchre.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	62	And the next day, which followed the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate,
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	63	Saying: Sir, we have remembered, that that seducer said, while he was yet alive: After three days I will rise again.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	64	Command therefore the sepulchre to be guarded until the third day: lest perhaps his disciples come and steal him away, and say to the people: He is risen from the dead; and the last error shall be worse than the first.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	65	Pilate saith to them: You have a guard; go, guard it as you know.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	66	And they departing, made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting guards.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	1	And in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalen and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	2	And behold there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and coming, rolled back the stone, and sat upon it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	3	And his countenance was as lightning, and his raiment as snow.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	4	And for fear of him, the guards were struck with terror, and became as dead men.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	5	And the angel answering, said to the women: Fear not you; for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	6	He is not here, for he is risen, as he said. Come, and see the place where the Lord was laid.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	7	And going quickly, tell ye his disciples that he is risen: and behold he will go before you into Galilee; there you shall see him. Lo, I have foretold it to you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	8	And they went out quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy, running to tell his disciples.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	9	And behold Jesus met them, saying: All hail. But they came up and took hold of his feet, and adored him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	10	Then Jesus said to them: Fear not. Go, tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, there they shall see me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	11	Who when they were departed, behold some of the guards came into the city, and told the chief priests all things that had been done.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	12	And they being assembled together with the ancients, taking counsel, gave a great sum of money to the soldiers,
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	13	Saying: Say you, His disciples came by night, and stole him away when we were asleep.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	14	And if the governor shall hear this, we will persuade him, and secure you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	15	So they taking the money, did as they were taught: and this word was spread abroad among the Jews even unto this day.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	16	And the eleven disciples went into Galilee, unto the mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	17	And seeing him they adored: but some doubted.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	18	And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	19	Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	20	Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.
 Mark	Mk	48	1	1	The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
 Mark	Mk	48	1	2	As it is written in Isaias the prophet: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare the way before thee.
 Mark	Mk	48	1	3	A voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.
@@ -34063,110 +34063,110 @@ Ephesians	Eph	56	6	21	But that you also may know the things that concern me, and
 Ephesians	Eph	56	6	22	Whom I have sent to you for this same purpose, that you may know the things concerning us, and that he may comfort your hearts.
 Ephesians	Eph	56	6	23	Peace be to the brethren and charity with faith, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
 Ephesians	Eph	56	6	24	Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruption. Amen.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	1	Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ; to all the saints in Christ Jesus, who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	2	Grace be unto you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	3	I give thanks to my God in every remembrance of you,
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	4	Always in all my prayers making supplication for you all, with joy;
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	5	For your communication in the gospel of Christ from the first day until now.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	6	Being confident of this very thing, that he, who hath begun a good work in you, will perfect it unto the day of Christ Jesus.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	7	As it is meet for me to think this for you all, for that I have you in my heart; and that in my bands, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of my joy.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	8	For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	9	And this I pray, that your charity may more and more abound in knowledge, and in all understanding:
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	10	That you may approve the better things, that you may be sincere and without offence unto the day of Christ,
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	11	Filled with the fruit of justice, through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	12	Now, brethren, I desire you should know, that the things which have happened to me, have fallen out rather to the furtherance of the gospel:
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	13	So that my bands are made manifest in Christ, in all the court, and in all other places;
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	14	And many of the brethren in the Lord, growing confident by my bands, are much more bold to speak the word of God without fear.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	15	Some indeed, even out of envy and contention; but some also for good will preach Christ.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	16	Some out of charity, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	17	And some out of contention preach Christ not sincerely: supposing that they raise affliction to my bands.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	18	But what then? So that by all means, whether by occasion, or by truth, Christ be preached: in this also I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	19	For I know that this shall fall out to me unto salvation, through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	20	According to my expectation and hope; that in nothing I shall be confounded, but with all confidence, as always, so now also shall Christ be magnified in my body, wither it be by life, or by death.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	21	For to me, to live is Christ; and to die is gain.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	22	And if to live in the flesh, this is to me the fruit of labour, and what I shall choose I know not.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	23	But I am straitened between two: having a desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ, a thing by far the better.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	24	But to abide still in the flesh, is needful for you.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	25	And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide, and continue with you all, for your furtherance and joy of faith:
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	26	That your rejoicing may abound in Christ Jesus for me, by my coming to you again.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	27	Only let your conversation be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you, or, being absent, may hear of you, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind labouring together for the faith of the gospel.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	28	And in nothing be ye terrified by the adversaries: which to them is a cause of perdition, but to you of salvation, and this from God:
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	29	For unto you it is given for Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	30	Having the same conflict as that which you have seen in me, and now have heard of me.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	1	If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of charity, if any society of the spirit, if any bowels of commiseration:
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	2	Fulfill ye my joy, that you may be of one mind, having the same charity, being of one accord, agreeing in sentiment.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	3	Let nothing be done through contention, neither by vain glory: but in humility, let each esteem others better than themselves:
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	4	Each one not considering the things that are his own, but those that are other men's.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	5	For let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	6	Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	7	But emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men, and in habit found as a man.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	8	He humbled himself, becoming obedient unto death, even to the death of the cross.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	9	For which cause God also hath exalted him, and hath given him a name which is above all names:
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	10	That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those that are in heaven, on earth, and under the earth:
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	11	And that every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	12	Wherefore, my dearly beloved, (as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but much more now in my absence,) with fear and trembling work out your salvation.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	13	For it is God who worketh in you, both to will and to accomplish, according to his good will.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	14	And do ye all things without murmurings and hesitations;
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	15	That you may be blameless, and sincere children of God, without reproof, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation; among whom you shine as lights in the world.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	16	Holding forth the word of life to my glory in the day of Christ, because I have not run in vain, nor laboured in vain.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	17	Yea, and if I be made a victim upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and congratulate with you all.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	18	And for the selfsame thing do you also rejoice, and congratulate with me.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	19	And I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy unto you shortly, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know the things concerning you.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	20	For I have no man so of the same mind, who with sincere affection is solicitous for you.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	21	For all seek the things that are their own; not the things that are Jesus Christ's.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	22	Now know ye the proof of him, that as a son with the father, so hath he served with me in the gospel.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	23	Him therefore I hope to send unto you immediately, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	24	And I trust in the Lord, that I myself also shall come to you shortly.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	25	But I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow labourer, and fellow soldier, but your apostle, and he that hath ministered to my wants.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	26	For indeed he longed after you all: and was sad, for that you had heard that he was sick.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	27	For indeed he was sick, nigh unto death; but God had mercy on him; and not only on him, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	28	Therefore I sent him the more speedily: that seeing him again, you may rejoice, and I may be without sorrow.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	29	Receive him therefore with all joy in the Lord; and treat with honour such as he is.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	30	Because for the work of Christ he came to the point of death: delivering his life, that he might fulfill that which on your part was wanting towards my service.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	1	As to the rest, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not wearisome, but to you it is necessary.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	2	Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	3	For we are the circumcision, who in spirit serve God; and glory in Christ Jesus, not having confidence in the flesh.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	4	Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other thinketh he may have confidence in the flesh, I more,
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	5	Being circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; according to the law, a Pharisee:
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	6	According to zeal, persecuting the church of God; according to the justice that is in the law, conversing without blame.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	7	But the things that were gain to me, the same I have counted loss for Christ.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	8	Furthermore I count all things to be but loss for the excellent knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord; for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but as dung, that I may gain Christ:
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	9	And may be found in him, not having my justice, which is of the law, but that which is of the faith of Christ Jesus, which is of God, justice in faith:
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	10	That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to his death,
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	11	If by any means I may attain to the resurrection which is from the dead.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	12	Not as though I had already attained, or were already perfect; but I follow after, if I may by any means apprehend, wherein I am also apprehended by Christ Jesus.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	13	Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended. But one thing I do: forgetting the things that are behind, and stretching forth myself to those that are before,
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	14	I press towards the mark, to the prize of the supernal vocation of God in Christ Jesus.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	15	Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded; and if in any thing you be otherwise minded, this also God will reveal to you.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	16	Nevertheless whereunto we are come, that we be of the same mind, let us also continue in the same rule.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	17	Be ye followers of me, brethren, and observe them who walk so as you have our model.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	18	For many walk, of whom I have told you often (and now tell you weeping), that they are enemies of the cross of Christ;
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	19	Whose end is destruction; whose God is their belly; and whose glory is in their shame; who mind earthly things.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	20	But our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ,
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	21	Who will reform the body of our lowness, made like to the body of his glory, according to the operation whereby also he is able to subdue all things unto himself.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	1	Therefore, my dearly beloved brethren, and most desired, my joy and my crown; so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	2	I beg of Evodia, and I beseech Syntyche, to be of one mind in the Lord.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	3	And I entreat thee also, my sincere companion, help those women who have laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement and the rest of my fellow labourers, whose names are in the book of life.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	4	Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I say, rejoice.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	5	Let your modesty be known to all men. The Lord is nigh.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	6	Be nothing solicitous; but in every thing, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	7	And the peace of God, which surpasseth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	8	For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever modest, whatsoever just, whatsoever holy, whatsoever lovely, whatsoever of good fame, if there be any virtue, if any praise of discipline, think on these things.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	9	The things which you have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, these do ye, and the God of peace shall be with you.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	10	Now I rejoice in the Lord exceedingly, that now at length your thought for me hath flourished again, as you did also think; but you were busied.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	11	I speak not as it were for want. For I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, to be content therewith.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	12	I know both how to be brought low, and I know how to abound: (everywhere, and in all things I am instructed) both to be full, and to be hungry; both to abound, and to suffer need.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	13	I can do all these things in him who strengtheneth me.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	14	Nevertheless you have done well in communicating to my tribulation.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	15	And you also know, O Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but you only:
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	16	For unto Thessalonica also you sent once and again for my use.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	17	Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that may abound to your account.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	18	But I have all, and abound: I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things you sent, an odour of sweetness, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	19	And may my God supply all your want, according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	20	Now to God and our Father be glory world without end. Amen.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	21	Salute ye every saint in Christ Jesus.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	22	The brethren who are with me, salute you. All the saints salute you; especially they that are of Caesar's household.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	23	The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	1	Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ; to all the saints in Christ Jesus, who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	2	Grace be unto you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	3	I give thanks to my God in every remembrance of you,
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	4	Always in all my prayers making supplication for you all, with joy;
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	5	For your communication in the gospel of Christ from the first day until now.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	6	Being confident of this very thing, that he, who hath begun a good work in you, will perfect it unto the day of Christ Jesus.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	7	As it is meet for me to think this for you all, for that I have you in my heart; and that in my bands, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of my joy.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	8	For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	9	And this I pray, that your charity may more and more abound in knowledge, and in all understanding:
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	10	That you may approve the better things, that you may be sincere and without offence unto the day of Christ,
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	11	Filled with the fruit of justice, through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	12	Now, brethren, I desire you should know, that the things which have happened to me, have fallen out rather to the furtherance of the gospel:
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	13	So that my bands are made manifest in Christ, in all the court, and in all other places;
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	14	And many of the brethren in the Lord, growing confident by my bands, are much more bold to speak the word of God without fear.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	15	Some indeed, even out of envy and contention; but some also for good will preach Christ.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	16	Some out of charity, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	17	And some out of contention preach Christ not sincerely: supposing that they raise affliction to my bands.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	18	But what then? So that by all means, whether by occasion, or by truth, Christ be preached: in this also I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	19	For I know that this shall fall out to me unto salvation, through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	20	According to my expectation and hope; that in nothing I shall be confounded, but with all confidence, as always, so now also shall Christ be magnified in my body, wither it be by life, or by death.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	21	For to me, to live is Christ; and to die is gain.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	22	And if to live in the flesh, this is to me the fruit of labour, and what I shall choose I know not.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	23	But I am straitened between two: having a desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ, a thing by far the better.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	24	But to abide still in the flesh, is needful for you.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	25	And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide, and continue with you all, for your furtherance and joy of faith:
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	26	That your rejoicing may abound in Christ Jesus for me, by my coming to you again.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	27	Only let your conversation be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you, or, being absent, may hear of you, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind labouring together for the faith of the gospel.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	28	And in nothing be ye terrified by the adversaries: which to them is a cause of perdition, but to you of salvation, and this from God:
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	29	For unto you it is given for Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	30	Having the same conflict as that which you have seen in me, and now have heard of me.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	1	If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of charity, if any society of the spirit, if any bowels of commiseration:
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	2	Fulfill ye my joy, that you may be of one mind, having the same charity, being of one accord, agreeing in sentiment.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	3	Let nothing be done through contention, neither by vain glory: but in humility, let each esteem others better than themselves:
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	4	Each one not considering the things that are his own, but those that are other men's.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	5	For let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	6	Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	7	But emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men, and in habit found as a man.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	8	He humbled himself, becoming obedient unto death, even to the death of the cross.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	9	For which cause God also hath exalted him, and hath given him a name which is above all names:
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	10	That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those that are in heaven, on earth, and under the earth:
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	11	And that every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	12	Wherefore, my dearly beloved, (as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but much more now in my absence,) with fear and trembling work out your salvation.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	13	For it is God who worketh in you, both to will and to accomplish, according to his good will.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	14	And do ye all things without murmurings and hesitations;
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	15	That you may be blameless, and sincere children of God, without reproof, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation; among whom you shine as lights in the world.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	16	Holding forth the word of life to my glory in the day of Christ, because I have not run in vain, nor laboured in vain.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	17	Yea, and if I be made a victim upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and congratulate with you all.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	18	And for the selfsame thing do you also rejoice, and congratulate with me.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	19	And I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy unto you shortly, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know the things concerning you.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	20	For I have no man so of the same mind, who with sincere affection is solicitous for you.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	21	For all seek the things that are their own; not the things that are Jesus Christ's.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	22	Now know ye the proof of him, that as a son with the father, so hath he served with me in the gospel.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	23	Him therefore I hope to send unto you immediately, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	24	And I trust in the Lord, that I myself also shall come to you shortly.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	25	But I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow labourer, and fellow soldier, but your apostle, and he that hath ministered to my wants.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	26	For indeed he longed after you all: and was sad, for that you had heard that he was sick.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	27	For indeed he was sick, nigh unto death; but God had mercy on him; and not only on him, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	28	Therefore I sent him the more speedily: that seeing him again, you may rejoice, and I may be without sorrow.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	29	Receive him therefore with all joy in the Lord; and treat with honour such as he is.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	30	Because for the work of Christ he came to the point of death: delivering his life, that he might fulfill that which on your part was wanting towards my service.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	1	As to the rest, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not wearisome, but to you it is necessary.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	2	Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	3	For we are the circumcision, who in spirit serve God; and glory in Christ Jesus, not having confidence in the flesh.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	4	Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other thinketh he may have confidence in the flesh, I more,
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	5	Being circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; according to the law, a Pharisee:
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	6	According to zeal, persecuting the church of God; according to the justice that is in the law, conversing without blame.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	7	But the things that were gain to me, the same I have counted loss for Christ.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	8	Furthermore I count all things to be but loss for the excellent knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord; for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but as dung, that I may gain Christ:
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	9	And may be found in him, not having my justice, which is of the law, but that which is of the faith of Christ Jesus, which is of God, justice in faith:
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	10	That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to his death,
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	11	If by any means I may attain to the resurrection which is from the dead.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	12	Not as though I had already attained, or were already perfect; but I follow after, if I may by any means apprehend, wherein I am also apprehended by Christ Jesus.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	13	Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended. But one thing I do: forgetting the things that are behind, and stretching forth myself to those that are before,
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	14	I press towards the mark, to the prize of the supernal vocation of God in Christ Jesus.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	15	Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded; and if in any thing you be otherwise minded, this also God will reveal to you.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	16	Nevertheless whereunto we are come, that we be of the same mind, let us also continue in the same rule.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	17	Be ye followers of me, brethren, and observe them who walk so as you have our model.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	18	For many walk, of whom I have told you often (and now tell you weeping), that they are enemies of the cross of Christ;
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	19	Whose end is destruction; whose God is their belly; and whose glory is in their shame; who mind earthly things.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	20	But our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ,
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	21	Who will reform the body of our lowness, made like to the body of his glory, according to the operation whereby also he is able to subdue all things unto himself.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	1	Therefore, my dearly beloved brethren, and most desired, my joy and my crown; so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	2	I beg of Evodia, and I beseech Syntyche, to be of one mind in the Lord.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	3	And I entreat thee also, my sincere companion, help those women who have laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement and the rest of my fellow labourers, whose names are in the book of life.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	4	Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I say, rejoice.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	5	Let your modesty be known to all men. The Lord is nigh.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	6	Be nothing solicitous; but in every thing, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	7	And the peace of God, which surpasseth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	8	For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever modest, whatsoever just, whatsoever holy, whatsoever lovely, whatsoever of good fame, if there be any virtue, if any praise of discipline, think on these things.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	9	The things which you have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, these do ye, and the God of peace shall be with you.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	10	Now I rejoice in the Lord exceedingly, that now at length your thought for me hath flourished again, as you did also think; but you were busied.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	11	I speak not as it were for want. For I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, to be content therewith.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	12	I know both how to be brought low, and I know how to abound: (everywhere, and in all things I am instructed) both to be full, and to be hungry; both to abound, and to suffer need.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	13	I can do all these things in him who strengtheneth me.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	14	Nevertheless you have done well in communicating to my tribulation.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	15	And you also know, O Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but you only:
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	16	For unto Thessalonica also you sent once and again for my use.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	17	Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that may abound to your account.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	18	But I have all, and abound: I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things you sent, an odour of sweetness, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	19	And may my God supply all your want, according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	20	Now to God and our Father be glory world without end. Amen.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	21	Salute ye every saint in Christ Jesus.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	22	The brethren who are with me, salute you. All the saints salute you; especially they that are of Caesar's household.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	23	The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
 Colossians	Col	58	1	1	Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, and Timothy, a brother,
 Colossians	Col	58	1	2	To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ Jesus, who are at Colossa.
 Colossians	Col	58	1	3	Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. We give thanks to God, and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you.
@@ -34262,140 +34262,140 @@ Colossians	Col	58	4	15	Salute the brethren who are at Laodicea, and Nymphas, and
 Colossians	Col	58	4	16	And when this epistle shall have been read with you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans: and that you read that which is of the Laodiceans.
 Colossians	Col	58	4	17	And say to Archippus: Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfill it.
 Colossians	Col	58	4	18	The salutation of Paul with my own hand. Be mindful of my bands. Grace be with you. Amen.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	1	1	Paul and Sylvanus and Timothy: to the church of the Thessalonians, in God the Father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	1	2	Grace be to you and peace. We give thanks to God always for you all; making a remembrance of you in our prayers without ceasing,
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	1	3	Being mindful of the work of your faith, and labour, and charity, and of the enduring of the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ before God and our Father:
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	1	4	Knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election:
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	1	5	For our gospel hath not been unto you in word only, but in power also, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much fulness, as you know what manner of men we have been among you for your sakes.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	1	6	And you became followers of us, and of the Lord; receiving the word in much tribulation, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	1	7	So that you were made a pattern to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	1	8	For from you was spread abroad the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia, and in Achaia, but also in every place, your faith which is towards God, is gone forth, so that we need not to speak any thing.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	1	9	For they themselves relate of us, what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	1	10	And to wait for his Son from heaven (whom he raised up from the dead,) Jesus, who hath delivered us from the wrath to come.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	2	1	For yourselves know, brethren, our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	2	2	But having suffered many things before, and been shamefully treated (as you know) at Philippi, we had confidence in our God, to speak unto you the gospel of God in much carefulness.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	2	3	For our exhortation was not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deceit:
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	2	4	But as we were approved by God that the gospel should be committed to us: even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who proveth our hearts.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	2	5	For neither have we used, at any time, the speech of flattery, as you know; nor taken an occasion of covetousness, God is witness:
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	2	6	Nor sought we glory of men, neither of you, nor of others.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	2	7	Whereas we might have been burdensome to you, as the apostles of Christ: but we became little ones in the midst of you, as if a nurse should cherish her children:
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	2	8	So desirous of you, we would gladly impart unto you not only the gospel of God, but also our own souls: because you were become most dear unto us.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	2	9	For you remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, lest we should be chargeable to any of you, we preached among you the gospel of God.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	2	10	You are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and justly, and without blame, we have been to you that have believed:
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	2	11	As you know in what manner, entreating and comforting you, (as a father doth his children,)
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	2	12	We testified to every one of you, that you would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	2	13	Therefore, we also give thanks to God without ceasing: because, that when you had received of us the word of the hearing of God, you received it not as the word of men, but (as it is indeed) the word of God, who worketh in you that have believed.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	2	14	For you, brethren, are become followers of the churches of God which are in Judea, in Christ Jesus: for you also have suffered the same things from your own coutrymen, even as they have from the Jews,
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	2	15	Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and the prophets, and have persecuted us, and please not God, and are adversaries to all men;
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	2	16	Prohibiting us to speak to the Gentiles, that they may be saved, to fill up their sins always: for the wrath of God is come upon them to the end.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	2	17	But we, brethren, being taken away from you for a short time, in sight, not in heart, have hastened the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	2	18	For we would have come unto you, I Paul indeed, once and again: but Satan hath hindered us.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	2	19	For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glory? Are not you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	2	20	For you are our glory and joy.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	3	1	For which cause, forbearing no longer, we thought it good to remain at Athens alone:
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	3	2	And we sent Timothy, our brother, and the minister of God in the gospel of Christ, to confirm you and exhort you concerning your faith:
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	3	3	That no man should be moved in these tribulations: for yourselves know, that we are appointed thereunto.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	3	4	For even when we were with you, we foretold you that we should suffer tribulations, as also it is come to pass, and you know.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	3	5	For this cause also, I, forbearing no longer, sent to know your faith: lest perhaps he that tempteth should have tempted you, and our labour should be made vain.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	3	6	But now when Timothy came to us from you, and related to us your faith and charity, and that you have a good remembrance of us always, desiring to see us as we also to see you;
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	3	7	Therefore we were comforted, brethren, in you, in all our necessity and tribulation, by your faith,
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	3	8	Because now we live, if you stand in the Lord.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	3	9	For what thanks can we return to God for you, in all the joy wherewith we rejoice for you before our God,
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	3	10	Night and day more abundantly praying that we may see your face, and may accomplish those things that are wanting to your faith?
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	3	11	Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	3	12	And may the Lord multiply you, and make you abound in charity towards one another, and towards all men: as we do also towards you,
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	3	13	To confirm your hearts without blame, in holiness, before God and our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, with all his saints. Amen.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	4	1	For the rest therefore, brethren, we pray and beseech you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us, how you ought to walk, and to please God, so also you would walk, that you may abound the more.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	4	2	For you know what precepts I have given to you by the Lord Jesus.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	4	3	For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that you should abstain from fornication;
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	4	4	That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour:
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	4	5	Not in the passion of lust, like the Gentiles that know not God:
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	4	6	And that no man overreach, nor circumvent his brother in business: because the Lord is the avenger of all these things, as we have told you before, and have testified.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	4	7	For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto sanctification.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	4	8	Therefore, he that despiseth these things, despiseth not man, but God, who also hath given his holy Spirit in us.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	4	9	But as touching the charity of brotherhood, we have no need to write to you: for yourselves have learned of God to love one another.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	4	10	For indeed you do it towards all the brethren in all Macedonia. But we entreat you, brethren, that you abound more:
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	4	11	And that you use your endeavour to be quiet, and that you do your own business, and work with your own hands, as we commanded you: and that you walk honestly towards them that are without; and that you want nothing of any man's.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	4	12	And we will not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are asleep, that you be not sorrowful, even as others who have no hope.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	4	13	For if we believe that Jesus died, and rose again; even so them who have slept through Jesus, will God bring with him.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	4	14	For this we say unto you in the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who remain unto the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent them who have slept.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	4	15	For the Lord himself shall come down from heaven with commandment, and with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead who are in Christ, shall rise first.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	4	16	Then we who are alive, who are left, shall be taken up together with them in the clouds to meet Christ, into the air, and so shall we be always with the Lord.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	4	17	Wherefore, comfort ye one another with these words.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	1	But of the times and moments, brethren, you need not, that we should write to you;
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	2	For yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord shall so come, as a thief in the night.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	3	For when they shall say, peace and security; then shall sudden destruction come upon them, as the pains upon her that is with child, and they shall not escape.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	4	But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	5	For all you are the children of light, and children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	6	Therefore, let us not sleep, as others do; but let us watch, and be sober.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	7	For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that are drunk, are drunk in the night.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	8	But let us, who are of the day, be sober, having on the breastplate of faith and charity, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	9	For God hath not appointed us unto wrath, but unto the purchasing of salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	10	Who died for us; that, whether we watch or sleep, we may live together with him.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	11	For which cause comfort one another; and edify one another, as you also do.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	12	And we beseech you, brethren, to know them who labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you:
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	13	That you esteem them more abundantly in charity, for their work's sake. Have peace with them.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	14	And we beseech you, brethren, rebuke the unquiet, comfort the feeble minded, support the weak, be patient towards all men.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	15	See that none render evil for evil to any man; but ever follow that which is good towards each other, and towards all men.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	16	Always rejoice.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	17	Pray without ceasing.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	18	In all things give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you all.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	19	Extinguish not the spirit.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	20	Despise not prophecies.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	21	But prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	22	From all appearance of evil refrain yourselves.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	23	And may the God of peace himself sanctify you in all things; that your whole spirit, and soul, and body, may be preserved blameless in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	24	He is faithful who hath called you, who also will do it.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	25	Brethren, pray for us.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	26	Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	27	I charge you by the Lord, that this epistle be read to all the holy brethren.
-1 Thessalonians	1Th	59	5	28	The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	1	1	Paul, and Sylvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	1	2	Grace unto you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	1	3	We are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you towards each other, aboundeth:
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	1	4	So that we ourselves also glory in you in the churches of God, for your patience and faith, and in all your persecutions and tribulations, which you endure,
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	1	5	For an example of the just judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which also you suffer.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	1	6	Seeing it is a just thing with God to repay tribulation to them that trouble you:
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	1	7	And to you who are troubled, rest with us when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven, with the angels of his power:
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	1	8	In a flame of fire, giving vengeance to them who know not God, and who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	1	9	Who shall suffer eternal punishment in destruction, from the face of the Lord, and from the glory of his power:
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	1	10	When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be made wonderful in all them who have believed; because our testimony was believed upon you in that day.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	1	11	Wherefore also we pray always for you; that our God would make you worthy of his vocation, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness and the work of faith in power;
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	1	12	That the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	2	1	And we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of our gathering together unto him:
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	2	2	That you be not easily moved from your sense, nor be terrified, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by epistle, as sent from us, as if the day of the Lord were at hand.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	2	3	Let no man deceive you by any means, for unless there come a revolt first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	2	4	Who opposeth, and is lifted up above all that is called God, or that is worshipped, so that he sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself as if he were God.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	2	5	Remember you not, that when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	2	6	And now you know what withholdeth, that he may be revealed in his time.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	2	7	For the mystery of iniquity already worketh; only that he who now holdeth, do hold, until he be taken out of the way.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	2	8	And then that wicked one shall be revealed whom the Lord Jesus shall kill with the spirit of his mouth; and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming, him,
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	2	9	Whose coming is according to the working of Satan, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders,
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	2	10	And in all seduction of iniquity to them that perish; because they receive not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. Therefore God shall send them the operation of error, to believe lying:
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	2	11	That all may be judged who have not believed the truth, but have consented to iniquity.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	2	12	But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved of God, for that God hath chosen you firstfruits unto salvation, in sanctification of the spirit, and faith of the truth:
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	2	13	Whereunto also he hath called you by our gospel, unto the purchasing of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	2	14	Therefore, brethren, stand fast; and hold the traditions which you have learned, whether by word, or by our epistle.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	2	15	Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God and our Father, who hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation, and good hope in grace,
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	2	16	Exhort your hearts, and confirm you in every good work and word.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	3	1	For the rest, brethren, pray for us, that the word of God may run, and may be glorified, even as among you;
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	3	2	And that we may be delivered from importunate and evil men; for all men have not faith.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	3	3	But God is faithful, who will strengthen and keep you from evil.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	3	4	And we have confidence concerning you in the Lord, that the things which we command, you both do, and will do.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	3	5	And the Lord direct your hearts, in the charity of God, and the patience of Christ.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	3	6	And we charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly, and not according to the tradition which they have received of us.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	3	7	For yourselves know how you ought to imitate us: for we were not disorderly among you;
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	3	8	Neither did we eat any man's bread for nothing, but in labour and in toil we worked night and day, lest we should be chargeable to any of you.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	3	9	Not as if we had not power: but that we might give ourselves a pattern unto you, to imitate us.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	3	10	For also when we were with you, this we declared to you: that, if any man will not work, neither let him eat.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	3	11	For we have heard there are some among you who walk disorderly, working not at all, but curiously meddling.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	3	12	Now we charge them that are such, and beseech them by the Lord Jesus Christ, that, working with silence, they would eat their own bread.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	3	13	But you, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	3	14	And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed:
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	3	15	Yet do not esteem him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	3	16	Now the Lord of peace himself give you everlasting peace in every place. The Lord be with you all.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	3	17	The salutation of Paul with my own hand; which is the sign in every epistle. So I write.
-2 Thessalonians	2Th	60	3	18	The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	1	1	Paul and Sylvanus and Timothy: to the church of the Thessalonians, in God the Father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	1	2	Grace be to you and peace. We give thanks to God always for you all; making a remembrance of you in our prayers without ceasing,
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	1	3	Being mindful of the work of your faith, and labour, and charity, and of the enduring of the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ before God and our Father:
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	1	4	Knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election:
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	1	5	For our gospel hath not been unto you in word only, but in power also, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much fulness, as you know what manner of men we have been among you for your sakes.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	1	6	And you became followers of us, and of the Lord; receiving the word in much tribulation, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	1	7	So that you were made a pattern to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	1	8	For from you was spread abroad the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia, and in Achaia, but also in every place, your faith which is towards God, is gone forth, so that we need not to speak any thing.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	1	9	For they themselves relate of us, what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	1	10	And to wait for his Son from heaven (whom he raised up from the dead,) Jesus, who hath delivered us from the wrath to come.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	1	For yourselves know, brethren, our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	2	But having suffered many things before, and been shamefully treated (as you know) at Philippi, we had confidence in our God, to speak unto you the gospel of God in much carefulness.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	3	For our exhortation was not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deceit:
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	4	But as we were approved by God that the gospel should be committed to us: even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who proveth our hearts.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	5	For neither have we used, at any time, the speech of flattery, as you know; nor taken an occasion of covetousness, God is witness:
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	6	Nor sought we glory of men, neither of you, nor of others.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	7	Whereas we might have been burdensome to you, as the apostles of Christ: but we became little ones in the midst of you, as if a nurse should cherish her children:
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	8	So desirous of you, we would gladly impart unto you not only the gospel of God, but also our own souls: because you were become most dear unto us.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	9	For you remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, lest we should be chargeable to any of you, we preached among you the gospel of God.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	10	You are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and justly, and without blame, we have been to you that have believed:
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	11	As you know in what manner, entreating and comforting you, (as a father doth his children,)
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	12	We testified to every one of you, that you would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	13	Therefore, we also give thanks to God without ceasing: because, that when you had received of us the word of the hearing of God, you received it not as the word of men, but (as it is indeed) the word of God, who worketh in you that have believed.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	14	For you, brethren, are become followers of the churches of God which are in Judea, in Christ Jesus: for you also have suffered the same things from your own coutrymen, even as they have from the Jews,
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	15	Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and the prophets, and have persecuted us, and please not God, and are adversaries to all men;
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	16	Prohibiting us to speak to the Gentiles, that they may be saved, to fill up their sins always: for the wrath of God is come upon them to the end.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	17	But we, brethren, being taken away from you for a short time, in sight, not in heart, have hastened the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	18	For we would have come unto you, I Paul indeed, once and again: but Satan hath hindered us.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	19	For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glory? Are not you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	20	For you are our glory and joy.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	1	For which cause, forbearing no longer, we thought it good to remain at Athens alone:
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	2	And we sent Timothy, our brother, and the minister of God in the gospel of Christ, to confirm you and exhort you concerning your faith:
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	3	That no man should be moved in these tribulations: for yourselves know, that we are appointed thereunto.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	4	For even when we were with you, we foretold you that we should suffer tribulations, as also it is come to pass, and you know.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	5	For this cause also, I, forbearing no longer, sent to know your faith: lest perhaps he that tempteth should have tempted you, and our labour should be made vain.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	6	But now when Timothy came to us from you, and related to us your faith and charity, and that you have a good remembrance of us always, desiring to see us as we also to see you;
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	7	Therefore we were comforted, brethren, in you, in all our necessity and tribulation, by your faith,
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	8	Because now we live, if you stand in the Lord.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	9	For what thanks can we return to God for you, in all the joy wherewith we rejoice for you before our God,
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	10	Night and day more abundantly praying that we may see your face, and may accomplish those things that are wanting to your faith?
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	11	Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	12	And may the Lord multiply you, and make you abound in charity towards one another, and towards all men: as we do also towards you,
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	13	To confirm your hearts without blame, in holiness, before God and our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, with all his saints. Amen.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	1	For the rest therefore, brethren, we pray and beseech you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us, how you ought to walk, and to please God, so also you would walk, that you may abound the more.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	2	For you know what precepts I have given to you by the Lord Jesus.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	3	For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that you should abstain from fornication;
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	4	That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour:
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	5	Not in the passion of lust, like the Gentiles that know not God:
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	6	And that no man overreach, nor circumvent his brother in business: because the Lord is the avenger of all these things, as we have told you before, and have testified.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	7	For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto sanctification.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	8	Therefore, he that despiseth these things, despiseth not man, but God, who also hath given his holy Spirit in us.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	9	But as touching the charity of brotherhood, we have no need to write to you: for yourselves have learned of God to love one another.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	10	For indeed you do it towards all the brethren in all Macedonia. But we entreat you, brethren, that you abound more:
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	11	And that you use your endeavour to be quiet, and that you do your own business, and work with your own hands, as we commanded you: and that you walk honestly towards them that are without; and that you want nothing of any man's.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	12	And we will not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are asleep, that you be not sorrowful, even as others who have no hope.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	13	For if we believe that Jesus died, and rose again; even so them who have slept through Jesus, will God bring with him.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	14	For this we say unto you in the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who remain unto the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent them who have slept.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	15	For the Lord himself shall come down from heaven with commandment, and with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead who are in Christ, shall rise first.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	16	Then we who are alive, who are left, shall be taken up together with them in the clouds to meet Christ, into the air, and so shall we be always with the Lord.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	17	Wherefore, comfort ye one another with these words.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	1	But of the times and moments, brethren, you need not, that we should write to you;
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	2	For yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord shall so come, as a thief in the night.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	3	For when they shall say, peace and security; then shall sudden destruction come upon them, as the pains upon her that is with child, and they shall not escape.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	4	But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	5	For all you are the children of light, and children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	6	Therefore, let us not sleep, as others do; but let us watch, and be sober.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	7	For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that are drunk, are drunk in the night.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	8	But let us, who are of the day, be sober, having on the breastplate of faith and charity, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	9	For God hath not appointed us unto wrath, but unto the purchasing of salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	10	Who died for us; that, whether we watch or sleep, we may live together with him.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	11	For which cause comfort one another; and edify one another, as you also do.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	12	And we beseech you, brethren, to know them who labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you:
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	13	That you esteem them more abundantly in charity, for their work's sake. Have peace with them.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	14	And we beseech you, brethren, rebuke the unquiet, comfort the feeble minded, support the weak, be patient towards all men.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	15	See that none render evil for evil to any man; but ever follow that which is good towards each other, and towards all men.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	16	Always rejoice.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	17	Pray without ceasing.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	18	In all things give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you all.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	19	Extinguish not the spirit.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	20	Despise not prophecies.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	21	But prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	22	From all appearance of evil refrain yourselves.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	23	And may the God of peace himself sanctify you in all things; that your whole spirit, and soul, and body, may be preserved blameless in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	24	He is faithful who hath called you, who also will do it.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	25	Brethren, pray for us.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	26	Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	27	I charge you by the Lord, that this epistle be read to all the holy brethren.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	28	The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	1	1	Paul, and Sylvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	1	2	Grace unto you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	1	3	We are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you towards each other, aboundeth:
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	1	4	So that we ourselves also glory in you in the churches of God, for your patience and faith, and in all your persecutions and tribulations, which you endure,
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	1	5	For an example of the just judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which also you suffer.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	1	6	Seeing it is a just thing with God to repay tribulation to them that trouble you:
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	1	7	And to you who are troubled, rest with us when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven, with the angels of his power:
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	1	8	In a flame of fire, giving vengeance to them who know not God, and who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	1	9	Who shall suffer eternal punishment in destruction, from the face of the Lord, and from the glory of his power:
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	1	10	When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be made wonderful in all them who have believed; because our testimony was believed upon you in that day.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	1	11	Wherefore also we pray always for you; that our God would make you worthy of his vocation, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness and the work of faith in power;
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	1	12	That the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	1	And we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of our gathering together unto him:
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	2	That you be not easily moved from your sense, nor be terrified, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by epistle, as sent from us, as if the day of the Lord were at hand.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	3	Let no man deceive you by any means, for unless there come a revolt first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	4	Who opposeth, and is lifted up above all that is called God, or that is worshipped, so that he sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself as if he were God.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	5	Remember you not, that when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	6	And now you know what withholdeth, that he may be revealed in his time.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	7	For the mystery of iniquity already worketh; only that he who now holdeth, do hold, until he be taken out of the way.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	8	And then that wicked one shall be revealed whom the Lord Jesus shall kill with the spirit of his mouth; and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming, him,
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	9	Whose coming is according to the working of Satan, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders,
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	10	And in all seduction of iniquity to them that perish; because they receive not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. Therefore God shall send them the operation of error, to believe lying:
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	11	That all may be judged who have not believed the truth, but have consented to iniquity.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	12	But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved of God, for that God hath chosen you firstfruits unto salvation, in sanctification of the spirit, and faith of the truth:
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	13	Whereunto also he hath called you by our gospel, unto the purchasing of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	14	Therefore, brethren, stand fast; and hold the traditions which you have learned, whether by word, or by our epistle.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	15	Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God and our Father, who hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation, and good hope in grace,
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	16	Exhort your hearts, and confirm you in every good work and word.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	1	For the rest, brethren, pray for us, that the word of God may run, and may be glorified, even as among you;
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	2	And that we may be delivered from importunate and evil men; for all men have not faith.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	3	But God is faithful, who will strengthen and keep you from evil.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	4	And we have confidence concerning you in the Lord, that the things which we command, you both do, and will do.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	5	And the Lord direct your hearts, in the charity of God, and the patience of Christ.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	6	And we charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly, and not according to the tradition which they have received of us.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	7	For yourselves know how you ought to imitate us: for we were not disorderly among you;
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	8	Neither did we eat any man's bread for nothing, but in labour and in toil we worked night and day, lest we should be chargeable to any of you.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	9	Not as if we had not power: but that we might give ourselves a pattern unto you, to imitate us.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	10	For also when we were with you, this we declared to you: that, if any man will not work, neither let him eat.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	11	For we have heard there are some among you who walk disorderly, working not at all, but curiously meddling.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	12	Now we charge them that are such, and beseech them by the Lord Jesus Christ, that, working with silence, they would eat their own bread.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	13	But you, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	14	And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed:
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	15	Yet do not esteem him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	16	Now the Lord of peace himself give you everlasting peace in every place. The Lord be with you all.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	17	The salutation of Paul with my own hand; which is the sign in every epistle. So I write.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	18	The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
 1 Timothy	1Tim	61	1	1	Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the commandment of God our Saviour, and of Christ Jesus our hope:
 1 Timothy	1Tim	61	1	2	To Timothy, his beloved son in faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus our Lord.
 1 Timothy	1Tim	61	1	3	As I desired thee to remain at Ephesus when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some not to teach otherwise,
@@ -35372,31 +35372,31 @@ James	Jas	66	5	20	He must know that he who causeth a sinner to be converted from
 3 John	3Jn	71	1	12	To Demetrius testimony is given by all, and by the truth itself, yea and we also give testimony: and thou knowest that our testimony is true.
 3 John	3Jn	71	1	13	I had many things to write unto thee: but I would not by ink and pen write to thee.
 3 John	3Jn	71	1	14	But I hope speedily to see thee, and we will speak mouth to mouth. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Salute the friends by name.
-Jude	Jud	72	1	1	Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James: to them that are beloved in God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called.
-Jude	Jud	72	1	2	Mercy unto you, and peace, and charity be fulfilled.
-Jude	Jud	72	1	3	Dearly beloved, taking all care to write unto you concerning your common salvation, I was under a necessity to write unto you: to beseech you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.
-Jude	Jud	72	1	4	For certain men are secretly entered in, (who were written of long ago unto this judgment,) ungodly men, turning the grace of our Lord God into riotousness, and denying the only sovereign Ruler, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
-Jude	Jud	72	1	5	I will therefore admonish you, though ye once knew all things, that Jesus, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, did afterwards destroy them that believed not:
-Jude	Jud	72	1	6	And the angels who kept not their principality, but forsook their own habitation, he hath reserved under darkness in everlasting chains, unto the judgment of the great day.
-Jude	Jud	72	1	7	As Sodom and Gomorrha, and the neighbouring cities, in like manner, having given themselves to fornication, and going after other flesh, were made an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
-Jude	Jud	72	1	8	In like manner these men also defile the flesh, and despise dominion, and blaspheme majesty.
-Jude	Jud	72	1	9	When Michael the archangel, disputing with the devil, contended about the body of Moses, he durst not bring against him the judgment of railing speech, but said: The Lord command thee.
-Jude	Jud	72	1	10	But these men blaspheme whatever things they know not: and what things soever they naturally know, like dumb beasts, in these they are corrupted.
-Jude	Jud	72	1	11	Woe unto them, for they have gone in the way of Cain: and after the error of Balaam they have for reward poured out themselves, and have perished in the contradiction of Core.
-Jude	Jud	72	1	12	These are spots in their banquets, feasting together without fear, feeding themselves, clouds without water, which are carried about by winds, trees of the autumn, unfruitful, twice dead, plucked up by the roots,
-Jude	Jud	72	1	13	Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own confusion; wandering stars, to whom the storm of darkness is reserved for ever.
-Jude	Jud	72	1	14	Now of these Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying: Behold, the Lord cometh with thousands of his saints,
-Jude	Jud	72	1	15	To execute judgment upon all, and to reprove all the ungodly for all the works of their ungodliness, whereby they have done ungodly, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against God.
-Jude	Jud	72	1	16	These are murmurers, full of complaints, walking according to their own desires, and their mouth speaketh proud things, admiring persons for gain's sake.
-Jude	Jud	72	1	17	But you, my dearly beloved, be mindful of the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,
-Jude	Jud	72	1	18	Who told you, that in the last time there should come mockers, walking according to their own desires in ungodlinesses.
-Jude	Jud	72	1	19	These are they, who separate themselves, sensual men, having not the Spirit.
-Jude	Jud	72	1	20	But you, my beloved, building yourselves upon your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
-Jude	Jud	72	1	21	Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, unto life everlasting.
-Jude	Jud	72	1	22	And some indeed reprove, being judged:
-Jude	Jud	72	1	23	But others save, pulling them out of the fire. And on others have mercy, in fear, hating also the spotted garment which is carnal.
-Jude	Jud	72	1	24	Now to him who is able to preserve you without sin, and to present you spotless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
-Jude	Jud	72	1	25	To the only God our Saviour through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory and magnificence, empire and power, before all ages, and now, and for all ages of ages. Amen.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	1	Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James: to them that are beloved in God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	2	Mercy unto you, and peace, and charity be fulfilled.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	3	Dearly beloved, taking all care to write unto you concerning your common salvation, I was under a necessity to write unto you: to beseech you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	4	For certain men are secretly entered in, (who were written of long ago unto this judgment,) ungodly men, turning the grace of our Lord God into riotousness, and denying the only sovereign Ruler, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	5	I will therefore admonish you, though ye once knew all things, that Jesus, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, did afterwards destroy them that believed not:
+Jude	Jude	72	1	6	And the angels who kept not their principality, but forsook their own habitation, he hath reserved under darkness in everlasting chains, unto the judgment of the great day.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	7	As Sodom and Gomorrha, and the neighbouring cities, in like manner, having given themselves to fornication, and going after other flesh, were made an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	8	In like manner these men also defile the flesh, and despise dominion, and blaspheme majesty.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	9	When Michael the archangel, disputing with the devil, contended about the body of Moses, he durst not bring against him the judgment of railing speech, but said: The Lord command thee.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	10	But these men blaspheme whatever things they know not: and what things soever they naturally know, like dumb beasts, in these they are corrupted.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	11	Woe unto them, for they have gone in the way of Cain: and after the error of Balaam they have for reward poured out themselves, and have perished in the contradiction of Core.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	12	These are spots in their banquets, feasting together without fear, feeding themselves, clouds without water, which are carried about by winds, trees of the autumn, unfruitful, twice dead, plucked up by the roots,
+Jude	Jude	72	1	13	Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own confusion; wandering stars, to whom the storm of darkness is reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	14	Now of these Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying: Behold, the Lord cometh with thousands of his saints,
+Jude	Jude	72	1	15	To execute judgment upon all, and to reprove all the ungodly for all the works of their ungodliness, whereby they have done ungodly, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against God.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	16	These are murmurers, full of complaints, walking according to their own desires, and their mouth speaketh proud things, admiring persons for gain's sake.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	17	But you, my dearly beloved, be mindful of the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,
+Jude	Jude	72	1	18	Who told you, that in the last time there should come mockers, walking according to their own desires in ungodlinesses.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	19	These are they, who separate themselves, sensual men, having not the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	20	But you, my beloved, building yourselves upon your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
+Jude	Jude	72	1	21	Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, unto life everlasting.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	22	And some indeed reprove, being judged:
+Jude	Jude	72	1	23	But others save, pulling them out of the fire. And on others have mercy, in fear, hating also the spotted garment which is carnal.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	24	Now to him who is able to preserve you without sin, and to present you spotless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
+Jude	Jude	72	1	25	To the only God our Saviour through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory and magnificence, empire and power, before all ages, and now, and for all ages of ages. Amen.
 Apocalypse	Apoc	73	1	1	The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to make known to his servants the things which must shortly come to pass: and signified, sending by his angel to his servant John,
 Apocalypse	Apoc	73	1	2	Who hath given testimony to the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, what things soever he hath seen.
 Apocalypse	Apoc	73	1	3	Blessed is he, that readeth and heareth the words of this prophecy; and keepeth those things which are written in it; for the time is at hand.
diff --git a/knx.tsv b/knx.tsv
@@ -2024,7 +2024,7 @@ Exodus	Ex	2	19	4	You have seen for yourselves what I did to the Egyptians, how I
 Exodus	Ex	2	19	5	Listen, then, to my voice, and keep your covenant with me; and I, to whom all the earth belongs, will single you out among its peoples to be my own.
 Exodus	Ex	2	19	6	You shall serve me as a royal priesthood, as a consecrated nation; tell the Israelites this.
 Exodus	Ex	2	19	7	So, when Moses came back, he summoned the elders of the people, and told them what message it was the Lord had entrusted to him;
-Exodus	Ex	2	19	8	whereupon the whole people answered with one voice, We will do all the Lord has said.Moses went back to the Lord with this promise from the people,
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	8	whereupon the whole people answered with one voice, We will do all the Lord has said. Moses went back to the Lord with this promise from the people,
 Exodus	Ex	2	19	9	and the Lord said to him, The time has come now when I mean to visit thee, wrapped in a dark cloud, so that all the people may hear me talking with thee, and obey thee without question henceforward. And when Moses had told him of the people’s promise,
 Exodus	Ex	2	19	10	he said, Go back to the people, and spend to-day and to-morrow ridding them of defilement. Let them wash their clothes,
 Exodus	Ex	2	19	11	and hold themselves in readiness for the third day; two days from now, the Lord will come down on to mount Sinai in the presence of all the people.
@@ -2153,7 +2153,7 @@ Exodus	Ex	2	23	15	There is the feast of unleavened bread to be observed; for sev
 Exodus	Ex	2	23	16	And there is the feast of harvest, when the fields thou hast sown reward thy labour with first-fruits; and another feast at the end of the year, when the last of thy crops has been gathered in.
 Exodus	Ex	2	23	17	Thrice, then, in the year all thy men folk must present themselves before the Lord thy God.
 Exodus	Ex	2	23	18	When thou offerest living things in sacrifice to me, the bread that goes with them shall not be leavened, nor shalt thou leave the fat of my victims unconsumed till the morrow.
-Exodus	Ex	2	23	19	The first-fruits of thy land must be brought to the house of the Lord thy God.Seething a kid in its dam’s milk is a rite forbidden thee.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	19	The first-fruits of thy land must be brought to the house of the Lord thy God. Seething a kid in its dam’s milk is a rite forbidden thee.
 Exodus	Ex	2	23	20	And now I am sending my angel to go before thee and guard thee on thy way, and lead thee to the place I have made ready for thee.
 Exodus	Ex	2	23	21	Give him good heed, and listen to his bidding; think not to treat him with neglect. He will not overlook thy faults, and in him dwells the power of my name.
 Exodus	Ex	2	23	22	If thou wilt listen to his warnings, and do all I bid thee, then thy enemies shall find an enemy in me, and those who shew thee no mercy shall find me merciless.
@@ -7183,3048 +7183,3048 @@ Ruth	Ru	8	4	19	Esron of Aram, Aram of Aminadab,
 Ruth	Ru	8	4	20	Aminadab of Nahasson, Nahasson of Salmon,
 Ruth	Ru	8	4	21	Salmon of Booz, Booz of Obed,
 Ruth	Ru	8	4	22	Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	1	There was a man once called Elcana, that lived at Ramathaim-Sophim, in the hill-country of Ephraim; he was an Ephraimite born, descended from Suph through Jeroham, Eliu and Thohu.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	2	He had two wives, one called Anna, the other Phenenna, and this Phenenna had borne him sons, whereas Anna was childless.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	3	Never a feast-day would he keep in his own city; he must be at Silo, worshipping the Lord of hosts, and offering him sacrifice; there dwelt the Lord’s priests, Ophni and Phinees, the two sons of Heli.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	4	When the time came for Elcana’s sacrifice, Phenenna must have many portions, for a son here, a daughter there,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	5	and he was sad at heart as he gave Anna her single portion, for Anna he loved dearly. Why had the Lord denied her motherhood?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	6	And still she must endure bitter persecution from her rival, that did not scruple to make her childlessness a matter of reproach;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	7	year after year, when they went up to the Lord’s temple for the feast, it was ever the same. In tears she sat, with no heart for eating,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	8	while her husband Elcana tried to comfort her. Anna, he said, what need to weep, what need to deny thyself food? What sorrow weighs on thy heart? Is it not worth the love of ten sons, the love I bear thee?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	9	Once, on such a visit to Silo, when eating and drinking was done, Anna rose up from her place and went to the temple door, where the priest Heli was sitting.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	10	Sad at heart, she prayed to the Lord with many tears,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	11	and made a vow: Lord of hosts, if thou wilt take good heed of this sorrow I bear, if thou wilt keep this handmaid of thine ever in remembrance, and grant her a son, then he shall be my gift to the Lord all his life long, a Nazirite unshorn.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	12	Such was the prayer she went on repeating, there in the Lord’s presence; and Heli saw her lips moving as she did so;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	13	her lips pronounced the secret petition, but with no sound. Heli thought her besotted with wine;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	14	Come, he said, wilt thou always be at thy cups? Give thy stomach a rest from the wine that so bemuses thee.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	15	Nay, my lord, said Anna, thou seest an unhappy woman, unburdening her heart in the Lord’s presence; there was no wine or strong drink here.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	16	Do not think of thy handmaid as a light woman; only sorrow and bitter anguish have wrung speech from me all this while.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	17	Go then, answered Heli, and peace go with thee; may the Lord grant the prayer thou hast made.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	18	I am thy handmaid, she said; thy favour is all I ask. Then she went back, and took food, sad-faced no longer;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	19	and next morning, when they had paid their devotions in the Lord’s presence, they went back home to Ramatha.And the Lord bethought him of Anna, when next Elcana took her to his bed;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	20	so, in due time, she conceived and bore him a son. The name she gave him was Samuel, in token that he was a gift she had won from the Lord.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	21	When her husband Elcana went to offer the Lord due sacrifice, and pay his vow, taking all his household with him,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	22	Anna stayed at home. She would not go, she told her husband, until the boy was weaned; then she would herself bring him into the Lord’s presence, and leave him there for ever.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	23	Do as thou wilt, Elcana said; wait here till he is weaned, and may the Lord bring his own will to accomplishment.So she waited at home, and nursed her child till he was weaned.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	24	And now that he needed her no longer, she took him with her to the Lord’s house in Silo, still so young. Three bulls, and a bushel of flour, and a skin of wine, were the offerings she made.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	25	When they brought the boy to Heli, to offer a bull-calf for him,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	26	Anna cried out, Listen, my lord! As thou art a living man, my lord, this is the same woman that stood here in thy presence, praying so eagerly!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	27	And my prayer was for a son, the boy whom thou seest. I prayed to the Lord, and the Lord granted my request;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	1	28	and now, in my turn, I make a grant of him to the Lord, a grant that shall be long as his life. Then they offered the Lord worship, and Anna made this prayer which follows.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	1	My heart thrills with joy in the Lord; pride in the God I worship lifts high my head; now can I flout my enemies, happy in thy gift of redress!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	2	Who so holy as the Lord? None, there is none else; there is no stronghold can compare with our God.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	3	Boast no more, boast no more; those lips must talk in another strain; the Lord is God all-knowing, and overrules the devices of men.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	4	See how he breaks the great warrior’s bow, girds the feeble with strength;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	5	how the rich, for very need, must work as hirelings, while the hungry eat to their heart’s content! See how at last the barren womb bears many, and the fruitful mother is left to languish!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	6	Lord of death and life, he brings men to the grave and back from the grave;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	7	Lord of poverty and of wealth, he alone humbles, alone exalts,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	8	raising up the poor man out of the dust, the beggar from his dung-hill, to sit among princes and reach the honours of a throne. It is the Lord that poised the round world on its foundations, and holds them in his keeping;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	9	safely his friends journey, dumb sit his enemies in the darkness; there is no protection for man in man’s strength.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	10	The Lord will strike terror into his adversaries; hark, how his thunders roll above them in heaven! The Lord will sit in judgement on the remotest people of earth, the Lord will grant dominion and a sceptre of majesty to the king he has anointed.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	11	And so Elcana went back to his home at Ramatha, while Samuel remained to minister, at the bidding of the priest Heli, in the Lord’s presence.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	12	This Heli had two sons that were men of little worth, recked nothing of the Lord’s honour
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	13	or the duty of his priests to the people. When a man was sacrificing some victim, the priest’s servant used to come up, with a three-pronged fork in his hand, while the meat was still cooking;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	14	and this he thrust into pot or pan, great or small, carrying off all that came up with it for the priest’s eating; not an Israelite came to Silo but went away so treated.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	15	The priest’s servant, too, would come up before the fat was offered, and bid the worshipper give him some meat to cook for the priest; he would take it raw, not stewed already.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	16	In vain the worshipper protested, It is the custom for the fat to be burned at once; that done, thou shalt take meat to thy heart’s content. No, give it me now, the servant would answer, or I will take it by force.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	17	This was heinous sin the young men committed under the Lord’s eye; must they turn away men’s hearts from honouring him with sacrifice?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	18	Meanwhile, Samuel had begun to minister in the Lord’s presence, girded, though still a boy, with the linen mantle.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	19	Every year, his mother made him a little tunic, and brought it with her when she came up with her husband on feast-days for the yearly sacrifice.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	20	And Heli gave a blessing to Elcana and his wife, May the Lord grant thee children by this woman, in return for what thou hast lent him! When they had gone home,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	21	the Lord shewed mercy to Anna, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And evermore, boy though he was, Samuel rose higher in the Lord’s favour.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	22	Heli was now a man of great age, but tales reached him of the exactions his sons made from the Israelites; how they mated, too, with the women that kept watch at the tabernacle door.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	23	What wickedness is this of yours, he said to them, that brings me the complaints of a whole people!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	24	Amend your ways; it is ill hearing, that you should lead the Lord’s people into transgression.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	25	If man does wrong to man, God’s justice may yet be satisfied; if man sins against the Lord, who shall plead his cause for him? But they paid no heed to their father’s warning; the Lord was resolved to make an end of them.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	26	And Samuel’s boyhood went on; still as he grew he advanced in favour both with God and with men.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	27	And now a messenger from the Lord came to Heli, and this was the Lord’s warning to him: It was to men of thy clan that I revealed myself openly, when they still dwelt in Egypt as Pharao’s servants;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	28	and I chose Levi among all the tribes of Israel to hold the priestly office, mounting up to my altar and burning incense before me, and wearing the sacred mantle in my presence; to this clan of thine I gave a part in every sacrifice Israel should offer.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	29	And now you spurn the due ordering of sacrifice and oblation in my sanctuary; the sons of Heli must have a privilege higher than my own; yours must be the first taste of every sacrifice my people Israel bring to me!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	30	Listen, then, to the Lord’s decree. My purpose was that thou and thy clan should be my ministers for ever; but now never speak of that (the Lord says); honour is for those that honour me, for those that make light of me, only contempt.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	31	Behold, a time is coming when I mean to cripple thee, cripple that clan of thine; no kinsman of thine shall reach old age.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	32	Thou shalt see a rival in my sanctuary, and Israel all prosperity; but in thy kindred no old man shall be left living.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	33	My altar shall still have descendants of thine to minister at it; but it shall be a sight to make thy eyes fail and thy heart faint, when so many of thy race die in their early manhood.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	34	And for a token of this, thy two sons, Ophni and Phinees, are destined to fall, both of them, in a single day.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	35	Afterwards, I will find myself a priest that shall be a faithful interpreter of my mind and will; I will endow him, too, with a faithful posterity, to enjoy the favour of the king I have anointed.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	2	36	To him thy descendants, if any such are left, will come cringing for a silver piece and a crust of bread; Only the common portion of a priest, they will say; only a mouthful of bread, and I am content!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	3	1	In those days, when Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Heli’s care, a mes-sage from the Lord was a rare treasure; he would not openly reveal himself.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	3	2	One night, Heli lay down to rest where he was wont to lie, his eyes dim now with age and sightless,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	3	3	and Samuel was asleep, there in the divine presence, where God’s ark was, with the sacred lamp still burning.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	3	4	And the Lord’s call came to Samuel. I am coming, he answered;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	3	5	then ran to find Heli, and said, I am here at thy summons. Nay, said he, I never summoned thee; go back and lie down again. So back he went, and fell asleep.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	3	6	Then the Lord called Samuel again, and again he rose up and went to Heli, to answer his summons. But still no summons had been given, and he must go back to sleep again.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	3	7	Till then, Samuel was a stranger to the divine voice; the Lord had not made any revelation to him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	3	8	But when a third time the persistent call came, and Samuel went to Heli,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	3	9	still ready at his command, Heli recognized at last whose voice it was the boy had heard. Go back to sleep, he told Samuel; and if the voice comes again, do thou answer, Speak on, Lord; thy servant is listening. And Samuel went back to his bed and fell asleep.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	3	10	And the Lord came to his side, and stood there waiting. Then, as before, he called him twice by name; and Samuel answered, Speak on, Lord, thy servant is listening.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	3	11	And this was the Lord’s message to Samuel: Here is doom I mean to bring on Israel that shall ring in the ears of all that hear of it.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	3	12	For Heli it shall bring fulfilment of all the threats I have uttered against his clan; from first to last, they shall be accomplished.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	3	13	Warning enough I gave him, I would pass eternal sentence on that clan of his, for his sons’ wickedness that went ever unchecked;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	3	14	and now I have taken an oath against all his line, sacrifice nor offering shall ever atone for their sin.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	3	15	Samuel slept on till morning, when it was time for him to open the doors of the Lord’s house; and fear withheld him from telling Heli of his vision.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	3	16	Then he heard the voice of Heli calling, Samuel, my son Samuel! I am ready at thy command, said he.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	3	17	And Heli asked him, What message is it the Lord has sent thee? May the Lord give thee thy due of punishment, and more than thy due, if thou hidest from me any word of the message that was given thee.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	3	18	Thereupon Samuel told him all that was said, keeping nothing back from him. It is the Lord, answered he, that has spoken; let him do his will.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	3	19	Samuel grew up, still enjoying the Lord’s favour, and no word he spoke went unfulfilled,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	3	20	so that he became known all over Israel, from Dan to Bersabee, as the Lord’s true prophet.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	3	21	After this revelation made to Samuel in Silo, the Lord continued to reveal himself there, as he had promised; and when Samuel spoke, all Israel listened.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	4	1	The Philistines, at this time, had mustered their forces for battle, and the Israelites went out to meet them in arms, encamping at the Rock of Deliverance; the Philistines were encamped at Aphec.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	4	2	So now the Philistines marshalled their forces, and when battle was joined, they put the Israelites to rout; four thousand men were killed in that fight, scattered through the countryside.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	4	3	So the army fell back upon its encampment; and now the elders of Israel were at a loss; why had the Lord so left them at the mercy of the Philistines? They would send to Silo for the ark that bore record of the Lord’s covenant; surely he would come into their midst, and save them from the power of their enemies.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	4	4	The ark of the Lord of hosts, who sits enthroned above the Cherubim! They brought it there all the way from Silo; and with the ark came the two sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	4	5	Loud was the cry all Israel raised when the ark reached their camp, so loud that the earth rang again;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	4	6	and the Philistines, hearing it, wondered what could have set the Hebrew camp in such an uproar. When they were told that the ark of the Lord had been brought there,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	4	7	they were in a great taking of fear; God himself, they said, has come into the camp! And they groaned aloud;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	4	8	An ill day for us! Such confidence has never been theirs till now; an ill day! What defence have we against such heavenly powers as these? These are the powers that brought great plagues on Egypt, out yonder in the desert.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	4	9	Philistines, you must summon up your courage, and play the man, or these Hebrew slaves are like to be your masters. Courage, then; to arms!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	4	10	And they fought so well that Israel was utterly defeated, every man making for his own home in flight; here was a great disaster, in which thirty thousand of Israel’s warriors fell.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	4	11	The ark of God, too, was taken by the enemy, and Heli’s sons, Ophni and Phinees, were killed.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	4	12	There was a man of Benjamin that ran from the field, and reached Silo that same day, with torn garments, and dust scattered on his head.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	4	13	At the time when he reached it, Heli was sitting there waiting for news, on a seat by the wayside; his heart misgave him for the safety of God’s ark. When the tidings so brought were made known publicly, the whole city fell to lamenting.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	4	14	The noise of it came to Heli’s ears, and he asked what this tumult should mean. With all speed the messenger came up and told his news.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	4	15	(Heli was then ninety-eight years old; his eyes were dim with age now, and sightless.)
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	4	16	I come with news of the battle, he said; this very day I have run back from the army. And the news, my son, asked Heli; what is the news?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	4	17	Israel has been routed by the Philistines, the messenger answered, and there is great havoc wrought among the people; and thy two sons, Ophni and Phinees, are dead; and the ark of God was taken.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	4	18	And Heli, when he heard mention made of God’s ark, fell backwards from his seat, there in the door-way, and broke his neck, and died; so old a man was he, so spent with age. For forty years he had ruled Israel.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	4	19	His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinees, was then in her pregnancy, and near her time; she too heard that the ark of God had been taken, that her father-in-law was dead and her husband besides, whereupon her pangs bowed her down suddenly, and she gave birth.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	4	20	She was at the point of death when the women about her said, Take heart, thou hast borne a son; but she gave no answer, and took no heed.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	4	21	Only she gave her son the name of Ichabod, thinking how the divine presence had left Israel, now the ark was taken; thinking, too, of her father-in-law and her husband;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	4	22	but it was the loss of God’s ark that made her say, The splendour has passed away from Israel.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	5	1	Meanwhile the Philistines had carried off the ark of God, taking it from the Rock of Deliverance to Azotus;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	5	2	and when it reached Azotus it was carried into the temple of Dagon and set down there in front of Dagon’s statue.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	5	3	Next morning, the men of Azotus woke to find Dagon lying face downwards in front of the ark; and although they put the statue back in its place,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	5	4	the second day shewed a worse sight still; Dagon was face downwards in front of the ark, and there in the door-way lay his head and both hands, severed from the trunk,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	5	5	that lay where it fell. That is why to this day the priests and the worshippers of Dagon never set foot on the threshold when they enter his temple in Azotus.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	5	6	And now the Lord sent a heavy plague on the men of Azotus and its neighbourhood, to their undoing, a plague of swellings in the groin. All through their townships, all over the country-side, the infection spread; the mice, too, swarmed everywhere; in the city, the dead lay piled in heaps.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	5	7	The men of Azotus, finding themselves so plague-ridden, would not keep the ark of Israel’s God among them any longer, to bring disaster upon themselves and their god Dagon;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	5	8	so they summoned a gathering of all the Philistine chiefs, and put the question what should be done with the ark. It must be carried about, the men of Geth told them, from place to place; and carry it about they did,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	5	9	but wherever it went, from city to city, the power of the Lord made itself felt in a grievous mortality; on high and low it fell everywhere, rotting away their inward parts, and the men of Geth could devise no better relief than to sit on seats of leather.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	5	10	So now they sent the ark of God on to Accaron; but no sooner had it reached them than the men of Accaron began crying out, They have brought the ark of Israel’s God here, for our ruin, our common ruin!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	5	11	And they summoned all the Philistine chiefs, who determined that the ark must be sent back whence it came, before it brought death on themselves and their people.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	5	12	No city was free from the fear of death, and God’s heavy visitation; even those who survived had shameful sores to tend, and everywhere cries of anguish went up to heaven.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	6	1	Thus, for seven months, the ark of the Lord remained in the country of the Philistines;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	6	2	and at the end of them the Philistines summoned their priests and diviners. What are we to do with the ark of the Lord? they said. How best can we send it back whence it came? And their answer was,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	6	3	Why, if you mean to send the ark of Israel’s God home again, you must not send it back without a gift. An offering must be made in amends for the fault you have committed; and if, after that, you recover from your sickness, you will trace his hand in the calamities that now afflict you.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	6	4	What offering, then, must we make for our fault? they asked;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	6	5	and this was the answer given: You must make five little mounts of gold, and five golden mice, one for each of the Philistine provinces; it was the same divine punishment that afflicted all the provinces, all the chiefs alike. When they are ready, these emblems of your shame, these figures of the mice that have ravaged your land, make amends with them to the God of Israel, and ask relief for yourselves, and your gods, and your lands.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	6	6	What avails it, to harden your hearts against repentance? So Pharao and Egypt with him hardened their hearts, and would not let his people go till they had felt all his plagues, but in the end they went.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	6	7	A waggon, newly made, you must have in readiness, drawn by two heifers in milk such as never yet bore the yoke, and the calves of these must be left behind.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	6	8	Lift the ark of the Lord on to this waggon, and put in a casket, at the side of it, the golden offerings you would make in amends for your fault; then let it go on its way,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	6	9	and see what befalls. If it goes up towards Bethsames and its own land, then be sure this grievous plague of ours came from the Lord; if not, we shall know it was an evil chance, and no visitation of his.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	6	10	This advice they followed, yoked to the waggon two heifers that were in milk, and left their calves stalled at home;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	6	11	put the ark of God on the waggon, and the casket with the five golden mice and golden mounts beside it.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	6	12	And the heifers went straight along the road that leads to Bethsames, and kept ever the same course, without swerving to right or left; lowing for their calves, but going on still; with the Philistine chiefs following them all the way to Bethsames.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	6	13	The Bethsamites were out in the valley, reaping their wheat, when they looked round and saw the ark coming, and they were glad men at the sight.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	6	14	It reached the land of Josue the Bethsamite, and there came to a stand, close by where a great stone was. So they broke up the waggon for fire-wood, and laid the heifers on it as a burnt-sacrifice to the Lord.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	6	15	Levites set down the ark of God, and with it the casket that contained the golden emblems, on the great stone, while the men of Bethsames, that day, brought the Lord burnt-sacrifice and offered him victims.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	6	16	So the five chiefs of the Philistines returned, reaching Accaron that same day.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	6	17	The golden mounts which the Philistines gave to the Lord in amends for their fault came from the five cities of Azotus, Gaza, Ascalon, Geth and Accaron;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	6	18	and there were golden mice to match the whole number of cities, walled or unwalled, in the five Philistine provinces, (right up to Abel the Great, where they put down the ark of the Lord, that had been till that day in the lands of Josue the Bethsamite).
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	6	19	And the Lord smote some of the Bethsamites themselves, for prying into the ark of the Lord. (And he smote seventy men out of the people, and fifty thousand of the common folk. ) Over this visitation the Lord had brought on them there was great grief among the people;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	6	20	Who can stand his ground, the Bethsamites asked, before a God so holy as this? To whom can we pass it on?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	6	21	And they sent messengers to the men of Cariathiarim, telling them that the Philistines had brought back the Lord’s ark, and bidding them come and take it into their charge.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	7	1	So they came as they were bidden, the men of Cariathiarim, and brought back the ark with them, housing it with a certain Abinadab in Gabaa; and they set apart his son Eleazar to keep watch over the Lord’s ark.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	7	2	Long time the ark remained in Cariathiarim; twenty years so passed, and now the whole race of Israel sought rest from its troubles in following the Lord.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	7	3	Why then, Samuel told the Israelites, if your hearts are honestly set on coming back to the Lord, you must rid yourselves of all alien gods; no Baal for you, no Astaroth; your hearts must wait in readiness on the Lord and serve him only; then he will deliver you from the Philistine’s power.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	7	4	So Israel cast Baal and Astaroth aside, to serve none but the Lord.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	7	5	Then Samuel would have all Israel meet at Masphath, so that he might beg the Lord’s mercy for them there;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	7	6	and at Masphath they assembled, and drew water which they poured out before the Lord, and fasted that day, and made confession there to the Lord of their sin. And Samuel sat in judgement over Israel at Masphath.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	7	7	This assembly at Masphath came to the ears of the Philistines, and their chiefs came out to offer Israel battle. Whereupon the Israelites, in great dread of them,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	7	8	bade Samuel pray to the Lord their God yet, if they were to be rescued from the power of the Philistines.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	7	9	So Samuel chose out a lamb still unweaned, and offered it whole to the Lord in burnt-sacrifice, crying out to the Lord for Israel, and obtaining an answer to his prayer.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	7	10	It was at the very moment when Samuel was offering sacrifice that the Philistines went to the attack; and the Lord volleyed his thunders against the Philistines that day, crashing loud above them, so that they were overcome with terror, and fell before Israel’s onslaught;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	7	11	from Masphath all the way to the slopes of Bethchar the Israelites pursued them, cutting them down.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	7	12	Thereupon Samuel chose out a stone and set it up between Masphath and Sen, calling the place, The Rock of Deliverance, in token that the Lord was still their protector.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	7	13	So cowed were the spirits of the Philistines, that they never crossed the frontiers of Israel again; the Lord kept the Philistines in check as long as Samuel lived.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	7	14	They must give back, too, all the cities they had wrested from Israel, right up to Accaron and Geth; thus the Israelites freed their territory from the Philistines’ power, and enjoyed peace with their neighbours.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	7	15	To Samuel men came for judgement all his life long;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	7	16	year by year he would go round from Bethel to Galgala, from Galgala to Masphath, holding assize in each of these cities,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	7	17	and so returning to his home at Ramatha; there, too, he sat in judgement, and there he raised an altar to the Lord.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	8	1	In his old age, Samuel appointed his sons to perform the judge’s office in Israel;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	8	2	the elder was called Joel, and the younger Abia, and they held assize at Bersabee.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	8	3	But these sons of his did not follow in his footsteps; greed bent them to take bribes, and to pervert justice.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	8	4	So all the elders of Israel met Samuel at Ramatha;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	8	5	Thou hast grown old, they said to him, and thy sons do not follow in thy footsteps. Give us a king, such as other nations have, to sit in judgement over us.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	8	6	It was little to Samuel’s mind, this demand for a king to be their judge; but when he betook himself to the Lord in prayer,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	8	7	the Lord said to him, Grant the people all they ask of thee. It is my rule over them they are casting off, not thine.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	8	8	It has ever been the same, since the day when I rescued them from Egypt; me they will ever be forsaking, to worship other gods; and now it is thy turn.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	8	9	Grant their request, but put thy protest on record; tell them what rights their king will claim, when they have a king to rule over them.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	8	10	In answer, then, to their request for a king, Samuel told the people all the Lord had said to him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	8	11	When you have a king to reign over you, he will claim the rights of a king. He will take away your sons from you, to drive his chariots; he will need horsemen, and outriders for his teams;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	8	12	regiments, too, with commanders and captains to marshal them, ploughmen and reapers, armourers and wheelwrights.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	8	13	It is your daughters that will make his perfumes, and cook for him, and bake for him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	8	14	All the best of your lands and vineyards and olive-yards he will take away, and entrust to his own bailiffs;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	8	15	and he will tithe the revenues of such crop and vintage as is left you, to pay his own courtiers and his own retinue.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	8	16	He will take away servants and handmaids of yours, all the lustiest of the young men, all the asses that work for you, to work for him instead;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	8	17	of your herds, too, he will take tithe. You will be his slaves;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	8	18	and when you cry out for redress against the king you have chosen for yourselves, the Lord will not listen to you; you asked for a king.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	8	19	But Samuel could not gain the ear of the people; That will not serve, they cried out; a king, we must have a king!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	8	20	We must be like other nations, with a king to decide our quarrels, to lead us and be our champion in battle.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	8	21	So he listened to all this outcry of theirs, and brought it to the Lord’s hearing.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	8	22	Give them their will, the Lord answered; appoint a king to rule over them. And Samuel bade the Israelites disperse, and go back to their homes.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	1	There was a Benjamite in those days called Cis, descended through Abiel, Seror and Bechorath from Aphia, strong and vigorous, as a man of Benjamin should be;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	2	and he had a son named Saul, a fine figure of a man, none finer in Israel; he was a head and shoulders taller than any of his fellow-countrymen.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	3	There were some asses belonging to Cis that had gone astray; and he bade Saul go out on his travels, taking one of the servants with him, and look for them. All through the hill-country of Ephraim they went,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	4	and all through Salisa, without finding them; through Salim, and still no trace of them; through the country of Benjamin itself, and still no news heard of them.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	5	When they reached the Suph country, Saul turned to his companion; Come, said he, let us go home; my father will have ceased to care about the asses, and be anxious over us instead.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	6	But he answered, There is a servant of God dwelling in this city, a man greatly honoured; no prophecy of his but manifestly comes true. Let us make our way there, and ask if he can give us news about this errand of ours.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	7	And if we make our way there, answered Saul, what then? What offering can we make to this servant of God? No bread left in our wallets, not even a basket of food to offer! We have no present to make.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	8	I have a quarter of a shekel by me here, the other answered; some return to make for God’s guidance on our errand.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	9	(In those days, the Israelites used to speak of going to consult the seer, meaning by the seer what we now call a prophet.)
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	10	And at that Saul agreed that his plan was best; Come, said he, let us be on our way.So they made for the city where God’s servant dwelt;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	11	and as they were climbing up the hill that led to it they met some maidens who were coming out to draw water, and asked whether the seer was to be found there.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	12	He is, they answered, and not far forward on the road. Hasten after him; a public sacrifice on the sacred hill has brought him here to-day,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	13	look for him as soon as you enter the city, before he goes up to take part in the feast. The people must await his coming before they can eat; he blesses the victim first, and then the guests will sit down. Up with you at once; this is the time when you will find him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	14	So up they went into the city, and as they entered it, there was Samuel coming out towards them, on his way to the sacred hill.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	15	The day before Saul’s coming, the Lord warned Samuel privately,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	16	At this time of day to-morrow I am sending a man of Benjamin on an errand to thee. He it is thou must anoint to be the king of my people Israel; he is to deliver them from the power of the Philistines. Their plaints have not gone unheard, nor unheeded.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	17	And now, when Saul first met his eyes, the Lord told Samuel, This is the man of whom I spoke to thee; this is to be the ruler of my people.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	18	There, then, in the gateway Saul came up to Samuel, and said, Pray shew me where it is that the seer lives.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	19	I am the seer thou speakest of, was his answer; go up before me to the hill-top, where you shall eat at my side. To-morrow I will send thee on thy way, and tell thee all thou wouldst know.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	20	As for the asses that were lost three days since, put thy mind at ease, they have been found already. And here is all the best that Israel has to give, waiting for whom? For thee, and for thy father’s kin.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	21	For me, answered Saul, a man of Benjamin, the smallest of Israel’s tribes, sprung from a clan that is named last among the clans of Benjamin? What means this greeting thou hast given me?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	22	But now Samuel took Saul and his companion with him, and led them into the dining-hall, where he gave them the highest place among the company that was bidden there, some thirty men;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	23	and told the cook, Bring out the portion I gave thee, with orders to keep it by thee separate from the rest.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	24	So the cook bore in a shoulder, and put it before Saul; Here, Samuel told him, is the provision we made for thee; sit down to it and eat thy fill; it was put aside for thee on purpose, when I invited my company. Saul, then, was Samuel’s guest that day;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	25	together they went down from the hill into the city, and together they held converse on the house-top. There, on the house-top, Saul lay down and slept;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	26	waking early, at the first coming of the light, Samuel called out to him, Rise up, it is time I sent thee on thy way. Rise up he did, and together he and Samuel went out;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	9	27	and when they reached the edge of the city on their downward journey, Samuel said, Bid thy servant pass on before us, and do thou wait here a little; I have a message to give thee from the Lord.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	1	And now Samuel took out his phial of oil, and poured it out over Saul’s head; then he kissed him, and said, Hereby the Lord anoints thee to be the leader of his chosen people; thine it shall be to deliver them from the enemies that hedge them round. Wouldst thou have proof that this unction comes from the Lord? Listen, then;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	2	When thou leavest me to-day, and hast gone southward as far as Rachel’s tomb, on the frontiers of Benjamin, thou wilt meet two men bringing thee news that the lost asses thou art looking for have been found; that thy father has forgotten them in his anxiety, and only asks how he is to find his son.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	3	Then, passing further on thy way, thou wilt reach the oak of Thabor, and fall in with three men on pilgrimage to Bethel; one with three goats, one with three loaves of bread, one with a flagon of wine;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	4	from these thou wilt have greeting, and two of their loaves for a gift.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	5	So at last thou wilt come to the Hill of God, where the Philistines have set a garrison; and here, upon entering the city, thou wilt meet a company of prophets coming down from the sacred height. With harp and tambour, flute and zither at their head, they will be uttering words of prophecy;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	6	and with that the spirit of the Lord will fall upon thee, making thee prophesy with the rest, and turning thee into a new man.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	7	When all these signs have been granted, go about the work that lies before thee; the Lord is at thy side.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	8	At need, betake thyself to Galgal, where I will come to meet thee, to present there thy burnt-sacrifice and thy welcome-offering; wait for me seven days, till I come and give thee thy orders.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	9	So parted Saul from Samuel, and as he went on his way, the Lord gave him a new heart. All the signs he looked for were fulfilled that day,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	10	and when at last he came to the Hill, there was a company of prophets on its way towards him; whereupon the spirit of the Lord fell on him, and he prophesied with the rest.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	11	None that had known him hitherto but marvelled, upon seeing him prophesy in the company of the others, what had befallen the son of Cis; Is Saul, too, they asked, among the prophets?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	12	Why, said one to another, who can tell the parentage of any of them? (This was how the saying grew up, Is Saul, too, among the prophets?)
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	13	His trance over, Saul went on, back to the hill-country.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	14	There was an uncle of his, that asked where they had been, and was not content with their story of consulting Samuel about the strayed asses.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	15	Tell me, said he, what message did the prophet give thee?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	16	Why, answered Saul, he told me the asses were found. But of the kingship promised him he said no word.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	17	And now Samuel bade the whole people gather in the divine presence at Maspha,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	18	and this message he gave them from the Lord God of Israel: It was I that rescued you from Egypt, I that protected you from the clutches of these and of all your oppressors.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	19	And now you have cast away your God, your only shield against so many misfortunes and afflictions; A king, you say, appoint a king to reign over us! Come then, present yourselves before the Lord, tribe by tribe, clan by clan.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	20	Then Samuel brought forward all the tribes of Israel by name, and the lot fell on Benjamin;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	21	brought forward all the families of Benjamin by name, and the lot fell on Matri’s; and in the end he reached Saul, the son of Cis. When they looked for him, he was nowhere to be found; was he on his way to Maspha?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	22	They asked the Lord, and the answer came that Saul was there, hiding in his tent.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	23	Whereupon they ran to fetch him, and before long he stood in their midst, a head and shoulders taller than any of them.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	24	The Lord’s chosen! cried Samuel. Look at him, and see if he has his like in Israel! And all the people shouted, Long live the king!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	25	And now Samuel proclaimed to the people what the king’s rights were; wrote it down, too, in a book, which he laid up in the Lord’s presence; then he bade them disperse to their homes.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	26	Saul went back to Gabaa, and with him went some of the fighting men, whom God so inspired.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	10	27	There were others, graceless folk, who asked contemptuously whether such a man as this could bring them victory; and no gift would they offer him. But Saul made as if he could not hear their mutterings.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	11	1	It was a month later that Naas the Ammonite offered battle, and laid siege to Jabes-Galaad; whereupon the men of Jabes would have made a treaty with him, and become his subjects.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	11	2	But his terms were, that he should put out the right eye of each citizen, to the shame of all Israel.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	11	3	So the elders of Jabes asked for a truce of seven days, while they sent messengers out to every part of Israel; if none came forward to help them, they would open the gates to him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	11	4	When these messengers came to Gabaa, where Saul lived, and told the people their errand, the whole city made loud lament.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	11	5	And just then Saul came in from the country, driving his team of oxen; What ails the people, he asked, that they should weep? And he was told of the message from Jabes.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	11	6	When he heard it, the spirit of the Lord fell upon him, and his heart burned with rage;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	11	7	there and then he took both the oxen, and cut them into small pieces, which he sent round by messenger to every part of Israel; The man who does not rally, said he, to the cause of Saul and Samuel, will have his oxen treated like these. And the Lord put the whole people in such dread of him, that they answered his summons to a man;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	11	8	when he called the roll at Bezech, Israel had sent three hundred thousand, and there were thirty thousand besides from Juda.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	11	9	Back went the messengers, carrying word to Jabes-Galaad that relief would come next day, with the heat of the sun. So the men of Jabes, overjoyed at the news the messengers brought,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	11	10	told Naas that they would open the gates on the morrow, and he should have them at his mercy.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	11	11	That next day, at the morning watch, Saul divided his army into three, and made his way into the heart of the Ammonite camp at the time of the morning watch. All morning, till the sun gained its heat, he smote the Ammonites down; and those who survived were so scattered that never a pair escaped together.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	11	12	After this, the people cried out to Samuel, Where are the men who protested they would not have Saul for their king? Bring them out, and let us slay them.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	11	13	But Saul answered, Nay, the Lord has given Israel a great victory; there shall be no slaughter this day.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	11	14	And now Samuel called on the people to come with him to Galgala, and renew the covenant of the kingship there;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	11	15	so all went to Galgala, and there, at Galgala, took Saul for their king in the Lord’s presence, which they honoured with welcome-offerings. A glad man was Saul that day, and not a heart in Israel but rejoiced with him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	12	1	But Samuel protested before the whole assembly of Israel: I have granted all you asked, and given you a king,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	12	2	who marches, now, at your head. I am an old man, and grey-haired, and you have sons of mine among you, and I am ready to answer for all my behaviour among you ever since my youth.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	12	3	Tell me, here in the presence of the Lord, and of the king he has anointed, have I robbed any man of ox or ass? Have I wronged anyone, oppressed anyone? Have I allowed anyone to bribe me? I will make restitution, not counting the cost.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	12	4	Never, they answered; never wert thou guilty of wrong or oppression; never didst thou take anything for thy own.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	12	5	The Lord is my witness, said he, and the king he has anointed is my witness as you stand before me this day, that you can find no charge to bring against me. The Lord is thy witness, they said.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	12	6	Then he said to the people, It was the Lord that gave you Moses and Aaron, and rescued your fathers from Egypt;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	12	7	stand there now, in his presence, while I confront you with all the mercy the Lord has shewn to you and to your fathers,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	12	8	from the time when Jacob removed to Egypt. When your fathers pleaded with the Lord, he sent Moses and Aaron to rescue them from Egypt, and gave them a home in the place where you stand.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	12	9	But they forgot the Lord their God, till he put them at the mercy of Sisara, captain of Hazor’s army, and the Philistines, and the king of Moab, who waged war against them;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	12	10	then they cried out to the Lord, We have sinned! We have forsaken the Lord, enslaved ourselves here to Baal, there to Astaroth! Deliver us now from the power of our enemies, and we will serve thee still.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	12	11	So the Lord sent Jerobaal, and Badan, and Jepthe, and Samuel, to deliver you from the power of the enemies that surrounded you, and you lived safe in your homes.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	12	12	Then, when you saw Naas king of the Ammonites levying war on you, nothing would serve but that I should appoint a king to command you; as if the Lord your God were not reigning among you as your king!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	12	13	Here, then, at your pleasure is the king you asked for, the king you longed for; be content, the Lord has given you a king.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	12	14	But on this condition, that you are to fear the Lord your God, and worship him, and listen to him, instead of defying his commands; both you and the king who governs you are to follow the guidance of the Lord your God.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	12	15	If you rebel against him, if you defy his commands, the hand of the Lord will fall heavily on you and your race.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	12	16	In token of it, here where you stand, you shall see the Lord do a wondrous thing before your eyes.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	12	17	It is harvest-time for the wheat already; but when I call upon the Lord’s name, he will send thunder and rain, to give you visible proof of the great wrong you have done by defying him and asking for a king.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	12	18	With that, Samuel cried out to the Lord, and the Lord sent down both thunder and rain that day,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	12	19	till the whole people was smitten with a great fear of the Lord and of Samuel. The whole people cried out with one voice, Pray to the Lord thy God for us thy servants, that our lives may be spared! We had sinned enough already, and now we have done him further wrong, by asking for a king to rule us.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	12	20	Do not be afraid, Samuel told them; you see how great is the wrong you have done; but now follow close where the Lord leads you, and serve him with all your hearts.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	12	21	Do not desert him for false gods which will play you false, granting neither aid nor deliverance.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	12	22	For his own renown, the Lord will not forsake his own people, and his people he has sworn you shall be.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	12	23	Pray for you? Never may I offend the Lord by ceasing to pray for you, and pointing you to the good paths, the right paths.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	12	24	Fear the Lord, and serve him loyally with all your hearts; you have seen what marvellous deeds he can do in your midst,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	12	25	and if you cling to wicked ways, you shall be swept away, you and your king.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	13	1	Saul was (so many) years old when he began to reign, and he had reigned for two years over Israel
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	13	2	when he picked an army of three thousand men. Of these, two thousand were under his own command, around Machmas and the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand under Jonathan at Gabaa in Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent back to their homes.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	13	3	But now Jonathan overpowered the Philistine garrison at Gabaa, and news of it was brought to the Philistines; whereupon Saul sounded an alarm all through the country, Hebrews, here is news for you!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	13	4	So the word went round that Saul had overpowered a Philistine garrison, and Israel was at war with the Philistines; and they raised their battle-cry under Saul’s command at Galgala.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	13	5	Meanwhile the Philistines mustered their forces to make war on Israel, their chariots thirty thousand, their horsemen six thousand strong, and the rest of their host countless as the sand by the sea. On they came, and encamped at Machmas, east of Bethaven.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	13	6	And now the Israelite folk found themselves hard pressed; and their evil plight drove them to take hiding in den and thicket, cave and cleft and pit;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	13	7	there were Hebrews, too, that fled across Jordan into Gad and Galaad. As for Saul, he stood his ground at Galgala, but it was a dispirited army that followed him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	13	8	For seven days he waited to keep tryst with Samuel, but still Samuel did not come; and meanwhile, men were deserting from his ranks;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	13	9	so at last he bade them bring the victims for burnt-sacrifice and welcome-offering, and performed the sacrifice himself.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	13	10	And now, when the burnt-sacrifice was over, he saw Samuel coming, and went out to greet him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	13	11	What is this thou hast done? Samuel asked. And he answered, I found that men were deserting from my ranks; thou hadst not kept the tryst, and already the Philistines had raised their standard at Machmas.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	13	12	Can I let the Philistines sweep down on me here in Galgala, thought I, without first winning the Lord’s favour? So I offered the burnt-sacrifice; there was no other way.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	13	13	But Samuel told him, This was great folly in thee, so to transgress the commands which the Lord thy God had given thee. But for this, the Lord would have destined thee, here and now, to found a line of kings that should have ruled Israel for ever.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	13	14	Now thy dynasty shall fall with thee; the Lord has found a man to fulfil his purposes, and rule his people instead of thee; such is the reward of disobedience.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	13	15	With that, Samuel left him, returning from Galgala to Gabaa in Benjamin. From Galgala, too, Saul and the forces that remained with him went up to Gabaa and the hill-country of Benjamin, to meet the attack; when he counted the roll, there were only some six hundred men to be found in his company.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	13	16	There, at Gabaa, Saul and his son Jonathan encamped with their followers, while the Philistines confronted them at Machmas.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	13	17	Meanwhile, there were three parties of the Philistine army that went out to find plunder; one of them to the Sual country, on the way to Ephra,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	13	18	one by the Bethoron road, and one by the frontier path that looks down on the valley of Seboim, going out towards the desert.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	13	19	(At this time, there were no workers in metal left in the whole of Israel; the Philistines had taken good care that the Hebrews should not be able to make sword or spear.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	13	20	When a man would sharpen share or spade, axe or hoe, in whatever part of the country he lived, he must go down into the Philistine lands to do it.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	13	21	Blunted were share and spade, fork and axe; even the goads needed to be straightened;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	13	22	and in times of battle Saul and his son Jonathan were the only men in the army that carried sword or lance.)
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	13	23	There was, too, a detachment of the Philistines that guarded the pass to Machmas.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	1	And one day, Saul’s son Jonathan proposed to the lad who carried his armour for him, Let us attack the Philistine detachment over yonder; but he said no word of it to Saul.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	2	Saul was encamped on the outskirts of Gabaa, under the pomegranate tree at Magron, with some six hundred men under him;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	3	he had a priest with him, bearing the sacred mantle, Achias son of Achitob. (This Achitob was brother to Ichabod, and son of that Phinees whose father Heli was once the Lord’s priest at Silo.) The men in the ranks, too, knew nothing of Jonathan’s errand.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	4	Just where he planned his attack on the Philistines, between the paths that climbed the hill, a rock jutted out on either hand like a single tooth, sheer on every side. One was called Boses and the other Sene;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	5	one faced northwards towards Machmas, and the other southwards towards Gabaa.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	6	Here, then, Jonathan said to his squire, Let us attack the post these uncircumcised Philistines have set on guard, and see if the Lord will speed us. Many or few, if the Lord means to grant us victory, who shall prevent him?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	7	As thou wilt, his squire answered; lead on, I will follow where thou biddest.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	8	We approach them, then, said Jonathan, and shew ourselves.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	9	And now, if they bid us wait till they come down to fetch us, let us keep our ground, and abandon all thought of the ascent.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	10	But if they bid us come up to their side, then go up we will; it is a sign that the Lord means to give us the mastery.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	11	So both shewed themselves to the Philistine detachment; Why, said the Philistines, here are the Hebrews coming out of the pits where they lay in hiding!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	12	And they cried out from their post to Jonathan and his squire, Come up to our side; we have something to disclose to you. And at that, Jonathan said to his squire, Up, then, go we; follow me close; the Lord is giving Israel the mastery.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	13	So, crawling upon hands and knees, Jonathan climbed up, and his squire after him; and of the enemy, some fell to Jonathan himself, some to the squire as he came up behind him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	14	This first slaughter that befell, when Jonathan and his squire assailed them, was but of twenty men, on a piece of ground that measured half an acre, a day’s ploughing for a pair of oxen.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	15	But all through the camp, all through the countryside, came a sudden terror; the rest of the detachment, that were returning from a foray, stood there open-mouthed; the earth, too, shook, and it seemed as if a divine terror were abroad.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	16	Looking out from Gabaa, the watchmen of Saul’s army wondered at the sight; so many men that lay slain, so many more in flight this way and that.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	17	And now Saul bade his men find out who it was that had left the ranks, and learned that Jonathan was not there, nor his squire.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	18	So he bade Achias consult the ark of God (it was there that day, God’s ark, among the ranks of Israel);
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	19	but even as he was talking with the priest, a great clamour arose in the Philistine camp, that gained force and grew louder with every moment. Stay thy hand, he said to the priest,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	20	and so, with his whole army, raised the war-cry and went to the attack. They found that the Philistines had come to blows, friend turning his sword against friend, and the slaughter raged beyond all bounds.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	21	Those Hebrews who, till now, had taken part with the Philistines, and were fighting at their side, now went over to the camp of Israel, the camp of Saul and Jonathan;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	22	and all those others who were in hiding among the hills of Ephraim, when they heard of the Philistine rout, came out to aid their fellow-countrymen, till Saul found himself at the head of some ten thousand men.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	23	Thus the Lord gave Israel the victory that day, and the field of battle spread wider till it reached Bethaven.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	24	The Israelites were fighting, that day, in a close body, and Saul put a ban on them, Cursed be the man that touches food before evening comes; I must take full vengeance on my enemies! So none of them took any food;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	25	even when the whole army passed through a glade where there was honey lying on the ground,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	26	and they saw the honey oozing from its combs as they entered the glade, not one in the ranks put his hand to his mouth, such was their terror of the ban.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	27	Jonathan had not heard his father bind the people so; and he, reaching forward and dipping the end of his staff into a honeycomb, took a mouthful from his hand; whereupon his eyesight grew clearer at once.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	28	And what of the ban thy father laid on us, one of the men said to him, calling down a curse on anyone who should touch food to-day? But the Israelites were faint on their march,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	29	and Jonathan said, It is an ill turn my father has done to his country; why, could you not see for yourselves how my eyes grew brighter for a mouthful of yonder honey?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	30	Think what a blow we might have struck, if the men had eaten their fill when we came upon the plunder the enemy had left behind them!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	31	That day’s pursuit took the army all the way from Machmas to Aialon, and they were weary men indeed;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	32	falling on the plunder they had recovered, they carried off sheep and ox and calf and slaughtered them there on the ground, eating them blood and all.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	33	When complaint was made that his men had disobeyed the Lord’s command by eating meat with the blood in it, Saul told them, You have broken the law; find a great stone, and roll it up to where I stand.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	34	Then he said, Go round and bid the folk bring ox and ram to me here, to slaughter their meat on this stone; sin no more by eating it with the blood in it. So, till late at night, each man brought his ox with him and slaughtered it there.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	35	And Saul built an altar to the Lord there, the first he ever raised to him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	36	And now, cried Saul, let us attack the Philistines in the darkness, and harry them till day dawns, so that none is left alive. Do as thou seest best, the people answered; but the priest said, God is present with us, let us have recourse to him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	37	Saul, then, asked the Lord whether he should pursue the Philistines, whether Israel would be granted the victory; but that day no answer came.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	38	Summon all the chieftains, cried Saul; we must have clear proof who it is has brought guilt on us this day.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	39	As the Lord, Israel’s protector, is a living God, though it were Jonathan, my own son, that is answerable for it, he shall die without hope of reprieve. And no voice among them all said him nay.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	40	Do you stand on one side, he told the men of Israel, I and my son Jonathan on the other. Do as thou seest best, the people answered.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	41	And Saul prayed to the Lord God of Israel, Lord God of Israel, send us right guidance; tell us why it is thou wilt give me, thy servant, no answer this day. If the guilt lies with me, or with my son Jonathan, let the sign be Revelation; if with thy people, let the sign be Holiness. Thereupon Jonathan and Saul were convicted, and the people went clear.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	42	Then Saul bade them cast lots between himself and Jonathan, and the lot fell on Jonathan.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	43	Tell me, said Saul to Jonathan, what it is thou hast done. So Jonathan told him; Touch food I did, but what food? A little honey picked up on the end of the staff I carried, and for that I must die.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	44	And Saul answered, Due punishment the Lord give me, Jonathan, and more than due, if thy life is not forfeited!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	45	But the people cried out to Saul, What, shall he die, Jonathan, who has won such a victory for Israel? As the Lord is a living God, that were great wrong. Never a hair shall fall from his head; this day he has done good service, God speeding him. So it was that the people, that day, saved Jonathan’s life.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	46	And Saul halted, not continuing his pursuit of the Philistines, who now went back to their own country.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	47	Once he was firmly established on the throne of Israel, Saul carried war into the territory of his enemies, Moab, Ammon, Edom, the kings of Soba, and the Philistines; and everywhere he won victories.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	48	He, too, it was that mustered an army and defeated Amalec, putting an end to their forays against Israel.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	49	Saul had three sons, Jonathan, Jessui and Melchisua, and two daughters, the elder called Merob and the younger Michol.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	50	His wife’s name was Achinoam, daughter to Achimaas. And he put his army under the command of his cousin Abner, son of Ner;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	51	like Cis, Saul’s father, Ner was son of Abiel.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	14	52	As long as Saul lived, there was bitter war against the Philistines, and wherever he found a brave man or a skilful fighter, Saul would attach him to his own person.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	1	But Samuel reminded Saul, It was the Lord that gave me commission to anoint thee king of his people Israel; to his voice thou must needs listen.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	2	And this is the message that comes to thee from the Lord of hosts: I have not forgotten how Amalec treated the Israelites, standing in their path when they were on the way here from Egypt.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	3	This, then, is thy errand, to destroy Amalec and all his domains, granting no pardon, coveting no plunder, but slaying man and woman, child and infant at the breast, camel and ass.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	4	Whereupon Saul summoned all his men to arms, and counted their muster as closely as a shepherd counts his lambs; two hundred thousand warriors, besides ten thousand from Juda.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	5	With these, Saul marched to Amalec’s capital, and laid an ambush in the ravine there;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	6	but first of all he warned the Cinites, Up, move your camping ground clear of the Amalecites; I would not involve you in their ruin; the men of Israel, on their way here from Egypt, had nothing but kindness from you. So the Cinites separated from Amalec,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	7	and Saul routed the Amalecites, driving them before him all the way from Hevila to Sur, on the confines of Egypt.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	8	He captured Agag, the Amalecite king, but although he put all the common folk to the sword,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	9	he and his army spared Agag; spared, too, the best of the flocks and herds, the choicest garments, the fattest rams; they would not destroy anything that was precious. All that was mean and worthless they destroyed readily enough.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	10	And the Lord’s word came to Samuel,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	11	I repent, now, of having made Saul king of Israel; he has played me false, and left my command unfulfilled. At this, Samuel was greatly moved, and all night long he pleaded with the Lord.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	12	At early dawn he rose up, resolved to find Saul that same morning; Saul, he was told, upon reaching the town of Carmel, had set up a monument there in his own honour, but had passed on now and made his way to Galgala. When Samuel reached it, he found Saul offering the Lord burnt-sacrifice, out of the first-fruits of the plunder taken from Amalec.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	13	The Lord’s blessing on thee, was Saul’s greeting to him; I have fulfilled the divine command.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	14	And this bleating of sheep, Samuel asked, that comes to my ears, this lowing of oxen that I hear?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	15	Why, answered Saul, these are what they brought back from Amalec; my men saved the best out of flock and herd, to be offered in sacrifice to the Lord; all the rest we have destroyed.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	16	May I tell thee, asked Samuel, the message the Lord has given me in the night? and when Saul bade him speak out,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	17	he went on, It was little conceit thou hadst of thyself, when the tribes of Israel were committed to thy leadership. And the Lord anointed thee king of Israel,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	18	and sent thee on an errand; Up, he said, destroy the sinful men of Amalec, smiting them down till none is left.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	19	How is it thou didst not obey the Lord’s command? Why didst thou fall to plundering, in defiance of the Lord’s will?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	20	Nay, protested Saul, obey the Lord I did; I went where the Lord’s errand took me, and brought back Agag, king of Amalec, in chains, and destroyed Amalec utterly.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	21	If my men carried off sheep and oxen, these were but first-fruits that were saved from the slaughter of all the rest, to be offered up to the Lord their God here in Galgala.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	22	What, said Samuel, thinkest thou the Lord’s favour can be won by offering him sacrifice and victim, instead of obeying his divine will? The Lord loves obedience better than any sacrifice, the attentive ear better than the fat of rams.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	23	Rebellion is sin as witchcraft is sin, all one with idolatry is the unsubmissive heart. Thou hast revoked thy loyalty to the Lord, and he thy kingship.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	24	Then Saul confessed to Samuel, I have sinned; I have transgressed the Lord’s will and thy command; I was afraid of my own people, and humoured their desire.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	25	Grant that sin forgiveness; let me have thy company, while I go back to pay the Lord worship.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	26	Nay, answered Samuel, thou shalt have no company of mine; the Lord has revoked thy kingship over Israel, since thou hast revoked thy loyalty to him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	27	With that, Samuel turned to go, and the other caught him by the border of his cloak, which tore in his hand.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	28	This day, Samuel told him, the Lord has torn away the kingship of Israel from thee, and given it to another and a better man than thyself.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	29	He who wins victories for Israel does not spare, does not relent; not his to alter his purpose like mortal men.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	30	But Saul still pleaded with him, Guilty though I be, at least give me countenance before the elders of my people and before the men of Israel, by bearing me company as I go to worship.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	31	Thereupon Samuel turned back and went with him, and worship he did.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	32	Then Samuel would have Agag, king of Amalec, brought into his presence; and he was brought in, gross of body and trembling with fear; A bitter parting, said he, is this of death.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	33	But Samuel told him, Many a woman that sword of thine has made childless, and now a childless woman thy own mother shall be; and he cut Agag to pieces, there in the Lord’s presence at Galgala.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	34	So Samuel went back to Ramatha, and Saul to his home at Gabaa,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	15	35	nor did Samuel, long as he lived, meet Saul again. But ever he lamented over him, that the Lord should have made him king of Israel, and afterwards revoked his kingship.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	16	1	But now the Lord said to Samuel, What, still lamenting over Saul? I have cast him off; he is to be king of Israel no longer. Come, put oil in that phial of thine, and go on an errand for me to Jesse of Bethlehem; in one of his sons I have looked myself out a king.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	16	2	How can I undertake such a journey, asked Samuel, without Saul coming to hear of it, and killing me? Take a young bull with thee, the Lord answered, and make it known, I have come to offer the Lord sacrifice.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	16	3	To this sacrifice Jesse must be bidden; then I will reveal my will to thee, and thou shalt anoint the man I direct thee to anoint.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	16	4	Thereupon Samuel did as the Lord bade him; and when he reached Bethlehem, the elders of the city greeted him in alarm, asking whether his coming boded well for them.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	16	5	Yes, he told them, I have come to offer the Lord sacrifice. Rid yourselves of defilement, and join with me in offering it. And with that he hallowed Jesse and his sons, and bade them come to the sacrifice with the rest.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	16	6	As soon as they entered the house, his eye fell on Eliab, and he said, Here stands the Lord’s choice, in the Lord’s presence!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	16	7	But the Lord warned Samuel, Have no eyes for noble mien or tall stature; I have passed this one by. Not where man’s glance falls, falls the Lord’s choice; men see but outward appearances, he reads the heart.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	16	8	Then Jesse called Abinadab, and brought him into Samuel’s presence; but, No, said he, this is not the Lord’s choice;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	16	9	then Samma, but he said, No, not this one either.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	16	10	Seven sons of his did Jesse thus present before Samuel, but none of these, he was told, had the Lord chosen.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	16	11	Then Samuel asked Jesse whether these were all, and he answered, One still remains, the youngest, herding the sheep. Send for him, answered Samuel; we must not sit down till he comes.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	16	12	And Jesse sent and fetched him, red-cheeked, fair of face, pleasant of mien. And now the Lord said, Up, anoint him; this is my choice.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	16	13	Whereupon Samuel took out the phial of oil and anointed him then and there in his brethren’s presence; and on him, on David, the spirit of the Lord came down, ever after that day. As for Samuel, he rose up and went home to Ramatha.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	16	14	Meanwhile the Lord’s spirit passed away from Saul; instead, at the Lord’s bidding, an evil mood came upon him that gave him no rest.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	16	15	God sends thee an ill mood, his servants told him, to disquiet thee.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	16	16	We are thy servants, waiting on our Lord’s bidding; shall we go and find some skilful player on the harp, to relieve thee, when God visits thee with this evil mood, by his music?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	16	17	Yes, answered Saul, find one who can play the harp well, and bring him to me.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	16	18	And here one of his servants offered advice; Stay, I myself have met such a man, a skilful player indeed, a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite. He is sturdy besides, and a tried warrior, well-spoken and personable, and the Lord is with him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	16	19	Thereupon a message went out from Saul to Jesse, There is a son of thine, David, that looks after thy sheep; send him to me.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	16	20	And Jesse loaded an ass with bread, and a flagon of wine, and a kid, and sent these by David as a present to Saul.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	16	21	Thus it was that David met Saul and entered his service; and became his armour-bearer, so well Saul loved him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	16	22	Let David remain here in attendance on me, Saul told Jesse; I like him well.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	16	23	And whenever Saul was taken with this evil mood of his, David would fetch his harp, and play; whereupon Saul was comforted and felt easier, till at last the evil mood left him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	1	And now the Philistines mustered their army for battle, and raised their standard at Socho, in Juda, encamping between Socho and Azeca, in the region of Dommim.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	2	Saul, too, mustered the Israelites, and they marched to the Valley of the Terebinth, where they drew up their array to meet the enemy;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	3	the Philistines held the mountain-slope on one side, and Israel on the other, with the valley between them.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	4	And the Philistines had a champion, a bastard born, that was called Goliath of Geth. His height was six cubits and a span;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	5	he wore a helmet of bronze and a breastplate of mail, this too made of bronze, and weighing five thousand sicles;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	6	greaves of bronze on his legs, and a shield of bronze to guard his shoulders.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	7	As for his spear, it had a shaft as big as a weaver’s beam, with an iron head that weighed six hundred sicles; and a man went before to carry his armour for him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	8	Such a man confronted the ranks of Israel, crying out, What need to come here armed for battle? Here am I, a Philistine born; do you, that wear Saul’s livery, choose out one of yourselves to meet me in single combat.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	9	If he is a match for me, and can strike me down, we will accept your rule; if I have the mastery, and he falls, you shall accept Philistine rule, and become our subjects instead.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	10	Here and now, I set the host of Israel at defiance (said the Philistine); let them put forward a champion that will fight hand to hand with me.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	11	Terror fell upon Saul and all the men of Israel as they listened to the challenge, and their hearts failed them.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	12	Now turn we to David, son of that Ephrathite of whom we spoke but now. This man, Jesse of Bethlehem-Juda, was father of eight sons, and in Saul’s reign he was well on in years, and passed for an old man.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	13	Three of his sons, the eldest, had gone to the wars with king Saul; three warrior sons, the first-born Eliab, and Abinadab, and Samma.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	14	David was the youngest; and when his three eldest brothers went into Saul’s service,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	15	he left it, and must go home to tend his father’s flock at Bethlehem.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	16	When the Philistine had already been coming out from the ranks and confronting the Israelites for forty days together,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	17	it chanced that Jesse sent his son David on an errand. Here is a bushel of flour, said he, and ten loaves; take them with all speed to thy brethren in the camp;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	18	ay, and ten cheeses to be a present for their commander. Go and look for thy brethren, to see that all is well with them, and find out what their place is in the ranks.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	19	It was in the Valley of the Terebinth he must find them, where they were carrying arms with Saul and all the men of Israel;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	20	so David rose early, leaving a man in charge of the flock, and went off with his load, to do his father’s bidding. When he reached Magala, the army had raised its war-cry and gone out to fight;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	21	Israel was now marshalled for battle, and the Philistines awaited them.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	22	So David left all the gifts he had brought with him in the care of the baggage-master, and ran to the field of battle, to ask how his brethren fared.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	23	Even as he spoke, out came the champion of the Philistine cause, Goliath, the bastard of Geth; and David heard him repeat his customary challenge.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	24	All the men of Israel were shrinking away in terror from the sight of him;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	25	and the talk went round among them, Saw you this warrior that went by? He has challenged Israel; and great good fortune awaits the man who overcomes him. The king has promised such a man great riches, and his daughter’s hand in marriage, and for his father’s house, freedom from every tax levied in Israel.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	26	And now here was David asking, What reward is there for saving Israel’s honour, by overcoming the Philistines? What, shall an uncircumcised Philistine defy the armies of the living God?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	27	So they repeated to him the tale of what the reward should be.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	28	When his elder brother Eliab overheard the talk, he turned upon David in anger; Why hast thou come here? he asked. Why must that sorry flock of thine go astray in the desert? This is thy old self-conceit, thy old cunning; thou hast come here only to watch the battle!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	29	Why, what wrong have I done? David asked. Is there not matter here for questioning?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	30	Then, passing on a little beyond him, he spoke to another man, using the same words, and folk gave him the same answer as before.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	31	What David had said was soon noised abroad, till it came to the ears of Saul;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	32	and he was summoned ere long into Saul’s presence. There is nothing here, he said, to daunt any man’s spirits; I, my lord, will go and do battle with the Philistine.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	33	What, answered Saul, thou meet the Philistine and engage him in battle? Why, thou art only a boy, and this is a man trained to arms from his youth.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	34	But David told Saul, My lord, I used to feed my father’s flock; and if lion or bear came and carried off one of my rams,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	35	I would go in pursuit, and get the mastery, and snatch the prey from their jaws. Did they threaten me, I would catch them by the throat and strangle them; that was my way of killing them.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	36	Lion or bear, my lord, I would slay them, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall have no better lot than theirs. Let me go out and save the honour of Israel; shall an uncircumcised Philistine defy the army of the living God?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	37	The Lord, said David, who protected me against lion and bear, will protect me against this Philistine.Why then, said Saul, go, and the Lord be with thee.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	38	Then he made David wear his own armour, put a helmet of bronze on his head, and a breastplate round him;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	39	and David, as he girded on a sword over his armour, tried whether he had strength to walk in this unwonted array. Nay, he told Saul, I cannot walk, so clad; it was never my wont. So he disarmed,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	40	and took nothing but the staff he ever carried, and five smooth stones, which he picked out from the river-bed and put in his shepherd’s wallet, and a sling in his hand; and so he went out to meet the Philistine.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	41	The Philistine, with his armour-bearer going before him, came ever nearer on his way,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	42	and looked at David with contempt; here was a boy, red-cheeked and fair of face.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	43	What, he asked, dost thou take me for a dog, that thou comest to meet me with a staff? And he cursed David in the name of his gods.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	44	Come close, he said; let me give thy carrion to bird and beast.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	45	Nay, said David, though thou comest with sword and spear and shield to meet me, meet thee I will, in the name of the Lord of hosts; in the name of that God who fights for the armies of Israel.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	46	Thou hast defied them this day, and this day the Lord will give me the mastery; I will strike thee down, and cut off thy head. I will feed bird and beast with the corpses of Philistine warriors, and prove to all the world that Israel has a God;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	47	prove to all who stand about us that the Lord sends victory without the help of sword or spear. God rules the battle; he will put you at our mercy.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	48	By now, the Philistine had bestirred himself, and was coming on to attack David at close quarters; so, without more ado, David ran towards the enemy’s lines, to meet him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	49	He felt in his wallet, took out one of the stones, and shot it from his sling, with a whirl so dexterous that it struck Goliath on his forehead; deep in his forehead the stone buried itself, and he fell, face downwards, to the earth.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	50	Thus David overcame the Philistine with sling and stone, smote and slew him. No sword he bore of his own,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	51	but he ran up and took the Philistine’s own sword from its sheath, where he lay, and with this slew him, cutting off his head. And now, seeing their champion dead, the Philistines betook themselves to flight;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	52	while the men of Israel and of Juda rose up with a cry, and gave chase till they reached the low ground, and the very gates of Accaron; all the way to Geth and Accaron, along the road to Saraim, Philistines lay dying of their wounds.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	53	At last the men of Israel returned from their pursuit, and fell to plundering the Philistine camp.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	54	As for David, he brought Goliath’s head back with him to Jerusalem, and laid up the armour in his tent.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	55	Saul, as he watched him going out to meet the Philistine, had asked the commander of his men, Abner, from what stock this boy came. On thy life, my lord, said Abner, I cannot tell.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	56	So the king bade him find out who the boy’s father was;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	57	and David fresh from his victory, was taken by Abner into Saul’s presence, still carrying the Philistine’s head with him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	17	58	And when Saul asked of his lineage, David told him, I am the son of thy servant Jesse, the Bethlehemite.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	1	By the time he had finished speaking with Saul, David’s heart was knit to the heart of Jonathan by a close bond, and Jonathan loved David thenceforward as dearly as his own life.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	2	It was then that Saul took David into his service, and would not allow him to go back home;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	3	and Jonathan, loving him dearly as his own life, made a covenant of friendship with David,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	4	took off his robe and all his gear, even to sword and bow and belt, and gave them to David to wear.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	5	This way and that David went at Saul’s bidding, and his skill never failed him; when Saul put him at the head of his army, he earned the good will of the whole people, and of Saul’s servants above the rest.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	6	But when David returned from slaying the Philistine, the women who came out from every part of Israel to meet Saul, singing and dancing merrily with tambour and cymbal,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	7	matched their music with the refrain, By Saul’s hand a thousand, by David’s ten thousand fell.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	8	And at this Saul was much displeased; it was no song to win his favour. What, he said, ten thousand for David, and but a thousand for me? What lies now between him and the kingship?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	9	So ever after, Saul eyed him askance.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	10	Next day, the evil mood had come upon Saul, divinely sent, and a frenzy took him, there in his house; David was playing, as he ever did, upon the harp, and Saul, who had a lance in his hand,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	11	threw it at him, thinking to pin David to the wall. Twice David must needs flee from his presence, thus threatened.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	12	Saul, then, began to fear David, as the heir to that divine favour he had lost;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	13	to remove him from his person, he gave him command of a thousand warriors, so that he must take the field at the head of his men.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	14	David’s skill never failed him in his enterprises, and the Lord was ever at his side;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	15	and Saul, seeing how well he prospered, began to be afraid of him;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	16	he was in high favour, too, with the men of Israel and Juda, marching out to battle at their head.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	17	Saul, therefore, promised him the hand of his elder daughter, Merob, in marriage, if he would play a man’s part in fighting the Lord’s battles; No need for me to touch him, Saul thought to himself, let the Philistines rid me of him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	18	Why, David answered, who am I, what rank have I, what place does my father’s kindred hold in Israel, that I should become the king’s son-in-law?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	19	And sure enough, when the time came that David should have wedded Saul’s daughter Merob, her hand was given to Hadriel the Molathite instead.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	20	Meanwhile, David had fallen in love with his younger daughter, Michol; and Saul was well pleased when he heard of it.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	21	I will promise her, thought Saul, in such a way as to entrap him; the Philistines shall rid me of him. And he told David, I have a second condition for thee to fulfil, and thereupon thou shalt have my daughter.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	22	Meanwhile, Saul had bidden his servants encourage David, when he himself was not by, telling him what favour the king, what love the king’s servants bore him; it was time he became the king’s son-in-law.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	23	But when they whispered these hopes to him, David said, Think you such a prize is won easily, when a man has neither purse nor station?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	24	When his servants came back to him with the news that David had answered thus,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	25	Saul bade them tell David, The king claims no bridal gifts, if thou wilt bring him the foreskins of a hundred Philistines, to give him a royal revenge on his enemies. In this way, Saul thought to betray David into the power of the Philistines;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	26	but when they told him what their master had said, David was well pleased to win the king’s daughter so.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	27	A few days afterwards, he set out with the men under his command, slew two hundred Philistines, and brought back their foreskins, which he counted out before the king as the price of his bride. And now Saul must give David his daughter Michol’s hand.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	28	That the Lord was with David, Saul could tell beyond doubt, and here was his daughter Michol David’s loving wife;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	29	more than ever Saul grew afraid of him, and remained thenceforward his enemy.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	18	30	Meanwhile, the Philistine chiefs came out to battle; David, from the time when their attacks began, shewed greater skill than all the rest of Saul’s officers, and his name was in high renown.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	19	1	Once, Saul gave the word to Jonathan and to all his servants that they must put David to death. But Saul’s son Jonathan, who loved David well,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	19	2	told him of the design; My father Saul, he said, means thy death; be on the watch tomorrow, keep apart, and hide thyself.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	19	3	Out in the open fields, close to thy hiding-place, I will stand talking to my father and will speak to him of thee; and afterwards I will tell thee what I have learned.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	19	4	So Jonathan pleaded David’s cause with his father Saul; Do no wrong he said, to thy servant David, that has done thee no wrong, but is much thy benefactor.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	19	5	Did he not put his life in peril, that day when he slew the Philistine, and the Lord gave the whole army of Israel a great victory? Thou wast there to see it, and rejoice at it; and wilt thou bring on thyself the guilt of blood wrongfully shed, by slaying David, who is innocent of fault?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	19	6	Saul listened to the plea of Jonathan, and relented; As the Lord is a living God, said he, no harm shall befall him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	19	7	So Jonathan called to David, and told him all that had passed; then he brought him back into Saul’s presence, where he remained as he had been ever wont.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	19	8	And when war broke out afresh, David went into battle against the Philistines, and won a great victory, putting them to rout.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	19	9	One day, Saul was sitting in his house, lance in hand, with the evil spirit upon him, divinely sent; and David was playing the harp before him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	19	10	He tried to pin David to the wall, and David escaped from his presence, while the lance stuck in the wall, baulked of its aim. That night, David fled for his life;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	19	11	Saul had sent armed men to his house to make sure of him, for on the morrow he must die. But Michol, David’s wife, warned him that death awaited him next day if he did not escape then and there,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	19	12	and let him down from a window. So David made good his escape that night;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	19	13	meanwhile, Michol brought out a sacred image and laid it in his bed, with goat’s hair at its head, and coverlets wrapped about it;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	19	14	when Saul’s pursuivants came to fetch David, they were told that he lay sick.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	19	15	But now they were sent back again to find David and bring him with them, bed and all, to die in Saul’s presence;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	19	16	so they found, when they came in, an image lying on the bed, with goat’s hair at the head of it.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	19	17	What is this trick thou hast played on me, Saul asked, helping my enemy to escape? Why, answered Michol, he threatened to kill me if I did not let him go.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	19	18	So David reached safety, and went to Ramatha to find Samuel, and tell him of Saul’s doings; and they retired, both of them, to live at the Naioth.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	19	19	Saul, when he heard from common report that David was there at Ramatha, in the Naioth,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	19	20	sent pursuivants there to seize him. But all they found was a company of prophets standing there in ecstasy, with Samuel, their leader, at their head; and with that, the spirit of the Lord fell on the pursuivants, and they were carried away in ecstasy like the rest.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	19	21	When Saul heard the news, and sent fresh messengers, these too fell into ecstasy, and the like happened when he sent a third time; so, in high displeasure,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	19	22	Saul took the road for Ramatha himself. When he reached the Great Well at Socho, he asked where Samuel and David were, and was told they were at the Naioth in Ramatha,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	19	23	so to the Naioth in Ramatha he went; and on him, too, the spirit of the Lord fell as he journeyed. Still in ecstasy he made his way to the Naioth in Ramatha,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	19	24	where he stripped off his garments and stood before Samuel in ecstasy with the rest; all that day and that night he lay on the ground naked. And so the proverb went abroad, Has Saul, too, turned prophet?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	1	David meanwhile escaped from the Naioth at Ramatha, and came back to have speech with Jonathan. What is it I have done? he asked. For what wrong, what fault of mine does thy father threaten my life?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	2	Nay, said he, never that; thy life is safe enough. My father does nothing, of much moment or of little, without telling me first; why should he have kept this one design dark? It cannot be.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	3	And once again he swore friendship. But David said, Thy father knows well enough what favour I enjoy with thee, and he thinks to himself, Jonathan must not know; this were great grief to him. But, as the Lord is a living God, and thy soul a living soul, there is but a step between me and death.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	4	Then, said Jonathan, make known thy will, and I will perform it.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	5	Tomorrow, David answered, is the first day of the month, and custom will have it that I should sit next to the king at table. Bear with me if I hide in the open fields, instead, till that day and the next are over;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	6	and if thy father looks about him and misses me, tell him that David asked leave of thee to go home on a sudden to Bethlehem, where all his clan are holding their yearly sacrifice.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	7	If he is content, all is well with me; if he falls into a rage, be sure that he is bent on doing me harm.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	8	I am thy servant, and thou hast made me swear a covenant of friendship with thee before the Lord; do me, then, this kindness. And if I am guilty of any fault, do thou thyself slay me, without seeking to reconcile me with thy father.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	9	God forbid! said Jonathan. If I find out that my father is bent on doing thee harm, nothing shall prevent me from telling thee of it.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	10	And now, said David, if thy father gives thee a rough answer, who is to bring me news of it?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	11	Come out with me, said Jonathan; let us walk together in the open fields. And when they were together in the open,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	12	he said to David, Let the Lord God of Israel be my witness, if I sound my father to-morrow or next day, and hear good news of David, I will send a messenger to give thee the news;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	13	if not, may the Lord punish Jonathan as he deserves, and more than he deserves! But if my father is still bent on thy harm, then I myself will bring it to thy ear, and send thee on thy way unharmed; and the Lord be with thee, as he was once with my father.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	14	While I live, shew me friendship in the Lord’s name, and when I die,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	15	let time never diminish thy friendship for my race. May the Lord, as he roots out David’s enemies, one by one, from the land that knew them, leave out Jonathan’s name from the list of his kindred; only on David’s enemies let his vengeance fall!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	16	Thus did Jonathan make a covenant with the line of David, and the Lord’s vengeance fell only on David’s enemies.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	17	And Jonathan swore a fresh oath to David, so dearly he loved him, dearly as his own life.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	18	Then Jonathan said, Since it is the first day of the month to-morrow, thou wilt be missed;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	19	thy place will be empty then and the day after. Make quickly, then, for the valley, and hide thyself; thou must needs be in hiding that third day, when men can go about their work again. Wait, then, near the rock called Ezel;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	20	and I will come and shoot three arrows close to it, letting fly as if I were shooting at a mark.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	21	Then I will send a servant after them, bidding him go and fetch my arrows.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	22	If I tell him the arrows are on the near side of him, he has only to go and pick them up, then do thou come out to me; it means, as the Lord is a living God, that all is well and no harm is meant thee. If I tell him the arrows are beyond him, then depart, and peace be with thee; the Lord will have thee go.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	23	And as for the promises we have exchanged, may the Lord be arbiter for ever between me and thee.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	24	So David went and hid, out in the fields, and the new month came, and the king sat down to meat.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	25	He sat, as was his wont, on a seat close to the wall; Jonathan was standing there, and Abner took his place next to Saul, but David’s was seen to be empty.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	26	That day, Saul said nothing of it; perhaps David had incurred some defilement, and had not yet been cleansed.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	27	But when the next day dawned after the new moon, and David’s place was empty still, Saul asked Jonathan why the son of Jesse had not sat down to meat that day or the day before.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	28	He urged me, answered Jonathan, to let him go to Bethlehem.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	29	Pray give me leave, said he; a yearly sacrifice is being offered in the city, and one of my brothers has summoned me there. Do me the favour, then, to let me go with all speed and visit my brethren.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	30	At this, Saul fell into a rage with Jonathan; What, cried he, thou son of a lecherous wife, dost thou think I have not marked how thou lovest this son of Jesse, to thy own undoing and hers, the shameful mother that bore thee?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	31	Never, while the son of Jesse is left alive on earth, will thy right to the throne be established. Send and bring him to me, here and now; he is a dead man.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	32	And why must he die? Jonathan asked of his father. What wrong has he done?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	33	Thereupon Saul caught up a lance as if to kill him; and Jonathan saw his father was determined upon David’s death;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	34	so he rose from table in hot anger, and that second day of the month no food crossed his lips, so grieved was he, for David’s sake, by his father’s insults.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	35	When day dawned, Jonathan went afield to keep his tryst with David, taking with him a boy that was his servant.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	36	Go and pick up the arrows I shoot, he told him, and bring them back to me. Then, as the boy ran for the first, he shot a second arrow beyond him;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	37	and when he reached the place where the first fell, Jonathan cried out after him, There is an arrow there beyond thee.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	38	And now he called out after him, Make haste, do not linger where thou art. So the boy gathered up Jonathan’s arrows, and brought them to his master;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	39	but of the business that was toward, he knew nothing; only Jonathan and David knew that.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	40	And now Jonathan handed the boy his weapons, and said, Take them back with thee to the city.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	41	When the servant had gone, David rose up from his hiding-place, that gave upon the south country; he bowed his face to the earth, and three times did reverence, and then they kissed one another and wept together; there was no staunching David’s tears.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	42	Go, said Jonathan, and peace go with thee. That, and the oath we have sworn in the Lord’s name, making him the arbiter between me and thee, between my posterity and thine, for ever!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	20	43	So David set out on his journey, and Jonathan made his way back to the city.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	21	1	It was to the priest Achimelech, at Nobe, that David betook himself. Achimelech was dismayed at his coming; Why art thou alone, he asked, with none to attend thee?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	21	2	The king, David told him, has given me a task to perform, but errand and instructions are both secret; and he has given me a trysting-place where I am to meet my companions.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	21	3	Hast thou food for them ready to hand, though it were but five loaves? Let me have what thou canst afford.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	21	4	Why, answered the priest, never a loaf have I here for common uses; there is only the holy bread. Are they free from defilement, these followers of thine, from the touch of woman, at least?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	21	5	As to women, David told the priest, we are as clean as when we set out a day or two back; and the packs the men carry are as clean as themselves. This is no holy errand of ours, but it will not bring any defilement, to-day, upon aught we carry with us.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	21	6	So the priest gave him hallowed bread, since he had nothing but the loaves which had been set out in the Lord’s presence, and must now be taken away to make room for a new batch.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	21	7	One of Saul’s servants was there that day, waiting in the Lord’s precincts, a man of Edom called Doeg, chief of Saul’s shepherds.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	21	8	And now David said to Achimelech, Hast thou a sword or spear here for me? My sword and all my weapons I left behind, so urgent was the royal command.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	21	9	Yes, answered the priest, there is the sword of the Philistine, Goliath, whom thou didst slay in the Valley of the Terebinth. Wrapped in a cloth it lies, behind the sacred mantle. If thou wilt take that, take it; there is none other but that. And there is none other like that, said David; give it me.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	21	10	David set out the same day, to find refuge from Saul’s pursuit, and betook himself to Achis, king of Geth.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	21	11	And at the sight of him, Achis’ men said to their master, Why, is not this David, a king in his own land? Was it not in his honour their dancers used to sing, By Saul’s hand a thousand, by David’s ten thousand fell?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	21	12	David marked their words well, and now he went in fear of Achis king of Geth.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	21	13	So he changed his mien when they were by, swooning in their hands and clinging to the door-posts and letting the spittle fall on his beard,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	21	14	till Achis told his men, Why, this is a madman you have found; why must you bring him into my presence?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	21	15	Have we not fools enough, that you bring this fellow in to let me watch his antics? Is this the man you would have me take into my house?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	22	1	Afterwards David moved on, and took refuge in the cave of Odollam. His brethren and all his father’s kindred followed him there;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	22	2	and soon a band of men gathered about him, the ill-used, the debtors, the disaffected, and David became their leader, so that he had some four hundred men at his heels.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	22	3	From Odollam, he went on to Maspha, in the domains of Moab, and asked the king of Moab to let his father and mother dwell there, until they should find out what fortune the Lord meant to send him;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	22	4	under the protection of the Moabite king they were left there, and remained with him all the time David was in the hills.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	22	5	But the prophet Gad bade him leave his hill-fastness and make his way back to the domain of Juda; so he moved on, and betook himself to the forest of Haret.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	22	6	When the news reached Saul that David and his followers had come into view, Saul was dwelling at Gabaa, and held his court, spear in hand, in the wood of Rama.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	22	7	Listen, men of Jemini, he said to his vassals who stood there at his side, do you think the son of Jesse is like to give all of you lands and vineyards, make all of you chiefs and captains under him?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	22	8	How is it that you are all in conspiracy against me, and none of you will tell me the truth, even when my own son is in league with the son of Jesse? Is there none of you that will feel my wrongs, and bring me news of it when my own son encourages my own servant in disaffection, a man that has ever plotted against me, and plots against me still?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	22	9	And the answer came from Doeg, the man of Edom, who was chief among Saul’s servants. I was by, he said, at Nobe, when the son of Jesse was there with the priest Achimelech, son of Achitob,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	22	10	who consulted the Lord for him, and gave him food for his journey; armed him, too, with the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	22	11	Thereupon the king sent out his summons to the high priest Achimelech, son of Achitob, and all his priestly kindred at Nobe, and they all came into his presence.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	22	12	Listen, son of Achitob, Saul began, and Achimelech answered, I am here, my lord, at thy command.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	22	13	Why hast thou conspired against me, asked Saul, with the son of Jesse? Why didst thou give him bread, and a sword, and consult the Lord in his behalf, to help him in his rebellion, a man that has ever plotted against me, and plots against me still?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	22	14	Why, my lord, answered Achimelech, what servant of thine was ever so trusted as David, a king’s son-in-law; one who ever goes on thy errands, and fills so high a place in thy household?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	22	15	This was not the first time I had consulted the Lord for him. God forbid, my lord king, that either I, thy servant, or any of my kindred should be brought under any such suspicion! Nay, I knew nothing of this business from first to last.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	22	16	And the king said, Achimelech, thou must die for it; thou and all thy kindred;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	22	17	then he bade his retainers, that stood about him, set to and kill the Lord’s priests, men who had helped David by being privy to his flight and giving no tidings of it. But the king’s retainers were afraid to lay hands on the priests of the Lord;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	22	18	so the king bade Doeg set to, and fall upon the priests. Fall upon them he did, Doeg the man of Edom, and slew that day eighty men that wore the linen mantle.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	22	19	Nobe, too, the city of the priests, the king put to the sword; man and woman, child and infant, ox and ass and sheep, all put to the sword.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	22	20	There was only one descendant of Achimelech, son of Achitob, that escaped; his name was Abiathar, and he took refuge with David,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	22	21	bringing him the news that Saul had killed all the Lord’s priests.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	22	22	I knew well, David told him, when I found Doeg the Edomite there that day, that he would not fail to tell Saul of it. I am answerable for the slaughter of all thy kinsmen.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	22	23	Stay with me here, and fear nothing; my enemies are thine, and here thou wilt be in safety.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	1	News was brought to David that the Philistines were attacking Ceila, and plundering its threshing-floors.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	2	So he consulted the Lord, asking whether he should go and attack these Philistines; and the Lord answered, attack them he should, and bring the townspeople relief.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	3	But David’s followers protested, Here are we going in fear of our lives, even on the soil of Juda; and wouldst thou have us make our way to Ceila, and fight the army of the Philistines?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	4	So David consulted the Lord again, and still the Lord said, Up, and to Ceila betake thee; I will give thee victory over the Philistines.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	5	So David and his men marched there and made war on the Philistines, driving off their cattle; he defeated them with great loss, and the town was rid of them.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	6	(It was here that Abiathar, son of Achimelech, took refuge with David; and he came bringing the sacred mantle with him.)
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	7	When news reached Saul that David had gone to Ceila, he thought, The Lord has put him at my mercy; he is shut in, now, by the barred gates of a city.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	8	And he bade his whole army march down there and lay siege to David and his men;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	9	but David, hearing of the secret plans that were being made for his hurt, would have Abiathar consult the sacred mantle.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	10	Lord God of Israel, was David’s prayer, news has reached me that Saul is on his way to Ceila, to destroy the city that shelters me;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	11	what if the townspeople should hand me over to him? Tell me, Lord God of Israel, is the report true that Saul is on his way down? It is true, the Lord answered.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	12	Then David asked, Will the townspeople betray me and my companions into Saul’s hands? And the Lord answered, They will.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	13	So David and his men, about six hundred strong, left Ceila and went back to their wandering life; and Saul, hearing that David had made good his escape from the town, said no more about his purposed attack.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	14	After this, David must keep to desert fastnesses, and he made his home among the wooded hills in the wilderness of Ziph; and evermore Saul made search for him, but the Lord disappointed him of his prey.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	15	David lay close in the woods of Ziph, well knowing that Saul was bent on taking his life.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	16	And now Saul’s son Jonathan ventured out, and visited him there in the woods, to bid him God-speed;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	17	Have no fear, said he, my father Saul will never find thee. Thou art destined to reign over Israel, and I to take the second place; my father Saul knows well that so it must be.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	18	So they made a covenant between them, there in the Lord’s presence; and David lay close in the woods, while Jonathan went home again.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	19	Meantime the men of Ziph betook themselves to Saul at Gabaa, and said to him, We have news of David for thee; he lies hidden in a forest stronghold on the slopes of Hachila, south of the desert.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	20	Come, then, where thou mayest have thy dearest wish; we will undertake to hand him over to the royal custody.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	21	The Lord’s blessing on you! answered Saul; here are men that feel for my wrongs.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	22	Go and make your preparations carefully; take good heed to enquire where he has halted on his march and who has seen him there; he knows well enough that a skilful hunter is on his track.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	23	Keep watch, and note all the lairs he lurks in; then come back to me with sure news, and I will go with you. Let him go to ground as he will, I will hunt him out among all the multitudes of Juda!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	24	So they went back to Ziph to prepare the way for Saul, and found that David and his men were in the desert of Maon, on the low ground south of Jesimon.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	25	When Saul and his followers came in pursuit, David had news of it, and took refuge in a rock-fastness, haunting still the desert of Maon; and through the desert of Maon Saul went in pursuit of him, learning that he was to be found there.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	26	At last a time came when Saul was traversing one side of a mountain, while David and his men were on the opposite side. David had lost hope of slipping through Saul’s hands, now that Saul’s men had encircled his, ready to cut them off.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	27	But a message reached Saul, Come with all speed; the Philistines have invaded the land.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	23	28	Whereupon Saul must needs give up his pursuit of David, and go back to meet the Philistines. That is how the place came by the name it bears, the Sundering Rock.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	24	1	Then David withdrew, and made the fastness of Engaddi his home.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	24	2	So, when Saul returned from driving the Philistines away, word was brought to him, David is over yonder, in the desert of Engaddi;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	24	3	and with three thousand picked men from the Israelite ranks he went to hunt out David and his followers, though it were among rocks so steep that only the wild goats could find a footing.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	24	4	Close by some sheep-folds that met him on his way, there was a cave, into which Saul went to ease himself; and in the inner part of this same cave, David and his men lay hidden.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	24	5	Now, David’s servants told him, the time has come which the Lord foretold to thee, when he promised he would put thy enemy at thy mercy. Whereupon David rose to his feet, and silently cut off the skirt of Saul’s cloak.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	24	6	Then his heart smote him, that he had even mutilated Saul’s cloak;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	24	7	God be merciful to me, said he to his men, never may I do such despite to the Lord’s unction, as to lay hands on the king he has anointed!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	24	8	So, with a word, he checked his men, and would not let them do Saul any violence.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	24	9	When Saul left the cave, to go forward on his march, David followed him; he too left the cave, crying out after him, My lord king! And when Saul looked behind him, there was David bowing to the earth in reverence.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	24	10	Why wouldst thou lend an ear, David asked him, to such as tell thee David is thy enemy?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	24	11	Thou canst see with thy own eyes that the Lord put thee at my mercy, yonder in the cave, and the thought came to me that I might kill thee. But no, I looked down and spared thee; Never will I lift a hand, thought I, against the king the Lord has anointed.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	24	12	Do but look, my father, on what I hold in my hand; dost thou recognize the skirt of thy cloak? The skirt of thy cloak I cut off; kill thee I would not. Think on this, and tell thyself that there was never despite or wrong on my part, never a fault committed against thee; it is thou that art plotting against me, ready to compass my death.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	24	13	The Lord pass sentence between us; it is for the Lord to avenge me on thee; this hand shall never be lifted against thee.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	24	14	(So the old proverb says, Leave wrong to the wrong-doer, my hand shall not touch thee.) A fine quarry thou huntest, king of Israel,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	24	15	a fine quarry indeed! A dead dog, a flea, is all thy quest.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	24	16	The Lord give sentence between us; the Lord witness and redress my wrongs, and rescue me from thy power.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	24	17	All this David said to him, and then Saul asked, Is it thy voice I hear, my son David? and wept aloud.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	24	18	Thou givest better measure, he said, than I; thou returnest good for evil, and I evil for good.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	24	19	And thou hast shewn thyself a true friend this day, sparing my life when the Lord had put it at thy mercy;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	24	20	should a man meet his enemy, and let him go unharmed? The Lord reward thee for this day’s kindness.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	24	21	This I know past all doubt, that one day thou wilt be king, and have this realm of Israel in thy power;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	24	22	swear to me in the Lord’s name that thou wilt not destroy the posterity which survives me, wilt not leave my name forgotten in the record of my father’s race.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	24	23	So David bound himself to Saul by oath, and Saul went home, while David and his followers returned to their hill-fastness.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	1	And now the Israelites must bewail the death of Samuel; all gathered with one accord and gave him burial at Ramatha, his home. Afterwards, David betook himself to the wilderness of Pharan.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	2	There was a man who lived in the desert of Maon, and had lands at Carmel, a very rich man, owning three thousand sheep and a thousand goats; it happened just then that he was shearing his flocks at Carmel.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	3	Nabal was his name, and he had a wife called Abigail, that was a woman of good sense and of great beauty; but this husband of hers, descended from Caleb, was a churlish fellow, wicked and spiteful in all his dealings.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	4	When news came to David, there in the desert, that Nabal was at his shearing,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	5	he sent ten of his men to Carmel, to find Nabal and wish him well in David’s name.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	6	And they were to bear this message: My brethren wish thee well, and thy kindred too, and all that is thine.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	7	News has come to me that they are shearing, those herdsmen of thine whom we met out in the desert; all the time we were at Carmel, we left them unmolested, and never a beast was missing from their herds;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	8	ask thy men, and they will assure thee of it. My servants come at an auspicious time; look kindly on their request, and send such a present as thou canst best afford to thy servants here, and thy son David.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	9	So David’s men went on their errand, gave him the message in David’s name, and waited for his answer.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	10	From David? said he. From the son of Jesse? There is no lack, in these days, of slaves that run away from their masters.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	11	Tell him that bread of mine and water of mine and the meat I kill are for my shearers here, not for strangers that have sprung up I know not whence.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	12	So David’s men must make their way home again, and bring him his answer.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	13	Whereupon he bade all his followers gird on their swords. Gird themselves they did, and so did he; some four hundred men went with him, and the other two hundred were left to guard the baggage.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	14	Meanwhile Abigail, Nabal’s wife, had been warned by one of the servants, Some messengers came here, sent by David from the desert to greet our master, and he has turned them away.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	15	And yet these men were good friends to us, leaving us ever unmolested; loss had we none all the time they were with us in the desert;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	16	nay, they were a protection to us, night and day, while we pastured our flocks among them.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	17	Take thought, then, and resolve what thou wilt do; thy husband and thy house are marked down for vengeance, and he is so cross-grained a man that there is no reasoning with him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	18	Abigail wasted no time; she brought out two hundred loaves, two skins of wine, five rams ready cooked, five pecks of flour, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of dried figs; all these she loaded on asses,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	19	and bade the drivers go on before; she herself would follow. But she said no word of this to her husband Nabal.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	20	She had mounted her ass, and was now at the bottom of the valley, when she saw David and his men coming down towards her; and she went to meet them.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	21	And still, as he came, David uttered threats; It was a thankless care of mine to protect all this man’s goods, out in the desert, so that he never felt loss; it is an ill return he makes me for such a service.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	22	God grant David’s enemies all they desire and more than they desire, if I let any male in this man’s house live till morning!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	23	But Abigail no sooner met David than she dismounted from her ass and fell down before him, her face bowed to earth,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	24	and said, kneeling at his feet, For this fault, my lord, let me bear the blame! Listen to thy handmaid, that craves audience of thee.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	25	My lord, pay no heed to this cross-grained fellow Nabal, a fool in nature as in name; I myself saw nothing of the men that came from thee.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	26	Oh, then, as thou art a living man, and the Lord is a living God, the Lord who has restrained thee from deeds of blood and kept thy hands clean, (may all my Lord’s enemies and ill-wishers be as ill-advised as Nabal!),
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	27	I entreat thee to accept this offering I have brought thee, as a handmaid to her master; share it, my lord, with thy followers.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	28	And so let the fault of thy handmaid be forgiven! Sure it is the Lord means to grant thee abiding posterity, so well, my lord, dost thou fight his battles; and never may ill fortune attend thee, long as thou livest!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	29	Rise up who may to wrong thee and plot against thee, yet shall that soul of thine be in safe keeping with the Lord thy God, stored up in his casket of life; it is the souls of thy enemies he shall cast away, as from the whirling heart of a sling.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	30	Why then, when the Lord has granted thee all his promised blessings, and made thee master of Israel,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	31	let there be no sigh of remorse in my Lord’s heart, at the memory of innocent blood shed, or vengeance cruelly taken! Rather, when the Lord has so blessed thee, mayest thou think gratefully of me, thy handmaid.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	32	And David said to her, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel! A blessing, too, on these words of thine,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	33	and on thyself, who hast prevented me this day from going on a bloody errand, using violence to avenge my wrongs!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	34	Nay, as the Lord is a living God, the Lord who has preserved me from doing thee hurt, if thou hadst not come to meet me thus early, never a male in Nabal’s house should have lived till morning.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	35	So David accepted all the gifts she brought him; Go home in peace, he said to her; thy prayer is granted, thy suit has prospered.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	36	So she went home to Nabal, and found him feasting royally. His heart was merry, for he had drunk deep; and she said no word to him, of little import, or great, till morning.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	37	But in the morning, when he had slept away his carouse, his wife told him of all that had passed, and his heart went dead within him, cold as a stone;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	38	and when ten days had passed, the Lord struck Nabal down, and he died.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	39	When David heard of his death, he said, Blessed be the Lord, that has given me redress for Nabal’s ill usage of me, keeping his servant clear of wrong, and himself punishing Nabal’s spite! Then he sent a message to Abigail, offering her marriage.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	40	And when David’s messengers reached her at Carmel, and told her David had sent them on this errand,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	41	she rose up, and bowed down to earth; Let thy handmaid be a waiting-woman, she said, to wash the feet of my Lord’s retainers!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	42	Then, without more ado, Abigail mounted her ass, took five maidens with her to wait on her needs, and went with David’s messengers; and so he made her his wife.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	43	He wedded Achinoam, too, from Jezrahel; both of these were wives to David.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	25	44	But as for Michol, that had been his wife once, her father Saul gave her in marriage to Phalti, son of Lais, a man of Gallim.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	26	1	When the men of Ziph brought news to Saul in Gabaa that David was in hiding on the slopes of Hachila, that look out towards the desert,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	26	2	he set out with three thousand picked men from the ranks of Israel, and made his way to the desert of Ziph, to search for David there.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	26	3	On the slopes of Hachila Saul encamped; David, meanwhile, who was out in the desert, knowing that Saul meant to follow him there,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	26	4	had sent men to watch his movements, and it was Hachila they reported as Saul’s halting-place.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	26	5	Then David himself went on a secret journey, and made his way to the spot; looked down at the place where Saul lay, where Abner lay, the commander of his army, and the very tent in which Saul slept, with all the rest of his men camped about him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	26	6	Thereupon David said to his companions, Achimelech the man of Heth, and Abisai, Sarvia’s son, that was brother to Joab, Which of you comes down with me to the camp where Saul lies? And Abisai said, I will bear thee company.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	26	7	So, at dead of night, David and Abisai passed through into the Israelite lines, and found Saul asleep in his tent, with his spear driven into the ground by his pillow; all around him, Abner and the rest of his army lay sleeping too.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	26	8	Now, said Abisai, the Lord has left thy enemy at thy mercy! Let me pin him to the ground as he lies with one thrust of yonder spear; there will be no need for a second.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	26	9	Nay, answered David, kill him thou must not; none can lay hands on the king whom the Lord has anointed but he incurs guilt.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	26	10	As the Lord is a living God, David said, I will wait for the Lord to smite him down, till death comes to him, or he falls on the field of battle.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	26	11	The Lord be merciful to me, never will I lay hands on the king he has anointed! Come, take up the spear that is by his head, and yonder pitcher of water, and let us begone.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	26	12	So David took away the spear, and the pitcher of water that was by Saul’s head, and back they went; none saw, none knew of it, none stirred; all lay tranced in a deep sleep the Lord had sent down upon them.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	26	13	When David had crossed to the further slope, he stood on a peak of the hill far away, parted from them by a long distance,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	26	14	and cried out to the army of Israel, cried out to Abner, son of Ner. What, Abner, he said, wilt thou never answer? And answer he did, Who art thou, that criest so, disturbing the king’s sleep?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	26	15	Thou wast ever a brave man, Abner, David said, none like thee in Israel; what guard is this thou keepest over thy lord the king? The life of thy lord the king was in danger but now, from a subject of his that found his way into the camp. This was great fault in thee;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	26	16	as the Lord is a living God, you are no better than dead men, you that watch so ill over your master, the king he has anointed. Look about thee, and see what has become of the king’s spear, and the pitcher of water that was by his head.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	26	17	With that, Saul himself recognized David’s voice; Is it thy voice I hear, he asked, my son David? And David answered, It is mine, my lord king, no other.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	26	18	My lord, said he, why wouldst thou hunt down this poor servant of thine? What have I done amiss, what guilt lies at my door? My lord king, give thy servant a hearing.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	26	19	If it is the Lord that inspires thee with such hatred of me, then let him be appeased by sacrifice. But if it is the work of men, the Lord’s curse be on them; they have exiled me this day from the Lord’s domain, bidden me go and worship alien gods.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	26	20	Why must the earth be stained with my blood, under the Lord’s eye? A fine quarry for the king of Israel! A flea, a partridge on the hills,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	26	21	were as well worth his chase. I have done thee wrong, Saul answered; return, my son David, return. Never again will I do thee hurt, after this day when thou hast spared my life. My folly, I see it now; my long blindness, I see it now.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	26	22	Here is the king’s spear, said David; best that one of the king’s men should come across and take it.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	26	23	The Lord will make every man the return his own faith and honour have deserved; this day the Lord put thee at my mercy, and I would not lift a hand against the king he has anointed.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	26	24	I held thy life precious; may the Lord hold mine precious, and deliver me at all time of peril.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	26	25	A blessing on thee, my son David, Saul answered; much thou shalt achieve, much win. And with that, David passed on, and Saul went back whence he came.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	27	1	The time must come, David thought to himself, when I shall fall into Saul’s hands; were it not better to escape, and take refuge in the country of the Philistines? Then Saul will give up the hope of hunting me down within the borders of Israel, and I shall be safe from his power.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	27	2	So David removed, and betook himself, with six hundred men at his heels, to Achis, son of Maoch, that was king of Geth;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	27	3	there, in Geth, with Achis, he and his men settled down, each with his own household; David with his two wives, Achinoam from Jezrahel, and Abigail that had been wife to Nabal at Carmel.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	27	4	As for Saul, when he heard that David had taken refuge at Geth, he gave up the pursuit.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	27	5	And now David said to Achis, Do me this favour; make me a grant of land in one of the townships here. No need that I, thy servant, should make my dwelling with thee in thy capital city.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	27	6	Whereupon Achis granted him Siceleg, and it has belonged to the kings of Juda from that day to this.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	27	7	David’s stay among the Philistines lasted for four months;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	27	8	he would lead his men out, and drive off plunder from Gessuri and Gersi and from the Amalecites; these were settlements belonging to the old inhabitants of the land, which reached as far as Sur, on the borders of Egypt.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	27	9	Wherever he went, he ravaged the country-side, leaving neither man nor woman alive; then he would carry off sheep and ox and ass and camel and garments as his spoil, and so return to Achis.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	27	10	Did Achis ask where he had made his foray that day, he would answer, On the south of Juda, or of Jerameel, or of Ceni.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	27	11	Neither man nor woman must be taken alive and brought to Geth, for fear they should betray him and his. So David did, of set purpose, all the time he lived in the Philistine country;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	27	12	and Achis believed what he said, and thought to himself, This man has brought great hurt on his own people of Israel; now he is bound to my service in perpetuity.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	28	1	It happened at this time that the Philistines mustered all their array, to levy war on Israel. Be sure of this, said Achis to David, that thou and thy men shall march at my side to battle.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	28	2	Why then, David answered, thou shalt have proof, now, of thy servant’s worth. Prove it, said Achis, and it shall be thine to guard my person at all times.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	28	3	This was after the time when Samuel died, and was buried at his home in Ramatha, with all Israel to mourn him; after the time when Saul purged the country of soothsayers and diviners.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	28	4	The Philistines had joined their forces and marched to Sunam, where they encamped; and Saul, with the whole muster of Israel, went out to mount Gelboe to meet them;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	28	5	but as he looked down on the Philistine camp he was dismayed, and sorely his heart misgave him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	28	6	When he consulted the Lord, no answer was sent him, by dream or priest or prophet;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	28	7	and at last he bade his servants find him some woman that was an enchantress, so that he could go and question her. There is such a woman, they told him, living at Endor.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	28	8	So he disguised himself, and put on other garments, and, with two of his men in attendance, visited the woman at dead of night. Use thy enchantments, said he, to bring up from the dead the man I name to thee.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	28	9	Nay, said she, thou knowest well how Saul has been at pains to rid the country of diviners and soothsayers; why wouldst thou entrap a poor soul, to bring her to her death?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	28	10	But Saul swore to her, As the Lord is a living God, no harm shall befall thee.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	28	11	And when she asked whom he would have brought up from the dead, he said, Bring up Samuel for me.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	28	12	No sooner did Samuel appear to her, than the woman cried aloud, What is this trick thou hast played on me? Thou thyself art Saul!
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	28	13	But the king bade her have no fear, and asked what it was she had seen. It seemed, she told him, as if gods were coming up from beneath the earth.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	28	14	What form is it thou seest? he asked. And she said, An old man has come up, wrapped in a cloak. Then Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed his face to the earth, and did reverence.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	28	15	Why hast thou disturbed my rest, Samuel asked, and brought me to earth again? I am hard pressed, Saul told him; the Philistines are levying war on me, and the Lord has forsaken me, giving me no answer by prophet or by dream; and I have summoned thee to tell me how I am to make shift.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	28	16	Nay, answered Samuel, what need to ask? The Lord has forsaken thee, and gone over to one that is thy rival.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	28	17	He means to make good the threat I uttered in his name, that he would snatch the kingdom from thy hand, and give it to another; it was of David he spoke.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	28	18	And thy plight this day is the punishment the Lord sends thee for disobeying his command, instead of executing his vengeance on Amalec;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	28	19	over thee and all Israel he will give the Philistines mastery. To-morrow, thou and thy sons will be with me, and the Lord will leave the camp of Israel at the mercy of the Philistines.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	28	20	With that, Saul fell his full length on the ground, so daunted was he by Samuel’s words, so weak from taking no food all that day.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	28	21	The woman went to his side, seeing him thus overcome; My lord, she said, I obeyed thee at the peril of my life, and since I have so humoured thee,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	28	22	wilt thou not humour this handmaid of thine, by letting her set a mouthful of food before thee, to give thee strength for thy journey by the eating of it?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	28	23	But he refused to take any food, until his servants and the woman together put constraint on him; then at last he rose from the ground and sat on the bed.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	28	24	The woman had a calf by her that she had fattened; this she killed without more ado, took flour and kneaded it and baked it without leaven,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	28	25	and so she gave Saul and his men their meal. When they had eaten it they rose to go, and on they journeyed the whole night through.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	29	1	So the Philistines marshalled their whole forces in Aphec, while Israel encamped by the spring at Jezrahel;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	29	2	at the head of their hundreds and their thousands the chiefs of the Philistines marched by, and at the rear, with Achis, were David and his men.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	29	3	And now the chiefs of the Philistines began asking what these Hebrews did there; Why, said Achis, you have surely heard of David, that was in the service of Saul, king of Israel? He has been with me a long time, more than a year now, and to this day, from the day when he first took refuge with me I have had no fault to find with him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	29	4	But the chiefs of the Philistines took it amiss; Let this fellow go home, they said, and remain at the post thou hast allotted to him. He must not march into battle at our side; who knows whether he will turn against us when once we are engaged? What other peace-offering can such a man bring to his old master but these heads of ours?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	29	5	It was of this David the dancers used to sing, By Saul’s hand a thousand, by David’s ten thousand fell.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	29	6	So Achis sent for David, and said to him, As the Lord is a living God, I know thee for a good man and true; thy place is at my side in battle, and never to this day from the day when first thou camest to me have I had any fault to find with thee. But the chiefs look askance at thee;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	29	7	go home, then, and peace go with thee; it were well thou shouldst not cross the chiefs of the Philistines.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	29	8	Why, said David, what harm have I done, what fault hast thou to find with thy servant, ever since I first appeared in thy presence, that I should be forbidden to come out and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	29	9	Nay, answered Achis, I can vouch for it that to myself thou art welcome as an angel of God; but the chiefs of the Philistines have decreed, He shall not go to battle with us.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	29	10	Come then, march away to-morrow with all thy company; rise up at dawn, and begone with the morning light.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	29	11	So David and his men rose up early on the morrow to march away and return to the Philistine country, while the Philistines went to the attack against Jezrahel.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	1	When David and his men reached Siceleg, the next day but one, they found that the Amalecites from the south had attacked and overpowered it, and burnt it to the ground;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	2	the women, too, they had carried off. They did not put anyone to death, of high or low degree, but carried off all they found, and so went on their way.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	3	So David and his men, coming back to the city to find it burnt down, and their wives and sons and daughters taken prisoner,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	4	raised a great cry of lamentation, and wept till their tears would flow no more.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	5	David’s two wives, Achinoam from Jezrahel and Abigail, Nabal’s widow from Carmel, had been carried off like the rest,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	6	and his was a heavy lot to bear; his followers came near to stoning him, so sore were their hearts at the loss of son and daughter. But David found refuge in the Lord his God.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	7	Bring out the sacred mantle, he said to the priest Abiathar, Achimelech’s son, and when Abiathar had brought it,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	8	he asked the Lord, Shall I give these freebooters chase? Is there hope of overtaking them? And the Lord said, Go in pursuit; past doubt thou wilt overtake them, and rob them of their prey.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	9	So David and his six hundred followers marched all the way to the ravine of Besor, where some, for very weariness, must halt;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	10	but David himself still gave chase, with four hundred men at his back, leaving the other two hundred to rest from their weariness in the ravine of Besor.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	11	Then they came upon an Egyptian, out there on the plain, and brought him to David; but first they must give him bread and water,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	12	and part of a cake of dried figs, and two bunches of raisins; he must be restored and revived, after three days and three nights without food or drink.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	13	When David asked who he was, whence he came and whither he was bound, he said, I am a serving-man from Egypt; my master is an Amalecite; three days ago I fell sick, and he left me behind here.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	14	We had been making a foray over the southern border of the Cherethites, against Juda, too, and the south of Caleb, and we burned Siceleg to the ground.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	15	Then David asked him, Canst thou shew me where to find the company of which thou speakest? First, said he, thou must needs swear to me in God’s name that thou wilt neither kill me nor give me up into my master’s power; then I will shew thee where this company is to be found. So David took the oath asked of him,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	16	and the Egyptian led him to where they lay, scattered pell-mell over the ground, eating and drinking and making holiday over their plunder, the spoils they had won from the Philistine country and from Juda.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	17	All the rest of that day and all the next David drove them before him, and not one man escaped, except four hundred drivers who mounted their camels and fled.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	18	So David recovered all the Amalecites had carried off, and his two wives with the rest;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	19	never boy or girl or chattel was missing; all that had been carried away David brought back.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	20	And as he came home, driving before him all the sheep and cattle he had won, the cry rose, This is David’s booty.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	21	So he reached the two hundred men that halted, too weary to follow, and were left behind in the ravine of Besor; and as they came out to meet him and his followers, David went up and gave them friendly greeting.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	22	But there were churlish, graceless fellows among his own following who reasoned thus: Here are men that did not bear us company; for them, then, no share in the booty we have recovered. Let each of them take his own wife and children, and with these go away content.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	23	Nay, brethren, David answered, that will not serve. All these gifts the Lord has given, besides protecting us and winning us the mastery over these marauding enemies.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	24	Over this you shall get no hearing; the man that stays behind with the baggage has the same rights as the man who went into battle, all must share alike.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	25	Ever since that day this rule has been recognized and established; it is the law still observed in Israel.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	26	When David reached Siceleg, he sent presents to the elders of the neighbouring cities in Juda, bidding them accept his offering taken out of the spoil of the Lord’s enemies.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	27	These were Bethel, Ramoth in the South, Jether,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	28	Aroer, Sephamoth, Esthamo,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	29	Rachal, the cities of Jerameel, the cities of Ceni,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	30	Arama, the Hollow of Asan, Athach,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	30	31	and Hebron; and other places besides, where David and his men had once made their home.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	31	1	Meanwhile, the Philistines had engaged Israel; and the Israelites fled at their onslaught, and were cut down on mount Gelboe as they fled.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	31	2	Ever harder the Philistines pressed on the retreat of Saul and of his sons, till at last his sons, Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchisua had fallen,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	31	3	and he himself bore the whole weight of the attack. The archers were following close on his heels, and sorely the archers wounded him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	31	4	Then Saul bade his own squire draw on him and kill him; he would not have uncircumcised foes kill him with outrage. And when the squire’s heart failed him, so that he would not obey, Saul himself caught up a sword, and fell on it.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	31	5	Whereupon, seeing his master dead, the squire fell upon his own sword, and died with him.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	31	6	So perished Saul, and his three sons, and his squire, and all that army of his, in one day.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	31	7	And now the Israelites who lived beyond the plain, beyond Jordan, when they saw Israel routed and Saul and his sons killed, abandoned their cities and took to flight, leaving the Philistines to come in and settle there.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	31	8	Next day, coming to plunder the slain, the Philistines found Saul and his three sons, where they lay on Mount Gelboe,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	31	9	and they cut off Saul’s head, and stripped him of his armour, and sent these from place to place in the Philistine country, to publish the news in the temples of their gods, and among their people.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	31	10	His arms they dedicated in the temple of Astaroth, and hung up his body on the walls of Bethsan.
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	31	11	But the folk of Jabes-Galaad came to hear of what the Philistines had done to Saul;
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	31	12	whereupon all their fighting men went out, marching all through the night, and took down his body and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethsan; reaching Jabes-Galaad, they burned them there,
-1 Kings	1Ki	9	31	13	and carried off their bones to burial in the wood of Jabes. And they fasted seven days to lament him.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	1	Saul was already dead when David came back from routing Amelec, and spent two days in Siceleg;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	2	then, on the third day, a man from Saul’s army came in view, his garments torn, his head covered with dust, who, upon sight of David, bowed down to earth and did reverence.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	3	Whence comest thou? David asked, and on learning that he had made his way there from the Israelite army,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	4	Tell me, how went the day? We were routed, said he, in the battle, and many of the common folk fell slain; worse yet, Saul and his son Jonathan are among the dead.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	5	What proof hast thou, David asked the messenger, that Saul and Jonathan were slain?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	6	I chanced, said he, to reach mount Gelboe, and there I found Saul, leaning on his spear. Chariots and horsemen were in close pursuit,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	7	and he turned to look behind him; saw, and hailed me, and learned I was ready at his command;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	8	asked who I was, and learned that I was an Amalecite.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	9	Then he said, Stand close, and give me my death-blow; the toils are closing round me, and I am a whole man yet.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	10	So I stood close, and dealt the blow, knowing well that there could be no life for him after his fall; then I took the crown from his head and the bracelet from his arm, and here I bring them to my lord.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	11	At that, David rent his garments, and so did all the men who were with him;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	12	mourned they and wept, and fasted till evening came, for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the Lord’s people, men of Israel’s race, that lay fallen in battle.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	13	And now David asked the messenger, Whence is it thou camest? My father, he answered, was an alien, a man of Amalec.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	14	And wast thou not afraid, said David, to lay hands on the king the Lord had anointed, and slay him?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	15	Then he bade one of his men go up and make an end of the Amalecite, and when the blow had fallen, said over his dead body,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	16	Thou hast brought death on thy own head, by owning thyself the murderer of an anointed king.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	17	This is the lament David made over Saul and his son Jonathan,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	18	and would have this lament of his, The Bow, taught to the sons of Juda; the words of it are to be found in the Book of the Upright. Remember, Israel, the dead, wounded on thy heights,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	19	the flower of Israel, cut down on thy mountains; how fell they, warriors such as these?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	20	Keep the secret in Geth, never a word in the streets of Ascalon; shall the women-folk rejoice, shall they triumph, daughters of the Philistine, the uncircumcised?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	21	Mountains of Gelboe, never dew, never rain fall upon you, never from your lands be offering made of first-fruits; there the warrior’s shield lies dishonoured, the shield of Saul, bright with oil no more.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	22	Where the blood of slain men, the flesh of warriors beckoned, never the bow of Jonathan hung back, never the sword of Saul went empty from the feast.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	23	Saul and Jonathan, so well beloved, so beautiful; death no more than life could part them; never was eagle so swift, never was lion so strong.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	24	Lament, daughters of Israel, lament for Saul, the man who dressed you bravely in scarlet, who decked your apparel out with trinkets of gold.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	25	How fell they, warriors such as these, in the battle? On thy heights, Gelboe, Jonathan lies slain.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	26	Shall I not mourn for thee, Jonathan my brother, so beautiful, so well beloved, beyond all love of women? Never woman loved her only son, as I thee.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	1	27	How fell such warriors, what could blunt such swords as these?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	1	After this David asked counsel from the Lord, whether he should remove into one of the cities of Juda. When the Lord bade him remove, he asked, Into which of them? And the answer came, To Hebron.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	2	So thither David took his two wives, Achinoam from Jezrahel and Abigail that had been wife to Nabal at Carmel;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	3	thither, too, went the men who followed him, each with his own household, settling in the townships that belonged to Hebron.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	4	There the men of Juda came to him, and anointed him king over the line of Juda. And when David heard how the men of Jabes-Galaad had given Saul burial,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	5	he sent messengers to say, The Lord’s blessing on you, for the faithfulness you have shewn to Saul, your master, in thus burying him;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	6	may the Lord make return to you for your loyalty and kindliness! I too will prove myself grateful for it.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	7	Strong be those arms of yours, keep your courage high; now that you no longer have Saul to rule over you, the tribe of Juda has anointed me to be its king.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	8	But meanwhile Abner the son of Ner, who was in command of the army, brought Isboseth forward, Saul’s remaining son, and gave him a royal progress through the camp;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	9	setting him up as king of Galaad and Gessuri and Jezrahel and Ephraim and Benjamin and all the rest of Israel.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	10	Isboseth, heir to king Saul, was forty years old when his reign over Israel began, and it lasted two years; David had no following except the tribe of Juda,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	11	and as king of Juda, for seven and a half years, he reigned at Hebron.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	12	And now they offered battle from their camp at Gabaon, Abner son of Ner and the men that recognized Isboseth as heir to king Saul;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	13	and by the pool at Gabaon the army of David went out to meet them, under Joab son of Sarvia. So they met, and confronted one another on opposite sides of the pool.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	14	Thereupon Abner proposed to Joab that champions should come forward and make trial of arms, and to this Joab agreed.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	15	Come forward they did, twelve men that acknowledged Isboseth as the heir of Saul, and twelve followers of David, and met one another.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	16	Each caught his man by the head and thrust his sword deep, and together they fell slain; there in the field by Gabaon which has taken its name from them, the Field of the Champions.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	17	It was a fierce battle that raged that day, and David’s men routed Abner and the Israelites.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	18	Two sons of Sarvia besides Joab were fighting, Abisai and Asael; Asael, swift of foot as any wild roe.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	19	And this Asael gave chase to Abner, following him still without swerving to right or left;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	20	till at last Abner looked behind him, and asked if he were Asael. When he learned that it was so,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	21	he warned him, Why then, turn aside this way or that, overtake one of my men, and from him secure thy spoils. But still Asael would not give up the pursuit,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	22	and again Abner warned him, Turn back, and follow me no more; must I strike thee down, and never again look thy brother Joab in the face?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	23	At last, finding that he would not listen to him and never turned aside, Abner, with a backward thrust of his spear, smote him through the groin. There and then he fell dead; and none that came up behind him ventured beyond the place where Asael died.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	24	But meanwhile Joab and Abisai were in pursuit of Abner. When the sun set, they had reached the Hill of the Aqueduct, that lies on the side of the ravine opposite the desert road to Gabaon.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	25	All the men of Benjamin had rallied to Abner, and there they stood gathered in one mass, with one hill-top to defend.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	26	And now Abner cried out to Joab, Is there no glutting that sword of thine? Hast thou never heard that desperate men are dangerous? Call off thy men, before it is too late, from the pursuit of their own brethren.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	27	As the Lord is a living God, Joab answered, hadst thou only spoken, my men would have let their brethren alone while it was still morning.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	28	With that, he sounded his trumpet, and all his army halted; there was no more pursuit of Israel, no more fighting.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	29	All that night Abner and his men marched over the plain, crossed the Jordan, and made their way along Beth-horon to their camp.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	30	When Joab returned after abandoning the pursuit, he called the roll and found only nineteen of David’s men missing, besides Asael;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	31	whereas the toll they had taken of Benjamin and the rest of Abner’s forces was three hundred and sixty dead.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	2	32	Asael they bore off, and gave him burial in his father’s tomb at Bethlehem; then they too, Joab and his army, marched all through the night, and reached Hebron as dawn was breaking.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	1	It was a long struggle between Saul’s line and David’s; but ever the fortunes and power of David grew, while the cause of Saul became daily weaker.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	2	Six sons were born to David, there in Hebron; Amnon, his first-born, by Achinoam of Jezrahel,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	3	then Cheleab, by Abigail, that had been Nabal’s wife at Carmel, then Absalom, by Maacha, daughter to Tholmai, king of Gessur.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	4	The fourth was Adonias, son of Haggith, the fifth Saphathia, son of Abital,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	5	the sixth Jethraam, that David’s wife Egla bore him; of all these Hebron was the birth-place.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	6	As long as war lasted between the two dynasties, Abner the son of Ner was the head of Saul’s party.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	7	But Saul had left a concubine, Respha the daughter of Aia; and of her Isboseth said to Abner,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	8	What, wouldst thou mate with my father’s concubine? And he, greatly angered by Isboseth’s words, cried out, I have made all Juda shun me like a carrion-dog, by befriending the line of thy father Saul, his kindred and his court, instead of giving thee up to David; and am I to be called to account this day over a woman?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	9	God punish Abner as he deserves and more than he deserves, if I do not fulfil the promise which the Lord made to David;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	10	the kingship shall be taken away from Saul’s line, and David shall reign over Israel and Juda alike, from Dan to Bersabee!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	11	Never a word did Isboseth say in answer, so greatly did he fear him.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	12	Then Abner sent a message to David, claiming that the land lay in his own power; League thyself with me, the message ran, and I will help thee, and reduce all Israel to thy obedience.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	13	And David answered, Well said; I am ready to make a league with thee, but one thing first. Thou canst not be admitted to my presence unless thou bringest Michol, Saul’s daughter, with thee; so only shalt thou find audience.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	14	At the same time, he sent a message to Isboseth, that was heir to king Saul, Give me back my wife Michol, the bride I won with the foreskins of a hundred Philistines.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	15	So Isboseth sent and had her taken away from her husband Phaltiel, son of Lais,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	16	who followed her, weeping, all the way to Bahurim. But Abner bade him turn and go back, and go back he did.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	17	Meanwhile, Abner sent the word round among the elders of Israel, It was but yesterday you were eager to have David for your king.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	18	It is time now, to fulfil the promise the Lord made to David; by David’s hand I will rid my people Israel of the Philistines, and of all their enemies.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	19	Even among the men of Benjamin Abner sent the word out. Then he went to tell David, at Hebron, of the resolve made by Israel, and by the tribe of Benjamin at large.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	20	He came to Hebron with twenty men, and there David made a feast for him and his companions.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	21	And now, said Abner, I will go and rally all Israel to thy cause, my lord king. By this league of ours, they shall be thy subjects, loyal to thy will. So David took leave of him, and he went on his way in peace.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	22	Soon David’s men, with Joab at their head, came home from an attack on the freebooters, loaded with spoil. They did not find Abner in Hebron; David had but now sent him on his way in peace;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	23	they came too late, Joab and his men. But Joab was told how Abner, son of Ner, had visited the king, and of their friendly parting;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	24	so he went at once into the royal presence, and cried, What is this? Abner with thee, and thou hast let him slip through thy hands, gone, free as air!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	25	Dost thou know Abner so little? He did but come here to play thee false, spying upon thy comings and goings, learning of all thou dost.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	26	And Joab left the royal presence to send messengers after Abner, summoning him back, without David’s knowledge, from the Pool of Sira.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	27	No sooner had Abner come back to Hebron than Joab took him aside, there in the gates, under pretence of speaking with him, and smote him in the groin, avenging by that death the death of his brother Asael.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	28	It was all over when David heard of it, and he cried, Never shall I or my kingdom be held answerable for Abner’s death!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	29	On Joab’s head let the guilt fall, and on all his line; let the line of Joab never want a man that has a running at the reins, or is a leper, or works at the distaff like a woman, or falls in battle, or begs his bread.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	30	Thus Joab and his brother Abisai murdered Abner, who had slain their brother Asael in the fighting at Gabaon.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	31	As for David, he bade Joab and his men tear their garments and put on sackcloth, and go mourning at Abner’s funeral; he himself followed the bier,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	32	and wept aloud over Abner’s tomb at Hebron, where they buried him; all the people, too, were in tears.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	33	And this was the dirge with which he lamented him: Died Abner as the ignoble die?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	34	No bond tied thy hands, no gyves thy feet; thou didst fall as men fall when cruel wrong assails them. And all the people took up the refrain as they mourned.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	35	Then, while it was still full day, they came together to eat, and would have David eat with them; but he took an oath, The Lord punish me as I deserve, and more than I deserve, if I taste bread or any other food before set of sun!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	36	This all the folk heard, and more than ever they applauded the king’s doings;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	37	among all that multitude, and in all Israel, there was not a man that blamed David for the slaying of Abner, son of Ner.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	38	Past all doubt, said the king to his servants, Israel has lost, this day, the greatest of its chieftains.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	3	39	Alas, they have anointed a weakling to be their king; not mine to curb these sons of Sarvia. May the Lord punish the wrong-doer for the wrong done!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	4	1	When Isboseth, Saul’s heir, heard news of Abner’s death at Hebron, he was a broken man, and all Israel was in confusion.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	4	2	In command of his army, when they went out on forays, were two Berothites from Benjamin, named Baana and Rechab, sons of Remmon; Beroth counted as part of Benjamin,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	4	3	but these Berothites were exiles, and lived in Gethaim ever after.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	4	4	For heir, he had a grandson of Saul by Jonathan, a lame-footed boy; he was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezrahel, and his nurse carried him off to safety, but in the hurry of the flight he fell and was lamed; he was called Miphiboseth.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	4	5	And now Baana and Rechab, sons of Remmon the Berothite, entered Isboseth’s house when the sun was at its full heat; Isboseth himself was abed, taking his noon-day sleep, and the woman that kept the door had fallen asleep too over the corn she was cleaning.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	4	6	(Taking ears of corn with them, Rechab and Baana made their way in secretly, and smote him in the groin, and made good their escape. )
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	4	7	When they had made their way in, they found him there in his own room, asleep on the bed, and despatched him with blows; then they cut off his head, and journeyed with it across the desert road all night.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	4	8	So they brought the head of Isboseth to David at Hebron; See, they told him, here is the head of Isboseth, the heir of Saul, that was thy mortal enemy; the Lord has revenged our royal master this day upon Saul and his race.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	4	9	But this was the answer David made to Rechab and his brother Baana, sons of Remmon: As the Lord, my rescuer from all peril, is a living God, you shall repent it!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	4	10	There was one came to me at Siceleg and told me of Saul’s death, thinking to bring me good news; and his reward was then and there to be seized and slain.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	4	11	And here are wretches that have murdered an innocent man in his own home, as he lay asleep; do you think I will not exact blood-vengeance from you, rid the land of you?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	4	12	So David ordered his men to kill them and cut off their hands and feet; the bodies were hung up over the fish-pond at Hebron. As for the head of Isboseth, it was carried away, and buried in Abner’s grave.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	5	1	After this, all the tribes of Israel rallied to David at Hebron; We are kith and kin of thine, they said.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	5	2	It is not so long since Israel marched under thy orders, when Saul was still reigning; and the Lord has promised thee that thou shouldst be its shepherd and its captain.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	5	3	And so the elders of Israel went to his court at Hebron; and there, at Hebron, in the Lord’s presence, David made a covenant with them, and they anointed him king of Israel.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	5	4	He was thirty years old when his reign began, and it lasted forty years;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	5	5	for seven and a half years over Juda only, with its capital at Hebron, then for thirty-three more years over Israel and Juda both, with its capital at Jerusalem.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	5	6	When the king and his army marched on Jerusalem, to attack the Jebusites, that were native to the soil, they met him with the taunt, Thou must rid thyself of blind men and lame, before thou canst make thy way in here, meaning that David would never make his way in;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	5	7	but take it he did, the Citadel of Sion that is called David’s Keep.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	5	8	He had promised a reward to the conqueror of the Jebusites, to the man who should reach the gutters of the roofs, and clear them of the blind and lame (as he called them) that were David’s enemies. That was how the saying arose, No entry into the precincts for the blind and the lame.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	5	9	And now he made his dwelling in the Citadel, and called it David’s Keep; he built walls round it, too, with Mello for their outer bastion.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	5	10	So he went on, prospering and gaining in strength, and the Lord God of hosts was with him.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	5	11	Hiram too, king of Tyre, sent messengers offering him cedar planks and carpenters, and stone-masons for the walls; and they built David’s house for him.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	5	12	No doubt could David have that the Lord had ratified his sovereignty over Israel, and made him the king of a great people.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	5	13	So, when he removed from Hebron to Jerusalem, he provided himself with fresh wives and concubines there, and more sons and daughters were born to him;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	5	14	Jerusalem was the birth-place of Samua, Sobab, Nathan, Solomon,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	5	15	Jebahar, Elisua, Nepheg,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	5	16	Japhia, Elisama, Elioda and Eliphaleth.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	5	17	When news reached the Philistines that David had been anointed as king of all Israel, they mustered their forces to hunt him down. David, hearing of it, withdrew into his stronghold,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	5	18	while the Philistines came in and occupied the whole valley of Raphaim.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	5	19	Thereupon David consulted the Lord; should he attack the Philistines? Would he be given the mastery? And he was bidden to go to the attack; the Philistines would be at his mercy.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	5	20	So David marched out to Baal-Pharasim, and defeated them there; The Lord has parted the enemy’s ranks before me, he said, as easily as water parts this way and that; so the place came by its name, Baal-Pharasim, The Master of the Breach.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	5	21	They left their idols behind them there, and these fell into the hands of David and his men.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	5	22	But once more the Philistines came to the attack, and occupied the Raphaim valley;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	5	23	and this time, when David asked whether he might attack them with good hope of mastering them, the answer was, Do not go to the attack, circumvent them and come upon them from the direction of the pear-trees yonder.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	5	24	Wait till thou hearest, in the tops of the pear-trees, the sound of marching feet; then offer battle; it is a sign that the Lord will pass on before thee, to smite down the army of the Philistines.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	5	25	So David did as the Lord had bidden him; and he drove the Philistines before him all the way from Gabaa to Gezer.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	6	1	Then David mustered anew the fighting men of Israel, thirty thousand strong.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	6	2	Meanwhile, he set out with the men of Juda that followed him, and went to fetch the ark of God home; that ark which takes its name from the Lord God of hosts, dwelling there above it between the cherubim.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	6	3	And they carried the ark away from Abinadab’s house at Gabaa, putting it on a newly-made waggon, with Abinadab’s sons, Oza and Ahio, for its drivers.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	6	4	He it was had had charge of it, there in Gabaa, till now; but now they took it away from his house, with Ahio walking before it,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	6	5	while David and the Israelites played music, there in the Lord’s presence, on instruments of rare workmanship, harp and zither and tambour and castanets and cymbals.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	6	6	They had reached the threshing-floor of Nachon, when the oxen began to kick and tilted the ark to one side; whereupon Oza put out his hand and caught hold of it.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	6	7	Rash deed of his, that provoked the divine anger; the Lord smote him, and he died there beside the ark.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	6	8	Great grief it was to David, this ruin the Lord had brought on Oza (the place is still called Oza’s Ruin),
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	6	9	and a dread of the Lord came upon him that day; How shall I, he asked, give shelter to the Lord’s ark?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	6	10	No longer was he minded to give it a lodging in David’s Keep; it must find a home with Obededom the Gethite instead.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	6	11	For three months the ark of the Lord was left with Obededom the Gethite, and brought a blessing on him and his household.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	6	12	Then word was brought to David how the Lord had blessed Obededom and all that was his for the ark’s sake. So back he went, and brought the ark of God away from Obededom’s house, into David’s Keep, with great rejoicing; seven choirs of dancers he took with him, and a young bull for a victim.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	6	13	No sooner had the bearers of the ark gone six paces on their journey, than he sacrificed the bull and a ram with it.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	6	14	As for himself, he went dancing with all his might, there in the Lord’s presence; clad in the sacred mantle, he must dance too.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	6	15	So David, and Israel with him, brought back the ark that bears record of the Lord’s covenant, with rejoicing and a great din of trumpets.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	6	16	And as it came into David’s Keep, there was Michol, Saul’s daughter, looking on from her window; she saw king David leaping and dancing in the Lord’s presence, and her heart despised him.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	6	17	When the ark had been brought into the city, they put it down at the appointed place, in the midst of a tabernacle which David had there spread out for it; and David brought burnt-sacrifices and welcome-offerings into the Lord’s presence there.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	6	18	Then, when his offering was done, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	6	19	and gave to every Israelite, man or woman, a roll of bread and a piece of roast beef and a flour cake fried in oil; and with that, the people dispersed to their homes.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	6	20	David himself, going back to bless his own household, was met by Michol, Saul’s daughter. A day of great renown, she said, for the king of Israel, that exposed his person to man and maid, his own subjects, graceless as a common mountebank!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	6	21	Nay, answered David, it was at the Lord’s coming. He it is that has chosen me, instead of thy father or any of thy father’s line, to rule the Lord’s people of Israel;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	6	22	and before his coming play the mountebank I will; humble myself I will in my own esteem, and those maids thou speakest of will honour me yet the more.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	6	23	And Michol, that was daughter to king Saul, never bore child again to the day of her death.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	1	The king had now a palace of his own to dwell in, and the Lord kept him safe, on every side, from all his enemies.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	2	Whereupon he said to the prophet Nathan, Here am I dwelling in a house all of cedar, while God’s ark has nothing better than curtains of hide about it!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	3	And Nathan answered, Go thy own way, fulfil thy own purpose; the Lord is with thee.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	4	But that same night the divine word came to Nathan,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	5	Go and give my servant David a message from the Lord: Dost thou think to build a house for me to dwell in?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	6	House was never mine, since I rescued the sons of Israel from Egypt; still in a tabernacle, a wanderer’s home, I came and went.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	7	This way and that the whole race of Israel journeyed, and I with them; now to this tribe, now to that, I gave the leadership of the rest, and never did I reproach any of them for not building me a house of cedar.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	8	This message, then, thou wilt give to my servant David from the Lord of hosts: Out in the pasture-lands, where thou wast tending the sheep, I summoned thee away to bear rule over my people Israel;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	9	go where thou wouldst, I was ever at thy side, exterminating thy enemies to make room for thee, granting thee such renown as only comes to the greatest on earth.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	10	Henceforth my people are to have a settled home, taking root in it and remaining in undisturbed possession of it, no longer harassed by godless neighbours,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	11	as they have been ever since I first gave Israel judges to rule them. No longer shall thy enemies trouble thee; and this too the Lord promises, that he will grant thy line continuance.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	12	So, when thy days are ended, and thou art laid to rest beside thy fathers, I will grant thee for successor a son of thy own body, established firmly on his throne.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	13	He it is that shall build a house to do my name honour. I will prolong for ever his royal dynasty;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	14	he shall find in me a father, and I in him a son. If he plays me false, be sure I will punish him; ever for man the rod, ever for Adam’s sons the plagues of mortality;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	15	but I will not cancel my merciful promise to him, as I cancelled my promise to Saul, the king that was banished from my favour.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	16	Through the ages, far as thy thought can reach, dynasty and royalty both shall endure; thy throne shall remain for ever unshaken.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	17	All this message, all this revelation, was handed on by Nathan to king David.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	18	And David went into the Lord’s presence, and betook himself to prayer; Lord God, he said, that one such as I am, sprung from such a house as mine, should have been brought by thee to such power!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	19	But it was not enough, Lord God, thou wouldst do more; thou wouldst foretell the destiny of thy servant’s line in days far hence; Lord God, can mortal man claim such rights?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	20	No words can thy servant David find; such divine mercy thou showest him.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	21	In fulfilment of thy promise, in pursuance of thy will, thou dost bring about all these marvels which thou hast made known to thy servant.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	22	So great thou art, Lord God! None is like thee, thou alone art God, read we the history of past days aright.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	23	Can any other nation say, like thy people Israel, that its God came to buy it back for himself as his own people, winning such renown for himself, doing such deeds of wonder and dread against any country, and its people, and its god, as thou didst when thou didst buy back thy people from Egypt?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	24	So didst thou pledge this people of Israel to be thy people eternally, and thou, Lord God, didst become their God.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	25	This promise, then, Lord God, which thou hast made concerning thy servant and his line, do thou for ever fulfil; make thy word good,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	26	that so thy name may be for ever glorified, the Lord of hosts that is God of Israel; under thy divine care may the dynasty of thy servant David remain unshaken.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	27	Lord of hosts, God of Israel, thou hast given me secret knowledge of thy will, promised me a long posterity; what wonder that thy servant finds his heart full of such prayers as these?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	28	So be it, Lord God; thou art God, and thy word is ever faithful; since blessing thou hast promised to thy servant,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	7	29	blessing on his line bestow, and keep it always under thy protection. Thou, Lord God, hast spoken, and through this blessing of thine my race shall be blessed for ever.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	8	1	After this, David defeated the Philistines and brought their pride low; wrested from them, too, their claim to exact tribute.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	8	2	He also defeated the Moabites, and measured out their fate to them by lot, bringing them down to the dust; life and death were the two lots he measured out to them; and Moab became tributary to king David.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	8	3	He defeated Adarezer, son of Rohob, king of Soba, that had marched out to extend his domains beyond the river Euphrates;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	8	4	seventeen hundred horsemen he took alive, and twenty thousand that fought on foot, and cut the hamstrings of the horses, but kept a hundred teams for himself.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	8	5	When the Syrians of Damascus came out to reinforce Adarezer, king of Soba, David routed their army of twenty-two thousand,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	8	6	and put a garrison of his own in the Damascus region of Syria, which became tributary to him. Undertake what enterprise he would, ever the Lord protected him.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	8	7	All the golden trappings, which Adarezer’s men wore, David carried off and brought to Jerusalem;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	8	8	from Bete, too, and Beroth, cities in Adarezer’s dominion, he carried away great stores of bronze.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	8	9	When the news of this victory over Adarezer’s forces reached Thou, king of Emath,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	8	10	he sent his son Joram to greet David and wish him well, out of gratitude for the conquest and rout of Adarezer, who was Thou’s enemy; and this Joram brought presents with him, of gold and silver and bronze,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	8	11	which king David consecrated to the Lord, together with all the silver and gold he had set apart from the spoils of the conquered nations,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	8	12	Syria, Moab, Ammon, the Philistines, Amalec, and now Adarezer, son of Rohob, king of Soba.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	8	13	David won renown, too, on his way back from the conquest of Syria, by defeating eighteen thousand men in the Valley of the Salt-pits;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	8	14	after this he kept troops in Edom to garrison it, and the whole of Edom became subject to him. And still the Lord protected David in all his enterprises.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	8	15	The whole of Israel was under his rule, and to all his people he administered justice and gave award.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	8	16	His army was commanded by Joab, son of Sarvia, and Josaphat, son of Ahilud, kept the records;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	8	17	the priests were Sadoc, son of Achitob, and Achimelech, son of Abiathar, and Saraias was secretary;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	8	18	Banaias, son of Joiada, was at the head of the Cerethites and Phelethites, and David’s sons, too, were his ministers.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	9	1	Meanwhile the thought came to David, whether there were any of Saul’s line left, so that he could shew them kindness in memory of Jonathan.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	9	2	There was a serving-man left over from Saul’s household, whose name was Siba; David now sent for him. Art thou Siba? he asked. And ready at thy command, the other answered.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	9	3	Tell me, said the king, has Saul left any descendant alive, to whom I can shew the friendship God requires of me? Why yes, answered Siba, there is a son of Jonathan that is lame-footed;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	9	4	and when David asked where he might be found, he told him, At the house of Machir, son of Ammiel, at Lodabar.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	9	5	So from the house of Machir, son of Ammiel, at Lodabar, David had him brought, Miphiboseth, son of Jonathan, that was the son of Saul.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	9	6	He came into David’s presence, and bowed low to do him reverence; and when David called him by name, he answered, I am here at thy command.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	9	7	Do not be afraid, David said; I mean to shew thee friendship for the sake of Jonathan, that was thy father, and restore to thee all the lands which belong to thee as Saul’s heir; and evermore thou shalt sit down to eat at my table.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	9	8	And the other said, bowing low, Wouldst thou concern thyself with such a man as I am, no better than a dead dog?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	9	9	Then the king sent to fetch Siba, that had been serving-man to Saul. All that belonged to Saul, he told him, all the household that once was his, I have given to thy master’s heir.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	9	10	Do thou, then, and thy sons, and the servants under thee, till the lands for him, and bring in its revenues to maintain him. He, Miphiboseth, thy master’s heir, shall evermore sit down to eat at my table. This Siba had fifteen sons, and twenty servants under him,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	9	11	and he told David, My lord king, I am at thy service to do thy bidding. So Miphiboseth ate at the king’s table, as if he had been one of the king’s own sons.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	9	12	He had, too, a little son of his own, called Micha. Thus Siba and his household worked for Miphiboseth,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	9	13	while he himself lived at Jerusalem, eating ever at the king’s table; a lame man, lame of either foot.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	10	1	When the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanon succeeded him,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	10	2	David thought to himself, I will shew friendliness to Hanon, as his father Naas did to me; and he dispatched envoys to condole with him over his father’s death. But when these reached the Ammonite country,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	10	3	the chiefs there said to Hanon, their sovereign, What, David send messengers to comfort thee, in honour of thy father’s memory? Nay, if he has sent men here, they are spies who will make a report on the city, so that he may come and destroy it.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	10	4	So Hanon seized David’s messengers, shaved their beards on one side, and cut off the skirts of their clothes right up to the buttocks, and in that guise sent them back.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	10	5	David, when he heard of this, sent out to meet them, covered with confusion as they were, and bade them wait in Jericho, not returning home until their beards were grown again.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	10	6	Meanwhile the Ammonites, well aware that they had made an enemy of David, sent and hired mercenaries from the Syrians of Rohob and the Syrians of Soba, twenty thousand men that marched on foot; a thousand, too, from the king of Maacha, and twelve thousand from Istob.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	10	7	Upon hearing this news, David sent the whole of his forces to engage them, under Joab.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	10	8	The Ammonites themselves had come out from the city, and drawn up their line at the approaches to its gates; the Syrians from Soba, Rohob, Istob and Maacha were at a distance, out in the open country;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	10	9	and Joab saw that he must fight one enemy in front while another was ready to take him in the rear. So he chose the best of his troops and led them against the Syrians,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	10	10	leaving the rest, under his brother Abisai, to face the Ammonites.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	10	11	Bring me aid, said Joab, if the Syrians are too strong for me, and I, if the Ammonites have the mastery, will bring aid to thee instead.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	10	12	Play the man, fight we valiantly for our people, and for the city walls that are sacred to our God; the Lord’s will be done.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	10	13	So Joab and his men engaged the Syrians, who were routed by his first onslaught,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	10	14	and the Ammonites, when they saw the Syrians in full flight, gave way in their turn before the onslaught of Abisai, retreating into the city. After this, Joab went back from the Ammonite country to Jerusalem.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	10	15	Thus defeated, the Syrians mustered the whole of their army,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	10	16	and Adarezer sent for those others of their race who lived on the further side of the river to reinforce him, putting his general, Sobach, in command of them.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	10	17	David, as soon as he heard the news, mustered the whole forces of Israel, and marched across the Jordan to Helam. There the Syrians drew up their forces to meet him, and gave battle;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	10	18	but the Israelites routed them, and David won the victory. Seven hundred chariots Syria lost that day, and four thousand horsemen; Sobach, too, their general, was wounded and died on the field of battle.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	10	19	And now all the other kings who were vassals of Adarezer saw that they were no match for Israel; their troops lost heart and fled, fifty-eight thousand of them, at the enemy’s approach. So they made peace with the Israelites and became their subjects; and no more was heard of the Syrians bringing aid to the men of Ammon.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	1	And now spring returned, the time when kings march out to battle; and David sent Joab, with other servants of his and the whole army of Israel, to lay waste the Ammonite country and besiege Rabba, while he himself remained at Jerusalem.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	2	One day, he had risen from his mid-day rest, and was walking on the roof of his palace, when he saw a woman come up to bathe on the roof of a house opposite, a woman of rare beauty.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	3	So the king sent to enquire who she was, and was told that it was Bethsabee, Eliam’s daughter, wife to Urias the Hethite.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	4	Thereupon he sent messengers to bring her to him; she came, and he mated with her, and as soon as she was cleansed from her defilement, back she went to her home.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	5	Then, finding she had conceived, she sent the news of her conception to David.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	6	Therewith came a message to Joab, summoning Urias the Hethite to David’s presence. So Joab sent him;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	7	and David, when Urias reached him, asked whether all was well with Joab and the army, and how the fighting went;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	8	then he bade him go back home and wash the dust from his feet. So Urias left the palace, and the king sent food after him from the royal table;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	9	but Urias slept the night at the palace gate among his master’s attendants; go home he would not.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	10	Then David, learning from common talk that Urias had not gone home, said to him, Thou art newly come from a journey; why wouldst thou not go back to thy house?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	11	What, answered Urias, here are the ark of God and all Israel and all Juda encamped in tents, here are my lord Joab and all those other servants of my master sleeping on the hard ground; should I go home, and eat, and drink, and bed with my wife? The Lord save thee and keep thee, never that!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	12	David bade him stay one day more; he would let him go on the morrow. That day and the next Urias spent in Jerusalem,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	13	and ever he must eat and drink in the king’s presence, till he was bemused with wine; but still, when he went out at night, he made his bed beside his master’s attendants, and never returned to his home.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	14	Next morning, David wrote a letter to Joab, which he despatched by Urias himself;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	15	and this was its purport, You are to find a place for Urias in the first line, where the fighting is bitterest; there leave him unaided, to die by the enemy’s hands.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	16	So, when he next made an assault upon the city, Joab gave Urias the post where he knew the defenders were strongest;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	17	and some of these made a sally against Joab’s men, killing Urias and other of David’s men besides.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	18	Then Joab sent David a full account of the battle;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	19	and this was his word to the messenger who carried it: When thou hast finished giving the king the report of the battle,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	20	it may be he will shew indignation. Why did you go so close to the wall, he will ask, when you were attacking it? You must have known that weapons fall thick under the battlements.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	21	How fell Abimelech, that was son to Jerobaal? Was it not a piece of mill-stone, thrown by a woman, that killed him, there at Thebes? Why did you go so close to the wall? Then let this be thy answer, Thy servant Urias the Hethite is among the dead.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	22	So the messenger left him, and when he came into David’s presence he gave him all Joab’s message.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	23	The enemy were too strong for us, he told David; they sallied out to fight us in the open, so we went to the attack, and chased them back to the very gate of the city.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	24	But here the archers were shooting at us from the wall above, and many of the king’s men fell; thy servant Urias the Hethite is among the dead.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	25	Upon this, David sent him back with a message for Joab: Never be daunted by what has befallen; still uncertain are the chances of war; now one, now another, the sword claims for its prey. Hurl thy men ever more strongly against the city, and destroy it; bid them keep their courage high.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	26	When Urias’ wife heard that he was dead, she mourned for him;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	11	27	her mourning over, David sent and fetched her to his palace, wedded her and had a son by her. But meanwhile David’s act had earned the Lord’s displeasure.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	1	So it was that the Lord sent Nathan on an errand to David; and this was the mes-sage he brought him. There were two men that lived in the same town, one rich, one poor.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	2	The rich man had flocks and herds in great abundance;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	3	the poor man had nothing except one ewe-lamb which he had bought and reared, letting it grow up in his house like his own children, share his own food and drink, sleep in his bosom; it was like a daughter to him.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	4	The rich man was to entertain a friend, who was on his travels; and, to make a feast for this foreign guest, he would take no toll of his own flocks and herds; he robbed the poor man of the one lamb that was his, and welcomed the traveller with that.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	5	David, burning with indignation at the wrong, said to Nathan, As the Lord is a living God, death is the due of such a man as this;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	6	for this cruel deed of his, he shall make compensation fourfold.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	7	And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man.Here is a message for thee, said he, from the Lord God of Israel: I anointed thee king of Israel, I saved thy life when Saul threatened it;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	8	I gave thee thy master’s goods to enjoy, thy master’s wives to cherish in thy bosom; all Israel and Juda are in thy power, and if that were not enough, more should be thine for the asking.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	9	And thou, wouldst thou defy the Lord’s commandment, and do the wrong he hates, putting Urias the Hethite to the sword, so as to take his wife for thy own? The men of Ammon struck the blow, but thou art his murderer.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	10	For the wrong thou hast done in robbing Urias the Hethite of his wife, to make her thine, murder shall be the heirloom of thy own race.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	11	This is the Lord’s message to thee: I mean to stir up rebellion against thee in thy own household; before thy very eyes take thy own wives from thee and give them to another, that shall bed them in the full light of yonder sun.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	12	Thou didst go to work secretly; when this threat of mine is fulfilled, all Israel and yonder sun shall witness it.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	13	Then David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord; and Nathan answered, The Lord has given thy sin quittance, thou shalt not die for it.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	14	But thou hast brought on the Lord the contempt of his enemies, and the son that has been born to thee is doomed to die.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	15	So Nathan went home, and now the little son Urias’ wife had borne to David was struck down by the Lord, and no hope was left for him.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	16	David still interceded for him with the Lord, keeping strict fast and passing his nights on the ground;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	17	he would not humour his counsellors when they came and bade him rise to his feet again, nor would he take food with them.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	18	Then, after six days, the child died; and David’s servants had not the courage to tell him it was so. If he would not listen to our remonstrances, they thought, while the child yet lived, what penance will he do when we tell him it is dead!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	19	But David, as he marked them whispering to one another, guessed what had befallen; The child is dead? he asked, and when he heard that it was,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	20	he rose from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his garments, and went into the Lord’s house to do reverence there. Then he came back to his house, asked for food, and ate.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	21	And when his servants asked what his meaning was, that he should fast and lament over the child still living, rise up and take food once the child was dead,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	22	he answered, Fast and lament I would, for the child’s sake, while he lived; It may be, I thought, the Lord will grant me his life.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	23	Now that he is dead, what need to fast? Can I bring him back from the grave? I shall go to be with him, he will not come back to me.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	24	Then David comforted his wife Bethsabee, and took her to his bed; and she bore him a son whom he called Solomon. Him the Lord loved,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	25	and sent word by the prophet Nathan that he was to be called The Lord’s Favourite, in proof of his great love.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	26	Meanwhile, Joab was attacking Rabbath, and took the royal quarter of it.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	27	Then he sent a message to David, I have been attacking Rabbath, but the river-side part of the city remains yet to be won.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	28	Muster all the rest of thy army to attack the city and take it; I would not earn the credit of the victory by taking it myself.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	29	So David, mustering all his forces, marched on Rabbath and stormed it.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	30	He took the king’s crown from his head, a crown of gold weighing a full talent, set with the rarest jewels, and wore it himself; much plunder he carried off from the city besides.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	12	31	As for the people, he had them brought out and sawed in pieces, or crushed under iron chariots, or cut up with knives, or passed through a brick-kiln; and the same treatment he gave to all the cities of Ammon. Then David and his army returned to Jerusalem.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	1	A maid there was of rare beauty, called Tamar, sister to David’s son Absalom; and it befell at this time that another of David’s sons, Amnon, fell in love with her.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	2	Such was his longing that he pined away wanting her; how should he approach a maid unwed, to compass her dishonour?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	3	But he had a friend called Jonadab, son to Semmaa that was David’s brother, a man of shrewd wits, that expostulated with him,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	4	Should a royal prince pine away, day in, day out, and not tell the reason? Then Amnon told him, I am in love with my brother Absalom’s sister, Tamar.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	5	Lie down on thy bed, Jonadab told him, and feign illness; then, when thy father visits thee, ask him to let thy sister Tamar come and tend thy wants, cook some dainty for thee, and give it thee with her own hand.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	6	So Amnon lay down, and feigned to fall sick, and said to the king, when he came to visit him, Pray send my sister Tamar to boil me two mouthfuls of gruel, here in my presence, and give them me with her own hand.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	7	So David sent word to Tamar’s home, bidding her go to her brother Amnon’s house and make gruel for him;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	8	and to her brother Amnon’s house she went, to find him lying abed. She took the flour and stirred it and boiled it, and when her cooking was done, she poured it out, and put it down beside him;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	9	but he refused to eat. Then Amnon would have all that were there leave his presence, and when all had left him,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	10	he bade her come into his room and give it to him with her own hand. So Tamar took the gruel and brought it into her brother Amnon’s room;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	11	but when she held it out, he caught hold of his sister and would have her bed with him.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	12	Nay, brother, said she, do not force me to thy will; in all Israel, that were deemed great wrong. Forbear thy recklessness;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	13	else can I never shew my face, and all Israel will cry out on thy reckless folly. Ask me of the king for thy bride; he will not deny thee.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	14	But Amnon would not listen to her; he forced her to his will and so bedded her.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	15	And now Amnon conceived a hatred of her that passed all measure; the love he once had for her could not compare with his hatred now; Up, he cried, and begone!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	16	Nay, said she, this is a greater wrong than the first wrong thou didst me, to drive me away thus. But he would not listen to her;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	17	he called to the serving-man that waited on him, and bade him thrust the woman out and shut the door on her.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	18	Clad in the long robe of a princess, she was thrust out, and the door was shut on her.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	19	Dust she sprinkled on her hair, tore the long robe, put her head between her hands, and went on her way in tears.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	20	So thy brother Amnon bedded thee? Absalom said to her. Keep silent for this while; he is thy brother. Do not eat thy heart out over it. So Tamar remained there in Absalom’s house, pining away.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	21	Great sorrow had king David when the news came to him, but he would do nothing to cross his son Amnon, that he loved dearly; was he not his first-born?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	22	As for Absalom, he spoke no word to Amnon, fair or foul; so deeply did he hate him for dishonouring his sister Tamar.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	23	Two years after, when it was shearing-time for Absalom’s sheep at Baal-Hasor, by Ephraim, he would have all the king’s sons there.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	24	But when he went to the king, and said, Thy servant’s sheep are a-shearing, will not my lord king come to the feast, and his servants with him?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	25	the king answered, Nay, my son, do not ask us all to come and be a burden to thee; nor would he consent, for all Absalom’s pleading; he would only give him his blessing for the journey.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	26	Then at least, said Absalom, let my brother Amnon come with us, if thou wilt not. There is no need for that, David said,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	27	but at last Absalom had his way, and David sent Amnon and all the princes with him. It was a royal banquet Absalom prepared for them;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	28	but first he gave orders to his men, Wait till Amnon is bemused with wine; then, when I say Strike, slay him. Have no fear; you do but execute my orders; take heart, and shew yourselves men of mettle.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	29	So Absalom’s servants did his bidding on Amnon; and all the rest of the princes mounted on their mules and fled.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	30	While they were still on their way, the story reached David that Absalom had slain all the princes, and not one had escaped with his life.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	31	At that the king rose up, and tore his garments, and cast himself down on the ground; and his servants tore their garments, all that stood by waiting on him.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	32	Only Jonadab, son of Semmaa that was David’s brother, would have none of it; Do not believe, my lord King, he said, that all the princes have been killed; Amnon is dead, but only he. His name was ever on Absalom’s lips, since the day of his sister Tamar’s dishonouring.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	33	Never burden thy heart, my lord king, with the fancy that all are dead; it is only Amnon.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	34	Absalom betook himself to flight. Meanwhile, a servant that was on the watch looked out and saw a throng of men coming down by an unfrequented path on the mountain-side;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	35	whereupon Jonadab said to the king, It is the princes that are coming; thy servant was in the right.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	36	And indeed, as soon as he had finished speaking, the princes came in view, and loud they wept as they came; the king, too, and all his servants made great lament.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	37	Absalom took refuge with Tholomai, son of Ammiud king of Gessur; and David all the while went on mourning for his son.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	38	Three years Absalom spent at Gessur as a fugitive;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	13	39	then David gave up the quest for him; already his grief for Amnon was assuaged.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	1	Then Joab, son of Sarvia, aware that the king’s heart had relented towards Absalom,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	2	sent for a wise woman who lived at Thecua, and spoke to her thus: Make as if thou wert in mourning, put on funeral garments, and never a drop of oil to anoint thee, like a woman who has long been mourning for the dead.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	3	Then go into the king’s presence, and speak as I bid thee speak. And with that, he told her all she should say.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	4	So the woman from Thecua came into David’s presence and there bowed to the ground to do him reverence; Lord king, she said, give me redress!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	5	What wrong, asked he, is being done thee? And she said, I am a widow, with no husband to protect me.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	6	And, my lord, I had two sons; but they came to blows out in the open fields, where there was none to interfere, and one gave the other a blow which killed him.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	7	And now the whole clan is at my heels; give up the murderer I must, so that they may kill him in vengeance for his brother’s death, and make an end of the race. The one hope that is left me they would extinguish, so that my husband will have none left on earth to bear his name.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	8	Go home, said the king; I will see that justice is done thee.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	9	And the guilt, said the woman of Thecua, let that rest with me and with my own kindred; the king and his heirs shall be quit of it.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	10	If anyone crosses thy will, the king said, bring him before me, and I will not let him do thee any more hurt.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	11	Ah, said she, if the king would only take an oath in the name of the Lord his God that the kinsfolk shall not be allowed to carry on the feud, that my son’s life shall indeed be spared! Not a hair shall fall from his head, the king answered.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	12	And now the woman asked leave to speak one word besides, and the king granted it.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	13	Then she said, Why does the king’s grace treat the people of God so differently? Why does he persist in doing them wrong, by refusing to restore the man he has exiled?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	14	We must all die, water spilt on the ground; there is no bringing back the dead. Never a soul will God suffer to be lost in the reckoning; still he busies himself with remedies to save the life of him who is banished.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	15	I came to make my suit before my lord the king, with his subjects standing by, thinking to myself, Come, I will plead with the king, and perhaps he will grant his handmaid’s request;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	16	and the king’s grace has listened to me, and given me redress against those who would have blotted out my name and my son’s name from the record of the Lord’s people.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	17	And now let this plea of thy handmaid’s move thee, my lord king, to speak a generous word. Though indeed my lord the king is wise as an angel of God; thou art not moved from thy purpose by fair word or foul; the Lord thy God is with thee.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	18	Then the king said to her, I have a question to ask thee; answer it openly. My Lord king, she said, thou hast only to speak.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	19	Tell me then, said the king, was not Joab concerned in all this? As thou art a living man, she answered, that guess the king’s grace has made has not missed the truth by a hair’s breadth. It was thy servant Joab who sent me on my errand, and told me all I was to say;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	20	it was thy servant Joab who bade me use this parable. My lord king, thou art wise as an angel of God; nothing on earth is hidden from thee.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	21	And the king turned to Joab, and said, I relent, and grant thy request; go and bring my son Absalom home.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	22	Whereupon Joab bowed his face to the ground in reverence, and blessed the king’s name. To-day, he said, I am assured of thy royal favour, that thou shouldst so grant thy servant his will.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	23	Then he set out on his journey to Gessur, and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	24	But the king said, Let him go back to his own house, and never come into my presence; so Absalom went home, and might not have access to the king.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	25	This Absalom was a man of good presence and famed for his beauty, none like him in all Israel; from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head was no blemish to be found;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	26	and when he cut his hair, as each year he must for the heavy burden it was, the locks that were cut weighed two hundred sicles by common weight.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	27	Three sons he had, and one daughter called Tamar, a woman fair to see.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	28	So for two years Absalom was in Jerusalem without sight of the king;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	29	then he sent for Joab, to win him audience, but Joab would not come. A second time the request was made and refused;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	30	then Absalom said to his servants, You know that field of Joab’s next to mine, that is under barley; go and set fire to it. So Absalom’s men set fire to the crop, and now Joab’s men went to find him with their garments torn about them, and told him Absalom had had part of his field burned.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	31	Thereupon Joab went to see Absalom at his house, and asked, What means it, that thy men have set fire to my crop?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	32	Why, answered Absalom, I was fain to see thee; it was my thought to send thee to the king, and ask him why he brought me home from Gessur. Better have stayed there; pray win me admittance to the king’s presence, or let him put me to death if he cannot forgive the wrong.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	14	33	So Joab went and repeated this to the king, and Absalom was summoned into the king’s presence. Low he bowed before him, with his face to the ground; but David greeted Absalom with a kiss.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	1	And now Absalom must drive in state, with chariots and outriders, and fifty men that ran before him.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	2	He would rise early, and stand at the entrance to the gate, beckoning to him everyone who had business that called for the king’s award, asking what city he came from, and, if he mentioned one of the Israelite tribes,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	3	telling him, Thy pleadings seem to me well-founded and just, but the king has not appointed any judge to try thy cause. Ah, said Absalom,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	4	if only I could be appointed as judge in the land, so that all who had matters to decide could bring them to me for a careful hearing!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	5	And when men came up to greet him, he would put out his hand and take them to himself with a kiss.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	6	So he did to all the men of Israel who came up to get a hearing from the king, and stole away the hearts of the Israelites.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	7	Then, in the fortieth year of the reign, Absalom said to David, Grant me leave to go to Hebron and pay a vow I made to the Lord.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	8	It is a vow thy servant took when he was at Gessur in Syria, that if the Lord would restore him to Jerusalem, he would offer a sacrifice.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	9	Go, said David, and peace go with thee. To Hebron, then, he went,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	10	and meanwhile he had sent agents of his throughout all the tribes of Israel, bidding them wait till they heard the trumpet sound, and then raise the cry, Absalom is king! Absalom reigns at Hebron!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	11	And from Jerusalem itself he took two hundred men, who went with guileless hearts, not knowing why they had been summoned.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	12	He also invited from Gilo Achitophel, the Gilonite that was David’s own counsellor. So Absalom began to offer his victims, and his conspiracy grew ever stronger, and the number ever greater that came to his support.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	13	Soon a messenger came and told David that the whole of Israel was giving its allegiance to Absalom;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	14	and he said to the servants he had with him at Jerusalem, Up, we must make our escape, or we are in Absalom’s hands! We must depart with all speed, or he will come and take us by surprise, overwhelm us and put the whole city to the sword!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	15	And his servants answered, We are at the command of our lord the king, we will do his bidding.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	16	So the king left the city on foot with all his attendants, leaving only ten concubines in charge of the palace.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	17	At some distance away he halted on his journey, with all the throng that accompanied him,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	18	his own servants walking at his side, and the Cerethite and Phelethite companies, as well as the Gethite warriors (six hundred foot, that had come from Geth in his retinue), marching on before him.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	19	Why dost thou come with us? the king asked of Ethai the Gethite. Go back to the court; thou art a wanderer who has already left his home
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	20	and camest here but yesterday; there is no need for thee to leave Jerusalem, as the rest of us are leaving it, to-day. I will go where I must; do thou and these brethren of thine return, and may the Lord’s faithful mercies reward thee for this loyal service thou hast shewn.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	21	But Ethai answered, As the Lord is a living God, as my lord the king is a living man, it cannot be. Wherever thou art, my lord king, in life or in death, there also will thy servant be.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	22	Come then, David said to him, pass on over the stream. So Ethai and his men passed over, and then the rest,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	23	weeping aloud as they went, till the whole throng had gone across. The king himself crossed Cedron stream, and they all set out on the road which leads to the desert.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	24	Sadoc the priest was among them, and with him the Levites, carrying the ark that bore witness of God’s covenant. They now set the ark down, only Abiathar going forward on his journey, till the whole multitude that had left the city should have passed by.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	25	But the king said to Sadoc, Carry God’s ark back into the city; if the Lord takes my part, he will bring me home again, and I shall see his ark and his tabernacle there;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	26	if he tells me that I have lost his favour, I am at his command; his will be done.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	27	Thou hast the seer’s gift; go back in peace to the city with thy son Achimaas and Abiathar’s son Jonathan,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	28	and I will wait till I have word from thee before I come back from my hiding-place in the desert plain.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	29	So Sadoc and Abiathar carried the ark back to Jerusalem, and remained there.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	30	So David went up the mount of Olives, and wept as he climbed it; bare-footed he went and with his head covered, and all that were in his company passed on, with covered heads, lamenting.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	31	And now David was told that Achitophel had taken part in Absalom’s conspiracy; Lord, he prayed, do thou foil the designs of Achitophel.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	32	He had already reached the top of the hill, where he meant to pay the Lord worship, when he met Chusai the Arachite, his garments torn, and his head all smeared with dust.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	33	Nay, said David, if thou shouldst come with me, thou canst only be a burden to me;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	34	go back to the city, and tell Absalom, lord king, I am at thy command, I will be thy servant as I was thy father’s. So thou wilt be able to thwart the designs of Achitophel.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	35	Thou hast the priests, Sadoc and Abiathar, to help thee; pass on to the priests, to Sadoc and Abiathar, every word thou hearest at court.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	36	Their sons remain with them, Sadoc’s son Achimaas and Abiathar’s son Jonathan; by them thou canst send me news of all thou hearest.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	15	37	So David’s friend Chusai went back, and Absalom was entering Jerusalem as he reached it.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	16	1	When David passed a little way beyond the top of the hill, there was Siba, the servant of Miphiboseth, coming to meet them. He had two asses with him, laden with two hundred loaves, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and a hundred cakes of figs, and a skin of wine.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	16	2	When the king asked what he did with all these, Siba answered, I brought the asses to be ridden by the king’s courtiers, the bread and fruit for thy servants to eat, the wine to revive such as are faint in the desert.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	16	3	And where is thy master’s son? the king asked. He remained in Jerusalem, Siba answered, thinking that the men of Israel would restore him this day to the throne of his father.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	16	4	Why then, the king told him, all that was Miphiboseth’s is thine. And Siba answered, My prayer is that I may ever enjoy thy favour, my lord king.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	16	5	But, as David reached Bahurim, a man of Saul’s kindred came out to meet him, one Semei, son of Gera, and ever he cursed as he went,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	16	6	and threw stones after David, and his servants that walked to left and right of him, plain folk and warriors alike.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	16	7	Go thy ways, cried Semei, cursing the king, go thy ways, murderer and upstart!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	16	8	Now the Lord has avenged the blood of Saul’s race, by handing over the kingdom thou didst usurp to thy son Absalom; no wonder if calamity comes home to thee, murderer as thou art!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	16	9	At this Abisai, son of Sarvia, protested to the king, Why must this hangdog fellow be allowed to curse my lord the king? Let me go and cut the head from his body!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	16	10	What, sons of Sarvia, David replied, will you never give me any rest? Let him curse as he will; the Lord has bidden him curse David, and who shall call him to question for doing it?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	16	11	Then he cried out, so that Abisai and all his servants could hear him, Look you, here is the son of my own body conspiring against my life; why may not yonder Benjamite do as much? Let him curse as curse the Lord has bidden him;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	16	12	perhaps it will move the Lord to pity my calamities, and bring good out of the ill fame I must endure this day.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	16	13	So David passed on, and his companions with him, while Semei strode along the ridge on the other side of the valley, cursing, and throwing stones and handfuls of earth.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	16	14	A weary man was the king, and weary were all the people with him, when they reached their halting-place; and there they rested.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	16	15	Meanwhile Absalom and his men had entered Jerusalem, and Achitophel with him;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	16	16	and there David’s friend, Chusai the Arachite, met them; Greeting, he said, greeting to the king!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	16	17	Why, said Absalom, is this thy friendship? Wouldst thou not bear that friend of thine company?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	16	18	Not I, said Chusai; for me, the king who has been chosen out by the Lord, by these folk here, by the whole of Israel; my place is by his side.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	16	19	And indeed, to whom is my service due, if not to the king’s own son? Thou shalt have the same loyalty thy father had from me.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	16	20	And now Absalom said to Achitophel, Bethink thee, what were best done.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	16	21	Whereupon Achitophel answered, Go and mate with the concubines thy father has left in charge of the palace. When they hear thou hast come between thy father’s sheets, all Israel will rally to thy cause the more fearlessly.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	16	22	So they spread a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he went in to bed his father’s concubines, there with all Israel to witness it.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	16	23	Men followed Achitophel’s advice then as if it were God himself they had consulted; so it was all the time he was David’s counsellor, and all the time he was Absalom’s.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	1	Now, said Achitophel to Absalom, let me pick twelve thousand men, and set out in pursuit of David this very night;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	2	so I shall overtake him and easily defeat him, weary as he is and unnerved; first scatter the company that went with him, and then strike him down, with none to aid him.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	3	All the people I will bring round to thy cause, as easily as I would persuade a single man; thou hast but one enemy, the rest of the people will be well content.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	4	Both Absalom and all the elders of Israel liked his counsel well;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	5	but Absalom would have them summon Chusai the Arachite, to find out his opinion too.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	6	So Chusai the Arachite came in, and Absalom told him what Achitophel had said; Were it well done? he asked. What advice givest thou?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	7	And Chusai answered, No, it will not serve our turn, this counsel Achitophel has given.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	8	Bethink thee now, what brave warriors they are, thy father and the men he leads; how fierce in their anger, fierce as the she-bear that lurks in a wood, when her cubs have been taken away from her; thy father is a fighting man, he will not remain there among the common folk.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	9	No, by now he is hidden in some pit under ground, or some other vantage-point. A few deaths among his pursuers, and the word will go round, Absalom’s followers are routed!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	10	Then the most lion-hearted will be overcome with sudden fear; well all the people of Israel knows that thy father and the warriors that bear him company are men of mettle.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	11	No, here is a plan more to my liking, that thou shouldst summon all Israel, from Dan to Bersabee, an army countless as the sand, and thyself march out with it.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	12	Hide he where he may, we will find him, and we will be all about him, covering the earth like dew; never a man of his company shall escape us.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	13	Why, even if he should defend himself behind city walls, this great army of Israel could wind ropes round it and drag it down into the nearest valley, till never a stone was to be found of it!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	14	Thereupon Absalom and all the men of Israel agreed that Chusai the Arachite had given better counsel than Achitophel. Whereas in truth Achitophel’s advice was the more to their purpose, but the Lord foiled it, to compass Absalom’s ruin.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	15	Then Chusai told the priests, Sadoc and Abiathar, what Achitophel’s counsel had been, and what his own;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	16	Send a message to David, said he, with all speed, telling him not to linger in the desert plain this night, but cross Jordan without delay; else he and all that are with him may be overwhelmed.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	17	Jonathan and Achimaas stood at their post by the spring of Rogel, and a maid-servant must go and give them the message before they could take it to king David; they did not dare shew themselves in the city.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	18	Even so a lad saw them, and told Absalom, and they must turn aside with all speed into the house of a man at Bahurim, that had a well by the porch of it, and climb down into this for safety.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	19	Nor was their hiding-place discovered; a woman came and spread a cloth over the mouth of the well, as if she would dry her barley-groats there;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	20	and when Absalom’s men reached the house, asking her where were Jonathan and Achimaas, she said they had gone quickly on their way, only stopping for a mouthful of water; so their pursuers returned baffled to Jerusalem.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	21	These gone, Jonathan and Achimaas climbed up out of the well, and brought king David word; Bestir yourselves, they said, and cross the river without more ado; and told what advice Achitophel had given.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	22	So king David and all that bore him company took the road, and were across Jordan before ever dawn broke; not a man was left west of the river.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	23	As for Achitophel, when he found that his advice was not followed, he saddled his ass and went home to Gilon; there he put his affairs in order, and hanged himself. So there they buried him, in his father’s tomb.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	24	David made his way to the Encampment; and now Absalom crossed the Jordan after him, with all Israel at his back.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	25	In Joab’s place, Absalom gave the command of his army to Amasa, that was son to a man called Jethra, of Jezrahel; he had mated with Abigail, daughter of Naas, that was sister to Joab’s mother Sarvia.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	26	So Israel, and Absalom with them, pitched their tents in the country of Galaad.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	27	Meanwhile, upon David’s coming to the Encampment, Sobi son of Naas the Ammonite, and Machir son of Ammihel from Lodabar, and Berzellai that dwelt in Galaad, at Rogelim,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	28	brought him presents; beds and coverlets and earthenware, wheat and barley, flour and parched corn, beans and lentils and fried pulse,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	17	29	honey and butter, sheep and fattened calves. So they made provision for David and his followers, that were like to be hard pressed with hunger and thirst, there in the desert.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	1	And now David passed the men who were with him under review, appointing commanders and captains over them;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	2	one third he entrusted to Joab, one third to Joab’s brother Abisai, and the remainder to Ethai of Geth. He himself, he told his men, would go into battle with them,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	3	but they would not have it. It makes no great matter to the enemy, they said, whether we are routed: even if half of us should fall, they would set little store by it; thy life is more to them than the lives of ten thousand others. Better that thou shouldst remain in the city and garrison it for us.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	4	So the king told them he would abide by their judgement, and he stood watching at the gate while they marched out company by company, in their hundreds and thousands.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	5	One charge the king laid upon Joab and Abisai and Ethai alike, Spare me my son Absalom; and this charge about Absalom was so given to each of them that the men in the ranks could hear it.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	6	So his army took the field against Israel; it was in the forest of Ephraim that battle was joined.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	7	And the Israelites were routed by David’s men, with great loss; twenty thousand men fell that day,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	8	and more of them perished in the woods than in the fighting itself, so scattered was their flight over all the country-side.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	9	Some of David’s men encountered Absalom himself, riding on a mule; and away the mule went, under the tangled branches of a great oak, which caught him by the head and kept him hanging there between earth and sky, while the beast that carried him pressed on.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	10	A soldier, who witnessed it, went and told Joab that he had seen Absalom hanging from an oak.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	11	Thou sawest him, Joab answered, and didst not smite him then and there to the ground? I would have given thee ten sicles of silver and a belt besides.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	12	Nay, said he, thou mightest count out a thousand silver pieces into my purse, and still I would not lift a hand against the king’s son. We were all of us within hearing when the king bade thee and Abisai and Ethai spare his son Absalom.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	13	It would have been at the risk of my life, and the thing would never have passed unnoticed by the king; why, thou wouldst thyself be laying information against me.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	14	That will not serve, answered Joab; I will smite him myself, and thou shalt be there to witness it. So he took three javelins with him, and thrust Absalom right through with them; then, as he still hung there writhing on the oak,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	15	ten squires who attended on Joab ran up and dispatched him.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	16	With that, Joab sounded the trumpet, and would not let his men go further in pursuit of Israel, to spare the lives of the common folk.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	17	As for Absalom, they threw his body into a deep pit, there in the forest, and piled a great heap of stones over him. Meanwhile, the men of Israel fled away to their tents.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	18	(The monument which stands in the King’s Vale is one which Absalom erected for himself in his own life-time, thinking thus to perpetuate his name, since he had no son to follow him. And as he gave this monument his own name, it has been called Absalom’s Mark ever since.)
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	19	And now Achimaas, son of Sadoc, asked leave to run and tell the king how God had punished his enemies,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	20	but Joab told him, Better some other day than this for bearing the message; I would not have thee tell the news to-day; here is a king’s son dead.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	21	Afterwards Joab bade Chusi go and tell the king what he had seen; so Chusi did reverence to him, and ran.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	22	And thereupon Sadoc’s son Achimaas asked whether he might not run after Chusi. No need for that, my son, Joab answered; it is not good news thou wilt carry.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	23	But may I run? asked he. Run if thou wilt, said Joab. And Achimaas took a shorter way, and passed Chusi by.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	24	David was sitting between the two gates; and now the watchman that stood above the roof over the gate, high up on the wall, looked up and saw a man running, all alone,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	25	and cried out to let the king know of it. If he is alone, the king said, he has good news to tell. Then, as the runner came nearer,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	26	the watchman saw a second courier on his way, and cried out from the roof, I see a second man running all alone. He too, the king said, is a welcome messenger.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	27	And the watchman told him, I have marked how the first messenger runs; he runs like Achimaas, son of Sadoc. A good man, the king said; his will be good news.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	28	And now Achimaas cried out, Hail, my lord king! Then he bowed down with his face to the earth, to do the king reverence, and said, Blessed be the Lord thy God; he has not suffered them to escape, the men who took up arms against the king’s grace.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	29	Is all well, the king asked, with my son Absalom? And Achimaas answered, There was a great stir round about Joab when he sent me, thy servant, on my errand; I can tell thee no more.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	30	Stand aside here, the king said; and as he did so,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	31	Chusi came up after him; Good news, said he, for my lord the king! The Lord has maintained thy cause against the rebels.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	32	Then the king asked Chusi, Is all well with my son Absalom? My lord king, Chusi answered, may all thy enemies, and all that conspire to thy hurt, fare as the prince has fared!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	18	33	And with that, the king went up to the room over the gate in bitter sorrow, and wept there. O, my son Absalom, he said as he went, my son, my son Absalom! Would to God I had died instead of thee, Absalom, my son, my son!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	1	Word came back to Joab that the king was in tears, mourning over his son;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	2	and the news of the royal grief went round among the army, so that the victory they had won that day issued only in lament.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	3	They would not even return that day to the city, feeling such shame as a broken and routed army feels;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	4	and all the while the king hid his face away, and went on crying aloud, My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	5	At last Joab made his way into the royal lodging, and said to the king, Here is a fine day’s work, to make all thy followers go about hanging their heads! The men who have saved thee and thy sons and daughters, thy wives and concubines, from peril of death!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	6	Nothing but love for thy enemies, nothing but hatred for thy friends; never a thought, this day, for thy own captains and thy own men! If we were all dead, and Absalom still lived, I warrant thou hadst been the better pleased.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	7	Bestir thyself, come out and speak to thy men, and earn their good will; I swear by the Lord that if thou dost not come out, not a man will be left to serve thy cause by night-fall; and worse awaits thee than all the troubles which have come upon thee from the days of thy youth till now.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	8	So the king rose up, and seated himself at the gateway; and there, once the word had gone round that the king was sitting in the gateway, all his followers came into the royal presence.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	9	But the men of Israel had fled home. And now, all through the tribes of Israel, there was high debate; Here is a king, men said, that has rid us of our enemies, rescued us from the power of the Philistines, and he must be exiled from his kingdom to please Absalom!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	10	This Absalom, whom we anointed to be our king, has fallen in battle; why is no voice raised for bringing the king back to us?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	11	News of what the Israelites were saying had reached the court, and now king David sent word to the priests, Sadoc and Abiathar, bidding them ask the elders of Juda, Why are you the last to welcome the king home again?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	12	You are my own tribesmen, my own kith and kin, why do you hang back, instead of restoring me to the throne?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	13	He bade them, too, give this message to Amasa, Art thou not my own flesh and blood? May the Lord punish me as I deserve, and more than I deserve, if I do not make thee, instead of Joab, commander of my army henceforward!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	14	Thus he won over the men of Juda till they had but a single thought, and a message was sent to the king bidding him come back to them, and all his men with him.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	15	So the king set out for home, and by the time he reached the Jordan, the whole of Juda had assembled at Galgal to meet him and escort him over the river.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	16	Semei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, hastened to bear them company, welcoming king David
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	17	with a thousand of his own tribesmen; there was Siba, too, that had once been a servant in the court of Saul, with his fifteen sons and twenty servants of his, and these, plunging into the Jordan
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	18	before the king could reach it, were across the ford, ready to escort his household and wait upon his bidding. Semei, Gera’s son, was no sooner across Jordan than he fell at the king’s feet;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	19	My lord, he said, do not hold me guilty, forget the wrong thy servant did thee when thou, my lord king, hadst left Jerusalem; let there be no grudge in thy royal heart.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	20	I, thy servant, confess this day the wrong I did; that is why I have come, first spokesman of the other tribes, to meet the king’s grace on his way.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	21	At this, Abisai son of Sarvia would have Semei put to death, for the curses he uttered against an anointed king.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	22	What, sons of Sarvia, David answered, will you never give me rest? This day, of all others, would you mar my peace? No Israelite shall lose his life this day, which has taught me for the first time that I am king in Israel.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	23	And to Semei he said, Thou shalt not die, and took his oath to confirm it.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	24	Then the king was met by Miphiboseth, that was heir to Saul; he came with feet begrimed, with beard untrimmed, in garments that went unwashed from the day of the king’s departure to the day of his return.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	25	Down from Jerusalem he came to meet him, and when the king asked, Why didst thou not bear me company, Miphiboseth?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	26	his answer was, My lord king, my own servant played me false; may it please thee, I bade him saddle me an ass, so that I could ride in the king’s company, lame as I am;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	27	and he, not content with disobeying, has brought a false charge against me before my lord the king. But thou, my lord king, art wise as an angel of God; do what thou wilt.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	28	For indeed, the whole of my father’s line deserve nothing better than death at thy hands, and thou hast given me, thy servant, a place among the guests at thy table; what right have I to complain? I will raise my voice no more in my defence.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	29	And the king told him, No need to say more. My word has been passed; do thou and Siba divide the lands between you.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	30	Why, let him take all, Miphiboseth answered; enough for me that my lord the king has come home in peace.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	31	Berzellai, too, the man of Galaad, came down from Rogelim, to attend his crossing of Jordan, ready to accompany him to the further bank.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	32	Berzellai of Galaad was an old man, eighty years old; he it was that brought the king provisions, while he lay at the Encampment, for he was a man of great riches.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	33	To him the king said, Bear me company, and take thy ease with me at Jerusalem.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	34	But Berzellai answered, What, a man of my years go up to Jerusalem with the king’s grace?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	35	I am eighty years old now; are my senses still keen, to tell sweet from bitter? Can thy servant take pleasure in food and drink? Can my ear catch the tone of songster and songstress? Nay, I would not be a burden to my lord the king;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	36	let thy servant go with thee a little of the way beyond Jordan, and no more. I need no such exchange of friendship;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	37	rather, my prayer is that I should be allowed to go back and die in my own city, and be buried close to the grave where my father and mother lie. Here is thy servant Chamaam; let him go with thee, my lord king, and do with him what thou wilt.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	38	Chamaam shall go with me, the king replied, and it shall be for thee to choose what is to be done with him; no request of thine shall go ungranted.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	39	So, when he and all the people had crossed over Jordan, the king kissed Berzellai and blessed him, and he went home,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	40	while the king passed on to Galgal, and Chamaam with him.All the men of Juda had been the king’s escort, but of the other Israelites only a half;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	41	and now the men of Israel came to him with one accord, and asked, How is it that our brethren, the men of Juda, have stolen thee from us? By what warrant did they escort the king, and his household and the warriors of David’s army, on their passage over Jordan?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	42	Why, answered the men of Juda, he is nearer of kin to us. There is no cause here for anger. Have we lived on the king’s bounty, or been singled out to receive his gifts?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	19	43	And the Israelites replied, We are ten to one; our rights with the king, our claims upon David, are ten times as great as yours. Why did you wrong us by not conferring with us first about our king’s restoration? Thus either side pleaded its own cause, but the men of Juda more bitterly than the men of Israel.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	1	It chanced that there was a turbulent fellow there, called Seba, son of Bochri, from Benjamin, who now sounded his trumpet and raised the cry: David, then, is none of ours; not for us the son of Jesse; go back, men of Israel, to your homes!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	2	Thereupon all the Israelites parted from David’s company, and marched away with Seba, son of Bochri; it was only the men of Juda that escorted David all the way from Jordan to Jerusalem.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	3	So the king came home. As for the ten concubines he had left in charge of the palace, he shut these away, giving them their allowance of food still, but never again having commerce with them; they remained shut away in their widowhood as long as they lived.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	4	And now the king said to Amasa, Muster all the warriors of Juda, three days from now, and present thyself here with them.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	5	Amasa went to muster them, but dallied beyond the time which the king had named;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	6	and David said to Abisai, This Seba, son of Bochri, will do us more harm than ever Absalom did. Take the royal troops with thee, and go in pursuit of him; or he will find refuge within city walls and escape us.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	7	So in pursuit of Seba they went, under Abisai’s command, Joab’s men, and the Cerethites and Phelethites, and all the picked warriors in Jerusalem;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	8	and when they reached the great stone of Gabaon, they fell in with Amasa. Joab was there, clad in a tight-fitting cloak of the same length as his coat, and girt with a dagger whose sheath only reached to his loins, such that he could draw it easily and strike.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	9	Greetings to thee, brother, said Joab, and with that he clapped his right hand under Amasa’s chin, as if he would kiss him;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	10	then, with the dagger that had gone unmarked, he struck him in the side, and spilt his entrails on the ground, so that he died without a second blow. After this, Joab and his brother Abisai continued their pursuit of Seba, son of Bochri.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	11	And among Joab’s men, that stood beside the body, the word went round, Here he lies that would have been David’s chosen friend in place of Joab.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	12	There Amasa lay, drenched in his own blood, till one who saw all the passers-by stopping to look at him, carried the body off into a field, away from the road; so they would halt on their journey no more.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	13	And sure enough, when it had been taken aside from the road, all were ready to follow Joab in pursuit of Seba, the son of Bochri.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	14	Seba had gone through all the tribes of Israel, till he reached Abela that is called Beth-Maacha; and all their choicest warriors had rallied to him.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	15	So to Abela Beth-Maacha they went, and besieged him there, surrounding the city with works, so that it was quite cut off; nor did Joab’s men spare any pains to make a breach in the wall.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	16	But now a wise woman cried out from within the city, A word with you, a word with you! Bid Joab come here, and let me speak to him.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	17	Thou art Joab? she asked, as he came near; and when he answered to the name, Listen, she besought him, to what thy handmaid has to say. Listen I will, said he.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	18	There is an old proverb, she told him, that says, They who ask counsel must ask it at Abela; and so they did.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	19	Here dwells a woman that tells Israelites the truth; and wouldst thou overthrow such a city, a mother-city in Israel? Why wouldst thou bring ruin on the Lord’s chosen land?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	20	Never that, never that, Joab answered; ruin and destruction are not for me.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	21	The case stands otherwise; there is one Seba, son of Bochri, from the hill-country of Ephraim, that is in rebellion against king David; hand that one man over, and we will raise the siege. Wait then, said the woman; his head shall be thrown down to thee from the wall.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	22	And with that she went in, and spoke to the defenders in the wisdom that was her craft; whereupon they cut off the head of Seba, son of Bochri, and cast it down to Joab. So he blew his trumpet, and his men raised the siege and went to their tents; Joab himself went back to the king’s court at Jerusalem.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	23	Joab, then, commanded the army of Israel, and Banaias son of Joiada the Cerethites and Phelethites;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	24	Aduram was overseer of the revenues, and Josaphat, son of Ahilud, kept the records;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	25	Siva was secretary, Sadoc and Abiathar chief priests;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	20	26	Ira, too, the Jairite, was one of David’s ministers.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	21	1	There was a famine in David’s reign that lasted three years continuously; and when David consulted the Lord’s oracle he was told, It is because of Saul; he slew the Gabaonites, and the guilt of blood still rests upon his line.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	21	2	The Gabaonites did not belong to Israel; they were of the old Amorrhite stock, and their lives had been spared in fulfilment of an oath, but Saul, jealous for the honour of Israel and of Juda, had tried to exterminate them. So king David summoned them,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	21	3	and asked what he could do to content them; what amends he could make, to recover their good will for the Lord’s chosen people.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	21	4	Of silver and gold, the Gabaonites told him, there is no question here; our quarrel is with Saul and his kin; we would not take any toll of Israelite lives. What would you have me do, then? the king asked.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	21	5	And they said, We must efface the memory of the man who persecuted us and wrongfully oppressed us, leaving none of his stock alive from end to end of Israel.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	21	6	Hand over to us seven men of his line, and let us crucify them before the Lord at Gabaa, that is named after him; there dwelt he when the Lord chose him out to be king. And David said, You shall have them.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	21	7	But he spared Miphiboseth, the heir of Saul through Jonathan, to honour the covenant which Jonathan, Saul’s son, had made with him;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	21	8	he took two sons that were born to Saul by Respha, daughter of Aia, one called Armoni and one that bore his cousin’s name of Miphiboseth, and five sons of Michol, Saul’s daughter, that she bore to Hadriel, son of Berzellai, at Molathi,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	21	9	and handed these over to the Gabaonites. And the Gabaonites crucified them before the Lord, there on the hillside. It was in the first days of the harvest, when the barley was beginning to be cut, that the seven of them perished, all at one time;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	21	10	and Respha, the daughter of Aia, spread herself a covering of sackcloth and sat there on the rock, from the beginning of harvest till the first rains fell on them; bird by day nor beast by night should touch them.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	21	11	The news of what Saul’s concubine, Respha the daughter of Aia, had done, reached David’s ears.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	21	12	And thereupon he recovered the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabes-Galaad, who had stolen them back when the Philistines hung them up in the streets of Bethsan, soon after Saul’s death on Gelboe;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	21	13	carried these away, and collected the bones, too, of the men crucified at Gabaa,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	21	14	and buried them. So they were laid in the tomb of Cis, that was Saul’s father, in the Benjamite country, beside the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan; all this was done at the king’s command. And now the land was restored to God’s favour.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	21	15	War broke out again between Israel and the Philistines, and David went to battle against them with his men. But David’s strength had left him;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	21	16	and he came near to being struck down by Jesbi-Benob, a man of the Araphite breed, that had a spear-head of ten pounds weight, and a new sword at his side.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	21	17	It was Abisai, Sarvia’s son, that came to the king’s rescue, and gave the Philistine his death-blow. But after that David’s men swore that he should never go into battle with them again; that light must not be lost to Israel.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	21	18	In another battle against the Philistines, at Gob, Saph, of the giant breed of Arapha, was slain by Sobochai, from Husathi;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	21	19	in a third, also at Gob, Elehanan the son of Jaare, an embroiderer from Bethlehem, slew Goliath of Geth, that had a shaft to his spear as big as a weaver’s beam.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	21	20	In a fourth, at Geth, there was a man of huge stature that had twelve fingers and twelve toes, another of the Araphite breed;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	21	21	and he taunted Israel, till Jonathan, son of David’s brother Semma, struck him down.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	21	22	All these four were Araphites from Geth, all slain by David and his men.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	1	And this was David’s song of thanksgiving when he found that the Lord had rescued him from the power of Saul, and from his other enemies:
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	2	The Lord is my rock-fastness, my bulwark, my rescuer.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	3	It is my God that brings me aid, and gives me confidence; he is my shield, my weapon of deliverance, my protector, my stronghold; he it is that preserves me and frees me from wrong.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	4	Praised be the Lord! When I invoke him I am secure from my enemies.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	5	Death’s terrors were near at hand, deep flowed the tide of wickedness, to daunt me;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	6	the toils of the grave were all about me, deadly snares had trapped my feet.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	7	One cry to the Lord, in my affliction, one word of summons to my God, and he, from his sanctuary, listens to my voice; the complaint I make before him finds a hearing.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	8	Earth shivered and shook, the very foundations of the hills quailed and quaked before his anger;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	9	smoke went up before his indignant presence, and a consuming fire; burning coals were kindled as he went.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	10	He bade heaven stoop, and came down to earth, with mist at his feet;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	11	he came, mounted on the cherubim, borne up on the wings of the wind,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	12	shrouded in a pall of darkness, wringing out the rainstorm from the clouds of heaven;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	13	burning coals were kindled by the lightning that went before him;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	14	the Lord, sending his thunder from heaven, the Most High, letting his voice be heard.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	15	How they scattered when he rained down his arrows on them, fled in confusion before his lightning!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	16	The secret springs of ocean came to light, the very foundations of the world were laid bare, when the Lord threatened them, blew upon them with the breath of his anger.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	17	Then he reached down from heaven, caught hold of me,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	18	rescued me from that flood, saved me from triumphant malice, from the enemies that held me at their mercy.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	19	In that evil day he came to my side; the Lord upheld me
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	20	and brought me out into freedom again; his great love befriended me.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	21	And still as he sees me dutiful, the Lord will requite me; as he sees me guiltless in act, he will make return.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	22	Have I not kept true to the Lord’s paths? Have I not been loyal to my God?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	23	No law of his, but I have kept it before my eyes; no task he laid upon me have I refused;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	24	ever stainless in his presence, ever watchful to keep myself clear of guilt.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	25	Surely the Lord will requite me as he sees me dutiful, as he sees me guiltless in act.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	26	Lovingly thou dost treat those who love thee, faithfully the courageous;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	27	he that is thy own shall find thee his very own, from the man who turns against thee thou wilt turn away.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	28	To humble folk thou wilt bring deliverance; the proud, with their haughty looks, thou wilt bring down to earth.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	29	Thou, Lord, art the lamp of my hope; thou, Lord, dost shine on the darkness about me.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	30	In thy strength I shall run well girded; in the strength of my God I will leap over a wall.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	31	Such is my God, unsullied in his dealings; his promises are like metal tried in the fire; he is the sure defence of all who trust in him.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	32	Who but the Lord is God? What other power can there be except our God?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	33	It is he that girds me with strength, he that makes me go on a smooth way, untroubled.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	34	He makes me sure-footed as the deer, and gives me the freedom of the hills;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	35	these hands, through him, are skilled in battle, these arms are a match for any bow of bronze.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	36	Thy saving power, Lord, is my defence, thy tender care fosters me.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	37	Through thee, my steps are untrammelled as I go, foot of mine never falters;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	38	I can master the enemies I pursue, and never turn home till I have made an end of them;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	39	made an end of them, beating them to their knees, hurling them down at my feet.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	40	Thou girdest me about with a warrior’s strength; whatever power challenges me thou dost subdue before me,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	41	putting my enemies to flight, and throwing all their malice into confusion.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	42	Loudly they cry out to the Lord, bereft of aid, but he makes no answer to their cries.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	43	I can crush them to pieces, like dust on the ground, spurn and trample them like mire in the streets.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	44	Thou wilt deliver me, then, from sedition among my people; nay, thou hast a higher destiny for me yet, to rule over other nations, with alien folk for my subjects.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	45	Aliens offering battle, and then brought to my allegiance,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	46	so feeble have they grown, so hard pinched by distress!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	47	Blessed be the living Lord who is my God, praised be the God who rescues me!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	48	It is thou, my God, that bringest me redress, that grantest me dominion over my people,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	49	that savest me from my enemies, so that I am high above the reach of their assaults, proof against their violence.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	50	Then, Lord, I will give thee thanks in the hearing of all nations, singing in praise of thy name;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	22	51	how powerful thou art to protect the king thou hast chosen, how merciful thou art towards him thou hast anointed, towards David, and David’s line for ever.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	1	These are the words of David’s last psalm. Thus speaks David, son of Jesse, thus speaks the man whom the God of Jacob swore to anoint, he who sang as none other sang in Israel.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	2	Through me the spirit of the Lord has spoken; his words are on my tongue.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	3	What says Israel’s God, Israel’s strong defender? That he who rules among men, governing them justly in the fear of God,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	4	shines out like the light of dawn, when the sun rises in a cloudless sky, grows strong like meadow grass watered by the rain.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	5	What worth has my kindred in God’s sight, that he should make an everlasting covenant with me, sealed and ratified all of it? Everywhere he preserves me, everywhere grants me my will; no wish of mine but bears fruit.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	6	Sinful men he treats like briars, too sturdy to be plucked away with the hand,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	7	so that all who would interfere with them go armed with iron-shod poles, setting fire to them at last and burning them away to nothing.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	8	And these are the names of David’s champions; first among the first three was Jesbaam the son of Hachamoni (the same that was called Plump as a Wood-worm), who slew eight hundred men in one assault.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	9	After him, his cousin Eleazar the Ahohite, one of the three champions that were with David when they defied the Philistines. These had mustered for battle,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	10	and the men of Israel had left the field; Eleazar stood there and cut down the Philistines until his arm grew weary and his hand stiff about his sword. A great victory the Lord gave Israel that day, and the men who had fled at first came back to gather up the spoils of the dead.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	11	And after him Semma, the son of Age, from Arari. When a company of Philistines had gathered, close by a field of lentils, and routed the Israelites,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	12	he stood there in the middle of the field and held it against the Philistines till he defeated them; that day, too, the Lord gave Israel a great victory.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	13	Once, when it was harvest-time, these three, the foremost of the Thirty, were at the king’s side in the cave of Odollam; the Philistines had encamped in the Valley of the Giants,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	14	and David kept close in his stronghold. The Philistines had a garrison at this time in Bethlehem:
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	15	and now David, overcome with longing, said aloud, Oh for a cup of water from the well by Bethlehem gate!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	16	Whereupon the three champions broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well by the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it to David. Instead of drinking it, he poured it out as a libation to the Lord;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	17	The Lord be merciful to me, said he, never that! That were to drink men’s blood; they brought it at the peril of their lives; it is not for my drinking. Such were the feats of the three first champions.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	18	Abisai, too, Joab’s brother, son of Sarvia, was one of three champions; he it was that engaged three hundred men with his own spear, and slew them. His name stood as one of three,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	19	and among these he was foremost, leading the others, but he could not rival the first three.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	20	There was Banaias, too, whose father, Joiada of Cabseel, was a warrior famous for his exploits. Banaias it was that slew the two heroes of Moab; he also went down into a cavern on a day of snow, and killed a lion there.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	21	And there was an Egyptian he slew, a wondrous man to see, that carried a great spear; Banaias went into battle with a club, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear, wresting it from his hand.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	22	Such were the feats of Banaias, son of Joiada;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	23	he, too, was one of the three champions that were foremost among the Thirty, but he could not rival the first three. He was the man David appointed to carry out his secret commands.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	24	And these were the men who belonged to the Thirty; Asael, Joab’s brother, and his cousin, Elehanan of Bethlehem;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	25	Semma from Harodi, Elica from Harodi;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	26	Heles from Phalti; Hira, son of Acces, from Thecua;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	27	Abiezer from Anathoth; Mobonnai from Husati;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	28	Selmon the Ahohite; Maharai the Netophathite;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	29	Heled, son of Baana, also from Netophath; Ithai, son of Ribai, from Gabaath in Benjamin;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	30	Banaia the Pharathonite; Heddai from the valley of Gaas;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	31	Abialbon the Arbathite; Azmaveth from Beromi;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	32	Eliaba from Salaboni; the sons of Jassen, Jonathan,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	33	Semma from Orori; Aiam, son of Sarar, the Arorite;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	34	Eliphelet, son of Asbai, son of Machati; Eliam, son of Achitophel, the Gelonite;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	35	Hesrai from Carmel; Pharai from Arbi;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	36	Igaal, son of Nathan, from Soba; Bonni from Gadi;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	37	Selec from Ammoni; Naharai the Berothite, that was squire to Joab the son of Sarvia;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	38	Ira and Gareb, the Jethrites,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	23	39	and Urias the Hethite; thirty-seven names in all.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	24	1	But still the Lord’s vengeance threatened Israel; and now it was through David he disturbed their peace, with a design for registering Israel and Juda.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	24	2	The king said to Joab, the chief of his army, Go through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Bersabee, and make a muster-roll of the people, so that I may know the full tale of them.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	24	3	Why, said Joab, my prayer is that the Lord may increase yet more the number of the people, great as it is, and that thou mayest live to see it a hundred times as great! But what is it my lord the king means by this design?
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	24	4	But all that Joab and the captains of the army could say might not thwart the king’s will; so Joab and the other commanders left the king’s presence to make a register of Israel.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	24	5	They crossed the Jordan, and reached Aroer, on the right side of the city that stands in the vale of Gad;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	24	6	then they passed by way of Jazer into Galaad to the plain country of Hodsi, and so reached the woodlands of Dan. Thence they turned towards Sidon,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	24	7	passed close to the walls of Tyre, and all along the country that was still held by Chanaanite and Hevite, and came at last to the southern end of Juda, at Bersabee.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	24	8	So they made their review of the whole country, and returned to Jerusalem after nine months’ and twenty days’ absence.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	24	9	And Joab gave in the register to the king; it proved that there were eight hundred thousand warriors that bore arms in Israel, and five hundred thousand in Juda.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	24	10	But, now the count of Israel had been made, David’s heart reproached him. And he confessed to the Lord, I have sinned greatly in what I have done; Lord, give my sin quittance; I have played a fool’s part.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	24	11	And by the time he rose next morning, the word of the Lord had come to the prophet Gad, that was David’s seer,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	24	12	Go and give David this message from the Lord; he is given a threefold choice, and he must choose his own punishment among the three.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	24	13	So Gad went to David with the message: Wilt thou have seven years of famine in thy country, or three months of flight from the pursuit of thy enemies, or three days in which thy country is smitten with plague? Think well, and tell me what answer I shall make to him whose word I bear thee.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	24	14	I am hard pressed on all sides, David told him; but it is better to fall into the hands of the Lord, so rich is he in mercy, than into the hands of men.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	24	15	So the Lord sent a plague upon Israel, from that morning till the time he had appointed; and it raged all the way from Dan to Bersabee, till seventy thousand men had perished.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	24	16	But when the angel of the Lord was stretching out his hand over Jerusalem, to bring destruction on it, the Lord was moved with pity over their calamity, and said to the angel who was smiting the people down, It is enough, stay thy hand. The angel of the Lord stood close, then, to the threshing-floor of Areuna the Jebusite.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	24	17	David, when he saw how the angel was smiting the people down, had said to the Lord, The sin is mine, the fault is mine; these poor sheep of mine, what wrong have they done? Nay, turn thy hand against me, and my own father’s race!
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	24	18	Then Gad brought David the message, Go up to the threshing-floor of Areuna the Jebusite, and build an altar there.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	24	19	So David went up, in obedience to the command which the Lord had given him through Gad;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	24	20	and when Areuna looked round, to see the king and the king’s servants coming towards him,
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	24	21	he came forward, bowing down with his face to the ground to do the king reverence. What would my lord king with his servant? he asked. And David said, I have come to buy thy threshing-floor; I must build an altar here to the Lord, to put an end to the mortality which goes unhindered among the people.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	24	22	Then Areuna answered, Let the king’s grace take all he needs for his offering; here are sheep for a burnt-sacrifice, here is the waggon, and the yoke my oxen bear, for kindling-wood.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	24	23	All this is Areuna’s royal gift to the king. And may the Lord, Areuna added, grant thy prayer.
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	24	24	But the king would not let him have his will; Nay, said he, I must buy it from thee; the victims I offer to the Lord my God must not be procured without cost. So David bought threshing-floor and ox-team for fifty silver pieces;
-2 Kings	2Ki	10	24	25	there he built an altar to the Lord, and there he brought burnt-sacrifice and welcome-offering. So the land was received back into the Lord’s favour, and the plague disappeared from Israel.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	1	And now David had grown old, and so chilled with age that there was no warming him by heaping coverlets on his bed;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	2	so his attendants asked leave of him to go and find a young maid, who should be brought to the court and cherish him by sleeping in his bosom, to give their royal master warmth.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	3	And of all the fair maids in Israel they chose out one, Abisag from Sunam, who was brought into the king’s presence;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	4	a fair maid indeed, who now shared the king’s bed and waited on him, yet never did the king mate with her.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	5	Meanwhile Adonias, David’s son by Haggith, aspired to win the throne; he must drive in state, with chariots and outriders, and fifty men to run before him;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	6	and never a word did his father say to check or challenge him; he came next to Absalom in birth, and was like Absalom for beauty.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	7	Joab, son of Sarvia, and the priest Abiathar were in his confidence; but, while these favoured Adonias’s cause,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	8	he could not win over the priest Sadoc, and Banaias son of Joiada, and the prophet Nathan, Semei and Rei and the picked men of David’s army.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	9	Adonias, then, would offer sacrifice of rams and calves and other fattened beasts at the Stone of Zoheleth, by Enrogel spring; bidding his brother princes there as guests, and the men of Juda that were in David’s service,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	10	but not the prophet Nathan, or Banaias, or the leaders of the army, or his brother Solomon.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	11	Thereupon Nathan said to Solomon’s mother Bethsabee, Hast thou heard the news that Haggith’s son Adonias has come to the throne, and our lord king David none the wiser?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	12	Act quickly, following the advice I now give thee, if thou wouldst protect thyself, and thy son Solomon, from mortal peril.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	13	Go and demand access to king David’s presence; ask him openly, My lord King, didst thou not promise me, thy handmaid, upon oath, to let my son Solomon be thy heir, and succeed to thy throne? How comes it that Adonias is king?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	14	And while thou art still speaking, I will come in after thee, and lend weight to these words of thine.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	15	So Bethsabee gained access to the king’s own room, where he sat, an old, old man, with Abisag the Sunamite in attendance on him.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	16	Low was the reverence Bethsabee made, and when the king asked what was her will,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	17	she answered, My lord, thou didst swear to me by the Lord thy God that my son Solomon should be thy heir, and succeed to thy throne;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	18	and here is Adonias already reigning, while thou, my lord king, art kept in ignorance.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	19	Nay, he has sacrificed bulls, fattened beasts, and rams without number, with the priest Abiathar, and Joab, the commander of thy men, for his guests, and all the princes except thy servant Solomon.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	20	My lord king, all Israel looks to thee for a sign, to know who shall sit on thy royal throne after thee.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	21	How shall we fare, I and my son Solomon, when the king’s grace has been laid to rest with his fathers? Our lives will be forfeit.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	22	She was still speaking with the king, when the prophet Nathan came,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	23	and word was brought in that the prophet Nathan was in attendance. So in he came, and made his reverence before the king, with his face bowed to the ground;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	24	Lord King, he said, was it thy decree that Adonias should be thy heir, and succeed to thy throne?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	25	Away he goes, to offer up bulls, fatten beasts, and rams without number; all the princes are summoned to the feast, and the chiefs of the army, and the priest Abiathar; and there they sit, eating and drinking, while the cry goes up, Long live king Adonias!
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	26	As for me, thy servant, and the priest Sadoc, and Banaias son of Joiada, and prince Solomon, no summons came to us.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	27	Can it be that the king’s grace has made this decree, without a word to me, his servant, to say who should succeed my lord the king on his throne?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	28	Send for Bethsabee, king David answered; and when she had come in, and stood there in the royal presence,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	29	the king took an oath: As the Lord is a living God, he who has preserved my life against all perils,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	30	my sworn word to thee, in the name of the Lord God of Israel, that thy son Solomon should be my heir and succeed to my throne, shall be fulfilled this day.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	31	And Bethsabee, bowing her face to the ground, did reverence; Unending life, said she, to my lord king David!
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	32	Then king David would have the priest Sadoc, and the prophet Nathan, and Banaias son of Joiada, summoned to his presence, and when these waited on him,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	33	his orders were: Take the royal troops with you, and escort my son Solomon, mounted upon my own mule, to Gihon;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	34	there let him be made king of Israel, with the priest Sadoc and the prophet Nathan to anoint him; there sound the trumpet, and make proclamation, Long live king Solomon!
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	35	Then bring him back, to sit on my throne and reign instead of me; to him I commit the charge of Israel and Juda alike.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	36	And Banaias son of Joiada cried, Well said! May the Lord, the God who protects the king’s grace, decree no otherwise;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	37	as he has been with thee, so may he be with thy son, and make Solomon’s throne more glorious than the throne of David himself.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	38	Then Sadoc and Nathan and Banaias, mustering the Cerethites and the Phelethites, mounted Solomon on king David’s own mule, and escorted him to Gihon;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	39	there, with a phial of oil brought out from the tabernacle, the priest Sadoc anointed Solomon king; and they sounded the trumpet, while the cry went up everywhere, Long live king Solomon!
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	40	All the common folk went with him, and there was playing of flutes and great rejoicing, till earth echoed again with the noise of it.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	41	It reached Adonias and his guests when the banquet was already over; and Joab, as he heard the cries of the multitude, began asking what this uproar in the city might mean.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	42	The words were still on his lips when Jonathan approached, that was son to the priest Abiathar. Come in, cried Adonias; a brave fellow such as thou art surely brings good news.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	43	That have I none, Jonathan answered him; our lord king David has given the throne to Solomon.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	44	Mounted on the royal mule, with the priest Sadoc and the prophet Nathan and Banaias son of Joiada, with the Cerethites too and the Phelethites for his escort, he has ridden to Gihon,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	45	where Sadoc and Nathan anointed him king. And now they have come back in triumph, and all the city is echoing with it; that is the noise which has reached your ears.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	46	There Solomon sits on the royal throne,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	47	while the courtiers shower blessings on our lord king David, praying God to make Solomon’s renown greater than his, Solomon’s domains wider than his; and he, lying on his bed, cries out in adoration,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	48	Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, that has given me this day an heir to my throne, while I still have eyes to see it!
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	49	His words spread terror, and all Adonias’ guests rose up, and scattered to their homes.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	50	As for Adonias himself, in his great fear of Solomon he left the place and made his way to the altar, and clung to one of its horns.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	51	So news came to Solomon that Adonias, in fear of his royal brother, was clinging to the altar’s horn, crying out, I must have king Solomon’s oath this day that my life shall be spared!
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	52	Why, answered Solomon, prove he a loyal man, never a hair shall fall from his head; if he is found to be plotting mischief, he shall die for it.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	1	53	Then he sent to bring him away from the altar, and Adonias came into king Solomon’s presence, and did reverence there. And with that, Solomon sent him away to his house.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	1	And now the time drew near when David must die; but first he left with his son Solomon this charge.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	2	I am going, said he, the way all mortal things go at last; do thou keep thy courage high and play the man.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	3	Hold ever true to the Lord thy God, following the paths he has shewn us, observing his ceremonies, and all those commands and awards and decrees that are contained in the law of Moses; so shalt thou be well advised in all thou doest, at every turn of the way.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	4	So will the Lord make good his promise to me, that if my sons would but tread those paths of his, still proving loyal to him with the whole purpose of their heart and soul, the throne of Israel should never lack one of my race to fill it.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	5	And now to speak of Joab, son of Sarvia. Thou knowest well the ill turn he has done me; here were two commanders of the Israelite army, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, that fell by his hand. They were at peace with him when he struck the warrior’s blow, stained himself, from the shoes on his feet to the girdle on his loins, with the blood that should have been spilt in war.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	6	Let prudence be thy guide, do not allow those grey hairs to find a peaceful end.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	7	To the sons of Berzellai the Galaadite thou must shew gratitude, and let them be among those who eat at thy table; they made me welcome when I fled to escape from thy brother Absalom.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	8	Thou hast to reckon, moreover, with Semei son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim. Foul were the curses he hurled at me on my way to the Encampment; but when I crossed Jordan again he came out to meet me, and I swore to him in the Lord’s name that I would not slay him.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	9	Thou hast no cause to leave him unharmed; thou hast wit enough to resolve what to do with him, how to prepare a bloody end for his grey hairs.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	10	So David was laid to rest with his fathers, and the Keep of David was his burial-place;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	11	he had ruled Israel forty years, seven at Hebron and thirty-three at Jerusalem.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	12	And Solomon, who succeeded as his father’s heir, established himself firmly on the throne.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	13	As for Adonias, son of Haggith, he gained access to Bethsabee, king Solomon’s mother, telling her that he came on a peaceful errand;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	14	there was a matter he would confide to her. So she bade him speak out, but still he hesitated;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	15	Once, said he, the throne was mine, and all Israel had chosen me for their king; now the royal power has changed hands, and gone to my brother; it was God’s will.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	16	There is only one request now that I would make of thee; pray do not disappoint me. And still she bade him speak out.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	17	My request is, said he, that thou wouldst say a word for me to king Solomon; there is nothing he can refuse thee. Bid him give me Abisag the Sunamite for my wife.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	18	Why, yes, answered Bethsabee, I will speak to the king on thy behalf.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	19	Bethsabee, then, made her way to king Solomon, to prefer Adonias’ request; the king rose to meet her and bowed low, then he sat down on his throne again, and a throne was brought for her, the king’s mother, to sit down at his right hand.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	20	There is a light request, she told him, that I would make of thee; pray do not disappoint me. Make thy request, mother, said he; I will not turn a deaf ear to it.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	21	It is, said she, that thy brother Adonias should be given Abisag the Sunamite for his wife.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	22	But this was king Solomon’s answer to his mother, What, Abisag the Sunamite for Adonias? Ask me to give him the kingdom, too; he is my elder brother, and has the priest Abiathar, and Joab son of Sarvia, to maintain his cause.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	23	And hereupon king Solomon took an oath in the Lord’s name; May the Lord punish me as I deserve, and more than I deserve, if this plea Adonias has made does not cost him his life!
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	24	As the Lord is a living God, he that has established me firmly on my father David’s throne, and made the dynasty mine, as he promised, Adonias shall die this day!
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	25	So king Solomon gave orders to Banaias son of Joiada, and by his hand Adonias was put to death.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	26	The king had a command, too, for the priest Abiathar; Go back to thy lands at Anathoth. Nothing better thou deservest than death, but I will spare thy life this day; thine it was to carry the ark in my father’s presence, and to share all the perils he endured.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	27	Thus king Solomon deprived Abiathar of his priesthood, in fulfilment of that sentence which the Lord passed on the race of Heli, long ago at Silo.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	28	Tidings of this came to Joab, that had taken part with Adonias, not with Solomon; and he took refuge in the Lord’s tabernacle, where he clung to one of the altar-horns.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	29	And king Solomon, hearing he had fled to the tabernacle and was to be found there, close by the altar, sent Banaias son of Joiada with orders to kill him.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	30	So Banaias went to the Lord’s tabernacle and bade Joab remove from it, in the king’s name. Not I, said Joab, I will die here. When Banaias brought tidings of the answer Joab had made him,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	31	the king said, Let him have his will; put him to death there, and give him burial. Only rid me, and my father’s kindred, of the blood-guilt Joab has brought upon us.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	32	On his head may the Lord’s vengeance fall; did he not slay two innocent men that were his betters, Abner son of Ner that commanded Israel, and Amasa son of Jether that commanded Juda, drawing his sword on them with no word said to my father, king David?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	33	On Joab let the blood-guilt fall, and on his race for ever; to David and David’s race, to David’s throne and dynasty, may the Lord grant eternal prosperity!
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	34	With that, Banaias son of Joiada went back and gave Joab his death-blow. He was buried at his own home, out in the wilderness;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	35	command of the army the king gave to Banaias son of Joiada, and the high-priesthood to Sadoc instead of Abiathar.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	36	Then the king bade Semei come before him; Thou must build thyself a house, he told him, here at Jerusalem, and come to live there, instead of travelling freely this way and that.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	37	The day on which thou leavest Jerusalem to cross Cedron river shall be thy last, and the blame will lie only on thyself.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	38	To this Semei agreed, promising obedience to the royal command; and for a long time he continued to live at Jerusalem.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	39	Then, after three years, it chanced that some of his servants ran away, and took refuge with Achis son of Maacha, king of Geth. And when Semei was told that his servants were in Geth,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	40	he saddled his ass for a journey; to Geth he went and to the court of Achis in search of them, and brought them home with him.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	41	The news that Semei had journeyed to Geth and back reached Solomon’s ears,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	42	and thereupon he sent for him. Did I not bind thee by an oath in the Lord’s name, said he, warning thee that the day when thou shouldst begin to travel this way and that should be thy last? And didst thou not agree to the conditions I made?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	43	Forgotten, thy oath to the Lord, forgotten, the warning I gave thee!
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	44	Then he added, Bethink thee, for it rankles yet in thy heart, of thy malice towards my father king David. Now the Lord has made thy ill will recoil on thyself;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	45	it is a blessing, not a curse, king Solomon inherits, and David’s dynasty remains firm on the throne, to serve the Lord for ever.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	2	46	Then the king gave orders to Banaias son of Joiada, and he followed Semei out and put him to death.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	1	By now, Solomon’s power was firmly established, and he allied himself by mar-riage to the king of Egypt, whose daughter he wedded. He took her to live in the Keep of David; not yet had he built his own palace, or the Lord’s house; not yet had he finished walling in Jerusalem.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	2	In those days, the Lord had no temple built for him, and men used to sacrifice on hill-tops.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	3	Great love had Solomon for the Lord, and followed the counsel of his father David, though indeed he too went to mountain shrines, to sacrifice and offer up incense.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	4	Once he had betaken himself to Gabaon, where there was a famous mountain shrine, to worship there; a thousand victims king Solomon offered in burnt-sacrifice, there on the altar at Gabaon.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	5	And that night the Lord appeared to him in a dream, bidding him choose what gift he would.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	6	Thou hast been very merciful, answered Solomon, to my father David, a servant of thine that ever shewed himself loyal and observant, and kept his heart true to thee; and one great mercy thou didst keep till the last; thou hast granted the succession to a son of his own, the man thou seest.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	7	Yes, Lord God, thou hast bidden this servant of thine reign where his father reigned; but, Lord, what am I? No better than a little child, that has no skill to find its way back and forth.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	8	And here am I, thy servant, lost among the thousands of the people thou hast chosen, a people whose numbers are beyond all count and reckoning.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	9	Be this, then, thy gift to thy servant, a heart quick to learn, so that I may be able to judge thy people’s disputes, and discern between good and ill. How else should a man sit in judgement over such a people as this, great as thy people is great?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	10	The Lord listened well pleased, and looked with favour on the choice he had made.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	11	For this request of thine, he told Solomon, thou shalt be rewarded. Thou didst not ask for a long life, or riches, or vengeance upon thy enemies, but for wisdom to administer justice.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	12	Thy prayer is granted; hereby I grant thee a heart full of wisdom and discernment, beyond all that went before thee or shall come after thee.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	13	And I grant thee moreover all thou didst not ask for; in wealth, in glory, no king that ever was may compare with thee.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	14	And if thou wilt follow the paths I have chosen for thee, as thy father did, keeping charge and commandment of mine, long life thou shalt have too.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	15	With that, Solomon awoke; it was a dream. But when he came back to Jerusalem, he stood before the ark that bears record of the Lord’s covenant, and brought burnt-sacrifice, and made welcome-offerings, with a great feast for all his servants.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	16	And now two women, harlots both of them, came and stood in the royal presence.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	17	Justice, my lord! said one of them. This woman and I share a single house, and there, in her presence, I gave birth to a child;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	18	three days after my delivery, she too gave birth. We were still living together; none else was in the house but we two.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	19	Then, one night, she overlay her child as she slept, and it died.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	20	So, rising at dead of night, when all was still, she took my son from beside me, my lord, while I slept, put him in her own bosom, and her dead son in mine.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	21	In the morning, when I raised myself to give my child suck, a dead child was there; and it was not till I looked at it more closely under the full light of day that I found this was never the child I bore.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	22	And when the other woman said, No, it is thy child that is dead, mine that is alive, she persisted in answering, Thou liest; it is my child that lives, thine that is dead. Such was the angry debate they held in the king’s presence.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	23	See, said the king, it is all, My child lives and thine is dead, on the one side, and Thy child is dead and mine lives, on the other.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	24	Bring me a sword. So a sword was brought out before the king.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	25	Cut the living child in two, he said, and give half to one, half to the other.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	26	Whereupon the true mother of the living child, whose heart went out to her son, cried out, No, my lord, give her the living child; never kill it! Not so the other; Neither mine nor thine, she said; let it be divided between us.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	27	No, said the king, do not kill the living child, give It to the first; she is its mother.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	3	28	This award was talked of throughout all Israel, and men feared the king, that was so inspired by divine wisdom in the judgements he gave.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	1	All the tribes of Israel were under king Solomon’s rule.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	2	These are the names of his ministers; Azarias, son of the priest Sadoc,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	3	and the two sons of Sisa, Elihoreph and Ahia, were secretaries; Josaphat, son of Ahilud, kept the records;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	4	Banaias, son of Joiada, commanded the army; Sadoc and Abiathar were the chief priests;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	5	Azarias, son of Nathan, was head of the royal prefects; Zabud, son of Nathan, a priest, was the king’s privy counsellor;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	6	Ahisar was controller of the household, and Adoniram, son of Abda, controller of the revenues.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	7	Solomon appointed twelve commissioners in the various parts of Israel to secure the maintenance of the king and his court, each of them providing the revenues needed for one month in the year.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	8	They were these; the son of Hur, for the hill country of Ephraim,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	9	the son of Decar for Maces, Salebim, Bethsames, Elon and Bethhanan,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	10	the son of Hesed for Aruboth, with Socho and the whole of Epher,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	11	the son of Abinadab, who married Solomon’s daughter Taphet, for the whole of Naphath-Dor.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	12	Bana, son of Ahilud, for Thanac and Mageddo and the whole region of Bethsan (close by Sarthana that lies under Jezrahel) from Bethsan itself to Abel-Mehula, that faces Jecmaan.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	13	The son of Gaber for Ramoth-Galaad, with the townships Jair, son of Manasses, conquered in Galaad; he controlled all the Argob district of Basan, containing sixty great walled cities that had bolts of bronze.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	14	Ahinadab, son of Addo, for Manaim;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	15	Achimaas (husband of Solomon’s daughter Basemath) for Nephthali;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	16	Baana, son of Husi, for Aser and Baloth;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	17	Josaphat, son of Pharue, for Issachar;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	18	Semei, son of Ela, for Benjamin;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	19	Gaber, son of Uri, for Galaad, that once belonged to the Amorrhite king Sehon and to Og, king of Basan; for all that country he alone was answerable.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	20	So Juda and Israel, countless in number as the sand by the sea, ate, drank, and were merry.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	21	As for Solomon, he bore rule over all the kingdoms between Euphrates and the Philistine country, right up to the frontiers of Egypt, enjoying the tribute they brought him and the service they did him all his life long.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	22	Sixty quarters of flour went every day to Solomon’s household, and a hundred and twenty of meal,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	23	ten oxen from the stall, and twenty from the meadow, and a hundred rams; besides venison of red-deer and roe-deer and gazelle, and farmyard birds.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	24	All the country that lies west of the Euphrates, from Thaphsa to Gaza, was subject to him, with all the kings that dwelt in those parts; look about him where he would, all was peace.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	25	As long as the reign of Solomon lasted, Juda and Israel lived secure from alarm, each man under vine and fig-tree of his own, all the land’s length from Dan to Bersabee.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	26	Forty thousand stalls king Solomon had for his chariot-horses, and twelve thousand mounted men;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	27	the keep of these was a charge on the royal commissioners aforesaid, beside the great ado they had to furnish the king’s table month by month;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	28	barley and straw for horse and mule must be conveyed to this place or that, according to the king’s own movements.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	29	Wisdom, too, God gave to Solomon, and great discernment, and a store of knowledge wide as the sand on the sea-shore.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	30	For that, no king of the east or of Egypt could vie with him,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	31	of all men the wisest; wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, or Heman, or Chalcol, or Dorda, that were sons of Mahol; no nation round about but had heard of his fame.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	32	Three thousand parables king Solomon uttered, and of songs he made a thousand and five;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	33	and he discoursed of all the trees there are, from the cedar on Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out from the wall; and of beasts, and birds, and creeping things, and fish.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	4	34	From all peoples and all kings of the world, when his fame reached them, men came to take back word of Solomon’s wisdom.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	5	1	Messengers, too, were sent by Hiram, king of Tyre, when he heard that Solomon had been anointed king in place of his father David, that had ever been Hiram’s friend.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	5	2	And this message Solomon sent to Hiram in return;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	5	3	My father David, as thou knowest, was for building a house in honour of the Lord his God; but there were threats of war all about him, and he must needs defer his purpose till the Lord should have crushed his enemies under his feet.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	5	4	Now, the Lord my God has given me security on every side; neither foe nor ill chance assails me,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	5	5	and I have a mind to build a temple dedicated to the Lord my God. He himself promised my father David, The son I will give thee for thy successor shall build a house in honour of my name.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	5	6	If thou wilt bid thy workmen cut down cedars for me on Lebanon, and let my workmen take part with thine, thy workmen shall have whatever pay thou demandest. As thou knowest, there is no woodman’s craft among my people such as the Sidonians have.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	5	7	When Solomon’s message reached Hiram, great was the joy it gave him; Blessed be the Lord God, said he, for what he has done this day, in granting David so wise a son to rule so populous a kingdom.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	5	8	Then he sent Solomon his answer: I have heard thy message, and therewith granted thy request; cedar and fir thou shalt have to thy heart’s content.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	5	9	My workmen shall convey them from Lebanon to the sea; on the sea I will embark them in rafts for whatever port thou shalt name; and when I have landed them there, it shall be thy part to carry them away. And meanwhile, thou shalt supply the needs of my own household.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	5	10	So Hiram gave Solomon cedar and fir wood to his heart’s content,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	5	11	while Solomon provided Hiram with forty thousand quarters of wheat to feed his household, and forty quarters of pure oil; such was the payment he made each year.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	5	12	Solomon had the gift of wisdom the Lord had promised him; he kept peace with Hiram, and a treaty was made between them.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	5	13	And now Solomon picked out Israelites for his workmen, levying thirty thousand of them to that end;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	5	14	and he used to send them to Lebanon for a month at a time by turns, so that each man should spend two out of every three months at home; it was Adoniram who was in charge of the levy.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	5	15	Seventy thousand men king Solomon had to carry loads for him, and eighty thousand to cut wood on the mountain-side,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	5	16	not counting the overseers who were in charge of the work done, three thousand three hundred overseers to give the workmen their orders.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	5	17	And the king bade them bring great stones, costly stones, to be the foundations of his temple, and to hew them into shape.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	5	18	This work of hewing was shared between Solomon’s masons and Hiram’s; and the men of Gibel, too, prepared wood and stone for the building of the house.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	1	It was in the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the second month (Zio, as it is called) of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign in Israel, that the building of the Lord’s house began.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	2	This house built by Solomon in the Lord’s honour was sixty cubits long, twenty wide, and thirty high;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	3	in front of the temple was a porch whose length, like the width of the temple itself, was twenty cubits, but it was only ten cubits wide.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	4	Slanting windows he made to light his temple,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	5	and about its walls he built storied galleries, that ran all round the sides of the temple and its shrine with pent-houses round about them;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	6	the lowest of these galleries was five, the middle six, and the highest seven cubits broad; and they rested on beams close to the outside of the building all about, they were not attached to the temple walls.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	7	All the time the temple was a-building, the stones used were ready hewn and shaped, so that there was no ringing of hammer or axe or iron tool in the house itself, while it was being built.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	8	There was a door in the middle of the pent-house on the southern side of the building; from this a spiral staircase led to the first floor, and another to the top floor.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	9	When he had finished building the walls of the house, Solomon covered it in with cedar rafters;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	10	then, over the whole of it, he built an added storey five cubits high, and roofed the house with planks of cedar.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	11	This was a message the Lord sent to Solomon:
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	12	So thou art building me a house? Follow, then, my commandments, execute my decrees, hold fast to all the laws I have given thee, and by these guide thy steps. So I will grant thee fulfilment of the promise I made to thy father David;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	13	I will come and live among the sons of Israel, and not forsake my people any more.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	14	So Solomon pressed on with the building of the house, until all was finished.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	15	Its walls within were cedar-panelled, from the floor to the top of the walls, where the rafters sprang, no panel but was of cedar; only the floor was covered with planks of fir.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	16	The furthest part of the temple was cedar-panelled to a height of twenty cubits from top to bottom; it was this inmost recess that he made into a shrine, a place all holiness,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	17	and before the doors of this shrine the remaining forty cubits of length made up the temple proper.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	18	All was cedar panelling, rounded and fitted with the craftsman’s utmost skill, embossed with carving, cedar everywhere, and no stone in the walls allowed to shew itself.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	19	And there in the midst, in the inmost part of the building, stood the shrine in which the ark of the Lord was to rest;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	20	twenty cubits in length, width, and height, and covered with plates of pure gold; plated, too, was the cedar altar.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	21	Then he covered all the rest of the building, the ante-room of the shrine, with plates of pure gold, fastened with golden nails.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	22	Nothing in the temple but was sheathed in gold, the altar that stood before the shrine with the rest.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	23	Within the shrine stood two cherubim, made of olive-wood, ten cubits high;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	24	each of these had wings of five cubits’ breadth, so that there was ten cubits’ distance between the tips of them.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	25	The second cherub matched the first in height, no difference of size or of workmanship between them.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	26	Ten cubits high they stood,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	27	there in the midst of the inner shrine, either touching the wall with one wing and its fellow’s wing with the other.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	28	The cherubim, too, he plated with gold.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	29	All the walls of the temple were adorned with bands of carved and embossed work, cherubim and palm-trees and other patterns, standing out in high relief;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	30	the floor, within the sanctuary and without, he covered with gold.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	31	At the entrance to the shrine he made doors of olive-wood, between five-sided pilasters;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	32	doors of olive-wood, carved with figures of cherubim and palm-trees, and other sculpture in high relief; doors and cherubim and palm-trees and all the rest were covered with gold.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	33	At the entrance to the temple were square posts of olive-wood;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	34	and the door on either side was of fir-wood; either door was double, but the two halves were connected, so that they opened together.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	35	Cherubim, and palm-trees, and other sculpture stood out in high relief, and he covered all with gold plates squared by rule.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	36	He also built an inner courtyard, whose walls had three courses of dressed stone and one of cedar-wood.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	37	So, in the month of Zio of the fourth year of his reign, the foundations of the building were laid;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	6	38	and it was finished, in all its parts and with all its appurtenances, in the eighth month (Bul, as it is called) of his eleventh year; so that it was seven years in building.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	1	Then, for thirteen years, Solomon was engaged in building a palace for himself; so long was it before all was finished.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	2	It was then that he set up the building known as the Forest of Lebanon. This was a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, containing four galleries that ran between pillars cut from the trunks of cedars;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	3	he roofed it in, too, with cedar rafters, supported by forty-five pillars. The galleries were divided by rows of fifteen pillars
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	4	placed at fixed intervals
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	5	so as to face one another, with equal spaces between pillar and pillar; and these supported square beams of cedar that matched one another.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	6	There was a pillared hall fifty cubits long and thirty wide, and a second hall in front of it, with pillars to support the architrave.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	7	And there was a hall containing his judgement-seat, panelled in cedar from floor to ceiling;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	8	within it was a private apartment which he used when he was administering justice. The house he built for Pharao’s daughter that he had married was of the same workmanship as this hall.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	9	All was built of costly stone, cut to exact shape and measure within and without, from top to bottom of the walls, from the entrance up to the great courtyard;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	10	the foundations, too, were of costly stones, some ten, some eight cubits long;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	11	nor were the stones above less in measurement, with cedar panels to match them.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	12	The great courtyard, which was round, had three courses of dressed stone and one of planed cedar-wood; thus the court around the palace porch was to match the inner court of the temple.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	13	There was a craftsman named Hiram, living at Tyre, that king Solomon sent for;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	14	his father had been a Tyrian, but his mother, now a widow, belonged to the tribe of Nephthali. A craftsman in bronze, wise, adroit and skilful at doing a brazier’s work; and to do such work king Solomon had now summoned him.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	15	Two brazen pillars he made, eighteen cubits in height and twelve in girth,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	16	and cast the two capitals of bronze that were to rest on them, each five cubits high,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	17	with a pattern of net-work and of chains cunningly enlaced. There were seven rows of chain-work on either capital, all cast in metal.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	18	The pillars, too, had their capitals covered with two rows of pomegranates, all round the net-work; both pillars alike.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	19	On the base of either capital there was a chain of lily-work, four cubits long;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	20	it was the remaining part of the capitals, above, that had the net-work pattern, which went the full round of the pillar; on this second part of them, too, were the rows of pomegranates, two hundred in number.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	21	He set up the two pillars before the porch of the temple, calling the one on the right Jachin and the other Booz.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	22	Above the pillars he did work in lily pattern, and so the making of the pillars was finished.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	23	He cast, too, a great round basin of molten work, ten cubits from brim to brim, five cubits high, and with a girth of thirty cubits.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	24	Under the rim ran a moulding ten cubits long; two rows of fluted moulding, all cast in metal.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	25	The basin stood on the figures of twelve oxen, three facing north, three west, three south, three east, so resting on them that their hind quarters, turned inwards, could not be seen.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	26	The basin was three inches thick, and its brim curved as the brim of a cup does, or a lily-leaf; it held sixty-four tuns.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	27	He also made ten brazen stands for smaller basins, four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	28	Even these stands were of embossed work; there was moulding between the shafts;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	29	moulding, too, between the upper and the lower rims, of lions and bulls and cherubim, and between the shafts above them the same pattern; and under the lions and oxen hung thongs, as it were, of bronze.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	30	Each stand had four wheels, with axles of bronze; and on each of its four corners it had a bracket of molten work, to take the basin, four brackets facing one another at opposite corners.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	31	These supported a rest on which the extremity of the basin was to stand; a round rest which measured a cubit across, or a cubit and a half with the basin. At the corners round it there were engraved columns, and the space between them was filled by other columns, square, not round.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	32	The four wheels were at the four corners of the stand, each pair connected under the stand itself; every wheel was a cubit and a half in height;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	33	such wheels were they as might be found in a chariot, axles and spokes and rims and naves all of molten work,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	34	just as the four brackets, springing from the corners of each stand, were of molten work and part of the stand itself.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	35	At the top of each stand was a round rim, half a cubit across, carefully made so that the foot of the basin could rest upon it; a rim covered with engraving, that had embossed work springing from it.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	36	The rings of which I have spoken were of bronze, and around these, and at the corners about them, were cherubim and lions and palm-trees, standing out like statues, as if they had been added on, instead of being cast with the rest.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	37	Thus he made the ten stands, all alike in the manner of their casting, in their measurements, and in their figured work.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	38	Then he made the ten bronze basins, each holding three hundred gallons, four cubits across, and set one basin on each stand.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	39	Five of the stands were on the right side of the temple, five on the left, and the great basin itself on the right, towards the south-east.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	40	Pot and shovel and bucket Hiram made, all that king Solomon needed for the service of the Lord’s temple.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	41	He made the two pillars, and the chain-work for their capitals, and the net-work to cover the chain-work,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	42	and four hundred pomegranates to go with the net-work, two rows of them for each piece of net-work, to adorn the capitals of the pillars,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	43	ten stands, and a basin for each stand,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	44	the single great basin, and the twelve oxen that supported it,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	45	and pot and shovel and bucket besides. All the appurtenances of the Lord’s temple which Hiram made for Solomon were of burnished bronze,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	46	and the king had them cast in the clay soil of the Jordan valley, between Socoth and Sarthan;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	47	a great multitude of them, such a multitude that he did not reckon the weight of all the bronze he used.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	48	Other appurtenances, too, of the Lord’s house must Solomon make; the golden altar, and the golden table upon which the hallowed loaves were set out,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	49	the golden lamp-stands, five on the right and five on the left, in front of the shrine, all of pure gold, the lily-work, and the golden lamps that rested in them; the golden tongs,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	50	and pot and fork and bowl and saucer and censer, all of pure gold. Of gold, too, were the door-hinges, both for the inner sanctuary and for the temple building.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	7	51	Thus Solomon completed all the work needed for the service of the Lord’s house; and he brought into it all the silver and gold and other ware that his father David had consecrated, laying them up among its treasures.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	1	Then all the elders of Israel, the chiefs of the tribes, and the heads of clans, met in Jerusalem to help king Solomon bring the ark home; the ark then rested in the Keep of David, which we call Sion.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	2	It was on the great feast day of the seventh month (Ethanim, as it is called) that king Solomon sent out this summons to the whole of Israel,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	3	and the elders, one and all, came in answer to it. The priests took up the ark,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	4	and soon ark and tabernacle and all the tabernacle’s appurtenances were borne aloft, with priests and Levites to carry them.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	5	King Solomon walked before the ark, and with him all the throng of Israelites that had assembled; no reckoning made, no count taken, of the sheep and oxen they offered up as victims.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	6	So the ark that bears witness of the Lord’s covenant was borne by the priests to the place designed for it, there in the temple’s inner shrine, where the cherubim spread their wings;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	7	spread them over the very place where the ark rested, to protect it and protect the poles that bore it.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	8	These poles jutted out indeed, so that the ends of them could be seen by one standing before the shrine, beyond the limits of the inner sanctuary; but never again were they seen in the open; they have remained in the temple to this day.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	9	And nothing was in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses laid up there on mount Horeb, when the Lord made his covenant with the sons of Israel after their escape from Egypt.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	10	As soon as the priests had left the inner sanctuary, the whole of the Lord’s house was wreathed in cloud;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	11	lost in that cloud, the priests could not wait upon the Lord with his accustomed service; his own glory was there, filling his own house.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	12	Where the cloud is, cried Solomon, the Lord has promised to be;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	13	it is true, then, the house I have built is to be thy dwelling, thy throne for ever immovable.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	14	With that, the king turned to bless the whole assembly of Israel; all Israel, that stood to receive his blessing.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	15	Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, he said, who has now fulfilled in act the promise he made to my father David.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	16	So many years since he had rescued his people from Egypt, and never a city among all the tribes of Israel had he chosen to be the site of his dwelling-place or the shrine of his name; but a man he did choose out, to rule his people, king David.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	17	And when he, my father, would have built a house in honour of the Lord God of Israel,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	18	the Lord told him that he had done well to conceive such a purpose in his heart; But it is not for thee, he said, to build me a house.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	19	A house shall be built in my honour, but by thy son, the heir of thy body.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	20	That promise of his the Lord has fulfilled; I have come forward in my father’s place, to sit upon the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised I should; it has been mine to build a house to the honour of the Lord, Israel’s God,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	21	and to find a home for this ark, witness of the covenant made with our fathers when they escaped from Egypt.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	22	Then Solomon stood before the Lord’s altar in full view of all Israel, and lifted his hands to heaven;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	23	and thus he prayed: Lord God of Israel, thou reignest without rival in heaven and earth, making good thy merciful promises to all who follow thee with undivided hearts.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	24	And thou hast not disappointed thy servant, my father David; thy act matches thy word; this day, who doubts it?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	25	Do not forget, Lord God of Israel, that other promise of thine to David, that he should always have an heir to sit on the throne of Israel, would but his sons guide their steps, like David himself, as in thy presence;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	26	let that promise, too, Lord God of Israel, be ratified!
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	27	Folly it were to think that God has a dwelling-place on earth. If the very heavens, and the heavens that are above the heavens, cannot contain thee, what welcome can it offer thee, this house which I have built?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	28	Yet, O Lord my God, do not let this prayer go all unheeded, that sues for thy favour; listen to the cry of entreaty thy servant makes before thee this day!
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	29	This I ask, that thy eyes should be ever watching, night and day, over this temple of thine, the chosen sanctuary of thy name; be this the meeting-place where thou wilt listen to thy servant’s prayer.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	30	Whatever requests I or thy people Israel make shall find audience here; thou wilt listen from thy dwelling-place in heaven, and listening, wilt forgive.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	31	Has a man wronged his neighbour, and is he bidden to clear himself of the charge by an oath? Then, if he comes to this house of thine, to swear the lie before thy altar,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	32	thou, in heaven, wilt be listening, and ready to strike the blow; thine to do justice between thy servants, passing sentence on the guilty and avenging the wrong, acquitting the innocent and granting him due redress.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	33	Are thy people of Israel condemned to flee before their enemies, in punishment of the sins they will surely commit? Then, if they come here repentant, and acknowledging thy power, pray to thee and plead with thee in this temple of thine,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	34	do thou, in heaven, listen to them, and forgive the sins of thy people Israel, and restore them to the land which thou gavest to their fathers.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	35	Does the sky bar its gates against them, and give no rain, in punishment for their sins? Then, if they come here acknowledging thee with prayer and repentance, and turn away, in their sore need, from their sins,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	36	do thou, in heaven, listen, and grant thy servants the people of Israel forgiveness; teach them to guide their steps aright, and send rain on the land thou hast given them for their home.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	37	Is there famine in the land, or pestilence, blight or rust, locust or mildew? Does some enemy press hard on it, besieging our city gates? Many are the forms of plague and sickness,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	38	of curse and ban, that may fall upon all Israel without distinction. But each heart knows the wound that galls it; and if any one man stretches out his hand to thee in this temple,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	39	thou, in heaven, thy dwelling-place, wilt listen and relent. Thou knowest the hearts of all human kind, and wilt send to each man, according to the dispositions of his heart, the lot his deeds deserve;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	40	so will men learn to fear thee, long as they live to enjoy the land thou gavest to our fathers.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	41	Nay, is it some stranger, with no part in thy people Israel, who yet comes here from distant lands for love of thy renown? For indeed there will be talk of thy renown, of the constraining force thy power displays, all the world over.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	42	When such a man comes to pray in this temple,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	43	thou, in heaven, in thy secure dwelling-place, wilt listen to the alien’s prayer and wilt answer it. So all the world shall learn to fear thy name, no less than Israel itself; shall doubt no more that this temple I have built claims thy protection.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	44	Sometimes thy people will go out to levy war upon their enemies, here and there at thy bidding. Then, as they fall to prayer, let them but turn in the direction of the city thou hast chosen, the temple I have built there in thy honour,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	45	and thou, in heaven, wilt listen to their prayer for aid, wilt maintain their cause.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	46	But what, if they have offended thee by their faults? No man but is guilty of some fault; it may be thou wilt give them up, in thy anger, into the power of their enemies, and as prisoners they will endure exile in neighbouring countries, or countries far away.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	47	But ere long, in their banishment, they will come back to thee with repentant hearts, crying out, poor exiles, We are sinners, we have done amiss, rebels all!
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	48	In that alien land, the land of their captivity, they will come back to thee with all the purpose of their heart and soul. Then, if they turn in prayer towards the land thou gavest to their fathers, the city of thy choice, and the temple I have built there in thy honour,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	49	thou, in heaven, on thy peaceful throne, wilt once more listen to their prayer for aid, wilt maintain their cause still.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	50	Thou wilt relent towards thy people, though they have sinned against thee, wilt pardon the wrong their transgressions have done thee, wilt melt the hearts of their captors into pity.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	51	Are they not thy own people, thy coveted possession, the men thou didst rescue from Egypt’s furnace of iron?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	52	Ever let thy eyes be watchful, to look down upon me, thy servant, and upon thy people, when they cry for aid; give all their requests a hearing.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	53	Hast thou not set them apart, among all the peoples of the world, to be thy coveted possession? Was not this thy promise, given through thy servant Moses when thou didst rescue our fathers from Egypt, O Lord our God?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	54	So prayed king Solomon, so he pleaded with the Lord; and when he had finished, he rose up from before the Lord’s altar, where he had knelt on the ground with his hands outstretched towards heaven,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	55	and standing there, gave his blessing aloud to the whole assembly of Israel.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	56	Blessed be the Lord, he said, that he has given his people of Israel the repose he promised them; of all the hopes his word through Moses gave us, never one has been left unfulfilled.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	57	May the Lord our God be with us still, as he was with our fathers, never forsaking us, never casting us away;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	58	may he turn our hearts towards himself, ready to follow every path he has shewn us, keep every command, observance and decree he bade our fathers keep.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	59	May this prayer I have uttered before him plead with the Lord our God day and night, to win redress, for me, and for his people Israel, as the time shall need it;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	60	proving to the whole world that the Lord alone is God, there can be no other.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	61	Wholly be our hearts given to the Lord our God, ready (as we are ready this day) to live by his laws, and keep true to his commandments.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	62	Then the king and all Israel with him immolated their victims in the Lord’s presence;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	63	twenty-two thousand oxen and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep were slaughtered as Solomon’s welcome-offering to the Lord. Thus the king and the men of Israel dedicated the temple.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	64	That day, the king must needs hallow the middle part of the court before the Lord’s house, burning there the burnt-sacrifice, and the bloodless offerings, and the fat taken from the welcome-victims; there was no room for these on the brazen altar that stood there in the Lord’s presence.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	65	High festival king Solomon kept at this time before the Lord our God, and with him a great multitude from the whole land of Israel, that stretched from the pass of Emath down to the River of Egypt. Fourteen days it lasted, a whole week and then a second week;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	8	66	and at last, when the eighth day came, the king sent the people home. So back they went to their dwelling-places, rejoicing with full hearts over all the mercies the Lord had shewn to his servant David, and to his own people of Israel.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	1	When Solomon had finished building temple and palace, and achieved all his purpose,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	2	the Lord appeared to him a second time, as he had appeared to him once at Gabaon.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	3	I have listened to thy prayer, the Lord told him, to the suit thou hast preferred before me; and this temple thou hast built I myself have hallowed, to be the everlasting shrine of my name; never a day but my eyes shall be watching, my heart attentive here.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	4	Do thou guide thy steps, like thy father, as in my presence, with an undivided heart and steadfastly; do thou fulfil all that I command, hold true to my observances and my decrees;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	5	and I will grant to thy line dominion over Israel eternally. Such was my promise to thy father David, that he should always have an heir to sit on the throne of Israel.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	6	But if you and your children are content to turn your backs on me, following me no more, neglecting the commands and observances I have enjoined on you, betaking yourselves to the service and worship of alien gods,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	7	then I will sweep Israel away from the land I gave them, and this temple which I have hallowed as the shrine of my name, shall be thrust away out of my sight. Israel shall become a proverb and a by-word among all the nations,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	8	and this house shall be the monument of its fall. The passer-by will stand wondering, and hiss in derision; What means it, he will ask, that the Lord has treated this land, this house so cruelly?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	9	And the answer will come, Because they forsook the Lord their God, who rescued their fathers from the land of Egypt, and betook themselves to the worship and service of alien gods; that is why the Lord brought all this ruin upon them.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	10	It was twenty years after Solomon had finished the two buildings, temple and palace,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	11	that Hiram, king of Tyre, who had sent him the cedar and the fir-wood and the gold he needed for his undertaking, received twenty townships from him, belonging to the land of Galilee.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	12	And when he came on a visit from Tyre to see the townships Solomon had allotted to him, he liked them but little;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	13	What, brother, he cried, were these the only cities thou couldst spare me? And he gave that region the name of Chabul, which it bears to this day.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	14	It was twenty thousand talents’ weight of gold that Hiram sent to king Solomon.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	15	As for the reasons why king Solomon made such heavy disbursements, they were these; he must build the temple, and the palace, and Mello, and Jerusalem wall, and Heser, and Mageddo, and Gazer.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	16	Gazer had been taken and burnt by the invading army of Pharao, king of Egypt; its inhabitants, who were Chanaanites, he put to the sword, and later gave it by way of dowry when his daughter married king Solomon.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	17	It was for Solomon, therefore, to rebuild it,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	18	together with Lower Bethoron, and Baalath, and Palmyra out in the desert.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	19	And in general he fortified the unwalled towns in his dominions; he must have cities, too, in which his chariots and horsemen could be quartered. Much else, too, he had the whim to build in Jerusalem, and on Lebanon, and in all parts of his kingdom.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	20	(Many of the former inhabitants still remained, not of Israelite stock, Amorrhites, Hethites, Pherezites, Hevites, and Jebusites;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	21	and these descendants of the races which Israel could never exterminate, king Solomon made into bondservants, as they are to this day.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	22	Among the Israelites, he would make no man his slave; it was from these that he drew his warriors and his courtiers, his princes and his captains, the commanders of his chariots and horsemen.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	23	Five hundred and fifty overseers king Solomon had, to hold the people to their appointed tasks.)
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	24	And no sooner had Pharao’s daughter removed from the Keep of David to her new palace, than Solomon set about building up Mello.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	25	Three times a year Solomon offered burnt-sacrifice and welcome-offerings on the altar he had made in the Lord’s honour, and burned incense in the Lord’s presence; and he kept the temple in repair.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	26	King Solomon also built a fleet at Asion-Gaber, near Ailath on the shore of the Red Sea, in the territory of Edom.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	27	In this fleet, Hiram sent men of his own, mariners that had long experience of the sea, to serve with king Solomon’s men.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	9	28	They sailed as far as Ophir, and thence brought back to Solomon four hundred and twenty talents’ weight of gold.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	1	And now Solomon was visited by the queen of Saba. She had heard by report of the wisdom with which the Lord’s favour had endowed him, and came to make trial of his powers with knotty questions.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	2	Magnificent was the retinue with which she entered Jerusalem; spices and abundant gold and precious stones were the lading of her camels. And when she met king Solomon, she told him all the thoughts that exercised her mind;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	3	every doubt he resolved, no question of hers but found an answer.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	4	And when she saw how wise a man he was, saw, too, the house he had built,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	5	the food that was on his table, the lodging of his servants, the order and splendour of his court, how the wine went round, and what burnt-sacrifice he offered in the Lord’s temple, she stood breathless in wonder.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	6	And she said to the king, It was no false tale I heard in my own country,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	7	of all thou doest and of all the wisdom that is thine. I could not believe what they told me, without coming and seeing it for myself; and now I find that half of it was lost in the telling; here is greater wisdom, greater prosperity than all the tales that reached me.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	8	Happy thy folk, happy these servants of thine who wait ever upon thy presence and listen to thy wise words.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	9	Blessed be the Lord thy God, who, in his eternal love for Israel, has brought thee, his favourite, to the throne, given thee a king’s power to do justice and to make award!
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	10	A hundred and twenty talents’ weight of gold she gave to king Solomon, with many spices and precious stones; never did such abundance of spices come to Israel as those which the queen of Saba gave.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	11	(Though indeed Hiram’s fleet, when it brought back the gold from Ophir, brought rich store of sandal-wood, as well as precious stones;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	12	and of this sandal-wood king Solomon made pedestals for temple and palace, harp and zither for his musicians; finer sandal-wood never reached us, no, nor was ever seen.)
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	13	Solomon, in his turn, gave the queen of Saba all she desired and asked for; gave her much, too, unasked, in the royal munificence that was his. And so she went back to her own country, with all her retinue.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	14	The weight of gold that reached Solomon every year was six hundred and sixty-six talents,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	15	not counting what was brought him by his revenue officers, merchants and pedlars, from the kings of Arabia, and from his own commissioners.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	16	Two hundred shields king Solomon made of the purest gold, allowing six hundred sicles of gold to the plating of each;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	17	three hundred bucklers, too, of assayed gold, with three (hundred) minas of gold to cover each; and all these the king put in the building that was called the Forest of Lebanon.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	18	He also made a great throne of ivory, and lined it with gold unalloyed;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	19	six steps led up to it, and at the back the upper part of it was rounded. The seat itself had two supporters, with a lion standing by each,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	20	and on each step there was a lion at either side; no other kingdom could shew such workmanship.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	21	Of gold were all the goblets from which king Solomon drank, of purest gold all the furniture in the building called the Forest of Lebanon; no silver was used, for indeed in King Solomon’s day silver was little thought of.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	22	And every three years the king’s fleet and Hiram’s would sail to Tharsis, whence they came back laden with gold and silver; with ivory, too, and apes, and peacocks for their freight.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	23	So, both in riches and in wisdom, Solomon outvied all the kings of the world;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	24	and from every part of the world men craved his audience, to make proof for themselves of the wisdom God had put in his heart.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	25	And all these brought him gifts, so that gold and silver ware, presents of clothes and of armour, spices too, and horses and mules, came in year by year.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	26	Of chariots and horsemen king Solomon mustered a great force, fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen; of these, some were in the fortified towns, and some at the king’s side in Jerusalem.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	27	Silver he made as common in Jerusalem as stone, and cedars plentiful as the sycamores that grow in the plains.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	28	And horses were brought to Solomon from Egypt and from Coa, where his agents bought them and sent them to him for a fixed sum.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	10	29	Six hundred pieces of silver was the cost of a chariot brought from Egypt, and fifty of a horse; the kings of the Hethites and of Syria, too, sold him horses at the same price.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	1	But king Solomon gave his heart to many women of alien birth, not only to Pharao’s daughter, but to Moabites and Ammonites, Edomites and Sidonians and Hethites.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	2	It was of such races that the Lord had warned Israel, You must not mate with them, or let them mate with your daughters; no question but they will beguile your hearts into the worship of their own gods. Hotly he loved and close he clung to them;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	3	seven hundred wives, each with a queen’s rights, and three hundred concubines besides; what marvel if they beguiled his heart?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	4	So, an old man now, he was enticed by women into the worship of alien gods, and his heart was not true to the Lord, his own God, like his father David’s before him.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	5	To Astarthe, goddess of the Sidonians, Solomon bowed down, and to Moloch, the false god of Ammon,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	6	and set the Lord’s will at defiance, instead of shewing his father’s loyalty.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	7	To Chamos, the false god of Moab, and to Moloch, the false god of Ammon, Solomon built shrines, there on the mountain-side in full view of Jerusalem,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	8	and humoured thus all those foreign wives of his, that must burn incense, each to her own god, and offer victims.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	9	So the Lord was angry with Solomon for playing him false, when he, the Lord God of Israel, had twice appeared to him,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	10	and warned him against this very sin of alien worship; a warning that went unremembered.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	11	Since this is thy mind, he told Solomon, to disregard my covenant and the bidding I gave thee, I will not scruple to tear the kingdom from thy grasp, and give it to one of thy own servants.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	12	Only, for the love of thy father David, I will not do it in thy life-time; it is thy son that shall lose his kingdom.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	13	Nor will I take away the whole of it; one tribe he shall have left to him, for the sake of my servant David, and Jerusalem, the city of my choice.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	14	And the Lord gave Solomon an enemy to contend with, Adad the Idumean, of the royal dynasty of Edom.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	15	This man had made his escape, at the time when David invaded Idumea, and Joab, the commander of his army, was seeing to the burial of all its male inhabitants, who had been put to the sword.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	16	Joab, with all the fighting men of Israel, had spent six months there, exterminating every male survivor of the Edomite race,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	17	and meanwhile Adad, still in early boyhood, took refuge in Egypt, under the charge of certain Edomites, that had been his father’s servants.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	18	It was from Madian they began their journey, and when they reached Pharan they found adherents there; with these, they made their way into Egypt and had recourse to king Pharao, who gave Adad a house of his own, with an allowance of food and lands to cultivate.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	19	Great favour Adad won with king Pharao, who gave him his own sister-in-law, the sister of queen Taphnes, for his wife;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	20	by her he had a son, Genubath, whom Taphnes brought up at Pharao’s palace, so that he lived at court among Pharao’s own children.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	21	When news reached Adad, there in Egypt, that David had been laid to rest with his fathers, and that Joab, too, the commander of his army, was dead, he asked Pharao’s leave to go back to his own country.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	22	Why, Pharao asked, what is lacking to thee here, that thou shouldst be pining for thy home? Nothing, said he, but give me leave for all that.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	23	(Meanwhile, God gave Solomon another enemy to contend with, Razon, son of Eliada, that ran away from his master, Adarezer king of Soba,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	24	and levied war on him. When David conquered Soba, Razon became leader of a robber band, that went and settled in Damascus, where they made him king;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	25	and all through Solomon’s reign he was the enemy of Israel.) Such was the cause of Adad’s rebellion and his ill will against Israel, and he set up a kingdom in Syria.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	26	There was a servant, too, of king Solomon’s that turned against him, Jeroboam son of Nabat, an Ephraimite that lived at Sareda with his widowed mother, Sarva.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	27	And this is the story of his rebellion against his master. At the time when Solomon was building Mello, and filling up the gap his father had left in the walls of David’s Keep,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	28	this Jeroboam was a warrior at the height of his strength, and Solomon marked him out for a young man gifted and active, so he put him in charge of the labour that was exacted from the northern tribes.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	29	And now, as Jeroboam was leaving Jerusalem, he met the prophet Ahias, of Silo, that was clad in a new cloak, out in the open country, where none else was by.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	30	And Ahias, tearing the new cloak he wore into twelve pieces,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	31	bade Jeroboam take ten of them; This message, said he, the Lord God of Israel sends thee, I mean to wrest the kingship from the power of Solomon, and make over ten tribes to thee.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	32	One tribe shall remain his, for the sake of my servant David, and of Jerusalem, among all the cities of Israel the city of my choice.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	33	He has forsaken me, to worship Astarthe, goddess of the Sidonians, Chamos, god of Moab, and Moloch, god of Ammon; he has not followed the path I bade him follow, by doing my will and keeping command and decree of mine, like his father David before him.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	34	Not from his hand will I take the kingdom away, nor all of it; while he lives, I will grant him rule over it, for love of my chosen servant David, that kept command and decree of mine faithfully;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	35	but his son shall lose it. Ten tribes I will give to thee,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	36	and to his son one tribe only, so that my servant David may still have his lamp alight in my presence, there in Jerusalem, the favoured sanctuary of my name.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	37	On thee my choice shall fall; thou shalt have power to thy heart’s content, the king of Israel.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	38	And if thou wilt attend to the charge I lay upon thee, following the ways I bid thee follow and doing my will, keeping command and decree of mine as my servant David once did, then I will be with thee, and grant thee a dynasty abiding as David’s was.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	39	I will make Israel over to thee; such sorrow I will bring on the race of David, but not for ever.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	40	Solomon would fain have put Jeroboam to death, but he was up and gone; he took refuge with Sesac king of Egypt, and remained there till Solomon’s death.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	41	As for the rest of Solomon’s life and doings, and the stories told of his wisdom, they are all to be found in the Annals of king Solomon.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	42	He was forty years on the throne, with his capital at Jerusalem, but with all Israel for his subjects;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	11	43	and when he was laid to rest with his fathers, they buried him, David’s heir, in David’s Keep. And he was succeeded by his son Roboam.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	1	This Roboam betook himself to Sichem; at Sichem the whole of Israel had assembled to crown him king.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	2	But meanwhile Jeroboam, son of Nabat, who had fled to Egypt to be out of king Solomon’s reach, had come back home upon hearing the news of his death;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	3	and he, too, was summoned to meet them. He, and all Israel with him, came to make a request of Roboam;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	4	Thy father, they said, made us bear a bitter yoke. That cruel sway of his, that hard yoke, do thou mitigate, and we will be thy servants on that condition.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	5	Give me two days, said he, and then come back to hear my answer. So, when the people had left him,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	6	king Roboam asked advice first of the older men that had been courtiers in the life-time of his father, king Solomon; what answer should he make to the people?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	7	Why, they told him, if thou dost defer to them and do their will, granting this request of theirs and speaking graciously to them, they will never cease giving thee loyal service.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	8	But he left their advice unheeded, and took counsel instead with the younger men who had grown up with him;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	9	How think you, he asked, I should make answer to the people’s request, that I would lighten the yoke my father laid on them?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	10	And these, men of his own upbringing, gave him advice in their turn. Do they complain that thy father laid a heavy yoke on them, and ask for relief? Then tell them there is more strength in thy little finger than in all the breadth of thy father’s back;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	11	if his yoke fell heavy on them, thine shall be heavier still; if thy father’s weapon was the lash, thine shall be the scorpion.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	12	So the third day came, and Jeroboam, with all the people at his back, kept the tryst which the king had made with them for the third day following.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	13	And the king, instead of heeding the advice which the older men had given, spoke to the people harshly,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	14	with such words as the younger men had prescribed to him. If my father’s yoke fell heavy on you, he told them, mine shall be heavier still; if his weapon was the lash, mine shall be the scorpion.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	15	Thus the king refused to fall in with his people’s will; the Lord had left him to his own devices, in fulfilment of the promise Ahias the Silonite made, in his name, to Jeroboam son of Nabat.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	16	And when the people found that the king would not listen to them, they were quick with their answer. David is none of ours, they cried; not for us the son of Jesse; go back, men of Israel, to your homes! Let David look to the affairs of his own tribe! And with that, the people dispersed to their homes;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	17	none but the Israelites living in the cities of Juda would acknowledge Roboam as king.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	18	And now, when Adoram, who had charge of the levy, came to them in the king’s name, the Israelites stoned him to death; whereupon Roboam mounted his chariot and betook himself, with all speed, to Jerusalem.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	19	From that day to this, the men of Israel have refused allegiance to the dynasty of David.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	20	Hearing of Jeroboam’s return, they met and summoned him to be present; and so they made him king of all Israel, leaving none to take part with David’s line except the one tribe of Juda.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	21	Roboam, indeed, upon reaching Jerusalem, mustered the whole tribe of Juda, including Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand choice warriors, to make war on the men of Israel; their cry was that Roboam, Solomon’s heir, must be restored to his kingdom.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	22	But the Lord sent word to the prophet Semeias,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	23	Here is a message for Roboam, son of Solomon, king of Juda, and for the men of Juda and Benjamin, the loyal remnant of the people.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	24	You are not to march out, the Lord says, and make war upon the sons of Israel, your own brethren; go home, every man of you; all this is my doing. So they obeyed the Lord’s will, and gave up their journey at his bidding.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	25	As for Jeroboam, he fortified Sichem, in the hill-country of Ephraim, to be his capital; then he went on to fortify Phanuel.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	26	And it came into his mind, The kingdom will go back to the dynasty of David
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	27	if these subjects of mine are allowed to go and sacrifice in the Lord’s house at Jerusalem. Their loyalties will go out again to their old master, king Roboam of Juda; they will kill me, and return to his allegiance.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	28	And this was the plan he devised; he made two golden calves, and said to the men of Israel, Here are your gods; the same gods that rescued you from the land of Egypt; no need to make pilgrimage to Jerusalem any more.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	29	One of the calves he set up at Bethel, and the other at Dan.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	30	Here was great sin caused; all the way to Dan men would go on pilgrimage, to worship a calf.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	31	Jeroboam made shrines, too, on the hill-tops, and chose men to be priests here and there and everywhere among the people, men that were not of Levi’s race.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	32	And he appointed a feast-day of his own, on the fifteenth day of the month, to match the feast-day kept in Juda, but it was in the eighth month. He too, in Bethel, would mount the steps of the altar and do sacrifice, but to calf-gods of his own making. And at Bethel he established the priests that served the hill-shrines he had made.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	12	33	On the fifteenth day, then, of the eighth month, his self-devised feast-day for the sons of Israel, Jeroboam went up to the altar he had built in Bethel, and began, standing there, to offer incense.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	1	At that very moment, as Jeroboam stood at the altar and cast the incense down, a prophet came to Bethel, sent by the Lord from Juda;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	2	and in the Lord’s name he cried aloud against the altar, Listen, thou altar, listen to a message from the Lord. I see a prince that is to come, born of David’s race, Josias by name, that shall sacrifice on thee the very priests who now feed thee with incense; the bones of dead men shall be thy sacrifice.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	3	And he offered them proof, there and then; Here is a sign, he told them, to prove that this message comes from the Lord; see if this altar does not fall apart, and spill the ashes it holds!
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	4	So cried the prophet against the altar at Bethel; and the king, hearing it, lifted his hand from the altar, pointed to the prophet and cried, Seize him! With that, his outstretched hand withered up; no more could he bring it back to his side;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	5	and meanwhile, the altar fell apart, spilling its ashes; the very sign which the Lord had inspired his prophet to foretell.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	6	Plead with the Lord thy God, the king said to him, and pray for me, that I may have the use of my hand again. So the prophet entreated God’s mercy for him, and his hand was restored to him, as sound as before.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	7	And now the king would have the prophet come home with him to take food, and to be rewarded with gifts,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	8	but he answered, Thou mightest offer me half thy kingdom before I would come with thee, before a crust of bread or a drop of water should pass my lips.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	9	Such is the charge the Lord’s word laid upon me; I must neither eat nor drink, nor go home by the way I came hither.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	10	So he set out home by another road, not retracing the journey by which he had come to Bethel.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	11	There was an old seer dwelling at Bethel, whose sons came and told him what deeds the prophet of God had done in the town that day; told what words had passed, too, between him and the king.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	12	Whereupon their father asked what road he had taken, this prophet from Juda; and when he had found out this from his sons,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	13	he bade them saddle the ass for him. Saddle it they did, and he mounted,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	14	and went out in search of the prophet, whom he found sitting under an oak-tree. Asking whether he were the prophet from Juda, and learning that he was,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	15	he bade him come home and share his meal.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	16	But the other said, I must not turn back and go with thee, must not take food or drink here;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	17	when the Lord spoke to me, it was part of his message that I must neither eat nor drink at Bethel, nor leave it by the way I entered it.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	18	But he would take no denial; I too, said he, am a prophet like thyself, and an angel has brought me a message from the Lord that I am to take thee home and give thee food and drink. With such words the prophet was beguiled,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	19	and went back to eat and drink with him.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	20	Even as they sat at table, the Lord’s word came to the seer that had detained him.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	21	A message from the Lord, cried he to the prophet from Juda. Thou hast disobeyed him; he, the Lord thy God, gave thee a strict injunction, and thou hast not kept it.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	22	Thou hast turned back, there to eat and drink where he bade thee leave food and drink untasted. For thy punishment, thy body shall not be laid to rest in the burying-place of thy fathers.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	23	When their meal was done, he saddled his own ass for the prophet, his guest.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	24	And he, setting out on his journey, met with a lion, that slew him. There lay his body on the open road, with the ass close by; the lion, too, remained standing there beside its prey.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	25	Passers-by told how they had seen it, a lion standing beside a dead man’s body that lay in the road, when they reached the township where the old seer lived,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	26	and when it come to his ears, he bethought him of his guest; It must be the prophet, said he, that was disobedient to the Lord’s command; the Lord has suffered this lion to maul and kill him, in fulfilment of the divine threat that was made to him.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	27	Then he bade his sons saddle him an ass; and when it was saddled,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	28	he set out on his journey, and found the body lying there by the road with ass and lion standing over it; never a morsel of its prey had the lion eaten, and to the ass it did no harm.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	29	So the old seer took up the prophet’s body and put it on the ass, and returned with it to his own city, to mourn over the dead.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	30	In his own tomb he laid the corpse down, and they mourned for him, crying out, Alas, brother, alas the day!
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	31	And after they had finished mourning, he said to his sons, When I die, bury me in this tomb where God’s prophet rests, laying my bones beside his.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	32	It will come true past all doubt, the threat which he uttered in the Lord’s name against the altar at Bethel, and the hill-shrines in the cities of Samaria.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	33	All this notwithstanding, Jeroboam would not amend his sinful ways; still he appointed priests here and there and everywhere among the people, consecrating the first comer to minister at his hill-shrines.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	13	34	So it was that the race of Jeroboam became tainted with guilt, doomed to perish and to leave no trace behind it.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	1	And now Jeroboam’s son Abia fell sick.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	2	Whereupon Jeroboam said to his wife, Here is a journey needs to be made; but first disguise thyself, so that none may know thou art the wife of Jeroboam. It is to Silo thou must go, where Ahias lives, the prophet who foretold that I should be king of this realm;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	3	to him betake thyself, bearing ten loaves with thee, and some pastry, and a pot of honey; from him thou wilt learn what is to become of the boy.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	4	So Jeroboam’s wife did his bidding; to Silo she made her way, and found Ahias’ house. Ahias had no sight left now, so dim were his eyes grown with old age;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	5	but the Lord made it known to him that Jeroboam’s wife was coming to ask him about her son, that had fallen sick, and told him what words he must use to her. She, as she entered, would have given herself out to be other than she was;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	6	but Ahias, as soon as he heard the fall of her feet on the threshold, cried out, Come in, wife of Jeroboam; why dost thou feign thyself to be another? I am charged with bitter tidings for thee.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	7	Go and give Jeroboam this message from the Lord God of Israel: Was it for this I chose thee out among the common folk, and gave thee command of my people Israel,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	8	tearing David’s kingdom asunder to enthrone thee? My servant David was not such a man as thou art. He kept my commandments, obeying me with all his heart, and doing my will.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	9	And thou? Thou hast done more amiss than any who went before thee, making thyself molten images of alien gods; me thou hast defied, me thou hast rejected.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	10	And I, in return, mean to bring ruin on all Jeroboam’s race, smiting every man that belongs to it, bondman or free man, throughout all Israel; I mean to sweep away the last remnants of his race, like the dung that must be swept away till all is clean.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	11	Die they in the city, they shall be food for the dogs; die they in the open country, they shall be food for all the birds of heaven; it is the Lord’s decree.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	12	Up, then, betake thyself home, and as thy feet cross the threshold of the city, thy son will die.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	13	Lament and burial he shall have from the people of Israel; in him alone, of all Jeroboam’s race, some loyalty to the God of Israel is found, and he alone, of all Jeroboam’s race, shall be carried to the grave.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	14	This day, even as I speak, the Lord has marked out for the throne of Israel one who shall destroy the race of Jeroboam.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	15	And as for Israel itself, it shall tremble under the hand of the Lord God, as a reed trembles in the water; he will root them out from the fair land which he gave to their fathers, and scatter them beyond the Great River, men that defied the Lord with forest-shrines of their own fashioning.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	16	And if the Lord abandons Israel thus, it is for the guilt of Jeroboam, that sinned, and taught Israel to sin.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	17	So Jeroboam’s wife left him, and made her way back to Thersa, where her feet no sooner crossed the threshold than her son died.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	18	Burial he had, and all Israel mourned for him, as the prophet Ahias had promised in the Lord’s name.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	19	What else Jeroboam did, how he fought and how he reigned, is to be found written in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	20	When his reign had lasted twenty-two years, he was laid to rest with his fathers, and the throne passed to his son Nadab.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	21	Meanwhile king Solomon’s son Roboam was reigning in Juda. He was forty-one years old when he came to the throne, and for seventeen years he reigned as king at Jerusalem, the city which the Lord chose out of all the cities of Israel to be the sanctuary of his name. His mother was an Ammonitess called Naama.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	22	In his reign the men of Juda earned the Lord’s displeasure by sinning against him more defiantly than their fathers ever had before them.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	23	They, like the men of Israel, raised altar and image and shrine, on every high hill and under every spreading tree;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	24	and these shrines had their prostitutes; they flourished again, all the unnatural deeds of the heathen, whom the Lord dispossessed at Israel’s coming.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	25	In Roboam’s fifth year, Sesac king of Egypt marched on Jerusalem,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	26	and took away all the treasures from temple and palace, plundering everywhere; took away, too, the shields of gold which Solomon had fashioned.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	27	In place of these, Roboam made shields of bronze, which he entrusted to the captains of his shield-bearers and palace guards;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	28	when he made a progress into the Lord’s house, they were carried by the officers that marched before him, and afterwards taken back to the shield-bearers’ armoury.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	29	What else Roboam did, all the history of his reign, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	30	All through his reign there was war between him and Jeroboam.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	14	31	So Roboam, son of the Ammonitess Naama, was laid to rest with his fathers, with the Keep of David for his burying-place; and the throne passed to his son Abiam.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	1	Abiam, coming to the throne of Juda in the eighteenth year of Jeroboam,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	2	reigned three years at Jerusalem. (His mother was called Maacha, daughter of Abessalom. )
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	3	Everywhere he followed the sinful example his father had set him, unworthy heir of David, that ever kept faith with the Lord his God.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	4	Yet, for David’s sake, the Lord suffered him to keep the lamp of the royal dynasty burning at Jerusalem; a son he must have to follow him, for the city’s preservation.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	5	Such reward David had for doing the Lord’s will, nor ever swerving, while life lasted, from his decrees, except in the matter of Urias the Hethite.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	6	While Roboam lived, he was at war with Jeroboam,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	7	and there was war, too, between Jeroboam and Abiam. What else Abiam did, all the history of his reign, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	8	So Abiam was laid to rest with his fathers, with the Keep of David for his burying-place, and the throne passed to his son Asa.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	9	Asa, coming to the throne of Juda in the twentieth year of Jeroboam, reigned as king at Jerusalem for forty-one years.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	10	His mother was called Maacha, daughter of Abessalom.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	11	And Asa did the Lord’s will, like king David, his ancestor,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	12	ridding the land of shrine-prostitutes, and sweeping away all the filth of idolatry his fathers had brought in with them.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	13	He even deprived his mother Maacha of her queenly rank, for her worship of Priapus and for dedicating a forest shrine to him; the grotto she had made he overthrew, broke the image and burnt the fragments of it and cast the ashes into the river Cedron.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	14	He did not abolish the hill-shrines; but all his days his heart was true to the Lord;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	15	and he enriched the Lord’s house with gold and silver and other offerings for its use, some dedicated by his father and some in performance of his own vows.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	16	This Asa and Baasa king of Israel were at war continually.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	17	Baasa would not be content with his own Israelite territory; he invaded Juda and began making a fortified city of Rama, so as to deny Asa’s subjects free passage.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	18	Whereupon Asa took out all the silver and gold that was left in the treasure-chambers of temple and palace; this was to be conveyed by his messengers to Damascus, to Benadad, son of Tabremon, son of Hezion, king of Syria.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	19	There is an alliance between us, he said, inherited from thy father and mine; witness these gifts of silver and gold I send thee. Do thou annul the treaty thou hast made with Baasa, king of Israel, and help me drive him out of my country.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	20	Benadad, falling in with the request, sent out his generals with orders to attack the cities of Israel; Ahion they overcame, and Dan, and Abel Beth-Maacha, and all Cenneroth, till Nephthali had no land remaining.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	21	So Baasa, when the news reached him, went back to Thersa, leaving the defences of Rama half finished;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	22	and the men of Juda, summoned by a royal decree which admitted of no denial, carried off all the stones and woodwork he had erected there; Asa made use of it to fortify Gabaa in Benjamin, and Maspha.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	23	What else Asa did, the power he wielded, all his history, and the record of the cities he built, are to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda. At last old age came upon him, and with old age, disease attacked his feet.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	24	So he was laid to rest with his fathers, in the Keep of his ancestor David, and the throne passed to his son Josaphat.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	25	It was in the second year of Asa that Jeroboam’s son Nadab came to the throne of Israel, and his reign over Israel lasted two years;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	26	he defied the Lord’s will, following the evil example of his father, that sinned and taught Israel to sin.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	27	Then, while he was laying siege to the Philistine city of Gebbethon, at the head of the Israelite army, Baasa son of Ahias, a man of Issachar, conspired against him and killed him there.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	28	So, in the third year of Asa, Baasa succeeded Nadab as king.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	29	And he, on coming to the throne, put all Jeroboam’s kindred to death; not a man did he spare, so that the whole race perished, as the Lord’s servant, Ahias the Silonite, had prophesied in his name.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	30	So deep was Jeroboam’s guilt, that sinned and taught Israel to sin; so was he punished for defying the Lord God of Israel.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	31	What else Nadab did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	32	It was this Baasa that was at war with Asa continually;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	33	Baasa, son of Ahias, who came to the throne in Asa’s third year, and for twenty-four years reigned over Israel at Thersa.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	15	34	He too defied the Lord’s will, and followed the sinful ways by which Jeroboam taught Israel to sin.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	1	To this Baasa the Lord sent a message by Jehu, son of Hanani:
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	2	Was it for this I raised thee up out of the dust, and made thee ruler of my people Israel, that thou shouldst follow the ways of Jeroboam, teaching my people Israel to sin, and by their sins to defy my anger?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	3	See if I do not sweep away every trace of Baasa and Baasa’s line, treating thy race as I treated the race of Jeroboam son of Nabat.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	4	Die they in the city, they shall be food for the dogs, die they in the open country, they shall be food for all the birds of heaven.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	5	What else Baasa did, all his history and the record of all his battles, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	6	So he was laid to rest with his fathers, with Thersa for his burying-place, and the throne passed to his son Ela.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	7	(It was through the prophet Jehu, son of Hanani, that the Lord pronounced sentence upon Baasa and his line, and on all the provocations by which he had earned the Lord’s displeasure, following the example of Jeroboam’s race; and Baasa, for that reason, put the prophet Jehu to death. )
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	8	It was in the twenty-sixth year of Asa that Baasa’s son Ela came to the throne of Israel; and when he had reigned two years at Thersa,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	9	his own servant Zambri, that led half his cavalry, rebelled against him. Ela was at Thersa, drinking himself drunk at the house of Arsa, that was prefect of the city,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	10	when Zambri rushed in and gave him a mortal blow, taking the throne for himself, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Juda.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	11	Once he was king, and settled on the throne, he struck down all Baasa’s descendants, leaving no male among them alive, his kinsfolk, too, and his friends.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	12	When Zambri thus made an end of Baasa’s race, the sentence which the Lord had passed on Baasa through the prophet Jehu was carried out;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	13	they must atone for their guilt, Baasa and his son Ela, that sinned and taught Israel to sin, defying the Lord God of Israel with their false worship.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	14	What else Ela did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	15	So, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa, Zambri reigned in Thersa for seven days. The army of Israel were then laying siege to the Philistine city of Gebbethon;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	16	and when news reached them of Zambri’s conspiracy and the king’s death, they chose, by common consent, a king of their own. This was Amri, who was then in command of the Israelite forces, and was present there in the camp.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	17	So Amri with all his men left Gebbethon and laid siege to Thersa;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	18	and Zambri, seeing that the city must needs fall, retired into the palace and burned it over his own head. So he died,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	19	in all the guilt of defying the Lord by following the example of Jeroboam; in all the guilt, too, he had brought on Israel by teaching them to sin.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	20	What else Zambri did, the story of his plot and of his tyranny, are to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	21	Thereupon the Israelite people divided itself into two factions; half of them espoused the cause of Thebni, son of Gineth, and would have made a king of him, the other half followed Amri.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	22	But Amri’s party gained the victory over Thebni’s; so Thebni came to his death, and Amri to a throne.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	23	It was in the thirty-first year of Asa that Amri began his reign over Israel, which lasted twelve years. For the first six, his capital was at Thersa;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	24	then, for two talents of silver, he bought the hill of Samaria from Somer, and built on it a city which he called Samaria, after Somer’s name.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	25	This Amri defied the Lord’s will more recklessly than any king before him,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	26	following the wicked ways of Jeroboam, son of Nabat, that taught Israel to sin, and provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with his false worship.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	27	What else Amri did, the record of all the battles he fought, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	28	So Amri was laid to rest with his fathers, with Samaria for his burying-place, and the throne passed to his son Achab.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	29	It was in the thirty-eighth year of Asa that Achab, son of Amri, came to the throne of Israel; and for twenty-two years he reigned over Israel at Samaria.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	30	This Achab, son of Amri, defied the Lord’s will as no other had done before him;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	31	not content with following the evil example of Jeroboam, son of Nabat, he married Jezabel, daughter of the Sidonian king Ethbaal, and thenceforward enslaved himself to Baal’s worship.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	32	To Baal he built a temple, to Baal he raised an altar, in Samaria;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	33	planted, too, a sacred wood, and did more to earn the Lord’s displeasure than any king of Israel in earlier times.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	16	34	It was in his days that Hiel, a man of Bethel, rebuilt Jericho; the foundation of it cost him his eldest son Abiram, and the gates of it his youngest son Segub; such was the doom pronounced by Josue, son of Nun, in the Lord’s name.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	17	1	And now word came to Achab from Elias, the man of Thesbe, that dwelt in Galaad, As the Lord I serve is a living God, in these years that are coming neither dew nor rain shall fall, without word of mine to command it.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	17	2	Upon this, Elias himself had a message from the Lord,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	17	3	Withdraw thyself, and make thy way eastwards; thou shalt find a hiding-place in the valley of the Kerith, that flows to meet the Jordan.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	17	4	There the river shall provide drink for thee, and the ravens, at my command, shall feed thee.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	17	5	Withdraw himself he did, as the Lord bade him, and made his way to the river Kerith, that flows to meet the Jordan; there he took up his abode.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	17	6	Morn and eve the ravens brought him bread, morn and eve they brought him meat, and of the river’s water he drank,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	17	7	till, after a while, the land was parched, and the river dried up.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	17	8	Then the Lord said to him,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	17	9	Bestir thyself, and make thy way to Sarephtha, a town in Sidon, where thou shalt make thy dwelling, at my command, a widow there will support thee.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	17	10	So he rose up and went to Sarephtha, and he had but reached the city gate when he met a woman gathering fire-wood; whereupon he called out to her, asking her to give him a cup of water to drink.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	17	11	And as she went to fetch it, he cried after her, And when thou dost bring it, bring me, too, a mouthful of bread.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	17	12	Why, she told him, as surely as the Lord thou servest is a living God, I have no food except a handful of flour at the bottom of a jar, and a drop of oil left in a cruet. Even now I am gathering a stick or two, to serve my son and me for our last meal.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	17	13	Have no fear, Elias said; go home on this errand of thine; only use the flour to make me a little girdle-cake first, and bring it me here; cook what is left for thyself and thy son.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	17	14	This message the Lord God of Israel has for thee: There shall be no lack of flour in the jar, nor shall the oil waste in the cruet, till the Lord sends rain on this parched earth.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	17	15	At that, she went and did Elias’ bidding, and there was a meal for him and for her and for all her household; and from that day onwards
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	17	16	there was still flour in the jar, still oil left in the cruet, as the Lord’s message through Elias had promised her.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	17	17	Afterwards, the housewife’s son fell sick; and so violently did his disease take hold of him that at last he breathed no longer.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	17	18	Upon this, the woman said to Elias, Servant of God, why didst thou meddle with me? Didst thou come here to confront me, after all, with the record of my sins, and hand over my son to death?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	17	19	Give me thy son, said Elias, and took the boy from her bosom; then carried him up to the room where he himself lodged, and laid him down on the bed.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	17	20	O Lord my God, said he, must thou bring trouble even upon this widow, who is all my support, by taking her son’s life away?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	17	21	Then, three times, he measured his whole length upon the child’s body, crying out to the Lord, O Lord my God, send back life into the boy’s limbs.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	17	22	So Elias prayed, and the Lord granted his prayer; the boy’s life returned to him, and he revived.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	17	23	And when Elias took him down from the upper room into the house below, gave him back to his mother and shewed her that her son lived,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	17	24	the woman said to Elias, This proves to me that thou art God’s servant indeed, and his promise on thy lips is true.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	1	It was long before the Lord’s word came to Elias; but at last, when two years had gone by, he said, Go and confront Achab; it is time I should send rain on this parched earth.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	2	So Elias went out to confront Achab. Sore famine there was in Samaria;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	3	and Achab had called his steward Abdias to his aid. This Abdias was one that held the Lord in great reverence;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	4	and when Jezabel killed the Lord’s prophets, he rescued a hundred of them, by hiding them in two caves, fifty in each, and supplying them with food and water.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	5	To him Achab said, Go through the whole land in search of grass wherever it may be found, by spring or mountain torrent, to keep the horses and the mules alive, or we shall lose all the beasts.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	6	So they divided up the country into circuits and separated, Achab taking one way and Abdias the other;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	7	and it was Abdias that fell in with Elias in the course of his journey. Why, said he, bowing to the earth as he recognized him, it is my lord Elias!
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	8	None other, said he; go and tell thy master that Elias is here.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	9	Ah, my lord, answered Abdias, what wrong have I done thee, that thou wouldst hand me over to Achab to be slain?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	10	As the Lord thy God is a living God, there is never race or realm to which my master has not sent in search of thee; and as each answered, Not here, he would take an oath of them, race by race and realm by realm, that thou wert not to be found.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	11	Go and tell thy master, sayest thou, that Elias is here;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	12	and what will be the issue of it? Why, when I have left thee, the spirit of the Lord will carry thee off I know not where; my errand done, and thou nowhere to be found, Achab will put me to death; and am not I, thy servant, one that has feared the Lord since he was a child?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	13	Hast thou never had tidings, good master, of what I did when Jezabel was slaying the Lord’s prophets; how I rescued a hundred of them, by hiding them in two caves, fifty in each, and supplying them with food and water?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	14	Why wouldst thou bid me court death by telling my master, Elias is here?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	15	Nay, answered Elias, as the Lord I serve is a living God, I mean to confront Achab this day.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	16	So Abdias went to find Achab, and gave him the message. Whereupon Achab came to meet Elias;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	17	and his greeting was, So it is thou, the man that gives Israel no rest?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	18	Nay, answered he, if Israel finds no rest, the fault lies not with me, but with thee and with thy father’s race, that have neglected the Lord’s command, and betaken yourselves to the gods of the country-side.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	19	But there is work to do; send out couriers, and gather me all Israel on mount Carmel, with Baal’s four hundred and fifty prophets, and those four hundred, prophets of the forest-shrines, that feed on Jezabel’s bounty.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	20	So Achab sent word to all the men of Israel, and gathered the prophets together, there on mount Carmel.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	21	And now Elias appeared before the whole of Israel, and thus reproached them, Will you never cease to waver between two loyalties? If the Lord is God, then take his part; if Baal is God, then take his. No word did the people give him in answer,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	22	and Elias began speaking to them again; Here am I, he said, the only prophet of the Lord left, while Baal has four hundred and fifty.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	23	Bring us two bulls; let them choose which they will, cut it up into pieces, and set these upon fire-wood, without kindling it. I will prepare the other bull, and I too will set it on fire-wood still unkindled.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	24	Then call upon the names of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord I serve; and the God who sends fire in answer shall be acknowledged as God. Well said, cried all the people, well said!
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	25	Thereupon Elias bade them choose their bull, and offer sacrifice first, since theirs was the greater number; let them call upon the names of their gods as they would, but kindle no fire.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	26	And they, accepting one of the bulls he offered them, prepared it for sacrifice; all day long they cried out on the name of Baal, Lord Baal, hear us; but never a sound came, and there was none to answer, dance as they would on the altar they had built there.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	27	When mid-day came, Elias fell to mocking them; Cry louder, he said, a God Baal is, past doubt, but it may be he is detained in talk, or lodging abroad, or on a journey; or he has fallen asleep, and needs awakening.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	28	Cry louder they did, cutting themselves with knives and lancets, till they were all bathed in blood;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	29	but mid-day passed, and they were still prophesying; and now it was time for the evening sacrifice to be offered, but still no sound came; there was none to answer them or listen to their supplications.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	30	Then Elias bade the people come near; and when they were standing close to him, he began repairing the altar of the Lord, that was broken down.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	31	Twelve stones he took, one for each tribe that sprang from the sons of Jacob, to whom the divine voice gave the surname of Israel;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	32	and with these stones he built up the altar again, calling on the Lord’s name as he did it. Then he made a trench round the altar, of some two furrows’ breadth;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	33	piled the wood high, cut the bull into joints, and laid these on the wood.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	34	Now, he said, fill four buckets with water, and pour it over victim and wood alike. And again he bade them do it, and when they had finished, a third time. When they had poured it out a third time,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	35	the water was running all round the altar, and the trench he had dug for it was full.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	36	The time was now come for offering the evening burnt-sacrifice; and as the prophet Elias went to the altar, thus he prayed, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, give proof this day that thou art the Lord God, and I am thy servant, and all I have done was done at thy command.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	37	Audience, Lord, give audience! Prove to all the people that thou art the Lord God, and art calling their hearts back to thee!
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	38	With that, the divine fire fell, consuming victim and wood and stones and dust, and swallowing up the very water in the trench.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	39	At the sight, the whole people fell face to earth, and raised a cry, It is the Lord is God, it is the Lord is God!
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	40	Seize the prophets of Baal, Elias told them, and do not let one of them slip through your hands. Seize them they did, and Elias took them down to the valley of Cison, where he put them to death.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	41	Then Elias said to Achab, Go back now, eat and drink; I hear a noise like a storm of rain.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	42	So Achab went back to eat and drink, while Elias climbed the heights of mount Carmel, and there sat, his face bowed to the ground between his knees.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	43	And he bade his servant go to the hill-top and look out seawards; so he went and looked, but came back with word that he had seen nothing. Seven times he must go back on the same errand;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	44	and at the seventh time, a little cloud shewed, no bigger than a man’s foot-print, rising up out of the sea. Go back, Elias said, and bid Achab mount his chariot and return home, before the rain overtakes him.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	45	This way and that he turned; and now the whole sky was dark, and clouds came, and a wind with the clouds, and a great storm of rain began. So Achab mounted his chariot and betook himself to Jezrahel;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	18	46	as for Elias, the power of the Lord came upon him, so that he girded his cloak about him and ran all the way to Jezrahel at Achab’s bridle.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	19	1	But when Achab told Jezabel of what Elias had done, how he had put all her prophets to the sword,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	19	2	she sent Elias a message, The gods punish me as I deserve, and more, if by this time tomorrow I have not sent thee the way yonder prophets went.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	19	3	Whereupon he took fright, and set out upon a journey of his own devising; made his way to Bersabee in Juda, and left his servant to wait there,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	19	4	while he himself went on, a whole day’s journey, into the desert. Betaking himself there, and sitting down under a juniper tree, he prayed to have done with life. I can bear no more, Lord, he said; put an end to my life; I have no better right to live than my fathers.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	19	5	With that, he lay down and fell asleep under the juniper tree; but all at once an angel of the Lord roused him, bidding him awake and eat.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	19	6	Then he found, close to where his head lay, a girdle-cake and a pitcher of water; so he ate and drank and lay down to sleep again.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	19	7	But once more the angel of the Lord roused him; Awake and eat, said he, thou hast a journey before thee that will tax thy strength.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	19	8	So he rose up, and ate and drank; strengthened by that food he went on for forty days and forty nights, till he reached God’s own mountain, Horeb.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	19	9	There he made his lodging in a cave; and all at once the Lord’s word came to him, Elias, what dost thou here?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	19	10	Why, he answered, I am all jealousy for the honour of the Lord God of hosts; see how the sons of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thy altars, and put thy prophets to the sword! Of these, I only am left, and now my life, too, is forfeit.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	19	11	Then word came to him to go out and stand there in the Lord’s presence; the Lord God himself would pass by. A wind there was, rude and boisterous, that shook the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind, an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	19	12	And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire, the whisper of a gentle breeze.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	19	13	Elias, when he heard it, wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out to stand at the cave door. There a voice came to him, Elias, what dost thou here?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	19	14	I am all jealousy, said he, for the honour of the Lord God of hosts; see how the sons of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thy altars, and put thy prophets to the sword! Of these, I only am left, and now my life, too, is forfeit.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	19	15	Then the Lord said to him, Retrace thy journey through the desert all the way to Damascus, and there anoint Hazael to be king of Syria.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	19	16	Over Israel, too, thou shalt anoint a king, Jehu the son of Namsi. And for thyself, thou shalt anoint a new prophet, Eliseus, the son of Saphat, from Abel-Meula, to take thy place.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	19	17	Those who escape the sword of Hazael shall be slain by Jehu, and those who escape the sword of Jehu shall be slain by Eliseus.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	19	18	Yet I mean to leave myself seven thousand men out of all Israel; knees that have never bowed to Baal, lips that have never kissed hand to do him worship.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	19	19	Even as he went on his journey, Elias found Eliseus, that was son of Saphat, ploughing with twelve pairs of oxen. He was with the last pair of all; and Elias, upon reaching him, threw his own cloak about the man’s shoulders.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	19	20	There and then he left his oxen behind, and ran after Elias; Give me leave, he said, to embrace father and mother in parting. Back home with thee, said Elias; I have but fulfilled my errand.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	19	21	Back then Eliseus went, and chose out a pair of oxen, which he slaughtered, and cooked there with the plough for fire-wood. Such was the feast he made for the folk with him; then he rose up and left them, to follow Elias and be his servant.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	1	After this, Benadad king of Syria mustered his whole army, with thirty-two princes at its head, mustered all his horses and chariots, and would take Samaria by siege.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	2	Achab, king of Israel, was within the city;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	3	and to him Benadad sent messengers demanding the surrender of his silver and gold, his wives, too, and all the likeliest of his sons.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	4	My lord king, answered Achab, I accept thy terms; all that I have is at thy disposal.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	5	But now the messengers came back to him with a fresh demand from Benadad, Silver and gold, wives and sons, thou must hand over to me;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	6	and meanwhile, at this time tomorrow, envoys of mine shall visit thee, to search thy palace and thy courtiers’ houses; to these thou must give up all they have a mind to carry away with them.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	7	Thereupon the king of Israel summoned all the elders of his land; Mark well, he said, how craftily this man deals with us; this is my reward for consenting to give up wives and sons, silver and gold, at his demand.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	8	Elders and people had but one thought; there must be no listening to Benadad, no granting his will.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	9	Achab, then, thus answered Benadad’s messengers, Tell my lord the king, I am thy servant, and ready to carry out that first demand of thine; but this I cannot grant.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	10	And he, when the answer was reported to him, sent them back with this message, May the gods punish me as I deserve, and more than I deserve, if I do not beat Samaria to dust! I have more than enough warriors here at my back to carry it away in handfuls.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	11	To that, the king of Israel made reply, Boast he may who ungirds, not he who girds for battle.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	12	This taunt came to the ears of Benadad when he sat drinking with his princes in his royal pavilions. Besiege me the city, he told his men, and besiege it they did.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	13	And now a prophet came with a message from the Lord to Achab, king of Israel: Thou canst see for thyself what a great multitude of warriors is here; over all that multitude I mean to give thee victory this day, and prove to thee that I am the Lord.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	14	Victory? said Achab. And who shall win it for us? Whereupon the prophet gave him this answer from the Lord, It shall be the lackeys the chiefs have brought with them. And when Achab asked who should lead them, he told him, Thou thyself.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	15	So he took count of the lackeys the chiefs had in their retinue, and found there were two hundred and thirty-two of these; then he took count of his army, the whole army of Israel, seven thousand strong.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	16	When it was high noon, they sallied out from the city, while Benadad still drank deep in his pavilion, with the princes that had come to aid him;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	17	and the lackeys marched at their head. Benadad, when his scouts told him that a sally was being made from Samaria,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	18	gave orders that the men should be taken alive, came they out peaceably or for battle.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	19	So on they went, the lackeys in the van, and the rest of the army at their heels,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	20	and none but slew the first enemy he met; so that the Syrians were routed, and Israel went in pursuit of them. Benadad king of Syria escaped on horse-back among his cavalry,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	21	and still horse and chariot fell before the king of Israel’s sally, till he won a great victory over the men of Syria.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	22	But the prophet sought him out again and warned him, Go back and strengthen thy forces; take good heed what thou art doing; in this next year the king of Syria will be marching against thee.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	23	In Syria, the king’s advisers told him, If the Israelites have defeated us, that is because their gods are gods of the hills; best to offer them battle on the low-lying ground, where we shall have them at our mercy.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	24	Meanwhile, something remains to be done; remove the princes, one and all, from their posts, and appoint commanders of thy own in place of them.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	25	Then fill up the gaps in the ranks of thy army, muster as many horses and chariots as thou hadst of old, and we will fight them in the plains; see if we do not get the mastery of them. Benadad was won over by their advice, and took it;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	26	when a year had passed, he marshalled the Syrian forces and led them out to Aphec, where he offered Israel battle.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	27	The men of Israel marshalled their forces too, provided themselves with food for the march and went out to meet the enemy. Where they lay encamped opposite, they seemed like two little herds of goats, while the Syrians swarmed over the country-side.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	28	To the king of Israel God sent out one of his servants with this message: Thus says the Lord, Thinks Syria that I am God of the hills, and not of the valleys too? Over all this great array I will give thee victory; such proof you shall have that I am the Lord.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	29	So, for seven days, the armies stood threatening one another, and on the seventh battle was joined; on that one day the men of Israel routed a hundred thousand Syrians that fought on foot.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	30	Those who survived took refuge in the city of Aphec, where the wall fell on them, twenty-seven thousand in number. As for Benadad, when he made his way into the city he took refuge in an inner room;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	31	and there his courtiers told him, This is the tale we have heard about the kings of Israel, that they are merciful men. Let us put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and give ourselves up to the king of Israel; it may be he will spare our lives.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	32	So, with sackcloth on their loins and ropes on their heads, they betook themselves to the king of Israel; Thy servant Benadad, they told him, pleads for his life. And Achab answered, Lives he yet, he is my brother.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	33	Whereupon, seizing from his lips that word of welcome augury, they cried, Benadad! He is thy brother! So Achab bade them fetch him; and when Benadad came out, would have him mount his own chariot.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	34	And now Benadad promised, I will give thee back the cities my father took from thine, and thou shalt have streets in Damascus, as my father had in Samaria, and I will go home at peace with thee. So Achab made peace with him, and let him go his way.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	35	But now the Lord sent his inspiration to a disciple in the schools of the prophets. He bade one of his fellow disciples strike him a blow, and when he refused,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	36	told him, Thou shalt be punished for disobeying the Lord’s voice thus. Thou shalt be mauled by a lion, said he; and they had barely parted when his fellow disciple met a lion, and was mauled by it.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	37	Meanwhile, his fellow disciple sought out another; Strike me a blow, he asked of him, and strike he did, leaving a wound on him.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	38	So the prophet went out to meet the king on the open road, first smearing his face and eyes with dust;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	39	and as the king passed, he cried out to him, My lord, a word with thee! I was lately in the thick of the battle, and one brought a fugitive to me, bidding me mount guard over him; did he slip through my hands, it was my life for his, or else I must pay a talent of silver.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	40	And then, as I looked this way and that in the press, all at once he was gone. Why then, said the king of Israel, thou must pay the forfeit that was named.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	41	With that, he wiped the dust from his face, so that the king of Israel knew him for one of the prophets;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	42	and he gave him this message from the Lord, And thou, hast thou not let a man worthy of death slip through thy hands? Thy life shall pay for his life, thy people for his people.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	20	43	A sullen man was the king of Israel and an ill man to cross when he reached his home in Samaria.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	1	Now turn we to the vineyard at Jezrahel, which belonged to Naboth the Jezrahelite, close to Achab’s palace, that was King of Samaria.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	2	Give me that vineyard of thine, Achab said to Naboth, so near adjoining my house, to make a herb-garden of it. In its place, I will give thee a better vineyard of my own, or its worth in money, if that likes thee better.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	3	The Lord be merciful to me, Naboth answered; should I give thee the land that was my fathers’ patrimony?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	4	And at that, Achab went home sullen and ill to cross, only because Naboth had refused to give up his fathers’ patrimony. Down on his bed he lay, face to wall, and would take no food.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	5	So his wife Jezabel came in to see him, and know what ailed him, that he should refuse to eat;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	6	and he told her the story, how he had offered Naboth the Jezrahelite a sum of money for his vineyard, or a better vineyard, if he would, in place of it, and Naboth had refused to give the vineyard up.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	7	A fine king thou art, she said, as ever ruled in Israel! Up with thee, and eat, set thy heart at rest; I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezrahelite.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	8	Then she wrote a letter in Achab’s name, sealing it with his own seal, and despatched it to the elders and chief men that were Naboth’s fellow-citizens.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	9	The tenour of it was this; They were to proclaim a solemn fast, and where the greatest of the townspeople sat, there must be a seat for Naboth.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	10	Then two rogues must be suborned to bear false witness against him, accusing him of blasphemous speech about God and the king; and so they were to have him out, and stone him to death.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	11	So the elders and chief men, Naboth’s fellow-citizens, obeyed the instructions Jezabel’s letter had given them;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	12	they proclaimed a fast, and would have Naboth sit among the greatest of the townspeople;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	13	and there, opposite him, sat two rogues, whom they had brought in to that end. These, like the slanderers they were, accused Naboth of cursing God and the king; whereupon he was led out beyond the city walls, and stoned to death.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	14	Then a message was sent to Jezabel, telling her how Naboth had died by stoning;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	15	and no sooner had she heard of his death, than she bade the king bestir himself. Take for thy own, she said, the vineyard which Naboth the Jezrahelite would not sell thee; Naboth is dead, and can thwart thy will no longer.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	16	And away went Achab to take possession of Naboth’s vineyard; Naboth was dead.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	17	Thereupon the word of the Lord came to Elias the Thesbite,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	18	Up, and go to meet Achab, king of Israel, that dwells in Samaria; thou wilt find him now in the vineyard of Naboth; he has gone to take possession of it.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	19	And this message thou wilt give him from the Lord: Wouldst thou slay, and dispossess the slain? Then tell him, Thus says the Lord, Here, where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, they shall lick thine.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	20	Here is one comes to seek me out, was Achab’s greeting, that is no friend of mine. Seek thee out I must, said he, to tell thee thou art a slave. Thou hast given thyself up to such doings as are hateful in the Lord’s sight.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	21	And hateful is the ruin I mean to bring on thee, sweeping away every trace of thee; every male of Achab’s house shall die, be he bondman or free man in the realm of Israel.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	22	No better shall thy race fare than Jeroboam’s, that was son of Nabat, or Baasa’s, that was son of Ahia; thou too hast earned my displeasure, thou too hast taught Israel to sin.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	23	And of Jezabel the Lord said, Here, in the purlieus of Jezrahel, the dogs shall have Jezabel for their food.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	24	As for Achab, die he in the city, he shall be food for the dogs, die he in the open country, he shall be food for all the birds of heaven.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	25	Never was such another as Achab, that gave himself up to doings hateful in the Lord’s sight, his wife Jezabel prompting him;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	26	very foully he did, in paying worship to the false gods of those Amorrhites whom the Lord dispossessed to make room for Israel.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	27	Yet Achab, when he heard Elias’ warning, tore his garments and clothed himself in sackcloth, fasted and made sackcloth his bed, and went ever with head bowed,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	28	till the Lord sent this word to Elias the Thesbite:
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	21	29	Achab, as thou seest, humbles his pride before me. Humbled for my sake, he shall have this reward; the doom shall not fall in his days. I will wait till his son is on the throne, and then bring calamity upon all his race.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	1	The peace between Syria and Israel lasted three years.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	2	In the third year, during a visit from king Josaphat, of Juda,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	3	the king of Israel said to his courtiers, Here is Ramoth-Galaad, a city (as you all know) that belongs to us; and yet we leave it in the king of Syria’s hands!
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	4	Then he turned to Josaphat and asked, Shall I have thy aid in attacking Ramoth-Galaad?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	5	Why, said he, thou and I are at one; my army, my horses, they are all thine. But Josaphat would have Achab consult the Lord first.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	6	So Achab sent for his prophets, some four hundred in number, and asked whether he should attack Ramoth-Galaad or let it be? Go to the attack, they said; the Lord means to make the king’s grace master of it.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	7	But still Josaphat asked whether there was no prophet of the Lord to be found, so that they could make enquiry through him.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	8	Why yes, the king of Israel told him, there is one man through whom we might ask for the Lord’s counsel, Michaeas the son of Jemla, yet is he no friend of mine; still he will be prophesying that ill fortune is to befall me, never good. Nay, my lord king, said Josaphat, think better of it.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	9	So Achab summoned one of his chamberlains, and bade him fetch Michaeas the son of Jemla with all speed.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	10	There sat the king of Israel and Josaphat king of Juda, each on his throne, in all their royal state, in an open space by the gate of Samaria; and there in their presence all the prophets said their say.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	11	One of them, Sedecias the son of Chanaana, had provided himself with a pair of horns fashioned in iron; With these, he said, thou shalt toss Syria about, till thou hast made an end of it.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	12	And all the prophets had the same word for him; Go and attack Ramoth-Galaad, they told him, and a blessing on thy journey! The Lord means to make the king’s grace master of it.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	13	So the messenger who went to summon Michaeas told him, Here are all the prophets bidding the king good speed, like one man; do thou join thy voice to theirs, and prophesy good fortune.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	14	Nay, said Michaeas, as the Lord is a living God, the word I speak shall be the word he gives me.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	15	So he came into the king’s presence, and when he was asked whether it were better to attack Ramoth-Galaad, or to let it be, he answered, Go to the attack, and a blessing on thy journey! The Lord means to make the king’s grace master of it.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	16	What! cried Achab, must I never cease adjuring thee in the Lord’s name to tell me only the truth?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	17	Listen then, said he; I had a vision of all Israel as sheep, that strayed because they had no shepherd, and the Lord’s word came, They have no master now; let them disperse to their home in peace.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	18	(It is as I told thee, Achab said to Josaphat; still he prophesies ill fortune, never good.)
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	19	Then Michaeas went on, Here is a message to thee from the Lord. I had a vision of the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the host of heaven waiting on his pleasure, to right and left.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	20	And the Lord said, Who is to beguile Achab, king of Israel, so that he will march to Ramoth-Galaad, and there meet his fall? One said this, one that;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	21	till at last a spirit came forward and stood in the Lord’s presence, offering to beguile Achab. And how wilt thou beguile him? the Lord asked.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	22	I will go abroad, said he, and on the lips of all his prophets I will make myself an influence to deceive. Deceive them thou shalt, the Lord said, and have thy way with them; go abroad, then, and carry out thy errand.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	23	And now, see what a lying influence the Lord has spread among these prophets of thine! For indeed the Lord has determined on thy ruin.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	24	At that, Sedecias son of Chanaana went up and gave Michaeas a blow on the cheek; Has the spirit of the Lord passed me by, he asked, and spoken to none but thee?
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	25	And Michaeas only answered, Thou shalt live to see the day when thou must needs take refuge in an inner room, to hide there.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	26	Then the king of Israel said, Take Michaeas hence, and put him in the charge of Amon, the city governor, and of Joas, son of Amelech.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	27	And give them this royal command of mine, that they are to imprison him, and give him scant allowance of food and drink till I come back safe and sound.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	28	Come thou back safe and sound, Michaeas said, and mine was no message from the Lord. Witness my words, all you that stand here!
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	29	So the king of Israel, and Josaphat king of Juda, marched out to attack Ramoth-Galaad.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	30	And Achab would have Josaphat go to battle in full armour and all his royal array, while he himself went to battle in disguise.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	31	Meanwhile, to all the thirty-two commanders who now marshalled his chariots, the king of Syria had given the same orders: Press for no other mark, high or low, but the king of Israel himself.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	32	And these, upon sight of Josaphat, supposed that they had the king of Israel here; it was against him, then, that they directed their onslaught;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	33	but when he cried aloud, they knew that this was not the king of Israel, and so let him be.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	34	It was an archer who bent his bow and let fly a shaft at haphazard that gave Achab a chance wound; it fell between lungs and gullet, and Achab bade his charioteer wheel about, and carry him away from the fight, so grievous his wound was.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	35	All that day the battle raged, and still the king of Israel stood upright in his chariot, facing the Syrians, and did not die till evening, though the blood from his wound flowed ever into the body of his chariot.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	36	Then, before sunset, a herald raised a cry all through the ranks, bidding every man return to his own region and city.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	37	So the king died, and was carried back to Samaria, where they buried him;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	38	and there the dogs licked his blood, for they washed his chariot and his chariot-reins in the pool at Samaria; and so the threat which the Lord had uttered was fulfilled.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	39	What else Achab did, all his history, and the record of the ivory palace he raised and the cities he built, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	40	Achab, then, was laid to rest with his fathers, and the throne passed to his son Ochozias.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	41	This Josaphat, son of Asa, had become king of Juda in the fourth year of Achab;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	42	he was thirty-five years old when he came to the throne, and his reign in Jerusalem lasted twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azuba, daughter of Salai.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	43	He followed the example of his father Asa, and never swerved aside from the Lord’s will;
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	44	though indeed he did not abolish the hill-shrines; men still offered sacrifice and incense on the mountain-tops.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	45	With the king of Israel, he lived on terms of peace.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	46	What else Josaphat did, the record of his high exploits and of the battles he fought, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	47	He it was that rid the land of all the shrine-prostitutes his father Asa had left.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	48	Since there was no king in Edom at this time to bar his way,
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	49	Josaphat would build a fleet in the southern sea to sail out and fetch gold from Ophir, but sail they might not, for they were all wrecked, there at Asion-Gaber.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	50	(Achab’s son Ochozias had requested at this time that mariners from his own country might sail with Josaphat’s, but Josaphat would not consent.)
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	51	So Josaphat was laid to rest with his fathers, with the Keep of his ancestor David for his resting-place, and the throne passed to his son Joram.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	52	Ochozias, son of Achab, was crowned king of Israel at Samaria in the seventeenth year of Josaphat, and his reign over Israel lasted two years.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	53	He defied the Lord’s will, following the example of his own father and mother, and of Jeroboam, that taught Israel to sin.
-3 Kings	3Ki	11	22	54	To Baal’s service he gave himself and Baal’s worship, and earned, as his father had earned, the displeasure of the Lord God of Israel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	1	1	It was after Achab’s death that the Moabites threw off their allegiance to Israel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	1	2	It went ill with Ochozias; he had a fall from the window of his upper room at Samaria. And he sent messengers to consult Beelzebub, the god they worship at Accaron, whether he might hope to recover from his sickness.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	1	3	But an angel of the Lord bade Elias go to meet these messengers from Samaria on their way, and ask them, Has Israel no God of its own, that you should go and consult Beelzebub, the god of Accaron?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	1	4	Here, then, is the Lord’s message to Ochozias, Never shalt thou leave the bed thou liest on; thou art doomed to die. So Elias went on his errand;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	1	5	and Ochozias’ messengers returned to their master. When he asked why they had returned,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	1	6	they told him how one had met them and bidden them go back to the king who sent them; of the Lord’s message, too, that rebuked him for sending to consult Beelzebub, god of Accaron, as if Israel had no God of its own, and doomed him to die where he lay.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	1	7	Then he would know what was the look of the man who had met them and so spoken.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	1	8	A shaggy fellow, they told him, with a skin girt about his loins. And he said, It was Elias the Thesbite.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	1	9	Thereupon the king sent a captain at the head of fifty men to find him. And this captain, climbing the mountain on which the prophet then dwelt, bade him come down in the king’s name.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	1	10	If prophet I am, Elias answered, let fire come down from heaven to consume thee and thy men with thee; and with that, came fire from heaven, and he and his fifty were consumed.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	1	11	So the king sent another captain with fifty men more, and he too would have the prophet come down in the king’s name.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	1	12	If prophet I am, said he, let fire come down from heaven to consume thee and thy men with thee; and once more, captain and men were consumed by fire.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	1	13	But when a third captain was sent out with his men, he came and knelt before Elias in entreaty; My lord prophet, he said, have some regard to my life, and the lives of these that follow me.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	1	14	Two other captains the fire from heaven has consumed, and fifty men with either of them; on my life, I pray thee, have pity.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	1	15	Then the angel of the Lord said to Elias, Go down with them; thou hast nothing to fear. So he set out to accompany the man into the royal presence.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	1	16	And he told the king, Thou, who hast sent to consult Beelzebub, Accaron’s god, as though God in Israel there were none, shalt never leave the bed thou liest on; thou art doomed to die.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	1	17	And die he did, as Elias had foretold in the Lord’s name, with never a son to follow him; the throne passed to his brother Joram. This was in the second year of Josaphat’s son, Joram, king of Juda.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	1	18	What else Ochozias did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	2	1	And now the time had come when the Lord would have Elias carried up by a whirlwind into heaven. Elias was but then leaving Galgal, with Eliseus in his company;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	2	2	and he said to Eliseus, Pray stay on here awhile; the Lord has an errand for me at Bethel. As the Lord is a living God, said he, and thou a living soul, I will not part from thee.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	2	3	So together they journeyed to Bethel, where there was a school of prophets. And here the disciples greeted Eliseus by asking, Has it been made known to thee that the Lord means, this day, to carry off thy master? I, too, know it, he answered; say no more.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	2	4	Stay on here, Elias told him; the Lord has an errand for me at Jericho. As the Lord is a living God, said he, and thy soul a living soul, I will not part from thee. So together they reached Jericho,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	2	5	and here, too, the disciples of the prophets asked Eliseus whether he knew his master was to be carried away from him. I, too, know it, he answered; say no more.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	2	6	Here, too, Elias would have him stay on; for himself, the Lord had an errand for him at the Jordan; but still he said, As the Lord is a living God, and thy soul a living soul, I will not part from thee. So they went still in company;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	2	7	fifty of the prophets’ disciples followed them, and stood watching, far away.They came to a halt, those two, at Jordan bank.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	2	8	And there Elias, taking off his mantle and folding it together, struck the waters of Jordan with it. Whereupon they parted, this way and that, allowing those two to pass over dry-shod.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	2	9	When they had crossed, Elias said to Eliseus, Make what request of me thou wilt, before I am carried away from thee. And he answered, I would have a double portion of the spirit thou leavest behind thee.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	2	10	It is no light request thou hast made, said he. If I am carried away in full view of thee, it means thy request is granted; if not, it is refused.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	2	11	And they were still going on, and talking as they went, when all at once, between them, a flaming chariot appeared, drawn by flaming horses, and Elias went up on a whirlwind into heaven.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	2	12	Eliseus watched it, crying out, My father, my father, Israel’s chariot and charioteer! But now he had sight of him no longer. He caught at his own clothes, and tore them across;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	2	13	then he took up the mantle of Elias, that had fallen from him; and when he reached Jordan bank again,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	2	14	with this mantle that had fallen from Elias he struck the waters; but they did not part. Alas, cried he, where is he now, the God of Elias? With that, he struck the waters again, and they parted this way and that, for Eliseus to cross over.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	2	15	When they saw that, the disciples from Jericho that stood watching cried out, The spirit Elias had has come down to rest on Eliseus! And so, meeting him, they fell down face to earth;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	2	16	Lord prophet, they said, we can muster fifty strong men of our company to go out and look for this master of thine; it may be the Spirit of the Lord has carried him off and left him on some hill-top or in some cleft of the valleys. He would not have them send,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	2	17	but they were urgent with him, till at last he relented and gave them leave. So the fifty men were sent, and for three days they searched in vain.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	2	18	When they came back (for he was still waiting at Jericho), all he said was, Did I not warn you not to send?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	2	19	The citizens there had a complaint to bring before Eliseus; This city, my lord, has a fair site, as thou canst see for thyself, but the water is foul, and the soil barren.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	2	20	Bring me a new jar, said he, filled with salt. And when this was brought,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	2	21	he went out to the spring from which the water came and cast the salt in. Here, he said, is a promise the Lord makes to you: I have healed this water, it shall bring death and dearth no longer.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	2	22	And from that day to this the water has been pure, in fulfilment of Eliseus’ promise.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	2	23	Then he went back to Bethel, and as he climbed up along the road, he was mocked by some young boys from the city; Up with thee, bald-pate, they cried, up with thee, bald-pate!
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	2	24	And he, turning to look, called down the Lord’s curse on them. Thereupon, out came two bears from the forest, and forty-two of the boys were torn in pieces.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	2	25	From Bethel he went on to mount Carmel, and afterwards made his way back to Samaria.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	1	It was in the eighteenth year of king Josaphat that Joram, son of Achab, began his reign over Israel at Samaria; it lasted twelve years.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	2	He too defied the Lord’s will, but not so openly as his father and mother before him; the images his father had raised to Baal he abolished,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	3	but he clung to the sins of Jeroboam, that taught Israel to sin, and could not bring himself to leave them.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	4	The king of Moab, Mesa, had great flocks in his possession, and used to pay a tribute of a hundred thousand lambs, and as many rams unshorn;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	5	but when Achab died, he renounced his agreement with the kings of Israel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	6	Whereupon king Joram lost no time in marching out from Samaria, mustering his whole forces,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	7	and sending a message to Josaphat, king of Juda, bidding him come out and bear arms against the rebel king of Moab. I will march with thee, he answered; mine is thine, men and horses of mine are at thy disposal;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	8	what shall be our line of march? Through the desert of Edom, answered he;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	9	and march they did, the three kings of Israel, Juda and Edom, by so indirect a journey as took them seven days to accomplish, till the supply of water failed for man and beast.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	10	Alas, alas, the king of Israel cried, that the Lord should have gathered us here, kings three, to fall into the hands of Moab!
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	11	But Josaphat said, Is there no prophet of the Lord here, through whom we might win the divine favour? At that, one of Joram’s men said, Eliseus the son of Saphat is close by, that was body-servant once to Elias.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	12	He is a man that has the power of the Lord with him, said Josaphat. So to Eliseus the three kings of Israel, Juda and Edom betook themselves.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	13	And thus he greeted the king of Israel, What makest thou with me? To those other prophets betake thyself, whom thy father and thy mother knew. Tell me this, said Joram; why has the Lord gathered us here, kings three, to fall into the hands of Moab?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	14	And Eliseus told him, As the Lord of hosts, the God I serve, is a living God, neither heed nor hearing thou shouldst have had from me, but for that reverence I bear for Josaphat, king of Juda.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	15	Bring a minstrel here. So a minstrel came, and while he played on his harp, the Spirit of the Lord came upon Eliseus, and he cried,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	16	A message from the Lord; Dig channels here, channels there, in this dry river-bed.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	17	Thus says the Lord, Never a sign shall there be of wind or rain, but this river-bed shall fill with water, for you and yours and for your beasts to drink.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	18	And the Lord will not be content with that; he means to give you victory over Moab.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	19	Every fortress and every cherished city of theirs you must overthrow, cut down every fruit-tree, stop up every well, strew all their best plough-land with boulders.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	20	And so, next morning, at the time when sacrifice is offered, in came the water, flowing from Edom; water filled all the plain.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	21	And now the Moabites, who had heard that the kings were marching against them, called to arms every man that could wear a sword-belt, and stood ready to defend their frontier.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	22	They awoke that morning to find sunrise reflected in the water, so that it seemed, from their side of the valley, red as blood.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	23	Bloodshed! they cried; the kings have fallen out with one another and come to blows; men of Moab, there lies the spoil!
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	24	So they made straight for the Israelite camp; where the Israelites stood to their arms and overpowered them, so that they turned to flee. And now the victors, with Moab at their mercy,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	25	overthrew the cities, smothered their best plough-land, every man throwing his stone, stopped up the wells, and cut down the fruit-trees. Only the City of Brick Walls was left, and even this, beleaguered by slingers, was in great part destroyed.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	26	The king of Moab, seeing that his cause was lost, tried to break through, at the head of seven hundred warriors, and attack the king of Edom. When this would not serve,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	3	27	he took his own first-born son, the heir to the throne, and offered him up as a sacrifice on the walls. At this, great ruth came upon the men of Israel, so that they let him be, and went back to their own country.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	1	There was a woman once that appealed to Eliseus for aid; her husband had been among the disciples of the prophets. Master, she said, thou knewest my husband for a faithful servant of thine, and one that feared the Lord. Now he is dead, and here is a creditor of mine that will come and take away my two sons, to be his bondsmen.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	2	What wouldst thou have me do for thee? asked Eliseus. How much hast thou by thee? My lord, she answered, I have nothing left in my house at all but a drop of oil to anoint myself with.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	3	Go then, said he, and borrow empty jars from all thy neighbours, and do not stint thyself.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	4	Then go home, and lock the door on thyself and thy two sons within; fill all these jars with the oil, and set them aside when they are full.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	5	So the woman went, and locked the door on herself and her two sons, and they began holding out the jars for her, while she filled them.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	6	When she had filled them, and, asking one of her sons for a fresh jar, was told that he had no more, the oil gave out.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	7	So she came and told her story to the servant of God, and he said, Go and sell the oil, and pay thy creditor; what is left shall provide thee and thy sons with a living.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	8	At another time, Eliseus chanced to be passing through Sunam, and here there was a woman of rank that bade him to a meal, and would take no denial. He must needs go that way often, and ever this woman entertained him,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	9	till at last she said to her husband, I find him to be a servant of God, and a holy one, this man that passes our way so often.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	10	It would be well if we kept a little room for his use, with bed and table and chair and lamp-stand in it, so that he may pass his time there whenever he visits us.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	11	And so, one day, when he had turned in to this room of his, to rest there,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	12	he bade his servant Giezi fetch the woman of Sunam; and she, thus summoned, stood awaiting his audience.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	13	And Eliseus sent her, through his servant, this message, In all things thou hast bestowed thy constant care on us; what wouldst thou have me do for thee in return? Is there any business of thine, over which thou wouldst have me say a word for thee to the king, or to the commander of his army? And her answer was, Nay, my place is with my own folk.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	14	And now, as he wondered what he could do for her, Giezi told him, No need to ask; she has no son, and her husband is an old man.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	15	So Eliseus would have her brought to him, and as she stood there in the doorway,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	16	When this time of year comes round again, he told her, at this very hour, live thou till then, thou shalt conceive a son. Nay, my lord, she said, wouldst thou, a prophet, trifle thus with thy handmaid?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	17	But at that very season of the year, and at the very time Eliseus had foretold, she conceived, and bore a son.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	18	The child grew to boyhood, and one day, when he had gone out to be with his father where they were reaping the corn,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	19	he told his father, My head aches, my head aches sorely. His father bade one of the servants carry him back to his mother;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	20	carry him back he did, and brought him to his mother, and she nursed him on her lap till noon came, but at noon he died.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	21	Thereupon she carried him up and laid him on the prophet’s own bed, and shut the door on him; then went out
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	22	and called her husband, and asked to have one of the servants with her, and an ass; she must go and see the prophet with all speed, and with all speed return.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	23	Why, said he, what means this journey of thine? This is no feast of the new moon, no sabbath day. But she answered, Go I must.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	24	Then she saddled the ass, and bade the servant lead on, and that in haste; let him lose no time over the journey, and wait ever on her bidding.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	25	So out she went, and found the servant of God on mount Carmel. And he, when he saw her approaching, said to his servant Giezi, That is the woman from Sunam;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	26	go to meet her, and ask her if all is well with her, all well, too, with her husband and her son. All is well, she said;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	27	but when she reached the servant of God, there on the mountain, she clasped him by the knees. Giezi would have pulled her away, but the servant of God said, Let her alone; here is great anguish of spirit, and I none the wiser; the Lord told me nothing of it.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	28	Then she said, My lord, did I not ask to have a son, imploring thee not to cheat me of my hopes?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	29	Whereupon he said to Giezi, Gird thyself, and take this staff of mine with thee; go at once, greeting none and returning no greeting by the way, till thou reachest the boy; and lay down my staff on his face.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	30	As thou livest, the woman said, and servest a living Lord, I will not part from thee. So he rose up and went with her.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	31	Giezi had gone on before him, and put down the staff on the boy’s face; but no sound came, no sign of life, so he went back to meet his master with the news, The boy did not stir.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	32	Then Eliseus went into the house, where the boy lay dead in his bed;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	33	and there he shut himself in with the boy, and prayed to the Lord.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	34	So, rising from his prayer, he laid himself down on the dead body, mouth to mouth, eyes to eyes, hands to hands, bending down close, till the boy’s flesh grew warm.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	35	Then he went away, and walked to the end of the house and back, and now when he mounted the bed and lay down, the boy yawned seven times, and opened his eyes.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	36	Then Eliseus sent Giezi to fetch the woman of Sunam, and when she answered the summons, bade her take her son into her arms.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	37	So she came up, and fell at his feet, bowing down to the earth; then she took up her son and went out,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	38	and Eliseus made his way to Galgal.There was once a famine in the country, at a time when Eliseus had some of the young prophets staying with him. And he bade one of his servants put on the greatest pot they had, and cook broth for these disciples of his.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	39	The man who had gone out afield to gather wild herbs for them found a creeping plant in the woods, from which he filled his lap with wild gourds; and these, when he came home, he shredded into the pot of broth, never enquiring what they were.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	40	When the time came for his guests to have their meal, the broth was poured out; but no sooner had they tasted it than they cried out, Death it were, lord prophet, to taste this broth of thine; drink it they might not.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	41	Thereupon he would have some flour brought him; brought it was, and when he threw it into the pot and had broth poured out for the company, all bitterness had left it.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	42	Once, too, a man came from Baal-Salisa, bringing with him twenty barley loaves, his first-fruit offering, and nothing besides except some fresh grain in his wallet. Eliseus would have a meal set before the company,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	43	and when his servant asked how this would suffice for a hundred mouths, he said again, Set it before the company for their meal; they shall eat, the Lord says, and leave some over.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	4	44	And when he set it before them, eat they did and leave they did; so the Lord’s promise was fulfilled.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	1	At this time the armies of the king of Syria were commanded by a certain Naa man; a great captain, high in his master’s favour; brave, too, and a man of wealth, but a leper.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	2	Naaman’s wife had a servant, a young Israelite maid that had been captured by Syrian freebooters;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	3	and this maid said to her mistress, If only my lord would betake himself to the prophet in Samaria! He would have cured him soon enough of his leprosy.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	4	Upon this, Naaman went to his master, and told him what the Israelite maid had said;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	5	and the king of Syria promised to send him with a letter to the king of Israel. So he set out with thirty talents of silver, and six thousand gold pieces, and ten suits of clothing.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	6	And the letter he carried to the king of Israel ran thus, Know by these presents that I am sending my servant Naaman to thee, to be cured of his leprosy.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	7	Upon reading this letter, the king of Israel tore his garments about him, and asked, Am I God, with power to kill men and bring them to life again, that he should send a leper to me to be cured? Mark well how eager he is to pick a quarrel with me!
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	8	But God’s servant Eliseus, when he was told what ado the king of Israel had made over it, sent a message to him, Why rend those garments of thine? Send the man to me, and he shall learn that there is a prophet still left in Israel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	9	So Naaman came with his horses and his chariots, and stood at the door of Eliseus’ house;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	10	where Eliseus sent word out to him, Go and bathe seven times in the Jordan, if thou wouldst have health restored to thy flesh, and be clean.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	11	At this, Naaman was for going back home; Why, he said angrily, I thought he would come out to meet me, and stand here invoking the name of his God; that he would touch the sore with his hand, and cure me.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	12	Has not Damascus its rivers, Abana and Pharphar, such water as is not to be found in Israel? Why may I not bathe and find healing there? But, as he turned indignantly to go away,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	13	his servants came and pleaded with him; Good father, they said, if the prophet had enjoined some great task on thee, thou wouldst surely have performed it; all the more readily thou shouldst obey him when he says, Wash and thou shalt be clean.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	14	So down he went, and washed in the Jordan seven times, as the servant of God had bidden him. And with that, his flesh healed up, and became like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	15	So, coming back with all his retinue, he stood there in the presence of God’s servant; I have learned, he said, past doubt, that there is no God to be found in all the world, save here in Israel.And now, he said, pray accept a gift from thy servant, to prove his gratitude!
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	16	As the Lord I serve is a living God, Eliseus answered, I will accept nothing from thee; nor would any pleading bring him to consent.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	17	At last Naaman said, Have thy way, then, lord prophet, but grant me a gift instead. Let me take away with me part of the soil of Israel, as much as two mules can carry; my burnt-sacrifice, my offerings henceforward are for the Lord only, and for no alien god.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	18	Yet one fault pray the Lord to pardon in me thy servant. My master will still be going up to offer worship in the temple of Remmon, leaning on my arm for support. At such times, if I do reverence, as my master does reverence, in Remmon’s temple, the Lord grant me his pardon!
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	19	Go on thy way, said Eliseus, and peace go with thee. So there, on a spring day, they parted.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	20	But to Giezi, the prophet’s servant, the thought came, Here is this Syrian, this Naaman, with all his gifts, and my master has sent him away no poorer than he came. As the Lord is a living God, I mean to run after him and bring back some trifle with me.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	21	So after Naaman Giezi went; and Naaman, when he saw him running up, dismounted from his chariot and went to meet him; Is all well? he asked.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	22	All is well, said the other, but my master has sent me with a message to thee: Here are two young prophets but now come to visit me, from the hill-country of Ephraim; to these thou mayest well give a talent of silver, and two suits of clothing.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	23	Better two talents, Naaman said, and would take no denial. So two of his servants must shoulder a sack that held a talent of silver and a suit of clothes each of them, and carry these in front of Giezi.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	24	Evening had fallen when he reached home, took their load from them to lay it up in the house, and sent them away on their journey;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	25	then he went in to wait on his master. And when Eliseus asked whence he came, he said, Nay, my lord, I took no journey.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	26	What, said Eliseus, was not this heart of mine there to witness it, when yonder fellow turned back from his chariot to meet thee? And wouldst thou, at such a time, enrich thyself with a talent of silver here, a suit of clothes there, to buy thee oliveyard and vineyard, sheep and ox, man-servant and maid-servant?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	5	27	To thee, and to thy race for ever, Naaman’s leprosy shall cling. And Giezi went out from his presence, a leper as white as snow.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	1	There was a time when his disciples complained to Eliseus that they had no room to live there in his company;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	2	and they asked leave to take the road for Jordan, cut down, each of them, his load of timber from the forest, and build themselves a house there. Then, when he had given them leave,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	3	one of them said to him, Master, do thou come with us. Come with you I will said he,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	4	and bore them company. So they reached the Jordan, and began felling wood.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	5	It chanced that one of them, in felling a beam, let his axe-head fall into the river; and at that he cried aloud, Alas, alas, master! It was a borrowed axe, too!
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	6	Where fell it? the prophet asked; and when the place was shewn to him, he cut a stick and threw it in there; whereupon the iron floated to the surface.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	7	It is there to thy hand, said he, and the disciple put out his hand and took it.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	8	When the king of Syria went to battle with Israel, he would hold a council of war, and name some place where he would lay an ambush;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	9	and ever word came from Eliseus to the king of Israel, Beware how thou marchest by such and such a place; the Syrians are lying in wait there.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	10	Then the king of Israel would send and make sure of the place the prophet had told him of; and so he avoided danger, not once but many times.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	11	At this, the king of Syria’s mind much misgave him; and at last he summoned his council and asked, was there no learning the name of this traitor that revealed his plans to the king of Israel?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	12	Whereupon one of his courtiers told him, Nay, my lord king, it is the Israelite prophet, Eliseus, that discloses to him the secrets of thy council-chamber.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	13	Why then, the king said, go and find out where he is, so that I can send and take him prisoner. And when news came that Eliseus was in Dothain,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	14	he sent horses and chariots and the pick of his army there, to surround the city at dead of night.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	15	The prophet had a servant that was early abroad next day, and found the whole city beleaguered by armed men and horses and chariots; and as he brought the news, he cried out, Alas, alas, master, what shift will serve us now?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	16	Do not be afraid, said he; we have more on our side than they on theirs.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	17	Open his eyes, Lord, Eliseus prayed; give him clear sight. Thereupon the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and clear sight came to him; all at once he saw the whole mountain-side beset with flaming horses and chariots, there about Eliseus.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	18	Then, as the enemy closed in upon him, Eliseus prayed to the Lord anew, asking that this whole multitude might be smitten with blindness; and sightless the Lord smote them, at Eliseus’ prayer.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	19	Eliseus would have it that they had taken the wrong road and reached the wrong city; Come with me, he said, and I will shew you the man you are looking for. So he led them to Samaria;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	20	and once they were there, he prayed anew, that their eyes might be opened, and clear sight given them. In Samaria, then, they found themselves, once their eyes were opened;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	21	and the king of Israel, upon sight of them, asked Eliseus, My father, shall I strike them down?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	22	Strike them down (said he) thou shalt not; they were not captured by sword or bow of thine, and wouldst thou slay them? Set food and drink before them, and let them go home to their master.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	23	So a great banquet was made for them, and when they had eaten and drunk their fill, back to their master he sent them. And Israel was rid, for a while, of freebooters from Syria.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	24	Some time after this, Benadad, king of Syria, mustered all his forces, and went to the siege of Samaria.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	25	And Samaria was famine-stricken; so long beleaguered, that men would pay eighty pieces of silver for an ass’s head, or five for a pint of dove’s droppings.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	26	And one day, as the king was making the round of the battlements, a woman cried out to him, Help me, my lord king!
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	27	Help from the Lord is none, said he, and what means of help have I, in threshing-floor or wine-press? What wouldst thou have of me? And she told him,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	28	This woman who is with me bade me kill my son, to be food for us that day; hers should be our food the next.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	29	And then, my son’s flesh already cooked and eaten, when I bade her kill hers next day, she kept him in hiding.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	30	Upon hearing this tale, the king tore his garments across; and as he made his way along the battlements the people, one and all, could see how his shirt underneath was of sackcloth.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	31	May the Lord punish me as I deserve, said he, and more than I deserve, if I leave Eliseus the son of Saphat a head on his body by nightfall!
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	32	So he sent a man on before him, to find Eliseus where he sat at home, in conclave with the elders of the people. To these, before ever the messenger reached him, Eliseus said, You must know that my head is in danger. The murderer is on his way, sent by the murderer’s son. When he comes in, look to it that you keep the doorway barred; I hear his master’s tread not far behind him.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	6	33	Even as he spoke to them thus, in came the messenger that had set out to find him. And this was the king’s word, See what ruin the Lord has brought on me! Folly it were to expect relief from the Lord any longer.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	7	1	Thereupon Eliseus announced a message from the Lord; Thus says the Lord, by this time to-morrow a silver piece will be buying a peck of wheat, or two pecks of barley, in the market-place at the gate of Samaria.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	7	2	The king had one of his lords with him, to support him with his arm as he went; and this man mocked at the prophet’s words. Perhaps the Lord means to open the flood-gates of heaven, said he; then it might be as thou sayest. And Eliseus answered, The sight of it thou shalt have, but not the eating of it.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	7	3	Now turn we to four lepers, who were standing there in the open space round the city gate. They were saying to one another, This is no place to wait for death.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	7	4	Enter we the city, we starve; abide we here, we shall die none the less. Come, let us give ourselves up to the Syrian army; it may be they will spare our lives; if they kill us, it is but another form of death.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	7	5	So, when night fell, they ventured out, to make for the Syrian camp; and as they reached the edge of it, never a man was to be seen.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	7	6	That night, the Lord had made a noise heard in the camp of Syria like the stir of chariots and horses, and a great host of men; and the word went round, The Hethite chiefs, the Egyptians are upon us! The king of Israel has hired them to attack us!
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	7	7	And with that the Syrians took to their heels, and fled away in the darkness, leaving tents and horses and asses behind them, there in the camp; fled for their lives.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	7	8	So these lepers, still at the very edge of the camp, went into one of the tents, ate and drank there, carried off silver and gold and clothing and went off to hide it; came back to another tent, plundered that too, and hid away their plunder.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	7	9	Then one said to another, This is ill done; we are bearers of good news to-day. If we keep it secret, and wait till morning to spread it, that were shame to us. Back go we, and tell our tale in the king’s court.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	7	10	When they reached the city gate, and made it known how they had been to the Syrian camp, and found never a man there, only horses and asses that stood tethered, beside pitched tents,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	7	11	the porters went off to the king’s palace, and there spread the story about.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	7	12	The king himself rose, and held a midnight council. This is the trick, said he, the Syrians are playing us; they know we are hard put to it by famine, and they think to lure us out by leaving their camp and hiding in the open country; so they hope to capture us alive, and make their way into the city.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	7	13	But one of his counsellors said, There are still half a dozen horses left in the city; so few among so many of us; all the rest have been slaughtered for food. Yet with these we may send out riders to report.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	7	14	So two horses were fetched, and on these men were sent to search the camp of Syria.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	7	15	All the way to Jordan they followed in the enemy’s track, and still all the road was strewn with garments and weapons which the Syrians had thrown away in the flight; and they brought back the report of it to the king.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	7	16	So the whole city went out and plundered the Syrian camp; and it was a silver piece for a peck of wheat, a silver piece for two pecks of barley, as the Lord had foretold.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	7	17	As for that courtier who had walked beside the king to support him, he was put in charge of the market-place; and such was the crowd at the gate entrance that he was trampled to death, as the servant of God had foretold when the king came to visit him.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	7	18	It was nothing but truth Eliseus had told the king, By this time to-morrow a silver piece will be buying a peck of wheat, or two pecks of barley, in the market-place at the gate of Samaria.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	7	19	Perhaps the Lord means to open the flood-gates of heaven, this courtier said; then it might be as thou sayest. And Eliseus told him he should have the sight of it but not the eating of it;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	7	20	which prophecy was fulfilled in its turn, when he sat in the gateway there and the folk trampled him to death.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	1	Now turn we to the mother of that boy whom Eliseus raised to life. Eliseus had said to her, Up, go on thy travels, thou and all thy household with thee, and there dwell where dwell thou canst; the Lord has a drought in store for us, which will fall upon this land for seven years together.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	2	She lost no time in carrying out the prophet’s command, went abroad with all her household, and for a long time dwelt in the Philistine country;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	3	then, when the seven years were over, she came back from the Philistine country, and sought an audience with the king, to reclaim her house and lands.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	4	The king, at that very time, was in talk with Giezi, the prophet’s servant, and had bidden him tell the story of all Eliseus’ marvellous deeds;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	5	and Giezi was even then describing how the dead boy had been raised to life, when in came the boy’s own mother, appealing to the king to restore her house and lands. My lord king, said Giezi, this is the very woman, and this is that son of hers, whom Eliseus restored to life.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	6	So the king, when he had questioned the woman and had the story from her, charged one of his own chamberlains to see that she came into her own, and recovered the revenues the lands had brought in ever since she left the country.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	7	Eliseus was on a visit to Damascus when Benadad, king of Syria, fell sick. And when he heard that the servant of God was there,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	8	the king bade Hazael take gifts with him and go to meet the prophet; Bid him enquire of the Lord, he said, whether I shall recover from this sickness of mine or not.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	9	So Hazael went to meet him, and gifts went too, all the best Damascus had to offer, forty camels’ burden of them. And when he had made his way to Eliseus’ presence, and told how Benadad king of Syria had sent to know whether he would recover from his sickness,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	10	Eliseus said, Go and assure him of health restored; but for all that, the Lord has revealed to me that he is doomed to die.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	11	Hazael, as he stood there talking to him, was in great confusion, so that his face blushed red; but the servant of God fell a-weeping.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	12	Why weeps my lord? asked Hazael; and his answer was, I weep for all the calamity I know thou art to bring on the sons of Israel. Their cities thou wilt burn down, their young men thou wilt slay in battle; dash little children to the ground, and rip open the pregnant womb.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	13	Nay, said Hazael, not for a low-born wretch like thy servant here such great exploits as these! Thou art to be king of Syria, Eliseus answered; the Lord has revealed it to me.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	14	So he parted from Eliseus and went back to his master. What said Eliseus? asked he, and Hazael gave him the message that he should recover his health;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	15	but next day he took a piece of cloth, soaked it in water, and held it over Benadad’s face till he was stifled; and thus he succeeded to the throne.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	16	It was in the fifth year of Joram, Achab’s son, king of Israel (and Josaphat, king of Juda), that Josaphat’s son Joram became king of Juda;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	17	he was thirty-two years old when he came to the throne, and his reign at Jerusalem lasted eight years.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	18	And he followed the example of the Israelite kings, just as Achab’s line did; he himself had married a daughter of Achab’s. So he defied the Lord’s will;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	19	but the Lord would not bring ruin upon Juda; had he not promised his servant David to keep the lamp of his line unquenched for ever?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	20	It was in Joram’s days that the Edomites renounced their allegiance to Juda and set up a king of their own choice.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	21	Joram indeed attacked Seira with his whole force of chariots, and when the Edomites surrounded him, he broke through them with a night assault, broke through the commanders of the chariots and drove the foot-soldiers back to their tents;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	22	but Edom has never been subject to Juda from that day to this. Lobna, too, revolted at the same time.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	23	What else Joram did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	24	So he was laid to rest with his fathers, and shared their burying-place in the Keep of David; and the throne passed to his son Ochozias.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	25	This Ochozias, son of king Joram of Juda, came to the throne in the twelfth year of Achab’s son Joram, king of Israel;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	26	he was twenty-two years old when he came to the throne, and he reigned at Jerusalem but one year; his mother was Athalia, descended from Amri, king of Israel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	27	He, too, followed the example of Achab’s line, and defied the Lord’s will; to Achab’s house he was close allied.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	28	And with Joram, Achab’s son, he went to fight against Hazael, king of Syria, at Ramoth-Galaad. Joram was wounded in this engagement with the Syrians,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	8	29	and went back to Jezrahel to recover his health. And when Joram, Achab’s son, lay sick at Jezrahel, recovering from the wound he had received in fighting against Hazael at Ramoth-Galaad, Ochozias son of Joram king of Juda came there to visit him.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	1	Thereupon the prophet Eliseus sent one of his disciples on an errand. Gird up thy tunic, said he, and make thy way to Ramoth-Galaad, with this phial of oil in thy hand.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	2	Once there, thou wilt find Jehu the son of Josaphat, son of Namsi, sitting among his brother-captains; bid him rise up, and take him with thee into an inner room.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	3	Then, holding up the phial of oil and pouring it out over his head, tell him, Thus says the Lord; herewith I anoint thee king of Israel. Then fling the door open and begone; I would not have thee linger there.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	4	So the young prophet made his way to Ramoth-Galaad,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	5	and, reaching it, found the captains of the army met in conclave. He asked to have speech with the commander; and when Jehu asked which of them all he meant, he said, With thee, my lord.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	6	Thereupon Jehu rose up, and went into the inner room; where the prophet forthwith poured the oil over his head. This is my message, said he, from the Lord God of Israel; Herewith I anoint thee king over Israel, the Lord’s people.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	7	Thou art to overthrow the dynasty of King Achab that was thy master; so it is that I mean to take vengeance for all those prophets of mine, all those true servants of the Lord, that were slain by Jezabel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	8	All Achab’s race I mean to destroy, sparing no male issue of his, free man or bondman in the realm of Israel;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	9	it shall have no better fortune than the race of Jeroboam, son of Nabat, or the race of Baasa, son of Ahia.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	10	As for Jezabel, she shall lie unburied in the purlieus of Jezrahel, for the dogs to eat. And with that he threw the door open, and was gone.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	11	Is all well? Jehu’s fellow officers asked, as he went back to them. What was this madman’s errand? Know the man, said he, and you know his ranting talk.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	12	That will not serve, they answered; tell us what he said. Then he told them all that had passed, and how the Lord had assured him that he was the anointed king of Israel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	13	And they, without more ado, flung down their cloaks at his feet, to pay him all the honours of a throne; and loud the trumpets sounded to proclaim that Jehu was king.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	14	Thus Jehu, son of Josaphat, son of Namsi, entered into a conspiracy against Joram. (Joram himself had been in command of the Israelite army that held Ramoth-Galaad against king Hazael of Syria,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	15	but had now gone to Jezrahel to recover from the wounds Hazael’s men had given him.) As you love me, Jehu said, let no one make his escape from the city, or news of this will reach Jezrahel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	16	Then he mounted his chariot and set out for Jezrahel, where Joram lay sick, with Ochozias, king of Juda, come to visit him.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	17	And now the watchman that stood on the tower of Jezrahel espied Jehu’s company, and he cried out, I see a troop of men coming. So Joram would have a chariot sent out to meet them, with the message, Is all well?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	18	But when the driver of the chariot met him, and asked, Is all peaceful? Jehu said, Talk not of peace; pass on behind me and follow. And the watchman cried, The messenger reached them, but never returns.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	19	Then a second chariot was sent out; once more the king asked whether all was peaceful, and once more the answer was, Talk not of peace; pass on behind me and follow.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	20	So the watchman cried out, The messenger reached them, but never returns. And he who comes yonder drives as Jehu the son of Namsi drives; it is headlong speed with him.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	21	Harness my chariot, said Joram. Harnessed it was, and side by side in their chariots these two kings went out, Joram king of Israel and Ochozias, king of Juda, to meet Jehu. And when they met him, it was on the land that once belonged to Naboth, the man of Jezrahel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	22	Joram greeted him by asking, Is all well, Jehu? And he answered, Can aught be well, so long as thy faithless mother Jezabel will be at her sorceries still?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	23	At that, Joram wheeled about and fled, crying aloud, Treason, Ochozias, treason!
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	24	But Jehu grasped his bow and bent it; right between the shoulder-blades the arrow struck Joram, and pierced through his heart, and he fell down in his chariot where he stood.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	25	Then Jehu said to his squire Badacer, Take up his body, and throw it down on the land that was once Naboth the Jezrahelite’s. I remember well, when thou and I were sitting in our chariot together, in attendance on his father Achab, how the Lord pronounced doom upon him:
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	26	I swear that I will avenge the murder of Naboth and his children, that was done in my sight yesterday, avenge it on the very ground where thou standest. Take it up and cast it down there; let the Lord’s word be fulfilled.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	27	As for Ochozias, king of Juda, he fled at the sight, past the lodge of the royal garden; but Jehu followed, crying, Shoot him down too where he drives! And shoot him they did, on the hill where Gaver stands, by Jeblaam. He escaped at last to Mageddo, but there he died.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	28	On his own chariot his servants laid him down, and so bore him back to Jerusalem, to bury him where his fathers were buried, in David’s Keep.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	29	It was during the eleventh year of Joram, Achab’s son, king of Israel, that Ochozias held the throne of Juda.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	30	Meanwhile, Jehu drove on to Jezrahel. As for Jezabel, when she heard of his coming, darken she must her eye-brows, and braid her hair; then she looked down from her window
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	31	as Jehu passed the gate, crying out: Is all well? There was one Zambri, that murdered his master.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	32	Jehu looked up at the window, and asked who this was. Thereupon two or three of the eunuchs leaned out to greet him.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	33	Throw her down, said he, and throw her down they did; blood spattered the wall, and the horses trampled her under foot.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	34	And he, going into the palace to eat and drink there, gave the word, Go find the accursed woman’s body, and give it burial; she was a king’s daughter.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	35	But when they went to bury her, nothing could they find but skull and feet and the tips of her fingers.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	36	When they went back to him with the news, he said, This is what the Lord foretold through his servant Elias the Thesbite. Jezabel, he said, shall be food for dogs in the purlieus of this city;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	9	37	in the purlieus of the city her corpse shall lie like dung on the ground, for the passers-by to wonder whether this is indeed Jezabel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	1	Over in Samaria, Achab had still seventy male descendants to his name. So Jehu dispatched a letter to the chiefs and elders there, and to those who had the young princes in their charge; these were the terms of it:
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	2	Here is work to be done when this letter reaches you. You have the royal family among you; chariots and horses, strongholds and weapons of war, are at your disposal.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	3	Why then, you must pick out the likeliest among the princes, whichever enjoys your favour most, and put him on his father’s throne; then take up arms in the royal cause, and do battle.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	4	At this, they were thrown into consternation; here were two kings swept away by Jehu’s onset, and what resistance could they hope to offer him?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	5	So all of them, guardians of the princes, chieftains and elders, sent word to Jehu, We are thy servants, awaiting thy commands; it is not for us to set up a king; do what is thy pleasure.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	6	And this was the second letter he sent them, If you are loyal lieges of mine, cut off the heads of the princes, and bring them to me at Jezrahel this time to-morrow. These leading men of the city had the seventy princes in their keeping,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	7	and when the letter reached them, they killed all seventy, and sent back their heads in baskets to Jehu at Jezrahel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	8	He, when news came to him that the princes’ heads had been brought there, would have them left in two heaps at the city gate till morning,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	9	then, at dawn, he went out and confronted the people. You are without bias, he said to them; tell me, if I conspired against my master, who is to blame for the death of all these?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	10	You see for yourselves that no word of the Lord’s curse upon the house of Achab has missed the mark; what the Lord prophesied through his servant Elias, he has here fulfilled.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	11	Then Jehu put to death all that was left of Achab’s race in Jezrahel, with all that had been nobles, courtiers and priests in his reign, till no trace of him was left.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	12	Then he made his way to Samaria; and when he reached the shepherds’ lodging by the road side,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	13	he fell in with some of Ochozias’ kindred, that had been king of Juda. And when he asked who they were, and they told him kinsmen of Ochozias, that were on their way to greet the sons and brothers of the king,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	14	he gave orders for their arrest. So they were seized as prisoners, forty-two of them in all, and their throats were cut over the pool by the shepherds’ lodging; not one of them was left alive.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	15	Passing on thence, he met Jonadab, son of Rechab, coming to greet him, and gave him welcome. Is thy heart true to me, he asked, as mine to thee? And when he learned that it was so, Give me thy hand, and lifted him up, by his outstretched hand, into the chariot.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	16	Come with me, he said, and witness my zeal in the Lord’s cause. So, in his own chariot,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	17	he brought Jonadab to Samaria. And all of Achab’s household that were left in Samaria he destroyed to a man, so fulfilling that curse which the Lord pronounced through Elias.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	18	Next, Jehu called a general assembly of the people, and told them, It was but scant worship Achab paid to Baal; Jehu means to pay him greater worship yet.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	19	Summon me all Baal’s prophets, all his worshippers, all his priests; at this great sacrifice I mean to offer Baal, none must be absent; it is death to the man whose place is found empty. All this was but a design Jehu had in hand, for destroying Baal’s worshippers.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	20	So he would have a solemn feast proclaimed in Baal’s honour, and this summons of his
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	21	went out all through the confines of Israel; all Baal’s worshippers came in answer to it, not a man was left behind. And all made their way into Baal’s temple, till it was full from end to end.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	22	Then Jehu bade the wardrobe-keepers bring out garments for all Baal’s votaries, and when these had been brought,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	23	he and Jonadab the son of Rechab went into Baal’s temple, and bade the worshippers look well to it that none of the Lord’s servants were among them, only the followers of Baal.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	24	And where they had entered, there was offering and burnt-sacrifice to be made. Without, Jehu had posted eighty men, telling them, If you let any of my quarry slip through your hands, it shall be life for life.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	25	And now, when the burnt-sacrifice was done, he gave orders to his bodyguard and his officers to go in and make an end of them; not one must escape. So these, his bodyguard and his captains, put them to the sword. Then they went to the Keep of Beth-baal,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	26	and took out Baal’s statue from the temple, to burn it,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	27	and crush it to pieces. As for Baal’s temple, they pulled it down, and made it a house of easement, as it is to this day.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	28	Thus Jehu abolished the worship of Baal in Israel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	29	Yet he would not forgo the sins of Jeroboam son of Nabat, that taught Israel to sin; at Bethel and at Dan the golden calves had their worship still.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	30	For thy zeal in doing my will, the Lord told him, for carrying out my just decrees against the line of Achab, I will let thy heirs keep the throne of Israel up to the fourth generation;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	31	and still this Jehu was too careless to follow the law of Israel’s God with his whole heart, by abandoning the sins of Jeroboam, that taught Israel to sin!
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	32	It was in his days that the Lord began to grow aweary of Israel; and Hazael struck at all their frontiers,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	33	where these lay east of the Jordan, Galaad, and Gad, and Ruben, and Manasses, and Aroer on the river Arnon, the whole territory of Galaad and Basan.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	34	What else Jehu did, all his history and the record of his great deeds, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	35	And at last he was laid to rest with his fathers at Samaria, and the throne passed to his son Joachaz;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	10	36	he had reigned over Israel, there in Samaria, for twenty-eight years.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	11	1	Upon the death of Ochozias, his mother Athalia put all the princes of the royal house to death,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	11	2	except Ochozias’ son Joas, who was saved by his aunt Josaba, daughter to king Joram. When the princes were slain, she stole him away, with his nurse, out of the bed-room, and kept him in hiding so that Athalia could not make away with him.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	11	3	For six whole years she kept him by her secretly in the Lord’s house, while Athalia governed the country as queen.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	11	4	In the seventh year, Joiada sent for the commanders of the army and the royal bodyguard, took them into the temple and there made a compact with them, with the Lord’s own house to be witness of their oath; then he shewed them the young prince.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	11	5	And with that, he gave them their directions.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	11	6	A third of your number, this sabbath day, will be keeping guard over the palace; some will be at the Sur gate, some at the gate by the armourers’ lodging, and you have to guard, too, the house of Messa.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	11	7	The other two thirds, that are relieved of duty that day, must come and keep guard over the king’s person, in the Lord’s house.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	11	8	Hedge him about well, with your swords drawn; do not let anyone enter the temple precincts with his life; wherever the king goes, attend him closely.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	11	9	All the directions which the high priest Joiada gave them these commanders faithfully carried out; mustered their men, alike those who mounted guard and those who were relieved of duty on the sabbath, and presented themselves before Joiada,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	11	10	who supplied them with the spears and other weapons king David had bequeathed to the Lord’s house;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	11	11	to right and to left of altar and temple stood armed men ready to protect the king.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	11	12	Then he brought the young prince out, and gave the royal crown and a copy of the law into his keeping. So was he crowned and anointed, while all clapped their hands and cried aloud, Long live the king!
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	11	13	Meanwhile, the stir which the soldiers made in going about their errand reached the ears of Athalia; and she made her way into the temple, there where all the crowds were gathered,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	11	14	to find the king standing on a dais, as the king should, with singers and trumpeters at his side, while all the folk rejoiced, and the trumpets sounded. Well might she rend her clothes, and cry out, Treason, treason!
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	11	15	Thereupon Joiada gave word to the commanders of the army that she must be taken out beyond the temple precincts, and if anyone tried to follow, he should be put to the sword; she must not be slain in the Lord’s house, he told them.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	11	16	So they made her prisoner, and as she passed along the horse-way that leads to the palace, she was slain.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	11	17	After this, Joiada would have a covenant made, that bound king and people to the Lord, as the Lord’s own people; bound king and people to one another.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	11	18	And the whole populace went into Baal’s temple, where they pulled down his altars and broke his images for good and all; they killed Mathan, too, Baal’s priest, there at the altar. Then the high priest set guards over the Lord’s temple,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	11	19	and presently he summoned the officers of the guard, with the Cerethite and Phelethite auxiliaries, and the whole populace with them; and together they brought the king back from the Lord’s house, by way of the armourers’ gate, into the palace, and he took his seat on the royal throne.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	11	20	All through the land were great rejoicings, and the city had rest, now that Athalia lay dead, there in the palace.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	11	21	Thus Joas came to his throne, a boy of seven years.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	12	1	Joas began his reign in the seventh year of Jehu, and for forty years he reigned as king at Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Sebia, a woman of Bersabee.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	12	2	As long as the high priest Joiada was his adviser, he obeyed the Lord’s will;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	12	3	only he did not abolish the hill-shrines, men still sacrificed and burned incense on the mountain-tops.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	12	4	This Joas made a proclamation to the priests; Here are gifts being brought to the temple all the while by pious folk that worship there, one paying a ransom for his life, another contributing as his devotion moves him.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	12	5	Such money the priests may take for their own, according to their rank; but they must be answerable for repairing the Lord’s house, if they find anything that needs to be made good.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	12	6	The twenty-third year of King Joas came, and still the priests had done nothing to repair the temple.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	12	7	Whereupon king Joas summoned Joiada and the other priests; What means it, he asked, that you have not made good the temple’s needs? Henceforth there must be no more taking money according to your rank; it must all be given up to the repairing of the temple.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	12	8	It was ordered, then, that the priests should no longer receive the gifts, and no longer be answerable for the repairs;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	12	9	instead, the high priest Joiada had a chest made, with a hole in the top of it, and put it close to the altar at the right hand side of the temple entrance; into this the priests who keep the door put all the money that was brought there.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	12	10	Whenever the chest seemed to be over full, one of the king’s secretaries betook himself to the temple, with the high priest, and together they emptied out and counted the money that was to be found there.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	12	11	This, when its value had been duly reckoned, they paid over to the master-builders, who distributed it to the carpenters and masons that worked in the Lord’s house
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	12	12	and carried out the repairs. The stone-cutters, too, must be paid, and wood and stone must be bought ready for fashioning. Thus the repairing of the Lord’s house would not go short for the money which the work needed.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	12	13	The money was not to be used for making pitcher or fork, censer or trumpet, or any other piece of gold or silver ware for the Lord’s house; all the offerings given to the temple
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	12	14	were paid out to the workmen that were repairing the temple;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	12	15	nor was any account asked of those who handled this money and distributed it to the workmen, they were trusted with the handling of it.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	12	16	Meanwhile the fines paid for fault or wrong done were not put into the treasury, since these belonged to the priests as of right.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	12	17	It was at this time that Hazael, king of Syria, marched on the town of Geth and took it by storm; then wheeled about and threatened to march on Jerusalem itself.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	12	18	Nor might Joas preserve the city from attack, till he had collected all the offerings dedicated in the temple by himself, or by Josaphat, Joram and Ochozias, that were kings of Juda before him, all the silver, too, that was to be found there or in the royal palace, and sent them to Hazael, king of Syria.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	12	19	What else Joas did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	12	20	It was his own servants that set a conspiracy on foot against him, and slew him in the house at Mello, where the road goes down to Sella;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	12	21	Josachar son of Semaath and Jozabad son of Somer, his own attendants, gave him his death-blow. He was laid to rest with his fathers in the Keep of David, and the throne passed to his son Amasias.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	13	1	It was in the twenty-third year of Joas, son of Ochozias, king of Juda, that Joachaz, Jehu’s son, came to the throne of Israel, and reigned as king in Samaria for seventeen years.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	13	2	He defied the Lord’s will, following the sinful example of Jeroboam, son of Nabat, that taught Israel to sin, and never departing from it.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	13	3	His anger thus provoked, the Lord left Israel at the mercy of Hazael, king of Syria, and his son Benadad, without respite;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	13	4	till at last Joachaz besought the Lord’s favour. (This prayer the Lord answered, seeing Israel hard pressed by the Syrian king’s inroads upon them;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	13	5	and he gave them a champion to set them free from the Syrian yoke. Then once more the men of Israel could dwell in their old homes;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	13	6	but even so they did not forgo the sins of Jeroboam, son of Nabat, that taught Israel to sin; they clung to them still, and still the forest-shrine had its place in Samaria. )
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	13	7	In the time of Joachaz, nothing was left of the army but fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot-soldiers; such havoc the king of Syria had made among them, sweeping them away like chaff on the threshing-floor.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	13	8	What else Joachaz did, all his history, and the record of his great deeds, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	13	9	He was laid to rest with his fathers, with Samaria for his burying-place, and the throne passed to his son Joas.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	13	10	This Joas, the son of Joachaz, came to the throne of Israel in the thirty-seventh year of Joas king of Juda; and his reign in Samaria lasted sixteen years.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	13	11	He defied the Lord’s will, and would not abandon the sins of Jeroboam, son of Nabat, that taught Israel to sin; he clung to them yet.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	13	12	What else Joas did, all his history, and the record of his great deeds, and his war with Amasias king of Juda, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	13	13	He was laid to rest with his fathers, and the throne passed to his son Jeroboam. (Joas was buried in Samaria, with the other Israelite kings.)
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	13	14	And now Eliseus lay sick in his mortal illness, and Joas, who was then king of Israel, went to visit him; My father, my father, he said weeping, Israel’s chariot and charioteer!
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	13	15	Eliseus bade him fetch bow and arrows, and when bow and arrows were brought,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	13	16	he would have the king of Israel hold the bow in readiness. The bow was stretched, and Eliseus put his own hands over the king’s hands;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	13	17	Now, said he, open the window that looks east, and he opened it; Shoot, and he shot. Yonder shaft, Eliseus told him, betokens the divine deliverance, deliverance from the power of Syria. It is for thee to defeat the Syrians utterly, there at Aphec.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	13	18	Then he would have Joas take up his arrows, and when he had done so, bade him shoot, there on the ground. Shoot he did three times, and then held his hand.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	13	19	Whereupon the prophet said to him angrily, Five times thou shouldst have let fly, or six, or seven, to defeat the Syrians utterly; this signifies three defeats and no more.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	13	20	In the year of Eliseus’ death and burial, the country was being ravaged by freebooters from Moab.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	13	21	Some of these appearing suddenly when a dead man was being carried out to his funeral, the bearers took fright, and threw the corpse into the first grave they could find; it was that of Eliseus. And no sooner had it touched the prophet’s bones, than the dead man came to life again, and rose to his feet.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	13	22	All through the life-time of Joachaz, king Hazael of Syria had pressed Israel hard;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	13	23	but now the Lord relented and came to their aid once more. Faithful to his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, he would not make an end of them and cast them off utterly as yet.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	13	24	So, when Hazael died, and his son Benadad succeeded him as king of Syria,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	13	25	Joas was able to retake those cities which his father Joachaz had lost to Benadad’s father Hazael, and by right of conquest; three times Joas was victorious, and restored the lost cities to Israel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	1	It was in the second year of Joas, son of Joachaz, king of Israel, that the throne of Joas, king of Juda, passed to his son Amasias.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	2	This Amasias was twenty-five years old when he came to the throne, and his reign at Jerusalem lasted twenty-nine years; his mother’s name was Joadan, a woman of Jerusalem.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	3	He obeyed the Lord’s will, not perfectly like his ancestor David, but in the manner of his father, king Joas;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	4	he too left the hill-shrines standing, so that men still sacrificed and burned incense on the mountain-tops.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	5	Once he was king, he put his father’s murderers to death,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	6	but spared their children, in obedience to the law of Moses; whose terms are, A father must not die for his son’s guilt, or a son for his father’s; no guilt but his own shall bring a man to death.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	7	He also fought a battle against the Edomites in the Valley of the Salt-mines, killing ten thousand of them, and gaining possession of a rock-fortress, which he called by its present name of Jectehel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	8	Then he sent a challenge to Joas, son of Joachaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel; Come, let us have a trial of strength!
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	9	And this answer Joas, king of Israel, sent to Amasias, king of Juda: Said Lebanon thistle to Lebanon cedar, Let my son have thy daughter to wife. But down came wild beasts from Lebanon forest, and all the thistle got was, he was trodden underfoot.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	10	Thou hast struck a shrewd blow at Edom, and now thy heart is puffed up with pride; keep thyself at home, content with the renown thou hast, do not invite disaster, to thy own and Juda’s ruin.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	11	But Amasias would have his way, so these two kings, Joas of Israel and Amasias of Juda, met at a town in Juda called Bethsames;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	12	and there the men of Juda were routed by the Israelites, and scattered to their homes in flight.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	13	Thus Amasias, son of Joas, son of Ochozias, King of Juda, was captured by Joas king of Israel at Bethsames, and taken back to his own city of Jerusalem; where Joas made a gap in the walls four hundred cubits long, from the gate of Ephraim to the Corner gate,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	14	carried off all the gold and silver and other ware that was to be found in the temple or palace, took hostages besides, and made his way back to Samaria.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	15	(What else Joas did, and the record of his great victory over Amasias king of Juda, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	16	He was laid to rest with his fathers, with Samaria for his burying-place, and the throne passed to his son Jeroboam. )
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	17	Amasias, son of the Joas that was king of Juda, survived Joachaz’s son, Joas of Israel, by fifteen years;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	18	what else he did is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	19	A conspiracy was made against him at Jerusalem, and when he escaped to Lachis they sent in pursuit of him and put him to death there;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	20	afterwards his body was brought back to Jerusalem in a horse-litter, and there buried with his fathers in David’s Keep.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	21	Thereupon the whole people of Juda chose Azarias, a boy sixteen years old, to succeed his father Amasias;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	22	he it was carried out the designs of his dead father by fortifying the harbour of Aelath and restoring it to the possession of Juda.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	23	It was in the fifteenth year of Amasias, son of king Joas of Juda, that Jeroboam, son of king Joas of Israel, began his reign in Samaria; it lasted forty-one years.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	24	He defied the Lord’s will, and would not forgo the sins of Nabat’s son Jeroboam, that taught Israel to sin.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	25	He it was restored to Israel its old territory, all the way from the pass of Emath in the North to the Dead Sea. So the Lord had foretold through a servant of his, the prophet Jonas, son of Amathi, from Geth-Opher:
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	26	the Lord has not been blind to the affliction, past all endurance, that has fallen on Israel, bondman and free man alike perishing with none to succour them.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	27	So the Lord resolved not to let Israel’s name vanish from the world; he would grant them redress through Jeroboam the son of Joas.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	28	What else Jeroboam did, all his history, and the record of his great deeds, how he fought and how he restored to Israel all of Damascus and Emath that once belonged to the Jewish kingdom, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	14	29	So Jeroboam was laid to rest with his fathers, the royal race of Israel, and his throne passed to his son Zacharias.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	1	It was in the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam that Azarias succeeded his father Amasias on the throne of Juda.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	2	He was then sixteen years old, and for fifty years he reigned at Jerusalem; his mother’s name was Jechelia, a woman of Jerusalem.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	3	He obeyed the Lord’s will, following in all things the example of his father Amasias,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	4	but did not destroy the hill-shrines; men still sacrificed and burned incense on the mountain tops.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	5	On him the Lord’s hand fell, and he ended his days as a leper, dwelling apart in a house of his own, while his son Joatham had charge of the palace, and heard the complaints of his subjects.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	6	What else Azarias did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	7	So he was laid to rest with his fathers; among his ancestors, in the Keep of David, they buried him; and Joatham came to the throne.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	8	It was in Azarias’ thirty-eighth year that Jeroboam’s son Zacharias began his reign in Samaria; it lasted six months.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	9	He defied the Lord’s will, like his fathers before him, and would not forgo the sins of Jeroboam, son of Nabat, that taught Israel to sin.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	10	But soon a conspiracy was made against him by Sellum, son of Jabes, who attacked and killed him in the open street, and took the throne for himself.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	11	What else Zacharias did is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	12	Long before, in Jehu’s time, the Lord had promised, Thy heirs shall keep the throne of Israel till the fourth generation; and so it proved.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	13	For one month this Sellum reigned as king at Samaria, in the thirty-ninth year of Azarias;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	14	then he was killed and superseded by Menahem, son of Gadi, who marched on Samaria from Thersa;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	15	what else Sellum did, all the history of his secret conspiracy, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	16	(From Thersa), Menahem brought destruction on Thapsa, and all its inhabitants, and all their country-side, because they would not open the gates to him; ripped up the wombs, too, of the women that were pregnant.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	17	It was in Azarias’ thirty-ninth year that Menahem, son of Gadi, began his reign of ten years at Samaria;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	18	he defied the Lord’s will, and would not forgo the sins of Jeroboam, son of Nabat, that taught Israel to sin. All through his reign
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	19	the country suffered invasion by Phul, king of Assyria, and Menahem paid him a thousand talents of silver, to win support for his claim to the throne.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	20	To find this tribute for the Assyrian king, Menahem imposed a tax of fifty silver pieces on all the rich and powerful men in his kingdom. Thus the Assyrian king was induced to go home and rid the country of his presence.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	21	What else Menahem did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	22	he was laid to rest with his fathers, and succeeded by his son Phaceia.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	23	It was in the fiftieth year of Azarias that this Phaceia, son of Menahem, began his reign of two years at Samaria;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	24	he defied the Lord’s will, and would not forgo the sins of Jeroboam, son of Nabat, that taught Israel to sin.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	25	A conspiracy was made against him by one of his own commanders, Phacee son of Romelia, who attacked and slew him in his castle keep (close by Argob and Arie), with fifty Galaadites, and so became king in his place.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	26	What else Phaceia did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	27	It was in the fifty-second year of Azarias that Phacee, son of Romelia, came to the throne at Samaria; he reigned over Israel twenty years,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	28	and defied the Lord’s will, never forgoing the sins of Jeroboam, son of Nabat, that taught Israel to sin.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	29	During the reign of Phacee, the Assyrian king Theglath-Phalasar invaded Israel, taking Aion, Abel-Beth-Maacha, Janoe, Cedes and Asor, with Galaad and Galilee and the whole territory of Nephthali, and carrying off their inhabitants into Assyria.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	30	As for Phacee, he was caught unawares and slain by a conspirator, Osee son of Ela, who succeeded him on the throne in the twentieth year of Joatham, son of Ozias.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	31	What else Phacee did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	32	It was in the second year of Phacee, son of Romelia, that Joatham, son of Ozias, came to the throne of Juda.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	33	He was twenty-five years old when he came to the throne, and his reign at Jerusalem lasted sixteen years; his mother’s name was Jerusa, daughter of Sadoc.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	34	He obeyed the Lord’s will, following in all things the example of his father Ozias;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	35	but did not abolish the hill-shrines; men still sacrificed and offered incense on the mountain-tops. He it was built the high gate that leads into the Lord’s house.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	36	What else Joatham did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	37	This was the time at which the Lord began subjecting Juda to attack from Rasin, king of Syria, and Phacee, son of Romelia.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	15	38	So Joatham was laid to rest with his fathers, with the Keep of David for his burying-place, and the throne passed to his son Achaz.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	16	1	It was in the seventeenth year of Phacee, son of Romelia, that Achaz, son of Joatham, came to the throne of Juda.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	16	2	He was twenty years old when he began his reign, which lasted at Jerusalem for sixteen years. This Achaz did not obey the Lord’s will like his ancestor David before him;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	16	3	he followed the example of the Israelite kings, even consecrating his son by passage through the fire, after the idolatrous wont of those nations which the Lord drove out to make room for Israel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	16	4	Never a high hill or a mountain-slope or a leafy wood but Achaz must do sacrifice and offer incense there.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	16	5	And now Rasin king of Syria and Phacee son of Romelia marched on Jerusalem and besieged Achaz there, but could not get the mastery of him.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	16	6	(It was then that Rasin recovered Ailam for Syria, by driving the men of Juda out from it; but the Edomites came and took possession of it, and it remains theirs to this day. )
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	16	7	Thereupon Achaz sent a message to the Assyrian king, Theglath-Phalasar; Bring aid, master, to thy servant, father, to thy son; rescue me from the assault of Syria and Israel;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	16	8	gifts, too, he sent him, collecting all the silver and gold that was to be found in temple or palace.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	16	9	Nor was the king of Assyria unwilling; he marched on Damascus and laid it waste, carrying off the inhabitants to Cyrene and putting Rasin to death.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	16	10	When king Achaz went to meet Theglath-Phalasar at Damascus, he saw there an altar, of which he sent a likeness with a full account of all its workmanship, to the high priest Urias;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	16	11	and Urias built an altar in accordance with all the directions Achaz had sent him from Damascus, to greet his return.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	16	12	Returned from Damascus, Achaz went to see it and did reverence to it; then went up to make burnt-sacrifice and meal-offering;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	16	13	poured libations, and shed the blood of his welcome-offerings there.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	16	14	Then he removed the brazen altar, that stood ever in the Lord’s presence opposite the tabernacle, away from its place between the new altar and the temple, to the north side of the new altar.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	16	15	And king Achaz bade the high priest Urias bring to this greater altar the morning burnt-sacrifice and the meal-offering at nightfall; here king and people would present burnt-sacrifice and meal-offering and libations, here the blood of the burnt-sacrifice and all other offerings was to be spilt; as for the altar of bronze, it should await the king’s good pleasure.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	16	16	And the high priest Urias carried out all his bidding.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	16	17	King Achaz also took away the moulded stands and the smaller basins that rested on them; took away the oxen that supported the great basin and let it rest on a stone pavement instead;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	16	18	altered, too, the sabbath porch he had built in the temple, and the outer part of the royal entry. Of all these changes in the temple building the king of Assyria was the cause.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	16	19	What else Achaz did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	16	20	So he was laid to rest with his fathers, with the Keep of David for his burying-place, and the throne passed to his son Ezechias.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	1	It was in the twelfth year of Achaz that Osee, son of Ela, began his reign at Sa-maria; it lasted nine years.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	2	He too defied the Lord’s will, yet not so wantonly as the other kings of Israel before him.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	3	This king was attacked by Salmanasar, king of the Assyrians, and made his vassal, and forced to pay tribute.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	4	Afterwards, the Assyrian king found out that he had sent an embassy to Sua, king of Egypt, hoping thus to rebel, and to be rid of his yearly tribute; whereupon he seized him, put him in chains, and imprisoned him.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	5	Then he overran the whole country with his troops, and marched against Samaria, which for three whole years he kept beleaguered.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	6	At last, in the ninth year of Osee, Samaria was taken, and all the Israelites carried off to the Assyrian country; where they were settled in Hala, in Habor, by the river of Gozan, and among the cities of Media.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	7	Such was their doom, who had no sooner escaped from Egypt and from the power of Pharao, than they wronged the God who had rescued them by worshipping alien gods instead.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	8	Afterwards, they took their forms of worship from the very nations the Lord had driven out to make room for them, or from kings who imitated their ways.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	9	With false inventions these Israelites offended the Lord that was their own God, making themselves mountain shrines in all their townships from lonely hamlet to walled city.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	10	No high hill, no leafy wood, but had its images and its sacred trees;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	11	and there they burnt incense on their altars, imitating the nations God had dispossessed before their onslaught. Foul deeds were done, to challenge the Lord’s anger,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	12	shameless rites practised, such as the Lord had forbidden expressly.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	13	The Lord did not leave himself without witness; by prophet and seer he warned them, Come back from these graceless ways, follow precept and observance of mine; as the law bids you, that I enjoined on your fathers; as the prophets bade you, my servants that spoke in my name.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	14	But they gave him never a hearing; strained at his yoke; they would be like their fathers, obstinately defying the Lord their God.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	15	The usages he had taught them, the covenant he had made with their fathers, the warnings he had given them by his prophets, all lightly cast aside, to false rites they betook themselves, and learned false ways; imitated the forbidden example of the heathen round about them.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	16	Forgotten, all the commandments of the Lord their God; they must have two golden calves, they must have sacred trees, they must worship all the host of heaven, and become Baal’s servants;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	17	consecrate their sons and daughters by passage through the fire, take their orders from wizard and soothsayer; enslave themselves to defiance of the Lord’s will, and provoke his vengeance.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	18	So it was that the Lord, in anger, banished Israel from his presence, and the tribe of Juda stood alone
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	19	(not that even these kept the commandments of the Lord their God; these too strayed into false paths, of Israel’s making).
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	20	All Israel’s race, then, the Lord cast off; humbled them, and left them at the spoiler’s mercy; was ready, at last, to banish them from his presence altogether.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	21	So it was decreed, from the time when the Israelites first cut themselves off from David’s line, and made Jeroboam, son of Nabat, their king; Jeroboam it was that drove men away from the Lord’s worship, and taught them to commit heinous sin.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	22	To his evil example the men of Israel clung, and would never forgo it,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	23	until at last the Lord banished them from his presence, as all his prophets had foretold in his name, and they were carried off from their own country into Assyria, where they remain to this day.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	24	And now the Assyrian king brought men from Babylon, and Cutha, and Avah, and Emath, and Sepharvaim, and settled these, instead of the Israelites, in the cities that belonged to Samaria. So they took possession of it, and made their homes in its cities,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	25	but at their first coming they paid the Lord no reverence, and thereupon he sent a plague of lions, that preyed upon them.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	26	News of this came to the Assyrian king, and a warning with it: The nations thou hast removed, and settled down in the cities of Samaria, have never learned how the God of that land would be worshipped; and he, the Lord, has sent a plague of lions among them. Must they die for want of knowledge how their new God is to be worshipped?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	27	So the Assyrian king gave orders that one of the priests carried away thence should be restored to his home; should go to live among them, and teach them how to worship the Lord.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	28	So one of the exiled priests from Samaria came to live at Bethel, and teach them he did;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	29	but still each nation would fashion the image of its own god, and they set up these images in the hill-shrines they had made, one in this city and another in that.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	30	The men of Babylon must have Socoth-Benoth, and the Chutaeans Nergel, and the Emathites Asima,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	31	and the Hevites Nabahaz and Tharthac; while the men of Sepharvaim offered their own children to the gods of Sepharvaim, Adramelech and Anamelech.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	32	And in spite of it, they worshipped the Lord. They found priests among the dregs of the people, fit to serve hill-shrines, and in the hill-shrines they installed them;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	33	but though they worshipped the Lord, they still paid court to their own gods with the usages of their own folk, learned before ever they came to Samaria.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	34	And so it is to this day; the old habits still cling. This is not to fear the Lord, this is not to keep observance and decree, law and command, as the sons of Jacob should; Jacob, to whom the Lord gave his name of Israel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	35	With them he made a covenant; and by that covenant they were to give alien gods neither fear nor reverence, neither worship nor sacrifice.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	36	To the Lord your God, he told them, the God who rescued you from Egypt with such signal proofs of his constraining power, all fear, all worship, all sacrifice belongs;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	37	his the observances, his the decrees, his the law of tabled precepts, that you must keep ever in mind, obey ever in act; no alien god must you fear.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	38	Never let his covenant go unremembered; the worship you deny to alien gods
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	39	give to him only; then he will deliver you from the power of your enemies.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	40	To all this they paid no heed; old custom was still the rule they lived by.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	17	41	Here then, were nations that worshipped the Lord, yet obeyed their own false gods still; their sons, their grandsons did no better; and such is the rule they follow down to this day.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	1	In the third year of Osee, son of Ela, king Achaz of Juda was succeeded by his son Ezechias.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	2	This king was twenty-five years old when he came to the throne, and his reign at Jerusalem lasted twenty-nine years.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	3	Here was one that obeyed the Lord’s will no less than his father David before him;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	4	scattered the hill-shrines, overthrew the images, cut down the sacred trees; broke in pieces, too, the brazen serpent Moses had made, because the Israelites, till his day, used to offer incense to it; the name given to it was Nohestan.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	5	In the Lord God of Israel he put all his trust; never was a king of Juda to rival him before or after;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	6	in the paths the Lord had traced he followed still, holding ever close to him, keeping ever the commands he had given through Moses.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	7	What wonder if the Lord was with him, if he was well advised in all he did? Against the king of Assyria he rose in rebellion, and denied him tribute;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	8	and harried the Philistine townships as far as Gaza, from lonely hamlet to walled city.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	9	It was in the fourth year of Ezechias, and the seventh year after Osee son of Ela came to the throne of Israel, that Salmanasar, king of Assyria, marched on Samaria and laid siege to it.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	10	And at the end of three years he took it; it was in the sixth year of Ezechias and the ninth of Osee that Samaria was captured,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	11	and all the Israelites carried off to Assyria, where they were settled in Hala and Habor by the streams of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	12	And this, because they paid no heed to the Lord’s bidding; false to his covenant, they left the commands he had given through his servant Moses unheard and unheeded.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	13	Then, in the fourteenth year of Ezechias, the Assyrian king Sennacherib marched on the fortified cities of Juda and took them;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	14	whereupon king Ezechias sent word to the king of Assyria, then at Lachis: I have been to blame; withdraw thy troops, and I will pay whatever ransom thou dost demand. So the king of Assyria imposed on Ezechias king of Juda a tribute of three hundred talents of silver, and three hundred of gold.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	15	All the silver that was to be found in temple or treasury Ezechias gave him;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	16	broke up, too, the temple doors, with the golden plates he himself had nailed to them, and gave these to the king of Assyria.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	17	After this the Assyrian king, who was still at Lachis, sent Tharthan, Rabsaris and Rabsaces at the head of a strong force to Jerusalem, where king Ezechias was. They marched up to the city, and halted by the aqueduct that fed the upper pool, on the way that brings you to the Fuller’s Field.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	18	Their demand was to see the king, but they were met by Eliacim, son of Helcias, the controller of the royal household, and Sobna, the secretary, and Joahe, son of Asaph, the recorder.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	19	So Rabsaces bade them tell Ezechias, Here is a message to thee from the great king, the king of Assyria. What confidence is this that makes thee so bold?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	20	Doubtless thou hast some design, in so committing thyself to the fortune of war. On whose help dost thou rely, that thou wouldst throw off my allegiance?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	21	What, wilt thou rely on Egypt? That is to support thyself on a broken staff of cane, that will splinter and run into a man’s hand, if he presses on it, and pierce him through; such does Pharao, king of Egypt, prove himself to all those who rely on him.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	22	Or wilt thou answer, We trust, I and my people, in the Lord our God? Tell me, who is he? Is he not the God whose hill-shrines and altars Ezechias has cleared away, bidding Juda and Jerusalem worship at one altar here?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	23	Come now, if thou wert to make terms with my master, the king of Assyria, by which I must hand over to thee two thousand horses, wouldst thou be able to do thy part by putting riders on them?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	24	Why, thou art no match even for a city prefect, the least of my master’s servants. Trust, if thou wilt, in Egypt, its chariots and its horsemen;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	25	but dost thou doubt that I have the Lord’s warrant to subdue this land? It was the Lord himself who sent word to me, Make war on this land, and subdue it.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	26	At this, Eliacim and Sobna and Joahe said to Rabsaces, My lord, pray talk to us in Syriac; we know it well. Do not talk to us in the Hebrew language, while all these folk are standing on the walls within hearing.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	27	What, said Rabsaces, dost thou think my master hath sent me with this message for thee only, and for that master of thine? It is for the folk who man the walls, these companions of yours that have nothing left to eat or drink but the ventings of their own bodies.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	28	Then Rabsaces stood up and cried aloud, in Hebrew, Here is a message to you from the great king, the king of Assyria!
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	29	This is the king’s warning, Do not be deluded by Ezechias, he is powerless to save you;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	30	do not let Ezechias put you off by telling you to trust in the Lord; that the Lord is certain to bring you aid, he cannot allow the king of Assyria to become master of your city.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	31	No, do not listen to Ezechias; here are the terms the king of Assyria offers you. Earn my good will by surrendering to me, and you shall live unmolested, to each the fruit of his own vine and fig-tree, to each the water from his own cistern.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	32	Then, when I come back, I will transplant you into a land like your own, which will grudge you neither wheat nor wine, so rich is it in corn-fields and vineyards, neither olives, nor oil, nor honey, and you will be spared from the destruction that threatens you. No, do not listen to Ezechias when he tells you that the Lord will deliver you.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	33	What of other nations? Were their countries delivered, by this god or that, when the king of Assyria threatened them?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	34	What gods had Emath and Arphad, what gods had Sepharvaim, Ana and Ava? Did any power rescue Samaria from my attack?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	35	Which of all the gods in the world has delivered his country when I threatened it, that you should trust in the Lord’s deliverance, when I threaten Jerusalem?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	36	But all kept silence, and gave him no word in answer; the king had given strict orders that they were not to answer him.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	18	37	So Eliacim, son of Helcias, the controller of the royal household, and Sobna, the secretary, and Joahe, son of Asaph, the recorder, went back to Ezechias, with their garments torn about them, to let him know what Rabsaces had said.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	1	No sooner had king Ezechias heard it, than he tore his garments open, and put on sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	2	Meanwhile, he sent word to the prophet Isaias, son of Amos. Eliacim, the controller of the household, and Sobna, the secretary, and some of the older priests, went on this errand.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	3	Here is a message for thee, they said, from Ezechias. Troublous times have come upon us, times to make us mend our ways, or else blaspheme God. What remedy, when children come to the birth, and the mother has no strength to bear them?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	4	Unless indeed the Lord should take cognizance of what Rabsaces has been saying, Rabsaces, who was sent here by his master, the king of Assyria, to blaspheme the living God. Surely the Lord thy God has listened to the reproaches he uttered. Raise thy voice, then, in prayer for the poor remnant that is left.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	5	Thus visited by the servants of Ezechias,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	6	Isaias answered, Give your master this message. Do not be dismayed, the Lord says, at hearing the blasphemies which the courtiers of the Assyrian king have uttered against me.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	7	See if I do not put him in such a mind, see if I do not make him hear such news, as will send him back to his own country. And when he reaches his own country, I will give the word, and the sword shall make an end of him.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	8	And now Rabsaces went back to find the king of the Assyrians before Lobna, hearing that he had raised the siege of Lachis.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	9	News had come that Taracha, king of the Ethopians, was on the way to do battle with him. And the king, as he went out to meet Taracha, despatched messengers to Ezechias;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	10	Give this warning, he said, to Ezechias, king of Juda, Do not let the God in whom thou puttest such confidence deceive thee with false hopes; do not think Jerusalem will never be allowed to fall into the hands of the Assyrian king.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	11	What, hast thou not heard what the kings of Assyria have done to the nations everywhere, destroying them utterly? And what hope hast thou of deliverance?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	12	What saving power had the gods of those old peoples my fathers overthrew, Gozam, and Haram, and Repheth, and the race of Eden who lived in Thalassar?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	13	Where are they, the kings of Emath, and Arphad, the kings who governed the city of Sepharvaim, and Ana, and Ava?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	14	These despatches were handed by the messengers to Ezechias, and when he had read them, he went up into the house of the Lord, and held them out open in the Lord’s presence.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	15	And this was the prayer which Ezechias made to him, Lord God of Israel, who hast thy throne above the cherubim, thou alone art God over all the kingdoms of the world, heaven and earth are of thy fashioning.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	16	Give ear, and listen; open thy eyes, Lord, and see; do not let Sennacherib’s words go unheard, these blasphemies he has uttered against the living God.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	17	It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have brought ruin on whole nations, and the lands they lived in,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	18	and thrown their gods into the fire; but these were in truth no gods; men had made them, of wood or stone, and men could break them.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	19	Now it is for thee, O Lord our God, to rescue us from the invader, and shew all the kingdoms of the world that there is no other Lord, no other God, save thee.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	20	Then Isaias, son of Amos, sent word to Ezechias, A message to thee from the Lord, the God of Israel, granting the prayer thou hast made to him about Sennacherib, king of the Assyrians.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	21	This is what the Lord has to say of him: See how she mocks thee, flouts thee, Sion, the virgin city! Jerusalem, proud maiden, follows thee with her eyes and tosses her head in scorn.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	22	So thou wouldst hurl insults, and blaspheme, and talk boastfully, and brave it out with disdainful looks, against whom? Against the Holy One of Israel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	23	In thy name, these servants of thine have hurled insults at the Lord. It was thy dream that thou hadst scaled, with those many chariots of thine, the slopes of Lebanon; thou hadst cut down its tall cedars, its noble fir-trees, till thou couldst reach the very summit of its ascent, the garden its woods enclosed.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	24	Thou wouldst dig wells and drink wherever it pleased thee, thou wouldst dry up, in thy march, the banked channels of the Nile.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	25	What, hast thou not heard how I dealt with this people in time past? This present design, too, is one I have formed long since, and am now carrying out; such a design as brings with it ruin for the mountain fastnesses, the walled cities that fight against thee.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	26	Sure enough, they were overawed and discomfited, the puny garrisons that held them, frail as meadow grass, or the stalks that grow on the house-top, withering before they can ripen.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	27	But I am watching thee where thou dwellest, thy comings and goings and journeyings, thy raving talk against me.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	28	Yes, I have listened to the ravings of thy pride against me, and now a ring for thy nose, a twitch of the bridle in thy mouth, and back thou goest by the way thou didst come.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	29	Here is a test for thee, Ezechias, of the truth of my prophecy; this year thou must be content with what crops are left thee, and next year the aftergrowth shall be thy food; in the third year you may sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	30	A remnant of Juda’s race will be saved, and this remnant will strike root deep in earth, bear fruit high in air;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	31	yes, it is from Jerusalem the remnant will come, from mount Sion that we shall win salvation; so tenderly he loves us, the Lord of hosts.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	32	This, then, is what the Lord has to tell thee about the king of the Assyrians; he shall never enter this city, or shoot an arrow into it; no shield-protected host shall storm it, no earth-works shall be cast up around it.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	33	He will go back by the way he came, and never enter into this city, the Lord says;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	34	I will keep guard over this city and deliver it, for my own honour and for the honour of my servant David.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	35	It was after this that an angel of the Lord went out on his errand, and smote down a hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp; when morning came, and he saw the corpses of the dead, the king broke up camp and was gone.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	36	So Sennacherib, king of the Assyrians, made his way home, nor did he leave Nineve again.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	19	37	And one day, when he was at worship in the temple of his god Nosroch, two sons of his, Adramelech and Sarasar, drew their swords on him, and so escaped into the land of Ararat; and the throne passed to his son Asarhaddon.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	20	1	And now Ezechias fell sick, and was at death’s door; indeed, the prophet Isaias, son of Amos, visited him with this message from the Lord, Put thy affairs in order; it is death that awaits thee, not recovery.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	20	2	At this Ezechias turned his face towards the wall, and prayed to the Lord thus:
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	20	3	Remember, Lord, I entreat thee, a life that has kept true to thee, an innocent heart; how I did ever what was thy will. And Ezechias wept bitterly.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	20	4	Whereupon, before ever Isaias reached the middle of the court-yard, the word of the Lord came to him,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	20	5	Go back, and tell Ezechias, the ruler of my people, Here is a message to thee from the Lord, the God of thy father David. I have listened to thy prayer, and marked thy tears; be it so, I have granted thee recovery. Within three days thou shalt be on thy way to the Lord’s temple,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	20	6	and I will add fifteen years to thy life. And I will save thee and thy city from the power of the Assyrian king; I will be its protector, for my own honour and the honour of my servant David.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	20	7	Then Isaias bade them bring a lump of figs, and when this was brought and laid on the king’s ulcer, he recovered.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	20	8	When Ezechias asked what sign should be given him that his health would be restored, and that he would set foot in the Lord’s temple within three days,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	20	9	Isaias told him, Here is thy proof that the Lord will keep his promise. Wouldst thou have the shadow on the sun-dial climb forward by ten hours, or travel backwards as much?
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	20	10	Why, said he, it were no great matter that it should advance ten hours; rather, by my way of it, let it travel ten hours backwards.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	20	11	So the prophet Isaias made appeal to the Lord, and the shadow retraced the last ten hours it had advanced on the sun-dial of Achaz.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	20	12	And now, hearing of his sickness, the king of Babylon, Berodach Baladan, son of Baladan, sent a letter and gifts to Ezechias.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	20	13	Ezechias was delighted at the coming of these envoys, and shewed them his scented treasure-house, with its gold and silver and spices and rich ointments; the rooms where his ornaments were kept; all the wealth of his store-house. There was nothing in palace or domain but he shewed it to them.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	20	14	Then the prophet Isaias gained audience of king Ezechias, and asked him, What message did these men bring, and whence had they come? They came to see me, said Ezechias, from a country that is far away, from Babylon.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	20	15	And when Isaias asked what they had seen in his palace, he told them, They saw everything in my palace; I have no treasures I did not shew them.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	20	16	And at that Isaias said to Ezechias, I have a message for thy hearing from the Lord.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	20	17	Behold, a time is coming when all that is in thy house, all the treasures which thy fathers have amassed there in times past, will be taken away to Babylon; nothing shall be left of it, the Lord says.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	20	18	And sons of thine, men of thy own line, of thy own stock, shall be carried off to be eunuchs in the palace of the kings of Babylon.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	20	19	Why then, Ezechias said to Isaias, welcome be the word the Lord has spoken through thee! In my time at least may there be peace; may the promise hold good.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	20	20	What else Ezechias did, the record of his great deeds, and of the pool and conduit by which he stored water in Jerusalem, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	20	21	So Ezechias was laid to rest with his fathers, and the throne passed to his son Manasses.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	1	Manasses was twelve years old when he came to the throne, and his reign at Jerusalem lasted fifty-five years; his mother’s name was Haphsiba.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	2	This Manasses defied the Lord’s will, by courting the false gods of those nations which the Lord destroyed to make room for the sons of Israel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	3	He restored once again the hill-shrines which his father Ezechias had overthrown; he raised altars to Baal, and set up sacred trees, like Achab king of Israel, and gave to all the host of heaven worship and observance.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	4	Nay, he must set up these altars of his in the Lord’s own house, the chosen shrine of his name;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	5	altars there must be for all the host of heaven in the two temple courts.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	6	He consecrated his own son by passing him through the fire; there was watching for auguries and taking of omens, there was divination, and sorcerers abounded, until this defiance of his provoked the Lord’s anger.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	7	He made an idol, too, after the fashion of the sacred trees, and set it up there in the Lord’s temple. And this was at Jerusalem, the Lord’s choice among all the cities of Israel; this was in the temple that was to be the everlasting shrine of his name; so he had promised David and Solomon,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	8	Nevermore will I let the sons of Israel be dislodged from the land I gave their fathers, if only they will be true to all the observances I have enjoined, all the commands which my servant Moses taught them.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	9	That warning went unheeded; the very nations which the Lord destroyed to make room for the sons of Israel were guilty of less wrong than they themselves did, when they were led astray by the example of Manasses.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	10	Thereupon word came from the Lord through his servants the prophets:
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	11	King Manasses of Juda shall not go unpunished for these deeds of his, more detestable yet than any the Amorrhites did before him; by which foul example Juda has become no less guilty than Israel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	12	This warning, then, the Lord God of Israel sends him: I mean to bring such calamity upon Jerusalem and Juda as shall ring in the ears of all who hear it.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	13	Level with Samaria shall Jerusalem lie, lean in ruin as the house of Achab leans; I mean to efface Jerusalem as a wax tablet is effaced, scraping it over and over with pen downwards turned.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	14	I mean to abandon this poor remnant of the people that once was mine, and let them fall into the hands of their enemies, so that every rival of theirs can lay their land waste and plunder it;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	15	since the day when their race left Egypt, they have never ceased defying me and provoking my anger.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	16	And Manasses, not content with leading Juda into all these sins of disobedience, took innocent lives without number, till all Jerusalem was brimming with blood.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	17	What else Manasses did, his history, and the record of his crimes, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	18	So Manasses was laid to rest with his fathers, within the domains of his own palace, in Oza’s garden, and the kingdom passed to his son Amon.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	19	Amon was twenty-two years old when he came to the throne, and his reign at Jerusalem lasted two years; his mother’s name was Messalemeth, daughter of Harus of Jeteba.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	20	He disobeyed the Lord’s will, like his father Manasses before him;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	21	never a path his father had marked out but he must follow it, never a shameful cult his father had honoured but he must be its slave;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	22	but the Lord, the God his ancestors had worshipped, he forsook utterly, and followed his bidding never.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	23	Then there was a conspiracy among the courtiers, and the king was slain in his own palace;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	24	but these conspirators were overthrown by a rising of the common people, who crowned Amon’s son Josias to succeed him.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	25	What else Amon did, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	21	26	So they buried him in the tomb he had made for himself, in Oza’s garden, and his son Josias came to the throne.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	22	1	Josias was eight years old when he came to the throne, and his reign at Jerusalem lasted thirty-one years; his mother’s name was Idida, the daughter of Hadaia of Besecath.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	22	2	He was obedient to the Lord’s will, and followed in all things the example of his ancestor, king David, never swerving to right or left.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	22	3	In the eighteenth year of his reign, Josias had an errand for the controller of the temple, Saphan, son of Aslia, son of Messula.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	22	4	He was to bid the high priest Helcias reckon up the sum collected by the temple door-keepers for the needs of the Lord’s house,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	22	5	and pay it out to the workmen through the temple overseers. Pay must be given to these workmen, engaged on making good the temple fabric,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	22	6	carpenters, masons, and builders alike; there was timber to be bought, too, and stone from the quarries, before the Lord’s temple could be repaired.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	22	7	No account need be kept of these expenses; the overseers could be trusted with full disposal of the money.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	22	8	It was then that the high priest Helcias told Saphan he had found, there in the temple, a copy of the law, which he gave him to read.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	22	9	And Saphan, going back to the king with news of his errand, to report that the temple offerings had been reckoned up and paid over to the temple overseers, for distribution to the workmen,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	22	10	added that he had a book which the high priest Helcias had given him.This book, then, Saphan read out in the royal presence;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	22	11	and the king, upon hearing the terms of the Lord’s law, rent his garments about him.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	22	12	Then he gave his orders to Helcias, and Ahicam son of Saphan, and Achobor son of Micha, and Saphan the controller of the temple, and Asaia, one of his courtiers;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	22	13	Go and consult the Lord, he told them, in my name, and in the name of this whole people of Juda, about this new-found copy of the law. Fiercely the Lord’s anger burns against us, that the words of this book should have fallen on deaf ears, and our race should have disobeyed the commands enjoined upon us.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	22	14	So Helcias, Ahicam, Achobor, Saphan and Asaia betook themselves to the prophetess Holda. She was wife to Sellum, son of Thecua, son of Araas, that once kept the royal wardrobe; her dwelling was at Jerusalem, in the new part of the city. So they told her their business,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	22	15	and she, in return, gave them this message from the Lord God of Israel for the man that sent them:
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	22	16	Thus says the Lord, For this city and its citizens I have punishments in store, all the punishments threatened in yonder book the king of Juda has read.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	22	17	The men of Juda have forsaken me, and offered sacrifice to alien gods; all they do is done in defiance of me; the fire of my vengeance must needs break out against this city, and there is no quenching it.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	22	18	But to the king of Juda, who sent you here to consult the Lord, give this message from the Lord God of Israel: Well for thee thou didst listen to the warnings this book gave thee!
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	22	19	Well for thee that fear caught at thy heart, and thou didst humble thyself before the Lord, at hearing him threaten city and citizens with despair and doom; that thou didst rend thy garments, and hadst recourse to me in tears! And thou hast won my audience, the Lord says;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	22	20	I will lay thee to rest with thy fathers, in quiet times thou shalt go to thy grave; not for thy eyes to witness the great calamities I mean to bring on this city of thine.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	1	When they brought the king his answer, he summoned all the elders of Juda and of Jerusalem;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	2	then he went up into the Lord’s temple, and all the warriors of Juda bore him company, and all the citizens of Jerusalem, priest and prophet, high and low. There, in their hearing, he read out the terms of the law from the book they had found in the Lord’s house.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	3	And the king, standing on the dais, made a promise, there in the Lord’s presence. They would make the Lord their leader, holding fast by command and decree and observance of his, heart and soul, with fresh loyalty to all the terms of the covenant which this book set on record. To that promise, the whole people gave its assent.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	4	Then the king bade the high priest Helcias, and the priests of lesser rank, and the door-keepers, cast out from the Lord’s temple all the appurtenances of worship that belonged to Baal and to the sacred tree and to all the host of heaven; these he burned in the valley of Cedron, and carried the ashes of them away to Bethel.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	5	All round Jerusalem, and all over Juda, he disbanded the priests whom the kings of Juda had appointed for the hill-shrines; priests, too, that burned incense to Baal, and sun, and moon, and the twelve stars, and all the host of heaven.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	6	The sacred tree must be carried away from the temple, away from Jerusalem, to Cedron valley, where they burned it to ashes, that were scattered over the common burying-ground.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	7	He destroyed the rooms in the Lord’s house which had belonged to the prostitutes, and were now used by the women that wove curtains for the sacred tree.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	8	He brought the priests together from all the cities of Juda, and defiled the hill-shrines where they used to sacrifice, all the way from Gabaa to Bersabee; pulled down, too, the wayside altars at the approach to the gate of Josue, the city governor, to the left of the main gate.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	9	As for these priests of the hill-shrines, they were not allowed to minister at the Lord’s altar at Jerusalem, but they shared the eating of the unleavened bread with their brother-priests.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	10	Tophet, in the valley of Ben-Ennom, he desecrated utterly, so that there might be no more devoting sons and daughters by fire to Moloch;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	11	and he rid the temple of those horses, sacred to the sun, which earlier kings had stabled at the entrance, by the hall of the chamberlain Nathan-Melech; the chariots of the sun he burned to ashes.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	12	There were altars, too, that had been set up by royal command on the roof of Achaz’s dining-parlour; altars Manasses had built in the two outer courts of the temple; these Josias beat into dust, and made short work of it in the valley of Cedron.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	13	He also desecrated the hill-shrines Solomon had made at Jerusalem itself, on the right hand side of the Hill of Shame, for Astaroth, the foul divinity of Sidon, and Chamos, that was Moab’s, and Melchom, that was Ammon’s;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	14	he broke their images, and cut down the sacred trees, and filled up the ruins with the bones of dead men.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	15	In Bethel, too, there was an altar and a hill-shrine, the work of Jeroboam, son of Nabat, that taught Israel to sin; altar and shrine both Josias overthrew and burned and pounded to dust, setting fire at the same time to the sacred trees.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	16	And when he looked about him; and saw the hill-side covered with graves, he had bones fetched from these and burned them on the altar, just as the prophet had threatened in the Lord’s name when he foretold all this.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	17	And now, seeing an inscription, he asked what this was; Why, the men of Bethel answered, it is the tomb of the prophet who came from Juda, and foretold how thou wouldst profane the altar here.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	18	Let him alone, then, said Josias; no one must touch these bones; so they rested on undisturbed, and with them the bones of that other prophet, that was Israelite born.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	19	All the hill-shrines in the cities that once belonged to Samaria, raised by kings of Israel in the Lord’s despite, Josias abolished, treating them as he had treated the shrine at Bethel;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	20	and the priests that served these altars he put to death, one and all. Then, having profaned the altars by burning men’s bones on them, he returned to Jerusalem.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	21	And now he bade all his subjects keep paschal holiday in honour of the Lord their God, with all the rites prescribed by the covenant which the book recorded.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	22	Many a judge had ruled, many a king had reigned in Israel and Juda, but never was pasch kept
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	23	like that pasch Jerusalem kept in the Lord’s honour, in the eighteenth year of Josias.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	24	Gone were the familiar spirits, the diviners, the images, gone were all the foul abominations of Juda and Jerusalem; Josias swept them all away; since Helcias had found the book in the Lord’s temple he had no thought but to carry out the law’s prescriptions in full.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	25	Never was there such a king as this; none before or after him came back to the Lord’s allegiance, heart and soul and strength, as he did, with the law of Moses to guide him.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	26	Yet the Lord would not relent, so deep his indignation, so pitiless his anger against the men of Juda, after all Manasses’ defiance of him;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	27	he was determined to banish Juda, no less than Israel, from his presence; to forsake his chosen city, Jerusalem, and the house in which he had promised to make a shrine for his name.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	28	What else Josias did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	29	It was in his time that Pharao-Nechao, king of Egypt, marched against the king of Assyria, all the way to the river Euphrates; and Josias, going out to offer resistance, encountered him at Mageddo and met his death there.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	30	From Mageddo, his servants carried his body back to Jerusalem, and buried it in the tomb he had made for himself; and now the people’s choice fell on his son Joachaz, who was anointed to succeed his father as king.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	31	Joachaz was twenty-three years old when he came to the throne, and his reign at Jerusalem lasted but three months; his mother’s name was Amital, daughter of Jeremias of Lobna.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	32	This Joachaz disobeyed the Lord’s will, after the fashion of his ancestors;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	33	but he did not reign at Jerusalem long. Pharao-Nechao kept him imprisoned at Rebla, in the Emath country; meanwhile he levied a fine from Juda, a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	34	and put Josias’ son Eliacim on his father’s throne, changing his name to Joakim. Joachaz was carried off to Egypt, where he died.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	35	The fine Pharao-Nechao had imposed was paid by Joakim, who levied a tax on the whole country; thus it was the citizens, each according to his means, that must satisfy Pharao-Nechao with gold and silver alike.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	36	Joakim was twenty-five years old when he came to the throne, and his reign at Jerusalem lasted eleven years; his mother’s name was Zebida, daughter of Phadaia of Ruma.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	23	37	He, too, disobeyed the Lord’s will, after the fashion of his ancestors.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	24	1	In his time, Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon invaded the country, and for three years Joakim was his vassal; then he rebelled against him.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	24	2	But the Lord sent enemies to attack him, freebooters from Chaldaea, Syria, Moab and Ammon; sent them to attack Juda and lay it waste, in fulfilment of the threat which his servants the prophets had uttered in his name.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	24	3	It was by the Lord’s own decree that this befell; he would banish Juda from his presence, in return for all Manasses’ sins;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	24	4	and for all those innocent lives taken, in the days when Jerusalem ran with guiltless blood till the Lord refused to pardon it.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	24	5	What else Joakim did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda. So Joakim was laid to rest with his fathers,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	24	6	and the throne passed to his son Joachin.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	24	7	Meanwhile, the king of Egypt advanced no more beyond his own frontiers; all the possessions he held, from the brook of Egypt right up to the river Euphrates, the king of Babylon had taken away from him.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	24	8	Joachin was eighteen years old when he came to the throne, and his reign in Jerusalem lasted but three months; his mother’s name was Nohesta, daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	24	9	He disobeyed the Lord’s will no less than his father before him.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	24	10	It was in his time that the forces of Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon, marched against Jerusalem, and siege was laid to the city;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	24	11	and Nabuchodonosor came there in person to be with them, and to press on the siege.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	24	12	Whereupon Joachin, king of Juda, gave himself up, with his mother, his servants, his nobles, and his chamberlains; and the king of Babylon, in this, the eighth year of his reign, accepted the surrender.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	24	13	All the treasures of temple and palace he took away, and cut in pieces all the golden ornaments Solomon, king of Israel, had set up in the temple, so fulfilling what the Lord had prophesied.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	24	14	All the citizens of Jerusalem he carried off as prisoners, the noblemen, and the best warriors in the army, ten thousand of them, the craftsmen and the smiths; none were left except the poor folk in the country-side.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	24	15	To Babylon Joachin must go, with his mother and his wives and his chamberlains; for Babylon all the judges in the land must leave Jerusalem as exiles;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	24	16	to Babylon Nabuchodonosor removed seven thousand warriors, and a thousand craftsmen and smiths, all that had strength to bear arms.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	24	17	In place of Joachin, he made his uncle Matthanias king, giving him the name of Sedecias.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	24	18	Sedecias was twenty-one years old when he came to the throne, and his reign at Jerusalem lasted eleven years; his mother’s name was Amital, daughter of Jeremias of Lobna.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	24	19	He disobeyed the Lord’s will, as Joakim had;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	24	20	for now the Lord’s anger hung over Juda and Jerusalem, ready to banish them from his presence. And Sedecias in his turn revolted against the king of Babylon.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	1	And now, in the ninth year of Sedecias’ reign, on the tenth day of the twelfth month, Nabuchodonosor reached Jerusalem at the head of his army. They surrounded it and threw up siege-works about it;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	2	and so the city continued, cut off and hedged in, until king Sedecias’ eleventh year.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	3	Then, on the ninth day of the fourth month, when famine had broken out in the city, and the poorer folk had nothing left to eat,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	4	a breach was made in the walls; and that night all the fighting men made their escape by way of the gate between the two walls, by the royal garden, leaving the Chaldaeans to continue the siege of the city. The road Sedecias chose for his flight was that which leads to the desert plain;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	5	and in the plain by Jericho he was overtaken by the Chaldaeans, who had set out in pursuit. All his army melted away from him, leaving him alone;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	6	and so, a prisoner, the king was borne away to Reblatha, where Nabuchodonosor passed sentence on him.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	7	He made him witness the death of his sons; then put out his eyes and carried him off in chains to Babylon.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	8	On the fifth day of the seventh month in the nineteenth year of Nabuchodonosor’s reign, the commander of his forces, Nabuzardan, came on his master’s errand to Jerusalem,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	9	where he burned down temple and palace and private dwellings too; no house of note but he set it on fire.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	10	The troops he brought with him were employed in dismantling the walls on every side of it.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	11	Then Nabuzardan carried off the remnants of the people that were left in the city, the deserters who had gone over to Nabuchodonosor, and the common folk generally,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	12	leaving only such of the poorer sort as were vine-dressers and farm labourers.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	13	Brazen pillars and brazen stands and the great basin of bronze that stood in the Lord’s temple the Chaldaeans broke up, and took away all the bronze to Babylon;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	14	for bronze, too, they carried away pot and ladle, cup and fork and saucer, all the appurtenances of worship that were of bronze;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	15	for gold, too, and for silver, bowl and censer of gold and silver; nothing did Nabuzardan leave behind him.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	16	There was no reckoning the weight of bronze, when the two pillars, the great basin, and the stands which Solomon had set up in the temple are included;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	17	each pillar was eighteen cubits high, and had a capital of three cubits’ height resting on it, with the net-work and pomegranate mouldings on the capital all of bronze.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	18	Prisoners, too, Nabuzardan carried away with him, the two chief priests, Saraias and Sophonias, the three door-keepers from the temple,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	19	and among the citizens, the chamberlain who commanded the army, five other courtiers who were still left in the city, Sopher, the army leader who had the levying of recruits, and sixty citizens of the common sort.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	20	All these were carried away by Nabuzardan to Reblatha, into Nabuchodonosor’s presence;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	21	and there at Reblatha, in the Emath country, Nabuchodonosor put them to death. So the men of Juda were exiled from their country,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	22	and over the few he left remaining there the king of Babylon put Godolias, son of Ahicam, son of Saphan, in charge.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	23	When they heard of his appointment, the chieftains came to meet him at Maspha, Ismael son of Nathanias, Johanan son of Caree, Saraias son of Thanehumeth from Netopha, and Jezonias son of Maachati, and all their men with them;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	24	and Godolias took an oath to chiefs and men alike. They need have no fear of living under Chaldaean rule; let them remain in the country as the king of Babylon’s vassals, and all should go well with them.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	25	None the less in the seventh month this Ismael, son of Nathanias, son of Elisama, who was of the royal blood, came to Maspha with twelve of his followers and gave Godolias his death-blow; killed, too, all his retinue, Jew and Chaldee alike.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	26	Whereupon all the inhabitants of the country, high and low, and the chieftains with them, removed to Egypt, fearing the vengeance of the Chaldaeans.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	27	On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, in the thirty-seventh year after king Joachin of Juda had been carried into exile, he was released from prison by Evil-Merodach, king of Babylon, then in the first year of his reign.
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	28	Graciously did Evil-Merodach receive him, gave him a seat of honour above the other captive kings,
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	29	and relieved him of his prisoner’s garb. All the rest of his life he was entertained at the royal table;
-4 Kings	4Ki	12	25	30	all the rest of his life he received, day by day, a perpetual allowance made to him by the king’s bounty.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	1	There was a man once called Elcana, that lived at Ramathaim-Sophim, in the hill-country of Ephraim; he was an Ephraimite born, descended from Suph through Jeroham, Eliu and Thohu.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	2	He had two wives, one called Anna, the other Phenenna, and this Phenenna had borne him sons, whereas Anna was childless.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	3	Never a feast-day would he keep in his own city; he must be at Silo, worshipping the Lord of hosts, and offering him sacrifice; there dwelt the Lord’s priests, Ophni and Phinees, the two sons of Heli.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	4	When the time came for Elcana’s sacrifice, Phenenna must have many portions, for a son here, a daughter there,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	5	and he was sad at heart as he gave Anna her single portion, for Anna he loved dearly. Why had the Lord denied her motherhood?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	6	And still she must endure bitter persecution from her rival, that did not scruple to make her childlessness a matter of reproach;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	7	year after year, when they went up to the Lord’s temple for the feast, it was ever the same. In tears she sat, with no heart for eating,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	8	while her husband Elcana tried to comfort her. Anna, he said, what need to weep, what need to deny thyself food? What sorrow weighs on thy heart? Is it not worth the love of ten sons, the love I bear thee?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	9	Once, on such a visit to Silo, when eating and drinking was done, Anna rose up from her place and went to the temple door, where the priest Heli was sitting.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	10	Sad at heart, she prayed to the Lord with many tears,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	11	and made a vow: Lord of hosts, if thou wilt take good heed of this sorrow I bear, if thou wilt keep this handmaid of thine ever in remembrance, and grant her a son, then he shall be my gift to the Lord all his life long, a Nazirite unshorn.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	12	Such was the prayer she went on repeating, there in the Lord’s presence; and Heli saw her lips moving as she did so;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	13	her lips pronounced the secret petition, but with no sound. Heli thought her besotted with wine;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	14	Come, he said, wilt thou always be at thy cups? Give thy stomach a rest from the wine that so bemuses thee.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	15	Nay, my lord, said Anna, thou seest an unhappy woman, unburdening her heart in the Lord’s presence; there was no wine or strong drink here.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	16	Do not think of thy handmaid as a light woman; only sorrow and bitter anguish have wrung speech from me all this while.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	17	Go then, answered Heli, and peace go with thee; may the Lord grant the prayer thou hast made.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	18	I am thy handmaid, she said; thy favour is all I ask. Then she went back, and took food, sad-faced no longer;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	19	and next morning, when they had paid their devotions in the Lord’s presence, they went back home to Ramatha.And the Lord bethought him of Anna, when next Elcana took her to his bed;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	20	so, in due time, she conceived and bore him a son. The name she gave him was Samuel, in token that he was a gift she had won from the Lord.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	21	When her husband Elcana went to offer the Lord due sacrifice, and pay his vow, taking all his household with him,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	22	Anna stayed at home. She would not go, she told her husband, until the boy was weaned; then she would herself bring him into the Lord’s presence, and leave him there for ever.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	23	Do as thou wilt, Elcana said; wait here till he is weaned, and may the Lord bring his own will to accomplishment.So she waited at home, and nursed her child till he was weaned.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	24	And now that he needed her no longer, she took him with her to the Lord’s house in Silo, still so young. Three bulls, and a bushel of flour, and a skin of wine, were the offerings she made.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	25	When they brought the boy to Heli, to offer a bull-calf for him,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	26	Anna cried out, Listen, my lord! As thou art a living man, my lord, this is the same woman that stood here in thy presence, praying so eagerly!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	27	And my prayer was for a son, the boy whom thou seest. I prayed to the Lord, and the Lord granted my request;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	1	28	and now, in my turn, I make a grant of him to the Lord, a grant that shall be long as his life. Then they offered the Lord worship, and Anna made this prayer which follows.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	1	My heart thrills with joy in the Lord; pride in the God I worship lifts high my head; now can I flout my enemies, happy in thy gift of redress!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	2	Who so holy as the Lord? None, there is none else; there is no stronghold can compare with our God.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	3	Boast no more, boast no more; those lips must talk in another strain; the Lord is God all-knowing, and overrules the devices of men.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	4	See how he breaks the great warrior’s bow, girds the feeble with strength;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	5	how the rich, for very need, must work as hirelings, while the hungry eat to their heart’s content! See how at last the barren womb bears many, and the fruitful mother is left to languish!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	6	Lord of death and life, he brings men to the grave and back from the grave;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	7	Lord of poverty and of wealth, he alone humbles, alone exalts,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	8	raising up the poor man out of the dust, the beggar from his dung-hill, to sit among princes and reach the honours of a throne. It is the Lord that poised the round world on its foundations, and holds them in his keeping;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	9	safely his friends journey, dumb sit his enemies in the darkness; there is no protection for man in man’s strength.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	10	The Lord will strike terror into his adversaries; hark, how his thunders roll above them in heaven! The Lord will sit in judgement on the remotest people of earth, the Lord will grant dominion and a sceptre of majesty to the king he has anointed.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	11	And so Elcana went back to his home at Ramatha, while Samuel remained to minister, at the bidding of the priest Heli, in the Lord’s presence.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	12	This Heli had two sons that were men of little worth, recked nothing of the Lord’s honour
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	13	or the duty of his priests to the people. When a man was sacrificing some victim, the priest’s servant used to come up, with a three-pronged fork in his hand, while the meat was still cooking;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	14	and this he thrust into pot or pan, great or small, carrying off all that came up with it for the priest’s eating; not an Israelite came to Silo but went away so treated.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	15	The priest’s servant, too, would come up before the fat was offered, and bid the worshipper give him some meat to cook for the priest; he would take it raw, not stewed already.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	16	In vain the worshipper protested, It is the custom for the fat to be burned at once; that done, thou shalt take meat to thy heart’s content. No, give it me now, the servant would answer, or I will take it by force.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	17	This was heinous sin the young men committed under the Lord’s eye; must they turn away men’s hearts from honouring him with sacrifice?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	18	Meanwhile, Samuel had begun to minister in the Lord’s presence, girded, though still a boy, with the linen mantle.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	19	Every year, his mother made him a little tunic, and brought it with her when she came up with her husband on feast-days for the yearly sacrifice.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	20	And Heli gave a blessing to Elcana and his wife, May the Lord grant thee children by this woman, in return for what thou hast lent him! When they had gone home,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	21	the Lord shewed mercy to Anna, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And evermore, boy though he was, Samuel rose higher in the Lord’s favour.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	22	Heli was now a man of great age, but tales reached him of the exactions his sons made from the Israelites; how they mated, too, with the women that kept watch at the tabernacle door.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	23	What wickedness is this of yours, he said to them, that brings me the complaints of a whole people!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	24	Amend your ways; it is ill hearing, that you should lead the Lord’s people into transgression.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	25	If man does wrong to man, God’s justice may yet be satisfied; if man sins against the Lord, who shall plead his cause for him? But they paid no heed to their father’s warning; the Lord was resolved to make an end of them.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	26	And Samuel’s boyhood went on; still as he grew he advanced in favour both with God and with men.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	27	And now a messenger from the Lord came to Heli, and this was the Lord’s warning to him: It was to men of thy clan that I revealed myself openly, when they still dwelt in Egypt as Pharao’s servants;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	28	and I chose Levi among all the tribes of Israel to hold the priestly office, mounting up to my altar and burning incense before me, and wearing the sacred mantle in my presence; to this clan of thine I gave a part in every sacrifice Israel should offer.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	29	And now you spurn the due ordering of sacrifice and oblation in my sanctuary; the sons of Heli must have a privilege higher than my own; yours must be the first taste of every sacrifice my people Israel bring to me!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	30	Listen, then, to the Lord’s decree. My purpose was that thou and thy clan should be my ministers for ever; but now never speak of that (the Lord says); honour is for those that honour me, for those that make light of me, only contempt.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	31	Behold, a time is coming when I mean to cripple thee, cripple that clan of thine; no kinsman of thine shall reach old age.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	32	Thou shalt see a rival in my sanctuary, and Israel all prosperity; but in thy kindred no old man shall be left living.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	33	My altar shall still have descendants of thine to minister at it; but it shall be a sight to make thy eyes fail and thy heart faint, when so many of thy race die in their early manhood.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	34	And for a token of this, thy two sons, Ophni and Phinees, are destined to fall, both of them, in a single day.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	35	Afterwards, I will find myself a priest that shall be a faithful interpreter of my mind and will; I will endow him, too, with a faithful posterity, to enjoy the favour of the king I have anointed.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	2	36	To him thy descendants, if any such are left, will come cringing for a silver piece and a crust of bread; Only the common portion of a priest, they will say; only a mouthful of bread, and I am content!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	3	1	In those days, when Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Heli’s care, a mes-sage from the Lord was a rare treasure; he would not openly reveal himself.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	3	2	One night, Heli lay down to rest where he was wont to lie, his eyes dim now with age and sightless,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	3	3	and Samuel was asleep, there in the divine presence, where God’s ark was, with the sacred lamp still burning.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	3	4	And the Lord’s call came to Samuel. I am coming, he answered;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	3	5	then ran to find Heli, and said, I am here at thy summons. Nay, said he, I never summoned thee; go back and lie down again. So back he went, and fell asleep.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	3	6	Then the Lord called Samuel again, and again he rose up and went to Heli, to answer his summons. But still no summons had been given, and he must go back to sleep again.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	3	7	Till then, Samuel was a stranger to the divine voice; the Lord had not made any revelation to him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	3	8	But when a third time the persistent call came, and Samuel went to Heli,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	3	9	still ready at his command, Heli recognized at last whose voice it was the boy had heard. Go back to sleep, he told Samuel; and if the voice comes again, do thou answer, Speak on, Lord; thy servant is listening. And Samuel went back to his bed and fell asleep.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	3	10	And the Lord came to his side, and stood there waiting. Then, as before, he called him twice by name; and Samuel answered, Speak on, Lord, thy servant is listening.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	3	11	And this was the Lord’s message to Samuel: Here is doom I mean to bring on Israel that shall ring in the ears of all that hear of it.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	3	12	For Heli it shall bring fulfilment of all the threats I have uttered against his clan; from first to last, they shall be accomplished.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	3	13	Warning enough I gave him, I would pass eternal sentence on that clan of his, for his sons’ wickedness that went ever unchecked;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	3	14	and now I have taken an oath against all his line, sacrifice nor offering shall ever atone for their sin.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	3	15	Samuel slept on till morning, when it was time for him to open the doors of the Lord’s house; and fear withheld him from telling Heli of his vision.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	3	16	Then he heard the voice of Heli calling, Samuel, my son Samuel! I am ready at thy command, said he.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	3	17	And Heli asked him, What message is it the Lord has sent thee? May the Lord give thee thy due of punishment, and more than thy due, if thou hidest from me any word of the message that was given thee.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	3	18	Thereupon Samuel told him all that was said, keeping nothing back from him. It is the Lord, answered he, that has spoken; let him do his will.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	3	19	Samuel grew up, still enjoying the Lord’s favour, and no word he spoke went unfulfilled,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	3	20	so that he became known all over Israel, from Dan to Bersabee, as the Lord’s true prophet.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	3	21	After this revelation made to Samuel in Silo, the Lord continued to reveal himself there, as he had promised; and when Samuel spoke, all Israel listened.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	4	1	The Philistines, at this time, had mustered their forces for battle, and the Israelites went out to meet them in arms, encamping at the Rock of Deliverance; the Philistines were encamped at Aphec.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	4	2	So now the Philistines marshalled their forces, and when battle was joined, they put the Israelites to rout; four thousand men were killed in that fight, scattered through the countryside.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	4	3	So the army fell back upon its encampment; and now the elders of Israel were at a loss; why had the Lord so left them at the mercy of the Philistines? They would send to Silo for the ark that bore record of the Lord’s covenant; surely he would come into their midst, and save them from the power of their enemies.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	4	4	The ark of the Lord of hosts, who sits enthroned above the Cherubim! They brought it there all the way from Silo; and with the ark came the two sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	4	5	Loud was the cry all Israel raised when the ark reached their camp, so loud that the earth rang again;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	4	6	and the Philistines, hearing it, wondered what could have set the Hebrew camp in such an uproar. When they were told that the ark of the Lord had been brought there,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	4	7	they were in a great taking of fear; God himself, they said, has come into the camp! And they groaned aloud;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	4	8	An ill day for us! Such confidence has never been theirs till now; an ill day! What defence have we against such heavenly powers as these? These are the powers that brought great plagues on Egypt, out yonder in the desert.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	4	9	Philistines, you must summon up your courage, and play the man, or these Hebrew slaves are like to be your masters. Courage, then; to arms!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	4	10	And they fought so well that Israel was utterly defeated, every man making for his own home in flight; here was a great disaster, in which thirty thousand of Israel’s warriors fell.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	4	11	The ark of God, too, was taken by the enemy, and Heli’s sons, Ophni and Phinees, were killed.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	4	12	There was a man of Benjamin that ran from the field, and reached Silo that same day, with torn garments, and dust scattered on his head.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	4	13	At the time when he reached it, Heli was sitting there waiting for news, on a seat by the wayside; his heart misgave him for the safety of God’s ark. When the tidings so brought were made known publicly, the whole city fell to lamenting.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	4	14	The noise of it came to Heli’s ears, and he asked what this tumult should mean. With all speed the messenger came up and told his news.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	4	15	(Heli was then ninety-eight years old; his eyes were dim with age now, and sightless.)
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	4	16	I come with news of the battle, he said; this very day I have run back from the army. And the news, my son, asked Heli; what is the news?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	4	17	Israel has been routed by the Philistines, the messenger answered, and there is great havoc wrought among the people; and thy two sons, Ophni and Phinees, are dead; and the ark of God was taken.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	4	18	And Heli, when he heard mention made of God’s ark, fell backwards from his seat, there in the door-way, and broke his neck, and died; so old a man was he, so spent with age. For forty years he had ruled Israel.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	4	19	His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinees, was then in her pregnancy, and near her time; she too heard that the ark of God had been taken, that her father-in-law was dead and her husband besides, whereupon her pangs bowed her down suddenly, and she gave birth.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	4	20	She was at the point of death when the women about her said, Take heart, thou hast borne a son; but she gave no answer, and took no heed.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	4	21	Only she gave her son the name of Ichabod, thinking how the divine presence had left Israel, now the ark was taken; thinking, too, of her father-in-law and her husband;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	4	22	but it was the loss of God’s ark that made her say, The splendour has passed away from Israel.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	5	1	Meanwhile the Philistines had carried off the ark of God, taking it from the Rock of Deliverance to Azotus;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	5	2	and when it reached Azotus it was carried into the temple of Dagon and set down there in front of Dagon’s statue.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	5	3	Next morning, the men of Azotus woke to find Dagon lying face downwards in front of the ark; and although they put the statue back in its place,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	5	4	the second day shewed a worse sight still; Dagon was face downwards in front of the ark, and there in the door-way lay his head and both hands, severed from the trunk,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	5	5	that lay where it fell. That is why to this day the priests and the worshippers of Dagon never set foot on the threshold when they enter his temple in Azotus.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	5	6	And now the Lord sent a heavy plague on the men of Azotus and its neighbourhood, to their undoing, a plague of swellings in the groin. All through their townships, all over the country-side, the infection spread; the mice, too, swarmed everywhere; in the city, the dead lay piled in heaps.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	5	7	The men of Azotus, finding themselves so plague-ridden, would not keep the ark of Israel’s God among them any longer, to bring disaster upon themselves and their god Dagon;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	5	8	so they summoned a gathering of all the Philistine chiefs, and put the question what should be done with the ark. It must be carried about, the men of Geth told them, from place to place; and carry it about they did,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	5	9	but wherever it went, from city to city, the power of the Lord made itself felt in a grievous mortality; on high and low it fell everywhere, rotting away their inward parts, and the men of Geth could devise no better relief than to sit on seats of leather.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	5	10	So now they sent the ark of God on to Accaron; but no sooner had it reached them than the men of Accaron began crying out, They have brought the ark of Israel’s God here, for our ruin, our common ruin!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	5	11	And they summoned all the Philistine chiefs, who determined that the ark must be sent back whence it came, before it brought death on themselves and their people.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	5	12	No city was free from the fear of death, and God’s heavy visitation; even those who survived had shameful sores to tend, and everywhere cries of anguish went up to heaven.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	6	1	Thus, for seven months, the ark of the Lord remained in the country of the Philistines;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	6	2	and at the end of them the Philistines summoned their priests and diviners. What are we to do with the ark of the Lord? they said. How best can we send it back whence it came? And their answer was,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	6	3	Why, if you mean to send the ark of Israel’s God home again, you must not send it back without a gift. An offering must be made in amends for the fault you have committed; and if, after that, you recover from your sickness, you will trace his hand in the calamities that now afflict you.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	6	4	What offering, then, must we make for our fault? they asked;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	6	5	and this was the answer given: You must make five little mounts of gold, and five golden mice, one for each of the Philistine provinces; it was the same divine punishment that afflicted all the provinces, all the chiefs alike. When they are ready, these emblems of your shame, these figures of the mice that have ravaged your land, make amends with them to the God of Israel, and ask relief for yourselves, and your gods, and your lands.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	6	6	What avails it, to harden your hearts against repentance? So Pharao and Egypt with him hardened their hearts, and would not let his people go till they had felt all his plagues, but in the end they went.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	6	7	A waggon, newly made, you must have in readiness, drawn by two heifers in milk such as never yet bore the yoke, and the calves of these must be left behind.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	6	8	Lift the ark of the Lord on to this waggon, and put in a casket, at the side of it, the golden offerings you would make in amends for your fault; then let it go on its way,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	6	9	and see what befalls. If it goes up towards Bethsames and its own land, then be sure this grievous plague of ours came from the Lord; if not, we shall know it was an evil chance, and no visitation of his.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	6	10	This advice they followed, yoked to the waggon two heifers that were in milk, and left their calves stalled at home;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	6	11	put the ark of God on the waggon, and the casket with the five golden mice and golden mounts beside it.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	6	12	And the heifers went straight along the road that leads to Bethsames, and kept ever the same course, without swerving to right or left; lowing for their calves, but going on still; with the Philistine chiefs following them all the way to Bethsames.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	6	13	The Bethsamites were out in the valley, reaping their wheat, when they looked round and saw the ark coming, and they were glad men at the sight.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	6	14	It reached the land of Josue the Bethsamite, and there came to a stand, close by where a great stone was. So they broke up the waggon for fire-wood, and laid the heifers on it as a burnt-sacrifice to the Lord.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	6	15	Levites set down the ark of God, and with it the casket that contained the golden emblems, on the great stone, while the men of Bethsames, that day, brought the Lord burnt-sacrifice and offered him victims.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	6	16	So the five chiefs of the Philistines returned, reaching Accaron that same day.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	6	17	The golden mounts which the Philistines gave to the Lord in amends for their fault came from the five cities of Azotus, Gaza, Ascalon, Geth and Accaron;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	6	18	and there were golden mice to match the whole number of cities, walled or unwalled, in the five Philistine provinces, (right up to Abel the Great, where they put down the ark of the Lord, that had been till that day in the lands of Josue the Bethsamite).
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	6	19	And the Lord smote some of the Bethsamites themselves, for prying into the ark of the Lord. (And he smote seventy men out of the people, and fifty thousand of the common folk. ) Over this visitation the Lord had brought on them there was great grief among the people;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	6	20	Who can stand his ground, the Bethsamites asked, before a God so holy as this? To whom can we pass it on?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	6	21	And they sent messengers to the men of Cariathiarim, telling them that the Philistines had brought back the Lord’s ark, and bidding them come and take it into their charge.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	7	1	So they came as they were bidden, the men of Cariathiarim, and brought back the ark with them, housing it with a certain Abinadab in Gabaa; and they set apart his son Eleazar to keep watch over the Lord’s ark.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	7	2	Long time the ark remained in Cariathiarim; twenty years so passed, and now the whole race of Israel sought rest from its troubles in following the Lord.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	7	3	Why then, Samuel told the Israelites, if your hearts are honestly set on coming back to the Lord, you must rid yourselves of all alien gods; no Baal for you, no Astaroth; your hearts must wait in readiness on the Lord and serve him only; then he will deliver you from the Philistine’s power.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	7	4	So Israel cast Baal and Astaroth aside, to serve none but the Lord.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	7	5	Then Samuel would have all Israel meet at Masphath, so that he might beg the Lord’s mercy for them there;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	7	6	and at Masphath they assembled, and drew water which they poured out before the Lord, and fasted that day, and made confession there to the Lord of their sin. And Samuel sat in judgement over Israel at Masphath.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	7	7	This assembly at Masphath came to the ears of the Philistines, and their chiefs came out to offer Israel battle. Whereupon the Israelites, in great dread of them,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	7	8	bade Samuel pray to the Lord their God yet, if they were to be rescued from the power of the Philistines.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	7	9	So Samuel chose out a lamb still unweaned, and offered it whole to the Lord in burnt-sacrifice, crying out to the Lord for Israel, and obtaining an answer to his prayer.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	7	10	It was at the very moment when Samuel was offering sacrifice that the Philistines went to the attack; and the Lord volleyed his thunders against the Philistines that day, crashing loud above them, so that they were overcome with terror, and fell before Israel’s onslaught;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	7	11	from Masphath all the way to the slopes of Bethchar the Israelites pursued them, cutting them down.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	7	12	Thereupon Samuel chose out a stone and set it up between Masphath and Sen, calling the place, The Rock of Deliverance, in token that the Lord was still their protector.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	7	13	So cowed were the spirits of the Philistines, that they never crossed the frontiers of Israel again; the Lord kept the Philistines in check as long as Samuel lived.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	7	14	They must give back, too, all the cities they had wrested from Israel, right up to Accaron and Geth; thus the Israelites freed their territory from the Philistines’ power, and enjoyed peace with their neighbours.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	7	15	To Samuel men came for judgement all his life long;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	7	16	year by year he would go round from Bethel to Galgala, from Galgala to Masphath, holding assize in each of these cities,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	7	17	and so returning to his home at Ramatha; there, too, he sat in judgement, and there he raised an altar to the Lord.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	8	1	In his old age, Samuel appointed his sons to perform the judge’s office in Israel;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	8	2	the elder was called Joel, and the younger Abia, and they held assize at Bersabee.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	8	3	But these sons of his did not follow in his footsteps; greed bent them to take bribes, and to pervert justice.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	8	4	So all the elders of Israel met Samuel at Ramatha;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	8	5	Thou hast grown old, they said to him, and thy sons do not follow in thy footsteps. Give us a king, such as other nations have, to sit in judgement over us.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	8	6	It was little to Samuel’s mind, this demand for a king to be their judge; but when he betook himself to the Lord in prayer,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	8	7	the Lord said to him, Grant the people all they ask of thee. It is my rule over them they are casting off, not thine.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	8	8	It has ever been the same, since the day when I rescued them from Egypt; me they will ever be forsaking, to worship other gods; and now it is thy turn.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	8	9	Grant their request, but put thy protest on record; tell them what rights their king will claim, when they have a king to rule over them.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	8	10	In answer, then, to their request for a king, Samuel told the people all the Lord had said to him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	8	11	When you have a king to reign over you, he will claim the rights of a king. He will take away your sons from you, to drive his chariots; he will need horsemen, and outriders for his teams;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	8	12	regiments, too, with commanders and captains to marshal them, ploughmen and reapers, armourers and wheelwrights.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	8	13	It is your daughters that will make his perfumes, and cook for him, and bake for him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	8	14	All the best of your lands and vineyards and olive-yards he will take away, and entrust to his own bailiffs;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	8	15	and he will tithe the revenues of such crop and vintage as is left you, to pay his own courtiers and his own retinue.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	8	16	He will take away servants and handmaids of yours, all the lustiest of the young men, all the asses that work for you, to work for him instead;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	8	17	of your herds, too, he will take tithe. You will be his slaves;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	8	18	and when you cry out for redress against the king you have chosen for yourselves, the Lord will not listen to you; you asked for a king.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	8	19	But Samuel could not gain the ear of the people; That will not serve, they cried out; a king, we must have a king!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	8	20	We must be like other nations, with a king to decide our quarrels, to lead us and be our champion in battle.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	8	21	So he listened to all this outcry of theirs, and brought it to the Lord’s hearing.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	8	22	Give them their will, the Lord answered; appoint a king to rule over them. And Samuel bade the Israelites disperse, and go back to their homes.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	1	There was a Benjamite in those days called Cis, descended through Abiel, Seror and Bechorath from Aphia, strong and vigorous, as a man of Benjamin should be;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	2	and he had a son named Saul, a fine figure of a man, none finer in Israel; he was a head and shoulders taller than any of his fellow-countrymen.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	3	There were some asses belonging to Cis that had gone astray; and he bade Saul go out on his travels, taking one of the servants with him, and look for them. All through the hill-country of Ephraim they went,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	4	and all through Salisa, without finding them; through Salim, and still no trace of them; through the country of Benjamin itself, and still no news heard of them.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	5	When they reached the Suph country, Saul turned to his companion; Come, said he, let us go home; my father will have ceased to care about the asses, and be anxious over us instead.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	6	But he answered, There is a servant of God dwelling in this city, a man greatly honoured; no prophecy of his but manifestly comes true. Let us make our way there, and ask if he can give us news about this errand of ours.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	7	And if we make our way there, answered Saul, what then? What offering can we make to this servant of God? No bread left in our wallets, not even a basket of food to offer! We have no present to make.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	8	I have a quarter of a shekel by me here, the other answered; some return to make for God’s guidance on our errand.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	9	(In those days, the Israelites used to speak of going to consult the seer, meaning by the seer what we now call a prophet.)
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	10	And at that Saul agreed that his plan was best; Come, said he, let us be on our way.So they made for the city where God’s servant dwelt;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	11	and as they were climbing up the hill that led to it they met some maidens who were coming out to draw water, and asked whether the seer was to be found there.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	12	He is, they answered, and not far forward on the road. Hasten after him; a public sacrifice on the sacred hill has brought him here to-day,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	13	look for him as soon as you enter the city, before he goes up to take part in the feast. The people must await his coming before they can eat; he blesses the victim first, and then the guests will sit down. Up with you at once; this is the time when you will find him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	14	So up they went into the city, and as they entered it, there was Samuel coming out towards them, on his way to the sacred hill.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	15	The day before Saul’s coming, the Lord warned Samuel privately,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	16	At this time of day to-morrow I am sending a man of Benjamin on an errand to thee. He it is thou must anoint to be the king of my people Israel; he is to deliver them from the power of the Philistines. Their plaints have not gone unheard, nor unheeded.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	17	And now, when Saul first met his eyes, the Lord told Samuel, This is the man of whom I spoke to thee; this is to be the ruler of my people.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	18	There, then, in the gateway Saul came up to Samuel, and said, Pray shew me where it is that the seer lives.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	19	I am the seer thou speakest of, was his answer; go up before me to the hill-top, where you shall eat at my side. To-morrow I will send thee on thy way, and tell thee all thou wouldst know.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	20	As for the asses that were lost three days since, put thy mind at ease, they have been found already. And here is all the best that Israel has to give, waiting for whom? For thee, and for thy father’s kin.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	21	For me, answered Saul, a man of Benjamin, the smallest of Israel’s tribes, sprung from a clan that is named last among the clans of Benjamin? What means this greeting thou hast given me?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	22	But now Samuel took Saul and his companion with him, and led them into the dining-hall, where he gave them the highest place among the company that was bidden there, some thirty men;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	23	and told the cook, Bring out the portion I gave thee, with orders to keep it by thee separate from the rest.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	24	So the cook bore in a shoulder, and put it before Saul; Here, Samuel told him, is the provision we made for thee; sit down to it and eat thy fill; it was put aside for thee on purpose, when I invited my company. Saul, then, was Samuel’s guest that day;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	25	together they went down from the hill into the city, and together they held converse on the house-top. There, on the house-top, Saul lay down and slept;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	26	waking early, at the first coming of the light, Samuel called out to him, Rise up, it is time I sent thee on thy way. Rise up he did, and together he and Samuel went out;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	9	27	and when they reached the edge of the city on their downward journey, Samuel said, Bid thy servant pass on before us, and do thou wait here a little; I have a message to give thee from the Lord.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	1	And now Samuel took out his phial of oil, and poured it out over Saul’s head; then he kissed him, and said, Hereby the Lord anoints thee to be the leader of his chosen people; thine it shall be to deliver them from the enemies that hedge them round. Wouldst thou have proof that this unction comes from the Lord? Listen, then;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	2	When thou leavest me to-day, and hast gone southward as far as Rachel’s tomb, on the frontiers of Benjamin, thou wilt meet two men bringing thee news that the lost asses thou art looking for have been found; that thy father has forgotten them in his anxiety, and only asks how he is to find his son.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	3	Then, passing further on thy way, thou wilt reach the oak of Thabor, and fall in with three men on pilgrimage to Bethel; one with three goats, one with three loaves of bread, one with a flagon of wine;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	4	from these thou wilt have greeting, and two of their loaves for a gift.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	5	So at last thou wilt come to the Hill of God, where the Philistines have set a garrison; and here, upon entering the city, thou wilt meet a company of prophets coming down from the sacred height. With harp and tambour, flute and zither at their head, they will be uttering words of prophecy;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	6	and with that the spirit of the Lord will fall upon thee, making thee prophesy with the rest, and turning thee into a new man.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	7	When all these signs have been granted, go about the work that lies before thee; the Lord is at thy side.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	8	At need, betake thyself to Galgal, where I will come to meet thee, to present there thy burnt-sacrifice and thy welcome-offering; wait for me seven days, till I come and give thee thy orders.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	9	So parted Saul from Samuel, and as he went on his way, the Lord gave him a new heart. All the signs he looked for were fulfilled that day,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	10	and when at last he came to the Hill, there was a company of prophets on its way towards him; whereupon the spirit of the Lord fell on him, and he prophesied with the rest.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	11	None that had known him hitherto but marvelled, upon seeing him prophesy in the company of the others, what had befallen the son of Cis; Is Saul, too, they asked, among the prophets?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	12	Why, said one to another, who can tell the parentage of any of them? (This was how the saying grew up, Is Saul, too, among the prophets?)
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	13	His trance over, Saul went on, back to the hill-country.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	14	There was an uncle of his, that asked where they had been, and was not content with their story of consulting Samuel about the strayed asses.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	15	Tell me, said he, what message did the prophet give thee?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	16	Why, answered Saul, he told me the asses were found. But of the kingship promised him he said no word.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	17	And now Samuel bade the whole people gather in the divine presence at Maspha,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	18	and this message he gave them from the Lord God of Israel: It was I that rescued you from Egypt, I that protected you from the clutches of these and of all your oppressors.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	19	And now you have cast away your God, your only shield against so many misfortunes and afflictions; A king, you say, appoint a king to reign over us! Come then, present yourselves before the Lord, tribe by tribe, clan by clan.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	20	Then Samuel brought forward all the tribes of Israel by name, and the lot fell on Benjamin;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	21	brought forward all the families of Benjamin by name, and the lot fell on Matri’s; and in the end he reached Saul, the son of Cis. When they looked for him, he was nowhere to be found; was he on his way to Maspha?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	22	They asked the Lord, and the answer came that Saul was there, hiding in his tent.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	23	Whereupon they ran to fetch him, and before long he stood in their midst, a head and shoulders taller than any of them.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	24	The Lord’s chosen! cried Samuel. Look at him, and see if he has his like in Israel! And all the people shouted, Long live the king!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	25	And now Samuel proclaimed to the people what the king’s rights were; wrote it down, too, in a book, which he laid up in the Lord’s presence; then he bade them disperse to their homes.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	26	Saul went back to Gabaa, and with him went some of the fighting men, whom God so inspired.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	10	27	There were others, graceless folk, who asked contemptuously whether such a man as this could bring them victory; and no gift would they offer him. But Saul made as if he could not hear their mutterings.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	11	1	It was a month later that Naas the Ammonite offered battle, and laid siege to Jabes-Galaad; whereupon the men of Jabes would have made a treaty with him, and become his subjects.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	11	2	But his terms were, that he should put out the right eye of each citizen, to the shame of all Israel.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	11	3	So the elders of Jabes asked for a truce of seven days, while they sent messengers out to every part of Israel; if none came forward to help them, they would open the gates to him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	11	4	When these messengers came to Gabaa, where Saul lived, and told the people their errand, the whole city made loud lament.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	11	5	And just then Saul came in from the country, driving his team of oxen; What ails the people, he asked, that they should weep? And he was told of the message from Jabes.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	11	6	When he heard it, the spirit of the Lord fell upon him, and his heart burned with rage;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	11	7	there and then he took both the oxen, and cut them into small pieces, which he sent round by messenger to every part of Israel; The man who does not rally, said he, to the cause of Saul and Samuel, will have his oxen treated like these. And the Lord put the whole people in such dread of him, that they answered his summons to a man;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	11	8	when he called the roll at Bezech, Israel had sent three hundred thousand, and there were thirty thousand besides from Juda.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	11	9	Back went the messengers, carrying word to Jabes-Galaad that relief would come next day, with the heat of the sun. So the men of Jabes, overjoyed at the news the messengers brought,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	11	10	told Naas that they would open the gates on the morrow, and he should have them at his mercy.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	11	11	That next day, at the morning watch, Saul divided his army into three, and made his way into the heart of the Ammonite camp at the time of the morning watch. All morning, till the sun gained its heat, he smote the Ammonites down; and those who survived were so scattered that never a pair escaped together.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	11	12	After this, the people cried out to Samuel, Where are the men who protested they would not have Saul for their king? Bring them out, and let us slay them.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	11	13	But Saul answered, Nay, the Lord has given Israel a great victory; there shall be no slaughter this day.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	11	14	And now Samuel called on the people to come with him to Galgala, and renew the covenant of the kingship there;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	11	15	so all went to Galgala, and there, at Galgala, took Saul for their king in the Lord’s presence, which they honoured with welcome-offerings. A glad man was Saul that day, and not a heart in Israel but rejoiced with him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	12	1	But Samuel protested before the whole assembly of Israel: I have granted all you asked, and given you a king,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	12	2	who marches, now, at your head. I am an old man, and grey-haired, and you have sons of mine among you, and I am ready to answer for all my behaviour among you ever since my youth.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	12	3	Tell me, here in the presence of the Lord, and of the king he has anointed, have I robbed any man of ox or ass? Have I wronged anyone, oppressed anyone? Have I allowed anyone to bribe me? I will make restitution, not counting the cost.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	12	4	Never, they answered; never wert thou guilty of wrong or oppression; never didst thou take anything for thy own.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	12	5	The Lord is my witness, said he, and the king he has anointed is my witness as you stand before me this day, that you can find no charge to bring against me. The Lord is thy witness, they said.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	12	6	Then he said to the people, It was the Lord that gave you Moses and Aaron, and rescued your fathers from Egypt;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	12	7	stand there now, in his presence, while I confront you with all the mercy the Lord has shewn to you and to your fathers,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	12	8	from the time when Jacob removed to Egypt. When your fathers pleaded with the Lord, he sent Moses and Aaron to rescue them from Egypt, and gave them a home in the place where you stand.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	12	9	But they forgot the Lord their God, till he put them at the mercy of Sisara, captain of Hazor’s army, and the Philistines, and the king of Moab, who waged war against them;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	12	10	then they cried out to the Lord, We have sinned! We have forsaken the Lord, enslaved ourselves here to Baal, there to Astaroth! Deliver us now from the power of our enemies, and we will serve thee still.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	12	11	So the Lord sent Jerobaal, and Badan, and Jepthe, and Samuel, to deliver you from the power of the enemies that surrounded you, and you lived safe in your homes.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	12	12	Then, when you saw Naas king of the Ammonites levying war on you, nothing would serve but that I should appoint a king to command you; as if the Lord your God were not reigning among you as your king!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	12	13	Here, then, at your pleasure is the king you asked for, the king you longed for; be content, the Lord has given you a king.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	12	14	But on this condition, that you are to fear the Lord your God, and worship him, and listen to him, instead of defying his commands; both you and the king who governs you are to follow the guidance of the Lord your God.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	12	15	If you rebel against him, if you defy his commands, the hand of the Lord will fall heavily on you and your race.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	12	16	In token of it, here where you stand, you shall see the Lord do a wondrous thing before your eyes.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	12	17	It is harvest-time for the wheat already; but when I call upon the Lord’s name, he will send thunder and rain, to give you visible proof of the great wrong you have done by defying him and asking for a king.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	12	18	With that, Samuel cried out to the Lord, and the Lord sent down both thunder and rain that day,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	12	19	till the whole people was smitten with a great fear of the Lord and of Samuel. The whole people cried out with one voice, Pray to the Lord thy God for us thy servants, that our lives may be spared! We had sinned enough already, and now we have done him further wrong, by asking for a king to rule us.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	12	20	Do not be afraid, Samuel told them; you see how great is the wrong you have done; but now follow close where the Lord leads you, and serve him with all your hearts.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	12	21	Do not desert him for false gods which will play you false, granting neither aid nor deliverance.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	12	22	For his own renown, the Lord will not forsake his own people, and his people he has sworn you shall be.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	12	23	Pray for you? Never may I offend the Lord by ceasing to pray for you, and pointing you to the good paths, the right paths.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	12	24	Fear the Lord, and serve him loyally with all your hearts; you have seen what marvellous deeds he can do in your midst,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	12	25	and if you cling to wicked ways, you shall be swept away, you and your king.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	13	1	Saul was (so many) years old when he began to reign, and he had reigned for two years over Israel
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	13	2	when he picked an army of three thousand men. Of these, two thousand were under his own command, around Machmas and the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand under Jonathan at Gabaa in Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent back to their homes.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	13	3	But now Jonathan overpowered the Philistine garrison at Gabaa, and news of it was brought to the Philistines; whereupon Saul sounded an alarm all through the country, Hebrews, here is news for you!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	13	4	So the word went round that Saul had overpowered a Philistine garrison, and Israel was at war with the Philistines; and they raised their battle-cry under Saul’s command at Galgala.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	13	5	Meanwhile the Philistines mustered their forces to make war on Israel, their chariots thirty thousand, their horsemen six thousand strong, and the rest of their host countless as the sand by the sea. On they came, and encamped at Machmas, east of Bethaven.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	13	6	And now the Israelite folk found themselves hard pressed; and their evil plight drove them to take hiding in den and thicket, cave and cleft and pit;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	13	7	there were Hebrews, too, that fled across Jordan into Gad and Galaad. As for Saul, he stood his ground at Galgala, but it was a dispirited army that followed him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	13	8	For seven days he waited to keep tryst with Samuel, but still Samuel did not come; and meanwhile, men were deserting from his ranks;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	13	9	so at last he bade them bring the victims for burnt-sacrifice and welcome-offering, and performed the sacrifice himself.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	13	10	And now, when the burnt-sacrifice was over, he saw Samuel coming, and went out to greet him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	13	11	What is this thou hast done? Samuel asked. And he answered, I found that men were deserting from my ranks; thou hadst not kept the tryst, and already the Philistines had raised their standard at Machmas.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	13	12	Can I let the Philistines sweep down on me here in Galgala, thought I, without first winning the Lord’s favour? So I offered the burnt-sacrifice; there was no other way.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	13	13	But Samuel told him, This was great folly in thee, so to transgress the commands which the Lord thy God had given thee. But for this, the Lord would have destined thee, here and now, to found a line of kings that should have ruled Israel for ever.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	13	14	Now thy dynasty shall fall with thee; the Lord has found a man to fulfil his purposes, and rule his people instead of thee; such is the reward of disobedience.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	13	15	With that, Samuel left him, returning from Galgala to Gabaa in Benjamin. From Galgala, too, Saul and the forces that remained with him went up to Gabaa and the hill-country of Benjamin, to meet the attack; when he counted the roll, there were only some six hundred men to be found in his company.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	13	16	There, at Gabaa, Saul and his son Jonathan encamped with their followers, while the Philistines confronted them at Machmas.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	13	17	Meanwhile, there were three parties of the Philistine army that went out to find plunder; one of them to the Sual country, on the way to Ephra,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	13	18	one by the Bethoron road, and one by the frontier path that looks down on the valley of Seboim, going out towards the desert.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	13	19	(At this time, there were no workers in metal left in the whole of Israel; the Philistines had taken good care that the Hebrews should not be able to make sword or spear.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	13	20	When a man would sharpen share or spade, axe or hoe, in whatever part of the country he lived, he must go down into the Philistine lands to do it.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	13	21	Blunted were share and spade, fork and axe; even the goads needed to be straightened;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	13	22	and in times of battle Saul and his son Jonathan were the only men in the army that carried sword or lance.)
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	13	23	There was, too, a detachment of the Philistines that guarded the pass to Machmas.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	1	And one day, Saul’s son Jonathan proposed to the lad who carried his armour for him, Let us attack the Philistine detachment over yonder; but he said no word of it to Saul.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	2	Saul was encamped on the outskirts of Gabaa, under the pomegranate tree at Magron, with some six hundred men under him;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	3	he had a priest with him, bearing the sacred mantle, Achias son of Achitob. (This Achitob was brother to Ichabod, and son of that Phinees whose father Heli was once the Lord’s priest at Silo.) The men in the ranks, too, knew nothing of Jonathan’s errand.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	4	Just where he planned his attack on the Philistines, between the paths that climbed the hill, a rock jutted out on either hand like a single tooth, sheer on every side. One was called Boses and the other Sene;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	5	one faced northwards towards Machmas, and the other southwards towards Gabaa.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	6	Here, then, Jonathan said to his squire, Let us attack the post these uncircumcised Philistines have set on guard, and see if the Lord will speed us. Many or few, if the Lord means to grant us victory, who shall prevent him?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	7	As thou wilt, his squire answered; lead on, I will follow where thou biddest.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	8	We approach them, then, said Jonathan, and shew ourselves.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	9	And now, if they bid us wait till they come down to fetch us, let us keep our ground, and abandon all thought of the ascent.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	10	But if they bid us come up to their side, then go up we will; it is a sign that the Lord means to give us the mastery.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	11	So both shewed themselves to the Philistine detachment; Why, said the Philistines, here are the Hebrews coming out of the pits where they lay in hiding!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	12	And they cried out from their post to Jonathan and his squire, Come up to our side; we have something to disclose to you. And at that, Jonathan said to his squire, Up, then, go we; follow me close; the Lord is giving Israel the mastery.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	13	So, crawling upon hands and knees, Jonathan climbed up, and his squire after him; and of the enemy, some fell to Jonathan himself, some to the squire as he came up behind him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	14	This first slaughter that befell, when Jonathan and his squire assailed them, was but of twenty men, on a piece of ground that measured half an acre, a day’s ploughing for a pair of oxen.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	15	But all through the camp, all through the countryside, came a sudden terror; the rest of the detachment, that were returning from a foray, stood there open-mouthed; the earth, too, shook, and it seemed as if a divine terror were abroad.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	16	Looking out from Gabaa, the watchmen of Saul’s army wondered at the sight; so many men that lay slain, so many more in flight this way and that.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	17	And now Saul bade his men find out who it was that had left the ranks, and learned that Jonathan was not there, nor his squire.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	18	So he bade Achias consult the ark of God (it was there that day, God’s ark, among the ranks of Israel);
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	19	but even as he was talking with the priest, a great clamour arose in the Philistine camp, that gained force and grew louder with every moment. Stay thy hand, he said to the priest,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	20	and so, with his whole army, raised the war-cry and went to the attack. They found that the Philistines had come to blows, friend turning his sword against friend, and the slaughter raged beyond all bounds.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	21	Those Hebrews who, till now, had taken part with the Philistines, and were fighting at their side, now went over to the camp of Israel, the camp of Saul and Jonathan;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	22	and all those others who were in hiding among the hills of Ephraim, when they heard of the Philistine rout, came out to aid their fellow-countrymen, till Saul found himself at the head of some ten thousand men.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	23	Thus the Lord gave Israel the victory that day, and the field of battle spread wider till it reached Bethaven.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	24	The Israelites were fighting, that day, in a close body, and Saul put a ban on them, Cursed be the man that touches food before evening comes; I must take full vengeance on my enemies! So none of them took any food;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	25	even when the whole army passed through a glade where there was honey lying on the ground,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	26	and they saw the honey oozing from its combs as they entered the glade, not one in the ranks put his hand to his mouth, such was their terror of the ban.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	27	Jonathan had not heard his father bind the people so; and he, reaching forward and dipping the end of his staff into a honeycomb, took a mouthful from his hand; whereupon his eyesight grew clearer at once.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	28	And what of the ban thy father laid on us, one of the men said to him, calling down a curse on anyone who should touch food to-day? But the Israelites were faint on their march,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	29	and Jonathan said, It is an ill turn my father has done to his country; why, could you not see for yourselves how my eyes grew brighter for a mouthful of yonder honey?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	30	Think what a blow we might have struck, if the men had eaten their fill when we came upon the plunder the enemy had left behind them!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	31	That day’s pursuit took the army all the way from Machmas to Aialon, and they were weary men indeed;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	32	falling on the plunder they had recovered, they carried off sheep and ox and calf and slaughtered them there on the ground, eating them blood and all.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	33	When complaint was made that his men had disobeyed the Lord’s command by eating meat with the blood in it, Saul told them, You have broken the law; find a great stone, and roll it up to where I stand.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	34	Then he said, Go round and bid the folk bring ox and ram to me here, to slaughter their meat on this stone; sin no more by eating it with the blood in it. So, till late at night, each man brought his ox with him and slaughtered it there.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	35	And Saul built an altar to the Lord there, the first he ever raised to him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	36	And now, cried Saul, let us attack the Philistines in the darkness, and harry them till day dawns, so that none is left alive. Do as thou seest best, the people answered; but the priest said, God is present with us, let us have recourse to him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	37	Saul, then, asked the Lord whether he should pursue the Philistines, whether Israel would be granted the victory; but that day no answer came.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	38	Summon all the chieftains, cried Saul; we must have clear proof who it is has brought guilt on us this day.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	39	As the Lord, Israel’s protector, is a living God, though it were Jonathan, my own son, that is answerable for it, he shall die without hope of reprieve. And no voice among them all said him nay.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	40	Do you stand on one side, he told the men of Israel, I and my son Jonathan on the other. Do as thou seest best, the people answered.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	41	And Saul prayed to the Lord God of Israel, Lord God of Israel, send us right guidance; tell us why it is thou wilt give me, thy servant, no answer this day. If the guilt lies with me, or with my son Jonathan, let the sign be Revelation; if with thy people, let the sign be Holiness. Thereupon Jonathan and Saul were convicted, and the people went clear.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	42	Then Saul bade them cast lots between himself and Jonathan, and the lot fell on Jonathan.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	43	Tell me, said Saul to Jonathan, what it is thou hast done. So Jonathan told him; Touch food I did, but what food? A little honey picked up on the end of the staff I carried, and for that I must die.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	44	And Saul answered, Due punishment the Lord give me, Jonathan, and more than due, if thy life is not forfeited!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	45	But the people cried out to Saul, What, shall he die, Jonathan, who has won such a victory for Israel? As the Lord is a living God, that were great wrong. Never a hair shall fall from his head; this day he has done good service, God speeding him. So it was that the people, that day, saved Jonathan’s life.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	46	And Saul halted, not continuing his pursuit of the Philistines, who now went back to their own country.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	47	Once he was firmly established on the throne of Israel, Saul carried war into the territory of his enemies, Moab, Ammon, Edom, the kings of Soba, and the Philistines; and everywhere he won victories.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	48	He, too, it was that mustered an army and defeated Amalec, putting an end to their forays against Israel.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	49	Saul had three sons, Jonathan, Jessui and Melchisua, and two daughters, the elder called Merob and the younger Michol.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	50	His wife’s name was Achinoam, daughter to Achimaas. And he put his army under the command of his cousin Abner, son of Ner;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	51	like Cis, Saul’s father, Ner was son of Abiel.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	14	52	As long as Saul lived, there was bitter war against the Philistines, and wherever he found a brave man or a skilful fighter, Saul would attach him to his own person.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	1	But Samuel reminded Saul, It was the Lord that gave me commission to anoint thee king of his people Israel; to his voice thou must needs listen.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	2	And this is the message that comes to thee from the Lord of hosts: I have not forgotten how Amalec treated the Israelites, standing in their path when they were on the way here from Egypt.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	3	This, then, is thy errand, to destroy Amalec and all his domains, granting no pardon, coveting no plunder, but slaying man and woman, child and infant at the breast, camel and ass.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	4	Whereupon Saul summoned all his men to arms, and counted their muster as closely as a shepherd counts his lambs; two hundred thousand warriors, besides ten thousand from Juda.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	5	With these, Saul marched to Amalec’s capital, and laid an ambush in the ravine there;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	6	but first of all he warned the Cinites, Up, move your camping ground clear of the Amalecites; I would not involve you in their ruin; the men of Israel, on their way here from Egypt, had nothing but kindness from you. So the Cinites separated from Amalec,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	7	and Saul routed the Amalecites, driving them before him all the way from Hevila to Sur, on the confines of Egypt.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	8	He captured Agag, the Amalecite king, but although he put all the common folk to the sword,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	9	he and his army spared Agag; spared, too, the best of the flocks and herds, the choicest garments, the fattest rams; they would not destroy anything that was precious. All that was mean and worthless they destroyed readily enough.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	10	And the Lord’s word came to Samuel,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	11	I repent, now, of having made Saul king of Israel; he has played me false, and left my command unfulfilled. At this, Samuel was greatly moved, and all night long he pleaded with the Lord.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	12	At early dawn he rose up, resolved to find Saul that same morning; Saul, he was told, upon reaching the town of Carmel, had set up a monument there in his own honour, but had passed on now and made his way to Galgala. When Samuel reached it, he found Saul offering the Lord burnt-sacrifice, out of the first-fruits of the plunder taken from Amalec.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	13	The Lord’s blessing on thee, was Saul’s greeting to him; I have fulfilled the divine command.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	14	And this bleating of sheep, Samuel asked, that comes to my ears, this lowing of oxen that I hear?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	15	Why, answered Saul, these are what they brought back from Amalec; my men saved the best out of flock and herd, to be offered in sacrifice to the Lord; all the rest we have destroyed.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	16	May I tell thee, asked Samuel, the message the Lord has given me in the night? and when Saul bade him speak out,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	17	he went on, It was little conceit thou hadst of thyself, when the tribes of Israel were committed to thy leadership. And the Lord anointed thee king of Israel,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	18	and sent thee on an errand; Up, he said, destroy the sinful men of Amalec, smiting them down till none is left.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	19	How is it thou didst not obey the Lord’s command? Why didst thou fall to plundering, in defiance of the Lord’s will?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	20	Nay, protested Saul, obey the Lord I did; I went where the Lord’s errand took me, and brought back Agag, king of Amalec, in chains, and destroyed Amalec utterly.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	21	If my men carried off sheep and oxen, these were but first-fruits that were saved from the slaughter of all the rest, to be offered up to the Lord their God here in Galgala.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	22	What, said Samuel, thinkest thou the Lord’s favour can be won by offering him sacrifice and victim, instead of obeying his divine will? The Lord loves obedience better than any sacrifice, the attentive ear better than the fat of rams.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	23	Rebellion is sin as witchcraft is sin, all one with idolatry is the unsubmissive heart. Thou hast revoked thy loyalty to the Lord, and he thy kingship.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	24	Then Saul confessed to Samuel, I have sinned; I have transgressed the Lord’s will and thy command; I was afraid of my own people, and humoured their desire.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	25	Grant that sin forgiveness; let me have thy company, while I go back to pay the Lord worship.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	26	Nay, answered Samuel, thou shalt have no company of mine; the Lord has revoked thy kingship over Israel, since thou hast revoked thy loyalty to him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	27	With that, Samuel turned to go, and the other caught him by the border of his cloak, which tore in his hand.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	28	This day, Samuel told him, the Lord has torn away the kingship of Israel from thee, and given it to another and a better man than thyself.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	29	He who wins victories for Israel does not spare, does not relent; not his to alter his purpose like mortal men.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	30	But Saul still pleaded with him, Guilty though I be, at least give me countenance before the elders of my people and before the men of Israel, by bearing me company as I go to worship.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	31	Thereupon Samuel turned back and went with him, and worship he did.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	32	Then Samuel would have Agag, king of Amalec, brought into his presence; and he was brought in, gross of body and trembling with fear; A bitter parting, said he, is this of death.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	33	But Samuel told him, Many a woman that sword of thine has made childless, and now a childless woman thy own mother shall be; and he cut Agag to pieces, there in the Lord’s presence at Galgala.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	34	So Samuel went back to Ramatha, and Saul to his home at Gabaa,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	15	35	nor did Samuel, long as he lived, meet Saul again. But ever he lamented over him, that the Lord should have made him king of Israel, and afterwards revoked his kingship.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	16	1	But now the Lord said to Samuel, What, still lamenting over Saul? I have cast him off; he is to be king of Israel no longer. Come, put oil in that phial of thine, and go on an errand for me to Jesse of Bethlehem; in one of his sons I have looked myself out a king.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	16	2	How can I undertake such a journey, asked Samuel, without Saul coming to hear of it, and killing me? Take a young bull with thee, the Lord answered, and make it known, I have come to offer the Lord sacrifice.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	16	3	To this sacrifice Jesse must be bidden; then I will reveal my will to thee, and thou shalt anoint the man I direct thee to anoint.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	16	4	Thereupon Samuel did as the Lord bade him; and when he reached Bethlehem, the elders of the city greeted him in alarm, asking whether his coming boded well for them.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	16	5	Yes, he told them, I have come to offer the Lord sacrifice. Rid yourselves of defilement, and join with me in offering it. And with that he hallowed Jesse and his sons, and bade them come to the sacrifice with the rest.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	16	6	As soon as they entered the house, his eye fell on Eliab, and he said, Here stands the Lord’s choice, in the Lord’s presence!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	16	7	But the Lord warned Samuel, Have no eyes for noble mien or tall stature; I have passed this one by. Not where man’s glance falls, falls the Lord’s choice; men see but outward appearances, he reads the heart.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	16	8	Then Jesse called Abinadab, and brought him into Samuel’s presence; but, No, said he, this is not the Lord’s choice;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	16	9	then Samma, but he said, No, not this one either.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	16	10	Seven sons of his did Jesse thus present before Samuel, but none of these, he was told, had the Lord chosen.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	16	11	Then Samuel asked Jesse whether these were all, and he answered, One still remains, the youngest, herding the sheep. Send for him, answered Samuel; we must not sit down till he comes.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	16	12	And Jesse sent and fetched him, red-cheeked, fair of face, pleasant of mien. And now the Lord said, Up, anoint him; this is my choice.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	16	13	Whereupon Samuel took out the phial of oil and anointed him then and there in his brethren’s presence; and on him, on David, the spirit of the Lord came down, ever after that day. As for Samuel, he rose up and went home to Ramatha.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	16	14	Meanwhile the Lord’s spirit passed away from Saul; instead, at the Lord’s bidding, an evil mood came upon him that gave him no rest.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	16	15	God sends thee an ill mood, his servants told him, to disquiet thee.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	16	16	We are thy servants, waiting on our Lord’s bidding; shall we go and find some skilful player on the harp, to relieve thee, when God visits thee with this evil mood, by his music?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	16	17	Yes, answered Saul, find one who can play the harp well, and bring him to me.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	16	18	And here one of his servants offered advice; Stay, I myself have met such a man, a skilful player indeed, a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite. He is sturdy besides, and a tried warrior, well-spoken and personable, and the Lord is with him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	16	19	Thereupon a message went out from Saul to Jesse, There is a son of thine, David, that looks after thy sheep; send him to me.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	16	20	And Jesse loaded an ass with bread, and a flagon of wine, and a kid, and sent these by David as a present to Saul.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	16	21	Thus it was that David met Saul and entered his service; and became his armour-bearer, so well Saul loved him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	16	22	Let David remain here in attendance on me, Saul told Jesse; I like him well.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	16	23	And whenever Saul was taken with this evil mood of his, David would fetch his harp, and play; whereupon Saul was comforted and felt easier, till at last the evil mood left him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	1	And now the Philistines mustered their army for battle, and raised their standard at Socho, in Juda, encamping between Socho and Azeca, in the region of Dommim.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	2	Saul, too, mustered the Israelites, and they marched to the Valley of the Terebinth, where they drew up their array to meet the enemy;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	3	the Philistines held the mountain-slope on one side, and Israel on the other, with the valley between them.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	4	And the Philistines had a champion, a bastard born, that was called Goliath of Geth. His height was six cubits and a span;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	5	he wore a helmet of bronze and a breastplate of mail, this too made of bronze, and weighing five thousand sicles;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	6	greaves of bronze on his legs, and a shield of bronze to guard his shoulders.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	7	As for his spear, it had a shaft as big as a weaver’s beam, with an iron head that weighed six hundred sicles; and a man went before to carry his armour for him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	8	Such a man confronted the ranks of Israel, crying out, What need to come here armed for battle? Here am I, a Philistine born; do you, that wear Saul’s livery, choose out one of yourselves to meet me in single combat.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	9	If he is a match for me, and can strike me down, we will accept your rule; if I have the mastery, and he falls, you shall accept Philistine rule, and become our subjects instead.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	10	Here and now, I set the host of Israel at defiance (said the Philistine); let them put forward a champion that will fight hand to hand with me.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	11	Terror fell upon Saul and all the men of Israel as they listened to the challenge, and their hearts failed them.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	12	Now turn we to David, son of that Ephrathite of whom we spoke but now. This man, Jesse of Bethlehem-Juda, was father of eight sons, and in Saul’s reign he was well on in years, and passed for an old man.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	13	Three of his sons, the eldest, had gone to the wars with king Saul; three warrior sons, the first-born Eliab, and Abinadab, and Samma.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	14	David was the youngest; and when his three eldest brothers went into Saul’s service,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	15	he left it, and must go home to tend his father’s flock at Bethlehem.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	16	When the Philistine had already been coming out from the ranks and confronting the Israelites for forty days together,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	17	it chanced that Jesse sent his son David on an errand. Here is a bushel of flour, said he, and ten loaves; take them with all speed to thy brethren in the camp;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	18	ay, and ten cheeses to be a present for their commander. Go and look for thy brethren, to see that all is well with them, and find out what their place is in the ranks.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	19	It was in the Valley of the Terebinth he must find them, where they were carrying arms with Saul and all the men of Israel;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	20	so David rose early, leaving a man in charge of the flock, and went off with his load, to do his father’s bidding. When he reached Magala, the army had raised its war-cry and gone out to fight;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	21	Israel was now marshalled for battle, and the Philistines awaited them.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	22	So David left all the gifts he had brought with him in the care of the baggage-master, and ran to the field of battle, to ask how his brethren fared.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	23	Even as he spoke, out came the champion of the Philistine cause, Goliath, the bastard of Geth; and David heard him repeat his customary challenge.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	24	All the men of Israel were shrinking away in terror from the sight of him;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	25	and the talk went round among them, Saw you this warrior that went by? He has challenged Israel; and great good fortune awaits the man who overcomes him. The king has promised such a man great riches, and his daughter’s hand in marriage, and for his father’s house, freedom from every tax levied in Israel.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	26	And now here was David asking, What reward is there for saving Israel’s honour, by overcoming the Philistines? What, shall an uncircumcised Philistine defy the armies of the living God?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	27	So they repeated to him the tale of what the reward should be.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	28	When his elder brother Eliab overheard the talk, he turned upon David in anger; Why hast thou come here? he asked. Why must that sorry flock of thine go astray in the desert? This is thy old self-conceit, thy old cunning; thou hast come here only to watch the battle!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	29	Why, what wrong have I done? David asked. Is there not matter here for questioning?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	30	Then, passing on a little beyond him, he spoke to another man, using the same words, and folk gave him the same answer as before.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	31	What David had said was soon noised abroad, till it came to the ears of Saul;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	32	and he was summoned ere long into Saul’s presence. There is nothing here, he said, to daunt any man’s spirits; I, my lord, will go and do battle with the Philistine.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	33	What, answered Saul, thou meet the Philistine and engage him in battle? Why, thou art only a boy, and this is a man trained to arms from his youth.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	34	But David told Saul, My lord, I used to feed my father’s flock; and if lion or bear came and carried off one of my rams,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	35	I would go in pursuit, and get the mastery, and snatch the prey from their jaws. Did they threaten me, I would catch them by the throat and strangle them; that was my way of killing them.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	36	Lion or bear, my lord, I would slay them, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall have no better lot than theirs. Let me go out and save the honour of Israel; shall an uncircumcised Philistine defy the army of the living God?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	37	The Lord, said David, who protected me against lion and bear, will protect me against this Philistine.Why then, said Saul, go, and the Lord be with thee.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	38	Then he made David wear his own armour, put a helmet of bronze on his head, and a breastplate round him;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	39	and David, as he girded on a sword over his armour, tried whether he had strength to walk in this unwonted array. Nay, he told Saul, I cannot walk, so clad; it was never my wont. So he disarmed,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	40	and took nothing but the staff he ever carried, and five smooth stones, which he picked out from the river-bed and put in his shepherd’s wallet, and a sling in his hand; and so he went out to meet the Philistine.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	41	The Philistine, with his armour-bearer going before him, came ever nearer on his way,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	42	and looked at David with contempt; here was a boy, red-cheeked and fair of face.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	43	What, he asked, dost thou take me for a dog, that thou comest to meet me with a staff? And he cursed David in the name of his gods.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	44	Come close, he said; let me give thy carrion to bird and beast.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	45	Nay, said David, though thou comest with sword and spear and shield to meet me, meet thee I will, in the name of the Lord of hosts; in the name of that God who fights for the armies of Israel.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	46	Thou hast defied them this day, and this day the Lord will give me the mastery; I will strike thee down, and cut off thy head. I will feed bird and beast with the corpses of Philistine warriors, and prove to all the world that Israel has a God;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	47	prove to all who stand about us that the Lord sends victory without the help of sword or spear. God rules the battle; he will put you at our mercy.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	48	By now, the Philistine had bestirred himself, and was coming on to attack David at close quarters; so, without more ado, David ran towards the enemy’s lines, to meet him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	49	He felt in his wallet, took out one of the stones, and shot it from his sling, with a whirl so dexterous that it struck Goliath on his forehead; deep in his forehead the stone buried itself, and he fell, face downwards, to the earth.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	50	Thus David overcame the Philistine with sling and stone, smote and slew him. No sword he bore of his own,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	51	but he ran up and took the Philistine’s own sword from its sheath, where he lay, and with this slew him, cutting off his head. And now, seeing their champion dead, the Philistines betook themselves to flight;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	52	while the men of Israel and of Juda rose up with a cry, and gave chase till they reached the low ground, and the very gates of Accaron; all the way to Geth and Accaron, along the road to Saraim, Philistines lay dying of their wounds.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	53	At last the men of Israel returned from their pursuit, and fell to plundering the Philistine camp.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	54	As for David, he brought Goliath’s head back with him to Jerusalem, and laid up the armour in his tent.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	55	Saul, as he watched him going out to meet the Philistine, had asked the commander of his men, Abner, from what stock this boy came. On thy life, my lord, said Abner, I cannot tell.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	56	So the king bade him find out who the boy’s father was;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	57	and David fresh from his victory, was taken by Abner into Saul’s presence, still carrying the Philistine’s head with him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	17	58	And when Saul asked of his lineage, David told him, I am the son of thy servant Jesse, the Bethlehemite.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	1	By the time he had finished speaking with Saul, David’s heart was knit to the heart of Jonathan by a close bond, and Jonathan loved David thenceforward as dearly as his own life.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	2	It was then that Saul took David into his service, and would not allow him to go back home;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	3	and Jonathan, loving him dearly as his own life, made a covenant of friendship with David,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	4	took off his robe and all his gear, even to sword and bow and belt, and gave them to David to wear.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	5	This way and that David went at Saul’s bidding, and his skill never failed him; when Saul put him at the head of his army, he earned the good will of the whole people, and of Saul’s servants above the rest.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	6	But when David returned from slaying the Philistine, the women who came out from every part of Israel to meet Saul, singing and dancing merrily with tambour and cymbal,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	7	matched their music with the refrain, By Saul’s hand a thousand, by David’s ten thousand fell.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	8	And at this Saul was much displeased; it was no song to win his favour. What, he said, ten thousand for David, and but a thousand for me? What lies now between him and the kingship?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	9	So ever after, Saul eyed him askance.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	10	Next day, the evil mood had come upon Saul, divinely sent, and a frenzy took him, there in his house; David was playing, as he ever did, upon the harp, and Saul, who had a lance in his hand,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	11	threw it at him, thinking to pin David to the wall. Twice David must needs flee from his presence, thus threatened.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	12	Saul, then, began to fear David, as the heir to that divine favour he had lost;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	13	to remove him from his person, he gave him command of a thousand warriors, so that he must take the field at the head of his men.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	14	David’s skill never failed him in his enterprises, and the Lord was ever at his side;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	15	and Saul, seeing how well he prospered, began to be afraid of him;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	16	he was in high favour, too, with the men of Israel and Juda, marching out to battle at their head.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	17	Saul, therefore, promised him the hand of his elder daughter, Merob, in marriage, if he would play a man’s part in fighting the Lord’s battles; No need for me to touch him, Saul thought to himself, let the Philistines rid me of him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	18	Why, David answered, who am I, what rank have I, what place does my father’s kindred hold in Israel, that I should become the king’s son-in-law?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	19	And sure enough, when the time came that David should have wedded Saul’s daughter Merob, her hand was given to Hadriel the Molathite instead.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	20	Meanwhile, David had fallen in love with his younger daughter, Michol; and Saul was well pleased when he heard of it.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	21	I will promise her, thought Saul, in such a way as to entrap him; the Philistines shall rid me of him. And he told David, I have a second condition for thee to fulfil, and thereupon thou shalt have my daughter.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	22	Meanwhile, Saul had bidden his servants encourage David, when he himself was not by, telling him what favour the king, what love the king’s servants bore him; it was time he became the king’s son-in-law.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	23	But when they whispered these hopes to him, David said, Think you such a prize is won easily, when a man has neither purse nor station?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	24	When his servants came back to him with the news that David had answered thus,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	25	Saul bade them tell David, The king claims no bridal gifts, if thou wilt bring him the foreskins of a hundred Philistines, to give him a royal revenge on his enemies. In this way, Saul thought to betray David into the power of the Philistines;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	26	but when they told him what their master had said, David was well pleased to win the king’s daughter so.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	27	A few days afterwards, he set out with the men under his command, slew two hundred Philistines, and brought back their foreskins, which he counted out before the king as the price of his bride. And now Saul must give David his daughter Michol’s hand.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	28	That the Lord was with David, Saul could tell beyond doubt, and here was his daughter Michol David’s loving wife;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	29	more than ever Saul grew afraid of him, and remained thenceforward his enemy.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	18	30	Meanwhile, the Philistine chiefs came out to battle; David, from the time when their attacks began, shewed greater skill than all the rest of Saul’s officers, and his name was in high renown.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	19	1	Once, Saul gave the word to Jonathan and to all his servants that they must put David to death. But Saul’s son Jonathan, who loved David well,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	19	2	told him of the design; My father Saul, he said, means thy death; be on the watch tomorrow, keep apart, and hide thyself.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	19	3	Out in the open fields, close to thy hiding-place, I will stand talking to my father and will speak to him of thee; and afterwards I will tell thee what I have learned.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	19	4	So Jonathan pleaded David’s cause with his father Saul; Do no wrong he said, to thy servant David, that has done thee no wrong, but is much thy benefactor.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	19	5	Did he not put his life in peril, that day when he slew the Philistine, and the Lord gave the whole army of Israel a great victory? Thou wast there to see it, and rejoice at it; and wilt thou bring on thyself the guilt of blood wrongfully shed, by slaying David, who is innocent of fault?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	19	6	Saul listened to the plea of Jonathan, and relented; As the Lord is a living God, said he, no harm shall befall him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	19	7	So Jonathan called to David, and told him all that had passed; then he brought him back into Saul’s presence, where he remained as he had been ever wont.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	19	8	And when war broke out afresh, David went into battle against the Philistines, and won a great victory, putting them to rout.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	19	9	One day, Saul was sitting in his house, lance in hand, with the evil spirit upon him, divinely sent; and David was playing the harp before him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	19	10	He tried to pin David to the wall, and David escaped from his presence, while the lance stuck in the wall, baulked of its aim. That night, David fled for his life;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	19	11	Saul had sent armed men to his house to make sure of him, for on the morrow he must die. But Michol, David’s wife, warned him that death awaited him next day if he did not escape then and there,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	19	12	and let him down from a window. So David made good his escape that night;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	19	13	meanwhile, Michol brought out a sacred image and laid it in his bed, with goat’s hair at its head, and coverlets wrapped about it;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	19	14	when Saul’s pursuivants came to fetch David, they were told that he lay sick.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	19	15	But now they were sent back again to find David and bring him with them, bed and all, to die in Saul’s presence;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	19	16	so they found, when they came in, an image lying on the bed, with goat’s hair at the head of it.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	19	17	What is this trick thou hast played on me, Saul asked, helping my enemy to escape? Why, answered Michol, he threatened to kill me if I did not let him go.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	19	18	So David reached safety, and went to Ramatha to find Samuel, and tell him of Saul’s doings; and they retired, both of them, to live at the Naioth.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	19	19	Saul, when he heard from common report that David was there at Ramatha, in the Naioth,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	19	20	sent pursuivants there to seize him. But all they found was a company of prophets standing there in ecstasy, with Samuel, their leader, at their head; and with that, the spirit of the Lord fell on the pursuivants, and they were carried away in ecstasy like the rest.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	19	21	When Saul heard the news, and sent fresh messengers, these too fell into ecstasy, and the like happened when he sent a third time; so, in high displeasure,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	19	22	Saul took the road for Ramatha himself. When he reached the Great Well at Socho, he asked where Samuel and David were, and was told they were at the Naioth in Ramatha,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	19	23	so to the Naioth in Ramatha he went; and on him, too, the spirit of the Lord fell as he journeyed. Still in ecstasy he made his way to the Naioth in Ramatha,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	19	24	where he stripped off his garments and stood before Samuel in ecstasy with the rest; all that day and that night he lay on the ground naked. And so the proverb went abroad, Has Saul, too, turned prophet?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	1	David meanwhile escaped from the Naioth at Ramatha, and came back to have speech with Jonathan. What is it I have done? he asked. For what wrong, what fault of mine does thy father threaten my life?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	2	Nay, said he, never that; thy life is safe enough. My father does nothing, of much moment or of little, without telling me first; why should he have kept this one design dark? It cannot be.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	3	And once again he swore friendship. But David said, Thy father knows well enough what favour I enjoy with thee, and he thinks to himself, Jonathan must not know; this were great grief to him. But, as the Lord is a living God, and thy soul a living soul, there is but a step between me and death.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	4	Then, said Jonathan, make known thy will, and I will perform it.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	5	Tomorrow, David answered, is the first day of the month, and custom will have it that I should sit next to the king at table. Bear with me if I hide in the open fields, instead, till that day and the next are over;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	6	and if thy father looks about him and misses me, tell him that David asked leave of thee to go home on a sudden to Bethlehem, where all his clan are holding their yearly sacrifice.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	7	If he is content, all is well with me; if he falls into a rage, be sure that he is bent on doing me harm.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	8	I am thy servant, and thou hast made me swear a covenant of friendship with thee before the Lord; do me, then, this kindness. And if I am guilty of any fault, do thou thyself slay me, without seeking to reconcile me with thy father.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	9	God forbid! said Jonathan. If I find out that my father is bent on doing thee harm, nothing shall prevent me from telling thee of it.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	10	And now, said David, if thy father gives thee a rough answer, who is to bring me news of it?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	11	Come out with me, said Jonathan; let us walk together in the open fields. And when they were together in the open,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	12	he said to David, Let the Lord God of Israel be my witness, if I sound my father to-morrow or next day, and hear good news of David, I will send a messenger to give thee the news;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	13	if not, may the Lord punish Jonathan as he deserves, and more than he deserves! But if my father is still bent on thy harm, then I myself will bring it to thy ear, and send thee on thy way unharmed; and the Lord be with thee, as he was once with my father.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	14	While I live, shew me friendship in the Lord’s name, and when I die,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	15	let time never diminish thy friendship for my race. May the Lord, as he roots out David’s enemies, one by one, from the land that knew them, leave out Jonathan’s name from the list of his kindred; only on David’s enemies let his vengeance fall!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	16	Thus did Jonathan make a covenant with the line of David, and the Lord’s vengeance fell only on David’s enemies.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	17	And Jonathan swore a fresh oath to David, so dearly he loved him, dearly as his own life.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	18	Then Jonathan said, Since it is the first day of the month to-morrow, thou wilt be missed;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	19	thy place will be empty then and the day after. Make quickly, then, for the valley, and hide thyself; thou must needs be in hiding that third day, when men can go about their work again. Wait, then, near the rock called Ezel;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	20	and I will come and shoot three arrows close to it, letting fly as if I were shooting at a mark.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	21	Then I will send a servant after them, bidding him go and fetch my arrows.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	22	If I tell him the arrows are on the near side of him, he has only to go and pick them up, then do thou come out to me; it means, as the Lord is a living God, that all is well and no harm is meant thee. If I tell him the arrows are beyond him, then depart, and peace be with thee; the Lord will have thee go.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	23	And as for the promises we have exchanged, may the Lord be arbiter for ever between me and thee.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	24	So David went and hid, out in the fields, and the new month came, and the king sat down to meat.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	25	He sat, as was his wont, on a seat close to the wall; Jonathan was standing there, and Abner took his place next to Saul, but David’s was seen to be empty.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	26	That day, Saul said nothing of it; perhaps David had incurred some defilement, and had not yet been cleansed.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	27	But when the next day dawned after the new moon, and David’s place was empty still, Saul asked Jonathan why the son of Jesse had not sat down to meat that day or the day before.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	28	He urged me, answered Jonathan, to let him go to Bethlehem.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	29	Pray give me leave, said he; a yearly sacrifice is being offered in the city, and one of my brothers has summoned me there. Do me the favour, then, to let me go with all speed and visit my brethren.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	30	At this, Saul fell into a rage with Jonathan; What, cried he, thou son of a lecherous wife, dost thou think I have not marked how thou lovest this son of Jesse, to thy own undoing and hers, the shameful mother that bore thee?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	31	Never, while the son of Jesse is left alive on earth, will thy right to the throne be established. Send and bring him to me, here and now; he is a dead man.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	32	And why must he die? Jonathan asked of his father. What wrong has he done?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	33	Thereupon Saul caught up a lance as if to kill him; and Jonathan saw his father was determined upon David’s death;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	34	so he rose from table in hot anger, and that second day of the month no food crossed his lips, so grieved was he, for David’s sake, by his father’s insults.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	35	When day dawned, Jonathan went afield to keep his tryst with David, taking with him a boy that was his servant.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	36	Go and pick up the arrows I shoot, he told him, and bring them back to me. Then, as the boy ran for the first, he shot a second arrow beyond him;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	37	and when he reached the place where the first fell, Jonathan cried out after him, There is an arrow there beyond thee.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	38	And now he called out after him, Make haste, do not linger where thou art. So the boy gathered up Jonathan’s arrows, and brought them to his master;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	39	but of the business that was toward, he knew nothing; only Jonathan and David knew that.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	40	And now Jonathan handed the boy his weapons, and said, Take them back with thee to the city.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	41	When the servant had gone, David rose up from his hiding-place, that gave upon the south country; he bowed his face to the earth, and three times did reverence, and then they kissed one another and wept together; there was no staunching David’s tears.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	42	Go, said Jonathan, and peace go with thee. That, and the oath we have sworn in the Lord’s name, making him the arbiter between me and thee, between my posterity and thine, for ever!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	20	43	So David set out on his journey, and Jonathan made his way back to the city.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	21	1	It was to the priest Achimelech, at Nobe, that David betook himself. Achimelech was dismayed at his coming; Why art thou alone, he asked, with none to attend thee?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	21	2	The king, David told him, has given me a task to perform, but errand and instructions are both secret; and he has given me a trysting-place where I am to meet my companions.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	21	3	Hast thou food for them ready to hand, though it were but five loaves? Let me have what thou canst afford.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	21	4	Why, answered the priest, never a loaf have I here for common uses; there is only the holy bread. Are they free from defilement, these followers of thine, from the touch of woman, at least?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	21	5	As to women, David told the priest, we are as clean as when we set out a day or two back; and the packs the men carry are as clean as themselves. This is no holy errand of ours, but it will not bring any defilement, to-day, upon aught we carry with us.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	21	6	So the priest gave him hallowed bread, since he had nothing but the loaves which had been set out in the Lord’s presence, and must now be taken away to make room for a new batch.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	21	7	One of Saul’s servants was there that day, waiting in the Lord’s precincts, a man of Edom called Doeg, chief of Saul’s shepherds.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	21	8	And now David said to Achimelech, Hast thou a sword or spear here for me? My sword and all my weapons I left behind, so urgent was the royal command.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	21	9	Yes, answered the priest, there is the sword of the Philistine, Goliath, whom thou didst slay in the Valley of the Terebinth. Wrapped in a cloth it lies, behind the sacred mantle. If thou wilt take that, take it; there is none other but that. And there is none other like that, said David; give it me.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	21	10	David set out the same day, to find refuge from Saul’s pursuit, and betook himself to Achis, king of Geth.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	21	11	And at the sight of him, Achis’ men said to their master, Why, is not this David, a king in his own land? Was it not in his honour their dancers used to sing, By Saul’s hand a thousand, by David’s ten thousand fell?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	21	12	David marked their words well, and now he went in fear of Achis king of Geth.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	21	13	So he changed his mien when they were by, swooning in their hands and clinging to the door-posts and letting the spittle fall on his beard,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	21	14	till Achis told his men, Why, this is a madman you have found; why must you bring him into my presence?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	21	15	Have we not fools enough, that you bring this fellow in to let me watch his antics? Is this the man you would have me take into my house?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	22	1	Afterwards David moved on, and took refuge in the cave of Odollam. His brethren and all his father’s kindred followed him there;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	22	2	and soon a band of men gathered about him, the ill-used, the debtors, the disaffected, and David became their leader, so that he had some four hundred men at his heels.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	22	3	From Odollam, he went on to Maspha, in the domains of Moab, and asked the king of Moab to let his father and mother dwell there, until they should find out what fortune the Lord meant to send him;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	22	4	under the protection of the Moabite king they were left there, and remained with him all the time David was in the hills.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	22	5	But the prophet Gad bade him leave his hill-fastness and make his way back to the domain of Juda; so he moved on, and betook himself to the forest of Haret.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	22	6	When the news reached Saul that David and his followers had come into view, Saul was dwelling at Gabaa, and held his court, spear in hand, in the wood of Rama.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	22	7	Listen, men of Jemini, he said to his vassals who stood there at his side, do you think the son of Jesse is like to give all of you lands and vineyards, make all of you chiefs and captains under him?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	22	8	How is it that you are all in conspiracy against me, and none of you will tell me the truth, even when my own son is in league with the son of Jesse? Is there none of you that will feel my wrongs, and bring me news of it when my own son encourages my own servant in disaffection, a man that has ever plotted against me, and plots against me still?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	22	9	And the answer came from Doeg, the man of Edom, who was chief among Saul’s servants. I was by, he said, at Nobe, when the son of Jesse was there with the priest Achimelech, son of Achitob,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	22	10	who consulted the Lord for him, and gave him food for his journey; armed him, too, with the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	22	11	Thereupon the king sent out his summons to the high priest Achimelech, son of Achitob, and all his priestly kindred at Nobe, and they all came into his presence.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	22	12	Listen, son of Achitob, Saul began, and Achimelech answered, I am here, my lord, at thy command.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	22	13	Why hast thou conspired against me, asked Saul, with the son of Jesse? Why didst thou give him bread, and a sword, and consult the Lord in his behalf, to help him in his rebellion, a man that has ever plotted against me, and plots against me still?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	22	14	Why, my lord, answered Achimelech, what servant of thine was ever so trusted as David, a king’s son-in-law; one who ever goes on thy errands, and fills so high a place in thy household?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	22	15	This was not the first time I had consulted the Lord for him. God forbid, my lord king, that either I, thy servant, or any of my kindred should be brought under any such suspicion! Nay, I knew nothing of this business from first to last.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	22	16	And the king said, Achimelech, thou must die for it; thou and all thy kindred;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	22	17	then he bade his retainers, that stood about him, set to and kill the Lord’s priests, men who had helped David by being privy to his flight and giving no tidings of it. But the king’s retainers were afraid to lay hands on the priests of the Lord;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	22	18	so the king bade Doeg set to, and fall upon the priests. Fall upon them he did, Doeg the man of Edom, and slew that day eighty men that wore the linen mantle.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	22	19	Nobe, too, the city of the priests, the king put to the sword; man and woman, child and infant, ox and ass and sheep, all put to the sword.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	22	20	There was only one descendant of Achimelech, son of Achitob, that escaped; his name was Abiathar, and he took refuge with David,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	22	21	bringing him the news that Saul had killed all the Lord’s priests.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	22	22	I knew well, David told him, when I found Doeg the Edomite there that day, that he would not fail to tell Saul of it. I am answerable for the slaughter of all thy kinsmen.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	22	23	Stay with me here, and fear nothing; my enemies are thine, and here thou wilt be in safety.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	1	News was brought to David that the Philistines were attacking Ceila, and plundering its threshing-floors.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	2	So he consulted the Lord, asking whether he should go and attack these Philistines; and the Lord answered, attack them he should, and bring the townspeople relief.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	3	But David’s followers protested, Here are we going in fear of our lives, even on the soil of Juda; and wouldst thou have us make our way to Ceila, and fight the army of the Philistines?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	4	So David consulted the Lord again, and still the Lord said, Up, and to Ceila betake thee; I will give thee victory over the Philistines.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	5	So David and his men marched there and made war on the Philistines, driving off their cattle; he defeated them with great loss, and the town was rid of them.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	6	(It was here that Abiathar, son of Achimelech, took refuge with David; and he came bringing the sacred mantle with him.)
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	7	When news reached Saul that David had gone to Ceila, he thought, The Lord has put him at my mercy; he is shut in, now, by the barred gates of a city.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	8	And he bade his whole army march down there and lay siege to David and his men;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	9	but David, hearing of the secret plans that were being made for his hurt, would have Abiathar consult the sacred mantle.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	10	Lord God of Israel, was David’s prayer, news has reached me that Saul is on his way to Ceila, to destroy the city that shelters me;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	11	what if the townspeople should hand me over to him? Tell me, Lord God of Israel, is the report true that Saul is on his way down? It is true, the Lord answered.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	12	Then David asked, Will the townspeople betray me and my companions into Saul’s hands? And the Lord answered, They will.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	13	So David and his men, about six hundred strong, left Ceila and went back to their wandering life; and Saul, hearing that David had made good his escape from the town, said no more about his purposed attack.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	14	After this, David must keep to desert fastnesses, and he made his home among the wooded hills in the wilderness of Ziph; and evermore Saul made search for him, but the Lord disappointed him of his prey.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	15	David lay close in the woods of Ziph, well knowing that Saul was bent on taking his life.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	16	And now Saul’s son Jonathan ventured out, and visited him there in the woods, to bid him God-speed;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	17	Have no fear, said he, my father Saul will never find thee. Thou art destined to reign over Israel, and I to take the second place; my father Saul knows well that so it must be.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	18	So they made a covenant between them, there in the Lord’s presence; and David lay close in the woods, while Jonathan went home again.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	19	Meantime the men of Ziph betook themselves to Saul at Gabaa, and said to him, We have news of David for thee; he lies hidden in a forest stronghold on the slopes of Hachila, south of the desert.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	20	Come, then, where thou mayest have thy dearest wish; we will undertake to hand him over to the royal custody.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	21	The Lord’s blessing on you! answered Saul; here are men that feel for my wrongs.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	22	Go and make your preparations carefully; take good heed to enquire where he has halted on his march and who has seen him there; he knows well enough that a skilful hunter is on his track.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	23	Keep watch, and note all the lairs he lurks in; then come back to me with sure news, and I will go with you. Let him go to ground as he will, I will hunt him out among all the multitudes of Juda!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	24	So they went back to Ziph to prepare the way for Saul, and found that David and his men were in the desert of Maon, on the low ground south of Jesimon.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	25	When Saul and his followers came in pursuit, David had news of it, and took refuge in a rock-fastness, haunting still the desert of Maon; and through the desert of Maon Saul went in pursuit of him, learning that he was to be found there.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	26	At last a time came when Saul was traversing one side of a mountain, while David and his men were on the opposite side. David had lost hope of slipping through Saul’s hands, now that Saul’s men had encircled his, ready to cut them off.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	27	But a message reached Saul, Come with all speed; the Philistines have invaded the land.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	23	28	Whereupon Saul must needs give up his pursuit of David, and go back to meet the Philistines. That is how the place came by the name it bears, the Sundering Rock.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	24	1	Then David withdrew, and made the fastness of Engaddi his home.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	24	2	So, when Saul returned from driving the Philistines away, word was brought to him, David is over yonder, in the desert of Engaddi;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	24	3	and with three thousand picked men from the Israelite ranks he went to hunt out David and his followers, though it were among rocks so steep that only the wild goats could find a footing.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	24	4	Close by some sheep-folds that met him on his way, there was a cave, into which Saul went to ease himself; and in the inner part of this same cave, David and his men lay hidden.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	24	5	Now, David’s servants told him, the time has come which the Lord foretold to thee, when he promised he would put thy enemy at thy mercy. Whereupon David rose to his feet, and silently cut off the skirt of Saul’s cloak.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	24	6	Then his heart smote him, that he had even mutilated Saul’s cloak;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	24	7	God be merciful to me, said he to his men, never may I do such despite to the Lord’s unction, as to lay hands on the king he has anointed!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	24	8	So, with a word, he checked his men, and would not let them do Saul any violence.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	24	9	When Saul left the cave, to go forward on his march, David followed him; he too left the cave, crying out after him, My lord king! And when Saul looked behind him, there was David bowing to the earth in reverence.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	24	10	Why wouldst thou lend an ear, David asked him, to such as tell thee David is thy enemy?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	24	11	Thou canst see with thy own eyes that the Lord put thee at my mercy, yonder in the cave, and the thought came to me that I might kill thee. But no, I looked down and spared thee; Never will I lift a hand, thought I, against the king the Lord has anointed.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	24	12	Do but look, my father, on what I hold in my hand; dost thou recognize the skirt of thy cloak? The skirt of thy cloak I cut off; kill thee I would not. Think on this, and tell thyself that there was never despite or wrong on my part, never a fault committed against thee; it is thou that art plotting against me, ready to compass my death.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	24	13	The Lord pass sentence between us; it is for the Lord to avenge me on thee; this hand shall never be lifted against thee.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	24	14	(So the old proverb says, Leave wrong to the wrong-doer, my hand shall not touch thee.) A fine quarry thou huntest, king of Israel,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	24	15	a fine quarry indeed! A dead dog, a flea, is all thy quest.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	24	16	The Lord give sentence between us; the Lord witness and redress my wrongs, and rescue me from thy power.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	24	17	All this David said to him, and then Saul asked, Is it thy voice I hear, my son David? and wept aloud.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	24	18	Thou givest better measure, he said, than I; thou returnest good for evil, and I evil for good.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	24	19	And thou hast shewn thyself a true friend this day, sparing my life when the Lord had put it at thy mercy;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	24	20	should a man meet his enemy, and let him go unharmed? The Lord reward thee for this day’s kindness.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	24	21	This I know past all doubt, that one day thou wilt be king, and have this realm of Israel in thy power;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	24	22	swear to me in the Lord’s name that thou wilt not destroy the posterity which survives me, wilt not leave my name forgotten in the record of my father’s race.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	24	23	So David bound himself to Saul by oath, and Saul went home, while David and his followers returned to their hill-fastness.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	1	And now the Israelites must bewail the death of Samuel; all gathered with one accord and gave him burial at Ramatha, his home. Afterwards, David betook himself to the wilderness of Pharan.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	2	There was a man who lived in the desert of Maon, and had lands at Carmel, a very rich man, owning three thousand sheep and a thousand goats; it happened just then that he was shearing his flocks at Carmel.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	3	Nabal was his name, and he had a wife called Abigail, that was a woman of good sense and of great beauty; but this husband of hers, descended from Caleb, was a churlish fellow, wicked and spiteful in all his dealings.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	4	When news came to David, there in the desert, that Nabal was at his shearing,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	5	he sent ten of his men to Carmel, to find Nabal and wish him well in David’s name.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	6	And they were to bear this message: My brethren wish thee well, and thy kindred too, and all that is thine.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	7	News has come to me that they are shearing, those herdsmen of thine whom we met out in the desert; all the time we were at Carmel, we left them unmolested, and never a beast was missing from their herds;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	8	ask thy men, and they will assure thee of it. My servants come at an auspicious time; look kindly on their request, and send such a present as thou canst best afford to thy servants here, and thy son David.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	9	So David’s men went on their errand, gave him the message in David’s name, and waited for his answer.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	10	From David? said he. From the son of Jesse? There is no lack, in these days, of slaves that run away from their masters.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	11	Tell him that bread of mine and water of mine and the meat I kill are for my shearers here, not for strangers that have sprung up I know not whence.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	12	So David’s men must make their way home again, and bring him his answer.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	13	Whereupon he bade all his followers gird on their swords. Gird themselves they did, and so did he; some four hundred men went with him, and the other two hundred were left to guard the baggage.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	14	Meanwhile Abigail, Nabal’s wife, had been warned by one of the servants, Some messengers came here, sent by David from the desert to greet our master, and he has turned them away.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	15	And yet these men were good friends to us, leaving us ever unmolested; loss had we none all the time they were with us in the desert;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	16	nay, they were a protection to us, night and day, while we pastured our flocks among them.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	17	Take thought, then, and resolve what thou wilt do; thy husband and thy house are marked down for vengeance, and he is so cross-grained a man that there is no reasoning with him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	18	Abigail wasted no time; she brought out two hundred loaves, two skins of wine, five rams ready cooked, five pecks of flour, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of dried figs; all these she loaded on asses,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	19	and bade the drivers go on before; she herself would follow. But she said no word of this to her husband Nabal.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	20	She had mounted her ass, and was now at the bottom of the valley, when she saw David and his men coming down towards her; and she went to meet them.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	21	And still, as he came, David uttered threats; It was a thankless care of mine to protect all this man’s goods, out in the desert, so that he never felt loss; it is an ill return he makes me for such a service.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	22	God grant David’s enemies all they desire and more than they desire, if I let any male in this man’s house live till morning!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	23	But Abigail no sooner met David than she dismounted from her ass and fell down before him, her face bowed to earth,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	24	and said, kneeling at his feet, For this fault, my lord, let me bear the blame! Listen to thy handmaid, that craves audience of thee.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	25	My lord, pay no heed to this cross-grained fellow Nabal, a fool in nature as in name; I myself saw nothing of the men that came from thee.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	26	Oh, then, as thou art a living man, and the Lord is a living God, the Lord who has restrained thee from deeds of blood and kept thy hands clean, (may all my Lord’s enemies and ill-wishers be as ill-advised as Nabal!),
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	27	I entreat thee to accept this offering I have brought thee, as a handmaid to her master; share it, my lord, with thy followers.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	28	And so let the fault of thy handmaid be forgiven! Sure it is the Lord means to grant thee abiding posterity, so well, my lord, dost thou fight his battles; and never may ill fortune attend thee, long as thou livest!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	29	Rise up who may to wrong thee and plot against thee, yet shall that soul of thine be in safe keeping with the Lord thy God, stored up in his casket of life; it is the souls of thy enemies he shall cast away, as from the whirling heart of a sling.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	30	Why then, when the Lord has granted thee all his promised blessings, and made thee master of Israel,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	31	let there be no sigh of remorse in my Lord’s heart, at the memory of innocent blood shed, or vengeance cruelly taken! Rather, when the Lord has so blessed thee, mayest thou think gratefully of me, thy handmaid.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	32	And David said to her, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel! A blessing, too, on these words of thine,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	33	and on thyself, who hast prevented me this day from going on a bloody errand, using violence to avenge my wrongs!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	34	Nay, as the Lord is a living God, the Lord who has preserved me from doing thee hurt, if thou hadst not come to meet me thus early, never a male in Nabal’s house should have lived till morning.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	35	So David accepted all the gifts she brought him; Go home in peace, he said to her; thy prayer is granted, thy suit has prospered.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	36	So she went home to Nabal, and found him feasting royally. His heart was merry, for he had drunk deep; and she said no word to him, of little import, or great, till morning.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	37	But in the morning, when he had slept away his carouse, his wife told him of all that had passed, and his heart went dead within him, cold as a stone;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	38	and when ten days had passed, the Lord struck Nabal down, and he died.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	39	When David heard of his death, he said, Blessed be the Lord, that has given me redress for Nabal’s ill usage of me, keeping his servant clear of wrong, and himself punishing Nabal’s spite! Then he sent a message to Abigail, offering her marriage.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	40	And when David’s messengers reached her at Carmel, and told her David had sent them on this errand,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	41	she rose up, and bowed down to earth; Let thy handmaid be a waiting-woman, she said, to wash the feet of my Lord’s retainers!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	42	Then, without more ado, Abigail mounted her ass, took five maidens with her to wait on her needs, and went with David’s messengers; and so he made her his wife.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	43	He wedded Achinoam, too, from Jezrahel; both of these were wives to David.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	25	44	But as for Michol, that had been his wife once, her father Saul gave her in marriage to Phalti, son of Lais, a man of Gallim.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	26	1	When the men of Ziph brought news to Saul in Gabaa that David was in hiding on the slopes of Hachila, that look out towards the desert,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	26	2	he set out with three thousand picked men from the ranks of Israel, and made his way to the desert of Ziph, to search for David there.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	26	3	On the slopes of Hachila Saul encamped; David, meanwhile, who was out in the desert, knowing that Saul meant to follow him there,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	26	4	had sent men to watch his movements, and it was Hachila they reported as Saul’s halting-place.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	26	5	Then David himself went on a secret journey, and made his way to the spot; looked down at the place where Saul lay, where Abner lay, the commander of his army, and the very tent in which Saul slept, with all the rest of his men camped about him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	26	6	Thereupon David said to his companions, Achimelech the man of Heth, and Abisai, Sarvia’s son, that was brother to Joab, Which of you comes down with me to the camp where Saul lies? And Abisai said, I will bear thee company.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	26	7	So, at dead of night, David and Abisai passed through into the Israelite lines, and found Saul asleep in his tent, with his spear driven into the ground by his pillow; all around him, Abner and the rest of his army lay sleeping too.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	26	8	Now, said Abisai, the Lord has left thy enemy at thy mercy! Let me pin him to the ground as he lies with one thrust of yonder spear; there will be no need for a second.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	26	9	Nay, answered David, kill him thou must not; none can lay hands on the king whom the Lord has anointed but he incurs guilt.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	26	10	As the Lord is a living God, David said, I will wait for the Lord to smite him down, till death comes to him, or he falls on the field of battle.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	26	11	The Lord be merciful to me, never will I lay hands on the king he has anointed! Come, take up the spear that is by his head, and yonder pitcher of water, and let us begone.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	26	12	So David took away the spear, and the pitcher of water that was by Saul’s head, and back they went; none saw, none knew of it, none stirred; all lay tranced in a deep sleep the Lord had sent down upon them.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	26	13	When David had crossed to the further slope, he stood on a peak of the hill far away, parted from them by a long distance,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	26	14	and cried out to the army of Israel, cried out to Abner, son of Ner. What, Abner, he said, wilt thou never answer? And answer he did, Who art thou, that criest so, disturbing the king’s sleep?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	26	15	Thou wast ever a brave man, Abner, David said, none like thee in Israel; what guard is this thou keepest over thy lord the king? The life of thy lord the king was in danger but now, from a subject of his that found his way into the camp. This was great fault in thee;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	26	16	as the Lord is a living God, you are no better than dead men, you that watch so ill over your master, the king he has anointed. Look about thee, and see what has become of the king’s spear, and the pitcher of water that was by his head.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	26	17	With that, Saul himself recognized David’s voice; Is it thy voice I hear, he asked, my son David? And David answered, It is mine, my lord king, no other.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	26	18	My lord, said he, why wouldst thou hunt down this poor servant of thine? What have I done amiss, what guilt lies at my door? My lord king, give thy servant a hearing.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	26	19	If it is the Lord that inspires thee with such hatred of me, then let him be appeased by sacrifice. But if it is the work of men, the Lord’s curse be on them; they have exiled me this day from the Lord’s domain, bidden me go and worship alien gods.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	26	20	Why must the earth be stained with my blood, under the Lord’s eye? A fine quarry for the king of Israel! A flea, a partridge on the hills,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	26	21	were as well worth his chase. I have done thee wrong, Saul answered; return, my son David, return. Never again will I do thee hurt, after this day when thou hast spared my life. My folly, I see it now; my long blindness, I see it now.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	26	22	Here is the king’s spear, said David; best that one of the king’s men should come across and take it.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	26	23	The Lord will make every man the return his own faith and honour have deserved; this day the Lord put thee at my mercy, and I would not lift a hand against the king he has anointed.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	26	24	I held thy life precious; may the Lord hold mine precious, and deliver me at all time of peril.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	26	25	A blessing on thee, my son David, Saul answered; much thou shalt achieve, much win. And with that, David passed on, and Saul went back whence he came.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	27	1	The time must come, David thought to himself, when I shall fall into Saul’s hands; were it not better to escape, and take refuge in the country of the Philistines? Then Saul will give up the hope of hunting me down within the borders of Israel, and I shall be safe from his power.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	27	2	So David removed, and betook himself, with six hundred men at his heels, to Achis, son of Maoch, that was king of Geth;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	27	3	there, in Geth, with Achis, he and his men settled down, each with his own household; David with his two wives, Achinoam from Jezrahel, and Abigail that had been wife to Nabal at Carmel.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	27	4	As for Saul, when he heard that David had taken refuge at Geth, he gave up the pursuit.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	27	5	And now David said to Achis, Do me this favour; make me a grant of land in one of the townships here. No need that I, thy servant, should make my dwelling with thee in thy capital city.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	27	6	Whereupon Achis granted him Siceleg, and it has belonged to the kings of Juda from that day to this.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	27	7	David’s stay among the Philistines lasted for four months;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	27	8	he would lead his men out, and drive off plunder from Gessuri and Gersi and from the Amalecites; these were settlements belonging to the old inhabitants of the land, which reached as far as Sur, on the borders of Egypt.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	27	9	Wherever he went, he ravaged the country-side, leaving neither man nor woman alive; then he would carry off sheep and ox and ass and camel and garments as his spoil, and so return to Achis.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	27	10	Did Achis ask where he had made his foray that day, he would answer, On the south of Juda, or of Jerameel, or of Ceni.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	27	11	Neither man nor woman must be taken alive and brought to Geth, for fear they should betray him and his. So David did, of set purpose, all the time he lived in the Philistine country;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	27	12	and Achis believed what he said, and thought to himself, This man has brought great hurt on his own people of Israel; now he is bound to my service in perpetuity.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	28	1	It happened at this time that the Philistines mustered all their array, to levy war on Israel. Be sure of this, said Achis to David, that thou and thy men shall march at my side to battle.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	28	2	Why then, David answered, thou shalt have proof, now, of thy servant’s worth. Prove it, said Achis, and it shall be thine to guard my person at all times.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	28	3	This was after the time when Samuel died, and was buried at his home in Ramatha, with all Israel to mourn him; after the time when Saul purged the country of soothsayers and diviners.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	28	4	The Philistines had joined their forces and marched to Sunam, where they encamped; and Saul, with the whole muster of Israel, went out to mount Gelboe to meet them;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	28	5	but as he looked down on the Philistine camp he was dismayed, and sorely his heart misgave him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	28	6	When he consulted the Lord, no answer was sent him, by dream or priest or prophet;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	28	7	and at last he bade his servants find him some woman that was an enchantress, so that he could go and question her. There is such a woman, they told him, living at Endor.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	28	8	So he disguised himself, and put on other garments, and, with two of his men in attendance, visited the woman at dead of night. Use thy enchantments, said he, to bring up from the dead the man I name to thee.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	28	9	Nay, said she, thou knowest well how Saul has been at pains to rid the country of diviners and soothsayers; why wouldst thou entrap a poor soul, to bring her to her death?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	28	10	But Saul swore to her, As the Lord is a living God, no harm shall befall thee.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	28	11	And when she asked whom he would have brought up from the dead, he said, Bring up Samuel for me.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	28	12	No sooner did Samuel appear to her, than the woman cried aloud, What is this trick thou hast played on me? Thou thyself art Saul!
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	28	13	But the king bade her have no fear, and asked what it was she had seen. It seemed, she told him, as if gods were coming up from beneath the earth.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	28	14	What form is it thou seest? he asked. And she said, An old man has come up, wrapped in a cloak. Then Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed his face to the earth, and did reverence.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	28	15	Why hast thou disturbed my rest, Samuel asked, and brought me to earth again? I am hard pressed, Saul told him; the Philistines are levying war on me, and the Lord has forsaken me, giving me no answer by prophet or by dream; and I have summoned thee to tell me how I am to make shift.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	28	16	Nay, answered Samuel, what need to ask? The Lord has forsaken thee, and gone over to one that is thy rival.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	28	17	He means to make good the threat I uttered in his name, that he would snatch the kingdom from thy hand, and give it to another; it was of David he spoke.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	28	18	And thy plight this day is the punishment the Lord sends thee for disobeying his command, instead of executing his vengeance on Amalec;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	28	19	over thee and all Israel he will give the Philistines mastery. To-morrow, thou and thy sons will be with me, and the Lord will leave the camp of Israel at the mercy of the Philistines.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	28	20	With that, Saul fell his full length on the ground, so daunted was he by Samuel’s words, so weak from taking no food all that day.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	28	21	The woman went to his side, seeing him thus overcome; My lord, she said, I obeyed thee at the peril of my life, and since I have so humoured thee,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	28	22	wilt thou not humour this handmaid of thine, by letting her set a mouthful of food before thee, to give thee strength for thy journey by the eating of it?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	28	23	But he refused to take any food, until his servants and the woman together put constraint on him; then at last he rose from the ground and sat on the bed.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	28	24	The woman had a calf by her that she had fattened; this she killed without more ado, took flour and kneaded it and baked it without leaven,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	28	25	and so she gave Saul and his men their meal. When they had eaten it they rose to go, and on they journeyed the whole night through.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	29	1	So the Philistines marshalled their whole forces in Aphec, while Israel encamped by the spring at Jezrahel;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	29	2	at the head of their hundreds and their thousands the chiefs of the Philistines marched by, and at the rear, with Achis, were David and his men.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	29	3	And now the chiefs of the Philistines began asking what these Hebrews did there; Why, said Achis, you have surely heard of David, that was in the service of Saul, king of Israel? He has been with me a long time, more than a year now, and to this day, from the day when he first took refuge with me I have had no fault to find with him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	29	4	But the chiefs of the Philistines took it amiss; Let this fellow go home, they said, and remain at the post thou hast allotted to him. He must not march into battle at our side; who knows whether he will turn against us when once we are engaged? What other peace-offering can such a man bring to his old master but these heads of ours?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	29	5	It was of this David the dancers used to sing, By Saul’s hand a thousand, by David’s ten thousand fell.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	29	6	So Achis sent for David, and said to him, As the Lord is a living God, I know thee for a good man and true; thy place is at my side in battle, and never to this day from the day when first thou camest to me have I had any fault to find with thee. But the chiefs look askance at thee;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	29	7	go home, then, and peace go with thee; it were well thou shouldst not cross the chiefs of the Philistines.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	29	8	Why, said David, what harm have I done, what fault hast thou to find with thy servant, ever since I first appeared in thy presence, that I should be forbidden to come out and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	29	9	Nay, answered Achis, I can vouch for it that to myself thou art welcome as an angel of God; but the chiefs of the Philistines have decreed, He shall not go to battle with us.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	29	10	Come then, march away to-morrow with all thy company; rise up at dawn, and begone with the morning light.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	29	11	So David and his men rose up early on the morrow to march away and return to the Philistine country, while the Philistines went to the attack against Jezrahel.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	1	When David and his men reached Siceleg, the next day but one, they found that the Amalecites from the south had attacked and overpowered it, and burnt it to the ground;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	2	the women, too, they had carried off. They did not put anyone to death, of high or low degree, but carried off all they found, and so went on their way.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	3	So David and his men, coming back to the city to find it burnt down, and their wives and sons and daughters taken prisoner,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	4	raised a great cry of lamentation, and wept till their tears would flow no more.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	5	David’s two wives, Achinoam from Jezrahel and Abigail, Nabal’s widow from Carmel, had been carried off like the rest,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	6	and his was a heavy lot to bear; his followers came near to stoning him, so sore were their hearts at the loss of son and daughter. But David found refuge in the Lord his God.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	7	Bring out the sacred mantle, he said to the priest Abiathar, Achimelech’s son, and when Abiathar had brought it,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	8	he asked the Lord, Shall I give these freebooters chase? Is there hope of overtaking them? And the Lord said, Go in pursuit; past doubt thou wilt overtake them, and rob them of their prey.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	9	So David and his six hundred followers marched all the way to the ravine of Besor, where some, for very weariness, must halt;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	10	but David himself still gave chase, with four hundred men at his back, leaving the other two hundred to rest from their weariness in the ravine of Besor.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	11	Then they came upon an Egyptian, out there on the plain, and brought him to David; but first they must give him bread and water,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	12	and part of a cake of dried figs, and two bunches of raisins; he must be restored and revived, after three days and three nights without food or drink.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	13	When David asked who he was, whence he came and whither he was bound, he said, I am a serving-man from Egypt; my master is an Amalecite; three days ago I fell sick, and he left me behind here.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	14	We had been making a foray over the southern border of the Cherethites, against Juda, too, and the south of Caleb, and we burned Siceleg to the ground.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	15	Then David asked him, Canst thou shew me where to find the company of which thou speakest? First, said he, thou must needs swear to me in God’s name that thou wilt neither kill me nor give me up into my master’s power; then I will shew thee where this company is to be found. So David took the oath asked of him,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	16	and the Egyptian led him to where they lay, scattered pell-mell over the ground, eating and drinking and making holiday over their plunder, the spoils they had won from the Philistine country and from Juda.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	17	All the rest of that day and all the next David drove them before him, and not one man escaped, except four hundred drivers who mounted their camels and fled.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	18	So David recovered all the Amalecites had carried off, and his two wives with the rest;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	19	never boy or girl or chattel was missing; all that had been carried away David brought back.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	20	And as he came home, driving before him all the sheep and cattle he had won, the cry rose, This is David’s booty.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	21	So he reached the two hundred men that halted, too weary to follow, and were left behind in the ravine of Besor; and as they came out to meet him and his followers, David went up and gave them friendly greeting.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	22	But there were churlish, graceless fellows among his own following who reasoned thus: Here are men that did not bear us company; for them, then, no share in the booty we have recovered. Let each of them take his own wife and children, and with these go away content.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	23	Nay, brethren, David answered, that will not serve. All these gifts the Lord has given, besides protecting us and winning us the mastery over these marauding enemies.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	24	Over this you shall get no hearing; the man that stays behind with the baggage has the same rights as the man who went into battle, all must share alike.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	25	Ever since that day this rule has been recognized and established; it is the law still observed in Israel.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	26	When David reached Siceleg, he sent presents to the elders of the neighbouring cities in Juda, bidding them accept his offering taken out of the spoil of the Lord’s enemies.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	27	These were Bethel, Ramoth in the South, Jether,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	28	Aroer, Sephamoth, Esthamo,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	29	Rachal, the cities of Jerameel, the cities of Ceni,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	30	Arama, the Hollow of Asan, Athach,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	30	31	and Hebron; and other places besides, where David and his men had once made their home.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	31	1	Meanwhile, the Philistines had engaged Israel; and the Israelites fled at their onslaught, and were cut down on mount Gelboe as they fled.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	31	2	Ever harder the Philistines pressed on the retreat of Saul and of his sons, till at last his sons, Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchisua had fallen,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	31	3	and he himself bore the whole weight of the attack. The archers were following close on his heels, and sorely the archers wounded him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	31	4	Then Saul bade his own squire draw on him and kill him; he would not have uncircumcised foes kill him with outrage. And when the squire’s heart failed him, so that he would not obey, Saul himself caught up a sword, and fell on it.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	31	5	Whereupon, seeing his master dead, the squire fell upon his own sword, and died with him.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	31	6	So perished Saul, and his three sons, and his squire, and all that army of his, in one day.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	31	7	And now the Israelites who lived beyond the plain, beyond Jordan, when they saw Israel routed and Saul and his sons killed, abandoned their cities and took to flight, leaving the Philistines to come in and settle there.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	31	8	Next day, coming to plunder the slain, the Philistines found Saul and his three sons, where they lay on Mount Gelboe,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	31	9	and they cut off Saul’s head, and stripped him of his armour, and sent these from place to place in the Philistine country, to publish the news in the temples of their gods, and among their people.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	31	10	His arms they dedicated in the temple of Astaroth, and hung up his body on the walls of Bethsan.
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	31	11	But the folk of Jabes-Galaad came to hear of what the Philistines had done to Saul;
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	31	12	whereupon all their fighting men went out, marching all through the night, and took down his body and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethsan; reaching Jabes-Galaad, they burned them there,
+1 Kings	1Kgs	9	31	13	and carried off their bones to burial in the wood of Jabes. And they fasted seven days to lament him.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	1	Saul was already dead when David came back from routing Amelec, and spent two days in Siceleg;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	2	then, on the third day, a man from Saul’s army came in view, his garments torn, his head covered with dust, who, upon sight of David, bowed down to earth and did reverence.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	3	Whence comest thou? David asked, and on learning that he had made his way there from the Israelite army,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	4	Tell me, how went the day? We were routed, said he, in the battle, and many of the common folk fell slain; worse yet, Saul and his son Jonathan are among the dead.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	5	What proof hast thou, David asked the messenger, that Saul and Jonathan were slain?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	6	I chanced, said he, to reach mount Gelboe, and there I found Saul, leaning on his spear. Chariots and horsemen were in close pursuit,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	7	and he turned to look behind him; saw, and hailed me, and learned I was ready at his command;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	8	asked who I was, and learned that I was an Amalecite.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	9	Then he said, Stand close, and give me my death-blow; the toils are closing round me, and I am a whole man yet.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	10	So I stood close, and dealt the blow, knowing well that there could be no life for him after his fall; then I took the crown from his head and the bracelet from his arm, and here I bring them to my lord.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	11	At that, David rent his garments, and so did all the men who were with him;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	12	mourned they and wept, and fasted till evening came, for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the Lord’s people, men of Israel’s race, that lay fallen in battle.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	13	And now David asked the messenger, Whence is it thou camest? My father, he answered, was an alien, a man of Amalec.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	14	And wast thou not afraid, said David, to lay hands on the king the Lord had anointed, and slay him?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	15	Then he bade one of his men go up and make an end of the Amalecite, and when the blow had fallen, said over his dead body,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	16	Thou hast brought death on thy own head, by owning thyself the murderer of an anointed king.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	17	This is the lament David made over Saul and his son Jonathan,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	18	and would have this lament of his, The Bow, taught to the sons of Juda; the words of it are to be found in the Book of the Upright. Remember, Israel, the dead, wounded on thy heights,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	19	the flower of Israel, cut down on thy mountains; how fell they, warriors such as these?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	20	Keep the secret in Geth, never a word in the streets of Ascalon; shall the women-folk rejoice, shall they triumph, daughters of the Philistine, the uncircumcised?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	21	Mountains of Gelboe, never dew, never rain fall upon you, never from your lands be offering made of first-fruits; there the warrior’s shield lies dishonoured, the shield of Saul, bright with oil no more.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	22	Where the blood of slain men, the flesh of warriors beckoned, never the bow of Jonathan hung back, never the sword of Saul went empty from the feast.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	23	Saul and Jonathan, so well beloved, so beautiful; death no more than life could part them; never was eagle so swift, never was lion so strong.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	24	Lament, daughters of Israel, lament for Saul, the man who dressed you bravely in scarlet, who decked your apparel out with trinkets of gold.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	25	How fell they, warriors such as these, in the battle? On thy heights, Gelboe, Jonathan lies slain.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	26	Shall I not mourn for thee, Jonathan my brother, so beautiful, so well beloved, beyond all love of women? Never woman loved her only son, as I thee.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	1	27	How fell such warriors, what could blunt such swords as these?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	1	After this David asked counsel from the Lord, whether he should remove into one of the cities of Juda. When the Lord bade him remove, he asked, Into which of them? And the answer came, To Hebron.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	2	So thither David took his two wives, Achinoam from Jezrahel and Abigail that had been wife to Nabal at Carmel;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	3	thither, too, went the men who followed him, each with his own household, settling in the townships that belonged to Hebron.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	4	There the men of Juda came to him, and anointed him king over the line of Juda. And when David heard how the men of Jabes-Galaad had given Saul burial,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	5	he sent messengers to say, The Lord’s blessing on you, for the faithfulness you have shewn to Saul, your master, in thus burying him;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	6	may the Lord make return to you for your loyalty and kindliness! I too will prove myself grateful for it.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	7	Strong be those arms of yours, keep your courage high; now that you no longer have Saul to rule over you, the tribe of Juda has anointed me to be its king.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	8	But meanwhile Abner the son of Ner, who was in command of the army, brought Isboseth forward, Saul’s remaining son, and gave him a royal progress through the camp;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	9	setting him up as king of Galaad and Gessuri and Jezrahel and Ephraim and Benjamin and all the rest of Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	10	Isboseth, heir to king Saul, was forty years old when his reign over Israel began, and it lasted two years; David had no following except the tribe of Juda,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	11	and as king of Juda, for seven and a half years, he reigned at Hebron.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	12	And now they offered battle from their camp at Gabaon, Abner son of Ner and the men that recognized Isboseth as heir to king Saul;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	13	and by the pool at Gabaon the army of David went out to meet them, under Joab son of Sarvia. So they met, and confronted one another on opposite sides of the pool.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	14	Thereupon Abner proposed to Joab that champions should come forward and make trial of arms, and to this Joab agreed.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	15	Come forward they did, twelve men that acknowledged Isboseth as the heir of Saul, and twelve followers of David, and met one another.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	16	Each caught his man by the head and thrust his sword deep, and together they fell slain; there in the field by Gabaon which has taken its name from them, the Field of the Champions.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	17	It was a fierce battle that raged that day, and David’s men routed Abner and the Israelites.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	18	Two sons of Sarvia besides Joab were fighting, Abisai and Asael; Asael, swift of foot as any wild roe.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	19	And this Asael gave chase to Abner, following him still without swerving to right or left;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	20	till at last Abner looked behind him, and asked if he were Asael. When he learned that it was so,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	21	he warned him, Why then, turn aside this way or that, overtake one of my men, and from him secure thy spoils. But still Asael would not give up the pursuit,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	22	and again Abner warned him, Turn back, and follow me no more; must I strike thee down, and never again look thy brother Joab in the face?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	23	At last, finding that he would not listen to him and never turned aside, Abner, with a backward thrust of his spear, smote him through the groin. There and then he fell dead; and none that came up behind him ventured beyond the place where Asael died.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	24	But meanwhile Joab and Abisai were in pursuit of Abner. When the sun set, they had reached the Hill of the Aqueduct, that lies on the side of the ravine opposite the desert road to Gabaon.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	25	All the men of Benjamin had rallied to Abner, and there they stood gathered in one mass, with one hill-top to defend.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	26	And now Abner cried out to Joab, Is there no glutting that sword of thine? Hast thou never heard that desperate men are dangerous? Call off thy men, before it is too late, from the pursuit of their own brethren.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	27	As the Lord is a living God, Joab answered, hadst thou only spoken, my men would have let their brethren alone while it was still morning.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	28	With that, he sounded his trumpet, and all his army halted; there was no more pursuit of Israel, no more fighting.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	29	All that night Abner and his men marched over the plain, crossed the Jordan, and made their way along Beth-horon to their camp.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	30	When Joab returned after abandoning the pursuit, he called the roll and found only nineteen of David’s men missing, besides Asael;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	31	whereas the toll they had taken of Benjamin and the rest of Abner’s forces was three hundred and sixty dead.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	2	32	Asael they bore off, and gave him burial in his father’s tomb at Bethlehem; then they too, Joab and his army, marched all through the night, and reached Hebron as dawn was breaking.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	1	It was a long struggle between Saul’s line and David’s; but ever the fortunes and power of David grew, while the cause of Saul became daily weaker.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	2	Six sons were born to David, there in Hebron; Amnon, his first-born, by Achinoam of Jezrahel,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	3	then Cheleab, by Abigail, that had been Nabal’s wife at Carmel, then Absalom, by Maacha, daughter to Tholmai, king of Gessur.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	4	The fourth was Adonias, son of Haggith, the fifth Saphathia, son of Abital,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	5	the sixth Jethraam, that David’s wife Egla bore him; of all these Hebron was the birth-place.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	6	As long as war lasted between the two dynasties, Abner the son of Ner was the head of Saul’s party.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	7	But Saul had left a concubine, Respha the daughter of Aia; and of her Isboseth said to Abner,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	8	What, wouldst thou mate with my father’s concubine? And he, greatly angered by Isboseth’s words, cried out, I have made all Juda shun me like a carrion-dog, by befriending the line of thy father Saul, his kindred and his court, instead of giving thee up to David; and am I to be called to account this day over a woman?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	9	God punish Abner as he deserves and more than he deserves, if I do not fulfil the promise which the Lord made to David;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	10	the kingship shall be taken away from Saul’s line, and David shall reign over Israel and Juda alike, from Dan to Bersabee!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	11	Never a word did Isboseth say in answer, so greatly did he fear him.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	12	Then Abner sent a message to David, claiming that the land lay in his own power; League thyself with me, the message ran, and I will help thee, and reduce all Israel to thy obedience.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	13	And David answered, Well said; I am ready to make a league with thee, but one thing first. Thou canst not be admitted to my presence unless thou bringest Michol, Saul’s daughter, with thee; so only shalt thou find audience.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	14	At the same time, he sent a message to Isboseth, that was heir to king Saul, Give me back my wife Michol, the bride I won with the foreskins of a hundred Philistines.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	15	So Isboseth sent and had her taken away from her husband Phaltiel, son of Lais,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	16	who followed her, weeping, all the way to Bahurim. But Abner bade him turn and go back, and go back he did.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	17	Meanwhile, Abner sent the word round among the elders of Israel, It was but yesterday you were eager to have David for your king.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	18	It is time now, to fulfil the promise the Lord made to David; by David’s hand I will rid my people Israel of the Philistines, and of all their enemies.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	19	Even among the men of Benjamin Abner sent the word out. Then he went to tell David, at Hebron, of the resolve made by Israel, and by the tribe of Benjamin at large.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	20	He came to Hebron with twenty men, and there David made a feast for him and his companions.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	21	And now, said Abner, I will go and rally all Israel to thy cause, my lord king. By this league of ours, they shall be thy subjects, loyal to thy will. So David took leave of him, and he went on his way in peace.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	22	Soon David’s men, with Joab at their head, came home from an attack on the freebooters, loaded with spoil. They did not find Abner in Hebron; David had but now sent him on his way in peace;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	23	they came too late, Joab and his men. But Joab was told how Abner, son of Ner, had visited the king, and of their friendly parting;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	24	so he went at once into the royal presence, and cried, What is this? Abner with thee, and thou hast let him slip through thy hands, gone, free as air!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	25	Dost thou know Abner so little? He did but come here to play thee false, spying upon thy comings and goings, learning of all thou dost.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	26	And Joab left the royal presence to send messengers after Abner, summoning him back, without David’s knowledge, from the Pool of Sira.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	27	No sooner had Abner come back to Hebron than Joab took him aside, there in the gates, under pretence of speaking with him, and smote him in the groin, avenging by that death the death of his brother Asael.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	28	It was all over when David heard of it, and he cried, Never shall I or my kingdom be held answerable for Abner’s death!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	29	On Joab’s head let the guilt fall, and on all his line; let the line of Joab never want a man that has a running at the reins, or is a leper, or works at the distaff like a woman, or falls in battle, or begs his bread.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	30	Thus Joab and his brother Abisai murdered Abner, who had slain their brother Asael in the fighting at Gabaon.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	31	As for David, he bade Joab and his men tear their garments and put on sackcloth, and go mourning at Abner’s funeral; he himself followed the bier,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	32	and wept aloud over Abner’s tomb at Hebron, where they buried him; all the people, too, were in tears.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	33	And this was the dirge with which he lamented him: Died Abner as the ignoble die?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	34	No bond tied thy hands, no gyves thy feet; thou didst fall as men fall when cruel wrong assails them. And all the people took up the refrain as they mourned.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	35	Then, while it was still full day, they came together to eat, and would have David eat with them; but he took an oath, The Lord punish me as I deserve, and more than I deserve, if I taste bread or any other food before set of sun!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	36	This all the folk heard, and more than ever they applauded the king’s doings;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	37	among all that multitude, and in all Israel, there was not a man that blamed David for the slaying of Abner, son of Ner.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	38	Past all doubt, said the king to his servants, Israel has lost, this day, the greatest of its chieftains.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	3	39	Alas, they have anointed a weakling to be their king; not mine to curb these sons of Sarvia. May the Lord punish the wrong-doer for the wrong done!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	4	1	When Isboseth, Saul’s heir, heard news of Abner’s death at Hebron, he was a broken man, and all Israel was in confusion.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	4	2	In command of his army, when they went out on forays, were two Berothites from Benjamin, named Baana and Rechab, sons of Remmon; Beroth counted as part of Benjamin,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	4	3	but these Berothites were exiles, and lived in Gethaim ever after.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	4	4	For heir, he had a grandson of Saul by Jonathan, a lame-footed boy; he was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezrahel, and his nurse carried him off to safety, but in the hurry of the flight he fell and was lamed; he was called Miphiboseth.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	4	5	And now Baana and Rechab, sons of Remmon the Berothite, entered Isboseth’s house when the sun was at its full heat; Isboseth himself was abed, taking his noon-day sleep, and the woman that kept the door had fallen asleep too over the corn she was cleaning.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	4	6	(Taking ears of corn with them, Rechab and Baana made their way in secretly, and smote him in the groin, and made good their escape. )
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	4	7	When they had made their way in, they found him there in his own room, asleep on the bed, and despatched him with blows; then they cut off his head, and journeyed with it across the desert road all night.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	4	8	So they brought the head of Isboseth to David at Hebron; See, they told him, here is the head of Isboseth, the heir of Saul, that was thy mortal enemy; the Lord has revenged our royal master this day upon Saul and his race.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	4	9	But this was the answer David made to Rechab and his brother Baana, sons of Remmon: As the Lord, my rescuer from all peril, is a living God, you shall repent it!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	4	10	There was one came to me at Siceleg and told me of Saul’s death, thinking to bring me good news; and his reward was then and there to be seized and slain.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	4	11	And here are wretches that have murdered an innocent man in his own home, as he lay asleep; do you think I will not exact blood-vengeance from you, rid the land of you?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	4	12	So David ordered his men to kill them and cut off their hands and feet; the bodies were hung up over the fish-pond at Hebron. As for the head of Isboseth, it was carried away, and buried in Abner’s grave.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	5	1	After this, all the tribes of Israel rallied to David at Hebron; We are kith and kin of thine, they said.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	5	2	It is not so long since Israel marched under thy orders, when Saul was still reigning; and the Lord has promised thee that thou shouldst be its shepherd and its captain.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	5	3	And so the elders of Israel went to his court at Hebron; and there, at Hebron, in the Lord’s presence, David made a covenant with them, and they anointed him king of Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	5	4	He was thirty years old when his reign began, and it lasted forty years;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	5	5	for seven and a half years over Juda only, with its capital at Hebron, then for thirty-three more years over Israel and Juda both, with its capital at Jerusalem.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	5	6	When the king and his army marched on Jerusalem, to attack the Jebusites, that were native to the soil, they met him with the taunt, Thou must rid thyself of blind men and lame, before thou canst make thy way in here, meaning that David would never make his way in;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	5	7	but take it he did, the Citadel of Sion that is called David’s Keep.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	5	8	He had promised a reward to the conqueror of the Jebusites, to the man who should reach the gutters of the roofs, and clear them of the blind and lame (as he called them) that were David’s enemies. That was how the saying arose, No entry into the precincts for the blind and the lame.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	5	9	And now he made his dwelling in the Citadel, and called it David’s Keep; he built walls round it, too, with Mello for their outer bastion.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	5	10	So he went on, prospering and gaining in strength, and the Lord God of hosts was with him.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	5	11	Hiram too, king of Tyre, sent messengers offering him cedar planks and carpenters, and stone-masons for the walls; and they built David’s house for him.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	5	12	No doubt could David have that the Lord had ratified his sovereignty over Israel, and made him the king of a great people.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	5	13	So, when he removed from Hebron to Jerusalem, he provided himself with fresh wives and concubines there, and more sons and daughters were born to him;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	5	14	Jerusalem was the birth-place of Samua, Sobab, Nathan, Solomon,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	5	15	Jebahar, Elisua, Nepheg,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	5	16	Japhia, Elisama, Elioda and Eliphaleth.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	5	17	When news reached the Philistines that David had been anointed as king of all Israel, they mustered their forces to hunt him down. David, hearing of it, withdrew into his stronghold,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	5	18	while the Philistines came in and occupied the whole valley of Raphaim.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	5	19	Thereupon David consulted the Lord; should he attack the Philistines? Would he be given the mastery? And he was bidden to go to the attack; the Philistines would be at his mercy.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	5	20	So David marched out to Baal-Pharasim, and defeated them there; The Lord has parted the enemy’s ranks before me, he said, as easily as water parts this way and that; so the place came by its name, Baal-Pharasim, The Master of the Breach.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	5	21	They left their idols behind them there, and these fell into the hands of David and his men.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	5	22	But once more the Philistines came to the attack, and occupied the Raphaim valley;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	5	23	and this time, when David asked whether he might attack them with good hope of mastering them, the answer was, Do not go to the attack, circumvent them and come upon them from the direction of the pear-trees yonder.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	5	24	Wait till thou hearest, in the tops of the pear-trees, the sound of marching feet; then offer battle; it is a sign that the Lord will pass on before thee, to smite down the army of the Philistines.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	5	25	So David did as the Lord had bidden him; and he drove the Philistines before him all the way from Gabaa to Gezer.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	6	1	Then David mustered anew the fighting men of Israel, thirty thousand strong.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	6	2	Meanwhile, he set out with the men of Juda that followed him, and went to fetch the ark of God home; that ark which takes its name from the Lord God of hosts, dwelling there above it between the cherubim.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	6	3	And they carried the ark away from Abinadab’s house at Gabaa, putting it on a newly-made waggon, with Abinadab’s sons, Oza and Ahio, for its drivers.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	6	4	He it was had had charge of it, there in Gabaa, till now; but now they took it away from his house, with Ahio walking before it,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	6	5	while David and the Israelites played music, there in the Lord’s presence, on instruments of rare workmanship, harp and zither and tambour and castanets and cymbals.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	6	6	They had reached the threshing-floor of Nachon, when the oxen began to kick and tilted the ark to one side; whereupon Oza put out his hand and caught hold of it.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	6	7	Rash deed of his, that provoked the divine anger; the Lord smote him, and he died there beside the ark.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	6	8	Great grief it was to David, this ruin the Lord had brought on Oza (the place is still called Oza’s Ruin),
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	6	9	and a dread of the Lord came upon him that day; How shall I, he asked, give shelter to the Lord’s ark?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	6	10	No longer was he minded to give it a lodging in David’s Keep; it must find a home with Obededom the Gethite instead.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	6	11	For three months the ark of the Lord was left with Obededom the Gethite, and brought a blessing on him and his household.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	6	12	Then word was brought to David how the Lord had blessed Obededom and all that was his for the ark’s sake. So back he went, and brought the ark of God away from Obededom’s house, into David’s Keep, with great rejoicing; seven choirs of dancers he took with him, and a young bull for a victim.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	6	13	No sooner had the bearers of the ark gone six paces on their journey, than he sacrificed the bull and a ram with it.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	6	14	As for himself, he went dancing with all his might, there in the Lord’s presence; clad in the sacred mantle, he must dance too.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	6	15	So David, and Israel with him, brought back the ark that bears record of the Lord’s covenant, with rejoicing and a great din of trumpets.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	6	16	And as it came into David’s Keep, there was Michol, Saul’s daughter, looking on from her window; she saw king David leaping and dancing in the Lord’s presence, and her heart despised him.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	6	17	When the ark had been brought into the city, they put it down at the appointed place, in the midst of a tabernacle which David had there spread out for it; and David brought burnt-sacrifices and welcome-offerings into the Lord’s presence there.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	6	18	Then, when his offering was done, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	6	19	and gave to every Israelite, man or woman, a roll of bread and a piece of roast beef and a flour cake fried in oil; and with that, the people dispersed to their homes.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	6	20	David himself, going back to bless his own household, was met by Michol, Saul’s daughter. A day of great renown, she said, for the king of Israel, that exposed his person to man and maid, his own subjects, graceless as a common mountebank!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	6	21	Nay, answered David, it was at the Lord’s coming. He it is that has chosen me, instead of thy father or any of thy father’s line, to rule the Lord’s people of Israel;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	6	22	and before his coming play the mountebank I will; humble myself I will in my own esteem, and those maids thou speakest of will honour me yet the more.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	6	23	And Michol, that was daughter to king Saul, never bore child again to the day of her death.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	1	The king had now a palace of his own to dwell in, and the Lord kept him safe, on every side, from all his enemies.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	2	Whereupon he said to the prophet Nathan, Here am I dwelling in a house all of cedar, while God’s ark has nothing better than curtains of hide about it!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	3	And Nathan answered, Go thy own way, fulfil thy own purpose; the Lord is with thee.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	4	But that same night the divine word came to Nathan,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	5	Go and give my servant David a message from the Lord: Dost thou think to build a house for me to dwell in?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	6	House was never mine, since I rescued the sons of Israel from Egypt; still in a tabernacle, a wanderer’s home, I came and went.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	7	This way and that the whole race of Israel journeyed, and I with them; now to this tribe, now to that, I gave the leadership of the rest, and never did I reproach any of them for not building me a house of cedar.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	8	This message, then, thou wilt give to my servant David from the Lord of hosts: Out in the pasture-lands, where thou wast tending the sheep, I summoned thee away to bear rule over my people Israel;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	9	go where thou wouldst, I was ever at thy side, exterminating thy enemies to make room for thee, granting thee such renown as only comes to the greatest on earth.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	10	Henceforth my people are to have a settled home, taking root in it and remaining in undisturbed possession of it, no longer harassed by godless neighbours,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	11	as they have been ever since I first gave Israel judges to rule them. No longer shall thy enemies trouble thee; and this too the Lord promises, that he will grant thy line continuance.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	12	So, when thy days are ended, and thou art laid to rest beside thy fathers, I will grant thee for successor a son of thy own body, established firmly on his throne.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	13	He it is that shall build a house to do my name honour. I will prolong for ever his royal dynasty;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	14	he shall find in me a father, and I in him a son. If he plays me false, be sure I will punish him; ever for man the rod, ever for Adam’s sons the plagues of mortality;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	15	but I will not cancel my merciful promise to him, as I cancelled my promise to Saul, the king that was banished from my favour.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	16	Through the ages, far as thy thought can reach, dynasty and royalty both shall endure; thy throne shall remain for ever unshaken.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	17	All this message, all this revelation, was handed on by Nathan to king David.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	18	And David went into the Lord’s presence, and betook himself to prayer; Lord God, he said, that one such as I am, sprung from such a house as mine, should have been brought by thee to such power!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	19	But it was not enough, Lord God, thou wouldst do more; thou wouldst foretell the destiny of thy servant’s line in days far hence; Lord God, can mortal man claim such rights?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	20	No words can thy servant David find; such divine mercy thou showest him.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	21	In fulfilment of thy promise, in pursuance of thy will, thou dost bring about all these marvels which thou hast made known to thy servant.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	22	So great thou art, Lord God! None is like thee, thou alone art God, read we the history of past days aright.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	23	Can any other nation say, like thy people Israel, that its God came to buy it back for himself as his own people, winning such renown for himself, doing such deeds of wonder and dread against any country, and its people, and its god, as thou didst when thou didst buy back thy people from Egypt?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	24	So didst thou pledge this people of Israel to be thy people eternally, and thou, Lord God, didst become their God.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	25	This promise, then, Lord God, which thou hast made concerning thy servant and his line, do thou for ever fulfil; make thy word good,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	26	that so thy name may be for ever glorified, the Lord of hosts that is God of Israel; under thy divine care may the dynasty of thy servant David remain unshaken.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	27	Lord of hosts, God of Israel, thou hast given me secret knowledge of thy will, promised me a long posterity; what wonder that thy servant finds his heart full of such prayers as these?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	28	So be it, Lord God; thou art God, and thy word is ever faithful; since blessing thou hast promised to thy servant,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	7	29	blessing on his line bestow, and keep it always under thy protection. Thou, Lord God, hast spoken, and through this blessing of thine my race shall be blessed for ever.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	8	1	After this, David defeated the Philistines and brought their pride low; wrested from them, too, their claim to exact tribute.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	8	2	He also defeated the Moabites, and measured out their fate to them by lot, bringing them down to the dust; life and death were the two lots he measured out to them; and Moab became tributary to king David.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	8	3	He defeated Adarezer, son of Rohob, king of Soba, that had marched out to extend his domains beyond the river Euphrates;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	8	4	seventeen hundred horsemen he took alive, and twenty thousand that fought on foot, and cut the hamstrings of the horses, but kept a hundred teams for himself.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	8	5	When the Syrians of Damascus came out to reinforce Adarezer, king of Soba, David routed their army of twenty-two thousand,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	8	6	and put a garrison of his own in the Damascus region of Syria, which became tributary to him. Undertake what enterprise he would, ever the Lord protected him.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	8	7	All the golden trappings, which Adarezer’s men wore, David carried off and brought to Jerusalem;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	8	8	from Bete, too, and Beroth, cities in Adarezer’s dominion, he carried away great stores of bronze.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	8	9	When the news of this victory over Adarezer’s forces reached Thou, king of Emath,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	8	10	he sent his son Joram to greet David and wish him well, out of gratitude for the conquest and rout of Adarezer, who was Thou’s enemy; and this Joram brought presents with him, of gold and silver and bronze,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	8	11	which king David consecrated to the Lord, together with all the silver and gold he had set apart from the spoils of the conquered nations,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	8	12	Syria, Moab, Ammon, the Philistines, Amalec, and now Adarezer, son of Rohob, king of Soba.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	8	13	David won renown, too, on his way back from the conquest of Syria, by defeating eighteen thousand men in the Valley of the Salt-pits;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	8	14	after this he kept troops in Edom to garrison it, and the whole of Edom became subject to him. And still the Lord protected David in all his enterprises.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	8	15	The whole of Israel was under his rule, and to all his people he administered justice and gave award.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	8	16	His army was commanded by Joab, son of Sarvia, and Josaphat, son of Ahilud, kept the records;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	8	17	the priests were Sadoc, son of Achitob, and Achimelech, son of Abiathar, and Saraias was secretary;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	8	18	Banaias, son of Joiada, was at the head of the Cerethites and Phelethites, and David’s sons, too, were his ministers.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	9	1	Meanwhile the thought came to David, whether there were any of Saul’s line left, so that he could shew them kindness in memory of Jonathan.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	9	2	There was a serving-man left over from Saul’s household, whose name was Siba; David now sent for him. Art thou Siba? he asked. And ready at thy command, the other answered.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	9	3	Tell me, said the king, has Saul left any descendant alive, to whom I can shew the friendship God requires of me? Why yes, answered Siba, there is a son of Jonathan that is lame-footed;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	9	4	and when David asked where he might be found, he told him, At the house of Machir, son of Ammiel, at Lodabar.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	9	5	So from the house of Machir, son of Ammiel, at Lodabar, David had him brought, Miphiboseth, son of Jonathan, that was the son of Saul.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	9	6	He came into David’s presence, and bowed low to do him reverence; and when David called him by name, he answered, I am here at thy command.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	9	7	Do not be afraid, David said; I mean to shew thee friendship for the sake of Jonathan, that was thy father, and restore to thee all the lands which belong to thee as Saul’s heir; and evermore thou shalt sit down to eat at my table.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	9	8	And the other said, bowing low, Wouldst thou concern thyself with such a man as I am, no better than a dead dog?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	9	9	Then the king sent to fetch Siba, that had been serving-man to Saul. All that belonged to Saul, he told him, all the household that once was his, I have given to thy master’s heir.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	9	10	Do thou, then, and thy sons, and the servants under thee, till the lands for him, and bring in its revenues to maintain him. He, Miphiboseth, thy master’s heir, shall evermore sit down to eat at my table. This Siba had fifteen sons, and twenty servants under him,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	9	11	and he told David, My lord king, I am at thy service to do thy bidding. So Miphiboseth ate at the king’s table, as if he had been one of the king’s own sons.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	9	12	He had, too, a little son of his own, called Micha. Thus Siba and his household worked for Miphiboseth,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	9	13	while he himself lived at Jerusalem, eating ever at the king’s table; a lame man, lame of either foot.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	10	1	When the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanon succeeded him,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	10	2	David thought to himself, I will shew friendliness to Hanon, as his father Naas did to me; and he dispatched envoys to condole with him over his father’s death. But when these reached the Ammonite country,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	10	3	the chiefs there said to Hanon, their sovereign, What, David send messengers to comfort thee, in honour of thy father’s memory? Nay, if he has sent men here, they are spies who will make a report on the city, so that he may come and destroy it.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	10	4	So Hanon seized David’s messengers, shaved their beards on one side, and cut off the skirts of their clothes right up to the buttocks, and in that guise sent them back.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	10	5	David, when he heard of this, sent out to meet them, covered with confusion as they were, and bade them wait in Jericho, not returning home until their beards were grown again.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	10	6	Meanwhile the Ammonites, well aware that they had made an enemy of David, sent and hired mercenaries from the Syrians of Rohob and the Syrians of Soba, twenty thousand men that marched on foot; a thousand, too, from the king of Maacha, and twelve thousand from Istob.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	10	7	Upon hearing this news, David sent the whole of his forces to engage them, under Joab.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	10	8	The Ammonites themselves had come out from the city, and drawn up their line at the approaches to its gates; the Syrians from Soba, Rohob, Istob and Maacha were at a distance, out in the open country;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	10	9	and Joab saw that he must fight one enemy in front while another was ready to take him in the rear. So he chose the best of his troops and led them against the Syrians,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	10	10	leaving the rest, under his brother Abisai, to face the Ammonites.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	10	11	Bring me aid, said Joab, if the Syrians are too strong for me, and I, if the Ammonites have the mastery, will bring aid to thee instead.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	10	12	Play the man, fight we valiantly for our people, and for the city walls that are sacred to our God; the Lord’s will be done.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	10	13	So Joab and his men engaged the Syrians, who were routed by his first onslaught,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	10	14	and the Ammonites, when they saw the Syrians in full flight, gave way in their turn before the onslaught of Abisai, retreating into the city. After this, Joab went back from the Ammonite country to Jerusalem.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	10	15	Thus defeated, the Syrians mustered the whole of their army,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	10	16	and Adarezer sent for those others of their race who lived on the further side of the river to reinforce him, putting his general, Sobach, in command of them.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	10	17	David, as soon as he heard the news, mustered the whole forces of Israel, and marched across the Jordan to Helam. There the Syrians drew up their forces to meet him, and gave battle;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	10	18	but the Israelites routed them, and David won the victory. Seven hundred chariots Syria lost that day, and four thousand horsemen; Sobach, too, their general, was wounded and died on the field of battle.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	10	19	And now all the other kings who were vassals of Adarezer saw that they were no match for Israel; their troops lost heart and fled, fifty-eight thousand of them, at the enemy’s approach. So they made peace with the Israelites and became their subjects; and no more was heard of the Syrians bringing aid to the men of Ammon.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	1	And now spring returned, the time when kings march out to battle; and David sent Joab, with other servants of his and the whole army of Israel, to lay waste the Ammonite country and besiege Rabba, while he himself remained at Jerusalem.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	2	One day, he had risen from his mid-day rest, and was walking on the roof of his palace, when he saw a woman come up to bathe on the roof of a house opposite, a woman of rare beauty.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	3	So the king sent to enquire who she was, and was told that it was Bethsabee, Eliam’s daughter, wife to Urias the Hethite.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	4	Thereupon he sent messengers to bring her to him; she came, and he mated with her, and as soon as she was cleansed from her defilement, back she went to her home.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	5	Then, finding she had conceived, she sent the news of her conception to David.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	6	Therewith came a message to Joab, summoning Urias the Hethite to David’s presence. So Joab sent him;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	7	and David, when Urias reached him, asked whether all was well with Joab and the army, and how the fighting went;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	8	then he bade him go back home and wash the dust from his feet. So Urias left the palace, and the king sent food after him from the royal table;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	9	but Urias slept the night at the palace gate among his master’s attendants; go home he would not.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	10	Then David, learning from common talk that Urias had not gone home, said to him, Thou art newly come from a journey; why wouldst thou not go back to thy house?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	11	What, answered Urias, here are the ark of God and all Israel and all Juda encamped in tents, here are my lord Joab and all those other servants of my master sleeping on the hard ground; should I go home, and eat, and drink, and bed with my wife? The Lord save thee and keep thee, never that!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	12	David bade him stay one day more; he would let him go on the morrow. That day and the next Urias spent in Jerusalem,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	13	and ever he must eat and drink in the king’s presence, till he was bemused with wine; but still, when he went out at night, he made his bed beside his master’s attendants, and never returned to his home.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	14	Next morning, David wrote a letter to Joab, which he despatched by Urias himself;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	15	and this was its purport, You are to find a place for Urias in the first line, where the fighting is bitterest; there leave him unaided, to die by the enemy’s hands.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	16	So, when he next made an assault upon the city, Joab gave Urias the post where he knew the defenders were strongest;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	17	and some of these made a sally against Joab’s men, killing Urias and other of David’s men besides.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	18	Then Joab sent David a full account of the battle;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	19	and this was his word to the messenger who carried it: When thou hast finished giving the king the report of the battle,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	20	it may be he will shew indignation. Why did you go so close to the wall, he will ask, when you were attacking it? You must have known that weapons fall thick under the battlements.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	21	How fell Abimelech, that was son to Jerobaal? Was it not a piece of mill-stone, thrown by a woman, that killed him, there at Thebes? Why did you go so close to the wall? Then let this be thy answer, Thy servant Urias the Hethite is among the dead.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	22	So the messenger left him, and when he came into David’s presence he gave him all Joab’s message.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	23	The enemy were too strong for us, he told David; they sallied out to fight us in the open, so we went to the attack, and chased them back to the very gate of the city.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	24	But here the archers were shooting at us from the wall above, and many of the king’s men fell; thy servant Urias the Hethite is among the dead.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	25	Upon this, David sent him back with a message for Joab: Never be daunted by what has befallen; still uncertain are the chances of war; now one, now another, the sword claims for its prey. Hurl thy men ever more strongly against the city, and destroy it; bid them keep their courage high.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	26	When Urias’ wife heard that he was dead, she mourned for him;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	11	27	her mourning over, David sent and fetched her to his palace, wedded her and had a son by her. But meanwhile David’s act had earned the Lord’s displeasure.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	1	So it was that the Lord sent Nathan on an errand to David; and this was the mes-sage he brought him. There were two men that lived in the same town, one rich, one poor.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	2	The rich man had flocks and herds in great abundance;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	3	the poor man had nothing except one ewe-lamb which he had bought and reared, letting it grow up in his house like his own children, share his own food and drink, sleep in his bosom; it was like a daughter to him.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	4	The rich man was to entertain a friend, who was on his travels; and, to make a feast for this foreign guest, he would take no toll of his own flocks and herds; he robbed the poor man of the one lamb that was his, and welcomed the traveller with that.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	5	David, burning with indignation at the wrong, said to Nathan, As the Lord is a living God, death is the due of such a man as this;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	6	for this cruel deed of his, he shall make compensation fourfold.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	7	And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man.Here is a message for thee, said he, from the Lord God of Israel: I anointed thee king of Israel, I saved thy life when Saul threatened it;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	8	I gave thee thy master’s goods to enjoy, thy master’s wives to cherish in thy bosom; all Israel and Juda are in thy power, and if that were not enough, more should be thine for the asking.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	9	And thou, wouldst thou defy the Lord’s commandment, and do the wrong he hates, putting Urias the Hethite to the sword, so as to take his wife for thy own? The men of Ammon struck the blow, but thou art his murderer.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	10	For the wrong thou hast done in robbing Urias the Hethite of his wife, to make her thine, murder shall be the heirloom of thy own race.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	11	This is the Lord’s message to thee: I mean to stir up rebellion against thee in thy own household; before thy very eyes take thy own wives from thee and give them to another, that shall bed them in the full light of yonder sun.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	12	Thou didst go to work secretly; when this threat of mine is fulfilled, all Israel and yonder sun shall witness it.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	13	Then David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord; and Nathan answered, The Lord has given thy sin quittance, thou shalt not die for it.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	14	But thou hast brought on the Lord the contempt of his enemies, and the son that has been born to thee is doomed to die.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	15	So Nathan went home, and now the little son Urias’ wife had borne to David was struck down by the Lord, and no hope was left for him.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	16	David still interceded for him with the Lord, keeping strict fast and passing his nights on the ground;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	17	he would not humour his counsellors when they came and bade him rise to his feet again, nor would he take food with them.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	18	Then, after six days, the child died; and David’s servants had not the courage to tell him it was so. If he would not listen to our remonstrances, they thought, while the child yet lived, what penance will he do when we tell him it is dead!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	19	But David, as he marked them whispering to one another, guessed what had befallen; The child is dead? he asked, and when he heard that it was,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	20	he rose from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his garments, and went into the Lord’s house to do reverence there. Then he came back to his house, asked for food, and ate.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	21	And when his servants asked what his meaning was, that he should fast and lament over the child still living, rise up and take food once the child was dead,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	22	he answered, Fast and lament I would, for the child’s sake, while he lived; It may be, I thought, the Lord will grant me his life.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	23	Now that he is dead, what need to fast? Can I bring him back from the grave? I shall go to be with him, he will not come back to me.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	24	Then David comforted his wife Bethsabee, and took her to his bed; and she bore him a son whom he called Solomon. Him the Lord loved,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	25	and sent word by the prophet Nathan that he was to be called The Lord’s Favourite, in proof of his great love.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	26	Meanwhile, Joab was attacking Rabbath, and took the royal quarter of it.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	27	Then he sent a message to David, I have been attacking Rabbath, but the river-side part of the city remains yet to be won.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	28	Muster all the rest of thy army to attack the city and take it; I would not earn the credit of the victory by taking it myself.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	29	So David, mustering all his forces, marched on Rabbath and stormed it.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	30	He took the king’s crown from his head, a crown of gold weighing a full talent, set with the rarest jewels, and wore it himself; much plunder he carried off from the city besides.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	12	31	As for the people, he had them brought out and sawed in pieces, or crushed under iron chariots, or cut up with knives, or passed through a brick-kiln; and the same treatment he gave to all the cities of Ammon. Then David and his army returned to Jerusalem.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	1	A maid there was of rare beauty, called Tamar, sister to David’s son Absalom; and it befell at this time that another of David’s sons, Amnon, fell in love with her.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	2	Such was his longing that he pined away wanting her; how should he approach a maid unwed, to compass her dishonour?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	3	But he had a friend called Jonadab, son to Semmaa that was David’s brother, a man of shrewd wits, that expostulated with him,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	4	Should a royal prince pine away, day in, day out, and not tell the reason? Then Amnon told him, I am in love with my brother Absalom’s sister, Tamar.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	5	Lie down on thy bed, Jonadab told him, and feign illness; then, when thy father visits thee, ask him to let thy sister Tamar come and tend thy wants, cook some dainty for thee, and give it thee with her own hand.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	6	So Amnon lay down, and feigned to fall sick, and said to the king, when he came to visit him, Pray send my sister Tamar to boil me two mouthfuls of gruel, here in my presence, and give them me with her own hand.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	7	So David sent word to Tamar’s home, bidding her go to her brother Amnon’s house and make gruel for him;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	8	and to her brother Amnon’s house she went, to find him lying abed. She took the flour and stirred it and boiled it, and when her cooking was done, she poured it out, and put it down beside him;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	9	but he refused to eat. Then Amnon would have all that were there leave his presence, and when all had left him,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	10	he bade her come into his room and give it to him with her own hand. So Tamar took the gruel and brought it into her brother Amnon’s room;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	11	but when she held it out, he caught hold of his sister and would have her bed with him.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	12	Nay, brother, said she, do not force me to thy will; in all Israel, that were deemed great wrong. Forbear thy recklessness;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	13	else can I never shew my face, and all Israel will cry out on thy reckless folly. Ask me of the king for thy bride; he will not deny thee.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	14	But Amnon would not listen to her; he forced her to his will and so bedded her.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	15	And now Amnon conceived a hatred of her that passed all measure; the love he once had for her could not compare with his hatred now; Up, he cried, and begone!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	16	Nay, said she, this is a greater wrong than the first wrong thou didst me, to drive me away thus. But he would not listen to her;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	17	he called to the serving-man that waited on him, and bade him thrust the woman out and shut the door on her.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	18	Clad in the long robe of a princess, she was thrust out, and the door was shut on her.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	19	Dust she sprinkled on her hair, tore the long robe, put her head between her hands, and went on her way in tears.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	20	So thy brother Amnon bedded thee? Absalom said to her. Keep silent for this while; he is thy brother. Do not eat thy heart out over it. So Tamar remained there in Absalom’s house, pining away.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	21	Great sorrow had king David when the news came to him, but he would do nothing to cross his son Amnon, that he loved dearly; was he not his first-born?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	22	As for Absalom, he spoke no word to Amnon, fair or foul; so deeply did he hate him for dishonouring his sister Tamar.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	23	Two years after, when it was shearing-time for Absalom’s sheep at Baal-Hasor, by Ephraim, he would have all the king’s sons there.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	24	But when he went to the king, and said, Thy servant’s sheep are a-shearing, will not my lord king come to the feast, and his servants with him?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	25	the king answered, Nay, my son, do not ask us all to come and be a burden to thee; nor would he consent, for all Absalom’s pleading; he would only give him his blessing for the journey.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	26	Then at least, said Absalom, let my brother Amnon come with us, if thou wilt not. There is no need for that, David said,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	27	but at last Absalom had his way, and David sent Amnon and all the princes with him. It was a royal banquet Absalom prepared for them;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	28	but first he gave orders to his men, Wait till Amnon is bemused with wine; then, when I say Strike, slay him. Have no fear; you do but execute my orders; take heart, and shew yourselves men of mettle.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	29	So Absalom’s servants did his bidding on Amnon; and all the rest of the princes mounted on their mules and fled.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	30	While they were still on their way, the story reached David that Absalom had slain all the princes, and not one had escaped with his life.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	31	At that the king rose up, and tore his garments, and cast himself down on the ground; and his servants tore their garments, all that stood by waiting on him.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	32	Only Jonadab, son of Semmaa that was David’s brother, would have none of it; Do not believe, my lord King, he said, that all the princes have been killed; Amnon is dead, but only he. His name was ever on Absalom’s lips, since the day of his sister Tamar’s dishonouring.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	33	Never burden thy heart, my lord king, with the fancy that all are dead; it is only Amnon.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	34	Absalom betook himself to flight. Meanwhile, a servant that was on the watch looked out and saw a throng of men coming down by an unfrequented path on the mountain-side;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	35	whereupon Jonadab said to the king, It is the princes that are coming; thy servant was in the right.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	36	And indeed, as soon as he had finished speaking, the princes came in view, and loud they wept as they came; the king, too, and all his servants made great lament.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	37	Absalom took refuge with Tholomai, son of Ammiud king of Gessur; and David all the while went on mourning for his son.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	38	Three years Absalom spent at Gessur as a fugitive;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	13	39	then David gave up the quest for him; already his grief for Amnon was assuaged.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	1	Then Joab, son of Sarvia, aware that the king’s heart had relented towards Absalom,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	2	sent for a wise woman who lived at Thecua, and spoke to her thus: Make as if thou wert in mourning, put on funeral garments, and never a drop of oil to anoint thee, like a woman who has long been mourning for the dead.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	3	Then go into the king’s presence, and speak as I bid thee speak. And with that, he told her all she should say.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	4	So the woman from Thecua came into David’s presence and there bowed to the ground to do him reverence; Lord king, she said, give me redress!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	5	What wrong, asked he, is being done thee? And she said, I am a widow, with no husband to protect me.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	6	And, my lord, I had two sons; but they came to blows out in the open fields, where there was none to interfere, and one gave the other a blow which killed him.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	7	And now the whole clan is at my heels; give up the murderer I must, so that they may kill him in vengeance for his brother’s death, and make an end of the race. The one hope that is left me they would extinguish, so that my husband will have none left on earth to bear his name.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	8	Go home, said the king; I will see that justice is done thee.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	9	And the guilt, said the woman of Thecua, let that rest with me and with my own kindred; the king and his heirs shall be quit of it.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	10	If anyone crosses thy will, the king said, bring him before me, and I will not let him do thee any more hurt.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	11	Ah, said she, if the king would only take an oath in the name of the Lord his God that the kinsfolk shall not be allowed to carry on the feud, that my son’s life shall indeed be spared! Not a hair shall fall from his head, the king answered.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	12	And now the woman asked leave to speak one word besides, and the king granted it.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	13	Then she said, Why does the king’s grace treat the people of God so differently? Why does he persist in doing them wrong, by refusing to restore the man he has exiled?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	14	We must all die, water spilt on the ground; there is no bringing back the dead. Never a soul will God suffer to be lost in the reckoning; still he busies himself with remedies to save the life of him who is banished.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	15	I came to make my suit before my lord the king, with his subjects standing by, thinking to myself, Come, I will plead with the king, and perhaps he will grant his handmaid’s request;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	16	and the king’s grace has listened to me, and given me redress against those who would have blotted out my name and my son’s name from the record of the Lord’s people.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	17	And now let this plea of thy handmaid’s move thee, my lord king, to speak a generous word. Though indeed my lord the king is wise as an angel of God; thou art not moved from thy purpose by fair word or foul; the Lord thy God is with thee.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	18	Then the king said to her, I have a question to ask thee; answer it openly. My Lord king, she said, thou hast only to speak.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	19	Tell me then, said the king, was not Joab concerned in all this? As thou art a living man, she answered, that guess the king’s grace has made has not missed the truth by a hair’s breadth. It was thy servant Joab who sent me on my errand, and told me all I was to say;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	20	it was thy servant Joab who bade me use this parable. My lord king, thou art wise as an angel of God; nothing on earth is hidden from thee.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	21	And the king turned to Joab, and said, I relent, and grant thy request; go and bring my son Absalom home.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	22	Whereupon Joab bowed his face to the ground in reverence, and blessed the king’s name. To-day, he said, I am assured of thy royal favour, that thou shouldst so grant thy servant his will.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	23	Then he set out on his journey to Gessur, and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	24	But the king said, Let him go back to his own house, and never come into my presence; so Absalom went home, and might not have access to the king.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	25	This Absalom was a man of good presence and famed for his beauty, none like him in all Israel; from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head was no blemish to be found;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	26	and when he cut his hair, as each year he must for the heavy burden it was, the locks that were cut weighed two hundred sicles by common weight.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	27	Three sons he had, and one daughter called Tamar, a woman fair to see.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	28	So for two years Absalom was in Jerusalem without sight of the king;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	29	then he sent for Joab, to win him audience, but Joab would not come. A second time the request was made and refused;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	30	then Absalom said to his servants, You know that field of Joab’s next to mine, that is under barley; go and set fire to it. So Absalom’s men set fire to the crop, and now Joab’s men went to find him with their garments torn about them, and told him Absalom had had part of his field burned.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	31	Thereupon Joab went to see Absalom at his house, and asked, What means it, that thy men have set fire to my crop?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	32	Why, answered Absalom, I was fain to see thee; it was my thought to send thee to the king, and ask him why he brought me home from Gessur. Better have stayed there; pray win me admittance to the king’s presence, or let him put me to death if he cannot forgive the wrong.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	14	33	So Joab went and repeated this to the king, and Absalom was summoned into the king’s presence. Low he bowed before him, with his face to the ground; but David greeted Absalom with a kiss.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	1	And now Absalom must drive in state, with chariots and outriders, and fifty men that ran before him.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	2	He would rise early, and stand at the entrance to the gate, beckoning to him everyone who had business that called for the king’s award, asking what city he came from, and, if he mentioned one of the Israelite tribes,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	3	telling him, Thy pleadings seem to me well-founded and just, but the king has not appointed any judge to try thy cause. Ah, said Absalom,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	4	if only I could be appointed as judge in the land, so that all who had matters to decide could bring them to me for a careful hearing!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	5	And when men came up to greet him, he would put out his hand and take them to himself with a kiss.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	6	So he did to all the men of Israel who came up to get a hearing from the king, and stole away the hearts of the Israelites.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	7	Then, in the fortieth year of the reign, Absalom said to David, Grant me leave to go to Hebron and pay a vow I made to the Lord.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	8	It is a vow thy servant took when he was at Gessur in Syria, that if the Lord would restore him to Jerusalem, he would offer a sacrifice.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	9	Go, said David, and peace go with thee. To Hebron, then, he went,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	10	and meanwhile he had sent agents of his throughout all the tribes of Israel, bidding them wait till they heard the trumpet sound, and then raise the cry, Absalom is king! Absalom reigns at Hebron!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	11	And from Jerusalem itself he took two hundred men, who went with guileless hearts, not knowing why they had been summoned.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	12	He also invited from Gilo Achitophel, the Gilonite that was David’s own counsellor. So Absalom began to offer his victims, and his conspiracy grew ever stronger, and the number ever greater that came to his support.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	13	Soon a messenger came and told David that the whole of Israel was giving its allegiance to Absalom;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	14	and he said to the servants he had with him at Jerusalem, Up, we must make our escape, or we are in Absalom’s hands! We must depart with all speed, or he will come and take us by surprise, overwhelm us and put the whole city to the sword!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	15	And his servants answered, We are at the command of our lord the king, we will do his bidding.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	16	So the king left the city on foot with all his attendants, leaving only ten concubines in charge of the palace.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	17	At some distance away he halted on his journey, with all the throng that accompanied him,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	18	his own servants walking at his side, and the Cerethite and Phelethite companies, as well as the Gethite warriors (six hundred foot, that had come from Geth in his retinue), marching on before him.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	19	Why dost thou come with us? the king asked of Ethai the Gethite. Go back to the court; thou art a wanderer who has already left his home
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	20	and camest here but yesterday; there is no need for thee to leave Jerusalem, as the rest of us are leaving it, to-day. I will go where I must; do thou and these brethren of thine return, and may the Lord’s faithful mercies reward thee for this loyal service thou hast shewn.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	21	But Ethai answered, As the Lord is a living God, as my lord the king is a living man, it cannot be. Wherever thou art, my lord king, in life or in death, there also will thy servant be.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	22	Come then, David said to him, pass on over the stream. So Ethai and his men passed over, and then the rest,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	23	weeping aloud as they went, till the whole throng had gone across. The king himself crossed Cedron stream, and they all set out on the road which leads to the desert.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	24	Sadoc the priest was among them, and with him the Levites, carrying the ark that bore witness of God’s covenant. They now set the ark down, only Abiathar going forward on his journey, till the whole multitude that had left the city should have passed by.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	25	But the king said to Sadoc, Carry God’s ark back into the city; if the Lord takes my part, he will bring me home again, and I shall see his ark and his tabernacle there;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	26	if he tells me that I have lost his favour, I am at his command; his will be done.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	27	Thou hast the seer’s gift; go back in peace to the city with thy son Achimaas and Abiathar’s son Jonathan,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	28	and I will wait till I have word from thee before I come back from my hiding-place in the desert plain.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	29	So Sadoc and Abiathar carried the ark back to Jerusalem, and remained there.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	30	So David went up the mount of Olives, and wept as he climbed it; bare-footed he went and with his head covered, and all that were in his company passed on, with covered heads, lamenting.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	31	And now David was told that Achitophel had taken part in Absalom’s conspiracy; Lord, he prayed, do thou foil the designs of Achitophel.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	32	He had already reached the top of the hill, where he meant to pay the Lord worship, when he met Chusai the Arachite, his garments torn, and his head all smeared with dust.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	33	Nay, said David, if thou shouldst come with me, thou canst only be a burden to me;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	34	go back to the city, and tell Absalom, lord king, I am at thy command, I will be thy servant as I was thy father’s. So thou wilt be able to thwart the designs of Achitophel.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	35	Thou hast the priests, Sadoc and Abiathar, to help thee; pass on to the priests, to Sadoc and Abiathar, every word thou hearest at court.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	36	Their sons remain with them, Sadoc’s son Achimaas and Abiathar’s son Jonathan; by them thou canst send me news of all thou hearest.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	15	37	So David’s friend Chusai went back, and Absalom was entering Jerusalem as he reached it.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	16	1	When David passed a little way beyond the top of the hill, there was Siba, the servant of Miphiboseth, coming to meet them. He had two asses with him, laden with two hundred loaves, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and a hundred cakes of figs, and a skin of wine.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	16	2	When the king asked what he did with all these, Siba answered, I brought the asses to be ridden by the king’s courtiers, the bread and fruit for thy servants to eat, the wine to revive such as are faint in the desert.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	16	3	And where is thy master’s son? the king asked. He remained in Jerusalem, Siba answered, thinking that the men of Israel would restore him this day to the throne of his father.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	16	4	Why then, the king told him, all that was Miphiboseth’s is thine. And Siba answered, My prayer is that I may ever enjoy thy favour, my lord king.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	16	5	But, as David reached Bahurim, a man of Saul’s kindred came out to meet him, one Semei, son of Gera, and ever he cursed as he went,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	16	6	and threw stones after David, and his servants that walked to left and right of him, plain folk and warriors alike.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	16	7	Go thy ways, cried Semei, cursing the king, go thy ways, murderer and upstart!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	16	8	Now the Lord has avenged the blood of Saul’s race, by handing over the kingdom thou didst usurp to thy son Absalom; no wonder if calamity comes home to thee, murderer as thou art!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	16	9	At this Abisai, son of Sarvia, protested to the king, Why must this hangdog fellow be allowed to curse my lord the king? Let me go and cut the head from his body!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	16	10	What, sons of Sarvia, David replied, will you never give me any rest? Let him curse as he will; the Lord has bidden him curse David, and who shall call him to question for doing it?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	16	11	Then he cried out, so that Abisai and all his servants could hear him, Look you, here is the son of my own body conspiring against my life; why may not yonder Benjamite do as much? Let him curse as curse the Lord has bidden him;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	16	12	perhaps it will move the Lord to pity my calamities, and bring good out of the ill fame I must endure this day.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	16	13	So David passed on, and his companions with him, while Semei strode along the ridge on the other side of the valley, cursing, and throwing stones and handfuls of earth.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	16	14	A weary man was the king, and weary were all the people with him, when they reached their halting-place; and there they rested.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	16	15	Meanwhile Absalom and his men had entered Jerusalem, and Achitophel with him;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	16	16	and there David’s friend, Chusai the Arachite, met them; Greeting, he said, greeting to the king!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	16	17	Why, said Absalom, is this thy friendship? Wouldst thou not bear that friend of thine company?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	16	18	Not I, said Chusai; for me, the king who has been chosen out by the Lord, by these folk here, by the whole of Israel; my place is by his side.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	16	19	And indeed, to whom is my service due, if not to the king’s own son? Thou shalt have the same loyalty thy father had from me.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	16	20	And now Absalom said to Achitophel, Bethink thee, what were best done.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	16	21	Whereupon Achitophel answered, Go and mate with the concubines thy father has left in charge of the palace. When they hear thou hast come between thy father’s sheets, all Israel will rally to thy cause the more fearlessly.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	16	22	So they spread a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he went in to bed his father’s concubines, there with all Israel to witness it.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	16	23	Men followed Achitophel’s advice then as if it were God himself they had consulted; so it was all the time he was David’s counsellor, and all the time he was Absalom’s.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	1	Now, said Achitophel to Absalom, let me pick twelve thousand men, and set out in pursuit of David this very night;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	2	so I shall overtake him and easily defeat him, weary as he is and unnerved; first scatter the company that went with him, and then strike him down, with none to aid him.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	3	All the people I will bring round to thy cause, as easily as I would persuade a single man; thou hast but one enemy, the rest of the people will be well content.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	4	Both Absalom and all the elders of Israel liked his counsel well;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	5	but Absalom would have them summon Chusai the Arachite, to find out his opinion too.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	6	So Chusai the Arachite came in, and Absalom told him what Achitophel had said; Were it well done? he asked. What advice givest thou?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	7	And Chusai answered, No, it will not serve our turn, this counsel Achitophel has given.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	8	Bethink thee now, what brave warriors they are, thy father and the men he leads; how fierce in their anger, fierce as the she-bear that lurks in a wood, when her cubs have been taken away from her; thy father is a fighting man, he will not remain there among the common folk.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	9	No, by now he is hidden in some pit under ground, or some other vantage-point. A few deaths among his pursuers, and the word will go round, Absalom’s followers are routed!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	10	Then the most lion-hearted will be overcome with sudden fear; well all the people of Israel knows that thy father and the warriors that bear him company are men of mettle.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	11	No, here is a plan more to my liking, that thou shouldst summon all Israel, from Dan to Bersabee, an army countless as the sand, and thyself march out with it.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	12	Hide he where he may, we will find him, and we will be all about him, covering the earth like dew; never a man of his company shall escape us.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	13	Why, even if he should defend himself behind city walls, this great army of Israel could wind ropes round it and drag it down into the nearest valley, till never a stone was to be found of it!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	14	Thereupon Absalom and all the men of Israel agreed that Chusai the Arachite had given better counsel than Achitophel. Whereas in truth Achitophel’s advice was the more to their purpose, but the Lord foiled it, to compass Absalom’s ruin.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	15	Then Chusai told the priests, Sadoc and Abiathar, what Achitophel’s counsel had been, and what his own;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	16	Send a message to David, said he, with all speed, telling him not to linger in the desert plain this night, but cross Jordan without delay; else he and all that are with him may be overwhelmed.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	17	Jonathan and Achimaas stood at their post by the spring of Rogel, and a maid-servant must go and give them the message before they could take it to king David; they did not dare shew themselves in the city.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	18	Even so a lad saw them, and told Absalom, and they must turn aside with all speed into the house of a man at Bahurim, that had a well by the porch of it, and climb down into this for safety.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	19	Nor was their hiding-place discovered; a woman came and spread a cloth over the mouth of the well, as if she would dry her barley-groats there;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	20	and when Absalom’s men reached the house, asking her where were Jonathan and Achimaas, she said they had gone quickly on their way, only stopping for a mouthful of water; so their pursuers returned baffled to Jerusalem.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	21	These gone, Jonathan and Achimaas climbed up out of the well, and brought king David word; Bestir yourselves, they said, and cross the river without more ado; and told what advice Achitophel had given.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	22	So king David and all that bore him company took the road, and were across Jordan before ever dawn broke; not a man was left west of the river.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	23	As for Achitophel, when he found that his advice was not followed, he saddled his ass and went home to Gilon; there he put his affairs in order, and hanged himself. So there they buried him, in his father’s tomb.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	24	David made his way to the Encampment; and now Absalom crossed the Jordan after him, with all Israel at his back.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	25	In Joab’s place, Absalom gave the command of his army to Amasa, that was son to a man called Jethra, of Jezrahel; he had mated with Abigail, daughter of Naas, that was sister to Joab’s mother Sarvia.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	26	So Israel, and Absalom with them, pitched their tents in the country of Galaad.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	27	Meanwhile, upon David’s coming to the Encampment, Sobi son of Naas the Ammonite, and Machir son of Ammihel from Lodabar, and Berzellai that dwelt in Galaad, at Rogelim,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	28	brought him presents; beds and coverlets and earthenware, wheat and barley, flour and parched corn, beans and lentils and fried pulse,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	17	29	honey and butter, sheep and fattened calves. So they made provision for David and his followers, that were like to be hard pressed with hunger and thirst, there in the desert.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	1	And now David passed the men who were with him under review, appointing commanders and captains over them;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	2	one third he entrusted to Joab, one third to Joab’s brother Abisai, and the remainder to Ethai of Geth. He himself, he told his men, would go into battle with them,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	3	but they would not have it. It makes no great matter to the enemy, they said, whether we are routed: even if half of us should fall, they would set little store by it; thy life is more to them than the lives of ten thousand others. Better that thou shouldst remain in the city and garrison it for us.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	4	So the king told them he would abide by their judgement, and he stood watching at the gate while they marched out company by company, in their hundreds and thousands.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	5	One charge the king laid upon Joab and Abisai and Ethai alike, Spare me my son Absalom; and this charge about Absalom was so given to each of them that the men in the ranks could hear it.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	6	So his army took the field against Israel; it was in the forest of Ephraim that battle was joined.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	7	And the Israelites were routed by David’s men, with great loss; twenty thousand men fell that day,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	8	and more of them perished in the woods than in the fighting itself, so scattered was their flight over all the country-side.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	9	Some of David’s men encountered Absalom himself, riding on a mule; and away the mule went, under the tangled branches of a great oak, which caught him by the head and kept him hanging there between earth and sky, while the beast that carried him pressed on.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	10	A soldier, who witnessed it, went and told Joab that he had seen Absalom hanging from an oak.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	11	Thou sawest him, Joab answered, and didst not smite him then and there to the ground? I would have given thee ten sicles of silver and a belt besides.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	12	Nay, said he, thou mightest count out a thousand silver pieces into my purse, and still I would not lift a hand against the king’s son. We were all of us within hearing when the king bade thee and Abisai and Ethai spare his son Absalom.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	13	It would have been at the risk of my life, and the thing would never have passed unnoticed by the king; why, thou wouldst thyself be laying information against me.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	14	That will not serve, answered Joab; I will smite him myself, and thou shalt be there to witness it. So he took three javelins with him, and thrust Absalom right through with them; then, as he still hung there writhing on the oak,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	15	ten squires who attended on Joab ran up and dispatched him.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	16	With that, Joab sounded the trumpet, and would not let his men go further in pursuit of Israel, to spare the lives of the common folk.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	17	As for Absalom, they threw his body into a deep pit, there in the forest, and piled a great heap of stones over him. Meanwhile, the men of Israel fled away to their tents.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	18	(The monument which stands in the King’s Vale is one which Absalom erected for himself in his own life-time, thinking thus to perpetuate his name, since he had no son to follow him. And as he gave this monument his own name, it has been called Absalom’s Mark ever since.)
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	19	And now Achimaas, son of Sadoc, asked leave to run and tell the king how God had punished his enemies,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	20	but Joab told him, Better some other day than this for bearing the message; I would not have thee tell the news to-day; here is a king’s son dead.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	21	Afterwards Joab bade Chusi go and tell the king what he had seen; so Chusi did reverence to him, and ran.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	22	And thereupon Sadoc’s son Achimaas asked whether he might not run after Chusi. No need for that, my son, Joab answered; it is not good news thou wilt carry.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	23	But may I run? asked he. Run if thou wilt, said Joab. And Achimaas took a shorter way, and passed Chusi by.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	24	David was sitting between the two gates; and now the watchman that stood above the roof over the gate, high up on the wall, looked up and saw a man running, all alone,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	25	and cried out to let the king know of it. If he is alone, the king said, he has good news to tell. Then, as the runner came nearer,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	26	the watchman saw a second courier on his way, and cried out from the roof, I see a second man running all alone. He too, the king said, is a welcome messenger.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	27	And the watchman told him, I have marked how the first messenger runs; he runs like Achimaas, son of Sadoc. A good man, the king said; his will be good news.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	28	And now Achimaas cried out, Hail, my lord king! Then he bowed down with his face to the earth, to do the king reverence, and said, Blessed be the Lord thy God; he has not suffered them to escape, the men who took up arms against the king’s grace.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	29	Is all well, the king asked, with my son Absalom? And Achimaas answered, There was a great stir round about Joab when he sent me, thy servant, on my errand; I can tell thee no more.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	30	Stand aside here, the king said; and as he did so,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	31	Chusi came up after him; Good news, said he, for my lord the king! The Lord has maintained thy cause against the rebels.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	32	Then the king asked Chusi, Is all well with my son Absalom? My lord king, Chusi answered, may all thy enemies, and all that conspire to thy hurt, fare as the prince has fared!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	18	33	And with that, the king went up to the room over the gate in bitter sorrow, and wept there. O, my son Absalom, he said as he went, my son, my son Absalom! Would to God I had died instead of thee, Absalom, my son, my son!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	1	Word came back to Joab that the king was in tears, mourning over his son;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	2	and the news of the royal grief went round among the army, so that the victory they had won that day issued only in lament.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	3	They would not even return that day to the city, feeling such shame as a broken and routed army feels;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	4	and all the while the king hid his face away, and went on crying aloud, My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	5	At last Joab made his way into the royal lodging, and said to the king, Here is a fine day’s work, to make all thy followers go about hanging their heads! The men who have saved thee and thy sons and daughters, thy wives and concubines, from peril of death!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	6	Nothing but love for thy enemies, nothing but hatred for thy friends; never a thought, this day, for thy own captains and thy own men! If we were all dead, and Absalom still lived, I warrant thou hadst been the better pleased.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	7	Bestir thyself, come out and speak to thy men, and earn their good will; I swear by the Lord that if thou dost not come out, not a man will be left to serve thy cause by night-fall; and worse awaits thee than all the troubles which have come upon thee from the days of thy youth till now.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	8	So the king rose up, and seated himself at the gateway; and there, once the word had gone round that the king was sitting in the gateway, all his followers came into the royal presence.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	9	But the men of Israel had fled home. And now, all through the tribes of Israel, there was high debate; Here is a king, men said, that has rid us of our enemies, rescued us from the power of the Philistines, and he must be exiled from his kingdom to please Absalom!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	10	This Absalom, whom we anointed to be our king, has fallen in battle; why is no voice raised for bringing the king back to us?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	11	News of what the Israelites were saying had reached the court, and now king David sent word to the priests, Sadoc and Abiathar, bidding them ask the elders of Juda, Why are you the last to welcome the king home again?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	12	You are my own tribesmen, my own kith and kin, why do you hang back, instead of restoring me to the throne?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	13	He bade them, too, give this message to Amasa, Art thou not my own flesh and blood? May the Lord punish me as I deserve, and more than I deserve, if I do not make thee, instead of Joab, commander of my army henceforward!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	14	Thus he won over the men of Juda till they had but a single thought, and a message was sent to the king bidding him come back to them, and all his men with him.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	15	So the king set out for home, and by the time he reached the Jordan, the whole of Juda had assembled at Galgal to meet him and escort him over the river.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	16	Semei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, hastened to bear them company, welcoming king David
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	17	with a thousand of his own tribesmen; there was Siba, too, that had once been a servant in the court of Saul, with his fifteen sons and twenty servants of his, and these, plunging into the Jordan
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	18	before the king could reach it, were across the ford, ready to escort his household and wait upon his bidding. Semei, Gera’s son, was no sooner across Jordan than he fell at the king’s feet;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	19	My lord, he said, do not hold me guilty, forget the wrong thy servant did thee when thou, my lord king, hadst left Jerusalem; let there be no grudge in thy royal heart.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	20	I, thy servant, confess this day the wrong I did; that is why I have come, first spokesman of the other tribes, to meet the king’s grace on his way.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	21	At this, Abisai son of Sarvia would have Semei put to death, for the curses he uttered against an anointed king.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	22	What, sons of Sarvia, David answered, will you never give me rest? This day, of all others, would you mar my peace? No Israelite shall lose his life this day, which has taught me for the first time that I am king in Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	23	And to Semei he said, Thou shalt not die, and took his oath to confirm it.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	24	Then the king was met by Miphiboseth, that was heir to Saul; he came with feet begrimed, with beard untrimmed, in garments that went unwashed from the day of the king’s departure to the day of his return.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	25	Down from Jerusalem he came to meet him, and when the king asked, Why didst thou not bear me company, Miphiboseth?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	26	his answer was, My lord king, my own servant played me false; may it please thee, I bade him saddle me an ass, so that I could ride in the king’s company, lame as I am;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	27	and he, not content with disobeying, has brought a false charge against me before my lord the king. But thou, my lord king, art wise as an angel of God; do what thou wilt.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	28	For indeed, the whole of my father’s line deserve nothing better than death at thy hands, and thou hast given me, thy servant, a place among the guests at thy table; what right have I to complain? I will raise my voice no more in my defence.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	29	And the king told him, No need to say more. My word has been passed; do thou and Siba divide the lands between you.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	30	Why, let him take all, Miphiboseth answered; enough for me that my lord the king has come home in peace.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	31	Berzellai, too, the man of Galaad, came down from Rogelim, to attend his crossing of Jordan, ready to accompany him to the further bank.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	32	Berzellai of Galaad was an old man, eighty years old; he it was that brought the king provisions, while he lay at the Encampment, for he was a man of great riches.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	33	To him the king said, Bear me company, and take thy ease with me at Jerusalem.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	34	But Berzellai answered, What, a man of my years go up to Jerusalem with the king’s grace?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	35	I am eighty years old now; are my senses still keen, to tell sweet from bitter? Can thy servant take pleasure in food and drink? Can my ear catch the tone of songster and songstress? Nay, I would not be a burden to my lord the king;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	36	let thy servant go with thee a little of the way beyond Jordan, and no more. I need no such exchange of friendship;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	37	rather, my prayer is that I should be allowed to go back and die in my own city, and be buried close to the grave where my father and mother lie. Here is thy servant Chamaam; let him go with thee, my lord king, and do with him what thou wilt.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	38	Chamaam shall go with me, the king replied, and it shall be for thee to choose what is to be done with him; no request of thine shall go ungranted.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	39	So, when he and all the people had crossed over Jordan, the king kissed Berzellai and blessed him, and he went home,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	40	while the king passed on to Galgal, and Chamaam with him.All the men of Juda had been the king’s escort, but of the other Israelites only a half;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	41	and now the men of Israel came to him with one accord, and asked, How is it that our brethren, the men of Juda, have stolen thee from us? By what warrant did they escort the king, and his household and the warriors of David’s army, on their passage over Jordan?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	42	Why, answered the men of Juda, he is nearer of kin to us. There is no cause here for anger. Have we lived on the king’s bounty, or been singled out to receive his gifts?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	19	43	And the Israelites replied, We are ten to one; our rights with the king, our claims upon David, are ten times as great as yours. Why did you wrong us by not conferring with us first about our king’s restoration? Thus either side pleaded its own cause, but the men of Juda more bitterly than the men of Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	1	It chanced that there was a turbulent fellow there, called Seba, son of Bochri, from Benjamin, who now sounded his trumpet and raised the cry: David, then, is none of ours; not for us the son of Jesse; go back, men of Israel, to your homes!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	2	Thereupon all the Israelites parted from David’s company, and marched away with Seba, son of Bochri; it was only the men of Juda that escorted David all the way from Jordan to Jerusalem.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	3	So the king came home. As for the ten concubines he had left in charge of the palace, he shut these away, giving them their allowance of food still, but never again having commerce with them; they remained shut away in their widowhood as long as they lived.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	4	And now the king said to Amasa, Muster all the warriors of Juda, three days from now, and present thyself here with them.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	5	Amasa went to muster them, but dallied beyond the time which the king had named;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	6	and David said to Abisai, This Seba, son of Bochri, will do us more harm than ever Absalom did. Take the royal troops with thee, and go in pursuit of him; or he will find refuge within city walls and escape us.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	7	So in pursuit of Seba they went, under Abisai’s command, Joab’s men, and the Cerethites and Phelethites, and all the picked warriors in Jerusalem;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	8	and when they reached the great stone of Gabaon, they fell in with Amasa. Joab was there, clad in a tight-fitting cloak of the same length as his coat, and girt with a dagger whose sheath only reached to his loins, such that he could draw it easily and strike.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	9	Greetings to thee, brother, said Joab, and with that he clapped his right hand under Amasa’s chin, as if he would kiss him;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	10	then, with the dagger that had gone unmarked, he struck him in the side, and spilt his entrails on the ground, so that he died without a second blow. After this, Joab and his brother Abisai continued their pursuit of Seba, son of Bochri.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	11	And among Joab’s men, that stood beside the body, the word went round, Here he lies that would have been David’s chosen friend in place of Joab.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	12	There Amasa lay, drenched in his own blood, till one who saw all the passers-by stopping to look at him, carried the body off into a field, away from the road; so they would halt on their journey no more.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	13	And sure enough, when it had been taken aside from the road, all were ready to follow Joab in pursuit of Seba, the son of Bochri.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	14	Seba had gone through all the tribes of Israel, till he reached Abela that is called Beth-Maacha; and all their choicest warriors had rallied to him.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	15	So to Abela Beth-Maacha they went, and besieged him there, surrounding the city with works, so that it was quite cut off; nor did Joab’s men spare any pains to make a breach in the wall.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	16	But now a wise woman cried out from within the city, A word with you, a word with you! Bid Joab come here, and let me speak to him.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	17	Thou art Joab? she asked, as he came near; and when he answered to the name, Listen, she besought him, to what thy handmaid has to say. Listen I will, said he.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	18	There is an old proverb, she told him, that says, They who ask counsel must ask it at Abela; and so they did.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	19	Here dwells a woman that tells Israelites the truth; and wouldst thou overthrow such a city, a mother-city in Israel? Why wouldst thou bring ruin on the Lord’s chosen land?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	20	Never that, never that, Joab answered; ruin and destruction are not for me.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	21	The case stands otherwise; there is one Seba, son of Bochri, from the hill-country of Ephraim, that is in rebellion against king David; hand that one man over, and we will raise the siege. Wait then, said the woman; his head shall be thrown down to thee from the wall.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	22	And with that she went in, and spoke to the defenders in the wisdom that was her craft; whereupon they cut off the head of Seba, son of Bochri, and cast it down to Joab. So he blew his trumpet, and his men raised the siege and went to their tents; Joab himself went back to the king’s court at Jerusalem.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	23	Joab, then, commanded the army of Israel, and Banaias son of Joiada the Cerethites and Phelethites;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	24	Aduram was overseer of the revenues, and Josaphat, son of Ahilud, kept the records;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	25	Siva was secretary, Sadoc and Abiathar chief priests;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	20	26	Ira, too, the Jairite, was one of David’s ministers.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	21	1	There was a famine in David’s reign that lasted three years continuously; and when David consulted the Lord’s oracle he was told, It is because of Saul; he slew the Gabaonites, and the guilt of blood still rests upon his line.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	21	2	The Gabaonites did not belong to Israel; they were of the old Amorrhite stock, and their lives had been spared in fulfilment of an oath, but Saul, jealous for the honour of Israel and of Juda, had tried to exterminate them. So king David summoned them,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	21	3	and asked what he could do to content them; what amends he could make, to recover their good will for the Lord’s chosen people.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	21	4	Of silver and gold, the Gabaonites told him, there is no question here; our quarrel is with Saul and his kin; we would not take any toll of Israelite lives. What would you have me do, then? the king asked.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	21	5	And they said, We must efface the memory of the man who persecuted us and wrongfully oppressed us, leaving none of his stock alive from end to end of Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	21	6	Hand over to us seven men of his line, and let us crucify them before the Lord at Gabaa, that is named after him; there dwelt he when the Lord chose him out to be king. And David said, You shall have them.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	21	7	But he spared Miphiboseth, the heir of Saul through Jonathan, to honour the covenant which Jonathan, Saul’s son, had made with him;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	21	8	he took two sons that were born to Saul by Respha, daughter of Aia, one called Armoni and one that bore his cousin’s name of Miphiboseth, and five sons of Michol, Saul’s daughter, that she bore to Hadriel, son of Berzellai, at Molathi,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	21	9	and handed these over to the Gabaonites. And the Gabaonites crucified them before the Lord, there on the hillside. It was in the first days of the harvest, when the barley was beginning to be cut, that the seven of them perished, all at one time;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	21	10	and Respha, the daughter of Aia, spread herself a covering of sackcloth and sat there on the rock, from the beginning of harvest till the first rains fell on them; bird by day nor beast by night should touch them.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	21	11	The news of what Saul’s concubine, Respha the daughter of Aia, had done, reached David’s ears.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	21	12	And thereupon he recovered the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabes-Galaad, who had stolen them back when the Philistines hung them up in the streets of Bethsan, soon after Saul’s death on Gelboe;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	21	13	carried these away, and collected the bones, too, of the men crucified at Gabaa,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	21	14	and buried them. So they were laid in the tomb of Cis, that was Saul’s father, in the Benjamite country, beside the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan; all this was done at the king’s command. And now the land was restored to God’s favour.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	21	15	War broke out again between Israel and the Philistines, and David went to battle against them with his men. But David’s strength had left him;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	21	16	and he came near to being struck down by Jesbi-Benob, a man of the Araphite breed, that had a spear-head of ten pounds weight, and a new sword at his side.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	21	17	It was Abisai, Sarvia’s son, that came to the king’s rescue, and gave the Philistine his death-blow. But after that David’s men swore that he should never go into battle with them again; that light must not be lost to Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	21	18	In another battle against the Philistines, at Gob, Saph, of the giant breed of Arapha, was slain by Sobochai, from Husathi;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	21	19	in a third, also at Gob, Elehanan the son of Jaare, an embroiderer from Bethlehem, slew Goliath of Geth, that had a shaft to his spear as big as a weaver’s beam.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	21	20	In a fourth, at Geth, there was a man of huge stature that had twelve fingers and twelve toes, another of the Araphite breed;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	21	21	and he taunted Israel, till Jonathan, son of David’s brother Semma, struck him down.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	21	22	All these four were Araphites from Geth, all slain by David and his men.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	1	And this was David’s song of thanksgiving when he found that the Lord had rescued him from the power of Saul, and from his other enemies:
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	2	The Lord is my rock-fastness, my bulwark, my rescuer.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	3	It is my God that brings me aid, and gives me confidence; he is my shield, my weapon of deliverance, my protector, my stronghold; he it is that preserves me and frees me from wrong.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	4	Praised be the Lord! When I invoke him I am secure from my enemies.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	5	Death’s terrors were near at hand, deep flowed the tide of wickedness, to daunt me;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	6	the toils of the grave were all about me, deadly snares had trapped my feet.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	7	One cry to the Lord, in my affliction, one word of summons to my God, and he, from his sanctuary, listens to my voice; the complaint I make before him finds a hearing.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	8	Earth shivered and shook, the very foundations of the hills quailed and quaked before his anger;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	9	smoke went up before his indignant presence, and a consuming fire; burning coals were kindled as he went.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	10	He bade heaven stoop, and came down to earth, with mist at his feet;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	11	he came, mounted on the cherubim, borne up on the wings of the wind,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	12	shrouded in a pall of darkness, wringing out the rainstorm from the clouds of heaven;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	13	burning coals were kindled by the lightning that went before him;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	14	the Lord, sending his thunder from heaven, the Most High, letting his voice be heard.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	15	How they scattered when he rained down his arrows on them, fled in confusion before his lightning!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	16	The secret springs of ocean came to light, the very foundations of the world were laid bare, when the Lord threatened them, blew upon them with the breath of his anger.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	17	Then he reached down from heaven, caught hold of me,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	18	rescued me from that flood, saved me from triumphant malice, from the enemies that held me at their mercy.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	19	In that evil day he came to my side; the Lord upheld me
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	20	and brought me out into freedom again; his great love befriended me.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	21	And still as he sees me dutiful, the Lord will requite me; as he sees me guiltless in act, he will make return.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	22	Have I not kept true to the Lord’s paths? Have I not been loyal to my God?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	23	No law of his, but I have kept it before my eyes; no task he laid upon me have I refused;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	24	ever stainless in his presence, ever watchful to keep myself clear of guilt.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	25	Surely the Lord will requite me as he sees me dutiful, as he sees me guiltless in act.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	26	Lovingly thou dost treat those who love thee, faithfully the courageous;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	27	he that is thy own shall find thee his very own, from the man who turns against thee thou wilt turn away.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	28	To humble folk thou wilt bring deliverance; the proud, with their haughty looks, thou wilt bring down to earth.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	29	Thou, Lord, art the lamp of my hope; thou, Lord, dost shine on the darkness about me.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	30	In thy strength I shall run well girded; in the strength of my God I will leap over a wall.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	31	Such is my God, unsullied in his dealings; his promises are like metal tried in the fire; he is the sure defence of all who trust in him.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	32	Who but the Lord is God? What other power can there be except our God?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	33	It is he that girds me with strength, he that makes me go on a smooth way, untroubled.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	34	He makes me sure-footed as the deer, and gives me the freedom of the hills;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	35	these hands, through him, are skilled in battle, these arms are a match for any bow of bronze.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	36	Thy saving power, Lord, is my defence, thy tender care fosters me.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	37	Through thee, my steps are untrammelled as I go, foot of mine never falters;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	38	I can master the enemies I pursue, and never turn home till I have made an end of them;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	39	made an end of them, beating them to their knees, hurling them down at my feet.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	40	Thou girdest me about with a warrior’s strength; whatever power challenges me thou dost subdue before me,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	41	putting my enemies to flight, and throwing all their malice into confusion.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	42	Loudly they cry out to the Lord, bereft of aid, but he makes no answer to their cries.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	43	I can crush them to pieces, like dust on the ground, spurn and trample them like mire in the streets.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	44	Thou wilt deliver me, then, from sedition among my people; nay, thou hast a higher destiny for me yet, to rule over other nations, with alien folk for my subjects.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	45	Aliens offering battle, and then brought to my allegiance,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	46	so feeble have they grown, so hard pinched by distress!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	47	Blessed be the living Lord who is my God, praised be the God who rescues me!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	48	It is thou, my God, that bringest me redress, that grantest me dominion over my people,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	49	that savest me from my enemies, so that I am high above the reach of their assaults, proof against their violence.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	50	Then, Lord, I will give thee thanks in the hearing of all nations, singing in praise of thy name;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	22	51	how powerful thou art to protect the king thou hast chosen, how merciful thou art towards him thou hast anointed, towards David, and David’s line for ever.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	1	These are the words of David’s last psalm. Thus speaks David, son of Jesse, thus speaks the man whom the God of Jacob swore to anoint, he who sang as none other sang in Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	2	Through me the spirit of the Lord has spoken; his words are on my tongue.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	3	What says Israel’s God, Israel’s strong defender? That he who rules among men, governing them justly in the fear of God,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	4	shines out like the light of dawn, when the sun rises in a cloudless sky, grows strong like meadow grass watered by the rain.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	5	What worth has my kindred in God’s sight, that he should make an everlasting covenant with me, sealed and ratified all of it? Everywhere he preserves me, everywhere grants me my will; no wish of mine but bears fruit.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	6	Sinful men he treats like briars, too sturdy to be plucked away with the hand,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	7	so that all who would interfere with them go armed with iron-shod poles, setting fire to them at last and burning them away to nothing.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	8	And these are the names of David’s champions; first among the first three was Jesbaam the son of Hachamoni (the same that was called Plump as a Wood-worm), who slew eight hundred men in one assault.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	9	After him, his cousin Eleazar the Ahohite, one of the three champions that were with David when they defied the Philistines. These had mustered for battle,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	10	and the men of Israel had left the field; Eleazar stood there and cut down the Philistines until his arm grew weary and his hand stiff about his sword. A great victory the Lord gave Israel that day, and the men who had fled at first came back to gather up the spoils of the dead.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	11	And after him Semma, the son of Age, from Arari. When a company of Philistines had gathered, close by a field of lentils, and routed the Israelites,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	12	he stood there in the middle of the field and held it against the Philistines till he defeated them; that day, too, the Lord gave Israel a great victory.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	13	Once, when it was harvest-time, these three, the foremost of the Thirty, were at the king’s side in the cave of Odollam; the Philistines had encamped in the Valley of the Giants,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	14	and David kept close in his stronghold. The Philistines had a garrison at this time in Bethlehem:
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	15	and now David, overcome with longing, said aloud, Oh for a cup of water from the well by Bethlehem gate!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	16	Whereupon the three champions broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well by the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it to David. Instead of drinking it, he poured it out as a libation to the Lord;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	17	The Lord be merciful to me, said he, never that! That were to drink men’s blood; they brought it at the peril of their lives; it is not for my drinking. Such were the feats of the three first champions.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	18	Abisai, too, Joab’s brother, son of Sarvia, was one of three champions; he it was that engaged three hundred men with his own spear, and slew them. His name stood as one of three,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	19	and among these he was foremost, leading the others, but he could not rival the first three.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	20	There was Banaias, too, whose father, Joiada of Cabseel, was a warrior famous for his exploits. Banaias it was that slew the two heroes of Moab; he also went down into a cavern on a day of snow, and killed a lion there.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	21	And there was an Egyptian he slew, a wondrous man to see, that carried a great spear; Banaias went into battle with a club, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear, wresting it from his hand.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	22	Such were the feats of Banaias, son of Joiada;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	23	he, too, was one of the three champions that were foremost among the Thirty, but he could not rival the first three. He was the man David appointed to carry out his secret commands.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	24	And these were the men who belonged to the Thirty; Asael, Joab’s brother, and his cousin, Elehanan of Bethlehem;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	25	Semma from Harodi, Elica from Harodi;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	26	Heles from Phalti; Hira, son of Acces, from Thecua;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	27	Abiezer from Anathoth; Mobonnai from Husati;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	28	Selmon the Ahohite; Maharai the Netophathite;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	29	Heled, son of Baana, also from Netophath; Ithai, son of Ribai, from Gabaath in Benjamin;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	30	Banaia the Pharathonite; Heddai from the valley of Gaas;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	31	Abialbon the Arbathite; Azmaveth from Beromi;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	32	Eliaba from Salaboni; the sons of Jassen, Jonathan,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	33	Semma from Orori; Aiam, son of Sarar, the Arorite;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	34	Eliphelet, son of Asbai, son of Machati; Eliam, son of Achitophel, the Gelonite;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	35	Hesrai from Carmel; Pharai from Arbi;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	36	Igaal, son of Nathan, from Soba; Bonni from Gadi;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	37	Selec from Ammoni; Naharai the Berothite, that was squire to Joab the son of Sarvia;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	38	Ira and Gareb, the Jethrites,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	23	39	and Urias the Hethite; thirty-seven names in all.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	24	1	But still the Lord’s vengeance threatened Israel; and now it was through David he disturbed their peace, with a design for registering Israel and Juda.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	24	2	The king said to Joab, the chief of his army, Go through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Bersabee, and make a muster-roll of the people, so that I may know the full tale of them.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	24	3	Why, said Joab, my prayer is that the Lord may increase yet more the number of the people, great as it is, and that thou mayest live to see it a hundred times as great! But what is it my lord the king means by this design?
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	24	4	But all that Joab and the captains of the army could say might not thwart the king’s will; so Joab and the other commanders left the king’s presence to make a register of Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	24	5	They crossed the Jordan, and reached Aroer, on the right side of the city that stands in the vale of Gad;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	24	6	then they passed by way of Jazer into Galaad to the plain country of Hodsi, and so reached the woodlands of Dan. Thence they turned towards Sidon,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	24	7	passed close to the walls of Tyre, and all along the country that was still held by Chanaanite and Hevite, and came at last to the southern end of Juda, at Bersabee.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	24	8	So they made their review of the whole country, and returned to Jerusalem after nine months’ and twenty days’ absence.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	24	9	And Joab gave in the register to the king; it proved that there were eight hundred thousand warriors that bore arms in Israel, and five hundred thousand in Juda.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	24	10	But, now the count of Israel had been made, David’s heart reproached him. And he confessed to the Lord, I have sinned greatly in what I have done; Lord, give my sin quittance; I have played a fool’s part.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	24	11	And by the time he rose next morning, the word of the Lord had come to the prophet Gad, that was David’s seer,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	24	12	Go and give David this message from the Lord; he is given a threefold choice, and he must choose his own punishment among the three.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	24	13	So Gad went to David with the message: Wilt thou have seven years of famine in thy country, or three months of flight from the pursuit of thy enemies, or three days in which thy country is smitten with plague? Think well, and tell me what answer I shall make to him whose word I bear thee.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	24	14	I am hard pressed on all sides, David told him; but it is better to fall into the hands of the Lord, so rich is he in mercy, than into the hands of men.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	24	15	So the Lord sent a plague upon Israel, from that morning till the time he had appointed; and it raged all the way from Dan to Bersabee, till seventy thousand men had perished.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	24	16	But when the angel of the Lord was stretching out his hand over Jerusalem, to bring destruction on it, the Lord was moved with pity over their calamity, and said to the angel who was smiting the people down, It is enough, stay thy hand. The angel of the Lord stood close, then, to the threshing-floor of Areuna the Jebusite.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	24	17	David, when he saw how the angel was smiting the people down, had said to the Lord, The sin is mine, the fault is mine; these poor sheep of mine, what wrong have they done? Nay, turn thy hand against me, and my own father’s race!
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	24	18	Then Gad brought David the message, Go up to the threshing-floor of Areuna the Jebusite, and build an altar there.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	24	19	So David went up, in obedience to the command which the Lord had given him through Gad;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	24	20	and when Areuna looked round, to see the king and the king’s servants coming towards him,
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	24	21	he came forward, bowing down with his face to the ground to do the king reverence. What would my lord king with his servant? he asked. And David said, I have come to buy thy threshing-floor; I must build an altar here to the Lord, to put an end to the mortality which goes unhindered among the people.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	24	22	Then Areuna answered, Let the king’s grace take all he needs for his offering; here are sheep for a burnt-sacrifice, here is the waggon, and the yoke my oxen bear, for kindling-wood.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	24	23	All this is Areuna’s royal gift to the king. And may the Lord, Areuna added, grant thy prayer.
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	24	24	But the king would not let him have his will; Nay, said he, I must buy it from thee; the victims I offer to the Lord my God must not be procured without cost. So David bought threshing-floor and ox-team for fifty silver pieces;
+2 Kings	2Kgs	10	24	25	there he built an altar to the Lord, and there he brought burnt-sacrifice and welcome-offering. So the land was received back into the Lord’s favour, and the plague disappeared from Israel.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	1	And now David had grown old, and so chilled with age that there was no warming him by heaping coverlets on his bed;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	2	so his attendants asked leave of him to go and find a young maid, who should be brought to the court and cherish him by sleeping in his bosom, to give their royal master warmth.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	3	And of all the fair maids in Israel they chose out one, Abisag from Sunam, who was brought into the king’s presence;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	4	a fair maid indeed, who now shared the king’s bed and waited on him, yet never did the king mate with her.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	5	Meanwhile Adonias, David’s son by Haggith, aspired to win the throne; he must drive in state, with chariots and outriders, and fifty men to run before him;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	6	and never a word did his father say to check or challenge him; he came next to Absalom in birth, and was like Absalom for beauty.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	7	Joab, son of Sarvia, and the priest Abiathar were in his confidence; but, while these favoured Adonias’s cause,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	8	he could not win over the priest Sadoc, and Banaias son of Joiada, and the prophet Nathan, Semei and Rei and the picked men of David’s army.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	9	Adonias, then, would offer sacrifice of rams and calves and other fattened beasts at the Stone of Zoheleth, by Enrogel spring; bidding his brother princes there as guests, and the men of Juda that were in David’s service,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	10	but not the prophet Nathan, or Banaias, or the leaders of the army, or his brother Solomon.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	11	Thereupon Nathan said to Solomon’s mother Bethsabee, Hast thou heard the news that Haggith’s son Adonias has come to the throne, and our lord king David none the wiser?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	12	Act quickly, following the advice I now give thee, if thou wouldst protect thyself, and thy son Solomon, from mortal peril.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	13	Go and demand access to king David’s presence; ask him openly, My lord King, didst thou not promise me, thy handmaid, upon oath, to let my son Solomon be thy heir, and succeed to thy throne? How comes it that Adonias is king?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	14	And while thou art still speaking, I will come in after thee, and lend weight to these words of thine.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	15	So Bethsabee gained access to the king’s own room, where he sat, an old, old man, with Abisag the Sunamite in attendance on him.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	16	Low was the reverence Bethsabee made, and when the king asked what was her will,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	17	she answered, My lord, thou didst swear to me by the Lord thy God that my son Solomon should be thy heir, and succeed to thy throne;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	18	and here is Adonias already reigning, while thou, my lord king, art kept in ignorance.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	19	Nay, he has sacrificed bulls, fattened beasts, and rams without number, with the priest Abiathar, and Joab, the commander of thy men, for his guests, and all the princes except thy servant Solomon.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	20	My lord king, all Israel looks to thee for a sign, to know who shall sit on thy royal throne after thee.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	21	How shall we fare, I and my son Solomon, when the king’s grace has been laid to rest with his fathers? Our lives will be forfeit.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	22	She was still speaking with the king, when the prophet Nathan came,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	23	and word was brought in that the prophet Nathan was in attendance. So in he came, and made his reverence before the king, with his face bowed to the ground;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	24	Lord King, he said, was it thy decree that Adonias should be thy heir, and succeed to thy throne?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	25	Away he goes, to offer up bulls, fatten beasts, and rams without number; all the princes are summoned to the feast, and the chiefs of the army, and the priest Abiathar; and there they sit, eating and drinking, while the cry goes up, Long live king Adonias!
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	26	As for me, thy servant, and the priest Sadoc, and Banaias son of Joiada, and prince Solomon, no summons came to us.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	27	Can it be that the king’s grace has made this decree, without a word to me, his servant, to say who should succeed my lord the king on his throne?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	28	Send for Bethsabee, king David answered; and when she had come in, and stood there in the royal presence,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	29	the king took an oath: As the Lord is a living God, he who has preserved my life against all perils,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	30	my sworn word to thee, in the name of the Lord God of Israel, that thy son Solomon should be my heir and succeed to my throne, shall be fulfilled this day.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	31	And Bethsabee, bowing her face to the ground, did reverence; Unending life, said she, to my lord king David!
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	32	Then king David would have the priest Sadoc, and the prophet Nathan, and Banaias son of Joiada, summoned to his presence, and when these waited on him,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	33	his orders were: Take the royal troops with you, and escort my son Solomon, mounted upon my own mule, to Gihon;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	34	there let him be made king of Israel, with the priest Sadoc and the prophet Nathan to anoint him; there sound the trumpet, and make proclamation, Long live king Solomon!
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	35	Then bring him back, to sit on my throne and reign instead of me; to him I commit the charge of Israel and Juda alike.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	36	And Banaias son of Joiada cried, Well said! May the Lord, the God who protects the king’s grace, decree no otherwise;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	37	as he has been with thee, so may he be with thy son, and make Solomon’s throne more glorious than the throne of David himself.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	38	Then Sadoc and Nathan and Banaias, mustering the Cerethites and the Phelethites, mounted Solomon on king David’s own mule, and escorted him to Gihon;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	39	there, with a phial of oil brought out from the tabernacle, the priest Sadoc anointed Solomon king; and they sounded the trumpet, while the cry went up everywhere, Long live king Solomon!
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	40	All the common folk went with him, and there was playing of flutes and great rejoicing, till earth echoed again with the noise of it.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	41	It reached Adonias and his guests when the banquet was already over; and Joab, as he heard the cries of the multitude, began asking what this uproar in the city might mean.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	42	The words were still on his lips when Jonathan approached, that was son to the priest Abiathar. Come in, cried Adonias; a brave fellow such as thou art surely brings good news.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	43	That have I none, Jonathan answered him; our lord king David has given the throne to Solomon.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	44	Mounted on the royal mule, with the priest Sadoc and the prophet Nathan and Banaias son of Joiada, with the Cerethites too and the Phelethites for his escort, he has ridden to Gihon,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	45	where Sadoc and Nathan anointed him king. And now they have come back in triumph, and all the city is echoing with it; that is the noise which has reached your ears.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	46	There Solomon sits on the royal throne,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	47	while the courtiers shower blessings on our lord king David, praying God to make Solomon’s renown greater than his, Solomon’s domains wider than his; and he, lying on his bed, cries out in adoration,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	48	Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, that has given me this day an heir to my throne, while I still have eyes to see it!
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	49	His words spread terror, and all Adonias’ guests rose up, and scattered to their homes.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	50	As for Adonias himself, in his great fear of Solomon he left the place and made his way to the altar, and clung to one of its horns.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	51	So news came to Solomon that Adonias, in fear of his royal brother, was clinging to the altar’s horn, crying out, I must have king Solomon’s oath this day that my life shall be spared!
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	52	Why, answered Solomon, prove he a loyal man, never a hair shall fall from his head; if he is found to be plotting mischief, he shall die for it.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	1	53	Then he sent to bring him away from the altar, and Adonias came into king Solomon’s presence, and did reverence there. And with that, Solomon sent him away to his house.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	1	And now the time drew near when David must die; but first he left with his son Solomon this charge.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	2	I am going, said he, the way all mortal things go at last; do thou keep thy courage high and play the man.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	3	Hold ever true to the Lord thy God, following the paths he has shewn us, observing his ceremonies, and all those commands and awards and decrees that are contained in the law of Moses; so shalt thou be well advised in all thou doest, at every turn of the way.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	4	So will the Lord make good his promise to me, that if my sons would but tread those paths of his, still proving loyal to him with the whole purpose of their heart and soul, the throne of Israel should never lack one of my race to fill it.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	5	And now to speak of Joab, son of Sarvia. Thou knowest well the ill turn he has done me; here were two commanders of the Israelite army, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, that fell by his hand. They were at peace with him when he struck the warrior’s blow, stained himself, from the shoes on his feet to the girdle on his loins, with the blood that should have been spilt in war.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	6	Let prudence be thy guide, do not allow those grey hairs to find a peaceful end.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	7	To the sons of Berzellai the Galaadite thou must shew gratitude, and let them be among those who eat at thy table; they made me welcome when I fled to escape from thy brother Absalom.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	8	Thou hast to reckon, moreover, with Semei son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim. Foul were the curses he hurled at me on my way to the Encampment; but when I crossed Jordan again he came out to meet me, and I swore to him in the Lord’s name that I would not slay him.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	9	Thou hast no cause to leave him unharmed; thou hast wit enough to resolve what to do with him, how to prepare a bloody end for his grey hairs.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	10	So David was laid to rest with his fathers, and the Keep of David was his burial-place;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	11	he had ruled Israel forty years, seven at Hebron and thirty-three at Jerusalem.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	12	And Solomon, who succeeded as his father’s heir, established himself firmly on the throne.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	13	As for Adonias, son of Haggith, he gained access to Bethsabee, king Solomon’s mother, telling her that he came on a peaceful errand;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	14	there was a matter he would confide to her. So she bade him speak out, but still he hesitated;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	15	Once, said he, the throne was mine, and all Israel had chosen me for their king; now the royal power has changed hands, and gone to my brother; it was God’s will.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	16	There is only one request now that I would make of thee; pray do not disappoint me. And still she bade him speak out.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	17	My request is, said he, that thou wouldst say a word for me to king Solomon; there is nothing he can refuse thee. Bid him give me Abisag the Sunamite for my wife.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	18	Why, yes, answered Bethsabee, I will speak to the king on thy behalf.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	19	Bethsabee, then, made her way to king Solomon, to prefer Adonias’ request; the king rose to meet her and bowed low, then he sat down on his throne again, and a throne was brought for her, the king’s mother, to sit down at his right hand.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	20	There is a light request, she told him, that I would make of thee; pray do not disappoint me. Make thy request, mother, said he; I will not turn a deaf ear to it.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	21	It is, said she, that thy brother Adonias should be given Abisag the Sunamite for his wife.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	22	But this was king Solomon’s answer to his mother, What, Abisag the Sunamite for Adonias? Ask me to give him the kingdom, too; he is my elder brother, and has the priest Abiathar, and Joab son of Sarvia, to maintain his cause.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	23	And hereupon king Solomon took an oath in the Lord’s name; May the Lord punish me as I deserve, and more than I deserve, if this plea Adonias has made does not cost him his life!
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	24	As the Lord is a living God, he that has established me firmly on my father David’s throne, and made the dynasty mine, as he promised, Adonias shall die this day!
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	25	So king Solomon gave orders to Banaias son of Joiada, and by his hand Adonias was put to death.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	26	The king had a command, too, for the priest Abiathar; Go back to thy lands at Anathoth. Nothing better thou deservest than death, but I will spare thy life this day; thine it was to carry the ark in my father’s presence, and to share all the perils he endured.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	27	Thus king Solomon deprived Abiathar of his priesthood, in fulfilment of that sentence which the Lord passed on the race of Heli, long ago at Silo.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	28	Tidings of this came to Joab, that had taken part with Adonias, not with Solomon; and he took refuge in the Lord’s tabernacle, where he clung to one of the altar-horns.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	29	And king Solomon, hearing he had fled to the tabernacle and was to be found there, close by the altar, sent Banaias son of Joiada with orders to kill him.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	30	So Banaias went to the Lord’s tabernacle and bade Joab remove from it, in the king’s name. Not I, said Joab, I will die here. When Banaias brought tidings of the answer Joab had made him,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	31	the king said, Let him have his will; put him to death there, and give him burial. Only rid me, and my father’s kindred, of the blood-guilt Joab has brought upon us.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	32	On his head may the Lord’s vengeance fall; did he not slay two innocent men that were his betters, Abner son of Ner that commanded Israel, and Amasa son of Jether that commanded Juda, drawing his sword on them with no word said to my father, king David?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	33	On Joab let the blood-guilt fall, and on his race for ever; to David and David’s race, to David’s throne and dynasty, may the Lord grant eternal prosperity!
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	34	With that, Banaias son of Joiada went back and gave Joab his death-blow. He was buried at his own home, out in the wilderness;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	35	command of the army the king gave to Banaias son of Joiada, and the high-priesthood to Sadoc instead of Abiathar.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	36	Then the king bade Semei come before him; Thou must build thyself a house, he told him, here at Jerusalem, and come to live there, instead of travelling freely this way and that.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	37	The day on which thou leavest Jerusalem to cross Cedron river shall be thy last, and the blame will lie only on thyself.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	38	To this Semei agreed, promising obedience to the royal command; and for a long time he continued to live at Jerusalem.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	39	Then, after three years, it chanced that some of his servants ran away, and took refuge with Achis son of Maacha, king of Geth. And when Semei was told that his servants were in Geth,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	40	he saddled his ass for a journey; to Geth he went and to the court of Achis in search of them, and brought them home with him.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	41	The news that Semei had journeyed to Geth and back reached Solomon’s ears,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	42	and thereupon he sent for him. Did I not bind thee by an oath in the Lord’s name, said he, warning thee that the day when thou shouldst begin to travel this way and that should be thy last? And didst thou not agree to the conditions I made?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	43	Forgotten, thy oath to the Lord, forgotten, the warning I gave thee!
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	44	Then he added, Bethink thee, for it rankles yet in thy heart, of thy malice towards my father king David. Now the Lord has made thy ill will recoil on thyself;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	45	it is a blessing, not a curse, king Solomon inherits, and David’s dynasty remains firm on the throne, to serve the Lord for ever.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	2	46	Then the king gave orders to Banaias son of Joiada, and he followed Semei out and put him to death.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	1	By now, Solomon’s power was firmly established, and he allied himself by mar-riage to the king of Egypt, whose daughter he wedded. He took her to live in the Keep of David; not yet had he built his own palace, or the Lord’s house; not yet had he finished walling in Jerusalem.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	2	In those days, the Lord had no temple built for him, and men used to sacrifice on hill-tops.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	3	Great love had Solomon for the Lord, and followed the counsel of his father David, though indeed he too went to mountain shrines, to sacrifice and offer up incense.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	4	Once he had betaken himself to Gabaon, where there was a famous mountain shrine, to worship there; a thousand victims king Solomon offered in burnt-sacrifice, there on the altar at Gabaon.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	5	And that night the Lord appeared to him in a dream, bidding him choose what gift he would.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	6	Thou hast been very merciful, answered Solomon, to my father David, a servant of thine that ever shewed himself loyal and observant, and kept his heart true to thee; and one great mercy thou didst keep till the last; thou hast granted the succession to a son of his own, the man thou seest.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	7	Yes, Lord God, thou hast bidden this servant of thine reign where his father reigned; but, Lord, what am I? No better than a little child, that has no skill to find its way back and forth.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	8	And here am I, thy servant, lost among the thousands of the people thou hast chosen, a people whose numbers are beyond all count and reckoning.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	9	Be this, then, thy gift to thy servant, a heart quick to learn, so that I may be able to judge thy people’s disputes, and discern between good and ill. How else should a man sit in judgement over such a people as this, great as thy people is great?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	10	The Lord listened well pleased, and looked with favour on the choice he had made.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	11	For this request of thine, he told Solomon, thou shalt be rewarded. Thou didst not ask for a long life, or riches, or vengeance upon thy enemies, but for wisdom to administer justice.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	12	Thy prayer is granted; hereby I grant thee a heart full of wisdom and discernment, beyond all that went before thee or shall come after thee.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	13	And I grant thee moreover all thou didst not ask for; in wealth, in glory, no king that ever was may compare with thee.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	14	And if thou wilt follow the paths I have chosen for thee, as thy father did, keeping charge and commandment of mine, long life thou shalt have too.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	15	With that, Solomon awoke; it was a dream. But when he came back to Jerusalem, he stood before the ark that bears record of the Lord’s covenant, and brought burnt-sacrifice, and made welcome-offerings, with a great feast for all his servants.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	16	And now two women, harlots both of them, came and stood in the royal presence.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	17	Justice, my lord! said one of them. This woman and I share a single house, and there, in her presence, I gave birth to a child;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	18	three days after my delivery, she too gave birth. We were still living together; none else was in the house but we two.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	19	Then, one night, she overlay her child as she slept, and it died.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	20	So, rising at dead of night, when all was still, she took my son from beside me, my lord, while I slept, put him in her own bosom, and her dead son in mine.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	21	In the morning, when I raised myself to give my child suck, a dead child was there; and it was not till I looked at it more closely under the full light of day that I found this was never the child I bore.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	22	And when the other woman said, No, it is thy child that is dead, mine that is alive, she persisted in answering, Thou liest; it is my child that lives, thine that is dead. Such was the angry debate they held in the king’s presence.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	23	See, said the king, it is all, My child lives and thine is dead, on the one side, and Thy child is dead and mine lives, on the other.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	24	Bring me a sword. So a sword was brought out before the king.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	25	Cut the living child in two, he said, and give half to one, half to the other.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	26	Whereupon the true mother of the living child, whose heart went out to her son, cried out, No, my lord, give her the living child; never kill it! Not so the other; Neither mine nor thine, she said; let it be divided between us.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	27	No, said the king, do not kill the living child, give It to the first; she is its mother.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	3	28	This award was talked of throughout all Israel, and men feared the king, that was so inspired by divine wisdom in the judgements he gave.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	1	All the tribes of Israel were under king Solomon’s rule.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	2	These are the names of his ministers; Azarias, son of the priest Sadoc,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	3	and the two sons of Sisa, Elihoreph and Ahia, were secretaries; Josaphat, son of Ahilud, kept the records;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	4	Banaias, son of Joiada, commanded the army; Sadoc and Abiathar were the chief priests;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	5	Azarias, son of Nathan, was head of the royal prefects; Zabud, son of Nathan, a priest, was the king’s privy counsellor;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	6	Ahisar was controller of the household, and Adoniram, son of Abda, controller of the revenues.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	7	Solomon appointed twelve commissioners in the various parts of Israel to secure the maintenance of the king and his court, each of them providing the revenues needed for one month in the year.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	8	They were these; the son of Hur, for the hill country of Ephraim,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	9	the son of Decar for Maces, Salebim, Bethsames, Elon and Bethhanan,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	10	the son of Hesed for Aruboth, with Socho and the whole of Epher,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	11	the son of Abinadab, who married Solomon’s daughter Taphet, for the whole of Naphath-Dor.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	12	Bana, son of Ahilud, for Thanac and Mageddo and the whole region of Bethsan (close by Sarthana that lies under Jezrahel) from Bethsan itself to Abel-Mehula, that faces Jecmaan.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	13	The son of Gaber for Ramoth-Galaad, with the townships Jair, son of Manasses, conquered in Galaad; he controlled all the Argob district of Basan, containing sixty great walled cities that had bolts of bronze.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	14	Ahinadab, son of Addo, for Manaim;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	15	Achimaas (husband of Solomon’s daughter Basemath) for Nephthali;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	16	Baana, son of Husi, for Aser and Baloth;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	17	Josaphat, son of Pharue, for Issachar;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	18	Semei, son of Ela, for Benjamin;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	19	Gaber, son of Uri, for Galaad, that once belonged to the Amorrhite king Sehon and to Og, king of Basan; for all that country he alone was answerable.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	20	So Juda and Israel, countless in number as the sand by the sea, ate, drank, and were merry.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	21	As for Solomon, he bore rule over all the kingdoms between Euphrates and the Philistine country, right up to the frontiers of Egypt, enjoying the tribute they brought him and the service they did him all his life long.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	22	Sixty quarters of flour went every day to Solomon’s household, and a hundred and twenty of meal,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	23	ten oxen from the stall, and twenty from the meadow, and a hundred rams; besides venison of red-deer and roe-deer and gazelle, and farmyard birds.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	24	All the country that lies west of the Euphrates, from Thaphsa to Gaza, was subject to him, with all the kings that dwelt in those parts; look about him where he would, all was peace.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	25	As long as the reign of Solomon lasted, Juda and Israel lived secure from alarm, each man under vine and fig-tree of his own, all the land’s length from Dan to Bersabee.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	26	Forty thousand stalls king Solomon had for his chariot-horses, and twelve thousand mounted men;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	27	the keep of these was a charge on the royal commissioners aforesaid, beside the great ado they had to furnish the king’s table month by month;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	28	barley and straw for horse and mule must be conveyed to this place or that, according to the king’s own movements.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	29	Wisdom, too, God gave to Solomon, and great discernment, and a store of knowledge wide as the sand on the sea-shore.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	30	For that, no king of the east or of Egypt could vie with him,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	31	of all men the wisest; wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, or Heman, or Chalcol, or Dorda, that were sons of Mahol; no nation round about but had heard of his fame.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	32	Three thousand parables king Solomon uttered, and of songs he made a thousand and five;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	33	and he discoursed of all the trees there are, from the cedar on Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out from the wall; and of beasts, and birds, and creeping things, and fish.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	4	34	From all peoples and all kings of the world, when his fame reached them, men came to take back word of Solomon’s wisdom.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	5	1	Messengers, too, were sent by Hiram, king of Tyre, when he heard that Solomon had been anointed king in place of his father David, that had ever been Hiram’s friend.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	5	2	And this message Solomon sent to Hiram in return;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	5	3	My father David, as thou knowest, was for building a house in honour of the Lord his God; but there were threats of war all about him, and he must needs defer his purpose till the Lord should have crushed his enemies under his feet.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	5	4	Now, the Lord my God has given me security on every side; neither foe nor ill chance assails me,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	5	5	and I have a mind to build a temple dedicated to the Lord my God. He himself promised my father David, The son I will give thee for thy successor shall build a house in honour of my name.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	5	6	If thou wilt bid thy workmen cut down cedars for me on Lebanon, and let my workmen take part with thine, thy workmen shall have whatever pay thou demandest. As thou knowest, there is no woodman’s craft among my people such as the Sidonians have.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	5	7	When Solomon’s message reached Hiram, great was the joy it gave him; Blessed be the Lord God, said he, for what he has done this day, in granting David so wise a son to rule so populous a kingdom.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	5	8	Then he sent Solomon his answer: I have heard thy message, and therewith granted thy request; cedar and fir thou shalt have to thy heart’s content.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	5	9	My workmen shall convey them from Lebanon to the sea; on the sea I will embark them in rafts for whatever port thou shalt name; and when I have landed them there, it shall be thy part to carry them away. And meanwhile, thou shalt supply the needs of my own household.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	5	10	So Hiram gave Solomon cedar and fir wood to his heart’s content,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	5	11	while Solomon provided Hiram with forty thousand quarters of wheat to feed his household, and forty quarters of pure oil; such was the payment he made each year.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	5	12	Solomon had the gift of wisdom the Lord had promised him; he kept peace with Hiram, and a treaty was made between them.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	5	13	And now Solomon picked out Israelites for his workmen, levying thirty thousand of them to that end;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	5	14	and he used to send them to Lebanon for a month at a time by turns, so that each man should spend two out of every three months at home; it was Adoniram who was in charge of the levy.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	5	15	Seventy thousand men king Solomon had to carry loads for him, and eighty thousand to cut wood on the mountain-side,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	5	16	not counting the overseers who were in charge of the work done, three thousand three hundred overseers to give the workmen their orders.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	5	17	And the king bade them bring great stones, costly stones, to be the foundations of his temple, and to hew them into shape.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	5	18	This work of hewing was shared between Solomon’s masons and Hiram’s; and the men of Gibel, too, prepared wood and stone for the building of the house.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	1	It was in the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the second month (Zio, as it is called) of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign in Israel, that the building of the Lord’s house began.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	2	This house built by Solomon in the Lord’s honour was sixty cubits long, twenty wide, and thirty high;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	3	in front of the temple was a porch whose length, like the width of the temple itself, was twenty cubits, but it was only ten cubits wide.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	4	Slanting windows he made to light his temple,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	5	and about its walls he built storied galleries, that ran all round the sides of the temple and its shrine with pent-houses round about them;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	6	the lowest of these galleries was five, the middle six, and the highest seven cubits broad; and they rested on beams close to the outside of the building all about, they were not attached to the temple walls.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	7	All the time the temple was a-building, the stones used were ready hewn and shaped, so that there was no ringing of hammer or axe or iron tool in the house itself, while it was being built.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	8	There was a door in the middle of the pent-house on the southern side of the building; from this a spiral staircase led to the first floor, and another to the top floor.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	9	When he had finished building the walls of the house, Solomon covered it in with cedar rafters;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	10	then, over the whole of it, he built an added storey five cubits high, and roofed the house with planks of cedar.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	11	This was a message the Lord sent to Solomon:
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	12	So thou art building me a house? Follow, then, my commandments, execute my decrees, hold fast to all the laws I have given thee, and by these guide thy steps. So I will grant thee fulfilment of the promise I made to thy father David;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	13	I will come and live among the sons of Israel, and not forsake my people any more.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	14	So Solomon pressed on with the building of the house, until all was finished.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	15	Its walls within were cedar-panelled, from the floor to the top of the walls, where the rafters sprang, no panel but was of cedar; only the floor was covered with planks of fir.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	16	The furthest part of the temple was cedar-panelled to a height of twenty cubits from top to bottom; it was this inmost recess that he made into a shrine, a place all holiness,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	17	and before the doors of this shrine the remaining forty cubits of length made up the temple proper.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	18	All was cedar panelling, rounded and fitted with the craftsman’s utmost skill, embossed with carving, cedar everywhere, and no stone in the walls allowed to shew itself.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	19	And there in the midst, in the inmost part of the building, stood the shrine in which the ark of the Lord was to rest;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	20	twenty cubits in length, width, and height, and covered with plates of pure gold; plated, too, was the cedar altar.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	21	Then he covered all the rest of the building, the ante-room of the shrine, with plates of pure gold, fastened with golden nails.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	22	Nothing in the temple but was sheathed in gold, the altar that stood before the shrine with the rest.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	23	Within the shrine stood two cherubim, made of olive-wood, ten cubits high;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	24	each of these had wings of five cubits’ breadth, so that there was ten cubits’ distance between the tips of them.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	25	The second cherub matched the first in height, no difference of size or of workmanship between them.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	26	Ten cubits high they stood,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	27	there in the midst of the inner shrine, either touching the wall with one wing and its fellow’s wing with the other.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	28	The cherubim, too, he plated with gold.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	29	All the walls of the temple were adorned with bands of carved and embossed work, cherubim and palm-trees and other patterns, standing out in high relief;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	30	the floor, within the sanctuary and without, he covered with gold.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	31	At the entrance to the shrine he made doors of olive-wood, between five-sided pilasters;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	32	doors of olive-wood, carved with figures of cherubim and palm-trees, and other sculpture in high relief; doors and cherubim and palm-trees and all the rest were covered with gold.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	33	At the entrance to the temple were square posts of olive-wood;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	34	and the door on either side was of fir-wood; either door was double, but the two halves were connected, so that they opened together.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	35	Cherubim, and palm-trees, and other sculpture stood out in high relief, and he covered all with gold plates squared by rule.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	36	He also built an inner courtyard, whose walls had three courses of dressed stone and one of cedar-wood.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	37	So, in the month of Zio of the fourth year of his reign, the foundations of the building were laid;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	6	38	and it was finished, in all its parts and with all its appurtenances, in the eighth month (Bul, as it is called) of his eleventh year; so that it was seven years in building.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	1	Then, for thirteen years, Solomon was engaged in building a palace for himself; so long was it before all was finished.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	2	It was then that he set up the building known as the Forest of Lebanon. This was a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, containing four galleries that ran between pillars cut from the trunks of cedars;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	3	he roofed it in, too, with cedar rafters, supported by forty-five pillars. The galleries were divided by rows of fifteen pillars
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	4	placed at fixed intervals
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	5	so as to face one another, with equal spaces between pillar and pillar; and these supported square beams of cedar that matched one another.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	6	There was a pillared hall fifty cubits long and thirty wide, and a second hall in front of it, with pillars to support the architrave.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	7	And there was a hall containing his judgement-seat, panelled in cedar from floor to ceiling;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	8	within it was a private apartment which he used when he was administering justice. The house he built for Pharao’s daughter that he had married was of the same workmanship as this hall.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	9	All was built of costly stone, cut to exact shape and measure within and without, from top to bottom of the walls, from the entrance up to the great courtyard;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	10	the foundations, too, were of costly stones, some ten, some eight cubits long;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	11	nor were the stones above less in measurement, with cedar panels to match them.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	12	The great courtyard, which was round, had three courses of dressed stone and one of planed cedar-wood; thus the court around the palace porch was to match the inner court of the temple.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	13	There was a craftsman named Hiram, living at Tyre, that king Solomon sent for;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	14	his father had been a Tyrian, but his mother, now a widow, belonged to the tribe of Nephthali. A craftsman in bronze, wise, adroit and skilful at doing a brazier’s work; and to do such work king Solomon had now summoned him.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	15	Two brazen pillars he made, eighteen cubits in height and twelve in girth,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	16	and cast the two capitals of bronze that were to rest on them, each five cubits high,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	17	with a pattern of net-work and of chains cunningly enlaced. There were seven rows of chain-work on either capital, all cast in metal.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	18	The pillars, too, had their capitals covered with two rows of pomegranates, all round the net-work; both pillars alike.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	19	On the base of either capital there was a chain of lily-work, four cubits long;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	20	it was the remaining part of the capitals, above, that had the net-work pattern, which went the full round of the pillar; on this second part of them, too, were the rows of pomegranates, two hundred in number.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	21	He set up the two pillars before the porch of the temple, calling the one on the right Jachin and the other Booz.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	22	Above the pillars he did work in lily pattern, and so the making of the pillars was finished.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	23	He cast, too, a great round basin of molten work, ten cubits from brim to brim, five cubits high, and with a girth of thirty cubits.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	24	Under the rim ran a moulding ten cubits long; two rows of fluted moulding, all cast in metal.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	25	The basin stood on the figures of twelve oxen, three facing north, three west, three south, three east, so resting on them that their hind quarters, turned inwards, could not be seen.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	26	The basin was three inches thick, and its brim curved as the brim of a cup does, or a lily-leaf; it held sixty-four tuns.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	27	He also made ten brazen stands for smaller basins, four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	28	Even these stands were of embossed work; there was moulding between the shafts;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	29	moulding, too, between the upper and the lower rims, of lions and bulls and cherubim, and between the shafts above them the same pattern; and under the lions and oxen hung thongs, as it were, of bronze.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	30	Each stand had four wheels, with axles of bronze; and on each of its four corners it had a bracket of molten work, to take the basin, four brackets facing one another at opposite corners.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	31	These supported a rest on which the extremity of the basin was to stand; a round rest which measured a cubit across, or a cubit and a half with the basin. At the corners round it there were engraved columns, and the space between them was filled by other columns, square, not round.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	32	The four wheels were at the four corners of the stand, each pair connected under the stand itself; every wheel was a cubit and a half in height;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	33	such wheels were they as might be found in a chariot, axles and spokes and rims and naves all of molten work,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	34	just as the four brackets, springing from the corners of each stand, were of molten work and part of the stand itself.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	35	At the top of each stand was a round rim, half a cubit across, carefully made so that the foot of the basin could rest upon it; a rim covered with engraving, that had embossed work springing from it.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	36	The rings of which I have spoken were of bronze, and around these, and at the corners about them, were cherubim and lions and palm-trees, standing out like statues, as if they had been added on, instead of being cast with the rest.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	37	Thus he made the ten stands, all alike in the manner of their casting, in their measurements, and in their figured work.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	38	Then he made the ten bronze basins, each holding three hundred gallons, four cubits across, and set one basin on each stand.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	39	Five of the stands were on the right side of the temple, five on the left, and the great basin itself on the right, towards the south-east.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	40	Pot and shovel and bucket Hiram made, all that king Solomon needed for the service of the Lord’s temple.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	41	He made the two pillars, and the chain-work for their capitals, and the net-work to cover the chain-work,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	42	and four hundred pomegranates to go with the net-work, two rows of them for each piece of net-work, to adorn the capitals of the pillars,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	43	ten stands, and a basin for each stand,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	44	the single great basin, and the twelve oxen that supported it,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	45	and pot and shovel and bucket besides. All the appurtenances of the Lord’s temple which Hiram made for Solomon were of burnished bronze,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	46	and the king had them cast in the clay soil of the Jordan valley, between Socoth and Sarthan;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	47	a great multitude of them, such a multitude that he did not reckon the weight of all the bronze he used.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	48	Other appurtenances, too, of the Lord’s house must Solomon make; the golden altar, and the golden table upon which the hallowed loaves were set out,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	49	the golden lamp-stands, five on the right and five on the left, in front of the shrine, all of pure gold, the lily-work, and the golden lamps that rested in them; the golden tongs,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	50	and pot and fork and bowl and saucer and censer, all of pure gold. Of gold, too, were the door-hinges, both for the inner sanctuary and for the temple building.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	7	51	Thus Solomon completed all the work needed for the service of the Lord’s house; and he brought into it all the silver and gold and other ware that his father David had consecrated, laying them up among its treasures.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	1	Then all the elders of Israel, the chiefs of the tribes, and the heads of clans, met in Jerusalem to help king Solomon bring the ark home; the ark then rested in the Keep of David, which we call Sion.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	2	It was on the great feast day of the seventh month (Ethanim, as it is called) that king Solomon sent out this summons to the whole of Israel,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	3	and the elders, one and all, came in answer to it. The priests took up the ark,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	4	and soon ark and tabernacle and all the tabernacle’s appurtenances were borne aloft, with priests and Levites to carry them.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	5	King Solomon walked before the ark, and with him all the throng of Israelites that had assembled; no reckoning made, no count taken, of the sheep and oxen they offered up as victims.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	6	So the ark that bears witness of the Lord’s covenant was borne by the priests to the place designed for it, there in the temple’s inner shrine, where the cherubim spread their wings;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	7	spread them over the very place where the ark rested, to protect it and protect the poles that bore it.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	8	These poles jutted out indeed, so that the ends of them could be seen by one standing before the shrine, beyond the limits of the inner sanctuary; but never again were they seen in the open; they have remained in the temple to this day.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	9	And nothing was in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses laid up there on mount Horeb, when the Lord made his covenant with the sons of Israel after their escape from Egypt.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	10	As soon as the priests had left the inner sanctuary, the whole of the Lord’s house was wreathed in cloud;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	11	lost in that cloud, the priests could not wait upon the Lord with his accustomed service; his own glory was there, filling his own house.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	12	Where the cloud is, cried Solomon, the Lord has promised to be;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	13	it is true, then, the house I have built is to be thy dwelling, thy throne for ever immovable.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	14	With that, the king turned to bless the whole assembly of Israel; all Israel, that stood to receive his blessing.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	15	Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, he said, who has now fulfilled in act the promise he made to my father David.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	16	So many years since he had rescued his people from Egypt, and never a city among all the tribes of Israel had he chosen to be the site of his dwelling-place or the shrine of his name; but a man he did choose out, to rule his people, king David.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	17	And when he, my father, would have built a house in honour of the Lord God of Israel,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	18	the Lord told him that he had done well to conceive such a purpose in his heart; But it is not for thee, he said, to build me a house.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	19	A house shall be built in my honour, but by thy son, the heir of thy body.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	20	That promise of his the Lord has fulfilled; I have come forward in my father’s place, to sit upon the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised I should; it has been mine to build a house to the honour of the Lord, Israel’s God,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	21	and to find a home for this ark, witness of the covenant made with our fathers when they escaped from Egypt.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	22	Then Solomon stood before the Lord’s altar in full view of all Israel, and lifted his hands to heaven;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	23	and thus he prayed: Lord God of Israel, thou reignest without rival in heaven and earth, making good thy merciful promises to all who follow thee with undivided hearts.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	24	And thou hast not disappointed thy servant, my father David; thy act matches thy word; this day, who doubts it?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	25	Do not forget, Lord God of Israel, that other promise of thine to David, that he should always have an heir to sit on the throne of Israel, would but his sons guide their steps, like David himself, as in thy presence;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	26	let that promise, too, Lord God of Israel, be ratified!
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	27	Folly it were to think that God has a dwelling-place on earth. If the very heavens, and the heavens that are above the heavens, cannot contain thee, what welcome can it offer thee, this house which I have built?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	28	Yet, O Lord my God, do not let this prayer go all unheeded, that sues for thy favour; listen to the cry of entreaty thy servant makes before thee this day!
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	29	This I ask, that thy eyes should be ever watching, night and day, over this temple of thine, the chosen sanctuary of thy name; be this the meeting-place where thou wilt listen to thy servant’s prayer.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	30	Whatever requests I or thy people Israel make shall find audience here; thou wilt listen from thy dwelling-place in heaven, and listening, wilt forgive.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	31	Has a man wronged his neighbour, and is he bidden to clear himself of the charge by an oath? Then, if he comes to this house of thine, to swear the lie before thy altar,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	32	thou, in heaven, wilt be listening, and ready to strike the blow; thine to do justice between thy servants, passing sentence on the guilty and avenging the wrong, acquitting the innocent and granting him due redress.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	33	Are thy people of Israel condemned to flee before their enemies, in punishment of the sins they will surely commit? Then, if they come here repentant, and acknowledging thy power, pray to thee and plead with thee in this temple of thine,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	34	do thou, in heaven, listen to them, and forgive the sins of thy people Israel, and restore them to the land which thou gavest to their fathers.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	35	Does the sky bar its gates against them, and give no rain, in punishment for their sins? Then, if they come here acknowledging thee with prayer and repentance, and turn away, in their sore need, from their sins,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	36	do thou, in heaven, listen, and grant thy servants the people of Israel forgiveness; teach them to guide their steps aright, and send rain on the land thou hast given them for their home.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	37	Is there famine in the land, or pestilence, blight or rust, locust or mildew? Does some enemy press hard on it, besieging our city gates? Many are the forms of plague and sickness,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	38	of curse and ban, that may fall upon all Israel without distinction. But each heart knows the wound that galls it; and if any one man stretches out his hand to thee in this temple,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	39	thou, in heaven, thy dwelling-place, wilt listen and relent. Thou knowest the hearts of all human kind, and wilt send to each man, according to the dispositions of his heart, the lot his deeds deserve;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	40	so will men learn to fear thee, long as they live to enjoy the land thou gavest to our fathers.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	41	Nay, is it some stranger, with no part in thy people Israel, who yet comes here from distant lands for love of thy renown? For indeed there will be talk of thy renown, of the constraining force thy power displays, all the world over.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	42	When such a man comes to pray in this temple,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	43	thou, in heaven, in thy secure dwelling-place, wilt listen to the alien’s prayer and wilt answer it. So all the world shall learn to fear thy name, no less than Israel itself; shall doubt no more that this temple I have built claims thy protection.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	44	Sometimes thy people will go out to levy war upon their enemies, here and there at thy bidding. Then, as they fall to prayer, let them but turn in the direction of the city thou hast chosen, the temple I have built there in thy honour,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	45	and thou, in heaven, wilt listen to their prayer for aid, wilt maintain their cause.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	46	But what, if they have offended thee by their faults? No man but is guilty of some fault; it may be thou wilt give them up, in thy anger, into the power of their enemies, and as prisoners they will endure exile in neighbouring countries, or countries far away.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	47	But ere long, in their banishment, they will come back to thee with repentant hearts, crying out, poor exiles, We are sinners, we have done amiss, rebels all!
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	48	In that alien land, the land of their captivity, they will come back to thee with all the purpose of their heart and soul. Then, if they turn in prayer towards the land thou gavest to their fathers, the city of thy choice, and the temple I have built there in thy honour,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	49	thou, in heaven, on thy peaceful throne, wilt once more listen to their prayer for aid, wilt maintain their cause still.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	50	Thou wilt relent towards thy people, though they have sinned against thee, wilt pardon the wrong their transgressions have done thee, wilt melt the hearts of their captors into pity.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	51	Are they not thy own people, thy coveted possession, the men thou didst rescue from Egypt’s furnace of iron?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	52	Ever let thy eyes be watchful, to look down upon me, thy servant, and upon thy people, when they cry for aid; give all their requests a hearing.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	53	Hast thou not set them apart, among all the peoples of the world, to be thy coveted possession? Was not this thy promise, given through thy servant Moses when thou didst rescue our fathers from Egypt, O Lord our God?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	54	So prayed king Solomon, so he pleaded with the Lord; and when he had finished, he rose up from before the Lord’s altar, where he had knelt on the ground with his hands outstretched towards heaven,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	55	and standing there, gave his blessing aloud to the whole assembly of Israel.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	56	Blessed be the Lord, he said, that he has given his people of Israel the repose he promised them; of all the hopes his word through Moses gave us, never one has been left unfulfilled.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	57	May the Lord our God be with us still, as he was with our fathers, never forsaking us, never casting us away;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	58	may he turn our hearts towards himself, ready to follow every path he has shewn us, keep every command, observance and decree he bade our fathers keep.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	59	May this prayer I have uttered before him plead with the Lord our God day and night, to win redress, for me, and for his people Israel, as the time shall need it;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	60	proving to the whole world that the Lord alone is God, there can be no other.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	61	Wholly be our hearts given to the Lord our God, ready (as we are ready this day) to live by his laws, and keep true to his commandments.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	62	Then the king and all Israel with him immolated their victims in the Lord’s presence;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	63	twenty-two thousand oxen and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep were slaughtered as Solomon’s welcome-offering to the Lord. Thus the king and the men of Israel dedicated the temple.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	64	That day, the king must needs hallow the middle part of the court before the Lord’s house, burning there the burnt-sacrifice, and the bloodless offerings, and the fat taken from the welcome-victims; there was no room for these on the brazen altar that stood there in the Lord’s presence.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	65	High festival king Solomon kept at this time before the Lord our God, and with him a great multitude from the whole land of Israel, that stretched from the pass of Emath down to the River of Egypt. Fourteen days it lasted, a whole week and then a second week;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	8	66	and at last, when the eighth day came, the king sent the people home. So back they went to their dwelling-places, rejoicing with full hearts over all the mercies the Lord had shewn to his servant David, and to his own people of Israel.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	1	When Solomon had finished building temple and palace, and achieved all his purpose,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	2	the Lord appeared to him a second time, as he had appeared to him once at Gabaon.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	3	I have listened to thy prayer, the Lord told him, to the suit thou hast preferred before me; and this temple thou hast built I myself have hallowed, to be the everlasting shrine of my name; never a day but my eyes shall be watching, my heart attentive here.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	4	Do thou guide thy steps, like thy father, as in my presence, with an undivided heart and steadfastly; do thou fulfil all that I command, hold true to my observances and my decrees;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	5	and I will grant to thy line dominion over Israel eternally. Such was my promise to thy father David, that he should always have an heir to sit on the throne of Israel.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	6	But if you and your children are content to turn your backs on me, following me no more, neglecting the commands and observances I have enjoined on you, betaking yourselves to the service and worship of alien gods,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	7	then I will sweep Israel away from the land I gave them, and this temple which I have hallowed as the shrine of my name, shall be thrust away out of my sight. Israel shall become a proverb and a by-word among all the nations,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	8	and this house shall be the monument of its fall. The passer-by will stand wondering, and hiss in derision; What means it, he will ask, that the Lord has treated this land, this house so cruelly?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	9	And the answer will come, Because they forsook the Lord their God, who rescued their fathers from the land of Egypt, and betook themselves to the worship and service of alien gods; that is why the Lord brought all this ruin upon them.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	10	It was twenty years after Solomon had finished the two buildings, temple and palace,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	11	that Hiram, king of Tyre, who had sent him the cedar and the fir-wood and the gold he needed for his undertaking, received twenty townships from him, belonging to the land of Galilee.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	12	And when he came on a visit from Tyre to see the townships Solomon had allotted to him, he liked them but little;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	13	What, brother, he cried, were these the only cities thou couldst spare me? And he gave that region the name of Chabul, which it bears to this day.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	14	It was twenty thousand talents’ weight of gold that Hiram sent to king Solomon.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	15	As for the reasons why king Solomon made such heavy disbursements, they were these; he must build the temple, and the palace, and Mello, and Jerusalem wall, and Heser, and Mageddo, and Gazer.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	16	Gazer had been taken and burnt by the invading army of Pharao, king of Egypt; its inhabitants, who were Chanaanites, he put to the sword, and later gave it by way of dowry when his daughter married king Solomon.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	17	It was for Solomon, therefore, to rebuild it,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	18	together with Lower Bethoron, and Baalath, and Palmyra out in the desert.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	19	And in general he fortified the unwalled towns in his dominions; he must have cities, too, in which his chariots and horsemen could be quartered. Much else, too, he had the whim to build in Jerusalem, and on Lebanon, and in all parts of his kingdom.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	20	(Many of the former inhabitants still remained, not of Israelite stock, Amorrhites, Hethites, Pherezites, Hevites, and Jebusites;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	21	and these descendants of the races which Israel could never exterminate, king Solomon made into bondservants, as they are to this day.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	22	Among the Israelites, he would make no man his slave; it was from these that he drew his warriors and his courtiers, his princes and his captains, the commanders of his chariots and horsemen.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	23	Five hundred and fifty overseers king Solomon had, to hold the people to their appointed tasks.)
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	24	And no sooner had Pharao’s daughter removed from the Keep of David to her new palace, than Solomon set about building up Mello.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	25	Three times a year Solomon offered burnt-sacrifice and welcome-offerings on the altar he had made in the Lord’s honour, and burned incense in the Lord’s presence; and he kept the temple in repair.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	26	King Solomon also built a fleet at Asion-Gaber, near Ailath on the shore of the Red Sea, in the territory of Edom.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	27	In this fleet, Hiram sent men of his own, mariners that had long experience of the sea, to serve with king Solomon’s men.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	9	28	They sailed as far as Ophir, and thence brought back to Solomon four hundred and twenty talents’ weight of gold.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	1	And now Solomon was visited by the queen of Saba. She had heard by report of the wisdom with which the Lord’s favour had endowed him, and came to make trial of his powers with knotty questions.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	2	Magnificent was the retinue with which she entered Jerusalem; spices and abundant gold and precious stones were the lading of her camels. And when she met king Solomon, she told him all the thoughts that exercised her mind;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	3	every doubt he resolved, no question of hers but found an answer.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	4	And when she saw how wise a man he was, saw, too, the house he had built,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	5	the food that was on his table, the lodging of his servants, the order and splendour of his court, how the wine went round, and what burnt-sacrifice he offered in the Lord’s temple, she stood breathless in wonder.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	6	And she said to the king, It was no false tale I heard in my own country,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	7	of all thou doest and of all the wisdom that is thine. I could not believe what they told me, without coming and seeing it for myself; and now I find that half of it was lost in the telling; here is greater wisdom, greater prosperity than all the tales that reached me.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	8	Happy thy folk, happy these servants of thine who wait ever upon thy presence and listen to thy wise words.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	9	Blessed be the Lord thy God, who, in his eternal love for Israel, has brought thee, his favourite, to the throne, given thee a king’s power to do justice and to make award!
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	10	A hundred and twenty talents’ weight of gold she gave to king Solomon, with many spices and precious stones; never did such abundance of spices come to Israel as those which the queen of Saba gave.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	11	(Though indeed Hiram’s fleet, when it brought back the gold from Ophir, brought rich store of sandal-wood, as well as precious stones;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	12	and of this sandal-wood king Solomon made pedestals for temple and palace, harp and zither for his musicians; finer sandal-wood never reached us, no, nor was ever seen.)
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	13	Solomon, in his turn, gave the queen of Saba all she desired and asked for; gave her much, too, unasked, in the royal munificence that was his. And so she went back to her own country, with all her retinue.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	14	The weight of gold that reached Solomon every year was six hundred and sixty-six talents,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	15	not counting what was brought him by his revenue officers, merchants and pedlars, from the kings of Arabia, and from his own commissioners.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	16	Two hundred shields king Solomon made of the purest gold, allowing six hundred sicles of gold to the plating of each;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	17	three hundred bucklers, too, of assayed gold, with three (hundred) minas of gold to cover each; and all these the king put in the building that was called the Forest of Lebanon.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	18	He also made a great throne of ivory, and lined it with gold unalloyed;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	19	six steps led up to it, and at the back the upper part of it was rounded. The seat itself had two supporters, with a lion standing by each,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	20	and on each step there was a lion at either side; no other kingdom could shew such workmanship.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	21	Of gold were all the goblets from which king Solomon drank, of purest gold all the furniture in the building called the Forest of Lebanon; no silver was used, for indeed in King Solomon’s day silver was little thought of.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	22	And every three years the king’s fleet and Hiram’s would sail to Tharsis, whence they came back laden with gold and silver; with ivory, too, and apes, and peacocks for their freight.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	23	So, both in riches and in wisdom, Solomon outvied all the kings of the world;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	24	and from every part of the world men craved his audience, to make proof for themselves of the wisdom God had put in his heart.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	25	And all these brought him gifts, so that gold and silver ware, presents of clothes and of armour, spices too, and horses and mules, came in year by year.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	26	Of chariots and horsemen king Solomon mustered a great force, fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen; of these, some were in the fortified towns, and some at the king’s side in Jerusalem.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	27	Silver he made as common in Jerusalem as stone, and cedars plentiful as the sycamores that grow in the plains.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	28	And horses were brought to Solomon from Egypt and from Coa, where his agents bought them and sent them to him for a fixed sum.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	10	29	Six hundred pieces of silver was the cost of a chariot brought from Egypt, and fifty of a horse; the kings of the Hethites and of Syria, too, sold him horses at the same price.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	1	But king Solomon gave his heart to many women of alien birth, not only to Pharao’s daughter, but to Moabites and Ammonites, Edomites and Sidonians and Hethites.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	2	It was of such races that the Lord had warned Israel, You must not mate with them, or let them mate with your daughters; no question but they will beguile your hearts into the worship of their own gods. Hotly he loved and close he clung to them;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	3	seven hundred wives, each with a queen’s rights, and three hundred concubines besides; what marvel if they beguiled his heart?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	4	So, an old man now, he was enticed by women into the worship of alien gods, and his heart was not true to the Lord, his own God, like his father David’s before him.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	5	To Astarthe, goddess of the Sidonians, Solomon bowed down, and to Moloch, the false god of Ammon,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	6	and set the Lord’s will at defiance, instead of shewing his father’s loyalty.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	7	To Chamos, the false god of Moab, and to Moloch, the false god of Ammon, Solomon built shrines, there on the mountain-side in full view of Jerusalem,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	8	and humoured thus all those foreign wives of his, that must burn incense, each to her own god, and offer victims.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	9	So the Lord was angry with Solomon for playing him false, when he, the Lord God of Israel, had twice appeared to him,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	10	and warned him against this very sin of alien worship; a warning that went unremembered.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	11	Since this is thy mind, he told Solomon, to disregard my covenant and the bidding I gave thee, I will not scruple to tear the kingdom from thy grasp, and give it to one of thy own servants.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	12	Only, for the love of thy father David, I will not do it in thy life-time; it is thy son that shall lose his kingdom.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	13	Nor will I take away the whole of it; one tribe he shall have left to him, for the sake of my servant David, and Jerusalem, the city of my choice.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	14	And the Lord gave Solomon an enemy to contend with, Adad the Idumean, of the royal dynasty of Edom.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	15	This man had made his escape, at the time when David invaded Idumea, and Joab, the commander of his army, was seeing to the burial of all its male inhabitants, who had been put to the sword.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	16	Joab, with all the fighting men of Israel, had spent six months there, exterminating every male survivor of the Edomite race,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	17	and meanwhile Adad, still in early boyhood, took refuge in Egypt, under the charge of certain Edomites, that had been his father’s servants.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	18	It was from Madian they began their journey, and when they reached Pharan they found adherents there; with these, they made their way into Egypt and had recourse to king Pharao, who gave Adad a house of his own, with an allowance of food and lands to cultivate.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	19	Great favour Adad won with king Pharao, who gave him his own sister-in-law, the sister of queen Taphnes, for his wife;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	20	by her he had a son, Genubath, whom Taphnes brought up at Pharao’s palace, so that he lived at court among Pharao’s own children.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	21	When news reached Adad, there in Egypt, that David had been laid to rest with his fathers, and that Joab, too, the commander of his army, was dead, he asked Pharao’s leave to go back to his own country.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	22	Why, Pharao asked, what is lacking to thee here, that thou shouldst be pining for thy home? Nothing, said he, but give me leave for all that.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	23	(Meanwhile, God gave Solomon another enemy to contend with, Razon, son of Eliada, that ran away from his master, Adarezer king of Soba,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	24	and levied war on him. When David conquered Soba, Razon became leader of a robber band, that went and settled in Damascus, where they made him king;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	25	and all through Solomon’s reign he was the enemy of Israel.) Such was the cause of Adad’s rebellion and his ill will against Israel, and he set up a kingdom in Syria.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	26	There was a servant, too, of king Solomon’s that turned against him, Jeroboam son of Nabat, an Ephraimite that lived at Sareda with his widowed mother, Sarva.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	27	And this is the story of his rebellion against his master. At the time when Solomon was building Mello, and filling up the gap his father had left in the walls of David’s Keep,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	28	this Jeroboam was a warrior at the height of his strength, and Solomon marked him out for a young man gifted and active, so he put him in charge of the labour that was exacted from the northern tribes.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	29	And now, as Jeroboam was leaving Jerusalem, he met the prophet Ahias, of Silo, that was clad in a new cloak, out in the open country, where none else was by.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	30	And Ahias, tearing the new cloak he wore into twelve pieces,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	31	bade Jeroboam take ten of them; This message, said he, the Lord God of Israel sends thee, I mean to wrest the kingship from the power of Solomon, and make over ten tribes to thee.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	32	One tribe shall remain his, for the sake of my servant David, and of Jerusalem, among all the cities of Israel the city of my choice.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	33	He has forsaken me, to worship Astarthe, goddess of the Sidonians, Chamos, god of Moab, and Moloch, god of Ammon; he has not followed the path I bade him follow, by doing my will and keeping command and decree of mine, like his father David before him.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	34	Not from his hand will I take the kingdom away, nor all of it; while he lives, I will grant him rule over it, for love of my chosen servant David, that kept command and decree of mine faithfully;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	35	but his son shall lose it. Ten tribes I will give to thee,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	36	and to his son one tribe only, so that my servant David may still have his lamp alight in my presence, there in Jerusalem, the favoured sanctuary of my name.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	37	On thee my choice shall fall; thou shalt have power to thy heart’s content, the king of Israel.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	38	And if thou wilt attend to the charge I lay upon thee, following the ways I bid thee follow and doing my will, keeping command and decree of mine as my servant David once did, then I will be with thee, and grant thee a dynasty abiding as David’s was.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	39	I will make Israel over to thee; such sorrow I will bring on the race of David, but not for ever.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	40	Solomon would fain have put Jeroboam to death, but he was up and gone; he took refuge with Sesac king of Egypt, and remained there till Solomon’s death.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	41	As for the rest of Solomon’s life and doings, and the stories told of his wisdom, they are all to be found in the Annals of king Solomon.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	42	He was forty years on the throne, with his capital at Jerusalem, but with all Israel for his subjects;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	11	43	and when he was laid to rest with his fathers, they buried him, David’s heir, in David’s Keep. And he was succeeded by his son Roboam.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	1	This Roboam betook himself to Sichem; at Sichem the whole of Israel had assembled to crown him king.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	2	But meanwhile Jeroboam, son of Nabat, who had fled to Egypt to be out of king Solomon’s reach, had come back home upon hearing the news of his death;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	3	and he, too, was summoned to meet them. He, and all Israel with him, came to make a request of Roboam;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	4	Thy father, they said, made us bear a bitter yoke. That cruel sway of his, that hard yoke, do thou mitigate, and we will be thy servants on that condition.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	5	Give me two days, said he, and then come back to hear my answer. So, when the people had left him,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	6	king Roboam asked advice first of the older men that had been courtiers in the life-time of his father, king Solomon; what answer should he make to the people?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	7	Why, they told him, if thou dost defer to them and do their will, granting this request of theirs and speaking graciously to them, they will never cease giving thee loyal service.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	8	But he left their advice unheeded, and took counsel instead with the younger men who had grown up with him;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	9	How think you, he asked, I should make answer to the people’s request, that I would lighten the yoke my father laid on them?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	10	And these, men of his own upbringing, gave him advice in their turn. Do they complain that thy father laid a heavy yoke on them, and ask for relief? Then tell them there is more strength in thy little finger than in all the breadth of thy father’s back;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	11	if his yoke fell heavy on them, thine shall be heavier still; if thy father’s weapon was the lash, thine shall be the scorpion.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	12	So the third day came, and Jeroboam, with all the people at his back, kept the tryst which the king had made with them for the third day following.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	13	And the king, instead of heeding the advice which the older men had given, spoke to the people harshly,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	14	with such words as the younger men had prescribed to him. If my father’s yoke fell heavy on you, he told them, mine shall be heavier still; if his weapon was the lash, mine shall be the scorpion.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	15	Thus the king refused to fall in with his people’s will; the Lord had left him to his own devices, in fulfilment of the promise Ahias the Silonite made, in his name, to Jeroboam son of Nabat.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	16	And when the people found that the king would not listen to them, they were quick with their answer. David is none of ours, they cried; not for us the son of Jesse; go back, men of Israel, to your homes! Let David look to the affairs of his own tribe! And with that, the people dispersed to their homes;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	17	none but the Israelites living in the cities of Juda would acknowledge Roboam as king.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	18	And now, when Adoram, who had charge of the levy, came to them in the king’s name, the Israelites stoned him to death; whereupon Roboam mounted his chariot and betook himself, with all speed, to Jerusalem.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	19	From that day to this, the men of Israel have refused allegiance to the dynasty of David.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	20	Hearing of Jeroboam’s return, they met and summoned him to be present; and so they made him king of all Israel, leaving none to take part with David’s line except the one tribe of Juda.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	21	Roboam, indeed, upon reaching Jerusalem, mustered the whole tribe of Juda, including Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand choice warriors, to make war on the men of Israel; their cry was that Roboam, Solomon’s heir, must be restored to his kingdom.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	22	But the Lord sent word to the prophet Semeias,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	23	Here is a message for Roboam, son of Solomon, king of Juda, and for the men of Juda and Benjamin, the loyal remnant of the people.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	24	You are not to march out, the Lord says, and make war upon the sons of Israel, your own brethren; go home, every man of you; all this is my doing. So they obeyed the Lord’s will, and gave up their journey at his bidding.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	25	As for Jeroboam, he fortified Sichem, in the hill-country of Ephraim, to be his capital; then he went on to fortify Phanuel.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	26	And it came into his mind, The kingdom will go back to the dynasty of David
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	27	if these subjects of mine are allowed to go and sacrifice in the Lord’s house at Jerusalem. Their loyalties will go out again to their old master, king Roboam of Juda; they will kill me, and return to his allegiance.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	28	And this was the plan he devised; he made two golden calves, and said to the men of Israel, Here are your gods; the same gods that rescued you from the land of Egypt; no need to make pilgrimage to Jerusalem any more.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	29	One of the calves he set up at Bethel, and the other at Dan.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	30	Here was great sin caused; all the way to Dan men would go on pilgrimage, to worship a calf.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	31	Jeroboam made shrines, too, on the hill-tops, and chose men to be priests here and there and everywhere among the people, men that were not of Levi’s race.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	32	And he appointed a feast-day of his own, on the fifteenth day of the month, to match the feast-day kept in Juda, but it was in the eighth month. He too, in Bethel, would mount the steps of the altar and do sacrifice, but to calf-gods of his own making. And at Bethel he established the priests that served the hill-shrines he had made.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	12	33	On the fifteenth day, then, of the eighth month, his self-devised feast-day for the sons of Israel, Jeroboam went up to the altar he had built in Bethel, and began, standing there, to offer incense.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	1	At that very moment, as Jeroboam stood at the altar and cast the incense down, a prophet came to Bethel, sent by the Lord from Juda;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	2	and in the Lord’s name he cried aloud against the altar, Listen, thou altar, listen to a message from the Lord. I see a prince that is to come, born of David’s race, Josias by name, that shall sacrifice on thee the very priests who now feed thee with incense; the bones of dead men shall be thy sacrifice.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	3	And he offered them proof, there and then; Here is a sign, he told them, to prove that this message comes from the Lord; see if this altar does not fall apart, and spill the ashes it holds!
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	4	So cried the prophet against the altar at Bethel; and the king, hearing it, lifted his hand from the altar, pointed to the prophet and cried, Seize him! With that, his outstretched hand withered up; no more could he bring it back to his side;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	5	and meanwhile, the altar fell apart, spilling its ashes; the very sign which the Lord had inspired his prophet to foretell.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	6	Plead with the Lord thy God, the king said to him, and pray for me, that I may have the use of my hand again. So the prophet entreated God’s mercy for him, and his hand was restored to him, as sound as before.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	7	And now the king would have the prophet come home with him to take food, and to be rewarded with gifts,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	8	but he answered, Thou mightest offer me half thy kingdom before I would come with thee, before a crust of bread or a drop of water should pass my lips.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	9	Such is the charge the Lord’s word laid upon me; I must neither eat nor drink, nor go home by the way I came hither.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	10	So he set out home by another road, not retracing the journey by which he had come to Bethel.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	11	There was an old seer dwelling at Bethel, whose sons came and told him what deeds the prophet of God had done in the town that day; told what words had passed, too, between him and the king.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	12	Whereupon their father asked what road he had taken, this prophet from Juda; and when he had found out this from his sons,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	13	he bade them saddle the ass for him. Saddle it they did, and he mounted,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	14	and went out in search of the prophet, whom he found sitting under an oak-tree. Asking whether he were the prophet from Juda, and learning that he was,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	15	he bade him come home and share his meal.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	16	But the other said, I must not turn back and go with thee, must not take food or drink here;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	17	when the Lord spoke to me, it was part of his message that I must neither eat nor drink at Bethel, nor leave it by the way I entered it.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	18	But he would take no denial; I too, said he, am a prophet like thyself, and an angel has brought me a message from the Lord that I am to take thee home and give thee food and drink. With such words the prophet was beguiled,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	19	and went back to eat and drink with him.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	20	Even as they sat at table, the Lord’s word came to the seer that had detained him.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	21	A message from the Lord, cried he to the prophet from Juda. Thou hast disobeyed him; he, the Lord thy God, gave thee a strict injunction, and thou hast not kept it.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	22	Thou hast turned back, there to eat and drink where he bade thee leave food and drink untasted. For thy punishment, thy body shall not be laid to rest in the burying-place of thy fathers.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	23	When their meal was done, he saddled his own ass for the prophet, his guest.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	24	And he, setting out on his journey, met with a lion, that slew him. There lay his body on the open road, with the ass close by; the lion, too, remained standing there beside its prey.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	25	Passers-by told how they had seen it, a lion standing beside a dead man’s body that lay in the road, when they reached the township where the old seer lived,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	26	and when it come to his ears, he bethought him of his guest; It must be the prophet, said he, that was disobedient to the Lord’s command; the Lord has suffered this lion to maul and kill him, in fulfilment of the divine threat that was made to him.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	27	Then he bade his sons saddle him an ass; and when it was saddled,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	28	he set out on his journey, and found the body lying there by the road with ass and lion standing over it; never a morsel of its prey had the lion eaten, and to the ass it did no harm.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	29	So the old seer took up the prophet’s body and put it on the ass, and returned with it to his own city, to mourn over the dead.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	30	In his own tomb he laid the corpse down, and they mourned for him, crying out, Alas, brother, alas the day!
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	31	And after they had finished mourning, he said to his sons, When I die, bury me in this tomb where God’s prophet rests, laying my bones beside his.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	32	It will come true past all doubt, the threat which he uttered in the Lord’s name against the altar at Bethel, and the hill-shrines in the cities of Samaria.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	33	All this notwithstanding, Jeroboam would not amend his sinful ways; still he appointed priests here and there and everywhere among the people, consecrating the first comer to minister at his hill-shrines.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	13	34	So it was that the race of Jeroboam became tainted with guilt, doomed to perish and to leave no trace behind it.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	1	And now Jeroboam’s son Abia fell sick.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	2	Whereupon Jeroboam said to his wife, Here is a journey needs to be made; but first disguise thyself, so that none may know thou art the wife of Jeroboam. It is to Silo thou must go, where Ahias lives, the prophet who foretold that I should be king of this realm;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	3	to him betake thyself, bearing ten loaves with thee, and some pastry, and a pot of honey; from him thou wilt learn what is to become of the boy.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	4	So Jeroboam’s wife did his bidding; to Silo she made her way, and found Ahias’ house. Ahias had no sight left now, so dim were his eyes grown with old age;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	5	but the Lord made it known to him that Jeroboam’s wife was coming to ask him about her son, that had fallen sick, and told him what words he must use to her. She, as she entered, would have given herself out to be other than she was;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	6	but Ahias, as soon as he heard the fall of her feet on the threshold, cried out, Come in, wife of Jeroboam; why dost thou feign thyself to be another? I am charged with bitter tidings for thee.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	7	Go and give Jeroboam this message from the Lord God of Israel: Was it for this I chose thee out among the common folk, and gave thee command of my people Israel,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	8	tearing David’s kingdom asunder to enthrone thee? My servant David was not such a man as thou art. He kept my commandments, obeying me with all his heart, and doing my will.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	9	And thou? Thou hast done more amiss than any who went before thee, making thyself molten images of alien gods; me thou hast defied, me thou hast rejected.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	10	And I, in return, mean to bring ruin on all Jeroboam’s race, smiting every man that belongs to it, bondman or free man, throughout all Israel; I mean to sweep away the last remnants of his race, like the dung that must be swept away till all is clean.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	11	Die they in the city, they shall be food for the dogs; die they in the open country, they shall be food for all the birds of heaven; it is the Lord’s decree.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	12	Up, then, betake thyself home, and as thy feet cross the threshold of the city, thy son will die.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	13	Lament and burial he shall have from the people of Israel; in him alone, of all Jeroboam’s race, some loyalty to the God of Israel is found, and he alone, of all Jeroboam’s race, shall be carried to the grave.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	14	This day, even as I speak, the Lord has marked out for the throne of Israel one who shall destroy the race of Jeroboam.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	15	And as for Israel itself, it shall tremble under the hand of the Lord God, as a reed trembles in the water; he will root them out from the fair land which he gave to their fathers, and scatter them beyond the Great River, men that defied the Lord with forest-shrines of their own fashioning.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	16	And if the Lord abandons Israel thus, it is for the guilt of Jeroboam, that sinned, and taught Israel to sin.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	17	So Jeroboam’s wife left him, and made her way back to Thersa, where her feet no sooner crossed the threshold than her son died.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	18	Burial he had, and all Israel mourned for him, as the prophet Ahias had promised in the Lord’s name.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	19	What else Jeroboam did, how he fought and how he reigned, is to be found written in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	20	When his reign had lasted twenty-two years, he was laid to rest with his fathers, and the throne passed to his son Nadab.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	21	Meanwhile king Solomon’s son Roboam was reigning in Juda. He was forty-one years old when he came to the throne, and for seventeen years he reigned as king at Jerusalem, the city which the Lord chose out of all the cities of Israel to be the sanctuary of his name. His mother was an Ammonitess called Naama.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	22	In his reign the men of Juda earned the Lord’s displeasure by sinning against him more defiantly than their fathers ever had before them.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	23	They, like the men of Israel, raised altar and image and shrine, on every high hill and under every spreading tree;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	24	and these shrines had their prostitutes; they flourished again, all the unnatural deeds of the heathen, whom the Lord dispossessed at Israel’s coming.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	25	In Roboam’s fifth year, Sesac king of Egypt marched on Jerusalem,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	26	and took away all the treasures from temple and palace, plundering everywhere; took away, too, the shields of gold which Solomon had fashioned.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	27	In place of these, Roboam made shields of bronze, which he entrusted to the captains of his shield-bearers and palace guards;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	28	when he made a progress into the Lord’s house, they were carried by the officers that marched before him, and afterwards taken back to the shield-bearers’ armoury.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	29	What else Roboam did, all the history of his reign, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	30	All through his reign there was war between him and Jeroboam.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	14	31	So Roboam, son of the Ammonitess Naama, was laid to rest with his fathers, with the Keep of David for his burying-place; and the throne passed to his son Abiam.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	1	Abiam, coming to the throne of Juda in the eighteenth year of Jeroboam,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	2	reigned three years at Jerusalem. (His mother was called Maacha, daughter of Abessalom. )
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	3	Everywhere he followed the sinful example his father had set him, unworthy heir of David, that ever kept faith with the Lord his God.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	4	Yet, for David’s sake, the Lord suffered him to keep the lamp of the royal dynasty burning at Jerusalem; a son he must have to follow him, for the city’s preservation.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	5	Such reward David had for doing the Lord’s will, nor ever swerving, while life lasted, from his decrees, except in the matter of Urias the Hethite.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	6	While Roboam lived, he was at war with Jeroboam,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	7	and there was war, too, between Jeroboam and Abiam. What else Abiam did, all the history of his reign, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	8	So Abiam was laid to rest with his fathers, with the Keep of David for his burying-place, and the throne passed to his son Asa.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	9	Asa, coming to the throne of Juda in the twentieth year of Jeroboam, reigned as king at Jerusalem for forty-one years.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	10	His mother was called Maacha, daughter of Abessalom.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	11	And Asa did the Lord’s will, like king David, his ancestor,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	12	ridding the land of shrine-prostitutes, and sweeping away all the filth of idolatry his fathers had brought in with them.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	13	He even deprived his mother Maacha of her queenly rank, for her worship of Priapus and for dedicating a forest shrine to him; the grotto she had made he overthrew, broke the image and burnt the fragments of it and cast the ashes into the river Cedron.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	14	He did not abolish the hill-shrines; but all his days his heart was true to the Lord;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	15	and he enriched the Lord’s house with gold and silver and other offerings for its use, some dedicated by his father and some in performance of his own vows.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	16	This Asa and Baasa king of Israel were at war continually.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	17	Baasa would not be content with his own Israelite territory; he invaded Juda and began making a fortified city of Rama, so as to deny Asa’s subjects free passage.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	18	Whereupon Asa took out all the silver and gold that was left in the treasure-chambers of temple and palace; this was to be conveyed by his messengers to Damascus, to Benadad, son of Tabremon, son of Hezion, king of Syria.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	19	There is an alliance between us, he said, inherited from thy father and mine; witness these gifts of silver and gold I send thee. Do thou annul the treaty thou hast made with Baasa, king of Israel, and help me drive him out of my country.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	20	Benadad, falling in with the request, sent out his generals with orders to attack the cities of Israel; Ahion they overcame, and Dan, and Abel Beth-Maacha, and all Cenneroth, till Nephthali had no land remaining.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	21	So Baasa, when the news reached him, went back to Thersa, leaving the defences of Rama half finished;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	22	and the men of Juda, summoned by a royal decree which admitted of no denial, carried off all the stones and woodwork he had erected there; Asa made use of it to fortify Gabaa in Benjamin, and Maspha.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	23	What else Asa did, the power he wielded, all his history, and the record of the cities he built, are to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda. At last old age came upon him, and with old age, disease attacked his feet.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	24	So he was laid to rest with his fathers, in the Keep of his ancestor David, and the throne passed to his son Josaphat.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	25	It was in the second year of Asa that Jeroboam’s son Nadab came to the throne of Israel, and his reign over Israel lasted two years;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	26	he defied the Lord’s will, following the evil example of his father, that sinned and taught Israel to sin.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	27	Then, while he was laying siege to the Philistine city of Gebbethon, at the head of the Israelite army, Baasa son of Ahias, a man of Issachar, conspired against him and killed him there.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	28	So, in the third year of Asa, Baasa succeeded Nadab as king.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	29	And he, on coming to the throne, put all Jeroboam’s kindred to death; not a man did he spare, so that the whole race perished, as the Lord’s servant, Ahias the Silonite, had prophesied in his name.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	30	So deep was Jeroboam’s guilt, that sinned and taught Israel to sin; so was he punished for defying the Lord God of Israel.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	31	What else Nadab did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	32	It was this Baasa that was at war with Asa continually;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	33	Baasa, son of Ahias, who came to the throne in Asa’s third year, and for twenty-four years reigned over Israel at Thersa.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	15	34	He too defied the Lord’s will, and followed the sinful ways by which Jeroboam taught Israel to sin.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	1	To this Baasa the Lord sent a message by Jehu, son of Hanani:
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	2	Was it for this I raised thee up out of the dust, and made thee ruler of my people Israel, that thou shouldst follow the ways of Jeroboam, teaching my people Israel to sin, and by their sins to defy my anger?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	3	See if I do not sweep away every trace of Baasa and Baasa’s line, treating thy race as I treated the race of Jeroboam son of Nabat.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	4	Die they in the city, they shall be food for the dogs, die they in the open country, they shall be food for all the birds of heaven.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	5	What else Baasa did, all his history and the record of all his battles, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	6	So he was laid to rest with his fathers, with Thersa for his burying-place, and the throne passed to his son Ela.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	7	(It was through the prophet Jehu, son of Hanani, that the Lord pronounced sentence upon Baasa and his line, and on all the provocations by which he had earned the Lord’s displeasure, following the example of Jeroboam’s race; and Baasa, for that reason, put the prophet Jehu to death. )
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	8	It was in the twenty-sixth year of Asa that Baasa’s son Ela came to the throne of Israel; and when he had reigned two years at Thersa,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	9	his own servant Zambri, that led half his cavalry, rebelled against him. Ela was at Thersa, drinking himself drunk at the house of Arsa, that was prefect of the city,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	10	when Zambri rushed in and gave him a mortal blow, taking the throne for himself, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Juda.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	11	Once he was king, and settled on the throne, he struck down all Baasa’s descendants, leaving no male among them alive, his kinsfolk, too, and his friends.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	12	When Zambri thus made an end of Baasa’s race, the sentence which the Lord had passed on Baasa through the prophet Jehu was carried out;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	13	they must atone for their guilt, Baasa and his son Ela, that sinned and taught Israel to sin, defying the Lord God of Israel with their false worship.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	14	What else Ela did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	15	So, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa, Zambri reigned in Thersa for seven days. The army of Israel were then laying siege to the Philistine city of Gebbethon;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	16	and when news reached them of Zambri’s conspiracy and the king’s death, they chose, by common consent, a king of their own. This was Amri, who was then in command of the Israelite forces, and was present there in the camp.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	17	So Amri with all his men left Gebbethon and laid siege to Thersa;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	18	and Zambri, seeing that the city must needs fall, retired into the palace and burned it over his own head. So he died,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	19	in all the guilt of defying the Lord by following the example of Jeroboam; in all the guilt, too, he had brought on Israel by teaching them to sin.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	20	What else Zambri did, the story of his plot and of his tyranny, are to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	21	Thereupon the Israelite people divided itself into two factions; half of them espoused the cause of Thebni, son of Gineth, and would have made a king of him, the other half followed Amri.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	22	But Amri’s party gained the victory over Thebni’s; so Thebni came to his death, and Amri to a throne.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	23	It was in the thirty-first year of Asa that Amri began his reign over Israel, which lasted twelve years. For the first six, his capital was at Thersa;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	24	then, for two talents of silver, he bought the hill of Samaria from Somer, and built on it a city which he called Samaria, after Somer’s name.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	25	This Amri defied the Lord’s will more recklessly than any king before him,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	26	following the wicked ways of Jeroboam, son of Nabat, that taught Israel to sin, and provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with his false worship.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	27	What else Amri did, the record of all the battles he fought, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	28	So Amri was laid to rest with his fathers, with Samaria for his burying-place, and the throne passed to his son Achab.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	29	It was in the thirty-eighth year of Asa that Achab, son of Amri, came to the throne of Israel; and for twenty-two years he reigned over Israel at Samaria.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	30	This Achab, son of Amri, defied the Lord’s will as no other had done before him;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	31	not content with following the evil example of Jeroboam, son of Nabat, he married Jezabel, daughter of the Sidonian king Ethbaal, and thenceforward enslaved himself to Baal’s worship.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	32	To Baal he built a temple, to Baal he raised an altar, in Samaria;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	33	planted, too, a sacred wood, and did more to earn the Lord’s displeasure than any king of Israel in earlier times.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	16	34	It was in his days that Hiel, a man of Bethel, rebuilt Jericho; the foundation of it cost him his eldest son Abiram, and the gates of it his youngest son Segub; such was the doom pronounced by Josue, son of Nun, in the Lord’s name.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	17	1	And now word came to Achab from Elias, the man of Thesbe, that dwelt in Galaad, As the Lord I serve is a living God, in these years that are coming neither dew nor rain shall fall, without word of mine to command it.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	17	2	Upon this, Elias himself had a message from the Lord,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	17	3	Withdraw thyself, and make thy way eastwards; thou shalt find a hiding-place in the valley of the Kerith, that flows to meet the Jordan.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	17	4	There the river shall provide drink for thee, and the ravens, at my command, shall feed thee.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	17	5	Withdraw himself he did, as the Lord bade him, and made his way to the river Kerith, that flows to meet the Jordan; there he took up his abode.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	17	6	Morn and eve the ravens brought him bread, morn and eve they brought him meat, and of the river’s water he drank,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	17	7	till, after a while, the land was parched, and the river dried up.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	17	8	Then the Lord said to him,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	17	9	Bestir thyself, and make thy way to Sarephtha, a town in Sidon, where thou shalt make thy dwelling, at my command, a widow there will support thee.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	17	10	So he rose up and went to Sarephtha, and he had but reached the city gate when he met a woman gathering fire-wood; whereupon he called out to her, asking her to give him a cup of water to drink.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	17	11	And as she went to fetch it, he cried after her, And when thou dost bring it, bring me, too, a mouthful of bread.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	17	12	Why, she told him, as surely as the Lord thou servest is a living God, I have no food except a handful of flour at the bottom of a jar, and a drop of oil left in a cruet. Even now I am gathering a stick or two, to serve my son and me for our last meal.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	17	13	Have no fear, Elias said; go home on this errand of thine; only use the flour to make me a little girdle-cake first, and bring it me here; cook what is left for thyself and thy son.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	17	14	This message the Lord God of Israel has for thee: There shall be no lack of flour in the jar, nor shall the oil waste in the cruet, till the Lord sends rain on this parched earth.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	17	15	At that, she went and did Elias’ bidding, and there was a meal for him and for her and for all her household; and from that day onwards
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	17	16	there was still flour in the jar, still oil left in the cruet, as the Lord’s message through Elias had promised her.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	17	17	Afterwards, the housewife’s son fell sick; and so violently did his disease take hold of him that at last he breathed no longer.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	17	18	Upon this, the woman said to Elias, Servant of God, why didst thou meddle with me? Didst thou come here to confront me, after all, with the record of my sins, and hand over my son to death?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	17	19	Give me thy son, said Elias, and took the boy from her bosom; then carried him up to the room where he himself lodged, and laid him down on the bed.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	17	20	O Lord my God, said he, must thou bring trouble even upon this widow, who is all my support, by taking her son’s life away?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	17	21	Then, three times, he measured his whole length upon the child’s body, crying out to the Lord, O Lord my God, send back life into the boy’s limbs.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	17	22	So Elias prayed, and the Lord granted his prayer; the boy’s life returned to him, and he revived.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	17	23	And when Elias took him down from the upper room into the house below, gave him back to his mother and shewed her that her son lived,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	17	24	the woman said to Elias, This proves to me that thou art God’s servant indeed, and his promise on thy lips is true.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	1	It was long before the Lord’s word came to Elias; but at last, when two years had gone by, he said, Go and confront Achab; it is time I should send rain on this parched earth.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	2	So Elias went out to confront Achab. Sore famine there was in Samaria;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	3	and Achab had called his steward Abdias to his aid. This Abdias was one that held the Lord in great reverence;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	4	and when Jezabel killed the Lord’s prophets, he rescued a hundred of them, by hiding them in two caves, fifty in each, and supplying them with food and water.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	5	To him Achab said, Go through the whole land in search of grass wherever it may be found, by spring or mountain torrent, to keep the horses and the mules alive, or we shall lose all the beasts.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	6	So they divided up the country into circuits and separated, Achab taking one way and Abdias the other;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	7	and it was Abdias that fell in with Elias in the course of his journey. Why, said he, bowing to the earth as he recognized him, it is my lord Elias!
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	8	None other, said he; go and tell thy master that Elias is here.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	9	Ah, my lord, answered Abdias, what wrong have I done thee, that thou wouldst hand me over to Achab to be slain?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	10	As the Lord thy God is a living God, there is never race or realm to which my master has not sent in search of thee; and as each answered, Not here, he would take an oath of them, race by race and realm by realm, that thou wert not to be found.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	11	Go and tell thy master, sayest thou, that Elias is here;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	12	and what will be the issue of it? Why, when I have left thee, the spirit of the Lord will carry thee off I know not where; my errand done, and thou nowhere to be found, Achab will put me to death; and am not I, thy servant, one that has feared the Lord since he was a child?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	13	Hast thou never had tidings, good master, of what I did when Jezabel was slaying the Lord’s prophets; how I rescued a hundred of them, by hiding them in two caves, fifty in each, and supplying them with food and water?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	14	Why wouldst thou bid me court death by telling my master, Elias is here?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	15	Nay, answered Elias, as the Lord I serve is a living God, I mean to confront Achab this day.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	16	So Abdias went to find Achab, and gave him the message. Whereupon Achab came to meet Elias;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	17	and his greeting was, So it is thou, the man that gives Israel no rest?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	18	Nay, answered he, if Israel finds no rest, the fault lies not with me, but with thee and with thy father’s race, that have neglected the Lord’s command, and betaken yourselves to the gods of the country-side.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	19	But there is work to do; send out couriers, and gather me all Israel on mount Carmel, with Baal’s four hundred and fifty prophets, and those four hundred, prophets of the forest-shrines, that feed on Jezabel’s bounty.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	20	So Achab sent word to all the men of Israel, and gathered the prophets together, there on mount Carmel.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	21	And now Elias appeared before the whole of Israel, and thus reproached them, Will you never cease to waver between two loyalties? If the Lord is God, then take his part; if Baal is God, then take his. No word did the people give him in answer,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	22	and Elias began speaking to them again; Here am I, he said, the only prophet of the Lord left, while Baal has four hundred and fifty.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	23	Bring us two bulls; let them choose which they will, cut it up into pieces, and set these upon fire-wood, without kindling it. I will prepare the other bull, and I too will set it on fire-wood still unkindled.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	24	Then call upon the names of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord I serve; and the God who sends fire in answer shall be acknowledged as God. Well said, cried all the people, well said!
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	25	Thereupon Elias bade them choose their bull, and offer sacrifice first, since theirs was the greater number; let them call upon the names of their gods as they would, but kindle no fire.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	26	And they, accepting one of the bulls he offered them, prepared it for sacrifice; all day long they cried out on the name of Baal, Lord Baal, hear us; but never a sound came, and there was none to answer, dance as they would on the altar they had built there.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	27	When mid-day came, Elias fell to mocking them; Cry louder, he said, a God Baal is, past doubt, but it may be he is detained in talk, or lodging abroad, or on a journey; or he has fallen asleep, and needs awakening.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	28	Cry louder they did, cutting themselves with knives and lancets, till they were all bathed in blood;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	29	but mid-day passed, and they were still prophesying; and now it was time for the evening sacrifice to be offered, but still no sound came; there was none to answer them or listen to their supplications.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	30	Then Elias bade the people come near; and when they were standing close to him, he began repairing the altar of the Lord, that was broken down.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	31	Twelve stones he took, one for each tribe that sprang from the sons of Jacob, to whom the divine voice gave the surname of Israel;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	32	and with these stones he built up the altar again, calling on the Lord’s name as he did it. Then he made a trench round the altar, of some two furrows’ breadth;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	33	piled the wood high, cut the bull into joints, and laid these on the wood.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	34	Now, he said, fill four buckets with water, and pour it over victim and wood alike. And again he bade them do it, and when they had finished, a third time. When they had poured it out a third time,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	35	the water was running all round the altar, and the trench he had dug for it was full.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	36	The time was now come for offering the evening burnt-sacrifice; and as the prophet Elias went to the altar, thus he prayed, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, give proof this day that thou art the Lord God, and I am thy servant, and all I have done was done at thy command.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	37	Audience, Lord, give audience! Prove to all the people that thou art the Lord God, and art calling their hearts back to thee!
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	38	With that, the divine fire fell, consuming victim and wood and stones and dust, and swallowing up the very water in the trench.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	39	At the sight, the whole people fell face to earth, and raised a cry, It is the Lord is God, it is the Lord is God!
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	40	Seize the prophets of Baal, Elias told them, and do not let one of them slip through your hands. Seize them they did, and Elias took them down to the valley of Cison, where he put them to death.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	41	Then Elias said to Achab, Go back now, eat and drink; I hear a noise like a storm of rain.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	42	So Achab went back to eat and drink, while Elias climbed the heights of mount Carmel, and there sat, his face bowed to the ground between his knees.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	43	And he bade his servant go to the hill-top and look out seawards; so he went and looked, but came back with word that he had seen nothing. Seven times he must go back on the same errand;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	44	and at the seventh time, a little cloud shewed, no bigger than a man’s foot-print, rising up out of the sea. Go back, Elias said, and bid Achab mount his chariot and return home, before the rain overtakes him.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	45	This way and that he turned; and now the whole sky was dark, and clouds came, and a wind with the clouds, and a great storm of rain began. So Achab mounted his chariot and betook himself to Jezrahel;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	18	46	as for Elias, the power of the Lord came upon him, so that he girded his cloak about him and ran all the way to Jezrahel at Achab’s bridle.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	19	1	But when Achab told Jezabel of what Elias had done, how he had put all her prophets to the sword,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	19	2	she sent Elias a message, The gods punish me as I deserve, and more, if by this time tomorrow I have not sent thee the way yonder prophets went.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	19	3	Whereupon he took fright, and set out upon a journey of his own devising; made his way to Bersabee in Juda, and left his servant to wait there,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	19	4	while he himself went on, a whole day’s journey, into the desert. Betaking himself there, and sitting down under a juniper tree, he prayed to have done with life. I can bear no more, Lord, he said; put an end to my life; I have no better right to live than my fathers.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	19	5	With that, he lay down and fell asleep under the juniper tree; but all at once an angel of the Lord roused him, bidding him awake and eat.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	19	6	Then he found, close to where his head lay, a girdle-cake and a pitcher of water; so he ate and drank and lay down to sleep again.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	19	7	But once more the angel of the Lord roused him; Awake and eat, said he, thou hast a journey before thee that will tax thy strength.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	19	8	So he rose up, and ate and drank; strengthened by that food he went on for forty days and forty nights, till he reached God’s own mountain, Horeb.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	19	9	There he made his lodging in a cave; and all at once the Lord’s word came to him, Elias, what dost thou here?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	19	10	Why, he answered, I am all jealousy for the honour of the Lord God of hosts; see how the sons of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thy altars, and put thy prophets to the sword! Of these, I only am left, and now my life, too, is forfeit.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	19	11	Then word came to him to go out and stand there in the Lord’s presence; the Lord God himself would pass by. A wind there was, rude and boisterous, that shook the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind, an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	19	12	And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire, the whisper of a gentle breeze.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	19	13	Elias, when he heard it, wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out to stand at the cave door. There a voice came to him, Elias, what dost thou here?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	19	14	I am all jealousy, said he, for the honour of the Lord God of hosts; see how the sons of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thy altars, and put thy prophets to the sword! Of these, I only am left, and now my life, too, is forfeit.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	19	15	Then the Lord said to him, Retrace thy journey through the desert all the way to Damascus, and there anoint Hazael to be king of Syria.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	19	16	Over Israel, too, thou shalt anoint a king, Jehu the son of Namsi. And for thyself, thou shalt anoint a new prophet, Eliseus, the son of Saphat, from Abel-Meula, to take thy place.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	19	17	Those who escape the sword of Hazael shall be slain by Jehu, and those who escape the sword of Jehu shall be slain by Eliseus.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	19	18	Yet I mean to leave myself seven thousand men out of all Israel; knees that have never bowed to Baal, lips that have never kissed hand to do him worship.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	19	19	Even as he went on his journey, Elias found Eliseus, that was son of Saphat, ploughing with twelve pairs of oxen. He was with the last pair of all; and Elias, upon reaching him, threw his own cloak about the man’s shoulders.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	19	20	There and then he left his oxen behind, and ran after Elias; Give me leave, he said, to embrace father and mother in parting. Back home with thee, said Elias; I have but fulfilled my errand.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	19	21	Back then Eliseus went, and chose out a pair of oxen, which he slaughtered, and cooked there with the plough for fire-wood. Such was the feast he made for the folk with him; then he rose up and left them, to follow Elias and be his servant.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	1	After this, Benadad king of Syria mustered his whole army, with thirty-two princes at its head, mustered all his horses and chariots, and would take Samaria by siege.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	2	Achab, king of Israel, was within the city;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	3	and to him Benadad sent messengers demanding the surrender of his silver and gold, his wives, too, and all the likeliest of his sons.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	4	My lord king, answered Achab, I accept thy terms; all that I have is at thy disposal.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	5	But now the messengers came back to him with a fresh demand from Benadad, Silver and gold, wives and sons, thou must hand over to me;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	6	and meanwhile, at this time tomorrow, envoys of mine shall visit thee, to search thy palace and thy courtiers’ houses; to these thou must give up all they have a mind to carry away with them.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	7	Thereupon the king of Israel summoned all the elders of his land; Mark well, he said, how craftily this man deals with us; this is my reward for consenting to give up wives and sons, silver and gold, at his demand.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	8	Elders and people had but one thought; there must be no listening to Benadad, no granting his will.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	9	Achab, then, thus answered Benadad’s messengers, Tell my lord the king, I am thy servant, and ready to carry out that first demand of thine; but this I cannot grant.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	10	And he, when the answer was reported to him, sent them back with this message, May the gods punish me as I deserve, and more than I deserve, if I do not beat Samaria to dust! I have more than enough warriors here at my back to carry it away in handfuls.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	11	To that, the king of Israel made reply, Boast he may who ungirds, not he who girds for battle.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	12	This taunt came to the ears of Benadad when he sat drinking with his princes in his royal pavilions. Besiege me the city, he told his men, and besiege it they did.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	13	And now a prophet came with a message from the Lord to Achab, king of Israel: Thou canst see for thyself what a great multitude of warriors is here; over all that multitude I mean to give thee victory this day, and prove to thee that I am the Lord.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	14	Victory? said Achab. And who shall win it for us? Whereupon the prophet gave him this answer from the Lord, It shall be the lackeys the chiefs have brought with them. And when Achab asked who should lead them, he told him, Thou thyself.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	15	So he took count of the lackeys the chiefs had in their retinue, and found there were two hundred and thirty-two of these; then he took count of his army, the whole army of Israel, seven thousand strong.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	16	When it was high noon, they sallied out from the city, while Benadad still drank deep in his pavilion, with the princes that had come to aid him;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	17	and the lackeys marched at their head. Benadad, when his scouts told him that a sally was being made from Samaria,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	18	gave orders that the men should be taken alive, came they out peaceably or for battle.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	19	So on they went, the lackeys in the van, and the rest of the army at their heels,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	20	and none but slew the first enemy he met; so that the Syrians were routed, and Israel went in pursuit of them. Benadad king of Syria escaped on horse-back among his cavalry,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	21	and still horse and chariot fell before the king of Israel’s sally, till he won a great victory over the men of Syria.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	22	But the prophet sought him out again and warned him, Go back and strengthen thy forces; take good heed what thou art doing; in this next year the king of Syria will be marching against thee.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	23	In Syria, the king’s advisers told him, If the Israelites have defeated us, that is because their gods are gods of the hills; best to offer them battle on the low-lying ground, where we shall have them at our mercy.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	24	Meanwhile, something remains to be done; remove the princes, one and all, from their posts, and appoint commanders of thy own in place of them.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	25	Then fill up the gaps in the ranks of thy army, muster as many horses and chariots as thou hadst of old, and we will fight them in the plains; see if we do not get the mastery of them. Benadad was won over by their advice, and took it;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	26	when a year had passed, he marshalled the Syrian forces and led them out to Aphec, where he offered Israel battle.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	27	The men of Israel marshalled their forces too, provided themselves with food for the march and went out to meet the enemy. Where they lay encamped opposite, they seemed like two little herds of goats, while the Syrians swarmed over the country-side.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	28	To the king of Israel God sent out one of his servants with this message: Thus says the Lord, Thinks Syria that I am God of the hills, and not of the valleys too? Over all this great array I will give thee victory; such proof you shall have that I am the Lord.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	29	So, for seven days, the armies stood threatening one another, and on the seventh battle was joined; on that one day the men of Israel routed a hundred thousand Syrians that fought on foot.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	30	Those who survived took refuge in the city of Aphec, where the wall fell on them, twenty-seven thousand in number. As for Benadad, when he made his way into the city he took refuge in an inner room;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	31	and there his courtiers told him, This is the tale we have heard about the kings of Israel, that they are merciful men. Let us put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and give ourselves up to the king of Israel; it may be he will spare our lives.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	32	So, with sackcloth on their loins and ropes on their heads, they betook themselves to the king of Israel; Thy servant Benadad, they told him, pleads for his life. And Achab answered, Lives he yet, he is my brother.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	33	Whereupon, seizing from his lips that word of welcome augury, they cried, Benadad! He is thy brother! So Achab bade them fetch him; and when Benadad came out, would have him mount his own chariot.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	34	And now Benadad promised, I will give thee back the cities my father took from thine, and thou shalt have streets in Damascus, as my father had in Samaria, and I will go home at peace with thee. So Achab made peace with him, and let him go his way.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	35	But now the Lord sent his inspiration to a disciple in the schools of the prophets. He bade one of his fellow disciples strike him a blow, and when he refused,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	36	told him, Thou shalt be punished for disobeying the Lord’s voice thus. Thou shalt be mauled by a lion, said he; and they had barely parted when his fellow disciple met a lion, and was mauled by it.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	37	Meanwhile, his fellow disciple sought out another; Strike me a blow, he asked of him, and strike he did, leaving a wound on him.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	38	So the prophet went out to meet the king on the open road, first smearing his face and eyes with dust;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	39	and as the king passed, he cried out to him, My lord, a word with thee! I was lately in the thick of the battle, and one brought a fugitive to me, bidding me mount guard over him; did he slip through my hands, it was my life for his, or else I must pay a talent of silver.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	40	And then, as I looked this way and that in the press, all at once he was gone. Why then, said the king of Israel, thou must pay the forfeit that was named.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	41	With that, he wiped the dust from his face, so that the king of Israel knew him for one of the prophets;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	42	and he gave him this message from the Lord, And thou, hast thou not let a man worthy of death slip through thy hands? Thy life shall pay for his life, thy people for his people.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	20	43	A sullen man was the king of Israel and an ill man to cross when he reached his home in Samaria.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	1	Now turn we to the vineyard at Jezrahel, which belonged to Naboth the Jezrahelite, close to Achab’s palace, that was King of Samaria.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	2	Give me that vineyard of thine, Achab said to Naboth, so near adjoining my house, to make a herb-garden of it. In its place, I will give thee a better vineyard of my own, or its worth in money, if that likes thee better.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	3	The Lord be merciful to me, Naboth answered; should I give thee the land that was my fathers’ patrimony?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	4	And at that, Achab went home sullen and ill to cross, only because Naboth had refused to give up his fathers’ patrimony. Down on his bed he lay, face to wall, and would take no food.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	5	So his wife Jezabel came in to see him, and know what ailed him, that he should refuse to eat;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	6	and he told her the story, how he had offered Naboth the Jezrahelite a sum of money for his vineyard, or a better vineyard, if he would, in place of it, and Naboth had refused to give the vineyard up.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	7	A fine king thou art, she said, as ever ruled in Israel! Up with thee, and eat, set thy heart at rest; I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezrahelite.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	8	Then she wrote a letter in Achab’s name, sealing it with his own seal, and despatched it to the elders and chief men that were Naboth’s fellow-citizens.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	9	The tenour of it was this; They were to proclaim a solemn fast, and where the greatest of the townspeople sat, there must be a seat for Naboth.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	10	Then two rogues must be suborned to bear false witness against him, accusing him of blasphemous speech about God and the king; and so they were to have him out, and stone him to death.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	11	So the elders and chief men, Naboth’s fellow-citizens, obeyed the instructions Jezabel’s letter had given them;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	12	they proclaimed a fast, and would have Naboth sit among the greatest of the townspeople;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	13	and there, opposite him, sat two rogues, whom they had brought in to that end. These, like the slanderers they were, accused Naboth of cursing God and the king; whereupon he was led out beyond the city walls, and stoned to death.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	14	Then a message was sent to Jezabel, telling her how Naboth had died by stoning;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	15	and no sooner had she heard of his death, than she bade the king bestir himself. Take for thy own, she said, the vineyard which Naboth the Jezrahelite would not sell thee; Naboth is dead, and can thwart thy will no longer.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	16	And away went Achab to take possession of Naboth’s vineyard; Naboth was dead.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	17	Thereupon the word of the Lord came to Elias the Thesbite,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	18	Up, and go to meet Achab, king of Israel, that dwells in Samaria; thou wilt find him now in the vineyard of Naboth; he has gone to take possession of it.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	19	And this message thou wilt give him from the Lord: Wouldst thou slay, and dispossess the slain? Then tell him, Thus says the Lord, Here, where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, they shall lick thine.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	20	Here is one comes to seek me out, was Achab’s greeting, that is no friend of mine. Seek thee out I must, said he, to tell thee thou art a slave. Thou hast given thyself up to such doings as are hateful in the Lord’s sight.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	21	And hateful is the ruin I mean to bring on thee, sweeping away every trace of thee; every male of Achab’s house shall die, be he bondman or free man in the realm of Israel.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	22	No better shall thy race fare than Jeroboam’s, that was son of Nabat, or Baasa’s, that was son of Ahia; thou too hast earned my displeasure, thou too hast taught Israel to sin.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	23	And of Jezabel the Lord said, Here, in the purlieus of Jezrahel, the dogs shall have Jezabel for their food.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	24	As for Achab, die he in the city, he shall be food for the dogs, die he in the open country, he shall be food for all the birds of heaven.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	25	Never was such another as Achab, that gave himself up to doings hateful in the Lord’s sight, his wife Jezabel prompting him;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	26	very foully he did, in paying worship to the false gods of those Amorrhites whom the Lord dispossessed to make room for Israel.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	27	Yet Achab, when he heard Elias’ warning, tore his garments and clothed himself in sackcloth, fasted and made sackcloth his bed, and went ever with head bowed,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	28	till the Lord sent this word to Elias the Thesbite:
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	21	29	Achab, as thou seest, humbles his pride before me. Humbled for my sake, he shall have this reward; the doom shall not fall in his days. I will wait till his son is on the throne, and then bring calamity upon all his race.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	1	The peace between Syria and Israel lasted three years.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	2	In the third year, during a visit from king Josaphat, of Juda,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	3	the king of Israel said to his courtiers, Here is Ramoth-Galaad, a city (as you all know) that belongs to us; and yet we leave it in the king of Syria’s hands!
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	4	Then he turned to Josaphat and asked, Shall I have thy aid in attacking Ramoth-Galaad?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	5	Why, said he, thou and I are at one; my army, my horses, they are all thine. But Josaphat would have Achab consult the Lord first.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	6	So Achab sent for his prophets, some four hundred in number, and asked whether he should attack Ramoth-Galaad or let it be? Go to the attack, they said; the Lord means to make the king’s grace master of it.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	7	But still Josaphat asked whether there was no prophet of the Lord to be found, so that they could make enquiry through him.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	8	Why yes, the king of Israel told him, there is one man through whom we might ask for the Lord’s counsel, Michaeas the son of Jemla, yet is he no friend of mine; still he will be prophesying that ill fortune is to befall me, never good. Nay, my lord king, said Josaphat, think better of it.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	9	So Achab summoned one of his chamberlains, and bade him fetch Michaeas the son of Jemla with all speed.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	10	There sat the king of Israel and Josaphat king of Juda, each on his throne, in all their royal state, in an open space by the gate of Samaria; and there in their presence all the prophets said their say.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	11	One of them, Sedecias the son of Chanaana, had provided himself with a pair of horns fashioned in iron; With these, he said, thou shalt toss Syria about, till thou hast made an end of it.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	12	And all the prophets had the same word for him; Go and attack Ramoth-Galaad, they told him, and a blessing on thy journey! The Lord means to make the king’s grace master of it.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	13	So the messenger who went to summon Michaeas told him, Here are all the prophets bidding the king good speed, like one man; do thou join thy voice to theirs, and prophesy good fortune.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	14	Nay, said Michaeas, as the Lord is a living God, the word I speak shall be the word he gives me.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	15	So he came into the king’s presence, and when he was asked whether it were better to attack Ramoth-Galaad, or to let it be, he answered, Go to the attack, and a blessing on thy journey! The Lord means to make the king’s grace master of it.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	16	What! cried Achab, must I never cease adjuring thee in the Lord’s name to tell me only the truth?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	17	Listen then, said he; I had a vision of all Israel as sheep, that strayed because they had no shepherd, and the Lord’s word came, They have no master now; let them disperse to their home in peace.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	18	(It is as I told thee, Achab said to Josaphat; still he prophesies ill fortune, never good.)
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	19	Then Michaeas went on, Here is a message to thee from the Lord. I had a vision of the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the host of heaven waiting on his pleasure, to right and left.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	20	And the Lord said, Who is to beguile Achab, king of Israel, so that he will march to Ramoth-Galaad, and there meet his fall? One said this, one that;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	21	till at last a spirit came forward and stood in the Lord’s presence, offering to beguile Achab. And how wilt thou beguile him? the Lord asked.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	22	I will go abroad, said he, and on the lips of all his prophets I will make myself an influence to deceive. Deceive them thou shalt, the Lord said, and have thy way with them; go abroad, then, and carry out thy errand.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	23	And now, see what a lying influence the Lord has spread among these prophets of thine! For indeed the Lord has determined on thy ruin.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	24	At that, Sedecias son of Chanaana went up and gave Michaeas a blow on the cheek; Has the spirit of the Lord passed me by, he asked, and spoken to none but thee?
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	25	And Michaeas only answered, Thou shalt live to see the day when thou must needs take refuge in an inner room, to hide there.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	26	Then the king of Israel said, Take Michaeas hence, and put him in the charge of Amon, the city governor, and of Joas, son of Amelech.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	27	And give them this royal command of mine, that they are to imprison him, and give him scant allowance of food and drink till I come back safe and sound.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	28	Come thou back safe and sound, Michaeas said, and mine was no message from the Lord. Witness my words, all you that stand here!
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	29	So the king of Israel, and Josaphat king of Juda, marched out to attack Ramoth-Galaad.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	30	And Achab would have Josaphat go to battle in full armour and all his royal array, while he himself went to battle in disguise.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	31	Meanwhile, to all the thirty-two commanders who now marshalled his chariots, the king of Syria had given the same orders: Press for no other mark, high or low, but the king of Israel himself.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	32	And these, upon sight of Josaphat, supposed that they had the king of Israel here; it was against him, then, that they directed their onslaught;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	33	but when he cried aloud, they knew that this was not the king of Israel, and so let him be.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	34	It was an archer who bent his bow and let fly a shaft at haphazard that gave Achab a chance wound; it fell between lungs and gullet, and Achab bade his charioteer wheel about, and carry him away from the fight, so grievous his wound was.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	35	All that day the battle raged, and still the king of Israel stood upright in his chariot, facing the Syrians, and did not die till evening, though the blood from his wound flowed ever into the body of his chariot.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	36	Then, before sunset, a herald raised a cry all through the ranks, bidding every man return to his own region and city.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	37	So the king died, and was carried back to Samaria, where they buried him;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	38	and there the dogs licked his blood, for they washed his chariot and his chariot-reins in the pool at Samaria; and so the threat which the Lord had uttered was fulfilled.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	39	What else Achab did, all his history, and the record of the ivory palace he raised and the cities he built, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	40	Achab, then, was laid to rest with his fathers, and the throne passed to his son Ochozias.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	41	This Josaphat, son of Asa, had become king of Juda in the fourth year of Achab;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	42	he was thirty-five years old when he came to the throne, and his reign in Jerusalem lasted twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azuba, daughter of Salai.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	43	He followed the example of his father Asa, and never swerved aside from the Lord’s will;
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	44	though indeed he did not abolish the hill-shrines; men still offered sacrifice and incense on the mountain-tops.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	45	With the king of Israel, he lived on terms of peace.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	46	What else Josaphat did, the record of his high exploits and of the battles he fought, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	47	He it was that rid the land of all the shrine-prostitutes his father Asa had left.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	48	Since there was no king in Edom at this time to bar his way,
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	49	Josaphat would build a fleet in the southern sea to sail out and fetch gold from Ophir, but sail they might not, for they were all wrecked, there at Asion-Gaber.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	50	(Achab’s son Ochozias had requested at this time that mariners from his own country might sail with Josaphat’s, but Josaphat would not consent.)
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	51	So Josaphat was laid to rest with his fathers, with the Keep of his ancestor David for his resting-place, and the throne passed to his son Joram.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	52	Ochozias, son of Achab, was crowned king of Israel at Samaria in the seventeenth year of Josaphat, and his reign over Israel lasted two years.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	53	He defied the Lord’s will, following the example of his own father and mother, and of Jeroboam, that taught Israel to sin.
+3 Kings	3Kgs	11	22	54	To Baal’s service he gave himself and Baal’s worship, and earned, as his father had earned, the displeasure of the Lord God of Israel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	1	1	It was after Achab’s death that the Moabites threw off their allegiance to Israel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	1	2	It went ill with Ochozias; he had a fall from the window of his upper room at Samaria. And he sent messengers to consult Beelzebub, the god they worship at Accaron, whether he might hope to recover from his sickness.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	1	3	But an angel of the Lord bade Elias go to meet these messengers from Samaria on their way, and ask them, Has Israel no God of its own, that you should go and consult Beelzebub, the god of Accaron?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	1	4	Here, then, is the Lord’s message to Ochozias, Never shalt thou leave the bed thou liest on; thou art doomed to die. So Elias went on his errand;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	1	5	and Ochozias’ messengers returned to their master. When he asked why they had returned,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	1	6	they told him how one had met them and bidden them go back to the king who sent them; of the Lord’s message, too, that rebuked him for sending to consult Beelzebub, god of Accaron, as if Israel had no God of its own, and doomed him to die where he lay.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	1	7	Then he would know what was the look of the man who had met them and so spoken.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	1	8	A shaggy fellow, they told him, with a skin girt about his loins. And he said, It was Elias the Thesbite.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	1	9	Thereupon the king sent a captain at the head of fifty men to find him. And this captain, climbing the mountain on which the prophet then dwelt, bade him come down in the king’s name.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	1	10	If prophet I am, Elias answered, let fire come down from heaven to consume thee and thy men with thee; and with that, came fire from heaven, and he and his fifty were consumed.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	1	11	So the king sent another captain with fifty men more, and he too would have the prophet come down in the king’s name.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	1	12	If prophet I am, said he, let fire come down from heaven to consume thee and thy men with thee; and once more, captain and men were consumed by fire.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	1	13	But when a third captain was sent out with his men, he came and knelt before Elias in entreaty; My lord prophet, he said, have some regard to my life, and the lives of these that follow me.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	1	14	Two other captains the fire from heaven has consumed, and fifty men with either of them; on my life, I pray thee, have pity.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	1	15	Then the angel of the Lord said to Elias, Go down with them; thou hast nothing to fear. So he set out to accompany the man into the royal presence.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	1	16	And he told the king, Thou, who hast sent to consult Beelzebub, Accaron’s god, as though God in Israel there were none, shalt never leave the bed thou liest on; thou art doomed to die.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	1	17	And die he did, as Elias had foretold in the Lord’s name, with never a son to follow him; the throne passed to his brother Joram. This was in the second year of Josaphat’s son, Joram, king of Juda.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	1	18	What else Ochozias did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	2	1	And now the time had come when the Lord would have Elias carried up by a whirlwind into heaven. Elias was but then leaving Galgal, with Eliseus in his company;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	2	2	and he said to Eliseus, Pray stay on here awhile; the Lord has an errand for me at Bethel. As the Lord is a living God, said he, and thou a living soul, I will not part from thee.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	2	3	So together they journeyed to Bethel, where there was a school of prophets. And here the disciples greeted Eliseus by asking, Has it been made known to thee that the Lord means, this day, to carry off thy master? I, too, know it, he answered; say no more.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	2	4	Stay on here, Elias told him; the Lord has an errand for me at Jericho. As the Lord is a living God, said he, and thy soul a living soul, I will not part from thee. So together they reached Jericho,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	2	5	and here, too, the disciples of the prophets asked Eliseus whether he knew his master was to be carried away from him. I, too, know it, he answered; say no more.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	2	6	Here, too, Elias would have him stay on; for himself, the Lord had an errand for him at the Jordan; but still he said, As the Lord is a living God, and thy soul a living soul, I will not part from thee. So they went still in company;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	2	7	fifty of the prophets’ disciples followed them, and stood watching, far away.They came to a halt, those two, at Jordan bank.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	2	8	And there Elias, taking off his mantle and folding it together, struck the waters of Jordan with it. Whereupon they parted, this way and that, allowing those two to pass over dry-shod.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	2	9	When they had crossed, Elias said to Eliseus, Make what request of me thou wilt, before I am carried away from thee. And he answered, I would have a double portion of the spirit thou leavest behind thee.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	2	10	It is no light request thou hast made, said he. If I am carried away in full view of thee, it means thy request is granted; if not, it is refused.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	2	11	And they were still going on, and talking as they went, when all at once, between them, a flaming chariot appeared, drawn by flaming horses, and Elias went up on a whirlwind into heaven.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	2	12	Eliseus watched it, crying out, My father, my father, Israel’s chariot and charioteer! But now he had sight of him no longer. He caught at his own clothes, and tore them across;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	2	13	then he took up the mantle of Elias, that had fallen from him; and when he reached Jordan bank again,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	2	14	with this mantle that had fallen from Elias he struck the waters; but they did not part. Alas, cried he, where is he now, the God of Elias? With that, he struck the waters again, and they parted this way and that, for Eliseus to cross over.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	2	15	When they saw that, the disciples from Jericho that stood watching cried out, The spirit Elias had has come down to rest on Eliseus! And so, meeting him, they fell down face to earth;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	2	16	Lord prophet, they said, we can muster fifty strong men of our company to go out and look for this master of thine; it may be the Spirit of the Lord has carried him off and left him on some hill-top or in some cleft of the valleys. He would not have them send,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	2	17	but they were urgent with him, till at last he relented and gave them leave. So the fifty men were sent, and for three days they searched in vain.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	2	18	When they came back (for he was still waiting at Jericho), all he said was, Did I not warn you not to send?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	2	19	The citizens there had a complaint to bring before Eliseus; This city, my lord, has a fair site, as thou canst see for thyself, but the water is foul, and the soil barren.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	2	20	Bring me a new jar, said he, filled with salt. And when this was brought,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	2	21	he went out to the spring from which the water came and cast the salt in. Here, he said, is a promise the Lord makes to you: I have healed this water, it shall bring death and dearth no longer.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	2	22	And from that day to this the water has been pure, in fulfilment of Eliseus’ promise.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	2	23	Then he went back to Bethel, and as he climbed up along the road, he was mocked by some young boys from the city; Up with thee, bald-pate, they cried, up with thee, bald-pate!
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	2	24	And he, turning to look, called down the Lord’s curse on them. Thereupon, out came two bears from the forest, and forty-two of the boys were torn in pieces.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	2	25	From Bethel he went on to mount Carmel, and afterwards made his way back to Samaria.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	1	It was in the eighteenth year of king Josaphat that Joram, son of Achab, began his reign over Israel at Samaria; it lasted twelve years.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	2	He too defied the Lord’s will, but not so openly as his father and mother before him; the images his father had raised to Baal he abolished,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	3	but he clung to the sins of Jeroboam, that taught Israel to sin, and could not bring himself to leave them.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	4	The king of Moab, Mesa, had great flocks in his possession, and used to pay a tribute of a hundred thousand lambs, and as many rams unshorn;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	5	but when Achab died, he renounced his agreement with the kings of Israel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	6	Whereupon king Joram lost no time in marching out from Samaria, mustering his whole forces,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	7	and sending a message to Josaphat, king of Juda, bidding him come out and bear arms against the rebel king of Moab. I will march with thee, he answered; mine is thine, men and horses of mine are at thy disposal;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	8	what shall be our line of march? Through the desert of Edom, answered he;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	9	and march they did, the three kings of Israel, Juda and Edom, by so indirect a journey as took them seven days to accomplish, till the supply of water failed for man and beast.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	10	Alas, alas, the king of Israel cried, that the Lord should have gathered us here, kings three, to fall into the hands of Moab!
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	11	But Josaphat said, Is there no prophet of the Lord here, through whom we might win the divine favour? At that, one of Joram’s men said, Eliseus the son of Saphat is close by, that was body-servant once to Elias.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	12	He is a man that has the power of the Lord with him, said Josaphat. So to Eliseus the three kings of Israel, Juda and Edom betook themselves.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	13	And thus he greeted the king of Israel, What makest thou with me? To those other prophets betake thyself, whom thy father and thy mother knew. Tell me this, said Joram; why has the Lord gathered us here, kings three, to fall into the hands of Moab?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	14	And Eliseus told him, As the Lord of hosts, the God I serve, is a living God, neither heed nor hearing thou shouldst have had from me, but for that reverence I bear for Josaphat, king of Juda.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	15	Bring a minstrel here. So a minstrel came, and while he played on his harp, the Spirit of the Lord came upon Eliseus, and he cried,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	16	A message from the Lord; Dig channels here, channels there, in this dry river-bed.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	17	Thus says the Lord, Never a sign shall there be of wind or rain, but this river-bed shall fill with water, for you and yours and for your beasts to drink.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	18	And the Lord will not be content with that; he means to give you victory over Moab.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	19	Every fortress and every cherished city of theirs you must overthrow, cut down every fruit-tree, stop up every well, strew all their best plough-land with boulders.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	20	And so, next morning, at the time when sacrifice is offered, in came the water, flowing from Edom; water filled all the plain.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	21	And now the Moabites, who had heard that the kings were marching against them, called to arms every man that could wear a sword-belt, and stood ready to defend their frontier.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	22	They awoke that morning to find sunrise reflected in the water, so that it seemed, from their side of the valley, red as blood.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	23	Bloodshed! they cried; the kings have fallen out with one another and come to blows; men of Moab, there lies the spoil!
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	24	So they made straight for the Israelite camp; where the Israelites stood to their arms and overpowered them, so that they turned to flee. And now the victors, with Moab at their mercy,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	25	overthrew the cities, smothered their best plough-land, every man throwing his stone, stopped up the wells, and cut down the fruit-trees. Only the City of Brick Walls was left, and even this, beleaguered by slingers, was in great part destroyed.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	26	The king of Moab, seeing that his cause was lost, tried to break through, at the head of seven hundred warriors, and attack the king of Edom. When this would not serve,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	3	27	he took his own first-born son, the heir to the throne, and offered him up as a sacrifice on the walls. At this, great ruth came upon the men of Israel, so that they let him be, and went back to their own country.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	1	There was a woman once that appealed to Eliseus for aid; her husband had been among the disciples of the prophets. Master, she said, thou knewest my husband for a faithful servant of thine, and one that feared the Lord. Now he is dead, and here is a creditor of mine that will come and take away my two sons, to be his bondsmen.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	2	What wouldst thou have me do for thee? asked Eliseus. How much hast thou by thee? My lord, she answered, I have nothing left in my house at all but a drop of oil to anoint myself with.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	3	Go then, said he, and borrow empty jars from all thy neighbours, and do not stint thyself.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	4	Then go home, and lock the door on thyself and thy two sons within; fill all these jars with the oil, and set them aside when they are full.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	5	So the woman went, and locked the door on herself and her two sons, and they began holding out the jars for her, while she filled them.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	6	When she had filled them, and, asking one of her sons for a fresh jar, was told that he had no more, the oil gave out.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	7	So she came and told her story to the servant of God, and he said, Go and sell the oil, and pay thy creditor; what is left shall provide thee and thy sons with a living.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	8	At another time, Eliseus chanced to be passing through Sunam, and here there was a woman of rank that bade him to a meal, and would take no denial. He must needs go that way often, and ever this woman entertained him,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	9	till at last she said to her husband, I find him to be a servant of God, and a holy one, this man that passes our way so often.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	10	It would be well if we kept a little room for his use, with bed and table and chair and lamp-stand in it, so that he may pass his time there whenever he visits us.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	11	And so, one day, when he had turned in to this room of his, to rest there,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	12	he bade his servant Giezi fetch the woman of Sunam; and she, thus summoned, stood awaiting his audience.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	13	And Eliseus sent her, through his servant, this message, In all things thou hast bestowed thy constant care on us; what wouldst thou have me do for thee in return? Is there any business of thine, over which thou wouldst have me say a word for thee to the king, or to the commander of his army? And her answer was, Nay, my place is with my own folk.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	14	And now, as he wondered what he could do for her, Giezi told him, No need to ask; she has no son, and her husband is an old man.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	15	So Eliseus would have her brought to him, and as she stood there in the doorway,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	16	When this time of year comes round again, he told her, at this very hour, live thou till then, thou shalt conceive a son. Nay, my lord, she said, wouldst thou, a prophet, trifle thus with thy handmaid?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	17	But at that very season of the year, and at the very time Eliseus had foretold, she conceived, and bore a son.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	18	The child grew to boyhood, and one day, when he had gone out to be with his father where they were reaping the corn,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	19	he told his father, My head aches, my head aches sorely. His father bade one of the servants carry him back to his mother;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	20	carry him back he did, and brought him to his mother, and she nursed him on her lap till noon came, but at noon he died.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	21	Thereupon she carried him up and laid him on the prophet’s own bed, and shut the door on him; then went out
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	22	and called her husband, and asked to have one of the servants with her, and an ass; she must go and see the prophet with all speed, and with all speed return.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	23	Why, said he, what means this journey of thine? This is no feast of the new moon, no sabbath day. But she answered, Go I must.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	24	Then she saddled the ass, and bade the servant lead on, and that in haste; let him lose no time over the journey, and wait ever on her bidding.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	25	So out she went, and found the servant of God on mount Carmel. And he, when he saw her approaching, said to his servant Giezi, That is the woman from Sunam;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	26	go to meet her, and ask her if all is well with her, all well, too, with her husband and her son. All is well, she said;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	27	but when she reached the servant of God, there on the mountain, she clasped him by the knees. Giezi would have pulled her away, but the servant of God said, Let her alone; here is great anguish of spirit, and I none the wiser; the Lord told me nothing of it.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	28	Then she said, My lord, did I not ask to have a son, imploring thee not to cheat me of my hopes?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	29	Whereupon he said to Giezi, Gird thyself, and take this staff of mine with thee; go at once, greeting none and returning no greeting by the way, till thou reachest the boy; and lay down my staff on his face.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	30	As thou livest, the woman said, and servest a living Lord, I will not part from thee. So he rose up and went with her.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	31	Giezi had gone on before him, and put down the staff on the boy’s face; but no sound came, no sign of life, so he went back to meet his master with the news, The boy did not stir.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	32	Then Eliseus went into the house, where the boy lay dead in his bed;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	33	and there he shut himself in with the boy, and prayed to the Lord.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	34	So, rising from his prayer, he laid himself down on the dead body, mouth to mouth, eyes to eyes, hands to hands, bending down close, till the boy’s flesh grew warm.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	35	Then he went away, and walked to the end of the house and back, and now when he mounted the bed and lay down, the boy yawned seven times, and opened his eyes.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	36	Then Eliseus sent Giezi to fetch the woman of Sunam, and when she answered the summons, bade her take her son into her arms.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	37	So she came up, and fell at his feet, bowing down to the earth; then she took up her son and went out,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	38	and Eliseus made his way to Galgal.There was once a famine in the country, at a time when Eliseus had some of the young prophets staying with him. And he bade one of his servants put on the greatest pot they had, and cook broth for these disciples of his.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	39	The man who had gone out afield to gather wild herbs for them found a creeping plant in the woods, from which he filled his lap with wild gourds; and these, when he came home, he shredded into the pot of broth, never enquiring what they were.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	40	When the time came for his guests to have their meal, the broth was poured out; but no sooner had they tasted it than they cried out, Death it were, lord prophet, to taste this broth of thine; drink it they might not.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	41	Thereupon he would have some flour brought him; brought it was, and when he threw it into the pot and had broth poured out for the company, all bitterness had left it.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	42	Once, too, a man came from Baal-Salisa, bringing with him twenty barley loaves, his first-fruit offering, and nothing besides except some fresh grain in his wallet. Eliseus would have a meal set before the company,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	43	and when his servant asked how this would suffice for a hundred mouths, he said again, Set it before the company for their meal; they shall eat, the Lord says, and leave some over.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	4	44	And when he set it before them, eat they did and leave they did; so the Lord’s promise was fulfilled.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	1	At this time the armies of the king of Syria were commanded by a certain Naa man; a great captain, high in his master’s favour; brave, too, and a man of wealth, but a leper.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	2	Naaman’s wife had a servant, a young Israelite maid that had been captured by Syrian freebooters;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	3	and this maid said to her mistress, If only my lord would betake himself to the prophet in Samaria! He would have cured him soon enough of his leprosy.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	4	Upon this, Naaman went to his master, and told him what the Israelite maid had said;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	5	and the king of Syria promised to send him with a letter to the king of Israel. So he set out with thirty talents of silver, and six thousand gold pieces, and ten suits of clothing.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	6	And the letter he carried to the king of Israel ran thus, Know by these presents that I am sending my servant Naaman to thee, to be cured of his leprosy.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	7	Upon reading this letter, the king of Israel tore his garments about him, and asked, Am I God, with power to kill men and bring them to life again, that he should send a leper to me to be cured? Mark well how eager he is to pick a quarrel with me!
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	8	But God’s servant Eliseus, when he was told what ado the king of Israel had made over it, sent a message to him, Why rend those garments of thine? Send the man to me, and he shall learn that there is a prophet still left in Israel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	9	So Naaman came with his horses and his chariots, and stood at the door of Eliseus’ house;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	10	where Eliseus sent word out to him, Go and bathe seven times in the Jordan, if thou wouldst have health restored to thy flesh, and be clean.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	11	At this, Naaman was for going back home; Why, he said angrily, I thought he would come out to meet me, and stand here invoking the name of his God; that he would touch the sore with his hand, and cure me.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	12	Has not Damascus its rivers, Abana and Pharphar, such water as is not to be found in Israel? Why may I not bathe and find healing there? But, as he turned indignantly to go away,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	13	his servants came and pleaded with him; Good father, they said, if the prophet had enjoined some great task on thee, thou wouldst surely have performed it; all the more readily thou shouldst obey him when he says, Wash and thou shalt be clean.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	14	So down he went, and washed in the Jordan seven times, as the servant of God had bidden him. And with that, his flesh healed up, and became like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	15	So, coming back with all his retinue, he stood there in the presence of God’s servant; I have learned, he said, past doubt, that there is no God to be found in all the world, save here in Israel.And now, he said, pray accept a gift from thy servant, to prove his gratitude!
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	16	As the Lord I serve is a living God, Eliseus answered, I will accept nothing from thee; nor would any pleading bring him to consent.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	17	At last Naaman said, Have thy way, then, lord prophet, but grant me a gift instead. Let me take away with me part of the soil of Israel, as much as two mules can carry; my burnt-sacrifice, my offerings henceforward are for the Lord only, and for no alien god.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	18	Yet one fault pray the Lord to pardon in me thy servant. My master will still be going up to offer worship in the temple of Remmon, leaning on my arm for support. At such times, if I do reverence, as my master does reverence, in Remmon’s temple, the Lord grant me his pardon!
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	19	Go on thy way, said Eliseus, and peace go with thee. So there, on a spring day, they parted.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	20	But to Giezi, the prophet’s servant, the thought came, Here is this Syrian, this Naaman, with all his gifts, and my master has sent him away no poorer than he came. As the Lord is a living God, I mean to run after him and bring back some trifle with me.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	21	So after Naaman Giezi went; and Naaman, when he saw him running up, dismounted from his chariot and went to meet him; Is all well? he asked.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	22	All is well, said the other, but my master has sent me with a message to thee: Here are two young prophets but now come to visit me, from the hill-country of Ephraim; to these thou mayest well give a talent of silver, and two suits of clothing.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	23	Better two talents, Naaman said, and would take no denial. So two of his servants must shoulder a sack that held a talent of silver and a suit of clothes each of them, and carry these in front of Giezi.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	24	Evening had fallen when he reached home, took their load from them to lay it up in the house, and sent them away on their journey;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	25	then he went in to wait on his master. And when Eliseus asked whence he came, he said, Nay, my lord, I took no journey.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	26	What, said Eliseus, was not this heart of mine there to witness it, when yonder fellow turned back from his chariot to meet thee? And wouldst thou, at such a time, enrich thyself with a talent of silver here, a suit of clothes there, to buy thee oliveyard and vineyard, sheep and ox, man-servant and maid-servant?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	5	27	To thee, and to thy race for ever, Naaman’s leprosy shall cling. And Giezi went out from his presence, a leper as white as snow.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	1	There was a time when his disciples complained to Eliseus that they had no room to live there in his company;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	2	and they asked leave to take the road for Jordan, cut down, each of them, his load of timber from the forest, and build themselves a house there. Then, when he had given them leave,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	3	one of them said to him, Master, do thou come with us. Come with you I will said he,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	4	and bore them company. So they reached the Jordan, and began felling wood.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	5	It chanced that one of them, in felling a beam, let his axe-head fall into the river; and at that he cried aloud, Alas, alas, master! It was a borrowed axe, too!
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	6	Where fell it? the prophet asked; and when the place was shewn to him, he cut a stick and threw it in there; whereupon the iron floated to the surface.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	7	It is there to thy hand, said he, and the disciple put out his hand and took it.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	8	When the king of Syria went to battle with Israel, he would hold a council of war, and name some place where he would lay an ambush;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	9	and ever word came from Eliseus to the king of Israel, Beware how thou marchest by such and such a place; the Syrians are lying in wait there.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	10	Then the king of Israel would send and make sure of the place the prophet had told him of; and so he avoided danger, not once but many times.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	11	At this, the king of Syria’s mind much misgave him; and at last he summoned his council and asked, was there no learning the name of this traitor that revealed his plans to the king of Israel?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	12	Whereupon one of his courtiers told him, Nay, my lord king, it is the Israelite prophet, Eliseus, that discloses to him the secrets of thy council-chamber.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	13	Why then, the king said, go and find out where he is, so that I can send and take him prisoner. And when news came that Eliseus was in Dothain,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	14	he sent horses and chariots and the pick of his army there, to surround the city at dead of night.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	15	The prophet had a servant that was early abroad next day, and found the whole city beleaguered by armed men and horses and chariots; and as he brought the news, he cried out, Alas, alas, master, what shift will serve us now?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	16	Do not be afraid, said he; we have more on our side than they on theirs.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	17	Open his eyes, Lord, Eliseus prayed; give him clear sight. Thereupon the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and clear sight came to him; all at once he saw the whole mountain-side beset with flaming horses and chariots, there about Eliseus.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	18	Then, as the enemy closed in upon him, Eliseus prayed to the Lord anew, asking that this whole multitude might be smitten with blindness; and sightless the Lord smote them, at Eliseus’ prayer.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	19	Eliseus would have it that they had taken the wrong road and reached the wrong city; Come with me, he said, and I will shew you the man you are looking for. So he led them to Samaria;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	20	and once they were there, he prayed anew, that their eyes might be opened, and clear sight given them. In Samaria, then, they found themselves, once their eyes were opened;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	21	and the king of Israel, upon sight of them, asked Eliseus, My father, shall I strike them down?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	22	Strike them down (said he) thou shalt not; they were not captured by sword or bow of thine, and wouldst thou slay them? Set food and drink before them, and let them go home to their master.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	23	So a great banquet was made for them, and when they had eaten and drunk their fill, back to their master he sent them. And Israel was rid, for a while, of freebooters from Syria.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	24	Some time after this, Benadad, king of Syria, mustered all his forces, and went to the siege of Samaria.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	25	And Samaria was famine-stricken; so long beleaguered, that men would pay eighty pieces of silver for an ass’s head, or five for a pint of dove’s droppings.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	26	And one day, as the king was making the round of the battlements, a woman cried out to him, Help me, my lord king!
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	27	Help from the Lord is none, said he, and what means of help have I, in threshing-floor or wine-press? What wouldst thou have of me? And she told him,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	28	This woman who is with me bade me kill my son, to be food for us that day; hers should be our food the next.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	29	And then, my son’s flesh already cooked and eaten, when I bade her kill hers next day, she kept him in hiding.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	30	Upon hearing this tale, the king tore his garments across; and as he made his way along the battlements the people, one and all, could see how his shirt underneath was of sackcloth.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	31	May the Lord punish me as I deserve, said he, and more than I deserve, if I leave Eliseus the son of Saphat a head on his body by nightfall!
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	32	So he sent a man on before him, to find Eliseus where he sat at home, in conclave with the elders of the people. To these, before ever the messenger reached him, Eliseus said, You must know that my head is in danger. The murderer is on his way, sent by the murderer’s son. When he comes in, look to it that you keep the doorway barred; I hear his master’s tread not far behind him.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	6	33	Even as he spoke to them thus, in came the messenger that had set out to find him. And this was the king’s word, See what ruin the Lord has brought on me! Folly it were to expect relief from the Lord any longer.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	7	1	Thereupon Eliseus announced a message from the Lord; Thus says the Lord, by this time to-morrow a silver piece will be buying a peck of wheat, or two pecks of barley, in the market-place at the gate of Samaria.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	7	2	The king had one of his lords with him, to support him with his arm as he went; and this man mocked at the prophet’s words. Perhaps the Lord means to open the flood-gates of heaven, said he; then it might be as thou sayest. And Eliseus answered, The sight of it thou shalt have, but not the eating of it.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	7	3	Now turn we to four lepers, who were standing there in the open space round the city gate. They were saying to one another, This is no place to wait for death.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	7	4	Enter we the city, we starve; abide we here, we shall die none the less. Come, let us give ourselves up to the Syrian army; it may be they will spare our lives; if they kill us, it is but another form of death.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	7	5	So, when night fell, they ventured out, to make for the Syrian camp; and as they reached the edge of it, never a man was to be seen.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	7	6	That night, the Lord had made a noise heard in the camp of Syria like the stir of chariots and horses, and a great host of men; and the word went round, The Hethite chiefs, the Egyptians are upon us! The king of Israel has hired them to attack us!
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	7	7	And with that the Syrians took to their heels, and fled away in the darkness, leaving tents and horses and asses behind them, there in the camp; fled for their lives.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	7	8	So these lepers, still at the very edge of the camp, went into one of the tents, ate and drank there, carried off silver and gold and clothing and went off to hide it; came back to another tent, plundered that too, and hid away their plunder.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	7	9	Then one said to another, This is ill done; we are bearers of good news to-day. If we keep it secret, and wait till morning to spread it, that were shame to us. Back go we, and tell our tale in the king’s court.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	7	10	When they reached the city gate, and made it known how they had been to the Syrian camp, and found never a man there, only horses and asses that stood tethered, beside pitched tents,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	7	11	the porters went off to the king’s palace, and there spread the story about.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	7	12	The king himself rose, and held a midnight council. This is the trick, said he, the Syrians are playing us; they know we are hard put to it by famine, and they think to lure us out by leaving their camp and hiding in the open country; so they hope to capture us alive, and make their way into the city.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	7	13	But one of his counsellors said, There are still half a dozen horses left in the city; so few among so many of us; all the rest have been slaughtered for food. Yet with these we may send out riders to report.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	7	14	So two horses were fetched, and on these men were sent to search the camp of Syria.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	7	15	All the way to Jordan they followed in the enemy’s track, and still all the road was strewn with garments and weapons which the Syrians had thrown away in the flight; and they brought back the report of it to the king.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	7	16	So the whole city went out and plundered the Syrian camp; and it was a silver piece for a peck of wheat, a silver piece for two pecks of barley, as the Lord had foretold.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	7	17	As for that courtier who had walked beside the king to support him, he was put in charge of the market-place; and such was the crowd at the gate entrance that he was trampled to death, as the servant of God had foretold when the king came to visit him.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	7	18	It was nothing but truth Eliseus had told the king, By this time to-morrow a silver piece will be buying a peck of wheat, or two pecks of barley, in the market-place at the gate of Samaria.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	7	19	Perhaps the Lord means to open the flood-gates of heaven, this courtier said; then it might be as thou sayest. And Eliseus told him he should have the sight of it but not the eating of it;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	7	20	which prophecy was fulfilled in its turn, when he sat in the gateway there and the folk trampled him to death.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	1	Now turn we to the mother of that boy whom Eliseus raised to life. Eliseus had said to her, Up, go on thy travels, thou and all thy household with thee, and there dwell where dwell thou canst; the Lord has a drought in store for us, which will fall upon this land for seven years together.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	2	She lost no time in carrying out the prophet’s command, went abroad with all her household, and for a long time dwelt in the Philistine country;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	3	then, when the seven years were over, she came back from the Philistine country, and sought an audience with the king, to reclaim her house and lands.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	4	The king, at that very time, was in talk with Giezi, the prophet’s servant, and had bidden him tell the story of all Eliseus’ marvellous deeds;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	5	and Giezi was even then describing how the dead boy had been raised to life, when in came the boy’s own mother, appealing to the king to restore her house and lands. My lord king, said Giezi, this is the very woman, and this is that son of hers, whom Eliseus restored to life.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	6	So the king, when he had questioned the woman and had the story from her, charged one of his own chamberlains to see that she came into her own, and recovered the revenues the lands had brought in ever since she left the country.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	7	Eliseus was on a visit to Damascus when Benadad, king of Syria, fell sick. And when he heard that the servant of God was there,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	8	the king bade Hazael take gifts with him and go to meet the prophet; Bid him enquire of the Lord, he said, whether I shall recover from this sickness of mine or not.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	9	So Hazael went to meet him, and gifts went too, all the best Damascus had to offer, forty camels’ burden of them. And when he had made his way to Eliseus’ presence, and told how Benadad king of Syria had sent to know whether he would recover from his sickness,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	10	Eliseus said, Go and assure him of health restored; but for all that, the Lord has revealed to me that he is doomed to die.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	11	Hazael, as he stood there talking to him, was in great confusion, so that his face blushed red; but the servant of God fell a-weeping.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	12	Why weeps my lord? asked Hazael; and his answer was, I weep for all the calamity I know thou art to bring on the sons of Israel. Their cities thou wilt burn down, their young men thou wilt slay in battle; dash little children to the ground, and rip open the pregnant womb.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	13	Nay, said Hazael, not for a low-born wretch like thy servant here such great exploits as these! Thou art to be king of Syria, Eliseus answered; the Lord has revealed it to me.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	14	So he parted from Eliseus and went back to his master. What said Eliseus? asked he, and Hazael gave him the message that he should recover his health;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	15	but next day he took a piece of cloth, soaked it in water, and held it over Benadad’s face till he was stifled; and thus he succeeded to the throne.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	16	It was in the fifth year of Joram, Achab’s son, king of Israel (and Josaphat, king of Juda), that Josaphat’s son Joram became king of Juda;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	17	he was thirty-two years old when he came to the throne, and his reign at Jerusalem lasted eight years.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	18	And he followed the example of the Israelite kings, just as Achab’s line did; he himself had married a daughter of Achab’s. So he defied the Lord’s will;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	19	but the Lord would not bring ruin upon Juda; had he not promised his servant David to keep the lamp of his line unquenched for ever?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	20	It was in Joram’s days that the Edomites renounced their allegiance to Juda and set up a king of their own choice.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	21	Joram indeed attacked Seira with his whole force of chariots, and when the Edomites surrounded him, he broke through them with a night assault, broke through the commanders of the chariots and drove the foot-soldiers back to their tents;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	22	but Edom has never been subject to Juda from that day to this. Lobna, too, revolted at the same time.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	23	What else Joram did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	24	So he was laid to rest with his fathers, and shared their burying-place in the Keep of David; and the throne passed to his son Ochozias.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	25	This Ochozias, son of king Joram of Juda, came to the throne in the twelfth year of Achab’s son Joram, king of Israel;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	26	he was twenty-two years old when he came to the throne, and he reigned at Jerusalem but one year; his mother was Athalia, descended from Amri, king of Israel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	27	He, too, followed the example of Achab’s line, and defied the Lord’s will; to Achab’s house he was close allied.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	28	And with Joram, Achab’s son, he went to fight against Hazael, king of Syria, at Ramoth-Galaad. Joram was wounded in this engagement with the Syrians,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	8	29	and went back to Jezrahel to recover his health. And when Joram, Achab’s son, lay sick at Jezrahel, recovering from the wound he had received in fighting against Hazael at Ramoth-Galaad, Ochozias son of Joram king of Juda came there to visit him.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	1	Thereupon the prophet Eliseus sent one of his disciples on an errand. Gird up thy tunic, said he, and make thy way to Ramoth-Galaad, with this phial of oil in thy hand.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	2	Once there, thou wilt find Jehu the son of Josaphat, son of Namsi, sitting among his brother-captains; bid him rise up, and take him with thee into an inner room.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	3	Then, holding up the phial of oil and pouring it out over his head, tell him, Thus says the Lord; herewith I anoint thee king of Israel. Then fling the door open and begone; I would not have thee linger there.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	4	So the young prophet made his way to Ramoth-Galaad,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	5	and, reaching it, found the captains of the army met in conclave. He asked to have speech with the commander; and when Jehu asked which of them all he meant, he said, With thee, my lord.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	6	Thereupon Jehu rose up, and went into the inner room; where the prophet forthwith poured the oil over his head. This is my message, said he, from the Lord God of Israel; Herewith I anoint thee king over Israel, the Lord’s people.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	7	Thou art to overthrow the dynasty of King Achab that was thy master; so it is that I mean to take vengeance for all those prophets of mine, all those true servants of the Lord, that were slain by Jezabel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	8	All Achab’s race I mean to destroy, sparing no male issue of his, free man or bondman in the realm of Israel;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	9	it shall have no better fortune than the race of Jeroboam, son of Nabat, or the race of Baasa, son of Ahia.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	10	As for Jezabel, she shall lie unburied in the purlieus of Jezrahel, for the dogs to eat. And with that he threw the door open, and was gone.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	11	Is all well? Jehu’s fellow officers asked, as he went back to them. What was this madman’s errand? Know the man, said he, and you know his ranting talk.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	12	That will not serve, they answered; tell us what he said. Then he told them all that had passed, and how the Lord had assured him that he was the anointed king of Israel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	13	And they, without more ado, flung down their cloaks at his feet, to pay him all the honours of a throne; and loud the trumpets sounded to proclaim that Jehu was king.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	14	Thus Jehu, son of Josaphat, son of Namsi, entered into a conspiracy against Joram. (Joram himself had been in command of the Israelite army that held Ramoth-Galaad against king Hazael of Syria,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	15	but had now gone to Jezrahel to recover from the wounds Hazael’s men had given him.) As you love me, Jehu said, let no one make his escape from the city, or news of this will reach Jezrahel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	16	Then he mounted his chariot and set out for Jezrahel, where Joram lay sick, with Ochozias, king of Juda, come to visit him.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	17	And now the watchman that stood on the tower of Jezrahel espied Jehu’s company, and he cried out, I see a troop of men coming. So Joram would have a chariot sent out to meet them, with the message, Is all well?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	18	But when the driver of the chariot met him, and asked, Is all peaceful? Jehu said, Talk not of peace; pass on behind me and follow. And the watchman cried, The messenger reached them, but never returns.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	19	Then a second chariot was sent out; once more the king asked whether all was peaceful, and once more the answer was, Talk not of peace; pass on behind me and follow.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	20	So the watchman cried out, The messenger reached them, but never returns. And he who comes yonder drives as Jehu the son of Namsi drives; it is headlong speed with him.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	21	Harness my chariot, said Joram. Harnessed it was, and side by side in their chariots these two kings went out, Joram king of Israel and Ochozias, king of Juda, to meet Jehu. And when they met him, it was on the land that once belonged to Naboth, the man of Jezrahel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	22	Joram greeted him by asking, Is all well, Jehu? And he answered, Can aught be well, so long as thy faithless mother Jezabel will be at her sorceries still?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	23	At that, Joram wheeled about and fled, crying aloud, Treason, Ochozias, treason!
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	24	But Jehu grasped his bow and bent it; right between the shoulder-blades the arrow struck Joram, and pierced through his heart, and he fell down in his chariot where he stood.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	25	Then Jehu said to his squire Badacer, Take up his body, and throw it down on the land that was once Naboth the Jezrahelite’s. I remember well, when thou and I were sitting in our chariot together, in attendance on his father Achab, how the Lord pronounced doom upon him:
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	26	I swear that I will avenge the murder of Naboth and his children, that was done in my sight yesterday, avenge it on the very ground where thou standest. Take it up and cast it down there; let the Lord’s word be fulfilled.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	27	As for Ochozias, king of Juda, he fled at the sight, past the lodge of the royal garden; but Jehu followed, crying, Shoot him down too where he drives! And shoot him they did, on the hill where Gaver stands, by Jeblaam. He escaped at last to Mageddo, but there he died.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	28	On his own chariot his servants laid him down, and so bore him back to Jerusalem, to bury him where his fathers were buried, in David’s Keep.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	29	It was during the eleventh year of Joram, Achab’s son, king of Israel, that Ochozias held the throne of Juda.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	30	Meanwhile, Jehu drove on to Jezrahel. As for Jezabel, when she heard of his coming, darken she must her eye-brows, and braid her hair; then she looked down from her window
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	31	as Jehu passed the gate, crying out: Is all well? There was one Zambri, that murdered his master.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	32	Jehu looked up at the window, and asked who this was. Thereupon two or three of the eunuchs leaned out to greet him.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	33	Throw her down, said he, and throw her down they did; blood spattered the wall, and the horses trampled her under foot.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	34	And he, going into the palace to eat and drink there, gave the word, Go find the accursed woman’s body, and give it burial; she was a king’s daughter.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	35	But when they went to bury her, nothing could they find but skull and feet and the tips of her fingers.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	36	When they went back to him with the news, he said, This is what the Lord foretold through his servant Elias the Thesbite. Jezabel, he said, shall be food for dogs in the purlieus of this city;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	9	37	in the purlieus of the city her corpse shall lie like dung on the ground, for the passers-by to wonder whether this is indeed Jezabel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	1	Over in Samaria, Achab had still seventy male descendants to his name. So Jehu dispatched a letter to the chiefs and elders there, and to those who had the young princes in their charge; these were the terms of it:
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	2	Here is work to be done when this letter reaches you. You have the royal family among you; chariots and horses, strongholds and weapons of war, are at your disposal.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	3	Why then, you must pick out the likeliest among the princes, whichever enjoys your favour most, and put him on his father’s throne; then take up arms in the royal cause, and do battle.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	4	At this, they were thrown into consternation; here were two kings swept away by Jehu’s onset, and what resistance could they hope to offer him?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	5	So all of them, guardians of the princes, chieftains and elders, sent word to Jehu, We are thy servants, awaiting thy commands; it is not for us to set up a king; do what is thy pleasure.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	6	And this was the second letter he sent them, If you are loyal lieges of mine, cut off the heads of the princes, and bring them to me at Jezrahel this time to-morrow. These leading men of the city had the seventy princes in their keeping,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	7	and when the letter reached them, they killed all seventy, and sent back their heads in baskets to Jehu at Jezrahel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	8	He, when news came to him that the princes’ heads had been brought there, would have them left in two heaps at the city gate till morning,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	9	then, at dawn, he went out and confronted the people. You are without bias, he said to them; tell me, if I conspired against my master, who is to blame for the death of all these?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	10	You see for yourselves that no word of the Lord’s curse upon the house of Achab has missed the mark; what the Lord prophesied through his servant Elias, he has here fulfilled.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	11	Then Jehu put to death all that was left of Achab’s race in Jezrahel, with all that had been nobles, courtiers and priests in his reign, till no trace of him was left.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	12	Then he made his way to Samaria; and when he reached the shepherds’ lodging by the road side,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	13	he fell in with some of Ochozias’ kindred, that had been king of Juda. And when he asked who they were, and they told him kinsmen of Ochozias, that were on their way to greet the sons and brothers of the king,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	14	he gave orders for their arrest. So they were seized as prisoners, forty-two of them in all, and their throats were cut over the pool by the shepherds’ lodging; not one of them was left alive.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	15	Passing on thence, he met Jonadab, son of Rechab, coming to greet him, and gave him welcome. Is thy heart true to me, he asked, as mine to thee? And when he learned that it was so, Give me thy hand, and lifted him up, by his outstretched hand, into the chariot.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	16	Come with me, he said, and witness my zeal in the Lord’s cause. So, in his own chariot,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	17	he brought Jonadab to Samaria. And all of Achab’s household that were left in Samaria he destroyed to a man, so fulfilling that curse which the Lord pronounced through Elias.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	18	Next, Jehu called a general assembly of the people, and told them, It was but scant worship Achab paid to Baal; Jehu means to pay him greater worship yet.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	19	Summon me all Baal’s prophets, all his worshippers, all his priests; at this great sacrifice I mean to offer Baal, none must be absent; it is death to the man whose place is found empty. All this was but a design Jehu had in hand, for destroying Baal’s worshippers.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	20	So he would have a solemn feast proclaimed in Baal’s honour, and this summons of his
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	21	went out all through the confines of Israel; all Baal’s worshippers came in answer to it, not a man was left behind. And all made their way into Baal’s temple, till it was full from end to end.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	22	Then Jehu bade the wardrobe-keepers bring out garments for all Baal’s votaries, and when these had been brought,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	23	he and Jonadab the son of Rechab went into Baal’s temple, and bade the worshippers look well to it that none of the Lord’s servants were among them, only the followers of Baal.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	24	And where they had entered, there was offering and burnt-sacrifice to be made. Without, Jehu had posted eighty men, telling them, If you let any of my quarry slip through your hands, it shall be life for life.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	25	And now, when the burnt-sacrifice was done, he gave orders to his bodyguard and his officers to go in and make an end of them; not one must escape. So these, his bodyguard and his captains, put them to the sword. Then they went to the Keep of Beth-baal,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	26	and took out Baal’s statue from the temple, to burn it,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	27	and crush it to pieces. As for Baal’s temple, they pulled it down, and made it a house of easement, as it is to this day.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	28	Thus Jehu abolished the worship of Baal in Israel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	29	Yet he would not forgo the sins of Jeroboam son of Nabat, that taught Israel to sin; at Bethel and at Dan the golden calves had their worship still.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	30	For thy zeal in doing my will, the Lord told him, for carrying out my just decrees against the line of Achab, I will let thy heirs keep the throne of Israel up to the fourth generation;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	31	and still this Jehu was too careless to follow the law of Israel’s God with his whole heart, by abandoning the sins of Jeroboam, that taught Israel to sin!
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	32	It was in his days that the Lord began to grow aweary of Israel; and Hazael struck at all their frontiers,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	33	where these lay east of the Jordan, Galaad, and Gad, and Ruben, and Manasses, and Aroer on the river Arnon, the whole territory of Galaad and Basan.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	34	What else Jehu did, all his history and the record of his great deeds, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	35	And at last he was laid to rest with his fathers at Samaria, and the throne passed to his son Joachaz;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	10	36	he had reigned over Israel, there in Samaria, for twenty-eight years.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	11	1	Upon the death of Ochozias, his mother Athalia put all the princes of the royal house to death,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	11	2	except Ochozias’ son Joas, who was saved by his aunt Josaba, daughter to king Joram. When the princes were slain, she stole him away, with his nurse, out of the bed-room, and kept him in hiding so that Athalia could not make away with him.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	11	3	For six whole years she kept him by her secretly in the Lord’s house, while Athalia governed the country as queen.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	11	4	In the seventh year, Joiada sent for the commanders of the army and the royal bodyguard, took them into the temple and there made a compact with them, with the Lord’s own house to be witness of their oath; then he shewed them the young prince.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	11	5	And with that, he gave them their directions.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	11	6	A third of your number, this sabbath day, will be keeping guard over the palace; some will be at the Sur gate, some at the gate by the armourers’ lodging, and you have to guard, too, the house of Messa.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	11	7	The other two thirds, that are relieved of duty that day, must come and keep guard over the king’s person, in the Lord’s house.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	11	8	Hedge him about well, with your swords drawn; do not let anyone enter the temple precincts with his life; wherever the king goes, attend him closely.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	11	9	All the directions which the high priest Joiada gave them these commanders faithfully carried out; mustered their men, alike those who mounted guard and those who were relieved of duty on the sabbath, and presented themselves before Joiada,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	11	10	who supplied them with the spears and other weapons king David had bequeathed to the Lord’s house;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	11	11	to right and to left of altar and temple stood armed men ready to protect the king.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	11	12	Then he brought the young prince out, and gave the royal crown and a copy of the law into his keeping. So was he crowned and anointed, while all clapped their hands and cried aloud, Long live the king!
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	11	13	Meanwhile, the stir which the soldiers made in going about their errand reached the ears of Athalia; and she made her way into the temple, there where all the crowds were gathered,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	11	14	to find the king standing on a dais, as the king should, with singers and trumpeters at his side, while all the folk rejoiced, and the trumpets sounded. Well might she rend her clothes, and cry out, Treason, treason!
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	11	15	Thereupon Joiada gave word to the commanders of the army that she must be taken out beyond the temple precincts, and if anyone tried to follow, he should be put to the sword; she must not be slain in the Lord’s house, he told them.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	11	16	So they made her prisoner, and as she passed along the horse-way that leads to the palace, she was slain.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	11	17	After this, Joiada would have a covenant made, that bound king and people to the Lord, as the Lord’s own people; bound king and people to one another.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	11	18	And the whole populace went into Baal’s temple, where they pulled down his altars and broke his images for good and all; they killed Mathan, too, Baal’s priest, there at the altar. Then the high priest set guards over the Lord’s temple,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	11	19	and presently he summoned the officers of the guard, with the Cerethite and Phelethite auxiliaries, and the whole populace with them; and together they brought the king back from the Lord’s house, by way of the armourers’ gate, into the palace, and he took his seat on the royal throne.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	11	20	All through the land were great rejoicings, and the city had rest, now that Athalia lay dead, there in the palace.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	11	21	Thus Joas came to his throne, a boy of seven years.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	12	1	Joas began his reign in the seventh year of Jehu, and for forty years he reigned as king at Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Sebia, a woman of Bersabee.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	12	2	As long as the high priest Joiada was his adviser, he obeyed the Lord’s will;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	12	3	only he did not abolish the hill-shrines, men still sacrificed and burned incense on the mountain-tops.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	12	4	This Joas made a proclamation to the priests; Here are gifts being brought to the temple all the while by pious folk that worship there, one paying a ransom for his life, another contributing as his devotion moves him.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	12	5	Such money the priests may take for their own, according to their rank; but they must be answerable for repairing the Lord’s house, if they find anything that needs to be made good.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	12	6	The twenty-third year of King Joas came, and still the priests had done nothing to repair the temple.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	12	7	Whereupon king Joas summoned Joiada and the other priests; What means it, he asked, that you have not made good the temple’s needs? Henceforth there must be no more taking money according to your rank; it must all be given up to the repairing of the temple.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	12	8	It was ordered, then, that the priests should no longer receive the gifts, and no longer be answerable for the repairs;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	12	9	instead, the high priest Joiada had a chest made, with a hole in the top of it, and put it close to the altar at the right hand side of the temple entrance; into this the priests who keep the door put all the money that was brought there.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	12	10	Whenever the chest seemed to be over full, one of the king’s secretaries betook himself to the temple, with the high priest, and together they emptied out and counted the money that was to be found there.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	12	11	This, when its value had been duly reckoned, they paid over to the master-builders, who distributed it to the carpenters and masons that worked in the Lord’s house
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	12	12	and carried out the repairs. The stone-cutters, too, must be paid, and wood and stone must be bought ready for fashioning. Thus the repairing of the Lord’s house would not go short for the money which the work needed.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	12	13	The money was not to be used for making pitcher or fork, censer or trumpet, or any other piece of gold or silver ware for the Lord’s house; all the offerings given to the temple
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	12	14	were paid out to the workmen that were repairing the temple;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	12	15	nor was any account asked of those who handled this money and distributed it to the workmen, they were trusted with the handling of it.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	12	16	Meanwhile the fines paid for fault or wrong done were not put into the treasury, since these belonged to the priests as of right.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	12	17	It was at this time that Hazael, king of Syria, marched on the town of Geth and took it by storm; then wheeled about and threatened to march on Jerusalem itself.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	12	18	Nor might Joas preserve the city from attack, till he had collected all the offerings dedicated in the temple by himself, or by Josaphat, Joram and Ochozias, that were kings of Juda before him, all the silver, too, that was to be found there or in the royal palace, and sent them to Hazael, king of Syria.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	12	19	What else Joas did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	12	20	It was his own servants that set a conspiracy on foot against him, and slew him in the house at Mello, where the road goes down to Sella;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	12	21	Josachar son of Semaath and Jozabad son of Somer, his own attendants, gave him his death-blow. He was laid to rest with his fathers in the Keep of David, and the throne passed to his son Amasias.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	13	1	It was in the twenty-third year of Joas, son of Ochozias, king of Juda, that Joachaz, Jehu’s son, came to the throne of Israel, and reigned as king in Samaria for seventeen years.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	13	2	He defied the Lord’s will, following the sinful example of Jeroboam, son of Nabat, that taught Israel to sin, and never departing from it.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	13	3	His anger thus provoked, the Lord left Israel at the mercy of Hazael, king of Syria, and his son Benadad, without respite;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	13	4	till at last Joachaz besought the Lord’s favour. (This prayer the Lord answered, seeing Israel hard pressed by the Syrian king’s inroads upon them;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	13	5	and he gave them a champion to set them free from the Syrian yoke. Then once more the men of Israel could dwell in their old homes;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	13	6	but even so they did not forgo the sins of Jeroboam, son of Nabat, that taught Israel to sin; they clung to them still, and still the forest-shrine had its place in Samaria. )
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	13	7	In the time of Joachaz, nothing was left of the army but fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot-soldiers; such havoc the king of Syria had made among them, sweeping them away like chaff on the threshing-floor.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	13	8	What else Joachaz did, all his history, and the record of his great deeds, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	13	9	He was laid to rest with his fathers, with Samaria for his burying-place, and the throne passed to his son Joas.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	13	10	This Joas, the son of Joachaz, came to the throne of Israel in the thirty-seventh year of Joas king of Juda; and his reign in Samaria lasted sixteen years.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	13	11	He defied the Lord’s will, and would not abandon the sins of Jeroboam, son of Nabat, that taught Israel to sin; he clung to them yet.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	13	12	What else Joas did, all his history, and the record of his great deeds, and his war with Amasias king of Juda, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	13	13	He was laid to rest with his fathers, and the throne passed to his son Jeroboam. (Joas was buried in Samaria, with the other Israelite kings.)
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	13	14	And now Eliseus lay sick in his mortal illness, and Joas, who was then king of Israel, went to visit him; My father, my father, he said weeping, Israel’s chariot and charioteer!
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	13	15	Eliseus bade him fetch bow and arrows, and when bow and arrows were brought,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	13	16	he would have the king of Israel hold the bow in readiness. The bow was stretched, and Eliseus put his own hands over the king’s hands;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	13	17	Now, said he, open the window that looks east, and he opened it; Shoot, and he shot. Yonder shaft, Eliseus told him, betokens the divine deliverance, deliverance from the power of Syria. It is for thee to defeat the Syrians utterly, there at Aphec.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	13	18	Then he would have Joas take up his arrows, and when he had done so, bade him shoot, there on the ground. Shoot he did three times, and then held his hand.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	13	19	Whereupon the prophet said to him angrily, Five times thou shouldst have let fly, or six, or seven, to defeat the Syrians utterly; this signifies three defeats and no more.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	13	20	In the year of Eliseus’ death and burial, the country was being ravaged by freebooters from Moab.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	13	21	Some of these appearing suddenly when a dead man was being carried out to his funeral, the bearers took fright, and threw the corpse into the first grave they could find; it was that of Eliseus. And no sooner had it touched the prophet’s bones, than the dead man came to life again, and rose to his feet.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	13	22	All through the life-time of Joachaz, king Hazael of Syria had pressed Israel hard;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	13	23	but now the Lord relented and came to their aid once more. Faithful to his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, he would not make an end of them and cast them off utterly as yet.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	13	24	So, when Hazael died, and his son Benadad succeeded him as king of Syria,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	13	25	Joas was able to retake those cities which his father Joachaz had lost to Benadad’s father Hazael, and by right of conquest; three times Joas was victorious, and restored the lost cities to Israel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	1	It was in the second year of Joas, son of Joachaz, king of Israel, that the throne of Joas, king of Juda, passed to his son Amasias.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	2	This Amasias was twenty-five years old when he came to the throne, and his reign at Jerusalem lasted twenty-nine years; his mother’s name was Joadan, a woman of Jerusalem.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	3	He obeyed the Lord’s will, not perfectly like his ancestor David, but in the manner of his father, king Joas;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	4	he too left the hill-shrines standing, so that men still sacrificed and burned incense on the mountain-tops.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	5	Once he was king, he put his father’s murderers to death,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	6	but spared their children, in obedience to the law of Moses; whose terms are, A father must not die for his son’s guilt, or a son for his father’s; no guilt but his own shall bring a man to death.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	7	He also fought a battle against the Edomites in the Valley of the Salt-mines, killing ten thousand of them, and gaining possession of a rock-fortress, which he called by its present name of Jectehel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	8	Then he sent a challenge to Joas, son of Joachaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel; Come, let us have a trial of strength!
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	9	And this answer Joas, king of Israel, sent to Amasias, king of Juda: Said Lebanon thistle to Lebanon cedar, Let my son have thy daughter to wife. But down came wild beasts from Lebanon forest, and all the thistle got was, he was trodden underfoot.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	10	Thou hast struck a shrewd blow at Edom, and now thy heart is puffed up with pride; keep thyself at home, content with the renown thou hast, do not invite disaster, to thy own and Juda’s ruin.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	11	But Amasias would have his way, so these two kings, Joas of Israel and Amasias of Juda, met at a town in Juda called Bethsames;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	12	and there the men of Juda were routed by the Israelites, and scattered to their homes in flight.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	13	Thus Amasias, son of Joas, son of Ochozias, King of Juda, was captured by Joas king of Israel at Bethsames, and taken back to his own city of Jerusalem; where Joas made a gap in the walls four hundred cubits long, from the gate of Ephraim to the Corner gate,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	14	carried off all the gold and silver and other ware that was to be found in the temple or palace, took hostages besides, and made his way back to Samaria.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	15	(What else Joas did, and the record of his great victory over Amasias king of Juda, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	16	He was laid to rest with his fathers, with Samaria for his burying-place, and the throne passed to his son Jeroboam. )
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	17	Amasias, son of the Joas that was king of Juda, survived Joachaz’s son, Joas of Israel, by fifteen years;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	18	what else he did is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	19	A conspiracy was made against him at Jerusalem, and when he escaped to Lachis they sent in pursuit of him and put him to death there;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	20	afterwards his body was brought back to Jerusalem in a horse-litter, and there buried with his fathers in David’s Keep.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	21	Thereupon the whole people of Juda chose Azarias, a boy sixteen years old, to succeed his father Amasias;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	22	he it was carried out the designs of his dead father by fortifying the harbour of Aelath and restoring it to the possession of Juda.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	23	It was in the fifteenth year of Amasias, son of king Joas of Juda, that Jeroboam, son of king Joas of Israel, began his reign in Samaria; it lasted forty-one years.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	24	He defied the Lord’s will, and would not forgo the sins of Nabat’s son Jeroboam, that taught Israel to sin.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	25	He it was restored to Israel its old territory, all the way from the pass of Emath in the North to the Dead Sea. So the Lord had foretold through a servant of his, the prophet Jonas, son of Amathi, from Geth-Opher:
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	26	the Lord has not been blind to the affliction, past all endurance, that has fallen on Israel, bondman and free man alike perishing with none to succour them.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	27	So the Lord resolved not to let Israel’s name vanish from the world; he would grant them redress through Jeroboam the son of Joas.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	28	What else Jeroboam did, all his history, and the record of his great deeds, how he fought and how he restored to Israel all of Damascus and Emath that once belonged to the Jewish kingdom, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	14	29	So Jeroboam was laid to rest with his fathers, the royal race of Israel, and his throne passed to his son Zacharias.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	1	It was in the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam that Azarias succeeded his father Amasias on the throne of Juda.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	2	He was then sixteen years old, and for fifty years he reigned at Jerusalem; his mother’s name was Jechelia, a woman of Jerusalem.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	3	He obeyed the Lord’s will, following in all things the example of his father Amasias,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	4	but did not destroy the hill-shrines; men still sacrificed and burned incense on the mountain tops.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	5	On him the Lord’s hand fell, and he ended his days as a leper, dwelling apart in a house of his own, while his son Joatham had charge of the palace, and heard the complaints of his subjects.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	6	What else Azarias did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	7	So he was laid to rest with his fathers; among his ancestors, in the Keep of David, they buried him; and Joatham came to the throne.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	8	It was in Azarias’ thirty-eighth year that Jeroboam’s son Zacharias began his reign in Samaria; it lasted six months.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	9	He defied the Lord’s will, like his fathers before him, and would not forgo the sins of Jeroboam, son of Nabat, that taught Israel to sin.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	10	But soon a conspiracy was made against him by Sellum, son of Jabes, who attacked and killed him in the open street, and took the throne for himself.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	11	What else Zacharias did is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	12	Long before, in Jehu’s time, the Lord had promised, Thy heirs shall keep the throne of Israel till the fourth generation; and so it proved.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	13	For one month this Sellum reigned as king at Samaria, in the thirty-ninth year of Azarias;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	14	then he was killed and superseded by Menahem, son of Gadi, who marched on Samaria from Thersa;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	15	what else Sellum did, all the history of his secret conspiracy, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	16	(From Thersa), Menahem brought destruction on Thapsa, and all its inhabitants, and all their country-side, because they would not open the gates to him; ripped up the wombs, too, of the women that were pregnant.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	17	It was in Azarias’ thirty-ninth year that Menahem, son of Gadi, began his reign of ten years at Samaria;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	18	he defied the Lord’s will, and would not forgo the sins of Jeroboam, son of Nabat, that taught Israel to sin. All through his reign
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	19	the country suffered invasion by Phul, king of Assyria, and Menahem paid him a thousand talents of silver, to win support for his claim to the throne.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	20	To find this tribute for the Assyrian king, Menahem imposed a tax of fifty silver pieces on all the rich and powerful men in his kingdom. Thus the Assyrian king was induced to go home and rid the country of his presence.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	21	What else Menahem did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	22	he was laid to rest with his fathers, and succeeded by his son Phaceia.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	23	It was in the fiftieth year of Azarias that this Phaceia, son of Menahem, began his reign of two years at Samaria;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	24	he defied the Lord’s will, and would not forgo the sins of Jeroboam, son of Nabat, that taught Israel to sin.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	25	A conspiracy was made against him by one of his own commanders, Phacee son of Romelia, who attacked and slew him in his castle keep (close by Argob and Arie), with fifty Galaadites, and so became king in his place.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	26	What else Phaceia did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	27	It was in the fifty-second year of Azarias that Phacee, son of Romelia, came to the throne at Samaria; he reigned over Israel twenty years,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	28	and defied the Lord’s will, never forgoing the sins of Jeroboam, son of Nabat, that taught Israel to sin.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	29	During the reign of Phacee, the Assyrian king Theglath-Phalasar invaded Israel, taking Aion, Abel-Beth-Maacha, Janoe, Cedes and Asor, with Galaad and Galilee and the whole territory of Nephthali, and carrying off their inhabitants into Assyria.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	30	As for Phacee, he was caught unawares and slain by a conspirator, Osee son of Ela, who succeeded him on the throne in the twentieth year of Joatham, son of Ozias.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	31	What else Phacee did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Israel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	32	It was in the second year of Phacee, son of Romelia, that Joatham, son of Ozias, came to the throne of Juda.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	33	He was twenty-five years old when he came to the throne, and his reign at Jerusalem lasted sixteen years; his mother’s name was Jerusa, daughter of Sadoc.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	34	He obeyed the Lord’s will, following in all things the example of his father Ozias;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	35	but did not abolish the hill-shrines; men still sacrificed and offered incense on the mountain-tops. He it was built the high gate that leads into the Lord’s house.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	36	What else Joatham did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	37	This was the time at which the Lord began subjecting Juda to attack from Rasin, king of Syria, and Phacee, son of Romelia.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	15	38	So Joatham was laid to rest with his fathers, with the Keep of David for his burying-place, and the throne passed to his son Achaz.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	16	1	It was in the seventeenth year of Phacee, son of Romelia, that Achaz, son of Joatham, came to the throne of Juda.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	16	2	He was twenty years old when he began his reign, which lasted at Jerusalem for sixteen years. This Achaz did not obey the Lord’s will like his ancestor David before him;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	16	3	he followed the example of the Israelite kings, even consecrating his son by passage through the fire, after the idolatrous wont of those nations which the Lord drove out to make room for Israel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	16	4	Never a high hill or a mountain-slope or a leafy wood but Achaz must do sacrifice and offer incense there.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	16	5	And now Rasin king of Syria and Phacee son of Romelia marched on Jerusalem and besieged Achaz there, but could not get the mastery of him.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	16	6	(It was then that Rasin recovered Ailam for Syria, by driving the men of Juda out from it; but the Edomites came and took possession of it, and it remains theirs to this day. )
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	16	7	Thereupon Achaz sent a message to the Assyrian king, Theglath-Phalasar; Bring aid, master, to thy servant, father, to thy son; rescue me from the assault of Syria and Israel;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	16	8	gifts, too, he sent him, collecting all the silver and gold that was to be found in temple or palace.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	16	9	Nor was the king of Assyria unwilling; he marched on Damascus and laid it waste, carrying off the inhabitants to Cyrene and putting Rasin to death.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	16	10	When king Achaz went to meet Theglath-Phalasar at Damascus, he saw there an altar, of which he sent a likeness with a full account of all its workmanship, to the high priest Urias;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	16	11	and Urias built an altar in accordance with all the directions Achaz had sent him from Damascus, to greet his return.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	16	12	Returned from Damascus, Achaz went to see it and did reverence to it; then went up to make burnt-sacrifice and meal-offering;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	16	13	poured libations, and shed the blood of his welcome-offerings there.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	16	14	Then he removed the brazen altar, that stood ever in the Lord’s presence opposite the tabernacle, away from its place between the new altar and the temple, to the north side of the new altar.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	16	15	And king Achaz bade the high priest Urias bring to this greater altar the morning burnt-sacrifice and the meal-offering at nightfall; here king and people would present burnt-sacrifice and meal-offering and libations, here the blood of the burnt-sacrifice and all other offerings was to be spilt; as for the altar of bronze, it should await the king’s good pleasure.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	16	16	And the high priest Urias carried out all his bidding.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	16	17	King Achaz also took away the moulded stands and the smaller basins that rested on them; took away the oxen that supported the great basin and let it rest on a stone pavement instead;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	16	18	altered, too, the sabbath porch he had built in the temple, and the outer part of the royal entry. Of all these changes in the temple building the king of Assyria was the cause.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	16	19	What else Achaz did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	16	20	So he was laid to rest with his fathers, with the Keep of David for his burying-place, and the throne passed to his son Ezechias.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	1	It was in the twelfth year of Achaz that Osee, son of Ela, began his reign at Sa-maria; it lasted nine years.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	2	He too defied the Lord’s will, yet not so wantonly as the other kings of Israel before him.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	3	This king was attacked by Salmanasar, king of the Assyrians, and made his vassal, and forced to pay tribute.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	4	Afterwards, the Assyrian king found out that he had sent an embassy to Sua, king of Egypt, hoping thus to rebel, and to be rid of his yearly tribute; whereupon he seized him, put him in chains, and imprisoned him.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	5	Then he overran the whole country with his troops, and marched against Samaria, which for three whole years he kept beleaguered.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	6	At last, in the ninth year of Osee, Samaria was taken, and all the Israelites carried off to the Assyrian country; where they were settled in Hala, in Habor, by the river of Gozan, and among the cities of Media.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	7	Such was their doom, who had no sooner escaped from Egypt and from the power of Pharao, than they wronged the God who had rescued them by worshipping alien gods instead.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	8	Afterwards, they took their forms of worship from the very nations the Lord had driven out to make room for them, or from kings who imitated their ways.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	9	With false inventions these Israelites offended the Lord that was their own God, making themselves mountain shrines in all their townships from lonely hamlet to walled city.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	10	No high hill, no leafy wood, but had its images and its sacred trees;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	11	and there they burnt incense on their altars, imitating the nations God had dispossessed before their onslaught. Foul deeds were done, to challenge the Lord’s anger,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	12	shameless rites practised, such as the Lord had forbidden expressly.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	13	The Lord did not leave himself without witness; by prophet and seer he warned them, Come back from these graceless ways, follow precept and observance of mine; as the law bids you, that I enjoined on your fathers; as the prophets bade you, my servants that spoke in my name.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	14	But they gave him never a hearing; strained at his yoke; they would be like their fathers, obstinately defying the Lord their God.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	15	The usages he had taught them, the covenant he had made with their fathers, the warnings he had given them by his prophets, all lightly cast aside, to false rites they betook themselves, and learned false ways; imitated the forbidden example of the heathen round about them.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	16	Forgotten, all the commandments of the Lord their God; they must have two golden calves, they must have sacred trees, they must worship all the host of heaven, and become Baal’s servants;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	17	consecrate their sons and daughters by passage through the fire, take their orders from wizard and soothsayer; enslave themselves to defiance of the Lord’s will, and provoke his vengeance.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	18	So it was that the Lord, in anger, banished Israel from his presence, and the tribe of Juda stood alone
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	19	(not that even these kept the commandments of the Lord their God; these too strayed into false paths, of Israel’s making).
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	20	All Israel’s race, then, the Lord cast off; humbled them, and left them at the spoiler’s mercy; was ready, at last, to banish them from his presence altogether.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	21	So it was decreed, from the time when the Israelites first cut themselves off from David’s line, and made Jeroboam, son of Nabat, their king; Jeroboam it was that drove men away from the Lord’s worship, and taught them to commit heinous sin.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	22	To his evil example the men of Israel clung, and would never forgo it,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	23	until at last the Lord banished them from his presence, as all his prophets had foretold in his name, and they were carried off from their own country into Assyria, where they remain to this day.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	24	And now the Assyrian king brought men from Babylon, and Cutha, and Avah, and Emath, and Sepharvaim, and settled these, instead of the Israelites, in the cities that belonged to Samaria. So they took possession of it, and made their homes in its cities,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	25	but at their first coming they paid the Lord no reverence, and thereupon he sent a plague of lions, that preyed upon them.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	26	News of this came to the Assyrian king, and a warning with it: The nations thou hast removed, and settled down in the cities of Samaria, have never learned how the God of that land would be worshipped; and he, the Lord, has sent a plague of lions among them. Must they die for want of knowledge how their new God is to be worshipped?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	27	So the Assyrian king gave orders that one of the priests carried away thence should be restored to his home; should go to live among them, and teach them how to worship the Lord.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	28	So one of the exiled priests from Samaria came to live at Bethel, and teach them he did;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	29	but still each nation would fashion the image of its own god, and they set up these images in the hill-shrines they had made, one in this city and another in that.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	30	The men of Babylon must have Socoth-Benoth, and the Chutaeans Nergel, and the Emathites Asima,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	31	and the Hevites Nabahaz and Tharthac; while the men of Sepharvaim offered their own children to the gods of Sepharvaim, Adramelech and Anamelech.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	32	And in spite of it, they worshipped the Lord. They found priests among the dregs of the people, fit to serve hill-shrines, and in the hill-shrines they installed them;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	33	but though they worshipped the Lord, they still paid court to their own gods with the usages of their own folk, learned before ever they came to Samaria.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	34	And so it is to this day; the old habits still cling. This is not to fear the Lord, this is not to keep observance and decree, law and command, as the sons of Jacob should; Jacob, to whom the Lord gave his name of Israel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	35	With them he made a covenant; and by that covenant they were to give alien gods neither fear nor reverence, neither worship nor sacrifice.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	36	To the Lord your God, he told them, the God who rescued you from Egypt with such signal proofs of his constraining power, all fear, all worship, all sacrifice belongs;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	37	his the observances, his the decrees, his the law of tabled precepts, that you must keep ever in mind, obey ever in act; no alien god must you fear.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	38	Never let his covenant go unremembered; the worship you deny to alien gods
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	39	give to him only; then he will deliver you from the power of your enemies.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	40	To all this they paid no heed; old custom was still the rule they lived by.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	17	41	Here then, were nations that worshipped the Lord, yet obeyed their own false gods still; their sons, their grandsons did no better; and such is the rule they follow down to this day.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	1	In the third year of Osee, son of Ela, king Achaz of Juda was succeeded by his son Ezechias.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	2	This king was twenty-five years old when he came to the throne, and his reign at Jerusalem lasted twenty-nine years.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	3	Here was one that obeyed the Lord’s will no less than his father David before him;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	4	scattered the hill-shrines, overthrew the images, cut down the sacred trees; broke in pieces, too, the brazen serpent Moses had made, because the Israelites, till his day, used to offer incense to it; the name given to it was Nohestan.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	5	In the Lord God of Israel he put all his trust; never was a king of Juda to rival him before or after;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	6	in the paths the Lord had traced he followed still, holding ever close to him, keeping ever the commands he had given through Moses.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	7	What wonder if the Lord was with him, if he was well advised in all he did? Against the king of Assyria he rose in rebellion, and denied him tribute;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	8	and harried the Philistine townships as far as Gaza, from lonely hamlet to walled city.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	9	It was in the fourth year of Ezechias, and the seventh year after Osee son of Ela came to the throne of Israel, that Salmanasar, king of Assyria, marched on Samaria and laid siege to it.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	10	And at the end of three years he took it; it was in the sixth year of Ezechias and the ninth of Osee that Samaria was captured,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	11	and all the Israelites carried off to Assyria, where they were settled in Hala and Habor by the streams of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	12	And this, because they paid no heed to the Lord’s bidding; false to his covenant, they left the commands he had given through his servant Moses unheard and unheeded.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	13	Then, in the fourteenth year of Ezechias, the Assyrian king Sennacherib marched on the fortified cities of Juda and took them;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	14	whereupon king Ezechias sent word to the king of Assyria, then at Lachis: I have been to blame; withdraw thy troops, and I will pay whatever ransom thou dost demand. So the king of Assyria imposed on Ezechias king of Juda a tribute of three hundred talents of silver, and three hundred of gold.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	15	All the silver that was to be found in temple or treasury Ezechias gave him;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	16	broke up, too, the temple doors, with the golden plates he himself had nailed to them, and gave these to the king of Assyria.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	17	After this the Assyrian king, who was still at Lachis, sent Tharthan, Rabsaris and Rabsaces at the head of a strong force to Jerusalem, where king Ezechias was. They marched up to the city, and halted by the aqueduct that fed the upper pool, on the way that brings you to the Fuller’s Field.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	18	Their demand was to see the king, but they were met by Eliacim, son of Helcias, the controller of the royal household, and Sobna, the secretary, and Joahe, son of Asaph, the recorder.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	19	So Rabsaces bade them tell Ezechias, Here is a message to thee from the great king, the king of Assyria. What confidence is this that makes thee so bold?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	20	Doubtless thou hast some design, in so committing thyself to the fortune of war. On whose help dost thou rely, that thou wouldst throw off my allegiance?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	21	What, wilt thou rely on Egypt? That is to support thyself on a broken staff of cane, that will splinter and run into a man’s hand, if he presses on it, and pierce him through; such does Pharao, king of Egypt, prove himself to all those who rely on him.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	22	Or wilt thou answer, We trust, I and my people, in the Lord our God? Tell me, who is he? Is he not the God whose hill-shrines and altars Ezechias has cleared away, bidding Juda and Jerusalem worship at one altar here?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	23	Come now, if thou wert to make terms with my master, the king of Assyria, by which I must hand over to thee two thousand horses, wouldst thou be able to do thy part by putting riders on them?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	24	Why, thou art no match even for a city prefect, the least of my master’s servants. Trust, if thou wilt, in Egypt, its chariots and its horsemen;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	25	but dost thou doubt that I have the Lord’s warrant to subdue this land? It was the Lord himself who sent word to me, Make war on this land, and subdue it.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	26	At this, Eliacim and Sobna and Joahe said to Rabsaces, My lord, pray talk to us in Syriac; we know it well. Do not talk to us in the Hebrew language, while all these folk are standing on the walls within hearing.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	27	What, said Rabsaces, dost thou think my master hath sent me with this message for thee only, and for that master of thine? It is for the folk who man the walls, these companions of yours that have nothing left to eat or drink but the ventings of their own bodies.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	28	Then Rabsaces stood up and cried aloud, in Hebrew, Here is a message to you from the great king, the king of Assyria!
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	29	This is the king’s warning, Do not be deluded by Ezechias, he is powerless to save you;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	30	do not let Ezechias put you off by telling you to trust in the Lord; that the Lord is certain to bring you aid, he cannot allow the king of Assyria to become master of your city.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	31	No, do not listen to Ezechias; here are the terms the king of Assyria offers you. Earn my good will by surrendering to me, and you shall live unmolested, to each the fruit of his own vine and fig-tree, to each the water from his own cistern.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	32	Then, when I come back, I will transplant you into a land like your own, which will grudge you neither wheat nor wine, so rich is it in corn-fields and vineyards, neither olives, nor oil, nor honey, and you will be spared from the destruction that threatens you. No, do not listen to Ezechias when he tells you that the Lord will deliver you.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	33	What of other nations? Were their countries delivered, by this god or that, when the king of Assyria threatened them?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	34	What gods had Emath and Arphad, what gods had Sepharvaim, Ana and Ava? Did any power rescue Samaria from my attack?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	35	Which of all the gods in the world has delivered his country when I threatened it, that you should trust in the Lord’s deliverance, when I threaten Jerusalem?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	36	But all kept silence, and gave him no word in answer; the king had given strict orders that they were not to answer him.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	18	37	So Eliacim, son of Helcias, the controller of the royal household, and Sobna, the secretary, and Joahe, son of Asaph, the recorder, went back to Ezechias, with their garments torn about them, to let him know what Rabsaces had said.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	1	No sooner had king Ezechias heard it, than he tore his garments open, and put on sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	2	Meanwhile, he sent word to the prophet Isaias, son of Amos. Eliacim, the controller of the household, and Sobna, the secretary, and some of the older priests, went on this errand.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	3	Here is a message for thee, they said, from Ezechias. Troublous times have come upon us, times to make us mend our ways, or else blaspheme God. What remedy, when children come to the birth, and the mother has no strength to bear them?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	4	Unless indeed the Lord should take cognizance of what Rabsaces has been saying, Rabsaces, who was sent here by his master, the king of Assyria, to blaspheme the living God. Surely the Lord thy God has listened to the reproaches he uttered. Raise thy voice, then, in prayer for the poor remnant that is left.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	5	Thus visited by the servants of Ezechias,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	6	Isaias answered, Give your master this message. Do not be dismayed, the Lord says, at hearing the blasphemies which the courtiers of the Assyrian king have uttered against me.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	7	See if I do not put him in such a mind, see if I do not make him hear such news, as will send him back to his own country. And when he reaches his own country, I will give the word, and the sword shall make an end of him.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	8	And now Rabsaces went back to find the king of the Assyrians before Lobna, hearing that he had raised the siege of Lachis.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	9	News had come that Taracha, king of the Ethopians, was on the way to do battle with him. And the king, as he went out to meet Taracha, despatched messengers to Ezechias;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	10	Give this warning, he said, to Ezechias, king of Juda, Do not let the God in whom thou puttest such confidence deceive thee with false hopes; do not think Jerusalem will never be allowed to fall into the hands of the Assyrian king.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	11	What, hast thou not heard what the kings of Assyria have done to the nations everywhere, destroying them utterly? And what hope hast thou of deliverance?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	12	What saving power had the gods of those old peoples my fathers overthrew, Gozam, and Haram, and Repheth, and the race of Eden who lived in Thalassar?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	13	Where are they, the kings of Emath, and Arphad, the kings who governed the city of Sepharvaim, and Ana, and Ava?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	14	These despatches were handed by the messengers to Ezechias, and when he had read them, he went up into the house of the Lord, and held them out open in the Lord’s presence.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	15	And this was the prayer which Ezechias made to him, Lord God of Israel, who hast thy throne above the cherubim, thou alone art God over all the kingdoms of the world, heaven and earth are of thy fashioning.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	16	Give ear, and listen; open thy eyes, Lord, and see; do not let Sennacherib’s words go unheard, these blasphemies he has uttered against the living God.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	17	It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have brought ruin on whole nations, and the lands they lived in,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	18	and thrown their gods into the fire; but these were in truth no gods; men had made them, of wood or stone, and men could break them.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	19	Now it is for thee, O Lord our God, to rescue us from the invader, and shew all the kingdoms of the world that there is no other Lord, no other God, save thee.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	20	Then Isaias, son of Amos, sent word to Ezechias, A message to thee from the Lord, the God of Israel, granting the prayer thou hast made to him about Sennacherib, king of the Assyrians.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	21	This is what the Lord has to say of him: See how she mocks thee, flouts thee, Sion, the virgin city! Jerusalem, proud maiden, follows thee with her eyes and tosses her head in scorn.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	22	So thou wouldst hurl insults, and blaspheme, and talk boastfully, and brave it out with disdainful looks, against whom? Against the Holy One of Israel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	23	In thy name, these servants of thine have hurled insults at the Lord. It was thy dream that thou hadst scaled, with those many chariots of thine, the slopes of Lebanon; thou hadst cut down its tall cedars, its noble fir-trees, till thou couldst reach the very summit of its ascent, the garden its woods enclosed.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	24	Thou wouldst dig wells and drink wherever it pleased thee, thou wouldst dry up, in thy march, the banked channels of the Nile.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	25	What, hast thou not heard how I dealt with this people in time past? This present design, too, is one I have formed long since, and am now carrying out; such a design as brings with it ruin for the mountain fastnesses, the walled cities that fight against thee.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	26	Sure enough, they were overawed and discomfited, the puny garrisons that held them, frail as meadow grass, or the stalks that grow on the house-top, withering before they can ripen.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	27	But I am watching thee where thou dwellest, thy comings and goings and journeyings, thy raving talk against me.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	28	Yes, I have listened to the ravings of thy pride against me, and now a ring for thy nose, a twitch of the bridle in thy mouth, and back thou goest by the way thou didst come.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	29	Here is a test for thee, Ezechias, of the truth of my prophecy; this year thou must be content with what crops are left thee, and next year the aftergrowth shall be thy food; in the third year you may sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	30	A remnant of Juda’s race will be saved, and this remnant will strike root deep in earth, bear fruit high in air;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	31	yes, it is from Jerusalem the remnant will come, from mount Sion that we shall win salvation; so tenderly he loves us, the Lord of hosts.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	32	This, then, is what the Lord has to tell thee about the king of the Assyrians; he shall never enter this city, or shoot an arrow into it; no shield-protected host shall storm it, no earth-works shall be cast up around it.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	33	He will go back by the way he came, and never enter into this city, the Lord says;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	34	I will keep guard over this city and deliver it, for my own honour and for the honour of my servant David.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	35	It was after this that an angel of the Lord went out on his errand, and smote down a hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp; when morning came, and he saw the corpses of the dead, the king broke up camp and was gone.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	36	So Sennacherib, king of the Assyrians, made his way home, nor did he leave Nineve again.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	19	37	And one day, when he was at worship in the temple of his god Nosroch, two sons of his, Adramelech and Sarasar, drew their swords on him, and so escaped into the land of Ararat; and the throne passed to his son Asarhaddon.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	20	1	And now Ezechias fell sick, and was at death’s door; indeed, the prophet Isaias, son of Amos, visited him with this message from the Lord, Put thy affairs in order; it is death that awaits thee, not recovery.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	20	2	At this Ezechias turned his face towards the wall, and prayed to the Lord thus:
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	20	3	Remember, Lord, I entreat thee, a life that has kept true to thee, an innocent heart; how I did ever what was thy will. And Ezechias wept bitterly.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	20	4	Whereupon, before ever Isaias reached the middle of the court-yard, the word of the Lord came to him,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	20	5	Go back, and tell Ezechias, the ruler of my people, Here is a message to thee from the Lord, the God of thy father David. I have listened to thy prayer, and marked thy tears; be it so, I have granted thee recovery. Within three days thou shalt be on thy way to the Lord’s temple,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	20	6	and I will add fifteen years to thy life. And I will save thee and thy city from the power of the Assyrian king; I will be its protector, for my own honour and the honour of my servant David.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	20	7	Then Isaias bade them bring a lump of figs, and when this was brought and laid on the king’s ulcer, he recovered.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	20	8	When Ezechias asked what sign should be given him that his health would be restored, and that he would set foot in the Lord’s temple within three days,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	20	9	Isaias told him, Here is thy proof that the Lord will keep his promise. Wouldst thou have the shadow on the sun-dial climb forward by ten hours, or travel backwards as much?
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	20	10	Why, said he, it were no great matter that it should advance ten hours; rather, by my way of it, let it travel ten hours backwards.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	20	11	So the prophet Isaias made appeal to the Lord, and the shadow retraced the last ten hours it had advanced on the sun-dial of Achaz.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	20	12	And now, hearing of his sickness, the king of Babylon, Berodach Baladan, son of Baladan, sent a letter and gifts to Ezechias.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	20	13	Ezechias was delighted at the coming of these envoys, and shewed them his scented treasure-house, with its gold and silver and spices and rich ointments; the rooms where his ornaments were kept; all the wealth of his store-house. There was nothing in palace or domain but he shewed it to them.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	20	14	Then the prophet Isaias gained audience of king Ezechias, and asked him, What message did these men bring, and whence had they come? They came to see me, said Ezechias, from a country that is far away, from Babylon.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	20	15	And when Isaias asked what they had seen in his palace, he told them, They saw everything in my palace; I have no treasures I did not shew them.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	20	16	And at that Isaias said to Ezechias, I have a message for thy hearing from the Lord.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	20	17	Behold, a time is coming when all that is in thy house, all the treasures which thy fathers have amassed there in times past, will be taken away to Babylon; nothing shall be left of it, the Lord says.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	20	18	And sons of thine, men of thy own line, of thy own stock, shall be carried off to be eunuchs in the palace of the kings of Babylon.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	20	19	Why then, Ezechias said to Isaias, welcome be the word the Lord has spoken through thee! In my time at least may there be peace; may the promise hold good.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	20	20	What else Ezechias did, the record of his great deeds, and of the pool and conduit by which he stored water in Jerusalem, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	20	21	So Ezechias was laid to rest with his fathers, and the throne passed to his son Manasses.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	1	Manasses was twelve years old when he came to the throne, and his reign at Jerusalem lasted fifty-five years; his mother’s name was Haphsiba.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	2	This Manasses defied the Lord’s will, by courting the false gods of those nations which the Lord destroyed to make room for the sons of Israel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	3	He restored once again the hill-shrines which his father Ezechias had overthrown; he raised altars to Baal, and set up sacred trees, like Achab king of Israel, and gave to all the host of heaven worship and observance.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	4	Nay, he must set up these altars of his in the Lord’s own house, the chosen shrine of his name;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	5	altars there must be for all the host of heaven in the two temple courts.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	6	He consecrated his own son by passing him through the fire; there was watching for auguries and taking of omens, there was divination, and sorcerers abounded, until this defiance of his provoked the Lord’s anger.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	7	He made an idol, too, after the fashion of the sacred trees, and set it up there in the Lord’s temple. And this was at Jerusalem, the Lord’s choice among all the cities of Israel; this was in the temple that was to be the everlasting shrine of his name; so he had promised David and Solomon,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	8	Nevermore will I let the sons of Israel be dislodged from the land I gave their fathers, if only they will be true to all the observances I have enjoined, all the commands which my servant Moses taught them.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	9	That warning went unheeded; the very nations which the Lord destroyed to make room for the sons of Israel were guilty of less wrong than they themselves did, when they were led astray by the example of Manasses.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	10	Thereupon word came from the Lord through his servants the prophets:
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	11	King Manasses of Juda shall not go unpunished for these deeds of his, more detestable yet than any the Amorrhites did before him; by which foul example Juda has become no less guilty than Israel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	12	This warning, then, the Lord God of Israel sends him: I mean to bring such calamity upon Jerusalem and Juda as shall ring in the ears of all who hear it.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	13	Level with Samaria shall Jerusalem lie, lean in ruin as the house of Achab leans; I mean to efface Jerusalem as a wax tablet is effaced, scraping it over and over with pen downwards turned.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	14	I mean to abandon this poor remnant of the people that once was mine, and let them fall into the hands of their enemies, so that every rival of theirs can lay their land waste and plunder it;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	15	since the day when their race left Egypt, they have never ceased defying me and provoking my anger.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	16	And Manasses, not content with leading Juda into all these sins of disobedience, took innocent lives without number, till all Jerusalem was brimming with blood.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	17	What else Manasses did, his history, and the record of his crimes, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	18	So Manasses was laid to rest with his fathers, within the domains of his own palace, in Oza’s garden, and the kingdom passed to his son Amon.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	19	Amon was twenty-two years old when he came to the throne, and his reign at Jerusalem lasted two years; his mother’s name was Messalemeth, daughter of Harus of Jeteba.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	20	He disobeyed the Lord’s will, like his father Manasses before him;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	21	never a path his father had marked out but he must follow it, never a shameful cult his father had honoured but he must be its slave;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	22	but the Lord, the God his ancestors had worshipped, he forsook utterly, and followed his bidding never.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	23	Then there was a conspiracy among the courtiers, and the king was slain in his own palace;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	24	but these conspirators were overthrown by a rising of the common people, who crowned Amon’s son Josias to succeed him.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	25	What else Amon did, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	21	26	So they buried him in the tomb he had made for himself, in Oza’s garden, and his son Josias came to the throne.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	22	1	Josias was eight years old when he came to the throne, and his reign at Jerusalem lasted thirty-one years; his mother’s name was Idida, the daughter of Hadaia of Besecath.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	22	2	He was obedient to the Lord’s will, and followed in all things the example of his ancestor, king David, never swerving to right or left.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	22	3	In the eighteenth year of his reign, Josias had an errand for the controller of the temple, Saphan, son of Aslia, son of Messula.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	22	4	He was to bid the high priest Helcias reckon up the sum collected by the temple door-keepers for the needs of the Lord’s house,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	22	5	and pay it out to the workmen through the temple overseers. Pay must be given to these workmen, engaged on making good the temple fabric,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	22	6	carpenters, masons, and builders alike; there was timber to be bought, too, and stone from the quarries, before the Lord’s temple could be repaired.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	22	7	No account need be kept of these expenses; the overseers could be trusted with full disposal of the money.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	22	8	It was then that the high priest Helcias told Saphan he had found, there in the temple, a copy of the law, which he gave him to read.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	22	9	And Saphan, going back to the king with news of his errand, to report that the temple offerings had been reckoned up and paid over to the temple overseers, for distribution to the workmen,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	22	10	added that he had a book which the high priest Helcias had given him.This book, then, Saphan read out in the royal presence;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	22	11	and the king, upon hearing the terms of the Lord’s law, rent his garments about him.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	22	12	Then he gave his orders to Helcias, and Ahicam son of Saphan, and Achobor son of Micha, and Saphan the controller of the temple, and Asaia, one of his courtiers;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	22	13	Go and consult the Lord, he told them, in my name, and in the name of this whole people of Juda, about this new-found copy of the law. Fiercely the Lord’s anger burns against us, that the words of this book should have fallen on deaf ears, and our race should have disobeyed the commands enjoined upon us.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	22	14	So Helcias, Ahicam, Achobor, Saphan and Asaia betook themselves to the prophetess Holda. She was wife to Sellum, son of Thecua, son of Araas, that once kept the royal wardrobe; her dwelling was at Jerusalem, in the new part of the city. So they told her their business,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	22	15	and she, in return, gave them this message from the Lord God of Israel for the man that sent them:
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	22	16	Thus says the Lord, For this city and its citizens I have punishments in store, all the punishments threatened in yonder book the king of Juda has read.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	22	17	The men of Juda have forsaken me, and offered sacrifice to alien gods; all they do is done in defiance of me; the fire of my vengeance must needs break out against this city, and there is no quenching it.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	22	18	But to the king of Juda, who sent you here to consult the Lord, give this message from the Lord God of Israel: Well for thee thou didst listen to the warnings this book gave thee!
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	22	19	Well for thee that fear caught at thy heart, and thou didst humble thyself before the Lord, at hearing him threaten city and citizens with despair and doom; that thou didst rend thy garments, and hadst recourse to me in tears! And thou hast won my audience, the Lord says;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	22	20	I will lay thee to rest with thy fathers, in quiet times thou shalt go to thy grave; not for thy eyes to witness the great calamities I mean to bring on this city of thine.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	1	When they brought the king his answer, he summoned all the elders of Juda and of Jerusalem;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	2	then he went up into the Lord’s temple, and all the warriors of Juda bore him company, and all the citizens of Jerusalem, priest and prophet, high and low. There, in their hearing, he read out the terms of the law from the book they had found in the Lord’s house.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	3	And the king, standing on the dais, made a promise, there in the Lord’s presence. They would make the Lord their leader, holding fast by command and decree and observance of his, heart and soul, with fresh loyalty to all the terms of the covenant which this book set on record. To that promise, the whole people gave its assent.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	4	Then the king bade the high priest Helcias, and the priests of lesser rank, and the door-keepers, cast out from the Lord’s temple all the appurtenances of worship that belonged to Baal and to the sacred tree and to all the host of heaven; these he burned in the valley of Cedron, and carried the ashes of them away to Bethel.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	5	All round Jerusalem, and all over Juda, he disbanded the priests whom the kings of Juda had appointed for the hill-shrines; priests, too, that burned incense to Baal, and sun, and moon, and the twelve stars, and all the host of heaven.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	6	The sacred tree must be carried away from the temple, away from Jerusalem, to Cedron valley, where they burned it to ashes, that were scattered over the common burying-ground.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	7	He destroyed the rooms in the Lord’s house which had belonged to the prostitutes, and were now used by the women that wove curtains for the sacred tree.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	8	He brought the priests together from all the cities of Juda, and defiled the hill-shrines where they used to sacrifice, all the way from Gabaa to Bersabee; pulled down, too, the wayside altars at the approach to the gate of Josue, the city governor, to the left of the main gate.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	9	As for these priests of the hill-shrines, they were not allowed to minister at the Lord’s altar at Jerusalem, but they shared the eating of the unleavened bread with their brother-priests.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	10	Tophet, in the valley of Ben-Ennom, he desecrated utterly, so that there might be no more devoting sons and daughters by fire to Moloch;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	11	and he rid the temple of those horses, sacred to the sun, which earlier kings had stabled at the entrance, by the hall of the chamberlain Nathan-Melech; the chariots of the sun he burned to ashes.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	12	There were altars, too, that had been set up by royal command on the roof of Achaz’s dining-parlour; altars Manasses had built in the two outer courts of the temple; these Josias beat into dust, and made short work of it in the valley of Cedron.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	13	He also desecrated the hill-shrines Solomon had made at Jerusalem itself, on the right hand side of the Hill of Shame, for Astaroth, the foul divinity of Sidon, and Chamos, that was Moab’s, and Melchom, that was Ammon’s;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	14	he broke their images, and cut down the sacred trees, and filled up the ruins with the bones of dead men.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	15	In Bethel, too, there was an altar and a hill-shrine, the work of Jeroboam, son of Nabat, that taught Israel to sin; altar and shrine both Josias overthrew and burned and pounded to dust, setting fire at the same time to the sacred trees.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	16	And when he looked about him; and saw the hill-side covered with graves, he had bones fetched from these and burned them on the altar, just as the prophet had threatened in the Lord’s name when he foretold all this.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	17	And now, seeing an inscription, he asked what this was; Why, the men of Bethel answered, it is the tomb of the prophet who came from Juda, and foretold how thou wouldst profane the altar here.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	18	Let him alone, then, said Josias; no one must touch these bones; so they rested on undisturbed, and with them the bones of that other prophet, that was Israelite born.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	19	All the hill-shrines in the cities that once belonged to Samaria, raised by kings of Israel in the Lord’s despite, Josias abolished, treating them as he had treated the shrine at Bethel;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	20	and the priests that served these altars he put to death, one and all. Then, having profaned the altars by burning men’s bones on them, he returned to Jerusalem.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	21	And now he bade all his subjects keep paschal holiday in honour of the Lord their God, with all the rites prescribed by the covenant which the book recorded.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	22	Many a judge had ruled, many a king had reigned in Israel and Juda, but never was pasch kept
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	23	like that pasch Jerusalem kept in the Lord’s honour, in the eighteenth year of Josias.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	24	Gone were the familiar spirits, the diviners, the images, gone were all the foul abominations of Juda and Jerusalem; Josias swept them all away; since Helcias had found the book in the Lord’s temple he had no thought but to carry out the law’s prescriptions in full.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	25	Never was there such a king as this; none before or after him came back to the Lord’s allegiance, heart and soul and strength, as he did, with the law of Moses to guide him.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	26	Yet the Lord would not relent, so deep his indignation, so pitiless his anger against the men of Juda, after all Manasses’ defiance of him;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	27	he was determined to banish Juda, no less than Israel, from his presence; to forsake his chosen city, Jerusalem, and the house in which he had promised to make a shrine for his name.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	28	What else Josias did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	29	It was in his time that Pharao-Nechao, king of Egypt, marched against the king of Assyria, all the way to the river Euphrates; and Josias, going out to offer resistance, encountered him at Mageddo and met his death there.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	30	From Mageddo, his servants carried his body back to Jerusalem, and buried it in the tomb he had made for himself; and now the people’s choice fell on his son Joachaz, who was anointed to succeed his father as king.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	31	Joachaz was twenty-three years old when he came to the throne, and his reign at Jerusalem lasted but three months; his mother’s name was Amital, daughter of Jeremias of Lobna.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	32	This Joachaz disobeyed the Lord’s will, after the fashion of his ancestors;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	33	but he did not reign at Jerusalem long. Pharao-Nechao kept him imprisoned at Rebla, in the Emath country; meanwhile he levied a fine from Juda, a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	34	and put Josias’ son Eliacim on his father’s throne, changing his name to Joakim. Joachaz was carried off to Egypt, where he died.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	35	The fine Pharao-Nechao had imposed was paid by Joakim, who levied a tax on the whole country; thus it was the citizens, each according to his means, that must satisfy Pharao-Nechao with gold and silver alike.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	36	Joakim was twenty-five years old when he came to the throne, and his reign at Jerusalem lasted eleven years; his mother’s name was Zebida, daughter of Phadaia of Ruma.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	23	37	He, too, disobeyed the Lord’s will, after the fashion of his ancestors.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	24	1	In his time, Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon invaded the country, and for three years Joakim was his vassal; then he rebelled against him.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	24	2	But the Lord sent enemies to attack him, freebooters from Chaldaea, Syria, Moab and Ammon; sent them to attack Juda and lay it waste, in fulfilment of the threat which his servants the prophets had uttered in his name.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	24	3	It was by the Lord’s own decree that this befell; he would banish Juda from his presence, in return for all Manasses’ sins;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	24	4	and for all those innocent lives taken, in the days when Jerusalem ran with guiltless blood till the Lord refused to pardon it.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	24	5	What else Joakim did, all his history, is to be found in the Annals of the kings of Juda. So Joakim was laid to rest with his fathers,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	24	6	and the throne passed to his son Joachin.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	24	7	Meanwhile, the king of Egypt advanced no more beyond his own frontiers; all the possessions he held, from the brook of Egypt right up to the river Euphrates, the king of Babylon had taken away from him.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	24	8	Joachin was eighteen years old when he came to the throne, and his reign in Jerusalem lasted but three months; his mother’s name was Nohesta, daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	24	9	He disobeyed the Lord’s will no less than his father before him.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	24	10	It was in his time that the forces of Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon, marched against Jerusalem, and siege was laid to the city;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	24	11	and Nabuchodonosor came there in person to be with them, and to press on the siege.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	24	12	Whereupon Joachin, king of Juda, gave himself up, with his mother, his servants, his nobles, and his chamberlains; and the king of Babylon, in this, the eighth year of his reign, accepted the surrender.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	24	13	All the treasures of temple and palace he took away, and cut in pieces all the golden ornaments Solomon, king of Israel, had set up in the temple, so fulfilling what the Lord had prophesied.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	24	14	All the citizens of Jerusalem he carried off as prisoners, the noblemen, and the best warriors in the army, ten thousand of them, the craftsmen and the smiths; none were left except the poor folk in the country-side.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	24	15	To Babylon Joachin must go, with his mother and his wives and his chamberlains; for Babylon all the judges in the land must leave Jerusalem as exiles;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	24	16	to Babylon Nabuchodonosor removed seven thousand warriors, and a thousand craftsmen and smiths, all that had strength to bear arms.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	24	17	In place of Joachin, he made his uncle Matthanias king, giving him the name of Sedecias.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	24	18	Sedecias was twenty-one years old when he came to the throne, and his reign at Jerusalem lasted eleven years; his mother’s name was Amital, daughter of Jeremias of Lobna.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	24	19	He disobeyed the Lord’s will, as Joakim had;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	24	20	for now the Lord’s anger hung over Juda and Jerusalem, ready to banish them from his presence. And Sedecias in his turn revolted against the king of Babylon.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	1	And now, in the ninth year of Sedecias’ reign, on the tenth day of the twelfth month, Nabuchodonosor reached Jerusalem at the head of his army. They surrounded it and threw up siege-works about it;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	2	and so the city continued, cut off and hedged in, until king Sedecias’ eleventh year.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	3	Then, on the ninth day of the fourth month, when famine had broken out in the city, and the poorer folk had nothing left to eat,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	4	a breach was made in the walls; and that night all the fighting men made their escape by way of the gate between the two walls, by the royal garden, leaving the Chaldaeans to continue the siege of the city. The road Sedecias chose for his flight was that which leads to the desert plain;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	5	and in the plain by Jericho he was overtaken by the Chaldaeans, who had set out in pursuit. All his army melted away from him, leaving him alone;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	6	and so, a prisoner, the king was borne away to Reblatha, where Nabuchodonosor passed sentence on him.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	7	He made him witness the death of his sons; then put out his eyes and carried him off in chains to Babylon.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	8	On the fifth day of the seventh month in the nineteenth year of Nabuchodonosor’s reign, the commander of his forces, Nabuzardan, came on his master’s errand to Jerusalem,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	9	where he burned down temple and palace and private dwellings too; no house of note but he set it on fire.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	10	The troops he brought with him were employed in dismantling the walls on every side of it.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	11	Then Nabuzardan carried off the remnants of the people that were left in the city, the deserters who had gone over to Nabuchodonosor, and the common folk generally,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	12	leaving only such of the poorer sort as were vine-dressers and farm labourers.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	13	Brazen pillars and brazen stands and the great basin of bronze that stood in the Lord’s temple the Chaldaeans broke up, and took away all the bronze to Babylon;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	14	for bronze, too, they carried away pot and ladle, cup and fork and saucer, all the appurtenances of worship that were of bronze;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	15	for gold, too, and for silver, bowl and censer of gold and silver; nothing did Nabuzardan leave behind him.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	16	There was no reckoning the weight of bronze, when the two pillars, the great basin, and the stands which Solomon had set up in the temple are included;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	17	each pillar was eighteen cubits high, and had a capital of three cubits’ height resting on it, with the net-work and pomegranate mouldings on the capital all of bronze.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	18	Prisoners, too, Nabuzardan carried away with him, the two chief priests, Saraias and Sophonias, the three door-keepers from the temple,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	19	and among the citizens, the chamberlain who commanded the army, five other courtiers who were still left in the city, Sopher, the army leader who had the levying of recruits, and sixty citizens of the common sort.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	20	All these were carried away by Nabuzardan to Reblatha, into Nabuchodonosor’s presence;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	21	and there at Reblatha, in the Emath country, Nabuchodonosor put them to death. So the men of Juda were exiled from their country,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	22	and over the few he left remaining there the king of Babylon put Godolias, son of Ahicam, son of Saphan, in charge.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	23	When they heard of his appointment, the chieftains came to meet him at Maspha, Ismael son of Nathanias, Johanan son of Caree, Saraias son of Thanehumeth from Netopha, and Jezonias son of Maachati, and all their men with them;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	24	and Godolias took an oath to chiefs and men alike. They need have no fear of living under Chaldaean rule; let them remain in the country as the king of Babylon’s vassals, and all should go well with them.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	25	None the less in the seventh month this Ismael, son of Nathanias, son of Elisama, who was of the royal blood, came to Maspha with twelve of his followers and gave Godolias his death-blow; killed, too, all his retinue, Jew and Chaldee alike.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	26	Whereupon all the inhabitants of the country, high and low, and the chieftains with them, removed to Egypt, fearing the vengeance of the Chaldaeans.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	27	On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, in the thirty-seventh year after king Joachin of Juda had been carried into exile, he was released from prison by Evil-Merodach, king of Babylon, then in the first year of his reign.
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	28	Graciously did Evil-Merodach receive him, gave him a seat of honour above the other captive kings,
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	29	and relieved him of his prisoner’s garb. All the rest of his life he was entertained at the royal table;
+4 Kings	4Kgs	12	25	30	all the rest of his life he received, day by day, a perpetual allowance made to him by the king’s bounty.
 1 Paralipomena	1Par	13	1	1	From Adam, through Seth, Enos,
 1 Paralipomena	1Par	13	1	2	Cainan, Malaleel, Jared,
 1 Paralipomena	1Par	13	1	3	Henoch, Mathusale, Lamech,
@@ -11995,15 +11995,15 @@ Ruth	Ru	8	4	22	Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David.
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	1	6	and all their neighbours lightened the task for them with presents of silver ware and gold, of stores, beasts and furniture, over and above the offerings that were freely made.
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	1	7	King Cyrus himself brought the temple ornaments out again; these had been carried off from Jerusalem by Nabuchodonosor, who laid them up in the temple of his own god,
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	1	8	but now, at the orders of the Persian king Cyrus, Mithridates son of Gezabar must bring them out again, and give full account of them to Sassabasar, chief of the tribe of Juda.
-1 Esdras	Esd	15	1	9	And this was the count made: gold trays thirty, and silver trays a thousand, knives twenty-nine, cups of gold thirty, …
-1 Esdras	Esd	15	1	10	baser cups of silver four hundred and ten, … and a thousand other appurtenances;
+1 Esdras	Esd	15	1	9	And this was the count made: gold trays thirty, and silver trays a thousand, knives twenty-nine, cups of gold thirty,…
+1 Esdras	Esd	15	1	10	baser cups of silver four hundred and ten,… and a thousand other appurtenances;
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	1	11	in all, of gold and silver appurtenances, five thousand four hundred. All these were taken back to Jerusalem by Sassabasar and the exiles who returned with him from Babylon.
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	2	1	In what numbers, then, did they come back to Jerusalem, and to the various cities of Juda, these exiles that had been taken to Babylon by the Chaldaean king Nabuchodonosor, and were now on the march for home?
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	2	2	Their leaders were Zorobabel, Josue, Nehemia, Saraia, Rahelaia, Mardochai, Belsan, Mesphar, Beguai, Rehun and Baana. These were the numbers the various clans of Israel provided:
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	2	3	Pharos, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two,
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	2	4	Sephatia, three hundred and seventy-two,
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	2	5	Area, seven hundred and seventy-five,
-1 Esdras	Esd	15	2	6	Phahath-Moab … Josue-Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve,
+1 Esdras	Esd	15	2	6	Phahath-Moab… Josue-Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve,
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	2	7	Aelam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four,
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	2	8	Zethua, nine hundred and forty-five,
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	2	9	Zachai, seven hundred and sixty,
@@ -12032,7 +12032,7 @@ Ruth	Ru	8	4	22	Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David.
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	2	32	Harim, three hundred and twenty,
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	2	33	Lod, Hadid and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five,
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	2	34	Jericho, three hundred and forty-five,
-1 Esdras	Esd	15	2	35	Senaa, three thousand six hundred and thirty ….
+1 Esdras	Esd	15	2	35	Senaa, three thousand six hundred and thirty….
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	2	36	And the various priestly clans provided: Jadaia, in the line of Josue, nine hundred and seventy-three,
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	2	37	Emmer, a thousand and fifty-two,
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	2	38	Pheshur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven,
@@ -12124,7 +12124,7 @@ Ruth	Ru	8	4	22	Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David.
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	5	17	May it please the king’s grace to have research made in the royal archives, there at Babylon, to find out whether Cyrus did indeed give any orders for God’s house at Jerusalem to be rebuilt; meanwhile, we await the royal pleasure.
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	6	1	Thereupon, at king Darius’ orders, research was made in the archives laid up at Babylon;
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	6	2	and at last in Ecbatana, a city of the Median province, a document was found to this effect:
-1 Esdras	Esd	15	6	3	In the first year of king Cyrus a royal decree was made about the house of God at Jerusalem. It is to be rebuilt, for the better offering of sacrifice; foundations to be laid that will support a structure sixty cubits … high and sixty wide;
+1 Esdras	Esd	15	6	3	In the first year of king Cyrus a royal decree was made about the house of God at Jerusalem. It is to be rebuilt, for the better offering of sacrifice; foundations to be laid that will support a structure sixty cubits… high and sixty wide;
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	6	4	upon these three rows of rough-hewn stone, and then courses of timber. For all this, the expense to be defrayed by the royal treasury.
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	6	5	All the gold and silver ware from the temple at Jerusalem that was brought to Babylon by Nabuchodonosor is to be restored, and carried back to Jerusalem, to find its fitting place in the temple of God.
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	6	6	… It is my will that Thathanai, governor of the province beyond the river, and Stharbuzanai, and the Apharsachites beyond the river, their associates, should cease interfering with the Jews;
@@ -12176,12 +12176,12 @@ Ruth	Ru	8	4	22	Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David.
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	8	2	Gersom was of the stock of Phinees, Daniel of Ithamar, Hattus of David.
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	8	3	These were the numbers the various clans provided: Pharos (of the sons of Sechenias), a hundred and fifty under Zacharias;
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	8	4	Phahath-Moab, two hundred under Elioenai, son of Zarehe;
-1 Esdras	Esd	15	8	5	Sechenias, three hundred under …, son of Ezechiel;
+1 Esdras	Esd	15	8	5	Sechenias, three hundred under…, son of Ezechiel;
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	8	6	Adan, fifty under Abed son of Jonathan;
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	8	7	Alam, seventy under Isaias son of Athalias;
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	8	8	Saphatia, eighty under Zebedia son of Michael;
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	8	9	Joab, two hundred and eighteen under Obedia son of Jahiel;
-1 Esdras	Esd	15	8	10	Selomith, a hundred and sixty under …, son of Josphia;
+1 Esdras	Esd	15	8	10	Selomith, a hundred and sixty under…, son of Josphia;
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	8	11	Bebai, twenty-eight under Bebai’s son Zacharias;
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	8	12	Azgad, a hundred and ten under Johanan son of Eccetan;
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	8	13	Adonicam, sixty, under his last remaining sons, Elipheleth, Jehiel and Samaias;
@@ -12189,7 +12189,7 @@ Ruth	Ru	8	4	22	Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David.
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	8	15	We made a halt of three days by the Ahava river; and there I found that I had common folk with me and priests, but no Levites.
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	8	16	So I despatched some of the chiefs, Eliezer, Ariel, Semeias, Elnathan, Jarib, (a second Elnathan,) Nathan, Zacharias and Mosollam, with two prudent counsellors, Joiarib and Elnathan,
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	8	17	to Eddo, who was in command at Casphia; I bade them ask Eddo and the Nathinaeans who were there with him to supply us with ministers for the house of our God.
-1 Esdras	Esd	15	8	18	And they, by God’s favour, sent us …, a Levite of Moholi’s clan, with Sarabias and eighteen more of his kinsmen;
+1 Esdras	Esd	15	8	18	And they, by God’s favour, sent us…, a Levite of Moholi’s clan, with Sarabias and eighteen more of his kinsmen;
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	8	19	also a Merarite, Hasabias, with Isaias and twenty more of his.
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	8	20	There were also two hundred and twenty Nathinaeans; these Nathinaeans were men bound over by David and David’s councillors to the service of the Levites. A list of all their names was supplied to us.
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	8	21	There, by the Ahava river, I proclaimed a fast; we would do penance, and ask of the Lord our God a safe journey for ourselves, for the children who went with us, and for all that was ours.
@@ -12238,9 +12238,9 @@ Ruth	Ru	8	4	22	Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David.
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	10	13	Only, because the throng was so great, and it was the rainy season, when there was no standing out of doors, because their task could not be performed in one day or two, so many were the faults thus committed,
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	10	14	they would have their rulers go bail for the rest. Then, in each township, those who had married alien wives should meet the elders and judges of it at a fixed time, till at last no faults were left to earn their God’s vengeance.
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	10	15	So Jonathan, son of Azahel, and Jaasia, son of Thecue, took charge of this, with two Levites, Mesollam and Sebethai, to help them;
-1 Esdras	Esd	15	10	16	and the restored exiles kept their word, and separated themselves. The priest Esdras, with the clan chiefs … family by family and man by man; they began making their enquiries on the first day of the tenth month,
+1 Esdras	Esd	15	10	16	and the restored exiles kept their word, and separated themselves. The priest Esdras, with the clan chiefs… family by family and man by man; they began making their enquiries on the first day of the tenth month,
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	10	17	and by the first day of the first month all the husbands of foreign wives had passed before them.
-1 Esdras	Esd	15	10	18	Some members of the priestly families had made such marriages, … and his brothers, Maasia, Eliezer, Jarib and Godolia, sons of Josue, son of Josedec;
+1 Esdras	Esd	15	10	18	Some members of the priestly families had made such marriages,… and his brothers, Maasia, Eliezer, Jarib and Godolia, sons of Josue, son of Josedec;
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	10	19	all these engaged themselves to send their wives away and sacrifice a ram as an offering for fault.
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	10	20	Besides these, there were Hanani and Zebedia, of Emmer’s family,
 1 Esdras	Esd	15	10	21	Maasia, Elia, Semeia, Jehiel and Ozias, of Harim’s,
@@ -12314,8 +12314,8 @@ Ruth	Ru	8	4	22	Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David.
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	3	14	This was restored, bolt and bar and door, by Melchias son of Rechab, that had charge of the Bethacharam district;
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	3	15	and the Gate of the Well by Sellum son of Cholhoza, chief of the Maspha district; coping and door and bolt and bar he finished it, built the wall, too, of Siloe pool right up to the royal garden, and to the steps that lead down from David’s Keep.
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	3	16	Nehemias son of Azboc, that had half the district of Bethsur in his charge, restored as far as David’s tomb, and the artificial pool, and the House of the Heroes.
-2 Esdras	Neh	16	3	17	Then came the Levites … Rehum son of Benni; then Hesebias, along that part of the Ceila district which was in his charge;
-2 Esdras	Neh	16	3	18	then their brethren … Bavai son of Enadad, who had charge of the rest of the Ceila district …
+2 Esdras	Neh	16	3	17	Then came the Levites… Rehum son of Benni; then Hesebias, along that part of the Ceila district which was in his charge;
+2 Esdras	Neh	16	3	18	then their brethren… Bavai son of Enadad, who had charge of the rest of the Ceila district…
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	3	19	Then came a second length of wall restored by Azer son of Josue, that was chieftain at Maspha, where the steps go up by the great bastion;
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	3	20	another second length by Baruch son of Zachai, from the bastion up to the door of the house where the high priest Eliasib lived;
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	3	21	and another by Merimuth son of Urias son of Accus, from the door all along the side of the house.
@@ -12400,7 +12400,7 @@ Ruth	Ru	8	4	22	Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David.
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	7	8	Pharos, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two,
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	7	9	Saphatia, three hundred and seventy-two,
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	7	10	Area, six hundred and fifty-two,
-2 Esdras	Neh	16	7	11	Phahath-Moab … Josue-Joab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen,
+2 Esdras	Neh	16	7	11	Phahath-Moab… Josue-Joab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen,
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	7	12	Aelam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four,
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	7	13	Zethua, eight hundred and forty-five,
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	7	14	Zachai, seven hundred and sixty,
@@ -12427,7 +12427,7 @@ Ruth	Ru	8	4	22	Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David.
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	7	35	Harem, three hundred and twenty,
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	7	36	Jericho, three hundred and forty-five, Lod,
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	7	37	Hadid and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-one,
-2 Esdras	Neh	16	7	38	Senaa, three thousand nine hundred and thirty …
+2 Esdras	Neh	16	7	38	Senaa, three thousand nine hundred and thirty…
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	7	39	And the various priestly clans provided: Idaia, in the line of Josue, nine hundred and seventy-three,
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	7	40	Emmer, a thousand and fifty-two,
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	7	41	Phashur, a thousand two hundred and forty-seven,
@@ -12561,11 +12561,11 @@ Ruth	Ru	8	4	22	Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David.
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	11	1	The rulers must needs have their dwelling in Jerusalem; the common folk had their residence assigned by lot, every tenth man going to live in the holy city, while the other nine remained in the country parts;
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	11	2	whoever offered of his own free will to be a Jerusalem-dweller earned the blessings of his fellow-citizens.
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	11	3	And these were the leading men of the colony that lived at Jerusalem, leaving the rest, the people at large, the priests, the Levites, the Nathinaeans, and the line of Solomon’s servants, to occupy the country parts, each in the cities allotted to them.
-2 Esdras	Neh	16	11	4	In Jerusalem, the population was mixed, men of Juda and men of Benjamin living side by side.The chief men of Juda were Athaias, descended through Aziam, Zacharias, Amarias and Saphatias from Malaleel …, and for the line of Phares,
+2 Esdras	Neh	16	11	4	In Jerusalem, the population was mixed, men of Juda and men of Benjamin living side by side.The chief men of Juda were Athaias, descended through Aziam, Zacharias, Amarias and Saphatias from Malaleel…, and for the line of Phares,
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	11	5	Maasia, descended through Baruch, Cholhoza, Hazia, Adaia, Joiarib and Zacharias from Silonitess;
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	11	6	altogether, there were four hundred and sixty-eight fighting men at Jerusalem that came down from Phares.
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	11	7	The chief men of Benjamin were Sellum, descended through Mosollam, Joed, Phadaia, Colaia, Masia and Ethael from Isaia,
-2 Esdras	Neh	16	11	8	and next to him Gebbai … Sallai  … nine hundred and twenty-eight in all.
+2 Esdras	Neh	16	11	8	and next to him Gebbai… Sallai … nine hundred and twenty-eight in all.
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	11	9	All these were under the charge of Joel son of Zechri; Judas son of Senua was next in command of the city.
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	11	10	Among the leading priests were Idaia son of Joiarib, Jachin,
 2 Esdras	Neh	16	11	11	and Saraia, the temple prefect, that came down through Helcias, Mosollam, Sadoc and Meraioth from Achitob;
@@ -12696,7 +12696,7 @@ Tobias	Tob	17	1	22	When this came to the king’s ears, he gave orders that Tobi
 Tobias	Tob	17	1	23	but he escaped, with his wife and son, into safe hiding; destitute as he was, he had many friends.
 Tobias	Tob	17	1	24	And then, forty-five days later, Sennacherib was murdered by his own sons,
 Tobias	Tob	17	1	25	whereupon Tobias came back home, and had all his goods restored to him.
-Tobias	Tob	17	1	26	Soon after this, one of the Lord’s feast-days came round, and Tobias, his table richly spread,
+Tobias	Tob	17	2	1	Soon after this, one of the Lord’s feast-days came round, and Tobias, his table richly spread,
 Tobias	Tob	17	2	2	would have his son go out and invite fellow-tribesmen and fellow-worshippers of theirs, to share the banquet.
 Tobias	Tob	17	2	3	Go out he did, but came back bearing ill news; he had found an Israelite lying murdered in the open street. His father, without more ado, sprang up from where he sat, leaving his dinner untasted; he would not break his fast till he had found the body,
 Tobias	Tob	17	2	4	wrapped it about and carried it home with him, to bury it in secret when night fell.
@@ -12719,7 +12719,7 @@ Tobias	Tob	17	2	20	and one day it was a kid that was given her for her wages. Wh
 Tobias	Tob	17	2	21	and its bleating reached her husband’s ears, he made great ado for fear it had been stolen; Nay, he said, this must be restored to its owner; never shall it be said that we ate stolen food, or soiled our hands with theft!
 Tobias	Tob	17	2	22	Fine talk, said she, but the like hopes have played thee false already; what hast thou to shew, now, for all thy almsgiving?
 Tobias	Tob	17	2	23	With such taunts as these even his wife assailed him.
-Tobias	Tob	17	2	24	So at last Tobias fell a-sighing, and he prayed still, but wept as he prayed.
+Tobias	Tob	17	3	1	So at last Tobias fell a-sighing, and he prayed still, but wept as he prayed.
 Tobias	Tob	17	3	2	Lord, he said, thou hast right on thy side; no award of thine but is deserved, no act of thine but tells of mercy, of faithfulness, and of justice.
 Tobias	Tob	17	3	3	Yet bethink thee, Lord, of my case; leave my sins unpunished, my guilt, and the guilt of my parents, forgotten.
 Tobias	Tob	17	3	4	If we are doomed to loss, to banishment and to death, if thou hast made us a by-word and a laughing-stock in all the countries to which thou hast banished us, it is because we have defied thy commandments;
@@ -12744,7 +12744,7 @@ Tobias	Tob	17	3	22	Not thine to plot eagerly for our undoing; the storm passes, 
 Tobias	Tob	17	3	23	blessed be thy name, God of Israel, for ever!
 Tobias	Tob	17	3	24	Two prayers that day reached the bright presence of the most high God;
 Tobias	Tob	17	3	25	and Raphael, one of the Lord’s holy angels, was sent out, bearing common deliverance to the suppliants of a single hour.
-Tobias	Tob	17	3	26	And now, thinking that his prayer for death was to be granted, the elder Tobias called his son to him
+Tobias	Tob	17	4	1	And now, thinking that his prayer for death was to be granted, the elder Tobias called his son to him
 Tobias	Tob	17	4	2	and gave him a charge; Let these rules of mine, said he, be the frame-work of thy life, my son.
 Tobias	Tob	17	4	3	When God takes my soul to himself, give this body of mine burial, and give thy mother her due while her life lasts;
 Tobias	Tob	17	4	4	do not forget what hazard she underwent to bear thee in her womb;
@@ -12767,7 +12767,7 @@ Tobias	Tob	17	4	20	but praise God all the while, and ask him to guide thy paths 
 Tobias	Tob	17	4	21	This too I would have thee know, my son, that long since, when thou wert but a child, I lent ten talents of silver to a citizen of Rages in Media, called Gabelus, and I have his bond still.
 Tobias	Tob	17	4	22	Do thou find means to reach his home, and so recover from him the sum I speak of, in return for his bond.
 Tobias	Tob	17	4	23	Never lose heart, my son, though we lead, thou and I, the life poor men lead. Fear we but God, shun guilt, and do the good we can, blessings shall be ours in abundance.
-Tobias	Tob	17	4	24	Father, answered the young Tobias, I will do all thy bidding;
+Tobias	Tob	17	5	1	Father, answered the young Tobias, I will do all thy bidding;
 Tobias	Tob	17	5	2	but as for recovering the money, I have little hope. Here is one who is a stranger to me, and I to him; what proof can I bring forward? Meanwhile, I must find my way to Rages, and of that I have no experience.
 Tobias	Tob	17	5	3	Nay, said his father, I have the man’s bond here; do but shew him that, and he will restore the money without more ado.
 Tobias	Tob	17	5	4	Up then, and find some man of credit, that will go with thee upon condition of a due reward; must I die before thou bring the money back to me?
@@ -12795,7 +12795,7 @@ Tobias	Tob	17	5	25	We were content in our poverty; the very sight of the lad was
 Tobias	Tob	17	5	26	Dry thy tears, Tobias answered; safe will he fare, this son of ours, and safe return; those eyes shall have sight of him again.
 Tobias	Tob	17	5	27	I hold it for truth that some good angel of the Lord escorts him, to see that all goes well with him and grant him happy return.
 Tobias	Tob	17	5	28	Thus comforted, the mother dried her tears and complained no more.
-Tobias	Tob	17	5	29	Tobias, meanwhile, was on the march, with his dog at his heels; they did not make their first halt until they reached the river Tigris.
+Tobias	Tob	17	6	1	Tobias, meanwhile, was on the march, with his dog at his heels; they did not make their first halt until they reached the river Tigris.
 Tobias	Tob	17	6	2	And when he went down to wash the dust from his feet, up came a monstrous fish as if it would have devoured him.
 Tobias	Tob	17	6	3	At this, he cried out in an extreme of fear, Help, sir; he means mischief.
 Tobias	Tob	17	6	4	But the angel bade him catch it by the gill and pull it towards him; so catch it he did, and brought it out on to the dry land, where it lay struggling at his feet.
@@ -12817,7 +12817,7 @@ Tobias	Tob	17	6	19	The first night, burn the liver of yonder fish, and therewith
 Tobias	Tob	17	6	20	On the second night, union thou shalt have, but with the company of the holy patriarchs.
 Tobias	Tob	17	6	21	The third night, thy prayer shall win thee a blessing, of children safely born to thee and to her.
 Tobias	Tob	17	6	22	Then, when the third night is past, take the maid to thyself with the fear of the Lord upon thee, moved rather by the hope of begetting children than by any lust of thine. So, in the true line of Abraham, thou shalt have joy of thy fatherhood.
-Tobias	Tob	17	6	23	To Raguel, then, they went, and right gladly he welcomed them;
+Tobias	Tob	17	7	1	To Raguel, then, they went, and right gladly he welcomed them;
 Tobias	Tob	17	7	2	he no sooner caught sight of Tobias than he said to his wife Anna, Here is a young man has the very look of my cousin Tobias!
 Tobias	Tob	17	7	3	Then he asked them, Whence come you, fellow-countrymen?
 Tobias	Tob	17	7	4	And, upon hearing that they were of Nephthali’s tribe, exiles dwelling at Nineve,
@@ -12837,7 +12837,7 @@ Tobias	Tob	17	7	17	then they sat down to their feasting, and gave thanks to God.
 Tobias	Tob	17	7	18	Meanwhile Raguel called Anna aside, and bade her have a fresh room in readiness.
 Tobias	Tob	17	7	19	Into this she brought her daughter Sara, weeping as she did so;
 Tobias	Tob	17	7	20	then she said, Do not lose heart, daughter; thou hast had sadness enough; may the Lord of heaven give thee gladness in exchange.
-Tobias	Tob	17	7	21	When the feasting was over, bridegroom was led to bride-chamber.
+Tobias	Tob	17	8	1	When the feasting was over, bridegroom was led to bride-chamber.
 Tobias	Tob	17	8	2	And now, remembering what the angel had said, he took out from his wallet a piece of the fish’s liver, which he burnt on live coals.
 Tobias	Tob	17	8	3	With that, the evil spirit fled; it was overtaken by the angel Raphael in the waste lands of Upper Egypt, and there held prisoner.
 Tobias	Tob	17	8	4	Next, Tobias must plead with his bride; Leave thy bed, Sara; today, and to-morrow, and the day after, let us pray God for mercy. These three nights are set apart for our union with God; when the third is over, we will be joined in one, thou and I.
@@ -12861,7 +12861,7 @@ Tobias	Tob	17	8	21	bade his wife spread a feast, and prepare such food as the tr
 Tobias	Tob	17	8	22	Two fat heifers and four rams must be slaughtered and a banquet made for all his neighbours and friends.
 Tobias	Tob	17	8	23	And now he was urgent with Tobias to be his guest for two whole weeks;
 Tobias	Tob	17	8	24	half of all his goods he bestowed upon him there and then, while the rest, as he declared in writing, should follow when he and Anna died.
-Tobias	Tob	17	8	25	And now Tobias took the angel aside and, though he still did not guess this was more than man, spoke as follows: Pray bear with this request of mine, friend Azarias.
+Tobias	Tob	17	9	1	And now Tobias took the angel aside and, though he still did not guess this was more than man, spoke as follows: Pray bear with this request of mine, friend Azarias.
 Tobias	Tob	17	9	2	No return could I make for all thy watchful care of me, though I should dedicate myself to be thy slave.
 Tobias	Tob	17	9	3	Instead of that, I am still asking thee for a favour; that thou wouldst journey on to Rages in Media, with what beasts, what retinue thou wilt, and seek out Gabelus there. Give him back his bond, recover the debt, and bid him to my wedding-feast.
 Tobias	Tob	17	9	4	Thou canst guess how my father is counting the days till my return; no fresh day of my absence but brings with it a fresh sorrow;
@@ -12873,7 +12873,7 @@ Tobias	Tob	17	9	9	The God of Israel bless thee, he cried, for the son of an exce
 Tobias	Tob	17	9	10	May the name of this thy bride, the names of her parents and thine, be used for an example of blessedness!
 Tobias	Tob	17	9	11	May you live to see sons of yours, and sons of theirs again, and a fourth generation to succeed the third! May your posterity win a blessing from the God of Israel, that reigns everlastingly!
 Tobias	Tob	17	9	12	All said Amen to that, and so they fell to and feasted; yet was there no merry-making over this wedding but such as became God’s worshippers.
-Tobias	Tob	17	9	13	While the younger Tobias lingered thus over his marriage, his father fell into an extreme of anxiety. What means this long delay on my son’s part? he asked. What has detained him?
+Tobias	Tob	17	10	1	While the younger Tobias lingered thus over his marriage, his father fell into an extreme of anxiety. What means this long delay on my son’s part? he asked. What has detained him?
 Tobias	Tob	17	10	2	Can it be that Gabelus is dead, and there is no recovering the debt?
 Tobias	Tob	17	10	3	Great lament he made, and his wife Anna with him, and fast fell the tears of both, that the appointed day was over and their son not yet returned.
 Tobias	Tob	17	10	4	The mother’s grief there was no consoling; My son, my son, she cried, why did we ever let thee go on thy travels? The light of our eyes, the support of our old age, our comfort in life, our hope of posterity when we are gone;
@@ -12886,7 +12886,7 @@ Tobias	Tob	17	10	10	Still Raguel plied him with entreaties, and still could not 
 Tobias	Tob	17	10	11	The Lord’s holy angel, said he, go with you on your journey, and bring you home without scathe, to find that all is well, Tobias and Anna both. And may my life be spared to see children born of you.
 Tobias	Tob	17	10	12	So Raguel and Anna embraced their daughter, and kissed her, and set her on her way,
 Tobias	Tob	17	10	13	full of good counsel to the last; how she was to give father-in-law and mother-in-law their due, love her husband, be mistress in her own house, order it well, and prove herself the perfection of a woman.
-Tobias	Tob	17	10	14	On the eleventh day of their homeward journey, they halted in the middle of it at a place that looks out towards Nineve (called Charan).
+Tobias	Tob	17	11	1	On the eleventh day of their homeward journey, they halted in the middle of it at a place that looks out towards Nineve (called Charan).
 Tobias	Tob	17	11	2	And here the angel said, Friend Tobias, remember how eagerly thy father awaits thee.
 Tobias	Tob	17	11	3	How sayest thou? Should not we two hurry on together, and leave thy wife to follow at leisure with the servants and the beasts?
 Tobias	Tob	17	11	4	When this was agreed upon, he bade Tobias take some of the fish’s gall with him, for he would need it; take it he did, and they set out together.
@@ -12907,7 +12907,7 @@ Tobias	Tob	17	11	18	It was a week before his daughter-in-law Sara reached Nineve
 Tobias	Tob	17	11	19	Meanwhile, her husband told his parents the whole story; all the mercies God had shewn him through the man that was his guide.
 Tobias	Tob	17	11	20	Tobias’ cousins, Achior and Nabath, came with glad hearts to congratulate him over the blessings he had received;
 Tobias	Tob	17	11	21	and for a whole week they all kept high festival, and rejoiced together.
-Tobias	Tob	17	11	22	And now Tobias took his son aside and asked him, What payment shall we make to this heaven-sent companion of thine?
+Tobias	Tob	17	12	1	And now Tobias took his son aside and asked him, What payment shall we make to this heaven-sent companion of thine?
 Tobias	Tob	17	12	2	Payment? answered he; why, what reward can ever suffice for all the services he did me?
 Tobias	Tob	17	12	3	He it was that escorted me safely, going and coming; recovered the debt from Gabelus; won me my bride; rid her of the fiend’s attack; engaged the gratitude of her parents; rescued me from the fish’s onslaught; and to thee restored the light of day. Through him, we have been loaded with benefits; is it possible to make any return for all these?
 Tobias	Tob	17	12	4	Do this, father, at least; ask him to accept half of all the wealth that has come to us.
@@ -12929,7 +12929,7 @@ Tobias	Tob	17	12	19	I was at your side, eating and drinking, but only in outward
 Tobias	Tob	17	12	20	And now the time has come when I must go back to him who sent me; give thanks to God, and tell the story of his great deeds.
 Tobias	Tob	17	12	21	With that, he was caught away from their eyes, and no more might they see of him.
 Tobias	Tob	17	12	22	For three hours together, face to earth, they gave thanks to God; and when they rose up, it was to tell the story of all these marvels.
-Tobias	Tob	17	12	23	It was thus, when he found utterance, that the elder Tobias sang praise to the Lord: Great is thy name, Lord, for ever; thy kingdom cannot fail.
+Tobias	Tob	17	13	1	It was thus, when he found utterance, that the elder Tobias sang praise to the Lord: Great is thy name, Lord, for ever; thy kingdom cannot fail.
 Tobias	Tob	17	13	2	Thine to scourge, thine to pity; thou dost bring men to the grave and back from the grave; from thy power there is no deliverance.
 Tobias	Tob	17	13	3	Sons of Israel, make his name known, publish it for all the Gentiles to hear;
 Tobias	Tob	17	13	4	if he has dispersed you among heathen folk who know nothing of him, it was so that you might tell them the story of his great deeds, convince them that he, and no other, is God all-powerful.
@@ -12952,7 +12952,7 @@ Tobias	Tob	17	13	20	happy I count myself, if any posterity of mine is left to se
 Tobias	Tob	17	13	21	Sapphire and emerald Jerusalem’s gates shall be, of precious stones the wall that rings her round;
 Tobias	Tob	17	13	22	shining white and clean the pavement of her streets; no quarter of her but shall echo the Alleluia-chant of praise.
 Tobias	Tob	17	13	23	Blessed be the Lord, that has set her on the heights; may he reign there for ever, reign for ever as her king. Amen.
-Tobias	Tob	17	13	24	Such was the song of Tobias. He lived forty-two years after recovering his sight, lived to see his great-grandchildren;
+Tobias	Tob	17	14	1	Such was the song of Tobias. He lived forty-two years after recovering his sight, lived to see his great-grandchildren;
 Tobias	Tob	17	14	2	then, dying at the age of a hundred and two, he was buried with due honour in the town of Nineve.
 Tobias	Tob	17	14	3	He lost his sight at the age of fifty-six, recovered it at the age of sixty,
 Tobias	Tob	17	14	4	and lived out the rest of his life in great content, his course ever untroubled, his conscience ever more tender towards God.
@@ -13373,7 +13373,7 @@ Esther	Est	19	3	10	There and then Assuerus took off the ring he wore on his hand
 Esther	Est	19	3	11	Keep it for thy own use, said he, the money thou offerest, and as for the people, do what thou wilt with them.
 Esther	Est	19	3	12	So, on the thirteenth day of that month, Nisan, the royal secretaries were summoned, and a decree was made in Aman’s sense. Governor and chieftain must receive a letter, each in the language and the characters of his own province or tribe, sent in the name of king Assuerus and sealed with his royal seal.
 Esther	Est	19	3	13	All through his dominions the couriers went out on their errand, bearing death and ruin to all the Jews, to young and old, to women and little children with the rest. The day fixed for their massacre and the seizing of their goods was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, Adar.
-Esther	Est	19	3	14	The tenour of the letter, sent out to warn all the provinces and have them in readiness for the stated day, was this …
+Esther	Est	19	3	14	The tenour of the letter, sent out to warn all the provinces and have them in readiness for the stated day, was this…
 Esther	Est	19	3	15	No time the couriers lost in following out the royal command; at Susan, the decree was posted up forthwith, and before the king and Aman had finished their wine, all the Jewish citizens were in tears.
 Esther	Est	19	4	1	When the news reached Mardochaeus, he tore his garments about him; put on sackcloth, and sprinkled ashes on his head; and as he went through the open square in the heart of the city, loud lament betrayed the bitterness of his grief.
 Esther	Est	19	4	2	Lamenting he made his way to the outer gates of the palace; further than that he might not go, into the royal court, with sackcloth for his wear.
@@ -13441,8 +13441,8 @@ Esther	Est	19	8	8	But letters sent in the king’s name and signed with his ring
 Esther	Est	19	8	9	So, on the twenty-third day of the third month, Siban, they summoned notary and scribe of the royal household, and at Mardochaeus’ bidding they issued orders to the Jewish people. Letters were sent to all the chieftains, governors and judges who ruled the hundred and twenty-seven provinces between India and Ethiopia, written to each province or tribe in the characters it used and in the language it spoke; to the Jews, in their own characters and their own language.
 Esther	Est	19	8	10	And these letters, written under the royal seal in the king’s name, were sent out by post-boys, that must carry them from province to province before the earlier decree could be executed.
 Esther	Est	19	8	11	City by city the Jews must be brought together, so that they could muster their whole number and fight for their lives. They might slay their enemies till they made an end of them, with their wives and children and all their households, and divide their goods as plunder.
-Esther	Est	19	8	12	The day fixed everywhere for this act of retribution was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, Adar ….
-Esther	Est	19	8	13	A copy of the letter warning the Jews everywhere in Assuerus’ empire, to be prepared for vengeance ….
+Esther	Est	19	8	12	The day fixed everywhere for this act of retribution was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, Adar….
+Esther	Est	19	8	13	A copy of the letter warning the Jews everywhere in Assuerus’ empire, to be prepared for vengeance….
 Esther	Est	19	8	14	Swiftly the post-boys went about their errand, and in Susan the royal edict was hung up for all to see.
 Esther	Est	19	8	15	When Mardochaeus came out from his audience with the king, resplendent in royal robes of violet and white, a gold crown on his head, his cloak of purple and lawn, the whole city welcomed him with rejoicing and applause;
 Esther	Est	19	8	16	for the Jews, it was a dawn of new hope, a day of gladness and triumphant glory.
@@ -13549,7 +13549,7 @@ Esther	Est	19	14	18	Ever since they brought me here, comfort thy handmaid had no
 Esther	Est	19	14	19	Lord, that hast power over all men, listen to this cry of despair; save us all from the clutches of our enemies, and rid me of these fears that daunt me!
 Esther	Est	19	15	1	… So he bade her claim audience with the king, and intercede for her people and for her country.
 Esther	Est	19	15	2	Remember, said he, the days of thy humbler fortunes, and how it was my care nurtured thee. Now thou art matched against Aman, that is next to the king’s person; he pleads for our overthrow, and it is thine to plead for our preservation.
-Esther	Est	19	15	3	Ask aid of the Lord, and seek the king’s audience ….
+Esther	Est	19	15	3	Ask aid of the Lord, and seek the king’s audience….
 Esther	Est	19	15	4	When the third day came, she laid aside the garb of prayer, and put on all her fine array,
 Esther	Est	19	15	5	queenly robes that dazzled the eye. One prayer she offered to the God who alone rules, alone can save; then bade two of her waiting-maids bear her company.
 Esther	Est	19	15	6	On one she leant, as though her dainty form must needs be supported;
@@ -13967,7 +13967,7 @@ Job	Job	20	16	5	talk the language of consolation, and mock you all the while,
 Job	Job	20	16	6	speak of encouragement; my lips should tremble with a show of pity.
 Job	Job	20	16	7	But here is grief words cannot assuage, nor silence banish;
 Job	Job	20	16	8	grief that bows me down till my whole frame is lifeless;
-Job	Job	20	16	9	these furrowed cheeks are the witness of it.And now a false accuser dares me to my face and baits me!
+Job	Job	20	16	9	these furrowed cheeks are the witness of it. And now a false accuser dares me to my face and baits me!
 Job	Job	20	16	10	One that vents all his spite against me, gnashes his teeth malignantly, watches me with fierce eyes like an enemy.
 Job	Job	20	16	11	Mouths that deride me, hands that smite me on the cheek in reproof, hearts that delight in my anguish,
 Job	Job	20	16	12	to what ill neighbourhood God has condemned me, what tyrants hold me in their grip!
@@ -14349,7 +14349,7 @@ Job	Job	20	31	36	how proudly I would bear it with me, shoulder-high, wear it as 
 Job	Job	20	31	37	I would proclaim it wherever I went, fit for a king’s eyes to read.
 Job	Job	20	31	38	Can these lands of mine bear testimony against me, can their furrows tell a sad tale
 Job	Job	20	31	39	of harvests enjoyed, and no price paid for them, of labourers cruelly treated?
-Job	Job	20	31	40	Then thistles for wheat, thorns for barley may it yield me.Ended herewith are the sayings of Job.
+Job	Job	20	31	40	Then thistles for wheat, thorns for barley may it yield me. Ended herewith are the sayings of Job.
 Job	Job	20	32	1	So they answered Job no more, those others, a man persuaded of his own inno-cence.
 Job	Job	20	32	2	But there was one who stood by in anger and thought scorn of them, Eliu the Buzite, son of Barachel, of Ram’s kindred. Angry he was with Job, for claiming that God did him an injury,
 Job	Job	20	32	3	and thought scorn of those friends of his, that could find no reasonable answer, but were content to find Job a guilty man.
@@ -17048,7 +17048,7 @@ Psalms	Ps	21	137	7	the Lord, who is so high above us, yet looks with favour on t
 Psalms	Ps	21	137	8	Though affliction surround my path, thou dost preserve me; it is thy power that confronts my enemies’ malice, thy right hand that rescues me.
 Psalms	Ps	21	137	9	My purposes the Lord will yet speed; thy mercy, Lord, endures for ever, and wilt thou abandon us, the creatures of thy own hands?
 Psalms	Ps	21	138	1	(To the choir-master. Of David. A psalm.) Lord, I lie open to thy scrutiny; thou knowest me,
-Psalms	Ps	21	138	2	knowest when sit down and when I rise up again, canst read my thoughts from far away.
+Psalms	Ps	21	138	2	knowest when I sit down and when I rise up again, canst read my thoughts from far away.
 Psalms	Ps	21	138	3	Walk I or sleep I, thou canst tell; no movement of mine but thou art watching it.
 Psalms	Ps	21	138	4	Before ever the words are framed on my lips, all my thought is known to thee;
 Psalms	Ps	21	138	5	rearguard and vanguard, thou dost compass me about, thy hand still laid upon me.
@@ -18192,7 +18192,7 @@ Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	14	But be sure all God has made will remain for ever as h
 Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	15	Nothing that has been, but lasts on still; nothing that will be, but has been already; he is ever repeating the history of the past.
 Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	16	I marked, too, how wrong was done instead of right, injustice instead of justice, there under the sun’s eye;
 Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	17	and I told myself that God would give judgement one day between the just and the sinners, and all things would reach their appointed end then.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	18	I told myself that God’s purpose with the sons of men was to test them …… And that they might see they were only like the beasts …
+Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	18	I told myself that God’s purpose with the sons of men was to test them…… And that they might see they were only like the beasts…
 Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	19	After all, man comes to the same ending as the beasts; there is nothing to choose between his lot and theirs; both alike are doomed to die. They have but one principle of life; what has man that the beasts have not? Frustration everywhere;
 Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	20	we are all making for the same goal; of earth we were made, and to earth we must return.
 Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	3	21	Who has a right to tell us that the spirit of man mounts upwards, and the spirit of a beast sinks down to the depth?
@@ -18323,7 +18323,7 @@ Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	10	Blunt tool that has grown dull from long disuse shall
 Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	11	Bite snake ere the spell begins, he is no better off that has the master-word.
 Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	12	Wise utterance wins favour; the fool that opens his mouth does but ruin himself,
 Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	13	his preface idle talk, his conclusion madness.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	14	Of words a fool has no stint …… What went before, is lost to man’s view, and what shall befall when he is gone, none can tell him.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	14	Of words a fool has no stint…… What went before, is lost to man’s view, and what shall befall when he is gone, none can tell him.
 Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	15	He is on a fool’s errand, that does not even know his way to town.
 Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	16	Woe to the land that has young blood on the throne, whose court sits feasting till daybreak!
 Ecclesiastes	Eccl	23	10	17	And happy the land whose king is of true princely breed, whose courtiers feast when feast should be, to comfort their hearts, not all in revelry.
@@ -18441,7 +18441,7 @@ Song of Songs	Cant	24	6	7	What are three score of queens, and eighty concubines,
 Song of Songs	Cant	24	6	8	One there is beyond compare; for me, none so gentle, none so pure! Only once her mother travailed; she would have no darling but this. Maid was none that saw her but called her blessed; queen was none, nor concubine, but spoke in her praise.
 Song of Songs	Cant	24	6	9	Who is this, whose coming shews like the dawn of day? No moon so fair, no sun so majestic, no embattled array so awes men’s hearts.
 Song of Songs	Cant	24	6	10	But when I betook me to the fruit garden, to find apples in the hollows, to see if vine had flowered there, and pomegranate had budded,
-Song of Songs	Cant	24	6	11	all unawares, my heart misgave me … beside the chariots of Aminadab.
+Song of Songs	Cant	24	6	11	all unawares, my heart misgave me… beside the chariots of Aminadab.
 Song of Songs	Cant	24	6	12	Come back, maid of Sulam, come back; let us feast our eyes on thee. Maid of Sulam, come back, come back!
 Song of Songs	Cant	24	7	1	What can the woman of Sulam give you to feast your eyes on, if it be not the dance of the Two Camps? Ah, princely maid, how dainty are the steps of thy sandalled feet! Thighs well shaped as the beads of a necklace, some master-craftsman’s work;
 Song of Songs	Cant	24	7	2	navel delicately carved as a goblet, that has ever its meed of liquor, belly rounded like a heap of corn amid the lilies.
@@ -18484,7 +18484,7 @@ Wisdom	Wis	25	1	11	Beware, then, of whispering, and to ill purpose; ever let you
 Wisdom	Wis	25	1	12	Death for its goal, is not life’s aim missed? Labours he well, that labours to bring doom about his ears?
 Wisdom	Wis	25	1	13	Death was never of God’s fashioning; not for his pleasure does life cease to be;
 Wisdom	Wis	25	1	14	what meant his creation, but that all created things should have being? No breed has he created on earth but for its thriving; none carries in itself the seeds of its own destruction. Think not that mortality bears sway on earth;
-Wisdom	Wis	25	1	15	no end nor term is fixed to a life well lived …
+Wisdom	Wis	25	1	15	no end nor term is fixed to a life well lived…
 Wisdom	Wis	25	1	16	It is the wicked that have brought death on themselves, by word and deed of their own; court death, and melt away in its embrace, keep tryst with it, and lay claim to its partnership.
 Wisdom	Wis	25	2	1	Reason they offer, yet reason all amiss. Their hearts tell them, So brief our time here, so full of discomfort, and death brings no remedy! Never a man yet made good his title to have come back from the grave!
 Wisdom	Wis	25	2	2	Whence came we, none can tell; and it will be all one hereafter whether we lived or no. What is our breath, but a passing vapour; what is our reason, but a spark that sets the brain whirling?
@@ -18908,8 +18908,8 @@ Wisdom	Wis	25	19	16	No wonder blindness fell on them, as upon the men of Sodom a
 Wisdom	Wis	25	19	17	All the elements may be transposed among themselves, keeping up the same answering rhythm, like the notes of a harp altering their mood; so much we may infer with certainty from the sights that have been witnessed in the past.
 Wisdom	Wis	25	19	18	Land-beasts turned to water-beasts, and the firm ground was trodden by creatures born to swim.
 Wisdom	Wis	25	19	19	Fire surpassed its own nature, when water forgot to quench it;
-Wisdom	Wis	25	19	20	then fire, in its turn, could not waste the frail flesh of living creatures that traversed it, nor melt that heavenly food that melted easily as ice. No means wouldst thou neglect, Lord, to magnify thy people and win them renown; never wouldst thou leave them unregarded, but always and everywhere camest to their side. 		PREFACE: Many are the important truths conveyed to us by the law, by the prophets and by those other writers who have followed them. Israel must be given credit for its own philosophical tradition, suited not only to instruct those who talk its language, but to reach, in spoken or written form, the outside world too, and bring it great enlightenment. No wonder if my own grandfather, Jesus, who had devoted himself to the careful study of the law, the prophets, and our other ancestral records, had a mind to put something in writing himself that should bear on this philosophical tradition, to claim the attention of eager students who had already mastered it, and to encourage their observance of the law.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	1	All wisdom has one source; it dwelt with the Lord God before ever time began.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	19	20	then fire, in its turn, could not waste the frail flesh of living creatures that traversed it, nor melt that heavenly food that melted easily as ice. No means wouldst thou neglect, Lord, to magnify thy people and win them renown; never wouldst thou leave them unregarded, but always and everywhere camest to their side.
+Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	1	PREFACE: Many are the important truths conveyed to us by the law, by the prophets and by those other writers who have followed them. Israel must be given credit for its own philosophical tradition, suited not only to instruct those who talk its language, but to reach, in spoken or written form, the outside world too, and bring it great enlightenment. No wonder if my own grandfather, Jesus, who had devoted himself to the careful study of the law, the prophets, and our other ancestral records, had a mind to put something in writing himself that should bear on this philosophical tradition, to claim the attention of eager students who had already mastered it, and to encourage their observance of the law. All wisdom has one source; it dwelt with the Lord God before ever time began.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	2	Sand thou mayst count, or the rain-drops, or the days of the world’s abiding; heaven-height thou mayst measure, or the wide earth, or the depth of the world beneath,
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	3	ere God’s wisdom thou canst trace to her origin, that was before all.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	1	4	First she is of all created things; time never was when the riddle of thought went unread.
@@ -18991,7 +18991,7 @@ Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	16	favour it shall bring thee in acquittal of thy moth
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	17	Faithfully it shall be made good to thee, nor shalt thou be forgotten when the time of affliction comes; like ice in summer the record of thy sins shall melt away.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	18	Tarnished his name, that leaves his father forsaken; God’s curse rest on him, that earns a mother’s ill-will.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	19	My son, do all thou dost in lowly fashion; love thou shalt win, that is worth more than men’s praise.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	20	The greater thou art, the more in all things abase thyself; so thou shalt win favour with God …
+Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	20	The greater thou art, the more in all things abase thyself; so thou shalt win favour with God…
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	21	Sovereignty belongs to God and no other; they honour him most that most keep humility.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	22	Seek not to know what is far above thee; search not beyond thy range; let thy mind ever dwell on the duty God has given thee to do, content to be ignorant of all his dealings besides.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	3	23	Need is none thy eyes should see what things lie hidden.
@@ -19124,7 +19124,7 @@ Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	24	Cattle thou hast; tend them well, nor part with the
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	25	Thou hast sons; train them to bear the yoke from their youth up.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	26	Thou hast daughters; keep them chaste, and do not spoil them with thy smile;
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	27	a daughter wed is great good done, if a thrifty husband thou find her.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	28	And thy own wife, if thou lovest her, never do thou forsake, nor trust thy happiness to one who is little to thy mind.And oh, with thy whole heart
+Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	28	And thy own wife, if thou lovest her, never do thou forsake, nor trust thy happiness to one who is little to thy mind. And oh, with thy whole heart
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	29	honour thy father, nor forget thy mother’s pangs;
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	30	bethink thee, that without them thou hadst had no being, and repay the service they have done thee.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	7	31	With all thy soul fear God, and reverence his priests.
@@ -19180,7 +19180,7 @@ Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	18	From one that has the power of life and death keep 
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	19	If dealings thou hast with him, keep clear of all offence, or thou shalt pay for it with thy life.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	20	Death has become thy familiar; pit-falls encompass thy path; thou art making the rounds of a beleaguered city.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	21	Consider, as best thou mayest, thy company; be wise and prudent men thy counsellors;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	22	honest men thy guests.Be the fear of God all thy boast,
+Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	22	honest men thy guests. Be the fear of God all thy boast,
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	23	the thought of God all thy thinking, the commandments of the most High all the matter of thy discourse.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	24	By skilful handiwork the artist is known, the ruler of a people by the prudence of his counsel, the good sense of the aged by their word spoken.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	9	25	No such peril to a city as a great talker; for his rash utterance, no man so well hated as he.
@@ -19563,7 +19563,7 @@ Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	19	Underpin the foundations with timber balks, thy ho
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	20	no hour of peril can daunt that steadfast heart.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	21	Palisade set on high ground, with no better protection against the wind’s fury than cheap rubble, is but of short endurance;
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	22	faint heart that thinks a fool’s thoughts will not be proof against sudden terror.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	23	Faint heart that thinks a fool’s thoughts …… shall never be afraid; no more shall he, that still keeps true to God’s commandments.
+Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	23	Faint heart that thinks a fool’s thoughts…… shall never be afraid; no more shall he, that still keeps true to God’s commandments.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	24	Chafed eye will weep, chafed heart will shew resentment.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	25	One stone flung, and the birds are all on the wing; one taunt uttered, and the friendship is past repair.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	22	26	Hast thou drawn sword against thy friend? Be comforted; all may be as it was.
@@ -19670,7 +19670,7 @@ Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	8	No crown have old men like their long experience, n
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	9	Nine envious thoughts came suddenly into my mind, and a tenth I will add for good measure.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	10	Happy is he that has joy of his children; that lives to see his enemies’ downfall.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	11	Happiness it is to share thy home with a faithful wife; to have a tongue that never betrays thee; to serve only thy betters.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	12	Happiness it is to have a true friend … and to speak the right word to an ear that listens.
+Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	12	Happiness it is to have a true friend… and to speak the right word to an ear that listens.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	13	Happy is he that wisdom gains and skill; yet is he no match for one who fears the Lord.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	14	The fear of God, that is a gift beyond all gifts;
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	25	15	blessed the man that receives it, he has no equal.
@@ -19920,7 +19920,7 @@ Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	32	28	Who trusts in God, keeps well God’s command; con
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	1	If a man fears the Lord, he shall meet with no disaster; God will be watching over him, even when his faith is put to the test, and from such disaster will preserve him.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	2	A wise man does not grow weary of the law, and the duties it enjoins, and no shipwreck can befall him.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	3	If thou art a man of judgement, thou hast only to trust God’s commandment, and it will not fail thee;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	4	… giving a true answer to the question asked … thou wilt prepare thy plea, and find audience for thy prayer; wilt recollect the teaching given thee, and so satisfy thy questioner.
+Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	4	… giving a true answer to the question asked… thou wilt prepare thy plea, and find audience for thy prayer; wilt recollect the teaching given thee, and so satisfy thy questioner.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	5	A fool’s heart is but a wheel that turns; his are whirling thoughts.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	6	Hast thou a friend that will ever be mocking? Be comforted; stallion will ever neigh, ride him who will.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	33	7	Why is it that one day which dawns, one year, takes precedence of another, when all come of the same sun?
@@ -19959,8 +19959,8 @@ Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	6	Heart of woman in her pangs is not more fanciful. U
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	7	trust in dreams has crazed the wits of many, and brought them to their ruin.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	8	Believe rather the law’s promises, that cannot miss their fulfilment, the wisdom that trusty counsellors shall make clear to thee.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	9	A man will not learn until he is tested by discipline. That experience gained, he will think deeply, and the many lessons he has learned will make him a wise talker.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	10	Without experience, a man knows little; yet, if he is too venturesome, he reaps a rich harvest of mischief …
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	11	A man will not learn until he is tested by discipline … and if he is led astray he will be full of knavery …
+Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	10	Without experience, a man knows little; yet, if he is too venturesome, he reaps a rich harvest of mischief…
+Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	11	A man will not learn until he is tested by discipline… and if he is led astray he will be full of knavery…
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	12	I myself have seen much in my wanderings, the customs of men more than I can tell.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	13	Sometimes, by this means, I have been in danger of death, and only the divine favour has preserved me from it.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	34	14	The life of such as fear the Lord is held precious, and wins a blessing from his regard;
@@ -20107,7 +20107,7 @@ Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	35	All these look to their own hands for a living, sk
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	36	and without them, there is no building up a commonwealth.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	37	For them no travels abroad, no journeyings from home; they will not pass beyond their bounds to swell the assembly,
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	38	or to sit in the judgement-seat. Not theirs to understand the law’s awards, not theirs to impart learning or to give judgement; they will not be known for uttering wise sayings.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	39	Theirs it is to support this unchanging world of God’s creation; they ply their craft and ask for nothing better; … lending themselves freely and making their study in the law of the most High.
+Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	38	39	Theirs it is to support this unchanging world of God’s creation; they ply their craft and ask for nothing better;… lending themselves freely and making their study in the law of the most High.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	1	But the wise man will be learning the lore of former times; the prophets will be his study.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	2	The tradition handed down by famous men will be in his keeping; his to con the niceties of every parable,
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	39	3	learn the hidden meaning of every proverb, make himself acquainted with sayings hard to understand.
@@ -20172,11 +20172,11 @@ Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	20	Wine and music make heart glad; best of all, the l
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	21	Flute and harp make sweet melody; best of all a kindly tongue.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	22	Grace and beauty charm the eye; best of all, the green wheat.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	23	Friend and friend, gossip and gossip, are well met; best of all, man and wife.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	24	Kinsmen … will help thee in hard times; best of all thy alms-deeds to deliver thee.
+Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	24	Kinsmen… will help thee in hard times; best of all thy alms-deeds to deliver thee.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	25	Gold and silver give thee sure vantage-ground; best of all, right counsel.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	26	Riches and strength make the heart beat high; best of all, the fear of the Lord.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	27	Fear the Lord, lack thou shalt have none, help need none;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	28	the fear of the Lord is a garden that yields blessing … and in splendour above all splendour they have clothed him.
+Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	28	the fear of the Lord is a garden that yields blessing… and in splendour above all splendour they have clothed him.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	29	Long as thou livest, my son, never turn beggar; die is better than beg.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	30	Look thou for thy meat to another’s table, I count thy life no life at all; what, owe thy very being to another man’s larder?
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	40	31	From such a chance, good teaching and good training shall keep thee safe.
@@ -20204,18 +20204,18 @@ Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	20	It is ill done to be abashed on every occasion; bu
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	21	Of these things, then, be ashamed; that thy parents should find thee a fornicator, ruler or prince a liar,
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	22	magistrate or judge a wrong-doer, assembly of the people a law-breaker,
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	23	partner or friend a knave, or thy neighbour a thief.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	24	… concerning the faithfulness of God, and his covenant; concerning thy sitting over meat … Ashamed be thou of belittling the gift received,
+Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	24	… concerning the faithfulness of God, and his covenant; concerning thy sitting over meat… Ashamed be thou of belittling the gift received,
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	25	of leaving the greeting unreturned, of letting thy eyes stray after harlots, of denying thyself to kinsman
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	26	that has a near claim on thy regard, of property fraudulently shared.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	27	Let not thy eye fall on woman wed to another, nor ever exchange secrets with handmaid of hers, nor come between her sheets.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	41	28	Be ashamed of uttering reproach against thy friends, nor insult the receiver of thy gift.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	1	Nor ever do thou repeat gossip to the betraying of another’s secret. If of such things thou art ashamed, shame thou shalt never feel, and thou shalt have all men’s good word besides.And other dealings there are over which thou must never be abashed, nor, through respect for any human person consent to wrong.
+Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	1	Nor ever do thou repeat gossip to the betraying of another’s secret. If of such things thou art ashamed, shame thou shalt never feel, and thou shalt have all men’s good word besides. And other dealings there are over which thou must never be abashed, nor, through respect for any human person consent to wrong.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	2	Such are, the law of the most High and his covenant; and right award, that gives the godless his due;
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	3	a matter between some partner of thine and strangers from far off, the apportioning of an inheritance among thy friends,
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	4	the trueness of weight and balance, profit overmuch or too little,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	5	the exchange between buyer and seller, the strict punishing of children, the cudgelling of a wicked slave till he bleeds …
+Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	5	the exchange between buyer and seller, the strict punishing of children, the cudgelling of a wicked slave till he bleeds…
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	6	Thriftless wife if thou hast, seal is best.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	7	Where many hands are at work, lock all away; part with nothing, till it be measured and weighed, and of all thy spending and receiving, written record kept …
+Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	7	Where many hands are at work, lock all away; part with nothing, till it be measured and weighed, and of all thy spending and receiving, written record kept…
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	8	Nor be thou abashed, when there is question of chastising reckless folly, and the complaints of old men against the young. So thou shalt shew prudence in all thy dealings, and win the good word of all.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	9	Daughter to her father is ever hidden anxiety, a care that banishes sleep. Is she young? Then how if age creep on too soon? Is she wed? Then how if her husband should tire of her?
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	42	10	Is she maid? Then how if she were disgraced, and in her own father’s house brought to bed? Once more, is she wed? Then how if she were false to her husband? How if she prove barren?
@@ -20329,7 +20329,7 @@ Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	27	But he must have no lands in the conquered territo
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	28	Next to these two, Phinees the son of Eleazar won high renown; like Aaron, with the fear of God to guide him,
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	29	he stood firm while the people shrank away; a loyal and a willing heart that made amends for Israel.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	30	For his reward, he received assurance of the divine favour; command he should have of sanctuary and of people both, and the high priesthood that was his should descend to his heirs for ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	31	David the son of Jesse, of Juda’s tribe, should bequeath to his children a legacy of kingship …… with wise hearts endowing us, to preserve justice among his people, and keep safe the blessings he has given to it; and this pre-eminence over his people he has settled on them in perpetuity.
+Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	45	31	David the son of Jesse, of Juda’s tribe, should bequeath to his children a legacy of kingship…… with wise hearts endowing us, to preserve justice among his people, and keep safe the blessings he has given to it; and this pre-eminence over his people he has settled on them in perpetuity.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	1	Next to Moses in the line of prophets comes Josue the son of Nave, that fought so well. With him, name and renown are one;
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	2	who is more renowned for the deliverance he brought to God’s chosen people, beating down the enemies that defied him until Israel made their land its own?
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	46	3	What fame he won by those valiant blows he dealt, hurling his armed strength at city after city!
@@ -20421,8 +20421,8 @@ Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	6	the other kings of Juda forsook the law of the most
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	7	What wonder if they were doomed to bequeath all the glories of their kingdom to strangers, to princes of an alien race,
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	8	who set fire to the city that was God’s chosen sanctuary, and left the ways unfrequented?… By means of Jeremias;
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	9	so ill they used him, that was set apart to be a prophet when he was yet in his mother’s womb, empowered to overthrow, to uproot, to destroy, then to rebuild and to plant anew.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	10	And next Ezechiel, to whose eyes God shewed the vision of glory, by wheeling cherubs borne aloft …
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	11	And in storm he remembered the enemy … to reward all such as pointed men to the right path.
+Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	10	And next Ezechiel, to whose eyes God shewed the vision of glory, by wheeling cherubs borne aloft…
+Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	11	And in storm he remembered the enemy… to reward all such as pointed men to the right path.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	12	May life spring from the bones of the twelve prophets, where they lie buried; men that put heart into the sons of Jacob, and by trusting in God’s power won deliverance.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	13	The fame of Zorobabel what words of ours shall enhance? The jewel God wore on his right hand for signet-ring;
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	49	14	he, with Josue son of Josedec, rebuilt God’s house that then lay ruined; raised up a holy temple, of the divine glory the eternal dwelling-place.
@@ -20495,7376 +20495,7376 @@ Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	30	Never shall this tongue, with utterance divinely r
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	31	O hearts untutored, come near, and frequent the school of learning!
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	32	Parley at the gates no more, complaining of thirst ever unsatisfied.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	33	Rather, to my proclamation give heed; win the treasure that is to be had without price paid.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	34	Suffice it that you bow your necks to her yoke, are content to accept her schooling. To find her, needs no distant travel …
+Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	34	Suffice it that you bow your necks to her yoke, are content to accept her schooling. To find her, needs no distant travel…
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	35	Unlaborious days, as all can testify, what a harvest they have won me of repose!
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	36	Would you grudge free expense of silver in the search for wisdom, that shall make you ample returns in gold?
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	37	Your hearts shall yet triumph in his mercy, nor ever rue the day when you learned to praise him.
 Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	26	51	38	Do, while time serves, what needs doing; when the time comes, he will reward you.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	1	This is the revelation made to Isaias, son of Amos, about Juda and Jerusalem, during the reigns of Ozias, Joatham, Achaz and Ezechias in Juda.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	2	Listen, you heavens, and let earth attend to this, a divine remonstrance; my own sons, that I reared and brought to manhood, hold me in defiance!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	3	Ox recognizes its owner, ass knows the way to its master’s crib; and I? I go unacknowledged; my own people of Israel gives me never a thought.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	4	Woe to a sinful nation, a people bowed with guilt, a rebellious race, a brood foully degenerate! They have forsaken God, they have spurned the Holy One of Israel, turned strangers to me.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	5	Would you have me smite you again, that you shew yourselves ever more faithless? Everywhere bowed heads, and faint hearts;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	6	no health anywhere, from sole to crown, nothing but wounds, and bruises, and swollen sores, that none binds up, or medicines, or anoints with oil!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	7	Your land a desert, your cities burnt to ashes, your fields ravaged before your eyes by strangers, desolation everywhere, as if an enemy had plundered you!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	8	Poor Sion, forlorn as vineyard watch-tower, summer-house in a herb-garden, a beleaguered city!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	9	A stock to breed from, so much the Lord of hosts has left us; but for that, we should be as Sodom is, Gomorrha’s doom should be ours.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	10	Listen, then, to this, the Lord’s word, chiefs of the Sodom-city; people of Gomorrha, here is a command from our God for your hearing.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	11	What do I care, the Lord says, how you multiply those victims of yours? I have had enough and to spare. Burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of stall-fed beasts, and the blood of calves and lambs and goats are nothing to me.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	12	Think you it is a welcome sound, the tramp of your feet in my courts bringing worship such as yours?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	13	Vain offerings, bring them no more, this incense of yours is an abomination. Enough of new moons and sabbaths, of thronged assemblies where none but sinners meet!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	14	The new month begins, the feast day comes round, how it cloys the appetite! These be hateful tasks I can bear no longer.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	15	Hold out your hands as you will, you shall get no heed from me; add prayer to prayer, I will not listen; are not those hands stained with blood?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	16	Wash yourselves clean, spare me the sight of your busy wickedness, of your wrong-doing take farewell.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	17	Learn, rather, how to do good, setting your hearts on justice, righting the wrong, protecting the orphan, giving the widow redress;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	18	then come back, says the Lord, and make trial of me.Crimson-dyed be your guilt, it shall turn snow-white; like wool new-washed yonder scarlet stain.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	19	Will you think better of it, and listen, and have rich harvests to feed you?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	20	Or will you refuse, and defy me, and yourselves be food for the sword? The Lord has given sentence.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	21	Strange, that the city once so faithful, once so upright, has turned harlot; the haunt of murderers, that was the home of right!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	22	The silver in thee turned to dross, the wine grown watery to the taste,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	23	thy law-givers wanting loyalty, so that they make common cause with thieves! None of them but takes bribe and looks for profit, none will give the orphan redress, none listen to the plaint of the widow.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	24	What, then, does the Lord proclaim; he, the God of hosts, he, the Prince of Israel? Out upon it, I will rid myself of these rebels, my enemies shall have their deserts.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	25	And then I will take thee in hand again, smelting thee till thou art free from dross, purging away all that base alloy.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	26	Once more I will give thee judges like the judges of old, counsellors like the counsellors of past days, and thou shalt be called the home of right, the faithful city.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	27	Right and justice shall be done, when Sion is redeemed, when her exiles return;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	28	with one blow, the wayward sinner shall be overthrown, by the Lord he has forsaken doomed to perish.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	29	Tree-idols that have played you false, fond trust in your garden-shrines, you shall learn to rue them;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	30	yourselves but an oak-tree whose leaves are falling, a garden unwatered;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	1	31	when all your strength is like smouldering tow, and the idols you have made but a spark to set light to it, until both burn together, with none to quench them.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	2	1	This is a message which was revealed to Isaias, the son of Amos, about Juda and Jerusalem.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	2	2	In later days, the mountain where the Lord dwells will be lifted high above the mountain-tops, looking down over the hills, and all nations will flock there together.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	2	3	A multitude of peoples will make their way to it, crying, Come, let us climb up to the Lord’s mountain-peak, to the house where the God of Jacob dwells; he shall teach us the right way, we will walk in the paths he has chosen. The Lord’s commands shall go out from Sion, his word from Jerusalem,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	2	4	and he will sit in judgement on the nations, giving his award to a multitude of peoples. They will melt down their swords into plough-shares, their spears into pruning-hooks, nation levying war against nation and training itself for battle no longer.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	2	5	Come you too (they will say), children of Jacob, let us walk together in the path where the Lord shews us light.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	2	6	And still they are cast off, these children of Jacob, the Lord’s own people; ever since they grew rich, like the men who went before them, and began to trust in divination, like the Philistines, and to ally themselves with men of alien breed.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	2	7	A land full of silver and gold, with no end to its treasures,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	2	8	a land full of horses and chariots innumerable; a land full of idols, where men worship the devices their own hands have made.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	2	9	For this, high and low fall to earth, abate their human pride; and shall they find forgiveness?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	2	10	See where the Lord comes, in all his terrors, in all the glory of his majesty; take refuge, now, in some rock-cavern, hide thee in some pit!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	2	11	Now indeed man’s haughty looks must fall to earth, human pride must be abated; no room for any greatness but the Lord’s, when that day comes.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	2	12	The day of the Lord of hosts! With the dawn of it all human pomp and state must be overshadowed, all human magnificence grow dim.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	2	13	High it will rise above the cedars of Lebanon, that grow so straight and tall, above the oaks of Basan;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	2	14	above aspiring mountain and swelling hill;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	2	15	above every topless tower, every impregnable citadel,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	2	16	above all the navies of Tharsis, above every sight that is fair to see.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	2	17	Shall not man’s greatness fall to earth, shall not human pride be abated then? No room for any magnificence but the Lord’s, when that day comes.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	2	18	Vanished the false gods,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	2	19	only cave in the rock, crevice in the ground will afford shelter, when the Lord comes, great and terrible, when he rises up to smite earth with dread!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	2	20	Flung away, when that day comes, idols of silver and gold they once made and worshipped; moles and bats all their worship now,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	2	21	as they slink into clefts of the hills, into rocky caverns, to hide themselves from the terrors of the Lord’s coming, from this sublime majesty that daunts the earth!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	2	22	Trouble mankind no more; this at least man can boast, he has the breath of life in his nostrils.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	1	See where the Lord of hosts, our Master, takes away from Jerusalem and from Juda all that was valiant and strong, all the support they had against famine and thirst!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	2	Gone the hero and the warrior, judge and prophet, diviner and senator,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	3	captain of the watch, and nobleman, and counsellor, and skilful workman, and master of charms.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	4	Only boys will be left to rule, and wantonness shall govern all;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	5	the citizens coming to blows, neighbour falling out with neighbour; for age and rank there shall be no reverence.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	6	Here is one catching hold of his own brother, his own house-mate, What (says he) hast thou a coat to thy back? Be our chieftain, then; take these ruins into thy keeping.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	7	And the other answers, Who, I? Nay, I have no doctor’s skill. As for my house, there is neither bread nor coat in it; ruler thou shalt never make of me.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	8	Jerusalem in ruins, Juda lying prostrate! Whispering and scheming of theirs defied the Lord, challenged his divine scrutiny.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	9	Their hang-dog looks betray them; they publish their guilt abroad, like the men of Sodom, making no secret of it. Ill-fated souls, retribution has come upon them.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	10	For the just, courage! His reward is earned;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	11	but woe betide the sinner! He shall be repaid for his ill deeds.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	12	My people has been despoiled by the tyrants that rule it; women have gained power over it; those who call thee happy, my people, are deceiving thee, are luring thee into false paths.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	13	Even now the Lord stands ready to hold his assize, waits there to pass judgement on all nations.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	14	The Lord will enter into a reckoning with the senators and the rulers of his people: You have made spoil of the vineyard, your houses are full of the plunder you have taken from the oppressed;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	15	what means it, that you ride roughshod over my people, that you spurn the right of friendless folk? Such warning he gives you, the Lord God of hosts.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	16	This, too, the Lord says: See what airs they put on, the women-folk of Sion, walk head in air, look about them with glancing eyes, click the trappings on their feet with mincing steps. Ay, but the Lord has his doom ready for them;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	17	bald of head and bare of temple the women of Sion shall know it.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	18	In one day the Lord will sweep away all their finery, the shoes with the rest; locket,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	19	and collar, necklace and bracelet and veil;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	20	hair-pin, ankle-ring, chain, scent-box, pendant,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	21	signet-ring and nose-ring;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	22	gala dress and gown and scarf, bodkin
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	23	and mirror and shawl and riband and kerchief.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	24	There will be new fashions then; stench for scent, hempen rope for waist-band, baldness for curls, and hair shirt for stomacher.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	25	Of the men-folk, too, all that is fairest shall fall by the sword, all that is bravest, slain in battle.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	3	26	See where she sits on the ground desolate, every gateway of hers full of sorrow and lament!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	4	1	Day of desolation! Here are seven women catching hold of one man, and promi-sing, We will earn our bread, find ourselves in clothing; only let us bear thy name, and be saved from the reproach of barrenness!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	4	2	When that day comes, bud and fruit there shall be, of the Lord’s fostering; burgeoning of glory made manifest, harvest of our soil, the trophy of Israel’s gleanings.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	4	3	Set apart for him, all that dwell in Sion now, all that survive the city’s purging; none else will be left alive in Jerusalem,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	4	4	when the Lord sweeps away the guilt of Sion’s women-folk, washes Jerusalem clean from the blood that stains her, with the searing breath of his judgement.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	4	5	And over mount Sion, the shrine of his name, cloud shall hang by day, glowing haze by night, a veil for glory.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	4	6	Canopy they shall have, to shade them from the day’s heat, a refuge to give them shelter from storm and rain.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	1	A song, now, in honour of one that is my good friend; a song about a near kinsman of mine, and the vineyard that he had. This friend, that I love well, had a vineyard in a corner of his ground, all fruitfulness.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	2	He fenced it in, and cleared it of stones, and planted a choice vine there; built a tower, too, in the middle, and set up a wine-press in it. Then he waited for grapes to grow on it, and it bore wild grapes instead.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	3	And now, citizens of Jerusalem, and all you men of Juda, I call upon you to give award between my vineyard and me.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	4	What more could I have done for it? What say you of the wild grapes it bore, instead of the grapes I looked for?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	5	Let me tell you, then, what I mean to do to this vineyard of mine. I mean to rob it of its hedge, so that all can plunder it, to break down its wall, so that it will be trodden under foot.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	6	I mean to make waste-land of it; no more pruning and digging; only briars and thorns will grow there, and I will forbid the clouds to water it.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	7	Alas, it is the house of Israel that the Lord called his vineyard; the men of Juda are the plot he loved so. He looked to find right reason there, and all was treason; to find plain dealing, and he heard only the plaint of the oppressed.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	8	Woe upon you, that must ever be acquiring house after house, field after neighbouring field, till all the world goes wanting! Would you have the whole land to yourselves to live in?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	9	The news of all this has reached me, says the Lord of hosts; see if I do not leave these many houses, these fine great houses of yours, lonely and untenanted.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	10	Wait, till you find ten acres of vine-land yielding but one flagon of wine, thirty bushels of seed-corn yielding but three.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	11	Woe upon you, the men who must be up betimes to go a-drinking, and sit late into the evening, till you are heated with wine!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	12	Still you must have zither and harp, tambour and flute and wine for your entertainment; you give no thought to God’s dealings, to the world his hands have made.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	13	It is this inconsiderateness that has made my people homeless exiles, their nobles starving, and common folk parched with thirst;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	14	that is why the abyss hungers for you, opens its greedy jaws, till all alike, the nobles of Sion and her common sort, that boast and triumph now, go down to its depths.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	15	The low-born must fall, the high-born abate his pride; the eyes of the boaster will be downcast;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	16	doom, by which the Lord of hosts will be exalted, just award, by which the God of holiness will shew holier yet!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	17	There, with his flocks browsing undisturbed, the stranger shall enjoy the rich pastures you left a wilderness.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	18	Woe upon you, that lightly harness yourselves to ill-doing, and draw down upon you, as with a strong rope, its guilt!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	19	What is this, you say, that the Holy One of Israel threatens? Quick, no waiting; let us know the worst, and with all speed!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	20	Woe upon you, the men who call evil good, and good evil; whose darkness is light, whose light darkness; who take bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	21	Woe upon you, that think yourselves wise, and boast of your own foresight!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	22	Woe upon you, heroes of the tankard, brave hearts round the mixing-bowl,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	23	that take bribes to acquit the guilty, and rob the innocent of his rights!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	24	See how stubble is eaten away by the fire that licks round it, melting away into the heat of the flame; so the root of them will turn to smouldering embers, and the fruit of them will go up like flying ashes; men who reject the law of the God of hosts, who defy every warning from the Holy One of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	25	That is why the Lord’s anger against his people has been so fierce; that is why his hand has been raised to smite them, so that the mountains trembled at it, and corpses lay unregarded like dung in the streets. But even so his anger is not yet appeased, his hand threatens us still.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	26	And now he will raise up among the distant nations one people to be a signal to the rest; he will whistle it up from the ends of the earth, swiftly and suddenly it will answer his call.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	27	Not a man in those ranks that will faint or lag behind; none grows weary or falls asleep; never a belt is unbuckled, never a shoe-string loosed.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	28	Sharp arrows this people has, and all its bows are ready bent; it has horses with hoofs like flint, and chariot-wheels like the rushing of the storm.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	29	No lion roars so loud; it will roar as lion-cubs do, growling and holding its prey fast, encircling it so that none can bring rescue.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	5	30	Sounds of dread shall usher in that day, loud as the roaring of the sea; look where you will, all shall be dark with misery; light itself will be darkened by the shadow of its coming.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	6	1	In the year of king Ozias’ death, I had a vision. I saw the Lord sitting on a throne that towered high above me, the skirts of his robe filling the temple.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	6	2	Above it rose the figures of the seraphim, each of them six-winged; with two wings they veiled God’s face, with two his feet, and the other two kept them poised in flight.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	6	3	And ever the same cry passed between them, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of hosts; all the earth is full of his glory.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	6	4	The lintels over the doors rang with the sound of that cry, and smoke went up, filling the temple courts.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	6	5	Alas, said I, that I must needs keep silence; my lips, and the lips of all my countrymen, are polluted with sin; and yet these eyes have looked upon their King, the Lord of hosts.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	6	6	Whereupon one of the seraphim flew up to me, bearing a coal which he had taken with a pair of tongs from the altar;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	6	7	he touched my mouth with it, and said, Now that this has touched thy lips, thy guilt is swept away, thy sin pardoned.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	6	8	And now I heard the Lord say, Who shall be my messenger? Who is to go on this errand of ours? And I said, I am here at thy command; make me thy messenger.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	6	9	Go then, said he, and give a message to this people of mine: Listen as you will, but ever without understanding; watch all, and nothing perceive!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	6	10	Thy office is to dull the hearts of this people of mine, deaden their ears, dazzle their eyes, so that they cannot see with those eyes, hear with those ears, understand with that heart, and turn back to me, and win healing.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	6	11	For how long, Lord? I asked. And he said, Till the cities are left unpeopled, and the houses untenanted, and the whole land a wilderness.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	6	12	The Lord will send its people into exile far away; wider, ever wider desolation must spread over it.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	6	13	Though a tenth of their number remain, it is but empty show, like leafage of terebinth or oak that needs pruning; only a remnant of it will be left, the true stock of holiness.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	7	1	Afterwards, in the reign of Achaz, whose father was Ozias’ son Joathan, an attack was made upon Jerusalem by Rasin, king of Syria, and Phacee, son of Romelia, king of Israel. As it proved, they were not strong enough to take it;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	7	2	but when the news reached David’s palace that Syria had gained a footing in Ephraim, the hearts of Achaz and his people trembled like forest trees before the wind.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	7	3	Then it was that the Lord said to Isaias, Take with thee thy son, Jashub the Survivor, and go out to the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool in the Fuller’s Ground. There thou wilt meet Achaz,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	7	4	and this shall be thy message to him, Shew a calm front, do not be afraid. Must thy heart fail thee because Rasin king of Syria and the son of Romelia are thy sworn enemies? What is either of them but the smouldering stump of a fire-brand?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	7	5	What if Syria, what if Ephraim and the son of Romelia are plotting to do thee an injury?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	7	6	They think to invade Juda and strike terror into it, so that they can bring it into their power, and set up the son of Tabeel as its ruler;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	7	7	a vain errand, the Lord says; it shall not be.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	7	8	As surely as Damascus rules Syria, and Rasin rules Damascus, within sixty-five years Ephraim will be a people no longer.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	7	9	As surely as Samaria rules Ephraim, and the son of Romelia rules Samaria, if you lose courage, your cause is lost.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	7	10	The Lord sent, besides, this message to Achaz,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	7	11	Ask the Lord thy God to give thee a sign, in the depths beneath thee, or in the height above thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	7	12	But Achaz said, Nay, I will not ask for a sign; I will not put the Lord to the test.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	7	13	Why then, said Isaias, listen to me, you that are of David’s race. Cannot you be content with trying the patience of men? Must you try my God’s patience too?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	7	14	Sign you ask none, but sign the Lord will give you. Maid shall be with child, and shall bear a son, that shall be called Emmanuel.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	7	15	On butter and honey shall be his thriving, till he is of age to know good from harm;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	7	16	already, before he can tell this from that, king they shall have none, the two kingdoms that are thy rivals.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	7	17	As for thee, and for thy people, and for thy father’s house, the Lord means to bring upon thee such days of trouble as have not been seen since Ephraim parted from Juda, with the coming of the king of Assyria.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	7	18	Days when the Lord will whistle up those plagues of his, yonder flies that hatch by the last rivers of Egypt; yonder bees, that hive in the land of Assur.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	7	19	Invading swarms, that settle even upon mountain, gully and rock, cavern; thicket is none, nor underground pit, shall be safe from them.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	7	20	Hard times, when the Lord will be hiring mercenaries from beyond Euphrates, the king of Assyria’s men, and will leave you quite bare, hair of head and legs shaved close with this hired rasor of his, and the beard too!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	7	21	Hard times, when one heifer and a pair of sheep are all the stock a man has;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	7	22	milk plentiful, so that he has butter to eat; of butter and honey the survivors will have no lack;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	7	23	but where once a thousand vines grew, each worth a silver piece, all will be thorns and brushwood.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	7	24	Covert of thorns and brushwood, where men go armed with bow and arrows;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	7	25	only the hill-sides, that have felt the hoe, shall be free from the terrors of the covert, and these the cattle shall graze, the sheep trample under foot.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	8	1	Then the Lord said to me, Take a great scroll, and write on it, in thy human penmanship, the words, Spoiler, haste; there’s plunder afoot.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	8	2	I took care to have men of credit for my witnesses, the priest Urias and Zacharias, son of Barachias.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	8	3	Afterwards, when the prophetess conceived and bore me a son, the Lord said to me, Call him by this name, Spoiler, haste; there’s plunder afoot.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	8	4	This boy will not have learned to use the words Father and Mother, before the king of Assyria comes to carry off the wealth of Damascus, the spoils of Samaria.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	8	5	And the Lord went on to say to me,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	8	6	This people of mine has cut itself off from the gently-flowing waters of Siloe, to welcome Rasin and the son of Romelia instead;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	8	7	and now the Lord will bring the waters of Euphrates upon it, in full flood; I mean the king of the Assyrians, in all his greatness. This flood will fill up all the channels of the river, overflow all its banks,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	8	8	till it pours over Juda, overwhelming her and reaching up to her very neck. Wings spread out wide, till they cover the whole breadth of thy own land, Emmanuel, the God who is with us!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	8	9	Muster, then, you peoples, to your own overthrow; obey the call, distant lands, in vain; summon up your valour, arm yourselves in vain!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	8	10	All your scheming baffled, all your boasts belied; God is with us!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	8	11	Strict warning the Lord has given me, I must not fall in with the fashion of Israel;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	8	12	Not for thee and thine to go about crying Treason; this people is for ever crying treason. Not for thee and thine to go in fear, dismayed like these others;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	8	13	enthrone the Lord of hosts above all else, him you must fear, of him stand in awe.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	8	14	Let the hour of peril consecrate you to him; for the rest, both in Israel and in Juda, it will be a stone to trip men’s feet, a boulder that catches them unawares. A trap, a fine snare, for the citizens of Jerusalem;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	8	15	and there are many of them that will stumble, and fall, and bruise themselves, caught in its meshes.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	8	16	(Now to guard the prophetic record close, now to seal up these instructions, in the keeping of my disciples!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	8	17	What though the Lord hide his face from the men of Israel? To him will I look, and wait patiently for him;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	8	18	here stand I, and these children the Lord has given me, a portent, a warning sent to Israel by the Lord of hosts, who dwells on mount Sion.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	8	19	Men will bid you consult wizard and diviner, that talk in ghostly voices over their enchantments; Who doubts, they say, God will send his own people answer, an oracle from the dead to the living?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	8	20	By these instructions rather abide, this record of prophecy; who follows other inspiration, shall not see the dawn.)
-Isaiah	Isa	26	8	21	As for the invader, he shall meet with disaster, and then famine. Famine-stricken, he will turn with curses against his king, his god; first looking upwards
-Isaiah	Isa	26	8	22	and then to earth, to find nothing but distress and darkness, ruin and want, with night pressing hard upon him; from his calamity there is no escaping.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	9	1	Land of Zabulon and Nephthali, its burden at first how lightly borne! but after-wards affliction weighed on it, Galilee, by the sea road where the Gentiles dwell west of Jordan.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	9	2	And now the people that went about in darkness has seen a great light; for men abiding in a land where death overshadowed them, light has dawned.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	9	3	Their number thou didst increase, but gavest them no joy of it; now, they shall rejoice in thy presence, as men rejoice when the harvest is in, as men triumph when victory is won, and booty taken, and they fall to dividing up the spoils.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	9	4	Yoke that fixed the burden, shaft that galled the shoulder, rod of the tyrant, all lie broken now, as they did long ago, when Madian fell.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	9	5	All the trophies of the old tumultuous forays, all the panoply stained with blood, will be burnt up now, will go to feed the flames.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	9	6	For our sakes a child is born, to our race a son is given, whose shoulder will bear the sceptre of princely power. What name shall be given him? Peerless among counsellors, the mighty God, Father of the world to come, the Prince of peace.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	9	7	Ever wider shall his dominion spread, endlessly at peace; he will sit on David’s kingly throne, to give it lasting foundations of justice and right; so tenderly he loves us, the Lord of hosts.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	9	8	Meanwhile, the Lord has issued his sentence against Jacob, his writ is out against Israel:
-Isaiah	Isa	26	9	9	Ephraim will soon know of it, all the citizens of Samaria. Fools, that boast in the pride of their hearts:
-Isaiah	Isa	26	9	10	The brick houses have fallen, we must build them up in stone; the sycamores have been cut down, we must plant cedars instead!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	9	11	The Lord will make Rasin’s rivals more powerful than Rasin himself; all the enemies of Israel he will set astir,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	9	12	Syria on the East, and the Philistines in the west, that will fall upon him wide-mouthed. And even so the Lord’s anger is not appeased; his hand threatens us still.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	9	13	Alas for the people that will not come back to God, who chastens it; that leaves the Lord of hosts unregarded as ever!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	9	14	And now, in one day, the Lord will cut off from Israel both head and tail, both pliant reed and stubborn bough.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	9	15	(What is the head, but the senator that holds his head so high? What is the tail, but the prophet that gives lying assurances?)
-Isaiah	Isa	26	9	16	False guides, that promised all was well; fools that gave them credence, to their own undoing!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	9	17	Pride in their warriors the Lord has none, pity for orphan and widow has none; all are false and worthless, no mouth but talks presumptuously. Even so the Lord’s anger is not appeased, his hand threatens us still.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	9	18	Our wickedness is like a raging fire, that will devour brushwood and thorn-bush, then set light to the forest’s tangled boughs; see how proudly yonder column of smoke whirls upward!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	9	19	Fiery vengeance of the Lord of hosts, that ravages country-side and devours citizen! Brother shews brother no mercy;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	9	20	turn he to the right, nought but famine is there; eat he what comes to his left hand, he is yet hungry, so that at last he will fall on his own flesh and blood, Manasses on Ephraim and Ephraim on Manasses, and both will be banded together against Juda.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	9	21	And even so the Lord’s anger is not appeased; his hand threatens us still.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	1	Out upon you, that enact ill decrees, and draw up instruments of wrong;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	2	suppress the claims of the poor, and refuse redress to humble folk; the widow your spoil, the orphan your prey!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	3	What shifts will you be put to, when the day of reckoning comes, when the storm overtakes you that is brewing far away? With whom take refuge, where hide away your treasures?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	4	Yours to crouch down in chains, or fall among the massacred. And even so the Lord’s wrath is not appeased, his hand threatens us still.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	5	Woe, too, upon the Assyrian! What is he but the rod that executes my vengeance, the instrument of my displeasure?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	6	I have sent him to punish one nation that has proved false to me; against one defiant people he holds my warrant; let him prey on it as he will, carry off what spoils he will, trample it like the mire in the streets.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	7	Not such are his own thoughts, not such the dreams he cherishes; he dreams of extermination, of realm after realm dispeopled.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	8	Are not my chieftains, he says,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	9	as good as kings, every one of them? What difference between Charcamis and Calano, between Arphad and Emath, between Damascus and Samaria?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	10	I have had my way with the kingdoms that worship false gods; shall it not be the same with the images they worship at Jerusalem and Samaria?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	11	May I not treat Jerusalem and her images as I treated Samaria and her false gods?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	12	Wait we, till the Lord has carried out all his designs upon mount Sion and Jerusalem. Then he means to reckon with the boastful ambition of Sennacherib, with the proud glance of those scornful eyes.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	13	My own strength (the king says to himself) has done all this, my own wisdom has planned it; I have removed the frontiers of nations, I have robbed princes of their treasure, with a strong hand I have pulled down rulers from their thrones.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	14	Mighty peoples, and my hand closed over them like a nest; I gathered up a whole world, as a man gathers up eggs that lie abandoned; no flapping of wings, no angry screech to forbid me.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	15	Poor fool, can axe set itself up against woodman, saw defy carpenter? Shall the rod turn on him who wields it, the staff, that is but wood, try conclusions with a living man?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	16	What says our Master, the Lord of hosts? He will send a wasting sickness into that gorged frame; beneath that pride a living firebrand shall burn, burn deep.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	17	He who is our light will turn into a fire, the Holy One of Israel will be a flame, that will burn up suddenly; in one day those thorn-bushes, that dry brushwood shall be consumed.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	18	Like a proud forest, or a garden plot, he shall be eaten up, body and soul; see where he flies in terror!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	19	Of all the trees in that forest so few shall be left, a child might count them.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	20	And when that day comes, the remnant of Israel, the survivors of Jacob’s line, will learn to trust, not in the staff that turns into rod to smite them, but in the Lord, the Holy One of Israel; here he shall find loyalty.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	21	A remnant will turn back, only a remnant of Jacob, to God, the Mighty One.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	22	Countless though Israel be as the sea sand, only a remnant of it will return; there must be a sharp reckoning first, before we are restored, abundantly, to his favour.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	23	Short and sharp is the reckoning the Lord, the God of hosts, will make, with the whole world for the scene of it.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	24	Here, then, is a message for you from the Lord, the God of hosts: Never lose heart, men of Sion, my own people, before the Assyrian, rod though he have to smite thee, staff to chastise thee, when thou meetest him on the road to Egypt.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	25	Wait for a little, for a short moment wait, and my angry vengeance for his ill doings shall find full scope.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	26	The Lord of hosts will bring the lash down upon him, as he did once on Madian at the rock Oreb; by the sea-shore, on the road to Egypt, his rod will be uplifted.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	27	And with that, thy shoulder will be eased of the burden, the yoke will fall from thy neck, yoke that has gone rotten for want of oil.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	28	See where he enters Aiath, crosses to Magron, halts his baggage-train at Machmas!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	29	Already the pass lies behind them; Geba will be theirs by nightfall. In Rama, what terror! Saul’s own city of Gabaa is in flight.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	30	Cry aloud, maidens of Gallim, and listen, Laisa, to the cry; woe upon thee, poor Anathoth!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	31	Medemena stands empty; now, men of Gabim, you need courage!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	32	Daylight still! Why, he will make his halt at Nobe, threaten the mountain where queen Sion stands, the very hill of Jerusalem!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	33	Then, as we look, our Master, the Lord of hosts, will spread terror among them, and break them like earthenware. Yield greatness, and pride topple;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	10	34	axe-iron for yonder tangled forest, the strength of Lebanon outmatched!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	11	1	From the stock of Jesse a scion shall burgeon yet; out of his roots a flower shall spring.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	11	2	One shall be born, on whom the spirit of the Lord will rest; a spirit wise and discerning, a spirit prudent and strong, a spirit of knowledge and of piety,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	11	3	and ever fear of the Lord shall fill his heart. Not his to judge by appearances, listen to rumours when he makes award;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	11	4	here is judgement will give the poor redress, here is award will right the wrongs of the defenceless. Word of him shall smite the earth like a rod, breath of him destroy the ill-doer;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	11	5	love of right shall be the baldric he wears, faithfulness the strength that girds him.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	11	6	Wolf shall live at peace with lamb, leopard take its ease with kid; calf and lion and sheep in one dwelling-place, with a little child to herd them!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	11	7	Cattle and bears all at pasture, their young ones lying down together, lion eating straw like ox;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	11	8	child new-weaned, fresh from its mother’s arms, playing by asp’s hole, putting hand in viper’s den!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	11	9	All over this mountain, my sanctuary, no hurt shall be done, no life taken. Deep as the waters that hide the sea-floor, knowledge of the Lord overspreading the world!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	11	10	There he stands, fresh root from Jesse’s stem, signal beckoning to the peoples all around; the Gentiles will come to pay their homage, where he rests in glory.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	11	11	Then, once again, the Lord’s hand at work! From Assyria, from Egypt, Pathros and Ethiopia, from Elam and Sennaar, from Emath, from the islands out at sea, his people, a scattered remnant, shall return.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	11	12	High lifted, for a world to see it, the standard that shall call Israel home, gather in the exiled sons of Juda from the four corners of the earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	11	13	Gone, Ephraim’s envious looks, vanished away Juda’s enemies; Ephraim shall hate Juda, Juda harry Ephraim, no more.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	11	14	Together they will sweep down on Philistia’s neck, there by the western sea; plunder the children of the east, Edom and Moab in their grasp, the sons of Ammon pliant to their will.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	11	15	And the Lord will make a desert out of the tongue of sea that flanks Egypt; with the blast of his breath he will threaten Euphrates, dividing it into seven streams, that a man can cross dry-shod.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	11	16	And so the remnant of my people which is left among the Assyrians will find a path made for it, as a path was made for it when it came up out of Egypt, long ago.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	12	1	Angry with me, Lord? thou wilt say, when that day comes; ay, thou wast angry with me, but now, praised be thy name, the storm has passed; all is consolation.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	12	2	God is here to deliver me; I will go forward confidently, and not be afraid; source of my strength, theme of my praise, the Lord has made himself my protector.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	12	3	So, rejoicing, you shall drink deep from the fountain of deliverance;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	12	4	singing, when that day comes, Praise the Lord, and call upon his name, tell the story of his doings among all the nations, keep the majesty of his name in grateful remembrance.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	12	5	Sing in honour of the great deeds the Lord has done, make them known for all the world to hear.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	12	6	Cry aloud in praise, people of Sion; great is the Holy One of Israel, that dwells among you.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	13	1	The burden that awaits Babylon, as it was revealed to Isaias, son of Amos.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	13	2	A signal raised amid the shadow of the mountain, voices lifted, and a waving of hands; all is ready for the captains to march in through the city gates.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	13	3	These are my chosen warriors, doing my bidding; my champions whom I have summoned to execute my vengeance; they boast of my renown.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	13	4	The hills echo with the voices of a multitude, as if a host had gathered; voices of assembled kings, of whole peoples mustered there; the Lord of hosts is marshalling his troops for battle.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	13	5	They come from far away, from the most distant region under heaven; the Lord is angry, and these are the instruments of his vengeance, to lay a whole world waste.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	13	6	Cry aloud, for the day of the Lord is coming; his the dominion, his the doom.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	13	7	No hand now but will hang useless, no heart but will be fainting with dismay;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	13	8	tortures and pangs will seize them, throes as of a woman in travail; each man looks at his neighbour in bewilderment, their faces ashy pale.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	13	9	Yes, the day of the Lord is coming, pitiless, full of vengeance and bitter retribution, ready to turn earth into a wilderness, ridding it of its sinful brood.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	13	10	The stars of heaven, its glittering constellations, will shed no ray; sunrise will be darkness, and the moon refuse her light.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	13	11	I will punish the world’s guilt, and tax the wicked with their misdoings, stilling the rebel’s pride, crushing the haughtiness of tyrants,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	13	12	till a man is a rarer sight than gold, and a slave cannot be bought with all the treasure of Ophir.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	13	13	So terribly will I shake the heavens, and move earth from its place, to shew that the Lord of hosts will be patient no longer, and the hour of his bitter vengeance has come.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	13	14	Men will take to flight as deer or sheep would, with none to marshal them, each turning towards his own home, seeking refuge in his own country.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	13	15	Whoever is found left behind will be slain, and those who are encountered in the open will fall at the sword’s point;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	13	16	their children will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses plundered, their wives ravished.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	13	17	With such an enemy I mean to embroil them; the Medians, who reck nothing of silver, who are not to be tempted with gold;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	13	18	they will make young boys a target for their arrows, have no pity for pregnant mothers, no kindly glance for children.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	13	19	So Babylon, the pride of many nations, glory and boast of the Chaldeans, will go the way of Sodom and Gomorrha, cities which the Lord overthrew.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	13	20	It shall remain for ever uninhabited; generation after generation will pass, but it will not be founded again; even the Arabs will not pitch their tents, wandering shepherds will not find a lodging there.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	13	21	Wild beasts will make their lairs in it, its houses will be tenanted by serpents; ostriches will nest there, and satyrs dance;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	13	22	the owls will hoot to one another in its palaces, birds of ill omen in its temples of delight.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	1	The day of her doom is close at hand, not long the respite that will be granted her.And now the Lord will have pity on Jacob; on the sons of Israel, his chosen people as of old. On their own lands they shall live undisturbed, whose new inhabitants will make common cause with them, and throw in their lot with Jacob’s race.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	2	Alien peoples will take them by the hand, to escort them back to their home; content now to be Israel’s servants and hand-maidens, the captors captive, the oppressors tributary now.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	3	When that time comes, when the Lord gives thee respite from all the hardship and turmoil and drudgery of old days,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	4	it will be thy turn to have thy say against the king of Babylon. Can it be (thou wilt say) that the tyranny is over, the exactions at an end?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	5	The Lord has broken the staff in the hands of the wicked, the rod that oppressed us;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	6	the rod whose mortal stroke once fell on the peoples so angrily, tamed the nations so cruelly, persecuted, and would not spare.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	7	The whole earth, now, sinks back into ease; listen to its cry of rejoicing!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	8	The very fir-trees and the cedars of Lebanon triumph over thee; no woodman comes near us any longer, since thou wast laid to rest.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	9	The shadow world beneath is astir with preparation for thy coming; wakes up its giants to greet thee. The great ones of the world, that ruled the nations, rise up from the thrones where they sit,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	10	hailing thee with a single voice, Thou too brought low as ourselves, thou too like us!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	11	All thy pride sunk down into the world beneath, and there thy corpse lies, with the moth for its shroud, worms for its cerecloth.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	12	What, fallen from heaven, thou Lucifer, that once didst herald the dawn? Prostrate on the earth, that didst once bring nations to their knees?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	13	I will scale the heavens (such was thy thought); I will set my throne higher than God’s stars, take my seat at his own trysting-place, at the meeting of the northern hills;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	14	I will soar above the level of the clouds, the rival of the most High.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	15	Thine, instead, to be dragged down into the world beneath, into the heart of the abyss.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	16	Who that sees thee there, but will peer down at thee and read thy story: Can this be the man who once shook the world, and made thrones totter;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	17	who turned earth into a desert, its cities into ruins; never granted prisoner release?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	18	For those other kings, honourable burial, each in his own palace;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	19	thee the grave itself rejects, like a withered root, like a thing unclean. Rots thy corpse unrecognized, beneath yonder coverlet of men slain, that went down to the deep pit together;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	20	no fellowship hast thou with those others, no share in their sepulture, thou who didst lead thy country to ruin, thou, who didst bring destruction on thy people. The posterity of the wicked shall be nameless for ever;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	21	for the guilt they have inherited, his sons too must be slain, they must not live to make the land their own, and people the world with cities.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	22	A message from the Lord of hosts: Now I mean to take arms against them, to destroy Babylon name and fame, root and branch.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	23	I will make the place over to the hedge-hog, turn it into standing pools; I will sweep it clean, the Lord of hosts says, sweep it clean away.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	24	And now the Lord of hosts has taken an oath, his doom shall be executed, his design shall stand:
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	25	In this my own land I will break the power of Assyria, upon these hills I will trample him under foot. Gone his yoke; there shall be no more shouldering his burden;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	26	such purpose I have for the world’s ordering; my hand once lifted, all the nations must bow.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	27	The Lord’s decree, who shall annul it? The Lord’s power, who shall thwart it?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	28	And in the year of king Achaz’s death, a fresh burden was imposed:
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	29	Too soon, Philistia, thou wouldst make public holiday over the breaking of the rod that smote thee. The serpent has gone, but he has left a basilisk stock behind him; a race that can catch birds on the wing.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	30	Here, then, shall be food for the very poorest; beggar man shall lie down in safety; thee I will destroy with famine root and branch, slay all the remnant that is left in thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	31	All thy gates, now, must echo with lament, all thy cities ring with cries; all Philistia swoons away. From the north a smoke comes ever nearer, signal of an army none may escape.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	14	32	Our news when the world asks, what message? Tell them Sion never rested in the Lord so surely; here be friendless folk that trust in him.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	15	1	What burden for Moab? Ar Moab has fallen in a night, and all is still; Moab’s battlements have fallen in a night, and all is still!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	15	2	Prince and people of Dibon have gone up to the hill-shrines to lament; on Nabo and on Medaba, Moab cries aloud, every head cropped, every beard shaved in mourning.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	15	3	In the streets, men walk girded with sackcloth; house-top and square echo with loud crying, that breaks into tears.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	15	4	The dirge goes up from Hesebon and Eleale, so loud that Jasa hears it; well may the warriors of Moab cry out; the very soul of Moab utters a cry.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	15	5	My heart laments for Moab, once ringed with walled cities as far as Segor; Segor that now moans like a full-grown heifer. There is weeping on the slopes of Luith; along the Oronaim road they wail aloud for misery.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	15	6	The waters of Nemrim will turn into desert; old grass has withered, new grass has failed, and their banks are green no more.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	15	7	Heavy their reckoning, to match the abundance of their riches; a nation in exile, carried away to the Vale of Willows.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	15	8	A cry goes up all about the frontiers of Moab; Gallim echoes the lament, and the well of Elim hears the sound of it.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	15	9	Dibon’s waters already swollen with blood; and still for Dibon I have perils in store, lions to meet the fugitives, the remnant that is left in the land of Moab.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	16	1	Send forth (O Lord) a lamb to be ruler of the land, from Petra in the desert to the hill where queen Sion reigns.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	16	2	There they will be, the women-folk of Moab, waiting at the ford of Arnon, like fluttered birds, fledgelings that have taken wing from the nest;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	16	3	there are plans to be made, deliberations to be held; Shelter us, like the shadow, dark as night, that gives shelter at noon-day; hide these fugitives of ours, do not betray them in their wanderings;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	16	4	let them dwell as exiles in your land; poor Moab, give it sanctuary from threat of the invader! But see, the dust of armies has died down, the guilty wretch has met his end; vanished and gone, who trampled the world under foot!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	16	5	Mercy and faithfulness return; a throne set up in David’s dwelling-place, for a judge that loves right and gives redress speedily!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	16	6	The boasting of Moab has long been in our ears; who so boastful as he? Proud, scornful, and overbearing, with dreams that came to nothing.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	16	7	So, from one end of Moab to the other, there is a dirge, everywhere a dirge; for yonder folk, that live content behind walls of hardened brick, tidings of ruin.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	16	8	The fields about Hesebon lie deserted; alien chieftains have rooted up the vineyard of Sabama, whose shoots once reached as far as Jazer, strayed through the wilderness; forlorn, now, its tendrils, wandering overseas.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	16	9	I will weep, then, as Jazer weeps, for the vineyard of Sabama, water Hesebon and Eleale with my tears. That thy vineyard, thy vintage-time should be disturbed by the cry of trampling armies!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	16	10	All joy, all triumph gone from that fruitful land of thine; no mirth, no gaiety left; the presses shall be trampled no more by the labourers we knew; forgotten, now, the cry that used to go up when they trod the grapes.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	16	11	For Moab, my inmost being thrills like a harp’s strings; my heart goes out to those brick-walled cities of hers.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	16	12	What shift will she make, when all goes ill with her on the heights? Prayer of hers, recourse to those shrines of hers, shall nothing avail her?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	16	13	Such was the word the Lord spoke to Moab, long since,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	16	14	and now he declares his purpose: In three years, by the time a labourer’s contract is out, Moab, so populous now, shall be shorn of her glory; shall be left small and weak, a thriving nation no longer.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	17	1	What burden for Damascus? Damascus, too, shall cease to be a city, shall become a heap of stones in ruin:
-Isaiah	Isa	26	17	2	the cities of Aroer will lie, now, abandoned to flocks, that take their ease undisturbed.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	17	3	Ephraim protected no more, Damascus a kingdom no more, what is left of Syria will enjoy no more renown than Israel itself; such is her doom from the Lord of hosts.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	17	4	The renown of Jacob, little enough will it be when that day comes; nothing but skin and bone will be left.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	17	5	Scanty as the corn a man gathers in his arm when he picks up what is left after the harvest, some gleaner in the valley of Rephaim.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	17	6	Only a cluster left here and there, a few olives still to be shaken off, two or three at the end of a branch, four or five on the top branch of all; that is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has decreed.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	17	7	Then at last man will turn to his Maker, will look towards the Holy One of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	17	8	He will turn no longer towards altars of his own designing, have eyes no longer for pillar and shrine of his own fashioning.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	17	9	The cities he had fortified will be abandoned then, as ploughs and crops were abandoned when Israel itself was the invader, and thou shalt be left forlorn.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	17	10	Thou didst forget the God who delivered thee, and gavest no thought to thy strong protector; thou art like one who plants on soil of good promise, but all the while is putting in bastard shoots.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	17	11	Wild grapes they were from the day when thou didst plant them, and soon this planting of thine will begin to bud; and now, when the time comes to enjoy it, here is all thy harvest lost to thee, and bitterly thou dost repine.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	17	12	Doom goes with it, this swollen multitude of nations, like the swollen seas that go roaring past; like the roar of those swollen seas is the stir of such a throng.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	17	13	Nations roaring with the roar of waters in full flood; and then, God will rebuke him, and in a moment he is far away, swept like the dust when a wind blows on the hills, or the whirl of leaves before the storm.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	17	14	Night comes, and there is terror all around; day breaks, and it is seen no more. Such the invader’s doom, so evermore shall they thrive, that come to despoil us.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	18	1	Woe to the land that has the whirring of wings for its music, there beyond the Ethiop rivers!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	18	2	In skiffs of papyrus reed she sends her ambassadors to the sea-coast! Ay, speed on your errand, but to a people far away, sundered from you by leagues of travel, dreaded people at the end of the earth, race that bears a tyrant’s yoke, in a land that is all rivers like your own.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	18	3	All you peoples of the world, all you that dwell on earth, wait till you see the signal raised on the mountains, till you hear the trumpet sound.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	18	4	Such warning the Lord has given me: I will keep silent and watch, here in my dwelling-place, as still as the bright sunshine of noon-day, or the haze that comes with the dew in harvest-time.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	18	5	What a blossoming was here before the time of harvest, how fully formed the buds that were still ripening! But its boughs shall be cut back with the pruning-knife, its straying tendrils shall be torn off and thrown away.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	18	6	All alike will be left a prey to the mountain birds, and the beasts that roam through the land; all through summer the birds will hover about it, and the beasts flock to it in winter.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	18	7	And then the people that is sundered far away, dreaded nation at the ends of the earth, land of the tyrant’s yoke, land of the branching rivers, will bring gifts to the Lord of hosts, betaking itself to mount Sion, where the name of the Lord of hosts is worshipped.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	19	1	What burden for Egypt? See where the Lord comes into Egypt, with the cloud-drift for his chariot, and all the false gods of Egypt tremble, the very heart of Egypt melts away!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	19	2	Egyptians I will embroil with Egyptians; each man will turn on his neighbour, one city, one kingdom on another.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	19	3	The spirit of Egypt shall fail her, and I will daze her wits, till men go about consulting oracle and diviner, wizard and soothsayer.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	19	4	Tyrants for Egypt’s masters, a fierce king to rule over it; the Lord of hosts has decreed it.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	19	5	Waters of the sea shall ebb, river waters be parched and dried up,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	19	6	the brooks failing, the channels, with their high banks, flowing in a thin stream, reed and sedge withered away.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	19	7	Laid bare, yonder river-bed, from its source; fade the crops its moisture nourished, fade and dwindle to nothing.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	19	8	Sad days for the fisher-folk; never a hook cast, never a net sunk, all is grief and repining.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	19	9	Disappointed of their trade, the men who worked in flax, combing and weaving it so cunningly;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	19	10	in those brackish swamps there are no fish-ponds a-making now.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	19	11	Nonplussed, all the princes of Tanis; all Pharao’s wise counsellors must needs give him a fool’s answer. Where is that inheritance of learning they boast, come down from ancient kings?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	19	12	What has become of thy wise men, Pharao? Let them give thee news, let them tell thee what the Lord means to do with Egypt.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	19	13	No, the princes of Tanis are nonplussed; degenerate, the lords of Memphis; Egypt is deceived in her great men, that should have been the corner-stone of her commonwealth.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	19	14	The Lord has mazed her wits; fuddled brains of drunkard had been as well advised;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	19	15	head and tail, reed and stubborn branch, in Egypt’s troubled counsels avail alike.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	19	16	Weak as a woman Egypt shall be, when that day comes, dazed and terrified, to see the Lord of hosts lift his hand so threateningly.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	19	17	Upon Juda Egypt must needs look with awe; fear is in the very name of it, as they scan the future; what means the Lord of hosts now?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	19	18	Cities five there shall be in the land of Egypt that talk with the speech of Chanaan, and take oaths in the name of the Lord of hosts; a city that bears the sun’s name among them.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	19	19	There will be an altar set up to the Lord for all Egypt to see, and at its frontier a pillar dedicated to him,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	19	20	a trophy, there, in Egypt, bringing the Lord of hosts to mind. Cry they out to him, when they suffer oppression, he will give them a saviour, a champion, to deliver them.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	19	21	Thus the Lord will reveal himself to Egypt; the Egyptians, when that day comes, will acknowledge him, doing him worship with sacrifices and offerings, will make vows to the Lord and perform them.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	19	22	First calamity, then healing; when they come back to the Lord, he will relent and restore.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	19	23	There will be a high-road, then, between Egypt and the Assyrians; either shall visit other, and Egypt under Assyria be at peace.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	19	24	And with these a third people shall be matched; who but Israel, source of the whole world’s happiness?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	19	25	Such blessing the Lord of hosts has pronounced upon it, Blessed be my people in Egypt, and the home I have made for the Assyrian to dwell in; but Israel is the land of my choice.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	20	1	It was in the year when Tharthan, at the bidding of king Sargon of Assyria, inva-ded the territory of Azotus, and captured it by assault,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	20	2	that the Lord sent out a message through Isaias, son of Amos. Up, said he, and undo the sackcloth that girds thee, and take off thy shoes. This Isaias did, and went bare and unshod.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	20	3	Whereupon the Lord said, Look, how my servant Isaias goes bare and unshod; that is a sign and a portent of what must come upon Egypt and Ethiopia when three years are past.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	20	4	It is thus that the king of Assyria will lead away the prisoners he takes in Egypt, the exiles from Ethiopia, young and old alike. Bare and unshod they shall go, with their buttocks exposed, to the shame of Egypt.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	20	5	A time of dismay and confusion for those who put their trust in Ethiopia, who boasted of Egypt’s power!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	20	6	Dwellers in this nook of earth, they will cry out, Here lay all our hope; these were to be our protectors, and bring us deliverance when the king of Assyria came! And what of us? For us no refuge now.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	21	1	What burden for the desert by the sea? From the desert it comes, from a land full of terrors, like the storm-wind rising from the south.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	21	2	Here be stern threats revealed to me: the treacherous one still treacherous, the plunderer still at his plundering! Elam, to the attack! Lay siege to him, Medians! From yonder desert there shall be groaning no more!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	21	3	What wonder if pain gripped the loins of me, sudden as woman’s pangs in travail? What wonder if sight and sound of it daunt and daze me,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	21	4	if heart fails and I grope in darkness, bewildered over her ruin, the Babylon I love?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	21	5	What, the banquet spread? From yonder post of vantage look down on them, where they sit at their meat and drink! Now, captains, to arms!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	21	6	Yes, the Lord’s word has came to me, Go and bid the watchman stand at his post, to give tidings of all he sees.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	21	7	A chariot he saw, with two out-riders, one that rode on an ass, and one that rode on a camel; looked long at them, watching them eagerly.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	21	8	Then he cried, Lonely as lion am I, that have charge of the Lord’s watch-tower; day after day I have stood here, night after night I keep my post.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	21	9	Nearer now, the chariot and its two outriders; Tidings! cries charioteer. Babylon has fallen, has fallen; images of the gods she worshipped have come crashing to the ground.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	21	10	My countrymen, winnowed with me in the same threshing-floor of trial, from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, such tidings I bring.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	21	11	What burden for Duma? A cry comes to me from Seir, How goes the night, watchman? How goes the night?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	21	12	Morning is on its way, says he, but with morning, the night. Come back again and enquire, if enquire you must.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	21	13	What burden for the Arabs? By evening, sleep in the woods you must, you that travel to Dedanim.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	21	14	Dwellers in the south, bring out water to meet the thirsty, bread to meet fleeing men.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	21	15	They have fled to escape the sword, the drawn sword, to escape the bow already bent against them, the stress of battle.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	21	16	In a year’s time, the Lord says, by the time a labourer’s contract is out, Cedar shall be robbed of all its glory;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	21	17	of all the brave archers that were Cedar’s sons, only a dwindling remnant shall be left; the Lord, the God of Israel has decreed it.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	22	1	What burden for the Valley of Revelation? Here is great stir among the townspeople, climb they eagerly to the house-tops.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	22	2	What means this shouting everywhere, these thronged streets, as of a city that makes holiday? Alas for thy dead, that were never slain by the sword, never died in battle;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	22	3	alas for rulers of thine, who with one accord have fled, or else been cruelly bound! Chains for all that were left, and distant exile.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	22	4	I pray you then, leave me alone, to weep bitterly; never try to comfort me, now that this people of mine is widowed.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	22	5	Day of doom, when the Lord of hosts will have yonder Valley of Revelation defeated, overrun, thrown into confusion; a day to test its ramparts, and overawe its citadel;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	22	6	to archer, to chariot, to horseman, Elam sends out her challenge, bids shield come down from its place on the wall.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	22	7	Chariots up and down all thy favoured valleys, horsemen halted at thy gate!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	22	8	Here is Juda, then, stripped bare; here is a day for looking to the armoury, there in the Forest House.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	22	9	How many breaches, already, in the wall of David’s city! Water you must bring in from the lower pool;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	22	10	take count of the houses in Jerusalem, pulling down some to build up the defences;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	22	11	you must find a bed between the two walls to contain the waters of the old pool. And all the while, no thought of him who made it all, no eyes for him who fashioned it, long ago.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	22	12	This day the Lord, the God of hosts, summons you to mourn and lament, to shave your heads and wear sackcloth;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	22	13	and instead all is mirth and gladness, oxen killed here, rams slaughtered there, meat being eaten and wine drunk; come, let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	22	14	Plain it rings in my ear, the voice of the Lord of hosts, Never while you live shall this sin of yours be pardoned.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	22	15	A message from the Lord God of hosts; Up, to my house betake thee, and find Sobna, that has charge of the temple. This be thy word to him,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	22	16	What claim of rank or kinship hast thou here, that thou shouldst hew out a burying-place for thyself? A tomb carefully hewed out on the hill side, an eyrie for thyself among the rocks?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	22	17	Wait till the Lord trusses thee like a trussed fowl, folds thee like a cloak,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	22	18	twines thee about with misfortune, and tosses thee like a ball into the great open plain! There shalt thou lie, and there that chariot which is thy pride, which is the shame of thy master’s house.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	22	19	I mean to expel thee from the rank thou holdest, deprive thee of thy office.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	22	20	And when that time comes, I will summon one who is a true servant of mine, Eliacim the son of Helcias,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	22	21	clothe him with thy robe, gird him with thy girdle, entrust him with the power that once was thine; to rule all the citizens of Jerusalem, all Juda’s race, with a father’s care.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	22	22	I will give him the key of David’s house to bear upon his shoulders; none may shut when he opens, none open when he shuts.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	22	23	I will fix him securely in his place, like a peg that is to carry all the royal honour of his father’s house;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	22	24	all the honour of his father’s house will rest upon him, as a man’s goods rest on a peg, the smaller of them, here a cooking-pan, there an instrument of music.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	22	25	A day is coming, says the Lord of hosts, when the peg that was once securely fixed will be dislodged from its place; suddenly it must break and fall, and all that hung from it be ruined; the Lord decrees it.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	23	1	What burden for Tyre? Mourn aloud, ocean-going ships, that reach Cyprus to learn that the home you left is in ruins!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	23	2	Stand they aghast, dwellers in the coast-land that once was thronged with Sidonian merchants,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	23	3	that gathered its revenue from far over-seas; grain of Egypt’s sowing, of the Nile’s ripening, bartered they among the nations.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	23	4	Poor Sidon, by false hopes betrayed! A cry comes up from the sea, from her that was guardian of the sea, Not for me a mother’s joys, a mother’s pangs; never a son reared, never a maid brought to womanhood.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	23	5	Here is news for Egypt, news from Tyre that shall grip her with despair!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	23	6	Go out on your ocean voyage, dwellers on the coast-land, mourning aloud;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	23	7	your city come to this, the same city that had so long boasted of her ancientry! For her townsfolk there is a journey to make on foot, a distant journey.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	23	8	Who was it plotted the downfall of Tyre, a city once so rich in crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traffickers were among the great men of the earth?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	23	9	He, the Lord of hosts, designed it; who else drags in the mire the boaster’s pride, brings all the great men of the earth into derision?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	23	10	Daughter of ocean, henceforward thy land must be watered with streams; the girdle of strength thou hadst is thine no more.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	23	11	The Lord’s hand, now, is stretched out over the sea itself, throwing all the kingdoms into dismay; his writ has gone out against Chanaan, that all its strongholds should be brought to nothing.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	23	12	Sidon, poor queen (he says), boast no more of thy virginity; thy name is tarnished now. Cross the sea, and betake thyself to Cyprus if thou wilt; even there thou shalt find no rest.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	23	13	Her resting-place is the land of the Chaldeans, where Assur has founded a nation strong as no nation ever was; nation that has carried off her warriors into captivity, undermined her palaces, made her into a heap of ruins.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	23	14	Mourn aloud, ocean-going ships; your stronghold is laid waste.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	23	15	After this thou wilt be forgotten, thou city of Tyre, for seventy years, long as the life-time of one of thy kings. At the end of those seventy years, Tyre will know the meaning of the harlot’s song,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	23	16	Take thy harp and go round the streets, poor harlot forgotten; now for thy best notes, now for thy whole store of music, to bring thee back into remembrance!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	23	17	At the end of those seventy years, the Lord will relent towards Tyre, and send her back to her trafficking; all the world over, with all the world’s kingdoms, she shall play the harlot once more.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	23	18	But now the revenues of her trafficking shall be devoted to the Lord’s use, not hoarded up and laid by; revenue she shall earn, but for Sion’s folk, the Lord’s servants, to give them food in abundance, and brave clothes to wear.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	24	1	Look you, the Lord means to make earth a void, a wilderness; twist it out of shape, and scatter its inhabitants far and wide.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	24	2	One law for priest and people, for master and servant, for mistress and maid; for seller and buyer, for borrower and lender, for debtor and exactor of debts.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	24	3	Earth drained to its dregs, earth ravaged and ransacked; such decree the Lord has uttered.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	24	4	Earth woebegone and withered, a world that withers and grows feeble; how feeble they have grown now, the great ones of the earth!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	24	5	Poor earth, polluted by the men that dwell on it; they have broken God’s law, traversed the decree he made for them, violated his eternal covenant with men;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	24	6	cankered it lies by a curse, peopled with guilty men, only a frantic remnant left of its inhabitants.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	24	7	Woebegone the vintage, withered now the vine, hearts sighing that once were merry;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	24	8	silent the gay tambour, hushed the noise of holiday-making, silent the harp’s mirth.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	24	9	No more feasting and song; the wine turns bitter in their mouths.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	24	10	Ransacked and ruined lies yonder city, where every house denies entrance,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	24	11	and a cry goes up in the streets because all the wine is spent, the mirth forsaken, the joy vanished;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	24	12	a city left to desolation, with ruin fallen upon its gates.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	24	13	In the midst of the wide earth, among those many peoples, what shall be left? A remnant, the last olives that are shaken from the tree, the gleanings that remain when vintage-time is over.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	24	14	Few only, but they shall lift up their voices in praise; God’s honour vindicated, their rejoicing shall be heard across the sea,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	24	15	Give glory to God, where knowledge of him is revealed; praise to the God of Israel among the distant isles;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	24	16	here at the ends of the earth his song of triumph has reached us, the boast of his elect. Heart, keep thy secret, heart, keep thy secret; no more of that.But alas, the traitors still betray his cause; treachery is treachery still, and its fruit is treason.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	24	17	For the dwellers on earth, tidings of fear; pit and snare await them;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	24	18	flee they from tidings of fear, they shall fall into the pit, flee they from the pit, they shall be held fast in the snare. The floodgates of heaven will be opened, and the foundations of earth rock;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	24	19	earth must be rent and riven, earth torn and tattered, earth must quiver and quake;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	24	20	earth rolling and reeling like a drunkard, earth tottering like some frail shelter that is gone in a night, bowed down by the weight of its own guilt, till it falls, never to rise again.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	24	21	When that day comes, the Lord will hold a reckoning with the hosts of heaven, there above, with the kings of the earth, here on earth;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	24	22	huddled together, as captives are huddled together in a dungeon, they shall remain prisoners; so, at last, the reckoning will be held.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	24	23	And then the Lord of hosts will reign at Jerusalem, on mount Sion; and the moon will be put to shame, and the sun hide his face, before the glory in which he will appear then, with the elders of his people about him.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	25	1	Lord, thou art my God; I extol thee and praise thy name for thy wonderful do-ings; for thy designs, so long prepared, so faithfully executed; see, it is done!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	25	2	A heap of stones where, but for thy decree, a town stood; a crumbling ruin, all that is left of a walled city; a fortress of the invader, dismantled now and never to be built again.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	25	3	What wonder great nations should do thee homage, embattled cities hold thee in dread?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	25	4	Stronghold thou art of the poor, stronghold of the helpless in their affliction, refuge from the storm, shade in the noonday sun; against that wall the rage of tyrants blusters in vain.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	25	5	Uproar of the invader stilled, as it were the breathless summer of a parched land; oppression withered up from the roots, like haze of burning heat!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	25	6	A time is coming when the Lord of hosts will prepare a banquet on this mountain of ours; no meat so tender, no wine so mellow, meat that drips with fat, wine well strained.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	25	7	Gone the chains in which he has bound the peoples, the veil that covered the nations hitherto; on the mountain-side, all these will be engulfed;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	25	8	death, too, shall be engulfed for ever. No furrowed cheek but the Lord God will wipe away its tears; gone the contempt his people endured in a whole world’s eyes; the Lord has promised it.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	25	9	When that day comes, men will be saying, He is here, the God to whom we looked for help, the Lord for whom we waited so patiently; ours to rejoice, ours to triumph in the victory he has sent us.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	25	10	On yonder mountain the divine deliverance shall rest, and by his power Moab shall be crushed, like straw ground in the chaff-cutter;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	25	11	Moab shall stretch out his hands, like a man swimming, and low shall his pride fall when they crash down to earth!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	25	12	Down they must come, the battlements that crown those walls, lie inglorious in the dust.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	26	1	But in the land of Juda, when that day comes, what shall their song be? Sion is ours, an impregnable fortress; divine protection it has for wall and breast-work;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	26	2	wide let its gates be opened, to welcome true hearts that still keep troth with him.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	26	3	Our thoughts wayward no longer, thou wilt maintain us in peace, peace that comes surely to those who trust in thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	26	4	Yours to trust in the Lord continually, the Lord that is evermore your protection.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	26	5	Mountain-dwellers he can bring low, towering city walls he can level, level them with the ground, drag them down to the dust.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	26	6	There they lie, trodden under foot; poor folk trample on them now, the disinherited spurn them as they pass.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	26	7	Where heart is true, path lies plain; level the road he treads that wins acceptance with thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	26	8	And we, Lord, we have kept to the path thou hadst decreed for us, waiting for thee still; longing we had none but for thy greater renown.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	26	9	All through the night my soul has yearned for thee, to thee my heart aspires, watching for the dawn; soon thou wilt execute thy decrees on earth, and the whole world shall know how just thou art.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	26	10	The godless will not learn that lesson from mercy shewn him; in a land that is all holiness, they will pervert justice still, no eyes for the Lord’s majesty.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	26	11	Hand of thine which threatened them, heed they would not; heed now they must, those envious eyes, and to their own confusion; they shall see fire consume thy enemies!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	26	12	Thou wilt busy thyself, Lord, to make peace for us; what achievement of ours but the doing of it is thine?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	26	13	O Lord our God, masters we have had a many in place of thee, but only thy name shall be held in remembrance;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	26	14	live they cannot nor revive, gone down to death with the heroes of long ago; thou hast called them to account, and made an end of them, till the very memory of their names has vanished.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	26	15	Didst thou win thyself honour, Lord, when thou didst shew favour, such high favour, to thy people, when thou didst enlarge all the frontiers of its land?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	26	16	No, Lord, it was in affliction they turned back to thee; in silent hours of suffering thy chastisement reached them.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	26	17	We were no better than woman with child that is near her time, ready to cry out dolorously in her pangs; such lot thou hadst given us.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	26	18	Conceived we, aye, and travailed, yet nothing brought forth but wind; not through us came deliverance to our country, not through us were the peoples of the world cast down.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	26	19	Fresh life they shall have, Lord, that are thine in death; lost to us, they shall live again. Awake and utter your praises, you that dwell in the dust. The dew thou sendest, Lord, shall bring light to them; only the land of dead heroes thou wilt doom to overthrow.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	26	20	Up then, my people, to your innermost chambers betake you; shut yourselves within doors; hide for a little, until the time of retribution is past.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	26	21	See, where the Lord comes out from his dwelling-place, holds the nations of the world to account for their guilt! Earth shall disclose the blood spilt on it, and no more cover its dead.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	27	1	Hard and heavy and strong that sword is which the Lord carries; shall he not wreak his vengeance, in due time, upon the monstrous serpent that bars the gate, and the monstrous serpent that coils up yonder; shall he not deal death to the great beast of the sea?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	27	2	And the praise of his doings shall be sung by his own vineyard, a vineyard rich in wine.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	27	3	I, the Lord, am the keeper of this vineyard; I come soon to water it. Day by day I watch over it, to shield it from attack,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	27	4	nor any grudge my hearts bears it. Would I were an enemy as relentless as thorns and briars are! Then I would trample it down and make a bonfire of it.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	27	5	But now, see how it clings to my protection! Ay, it shall have peace, it shall make its peace with me.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	27	6	Israel shall flourish and put forth shoots, multitudes that shall be added to the number of Jacob; with its offspring the wide face of earth shall be peopled.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	27	7	What, should the Lord smite Israel as he smote his enemies? Destroy it, like those others he doomed to overthrow?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	27	8	Nay, cast her away he might, but there should be due measure in her punishment; not for nothing did he expose her to cruel wind and burning heat;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	27	9	so should the race of Jacob find pardon for its sins. Cleansed now from guilt, to bear fruit in full abundance; ground fine as chalk the altar-stones, pillar and shrine raised up no more!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	27	10	Meanwhile, the city that once was fortified must lie desolate, forsaken, that fair dwelling-place, abandoned, part of the wilderness; cattle will browse and lie down, and crop the tall bushes on it;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	27	11	nothing that grows there but will wither and be snapped off. Women shall be their teachers, so foolish has this nation grown, too foolish for its own maker to pity, for its own creator to spare.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	27	12	But a time is coming, when the Lord will beat the fruit from his trees, as far away as the bed of Euphrates and the river of Egypt, and you, sons of Israel, shall be gathered in one by one.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	27	13	That day, a call will be sounded on a great trumpet, and men long lost will come from Assyria, and exiles from Egypt, to worship the Lord on his holy mountain, in Jerusalem.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	1	Out upon the drunken lords of Ephraim, and the city that is their boast, their crown! Quickly shall it fade, this flower, in the pride of its beauty. Careless they dwell at the head of yonder fruitful valley, all besotted with their wine;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	2	and the Lord will come upon them like a rough, boisterous hail-storm, like a destroying whirlwind, like a swift flood that rises and spreads out over the plain.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	3	Trodden under foot it shall lie, the crown that was drunken Ephraim’s boast;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	4	that flower, whose brief bloom once delighted him, shall look down over the fruitful valley no more. Fig ripens to its cost, that ripens ere autumn brings the harvest, no sooner seen than plucked and eaten by the first that passes by!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	5	But the Lord has his own people still left him; to these he shall be a crown to boast of, a garland of pride;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	6	his the justice inspires them when they sit in judgement; his the courage that rallies them when they fall back, fighting, to the gates.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	7	What, these too? These too fuddled with wine, bemused with their revelling? High revel they hold, priest and prophet together, till all are fuddled and sodden with wine, their wits bemused; what wonder if the true seer goes unrecognized, if justice is forgotten?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	8	No room is left at their tables for aught but filth and vomit.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	9	Here is one (they say) has knowledge to impart, has a message to make known, to whom? Does he think we are children new-weaned, fresh from their mothers’ milk?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	10	It is ever, Pass the word on, pass the word on, Wait a while yet, wait a while yet, A word with you, here, A word with you, there!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	11	Here is stammering speech, here is outlandish talk for our folk to listen to!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	12	Yet he did but counsel rest and repose; rest none other, repose none other, than to give respite to a weary nation. And listen they would not;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	13	to them, the Lord’s message was all Pass the word on, pass the word on, Wait a while yet, wait a while yet, A word with you, here, and a word with you, there! And so they will go on their way, to stumble backwards and break their bones, to fall into a trap and lie there caught.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	14	Hear the Lord’s word, then, you mockers, that bear rule over my people in Jerusalem.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	15	Did you think to make terms with death, enter into alliance with the grave itself, that the flood of ruin should pass you by, so confident in your vain hopes, so armed with illusion?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	16	A message to you, then, from the Lord God, See, I am laying a stone in the foundations of Sion that has been tested and found true, a corner-stone, a stone of worth, built into the foundations themselves. Hurry to and fro who will; faith knows better.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	17	You shall have justice dealt out to you by weight, your sentence shall be strictly measured; shattered, the vain hopes, as by a storm of hail, buried the illusion as by a deluge.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	18	Hold they shall not, your terms with death, your compact with the grave; when the flood of ruin sweeps past, it shall leave you prostrate.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	19	It will carry you away as it passes; pass it will, suddenly, in the space of a day and a night, and the very alarm of it will make you understand the revelation at last.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	20	Too narrow a bed, and one or the other must fall out; a short cloak is no covering for two.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	21	Who stands there? None other than the Lord himself, as he stood once on the mountain of Disruption, vengeful still, as when he stood in the valley at Gabaon; but now, his own purpose to achieve, he lends himself to the purpose of another, now his will is, to let the alien have his will.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	22	Mock, then, no more, if you would not see your chains riveted tighter; the Lord God of hosts is my witness, he means to make a short and sharp reckoning with the whole earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	23	Listen now, and give me a hearing, mark well the message I bring.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	24	Plough the farmer must, ere he sow, but will he be ever ploughing? For hoe and harrow is there no rest?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	25	Nay, he will level it anon, plant fennel, sow cummin, with a border of wheat or barley, millet or vetch;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	26	such lore he has learned, such prudence his God has given him.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	27	What, shall sledge crush the fennel seed, threshing-wheel pass to and fro over the cummin? A switch for the fennel, a rod for the cummin, and they shall be beaten enough.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	28	Thrashed the corn must be, sure enough, yet not for ever does the wheel harry it, do the spikes wear it down.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	28	29	This lesson, too, the Lord would teach us; learn we how wonderful are his designs, how high above us his dealings.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	29	1	Out upon her, Ariel, the lion-city King David stormed long ago! This year once added to the tale of years, feast-days of it over and gone,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	29	2	I will lay siege to Ariel, that shall roar and roar again, a lion-city indeed.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	29	3	Trust me, I will ring thee round, throw up earth-works against thee, set engines in place to besiege thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	29	4	Cower down thou must, and offer parley from the earth where thou liest; from the ruins thy voice will make itself heard, no better than a muttering from the ground, as it were some ghost that moaned there under the earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	29	5	Then, like fine dust, the hordes that routed thee shall vanish; like a spark that smoulders, thy conquerors shall die away.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	29	6	Suddenly, in a moment, the Lord will sweep down upon them in thunder, and earthquake, in a storm of roaring wind, in fire that devours all before it;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	29	7	gone, the thronging nations that fought against Ariel, like a dream that passes with the night; gone, the fighting, and the siege, and their triumph.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	29	8	Dreams hungry man of a full belly, then wakes empty as ever; dreams thirsty man of a cool draught, then wakes weary, and thirsty, and still unsatisfied! Such comfort shall be theirs, the many folk that beleaguered Sion.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	29	9	Ay, gape and gaze as you will; hum and haw you, bemused ere you lifted cup, besotted ere you have been at your wine, besotted with never a taste of drink!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	29	10	So deep a lethargy the Lord instils, blinding the prophets that should be your eyes, muffling with a veil the wise heads that should see visions for you.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	29	11	What is revelation to you, but a sealed book, offered as vainly to scholar that finds it sealed,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	29	12	as to yonder simpleton, that vows he never learned his letters?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	29	13	This people, the Lord says, makes profession of worshipping me, does me honour with its lips, but its heart is far from me. If they fear me, it is a lesson they learned from human precepts.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	29	14	What remains but some great, some resounding miracle, to strike awe into such hearts as these? Bereft of wisdom their wise men shall be, cunning of their counsellors vanish.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	29	15	Out on you, that would hide your designs from the Lord in the depth of your hearts, plotting on in the dark and telling yourselves none can see, none can find you out!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	29	16	What a strange thought is this! As well might clay scheme against the potter; handicraft disown its craftsman, or thing of art call the artist fool.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	29	17	Short the time shall be, and quickly fled, ere Lebanon forest shall be fruitful as Carmel, ere land fruitful now shall be reckoned as forest.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	29	18	Then this book will have a message for deaf ears to hear, for blind eyes to see through the mist that darkens them;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	29	19	humble folk shall yet learn to rejoice in the Lord, poor clods of earth triumph in the Holy One of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	29	20	Vanished, the triumphant foe, scornful incredulity is silenced; where are they now, that spent themselves on wrongdoing,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	29	21	watching a man’s words to convict him of guilt, defrauding him of justice at the city gate, setting aside, with a quibble, the plea of the innocent?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	29	22	Here is a message to the race of Jacob from the Lord, that was Abraham’s deliverer: No longer shall Jacob be disappointed, no longer put to the blush.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	29	23	He shall see children of his, my gift, doing honour publicly to my name; honour to the Holy One of Jacob, homage to the God of Israel!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	29	24	Restless hearts will attain true knowledge then, and the murmurers learn wisdom.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	1	Out upon you, the Lord says, what treason is this? Here be plans afoot that were never mine, webs a-weaving, and the pattern none of my choice. Trust me, you do but add to your guilt.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	2	What are these journeyings down into Egypt, and I never consulted? Think you to find refuge in the strength of Pharao, look you to Egypt for shelter?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	3	Strength of Pharao shall play you false, nor shelter Egypt bring you, but shame.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	4	Princes of thine in Tanis, ambassadors from thee making their way to Hanes!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	5	Fruitless errand to a folk that could not save them; no help, no comfort there, only failure and mockery.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	6	What burden for the cattle-droves in the south? Here is a land of difficulty and danger, home of lion and lioness, of viper and flying serpent; and through it, goods piled on asses’ backs, treasures stored on the humps of camels, go men asking for help where help is none.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	7	From Egypt’s protection you shall have neither gain nor good; my word has been said about her, There goes Pride, let her alone.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	8	Go home, then, and engrave it on a tablet of box-wood for their instruction; write it down, too, carefully on a scroll, to be an abiding record in after days.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	9	So rebellious a people is this, so treacherous a breed, refusing, my own children, to listen to the law of their God;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	10	forbidding the prophet to prophesy, the man of vision to have vision of the truth. Ever they must be told what likes them best, comforted in their illusions;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	11	for them no marching orders, no prescribed path; he, the Holy One of Israel, must be kept far from their view.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	12	From him, the Holy One of Israel, this message: Warning of mine you have rejected, so blindly you trust your own cunning, your own headstrong will.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	13	Sudden and swift shall be your punishment, as the crash of a high wall that has long gaped ruinously, long been anxiously watched.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	14	So shrewd a blow potter never dealt, shivering earthen pot into fragments, till no shard is left that will carry a lighted coal from the hearth, or a mouthful of water from the cistern.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	15	From the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, word was given you, Come back and keep still, and all shall be well with you; in quietness and in confidence lies your strength. But you would have none of it;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	16	To horse! you cried, We must flee! and flee you shall; We must ride swiftly, you said; but swifter still ride your pursuers.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	17	Be you a thousand to one, yet at the challenge of five men you shall take to flight; nought left of you but a remnant, lonely as flag-staff on the mountain-top, as beacon on the hill.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	18	What if the Lord waits his time before he will have mercy on you? The more glorious, when it comes, his deliverance. The Lord is a God who makes award justly, blessed they shall be that wait for him.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	19	In Jerusalem they only will be left, true citizens of Sion. And thou, Jerusalem, tears shalt have none to shed; mercy is none he shall withhold. Soon as he hears thee crying out to him, the answer will come.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	20	Bread the Lord will grant, though it be sparingly, water, though it be in short measure. Birds of passage they shall be no longer, the men he gives thee for thy teachers; always thou wilt have a true counsellor in sight,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	21	always hear his voice in thy ear as he warns thee, This is the true path, follow it; no swerving to right or left!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	22	Silver leaf on thy graven images defaced now, defaced the sheaths of gold; thou wilt cast all away, as a woman casts away defiled clouts of hers, and bid it begone.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	23	And thereupon, sow where thou wilt all over the land, rain shall be granted to thy crops; rich and full shall be thy harvest of wheat; thou shalt have pasture, then, for lambs to browse in at liberty.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	24	Ox and ass on thy farm shall have mixed feed, pure grain fresh winnowed on the threshing-floor;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	25	never a mountain-top, never a high hill, but will flow with torrents of water, when that day comes. The dead shall lie in heaps that day, and towers come crashing down;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	26	moon’s light will be like the light of the sun, and the sun will shine in sevenfold strength, as if the light of seven days were joined in one, when the time comes for the Lord to bind up his people’s hurt, and heal their grievous wound.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	27	See where the majesty of the Lord comes from far away; his anger is aflame, and there is no withstanding it! There is menace on his lips, his tongue is like a consuming fire,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	28	and his breath like a mountain stream that floods over till it is neck-deep. He will sweep away whole nations into oblivion, sweep away the bridle of false fears that curbed the peoples till now.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	29	But, you, that night, will be singing for joy, as if it were the night when a solemn feast begins; your hearts will be light, as men’s hearts are light when they go up, with the flutes playing about them, to the mountain of the Lord, where he dwells, the strong God of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	30	The Lord will make his dread voice heard, will lay bare his terrible arm, volleying out his anger in flashes of devouring fire, laying all low with his whirlwind, with his hail-stones;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	31	and Assur will shrink in fear from the Lord’s voice, and will feel his rod.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	32	So it is decreed that the rod should pass over him, brought down on him by the Lord’s hand to the music of your tambours and harps; a strange warfare this, that shall quell them!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	30	33	In these times a new Topheth has been made ready; this, too, made ready by a king. It is deep and wide, fed with flaming brands in abundance; and the breath of the Lord comes down like a stream of brimstone, to kindle it.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	31	1	Out upon you, that betake yourselves to Egypt for succour! Horses must be your speed in the hour of peril; great array of chariots you must have, and horsemen without number, to bring you confidence; to the Holy One of Israel turn you never, confidence in the Lord is none.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	31	2	And yet he too is a wise counsellor; brings he trouble to a man’s door, he does not lightly change his purpose; doubt not he will take arms against a rebellious race, the unholy alliance bring to nothing.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	31	3	Strength of Egypt is human, not divine; its horses are weak flesh, not immortal spirit; one movement of the Lord’s hand, and down comes rescuer, down falls the rescued, to lie there forgotten.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	31	4	A promise from the Lord God! Here is lion, or cub of a lion, growling over his prey; what though the shepherds rally, and go out to meet him? Nothing cares he for their shouts, is not awed by their numbers. So it will be with the Lord of hosts, when he comes down to war, here on mount Sion, with his own hill-side for battle-ground.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	31	5	As parent bird hovers over nest, so will the Lord of hosts protect Jerusalem; protect her and bring her safe through, grant signal deliverance.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	31	6	Come back, sons of Israel, that have hidden yourselves away so deep.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	31	7	Time, then, for each man to cast away his idols of gold and silver, idols your guilty hands have made.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	31	8	Not by the sword of man Assur shall fall, earthly weapon is none shall boast it slew him. Flee he must ere sword threaten him, and never warrior of his be left, but to slavery.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	31	9	All that stubborn strength of his by terror unmanned, all his princes fled away! Such comfort the Lord sends to Sion, where his fire is lit, to Jerusalem, where glows his furnace.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	32	1	See, where a king rules his folk justly! His nobles, too, make right award;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	32	2	to them men look, as for shelter against the wind, cover in a storm; for running streams in drought, shade of towering rock in a parched land.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	32	3	Eyes they will have to see with, no darkness there; ears that are strained to listen attentively;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	32	4	rude minds shall learn wise thoughts, the stammering tongue speak out readily and clear.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	32	5	Noble rank shall no longer be for the reckless, or lordly titles for the crafty.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	32	6	The reckless man, that speaks ever recklessly, his heart set on mischief, still full of empty show, and blasphemy against the Lord; food to the hungry, drink to the thirsty denying still!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	32	7	And the crafty man, an ill craft is his, false pleas devising to ruin harmless folk, cheat the poor of their rights!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	32	8	From a noble nature spring noble acts; title is none to greatness higher than this.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	32	9	Bestir you, fine ladies, and listen; for ears untroubled by alarm I have a message.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	32	10	Swiftly the days pass, the year goes round, and you shall have trouble enough, anxious foreboding, when the vintage fails, and no fruit-harvest comes.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	32	11	Bewildered, the minds that were once at ease, full of foreboding, those untroubled hearts; you must go stripped and shame-faced now, with sackcloth about your loins,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	32	12	mourn for lost fruitfulness, for the fields once so smiling, for the vineyards that bore so well.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	32	13	That thorns and briers should come up in these lands of yours; come up over haunts you loved, in the city that was all mirth!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	32	14	Empty, now, the palace, forgotten the hum of yonder streets; nothing but gloom, where a man must pick his way through caverns endlessly; loved haunts of the wild ass, a pasture-ground for the flock.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	32	15	All this, until the spirit is poured out on us from above; fruitful as Carmel then the wilderness, to make your well-tilled lands seem but waste.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	32	16	Alike desert and fruitful field the home, now, of innocence,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	32	17	the abode of loyalty; loyalty, that has peace for its crown, tranquillity for its harvest, repose for ever undisturbed.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	32	18	In quiet homes this people of mine shall live, in dwelling-places that fear no attack; all shall be ease and plenty.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	32	19	But first the hail-storm must do its work, forest be laid low, city levelled with the ground.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	32	20	Ah, blessed race, their seed sowing, their oxen and asses driving, by every stream that flows!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	33	1	What, plunderer of the nations, unplundered still? Proud lord of others, does none dispute thy lordship? A time comes when thou must cease plundering, and thyself be plundered, when of lordship thou hast had enough, and others lord it over thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	33	2	Have mercy on us, Lord, that wait for thee so patiently; day after day be our stronghold, our deliverer thou in time of trouble!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	33	3	Fled, the alien host, scattered the heathen, thy angel’s voice once heard, thy power made manifest!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	33	4	Your spoils, Gentiles, how easily amassed! Easily as the locusts, where they swarm in the trenches.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	33	5	The Lord’s power made manifest, that is throned high in heaven! With his just award Sion shall be well content;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	33	6	still in these times of ours the promise well kept, the full deliverance. Knowledge and wisdom and the fear of the Lord, what treasure like these?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	33	7	See, where they stand at the gates, the men we sent out to report, hailing us; the messengers we sent to ask for peace, weeping bitterly;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	33	8	Deserted, the highways, the lanes untravelled; the enemy has broken the truce, making no terms with the cities, not sparing the lives of men;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	33	9	widowed the countryside and lifeless, Lebanon shrunken and withered, Saron a wilderness, Basan and Carmel quaking with fear.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	33	10	Now, the Lord says, to bestir myself, now to rise up in arms against them, now to make them feel my power!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	33	11	A raging fire conceived in the womb, and nothing but stubble brought to the birth; your own impetuous spirit shall be a fire, Gentiles, to devour you;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	33	12	like ashes in a kiln they shall be left, the alien hordes, bundles of brushwood eaten up by the fire.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	33	13	Listen then, you that live far off, to the story of my doings; and you, who dwell close to me, learn the lesson of my power.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	33	14	In Sion itself there be guilty folk that tremble, false hearts full of dismay; who shall survive this devouring flame, the near presence of fires that burn unceasingly?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	33	15	He only, that follows the path of innocence, tells truth, ill-gotten gain refuses, flings back the bribe; his ears shut to murderous counsels, his eyes from every harmful sight turned away.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	33	16	On the heights his dwelling shall be, his eyrie among the fastnesses of the rocks, bread shall be his for the asking, water from an unfailing spring.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	33	17	Those eyes shall look on the king in his royal beauty, have sight of a land whose frontiers are far away.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	33	18	Of those old fears, how thou wilt recall the memory! Where are they now, the learned men, that could weight each phrase of the law, that taught us like children?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	33	19	No longer wilt thou see before thee a rebellious people, all profound talk that passes thy comprehension, and no wisdom.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	33	20	Look around thee at Sion, goal of our pilgrimage, see where Jerusalem lies, an undisturbed dwelling-place; here is tent securely fixed, its pegs immoveable, its ropes never to be broken.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	33	21	Here, as nowhere else, our Lord reigns in majesty; a place of rivers, of wide, open streams, yet no ship’s oar will disturb it, no huge galleon pass by;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	33	22	the Lord our judge, the Lord our lawgiver, the Lord our king, will himself be our deliverance.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	33	23	Now, thy tackle hangs loose and unserviceable, too weak thy mast is to display thy pennon; then, thou wilt have the spoil of many forays to divide, even lame folk shall carry plunder away.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	33	24	No more shall they cry out on their helpless plight, these, thy fellow citizens; none dwells there now but is assoiled of his guilt.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	34	1	Nations, come near and listen, here is news for all mankind; give heed the whole world must, and all that lives on it, earth and all earth breeds.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	34	2	On all nations the Lord will be avenged, never an armed host but must feel the blow, forfeit, all of them, and doomed to perish.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	34	3	See where they lie slain, their carrion polluting the air, the very hills rotted away with their blood!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	34	4	Fade they into nothing, yonder heavenly powers; shrivel, like a scroll, the heavens themselves, nor any star there but must wither, as leaf withers on vine or fig-tree;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	34	5	in the very heavens my sword shall drink deep of blood. On Edom doubt not it shall fall, death-sentence to execute,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	34	6	the sword of the Lord, glutted with blood! Well nourished with fat, where it drank the blood of lambs and goats, of stalled rams! There are victims ready for the Lord in Bosra; great slaughter then shall be in the land of Edom.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	34	7	Down go the wild bulls with the rest, the bullocks, leaders of the herd; earth must be sodden with their blood, rich grow the soil with fat of their pampered kings.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	34	8	Swiftly it comes, the day of the Lord’s vengeance, the year that shall see Sion’s wrongs redressed.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	34	9	Pitch they shall be henceforward, the brooks of Edom, its soil brimstone; a land of burning pitch,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	34	10	never quenched night or day, its smoke going up eternally; age after age it shall yet be desolate, untravelled for ever by the foot of man.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	34	11	Pelican and hedge-hog shall claim it, ibis and raven be its tenants; plotted with the Lord’s measuring-line, an empty void, tried with his plummet, a hanging ruin.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	34	12	Cry they for a king to govern it, that has no chieftain now; all its princes have vanished.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	34	13	Thorns and nettles shall grow in its palaces, briers over its battlements; it shall be the lair of serpents, the pasture-ground of the ostrich.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	34	14	Devils and monstrous forms shall haunt it, satyr call out to satyr; there the vampire lies down and finds rest.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	34	15	Hedge-hog makes a nest to rear its young, nurtured safely in yonder shade; vulture there with vulture meets.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	34	16	Turn back, when the time comes, to this record of divine prophecy, and read it afresh; you shall learn, then, that none of these signs was lacking, none waited for the coming of the next. The Lord it was entrusted me with the prophecies I utter; by his Spirit that strange company was called together.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	34	17	For each its own dwelling-place; in his hand was the line that measured it out to them; there they shall live on for ever, to all ages undisturbed.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	35	1	Thrills the barren desert with rejoicing; the wilderness takes heart, and blossoms, fair as the lily.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	35	2	Blossom on blossom, it will rejoice and sing for joy; all the majesty of Lebanon is bestowed on it, all the grace of Carmel and of Saron. All alike shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty of our God.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	35	3	Stiffen, then, the sinews of drooping hand and flagging knee;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	35	4	give word to the faint-hearted, Take courage, and have no fear; see where your Lord is bringing redress for your wrongs, God himself, coming to deliver you!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	35	5	Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and deaf ears unsealed;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	35	6	the lame man, then, shall leap as the deer leap, the speechless tongue cry aloud. Springs will gush out in the wilderness, streams flow through the desert;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	35	7	ground that was dried up will give place to pools, barren land to wells of clear water; where the serpent had its lair once, reed and bulrush will show their green.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	35	8	A high road will stretch across it, by divine proclamation kept holy; none that is defiled may travel on it; and there you shall find a straight path lying before you, wayfarer is none so foolish he can go astray.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	35	9	No lions shall molest it, no beasts of prey venture on it. Free men shall walk on it,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	35	10	coming home again to Sion, and praising the Lord for their ransoming. Eternal happiness crowns them, joy and happiness in their grasp now, sorrow and sighing fled far away.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	36	1	It was in the fourteenth year of Ezechias’ reign that Sennacherib, king of Assyria, marched on the fortified cities of Juda, and took them.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	36	2	And the king of Assyria, who was then at Lachis, sent Rabsaces at the head of a strong force to Jerusalem, where king Ezechias was. This Rabsaces took up his stand on the aqueduct that fed the upper pool, on the way that brings you to the Fuller’s Field,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	36	3	and there he was met by Eliacim, son of Helcias, the controller of the royal household, and Sobna, the scribe, and Joahe, son of Asaph, the recorder.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	36	4	So he bade them tell Ezechias, Here is a message to thee from the great king, the king of Assyria. What confidence is this that makes thee so bold?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	36	5	By what cunning or what force dost thou hope to meet me in arms? On whose help dost thou rely, that thou wouldst throw off my allegiance?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	36	6	What, wilt thou rely on Egypt? That is to support thyself on a broken staff of cane, that will run into a man’s hand, if he presses on it, and pierce him through; such does Pharao, king of Egypt, prove himself to all those who rely on him.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	36	7	Or wilt thou answer, We trust, I and my people, in the Lord our God? Tell me, who is he? Is he not the God whose hill-shrines and altars their king, Ezechias, has cleared away, bidding Juda and Jerusalem worship at one altar here?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	36	8	Come now, if thou wert to make terms with my master, the king of Assyria, by which I must hand over to thee two thousand horses, wouldst thou be able to do thy part by putting riders on them?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	36	9	Why, thou art no match even for a city prefect, the least of my master’s servants. Trust if thou wilt in Egypt, its chariots and its horsemen;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	36	10	but dost thou doubt that I have the Lord’s warrant to come and subdue this land? It was the Lord himself who sent word to me, Make war on this land, and subdue it.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	36	11	At this, Eliacim and Sobna and Joahe said to Rabsaces, My lord, pray talk to us in Syriac; we know it well. Do not talk to us in the Hebrew language, while all these folks are standing on the walls within hearing.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	36	12	What, said Rabsaces, dost thou think my master hath sent me with this message for thee only, and for that master of thine? It is for the folk who man the walls, these companions of yours that have nothing left to eat or drink but the ventings of their own bodies.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	36	13	Then Rabsaces stood up and cried aloud, in Hebrew, Here is a message to you from the great king, the king of Assyria!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	36	14	This is the king’s warning, Do not be deluded by Ezechias, he is powerless to save you;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	36	15	do not let Ezechias put you off by telling you to trust in God; that the Lord is certain to bring you aid, he cannot allow the king of Assyria to become master of your city.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	36	16	No, do not listen to Ezechias; here are the terms the king of Assyria offers to you. Earn my good will by surrendering to me, and you shall live unmolested; to each the fruit of his own vine and fig-tree, to each the water from his own cistern.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	36	17	Then, when I come back, I will transplant you into a land like your own, which will grudge you neither wheat nor wine, so rich is it in cornfields and vineyards.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	36	18	No, do not let Ezechias stir you to action by telling you that the Lord will deliver you. What of other nations? Were their countries delivered, by this god or that, when the king of Assyria threatened them?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	36	19	What gods had Emath and Arphad, what god had Sepharvaim? Did any power rescue Samaria from my attack?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	36	20	Which of all the gods in the world has delivered his country when I threatened it, that you should trust in the Lord’s deliverance, when I threaten Jerusalem?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	36	21	But all kept silence, and gave him no word in answer; the king had sent orders that they were not to answer him.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	36	22	So Eliacim, son of Helcias, the controller of the royal household, and Sobna, the scribe, and Joahe, son of Asaph, the recorder, went back to Ezechias, with their garments torn about them, to let him know what Rabsaces had said.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	1	No sooner had king Ezechias heard it, than he tore his garments open, and put on sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	2	Meanwhile, he sent word to the prophet Isaias, son of Amos. Eliacim, the controller of the household, and Sobna, the scribe, and some of the older priests, went on this errand.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	3	Here is a message for thee, they said, from Ezechias. Troublous times have come upon us; times to make us mend our ways, or else blaspheme God. What remedy, when children come to the birth, and the mother has no strength to bear them?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	4	Unless indeed the Lord God should take cognizance of what Rabsaces has been saying, Rabsaces, who was sent here by his master, the king of Assyria, to blaspheme the living God. Surely the Lord thy God has listened to the reproaches he uttered. Raise thy voice, then, in prayer for the poor remnant that is left.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	5	Thus visited by the servants of Ezechias,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	6	Isaias answered, Give your master this message. Do not be dismayed, the Lord says, at hearing the blasphemies which the courtiers of the Assyrian king have uttered against me.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	7	See if I do not put him in such a mind, see if I do not make him hear such news, as will send him back to his own country. And when he reaches his own country, I will give the word, and the sword shall make an end of him.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	8	And now Rabsaces went back to find the king of the Assyrians before Lobna, hearing that he had raised the siege of Lachis.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	9	News had come that Taracha, king of the Ethiopians, was on his way to do battle with him. And the king, when he heard the report, despatched messengers to Ezechias;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	10	Give this warning, he said, to Ezechias, king of Juda. Do not let the God in whom thou puttest such confidence deceive thee with false hopes, telling thee that Jerusalem will never be allowed to fall into the hands of the Assyrian king.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	11	What, hast thou not heard what the kings of Assyria have done to the nations everywhere, destroying them utterly? And what hope hast thou of deliverance?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	12	What saving power had the gods of those old peoples my fathers overthrew, Gozam, and Haram, and Repheth, and the race of Eden who lived in Thalassar?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	13	Where are they, the kings of Emath, and Arphad, the kings who governed the city of Sepharvaim, and Ana, and Ava?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	14	These despatches were handed by the messengers to Ezechias, and when he had read them, he went up into the house of the Lord, and held them out open in the Lord’s presence.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	15	And this was the prayer which Ezechias made to the Lord:
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	16	Lord of hosts, God of Israel, who hast thy throne above the cherubim, thou alone art God over all the kingdoms of the world, heaven and earth are of thy fashioning.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	17	Give ear, Lord, and listen; open thy eyes, Lord, and see; do not let Sennacherib’s words go unheard, these blasphemies he has uttered against the living God.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	18	It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have brought ruin on whole nations, and the lands they lived in,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	19	and thrown their gods into the fire; but these were in truth no gods; men had made them, of wood or stone, and men could break them.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	20	Now it is for thee, O Lord our God, to rescue us from the invader, and shew all the kingdoms of the world there is no other Lord, save thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	21	Then Isaias, son of Amos, sent word to Ezechias, A message to thee from the Lord, the God of Israel, in answer to the prayer thou hast made to him about Sennacherib, king of the Assyrians.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	22	This is what the Lord has to say of him: See how she mocks thee, flouts thee, Sion, the virgin city! Jerusalem, proud maiden, follows thee with her eyes and tosses her head in scorn.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	23	So thou wouldst hurl insults, and blaspheme, and talk boastfully, and brave it out with disdainful looks, against whom? Against the Holy One of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	24	In thy name, these servants of thine have hurled insults at the Lord. It was thy dream that thou hadst scaled, with those chariots of thine, the mountain heights, the slopes of Lebanon; and now thou wouldst cut down its tall cedars, its noble fir-trees, till thou couldst reach the very summit of the ascent, the garden its woods enclosed.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	25	Thou wouldst dig wells and drink wherever it pleased thee, thou wouldst dry up, in thy march, the banked channels of the Nile.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	26	What, hast thou not heard how I dealt with this people in time past? This present design, too, is one I have formed long since, and am now carrying out; such a design as brings with it ruin for the mountain-fastnesses, the walled cities that fight against thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	27	Sure enough, they were overawed and discomfited, the puny garrisons that held them; frail as meadow grass or mountain pasturage, or the stalks that grow on the house-top, withering before they can ripen.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	28	But I am watching thee where thou dwellest, thy comings and goings, thy raving talk against me.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	29	Yes, I have listened to the ravings of thy pride against me, and now a ring for thy nose, a twitch of the bridle in thy mouth, and back thou goest by the way thou didst come.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	30	Here is a test for thee, Ezechias, of the truth of my prophecy; this year thou must be content to eat the aftergrowth, and next year wild things shall be thy food; in the third year you may sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	31	A remnant of Juda’s race will be saved, and this remnant will strike root deep in earth, bear fruit high in air;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	32	yes, it is from Jerusalem the remnant will come, from mount Sion that we shall win salvation; so tenderly he loves us, the Lord of hosts.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	33	This, then, is what the Lord has to tell thee about the king of the Assyrians; he shall never enter this city, or shoot an arrow into it; no shield-protected host shall storm it, no earthworks shall be cast up around it.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	34	He will go back the way he came, and never enter into this city, the Lord says;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	35	I will keep guard over this city and deliver it, for my own honour and for the honour of my servant David.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	36	It was after this that an angel of the Lord went out on his errand, and smote down a hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp; when morning came, and men were astir, nothing was to be seen but the corpses of the dead.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	37	So Sennacherib, king of the Assyrians, broke up camp, and took the road, and was gone; nor did he leave Ninive again.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	37	38	And one day, when he was at worship in the temple of his god Nosroch, two sons of his, Adramelech and Sarasar, drew their swords on him, and so escaped into the land of Ararat; and the kingdom passed to his son Asarhaddon.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	38	1	And now Ezechias fell sick, and was at death’s door; indeed, the prophet Isaias, son of Amos, visited him with this message from the Lord, Put thy affairs in order; it is death that awaits thee, not recovery.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	38	2	At this Ezechias turned his face towards the wall, and prayed to the Lord thus:
-Isaiah	Isa	26	38	3	Remember, Lord, I entreat thee, a life that has kept true to thee, an innocent heart; how I did ever what was thy will. And Ezechias wept bitterly.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	38	4	And thereupon the word of the Lord came to Isaias,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	38	5	Go and tell Ezechias, Here is a message to thee from the Lord, the God of thy father David. I have listened to thy prayer, and marked thy tears; be it so, I will add fifteen years to thy life.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	38	6	And I will save thee and thy city from the power of the Assyrian king; I will be its protector.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	38	7	This sign, too, the Lord gives thee, in proof that he will make his promise good;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	38	8	see how low the shadow has fallen, with sun-down, where the dial of Achaz marks the hours! I will make it go ten hours back. And with that the sun retraced ten hours of its descent.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	38	9	These are the words Ezechias king of Juda wrote, upon falling sick and recovering of his illness.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	38	10	It seemed as if I must go down to the gates of the world beneath, in the noontide of my years; the remnant of life that I hoped for, hoped for in vain.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	38	11	No more (thought I) to lift up my eyes to the Lord God in this land of the living, to see men’s faces, and quiet homes, no more!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	38	12	This familiar world taken away from me, folded up like a shepherd’s tent, my life cut short like the weaver’s thread! And he had cut me off while the web was still in the making; before the day reached its evening, he would make an end of me.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	38	13	All night long I lay still, as if he had been a lion that had broken all my bones; before the day reached its evening he would make an end of me.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	38	14	My voice was as feeble as the voice of a nestling swallow or murmuring dove; my eyes wearied out with ever straining upwards. Lord, I am in hard straits; win my release for me!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	38	15	And yet, what words can I use, what answer can I expect, when it is he himself that has brought this upon me? With bitter heart I pass all my years in review.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	38	16	Lord, so frail a thing is life; on so little does my mortal breath depend! Thou canst chastise me, thou canst make me live.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	38	17	Bitter, bitter the discipline that brings me peace!And now thou hast saved the life that was in peril, thrusting away all my sins out of thy sight.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	38	18	Thou hast no praise in the world beneath, death cannot honour thee; those who go down into the grave have no promise of thine to hope for;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	38	19	it is living men, as I am a living man to-day, that give thee thanks, pass on from father to son the story of thy faithfulness.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	38	20	Lord, be my saviour still; so, all day long, the Lord’s house shall ring with the music of our psalms.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	38	21	Note that Isaias bade them take a lump of figs, and make a plaster of it for the king’s ulcer, and this is how he was healed.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	38	22	And note that Ezechias had asked what sign should be given him, in proof that he would set foot in the Lord’s house again.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	39	1	And now, hearing of his sickness and recovery, the king of Babylon, Merodach Baladan, son of Baladan, sent a letter and gifts to Ezechias.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	39	2	Ezechias was delighted at the coming of these envoys, and shewed them his scented treasure-house, with its silver and gold and spices and rich ointments; the rooms where his ornaments were kept; all the wealth of his store-house. There was nothing in palace or domain but he showed it to them.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	39	3	Then the prophet Isaias gained audience of king Ezechias, and asked him, What message did these men bring, and whence had they come? They came to see me, said Ezechias, from a country that is far away, from Babylon.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	39	4	And when Isaias asked what they had seen in his palace, he told him, They saw everything in my palace; I have no treasures I did not shew them.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	39	5	And at that Isaias said to Ezechias, I have a message for thy hearing from the Lord of hosts.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	39	6	Behold, a time is coming when all that is in thy house, all the treasures which thy fathers have amassed there in times past, will be taken away to Babylon; nothing shall be left of it, the Lord says.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	39	7	And sons of thine, men of thy own line, of thy own stock, shall be carried off to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	39	8	Why then, Ezechias said to Isaias, welcome be the word the Lord has spoken! In my time at least, he said, may there be peace, may the promise hold good.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	1	Take heart again, my people, says your God, take heart again.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	2	Speak Jerusalem fair, cry aloud to her that her woes are at an end, her guilt is pardoned; double toll the Lord has taken for all her sins.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	3	A cry, there, out in the wilderness, Make way for the Lord’s coming; a straight road for our God through the desert!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	4	Bridged every valley must be, every mountain and hill levelled; windings cut straight, and the rough paths paved;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	5	the Lord’s glory is to be revealed for all mankind to witness; it is his own decree.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	6	A voice came, bidding me cry aloud; asked I in what words, in these: Mortal things are but grass, the glory of them is but grass in flower;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	7	grass that withers, a flower that fades, when the Lord’s breath blows upon it. The whole people, what is it but grass?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	8	Grass that withers, a flower that fades; but the word of our Lord stands for ever.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	9	Good news for Sion, take thy stand, herald, on some high mountain; good news for Jerusalem, proclaim it, herald, aloud; louder still, no cause now for fear; tell the cities of Juda, See, your God comes!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	10	See, the Lord God is coming, revealed in power, with his own strong arm for warrant; and see, they come with him, they walk before him, the reward of his labour, the achievement of his task,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	11	his own flock! Like a shepherd he tends them, gathers up the lambs and carries them in his bosom, helps the ewes in milk forward on their way.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	12	Who was it measured out the waters in his open hand, heaven balanced on his palm, earth’s mass poised on three of his fingers? Who tried yonder mountains in the scale, weighed out the hills?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	13	No aid, then, had the spirit of the Lord to help him, no counsellor stood by to admonish him.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	14	None other was there, to lend his skill; guide to point out the way, pilot to warn him of danger.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	15	What are the nations to him but a drop of water in a bucket, a make-weight on the scales? What are the islands but a handful of dust?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	16	His altar-hearth Lebanon itself could not feed, victims could not yield enough for his burnt-sacrifice.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	17	All the nations of the world shrink, in his presence, to nothing, emptiness, a very void, beside him.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	18	And will you find a likeness for God, set up a form to resemble him?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	19	What avails image the metal-worker casts, for goldsmith to line with gold, silversmith plate with silver?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	20	What avails yonder wood, hard of fibre, proof against decay; the craftsman’s care, that his statue should stand immovable?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	21	What ignorance is this? Has no rumour reached you, no tradition from the beginning of time, that you should not understand earth’s origin?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	22	There is One sits so high above its orb, those who live on it seem tiny as locusts; One who has spread out the heavens like gossamer, as he were pitching a tent to dwell in.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	23	The men who can read mysteries, how he confounds them, the men who judge on earth, what empty things he makes of them!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	24	Saplings never truly planted, or laid out, or grounded in the soil, see how they wither at his sudden blast, how the storm-wind carries them away like stubble!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	25	What likeness, then, can you find to match me with? asks the Holy One.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	26	Lift up your eyes, and look at the heavens; who was it that made them? Who is it that marshals the full muster of their starry host, calling each by its name, not one of them missing from the ranks? Such strength, such vigour, such spirit is his.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	27	What, then, is this thought of thine, Jacob, what is this complaint of thine, Israel, that the Lord does not see how it fares with thee, that thy God passes over thy wrongs?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	28	What ignorance is this? Has not the rumour of it reached thee? This Lord of ours, who fashioned the remotest bounds of earth, is God eternally; he does not weaken or grow weary; he is wise beyond all our thinking.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	29	Rather, it is he who gives the weary fresh spirit, who fosters strength and vigour where strength and vigour is none.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	30	Youth itself may weaken, the warrior faint and flag,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	40	31	but those who trust in the Lord will renew their strength, like eagles new-fledged; hasten, and never grow weary of hastening, march on, and never weaken on the march.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	1	Let the islands cease their clamour, and come to me, let the peoples of the world take heart afresh; and so let them come and plead their cause; we will submit the question to an arbiter, they and I.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	2	Tell me, who was it summoned his faithful servant from the east, beckoned him to follow? The nations should be at his mercy, kings be subdued at his coming; flying like dust before his sword, scattered like chaff in the wind at the threat of his bow.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	3	He should rout them in battle, and pass through their country unmolested, leaving not a footprint behind him.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	4	Who was the author, the doer of all this, but I, the Lord, who summon all the ages into being? Before all, and at the end of all, I am.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	5	The islands have seen it, and trembled at the sight; the remotest parts of the world have been smitten with dismay; they draw near, and obey the summons.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	6	(And still each abets his neighbour; Courage, says one to another.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	7	The metal-worker, plying the hammer, encourages his fellow that is smiting the anvil; all goes well, he says, with the soldering. And he fastens it with nails, immovable. )
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	8	But thou, Israel, my servant, thou, Jacob, on whom my choice has fallen, art sprung from that Abraham, who was my friend;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	9	in his person, I led thee by the hand from the ends of the earth, beckoning thee from far away, and still I whispered to thee, My servant thou art, chosen, not rejected.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	10	Have no fear, I am with thee; do not hesitate, am I not thy God? I am here to strengthen and protect thee; faithful the right hand that holds thee up.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	11	Thou shalt see all thy enemies disappointed and put to the blush; what are they? A very nothing, those adversaries of thine; they must vanish away;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	12	thou wilt look in vain for the men who troubled thee, fought against thee; thy search is for a very nothing, a memory of the past.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	13	It is I, the Lord thy God, that hold thee by the hand and whisper to thee, Do not be afraid, I am here to help thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	14	Jacob, poor worm, poor ghost of Israel, do not be afraid; I am here, says the Lord, to help thee; I am here, says the Holy One of Israel, to ransom thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	15	I mean to go a-threshing, and thou my sledge, newly made; teeth like saws to thresh the mountains and crush them down, turn the hills into chaff;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	16	ay, and winnow them, till wind carries them away and storm scatters them! Thou shalt yet make thy boast of the Lord, triumph in the Holy One of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	17	Poor vagrants that long for water, where water is none, how dry their tongues with thirst! And shall I, the Lord, refuse them a hearing, I, the Holy One of Israel, leave them forsaken?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	18	I will open springs on the hill-slopes, wells in the open plain, turn the wilderness into pools, the trackless desert into running streams.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	19	I will plant those wastes with cedar and acacia, myrtle and olive; rear, in that desert soil, fir and elm and box besides;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	20	proof for all to see and recognize, for all to mark and to consider, that the Lord’s hand was there; who but he, the Holy One of Israel, creates?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	21	Come then, says the Lord, your pleadings! Let the King of Jacob hear your contentions;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	22	let them come forward, these other gods, and tell us the future. So read the past for us, that the study of it may disclose what needs must follow; coming events make known.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	23	Foretell you what is yet to be, we shall know you are gods indeed. Then, if you have the power, grant good or ill fortune to mankind; confer we, and pass judgement on it!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	24	Why, you are all empty air, a nothing that nothing can effect; he courts his own shame, that makes choice of you.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	25	I summoned one from the north country; from the east his coming should be, and ever he should invoke my name. Princes he should harry to and fro, lightly as potter treads out his clay.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	26	Which of you foretold this from the first? Let us recognize it. Which of you knew it from the beginning? We must needs say, His plea is just. But no, none gave tidings of it, none foretold it; there was no word came from you.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	27	Who will be the first to tell Sion, Here, here they are? He shall carry my good news to Jerusalem.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	28	But when I looked, there was none of them that could offer counsel, or give a word in answer when I questioned him.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	41	29	None of them has right on his side; all their doings are nothingness; no better than empty air the images men make of them.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	42	1	And now, here is my servant, to whom I grant protection, the man of my choice, greatly beloved. My spirit rests upon him, and he will proclaim right order among the Gentiles.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	42	2	He will not be contentious or a lover of faction; none shall hear his voice in the streets.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	42	3	He will not snap the staff that is already crushed, or put out the wick that still smoulders; but at last he will establish right order unfailingly.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	42	4	Not with sternness, not with violence; to set up right order on earth, that is his mission. He has a law to give; in the far-off islands men wait for it eagerly.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	42	5	Thus says the Lord God, he who created the heavens and spread them out, craftsman of the world and all the world affords, he who gives being and breath to all that lives and moves on it:
-Isaiah	Isa	26	42	6	True to my purpose, I, the Lord, have summoned thee, taking thee by the hand and protecting thee, to make, through thee, a covenant with my own people, to shed, through thee, light over the Gentiles:
-Isaiah	Isa	26	42	7	to give sight to blinded eyes, to set the prisoner free from his captivity, from the dungeon where he lies in darkness.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	42	8	I am the Lord, whose name tells of power; I will not let the boast that is mine pass to another, or share my renown with graven gods.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	42	9	What I told you long since, has proved true under your eyes; I tell you now what is still to be; you shall hear of it before ever it comes to light.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	42	10	Sing the Lord a new song; let his praise sound from end to end of the earth. Praise him from the sea, all men that sail on it, and all creatures the sea contains; the islands and the island-dwellers.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	42	11	Let the wilderness, now, lift up its head, and the desert cities; the men of Cedar shall have villages to dwell in. Give praise, then, rock-dwellers; the mountain-tops shall ring with their cries.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	42	12	All shall give God his praise, till the renown of him reaches the islands far away.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	42	13	Like a giant the Lord shall go out to battle, like a warrior that stirs up his own rage, with hue and cry, flouting his enemies.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	42	14	Too long I have been dumb, eaten my heart out, held myself in like a woman in labour; now I will have my say, I will destroy, and as I destroy, devour!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	42	15	I will turn mountain and hill into a waste, withering all their verdure, make barren islands of the rivers, dry up the marshes;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	42	16	and I will lead men blindfold by unfamiliar ways, guide their steps by paths unknown to them; I will make the darkness light, and the winding ways straight for them. Such was my promise to them, and were they disappointed of it?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	42	17	See how they are routed, how they blush and blench, the men who trust in graven images, and say to the idols they have cast, You are gods of ours!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	42	18	Listen now, you that are deaf; look up, blind eyes, and see.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	42	19	Who so blind as my servant, who so deaf as he, to whom my messengers were sent? Who so blind, as he that has forfeited his liberty? Who so blind, as the Lord’s servant is?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	42	20	Eyes that have seen so much, must they be still unheeding; ears open to every rumour, will they never hear?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	42	21	It was ever the Lord’s will to sanctify him; so great, so glorious the law he gave him;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	42	22	yet here is a people robbed and spoiled, caught by warriors that have hidden it away in dungeons, a prey there is none to deliver, spoil none bids them restore.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	42	23	Which of you will listen to this, and mark it, and give a hearing to prophecy?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	42	24	Who was it that made Jacob a spoil, gave Israel up into the hands of the conqueror? It was that Lord, against whom we have sinned. Because his ways lay untrodden, his laws went unheeded,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	42	25	he poured out on Israel his angry retribution, war without mercy; and they? The flames burned round them, and they could not read the lesson, scorched them, and still they could not understand.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	1	And now, here is a message from the Lord to Jacob, his creature, to the Israel he fashioned: Do not be afraid, I have bought thee for myself, and given thee the name thou bearest: thou belongest to me.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	2	Pass through water, and I will be with thee, so that the flood shall not drown thee; walk amid the flames, and thou shalt not be burnt, the fire shall have no power to catch thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	3	I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy deliverer; I have bartered away Egypt to win thee, Ethiopia and Saba for thy ransom.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	4	So prized, so honoured, so dearly loved, that I am ready to give up mankind in thy place, a world to save thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	5	Do not be afraid, I am with thee; I will restore thy sons from the east, the west shall hear the calling of their muster-roll;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	6	I will say to the north wind, Give them back; to the south wind, Restrain them no more; bring back these sons of mine from far away, these daughters of mine from the world’s end.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	7	Whoever owns my name is my creature, made and fashioned for my glory.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	8	Bring them out, then, into the light of day, this people of mine that have eyes, and still cannot see, have ears, and cannot hear.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	9	Round about us, all the nations of the world are gathered, all its tribes assemble. And now, which among you can make this claim, give us an account of events foretold long ago? Let them produce witnesses to justify their claim, so that all may listen and say, It is the truth.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	10	I call you to witness, the Lord says, you and this servant of mine, on whom my choice has fallen; will you not recognize the truth, and believe me? Will you not learn to understand that I am the God you seek? None ever came into being before me, or will after me.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	11	It is I, I, the Lord; no other can bring deliverance.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	12	It was I who promised that deliverance, I who bought it; I told you of it, when there was no alien god worshipped among you; you are my witnesses to that, the Lord says. I am God,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	13	and what I was, I am; from my power there is no escaping; when I execute my designs, none can avert them.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	14	Thus says the Lord, your ransomer, the Holy One of Israel, If I send my emissaries to Babylon, casting down all its barriers, casting down the Chaldeans, with all the pride of their navies, it is for your sakes.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	15	I, the Lord, am your Holy One, I, the maker of Israel, am your king.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	16	A message to you from that same Lord, who could once lead you through the sea, make a passage for you through the foaming waters;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	17	could bring out chariots and horses, rank and file and chieftain together in pursuit, to fall there and never to rise again, crushed like a wick, and their light quenched.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	18	Do not remember those old things, he says, as if you had eyes for nothing but what happened long ago;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	19	I mean to perform new wonders; even now they are coming to the birth; surely you will understand at last? I mean to make a causeway over the desert, with streams flowing beside it in the waste.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	20	The wild things will do me honour, the serpents and the ostriches, for thus giving them water in the desert, streams in the waste; but it was for my people’s sake that I did it, to give drink to my chosen people.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	21	I made them for myself, surely they too will have praise to give me!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	22	Alas, Jacob, that my name should be forgotten, alas, Israel, that thou shouldst have troubled thyself about me so little!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	23	No ram of thine offered in burnt-sacrifice to me, no victims of thine to do me honour; little burden have my offerings been to thee, little trouble my meed of incense!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	24	Scented cane thou wouldst not buy to burn for me, nor think to cheer me with the fat of sacrifice; rather, it was I that was burdened, burdened with thy sins; I that was troubled, troubled with thy faithlessness.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	25	It was I, ever I, that must be blotting out thy offences, for my own honour’s sake, effacing the memory of thy sins.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	26	Time, now, thou shouldst remember me; come, let us settle the matter by arbitration, thou and I; tell me what plea thou hast to bring forward.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	27	For the guilt of thy first father, for the rebellions of thy own spokesmen against me,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	43	28	I brought thy inviolable princes to dishonour, gave up Jacob to destruction, Israel to the scorn of his enemies.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	1	Listen, then, Jacob, my servant, Israel, the people of my choice.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	2	Here is a mes-sage to thee from the Lord that made and fashioned thee in the womb, thy protector: do not be afraid, my servant, Jacob, my true, my chosen people.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	3	I will pour out water on the thirsty plain, streams over the land that once was dry; I will pour out my spirit upon thy race, my blessing on all thy line,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	4	and where the grass springs up they shall spring up too, like willows by running water.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	5	Now, a man will say openly, The Lord’s servant I; make his boast of Jacob’s name; write with his own hand, Dedicated to the Lord, and lay claim to the title of Israelite.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	6	Thus says the Lord, Israel’s king and ransomer, the Lord of hosts: I am before all; there is no other God but I.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	7	What other is like me? Let him proclaim it, tell us of it; let him expound the history of the past, ever since I established the primal race of man; then let him make known the future that is yet to come.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	8	Do not be afraid, or bewildered; you can bear me witness that from the first I proclaimed it in your hearing, there is no other God but I, no other Powers to rival me.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	9	What empty minds be theirs, that idols fashion! What help found any of them yet in his own darling inventions? Confess they, and to their shame, that these have neither sight nor thought.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	10	Who was it framed this god, moulded this image that nothing avails?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	11	What can they do, yonder whole conspiracy, but stand there blushing? They are but craftsmen with human power. See them met there in a body, all struck dumb, every one abashed as his neighbour!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	12	Here is blacksmith that works away with his file, beats out image with furnace and hammer, his strong arm the whole author of it; faints he, like other men, if he be hungry, tires at his task if water he have none to drink!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	13	Here is carpenter unfolding his rule; plane smoothes the wood, square and compasses must do their work; and what has he made for you? The figure of a man, that has but human beauty, a man that must have a roof to shelter him.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	14	For such ends, cedar must fall, ilex and oak be cut away from their place in the forest; for this, pine-tree was planted where rains should nourish it.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	15	Logs yonder carpenter will cut, a human hearth to feed; some he brings in to warm himself, kindles more when the bread is a-baking; and the rest? With the rest he makes himself a god to worship, bows down before the thing his own hands have carved!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	16	Well enough that hearth and oven should claim a share, that he should brew broth and fill his belly, that he should warm him, and boast of the warmth, at sight of his own chimney-corner.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	17	But that he should take the rest to make a god for himself! That he should fall down before an image, worship it, cry out to it, Save me, thou art my god!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	18	Ignorance and folly, bleared eyes that cannot see, dull hearts that cannot understand!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	19	Minds without reason, or sense, or thought, that cannot learn their lesson! Logs that fed the flame, embers that baked for me; now that my dinner is cooked and eaten, shall I take the rest and make an idol of it, fall down before a stump of wood?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	20	Dust and ashes are his portion; the fool goes on worshipping, cannot free his own soul from bondage, nor ask if he shelters himself under a lie.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	21	Remember it, Jacob, remember it, my servant Israel; it was I, Israel, that made thee; thou art my servant, and wilt thou forget me?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	22	The cloud of thy guilt, the haze of thy sinfulness, I have swept away; come back to me, thy ransomer.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	23	The Lord has been merciful; you heavens, sing your praises; depths of the earth, rejoice; echo the song of praise, mountain and forest and every forest tree; the Lord has ransomed Jacob, Israel shall make his boast in him.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	24	Thus says the Lord, thy ransomer, he who fashioned thee in the womb: I am the Lord, the author of all things; alone I spread out heaven’s canopy, looked for no help when I laid the floor of the earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	25	Mine to disappoint the soothsayers of their prophecies, and bewilder the diviner’s wits, send the wise men back to school, their wisdom all exposed as folly,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	26	vindicate my own servant, and justify the counsel my own messengers have given. It is my voice that bids Jerusalem grow populous, and the cities of Juda rise again, while I restore their ruins;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	27	my voice that bids the deep turn into a desert, and threatens to dry up all its floods;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	44	28	my voice that says to Cyrus, I give thee a shepherd’s part to play; it is for thee to carry out my whole purpose. And to Jerusalem it says, Thou shalt be built up; and to the Temple, Thou shalt be founded again.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	1	A message from the Lord to the king he has anointed, to Cyrus. I have caught him by his right hand, ready to subdue nations at his coming, put kings to flight, open every gateway before him, so that no door can keep him out.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	2	And now (says the Lord) I will still lead thee on thy way, bending the pride of earth low before thee; I will break open gates of bronze, and cleave through bars of iron;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	3	their hidden treasures, their most secret hoards, I will hand over to thee. Know by this that it is I, the Lord, the God of Israel, who am calling upon thee by thy name;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	4	and that I do it for love of my servant Jacob, of Israel, my chosen people. Yes, I have called thee by thy name; I have found a title for thee, when thou of me hadst no knowledge as yet.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	5	It is the Lord that speaks, and there is no other to rival me, no God but I; I, still unknown to thee, was fain to make thee strong, to what end?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	6	Because I would proclaim it from east to west that there is no other God. It is the Lord that speaks, and there is no other to rival me;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	7	I, the fashioner of darkness, the creator of light, I, the maker of peace, the author of calamity. I, the Lord, am the doer of all this.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	8	(You heavens, send dew from above, you skies, pour down upon us the rain we long for, him, the Just One; may he, the Saviour, spring from the closed womb of earth, and with him let right order take its being. )I, the Lord, have made my servant what he is.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	9	At his peril does man, poor shard of earthly clay, bandy words with his own Fashioner; shall the clay dare ask the potter who moulds it, What ails thee? Or tell him he is no craftsman?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	10	Strange, if a man should be asked by his own son, why he begot him, or a woman, why she gave birth!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	11	Thus says the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and Israel’s maker, Of me you must learn, what times they be that are coming; trust me to do what I will with my sons, with my own creatures.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	12	It was I framed the earth, and created man to dwell in it; it was my hands that spread out the heavens, my voice that marshalled the starry host;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	13	I, too, have summoned this man to perform my designs faithfully; go he where he will, my guidance shall be his. He shall build up my own city, he shall let my captives go free, without bribe or ransom, says the Lord of hosts.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	14	This, too, the Lord says: all the toil of Egypt, all the merchandise of Ethiopia, and tall slaves from Sabaea shall come into thy power and be thine; they shall walk behind thee, their hands manacled as they go, paying thee reverence, and crying out, God is with thee, with thee only; there is no God where thou art not.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	15	Truly, God of Israel, our Saviour, thou art a God of hidden ways!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	16	All the makers of false gods must needs be disappointed, must go away ashamed and abashed.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	17	Israel has found deliverance in the Lord, eternal deliverance; while ages last, no shame, no disappointment for you.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	18	The Lord has pronounced it; the Lord who made the heavens, and the whole frame and fashion of earth, moulded to his will. He did not create it to lie idle, he shaped it to be man’s home. And he says, It is the Lord that speaks, there is no other to rival me;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	19	it was not in secret, not in some dark recess of earth, that my word was spoken. Not in vain I bade the sons of Jacob search for me; I am the Lord, faithful to my promises, truthful in all I proclaim.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	20	Gather yourselves and come near, flock together to my side, heathen men that have found deliverance; who still, in your ignorance, set up wooden images of your own fashioning, and pray to a god that cannot save.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	21	Tell us your thoughts, come, take counsel among yourselves; who was it that proclaimed this from the first, prophesied it long ago? Was it not I, the Lord? There is no God where I am not. Was it not I, the faithful God? There is no other that can save.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	22	Turn back to me, and win deliverance, all you that dwell in the remotest corners of the earth; I am God, there is no other.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	23	By my own honour I have sworn it, nor shall it echo in vain, this faithful promise I have made,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	24	that every knee shall bow before me, and every tongue swear by my name.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	25	Then shall men say of the Lord, that redress and dominion come from him; all those who rebelled against him shall appear in his presence abashed.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	45	26	Through the Lord, the whole race of Israel shall be righted and brought to honour.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	46	1	Here is Bel fallen in pieces, Nabo shattered; their idols a gazing-stock for wild beasts and cattle! Heavy enough the burden you had to carry;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	46	2	these must be left to moulder in a common ruin; comfort they had none for their toiling worshippers, living souls that have gone off into captivity.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	46	3	Listen to me, sons of Jacob, and all the rest of Israel’s race, you whose weight has ever been my burden, like an unborn child, a babe in the womb.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	46	4	You grow old, but I am still the same; the grey hairs come, but I ever uphold you; I must carry you, I that created you, I must bear you away to safety.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	46	5	What comparison, what match will you find for me, what likeness to resemble me?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	46	6	Fools that fetch gold out of a sack, weigh silver in the balance, bid some craftsman make a god they should fall down and worship!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	46	7	Shoulder-high it must be borne, set down on its pedestal; there it stands, powerless to move from its place, deaf to their cry, and in their need bringing no deliverance.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	46	8	This, for your confusion, call to mind; think well on it, unbelieving hearts.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	46	9	Remember the lesson of times long since, that I am God, and there is no other, none to rival me;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	46	10	did I not tell you from the first the events of latter days, from the beginning what had not yet come to be? My purpose, I promised, should not fail, my whole will must needs be done.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	46	11	See where I have summoned a bird of prey from the east, a man from a distant country, to do this will of mine! I, that spoke, will make my word good; I, that purposed it, my purpose will accomplish.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	46	12	Redress far off? Nay, faithless hearts, listen to me;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	46	13	here is redress I bring you, close at hand. Distance there is none to be travelled, nor lingers deliverance on the way. Delivered Sion’s mountain shall be, Jerusalem have sight of my glory.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	47	1	Come down, sit in the dust, poor maid of Babylon; the ground thy seat shall be; no throne any longer for that queen of the Chaldean folk we knew once, so dainty, so delicate.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	47	2	Get thee to the millstones and grind there, ready to expose thy nakedness; off with thy veil, here are streams to be crossed bare of leg.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	47	3	Thou shalt be exposed to shame, thy naked form uncovered; I mean to take vengeance on thee, and no man shall stay my hand.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	47	4	(But we have one to ransom us; who but the Lord of hosts, the Holy One of Israel? )
-Isaiah	Isa	26	47	5	Sit dumb, bury thyself in darkness, lady of Chaldea; thou shalt rule the nations no longer.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	47	6	Angry with my people, turned enemy against the land of my choice, I gave them into thy power; and thou, what mercy didst thou shew them? Heavy the yoke thou didst lay on aged shoulders.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	47	7	Thou wouldst surely be a queen for ever; thou didst it light-heartedly, not recking what the end should be.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	47	8	And now, here is a word for those delicate ears, lady of the careless heart, who sittest there telling thyself, I am Babylon, the unrivalled; no lonely widowhood, no childless lot for me.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	47	9	These two things shall fall on thee suddenly in a single day, childlessness and widowhood; fall upon thee in full measure, so blind amid all thy sorceries, through the crass folly of thy wizards so blind.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	47	10	Such was thy trust in these wicked arts of thine, thou hadst no fear of discovery; thy very wisdom, thy very knowledge were a snare; I am Babylon, thy heart told thee, rival I have none.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	47	11	And now comes ruin unforeseen, comes doom no sacrifice can avert; sudden and strange thy encounter with sorrow.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	47	12	All that multitude of wizards, and wilt thou not persevere with thy enchantments, the hard-earned lore of thy youth? Maybe it will turn to thy advantage; thou shalt be formidable yet!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	47	13	But no, thou art wearied of those many consultations. Let them come to thy side now and save thee if they can, diviners that gaze up at the stars, count days of the month, to tell thy future for thee!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	47	14	Like stubble burn they one and all; their own lives they cannot rescue from the flame. Here is no brazier to warm them, no ingle-nook to sit by!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	47	15	And this is the end of all thy long study; trusted counsellors of thy youth, all have gone astray in their reckoning; deliverance for thee is none.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	48	1	A message for you, sons of Jacob, heirs of Israel’s name, sprung from the stock of Juda, that take oath in the Lord’s name, of Israel’s God the memory preserve, but not in faith, but not in loyalty!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	48	2	Townsmen they are still reckoned of a holy city; still on Israel’s God, the Lord of hosts, lean they for support.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	48	3	What happened in times past, I had foretold long before; warning was uttered, and in the public ear; then, suddenly, I would set to work, and the prophecy was fulfilled.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	48	4	I knew well what an untamed creature thou art, neck stubborn as an iron hawser, forehead intractable as bronze;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	48	5	I would warn thee from the first, tell thee what was coming before it came; never shouldst thou say this was the work of thy false gods, the will of idols thou didst carve and cast.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	48	6	Consider closely the things I warned thee of, was there any foretelling them? Ever I reveal to thee, long before, things kept secret from thy knowledge;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	48	7	events that are coming about now, unheard of then. When they are yet beyond knowledge, I reveal them; not thine to boast, it was no news to thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	48	8	And still thou wouldst not listen, thou wouldst be ignorant still; when I prophesied to thee in times past, I could get no hearing; what hope from the traitor but of treason? I know thee a rebel from thy birth.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	48	9	If I reprieve thee from my vengeance, it is my own honour demands it; curb thee I must, for my own sake, or wouldst thou rush to thy doom.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	48	10	I have tested thee, but not as silver is tested; even in the furnace of affliction, thou wast already my choice.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	48	11	Honour, my own honour demands it; how should I suffer my name to be reviled, or the worship that belongs to me given to another?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	48	12	Listen then, Jacob; listen to me, thou Israel to whom my call was sent. I am still the same; before all, and at the end of all, I am.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	48	13	My hand fashioned the heavens, my fingers measured the span of earth; it is my command holds them in their place.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	48	14	Assemble, all you nations, and listen to me; tell me which of your gods has prophesied it, The Lord, in his great love for Israel, means to subdue Babylon to his will, to bare his arm among the Chaldeans?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	48	15	But I did, I foretold it; it was I that brought the conqueror on his way, so that it lay smooth before him.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	48	16	Gather round me and listen; from the first I have been telling you this openly enough; was I not there among you long since, before it happened? And now that it is happening, it is the Lord God, it is the spirit of the Lord God, that sends me to you.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	48	17	Here is a message from the Lord, thy ransomer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord thy God, ever ready to teach thee what it concerns thee to know, guide thee on the path thou treadest.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	48	18	If thou hadst but heeded my warnings! Then had a flowing stream of peace been with thee, a full tide of the Lord’s favour;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	48	19	thy own race, thy own stock, should have been numberless as the sand or the pebbles on the sea-beach; the remembrance of thee should never have been cut off from my merciful regard.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	48	20	Away from Babylon, have done with Chaldea, let this be your triumphant watchword; make it heard everywhere, publish it to the ends of the earth, tell them the Lord has ransomed his servant Jacob;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	48	21	they did not go thirsty when he led them through the desert; he could bring water out of the rock for them, cleave the hard rock and make the water flow.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	48	22	But for the rebellious, the Lord says, there is no peace.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	1	Listen, remote islands; pay heed to me, nations from far away. Ere ever I was born, the Lord sent me his summons, kept me in mind already, when I lay in my mother’s womb.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	2	Word of mine is sword of his, ready sharpened, under cover of his hand; arrow he has chosen out carefully, hidden yet in his quiver.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	3	Thou art my servant, he whispers, thou art the Israel I claim for my own.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	4	To me, all my labour seemed useless, my strength worn out in vain; his to judge me, he, my God, must reward my work as he would.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	5	But now a new message he sends me; I am his servant, appointed ever since I lay in the womb, to bring Jacob back to him. What if Israel will not answer the summons? None the less, the Lord destines me to honour; none the less, he, my God, protects me.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	6	Use thee I will, he promises, nor with thy service be content, when the tribes of Jacob thou hast summoned, brought back the poor remnant of Israel; nay, I have appointed thee to be the light of the Gentiles, in thee I will send out my salvation to the furthest corners of the earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	7	A message from the Lord, Israel’s ransomer, Israel’s Holy One, to the despised one, to the nation that is abhorred, to the slave of tyrants: Kings, when they see this, shall rise up from their thrones, princes too, and fall down to worship, in honour of the Lord, that keeps his promise so faithfully, the Holy One of Israel, that claims thee still.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	8	Thus says the Lord, Here is a time of pardon, when prayer of thine shall be answered, a day of salvation, when I will bring thee aid. I have kept thee in readiness, to make, by thy means, a covenant with my people. Thine to revive a ruined country, to parcel out the forfeited lands anew,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	9	men that are bound in darkness restoring to freedom and to the light. There shall be pasture for my flock by the wayside, feeding-grounds they shall have on all the barren uplands;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	10	they will hunger and thirst no more, noonday heat nor sun overpower them; theirs is a merciful shepherd, that will lead them to welling fountains and give them drink.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	11	And I will turn all these mountains of mine into a highroad for you; safe through the uplands my path shall lead.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	12	See how they come from far away! Exiles from north and west, exiles from the south country return.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	13	Ring out, heaven, with praise; let earth keep holiday, and its mountains echo that praise again; the Lord brings consolation to his people, takes pity on their need.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	14	Did Sion complain, the Lord has forsaken me, my own Master gives me never a thought?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	15	What, can a woman forget her child that is still unweaned, pity no longer the son she bore in her womb? Let her forget; I will not be forgetful of thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	16	Why, I have cut thy image on the palms of my hands; those walls of thine dwell before my eyes continually.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	17	Here are craftsmen ready to build thee again; vanished, now, the spoilers that plundered thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	18	Look about thee, and see thy children met together, coming back to thee; As I am living God, the Lord says, all these shall be a robe to deck thee, shall ring thee round like a bride’s jewels;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	19	the silent homes, the lonely places of a ruined country-side, shall have no room, now, for thy many inhabitants, when all that robbed thee of thy lands have fled far away.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	20	Sons born to thee in the days of thy barrenness shall cry out, Here all is confined, give me room to live!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	21	Who has begotten me these? thou wilt ask. Barren days of exile, when I could not give birth; who has reared me these, when I was left solitary? Where were these all the while?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	22	Even now, says the Lord God, I will beckon to the nations, lift up a signal for all the world to see; son and daughter of thine shall be nursed in their arms, carried on their shoulders.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	23	Thou shalt have kings to foster them, queens to nurse them for thee; kings and queens shall bow to earth before thee, kissing the dust thy feet have trodden. And thou shalt know at last what a Lord I am, a Lord none ever trusted in vain.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	24	Shall the strong be robbed of his spoil? Who shall deliver the captives from a warrior’s hand?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	25	Captives of the strong, the Lord says, shall be taken away from him, the valiant warrior shall lose his spoil. I will pass judgement on the men who have been thy judges, and thy own children shall escape.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	49	26	I will feed thy enemies on their own flesh, give them their own blood to make them drunk, and all mankind shall know that I, the Lord, have delivered thee, that I, the Prince of Israel, have brought thee rescue.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	50	1	Thus says the Lord, Who can shew writ of separation your mother had from me when I sent her away? Was I in debt, that I must needs sell you as slaves? Nay, if I sold you, it was for your disobedience; it was wanton wife I thrust out of doors.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	50	2	And now must I come to you, and find none to greet me, call you, and hear no answer to my call? What, has arm of mine grown shrunk and shrivelled, lost its power to save? Have I strength no longer to set men free? Nay, with a word I can yet turn sea into desert, dry up rivers, till the fish lie rotting on the banks, dead of thirst;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	50	3	I can yet cover the heavens with darkness, and give them mourning weeds to wear.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	50	4	Ever the Lord schools my tongue to utterance that shall refresh the weary; awakes my dull ears, morning after morning, their Master’s bidding to heed.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	50	5	An attentive ear the Lord has given me; not mine to withstand him; not mine to shrink from the task.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	50	6	I offered my body defenceless to the men who would smite me, my cheeks to all who plucked at my beard; I did not turn away my face when they reviled me and spat upon me.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	50	7	The Lord God is my helper; and that help cannot play me false; meet them I will, and with a face unmoved as flint; not mine to suffer the shame of defeat;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	50	8	here is One stands by to see right done me. Come, who pleads? Meet me, and try the issue; let him come forward who will, and accuse me.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	50	9	Here is the Lord God ready to aid me; who dares pass sentence on me now? One and all they shall be brought to nothing, like garment the moth has eaten!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	50	10	Who is here that fears the Lord, listens to his servant’s message? Who would make his way through dark places, with no glimmer of light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord, and lean upon his God.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	50	11	For you others, with brand at girdle, that your own fire would make, with fire your own brands have kindled light the path if you can; this is all the gift I have for you, a bed of anguish.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	51	1	Listen to me, then, you who follow the true path, you that have recourse to the Lord. Think of the rock you were quarried from, of the hidden depths whence you came,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	51	2	of Abraham that begot you, of Sara that was your mother; he was a childless man when I called him, and blessed him, and granted him a posterity.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	51	3	And has the Lord no pity for Sion, left desolate, no pity on her ruined state? Doubt not he will turn that wilderness into a garden of delight, that loneliness into a paradise; in her, too, mirth and gladness shall be found, there shall be thanksgiving and songs of praise.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	51	4	People of mine, men of a chosen race, give heed and hearing! Henceforth, my law shall be promulgated, my decrees be ratified, for a whole world’s enlightening.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	51	5	Soon, now, my faithful servant will come, even now he is on his way to deliver you; these arms of mine shall execute judgement on the nations; the remote islands are waiting for me, are looking for my aid.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	51	6	Lift up your eyes to the heavens, cast them down to earth again; those heavens shall vanish like smoke, that earth be fretted away like a garment, and all who dwell on it share the same destruction; my saving power is eternal, my faithfulness inexhaustible.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	51	7	Listen to me, you that can discern the right, my own people, with my law written in your hearts; not yours to be afraid of men’s taunts, shrink from them when they revile you;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	51	8	crumble away they must, like garment the worms have eaten, like wool fretted by the moth; my saving power is eternal, my faithfulness lives on from age to age.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	51	9	Up, up, arm of the Lord, array thyself in strength; up, as in the days that are past, long ages since. What other power was it that smote our insolent enemy, wounded the dragon;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	51	10	what other power dried up the sea, with its deep rolling waters, made the sea’s caverns a highway, for a ransomed people to cross?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	51	11	Now, too, men the Lord has ransomed will come home again to Sion, praising him as they go. Eternal happiness crowns them, joy and happiness in their grasp now, sorrow and sighing fled far away.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	51	12	It is I, still it is I, that will bring thee consolation. And it is thou that art afraid of mortal man, of earth-born things that die like grass?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	51	13	Is it thou that dost forget the Lord, thy maker, who spread out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth? What, go in fear all day long of yonder angry tyrant, sworn to undo thee? What of the tyrant’s anger now?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	51	14	Comes he with hurried step to release his prisoner, persecuted to the death no longer, nor suffered to starve for want of bread!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	51	15	I am the Lord thy God, the same power that stirs up the sea till waves rise high on it; the Lord of hosts is the name I bear.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	51	16	To thy lips I have entrusted my message, kept thee under cover of my hand, to replant heaven and refound earth, to tell Sion, Thou art my people.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	51	17	Up, up, Jerusalem, bestir thyself! It was a draught of his vengeance the Lord gave thee to drink; ay, thou hast drunk deep of a cup that numbs the senses, drained it to the dregs.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	51	18	So many children she has borne and reared, and none to give her support, none to take her by the hand!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	51	19	Who is to mourn for thee, the sport of a double calamity, by want and war dismantled and unmanned? Who is here to console thee?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	51	20	They are left to lie at every street corner, those sons of thine, dazed as wild bull caught in a net, brought down by the Lord’s anger, by the punishment he, thy God, has sent them.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	51	21	Listen thou, the unbefriended, thy wits bemused with sorrow, not with wine,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	51	22	here is the message thy master has for thee, thy Lord and God, ready to fight in his people’s cause! I am taking it away from thy hand, this draught that numbs the senses, the dregs of the vengeance I had poured out for thee; thou shalt drink it no longer.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	51	23	Cruel oppressors that bade thee lie down and let them walk over thee, dust under their feet, a pathway for them to tread, shall find the cup has passed from thy hand to theirs.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	52	1	Up, up, array thyself, Sion, in all thy strength; clothe thyself as befits thy new glory, Jerusalem, city of the Holy One! The uncircumcised, the unclean, shall enter thee no more.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	52	2	Shake the dust from thee, Jerusalem, rise up and take thy throne; rid thy neck of the chains that bound it, Sion, once captive queen!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	52	3	This is the Lord’s promise, You were bartered away for nothing, and you shall be ransomed without cost.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	52	4	Time was, the Lord God says, long ago, when my people went down into Egypt and dwelt among strangers there; time was, since then, they were oppressed, beyond all reason, by the Assyrians;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	52	5	what needs it, the Lord says, then or now, my people should be carried off thus wantonly into exile? Their new masters sin defiantly, bring my name continually into reproach.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	52	6	The day comes when my own people my own name will recognize, nor doubt that I, who promised to be with them, am with them now.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	52	7	Welcome, welcome on the mountain heights the messenger that cries, All is well! Good news brings he, deliverance cries he, telling Sion, Thy God has claimed his throne!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	52	8	A shout goes up from the watchmen; they are crying out all at once, all at once echoing their praise; their own eyes shall witness it, when the Lord brings Sion deliverance.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	52	9	Rejoice, echo all at once with rejoicing, ruined homes of Jerusalem; comfort from the Lord for the Lord’s people, Jerusalem redeemed!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	52	10	The Lord bares his holy arm for all the nations to see it; to the remotest corners of earth he, our God, makes known his saving power.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	52	11	Return, return; no more of Babylon; touch nothing defiled as you come out from the heart of her, keep yourselves unsullied, you that have the vessels of the Lord’s worship in your charge.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	52	12	No need for confusion at the time of your going; this shall be no hasty flight, with the Lord himself to march before you, the God of Israel to rally you.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	52	13	See, here is my servant, one who will be prudent in all his dealings. To what height he shall be raised, how exalted, how extolled!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	52	14	So many there be that stand gazing in horror; was ever a human form so mishandled, human beauty ever so defaced?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	52	15	Yet this is he that will purify a multitude of nations; kings shall stand dumb in his presence; seen, now, where men had no tidings of him, made known to such as never heard his name.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	53	1	What credence for such news as ours? Whom reaches it, this new revelation of the Lord’s strength?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	53	2	He will watch this servant of his appear among us, unregarded as brushwood shoot, as a plant in waterless soil; no stateliness here, no majesty, no beauty, as we gaze upon him, to win our hearts.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	53	3	Nay, here is one despised, left out of all human reckoning; bowed with misery, and no stranger to weakness; how should we recognize that face? How should we take any account of him, a man so despised?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	53	4	Our weakness, and it was he who carried the weight of it, our miseries, and it was he who bore them. A leper, so we thought of him, a man God had smitten and brought low;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	53	5	and all the while it was for our sins he was wounded, it was guilt of ours crushed him down; on him the punishment fell that brought us peace, by his bruises we were healed.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	53	6	Strayed sheep all of us, each following his own path; and God laid on his shoulders our guilt, the guilt of us all.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	53	7	A victim? Yet he himself bows to the stroke; no word comes from him. Sheep led away to the slaughter-house, lamb that stands dumb while it is shorn; no word from him.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	53	8	Imprisoned, brought to judgement, and carried off, he, whose birth is beyond our knowing; numbered among the living no more! Be sure it is for my people’s guilt I have smitten him.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	53	9	Takes he leave of the rich, the godless, to win but a grave, to win but the gift of death; he, that wrong did never, nor had treason on his lips!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	53	10	Ay, the Lord’s will it was, overwhelmed he should be with trouble. His life laid down for guilt’s atoning, he shall yet be rewarded; father of a long posterity, instrument of the divine purpose;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	53	11	for all his heart’s anguish, rewarded in full. The Just One, my servant; many shall he claim for his own, win their acquittal, on his shoulders bearing their guilt.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	53	12	So many lives ransomed, foes so violent baulked of their spoil! Such is his due, that gave himself up to death, and would be counted among the wrong-doers; bore those many sins, and made intercession for the guilty.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	54	1	Sing with praise, barren city that art childless still; echo thy praise, cry aloud, wife that wast never brought to bed; forsaken, she is to have more children now, the Lord says, than wife whose husband remains with her.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	54	2	Make more room for thy tent, stretch wide—what hinders thee?—the curtains of thy dwelling-place; long be the ropes, and firm the pegs that fasten them.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	54	3	Right and left thou shalt spread, till thy race dispossesses the heathen, peoples the ruined cities.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	54	4	Not thine to fear disappointment, not thine to blush for hopes unfulfilled; forget, henceforward, the shame of younger days, the reproach of thy widowed state; think upon it no more.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	54	5	Husband now thou hast, and the name of him is the Lord of hosts, thy creator; he, the Holy One of Israel, that will now be called God of the whole earth, makes thee his own.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	54	6	The Lord calls thee back, a woman forsaken and forlorn, the wife of his youth, long cast away; thy God sends thee word,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	54	7	If I abandoned thee, it was but for a little moment, and now, in my great compassion, I bring thee home again.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	54	8	Hid I my face from thee, it was for a short while, till my anger should be spent; love that takes pity on thee shall be eternal, says the Lord, thy ransomer.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	54	9	The days of Noe have come again; I swore to Noe that I would bring no more floods on the earth such as his; thou, too, hast my oath for it, I will be angry with thee no more, rebuke thee no more.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	54	10	Let the mountains be moved, the hills shake; my compassion towards thee stands immovable, my promise still unshaken, says the Lord, thy comforter.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	54	11	Thou, the friendless, the storm-beaten, the inconsolable, shalt have a pavement of patterned stones, and thy foundations shall be of sapphire;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	54	12	thou shalt have turrets of jasper, and gates of carved gems, and all thy boundary stones shall be jewels.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	54	13	All thy children, then, shall be disciples of the Lord; thy children, blessed how abundantly with peace!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	54	14	Justice shall be thy sure foundation; far from thy thoughts be all oppression, now thou hast nothing to fear, all tumult of the mind, when peril is none to threaten thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	54	15	Aliens that had no part with me shall come to thy side; strangers shall throw in their lot with thine.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	54	16	See where the smith blows the coals at his forge, fashioning each weapon according to its use! Who but I made him? And who but I made the slayer that goes out to destroy?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	54	17	No weapon that is forged against thee shall go true; no voice that is raised to condemn thee, but thou shalt give it the lie. Such their lot shall be that are the Lord’s servants; such protection shall they have of me, says the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	55	1	So many athirst; who will not come to the water? So many destitute; who will come and get him food, get wine and milk free, no price to be paid?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	55	2	What, always spending, and no bread to eat, always toiling, and never a full belly? Do but listen, here you shall find content; here are dainties shall ravish your hearts.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	55	3	To my summons give heed and hearing; so your spirits shall revive; a fresh covenant awaits you, this time eternal; gracious promise of mine to David shall be ratified now.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	55	4	Before all the world my witness thou, a prince and a ruler among the nations!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	55	5	Summons of thine shall go out to a nation thou never knewest; peoples that never heard of thee shall hasten to thy call; such the glory thy God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed on thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	55	6	To the Lord betake you, while he may yet be found; cry out, while he is close at hand to hear.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	55	7	Leave rebel his ill-doing, sinner his guilty thoughts, and come back to the Lord, sure of his mercy, our God, so rich in pardon.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	55	8	Not mine, the Lord says, to think as you think, deal as you deal;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	55	9	by the full height of heaven above earth, my dealings are higher than your dealings, my thoughts than your thoughts.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	55	10	Once fallen from the sky, does rain or snow return to it? Nay, it refreshes earth, soaking into it and making it fruitful, to provide the sower with fresh seed, the hungry mouths with bread.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	55	11	So it is with the word by these lips of mine once uttered; it will not come back, an empty echo, the way it went; all my will it carries out, speeds on its errand.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	55	12	Doubt not, then, yours shall be a happy departure, a peaceful return; doubt not mountain and hill shall escort you with their praises, and the woods echo their applause.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	55	13	Tall pine-trees then shall grow where valerian grew, and myrtles spring from yonder nettle-beds; great glory the Lord shall win, such a blazon as eternity cannot efface.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	56	1	Keep right order, the Lord says, faithful to your duty still; ere long I will send deliverance, my own faithfulness shall be revealed.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	56	2	Blessed, every man that so lives, every mother’s son that by this rule holds fast, keeps the sabbath holy, and his own hands clear of mischief.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	56	3	Proselyte let him be, of alien birth, will the Lord deny him citizenship? Eunuch let him be, is he no better than a barren trunk, cut down as worthless?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	56	4	Nay, for yonder eunuch the Lord has this message: Who keeps my sabbath? Who makes my will his choice, true to my covenant?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	56	5	A place he shall have in this house, within these walls of mine a memorial; son nor daughter his name could so perpetuate; such a memorial I will grant him as time shall never efface.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	56	6	And so it shall be with the alien born, will they but throw in their lot with the Lord’s worshippers, that cherish the love of his name; the Lord’s servants that keep the sabbath inviolate, and are true to his covenant.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	56	7	Free of the mountain that is my sanctuary, welcome guests in the house where men pray to me, not vainly to my altar they shall bring burnt-offering and sacrifice. Claimed my house shall be, for a house of prayer, by all the nations.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	56	8	Such promise the Lord God makes, that now brings home the exiled sons of Israel: I have others to bring, that must yet rally to thy side.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	56	9	Come, all you wild things, all you beasts of the forest, your prey awaits you!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	56	10	Here are none but blind watchmen, all unawares; here are dumb dogs that cannot bark, false seers that lie sleeping, in love with their dreams;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	56	11	shameless dogs that cannot tell when they are gorged with food. The very shepherds have forgotten their craft; see them go their ways, each busy, first and last, with gorging his own appetite:
-Isaiah	Isa	26	56	12	Fetch we wine, and drink ourselves drunk! To-morrow shall be as to-day was, and braver, braver yet!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	57	1	Alas, that none takes warning! See how good men die, how the friends of God are borne away from us; and none has the wit to see trouble is coming, and the good must be spared the sight of it!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	57	2	Peace be his lot, easy let him rest, that followed ever the straight path.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	57	3	But you, come and answer for yourselves, brood of the sorceress, children of the adulterer and the harlot!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	57	4	Over whom would you make merry, with open mouth and hanging tongue? What are you but the sons of shame, a bastard race?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	57	5	You, that dally with idols under the first spreading tree, that sacrifice little children in the rock-caves among the glens?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	57	6	Where the valleys part, there is thy part and lot; to those thou wilt pour out libations, wilt offer sacrifice; and must I look on unmoved?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	57	7	Thou hast set down thy bed on the peak of a high mountain; there thou hast gone up to offer victims.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	57	8	Keepsake of mine must be put behind the door, where the posts should hide it, now thou wouldst strip thee naked and let in a gallant in my place, make free with my marriage-bed! With such as these thou didst exchange vows, greedily thou didst buy their good will.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	57	9	A king’s favour to win, with ointments thou wouldst cover thee, wouldst spare no kind of perfume; on a far errand thy envoys went out, and ever thy pride was humbled, low as hell itself.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	57	10	So wearied with long journeying, and never didst thou cry, Enough; still obstinate, confess thy need thou wouldst not.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	57	11	Alas, what anxious fears were these, that to my service made thee false, of me no memory left thee, no thought? And all because I nothing said, made as if I nothing saw, till at last thou hadst forgotten me!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	57	12	Yet, wouldst thou have right, it is I that must declare it; thy own striving is all in vain.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	57	13	Let them deliver thee, if they can, at thy summons, these new allies thou hast made! See how they are carried away on the wind, how a breath will scatter them! His the prize, that in me has confidence; on my holy mountain he shall find a resting-place.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	57	14	Hark, how the cry goes up, A road, there, a road; let them have free passage! These are my people; clear of every hindrance be their path!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	57	15	A message from the high God, the great God, whose habitation is eternity, whose name is hallowed! He, dwelling in that high and holy place, dwells also among chastened and humbled souls, bidding the humble spirit, the chastened soul, rise and live!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	57	16	I will not be always claiming my due, I will not cherish my anger eternally; what soul but takes its origin from me? Am I not the maker of all that breathes?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	57	17	Greedy wrong-doer that defies me I must needs smite down; hide my face from him in anger, let him follow the path his own erring will has chosen.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	57	18	Now to pity his plight, now to bring him remedy! Home-coming at last, consolation at last, for him and all that bemoan him!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	57	19	The harvest of men’s thanks, it is I that bring it to the birth. Peace, the Lord says, peace to those who are far away, and to those who are near at hand; I have brought him remedy.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	57	20	But rebellious hearts are like the tempestuous sea that can never find repose; its waters must ever be churning up mire and scum.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	57	21	For the rebellious, the Lord says, there is no peace.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	58	1	Cry aloud, never ceasing, raise thy voice like a trumpet-call, and tell my people of their transgressions, call the sons of Jacob to account.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	58	2	Day after day they besiege me, arraign my dealings with them, a nation, you would think, ever dutiful, one that never swerved from the divine will. Proof they ask of my faithfulness, would fain bring a plea against their God.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	58	3	Why hadst thou no eyes for it, say they, when we fasted; why didst thou pass by unheeding, when we humbled ourselves before thee?Fasting, when you follow your own whim, distrain upon all your debtors!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	58	4	Naught comes of it but law-suit and quarrelling; angry blows profane it. A better fast you must keep than of old, ere plea of yours makes itself heard above.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	58	5	With such fasting, with a day’s penance, should I be content? Is it enough that a man should bow down to earth, make his bed on sackcloth and ashes? Think you, by such a fasting-day, to win the Lord’s favour?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	58	6	Nay, fast of mine is something other. The false claim learn to forgo, ease the insupportable burden, set free the over-driven; away with every yoke that galls!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	58	7	Share thy bread with the hungry, give the poor and the vagrant a welcome to thy house; meet thou the naked, clothe him; from thy own flesh and blood turn not away.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	58	8	Then, sudden as the dawn, the welcome light shall break on thee, in a moment thy health shall find a new spring; divine favour shall lead thee on thy journey, brightness of the Lord’s presence close thy ranks behind.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	58	9	Then the Lord will listen to thee when thou callest on him; cry out, and he will answer, I am here at thy side.Banish from thy midst oppression, and the finger pointed scornfully, and the plotting of harm,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	58	10	spend thyself giving food to the hungry, relieving the afflicted; then shall light spring up for thee in the darkness, and thy dusk shall be noonday;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	58	11	the Lord will give thee rest continually, fill thy soul with comfort, thy body with ease. Not more secure the well-watered garden, the spring whose waters never fail.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	58	12	Rebuilt, in thy land, the immemorial ruins; restored, the foundations of long ago; this thy task shall be, to repair the broken walls, to reclaim the by-ways.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	58	13	Walk warily, keep my sabbath unprofaned. Here is a day I have sanctified, not for thy self-pleasing; a precious thing the Lord has made holy and honourable; and wilt thou dishonour it? Wilt thou go thy own way, use it for thy own pleasure, while it away in gossip?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	58	14	Thou shalt yet have joy in the Lord; I will carry thee aloft, high above the high places of the land, satisfy thy longing for Jacob’s patrimony; the Lord’s lips have promised it.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	59	1	Doubt you the Lord’s hand can reach far as ever, to bring deliverance? Think you his ear has grown deaf, that you cry out in vain?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	59	2	Nay, sin of yours has come between you and your God; guilt of yours has estranged him that he denies you audience;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	59	3	the bloodstained hands, the itching fingers, lying lips, and tongues that whisper of treachery.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	59	4	Who owns the claim of justice, who judges honourably? A lie their confidence, folly their watchword, they carry mischief in the womb, bring shame to birth.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	59	5	Eggs the cockatrice may hatch, yet there is death in the taste of them, a brood of basilisks;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	59	6	deftly the spider weaves, yet web of hers will never make cloth, none will be the warmer for her toil; so it is with these; all unprofitable their schemes, their doing all undoing.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	59	7	Swift ministers of evil, hot-foot they scent down the blood of innocence, their aim ever to destroy, leave a trail of havoc and ruin.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	59	8	Where peace should be found they know not, nor ever set their hearts on right; still stray by crooked paths where safety is none.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	59	9	What wonder if redress is still far from us, if reprieve linger on its way? Crave we light, and nothing see but darkness, hope we for dawn, and walk in dusk.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	59	10	Blind men that grope along a wall, hands, not eyes, to shew the way, stumble we at noonday as though benighted; we are dead men in a world of shadows.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	59	11	No better than growling bears, or doves that moan and mourn, still we hope for the redress that never comes, the deliverance that is far away.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	59	12	Our guilt mounts up before thee, our sins accuse us; shame ever at our side, we confess the wrong done.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	59	13	Heinous our treason against the Lord, that turn away from his divine leading to plan cruelty and rebellion; false thoughts we conceive in our hearts that still find utterance.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	59	14	Redress is withheld from us, because loyalty lies neglected in our streets, and honour finds no entrance;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	59	15	alas that loyalty should be forgotten, innocence marked down for spoil!All this the Lord has seen, and shame he thought it there should be no redress.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	59	16	Was there no champion to come forward? None found he, and his heart misgave him. And so his own arm must bring the deliverance he intended, his own faithfulness held him to it.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	59	17	That faithfulness is the breastplate that arms him, that saving power the helmet that guards his head; vengeance the garment he wears, jealous love the mantle that wraps him round.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	59	18	Doubt not he will repay, wreak his anger upon the rebels, give his enemies their due; no island so far off but it shall have its punishment,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	59	19	till the name of the Lord strikes terror into western lands, and the east stands in awe of his fame. Here is a river coming upon them in full flood, driven on by the Lord’s breath;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	59	20	here is one that brings deliverance to Sion, and to all Jacob’s children that turn away from their sins; the Lord has promised it.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	59	21	This covenant I will make with them, the Lord says: Spirit of mine that dwells in thee, words of mine entrusted to thy lips, on thy lips shall dwell, on the lips of thy children and thy children’s children, henceforth and for ever.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	60	1	Rise up, Jerusalem, and shine forth; thy dawn has come, breaks the glory of the Lord upon thee!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	60	2	What though darkness envelop the earth, though all the nations lie in gloom? Upon thee the Lord shall dawn, over thee his splendour shall be revealed.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	60	3	Those rays of thine shall light the Gentiles on their path; kings shall walk in the splendour of thy sunrise.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	60	4	Lift up thy eyes and look about thee; who are these that come flocking to thee? Sons of thine, daughters of thine, come from far away, or rising up close at hand.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	60	5	Heart of thee shall overflow with wonder and gratitude, to see all the riches of ocean, all the treasure of the Gentiles pouring into thee!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	60	6	A stream of camels thronging about thee, dromedaries from Madian and Epha, bringing all the men of Saba with their gifts of gold and incense, their cry of praise to the Lord!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	60	7	Into thee all the herds of Cedar shall be driven, the rams of Nabaioth shall be thy victims; gifts at my altar accepted, to make the fame of my temple more famous yet.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	60	8	Who are these that come, swift as the cloud-wrack, as doves flying home to the dove-cot?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	60	9	These, too, are thy sons; long since, the islands and the ocean-going ships have awaited my signal, when I would bring them home from far away, their silver and their gold with them, for the honour of the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, that has bestowed this glory on thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	60	10	Strangers shall build up thy walls for thee, kings shall do thee service; great as my severity in chastising thee shall be my favour when I pardon thee.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	60	11	Thy gates shall stand open continually, no need to shut them day or night; make way for the wealth of the nations that shall flow into thee, for the kings with their escorts!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	60	12	Every nation and kingdom that refuses thee homage shall vanish away, whole provinces empty and forlorn.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	60	13	All the beauty of Lebanon shall be brought to thee, fir-wood and box-wood and pine-wood mingled together to adorn this place, my sanctuary; I will have honour paid to this, the resting-place of my feet.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	60	14	See how they come bending low before thee, the race of thy former oppressors, how the men that once despised thee worship the ground thou hast trodden, calling thee The City of the Lord, Sion, dear to the Holy One of Israel!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	60	15	Thou, the desolate, thou, the unbefriended, a place unvisited by man, shalt be the pride of ages, the joy of succeeding generations;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	60	16	thou shalt have nations to suckle thee, kings to foster thee, and acknowledge at last that I, the Lord, am thy deliverer, the Lord that rules in Jacob has paid thy ransom.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	60	17	I will exchange thy brass for gold, thy iron for silver, thy wood for brass, thy stone for iron; I will give thee peace itself to be thy government, justice itself to be thy magistracy;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	60	18	there shall be no more talk of wrong in that land of thine, no tidings of wreck and ruin within those frontiers; all thy walls shall be deliverance, and all thy gates renown.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	60	19	No longer wilt thou have the sun to shine by day, or the moon’s beam to enlighten thee; the Lord shall be thy everlasting light, thy God shall be all thy splendour.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	60	20	No more, for thee, the setting of suns, the waning of moons, now that the Lord is thy everlasting light, and the days of thy widowhood are over.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	60	21	Thy people, all guiltless now, shall inherit the land eternally, the flower I planted, the pride of my workmanship.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	60	22	The meanest of them shall be ancestor to a thousand, the least regarded, to a great nation; swift and sudden shall be the doing of it, when once the hour is come.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	61	1	The Lord has anointed me, on me his spirit has fallen; he has sent me to bring good news to men that are humbled, to heal broken hearts, promising the release of captives, the opening of prison doors,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	61	2	proclaiming the year of the Lord’s pardon, the day when he, our God, will give us redress. Comfort for every mourner;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	61	3	Sion’s mourners, what decree should I make for them, what gift offer them? Heads shall be garlanded, that once were strewn with ashes; bright with oil, the faces that were marred with grief; gaily they shall be clad, that went sorrowing. Sturdy growths (men will say) that fulfil hope reposed in them, pride of the Lord’s planting!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	61	4	Theirs to rebuild what long has lain desolate, repair the ruins of past days, restore the forsaken cities that were lost, we thought, for ever.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	61	5	Strangers they shall be that tend your flocks for you, farm and vineyard alien hands shall till;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	61	6	for you, a higher name, a greater calling, priests and chosen ministers of the Lord our God. All the wealth of the nations shall be yours to enjoy, their spoils shall be your boast;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	61	7	for double portion of shame and contempt, you shall be twice honoured now. Twice happy that home-coming, eternal that content;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	61	8	I am the Lord, that love to give each his due, resent the wrong, when men rob me of my sacrifice. Faithfully I will give them their recompense, bind myself, now, by an eternal covenant.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	61	9	Such a race shall spring from them, as all the nations of the world shall acknowledge; none that sees them but shall know them for a people the Lord has blessed.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	61	10	Well may I rejoice in the Lord, well may this heart triumph in my God. The deliverance he sends is like a garment that wraps me about, his mercy like a cloak enfolding me; no bridegroom so proud of garland that crowns him, no bride of the necklace she wears.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	61	11	See how yonder earth gives promise of spring, how the garden seeds give promise of flower! And the Lord God will make good his promise for all the world to see; a spring-time of deliverance and renown.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	62	1	For love of Sion I will no more be silent, for love of Jerusalem I will never rest, until he, the Just One, is revealed to her like the dawn, until he, her deliverer, shines out like a flame.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	62	2	All the nations, all the kings of the nations, shall see him, the just, the glorious, and a new name shall be given thee by the Lord’s own lips.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	62	3	The Lord upholds thee, his crown, his pride; thy God upholds thee, his royal diadem.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	62	4	No longer shall men call thee Forsaken, or thy land Desolate; thou shall be called My Beloved, and thy land a Home, now the Lord takes delight in thee, now thy land is populous once again.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	62	5	Gladly as a man takes home the maiden of his choice, thy sons shall come home to thee; gladly the Lord shall greet thee, as bridegroom his bride.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	62	6	I have set watchmen, Jerusalem, upon thy walls, that shall never cease crying aloud, day or night; you that keep the Lord in remembrance, take no rest,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	62	7	nor let him rest neither, till he has restored Jerusalem, spread her fame over all the earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	62	8	The Lord has sworn by his own right hand, by that arm which makes known his power: Never again shall thy enemies eat the harvest of thy corn-fields, alien folk drink the wine thou hast toiled to win;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	62	9	harvester and waggoner, here in my precincts, shall eat and drink together, praising the Lord.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	62	10	Out, out through the city gates! Give my people free passage; a road, there, a smooth road, away with the boulders on it! Raise a signal for all the nations to see.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	62	11	To the furthest corners of the earth the Lord proclaims it, A message to queen Sion: Look, where thy deliverer comes, look, how they come with him, the reward of his labour, the achievement of his task!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	62	12	A holy people they shall be called, of the Lord’s ransoming, and thou the city of his choice, no more forsaken.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	63	1	Who is this, coming from Edom, coming on the road from Bosra, with garments deep-dyed? Who is this, so gaily clad, marching so valiantly?I am one who is faithful to his promises, a champion bringing deliverance.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	63	2	And why are thy garments stained with red? Why dost thou go clad like the men who tread out the wine-press?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	63	3	None other has trodden the wine-press but I only; out of all the nations, no champion came to stand at my side. I have been treading them down in my anger, trampling on them, full of vengeance; their blood that has been sprinkled on the clothes about me; I come in garments deep-dyed.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	63	4	My heart told me the time had come for vengeance, this was my destined year of ransom;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	63	5	looked I all around, there was none to help me; vainly I called for aid. My own arm should bring the deliverance I intended; my own indignation uphold me.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	63	6	I have trampled the peoples down in my anger, stunned them with my fury, brought down their strength to the dust.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	63	7	Listen, while I tell again the story of the Lord’s mercies, what renown the Lord has won; all the Lord has done for us, all the wealth of blessings his pardoning love, his abounding pity has lavished on the race of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	63	8	They are my own people, he would say; my own children cannot be false to me; and with that, he delivered them.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	63	9	In all their straits, power of his was not straitened; his angel, token of his presence, brought them deliverance. In love and pity he ransomed them, lifted them in his arms and raised them up, all through the days gone by.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	63	10	Only when they rebelled against him, when they distressed the spirit of his chosen servant, he would turn their enemy, and fight against them.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	63	11	And even yet he would bethink him of times past, of Moses and the people that once was his.Where is he now, the God that led them through the sea, his flock with his own appointed shepherds; gave his holy spirit to the man of his choice?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	63	12	Majestic power, that led Moses by the hand; that parted the sea at their coming, to win his name renown.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	63	13	Through its waters they passed, sure of their foothold as horse that is led through the desert;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	63	14	carefully as driver on some treacherous hill-side, the Lord’s spirit guided his people. Thus didst thou bring them home, and win thyself honour.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	63	15	Bethink thee now, in heaven; look down from the palace where thou dwellest, holy and glorious. Where, now, is thy jealous love, where thy warrior’s strength? Where is thy yearning of heart, thy compassion? For me, compassion is none.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	63	16	Yet, who is our father, Lord, if not thou? Let Abraham disown us, Israel disclaim his own blood, we are thy sons still; is it not thy boast of old, thou hast paid a price for us?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	63	17	And now, Lord, wouldst thou drive us away from following thee, harden our hearts till worship we have none to give thee? For love of thy own servants, relent, for love of the land that by right is thine.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	63	18	Is it nothing to thee, enemies of thy holy people should have the mastery, trample thy sanctuary down?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	63	19	Fared we worse in old days, before ever we called thee King, ever took thy holy name for our watchword?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	64	1	Wouldst thou but part heaven asunder, and come down, the hills shrinking from thy presence,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	64	2	melting away as if burnt by fire; the waters, too, boiling with that fire! So should the fame of thee go abroad among thy enemies; a world should tremble at thy presence!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	64	3	Of thy marvellous doing, we ourselves cannot bear the sight; so it was when thou camest down, and the hills shrank away before thee, long ago.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	64	4	Such things as were never known from the beginning, as ear never heard, eye never saw, save at thy command, thou, O God, hast made ready for all that await thy aid.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	64	5	Graciously thou goest out to meet them, loyal lovers of thine that keep thee ever in mind, ever follow thy bidding. And now thou art angry with us; we have sinned; so it has been a long while, and shall we find deliverance?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	64	6	We are men defiled; what are all our claims on thy mercy? No better than the clout a woman casts away; we are like fallen leaves, every one of us, by the wind of our own transgressions whirled along.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	64	7	There is none left that calls on thy name, that bestirs himself to lay hold of thee. Thou hidest thy face from us, broken men caught in the grip of their wrong-doing.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	64	8	Yet, Lord, thou art our father; we are but clay, and thou the craftsman who has fashioned us;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	64	9	wilt thou crush us, Lord, with thy anger, wilt thou keep our sins ever in mind? We are thy people, all of us.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	64	10	A desert, the city thy chosen servant knew, a desert, the Sion we love; Jerusalem lies forlorn.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	64	11	Given over to the flames, the house that was our sanctuary and our pride, the house in which our fathers praised thee; all that we loved lies in ruins;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	64	12	Lord, wilt thou have patience still? Wilt thou keep silent still, and overwhelm us with calamity?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	65	1	So ready I to answer, and ask they will not; so easy to be found, and search for me is none! A people that will not call on my name; else my own voice should whisper, I am here, I am close at hand.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	65	2	Outstretched these hands of mine, all the day long, to a nation of rebels, straying this way and that as the mood takes them,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	65	3	openly defying me. Shrines hidden away in gardens, altars of brick!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	65	4	See how they lodge in tombs, pass the night in the precincts of strange gods; eat swine’s flesh, and stew themselves broth of forbidden things!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	65	5	And all the while so scrupulous: Touch of thine would defile me! What marvel, if my indignation smoulders yet? Nay, fire it is that burns continually.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	65	6	See where the decree stands written in my presence, This shall not be passed over; I will take vengeance, pour it out into their laps.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	65	7	Sin of yours, the Lord says, sin of your fathers, that sacrificed on mountain-tops, worshipped on the hill-sides in defiance of me; for all these I must repay due measure, poured out into the lap; that is my first task.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	65	8	Thus says the Lord: If one sound grape is found in a cluster, the cry is, Do not destroy it, there is a blessing in it. And I, for the sake of my true servants, will not destroy root and branch;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	65	9	I will leave Jacob a stock to breed from, settlers enough in Juda for these mountains of mine; the men of my choice shall have their portion, my servant shall dwell there.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	65	10	Flocks there shall be, folded on the Plain, and cattle resting in the valley of Achor; of my people none shall be disappointed that had recourse to me.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	65	11	But you that forsook the Lord, left his mountain sanctuary forgotten, spread a table for the Powers of Fortune, and poured out wine at it,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	65	12	fortune that awaits you is the sword, you shall bow down to death. My call unanswered, my voice unheard, you did ever what I forbade, chose ever what I hated.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	65	13	This, then, is the sentence the Lord God pronounces; you shall be hungry, while my servants have food, you shall be thirsty, while my servants drink,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	65	14	you shall be disappointed, while my servants are glad. My servants shall be light-hearted and sing, while you, with sad hearts, cry aloud, groan in the heaviness of your spirits.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	65	15	A name you shall leave behind you to serve my chosen people as a curse; the Lord God takes full toll. For his own servants he will have a new name instead;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	65	16	By the God of truth shall be the blessing men invoke, By the God of truth shall be the oath men take, in this land of mine henceforward. Forgotten, the sorrows of past days, hidden away from my eyes.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	65	17	See where I create new heavens and a new earth; old things shall be remembered no longer, have no place in men’s thoughts.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	65	18	Joy of yours, pride of yours, this new creation shall be; joy of mine, pride of mine, Jerusalem and her folk, created anew.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	65	19	I will rejoice in Jerusalem, take pride in my people, and the sound of weeping and lament shall be heard among them no more.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	65	20	None shall die there unweaned from life; never an old man but lives out his full time; young he dies that dies a hundred years old; so brief a span, it shall be the curse pronounced on a sinner.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	65	21	Live they now to occupy the houses they built, enjoy the fruit of the vines they planted,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	65	22	that once built houses for others to occupy, planted what others should enjoy; my people shall live to the age of trees and see the work of their own hands wear out before them.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	65	23	Not in vain they shall toil, these, my chosen, nor beget children to see them overwhelmed by calamity; their race the Lord blesses, their children shall be spared to them.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	65	24	Answer shall come ere cry for help is uttered, prayer find audience while it is yet on their lips.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	65	25	Wolf and lamb shall feed together, lion and ox eat straw side by side, and the serpent be content with dust for its food; all over this mountain, my sanctuary, there shall be no hurt done, the Lord says, no life shall be forfeit.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	66	1	Thus says the Lord, Heaven is my throne, earth the footstool under my feet. What home will you build for me, what place can be my resting-place?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	66	2	Nothing you see about you but I fashioned it, the Lord says; my hand gave it being. From whom, then, shall I accept an offering? Patient he must be and humbled, one who stands in dread of my warnings.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	66	3	To the rest it is all one; slaughter they an ox, or murder a human victim, cut sheep’s throat, or dash out a dog’s brains, make offering of meal, or of swine’s blood, in my honour burn incense, or bless the name of a false god. In all this, it is but caprice guides their choice, in all manner of abominations;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	66	4	trust me, at my own caprice I will choose the terrors I bring down upon them. My call unanswered, my voice unheard, they did ever what I forbade, chose ever what I hated.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	66	5	Listen to the word of the Lord, you that hold it in reverence! Foiled their hopes shall be, that hate and shun you because my name you bear; that say, Come, let us see the Lord reveal himself in majesty, let us witness this triumph of yours!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	66	6	Hark, a stir of tumult in the city, a stir in the temple! It is the stir the Lord makes, as he brings retribution on his enemies!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	66	7	Without travail, the mother has given birth; before her time a mother of men.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	66	8	Never till now was such a tale heard, such a sight witnessed; should a nation’s pangs come upon it in a day, a whole people be born at once? Such are the pangs of Sion, such is the birth of her children.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	66	9	What, says the Lord thy God, shall I, that bring children to the birth, want power to bring them forth? Shall I, that give life to the womb, want strength to open it?
-Isaiah	Isa	26	66	10	Lovers of Jerusalem, rejoice with her, be glad for her sake; make holiday with her, you that mourned for her till now.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	66	11	So shall you be her foster-children, suckled plentifully with her consolations, drinking in, to your hearts’ content, the abundant glory that is hers.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	66	12	Thus says the Lord, Peace shall flow through her like a river, the wealth of the nations shall pour into her like a torrent in flood; this shall be the milk you drain, like children carried at the breast, fondled on a mother’s lap.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	66	13	I will console you then, like a mother caressing her son, and all your consolation shall be in Jerusalem;
-Isaiah	Isa	26	66	14	your eyes feasted with it, your hearts content, vigorous as the fresh grass your whole frame.Thus to his servants the Lord makes known his power; his enemies shall have no quarter given them.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	66	15	See, where the Lord comes with fire about him, with chariots that drive like the storm, angry his retribution, his vengeance like a scorching flame!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	66	16	Fire and sword shall be the world’s purging, till the Lord has taken full toll.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	66	17	Vainly they sought holiness, that would purify themselves in secret gardens, behind shut doors, and all the while ate flesh of swine and field-mouse and other meats abominable; one end there shall be for all of them, the Lord says.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	66	18	Trust me, I will hold assize upon all such deeds and devices of theirs; ay, upon all nations and races. All must come and see my glory revealed,
-Isaiah	Isa	26	66	19	and I will set a mark upon each of them. What of those that find deliverance? I have an errand for them, to be my messengers across the sea; to Africa, and to Lydia where men draw the bow, to Italy, and to Greece, and to the Islands far away. They shall go out where men never heard of my name, never saw my glory yet, to reveal that glory among the nations.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	66	20	And out of all nations they shall bring your brethren back, an offering to the Lord, with horse and chariot, with litter and mule and waggon, to Jerusalem, the Lord says, to this mountain, my sanctuary. A bloodless offering this, for the sons of Israel to bring, in its sanctified vessel, to the Lord’s house!
-Isaiah	Isa	26	66	21	And some among these newcomers, the Lord says, I will choose out to be priests and Levites.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	66	22	This, too, he promises: Enduring your race and name shall be as the new heavens, the new earth I fashion, to stand continually in my presence.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	66	23	Month after month, sabbath after sabbath shall go by, and still all mankind shall come to bow down before me, the Lord says.
-Isaiah	Isa	26	66	24	And ever as they leave the gates, mortal remains they shall see of the men that rebelled against me long since; a prey now, to worm undying, to fire unquenchable; none that sees it but shall turn with loathing from the sight.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	1	1	These are the words of Jeremias, son of Helcias, one of the priests who dwelt at Anathoth, in the lands of Benjamin.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	1	2	The word of the Lord came to him during the reign of Josias, son of Amon, over Juda, in the thirteenth year of it;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	1	3	came to him during the reign of Josias’ son, Joachim, and did not cease till the men of Jerusalem went into exile, when Sedecias, that was also son to Josias, had been reigning eleven years and five months.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	1	4	The word of the Lord came to me, and his message was:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	1	5	I claimed thee for my own before ever I fashioned thee in thy mother’s womb; before ever thou camest to the birth, I set thee apart for myself; I have a prophet’s errand for thee among the nations.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	1	6	Alas, alas, Lord God (said I), I am but a child that has never learned to speak.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	1	7	A child, sayest thou? the Lord answered. Nay, I have a mission for thee to undertake, a message to entrust to thee.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	1	8	Have no human fears; am I not at thy side, to protect thee from harm? the Lord says.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	1	9	And with that, the Lord put out his hand, and touched me on the mouth; See, he told me, I have inspired thy lips with utterance.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	1	10	Here and now I give thee authority over nations and kingdoms everywhere; with a word thou shalt root them up and pull them down, overthrow and lay them in ruins; with a word thou shalt build them up and plant them anew.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	1	11	Then the Lord’s word came to me, Tell me, Jeremias, what is this thou seest? A branch of a tree, I told him, with the eyes already open.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	1	12	Well seen, he answered; and I too have my eyes open, watching for the opportunity to carry out the threats I utter.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	1	13	And again it came, Tell me, what is this thou seest? A boiling caldron, said I, that is coming from the north.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	1	14	And it is from the north, the Lord told me, that calamity is brewing for all thy fellow-countrymen.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	1	15	All the tribes the northern kings rule I mean to muster, the Lord says; hither they will march, and each will set up his throne where gate of Jerusalem stands, or encircling wall, or fortified city of Juda.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	1	16	And there I will plead my cause against the men of Juda, charging them with their rebellion in forsaking me; in offering libation to gods not theirs, and worshipping idols of their own making.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	1	17	Up, then, gird thee like a man, and speak out all the message I give thee. Meet them undaunted, and they shall have no power to daunt thee.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	1	18	Strong I mean to make thee this day as fortified city, or pillar of iron, or wall of bronze, to meet king, prince, priest of Juda, and common folk all the country through;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	1	19	impregnable thou shalt be to their attack; am I not at thy side, the Lord says, to deliver thee?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	1	Then the Lord’s word came to me:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	2	Go and cry out so that all Jerusalem may hear, with this message from the Lord: What memories I have of thee, gracious memories of thy youth, of the love that plighted troth between us, when I led thee through the desert; alone in the barren wastes, thou and I!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	3	Israel was set apart for the Lord, first-fruits vowed to be his revenue; he lay under a ban that plucked them, and must rue his rashness, the Lord says.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	4	Listen, then, to the Lord’s word, men of Jacob; listen, every clan that bears the name of Israel,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	5	to the Lord’s message: What fault did they find in me, those fathers of yours, that they should keep their distance from me, and court false gods, false as themselves?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	6	And never a thought to ask where I, the Lord, was, that rescued them from Egypt, and led them on their way through the desert, wild and solitary, parched and dead, far from haunt of traveller and the homes of men!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	7	Into a land of plenty I brought you, to enjoy the fruits and the blessings of it; and you had no sooner entered it than you must needs defile it, my own land, turn my chosen home into a place abominable.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	8	Never a priest to ask where I, the Lord, was; never a man of law but made a stranger of me, never a ruler but played me false, never a prophet but took Baal for his oracle, and had recourse to powers that were impotent.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	9	Against you, the Lord says, my appeal still lies, and with your children I will yet be at issue.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	10	Sail the seas till you reach the isles of Cethim; send envoys out to the wilds of Cedar; look for yourselves and make earnest enquiry, to know if the like was ever heard!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	11	What nation ever changed its gods, though gods indeed they were not? And should my people barter away the glory that dwelt among them, for powers that power have none?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	12	In horror and dismay witness, you heavens, the sight; crumble in ruins!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	13	Two wrongs this people of mine committed; me they forsook, the fountain of living water, and thereupon they dug cisterns of their own, leaking cisterns, that water had none to give them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	14	What, is the race of Israel a slave, a chattel, that it should pass from hand to hand as the prize of war?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	15	Roaring lions have claimed it for their prey; the land lies waste, the cities burnt and desolate.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	16	Even the Egyptians have come from Memphis and Taphne, to strip thee bare;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	17	tell me, Israel, how came this? Was it not because thou hadst forsaken the Lord thy God, that till then had led thee?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	18	What, wouldst thou turn to Egypt, to Assyria, and slake thy thirst with Nile or Euphrates?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	19	Here is the very proof of thy wickedness, the measure of thy unfaithfulness; see how ill it has gone with thee, says the Lord, the God of hosts, ever since thou didst forsake the Lord thy God, ever since thou didst banish the fear of me!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	20	It is an old tale, now, how thou didst break in pieces the yoke of my dominion, didst sever all the bonds between us, crying out, I will serve no more! Thou wast off to play the wanton, the nearest hill-top or secret forest for thy bower.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	21	Alas, vineyard of mine, that I planted with such care, never a worthless shoot! How is it thou hast played me false, and art no vineyard of mine?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	22	Ay, use nitre for thy cleansing, spread potash as thou mayst, foul with guilt I shall still find thee, says the Lord God.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	23	Nay, never boast that thou art undefiled, to countryside gods hast no recourse; bethink thee of thy traffickings in Ben-Ennom valley, and read there the story of thy doings. Camel never found its way so lightly;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	24	wild ass in its familiar desert, scenting its mate, never obeyed the fire in its blood more uncontrollably! Little search it needs to find thy haunts, as its mate in spring-time.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	25	Reckless of unshod feet, of parching throat, thou criest out despairingly, Return I cannot; to alien gods all my heart is vowed, and I must follow still!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	26	Thief caught in the act has less cause to blush than the men of Israel, king and prince, priest and prophet, with the rest.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	27	Stock of wood and block of stone they hailed as the father that had begotten them; on me they turned their backs, and gave me never a glance. And now, in their distress, it is Up, Lord, and bring us rescue!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	28	Where are those other gods thou madest for thyself? Bid them rise up and aid thee in the hour of peril; gods thou hadst a many; no city of thine, Juda, but must have its own!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	29	And would you still implead me? Nay, says the Lord, you have forsaken me, one and all.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	30	In vain I have smitten them, all those sons of yours; still you turned your swords against the prophets, bloodthirsty as lions.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	31	Out upon this age! Here is the Lord’s message, give good heed to it. Have I shewn myself unfriendly to Israel, like a desert, like a land overcast by shadows, that my own people has resolved to keep its distance, and come my way no more?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	32	What, should maid forget her jewels, bride her stomacher? And my own people, all these long days, has forgotten me!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	33	What avails it to justify thyself, in hope of winning back my love, when thou thyself dost blazon so openly thy doings, thy foul misdoings?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	34	There is blood on thy hands, the blood of friendless folk and innocent. It is not thieves I have found, but men guilty of such crimes as these.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	35	And still thou declarest thyself innocent of any fault, still thou biddest me withhold my vengeance! Come, let me answer thy plea of innocence.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	36	How light a woman thou art, ever at thy old ways! Not less than thy hopes of Assyria, thy hopes of Egypt shall be disappointed;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	2	37	thence, too, thou shalt come away wringing thy hands; all the confidence thou hast the Lord means to destroy; thou shalt make no shift with Egypt.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	3	1	What is the law of common life? Let wife that has been put away by her husband marry a second, can she afterwards return to the first? That were shame and defilement. And thou with many lovers hast played the wanton; yet come back to me, the Lord says, and thou shalt find welcome.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	3	2	Lift up thy eyes to the bare hills, and tell me, which of them has not been the scene of thy shame? Like a highway robber thou didst lurk by the road-side, waiting for thy lovers; by thy heartless wantonness the whole land was defiled.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	3	3	I called thee to account for it; heaven’s dews were stanched, and the late rains did not fall, and still never a blush on thy harlot’s brow!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	3	4	Little wonder thou shouldst have been crying out to me, since then, calling me father, calling me the loved friend of thy girlhood’s days;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	3	5	was there no quenching my anger? Would it smoulder on for ever? Ay, all this thou saidst, but still wouldst go on sinning, still wouldst have thy way.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	3	6	It was in the days of king Josias the Lord said to me: Israel’s apostasy thou hast seen, how she ever betook herself to the nearest high hill or leafy wood, to play the wanton there;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	3	7	and how, when I called her back to me in spite of it, she would not come. Now mark the treachery of her sister Juda.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	3	8	She too had seen it all, how I had bidden apostate Israel begone, and given her a writ of separation; and now treacherous Juda, unabashed, went off in her turn to play the wanton.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	3	9	So wayward, so wanton, she defiled all that land of hers, giving herself to lovers made of wood and stone!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	3	10	After all the warnings I had given, Juda, the treacherous, would never come back to me in good earnest, only with lying professions, the Lord says.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	3	11	And the Lord told me: Better than Juda’s treachery, the apostasy of Israel deserves to be acquitted.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	3	12	Carry this message of mine to the north country: Come back to me, apostate Israel, the Lord says, and there shall be no frown of mine awaiting you; I am merciful, the Lord says, and vengeance shall not last for ever.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	3	13	Only acknowledge thy fault, he tells thee, in deserting the Lord thy God and betaking thyself to the bowers of strange lovers, deaf to my call.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	3	14	Wandering hearts, the Lord bids you come back to him, and renew your troth; by ones and twos, from this city or that, from this clan or that, he will claim you for his own and bring you back to Sion;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	3	15	and you shall have shepherds of his own choice to guide you well and prudently.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	3	16	After that, the Lord says, when all is growth and fertility, no longer shall you have the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant for your rallying-cry; from thought and memory it will have passed away, nor any care shall be bestowed on the fashioning of it.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	3	17	It is Jerusalem men will speak of as the Lord’s throne; there at Jerusalem all the nations of the world will meet in the Lord’s name, the false aims of their perverse hearts forgotten.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	3	18	When that time comes, Juda and Israel will be united; together they will come back from the north country to the land I gave your fathers for their home.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	3	19	Must I ever be offering thee sonship, and a land so fair that all the peoples of the world might envy thee its possession? Must I ever be pleading with thee to acknowledge me as thy father, and forsake my guidance no more?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	3	20	Hitherto, the Lord says, nothing could I win from Israel but a false jade’s contempt.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	3	21	Now, from yonder hill-passes, another cry is heard; a cry of mourning and lament from the sons of Israel, over the wrong path they have chosen in forgetting the Lord their God.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	3	22	Wandering hearts, come back to me, and all your rebel acts shall be pardoned.See, we come to thee; art thou not the Lord our God?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	3	23	The many gods of hill-side and mountain-side have played us false; we know it now; we know now that Israel must look to the Lord our God for deliverance.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	3	24	Ever since the days of our youth all the hopes our fathers had, of flock and herd, of son and daughter, are lost; the worship of shame has cheated us.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	3	25	Lie we down with shame for our bed, and let reproach be all our covering; sinners from our youth upwards, we and our fathers before us, against the Lord our God; the Lord our God, and we would not listen to his voice!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	1	Do but retrace thy steps, Israel, and return to me, do but cast away the abominations that offend my sight, and in that mind persist;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	2	let but thy oath, As the Lord is a living God! be a true oath, in loyal duty uttered; then shall all the nations learn to bless and to praise him.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	3	And to the men of Juda, to Jerusalem, this is the Lord’s message: Yours to drive a new furrow, nor sow any longer among the briers.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	4	You must be circumcised afresh, men of Juda; citizens of Jerusalem, of heart’s defilement rid yourselves, if you would not see my vengeance burst into flame unquenchable, as your scheming malice has deserved.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	5	News for Juda, news that shall echo through Jerusalem; tell it out, sound the trumpet over the country-side! Loud be the cry raised, for all to muster and to man the fortified cities!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	6	Raise the standard in Sion, and rally to it with all haste! Here is peril I am bringing upon you from the north country, here is great calamity.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	7	Roused is the lion from his lair; he is astir, ready to prey on the nations; he is marching out to make earth a desert, and thy cities too shall be laid waste, and stand there untenanted.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	8	Well may you gird yourselves with sackcloth, well may you beat the breast and cry aloud; fire of the Lord’s vengeance has not passed us by.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	9	When that day comes, the Lord says, heart of king and heart of prince shall be dismayed; dumb-stricken the priest, the prophet unmanned.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	10	Alas, alas, Lord God, said I, can it be that thou hast deceived thy people, deceived Jerusalem, by telling them they should have peace, and here is the sword threatening our very lives?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	11	When that time comes, verdict shall be passed on this people of mine, and on Jerusalem: My people’s wanton ways are like the hot wind that blows from the desert slopes, that will neither winnow nor sift.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	12	And in return, I will summon to my side a wind that blows full, and so I will plead my cause against them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	13	An overshadowing cloud the invader shall be, his chariots outspread like the storm-wrack, his horses swifter than eagles. Alas the day, we are ruined!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	14	Now, Jerusalem, as thy life thou lovest, rid thy heart of guile; wilt thou never cease to harbour those false thoughts of thine?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	15	Here is news cried from Dan, here are monstrous tidings from the hill-country of Ephraim;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	16	tell it far and wide, Jerusalem has heard the bruit of her besiegers coming from a distant land, that even now raise their battle-cry among the cities of Juda;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	17	even now they keep watch over the country-side about her, the Lord says, and all because she defied my vengeance.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	18	Ill deeds and ill counsel of thine have brought all this upon thee; the due reward of thy wickedness, how bitter the taste of it, how it wrings thy heart!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	19	Deep, deep rankles the wound; my very heart-strings echo lament; no rest is mine, since my ear caught bray of trumpet and cry of battle.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	20	Tale upon tale of ruin; a whole land laid waste, no cabin or hovel spared, suddenly, all in a moment!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	21	Always the sight of men fleeing, always the sound of the trumpet in my ears!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	22	Ah, reckless people of mine, that would not acknowledge me; blind fools, for mischief so shrewd, in well-doing so untutored!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	23	Earthward I looked, and all was void and empty; heavenward, and in heaven no light shone;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	24	looked at mountain and hill-side, and saw them stir and tremble;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	25	looked for some sign of man, and in vain; the very birds in heaven had all taken flight.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	26	It was a garden I looked at, but a garden untenanted; no city in it but had perished at the Lord’s glance, before the frown of his vengeance.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	27	For it was so the Lord’s sentence ran; the whole country-side should be abandoned, and still he will not have taken full toll.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	28	At his sentence, earth should mourn and heaven grow dark with sorrow, yet of his decree there should be no repenting; he would not go back from it.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	29	Everywhere, at the noise of archer and horseman, the townsfolk flee away, take to the hills and climb their high rocks; never a town but is left deserted of its inhabitants.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	30	And thou, Jerusalem, when thy turn comes to be despoiled, what shift wilt thou make? Vain was it to dress in scarlet, and deck thyself with chains of gold, and with antimony darken thy eyes; vain were those arts, thy lovers are weary of thee now, and thy life is forfeit.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	4	31	Cries of anguish I hear, as from a woman in the throes of travail; it is queen Sion, gasping out her life, and crying with hands outspread, Woe is me, I swoon away, here in the slaughter-house!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	1	Go the rounds of Jerusalem, search the streets of it with hue and cry; and if you find one man there that faithfully does his duty, and keeps troth, then the city shall be pardoned.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	2	Nay, though they call on the living God to be their witness, they forswear themselves none the less.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	3	On faithfulness, Lord, thy eyes are set. And these, when thou smitest them, are unrepentant still; when thou crushest them to earth, will not heed reproof; brows are theirs unyielding as rock, and return they will not.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	4	But indeed, thought I, perhaps they are poor men and foolish, that have never learnt the divine command, or what their God requires of them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	5	I will go and have speech with the men of rank; what the divine command is, what their God requires of them, these will surely know. And these I found conspiring, as none other, to throw off the yoke, to break through their bonds.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	6	What wonder if they are attacked and despoiled by robbers, that leave the woods at night-time, stealthily as lion or wolf or prowling leopard, to beleaguer their towns and catch all who venture forth? So many their rebellions, so obstinate their defiance!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	7	For all this, how should I pardon thee? Thy sons have deserted me, by gods that are no gods their vows are taken; full-fed with my bounty, they left their wedded troth, to wanton in the bower of a mistress;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	8	bold in their adultery as stallion at grass neighing for its mate.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	9	What, shall I let all this pass me by, the Lord says; shall I not take my fill of vengeance against such a nation as this?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	10	Scale those ramparts, and fall to pillage, not taking full toll even yet; root out the slips of yonder vine, the Lord will not claim them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	11	Obstinately they have defied me, the Lord says, Israel and Juda both;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	12	they disown me; Nay, they tell one another, this is none of his doing, harm shall never befall us, we shall have neither slaughter nor famine here;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	13	the prophets did but waste breath, no word of revelation made to them; on their own heads be it!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	14	Vain words; but not vainly the Lord, the God of hosts, has spoken; flaming words of his he has entrusted to my lips, and fuel this people shall be for their devouring.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	15	A nation from far away I am summoning, even now, Israel, to the attack; a warlike nation, of ancient lineage, whose very tongue shall be strange to thee, no word of it well understood;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	16	greedily as the tomb their quivers gape, and they are warriors all.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	17	They shall rob thee of harvest and of food, rob thee of son and daughter, rob thee of flock and herd, rob thee of vine and fig-tree; and all the strongholds, wherein thy hope lies, at the sword’s point shall be overthrown.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	18	Yet even then, the Lord says, I will not take full toll of thee.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	19	Ask you why the Lord has so much misused you, this is to be my answer: Did you not forsake me, to worship alien gods in your own land? Alien gods you shall worship in an alien land, for your punishment.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	20	To Israel’s race proclaim it, for all Juda to hear,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	21	Listen, foolish folk and unperceiving, with sightless eyes, ears that had as well been deaf!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	22	Have you no fear of me, the Lord says, will you stand unmoved in my presence? Was it not I gave the sea its frontier of sand, by my eternal decree inviolate? Vainly the waves boil and toss, they cannot pass beyond it.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	23	A faithless heart, a rebellious heart this people of mine has; in a moment they swerve aside from the path, and are gone;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	24	never a thought of reverence for the Lord their God, who gives them autumn and spring rains when the time comes, and secures them a full harvest.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	25	It is your wrong-doing that has altered their course; to guilt such as yours, blessings are denied.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	26	Godless men there are among my people that lie in wait like any fowler, but noose and trap of theirs is set to catch men.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	27	Never was cage so full of birds, as their homes of wealth ill gotten; men of power and riches,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	28	pampered and sleek, they defy my will past all bearing; redress they deny to the widow, right to the orphan, justice to the poor.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	29	What, shall I let all this pass me by, the Lord says, shall I not take my fill of vengeance against such a nation as this?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	30	A wonder this land has seen beyond all belief;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	5	31	here are prophets that utter a lying message, priests that clap their hands in applause, and this people of mine is well content. And what shift will you make when the end comes?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	1	Rally, tribesmen of Benjamin that live in the midst of Jerusalem; at Thecua sound the trumpet, raise the standard on Bethacarem; it is from the north peril may be seen coming, peril of great calamity.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	2	Poor Sion, all too fair she seems, all too delicate!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	3	Alas, what strange shepherds are these, what troops that follow them? See how they pitch their tents about her! See how many each has at his back, and there must be pasture for them all!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	4	Sound we the attack on the city; to move now were best, and march up under the light of noon! Plague upon it, the day is already spent, the shadows of evening lengthen already;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	5	up, then, march we on by night, by night plunder their houses!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	6	Down with yonder trees, the Lord of hosts says, and build siege-works about Jerusalem; here is a city must be called to account for all the oppression that is harboured there.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	7	Never cistern kept its waters so fresh, as she her store of wickedness; no news from her but of wrong and waste, no sight I see there but distress and violence.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	8	Jerusalem, be warned in time; else my love thou shalt forfeit, and I will make a ruin of thee, a land uninhabited.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	9	Israel, says the Lord of hosts, is a vineyard for the gleaning; no cluster shall be left; back with thee, vintager, to the baskets!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	10	Vain appeal, whom shall I cite for witness of it? Oh that it should fall on ears uncircumcised, oh that God’s word should be slighted, and find no welcome!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	11	Nay, but the divine anger burns within me, I can forbear no longer. I must blurt out my message to all, children playing in the streets, no less than warriors met in council; none shall be spared, husband or wife, greybeard or man of many summers.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	12	Homes, lands and wedded wives, all must pass into other hands; none that dwells in Juda, the Lord says, but shall feel my vengeance.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	13	High and low, ill-gotten gains they covet; treacherous the ways alike of prophet and of priest;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	14	here lies my people grievously hurt, and they tend her unconcernedly; All’s well, they say, all’s well, when in truth all goes amiss.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	15	Shamed they needs must be, that did so detestably; shamed, but never ashamed, for indeed they have lost the power to blush; theirs to fall amid the common ruin, crushed to earth, the Lord says, when I call all to account.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	16	The Lord’s message was, Halt at the cross-roads, look well, and ask yourselves which path it was that stood you in good stead long ago. That path follow, and you shall find rest for your souls. But follow they would not;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	17	and next, I would set watchmen on the heights; let them only listen, when these sounded the trumpet; but listen they would not.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	18	To the nations, then, I proclaim it; let my doom be pronounced in the public ear;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	19	all earth shall hear it. I mean to bring upon this people of mine the punishment their scheming wickedness has earned, so deaf to my calls, of my law so defiant.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	20	What avails it to offer me incense from Saba, and the fragrant calamus that grows far away? Unwelcome to me your burnt-sacrifice, undesired your victims.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	21	This doom the Lord pronounces; I mean so to entangle this people of mine that they shall stumble to their undoing all of them, father and son together, neighbour with neighbour, friend with friend.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	22	Here is a people marching from the north country, the Lord says, a great nation from the world’s end.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	23	Arrow and shield they ply, and their hard hearts pity none; loud their battle-cry as the roaring of the sea. So they ride on, as warriors ride, poor Sion, thy enemies.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	24	Unnerved our hands droop at the very rumour of it; grief overmasters us, sharp as the pangs of travail;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	25	forbidden is the country-side, the high roads untravelled; the drawn sword threatens, and peril is all about us.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	26	Juda, poor widowed queen, put sackcloth about thee and strew thyself with ashes; as for an only son make loud lament; without warning the spoiler will be upon us.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	27	I have a task for thee to perform among my people; thou shalt be my trusty assayer, putting the quality of their lives to the test.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	28	These faithless rulers that go about on their slanderous errands, what are they but copper and iron, base metal all?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	29	Bellows have done their work, the lead streams away in the fire, carrying nothing with it; vain, smelter, thy toil, the dross remains unpurged.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	6	30	Refuse-silver they shall be called; has not the Lord refused them?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	1	A message came from the Lord to Jeremias,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	2	bidding him take his stand at the temple gate, and there proclaim aloud: Listen to this word of the Lord, men of Juda, that make your way in through these gates to worship him.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	3	Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your lives and your likings, if you would have me dwell here among you.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	4	Trust never in the false assurances that proclaim this place The Lord’s temple, The Lord’s temple, The Lord’s temple.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	5	Will you but amend your lives and your likings, giving one man redress against another,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	6	not oppressing the alien, the orphan, the widow, nor in these precincts putting innocent men to death, nor courting, to your ruin, the gods of other nations,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	7	then indeed I will make my dwelling here among you, in the land which was my gift to your fathers from the beginning to the end of time.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	8	You put your trust in flattering hopes, which can nothing avail you;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	9	theft, murder, adultery, the false oath, libations to Baal, the courting of alien gods that are no gods of yours, nothing comes amiss,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	10	if only you can come and stand in my presence, here in this house, the shrine of my name, and tell yourselves you have made amends for all these your detestable doings!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	11	What, does this house, the shrine of such a name, count for no more than a den of thieves, in eyes like yours? Think you, the Lord says, that eternal God has no eyes to see it?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	12	Go and visit that sanctuary of mine at Silo, where of old my power rested; look well, what havoc I have made of it, to punish the misdeeds of Israel, that was my people too.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	13	Because of so much done amiss, the Lord says; because you would not listen when I cried early at your doors, or answer any call of mine;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	14	this house, shrine of my name and centre of your hopes, this home I gave to you and to your fathers, shall fare as Silo fared.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	15	All those brethren of yours, the whole stock of Ephraim, I banished from my presence, and you shall be banished in your turn.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	16	Nor do thou, Jeremias, think to plead for this people of mine, or take up in their name the burden of praise and prayer; thwart my will, thou shalt have no hearing.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	17	Canst thou not see for thyself what ill deeds are done in the townships of Juda, in the very streets of Jerusalem?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	18	See the children gathering sticks, the father lighting a fire, the mother kneading dough, and all to make cakes for the queen of heaven! See how they offer libation to alien gods, to despite me!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	19	Yet not to me they do despite, the Lord says, rather to themselves; every hope of theirs shall fail them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	20	This warning, then, the Lord God sends them: Fury and indignation of mine are brewing against this place, man and beast, woodland tree and growing crop; and when that fire is lit, there shall be no quenching it.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	21	A message from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: No more be at pains to distinguish between burnt-sacrifice and offering; use for your own eating the flesh of all alike!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	22	Burnt-sacrifices, offerings, not of these was my theme when I gave commandments to your fathers at the time of their deliverance from Egypt;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	23	my word of command to them was, Obey my bidding, if I am to be your God, you my people; follow the path I have marked out for you, as you hope to prosper.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	24	And did they listen? Hearing they gave me none; their own whim, the false aim of their corrupt hearts was all the rule they lived by; still turned their backs on me, and refused to look my way;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	25	so it has been since your fathers left Egypt, so it is yet. No day dawned but I was at work betimes, sending my servants to prophesy to them,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	26	but still they would not listen, still hearing they gave me none; stubborn under my yoke, they outdid their own fathers in wickedness.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	27	All this thou shalt say to them, but they will not listen to thee; thy call shall go unheeded.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	28	Then tell them, Here is a people who will not listen to the voice of their own God, or accept reproof from him; loyalty is dead, the word is on their lips no more.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	29	Cut off, Jerusalem, those locks of thine, and cast them away from thee; loud let the hills echo with thy lament; on a guilty age, the Lord has pronounced sentence of banishment and rejection.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	30	The men of Juda have defied my will, the Lord says; foul idols they have set up in the house that is the sanctuary of my name, and utterly profaned it;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	31	in the valley of Ben-Ennom stands the hill-shrine of Topheth, where they sacrifice their own sons and daughters in the furnace, a rite not of my bidding, not of my imagining.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	32	And now, the Lord says, a time is coming when no more will be heard of Topheth or Ben-Ennom; it will be called The Valley of the Slain; men will be finding room for their dead in Topheth, because other burying-ground is none.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	33	Nay, Juda shall be carrion for birds that fly in air, for beasts that roam the earth; and never a man left to drive them away.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	7	34	In the townships of Juda, in the streets of Jerusalem, cries of joy and mirth shall be heard no more, voice of bridegroom and of bride shall be heard no more; the whole land will have turned into a wilderness.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	8	1	All the tombs in Jerusalem will be rifled, the Lord says, when that day comes, tomb of king and prince of Juda’s line, tomb of priest and prophet, tomb of common citizen; naked their bones shall lie,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	8	2	with sun and moon and all the starry host to witness it, their gods aforetime; gods so loved, so well served, so hailed, so courted, so adored! Those bones there shall be none to gather, none to bury; they shall lie like dung on the bare ground.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	8	3	And the living shall envy the dead; so poor a home shall be left, the Lord of hosts says, to the remnant of a guilty race, in the far lands to which I have banished them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	8	4	Give them this message from the Lord: A man falls but to rise, errs but to retrieve his path;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	8	5	how is it that this rebellious people of mine at Jerusalem has rebelled so obstinately? They cling to their illusion, and return no more.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	8	6	Listen I never so attentively, wholesome word I hear none; never a man that repents of his sin, asks himself what his life has been. No, each one follows his own bent, reckless as war-horse charging into battle.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	8	7	Yet the kite, circling in air, knows its time; turtle-dove can guess, and swallow, and stork, when they should return; only for my people the divine appointment passes unobserved.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	8	8	What, still boasting that you are wise, that the Lord’s law finds its home among you? Nay, but the scribes, with their false penmanship, have construed all amiss.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	8	9	In all their wisdom, how disappointed, how bewildered, how entrapped! God’s word they cast away, and wisdom left them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	8	10	Alien lords their wives shall have, alien masters their lands; (high and low, ill-gotten gains they covet; treacherous the ways alike of prophet and of priest;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	8	11	here lies my people grievously hurt, and they tend her unconcernedly; All’s well, they say, all’s well, when in truth all goes amiss.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	8	12	Shamed they needs must be, that did so detestably; shamed, but never ashamed, for indeed they have lost the power to blush; theirs to fall in the common ruin, crushed to earth, the Lord says, when I call all to account).
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	8	13	I will make an end of them once for all, the Lord says; never a grape on the vine, or a fig on the fig-tree, every leaf withered; and I have given them … what has passed them by.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	8	14	Why do we linger here? Muster we, and man the stronghold, and wait there uncomplaining; silence the Lord our God has imposed on us, given us a draught to dull the senses; the Lord, whom our sins have offended.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	8	15	How we long for better times, and no relief comes to us; for remedy at last, and danger still threatens!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	8	16	All the way from Dan the noise of horses reaches us, gallant chargers neighing in their pride, till earth trembles with the echoes of it; on they come, bearing ruin to field and crop, to city and citizen!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	8	17	With such a brood of deadly serpents I am plaguing you, the Lord says, charm is none shall rid you of its bite.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	8	18	Grief beyond all grief, that bows down my heart within me!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	8	19	So cries my own people in its distress from a country far away. Does the Lord dwell in Sion no longer? Is she forsaken by her king?And she? What of the idols, what of the alien gods that turned me into her enemy?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	8	20	Harvest-time is over, summer is gone, and still no deliverance has come to us.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	8	21	Wounded she lies, my own people, and is not her wound mine? Shall I not go mourning, bewildered by grief?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	8	22	Grows the balm in Galaad no more, is the healer’s art lost there, that the people I love should lie wounded, and the wound will not close?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	1	Well-head were this head of mine, eyes of a fountain these eyes, day nor night should serve me to weep enough for my country’s dead.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	2	Oh that some lodging-place in the wilderness for me were dwelling-place, far from the haunts of my own people, that are faithless lovers, rebel subjects all!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	3	Deceitful tongues, treacherous as the hidden archer’s bow, hearts that lord it over their fellow-countrymen, wrong leading to wrong, and my claims forgotten! the Lord says.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	4	Neighbour of neighbour beware, kinsman let kinsman never trust; none goes about to overthrow thee more craftily than brother of thine or friend.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	5	None but will overreach his fellow with lies; all their schooling is in falsehood, all their striving for ill-gotten gain.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	6	In what a nest of treason thou dwellest! And such treason, the Lord says, as will acknowledge no claim of mine.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	7	This warning, then, he utters, the Lord of hosts: The fire for them! They must be tried in the crucible; what other choice has my faithless people left me?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	8	Tongues that wound like an arrow, with deceit for poison, ever the smooth word of friend laying snare for friend;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	9	what, shall I let all this pass me by, the Lord says; shall I not take my fill of vengeance against such a nation as this?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	10	Sad dirge be made for the hills, lament for all the wide pasture-lands, that are scorched bare, and left untravelled; silent the herdsman’s call; birds that nested there, cattle that grazed there, fled and gone.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	11	I mean to turn Jerusalem into a heap of dust, the lair of serpents; the cities of Juda shall stand desolate, with none to inhabit them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	12	Come now, who is wise enough to read the riddle, to what spokesman shall the Lord’s proclamation be entrusted, when he tells us why the land lies ruined, burnt up like the wilderness, and never a passer-by?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	13	It is because they forsook the commandment I gave them, the Lord says, would not heed my call or follow it;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	14	because they had recourse to ill devices of their own, and to the gods of the country-side, whose worship their fathers taught them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	15	This doom, then, the Lord of hosts pronounces, the God of Israel: On wormwood I will feed this people of mine, gall shall be the drink I give them;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	16	far away I will scatter them, in countries never they, never their fathers knew; and the sword shall follow close behind, to exterminate them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	17	This too the Lord of hosts says, the God of Israel: Search all about, and find mourners, mistresses of their craft, and such as will answer your summons with all haste;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	18	no time let them lose in making dole for us; weep every eye, be every eye-lid blubbered with tears.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	19	Listen to Sion’s lament: Alas, what scathe, alas, what shame! Our land lies deserted, our homes in ruins!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	20	To you, women, the Lord’s word comes; this is matter for your hearing. To daughters of yours, neighbours of yours, teach the sad melody of yonder lament;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	21	here is death looking in at our windows, finding its way into our palaces, and soon there will be no children playing out of doors, nor grown men passing to and fro in the streets.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	22	A message from the Lord: Like dung they shall lie on the ground, the corpses of the dead, like the sheaf left after reaping is done, that none is at pains to gather.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	23	This, too, is the Lord’s message: Never boast, if thou art wise, of thy wisdom, if thou art strong, of thy strength, if thou art rich, of thy riches;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	24	boast is none worth having, save that insight which gives knowledge of me; in all my dealings with mankind so merciful a Lord, the Lord says, so just, so faithful, and a lover of such dealings where they are found.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	25	A time of reckoning there shall be, the Lord says, for all the nations that practice circumcision,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	9	26	Egypt, Juda, Edom, Ammon, Moab; ay, and the desert folk that clip their foreheads bare. The whole world is uncircumcised; all have hearts uncircumcised, and Israel with the rest.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	10	1	Listen, men of Israel, to the Lord’s utterance concerning you.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	10	2	Thus says the Lord: Do not learn to follow Gentile ways, or be dismayed by portents in the heavens, as the Gentiles are.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	10	3	How empty the observances the heathen use! What is the stuff upon which the carver works but a trunk of wood, felled by an axe out in the forest?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	10	4	Only he has tricked it out with gold and silver, hammer and nail must do their work, lest it should fall to pieces.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	10	5	Idols cunningly plated as palm-trees, yet dumb as they, and men must carry them to and fro, for movement they have none! To these give no reverence; they can neither mar nor make thee.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	10	6	No, Lord, thou hast no rival; so great thou art, so great is the sovereignty of thy name.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	10	7	King of all nations, how should we not fear thee in that majesty of thine? Boast the world as it will of wisdom or of empire, none can rival thee.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	10	8	Ah, folly and blindness, ah, fond teaching, lifeless as wood itself!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	10	9	Ay, bring plates of silver from Tharsis, gold from Ophaz, it is all man’s work, fresh from the smithy; bring robes of blue and purple, they are man’s work still!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	10	10	But the Lord is God in good earnest, a God that lives, that has eternal dominion, and can make earth tremble with his frown, strike the nations powerless when he threatens them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	10	11	No place on earth or under heaven, you must tell the nations, for gods that could fashion neither heaven nor earth.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	10	12	Power that made the earth, wisdom that orders nature, foresight that spread out the heavens!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	10	13	At the sound of his voice, what mustering of the waters overhead! He summons up the cloud-wrack from the world’s end, turns the lightning into a rain-storm, brings the winds out of his store-house;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	10	14	how puny, then, is man’s skill, how sorry a thing is the carver’s workmanship; after all his pains, only a lifeless counterfeit!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	10	15	Fond imaginations, fantastic figures, when the time comes for reckoning, they will be heard of no more.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	10	16	Not such the worship that is the heirloom of Jacob’s line; their God is the God who made all things, Israel his patrimony, the Lord of hosts his name.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	10	17	Take up from the ground, poor besieged one, thy load of shame.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	10	18	This time, the Lord says, I mean to hurl them far away, the dwellers in this land, and great distress shall be theirs, that they may be found …
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	10	19	Alas, for my wounding, for the grievous hurt that is mine! Hitherto I had thought to bear my sickness, if this were all;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	10	20	but now what am I? A tent broken down, all its ropes severed: all my citizens have deserted me, and are no more to be found; who shall raise the pole, who shall stretch the curtains now?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	10	21	And the cause of it? Unskilful shepherds that would have no recourse to the Lord; see how their art has failed them, and all the flock is scattered far and wide!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	10	22	A sound comes to me that brings tidings with it, a great stir from the north country; all Juda is to become a desert, a lair for serpents now.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	10	23	Lord, I know it well enough, it is not for man to choose his lot; not human wisdom guides our steps aright.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	10	24	Chasten me, Lord, but with due measure kept; not as thy anger demands, or thou wilt grind me to dust.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	10	25	Pour out this indignation of thine upon the nations that do not acknowledge thee, on the tribes that never invoke thy name; by whom Jacob is devoured, devoured and devastated, and all his pride scattered to the winds.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	11	1	Here is a message which came from the Lord to Jeremias
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	11	2	about the covenant: Listen well to the terms of it, and be the spokesmen of it to all the race of Juda, all the citizens of Jerusalem.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	11	3	This warning thou shalt give them from the Lord God of Israel: Cursed be the man who will not obey the terms of this covenant,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	11	4	the commandment which I enjoined on your fathers when I rescued them from Egypt’s furnace of iron. Give heed to my call, I told them, and do as I bid you; then you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	11	5	So would I fulfil the promise made on oath to their fathers before them; the promise of a land all milk and honey, that land which is yours to-day.So be it, Lord, said I;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	11	6	and he bade me cry the message aloud all through the townships of Juda, all through the streets of Jerusalem: Listen to the terms of this covenant, and keep them well;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	11	7	ever since I rescued them from Egypt I have been adjuring those fathers of yours, day in, day out, to listen to me,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	11	8	and listen they would not. No hearing would they give me, but went each his own way, perverse as ever, till at last I must carry out the threats contained in this covenant, still proclaimed and still defied.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	11	9	Why, the Lord said to me, here is a conspiracy among Juda’s folk, Jerusalem’s folk!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	11	10	They have gone back to the old guilty ways of their rebellious fathers; they in their turn have betaken themselves to the worship of alien gods; my immemorial covenant with Israel and Juda is void; they have rescinded it!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	11	11	And now, the Lord says, I mean to visit them with punishment inevitable, punishment inexorable;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	11	12	let Juda and Jerusalem have recourse, if they will, to the gods they honour with their sacrifices, it will avail them nothing in their distress.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	11	13	No township of thine, Juda, but must have its own deity, no street in Jerusalem but thou wouldst set up there altars abominable, where sacrifice is offered to the gods of the country-side!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	11	14	Nor do thou, Jeremias, think to intercede for this people of mine, or take up in their name the burden of praise and prayer; when they cry to me in their distress, hearing they shall have none.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	11	15	A people so well beloved, that so haunts my house, yet stained with crime! What, dost thou think the consecrated flesh will avail to rid thee of thy wanton guilt?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	11	16	An olive-tree, sturdy and fair and fruitful, so it was the Lord loved to think of thee; and now, at the sound of his majestic voice, fire breaks out in it, and all those shoots are burned away.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	11	17	Yes, it is the Lord of hosts, who once planted thee, that has now decreed the undoing of Israel and Juda, undoing for their own ill-doing, when they sacrificed to the gods of the country-side in defiance of me.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	11	18	Thou, Lord, didst make it all known to me past doubt, warning me beforehand of their devices.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	11	19	Hitherto, I had been unsuspecting as a cade lamb that is led off to the slaughter-house; I knew nothing of the plots they were hatching against me, as they whispered, Let us give him a taste of the gallows-tree; let us rid the world of him, so that his very name will be forgotten!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	11	20	But thou, Lord of hosts, true judge that canst read the inmost thoughts of man’s heart, let me live to see thee punish them; to thee I have made my plea known.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	11	21	And now the Lord has a word for yonder men of Anathoth, who conspired to kill me, and would have stopped me prophesying in the Lord’s name, on pain of my life.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	11	22	I will call them to account for it, says the Lord of hosts; by the sword their warriors shall perish, and their sons and daughters by famine.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	11	23	None shall be left; woe betide the men of Anathoth, when the year comes for my reckoning with them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	12	1	Lord, I know well that right is on thy side, if I plead against thee, yet remon-strate with thee I must; why is it that the affairs of the wicked prosper; never a traitor double-dyed but all goes well with him?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	12	2	Deep roots they strike, so firmly thou hast planted them, thrive and bear fruit; yet all the while their hearts keep thee at a distance, only their lips proclaim thee.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	12	3	Yet it is I, Lord, that hold thy warrant; with favour thou regardest me, hast proof of my heart’s loyalty; wilt thou not herd them together like sheep, and mark them down for slaughter?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	12	4	How long must this land go in mourning, all the verdure of its fields be parched up, to avenge the ill-doing of its inhabitants? Neither beast nor bird left in it; and still their hope is, I shall not live to see their end come!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	12	5	What, tired out so soon when thy rivals were on foot? And hast thou the mettle to challenge horsemen? Easy to keep thy confidence, here on safe ground; what shift wilt thou make in the fens of Jordan?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	12	6	Even by thy own clansmen, thy own father’s kin, thou art betrayed; these too will join in the hue and cry after thee; never trust soft words of theirs.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	12	7	Farewell, my home; I have done with my chosen people; the life that was so dear to me I have handed over to its enemies.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	12	8	My people grown strange to me, as lion snarling in its forest lair; what marvel if I am weary of it?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	12	9	My people grown strange to me as carrion-bird, its mottled plumage all bathed in blood! Gather here, beasts that roam the earth, eager for your prey.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	12	10	Drovers a many have laid waste my vineyard, trampled down my lands; the land I loved so, turned into a lonely wilderness!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	12	11	Desolate they have made it, and desolate it mourns for me now; a very picture of desolation, and all for the want of men with heeding hearts.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	12	12	No track over the uplands but has seen the freebooters coming by; from end to end of the country the sword of divine vengeance must pass, leaving no peace for any living thing;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	12	13	where wheat was sown, the harvest shall be of briers, where men hold lands, they shall get no advantage of it; all your harvests shall disappoint you, so fierce the Lord’s anger burns.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	12	14	And this message comes from the Lord to those ill neighbours of his, that encroach upon the domain he has granted to his people of Israel: I mean to uproot them from their homes, when I uproot the men of Juda from the land that lies between them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	12	15	Yet I will relent towards them, so uprooted, and have pity on them; to their scattered homes and countries they shall all return.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	12	16	Then, if they will but learn the traditions of my own people, and take their oaths by the Lord, the living God, as they once taught my people to take oaths by Baal, their fortunes shall be founded anew in the midst of Juda.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	12	17	But wherever my call goes unheeded, the Lord says, that people’s uprooting shall be that people’s undoing.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	1	The Lord’s word came to me: Go and buy a girdle of linen, and put it about thy loins, one that was never yet soaked in water.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	2	Girdle I bought me as the Lord had bidden, and wore it;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	3	and now the Lord spoke again:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	4	Is the girdle bought and worn? Up, take it with thee to Euphrates river, and hide it there in a crevice of the rock.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	5	So I went obediently, and hid it away in the Euphrates.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	6	Many days afterwards, the Lord sent me on my travels again to the Euphrates, to recover the girdle hidden there at his command;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	7	so thither I went, and unearthed the girdle from its hiding-place, to find it all perished and useless.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	8	Whereupon the Lord’s word came to me,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	9	and this was his message: Not less the great pride of Juda, the great pride of Jerusalem, must perish.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	10	Here is a rebellious people that will not listen to my call; they must needs take their own false path, courting alien gods and submitting to their worship. No better, then, than yonder useless girdle;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	11	close as a man’s girdle fits about his loins I had bound Israel and Juda to myself; my people they were to be, my renown and prize and pride; but no, they would not listen.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	12	Tell them this, too, from the Lord God of Israel, Flagons must have wine to fill them. And when they answer, it is no news to them that flagons are for wine,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	13	give them this message from the Lord: Ay, but the people of this land, king of David’s line sitting on David’s throne, priest and prophet and citizens of Jerusalem every one, are flagons waiting to be filled. I mean to bemuse them, as with wine,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	14	and then shatter them; brother torn away from brother, and fathers from their children; ruth and respite none shall have, nor be spared in the common ruin.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	15	Hear and heed and humble yourselves; it is the Lord who speaks.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	16	Give God his due, ere the shadows fall, and your feet begin to stumble on the dark mountain-ways. For day you shall long, but he will have turned it into night; dark as death the lowering of the storm.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	17	Sirs, if you will not listen now, give me leave to hide myself away and bemoan your proud hearts; weep I must and wail, and my eyes run down with tears, if the Lord’s flock is doomed to captivity.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	18	To king and queen-mother say this, Come down and take your places with the rest, discrowned of your royalty.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	19	Shut off are the cities of the south, entry is none; dispeopled lies Juda, of all her sons dispeopled.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	20	New-comers from the north country, look about you and see! … … Ah, Jerusalem, what has become of the flock once entrusted to thee, thy honourable care?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	21	What wilt thou say when thou art called to give account of it? Thy enemies are such as thou hast taught how to attack thee; thy schooling has recoiled on thy own head; sharper than travail-throes the anguish that shall overtake thee.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	22	And wilt thou find room for surmise, why this should have befallen thee? Doubt not it is thy own wrong-doing that has stripped thee naked, and plunged thy steps deep in defilement.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	23	Sooner may Ethiop turn white, leopard’s hide unmarked, than Juda unlearn the lesson of ill-doing and amend.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	24	Far and wide I will scatter thy sons, like straws caught in the desert wind;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	25	such is the fortune sent thee, such thy retribution exactly awarded, because thou hast forgotten me, and in lying fables put thy trust.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	26	That is why I will pull thy skirts about thy ears and manifest thy shame;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	13	27	adulteries of thine, and lasciviousness, and all the guilt of thy debauchery, the foul deeds I have seen done on hill-tops, in the open country-side. Fie on thee, Jerusalem, that wilt not come back to me and be cleansed! Shall it last for ever?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	14	1	How the Lord answered Jeremias in the matter of the drought.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	14	2	Lamentation in Juda, faint hearts and the dress of mourners in the market-place, loud the cry that goes up from Jerusalem!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	14	3	Master sends man to fetch water, but when cistern is reached, water is none; back go the pails empty, and disappointed vexation veils its head.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	14	4	Vexation, too, and veiled heads among the country folk, so languish the fields for lack of rain;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	14	5	hind forsakes its new-born young, out on the plain, because grass has failed it,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	14	6	and the wild ass on the hill-side gasps for air, crocodile-fashion, eyes dim with the vain search for pasture.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	14	7	What though we have guilt to plead against us? For thy own honour, Lord, bring us aid, rebels so often, yet confessing how we have wronged thee!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	14	8	Thou, Israel’s hope, in time of calamity its refuge still, wilt thou pass us by, like stranger in a land that is none of his, like some traveller that will ask for a night’s lodging and be gone?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	14	9	Why dost thou hang back like a man irresolute, a warrior that has forgotten his strength? Lord, thy dwelling-place is among us; thy holy name we bear; wilt thou abandon us?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	14	10	Hearts ever in love with wandering, never at rest, what answer will the Lord make them? That his favour is not for them; at this hour he keeps their guilt in memory, for all their misdoings calls them to account.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	14	11	Nay, the Lord said to me, do not pray for the welfare of such a people as this.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	14	12	Fast they, their prayers shall go unheard; offer they burnt-sacrifice and victim, I will have none of it; sword, and famine, and the pestilence shall wear them down.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	14	13	Alas, alas, Lord God, said I, here are their prophets telling them they shall never see sword drawn, famine shall be none among them; theirs shall be a land of lasting content.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	14	14	These are but false promises, the Lord said, that they utter in my name; warrant they never had from me, nor errand, nor message; of false visions they tell you, and soothsayings, and trickery, and their own hearts’ inventions.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	14	15	Here is the Lord’s sentence upon prophets not of his sending, who speak to you in his name of a land unhurt by sword or famine; by sword and famine those prophets shall be devoured.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	14	16	Slain by sword and famine, the common folk that listen to them shall lie in the streets of Jerusalem, with none to bury them; wives and sons and daughters shall die with them; their own misdoings shall be a flood to drown them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	14	17	This too thou shalt say to them … … Weep, eyes, day and night, never resting, at the great hurt, the grievous wound she suffers, my people, inviolable till now!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	14	18	Nothing the country-side shews but massacre, nothing the city but faces pinched with famine; prophet and priest are gone, in a land of strangers they must ply their trade now.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	14	19	Hast thou abandoned Juda once for all, art thou weary of Sion? Past all healing thou hast wounded us; how we long for better times, and no relief comes to us, for remedy at last, and danger still threatens!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	14	20	Lord, we acknowledge our rebelliousness, acknowledge our fathers’ guilt, confess that we have wronged thee;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	14	21	for thy own honour, do not shame us, do not drag thy own royal glory in the dust; wilt thou forget, wilt thou annul the covenant that binds thee?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	14	22	Grant rain they cannot, the false gods of the heathen, the dumb skies have no showers of their own to give; for these, his creatures, wait we patiently on the Lord our God.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	15	1	But it was thus the Lord answered me: Though Moses himself and Samuel made intercession for them, neither love nor liking would I have for this people of mine; banish them from my presence, to go where they will.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	15	2	If they ask whither, give them this message from the Lord: Whom the plague beckons, to the plague; whom the sword, to the sword; whom famine, to famine; whom exile, to exile.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	15	3	Escort they shall have of four kinds, the Lord says; the sword to slay and the dogs to tear them, birds in air and beasts on earth to devour and make an end of them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	15	4	All the kingdoms of the world shall be in a ferment over them; so will I punish the ill deeds done in Jerusalem by Manasses, son of Ezechias, when he was king of Juda.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	15	5	Nay, Jerusalem, who shall pity or bemoan thee, who shall turn aside, as he passes, to wish thee well?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	15	6	Thou hast forsaken me, the Lord says, and wouldst journey with me no more; now my hand is raised to strike, and make an end of thee; I am weary of wooing thee.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	15	7	Over the threshold of the land I blow my people away like chaff, bereaved, diminished, and unrepentant still.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	15	8	Widows there be, countless as the sea-sand; where is now the warrior son? In broad daylight I send the roving spoiler to strike terror into their cities.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	15	9	Sick at heart and faint she lies, that seven sons had borne; her noon is night, her hopes and her pride gone; and all that she has left, the Lord says, shall fall a prey to the sword in battle.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	15	10	An ill day when thou, my own mother, didst bring me into the world! A world where all for me is strife, all is hostility; neither creditor I nor debtor to any man, yet they curse my name!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	15	11	But the Lord answered, I promise that thou shalt leave behind thee good service done, and that in all distress and persecution I am coming to thy side, to save thee from thy enemies.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	15	12	What, should iron and bronze be in league with the iron that comes from the north?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	15	13	… (All the riches and treasures of thy land shall be despoiled, in punishment for all its guilt, and to no purpose;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	15	14	I am summoning enemies to attack thee from a land far away; it is your own persons that shall be burnt up in the fires of vengeance my anger has kindled)  …
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	15	15	Thou art my witness, Lord; bethink thee, and come to my defence against my persecutors; hold thy hand no longer, but claim me for thy own; if I have earned an ill name, it was in thy cause.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	15	16	When thy words were found, how greedily I devoured them! Great joy and content those words gave to my heart, heart of a prophet that bears thy name.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	15	17	Not for me the company of the merry-makers, I would not share in their boastfulness; under the threat of thy judgement I sat alone, filled with boding thoughts.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	15	18	Why are those sad thoughts still with me? Is my hurt desperate, beyond all remedy? Did it cheat me, like some empty water-course, my hope in thee?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	15	19	Draw near to me, the Lord said, and I will draw thee to myself, to wait upon me. When thou hast learned to separate worth from dross, thou shalt be my true spokesman, and thou shalt draw others to thyself, not let thyself be drawn to them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	15	20	This people of mine shall find thee a stout wall of bronze, impregnable to their attack; am I not at thy side, the Lord says, to protect and deliver thee?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	15	21	Let the wicked be never so powerful, I will engage for thy safety.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	16	1	The Lord’s word came to me:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	16	2	With such a land for thy dwelling-place, neither wive nor gender;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	16	3	for sons and daughters born in this land, for mothers who there gave them birth and fathers who begot them, the Lord has ill news to hear.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	16	4	Die they of the plague, they shall lie like dung on the ground, unwept, unburied; meet they their end by sword or famine, birds in air and beasts that roam the earth shall prey on the carrion of them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	16	5	Where they hold wake for the dead, such is the Lord’s bidding, never enter thou, condole and console thou never; friendship of mine this people shall never have, nor grace, nor mercy, the Lord says.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	16	6	Die rich, die poor in that country of theirs, burial and wake they shall have none; never a limb gashed or a head shaved to honour them;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	16	7	none shall break bread with the mourner, nor give him a draught of wine for his comfort, though father or mother he bewail.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	16	8	Nor enter thou where men feast, to sit at meat and drink with them;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	16	9	this doom he utters, the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You shall live to see the day when cries of joy and mirth, voice of bridegroom and of bride, in this land are heard no more.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	16	10	This warning uttered, if they ask thee why the divine sentence is so stern, wherein their guilt lies, what wrong they have done to the Lord their God,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	16	11	tell them this in his name: It is because your fathers have forsaken me, had recourse to alien gods, and submitted to the worship of them, my claim renounced, my laws defied.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	16	12	And you have out-done your fathers in malice, each of you following the ill bent of his own heart, and disobeying me.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	16	13	Exiles far from home, in a land neither you nor those fathers of yours ever saw, you shall spend day and night in the service of alien gods, without respite.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	16	14	(Ay, the Lord says, a time is coming when the living Lord men swear by will no longer be the God who rescued Israel from Egypt;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	16	15	the living God will be one who has rescued Israel from the north country, and all the places of exile that are now designed for you, restoring them to the home which was once his gift to their fathers. )
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	16	16	Many fishermen I have, the Lord says, to spread the nets for them; and after that many huntsmen, to hunt them down among mountains and hill-sides and rocky caverns.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	16	17	Good watch I keep on their doings, never lose sight of them; no guilt of theirs can escape my scrutiny.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	16	18	Twice over they shall pay for guilt of theirs, misdoing of theirs, the men that have profaned my own land with dead idols, spread pollution through all my domain.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	16	19	Strength and stronghold, Lord, refuge in time of peril, shall not the Gentiles themselves come to thee from the ends of the earth, confessing that all their patrimony is but a heritage of lies, that their idols cannot avail them?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	16	20	Shall men make gods for themselves, that gods in truth are none?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	16	21	Ay, it is the very lesson I mean to teach them now; that I act, and act with power; they shall learn to know the Lord’s name at last.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	1	Not more indelible were the guilt of Juda, if pen of steel or point of diamond had graven it with their hearts for tablet, or upon the rim of their altars;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	2	indelible, while there are sons of theirs to remember where altar stood once and sacred tree, shrine in the thick forest, shrine on the high hills;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	3	to offer sacrifice even yet in the open country-side. All the riches and treasures of thy land shall be destroyed, all its hill-shrines, in punishment for all its guilt.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	4	Lost to thee, the home that once I gave thee; in a land thou knowest not thou shalt be the slave of thy enemies; the fire of anger thou hast kindled in me can never be quenched.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	5	Cursed shall he be, the Lord says, that puts his trust in man, and will have flesh and blood to aid him, his thoughts far from God.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	6	Never shall the sight of better times greet him; forlorn as some bush of tamarisk out in the desert, he dwells in a parched waste, the salt plains for all his company.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	7	Blessed shall he be that puts his trust in the Lord, makes the Lord his refuge.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	8	Not more favoured is tree planted by the water’s edge, that pushes out its roots to catch the moisture, and defies the summer heat; its green leaves careless of the drought, its fruit unfailing.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	9	There is no riddle like the twists of the heart; who shall master them?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	10	Who but I, the Lord, that can see into man’s heart, and read his inmost thoughts, to every life awarding what its doings have earned?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	11	Partridge that fosters a brood not its own is fit emblem for the man that wins riches unjustly; when life is but half done, he must take leave of them, a fool to the last.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	12	Where from the first supreme majesty sits enthroned, there lies our sanctuary;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	13	thou, Lord, art Israel’s hope; the men who forsake thee will be disappointed, the men who swerve from thy paths will be names written in sand; have they not forsaken that Lord who is the fountain of living water?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	14	If I am to be healed, it is thou, Lord, must heal me; if I am to find deliverance, it is thou must deliver me; thou art all my boast.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	15	What has become of the Lord’s threat? (so men taunt me), we are waiting to see it accomplished!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	16	But this was no hasty word of mine, I did but lead where thou leddest; it was no wish of mine that calamity should befall mankind; no word I uttered but had the warrant of thy scrutiny.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	17	Not for me thy terrors; the day of affliction is coming, but I shall find refuge in thee.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	18	They must be abashed, and I vindicated; they must cower, while I stand confident. It is on them the day of affliction will fall; reward them, then, with twofold hurt for the hurt they did.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	19	The Lord bade me go and take my stand at the People’s Gate, where the kings of Juda passed to and fro; and then, in turn, at the other gates of Jerusalem.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	20	This was to be my message from the Lord to king and people of Juda, to every citizen of Jerusalem that used those gates:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	21	No more, on peril of your lives, shoulder those packs of yours and carry them through Jerusalem gates on the sabbath day.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	22	Never a load must leave your houses, nor any work be done, on the sabbath; this was the command I gave to your fathers,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	23	only they would not listen or pay heed, chafed under the yoke of discipline and refused to obey me.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	24	And you, the Lord says, will you obey? Rid these gateways of their sabbath burdens, keep the sabbath holy by resting from work,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	25	and your kings and princes, David’s own heirs, shall still go riding through them, with horses and chariots, with their retinue of nobles, with the men of Juda and Jerusalem’s citizens in their train. Evermore your city shall be populous;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	26	from the townships of Juda, from your own country-side, from Benjamin, from plain and hill and the waste lands of the south, men shall come with burnt-sacrifice and victim and bloodless offering and incense to enrich the Lord’s temple.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	17	27	Refuse to keep the sabbath holy, profane it with burdens borne and burdens admitted through the gates, and I will set those gates in a blaze that shall burn down all Jerusalem ere you can quench it.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	18	1	The Lord’s word came to Jeremias,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	18	2	bidding him betake himself to the potter’s house; there a divine message awaited him.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	18	3	So I went to the potter’s house, and found him working at his wheel;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	18	4	just then, the thing of clay he was a-fashioning broke in his hands, and he, as the whim took him, turned it into another thing of clay.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	18	5	Then it was the Lord’s word came to me:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	18	6	You are in my hands, men of Israel, as the clay in the potter’s; why may I not do as the potter did?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	18	7	All at once to a nation here, a kingdom there, I pronounced my sentence, for the uprooting and undoing of it, for its utter destruction.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	18	8	Let but that nation repent of the crimes I brought against it, I too will repent of the punishment I thought to exact.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	18	9	All at once to a nation here, a kingdom there, I promise restoration of its fortunes and new life.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	18	10	Let but that nation defy my will, shut its ears to my claim, I too will repent of all the fair promises I made it.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	18	11	Be this, then, thy message from the Lord to Juda’s folk, to the citizens of Jerusalem: Ill days I have in store for you; all my plans are laid; time that each one of you should return from the false path, shape aims and thoughts anew.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	18	12	Ah no, they tell me, too late! Each one clings to his own course, follows his own bent still.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	18	13	Search the world over, the Lord says, where were ever such deeds heard of as this deed Israel, false maid, has most foully done?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	18	14	What, shall the snows of Lebanon melt from those wild peaks, shall they be dried up at their source, those icy torrents that flow down from it?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	18	15	Not less strange that this people of mine should forget me, and resort to vain sacrifices; that they should find their own paths too rough for them, the tracks marked out so long ago, and journey on instead along by-paths untrodden.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	18	16	Desolate their country shall lie, doomed to everlasting scorn; every passer-by will shudder at it, or toss his head in derision.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	18	17	I will sweep them away before the enemy’s onset, as the east wind sweeps all before it; turn my back and never look their way in the hour of need.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	18	18	Hereupon they summoned a conclave to plot against me, Jeremias; What, they said, would he have us believe we need no more priests to expound the law, no more wise men to counsel us, no more prophets to say their word? They thought to compass my death by their clamour; to all my warnings would pay heed no longer.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	18	19	Lord, give me audience; listen to these pratings of my enemies.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	18	20	Must they make such a return for my good will, laying a snare to take my life? Bethink thee, how I ever stood up before thee to plead for them, to avert thy anger from them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	18	21	Henceforth leave their children to famish, or give them up to butchery; may their wives be childless widows, their grown men die of pestilence, their young men by the sword-thrust in battle;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	18	22	let their homes ring with lamentation, a prey to the sudden onslaught of robbers! Cunning the snare they laid, deep the pit they dug to entrap me;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	18	23	but there is no hiding from thee, Lord, the designs they have on my life. Do not forgive their malice, keep their guilt ever in thy sight; cast them down to earth at thy presence, and in thy anger make an end of them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	19	1	Up, the Lord said to me, and get thee a jar of earthenware;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	19	2	take it to the valley of Ben-Ennom, close to the Earthenware Gate, with elders of the people and some of the older priests for thy company; there prophesy as I bid thee.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	19	3	To the dynasty of Juda, to all the citizens of Jerusalem, give this message from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I mean to bring such calamity on this place, as shall ring in the ears of all that hear it.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	19	4	The place that once was mine, now alienated by the rebels that dwell there; to alien gods they never knew, no fathers of theirs, no kings of Juda ever knew, they have done sacrifice in this place, drenching it with the blood of the innocent.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	19	5	Here the gods of the country-side must have their hill-shrines, and children must be burnt as a sacrifice in their honour; a rite not of my prescribing, or enjoining, or imagining.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	19	6	And now, the Lord says, a time is coming when it will no more be called Topheth, or the Valley of Ben-Ennom; it will be called the Valley of the Slain.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	19	7	In this valley all the hopes of Juda and Jerusalem shall be poured away; at the sword’s point they shall meet their enemy and fall into pitiless hands, and I will give leave to bird in air, beast on earth, to prey on the carrion of them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	19	8	A thing of horror and scorn this city shall be; no passer-by but will shudder at it, or hiss derision at the memory of its sufferings.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	19	9	Nay, a pitiless enemy shall beleaguer them with so hard a siege, that I will leave them no food save the flesh of son and daughter; man shall eat man.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	19	10	Then break that jar of thine, for all thy company to see,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	19	11	and give them this message from the Lord of hosts: Broken to pieces you shall be, nation and city, like yonder thing of clay that is past all repairing; men will be finding room for their dead in Topheth, because other burying-ground is none.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	19	12	Such, the Lord says, is the doom I have pronounced on city and citizens; Jerusalem itself shall be a Topheth,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	19	13	all the houses in it, and yonder palace where the kings of Juda reigned, as Topheth unclean; it was there, on the roof-tops, they sacrificed to all the host of heaven, and made offering to alien gods.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	19	14	His errand at Topheth done, Jeremias took his stand in the temple courts, and gave the people this message from the Lord God of Israel:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	19	15	All these threats against Jerusalem and her daughter cities I mean to perform; the punishment of a yoke refused, a call unheeded.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	20	1	When Jeremias uttered this prophecy, one of those who heard him was Phassur, son of Emmer, a priest who was entrusted with the care of the temple.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	20	2	This Phassur gave Jeremias a beating, and put him in the stocks at the upper gate of Benjamin, in the temple precincts,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	20	3	but next day released him. A new name the Lord has for thee, Jeremias told him, instead of Phassur; he means to call thee Danger-Everywhere.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	20	4	Danger enough thou shalt have, the Lord says, thou and those friends of thine; with thy own eyes thou shalt see the enemy put them to the sword, when I make the king of Babylon master of Juda; to Babylon he will take them, and put them to the sword there.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	20	5	All the wealth of this city, all the fruits of its toil, all that is of price, all the treasury of Juda’s kings, those enemies shall have in their power, to plunder and carry off and take back to Babylon with them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	20	6	And thou, Phassur, with all thy household, shalt go into exile; to Babylon thou shalt go, in Babylon thou shalt die, and there find burial with all such friends of thine as listened to thy lying prophecy.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	20	7	Lord, thou hast sent me on a fool’s errand; if I played a fool’s part, a strength greater than mine overmastered me; morn to night, what a laughing-stock am I, every man’s nay-word!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	20	8	Long have I prophesied, and still I clamoured against men’s wickedness, and still cried ruin; day in, day out, nothing it earns me, this divine spokesmanship, but reproach and mockery.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	20	9	Did I essay to put the Lord out of my thoughts, and speak no more in his name, all at once it seemed as though a raging fire were locked in my bosom, pierced my whole frame, till I was worn out with it, and could bear no more.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	20	10	For me, danger everywhere; so many crying, Denounce him, and that contemptuous cry echoed by all the companions I trusted, ever at my side: Denounce him we will; he may be fooled yet! Then we can overmaster him, and take our vengeance!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	20	11	But the Lord stands at my side, a strong champion; fall and fail they must, my persecutors, and be disappointed of their hopes; fools, that cannot foresee shame eternal, shame indelible, awaiting them!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	20	12	But thou, Lord of hosts, true judge that canst read the inmost thoughts of man’s heart, let me live to see thee punish them; to thee I have made my plea known.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	20	13	Sing to the Lord yet, praise the Lord yet; he does not leave a defenceless life at the mercy of the wicked.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	20	14	Cursed be the day of my birth! A time for cursing it was, not for blessing, when my mother brought me into the world.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	20	15	Cursed be the man who told my father a son had been born to him, and brought gladness, ay, gladness, into his heart!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	20	16	For that good news, be he rewarded with the noise of battle-cry at morn, dirge at noon, like some city the Lord overthrows in anger unrelenting!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	20	17	Why did he not slay me yet unborn, the womb for my tomb, and frustrate my mother’s hope eternally?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	20	18	Why must I come out into the light of day, where only labour and sorrow greet me, and in disappointed striving all my life is spent?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	21	1	And this was the answer Jeremias had from the Lord, when king Sedecias sent two envoys to consult him; their names were Phassur son of Melchias, and Sophonias son of Maasias, a priest.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	21	2	The king sought a divine oracle about the war then levied on him by Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon; would the Lord grant his people wondrous deliverance as of old? Would the siege be raised?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	21	3	And Jeremias sent them back to the royal presence,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	21	4	with this message from the Lord, the God of Israel: All the strength you have put into the field, to meet the king of Babylon and your Chaldaean besiegers at a distance from the walls, I mean to force back into the city and coop it up within.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	21	5	Then my arm shall be raised to strike, then my power shall be exerted, but against you; I will be all anger, all indignation, all resentment,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	21	6	smiting the inhabitants of this city with a great pestilence that shall slay both man and beast.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	21	7	But not king Sedecias; he shall be left alive, and some of his courtiers and his retinue, some of the citizens will be left alive, plague and war and famine notwithstanding. And these shall fall into the hands of Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon, into the hands of a pitiless enemy, that will put them to the sword without ransom, or ruth, or respite.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	21	8	And this warning the Lord gives to the common folk: Here is choice I offer you between life and death, take which course you will.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	21	9	To remain in this city means death by sword, famine, or pestilence; leave it, and go over to the investing army of Chaldaeans, and you shall be spared, glad enough to escape with your lives.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	21	10	For woe, not weal, I keep this city ever in regard; the king of Babylon shall be master of it, and burn it to the ground.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	21	11	And for king and princes of Juda: Men of David’s line, here is a message from the Lord for your hearing.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	21	12	Learn betimes to make true award, and rob the oppressor of his prey, or my vengeance will blaze out against you for your ill-doings, like fire that still burns and will not be quenched.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	21	13	Have at thee, proud city, the Lord says, the valley thy dwelling-place, rock-built guardian of the plain! Boast you, its townspeople, that on you no stroke shall fall, none shall reach your lair?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	21	14	You shall be called to account, the Lord says, as your ill-doings have deserved; in this forest I will light such a fire as shall consume all around it.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	1	A message from the Lord, I must betake myself to the royal palace, and make proclamation there;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	2	Listen to a divine warning, king of Juda though thou be, and heir to David’s throne; it is for thee and thy courtiers and thy retinue, all that claim entry here.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	3	Just sentence, the Lord says, and right award; rob the oppressor of his prey; to alien, orphan and widow do neither despite nor wrong; never, within these walls, be innocence condemned to death.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	4	This warning if you obey, through these palace gates the heirs of David and of David’s throne, with horses and chariots, courtiers and retinue, shall yet pass to and fro.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	5	Disobey, the Lord says, and my own honour is engaged to make, of this palace, a ruin.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	6	On the royal house of Juda this is the Lord’s sentence: Growth I found here once, generous as in Galaad or on Lebanon’s height; now I have sworn to make a desert of it, no place for the haunts of men.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	7	Who shall strike the blow, and with what arms, is decreed already; all those fair cedars shall be cut down, and cast into the fire.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	8	Nations a many shall pass by those ruins; and when a man asks his neighbour what it meant, that the Lord should deal so hardly with a great city like this,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	9	the answer will be, It was because they forsook the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped alien gods, took alien gods for their masters.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	10	Not for the dead your tears, not for him bow your heads; if weep you must, weep for him that must go and come again no more, never again see the land of his birth!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	11	Sellum, that followed his father Josias on the throne of Juda, is leaving Jerusalem, the Lord says, and will never come back to it;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	12	die he must in that country to which I have banished him, and see this land no more.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	13	Alas, for the palace that is built with gains ill gotten, for halls founded only on wrong! Alas for the man that sets his fellow-man vainly drudging, and leaves his wages unpaid!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	14	A fine house I will make of it, says he, and wide rooms in it! Here he will throw out a window, there he will panel a wall with cedar, and paint it vermilion.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	15	Art thou hoping for a long reign, that thou shouldst challenge comparison with the cedar? Thy father was one that ate and drank at his ease, gave every man his just due, and was content;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	16	well for him that he gave the friendless and the poor redress, as men will when they bethink themselves of me.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	17	Thou hast no eyes, no thoughts, but for gain; for innocent men’s undoing, for oppression, for the reckless pursuit of mischief.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	18	This, then, is the Lord’s sentence upon Joachim, son to Josias and king of Juda: For him no cry shall be made, Brother, what grief! Sister of mine, what grief! For him no cry shall be made, Ah, what a master! Ah, what renown!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	19	An ass’s burial he shall have, cast out, a stinking corpse, beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	20	Get thee gone, faithless people, to Lebanon, and cry out there; fill Basan with thy voice, and let Abarim echo the cry again; ruin has overtaken all those lovers of thine.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	21	In the days of thy ease, I gave thee warning, but thou wouldst not listen; it was ever thus from thy girlhood’s days, my voice went unheard.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	22	Drifting with the wind, the drovers thou once didst follow, captive all those that once held thy love! Be ashamed at last, and blush for all thy wickedness.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	23	High on Lebanon thy dwelling-place, high in the cedars that nest of thine, piteous shall be thy moan when pangs overtake thee, like the pangs of a woman in travail.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	24	And of Joachim’s son Jechonias, that is heir to the throne of Juda, the Lord says this: Were he the signet ring on my right hand, I would cast him off none the less.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	25	Thou hast sworn enemies to fear; Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and his Chaldaeans, shall have the mastery of thee.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	26	Cast away, thyself and the queen-mother who bore thee, into an alien land, far from the land of your birth, to die there;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	27	ever longing for home, and home returning never.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	28	What, is he but a broken piece of earthenware, this Jechonias, a useless shard, that he should be thrown away, and his sons with him, cast out into a land unknown?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	29	Alas, my country, alas, alas, my country, bitter hearing the Lord sends thee:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	22	30	Write him down a barren trunk, a life gone to waste; child of his race shall never mount David’s throne, or govern this realm of Juda.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	1	Out upon them, the Lord says, the shepherds who ravage and disperse my flock, sheep of my own pasturing!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	2	This is the Lord’s word to the shepherds that guide his people: You are the men who have dispersed my flock, driven it to and fro, and made no account of it; account you must give it me, says the Lord, Israel’s God, for all you have done amiss.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	3	Then will I reassemble all that is left of my flock, scattered over so many lands, and restore them to their old pasture-ground, to increase and grow numerous there;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	4	shepherds I mean to give them that will do shepherd’s work; fears and alarms shall be none to daunt them, and none shall be missing from their full count, the Lord says.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	5	Nay, a time is coming, the Lord says, when I will raise up, from the stock of David, a faithful scion at last. The land shall have a king to reign over it, and reign over it wisely, giving just sentence and due award.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	6	When that time comes, Juda shall find deliverance, none shall disturb Israel’s rest; and the name given to this king shall be, The Lord vindicates us.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	7	In those days to come, says the divine message, the living Lord men swear by will no longer be the God who rescued Israel from Egypt;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	8	the living God will be one who rescued Israel and brought them home from the north country, and from all the places of exile he had once designed for them, to live in their own land again.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	9	A message to the prophets: Crushed is the heart in me, and my whole being trembles; my thoughts whirl like a drunken man’s, bemused by a divine presence, by awe of a divine voice.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	10	The whole land is a nest of adulterers; their guilt it is that widows the countryside, parches the upland meadows; reckless their pursuit of mischief, through the power they wield all goes amiss.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	11	Prophet and priest alike are impious; in my own house, the Lord says, those ill-doings of theirs are plain to view.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	12	Perilously they shall fare as one that walks by night in slippery places; falter and fall they must; punishment awaits them, the Lord says, my audit-year is at hand.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	13	For the prophets of Samaria how was it I lost all liking? Because they were the spokesmen of Baal, and did but lead Israel astray, that was my people.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	14	And now the same foul adultery I find in the prophets of Jerusalem, the same treacherous dealings; and the sinner is encouraged to go on in his evil ways, till city and citizens, for me, are one with Sodom and Gomorrha.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	15	A warning to you then, prophets, from the Lord God of hosts, that he will give you wormwood to eat, gall to drink; you, the fountain-head of that pollution which overflows all the land.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	16	Do not listen, says the Lord of hosts, to the prophets who prophesy only to fool you; fancy of theirs, not word of mine, inspires the utterance.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	17	To my blasphemers they bring divine assurance that all shall go well with them; never a man so set on his own false aims but they will tell him, Harm shall never touch thee.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	18	Never a one of them privy to the Lord’s designs, never one looked and learned, listened and heard his message.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	19	Like a whirlwind it will suddenly appear, the Lord’s vengeance; will break in storm over rebel heads.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	20	Nor shall the divine anger be appeased till the blow has been struck and the decree executed; what his design was, you shall know all too well, all too late.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	21	An errand these prophets ran, but none of mine; a message they gave, but not of my sending.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	22	Privy to my design had they been, ah, then they should have uttered my own warnings, and so I might have turned my people aside from false paths, and erring thoughts!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	23	God am I, the Lord says, only when I stand near, and not when I am far away?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	24	Where, he would know, will you hide so close that he is not watching you, he, the Lord, that fills heaven and earth?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	25	No word, he says, but reaches my ears when one of these prophets gives false guidance in my name; I had a dream, he will tell you, I had a dream!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	26	Will they never have had enough of their lying divinations, their cheating fantasies?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	27	Dreams bandied from mouth to mouth, for these would they have my people barter away the memory of me, as their fathers did for Baal?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	28	Nay, let the dreamer be content to tell his dreams, and the prophet to whom my word comes utter my word faithfully; chaff and grain must not be mingled.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	29	My word is a fire, the Lord says, a hammer to break rocks in pieces;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	30	out upon the prophets, I say, who proclaim divine utterances they have borrowed from their fellow men;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	31	out upon the prophets, I say, who let their tongues wag and then cry, Oracle.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	32	Out upon the prophets, I say, who dream all amiss and recount their dreams, leading my people astray with their lies and their mummeries; yet errand or warrant they had none from me, the Lord says, nor yet to this people of mine bring any advantage.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	33	And if people, or prophet, or priest, should greet thee with the question, Pray, what burden is the Lord taking up today? thy answer shall be, You are the burden I bear, the Lord says, and I mean to cast you from my shoulders.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	34	Prophet, priest or simple citizen that asks thus about the Lord’s burden does it at his own peril, and the peril of all his household;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	35	be content to ask friend or neighbour, What oracle, what message has the Lord given?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	36	Do not speak any more of his burden. If you do, you lay a heavy charge upon yourselves, by bandying words with the living God, the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	37	Ask the prophet what the Lord’s oracle, what the Lord’s message is;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	38	if you ask after the Lord’s burden, this warning I give you from him: For your disobedience to the message I sent, commanding you to use the word Burden no longer,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	39	I will make a burden of you, and carry you away, and leave you abandoned, you and your city, my gift to you and to your fathers.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	23	40	You shall be a laughing-stock for ever, a by-word eternally; time shall never efface the memory of your shame.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	24	1	After king Nabuchodonosor, of Babylon, had carried off the king of Juda, Jechonias the son of Joachim, and taken him away to Babylon with all his nobles, and all the carpenters and smiths in Jerusalem, the Lord shewed me a vision. I saw two baskets of figs, set down at the gate of the Lord’s temple.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	24	2	The figs in one basket were of excellent nature, like those which first ripen; in the other, most foul, so foul there was no eating them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	24	3	What seest thou, Jeremias? the Lord asked, and I told him, Figs, the good ones excellent good, the foul ones very foul, too foul for eating.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	24	4	Then the Lord’s word came to me,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	24	5	A message from the Lord God of Israel: This meaning the good figs have, that good will of mine goes with the men of Juda I have banished from their homes, and sent away into the country of Chaldaea.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	24	6	I will smile on them once more, and bring them back home, and all will be building now, not pulling down, planting now, not uprooting.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	24	7	And I will give them a heart to know me, know me by my divine name; they my people, and I their God, once in good earnest they have retraced their steps, and come back to me.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	24	8	And this meaning the foul figs have, that could not be eaten, they were so foul. Doom like theirs I have in store for Sedecias, king of Juda, the Lord says, and for his nobles, and for all those other men of Jerusalem that have either stayed in the city or taken up their abode in Egypt.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	24	9	Trouble and conflict their destiny shall be in every kingdom of the world; they shall be a laughing-stock and a warning, a by-word and a name to curse by, in all the countries I have appointed for their banishment.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	24	10	Sword and famine and pestilence I will let loose upon them, till none of them is left in this land, my gift to them and to their fathers.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	1	Here is a message for the whole people of Juda, entrusted to Jeremias in the fourth year of Joakim’s reign (that was son to Josias) in Juda, the first of Nabuchodonosor’s in Babylon.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	2	To all Juda, and to all the citizens of Jerusalem, the prophet Jeremias delivered it:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	3	These twenty-three years, ever since the thirteenth year of Josias’ reign, that was son to Amon, the Lord’s word has been coming to me, and ever I was early at your doors repeating it, but you would not listen.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	4	Early to your doors the Lord sent all those prophets that were servants of his, but hearing there was none, nor heeding.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	5	False aims, he warned you, lead you by false paths astray; come back to me, and you shall dwell yet in this land, my gift to you and to your fathers from the beginning to the end of time.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	6	Would you court slavery by worshipping alien gods, defy my vengeance with your ill-doings, till I plague you?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	7	But you would not listen to me, the Lord says; ill was done yet, and my vengeance was yet defied.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	8	And now, says the Lord of hosts, finding you disobedient still,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	9	I mean to summon all the nations of the north country, with Nabuchodonosor, that servant of mine that is king in Babylon; I, the Lord, will bid him march on this land and its citizens, and all its neighbours. I mean to make an end of them, and leave it a thing to provoke wonder and scorn, desolate for all time.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	10	Never again cries of joy and mirth, never again the voice of bridegroom and of bride, never a mill turning, never a lamp to shine.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	11	For seventy years this whole land shall be a desert and a portent, and the king of Babylon shall have all these peoples for his slaves.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	12	Then, when seventy years have passed, I will call the king of Babylon to account, the Lord says, for all the wrongs he has done, with his people and with that Chaldaean country of his; that country in its turn I will leave desolate for ever.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	13	The sentence I have pronounced against it shall be executed in full, all the doom Jeremias has foretold in this book of prophecy against all the nations of the world.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	14	Great nations, proud kings, have held Israel enslaved; now for their own lives, their own deeds, they too must make amends.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	15	The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, bade me take the cup of vengeance that was in his hand, and give drink out of it to all the nations to which my errand lay;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	16	drink it they should, and reel to and fro, bemused by the threat of his sword let loose among them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	17	So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand; nor was there any of the nations the Lord had sent me to threaten but must drink of it.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	18	Jerusalem must drink, and the townships of Juda, kings and nobles with the rest; the land was doomed to become a desert, a thing of wonder and scorn, a name to be used in cursing, as it is at this day.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	19	Pharao king of Egypt and all his court and his nobles must drink,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	20	and all the mingled people of his realm. No king in the land of Hus but must drink of it, nor among the Philistine cities, Ascalon, Gaza, Accaron and Azotus,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	21	nor in Edom, Moab and Ammon,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	22	no king in Tyre, and the Sidonian country, and the islands that lie beyond the sea.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	23	Dedan must drink, and Thema, and Buz, and all the folk with shaven heads,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	24	all the kings of Arabia, and the western desert kings.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	25	Nor any king in Zambri, Elam, and Media,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	26	nor any king in the north country, far or near, but must pledge his neighbour; all the kings of the earth must have their share, and Sesach not till the last.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	27	This message I was to give them from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Drink, besot yourselves, and then fall to vomiting; and topple over at last, never to rise again, so well shall my sword do its work among you!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	28	If they made to refuse the cup I offered them, this more I should add: Nay, but drink you must, says the Lord of hosts;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	29	here am I beginning my work of vengeance with that city which is the shrine of my name, and shall you be acquitted, you others, and go scot-free? That shall never be, says the Lord of hosts; to the sword if I appeal, it is for a whole world’s punishment.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	30	With such words as these thou shalt prophesy to them: From on high, from his holy dwelling-place, the Lord makes his voice heard, terrible as lion roaring; as roar of lion against sheep-fold, and that fold his own! Loud echoes his vintage-cry as he treads down all the dwellers on earth;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	31	to the ends of the world it must echo; a whole world he calls to account, impleads the whole race of men; The sword’s point for my adversaries, the Lord says.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	32	From nation to nation, says the Lord of hosts, calamity will spread, like a great whirlwind sprung up from the corners of the earth,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	33	and from end to end of it the bodies of the Lord’s foes, unwept, ungathered, unburied, shall lie like dung on the ground.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	34	Cry out, make loud lament, shepherds of the nations, and you, the lordliest among their flocks, go strewn with ashes; your day is done, slain you must lie there, unvalued as some delicate vase broken to pieces.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	35	For shepherds, and the pride of the flock, no refuge now;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	36	hark how they lament, shepherds and pride of the flock, for pasture-grounds the Lord has laid waste!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	37	Silent they lie now, once happy fields, under ban of the Lord’s vengeance.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	25	38	Lion springs not from his lair more suddenly; all their land lies waste, so pitiless the invader’s onset, so pitiless the Lord’s anger.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	26	1	At the beginning of Joachim’s reign in Juda, that was son to Josias, word came from the Lord,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	26	2	and this was his bidding: Go and stand in the temple porch, and there, to pilgrims from all the townships of Juda, deliver the message I have entrusted to thee; no word of it do thou retrench.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	26	3	It may be they will listen, and go astray no longer; then I will forgo the punishment I have devised for their ill-doings.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	26	4	This divine warning give them: Listen to me, and live by the law I have enjoined upon you,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	26	5	obeying the call of the prophets, those servants of mine whom I sent early to your doors, upon an errand that went unheeded;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	26	6	or this sanctuary, too, shall be deserted as Silo, and this city shall be an accursed name, all the world over.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	26	7	Priests and prophets and townsfolk heard it alike, this utterance of Jeremias in the temple;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	26	8	and when he had thus done the Lord’s errand for all the people to hear, priests and prophets and townsfolk laid hands upon him, crying out, His life must pay for it!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	26	9	What, would he threaten in the Lord’s name that this temple is to share Silo’s doom, this city to be left forlorn, uninhabited? There, in the Lord’s house, Jeremias must confront the anger of a whole people.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	26	10	When they heard of it, the nobles of Juda left palace for temple, and there held assize, at the approaches of the New Gate.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	26	11	Before these, and before the general assembly, priest and prophet called for the death penalty; here was a man who had foretold, in the public hearing, calamity for Jerusalem.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	26	12	To nobles and to people Jeremias had but one defence: Nothing have I said against temple or city but what the Lord’s errand bade me.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	26	13	Come, do but amend your lives and your likings, and listen to the Lord your God; he will spare you the doom he has pronounced upon you.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	26	14	As for me, I am in your hands; do with me what you will, what you think right.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	26	15	Only be sure of this, if you kill me, you will bring the guilt of murder on yourselves, your city, and all that dwell there; no word you have heard from me but has the Lord’s true warrant.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	26	16	And this answer both nobles and townsfolk made to priest and prophet, There is no death sentence lies against this man; as the spokesman of the Lord our God he has given us his message.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	26	17	There were some of the older citizens that rose to defend him publicly;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	26	18	Remember the prophet Michaeas of Morasthi, they said, in the days of king Ezechias, who told the people of Juda: Sion shall be no better than a ploughed field, says the Lord of hosts, Jerusalem but a heap of stones, the temple height only a hanging wood.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	26	19	Did Ezechias king of Juda, or his subjects, thereupon put him to death? Nay, they feared the Lord too well for that; went about to appease his anger, so that he spared them the punishment he had threatened. It were pity of our lives, did we so great a wrong!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	26	20	Another prophet there was that came in the Lord’s name, Urias, the son of Semei, a man of Cariathiarim, and used no gentler language about this city and country than Jeremias himself.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	26	21	King Joachim, and all his chieftains and his nobles, were for making away with him when they heard such warnings; and though he took alarm at the rumour of it and fled to Egypt,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	26	22	royal pursuivants were sent there under Elnathan, son of Achobor, to bring him back;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	26	23	whereupon king Joachim put him to the sword, and cast his body away among the tombs of the common folk.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	26	24	But Jeremias had a friend in Ahicam, the son of Saphan, who would not let him be handed over to the people and put to death.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	27	1	At the beginning of the new king’s reign in Juda, that was son to Josias, word came from the Lord to Jeremias after this fashion.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	27	2	The Lord bade me make myself a yoke, band and bar, and put it about my neck;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	27	3	let it be the answer, he said, given by Sedecias, king of Juda, to the envoys that have come to him from the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre and Sidon.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	27	4	This message thou shalt give them, for their masters, from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	27	5	My strength it was, the exertion of my power, that made earth, made man and beast to walk on it; and I give dominion over it to the man on whom my choice falls.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	27	6	And all these countries I have handed over to my servant Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon, making even the wild beasts subject to him;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	27	7	all the world must obey him, and his son and his grandson after him, until the time has run out, for him and for his land both; nations a many and great kings shall pay him their homage.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	27	8	Nation or people that will not be vassal to Nabuchodonosor, will not bow to Babylon’s yoke, I will punish with sword and famine and pestilence, until the last of them is left at his mercy.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	27	9	Do not listen, then, to those prophets of yours, diviner and dreamer, soothsayer and sorcerer, who bid you resist the king of Babylon;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	27	10	whither will they bring you, these lying prophecies? To a land far from your home, to sentence of banishment, and your undoing.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	27	11	But let a nation once bow to the king of Babylon’s yoke, and become his vassal, to that nation, the Lord says, I will leave its own fields to till, its own home to dwell in.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	27	12	All this message I gave to Sedecias, king of Juda; Your lives shall be spared, I told him, if you will only bow your necks to the yoke, letting king and people of Babylon be your masters;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	27	13	will you court death, king and people at once, from sword, famine, and pestilence, the Lord’s threat against all who refuse submission?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	27	14	To the prophets who declare you shall never be vassals of Babylon, give no heed; they are cheating you with lies;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	27	15	warrant from me they have none, yet falsely claim to be my spokesmen, to your own casting away and undoing, and theirs moreover who so prophesy.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	27	16	And this message I gave from the Lord to priests and people: Do not listen to those prophets of yours, who bid you expect the speedy return of the sacred treasures from Babylon. These are but lying prophecies;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	27	17	do not let them deter you from submitting to the king of Babylon, your only hope of safety; shall this city become a desert?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	27	18	Prophets if they be, spokesmen of the Lord if they be, let them rather plead with him, the Lord of hosts, that the treasures still left in temple and palace and city may not find their way to Babylon too.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	27	19	Doom the Lord of hosts has decreed upon all of them, pillars and brazen basin and stands, and those other treasures that remained here untouched,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	27	20	when Joachim’s son Jechonias, that once reigned in Juda, was carried off to Nabuchodonosor’s capital at Babylon, with all the notables of this city and realm.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	27	21	This he would have you know, he, the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, that all the treasures left in temple, palace or city
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	27	22	shall be carried away to Babylon in their turn. There they shall remain, the Lord says, till the time comes for demanding an account of them, for bringing them back and setting them up again where they stood before.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	28	1	Sedecias had then but lately come to the throne of Juda; it was the fourth year of his reign. In the fifth month of that year a prophet from Gabaon, Hananias son of Azur, came up to me in the temple, in full sight of priests and worshippers.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	28	2	A message, he said, from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: So much for the king of Babylon’s yoke! I have broken it to pieces.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	28	3	Two years must run their course, and then all shall come back again here; all the temple treasures Nabuchodonosor took away with him to his capital at Babylon,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	28	4	and the king of Juda too, Jechonias son of Joachim, with all the exiles from Juda Babylon now holds. I will bring them back, the Lord says, and break the yoke of the king of Babylon to pieces.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	28	5	But from Jeremias this prophet Hananias had a prophet’s answer, there in the presence of the priests, and of all who stood by in the Lord’s house;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	28	6	Amen to that! Well indeed it were if the Lord would grant this prophecy of thine fulfilment, would bring all the temple treasure home, and all the exiles at Babylon!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	28	7	Only, here is a word for thy hearing, and for the general hearing no less.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	28	8	So many prophets before thy day and mine, so many nations, such proud empires their theme, and all alike told of battle, of distress, of famine;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	28	9	here is one at last that brings good news! Why then, when his words come true, none will doubt that his errand was from the Lord.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	28	10	At that, Hananias took the band from Jeremias’ neck and broke it,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	28	11	crying out before all the people, A message from the Lord! Thus, when two years have run their course, I will break the yoke which king Nabuchodonosor of Babylon has laid on the necks of all the nations!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	28	12	And Jeremias said no more, but passed on.Thus did Hananias break the band on the neck of his fellow prophet; and thereupon came the word of the Lord to Jeremias,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	28	13	Go and give Hananias this message from the Lord: Wooden yoke break, iron yoke make!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	28	14	The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, tells thee that he is putting a yoke of iron on the necks of all the nations, subjecting them to Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon. His subjects they shall be; even over the wild beasts dominion is granted him.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	28	15	This, too, Jeremias said to his fellow prophet, Listen, Hananias; errand from the Lord thou hast none, thou art cheating yonder people with false hopes.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	28	16	And this doom the Lord has uttered: I mean to banish thee from this earth altogether; thou shalt die within the year, for this language of rebellion against the Lord.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	28	17	Hananias died that year, before seven months were over.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	1	To those other elders, priests and prophets who had already gone into exile, to all the citizens Nabuchodonosor had carried off with him to Babylon, the prophet Jeremias sent a message in writing.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	2	Among these were king Jechonias and the queen-mother, and the chamberlains, and all that were of note in realm or capital; nor were any carpenters or smiths left in Jerusalem.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	3	The new king of Juda, Sedecias, was sending Elasa, the son of Saphan, and Gamarias, the son of Helcias, on a mission to Nabuchodonosor at Babylon, and to their hands the letter of Jeremias was entrusted.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	4	It ran thus: A message from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to the men of Jerusalem he has sent into exile at Babylon!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	5	I would have you build yourselves houses of your own to dwell in, plant yourselves gardens of your own to support you,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	6	wive and gender, and of your sons and daughters wed man with maid, maid with man, to breed sons and daughters in their turn; grow numerous, that are now so few, there in your land of exile.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	7	A new home I have given you; for the welfare of that realm be ever concerned, ever solicit the divine favour; its welfare is yours.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	8	And this warning he sends you, the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Never allow prophet and soothsayer that are of your company to mislead you; his dreams let the dreamer abandon;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	9	prophets there are, the Lord says, that claim falsely to be my spokesmen, and warrant from me have none.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	10	All but seventy years, he tells you, must have run their course before Babylon’s time is up; then I will come to relieve you, and make good the promise of your return.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	11	I have not lost sight of my plan for you, the Lord says, and it is your welfare I have in mind, not your undoing; for you, too, I have a destiny and a hope.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	12	Cry out to me then, and your suit shall prosper; plead with me, and I will listen;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	13	look for me, and you shall find me, if you will but look for me in good earnest.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	14	Find me you shall, the Lord says, and your sentence of exile shall be reversed; the same Lord who scattered them among alien folk and in far countries will bring the exiles home.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	15	So much for your claim that the Lord has revived the gift of prophecy among you, there in Babylon.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	16	As for the king who now sits on David’s throne, and the citizens who dwell here now, instead of sharing your exile, this is the divine sentence:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	17	I mean to plague them, says the Lord of hosts, with sword and famine and pestilence; of no more account will I make them than a basket of foul figs, so foul there is no eating them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	18	Sword and famine and pestilence shall follow at their heels; bane they shall be to all the kingdoms of the world, a name to curse by, a thing of wonder and of scorn, a laughing-stock among all the countries I have appointed for their banishment.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	19	All this, because they would not listen to any word of mine, the Lord says; early to their doors I sent the prophets that were servants of mine, I, your Lord, and could get no hearing.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	20	Listen, then, to the Lord’s decree, men of Jerusalem I have sent into exile at Babylon.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	21	This doom the Lord has pronounced upon Achab, the son of Colias, and Sedecias the son of Maasias, false prophets both of them, that speak to you as in my name; I mean to hand them over for punishment to Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and that punishment you shall witness for yourselves.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	22	Wherever exiles from Juda are found in the Chaldaean country, this shall be the curse they use: Such doom the Lord give thee as he gave to Sedecias and Achab, that the king of Babylon roasted over a fire!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	23	This is great shame they have brought on Israel, bedding with their neighbours’ wives, and uttering in my name counterfeit prophecies that had no warrant of mine; of these misdoings I am judge and witness both.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	24	And another message must be given to Semeias of Nehelam
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	25	from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, about the letter he sent to the citizens left in Jerusalem, and namely to the high priest Sophonias, the son of Maasias, and his fellow priests. This letter ran,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	26	If the Lord would have thee follow Joiada in the high priesthood, it was to make thee master of his house, ready with stocks and gaol for any mad fellow that came a-prophesying.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	27	Why does Jeremias of Anathoth go unrebuked, and prophesy among you still?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	28	He has written to us here in Babylon for the very purpose of telling us our exile shall be long; we must build ourselves houses to dwell in, we must plant gardens to support us!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	29	This letter was read aloud to Jeremias by the high priest;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	30	and then it was that the Lord’s word came to Jeremias,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	31	with a message he must send to the exiles: This doom the Lord utters against Semeias of Nehelam. Would he prophesy in my name, a man that has no warrant from me, and give you confidence in false hopes?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	29	32	I will call Semeias of Nehelam to account for it, the Lord says, and his children after him. Man of his race there shall be none surviving among this people of mine, the Lord says, to see my bounty bestowed on it. Against me, the Lord, he has used the language of rebellion.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	30	1	Word came to Jeremias from the Lord,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	30	2	the God of Israel, bidding him write down in a book the revelation made known to him.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	30	3	A time is coming, the Lord says, when I will reverse the sentence of exile against my people of Israel and Juda; I, the Lord, will restore them to possession of the land I gave to their fathers.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	30	4	This is the divine promise made to Israel and Juda:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	30	5	A cry of terror, the Lord says, for all to hear! All is consternation, where all was peace.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	30	6	Why, here is a riddle and a wonder; can motherhood fall to the lot of men folk? Why is there none to be seen but goes by, hand on loins, cheeks blanched, like a woman in travail?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	30	7	Alas for pity, what a day is this, none like it; what a time of distress for Jacob’s race! Yet it shall leave them unharmed.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	30	8	A promise they have from the Lord of hosts that he will break the yoke they bear, when that day comes, and part their chains asunder; no more shall they be at the mercy of alien masters,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	30	9	they shall obey the Lord their God only, and that David-king of theirs whom he will give them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	30	10	Have thou no fear, the Lord says, Jacob, that art my servant still; not for Israel is danger brewing. From that far country of exile I mean to restore thee, restore those children of thine; Jacob shall return, and live at ease, every blessing shall enjoy, and enemies have none to fear;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	30	11	I am at thy side, the Lord says, to protect thee. Of all the lands in which I have dispersed thee I will take full toll, but not of thee; I would but chasten thee with due measure kept, lest thou shouldst hold thyself altogether acquitted.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	30	12	Poor Sion, thine is a wound past curing, a grievous hurt, the Lord says;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	30	13	no man brings thee redress or remedy, salve to heal thee thou hast none;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	30	14	thy old lovers think of thee no more, woo thee no more. A shrewd blow I struck thee, unsparing of correction; so many thy misdoings, thy guilt so inveterate.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	30	15	Misdoings a many, and guilt inveterate, these be the cause of thy hurt, and I the doer of it; and wouldst thou cry out upon a grief there is no remedying?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	30	16	Only be sure of this, the enemies that prey on thee shall themselves fall a prey to exile; spoiled thy spoilers shall be, and all that plunder thee I will give up to plunder.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	30	17	Then I will heal that scar of thine, the Lord says, cure thee of thy wounds; too soon they called thee a neglected bride, Sion the unwooed!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	30	18	Nay, says the Lord, I mean to bring tent-dwelling Jacob home, have pity on those ruined walls, build the city anew on its height, set up the temple and its ordinances anew;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	30	19	here songs of praise shall echo once again, and cries of mirth. They shall increase, that hitherto had dwindled, be exalted, that once were brought low.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	30	20	Then, as in days of old, the full muster of the tribes shall have its place in my regard; who wrongs them shall be called to account for it.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	30	21	A prince of their own race they shall have, a home-born ruler, singled out by my own call to serve me; that office, the Lord says, none may take on himself unbidden.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	30	22	You shall be my own people, and I your own God.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	30	23	Like a whirlwind it will suddenly appear, the Lord’s vengeance; will break in storm, and light upon rebel heads.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	30	24	Nor shall the divine anger be appeased till the blow has been struck and the decree executed; what his design was, will be known all too well, all too late.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	1	No clan in Israel, the Lord says, but shall own me as its God when that day comes, and all of them shall be my people.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	2	Out there in the solitudes they have won pardon, those exiles the sword left untouched; Israel shall find a home, the Lord says,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	3	the Lord, making himself known from far away. With unchanging love I love thee, and now in mercy I have drawn thee to myself.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	4	Israel, poor homeless maid, I will build thy fortunes anew; built anew they shall be, and thou shalt go forth once more, thy tambour hung about thee, among the choir of dancers.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	5	Once more thou shalt plant vineyards over the hill-country of Samaria; planted they shall be, and the men who planted them await the appointed time before they gather the vintage.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	6	Watchmen there shall be, when that day comes, in the hill-country of Ephraim that will cry aloud, Up, to Sion go we, and there worship the Lord our God!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	7	Rejoice, the Lord says, at Jacob’s triumph, the proudest of nations greet with a glad cry; loud echo your songs of praise, Deliverance, Lord, for thy people, for the remnant of Israel!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	8	From the north country, from the very ends of earth, I mean to gather them and bring them home; blind men and lame, pregnant women and women brought to bed, so great the muster at their home-coming.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	9	Weeping they shall come, and I, moved to pity, will bring them to their journey’s end; from mountain stream to mountain stream I will lead them, by a straight road where there is no stumbling; I, Israel, thy father again, and thou, Ephraim, my first-born son.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	10	Listen, Gentiles, to the Lord’s promise; his word must go out to the islands that are far away; word that he who scattered Israel will gather Israel in, will guard it faithfully as a shepherd guards his flock.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	11	The Lord means to ransom Jacob, to grant deliverance from the tyrant’s power.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	12	The exiles will return, greeting mount Sion with cries of gladness; thronging in to take possession of the Lord’s gifts, corn and oil and wine, increase of flock and herd. Revived their spirits shall be, like a garden when the stream flows full; they shall hunger no more.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	13	Glad the maidens shall dance, gladness there shall be for young and old alike; I will turn all their sorrow into joy, comfort and cheer their sad hearts.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	14	Full-fed my priests shall be with dainties; blessings my people shall have, the Lord says, till they ask no more.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	15	Now, the Lord says, a voice is heard in Rama, of lamentation and bitter mourning; it is Rachel weeping for her children, and she will not be comforted, because none is left.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	16	But thus he reassures thee: Sad voice, lament, sad eyes, weep no more; I, the Lord, give thee promise of a reward for thy working-days, a return from the enemy’s country.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	17	A hope is left for thee hereafter, the Lord says; to their own possessions thy sons shall return.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	18	Doubt not I heard it, the cry of Ephraim forlorn: Lord, it was thy task to chasten me, that must learn, like bullock untamed, to bear the yoke; grant me return, and I will return to thee; thou art the Lord my God.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	19	Only when thou calledst me back to thyself did I repent; only when my lesson was learnt did I cry out upon my shame. How did I blush with confusion, bearing the disgrace the sins of my youth had earned!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	20	Why, what a favourite son is this Ephraim, what a spoilt child of mine, that I should pronounce my doom on him, and care for him none the less! In truth, my heart goes out to him; I will be merciful to him yet, the Lord says.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	21	Way-marks leave behind thee, sad trophies be raising as thou goest, to put thee in mind of the straight road thou hast trodden. Return thou must, poor Israel, return thou must to these, thy own cities;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	22	fickle maid, dally no longer. Here is a new order of things the Lord has established on earth; weak woman is to be the protectress of man’s strength.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	23	A message from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: To town and country-side of Juda I will restore the exiled folk, and once again the greeting will be heard, A blessing on thee from the Lord, fair home of true observance, holy mountain-side!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	24	Once again Juda and Juda’s townsfolk shall dwell there; fields shall be tilled and flocks led out to pasture;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	25	faint hearts shall be refreshed, and hunger’s craving satisfied.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	26	Ah, to wake upon such a sight! Then were sleep welcome.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	27	A time is coming, the Lord says, when I mean to enrich Israel’s home, Juda’s home, with stock of men and of cattle both;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	28	jealous watch I will still keep over them, but not, as of old, to root up and to demolish, to scatter and lay waste and to do hurt; all shall be building, the Lord says, all shall be planting now.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	29	When that time comes, no more shall be heard of the proverb, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are being set on edge;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	30	tooth of eater shall ache now, and a man’s own guilt shall be a man’s own doom.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	31	A time is coming, the Lord says, when I mean to ratify a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Juda.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	32	It will not be like the covenant which I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand, to rescue them from Egypt; that they should break my covenant, and I, all the while, their master, the Lord says.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	33	No, this is the covenant I will grant the people of Israel, the Lord says, when that time comes. I will implant my law in their innermost thoughts, engrave it in their hearts; I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	34	There will be no need for neighbour to teach neighbour, or brother to teach brother, the knowledge of the Lord; all will know me, from the highest to the lowest. I will pardon their wrong-doing; I will not remember their sins any more.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	35	A message from the Lord, from him, the God of hosts, the same who brightens day with the sun’s rays, night with the ordered service of moon and star, who can stir up the sea and set its waves a-roaring;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	36	All these laws of mine will fail me, he says, before the line of Israel fails me; a people it must remain until the end of time.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	37	You have the Lord’s word for it; When you can measure heaven above, he tells you, and search the foundations of earth below, then I will cast away the whole line of Israel, for all its ill deserving.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	38	Behold, says the divine promise, a time is coming when the city shall be rebuilt in the Lord’s honour, from Hananeel’s Tower as far as the Corner Gate;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	39	nay, in advance of that the limit of its range shall reach, across Gareb hill, to take in Goatha,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	31	40	burial-ground and ash-pit and all the dead soil as far as Cedron brook, and eastward as far as the corner by the Horsemen’s Gate; all shall be consecrated to the Lord; tree shall not be uprooted there henceforward, nor house overthrown.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	1	A message came from the Lord to Jeremias during the tenth year of Sedecias’ reign in Juda, the eighteenth of Nabuchodonosor’s at Babylon;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	2	the Babylonian army was besieging Jerusalem at the time, and Jeremias was a prisoner there, confined in the guard-court that lay before the royal palace.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	3	It was for his prophesying that king Sedecias had imprisoned him; what meant this threat from the Lord, of giving Jerusalem over to capture by the king of Babylon?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	4	He had said, besides: King Sedecias of Juda shall not escape from the Chaldaeans; the king of Babylon shall have the mastery of him; they shall have speech together, meet face to face.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	5	To Babylon Sedecias shall go, and there remain till I have entered into a reckoning with him. All shall go amiss, if you join battle with the Chaldaeans.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	6	And now Jeremias announced a new oracle the Lord had given him.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	7	The Lord told me, he said, that my cousin Hanameel, son of Sellum, would come and ask me to buy in certain land of his at Anathoth, which was my duty as his next of kin.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	8	And as the Lord foretold, so it fell out; Hanameel came to my prison doors, and said, Pray buy in that field of mine at Anathoth in Benjamin; thou art the rightful heir, and thy duty it is, as next of kin, to buy it from me. Then I knew that I had received a divine warning,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	9	and buy it I did, this field at Anathoth, from Hanameel, that was son to my uncle Sellum. I paid him the price, that was but seventeen pieces of silver;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	10	wrote and signed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the money on the scales.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	11	So here was the deed of possession sealed up, all its terms set down and attested, and characters written without;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	12	all this I handed over to Baruch, son of Neri, son of Maasias, still in the presence of my cousin Hanameel, and the witnesses that had signed it, and the Jews who sat around me in the court where I was confined.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	13	Before them all, I gave Baruch this charge:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	14	A message for thee from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these two pieces of writing, the sealed deed within and the covering of it that is open to view, and keep them in some jar of clay, where they can remain long without damage.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	15	This is what he would tell thee, he, the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, that there shall yet be buying of house and field and vineyard, here in this land.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	16	The deed once made over to Baruch, son of Neri, I prayed to the Lord thus:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	17	Alas, alas, Lord God! Thou art the maker of heaven and earth, so great is thy power, so wide thy reach; no task, for thee, is too difficult.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	18	A thousandfold thou shewest thy mercy; yet, when thou dost punish, into the son’s lap the father’s guilt overflows; how great, how strong that God, whose name is the Lord of hosts!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	19	How sublime thy counsels, thy thoughts how high above us! And still thou keepest watch over all mankind, ready to award each life what its own devices have earned.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	20	Such deeds thou didst as are signs and portents to this day in the land of Egypt, in Israel too and all the world over; didst win that renown which to this day is thine.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	21	Signs and portents there must be, and the exercise of thy constraining power, and a great dread, before thou couldst rescue thy people Israel from Egypt;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	22	then thou wouldst bestow upon them this land, the home promised to their fathers, a land all milk and honey;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	23	they invaded it, they took possession of it. But to thy voice they would not listen, thy law they would not follow; no duty thou hadst enjoined but lay neglected, and all the calamities we see about us are the issue.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	24	Here are siege-works raised to reduce the city; sword and famine and pestilence are giving it over to the Chaldaeans for their prey; of all thou hast threatened thou seest here the fulfilment.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	25	And now, Lord God, thou wouldst have me buy land, and call in witnesses of payment made; now, when this city lies at the mercy of the Chaldaeans!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	26	Hereupon the word of the Lord came to Jeremias:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	27	Am I not the Lord, the God of all that lives? How should any task be too difficult for me?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	28	This is the divine sentence; I mean to hand over this city to capture by the king of Babylon and his Chaldaeans; they shall take it by storm,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	29	and set it alight, and burn all its houses to the ground; it was there, on the roof-tops, they sacrificed to Baal, and made offerings to alien gods in despite of me.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	30	From their youth up, Israel and Juda have defied my will unceasingly; even now, says the Lord, their ill-doings are a provocation to me.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	31	Anger and scorn this city of theirs has earned from me, nothing else, from the day they built it to this day when I purpose that it shall offend my sight no more;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	32	so long have Israel and Juda defied my vengeance with the wrong they did, king and prince, priest and prophet, country-folk and citizens of Jerusalem;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	33	always the back turned, never a glance my way, always the deaf ear, the warning unheeded, when I sent early to their doors to bring them to a better mind!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	34	Have they not profaned that house which is the sanctuary of my name, by setting up their idols in it?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	35	Have they not made hill-shrines for Baal in the valley of Ben-Ennom, and there initiated son and daughter with Moloch-rites that were never of my bidding? No thought was it of mine that they should do this foul deed, which has brought guilt on Juda.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	36	What, then, of this city, doomed in your eyes to fall into the power of Babylon’s king, through sword and famine and pestilence? This is the message the Lord God of Israel sends to it:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	37	I mean to gather its people again, scattered over so many lands by the vengeance my fierce anger brought; restore them to this place, and bid them dwell there contentedly.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	38	They shall be my people, I their God;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	39	one will they shall have, and journey by one way, living evermore in the fear of me, winning for themselves and for their sons a blessing.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	40	An eternal covenant I will make with them, nor ever cease to speed them; inspire their hearts with the fear of me, that never swerves aside.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	41	My welcome task it shall be to prosper them, and root their stock firmly in this land of theirs; this shall be all my love and liking.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	42	Threat of mine and promise of mine, the Lord says, shall alike be fulfilled.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	43	This country of yours a desert, man nor beast to dwell in it, given up to the power of Babylon? So your fears tell you; but there shall be buying of lands in it yet,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	32	44	the price paid, the deed executed, the bond sealed, witnesses called in, all over Benjamin and round about Jerusalem, all through the cities of Juda, by hill and plain and the uplands of the south; I mean to bring the exiles home again, says the Lord.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	1	Jeremias was still confined to his prison in the court when the word of the Lord came to him a second time.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	2	It ran: Thus says the Lord, that all this will do, all this will devise and determine, so great is his name:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	3	Cry out to me still, and thou shalt find audience; great mysteries that lie beyond thy ken I will make known to thee.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	4	Ruined houses of Jerusalem, ruined palace of the kings of Juda, what has the Lord to tell thee about these? …… to siege and sword.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	5	Come they to fight against the Chaldaeans, it is but to strew those earthworks with their own dead bodies; in anger and scorn I will smite them down, turning my back on the city they have stained with such guilt …
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	6	Closed and cured those wounds shall be; I myself will heal them, grant them peace and safety to their heart’s content.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	7	The fortunes of Juda and Jerusalem I will reverse, and they shall be established as firmly as ever;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	8	all the guilt that offends me purged away, all the wrong and despite they did me forgiven.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	9	My pride and prize, my renown and triumph, to be their benefactor, so that all the world shall hear of it; everywhere the tale of my bounty and my blessing shall strike awe and dread into men’s hearts.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	10	Where all seems to your eyes but a desert, man nor beast left in the townships of Juda and in Jerusalem, empty street, empty house, empty byre,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	11	there, says the Lord, you shall hear cries of joy and mirth, voice of bridegroom and voice of bride. There you shall hear men singing, Give thanks to the Lord, the Lord is gracious, his mercy endures for ever, as they bring to his temple the offerings they have vowed. Your country’s doom shall be reversed, says the divine promise, and all shall be as of old.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	12	Juda and all its townships a desert, no living thing to dwell there? Nay, says the Lord of hosts, once again it shall be the abode of shepherds, a resting-place for their flocks.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	13	By hill and plain and the uplands of the south, all over Benjamin and round about Jerusalem, all through the cities of Juda, there shall be flocks passing to and fro, and their masters a-counting them, the Lord says.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	14	Behold, he says, a time is coming when I will make good my promise to Israel and Juda;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	15	the day will dawn, the time be ripe at last for that faithful scion to bud from David’s stock; the land shall have a king to reign over it, giving just sentence and due award.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	16	When that time comes, Juda shall find deliverance, none shall disturb Jerusalem’s rest; and the name given to this king shall be, The Lord vindicates us.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	17	Never a man wanting of David’s line, the Lord says, to sit on Israel’s throne;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	18	never a lack of priest and Levite to wait upon me, bring me burnt-sacrifice and burn the bloodless offering, and slaughter victims, day after day.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	19	And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	20	giving him this message: If you can rescind my ordinance of day and night, that there should be day-time and night-time no more,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	21	only then will I rescind the privilege granted to my servant David, and there shall be heirs of his throne no more, Levites and priests to wait on me no more.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	22	My servant David, the Levites that wait on me, these shall have a posterity countless as the stars of heaven, measureless as the sea-sand.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	23	This message, too, Jeremias had from the Lord:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	24	Mark well how they declare, the folk among whom thou dwellest, that there are two families the Lord has chosen, and both he has cast off; so that they despise my own people, and no longer count it a nation.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	25	But this is the divine answer: Laws if I have made none for day and night, for heaven and earth no ordinances prescribed,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	33	26	then let it be thought that I mean to cast Israel away, or depose the line of David from its headship over all who spring from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Trust me, their doom shall be reversed, their lot shall be pitied.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	34	1	The word of the Lord came to Jeremias at the time when king Nabuchodonosor of Babylon, at the head of his own army, with vassal kingdoms and peoples to aid him, levied war on Jerusalem and its daughter cities.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	34	2	This was the message sent by the Lord God of Israel: Go and warn Sedecias, king of Juda, in my name that I mean to hand over this city to the Babylonian king, who will burn it to the ground.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	34	3	And add this besides: Thou thyself wilt not escape from him; they will catch thee, sure enough, and hand thee over to him; thou and the king of Babylon shall have speech together, meet face to face, and to Babylon thou shalt go.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	34	4	Wouldst thou but listen, King Sedecias of Juda, to the Lord’s bidding! Die by the sword, he tells thee, thou shouldst not;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	34	5	peaceful thy death should be, and they should make such burning for thee as they made for thy fathers that reigned before thee, raise such cries of lamentation, Alas, what a king was this! This is my promise to thee, the Lord says.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	34	6	All this king Sedecias of Juda must hear from the prophet Jeremias, there in Jerusalem;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	34	7	and still the Babylonian army pressed hard on the city, and on those other cities of Juda that were left, Lachis and Azecha; the rest of the fortified cities had already been taken.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	34	8	Here is another message the Lord entrusted to Jeremias, and this was the occasion of it. King Sedecias had bound the citizens of Jerusalem by a covenant;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	34	9	all alike were to set free their slaves and handmaids that were of Hebrew blood; would they play the master to their own Jewish kinsfolk?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	34	10	On hearing the proclamation, nobles and common people alike had agreed to release slave and handmaid, and exempt them from all service henceforward; and this they did obediently enough;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	34	11	but afterwards they changed their minds, haled them off, men and women, and reduced them to slavery once again.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	34	12	Then it was word came from the Lord to Jeremias, and thus the divine message ran:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	34	13	Word from the Lord God of Israel! I made a covenant with your fathers, when I rescued them from their place of bondage in Egypt.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	34	14	Seven years up, every slave sold in bondage to his fellow Hebrew must go free; six years of service, and then release. Your fathers would not listen, turned a deaf ear to me;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	34	15	but you, to-day, have thought better of it, and done my will, proclaiming liberty to your fellow-countrymen; you have sworn it in my presence, in the house that is the shrine of my name.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	34	16	And then you went back, and dragged my name in the dust! You would claim them afresh, men and women servants you had set free, now their own masters; they must be your servants and handmaids still.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	34	17	This sentence, then, the Lord pronounces: You have not obeyed me, by granting freedom to your own brethren and neighbours, and here is the freedom I mean to grant you in return; freedom of the sword, freedom of the famine, freedom of the pestilence! A bane I will make you to all the kingdoms of earth.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	34	18	I will have no more of them, the men who transgress my covenant, have no respect for the agreement they made in my own presence, the calf they cut in two and walked between the slices of it,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	34	19	nobles of Juda and Jerusalem, chamberlains and priests, and all the common folk that passed between share and share.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	34	20	I mean to give them up into the hands of enemies that are sworn upon their lives; bird in air and beast on earth shall prey upon that carrion of theirs.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	34	21	Sedecias, king of Juda, and his nobles, shall fall into the hands of pitiless enemies, the armies of Babylon, that now give you a respite.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	34	22	These, at my command, shall march on this city again, lay siege to it, and capture it, and burn it to the ground; and I will make the townships of Juda into a desert, never a soul to dwell there.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	35	1	In the reign of Josias’ son Joachim, word came to Jeremias from the Lord,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	35	2	Go, make thyself acquainted with the men of Rechab’s clan; I would have thee entertain them in one of the treasury rooms at the temple, and there set wine before them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	35	3	So Jezonias, son of Jeremias, son of Habsanias was my guest, with his brethren and his sons and the whole Rechabite clan;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	35	4	into the temple I brought them, to the apartment of Hanan’s sons, that come down from God’s servant Jegedelias. It was next to the apartment of the door-keeper, Maasias the son of Sellum.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	35	5	Here I set a bowl and goblet of wine before the men of Rechab’s clan, and bade them drink,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	35	6	but drink wine they would not. Our father Jonadab, said they, the son of Rechab gave us a rule to live by. Wine neither we should drink, nor any son of ours in perpetuity;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	35	7	no house build, no crops sow, no vineyard plant or possess; in tents we were to live all our days, and long those days should last in this land that was none of ours.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	35	8	As our father Jonadab son of Rechab bade us live, so live we, so our wives and sons and daughters live, drinking no wine at any time.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	35	9	Houses we build none to dwell in, vineyards and fields and crops have none;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	35	10	tent-dwellers we remain, true to every command of our father Jonadab;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	35	11	it was only when king Nabuchodonosor of Babylon marched against us that we were fain to take shelter in Jerusalem from threats of Chaldaean and Syrian; that is why we make our abode in Jerusalem.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	35	12	And now the Lord’s word came to Jeremias:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	35	13	A message from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel! Go and tell all the men of Juda, all the citizens of Jerusalem. Great marvel it is, the Lord says, you are so unruly still, and will not heed my bidding.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	35	14	Here is Jonadab son of Rechab will have his sons drink no wine, and his word holds; wine they drink none to this day, for love of their father’s rule; and I, that send word early to your doors, can win no obedience.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	35	15	Early I sent them to your doors, the prophets that were servants of mine, bidding you come back from your straying, and shape your thoughts anew; have recourse no longer to the worship of alien gods, if you would dwell securely in this land, my gift to you and to your fathers; but you gave me neither heed nor hearing.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	35	16	So loyal the Rechabites to the commands of their father Jonadab, and my people so disobedient!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	35	17	I mean, then, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to punish the citizens of Jerusalem for warnings unheeded, for calls refused, with all the punishments I have threatened.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	35	18	To the clan of Rechab Jeremias gave this message from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: For your obedience to your father Jonadab, for precept remembered and for duty done,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	35	19	he, the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, promises that this line of Rechab and Jonadab, long as time lasts, shall never want a posterity to do him service.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	1	In the fourth year of Josias’ son Joachim, the Lord gave Jeremias this command ment:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	2	Get thyself a scroll, and write down on it all the warnings I have uttered against Israel and Juda, and against the other nations of the world, ever since I first spoke to thee under king Josias.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	3	Maybe, when the men of Juda hear of all the mischief I mean to do them, they will leave off their straying in false paths, and so I will overlook the guilt of their wrong-doing.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	4	So Jeremias sent for Baruch the son of Nerias; the Lord’s utterances, every one, Jeremias rehearsed and Baruch wrote down on the scroll.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	5	And now Jeremias had an errand for him; I must keep my house, said he, go into the Lord’s temple I may not.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	6	Do thou, on a fasting day, go there instead, and read out some of the divine utterances I have dictated to thee, in the temple itself, for all the citizens to hear, and all the men of Juda besides, that have come in from their several townships.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	7	Maybe their intercession will find its way into the Lord’s presence; maybe they will leave off their straying in false paths; here are grievous threats from the Lord of angry vengeance against his people.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	8	So it was Baruch son of Nerias, but in fulfilment of Jeremias’ command, that took the scroll and read out, there in the Lord’s house, the Lord’s message.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	9	It was the ninth month, in the fifth year of Josias’ son Joachim, when they proclaimed a fast, that was to be kept in the Lord’s presence by all the citizens and all who had come in from the other towns of Juda.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	10	And there in the Lord’s house, from the apartment of Gamarias, whose father, Saphan, had once been secretary, in the upper court, close by the entry of the new temple gate, Baruch read out Jeremias’ book of warning.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	11	No line he read of the divine utterance but had an eager listener in Gamarias’ son Michaeas,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	12	who thereupon went down to the secretary’s room, where he found all the notables assembled. There was the secretary, Elisama; there were Dalaias son of Semeias, and Elnathan son of Achobor, and Gamarias son of Saphan, and Sedecias son of Hananias, and all the notables in general.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	13	To these Michaeas repeated all he had heard Baruch read out from the scroll in public;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	14	and Judi, son of Nathanias, son of Selemias, son of Cushi, was sent on an errand to Baruch in the name of all present. Come thither he must, and bring the scroll he had read thus publicly with him. So it was Baruch, son of Nerias, that came before them, and the scroll with him;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	15	they bade him be seated, and read it aloud to them, so read it he did.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	16	When all the reading was over, they looked each at other in amazement, and told Baruch all this must be brought to the king’s ears.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	17	Then they asked, How comes it that these are the words of Jeremias, and yet of thy writing?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	18	Why, said he, Jeremias gave them out, as if he were reading them aloud, and I sat by with paper and ink to write them down.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	19	Go into hiding, they told him, thou and Jeremias with thee, and be sure none knows where to find you.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	20	Then they made their way into the palace court to find the king, leaving the book there in the secretary’s room. When they had brought their news to his hearing,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	21	the king would have Judi fetch the book itself from Elisama’s room; which he did, and read it out for the king to hear, and all the courtiers that stood about him.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	22	Since it was the ninth month, Joachim was in his winter parlour, and a brazier of coals in front of him;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	23	and when Judi had read but three columns or four, he took his pen-knife and began cutting the scroll into pieces, which he threw on to the brazier until the whole book had perished in the flames.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	24	King and courtiers listened to all these warnings, yet feared they never, nor rent their clothes;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	25	and although Elnathan, Dalaias and Gamarias would have prevented Joachim from burning the scroll, he would not listen to them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	26	Jeremiel son of Amalech, Saraias son of Ezriel, and Selemias son of Abdeel were bidden to attach the persons of the scribe Baruch and the prophet Jeremias; but the Lord kept them in safe hiding.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	27	And this was the Lord’s word to the prophet Jeremias, when the king burnt the scroll, and with it all the utterances he had dictated to Baruch:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	28	Get thee another scroll, and write down on it whatever was contained in the one king Joachim burnt.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	29	And to king Joachim give this message from the Lord: Burn book and chide prophet, if thou wilt, for warning thee that the king of Babylon will come back with all speed, and lay this country waste, leaving neither man nor beast to dwell in it.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	30	But this is the Lord’s doom against king Joachim of Juda: No son of his shall follow him on the throne of David; his body shall be cast away in the open, to bear the day’s heat and the night frost.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	31	With guilt of his, with guilt of household and court of his, I will reckon in full; all my unheeded threats against Jerusalem and Juda shall be made good.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	36	32	So Jeremias must get Baruch another scroll to write on, and all the contents of the book Joachim burnt must be dictated anew; much more was added besides to enlarge it.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	37	1	In place of Jechonias, that was son to Joachim, Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon would have Sedecias, another of Josias’ sons, mount the throne of Juda;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	37	2	but no heed would the new king give, nor his courtiers, nor his subjects, to the warnings uttered in the Lord’s name by the prophet Jeremias.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	37	3	To him the king sent envoys, Juchal the son of Selemias and the priest Sophonias, son of Maasias, bidding him pray to the Lord their God for the common welfare.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	37	4	Jeremias was still free to come and go as he pleased among his fellow-citizens; they had not yet imprisoned him.At this time, Pharao’s army was on the march, advancing from the Egyptian frontier; and the Chaldaeans, this news reaching them, had raised the siege of Jerusalem.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	37	5	So the Lord’s word came to the prophet Jeremias:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	37	6	Take back this message from the Lord God of Israel to the king who sent you to consult me. Back home to Egypt it shall march, the army of Pharao that has come out in your support;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	37	7	whereupon the Chaldaeans will return to the attack, will capture this city and burn it to the ground.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	37	8	Never cheat yourselves with the hope that the enemy will march away and leave you alone; march away they will not, the Lord says.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	37	9	Low though you should lay every Chaldaean that takes the field against you, save for some few wounded, those wounded men shall rise up from their tents, and burn this city to the ground notwithstanding.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	37	10	And now, while Pharao still threatened, and the Chaldaeans had raised the siege,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	37	11	Jeremias took occasion to leave Jerusalem and make his way to Benjamin, where he must divide up some property in the presence of his fellow-citizens.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	37	12	When he reached the Benjamin gate, the officer whose turn it was to mount guard there, Jerias, the son of Selemias, the son of Hananias, put the prophet under arrest, under the charge of deserting to the Chaldaeans.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	37	13	In vain did Jeremias protest, What, I desert to the Chaldaeans? There is no truth in it! Jerias led him away into the presence of the nobles;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	37	14	and these, in a rage, first had him beaten, then confined him in the house of the secretary, Jonathan, who had charge of the prisoners at this time.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	37	15	So came Jeremias to a dungeon cell, and long remained there.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	37	16	It was king Sedecias who released him, sending for him and questioning him privately in the palace. Has the Lord any message for me? he asked. Yes, said Jeremias; that thou shalt be at the mercy of Nabuchodonosor.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	37	17	Then he asked the king, What wrong have I done to thee, to thy courtiers or thy subjects, that thou hast thrown me into prison?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	37	18	Tell me, how have they sped, those prophets of yours who foretold that the king of Babylon should never reach you, never invade this land of yours?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	37	19	Listen to me, my lord king, I entreat thee, and look favourably on my suit. Do not send me back to the house of yonder secretary Jonathan, for there I needs must die!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	37	20	So king Sedecias had him confined in the court without, and given a loaf of bread each day, with seasoning added, as long as bread there should be in the city. And there Jeremias was left, among the prisoners in the courtyard.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	1	Still Jeremias would speak out before all the people; and among those who lis-tened to him were Saphatias son of Mathan, Gedelias son of Phassur, Juchal son of Selemias, and Phassur son of Melchias.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	2	This message they heard him proclaim from the Lord: To remain in this city means death by sword, famine and pestilence; go over to the Chaldaeans, you shall have your lives for guerdon, and be spared.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	3	And this: Past doubt, the city will fall into the hands of the king of Babylon, by right of capture.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	4	And they urged the king, these notables, to make an end of him; He goes about, said they, to weaken the resolve of the garrison, and of the people at large, by talking in this fashion; there is malice here, not good will.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	5	He is at your disposal, king Sedecias answered; not for a king to withstand you!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	6	So they had their way with Jeremias; he should be left helpless in the cistern of Melchias the son of Amelech, there in the court where the prisoners were kept. Into the cistern they lowered him with ropes; there was no water in it now, only mire, and into the mire he sank.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	7	But there was an Ethiopian chamberlain at the court, named Abdemelech, that heard how Jeremias had been let down into the cistern; and as the king was sitting at the Benjamin Gate,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	8	this Abdemelech came out from the palace and remonstrated with him.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	9	My lord king, he said, here is foul wrong done to the prophet Jeremias; they have let him down into a cistern, where he will die of hunger, such lack of bread there is in the city.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	10	Why then, said the king to Abdemelech the Ethiopian, take thirty men with thee, and rescue Jeremias from the cistern while there is yet life in him.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	11	So Abdemelech took the men with him, made his way into the palace, beneath the store-chamber, took old rags and clouts that lay mouldering there, and let them down by ropes to Jeremias in the cistern.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	12	Here be torn things and mouldering, the Ethiopian said to Jeremias, but thou mayst put these under thy arm-pits, and the ropes under these again. Jeremias obeyed,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	13	and they pulled him up by the ropes till he was clear of the cistern; but the courtyard was his prison still.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	14	Then king Sedecias would have the prophet come to him by the third door of the palace, the one that leads to the temple. I have a question to ask thee, he said to Jeremias; hide nothing from me.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	15	Why, Jeremias answered, if I tell thee what I know, thou wilt but kill me, and if I give thee advice, thou wilt not heed it.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	16	But king Sedecias took a secret oath, As the Lord is a living God, the Lord who gave us this breath we breathe, slay thee I will not, nor hand thee over to thy mortal enemies.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	17	Thereupon Jeremias told him a message from the Lord, the God of hosts: Go out and give thyself up to Nabuchodonosor’s chieftains, and thy life shall be safe, nor shall there be any burning of the city; thou and thine shall be spared.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	18	If thou dost not give thyself up to them, then the Chaldaeans shall gain mastery of the city and burn it to the ground, and for thyself there is no escaping them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	19	Yet my heart misgives me, Sedecias told him, over the Jews that have already made their submission; what if I should be handed over to these, and they wreak their spite on me?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	20	That shall not be, Jeremias answered. Give heed, only give heed, to this message from the Lord I bear thee; so thou shalt speed well, and life be granted thee.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	21	Refuse to yield, and here is the doom he has made known to me.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	22	Never a woman that is left in the palace of the kings of Juda but shall be spoil for the chieftains of the king of Babylon! And as they are led away, this shall be their lament: False friend fooled thee, and had the better of thee; feet fast in the treacherous morass has left thee!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	23	Wife of thine and son of thine led away into the enemy’s camp, and thou thyself powerless to escape; thyself the king of Babylon shall take prisoner, and burn thy city to the ground.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	24	On peril of thy life, king Sedecias warned him, let none hear what has passed between us.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	25	If it reach the ears of the nobles that we have had speech together, and they bid thee repeat what thou saidst, or what said the king, hiding nothing as thou holdest thy life dear, then be this thy answer,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	26	Why, I pleaded my suit with the king’s grace that he would not have me sent back to Jonathan’s house, to die there.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	27	Come and ask him they did, and he answered as the king bade him; so with that they let him be; nothing had been overheard.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	38	28	This imprisonment of Jeremias in the courtyard lasted until the taking of Jerusalem; for, sure enough, Jerusalem was taken.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	39	1	Sedecias had been reigning for eight years and ten months in Juda when Nabu-chodonosor king of Babylon led his armies to the siege of Jerusalem;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	39	2	in the eleventh year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, the city wall was breached.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	39	3	In they marched, Neregel, Sereser, Semegarnabu, Sarsachim, Rabsares, (Neregel, Sereser), and Rebmag, and all the king of Babylon’s other chieftains, and occupied the central gate.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	39	4	Sedecias king of Juda and all his warriors fled at their approach, leaving the city at dead of night by way of the royal garden and the gate between the two walls; it was the desert road they took when they left it.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	39	5	The Chaldaean army went in pursuit, and overtook Sedecias in the open plain of Jericho; captured him, and brought him before Nabuchodonosor at Reblatha, in the Emath country; and there sentence was pronounced on him.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	39	6	Slain by the king of Babylon were all his sons, there in their father’s sight; slain by the king of Babylon were all the nobles of Juda;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	39	7	and as for Sedecias himself, his eyes were put out, and he was carried off, loaded with chains, to Babylon.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	39	8	King’s palace and poor man’s house the Chaldaeans burnt to the ground, and threw down the walls of Jerusalem in ruins.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	39	9	All the rest who survived, defenders and deserters alike, were carried off by Nabuzardan, the captain of the royal bodyguard, to Babylon;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	39	10	he left none except the poorest of the inhabitants, landless men, in Juda, who found themselves enriched, that day, with vineyards and cisterns of their own.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	39	11	This Nabuzardan, captain of the royal bodyguard had orders from king Nabuchodonosor about Jeremias;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	39	12	Take him under thy loving charge, said he, and let him have what cheer he will.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	39	13	So here were Nabuzardan, captain of the royal bodyguard, and Nabusezban, and Rabsares, and Neregel, and Sereser, and Rebmag, and all the king of Babylon’s great chieftains,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	39	14	sending out to free Jeremias from his prison in the courtyard. And they entrusted him to the care of Godolias, son of Ahicam; with him Jeremias should dwell, and make his home among his own people.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	39	15	While he was still in the courtyard prison, Jeremias had been entrusted with a message from the Lord for the Ethiopian, Abdemelech:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	39	16	All my doom against this city, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I mean to fulfil; ban it is and not blessing, and thou shalt live to see it;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	39	17	but to thee I will grant safety, the Lord says. Never shall dreaded foe have the mastery,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	39	18	when I am there to deliver thee; thou art marked out for safety, that didst put thy confidence in me, the Lord says.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	40	1	To Jeremias the word of the Lord still came, after the captain of the bodyguard, Nabuzardan, had set him at liberty. This happened at Rama, where he was singled out, still in chains, among the prisoners from Jerusalem and Juda who were on their way to Babylon.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	40	2	As he took him apart from the rest, the captain of the bodyguard said to him, With calamity the Lord thy God threatened this land of thine,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	40	3	and calamity he has brought upon it; his threat is fulfilled. What guilt was this, to refuse the Lord obedience! And here is the issue.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	40	4	From thy hands I have struck the chains, as thou seest; bear me company, if thou wilt, to Babylon, and I will take good care of thee; if thou wilt not go my way, then abide where thou art. The whole land is at thy disposal, and thou art free to take thy own path; none may constrain thee to go with me.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	40	5	Here is Godolias, son of Ahicam, son of Saphan, that is entrusted by the king of Babylon with the charge of all Juda; dwell with him if thou wilt, here among thy own people, or where thou hast a mind betake thee. And with that, the captain of the bodyguard furnished him with provisions, and made him a present besides, and so took leave of him.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	40	6	It was to Godolias son of Ahicam, at Maspath, that Jeremias repaired, and dwelt with him among the remnant of the land’s inhabitants.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	40	7	Men, women, and children, to Godolias son of Ahicam the king of Babylon entrusted them, all these landless folk who had not been carried off into exile. And when the news of this appointment reached the army chieftains, scattered here and there with their men,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	40	8	they rallied to Godolias at Maspha. Here were Ismahel, son of Nathanias, Johanan and Jonathan, sons of Caree, Sareas, son of Thanehumeth, the sons of Ophi from Netophathi, and Jezonias, son of Maachathi, all with men at their backs.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	40	9	To these, chiefs and men alike, Godolias son of Ahicam son of Saphan took an oath. They need have no fear of living under Chaldaean rule; let them remain in the country as the king of Babylon’s vassals, and all should go well with them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	40	10	I am living here in Masphath, said he, to take the orders sent me from Chaldaea; it is for you to gather in vintage and harvest and olive-yield, each of you abiding in the city he now occupies.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	40	11	There were other Jews living in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and the countries round about; these, when they heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Juda, and put Godolias, son of Ahicam, son of Saphan, in charge of them,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	40	12	came back from the countries where they had taken refuge into Judaea, came to Godolias at Masphath; and abundant was the store they brought in, of grapes and grain both.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	40	13	And now, at Masphath, Godolias was visited by Johanan son of Caree, and the other chieftains from the countryside,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	40	14	with this warning: We have information that Ismahel, son of Nathanias, was sent here by Baalis, king of Ammon, to take thy life. But Godolias would not believe it.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	40	15	When Johanan was at Masphath he took Godolias aside; Let me go and make away with Ismahel secretly, he urged; if he should take thy life, all the Jews that have rallied about thee will be scattered again, and Juda have a remnant no more.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	40	16	But Godolias would have none of it; Nay, said he to Johanan, leave off thy purpose; it is but a false report thou tellest me concerning Ismahel.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	41	1	The seventh month had come; and now Ismahel, son of Nathanias, son of Elisama, one of the royal princes and the king’s vassals, came with ten followers to Masphath, where Godolias was, and at Masphath they sat at table together.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	41	2	There and then, at the sword’s point, Ismahel and his ten men put Godolias to death. So perished Godolias, son of Ahicam, son of Saphan, that held the king of Babylon’s warrant to rule the country.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	41	3	Such Jews as were with Godolias at Masphath, such Chaldaean soldiers as he found there, Ismahel despatched at the same time.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	41	4	And the day after Godolias’ murder, before the news of it was out,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	41	5	came eighty pilgrims from Sichem, Silo, and Samaria, beards shaven, garments rent, in mourning all of them, with bloodless offerings and incense for the Lord’s temple.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	41	6	Out came Ismahel son of Nathanias from Masphath to meet them, and wept ever as he went; Welcome, said he, from Godolias son of Ahicam!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	41	7	And when they had reached the middle of the town, just by the cistern, they were slain by Ismahel and his men;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	41	8	all except ten of them, who pleaded for their lives and told Ismahel they had a hoard of wheat, barley, oil and honey hidden away under their lands; these were spared the fate of the rest.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	41	9	When he slew the companions of Godolias, Ismahel had thrown their bodies into the cistern; it was one which king Asa had made to defend the place against Baasa, king of Israel; now, Ismahel’s massacre filled it to the brim.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	41	10	Thus there was no longer a remnant at Masphath; the king’s daughters, and all the other folk left there by Nabuzardan under the care of Godolias, Ismahel took off with him as his captives, and so would have marched away into the Ammonite country.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	41	11	But Johanan, son of Caree, and the other army chieftains that were on his side, no sooner heard the ill news of what Ismahel had done
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	41	12	than they mustered all their men to give him battle, and caught up with him at the pool of Gabaon.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	41	13	A welcome sight it was to Ismahel’s company, when they saw Johanan, son of Caree, and the other chieftains approaching;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	41	14	back went all the prisoners to Masphath, and threw in their lot with Johanan instead;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	41	15	Ismahel fled at the sight of him, and reached the Ammonite country with only eight men at his back.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	41	16	Johanan and his fellow chieftains would not leave at Masphath this remnant they had rescued from Ismahel after the murder of Godolias; all the fighting men, the women and children, the eunuchs, who had returned with them from Gabaon.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	41	17	They went off and made their home for a time at Chamaan, near Bethlehem, thinking to take refuge in Egypt
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	41	18	from the vengeance of the Chaldaeans. From these they had much to fear, now that Ismahel son of Nathanias had murdered Godolias son of Ahicam, the king of Babylon’s own representative in Juda.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	42	1	And now all the army chieftains, Johanan son of Caree and Jezonias son of Osaias and their followers, high and low, came
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	42	2	to consult Jeremias. Look kindly, they said, on our request; we would have thee intercede with the Lord thy God for this poor remnant, left so few in number, as thou seest.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	42	3	Whither go we? What shift make we? Please it the Lord thy God to make all this known to us.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	42	4	And the prophet Jeremias said, Your request shall be granted. Pray I will, as you bid me pray, to the Lord your God, and his answer you shall hear in full, no word kept hidden from you.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	42	5	And this promise they made on their part: The Lord himself bear witness against us, unerring and unfailing, if we are not true to every word of that message the Lord sends us through thy means.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	42	6	Be it for weal or woe, it is the voice of the Lord our God; to him lies thy errand, and him we will obey; heed we the commands of the Lord our God, nothing can go amiss.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	42	7	Ten days passed, and then the Lord’s word came to Jeremias.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	42	8	Johanan son of Caree he summoned to him, and all the army chieftains, and their followers, high and low;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	42	9	and thus spoke to them: A message to you from the Lord, the God of Israel! To him I went on your errand, and laid your prayers before him.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	42	10	Wait on quietly, he says, in this land of yours, and all shall be building now, not destroying, all shall be planting now, not uprooting; amends enough is the calamity I have brought on you.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	42	11	What, does the king of Babylon daunt you with his terrors? Of him have no fear; danger from him is none, the Lord says, when I am at your side to protect you, and deliver you from his power.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	42	12	I will take pity on you now; only pity shall you find, and on your native soil an abiding home.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	42	13	But if you refuse to make it your home, if you disobey the divine command;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	42	14	if you are heard crying, No! To Egypt! There we will dwell, where are no sights of bloodshed, no sound of trumpet-call, no famine to be endured!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	42	15	then, last of the Jews, listen to this, the Lord’s message. This he tells you, he, the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel! If you turn your faces towards Egypt, and thither repair to find a refuge,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	42	16	the sword you dread shall overtake you, there in Egypt, the famine that haunts you shall be with you still, there in Egypt, and in Egypt you shall die.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	42	17	None that turns his face towards Egypt for refuge but sword or famine or pestilence shall be the undoing of him; such calamity I mean to bring on it as none shall survive, none shall escape.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	42	18	Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Go you to Egypt, my angry vengeance shall blaze out against you no less than when you dwelt once at Jerusalem; yours shall be a name of execration and horror, a name to curse by and to revile, and this land you shall never see more.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	42	19	Last of the Jews, this is the Lord’s message: Go to Egypt you must not. Bear me witness, all of you, that I have given you solemn warning this day.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	42	20	But no, you did but hoodwink yourselves; you would have me do your errand to the Lord our God, and so you promised, Pray to the Lord our God for us, make known to us whatever is his divine will, and it shall be done;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	42	21	but now I have told it you, and where is your obedience to that divine will, to the message he bade me deliver to you?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	42	22	Here then is full warning that the land where you mean to take refuge shall be the undoing of you, by war and famine and pestilence.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	43	1	Such was the errand upon which the Lord now sent Jeremias to his people. And when Jeremias had delivered all this message to them from the Lord their God,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	43	2	Azarias, son of Osaias, contradicted him; Johanan, too, the son of Caree, and the other malcontents held the same language. Thou liest, they said, warrant thou hast none from the Lord our God to prevent us taking refuge in Egypt;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	43	3	it is Baruch, son of Nerias, who sets thee on, thinking to betray us to the Chaldaeans, and have us put to death, or carried away to Babylon.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	43	4	Thus Johanan, son of Caree, with the army chieftains and all their men in his support, refused to obey the Lord’s bidding and remain where they were in Juda.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	43	5	He and his fellow chieftains took all the remaining Jews away with them; some of these had been scattered in distant parts, but had now come back to live at home
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	43	6	with their wives and children; others, the king’s daughters among them, had been entrusted by Nabuzardan, the captain of the bodyguard, to Godolias, son of Ahicam, son of Saphan, that had the prophet Jeremias and Baruch son of Nerias at his side.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	43	7	With all these at their back they crossed the Egyptian frontier, in defiance of the Lord’s bidding, and made their way to Taphnis.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	43	8	And at Taphnis the word of the Lord came to Jeremias:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	43	9	Take a load of great stones with thee, and go to the vault under the brick wall by the gate of Pharao’s palace at Taphnis; there bury them, with Jewish folk by to watch thee.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	43	10	And this message thou shalt give them from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I mean to summon one that is my servant, Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and set up a throne for him on these foundations; where these stones lie buried, his canopy shall rise.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	43	11	He it is that shall come and doom the Egyptians; whom the plague beckons, to the plague, whom exile, to exile, whom the sword, to the sword.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	43	12	The idols of Egypt he shall carry away into banishment, first setting light to their temples and burning them down. Lightly as shepherd dons cloak, he shall invest himself with sovereignty over its people, and unmolested go his way,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	43	13	breaking in pieces the statues that adorn Egypt’s sun-temple, the shrines of Egypt burning to the ground.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	1	Here is a message that was sent through Jeremias to all the Jews living in Egypt, whether in Magdalus or Taphnis or Memphis or the Phatures country:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	2	Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts: You have seen for yourselves what calamity I brought on Jerusalem and the cities of Juda, how this day they are empty of inhabitants.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	3	By their own guilt they earned it, when they defied my vengeance, courting the sacrifices and the worship of alien gods they had never known till then, they and you and your fathers alike.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	4	Early to your doors I sent those prophets that were servants of mine, bidding you leave off such foul doings of yours, doings most hateful to me;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	5	but heed and hearing they gave me none, still went astray, to alien gods still made sacrifice.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	6	At last my angry vengeance blazed up, and lit such a fire in the townships of Juda, in the streets of Jerusalem, as has left them, this day, a barren wilderness.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	7	And now, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, what of yourselves? Would you fasten a noose round your own necks, court death for man and woman, child and weanling, till remnant of Juda there is none?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	8	For rivals must I have images of your own making? Will you sacrifice to gods not yours, there in Egypt? Why would you take refuge there, to your own undoing, to be a name all the world should curse by and revile?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	9	Have you forgotten them, ill deeds done in your fathers’ days by king and queen, by man and wife, throughout Juda and the streets of Jerusalem?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	10	Alas, to this day there is no amending; no dread of me, no living by the divine law, by the rule I held up for a pattern to you and to your fathers!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	11	Thus, then he threatens you, he, the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: It is my frown you shall see henceforward; the whole of Juda shall be cut away.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	12	The remnant that looked to find a refuge in Egypt, in Egypt shall perish, sword and famine their undoing, sword and famine for all of them, high and low. Theirs shall be a name of execration and of wonder, a name to curse by and to revile.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	13	Sword, famine and pestilence, so I called Jerusalem to account, and so I will call Egypt to account;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	14	for those Jewish survivors that have taken refuge in Egypt there is no escaping with their lives, no returning to Juda, home of their eager desire; only fugitives shall return.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	15	Jeremias did not go unanswered; there were men there who knew well their wives made offering to alien gods; of the women themselves, many were standing by. They had but one thought, all these exiles that were making their home at Phatures in Egypt;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	16	Ay, so the Lord bids thee tell us, but we will have none of it.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	17	Sworn we are, and by that oath we mean to stand, that we will do sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and make offering of cakes to her, as we ever did, we and our fathers, kings and rulers of ours, in the townships of Juda and in Jerusalem streets; bread we had in those days to our heart’s content, and all went well with us; bad times we never saw.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	18	It is only since we left off doing sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and paid tribute of cakes no more, that all is woe and want, sword wasting us and famine.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	19	Sacrifice when we women make to the queen of heaven, and pour libation to her, be sure our men-folk know in whose honour cake is made, and wine is poured!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	20	But Jeremias turned upon them all, men and women alike, all that had given him his answer.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	21	Nay, said he, when you did sacrifice all through Juda and in Jerusalem streets, and your fathers before you, king and noble and plain citizen, be sure the Lord was heeding you, and marked it well.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	22	It was when the Lord could bear no longer with false aims and foul deeds of yours, that your land became a wilderness, a thing of wonder, a name to curse by, a land empty of inhabitants, as it is this day.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	23	It was because you sacrificed, in the Lord’s despite, to false gods, because you would not obey him, would not follow law and decree and ordinance of his, that all the calamity of these times has come upon you.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	24	This, too, Jeremias said to the crowd about him, and to their women-folk besides: Jews of Egypt, listen to the message he sends you,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	25	he, the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. So you will be as good as your word; sacrifice and libation you have vowed to the queen of heaven, and must pay it; all is accomplished, will has turned into act!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	26	Then listen, Jews of Egypt, to the doom which the Lord pronounces: By the honour of my own name I have sworn it, the Lord says, never Jew shall be heard more taking his oath by the living God, in all this land of Egypt!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	27	For woe, not for weal, these eyes of mine shall watch over them, till sword and famine have done their work, and Jew in Egypt is none.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	28	To Juda from Egypt they shall return, such few as have escaped the sword’s point, and the remnant that took refuge here shall learn to their cost whose prophecy was fulfilled, theirs or mine.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	29	Here is a sign I mean to give you, the Lord says, here in this land, in proof that my threats shall be accomplished.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	44	30	Thus says the Lord: I, that gave up Sedecias of Juda to Nabuchodonosor, his mortal enemy, will give up to his mortal enemies yonder Ephree, that is now Pharao in Egypt.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	45	1	When Baruch, son of Nerias, had written down the words dictated to him by Jeremias, in the fourth year of Joachim’s reign in Juda, this comfort Jeremias gave him:
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	45	2	A message from the Lord, the God of Israel, to thee, Baruch!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	45	3	Woe is thee, heavy is thy heart; sorrow upon sorrow the Lord gives thee, and respite thou canst find none.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	45	4	Yet this message the Lord has for thee: Here am I destroying what my own hands built, uprooting what my own hands planted;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	45	5	and for thee must it be all prizes? For prizes never look thou; enough for thee that, go thou where thou wilt, safe-conduct of thy life I am granting thee.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	1	Here follows the doom which the Lord pronounced to the prophet Jeremias against the nations of the world.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	2	And first against Egypt, whose army stood at Charcamis, by the river Euphrates, under its king Pharao Nechao, and there was defeated by Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, in the fourth year of Joachim’s reign over Juda, that was son to Josias.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	3	Buckler, there, and shield; march we to battle!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	4	Yoke steed, and, horsemen, mount; stand to your ranks, helmeted; scour lance, and don breastplate!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	5	What means it? Here be cowards turning their backs, here be great warriors slain; pell-mell they flee, and never a glance behind; peril is all around, the Lord says.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	6	For the swift no escape, for the strong no prevailing; there in the north, by Euphrates banks, they fail and fall!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	7	Can it be a river that comes up in flood, eddies are these of a foaming torrent?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	8	Like river in flood, like foaming torrent marches Egypt to battle, threatening to cover earth with its advance, drown city and citizen.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	9	Ay, mount horse, dizzily reel the chariot; way there for the warriors, Ethiop and Libyan with their great shields, men of Lydia that ply bow and shoot arrow so well!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	10	Alas, not yours the day; this day the Lord, the God of hosts, has chosen for his day of vengeance, when he will take toll of his enemies; fed and glutted his sword shall be, drink deep of men’s blood; here, on Euphrates banks, the Lord, the God of hosts, will claim his sacrifice.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	11	Egypt, poor maid, to Galaad betake thee, to find balm for thy wounds! Salve after salve thou wilt try in vain; there is no healing thee.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	12	Thy shame has come to all men’s ears, earth echoes with thy lament; warrior leaned upon warrior of thine for support, and they fell both together.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	13	And thus the Lord prophesied to Jeremias the coming of Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon, and his victory over Egypt.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	14	Here is news for Egypt; cry it in Magdalus, wake the echoes of Memphis, in Taphnis tell it abroad! Stand to arms, make ready for battle; thy border countries have fallen a prey to the sword already!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	15	Why have thy warriors melted away? Stand they could not, when the Lord was minded to overthrow them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	16	Many he brought to earth; stumbled they, man over his fellow, crying out, Up, to men of our own race return we, to the land of our birth; escape we from the invader’s sword!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	17	What name shall we give to Pharao? Call him, Din of Battle at Last.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	18	By his own life he has sworn it, that King whose name is the Lord of hosts; Pharao’s conqueror is on the way, towering high as Thabor among the hills, as Carmel above the sea.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	19	Poor maid of Egypt, an exile’s pack provide thee! A lonely wilderness Memphis shall be, where none may dwell henceforward.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	20	Fitting emblem of Egypt, a heifer lithe and graceful; from the north a gad-fly shall come to trouble her rest.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	21	But those mercenaries of hers that went to and fro like bullocks full-fed, see how they have turned about and taken flight all at once, none ready to stand his ground! The day has come when they are marked down for slaughter; they shall be called to account at last.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	22	Loud her voice shall rise above the clash of bronze, now that the invader’s army draws near, pitiless as woodmen that go a-hewing;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	23	forest is none so deep they shall not lay it bare, numberless as the locust-swarm.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	24	Poor Egypt, all shame and confusion, prey of the northern folk!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	25	The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, has pronounced his doom: I mean to have a reckoning now with Ammon of Thebes, with Pharao and Egypt, with all its gods and all its kings, with Pharao and all who trust in Pharao’s aid!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	26	I mean to give them up into the hands of their mortal enemies, Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon and his vassals; then Egypt shall have rest, as Egypt did of old.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	27	Have thou no fear, the Lord says, Jacob, that art my servant still; not for Israel is danger brewing. From that far country of exile I mean to restore thee, restore those children of thine; Jacob shall return, and live at ease, every blessing shall enjoy, and enemies have none to fear.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	46	28	For thee no terrors, Jacob that art my servant, the Lord says; am I not at thy side? Of all the lands in which I have dispersed thee I will take full toll, but not of thee; I would but chastise thee with due measures kept, lest I should leave thee altogether acquitted.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	47	1	And this doom the Lord pronounced to the prophet Jeremias against the Philistines, before the defeat of Gaza by king Pharao.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	47	2	Waters rising in the north, the Lord says, a river that overflows its banks, covering earth and earth’s increase, city and citizen! Loud the cries everywhere, a whole world in lament,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	47	3	as the sound of armed hosts draws nearer, groan of chariot and rattle of wheels; listless hang hands, father for son has never a glance to spare.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	47	4	So comes the day when Philistia shall be plundered, all of it, Tyre and Sidon of all their defenders shall be stripped; Philistia the Lord despoils, and all that is left of the island-dwellers from Caphtor.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	47	5	Shorn heads in Gaza; Ascalon is silent now, silent all their valleys. Long wilt thou bear the marks of thy mourning!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	47	6	Rest thee, sword of the Lord! Back into thy scabbard, calm thyself, and rest!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	47	7	Nay, rest how should it? It holds the Lord’s warrant to subdue Ascalon and the sea-board country; there he has made tryst with it.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	1	And thus to Moab speaks the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. Alas for Nabo, spoiled and shamed, for Cariathaim taken, the high fortress humbled, a prey to alarms!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	2	For Moab, scant triumph; against Hesebon there are plots a-brewing, Away with it, a nation let it be no more! Silence for thee, a long silence; the sword is at thy heels.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	3	From Oronaim the cry goes up, rack and ruin everywhere;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	4	Moab lies crushed, let Segor echo the cry!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	5	Weep they and wail, that climb the slopes of Luith; all the way down from Oronaim their foes may hear it, the cry of desolation.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	6	Fly he must that would escape with life, stripped though he be as the desert tamarisk.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	7	Ill reposed that confidence in ramparts of thine, stores of thine; taken thou shalt be like the rest, and Chamos go into exile, all his priests and all his votary chiefs with him.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	8	Of all thy cities, none shall be safe from the spoiler’s entry; wasted thy valleys shall be, swept bare the hill-sides; the Lord decrees it.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	9	Weave a coronal for Moab; in the flower of her pride she goes into exile, and all her cities lie desolate, none to dwell there.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	10	Cursed the man who goes about the Lord’s work grudgingly, nor with blood stains his sword!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	11	Since those first days of his, ever was Moab too rich; he, that knew not exile, is like a wine that has settled on its lees, never decanted; tang and reek of it were never lost;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	12	a time is coming now, the Lord says, when I mean to send certain stewards of mine that shall tilt those jars; draw wine, drain goblet, and break jar to pieces!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	13	Chamos will play Moab false, as Bethel played Israel false, when Israel trusted in its sanctuary.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	14	Ay, boast on of your bravery, tell us you are warriors all!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	15	Yet Moab is laid waste, its townships aflame, all the flower of its chivalry gone to their death; so that king decrees, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	16	Not long delayed, Moab’s last hour; runs on swift feet his calamity.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	17	Mourn with him, you that are his neighbours, you that are his familiars; so trusty a rod broken, a staff so fair.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	18	Poor maid of Dibon, come down from thy splendour and sit on the parched ground; the spoiler of Moab has scaled thy heights, dismantled thy walls;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	19	poor maid of Aroer, by the wayside linger and look around thee; ask of the fugitives, How went the day?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	20	Alas, Moab’s hope is lost; Moab lies conquered. Loud be the cry of lament in Arnon, that tells of fields laid waste;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	21	doom on the hill-country, on Helon, Jasa, and Mephaath,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	22	Dibon, Nabo, and Beth-Deblathaim,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	23	Cariathaim, Beth-gamul, Bethmaon,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	24	Carioth, and Bosra, and all the cities of Moab, far and near.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	25	Blunted now is that horn, the Lord says, crushed that strong arm!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	26	Senseless let him fall, that once for the divine power vaunted himself a match; a laughing-stock let him be, that once, vomiting over his wine, clapped hands
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	27	in derision to make a laughing-stock of Israel! An interloper thou didst call him, and now, for this ill speaking of thine, thyself shalt be cast into exile.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	28	Leave your cities, Moabites, and take to the hills; make the dove your model, that ever at the outermost edge of cave will build her nest.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	29	The boasting of Moab has long been in our ears, as it was ever boastful; proud, scornful, boastful Moab, with head so high in air!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	30	Well I know, the Lord says, those high pretensions of hers, that have no strength to warrant them, those dreams that never come true!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	31	So, from one end of Moab to the other, there is dole and dirge, mournful hearing for the men behind those walls of hardened brick.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	32	Jazer laments for thee, vineyard of Sabama, and with Jazer I too will mourn; thy shoots reached from Jazer itself to the Dead Sea and beyond; now, harvest of thine and vintage of thine the spoiler has overrun.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	33	From the garden-lands of Moab joy and triumph have died away; all the presses I have emptied of their wine, no vintage-song, no treading the grapes as of old.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	34	The dirge goes up from Hesebon, from Eleale and Jasa; goes up all the way from Segor to Oronaim, like the lowing of heifer full-grown; foul run the waters of Nemrim.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	35	None will I leave in Moab, the Lord says, to worship at the hill-shrines, or do sacrifice to its gods.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	36	For Moab my heart wails like the wailing of flutes, wailing of flutes for those brick-walled cities of hers; too high she aimed, and see, they lie in ruins.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	37	Every head is shorn, every beard shaved in mourning; with bound hands men go, sackcloth on their backs.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	38	Roof-top and street in Moab is none but echoes with grief; I have cast Moab away, the Lord says, like a jar past mending.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	39	Lament for Moab in defeat, bowed heads for Moab’s shame! A laughing-stock it will be and a by-word for all its neighbours.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	40	An eagle’s flight yonder conqueror has, the Lord says, and will sweep down on Moab too.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	41	Now Carioth is lost, and all the strongholds taken; cowed as woman’s heart in child-bearing are those warrior hearts;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	42	Moab, that set the Lord at defiance, shall be a people no more.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	43	Terror in front of its people, the Lord says, trap and toil behind them;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	44	from terror flee thou, into trap fall thou; from the trap free thee, toils shall fasten thee. Such shall be my year of reckoning with the men of Moab, the Lord says.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	45	From the toils escaped, who turns to Hesebon for shelter? Helpless he stands; such a fire comes out from Hesebon, all Seon’s capital aflame, till cheek and head of blustering Moab are consumed.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	46	Alas, Moab, alas, people of Chamos, for thy undoing! Gone into exile now thy sons and daughters!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	48	47	Yet a time shall come at last, the Lord says, when her lot shall be reversed.Thus far the doom of Moab.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	1	And thus the Lord speaks to the Ammonites: Did Israel, then, leave no sons, no heirs to follow him? How comes it that Melchom boasts possession of Gad, and worshippers of his dwell in yonder cities?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	2	A time is coming, the Lord says, when Rabbath Ammon shall hear the din of fighting, and shall be thrown down in ruins; when her daughter cities shall be burnt to the ground, and Israel, so runs the divine promise, shall drive out the intruder.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	3	Shall Hesebon mourn for Hai laid waste, and the women of Rabbath for Rabbath make no lament? Nay, put on sackcloth, raise the dirge as you scatter among the hedge-rows; Melchom goes into banishment, his priests and his votary chieftains with him.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	4	So proud of thy valleys! Wasted away, now, is that vale of thine, pampered maiden; confident in thy rich store, thou didst flatter thyself none should come near to harm thee,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	5	but I mean to fill thee with dread, says the Lord, the God of hosts, dread of all thy neighbours. Each man shall take his own path, scattering in flight, and there shall be none to rally the fugitives.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	6	Yet afterwards, the Lord says, I will bring the exiled sons of Ammon back to their home.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	7	And for Edom, this. No more is Theman wise, as of old, says the Lord of hosts; the prudence of that breed is lost, its wisdom all gone to waste.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	8	Flee away, men of Dedan, and never look behind you, or hide deep in earth; I am bringing ruin upon Esau, calling him to account at last.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	9	Here are such vintagers as will leave thee never a cluster, such night-robbers as will have their fill;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	10	mine to strip Esau bare, dig up his lairs till there is no hiding in them. The whole brood of him must be destroyed, never a kinsman or neighbour left, that will say,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	11	To my care entrust thy orphans, to me let thy widows look for support.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	12	So many there are, the Lord says, that must drink the cup of vengeance all undeserving; and wouldst thou be spared, wouldst thou be acquitted? Acquittal for thee is none; thou shalt drain it to the dregs.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	13	By my own honour I have sworn it, the Lord says, that Bosra shall be an empty wilderness, a name to revile and to curse by; that her daughter cities shall for ever be desolate.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	14	Hue and cry the Lord has brought to my ears, that even now goes out among the nations, Muster we and march we against her; on to battle!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	15	A little thing I mean thee to be in the world’s eyes henceforward, unregarded among the nations;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	16	till now, pride and the insolence of thy heart deluded thee, so safe thy nest among the rock-crevices, so close thou didst cling to the mountain summits; but now, be thy eyrie high as the eagle’s, I will yet drag thee down, the Lord says.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	17	A very desert Edom shall be; no passer-by but will stand amazed, and hiss derision at its sufferings;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	18	not more ruinously Sodom fell, and Gomorrha, and their neighbour cities, that lie uninhabited, far from the homes of men.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	19	See how lion from the fens of Jordan sallies out against yonder protected fold! Not less sudden the alarm shall be; and the flock shall have a master of my own choosing. Match for me is none, there is none dare implead me, no rival shepherd may challenge a claim like mine!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	20	Would you know what the Lord’s design is for Edom, what plans he is devising against the homesteads of Theman? Why, he says, it will but need an array of weaklings to dislodge them, pull their dwelling-place down about their ears!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	21	And with the crash of that ruin earth shakes, far as the Red Sea ring the echoes of it.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	22	An eagle’s flight yonder conqueror has, to soar high and sweep down on Bosra; cowed as woman’s heart in child-bearing are the warrior hearts of Edom.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	23	And for Damascus, this. Hamath and Arphad see their hopes betray them; grievous the news that reaches them, and they are rocked on a sea of doubt; anxiety gives them no respite.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	24	As for Damascus, her strength has left her; no thought has she but for flight, daunted by her peril, overcome, like woman in child-bearing, with sharp pangs.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	25	City so renowned, home of such delights, must all abandon her?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	26	In her streets they lie slain, all the flower of her youth, all her brave warriors lie silent now, the Lord says;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	27	and such a fire I will light within Damascus walls as shall feed on the palaces of Benadad.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	28	And this for Cedar, and the realms of Asor, that were destroyed by Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon. Word comes from the Lord: Up, march against Cedar, despoil we these children of the East!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	29	Pillage there shall be of home and herd, plundering of tents and gear and camels, and cries of Danger everywhere.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	30	Flee away, wander far away, men of Asor; deep, says the Lord, be your hiding-places! Here is Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon holding a council of war, devising plans against you.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	31	Up, march against a people that lives at ease, fearing no attack, the Lord says; gates and bars they have none, dwelling there in the wilderness;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	32	camels for your plunder, herds a many for your prey! Scattered they shall be to all the winds, the folk that clip their foreheads bare, and from every corner of their lands death shall threaten them, the Lord says.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	33	Asor shall be a lair for serpents, a land for ever desolate; uninhabited it shall lie, far from the homes of men.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	34	And here is the doom the Lord pronounced to the prophet Jeremias against Aelam, at the beginning of Sedecias’ reign in Juda.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	35	A message from the Lord of hosts! I mean to break the bows of yonder Aelamites, wherein lies all their strength.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	36	Upon Aelam I will bid the winds blow from the four corners of heaven, and before each scatter them like chaff, till nation is none that has not seen their fugitives.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	37	Daunted the Aelamites shall be by the onset of their mortal enemies; my angry vengeance I will let loose against them, the Lord says, and my sword shall go at their heels till I have taken full toll of them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	38	In Aelam I will set up my throne, he says, and rid it altogether of kings and princes.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	49	39	Yet afterwards, so runs the divine promise, I will bring the exiled sons of Aelam back to their home.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	1	And here is the doom the Lord pronounced, with Jeremias for his spokesman, against Babylon and Chaldaea.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	2	Tell it out, proclaim it for all the world to hear; set up a trophy, and cry the news, leave nothing untold! News of Babylon taken, and Bel thwarted, and Merodach overcome; all the idols put to shame, routed, all the false gods!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	3	Here is a people on the march from the north country that shall attack Babylon and turn her land into a desert; man nor beast shall dwell there, all are fled and gone.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	4	So the day shall dawn, the time be ripe at last, the Lord says, when Israel and Juda both together shall come back, weeping as they hasten on their journey to find the Lord their God.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	5	For Sion every voice asking, every face towards Sion turned, they will come back, and bind themselves to the Lord by an eternal covenant, never to be forgotten.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	6	My people, all this while, has been but a flock gone astray; their shepherds led them by false paths, and left them to roam the hill-side; hill and mountain-side they crossed, and their own resting-place lay forgotten.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	7	None passed by but preyed on them; nor did the oppressor’s conscience smite him; had they not set the Lord at defiance, that Lord who was the home of their loyalty, the hope of their race?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	8	Flee, Israel, from Babylon; from Chaldaea’s land be foremost to depart, like buck-goats that lead the way for their fellows.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	9	See what a confederacy of great nations I am mustering, there in the north country, to besiege and take Babylon, death-dealing archers that never speed arrow in vain!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	10	Chaldaea shall be a prize of war, the Lord says, and all her spoilers be content.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	11	Ay, boast and brag, trample on my own domain, like calves at grass or bellowing bull!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	12	Shame waits for the mother that bore you, her pride must be lowered in the dust; least regarded of all realms, a desert, pathless and parched!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	13	Doomed, all of her, by the Lord’s vengeance to empty desolation; no passer-by but shall stand amazed at Babylon, or hiss derision at her sufferings.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	14	To your posts, archers, around the walls of Babylon; shoot, never spare arrow; to the Lord her life is forfeit.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	15	Now, raise the cry! Everywhere she is yielding; falls buttress and gapes wall, the Lord is avenged! Ay, take your fill of vengeance, pay her what she has earned.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	16	Leave none in Babylon to sow the fields, or carry scythe in harvest-time; fled, each to his own, before the invader’s sword, fled, this way and that, to the countries of their birth.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	17	Poor Israel, a flock so scattered! Lions have chased them away; first the Assyrian king would prey on them, and since then yonder Nabuchodonosor, of Babylon, has mangled their bones!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	18	And now, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I mean to have a reckoning with the Babylonian king, and his realm, as once with Assyria.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	19	And Israel I will restore to his home; Carmel and Basan shall be his pasture-ground again, hill-country of Ephraim and Galaad his hunger shall content.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	20	When that day dawns, the Lord says, when the time is ripe for it, guilt shall be found in Israel no more, for the record of Juda’s sins you shall search in vain; the remnant which I leave shall win my pardon.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	21	March on, the Lord says, into the land of tyranny, and call its citizens to account; bale and ban at their heels! All my command see thou execute.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	22	Din of battle sounds through the land, and the crash of ruin;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	23	rack and ruin everywhere! And this Babylon was once a hammer to smite the world; now it lies by all the world abandoned!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	24	I laid a trap for thee, Babylon, and thou wast caught unawares; thy long defiance of the Lord has found thee out and overtaken thee at last.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	25	Now the Lord opens his armoury, takes out from it the tools that shall wreak his vengeance; he, the Lord of hosts, has work for them to do in the country of the Chaldaeans.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	26	From the furthest confines of the land draw near; open a way for the spoilers; pile up stones from the road in heaps; make an end of her, leave nothing to survive.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	27	An end of all her warriors, to the slaughter-house with them! Woe betide them, their day has come, the time when they must meet their reckoning.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	28	Listen to the buzz of voices, as the fugitives escaped from Babylon come back to Sion, spreading the news how the Lord has been avenged, how the Lord’s temple has been avenged.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	29	Archers a many with bent bows, give them orders how the city must fare: Stand about in a ring, let never a man escape, pay it what its deeds have earned; to Babylon do as Babylon did to others, the city that was the Lord’s enemy, defied the holy One of Israel.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	30	In her streets they lie slain, all the flower of her youth, all her brave warriors lie silent now, the Lord says.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	31	Have at thee, says the Lord, the God of hosts; thy day has come, the time when thou must meet thy reckoning!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	32	Stumbles the tyrant and falls, with none there to raise him; and in those cities of his I will kindle such a fire as shall consume all around it.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	33	Thus says the Lord of hosts: Here is great wrong done to Israel and to Juda both; he that has them holds them fast, and let them go he will not.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	34	Yet they have a strong champion that claims them as his own; his name is the Lord of hosts; right and redress he will bring them in such a fashion as will shake earth, and make the homes of Babylon tremble.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	35	The sword it must be, the Lord says, for the men of Chaldaea, for citizen of Babylon, and prince, and councillor;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	36	the sword for their wise men, that shall be fools, and their brave men, that shall be cowards;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	37	the sword for horse and chariot, the sword for all the mixed breed in it, that shall be weak as women, the sword for all their treasure-houses, that shall be given up to plunder.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	38	And for their waters, not a sword, but drought to dry them up; is not this a land of idols, that loves to see portents befall?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	39	It shall be a lair for serpents and strange monsters, a haunt of the ostrich, but never again shall man dwell there; age after age, it shall never be rebuilt;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	40	not more ruinously the Lord overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha and their neighbour cities, that lie uninhabited, far from the homes of men.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	41	Here is a people marching from the north country, the Lord says, a great nation from the world’s end, and vassal kings a many.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	42	Bow and shield they ply, and their hard hearts pity none; loud their battle-cry as the roaring of the sea. So they ride on, as warriors ride, poor Babylon, thy enemies.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	43	Unnerved the king’s hands droop at the very rumour of it; grief overmasters him, sharp as the pangs of travail.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	44	See how lion from the fens of Jordan sallies out against yonder protected fold! Not less sudden the alarm shall be; and the flock shall have a master of my own choosing. Match for me is none, there is none dare implead me, no rival shepherd may challenge a claim like mine!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	45	Would you know what the Lord’s design is for Babylon, what plans he is devising against the realm of Chaldaea? Why, he says, it will need but an array of weaklings to dislodge them, pull their dwelling-place down about their ears!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	50	46	Babylon has fallen; earth trembles at the sound of it; a great cry goes up for all the world to hear.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	1	Thus says the Lord, I mean to let loose on Babylon, and the whole of Defiance-land, a destroying blast;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	2	winnowers of mine shall reach Babylon and fall to winnowing it, till all the heaps are gone; an ill day for Babylon, cut off on every side.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	3	Let not a man live to bend bow again, or don breastplate for battle; never a warrior spare, army she must have none left.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	4	Everywhere in country-side and street of Chaldaea the mangled corpses lie;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	5	Juda’s God, the Lord of hosts, has not altogether forsaken her, and to that holy One of Israel the whole land is forfeit.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	6	Flee away from the confines of Babylon, flee for your lives; would you meekly accept her punishment? The time has come when the Lord will take vengeance on her, he it is that sends this retribution.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	7	Babylon, that was once a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, for a whole world’s bemusing! Drank nations of that cup, how they reeled and tottered!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	8	And now, all in a moment, Babylon herself falls to her ruin. Raise the dirge, go find balm to heal those wounds of hers!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	9	Alas, we sought a cure for Babylon, but curing her there was none; time it is we left her, and went back each to his own land; towers heaven-high the measure of her punishment, and is lost among the clouds.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	10	Come, then, since he has given us the redress we needed, recount we in Sion the great doings of the Lord our God.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	11	Whet arrow, and fill quiver; the Lord has put a resolve into the heart of the Median king; he will have Babylon overthrown. The Lord shall be avenged, his temple shall be avenged!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	12	Against Babylon’s walls display the standard, keep strict watch, post sentinels, lay ambush; the doom of its folk, long since devised, long since denounced, he will execute.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	13	Land by all those tributary streams so enriched, thy end is reached, thy thread is spun.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	14	By his own honour the Lord of hosts has sworn it, thy enemies shall swarm about thee like locusts, raising their vintage-song.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	15	His the power that made the earth, the wisdom that orders nature, the foresight that spread out the heavens.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	16	At the sound of his voice, what mustering of the waters overhead! He summons up the cloud-wrack from the world’s end, turning the lightning into a rain-storm, bringing the winds out of his store-house;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	17	how puny, then, is man’s skill, how sorry a thing is the metal-caster’s workmanship; after all his labour at the forge, only a lifeless counterfeit!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	18	Fond imaginations, fantastic figures, when the time comes for reckoning, they will be heard of no more.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	19	Not such the worship that is the heirloom of Jacob’s line; their God is the God who made all things, Israel his patrimony, the Lord of hosts, his name.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	20	Great conqueror, the weapon I wield! By thy means I crush the nations, undo empires;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	21	crush horse and rider, crush chariot and charioteer,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	22	crush man and woman, crush old and young, crush lad and lass,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	23	crush shepherd and flock, crush ploughman and team, crush prince and ruler!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	24	And now I mean to repay Babylon, and all the people of Chaldaea, for the wrongs they did, says the Lord, and your eyes shall see it.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	25	Have at thee, stronghold of ruin, the Lord says, a whole world’s ruin! My hand is raised to smite thee, and tear thee from thy rocky bed; a calcined heap thou shalt be,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	26	that never corner-stone, never foundation-stone shall yield; the Lord dooms thee to lie for ever desolate.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	27	Display your standard for all the world to see, sound the trumpet far and wide, enrol the nations against her; make tryst with the kings of Ararat, Menni, and Ascenez, and count Taphsar among her enemies; like locusts in bristling array swarm your cavalry.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	28	Plight all the nations to make war on her, the kings of Media with their chieftains and satraps, all their wide dominion;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	29	a whole world in turmoil and travail with the stir of the divine resolve to crush Babylon, make Babylon an empty desert.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	30	See how her warriors quit the field, to garrison their strongholds, how their valour dies away and grows womanish, how her roofs blaze, the bars of her gates are shattered!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	31	Courier meets courier, post to post hands the tidings on; tell the king of Babylon how his capital has fallen, length and breadth of it,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	32	the fords occupied, the reed-beds aflame, dismayed the defenders.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	33	Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Babylon is a threshing-floor time has worn smooth; wait but a little, and it is ready for harvest.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	34	Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, how he has preyed on me, feasted on me, left me but an empty shell; a devouring monster that with kernel fills his maw, throws husk away!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	35	Thus Sion, for her torn flesh, thus Jerusalem, for her blood spilt, arraigns Babylon and all yonder Chaldaean folk;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	36	and now the Lord of hosts promises to maintain their quarrel, to redress their wrongs. I will turn her sea into desert sand, he tells you, dry up her flow of waters;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	37	Babylon shall remain a heap of ruins, a lair for serpents, a thing of wonder and derision, and never a soul to dwell in it.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	38	What though they rage like roaring lion, like young lion that tosses his mane?
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	39	I have a medicine for this thirst of theirs, to bemuse them and steal away their senses; they shall sleep on, the Lord says, with that eternal sleep from which there is no waking.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	40	Never was lamb led to the slaughter-house, never ram or buck-goat, so unsuspecting.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	41	Sesach taken, the paragon of kingdoms fallen! Babylon turned into a sight of horror for all the world to see!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	42	Babylon foundered and gone, the waste waves closing over her!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	43	All her cities a picture of desolation, an empty desert, uninhabited, untrodden by mortal foot.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	44	Bel, too, the God of Babylon, I will call to account, and make him disgorge his treasures; no more shall pilgrims flock into his temple from distant lands; Babylon’s defences are down.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	45	You that are my own people, separate yourselves from her, flee all of you from the Lord’s venegeance;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	46	else you shall be ever faint with alarms, ever daunted by the news that reaches you, each year a fresh rumour of wrongs done in this land, of rulers struggling for preeminence.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	47	A time is coming when I mean to have a reckoning with the idols of Babylon; the land will learn that they have played it false, when corpses lie thick in the heart of it.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	48	Heaven and earth, and all they contain, will be triumphing over Babylon, says the Lord, as they see the spoilers marching against her from the north country;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	49	through Babylon so many slain in Israel, of Babylon so many slain, in every corner of their land!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	50	Come, linger not, you that have escaped the sword; exiled far away, bethink you still of the Lord, still let the thought of Jerusalem return to your hearts.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	51	Alas, we are all confusion; what taunts we must listen to, shame-faced, now that the Lord’s holy temple by alien intruders is defiled!
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	52	A time is coming, the Lord says, when I mean to have a reckoning with those false gods of hers. Everywhere in Chaldaea there shall be wounded men a-groaning;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	53	let Babylon scale the skies, fortify her walls heaven-high, they shall yet find their way in, the spoilers that do my errand, the Lord says.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	54	Babylon shall be all lament, Chaldaea a crash of ruin;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	55	the mighty stir of the city will be drowned, when the Lord lays it waste, by the surge of armies, wave upon wave, and the noise of their shouting.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	56	The spoiler has come upon Babylon; her warriors are caught in a trap, their bows are useless now; the Lord’s vengeance is irresistible, and he pays full measure.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	57	Bemused they shall be, prince and councillor and chieftain and ruler and warrior; all shall sleep eternally the sleep from which there is no waking; such is the decree of that King whose name is the Lord of hosts.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	58	That wide wall of Babylon, says the Lord of hosts, shall be dismantled at last, those high gates burnt. So men labour for nothing; so the toil of nations perishes in the fire.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	59	And now Jeremias had an errand for Saraias, son of Nerias, son of Maasias. When king Sedecias departed to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign, Saraias went with him as his principal spokesman.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	60	Jeremias had written down on a single scroll all the doom that was to befall Babylon, all the prophecy against Babylon aforegoing.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	61	When thou reachest Babylon, he told Saraias, be sure thou readest all this.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	62	And say, in reading it: Lord, thou dost threaten this place with destruction; man nor beast shall dwell there, it shall lie desolate for ever.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	63	Then, when thou hast finished reading the scroll, tie a stone to it and sink it in the midst of Euphrates;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	51	64	and this add: Thus Babylon shall sink, and rise no more out of the calamity I mean to bring upon it; Babylon shall melt away. Here ends the prophecy of Jeremias.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	1	Sedecias was twenty-one years old when he came to the throne, and his reign at Jerusalem lasted eleven years; his mother’s name was Amital, daughter of Jeremias of Lobna.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	2	He disobeyed the Lord’s will, as Joachim had;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	3	for now the Lord’s anger hung over Juda and Jerusalem, ready to banish them from his presence. And Sedecias in his turn revolted from the king of Babylon.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	4	And now, in the ninth year of Sedecias’ reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nabuchodonosor reached Jerusalem at the head of his army. They surrounded it and threw up siege works about it,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	5	and so the city continued beleaguered until king Sedecias’ eleventh year.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	6	Then, on the ninth day of the fourth month, when famine had broken out in the city and the poorer folk had nothing left to eat,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	7	a breach was made in the walls; and that night all the fighting men made their escape by way of the gate between the two walls, by the royal garden, leaving the Chaldaeans to continue the siege of the city. They chose for their flight the road which leads to the desert,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	8	and in the desert by Jericho Sedecias was overtaken by the Chaldaeans, who had set out in pursuit. All his retinue deserted him;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	9	and so, a prisoner, the king was borne away to Reblatha, in the Emath country, where Nabuchodonosor passed sentence on him.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	10	Slain by the king of Babylon were all his sons, there in their father’s sight; slain by the king of Babylon, at Reblatha, were all the nobles of Juda;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	11	and as for Sedecias himself, his eyes were put out, and he was carried off, loaded with chains, to Babylon, where he remained a prisoner till the day of his death.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	12	On the tenth day of the fifth month in the nineteenth year of Nabuchodonosor’s reign, the commander of his bodyguard, Nabuzardan, came on his master’s errand to Jerusalem,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	13	where he burned down temple and palace and private dwellings too; no house of note but he set it on fire.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	14	The troops he brought with him were employed in dismantling the walls on every side of it.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	15	Then Nabuzardan carried off the remnants of the people that were left in the city, the deserters who had gone over to Nabuchodonosor, and the common folk generally;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	16	leaving only such of the poorer sort as were vine-dressers and farm labourers.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	17	Brazen pillars and brazen stands and the great basin of bronze that stood in the Lord’s temple the Chaldaeans broke up, and took away all the bronze to Babylon;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	18	for bronze, too, they carried away pot and fork, ladle and cup and saucer, all the appurtenances of worship that were of bronze;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	19	for gold, too, and for silver, bowl and censer and urn and basin and lamp-stand and spoon and goblet; nothing did Nabuzardan leave behind him.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	20	There was no reckoning the weight of bronze, when the two pillars, the great basin, and the twelve brazen calves supporting it, all set up by Solomon in the temple, are included;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	21	each pillar was eighteen cubits high, twelve cubits round, and four fingers thick, and they were hollow within.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	22	On each rested a brazen capital, five cubits in height, with network and pomegranate mouldings on the rim; the pattern of each was the same.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	23	There were ninety-six pomegranates besides, making a hundred in all, and all had network around them.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	24	Prisoners, too, Nabuzardan carried away with him, the two chief priests, Saraias and Sophonias, the three door-keepers from the temple,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	25	and among the citizens, the chamberlain who commanded the army, seven other courtiers who were left in the city, the secretary who was charged with the army and had the levying of recruits, and sixty surviving citizens of the common sort.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	26	All these were carried away by Nabuzardan to Reblatha, into Nabuchodonosor’s presence;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	27	and there at Reblatha, in the Emath country, Nabuchodonosor put them to death. So the men of Juda were exiled from their country.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	28	Three thousand and twenty-three Jewish citizens Nabuchodonosor banished in the seventh year of his reign,
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	29	and another eight hundred and thirty-two, from Jerusalem, in the eighteenth year of it;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	30	then, in his twenty-third year, seven hundred and forty-five were banished by Nabuzardan, the captain of the bodyguard; four thousand six hundred in all.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	31	On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, in the thirty-seventh year after king Joachim of Juda had been carried into exile, the new king of Babylon, Evil-Merodach, in this first year of his reign, gave redress to his captive and released him from prison.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	32	Graciously did Evil-Merodach receive him, gave him a seat of honour above the other captive kings, and relieved him of his prisoner’s garb.
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	33	All the rest of his life he was entertained at the royal table;
-Jeremiah	Jer	27	52	34	all the rest of his life he received, day and day, a perpetual allowance granted to him, as long as he should live, by the king’s bounty.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	1	1	When Israel was brought into captivity, and Jerusalem left deserted, the prophet Jeremias sat down there and wept, with this mournful lamentation following. And as he spoke, ever he sighed and moaned in the bitterness of his heart.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	1	2	Alone she dwells, the city erewhile so populous; a widow now, once a queen among the nations; tributary now, that once had provinces at her command.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	1	3	Be sure she weeps; there in the darkness her cheeks are wet with tears; of all that courted her, none left to console her, all those lovers grown weary of her, and turned into enemies.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	1	4	Cruel the suffering and the bondage of Juda’s exile; that she must needs dwell among the heathen! Nor respite can she find; close at her heels the pursuit, and peril on either hand.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	1	5	Desolate, the streets of Sion; no flocking, now, to the assembly; the gateways lie deserted. Sighs priest, and the maidens go in mourning, so bitter the grief that hangs over all.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	1	6	Exultant, now, her invaders; with her enemies nothing goes amiss. For her many sins, the Lord has brought doom on her, and all her children have gone into exile, driven before the oppressor.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	1	7	Fled is her beauty, the Sion that was once so fair; her chieftains have yielded their ground before the pursuer, strengthless as rams that can find no pasture.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	1	8	Grievous the memories she holds, of the hour when all her ancient glories passed from her, when her people fell defenceless before the invader, unresisting before an enemy that derided them.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	1	9	Heinously Jerusalem sinned; what wonder if she became an outlaw? How they fell to despising her when they saw her shame, that once flattered her! Deeply she sighed, and turned away her head.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	1	10	Ill might skirts of her robe the defilement conceal; alas, so reckless of her doom, alas, fallen so low, with none to comfort her! Mark it well, Lord; see how humbled I, how exultant my adversary!
-Lamentations	Lam	28	1	11	Jealous hands were laid on all she treasured; so it was that she must see Gentiles profane her sanctuary, Gentiles, by thy ordinance from the assembly debarred.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	1	12	Kindred was none but went sighing for lack of bread, offered its precious heirlooms for food to revive men’s hearts. Mark it well, Lord, and see my pride abased!
-Lamentations	Lam	28	1	13	Look well, you that pass by, and say if there was ever grief like this grief of mine; never a grape on the vineyard left to glean, when the Lord’s threat of vengeance is fulfilled.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	1	14	Must fire from heaven waste my whole being, ere I can learn my lesson? Must he catch me in a net, to drag me back from my course? Desolate he leaves me, to pine away all the day long with grief.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	1	15	No respite it gives me, the yoke of guilt I bear, by his hand fastened down upon my neck; see, I faint under it! The Lord has given me up a prisoner to duress there is no escaping.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	1	16	Of all I had, the Lord has taken away the noblest; lost to me, all the flower of my chivalry, under his strict audit; Sion, poor maid, here was a wine-press well trodden down!
-Lamentations	Lam	28	1	17	Pray you, should I not weep? Fountains these eyes are, that needs must flow; comforter is none at hand, that should revive my spirits. Lost to me, all those sons of mine, outmatched by their enemy.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	1	18	Quest for consolation is vain, let her plead where she will; neighbours of Jacob, so the Lord decrees, are Jacob’s enemies, and all around they shrink from her, as from a thing unclean.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	1	19	Right the Lord has in his quarrel; I have set his commands at defiance. O world, take warning; see what pangs I suffer, all my folk gone into exile, both man and maid.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	1	20	So false the friends that were once my suitors! And now the city lacks priests and elders both, that went begging their bread, to revive the heart in them.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	1	21	Take note, Lord, of my anguish, how my bosom burns, and my heart melts within me, in bitter ruth. And all the while, sword threatens without, and death not less cruel within.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	1	22	Uncomforted my sorrow, but not unheard; my enemies hear it, and rejoice that my miseries are of thy contriving. Ah, but when thy promise comes true, they shall feel my pangs!
-Lamentations	Lam	28	1	23	Vintager who didst leave my boughs so bare, for my much offending, mark well their cruelty, and strip these too in their turn; here be sighs a many, and a sad heart to claim it.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	2	1	Alas, what mantle of cloud is this, the divine anger has thrown over unhappy Sion? The pride of Israel cast down from heaven to earth; the ground where the Lord’s feet once rested, now, in his anger, forgotten?
-Lamentations	Lam	28	2	2	Blessed abodes of Jacob, by the Lord’s unsparing vengeance engulfed; towers that kept Juda inviolable hurled to the ground in ruin; kingdom and throne dragged in the dust!
-Lamentations	Lam	28	2	3	Crushed lay all the defences of Israel, under his displeasure; failed us, at the enemy’s onset, the protection of his right hand; Jacob must be hedged about, as by flames of a consuming fire.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	2	4	Deadly his bent bow, steady the play of his right hand assailing us; all that was fairest in poor Sion’s dwelling-place needs must perish, under the fiery rain of his vengeance.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	2	5	Enemies he counts us, and has engulfed the whole of Israel in ruin; gone the palaces, gone the strongholds; Alas, poor Sion! weeps man, weeps maid, with cowed spirits.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	2	6	Fallen, as it had been some garden shed, his own tabernacle; his own trysting-place with men he would pull down! Feast-day and sabbath should be forgotten in Sion; for king and priest, only anger and scorn.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	2	7	Grown weary of his altar, from his own sanctuary turning away in abhorrence, the Lord has given up yonder embattled towers to the enemy; their cries ring through the temple like shout of holiday.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	2	8	Heedfully the Lord went about his work, to strip the inviolable city of her walls; exact his measuring-line, busy his hand with the task of overthrow, till wall and rampart should lament their common ruin.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	2	9	Idly the gates of her sag towards earth, bars riven and rent; king and chieftain are far away, exiled among the heathen; tradition is dead, nor any prophet learns, in vision, the Lord’s will.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	2	10	Jerusalem’s aged folk sit there in the dust, dumb with sorrow; dust scattered over their heads, and sackcloth their garb; never a maid shall you see but has her head bowed down to earth.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	2	11	Keen anguish for the overthrow of an unhappy race, that dims eye with tears, that stirs my being to its depths, as my heart goes out in boundless compassion! Child and babe lie fainting in the streets.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	2	12	Listen, how they ask where all the bread and wine is gone to! Wound they have none, yet there in the open streets you shall see them faint away, sighing out their lives on their mothers’ bosoms.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	2	13	Might I but confront thee with such another as thyself! What queen so unhappy as Jerusalem, what maid as Sion desolate? How shall I comfort thee? Sea-deep is thy ruin, and past all cure.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	2	14	Never a true vision or a wise thy prophets have for thee, never shew thee where thy guilt rests, and urge thee to repentance; lies and lures are all the burden of their revealing.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	2	15	Openly the passers-by deride thee, poor maid; clap hands, and hiss, and wag their heads at thee; So much, they cry, for the city that was once the nonpareil of beauty, pride of the whole earth!
-Lamentations	Lam	28	2	16	Pale envy mops and mows at thee; how they hiss and gnash their teeth! Now to prey on her carrion! What fortune, that we should have lived to see this day, so long looked for in vain!
-Lamentations	Lam	28	2	17	Quit is the Lord of his oath taken in times past; all his purpose is fulfilled; for thee, ruin relentless, for thy bitter enemy, triumph and high achievement.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	2	18	Round those inviolable defences, cry they upon the Lord in good earnest. Day and night, Sion, let thy tears stream down; never rest thou, never let that eye weary of its task.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	2	19	Sleepless in the night-watches raise thy song; flow thy heart’s prayer unceasingly; lift ever thy hands in supplication for infant lives; yonder, at the street corner, they are dying of famine.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	2	20	Think well, Lord, is there any other people of whom thou hast taken such toll? Shall woman eat her own child, so tiny, hands can still clasp it? In the Lord’s sanctuary, priest and prophet be slain?
-Lamentations	Lam	28	2	21	Untended they lie on the bare earth, the young and the aged; maid and warrior slain by the sword! This day of thy vengeance was to be all massacre, thou wouldst kill unsparingly.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	2	22	Vengeance this day all around me; what mustering of thy terrors, as for a solemn assembly! Escape is none, nor any remnant left; of all I fondled and fostered, the enemy has taken full toll.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	1	Ah, what straits have I not known, under the avenging rod!
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	2	Asked I for light, into deeper shadow the Lord’s guidance led me;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	3	Always upon me, none other, falls endlessly the blow.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	4	Broken this frame, under the wrinkled skin, the sunk flesh.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	5	Bitterness of despair fills my prospect, walled in on every side;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	6	Buried in darkness, and, like the dead, interminably.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	7	Closely he fences me in, beyond hope of rescue; loads me with fetters.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	8	Cry out for mercy as I will, prayer of mine wins no audience;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	9	Climb these smooth walls I may not; every way of escape he has undone.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	10	Deep ambushed he lies, as lurking bear or lion from the covert;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	11	Drawn aside from my path, I fall a lonely prey to his ravening.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	12	Dread archer, of me he makes a target for all his arrows;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	13	Each shaft of his quiver at my vitals taught to strike home!
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	14	Evermore for me the taunts of my neighbours, their songs of derision.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	15	Entertainment of bitter herbs he gives me, and of wormwood my fill,
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	16	Files all my teeth with hard gravel-stones, bids me feed on ashes.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	17	Far away is my old contentment, happier days forgotten;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	18	Farewell, my hopes of long continuance, my patient trust in the Lord!
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	19	Guilt and suffering, gall and wormwood, keep all this well in memory.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	20	God knows it shall be remembered, and with sinking of the heart;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	21	Gage there can be none other of remaining confidence.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	22	His be the thanks if we are not extinguished; his mercies never weary;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	23	Hope comes with each dawn; art thou not faithful, Lord, to thy promise?
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	24	Heart whispers, The Lord is my portion; I will trust him yet.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	25	In him be thy trust, for him thy heart’s longing, gracious thou shalt find him;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	26	If deliverance thou wouldst have from the Lord, in silence await it.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	27	It is well thou shouldst learn to bear the yoke, now in thy youth,
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	28	Just burden, in solitude and silence justly borne.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	29	Joy may yet be thine, for mouth that kisses the dust,
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	30	Jeering of the multitude, and cheek buffeted in scorn, bravely endured.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	31	Know for certain, the Lord has not finally abandoned thee;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	32	Kind welcome the outcast shall have, from one so rich in kindness.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	33	Kin of Adam he will not crush or cast away wantonly;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	34	Let there be oppression of the poor under duress,
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	35	Law’s right denied, such as the most High grants to all men,
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	36	Lying perversion of justice, then he cannot overlook it.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	37	Man may foretell; only the Lord brings his word to pass;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	38	Mingled good and evil proceed both from the will of the most High;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	39	Mortal is none may repine; let each his own sins remember.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	40	Narrowly our path scan we, and to the Lord return;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	41	Never hand or heart but must point heavenward this day!
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	42	Nothing but defiant transgression on our part; and shouldst thou relent?
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	43	Over our heads thy angry vengeance lowered; smiting, thou wouldst not spare.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	44	Oh, barrier of cloud, our prayers had no strength to pierce!
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	45	Offscouring and refuse of mankind thou hast made us,
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	46	Put to shame by the mocking grimaces of our enemies.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	47	Prophets we had, but their word was peril and pitfall, and ruin at the last.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	48	Poor Sion, for thy calamity these cheeks are furrowed with tears;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	49	Quell if thou wouldst the restless fever of my weeping,
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	50	Quickly, Lord, look down from heaven and pay heed to us,
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	51	Quite forspent, eye and soul, with grief Jerusalem’s daughters bear.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	52	Relentless as hawk in air they pursued me, enemies unprovoked,
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	53	Reft me of life itself, sealed with a stone my prison door.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	54	Round my head the waters closed, and I had given myself up for lost,
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	55	Save for one hope; to thee, Lord, I cried from the pit’s depth,
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	56	Sure of thy audience; wouldst thou turn a deaf ear to sighs of complaint?
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	57	Summoned, thou didst come to my side, whispering, Do not be afraid.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	58	Thine, Lord, to take my part; thine to rescue me from death;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	59	The malice of my enemies to discover, my wrongs to redress.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	60	Thrust away from thy sight, the grudge they bear me, the ill they purpose,
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	61	Unheard by thee their taunts, their whispered plottings?
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	62	Uttered aloud or in secret, their malice assails me from morn till night;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	63	Up in arms, or met in secret conclave, ever against me they raise the battle-song.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	64	Visit them with the punishment their ill deeds have earned;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	65	Veiled be those blind hearts with fresh blindness of thy own making;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	3	66	Vanish from the earth their whole brood, ere thy vengeance leaves off pursuing them!
-Lamentations	Lam	28	4	1	All dim, now, and discoloured, the gold that once shone so fair! Heaped up at every street-corner lie hallowed stones.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	4	2	Bright they shone once in all their renown, the men of Sion, and now what are they? Little regarded as common earthenware, of the potter’s fashioning.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	4	3	Cub of jackal is fed at its dam’s breast; and has my people grown unnatural towards its own children, like some ostrich in the desert?
-Lamentations	Lam	28	4	4	Dry throat and parching tongue for babe at the breast; children asking for bread, and never a crust to share with them!
-Lamentations	Lam	28	4	5	Ever they fared daintily, that now lie starved in the streets; ever went richly arrayed, and now their fingers clutch at the dung-hill.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	4	6	Faithless Juda! Heavier punishment she must needs undergo than guilty Sodom, that perished all in a moment, and never a blow struck.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	4	7	Gone, the fair bloom of princely cheeks, snowy-pure, cream-white, red as tinted ivory, and all sapphire-clear;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	4	8	Here is no recognizing them, out in the streets, coal-black, skin clinging to bones, dry as wood!
-Lamentations	Lam	28	4	9	It were better to have fallen at the sword’s point than yield thus to the stab of hunger, wasted away through famine.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	4	10	Juda brought low, and mother-love forgotten; that women should eat their own children, cooked with their own hands!
-Lamentations	Lam	28	4	11	Kindled at last is the Lord’s anger; rains down from heaven the storm of his vengeance, lighting a flame that burns Sion to the ground.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	4	12	Little dreamed they, king and common folk the world over, that any assault of the foe should storm Jerusalem gates;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	4	13	Malice and lawlessness it was of priest and prophet, whereby innocent men came to their deaths, that brought such punishment.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	4	14	Now, as they walk blindly through the streets, they are defiled with blood; no help for it, gather their skirts about them as they may;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	4	15	Out of my way! cries one to another; Back, pollution, do not touch me! The very Gentiles protest in alarm, Here is no place for them!
-Lamentations	Lam	28	4	16	Protection the Lord gives them no longer, they are dispersed under his frown; the priesthood no honour claims, old age no pity.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	4	17	Quenched is the hope our eyes strained for, while hope was left us; looking for help so eagerly to a nation that had none to give!
-Lamentations	Lam	28	4	18	Refuge for us in the treacherous highways is none; we are near the end; all is over, this is the end;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	4	19	Swifter than flight of eagles the pursuit; even on the mountains they give chase, even in the desert take us by surprise.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	4	20	Through our fault he who is breath of life to us, our anointed king, is led away captive; under his shadow we hoped our race should thrive.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	4	21	Until thy turn comes, shout on, Edom, triumph on, land of Hus; the same cup thou too shalt drink, and be drunken, and stripped bare.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	4	22	Vengeful audit-day! Sion’s account closed, recovered her fortunes; Edom called to account, discovered her guilt!
-Lamentations	Lam	28	5	1	Bethink thee, Lord, of our ill case; see where we lie humiliated, and seeing take pity!
-Lamentations	Lam	28	5	2	New tenants our lands have, our homes foreign masters;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	5	3	orphaned sons of widowed mothers were not more defenceless.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	5	4	Ours to buy the very water we drink, pay a price for every stick of fire-wood;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	5	5	led hither and thither under the yoke, with no respite given,
-Lamentations	Lam	28	5	6	we must make our peace with men of Egypt or Assyria, for a belly-full of bread.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	5	7	So must we bear the guilt of our fathers, that sinned and are gone!
-Lamentations	Lam	28	5	8	Slaves for our masters now, and none to ransom us;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	5	9	bread won out in the desert, and at peril of our lives from the sword’s point!
-Lamentations	Lam	28	5	10	What wonder if our skins are burnt dry as an oven, seared by long famine?
-Lamentations	Lam	28	5	11	Never a woman in Sion, never a maid in all Juda’s cities, but has met with dishonour;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	5	12	merciless hands hurry our princes to the gallows; reverence is none for grey hairs.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	5	13	Toiling at the mill, the flower of our youth, or staggering under loads of wood;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	5	14	never an old man left to sit at the gate, or a young man to wake the echoes of the harp;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	5	15	gone, all our mirth, all our music drowned in sadness.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	5	16	Alas, we are sinners; the wreath has faded from our brows;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	5	17	there are sad hearts everywhere, and dim eyes.
-Lamentations	Lam	28	5	18	What, does not the hill of Sion lie desolate, ravaged by the foxes?
-Lamentations	Lam	28	5	19	Lord, thou abidest ever; age after age thy throne endures;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	5	20	and wilt thou still be forgetful of us, through the long years leave us forsaken?
-Lamentations	Lam	28	5	21	Bring us back to thee, Lord, and let us find our home; bring back to us the days of our youth;
-Lamentations	Lam	28	5	22	wouldst thou altogether abandon us, shall thy indignation know no measure?
-Baruch	Bar	29	1	1	The words which follow were committed to writing in the country of Babylon. The writer of them, Baruch, was descended from Helcias, through Nerias, Maasias, Sedecias and Sedei,
-Baruch	Bar	29	1	2	and wrote in the fifth year, … on the seventh day of the month, at the time when the Chaldaeans took Jerusalem and burnt it to the ground.
-Baruch	Bar	29	1	3	Baruch read this book of his aloud to Jechonias, son of Joakim, king of Juda. All the people, too, flocked to hear the reading of it,
-Baruch	Bar	29	1	4	nobles and royal princes, and elders, and common folk high and low; all that were then living in the country of Babylon, near the river Sodi.
-Baruch	Bar	29	1	5	And as they heard it, all was weeping and fasting and prayer offered in the Lord’s presence;
-Baruch	Bar	29	1	6	they made a collection of money besides, each according to his means,
-Baruch	Bar	29	1	7	which they sent to the chief priest, Joachim, son of Helcias, son of Salom, and his fellow priests and fellow citizens at Jerusalem.
-Baruch	Bar	29	1	8	… when he travelled to Juda on the tenth day of Sivan, taking with him the sanctuary ornaments which had been removed from the temple, and were now to be restored. They were of silver; Sedecias, the son of Josias, that now reigned in Juda, had had them made,
-Baruch	Bar	29	1	9	when Jechonias, with the princes and all the nobles and many other citizens of Jerusalem, was carried off by Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon, to his own country.
-Baruch	Bar	29	1	10	Here is money, they said, with which you are to buy victims for burnt-sacrifice, and incense; bloodless offerings too you must make, and amends for fault committed, at the altar of the Lord our God.
-Baruch	Bar	29	1	11	You shall pray long life for king Nabuchodonosor of Babylon, and his son Baltassar, that their reign on earth may last as long as heaven itself.
-Baruch	Bar	29	1	12	May the Lord grant courage to all of us, and send us a gleam of hope; long thrive we under the protection of king Nabuchodonosor and his son Baltassar, persevering loyally in their service and winning their favour!
-Baruch	Bar	29	1	13	And intercede with the Lord our God for us exiles; against his divine will we have rebelled, and to this hour he has not relented.
-Baruch	Bar	29	1	14	Scan closely, too, this book we are sending to you; it is to be read aloud on feast-days and in times of solemn assembly.
-Baruch	Bar	29	1	15	You shall make your prayer in these words following.The fault was never with him, the Lord our God; ours the blush of shame, as all Juda this day and all the citizens of Jerusalem can witness.
-Baruch	Bar	29	1	16	With king and prince of ours, priest and prophet of ours the fault lies, and with our fathers before us.
-Baruch	Bar	29	1	17	We have defied the will of the Lord our God; trust and loyalty we had none to give him,
-Baruch	Bar	29	1	18	nor ever shewed him submission, by listening to his divine voice and following the commands he gave us.
-Baruch	Bar	29	1	19	Ever since the day when he rescued our fathers from Egypt we have been in rebellion against the Lord our God, straying ever further from the sound of his voice;
-Baruch	Bar	29	1	20	till at last, as these times can witness, bale and ban have caught us by the heels, the very same he pronounced to his servant Moses long ago, when he had rescued our fathers from Egypt and was leading them on to a land all milk and honey.
-Baruch	Bar	29	1	21	Unheeded, that divine voice, when message after message came to us through his prophets;
-Baruch	Bar	29	1	22	each must follow the whim of his own false heart, doing sacrifice to alien gods, and setting the will of the Lord, our own God, at defiance.
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	1	That is why the Lord our God has made good his threats against us; against the rulers of Israel, whether kings or nobles, and against the common folk of Israel and Juda.
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	2	Here was a threat made in the law of Moses, that went beyond all hitherto seen on earth, and yet in Jerusalem it came true;
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	3	that men would be eating the flesh of their own sons and daughters!
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	4	Neighbouring kings had the mastery, and in all the far countries to which the Lord had banished us, we became a thing of scorn and horror.
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	5	Slaves are we, that might have ruled; and the reason of it? Because by sinning we offended the Lord our God, and left his voice unheeded;
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	6	his was never the fault; for us and for our fathers the blush of shame, as this day can witness.
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	7	No calamity has befallen us but he, the Lord, had prophesied it;
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	8	and still we would not sue for the divine mercy, but each of us went on straying by false paths.
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	9	That is why the Lord’s jealous care was for our undoing; he has but fulfilled what he threatened; in all he has imposed upon us, the Lord our God is without fault.
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	10	It was our fault if we would not listen to his warnings, would not follow the divine commands which he set before us.
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	11	Lord God of Israel, whose constraining hand rescued thy people from Egypt with portents and wonders, with sovereign power signally manifested, and won thee renown that is thine yet,
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	12	we are sinners! We have wronged thee, revolted against every claim thou hast upon us.
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	13	But oh, would thy vengeance give over the pursuit! So wide thou hast parted us, and we are left so few.
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	14	Grant a hearing, Lord, to this our plaint and plea; for thy own honour, be our rescuer still, and win over the hearts of our captors;
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	15	prove to the whole world that thou art the Lord our God, that it was thy name Israel bore, and Israel’s race yet bears.
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	16	Look down upon us, Lord, from the sanctuary where thou dwellest; thine be the attentive ear,
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	17	the watchful eye! Once breath has left body, and a man lies in the grave, honour and devoir is none he can pay thee;
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	18	but let a man be downcast over his great misfortune, so that he goes bowed and tottering, dim eyes and hungry belly, there, Lord, thou shalt have the honour that is thy due.
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	19	Well for us, O Lord our God, as we pour out our supplications for thy mercy, if we could plead that fathers of ours, kings of ours, did loyally thy will.
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	20	But no; thou hadst given them due warning, through those prophets that were servants of thine, before letting thy angry vengeance have its way, and the warning went unheeded.
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	21	Bow shoulder and bow neck, said the divine voice, and be vassals to the king of Babylon; and the land I gave to your fathers shall still be your home.
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	22	Refuse to serve the king of Babylon at my divine bidding, and Jerusalem with her daughter cities shall mourn their loss;
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	23	no more the cry of joy and mirth, no more the voice of bridegroom and of bride; untrodden the whole land shall be, and uninhabited.
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	24	But all thy threats could not persuade them to be the king of Babylon’s vassals; thy servants prophesied in vain. And so thy threats were performed; kings of ours and fathers of ours might not rest quiet in their graves;
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	25	their bones were cast out to endure sun’s heat and night frost, and great anguish they endured in their deaths, from the sword, and famine, and pestilence.
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	26	As for the temple that was the shrine of thy name, thou madest it into the thing it is this day, for Israel’s sin, for Juda’s sin.
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	27	No greater proof we could have had of thy consideration, of that abundant mercy which is thine.
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	28	And merciful was the promise thou didst make to thy servant Moses, when thou badest him write down thy law for Israel’s acceptance.
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	29	Out of all this swarming multitude, thou didst say to him, what a sorry remnant of scattered exiles will be left, if my voice goes unheeded!
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	30	And go unheeded it will; this is a race that ever spurns the yoke. What then if they come back to a right mind, there in the country of their banishment?
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	31	What if they learn to recognize that I, the Lord, am their God (the heedful heart, the listening ear, are mine to give them);
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	32	what if they remember to honour me, to invoke my name, in their exile?
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	33	What if they follow the example of their fathers, that were sinners before them, repent of their stubborn indifference and of all their ill doings?
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	34	Then they shall come home again; back to the country I promised to their fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; they shall be masters of it, and their dwindled strength shall thrive anew.
-Baruch	Bar	29	2	35	A fresh covenant I will make with them, that shall last for ever; I their God, and they my people; never again will I banish my people, the sons of Israel, from the land I have made theirs.
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	1	Lord Almighty, God of Israel, here be lives in jeopardy, here be troubled hearts, that plead with thee!
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	2	Listen, Lord, and have mercy, none so merciful as thou; pardon the sins that lie open in thy sight.
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	3	Thou reignest for ever; must we for ever be lost?
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	4	Lord Almighty, God of Israel, listen to the prayer Israel makes to thee from the grave! Our fathers it was that defied the Lord their God, and gave no heed to him; and to us, their sons, the punishment clings.
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	5	Forget the wrong they did, those fathers of ours; remember thy ancient power, thy own honour, this day;
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	6	only to thee, the Lord our God, shall praise of ours be given.
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	7	Why else hast thou inspired us with such dread of thee? Thou wouldst have us learn to invoke thy name, to utter thy praise, here as exiles, in proof that we disown the wrong our fathers did, when their sins defied thee.
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	8	Exiles we are this day, dispersed by thee to suffer scorn and reviling, until we have made amends for all the wrong our fathers did when they abandoned thee, abandoned the Lord our God.
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	9	Listen, Israel, to the warnings that shall bring thee life; give attentive audience, if thou wouldst learn to be wise.
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	10	What means it, Israel, that thou findest thyself in the enemy’s land,
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	11	grown old in exile, unclean as a dead body, no more taken into account than men who have gone down into their graves?
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	12	It is because thou hast forsaken the fountain whence all wisdom comes.
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	13	If thou hadst but followed the path God shewed thee, thou mightest have lived in peace eternally.
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	14	Learn where to find wisdom, and strength, and discernment; so thou wilt find length of years, too, and true life, and cheerfulness, and peace.
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	15	Who can tell where wisdom dwells, who has made his way into her store-house?
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	16	What has become of those heathen princes, who gained mastery of the beasts that roam the earth,
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	17	tamed the birds for their pastime;
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	18	heaping up silver and gold, man’s confidence, man’s interminable quest? How anxiously they toiled for wealth! And now these devices of theirs are beyond our tracing.
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	19	They disappeared, went to their graves, and other succeeded them;
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	20	a younger generation saw the light and peopled the earth in its turn; but still they could not find their way to the true wisdom,
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	21	the path to it was hidden still. Their children, too, clutched at it in vain, it was as far as ever from their reach.
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	22	In Chanaan, none had heard tell of it, in Theman none had caught sight of it;
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	23	even the sons of Agar, so well schooled in earthly wisdom, even the merchants of Merrha and Theman, with all their store of legend, their skill and cunning laboriously gained, never found the track of true wisdom, or told us what its haunts were.
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	24	Israel, how wide is God’s house, how spacious is his domain,
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	25	large beyond all bound, high beyond all measure!
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	26	The heroes of old were nurtured there, men whose fame has come down to us from the beginning of time, huge in stature, great warriors;
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	27	but it was not these God had chosen; they died without ever attaining true knowledge.
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	28	Not for them was the possession of wisdom, and in their folly they perished.
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	29	What man ever scaled heaven, gained wisdom there, and brought it back from the clouds?
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	30	What man ever crossed the sea, and found it there, brought it back like a cargo of pure gold?
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	31	The path to it none may know, the clue of it none may find.
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	32	Only he who knows all things possesses it, only his mind conceives it. He it is who framed the abiding earth, and filled it with cattle and four-footed beasts of every kind.
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	33	It is on his errand that the light goes forth, his summons that it obeys with awe;
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	34	joyfully the stars shine out, keeping the watches he has appointed,
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	35	answer when he calls their muster-roll, and offer their glad radiance to him who fashioned them.
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	36	Such a God is ours; what rival will be compared to him?
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	37	He it is who has the key to all knowledge, and gave it to his servant Jacob, to the well-loved race of Israel;
-Baruch	Bar	29	3	38	not till then would he reveal himself on earth, and hold converse with mortal men.
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	1	Here is the book in which you may read God’s commandments, that law of his which stands for ever; holding fast by it or forsaking it, a man makes life or death his goal.
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	2	Jacob, thy steps retrace, and this path follow, guiding thy steps by glow of the light that beckons thee;
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	3	this is thy pride, wouldst thou yield it up to another? Thy prize, shall an alien race enjoy it?
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	4	Israel, a blessed race is ours, that has knowledge of God’s will.
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	5	People of God, take courage, all that is left of Israel’s muster-roll!
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	6	Sold as slaves though you be, he does not mean your ruin. He has given your enemies the mastery, none the less; had you not defied his vengeance?
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	7	Had you not challenged the eternal power that made you, by sacrificing to evil powers, that gods were none?
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	8	To God that fostered you, what ingratitude, to Jerusalem that nursed you, what bitter pain!
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	9	Alas, she cried, as she saw the divine vengeance falling on you, listen, neighbour cities all, to my complaint; here is a heavy load of grief God has charged me with!
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	10	Sentence of banishment he, the eternal, has pronounced upon my people, sons and daughters of mine;
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	11	how joyously I nurtured them, with what tears of anguish I saw them depart!
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	12	And let none boast over my widowing, that so much have lost; if I am thus forlorn, it is because of my sons’ transgression, that refused God’s will;
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	13	his claim disowned, his paths left untrodden; not for them the straight road of loyal observance.
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	14	Come, neighbours, tell we the sad tale again, how he, the eternal, would sentence these sons and daughters of mine to exile.
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	15	A cruel race he summoned to the attack from far away, men of an alien speech;
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	16	for old age they had no reverence, for childhood no pity; robbed widow of her darling sons, and left her desolate.
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	17	Alas, my children, look not to me for aid!
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	18	He it is must save you from the power of your enemies, who is the author of your calamity.
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	19	Go your ways, my children, go your ways; I am left desolate;
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	20	the festal robe of happier times I have put aside, clothed myself in sackcloth as the suppliants do; I will spend my days pleading with him, the eternal.
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	21	Take courage, my children, and raise your voices, too, in appeal; from the enemy’s tyrant grasp the Lord shall deliver you.
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	22	Upon him, the eternal, I pin evermore my hopes of your happiness, the holy God, evermore our deliverer! Light grows my heart, to think of the mercy he has in store for you.
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	23	With lamentation I bade farewell to you, and with tears; with joy and triumph he will bring you back to me, and for ever;
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	24	these neighbours of mine, that saw you banished at his decree, shall witness ere long a divine deliverance; what renown shall be yours when it comes, what dawn unending!
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	25	Bear patiently, my children, with the punishment that has overtaken you. What if thy enemy hunts thee down? Ere long thou shalt see the ruin of him, set thy foot on his neck!
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	26	Ah, the rough roads delicate feet of yours have travelled! Like a plundered flock the enemy drove you.
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	27	Yet take courage, my children, and cry out upon the Lord; he, the author of your exile, has not forgotten you.
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	28	Hearts that loved to stray, ten times more eagerly retrace your steps, and come back to him!
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	29	And he, that compassed your woe, in unfading joy will compass your deliverance.
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	30	Thyself, Jerusalem, take courage! He that called thee by thy name brings thee comfort.
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	31	Woe to the men that harassed thee, and triumphed in thy ruin,
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	32	woe to every city that enslaved and harboured children of thine!
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	33	No smile of content greeted the disaster of thy fall, but shall be paid for with a sigh of desolation;
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	34	the city that was once so populous, all its boasting gone, all its pride of yesterday turned into lament!
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	35	Long shall the fires of eternal justice smoulder there, long shall it be the haunt of devils.
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	36	Turn thee about, Jerusalem, and look to the sun’s rising; see what rejoicing the Lord has in store for thee;
-Baruch	Bar	29	4	37	sons of thine, in many lands lost to thee, gathered by his call from east to west shall come back again, praising joyfully God’s holy will.
-Baruch	Bar	29	5	1	Enough, Jerusalem; lay aside now the sad garb of thy humiliation, and put on bright robes, befitting the eternal glory God means for thee;
-Baruch	Bar	29	5	2	cloak of divine protection thrown about thee, thy temples bearing a diadem of renown.
-Baruch	Bar	29	5	3	In thee God will manifest the splendour of his presence, for the whole world to see;
-Baruch	Bar	29	5	4	and the name by which he will call thee for ever is, Loyalty rewarded, Piety crowned.
-Baruch	Bar	29	5	5	Up, Jerusalem, to the heights! Look to the sun’s rising, and see if thy sons be not coming to thee, gathered from east to west, joyfully acknowledging God’s holy will!
-Baruch	Bar	29	5	6	Afoot they were led off by the enemy; it is the Lord that shall lead them home, borne aloft like royal princes.
-Baruch	Bar	29	5	7	He will have the ground made level; high mountain must stoop, and immemorial hill, and the valleys be filled up, for Israel’s safe passage and God’s glory;
-Baruch	Bar	29	5	8	spinneys of every scented tree shall grow, by his divine command, to give Israel shade.
-Baruch	Bar	29	5	9	So merciful he is, and so faithful! In great content, their journey lit by the majesty of his presence, Israel shall come home.		Here follows a copy of the letter Jeremias sent to the prisoners whom the king of Babylon was carrying off to his own country, with the warnings God bade him give them.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	1	In atonement for the sins by which you have offended God, you shall now be carried off to Babylon, by Nabuchodonosor that is king of it.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	2	Babylon once reached, you shall have a long exile there, years a many, till seven generations have passed; then I will grant you a safe return.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	3	And you must know that you will see, in that country, gods of gold and silver, gods of stone and wood, that are carried about on men’s shoulders; to the heathen, things of great dread.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	4	Look well to it that you do not fall in with these alien customs, by the same fear overmastered.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	5	What though a great throng of worshippers attends them, before and behind? Let your hearts whisper in adoration, To thee, Lord, all worship belongs!
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	6	My angel is at your side, and your lives shall be held to account for it.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	7	Puppets of gold and silver, speak they cannot, for all the craftsman has given them tongues to speak with.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	8	Ay, gold must go to their fashioning, never was maid so bravely tricked out;
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	9	gods they are, and must wear golden crowns. And of this gold and silver the priests will steal some part for their own uses,
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	10	and spend it on their minions; what the gods wore, harlots wear, what harlots wore, the gods.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	11	From rust they cannot protect themselves, nor from the moth;
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	12	alas for the purple robes that deck them! And the temple dust lies thick upon them, so that their faces must be wiped clean.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	13	Here is an idol bearing a sceptre, human-fashion, as though it ruled the country-side, yet has it no power to kill the blasphemer;
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	14	another carries sword or axe, yet from alarm of war or of robbers cannot defend itself; be sure, then, gods they are not.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	15	Never fear them; broken jar a man throws away as useless can be matched with such gods as these.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	16	There they sit in their temples, with eyes full of dust from the feet of passers-by,
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	17	mewed up by their priests with bolt and bar for fear of robbery, like king’s enemy in his dungeon, dead man in his tomb;
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	18	of all the lights that burn before them, they see none; roof-beam is not more senseless.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	19	Yet men will have it that serpents creep out of the earth and drink in the secrets of their hearts! Worms, more like, that eat the idol up, clothes and all, and it none the wiser.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	20	Smoke of the temple blackens their faces;
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	21	about their bodies and heads fly owl and swallow; birds hover and cats prowl.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	22	Be sure they are no gods; never fear them.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	23	Fair, golden faces! Yet will they not shine on the worshipper, till he rub off the stains on them; cast once for all in a mould, without feeling.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	24	Cost what they will, there is never a breath of life in them;
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	25	never a pace they walk, but must still be carried on men’s shoulders, putting their own worshippers to shame by the betrayal of their impotence.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	26	Fall they to earth, they cannot rise from it, and though they be set up again, it is in no power of their own that they stand. As well bring gifts to dead men as to these;
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	27	the victim thou offerest yonder priest will sell, or put to his own use, nor ever a slice his wife cuts shall find its way to the sick and the needy.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	28	Those offerings every woman may touch if she will, child-birth and monthly times notwithstanding. And are these gods? Are these to be feared?
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	29	Things of silver and gold and wood, that have women for their ministers, shall the divine name be theirs?
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	30	In their temples you shall find priests sitting by with clothes rent, shaven and shorn, heads uncovered,
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	31	raising lament over their gods as at a dead man’s dirge.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	32	Vestments their idols wore they will carry away, to dress their wives and children;
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	33	so powerless are these gods to requite injury or reward service done. Not theirs to make kings or unmake them,
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	34	grant riches, or wreak vengeance; the unpaid vow they cannot exact,
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	35	nor deliver men from death, and the tyrant’s oppression,
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	36	give sight to the blind, succour in time of peril,
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	37	shew mercy to the widow, or cheer the orphan’s lot.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	38	Things of wood and stone, gold and silver, no more than rock on the mountain-side can they speed their worshippers;
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	39	gods do we reckon them, gods do we call them?
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	40	And indeed the Chaldaeans themselves have but scant reverence for these idols of theirs; hear they of a dumb child that can utter no word, Bel’s image must be brought to it and petitioned for the gift of speech;
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	41	as if the senseless thing which cannot move could yet hear them! Sense neither god nor worshipper has, else god should find no worship.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	42	See where their women sit in the streets, with ropes about them, each before a fire of olive-stones,
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	43	each waiting till some passer-by drags her away and beds her, then taunting her less coveted neighbours, that have ropes about them still!
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	44	All lies, the worship of them, and shall they claim the title of gods?
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	45	Carpenters made them and goldsmiths, only at the priests’ whim;
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	46	and shall the handicraft of mortal craftsmen be divine?
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	47	One day, their descendants will reproach them with a legacy of imposture.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	48	Come war, come peril, the priest thinks only of hiding himself and his gods both;
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	49	gods who shall think them, that from war and peril their own selves cannot deliver?
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	50	Recognize it at last they will, kings and peoples everywhere, that gods of wood, gold and silver are false gods, creatures of man, not creators.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	51	Man’s handiwork, with nothing in them of the divine, who can doubt it?
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	52	Not through them comes king to throne, comes rain to country folk;
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	53	redress wrong they may not, nor rid a people of tyranny; dead crow hung between heaven and earth is not more powerless.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	54	Does a temple catch fire? You shall see priests taking refuge in flight, and the wooden gods, for all the silver and gold on them, burning among the woodwork.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	55	Against the king’s power, against the enemy’s attack, they can make no head; who shall reckon them or name them divine?
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	56	Wood and stone, gold and silver, how to protect themselves against the superior strength of house-breaker and robber,
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	57	that will carry off sheathes of silver and gold, carry off the clothes from their backs, and leave them powerless?
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	58	Better some golden emblem of royal prowess, cup of silver meant for use, not only for display, door of wood that keeps safe the treasures of a house, than these deceiving idols!
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	59	How fair to look upon are sun and moon and stars! Yet theirs is loyal and useful service;
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	60	and so it is with yonder lightning, that dazzles the view. Everywhere winds blowing,
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	61	clouds drifting across the earth as God bade them, fulfil an appointed task;
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	62	an appointed task, too, has the heaven-lit fire that burns mountain-side and forest. What beauty have the idols, or what power, that they should be compared with any of these?
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	63	Gods never think them, gods never call them, that have no power to execute judgement, to do men good or ill.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	64	And, since gods they are not, need is none to fear them;
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	65	can they pronounce a curse or a blessing on kings?
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	66	Can they startle the world with portents, shine like the sun, light up darkness like the moon?
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	67	Why, the very beasts are their betters, that know at least how to take shelter for their own safety!
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	68	Fear we never the gods that ungod themselves so plainly!
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	69	Wood and silver and gold, that watch over the world as a scare-crow over a herb-garden;
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	70	wood and silver and gold, patient of the birds that perch on them as bush of white-thorn, or corpse left to lie in a dark alley!
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	71	From the purple robes that rot on them, you may learn they are no gods; they, too, shall be eaten away when their time comes, and be a disgrace to the country-side.
-Baruch	Bar	29	6	72	Well it is for God’s loyal servants, that eschew idolatry, and live from all censure far removed.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	1	Thirty years had passed; it was the fifth day of the fourth month, and I was sharing the lot of the exiles by the river Chobar, when heaven opened, and I saw a vision of God.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	2	The fifth day of the month, and the fifth year since king Joachin was banished.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	3	To the priest Ezechiel, son of Buzi, the divine word came; there in the Chaldaean land, by the river Chobar, the power of the Lord could reach him.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	4	I looked round me, to find that a storm-wind had sprung up from the north, driving a great cloud before it; and this cloud had fire caught up in it, that fringed it with radiance. And there in the heart of it, in the very heart of the fire, was a glow like amber,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	5	that enclosed four living figures. These were human in appearance,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	6	but each had four faces, and two pairs of wings.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	7	Either leg was straight-formed, yet ended in a calf’s hoof; they sparkled like red-hot bronze.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	8	On each of the four sides, human arms shewed beneath the wings; faces and wings looked outwards four ways.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	9	Wings of each were held touching wings of other; and when they moved, they did not turn round, but each kept an onward course.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	10	As for the appearance of their faces, each had the face of a man, yet each of the four looked like a lion when seen from the right, like an ox when seen from the left, like an eagle when seen from above.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	11	So much for their faces; each had two wings spread out above him, those two which met his neighbours’ wings; with the other two he veiled his body.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	12	Each of them marched straight forward, following the movement of a divine impulse, never swerving as he marched.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	13	There was that, too, in the appearance of the living figures which put me in mind of flaming coals, or of torches; that was what I saw going to and fro in the midst of the living figures, a glow as of fire, and from this glow lightning came out.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	14	So the living creatures came and went, vivid as lightning-flashes.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	15	And as I watched the living figures, all at once wheels appeared close to them, one at each of the four sides,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	16	of strange colour and form. All four were alike, the colour of aquamarine, and each looked like a wheel within a wheel.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	17	Moved they, it was ever one of the four ways the living figures looked; and they did not turn round in moving.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	18	As for their size, their height was terrible to look upon; and the whole frame of them, all round, was full of eyes.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	19	Onward the wheels moved, when the living figures moved onward, at their side; rose above the earth when the living figures rose above it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	20	They too had a living impulse in them, they too, whenever that impulse stirred them, must rise up and follow the way it went;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	21	with the living figures, whose vital impulse they shared, the wheels too moved, and halted, and rose.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	22	Over the living figures a vault seemed to rise, like a sheet of dazzling crystal resting on their heads;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	23	under this vault each held two wings erect to meet his neighbour’s. Each had two turned upwards to overshadow him, and two turned downwards to veil his body.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	24	When they moved, the sound of their wings reached me, loud as waters in flood or thunders from on high, incessant as the hum of a great throng or an armed camp; only when they came to rest did they lower their wings.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	25	A voice would come from the firmament over their heads; then they would halt, then they would lower their wings.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	26	Above this vault that rested on them, sapphire blue towered up into the form of a throne, nor did that throne seem to be empty; a shape was there above it, as of one enthroned,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	27	and all about him it was filled with amber-coloured flame. Upwards from his loins, downwards from his loins, an arch of light seemed to shine,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	1	28	like rainbow among the clouds on a day of storm; there was brightness all about him.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	2	1	So much I saw of what the Lord’s glory is like; and seeing it, I fell down face to earth. And now I heard a voice, which said to me, Rise up, son of man, I must have speech with thee.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	2	2	And at his words, a divine force mastered me, raising me to my feet, so that I could listen to him.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	2	3	Son of man, he told me, I am sending thee on an errand to the men of Israel, this heathen brood that has rebelled and forsaken me; see how my covenant has been violated by the fathers yesterday, the children to-day!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	2	4	To brazen-faced folk and hard-hearted thy errand is, and still from the Lord God a message thou must deliver,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	2	5	hear they or deny thee hearing; rebels all, at least they shall know that they have had a prophet in their midst.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	2	6	Never fear them, son of man, never let rebuke of theirs dishearten thee; with the unbelieving and the unruly thou must learn to live, scorpions ever at thy side; rebels all, they must not frighten thee, must not dishearten thee.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	2	7	Hear they or deny thee hearing, remonstrate with them thou must; they are a defiant brood.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	2	8	Do my bidding, then, son of man; no rebel thou, like those others; open thy mouth and eat what I give thee.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	2	9	And with that, I saw a hand stretched out towards me, with a closed book in it; and this, when he opened it to my view, had writing on both sides of it; nothing was there but dirge and lamenting, nothing but cries of woe.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	1	Son of man, he told me, eat thou must what eat thou canst; here is this scroll for thy eating. After that, go and give my message to the sons of Israel.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	2	Thereupon I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	3	promising me safe digestion and a full belly with the gift; and indeed, it was sweet as honey when I ate it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	4	Now, son of man, said he, to the men of Israel betake thee, and give them my message.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	5	Are they strange folk that lisp and stammer, these men of Israel? Ah, no;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	6	nations there are a many that lisp and stammer, past thy understanding, but I am sending thee to Israel instead. These might have listened to thee;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	7	hearing from Israel thou shalt have none; my word goes ever unheeded, so stubborn of forehead they are and so hard-hearted, all the brood of them.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	8	But see, I have given thee strength of brow, hardness of forehead, that shall outmatch theirs;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	9	unyielding as flint or adamant thou shalt face them. Fear them not, never let their frown daunt thee, this brood of rebels.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	10	Then he said to me, Son of man, all the words I tell thee heed and hear;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	11	then to captive Israel betake thee, and give them thy message in the name of the Lord God, hear they or deny thee hearing.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	12	And with that, a sudden transport seized me, and as I went, I heard the noise of a great stir behind me. … Blessed be the glory of the Lord … from the place where he was.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	13	Beat of wing against wing as the living figures moved onwards, and whirr of the wheels that followed them, great stirring there was all about me;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	14	and I, in a transport borne up and on, set out on my journey, unwillingly enough, and vexed at heart, but the Lord’s hand was there to hold me to my purpose.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	15	So I made my way to the settlement of exiles at Tel-Abib, near the river Chobar; and when I had found them, I sat there for seven days in their company, dumb all the while with grief.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	16	Then, when seven days had passed, the Lord’s word came to me.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	17	Son of man, he told me, I am posting thee here as a sentry, to give the sons of Israel warning; no message I send thee but thou must pass it on in my name.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	18	When I threaten I the sinner with doom of death, it is for thee to give him word, and warn him, as he loves his life, to have done with sinning. If not, he shall die as he deserves, but for his undoing thyself shalt be called to account.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	19	If thou warn him, and leave his rebellious sinning he will not, die he shall as he deserves, and thou go free.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	20	Or if the upright man leaves his innocence, and I take him unawares in his wrong-doing, dies he for want of warning? Die he shall, his good deeds all forgotten, but thou for his undoing shalt be called to account.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	21	Thine to warn the upright man against the marring of his innocence; and he, sin avoiding, shall owe his life to thy remonstrance; thy duty is done.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	22	Then the power of the Lord came over me, bidding me rise up and keep tryst with him, out in the open plain.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	23	Rise up I did, and when I reached the open plain, there was the glory of the Lord rising above it, such as I had seen it by the banks of Chobar; and I fell face to earth.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	24	But a divine force mastered me and raised me to my feet again. Now go within doors, he said, and shut thyself in there …
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	25	And thou, son of man … here are bonds confining thee; closely thy fellow-countrymen shall keep thee imprisoned, so that thou canst not escape from them.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	26	And I, meanwhile, will keep tongue of thine fast fixed in thy mouth; dumb thou shalt be, when thou wouldst fain expostulate with a rebellious brood.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	3	27	Then, when my message I give thee, I will unseal thy lips, and thou shalt speak to that rebellious brood in the name of the Lord God, hear they or deny thee hearing.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	4	1	And now, son of man, go and get thee a tile; set it before thee and make marks on it, to represent the city of Jerusalem.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	4	2	This thou art to beleaguer; siege-works built, mound raised, camp pitched, battering-rams all around.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	4	3	And therewithal get thee an iron cooking-pan, that shall make a ring of iron between thee and this city of thine; look closely as thou wilt, here is siege complete. So thou shalt beleaguer it; a sign, this, for the race of Israel.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	4	4	This, too, thou must do; ever on thy left side lie down to sleep, weighing it down, day after day as thou sleepest upon it, with the guilt of Israel; bear it thou must.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	4	5	Three hundred and ninety days of guilt-bearing I have allotted thee, one day for every year of Israel’s guilt;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	4	6	this done, Juda’s guilt thou must bear for forty days yet, sleeping on thy right side; a day for a year, for every year a day.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	4	7	And ever towards beleaguered Jerusalem thou shalt turn thy face, and hold thy arm stretched out, prophesying its doom;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	4	8	I hold thee enchained, and never shalt thou turn from one side to other, till the days of thy siege are over.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	4	9	For thy food, wheat thou must have by thee, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and spelt, and vetch; all in one pan mix them, and make thee bread, while thou art sleeping ever on thy same side; for three hundred and ninety days thou shalt eat it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	4	10	Nine ounces shall be all thy daily food, at set times apportioned,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	4	11	and water thou shalt drink at set times, two pints by measure.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	4	12	Cooked in the ashes thy bread, like barley cakes, and dung of man shall be thy fuel, for all to see.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	4	13	Polluted as this, the Lord says, shall be the bread Israel eats, in the land I have decreed for his exile.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	4	14	Alas, alas, Lord God, said I, here is a soul that never knew defilement; from childhood’s days, beast I never ate that died by chance or lay mangled, nor ever did food unclean cross my lips.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	4	15	Be it so, he answered; for dung of man droppings of cattle thou shalt have, and cook thy bread with these.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	4	16	But be sure of this, son of man; I mean to cut off from Jerusalem every source of bread; weighed out to them their bread shall be, and anxiously, measured out to them their water, and in great lack.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	4	17	And at last, for want of bread and water, every man’s face shall fall as he looks at other, and they shall pine away in their guilt.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	5	1	And next, son of man, to the sharp sword betake thee! A razor thou must take, and pass it over head and beard both; then weigh thy hair in the scales and make equal portions of it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	5	2	A third of it thou shalt set alight and burn up within this city of thine, when the days of its besieging are over; a third thou shalt cut to pieces with the blade thou carriest, round about it; and a third thou shalt scatter to the winds, for my unsheathed sword to go in pursuit.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	5	3	Of this last third, gather some few hairs and secure them in the fold of thy cloak;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	5	4	yet even of these take some away and throw them into the heart of the fire, to burn there; fire enough to kindle the whole race of Israel!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	5	5	Look you, says the Lord God, here is Jerusalem, that I have set down at earth’s very midst, the nations all about her,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	5	6	and she has defied my will, than the very heathen more rebellious, defied my commandments, as neighbouring peoples never did. My bidding they have cast to the winds, followed never where my commandments led.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	5	7	All your neighbours, the Lord God says, outdone in wickedness, my paths untrodden, my bidding unheeded! False even to the heathen traditions of yonder country-side!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	5	8	Have at thee, says the Lord God; in thy very heart I will execute judgement for all the world to see;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	5	9	such punishment I will inflict as never was before, never shall be again, for thy detestable doings.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	5	10	Men’s flesh men shall eat, father of son and son of father; then, when my sentence is executed, I will scatter all that is left of thee to the four winds.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	5	11	As I am a living God, the Lord says, since thou hast not scrupled to profane my sanctuary with vile things and detestable things a many, I will make havoc of thee, and my eye shall not melt with pity; I will not scruple in my turn.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	5	12	A third of thy sons shall die of pestilence, or with famine pine away; a third shall fall in thy defence; a third I will scatter to the four winds, and my sword unsheathed in pursuit.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	5	13	And at last, my anger spent, my vengeance glutted, my grief healed, doubt they shall not that the God whom they slighted has decreed it; my sentence shall take full toll of them.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	5	14	Desolate, and the scorn of thy neighbours, so every passer-by shall see thee.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	5	15	A name of scorn and reproach, a by-word thou shalt be and a thing of horror, to all the nations about thee, when thy punishment is done, so fierce the anger, so shrewd the blow;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	5	16	I, the Lord, have decreed it. Hungry arrows of mine shall fly abroad, dolorous and deadly, for your minishing; famine that grows worse and worse as the stocks of bread fail,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	5	17	and with the famine wild beasts to bereave you, visitations of plague and violent death; and the sword too, I will let loose upon you; I, the Lord, have decreed it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	6	1	And now the Lord’s word came to me:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	6	2	Turn thy eyes, son of man, towards the hills of thy own country, and prophesy their doom.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	6	3	Mountains of Israel, thou shalt say, listen to the word of the Lord God; here is a message from the Lord God to mountain and hill, to rocky slope and river-bed. I mean to let the sword loose on you, pull shrine down,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	6	4	overthrow altar, break column, pile corpses before the false god’s feet;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	6	5	before every idol, sons of Israel prostrate in death, before every altar, the ground strewn with their bones.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	6	6	In all your confines, every city desolate, every shrine wrecked and ruined; deserted and defaced the altars, forlorn the idols, shattered the columns, obliterated all the work of man;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	6	7	and ever the dead lying in the midst of you. Will you doubt, then, the power of the Lord?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	6	8	I will leave a remnant of you; some shall escape the sword, to live on among the Gentiles, dispersed far and wide;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	6	9	and these survivors, in their land of exile, shall once again bethink themselves of me. Wanton heart that played me false, eyes that hankered still after idols, shall be tamed now; they will look back with loathing on all the foul wrong they did,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	6	10	and confess it was no empty boast, when I threatened this calamity.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	6	11	Clap hands and stamp feet, the Lord God says, and cry aloud, Out upon the foul wrong the men of Israel did, that are now doomed to perish by sword, famine and pestilence!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	6	12	Keep they their distance, the plague shall smite them, come they to grips, the sword; safe behind the battlements, they shall die of famine; so shall my vengeance take toll of them.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	6	13	Who shall doubt the Lord’s power, when the dead lie thick at the feet of your idols and about your altars; on hill-top and mountain height, in forest covert and under spreading oak, where once men would burn fragrant incense to their false gods?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	6	14	When the blow falls, I will make their countryside, once so thickly inhabited, into a wilderness; Deblatha itself is not more forlorn. And who shall doubt the Lord’s power?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	1	Then the Lord’s word came to me:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	2	And thou, son of man … A message to the land of Israel from the Lord God! For this land, for every corner of it, here is doom, here is doom.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	3	Doom for thee at last; I mean to wreak vengeance on thee, pass sentence on thy evil life, bring home to thee thy foul deeds.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	4	Nor shall my eye melt with pity; I will not spare. All thy evil life brought home to thee, all thy foul deeds confronting thee; who shall doubt that it comes from the Lord?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	5	The blow, the first blow has fallen, says the Lord God;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	6	all is over now, all is over; the day dawns, and for thee doom comes with day.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	7	Dwellers in the land, this is the end of you; your time is up, your day has come; a day when your mountains shall echo with tumult, not with harvest-home.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	8	Close at hand, now, I will rain down my vengeance upon you, give my anger full play, no crime unjudged, no weight of punishment unborne.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	9	Never shall my eye melt with pity for thee; all thy evil life shall be accounted for, all thy foul deeds brought to light; and none shall doubt that I, the Lord, punish.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	10	It has come, the day has come; the wheel full circle, the branch in full bloom, pride bears its harvest.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	11	Violence has grown up into a shoot of rebellion … and not by their means, not through clamouring multitude of theirs; rest they shall have none.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	12	The time is up, the day of reckoning come; who buys now, of his purchase shall have no joy, who sells now, shall not feel his loss; the Lord’s vengeance will overtake the whole throng of citizens alike;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	13	alas! here is property alienated for ever, though buyer and seller count among the living yet. The vision is for the whole throng of citizens; there is no reversing it; never a man of that guilty race shall survive.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	14	Sound the trumpet there, rally all to arms! But none goes out to war; on the whole throng of citizens my vengeance has fallen;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	15	sword without, pestilence and famine within; sword for the straggler, pestilence and famine for the besieged.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	16	Fugitives there shall be that make good their flight, but these must take to the mountains, fluttered as the doves that haunt their ravines, sinners all;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	17	hands that hang listless, knees weak as water.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	18	See where men go clad in sackcloth, trembling in every limb, with downcast faces, and their heads shorn!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	19	See where they cast their silver out of doors, their gold on to the dung-hill; how should precious metal speed them in this day of the Lord’s vengeance? Hunger it sates not, belly it fills not; and this, all the while, was the very occasion of their guilt!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	20	Did they not pride themselves on the beauty of their workmanship, was it not from this they made images of their detestable false gods? And now there it lies, all defilement!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	21	Now I am giving it over to strangers for spoil; the vilest of earth’s inhabitants shall plunder it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	22	Still my eyes shall be averted, while my own treasure-chamber is broken open, while the enemy’s pursuivants enter and profane it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	23	Make short work of it, a land where innocent lives are forfeit, a nest of wrong!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	24	The very refuse of the heathen I will summon to dispossess them of their homes, to be masters of their holy places, that proud boast of theirs now for ever silenced.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	25	Days of despair, when they will look about them for a respite, and respite shall be none!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	26	Fresh anxieties still, and fresh alarms; vainly they ask the prophet for revelation; tradition among the priests, counsel among the elders is none.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	7	27	Mourns king, princes go covered with dismay, numb with despair the common folk; ill they shall fare, that ill did, cruelly be judged, that were cruel judges; they shall know what manner of God they serve.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	8	1	The sixth year of King Sedecias came; and on the fifth day of the sixth month, as I sat in my house with the elders of Juda for my company, the power of the Lord God came over me there.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	8	2	I had a vision; a figure was there before me all aglow, fire beneath where his loins shewed, and from the loins upwards, brightness made visible, like amber to see.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	8	3	It seemed as if an outstretched hand caught me by a lock of my hair; and with that, a force lifted me up between heaven and earth, and I was carried away in a divine transport to Jerusalem. There was the gateway of the inner court, looking northwards, and there was that image of rival deity God sees and hates.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	8	4	There, too, was the bright presence of Israel’s God, as I had seen it earlier on the river plain;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	8	5	Son of man, he told me, look northwards; so northwards I looked from the altar-gate, and saw the image of rival deity standing at the very entrance.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	8	6	Foul deeds a-doing, son of man, said he; little wonder if I was fain to withdraw from my sanctuary, where the men of Israel do me such wrong. But thou art not finished with them; thou hast fouler yet to see.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	8	7	And with that, he brought me close up to the door of the court, where I found a hole in the wall.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	8	8	Then he would have me dig through the wall; so dig I did, and there was a door facing me.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	8	9	Now go in, he told me, and see for thyself what foul deeds are done here.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	8	10	And when I went in to look, what should I find painted on the walls but likenesses of reptile and of beast! A very foul sight it was; no idol Israel worships but it was there;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	8	11	and in front of these pictures stood Jezonias, the son of Saphan, with seventy elders of Israel about him, censer in hand each of them, so that a thick cloud of incense went up.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	8	12	Now, son of man, he told me, thou canst see for thyself what work they make in the darkness, these elders of Israel, each hidden where hide he may; Fear is none, they say, the Lord should see us; he has forsaken the land for good and all, the Lord has.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	8	13	Thou hast not seen all yet, he told me; thou shalt see still fouler things done;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	8	14	and he took me through the northern gate of the temple, and there what found I but women that sat weeping for Adonis?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	8	15	Hast thou marked it well, son of man? he asked. Prepare thyself for a sight fouler yet.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	8	16	Then he took me into the inner court of the temple, and there, at the door of the Lord’s own house, between porch and altar, some five and twenty men were standing with their backs to the temple, that worshipped the eastern sun.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	8	17	Hast thou marked it well, son of man? he asked. And are they not content, the men of Juda, with such detestable doings as these, that they must provoke me further yet, filling the whole land with wrong? See how they hold branch to nostril!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	8	18	For their busy wickedness, busy shall my vengeance be; unmelting this eye, this heart unpitying, deaf these ears to their cry of complaint.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	9	1	Then I heard him cry aloud, Make way there for the plagues that must befall the city, for the weapon-bearers of death!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	9	2	And with that, from the upper gate which looks northwards, I saw six men coming on their way, and none of them but bore his deadly weapon; in their midst walked another, clad in linen, with a writer’s ink-horn at his girdle. All, when they had entered, took their stand by the brazen altar;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	9	3	and now, borne on cherub wings, the glory of Israel’s God rose above the threshold of the house, summoning him of the linen clothes and the ink-horn to set about his task.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	9	4	Make thy way, the Lord said to him, all through the city, from end to end of Jerusalem; and where thou findest men that weep and wail over the foul deeds done in it, mark their brows with a cross.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	9	5	To the others I heard him say, Yours it is to traverse the city at his heels, and smite. Never let eye of yours melt with pity;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	9	6	old and young, man and maid, mother and child, all alike destroy till none is left, save only where you see the cross marked on them. And begin first with the temple itself.So they began with the elders in the court.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	9	7	Desecrate yonder temple, said he, and fill its precincts with the slain; then go out on your errand. So out they went, and now it was on the city their strokes came.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	9	8	And I, left alone amid that carnage, fell face to earth; Alas, alas, Lord God, cried I, wilt thou destroy all the poor remnant of Israel, pouring out thy vengeance on Jerusalem thus?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	9	9	Nay, he told me, the guilt of Israel and Juda is past bound or measure; all bloodshed the country-side, the city all wrong-doing; The Lord has forsaken the land for good and all, say they; fear is none the Lord will see it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	9	10	And should eye of mine melt with pity? Nay, they shall rue yet the false paths they have taken.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	9	11	And sure enough, the man clad in linen stood there with the ink-horn at his side to give account of himself, and reported, I have done thy errand.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	10	1	And now I looked up at the vault over the cherubim, and there was the hue of sapphire, and the likeness of a throne.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	10	2	And his word came to the man clad in linen, Make thy way in where the whirring is loudest, beneath the cherubim, take a handful of the coals that lie there among them, and pour these out over the city. So I watched him make his way in;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	10	3	and all the while, as he did so, the cherubs were standing close to the right of the temple, and the inner court was full of smoke.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	10	4	And the brightness of the Lord’s presence, cherub-throned, rose up above the threshold, till the house was all smoke, and all the precincts filled with the divine radiance;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	10	5	and ever the beating of the cherubs’ wings could be heard in the outer court, loud as the voice of the Omnipotent heard in thunder.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	10	6	There by the wheels stood the man clad in linen, ready to receive the cherub-guarded flame as he was bidden;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	10	7	and one cherub, parting from the rest, reached hand out, took fire from the midst, and gave it him; so he went on his errand.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	10	8	Cherub hand shewed under every cherub wing.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	10	9	Such was the vision I saw; four wheels beside four cherubim, one by each, and their colour shewed like aquamarine;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	10	10	all alike had the same appearance, of a wheel within a wheel.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	10	11	Moved they to this quarter or that, they followed ever without ado the lead of the foremost; there was no turning about when they moved.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	10	12	Eyes were everywhere, on body and neck and hand and wing and wheel too, for each cherub had its own wheel.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	10	13	(It was these wheels I had heard spoken of as the whirring. )
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	10	14	Fourfold was the semblance of them, now cherub, now man, now lion, now eagle.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	10	15	They rose aloft, these cherubim, (such living figures as I had seen by Chobar;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	10	16	the wheels accompanying them as they went, never left behind, but still at their side when they spread their wings for flight,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	10	17	resting when they rested, rising when they rose; these too had a living impulse in them),
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	10	18	and therewith the bright presence of the Lord left the temple threshold, and stood there, cherub-throned.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	10	19	With my own eyes I saw them, as they spread their wings and rose aloft; saw the wheels follow as they went; saw a halt made at the eastern gate of the temple, and the Lord’s bright presence resting above them.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	10	20	Full well I knew that cherubs they were, these living figures I had seen bearing God’s throne by Chobar,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	10	21	each with four semblances, and four wings, and human hands shewing under their wings;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	10	22	the same faces, the same looks, I had seen by Chobar, the same onward impulse of their journeying.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	11	1	Thereupon a transport seized me, carrying me off to the gate of the temple that looks eastward; and here were twenty-five men at the gate’s threshold, with two nobles, Jezonias son of Azur and Pheltias son of Benaias, plain to be seen among them.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	11	2	Son of man, the divine voice said to me, here are folk that plot mischief, and give the city ruinous counsel.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	11	3	What, say they, have we not houses here newly built? We may lie as snug here as meat in a cooking-pot.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	11	4	Tell them of their doom, son of man, tell them of their doom.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	11	5	With that, the spirit of the Lord came full upon me, and bade me speak. This message I gave them from the Lord of hosts, These are your own words, men of Israel; can I not read your hearts?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	11	6	So many done to death in this city, you have filled all the streets of it with bodies of the slain!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	11	7	You have peopled it with the dead, says the Lord God; their flesh it is shall line yonder cooking-pot; as for you, I will fetch you out of it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	11	8	The sword it is you dread, and to the sword I doom you, the Lord God says;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	11	9	out of it you shall come, and fall into the enemy’s hands, and be punished as you deserve.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	11	10	Doomed to fall by the sword, up and down the countryside of Israel; then you shall learn what manner of God the Lord is!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	11	11	Cooking-pot is none here to shelter you; up and down the country-side you shall meet your sentence,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	11	12	and learn what manner of God it is whose paths you have left untrodden, whose will you have disobeyed, to follow the ill customs of your neighbours!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	11	13	So, in my vision, I prophesied, and while I was prophesying, Pheltias the son of Banaias sank down dead. Thereupon I fell face to earth, crying aloud, Alas, alas, Lord God, wilt thou take full toll of the remnant left to Israel?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	11	14	But the Lord’s answer came to me:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	11	15	Thou hast brethren, son of man, thou hast brethren still. They are nearest of kin to thee that are far away, exiled sons of Israel. What though these dwellers at Jerusalem cry, Keep your distance, the land is ours?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	11	16	Not such is the message the Lord God sends them; Far away I have banished them, says he, widely scattered them; yet, go they where they will, a sanctuary in little they shall find in my companionship.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	11	17	Tell them this, from the Lord God, Lost among the peoples, I will gather you, scattered over the world, I will muster you, and give you the land of Israel for your home.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	11	18	To it they shall find their way, and rid it of all that is foul, all that is abominable there;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	11	19	one mind they shall have, and a new spirit shall fill their inmost being; gone the heart of stone, and a human heart theirs in place of it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	11	20	My paths they shall tread, my will jealously obey, they my people, and I their God.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	11	21	Only where men’s hearts are set on their own foul abominations, the Lord God says, they shall bear their punishment.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	11	22	And now the cherubim spread their wings for flight, the wheels beside them, the bright presence of the Lord above them;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	11	23	and that presence, withdrawn from the city’s midst, came to rest upon the mountain height eastwards of it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	11	24	With that, a fresh transport seized me, and I was back among the exiles in Chaldaea, still in a trance, still full of the divine impulse. So the vision faded from my eyes,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	11	25	and I told the exiles all the Lord had made known to me.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	1	Word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	2	Son of man, thou dwellest among a brood of rebels, that have eyes to see with, ears to hear with, yet see and hear nothing, so bent are they on rebellion.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	3	Do thou, then, son of man, provide thee with an exile’s pack, and while it is daylight, let them see thee marching to and fro; in their full view, if those rebellious eyes will but mark it, remove from one place to another,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	4	carrying those goods of thine with thee, as if ready for a journey. Then, at nightfall, take thy leave in public, as if thou wert going into exile.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	5	Let them see thee dig a hole through the wall of thy house, to escape by;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	6	let them see thee carried out on men’s shoulders, darkness all around, blindfold, so that thou canst not view the land about thee. A portent of doom thou shalt be to the men of Israel.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	7	His bidding was done; while daylight served, I brought my exile’s pack out into the open; then, at nightfall, dug wall through and went out on my dark journey, borne on men’s shoulders, plain to view.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	8	And word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	9	What of the rebel brood? Have the Israelites asked to know what thou meanest?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	10	This tell them from the Lord God, A princely burden! Here went the prince that rules over Jerusalem, and over all such Israelites as dwell in their native country.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	11	Tell them, This is your own doom I foreshadow; the men of Israel shall fare as I do, exile and prison their lot,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	12	and he who rules among them shall be fain to escape in the darkness, borne on men’s shoulders. They shall breach wall to make way for him, and he shall go with his face covered, so that he will look on the land no more.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	13	But my net is spread; I have him in the noose; Babylon for him, the Chaldaean country for him; that land, too, he shall not see, yet die in that land he must.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	14	Retinue and bodyguard of his, nay, all his army, I will scatter to the four winds, with my naked sword at their heels.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	15	Then at last they shall learn what manner of God I am, when they find themselves lost among the nations, dispersed all the world over!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	16	A few shall survive, in despite of sword, famine, and pestilence, to tell these new neighbours of theirs what foul deeds they did; so shall the Gentiles learn to know me.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	17	Word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	18	Son of man, tremble still when bread thou eatest, nor ever drink water but with anxious fear;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	19	and this message send from the Lord God to thy countrymen that are left at home: Never citizen of Jerusalem, never inhabitant of Israel, but must eat in fear, put cup to his lips unmanned, till at last unmanned it lies, the whole country-side around them, for their guilt that dwelt in it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	20	Lonely the crowded streets, wasted the country-side must be, ere you learn to know me.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	21	Word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	22	What means this saying you have in Israel, The days drag on, and never a warning comes true?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	23	Tell them this from the Lord God: Here is a proverb shall be heard in Israel no more; I mean to do away with it. Tell them the time is close at hand now for the fulfilment of all my warnings.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	24	Vain vision and flattering hopes Israel shall know no longer;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	25	the divine foretelling shall not wait for the divine fulfilling; in your own days, brood of rebels, you shall witness both, the Lord God says.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	26	And the Lord’s word came to me:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	27	Fond hope of Israel, that these should be distant things thou foretellest, the prophet of a later age!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	12	28	Give them word from the Lord God: Warning of mine knows no delay; here and now, the Lord says, it shall be accomplished.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	13	1	Word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	13	2	Son of man, on the prophets pronounce my doom, the prophets whom Israel heeds; would they prophesy after their own devices? Give them this message from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	13	3	Out upon the reckless prophets, the Lord God says, that follow their own whim, and vision have none!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	13	4	Poor Israel, that such foxes as these should burrow among thy ruins!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	13	5	What did you to restore the fortunes of the day, when the Lord’s stroke fell? Not for you to man the breach, to throw up a wall about Israel!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	13	6	Vain vision and cheating hopes are theirs, that warrant from me have none, yet speak in the Lord’s name, and look to see their word fulfilled;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	13	7	has the Lord spoken? Not the Lord, only your empty dreams, your lying oracles.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	13	8	For these vain visions, these cheating hopes of yours, have at you! says the Lord God.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	13	9	On false prophet and sightless seer my hand is raised in judgement; never shall they take part in the assembly of Israel, or have their names written in its muster-roll, or find a home in Israel’s land! So shall you learn what manner of God the Lord is.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	13	10	How dared they cheat my people with false hopes, crying, All’s well, when in truth all went amiss? My people, that strove to build a wall, and here were the prophets plastering it with clay that had no straw in it!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	13	11	Thine to warn these unskilful plasterers that the wall must needs crumble; here is a rain-storm brewing, and I mean to ply it with a volley of great hail-stones, and a tempestuous wind that scatters all before it;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	13	12	crumble your wall, shall no one ask what became of the mortar that went to its plastering?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	13	13	Like a tempestuous wind my anger shall break out, the Lord God says; like the rain-storm my indignation shall be, and like a volley of hail-stones my vengeance shall take toll of you;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	13	14	down shall come the wall you plastered so ill, razed to earth, and all its foundations shewing, overthrown to your common ruin; so you shall learn what manner of God the Lord is.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	13	15	Wall nor plasterer my vengeance shall spare; Down with the wall, my sentence is, and down with the plasterers that plastered it so unworkmanly,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	13	16	Israel’s prophets, that gave Jerusalem comfort, the Lord says, promising all should be well when all went amiss.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	13	17	There are women, too, among this people of mine who would play the prophetess as their own whim bids them. Turn upon these, son of man, and tell them their doom:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	13	18	Out upon them, says the Lord God, the women who stitch an elbow-cushion for every comer, make a soft pillow for the heads of young and old! Men’s lives are their prey; shall they cast a net about the lives of Israelites, and save their own?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	13	19	For a handful of meal, or a crust of bread, they will put me to shame before my own people; will doom to life or death the undeserving, such credence they win from a people ever credulous.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	13	20	Have at those elbow-cushions of yours, the Lord God says, the nets yonder silly birds are caught in! I mean to snatch them away from your grasp, and set the birds free, those lives you have ensnared with your prophesying.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	13	21	Your pillows shall be torn in pieces; I will rescue my people from your power, and they shall no longer be yours to ensnare; then you will learn what manner of God the Lord is.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	13	22	You have brought woe on innocent lives, when I was fain to comfort them, confirmed the sinner in those evil ways that shall be his undoing;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	13	23	now there shall be no more of your empty visions, there shall be no more divinings; I mean to save my people from your clutches, and you shall know the Lord’s power at last.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	14	1	At a time when some of the Israelite leaders had come to visit me, and sat closeted with me,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	14	2	this message I had from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	14	3	Son of man, here be folk that have cumbered their own hearts with false gods, entangled their own feet with guilt; wouldst thou have me answer when I am consulted by such as these?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	14	4	Speak to them, thou, and tell them this from the Lord God: When a man of Israel’s race comes to consult me through a prophet, his own heart yet cumbered with false gods, his own feet yet entangled with guilt, shall I, the Lord, give him answer in his idolatry?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	14	5	Nay, the faithless heart that leaves me for the worship of false gods shall be Israel’s undoing.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	14	6	This warning give them in the name of the Lord God: Come back to me, leave those idols of yours, have no eyes henceforward for sights detestable!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	14	7	If a man of Israel’s race, or any of alien breed among them, forsakes me, cumbers his heart with false gods, entangles his feet with guilt, and then comes to consult me through a prophet, shall I, in my own name, answer him?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	14	8	Nay, that man, under my frown, shall become a warning and a by-word, lost to his people, and you shall doubt the Lord’s power no longer.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	14	9	Or, if misguided the prophet speaks, it is I, the Lord, that have guided that prophet amiss. And thereupon I will exert my power, and rid my people Israel of his company;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	14	10	both alike shall be held guilty, the prophet and his dupe;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	14	11	till Israel learns to wander from me no more, stain itself with guilt no more. So they shall be my people, and I will be their God, says the Lord of hosts.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	14	12	And word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	14	13	Son of man, if a land lies deep in guilt, sin upon sin, and I cut off every source of bread; sending famine upon it to slay man and beast,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	14	14	though three such men as Noe, Daniel, and Job were counted among its citizens, innocence of theirs no life but theirs should save.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	14	15	If I send beasts to make a pathless wilderness of it, none daring to pass for fear of their encounter;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	14	16	as I am a living God, the Lord says, man nor maid should those three rescue by their companionship; in a desert land they alone should live.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	14	17	The sword if I let loose, bid the sword pass through that land to destroy man and beast,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	14	18	as I am a living God, the Lord says, their own lives those three should ransom, and neither man nor maid besides.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	14	19	Or if pestilence does my errand of punishment, taking deadly toll of man and beast;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	14	20	though Noe dwell there, and Daniel, and Job, as I am a living God, the Lord says, only their own lives they shall ransom, neither man nor maid besides.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	14	21	And what of Jerusalem, says the Lord God, when I send all four plagues on her at once, sword and famine and wild beast and pestilence, till men nor cattle are left alive there?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	14	22	A remnant only shall survive, sons and daughters of your race led out into exile. When these reach you, and you find out what manner of folk they are in thought and deed, for the sorrows of Jerusalem you shall weep no more, though I have plagued her so abundantly.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	14	23	From thought and deed of theirs you shall take consolation, nor doubt it was with good reason I used her thus, says the Lord God.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	15	1	Word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	15	2	So much timber in the forest, son of man! And what of the vine that grows wild there?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	15	3	What avails the wood of it for any manner of craftsmanship? Who will use it to make so much as a peg that pot or pan should hang from?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	15	4	And now it has been thrown away to feed the fire; now either end is burnt up altogether, and the middle of it no better than charcoal; of what use is it now,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	15	5	that use had none even when it was whole? Half burned away, half scorched, here is right unserviceable timber!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	15	6	And I, the Lord says, that destined yonder wild vine to feed the oven, have decreed for the citizens of Jerusalem no other destiny.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	15	7	My frown shall meet them yet; if they have escaped the fire, it is to be consumed by fire anew. Under my frown, they shall learn what manner of God I am;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	15	8	their land all pathless and desolate, for their guilt’s rewarding, says the Lord God.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	1	Word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	2	And now, son of man, do thou confront Jerusalem with the record of her misdoings.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	3	Tell her this, in the name of the Lord God: Root of thee, stock of thee, spring from yonder soil of Chanaan; an Amorrhite it was begot thee, a Hethite bore thee.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	4	Born when thou wast, there was none to cut navel-string, in healing water wash thee, with salt harden thee, wrap thee in swaddling-clothes;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	5	never an eye melted with pity, none befriended thee; on the bare ground thou wert cast away, a thing of abhorrence, that day of thy birth.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	6	Who but I found thee, as I passed on my way, blood-bespattered as thou wert, and trodden under foot; in that plight preserved thee, bade it live on, this defiled thing?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	7	Swift as the wild blossoms I bade thee grow; grow thou didst and thrive, and camest to woman’s estate, the breasts formed, new hair shewing; and still thou wast all naked, and blushing for thy nakedness.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	8	Who but I came upon thee, as I passed on my way? And already thou wert ripe for love; cloak of mine should be thrown about thee, to hide thy shame; my troth I plighted to thee, the Lord God says, and thou wert mine.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	9	Water to wash thee, all thy stains gone, oil I brought to anoint thee;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	10	clad thee with embroidery, shod thy feet with leather; of fine linen thy tiring should be, of silk thy wear.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	11	How I decked thee with ornaments! Bracelets for those arms, a collar for that neck;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	12	a frontlet on thy brow, rings in thy ears, on thy head a crown magnifical.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	13	Of gold and silver thy adorning, of fine linen and silk and embroidery thy apparel, of wheat and honey and oil thy nourishment; matchless beauty, too, was thine, such beauty as brought thee to a throne.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	14	All the world heard the fame of thy loveliness; I had made thee so fair, says the Lord God, utterly fair!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	15	Fatal beauty, fatal renown, which emboldened thee to play the harlot, lavish thy favours on every passer-by, and be his!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	16	That thou shouldst use those garments of thine to make curtains for thy hill-shrines, what age can match the villainy of it?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	17	Silver and gold of mine, thy adornment and my gift, should they be turned into gods of male form, at thy harlot’s whim?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	18	And these wouldst thou clothe with thy own embroideries, offer them the perfume and incense that was mine by right,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	19	set before them the bread, the oil, the honey I gave thee, to appease them with the smell of burnt-sacrifice? More happened besides (he, the Lord God, reminds thee);
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	20	to these gods thou wouldst bring sons and daughters of thine and mine, consecrating them to death. Could not thy wanton desires rest content,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	21	without immolating my own sons as victims to such as these?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	22	Most foul deeds and most lecherous, that quite put thy youth out of mind, the days when thou wast naked, and overcome with shame, blood-bespattered and trodden under foot.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	23	And at last, to crown thy misdoings (Fie on thee, fie on thee for shame! says the Lord God),
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	24	thou wouldst build thee a brothel, a common stew, in every street;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	25	no cross-roads but should carry the blazon of thy harlotry. O the dishonour done to thy beauty, when thou didst welcome every passer-by to thy favours, insatiable in thy dalliance!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	26	With those lusty neighbours of thine, the Egyptians, thou wouldst play the wanton; these should be my rivals!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	27	What wonder I should interpose, and abridge the rights thou didst enjoy, handing thee over for a prey to the maids of Philistia, rivals of thy own, and such as blushed to witness thy ill-doings?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	28	It was not enough; thou must needs dally with the men of Assur, nor might their dalliance content thee;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	29	thou wouldst extend thy trade as far as Chaldaea, where all is for sale, insatiable to the last.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	30	Salve is none, says the Lord God, for such a heart as thine, set on following a harlot’s ways.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	31	Never a cross-roads, never a street, but thou hast set up some brothel for public resort; no harlot thou, to bargain over a hateful trade.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	32	Thine was the craving of the false wife, that must ever bring a stranger between her husband’s sheets.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	33	The price of love other harlots claim, thou wouldst offer; gifts of thine should entice gallants from every side to thy bower.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	34	Never did wanton the like, nor shall again; it is out of all nature, a harlot that gives, not takes.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	35	Here then, poor wanton, is the Lord’s doom;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	36	this message he has for thee. Because all thy bronze was put to such ill use, because thou didst wanton so shamelessly with those lovers of thine, idols most foul, in whose honour the lives of thy own children were sacrificed,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	37	I mean to have a reckoning with thee. All the gallants that have enjoyed thee, men that love thee and men that hate, I will muster together; muster them from all around, and then lay thy shame bare, expose thy nakedness for all to see.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	38	Such punishment thou shalt have as unfaithful wives have, or murderers; to my jealous anger thy life must make amends;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	39	I mean to leave thee at their mercy. Ruined thy bower, ransacked thy brothel shall be; thy garments stripped off thee, plundered thy fair adornment; naked they shall leave thee, and overcome with shame.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	40	Hue and cry they shall raise against thee, stone thee and put thee to the sword;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	41	house of thine the flames shall not spare. Before all womankind they will make an example of thee; no more dalliance, no more hired lovers now.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	42	Then at last my vengeance shall be complete, my jealous anger appeased; thou shalt have a respite from my ill-will.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	43	So forgetful of thy youth, so obstinate in thy provocations, what wonder if I pay thee what thou hast earned? the Lord says. Yet even now I have not requited thee as thy most foul crimes have deserved.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	44	Like mother, like daughter; so runs the proverb, and of thee it shall be spoken.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	45	Thou art thy mother’s daughter, that was false to husband and child; false to husband and child were those sisters of thine; thy mother a Hethite, thy father an Amorrhite, sure enough.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	46	Here was thy elder sister on thy left, Samaria, thy younger sister on thy right, Sodom, with daughter towns both of them.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	47	Didst thou follow their example, share their misdoings? Nay, that was not enough for thee; it should go hard but thou wouldst outdo them in their crimes.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	48	As I am a living God, the Lord says, never were Sodom and her daughters guilty as thou and thine.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	49	Pride was the fault of her, this sister of thine; pride and a full belly; the peace and plenty she and her daughters had, with no thought for the poor that stood in need!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	50	So it was they rebelled against me, ever I must see foul deeds done, till I rid myself of them, as thou seest.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	51	Nor was Samaria in her turn half so guilty as thou. It remained for thee to outvie thy sisters in crime, till thy more abominable doings put them in countenance.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	52	Their lesser guilt, that somewhat excuses them, is the measure of thy shame; of that shame thou must bear the brand, while thy sisters go free.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	53	When I reverse the doom of exile against Sodom and her daughters, Samaria and her daughters, then, in their company, thy own exiles shall return;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	54	a sorry boast for thee, that thou hast cheered, in such fashion, their loneliness!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	55	Only when Sodom and her daughters, Samaria and her daughters, to their former state return, is there any hope for thy daughters and for thee.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	56	Time was, when no mention of Sodom’s name might soil thy proud lips;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	57	that was before thy own sins came to light, that now disgrace thee before Syria’s daughters, Philistia’s daughters, thy watchful neighbours north and south.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	58	Now it is thy turn, the Lord God says, to undergo the shame of thy guilt.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	59	And this is his doom: False to thy oath, thou hast forsworn our covenant, and thou shalt have the punishment thou hast earned.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	60	That covenant I made with thee in thy youth shall not be forgotten; nay, I will ratify it eternally,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	61	but humbled thou shalt be with memories of past days, when thou must needs take thy sisters, older and younger, to thyself. Daughters of thine they shall be, strangers to the covenant no longer.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	62	My covenant thus ratified with thee, thou shalt know my power at last;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	16	63	remembering still, shamefaced and tongue-tied still, even when I have pardoned all thy ill-doing, says the Lord God.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	17	1	Word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	17	2	A riddle, son of man, a parable for the men of Israel to interpret!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	17	3	This shall be thy message from the Lord God: A great eagle there was, strong of wing, long of limb; thick and gay his plumage. And this eagle flew to Lebanon, where he robbed cedar of cedar’s very pith;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	17	4	tore away its crown of leaves and carried it off to Merchant-land, set it down in Traffic City.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	17	5	Then back he flew to that same country, chose out both seed and seed-ground there; it was on a level lawn by a brimming stream he planted it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	17	6	When the plant grew, it proved to be a spreading vine, low of stature, and ever branch curled inwards and root struck downwards, yet vine it was, with sprig that burgeoned, shoot that sprang.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	17	7	But now, here is a second eagle comes in sight, another great eagle, strong of wing, thick-plumed; and it seems as if the vine, in the garden where it grows, were stretching out its roots, waving its tendrils, to ask this second eagle for water instead.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	17	8	What, when it was planted in ground so fair, by waters so abundant, with such promise of leaf and fruit, a vine so destined to greatness!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	17	9	Will any good come of this? asks the Lord God. Nay, roots shall be plucked up, fruit ravaged, branches left to wither; fade it must, nor is it like to need great strength or many hands for its unearthing.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	17	10	Take root is not thrive; rich soil or none, when the sirocco parches it, the vine must wither.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	17	11	Then the Lord’s word came to me,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	17	12	bidding me ask the rebel brood, Were they at a loss for the meaning of it? This tells how Nabuchodonosor came to Jerusalem, carried off the king and princes and took them away to Babylon;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	17	13	yet spared a prince of the blood royal, making a treaty with him and exacting an oath of allegiance. All the flower of the citizens he carried away;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	17	14	the kingdom should be submissive henceforward, and rebel no more, should keep troth with him loyally.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	17	15	Straightway the new king revolted from Nabuchodonosor, and sent envoys to Egypt, asking for horses, asking for the despatch of a great army in his support. Speeds he, finds he deliverance? Should broken faith avail him?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	17	16	As I am a living God, the Lord says, Babylon that made a king of him, Babylon that trusted in his false oath of allegiance, shall be the place of his death.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	17	17	Nor think that his enemy will need great strength, a great muster of men, to overcome him, mound here, trench there, and the loss of many lives;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	17	18	for the man that did so ill, held his faith a light thing and broke the bond he had set his hand to, there is no escape.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	17	19	This doom the Lord pronounces: As I am a living God, false troth and broken treaty shall be the undoing of him!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	17	20	My net is spread; I have him in the noose; Babylon for him! There I will call him to account for the dishonour he has done to my name by his treachery;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	17	21	and all that escape with him, nay, his whole army, must fall by the sword, or survive scattered to the four winds; you shall learn what manner of God you worship.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	17	22	And here is a message from the Lord God: Pith of the tall cedar I will take and set it firm, young branch from its crest of branches I will snap off, and plant it on a mountain that stands high above the rest.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	17	23	High in the hill-country of Israel I will plant it, and there it shall grow into a great cedar-tree; no bird on the wing but shall find rest under its shade, nestle among its branches;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	17	24	till all the forest learns its lesson, that I, the Lord, bring high tree low, raise low tree high, wither the burgeoning trunk, give life to the barren. What the Lord promises, the Lord fulfils.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	1	Word came to me from the Lord: Strange,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	2	that a proverb should be current in Israel, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are being set on edge!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	3	As I am a living God, the Lord says, this proverb shall be current in Israel no more.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	4	What, is not every soul at my disposal, father and son alike? It is the guilty soul that must die.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	5	Is a man loyal to me, does he live innocently and uprightly?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	6	Is he one who never feasted at mountain-shrines, or looked for help to the false gods that are worshipped in Israel; never came between his neighbour’s sheets or had commerce with a woman when she was defiled?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	7	Does he keep clear of oppression, giving back the pledge he took from his neighbour, and seizing nothing by violence? Does he feed the hungry, clothe the naked?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	8	Does he shun usury and extortion? Does he refuse the bribe, and judge honestly between man and man?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	9	Does he follow my commandments, hold fast to my ordinances, as a true man should? Here is a loyal servant of mine; life for him, he shall live on, says the Lord God.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	10	But now, what if son he begets that is a man of violence, a murderer; lends himself to any of those practices
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	11	which his father ever shunned? At hill-shrine eats he, neighbour’s wife wrongs he,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	12	the friendless poor oppresses; gets him ill gains, withholds the pledge, betakes himself to false god and foul rite;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	13	a usurer besides and an extortioner. Shall he live on? Nay, no life for him; he must die the death his foul crimes have earned him.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	14	Son of his, in turn, warned by such a father’s doom, forswears that ill example.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	15	Not for him the hill-feast, the false gods of the country-side, the adulterous bed;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	16	never a wrong done, a pledge withheld, gain dishonestly come by; feeds he the hungry, clothes the naked,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	17	and keeps clear of oppression, and usury, and extortion; what of him? Doer of my will, keeper of my law, he shall not die for his father’s sins; he shall live on.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	18	His father, a man of wrong and violence, that deserved ill of his countrymen, has paid for his guilt by death;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	19	would you have the son, too, make amends for it? Nay, but here is a man upright and honest, that holds fast by decrees of mine and obeys them; he must live on.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	20	It is the guilty soul that must die; not for the son the father’s punishment, not for the father the son’s; good shall befall the good, evil the evil.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	21	It may be the wicked man will repent of all his sinful deeds, and learn to keep my commandments, and live honestly and uprightly; if so, he shall live on; life, not death, for him.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	22	All his transgressions shall be forgotten, and his uprightness shall bring him life.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	23	What pleasure should I find in the death of a sinner, the Lord God says, when he might have turned back from his evil ways, and found life instead?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	24	It may be the innocent man will lose his innocence, and begin to live as foul a life as that other in his wickedness; if so, shall he be spared? No, all his upright life shall be forgotten; a traitor, shall he not die in his treachery, a sinner in his sins?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	25	And yet you say, The Lord is inconsiderate in his dealings! Listen, sons of Israel; it is your dealings that are inconsiderate, not mine.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	26	The innocent man loses his innocence, and lives amiss; it is death I deal to him; he dies for his guilty deeds.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	27	The wicked man abandons his wicked ways, and learns to live honestly and uprightly; he wins life by it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	28	He bethinks himself, and turns away from his evil doings; there is life, not death, for him.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	29	What, should the sons of Israel hold the Lord inconsiderate? It is you who are inconsiderate, men of Israel, not he.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	30	Each by his own life you shall be judged, men of Israel, the Lord God says. Come back, and make amends for all this guilt of yours, that shall else be your undoing;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	31	away with them, your defiant rebellions against me; a new heart, a new spirit! Why must you choose death, men of Israel?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	18	32	Die who will, his death is none of my contriving, says the Lord God; come back to me, and live!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	19	1	… Thine to raise a dirge over the princes of Israel:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	19	2	Prince, that mother of thine was a lioness indeed; where lions haunt, she made her lair, among their whelps nursed her brood.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	19	3	One cub she reared that grew to lion’s estate, learned to bring down his prey, to eat men;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	19	4	the neighbours heard of it, caught him, not scatheless, in their pit, and carried him off in chains to Egypt.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	19	5	Baulked of her hopes, she reared another, till it was a grown lion.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	19	6	This one, in turn, took his ease like a lion among the rest; learned to bring down prey, eat men,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	19	7	of women make widows, of cities a desert; dispeopled a whole land with his roaring.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	19	8	At that, folk came from far and near with nets to snare him, caught him in their cruel toils and caged him.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	19	9	This one they led off in chains to the king of Babylon; in Babylon he remained a prisoner, and his voice was heard on the hill-sides of Israel no more.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	19	10	Mother of that royal stock! Vine planted by the water-side, and in that neighbourhood leafy and fruitful both, was never so fertile.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	19	11	Here was a vine could yield sturdy boughs, sceptres for kings to govern with; high grew the leaves, fair the branching tendrils.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	19	12	But vengeance fell upon it, torn up and thrown away on the ground, the sirocco to wither its leaves; faded and dry those strong boughs, till at last fire consumed them!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	19	13	It is planted now far away, in the parched soil of a desert.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	19	14	Fire came out from those branching boughs, that consumed all the fruit of it; never a sturdy bough more, to be a king’s sceptre. Make lament, then; here is good cause for lament.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	1	And now it was the seventh year, the tenth day of the fifth month. Some of the Israelite leaders had come to visit me, asking what was the Lord’s will, and sat closeted with me.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	2	And this message I had from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	3	Son of man, tell the leaders of Israel this from the Lord God: Would you come to ask my will? As I am a living God, the Lord says, you shall have no answer.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	4	Arraign them, son of man, arraign them for their crimes; tell them what foul things their fathers did before them.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	5	This shall be thy message to them from the Lord God: Long ago I made choice of Israel, plighted to Jacob my troth, when I made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore to be their own God,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	6	swore that I would take them away to the home I had destined for them, a land all milk and honey, the best of lands.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	7	Only, I told them, his darling idolatries each man must set aside; not for you to be contaminated with the false gods of Egypt; I, the Lord, am your God.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	8	All was defiance and disobedience; idolatry still cherished, the worship of Egypt’s gods still unforsaken. I was minded to let my anger have its way, glut my vengeance on them, there in Egypt.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	9	But no, I would be their champion, for my own honour’s sake; the heathen all around, that had witnessed my coming to deliver them, must not learn to hold my honour cheap.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	10	So from Egypt I rescued them, and led them out into the desert.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	11	There I gave them a law, made known to them the usages that bring life;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	12	bade them share my sabbath rest, that should be a token between me and them, a token that they were divinely set apart.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	13	What did Israel then? Defied my anger, disobeyed my law, life-giving commandments cast away, left my sabbath all unhonoured. Should I give vent to my anger, and make an end of them, there in the desert?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	14	And let the heathen see my work of deliverance half accomplished? For my honour’s sake, I must not.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	15	But I swore, out in the desert, that the promised land, all milk and honey, best of lands, should never be theirs.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	16	My will defied, my law forsaken, my sabbath neglected, a heart set on idols, they should learn to rue;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	17	had not my pity spared them, they should have died there and then, swallowed up in those wastes.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	18	To their sons, the desert-born, warning I gave: Not for you your fathers’ example, your fathers’ traditions, the contamination of the false gods they worshipped.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	19	I, the Lord, am your God; mine the laws you must follow, the usages you must cherish and obey;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	20	my sabbath you must honour, in token that the Lord is the God you worship.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	21	But they too, the sons, defied me; my laws forsook, my life-giving usages forgot, my sabbaths profaned. There in the desert I would have given vent to my anger, let my vengeance take its toll of them,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	22	but still I held my hand; for my own honour, the heathen must see my work of deliverance accomplished.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	23	But once more in the desert I bound myself by an oath … I would scatter them among all the nations, spread them over the face of earth,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	24	men defiant of my will, contemptuous of my law, careless of my sabbath as ever, after the false gods of their fathers hankering still.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	25	Laws they should have, but for their harm, usages that brought, not life, but death;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	26	guilty, they should stain themselves with fresh guilt by the very offerings they made, when they consecrated their first-born to the fire; they must have proof of my power at last.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	27	They blasphemed me (tell Israel from the Lord God), those fathers of yours, and did me great despite.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	28	Scarce had I brought them into the promised land, when the sight of high mountain here, thick forest there, set them offering victims in honour of my rivals, burning incense, pouring libations!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	29	Well might I ask them, Whither resort you? And hill-resorts they are called to this day.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	30	Give the men of Israel, then, this message from the Lord God: Still the same ways your fathers went, still the same itch for things abominable?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	31	To this day, when you would make offering, you pass your sons through the fire; guilt of idolatry stains you yet, and shall I make answer to you, men of Israel? As I am a living God, the Lord says, you shall have no answer from me!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	32	Never think I will allow you to worship wood and stone like other races of men, your neighbours;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	33	as I am a living God, the Lord says, I mean to reign over you, though it should need all the exercise of my constraining power, all the outpouring of my vengeance.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	34	Rescued from many masters, summoned from many lands, you shall serve me perforce, my power constraining you, my vengeance threatening you.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	35	I will lead you out into a desert world, and there plead my cause against you,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	36	as I did with your fathers long ago, in the desert confines of Egypt.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	37	I will force you under my sceptre, chain you to my covenant.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	38	The rebels I will set apart, and though I summon them away from their banishment, they shall never return to the land of Israel; then you will know what manner of God you serve.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	39	Come, then, says the Lord God, let each man have recourse to his own idol, and pay it due worship! If that counsel you will not follow, nor drag my name in the dust with foul rites and false gods …
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	40	On that holy mountain of mine, the Lord God says, that high mountain that looks down over Israel, all the race of Israel shall be my worshippers, favoured suitors in a favoured land; first-fruit and tithe, all your hallowings shall be awaited there.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	41	Rescued from so many masters, summoned from so many lands, you shall be a fragrant offering; all my dealings with you the heathen shall acclaim,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	42	and you yourselves shall recognize my power, restored to the land of Israel, the land I promised to your fathers.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	43	False paths and foul misdoings you shall remember yet, and think with loathing of what you were;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	44	my power you shall know, men of Israel, says the Lord God; and that I was your benefactor, not for your deserts, that erred and sinned, but for my own honour’s sake.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	45	Word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	46	Look southward, son of man; pour out thy complaint towards the noon-day sun, and let the southern woodlands hear thee prophesy.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	47	To the listening forest give this message from the Lord God: I mean to set thee alight, burn up green tree and dry; unquenchable, that flame shall scorch the faces of all beholders, northward and south alike;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	48	plain enough it shall be for all the world to see that it was I, the Lord, set it ablaze, and there is no quenching it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	20	49	Alas for pity, Lord God, said I, they are complaining already that I speak to them only in parables!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	1	So the Lord’s word came to me,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	2	Why then, son of man, towards Jerusalem turn thee, pour out thy complaint sanctuarywards, and let the land of Israel hear thee prophesy.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	3	And this be thy message to the land of Israel: Have at thee! the Lord God says; here is my sword unsheathed to make an end of thy inhabitants, innocent souls and guilty.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	4	In token that all alike must perish, northward and south alike, all the world over, my unsheathed sword must go on its errand;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	5	drawn it is, plain for all the world to see, and there is no sheathing it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	6	And therewithal I would have thee groan, as men groan that have an aching in the loins, very piteously in the public view;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	7	ask they the reason of it, thou wilt say, For ill tidings. Faint every heart shall be, when those tidings come, every hand shall hang listless; cowed every spirit shall be, every knee be weak as water. Those tidings are on the way, the Lord God says; there is no averting it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	8	Word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	9	Tell them, son of man, the Lord God has this message for thee to utter: Whetted the sword is, polished the sword is,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	10	whetted for slaughter, polished to dazzle as lightning does. Never a tree but must fall at thy onset, woodman who art to overthrow the sceptre my son wields.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	11	Polished, for the hand to grasp it well, the sharp sword, the bright sword, which the slayer must needs handle!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	12	Cry aloud, son of man, and bewail thee, that on my people it must fall, and all the princes of Israel that are left; prince and people, doomed to perish by the sword; smite on thy thigh most dolorously.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	13	A tried sword, the Lord God says, and when yonder sceptre it has overthrown, brought to nothing ….
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	14	Prophesy, then, son of man; smite hands together and call for a second stroke and a third of the avenging sword; a sword of massacre, that strikes men dumb,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	15	turns their hearts faint, and lays all in ruin. Havoc wrought at every gate by the sharp sword, the sword polished till it shines again, wrapped about the hilts for more ease of smiting!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	16	Sharp be thy blade; cut right, cut left, wherever thy lust beckons thee!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	17	I too will smite hands together, telling the tale of my vengeance; I, the Lord, command thee.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	18	Word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	19	And now, son of man, draw a picture. A picture of two roads, both leading from a common point, by which the sword of the Chaldaean king may travel. Here he is, planning his course at the sign-post, where two roads meet, a city at the end of either.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	20	Draw the two roads, one beckoning that sword to Rabbath, where the Ammonites dwell, one to Juda, and Jerusalem the impregnable.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	21	There stands the king of Babylon at the parting of the ways, taking omens; there is shuffling of arrows, consulting of deities, searching of entrails.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	22	Choose he the right, it is for Jerusalem; the battering-rams, the breach made ere the slaughter can begin, the cries of battle, the assault on the gates, the mound, the siege-works.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	23	Thy picture will shew him as a man baffled by the omens given him, that remains idle, as if he were keeping the sabbath rest. Then he remembers the guilt; shall a guilty race go free?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	24	Ay, says the Lord God, still fresh is the memory of that guilt; open rebels you are, and never a thought in your hearts but shews vile; capture awaits you, that revive those memories still.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	25	And thou, perjured wretch that rulest Israel, thy time has run out;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	26	off with head-band, off with crown, symbols that honour the base, the noble degrade!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	27	I will wrest it this way, wrest it that, as it was never wrested yet; at last one shall come that claims it of right, and to him I will give it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	28	Prophesy, son of man, and give a message from the Lord God to the men of Ammon, in answer to their taunts: Drawn be the sword, cried they, whetted be the sword and bright for its work of slaying!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	29	Nay, sword of Ammon, it was but a vain dream, a lying augury, that it should be thy office to fall on the necks of yonder doomed sinners, whose time has run out.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	30	Back to thy sheath with thee, back to thy native soil; there, in the land where thou wast fashioned, I will call thee to account.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	31	I mean to pour out my vengeance on thee, blast thee with the fire of my anger; barbarian foes shall have the mastery of thee, that are skilful only to destroy.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	21	32	Fire shall feed on thee, earth run with thy blood, oblivion bury thy name; I, the Lord, have given sentence.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	1	Word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	2	Wilt thou not arraign them, citizens of this murderous place, wilt thou not arraign them?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	3	Confront them with their foul misdeeds, and give them this message from the Lord God: Here is a city that hastens her own end with open bloodshed, soils herself with idols to her own undoing.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	4	Blood-spilth and idol-filth have brought thy time nearer, shortened thy years; what marvel if I let the heathen reproach thee, a whole world mock thee?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	5	What marvel if men exult over thee, far and near, great only in thy misfortune, as thou art renowned only for thy shame?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	6	No better title now to Israel’s nobility, than to fill those streets with blood!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	7	Home of wrong, where father and mother are despised, the stranger oppressed, widow and orphan ill-used!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	8	My sanctuary, how it is despised, my sabbath how profaned!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	9	Innocent lives sworn away, feasting at the hill-shrines, and foul deeds done besides;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	10	see where a father’s bed is dishonoured, a woman pleads her defilement in vain;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	11	neighbour comes lecherously between his neighbour’s sheets, father beds incestuously with his son’s wife, brother mates with sister sprung of the same blood!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	12	The murderer’s hire, usury and extortion, gains won by violence; and of me, the Lord God says, never a thought!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	13	Well may I smite hands together, indignant at thy ill-gotten gains, thy murderous doings;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	14	will thy courage be so high, thy arm so powerful, when it is I that reckon with thee? What the Lord threatens, the Lord fulfils.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	15	Far will I banish thee, widely scatter thee, and bring the tale of thy shame to an end;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	16	so I will claim my rights over thee for all the world to see, and thou shalt learn at last my power.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	17	And word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	18	Son of man, where the race of Israel shews in the heart of the furnace, nothing I find but dross; all is copper, and tin, and iron, and lead; dross of silver where silver should be.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	19	This warning, then, the Lord God has for them: I mean to shut you up in Jerusalem, dross as you are;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	20	this shall be your furnace, silver and copper and tin and iron and lead, all together; and I will light a fire to smelt you. There my angry vengeance shall imprison you, and I will give you respite for a little, and then melt you down.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	21	Beleaguered there, with the fire of my anger to smelt you
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	22	like silver in the furnace, you shall feel the force of the Lord’s vengeance at last.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	23	Then word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	24	Son of man, tell the land of Juda that it is unclean, and, when my vengeance falls on it, rain it shall have none.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	25	What of the prophets? A sworn conspiracy; lions roaring for their prey, the lives of men; wealth and treasure they must have; there be widows everywhere.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	26	What of the priests? Priests, that despise my law, violate my sanctuary, cannot tell sacred from profane, count all one, clean or unclean; priests, that leave my own sabbath unregarded; am I not defiled by their company?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	27	What of the nobles? Ravening wolves, all blood and murder, greedy for gain;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	28	and here are the prophets with their untempered mortar, their vain dreams and false auguries, crying a message from the Lord when message from the Lord they have none.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	29	Great wrong the citizens themselves do, robbing where they will, harrying the helpless poor, oppressing the stranger and denying him redress.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	30	Who would close the breach, intercede with me to spare the land from ruin? Never a man was found!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	22	31	What wonder if I have poured out my vengeance, burnt them up in my anger? It was but their deserts I gave them, says the Lord God.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	1	Word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	2	There were two women once, son of man, daughters of the same mother,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	3	that went to Egypt and played the wanton there, so wanton and so young! There those breasts surrendered to the attack, virginity was ravished.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	4	For their names, the elder was called Oölla, the younger Oöliba; both I espoused, and they bore me sons and daughters. (Samaria and Jerusalem are the true names.)
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	5	What did Oölla? She played me false, love-sick for the Assyrians that dwelt hard by, her paramours.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	6	Gay gallants were these, princes and noblemen that went clad in purple, and proudly they came riding, for they were horsemen all.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	7	Among the flower of Assyrian chivalry was none but enjoyed her favours; and she, that courted all alike, soiled herself with their idolatry.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	8	Alas, still unforgotten her dalliance in Egypt; the lovers that bedded her in her youth, mishandled her virgin breast, plied her with their debauchery!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	9	Love-sick for new paramours, into their keeping she should be given up, the Assyrians should have the mastery of her.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	10	How they stripped and dishonoured her, robbed her of sons and daughters both, and then put her to the sword! Never fell such signal punishment upon womankind.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	11	That sight before her, what did the other sister, Oöliba? Why, she outwent the first in her wantonness, more lascivious yet;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	12	she too cast shame aside, gave herself to the gallants of Assyria that came riding by, horsemen all, princes and noblemen in their broidered cloaks, so young, so fair!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	13	Light women both; I knew them now.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	14	This other would set no bounds to her lust; her eye fell on some pictured wall, where the men of Chaldaea stood portrayed, all in crimson.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	15	What girdles they had about their loins, these men of Babylon, what gaily-coloured turbans they wore! Sure, they must be princes, all of them, in their own Chaldaean land!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	16	And with that, her eye fell a-doting on them, and she must send them a message all the way to Chaldaea.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	17	So the Chaldaeans, too, were her bed-fellows, dishonoured her with their embraces, till even she grew weary of dishonour.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	18	Weary was I too, as once of her sister; the open harlotry, the public shame!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	19	Must she still renew her unfaithfulness, hanker still after those old debaucheries in Egypt,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	20	when she was love-sick for gallants lusty as the wild ass, hot as stallions?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	21	Alas, Oöliba, are they remembered still, the passions of thy youth, far away in Egypt, when those breasts surrendered to the attack, that virginity was ravished?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	22	This doom, then, the Lord God pronounces on thee: They shall be summoned to the attack, all those old lovers thou art wearied of, beleaguer thee round about;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	23	all those Chaldaeans from Babylon, nobleman and prince and chieftain, all those gay gallants from Assyria, captains and rulers, lords paramount and knights of renown!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	24	What rattling of chariot-wheels, what hordes of warriors in breastplate and shield and helmet, mustered about thy walls! These shall be thy judges; theirs the sentence thou must abide.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	25	Ministers of my jealous anger, they shall cut nose and ears off thee, and there shall be sword-strokes yet; carry off thy sons and thy daughters, and the fire shall have work to do yet.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	26	They shall strip thee of thy clothes, rifle thy proud ornaments;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	27	gone the memory of thy harlotries in Egypt, no hankering for them now, no thought of Egypt now!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	28	Weary thou art and disdainful of them, says the Lord God, but they shall have the mastery of thee;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	29	and they shall use thee cruelly enough; carry all thy harvest away, and leave thee stripped and humbled; lay bare the secret of thy shame. Lust it is and lechery of thine
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	30	that has brought thee to this pass; so wantonly didst thou court the heathen, till at last their idolatry infected thee.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	31	Thy sister’s counterpart, the cup of thy sister’s doom thou shalt inherit;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	32	deep thy cup shall be as hers, wide as hers; full of mockery and reproach, so much it holds,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	33	full of dizziness and dismay, full of despair and melancholy, the cup of thy sister Samaria.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	34	Drink it thou shalt, ay, drain it to the dregs, till thou art ready to devour cup itself piecemeal, or mutilate thy own breasts in thy madness.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	35	Me thou didst forget; on me thy back was turned; wanton and faithless, thou shalt be held to account.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	36	Arraign them, son of man, the Lord God said to me; confront Oölla and Oöliba with the record of their foul deeds.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	37	Blood-stained those adulterous hands; false gods they have taken for their paramours, and to the greed of false gods sacrificed their own children and mine.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	38	Theirs to defile my sanctuary, profane my sabbath;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	39	no sooner had they done offering their sons to false gods, than my sanctuary must be violated; so would they treat me in my own house.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	40	And then they sent word to their paramours, summoning them from afar.They came, those paramours; and thou, fresh from the bath, eyes painted, all thy ornaments hung about thee,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	41	didst await them, sitting on a fine bed with a table before it; incense of mine, oil of mine was there.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	42	What a stir was heard there, as of a great throng taking their ease! They had brought in a rabble of desert folk with them, and these must be given bracelets for their arms, fine garlands for their heads.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	43	And I wondered whether she would grant them her favours, even she, that had grown so old in unfaithfulness;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	44	but sure enough they went in, boldly as to a harlot’s bed. Such lovers had Oölla and Oöliba, wantons both.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	45	Yet honest folk there be, that can judge their deeds as adultery should be judged and murder; adulterous they are and murderous both at once.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	46	Muster me a company of such men, the Lord God says, and let them make a fearful example of these women, their prize.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	47	With stones from many hands, with swords from every side dispatch them; death for their children, the fire for their homes!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	48	Rid we the land of its guilt; of such harlotry let all women beware!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	23	49	Wantonness punished, idolatry’s guilt uncondoned; you shall know the Lord’s power at last.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	1	And so the ninth year came, and the tenth month, and the tenth day of it. And the Lord gave me this message:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	2	Son of man, write down this day as The Day Itself. This day, this very day, the king of Babylon has closed his grip on Jerusalem.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	3	A riddle, a parable, for the rebellious brood! Tell them the Lord God this bidding gave thee: Set a pot on the fire, but filling it first with water;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	4	slice after slice goes in, all that is best; thigh and shoulder, the best joints of all, to fill the pot;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	5	and fat be the sheep that yields them. Pile high the fuel beneath; now boil pot, and see the stew, there in the heart of it!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	6	But ah, says the Lord God, what of the city that is stained with blood? It is no better than a pot covered with rust, that cannot be scraped off any longer; broken in pieces that must be cast away one by one; never shall the lot fall upon it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	7	Blood plain for all to see, spilt on the polished rock, not on earth that might hide it away under the dust;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	8	rock, not earth, so I would have it; blood unconcealed, to warrant my angry frown, my avenging punishments!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	9	Out upon the blood-stained city, says the Lord God, the great pyre I mean to kindle!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	10	Pile high the fuel for its burning! Why, how is this, meat wasted, the whole dish charred, the very bones calcined?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	11	Empty of water it must be set on the coals, till it is red-hot, and copper melts away, and the stain on it is burnt out, and it is rusty no more!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	12	Alas, it is but labour spent in vain; so deep is that rust, even the fire will not drive it out.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	13	A curse lies on this uncleanness of thine; purge thee I would, yet purged thou wilt never be, never till I have taken full toll of my vengeance on thee.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	14	Such is my divine doom; come it must, executed it needs must be; indulgence is none, nor mercy, nor pity; I will pay thee what thy ill life, thy ill thoughts have earned.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	15	The Lord’s word came to me,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	16	Son of man, I mean to smite thee down, by taking away from thee what thou most lovest. Dole make thou none, nor lament, shed never a tear.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	17	Unmarked be thy sighing, with no funeral grief made; thy head covered, thy feet shod, no veil on thy face, no customary fare of mourners.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	18	And so it was; that morning I uttered my word to the people, and my wife died at set of sun. Next day, I did as the Lord bade me,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	19	and the people were all agog to know the meaning of what I did.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	20	Why, I told them, the Lord has spoken to me,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	21	giving me a message for the race of Israel: he means to profane his own sanctuary, that proud boast of yours, which you love so, trembling ever for its safety. Sons and daughters of yours, left behind at Jerusalem, will die at the sword’s point.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	22	As I do now, you will do then; no veils on your faces, no customary fare of mourners;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	23	heads covered, feet shod, you will make neither dole nor lament, but languish ever under the load of your guilt, sighing each of you in his neighbour’s ear.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	24	In Ezechiel, says the Lord God, read your own doom; when that day comes, you will be at pains to do as he does now; you will have learned what power the Lord God has.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	25	Yes, son of man, the day is coming when I will rob them of that citadel of theirs, that proud boast of theirs, so well loved, the comfort of their thoughts; rob them, too, of sons and daughters.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	26	And what of thyself? Wait till a fugitive comes and tells thee the news;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	24	27	then, when he utters his message, utter thou thine, dumb no longer. So thou shalt be the presage of their doom, and they shall learn my power at last.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	25	1	Word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	25	2	Son of man, turn thy regard towards the Ammonites, and prophesy their doom.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	25	3	Give Ammon this message from the Lord God: Joy, joy! was thy cry when my sanctuary was profaned, Israel ravaged, the men of Juda carried off into exile;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	25	4	what shall be thy reward? The eastern folk shall enjoy thy lands; sheep-cote of theirs, tent of theirs shall be found in thee, crop of thine they shall eat, milk of thine drink;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	25	5	camels lodged in Rabbath, and all Ammon a pasture-land of sheep! Thus you shall know what power is mine.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	25	6	For clapping of hand and stamping of foot, and heart that rejoiced at Israel’s fall,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	25	7	that power shall be used in vengeance; all the world shall have the pillaging of thee, till thou art a nation no longer, a kingdom no longer; thy ruin shall teach thee what manner of God I am.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	25	8	This doom, too, the Lord God pronounces: Boasted they, the Moabites and the men of Seir, that Juda had gone the way of other lands?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	25	9	I will lay open the valleys of Moab, that climb up from the cities, those frontier cities, fair Bethjesimoth, and Beelmeon and Cariathaim;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	25	10	open them to the men of the east in their pursuit of the Ammonites, and all shall be overrun. Ammon shall be blotted out from the memory of mankind,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	25	11	and there is justice, too, awaiting the Moabites; they too shall learn my power.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	25	12	And this: Ill did the Edomites to glut their malice, by taking their revenge on Juda.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	25	13	This doom the Lord God pronounces: My hand is raised to smite Edom, sparing neither man nor beast, making a desert of it all the way from Teman in the south to Dedan, that shall be put to the sword.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	25	14	My own people of Israel shall execute this sentence against Edom, avenge for me the grudge I bear it; then it shall be seen how I punish my enemies, the Lord God says.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	25	15	And this: Rancour of the Philistines, that murderous toll would take, old scores would settle!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	25	16	Against the Philistines, too, this hand is raised; executed they shall be, the executioners; the dwellers on the sea-coast, all that is left of them, I mean to exterminate.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	25	17	Great havoc I mean to make of them, unrelenting in my anger; such havoc as shall teach them to know what the Lord is.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	26	1	In king Sedecias’ eleventh year, on the first day of the … month, word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	26	2	Son of man, what was the cry of Tyre over Jerusalem? Joy, joy, the toll-gate of the world has been broken down! It is mine now; I shall grow fat on Jerusalem’s ruin!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	26	3	This doom the Lord God pronounces: Have at thee, Tyre! I mean to bring hordes of nations marching on thee, like wave upon wave of the sea.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	26	4	Walls of Tyre they shall break down, and towers of her overthrow; all the soil I will scrape away from her, and leave her bare rock,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	26	5	doom her to be but an island where fisher-folk dry their nets; I, the Lord God, will give her over as a prey to all the nations.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	26	6	Daughter-towns that stand in her territory shall be put to the sword, and learn my power at last.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	26	7	Here is Nabuchodonosor of Babylon, the Lord says, a king that has kings for his vassals, marching from the north with horse and chariot, with his knights and all his retinue, a great army of men,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	26	8	to put thy daughter-towns to the sword, compass thee with siege-works and raise a mound about thee. A barrier of shields he will raise under thy walls,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	26	9	ply engine and battering-ram against them, and bring down thy towers with grappling-irons.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	26	10	Of horses such a company, as shall cover thee all with dust; with cries of horsemen and rattle of chariot-wheels entering thy gates, thy walls shall ring again like the walls of a breached city.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	26	11	Never a street of thine but must echo with hoofs; butchered thy citizens shall be, thy fair pillars cast down,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	26	12	thy wealth plundered, thy merchandise taken for spoil. Down shall come walls, palaces totter in ruins; stone and timber and mortar of thine shall strew the seas.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	26	13	Hushed the murmur of thy songs; never more the sound of harp shall be heard in thee.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	26	14	Bare rock thou shalt be, for fisher-folk to dry their nets on; there shall be no building thee again, says the Lord God.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	26	15	This too: The very isles shall echo with the crash of thy fall, ring with the cries of the wounded dying in thy streets.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	26	16	Down from their thrones they shall come, all the lords of the sea-harbours, throw robe aside, broidered coats lay down; wrapped in dismay they sit on the bare ground, at the sudden fall of thee bewildered and amazed.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	26	17	And thus they shall sing thy dirge: What a doom was thine, sea-built city, far renowned! Mistress of the seas, mother of a race that all held in dread!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	26	18	Day of terror, that affrights the very ships, fills the islands with alarm, to see no ships leave thy harbour now!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	26	19	This too: Desolate thou shalt be, thy place among the lost cities; higher and higher yet the fathomless ocean shall rise about thee, swallowing thee up under its waters.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	26	20	Among the dead thy place is, that go down into the grave, where time is not; entombed with those other ruined cities in the depths of earth, tenanted no longer. The living world shall see the glory of my presence,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	26	21	but thou shalt have no part in it, thou shalt no longer be; who searches for thee will search evermore in vain, says the Lord God.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	1	And word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	2	Son of man, do thou thyself sing the dirge over Tyre.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	3	A message from the Lord God to the city that is built by the sea’s gates, and trafficks with many peoples on many shores! Thine was the boast of perfect beauty,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	4	the embosoming sea thy frontier. A well-fitted ship thou wert, such as they build on yonder coast;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	5	of fir-wood from Sanir thy outer planks, of Lebanon cedar thy mast,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	6	oars shaped from Basan oak, thy thwarts of box-wood from the western islands, with marquetry of Indian ivory.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	7	Of broidered linen from Egypt the sails they spread for thee, awning of blue and purple from the Grecian isles gave thee shade.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	8	For thee, men of Sidon and of Arad manned the oar; thyself, Tyre, gavest men of skill, thy own citizens, to be helmsmen.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	9	For thy dockyards, all the grey-haired wisdom of Gebal was at thy command, and for trafficking, never was ship or sailor in the world but visited thee.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	10	Warriors from Persia, from Lydia, from Africa, fought thy battles, with shield and helmet decked thy walls;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	11	men of Arvad ringed the battlements, thy defenders, and the Gammadim, too, were mounted on thy towers, on thy walls hung their quivers; lacked nothing for thy adornment.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	12	And for the merchants that dealt with thee, how Carthage poured her wealth into thy market-place, of silver and iron, of tin and lead!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	13	What purveyors of thine were Ionia, Thubal, and Mosoch, with their slaves to sell thee, their urns of bronze;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	14	and the men of Thogorma, with horse and horseman and mule!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	15	The sons of Dedan were thy pedlars; riches came to thee from the islands far away; ivory and ebony thou couldst win by barter.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	16	Syria, too, for the multitude of thy wares, must trade with thee, exposing in thy mart carbuncles, and purple, and embroidery, and lawn, and silk, and rubies.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	17	Juda and Israel themselves had their yield to bring thee, fresh wheat and balm and honey and oil and gum for thy stalls.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	18	Damascus, for thy many goods, had much to exchange, rare wines and brightly dyed wool;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	19	Dan and Ionia and Mosel offered wrought iron for sale, with cassia and calamus supplied thee.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	20	Dedan brought thee saddles;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	21	Arabia and Cedar’s chieftains were at thy call, driving in lamb and ram and goat for thy purchasing.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	22	The merchants of Saba and Reema were thy merchants too, with spices and precious stones and gold to shew in thy fairs;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	23	Haran, Chene and Eden, Saba, Assur and Chelmad, none of them but exchanged traffick with thee;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	24	and how rich the variety of it, the coverlets of blue, the embroideries, the treasure-caskets wound about with cords, the cedar-wood, all for thy profit!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	25	But the ships, they were thy pedlars in chief; the ocean-going ships, that gave thee thy wealth, gave thee thy sea-environed renown.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	26	Alas, that those oarsmen of thine should have ferried thee out into deep waters, for the storm-wind to wreck thee, out in the heart of the sea!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	27	All thy wealth and treasure and merchandise, thy mariners and helmsmen, dockyard masters and captains, all the warriors thou hast, and the common folk that dwell in thee, must sink down to the sea’s depths in this day of thy fall.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	28	Bewildered, all thy navy, with the helmsmen’s shouts;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	29	down come the rowers from their ships, mariner and pilot line the shore.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	30	Loud they bewail thee, bitter their cry, as they throw dust on their heads and sprinkle themselves with ashes;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	31	heads are shaven, sackcloth is every man’s wear; woeful hearts are all around, and woeful lament.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	32	And a sad dirge they shall sing as they mourn over thee: City was none like Tyre, that now lies forgotten in the depths of the sea!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	33	Peoples a many thy trafficking supplied; all the kings of the earth were richer for wealth of thine, enterprise of thine;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	34	and now the sea has swallowed thee up; buried in the deep waters all the prosperity that was thine, all the citizens that thronged thee.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	35	The island peoples, how they stood aghast at thy fall; the island kings, how their faces fell at the news of thy shipwreck!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	27	36	How they hissed in derision, the traders of other nations! Only ruin is left of thee, for ever vanished and gone.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	1	And word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	2	Son of man, give this message from the Lord God to the prince of Tyre: An ill day for thee, when thy proud heart told thee thou wast a god, enthroned god-fashion in the heart of the sea! Mortal man, thou hast played the god in thy own thoughts.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	3	What if more than a Daniel thou wert for wisdom, no secret hidden from thee?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	4	Skill and craft have brought thee power, lined thy coffers with gold and silver;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	5	and this skill of thine, this pedlar’s empire of thine, have made thee proud of thy own strength.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	6	This doom, then, the Lord God has for thee, man that wouldst play the god:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	7	I mean to embroil thee with foreign foes, a warrior nation as none else, that shall draw sword on that fair creature, thy wisdom, soil thy beauty in the dust!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	8	Dragged down to thy ruin, wounded to thy death, there in the heart of the sea,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	9	wilt thou still boast of thy godhead to the slayer, while his sword ungods thee?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	10	Such my doom is for thee, death at an alien’s hand, the uncircumcised for thy company.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	11	This too: Son of man, sing a dirge over yonder king of Tyre.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	12	This be thy message to him from the Lord God: The token, thou, of my considerateness. How wise thou wast, how peerlessly fair,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	13	with all God’s garden to take thy pleasure in! No precious stone but went to thy adorning; sardius, topaz, jasper, chrysolith, onyx, beryl, sapphire, carbuncle and emerald; all of gold was thy fair fashioning. And thy niche was prepared for thee when thou wast created;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	14	a cherub thou shouldst be, thy wings outstretched in protection; there on God’s holy mountain I placed thee, to come and go between the wheels of fire.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	15	From the day of thy creation all was perfect in thee, till thou didst prove false;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	16	all these traffickings had made thee false within, and for thy guilt I must expel thee, guardian cherub as thou wert, from God’s mountain; between the wheels of fire thou shouldst walk no longer.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	17	A heart made proud by its own beauty, wisdom ruined through its own dazzling brightness, down to earth I must cast thee, an example for kings to see.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	18	Great guilt of thine, all the sins of thy trafficking, have profaned thy sanctuaries; such a fire I will kindle in the heart of thee as shall be thy undoing, leave thee a heap of dust on the ground for all to gaze at.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	19	None on earth that recognizes thee but shall be dismayed at the sight of thee; only ruin left of thee, for ever vanished and gone.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	20	This too:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	21	Son of man, turn thy regard towards Sidon, and prophesy its doom.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	22	This message give it from the Lord God: Have at thee, Sidon! Battle-field thy territory shall be of my renown! In her, too, my power shall be made known, my sentence executed, my holiness vindicated.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	23	Plague I mean to bring down on her and blood-letting both; the sword everywhere, and wounded men dying in her streets, to prove what power the Lord has.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	24	No more shall the Israelites have scornful enemies round about, thorns and briers to prick and hurt them; they shall know at last what manner of God they serve.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	25	When I restore the scattered race of Israel from its exile, the Lord God says, my holiness shall be vindicated for all the world to see. The land I gave to my servant Jacob shall be thenceforward its home;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	28	26	securely it shall dwell there, build houses, plant vineyards, fear no attack. It shall see every scornful neighbour punished, and know at last what it is to have the Lord for its God.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	29	1	It was the tenth year of Sedecias, on the eleventh day of its tenth month, when word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	29	2	Son of man, turn thy regard towards Pharao, king of Egypt, and prophesy his and all Egypt’s doom.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	29	3	This message give him from the Lord God: Have at thee, Pharao, king of Egypt, great dragon that liest couched between thy streams, boasting that yonder river is thy own, thou art a god, self-created!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	29	4	Trust me, I will bridle those jaws of thine, and all the fish in thy river I will fasten to thy scales! Out of the river, fish clinging to scales, I will drag thee,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	29	5	and leave thee aground in the desert, and thy fish too. None shall go out to search for thy corpse, or bring it home; carrion it shall be for beast on earth, for bird in heaven,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	29	6	and all the citizens of Egypt shall learn my power. This, because thou didst prove a staff of cane to the men of Israel;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	29	7	grasped they that staff, it splintered, and there was an arm wounded; leaned they on it, it broke, and their strength gave way under them.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	29	8	This doom, then, the Lord God pronounces: For thee, the sword; man nor beast will I spare in thee;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	29	9	a lonely desert thou shalt be, till thou hast learned what my power is, thou that wouldst be river’s lord and river’s maker.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	29	10	Out upon thee, out upon those streams of thine; a desert Egypt shall be, devastated by the sword, from Syene’s tower to the marches of Ethiopia;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	29	11	man nor beast shall set foot in it till it has lain forty years desolate.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	29	12	Land of Egypt shall be as the desert lands are, cities of Egypt as the ruined cities are, for forty years uninhabited; and the men of Egypt shall be scattered wide as earth among the nations.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	29	13	This too: At the end of forty years I will bring the Egyptians back from their countries of exile,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	29	14	restore them from banishment, and in Phatures, the land of their birth, give them a home once more; there they shall be a kingdom of little account.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	29	15	Least of the kingdoms Egypt shall be, no more hold up its head among the nations, too weak for empire now.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	29	16	No more shall it raise hopes among the men of Israel, and bring upon them the guilt of finding a refuge there; they shall learn that I, the Lord, am their God.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	29	17	It was on the first day of the twenty-seventh year that word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	29	18	Son of man, here is great drudgery king Nabuchodonosor of Babylon has given his men in the assault upon Tyre; every head worn bald, every shoulder smooth, by the burdens they carried! A thankless service it was they did me there, he and his army;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	29	19	but now, says the Lord God, I will make use of Egypt to pay Nabuchodonosor his wages; all its great wealth he shall have, spoil for his spoiling, plunder for his plundering, and so his men shall have their reward.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	29	20	He has fought my battles, and Egypt shall be his recompense, the Lord God says.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	29	21	When that day comes, new life shall spring from the stock of Israel, and to the men of Israel thou shalt speak with unhampered utterance, to attest my divine power.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	1	And again word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	2	Son of man, tell them their doom in the name of the Lord God, and bid them raise loud lament: Alas, alas the day!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	3	Nearer, nearer it comes, the Lord’s reckoning day, dawning in cloud; it is the heathen’s turn now.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	4	Egypt shall feel the sword, and Ethiopia tremble to see Egypt’s warriors dying, Egypt’s wealth carried away, the foundations of Egypt overthrown.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	5	Ethiop and Libyan and Lydian, all that motley host, men of Chub and men that hold their lands under treaty, by that same sword shall perish.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	6	Such doom the Lord God pronounces; gone, all the props that supported her, gone her proud empire; all that lies beyond Syene, the Lord says, ravaged by the sword!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	7	Land of Egypt shall be as the desert lands are, cities of Egypt as the ruined cities are;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	8	my power they will never learn till I have spread fire over their country, till all their allies have perished.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	9	When that day comes, there will be ships carrying news of my onset, to daunt the courage of Ethiopia; Egypt’s doom approaching, they shall know it and be afraid.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	10	This too: I mean to make an end of Egypt’s prosperity, through king Nabuchodonosor of Babylon;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	11	he and his army, in all the world is none fiercer, shall be let loose for the land’s undoing, their swords drawn to fill Egypt with dead.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	12	I will dry up the course of its rivers, and leave the land at the mercy of its bitter enemies; nothing in it but shall be ravaged by alien hands; I, the Lord, have decreed it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	13	Down shall come the idols of Memphis, the Lord God says, I will have no more false gods there, and prince in all the land shall be none. Such terrors Egypt shall know,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	14	Phatures all in ruin, Taphnis afire, in Alexandria my doom executed.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	15	Pelusium, her fortress, shall feel my vengeance, Alexandria be laid waste;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	16	all Egypt shall be ablaze, such bitter throes Pelusium shall have, Alexandria such devastation, Memphis such hard straits day by day.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	17	Their warriors put to the sword, Heliopolis shall be enslaved and Bubastis;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	18	dark days there shall be at Taphnis, when I crush the power of Egypt there, and all the pride of her empire is gone; a city in darkness, with all her women-folk carried off into exile.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	19	Such doom I will execute upon the Egyptians, and they shall know my power at last.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	20	In the eleventh year of Sedecias, on the seventh day of the first month, word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	21	Son of man, I have left Pharao, king of Egypt, with his arm broken; bound up and healed it may not be, clout or bandage is none to wind about it and give it support, give it strength to hold sword again.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	22	Out upon Pharao, king of Egypt, says the Lord God; that strong arm of his, that broken arm of his, I will disable, strike the sword from his hand;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	23	dispersed among the nations Egypt shall be, scattered to the winds.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	24	Strong arms I will give the king of Babylon, and a sword to wield, to Pharao broken arms, and the groans of dying men for all his comfort.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	25	The king of Babylon strong, and Pharao disabled; my power shall be known, when my sword, in Babylon’s hand, hangs over Egypt;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	30	26	my power shall be known, when the men of Egypt are scattered wide as earth among the nations.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	31	1	That same year, on the first day of the third month, word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	31	2	Son of man, here is a message for Pharao, king of Egypt, and his retinue. Say to him, This greatness of thine, whose memory does it recall?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	31	3	Not less powerful once was the Assyrian king, a very cedar of Lebanon. How fair its boughs, yonder tree, its leaves how overshadowing; what height, what thickness of growth about its top!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	31	4	Water nourished it, water came up from the depth beneath to sustain it, washed about its roots and parted into runnels to feed the trees around.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	31	5	In all the country-side none rose so tall, had covert so thick, branches so wide; none fed so deep.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	31	6	Among its boughs the birds nested, the beasts in their travail sought its shade; proud nations a many under Assyria’s shelter grew.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	31	7	So fair it was, so tall and spreading, there by the brimming water’s side,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	31	8	in God’s own garden cedar could not overtop it, fir-tree match it for height, or plane-tree for shade. God’s garden itself could not shew such beauty:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	31	9	never a tree there, tree of Eden, but must envy it the leafy loveliness that was my gift.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	31	10	Alas, that he should aim too high, the Lord God says; alas for youth’s luxuriant promise, that swelled his heart with pride!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	31	11	I must needs hand him over to a conquering power, that should settle my reckoning with him; he, the godless, homeless should be.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	31	12	Cut down, yonder tree, by alien folk, heathen that pity have none, and left to lie on the hill-side, boughs choking the valleys, branches carried off by the mountain streams; vassal nations abandoned his shelter, and he was all alone.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	31	13	In the fallen trunk birds nested, under torn branches the wild beasts made their lair;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	31	14	never again should tree boast of its height, there by the river bank, overtopping the covert of the woods, never again should the waters nourish its pride. Death and the deep earth should await them all, mortal things to a mortal doom appointed.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	31	15	Sad dirge was his, the Lord God says, at his down-going; the great depth was the shroud of him, its flooding streams hushed and stayed; mourned Lebanon, and all the forest swooned away.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	31	16	How it echoed through the world, the crash of his fall! He too, like all mortal things, was for the earth at last; comfort for those others that were brought to earth like himself, trees of Eden like himself, so noble, so fair, so well watered!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	31	17	All alike must go down to the grave, the sword’s way; his arm … … his shadow their protection against surrounding nations.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	31	18	And thou, in thy greatness and glory among Eden’s trees so like him! Yet thou, like other Eden trees, must come down low as earth can bring thee; and the sword shall level thee with the uncircumcised in death. (Pharao is meant, and Pharao’s retinue, the Lord God says. )
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	1	And in the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	2	Son of man, sing a dirge for Pharao, the king of Egypt, that counts for a lion among the nations: Monster thou art of the depths, holding up thy head in those rivers of thine, trampling them under foot, till their waters run foul!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	3	This doom the Lord God pronounces: A net-work I have of many peoples that I will cast over thee, a seine that will bring thee presently ashore.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	4	High on the beach I will leave thee aground, for all the birds to perch on thee, all the beasts to take their fill of thee;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	5	flesh of thine shall strew the mountains, with blood of thine the gullies shall overflow,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	6	reeking blood that drenches hill and chokes valley with its stream.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	7	Thy light when I quench, muffled the skies shall be, the stars dim, the sun beclouded, and the moon shall refuse her light;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	8	no luminary in heaven but shall go mourning for thee, and in that land of thine, the Lord God says, all shall be darkness.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	9	Here shall be a challenge to many nations, in lands thou still knowest not, when I tell them the story of thy downfall;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	10	peoples a many there shall be that gape in bewilderment, kings that tremble and quake at the story of thee. My sword they shall see flashing before their eyes, and each for his own life shall tremble in the day of thy fall.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	11	Sword of the king of Babylon shall reach thee, the Lord God says;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	12	tried warriors thy thronging multitudes shall cut down, pitiless hordes that shall harry the pride of Egypt, scatter her wealth.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	13	The very beasts that roam beside your full stream I will destroy; never foot of man, hoof of beast shall sully it thenceforward;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	14	clear those waters shall be as never they were, smooth as oil the river’s flow, the Lord God says;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	15	all Egypt, now, shall be desolate, all its busy life shall be still, when I smite the men that dwell in it, and teach them to recognize my power.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	16	Make dole, then; here is good cause; Egypt shall have the world for her mourner, none but shall mourn for Egypt and her lost greatness, says the Lord God.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	17	And in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, this:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	18	Son of man, a dirge now for the common folk of Egypt; sing Egypt to her grave, and with her those other proud nations that must go down into the dark:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	19	Measure not thy beauty against another’s; to thy grave get thee, and with the uncircumcised take thy rest.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	20	The sword carries off all alike; once loose it, she and all her multitudes must perish.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	21	From the tomb they greet the newcomer, those great warriors, men of the uncircumcised races, allies once, that now lie there, slain in battle.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	22	Here is the Assyrian king with all his muster-roll; how their graves ring him about, dead warriors all!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	23	Down there in the dark, his grave and theirs around him, dead now in battle, that once daunted the hearts of the living!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	24	Here are the Elamites, too, lying about their king, men uncircumcised that made themselves feared in life, and now lie in the pit beneath with all those others, stripped and shamed as they were left on the battle-field;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	25	(here he lies, with his men about him for monument, once so feared; stripped and shamed they lie, Elamites uncircumcised, there in the dark, there amongst the slain).
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	26	Uncircumcised, too, the king of Mosoch and Thubal, with all his retinue buried around him, dead now and feared no longer;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	27	shall they not sleep on there with the slain warriors, with the uncircumcised, still armed, swords beneath their heads; their corpses lawless yet, and feared no longer?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	28	Thy place too, the place of thy slain warriors, is with the uncircumcised in their ruin.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	29	King and chief of the Edomites lie slain among the uncircumcised, there in the dark;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	30	so do all the kings of the north, and the Sidonians, dismayed now and trusting no more in their own valour, stripped and shamed.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	31	Well may Pharao and his men be comforted by that sight over the multitude of their slain, the Lord God says.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	32	32	He too, in this living world, wielded my terrors; he too lies there, the Lord God says, slain in battle, with the uncircumcised about him.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	1	Word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	2	Son of man, tell thy fellow-countrymen this: Plague I a country with war, some frontier-dweller is chosen by the citizens to be their sentry.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	3	Let such a man spy the invader’s approach, and sound the alarm with his trumpet;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	4	whoever hears it must give good heed, or else the enemy may catch him, and none but himself to blame.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	5	What, hear trumpet, and pay no heed? The fault is his. More cautious, he should have found safety.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	6	But what if sentry, when he sees the invader coming, sounds no alarm to warn his neighbours? Here is some citizen overtaken by the enemy; well, his guilt deserved it. But for his death I will hold the sentry accountable.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	7	So it is with thee, son of man; for the whole race of Israel thou art my watchman; the warning thou hearest from my lips, to them pass on.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	8	Sinner if I threaten with death, and word thou give him none to leave off his sinning, die he shall, as he deserves to die, but thou for his death shalt answer to me.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	9	If warning thou givest, and he will not leave off his sinning, he dies by his own fault, and thou shalt stand acquitted.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	10	This be thy word, son of man, to the race of Israel: Think you no hope of life is left, so burdened you are, so languish under the guilt of your sins?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	11	This message give them from the Lord: As I am a living God, the sinner’s death is none of my contriving! I would have him leave his sinning, and live on. Come back, come back from your ill-doing; why must you choose death, men of Israel?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	12	And warn them, son of man, warn thy fellow-countrymen that, once the upright man falls a-sinning, his uprightness shall nothing avail him. Sinner that will leave his sinning, no harm shall he have; upright man that sins, no life shall his uprightness bring him.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	13	Promise I the upright he shall live on, he must not by his own uprightness be emboldened to sin; forgotten, all his good deserts, his guilt shall be his undoing.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	14	Threaten I the sinner with instant death, he has but to repent of his sins, do innocently and uprightly,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	15	restore the debtor’s pledge, the ill-gotten gains, follow the life-giving law, forswear ill-doing, and it shall be life, not death for him.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	16	Forgotten, all his ill deserving; innocent and upright, he shall live on.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	17	And yet they say, these fellow-countrymen of thine, that the Lord’s dealings are inconsiderate, when in truth it is they that deal inconsiderately.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	18	Death for the upright that is upright no more, and turns ill-doer;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	19	life for the sinner that will leave his sinning, upright and innocent now!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	20	Will you still have it that the Lord’s dealings are inconsiderate? Nay, men of Israel, each of you shall have his deserts.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	21	It was in the twelfth year of the exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, that a fugitive came to me with the news that Jerusalem had fallen.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	22	The night before this man reached me, the power of the Lord had visited me, to unseal my lips in readiness for his coming on the morrow; so now I could speak out, and was dumb no longer.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	23	And a message came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	24	Son of man, what are they saying, the folk that now inhabit yonder ruins of Israel? Enough of us, they say, to be the true heirs of this land! Abraham was granted possession of it when he was all alone.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	25	Tell them this from the Lord God: You, that cook your meat with the blood in it, that look to false gods for aid, that thrive by murder, the land’s heirs!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	26	You, that live by the sword, that practise foul rites, that dishonour your neighbours’ wives, the land’s heirs!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	27	This is the Lord’s message to them: As I am a living God, ruin-dwellers, the sword shall be your ruin! Or choose you the open country, you shall be a prey to the wild beasts; choose you mountain-fastness and cave, the pestilence shall take you.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	28	A lonely desert this land shall be, all its proud boast at an end; the hill-country of Israel shall lie desolate, untrodden by wayfarers;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	29	desert and desolate their land must be, in punishment of all their foul doings, before they learn to recognize my power.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	30	And thou, son of man, listen to what they are saying of thee, as they stand close to wall, huddled under doorway. Each says to other, Come and find out whether the Lord has any message for us.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	31	Ay, they come crowding about thee, this people of mine, and sit here closeted with thee, listening to all thou sayest, but do thy bidding they will not. No, they will have thee sing in their own tune, and all their thought dwells upon gains ill-gotten.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	32	As well had it been some tuneful air, sung excellently well; better listeners thou couldst not have, nor less achievement.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	33	33	But when thy words come true, as come true they shall, none shall doubt that they have had a prophet in their midst.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	1	Word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	2	Now, son of man, prophesy doom to the rulers of Israel, the shepherds of my flock. This be thy message from the Lord God: Out upon Israel’s shepherds, that had a flock to feed, and fed none but themselves;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	3	the milk drank, the wool wore, the fat lambs slaughtered, but pastured these sheep of mine never at all!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	4	The wasted frame went unnourished, the sick unhealed; nor bound they the broken limb, nor brought strayed sheep home, nor lost sheep found; force and constraint were all the governance they knew.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	5	So my sheep fell a-wandering, that shepherd had none; every wild beast fell a-preying on them, and they scattered far and wide.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	6	All over the mountains they strayed, all over the high hills were scattered, this flock of mine, and no search was made for them, no search at all.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	7	This doom, then, the Lord pronounces on yonder shepherds:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	8	As I am a living God, I will have a reckoning for sheep of mine carried off, sheep of mine the wild beasts have preyed on, while they went all untended, with shepherds that would not go in search of them, shepherds that no flock would feed, but themselves only.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	9	A word, shepherds, for your hearing,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	10	a message from the Lord God: Out upon yonder shepherds! I will hold them answerable for the flock entrusted to them, and they shall have charge of it no more, feed themselves out of its revenues no more. From their greedy power I will rescue it; no longer shall it be their prey.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	11	This is what the Lord God says: I mean to go looking for this flock of mine, search it out for myself.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	12	As a shepherd, when he finds his flock scattered all about him, goes looking for his sheep, so will I go looking for these sheep of mine, rescue them from all the nooks into which they have strayed when the dark mist fell upon them.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	13	Rescued from every kingdom, recovered from every land, I will bring them back to their own country; they shall have pasture on the hill-sides of Israel, by its watercourses, in the resting-places of their home.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	14	Yes, I will lead them out into fair pastures, the high mountains of Israel shall be their feeding-ground, the mountains of Israel, with soft grass for them to rest on, rich feed for them to graze.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	15	Food and rest, says the Lord God, both these I will give to my flock.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	16	The lost sheep I will find, the strayed sheep I will bring home again; bind up the broken limb, nourish the wasted frame, keep the well-fed and the sturdy free from harm; they shall have a true shepherd at last.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	17	And what of you, my flock? I mean to do justice, the Lord God says, among the beasts themselves, give redress against the rams and the buck-goats.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	18	What, was it not enough to have stripped the pasture-lands with your grazing, drunk all that was purest out of the stream, but you must trample and foul all that was left?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	19	None but trampled fields must my sheep graze, none but fouled waters drink?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	20	This is what the Lord God says: I mean to see justice done between fat beast and lean.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	21	Thrust back with side and shoulder, gored with the horn, all the weaker of them have been driven away;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	22	but now I mean to protect this flock of mine against your greed, give beast redress against its fellow.…
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	23	They shall have a single shepherd to tend all of them now; who should tend them but my servant David? He shall be their shepherd,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	24	and I, the Lord, will be their God, now that he rules them on earth; such is my divine promise to them.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	25	Such a covenant I will make as shall grant them security; beasts of prey there shall be none, safe resting, now, in the desert, safe sleeping in the woods;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	26	on my hill-sides they shall dwell, a blessed people in a blessed home, rain in its season fall on them, and blessings all the while.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	27	Wild trees their fruit, the earth its crops shall afford; undisturbed they shall dwell on their own lands, acknowledging my power at last, my power that severed strap of yoke, rescued them from the tyrant’s hand.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	28	Forgotten, the enemies that despoiled, the wild beasts that preyed on them; they will live sheltered from all alarms.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	29	Once more their renown shall burgeon; never again the land starve with drought, never the alien’s taunts be heard.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	30	None shall doubt that I, the Lord their God, am at their side, and they are my own people, the race of Israel, the Lord God says.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	34	31	Flock of mine, the Lord God says, flock of my pasturing, you are but men, yet I, the Lord, am your God.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	35	1	Word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	35	2	Son of man, turn thy regard towards the hill-country of Seir, and prophesy its doom.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	35	3	This be thy message from the Lord God: Have at thee, Seir! My hand is raised to smite thee; desert thou shalt be and desolate;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	35	4	when I have pulled down thy cities and left thee in ruins, thou shalt know my power at last.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	35	5	Relentless foe, didst thou not cut off Israel’s retreat in its most need, when doom closed round it?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	35	6	As I am a living God, the Lord says, to bloodshed I doom thee, bloodshed shall hunt thee down, the very bloodshed that liked thee so little.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	35	7	Desolate and desert mount Seir shall be, none come and go there,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	35	8	every crest of it piled high with the slain. Slain they shall fall, thy warriors, by hill-slope and valley and ravine,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	35	9	till thou art left solitary for all time, thy cities uninhabited; so thou shalt witness my power.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	35	10	Two nations and two countries (thy boast was), and both are mine; to me is left the enjoyment of them! forgetting that I, the Lord, dwell there.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	35	11	As I am a living God, the Lord says, the rankling grudge that embittered thee thou shalt feel to thy cost; by the doom I execute upon thee, Israel shall learn to know me better;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	35	12	and thou too shalt learn that I, the Lord, was listening, when thy arrogance claimed its deserted hill-country for thy prey.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	35	13	I was listening to all those defiant blasphemies of thine,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	35	14	and now, says the Lord God, let all the world rejoice as it will, thou shalt lie desolate.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	35	15	Ruined utterly they shall be, mount Seir and all Edom, that triumphed in the ruin of Israel; the Lord’s power shall be made known at last.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	1	And now, son of man, to the mountains of Israel address thy prophecy, and give them my divine message,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	2	comforting them, in the name of the Lord God, for the taunts of the enemy, that think to claim possession of their ancient strongholds.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	3	Thus shall thy word of prophecy begin: Desolate you lie, the Lord God says, and overrun by the invader; aliens have the lordship of you, and your name is on men’s lips, a byword of common talk.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	4	Yet here is word for you, mountains of Israel, from the Lord God; word from him for crag and hill, ravine and valley and barren upland, ruined wall and deserted city, empty now and a mockery to their neighbours!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	5	On Edom, on all the Gentiles that fell to and feasted on lands of mine, marked them down for pillage, my jealous love pronounces doom.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	6	A promise, then, from the Lord God to every mountain and hill, every upland and valley in the land of Israel! Till now, the Lord God says, you have been put to the blush before your neighbours, but now my love and my indignation can contain itself no more.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	7	My oath upon it, the Lord God says, these neighbours of yours shall be put to the blush in their turn.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	8	But you, mountains of Israel, must burgeon anew, and grow fruit for my own people to enjoy; their home-coming is not far off now.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	9	Watch for me, I am coming back to you; soil of you shall be ploughed and sown anew;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	10	and men, too, shall thrive on it, Israel’s full muster-roll, peopling the cities, restoring the ruins.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	11	Full tale you shall have of men and beasts that thrive and multiply; I will make you populous as of old, more than of old my blessings lavish, and you shall not doubt my power.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	12	Masters you shall have, and those masters my people of Israel, your rightful lords; never shall they want lands or you lords again.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	13	Till now, the Lord God says, men have called thee a land that starves folk and empties cradle;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	14	henceforth, his will is that thou shouldst starve thy folk, bereave thy folk, no longer;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	15	scoff and taunt of heathen neighbours thou wilt have none to bear, he says, nor lack men to till thee henceforward.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	16	This too:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	17	Son of man, how the race of Israel profaned this country of theirs, when they still dwelt in it, by their lives and their likings! Cast clouts of woman were less defiling.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	18	What marvel if my vengeance was let loose on them for all the blood that stained it; all the idols that polluted it?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	19	What marvel if I drove them out among the nations, scattered them wide as earth, as lives and likings of theirs had deserved?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	20	But alas, wherever they went among the heathen, they brought my holy name into ill repute; These are the Lord’s people, folk said, and here they are, exiled from the land he loves!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	21	Should I let my holy name go unhonoured, among the heathen that harboured them?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	22	Give Israel, then, this message from the Lord God: It is not for your own sakes, men of Israel, that I come forward as your champion; it is for the sake of my holy name, brought into disrepute among the Gentiles who have crossed your path.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	23	That great renown of mine I mean to vindicate, that is now dragged in the dust among the Gentiles, dragged in the dust because of you. The very Gentiles will recognize my power, the Lord God says, when I proclaim my majesty in their sight by delivering you.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	24	I mean to set you free from the power of the Gentiles, bring you home again from every part of the earth.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	25	And then I will pour cleansing streams over you, to purge you from every stain you bear, purge you from the taint of your idolatry.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	26	I will give you a new heart, and breathe a new spirit into you; I will take away from your breasts those hearts that are hard as stone, and give you human hearts instead.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	27	I will make my spirit penetrate you, so that you will follow in the path of my law, remember and carry out my decrees.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	28	So shall you make your home in the land I promised to your fathers; you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	29	I will set you free from the guilt which stains you; I will send my word to the harvest, and bid it come up abundantly, from dearth spare you;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	30	yield of tree and crop of earth I will multiply, and the heathen shall taunt you no longer with your starving lot.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	31	Well may you think with loathing of what you were, as your minds go back to false paths and crooked aims you once followed!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	32	Be assured of it, the Lord God says, it was for no deserts of yours I delivered you; blush still, men of Israel, for your crimes, hang your heads still!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	33	This too: A time is coming when I will set you free from the guilt which stains you; when I will people your cities, rebuild your ruins;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	34	when the deserted land shall be tilled anew. Desolate the passers-by saw it once;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	35	now they will say, Why, it is a very garden of Eden, the country-side which once lay all uncultivated; the empty towns, all gone to rack and ruin, are walled and populous!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	36	And the heathen shall know, such heathen as are your neighbours still, that I, the Lord, rebuild ruin and plant wilderness; what the Lord promises, the Lord fulfils.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	37	This boon, says the Lord God, Israel shall yet have of me, as a flock thrives their manhood shall thrive.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	36	38	See how the victim-herd throngs the streets of Jerusalem on her feast-days! Yonder empty cities shall be thronged, too, but with men; the proof of my divine power.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	1	… The Lord’s power laid hold of me, and by the spirit of the Lord I was carried away and set down in the midst of the plain, which was covered with bones.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	2	Round the whole extent of them he took me, where they lay thick on the plain, all of them parched quite dry.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	3	Son of man, he said, can life return to these bones? Lord God, said I, thou knowest.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	4	Then he bade me utter a prophecy over the bones: Listen, dry bones, to the word of the Lord.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	5	A message to these bones from the Lord: I mean to send my spirit into you, and restore you to life.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	6	Sinews shall be given you, flesh shall grow on you, and skin cover you; and I will give you breath to bring you to life again; will you doubt, then, the Lord’s power?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	7	So I prophesied as he had bidden me, and as I prophesied a sound came, and I felt a stirring, and the bones came together, each at its proper joint;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	8	under my eyes the sinews and the flesh clothed them, and the skin covered them, but there was no breath in them even now.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	9	Son of man, he said, prophesy now to the breath of life; give the breath of life itself this message from the Lord God: Come, breath of life, from the four winds, and breathe on these slain men to make them live.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	10	So I prophesied as he had bidden me, and the breath of life came into them, so that they lived again; and all rose to their feet, host upon host of them.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	11	Then he told me, Son of man, in these bones here thou seest the whole race of Israel. They are complaining that their very bones have withered away, that all hope is lost, they are dead men.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	12	It is for thee to prophesy, giving them this message from the Lord God: I mean to open your graves and revive you, my people; I mean to bring you home to the land of Israel.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	13	Will you doubt, then, the Lord’s power, when I open your graves and revive you?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	14	When I breathe my spirit into you, to give you life again, and bid you dwell at peace in your own land? What the Lord promises, the Lord performs; you will know that, he tells you, at last.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	15	And word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	16	Son of man, take two pieces of wood, and write on one, For Juda, and the tribes of Israel that take part with him; on the other, that is the stick of Ephraim, write, For Joseph, and all the tribes of Israel that take part with him.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	17	Then join them together into the form of a single stick, so that they are united in thy hand.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	18	And when thy fellow-countrymen would have thee tell them what thou meanest by all this,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	19	give them this message from the Lord: Here is this stick of Joseph and his confederate tribes, with Ephraim at their head; I mean to join it with Juda’s and make one stick of it; one stick now, and in my hand.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	20	And while thou art still holding the inscribed sticks, there in the presence of thy fellow-countrymen,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	21	say this: A message from the Lord God! I mean to recall the sons of Israel from their exile among the Gentiles, gather them from every side and restore them to their home.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	22	And there, in the hill-country of Israel, I will make one nation of them, with one king over them all; no longer shall they be two nations under two crowns.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	23	No more shall they be contaminated with idol-worship, and foul rites, and forbidden things a many; I will deliver them from the lands that were once the haunts of their sinning, and make them clean again; they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	24	They shall have one king over them, a shepherd to tend them all, my servant David; my will they shall follow, my commands remember and obey.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	25	And their home shall be the home of your fathers, the land I gave to my servant Jacob; they and their children shall enjoy it, and their children’s children, in perpetuity, and ever my servant David shall be their prince.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	26	My covenant shall pledge them prosperity, a covenant that shall never be revoked; I will make them … and give them increase, and set up my sanctuary in their midst for ever.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	27	My tabernacle over them; they my people, and I their God;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	37	28	proof to all the world that I, the Lord, have set Israel apart, I that dwell apart in their midst for ever.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	38	1	Word came to me from the Lord:
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	38	2	Son of man, turn thy regard now towards Gog, Magog’s country, that has the lordship of Mosoch and Thubal, and prophesy its doom.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	38	3	This be thy message to it from the Lord God: Have at thee, Gog, that hast the lordship of Mosoch and Thubal!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	38	4	Trust me, I will turn thee about this way and that, bridle those jaws of thine! I will bring thee out to battle, with all thy army; with horses and mailed cavalry, with a great company that ply spear and shield and sword.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	38	5	Persians shall be there, and Ethiopians, and Libyans, all with shield and helmet,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	38	6	Gomer with his hordes, the men of Thogorma from the northern fastnesses, mustered in full strength; what an array thou hast about thee!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	38	7	Now hold thyself in readiness, marshal thy own strength and the hordes that follow thee; thine is the leadership.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	38	8	Long hence thy turn shall come; long years must pass before thou dost march on Israel; a land, now, recovered from its blood-letting; its hills, desolate till now, are repeopled with exiles from many shores, come back to dwell there in security.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	38	9	Storm never rose so suddenly, cloud-wrack never darkened it so fearsomely, as thou with that host of thine, those confederate hordes.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	38	10	What thoughts will be in thy heart that day, the Lord God says, what foul design will be a-brewing?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	38	11	Why, thou wilt think to march on a land unfortified, a people dwelling free from all alarms, that walls about them have none, bolt nor bar to shut them in;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	38	12	spoil for thy spoiling, plunder for thy plundering. Easily enough they are like to fall into thy hand, the ruins so lately rebuilt; the men restored from exile, that hold but the heart of the country, and are already enriched!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	38	13	Small wonder if the traders of Saba, Dedan and Tharsis, ravenous lions all, would know whether it is plunder thy heart is set on? Such a muster of men, it can but mean spoil; silver and gold to rifle, stock and stuff to carry away, ay, there is spoil behind this, and spoil worth the taking!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	38	14	Prophesy, then, son of man, and make known to Gog this divine message: None better ware of it than thou, when my people of Israel is living at peace, free from alarms!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	38	15	Then it is thou wilt come down from those northern fastnesses, with thy hordes about thee, thy troops of cavalry, a great muster, an army irresistible,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	38	16	sweeping down on my people of Israel like a cloud that overshadows the land. Offspring of that later age, thou shalt march on yonder land of mine, so that in Gog’s doom my power may be vindicated, and the heathen may learn what I am.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	38	17	Long years ago, the Lord God says, there were servants of mine that foresaw my will concerning thee, and even then warned Israel, in my name, of thy coming.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	38	18	When Gog marches against Israel, the Lord God says, my indignation will contain itself no longer;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	38	19	jealous love and fierce anger of mine, I swear it, shall throw all the land of Israel into commotion.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	38	20	Fish in sea, bird in air, beast on earth and all the creeping things of earth shall tremble at my presence, and the world of men, too, shall tremble; mountains be overthrown, defences totter, walls come toppling to the ground.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	38	21	All through this hill-country of mine my word shall run, The sword! And with that, the Lord says, friend shall turn his sword against friend;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	38	22	ordeal they shall have of pestilence and of blood-letting, of lashing storm and great hail-stones; fire and brimstone I will rain down upon them, all that great army and the hordes that follow with it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	38	23	My greatness, my holiness, shall then be displayed for a world of nations to see, and they will recognize my power at last.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	1	Prophesy, then, son of man, the doom of Gog; be this the divine message thou givest him: Have at thee, Gog, that hast the lordship of Mosoch and Thubal!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	2	This way and that I will turn thee, whistle thee on and bid thee leave thy northern fastnesses, to march against the hill-country of Israel;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	3	then I will strike yonder bow from thy left hand, spill the arrows from thy right!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	4	Host and horde of thine shall fall with thee on the mountains of Israel, carrion for every bird in air, every beast on earth;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	5	cast away on the bare ground thou shalt lie, such is my doom for thee, the Lord God says.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	6	Such a fire I will light as shall reach Magog, and others besides, island-dwellers far away that have no thought of peril; they too shall know my power.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	7	Among my own people of Israel my renown shall spread, and never more shall my holy name be dragged in the dust; the heathen shall know what manner of God it is that dwells apart in Israel.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	8	When all is over and done, and my day of doom past,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	9	the townsfolk of Israel will come out to gather kindling-wood and fire-wood out of the spoils that were left; shield and spear, bow and arrow, staff and pole; and they will be seven years a-burning.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	10	All that time, faggots will strew the country-side ungathered, and never axe will be laid to forest tree; weapons of war shall be all their fuel, spoil of the spoiler, plunder of the plunderer, the Lord God says.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	11	Then, too, Gog shall have a burying-place named after him, there in Israel, none other than the Valley of the Wayfarers, east of the Dead Sea; a thing of wonder to all that pass by. There they shall bury Gog with all the rabble that came after him, and Valley of Gog’s Rabble the place shall be called.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	12	Seven months’ work Israel shall have burying them, and cleansing the land from its defilement;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	13	all the citizens shall take part in it, and shall commemorate that day as the day on which I was vindicated, says the Lord God.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	14	Even when the seven months are over, some there will be whose office it is to search ever the country-side, finding those remains and burying them, to rid the land of defilement;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	15	still they will be scouring those plains, and setting up a mark where they see men’s bones lie, for the grave-diggers to bury them, there in the Valley of Gog’s Rabble;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	16	from this the city of Amona, Rabble, shall take its name. And so the land shall be cleansed.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	17	This too: Son of man, here is a message for every bird in air, every beast that roams the earth: Come all, come with haste, gather from every side for the sacrificial feast I am making for you, a great feast on the uplands of Israel, flesh to eat, blood for your drinking!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	18	Flesh of fighting men, blood of the world’s great ones; never was ram or lamb, never was goat or bull, food so rich or so dainly!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	19	Glutted with fat, drunk you shall be with blood, at this feast of mine;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	20	horse and brave rider, warriors of high rank and low, are the cheer they shall have at my table, says the Lord God.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	21	In glory I will reveal myself to the Gentiles; the doom I have executed, the power I have exerted, shall be for all to see;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	22	nor shall Israel doubt thenceforward that I, the Lord, am their God.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	23	All the world shall know why it was that Israel went into banishment, why I turned my back on them and gave them up to massacre; that it was because they wronged me and deserted me;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	24	that it was foul crime of theirs bade me disown them.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	25	I mean to restore Jacob from exile, the Lord God says, and extend my mercy to the whole race of Israel; the honour of my name demands it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	26	The disgrace, the punishment of all their guilt, they needs must bear … … when they are dwelling safely in their own land, free from all alarms;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	27	when I have brought them back from banishment among strangers, in hostile countries, and so, before the whole world’s eyes, retrieved my honour.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	28	They shall know at last that I, the Lord, am their God: if it was I that drove them into captivity, it was I, too, that restored them to their home, not a man of them left in exile.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	39	29	And I will turn away from them no longer, I, that have poured out my spirit on the whole race of Israel.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	1	It was the tenth day of the month; the twenty-fifth year of our banishment, and the fourteenth since the fall of the city, was just beginning. This was the precise day upon which the Lord’s power came over me, and I fell into a transport;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	2	in which transport, so the divine revelation would have it, I was carried off to the country of Israel. There, I found myself on the top of a very high mountain, that seemed to have a city built on it, sloping away towards the south.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	3	Into this city I was taken, and there met a man whose look dazzled the eye like bronze; he stood there in the gateway, holding a flaxen cord and a measuring-rod.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	4	The open eye, son of man, said he, the open ear, and mark well all I shew thee! Thou wast brought here to see, and tell the men of Israel what thou seest.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	5	There was an outer wall that ran round the whole building, which he measured with his rod, that was six cubits and a palm in length; a rod’s thickness there was in the wall, and a rod’s height;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	6	when he came to the gate at the eastern approach and had mounted the stairs of it, the entrance-way was spanned by a single rod; each entrance was of a rod’s thickness.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	7	Within were guard-chambers, six cubits square and five cubits apart;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	8	then came an inner gateway, a rod’s length deep;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	9	then an inner entrance-hall, measuring eight cubits across, with pillars two cubits thick.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	10	This eastern gateway had three guard-chambers on each side, alike in size, and alike in size the pillars between them.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	11	The entrance of the gateway was ten cubits across, and the span of the gateway itself thirteen cubits;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	12	on either side the six-cubit guard-chamber was set a cubit back.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	13	From gable-window of guard-room to gable-window of guard-room opposite was twenty-five cubits.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	14	(And he made the whole length of the colonnade sixty cubits, but this was measuring right up to the pillars which stood out round the gateway);
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	15	the distance from the outer gate to the inner was fifty cubits …
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	16	and slanting windows in the guard-chambers and in the thickness of the walls that separated them, all round the gateway; the hall, too, within had its windows all round, and there was a pattern of palm-trees on the pillars between them.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	17	So he led me into the outer courtyard, which was surrounded by parlours, that had the ground about them paved with stone; there were thirty parlours standing in this strip of pavement.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	18	It stretched up to the gateways, and was broad as they were long; like them, it was on the level of the ground.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	19	And now he measured the distance from the eastern gate to the inner courtyard, where they stood fronting one another; it was a hundred cubits. As with the east, so with the north;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	20	length and breadth he must measure of the outer gate that looked northwards.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	21	This, too, was fifty cubits long and twenty-five broad; it had guard-chambers, three on each side, pillar and hall like the other.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	22	Hall and windows and palm-tree pattern differed nothing from those of the eastern gate; all was the same, from the seven steps of the approach to the hall within.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	23	As on the east, so on the north, the inner court had a gateway matching it, a hundred cubits distant.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	24	And next he took me to the south, where there was a fresh gate, which he measured, pillar of it and hall of it, as before;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	25	the same windows about the hall, the same length and breadth;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	26	the seven steps, the hall at the further end, the pillars with a palm-tree patterned on either side.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	27	Here, too, a hundred cubits away, was a gateway on the south side of the inner courtyard.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	28	It was through this southern gateway of it that he led me into the inner courtyard itself; a gateway with the same measurements as before,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	29	guard-chamber and pillar and hall. It had the same windows and window-pillars, the same length and breadth,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	30	and the porch round it was twenty-five cubits long, five cubits broad.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	31	The pillars had the same pattern, but this time the hall was on the outer side of the gateway, and there were eight steps instead of seven.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	32	Then he took me to the east side of the inner court, with the same measurements,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	33	guard-chamber and pillar and hall, window and window-pillar, length and breadth;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	34	the pillared hall again facing the outer court, the steps eight in number.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	35	And next to the northern gate, with the same measurements still,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	36	guard-chamber and pillar and hall and windows and length and breadth;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	37	the pillared hall facing outwards, the eight steps.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	38	… and each ante-chamber had a door, between pillars. This was where they washed the victims for burnt-sacrifice;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	39	and in the hall of the entrance-way there were two tables on each side, for the slaying of the victims, whether it were a burnt-sacrifice, or some offering for a fault or for a wrong done.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	40	On the outer side of the gateway, towards the north gate, and again on the opposite side, there were two more tables, close to the hall.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	41	Thus altogether there were eight tables ranged along the side of the entrance-way, all for sacrifice.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	42	And for the burnt-sacrifice there were four other tables of hewn stone, a cubit and a half square, and a cubit in height; here they laid the instruments needed for sacrifice and offering;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	43	they had ledges, too, curving upwards all round, a palm in breadth, for these tables must also hold the flesh of the victims.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	44	In the inner court itself, beyond the gateway, the singers had their lodging, on the north side, facing south. There was a parlour, too, at the side of the eastern gate, facing … north;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	45	the one facing south, he told me, was for the priests who kept watch over the temple,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	46	the one facing north for the priests who are busied with the service of the altar, Sadocite Levites, that were the Lord’s privileged ministers.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	47	The court, with the altar standing in it, was a hundred cubits square.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	48	Then he led me to the porch of the temple; the jamb on either side was five cubits deep, and the width of the gate … three cubits on either side;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	40	49	the porch itself was twenty cubits long and eleven broad. As we climbed up the eight steps to it, there were columns facing us, one on either side.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	1	So he brought me into the temple, between pillars that were six cubits square by tabernacle measure.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	2	The door was ten cubits across, the recess behind the doorway five cubits on either side; the whole length of the outer temple was forty cubits, and the width twenty.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	3	Then he went into the inner sanctuary, measuring the doorway, two cubits thick, the door, six cubits across, and the width of the recess behind the doorway, seven cubits.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	4	Each side had the length of the side next to the outer temple, twenty cubits. This, said he, is the innermost sanctuary.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	5	Then he measured the temple wall, which was six cubits thick; it was flanked all round by rooms four cubits square.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	6	There were sixty of these rooms, in three storeys one on the top of another; and their upper storeys jutted out all round the temple wall, but keeping apart from it; the temple wall must not be touched.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	7	And there was a round stair-case which went up in a spiral to this upper loft of the temple building, which projected outwards for that very reason; there was thus an easy passage from the lower to the middle, and from the middle to the upper storey.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	8	The building, I saw, was all raised above the ground; the rod shewed that the ground level of the rooms was six cubits up.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	9	The rooms were at a distance of five cubits beyond the temple wall, and they enclosed it all round;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	10	and there was a close of twenty cubits’ width between these and a line of parlours which flanked the temple.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	11	The doors of the inner rooms let out, to north and south, on a praying-walk, five cubits in width, which ran round the temple.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	12	Round this again was the close of twenty cubits, and beyond that, on the west, a pavilion seventy cubits by ninety, with a wall five cubits thick.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	13	He shewed me that the temple was a hundred cubits long; the close with the pavilion beyond it, including its walls, a hundred cubits long;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	14	the eastern face of the temple, with the close on each side of it, a hundred cubits long;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	15	and the breadth from side to side of the pavilion beyond the close (with its galleries) a hundred cubits long … … and the inner sanctuary, and the halls that gave on to the courtyard,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	16	the doorways, the slanting windows, the galleries that went round on three sides, over the several doorways; all were completely panelled in wood. The panelling ran right up to the windows, which it framed, right up to the top level of the doorway;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	17	ran all the way round to meet the inner sanctuary, keeping the same height within and without it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	18	The design was of alternate cherubs and palm-trees, and each cherub had two faces,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	19	shewing like a man towards one palm-tree and like a young lion towards the other; the same pattern ran all through the building,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	20	carved cherubs and palm-trees on each wall from ground level to the height of the door’s lintel.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	21	The entrance of the temple stood square, facing the inner sanctuary;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	22	facing the altar, which was of wood, three feet high, and two feet across; corners and slab and sides were all of wood. This, he told me, is the table that stands in the Lord’s presence.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	23	Outer temple, inner sanctuary, had two doors each;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	24	and either door had leaves that folded together, two leaves on each door,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	25	with the same pattern of cherubs and palm-trees that the walls had. To match this, the outer porch was faced with thick beams
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	41	26	reaching up to the level of the slanting windows; thick beams figured with palm-trees in either recess … matching the width of the rooms and of the temple walls.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	42	1	Then he took me into the outer court again, the northern part of it, and would have me enter the parlours that lay there, close to the pavilion and to the northern side of the temple.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	42	2	The long side of them, facing the north door, was a hundred cubits, the breadth fifty;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	42	3	between the twenty-cubit close of the inner court, and the paving of the outer, they rose, gallery upon gallery, three storeys in all.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	42	4	In front of them was a walk ten cubits wide, encroaching on the inner court by one cubit; all their doors faced the north.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	42	5	Here, the top rooms were narrower, since they must make room for porticos at the side, built out over the two lower storeys;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	42	6	these three-storeyed parlours had no columns in front of them, like the parlours in the outer court, but made up for it by porticos that rose from the roof of the first two floors, filling in the width of the fifty cubits.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	42	7	Inner parlours faced outer only with fifty cubits of their wall’s length;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	42	8	in the outer court, the parlours were but fifty cubits long, whereas those beside the temple were a hundred.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	42	9	These inner parlours were entered from below at their eastern end, from the outer court. … in the thickness of the court’s eastern wall
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	42	10	… opposite the pavilion, and here too there were parlours close to the pavilion.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	42	11	Southern parlours, like northern, had a walk in front of them; had the same length and breadth, were entered by doors of the same kind;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	42	12	the doors of these parlours opened on a walk along their southern side, and the main entrance was approached at the eastern end, from the walk that faced the hall and the close.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	42	13	These parlours, he told me, built to north and south beside the pavilion, are hallowed precincts, where the priests who sacrifice to the Lord may eat what is set apart for holy uses. All that is set apart, all the offerings made for fault and for wrong done, shall there be laid out, as on holy ground.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	42	14	Nor, entering it, shall the priests leave it for the inner court all at once; here they must lay aside their vestments, for these, too, are hallowed, and put on other clothes before ever they mingle with the people.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	42	15	With that, he made an end of measuring the precincts within, and led me through the eastern doorway, to measure them from without.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	42	16	Along the eastern side his reed measured five hundred cubits;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	42	17	five hundred cubits along the northern side,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	42	18	and five hundred cubits along the southern;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	42	19	westwards, too, the measure of it was five hundred cubits.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	42	20	All round the four quarters of the wind he would measure it, five hundred cubits in length as in breadth, this boundary between things sacred and things profane.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	1	Then he took me to the eastern gate;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	2	and all at once, from the sun’s rising, the bright presence of the God of Israel made entry there. Like the sound of waters in deep flood his voice was, and earth was lit up with the splendour all around.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	3	Such was the appearance I had seen of him, when he came bent on the city’s destruction, when I saw my vision by the banks of Chobar; down fell I, face to earth.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	4	In it came through the eastern gateway, the splendour of the Lord himself;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	5	and with that, a transport seized me, carrying me off into the inner court, where already the brightness of the Lord’s presence filled the temple.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	6	Thence it was I heard his voice speaking to me; and the man who stood at my side passed on the message.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	7	Son of man, he told me, here is my throne; here eternally, in the heart of Israel, is my resting-place. No more shall Israel’s folk, Israel’s kings, drag my name in the dust with their infidelities, with the dead gods they served, with their hill-sanctuaries.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	8	Door next to door of mine, pillar to pillar, only a wall between us; and for the foul doings that dragged my name in the dust, my vengeance took full toll of them.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	9	Bid they those infidelities, those dead gods farewell, I will make my eternal home here in the midst of them.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	10	Thine, son of man, to shame the men of Israel by the sight of yonder temple; who measures the fabric of it,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	11	shall learn to blush for his misdeeds. Form and fashion of the temple, gates that lead in and out, all the plot of it do thou make known to them; and what observances they are that govern the ordering of it. All this they must see in writing, and so learn to keep its pattern ever unaltered, its laws ever to fulfil.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	12	Wouldst thou know what the temple’s charter is? No part of the mountain top that lies within its bounds but is my inmost sanctuary; that, nothing less, is the charter of the temple.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	13	These measurements the altar had, measured by the true cubit, that is the width of a fore-arm and a palm; first came a gutter, of a cubit’s depth and a cubit’s width, ending in a lip a span broad all round; thus the altar was drained.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	14	Above this gutter, which was at ground level, came the lower base, two cubits high and a cubit across; the upper base rose four cubits above it, and was again a cubit wide.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	15	The altar proper was four cubits high, with four horns projecting above it,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	16	and the sides of it were square, twelve cubits by twelve.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	17	The base was also square, fourteen cubits by fourteen, and had a projecting rim half a cubit across; the groove under this was a cubit in height. The steps of the altar faced eastwards …
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	18	Son of man, he told me, when the altar is set up, ready for burnt-sacrifice and for blood-sprinkling, these ceremonies the Lord God would have thee observe.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	19	A young bullock the priests must have, those priests of Sadoc’s line that are my true ministers, for a transgression-victim.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	20	Horns of the altar, and the four corners of its base, and the rim round about it, thou shalt smear with the victim’s blood, to cleanse them and purge them of fault,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	21	then take the victim itself to a place apart, beyond the temple precincts, and there burn it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	22	Next day, the transgression-victim shall be a male kid, without blemish; with this, as with the calf, the altar must be purged;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	23	and when the purging is over, bullock and ram must be offered, these too without blemish;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	24	when they have been brought into the Lord’s presence, and the priests have sprinkled them with salt, they must be given to the Lord in burnt-sacrifice.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	25	Each day, for seven days, goat and bullock and ram must be offered, all unblemished;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	26	purged and cleansed and hallowed the altar must be for seven days,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	43	27	and when these are over, on the eighth day and ever afterwards, the priests may use it for burnt-sacrifice and welcome-offering of yours, and I will look favourably on you, the Lord God says.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	1	Then he brought me back to the eastern gate of the outer precincts, that was fast shut.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	2	Shut this gate must ever be, the Lord told me, nor open its doors to give man entrance again, since the Lord, the God of Israel, entered by it. Access to it is none,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	3	even for the prince himself; sit there he may, to eat his share of the welcome-offering, but it is through the hall at the other end of the gateway he comes and goes.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	4	And so he took me towards the northern gate, in full view of the temple; and all the temple was filled with the brightness of the Lord’s presence, a sight that brought me to my knees, face to earth.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	5	Give good heed, son of man, the Lord said to me; the open eye, the open ear! Rule and observance of the Lord’s house I mean to tell thee; of the temple, and who may approach it, of my sanctuary, and the manner of leaving it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	6	This message deliver, from the Lord God, to the rebel brood of Israel: Will you never have done with insult, men of Israel,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	7	letting alien folk, that in mind and body circumcision have none, profane my house by entering the sanctuary? What avails it, to offer me bread, and fat, and blood, when all the while these foul doings of yours violate my covenant?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	8	The sacred charge committed to you went for nothing; guardians of my own worship, in my own sanctuary, should be men of your choosing!
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	9	Place the alien may have, though body and mind be both uncircumcised, in the commonwealth of Israel, the Lord says; place in my sanctuary he has none.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	10	There be Levites that have forsaken the following of me, when all the race of Israel went a-straying; that have betaken themselves to false gods, and must needs do penance for their fault.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	11	What forbids they should be sacrists and door-keepers of mine, temple attendants to prepare burnt-sacrifice, slay victim, and stand ministering in the people’s presence?
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	12	Ministers of false worship, that betrayed Israel into guilt, they have made me their sworn enemy, and must be held to account for it;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	13	never may they come before me as priests, never touch consecrated gift that is set apart for holy uses; disgraced they must needs be, penance must needs bear;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	14	yet I would have them keep the doors of my house, and be charged with all the menial offices that belong to it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	15	The priests, the true Levites, shall be those sons of Sadoc that held fast by my temple worship when Israel left the following of me. Theirs to come forward as my ministers; theirs to wait upon my presence, offering me fat and blood of victims, the Lord God says;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	16	theirs my sanctuary to enter, my table to approach, servants of mine that shall keep the charge I gave them.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	17	Come they within the inner gate, they shall be all vested in linen; nothing of wool shall clothe them, when they serve me in the intimacy of the inner court;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	18	mitres of linen on their brows, breeches of linen about their loins, with no such habiting as may bring them out in a sweat.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	19	These vestments of office they must lay aside, and put away in the temple sacristy, when they go out to mingle with the people in the outer court; that holy contact is not for common folk; it is time they put on their workaday clothes instead.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	20	They shall be at pains to cut their hair, not grow it long; yet cropped their heads must not be.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	21	As for wine, a priest may not drink it when he is soon to enter the sanctuary.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	22	Wed he, it must be a maid he weds, of Israelite birth; not rejected wife or widow, save it be the widow of another priest.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	23	Their office it is, to teach the people what is clean and unclean, what is holy and what profane;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	24	when dispute arises, to take their place at my judgement-seat and give award; my feasts with due rite and ordinance to observe, my sabbaths to keep holy.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	25	Never shall they defile themselves with dead body’s contact, save only it be father or mother, son or daughter, brother or unwedded sister of theirs.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	26	Cleansed though he be after such contact, a priest must wait for seven days yet,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	27	nor enter the inner court to do service in my sanctuary, the Lord God says, till he has made an offering in amends for his fault.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	28	And for the priestly tribe, it must have no patrimony assigned to it; I am their patrimony, nor needs he portion, whose portion is his God.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	29	Bloodless offering they shall eat, and the victim that is offered for a fault or a wrong done; theirs every gift an Israelite vows to me,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	30	theirs the first of all first-fruits, and the residue of all you offer; and the first batch of your baking you must give to the priest, to win his blessing for you and yours.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	44	31	Bird or beast that drops dead, or has been a wild thing’s prey, the priest may not eat.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	45	1	When you set about the allotment of your territory, one strip you must leave out, twenty-five thousand cubits by ten thousand, a hallowed strip of land that is to be the Lord’s peculiar, all the length and breadth of it hallowed.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	45	2	(Hallowed entirely one plot in it shall be, a square plot of five hundred cubits each way, with fifty cubits’ space for approach all about it. )
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	45	3	Within the Lord’s domain, a space of twenty-five thousand cubits by ten thousand, surrounding temple and sanctuary, must be measured out
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	45	4	as dedicated to the priests, that serve the sanctuary and worship in the Lord’s presence; this shall be their home, this their sacred enclosure.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	45	5	And for the Levites that serve the temple another like space is to be measured out; twenty cells they shall have there.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	45	6	Marching with the sacred enclosure, there shall be a strip of twenty-five thousand cubits by five thousand, where the common folk of Israel shall have their city and their city’s lands.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	45	7	And at either end of the enclosure, and of the city lands, the prince shall have his domains, adjoining either end, and stretching away to west and east as far as each of the tribal allotments stretches westwards and eastwards.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	45	8	He shall enjoy his own possessions on Israelite soil; there shall be no more encroaching on the public rights; each tribe shall be given its own territory, to have and to hold.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	45	9	Will you never have enough, princes of Israel? the Lord God says. Must it always be wrong and robbery, never right and redress? Right of king and right of people he bids you determine once for all.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	45	10	Let us have true scales, a true ephi, a true bate;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	45	11	let ephi and bate match, a tenth part of a cor either of them; by the standard of the cor they shall be measured.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	45	12	Let twenty obols go to the sicle, twice twenty sicles and fifteen besides go to the mina.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	45	13	And so let these be the tithings you pay; a sixth of an ephi for every cor of wheat or barley,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	45	14	and a tenth of a bate for every cor of oil, tenth of bate or hundredth of cor, since the cor is to measure ten bates;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	45	15	and one ram you must contribute out of every two hundred that feed in Israel’s pasture-lands. That each may pay his scot, for bloodless offering or burnt-sacrifice or welcome-offering, the Lord says,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	45	16	this tax the whole land of Israel owes to its prince.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	45	17	And he, on Israel’s behalf, shall defray the cost of burnt-sacrifice, and bloodless offering, and libation, on feast-day and new moon and sabbath, whenever the folk of Israel keep holiday; transgression-victim, and burnt-sacrifice, and welcome-offering, he must provide them all.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	45	18	On the first day of the year, the Lord God says, the sanctuary must have a calf, without blemish, sacrificed for its purging.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	45	19	Door-posts of the temple, corners of the altar’s base, door-posts of the inner court, the priest shall smear with blood of the transgression-victim.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	45	20	And the like must be done again on the seventh day of that month, for faults committed unwittingly, through inadvertence; and so the temple shall be purged clean.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	45	21	On the fourteenth day of the first month you will keep the paschal feast, and for a week eat bread without leaven.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	45	22	On the feast itself, the prince must provide a calf, in amends for fault of his own, fault of his people;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	45	23	and every day during the week seven calves and seven rams without blemish; every day, too, a goat for a transgression-victim;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	45	24	with each ram or goat a bushel of flour, and with each bushel of flour a gallon and a half of oil.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	45	25	The same provision he must make, of transgression-victim, burnt-sacrifice, bloodless offering, and oil, for the fifteenth day of the seventh month, and its week of holiday.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	46	1	Eastern gate of the inner court, the Lord God says, must be shut on the six working days, open on the sabbath; on the day of the new moon, too, it shall be opened.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	46	2	When it is opened, the prince shall come in by way of the outer hall, and wait in the entrance till the priests have done presenting burnt-sacrifice of his, welcome-offering of his; there on the threshold he shall do reverence, and go his ways, but the gate shall not be shut after him, not till the evening.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	46	3	On sabbath days, and when the moon is new, before this gate the people also shall do reverence.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	46	4	Six lambs and a ram, without blemish, are the prince’s burnt-sacrifice to the Lord every sabbath,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	46	5	with a bushel of flour for the ram, and for the lambs what bloodless offering he will; and of oil a gallon and a half to the bushel.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	46	6	And when the moon is new, the same victims, and a bullock besides, unblemished as they;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	46	7	with the bullock, too, a bushel goes as bloodless offering, and the rest shall be as before.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	46	8	Through the outer hall of the gateway the prince comes and goes;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	46	9	but on feast-days, when a great throng comes into the Lord’s presence, they must enter by one gate and leave by the opposite, from north to south or south to north,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	46	10	and the prince, that worships in their midst, shall enter and leave as they.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	46	11	And for the bloodless offering, come feast-day, come holiday, it shall be made as aforesaid.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	46	12	Will the prince make burnt-sacrifice or welcome-offering of his own free will, the eastern gate shall be opened for him, as on the sabbath, till burnt-sacrifice or welcome-offering is done; but when he goes out, the gate shall be shut behind him.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	46	13	And there shall be daily burnt-sacrifice; morning by morning he shall offer one of that year’s lambs, unblemished;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	46	14	of flour, morning by morning, the sixth part of a bushel, and half a gallon of oil mingled with it; ever this bloodless offering is the Lord’s due, continual and unalterable.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	46	15	Lamb and flour and oil, morning by morning, an eternal sacrifice.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	46	16	If the prince will make a gift of land to sons of his, the Lord God says, their patrimony it is, held by right of inheritance;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	46	17	crown lands he cannot alienate to any of his servants beyond the year of jubilee, when they must needs return to him; the crown lands are entailed upon his sons.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	46	18	And at no time shall he rob the people by violence of their rightful patrimony; if he will endow his sons, out of his own patrimony let him do it; my people must not be disinherited.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	46	19	And now he took me through an entry close by the side of the gate, which led to the northern row of priests’ rooms round the sanctuary. Where this reached its western end,
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	46	20	there was a kitchen, which the priests used, he told me, to boil the flesh of victims for a fault or a wrong done, to bake the bloodless offering. They must not be carried out into the courtyard; such holy contact was not for the people.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	46	21	Afterwards he took me into the outer court, round all the corners of it in turn, and shewed me that there was a little garth in each of them; no corner but had its garth;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	46	22	in each, there was a space of forty cubits by thirty, perfectly matched.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	46	23	The wall enclosed them, and here, under an open roof, kitchens were built.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	46	24	These kitchens, he told me, were used by the temple attendants for cooking the welcome-offerings made by the people.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	47	1	And last, he took me to the door of the temple itself, and shewed me where a stream of water flowed eastwards from beneath the threshold of it. Eastward the temple looked, and eastward these waters flowed, somewhat to the temple’s right, so as to pass by the southern side of the altar.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	47	2	Through the northern gate he led me, and round the walk that passed the outer gate, taking the eastern sun; and here, to the right of the gate, the water gushed out.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	47	3	Eastward then he faced, the man of the measuring-rod; measured a thousand cubits, and led me across a stream that reached my ankles.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	47	4	Another thousand, and when I crossed the stream it reached my knees;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	47	5	another thousand, and it was up to my waist, another thousand, and now it had become a torrent I might not cross any longer, so high the waters had swelled, out of my depth.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	47	6	Mark it well, son of man, said he; and with that he brought me out on to the bank again;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	47	7	when I reached it, I found that there were trees growing thick on either hand.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	47	8	This stream, he told me, must flow eastward to the sand-dunes, and so fall into the desert; pass into the Dead Sea and beyond it, cleansing those waters by its passage.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	47	9	Wherever it flows, there shall be teeming life once again; in the Dead Sea itself there will be shoals of fish, once this stream has reached it, this stream that heals all things and makes all things live.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	47	10	Fisher-folk will line the shores of it, and there will be drying of nets all the way from Engaddi to Engallim, and fish there will be in great shoals, varied in kind as the ocean fish are.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	47	11	Only the swamps and marshes about it there is no cleansing; these shall turn into salt-pits.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	47	12	And on either bank of the stream fruit-trees shall grow of every kind; never leaf lost, never fruit cast; month after month they shall yield a fresh crop, watered by that sanctuary stream; fruit for man’s eating, and medicinal leaves.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	47	13	This message, too, the Lord God has for you, about the frontiers of the territory you are to divide among the twelve tribes; twelve, because Joseph must have a double portion.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	47	14	I promised it to your fathers long ago; This land, I told them, shall be allotted to you. And you must allot it among yourselves in equal shares.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	47	15	These are to be its boundaries on the north; from Hethalon, on the Great Sea, across the pass which leads to Sedada
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	47	16	and Emath, by Berotha and Sabarim (where Emath marches with Syria) and Hazar Tichon (near the Hauran country)
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	47	17	to the Syrian frontier-town of Hazar Enan, its extreme limit inland. Ever northward it stretches, this northern frontier of yours, till it reaches Emath.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	47	18	The eastern frontier is to be drawn between Hauran and what is now Syria, between Galaad and Israel proper, down the line of the Jordan to the Dead Sea.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	47	19	Towards the south and the noon-day sun, the line stretches from Thamar to the Waters of Challenge at Cades, then follows the Brook of Egypt to the sea;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	47	20	and on the west, it runs straight from the Egyptian border to the Emath pass.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	47	21	All this territory must be apportioned between the tribes of Israel;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	47	22	then you will divide it up among yourselves. Aliens will have their share in it, such aliens as have thrown in their lot with yours and bred amongst you; native Israelites you shall count them, and allot them their portions in this tribe or that.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	47	23	Amidst the tribe which has given him shelter, each shall find a home, the Lord God says.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	1	And here is a list of the tribal domains. First Dan, with its northern frontier on a line from Hethalon, across the Emath pass, to the Syrian frontier-town of Hazar Enan, and marching with Emath all the way; its eastern limit … the sea.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	2	Next, stretching from Israel’s eastern frontier to the sea, Aser;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	3	next, in like manner, Nephthali;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	4	next, in like manner, Manasses;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	5	next, in like manner, Ephraim;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	6	next, in like manner, Ruben;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	7	next, in like manner, Juda.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	8	Next, in like manner, comes the strip of dedicated land you are to set apart; in breadth, twenty-five thousand cubits, in length, stretching from Israel’s frontier to the sea like the rest; and in the heart of it, the sanctuary.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	9	The Lord’s own domain will be twenty-five thousand cubits by ten thousand;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	10	and in this holy plot, measuring twenty-five thousand cubits north and south, ten thousand cubits east and west, the priests are to dwell, with the sanctuary in their midst.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	11	Priests, I say, of Sadoc’s line, that held fast by my observances and never went a-straying with strayed Israel, as the other Levites did;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	12	first-fruit of the first-fruits their domain shall be, the domain of the Levites marching with it.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	13	This neighbouring strip will be of the same size, twenty-five thousand cubits by ten thousand;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	14	sell their land they may not, nor exchange it; the consecrated ground is unalienable.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	15	The remaining strip of five thousand cubits’ breadth shall be for city’s buildings and city’s lands; the city itself standing in the middle;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	16	north, south, east and west it shall measure four thousand five hundred cubits;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	17	north, south, east and west it shall have purlieus two hundred and fifty cubits deep.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	18	In length, it will fall short of the Lord’s domain by ten thousand cubits on the east, and as much on the west; but this remaining space will be city lands, like the sanctuary lands, growing food for the needs of labouring men in the city;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	19	these shall have the right to cultivate it, come they from what tribe they will.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	20	All the length and breadth of this square of territory, twenty-five thousand cubits either way, shall be sanctuary enclosure and city lands;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	21	beyond this square of sanctuary and city, all that is left of the dedicated domain, eastwards to the Jordan and westwards to the sea, shall belong to the prince; the hallowed plot that surrounds the temple shall divide his lands in two.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	22	Royal lands and Levite lands shall march with Juda, royal lands and city lands with Benjamin.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	23	For the rest of the tribes, Benjamin comes first, stretching from Israel’s frontier on the east to the sea on the west;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	24	next, in like manner, Simeon;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	25	next, in like manner, Issachar;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	26	next, in like manner, Zabulon;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	27	next, in like manner, Gad.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	28	Gad shall be the southernmost, facing the noon-day sun, with a frontier running from Thamar to the Waters of Challenge at Cades, and along the Brook to the Great Sea.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	29	Such shall be the territory allotted to Israel’s tribes, the Lord God says, and thus allotted they shall be.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	30	And these are the city’s limits; on the north side, measure four thousand five hundred cubits;
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	31	and here (for all must be named after Israel’s tribes) are three gates named after Ruben, Juda and Levi.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	32	As many on the east, and here are gates named after Joseph, Benjamin, and Dan.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	33	As many on the south, and here are gates named after Simeon, Issachar and Zabulon.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	34	As many on the west, and here are gates named after Gad, Aser and Nephthali.
-Ezechiel	Eze	30	48	35	The whole circumference is one of eighteen thousand cubits. THE LORD IS THERE; such is the name by which the city will be known ever after.
-Daniel	Dan	31	1	1	When Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon, marched against Jerusalem and laid siege to it, in Joakim’s third year as king of Juda,
-Daniel	Dan	31	1	2	the Lord gave him the mastery. Not only Joakim fell into his hands, but … some of the temple treasures, which he carried off to Sennaar as offerings to his own god, and there, in the treasure-house of his own god’s temple, bestowed them.
-Daniel	Dan	31	1	3	Meanwhile, he had a command for Asphenez, his head chamberlain. He was to take under his charge certain young Israelites, of royal or princely stock,
-Daniel	Dan	31	1	4	in body well formed, handsome of mien, so well versed and grounded, so keen of wit, as they might be taught lore and language of the Chaldaeans, and have places at his court.
-Daniel	Dan	31	1	5	For three years they should have daily allowance of the king’s meat and wine; then he would send for them.
-Daniel	Dan	31	1	6	Among these were four tribesmen of Juda, called Daniel, Ananias, Misael and Azarias;
-Daniel	Dan	31	1	7	the chamberlain had given them fresh names, to Daniel Baltassar, to Ananias Sidrach, to Misael Misach, and to Azarias Abdenago.
-Daniel	Dan	31	1	8	Daniel had resolved, neither meat nor wine from the royal table should sully his lips; and for this abstinence he hoped to get leave from the head chamberlain;
-Daniel	Dan	31	1	9	with such kindness and pity God had touched his heart.
-Daniel	Dan	31	1	10	But this would not serve; Nay, said he, what of the charge my lord king gave me, that you should have food and drink? It were as much as my life is worth, if he saw you haggard-cheeked beside others of your own age.
-Daniel	Dan	31	1	11	Hereupon Daniel went to Malasar, one of the other chamberlains, to whose care Asphenez had entrusted all four of them.
-Daniel	Dan	31	1	12	Sir, said he, be pleased to put us on our trial. For ten days, give us nothing but pulse to eat, water to drink,
-Daniel	Dan	31	1	13	then compare our looks with the looks of those others who have fed on the king’s bounty; judge by what thou seest, and do with us what thou wilt.
-Daniel	Dan	31	1	14	The challenge was accepted, and the ten days’ trial began;
-Daniel	Dan	31	1	15	when it was over, never a one of the king’s pensioners shewed healthy and well nourished as they.
-Daniel	Dan	31	1	16	After that, Malasar had their allowance of meat and wine, and they pulse.
-Daniel	Dan	31	1	17	Meanwhile, in all lore and learning, God made apt pupils of these four; and of visions and dreams especially Daniel was master.
-Daniel	Dan	31	1	18	And now, the time of their probation over, Asphenez presented his pupils before Nabuchodonosor,
-Daniel	Dan	31	1	19	who had speech with all of them; and no match was found for Daniel, Ananias, Misael and Azarias; all must have places at court.
-Daniel	Dan	31	1	20	Never a question the king could propound, to make trial of their learning and their quick wits, but they could answer it ten times better than any diviner or sage in his kingdom.
-Daniel	Dan	31	1	21	And still, up to the beginning of Cyrus’ reign, Daniel was …
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	1	In the second year of his reign,Nabuchodonosor had a dream; and his mind, between sleep and waking, was all distraught.
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	2	Diviner and sage, soothsayer and astrologer must be summoned without more ado, to pronounce on the royal dream;
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	3	and when they were admitted to his presence, he said to them, I have had a dream, but my mind is so distraught, I cannot tell what it was.
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	4	And the astrologers gave him answer.
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	5	Why, said the king, I know no more than this; dream and interpretation both you must needs tell me, or else your lives must be forfeit, and your houses put to public use.
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	6	Gifts and great honour shall be your reward, if you will but tell me both. Come now, what dreamt I, and what meant my dream?
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	7	Once again they demurred; would the king be pleased to recount his dream to them, interpreted it should be forthwith.
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	8	Nay, said the king, I see how it is, you are trying shifts with me. You know well there is but one way to it;
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	9	dream of mine or doom of yours it must be. Some lying story you have ready, that will suit your turn; how shall I know your interpretation is right, if you cannot tell me what dream I saw?
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	10	Nay, said they, never a man on earth could do what the king’s grace asks. Princes and great rulers there have been a many, but none of them yet, from diviner, sage or astrologer, expected so much!
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	11	Here is riddle indeed thou wouldst have us read for thee, lord king; where is counsellor can tell thee the secret? Unless it were the gods only, and they walk not with men.
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	12	At this, the king was in such a taking of fury that he would have all the wise men of Babylon put to death;
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	13	and, once the warrant was out for the extinction of them, there was hue and cry against Daniel and his fellows.
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	14	Arioch it was, the captain of the king’s guard, that was commissioned to rid Babylon of all its wise men, and from him Daniel would have the why and wherefore of it;
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	15	here was cruel work committed to him; what moved the king’s grace to be so absolute? And, when Arioch had made all clear to him,
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	16	into the king’s presence he went, asking for more time to answer the royal question.
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	17	So, returning to his fellows, Ananias, Misael and Azarias, he made all known to them,
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	18	and would have them cry out upon the God of heaven for better knowledge of his secret, without which both he and they should perish in the general massacre of the wise men.
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	19	Then, in a vision by night, the secret was revealed to Daniel, and he fell to praising the God of heaven,
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	20	with such words as these: Blessed be the Lord’s name from the beginning to the end of time; his are the wisdom and the power;
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	21	change and chance of our mortal life he rules, crowns one man and discrowns another. Wisdom of the wise, skill of the skilful, what are they but his gift?
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	22	The hidden depths he can lay bare, read the secrets of the dark; does not light dwell with him?
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	23	God of our fathers, I give thee thanks and praise for thus enabling, thus enlightening me; for prayer answered, doubt resolved, and the king’s thought revealed.
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	24	With that, he betook himself to Arioch, that was to slay the wise men, and made suit to him, slay the wise men he should not. Thou hast but to take me into the king’s presence, said he, and the riddle shall be read.
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	25	Without more ado, Arioch granted his request; here was an exile from Juda, he said, that would answer the royal question.
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	26	Is this true? the king asked of Daniel. Canst thou, Baltassar, tell me the dream and its meaning both?
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	27	And Daniel spoke out in the royal presence, Never wizard or sage, never diviner or prophet, that can give the king’s grace an answer!
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	28	But there is a God in heaven, king Nabuchodonosor, that makes hidden things plain; he it is that has sent thee warning of what must befall long hence. Let me tell thee what thy dream was, what visions disturbed thy sleep.
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	29	As thou wast lying there abed, my lord king, thy thoughts still turned on future times; and he that makes hidden things plain revealed to thee what the pattern of those times should be.
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	30	If the secret was disclosed to me also, it is not that I have wisdom beyond the wont of living men; I was but the instrument by which the meaning of it was to be made known, and a king’s thoughts unravelled.
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	31	A vision thou hadst of a great image; what splendour, how terrible an aspect it was that confronted thee!
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	32	Of fine gold the head, breast and arms of silver, belly and thighs of bronze;
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	33	of iron the legs, and of the feet, too, part was iron, part was but earthenware.
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	34	And as thou wert watching it, from the mountain-side fell a stone no hands had quarried, dashed against the feet of yonder image, part iron, part clay, and shattered them.
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	35	With that, down came iron and clay, down came bronze and silver and gold; chaff of the threshing-floor was never so scattered on the summer breeze. They were gone, none knew whither; and stone that had shattered image grew into a high mountain, filling the whole earth.
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	36	So much for the dream, and now we that know the secret of it will tell the king’s grace what it means.
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	37	Thou hast kings for thy vassals; royalty, power, dominion and great renown the God of heaven has bestowed on thee;
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	38	every haunt of man and wild beast and flying bird he has given over to thee, all alike he has made subject to thee; the head of gold, who else but thou?
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	39	Another and a lesser empire must follow thine, one of silver, then another of bronze, still wide as the world;
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	40	then a fourth, of iron, breaking down and crushing all before it, as iron has power all-conquering, all-subduing.
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	41	But feet and toes of the image were part iron, part clay; this fourth empire will be divided within itself. Foundation of iron there shall yet be, from which it springs; sure enough, in the feet thou sawest, earthenware was mixed with true steel.
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	42	Yet was true steel mixed with base earthenware, token that this empire shall be in part firmly established, in part brittle.
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	43	Iron and clay mingled; race of the conquerors shall be adulterated with common human stock; as well mix clay with iron!
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	44	And while those empires yet flourish, another empire the God of heaven will bring into being, never to be destroyed, never to be superseded; conqueror of all these others, itself unconquerable.
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	45	This is that stone thou sawest none ever quarried, that fell from the mountain-side, bringing clay and iron and bronze and silver and gold to nothing; this was a revelation the king’s grace had from the most high God himself of what must come about; true was thy dream, and this, past doubt, the meaning of it.
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	46	With that, king Nabuchodonosor bowed down face to earth, and made Daniel reverence; ay, he would have sacrifice offered to him, and incense,
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	47	and with these words greeted him: Doubt is none but this God of yours of all gods is God, of all kings the master; he it is brings hidden things to light, or how couldst thou have read the secret?
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	48	Thereupon, he raised Daniel to high rank, and showered riches on him; ruler he should be of all Babylon’s provinces, and over all its wise men have the pre-eminence.
-Daniel	Dan	31	2	49	But Daniel made suit to him, and it was Sidrach, Misach and Abdenago that had Babylon under their charge; Daniel himself was the king’s courtier still.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	1	It was this king Nabuchodonosor made a golden image, sixty cubits high and six cubits broad, which he set up on the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon;
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	2	and word went round in king Nabuchodonosor’s name, summoning all the governors, magistrates, judges, chieftains, rulers, prefects and leading men from every part of his dominions, to be present at the dedication of the image king Nabuchodonosor had set up.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	3	So they gathered there, governors, magistrates, judges, chieftains, rulers, noblemen in high office, and leading men from every part, for the dedication of king Nabuchodonosor’s image. And, as they stood before the image he had set up,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	4	a herald cried lustily to men of all peoples, nations and languages:
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	5	As soon as you hear the sound of horn, flute, harp, zither, dulcimer, pipe and other instruments of music, you are to fall down and worship the image of gold which king Nabuchodonosor has set up.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	6	Whoever does not fall down in worship will be thrown, there and then, into the heart of a raging furnace.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	7	No sooner, then, did the sound of horn, flute, harp, zither, dulcimer, pipe and the rest reach the assembly than all of them, whatever their tribe, people or language, fell down in worship of king Nabuchodonosor’s image.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	8	It was then that certain Chaldaeans came forward with malicious accusations against the Jews.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	9	They wished long life to king Nabuchodonosor,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	10	and said, Lord King, thy command was that all men, at the sound of horn, flute, harp, zither, dulcimer, pipe and the rest, should fall down and worship the golden image,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	11	on pain of being thrown into a raging furnace.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	12	And here are certain Jews, entrusted by thee with the affairs of Babylon province, to wit, Sidrach, Misach and Abdenago, who have set the royal command at defiance, and will not reverence thy gods, or worship the golden image thou hast set up.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	13	Upon this, in a transport of rage, Nabuchodonosor sent for Sidrach, Misach and Abdenago; and when they were brought, without delay, into his presence,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	14	this was the threat king Nabuchodonosor uttered: So Sidrach, Misach and Abdenago will not reverence my gods, or worship this golden image of mine?
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	15	Here is your choice, then; either you will fall down and worship this image of mine when the sound of horn, flute, harp, zither, dulcimer, pipe and the other music reaches you, or then and there you shall be thrown into a raging furnace. You are in my power; what God can deliver you?
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	16	Then Sidrach, Misach and Abdenago said to king Nabuchodonosor, There is no need for any answer of ours to that question;
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	17	thou wilt see for thyself whether the God we worship is able to rescue us from the raging fire, and from thy royal power.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	18	But, whether he rescues us or no, be assured, sir king, here are men who do not reverence thy gods, or worship any image of thine.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	19	At this, Nabuchodonosor fell into a rage; his features, as he glared at Sidrach, Misach and Abdenago, were distorted with fury. He would have the furnace heated seven times hotter than its wont;
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	20	and into this raging furnace he bade the most stalwart of his fighting men throw Sidrach, Misach and Abdenago with their feet tied together.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	21	So they were bound just as they were, in breeches and turban, shoes and coat, and thrown into the heart of the raging furnace;
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	22	the king’s order admitted no delay. So fiercely was the furnace heated that those who threw them in were burned to death.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	23	Meanwhile these three, Sidrach, Misach and Abdenago, fell fast bound into the heart of the fires that raged in it.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	24	And there, in the hottest of the flames, they walked to and fro, singing to God their praises, blessing the Lord.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	25	There, as he stood in the heart of the fire, Azarias found utterance, and thus made his prayer:
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	26	Blessed art thou, Lord God of our fathers, renowned and glorious is thy name for ever!
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	27	In all thy dealings with us, thou hast right on thy side; so true to thy promises, so unswerving in thy course, so just in thy awards!
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	28	No punishment thou hast inflicted upon us, or upon Jerusalem, holy city of our fathers, but was deserved; for sins of ours, faithfulness and justice that stroke laid on.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	29	Sinners we were, that had wronged and forsaken thee, all was amiss with us;
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	30	unheard thy commandments, or else unheeded, thy will neglected, and with it, our own well-being!
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	31	Nothing we had not deserved, pillage of thy contriving, plague of thy sending,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	32	and at last the foul domination of godless foes, of a tyrant that has no equal on earth!
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	33	Tongue-tied we stand, that have brought disgrace on the livery of thy true worship.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	34	For thy own honour, we entreat thee not to abandon us eternally. Do not annul thy covenant, and deprive us of thy mercy.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	35	Think of Abraham that was thy friend, of thy servant Isaac, of Jacob whom thou didst set apart for thyself;
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	36	the men to whom thou didst promise that thou wouldst increase their posterity, till it was countless as the stars in heaven, or the sand by the sea-shore.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	37	Whereas now, Lord, we are of all nations the most insignificant; all the world over, men see us humbled for our sins.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	38	In these days we are without prince or leader or prophet, we have no burnt-sacrifice, no victim, no offering; for us no incense burns, no first-fruits can be brought into thy presence
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	39	and win thy favour. But oh, accept us still, hearts that are crushed, spirits bowed down by adversity;
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	40	look kindly on the sacrifice we offer thee this day, as it had been burnt-sacrifice of rams and bullocks, thousands of fattened lambs; who ever trusted in thee and was disappointed?
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	41	With all our hearts, now, we choose thy will, we reverence thee, we long after thy presence;
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	42	for that clemency, that abundant mercy of thine must we hope in vain?
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	43	By some wondrous deliverance vindicate thy own renown;
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	44	theirs be the vain hope, that would do thy servants an injury. Fools, that would match themselves with omnipotence! Crush down their might;
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	45	teach them that in all the world Lord there is none, God there is none, glorified as thou.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	46	Meanwhile, their tormentors were not idle; naphtha and tow, pitch and tinder must be heaped on the furnace,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	47	till the flame rose forty-nine cubits above the furnace itself,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	48	breaking out and burning such Chaldaeans as stood near it.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	49	But an angel of the Lord had gone down into the furnace with Azarias and his companions; and he drove the flames away from it,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	50	making a wind blow in the heart of the furnace, like the wind that brings the dew. So that these three were untouched, and the fire brought them neither pain nor discomfort.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	51	Whereupon all of them, as with one mouth, began to give praise and glory and blessing to God, there in the furnace, in these words that follow:
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	52	Blessed art thou, Lord God of our fathers, praised above all, renowned above all for ever; blessed is thy holy and glorious name, praised above all, renowned above all for ever.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	53	Blessed art thou, whose glory fills thy holy temple, praised above all, renowned above all for ever;
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	54	blessed art thou, who reignest on thy kingly throne, praised above all, renowned above all for ever.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	55	Blessed art thou, who art throned above the cherubim, and gazest down into the depths, praised above all, renowned above all for ever.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	56	Blessed art thou, high in the vault of heaven, praised above all, renowned above all for ever.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	57	Then they cried out upon all things the Lord had made, to bless him, and praise him, and extol his name for ever.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	58	Bless the Lord they should, the Lord’s angels;
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	59	bless him they should, the heavens,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	60	and the waters above the heavens;
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	61	bless him they should, all the Lord’s powers.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	62	Bless him they should, sun and moon,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	63	stars of heaven,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	64	each drop of rain and moisture,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	65	and all the winds of God.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	66	Bless him they should, fire and heat,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	67	winter cold and summer drought,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	68	dew and rime at morning,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	69	frost and the cold air.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	70	Bless him they should, ice and snow,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	71	day-time and night-time,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	72	light and darkness,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	73	lightnings and storm-clouds.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	74	And earth in its turn should bless the Lord, praise him, and extol his name for ever.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	75	Bless the Lord they should, mountains and hills,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	76	every growing thing that earth yields,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	77	flowing fountains,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	78	seas and rivers.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	79	Bless him they should, sea-monsters and all life that is bred in the waters,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	80	all the birds that fly in heaven,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	81	wild beasts and tame,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	82	and the sons of men.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	83	Bless him Israel should,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	84	priests of the Lord bless him,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	85	servants of the Lord bless him;
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	86	bless him they should, spirits and souls of all faithful men;
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	87	bless him they should, dedicated and humble hearts.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	88	And for Ananias, Azarias and Misael, well might they bless the Lord, praise him and extol his name for ever; here was the grave spoiled, death robbed of its prey, and ever they were kept safe from the furnace, let its flames rage as they would.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	89	Give thanks to the Lord, they cried, the Lord is gracious; his mercy is eternal!
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	90	Bless the Lord, you that are his worshippers; he is God above all gods; praise him and give him thanks, whose mercy is eternal.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	91	Sore amazed was king Nabuchodonosor, and started to his feet; Tell me, he said to his courtiers, did we not cast three men into yonder furnace, all closely bound? And when they answered, Sire, past doubt,
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	92	he told them what he had seen; here were four men, that bonds wore none, walking to and fro in the heart of the fire, and never the worse. And such an aspect he wore, the fourth of them, as it had been a son of God.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	93	With that, close went Nabuchodonosor to the furnace door, and cried, Come forth, Sidrach, Misach and Abdenago! Servants of the most high God, come out to me! So out came Sidrach, Misach and Abdenago, from the fire’s heart all of them;
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	94	and with one accord governor and judge and courtier clustered round them to look. Plain it was, the heat had no power over them; never a hair singed, nor a coat shrivelled, nor any smell of burning marked its passage.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	95	And at that, Nabuchodonosor could contain himself no longer; Blessed be this God whom Sidrach, Misach and Abdenago worship! Here were servants of his that trusted in him, and defied a king’s edict, ready to put their lives in peril, so they might be free men, worshipping no God but their own; and he has sent an angel to deliver them.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	96	Hereby, then, I enact that if anyone blasphemes against the God of Sidrach, Misach and Abdenago, come he of what people, what tribe, what race he may, he shall pay for it with his life, and his house be put to public use. God there is no other that can grant such deliverance as this!
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	97	And be sure he promoted them to high rank in Babylon province.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	98	King Nabuchodonosor to men of every race, tribe and tongue, dwell they where they will, all health!
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	99	Here be wondrous portents the most high God has been manifesting, and in my person.
-Daniel	Dan	31	3	100	And my will is to make them known, portents most weighty, wonders most compelling; such a reign as his lasts for ever, such power as his the ages cannot diminish.
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	1	All went well in my household; never was Nabuchodonosor’s court more flourishing.
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	2	And then I had a dream that put me in fear; nor waking thoughts gave my troubled wits repose.
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	3	Thereupon I gave orders that all the wise men of Babylon should appear before me, to interpret my dream;
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	4	diviner and sage, astrologer and soothsayer, all must assemble, and there in their presence I rehearsed what dream it was, but never one of them could tell me the meaning of it.
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	5	At last came Daniel, one of their number, styled after my own god’s name Baltassar, and endowed by all the holy gods with their spirit. To him I unfolded my dream thus:
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	6	Diviner is none, Baltassar, such as thou art; the spirit of all the holy gods is in thee, and there is no mystery beyond thy ken. Tell me, thou, what vision came to me in sleep, what events it boded.
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	7	Wouldst thou know, what fantasies disturbed my rest, this was what I saw. Grew a tree from the heart of earth, beyond measure tall;
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	8	a great tree and a thriving; top of it reached the heavens, and the ends of the earth had view of it.
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	9	What fair leaves it had, what foison of fruit, enough to cater for a whole world! Beast was none but might take shelter under it, bird was none but might nest in its branches, and to all living creatures it gave food.
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	10	But as I lay watching in my dream, came down from heaven one of the holy ones that mount guard there,
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	11	and loud rang his message: Down with yonder tree, lop branch, strip leaves, spill fruit! Let beast its shade, bird its covert forsake!
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	12	Yet leave the stock of it fast in earth.Band of iron, chain of bronze! There on the soft meadow-grass heaven’s dew wet him, pasture with the beasts find he;
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	13	heart of man be changed in him, beast’s heart given him, till seven seasons there have found him, and passed him by.
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	14	Doom it is of the unsleeping ones, will and word of the holy ones; live men and learn that he, the most High, of human kingship is overlord, gives it to whom he will, and holds none too base for the having of it.
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	15	Thus dreamt I, the great king Nabuchodonosor. Make haste, Baltassar, and read me the riddle; wise man was none in my kingdom that could tell me the meaning of it, but thou hast the spirit of the holy gods in thee; thou canst unravel it.
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	16	But Daniel, Baltassar if you will, made no answer. For a whole hour, in silence, he gave himself up to his thoughts, and right comfortless they were. Nay, Baltassar, the king said at last, never lose heart over a dream, and the interpretation of a dream! Lord king, said he, such dreams be for thy enemies! To ill-wishers of thine bode they what they bode!
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	17	A tree tall and sturdy, top reaching the heavens, in all the world’s view,
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	18	fair branches, fruit abounding, food for all, beasts sheltering, birds nesting there,
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	19	what is it, lord king, but thou? So great thy power has grown, it reaches heaven; earth’s bounds are the bounds of thy dominion.
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	20	He watches ever, that holy one thou sawest coming down from heaven; and his word was, Down with the tree, away with it, yet leave the stock of it rooted fast! Of iron band he spoke, and chain of bronze; of soft meadow-grass under the dews of heaven; of one that should have his pasture among the beasts, till seven seasons had found him there, and passed him by.
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	21	Sentence from the most High this dream forbodes, and the king’s grace the subject of it.
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	22	Far from the haunts of men thou shalt be driven out, and among brute beasts thou shalt have thy dwelling; eat grass, ox-fashion, and with heaven’s dew be drenched, till seven seasons have passed thee by; so learn thou must, that of all human kingship the most High is overlord, and grants it where he will.
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	23	If stock of tree is to be left rooted, be sure thy throne shall be thine once again; but first thou must learn thy lesson, that all power is from above.
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	24	Deign, my lord king, to be advised by me; with almsgiving, with mercy to the poor, for fault and wrong-doing of thine make amends; it may be he will condone thy guilt.
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	25	All this king Nabuchodonosor underwent.
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	26	A twelvemonth later, as he walked to and fro on the roof of his palace at Babylon,
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	27	he said aloud: Babylon lies before me, the great city, the royal city I have built; sure proof of my power, fair monument of my renown!
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	28	And before the words had died on his lips, came a voice from heaven: King Nabuchodonosor, here is thy doom! Pass away from thee it must, that royal power of thine;
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	29	driven from the haunts of men, with beasts dwell thou, grass like the cattle eat thou, till seven seasons have passed thee by, and learned thou hast that the most High is overlord of all human kingship, to grant it where he will.
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	30	There and then fell the doom on Nabuchodonosor; thrust him out they did, to feed on grass, and ever the dew of heaven drenched him; thick as eagle’s feathers his hair grew, and like birds’ talons his nails.
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	31	When the appointed time was over, I lifted up my eyes to heaven, I, Nabuchodonosor, and right reason came back to me. Blessed I then the most high God, to the eternal gave glory and praise; such a reign as his lasts for ever, such power as his the ages cannot diminish.
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	32	Matched with him, the whole world of men counts for nothing; in the heavenly powers, as in our mortal lives, he accomplishes his will, and none may resist him, none may ask his meaning.
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	33	And when reason came back to me, back came royal pomp and state, back came the beauty I once had; prince and senator waited on me, restored to my throne now in more magnificence than ever.
-Daniel	Dan	31	4	34	What wonder if I, Nabuchodonosor, praise this King of heaven, extol and glorify him, so faithful to his promise, so just in his dealings? Proud minds none can abase as he.
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	1	Now turn we to king Baltassar, that made great cheer for courtiers of his a thousand, each man drinking wine as his rank entitled him.
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	2	And he, in his cups, would have the spoils of the old temple at Jerusalem brought in, cups of gold, cups of silver that his father Nabuchodonosor had carried away; king and court, wife and concubine should drink from them.
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	3	Brought in they were, all the spoils of Jerusalem; king and courtier, wife and concubine, drank from those vessels;
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	4	drank, and to their own gods gave the praise, gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	5	Then, in that hour, an apparition came to them. They saw the fingers of a man’s hand writing on the plaster of the palace wall, full in the lamp’s light; joints of a hand that wrote there the king could not choose but see.
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	6	All at once he changed colour, a prey to anxious thoughts; melted his heart within him, and his knees knocked together.
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	7	With a loud cry, he bade them summon the wise men of Babylon, sage and astrologer and diviner; and to these he made proclamation: Who reads me yonder writing, and tells me the meaning of it, shall go clad in purple, a gold chain about his neck, and hold the third place in my kingdom.
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	8	But when they came into the banqueting-hall, never a wise head among them could read the characters, nor tell the king what they meant;
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	9	whereupon king Baltassar was in a great taking of fear, his cheeks paler yet, and his princes were no easier in mind than himself.
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	10	But now all this ado brought the queen-mother down into the banqueting-hall; Long life to the king’s grace! cried she; here is no need for daunted hearts and pale looks!
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	11	One man thou hast in thy realm the holy gods inspire; in thy father’s time, good proof he gave of the wisdom and learning that were his. Did not thy father, king Nabuchodonosor, put him at the head of his wise men one and all, sage nor wizard nor astrologer nor soothsayer to match him? In such renown thy royal father held him, my lord king;
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	12	no common spirit is his, no common prudence and discernment, dreams to interpret, hidden things to reveal, spells to unbind. For his name, it is Daniel; thy father called him Baltassar. Let Daniel be summoned, and thy riddle shall not long go unread.
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	13	So Daniel was brought into the king’s presence, and the king asked him if Daniel he were, one of the Jewish exiles his father had brought to Babylon?
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	14	Great things were told of him; that he had the spirit of the gods, gave proof of skill, discernment and wisdom above the common.
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	15	And here was certain writing, that had baffled sage and diviner called in to read them; meaning of it they could not tell.
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	16	If Daniel had skill indeed to reveal mysteries and unbind spells, let him read those characters and interpret them; robe of purple he should have, and a gold chain about his neck, and hold the third place in the kingdom.
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	17	But Daniel spoke out, there in the king’s presence: Purple and gold keep for thyself; and for thy honours, let him have them who will. But for the writing, I will read it willingly, and tell thee the meaning of it.
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	18	Sir king, thy father was Nabuchodonosor; to him the most High gave royal state, and splendid renown;
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	19	for that renown of his, every people and race and tribe must tremble in awe of him; slew he, smote he, exalted he, abased he, all he would.
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	20	With that, his heart beat high; proud grew his will and obstinate; and the issue of it? From that throne he must come down, be shorn of that glory;
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	21	cast out henceforth from the haunts of men. Heart of beast the heart of him; dwelling-place of wild ass should be his, food of the ox; and the dews of heaven should drench him, till he had learned that the most High is overlord of all human kingship, grants it to whom he will.
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	22	All this, Baltassar, thou knewest, yet son no more than father would abate his pride;
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	23	heaven’s Ruler defying, thou wouldst bring out yonder cups, the spoil of his temple, to serve wine for thee and thy court, for wife and concubine. Gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, stone and wood, that cannot see or hear or feel, thou wouldst magnify; for the God that holds thy life, thy fortunes, in his keeping, never a word of praise.
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	24	That is why the hand appeared to thee, fingers that wrote what there stands written.
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	25	This is the charactery of it: Mané, Thecel, Phares.
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	26	Mané betokens numbering; so many years allotted to thy empire, and now God has brought them to an end.
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	27	And thecel, weighing; the equal of his benefits God demands, and has not found in thee.
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	28	And phares, rending; Persian and Mede shall be thy successors in the kingdom that is torn from thy grasp.
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	29	With that, at the royal bidding, they clothed Daniel in purple, and hung a chain of gold about his neck; proclamation, too, was made that he held the third place in the kingdom.
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	30	But that same night Baltassar, the Chaldaean king, was slain,
-Daniel	Dan	31	5	31	and his crown passed to Darius, a Mede, then in the sixty-third year of his age.
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	1	This Darius saw fit to appoint a hundred and twenty lords lieutenant, who should govern the provinces of his empire;
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	2	and over these, three viceroys, of whom Daniel was one; governor should be answerable to viceroy, and the king’s grace should not be troubled with such matters.
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	3	Yet governor was none or viceroy that could compare with Daniel, so richly God inspired him;
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	4	and soon the king’s thought was, to put the whole empire under his care. Right gladly would his rivals have found opportunity to discredit him in the king’s eyes; but no, handle or pretext they could find none, so faithful was he, so far removed from all breath of suspicion.
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	5	And at last they were fain to admit, if charge was to be found against Daniel at all, keeping of his God’s law must be the ground of it.
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	6	So they took the king by surprise; Long life, they said, to the king’s grace!
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	7	Here is a design upon which we are all agreed, viceroy and magistrate and governor and senator and judge; that an edict should go out under the royal seal forbidding thy subjects to make any request of god or man these next thirty days, save only of thyself. And if any man disobeys, it shall be at his peril; he is for the lion-pit.
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	8	May it please the king’s grace to give this design of ours effect, and make the decree unalterable, under law of the Medes and Persians, the law there is no amending.
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	9	Draw up the edict he did, and signed it.
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	10	As for Daniel, when he heard it was law, he took himself home; and now as ever, three times a day, he would open his chamber window towards Jerusalem eastwards, doing reverence on bended knee and praising his God.
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	11	Be sure they surprised him at it, these enemies of his; found him a-praying to his God,
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	12	and went off to remind the king of his edict. Had not a law been enacted, prayer there should be none to god or man those thirty days following, save to the king; and that on pain of the lions? Law it is, said he, and law of the Medes and Persians there is no amending.
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	13	Why then, they asked the king, what of Daniel, Daniel the Jewish exile, that for law and edict cares nothing? Three times a day he offers his God prayer.
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	14	Pitiful hearing was this for the king’s ear; to save Daniel was all his thought, and to that end he laboured till set of sun;
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	15	but the trap they had devised was too crafty for him, and ever they put him in mind there was no help for it. By the law Medes and Persians use, let the king once make a decree, there is no amending it.
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	16	At last the king gave orders Daniel should be sent for and shut up in the lion-pit; So faithful a servant, he told him, thy God must needs deliver.
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	17	And with that, a stone was brought and set down at the pit’s entrance, which the king sealed and his nobles both; there should be no interfering with Daniel.
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	18	Home went the king, and supperless to bed; he would have no food brought him, and sleep he could not.
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	19	With the first light of day, the king was up and stirring; to the lion-pit he hastened,
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	20	and as he came up to it, he cried out most lamentably: Daniel, worshipper of the God that lives, thou wert ever his true servant; has power of his availed to rescue thee from the lions?
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	21	Long life to the king’s grace, Daniel answered;
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	22	angel of his did his errand, and stopped the lions’ mouths. What harm should they do me, one that my God sees guiltless? And for thyself, lord king, nought did I to earn thy displeasure.
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	23	Right glad the king was to learn of Daniel’s safety; be sure he gave orders they should bring Daniel up out of the pit, and out of the pit they brought him, unscathed from head to foot; such reward they have that trust in God.
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	24	Thereupon, at the king’s bidding, they fetched his accusers, and thrust them into the lion-pit, their wives and children with them. But these never reached the floor of it, so quickly the lions fell upon them, and broke all the bones of them to nothing.
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	25	Then Darius sent out a proclamation to all the world, without distinction of nation, race or language, wishing them well,
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	26	and enjoining this decree upon them, that all the subjects of his empire should hold the God of Daniel in awe and reverence. Here is a God that lives, he told them, a God that abides for ever; such a reign as his there is no overthrowing, such power as his the ages cannot diminish.
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	27	His to deliver, his to save, his to shew wondrous portents in high heaven and on earth beneath, the God who saved Daniel from the lions.
-Daniel	Dan	31	6	28	Let Darius reign, or Cyrus the Persian, this same Daniel throve yet.
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	1	In the first year of the Babylonian king Baltassar, Daniel had a dream; sleep he might, but still his thoughts were busy. The substance of this dream he put on record, giving no more than the sum of it, in these words following.
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	2	Night came, and brought with it a vision for my seeing. All the winds of heaven, I thought, did battle over the wide sea,
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	3	and out of it came four great beasts, each of them different from the last.
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	4	A lioness the first seemed, that yet had eagle’s wings; but as I watched, these wings were plucked, and with that it rose up from the ground, standing on its feet like a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	5	Then rose up another by its side, this one like a bear; three rows of teeth it had in its mouth, and a summons came to it, great part of mankind it should devour.
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	6	What saw I next? A leopard it seemed, yet had a bird’s wings, four of them, on its back, and four heads; this beast it was that now attained dominion.
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	7	But still I dreamed on, and a fourth beast saw at last, fiercer, and stranger, and more powerful yet. It had great teeth of iron, ready to crush and to devour, and ever what these spared it would trample down with its feet; match it those others might not; and out of its head grew ten horns.
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	8	Even as I watched them, a new horn grew up in the midst of the others, and three of them must be plucked away to make room for it; eyes it had, this new horn, like a man’s eyes, and a mouth that talked very boastfully.
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	9	While I still watched, there were judgement-thrones a-setting; and one took his seat there crowned with age. White as snow his garments were, his hair could match unsullied wool for whiteness; his throne all of flame, the wheels under it glancing fire;
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	10	and ever from his presence a stream of fire came rushing onward. A thousand thousand they were that waited on his bidding, and for every one of these, a thousand others were standing there before him. Assize should be held now, and the records lay open.
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	11	And still I watched, to see what would become of the boasts yonder horn had made; and all at once I was aware the beast itself had been slain, and even the carcase of it had vanished, handed over to the flames;
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	12	nor might those other beasts enjoy power any longer, though life they should enjoy for a while, until their turn came.
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	13	Then I saw in my dream, how one came riding on the clouds of heaven, that was yet a son of man; came to where the Judge sat, crowned with age, and was ushered into his presence.
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	14	With that, power was given him, and glory, and sovereignty; obey him all must, men of every race and tribe and tongue; such a reign as his lasts for ever, such power as his the ages cannot diminish.
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	15	By this, Daniel wrote, my heart was ill at ease; a dread sight it was, and as I dreamed, my thoughts bewildered me.
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	16	So I drew closer to one that stood by, and asked to know the truth of all that had gone forward; he it was that read the riddle for me, and thus he unravelled it:
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	17	It is but earthly kingdoms they betoken, these four great beasts thou hast seen;
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	18	the servants of the most high God shall have dominion yet; theirs it shall be for ever and for evermore.
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	19	But I was minded to know the truth more fully; what was the fourth beast, so different from all the rest, so dreadful; why must it have teeth and claws of iron, to crush and to devour, to trample on what was left?
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	20	What of the ten horns on its head, and that other, before which three of them fell, the horn that had eyes, and a mouth to boast with, and grew greater than the rest?
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	21	This horn it was I saw doing battle against the servants of the most High, and getting the better of them,
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	22	until the Judge appeared, crowned with age, to give them redress, and their turn came to have dominion.
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	23	And his answer was, this fourth beast was the fourth of those earthly kingdoms, and the greatest of them all, to crush and devour and trample down a whole world.
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	24	Ten kings be the ten horns of that kingdom, and after these another shall rise, more poweful yet, and three of them shall bite the dust.
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	25	Boastfully he shall challenge the most High, and do his servants despite; calendar and ordinance he shall think to set aside; for a space of time, and for twice as long, and for half as long, he must needs have his way.
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	26	Then assize shall be held on him, and all his power be taken away, crushed down and forgotten for ever.
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	27	Then what royalty, what empire, what earth-embracing dominion shall be theirs, the people set apart for the most High! Sovereignty everlasting; no monarch but must bow to its yoke.
-Daniel	Dan	31	7	28	So ended the revelation made to Daniel. Bewildered my thoughts were, and my cheek pale, but I kept the memory of it faithfully in my heart.
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	1	To me, to Daniel, another revelation came, besides that I had first seen. It was now the third year of king Baltassar,
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	2	and I was at the town of Susa, in Aelam province, but it seemed, in my vision, it was by the gate of Ulai I stood.
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	3	I looked at what lay before me, and what saw I, at the edge of the marsh, but a ram standing there, with one high-branching horn, and another that grew up after it, but grew higher yet.
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	4	With those horns it tossed every enemy that came to meet it; west and north and south was never a beast could match it, or escape its attack; no wonder this ram carried all before it, and rose to greatness.
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	5	But now, as I looked, came a buck-goat from the west country, earth overshadowing, and spurning the ground beneath him; one horn this goat had between the eyes of him, a horn of noble aspect.
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	6	Close he came to the ram, the great horned ram I had espied in yonder gateway, and bore down upon it with very furious onslaught.
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	7	So madly he charged that he overcame the ram and broke either horn of it with one blow; what shift could it make now? Brought down it was and trampled under foot; there was no rescuing it.
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	8	So now it was the goat’s turn to enjoy dominion; yet no sooner had he reached his full strength, than the great horn was broken, and four other horns must grow up in place of it, fronting the four winds of heaven.
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	9	It was from one of these a single horn now sprang; a little horn that grew till it outrivalled south and east, aye, and the armies …
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	10	For the armies of heaven itself it proved a match, bringing heavenly powers down to earth, stars down to earth, and trampling them under foot;
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	11	a match even for the captain of those armies, that must lose the daily sacrifice offered to him, and look on at the destruction of his sanctuary.
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	12	Alas for our guilt! That such an enemy, by armed force, should avail against the sacrifice, truth itself should dethrone, and should thrive yet, should prosper yet!
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	13	This complaint I heard one of God’s servants making to another, I know not who; and when that other asked how long a cessation of sacrifice the vision portended, how long the estranging guilt, and the defeat, and the profanation,
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	14	Night first, said he, morning after; two thousand three hundred days it will be, ere the sanctuary is cleansed.
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	15	But for me, for Daniel, that saw the vision, understanding of it was none, till one appeared to me that had the semblance of a man,
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	16	and a voice hailed him from between Ulai gates; For thee it is, Gabriel, to make the vision clear.
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	17	Came he close, then, to where I was standing; but I, at his coming, fell down in terror, face to earth. Heed thou well, son of man, said he; what here thou seest, in the last days shall be accomplished.
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	18	But he spoke to one that lay swooning on the ground; so he must put out his hand, and raise me to my feet.
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	19	Then he went on: I mean to tell thee how all shall fall out when the days of punishment are over; be sure the end of them is fixed.
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	20	Horned ram of thy vision rules over the Medes and Persians;
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	21	buck-goat over the realm of Greece, and the great horn between his eyes is first of the Greek kings.
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	22	Those four others that grew after its breaking are four kings that shall arise, fellow-countrymen of his, but not his peers.
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	23	These reigning, the world shall go from bad to worse, till a new king comes to the throne, brazen-faced, a master of riddles.
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	24	Great power shall he wield, though of that first king not the peer, making havoc beyond belief, thriving and prospering. Strength of arms nor holiness of life shall rescue peoples
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	25	from his will; all shall go well with crafty scheming of his, till his heart grows proud, and he deals death all about him, when peril is none. And at last with the Prince of princes he shall try conclusions; no human hand it shall be that crushes him down at last.
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	26	Night comes first, then morning; but the revelation made to thee is a true one; seal it up, till those last days when it must have effect.
-Daniel	Dan	31	8	27	So much he told me; and for many days after I lay sick; when I was on my feet again, I had the king’s business to do, but still I was all dazed by the vision, and there was no interpreting it.
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	1	Then Darius the Mede, son of Assuerus, was raised to the throne of Chaldaea;
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	2	and in the year when his reign began who but I, Daniel, should discover, by the reading of old records, how to compute the seventy years of Jerusalem’s widowhood? Such doom the Lord had foretold to the prophet Jeremias.
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	3	And with that, I turned to the Lord my God; pray to him I would, and sue for mercy, fasting ever, sackcloth and ashes my only wear.
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	4	Prayed I then to the Lord my God, and made confession of my sins, in these words following: Mercy, mercy, Lord God, the great, the terrible; to those who love thee, so gracious, with those who keep thy commandments, troth keeping still!
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	5	Sinned we have, and wronged thee, rebelled we have, and forsaken thee, turned our backs on decree and award of thine,
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	6	nor heeded thy servants, the prophets, that spoke to us in thy name, to king and prince and the common folk that gendered us.
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	7	Fault with thee is none; ours, Lord, to blush for the wrong-doing that has offended thee, men of Juda, citizens of Jerusalem, Israel near at hand, Israel banished far away, in what plight thou seest!
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	8	Blush we, king and prince of ours, fathers of ours that did the wrong;
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	9	be it thine, O Lord our God, to have mercy and to forgive. So far we have strayed from thee,
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	10	so deaf to the divine voice, when the prophets that served thee bade us follow thy law!
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	11	A whole people that would transgress thy command, turn a deaf ear to thy calls! What wonder if it fell on us, drop by drop, the avenging curse God’s servant Moses wrote of? Our sins had deserved it,
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	12	and if yonder unexampled punishment befell Jerusalem, it was but a threat fulfilled; warning we had of it, we and the princes that governed us.
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	13	No misfortune overtook us, but the law of Moses had foretold it; and yet, O Lord our God, appease thy anger we would not, nor leave our sinning, nor bethink ourselves, how well thy word thou keepest;
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	14	what wonder if bane, not blessing, the divine regard brought us? Be our punishment what it will, not ours to find fault with the God we have disobeyed.
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	15	Thou art the Lord our God, whose constraining power rescued thy people from the land of Egypt, who hast won thyself glory, too, in this our day; we, Lord, have been sinners, we have shewn ourselves unworthy
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	16	of all thy faithful dealings with us. But wilt thou let thy indignant anger fall on Jerusalem, on that holy mountain of thine? Too long, for our sins and the sins of our fathers before us, all our neighbours have held Jerusalem, and us thy people, in contempt.
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	17	God of our race, give audience at last to the prayer, the plea thy servant brings before thee; for thy own honour, restore the sanctuary, that now lies forlorn, to the smile of thy favour.
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	18	My God, give ear and listen to us; open thy eyes, and see how desolate is this city of ours, that claims to be thy own. No merits of ours, nothing but thy great love emboldens us to lay our prayers at thy feet.
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	19	Thy hearing, Lord, and thy pardon; thy heed, Lord, and thy aid! For thy own honour, my God, deny thyself no longer to the city, the people that is called thy own!
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	20	Thus prayed I, thus did I confess my own sins, and the sins of my fellow Israelites, pouring out supplication, there in the presence of my God, for that holy mountain which is his dwelling-place.
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	21	And I was still at my prayer, when the human figure of Gabriel, as I had seen it at the beginning of my vision, flew swiftly to my side; it was the hour of the evening sacrifice when he reached me.
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	22	And with these words he enlightened me: Daniel, my errand is to instruct thee and give thee discernment.
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	23	Even as thy prayer began, a secret was disclosed, and I am here to make it known to thee, so well heaven loves thee. Mark well, then, the message, and read the revelation aright.
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	24	It is ordained that this people of thine, that holy city of thine, should wait seventy weeks before guilt is done away, sin ended, wrong righted; before God’s everlasting favour is restored, and the visions and the prophecies come true, and he who is all holiness receives his anointing.
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	25	Be assured of this, and mark it well; a period of seven weeks must go by, and another period of sixty-two weeks, between the order to rebuild Jerusalem and the coming of the Christ to be your leader. Street and wall will be built again, though in a time of distress;
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	26	and then sixty-two weeks must pass before the Christ is done to death; the people will disown him and have none of him. Then the army of an invading leader will destroy both city and sanctuary, so that his taking away will mean utter destruction; only a ruin is to be left when that war is ended.
-Daniel	Dan	31	9	27	High covenant he shall make, before another week is done, and with folks a many; but when that week has run half its course, offering and burnt-sacrifice shall be none; in the temple all shall be defilement and desolation, and until all is over, all is fulfilled, that desolation shall continue.
-Daniel	Dan	31	10	1	Then, in the third year of Cyrus’ reign, that was king of Persia, a fresh revelation was made to Daniel, who is also called Baltassar. Here is truth indubitable, and a great host … And right well he understood its meaning; little avails vision where understanding is none.
-Daniel	Dan	31	10	2	For three weeks together I, Daniel, that saw it, had been making sad cheer;
-Daniel	Dan	31	10	3	for three weeks together dry bread was my diet, nor ever did meat or wine cross my lips, nor oil anoint me.
-Daniel	Dan	31	10	4	Came now the twenty-fourth day of the new year, and I stood by the banks of the great river, where it is called Tigris.
-Daniel	Dan	31	10	5	I looked up, and saw a man standing there clad all in linen, and his girdle of fine gold.
-Daniel	Dan	31	10	6	Clear as topaz his body was, like the play of lightning shone his face, and like burning cressets his eyes; arms and legs of him had the sheen of bronze, and when he spoke, it was like the murmur of a throng.
-Daniel	Dan	31	10	7	The vision was for me, for Daniel, alone; my companions never saw it; such fear overcame them, they were fain to hide themselves,
-Daniel	Dan	31	10	8	and I was left alone with this high vision for my company. No wonder if my spirits were cowed; pale grew my cheek, and all the strength in me ebbed away.
-Daniel	Dan	31	10	9	He spoke, and as I listened to that voice, I swooned where I stood, and lay there, face to earth,
-Daniel	Dan	31	10	10	till a hand touched me, giving fresh impulse to knee and wrist.
-Daniel	Dan	31	10	11	Daniel, he said to me, Daniel, so well beloved, up with thee, and heed thou well; I have an errand to thee. Yet for all he spoke thus to me, I stood there trembling,
-Daniel	Dan	31	10	12	and still he must allay my fears. Take heart, Daniel, said he; thy prayers did not go unheard. Prayer of thine it was beckoned me to thy side, from the very moment when thou didst set about thy search for knowledge, by fasting in the presence of thy God;
-Daniel	Dan	31	10	13	but these twenty-one days he who guards the realm of Persia has delayed my coming. At last Michael, one of the high lords, brought me aid, and there, at Persia’s court, I was left master of the field.
-Daniel	Dan	31	10	14	Now I am here to tell thee what shall befall thy people in the last days; long days must pass ere the revelation is accomplished.
-Daniel	Dan	31	10	15	Ever, as he spoke, I stood there dumb, and with eyes downcast,
-Daniel	Dan	31	10	16	till all at once a touch fell on my lips, like the touch of human hand. Now found I speech, to give yonder visitant his answer. Bethink thee, my lord, I said, that sight of thee unknits my frame; strength in me is none.
-Daniel	Dan	31	10	17	How should slave bandy words with master? Not strength alone fails me; the very breath will not come.
-Daniel	Dan	31	10	18	Once again a hand seemed to touch me, and words came to hearten me;
-Daniel	Dan	31	10	19	Nay, fears are not for thee, so well beloved; never harm befall thee! Take courage, and play a man’s part! With that, I found my strength again; Speak on, my Lord, said I; thou hast put new heart into me.
-Daniel	Dan	31	10	20	And he answered, Hast thou read, by this, the secret of my coming to thee? I am even now on my way back to fight against the lord of Persia; when I left him, what saw I but the lord of the Greeks already on the march?
-Daniel	Dan	31	10	21	Only I must shew thee first what is written in the book of doom. Much is to do, and save for Michael, that is guardian of your race, I have none to aid me.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	1	Him to strengthen and uphold has been my task, ever since Darius the Mede began reigning.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	2	And now, doom to foreshew thee, a king shall rise in Persia, the fourth from this, rich in great revenue beyond all the others; in the power such wealth gives him, he will set the whole world in motion against the realm of Greece …
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	3	And a warrior king shall arise, winning such empire that there is no resisting his will.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	4	Divided that empire shall be, as soon as it is established, between the four quarters of heaven; not sons of his they shall be that rule it, nor peers of his; besides these, foreign lords shall part his dominions between them.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	5	The southern kingdom a strong ruler shall have, but of his vassals one shall be mightier than he, and in dominion excel him; wide, wide his domain;
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	6	until at last these two make terms between them, and, to seal their amity, daughter of Egyptian king to Syrian king must pass. Yet thrive she may not, nor dynasty of hers endure; herself in due time, with retinue of hers, faction of hers, must be a victim.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	7	Not unavenged; scion of her own father’s stock shall march on Syria, and do battle, and prevail;
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	8	shall carry off to Egypt the images of Syria’s gods, its treasures of silver and gold. Then, his rival mastered,
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	9	with that inroad he shall be content, and to his own kingdom return.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	10	To Syria’s heirs the quarrel is left; and now there are great hosts a-mustering, under a new king that must ever be hurrying on, like river in flood, returning with spirit to the charge, throwing all his forces into the assault.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	11	See with what fury the Egyptian king takes the field against him, rallies a great host of his own, and over Syria’s host gains the mastery!
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	12	Captives a many, dead warriors a many, to gladden his heart, but all to no purpose;
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	13	back Syria comes, in greater force than ever, ranks filled, and treasures swollen, with the years.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	14	All the world will be for picking a quarrel with Egypt then; hot-heads there will be among thy own people who think to fulfil the old prophecies thus, but to their cost.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	15	On marches he, yonder Syrian king, raises mound, and makes fortified cities his own; Egypt’s vigour is all spent, never a halt, though its best warriors engage him;
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	16	irresistible he comes, to impose terms on his enemy, sets foot in a noble land and crushes it under his heel.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	17	How to gain secure possession of the whole kingdom? A bargain must be struck; gift of a royal bride shall be the land’s undoing! But no, that will not serve, never shall it be his.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	18	To the sea-coast he turns his thoughts instead, and conquers lands a many; puts to silence the author of his own disgrace, and covers him with disgrace in his turn.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	19	But at last, to his own province turning back, he totters to his fall, and the fame of him is heard no more.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	20	To a vile creature his throne must pass, of a throne unworthy; soon shall his end come, and yet no blow struck in anger, or in battle.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	21	And after him a man little thought of; royal investiture he has none, yet see how stealthy his approach, what shifts he uses to win a throne!
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	22	Down go strong armies, crushed before him, down goes covenanted chief;
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	23	treaty first, and then treachery; of armed following he needs but little.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	24	So he makes his way into rich cities that suspect no harm, outdoes father and grandsire both in havoc, so much wealth to plunder and to squander; into strong cities, too, by crafty devices, while fortune serves.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	25	Power of his and policy of his he shall match at last against Egypt, with a great army at his back; alas, Egypt, what avails that great muster of warriors? Craft wins the day;
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	26	men that feed on thy royal bounty are thy own undoing, and with great slaughter that army of thine is overborne.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	27	See where the two kings plot mischief at one table, liars both! But nothing they shall achieve; not yet the appointed hour has come.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	28	Back goes the king of Syria, enriched with spoil, wreaking his spite on God’s covenant as he journeys home;
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	29	then, when the time is ripe, marches once again southwards. Yet speed he shall not as once he sped;
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	30	here are Roman galleys overtaking him, and he must return discomfited.And now, as he returns, he shall vent his spleen against the holy covenant in good earnest. The forsakers of that covenant have not escaped his eye,
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	31	and there are willing hands a many to help him profane the inviolable sanctuary, daily sacrifice annulling, spreading defilement and desolation there.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	32	Fawning knaves, and traitors to the covenant! But those others, that their God acknowledge, shall go all the more boldly to work,
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	33	counsellors a few that give right counsel to many. Crippled they shall be for a while, by sword and flame, by prison and plunder;
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	34	then, even as they are falling, it will need but a little support, and the fickle multitude will rally to their side.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	35	What if some of them should fall, those wise counsellors? Assayed let them be for a little, sifted, purged for a little; there shall be happier times yet.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	36	As for the king, he shall have all his own way; in his pride, he will think himself a match for any god, even of that God boast himself the rival, who is above all gods, And still he shall thrive; vengeance is not yet ready to overtake him; doom shall come when doom must.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	37	What are his fathers’ gods to him? Women’s dalliance is all his concern; of gods he recks little, that will set himself up over all.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	38	When his turn comes, it is the god of Maozim he will worship; for such a god, that never his fathers knew, the gold, and the silver, and the precious jewels;
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	39	with this new-found god to aid him, he will make Maozim his stronghold, shower honours and dignities upon its folk, make a present of lands to them.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	40	Then comes the hour of destiny. Egypt shall declare war, and he, the Syrian king, shall sweep down upon it with horse and chariot and a great fleet.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	41	Which lands will he invade and conquer, which pass by, ere he reach the noblest of them all? Ruined a many shall be, but Edom shall escape his onslaught, and Moab, and the princedom of Ammon.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	42	A country here he will attempt, a country there, and be sure Egypt shall not go unscathed;
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	43	gold and silver of Egypt, and all its precious treasures shall come into his power. Then, as through Libya and Ethiopia he makes his way,
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	44	tidings shall come from east and north, to bring him back with all his host, ready for havoc, ready for carnage.
-Daniel	Dan	31	11	45	See where he sets up his royal pavilion betwixt sea and sea on yonder noble hill, yonder sacred hill; reaches its very summit, and none brings aid!
-Daniel	Dan	31	12	1	Time, then, that Michael should be up and doing; Michael, that high lord who is guardian of thy race. Distress shall then be, such as never was since the world began; and in that hour of distress thy fellow-countrymen shall win deliverance, all whose names are found written when the record lies open.
-Daniel	Dan	31	12	2	Many shall wake, that now lie sleeping in the dust of earth, some to enjoy life everlasting, some to be confronted for ever with their disgrace.
-Daniel	Dan	31	12	3	Bright shall be the glory of wise counsellors, as the radiance of the sky above; starry-bright for ever their glory, who have taught many the right way.
-Daniel	Dan	31	12	4	For thyself, Daniel, keep this revelation locked away; sealed up the record of it must be until the hour appointed. Leave others to hasten to and fro, in search of knowledge.
-Daniel	Dan	31	12	5	Thus he spoke; and now, looking up, I saw two others that stood there, one on either bank of the stream.
-Daniel	Dan	31	12	6	But he, the man clad in linen, stood there yet over the river itself; and when I asked how long these wondrous doings should last,
-Daniel	Dan	31	12	7	it was from him I had my answer. Both hands raised to heaven, he swore by the God who lives for ever that there should be an end to it; it should last for a space of time, and for twice as long, and for half as long, no more. Strength of God’s holy people must be broken utterly; when that is over, all is over and done.
-Daniel	Dan	31	12	8	So I had my answer, but still could not tell the meaning of it; Ay, my Lord, I said, but what shall be the end of it all?
-Daniel	Dan	31	12	9	Nay, Daniel, said he, no more of this; needs must that this revelation be shut away and sealed up, till the appointed hour comes;
-Daniel	Dan	31	12	10	and still there shall be chosen souls a many, that are purged by the fire’s assaying, and still there are sinners that will not leave their sinning. The riddle, for these others, a riddle must remain, but wise counsellors there be that will find the clue to it.
-Daniel	Dan	31	12	11	Of this be sure; after the time when the daily sacrifice is abrogated, and all becomes defilement and desolation, twelve hundred and ninety days must pass.
-Daniel	Dan	31	12	12	Blessed shall his lot be that waits patiently till thirteen hundred and thirty-five days are over.
-Daniel	Dan	31	12	13	And for thyself, Daniel, go thy way … till the end; till the end of the days rest thou shalt, and rise to fulfil thy appointed destiny.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	1	There was a man called Joakim living in Babylon,
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	2	married to one Susanna, daughter of Helcias. This was a woman of great beauty, and one that feared God,
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	3	so well had her parents, religious folk, schooled their daughter in the law of Moses.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	4	A rich man was Joakim, and had a fruit-garden close to his house; and he was much visited by the Jews, among whom there was none more honoured than he.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	5	There came a year in which those two elders of the people were appointed judges, of whom the Lord said, Wickedness has sprung up in Babylon, and the roots of it are those elders and judges who claim to rule the people.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	6	These two were often at Joakim’s house, and all those who had disputes to settle appeared before them there.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	7	At noon, when the common folk had returned home, Susanna would walk about in her husband’s garden,
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	8	and these two elders, who saw her go in and walk there day after day, fell to lusting after her.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	9	Reason they dethroned, and turned away their eyes from the sight of heaven; its just awards they would fain have forgotten.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	10	The love that tortured both, neither to other would disclose;
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	11	confess it for very shame they might not, this hankering after a woman’s favours;
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	12	yet day after day they seized the opportunity to have sight of her. A day came at last when one said to the other,
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	13	Home go we, it is dinner-time; and go they did, taking their several ways;
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	14	yet both returned hot-foot to their watching-place, and there met one another. So there was questioning on both sides, and out came the story of their lust; and now they made common cause; at a suitable time they would waylay her together, when she was alone.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	15	They watched, then, for their opportunity; and she, as her custom was, went out one day with two of her maids, and had a mind to bathe, there in the garden, for it was summer weather,
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	16	and none was by except the two elders; and they were in hiding, watching her.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	17	So she bade her servants go and bring her oil and soap, and shut the garden door while she was a-bathing.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	18	Her whim was obeyed; shut the door of the garden they did, and went out by a back entrance to bring her what she had asked for; they knew nothing of the elders that were hiding there within.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	19	And these two, as soon as the servants were gone, rose from their hiding-place and ran to her side.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	20	See, they told her, the garden door is shut, and there is no witness by. We are both smitten with a desire for thy favours; come, then, let us enjoy thee.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	21	Refuse, and we will bear witness that thou hadst a gallant here, and this was the reason thou wouldst rid thyself of thy hand-maidens’ company.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	22	Whereupon Susanna groaned deeply; There is no escape for me, she said, either way. It is death if I consent, and if I refuse, I shall be at your mercy.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	23	Let me rather fall into your power through no act of mine, than commit sin in the Lord’s sight.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	24	With that, Susanna cried aloud, and the elders, too, began crying shame on her;
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	25	meanwhile, one of them ran to the garden door and opened it.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	26	And now the servants of the house, hearing such outcry in the garden, came running in through the back entrance to know what was afoot;
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	27	and they were greatly abashed when the elders told their story; never before had Susanna been defamed thus.When the morrow came,
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	28	there was a throng of people in Joakim’s house, and the two elders were there, intent upon their malicious design against Susanna’s life.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	29	They asked publicly that Susanna, daughter of Helcias and wife to Joakim, should be sent for; sent for she was,
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	30	and came out with her parents and her children and all her kindred.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	31	So dainty she was, and so fair,
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	32	these two knaves would have her let down her veil, the better to enjoy the sight of her charms.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	33	All her friends, all her acquaintances, were in tears.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	34	Then the two elders rose amidst the throng, and laid their hands upon Susanna’s head,
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	35	while she, weeping, looked up to heaven, in token that her heart had not lost confidence in the Lord.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	36	We were walking in the garden apart, said the elders, when this woman came out with two hand-maidens. She had the garden door shut close, and sent the maidens away;
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	37	whereupon a young man, who had been in hiding till then, came out and had his will with her.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	38	We, from a nook in the garden, saw what foul deed was being done, and ran up close, so that we had full view of their dalliance;
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	39	but lay hold of the man we could not; he was too strong for us, opening the garden door and springing out.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	40	The woman we caught, and asked her who her gallant was, but she would not tell us. To all this, we bear witness.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	41	They were elders, they were judges of the people, and they persuaded the assembly, without more ado, to pass the death sentence.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	42	Whereupon Susanna cried aloud, Eternal God, no secret is hidden from thee, nothing comes to pass without thy foreknowledge.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	43	Thou knowest that these men have borne false witness against me; wilt thou let me die, a woman innocent of all the charges their malice has invented?
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	44	And the Lord listened to her plea;
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	45	even as she was being led off to her death, all at once he roused to utterance the holy spirit that dwelt in a young boy there, called Daniel.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	46	This Daniel raised his voice and cried out, I will be no party to the death of this woman;
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	47	and when all the people turned upon him, asking what he meant,
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	48	he stood there in their midst, and said, Are you such fools, men of Israel, as to condemn an Israelite woman without trial, without investigation of the truth?
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	49	Go back to the place of judgement; the witness they have borne against her is false witness.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	50	Eagerly enough the people went back, and the elders would have Daniel sit with them, such credit God had given him beyond his years.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	51	He bade them part the two men, at a distance from each other, while he questioned them.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	52	So parted they were, and when the first was summoned, thus Daniel greeted him: Grown so old in years, and years ill spent! Now, that past sinning of thine has found thee out,
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	53	a man that perverts justice, persecutes innocence, and lets the guilty go free. Has not the Lord said, Never shalt thou put the innocent man, the upright man, to death?
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	54	Thou foundest her; good; they met under a tree; tell us what kind of tree. And he answered, Under a mastic-tree I surprised them.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	55	The right word! cried Daniel; prized asunder thyself shall be, when God bids his angel requite thee for this calumny.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	56	Then he had this one removed, and bade the other come near. Brood of Chanaan, said he, and no true son of Juda, so beauty ensnared thee? So lust drove thy heart astray?
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	57	Such approaches you have made, long since, to women of the other tribes, and they, from very fear, admitted your suit; but you could not bring a woman of Juda to fall in with your wicked design.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	58	And now tell me, under what tree it was thou didst find them talking together? Under a holm-oak, said he, I saw them.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	59	The right word again! cried Daniel. Saw thee asunder the angel of the Lord will, with the sharp blade he carries yonder; you are both dead men.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	60	And with that, the whole multitude cried aloud, blessing God that is the deliverer of those who trust in him.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	61	And they turned on the two elders, by Daniel’s questioning self-convicted of false witness; served they must be as they would have served others,
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	62	and the law of Moses obeyed; so they put them to death. That day, an innocent life was saved.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	63	Good cause had Helcias and his wife to praise God for their daughter Susanna, good cause had Joakim and all his friends; no breath of suspicion assailed her now.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	64	And as for Daniel, he was in high favour with all the people from that day forward.
-Daniel	Dan	31	13	65	When king Astyages became part of his line, it was Cyrus, the Persian, succeeded him.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	1	Of this king, Daniel was the courtier, and valued above all his other friends.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	2	A great idol there was, that the men of Babylon worshipped; Bel was the name of it, and day by day it must be fed with thirty-two bushels of fine flour, and forty sheep, and of wine thirty-six gallons.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	3	The king himself honoured it with the rest, and no day passed but he went to pay it reverence. A time came when he asked Daniel, that worshipped no God but his own, why Bel he would not worship;
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	4	and this answer Daniel made him, that for idols made by men’s hands worship he had none, only for that living God that made heaven and earth, and of all mankind held the sovereignty.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	5	What,cried the king, wilt thou have it Bel is not a living god? Hast thou no eyes for the great trencherman he is, day in, day out, of food and drink both?
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	6	Nay, my lord king, Daniel answered with a smile, give no heed to false tales. Clay he is within, and bronze without; I warrant thee, eat he cannot.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	7	Whereupon the king, in high displeasure, summoned Bel’s priests. You shall give account, said he, of yonder revenues, and that on pain of your lives. Who is it has the eating of them?
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	8	Prove to me it is Bel himself, and Daniel shall die instead, that blasphemed him. As it pleases the king’s grace, said Daniel.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	9	Seventy of these priests there were, that had wives and children to fend for besides. And when the king reached their temple, with Daniel in attendance,
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	10	this challenge they offered: Withdraw we, as thou seest; for thee it is, lord king, to set food, pour out wine, lock and seal door with thy own hand.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	11	To-morrow, come thou and find aught left over from Bel’s banqueting, we die for it; or else Daniel dies, that so traduced us.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	12	Lightly enough the challenge was made; had they not provided a hidden entrance-way, close under the god’s table, by which they came in and ate what eat they would?
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	13	So out they went, and the king set on Bel’s viands with his own hand; and what did Daniel? He would have his servants bring ashes, and scatter them all over the temple floor, there in the king’s presence. Which done, all withdrew, leaving the door locked, and the royal seal upon it.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	14	And that night in they came as came they ever, priest and priest’s wife and priest’s children, and left neither bite nor sup between them.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	15	Next day, the king was early abroad, and Daniel with him.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	16	What of the seals, Daniel? the king asked. Are they unbroken? Ay, my lord king, unbroken yet.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	17	What a cry was that the king gave, when he opened the door and caught sight of the table within! A great god thou art, Bel, said he, and no deceiver!
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	18	But Daniel smiled, and would not have the king go in yet; Look about thee, he said, and ask thyself who it was left their prints on yonder floor.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	19	Why, cried the king, these be foot-prints of living men, and women and children besides! With that, he fell into a rage;
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	20	priest and priest’s wife and priest’s children must be taken into custody. And when these had shewed him the door by which they came in and swept the table bare of its offerings,
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	21	he put the whole company of them to death. And as for Bel, he left him to Daniel’s mercy, who threw down image and temple both.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	22	There was a great serpent, too, in those parts that was worshipped by the folk of Babylon;
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	23	and of this the king said to Daniel, here at least was a god that lived; gainsay that he could not, and therefore he needs must worship.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	24	Nay, said Daniel, my own God I worship still; living God is none but he. Here is no living God;
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	25	let me but have the royal warrant, and I will make an end of it, and neither sword nor club to help me. So the king gave his warrant,
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	26	and what did Daniel? Pitch and fat and hairs he boiled all together, and with lumps of this fed the serpent, which thereupon burst all to pieces; and, Here, said Daniel, is your god.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	27	Angry men were the folk of Babylon when they heard of these doings, and they made their way into the royal presence, crying out, Here is the king himself turned Jew! Here is Bel overthrown, and the dragon slain, and our priests massacred!
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	28	And when they found audience, Give up Daniel to us, they said, or we will make an end of thee, and thy household with thee.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	29	The king, finding their onslaught so determined, gave up Daniel to them against his will;
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	30	and they threw him into a pit in which lions were kept, where he spent six whole days.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	31	Seven lions there were in the pit, and each day two human bodies were given them as food, and two sheep; but now they were kept unfed, so that Daniel might be their prey.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	32	Far away, in Judaea, the prophet Habacuc had been making broth, and crumbling bread in a great bowl, and was even now carrying it to the reapers on the farm;
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	33	when suddenly the angel of the Lord said to him, Take the dinner thou hast with thee to Babylon, and give it to Daniel; he is in the lion-pit.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	34	Lord, said Habacuc, I was never yet in Babylon, and know nothing of any lion-pit there.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	35	Upon which the angel of the Lord caught at his head and lifted him by the hair of it; then by the force of his impulse, set him down in Babylon, close to the pit.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	36	So Habacuc cried out, Daniel! Servant of God! The Lord has sent thee thy dinner; come and take it.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	37	And Daniel said, Thou wouldst not forget me, O God, wouldst not forsake such as love thee.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	38	So he rose and ate, while the angel of the Lord brought Habacuc, all at once, back to his home.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	39	When the seventh day came, the king went out to mourn for Daniel; and now, reaching the pit and looking in, he saw Daniel seated there among the lions.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	40	And at that, the king cried aloud, How great thou art, O Lord, thou who art Daniel’s God! And he took him out of the lion-pit,
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	41	and shut up there instead the men who had conspired to ruin him; and in a moment, as he watched, the lions devoured them.
-Daniel	Dan	31	14	42	Whereupon the king said, Well may the whole world stand in awe of Daniel’s God. What deliverance he effects, what signal proofs of his power, here on earth, the God who has rescued Daniel out of a den of lions!
-Osee	Os	32	1	1	This is the message which came from the Lord to Osee, son of Beeri, during the reigns of Ozias, Joathan, Achaz and Ezechias in Juda, and during the reign of Jeroboam, son of Joas, in Israel.
-Osee	Os	32	1	2	When first the divine voice made itself heard through Osee, this was the command given him: Wanton wed thou, wantons breed thou; in a wanton land thou dwellest, that keeps troth with its Lord never.
-Osee	Os	32	1	3	So it was he came to marry Gomer, a daughter of Debelaim. When he got her with child, and she bore him a son,
-Osee	Os	32	1	4	This one, the Lord told him, thou art to call Jezrahel; at Jezrahel the blood was spilt for which, ere long, Jehu’s line must be punished, and Israel have kings no more;
-Osee	Os	32	1	5	in Jezrahel valley, my doom is, bow of Israel shall be broken.
-Osee	Os	32	1	6	And next, she was brought to bed of a daughter; of whom the Lord said, Unbefriended call her, in token that I will befriend Israel no longer, heed them no longer.
-Osee	Os	32	1	7	To Juda I will be a friend yet, not with bow or sword of theirs delivering them, not in battle, with horse or horseman to give aid, but by the power of the Lord their God only.
-Osee	Os	32	1	8	Unbefriended, then, was the name of her; and after she was weaned, once more Gomer conceived, and had a son.
-Osee	Os	32	1	9	This time the command was, Call him Strange-folk; no longer shall you be my people, or I be your … …
-Osee	Os	32	1	10	Measureless the race of Israel shall be and countless as the sand by the sea-shore. In the very place where once the doom was uttered, You are but strangers to me, they shall be welcomed as sons of the living God.
-Osee	Os	32	1	11	As one people, Juda and Israel shall be rallied, under a leader of their common choice; and they shall come flocking from every corner of the land; such great doings there shall be at Jezrahel.
-Osee	Os	32	2	1	God’s-folk and Befriended, these are the names they should have by rights, brother and sister of yours.
-Osee	Os	32	2	2	Blame her, blame your mother, that she is no true wife of mine, nor I any longer her Lord. Must she still flaunt the harlot’s face of her, the wantonness of her breasts?
-Osee	Os	32	2	3	Must I strip her, leave her naked as babe new-born, leave her desolate as the barren waste, the trackless desert, to die of thirst?
-Osee	Os	32	2	4	Those children of hers, must I needs leave them unpitied, the children of her shame?
-Osee	Os	32	2	5	Harlot mother of theirs brought reproach on the womb that bore them; Haste I away, she said, to those gallants of mine, the gods of whose gift bread comes to me, and water, wool and flax, oil and wine!
-Osee	Os	32	2	6	See if I do not hedge her way about with thorns, fence in her prospect, till way she can find none!
-Osee	Os	32	2	7	Then, it may be, when her gallants she courts in vain, searches for them in vain, she will have other thoughts: Back go I to the husband that was mine once; things were better with me in days gone by.
-Osee	Os	32	2	8	Yet I it was, did she but know it, that bread and wine and oil gave her, gave her all the silver and gold she squandered on Baal.
-Osee	Os	32	2	9	And now I mean to revoke the gift; no harvest for her, no vintage; I will give wool and flax a holiday, that once laboured to cover her shame;
-Osee	Os	32	2	10	no gallant of hers but shall see and mock at it; such is my will, and none shall thwart me.
-Osee	Os	32	2	11	Gone the days of rejoicing, the days of solemnity; gone is new moon, and sabbath, and festival;
-Osee	Os	32	2	12	vine and fig-tree blighted, whose fruit, she told herself, was but the hire those lovers paid; all shall be woodland, for the wild beasts to ravage as they will.
-Osee	Os	32	2	13	Penance she must do for that hey-day of idolatry, when the incense smoked, and out she went, all rings and necklaces, to meet her lovers, the gods of the country-side, and for me, the Lord says, never a thought!
-Osee	Os	32	2	14	It is but love’s stratagem, thus to lead her out into the wilderness; once there, it shall be all words of comfort.
-Osee	Os	32	2	15	Clad in vineyards that wilderness shall be, that vale of sad memory a passage-way of hope; and a song shall be on her lips, the very music of her youth, when I rescued her from Egypt long ago.
-Osee	Os	32	2	16	Husband she calls me now, the Lord says, Master no longer;
-Osee	Os	32	2	17	that name I stifle on her lips; master-gods of the country-side must all be forgotten.
-Osee	Os	32	2	18	Beast and bird and creeping thing to peace pledge I; bow and sword and war’s alarms break I; all shall sleep safe abed, the folk that dwell in her.
-Osee	Os	32	2	19	Everlastingly I will betroth thee to myself, favour and redress and mercy of mine thy dowry;
-Osee	Os	32	2	20	by the keeping of his troth thou shalt learn to know the Lord.
-Osee	Os	32	2	21	When that day comes, heaven shall win answer, the Lord says, answer from me; and from heaven, earth;
-Osee	Os	32	2	22	and from earth, the corn and wine and oil it nourishes; and from these, the people of my sowing.
-Osee	Os	32	2	23	Deep, deep I will sow them in the land I love; a friend, now, to her that was Unbefriended;
-Osee	Os	32	2	24	to a people that was none of mine I will say, Thou art my people, and they to me, Thou art my God.
-Osee	Os	32	3	1	The Lord’s word came to me: To wife that will have gallants a-courting her, shew thyself a lover yet. The Lord is yet Israel’s lover, that has no eyes but for alien gods, leaves grape for husk.
-Osee	Os	32	3	2	So buy her back to me I must, fifteen pieces of silver paying for her ransom, and a core and a half of barley.
-Osee	Os	32	3	3	A long time thou must wait for me, I told her, thy wantonness leaving, yet still unwed; and I will wait for thee as faithfully.
-Osee	Os	32	3	4	A long time the sons of Israel must wait, neither king nor prince to rule them, neither sacrifice nor shrine to worship at, neither sacred mantle nor their own images to consult.
-Osee	Os	32	3	5	Then they will come back, and to the Lord, their own God, betake them, and to David that is their true king; the Lord, and the Lord’s goodness, holds them spell-bound at last.
-Osee	Os	32	4	1	Listen, sons of Israel, to a message from the Lord, notice of a suit he prefers against all that dwell in this land of yours; a land where loyalty, and tenderness of heart, and knowledge of God is none.
-Osee	Os	32	4	2	Curse they and lie, murder they and steal and live adulterously, till there is no checking it; never feud ends but another feud begins.
-Osee	Os	32	4	3	What wonder the land lies widowed, and its folk dwindle; gone, beast and bird, and the sea-beach piled high with fish?
-Osee	Os	32	4	4	Nay, let us have no recriminations between man and man; so should this people of thine fall to railing at their priests!
-Osee	Os	32	4	5	Ruin for thee, sir priest, this day, and, come night, the prophet shall share thy ruin; name of the mother that bore thee shall perish,
-Osee	Os	32	4	6	as, through thy fault, this people of mine perishes for want of knowledge. Knowledge wouldst thou spurn, and shall not I spurn thy priesthood; my law wouldst thou forget, and shall race of thine be spared oblivion?
-Osee	Os	32	4	7	Priests a many, and sins to match their number; shall that title bring glory any longer, and not reproach?
-Osee	Os	32	4	8	Fault if Israel committed, guilt if Israel incurred, it was but the meat and drink such priests craved for.
-Osee	Os	32	4	9	Priest, now, shall fare no better than people; he shall pay for his ill living, reap what his false aims deserve;
-Osee	Os	32	4	10	greed, that remained still unsated, wantonness, that could never have enough. Ah, faithless guardians, that you should play your Lord false!
-Osee	Os	32	4	11	That dalliance, and wine, and revelry, should so steal away your wits!
-Osee	Os	32	4	12	And what of my people? See where they have recourse to tree-stump or senseless wand, for an answer to their perplexities! Lust for strange worship swept them away, made them false to their troth with God;
-Osee	Os	32	4	13	on mountain and hill-side, grateful for leafy shade of oak, poplar or terebinth, they slay the victim, and burn incense. What wonder daughters should turn harlot, wives play the wanton?
-Osee	Os	32	4	14	Harlot daughter and adulterous wife shall go unpunished; what did father and husband, but keep harlots’ company, share revel with consecrated minions? Want wit, be sure a people is ruined.
-Osee	Os	32	4	15	Wanton though Israel be, at least let Juda shun the wrong; not for them the way that leads to Galgal, Bethaven’s pilgrimage, or the oath taken by the living God …
-Osee	Os	32	4	16	Stubborn as frisking heifer, Israel turns away the head; would you have the Lord feed him, like a cade lamb, unconfined?
-Osee	Os	32	4	17	Wedded to idols, this Ephraim; go his own way he must;
-Osee	Os	32	4	18	here be revellers that will keep their own company, here be idolaters in grain, and princes that dote still on their own disgrace.
-Osee	Os	32	4	19	Ay, but a storm is coming that shall carry them away on its wings, to rue the unavailing sacrifice.
-Osee	Os	32	5	1	Priest and people, hear and heed! And you, too, mark it well, men of the court; whose but yours the blame, if there are snares on every commanding height, if Thabor itself is ringed with toils,
-Osee	Os	32	5	2	and your quarry is driven down to the depths? But to all alike comes the warning.
-Osee	Os	32	5	3	Think you that I have no eyes for Ephraim’s wantonness? that Israel escapes my scrutiny, Israel, so defiled?
-Osee	Os	32	5	4	Return to the Lord? Not for such hearts the message; lust for strange worship is there, and of the Lord they reck nothing.
-Osee	Os	32	5	5	Self-condemned, the pride of Israel; what wonder Israel … and Ephraim should be entangled in guilt? Juda itself shall not escape their downfall.
-Osee	Os	32	5	6	All their flocks and herds shall not win them access to the Lord; he stands aloof from them,
-Osee	Os	32	5	7	sinners that have defied him; a bastard brood, that ere yonder moon rises new shall be disinherited and brought to nothing.
-Osee	Os	32	5	8	The trumpet, there, in Gabaa; at Rama sound for battle; let Bethaven echo with the rallying-cry! Benjamin, to arms!
-Osee	Os	32	5	9	Alas for Ephraim, in the hour of punishment left forlorn! Mine to teach Israel’s tribes a lesson of faithfulness.
-Osee	Os	32	5	10	And what of Juda’s chieftains? A neighbour’s land-mark scrupled they never to remove; on these, too, the full flood of my vengeance shall come down.
-Osee	Os	32	5	11	Poor Ephraim, ever since he set his face towards the mire, all is oppression with him, all is judgement gone amiss.
-Osee	Os	32	5	12	And all the while I, none other, wear away strength of Ephraim and Juda alike; moth nor canker so surely!
-Osee	Os	32	5	13	What did Ephraim, in his great sickness, what did Juda, bound hand and foot? To Assyria Ephraim would despatch envoys, to yonder ruthless king; but heal you he could not, nor unbind.
-Osee	Os	32	5	14	Mine the encounter Ephraim has to fear, and Juda both; lion’s dam nor whelp mauls prey and carries it off so inexorably.
-Osee	Os	32	5	15	All in a moment come and gone whence I came! Who knows if weariness will drive you back to my presence?
-Osee	Os	32	6	1	Ay, in their distress they will be waiting full early at my door; Back to the Lord! will be their cry;
-Osee	Os	32	6	2	salve he only can bring, that wounded us; hand that smote us shall heal.
-Osee	Os	32	6	3	Dead men to-day and to-morrow, on the third day he will raise us up again, to live in his presence anew. Acknowledge we, cease we never to acknowledge the Lord, he will reveal himself, sure as the dawn, come back to us, sure as the rains of winter and spring come back to the earth.
-Osee	Os	32	6	4	What way will serve with you, men of Ephraim? Juda, what way will serve? Ruth of yours is but momentary, fades like the early mist, like morning dew.
-Osee	Os	32	6	5	What wonder I should send prophets first, to shape men to my will if they could, and then utter my sentence of ruin? Believe me, this doom of thine shall be clear as daylight.
-Osee	Os	32	6	6	A tender heart wins favour with me, not sacrifice; God’s acknowledging, not victim’s destroying;
-Osee	Os	32	6	7	and these be very children of Adam, keep troth they cannot, here is a land where my will is set at defiance.
-Osee	Os	32	6	8	What is Galaad but a stronghold of idolatry, bedabbled with footprints of blood?
-Osee	Os	32	6	9	Nor much imports it, company of priests thou meet on Sichem road, or troop of robbers thirsting for men’s lives; be sure there is mischief afoot;
-Osee	Os	32	6	10	foul deeds I see done in Israel. Ephraim so wanton, Israel so defiled; and,
-Osee	Os	32	6	11	Juda, what of thyself? For thee, no harvest? When I restore my people from exile …
-Osee	Os	32	7	1	When I would grant healing to Israel …Foul shews the guilt of Ephraim, Samaria’s malice is plain to view. What a workshop of wrong-doing is here, all thieving within doors, all robbery without!
-Osee	Os	32	7	2	Let them never complain I am too nice over the chronicling of their misdeeds; why, they blazon these ill designs of theirs, under my very eyes!
-Osee	Os	32	7	3	King himself there is no pleasing but by villainy, nor his nobles but by flattering speeches;
-Osee	Os	32	7	4	false is every one of them to his troth. What else is this whole realm but baker that lights his fire, and then takes a rest from his kneading, leaves yeast to spread as it will?
-Osee	Os	32	7	5	Huzza for our king? Ay, but see how the princes fall to their carousing, and he himself reaches out for the wine, reckless as they!
-Osee	Os	32	7	6	Their scheming adds fuel to the fire; are there not plots afoot? Sleeps baker the long night through, and morning finds him flaming hot like the rest.
-Osee	Os	32	7	7	A very furnace the city is; ruler may not abide nor king stand before the heat of it, and never a man among them invokes my name!
-Osee	Os	32	7	8	What wonder Ephraim should throw in his lot with the Gentiles? No better than a girdle-cake is Ephraim, baked only on one side.
-Osee	Os	32	7	9	Foreign neighbours, all unawares, have drained the strength of him; the dark locks, all unawares, dappled with grey;
-Osee	Os	32	7	10	and even now self-condemned stands the pride of Israel; return to the Lord, recourse to the Lord is none, even now.
-Osee	Os	32	7	11	Never silly dove so lost her wits as this Ephraim, now calling on Egypt, now turning to Assyria for aid!
-Osee	Os	32	7	12	Fatal the journey; my net I mean to spread over them, catch them as in the fowler’s snare; public the chastisement shall be, as public the warning.
-Osee	Os	32	7	13	Dearly they shall pay for their wandering from me, ruin follow on the heels of rebellion; I their ransomer, and they so false!
-Osee	Os	32	7	14	Never do their hearts cry out to me; growl they like beast in den, or beast-like eat and drink and chew the cud; me they have forsaken.
-Osee	Os	32	7	15	Now I chasten them, now I strengthen their hands, and still they have no thought for me but of hatred;
-Osee	Os	32	7	16	ever they step back from the yoke, like a twisted bow recoil.Put to the sword their nobles must be, railing tongues the ruin of them. This the taunt that shall be uttered against them in the land of Egypt …
-Osee	Os	32	8	1	The trumpet to thy mouth! Eagle’s wings threatening the Lord’s domain! Conscious of faith forsworn, of my law defied,
-Osee	Os	32	8	2	to me Israel cries out, My God! cries out, We acknowledge thee!
-Osee	Os	32	8	3	Estranged, poor Israel, from the good that was his, and the enemy pressing hard upon him.
-Osee	Os	32	8	4	Kings a many, and with no warrant from me; princes a many, that were none of my choosing; idols a many, of their own gold and silver minted; here is cause enough for their undoing.
-Osee	Os	32	8	5	Cast calf, Samaria, is yonder calf of thine; for this burning affront, it shall be long ere thou canst find acquittal.
-Osee	Os	32	8	6	Israel gave birth to it, this calf of Samaria, that came of man’s fashioning, and god is none; it shall be beaten fine as filigree.
-Osee	Os	32	8	7	Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind; empty stook is empty bin, and here if grain is any, alien folk shall have the eating of it!
-Osee	Os	32	8	8	Poor Israel, already engulfed, the heathen all around making a despised tool of him!
-Osee	Os	32	8	9	Lone as wild ass in the desert, to Assyria he betakes himself; if mate he would, he must pay for his dalliance.
-Osee	Os	32	8	10	Well, hire they mercenaries where they will, they shall be cooped up in their own land none the less, and have respite from the exactions of king and nobles both.
-Osee	Os	32	8	11	So many the altars Ephraim has, and they shall increase his guilt, none of them but shall increase his guilt;
-Osee	Os	32	8	12	so many the laws I gave him, and all alike went unrecognized.
-Osee	Os	32	8	13	Appointed sacrifice they still offer, flesh of the sacrifice still eat, but the Lord will have none of it; no more their guilt shall go unrecorded, their sins unpunished; Egypt once again for them!
-Osee	Os	32	8	14	The God that made them forgotten, Israel builds shrine and Juda stronghold still; but the fire I am kindling shall fall upon Juda’s cities, shall devour them, citadel and all.
-Osee	Os	32	9	1	No rejoicing, Israel, no cries of gladness now! Wouldst thou be like the heathen, and rejoice that thou hast played thy God false, ever selling thy favours to the first comer, in return for a full threshing-floor?
-Osee	Os	32	9	2	Not for such reapers harvest and vintage; the wanton must go without her wine;
-Osee	Os	32	9	3	dispeopled, now, the Lord’s territory, Ephraim back in Egypt again, or tasting, among the Assyrians, unhallowed food.
-Osee	Os	32	9	4	Libation shall be none to win the Lord’s favour, nor any sacrifice; bread of theirs shall be as the bread mourners eat, defiling to the lips; fill their bellies it may, but into the Lord’s house it cannot enter.
-Osee	Os	32	9	5	Alas, what shift will you make when the great days come round, the Lord’s festivals?
-Osee	Os	32	9	6	Ruin fell on the citizens, and they are gone; Egypt the home of them now, Memphis the tomb of them; bowers that shone with silver the nettles have claimed, burdocks grow in the doorways.
-Osee	Os	32	9	7	Close at hand the audit-day, the doom close at hand! And wouldst thou know, Israel, why prophet is turned fool, and he can but rave now that once was inspired? God’s heavy plague is this for thy much sinning;
-Osee	Os	32	9	8	prophet of thine, watchman of thine, Ephraim, is a snare at every turn, luring thee to thy ruin, and at God’s decree; he stands there in God’s house, a plague to thee.
-Osee	Os	32	9	9	So deep the canker of their sin; Gabaa itself never knew worse wrong. For the remembered guilt of it they shall be called to account.
-Osee	Os	32	9	10	When I kept tryst with Israel long ago, rare the encounter, as of grapes out in the desert, of spring figs a-ripening high up on the tree. And all at once to Beelphegor they betook themselves, sold honour for shame, caught foul contagion from the things they loved!
-Osee	Os	32	9	11	Light as bird on bough, Ephraim’s glory has come and gone; womb is none that breeds, or, breeding, bears;
-Osee	Os	32	9	12	ay, though they should bring sons to manhood, childless their race shall be, nameless among men.Woe betide them indeed, when I withdraw my presence from them!
-Osee	Os	32	9	13	Ephraim’s land, so fair a garden, as I look out over it towards Tyre! And must Ephraim rear her sons for the slaughter-house?
-Osee	Os	32	9	14	Thy gift to them, Lord, what is the best gift they can have of thee? A womb, assuredly, that miscarries, and dried-up breasts!
-Osee	Os	32	9	15	See where, at Galgal, their offence comes to a head; there it is they have made an enemy of me. They shall dwell in my domain no longer, claim love from me no longer; chieftains of theirs are no vassals of mine.
-Osee	Os	32	9	16	On Ephraim blight has fallen; withered the root now, wizened the fruit; beget they, doom of death is on their offspring, so dearly loved.
-Osee	Os	32	9	17	Cast away, my God, from thy presence, because heed thee they would not, cast away to wander homeless through the world!
-Osee	Os	32	10	1	A spreading vine is yonder vine of Israel, and fruit of him matches leaf. Rich, fertile soil; alas, how rich in altars, in sacred trees how fertile!
-Osee	Os	32	10	2	A race half loyal, half false, but the penalty must be paid in full; those altars God himself will devote to extinction, strip those trees bare.
-Osee	Os	32	10	3	King we have none, you say; God we fear not; what of the great king? What will he do to us?
-Osee	Os	32	10	4	All is vain promise and making of treaties; never a furrow in your land but shall yield the bitter fruit of punishment.
-Osee	Os	32	10	5	Calf of Bethaven, the folk of Samaria once honoured, what ado is here! Mourns people and writhes priest at the passing of its glory;
-Osee	Os	32	10	6	carried off, now, into Assyria, for the pleasure of a ruthless king; fooled is Ephraim, Israel’s hopes have played him false.
-Osee	Os	32	10	7	Like foam on the river Samaria sees her king pass by;
-Osee	Os	32	10	8	and with that, vanish the hill-shrines of false worship, Israel’s darling sin; grows thorn and thistle on their altars; no prayer have the men of Israel now but that mountains should fall on them, hills should bury them alive.
-Osee	Os	32	10	9	Old is the tale of Israel’s guilt, old as what befell at Gabaa; there stood they unmoved; was it not at Gabaa the tide of battle reached them, battle against the champions of wrong?
-Osee	Os	32	10	10	A jealous chastiser I will be to them; twofold their guilt, and many the nations I will muster for their chastisement.
-Osee	Os	32	10	11	Heifer that has learned the welcome task of the threshing-floor, such is Ephraim; that sleek neck of hers I have spared till now; now she is to be harnessed; when Juda goes a-ploughing, Jacob it shall be that breaks the clods for him.
-Osee	Os	32	10	12	If mercy is to be the measure you reap by, seed of yours must be sown in right doing; there are fallow acres to be tilled. Not too late to have recourse to the Lord, waiting for him to come and bring you redress!
-Osee	Os	32	10	13	But alas, shameful furrows they were you traced, and what came of it? A harvest of wrong, fruit that cheated you in the tasting!So thou wouldst trust in thy own devices, in thy own warrior strength?
-Osee	Os	32	10	14	Believe me, there shall be turmoil among thy folk, and all thy strongholds shall fall, as fell Salmana before Jerobaal when the day was won; fell child, fell mother, dashed to pieces.
-Osee	Os	32	10	15	So much shall yonder Bethel countervail the heinousness of your guilt!
-Osee	Os	32	11	1	Soon fades the dawn; soon passes king of Israel.Israel in his boyhood, what love I bore him! Away from Egypt I beckoned him, henceforth my son. …
-Osee	Os	32	11	2	They called them, the more they refused obedience; gods of the country-side must have their victims, dumb idols their incense!
-Osee	Os	32	11	3	Yet it was I, none other, guided those first steps of theirs, and took them in my arms, and healed, all unobserved, their injuries.
-Osee	Os	32	11	4	Sons of Adam, they should be drawn with leading-strings of love; never waggoner was at more pains to ease bridle on jaw, fed beast so carefully.
-Osee	Os	32	11	5	Never again to Egypt; Assyria shall rule him now, the unrepentant;
-Osee	Os	32	11	6	already the sword is let loose in those towns of his, the brave shall engulf, the wise shall devour.
-Osee	Os	32	11	7	Can my people be reconciled with me? All hangs in doubt, until at last I put a yoke on all alike, never to be taken away from them.
-Osee	Os	32	11	8	What, Ephraim, must I abandon thee? Must I keep Israel under watch and ward? Can I let thee go the way of Adama, share the doom of Seboim? All at once my heart misgives me, and from its embers pity revives.
-Osee	Os	32	11	9	How should I wreak my vengeance, of Ephraim take full toll? God am I, not a man in the midst of you, the Holy One, that may not enter those city walls;
-Osee	Os	32	11	10	the Lord must lead, and man follow. Loud he will call, like lion roaring, and at the sound of it, sons of his will come trembling from the distant sea;
-Osee	Os	32	11	11	fluttering like sparrow or dove from Egypt, from the Assyrian country, and in their own home, the Lord says, I will give them rest.
-Osee	Os	32	11	12	Ephraim so false, Israel so treacherous, all about me! But Juda governs his folk with God to aid him; Juda takes part with the holy ones, loyal yet.
-Osee	Os	32	12	1	Ephraim, that would still play shepherd to the wind, still hunt in the track of the storm, and nothing hoard up but treachery, nothing but his own ruin! See him making treaties with the Assyrian, sending tribute of oil to Egypt!
-Osee	Os	32	12	2	On Juda’s part the Lord takes up the quarrel, will call Jacob to account, for ill deeds and ill designs rewarding him.
-Osee	Os	32	12	3	Here was one that took precedence of his brother even in the womb; strength was his, of celestial strength the rival.
-Osee	Os	32	12	4	Did he not hold his own in contest with an angel, and prefer, with tears, his suit? Ay, and what of that encounter at Bethel, when the promises came to us
-Osee	Os	32	12	5	from him, the Lord of hosts, from the God whose name we remember yet?
-Osee	Os	32	12	6	Wouldst thou to thy God return? A tender heart keep thou must, and a right mind, and wait for thy God’s help continually.
-Osee	Os	32	12	7	Is it the Chanaanite that carries false weights, and loves ill gotten gain?
-Osee	Os	32	12	8	Here is Ephraim boasting that he has grown rich, has found a false god to worship; will not these earnings of mine, thinks he, buy me out from the punishment I have deserved?
-Osee	Os	32	12	9	I, the Lord, thy God in Egypt, and thy God still! Once again thou shalt dwell in tents, as in the days when I kept tryst with thee;
-Osee	Os	32	12	10	once again I will bestow utterance upon the prophets. Mine it is, by the prophets’ means, to grant clear vision, to speak in parables.
-Osee	Os	32	12	11	If Galaad is all idolatry, vain the sacrifice of oxen that is made at Galgal; stone heaps their altars shall be, out in the plough-lands.
-Osee	Os	32	12	12	Time was when Jacob fled to the Aram country; Israel worked for a wife, and for that wife’s sake loyally kept his troth.
-Osee	Os	32	12	13	Time was, when the Lord rescued Israel from Egypt by a prophet’s means, and, for that prophet’s sake loyally preserved them.
-Osee	Os	32	12	14	For bitter jealousy of mine Ephraim must pay the penalty; spurned Master spurns him now.
-Osee	Os	32	13	1	Spoke Ephraim, all Israel trembled at his word; how else came they, for Baal’s worship, to barter away life itself?
-Osee	Os	32	13	2	And they are busy yet over their sinning; melt down silver of theirs to fashion models of yonder images, craftsman copying craftsman’s design! And of such models they say, The man who would do sacrifice has but to kiss these calves.
-Osee	Os	32	13	3	Fades the memory of them, light as early mist or morning dew, light as chaff on the threshing-floor, smoke from the chimney, when high blows the wind!
-Osee	Os	32	13	4	And all the while I am the Lord thy God  … from the land of Egypt; God thou shalt own no other, other deliverance is none;
-Osee	Os	32	13	5	out in the desert, out in the parched wastes, owned I thee.
-Osee	Os	32	13	6	Fatal pasturing! With food came satiety, and with satiety pride, and with pride forgetfulness of me!
-Osee	Os	32	13	7	Now their way lies to Assyria, and on that road I will meet them again, their enemy now, watchful as lion or leopard;
-Osee	Os	32	13	8	bear robbed of its young should not tear open breast more cruelly, lion devour more greedily; they shall be a prey, now, to the wild beasts.
-Osee	Os	32	13	9	Alas, Israel, undone! Who but I can aid thee?
-Osee	Os	32	13	10	Thy king, where is he? Now, if ever, from end to end of thee thou hast sore need of king and princes both; king and court thou didst demand of me,
-Osee	Os	32	13	11	and gift of mine was never so grudgingly made, so angrily withdrawn.
-Osee	Os	32	13	12	Trust me, it is stored away, it is jealously preserved, the record of Ephraim’s sinning.
-Osee	Os	32	13	13	Pangs like the pangs of travail shall come upon him; or say he is babe ill-guided, that shall thrive never when it comes to the birth.
-Osee	Os	32	13	14	From the grave’s power to rescue them, from death to ransom them; I, death’s mortal enemy, I, corruption’s undoing! Pity? My eyes are closed to it;
-Osee	Os	32	13	15	these, that now have a share among their brethren, shall feel the Lord’s vengeance, a burning desert wind that shall dry up their brooks, foul their springs, lay waste the store-houses where they hoard their treasure.
-Osee	Os	32	14	1	Death to Samaria, that has provoked her God’s anger! Death at the sword’s point; children dashed headlong, ripped open the womb!
-Osee	Os	32	14	2	Come back, Israel, to the Lord thy God; it is sin that has caused thy overthrow.
-Osee	Os	32	14	3	Come back, men of Israel, with a plea ready on your lips: Pardon all our guilt, and take the best we have in return; the praises we utter shall be our victims now.
-Osee	Os	32	14	4	No longer we will find refuge in Assyrian help, mount our men on horses from Egypt; no longer will we give the name of gods to the things our own hands have made; thou art the friend of the friendless who trust in thee.
-Osee	Os	32	14	5	I will bring healing to their crushed spirits; in free mercy I will give them back my love; my vengeance has passed them by.
-Osee	Os	32	14	6	I will be morning dew, to make Israel grow as the lilies grow, strike roots deep as the forest of Lebanon.
-Osee	Os	32	14	7	Those branches shall spread, it shall become fair as the olive, fragrant as Lebanon cedar.
-Osee	Os	32	14	8	None that dwells under the protection of that name but shall come back to me; corn shall be theirs in plenty, and they will grow like one of their own vineyards, famed as the vintage of Lebanon itself.
-Osee	Os	32	14	9	The false gods of Ephraim are forgotten; mine to answer his prayer and tend him, ever-green as a fir-tree; from me all thy increase comes.
-Osee	Os	32	14	10	All this the wise discern, the thoughtful understand; straight paths the Lord has shewn us for his friends to walk in; who leaves them shall stumble to his ruin.
-Joel	Joel	33	1	1	This message came from the Lord to Joel, the son of Phatuel.
-Joel	Joel	33	1	2	Citizens, hear and heed, ruler and commoner alike! Tell me, what happenings are these, in your days and in your fathers’ days unmatched,
-Joel	Joel	33	1	3	a tale you must needs hand on to your children, and they to theirs, and theirs to a fresh generation yet?
-Joel	Joel	33	1	4	That locusts, breed upon breed of them, so ravage yonder country-side, Swarmer devouring what Spoiler, Ruin-all what Gnaw-all has left?
-Joel	Joel	33	1	5	Weep they and wail, the tipplers that must be ever at their cups, for the sweet wine they drank, and shall drink no more!
-Joel	Joel	33	1	6	Alas, my country, how valiant an enemy is this, in number past all counting, that comes to invade thee; lion nor lion’s whelp has teeth can grind so pitilessly.
-Joel	Joel	33	1	7	Spoiled thy vineyards lie, stripped of the very bark thy fig-trees; bare and blanched and ruinous every bough.
-Joel	Joel	33	1	8	Weep bitterly, then, as maid that goes clad in sackcloth, untimely widowed;
-Joel	Joel	33	1	9	in the Lord’s house, bread nor wine is offered now; for the priests, the Lord’s own ministers, no office now but tears.
-Joel	Joel	33	1	10	Desolate the land lies, every field forlorn; crops ravaged, the vine thirsty, strengthless the oil.
-Joel	Joel	33	1	11	Alas, for husbandman’s labour lost, for vintage-song turned to lament! Alas for harvest perished,
-Joel	Joel	33	1	12	for vineyard withered, and drooping fig-tree! Pomegranate, and palm, and apple, no tree in the wood but fades there; what wonder? Has not joy faded in human hearts?
-Joel	Joel	33	1	13	Mourn, priests, and lament; in mourners’ garb go about your work at the altar; ministers of God, to his presence betake you, and there, in sackcloth, keep vigil; your God’s house, that offering of bread and wine has none!
-Joel	Joel	33	1	14	Then proclaim a fast, assemble the folk together, ruler and commoner alike summon to the temple, and there for the Lord’s help cry lustily.
-Joel	Joel	33	1	15	Woe betide us this day! The day of the Lord is coming; his the dominion, his the doom.
-Joel	Joel	33	1	16	Here in our sight, here in the temple of our God, the festal cheer abolished, all the contentment, all the rejoicing!
-Joel	Joel	33	1	17	Beast on dung-heap rots; barn-wall gapes, and store-house lies in ruin, the hope of harvest gone;
-Joel	Joel	33	1	18	echoes byre with lowing of bewildered cattle, that pasture have none; even the flocks dwindle.
-Joel	Joel	33	1	19	What help, Lord, but thine? Parched are the upland meadows, every tree scorched in the forest;
-Joel	Joel	33	1	20	to thee even the wild beasts make their dumb appeal, from dry river-beds, from upland pastures laid bare.
-Joel	Joel	33	2	1	The trumpet, there, in Sion! On yonder mountain-height, my sanctuary, sound the alarm! Tremble, fellow-countrymen, one and all; the day of the Lord is coming, coming so soon.
-Joel	Joel	33	2	2	Day of gloom and darkness, day of cloud and storm; spread out, like dawn over the hills, this great, this valiant army; never was the like since time began, never shall be, while the ages run their course.
-Joel	Joel	33	2	3	Fire running greedily before them, and a track of flame behind; in front, a land that could match Eden for loveliness, and where they have passed, nothing but a desert waste; escape from them is none.
-Joel	Joel	33	2	4	Horse nor horseman so terrible of aspect, so speedy in advance;
-Joel	Joel	33	2	5	hark to the noise of them, as they spurn the hill-slopes! Din of chariots is not so loud, nor crackling of flames that feed on stubble; a valiant army, all arrayed for battle!
-Joel	Joel	33	2	6	What wonder if whole nations groan at their coming, everywhere pale cheeks?
-Joel	Joel	33	2	7	Bravely they hasten to the attack, warrior-like scale the wall; unswerving they press on,
-Joel	Joel	33	2	8	never one jostling with another, so well keeps each one his course; storm the loop-hole unhurt;
-Joel	Joel	33	2	9	and now, the city breached, mount wall, climb house-top, enter by windows, the thief’s way.
-Joel	Joel	33	2	10	Before that army, quakes earth, and heaven rocks; dark grow sun and moon, and the stars withhold their radiance;
-Joel	Joel	33	2	11	with his own voice the Lord heralds its coming. Wide it stretches, that host of the Lord, valiant it is, and ever ready to do his will. O great, O terrible day of the Lord; who shall find strength to bear it?
-Joel	Joel	33	2	12	Time now, the Lord says, to turn the whole bent of your hearts back to me, with fasting and with mourners’ tears.
-Joel	Joel	33	2	13	It is your hearts, not the garments you wear, that must be torn asunder. Come back to the Lord your God; he is ever gracious and merciful, ever patient and rich in pardon; threatens he calamity, even now he is ready to forgive.
-Joel	Joel	33	2	14	Who knows but he will relent, and be appeased; cast one glance behind him, and, enough for his own due of bread and wine-offering, spare us largesse yet?
-Joel	Joel	33	2	15	The trumpet, there, in Sion! Here is fasting proclaimed, the citizens assembled;
-Joel	Joel	33	2	16	the folk summoned, the cleansing rites performed, the elders met; weanling must be there and babe unweaned, groom leave his chamber and bride her bower.
-Joel	Joel	33	2	17	Hark how the priests, that wait upon the Lord, make lament between porch and altar, crying aloud: Spare thy people, Lord, spare them; thy chosen people, do not put them to the shame of obeying heathen masters! Wilt thou let the Gentiles ask, What has become of their God?
-Joel	Joel	33	2	18	People of a land well loved, he spares us yet.
-Joel	Joel	33	2	19	His answer comes, Here is corn and wine and oil to your hearts’ content; no more will I let the nations mock you.
-Joel	Joel	33	2	20	Far he shall be driven from your lands, the northern invader; out in the trackless desert he shall lie, vanguard to eastern, rearguard to western sea, and nothing more shall assail you but stench and stink of him, this enemy that did so wondrously.
-Joel	Joel	33	2	21	Fear no more, land of Israel; in the Lord’s wondrous doings triumph and rejoice!
-Joel	Joel	33	2	22	Fear no more, beasts that roam the country-side; grass grows on the upland meadows! There is fruit on the trees again; vine nor fig-tree ever bore so lustily.
-Joel	Joel	33	2	23	Rejoice, men of Sion, and triumph in the Lord your God; proof he gives you of your restoration to favour, making the winter and the spring rains fall, as in time past.
-Joel	Joel	33	2	24	Now the threshing-floor shall be piled with wheat, and the presses overflow with wine and oil.
-Joel	Joel	33	2	25	Profitless years, when the locust ravaged you, Gnaw-all and Ruin-all and Spoiler, that great army of mine I let loose among you, they shall be made good.
-Joel	Joel	33	2	26	Eat you shall to your hearts’ content, praising the name of the Lord your God for his wondrous protection; never again shall Israel go away disappointed.
-Joel	Joel	33	2	27	I will make myself known among you, I, the Lord your God, who alone am God; Israel cheated of their hopes never again!
-Joel	Joel	33	2	28	And afterwards? Afterwards I will pour out my spirit upon all mankind, and your sons and daughters will be prophets. Your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men see visions;
-Joel	Joel	33	2	29	everywhere servants of mine, handmaids of mine, inspired to prophesy!
-Joel	Joel	33	2	30	I will shew wonders in heaven, and on earth blood, and fire, and whirling smoke.
-Joel	Joel	33	2	31	The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the day of the Lord comes, the great, the terrible day.
-Joel	Joel	33	2	32	And never a soul shall call on the Lord’s name but shall find deliverance; here on mount Sion, here in Jerusalem there shall be refuge; for a remnant, a remnant of the Lord’s own summoning, there shall be deliverance at last.
-Joel	Joel	33	3	1	Perilous those times shall be, when the hour has come for reversing my sentence against Juda and Jerusalem.
-Joel	Joel	33	3	2	Into the valley of Josaphat I will herd the heathen folk, one and all, and there hold assize over them for the wrong they did to my people, to Israel, my own domain. People of mine they scattered through the world, land of mine they parcelled out between them.
-Joel	Joel	33	3	3	Must they be awarded by lot, such captives, and then sold cheap, boy-slave for a harlot’s hire, girl-slave for the draining of a wine-stoup?
-Joel	Joel	33	3	4	What, would you chaffer with me, men of Tyre and Sion, men from the pale of Philistia? Must there be barter and exchange between us? Nay, if you will have exchanges with me, look to it that the reward does not fall on your own heads, swift and sudden!
-Joel	Joel	33	3	5	Would you carry off silver of mine and gold, lay up the choicest of my treasures in yonder temples?
-Joel	Joel	33	3	6	Citizens of Jerusalem, men of Juda’s breed, would you sell them to Grecian masters, far away from their home?
-Joel	Joel	33	3	7	See if I do not summon them back from exile that was of your contriving, and, for that service done, pay you in your own coin;
-Joel	Joel	33	3	8	make over son and daughter of yours to these same men of Juda, slaves they can barter at will to the remote Sabaeans; I, the Lord, have decreed it.
-Joel	Joel	33	3	9	Cry it to the nations, they should do sacrifice and muster their tried warriors for battle; rally they, march they, all that bear arms.
-Joel	Joel	33	3	10	Ploughshare beat into sword, spade into spear; weakling is none but must summon up his manhood now!
-Joel	Joel	33	3	11	To arms, to the rendezvous, nations all about; doom of the Lord awaits you, warriors all!
-Joel	Joel	33	3	12	Up, up, to Josaphat’s valley betake you; here, upon all neighbouring peoples, I will hold assize.
-Joel	Joel	33	3	13	The sickle, there! Harvest is ripe already. Down to the vineyard with you! Are not the vats full, the presses overflowing? Has it not come to a head, the measure of their wickedness?
-Joel	Joel	33	3	14	Thronging, thronging they come, in yonder valley to try their destiny, appointed trysting-place of a divine audit;
-Joel	Joel	33	3	15	dark grow sun and moon, light of the stars is none.
-Joel	Joel	33	3	16	Loud as roaring of lion speaks the Lord in thunder from his citadel at Jerusalem, till heaven and earth quake at the sound. To his own people, the sons of Israel, refuge he is and stronghold;
-Joel	Joel	33	3	17	doubt you shall have none thenceforward that I, the Lord your God, have my dwelling-place at Jerusalem; a holy city Jerusalem shall be, never again shall alien foe breach the walls of her.
-Joel	Joel	33	3	18	Drip now with sweet wine the mountain-slopes, bathed in milk the upland pastures; never a stream in all Juda but flows full and strong. What fountain is this that comes out from the Lord’s temple, and waters the dry valley of Setim?
-Joel	Joel	33	3	19	A lonely ruin Egypt shall be, and Edom a desert waste; here was great wrong done to Jewry’s people, here unoffending lives were taken.
-Joel	Joel	33	3	20	For Juda, for Jerusalem, there shall be peace undisturbed, long as time shall last;
-Joel	Joel	33	3	21	for these, guilt of blood that went still unpardoned shall be pardoned now; here, in Sion, the Lord will have his dwelling-place.
-Amos	Am	34	1	1	Here tells Amos, one of the shepherd folk at Thecue, what visions he had con-cerning Israel. In Juda, Ozias was then reigning, in Israel, Jeroboam son of Joas, and it was two years before the earthquake.
-Amos	Am	34	1	2	Loud as roaring of lion, said he, the Lord will speak in thunder from his citadel at Jerusalem; forlorn they lie, yonder pastures the shepherds loved once, the heights of Carmel all shrivelled away.
-Amos	Am	34	1	3	A message from the Lord: Thrice forfeit Damascus, and forfeit once again,that rode rough-shod over the men of Galaad;
-Amos	Am	34	1	4	fall fire on Azael’s court, to burn down all the strongholds of Benadad!
-Amos	Am	34	1	5	Broken Damascus gate shall be, nor any be left to dwell in Aven’s plain, or rule over Eden valley; far off, at Cir, the Syrian folk shall go into banishment, the Lord says.
-Amos	Am	34	1	6	This, too: Thrice forfeit Gaza, and forfeit once again, that secured for the men of Edom their full toll of captives;
-Amos	Am	34	1	7	fall fire on Gaza’s walls, to burn down all its strongholds!
-Amos	Am	34	1	8	None shall dwell in Azotus, none rule over Ascalon; upon Accaron, too, my stroke shall fall; every trace of Philistia vanished and gone, the Lord God says.
-Amos	Am	34	1	9	This too: Thrice forfeit Tyre, and forfeit once again, that gave Edom its full toll of captives, as though bond there were none between brethren;
-Amos	Am	34	1	10	fall fire on its walls, to burn down its strongholds!
-Amos	Am	34	1	11	This too: Thrice forfeit Edom, and forfeit once again, that would hunt down his own brother at the sword’s point; unnatural cruelty, so to hug his enmity, nor ever let rancour die down;
-Amos	Am	34	1	12	fire fall on Theman, to burn down the strongholds of Bosra!
-Amos	Am	34	1	13	This, too: Thrice forfeit Ammon, and forfeit once again, that so coveted Galaad’s lands, every mother’s womb he would rip open;
-Amos	Am	34	1	14	fire fall on Rabba’s walls, to burn down its strongholds! Hark to the bray of battle, blustering of the storm-wind!
-Amos	Am	34	1	15	Into exile Melchom shall go, with all his retinue.
-Amos	Am	34	2	1	This, too: Thrice forfeit Moab, and forfeit once again, that burned the king of Edom’s bones to dust;
-Amos	Am	34	2	2	fall fire on Moab, to burn down all the strongholds of Carioth! With tumult and the bray of trumpets, Moab shall go to his death;
-Amos	Am	34	2	3	ruler of theirs I will strike down in their midst, and all his vassals shall perish with him, the Lord says.
-Amos	Am	34	2	4	This, too: Thrice forfeit Juda, and forfeit once again, that spurned the Lord’s law and left his bidding undone, so mazed were they by the false gods their fathers had gone a-courting;
-Amos	Am	34	2	5	fire fall on Juda, to burn down all the strongholds of Jerusalem!
-Amos	Am	34	2	6	And this, too: What of Israel? Thrice forfeit Israel like the rest, and forfeit once again, that for a debt, though it were but the price of a pair of shoes, will make slaves of poor, honest folk.
-Amos	Am	34	2	7	Ground in the dust, the poor man’s rights, shouldered aside, the claim of the unbefriended! See where father and son, to my name’s dishonour, bed with one maid!
-Amos	Am	34	2	8	See where they lie feasting beside the altar, at the very shrine of their God, no cloak there but is some borrower’s pledge, no stoup of wine but is some debtor’s forfeit!
-Amos	Am	34	2	9	Was it for such men as these I exterminated the Amorrhites, a race tall as the cedar, hardy as the oak, root and fruit of them doomed to destruction?
-Amos	Am	34	2	10	These are the men I rescued from Egypt, guided them, all those forty years, through the wilderness, to make the domain of the Amorrhites theirs!
-Amos	Am	34	2	11	Tell me, men of Israel, the Lord says, what avails it that I should call sons of yours, from their boyhood’s days, to serve me as prophets and Nazirites?
-Amos	Am	34	2	12	Ever you tempt the Nazirites with wine, ever you forbid the prophet to raise his voice in prophecy.
-Amos	Am	34	2	13	Henceforth, you shall seek my help in vain; waggon-axle overladen with sheaves groans not so reluctant as I!
-Amos	Am	34	2	14	Speed shall be no profit to the speedy, strength to the strong; warrior shall not escape,
-Amos	Am	34	2	15	nor bowman stand firm; the fleet of foot, nay, the very horseman shall have no deliverance;
-Amos	Am	34	2	16	a day is coming, the Lord says, when tried valour shall be fain to throw arms away, and take flight.
-Amos	Am	34	3	1	This, then, is the Lord’s message to you, men of Israel, to the whole race I rescued from Egypt:
-Amos	Am	34	3	2	Nation is none I have claimed for my own, save you; and guilt of yours is none that shall go unpunished.
-Amos	Am	34	3	3	Tryst there must be, if friends will meet and journey together;
-Amos	Am	34	3	4	prey there must be, ere lion will roar in the forest, lion’s whelp growl in its lair;
-Amos	Am	34	3	5	bird is not pinned to the ground, without fowler to snare it, nor trap released without a catch made.
-Amos	Am	34	3	6	Sounds trumpet in the streets, men do well to be afraid; if peril is afoot in the city, doubt not it is of the Lord’s sending.
-Amos	Am	34	3	7	Never does he act, but his servants, the prophets, are in the secret.
-Amos	Am	34	3	8	Roars lion, who but will tremble? Comes the divine warning, who but will prophesy?
-Amos	Am	34	3	9	Raise a cry from the house-tops, there in Azotus, there in Egypt’s land: To the hills about Samaria betake you, and look deep into the heart of her, what turbulent doings are there, what wrongs men suffer!
-Amos	Am	34	3	10	In yonder palaces, the Lord says, that are store-houses of oppression and rapine, honest doing is all forgot.
-Amos	Am	34	3	11	This doom, then, the Lord God utters: Distress and siege for such a land as this! All thy fastnesses shall be dismantled, all thy palaces spoiled.
-Amos	Am	34	3	12	Wilt thou have lion disgorge his prey? Pleased enough the shepherd, if a pair of legs he recover, a mangled ear! They shall fare no better, the Israelites that lie on a corner of the mattress at Samaria, and have their bed at Damascus.
-Amos	Am	34	3	13	A message for you, says the Lord, the God of hosts, a warning for the sons of Jacob!
-Amos	Am	34	3	14	I will have a reckoning with the rebellions of Israel, a reckoning with those altars of theirs at Bethel, that shall have the horns of them cut off and hurled to the ground;
-Amos	Am	34	3	15	on summer dwelling of yours and winter dwelling my hand shall fall, houses of ivory and houses of the common folk; all shall lie in ruin, the Lord says.
-Amos	Am	34	4	1	Here is word for you, pampered cattle that dwell at Samaria, the poor wronging, the friendless folk spurning, and ever crying out upon your husbands, Wine, there! We would drink!
-Amos	Am	34	4	2	Never let me be called holy, the Lord God says, if doom does not overtake you for this; see if you be not trussed on spears, and your children given up to feed the cooking-pan!
-Amos	Am	34	4	3	Leave the city walls you must, the Lord says, one by this breach, one by that, and be cast away in Armon.
-Amos	Am	34	4	4	On with you to Bethel, and defy me, thence to Galgal, and repeat defiance there; morning victims, tithes on the third day,
-Amos	Am	34	4	5	bread, leavened bread, for thank-offering, gifts of devotion publicly proclaimed! Have your will, men of Israel, says the Lord God, have your will.
-Amos	Am	34	4	6	What would you? Never a city left but men’s teeth were idle, never a village but bread lacked there, and you would not come back to me, the Lord says.
-Amos	Am	34	4	7	It was three months to harvest, and rain I denied you; or rain fell on one city, and not on the next, one village had a drenching and the next was dry,
-Amos	Am	34	4	8	till one city must supply water for three neighbours, and none had its fill, and you would not come back to me.
-Amos	Am	34	4	9	You would not come back to me, the Lord says, when sirocco I sent, and mildew, and the locust preyed on garden and vineyard, fig-tree and olive-tree of yours;
-Amos	Am	34	4	10	you would not come back to me, when with Egypt’s pestilence I slew you, when your warriors fell at the sword’s point, and your horses were carried off, and never a camp of yours but the stench of it plagued your nostrils;
-Amos	Am	34	4	11	you would not come back to me, when ruin threatened, swift as the divine stroke that ruined Sodom and Gomorrha, and you yourselves were like a brand saved from the burning.
-Amos	Am	34	4	12	Now I have worse, Israel, in store for thee; when that worse comes, prepare thou must, Israel, to meet thy God.
-Amos	Am	34	4	13	He is here, that fashioned the hills and made the winds; he is here, that gives man warning of his designs, that turns dawn into darkness, and sets his feet on the highest heights of earth; the Lord God of hosts is the name of him.
-Amos	Am	34	5	1	Please you then listen to the dirge I raise for you, men of Israel: Fallen she is, never to rise again,
-Amos	Am	34	5	2	Israel, the unsubdued; stretched at full length she lies there forsaken!
-Amos	Am	34	5	3	Ay, the Lord God says, but a hundred citizens, but ten villagers left to you, city that marched out a thousand, village a hundred strong!
-Amos	Am	34	5	4	Yet warning the Lord gave to the race of Israel: On peril of your lives, to my aid betake you!
-Amos	Am	34	5	5	Not to Bethel, not to Galgal’s ring-shrine, or Bersabee pilgrimage; a long road yonder circle shall lead you, a road that never returns; house of God shall not avail you, that is home of idols now!
-Amos	Am	34	5	6	On your lives, to the Lord betake you, as you would not see all Joseph ablaze, quenchless fire raging over Bethel!
-Amos	Am	34	5	7	And still you poison the springs of justice, still in the dust fling honour away.…
-Amos	Am	34	5	8	Creator he of Arcturus and Orion; dawn brings he out of darkness, and turns night to day, beckons to the waters of the sea, and over the surface of earth spreads them, such the power of his name!
-Amos	Am	34	5	9	At his glance falls ruin on the strong, devastation on the fortified.
-Amos	Am	34	5	10	Ill looks he will earn at yonder city gate, that finds fault; the wise word, there, is a thing abominable.
-Amos	Am	34	5	11	Yet, trust me, it shall nothing avail you, this harrying of the poor, and taking toll of the best they have. Houses of stone you build you shall never dwell in, sunny vineyards you plant you shall drink of never.
-Amos	Am	34	5	12	Your often misdoing, your heinous guilt, never think I am blind to it; innocence hated, the bribe taken, the poor refused their rights at the judgement-seat!
-Amos	Am	34	5	13	And should wisdom keep silence in times like these, ill times like these?
-Amos	Am	34	5	14	Set your minds on right, that now are set on wrong-doing; so you shall find life, so your boast shall come true that the Lord, the God of hosts, is with you.
-Amos	Am	34	5	15	Shun wrong, cherish the right, justice enthrone at your judgement-seat; then there is hope that the Lord, the God of hosts, will have mercy on some remnant of Joseph’s line.
-Amos	Am	34	5	16	This doom he utters, he, the Lord of hosts, he, our Master: Market-place or street is none but shall echo with wailing and cries of woe; country-folk, and such as are skilled in mourning, they shall call in to make dirge and dole;
-Amos	Am	34	5	17	dirge, too, the vineyards shall sing; all this, when I make my way through your midst, the Lord says.
-Amos	Am	34	5	18	Fools, that wait eagerly for the day of the Lord’s coming! Think you it shall serve your turn? Nay, it is the Lord’s day of triumph, not yours; dawn it must, but in darkness, not in light.
-Amos	Am	34	5	19	Speeds he well, that shuns lion and meets bear? Has he joy of his home-coming, that leans hand on wall, and all at once is bitten by a viper?
-Amos	Am	34	5	20	And for you, that day brings darkness, not the light you craved for; no radiance haunts about it, only gloom.
-Amos	Am	34	5	21	Oh, but I am sick and tired of them, your solemn feasts; incense that goes up from your assemblies I can breathe no longer!
-Amos	Am	34	5	22	Burnt-sacrifice still? Bloodless offerings still? Nay, I will have none of them; fat be the victims you slay in welcome, I care not.
-Amos	Am	34	5	23	O to be rid of the singing, the harp’s music, that dins my ear!…
-Amos	Am	34	5	24	And like waters rolling in full tide, like a perennial stream, right and justice shall abound …
-Amos	Am	34	5	25	What, men of Israel, did you spend forty years in the desert, ever for me your burnt-sacrifice, ever for me your offerings;
-Amos	Am	34	5	26	and now would you have Moloch for your king, a star for your god, carry shrine of theirs, idolatrous image you made of them, hither and thither?
-Amos	Am	34	5	27	What wonder if I banish you beyond Damascus far away? Dooms you with his own sign-manual the Lord, the God of hosts.
-Amos	Am	34	6	1	Poor fools, that in Sion or high Samaria take your ease, and fear nothing! That lord it over the Gentiles, and pass proudly through Israel’s domain,
-Amos	Am	34	6	2	bidding us make our way to Chalane, and thence to noble Emath, or go down to Gath, where the Philistines are, and see if land of theirs be fairer, borders of theirs be wider, than these of ours.
-Amos	Am	34	6	3	Poor fools, with the evil day ever at arm’s length, wrong enthroned ever close at hand!
-Amos	Am	34	6	4	Sleep they on beds of ivory, sprawl they at table, eating the best lambs flock can provide, calves fattened at the stall;
-Amos	Am	34	6	5	and ever must harp and voice nicely accord, ay, very Davids they think themselves for musical invention!
-Amos	Am	34	6	6	All their drinking is from the bowl, all their ointment of the best, and what care they for Joseph’s ruin?
-Amos	Am	34	6	7	Lead their folk they shall, but into exile; the revel must break up at last.
-Amos	Am	34	6	8	By my divine power I swear it, says the Lord God of hosts, pride of yours shall weary me, great houses of yours shall offend my sight, no longer; city and citizens, I will leave you at the enemy’s mercy.
-Amos	Am	34	6	9	Be there ten men left alive in a house, death shall take toll of them … …
-Amos	Am	34	6	10	Kinsman that comes to take him away must burn him first, and so carry his bones without. Ho, there! cries he to one that lurks in the inner rooms, hast thou any left?
-Amos	Am	34	6	11	And when he hears the task is over, bids him say no more, unless it be to call the Lord’s name to memory  …
-Amos	Am	34	6	12	A word from the Lord, and all shall be a gaping ruin, palace and cottage both.
-Amos	Am	34	6	13	Strange, if yonder mountain-crags men should climb on horseback, or plough with oxen! Stranger still, that people of mine should poison the springs of right and justice, all wormwood now!
-Amos	Am	34	6	14	And still you boast over some conquest of little worth;To what greatness, you say, valour of ours has brought us!
-Amos	Am	34	6	15	Trust me, men of Israel, the Lord God of hosts says, I mean to embroil you with such an enemy as shall crush the life out of you, from Emath pass to the brook that bounds the desert.
-Amos	Am	34	7	1	This was a vision the Lord God shewed me; here were locusts a-making, just at the time when the aftergrowth was coming up, after the king’s crop had been carried.
-Amos	Am	34	7	2	Short work had these made of all the land yielded; Ah, Lord God, said I, be merciful! How should Jacob survive, the puny creature he is?
-Amos	Am	34	7	3	And with that, the Lord relented; Happen it shall not, said he.
-Amos	Am	34	7	4	And a second vision the Lord God shewed me, how he would summon them to ordeal by fire; fire should devour the waters below the earth, and devoured some part of them were.
-Amos	Am	34	7	5	Ah, Lord God, said I, for pity! How should Jacob survive, the puny creature he is?
-Amos	Am	34	7	6	And with that, the Lord relented again; Happen it shall not, said he.
-Amos	Am	34	7	7	But now the Lord shewed me a third vision; a plastered wall, and the Lord himself standing by it with a trowel in his hand,
-Amos	Am	34	7	8	asking me if I could see what he had there. Why, Lord, I said, a plasterer’s trowel! Ay, he answered, and here, in full view of Israel’s folk, that trowel I lay aside; cementing they shall have from me no more.
-Amos	Am	34	7	9	Hill-shrines of Aven shall tumble down, sanctuaries of Israel be laid waste; at the sword’s point I will try conclusions with the race of Jeroboam.
-Amos	Am	34	7	10	Hereupon, a message came to Jeroboam, king of Israel, from Amasias that was priest at Bethel. Here is Amos, said he, raising revolt against thee in the realm of Israel; there is no room in all the land for such talk as his;
-Amos	Am	34	7	11	Jeroboam to die at the sword’s point, Israel to be banished from its native country!
-Amos	Am	34	7	12	And this was his counsel to Amos, Sir prophet, get thee gone; in Juda take refuge if thou wilt, and there earn thy living by prophecy.
-Amos	Am	34	7	13	Prophesy here in Bethel thou mayst not, where the king’s chapel is, and the king’s court.
-Amos	Am	34	7	14	What, said Amos, I a prophet? Nay, not that, nor a prophet’s son neither; I am one that minds cattle, one that nips the sycamore-trees;
-Amos	Am	34	7	15	I was but tending sheep when the Lord took me into his service. It was the Lord bade me go and prophesy to his people of Israel.
-Amos	Am	34	7	16	He has a message for thee: Thou wilt have no prophesying against Israel, no word dropped against Bethaven?
-Amos	Am	34	7	17	Here, then, is the divine doom pronounced on thee: Wife of thine, here in the city streets, shall be dishonoured; sons and daughters of thine shall die at the sword’s point; lands of thine shall feel the measuring-rope. And for thyself, on unhallowed soil death awaits thee, when Israel is banished, as banished it needs must be, from the land of its birth.
-Amos	Am	34	8	1	Then the Lord God shewed me another vision, of a hook such as they use for fruit-gathering.
-Amos	Am	34	8	2	And when he asked, could I see what he had there, Why, Lord, I said, a grappling-hook for fruit-trees! Ay, said he, and right autumn it is for my people of Israel; no further chance shall they have of repentance.
-Amos	Am	34	8	3	Day of doom! How shriek the hinges of yonder temple gates; then, what massacre! Everywhere deep silence falls.
-Amos	Am	34	8	4	Here is word for you, oppressors of the poor, that bring ruin on your fellow-citizens in their need;
-Amos	Am	34	8	5	you that long for new moon and sabbath to be at an end, for trading to begin and granary to be opened, so you may be at your shifts again, the scant measure, the high price, the false weights!
-Amos	Am	34	8	6	You that for a debt, though it were but the price of a pair of shoes, will make slaves of poor, honest folk; you that sell refuse for wheat!
-Amos	Am	34	8	7	By Jacob’s ancient renown the Lord swears it, crimes of yours shall remain for ever unforgotten.
-Amos	Am	34	8	8	Well may the earth quake over such doings, to the hurt of all that dwell in it; everywhere mount up, and shift, and sink, like Egypt’s river in flood.
-Amos	Am	34	8	9	Day of doom, says the Lord God, when there shall be sunset at noon, and earth shall be overshadowed under the full light!
-Amos	Am	34	8	10	All your feasting turned to lament, all your songs to dirge and dole; not a loin but goes clad in sackcloth, not a head but is shaved bald; never was such mourning made, though it were for an only son; bitter the day, bitter its ending.
-Amos	Am	34	8	11	A time is coming, says the Lord God, when there shall be great lack in the land, yet neither dearth nor drought. Hunger? Ay, they shall hunger for some message from the Lord,
-Amos	Am	34	8	12	yet go they from eastern to western sea, go they from north to south, making search for it everywhere, message from the Lord they shall have none.
-Amos	Am	34	8	13	Thirst, ay, they shall thirst, fair maid and brave warrior both.
-Amos	Am	34	8	14	Fools, that by the shame of Samaria take their oaths, pin their faith to Dan’s worship or Bersabee pilgrimage! Here is fall there is no amending.
-Amos	Am	34	9	1	And now I saw the Lord standing above the altar; Smite column there, he cried, lintel there dislodge, nest of ill-gotten gains! To the last man, the sword must take its toll; refuge shall be none. Flee they, never a fugitive shall escape;
-Amos	Am	34	9	2	from the pit beneath I will dig them up, from heaven above I will drag them down;
-Amos	Am	34	9	3	hide they on Carmel’s heights, I will search and seize them, lurk they in the sea’s depths, my writ runs there; maw of monster shall devour them.
-Amos	Am	34	9	4	Let enemy drive them into exile, even there the sword shall be my pursuivant; watch and ward I keep over them, never doubt it, but to their undoing.…
-Amos	Am	34	9	5	The Lord God of hosts, whose touch melts earth, to the hurt of all that dwell in it, makes it everywhere mount up and sink, like Egypt’s river in flood;
-Amos	Am	34	9	6	his the arched stairway of heaven, his the knitted frame of earth; beckons he to the waters of the sea, and over the earth spreads them, such the power of his name!
-Amos	Am	34	9	7	Ethiop or Israelite, what care I? the Lord says. God that brought you here from Egypt was God that brought the Philistines from Caphtor, brought the Syrians from Cir!
-Amos	Am	34	9	8	Divine regard that watches ever this kingdom, marks ever its guilt; I will blot it out, believe me, from the face of the earth.And blot out the name of Jacob altogether? Nay, not that, the Lord says.
-Amos	Am	34	9	9	At my command, the whole world shall be a sieve, to sift the race of Israel as corn is sifted in the riddle, and never a grain cast out loose on the bare ground;
-Amos	Am	34	9	10	at the sword’s point they shall die, all the guilty that are found among my people; the guilty, who now flatter themselves that evil shall never come next or nigh them.
-Amos	Am	34	9	11	Then, I mean to rebuild the fallen dwselling-place of David, all its breaches made good, all its ruins restored; it shall stand once more as it stood long ago;
-Amos	Am	34	9	12	empire it shall have over the Edomites, and all the Gentile folk I claim for my own.
-Amos	Am	34	9	13	A time is coming, the Lord says, when ploughman shall tread on the heels of reaper, sower’s task begin ere vintager’s is ended; never a mountain-side but shall run with sweet wine, never a hill but its rugged nature shall be tamed.
-Amos	Am	34	9	14	I will bring back my people of Israel from its exile, to rebuild ruined cities and dwell there, plant vineyards and drink of them, till gardens and eat the fruits of them.
-Amos	Am	34	9	15	Firm root they shall take in their native soil, never again to be torn away from the home I have given them, says the Lord, thy own God.
-Abdias	Abd	35	1	1	Here follows the vision of Abdias. What doom does the Lord God pronounce on Edom? What bruit is this has reached our ears, what embassage has been sent abroad among the nations? Up, march we out to engage him in battle!
-Abdias	Abd	35	1	2	Sorry the lot I have given thee among the peoples of the world, no better than a thing of contempt;
-Abdias	Abd	35	1	3	yet, dwelling where thou dost in the clefts of the rocks, thou art puffed up with pride; high thou hast built thy throne, and thinkest there is none can drag thee down to earth.
-Abdias	Abd	35	1	4	Build thy eyrie high as the eagle, nest, if thou wilt, among the stars, I will yet drag thee down thence, the Lord says.
-Abdias	Abd	35	1	5	Strange, the silence that has fallen upon Edom! Thieves were they, midnight robbers, that had assailed thee, at least they had been content to carry off what they had need of; some gleanings at least those vintagers would have left thee!
-Abdias	Abd	35	1	6	But now, see how Esau is ransacked, how all his treasury is rifled!
-Abdias	Abd	35	1	7	See how the very folk that are in league with thee drive thee back to thy own frontier, thy own confederates playing thee false, pressing thee hard! Stabbed from beneath by boon companions of thy own? Thou art a fool for thy pains.
-Abdias	Abd	35	1	8	Day of doom, the Lord says, when wise man shall be none in Edom, nor any prudent counsellor on all Esau’s hill-side;
-Abdias	Abd	35	1	9	dismayed the warriors of Teman shall be, till slaughter leaves all the mountains of Esau desolate.
-Abdias	Abd	35	1	10	What wonder if hopes of thine come to nothing, name of thine perish eternally, that didst assail thy own brother, with murderous wrong?
-Abdias	Abd	35	1	11	Hast thou forgotten the day when thou stoodest aloof, while the enemy disarmed his ranks, while aliens thronged through yonder gates, and parcelled out Jerusalem by lot, thyself making common cause with them?
-Abdias	Abd	35	1	12	What, look on idly, when fortune turns against that brother of thine; nay, triumph over Juda’s fall, boast of his calamity?
-Abdias	Abd	35	1	13	He overthrown, and thou wouldst find thy way in at the gates of my own city; he overthrown, and thou wouldst rejoice at his discomfiture; he overthrown, and thou wouldst offer him battle?
-Abdias	Abd	35	1	14	Thou wouldst take up thy post in the breach, and cut off the fugitive, bar the way to the straggler, when all is lost?
-Abdias	Abd	35	1	15	Be sure of this, a time is soon coming when the Lord will summon all the nations to their account; then, as thou didst, it shall be done to thee, in thy own coin thou shalt be paid.
-Abdias	Abd	35	1	16	The cup of vengeance you, my people, have drunk, there on that mountain which is my sanctuary, all the heathen shall drink henceforward; drink, ay, drink deep, and fall into forgetfulness, as if they had never been.
-Abdias	Abd	35	1	17	But here, on mount Sion, all shall be deliverance, all shall be holiness, and their spoilers the men of Jacob shall despoil.
-Abdias	Abd	35	1	18	A fire Jacob shall be, a living flame the sons of Joseph, and Esau’s race stubble before their onset; the spark once kindled, all shall be consumed, and of Esau’s race no memory be left; the Lord decrees it.
-Abdias	Abd	35	1	19	Hill-country of Esau shall fall to the southern folk, and Philistia to the men of the plain; all that is Ephraim and Samaria now shall be theirs, and Galaad shall be made over to Benjamin.
-Abdias	Abd	35	1	20	Warriors of Israel, banished far away, shall hold all the Chanaanite lands, Sarepta their northern frontier; men of Jerusalem, come back from the shores of Bosphorus to claim the cities of the south.
-Abdias	Abd	35	1	21	No lack of champions Sion shall have, to do justice on the mountains of Edom; and of that empire the Lord himself shall be sovereign ruler.
-Jonas	Jon	36	1	1	The Lord’s voice came to Jonas, the son of Amathi:
-Jonas	Jon	36	1	2	Up, and to the great city of Nineve make thy way; I would have thee preach to them; great guilt of theirs claims my cognizance.
-Jonas	Jon	36	1	3	Rise up he did, but his thought was, he would escape to Tharsis, and there avoid the Lord’s scrutiny. So he made his way to Joppa, and there, sure enough, was a ship bound for Tharsis; passage-money was paid, and aboard went Jonas with the rest of them, sailing for Tharsis to be out of the Lord’s way.
-Jonas	Jon	36	1	4	But now the Lord sent out a boisterous wind over the sea, that raised a great tempest there, and the ship was like to have been broken all to pieces.
-Jonas	Jon	36	1	5	Sore afraid the mariners were, and loud they called upon their god; ay, and fell to throwing the tackle overboard, to lighten ship. And what of Jonas? He had gone down into the ship’s hold, and fallen fast asleep.
-Jonas	Jon	36	1	6	But that would not serve; up came the captain and asked what he meant, to lie there sleeping? Up, said he, and cry out upon thy God! Who knows but God will take pity on us, and grant us our lives yet?
-Jonas	Jon	36	1	7	By this, the ship’s company were of another counsel; Nay, said one to other, cast we the lot, and so find out how it is that such peril has befallen us! Cast lots they did, and Jonas was singled out.
-Jonas	Jon	36	1	8	Tell us, they cried, for whose sake it is that we are come into such peril! Tell us what thy errand is, whence thou art journeying and whither, what nation it was gave thee birth.
-Jonas	Jon	36	1	9	I am a Hebrew, he told them, and worship the Lord, the God of heaven, that made the sea and the dry land both.
-Jonas	Jon	36	1	10	And when they heard (for he told them all) that this was a man who would escape from the Lord’s sight, they were in a great taking of fear. What ailed thee? they asked.
-Jonas	Jon	36	1	11	And how must we use thee, if we would have yonder seas calmed for us? (Even as they spoke, the waves grew more angry yet.)
-Jonas	Jon	36	1	12	Why, said he, take me up and throw me over the ship’s side, and the sea will grant you respite; doubt there is none, I am the cause of all this peril that has befallen you.
-Jonas	Jon	36	1	13	What would you? They fell to the oars, hoping to make land thus, but could nothing avail; ever angrier grew the seas about them.
-Jonas	Jon	36	1	14	And at last they cried out upon the Lord; Take we this man’s life, they said, let it not be to our own undoing! Do not charge us with the death of an innocent man, thou who hast so manifested thy divine will!
-Jonas	Jon	36	1	15	And with that, they took Jonas up, and threw him over the ship’s side. All at once, the raging of the sea was stilled;
-Jonas	Jon	36	1	16	what awe fell on those mariners! What sacrifices they made, what vows they offered to the Lord!
-Jonas	Jon	36	2	1	And what of Jonas? At the Lord’s bidding, a great sea-beast had swallowed him up; and there, in the belly of it, three days spent he and three nights.
-Jonas	Jon	36	2	2	This was the prayer which Jonas made to the Lord his God, there in the belly of the sea-beast:
-Jonas	Jon	36	2	3	Call I on the Lord in my peril, redress he grants me; from the very womb of the grave call I, thou art listening to me!
-Jonas	Jon	36	2	4	Here in the depths of the sea’s heart thou wouldst cast me away, with the flood all about me, eddy of thine, wave of thine, sweeping over me,
-Jonas	Jon	36	2	5	till it seemed as if I were shut out from thy regard: yet life thou grantest me; I shall gaze on thy holy temple once again.
-Jonas	Jon	36	2	6	Around me the deadly waters close, the depths engulf me, the weeds are wrapped about my head;
-Jonas	Jon	36	2	7	mountain caverns I must plumb, the very bars of earth my unrelenting prison; and still, O Lord my God, thou wilt raise me, living, from the tomb.
-Jonas	Jon	36	2	8	Daunted this heart, yet still of the Lord I would bethink me; prayer of mine should reach him, far away in his holy temple!
-Jonas	Jon	36	2	9	Let fools that court false worship all hope of pardon forgo;
-Jonas	Jon	36	2	10	mine to do sacrifice in thy honour, vows made and paid to the Lord, my deliverer!
-Jonas	Jon	36	2	11	And now, at the Lord’s bidding, the sea-beast cast Jonas up again, high and dry on the beach.
-Jonas	Jon	36	3	1	A second time the Lord’s voice came to Jonas:
-Jonas	Jon	36	3	2	Up, and to the great city of Nineve make thy way; there preach, what preach I bid thee.
-Jonas	Jon	36	3	3	That voice he obeyed; rose up and took the road for Nineve, a great city indeed, three days’ journey from end to end.
-Jonas	Jon	36	3	4	And when he had advanced into it as far as one day’s journey would carry him, he began crying out, In forty days, Nineve will be overthrown.
-Jonas	Jon	36	3	5	With that, the Ninevites shewed faith in God, rich and poor alike, proclaiming a fast and putting on sackcloth;
-Jonas	Jon	36	3	6	nay, the king of Nineve himself, when word of it reached him, came down from his throne, cast his robe aside, put on sackcloth, and sat down humbly in the dust.
-Jonas	Jon	36	3	7	And a cry was raised in Nineve, at the bidding of the king and his nobles, A fast for man and beast, for herd and flock; no food is to be eaten, no water drunk;
-Jonas	Jon	36	3	8	let man and beast go covered with sackcloth; cry out lustily to the Lord, and forsake, each of you, his sinful life, his wrongful deeds!
-Jonas	Jon	36	3	9	God may yet relent and pardon, forgo his avenging anger and spare our lives.
-Jonas	Jon	36	3	10	Thus, when God saw them amending their lives in good earnest, he spared them, in his mercy, their threatened punishment.
-Jonas	Jon	36	4	1	As for Jonas, he took it sore amiss, and was an angry man that day.
-Jonas	Jon	36	4	2	And thus he made his prayer to the Lord: See if this be not the very thought I had, far away in my own country! Good cause had I to seek refuge at Tharsis from such an errand as this. I knew from the first what manner of God thou art, how kind and merciful, how slow to punish, how rich in pardon, vengeance ever ready to forgo.
-Jonas	Jon	36	4	3	A boon of thee, Lord! Take away this life of mine; I had rather die than live.
-Jonas	Jon	36	4	4	Why, the Lord said, what anger is this?
-Jonas	Jon	36	4	5	Jonas had left the city, and sat now under a little arbour he had made for himself on the east of it, waiting there in the shade to see what doom would fall on Nineve.
-Jonas	Jon	36	4	6	And now, at the Lord God’s bidding, an ivy-plant grew up over Jonas’ head, to give him shade and shelter after his toiling; and great joy he had of his ivy-plant.
-Jonas	Jon	36	4	7	But when the morrow dawned, came at God’s bidding a worm, that struck at the plant’s root and killed it.
-Jonas	Jon	36	4	8	Up rose the sun, and at the Lord’s bidding the sirocco came; here was Jonas with the sun’s rays beating on his head, and all of a sweat. Now indeed his heart’s prayer was, he might die; Better death than life, said he.
-Jonas	Jon	36	4	9	Why, said the Lord, what anger is this over an ivy-plant? Deadly angry am I, Jonas answered, and no marvel either.
-Jonas	Jon	36	4	10	Great pity thou hast, the Lord said, for yonder ivy-plant, that was not of thy growing, and no toil cost thee; a plant that springs in a night, and in a night must wither!
-Jonas	Jon	36	4	11	And what of Nineve? Here is a great city, with a hundred and twenty thousand folk in it, and none of them can tell right from left, all these cattle, too; and may I not spare Nineve?
-Michaeas	Mic	37	1	1	This message came from the Lord to Michaeas the Morasthite, during the reigns of Joathan, Achaz and Ezechias in Juda; this revelation was made to him concerning Samaria and Jerusalem both together.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	1	2	A word for you, nations far and near; let the whole world give audience, and all the world contains! Listen to this indictment the Lord God brings, from his high throne all beholding.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	1	3	See, where the Lord comes out from his dwelling-place; and, as he makes his way down, the topmost peaks of earth for his stairway,
-Michaeas	Mic	37	1	4	melt hills at his touch, melt valleys like wax before the fire, like water over the steep rocks flowing away!
-Michaeas	Mic	37	1	5	Alas, what betokens it? What but Jacob’s going astray, what but guilt of Israel’s line? Head and front of Jacob’s sinning Samaria needs must be, sure as Jerusalem is Juda’s place of pilgrimage.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	1	6	In ruin Samaria shall lie, a heap of stones in the open country-side, a terrace for vineyards; all down yonder valley I will drag the stones of her, till her very foundations are laid bare.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	1	7	Shattered all those idols must be, burnt to ashes the gauds she wears; never an image but shall be left forlorn; all shall go the way of a harlot’s wages, that were a harlot’s wages from the first.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	1	8	For this, should I not raise the dirge aloud? Barefoot go I and stripped; jackal nor ostrich cries out more lamentably.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	1	9	Hurt is here past all cure, that to Juda itself must spread; Jerusalem itself, mart of my own country-side, shall feel the blow.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	1	10	Gate of Gath must never hear the news, hushed be the sound of weeping; afar at Beth-aphra cast the dust on your heads.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	1	11	Away with you, Shaphir’s folk, shivering and shamed; of coming and going in Saanan sign is none; mourning of Beth-ezel … has taken the ground from under your feet.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	1	12	Marred, now, are the anxious hopes of Maroth; so ruthless the Lord’s decree against yonder gates of Jerusalem.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	1	13	Recklessly, at Lachis, harness they steed to chariot; Lachis, that first betrayed poor Sion into guilt, that was Israel’s mistress in wrong-doing!
-Michaeas	Mic	37	1	14	Marriage-dower this daughter of thine, Moreseth-gath, shall cost thee; here is Achsib, too, for the royal policy how rude a set-back!
-Michaeas	Mic	37	1	15	Thy marches, Maresa, shall be ridden once again; to Odollam …… Israel’s glory shall come.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	1	16	Such pride in thy children! Shaven bare thy brow; vulture itself is not so bald; alas, for sons of thine exiled far away!
-Michaeas	Mic	37	2	1	Out upon you, that lie awake over dreams of mischief, schemes of ill, and are up at dawn of day to execute them, soon as your godless hands find opportunity!
-Michaeas	Mic	37	2	2	Covet they house or lands, house or lands by robbery become theirs; ever their oppression comes between a man and his home, a man and his inheritance.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	2	3	And I, too, the Lord says, am devising mischief, mischief against the whole clan of you; never think to shake it off from your necks and walk proudly as of old; ill days are coming.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	2	4	A by-word then they shall make of you, dirge and dole of music raise over you: Stripped, stripped bare! My country’s bounds removed! Come he but once again, that so parcels out our lands, all is lost to me!
-Michaeas	Mic	37	2	5	Trust me, when lands are allotted among the Lord’s people, never shall one of yonder clan have rope to throw.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	2	6	Prophets, leave your prophesying; word of prophecy is never for such as these, never may shame overtake them.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	2	7	What, cry they of Jacob, is the Lord so easily offended? Are his designs indeed so unfavourable? Nay, certain it is, if a man will follow the straight path, award of mine shall prosper him;
-Michaeas	Mic	37	2	8	but what of you? Has not this people of mine long counted you enemies, rising up to arraign you? Robbers, that will have cloak and coat both; what marvel if simple folk are up in arms against you?
-Michaeas	Mic	37	2	9	My people! And you would dispossess its women of the homes they loved, take away from its children … my glory for ever.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	2	10	Do you, in your turn, rise up and go your ways; no resting-place shall you have here; corruption most foul the guilt of this land shall breed in it.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	2	11	Alas, that I should be one beckoned by the spirit, and not rather some forger of lies! Wine and revel to inspire him, he might prophesy, and a people such as this take him for an oracle:
-Michaeas	Mic	37	2	12	Trust me, Jacob, I mean to assemble thee in full strength, rally all that is left of Israel in one place, thronging like sheep in fold, like herd in byre, hum of voices echoing all around;
-Michaeas	Mic	37	2	13	where the breach has been made ready for them, break they out and pass on their way, sally forth with a king to lead them, with the Lord at their head!
-Michaeas	Mic	37	3	1	But no, this is my word to you, chieftains of Jacob’s line, rulers of Israel: Who should acclaim justice, if not you?
-Michaeas	Mic	37	3	2	Alas, that you should be the foes of right, the friends of wrong! Beasts of prey, that will have skin and flesh both, leave nothing save the bare bone.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	3	3	My people! And you will gnaw flesh of them, tear skin of them, break bones of them; cut them to pieces, meat for your pot, roast for your oven!
-Michaeas	Mic	37	3	4	What marvel, if the Lord will not listen to such cry as yours, turns his back on you in your distress, for your ill deserving?
-Michaeas	Mic	37	3	5	And this message the Lord has for prophets that guide my people amiss, prophets that must have their mouths filled ere they will cry, All’s well; sop thou must give them, else thou shalt be their sworn enemy.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	3	6	Visions would you see, all shall be night around you, search you the skies, you shall search in the dark; never a prophet but his sun is set, his day turned into twilight!
-Michaeas	Mic	37	3	7	Seers that see nothing, baffled diviners, acknowledge they, finger on lip, word from God is none.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	3	8	But here stands one that is full of the Lord’s spirit; vigour it lends me, and discernment, and boldness, fault of Jacob to denounce, guilt of Israel to proclaim.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	3	9	A word with you, chieftains of Jacob’s line, rulers of Israel, that hold right abominable, and all justice pervert;
-Michaeas	Mic	37	3	10	that build up strength of Sion, fortunes of Jerusalem, with deeds of bloodshed and of wrong!
-Michaeas	Mic	37	3	11	Never a judge but has his price; never a priest tradition teaches, but for hire; never a prophet but must have his hand lined with silver! And all the while, how lean they on the Lord! Is not he in their midst (they ask)? How should harm befall them?
-Michaeas	Mic	37	3	12	Trust me, for such guilt as yours I will turn mount Sion into plough-lands; standing heaps of stones that were once Jerusalem, and brushwood of the high forest growing over the Temple hill.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	4	1	The Temple hill! One day it shall stand there, highest of all the mountain-heights, overtopping the peaks of them, and the nations will flock there together.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	4	2	A multitude of peoples will make their way to it, crying, Come, let us climb up to the Lord’s mountain-peak, to the house where the God of Jacob dwells; he shall teach us the right way, we will walk in the paths he has chosen. The Lord’s command shall go out from Sion, his word from Jerusalem;
-Michaeas	Mic	37	4	3	over thronging peoples he shall sit in judgement, give award to great nations from far away. Sword they will fashion into ploughshare and spear into pruning-hook; no room there shall be for nation to levy war against nation, and train itself in arms.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	4	4	At ease you shall sit, each of you with his own vine, his own fig-tree to give him shade, and none to raise the alarm; such blessing the Lord of hosts pronounces on you.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	4	5	Let other nations go their own way, each with the name of its own god to rally it; ours to march under his divine name, who is our God for ever and for evermore!
-Michaeas	Mic	37	4	6	When that time comes, the Lord says, I will gather them in again and take them to myself, flock of mine that go limping and straggling, ever since I brought calamity on them;
-Michaeas	Mic	37	4	7	lame shall yet be a stock to breed from, and wayworn shall grow into a sturdy race; here in Sion they shall dwell, and the Lord be king over them, for ever henceforward.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	4	8	And thou, the watch-tower of that flock, cloud-capped fastness where the lady Sion reigns, power shall come back to thee as of old, once more Jerusalem shall be a queen.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	4	9	When that time comes! At this present time, what anguish is this constrains thee? Have king and counsellor played thee false, that the pangs of travail take hold on thee?
-Michaeas	Mic	37	4	10	Sorrow thou well mayst, lady of Sion, and labour as any woman brought to bed; city thou must needs leave, and lodge in the open country-side, nay, to distant Babylon thou must journey; there it is thou wilt find deliverance, there it is the Lord will ransom thee from the power of thy enemies.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	4	11	At this present time, how many the nations that gather about thee, crying, Death to the adulteress! Feast we our eyes on Sion’s downfall!
-Michaeas	Mic	37	4	12	Little they know God’s thoughts; little they guess his purpose is to store them up, like wheat on the threshing-floor!
-Michaeas	Mic	37	4	13	Up, lady of Sion, and set about the threshing of them! Horn of iron, hoof of bronze he will give thee, to grind all that conspiracy of nations to dust. Forfeit to the Lord their ill-gotten gains shall be; nothing of theirs but must be his, who is master of the whole earth.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	5	1	At this present time, what is left thee but to muster thy roving bands, daughter of an outlaw king? Hard siege presses us now; smitten on the cheek, now, is the ruler of Israel.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	5	2	Bethlehem-Ephrata! Least do they reckon thee among all the clans of Juda? Nay, it is from thee I look to find a prince that shall rule over Israel. Whence comes he? From the first beginning, from ages untold!
-Michaeas	Mic	37	5	3	Marvel not, then, if the Lord abandons his people for a time, until she who is in travail has brought forth her child; others there are, brethren of his, that must be restored to the citizenship of Israel.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	5	4	Enabled by the Lord his God, confident in that mighty protection, stands he, our shepherd, and safely folds his flock; fame of him now reaches to the world’s end;
-Michaeas	Mic	37	5	5	who else should be its hope of recovery? What though the Assyrian invade our country, trample down our strongholds? Seven leaders of men we shall find to marshal us, and an eighth yet in reserve;
-Michaeas	Mic	37	5	6	sword in hand, they shall herd the men of Assyria, naked steel for the land of Nemrod! Invade they, trample they as they will, he shall be our deliverance.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	5	7	Poor remnant of Jacob, lost among that multitude of peoples! Yet thrive it shall; does not the grass thrive, with dew and shower from the Lord to water it, nor looks for man’s tending, unbeholden to our human toil?
-Michaeas	Mic	37	5	8	Poor remnant of Jacob, among those heathen multitudes lost! Yet lion amid the forest herds, lion’s whelp amid flock of sheep, finds not easier passage, brings not down more inexorably his prey.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	5	9	High triumph thou shalt have over thy enemies; perish all that bear thee ill-will!
-Michaeas	Mic	37	5	10	All other help, the Lord says, shall then be denied thee; gone, horse and chariot of thine,
-Michaeas	Mic	37	5	11	the cities lost, ruined the strongholds. Sorcery thou shalt have none to trust in, nor divinings;
-Michaeas	Mic	37	5	12	gone idol and sacred pillar of thine, nor any of thy own imaginings left thee;
-Michaeas	Mic	37	5	13	uprooted the woods of thy false worship, fallen the cities.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	5	14	Only then shall my fierce anger find its scope, only then fall my vengeance upon the nations that defied me.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	6	1	Listen to this message I have from the Lord: Up, and to the mountains make thy complaint, let the hill-sides echo with thy voice!
-Michaeas	Mic	37	6	2	Listen they must, yonder sturdy bastions of earth, while the Lord impleads his people; Israel stands upon its trial now.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	6	3	Tell me, my people, what have I done, that thou shouldst be a-weary of me? Answer me.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	6	4	Was it ill done, to rescue thee from Egypt, set thee free from a slave’s prison, send Moses and Aaron and Mary to guide thee on thy way?
-Michaeas	Mic	37	6	5	Bethink thee, what designs had Balach, king of Moab, and how Balaam the son of Beor answered him … from Setim to Galgala; and canst thou doubt, then, the faithfulness of the Lord’s friendship?
-Michaeas	Mic	37	6	6	How best may I humble myself before the Lord, that is God most high? What offering shall I bring? Calf, think you, of a year old, for my burnt-sacrifice?
-Michaeas	Mic	37	6	7	Fall rams by the thousand, fattened buck-goats by the ten thousand, will the Lord be better pleased? Shall gift of first-born for wrong-doing atone, body’s fruit for soul’s assoiling?
-Michaeas	Mic	37	6	8	Nay, son of Adam, what need to ask? Best of all it is, and this above all the Lord demands of thee, right thou shouldst do, and ruth love, and carry thyself humbly in the presence of thy God.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	6	9	So comes the divine voice to yonder city; best he shall thrive, that stands in awe of thy name. Listen, tribesmen, to that voice; which of you dares acclaim it?
-Michaeas	Mic	37	6	10	What of homes unhallowed, that hide yet the ill-gotten gain, the false measure to call down my vengeance?
-Michaeas	Mic	37	6	11	Here the uneven scales, there the bag of short weights, and shall I hold you acquitted?
-Michaeas	Mic	37	6	12	City where the rich are ever busy with oppression, where all is treachery, and a man has a tongue in his mouth only to deceive!
-Michaeas	Mic	37	6	13	Thy turn, now, to feel my lash; thy guilt is thy undoing.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	6	14	Thine to eat, and eating, never have thy fill; for all alike, now, the same affliction. Thine to enslave, but thy slaves never to keep; those thou hast, I mean to make over to the sword.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	6	15	Sow shalt thou, and never reap, press olive, and never anoint thee, tread grape, and no wine drink.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	6	16	Commands of Amri thou wouldst obey, not mine, Ahab’s purposes, not mine, fulfil; their bidding if thou wouldst follow, what marvel that I should mark thee down for ruin, Jerusalem for the hiss of scorn? Shame of its own origins the people that is mine must bear.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	7	1	Your tears for Sion! Not more pitiful work is gleaning when the vintage is done; never a cluster to eat; for the ripe figs belly craves in vain.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	7	2	Fled is piety, vanished honesty, from human kind; murderous plots afoot; the hunt is up everywhere, man spreading his nets for man.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	7	3	Ever the wrong done, and fair names devised for it; ruler must have his benevolence, and judge his gratuity, and tyrant makes known what is his earnest wish; they know well how to wrap it up.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	7	4	Cruel as thorns they be, that are kindliest of them, close as thorn-hedge, that are honest above the rest. Surely this is the day thy watchmen foretold, surely thou wilt call them to account; not long delayed their last extremity!
-Michaeas	Mic	37	7	5	Trust no man, give thy heart to no man, though he be friend and counsellor of thine; against the wife that lies on thy bosom, guard the entry of thy lips;
-Michaeas	Mic	37	7	6	here, where son fools father, and daughter her mother, and son’s wife her mother-in-law, where a man’s own household are his enemies!
-Michaeas	Mic	37	7	7	On the Lord my eyes are set; it is to God I look for my protection; my own God, and will he deny me audience?
-Michaeas	Mic	37	7	8	City that Sion hatest, never triumph over her fall; fall I, it is but to rise again, sit I in darkness, the Lord will be my light.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	7	9	The Lord’s displeasure I must bear, I that have sinned against him, till at last he admits my plea, and grants redress. Out into the light he will bring me, to find him faithful still.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	7	10	Sore abashed that enemy of mine shall behold it; only yesterday she was crying, What is become of thy God now? Welcome the sight, when she is trampled down like mire in the streets!
-Michaeas	Mic	37	7	11	Day of pell-mell disorder it shall be, the day of thy walls’ rebuilding;
-Michaeas	Mic	37	7	12	a day when folk shall resort to thee from all the lands that lie between Assyria and the towns of Egypt, between Egypt and … Euphrates, between sea and sea, mountain-range and mountain-range.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	7	13	By then, the whole country-side will be lying desolate, such reward the inhabitants of it have earned by their ill-doing.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	7	14	With that staff of thine gather thy people in, the flock that is thy very own, scattered now in the forest glades, with rich plenty all around them; Basan and Galaad for their pasture-grounds, as in the days of old.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	7	15	Now for such wondrous evidences of power as marked thy rescuing of them from Egypt!
-Michaeas	Mic	37	7	16	Here is a sight to make the Gentiles hold their valour cheap, stand there dumb; ay, and why not deaf too?
-Michaeas	Mic	37	7	17	Let them lick the dust, serpent-fashion, crawl out from their homes, like scared reptiles, in terror of the Lord our God; much cause they shall have to fear him.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	7	18	Was there ever such a God, so ready to forgive sins, to overlook faults, among the scattered remnant of his chosen race? He will exact vengeance no more; he loves to pardon.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	7	19	He will relent, and have mercy on us, quashing our guilt, burying our sins away sea-deep.
-Michaeas	Mic	37	7	20	Thou wilt keep thy promise to Jacob, shew mercy to Abraham, thy promised mercies of long ago.
-Nahum	Nah	38	1	1	What burden for Nineve? Here is matter revealed to Nahum the Elcesite.
-Nahum	Nah	38	1	2	A jealous lover the Lord is, and takes full vengeance; full vengeance the Lord takes, no stranger, he, to indignation; nor spares rebel, nor forgets the wrong.
-Nahum	Nah	38	1	3	Bide his time he may, but power lacks not; guilty is guilty still. Storm and whirlwind are the path he treads, cloud-wrack the dust he spurns;
-Nahum	Nah	38	1	4	the sea at his rebuke dries up, streams turn into a desert, Basan withers away, and Carmel; all the leaf of Lebanon fades.
-Nahum	Nah	38	1	5	Shrink and shrivel they, mountain-top and hill-side, before him; quakes earth at his coming, and all the world of men with it.
-Nahum	Nah	38	1	6	Alas, when the blow of his resentment falls, who may confront that fierce anger unmoved? Here is vengeance poured out like fire, to melt the hard rock!
-Nahum	Nah	38	1	7	None so gracious as the Lord, no strength like his in the hour of distress; do but trust him, and he will keep thee in his care …
-Nahum	Nah	38	1	8	… Flood-tide shall overwhelm the site of it; ever his enemies find darkness at their heels.
-Nahum	Nah	38	1	9	Think not, by shifts of yours, to thwart the Lord’s will; believe me, he will take full toll, there shall be no second visitation.
-Nahum	Nah	38	1	10	Close be it as thicket of thorns, yonder conspiracy over the cups, all at once, like scorched stubble, they shall be consumed.
-Nahum	Nah	38	1	11	Here is one of thy number devising rebellion against the Lord, folly’s counsellor.
-Nahum	Nah	38	1	12	But thus the Lord says: Are they in full muster? At least there are over-many of them; they must be shorn of their strength. It will pass; once chastened is chastened enough,
-Nahum	Nah	38	1	13	and now I mean to shatter that yoke of his that lies on thy back, tear thy chains asunder …
-Nahum	Nah	38	1	14	For thee, this doom the Lord has; race shall never spring from thee to bear thy name, nor in the temple of thy god any images be left, cast or carven; and I will write it on thy tomb-stone, thou wast nothing worth.
-Nahum	Nah	38	1	15	See where they bring good news on the mountain heights, proclaiming that all is well! Now, Juda, keep holiday; paid be thy vows; mocking enemy shall pass through thee no more; never a one left.
-Nahum	Nah	38	2	1	Here is an enemy at thy gates that scatters all before him; here is close siege, no entry but must be guarded; gird thee well, summon up all thy strength!
-Nahum	Nah	38	2	2	Honour of Juda the Lord retrieves now, and honour of Israel both, that have seen the spoiler ransack them, strip vineyard bare.
-Nahum	Nah	38	2	3	Bright flash that enemy’s shields, warriors of his go clad in scarlet; dart like flame his chariots as he goes to the attack, dizzily sways charioteer.
-Nahum	Nah	38	2	4	How jostle they in the streets, those chariots, hurtle they in the open market-place; dazzle they like flame of torches, like the lightning that comes and goes!
-Nahum	Nah	38	2	5	Alas, for the muster-roll of the king’s vassals, fallen as they went about their task! Swiftly they manned the walls, but the engines were in place already.
-Nahum	Nah	38	2	6	Open, now, stands the water-gate, crumbles yonder temple into dust.
-Nahum	Nah	38	2	7	Alas, for warriors of Nineve gone into exile, for maids of hers led away, that sigh and moan like ring-doves in the bitterness of their heart!
-Nahum	Nah	38	2	8	Nineve, welcome sight as pools of water to the fugitive; stay, stay! But never a one looks back.
-Nahum	Nah	38	2	9	Out with silver, out with gold of hers; store is here of costly stuff beyond price or reckoning!
-Nahum	Nah	38	2	10	Roof to cellar rifled and ransacked! Sore hearts are here, and knees that knock together, loins that go labouring, and pale cheeks.
-Nahum	Nah	38	2	11	Lair of lion, and nursery of his whelps, what trace is left of thee, once so secure a retreat, his haunt and theirs?
-Nahum	Nah	38	2	12	Cub nor lioness should want, so preyed he, so mauled he, so filled with plunder of his forays the den where he lay.
-Nahum	Nah	38	2	13	Have at thee! says the Lord of hosts; yonder chariots shall be burnt to ashes; whelps of thine shall die at the sword’s point, plunder of thine be swept off the face of earth; and for thy heralds, their voices shall be heard no more.
-Nahum	Nah	38	3	1	Out upon thee, city of blood, full fed with treason and rapine, yet still at prey!
-Nahum	Nah	38	3	2	What sounds are these? Crack of whip, whirring of wheels, beat of horse-hoof, rattle of chariot. Mounts horseman,
-Nahum	Nah	38	3	3	flash like lightning sword and spear; what carnage! How cumbered the earth with slain! Dead bodies past counting; the living stumble over the dead.
-Nahum	Nah	38	3	4	Harlot so unwearied in thy harlot’s ways, so fair, so full of witchery, too long hast thou betrayed a nation here, a tribe there, with sorcery of thine, harlotry of thine;
-Nahum	Nah	38	3	5	and now I will be even with thee, says the Lord God of hosts. I mean to set thy skirts flying about thy ears, and lay bare the naked shame of thee, for all the kingdoms of the world to see;
-Nahum	Nah	38	3	6	pelted thou shalt be with things abominable, and foully bemocked; such a public show I will make of thee,
-Nahum	Nah	38	3	7	passer-by will be fain to shun thee; Nineve fallen, says he, and never a tear! Search where I will, never a friend to comfort thee!
-Nahum	Nah	38	3	8	Here was another city, No-Ammon, fair as thyself; she too was built on the river-side, water all about her; the sea her mart, the sea her defences.
-Nahum	Nah	38	3	9	Hers the Ethiop land, hers was Egypt; wanted there strength yet, African and Libyan were at her side;
-Nahum	Nah	38	3	10	yet thy fate was hers, exile, and captivity, and children at every street’s turning dashed to death; honour and rank condemned to the lot’s mercy, and the chain’s grip!
-Nahum	Nah	38	3	11	Bemused and helpless with fear, looking about for succour against the invader, so she was, so thou shalt be.
-Nahum	Nah	38	3	12	At a touch thy bastions shall fall, like ripe figs that drop into the eater’s mouth, soon as tree is shaken;
-Nahum	Nah	38	3	13	woman-hearted the defenders, the gates wide open to the enemy’s onrush, touchwood the bars of them.
-Nahum	Nah	38	3	14	Water, there, water for a siege! Raise the battlements higher yet! Down to the clay-pit with thee, tread the mortar, put thy hand to the brick-mould!
-Nahum	Nah	38	3	15	Fire shall consume thee none the less, the sword cut thee off, hungry as locust to devour.Thrive thou as locust thrives or grasshopper,
-Nahum	Nah	38	3	16	ay, let thy enterprises outnumber the stars in heaven, what avails it? Early hatches locust, early flies away.
-Nahum	Nah	38	3	17	Forgotten, the high lords, forgotten, the princelings, as they had been locusts, and brood of locusts, that cling to yonder hedge-row in the chill of morning, and are gone, once the sun is up, who knows whither?
-Nahum	Nah	38	3	18	Gone to their rest thy marshals, king of Assyria; thy vassals lie silent in the dust; out on the hills the common folk take refuge, with none to muster them.
-Nahum	Nah	38	3	19	Wound of thine there is no hiding, hurt of thine is grievous; nor any shall hear the tidings of it but shall clap their hands over thee, so long thy tyrannous yoke has rested on so many.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	1	1	This burden following was revealed to the prophet Habacuc.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	1	2	Lord, must I ever cry out to thee, and gain hearing never? Plead against tyranny, and no deliverance be granted me?
-Habacuc	Hab	39	1	3	Must I nothing see but wrong and affliction; turn where I will, nothing but robbery and oppression; pleading at law everywhere, everywhere contention raising its head?
-Habacuc	Hab	39	1	4	What marvel if the old teachings are torn up, and redress is never to be found? Innocence by knavery circumvented still, and false award given!
-Habacuc	Hab	39	1	5	Have you no eyes for the world about you? Look upon it with wonder and awe; in your own days here be strange deeds a-doing, so strange, a man would scarce credit them if they were told in story.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	1	6	What a nation is this I am spurring on to battle, the Chaldaean folk, so implacable, so swift! Ready to march the wide world over, so there be lands, not theirs, to covet!
-Habacuc	Hab	39	1	7	A grim nation and a terrible; no right they acknowledge, no title, but what themselves bestow.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	1	8	Not leopard so lithe as horse of theirs, not wolf at evening so fast; wide the sweep of their horsemen, that close in, close in from afar, flying like vultures hungry for their prey.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	1	9	Plunderers all; eager as the sirocco their onset, whirling away, like sand-storm, their captives.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	1	10	Here be men that hold kings in contempt, make princes their sport; no fortress but is a child’s game to such as these; let them but make a heap of dust, it is theirs.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	1	11	Veers wind, and he is gone; see him fall down and ascribe the victory to his god!
-Habacuc	Hab	39	1	12	But thou, Lord, my God and all my worship, thou art from eternity! And wilt thou see us perish? Warrant of thine they hold, take their strength from thee, only to make known thy justice, thy chastening power!
-Habacuc	Hab	39	1	13	So pure those eyes, shall they feast on wrong-doing? Wilt thou brook the sight of oppression, look on while treason is done? Innocence the prey of malice, and no word from thee?
-Habacuc	Hab	39	1	14	As well had men been fishes in the sea, or creeping things, that ruler have none!
-Habacuc	Hab	39	1	15	And indeed it nothing spares, hook of yonder Chaldaean; seine and drag he spreads for all, and great joy has he of his sport.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	1	16	Nay, seine must have its victims, incense be offered to drag; whom else thanks he for the rich fare on his plate, viands most dainty?
-Habacuc	Hab	39	1	17	Trust me, wider still yonder net shall be flung; sword of his will never have done with massacre.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	2	1	What message, then, is entrusted to me? What answer shall I make when I am called to account? Here on the watch-tower my post shall be; stand I on the battlements, and await his signal.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	2	2	Write down thy vision, the Lord said, on a tablet, so plain that it may be read with a glance;
-Habacuc	Hab	39	2	3	a vision of things far distant, yet one day befall they must, no room for doubting it. Wait thou long, yet wait patiently; what must be must, and at the time appointed for it.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	2	4	Foul air the doubter breathes; by his faith he lives, who lives right.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	2	5	Tyrant, like drunkard, is mocked by false dreams of glory. See him whet his appetite, not death itself nor the grave more insatiable; gather up a tribe here, a nation there, heap his plate with them!
-Habacuc	Hab	39	2	6	One day, what a by-word they will make of him! What riddling taunts shall be hurled at him! As here follows:So thou wouldst hoard up the possessions that are none of thine, load thyself with base dross, and it should go on for ever?
-Habacuc	Hab	39	2	7	All unawares the foe shall spring, worry thee, harry thee, make a helpless prey of thee.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	2	8	So many lands thou hast plundered, plundered thyself shalt be; enough nations are left for that; for men’s blood shed, and for fields ravaged, plundered the city shall be, and all that dwell there.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	2	9	Ill-gotten gains thou wouldst amass to deck that house of thine; make it an eyrie, too high for envious hands to reach?
-Habacuc	Hab	39	2	10	Nay, with this undoing of many peoples thou hast done thy own house despite, thy own life is forfeit;
-Habacuc	Hab	39	2	11	stone from ruined wall cries out against thee, and beam from gaping roof echoes the cry.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	2	12	City thou wouldst found, city’s walls build up, with deeds of bloodshed and of wrong?
-Habacuc	Hab	39	2	13	What, has not the Lord of hosts uttered his doom, toil of nations shall feed the fire, and all their labour be spent for nothing?
-Habacuc	Hab	39	2	14	It is the Lord’s glory men must learn to know, that shall cover the earth, flooding over it like the waters of the sea.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	2	15	Thou wouldst pour out a draught for thy neighbour, a draught thy own hand has poisoned; bemuse him as with wine, to leave him stripped and bare?
-Habacuc	Hab	39	2	16	This was to cover thyself with shame, not with glory; drink thou in thy turn, and grow dizzy! A round for thee, now, from yonder cup the Lord holds in his hand; how shamefully is that glory of thine bespewed!
-Habacuc	Hab	39	2	17	Wrong done to Lebanon, scathe of the roaming beasts, shall recoil on thee; fear shall overtake them, city of thine and all that dwell there, for men’s blood shed, and for fields ravaged.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	2	18	What avails image, that carver should be at pains to carve it? In metal his own hands have melted shall a man put his trust? Cheating likenesses, dumb idols all!
-Habacuc	Hab	39	2	19	And thy prayer was, stock and stone should wake up and come to thy aid, senseless things that cannot signify their will; nay, breath in their bodies have none, for all they are tricked out with gold and silver!
-Habacuc	Hab	39	2	20	And all the while, the Lord is in his holy temple. Keep silence, earth, before him.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	3	1	A prayer of the prophet Habacuc for Shigionoth.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	3	2	I have heard, Lord, the tale of thy renown, awe-stricken at the divine power thou hast. Reveal that power in these latter days, in these latter days make it known once more! And though we have earned thy anger, bethink thee of mercy still.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	3	3	God coming near from Teman, the holy One from yonder hills of Pharan! See how his glory overspreads heaven, his fame echoes through the earth;
-Habacuc	Hab	39	3	4	the brightness that is his, like light itself, the rays that stream from his hand, masking its strength;
-Habacuc	Hab	39	3	5	pestilence his outrider, the wasting sickness in his train!
-Habacuc	Hab	39	3	6	There stood he, and scanned the earth; at his look, the nations were adread; melted were the everlasting mountains, bowed were the ancient hills, his own immemorial pathway, as he journeyed.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	3	7	I saw the Ethiop quail in his tent, the dwellings of Madian astir with terror.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	3	8	Is it the rivers, Lord, that have awaked thy anger; should it be the rivers? Or has the sea earned thy vengeance, that thou comest thus mounted on thy horses, on thy victorious chariot;
-Habacuc	Hab	39	3	9	that bow of thine brought into full play, which grants to Israel the assurance of thy succour? Earth is torn into ravines;
-Habacuc	Hab	39	3	10	the mountains tremble at the sight. Fierce falls the rain-storm, the depths beneath us roar aloud, the heights beckon from above;
-Habacuc	Hab	39	3	11	sun and moon linger in their dwelling-place; so bright thy arrows volley, with such sheen of lightning glances thy spear.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	3	12	Nay, if thou ride through the world so angrily, with thy disdain striking the nations dumb,
-Habacuc	Hab	39	3	13	it is to rescue thy own people, rescue thy own anointed servant, that thou goest out to battle. Down fall the turrets in yonder castle of godlessness, down sink the foundations to their very base;
-Habacuc	Hab	39	3	14	lights thy ban on its princes, on the heads of its warriors, whose blustering rage would overthrow me, confident now as some petty tyrant who oppresses the poor in secret.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	3	15	Over the sea, over the ooze beneath its waves, thou hast made a path for thy horses to tread.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	3	16	Such was the tale that set my whole frame trembling; at the rumour of it my lips quivered with fear; there was a faintness overcame my whole being, my steps faltered as I went. Now with tranquil heart let me await this day of doom; upon the enemies of our people it is destined to fall.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	3	17	What though the fig-tree never bud, the vine yield no fruit, the olive fail, the fields bear no harvest; what though our folds stand empty of sheep, our byres of cattle?
-Habacuc	Hab	39	3	18	Still will I make my boast in the Lord, triumph in the deliverance God sends me.
-Habacuc	Hab	39	3	19	The Lord, the ruler of all, is my stronghold; he will bring me safely on my way, safe as the hind whose feet echo already on the hills.(For the chief singer, to the harp’s music. )
-Sophonias	Sop	40	1	1	To Sophonias, that was descended from Ezechias through Amarias, Godolias and Chusi, this message came from the Lord, at the time when Josias son of Amon reigned in Juda.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	1	2	Fall to I must, and weed yonder plot of ground, the Lord says;
-Sophonias	Sop	40	1	3	rid it, says he, of man and beast, of bird in air and fish under water; and down shall the godless come too, never a man left alive upon it.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	1	4	All Juda, all the citizens of Jerusalem, shall feel the stroke. Not a trace shall they leave behind, yonder gods of the country-side, acolyte and priest of theirs not a memory;
-Sophonias	Sop	40	1	5	forgotten, all that worship the host of heaven from the roof-tops, all that worship …, take they their oaths to the Lord, or swear they by Melchom;
-Sophonias	Sop	40	1	6	forgotten, all that turn their backs on the Lord, and will neither seek nor search for him.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	1	7	Silence, there, to greet the Lord! Here is day of his appointing, here is great sacrifice of his preparing; all his guests bidden, all their cleansing done.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	1	8	The Lord’s sacrifice! A day of reckoning it shall be, king and prince I will call to account, all that go clad in foreign bravery,
-Sophonias	Sop	40	1	9	all that spurn yonder threshold, and fill the house of the Lord their God with deeds of treachery and wrong.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	1	10	What an outcry that day, the Lord says, from the Fishmongers’ Gate, what lamenting from the New Town! How the hill-sides will echo to the noise of your ruin!
-Sophonias	Sop	40	1	11	Ay, lament indeed, you that dwell in Mortar Valley; of the merchant folk no more is heard; here is an end of all that trafficked in silver.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	1	12	Time, then, to call for lamps, and search Jerusalem through! Trust me, I will find them out, spoiled natures, like wine that has settled on its lees, the men who think to themselves, From the Lord nothing is to hope, nothing to fear.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	1	13	Ransacked their wealth shall be, and their homes ruined; houses they build they shall never dwell in, vineyards they plant they shall drink of never.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	1	14	Nearer, nearer comes the great day of the Lord’s reckoning, ay, and soon; bitter the bruit of its coming; here is peril to cow the bravest heart.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	1	15	Day of vengeance, day of strain and stress, day of ransack and ruin; dim and dark, overcast with cloud and storm!
-Sophonias	Sop	40	1	16	City is none so well fortified, pinnacle is none so high in air, but shall hear braying of trumpets and the battle-cry.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	1	17	Guilty wretches, they shall grope in the dark, flesh and blood of them cheap as dust and dung;
-Sophonias	Sop	40	1	18	silver and gold of them powerless to buy off the Lord’s present vengeance. Burns through the land the fire of his slighted love; takes full toll, and speedily, of all that dwell there.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	2	1	Band together, men of a nation so little loved, bind yourselves in one;
-Sophonias	Sop	40	2	2	ere resolve can bear fruit, like flying chaff passes the day. Before the divine vengeance falls on you, before the day of divine retribution comes, to the Lord betake you!
-Sophonias	Sop	40	2	3	To honest doing and patient suffering betake you, men of humble heart wherever you be, men obedient to his will; it may be, when the hour of the Lord’s vengeance comes, you shall find refuge.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	2	4	Gaza and Ascalon to rack and ruin left, Azotus stormed ere the day is out, root and branch destroyed is Accaron!
-Sophonias	Sop	40	2	5	Out upon the forfeited race that holds yonder strip of coast-land; the Lord’s doom is on it, the little Chanaan of the Philistines; wasted it shall be, and never a man to dwell in it.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	2	6	There on the coast-land shepherds shall lie at ease, there shall be folds for flocks;
-Sophonias	Sop	40	2	7	and who shall dwell there? The remnant that is left of Juda’s race; there they shall find pasturage, take their rest, when evening comes, in the ruins of Ascalon, when the Lord their God brings them relief, restores their fortunes again.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	2	8	And what of Moab, what of Ammon? Doubt not I have heard the blasphemous taunts they uttered against my own people, as they encroached upon its borders.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	2	9	As I am a living God, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, no better shall Moab and Ammon be than Sodom and Gomorrha, all waste and brushwood and salt-pits, for ever desolate; of my own people enough remnant shall be left, a nation still, to plunder and to conquer them.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	2	10	Pride that would mock and overreach his own people he, the Lord of hosts, knows how to punish;
-Sophonias	Sop	40	2	11	see what terror he strikes into them! Peak and pine they, gods of the other nations; rise they from their places, one by one, to adore him, island-dwellers of the world.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	2	12	You too, men of Ethiopia, shall feel my sword.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	2	13	That hand shall stretch out northward, and make an end of Assyria; Nineve shall be left forlorn, a trackless desert.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	2	14	Flocks shall lie down there … all the wild things of earth; bittern and hedgehog make their dwelling in its doorways, bird-song there shall be in the windows, and raven perched on lintel; so ebbs the strength of it.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	2	15	And this was the proud city that dwelt so free from alarms, thinking to herself, Here I stand, with no rival; a desert now, lair of the wild beasts! Hisses the passer-by in mockery, and shakes his fist.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	3	1	Out on the rebellious city, the defiled city, so full of wrong!
-Sophonias	Sop	40	3	2	Never the call heard, the warning heeded; trust in the Lord is none; nay, they would keep God at a distance.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	3	3	Here be rulers no better than ravening lions, judges like wolf that prowls at night, and not a bone left on the morrow;
-Sophonias	Sop	40	3	4	prophets that are heedless men and treacherous, priests that profane the sanctuary and do violence to the law.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	3	5	And all the while the Lord is there in the midst of it! Not his the blame; never morning passes but he makes known his award for their enlightening, without fail; and still injustice goes on unashamed!
-Sophonias	Sop	40	3	6	Short work I have made of other nations; crumbling battlements, unfrequented streets, with never a foot-fall, their cities lie ruined and forlorn, with none to dwell in them;
-Sophonias	Sop	40	3	7	Ah, thought I, now at least thou wilt learn to fear me, wilt profit by the warning! Here at least is a city that may be left habitable, send them what plagues I may! But no, early and late they would be at their perverse doings still!
-Sophonias	Sop	40	3	8	Hope, then, is none, till the day, long hence, when I will stand revealed; what gathering, then, of the nations, all kingdoms joined in one! And upon these, my doom is, vengeance shall fall, fierce anger of mine shall fall; the whole earth shall be consumed with the fire of my slighted love.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	3	9	And after that, all the peoples of the world shall have pure lips, invoking one and all the Lord’s name, straining at a single yoke in the Lord’s service.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	3	10	From far away, beyond Ethiop rivers, my suppliants shall come to me, sons of my exiled people the bloodless offering shall bring.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	3	11	No need, then, to blush for wayward thoughts that defied me; gone from thy midst the high-sounding boast; no room, in that mountain sanctuary of mine, for pride henceforward;
-Sophonias	Sop	40	3	12	a poor folk and a friendless I will leave in thy confines, but one that puts its trust in the Lord’s name.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	3	13	The remnant of Israel, strangers now to treachery and wrong, the true word ever on their lips! Yonder flock may graze and lie down to rest, none to dismay it.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	3	14	Break into song, fair Sion, all Israel cry aloud; here is joy and triumph, Jerusalem, for thy royal heart.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	3	15	Thy doom the Lord has revoked, thy enemy repulsed; the Lord, there in the midst of thee, Israel’s king! Peril for thee henceforth is none.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	3	16	Such is the message yonder day shall bring to Jerusalem: Courage, Sion! What means it, the unnerved hand?
-Sophonias	Sop	40	3	17	Thou hast one in the midst of thee, the Lord thy God, whose strength shall deliver thee. Joy and pride of his thou shalt be henceforward; silent till now in his love for thee, he will greet thee with cries of gladness.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	3	18	Truants that were lost to the covenant I will reclaim; of thy company they are, thou shalt be taunted with them no longer;
-Sophonias	Sop	40	3	19	only for thy persecutors that hour shall be the hour of doom. Lame sheep medicined, and strayed sheep brought home! Lands that despised them shall hear name and fame of them now.
-Sophonias	Sop	40	3	20	Name and fame you shall have, all the world over, the Lord says, when I call you back and gather you in; when you see the fortunes of Israel retrieved at last.
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	1	1	It was in the second year of Darius’ reign, on the first day of the sixth month of it, that a message came from the Lord through the prophet Aggaeus; came to Zorobabel, son of Salathiel, that was governor of Juda, and to the high priest, Josue son of Josedec. And thus it ran:
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	1	2	Word from the Lord of hosts to his people, that will not restore his temple, but cry, Too early yet!
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	1	3	Listen, the Lord said to them through the prophet Aggaeus,
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	1	4	is it not too early yet for you to have roofs over your heads, and my temple in ruins?
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	1	5	Think well on it, says the Lord of hosts;
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	1	6	here is much sown, and little reaped, nor eating brings you a full belly, nor wine a merry heart; such clothes you wear as leave you shivering, such wages win as leak out at purse’s bottom!
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	1	7	Think well on it, says the Lord of hosts;
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	1	8	up to the hill-side with you, fetch timber and restore my temple, if content me you will, the Lord says, if honour me you will!
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	1	9	So much attempted, so little attained; store you brought into your houses withered at my breath; would you know the reason for it? says the Lord of hosts. Because to your own houses you run helter-skelter, and my temple in ruins!
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	1	10	That is why the skies are forbidden to rain on you, earth to afford its bounty;
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	1	11	ban of barrenness lies on plain and hill, wheat and wine and oil and all the earth yields, man and beast and all they toil to win.
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	1	12	What made they of it, Salathiel’s son Zorobabel, and the high priest, Josue son of Josedec, and all the people with them? That voice they could not choose but heed, that message from the Lord their God sent to them by the prophet Aggaeus, and they were sore adread of the divine warning.
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	1	13	Yet here was divine encouragement; Aggaeus, the Lord’s own messenger, gave them the Lord’s own assurance he was at their side.
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	1	14	So the Lord put heart into them, governor and priest and people alike; and they set to work building up the temple of the Lord God of hosts.
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	2	1	This was on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius.
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	2	2	Afterwards, on the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the Lord sent another message through the prophet Aggaeus.
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	2	3	To Zorobabel, and Josue, and all the people with them his word was:
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	2	4	Tell me, those of you who saw this house in its former brightness, what make you of it now? It is no better in your eyes than a very nothing.
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	2	5	Take heart, Zorobabel; Josue, son of Josedec, take heart! And you, too, people of the land, the Lord of hosts bids you put heart into the work; is not he, the Lord of hosts, at your side?…
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	2	6	the promise I gave when you escaped from Egypt; my own spirit shall be among you, do not be afraid.
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	2	7	A little while now, the Lord of hosts says, and I mean to set heaven and earth, sea and dry land rocking;
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	2	8	stirred all the nations shall be, hither shall come the prize the whole world treasures, and I will fill this temple with the brightness of my presence, says the Lord of hosts.
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	2	9	Silver or gold, what matters it? the Lord of hosts says. Both are mine!
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	2	10	Bright this new temple shall be, he tells you, as never the first was; here, he tells you, his blessing shall rest.
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	2	11	Then, on the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in this second year of king Darius, another message came from the Lord to the prophet Aggaeus,
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	2	12	bidding him, in the name of the Lord of hosts, make enquiry of the priests upon a matter touching the law.
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	2	13	And the question was this: Here is one carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and with this same fold chances to touch bread or broth, wine or oil, or what food you will; does this food become consecrated thereby? And the priests said No.
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	2	14	Why then, Aggaeus went on, let some other man touch this food, one that is contaminated by the contact of a dead thing, will the food be defiled? And they answered, Defiled it is.
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	2	15	Then Aggaeus opened his mind to them: Here is a whole people, a whole race, the Lord says, that shews defiled under my scrutiny. Never an enterprise of theirs, never an offering they bring, but is defiled.
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	2	16	But now, mark well how you thrive henceforward. Whilst none would be at pains to set pillar on base, here in the Lord’s temple,
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	2	17	how fared it with yonder twenty-bushel heap of corn? Look closer, and it was but ten bushels. Did you think to press fifty quarts into the vat? There were but twenty.
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	2	18	Sirocco I sent and mildew, smote all your crops with hail, and you would not come back to me, the Lord says.
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	2	19	Mark well how you thrive henceforward, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, when you laid the foundations of the Lord’s temple; mark it well.
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	2	20	Not yet has the corn ripened, not yet have vine and fig, pomegranate and olive, had time to blossom; but on all these my blessing lies henceforward.
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	2	21	And this further message Aggaeus had from the Lord, on that twenty-fourth day of the month,
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	2	22	for Zorobabel, the governor of Juda: Earth and heaven both I mean to set rocking;
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	2	23	royal thrones shall be overturned, and the power of Gentile kingdoms brought to nothing; overthrown they lie, chariot and charioteer, down come horse and rider, friend turning his sword against friend;
-Aggaeus	Agg	41	2	24	but thou, son of Salathiel, says the Lord of hosts, thou, Zorobabel, art my servant still; on that day I will take thee to my side, keep thee there, close as signet-ring; it is a divine choice that has fallen on thee, says the Lord of hosts.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	1	1	It was in the second year of Darius’ reign, and the eighth month of it, that a message from the Lord came to the prophet Zacharias, son of Barachias, son of Addo. And thus it ran:
-Zacharias	Zac	42	1	2	Beyond question, your fathers incurred the Lord’s displeasure;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	1	3	and now this word thou must proclaim from the Lord of hosts, Come back to me, he bids you, and I, he promises, will come back to your side.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	1	4	Prophets there were long since, that warned those fathers of yours in his name, they should turn away from ill living and rebellious thoughts; yet neither heed nor hearing, he says, would they give me; not for you to follow their example.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	1	5	Gone, the men of an earlier day; prophets that spoke to them might not live on for ever,
-Zacharias	Zac	42	1	6	but warning of mine, promise of mine, entrusted to the prophets that were my true servants, live on yet. See how the fulfilment of them overtook your fathers, till at last they must needs repent, must acknowledge the Lord of hosts had not threatened them, sinners and rebels, in vain!
-Zacharias	Zac	42	1	7	Then, on the twenty-fourth day of Sabath, which is the eleventh month, word came from the Lord afresh, and once more it came to Zacharias, son of Barachias, son of Addo.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	1	8	A vision appeared to me in the night, of one that was mounted on a sorrel horse, at a stand among the myrtle-trees, down in the Valley; and never a horse in all his company but was sorrel, roan or white.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	1	9	Scarce had I asked, My Lord, what be these? when the angel that inspired me promised he would shew me the meaning of it;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	1	10	and with that, my answer came from him who stood among the myrtle-trees, These have gone out on the Lord’s errand, patrolling the earth.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	1	11	And to him, now, the angel of the myrtle-wood, those others made their report: All earth we have patrolled, said they, and everywhere is safety, everywhere is rest.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	1	12	Ah, Lord of hosts, my angel monitor said, wilt thou never relent, never take pity upon Jerusalem and the towns of Juda? Here be seventy years come and gone.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	1	13	And with that, the Lord answered him; gracious his words were, gracious and full of comfort.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	1	14	Cry it abroad, now, my monitor said to me, this message from the Lord of hosts: Jealous, right jealous my love for Sion’s hill,
-Zacharias	Zac	42	1	15	deep, full deep my anger against the heathen that are so well content! I would have punished Jerusalem but lightly, it was these drove home the blow.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	1	16	And now, the Lord says, I am for Jerusalem again, bringing pardon with me; temple shall be built there for the Lord of hosts, Jerusalem shall see mason’s plummet busy once again.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	1	17	And this, too: A promise from the Lord of hosts! Yonder towns shall yet overflow with riches; Sion shall yet receive comfort, Jerusalem be the city of my choice.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	1	18	Then I looked up, and what saw I? Here were four horns;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	1	19	and when I asked my guide what they should be, he told me, Upon these horns, Juda and Israel and Jerusalem were tossed about.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	1	20	After that, the Lord sent me another vision of four blacksmiths;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	1	21	What errand, said I, have these? Why, said he, yonder horns made such havoc of Juda till now, never a man might lift his head; what should be the blacksmiths’ errand but to turn them back? Polled they must be henceforward, the heathen folk that once tossed Juda to the winds.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	2	1	When next I looked up, I saw a man there that carried a measuring-line;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	2	2	so I asked him, whither he was bound? For Jerusalem, said he, to measure length and breadth of it.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	2	3	And at that, my angel monitor would have gone out on his errand, but here was a second angel come out to meet him.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	2	4	Speed thee, said he, on thy way, and tell that pupil of thine: So full Jerusalem shall be, of men and cattle both, wall it shall have none to hedge it in;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	2	5	I myself, the Lord says, will be a wall of fire around it, and in the midst of it, the brightness of my presence.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	2	6	Away, away, from the north country get you gone, the Lord says; what if I have scattered you, far as the four winds?
-Zacharias	Zac	42	2	7	Away with thee, Sion; wouldst thou still make thy home with widowed Babylon?
-Zacharias	Zac	42	2	8	This promise the Lord of hosts makes: After …… glory, I hold his warrant against the nations that plunder you; apple of my eye he touches, that touches you.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	2	9	Lift I my hand, they shall be at your mercy that are your masters now; doubt shall be none it was the Lord who sent me.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	2	10	Sion, poor maid, break out into songs of rejoicing; I am on my way, coming to dwell in the midst of thee, the Lord says.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	2	11	There be nations a many that shall rally that day to the Lord’s side; they, too, shall be people of mine, but with thee shall be my dwelling.Doubt there shall be none it was the Lord of hosts sent me to thy aid.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	2	12	Juda the Lord shall claim for his own, his portion in a holy land; still Jerusalem shall be the city of his choice.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	2	13	Be silent, living things, in the Lord’s presence; yonder in his holy dwelling all is astir.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	3	1	Another vision the Lord shewed me; here was an angel of his, and before this angel stood the high priest Josue, with the Accuser at his right hand bringing accusation against him.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	3	2	But to the Accuser the divine answer came, The Lord rebuke thee, Satan; the Lord, that makes choice of Jerusalem, rebuke thee! What, is not this a brand saved from the embers?
-Zacharias	Zac	42	3	3	Then, for he saw Josue standing there in his presence very vilely clad,
-Zacharias	Zac	42	3	4	the angel gave it out to his attendants they should take away these vile rags from him; Guilt of thine, said he, I have set by; thou shalt have new garments to wear instead.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	3	5	A clean mitre they should give him besides. And so, when the new mitre was on his head and the new garments were about him, the angel of the Lord rose up
-Zacharias	Zac	42	3	6	and gave Josue his commission from the Lord of hosts:
-Zacharias	Zac	42	3	7	My beckoning follow thou, my commands keep thou, people of mine thou shalt govern, house of mine shalt have in thy charge, and in their company, that here stand about thee, shalt come and go.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	3	8	This for the hearing of the high priest Josue, and others his co-assessors, names of good omen all. Time is I should bring hither my servant, that is the Dayspring.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	3	9	Stone is here I will set before yonder Josue; a stone that bears seven eyes, device of my own carving, says the Lord of hosts. All the guilt of this land I will banish in a single day.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	3	10	That shall be a day of good cheer, the Lord of hosts says, friend making glad with friend under vine and under fig-tree.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	4	1	Once the angel monitor roused me to my senses, as though I had lain asleep;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	4	2	Now, said he, what seest thou? Why, I said, here is a lamp-stand meets my eyes, all of gold. A bowl this lamp-stand has at the top of it, and from the bowl run seven pipes, to feed the seven lamps that crown it.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	4	3	And there are two olive-trees hanging over it, one to the right and one to the left of the bowl.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	4	4	Then in my turn I asked a question of the angel, Tell me, what does all this mean?
-Zacharias	Zac	42	4	5	What, said my monitor, canst thou not recognize it? Not I, my Lord, I answered.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	4	6	And thereupon the angel told me …… Word from the Lord to Zorobabel: By arms, by force nothing canst thou; my spirit is all, says the Lord of hosts.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	4	7	Vain is towering height of thine, great mountain; down to plain’s level thou must stoop at Zorobabel’s coming; stone from thee he must quarry and smooth to be his coping-stone, how fair, how fair!
-Zacharias	Zac	42	4	8	This message, too, I had from the Lord:
-Zacharias	Zac	42	4	9	Yonder temple hand of Zorobabel has founded, hand of Zorobabel shall finish. No more you shall doubt that I come to you on the Lord’s errand.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	4	10	Humble fortunes of yesterday who dared belittle? Rejoice they now, to see plummet at work in Zorobabel’s hand …… What should they be, those seven, but eyes the Lord has, glancing this way and that to scan the earth?
-Zacharias	Zac	42	4	11	Then I asked him about the two olive-trees, to right and left of the lamp-stand; and there was more I would know,
-Zacharias	Zac	42	4	12	What of the two olive-shoots, close beside the two golden taps that feed yonder pipes of gold?
-Zacharias	Zac	42	4	13	What said he, canst thou not tell? Not I, my Lord, I answered.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	4	14	What should these be, he said, but the two newly-anointed ones that stand in his presence, who is Master of the whole earth?
-Zacharias	Zac	42	5	1	Once again I looked up, and there before me was a scroll, that had wings to fly with.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	5	2	So when he asked, what saw I, A scroll, I said, that flies past, twenty cubits long and ten broad.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	5	3	Here is ban, said he, that runs all the world over; thief is none, perjurer is none but shall be judged by the tenour of it.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	5	4	It shall go out under my warrant, says the Lord of hosts, making its way into house of thief, house of perjurer that wrongs my name, and clinging close till it makes an end of all, wood-work and stone-work both.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	5	5	Again the angel visited me, and bade me look well at the revelation that was sent me.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	5	6	What is it? I asked. Bushel-measure is this, he told me; And it is nothing other, said he, than guilt of theirs, spread abroad over the whole earth.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	5	7	Then he lifted up the cover, that was a talent’s weight of lead, and what should I see but a woman sitting there within?
-Zacharias	Zac	42	5	8	Godlessness, he told me, is the name of her; and with that he thrust her back into the barrel, and fastened down the cover of lead.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	5	9	And now, looking up, I saw two other women appearing, that had wings spread out to the wind, strong as a hawk’s wings; and these carried the barrel off, midway between heaven and earth.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	5	10	When I would know whither they carried it, the angel told me,
-Zacharias	Zac	42	5	11	To Sennaar, where it must have a shrine built for it; there it must be set up, and rest on a pedestal of its own.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	6	1	Once more yet I looked up, and had a vision of four chariots, coming out of a pass between two mountains that were all of bronze.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	6	2	Of the horses, the first pair were sorrel, the second black,
-Zacharias	Zac	42	6	3	the third white, the fourth a sturdy pair of roans.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	6	4	And when I asked of my angel monitor what these might be,
-Zacharias	Zac	42	6	5	Here be four winds, he told me, going out on their errand; their place is in his presence, who is Master of the whole earth.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	6	6	So out they went, chariot drawn by black horses turning northwards; the white followed these, and the roans turned southwards,
-Zacharias	Zac	42	6	7	the sturdiest pair of all ……Went out on their errand, fain to traverse the whole world through.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	6	8	And a great cry came to me, See, where they reach the north country! All is well in the north country, my heart is content.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	6	9	And a message from the Lord came to Zacharias:
-Zacharias	Zac	42	6	10	From yonder emissaries of the exiled Jews, Holdai, Tobias and Idaias, toll thou must take; this very day bestir thee, and make thy way to the house of Josias, son of Sophonias, whither they have repaired, newly come from Babylon.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	6	11	Gold and silver thou must take from them, and make crowns, to crown the high priest, Josue son of Josedec …
-Zacharias	Zac	42	6	12	This message thou shalt give him from the Lord God of hosts: Here is one takes his name from the Dayspring; where his feet have trodden, spring there shall be. He it is shall rebuild the Lord’s temple;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	6	13	builder of the Lord’s temple, to what honours he shall come! On princely throne he sits, throne of a priest beside him, and between these two, what harmony of counsel!
-Zacharias	Zac	42	6	14	For Helem, Tobias, Idaias, and Hem the son of Sophonias, the crowns they gave shall win remembrance in the temple of the Lord.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	6	15	Men shall come from far away, to work at the temple’s rebuilding; you shall not doubt, then, it was the Lord of hosts gave me my warrant. Will you but heed the voice of the Lord your God, this shall be your reward …
-Zacharias	Zac	42	7	1	In the fourth year of Darius’ reign, another message from the Lord came to Za charias; it was on the fourth day of Casleu, the ninth month.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	7	2	This was the occasion of it; here was Sarasar, with Rogommelech and others of his company, sending envoys to implore the Lord’s favour.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	7	3	A question they put to the priests, there in the temple of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets besides: Must I yet mourn, yet rid myself of defilement, when the fifth month comes round, as my wont has been these many years past?
-Zacharias	Zac	42	7	4	Then came this message to me from the Lord of hosts:
-Zacharias	Zac	42	7	5	Ask this, of priests and people both; was it indeed fast of mine you kept, all these seventy years, the fifth month and the seventh observing ever with fasting and lament,
-Zacharias	Zac	42	7	6	you, that when food and drink were set before you, shared them with none?
-Zacharias	Zac	42	7	7	Bethink you, what warnings gave he by the prophets of an earlier day, when Jerusalem was yet safe and prosperous, she and the cities about her, populous the western valleys, populous the hill-country of the south.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	7	8	(Such was the word the Lord sent to Zacharias. )
-Zacharias	Zac	42	7	9	A message from the Lord of hosts: Come now, the true award, the tender heart that pities a neighbour’s need!
-Zacharias	Zac	42	7	10	Widow and orphan, the alien and the friendless, wrong no more; brother against brother plot no more!
-Zacharias	Zac	42	7	11	And would they listen? Shrank every shoulder from the burden, deaf ears they turned him,
-Zacharias	Zac	42	7	12	hardened their hearts to adamant. Heed his law they would not; heed they would not, when the Lord of hosts inspired those older prophets to speak in his name. What wonder if his divine anger was aroused beyond measure?
-Zacharias	Zac	42	7	13	What wonder, says the Lord of hosts, they should call in vain on me, that in vain had warned them?
-Zacharias	Zac	42	7	14	So it was I scattered them in unknown countries, left their land a desert, where none came or went; a land so fair, by its own inhabitants laid waste.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	8	1	This word, too, came from him:
-Zacharias	Zac	42	8	2	A message from the Lord of hosts! Great ruth have I for Sion, and sore it grieves me.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	8	3	To Sion I will return, so runs his promise, and make in Jerusalem my home; The loyal city, men shall call her, and that mountain where dwells the Lord of hosts, The holy mountain.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	8	4	This, too: Trust me, there shall yet be aged folk in the streets of Jerusalem, men and women both, that go staff in hand, they are so bowed with years;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	8	5	thronged they shall be, those streets, with boys and girls at play in the open.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	8	6	And this: Hard to believe? So now they find it, poor remnant of a people; but should I, the Lord of hosts, find it hard to perform?
-Zacharias	Zac	42	8	7	And this, too: See if I do not rescue my people from the east country and the west,
-Zacharias	Zac	42	8	8	bring them back to dwell here, in the midst of Jerusalem; they my people, and I their God, in troth and loyalty either to other bound.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	8	9	A message from the Lord of hosts! Take courage, then, you that still hold fast by the commands the prophets gave you, when the foundations of yonder house were a-laying, and the Lord of hosts had no temple yet.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	8	10	Before that time, labour went unrewarded, for man and beast; so hard pressed were you, none might come or go in safety; every man, in those days, I left at his neighbour’s mercy.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	8	11	But now, says the Lord of hosts, this remnant of my people shall enjoy better fortune;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	8	12	a happier seed-time is theirs. Its fruit the vineyard shall yield, the land its harvest, heaven its rain, and all for this remnant to enjoy.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	8	13	Breed of Juda, breed of Israel, by-words of misfortune once, when heathen folk fell to cursing their enemies; happy deliverance, they shall be names of blessing now! Your fears vanquish, go bravely on;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	8	14	he, the Lord of hosts, gives you his warrant for it. Time was, says he, when your fathers had roused my anger, and I was ever planning mischief against you;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	8	15	no respite then! Today, for the good estate of Juda and Jerusalem plan I no less eagerly; vanquish your fears.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	8	16	And for your part, this do: deal honestly with your neighbours, give ever in your market-place the true, the salutary award;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	8	17	harbour no ill thoughts one against another, nor set your hearts on the oath falsely sworn; every deed of wrong is hateful to me, the Lord says.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	8	18	And word came to me from the Lord of hosts, bidding me say this in his name:
-Zacharias	Zac	42	8	19	Fasts you kept ever, when three months of the year, or four, six months or nine were gone, shall be all rejoicing and gladness for the men of Juda now, all high festival, will you but love true dealing and peaceful ways.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	8	20	This promise I give you from the Lord of hosts: What alien throngs, from what far cities, shall make pilgrimage yet!
-Zacharias	Zac	42	8	21	And ever, as fresh towns they reach, says pilgrim, Come with us, and welcome; court we the divine favour, to the Lord of hosts repair we; says townsman, Go with you I will.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	8	22	No nation so populous, no kingdom so strong, but shall betake itself to Jerusalem, to find the Lord of hosts and court his divine favour.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	8	23	This, too: A time is coming, when there is never a man of Jewish blood but shall have ten Gentiles at his heels, and no two of the same speech; clinging all at once to the skirts of him, and crying, Your way is ours! The tale has reached us, how God is there to protect you.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	9	1	Burden of the Lord’s doom, where falls it now? On Hadrach’s land; ay, and Damascus shall be its resting-place; all men’s eyes are fixed on the Lord, all the tribes of Israel are watching him now.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	9	2	Perilously near is Emath, and yonder cities of Tyre and Sidon, so famed for wisdom.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	9	3	This Tyre, how strong a fortress she has built, what silver and gold she has amassed, till they were common as clay, as mire in the streets!
-Zacharias	Zac	42	9	4	Ay, but the Lord means to dispossess her; cast into the sea, all that wealth of hers, and herself burnt to the ground!
-Zacharias	Zac	42	9	5	At the sight of it, how Ascalon trembles, how Gaza mourns, and Accaron, for hopes belied; no chieftain in Gaza, no townsfolk left in Ascalon now;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	9	6	in Azotus dwells a bastard breed. So low will I bring the pride of yonder Philistines;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	9	7	snatch the blood-stained morsel from their mouths, the unhallowed food theirs no longer; servant of our God he shall be that is left surviving, a clansman in Juda; so shall Accaron be all one with the Jebusite.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	9	8	I have sentinels that shall march to and fro, guarding this home of mine, and none shall take toll of it henceforward; my eyes are watching now.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	9	9	Glad news for thee, widowed Sion; cry out for happiness, Jerusalem forlorn! See where thy king comes to greet thee, a trusty deliverer; see how lowly he rides, mounted on an ass, patient colt of patient dam!
-Zacharias	Zac	42	9	10	Chariots of thine, Ephraim, horses of thine, Jerusalem, shall be done away, bow of the warrior be unstrung; peace this king shall impose on the world, reigning from sea to sea, from Euphrates to the world’s end.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	9	11	How should they be ransomed, but by the blood of thy covenant with me, those thy fellow-countrymen, in waterless dungeons bound?
-Zacharias	Zac	42	9	12	To these sheltering walls, O patient prisoners, return; you have my warrant, double recompense shall be granted you.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	9	13	Bow of mine is Juda, Ephraim my shafts employ; Greece, look to thy sons when I match the sons of Sion against them, sword in a warrior’s hand!
-Zacharias	Zac	42	9	14	See him there, in visible form, high above them, the Lord God, that volleys down shaft of his lightning, sounds with the trumpet, rides on the storm-wind of the south!
-Zacharias	Zac	42	9	15	He, the Lord of hosts, will be their protection; with sling-stones for teeth, flesh of men eat they, drink blood like revellers at their wine; not sacrificial bowl, nor altar’s horns, so drenched with blood.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	9	16	His own people, his own sheep, will not the Lord God in that hour defend them? His own sacred trophy themselves shall be, to this land of his beckoning all men’s eyes;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	9	17	a people how blessed and how fair! So well with corn and wine furnished, both man and maid shall thrive.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	10	1	For rain in spring whom but the Lord entreat we? He it is, none else, fashions the snow, waters the crops on this farm or that.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	10	2	Vain the false god’s foretelling, vainly diviner cheats us, and dreams delude; comfort they have none to give; such ways Israel has followed, like a flock of sheep untended, and to its cost.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	10	3	What marvel if my anger blazed out against the shepherds? A reckoning I must have with yonder buck-goats; ay, the Lord of hosts would keep strict count of his flock, the sons of Juda.Who but Israel is the proud charger I will ride into battle?
-Zacharias	Zac	42	10	4	Corner-stone, he, of the building, peg of the tent’s rope, bow that shall win the day; spoilers of the world he, none other, shall send forth.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	10	5	Warriors they shall be that go out to battle trampling all before them in the mire; does not the Lord go out to battle at their side? Well mounted, their enemies could yet nothing win.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	10	6	Such aid the men of Juda shall have, the sons of Joseph such deliverance; in pity I will restore them, and all shall be as it was before I cast them off from me; I am the Lord their God, shall I not heed them?
-Zacharias	Zac	42	10	7	Ephraim, of great warriors the peer! Glad all hearts shall be, as when the wine-cup goes round; children of his shall acclaim the sight, and triumph lustily in the Lord.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	10	8	Flock of my ransoming, see how they gather at my call! Thriving now as they throve long since,
-Zacharias	Zac	42	10	9	yet scattered through the world, in those distant lands they shall remember me; with spirits revived, they and their children shall return.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	10	10	Back from Egypt, back from Assyria I will summon them, rally them, to Galaad and Lebanon bring them home; and that home shall be too small for them.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	10	11	Crossed, yonder straits, the sea’s wave checked, depths of the river disappointed of their prey! Assyria’s pride brought low, empire of Egypt cut down!
-Zacharias	Zac	42	10	12	In the Lord they shall find strength, under his protection come and go; so runs the divine promise.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	11	1	Fling thy gates wide, Lebanon, for the fire to come in, and devour thy cedars!
-Zacharias	Zac	42	11	2	Lament, neighbour pine-tree, for cedar overthrown; here be lordly ones plundered; lament, oaks of Basan, for the secret forest that is cut down!
-Zacharias	Zac	42	11	3	Hark, how the shepherd-folk lament, their fine mantle gone, how roars lion for the thickets of Jordan stripped!
-Zacharias	Zac	42	11	4	This message the Lord my God sent me: To this flock that is a-fattening for slaughter thou must play the shepherd.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	11	5	What, would they slay without remorse, yonder lords of the flock, sell carcase, and thank the Lord that so enriches them; are there shepherds so unmerciful?
-Zacharias	Zac	42	11	6	Nay, I will be unmerciful too, the Lord says, to all that dwell on earth; I will leave every son of Adam at the mercy of his neighbour, or the king that rules over him; broken and bowed the land shall be, and no redress shall they have from me henceforward!
-Zacharias	Zac	42	11	7	Poor sheep fattening for slaughter, take charge of your flock I must; and two staves I made me, for the better tending of it, one I called Beauty, and the other Cords.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	11	8	Before a month was up, of three shepherds I had rid them, yet had I no patience with them, and they of me grew no less weary.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	11	9	No more will I tend you, said I; perish all of you that will perish, be lost all that will be lost; and for the residue, let them devour one another; I care not.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	11	10	With that, I took up the staff I called Beauty, and cut it in two; in token that my covenant with all the world should be null.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	11	11	Null it was thenceforward; and doubt they might not, the starvelings of the flock that looked up to me, the Lord’s word had come to them.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	11	12	… And now, said I, pay me my wages, if pay you will; if not, say no more. So they paid me for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	11	13	Why, the Lord said, here is a princely sum they rate me at! Throw it to the craftsman yonder. So there, in the Lord’s temple, I threw the craftsman my thirty pieces of silver …
-Zacharias	Zac	42	11	14	Then I took my other staff, Cords, and cut it in two; in token that all brotherhood was at an end between Juda and Israel.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	11	15	And the Lord said, Gear of a foolish shepherd thou must take to thee now.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	11	16	See if I do not find me such a shepherd for this land of theirs, as will leave lost sheep uncounted, strayed sheep unsought, hurt sheep unhealed; and such as are left whole, feed he will not, but eat ever the fattest of them, tearing only the hoofs away.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	11	17	Out upon the false shepherd that abandons his flock! Sword shall pierce the arm of him, and the right eye of him, till arm is withered and eye darkened quite.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	12	1	Burden of the Lord’s doom, where falls it now? On Israel. Word from the Lord, who spread heaven out, founded earth, fashions the life that beats in man!
-Zacharias	Zac	42	12	2	This is my decree, that Jerusalem’s walls (ay, and the whole of Juda shall man those ramparts) be offered to all the nations round about for a fatal cup;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	12	3	to all the world Jerusalem shall be a stone immoveable; lift it who will, shall be torn unmercifully. See where they muster to the attack, all the kingdoms of the world!
-Zacharias	Zac	42	12	4	Time now, the Lord says, to dazzle steed and craze rider’s wits; for Juda, the sunshine of my regard, the heathen must ride in darkness.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	12	5	Vainly do yonder chieftains of Juda look to the garrison of Jerusalem to be their succour, in the strength of the Lord their God;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	12	6	chieftains of Juda themselves shall be my instruments then, fire-brand in the forest, spark among the dry sheaves, to devour all the nations right and left of them. Jerusalem shall stand, when all is over, where Jerusalem stood;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	12	7	but to the country folk of Juda the Lord grants deliverance first; clan of David, citizens of Jerusalem shall not boast themselves better than the rest.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	12	8	When that day comes, the men of Jerusalem shall have the Lord for their stay; the lowest fallen among them shall seem royal as David’s self, and David’s clansmen a race divine, as though an angel of the Lord marched at their head.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	12	9	Never a nation that marched on Jerusalem but I will hunt it down, when that day comes, and make an end of it.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	12	10	On David’s clan, on all the citizens of Jerusalem, I will pour out a gracious spirit of prayer; towards me they shall look, me whom they have pierced through. Lament for him they must, and grieve bitterly; never was such lament for an only son, grief so bitter over first-born dead.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	12	11	When that day comes, great shall be the mourning in Jerusalem, great as Adadremmon’s mourning at Mageddo;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	12	12	the whole land in mourning, all its families apart. Here the men of David’s clan, yonder their women,
-Zacharias	Zac	42	12	13	here the men of Nathan’s, yonder their women, here the men of Levi’s, yonder their women, here the men of Semei’s, yonder their women;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	12	14	apart they shall mourn, whatever families there be, and all their women-folk apart.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	13	1	When that day comes, clansmen of David and citizens of Jerusalem shall have a fountain flowing openly, of guilt to rid them, and of defilement.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	13	2	A time shall come, says the Lord of hosts, when I will efface the memory of the false gods; the very names of them shall be forgotten; banish, too, the false prophets, and the unclean spirit they echo.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	13	3	Dares one of them prophesy again, all men will turn against him, even the parents that begot him; Still at thy lying, and in the Lord’s name? Thou shalt die for it! And with a javelin’s thrust father and mother will take the life they gave.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	13	4	When that day comes, never a prophet but shall rue the false vision he trusted in. Deceitful garb of sackcloth each one shall throw aside;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	13	5	No prophet am I, but a simple peasant, that grew up to follow Adam’s trade!
-Zacharias	Zac	42	13	6	Ask they, What wounds be these in thy clasped hands? Thus wounded was I, he shall answer, in the house of my friends.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	13	7	Up, sword, and attack this shepherd of mine, neighbour of mine, says the Lord of hosts. Smite shepherd, and his flock shall scatter; so upon the common folk my vengeance shall fall.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	13	8	All over this land, the Lord says, two thirds of them are forfeit to destruction, only a third shall be left to dwell there;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	13	9	and this third part, through fire I will lead them; purged they shall be as silver is purged, tried as gold is tried. Theirs on my name to call, their plea mine to grant; My own people, so I greet them, and they answer, The Lord is my own God.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	14	1	The Lord’s appointed time is coming, when spoil of thee shall be divided in thy midst.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	14	2	All the nations of the world I will muster to the siege of Jerusalem; taken the city shall be, and its houses pillaged, and its women-folk ravished; of the defenders, half will go into exile, and leave but a remnant in the city.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	14	3	And then the Lord will go out to battle against those nations, as he did ever in the decisive hour.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	14	4	There on the mount of Olives, that faces Jerusalem on the east, his feet shall be set; to east and west the mount of Olives shall be cloven in two halves, with a great chasm between, and the two halves shall move apart, one northward, one southward.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	14	5	Down the clefts of that sacred hill-side you shall flee, each of them now leading to the next; flee as you fled before the earthquake, in Ozias’ time, that reigned over Juda; on, on he comes, the Lord my God, with all his sacred retinue.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	14	6	Light there shall be none that day, all shall be frost and cold;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	14	7	one day there shall be, none but the Lord knows the length of it, that shall be neither daylight nor dark, but when evening comes, there shall be light.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	14	8	Then a living stream will flow from Jerusalem, half to the eastern, half to the western sea, winter and summer both;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	14	9	and over all the earth the Lord shall be king, one Lord, called everywhere by one name.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	14	10	What shall be the land’s frontiers? The desert, and Geba, and Remmon that is south of Jerusalem. What of the city? It shall be built up high, and its true limits keep, from gate of Benjamin to main gate and corner gate, from tower of Hananeel to the king’s wine-press.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	14	11	A populous city, no ban resting on it thenceforward; a secure dwelling-place.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	14	12	And what of the visitation that shall smite down the assailants of Jerusalem? Wasted away the flesh of them, till they can keep their feet no longer; wasted away eye in socket and tongue in mouth;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	14	13	with great tumult of mind the Lord will bemuse them that day, each of them laying hands on his fellow, brother engaging brother in fight.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	14	14	Juda meanwhile, shall set about the regaining of Jerusalem, and find the spoils of every neighbouring people amassed there, gold, and silver, and of raiment great abundance;
-Zacharias	Zac	42	14	15	but as for horse and mule, camel and ass, and all the cattle in yonder camp, these will have perished by the same plague as their masters.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	14	16	Yet of all the nations that sent their armies against Jerusalem there shall be some remnant left; and these, year by year, shall make pilgrimage, to worship their King, the Lord of hosts, and keep his feast of Tent-dwelling.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	14	17	Come and worship their King they must, the Lord of hosts; else no rain shall fall on them, all the world over.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	14	18	What then of Egypt’s folk, that rain have none? What if they refuse to go on pilgrimage? Why, for their neglecting of this feast, the same plague shall fall on them which the Lord sent on the heathen armies aforesaid.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	14	19	Be it Egypt, or be it any other nation, that will not keep the feast of Tent-dwelling, punished it shall be in this fashion or in that.
-Zacharias	Zac	42	14	20	Spoils from the enemy’s bridle-rein shall be consecrated on that day to the Lord’s service, till there is never pot or pan in his temple but rivals the altar’s bowls for costliness!
-Zacharias	Zac	42	14	21	Nay, never pot or pan in all Jerusalem but shall be consecrated to the Lord of hosts, for any who will to come and take it and seethe victim in it; trafficking there shall be no more in the Lord’s temple, when that day comes.
-Malachias	Mal	43	1	1	Here follows burden of the Lord’s doom for Israel, that was entrusted to Mala-chias.
-Malachias	Mal	43	1	2	Oh, but I have dealt lovingly with you! the Lord says. Would you know, wherein I shewed my love? This tell me; was not Esau brother to Jacob? Yet to Jacob I proved myself a friend, the Lord says,
-Malachias	Mal	43	1	3	no friend to Esau; I have made a waste of yonder mountain-side, of all his lands a dragon-haunted desert.
-Malachias	Mal	43	1	4	Ay, but, says Edom, what if we have fallen on evil days? Give us time to repair the ruins! Trust me, says the Lord of hosts, as fast as they build, I will pull down; land of rebellion men shall call it, brood the Lord hates, and for ever.
-Malachias	Mal	43	1	5	Glad sight, to make you cry God praise from end to end of Israel!
-Malachias	Mal	43	1	6	Son to father, servant to master gives his due. Your father I, where is the honour, your master I, where is the reverence you owe me? Such complaint the Lord of hosts makes, and to whom?
-Malachias	Mal	43	1	7	To you, priests, that care so little for my renown. Ask you what care was lacking, when the bread you offer at my altar is defiled, ask you what despite you have done me, when you write down the Lord’s table a thing of little moment?
-Malachias	Mal	43	1	8	What, no harm done, when victim you offer in sacrifice is blind? No harm done, when it is lame or diseased? Pray you, says the Lord of hosts, make such a gift to the governor yonder, will he be content? Will he make favourites of you?
-Malachias	Mal	43	1	9	Ay, says the Lord of hosts, the guilt is yours. To the divine presence betake you, and sue for pardon; which of you finds favour with him?
-Malachias	Mal	43	1	10	Never a man of you but must be paid to shut door, light altar-fire; no friends of mine, says the Lord of hosts, no gifts will I take from such as you.
-Malachias	Mal	43	1	11	No corner of the world, from sun’s rise to sun’s setting, where the renown of me is not heard among the Gentiles, where sacrifice is not done, and pure offering made in my honour; so revered is my name, says the Lord of hosts, there among the Gentiles;
-Malachias	Mal	43	1	12	and you? That you should hold it so cheap! That you should think to yourselves, The Lord’s table is desecrated now; it makes no matter what food lies there, or what fire burns it!
-Malachias	Mal	43	1	13	Weary work, say you, and dismiss it with a sigh. Beast mangled, beast gone lame, beast that is ailing you present to me, and the bloodless offering with it. And should the Lord of hosts accept the gift you make him?
-Malachias	Mal	43	1	14	Cursed be the knavery that offers the Lord gelt beast, when vows are a-paying, and all the while there is an entire beast left at home! Offers it to the Lord of hosts, the great King, no name in all the world so terrible!
-Malachias	Mal	43	2	1	It is for you, priests, to see that this law of mine is obeyed.
-Malachias	Mal	43	2	2	Give me neither heed nor hearing, says the Lord of hosts, let my name go unhonoured, and with sore distress I will visit you; falls my curse on all the blessings you enjoy, falls my curse …, to the punishing of your heedlessness.
-Malachias	Mal	43	2	3	Arm of yours I will strike motionless, bury your faces in dung, ay, the dung of your own sacrifices, and to the dung-pit you shall go.
-Malachias	Mal	43	2	4	So you shall learn your lesson; my law I gave you, says the Lord of hosts, in token of my covenant with Levi’s family.
-Malachias	Mal	43	2	5	Live they should and thrive, but the fear of me I enjoined upon them; none but should fear, and hold my name in reverence.
-Malachias	Mal	43	2	6	Faithfully they handed on tradition, the lie never on their lips; safe and straight was the path they trod at my side, and kept many from wrong-doing.
-Malachias	Mal	43	2	7	No utterance like a priest’s for learning; from no other lips men will expect true guidance; is he not a messenger to them from the Lord of hosts?
-Malachias	Mal	43	2	8	That path you have forsaken; through your ill teaching, how many a foothold lost! Nay, says the Lord of hosts, you have annulled my covenant with Levi altogether.
-Malachias	Mal	43	2	9	What wonder if I have made you a laughing-stock, a thing contemptible in all men’s sight, priests that so ill kept my command, gave award so partially?
-Malachias	Mal	43	2	10	Have we not all one Father, did not one God create us all? No room, then, for brother to despise brother, and unmake the covenant by which our fathers lived.
-Malachias	Mal	43	2	11	Here is great wrong in Juda, here are foul deeds done by Israel and Jerusalem! Juda, that was once content to be set apart for the Lord, has profaned that holy estate, has taken wives that worship a god he knew not.
-Malachias	Mal	43	2	12	Doer of such a deed, set he or followed the ill example, shall be lost to the dwelling-place of Jacob, for all his offerings made to the Lord of hosts.
-Malachias	Mal	43	2	13	And anon, weeping and wailing, you drench the Lord’s altar with your tears! What marvel if I heed your sacrifices no more, gift of yours is none can appease me?
-Malachias	Mal	43	2	14	And the reason of it? Because the Lord bears witness to her wrongs, that wife of thy manhood’s age, whom now thou spurnest, thy partner, thy covenanted bride!
-Malachias	Mal	43	2	15	Yet doer of this is the same man as ever, the will of him is unchanged; he asks nothing better, now as before, than to breed a God-fearing race; to that will, men of Juda, keep true. Spurn her not, the wife of thy manhood’s age;
-Malachias	Mal	43	2	16	what though the God of Israel gives thee leave to send her away if she suits thee ill? Garment of her, says the Lord of hosts, is yet stained with the wrong thou didst her. Will of thine forgo not, wife of thine spurn not.
-Malachias	Mal	43	2	17	Oh, but the Lord is aweary of your doings! And little wonder, when you think so amiss of him; telling yourselves, Foul is fair in the Lord’s sight, and wrong-doing well likes him; God that judges us is none.
-Malachias	Mal	43	3	1	See where I am sending an angel of mine, to make the way ready for my coming! All at once the Lord will visit his temple; that Lord, so longed for, welcome herald of a divine covenant. Ay, says the Lord of hosts, he is coming;
-Malachias	Mal	43	3	2	but who can bear the thought of that advent? Who will stand with head erect at his appearing? He will put men to a test fierce as the crucible, searching as the lye that fullers use.
-Malachias	Mal	43	3	3	From his judgement-seat, he will refine that silver of his and cleanse it from dross; like silver or gold, the sons of Levi must be refined in the crucible, ere they can offer the Lord sacrifice duly performed.
-Malachias	Mal	43	3	4	Then once more the Lord will accept the offerings of Juda and Jerusalem, as he did long since, in the forgotten years.
-Malachias	Mal	43	3	5	Come I to hold assize, not slow to arraign the sorcerer, the adulterer, the forsworn, all of you that deny hired man his wages, widow and orphan redress, the alien his right, fearing no vengeance from the Lord of hosts.
-Malachias	Mal	43	3	6	In me, the Eternal, there is no change, and you, sons of Jacob, are a people still.
-Malachias	Mal	43	3	7	What though you have refused my claims, left them unhonoured, as your fathers did before you? Nay, says the Lord of hosts, you have but to relent towards me, and I, in my turn, will relent. Would you know the manner of it,
-Malachias	Mal	43	3	8	bethink you that it is not for man to wrong God, as you wrong me; out of all question you wrong me, over your tithes and first-fruits.
-Malachias	Mal	43	3	9	Ay, here is sworn conspiracy; it is myself you wrong, the whole brood of you!
-Malachias	Mal	43	3	10	Do but carry your tithe into the tithe-barn, for my temple’s needs, and see if I do not open the windows of heaven for you, rain down blessing to your hearts’ content!
-Malachias	Mal	43	3	11	Ban of mine shall fall on the locust, and to your crops he shall do no harm; nowhere in all your country-side, I promise you, shall vine cast its fruits;
-Malachias	Mal	43	3	12	the envy of all nations you shall be, says the Lord of hosts, a land of content.
-Malachias	Mal	43	3	13	And now, says the Lord of hosts, your complaints have had their way with me.
-Malachias	Mal	43	3	14	Complain you did: Who serves God serves him for nothing; what reward is ours for keeping command of his, attending with sad mien the Lord of hosts?
-Malachias	Mal	43	3	15	Here are proud folk more to be envied than we, ill-doers that yet thrive, abusers of his patience that escape all harm!
-Malachias	Mal	43	3	16	So they used to talk among themselves, his true worshippers, till at last the Lord gave them heed and hearing; and now he would have a record kept in his presence of all that so worshipped him, all that prized his renown.
-Malachias	Mal	43	3	17	Dear they shall be to me, says the Lord of hosts, when I declare myself at last; never to loyal son was father more gracious;
-Malachias	Mal	43	3	18	then you shall think better of it, and know them apart, the just that serve God and the sinners that are none of his.
-Malachias	Mal	43	4	1	Trust me, a day is coming that shall scorch like a furnace; stubble they shall be before it, says the Lord of hosts, all the proud, all the wrong-doers, caught and set alight, and neither root nor branch left them.
-Malachias	Mal	43	4	2	But to you that honour my name there shall be a sunrise of restoration, swift-winged, bearing redress; light-hearted as frisking calves at stall you shall go out to meet it,
-Malachias	Mal	43	4	3	ay, and trample on your godless enemy, ashes, now, to be spurned under foot, on that day when the Lord of hosts declares himself at last.
-Malachias	Mal	43	4	4	Yours to keep the law ever in mind, statute and award I gave to assembled Israel through Moses, that was my servant.
-Malachias	Mal	43	4	5	And before ever that day comes, great day and terrible, I will send Elias to be your prophet;
-Malachias	Mal	43	4	6	he it is shall reconcile heart of father to son, heart of son to father; else the whole of earth should be forfeit to my vengeance.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	1	Now turn we to Alexander son of Philip, the Macedonian, that was the first to reign over all Greece. This Alexander marched out from his own land of Cethim, and overcame Darius, king of the Medes and Persians.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	2	Battles he waged a many; nor any fortress might hold out against him, nor any king escape with his life;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	3	and so he journeyed on to the world’s end, spoiling the nations everywhere; at his coming, silence fell on the earth.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	4	So great the power of him, so valiant his armies, what wonder if his heart grew proud?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	5	All those lands conquered, all those kings his tributaries!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	6	Then, all at once, he took to his bed, and the knowledge came to him he must die.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	7	Whereupon he summoned the noblest of his courtiers, men that had shared his own upbringing, and to these, while he had life in him yet, divided up his kingdom.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	8	So reigned Alexander for twelve years, and so died.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	9	And what of these courtiers turned princes, each with a province of his own?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	10	Be sure they put on royal crowns, they and their sons after them, and so the world went from bad to worse.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	11	Burgeoned then from the stock of Antiochus a poisoned growth, another Antiochus, he that was called the Illustrious. He had been formerly a hostage at Rome, but now, in the hundred and thirty-seventh year of the Grecian empire, he came into his kingdom.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	12	In his day there were godless talkers abroad in Israel, that did not want for a hearing; Come, said they, let us make terms with the heathen that dwell about us! Ever since we forswore their company, nought but trouble has come our way.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	13	What would you? Such talk gained credit,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	14	and some were at pains to ask for the royal warrant; whereupon leave was given them, Gentile usages they should follow if they would.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	15	With that, they must have a game-place at Jerusalem, after the Gentile fashion,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	16	ay, and go uncircumcised; forgotten, their loyalty to the holy covenant, they must throw in their lot with the heathen, and become the slaves of impiety.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	17	And now that he was firmly established on his throne, Antiochus would be lord of Egypt, and wear two crowns at once.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	18	So, with overwhelming force, with chariots and elephants and horsemen and a great array of ships, he marched on Egypt,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	19	and levied war against king Ptolemy, that could not hold his ground, but fled away, leaving many fallen.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	20	So Antiochus made himself master of all the strongholds in Egypt, and ransacked it for spoil;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	21	then, in the hundred and forty-third year, he turned his victorious march against Israel.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	22	With all that great army of his he came to Jerusalem
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	23	and entered the sanctuary in royal state; the golden altar, the lamp-stand with its appurtenances, the table where bread was set out, beaker and goblet and golden bowl, curtain and capital and golden facings of the temple, all alike were stripped.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	24	Silver nor gold was spared, nor any ornament of price, nor hoarded treasures could he but find them; and thus laden he went back to his own country,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	25	first shedding a deal of blood, and speaking very blasphemously.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	26	Loud mourning there was in Israel, mourning in all the country-side;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	27	wept ruler and elder, pined man and maid, and colour fled from woman’s cheeks;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	28	bridegroom took up the dirge, bride sat in her bower disconsolate;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	29	here was a land that trembled for its inhabitants, a whole race covered with confusion.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	30	Two years passed, and then the king sent his chief collector of revenue to visit the cities of Juda. To Jerusalem he came, with a great rabble at his heels,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	31	and won credence with idle professions of friendship.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	32	Then he fell suddenly on the town and grievously mishandled it, slaying Israelites a many,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	33	plundering the city and setting fire to it. Houses and encircling walls of it were thrown down in ruins,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	34	women and children carried off into slavery, cattle driven away.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	35	And as for David’s Keep, they enclosed it with high, strong walls, and strong towers besides, to serve them for a fortress;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	36	garrisoned it with a godless crew of sinners like themselves, and made it fast, storing it with arms and provisions, besides the plunder they had amassed in Jerusalem,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	37	which they bestowed there for safety. Alas, what peril of treachery was here,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	38	what an ambush laid about the holy place, what devil’s work against Israel!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	39	What a tide of guiltless blood must flow about the sanctuary, till it was a sanctuary no more!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	40	Little wonder if the inhabitants of Jerusalem took to flight, leaving their city to strangers; mother so unnatural her own children must forsake.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	41	Her sanctuary a desert solitude, her feasts all lament, her sabbaths derided, her greatness brought low!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	42	Her pride was the measure of that abasement, her glory of that shame.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	43	And now came a letter from king Antiochus to all the subjects of his realm, bidding them leave ancestral custom of this race or that, and become one nation instead.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	44	As for the heathen, they fell in readily enough with the royal will;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	45	and in Israel itself there were many that chose slavery, offering sacrifice to false gods and leaving the sabbath unobserved.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	46	Both in Jerusalem and in all the cities of Juda the king’s envoys published this edict; men must live by the law of the heathen round about,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	47	burnt-sacrifice, offering and atonement in God’s temple should be none,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	48	nor sabbath kept, nor feast-day.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	49	And, for the more profanation of the sanctuary, and of Israel’s holy people,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	50	altar and shrine and idol must be set up, swine’s flesh offered, and all manner of unhallowed meat;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	51	children be left uncircumcised, and their innocent lives contaminated with rites unclean, abominable; till the law should be forgotten, and the divine precepts fashioned anew.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	52	Durst any neglect the royal bidding, he must die.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	53	Through the whole of his dominions the king’s writ ran, and commissioners were appointed besides to enforce it;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	54	no city of Juda but was ordered to do sacrifice.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	55	Many there were, traitors to the divine law, that took their part, and much mischief they did,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	56	driving the men of Israel to seek refuge in hiding, where refuge was to be had.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	57	It was on the fifteenth of Casleu, in the hundred and forty-fifth year, that king Antiochus set up an idol to desecrate God’s altar; shrines there were in every township of Juda,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	58	offering of incense and of victims before house doors and in the open street;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	59	never a copy of the divine law but was torn up and burned;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	60	if any were found that kept the sacred record, or obeyed the Lord’s will, his life was forfeit to the king’s edict.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	61	Month by month such deeds of violence were done, in all townships where men of Israel dwelt,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	62	and on the twenty-fifth of the month sacrifice was made at the shrine that overshadowed the altar.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	63	Death it was for woman to have her child circumcised in defiance of the king;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	64	there in her own house she must be hung up, with the child about her neck, and the circumciser, too, must pay for it with his life.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	65	Many a son of Israel refused the unclean food, preferring death to defilement;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	66	and die they must, because they would not break God’s holy law.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	1	67	Grievous, most grievous was the doom that hung then over his people.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	1	In those days it was that Mattathias came forward, son of John, son of Simeon, a priest of Joarib’s family; he was for Jerusalem no more, but would take up his dwelling on the hill-side at Modin.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	2	Five sons he had, John, that was also called Gaddis,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	3	Simon (or Thasi),
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	4	Judas (or Machabaeus),
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	5	Eleazar (or Abaron), and Jonathan (or Apphus)
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	6	and these saw well what foul things were a-doing in Juda’s country and the city of Jerusalem.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	7	Alas, what needed it, cried Mattathias, I should have been born into such an age as this? To see my people and the holy city alike brought to ruin, to sit by while the enemy overcame her,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	8	and in her very sanctuary the alien had his will? Temple of hers like a churl’s lot disregarded,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	9	rare treasure of hers into exile carried away; young and old, in the open streets of her, put to the sword!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	10	Never a race in heathendom but may parcel out her domains, grow rich with the spoil of her!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	11	Gone, all her fair adornment; the mistress is turned maid;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	12	laid waste, yonder sanctuary, that was our prize and pride, by Gentile feet dishonoured!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	13	And would we live yet?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	14	With that, they tore their garments about them, Mattathias and his sons, and went clad in sackcloth, mourning right bitterly.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	15	And now the pursuivants of king Antiochus came to Modin; take refuge there who might, he must do sacrifice none the less, and burn incense, and leave the following of God’s law.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	16	Out went the folk of Israel to meet them, some complaisantly enough, but Mattathias and his sons firm in their resolve.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	17	And they singled out Mattathias from the rest; A man of mark, said they, and a great chieftain thou; brethren and sons thou hast a many.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	18	Wilt thou not be the first to come forward and do the king’s bidding, with the whole world, and the men of Juda everywhere, and what is left of Jerusalem? To be the king’s friend, thou and thy sons with thee, gold and silver and much else for thy reward!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	19	Loud rang the answer of Mattathias: What though king Antiochus have the whole world for his vassals? Obey the edict who will, forsaking the custom his fathers lived by,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	20	both I and son of mine, both I and clansman of mine, will obey the law handed down to us.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	21	Mercy of God! What needs it we should leave his will undone, his claims unhonoured?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	22	To deaf ears king Antiochus proclaims the sacrifice; we swerve not from the law’s path, right or left.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	23	Before he had done speaking, a Jew came to offer the false gods sacrifice, there in full view of all, before the altar at Modin, as the king bade.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	24	Mattathias took fire at the sight of it; one heave of anger his heart gave, and his zeal for the law could contain itself no longer; there on the altar the sacrificer was slain.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	25	Nor spared he the pursuivant of king Antiochus that enjoined it; the altar, too, he pulled down.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	26	Not Phinees himself struck a better blow for the law, when he slew Zamri, the son of Salom!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	27	And now Mattathias raised a cry in the city, Who loves the law? Who keeps the covenant unbroken? Out with you, and follow me!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	28	So fled he with his sons into the hill-country, leaving his possessions behind, there in the city.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	29	Many there were that went out into the desert at this time, for love of truth and right;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	30	took children and women-folk and cattle with them, and settled down there, castaways in a flood of misfortune.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	31	But news of it reached Jerusalem, and the king’s men that were in David’s Keep; here were rebels lurking in the waste country, and drawing many over to their side.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	32	So they went out in pursuit, and offered battle; on a sabbath day, as it chanced.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	33	What, still stubborn? cried they. Come out, and yield yourselves to the king’s pleasure; your lives shall be spared.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	34	But the Jews’ answer was, come out and yield to the king’s pleasure they might not; law of the sabbath rest forbade it.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	35	So the attack began in good earnest;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	36	but the Jews made no resistance, never a stone flew, never a hiding-place of theirs was put in a state of defence;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	37	Die we all, they said, innocent men, and let heaven and earth bear witness, it was for no fault of ours we died.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	38	Thus, because it was a sabbath day when the attack was made, these men perished, and their wives and children and cattle with them; a thousand human lives lost.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	39	Great grief it was to Mattathias and his company when they heard what had befallen them;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	40	and now there was high debate raised: Do we as our brethren did, forbear we to give battle for our lives and loyalties, and they will soon make an end of us!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	41	Then and there it was resolved, if any should attack them on the sabbath day, to engage him, else they should be put to death all of them, like those brethren of theirs in the covert of the hills.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	42	Now it was that the Assidaeans rallied to their side, a party that was of great consequence in Israel, lovers of the law one and all;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	43	and all who would escape from the evils of the time made common cause with them, and came to their assistance.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	44	So, mustering their forces, they wrought indignant vengeance upon sinners that were false to the law, till they were fain to take refuge among the heathen;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	45	wherever they went, Mattathias and his company, they threw the altars down,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	46	and whatever children they found uncircumcised, from one end of Israel to the other, they circumcised by right of conquest.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	47	Ere long, they drove the tyrant’s minions before them, and to such good purpose
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	48	that Gentile was none, king though he were, could restrain the law’s observance; against their onslaught the powers of evil could not make head.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	49	Meanwhile, the life of Mattathias was drawing to an end. And this charge he gave to his sons: Here be days when tyrant and blasphemer have their will, when all is calamity and bitter retribution.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	50	The more reason, my sons, why you should be jealous lovers of the law, ready to give your lives for that covenant your fathers knew.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	51	Your fathers, what deeds they did in their time! Great glory would you win, and a deathless name, let these be your models.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	52	See how Abraham was tested, and how trustfulness of his was counted virtue in him;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	53	see how Joseph in ill fortune was true to the commandment still, and came to be ruler of all Egypt.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	54	Here was Phinees, our own father, that grew hot in God’s cause, and earned the right of priesthood inalienable;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	55	and Josue, that for his loyalty was given command of Israel;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	56	and Caleb, that spoke out in the assembly, what broad acres were his!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	57	David, for the tender heart of him, left a dynasty that fails not;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	58	for Elias heaven opened, that was champion of the law;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	59	by faith Ananias, Azarias and Misael overcame the furnace,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	60	nor Daniel’s innocence might ravening lions devour.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	61	No generation but proves it; want they never for strength that trust in God.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	62	What, would you fear the tyrant’s threats? In dung and worms his glory shall end;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	63	all royal state to-day, and to-morrow there shall be no news of him; gone back to the dust he came from, and all his designs brought to nothing!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	64	Nay, my sons, take courage; in the law’s cause rally you, in the law’s annals you shall win renown.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	65	Here is your brother Simon, trust me, a man of prudence; to him ever give heed, he is your father now.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	66	And here is Judas Machabaeus, from boyhood’s days a warrior; let him be your leader, and fight Israel’s battles.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	67	All lovers of the law make free of your fellowship; bring your country redress,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	68	and pay the Gentiles what they have earned; yet heeding ever what the law enjoins.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	69	With that, he gave them his blessing, and became part of his race.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	2	70	He was a hundred and forty-six years old when he died; his sons buried him where his fathers were buried, at Modin, and great lament all Israel made for the loss of him.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	1	And now his son Judas, that was called Machabaeus, came forward to succeed him;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	2	nor any of Judas’ clan, nor any that had taken his father’s part, but lent him their aid still; right merrily they fought Israel’s battle.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	3	Here was one that brought his race renown; as great a warrior as ever donned breastplate, or armed himself for the fight, or drew sword to save his camp from peril;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	4	lion-hearted his deeds, not lion itself more relentless in pursuit.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	5	Traitors he ever sought out and hunted down, ever with fire-brand the oppressors of his people dislodged,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	6	till enemy was none but was daunted by the fear of him, traitor was none but fled in confusion, so well sped he the work of deliverance.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	7	Great deeds, that kings rued bitterly, Jacob with exultation heard, posterity holds blessed evermore!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	8	From city to city he went, ridding Juda of its law-breakers, averting the vengeance guilt of theirs had deserved;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	9	no corner of earth but he was renowned there, for one that had been able to rally a doomed people.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	10	How sped Apollonius, that mustered a great force, of Gentiles and Samaritans both, to fight against Israel?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	11	No sooner Judas heard of it, than he met and routed and slew him; fell many and fled more,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	12	leaving their spoils behind them. The sword of Apollonius Judas himself carried away; and this it was he evermore used in battle.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	13	And next it was Seron, captain of the armies in Syria, heard what a great retinue and faithful following Judas had;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	14	and nothing would serve, but he must win renown and high favour at court by crushing Judas, and all other his companions that defied the king’s edict.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	15	So he made all ready, and marched in with a strong muster of the ungodly at his heels, to be even with the men of Israel.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	16	As far as Bethoron pass they reached, and there Judas met them with his company, no better than a handful.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	17	These, when they saw such a host facing them, were for counsels of prudence; What, they said to Judas, should we offer battle to foes so many and so strong, faint as we be from a day of hungry marching?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	18	Nay, said Judas, nothing forbids great numbers should be at the mercy of small; what matter makes it to the God of heaven, few be his soldiers or many when he grants deliverance?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	19	Armed might avails not to win the day; victory is from above.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	20	What though they come to meet us in the proud confidence of superior strength, and think it an easy matter to slay us, slay our wives and children, plunder our goods?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	21	Life and loyalty at stake, we will offer battle none the less;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	22	and he, the Lord, will crush them to earth at our coming; never be afraid.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	23	And with that, all unawares, he fell upon Seron and his army, that were crushed, sure enough, by his onslaught;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	24	all down the pass of Bethoron he gave them chase, down into the plain, and eight hundred of them had fallen before ever they took refuge in the country of the Philistines.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	25	By this, the neighbouring peoples had begun to take alarm, so formidable did Judas and his brethren appear to them,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	26	and the renown of him reached the king’s court; all the world was talking of Judas and his victories.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	27	An angry man was king Antiochus when the news came to him; he sent word round, and had all his army summoned together, a brave array, be sure of it.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	28	The treasury must be opened, to provide the troops with a whole year’s pay, and keep them in readiness for every need.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	29	Why, what was this? So heavily had Juda suffered, so great the discord he had aroused by the abolishing of its ancient usages, that scant revenue had come in from it, and the treasury was in default!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	30	Whence, now, to defray the cost of that largesse he had made so often, and with so lavish a hand? Never was king before him could rival his munificence.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	31	Here was the king in great confusion of mind; and his thought was, to march into Persia and take toll of those countries; great store of money he might there amass.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	32	He left Lysias behind, that was a man of high rank and royal blood; he was to administer all the business of the kingdom, from Euphrates down to the Brook of Egypt,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	33	and have charge of the young prince Antiochus, until the king’s return.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	34	Half his army he entrusted to Lysias, and the elephants besides; and he signified all that he would have done, concerning Juda and Jerusalem particularly.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	35	A force must be sent to overpower all that fought for Israel, or were yet left in Jerusalem, and make a clean riddance of them; no trace of these must be left;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	36	all through the country settlers must be brought in from abroad, and the lands allotted between them.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	37	With that, the king left his capital of Antioch, taking the remainder of his army with him; it was the hundred and forty-seventh year of the empire. Soon he was across Euphrates river, and on the march through the high countries.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	38	Three generals Lysias appointed for the task; Ptolemy son of Dorymenes, Nicanor and Gorgias, nobles all that were high in the royal favour;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	39	with forty thousand foot and seven thousand horse they were to march on Juda and make an end of it, as the king had ordered.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	40	So out they went, with all this army at their back, marched in, and pitched their tents near Emmaus, down in the valley.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	41	Be sure the traders all about were apprised of their coming, and made their way into the camp with great sums of silver and gold, and a retinue of servants besides, thinking to buy Israelite slaves; levies, too, from Syria and Philistia made common cause with the invader.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	42	Judas, then, and his brethren found that matters had gone from bad to worse; here were the enemy encamped within their frontiers; they heard, besides, what orders the king had given for the destruction and taking away of their people.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	43	And the word went round among them, Now to restore the lost fortunes of our race; now to do battle for people of ours, sanctuary of ours!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	44	So a general assembly was called; they must make ready for the fight, and pray besides, to win mercy and pardon.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	45	Not at Jerusalem; Jerusalem lay there, no city but a desert waste, nor any of her sons came and went; her sanctuary defiled, her citadel garrisoned by the alien, she was but a haunt of the Gentiles. Sad days for the men of Jacob; pipe nor harp sounded there now.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	46	At Maspha, then, they gathered, looking across towards Jerusalem; time was when Maspha, too, had its place of prayer.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	47	All that day they fasted, and wore sackcloth, and covered their heads with ashes, and tore their garments about them.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	48	What sights were these? Here, lying open, was a copy of the law, such as the heathen were ever making search for, … the counterpart of their own images.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	49	Here they had brought priestly vestments, and offering of first-fruits and tithes; here Nazirites were gathered, ripe and ready for the payment of their vows.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	50	And a loud cry rose to heaven, What shall we do for these, thy votaries? Whither escort them now?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	51	Sanctuary of thine is all profanation and defilement, priesthood of thine all misery and despair.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	52	And now, see where the heathen muster their armies to destroy us! Needs not we should tell thee, how murderous their intent.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	53	Lord, but for thy aid, how shall we resist their onslaught?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	54	Loudly their voices, and loud the trumpets rang.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	55	Thereupon Judas chose out who should be their leaders, one with a thousand, one with a hundred, one with fifty, one with ten men to follow him;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	56	he sent home, too, all such as the law holds exempt; all that had but just built house, or married wife, or planted vineyard, and whoever had no stomach to the fight.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	57	Then they moved camp, and pitched their tents southward of Emmaus.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	58	Now for girded loins, cried Judas, and brave hearts! By to-morrow’s light, you must engage yonder heathen, sworn enemies to us, and to the ground we hold sacred.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	59	Better die in battle, than live to see our race and our sanctuary overpowered.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	3	60	Be it what it may, heaven’s will be done!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	1	That night, a detachment of five thousand foot and a thousand picked horsemen left their lines, under the command of Gorgias,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	2	thinking to reach the Jewish camp and strike a sudden blow at it; for guides, they had men of the Jerusalem garrison.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	3	But Judas had word of it; out he went, and all his valiant company with him, to attack the main body of the king’s army at Emmaus,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	4	while the defences of the camp were yet scattered.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	5	So Gorgias, making his night attack on the camp of Judas, and finding it empty, made no doubt they had given him the slip, and fell to scouring the hill-country for them;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	6	meanwhile, came day-break, and there was Judas down in the valley. True, there were but three thousand at his back, for defence and attack very ill arrayed;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	7	and here was this army of heathen folk, both strong and well protected, with cavalry circling about them, men bred to war!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	8	But Judas cried to his fellows, What, would you be daunted by the numbers of them? Would you give ground before their attack?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	9	Bethink you, what a host it was Pharao sent in pursuit of our fathers, there by the Red Sea, and they escaped none the less.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	10	Now, as then, besiege we heaven with our cries; will not the Lord have mercy? Will he not remember the covenant he had with our fathers, and rout, this day, yonder army at our coming?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	11	No doubt shall the world have thenceforward, but there is one claims Israel for his own, and grants her deliverance.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	12	And now the heathen folk caught sight of them as they advanced to the attack,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	13	and left their lines to give battle. Thereupon Judas’ men sounded with the trumpet,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	14	and the two armies met. Routed the Gentiles were, sure enough, and took to their heels across the open country,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	15	sword of the pursuer ever catching the hindmost. All the way to Gezeron they were chased, and on into the plains by Idumaea, Azotus and Jamnia, with a loss of three thousand men.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	16	When Judas and his army came back from the pursuit,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	17	Not yours, he told them, to run greedily after the spoils of the camp; there is battle still awaiting us over yonder.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	18	Not far away, in the hill-country, lie Gorgias and his army; first meet you and beat you the enemy, and then you shall fall to your pillaging unafraid.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	19	Even as he spoke, they were ware of a company that watched them from the hill-side.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	20	But by now the camp was on fire, and it needed no more than the smoke of it to warn Gorgias of his defeat;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	21	that sight took the heart out of Syria, the more so when it proved that Judas and his army were in the valley, all appointed for battle,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	22	and they fled for their lives, down into the plain of Philistia.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	23	So to the pillaging of the camp Judas returned; what gold and silver they found there, what garments of blue and sea-purple, what rich treasures!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	24	Be sure there was singing of songs on their homeward journey, as they praised God in heaven, God who is gracious, whose mercy endures for ever.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	25	Here was a day of signal deliverance for Israel.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	26	And what of Lysias? News reached him, through the survivors, of what had befallen,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	27	and he was both sick and sorry at the hearing; his own will crossed, and his master’s command ill carried out!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	28	So, in the following year, he made a muster of sixty thousand picked men, with five thousand horse, to crush the rebellion;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	29	into Judaea they marched, and encamped at Bethoron, where Judas met them with ten thousand.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	30	At the sight of their great numbers, this was Judas’ prayer: Blessed art thou, Saviour of Israel, who didst make use of thy servant David, a giant’s onset to overthrow! Victory thou didst give, over an invading army, to Saul’s son Jonathan and the squire that bore him company!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	31	So may yonder host, left at Israel’s mercy, unlearn its confidence in strength and in speed;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	32	strike terror into them, let their manhood melt away, as they tremble at the approach of doom;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	33	sword of thy true lovers be their undoing, triumph-song of thy worshippers their dirge!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	34	With that, battle was joined, and of Lysias’ men, five thousand were left dead on the field.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	35	What should he do? Here were his troops fled in disorder, here was Judas in command of brave men, that would as soon have an honourable death as life itself. Back he went to Antioch, and there levied soldiers for a greater expedition yet against Judaea.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	36	And now Judas and his brethren had but one thought; the enemy vanquished, they would betake themselves to Jerusalem, to cleanse and restore the sanctuary.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	37	So the whole army fell into rank, and they climbed the hill of Sion together.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	38	What saw they? The holy place desolate, the altar profaned, charred gates, courts overgrown with brushwood, like forest clearing or mountain glen, the priests’ lodging in ruins.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	39	Upon this, there was rending of garments, and loud lament; dust they cast on their heads,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	40	and fell face to earth; then, as the trumpet’s note gave the summons, raised their cries to heaven.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	41	And what did Judas? First, he sent a force to engage the citadel’s garrison, while the holy place was a-cleansing;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	42	then he chose priests, without blot or blemish, and true lovers of the law besides,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	43	who thereupon cleansed the sanctuary, nor any stone that was polluted with idolatry but they had it away into a place unclean.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	44	And next, he must concern himself with the altar of burnt-sacrifice, that was now all defiled.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	45	And it was good counsel they took; the altar must be destroyed, else the day when the Gentiles polluted it should be remembered to their shame. So destroy it they did,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	46	and laid up the stones in a place apt for their purpose, there on the temple hill. Here they must remain, until the coming of a prophet that should give sentence, what was to be done with them.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	47	Then they raised a new altar in place of the old, using stones that had never felt the pick, as the law bade;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	48	repaired shrine and inner walls, and rid both temple and temple courts of their defilement.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	49	New appurtenances, too, the temple must have, lamp-stand, incense-altar and table be restored to it;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	50	incense be put on the altar, lamps kindled to light the holy place,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	51	loaves set out on the table, and veils hung up; then at length their task was accomplished.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	52	On the twenty-fifth of Casleu, the ninth month, in the hundred and forty-eighth year, they rose before daybreak,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	53	and offered sacrifice, as the law bade, on the new altar they had set up.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	54	This was the very month, the very day, when it had been polluted by the Gentiles; now, on the same day of the same month, it was dedicated anew, with singing of hymns, and music of harp, zither and cymbals.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	55	Thereupon all the people fell down face to earth, to adore and praise, high as heaven, the author of their felicity;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	56	and for eight days together they celebrated the altar’s renewal, burned victim and brought welcome-offering with glad and grateful hearts.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	57	They decked the front wall of the temple, at this time, with gold crowns and escutcheons, consecrated the gates and the priest’s lodging anew, and furnished it with doors;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	58	and all the while there was great rejoicing among the people; as for the taunts of the heathen, they were heard no more.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	59	No wonder if Judas and his brethren, with the whole assembly of Israel, made a decree that this feast should be kept year by year for eight days together, the feast-day of the altar’s dedication. Came that season, from the twenty-fifth day of Casleu onwards, all was to be rejoicing and holiday.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	60	At this time, too, they fortified the hill of Sion, with walls and strong towers all about; never more should Gentile feet profane it.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	4	61	Judas put a garrison there, and would have it strong enough to command Bethsura; a bulwark Israel must have against attack from the frontiers of Edom.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	1	Great indignation had the Gentiles that lived round about, when they heard that altar and temple were standing as of old.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	2	Their first thought was to rid their own territory of Jacob’s breed, and all at once they set about to murder and harry them.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	3	So Judas must needs take arms against them, Esau’s race in Idumaea, and the men of Acrabathane, that were keeping Israelite folk under strict siege; and signally he defeated them.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	4	Nor might he overlook Beän’s tribe and the treachery they shewed, ever catching Israel at unawares by laying an ambush in his path.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	5	These he chased into their strongholds and besieged them there; laid them under a ban and burned the strongholds to the ground, with their defenders in them.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	6	Then he crossed over into Ammon, where he came upon strong resistance and a great muster of men, that had one Timotheus for their leader;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	7	often he engaged them, and as often put them to rout; when he had defeated them,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	8	and taken Gazer with its daughter townships, he marched back into Judaea.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	9	But by this all the heathen folk in the country of Galaad were making common cause against the Israelites who dwelt there, eager to be rid of them. And these, taking refuge in the stronghold of Datheman,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	10	sent dispatches to Judas and his brethren. Here be all the neighbours, they wrote, banded together for our destruction.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	11	Even now, Timotheus at their head, they are setting about the reduction of this our fortress;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	12	come speedily to the rescue; they have taken cruel toll of our lives already.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	13	Slain, all those clansmen of ours that had their dwelling in the Tubin country, carried away, their wives, their children, and their goods; nigh upon a thousand warriors then and there have perished.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	14	This letter was still in the reading, when all of a sudden came other envoys from Galilee, their garments rent about them; their message was,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	15	Ptolemais, Tyre and Sidon were up in arms together, and all Galilee was overrun with heathen folk, bent on massacre.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	16	Grave tidings, these, for Judas and his people; met they in high debate, and took counsel how they might best aid their brethren in peril of assault.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	17	And now Judas must share the command with his brother Simon; Pick thy men, said he, and make for Galilee, while Jonathan and I march into Galaad.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	18	Part of his army he left to defend Judaea, with Joseph son of Zachary and Azarias for its captains;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	19	Here is your charge, said he; and see to it that you do not embroil yourselves with the Gentiles while we are gone.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	20	To Simon and to Galilee three thousand men were allotted; to Judas and to Galaad eight thousand.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	21	As for Simon, when he reached Galilee, full many a battle he must fight with the Gentiles, that he drove ever before him, till he pursued them at last to the very gates of Ptolemais.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	22	Of the enemy, some three thousand fell, and his men had the spoiling of them;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	23	the Israelites that dwelt in Galilee and Arbata he took home with him, and their wives and children and all they had; great rejoicing there was when he brought them back safe to Judaea.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	24	Meanwhile Judas Machabaeus and his brother Jonathan had crossed the Jordan, and marched for three days through the desert.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	25	There the Nabuthaeans came to meet them, and gave them friendly welcome, and told them of all that had befallen their brethren in the Galaad country;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	26	how there were many whom their fellow-citizens had brought to bay in such great fortified cities as Barasa, Bosor, Alima, Casphor, Mageth and Carnaim;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	27	besides many others cut off in the rest of the Galaadite towns. And to-morrow, he was told, the heathen mean to occupy these cities with their army, seizing upon the Israelites and making an end of them, all in one day’s work.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	28	Whereupon Judas and his men suddenly turned aside from their course into the desert of Bosor, and took the city; all its men-folk he put to the sword, and carried off the spoil of it, and burned it to the ground.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	29	At night-fall they continued their journey, and reached the Israelite stronghold.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	30	What a sight was this that met their eyes, when day broke! A great rabble of men past all counting, that brought up scaling-ladders and engines, as if they would take the stronghold by storm.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	31	Here was the battle fairly begun; the cry of them went up to heaven, loud as clarion-call, and a great cry, too, was raised within the city.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	32	Now, cried Judas to his men, now to fight for your brethren’s deliverance!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	33	And hard at the enemy’s heels he followed, with three companies of warriors that blew trumpets as they went, and cried aloud in prayer.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	34	The name of Machabaeus once heard, how fled Timotheus’ army at his approach! How grievous the blow that fell on them, when eight thousand fell in a single day!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	35	Once more Judas turned aside, to Maspha; took it by storm, slew men of it, took spoil of it, burned it to the ground;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	36	then on to seize Casbon, and Mageth, and Bosor, and the remaining cities of Galaad.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	37	Yet, when all was done, Timotheus put another army into the field, and encamped close by Raphon, across the stream.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	38	What learned Judas from the scouts he had sent forward? Here were all the neighbouring tribes assembled in great force,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	39	with hired support from Arabia besides, camped beyond the stream ready to engage him; so out he marched to offer battle.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	40	Wait we, said Timotheus to his captains, till Judas and his army reach yonder stream. Cross he and challenge us, we may not speed; beyond doubt he has the mastery of us.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	41	Fear he the passage, and encamp on the further side, then cross we boldly, the day is ours.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	42	But Judas, when he drew near the ravine, had muster-masters in attendance by the stream, that were charged to let none linger behind, but send every man across into battle.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	43	So he crossed, challenging them, and all the army at his heels, and sure enough the Gentile host was routed at their coming; threw arms away, and sought refuge in the temple at Carnaim.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	44	Upon taking the city, he burned its temple to the ground with all that were sheltered in it; so was Carnaim vanquished, and could make head against Juda no more.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	45	And now Judas gathered all the Israelites in the Galaad country, high and low, with their wives and children, a whole army of them, to come back with him to Juda.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	46	They journeyed safely as far as Ephron, that was a great city and well fortified, the very gate of Juda; turn to right or left they might not, their road lay through the heart of it.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	47	And what must they do, the townspeople, but stand to the defence of it, and barricade the entrance with great boulders! Thereupon Judas made peaceful overtures to them;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	48	Grant us leave, said he, to make our way through your country to ours, nor any harm shall befall you; we ask but the right of passage, and on foot. But open the gates they would not;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	49	so Judas made a cry through the camp, every man should go to the assault, there where he stood;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	50	and go to the assault they did, the fighting men of his company. All day and all night they attacked the city, and Judas was given the mastery of it.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	51	Never a male creature there but was put to the sword; the city was plundered and pulled down; and so he passed on through the streets of it, all paved with dead men.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	52	Jordan they must still cross, there by the great plain that faces Bethsan;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	53	and to the last Judas went ever to and fro, rallying the stragglers and encouraging the people on their journey, till the land of Juda was reached.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	54	Glad and merry were men’s hearts as they climbed up Sion mountain, and there offered burnt-sacrifice in thanks for their safe home-coming, with never a life lost.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	55	So fought Judas and Jonathan in Galaad, and their brother Simon in Galilee at the gates of Ptolemais;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	56	meanwhile, what of Joseph son of Zachary, and Azarias, that had charge of the garrison? News came to them of victories gained, and great deeds done,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	57	and nothing would serve but they must make a great name for themselves too, by offering battle to the Gentiles round about.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	58	So orders went out to the army, to march on Jamnia,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	59	where Gorgias and his men came out to meet them.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	60	Back fell Joseph and Azarias to the frontiers of Judaea in great disorder, with a loss to Israel of two thousand men; such defeat they brought on our arms,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	61	because they would not listen to Judas and his brethren, but must be great warriors like the rest.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	62	Not of that race they sprang that should afford Israel deliverance.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	63	But as for Judas and his company, they were held high in honour, both among Israelite folk, and wherever the renown of them was heard;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	64	all flocked to greet them with cries of acclaim.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	65	But still he and his brethren would be on the march, reducing the men of Edom in the south country; on Hebron and its daughter townships the blow fell, neither wall nor tower of it but was burned to the ground.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	66	Then he moved camp, to march on Philistia, and would make his way through Samaria.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	67	Priests there were that took up arms and fell in battle that day, rashly desirous of a warrior’s renown.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	5	68	And now Judas turned aside to Azotus, in the country of the Philistines; altars he pulled down, images of their gods burned to ashes, gave up their cities to plunder, and so came back again to the land of Juda.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	1	King Antiochus was still on his journey through the high countries, when he heard tell of a city in Persia called Elymais, renowned for its treasures of silver and gold;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	2	here was a temple of great magnificence, that had golden armour in it, breastplate and shield left there by Philip’s son, Alexander of Macedon, the first overlord of Greece.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	3	Thither he marched, intent on seizing the city and plundering it; but seize it he might not, because the townsfolk had news of his purpose,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	4	and came out to offer battle. So he was put to the rout, and must take himself back to Babylon, grievously disappointed.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	5	And here, in the Persian country, a messenger reached him with tidings from Juda. Fled were his armies,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	6	and Lysias, that erstwhile marched out with so brave a retinue, had left the Jews masters of the field. Now they were strong and well-armed, such spoil they had taken from the armies they overthrew;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	7	gone was that defiling image he had set up over the altar at Jerusalem; high walls, as of old, protected the sanctuary; nay, they had made shift to fortify his own stronghold of Bethsura.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	8	What news was this! The king was all bewilderment and consternation; he took to his bed, fallen into a decline for very sadness that his hopes had failed him.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	9	Long time he languished under the double burden of his grief, and knew at last he was a-dying.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	10	So he called his friends about him, and bade them farewell; Here is sleep quite gone from me, said he; so dazed is this heart of mine with doubt unresolved.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	11	Thus runs my thought: How comes it that I have fallen upon such evil times, such a flood of calamity as now engulfs me; I, that in the days of my greatness loved men well, and was well beloved?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	12	And now returns the memory of all the havoc I made in Jerusalem, spoil of gold and silver I robbed from it, doom of mine against the townsfolk, and for no fault.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	13	Past all doubt, here is the source of all those miseries that have come upon me; look you, how I die consumed of grief, in a strange land!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	14	Then he sent for Philip, one of his trusted friends, and gave all the kingdom into his charge;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	15	crown and robe and ring he delivered to him, bidding him seek out prince Antiochus, and bring him up as heir to the throne.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	16	Then and there died king Antiochus, in the hundred and forty-ninth year of the Grecian empire.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	17	And Lysias, hearing of his death, crowned this same prince Antiochus, that he had brought up from boyhood, giving him the name of Eupator.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	18	Meanwhile, what of the Jews that dwelt about the holy place? Here was the garrison of the citadel hemming them in, seeking ever to do them injury, and to sustain the Gentile cause.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	19	So Judas was fain to make an end of it, and summoned the whole people to rally for the siege.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	20	Rally they did, and began the siege in the hundred and fiftieth year, with much contriving of catapults and engines.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	21	But some of the defenders slipped out; and these, with traitors of Israelite stock to support them,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	22	went off to gain the king’s audience. Wilt thou never bring redress, they asked, and do our brethren right?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	23	Jews are we, that resolved we would be loyal to thy father, his policy furthering, his will obeying.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	24	What came of it? Our own fellow Israelites would have no more of our company, slew all they could lay hands on, robbed us of our possessions.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	25	Not us only, but all the country about them, their violence threatens;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	26	even now they stand arrayed against the citadel of Jerusalem, ready to take it by storm, and have fortified Bethsura.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	27	Forestall their plans thou must, and speedily, or they will go further yet, and there will be no holding them.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	28	Angered by these tidings, the king sent for all his trusted friends, for his army captains and his commanders of horse;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	29	mercenaries, too, were hired from foreign countries, and from the islands out at sea,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	30	till he could put a hundred thousand foot and twenty thousand horse into the field, besides thirty-two elephants, inured to war.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	31	Through Edom they marched, and invested Bethsura; long they held it besieged, and built engines to attack it, but these, by a brave sally, the defenders burned to ashes.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	32	Meanwhile, Judas drew away from the citadel, and encamped at Bethzacharam, close to the king’s army.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	33	Ere dawn broke, the king was astir, and his men marching hot-foot towards Bethzacharam, where the armies made ready for battle, with a great blowing of trumpets.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	34	As for the elephants, they were blooded to battle with juice of grape and mulberry,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	35	and so divided here and there among the troops. A thousand foot-soldiers were assigned to each, in coat of mail and helmet of bronze; with each went five hundred picked horsemen;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	36	these were waiting ready for every beast at its station, and must go wherever it went, never leaving its side.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	37	On the back of every beast was a strong protecting tower of wood, cunningly fitted; and thirty-two valiant men were appointed to do battle from this height, over and above the Indian that was the beast’s driver.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	38	The remainder of the cavalry were stationed on either wing, to daunt the oncoming host with a clamour of trumpets, and harass them as they stood tight packed in their ranks.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	39	Brightly the sun shone down on shield of gold, shield of bronze, till all the mountain-side gave back the glancing rays of them, and dazzled like points of fire.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	40	Part of the king’s army was drawn up on the heights, part on the level plain; warily they came on and in good order;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	41	and ever, as they went, murmur of voices, tramp of feet, and clash of arms daunted the country-side around them, so great yonder army was, and so valiant.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	42	But Judas and his men closed with them, and gave battle; and of the king’s soldiers, there were six hundred that fell.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	43	What did Eleazar that day, the son of Sauran? Here was one of the beasts that went decked in royal trappings, and towered high above the rest; There rides the king, thought he,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	44	and with that, he gave his life, to win deliverance for his country, and for himself imperishable renown.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	45	Bravely he ran up to it, there in the heart of the press, slaying to right and left of him, men falling on either side,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	46	till he could creep in between the very feet of the elephant; crouched there, and dispatched it, and so, crushed by its fall to earth, died where he lay.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	47	But now, finding the royal forces so strong, and so determined in their attack, the Jews withdrew from the encounter.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	48	To Jerusalem the king’s men followed them, and now here was the king entrenched against Judaea and mount Sion itself.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	49	With the defenders of Bethsura he had made terms; yield up the city they must, so ill were they victualled for a siege, in a year when the land lay fallow;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	50	thus Bethsura was in the king’s hands, and he put a garrison there.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	51	But it was against the holy place itself that he turned his arms, and long he beleaguered it; what catapults he brought to bear on it, what engines! Flew fiery darts, flew stone and javelin and arrow from mangonel and arbalest, and the slings took their turn.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	52	As for the Jews, they met engine with engine, and fought on day after day;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	53	but the seventh year had come round, and what store was left in the city had been eaten up by the new citizens rescued from Gentile countries, so food was none to be had.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	54	Only a few defenders were left in the holy place now; the rest, overtaken by famine, had dispersed to their homes.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	55	But Lysias could not wait; he had news from Antioch. That same Philip, whom king Antiochus, on his death-bed, had appointed to bring up the young prince as heir to the throne,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	56	was now returned at the head of his army from the land of the Medes and Persians, and would fain take charge of the realm.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	57	So Lysias must betake himself to the king and his generals, with such words as these: Our plight grows daily worse; scant food is left us, and here is a fortress well defended; all the business of the realm claims our care.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	58	What remains, but to make friendly advances, offer terms to the besieged and to all their countrymen?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	59	Give we leave they should follow their own customs as of old, which customs neglecting, we have brought all this ill-will and all this trouble upon us.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	60	King and chieftain fell in with his design; offer peace they did, and the offer was accepted.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	61	So, upon terms with the king and his generals, the Jews gave up their stronghold;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	62	and what must the king do, once he had set foot on mount Sion and discovered the strength of its defences, but break his oath, and have all the walls of it pulled down!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	6	63	Then, with all haste, he took leave of it, and returned to Antioch, where he found Philip in possession, and levied war on him, taking the city by storm.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	1	It was now, in the hundred and fifty-first year, that Demetrius, the son of Seleu-cus, escaped from Rome and landed with a small retinue at one of the sea-ports, where he was proclaimed king.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	2	No sooner had he set foot in the palace of his ancestors, than his men laid hold of Antiochus and Lysias, meaning to bring them into his presence.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	3	But he was warned of it, and gave it out, sight of them he would have none;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	4	so they were dispatched by the troops, and Demetrius established himself on the royal throne.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	5	To him came certain Israelites, enemies of the law and of religion, with Alcimus at their head, a man who coveted the high-priestly office.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	6	And thus, in the royal presence, they defamed their own people: Here be Judas and his brethren have made away with all thy friends, and driven us out of our country!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	7	Do but send some trusted agent to survey the scene of it, the havoc this man has wrought upon our own persons and upon the king’s domain; ay, and to punish his partisans, with all who comfort them.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	8	The king’s choice fell on Bacchides, a courtier that was loyal to him, and had charge now of all the realm east of Euphrates.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	9	Of the havoc wrought by Judas he should be judge, and with him went the traitor Alcimus, now confirmed in the high priesthood; thus should the royal vengeance fall on Israel.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	10	So they took the road, and reached the land of Juda with a great army at their heels. Envoys they sent out, to cheat Judas and his brethren with fair promises;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	11	but from these they got no hearing; the sight of such armed strength was enough.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	12	It was a company of scribes that went out to meet Alcimus and Bacchides, asking for honourable terms;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	13	of all Israel, the Assidaeans were foremost in demanding peace;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	14	Here is a priest of Aaron’s line, said they, in yonder company, fear we no treachery from him.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	15	Fair promises he made them, and swore they should take no harm, nor their friends neither;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	16	and they took him at his word. And what did he? A full sixty of them he seized and put to death in one day. Not idly the word was written,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	17	Bleeding corpses of thy true lovers they have strewn about on every side of Jerusalem, and there was none to bury the dead.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	18	After this, all alike dreaded the newcomers and shrank from them; here was neither trust nor troth, when covenant and sworn promise went for nothing.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	19	So Bacchides left Jerusalem and pitched his camp at Bethzecha, where he made search and laid hands on many that had deserted from his own army; some of the Jews he massacred besides, and had their bodies thrown into the Great Cistern;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	20	then he left the whole country in Alcimus’ charge, with troops to maintain him. So off went Bacchides to his master,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	21	and Alcimus remained to make the best of his high priesthood.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	22	Be sure all the malcontents in Judaea rallied to his side, and took possession of the country, to Israel’s great mischief.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	23	Little it liked Judas, to see Alcimus and his crew mishandling the men of Israel as never the Gentiles had;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	24	from end to end of Juda he passed, executing vengeance on such as had left his cause, till they might take the field no longer.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	25	Everywhere Judas and his company had their way, and the sight of it warned Alcimus he was no match for them; so he, too, went back to the king, loud in his complaints.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	26	Thereupon the king sent out an army for the people’s undoing, with Nicanor at the head of it, that was one of his most notable princes, and had a grudge against Israel to satisfy.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	27	This Nicanor, reaching Jerusalem with a great array, made peaceful overtures to Judas and his brethren, but treacherously;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	28	Need is none there should be blows given between us, he said. Let me come with a handful of men, and parley we together under safe conduct.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	29	Come he did, and the greeting between them was friendly enough, but Judas was like to have been seized, then and there, by the enemy;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	30	and when he had proof of Nicanor’s treachery, he went in dread of him and would parley with him no longer.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	31	Nicanor, then, his plot being now manifestly discovered, would take to the field; it was close to Capharsalama that he engaged Judas;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	32	and his army, routed with a loss of five thousand men, must needs take refuge in the Keep of David.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	33	It was after this that Nicanor made his way to mount Sion, where some of the priests and elders came out to greet him in friendly fashion, and shew him how burnt-sacrifice was offered there on the king’s behalf.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	34	But nothing could they get from him but mockery and contempt; he did despite to their sacred persons, and sent them away with threats.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	35	In his anger, he swore to them nothing would serve but he should have Judas and Judas’ army at his mercy; if not, he would burn the temple down, as soon as ever he returned in safety. So, in high disdain, he left them;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	36	and the priests must take themselves back within the walls, where they stood before altar and temple, praying very mournfully.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	37	Lord, they said, thou hast chosen this house to be the shrine of thy name; here thy people should offer prayer, and sue for thy favour.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	38	Do thou avenge thyself on chieftain and army both; die they at the sword’s point! Wouldst thou forget their blasphemy; should they escape with their lives?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	39	After this, Nicanor left Jerusalem, and pitched his camp at Bethoron, where he was met by a fresh army from Syria;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	40	Judas, in his camp at Adarsa, had but three thousand men. And this was the prayer Judas prayed:
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	41	Time was, Lord, when Sennacherib’s men were loud in their blasphemy, and thy angel must go out to smite them down, a hundred and eighty thousand of them.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	42	This day a new enemy overwhelm with our onslaught, and let all the world know what comes of threatening thy holy place; for his ill-doing, ill requite him!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	43	It was the thirteenth of Adar when the two armies met; sure enough, Nicanor’s army was overwhelmed, and himself the first to fall in the encounter;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	44	whereupon the rest, seeing their leader gone, cast weapons away and took to their heels.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	45	For a whole day the pursuit of them went on, all the way from Adazer to the approaches of Gazara, and ever there were trumpets sounding the hue and cry.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	46	Out came Jewish folk from all the villages round about, to head them off, till at last they turned at bay and fell at the sword’s point all of them, never a man left.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	47	Spoil of them was plundered where they lay; as for Nicanor, the Jews cut off the head from his body, and that right hand he lifted up so defiantly, and took them away, to be hung up in full sight of Jerusalem.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	48	Glad men they were that day, and kept high festival,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	49	decreeing that never thenceforward should the thirteenth day of Adar go unobserved.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	7	50	And for a little while the land of Juda had peace.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	1	Judas had heard tell of the Romans, and their renown. Here was a powerful nation, that would entertain overtures none the less from such as craved their friendship, plighting their word faithfully. A powerful nation indeed;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	2	what battles they had fought, what exploits achieved yonder among the Galatians, their conquered vassals now!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	3	In Spain, too, they had done great feats of arms; and at last, by policy and patient striving, won over the whole country, made themselves masters of all the silver and gold that was mined there.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	4	Came peoples from far away, kings from the furthest corners of earth, to offer battle, they were overwhelmed and signally defeated; those nearer at hand were content to pay yearly tribute.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	5	Had they not crushed and conquered Philip, and Perseus king of the Greeks, and all others that had levied war upon them?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	6	And what of Antiochus the Great, that ruled all Asia, and came against them with a hundred and twenty elephants, with horsemen and chariots, and a great array besides? The Romans overcame him,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	7	caught him alive, and demanded both from him and from his heirs rich tribute, and hostages, with other conditions of surrender;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	8	took away from him India, Media, and Lydia, that were his most cherished provinces, and gave them to king Eumenes instead.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	9	Later, word came that the men of Hellas were for marching in and making an end of them; what was the issue of it?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	10	One of the Roman generals was sent out to engage them; fell many in battle, wives and children were carried off into exile, goods plundered, the land conquered, its fortresses destroyed, and they are slaves to this day.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	11	So it was with all the kingdoms and islands that defied their will; the Romans crushed them and took their lands away.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	12	But to their friends, that would live at peace with them, they were ever good friends in return. Kingdoms both far and near became their vassals, nor any that heard their name but feared it;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	13	helped they any man to a throne, the throne was his; their good will lost, his throne was lost too; so high was their renown.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	14	Yet, with all this, was never one of them that wore crown, or went clad in purple for his own aggrandizement.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	15	A senate-house they would have, where a council of three hundred and twenty met day by day, providing ever for the good estate of the commonalty;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	16	and every year they would entrust one man with the rule and governance of their whole country, the rest obeying him, without any debate or contention moved.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	17	So now Judas made choice of two envoys, Eupolemus, son of John, son of Jacob, and Jason, son of Eleazar; to Rome they should go, and there make a treaty of good will and alliance.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	18	Rome’s task it should be to rid them of the Grecian yoke; from the Greeks it was plain they could expect nothing better than grinding slavery.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	19	So, after long journeying, to Rome they came, and were admitted to the senate house, where they gave their message as follows:
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	20	We have been sent to you by Judas Machabaeus and his brethren, and by our countrymen at large, to make a treaty of alliance with you; fain would they be enrolled among your confederates and friends.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	21	This proposition liked the Romans well;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	22	and they wrote back to the Jews on tablets of bronze, that should be kept in Jerusalem to serve them for a memorial of treaty and alliance made, to this effect:
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	23	Well speed they at all times, the Roman and the Jewish peoples, by sea and land alike; far removed from either be alarm of war, assault of the enemy!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	24	Yet if war befall, and threaten the Romans first, or any ally of theirs in any part of their dominions,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	25	such aid the Jewish people shall give as the occasion demands, ungrudgingly.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	26	For the needs of the enemy they shall nothing find or furnish, be it corn, or arms, or money, or ships, according to the agreement made at Rome; and they shall observe these undertakings with no thought of their own advantage.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	27	In like manner, if the Jews be first threatened, it shall be for the Romans to give aid as the occasion demands, most willingly;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	28	providing neither corn nor arms, money nor ships, to any that take part against them, according to the agreement made at Rome; and they shall observe these undertakings honourably.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	29	Upon these terms the Romans and the Jewish people are agreed;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	30	if hereafter it should be the will of both parties to enlarge or to restrict them, they may do so at their discretion, and such enlargement or restriction shall have force accordingly.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	31	As for the wrong done by king Demetrius, we have sent him warning, What meanest thou, to burden with so heavy a yoke the Jewish people, our friends and allies?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	8	32	Let them complain of thee once more, and we will surely give them redress, by land and sea levying war against thee.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	1	While this was afoot, news came to Demetrius that Nicanor and his men had perished in the encounter. But he would still have his way; Bacchides and Alcimus should be sent back to Judaea, and the northern command of his army with them.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	2	Marching out along the Galgala road, they encamped at Masaloth in Arbella; the town was surprised, and many of its inhabitants massacred.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	3	Then, in the first month of the hundred and fifty-second year, they began an attack on Jerusalem,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	4	moving their camp to Berea. It was a force of twenty thousand foot and two thousand horse;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	5	Judas, encamped at Laisa, had three thousand picked followers with him,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	6	but these were greatly daunted when they saw what heavy odds were against them, and began to desert their lines, till no more than eight hundred of them were left.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	7	One by one they slipped away, and raise fresh levies he might not, with the battle so hard upon his heels; what wonder if Judas lost heart, and was unmanned?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	8	Yet said he to the remnant that was left him, Up, go we to the attack, and try conclusions with the enemy!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	9	In vain they sought to dissuade him; Speed we may not, they said; let us save our skins now, we may yet join hands with our brethren, and do battle hereafter; why, we are but a handful!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	10	Nay, said Judas, that may I never do; what, shew them our backs? If our time is come, die we manfully in our brethren’s cause, nor suffer any foul blot to fall on our name!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	11	By this, the opposing army had moved forward out of its lines, and stood fronting them; here were the two bodies of horse, the slingers and archers going on before the rest, and the choice troops that would bear the shock of the encounter;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	12	here was Bacchides himself, on the right wing. This side and that the phalanx drew nearer, with a great blowing of trumpets,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	13	and Judas’ men, they raised a great cry on their own part, till the earth rang again with the noise of the two armies. Thus begun, the battle went on from morning till dusk.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	14	On the right, where he saw Bacchides’ army was strongest, Judas made the attack, and all the most valiant of his men with him;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	15	broke their line, and chased them all the way to mount Azotus.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	16	But now those on the left, seeing their right wing routed, cut off Judas and his men from the rear;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	17	now indeed the battle grew fierce, and there were many fell wounded on either part,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	18	till at last Judas fell, and with that, all the rest took to their heels.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	19	As for his body, his brothers Jonathan and Simon recovered it, and so buried him where his fathers were buried, in the city of Modin.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	20	Great lament all Israel made over him, and long they mourned him;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	21	Here is a great warrior fallen, they said, that once brought his people deliverance!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	22	What other battles Judas fought, deeds did, greatness achieved, you shall not find set down here; too long the record of them.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	23	Once Judas was dead, there was no corner in Israel but treason began to shew its face there, and lawlessness to abound;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	24	under such leadership the whole country, at this time much distressed by famine, went over to Bacchides.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	25	Good care he took to choose out godless men, that should have the governance of his territory;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	26	and these raised a hue and cry after Judas’ partisans, haling them before Bacchides to be punished and used despitefully;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	27	never, since prophecy died out among them, had the men of Israel known such distress.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	28	And now all that had loved Judas rallied to Jonathan instead;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	29	Since thy brother’s death, they told him, none is left to take the field against our enemies as he did, this Bacchides and all else that bear a grudge against our race.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	30	There is but one way of it; this day we have chosen thee to be our ruler, our chieftain, to fight our battles for us.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	31	So, from that day forward, Jonathan took command, in succession to his brother Judas.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	32	Bacchides no sooner heard of it than he marked him down for death;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	33	but of this Jonathan had warning, and took refuge, with his brother Simon and all his company, in the desert of Thecue. It was there, by Asphar pool, they halted;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	34	and it was there that Bacchides, well informed of their movements, crossed Jordan at the head of his army and came upon them, one sabbath day.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	35	This was the manner of it. Jonathan had sent his brother John, that was in command of the camp followers, on an errand to his good friends the Nabuthaeans. They had brought a deal of their household stuff with them; would the Nabuthaeans take it into safe keeping?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	36	But, as they went, some of Jambri’s folk came out from Madaba, seized John and all that he had with him, and went off with them.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	37	Afterwards, Jonathan and Simon heard that the men of Jambri had a great wedding toward; they must bring home the bride from Nadabatha, and with much pomp, because her father was a notable Chanaanite chief.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	38	So, to avenge the death of their brother John, they climbed the hill-side and lay in ambush there.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	39	What a sight was this met their eyes! All manner of rout and display; the bridegroom, his friends and his brethren, passing on their way to the trysting-place, with beating of drums, and making of music, and all manner of warlike array!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	40	Then rose they up from their ambush and laid about them, till many fell wounded, and the rest fled into the hills, leaving all their spoil behind them.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	41	So turned they wedding mirth into funeral dirge,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	42	to avenge the murder of their brother, and withdrew to the banks of Jordan again.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	43	Hearing of these alarms, Bacchides marched down to Jordan bank one sabbath day, in great force.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	44	Up now! cried Jonathan to his men; engage our enemy we must. Gone is the vantage we had till now;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	45	here is armed force confronting us, and all around us is Jordan stream, Jordan banks full of marshes and thickets; escape is none.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	46	Cry we rather upon heaven, for deliverance out of the enemy’s hand. So the battle was joined;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	47	and here was Jonathan exerting all his strength to deal a blow at Bacchides, who declined the encounter!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	48	What did Jonathan then? With all his company, he leapt into Jordan. So now, to reach them, the enemy must swim for it across the stream.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	49	A thousand men of his following Bacchides lost that day, and was fain to return to Jerusalem.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	50	After this, they took to fortifying the cities of Judaea with high walls and barred gates, making strongholds at Jericho, Ammaum, Bethoron, Bethel, Thamnata, Phara and Thopo;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	51	here garrisons were set, for the harrying of Israel.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	52	Bethsura, too, Bacchides fortified, and Gazara, and the Citadel itself, keeping all of them well manned and provisioned;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	53	ay, and the great men of all the country round must yield up their children as hostages, to be held in Jerusalem citadel for safe keeping.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	54	Then, in the second month of the hundred and fifty-third year, came an order from Alcimus, the dividing wall of the temple’s inner court should be dismantled. The Prophets’ Building he had already cleared away, and begun the dismantling,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	55	when himself was smitten down, and all his plans interrupted. Dumbstricken and palsied, he never spoke again, even to dispose of his goods,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	56	but died there and then, in great torment.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	57	Alcimus dead, Bacchides was for Judaea no longer; away he went to the king’s court, and for two years the land was at peace.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	58	But ere long there was conspiracy afoot among the godless party; here were Jonathan and his men living secure of their safety; let Bacchides come in again, he might seize them all, and make one night’s work of it.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	59	To Bacchides, then, they went, and imparted their scheme to him;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	60	whereupon he raised a great army for marching on Judaea, but first sent word privately to his partisans there, bidding them seize Jonathan and his company for themselves. Word went abroad, and the plan miscarried;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	61	it was Jonathan seized fifty notables of Judaea, that were the authors of the conspiracy, and put them to death.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	62	Then, with Simon and the rest of his following, he removed to Bethbessen, out in the desert, and set about rebuilding it, to make a stronghold for them.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	63	Bacchides had news of this; mustering his whole force, and sending word to his Jewish supporters,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	64	he marched in and pitched his camp so as to command Bethbessen. Long time he besieged it, and brought up engines against it;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	65	meanwhile, Jonathan had left his brother Simon in command of the city, and was roaming the country-side. When he came back, it was with a band of men at his heels;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	66	smote he Odares and his clan, smote he the men of Phaseron where they lay encamped; everywhere laid about him, and still gained strength.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	67	As for Simon and his company, they made a sally out of the town, and set fire to the engines;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	68	afterwards they engaged Bacchides himself, and worsted him, so that he must pay dearly for plot and tryst of his that came to nothing.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	69	So enraged was he with the malcontents whose counsel had brought him into Judaea, he put many of them to death, and was for marching home again with the rest of his following,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	70	when Jonathan, hearing of it, sent envoys to offer peace, and an exchange of prisoners.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	71	This offer he gladly accepted, and carried out the terms of it, giving his word he would do Jonathan no more injury as long as he lived,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	72	and restoring all the prisoners he had ever taken in the land of Juda. So he took himself back to his own country, and never came that way again.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	9	73	Israel had a respite from fighting at last, and Jonathan took up his dwelling at Machmas, whence he ruled the people thenceforward, ridding the land of godless folk altogether.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	1	And now, in the hundred and sixtieth year, came Alexander, a son of Antiochus the Illustrious, and took possession of Ptolemais, where he was received with royal honours.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	2	A great force king Demetrius levied, when he heard of it, and went out to give him battle;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	3	at the same time, he wrote to Jonathan, in such loving terms as should flatter his dignity.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	4	No time to be lost, thought he, in making friends with this man, before he takes to comforting Alexander against us;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	5	for wrong done to himself, and his brother, and all his race, he bears us a grudge yet.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	6	So he empowered Jonathan to muster an army, and to make weapons of war, as the ally of Syria; the hostages, too, in the citadel were to be given back to him.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	7	When Jonathan came to Jerusalem, and read this letter aloud, not to the townsfolk only, but to the citadel garrison,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	8	great was the fear fell on all who listened; here was Jonathan commissioned to levy troops by the king’s own order!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	9	The hostages were surrendered without more ado, and given back to their parents;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	10	and he himself took up his quarters in Jerusalem, where he set about building up the city and repairing it.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	11	It was the walls needed rebuilding, so he told his workmen; on every side, the hill of Sion must be defended with hewn stone; and punctually they obeyed him.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	12	As for the alien folk that guarded the strongholds Bacchides had left, they fled incontinently;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	13	what matter if their posts were abandoned? They were for home.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	14	Only Bethsura was garrisoned now, and that by traitors to God’s law and commandment; it was all the refuge they had.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	15	King Alexander heard of these overtures made by Demetrius; heard, too, the story of Jonathan and his brethren, battles fought, and deeds done, and labours endured.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	16	Why, said he, this man has not his match anywhere; time it is we should court his friendship and alliance.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	17	With that, he wrote him a letter, and these were the terms of it:
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	18	King Alexander, to Jonathan his brother-prince, greeting!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	19	We have heard tell of thee, a man so valiant, and so well worthy of our friendship;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	20	in token whereof, we appoint thee high priest of thy own race henceforward, and to have the title of the King’s Friend. With that, he sent him a purple robe and a gold crown; Take ever our part, said he, and hold fast the bond of friendship.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	21	So, when the seventh month came round, in the hundred and sixtieth year, Jonathan clad himself with the sacred vesture at the feast of Tent-dwelling; an army he levied besides, and made weapons of war in great abundance.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	22	Sick and sorry Demetrius was when he heard of these doings;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	23	Here is an ill day’s work, said he, to let Alexander forestall us in making alliance with the Jews, to his great comfort!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	24	From me, too, they shall have a message of entreaty, they shall have honours and gifts; the Jews shall be my good friends yet.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	25	And thus he wrote: King Demetrius, to the people of the Jews, greeting!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	26	Here is welcome news we have of you; right well you have kept troth with us, honouring the treaty when you might have taken part with our enemies.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	27	In that loyal mind continue, and your good offices shall not go unrewarded;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	28	much immunity you shall enjoy, much largesse receive.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	29	By these presents, I exempt both you and all Jews from the poll-tax; salt-tax and coronation dues I remit and forgo, with my right to a third part of your seed-corn,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	30	and half your fruit-crop. From this day forward, now and for ever, I resign all this; from Juda and from the three cantons of Samaria and Galilee lately added to it, there shall be no toll taken.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	31	For Jerusalem, it shall be a place set apart, a free city with its own confines, mistress of its own tithe and tribute;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	32	nor claim I any rights over the citadel there, I make it over to the high priest, to garrison it as he will.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	33	All persons of Jewish blood in all my realm that were taken away as prisoners from Juda shall now be set free gratuitously, and no distraint made on their revenues or cattle.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	34	Feast-day and new moon and sabbath, and all other such solemnities as are appointed to be observed, with the three days before and after the feast itself, shall be days of immunity and respite for all the Jews in my realm;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	35	nor any business done or debate moved to their detriment at such times.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	36	In the king’s army, Jews may be enrolled up to the number of thirty thousand, paid according to the common rate of the royal troops; and the same shall be free to serve in all the fortified towns of our empire.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	37	Jews may be employed besides in all positions of trust, and appointed governors, yet live still by their own laws, that have royal sanction in the land of Juda.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	38	The three cantons taken from Samaria and added to Judaea shall be accounted part of Juda, under a single government, with no allegiance but to the high priest.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	39	Ptolemais, with all the country that lies about it, I hereby convey as a free gift to the temple precincts at Jerusalem, to defray the temple expenses.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	40	To this gift I add a sum of fifteen thousand silver sicles yearly, out of the royal dues that belong to me.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	41	With this sum, arrears shall be made good in payments for the temple building, withheld till now by such as had charge of the matter;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	42	and restitution made, to the priests now in office, for the five thousand sicles that were confiscated year by year from the temple treasury.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	43	Debtor to the king, whatever be the charge against him, that takes sanctuary in the temple or its precincts, shall be left at liberty, and no distraint made upon goods of his within these dominions.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	44	Payment shall be made besides from the royal treasury for the finishing and repairing of the temple fabric;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	45	as also for building up and making strong the walls of Jerusalem, and restoring the fortresses of Judaea.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	46	But in vain were such promises made to Jonathan and the Jewish folk, nor credence found they any nor assent. Could they forget all the mischief Demetrius had done in Israel, all the tyranny they had endured?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	47	Alexander it was had all their good wishes; his was the first offer of terms that reached them, and all the while it was his cause they cherished.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	48	By this, Alexander had mustered a great force, and marched against Demetrius.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	49	When the two kings met, it was Demetrius’ men took to their heels, and Alexander gave chase, pressing them hard;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	50	fiercely the battle raged till sun-down, and before the day was over, Demetrius fell.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	51	Hereupon Alexander sent an embassy to Ptolemy, king of Egypt, addressing him in these terms following.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	52	Take notice I have returned to my kingdom, and sit now on the throne of my fathers, in full possession of my princely rights. Would I regain Syria, needs must I should overthrow Demetrius;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	53	overthrow him I did, on field of battle, with all his army, and here I sit in his place.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	54	And should we not be upon terms of friendship, thou and I? Let me have thy daughter to wife; a niggardly wooer thou shalt not find me, nor she either.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	55	And what answer made king Ptolemy? An auspicious day, said he, this day of thy return to the land and throne of thy fathers!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	56	Boon thy letter asks of me thou shalt have; but first meet we together, face to face, yonder at Ptolemais; there will I pledge my word to the articles thou namest.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	57	So here was king Ptolemy come from Egypt, with his daughter Cleopatra, all the way to Ptolemais, in the hundred and sixty-second year;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	58	and there king Alexander met him and took his daughter Cleopatra to wife, and they held the wedding with great magnificence, as kings will.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	59	King Alexander had sent word to Jonathan, he should come and keep tryst with him;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	60	so to Ptolemais Jonathan went with great state, and met the two kings there. Gifts a many he made them, of silver and gold and much else, and was high in favour with them.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	61	It chanced that certain Israelites, pestilent fellows of the traitorous party, came there to bring charges against him. But to these the king would not listen;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	62	he would have Jonathan change his garments, and go clad in purple, and when this was done, a seat he must have beside the king himself.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	63	Take him out into the heart of the city, Alexander said to his vassals, and there make proclamation, none may bring charge against him on any pretext, or in any fashion molest him.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	64	No thought had his accusers, when they heard such proclamation made, and saw Jonathan there dressed in purple, but to escape, one and all, as best they could;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	65	he himself was loaded with honours, enrolled among the king’s chief friends, and made a prince, with a share in the governance of the kingdom.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	66	So Jonathan made his way back to Jerusalem undisturbed, and well content.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	67	Then, in the hundred and sixty-fifth year, came Demetrius, son of that other Demetrius, from the island of Crete, and landed in his native country;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	68	ill hearing indeed for Alexander, who returned at once to Antioch.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	69	Demetrius gave command of his army to Apollonius, that was governor of Coelesyria, and a great array it was he levied. From Jamnia, where he took up his quarters, this Apollonius sent word to the high priest Jonathan:
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	70	What, wilt thou defy us, and all alone? Here am I mocked and flouted by the resistance offered me, up yonder in the hills!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	71	Nay, if such confidence thou hast in thy own resources, come down and meet us in the plain; try we conclusions there! Trust me, I am master of the field;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	72	what I am, what my troops are, thou shalt learn upon a little enquiry; stand thou canst not, they will tell thee, before onslaught of ours. Twice, on their native soil, thy fathers fled in disorder,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	73	and wilt thou make head against such an array of horse and foot, here in the plain, where rock is none, nor gravel-bed, to aid thy flight?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	74	Roused by this challenge, Jonathan marched out from Jerusalem with a muster of ten thousand men; his brother Simon joined hands with him;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	75	and together they appeared before the gates of Joppe. Enter they might not, for Apollonius had a garrison there, but must needs attack it;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	76	whereupon the citizens took alarm, and themselves opened the gates. Thus came Joppe into the power of Jonathan;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	77	the news reached Apollonius, and he brought up three thousand horse, with a great array of men besides.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	78	To Azotus he marched, as if he meant to pass them by, but all the while he was luring them on into the plain; in horse lay his strength and his confidence. To Azotus Jonathan followed him, and battle was joined.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	79	Apollonius, by a secret feint, had left a thousand horsemen encamped in their rear;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	80	so all at once Jonathan found himself cut off by an ambush. Round his army they rode, casting javelins into the ranks, from morning till night-fall;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	81	but ever it stood firm, at Jonathan’s bidding, till the horses were tired out at last.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	82	Then, the force of the cavalry once spent, out came Simon with his troops to attack the main body, which thereupon broke and fled.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	83	Scattered over the open country, in vain they rallied at Azotus, and took refuge in the precincts of their god Dagon;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	84	both Azotus and all the neighbouring cities Jonathan burnt and plundered, and Dagon’s temple, with all that took shelter there, was burnt with the rest.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	85	So perished, by sword and fire, some eight thousand men;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	86	as for Jonathan, he had no sooner encamped before Ascalon, than the townsfolk opened the gates to him, and gave him honourable welcome.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	87	So Jonathan came back to Jerusalem, and the army behind him, laden with spoils.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	88	More than ever, when he heard of it, did king Alexander heap honours upon him;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	10	89	a buckle of gold he sent him, ever the gift kings make to men of blood royal, and Accaron, with all the countryside about it, granted him for his domain.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	1	And now Ptolemy, king of Egypt, levied a great army, countless as sand on the beach, and a fleet besides; to win Alexander’s realm his treacherous design was, and add it to his own.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	2	To Syria he came, full of fair speeches, and all the towns opened their gates to welcome him; such welcome Alexander himself had prescribed; was not the king of Egypt his father-in-law?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	3	And never a town king Ptolemy entered, but he left a guard of soldiers there.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	4	When he reached Azotus, here was Dagon’s temple burnt, here was the town itself and all its neighbourhood in ruins; the dead lay unburied, where they fell in battle, or in heaps by the road-side. All this they shewed him,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	5	and told him, with malicious intent, how it was Jonathan’s doing; but no word said king Ptolemy.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	6	As for Jonathan, he went to meet the king at Joppe, with a deal of pomp; there they greeted one another, and passed the night,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	7	nor would Jonathan return to Jerusalem till he had escorted the king as far as the river called Eleutherus.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	8	All the cities of the sea-coast, as far as maritime Seleucia, king Ptolemy occupied, and with no friendly purpose towards Alexander;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	9	it was to Demetrius he sent envoys instead. Come, said he, a pact between us! My daughter thou shalt have in Alexander’s place, and therewithal the throne of thy fathers;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	10	here is an ill son-in-law I have chosen, that went about but now to kill me!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	11	Thus, to find pretext for dethroning his rival, king Ptolemy defamed him;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	12	took his daughter away, and gave her to Demetrius. His estrangement from Alexander now come to an open breach,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	13	what must he do next but enter the city of Antioch, and there assume the double crown, as ruler of Egypt and Asia both?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	14	As for Alexander, that was then in Cilicia, quelling a revolt in those parts,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	15	he came out to do battle when the news reached him; but Ptolemy brought up his army, met him with a superior force, and routed him.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	16	Thus Egypt had the mastery; and when Alexander fled to Arabia for refuge,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	17	Zabdiel, an Arabian, cut off his head and sent it to the conqueror.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	18	Three days later, Ptolemy himself lay dead; whereupon the garrisons he had left in the towns were massacred by the citizens,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	19	and the royal power passed to Demetrius in this, the hundred and sixty-seventh year.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	20	Now it was that Jonathan mustered the men of Judaea to deliver an attack on the Gentile citadel in Jerusalem; engines a many they brought against it.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	21	Nor wanted there Jews of the godless party, traitors to their own race, that went off and told Demetrius it was being attacked;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	22	the news greatly angered him, and he hastened to Ptolemais, bidding Jonathan raise the siege and come to meet him in conference without more ado.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	23	This message notwithstanding, Jonathan would have the siege go forward; certain elders of Israel, and certain of the priests, he chose out to bear him company, and so put his own life in peril,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	24	going off to meet the king at Ptolemais, with gold and silver and garments and other gifts in great number. He was received graciously enough;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	25	let his own traitorous fellow-countrymen bring what accusations they would,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	26	the king would not be behind his predecessors in making much of Jonathan, for all his courtiers to see.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	27	He was confirmed in the high priesthood, and what other high dignities he held aforetime, and declared besides the chief of the king’s friends.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	28	And now Jonathan had a favour to ask; exemption from tribute for Judaea, and the three cantons, and Samaria with its neighbouring townships; he promised in return a payment of three hundred talents.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	29	To this the king agreed, writing thus to Jonathan upon the matter raised:
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	30	King Demetrius, to his brother prince Jonathan, and to the people of the Jews, greeting.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	31	We send you herewith, for your better information, a copy of the instructions we have given to our cousin Lasthenes in your regard.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	32	King Demetrius, to Lasthenes, his good father, greeting.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	33	Whereas the people of the Jews have ever been trusty friends to us, our pleasure it is to reward them for the loyalty they have shewn us.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	34	We therefore confirm them in the possession of all Judaea, the three cities of Ephraim, Lydda and Ramathan, that formerly belonged to Samaria, and all their neighbouring townships … to all those who do sacrifice at Jerusalem; instead of the yearly revenues hitherto set apart for the king from harvest and fruit-gathering.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	35	Tithe and tribute that was ours we also remit to them; nor lay any claim to the salt-pits, or the crowns which from time to time were bestowed upon us.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	36	Of all this we give them a full discharge, that shall be valid in perpetuity.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	37	See to it that a copy of this decree shall be made, and handed over to Jonathan, who shall set it up in a public place on the holy mountain.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	38	Here, then, was the whole realm at peace under Demetrius’ rule, nor any rival had he; what must he do but disband all his soldiers and send them home, except the foreign troops he had levied from the islands out at sea? Bitterly they hated him for it, the men who had served under his fathers;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	39	and there was one Tryphon that took good note of these discontents in the army. This Tryphon was formerly of Alexander’s faction, and now he had recourse to Emalchuel, the Arabian, that had care of Alexander’s son Antiochus.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	40	Much persuasion he used with him, to let Antiochus return to his father’s throne; much told him of Demetrius, and how the soldiers were disaffected against him.Time passed, and Tryphon was in Arabia still.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	41	Meanwhile, Jonathan was urgent with king Demetrius to withdraw the garrisons from Jerusalem citadel and the other strongholds, where they bore arms yet, and against Israel.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	42	Nay answered Demetrius, that I will do and more; great honours I have in store, for thee and for thy people both, when the time is ripe for it.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	43	For this present, it were well done to send troops for my own protection; here is all my army revolted from me!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	44	Three thousand picked men Jonathan dispatched to Antioch, to the king’s side, and right glad he was at their coming.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	45	What though the citizens, a hundred and twenty thousand strong, were banded together against his royal person,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	46	driving him to take refuge within the court, and occupying the city streets in warlike fashion?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	47	He had but to call the Jews to his aid, and they rallied at his summons; posted themselves here and there about the streets,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	48	and in one day slew a hundred thousand men, setting fire to the town besides. There was spoil enough for the winning, that day when they saved the king’s life.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	49	The townsfolk, when they saw how easily the Jews got the mastery of them, had no more stomach for fighting; they were loud in their entreaties:
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	50	A truce! A truce! Havoc enough yonder Jews have made of us and of the city!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	51	And so, flinging away their weapons, they came to terms. Prince and people both had good proof, by now, of the Jews’ valour; back they went to Jerusalem high in repute among the Syrians, and laden with spoils.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	52	Demetrius, now firmly established on the throne, his dominions all at peace,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	53	recked little enough of his promises; from Jonathan he was estranged altogether, left his services unrecompensed, and much mischief did him besides.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	54	It was now that Tryphon came back, and with him the young prince Antiochus, that took the style of king and had himself crowned;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	55	all the disbanded armies of Demetrius rallied to them, and turned upon their former master, who fled routed before them;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	56	Tryphon, meanwhile, got possession of the elephants, and Antioch fell into his hands.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	57	Thereupon came a letter from the young Antiochus to Jonathan, confirming him in the high priesthood, and in possession both of Judaea and of the three cantons; he was acclaimed as the king’s friend,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	58	and a present of golden cups sent for his use, with the right to drink out of gold ware, to dress in purple, and to carry the golden buckle.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	59	His brother Simon, too, was made lord of the sea-coast, from Tyre to the frontiers of Egypt.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	60	And now Jonathan was on the march, across the river, patrolling the cities everywhere, with all the armies of Syria gathered to aid him. … He came to Ascalon, where the townsfolk welcomed him with all honour;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	61	came to Gaza, where they shut the gates on him, and he must needs undertake the siege of it. But when he had spread fire and rapine through the country-side,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	62	the men of Gaza asked for terms, which he gave them, carrying off their sons as hostages to Jerusalem. Then he went on patrolling the country, all the way to Damascus.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	63	News reached him that the chiefs of Demetrius’ faction were making head at Cades, in Galilee, with a whole army to support them, and their design was to remove him from office.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	64	So he went to meet them, leaving his brother Simon in charge of Judaea.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	65	As for Simon, he made an assault upon Bethsura, and kept it for a long while besieged,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	66	till at last it obtained terms of surrender; he rid the place of its defenders and took over the command of it, putting in a garrison of his own.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	67	Meanwhile, Jonathan was encamped by the waters of Genesar; here, on the plain of Asor, they were on the watch before day-break,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	68	when they saw the enemy’s force coming to meet them over the level plain. These had an ambush ready for him on the hill-side, and as he advanced to meet the main body,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	69	the men in ambush sprang up, and engaged him.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	70	At this, all Jonathan’s supporters took to their heels; none stood their ground but Mathathias son of Absalom and Judas son of Calphi, that had the marshalling of his men.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	71	What marvel if Jonathan tore his garments about him, and strewed earth on his head, and betook himself to prayer?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	72	Afterwards, he offered battle afresh, and routed his enemies; as the fight went on,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	73	his own men that had deserted their ranks rallied to him, and joined in the pursuit all the way to Cades, where they encamped once more.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	11	74	In that day’s fighting, three thousand of the Gentiles fell; and so Jonathan made his way back to Jerusalem.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	1	Here was a posture of affairs suited Jonathan well enough; yet would he send delegates to confirm and renew his alliance with the Romans;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	2	Lacedaemon, too, and other countries should have letters of the same tenour.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	3	To Rome, then, his messengers went, gained audience of the senate, and told how the high priest Jonathan and the Jewish people had sent them to renew their old treaty of friendship;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	4	and the Romans gave them such letters of recommendation to this country or that, as should bring them home to Juda under safe conduct.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	5	The message Jonathan sent to the men of Sparta was in these terms following.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	6	The high priest Jonathan, with the elders and priests and all the people of the Jews, to their brethren the Spartans, greeting.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	7	Long since, your king Arius wrote to our own high priest, Onias, claiming kinship between us, as witness the copy here subjoined;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	8	an honourable welcome Onias gave to this messenger of yours, and accepted the proposal of friendly alliance.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	9	For ourselves, we have little need of such friendship; seek we comfort, it is in the sacred books committed to our charge.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	10	Yet we thought it best to treat with you for the renewal of this brotherly compact, before any estrangement should arise between us; your embassy to us is of long ago.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	11	Never feast-day passes, nor day apt for remembrance, but you are remembered, as brothers should be, in sacrifice and prayer we offer;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	12	renown of yours is pride of ours still.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	13	In wars and calamities much involved of late, powerful kings for our neighbours and our enemies,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	14	we would not embroil you, nor other allies of ours, in these quarrels.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	15	Now, by the grace of heaven, we are delivered; our enemies lie crushed;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	16	delegates of ours, Numenius son of Antiochus and Antipater son of Jason, are on their way to Rome, friendship and alliance of former days to confirm afresh;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	17	and should we send them with no errand to you, no greeting, no word from us of brotherhood revived?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	18	Pray you, send us fair answer in your turn.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	19	And, for Arius’ letter to Onias, thus the copy of it ran,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	20	Arius, king of the Spartans, to the high priest Onias, greeting.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	21	Spartan and Jew, written record shews it, come of one blood, Abraham’s.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	22	Apprised of this, we would fain know how you do; pray tell us.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	23	And take this message in return, Cattle and whatever else is ours, is yours, and yours ours; of that, the bearer of this letter brings you assurance.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	24	Then came news to Jonathan that the chiefs of Demetrius’ faction were returning to the attack, and in greater force than ever;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	25	so out he marched, and met them in the Amathite country; respite he would not give them, to invade his own.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	26	Spies of his went out into the enemy’s camp, and reported, all was ready for a night attack;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	27	so, when the sun was down, Jonathan would have his men keep watch, ready armed all night for battle, and posted sentries round his lines.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	28	The enemy, hearing of such preparedness on their part, took alarm and let cowardly counsels prevail; they were at pains to leave watchfires burning in their camp,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	29	so that Jonathan and his men, deceived by the glow of light, knew nothing of their plans till morning;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	30	and when he gave chase, it was too late to catch them; already they had crossed the river Eleutherus.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	31	Thereupon he turned his attack against the Zabadeans, an Arabian tribe, defeating them and taking spoils from them;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	32	and so, harnessing his waggons, pressed on to Damascus, patrolling all the country round about.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	33	Meanwhile, Simon had marched out to Ascalon and the neighbouring strongholds; thence he turned aside to Joppe, and took possession of it;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	34	rumour had reached him, the townsfolk would yield the citadel to Demetrius’ party, and he must have a garrison there of his own.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	35	When Jonathan returned, he summoned the elders of the people, and took counsel with them, how best to raise strongholds in Judaea,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	36	and build up walls in Jerusalem itself. Height these must have, above all, between the Citadel and the rest of the town; he would have it cut off from the rest, standing by itself, with no opportunity to buy and sell.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	37	A great muster there was for the city’s rebuilding; and where the wall had tumbled down, over the ravine on the east, he made it good; it is the part called Caphetetha.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	38	Meanwhile, Simon rebuilt Adiada in the Sephela and fortified it; bolt and bar it should have thenceforward.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	39	And what of Tryphon? Lordship of all Asia he coveted, and a royal crown; it should be Antiochus’ turn next.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	40	The danger was, Jonathan would refuse his assent, and resort to arms; Jonathan first he must seize and put to death. So he moved his quarters to Bethsan,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	41	where Jonathan came out to meet him with forty thousand men, picked warriors all of them, at his back.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	42	Here was a great retinue; and Tryphon, daunted by this show of force,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	43	was fain to give him an honourable welcome. He would admit Jonathan among his closest friends, and bestow gifts on him; let Jonathan give orders, and Tryphon’s soldiers would obey.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	44	Then he asked, What needs it, such a host of men should go campaigning, when threat of war is none?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	45	It were better to disband them, and choose out a few for thy own retinue. That done, bear me company to Ptolemais; city and strongholds and troops and officers I will hand over into thy charge and so get me gone home; it was on that errand I came.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	46	What did Jonathan? He fell into the trap, sent his men back to Juda,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	47	and kept but three thousand under arms; of these, he left two thousand in Galilee, and took but a thousand in his company.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	48	No sooner had he entered Ptolemais than the townsfolk shut the gates behind him, secured his person, and put his retinue to the sword.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	49	Horse and foot Tryphon sent out to Galilee, to find the rest of his followers in the Great Plain, and make an end of them;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	50	but these, hearing that Jonathan and his men had been caught and murdered, resolved to put a bold front on it, and marched in battle array.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	51	Finding them ready to sell their lives dearly, their pursuers abandoned the chase,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	52	and all reached Juda safe and sound. For Jonathan and his companions they made great dole, and loudly all Israel echoed their lament.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	53	Neighbouring people was none but went about to overthrow them, and no wonder;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	12	54	their chieftain, their champion gone, now was the time to fall upon them, and rid earth of their memory.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	1	And what did Simon, when he heard that Tryphon had levied a strong force, for Juda’s invasion and overthrow?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	2	Here was all the people in a great taking of fear; so he made his way to Jerusalem and there gathered them to meet him.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	3	And thus, to put heart into them, he spoke: Need is none to tell you what battles we have fought, what dangers endured, I and my brethren and all my father’s kin, law and sanctuary to defend.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	4	In that cause, and for the love of Israel, my brothers have died, one and all, till I only am left;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	5	never be it said of me, in the hour of peril I held life dear, more precious than theirs!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	6	Nay, come the whole world against us, to glut its malice with our ruin, race and sanctuary, wives and children of ours shall find me their champion yet.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	7	At these words, the spirit of the whole people revived;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	8	loud came their answer, Brother of Judas and Jonathan, thine to lead us now!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	9	Thine to sustain our cause; and never word of thine shall go unheeded!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	10	Thereupon, he summoned all the fighting men together, and pressed on to have the walls of Jerusalem finished, till it was fortified all about;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	11	and he sent Jonathan, son of Absalom, to Joppe, at the head of a force newly raised; the garrison was disbanded, and a new captain held it now.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	12	Meanwhile, Tryphon had left Ptolemais, with a great army at his heels, marching on Juda; and with him went Jonathan, his prisoner.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	13	He found Simon encamped at Addus, that looks out over the plain;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	14	here was Jonathan’s brother Simon taking his place, and offering battle. Envoys were sent out to make his excuses:
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	15	Hold we the person of thy brother Jonathan, it is because he is in default to the royal treasury over his dealings with it.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	16	Thou hast but to send a hundred talents of silver, and his two sons, to be surety he will not play us false when we release him, and he is a free man.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	17	Well Simon knew it was treacherously spoken; yet he gave orders, both money and hostages should be surrendered. A bitter grudge Israel’s people would bear him, if they had cause to say,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	18	For want of money paid over and surety given, Jonathan must die!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	19	Sent they were, the boys and the money both, but all was treachery; Jonathan never came back.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	20	And now Tryphon invaded Juda, bent on its undoing; his troops must fetch a compass by the road that leads round to Ador, and, march they where they would, Simon and his army were at their heels.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	21	Word came to Tryphon from the defenders of Jerusalem citadel, he should make his way across the desert without more ado, and bring them supplies;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	22	and that same night he had all his cavalry in readiness for the march, but there was a great fall of snow, and come he might not … into the country of Galaad.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	23	When he reached Bascaman, then and there he put Jonathan and his sons to death;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	24	and with that, he turned about, and went back to his own country.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	25	There lay the bones of Simon’s brother Jonathan, till he sent to fetch them, and gave them burial at Modin, the city of his fathers.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	26	Loud lament all Israel made for him, and long they bemoaned him.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	27	Over the graves of his father and his brethren Simon raised a towering monument, of dressed stone behind and before;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	28	then, with father and mother and his four brethren in mind, he built seven pyramids, in rows;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	29	and all about were great columns, carved with armour and ships; an abiding memorial, and a land mark to mariners at sea.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	30	Such was the tomb he raised at Modin, and it may be seen to this day.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	31	Meanwhile, as they were journeying together, Tryphon murdered the young king Antiochus by artifice,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	32	and succeeded to his throne, wearing the crown of all Asia; great mischief it was he did to his country.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	33	All the fortresses of Judaea Simon repaired, building them up with high tower and stout wall, with bolt and bar; and never a garrison but had provisions laid up in store.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	34	Then he chose out envoys and sent them to king Demetrius, praying that the land might enjoy immunity after the tyrannous actions of Tryphon.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	35	When king Demetrius answered the request, he wrote in these terms following.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	36	King Demetrius to the high priest Simon, the friend of kings, and to all the elders and people of the Jews, greeting.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	37	Crown of gold and robe of scarlet you sent us were faithfully delivered. Great favour we mean to shew you, by sending word to the king’s officers to respect the remissions granted you.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	38	The decrees we made concerning you are yet in force; and, for the strongholds you have built, they shall be yours.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	39	Fault of yours in the past, witting or unwitting, is condoned; coronation tax you owed, and all other tribute that was due from Jerusalem, is due no longer.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	40	Fit be they for such enrolment, Jews shall be enrolled in our armies, and ever between us and you let there be peace!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	41	Thus, in the hundred and seventieth year, Israel was free of the Gentile yoke at last;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	42	and this style the people began to use, were it private bond or public instrument they indited, In the first year of Simon’s high priesthood, chief paramount and governor of the Jews.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	43	Then it was that Simon marched on Gaza, and beleaguered it with his army; built engines, and forced an entry into one of the towers.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	44	Out into the streets they sallied, that manned the engine, and there was a fine commotion in the city;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	45	here were the townsfolk, with their wives and children, mounting the walls with their garments rent about them, and crying aloud, Simon should give them quarter;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	46	great were their fault, greater still his clemency!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	47	At that, Simon relented; harry them to the death he would not, but he drove them out of the city, and cleansed all the houses where idols had stood; then, with singing of psalms and giving of thanks, he made his entry;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	48	and now all defilement must be put away, and such citizens it must have as did what the law commanded. After that, he fortified it, and made his own dwelling there.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	49	And what of the Gentiles that were left in Jerusalem citadel? Enter Jewish territory or leave it they might not, buy or sell they might not, so that they were hard put to it for food, and many died of famine.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	50	At last they cried out to Simon, he should give them quarter, and give them quarter he did, but drove them out, and cleansed the citadel of its pollution.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	51	On the twenty-third day of the second month, in the hundred and seventy-first year, in came the Jewish folk singing praise and bearing palm-branches, with music of harp, and cymbals, and zither, and chanting of psalms; of such ill neighbours Israel was now rid.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	52	Every year, Simon proclaimed, holiday should be kept at this time;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	53	and he fortified that part of the temple mountain which was close by the citadel; here he dwelt, and his followers with him.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	13	54	And now here was his son John grown into a brave warrior; him Simon put at the head of the whole army, with his quarters at Gazara.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	1	The year following, what must Demetrius do but muster his army and betake himself to Media, where he would raise levies for the war against Tryphon?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	2	When Arsaces, king of the Medes and Persians, had news of it, he gave orders to one of his chieftains, the invader must be taken alive and brought into his presence.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	3	The order was obeyed; the Syrian king, routed and captured, was brought before Arsaces, who put him safely in prison.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	4	Thus, during Simon’s days, the whole land of Juda was at peace. Ever his people’s good sought he, and ever by willing hearts was obeyed and honoured.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	5	With great state he took possession of Joppe as a harbour, and so found access to the islands out at sea.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	6	How wide spread he the frontiers of Israel, how firmly held its possessions,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	7	captured how many of its foes! Gazara and Bethsura he won, ay, and the Citadel itself, ridding it of all defilement; there was no resisting his power.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	8	In his day, every man farmed his own lands in security, soil of Juda yielded its crops, and the trees their fruit;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	9	sat old men in the market-place, busy over the common weal, and young men wore the livery of their glorious campaigning.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	10	Never a city but he furnished it with store of provisions; a bulwark each of them should be of sturdy defence. What wonder if the story of his renown was noised to the world’s end?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	11	Such peaceful times brought he to his country, when all Israel kept high holiday,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	12	every man with his own vine and fig-tree for shade, and enemy was none to daunt them;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	13	domestic malice undone, foreign tyranny shattered all around!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	14	Among his own folk, what comfort he gave the friendless, how scrutinized the law, what short work made of traitor and malcontent;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	15	how adorned the sanctuary, how increased the number of its treasures!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	16	To Rome, to Sparta itself, came tidings of Jonathan’s death, and was heard right sorrowfully.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	17	When they learned that his brother Simon had been made high priest instead, master now of the land and all its cities,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	18	they wrote to him on tablets made of bronze, to renew the treaty of friendship they had with his brethren, Judas and Jonathan, before him;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	19	and their letters were read out before the whole assembly at Jerusalem. The Spartans wrote in these words following:
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	20	The rulers and commonalty of Sparta, to the high priest Simon, the elders and priests and all the people of the Jews, greeting.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	21	Welcome news your ambassadors have brought us, of fame and credit and prosperity you enjoy.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	22	And their errand stands recorded in our public annals; how Numenius son of Antiochus and Antipater son of Jason came on the Jews’ part to renew our old treaty of friendship with you;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	23	how the people resolved to give them fair greeting, and to lay up a copy of their report in the public archives, that should preserve the memory of it among the Spartan people; and how an account of all this was sent to the high priest Simon.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	24	Numenius was sent on a further mission to Rome, bearing a great target of gold, a thousand minas in weight, to renew the alliance there. And when all this reached the ears of the people …
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	25	… Men began to ask, how they could shew their gratitude to Simon, and to his sons?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	26	Here was one that had restored the fortunes of his race, and rid Israel of its foes. So they gave him exemption from public burdens, and inscribed their decree on tablets of bronze, fastened to pillars which were set up on mount Sion.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	27	And thus the inscription ran: On this eighteenth day of Elul, in the hundred and seventy-second year of the Greek empire, the third of Simon’s high priesthood,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	28	there was a high assembly held at Saramel of priests and people, clan-chiefs and elders of the whole nation, that had before them these considerations following. All through the long wars of our country,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	29	Simon and his brethren, sons of Mattathias, of Jarib’s clan, put their lives in peril, and fought for law and sanctuary against the common enemy, much glory winning for their own nation.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	30	When Jonathan, that had rallied the people and been their high priest, became a part of his race,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	31	enemies thought to invade the country and crush the power of it, violate its holy places;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	32	and Simon it was withstood them. Champion of his people’s cause, much he spent to arm its warriors, and furnish them with pay.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	33	Juda’s cities he fortified, and others besides; Bethsura on the frontiers, once a stronghold of the enemy, garrisoned now by Jews,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	34	Joppe on the sea-coast, and Gazara in the Azotus region; Gazara, too, once hostile, with Jewish troops manned he, and in each town made provision for repairs to be done.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	35	The people, seeing him so loyal a lover of his country’s renown, made him their ruler and high priest; no less was due to such exploits, public service so faithfully done, such constant ambition for his people’s honour.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	36	In his days it was, and by his means, the land was rid at last of Gentile intruders; not least the garrison of David’s own Keep at Jerusalem, that by their sallying out profaned the sacred precincts, and much defiled their purity;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	37	a Jewish garrison he set there, to guard both city and country-side, and built Jerusalem walls yet higher.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	38	High priesthood of his, king Demetrius must needs acknowledge,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	39	bestowing on him the title of king’s friend, and loading him with honours. What could he do else?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	40	Here was Rome itself greeting the Jewish folk as allies, good friends, and kinsmen, welcoming the envoys of Simon with civic state.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	41	Here were the Jews, priests and people both, agreed that he should rule them, granting him the high priesthood by right inalienable, until true prophet they should have once more.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	42	Their ruler he should be, and guardian of their temple; appoint officer and magistrate, master of ordnance and captain of garrison,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	43	and have charge of the sanctuary besides. Him all must obey, in his name deeds be drawn up, all the country through; of purple and gold should be his vesture.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	44	Of the rest, both priests and people, none should retrench these privileges, nor gainsay Simon’s will, nor convoke assembly in the country without him; garment of purple, buckle of gold none should wear;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	45	nor any man defy or void this edict, but at his peril.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	46	The people’s pleasure it was to ennoble Simon after this sort;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	47	and Simon, he would not say them nay; high priest, and of priests and people leader, governor and champion, he would be henceforward.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	48	So they had the decree inscribed on tablets of bronze, and set up plain to view in the temple precincts;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	14	49	and a copy of it they put by in the treasury, in the safe keeping of Simon and his heirs.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	1	Now turn we to Demetrius’ other son, Antiochus. He it was directed a letter, from the islands over sea, to Simon, high priest and ruler of the Jews, and to the whole nation;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	2	and this was the tenour of it. King Antiochus, to the high priest Simon and to the people of the Jews, greeting.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	3	Here is the kingdom of my fathers overrun by ill folk; I mean to challenge them, and bring back the old ways. To this end, I have made a great levy of mercenaries, and built ships of war;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	4	passage I needs must have through yonder territory, ere I can take vengeance for lands of mine ravaged, cities of mine laid waste.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	5	This grant, then, I make thee; exemption, such as thou hadst, in the name of former kings, from public offerings and all other payment due to me;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	6	the right of minting money within thy own borders;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	7	for Jerusalem, enjoyment of her sacred liberties; of weapons thou hast made, strongholds thou hast built, the undisturbed possession.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	8	Never a claim the king has, or shall have hereafter, on his subjects, but to thee it is remitted;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	9	and, when the kingdom is ours, such honours we will bestow as shall make thee, and thy race, and its sanctuary, renowned all the world over.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	10	So, in the hundred and seventy-fourth year, Antiochus returned to his native country, and the armies rallied to him, until Tryphon had but a small following left;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	11	all down the sea-coast he fled, with Antiochus at his heels, till he reached Dora;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	12	and ever he saw the toils closing round him, now his troops had played him false.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	13	With a hundred and twenty thousand foot, and eight thousand horse, Antiochus came to the gates of Dora
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	14	and began the siege of it; his ships, too, blockaded the coast, so that it was cut off by land and sea alike; enter it none might, nor leave it …
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	15	And now here were Numenius and his fellow envoys come back from Rome, with a copy of despatches sent out to kings and nations everywhere, and this was the tenour of them.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	16	Lucius, the Roman consul, to king Ptolemy, greeting.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	17	Envoys we have but now received in audience from a friendly country, to wit, Judaea; the people of the Jews, with their high priest Simon, had sent to renew their old treaty of alliance with us,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	18	and had made us a present besides, a golden target of a thousand minas weight.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	19	Agreed we then to warn kings and nations everywhere, they should not hurt or assault the Jewish people, its cities and country-side, nor comfort its enemies;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	20	and for the target of gold, our pleasure was to accept the gift of it.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	21	If then there be malcontents from Judaea sheltering among you, our bidding is you should hand them over to the high priest Simon, for such punishment as the Jewish law prescribes.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	22	Copies of this decree have been sent to Demetrius, Attalus, Ariarathes and Arsaces,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	23	and to these countries following: Lampsacus, Sparta, Delos, Myndos, Sicyon, Caria, Samos, Pamphylia, Lycia, Halicarnassus, Coös, Side, Arados, Rhodes, Phaselis, Gortyna, Cnidus, Cyprus and Cyrene.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	24	A further copy has been sent to the high priest Simon and to the Jewish people …
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	25	Once again king Antiochus laid siege to Dora, bringing fresh force to bear, and devising fresh engines; and ever he kept Tryphon hemmed in, so that escape was none.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	26	Thereupon Simon despatched two thousand picked men to aid in the siege, with silver and gold and a deal of tackle besides;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	27	but accept them the king would not; all his promises were forgot, and Simon a stranger now.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	28	Athenobius it was, one of the king’s friends, that came to treat with him, and this was the message he bore: Cities of mine you hold, Joppe, and Gazara, and Jerusalem citadel;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	29	lands about them you have laid waste, and done Syria much mischief besides, encroaching everywhere on my domain.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	30	Needs must you should hand over cities you have occupied, revenues of Gentile lands you have detained,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	31	or else five hundred talents of silver in exchange, and five hundred more to compensate for damage done and revenue lost; if not, we will come and overpower you by force of arms.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	32	So came Athenobius, the king’s friend, to Jerusalem, where he saw what state Simon kept, much display of gold and silver, and a great throng of attendants, till he was dazzled at the sight. Yet delivered he his errand;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	33	to which Simon made this answer: Other men’s fief seized we never, nor other men’s rights detain; here be lands that were our fathers’ once, by enemies of ours for some while wrongfully held;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	34	opportunity given us, should we not claim the patrimony we had lost?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	35	As for thy talk of Joppe and Gazara, these were cities did much mischief to people and land of ours; for the worth of them, thou shalt have a hundred talents if thou wilt. Never a word said Athenobius,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	36	but went back to the king very ill pleased, and told him what answer was given; of Simon’s court, too, and of all else he had seen.Antiochus was in a great taking of anger;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	37	here was Tryphon newly escaped by ship to Orthosias!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	38	He must needs leave the sea-coast in charge of Cendebaeus, with a strong command both of horse and foot,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	39	while himself gave Tryphon chase. This Cendebaeus had orders to advance and threaten Judaea; Gedor he should fortify, and there make himself fast, the better to levy war on Juda.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	40	So he marched away to Jamnia, and set about harassing the Jews; now it was an inroad, with prisoners carried away, now a massacre; and all the while he was fortifying Gedor.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	15	41	Cavalry he quartered there, and other troops besides, to sally out and patrol the roads into Judaea; the king would have it so.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	16	1	It was not long before John came up from Gazara, to tell his father Simon how ill Cendebaeus was using their fellow-countrymen.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	16	2	And at that, Simon must have his two elder sons present, Judas and John both, and made the command over to them. Still young we were, he said, I and my brothers and my father’s kin, when we began that war on Israel’s enemies which is being fought yet; under our banners once and again came victory, and the day was saved for Israel.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	16	3	I am an old man now, and it is yours to do what I and brother of mine did; march out, fight in our people’s cause, and heaven’s aid be with you!
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	16	4	Twenty thousand warriors John chose out from the rest, and cavalry to support them, and away they went to fight Cendebaeus. That night they spent at Modin,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	16	5	and on the morrow, when they left it for the valley, what a huge array was this, both of horse and foot, encountering them! And a mountain torrent flowed in between.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	16	6	When John brought his army to the opposite bank, and found his men had little stomach for the crossing, he made the passage first, leaving the rest to follow at his heels;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	16	7	then drew them up by companies, with the cavalry in between, so greatly did the enemy’s cavalry outnumber them.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	16	8	And now the sacred trumpets sounded the charge; fled Cendebaeus, fled his army at their onslaught, and many were left dead on the field; for the rest, they were fain to take refuge behind their walls again.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	16	9	John went in pursuit, for all his brother Judas had been wounded in the battle, and chased them as far as the walls of Cedron … which he had fortified.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	16	10	Nor might they find shelter in the strongholds of the Azotus territory; he burnt these to the ground; a toll of two thousand men he had taken before he returned victorious to Judaea.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	16	11	Turn we now to Ptolemy, son of Abobus, that was in charge of all Jericho plain, and had a purse well lined with silver and gold;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	16	12	was he not the son-in-law of a high priest?
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	16	13	But higher still his ambition ran; he would make himself master of the whole country; murder he plotted for Simon and his sons together.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	16	14	It was in Sabath, the eleventh month, of the hundred and seventy-seventh year, that Simon came down to Jericho, as ever he visited all the cities of Judaea in his great care for them; and his sons Mattathias and Judas went with him.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	16	15	And there, in a castle he had built for himself, Doch is the name of it, the son of Abobus gave them treacherous welcome. A great feast he made, but he had men waiting in readiness,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	16	16	and with these, when Simon and his sons had drunk deep, he took arms, broke into the banqueting-chamber, and slew both father and sons, with certain of their retinue.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	16	17	Never saw Israel so treacherous a deed, or good service so ill rewarded.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	16	18	News of all this was sent by Ptolemy to the king, and in writing; his plea was, an army should be sent out in support of him, and the country, with all its cities and all the tribute that came from them, given into his charge.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	16	19	Others of his men he despatched to Gazara; John must be put to death, he wrote, and for the captains, they should have silver and gold and good recompense, would they but rally to his side;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	16	20	others again were to take possession of Jerusalem, and of the temple hill.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	16	21	But too late; a messenger had reached John at Gazara, telling him his father and brothers were dead, and himself too marked down for slaughter;
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	16	22	whereupon he took alarm in good earnest; their murderous errand known, he seized his executioners and made an end of them.
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	16	23	What else John did, and how fought he, brave deeds done, and strong walls built, and all his history,
-1 Machabees	1Mac	44	16	24	you may read in the annals of his time, that were kept faithfully since the day when he succeeded his father as high priest.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	1	To their brethren, the Jews of Egypt, those of Jerusalem and Judaea send brotherly greeting and good health.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	2	God speed you well, the covenant he made with his true worshippers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, never forgetting;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	3	reverent hearts may he give to all of you, brave and generous to perform his will;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	4	with law and precept of his enlarge your thoughts, and send you happiness;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	5	may he listen to your prayer, and be gracious, and in the hour of peril never forsake you!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	6	Take courage, then; we in this land are praying for you.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	7	Time was, in the hundred and sixty-ninth year, when Demetrius was a-reigning, we ourselves were writing to you in the midst of suffering and alarms. Much had we to undergo, when Jason would betray his own country, his own people;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	8	here was the gateway burnt to the ground, here were innocent lives forfeited. Cried we upon the Lord, and all our prayers were answered; burnt-sacrifice and bloodless offering were made, lamps lighted, and loaves set forth in the temple as of old!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	9	Look to it, then, you make bowers and keep holiday in this month of Casleu.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	10	Written in the hundred and eighty-eighth year.The common folk of Jerusalem and Judaea, their council of elders, and I, Judas, to Aristobulus, of the anointed priestly race, that was master of king Ptolemy, and to the Jews of Egypt, greeting and health.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	11	Great thanks we owe to God, that from the extreme of peril has delivered us; ay, though we had such a king for our adversary,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	12	as could bring in hordes of men from Persia, both us and our holy city to subdue.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	13	What became of him, think you, the general that marched away into Persia with a countless army at his heels? He met his end in the temple of Nanea, through guile of the priests that served it.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	14	Thither Antiochus had come with his friends, putting it about that he would wed the goddess, and laying claim to a great part of her treasures under the title of dowry.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	15	The priests, then, had the money laid out in readiness; into the precincts he came, with a meagre retinue, and they, now that Antiochus was within, shut the temple gates.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	16	Thereupon, letting themselves in by their secret door, they killed the general and his company with throwing of stones, cut them limb from limb, and threw them down headless to the populace without.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	17	Blessed, upon every account, be this God of ours, that denies protection to the sinner!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	18	We, then, on this twenty-fifth day of Casleu, mean to solemnize the purification of the temple, and hold ourselves bound to notify you of it, so that you too may keep holiday, with making of bowers. …… And of the fire imparted to us, when Nehemias offered sacrifice at the re-building of temple and altar.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	19	Long ago, when our fathers were being carried off into the Persian country, such priests of the true God as held office in those days took away the fire from the altar, and hid it down in the valley, in a pit both deep and dry, so well guarding their secret that none might know where it was to be found.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	20	Years passed, and God’s will was that Nehemias should come back, holding the Persian king’s warrant. Nehemias it was that had search made for the fire, and by the grandsons of those very priests that hid it; but they made report, fire they could find none, only a puddle of water.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	21	And what did Nehemias? He would have some of the water drawn and fetched to him; with this water, once the sacrifice was laid on the altar, both the wood and the offerings themselves must be sprinkled.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	22	Sprinkled they were, and when the sun shone out, that till now was hidden by a cloud, all at once a great fire blazed up, astonishing the beholders.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	23	To prayer fell the priests all around, while sacrifice was done, Jonathan to lead them, and the rest answering;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	24	to prayer fell Nehemias, and this was the manner of his praying: Lord God, that all things madest, the terrible, the strong, the just, the merciful, King gracious as none else;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	25	none else so kindly, none else so just, as thou, the almighty, the eternal! Israel from all peril thou deliverest, thou didst make choice of our fathers, and set them apart for thyself.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	26	For the whole nation of Israel receive our sacrifice; all are thine; thy own domain keep inviolate.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	27	Bring home the exiles; captives of the heathen conquer or set free; to the despised, the outcast grant redress; let the world know what a God is ours!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	28	Crush the oppressor, the tyrant that so mishandles us,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	29	and to thy own sanctuary, as Moses foretold, thy own people restore!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	30	Then, till the sacrifice was consumed, the priests went on with their singing of hymns;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	31	and when all was finished, Nehemias would have them drench great stones with the water that was left.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	32	Thereupon, a flame broke out from them, but died away when the altar fires blazed up again over yonder.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	33	The news travelled, till the Persian king himself was told how water appeared where exiled priests had hidden the fire, how, with this water, Nehemias and his company had bathed the sacrifice.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	34	Good heed he gave to the matter, and after due examination fenced the ground in with a shrine, in witness of what befell there.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	35	Largesse the priests had, and many were the gifts passed from hand to hand, when the truth of the matter was proved.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	1	36	As for the place, Nehemias himself called it Nephthar, which means Purification; but the vulgar call it Nephi.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	1	You shall also find it set down in the dispositions made by the prophet Jeremias, that he bade the exiles rescue the sacred fire, in the manner aforesaid.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	2	Strict charge he gave them, the Lord’s commandments they should keep ever in mind, nor let false gods, all gold and silver and fine array, steal away their hearts;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	3	with much else to confirm them in their regard for the law.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	4	And here, in this same document, the story was told, how a divine oracle came to Jeremias, and he must needs go out, with tabernacle and ark to bear him company, to the very mountain Moses climbed long ago, when he had sight of God’s domain.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	5	A cave Jeremias found there, in which he set down tabernacle and ark and incense-altar, and stopped up the entrance behind him.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	6	There were some that followed; no time they lost in coming up to mark the spot, but find it they could not.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	7	He, when they told him of it, rebuked their eagerness; Nay, said he, the place must remain ever unknown, till the day when God brings his people together once more, and is reconciled;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	8	then, divinely, the secret shall be made manifest. Then once again the Lord’s majesty shall be seen, and the cloud that enshrines it; the same vision that was granted to Moses, and to Solomon when he prayed that the great God would have his temple on earth;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	9	Solomon, the master of wisdom, that in his wisdom offered sacrifice to hallow the temple he had made.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	10	Prayed Moses, prayed Solomon, and fire came down from heaven to consume the burnt-sacrifice. …
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	11	… Uneaten, Moses said, the victim for fault, and so the fire must consume it. …
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	12	… No other mind had king Solomon, that for eight days would continue his dedication feast.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	13	With all this, dispositions Nehemias made, records Nehemias kept, are in full agreement. He it was founded a library, and there collected histories of king and prophet, and of David himself; dispatches, too, the kings had sent, and inventories of gifts made.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	14	And now Judas in his turn has recovered all such records as were lost to us through the late wars, and they are here in our keeping;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	15	would you be in possession of these, you have but to send and fetch them.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	16	Meanwhile, we notify you by these presents of that cleansing ceremony we mean to perform; do us the courtesy to keep holiday on your part.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	17	See what deliverance God has sent to his people, restoring to us our common domain, our sovereignty, our priesthood, our temple’s sanctity!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	18	Think you not he will fulfil, ere long, the promise made in his law; take pity on us, that are scattered wide as heaven, and on this hallowed soil reunite us?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	19	What meant they else, those great perils overcome, that sanctuary purified at last?…
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	20	Speak we of Judas Machabaeus and his brethren, and how the great temple was purified, and the altar hallowed anew;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	21	of the battles they fought against Antiochus, called the Illustrious, and Eupator, that was his son.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	22	Speak we of heavenly manifestations, sent to encourage the champions of Jewry, till at last, though so few, they won back their country, and put the hordes of heathendom to flight.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	23	Speak we of that temple, the most famous in all the world, by their means recovered, of a city set free, of forgotten laws re-established, and how the Lord, in his great complaisance, shewed them mercy.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	24	All this, the argument of five books Jason of Cyrene wrote, we have been at pains to abridge within the compass of a single volume.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	25	What would you? There be books a many, and they are hard put to it that would trace the course of history, for the abundance of the matter therein comprised.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	26	And my aim was, if a man would read, read he should and with relish; would a man study, without great ado he should be able to commit all to memory; and so I would serve every man’s turn.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	27	But for me, that undertook the business of abridgement, think you it was light labour? Nay, here was a task all watching and sweat;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	28	yet shoulder the burden I would; host that prepares a banquet must work for other men’s pleasure, and earn nothing but their thanks.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	29	Full information would you have about this or that, I remit you to my author; for myself, I will be true to my own pattern of shortness.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	30	When a house is first in building, the architect must needs bestow pains on every part of it; not such the painter’s care, he will pick out the surfaces that are most apt for adornment. And so, methinks, it is here;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	31	to expatiate, to digress, to indulge curiosity on every point, is for the arch-historian;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	32	your epitomist will ask leave to study brevity, and let long disquisitions be.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	2	33	And now, to our matter! Here is preface enough; it were ill done to draw out the preamble, and leave our story cramped for room.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	1	Time was, the holy city was a home of content; ever the laws of it were well kept; such a high priest they had, Onias, a devout man, and one that hated evil.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	2	In those days, king and chieftain held the place much in reverence, and with rich gifts endowed the temple;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	3	did not Seleucus, king of Asia, defray all the cost of maintaining its sacrifices?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	4	Yet one citizen there was, Simon the Benjamite, the temple governor, that had lawless schemes afoot, do the high priest what he would to gainsay him.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	5	And at last, when overcome Onias he might not, what did he? To Apollonius he betook himself, the son of Tharseas, that was then in charge of Coelesyria and Phoenice,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	6	and gave him great news indeed; here was the treasury at Jerusalem stocked with treasures innumerable, here was vast public wealth, unclaimed by the needs of the altar, and nothing prevented but it should fall into the king’s hands.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	7	No sooner did Apollonius find himself in the royal presence than he told the story of the rumoured treasure; and at that, the king sent for Heliodorus, that had charge of his affairs, and despatched him with orders to fetch the said money away.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	8	This Heliodorus set out on his journey without more ado, under colour of making a progress through the towns of Coelesyria and Phoenice, but with the king’s business still in mind.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	9	And when he reached Jerusalem, and there received a gracious welcome from the high priest, he made no secret of the information he possessed, or of his errand, and he would know the truth about these moneys.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	10	A plain account the high priest gave him; some were moneys deposited on trust, for the maintenance of widows and orphans;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	11	there were some, too, belonging to Hyrcanus son of Tobias, a man of repute. The information was maliciously laid, nor did the whole sum amount to more than four hundred talents of silver, and two hundred of gold.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	12	Men had reposed their confidence in a city and a temple renowned throughout the world, for the high opinion they had of its sanctity; and should he play them false? It was not to be thought of.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	13	But Heliodorus stood upon the terms of his commission; delivered to the king the money must be, there was no other way of it.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	14	So the appointed day came, when he would visit the temple and take order in the matter; what a stir there was then in the city!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	15	Priests, in their sacred vesture, cast themselves down before the altar, and cried out upon heaven; would not he, whose law enjoined safe-keeping, keep property safe for its rightful owners?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	16	And for the high priest himself, the very aspect of him was heart-rending; such a change of look and colour betrayed his inward feelings;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	17	grief and horror were stamped on his features, and to all that saw him he seemed a broken man.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	18	Folk streamed out of their houses in droves, to make public intercession over the affront that should be put on the holy place;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	19	sackcloth about their waists, the women thronged the streets, and maids that might not go abroad must yet run to the housetops, or peer out at windows, to see Onias pass.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	20	Heavenward they raised their hands, each one of them, in prayer;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	21	and pity it was to see how common folk about him were sharing the high priest’s agony of suspense.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	22	Here, then, was a whole city praying Almighty God, no loss might befall the men who had trusted them;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	23	and here was Heliodorus carrying out his design, already arrived at the treasury with his body-guard in attendance.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	24	All at once the spirit of God, the omnipotent, gave signal proof of its presence; daunted by the divine power they trembled and stood irresolute, these ministers of wrong.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	25	What saw they? A horse, royally caparisoned, that charged upon Heliodorus and struck him down with its fore-feet; terrible of aspect its rider was, and his armour seemed all of gold.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	26	Two other warriors they saw, how strong of limb, how dazzling of mien, how bravely clad! These stood about Heliodorus and fell to scourging him, this side and that, blow after blow, without respite.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	27	With the suddenness of his fall to the ground, darkness had closed about him; hastily they caught him up and carried him out in his litter;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	28	a helpless burden now, that entered yonder treasury with such a rabble of tipstaves and halberdiers! Here was proof of God’s power most manifest.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	29	There he lay, by heaven’s decree speechless and beyond hope of recovery;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	30	and all around men were praising the Lord, for thus vindicating the honour of his sanctuary. In the temple, where all had been anxiety and turmoil until heaven showed its almighty power, all was rejoicing and contentment now.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	31	It was not long before friends of Heliodorus were entreating Onias to call down mercy from the most High, on one that was now at death’s door.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	32	This was anxious news for the high priest; what if the king should suspect the Jews of foul play? Offer sacrifice he did for the man’s recovery, and with good effect.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	33	He was yet at his prayers, when those two warriors, in the same brave attire, stood by Heliodorus again; Thanks thou owest, they said, to the high priest Onias; at his instance, the Lord grants thee life;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	34	God’s scourge thou hast felt, God’s wondrous power be ever on thy lips. And with that, they were seen no more.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	35	Be sure this Heliodorus offered God sacrifice; ay, and made vows a many for his preservation, and thanked Onias besides; then he marched his army back to the king.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	36	Everywhere he testified how great a God was this, what strange things his own eyes had witnessed;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	37	and when the king himself asked what manner of emissary he should next send to Jerusalem,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	38	Why, said he, some enemy of thine, some rebel that plots against the kingdom. Escape he with his life, I warrant he will come back to thee soundly beaten. Past doubt, there is some divine influence haunts yonder place;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	39	watch and ward he keeps over it, that has his dwelling in heaven, to be the plague and the undoing of all who come that way upon an errand of mischief.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	3	40	Such is the tale of Heliodorus, and of the treasury’s preserving.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	1	And now, what must Simon do, the same that had drawn men’s eyes to his country with stories of treasure, but fall to slandering Onias? Onias it was, by his way of it, had egged Heliodorus on, and been the author of the mischief.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	2	So true a patriot, that well loved his race, well guarded the divine law, and he must be branded with the name of traitor!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	3	The feud grew worse, till at last there were murders done, and Simon’s faction answerable for it.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	4	Here was the public peace much endangered; here was Apollonius, the governor of Coelesyria and Phoenice, adding fuel to the flame of Simon’s malice; what marvel if Onias had recourse to the king?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	5	Little enough it liked him to bring an ill name on his fellow-citizens; yet common good of the Jewish folk he must needs have in mind;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	6	how should quiet times return, or Simon’s madness be cooled, unless the king took order in the matter?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	7	But king Seleucus was done with life now, and the throne passed to Antiochus, called the Illustrious. And here was a brother Onias had, called Jason, that coveted the office of high priest.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	8	This Jason went to the new king, and made him an offer of three hundred and sixty talents of silver out of its revenue, besides eighty from other incomings.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	9	Let leave be granted him to set up a game-place for the training of youth, and enrol the men of Jerusalem as citizens of Antioch, he would give his bond for a hundred and fifty more.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	10	To this the king assented; high priest he became, and straightway set about perverting his fellow-countrymen to the Gentile way of living.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	11	Till now, the Jews had followed their own customs, by grace of a royal privilege; it was John that won it for them, father of that Eupolemus, who afterwards went in embassage to Rome, to make a treaty of alliance. But Jason would abrogate these customs; common right should be none, and great wrong should find acceptance instead.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	12	This game-place of his he did not scruple to set up in the very shadow of the Citadel, and debauch all that was noblest of Judaea’s youth.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	13	Mischief in the bud, think you, when such alien Gentile ways came in? Nay, here was flower and fruit of it; and all through the unexampled villainy of one man, this Jason, that high priest was none, but rather an arch-traitor.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	14	Why, the priests themselves had no more stomach for serving the altar; temple scorned, and sacrifice unheeded, off they went to the wrestling-ground, there to enter their names and win unhallowed prizes, soon as ever the first quoit was thrown!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	15	What glory their fathers had handed down to them! And fame such as the Greeks covet was all their ambition now.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	16	Alas, here was a perilous contest awaiting them; Greek fashions they would follow, and Greeks would be, that ere long should have Greeks for their enemies, ay, and conquerors.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	17	There is no breaking God’s laws without paying the price; time will show that.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	18	When the quinquennial games were being held at Tyre, in the king’s presence,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	19	this vile Jason it was sent some of his wretches with a gift of three hundred silver pieces to do honour to Hercules. True it is, the bearers of them asked they should not be spent on sacrifice, but on some other need that was more befitting;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	20	yet Jason’s meaning was, Hercules should have them, and if they went to the building of the fleet, it was thanks to Jason’s envoys.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	21	Afterwards, Apollonius the son of Menestheus was despatched to Egypt, for the enthroning of king Ptolemy Philometor. Well Antiochus knew that he was disaffected towards the royal policy, and there was his own safety to be considered … He passed on to Joppe, and so to Jerusalem,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	22	where Jason and the whole city welcomed him in state, with carrying of torches and great huzza’ing. And so he led his army back to Phoenice.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	23	Three years later, Jason would send to the king certain moneys, together with a report on affairs of moment; and for this errand he chose Menelaus, brother to that Simon we have before mentioned.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	24	Access thus gained to the king’s person, Menelaus was careful to flatter his self-conceit; then, outbidding Jason by three hundred talents of silver, diverted the high-priestly succession to himself.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	25	Back he came to Jerusalem, with the royal warrant to maintain him, yet all unworthy, with a tyrant’s cruel heart, more wild beast than high priest.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	26	Thus was Jason supplanted, that had supplanted his own brother, and was driven to take refuge in the Ammonite country;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	27	as for Menelaus, he got the office he coveted, but never a penny paid the king of all he had promised, however urgent Sostratus might be, that was in command of the citadel.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	28	For all exaction of tribute this fellow was answerable; and so it fell out that both of them were summoned to court,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	29	Menelaus leaving his high priesthood to his own brother, Lysimachus, and for Sostratus … he became governor of Cyprus.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	30	It befell at this very time that the men of Tharsus and Mallus made an insurrection; so little it liked them that a gift should be made of their cities to Antiochis, the king’s paramour.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	31	Post-haste the king went off to appease them, leaving one of his courtiers, Andronicus, to be viceroy.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	32	Here was Menelaus’ opportunity; he had gold ornaments with him, that he had stolen out of the temple, and now, giving some of these as a present to Andronicus, he sold the rest at Tyre and other cities in the neighbourhood.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	33	Of these doings, one man had clear proof, and thereupon denounced him: Onias, that had now taken refuge in Daphne sanctuary, close by Antioch.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	34	What did Menelaus? He gained the ear of Andronicus and demanded that Onias should pay for it with his life. So the viceroy himself paid Onias a visit, swore friendship and overcame his suspicions; then, when he had left sanctuary, without scruple of conscience put him to death.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	35	Here was great matter of indignation, and not among the Jews only; the very heathen took it amiss, so great a man should meet so unworthy an end.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	36	No sooner was the king back from Cilicia than the citizens of Antioch, Jew and Gentile both, assailed him with complaints about the murder of an innocent man;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	37	whereat Antiochus himself was heartily grieved, ay, and moved to tears of pity, such memories he had of Onias’ well-ordered, honourable life.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	38	Anon he fell into a rage, stripped Andronicus of his purple, and would have him led away all through the streets, till he reached the very spot where he had lifted his impious hand against Onias. There the sacrilegious wretch perished, by the divine vengeance worthily requited.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	39	Meanwhile, word had gone abroad at Jerusalem, how Lysimachus was ever robbing the temple, by Menelaus’ contrivance. Great store of gold was lost already; but now there was a rising of the common folk against Lysimachus,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	40	whose numbers and their rage increasing, he was fain to put some three thousand men under arms, with one Tyrannus at their head, that was far gone in years, and no less in folly. Lysimachus it was that first resorted to violence;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	41	but the rabble, when they saw what he would be at, caught up stones or stout clubs for the attack, and some of them pelted him with cinders.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	42	When they had wounded some of his retinue, and felled others to earth, the rest took to their heels; and there, close beside the treasury, this robber of the temple was done to death.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	43	And next, they must implead Menelaus himself on the same charge.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	44	Three envoys from the council of elders brought the whole matter before the king, when he visited Tyre,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	45	and Menelaus was as good as lost. What did he? With the promise of a great bribe he secured the good word of Ptolemy, son of Dorymenes;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	46	Ptolemy it was waylaid the king, as he rested from the heat in a covered walk of his, and put him from his purpose.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	47	So now Menelaus, that was at the root of all the mischief, must go scot free, and his unhappy accusers, that might have cleared themselves easily enough before a court of bloodthirsty Scythians, with their lives must pay for it.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	48	Here were men come to plead for their own city, their own people, their own temple treasures, and must they be hurried off to undeserved punishment?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	49	Even the Tyrians thought shame of it, and in princely fashion gave them burial.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	4	50	So, through the avarice of the great, throve Menelaus still, and his wickedness went from bad to worse, to his countrymen’s undoing.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	1	At this time Antiochus was preparing once more for a campaign against Egypt.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	2	And all about the city of Jerusalem, by the space of forty days together, there were strange sights appearing. High up in air, horsemen were seen riding this way and that, in vesture of gold, and spears they carried as if they went to battle;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	3	now riding in ordered ranks, now engaged in close combat. In long array they moved past, shields and helmeted heads and drawn swords; flew javelin and flashed golden harness, a whole armoury of shining mail.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	4	No wonder if the prayer was on all men’s lips, good not ill such high visions might portend.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	5	And now a false rumour went abroad, Antiochus had come by his death. Jason’s ears it reached, and all at once, with full a thousand men at his back, he delivered an assault upon the city. Let the townsfolk man the walls as they would, at last it fell, and Menelaus must take refuge within the citadel.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	6	As for Jason, he fell upon his own fellow-countrymen, and that without mercy. His own flesh and blood to vanquish, what was this but shameful defeat? Ay, but to him friend was foe, were there spoil for the winning!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	7	Yet high priesthood he got none; disappointed of his scheming, back he must go to the Ammonite country,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	8	and there, marked down for death by king Aretas of the Arabians, fled from city to city. An outlaw, hated and shunned by his kind, of a whole land, of a whole race, the common foe, he was driven out into Egypt;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	9	and so making his way to Lacedaemon, as if to find refuge there by right of kinship, died miserably. In exile he died, that had brought exile on so many;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	10	cast away without dole or tomb, that left so many tombless; in a strange land unburied, that might have rested in his fathers’ grave.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	11	Here was news to make the king doubt whether the Jews were loyal to him, and back he came from Egypt in a great taking of rage. He occupied the city, and that by force of arms;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	12	then he bade his troops go about killing, with no quarter for any they met; let a man but shew his face on the house-top, he must be slaughtered with the rest.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	13	Fell young and old alike; children with their mothers must die, nor maidenhood was spared, nor helpless infancy.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	14	By the end of three days, eighty thousand had been massacred, forty thousand held as prisoners, and as many more sold into slavery.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	15	Nor might all this content him; with Menelaus for his guide, that was traitor to faith and folk, what must he do but make his way into God’s temple, holier in all the world is none?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	16	What, should those sacred ornaments, dedicated by kings and peoples for the more splendour and worthiness of it, be caught up in his impious hands, pawed and defiled by his touch?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	17	Surely he had taken leave of his wits, this Antiochus; how should he know that this sanctuary, for once, would lack the divine protection? And only because, for a little, God’s anger was provoked by sins of the men that dwelt there!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	18	Free had they been from the meshes of such guilt, Antiochus, too, should have been greeted with a drubbing, as Heliodorus was, the man king Seleucus sent to rob the treasury, and should have learned to leave his rash purpose.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	19	But what would you? People it was God chose, and city for people’s sake;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	20	chastisement that fell on the people, city must rue, and anon share its good fortune. He, the omnipotent, the ruler of all, would leave Jerusalem forlorn in his anger, would raise her to heights of glory, his anger once appeased.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	21	Antiochus, then, came away from the temple a thousand and eight hundred talents the richer; and back he went to Antioch, all at reckless speed; he had a mind to sail his fleet over the plain, march his troops across the sea, his heart so swelled with pride in his doings.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	22	As for the Jewish folk, he left viceroys of his own to harry them; in Jerusalem Philip, that was a Phrygian born, and outdid his own master in cruelty;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	23	at Garizim Andronicus and Menelaus, heaviest burden of all for the folk to bear.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	24	But he would do worse by the Jews yet; or why did he send out Apollonius, the arch-enemy, and a force of twenty-two thousand, to cut off manhood in its flower, women and children to sell for slaves?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	25	This Apollonius, when he reached Jerusalem, was all professions of friendship, and nothing did until the sabbath came round, when the Jews kept holiday. Then he put his men under arms,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	26	and butchered all that went out to keep festival; to and fro he went about the streets, with armed fellows at his heels, and made a great massacre.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	5	27	Meanwhile Judas Machabaeus, and nine others with him, went out into the desert, where they lived like wild beasts on the mountain-side; better lodge there with herbs for food, than be party to the general defilement.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	1	Not long after, the king despatched one of the senators at Antioch, with orders he should compel the Jewish people, custom of their fathers and law of their God to forsake.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	2	The temple at Jerusalem must be profaned, and dedicated now to Jupiter Olympius; as for the temple on Garizim, the Samaritans were to call it, as well they might, after Jupiter the god of strangers.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	3	What a storm of troubles broke then upon the commonwealth, most grievous to be borne!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	4	All riot and revelry the temple became, once the Gentiles had it; here was dallying with harlots, and women making their way into the sacred precincts, and bringing in of things abominable;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	5	with forbidden meats, to the law’s injury, the very altar groaned.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	6	Sabbath none would observe, nor keep holiday his fathers kept; even the name of Jew was disclaimed.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	7	Instead, they went to sacrifice on the king’s birthday, though it were ruefully and under duress; and when the feast of Liber came round, make procession they must in Liber’s honour, garlanded with ivy each one.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	8	And now, among all the neighbouring cities, a decree went out, wherein the Ptolemies were the prime movers; all alike should constrain the Jews to do sacrifice,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	9	and those that would not fall in with Gentile ways, with their lives must pay for it.Here were sights to be seen most pitiable.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	10	Two mothers there were, denounced for the circumcision of their own sons; what, think you, befell them? Both must be driven through the streets, with the children hung about their breasts, and cast headlong from the battlements!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	11	At another time, Philip had information that certain Jews were meeting in caves near at hand, to keep the sabbath there without remark. Not one of these would lift a hand to help himself, so great care they had of the day’s observance, and all were burned to death.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	12	Reader, by these tales of ill fortune be not too much dismayed; bethink thee, all this came about for the punishment of our race, not for its undoing.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	13	A mark of signal favour it is, when the Lord is quick to chastise, nor lets the sinner sin on unreproved.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	14	See how he deals with other nations, waiting patiently to take full toll when the hour comes for judgement!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	15	Not so with us; for our guilt he will not delay reckoning, and claim strict vengeance at last.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	16	Towards us, his mercy is inalienable; chastise us he will with adversity, but forsake us never.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	17	So much, reader, for thy warning; and now go we back to our history.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	18	Here was Eleazar, one of the chief scribes, a man of great age and of noble features, being required to eat swine’s flesh; but though they held his mouth open they could not force him to eat.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	19	He would rather die gloriously than live defiled; on he went, of his own accord, to the place of torture,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	20	scanning every step of the path that lay before him. He must endure all in patience, rather than taste, for love of life, the forbidden meat.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	21	Old friends among the bystanders, out of misplaced kindness, took him aside and urged him to let meat of some other kind be brought, which he could taste without scruple; he could pretend to have obeyed the king’s will by eating the sacrilegious food,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	22	and his life should no longer be forfeit. Such kind offices old friendship claimed;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	23	but he thought rather of the reverence that was due to his great age, of his venerable grey hairs, of a life blamelessly lived from childhood onwards. True to the precepts of God’s holy law, he answered that they would do better to send him to his grave and have done with it.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	24	It does not suit my time of life, said he, to play a part. What of many that stand here, younger than myself, who would think that Eleazar, at the age of ninety, had turned Gentile?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	25	To gain a brief hour of this perishable life, shall I play a trick on them, shall I disgrace this hoary head of mine and bring down a curse on it?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	26	Man’s sentence here I may avoid if I will, but God’s almighty hand, living or dead, escape I may not.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	27	Let me take leave of life with a good grace, as best suits my years,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	28	bequeathing to men younger than myself an example of courage; meeting, with ready resolve, an honourable death, for the sake of laws holy and august as ours are. And so without more ado he was led away to his torturing;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	29	his executioners were in a rage, that but now had been gentle with him; pride, they would have it, spoke here.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	30	And this was the last sigh he uttered, as he lay there dying under the lash, Lord, in thy holy wisdom this thou well knowest; I might have had life if I would, yet never a cruel pang my body endures, but my soul suffers it gladly for thy reverence.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	6	31	Thus he died, not only to those younger men he spoke of, but to our whole race, leaving the pattern of a brave and honourable death.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	1	Seven brothers there were, that lay under arrest, and their mother with them; these too were tortured at the king’s command, to see if whip and thong would not make them eat swine’s flesh, for all their scruples.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	2	And thus spoke out one of them in the name of the rest: Why dost thou put us to the question? What secret wouldst thou learn? Of this be sure, we had rather die than break the divine law given to our fathers.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	3	The king, in a rage, would have fire-pan heated, and caldron of bronze; heated they were,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	4	and then he passed judgement upon this same spokesman. Tongue of him should be cut out, scalp torn off, hands and feet mutilated, while mother and brethren stood by to see it;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	5	then, so maimed, he was for the fire; they should roast him alive in a caldron. Long time he suffered, and there stood the rest with their mother, each heartening other to die bravely;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	6	God sees true, said they, and will not allow us to go uncomforted. Did not Moses prophesy as much, even in his song of remonstrance, He will comfort his servants?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	7	So died the first, and now the second must make sport for them. When the hair was torn from his head and the skin with it, they asked, Would he eat, or must his whole body pay for it, limb by limb?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	8	And he answered in good round Hebrew, eat he would not; whereupon he, in his turn, suffered like the first.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	9	Ay, miscreant, he said with his last breath, of this present life it lies in thy power to rob us; but he, who is ruler of the whole world, he, for whose laws we perish, will raise us up again, and to life everlasting.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	10	And now they had their will with the third, who was no sooner bidden than he put forth tongue and hands very courageously;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	11	Heaven’s gift these be, he said, and for God’s law I make light account of them, well assured he will give them back to me.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	12	Well might they marvel, king and courtiers both, at one so young that recked so little of his sufferings.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	13	Such was the manner of his passing; the fourth, too, when with like tortures they assailed him,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	14	died with these words on his lips: Man’s sentence of death, what matters it, so there be hope in God, that shall raise up the dead? For thee, resurrection to new life shall be none.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	15	And when the fifth was put to the question, he looked Antiochus in the face, thus warning him:
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	16	Mortal, at thy own whim free to govern thy fellow men, think not God has abandoned this race of ours!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	17	Wait but a little, and good proof thou shalt have of his sovereign power, such torment thee and thine awaits.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	18	So they came to the sixth, and this was his dying utterance: Never flatter thyself with vain hope; speed we amiss, it was our own doing, that sinned against our God. Strange be his dealings with us,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	19	yet think not thou to defy God unpunished.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	20	And here was the greatest marvel of all, by honest folk ever to be kept in mind, that the mother of seven children should be content to lose them all in one day, for the hope she had in God’s mercy.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	21	What generosity of mind was this, that could temper her womanly feelings with a man’s thoughts! One by one, in the speech of her own country, she put heart into them;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	22	Into this womb you came, she told them, who knows how? Not I quickened, not I the breath of life gave you, nor fashioned the bodies of you one by one!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	23	Man’s birth, and the origin of all things, he devised who is the whole world’s Maker; and shall he not mercifully give the breath of life back to you, that for his law’s sake hold your lives so cheap?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	24	What should Antiochus do? Here was defiance of his authority, here were tones of remonstrance that liked him little. The youngest son lived yet; for him, what encouragement, what royal assurances of wealth and happiness! Would he but leave the law of his fathers, he should be the king’s friend, and have weighty matters entrusted to him.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	25	But yield the boy would not; till at last the king beckoned the mother apart; mother of son should be the saviour yet.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	26	Much ado he had to win her, but she agreed at last, counsel her son she would.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	27	And a fine trick she played on the bloodthirsty tyrant, leaning over her son and counselling him in her own native speech, to this effect: Nine months in the womb I bore thee, three years at the breast fed thee, reared thee to be what thou art;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	28	and now, my son, this boon grant me. Look round at heaven and earth and all they contain; bethink thee that of all this, and mankind too, God made out of nothing.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	29	Of this butcher have thou no fear; claim rightful share among thy brethren in yonder inheritance of death; so shall the divine mercy give me back all my sons at once.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	30	Before ever she had finished speaking, the boy cried out, What dallying is this? To the king’s law I own no allegiance; rule I live by is the law we had through Moses.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	31	Arch-enemy of the Jewish race, thinkest thou to escape from God’s hand?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	32	Grievously if we suffer, grievously we have sinned;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	33	chides he for a little, the Lord our God, he does but school, does but correct us; to us, his worshippers, he will be reconciled again.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	34	But thou, miserable wretch, viler on earth is none, wouldst thou vent thy rage on those worshippers of his, and flatter thyself with vain hopes none the less?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	35	Trust me, thou shalt yet abide his judgement, who is God almighty and all-seeing.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	36	Brief pains, that under his warrant have seised my brethren of eternal life! And shalt not thou, by his sentence, pay the deserved penalty of thy pride?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	37	As my brethren, so I for our country’s laws both soul and body forfeit; my prayer is, God will early relent towards this nation, while thou dost learn, under the lash of his torments, that he alone is God.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	38	And may the divine anger, that has justly fallen on our race, with me and these others be laid to rest!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	39	No wonder if this last, that so baffled the king’s rage, was more barbarously used than all the others;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	40	yet kept he ever his confidence in the Lord, and made a clean end of it.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	41	And at length, when all her sons were gone, it was the mother’s turn to die.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	7	42	Enough! Of idolatrous sacrifice and inhuman cruelty you shall hear no more.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	1	Now turn we to Judas Machabaeus and his company. Secretly they made entry into the villages, whence they summoned both kinsman and friend of theirs; ay, and rallied many more, that were yet true to the Jewish faith, till they had mustered an army of six thousand men.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	2	And ever they besought the Lord, he would look with favour on a race down-trodden, have pity on a temple defiled by the heathen.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	3	Their city was like to be razed to the ground; would he watch the ruin of it unmoved? Would he be deaf, while bloodshed cried out for vengeance?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	4	Cruel murders of innocent childhood, his own honour dragged in the dust, would he not mark all this, and be roused to indignation?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	5	By this, the divine anger had given place to clemency; and to all the heathen round about Machabaeus and his company were an infliction past bearing.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	6	On village or town of theirs he would fall suddenly, and burn it to the ground; by seizing some point of vantage, once and again he put their forces to the rout;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	7	going about these forays at night-time for the most part, till the fame of his valour spread far and wide.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	8	What was to be done? Here was a man that grew ever in strength, and still his enterprises throve. At last Philip was fain to send dispatches, calling on Ptolemy, the governor of Coelesyria and Phoenice, to further the king’s business.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	9	And he, without more ado, chose one of his best friends, Nicanor son of Patroclus, and sent him out to exterminate the Jewish race altogether. For which purpose, he armed full twenty thousand men, a rabble of all nations; and Gorgias should be at Nicanor’s side, a soldier that had much experience in the wars.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	10	Nicanor’s purpose it was, to sell the Jewish people for slaves, and thereby reimburse the king for a tribute of two thousand talents he must needs pay to Rome.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	11	So, before aught else was done, he sent word to the towns on the sea-coast, crying a sale of Jewish captives, and offering them at ninety for the talent; so little did he guess what divine vengeance was to overtake him.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	12	No sooner did Judas hear of Nicanor’s coming, than he gave warning of it to the Jews who bore him company.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	13	Some of these, cowardly souls that put no trust in God’s awarding, took refuge in flight;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	14	the rest made shift to sell all the goods they yet had, crying out upon the Lord to deliver them from such an impious wretch as would sell them first, and conquer them after.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	15	Themselves if he nothing regarded, let him remember at least the covenant made with their fathers; the renown, too, of that holy name they bore!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	16	As for Machabaeus, he called together the seven thousand that followed him, and warned them they should make no terms with the enemy, nor be affrighted by a great rabble of men coming against them in so ill a cause. Courage! he said;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	17	bethink you of the sanctuary their insults have outraged, of a city wronged and mocked, of immemorial traditions overthrown!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	18	What gives them confidence? Weapons of war, and their own daring. Ours to trust in his omnipotence, who with a single nod both these our adversaries and the whole world besides can undo.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	19	He put them in mind, moreover, of God’s signal mercy shewed to their forefathers; how Sennacherib’s army perished, a hundred and eighty-five thousand strong;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	20	how they fought the Galatians at Babylon, with Macedonian allies whose heart failed them at the encounter, and six thousand Jews, alone but for heaven’s aid, made havoc of a hundred and twenty thousand men, much to the common advantage.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	21	With such words as these he put heart into them, till they were ready to die for law and country’s sake.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	22	And now he put the several commands of his army in charge of his brethren, Simon, Joseph and Jonathan, entrusting one thousand five hundred men to each;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	23	Esdras was bidden read aloud from the sacred writings, and the watchword was given, God’s Aid. And with that, out went Judas at the head of his army, and engaged the enemy.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	24	Such help the Almighty gave them, they cut down more than nine thousand men; and the rest of Nicanor’s disabled forces must needs take to their heels.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	25	All the money that had been paid for their enslaving fell into Jewish hands, and they gave the enemy chase far and wide,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	26	only time hindering them; the sabbath was coming on, and pursue further they might not.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	27	Arms and spoils of the fallen they gathered in, and so fell to keeping the sabbath, blessing the Lord for the deliverance he had sent that day, the first refreshing dew of his mercy.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	28	The sabbath day over, they gave a share of the spoils to crippled folk, orphans and widows; they and theirs should have the rest.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	29	And when this was done, they made public intercession, beseeching the Lord, that was so merciful, to be reconciled with his servants for good and all.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	30	Other invaders they slew, twenty thousand of them and more, under Bacchides and Timotheus; and when they seized their high fortresses, and had spoil to divide in plenty, once more cripples and orphans and widows, and the aged folk too, must have a share to match their own.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	31	Weapons of war they gathered with all care, and bestowed where they were most needed; it was the rest of the spoil they carried back to Jerusalem.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	32	At this time they slew Philarches, that had been of Timotheus’ company, a man stained with crime, and many ways a persecutor of the Jewish people.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	33	There was Callisthenes, too, that had burnt down the gates of the sanctuary; when all Jerusalem was rejoicing over the victory, he took refuge within doors, and they burnt the place down about his ears; he too was served right for his godless doings.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	34	As for Nicanor, that was the arch-villain of all, and would have sold the Jews to a thousand slave-dealers,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	35	the very men whose lives he held so cheap had now, by divine aid, humbled him to the dust. Robe of office he must lay by, and slink by country ways all unattended to Antioch. A fine homecoming, this, with the loss of a whole army!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	8	36	Where were the Jewish captives that should have paid off the tribute to Rome? He was fain to confess, now, that the Jews had God himself for their protector, and, would they but keep his laws, there was no conquering them!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	1	Antiochus himself, at this time, had a sorry home-coming from Persia.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	2	He had made his way into the city they call Persepolis, thinking to plunder its temple and of itself have the mastery; but the common folk ran to arms and routed him. So he was a man defeated and disgraced
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	3	when he reached Ecbatana, and there news came to him of how Nicanor had fared, and Timotheus.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	4	And now, in a great taking of rage, he would make the Jews suffer for the ignominy of his own defeat; on, on his chariot must be driven, and never a halt in the journey, with the divine vengeance ever at his heels. Had he not boasted, Jerusalem was his goal, and he would bury the Jewish race under the ruins of it?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	5	The Lord, Israel’s God, how should aught escape his scrutiny? The words were barely uttered, when he smote Antiochus with such a hurt, there was neither remedying nor discovering it. A deadly griping it was that took him, with cruel torment of the bowels;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	6	fitting reward for one that had often tortured his fellows, and to the marrow, in unexampled fashion. Even so, he would not leave his wicked purpose;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	7	with pride undiminished, still breathing out fiery threats against the Jewish folk, he pressed forward on his errand, till of a sudden, in full career, down fell he from his chariot, and never a limb but was racked grievously by the fall.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	8	What a living proof was this of God’s power, when he was struck to earth, and must finish his journey by litter, one that boasted, till now, he could rise beyond man’s measure, the sea’s waves govern, and weigh mountains in the balance!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	9	Bred worms at last in that sinful body, and he lived yet, though miserably enough, to see his own flesh rot away, till his own men could not bear the foul stench of him;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	10	it was but yesterday the very stars seemed within his reach, and never a man now would carry so foul a burden.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	11	What marvel, if the swelling pride of him ebbed away, and heaven’s judgements brought him to himself? With every moment his anguish grew,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	12	and the foul breath of his disease was past his own bearing. Alas, said he, to God all must bow; mortals we are, and god ourselves we may not.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	13	Nay, he made suit to the Lord, vile wretch though he were, hoping all in vain to win mercy.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	14	Forgotten, his haste to lay Jerusalem in ruins, and make a cemetery of it; a free city it should be thenceforward.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	15	Grudge the Jewish folk burial, give their carrion to bird and beast, make an end of them, children and all? Nay, such high privileges they should have as the townsfolk of Athens itself.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	16	And for that sacred temple he had stripped bare, with choice gifts he would enrich it, furnishing it as never before, and defraying, from his own purse, all the cost of its sacrifices.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	17	Stay, he would become a Jew himself, would go the rounds of earth, proclaiming everywhere the divine power!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	18	But all to no avail; the vengeance of God, well earned, had overtaken him, and find relief he might not. So now, despairing of that, he wrote to the Jews in very humble fashion, as here follows.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	19	To his loyal Jewish subjects Antiochus, their king and general, sends greeting, health, and happiness!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	20	Thrive you and yours, and fare prosperously, I am well content.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	21	For myself, I am in ill case, yet think ever kindly of you. On my way home from Persia, so grievous a distemper has fallen upon me, needs must I should take order for the public safety.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	22	Despair I will not; there is good hope yet of my recovery.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	23	But this thought weighs with me; when he went a-campaigning in the high countries, my father gave out who was to succeed him;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	24	should aught go amiss, and ill tidings come, every governor in his own province must know his duty without fear of confusion.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	25	And here be princes all about, I know it well, waiting upon events and ready to go with the times. Heir to the throne, then, I needs must designate. Again and again, when I set out for the high countries, I entrusted my son Antiochus to the general care. And now this written commission I have sent him …
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	26	As you love me, then, bethink you of those benefits you have received, both publicly and in private; keep faith, each and all of you, with me and with my son.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	27	I doubt not he will shew himself his father’s true heir, ever courteous, and kindly, and easy of approach.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	28	So died he, wretchedly enough, the murderer, the blasphemer, out in the hill-country far away from home. Cruel the blow that struck him down, as he had ever been cruel in his dealings.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	9	29	His body was brought home again; Philip, his foster-brother, came back with it, and then took refuge in Egypt with Ptolemy Philometor, so little he trusted the young prince Antiochus.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	1	Meanwhile, God aiding, Machabaeus and his followers had recovered both temple and city.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	2	Down came the altars Gentile folk had set up in the open streets, down came the shrines,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	3	and the temple was purged of its defilement. They made a fresh altar, struck fire from flint, and offered sacrifice again after two years’ intermission; rose incense, burned lamp, loaves were set out on the sacred table once more.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	4	Then, bowing down to earth, they made petition to the Lord, never again such calamity might overtake them; sin if they did, himself in his great mercy should chastise them, not hand them over into the cruel power of blasphemous enemies.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	5	It so fell out, that the temple was purified on the twenty-fifth day of Casleu, the very time of its profanation by the Gentiles.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	6	Eight days of rejoicing they kept, with such ceremonies as belong to the feast of Tent-dwelling; it was a feast of tent-dwelling indeed they had kept a while back, when they lodged like beasts among the hill-side caverns!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	7	Now that God had made the way clear for his temple’s cleansing, what wonder if they set up in his honour branches, and green boughs, and arbours of palm?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	8	What wonder if a decree was passed, by common consent, all Jewry should keep the festival year by year?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	9	Now the story is told, how Antiochus called the Illustrious came by his end,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	10	turn we to his son, Antiochus Eupator, that was born of a very ill father; record we in brief the history of his reign, and the hazards of war that went with it.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	11	Upon his accession, this king entrusted all the business of the realm to one Lysias, commander of the forces in Phoenice and Coelesyria.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	12	With Ptolemy, that was called Macer, we are concerned no more; fain would he have made amends to the Jews for the wrong done them, and kept their friendship,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	13	but for that very reason he was denounced to Eupator by his courtiers. He was a traitor, they said, twice over, false to his trust, when Philometor left him in charge of Cyprus, and now weary of his new allegiance to Antiochus the Illustrious! Whereupon he put an end to his own life by poison.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	14	When Gorgias was given command of the district, he was for ever making war on the Jews, with mercenaries to aid him;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	15	and there were natives of the country besides, well entrenched in their strongholds, that gave welcome to deserters from Jerusalem, and so fanned the flames of enmity.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	16	And now the followers of Machabaeus, after prayer made for the divine assistance, delivered an attack upon the Edomite strongholds.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	17	These, by a very courageous assault, they occupied, and cut down all they met, putting not less than twenty thousand men to the sword;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	18	but there were two fortresses yet remaining, into which the survivors threw themselves, well provided with means of defence.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	19	Machabaeus himself went off to fight other battles of greater moment, leaving Simon, Joseph and Zacchaeus, with a strong force under their command, to carry on the siege.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	20	And here the avarice of Simon’s men was their undoing; for a bribe of seventy thousand silver pieces, they allowed some of the defenders to escape.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	21	Machabaeus no sooner heard of it, than he summoned the leaders of the people, and arraigned the guilty men in their presence; what, would they sell their brethren’s lives, by letting the enemies of their race go free?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	22	So he put these traitors to death; and for the strongholds, he conquered both of them at a blow,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	23	so carrying all before him by force of arms, that more than twenty thousand of the defenders perished.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	24	But Timotheus could not be content with one defeat at the hands of the Jews; he would bring in hordes of foreign soldiery, and cavalry from Asia, threatening Judaea with slavery.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	25	At his coming, the party of Machabaeus fell to prayer; earth on their heads, sackcloth about their loins,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	26	they lay prostrate at the altar’s foot, entreating the Lord he would espouse their quarrel, and their foes should be his; the law had promised it.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	27	Then, this supplication made, they took up arms and marched out, leaving the city far away in their rear, nor ever halted till they were close to the enemy’s lines.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	28	Soon as the dawn broke, they engaged; on the one side, all trust in the Lord, valour’s best pledge of victory and fairer times; on the other, naught but human eagerness to inspire courage.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	29	Hard went the day, and, so it seemed to the enemy, heaven itself took part. Five horsemen came riding, with splendid trappings of gold, to lead the Jews onward;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	30	and two of these served Machabaeus for escort, covering him with their shields to keep all hurt away from him. With shaft of theirs, lightning of theirs, dazzled and dismayed, the enemy fell to earth;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	31	twenty thousand and five hundred of them perished that day, besides six hundred of the cavalry.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	32	As for Timotheus, he took refuge in Gazara, a strong fortress that was under the command of Chaereas.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	33	Four days together, Machabaeus and his men eagerly pressed on the siege of it;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	34	but the defenders were confident in its strength; loud their defiance was, and very blasphemous the words they uttered.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	35	Stung by these taunts, twenty warriors of Machabaeus’ company made a bold attack on the wall as the fifth day was dawning, and, by the fierceness of their onslaught, made shift to climb it;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	36	others, following at their heels, fell to burning tower and gateway alike, and made a bonfire of the blasphemers.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	37	For two whole days they ransacked the fort, and at last came upon Timotheus in his hiding-place; so they made an end of him, his brother Chaereas and Apollophanes perishing with him.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	10	38	When all was over, they sang hymns of praise and gave thanks to the Lord, that had done marvellous things for Israel, and granted them victory.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	1	It was but a short respite they had; Lysias, a kinsman of Antiochus that was regent and managed his affairs for him, was not a little concerned over these happenings,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	2	and he marched on Judaea at the head of eighty thousand men, with all the cavalry he could muster. Here was a city worth the capture, for Gentile folk to dwell in;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	3	here was a temple that would yield a fine spoil, as temples did everywhere; a priesthood, too, that might be put up for sale year after year.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	4	Of all this he bethought him, never of God’s avenging power; blindly he trusted in his foot-soldiers by the ten thousand, his horsemen by the thousand, in his elephants that numbered four score.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	5	Upon marching into Judaea he first reached Bethsura, that stood in a narrow pass five furlongs away from Jerusalem, and laid siege to the citadel of it.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	6	What did Machabaeus and his fellows, when they learned that the siege of the fortress was already begun? Most piteously they besought the Lord, amid the tears of a whole populace, a gracious angel he would send out for Israel’s deliverance.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	7	Then they armed for battle, Machabaeus himself the first of all, as he summoned the rest to share with him the hour of danger, for the relief of their brethren.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	8	So, in good heart, they set out together, and before they left Jerusalem a vision came to them; of a rider that went before them in white array, with armour of gold, brandishing his spear.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	9	How they blessed God’s mercy, all of them, at the sight! How their courage rose, a match for all it should encounter, men or wild beast or walls of iron!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	10	They marched on, ready for battle, sure now of a heavenly champion, and of the Lord’s favour;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	11	and when they charged the enemy, they were very lions for valour. At their onslaught, fell eleven thousand of the foot, fell a thousand and six hundred of the horse;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	12	and the whole army took to its heels, for the most part wounded and disarmed; Lysias himself, ingloriously enough, turned and fled.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	13	Yet good sense he lacked not; great loss he had sustained, and, let the Hebrews continue to rely for aid upon divine Omnipotence, he saw there was no conquering them. So he wrote,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	14	offering to conclude honourable terms with them, and secure them the king’s friendship.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	15	As for Machabaeus, he consented to what Lysias asked, having no thought but for the common good; and the written terms he proposed to Lysias in the Jewish people’s name received the royal assent.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	16	The letter sent to the Jews by Lysias was after this manner: Lysias, to the people of the Jews, all health!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	17	Your envoys, John and Abesalom, handed me a written petition, and desired that I would give effect to the terms of it.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	18	All that needed to be known, I have made clear to the king’s grace, and he has granted what grant he could.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	19	Doubt not I will be a good suitor in your cause hereafter, so you abide loyal to the king’s interest.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	20	Meanwhile I have given a verbal message to your envoys and mine, which they will impart to you.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	21	Farewell. Given on this twenty-fourth day of Dioscorus, in the hundred and forty-eighth year.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	22	And of the king’s own letter, the tenour was this: King Antiochus, to his good cousin Lysias, all health!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	23	Now that our father has found his place among the gods, it is for us to see that our subjects live at peace, and go quietly about their business.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	24	But of one nation, the Jews, we hear that they resisted our father’s will, who would have had them conform to the Greek way of living; to their own tradition they hold fast, and their plea is, we should grant them the enjoyment of their rights in the matter.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	25	And whereas we would have this nation live peaceably like the rest, we enact and decree that their temple should be restored to them, and that they should follow the custom of their forefathers.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	26	Do us the kindness, then, to send word and give them assurance of this; our will made known, let them take heart, and order their own affairs contentedly.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	27	To the Jews themselves the king wrote as follows: King Antiochus, to the elders and people of the Jews, all health!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	28	Thrive you as well as ourselves, we are well content.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	29	Menelaus has brought us word, you would fain have free intercourse with the men of your race who dwell in these parts;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	30	and we hereby grant safe conduct to all of you that would travel here, up to the thirtieth day of Xanthicus …
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	31	That the Jewish folk may eat what food they will, use what laws they will, according to their ancient custom; and if aught has been done amiss through inadvertence, none of them, for that cause, shall be molested.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	32	We are sending Menelaus besides, to give a charge to you.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	33	Farewell. Given on the fifteenth day of Xanthicus, in the hundred and forty-eighth year.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	34	The Romans, too, wrote to them after the manner following; Quintus Memmius and Titus Manlius, envoys of Rome, to the Jewish people, all health!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	35	The privileges Lysias has granted you in the name of his royal cousin, we hereby ratify.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	36	Other matters he has remitted to the king’s decision; take counsel among yourselves, and let us know at once what your mind is, if you would have us order all to your liking. Even now we are on the road to Antioch;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	37	write speedily, to let us know how you are minded.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	11	38	Farewell. Given on the twenty-fifth day of Xanthicus, in the hundred and forty-eighth year.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	1	So all was agreed upon; Lysias was for the court again, and the Jewish folk went back to their farms.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	2	But neither rest nor respite might they have while Timotheus and Apollonius, son of Gennaeus, were left at their posts; Hieronymus, too, and Demophon, and Nicanor that ruled in Cyprus.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	3	This was a very foul deed done by the men of Joppe; they fitted out certain vessels of theirs, and would have the neighbouring Jews go aboard, with their wives and children, for all the world as if there were no grudge between them.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	4	It was the common wish of their fellow-citizens; how should the Jews gainsay it? They were lovers of peace, and cause for suspicion had none. Yet once they were on the high seas, they were cast overboard and drowned, a full two hundred of them.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	5	Such tidings of cruel murder done upon men of his own race, Judas could not hear unmoved; mustering his followers, and calling upon God, that judges aright, to speed him,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	6	he marched out against the slayers of his brethren; at dead of night he burned down their wharves, and set all the ships ablaze, nor any man that escaped the fire but was put to the sword.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	7	This done, he left them, but threatening he would return, and leave none alive in Joppe.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	8	He had word, too, that the men of Jamnia meant to do the same by the Jews in their part;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	9	so he fell on Jamnia, too, by night, and burnt both wharves and ships there; the light of that blaze was seen at Jerusalem, thirty miles off. …
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	10	Nine furlongs they had marched, on their way to meet Timotheus, when an Arab force engaged them, of five thousand foot and five hundred horse.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	11	Stern was the encounter, but with God’s help they won the day; and the defeated remnant of the Arabs asked Judas for quarter, promising a grant of pasture-lands, with other advantages.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	12	And, beyond doubt, they could be many ways serviceable to him; so he made terms with them. They swore friendship, and the Arabs went back to their tents.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	13	A city there was called Casphin, moated and walled about for its defence, and held by a rabble of many races; this, too, Judas attacked.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	14	Such trust the defenders had in the strength of their ramparts, and their plentiful supplies of food, they carried themselves recklessly, hurling taunts at Judas, with blasphemies and other talk little fit to be uttered.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	15	But Machabaeus to that King made appeal, who needed neither engine nor battering-ram, in Josue’s day, to bring Jericho down in ruins; a fierce attack he delivered upon the walls,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	16	and, so God willed, became master of the city. The slaughter in it was past reckoning; there was a pool hard by, of two furlongs’ breadth, that seemed as if it ran in full tide with the blood of slain men.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	17	It needed a march of ninety-five miles to bring them to Charax, where the Jews were whom they call Tubianaeans.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	18	Yet could they not come up with Timotheus; he had retired, with nothing achieved, leaving a strong garrison in one of the forts there;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	19	which garrison of his, ten thousand strong, was destroyed by two of Machabaeus’ captains, Dositheus and Sosipater.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	20	Machabaeus himself, with six thousand men at his heels, divided into companies, pressed on against Timotheus, that had a hundred and twenty thousand foot, and two thousand five hundred horse, under his command.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	21	At the news of Judas’ coming, Timotheus was fain to send on women, children, and stores, to Carnion, an impregnable fortress and one difficult of approach, so narrow the pass was.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	22	And now the first of Judas’ companies came in sight, and with it the presence of the all-seeing God. What fear fell upon the enemy, how they scattered in flight, stumbling over their own fellows, wounded by the point of their own swords!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	23	And all the while Judas pressed them hard, the scourge of ill-doers; thirty thousand of them that day he slaughtered.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	24	As for Timotheus, he fell into the hands of another force, under Dositheus and Sosipater; of these he begged earnestly for his life, telling them of Jewish hostages in his keeping, their own fathers and brothers, that would get no quarter if he came by his death.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	25	Many were the pledges he gave, covenanting for the restoration of these hostages, and at last, for love of their brethren, they let him go free.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	26	Judas went on to Carnion, where the enemy lost twenty-five thousand men,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	27	routed and slain; thence to Ephron, a fortified city, where stout warriors of many different breeds manned the walls most valiantly, well provided with engines and weapons.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	28	Yet strength is none can hold its own against the Omnipotent; to him the Jews made appeal, and so took the city, killing twenty-five thousand of the defenders.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	29	And thence to Scythopolis, at seventy-five miles’ distance from Jerusalem;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	30	but here the Jews themselves bore witness, how kindly their neighbours used them, and how honourably they carried themselves even in troublous times.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	31	Thanking all such, and desiring them they would continue their good offices towards the Jewish folk, the army returned to Jerusalem, to keep the festival of the Weeks.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	32	Then, after Pentecost, they marched away to meet Gorgias, that was in command of Idumaea;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	33	it was but a muster of three thousand foot and four hundred horse.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	34	Battle was joined, and some few Jews fell.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	35	As for Gorgias, one Dositheus, a great warrior that was in Bacenor’s company of horse, kept close on his heels and would have taken him alive; but one of the Thracian horsemen fell upon him and cut off his arm at the shoulder, so Gorgias escaped safe to Maresa.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	36	A long fight Esdrin’s company had of it, and were full weary, when Judas called upon the Lord to succour them and lead them onwards,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	37	battle-hymn and battle-cry raising in his own language; and so he put Gorgias’ army to the rout.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	38	And now, recalling his men from the pursuit, he made his way to the city of Adollam; the week had gone round, and here, duly cleansed from defilement, they kept the sabbath.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	39	Next day, with Judas at their head, they went back to recover the bodies of the slain, for burial among their own folk in their fathers’ graves;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	40	and what found they? Each of the fallen was wearing, under his shirt, some token carried away from the false gods of Jamnia. Here was defiance of the Jewish law, and none doubted it was the cause of their undoing;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	41	none but praised the Lord for his just retribution, that had brought hidden things to light;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	42	and so they fell to prayer, pleading that the sin might go unremembered. Judas himself, their gallant commander, gave public warning to his men, of fault they should evermore keep clear, with the fate of these transgressors under their eyes.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	43	Then he would have contribution made; a sum of twelve thousand silver pieces he levied, and sent it to Jerusalem, to have sacrifice made there for the guilt of their dead companions. Was not this well done and piously? Here was a man kept the resurrection ever in mind;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	44	he had done fondly and foolishly indeed, to pray for the dead, if these might rise no more, that once were fallen!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	45	And these had made a godly end; could he doubt, a rich recompense awaited them?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	12	46	A holy and wholesome thought it is to pray for the dead, for their guilt’s undoing.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	1	It was in the hundred and forty-ninth year news came to Judas that Antiochus Eupator was marching on Judaea in great force.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	2	Lysias was at his side, that was lord protector and managed the affairs of the realm, and with him were a hundred and ten thousand foot, five thousand horse, twenty-two elephants, and three hundred scythed chariots.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	3	Menelaus, too, must be of their company, and ever it was treacherous advice he gave to Antiochus; not that he cared for his country’s safety, but he had designs upon the high priesthood still.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	4	And hereupon the King of all kings brought this guilty wretch into ill favour with his master Antiochus, who (upon Lysias’ averring, here was the true source of all their misadventures) would have him apprehended and put to death according to the custom of the place where they were quartered.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	5	There is here a tower fifty cubits in height, rising sheer above a heap of ashes that surrounds it;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	6	from its walls the author of sacrilege is thrust forward to his death by the common impulse of the bystanders.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	7	This, then, was the doom of Menelaus; by this law the law-breaker met his end, and lay there unburied.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	8	A fitting reward, this, for one that had done so many outrages upon God’s altar; fire of it and ashes of it are sacred, and it was by ashes Menelaus went to his death.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	9	Yet still the king pressed forward on his mad career, as if he would prove himself a worse enemy of Jewry than his father;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	10	and Judas, when the news came to him, bade the people entreat God night and day he would come to their rescue, as ever he was wont hitherto.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	11	Here was great peril, they should be deprived at one blow of law, of country, and of sanctuary; would he allow blaspheming Gentiles to lord it again over his people, that had but now won a little breathing-space?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	12	Entreat the Lord they did, and with one accord, for his mercy; wept they and fasted, and kept on their knees for three days together. Then Judas gave them the word to arm,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	13	and himself called the elders to a council; his plan was, he told them, to march out and engage the king before he could reach Judaea and overpower the city, and the issue of it he would leave to the Lord’s good pleasure.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	14	So, committing all to God, the world’s creator, and bidding his men fight bravely, even to the death, for law, temple, city, country and kinsmen, he pitched his camp at Modin.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	15	The watchword he gave them was, Victory lies with God; and now, choosing out the best of his fighting men, he made a night attack upon the royal quarters. Four thousand men they slew in the camp, and the greatest of all the elephants, with the crew that rode him,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	16	and so went back in triumph, leaving the camp all confusion and dismay.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	17	After this daybreak victory, won under God’s protection,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	18	the king had taste enough of Jewish valour, and set about to reduce the strongholds by policy.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	19	And first he would deliver an attack upon Bethsura, a fortress of the Jews, but ever he was thrown back and repulsed with great loss,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	20	so well did Judas supply the garrison with all they needed.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	21	There was one Rhodocus in the Jewish army that betrayed secrets to the enemy, but, upon enquiry made, he was apprehended and put under arrest;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	22	so the king was fain to parley with the defenders of Bethsura, and, upon agreed terms, the siege of it was raised.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	23	Thus did he try conclusions with Judas, and had the worst of it; news came to him besides that Philip, whom he had left in charge at Antioch, was levying revolt against him. So, in great consternation of mind, he must needs throw himself on the mercy of the Jews, submitting under oath to the just terms they imposed on him. In token of this reconciliation, he offered sacrifice, paying the temple much reverence and offering gifts there;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	24	as for Machabaeus, the king made a friend of him, and appointed him both governor and commander of all the territory from Ptolemais to the Gerrenes.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	25	When he reached Ptolemais, he found the citizens much incensed over this treaty made, and angrily averring the terms of it would never be kept;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	13	26	until at last Lysias must go up to an open stage, and give his reasons; whereby he calmed the indignation of the people, and so returned to Antioch. Such was the king’s march upon Judaea, and such his homecoming.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	1	Three years later, came tidings to Judas and his company that Demetrius, son of Seleucus, was on the throne. This Demetrius, with a body of resolute followers and with ships to support him, had landed at Tripolis, in a part of the country well suited to his purpose,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	2	and had wrested the whole kingdom from Antiochus, and from Lysias his general.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	3	Now turn we to one Alcimus, that had been high priest formerly, but had wilfully incurred defilement in the days when folk began consorting with the Gentiles. Little hope was left him, he should live to present himself at the altar again;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	4	and now he had recourse to king Demetrius, in the hundred and fiftieth year. He came with gifts, a gold crown and a palm branch, and wreaths that had been better employed in the service of the temple. No word said he on the first day of his arriving;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	5	but ere long opportunity was given him of carrying out his impious design. He was called into counsel by Demetrius himself, and asked what resources the Jews had, or what purposes in view, that gave them such confidence.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	6	And this was his answer: It is the faction of the Assideans, with Judas Machabaeus at their head, that will ever be fanning the flames of war, and moving revolt, and destroying the peace of the realm.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	7	Thou seest here a man robbed of the high priesthood, his rightful inheritance. And the cause of my coming is,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	8	first, the loyalty I have to the king’s own interest, but not less, the love of my own fellow-countrymen; by the false aims of a faction the whole of our race is brought into utter misery.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	9	Do but satisfy thyself, my lord king, that all is as I have said, and then, with that kindliness the world knows so well, take order concerning the country and its inhabitants.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	10	No peace the commonwealth may have, while Judas lives.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	11	Such was the opinion he gave, and the courtiers, that had little love for Judas, fell to egging Demetrius on;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	12	he, with all haste, despatched one of his generals to Judaea, Nicanor, that was in command of the elephants.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	13	His orders were, to take Judas alive, to disperse his company, and of our glorious temple to make Alcimus high priest.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	14	The Gentiles whom Judas had chased out of the country flocked, now, to Nicanor’s side, confident that the miserable ruin of the Jews would be the foundation of their own prosperity.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	15	As for the Jews, when they heard Nicanor was on the march, with all this rabble of alien folk, they cast earth on their heads and betook themselves to prayer. Was it not God’s appointment, his people he should evermore preserve? Was he not wont to protect them with signal marks of his favour?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	16	And now orders came to them from their leader; they must be on the march. Their mustering-place was a fortress called Dessau,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	17	to which Simon, Judas’ brother, had withdrawn after a brush with the enemy, who daunted him by the suddenness of their advance.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	18	But Nicanor had heard much about the valour of Judas’ men, and how nobly they fought in their country’s quarrel; no wonder if he shrank from the arbitrament of the sword,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	19	and sent envoys to meet them, Posidonius, Theodotius and Matthias, with an offer of terms.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	20	After a deal of negotiation, Judas referred the matter to the general voice, and all were agreed upon accepting the offer of friendship.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	21	So the day was fixed for a secret conference to be held between them; thrones of honour were brought out and set ready,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	22	and you may be sure Judas had armed men posted in waiting, to forestall any sudden treachery on the enemy’s part; but their parleys ended happily enough.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	23	Nicanor was now lodged in Jerusalem, and did there no manner of hurt; all the rabble he had brought with him were dispersed to their homes.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	24	Towards Judas he shewed unaffected friendship, such a liking he had taken for the man;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	25	ay, and encouraged him to take a wife and beget children; so Judas married, and took his ease, and ever he lived on close terms with Nicanor.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	26	And what of Alcimus? Little it liked him to see all this good-will between the two of them, and their treaty-making; to Demetrius he betook him, and charged Nicanor with disaffection; was he not purposing to hand over his command to Judas, a traitor against the realm?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	27	Vile accusations, that threw Demetrius into a great taking of fury; he wrote to Nicanor, he was very ill content with the peace made, and would have Machabaeus sent to Antioch in chains without more ado.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	28	Here was Nicanor left in great confusion of mind; it went against the grain with him to cancel the treaty with Judas, that had nothing wronged him,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	29	yet run counter to the king’s will he might not. So he began looking for an opportunity of carrying out his orders;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	30	and Machabaeus, remarking that a coolness had sprung up, and their meetings were less courteous than hitherto, made sure this behaviour of his boded no good. Whereupon he gathered some of his company, and went into concealment.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	31	So Nicanor found himself quite outwitted; and he must needs make his way into the high and holy precincts of the temple, where even then the priests were offering their accustomed sacrifice. Judas, he said, must be handed over to him;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	32	and when they, upon oath, denied all knowledge of his hiding-place, what did Nicanor? He pointed to the temple,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	33	and swore that if Judas were not handed over to him in chains he would raze yonder sanctuary to the ground, demolish the altar, and consecrate its precincts anew to Bacchus.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	34	With that, he left them; and the priests, lifting up their hands to heaven, called upon the God that was ever the champion of their race, with such prayer as this:
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	35	Lord of all, that need of thy creatures hast none, thy will it was to have thy dwelling-place among us!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	36	Holy thou art, and of all holy things the master; this house, that was so lately cleansed of its defilement, keep thou for ever undefiled.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	37	It was this Nicanor that received information against one of the elders at Jerusalem, named Razias, a true patriot and a man of good repute; for the love he bore it, men called him the father of the Jewish people.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	38	Long time this man had held to his resolve of keeping aloof from the Gentiles, ready to put life and limb in jeopardy, so he might persevere.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	39	And now, as if to give public proof of hatred towards the Jews, Nicanor sent five hundred men to take him alive;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	40	shrewder blow was none he could deal them, than to beguile such a man as this.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	41	And when this great company set about to force an entry into his dwelling, breaking down the door and calling out for firebrands, cut off from all escape, what did Razias? He thrust a sword into his own body,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	42	counting it better to die honourably than to fall into the hands of sinners, and suffer outrage unworthy of a free-born man.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	43	The hasty blow missed its aim; and now, with a rabble of men pouring in through the doors he made gallantly for the outer wall, and never hesitated to cast himself down, there in the heart of the crowd.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	44	You may be sure they made room for his coming, and he fell on the very joints of his neck;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	45	yet, breathing still, he rose to his feet undaunted; blood streaming from his mortal wounds, he made his way through the press of men,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	14	46	till he stood on a sheer rock above them. And there, for now he had no blood left in him, he laid hold of his own entrails, and with both hands cast them into the crowd beneath, calling upon the Lord, giver of life and breath, to restore these same to his body; and so died.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	1	When Nicanor was told, Judas was in the Samaritan country, he would have pressed home the attack against him, there and then, on the sabbath day.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	2	But the Jews gainsaid him; for there were Jews that fought, unwillingly enough, under his orders. What, said they, wouldst thou fight beast-fashion, without mercy? This holy day respect thou needs must, in his honour that is God all-seeing.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	3	Why, where is he then, said the impious wretch, this God who would have sabbath kept? In the heavens?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	4	In heaven he is, sure enough, they answered, the living Lord our master, that gave orders the seventh day should be observed.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	5	So be it, said he, and I am your master on earth, and my orders are, To arms, and despatch the king’s business! Yet carry out his design they would not.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	6	Such an empty braggart was this Nicanor, he thought to make a single victory of it, over all the Jews at once;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	7	Machabaeus on his side kept ever his confidence, yet with the sure hope, God would bring him aid.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	8	And for his men he had the same encouragement; let them never be daunted by the onslaught of the heathen, but rather bethink them of heaven’s mercies in time past, and look to God Omnipotent for victory.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	9	Of the law and the prophets he spoke to them, and reminded them of their old battles, till all were eager for the fight;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	10	nor was it enough to arouse their ardour; he shewed them, too, how treacherous the heathen had proved, and how forsworn.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	11	Thus it was his care to arm them, not with shield or spear for their defence, but with excellent words of good cheer.A dream of his he told them, most worthy of credence, that brought comfort to one and all.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	12	And what saw he? Onias, that had once been high priest, appeared to him; an excellent good man this, modest of mien, courteous, well-spoken, and from his boyhood schooled in all the virtues. With hands outstretched, he stood there praying for the Jewish folk.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	13	Then he was ware of another, a man of great age and reverence, nothing about him but was most worshipful;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	14	who this might be, Onias told him forthwith: Here is one that loves our brethren, the people of Israel, well; one that for Israel and for every stone of the holy city prays much; God’s prophet Jeremias.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	15	And with that, Jeremias reached forward to Judas, and gave him a golden sword;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	16	This holy sword take thou, he said, God’s gift; this wielding, all the enemies of my people Israel thou shalt lay low.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	17	A most noble harangue, and one very apt to rouse the emulation of his followers, and to stiffen their courage. No wonder if they resolved they would put it to the touch, and manfully engage the enemy; valour should decide all. Was not the holy city, was not the temple itself in jeopardy?
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	18	For wives and children, for brethren and kindred, their concern was less; of the perils they dreaded, profanation of the temple was first and foremost.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	19	And what of those who were left in the city? No common anxiety they felt for these others that were going into battle.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	20	Now was the hour of decision; the enemy was at the gates, drawn up in full array; here were the elephants, here was the cavalry, posted at points of vantage.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	21	Judas, when he saw the number of his assailants, how manifold were their appointments, how fierce the temper of the beasts, was fain to lift hands heavenward, and to the Lord make his appeal; the Lord, that is wondrous in his doings, and at his own pleasure crowns right, not might, with victory.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	22	And this was the manner of his praying: Lord, in the days of Ezechias thou didst send thy angel, and take toll of a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of Sennacherib!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	23	Ruler of heaven, some friendly angel of thine this day escort us; dread and dismay let thy outstretched hand inspire,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	24	to the confusion of yonder blasphemers that levy war on thy holy people! And so he brought his prayer to an end.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	25	By this, Nicanor’s army was coming forward to the attack, with blowing of trumpets and with songs of battle.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	26	But Judas and his company went to meet them calling still upon God for his succour;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	27	and ever while hand fought, heart prayed. Such joy had they of God’s present assistance, they cut down a full thirty-five thousand of the enemy;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	28	when they let be, and returned in triumph from the pursuit, news greeted them Nicanor himself had armed for the fight, and lay there dead.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	29	What a cry was then raised, what a stir, what hymns they sang, in the speech of their own country, to God Omnipotent!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	30	And Judas? Not for nothing had he devoted body and soul, this long while, to the service of his fellow countrymen! Nicanor’s head, and one of his arms cut off from the shoulder downwards, he bade them carry to Jerusalem;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	31	and there he called the tribesmen together, ranged the priests about the altar, and sent his summons to the heathen that garrisoned the citadel.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	32	Head and hand he shewed them of the godless Nicanor, the hand that was stretched out so boastfully against the holy temple of the Almighty,
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	33	bidding them cut the blaspheming tongue in pieces and cast it to the birds, nail the rash hand to the temple’s face.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	34	None but praised the Lord of heaven at the sight; Blessed be the Lord, they cried, that has kept his house undefiled still!
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	35	As for Nicanor’s head, Judas hung it at the top of the citadel, to be a clear and evident token, how God gives aid.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	36	And all with one consent made a decree, never should that day pass unobserved;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	37	they would keep holiday on the thirteenth of the Syrian month Adar, which is the eve of Mardochaeus’ feast.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	38	Such was the history of Nicanor; and since that time the city has been in Jewish possession. Here, then, I will make an end of writing;
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	39	if it has been done workmanly, and in historian’s fashion, none better pleased than I; if it is of little merit, I must be humoured none the less.
-2 Machabees	2Mac	45	15	40	Nothing but wine to take, nothing but water, thy health forbids; vary thy drinking, and thou shalt find content. So it is with reading; if the book be too nicely polished at every point, it grows wearisome. So here we will have done with it.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	1	This is the revelation made to Isaias, son of Amos, about Juda and Jerusalem, during the reigns of Ozias, Joatham, Achaz and Ezechias in Juda.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	2	Listen, you heavens, and let earth attend to this, a divine remonstrance; my own sons, that I reared and brought to manhood, hold me in defiance!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	3	Ox recognizes its owner, ass knows the way to its master’s crib; and I? I go unacknowledged; my own people of Israel gives me never a thought.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	4	Woe to a sinful nation, a people bowed with guilt, a rebellious race, a brood foully degenerate! They have forsaken God, they have spurned the Holy One of Israel, turned strangers to me.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	5	Would you have me smite you again, that you shew yourselves ever more faithless? Everywhere bowed heads, and faint hearts;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	6	no health anywhere, from sole to crown, nothing but wounds, and bruises, and swollen sores, that none binds up, or medicines, or anoints with oil!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	7	Your land a desert, your cities burnt to ashes, your fields ravaged before your eyes by strangers, desolation everywhere, as if an enemy had plundered you!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	8	Poor Sion, forlorn as vineyard watch-tower, summer-house in a herb-garden, a beleaguered city!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	9	A stock to breed from, so much the Lord of hosts has left us; but for that, we should be as Sodom is, Gomorrha’s doom should be ours.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	10	Listen, then, to this, the Lord’s word, chiefs of the Sodom-city; people of Gomorrha, here is a command from our God for your hearing.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	11	What do I care, the Lord says, how you multiply those victims of yours? I have had enough and to spare. Burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of stall-fed beasts, and the blood of calves and lambs and goats are nothing to me.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	12	Think you it is a welcome sound, the tramp of your feet in my courts bringing worship such as yours?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	13	Vain offerings, bring them no more, this incense of yours is an abomination. Enough of new moons and sabbaths, of thronged assemblies where none but sinners meet!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	14	The new month begins, the feast day comes round, how it cloys the appetite! These be hateful tasks I can bear no longer.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	15	Hold out your hands as you will, you shall get no heed from me; add prayer to prayer, I will not listen; are not those hands stained with blood?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	16	Wash yourselves clean, spare me the sight of your busy wickedness, of your wrong-doing take farewell.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	17	Learn, rather, how to do good, setting your hearts on justice, righting the wrong, protecting the orphan, giving the widow redress;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	18	then come back, says the Lord, and make trial of me.Crimson-dyed be your guilt, it shall turn snow-white; like wool new-washed yonder scarlet stain.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	19	Will you think better of it, and listen, and have rich harvests to feed you?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	20	Or will you refuse, and defy me, and yourselves be food for the sword? The Lord has given sentence.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	21	Strange, that the city once so faithful, once so upright, has turned harlot; the haunt of murderers, that was the home of right!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	22	The silver in thee turned to dross, the wine grown watery to the taste,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	23	thy law-givers wanting loyalty, so that they make common cause with thieves! None of them but takes bribe and looks for profit, none will give the orphan redress, none listen to the plaint of the widow.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	24	What, then, does the Lord proclaim; he, the God of hosts, he, the Prince of Israel? Out upon it, I will rid myself of these rebels, my enemies shall have their deserts.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	25	And then I will take thee in hand again, smelting thee till thou art free from dross, purging away all that base alloy.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	26	Once more I will give thee judges like the judges of old, counsellors like the counsellors of past days, and thou shalt be called the home of right, the faithful city.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	27	Right and justice shall be done, when Sion is redeemed, when her exiles return;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	28	with one blow, the wayward sinner shall be overthrown, by the Lord he has forsaken doomed to perish.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	29	Tree-idols that have played you false, fond trust in your garden-shrines, you shall learn to rue them;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	30	yourselves but an oak-tree whose leaves are falling, a garden unwatered;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	1	31	when all your strength is like smouldering tow, and the idols you have made but a spark to set light to it, until both burn together, with none to quench them.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	2	1	This is a message which was revealed to Isaias, the son of Amos, about Juda and Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	2	2	In later days, the mountain where the Lord dwells will be lifted high above the mountain-tops, looking down over the hills, and all nations will flock there together.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	2	3	A multitude of peoples will make their way to it, crying, Come, let us climb up to the Lord’s mountain-peak, to the house where the God of Jacob dwells; he shall teach us the right way, we will walk in the paths he has chosen. The Lord’s commands shall go out from Sion, his word from Jerusalem,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	2	4	and he will sit in judgement on the nations, giving his award to a multitude of peoples. They will melt down their swords into plough-shares, their spears into pruning-hooks, nation levying war against nation and training itself for battle no longer.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	2	5	Come you too (they will say), children of Jacob, let us walk together in the path where the Lord shews us light.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	2	6	And still they are cast off, these children of Jacob, the Lord’s own people; ever since they grew rich, like the men who went before them, and began to trust in divination, like the Philistines, and to ally themselves with men of alien breed.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	2	7	A land full of silver and gold, with no end to its treasures,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	2	8	a land full of horses and chariots innumerable; a land full of idols, where men worship the devices their own hands have made.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	2	9	For this, high and low fall to earth, abate their human pride; and shall they find forgiveness?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	2	10	See where the Lord comes, in all his terrors, in all the glory of his majesty; take refuge, now, in some rock-cavern, hide thee in some pit!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	2	11	Now indeed man’s haughty looks must fall to earth, human pride must be abated; no room for any greatness but the Lord’s, when that day comes.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	2	12	The day of the Lord of hosts! With the dawn of it all human pomp and state must be overshadowed, all human magnificence grow dim.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	2	13	High it will rise above the cedars of Lebanon, that grow so straight and tall, above the oaks of Basan;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	2	14	above aspiring mountain and swelling hill;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	2	15	above every topless tower, every impregnable citadel,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	2	16	above all the navies of Tharsis, above every sight that is fair to see.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	2	17	Shall not man’s greatness fall to earth, shall not human pride be abated then? No room for any magnificence but the Lord’s, when that day comes.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	2	18	Vanished the false gods,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	2	19	only cave in the rock, crevice in the ground will afford shelter, when the Lord comes, great and terrible, when he rises up to smite earth with dread!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	2	20	Flung away, when that day comes, idols of silver and gold they once made and worshipped; moles and bats all their worship now,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	2	21	as they slink into clefts of the hills, into rocky caverns, to hide themselves from the terrors of the Lord’s coming, from this sublime majesty that daunts the earth!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	2	22	Trouble mankind no more; this at least man can boast, he has the breath of life in his nostrils.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	1	See where the Lord of hosts, our Master, takes away from Jerusalem and from Juda all that was valiant and strong, all the support they had against famine and thirst!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	2	Gone the hero and the warrior, judge and prophet, diviner and senator,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	3	captain of the watch, and nobleman, and counsellor, and skilful workman, and master of charms.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	4	Only boys will be left to rule, and wantonness shall govern all;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	5	the citizens coming to blows, neighbour falling out with neighbour; for age and rank there shall be no reverence.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	6	Here is one catching hold of his own brother, his own house-mate, What (says he) hast thou a coat to thy back? Be our chieftain, then; take these ruins into thy keeping.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	7	And the other answers, Who, I? Nay, I have no doctor’s skill. As for my house, there is neither bread nor coat in it; ruler thou shalt never make of me.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	8	Jerusalem in ruins, Juda lying prostrate! Whispering and scheming of theirs defied the Lord, challenged his divine scrutiny.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	9	Their hang-dog looks betray them; they publish their guilt abroad, like the men of Sodom, making no secret of it. Ill-fated souls, retribution has come upon them.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	10	For the just, courage! His reward is earned;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	11	but woe betide the sinner! He shall be repaid for his ill deeds.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	12	My people has been despoiled by the tyrants that rule it; women have gained power over it; those who call thee happy, my people, are deceiving thee, are luring thee into false paths.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	13	Even now the Lord stands ready to hold his assize, waits there to pass judgement on all nations.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	14	The Lord will enter into a reckoning with the senators and the rulers of his people: You have made spoil of the vineyard, your houses are full of the plunder you have taken from the oppressed;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	15	what means it, that you ride roughshod over my people, that you spurn the right of friendless folk? Such warning he gives you, the Lord God of hosts.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	16	This, too, the Lord says: See what airs they put on, the women-folk of Sion, walk head in air, look about them with glancing eyes, click the trappings on their feet with mincing steps. Ay, but the Lord has his doom ready for them;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	17	bald of head and bare of temple the women of Sion shall know it.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	18	In one day the Lord will sweep away all their finery, the shoes with the rest; locket,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	19	and collar, necklace and bracelet and veil;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	20	hair-pin, ankle-ring, chain, scent-box, pendant,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	21	signet-ring and nose-ring;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	22	gala dress and gown and scarf, bodkin
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	23	and mirror and shawl and riband and kerchief.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	24	There will be new fashions then; stench for scent, hempen rope for waist-band, baldness for curls, and hair shirt for stomacher.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	25	Of the men-folk, too, all that is fairest shall fall by the sword, all that is bravest, slain in battle.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	3	26	See where she sits on the ground desolate, every gateway of hers full of sorrow and lament!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	4	1	Day of desolation! Here are seven women catching hold of one man, and promi-sing, We will earn our bread, find ourselves in clothing; only let us bear thy name, and be saved from the reproach of barrenness!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	4	2	When that day comes, bud and fruit there shall be, of the Lord’s fostering; burgeoning of glory made manifest, harvest of our soil, the trophy of Israel’s gleanings.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	4	3	Set apart for him, all that dwell in Sion now, all that survive the city’s purging; none else will be left alive in Jerusalem,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	4	4	when the Lord sweeps away the guilt of Sion’s women-folk, washes Jerusalem clean from the blood that stains her, with the searing breath of his judgement.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	4	5	And over mount Sion, the shrine of his name, cloud shall hang by day, glowing haze by night, a veil for glory.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	4	6	Canopy they shall have, to shade them from the day’s heat, a refuge to give them shelter from storm and rain.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	1	A song, now, in honour of one that is my good friend; a song about a near kinsman of mine, and the vineyard that he had. This friend, that I love well, had a vineyard in a corner of his ground, all fruitfulness.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	2	He fenced it in, and cleared it of stones, and planted a choice vine there; built a tower, too, in the middle, and set up a wine-press in it. Then he waited for grapes to grow on it, and it bore wild grapes instead.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	3	And now, citizens of Jerusalem, and all you men of Juda, I call upon you to give award between my vineyard and me.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	4	What more could I have done for it? What say you of the wild grapes it bore, instead of the grapes I looked for?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	5	Let me tell you, then, what I mean to do to this vineyard of mine. I mean to rob it of its hedge, so that all can plunder it, to break down its wall, so that it will be trodden under foot.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	6	I mean to make waste-land of it; no more pruning and digging; only briars and thorns will grow there, and I will forbid the clouds to water it.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	7	Alas, it is the house of Israel that the Lord called his vineyard; the men of Juda are the plot he loved so. He looked to find right reason there, and all was treason; to find plain dealing, and he heard only the plaint of the oppressed.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	8	Woe upon you, that must ever be acquiring house after house, field after neighbouring field, till all the world goes wanting! Would you have the whole land to yourselves to live in?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	9	The news of all this has reached me, says the Lord of hosts; see if I do not leave these many houses, these fine great houses of yours, lonely and untenanted.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	10	Wait, till you find ten acres of vine-land yielding but one flagon of wine, thirty bushels of seed-corn yielding but three.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	11	Woe upon you, the men who must be up betimes to go a-drinking, and sit late into the evening, till you are heated with wine!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	12	Still you must have zither and harp, tambour and flute and wine for your entertainment; you give no thought to God’s dealings, to the world his hands have made.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	13	It is this inconsiderateness that has made my people homeless exiles, their nobles starving, and common folk parched with thirst;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	14	that is why the abyss hungers for you, opens its greedy jaws, till all alike, the nobles of Sion and her common sort, that boast and triumph now, go down to its depths.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	15	The low-born must fall, the high-born abate his pride; the eyes of the boaster will be downcast;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	16	doom, by which the Lord of hosts will be exalted, just award, by which the God of holiness will shew holier yet!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	17	There, with his flocks browsing undisturbed, the stranger shall enjoy the rich pastures you left a wilderness.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	18	Woe upon you, that lightly harness yourselves to ill-doing, and draw down upon you, as with a strong rope, its guilt!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	19	What is this, you say, that the Holy One of Israel threatens? Quick, no waiting; let us know the worst, and with all speed!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	20	Woe upon you, the men who call evil good, and good evil; whose darkness is light, whose light darkness; who take bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	21	Woe upon you, that think yourselves wise, and boast of your own foresight!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	22	Woe upon you, heroes of the tankard, brave hearts round the mixing-bowl,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	23	that take bribes to acquit the guilty, and rob the innocent of his rights!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	24	See how stubble is eaten away by the fire that licks round it, melting away into the heat of the flame; so the root of them will turn to smouldering embers, and the fruit of them will go up like flying ashes; men who reject the law of the God of hosts, who defy every warning from the Holy One of Israel.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	25	That is why the Lord’s anger against his people has been so fierce; that is why his hand has been raised to smite them, so that the mountains trembled at it, and corpses lay unregarded like dung in the streets. But even so his anger is not yet appeased, his hand threatens us still.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	26	And now he will raise up among the distant nations one people to be a signal to the rest; he will whistle it up from the ends of the earth, swiftly and suddenly it will answer his call.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	27	Not a man in those ranks that will faint or lag behind; none grows weary or falls asleep; never a belt is unbuckled, never a shoe-string loosed.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	28	Sharp arrows this people has, and all its bows are ready bent; it has horses with hoofs like flint, and chariot-wheels like the rushing of the storm.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	29	No lion roars so loud; it will roar as lion-cubs do, growling and holding its prey fast, encircling it so that none can bring rescue.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	5	30	Sounds of dread shall usher in that day, loud as the roaring of the sea; look where you will, all shall be dark with misery; light itself will be darkened by the shadow of its coming.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	6	1	In the year of king Ozias’ death, I had a vision. I saw the Lord sitting on a throne that towered high above me, the skirts of his robe filling the temple.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	6	2	Above it rose the figures of the seraphim, each of them six-winged; with two wings they veiled God’s face, with two his feet, and the other two kept them poised in flight.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	6	3	And ever the same cry passed between them, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of hosts; all the earth is full of his glory.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	6	4	The lintels over the doors rang with the sound of that cry, and smoke went up, filling the temple courts.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	6	5	Alas, said I, that I must needs keep silence; my lips, and the lips of all my countrymen, are polluted with sin; and yet these eyes have looked upon their King, the Lord of hosts.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	6	6	Whereupon one of the seraphim flew up to me, bearing a coal which he had taken with a pair of tongs from the altar;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	6	7	he touched my mouth with it, and said, Now that this has touched thy lips, thy guilt is swept away, thy sin pardoned.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	6	8	And now I heard the Lord say, Who shall be my messenger? Who is to go on this errand of ours? And I said, I am here at thy command; make me thy messenger.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	6	9	Go then, said he, and give a message to this people of mine: Listen as you will, but ever without understanding; watch all, and nothing perceive!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	6	10	Thy office is to dull the hearts of this people of mine, deaden their ears, dazzle their eyes, so that they cannot see with those eyes, hear with those ears, understand with that heart, and turn back to me, and win healing.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	6	11	For how long, Lord? I asked. And he said, Till the cities are left unpeopled, and the houses untenanted, and the whole land a wilderness.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	6	12	The Lord will send its people into exile far away; wider, ever wider desolation must spread over it.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	6	13	Though a tenth of their number remain, it is but empty show, like leafage of terebinth or oak that needs pruning; only a remnant of it will be left, the true stock of holiness.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	7	1	Afterwards, in the reign of Achaz, whose father was Ozias’ son Joathan, an attack was made upon Jerusalem by Rasin, king of Syria, and Phacee, son of Romelia, king of Israel. As it proved, they were not strong enough to take it;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	7	2	but when the news reached David’s palace that Syria had gained a footing in Ephraim, the hearts of Achaz and his people trembled like forest trees before the wind.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	7	3	Then it was that the Lord said to Isaias, Take with thee thy son, Jashub the Survivor, and go out to the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool in the Fuller’s Ground. There thou wilt meet Achaz,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	7	4	and this shall be thy message to him, Shew a calm front, do not be afraid. Must thy heart fail thee because Rasin king of Syria and the son of Romelia are thy sworn enemies? What is either of them but the smouldering stump of a fire-brand?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	7	5	What if Syria, what if Ephraim and the son of Romelia are plotting to do thee an injury?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	7	6	They think to invade Juda and strike terror into it, so that they can bring it into their power, and set up the son of Tabeel as its ruler;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	7	7	a vain errand, the Lord says; it shall not be.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	7	8	As surely as Damascus rules Syria, and Rasin rules Damascus, within sixty-five years Ephraim will be a people no longer.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	7	9	As surely as Samaria rules Ephraim, and the son of Romelia rules Samaria, if you lose courage, your cause is lost.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	7	10	The Lord sent, besides, this message to Achaz,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	7	11	Ask the Lord thy God to give thee a sign, in the depths beneath thee, or in the height above thee.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	7	12	But Achaz said, Nay, I will not ask for a sign; I will not put the Lord to the test.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	7	13	Why then, said Isaias, listen to me, you that are of David’s race. Cannot you be content with trying the patience of men? Must you try my God’s patience too?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	7	14	Sign you ask none, but sign the Lord will give you. Maid shall be with child, and shall bear a son, that shall be called Emmanuel.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	7	15	On butter and honey shall be his thriving, till he is of age to know good from harm;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	7	16	already, before he can tell this from that, king they shall have none, the two kingdoms that are thy rivals.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	7	17	As for thee, and for thy people, and for thy father’s house, the Lord means to bring upon thee such days of trouble as have not been seen since Ephraim parted from Juda, with the coming of the king of Assyria.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	7	18	Days when the Lord will whistle up those plagues of his, yonder flies that hatch by the last rivers of Egypt; yonder bees, that hive in the land of Assur.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	7	19	Invading swarms, that settle even upon mountain, gully and rock, cavern; thicket is none, nor underground pit, shall be safe from them.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	7	20	Hard times, when the Lord will be hiring mercenaries from beyond Euphrates, the king of Assyria’s men, and will leave you quite bare, hair of head and legs shaved close with this hired rasor of his, and the beard too!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	7	21	Hard times, when one heifer and a pair of sheep are all the stock a man has;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	7	22	milk plentiful, so that he has butter to eat; of butter and honey the survivors will have no lack;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	7	23	but where once a thousand vines grew, each worth a silver piece, all will be thorns and brushwood.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	7	24	Covert of thorns and brushwood, where men go armed with bow and arrows;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	7	25	only the hill-sides, that have felt the hoe, shall be free from the terrors of the covert, and these the cattle shall graze, the sheep trample under foot.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	8	1	Then the Lord said to me, Take a great scroll, and write on it, in thy human penmanship, the words, Spoiler, haste; there’s plunder afoot.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	8	2	I took care to have men of credit for my witnesses, the priest Urias and Zacharias, son of Barachias.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	8	3	Afterwards, when the prophetess conceived and bore me a son, the Lord said to me, Call him by this name, Spoiler, haste; there’s plunder afoot.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	8	4	This boy will not have learned to use the words Father and Mother, before the king of Assyria comes to carry off the wealth of Damascus, the spoils of Samaria.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	8	5	And the Lord went on to say to me,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	8	6	This people of mine has cut itself off from the gently-flowing waters of Siloe, to welcome Rasin and the son of Romelia instead;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	8	7	and now the Lord will bring the waters of Euphrates upon it, in full flood; I mean the king of the Assyrians, in all his greatness. This flood will fill up all the channels of the river, overflow all its banks,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	8	8	till it pours over Juda, overwhelming her and reaching up to her very neck. Wings spread out wide, till they cover the whole breadth of thy own land, Emmanuel, the God who is with us!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	8	9	Muster, then, you peoples, to your own overthrow; obey the call, distant lands, in vain; summon up your valour, arm yourselves in vain!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	8	10	All your scheming baffled, all your boasts belied; God is with us!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	8	11	Strict warning the Lord has given me, I must not fall in with the fashion of Israel;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	8	12	Not for thee and thine to go about crying Treason; this people is for ever crying treason. Not for thee and thine to go in fear, dismayed like these others;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	8	13	enthrone the Lord of hosts above all else, him you must fear, of him stand in awe.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	8	14	Let the hour of peril consecrate you to him; for the rest, both in Israel and in Juda, it will be a stone to trip men’s feet, a boulder that catches them unawares. A trap, a fine snare, for the citizens of Jerusalem;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	8	15	and there are many of them that will stumble, and fall, and bruise themselves, caught in its meshes.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	8	16	(Now to guard the prophetic record close, now to seal up these instructions, in the keeping of my disciples!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	8	17	What though the Lord hide his face from the men of Israel? To him will I look, and wait patiently for him;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	8	18	here stand I, and these children the Lord has given me, a portent, a warning sent to Israel by the Lord of hosts, who dwells on mount Sion.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	8	19	Men will bid you consult wizard and diviner, that talk in ghostly voices over their enchantments; Who doubts, they say, God will send his own people answer, an oracle from the dead to the living?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	8	20	By these instructions rather abide, this record of prophecy; who follows other inspiration, shall not see the dawn.)
+Isaiah	Isa	27	8	21	As for the invader, he shall meet with disaster, and then famine. Famine-stricken, he will turn with curses against his king, his god; first looking upwards
+Isaiah	Isa	27	8	22	and then to earth, to find nothing but distress and darkness, ruin and want, with night pressing hard upon him; from his calamity there is no escaping.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	9	1	Land of Zabulon and Nephthali, its burden at first how lightly borne! but after-wards affliction weighed on it, Galilee, by the sea road where the Gentiles dwell west of Jordan.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	9	2	And now the people that went about in darkness has seen a great light; for men abiding in a land where death overshadowed them, light has dawned.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	9	3	Their number thou didst increase, but gavest them no joy of it; now, they shall rejoice in thy presence, as men rejoice when the harvest is in, as men triumph when victory is won, and booty taken, and they fall to dividing up the spoils.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	9	4	Yoke that fixed the burden, shaft that galled the shoulder, rod of the tyrant, all lie broken now, as they did long ago, when Madian fell.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	9	5	All the trophies of the old tumultuous forays, all the panoply stained with blood, will be burnt up now, will go to feed the flames.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	9	6	For our sakes a child is born, to our race a son is given, whose shoulder will bear the sceptre of princely power. What name shall be given him? Peerless among counsellors, the mighty God, Father of the world to come, the Prince of peace.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	9	7	Ever wider shall his dominion spread, endlessly at peace; he will sit on David’s kingly throne, to give it lasting foundations of justice and right; so tenderly he loves us, the Lord of hosts.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	9	8	Meanwhile, the Lord has issued his sentence against Jacob, his writ is out against Israel:
+Isaiah	Isa	27	9	9	Ephraim will soon know of it, all the citizens of Samaria. Fools, that boast in the pride of their hearts:
+Isaiah	Isa	27	9	10	The brick houses have fallen, we must build them up in stone; the sycamores have been cut down, we must plant cedars instead!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	9	11	The Lord will make Rasin’s rivals more powerful than Rasin himself; all the enemies of Israel he will set astir,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	9	12	Syria on the East, and the Philistines in the west, that will fall upon him wide-mouthed. And even so the Lord’s anger is not appeased; his hand threatens us still.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	9	13	Alas for the people that will not come back to God, who chastens it; that leaves the Lord of hosts unregarded as ever!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	9	14	And now, in one day, the Lord will cut off from Israel both head and tail, both pliant reed and stubborn bough.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	9	15	(What is the head, but the senator that holds his head so high? What is the tail, but the prophet that gives lying assurances?)
+Isaiah	Isa	27	9	16	False guides, that promised all was well; fools that gave them credence, to their own undoing!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	9	17	Pride in their warriors the Lord has none, pity for orphan and widow has none; all are false and worthless, no mouth but talks presumptuously. Even so the Lord’s anger is not appeased, his hand threatens us still.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	9	18	Our wickedness is like a raging fire, that will devour brushwood and thorn-bush, then set light to the forest’s tangled boughs; see how proudly yonder column of smoke whirls upward!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	9	19	Fiery vengeance of the Lord of hosts, that ravages country-side and devours citizen! Brother shews brother no mercy;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	9	20	turn he to the right, nought but famine is there; eat he what comes to his left hand, he is yet hungry, so that at last he will fall on his own flesh and blood, Manasses on Ephraim and Ephraim on Manasses, and both will be banded together against Juda.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	9	21	And even so the Lord’s anger is not appeased; his hand threatens us still.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	1	Out upon you, that enact ill decrees, and draw up instruments of wrong;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	2	suppress the claims of the poor, and refuse redress to humble folk; the widow your spoil, the orphan your prey!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	3	What shifts will you be put to, when the day of reckoning comes, when the storm overtakes you that is brewing far away? With whom take refuge, where hide away your treasures?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	4	Yours to crouch down in chains, or fall among the massacred. And even so the Lord’s wrath is not appeased, his hand threatens us still.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	5	Woe, too, upon the Assyrian! What is he but the rod that executes my vengeance, the instrument of my displeasure?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	6	I have sent him to punish one nation that has proved false to me; against one defiant people he holds my warrant; let him prey on it as he will, carry off what spoils he will, trample it like the mire in the streets.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	7	Not such are his own thoughts, not such the dreams he cherishes; he dreams of extermination, of realm after realm dispeopled.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	8	Are not my chieftains, he says,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	9	as good as kings, every one of them? What difference between Charcamis and Calano, between Arphad and Emath, between Damascus and Samaria?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	10	I have had my way with the kingdoms that worship false gods; shall it not be the same with the images they worship at Jerusalem and Samaria?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	11	May I not treat Jerusalem and her images as I treated Samaria and her false gods?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	12	Wait we, till the Lord has carried out all his designs upon mount Sion and Jerusalem. Then he means to reckon with the boastful ambition of Sennacherib, with the proud glance of those scornful eyes.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	13	My own strength (the king says to himself) has done all this, my own wisdom has planned it; I have removed the frontiers of nations, I have robbed princes of their treasure, with a strong hand I have pulled down rulers from their thrones.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	14	Mighty peoples, and my hand closed over them like a nest; I gathered up a whole world, as a man gathers up eggs that lie abandoned; no flapping of wings, no angry screech to forbid me.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	15	Poor fool, can axe set itself up against woodman, saw defy carpenter? Shall the rod turn on him who wields it, the staff, that is but wood, try conclusions with a living man?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	16	What says our Master, the Lord of hosts? He will send a wasting sickness into that gorged frame; beneath that pride a living firebrand shall burn, burn deep.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	17	He who is our light will turn into a fire, the Holy One of Israel will be a flame, that will burn up suddenly; in one day those thorn-bushes, that dry brushwood shall be consumed.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	18	Like a proud forest, or a garden plot, he shall be eaten up, body and soul; see where he flies in terror!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	19	Of all the trees in that forest so few shall be left, a child might count them.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	20	And when that day comes, the remnant of Israel, the survivors of Jacob’s line, will learn to trust, not in the staff that turns into rod to smite them, but in the Lord, the Holy One of Israel; here he shall find loyalty.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	21	A remnant will turn back, only a remnant of Jacob, to God, the Mighty One.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	22	Countless though Israel be as the sea sand, only a remnant of it will return; there must be a sharp reckoning first, before we are restored, abundantly, to his favour.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	23	Short and sharp is the reckoning the Lord, the God of hosts, will make, with the whole world for the scene of it.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	24	Here, then, is a message for you from the Lord, the God of hosts: Never lose heart, men of Sion, my own people, before the Assyrian, rod though he have to smite thee, staff to chastise thee, when thou meetest him on the road to Egypt.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	25	Wait for a little, for a short moment wait, and my angry vengeance for his ill doings shall find full scope.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	26	The Lord of hosts will bring the lash down upon him, as he did once on Madian at the rock Oreb; by the sea-shore, on the road to Egypt, his rod will be uplifted.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	27	And with that, thy shoulder will be eased of the burden, the yoke will fall from thy neck, yoke that has gone rotten for want of oil.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	28	See where he enters Aiath, crosses to Magron, halts his baggage-train at Machmas!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	29	Already the pass lies behind them; Geba will be theirs by nightfall. In Rama, what terror! Saul’s own city of Gabaa is in flight.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	30	Cry aloud, maidens of Gallim, and listen, Laisa, to the cry; woe upon thee, poor Anathoth!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	31	Medemena stands empty; now, men of Gabim, you need courage!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	32	Daylight still! Why, he will make his halt at Nobe, threaten the mountain where queen Sion stands, the very hill of Jerusalem!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	33	Then, as we look, our Master, the Lord of hosts, will spread terror among them, and break them like earthenware. Yield greatness, and pride topple;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	10	34	axe-iron for yonder tangled forest, the strength of Lebanon outmatched!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	11	1	From the stock of Jesse a scion shall burgeon yet; out of his roots a flower shall spring.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	11	2	One shall be born, on whom the spirit of the Lord will rest; a spirit wise and discerning, a spirit prudent and strong, a spirit of knowledge and of piety,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	11	3	and ever fear of the Lord shall fill his heart. Not his to judge by appearances, listen to rumours when he makes award;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	11	4	here is judgement will give the poor redress, here is award will right the wrongs of the defenceless. Word of him shall smite the earth like a rod, breath of him destroy the ill-doer;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	11	5	love of right shall be the baldric he wears, faithfulness the strength that girds him.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	11	6	Wolf shall live at peace with lamb, leopard take its ease with kid; calf and lion and sheep in one dwelling-place, with a little child to herd them!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	11	7	Cattle and bears all at pasture, their young ones lying down together, lion eating straw like ox;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	11	8	child new-weaned, fresh from its mother’s arms, playing by asp’s hole, putting hand in viper’s den!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	11	9	All over this mountain, my sanctuary, no hurt shall be done, no life taken. Deep as the waters that hide the sea-floor, knowledge of the Lord overspreading the world!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	11	10	There he stands, fresh root from Jesse’s stem, signal beckoning to the peoples all around; the Gentiles will come to pay their homage, where he rests in glory.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	11	11	Then, once again, the Lord’s hand at work! From Assyria, from Egypt, Pathros and Ethiopia, from Elam and Sennaar, from Emath, from the islands out at sea, his people, a scattered remnant, shall return.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	11	12	High lifted, for a world to see it, the standard that shall call Israel home, gather in the exiled sons of Juda from the four corners of the earth.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	11	13	Gone, Ephraim’s envious looks, vanished away Juda’s enemies; Ephraim shall hate Juda, Juda harry Ephraim, no more.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	11	14	Together they will sweep down on Philistia’s neck, there by the western sea; plunder the children of the east, Edom and Moab in their grasp, the sons of Ammon pliant to their will.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	11	15	And the Lord will make a desert out of the tongue of sea that flanks Egypt; with the blast of his breath he will threaten Euphrates, dividing it into seven streams, that a man can cross dry-shod.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	11	16	And so the remnant of my people which is left among the Assyrians will find a path made for it, as a path was made for it when it came up out of Egypt, long ago.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	12	1	Angry with me, Lord? thou wilt say, when that day comes; ay, thou wast angry with me, but now, praised be thy name, the storm has passed; all is consolation.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	12	2	God is here to deliver me; I will go forward confidently, and not be afraid; source of my strength, theme of my praise, the Lord has made himself my protector.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	12	3	So, rejoicing, you shall drink deep from the fountain of deliverance;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	12	4	singing, when that day comes, Praise the Lord, and call upon his name, tell the story of his doings among all the nations, keep the majesty of his name in grateful remembrance.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	12	5	Sing in honour of the great deeds the Lord has done, make them known for all the world to hear.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	12	6	Cry aloud in praise, people of Sion; great is the Holy One of Israel, that dwells among you.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	13	1	The burden that awaits Babylon, as it was revealed to Isaias, son of Amos.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	13	2	A signal raised amid the shadow of the mountain, voices lifted, and a waving of hands; all is ready for the captains to march in through the city gates.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	13	3	These are my chosen warriors, doing my bidding; my champions whom I have summoned to execute my vengeance; they boast of my renown.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	13	4	The hills echo with the voices of a multitude, as if a host had gathered; voices of assembled kings, of whole peoples mustered there; the Lord of hosts is marshalling his troops for battle.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	13	5	They come from far away, from the most distant region under heaven; the Lord is angry, and these are the instruments of his vengeance, to lay a whole world waste.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	13	6	Cry aloud, for the day of the Lord is coming; his the dominion, his the doom.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	13	7	No hand now but will hang useless, no heart but will be fainting with dismay;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	13	8	tortures and pangs will seize them, throes as of a woman in travail; each man looks at his neighbour in bewilderment, their faces ashy pale.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	13	9	Yes, the day of the Lord is coming, pitiless, full of vengeance and bitter retribution, ready to turn earth into a wilderness, ridding it of its sinful brood.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	13	10	The stars of heaven, its glittering constellations, will shed no ray; sunrise will be darkness, and the moon refuse her light.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	13	11	I will punish the world’s guilt, and tax the wicked with their misdoings, stilling the rebel’s pride, crushing the haughtiness of tyrants,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	13	12	till a man is a rarer sight than gold, and a slave cannot be bought with all the treasure of Ophir.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	13	13	So terribly will I shake the heavens, and move earth from its place, to shew that the Lord of hosts will be patient no longer, and the hour of his bitter vengeance has come.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	13	14	Men will take to flight as deer or sheep would, with none to marshal them, each turning towards his own home, seeking refuge in his own country.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	13	15	Whoever is found left behind will be slain, and those who are encountered in the open will fall at the sword’s point;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	13	16	their children will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses plundered, their wives ravished.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	13	17	With such an enemy I mean to embroil them; the Medians, who reck nothing of silver, who are not to be tempted with gold;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	13	18	they will make young boys a target for their arrows, have no pity for pregnant mothers, no kindly glance for children.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	13	19	So Babylon, the pride of many nations, glory and boast of the Chaldeans, will go the way of Sodom and Gomorrha, cities which the Lord overthrew.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	13	20	It shall remain for ever uninhabited; generation after generation will pass, but it will not be founded again; even the Arabs will not pitch their tents, wandering shepherds will not find a lodging there.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	13	21	Wild beasts will make their lairs in it, its houses will be tenanted by serpents; ostriches will nest there, and satyrs dance;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	13	22	the owls will hoot to one another in its palaces, birds of ill omen in its temples of delight.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	1	The day of her doom is close at hand, not long the respite that will be granted her.And now the Lord will have pity on Jacob; on the sons of Israel, his chosen people as of old. On their own lands they shall live undisturbed, whose new inhabitants will make common cause with them, and throw in their lot with Jacob’s race.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	2	Alien peoples will take them by the hand, to escort them back to their home; content now to be Israel’s servants and hand-maidens, the captors captive, the oppressors tributary now.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	3	When that time comes, when the Lord gives thee respite from all the hardship and turmoil and drudgery of old days,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	4	it will be thy turn to have thy say against the king of Babylon. Can it be (thou wilt say) that the tyranny is over, the exactions at an end?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	5	The Lord has broken the staff in the hands of the wicked, the rod that oppressed us;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	6	the rod whose mortal stroke once fell on the peoples so angrily, tamed the nations so cruelly, persecuted, and would not spare.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	7	The whole earth, now, sinks back into ease; listen to its cry of rejoicing!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	8	The very fir-trees and the cedars of Lebanon triumph over thee; no woodman comes near us any longer, since thou wast laid to rest.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	9	The shadow world beneath is astir with preparation for thy coming; wakes up its giants to greet thee. The great ones of the world, that ruled the nations, rise up from the thrones where they sit,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	10	hailing thee with a single voice, Thou too brought low as ourselves, thou too like us!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	11	All thy pride sunk down into the world beneath, and there thy corpse lies, with the moth for its shroud, worms for its cerecloth.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	12	What, fallen from heaven, thou Lucifer, that once didst herald the dawn? Prostrate on the earth, that didst once bring nations to their knees?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	13	I will scale the heavens (such was thy thought); I will set my throne higher than God’s stars, take my seat at his own trysting-place, at the meeting of the northern hills;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	14	I will soar above the level of the clouds, the rival of the most High.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	15	Thine, instead, to be dragged down into the world beneath, into the heart of the abyss.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	16	Who that sees thee there, but will peer down at thee and read thy story: Can this be the man who once shook the world, and made thrones totter;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	17	who turned earth into a desert, its cities into ruins; never granted prisoner release?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	18	For those other kings, honourable burial, each in his own palace;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	19	thee the grave itself rejects, like a withered root, like a thing unclean. Rots thy corpse unrecognized, beneath yonder coverlet of men slain, that went down to the deep pit together;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	20	no fellowship hast thou with those others, no share in their sepulture, thou who didst lead thy country to ruin, thou, who didst bring destruction on thy people. The posterity of the wicked shall be nameless for ever;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	21	for the guilt they have inherited, his sons too must be slain, they must not live to make the land their own, and people the world with cities.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	22	A message from the Lord of hosts: Now I mean to take arms against them, to destroy Babylon name and fame, root and branch.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	23	I will make the place over to the hedge-hog, turn it into standing pools; I will sweep it clean, the Lord of hosts says, sweep it clean away.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	24	And now the Lord of hosts has taken an oath, his doom shall be executed, his design shall stand:
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	25	In this my own land I will break the power of Assyria, upon these hills I will trample him under foot. Gone his yoke; there shall be no more shouldering his burden;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	26	such purpose I have for the world’s ordering; my hand once lifted, all the nations must bow.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	27	The Lord’s decree, who shall annul it? The Lord’s power, who shall thwart it?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	28	And in the year of king Achaz’s death, a fresh burden was imposed:
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	29	Too soon, Philistia, thou wouldst make public holiday over the breaking of the rod that smote thee. The serpent has gone, but he has left a basilisk stock behind him; a race that can catch birds on the wing.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	30	Here, then, shall be food for the very poorest; beggar man shall lie down in safety; thee I will destroy with famine root and branch, slay all the remnant that is left in thee.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	31	All thy gates, now, must echo with lament, all thy cities ring with cries; all Philistia swoons away. From the north a smoke comes ever nearer, signal of an army none may escape.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	14	32	Our news when the world asks, what message? Tell them Sion never rested in the Lord so surely; here be friendless folk that trust in him.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	15	1	What burden for Moab? Ar Moab has fallen in a night, and all is still; Moab’s battlements have fallen in a night, and all is still!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	15	2	Prince and people of Dibon have gone up to the hill-shrines to lament; on Nabo and on Medaba, Moab cries aloud, every head cropped, every beard shaved in mourning.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	15	3	In the streets, men walk girded with sackcloth; house-top and square echo with loud crying, that breaks into tears.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	15	4	The dirge goes up from Hesebon and Eleale, so loud that Jasa hears it; well may the warriors of Moab cry out; the very soul of Moab utters a cry.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	15	5	My heart laments for Moab, once ringed with walled cities as far as Segor; Segor that now moans like a full-grown heifer. There is weeping on the slopes of Luith; along the Oronaim road they wail aloud for misery.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	15	6	The waters of Nemrim will turn into desert; old grass has withered, new grass has failed, and their banks are green no more.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	15	7	Heavy their reckoning, to match the abundance of their riches; a nation in exile, carried away to the Vale of Willows.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	15	8	A cry goes up all about the frontiers of Moab; Gallim echoes the lament, and the well of Elim hears the sound of it.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	15	9	Dibon’s waters already swollen with blood; and still for Dibon I have perils in store, lions to meet the fugitives, the remnant that is left in the land of Moab.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	16	1	Send forth (O Lord) a lamb to be ruler of the land, from Petra in the desert to the hill where queen Sion reigns.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	16	2	There they will be, the women-folk of Moab, waiting at the ford of Arnon, like fluttered birds, fledgelings that have taken wing from the nest;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	16	3	there are plans to be made, deliberations to be held; Shelter us, like the shadow, dark as night, that gives shelter at noon-day; hide these fugitives of ours, do not betray them in their wanderings;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	16	4	let them dwell as exiles in your land; poor Moab, give it sanctuary from threat of the invader! But see, the dust of armies has died down, the guilty wretch has met his end; vanished and gone, who trampled the world under foot!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	16	5	Mercy and faithfulness return; a throne set up in David’s dwelling-place, for a judge that loves right and gives redress speedily!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	16	6	The boasting of Moab has long been in our ears; who so boastful as he? Proud, scornful, and overbearing, with dreams that came to nothing.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	16	7	So, from one end of Moab to the other, there is a dirge, everywhere a dirge; for yonder folk, that live content behind walls of hardened brick, tidings of ruin.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	16	8	The fields about Hesebon lie deserted; alien chieftains have rooted up the vineyard of Sabama, whose shoots once reached as far as Jazer, strayed through the wilderness; forlorn, now, its tendrils, wandering overseas.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	16	9	I will weep, then, as Jazer weeps, for the vineyard of Sabama, water Hesebon and Eleale with my tears. That thy vineyard, thy vintage-time should be disturbed by the cry of trampling armies!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	16	10	All joy, all triumph gone from that fruitful land of thine; no mirth, no gaiety left; the presses shall be trampled no more by the labourers we knew; forgotten, now, the cry that used to go up when they trod the grapes.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	16	11	For Moab, my inmost being thrills like a harp’s strings; my heart goes out to those brick-walled cities of hers.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	16	12	What shift will she make, when all goes ill with her on the heights? Prayer of hers, recourse to those shrines of hers, shall nothing avail her?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	16	13	Such was the word the Lord spoke to Moab, long since,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	16	14	and now he declares his purpose: In three years, by the time a labourer’s contract is out, Moab, so populous now, shall be shorn of her glory; shall be left small and weak, a thriving nation no longer.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	17	1	What burden for Damascus? Damascus, too, shall cease to be a city, shall become a heap of stones in ruin:
+Isaiah	Isa	27	17	2	the cities of Aroer will lie, now, abandoned to flocks, that take their ease undisturbed.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	17	3	Ephraim protected no more, Damascus a kingdom no more, what is left of Syria will enjoy no more renown than Israel itself; such is her doom from the Lord of hosts.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	17	4	The renown of Jacob, little enough will it be when that day comes; nothing but skin and bone will be left.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	17	5	Scanty as the corn a man gathers in his arm when he picks up what is left after the harvest, some gleaner in the valley of Rephaim.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	17	6	Only a cluster left here and there, a few olives still to be shaken off, two or three at the end of a branch, four or five on the top branch of all; that is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has decreed.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	17	7	Then at last man will turn to his Maker, will look towards the Holy One of Israel.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	17	8	He will turn no longer towards altars of his own designing, have eyes no longer for pillar and shrine of his own fashioning.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	17	9	The cities he had fortified will be abandoned then, as ploughs and crops were abandoned when Israel itself was the invader, and thou shalt be left forlorn.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	17	10	Thou didst forget the God who delivered thee, and gavest no thought to thy strong protector; thou art like one who plants on soil of good promise, but all the while is putting in bastard shoots.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	17	11	Wild grapes they were from the day when thou didst plant them, and soon this planting of thine will begin to bud; and now, when the time comes to enjoy it, here is all thy harvest lost to thee, and bitterly thou dost repine.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	17	12	Doom goes with it, this swollen multitude of nations, like the swollen seas that go roaring past; like the roar of those swollen seas is the stir of such a throng.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	17	13	Nations roaring with the roar of waters in full flood; and then, God will rebuke him, and in a moment he is far away, swept like the dust when a wind blows on the hills, or the whirl of leaves before the storm.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	17	14	Night comes, and there is terror all around; day breaks, and it is seen no more. Such the invader’s doom, so evermore shall they thrive, that come to despoil us.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	18	1	Woe to the land that has the whirring of wings for its music, there beyond the Ethiop rivers!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	18	2	In skiffs of papyrus reed she sends her ambassadors to the sea-coast! Ay, speed on your errand, but to a people far away, sundered from you by leagues of travel, dreaded people at the end of the earth, race that bears a tyrant’s yoke, in a land that is all rivers like your own.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	18	3	All you peoples of the world, all you that dwell on earth, wait till you see the signal raised on the mountains, till you hear the trumpet sound.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	18	4	Such warning the Lord has given me: I will keep silent and watch, here in my dwelling-place, as still as the bright sunshine of noon-day, or the haze that comes with the dew in harvest-time.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	18	5	What a blossoming was here before the time of harvest, how fully formed the buds that were still ripening! But its boughs shall be cut back with the pruning-knife, its straying tendrils shall be torn off and thrown away.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	18	6	All alike will be left a prey to the mountain birds, and the beasts that roam through the land; all through summer the birds will hover about it, and the beasts flock to it in winter.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	18	7	And then the people that is sundered far away, dreaded nation at the ends of the earth, land of the tyrant’s yoke, land of the branching rivers, will bring gifts to the Lord of hosts, betaking itself to mount Sion, where the name of the Lord of hosts is worshipped.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	19	1	What burden for Egypt? See where the Lord comes into Egypt, with the cloud-drift for his chariot, and all the false gods of Egypt tremble, the very heart of Egypt melts away!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	19	2	Egyptians I will embroil with Egyptians; each man will turn on his neighbour, one city, one kingdom on another.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	19	3	The spirit of Egypt shall fail her, and I will daze her wits, till men go about consulting oracle and diviner, wizard and soothsayer.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	19	4	Tyrants for Egypt’s masters, a fierce king to rule over it; the Lord of hosts has decreed it.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	19	5	Waters of the sea shall ebb, river waters be parched and dried up,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	19	6	the brooks failing, the channels, with their high banks, flowing in a thin stream, reed and sedge withered away.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	19	7	Laid bare, yonder river-bed, from its source; fade the crops its moisture nourished, fade and dwindle to nothing.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	19	8	Sad days for the fisher-folk; never a hook cast, never a net sunk, all is grief and repining.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	19	9	Disappointed of their trade, the men who worked in flax, combing and weaving it so cunningly;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	19	10	in those brackish swamps there are no fish-ponds a-making now.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	19	11	Nonplussed, all the princes of Tanis; all Pharao’s wise counsellors must needs give him a fool’s answer. Where is that inheritance of learning they boast, come down from ancient kings?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	19	12	What has become of thy wise men, Pharao? Let them give thee news, let them tell thee what the Lord means to do with Egypt.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	19	13	No, the princes of Tanis are nonplussed; degenerate, the lords of Memphis; Egypt is deceived in her great men, that should have been the corner-stone of her commonwealth.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	19	14	The Lord has mazed her wits; fuddled brains of drunkard had been as well advised;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	19	15	head and tail, reed and stubborn branch, in Egypt’s troubled counsels avail alike.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	19	16	Weak as a woman Egypt shall be, when that day comes, dazed and terrified, to see the Lord of hosts lift his hand so threateningly.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	19	17	Upon Juda Egypt must needs look with awe; fear is in the very name of it, as they scan the future; what means the Lord of hosts now?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	19	18	Cities five there shall be in the land of Egypt that talk with the speech of Chanaan, and take oaths in the name of the Lord of hosts; a city that bears the sun’s name among them.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	19	19	There will be an altar set up to the Lord for all Egypt to see, and at its frontier a pillar dedicated to him,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	19	20	a trophy, there, in Egypt, bringing the Lord of hosts to mind. Cry they out to him, when they suffer oppression, he will give them a saviour, a champion, to deliver them.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	19	21	Thus the Lord will reveal himself to Egypt; the Egyptians, when that day comes, will acknowledge him, doing him worship with sacrifices and offerings, will make vows to the Lord and perform them.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	19	22	First calamity, then healing; when they come back to the Lord, he will relent and restore.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	19	23	There will be a high-road, then, between Egypt and the Assyrians; either shall visit other, and Egypt under Assyria be at peace.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	19	24	And with these a third people shall be matched; who but Israel, source of the whole world’s happiness?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	19	25	Such blessing the Lord of hosts has pronounced upon it, Blessed be my people in Egypt, and the home I have made for the Assyrian to dwell in; but Israel is the land of my choice.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	20	1	It was in the year when Tharthan, at the bidding of king Sargon of Assyria, inva-ded the territory of Azotus, and captured it by assault,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	20	2	that the Lord sent out a message through Isaias, son of Amos. Up, said he, and undo the sackcloth that girds thee, and take off thy shoes. This Isaias did, and went bare and unshod.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	20	3	Whereupon the Lord said, Look, how my servant Isaias goes bare and unshod; that is a sign and a portent of what must come upon Egypt and Ethiopia when three years are past.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	20	4	It is thus that the king of Assyria will lead away the prisoners he takes in Egypt, the exiles from Ethiopia, young and old alike. Bare and unshod they shall go, with their buttocks exposed, to the shame of Egypt.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	20	5	A time of dismay and confusion for those who put their trust in Ethiopia, who boasted of Egypt’s power!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	20	6	Dwellers in this nook of earth, they will cry out, Here lay all our hope; these were to be our protectors, and bring us deliverance when the king of Assyria came! And what of us? For us no refuge now.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	21	1	What burden for the desert by the sea? From the desert it comes, from a land full of terrors, like the storm-wind rising from the south.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	21	2	Here be stern threats revealed to me: the treacherous one still treacherous, the plunderer still at his plundering! Elam, to the attack! Lay siege to him, Medians! From yonder desert there shall be groaning no more!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	21	3	What wonder if pain gripped the loins of me, sudden as woman’s pangs in travail? What wonder if sight and sound of it daunt and daze me,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	21	4	if heart fails and I grope in darkness, bewildered over her ruin, the Babylon I love?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	21	5	What, the banquet spread? From yonder post of vantage look down on them, where they sit at their meat and drink! Now, captains, to arms!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	21	6	Yes, the Lord’s word has came to me, Go and bid the watchman stand at his post, to give tidings of all he sees.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	21	7	A chariot he saw, with two out-riders, one that rode on an ass, and one that rode on a camel; looked long at them, watching them eagerly.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	21	8	Then he cried, Lonely as lion am I, that have charge of the Lord’s watch-tower; day after day I have stood here, night after night I keep my post.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	21	9	Nearer now, the chariot and its two outriders; Tidings! cries charioteer. Babylon has fallen, has fallen; images of the gods she worshipped have come crashing to the ground.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	21	10	My countrymen, winnowed with me in the same threshing-floor of trial, from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, such tidings I bring.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	21	11	What burden for Duma? A cry comes to me from Seir, How goes the night, watchman? How goes the night?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	21	12	Morning is on its way, says he, but with morning, the night. Come back again and enquire, if enquire you must.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	21	13	What burden for the Arabs? By evening, sleep in the woods you must, you that travel to Dedanim.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	21	14	Dwellers in the south, bring out water to meet the thirsty, bread to meet fleeing men.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	21	15	They have fled to escape the sword, the drawn sword, to escape the bow already bent against them, the stress of battle.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	21	16	In a year’s time, the Lord says, by the time a labourer’s contract is out, Cedar shall be robbed of all its glory;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	21	17	of all the brave archers that were Cedar’s sons, only a dwindling remnant shall be left; the Lord, the God of Israel has decreed it.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	22	1	What burden for the Valley of Revelation? Here is great stir among the townspeople, climb they eagerly to the house-tops.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	22	2	What means this shouting everywhere, these thronged streets, as of a city that makes holiday? Alas for thy dead, that were never slain by the sword, never died in battle;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	22	3	alas for rulers of thine, who with one accord have fled, or else been cruelly bound! Chains for all that were left, and distant exile.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	22	4	I pray you then, leave me alone, to weep bitterly; never try to comfort me, now that this people of mine is widowed.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	22	5	Day of doom, when the Lord of hosts will have yonder Valley of Revelation defeated, overrun, thrown into confusion; a day to test its ramparts, and overawe its citadel;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	22	6	to archer, to chariot, to horseman, Elam sends out her challenge, bids shield come down from its place on the wall.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	22	7	Chariots up and down all thy favoured valleys, horsemen halted at thy gate!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	22	8	Here is Juda, then, stripped bare; here is a day for looking to the armoury, there in the Forest House.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	22	9	How many breaches, already, in the wall of David’s city! Water you must bring in from the lower pool;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	22	10	take count of the houses in Jerusalem, pulling down some to build up the defences;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	22	11	you must find a bed between the two walls to contain the waters of the old pool. And all the while, no thought of him who made it all, no eyes for him who fashioned it, long ago.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	22	12	This day the Lord, the God of hosts, summons you to mourn and lament, to shave your heads and wear sackcloth;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	22	13	and instead all is mirth and gladness, oxen killed here, rams slaughtered there, meat being eaten and wine drunk; come, let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	22	14	Plain it rings in my ear, the voice of the Lord of hosts, Never while you live shall this sin of yours be pardoned.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	22	15	A message from the Lord God of hosts; Up, to my house betake thee, and find Sobna, that has charge of the temple. This be thy word to him,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	22	16	What claim of rank or kinship hast thou here, that thou shouldst hew out a burying-place for thyself? A tomb carefully hewed out on the hill side, an eyrie for thyself among the rocks?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	22	17	Wait till the Lord trusses thee like a trussed fowl, folds thee like a cloak,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	22	18	twines thee about with misfortune, and tosses thee like a ball into the great open plain! There shalt thou lie, and there that chariot which is thy pride, which is the shame of thy master’s house.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	22	19	I mean to expel thee from the rank thou holdest, deprive thee of thy office.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	22	20	And when that time comes, I will summon one who is a true servant of mine, Eliacim the son of Helcias,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	22	21	clothe him with thy robe, gird him with thy girdle, entrust him with the power that once was thine; to rule all the citizens of Jerusalem, all Juda’s race, with a father’s care.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	22	22	I will give him the key of David’s house to bear upon his shoulders; none may shut when he opens, none open when he shuts.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	22	23	I will fix him securely in his place, like a peg that is to carry all the royal honour of his father’s house;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	22	24	all the honour of his father’s house will rest upon him, as a man’s goods rest on a peg, the smaller of them, here a cooking-pan, there an instrument of music.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	22	25	A day is coming, says the Lord of hosts, when the peg that was once securely fixed will be dislodged from its place; suddenly it must break and fall, and all that hung from it be ruined; the Lord decrees it.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	23	1	What burden for Tyre? Mourn aloud, ocean-going ships, that reach Cyprus to learn that the home you left is in ruins!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	23	2	Stand they aghast, dwellers in the coast-land that once was thronged with Sidonian merchants,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	23	3	that gathered its revenue from far over-seas; grain of Egypt’s sowing, of the Nile’s ripening, bartered they among the nations.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	23	4	Poor Sidon, by false hopes betrayed! A cry comes up from the sea, from her that was guardian of the sea, Not for me a mother’s joys, a mother’s pangs; never a son reared, never a maid brought to womanhood.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	23	5	Here is news for Egypt, news from Tyre that shall grip her with despair!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	23	6	Go out on your ocean voyage, dwellers on the coast-land, mourning aloud;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	23	7	your city come to this, the same city that had so long boasted of her ancientry! For her townsfolk there is a journey to make on foot, a distant journey.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	23	8	Who was it plotted the downfall of Tyre, a city once so rich in crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traffickers were among the great men of the earth?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	23	9	He, the Lord of hosts, designed it; who else drags in the mire the boaster’s pride, brings all the great men of the earth into derision?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	23	10	Daughter of ocean, henceforward thy land must be watered with streams; the girdle of strength thou hadst is thine no more.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	23	11	The Lord’s hand, now, is stretched out over the sea itself, throwing all the kingdoms into dismay; his writ has gone out against Chanaan, that all its strongholds should be brought to nothing.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	23	12	Sidon, poor queen (he says), boast no more of thy virginity; thy name is tarnished now. Cross the sea, and betake thyself to Cyprus if thou wilt; even there thou shalt find no rest.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	23	13	Her resting-place is the land of the Chaldeans, where Assur has founded a nation strong as no nation ever was; nation that has carried off her warriors into captivity, undermined her palaces, made her into a heap of ruins.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	23	14	Mourn aloud, ocean-going ships; your stronghold is laid waste.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	23	15	After this thou wilt be forgotten, thou city of Tyre, for seventy years, long as the life-time of one of thy kings. At the end of those seventy years, Tyre will know the meaning of the harlot’s song,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	23	16	Take thy harp and go round the streets, poor harlot forgotten; now for thy best notes, now for thy whole store of music, to bring thee back into remembrance!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	23	17	At the end of those seventy years, the Lord will relent towards Tyre, and send her back to her trafficking; all the world over, with all the world’s kingdoms, she shall play the harlot once more.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	23	18	But now the revenues of her trafficking shall be devoted to the Lord’s use, not hoarded up and laid by; revenue she shall earn, but for Sion’s folk, the Lord’s servants, to give them food in abundance, and brave clothes to wear.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	24	1	Look you, the Lord means to make earth a void, a wilderness; twist it out of shape, and scatter its inhabitants far and wide.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	24	2	One law for priest and people, for master and servant, for mistress and maid; for seller and buyer, for borrower and lender, for debtor and exactor of debts.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	24	3	Earth drained to its dregs, earth ravaged and ransacked; such decree the Lord has uttered.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	24	4	Earth woebegone and withered, a world that withers and grows feeble; how feeble they have grown now, the great ones of the earth!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	24	5	Poor earth, polluted by the men that dwell on it; they have broken God’s law, traversed the decree he made for them, violated his eternal covenant with men;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	24	6	cankered it lies by a curse, peopled with guilty men, only a frantic remnant left of its inhabitants.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	24	7	Woebegone the vintage, withered now the vine, hearts sighing that once were merry;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	24	8	silent the gay tambour, hushed the noise of holiday-making, silent the harp’s mirth.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	24	9	No more feasting and song; the wine turns bitter in their mouths.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	24	10	Ransacked and ruined lies yonder city, where every house denies entrance,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	24	11	and a cry goes up in the streets because all the wine is spent, the mirth forsaken, the joy vanished;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	24	12	a city left to desolation, with ruin fallen upon its gates.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	24	13	In the midst of the wide earth, among those many peoples, what shall be left? A remnant, the last olives that are shaken from the tree, the gleanings that remain when vintage-time is over.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	24	14	Few only, but they shall lift up their voices in praise; God’s honour vindicated, their rejoicing shall be heard across the sea,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	24	15	Give glory to God, where knowledge of him is revealed; praise to the God of Israel among the distant isles;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	24	16	here at the ends of the earth his song of triumph has reached us, the boast of his elect. Heart, keep thy secret, heart, keep thy secret; no more of that.But alas, the traitors still betray his cause; treachery is treachery still, and its fruit is treason.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	24	17	For the dwellers on earth, tidings of fear; pit and snare await them;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	24	18	flee they from tidings of fear, they shall fall into the pit, flee they from the pit, they shall be held fast in the snare. The floodgates of heaven will be opened, and the foundations of earth rock;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	24	19	earth must be rent and riven, earth torn and tattered, earth must quiver and quake;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	24	20	earth rolling and reeling like a drunkard, earth tottering like some frail shelter that is gone in a night, bowed down by the weight of its own guilt, till it falls, never to rise again.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	24	21	When that day comes, the Lord will hold a reckoning with the hosts of heaven, there above, with the kings of the earth, here on earth;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	24	22	huddled together, as captives are huddled together in a dungeon, they shall remain prisoners; so, at last, the reckoning will be held.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	24	23	And then the Lord of hosts will reign at Jerusalem, on mount Sion; and the moon will be put to shame, and the sun hide his face, before the glory in which he will appear then, with the elders of his people about him.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	25	1	Lord, thou art my God; I extol thee and praise thy name for thy wonderful do-ings; for thy designs, so long prepared, so faithfully executed; see, it is done!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	25	2	A heap of stones where, but for thy decree, a town stood; a crumbling ruin, all that is left of a walled city; a fortress of the invader, dismantled now and never to be built again.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	25	3	What wonder great nations should do thee homage, embattled cities hold thee in dread?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	25	4	Stronghold thou art of the poor, stronghold of the helpless in their affliction, refuge from the storm, shade in the noonday sun; against that wall the rage of tyrants blusters in vain.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	25	5	Uproar of the invader stilled, as it were the breathless summer of a parched land; oppression withered up from the roots, like haze of burning heat!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	25	6	A time is coming when the Lord of hosts will prepare a banquet on this mountain of ours; no meat so tender, no wine so mellow, meat that drips with fat, wine well strained.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	25	7	Gone the chains in which he has bound the peoples, the veil that covered the nations hitherto; on the mountain-side, all these will be engulfed;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	25	8	death, too, shall be engulfed for ever. No furrowed cheek but the Lord God will wipe away its tears; gone the contempt his people endured in a whole world’s eyes; the Lord has promised it.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	25	9	When that day comes, men will be saying, He is here, the God to whom we looked for help, the Lord for whom we waited so patiently; ours to rejoice, ours to triumph in the victory he has sent us.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	25	10	On yonder mountain the divine deliverance shall rest, and by his power Moab shall be crushed, like straw ground in the chaff-cutter;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	25	11	Moab shall stretch out his hands, like a man swimming, and low shall his pride fall when they crash down to earth!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	25	12	Down they must come, the battlements that crown those walls, lie inglorious in the dust.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	26	1	But in the land of Juda, when that day comes, what shall their song be? Sion is ours, an impregnable fortress; divine protection it has for wall and breast-work;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	26	2	wide let its gates be opened, to welcome true hearts that still keep troth with him.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	26	3	Our thoughts wayward no longer, thou wilt maintain us in peace, peace that comes surely to those who trust in thee.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	26	4	Yours to trust in the Lord continually, the Lord that is evermore your protection.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	26	5	Mountain-dwellers he can bring low, towering city walls he can level, level them with the ground, drag them down to the dust.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	26	6	There they lie, trodden under foot; poor folk trample on them now, the disinherited spurn them as they pass.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	26	7	Where heart is true, path lies plain; level the road he treads that wins acceptance with thee.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	26	8	And we, Lord, we have kept to the path thou hadst decreed for us, waiting for thee still; longing we had none but for thy greater renown.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	26	9	All through the night my soul has yearned for thee, to thee my heart aspires, watching for the dawn; soon thou wilt execute thy decrees on earth, and the whole world shall know how just thou art.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	26	10	The godless will not learn that lesson from mercy shewn him; in a land that is all holiness, they will pervert justice still, no eyes for the Lord’s majesty.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	26	11	Hand of thine which threatened them, heed they would not; heed now they must, those envious eyes, and to their own confusion; they shall see fire consume thy enemies!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	26	12	Thou wilt busy thyself, Lord, to make peace for us; what achievement of ours but the doing of it is thine?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	26	13	O Lord our God, masters we have had a many in place of thee, but only thy name shall be held in remembrance;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	26	14	live they cannot nor revive, gone down to death with the heroes of long ago; thou hast called them to account, and made an end of them, till the very memory of their names has vanished.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	26	15	Didst thou win thyself honour, Lord, when thou didst shew favour, such high favour, to thy people, when thou didst enlarge all the frontiers of its land?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	26	16	No, Lord, it was in affliction they turned back to thee; in silent hours of suffering thy chastisement reached them.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	26	17	We were no better than woman with child that is near her time, ready to cry out dolorously in her pangs; such lot thou hadst given us.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	26	18	Conceived we, aye, and travailed, yet nothing brought forth but wind; not through us came deliverance to our country, not through us were the peoples of the world cast down.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	26	19	Fresh life they shall have, Lord, that are thine in death; lost to us, they shall live again. Awake and utter your praises, you that dwell in the dust. The dew thou sendest, Lord, shall bring light to them; only the land of dead heroes thou wilt doom to overthrow.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	26	20	Up then, my people, to your innermost chambers betake you; shut yourselves within doors; hide for a little, until the time of retribution is past.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	26	21	See, where the Lord comes out from his dwelling-place, holds the nations of the world to account for their guilt! Earth shall disclose the blood spilt on it, and no more cover its dead.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	27	1	Hard and heavy and strong that sword is which the Lord carries; shall he not wreak his vengeance, in due time, upon the monstrous serpent that bars the gate, and the monstrous serpent that coils up yonder; shall he not deal death to the great beast of the sea?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	27	2	And the praise of his doings shall be sung by his own vineyard, a vineyard rich in wine.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	27	3	I, the Lord, am the keeper of this vineyard; I come soon to water it. Day by day I watch over it, to shield it from attack,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	27	4	nor any grudge my hearts bears it. Would I were an enemy as relentless as thorns and briars are! Then I would trample it down and make a bonfire of it.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	27	5	But now, see how it clings to my protection! Ay, it shall have peace, it shall make its peace with me.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	27	6	Israel shall flourish and put forth shoots, multitudes that shall be added to the number of Jacob; with its offspring the wide face of earth shall be peopled.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	27	7	What, should the Lord smite Israel as he smote his enemies? Destroy it, like those others he doomed to overthrow?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	27	8	Nay, cast her away he might, but there should be due measure in her punishment; not for nothing did he expose her to cruel wind and burning heat;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	27	9	so should the race of Jacob find pardon for its sins. Cleansed now from guilt, to bear fruit in full abundance; ground fine as chalk the altar-stones, pillar and shrine raised up no more!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	27	10	Meanwhile, the city that once was fortified must lie desolate, forsaken, that fair dwelling-place, abandoned, part of the wilderness; cattle will browse and lie down, and crop the tall bushes on it;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	27	11	nothing that grows there but will wither and be snapped off. Women shall be their teachers, so foolish has this nation grown, too foolish for its own maker to pity, for its own creator to spare.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	27	12	But a time is coming, when the Lord will beat the fruit from his trees, as far away as the bed of Euphrates and the river of Egypt, and you, sons of Israel, shall be gathered in one by one.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	27	13	That day, a call will be sounded on a great trumpet, and men long lost will come from Assyria, and exiles from Egypt, to worship the Lord on his holy mountain, in Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	1	Out upon the drunken lords of Ephraim, and the city that is their boast, their crown! Quickly shall it fade, this flower, in the pride of its beauty. Careless they dwell at the head of yonder fruitful valley, all besotted with their wine;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	2	and the Lord will come upon them like a rough, boisterous hail-storm, like a destroying whirlwind, like a swift flood that rises and spreads out over the plain.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	3	Trodden under foot it shall lie, the crown that was drunken Ephraim’s boast;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	4	that flower, whose brief bloom once delighted him, shall look down over the fruitful valley no more. Fig ripens to its cost, that ripens ere autumn brings the harvest, no sooner seen than plucked and eaten by the first that passes by!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	5	But the Lord has his own people still left him; to these he shall be a crown to boast of, a garland of pride;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	6	his the justice inspires them when they sit in judgement; his the courage that rallies them when they fall back, fighting, to the gates.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	7	What, these too? These too fuddled with wine, bemused with their revelling? High revel they hold, priest and prophet together, till all are fuddled and sodden with wine, their wits bemused; what wonder if the true seer goes unrecognized, if justice is forgotten?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	8	No room is left at their tables for aught but filth and vomit.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	9	Here is one (they say) has knowledge to impart, has a message to make known, to whom? Does he think we are children new-weaned, fresh from their mothers’ milk?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	10	It is ever, Pass the word on, pass the word on, Wait a while yet, wait a while yet, A word with you, here, A word with you, there!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	11	Here is stammering speech, here is outlandish talk for our folk to listen to!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	12	Yet he did but counsel rest and repose; rest none other, repose none other, than to give respite to a weary nation. And listen they would not;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	13	to them, the Lord’s message was all Pass the word on, pass the word on, Wait a while yet, wait a while yet, A word with you, here, and a word with you, there! And so they will go on their way, to stumble backwards and break their bones, to fall into a trap and lie there caught.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	14	Hear the Lord’s word, then, you mockers, that bear rule over my people in Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	15	Did you think to make terms with death, enter into alliance with the grave itself, that the flood of ruin should pass you by, so confident in your vain hopes, so armed with illusion?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	16	A message to you, then, from the Lord God, See, I am laying a stone in the foundations of Sion that has been tested and found true, a corner-stone, a stone of worth, built into the foundations themselves. Hurry to and fro who will; faith knows better.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	17	You shall have justice dealt out to you by weight, your sentence shall be strictly measured; shattered, the vain hopes, as by a storm of hail, buried the illusion as by a deluge.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	18	Hold they shall not, your terms with death, your compact with the grave; when the flood of ruin sweeps past, it shall leave you prostrate.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	19	It will carry you away as it passes; pass it will, suddenly, in the space of a day and a night, and the very alarm of it will make you understand the revelation at last.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	20	Too narrow a bed, and one or the other must fall out; a short cloak is no covering for two.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	21	Who stands there? None other than the Lord himself, as he stood once on the mountain of Disruption, vengeful still, as when he stood in the valley at Gabaon; but now, his own purpose to achieve, he lends himself to the purpose of another, now his will is, to let the alien have his will.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	22	Mock, then, no more, if you would not see your chains riveted tighter; the Lord God of hosts is my witness, he means to make a short and sharp reckoning with the whole earth.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	23	Listen now, and give me a hearing, mark well the message I bring.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	24	Plough the farmer must, ere he sow, but will he be ever ploughing? For hoe and harrow is there no rest?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	25	Nay, he will level it anon, plant fennel, sow cummin, with a border of wheat or barley, millet or vetch;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	26	such lore he has learned, such prudence his God has given him.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	27	What, shall sledge crush the fennel seed, threshing-wheel pass to and fro over the cummin? A switch for the fennel, a rod for the cummin, and they shall be beaten enough.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	28	Thrashed the corn must be, sure enough, yet not for ever does the wheel harry it, do the spikes wear it down.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	28	29	This lesson, too, the Lord would teach us; learn we how wonderful are his designs, how high above us his dealings.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	29	1	Out upon her, Ariel, the lion-city King David stormed long ago! This year once added to the tale of years, feast-days of it over and gone,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	29	2	I will lay siege to Ariel, that shall roar and roar again, a lion-city indeed.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	29	3	Trust me, I will ring thee round, throw up earth-works against thee, set engines in place to besiege thee.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	29	4	Cower down thou must, and offer parley from the earth where thou liest; from the ruins thy voice will make itself heard, no better than a muttering from the ground, as it were some ghost that moaned there under the earth.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	29	5	Then, like fine dust, the hordes that routed thee shall vanish; like a spark that smoulders, thy conquerors shall die away.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	29	6	Suddenly, in a moment, the Lord will sweep down upon them in thunder, and earthquake, in a storm of roaring wind, in fire that devours all before it;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	29	7	gone, the thronging nations that fought against Ariel, like a dream that passes with the night; gone, the fighting, and the siege, and their triumph.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	29	8	Dreams hungry man of a full belly, then wakes empty as ever; dreams thirsty man of a cool draught, then wakes weary, and thirsty, and still unsatisfied! Such comfort shall be theirs, the many folk that beleaguered Sion.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	29	9	Ay, gape and gaze as you will; hum and haw you, bemused ere you lifted cup, besotted ere you have been at your wine, besotted with never a taste of drink!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	29	10	So deep a lethargy the Lord instils, blinding the prophets that should be your eyes, muffling with a veil the wise heads that should see visions for you.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	29	11	What is revelation to you, but a sealed book, offered as vainly to scholar that finds it sealed,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	29	12	as to yonder simpleton, that vows he never learned his letters?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	29	13	This people, the Lord says, makes profession of worshipping me, does me honour with its lips, but its heart is far from me. If they fear me, it is a lesson they learned from human precepts.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	29	14	What remains but some great, some resounding miracle, to strike awe into such hearts as these? Bereft of wisdom their wise men shall be, cunning of their counsellors vanish.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	29	15	Out on you, that would hide your designs from the Lord in the depth of your hearts, plotting on in the dark and telling yourselves none can see, none can find you out!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	29	16	What a strange thought is this! As well might clay scheme against the potter; handicraft disown its craftsman, or thing of art call the artist fool.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	29	17	Short the time shall be, and quickly fled, ere Lebanon forest shall be fruitful as Carmel, ere land fruitful now shall be reckoned as forest.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	29	18	Then this book will have a message for deaf ears to hear, for blind eyes to see through the mist that darkens them;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	29	19	humble folk shall yet learn to rejoice in the Lord, poor clods of earth triumph in the Holy One of Israel.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	29	20	Vanished, the triumphant foe, scornful incredulity is silenced; where are they now, that spent themselves on wrongdoing,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	29	21	watching a man’s words to convict him of guilt, defrauding him of justice at the city gate, setting aside, with a quibble, the plea of the innocent?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	29	22	Here is a message to the race of Jacob from the Lord, that was Abraham’s deliverer: No longer shall Jacob be disappointed, no longer put to the blush.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	29	23	He shall see children of his, my gift, doing honour publicly to my name; honour to the Holy One of Jacob, homage to the God of Israel!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	29	24	Restless hearts will attain true knowledge then, and the murmurers learn wisdom.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	1	Out upon you, the Lord says, what treason is this? Here be plans afoot that were never mine, webs a-weaving, and the pattern none of my choice. Trust me, you do but add to your guilt.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	2	What are these journeyings down into Egypt, and I never consulted? Think you to find refuge in the strength of Pharao, look you to Egypt for shelter?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	3	Strength of Pharao shall play you false, nor shelter Egypt bring you, but shame.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	4	Princes of thine in Tanis, ambassadors from thee making their way to Hanes!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	5	Fruitless errand to a folk that could not save them; no help, no comfort there, only failure and mockery.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	6	What burden for the cattle-droves in the south? Here is a land of difficulty and danger, home of lion and lioness, of viper and flying serpent; and through it, goods piled on asses’ backs, treasures stored on the humps of camels, go men asking for help where help is none.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	7	From Egypt’s protection you shall have neither gain nor good; my word has been said about her, There goes Pride, let her alone.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	8	Go home, then, and engrave it on a tablet of box-wood for their instruction; write it down, too, carefully on a scroll, to be an abiding record in after days.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	9	So rebellious a people is this, so treacherous a breed, refusing, my own children, to listen to the law of their God;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	10	forbidding the prophet to prophesy, the man of vision to have vision of the truth. Ever they must be told what likes them best, comforted in their illusions;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	11	for them no marching orders, no prescribed path; he, the Holy One of Israel, must be kept far from their view.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	12	From him, the Holy One of Israel, this message: Warning of mine you have rejected, so blindly you trust your own cunning, your own headstrong will.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	13	Sudden and swift shall be your punishment, as the crash of a high wall that has long gaped ruinously, long been anxiously watched.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	14	So shrewd a blow potter never dealt, shivering earthen pot into fragments, till no shard is left that will carry a lighted coal from the hearth, or a mouthful of water from the cistern.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	15	From the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, word was given you, Come back and keep still, and all shall be well with you; in quietness and in confidence lies your strength. But you would have none of it;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	16	To horse! you cried, We must flee! and flee you shall; We must ride swiftly, you said; but swifter still ride your pursuers.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	17	Be you a thousand to one, yet at the challenge of five men you shall take to flight; nought left of you but a remnant, lonely as flag-staff on the mountain-top, as beacon on the hill.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	18	What if the Lord waits his time before he will have mercy on you? The more glorious, when it comes, his deliverance. The Lord is a God who makes award justly, blessed they shall be that wait for him.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	19	In Jerusalem they only will be left, true citizens of Sion. And thou, Jerusalem, tears shalt have none to shed; mercy is none he shall withhold. Soon as he hears thee crying out to him, the answer will come.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	20	Bread the Lord will grant, though it be sparingly, water, though it be in short measure. Birds of passage they shall be no longer, the men he gives thee for thy teachers; always thou wilt have a true counsellor in sight,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	21	always hear his voice in thy ear as he warns thee, This is the true path, follow it; no swerving to right or left!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	22	Silver leaf on thy graven images defaced now, defaced the sheaths of gold; thou wilt cast all away, as a woman casts away defiled clouts of hers, and bid it begone.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	23	And thereupon, sow where thou wilt all over the land, rain shall be granted to thy crops; rich and full shall be thy harvest of wheat; thou shalt have pasture, then, for lambs to browse in at liberty.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	24	Ox and ass on thy farm shall have mixed feed, pure grain fresh winnowed on the threshing-floor;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	25	never a mountain-top, never a high hill, but will flow with torrents of water, when that day comes. The dead shall lie in heaps that day, and towers come crashing down;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	26	moon’s light will be like the light of the sun, and the sun will shine in sevenfold strength, as if the light of seven days were joined in one, when the time comes for the Lord to bind up his people’s hurt, and heal their grievous wound.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	27	See where the majesty of the Lord comes from far away; his anger is aflame, and there is no withstanding it! There is menace on his lips, his tongue is like a consuming fire,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	28	and his breath like a mountain stream that floods over till it is neck-deep. He will sweep away whole nations into oblivion, sweep away the bridle of false fears that curbed the peoples till now.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	29	But, you, that night, will be singing for joy, as if it were the night when a solemn feast begins; your hearts will be light, as men’s hearts are light when they go up, with the flutes playing about them, to the mountain of the Lord, where he dwells, the strong God of Israel.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	30	The Lord will make his dread voice heard, will lay bare his terrible arm, volleying out his anger in flashes of devouring fire, laying all low with his whirlwind, with his hail-stones;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	31	and Assur will shrink in fear from the Lord’s voice, and will feel his rod.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	32	So it is decreed that the rod should pass over him, brought down on him by the Lord’s hand to the music of your tambours and harps; a strange warfare this, that shall quell them!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	30	33	In these times a new Topheth has been made ready; this, too, made ready by a king. It is deep and wide, fed with flaming brands in abundance; and the breath of the Lord comes down like a stream of brimstone, to kindle it.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	31	1	Out upon you, that betake yourselves to Egypt for succour! Horses must be your speed in the hour of peril; great array of chariots you must have, and horsemen without number, to bring you confidence; to the Holy One of Israel turn you never, confidence in the Lord is none.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	31	2	And yet he too is a wise counsellor; brings he trouble to a man’s door, he does not lightly change his purpose; doubt not he will take arms against a rebellious race, the unholy alliance bring to nothing.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	31	3	Strength of Egypt is human, not divine; its horses are weak flesh, not immortal spirit; one movement of the Lord’s hand, and down comes rescuer, down falls the rescued, to lie there forgotten.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	31	4	A promise from the Lord God! Here is lion, or cub of a lion, growling over his prey; what though the shepherds rally, and go out to meet him? Nothing cares he for their shouts, is not awed by their numbers. So it will be with the Lord of hosts, when he comes down to war, here on mount Sion, with his own hill-side for battle-ground.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	31	5	As parent bird hovers over nest, so will the Lord of hosts protect Jerusalem; protect her and bring her safe through, grant signal deliverance.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	31	6	Come back, sons of Israel, that have hidden yourselves away so deep.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	31	7	Time, then, for each man to cast away his idols of gold and silver, idols your guilty hands have made.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	31	8	Not by the sword of man Assur shall fall, earthly weapon is none shall boast it slew him. Flee he must ere sword threaten him, and never warrior of his be left, but to slavery.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	31	9	All that stubborn strength of his by terror unmanned, all his princes fled away! Such comfort the Lord sends to Sion, where his fire is lit, to Jerusalem, where glows his furnace.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	32	1	See, where a king rules his folk justly! His nobles, too, make right award;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	32	2	to them men look, as for shelter against the wind, cover in a storm; for running streams in drought, shade of towering rock in a parched land.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	32	3	Eyes they will have to see with, no darkness there; ears that are strained to listen attentively;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	32	4	rude minds shall learn wise thoughts, the stammering tongue speak out readily and clear.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	32	5	Noble rank shall no longer be for the reckless, or lordly titles for the crafty.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	32	6	The reckless man, that speaks ever recklessly, his heart set on mischief, still full of empty show, and blasphemy against the Lord; food to the hungry, drink to the thirsty denying still!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	32	7	And the crafty man, an ill craft is his, false pleas devising to ruin harmless folk, cheat the poor of their rights!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	32	8	From a noble nature spring noble acts; title is none to greatness higher than this.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	32	9	Bestir you, fine ladies, and listen; for ears untroubled by alarm I have a message.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	32	10	Swiftly the days pass, the year goes round, and you shall have trouble enough, anxious foreboding, when the vintage fails, and no fruit-harvest comes.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	32	11	Bewildered, the minds that were once at ease, full of foreboding, those untroubled hearts; you must go stripped and shame-faced now, with sackcloth about your loins,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	32	12	mourn for lost fruitfulness, for the fields once so smiling, for the vineyards that bore so well.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	32	13	That thorns and briers should come up in these lands of yours; come up over haunts you loved, in the city that was all mirth!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	32	14	Empty, now, the palace, forgotten the hum of yonder streets; nothing but gloom, where a man must pick his way through caverns endlessly; loved haunts of the wild ass, a pasture-ground for the flock.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	32	15	All this, until the spirit is poured out on us from above; fruitful as Carmel then the wilderness, to make your well-tilled lands seem but waste.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	32	16	Alike desert and fruitful field the home, now, of innocence,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	32	17	the abode of loyalty; loyalty, that has peace for its crown, tranquillity for its harvest, repose for ever undisturbed.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	32	18	In quiet homes this people of mine shall live, in dwelling-places that fear no attack; all shall be ease and plenty.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	32	19	But first the hail-storm must do its work, forest be laid low, city levelled with the ground.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	32	20	Ah, blessed race, their seed sowing, their oxen and asses driving, by every stream that flows!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	33	1	What, plunderer of the nations, unplundered still? Proud lord of others, does none dispute thy lordship? A time comes when thou must cease plundering, and thyself be plundered, when of lordship thou hast had enough, and others lord it over thee.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	33	2	Have mercy on us, Lord, that wait for thee so patiently; day after day be our stronghold, our deliverer thou in time of trouble!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	33	3	Fled, the alien host, scattered the heathen, thy angel’s voice once heard, thy power made manifest!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	33	4	Your spoils, Gentiles, how easily amassed! Easily as the locusts, where they swarm in the trenches.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	33	5	The Lord’s power made manifest, that is throned high in heaven! With his just award Sion shall be well content;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	33	6	still in these times of ours the promise well kept, the full deliverance. Knowledge and wisdom and the fear of the Lord, what treasure like these?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	33	7	See, where they stand at the gates, the men we sent out to report, hailing us; the messengers we sent to ask for peace, weeping bitterly;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	33	8	Deserted, the highways, the lanes untravelled; the enemy has broken the truce, making no terms with the cities, not sparing the lives of men;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	33	9	widowed the countryside and lifeless, Lebanon shrunken and withered, Saron a wilderness, Basan and Carmel quaking with fear.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	33	10	Now, the Lord says, to bestir myself, now to rise up in arms against them, now to make them feel my power!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	33	11	A raging fire conceived in the womb, and nothing but stubble brought to the birth; your own impetuous spirit shall be a fire, Gentiles, to devour you;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	33	12	like ashes in a kiln they shall be left, the alien hordes, bundles of brushwood eaten up by the fire.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	33	13	Listen then, you that live far off, to the story of my doings; and you, who dwell close to me, learn the lesson of my power.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	33	14	In Sion itself there be guilty folk that tremble, false hearts full of dismay; who shall survive this devouring flame, the near presence of fires that burn unceasingly?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	33	15	He only, that follows the path of innocence, tells truth, ill-gotten gain refuses, flings back the bribe; his ears shut to murderous counsels, his eyes from every harmful sight turned away.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	33	16	On the heights his dwelling shall be, his eyrie among the fastnesses of the rocks, bread shall be his for the asking, water from an unfailing spring.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	33	17	Those eyes shall look on the king in his royal beauty, have sight of a land whose frontiers are far away.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	33	18	Of those old fears, how thou wilt recall the memory! Where are they now, the learned men, that could weight each phrase of the law, that taught us like children?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	33	19	No longer wilt thou see before thee a rebellious people, all profound talk that passes thy comprehension, and no wisdom.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	33	20	Look around thee at Sion, goal of our pilgrimage, see where Jerusalem lies, an undisturbed dwelling-place; here is tent securely fixed, its pegs immoveable, its ropes never to be broken.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	33	21	Here, as nowhere else, our Lord reigns in majesty; a place of rivers, of wide, open streams, yet no ship’s oar will disturb it, no huge galleon pass by;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	33	22	the Lord our judge, the Lord our lawgiver, the Lord our king, will himself be our deliverance.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	33	23	Now, thy tackle hangs loose and unserviceable, too weak thy mast is to display thy pennon; then, thou wilt have the spoil of many forays to divide, even lame folk shall carry plunder away.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	33	24	No more shall they cry out on their helpless plight, these, thy fellow citizens; none dwells there now but is assoiled of his guilt.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	34	1	Nations, come near and listen, here is news for all mankind; give heed the whole world must, and all that lives on it, earth and all earth breeds.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	34	2	On all nations the Lord will be avenged, never an armed host but must feel the blow, forfeit, all of them, and doomed to perish.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	34	3	See where they lie slain, their carrion polluting the air, the very hills rotted away with their blood!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	34	4	Fade they into nothing, yonder heavenly powers; shrivel, like a scroll, the heavens themselves, nor any star there but must wither, as leaf withers on vine or fig-tree;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	34	5	in the very heavens my sword shall drink deep of blood. On Edom doubt not it shall fall, death-sentence to execute,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	34	6	the sword of the Lord, glutted with blood! Well nourished with fat, where it drank the blood of lambs and goats, of stalled rams! There are victims ready for the Lord in Bosra; great slaughter then shall be in the land of Edom.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	34	7	Down go the wild bulls with the rest, the bullocks, leaders of the herd; earth must be sodden with their blood, rich grow the soil with fat of their pampered kings.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	34	8	Swiftly it comes, the day of the Lord’s vengeance, the year that shall see Sion’s wrongs redressed.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	34	9	Pitch they shall be henceforward, the brooks of Edom, its soil brimstone; a land of burning pitch,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	34	10	never quenched night or day, its smoke going up eternally; age after age it shall yet be desolate, untravelled for ever by the foot of man.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	34	11	Pelican and hedge-hog shall claim it, ibis and raven be its tenants; plotted with the Lord’s measuring-line, an empty void, tried with his plummet, a hanging ruin.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	34	12	Cry they for a king to govern it, that has no chieftain now; all its princes have vanished.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	34	13	Thorns and nettles shall grow in its palaces, briers over its battlements; it shall be the lair of serpents, the pasture-ground of the ostrich.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	34	14	Devils and monstrous forms shall haunt it, satyr call out to satyr; there the vampire lies down and finds rest.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	34	15	Hedge-hog makes a nest to rear its young, nurtured safely in yonder shade; vulture there with vulture meets.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	34	16	Turn back, when the time comes, to this record of divine prophecy, and read it afresh; you shall learn, then, that none of these signs was lacking, none waited for the coming of the next. The Lord it was entrusted me with the prophecies I utter; by his Spirit that strange company was called together.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	34	17	For each its own dwelling-place; in his hand was the line that measured it out to them; there they shall live on for ever, to all ages undisturbed.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	35	1	Thrills the barren desert with rejoicing; the wilderness takes heart, and blossoms, fair as the lily.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	35	2	Blossom on blossom, it will rejoice and sing for joy; all the majesty of Lebanon is bestowed on it, all the grace of Carmel and of Saron. All alike shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty of our God.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	35	3	Stiffen, then, the sinews of drooping hand and flagging knee;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	35	4	give word to the faint-hearted, Take courage, and have no fear; see where your Lord is bringing redress for your wrongs, God himself, coming to deliver you!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	35	5	Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and deaf ears unsealed;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	35	6	the lame man, then, shall leap as the deer leap, the speechless tongue cry aloud. Springs will gush out in the wilderness, streams flow through the desert;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	35	7	ground that was dried up will give place to pools, barren land to wells of clear water; where the serpent had its lair once, reed and bulrush will show their green.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	35	8	A high road will stretch across it, by divine proclamation kept holy; none that is defiled may travel on it; and there you shall find a straight path lying before you, wayfarer is none so foolish he can go astray.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	35	9	No lions shall molest it, no beasts of prey venture on it. Free men shall walk on it,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	35	10	coming home again to Sion, and praising the Lord for their ransoming. Eternal happiness crowns them, joy and happiness in their grasp now, sorrow and sighing fled far away.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	36	1	It was in the fourteenth year of Ezechias’ reign that Sennacherib, king of Assyria, marched on the fortified cities of Juda, and took them.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	36	2	And the king of Assyria, who was then at Lachis, sent Rabsaces at the head of a strong force to Jerusalem, where king Ezechias was. This Rabsaces took up his stand on the aqueduct that fed the upper pool, on the way that brings you to the Fuller’s Field,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	36	3	and there he was met by Eliacim, son of Helcias, the controller of the royal household, and Sobna, the scribe, and Joahe, son of Asaph, the recorder.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	36	4	So he bade them tell Ezechias, Here is a message to thee from the great king, the king of Assyria. What confidence is this that makes thee so bold?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	36	5	By what cunning or what force dost thou hope to meet me in arms? On whose help dost thou rely, that thou wouldst throw off my allegiance?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	36	6	What, wilt thou rely on Egypt? That is to support thyself on a broken staff of cane, that will run into a man’s hand, if he presses on it, and pierce him through; such does Pharao, king of Egypt, prove himself to all those who rely on him.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	36	7	Or wilt thou answer, We trust, I and my people, in the Lord our God? Tell me, who is he? Is he not the God whose hill-shrines and altars their king, Ezechias, has cleared away, bidding Juda and Jerusalem worship at one altar here?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	36	8	Come now, if thou wert to make terms with my master, the king of Assyria, by which I must hand over to thee two thousand horses, wouldst thou be able to do thy part by putting riders on them?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	36	9	Why, thou art no match even for a city prefect, the least of my master’s servants. Trust if thou wilt in Egypt, its chariots and its horsemen;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	36	10	but dost thou doubt that I have the Lord’s warrant to come and subdue this land? It was the Lord himself who sent word to me, Make war on this land, and subdue it.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	36	11	At this, Eliacim and Sobna and Joahe said to Rabsaces, My lord, pray talk to us in Syriac; we know it well. Do not talk to us in the Hebrew language, while all these folks are standing on the walls within hearing.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	36	12	What, said Rabsaces, dost thou think my master hath sent me with this message for thee only, and for that master of thine? It is for the folk who man the walls, these companions of yours that have nothing left to eat or drink but the ventings of their own bodies.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	36	13	Then Rabsaces stood up and cried aloud, in Hebrew, Here is a message to you from the great king, the king of Assyria!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	36	14	This is the king’s warning, Do not be deluded by Ezechias, he is powerless to save you;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	36	15	do not let Ezechias put you off by telling you to trust in God; that the Lord is certain to bring you aid, he cannot allow the king of Assyria to become master of your city.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	36	16	No, do not listen to Ezechias; here are the terms the king of Assyria offers to you. Earn my good will by surrendering to me, and you shall live unmolested; to each the fruit of his own vine and fig-tree, to each the water from his own cistern.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	36	17	Then, when I come back, I will transplant you into a land like your own, which will grudge you neither wheat nor wine, so rich is it in cornfields and vineyards.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	36	18	No, do not let Ezechias stir you to action by telling you that the Lord will deliver you. What of other nations? Were their countries delivered, by this god or that, when the king of Assyria threatened them?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	36	19	What gods had Emath and Arphad, what god had Sepharvaim? Did any power rescue Samaria from my attack?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	36	20	Which of all the gods in the world has delivered his country when I threatened it, that you should trust in the Lord’s deliverance, when I threaten Jerusalem?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	36	21	But all kept silence, and gave him no word in answer; the king had sent orders that they were not to answer him.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	36	22	So Eliacim, son of Helcias, the controller of the royal household, and Sobna, the scribe, and Joahe, son of Asaph, the recorder, went back to Ezechias, with their garments torn about them, to let him know what Rabsaces had said.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	1	No sooner had king Ezechias heard it, than he tore his garments open, and put on sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	2	Meanwhile, he sent word to the prophet Isaias, son of Amos. Eliacim, the controller of the household, and Sobna, the scribe, and some of the older priests, went on this errand.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	3	Here is a message for thee, they said, from Ezechias. Troublous times have come upon us; times to make us mend our ways, or else blaspheme God. What remedy, when children come to the birth, and the mother has no strength to bear them?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	4	Unless indeed the Lord God should take cognizance of what Rabsaces has been saying, Rabsaces, who was sent here by his master, the king of Assyria, to blaspheme the living God. Surely the Lord thy God has listened to the reproaches he uttered. Raise thy voice, then, in prayer for the poor remnant that is left.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	5	Thus visited by the servants of Ezechias,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	6	Isaias answered, Give your master this message. Do not be dismayed, the Lord says, at hearing the blasphemies which the courtiers of the Assyrian king have uttered against me.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	7	See if I do not put him in such a mind, see if I do not make him hear such news, as will send him back to his own country. And when he reaches his own country, I will give the word, and the sword shall make an end of him.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	8	And now Rabsaces went back to find the king of the Assyrians before Lobna, hearing that he had raised the siege of Lachis.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	9	News had come that Taracha, king of the Ethiopians, was on his way to do battle with him. And the king, when he heard the report, despatched messengers to Ezechias;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	10	Give this warning, he said, to Ezechias, king of Juda. Do not let the God in whom thou puttest such confidence deceive thee with false hopes, telling thee that Jerusalem will never be allowed to fall into the hands of the Assyrian king.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	11	What, hast thou not heard what the kings of Assyria have done to the nations everywhere, destroying them utterly? And what hope hast thou of deliverance?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	12	What saving power had the gods of those old peoples my fathers overthrew, Gozam, and Haram, and Repheth, and the race of Eden who lived in Thalassar?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	13	Where are they, the kings of Emath, and Arphad, the kings who governed the city of Sepharvaim, and Ana, and Ava?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	14	These despatches were handed by the messengers to Ezechias, and when he had read them, he went up into the house of the Lord, and held them out open in the Lord’s presence.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	15	And this was the prayer which Ezechias made to the Lord:
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	16	Lord of hosts, God of Israel, who hast thy throne above the cherubim, thou alone art God over all the kingdoms of the world, heaven and earth are of thy fashioning.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	17	Give ear, Lord, and listen; open thy eyes, Lord, and see; do not let Sennacherib’s words go unheard, these blasphemies he has uttered against the living God.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	18	It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have brought ruin on whole nations, and the lands they lived in,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	19	and thrown their gods into the fire; but these were in truth no gods; men had made them, of wood or stone, and men could break them.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	20	Now it is for thee, O Lord our God, to rescue us from the invader, and shew all the kingdoms of the world there is no other Lord, save thee.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	21	Then Isaias, son of Amos, sent word to Ezechias, A message to thee from the Lord, the God of Israel, in answer to the prayer thou hast made to him about Sennacherib, king of the Assyrians.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	22	This is what the Lord has to say of him: See how she mocks thee, flouts thee, Sion, the virgin city! Jerusalem, proud maiden, follows thee with her eyes and tosses her head in scorn.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	23	So thou wouldst hurl insults, and blaspheme, and talk boastfully, and brave it out with disdainful looks, against whom? Against the Holy One of Israel.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	24	In thy name, these servants of thine have hurled insults at the Lord. It was thy dream that thou hadst scaled, with those chariots of thine, the mountain heights, the slopes of Lebanon; and now thou wouldst cut down its tall cedars, its noble fir-trees, till thou couldst reach the very summit of the ascent, the garden its woods enclosed.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	25	Thou wouldst dig wells and drink wherever it pleased thee, thou wouldst dry up, in thy march, the banked channels of the Nile.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	26	What, hast thou not heard how I dealt with this people in time past? This present design, too, is one I have formed long since, and am now carrying out; such a design as brings with it ruin for the mountain-fastnesses, the walled cities that fight against thee.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	27	Sure enough, they were overawed and discomfited, the puny garrisons that held them; frail as meadow grass or mountain pasturage, or the stalks that grow on the house-top, withering before they can ripen.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	28	But I am watching thee where thou dwellest, thy comings and goings, thy raving talk against me.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	29	Yes, I have listened to the ravings of thy pride against me, and now a ring for thy nose, a twitch of the bridle in thy mouth, and back thou goest by the way thou didst come.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	30	Here is a test for thee, Ezechias, of the truth of my prophecy; this year thou must be content to eat the aftergrowth, and next year wild things shall be thy food; in the third year you may sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	31	A remnant of Juda’s race will be saved, and this remnant will strike root deep in earth, bear fruit high in air;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	32	yes, it is from Jerusalem the remnant will come, from mount Sion that we shall win salvation; so tenderly he loves us, the Lord of hosts.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	33	This, then, is what the Lord has to tell thee about the king of the Assyrians; he shall never enter this city, or shoot an arrow into it; no shield-protected host shall storm it, no earthworks shall be cast up around it.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	34	He will go back the way he came, and never enter into this city, the Lord says;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	35	I will keep guard over this city and deliver it, for my own honour and for the honour of my servant David.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	36	It was after this that an angel of the Lord went out on his errand, and smote down a hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp; when morning came, and men were astir, nothing was to be seen but the corpses of the dead.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	37	So Sennacherib, king of the Assyrians, broke up camp, and took the road, and was gone; nor did he leave Ninive again.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	37	38	And one day, when he was at worship in the temple of his god Nosroch, two sons of his, Adramelech and Sarasar, drew their swords on him, and so escaped into the land of Ararat; and the kingdom passed to his son Asarhaddon.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	38	1	And now Ezechias fell sick, and was at death’s door; indeed, the prophet Isaias, son of Amos, visited him with this message from the Lord, Put thy affairs in order; it is death that awaits thee, not recovery.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	38	2	At this Ezechias turned his face towards the wall, and prayed to the Lord thus:
+Isaiah	Isa	27	38	3	Remember, Lord, I entreat thee, a life that has kept true to thee, an innocent heart; how I did ever what was thy will. And Ezechias wept bitterly.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	38	4	And thereupon the word of the Lord came to Isaias,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	38	5	Go and tell Ezechias, Here is a message to thee from the Lord, the God of thy father David. I have listened to thy prayer, and marked thy tears; be it so, I will add fifteen years to thy life.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	38	6	And I will save thee and thy city from the power of the Assyrian king; I will be its protector.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	38	7	This sign, too, the Lord gives thee, in proof that he will make his promise good;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	38	8	see how low the shadow has fallen, with sun-down, where the dial of Achaz marks the hours! I will make it go ten hours back. And with that the sun retraced ten hours of its descent.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	38	9	These are the words Ezechias king of Juda wrote, upon falling sick and recovering of his illness.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	38	10	It seemed as if I must go down to the gates of the world beneath, in the noontide of my years; the remnant of life that I hoped for, hoped for in vain.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	38	11	No more (thought I) to lift up my eyes to the Lord God in this land of the living, to see men’s faces, and quiet homes, no more!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	38	12	This familiar world taken away from me, folded up like a shepherd’s tent, my life cut short like the weaver’s thread! And he had cut me off while the web was still in the making; before the day reached its evening, he would make an end of me.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	38	13	All night long I lay still, as if he had been a lion that had broken all my bones; before the day reached its evening he would make an end of me.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	38	14	My voice was as feeble as the voice of a nestling swallow or murmuring dove; my eyes wearied out with ever straining upwards. Lord, I am in hard straits; win my release for me!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	38	15	And yet, what words can I use, what answer can I expect, when it is he himself that has brought this upon me? With bitter heart I pass all my years in review.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	38	16	Lord, so frail a thing is life; on so little does my mortal breath depend! Thou canst chastise me, thou canst make me live.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	38	17	Bitter, bitter the discipline that brings me peace!And now thou hast saved the life that was in peril, thrusting away all my sins out of thy sight.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	38	18	Thou hast no praise in the world beneath, death cannot honour thee; those who go down into the grave have no promise of thine to hope for;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	38	19	it is living men, as I am a living man to-day, that give thee thanks, pass on from father to son the story of thy faithfulness.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	38	20	Lord, be my saviour still; so, all day long, the Lord’s house shall ring with the music of our psalms.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	38	21	Note that Isaias bade them take a lump of figs, and make a plaster of it for the king’s ulcer, and this is how he was healed.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	38	22	And note that Ezechias had asked what sign should be given him, in proof that he would set foot in the Lord’s house again.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	39	1	And now, hearing of his sickness and recovery, the king of Babylon, Merodach Baladan, son of Baladan, sent a letter and gifts to Ezechias.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	39	2	Ezechias was delighted at the coming of these envoys, and shewed them his scented treasure-house, with its silver and gold and spices and rich ointments; the rooms where his ornaments were kept; all the wealth of his store-house. There was nothing in palace or domain but he showed it to them.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	39	3	Then the prophet Isaias gained audience of king Ezechias, and asked him, What message did these men bring, and whence had they come? They came to see me, said Ezechias, from a country that is far away, from Babylon.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	39	4	And when Isaias asked what they had seen in his palace, he told him, They saw everything in my palace; I have no treasures I did not shew them.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	39	5	And at that Isaias said to Ezechias, I have a message for thy hearing from the Lord of hosts.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	39	6	Behold, a time is coming when all that is in thy house, all the treasures which thy fathers have amassed there in times past, will be taken away to Babylon; nothing shall be left of it, the Lord says.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	39	7	And sons of thine, men of thy own line, of thy own stock, shall be carried off to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	39	8	Why then, Ezechias said to Isaias, welcome be the word the Lord has spoken! In my time at least, he said, may there be peace, may the promise hold good.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	1	Take heart again, my people, says your God, take heart again.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	2	Speak Jerusalem fair, cry aloud to her that her woes are at an end, her guilt is pardoned; double toll the Lord has taken for all her sins.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	3	A cry, there, out in the wilderness, Make way for the Lord’s coming; a straight road for our God through the desert!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	4	Bridged every valley must be, every mountain and hill levelled; windings cut straight, and the rough paths paved;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	5	the Lord’s glory is to be revealed for all mankind to witness; it is his own decree.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	6	A voice came, bidding me cry aloud; asked I in what words, in these: Mortal things are but grass, the glory of them is but grass in flower;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	7	grass that withers, a flower that fades, when the Lord’s breath blows upon it. The whole people, what is it but grass?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	8	Grass that withers, a flower that fades; but the word of our Lord stands for ever.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	9	Good news for Sion, take thy stand, herald, on some high mountain; good news for Jerusalem, proclaim it, herald, aloud; louder still, no cause now for fear; tell the cities of Juda, See, your God comes!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	10	See, the Lord God is coming, revealed in power, with his own strong arm for warrant; and see, they come with him, they walk before him, the reward of his labour, the achievement of his task,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	11	his own flock! Like a shepherd he tends them, gathers up the lambs and carries them in his bosom, helps the ewes in milk forward on their way.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	12	Who was it measured out the waters in his open hand, heaven balanced on his palm, earth’s mass poised on three of his fingers? Who tried yonder mountains in the scale, weighed out the hills?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	13	No aid, then, had the spirit of the Lord to help him, no counsellor stood by to admonish him.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	14	None other was there, to lend his skill; guide to point out the way, pilot to warn him of danger.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	15	What are the nations to him but a drop of water in a bucket, a make-weight on the scales? What are the islands but a handful of dust?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	16	His altar-hearth Lebanon itself could not feed, victims could not yield enough for his burnt-sacrifice.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	17	All the nations of the world shrink, in his presence, to nothing, emptiness, a very void, beside him.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	18	And will you find a likeness for God, set up a form to resemble him?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	19	What avails image the metal-worker casts, for goldsmith to line with gold, silversmith plate with silver?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	20	What avails yonder wood, hard of fibre, proof against decay; the craftsman’s care, that his statue should stand immovable?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	21	What ignorance is this? Has no rumour reached you, no tradition from the beginning of time, that you should not understand earth’s origin?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	22	There is One sits so high above its orb, those who live on it seem tiny as locusts; One who has spread out the heavens like gossamer, as he were pitching a tent to dwell in.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	23	The men who can read mysteries, how he confounds them, the men who judge on earth, what empty things he makes of them!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	24	Saplings never truly planted, or laid out, or grounded in the soil, see how they wither at his sudden blast, how the storm-wind carries them away like stubble!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	25	What likeness, then, can you find to match me with? asks the Holy One.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	26	Lift up your eyes, and look at the heavens; who was it that made them? Who is it that marshals the full muster of their starry host, calling each by its name, not one of them missing from the ranks? Such strength, such vigour, such spirit is his.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	27	What, then, is this thought of thine, Jacob, what is this complaint of thine, Israel, that the Lord does not see how it fares with thee, that thy God passes over thy wrongs?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	28	What ignorance is this? Has not the rumour of it reached thee? This Lord of ours, who fashioned the remotest bounds of earth, is God eternally; he does not weaken or grow weary; he is wise beyond all our thinking.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	29	Rather, it is he who gives the weary fresh spirit, who fosters strength and vigour where strength and vigour is none.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	30	Youth itself may weaken, the warrior faint and flag,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	40	31	but those who trust in the Lord will renew their strength, like eagles new-fledged; hasten, and never grow weary of hastening, march on, and never weaken on the march.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	1	Let the islands cease their clamour, and come to me, let the peoples of the world take heart afresh; and so let them come and plead their cause; we will submit the question to an arbiter, they and I.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	2	Tell me, who was it summoned his faithful servant from the east, beckoned him to follow? The nations should be at his mercy, kings be subdued at his coming; flying like dust before his sword, scattered like chaff in the wind at the threat of his bow.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	3	He should rout them in battle, and pass through their country unmolested, leaving not a footprint behind him.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	4	Who was the author, the doer of all this, but I, the Lord, who summon all the ages into being? Before all, and at the end of all, I am.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	5	The islands have seen it, and trembled at the sight; the remotest parts of the world have been smitten with dismay; they draw near, and obey the summons.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	6	(And still each abets his neighbour; Courage, says one to another.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	7	The metal-worker, plying the hammer, encourages his fellow that is smiting the anvil; all goes well, he says, with the soldering. And he fastens it with nails, immovable. )
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	8	But thou, Israel, my servant, thou, Jacob, on whom my choice has fallen, art sprung from that Abraham, who was my friend;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	9	in his person, I led thee by the hand from the ends of the earth, beckoning thee from far away, and still I whispered to thee, My servant thou art, chosen, not rejected.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	10	Have no fear, I am with thee; do not hesitate, am I not thy God? I am here to strengthen and protect thee; faithful the right hand that holds thee up.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	11	Thou shalt see all thy enemies disappointed and put to the blush; what are they? A very nothing, those adversaries of thine; they must vanish away;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	12	thou wilt look in vain for the men who troubled thee, fought against thee; thy search is for a very nothing, a memory of the past.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	13	It is I, the Lord thy God, that hold thee by the hand and whisper to thee, Do not be afraid, I am here to help thee.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	14	Jacob, poor worm, poor ghost of Israel, do not be afraid; I am here, says the Lord, to help thee; I am here, says the Holy One of Israel, to ransom thee.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	15	I mean to go a-threshing, and thou my sledge, newly made; teeth like saws to thresh the mountains and crush them down, turn the hills into chaff;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	16	ay, and winnow them, till wind carries them away and storm scatters them! Thou shalt yet make thy boast of the Lord, triumph in the Holy One of Israel.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	17	Poor vagrants that long for water, where water is none, how dry their tongues with thirst! And shall I, the Lord, refuse them a hearing, I, the Holy One of Israel, leave them forsaken?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	18	I will open springs on the hill-slopes, wells in the open plain, turn the wilderness into pools, the trackless desert into running streams.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	19	I will plant those wastes with cedar and acacia, myrtle and olive; rear, in that desert soil, fir and elm and box besides;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	20	proof for all to see and recognize, for all to mark and to consider, that the Lord’s hand was there; who but he, the Holy One of Israel, creates?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	21	Come then, says the Lord, your pleadings! Let the King of Jacob hear your contentions;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	22	let them come forward, these other gods, and tell us the future. So read the past for us, that the study of it may disclose what needs must follow; coming events make known.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	23	Foretell you what is yet to be, we shall know you are gods indeed. Then, if you have the power, grant good or ill fortune to mankind; confer we, and pass judgement on it!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	24	Why, you are all empty air, a nothing that nothing can effect; he courts his own shame, that makes choice of you.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	25	I summoned one from the north country; from the east his coming should be, and ever he should invoke my name. Princes he should harry to and fro, lightly as potter treads out his clay.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	26	Which of you foretold this from the first? Let us recognize it. Which of you knew it from the beginning? We must needs say, His plea is just. But no, none gave tidings of it, none foretold it; there was no word came from you.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	27	Who will be the first to tell Sion, Here, here they are? He shall carry my good news to Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	28	But when I looked, there was none of them that could offer counsel, or give a word in answer when I questioned him.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	41	29	None of them has right on his side; all their doings are nothingness; no better than empty air the images men make of them.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	42	1	And now, here is my servant, to whom I grant protection, the man of my choice, greatly beloved. My spirit rests upon him, and he will proclaim right order among the Gentiles.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	42	2	He will not be contentious or a lover of faction; none shall hear his voice in the streets.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	42	3	He will not snap the staff that is already crushed, or put out the wick that still smoulders; but at last he will establish right order unfailingly.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	42	4	Not with sternness, not with violence; to set up right order on earth, that is his mission. He has a law to give; in the far-off islands men wait for it eagerly.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	42	5	Thus says the Lord God, he who created the heavens and spread them out, craftsman of the world and all the world affords, he who gives being and breath to all that lives and moves on it:
+Isaiah	Isa	27	42	6	True to my purpose, I, the Lord, have summoned thee, taking thee by the hand and protecting thee, to make, through thee, a covenant with my own people, to shed, through thee, light over the Gentiles:
+Isaiah	Isa	27	42	7	to give sight to blinded eyes, to set the prisoner free from his captivity, from the dungeon where he lies in darkness.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	42	8	I am the Lord, whose name tells of power; I will not let the boast that is mine pass to another, or share my renown with graven gods.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	42	9	What I told you long since, has proved true under your eyes; I tell you now what is still to be; you shall hear of it before ever it comes to light.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	42	10	Sing the Lord a new song; let his praise sound from end to end of the earth. Praise him from the sea, all men that sail on it, and all creatures the sea contains; the islands and the island-dwellers.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	42	11	Let the wilderness, now, lift up its head, and the desert cities; the men of Cedar shall have villages to dwell in. Give praise, then, rock-dwellers; the mountain-tops shall ring with their cries.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	42	12	All shall give God his praise, till the renown of him reaches the islands far away.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	42	13	Like a giant the Lord shall go out to battle, like a warrior that stirs up his own rage, with hue and cry, flouting his enemies.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	42	14	Too long I have been dumb, eaten my heart out, held myself in like a woman in labour; now I will have my say, I will destroy, and as I destroy, devour!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	42	15	I will turn mountain and hill into a waste, withering all their verdure, make barren islands of the rivers, dry up the marshes;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	42	16	and I will lead men blindfold by unfamiliar ways, guide their steps by paths unknown to them; I will make the darkness light, and the winding ways straight for them. Such was my promise to them, and were they disappointed of it?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	42	17	See how they are routed, how they blush and blench, the men who trust in graven images, and say to the idols they have cast, You are gods of ours!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	42	18	Listen now, you that are deaf; look up, blind eyes, and see.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	42	19	Who so blind as my servant, who so deaf as he, to whom my messengers were sent? Who so blind, as he that has forfeited his liberty? Who so blind, as the Lord’s servant is?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	42	20	Eyes that have seen so much, must they be still unheeding; ears open to every rumour, will they never hear?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	42	21	It was ever the Lord’s will to sanctify him; so great, so glorious the law he gave him;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	42	22	yet here is a people robbed and spoiled, caught by warriors that have hidden it away in dungeons, a prey there is none to deliver, spoil none bids them restore.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	42	23	Which of you will listen to this, and mark it, and give a hearing to prophecy?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	42	24	Who was it that made Jacob a spoil, gave Israel up into the hands of the conqueror? It was that Lord, against whom we have sinned. Because his ways lay untrodden, his laws went unheeded,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	42	25	he poured out on Israel his angry retribution, war without mercy; and they? The flames burned round them, and they could not read the lesson, scorched them, and still they could not understand.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	1	And now, here is a message from the Lord to Jacob, his creature, to the Israel he fashioned: Do not be afraid, I have bought thee for myself, and given thee the name thou bearest: thou belongest to me.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	2	Pass through water, and I will be with thee, so that the flood shall not drown thee; walk amid the flames, and thou shalt not be burnt, the fire shall have no power to catch thee.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	3	I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy deliverer; I have bartered away Egypt to win thee, Ethiopia and Saba for thy ransom.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	4	So prized, so honoured, so dearly loved, that I am ready to give up mankind in thy place, a world to save thee.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	5	Do not be afraid, I am with thee; I will restore thy sons from the east, the west shall hear the calling of their muster-roll;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	6	I will say to the north wind, Give them back; to the south wind, Restrain them no more; bring back these sons of mine from far away, these daughters of mine from the world’s end.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	7	Whoever owns my name is my creature, made and fashioned for my glory.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	8	Bring them out, then, into the light of day, this people of mine that have eyes, and still cannot see, have ears, and cannot hear.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	9	Round about us, all the nations of the world are gathered, all its tribes assemble. And now, which among you can make this claim, give us an account of events foretold long ago? Let them produce witnesses to justify their claim, so that all may listen and say, It is the truth.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	10	I call you to witness, the Lord says, you and this servant of mine, on whom my choice has fallen; will you not recognize the truth, and believe me? Will you not learn to understand that I am the God you seek? None ever came into being before me, or will after me.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	11	It is I, I, the Lord; no other can bring deliverance.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	12	It was I who promised that deliverance, I who bought it; I told you of it, when there was no alien god worshipped among you; you are my witnesses to that, the Lord says. I am God,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	13	and what I was, I am; from my power there is no escaping; when I execute my designs, none can avert them.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	14	Thus says the Lord, your ransomer, the Holy One of Israel, If I send my emissaries to Babylon, casting down all its barriers, casting down the Chaldeans, with all the pride of their navies, it is for your sakes.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	15	I, the Lord, am your Holy One, I, the maker of Israel, am your king.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	16	A message to you from that same Lord, who could once lead you through the sea, make a passage for you through the foaming waters;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	17	could bring out chariots and horses, rank and file and chieftain together in pursuit, to fall there and never to rise again, crushed like a wick, and their light quenched.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	18	Do not remember those old things, he says, as if you had eyes for nothing but what happened long ago;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	19	I mean to perform new wonders; even now they are coming to the birth; surely you will understand at last? I mean to make a causeway over the desert, with streams flowing beside it in the waste.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	20	The wild things will do me honour, the serpents and the ostriches, for thus giving them water in the desert, streams in the waste; but it was for my people’s sake that I did it, to give drink to my chosen people.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	21	I made them for myself, surely they too will have praise to give me!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	22	Alas, Jacob, that my name should be forgotten, alas, Israel, that thou shouldst have troubled thyself about me so little!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	23	No ram of thine offered in burnt-sacrifice to me, no victims of thine to do me honour; little burden have my offerings been to thee, little trouble my meed of incense!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	24	Scented cane thou wouldst not buy to burn for me, nor think to cheer me with the fat of sacrifice; rather, it was I that was burdened, burdened with thy sins; I that was troubled, troubled with thy faithlessness.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	25	It was I, ever I, that must be blotting out thy offences, for my own honour’s sake, effacing the memory of thy sins.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	26	Time, now, thou shouldst remember me; come, let us settle the matter by arbitration, thou and I; tell me what plea thou hast to bring forward.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	27	For the guilt of thy first father, for the rebellions of thy own spokesmen against me,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	43	28	I brought thy inviolable princes to dishonour, gave up Jacob to destruction, Israel to the scorn of his enemies.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	1	Listen, then, Jacob, my servant, Israel, the people of my choice.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	2	Here is a mes-sage to thee from the Lord that made and fashioned thee in the womb, thy protector: do not be afraid, my servant, Jacob, my true, my chosen people.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	3	I will pour out water on the thirsty plain, streams over the land that once was dry; I will pour out my spirit upon thy race, my blessing on all thy line,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	4	and where the grass springs up they shall spring up too, like willows by running water.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	5	Now, a man will say openly, The Lord’s servant I; make his boast of Jacob’s name; write with his own hand, Dedicated to the Lord, and lay claim to the title of Israelite.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	6	Thus says the Lord, Israel’s king and ransomer, the Lord of hosts: I am before all; there is no other God but I.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	7	What other is like me? Let him proclaim it, tell us of it; let him expound the history of the past, ever since I established the primal race of man; then let him make known the future that is yet to come.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	8	Do not be afraid, or bewildered; you can bear me witness that from the first I proclaimed it in your hearing, there is no other God but I, no other Powers to rival me.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	9	What empty minds be theirs, that idols fashion! What help found any of them yet in his own darling inventions? Confess they, and to their shame, that these have neither sight nor thought.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	10	Who was it framed this god, moulded this image that nothing avails?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	11	What can they do, yonder whole conspiracy, but stand there blushing? They are but craftsmen with human power. See them met there in a body, all struck dumb, every one abashed as his neighbour!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	12	Here is blacksmith that works away with his file, beats out image with furnace and hammer, his strong arm the whole author of it; faints he, like other men, if he be hungry, tires at his task if water he have none to drink!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	13	Here is carpenter unfolding his rule; plane smoothes the wood, square and compasses must do their work; and what has he made for you? The figure of a man, that has but human beauty, a man that must have a roof to shelter him.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	14	For such ends, cedar must fall, ilex and oak be cut away from their place in the forest; for this, pine-tree was planted where rains should nourish it.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	15	Logs yonder carpenter will cut, a human hearth to feed; some he brings in to warm himself, kindles more when the bread is a-baking; and the rest? With the rest he makes himself a god to worship, bows down before the thing his own hands have carved!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	16	Well enough that hearth and oven should claim a share, that he should brew broth and fill his belly, that he should warm him, and boast of the warmth, at sight of his own chimney-corner.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	17	But that he should take the rest to make a god for himself! That he should fall down before an image, worship it, cry out to it, Save me, thou art my god!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	18	Ignorance and folly, bleared eyes that cannot see, dull hearts that cannot understand!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	19	Minds without reason, or sense, or thought, that cannot learn their lesson! Logs that fed the flame, embers that baked for me; now that my dinner is cooked and eaten, shall I take the rest and make an idol of it, fall down before a stump of wood?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	20	Dust and ashes are his portion; the fool goes on worshipping, cannot free his own soul from bondage, nor ask if he shelters himself under a lie.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	21	Remember it, Jacob, remember it, my servant Israel; it was I, Israel, that made thee; thou art my servant, and wilt thou forget me?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	22	The cloud of thy guilt, the haze of thy sinfulness, I have swept away; come back to me, thy ransomer.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	23	The Lord has been merciful; you heavens, sing your praises; depths of the earth, rejoice; echo the song of praise, mountain and forest and every forest tree; the Lord has ransomed Jacob, Israel shall make his boast in him.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	24	Thus says the Lord, thy ransomer, he who fashioned thee in the womb: I am the Lord, the author of all things; alone I spread out heaven’s canopy, looked for no help when I laid the floor of the earth.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	25	Mine to disappoint the soothsayers of their prophecies, and bewilder the diviner’s wits, send the wise men back to school, their wisdom all exposed as folly,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	26	vindicate my own servant, and justify the counsel my own messengers have given. It is my voice that bids Jerusalem grow populous, and the cities of Juda rise again, while I restore their ruins;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	27	my voice that bids the deep turn into a desert, and threatens to dry up all its floods;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	44	28	my voice that says to Cyrus, I give thee a shepherd’s part to play; it is for thee to carry out my whole purpose. And to Jerusalem it says, Thou shalt be built up; and to the Temple, Thou shalt be founded again.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	1	A message from the Lord to the king he has anointed, to Cyrus. I have caught him by his right hand, ready to subdue nations at his coming, put kings to flight, open every gateway before him, so that no door can keep him out.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	2	And now (says the Lord) I will still lead thee on thy way, bending the pride of earth low before thee; I will break open gates of bronze, and cleave through bars of iron;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	3	their hidden treasures, their most secret hoards, I will hand over to thee. Know by this that it is I, the Lord, the God of Israel, who am calling upon thee by thy name;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	4	and that I do it for love of my servant Jacob, of Israel, my chosen people. Yes, I have called thee by thy name; I have found a title for thee, when thou of me hadst no knowledge as yet.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	5	It is the Lord that speaks, and there is no other to rival me, no God but I; I, still unknown to thee, was fain to make thee strong, to what end?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	6	Because I would proclaim it from east to west that there is no other God. It is the Lord that speaks, and there is no other to rival me;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	7	I, the fashioner of darkness, the creator of light, I, the maker of peace, the author of calamity. I, the Lord, am the doer of all this.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	8	(You heavens, send dew from above, you skies, pour down upon us the rain we long for, him, the Just One; may he, the Saviour, spring from the closed womb of earth, and with him let right order take its being. )I, the Lord, have made my servant what he is.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	9	At his peril does man, poor shard of earthly clay, bandy words with his own Fashioner; shall the clay dare ask the potter who moulds it, What ails thee? Or tell him he is no craftsman?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	10	Strange, if a man should be asked by his own son, why he begot him, or a woman, why she gave birth!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	11	Thus says the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and Israel’s maker, Of me you must learn, what times they be that are coming; trust me to do what I will with my sons, with my own creatures.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	12	It was I framed the earth, and created man to dwell in it; it was my hands that spread out the heavens, my voice that marshalled the starry host;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	13	I, too, have summoned this man to perform my designs faithfully; go he where he will, my guidance shall be his. He shall build up my own city, he shall let my captives go free, without bribe or ransom, says the Lord of hosts.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	14	This, too, the Lord says: all the toil of Egypt, all the merchandise of Ethiopia, and tall slaves from Sabaea shall come into thy power and be thine; they shall walk behind thee, their hands manacled as they go, paying thee reverence, and crying out, God is with thee, with thee only; there is no God where thou art not.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	15	Truly, God of Israel, our Saviour, thou art a God of hidden ways!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	16	All the makers of false gods must needs be disappointed, must go away ashamed and abashed.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	17	Israel has found deliverance in the Lord, eternal deliverance; while ages last, no shame, no disappointment for you.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	18	The Lord has pronounced it; the Lord who made the heavens, and the whole frame and fashion of earth, moulded to his will. He did not create it to lie idle, he shaped it to be man’s home. And he says, It is the Lord that speaks, there is no other to rival me;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	19	it was not in secret, not in some dark recess of earth, that my word was spoken. Not in vain I bade the sons of Jacob search for me; I am the Lord, faithful to my promises, truthful in all I proclaim.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	20	Gather yourselves and come near, flock together to my side, heathen men that have found deliverance; who still, in your ignorance, set up wooden images of your own fashioning, and pray to a god that cannot save.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	21	Tell us your thoughts, come, take counsel among yourselves; who was it that proclaimed this from the first, prophesied it long ago? Was it not I, the Lord? There is no God where I am not. Was it not I, the faithful God? There is no other that can save.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	22	Turn back to me, and win deliverance, all you that dwell in the remotest corners of the earth; I am God, there is no other.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	23	By my own honour I have sworn it, nor shall it echo in vain, this faithful promise I have made,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	24	that every knee shall bow before me, and every tongue swear by my name.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	25	Then shall men say of the Lord, that redress and dominion come from him; all those who rebelled against him shall appear in his presence abashed.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	45	26	Through the Lord, the whole race of Israel shall be righted and brought to honour.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	46	1	Here is Bel fallen in pieces, Nabo shattered; their idols a gazing-stock for wild beasts and cattle! Heavy enough the burden you had to carry;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	46	2	these must be left to moulder in a common ruin; comfort they had none for their toiling worshippers, living souls that have gone off into captivity.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	46	3	Listen to me, sons of Jacob, and all the rest of Israel’s race, you whose weight has ever been my burden, like an unborn child, a babe in the womb.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	46	4	You grow old, but I am still the same; the grey hairs come, but I ever uphold you; I must carry you, I that created you, I must bear you away to safety.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	46	5	What comparison, what match will you find for me, what likeness to resemble me?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	46	6	Fools that fetch gold out of a sack, weigh silver in the balance, bid some craftsman make a god they should fall down and worship!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	46	7	Shoulder-high it must be borne, set down on its pedestal; there it stands, powerless to move from its place, deaf to their cry, and in their need bringing no deliverance.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	46	8	This, for your confusion, call to mind; think well on it, unbelieving hearts.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	46	9	Remember the lesson of times long since, that I am God, and there is no other, none to rival me;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	46	10	did I not tell you from the first the events of latter days, from the beginning what had not yet come to be? My purpose, I promised, should not fail, my whole will must needs be done.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	46	11	See where I have summoned a bird of prey from the east, a man from a distant country, to do this will of mine! I, that spoke, will make my word good; I, that purposed it, my purpose will accomplish.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	46	12	Redress far off? Nay, faithless hearts, listen to me;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	46	13	here is redress I bring you, close at hand. Distance there is none to be travelled, nor lingers deliverance on the way. Delivered Sion’s mountain shall be, Jerusalem have sight of my glory.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	47	1	Come down, sit in the dust, poor maid of Babylon; the ground thy seat shall be; no throne any longer for that queen of the Chaldean folk we knew once, so dainty, so delicate.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	47	2	Get thee to the millstones and grind there, ready to expose thy nakedness; off with thy veil, here are streams to be crossed bare of leg.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	47	3	Thou shalt be exposed to shame, thy naked form uncovered; I mean to take vengeance on thee, and no man shall stay my hand.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	47	4	(But we have one to ransom us; who but the Lord of hosts, the Holy One of Israel? )
+Isaiah	Isa	27	47	5	Sit dumb, bury thyself in darkness, lady of Chaldea; thou shalt rule the nations no longer.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	47	6	Angry with my people, turned enemy against the land of my choice, I gave them into thy power; and thou, what mercy didst thou shew them? Heavy the yoke thou didst lay on aged shoulders.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	47	7	Thou wouldst surely be a queen for ever; thou didst it light-heartedly, not recking what the end should be.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	47	8	And now, here is a word for those delicate ears, lady of the careless heart, who sittest there telling thyself, I am Babylon, the unrivalled; no lonely widowhood, no childless lot for me.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	47	9	These two things shall fall on thee suddenly in a single day, childlessness and widowhood; fall upon thee in full measure, so blind amid all thy sorceries, through the crass folly of thy wizards so blind.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	47	10	Such was thy trust in these wicked arts of thine, thou hadst no fear of discovery; thy very wisdom, thy very knowledge were a snare; I am Babylon, thy heart told thee, rival I have none.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	47	11	And now comes ruin unforeseen, comes doom no sacrifice can avert; sudden and strange thy encounter with sorrow.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	47	12	All that multitude of wizards, and wilt thou not persevere with thy enchantments, the hard-earned lore of thy youth? Maybe it will turn to thy advantage; thou shalt be formidable yet!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	47	13	But no, thou art wearied of those many consultations. Let them come to thy side now and save thee if they can, diviners that gaze up at the stars, count days of the month, to tell thy future for thee!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	47	14	Like stubble burn they one and all; their own lives they cannot rescue from the flame. Here is no brazier to warm them, no ingle-nook to sit by!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	47	15	And this is the end of all thy long study; trusted counsellors of thy youth, all have gone astray in their reckoning; deliverance for thee is none.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	48	1	A message for you, sons of Jacob, heirs of Israel’s name, sprung from the stock of Juda, that take oath in the Lord’s name, of Israel’s God the memory preserve, but not in faith, but not in loyalty!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	48	2	Townsmen they are still reckoned of a holy city; still on Israel’s God, the Lord of hosts, lean they for support.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	48	3	What happened in times past, I had foretold long before; warning was uttered, and in the public ear; then, suddenly, I would set to work, and the prophecy was fulfilled.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	48	4	I knew well what an untamed creature thou art, neck stubborn as an iron hawser, forehead intractable as bronze;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	48	5	I would warn thee from the first, tell thee what was coming before it came; never shouldst thou say this was the work of thy false gods, the will of idols thou didst carve and cast.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	48	6	Consider closely the things I warned thee of, was there any foretelling them? Ever I reveal to thee, long before, things kept secret from thy knowledge;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	48	7	events that are coming about now, unheard of then. When they are yet beyond knowledge, I reveal them; not thine to boast, it was no news to thee.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	48	8	And still thou wouldst not listen, thou wouldst be ignorant still; when I prophesied to thee in times past, I could get no hearing; what hope from the traitor but of treason? I know thee a rebel from thy birth.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	48	9	If I reprieve thee from my vengeance, it is my own honour demands it; curb thee I must, for my own sake, or wouldst thou rush to thy doom.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	48	10	I have tested thee, but not as silver is tested; even in the furnace of affliction, thou wast already my choice.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	48	11	Honour, my own honour demands it; how should I suffer my name to be reviled, or the worship that belongs to me given to another?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	48	12	Listen then, Jacob; listen to me, thou Israel to whom my call was sent. I am still the same; before all, and at the end of all, I am.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	48	13	My hand fashioned the heavens, my fingers measured the span of earth; it is my command holds them in their place.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	48	14	Assemble, all you nations, and listen to me; tell me which of your gods has prophesied it, The Lord, in his great love for Israel, means to subdue Babylon to his will, to bare his arm among the Chaldeans?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	48	15	But I did, I foretold it; it was I that brought the conqueror on his way, so that it lay smooth before him.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	48	16	Gather round me and listen; from the first I have been telling you this openly enough; was I not there among you long since, before it happened? And now that it is happening, it is the Lord God, it is the spirit of the Lord God, that sends me to you.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	48	17	Here is a message from the Lord, thy ransomer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord thy God, ever ready to teach thee what it concerns thee to know, guide thee on the path thou treadest.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	48	18	If thou hadst but heeded my warnings! Then had a flowing stream of peace been with thee, a full tide of the Lord’s favour;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	48	19	thy own race, thy own stock, should have been numberless as the sand or the pebbles on the sea-beach; the remembrance of thee should never have been cut off from my merciful regard.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	48	20	Away from Babylon, have done with Chaldea, let this be your triumphant watchword; make it heard everywhere, publish it to the ends of the earth, tell them the Lord has ransomed his servant Jacob;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	48	21	they did not go thirsty when he led them through the desert; he could bring water out of the rock for them, cleave the hard rock and make the water flow.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	48	22	But for the rebellious, the Lord says, there is no peace.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	1	Listen, remote islands; pay heed to me, nations from far away. Ere ever I was born, the Lord sent me his summons, kept me in mind already, when I lay in my mother’s womb.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	2	Word of mine is sword of his, ready sharpened, under cover of his hand; arrow he has chosen out carefully, hidden yet in his quiver.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	3	Thou art my servant, he whispers, thou art the Israel I claim for my own.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	4	To me, all my labour seemed useless, my strength worn out in vain; his to judge me, he, my God, must reward my work as he would.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	5	But now a new message he sends me; I am his servant, appointed ever since I lay in the womb, to bring Jacob back to him. What if Israel will not answer the summons? None the less, the Lord destines me to honour; none the less, he, my God, protects me.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	6	Use thee I will, he promises, nor with thy service be content, when the tribes of Jacob thou hast summoned, brought back the poor remnant of Israel; nay, I have appointed thee to be the light of the Gentiles, in thee I will send out my salvation to the furthest corners of the earth.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	7	A message from the Lord, Israel’s ransomer, Israel’s Holy One, to the despised one, to the nation that is abhorred, to the slave of tyrants: Kings, when they see this, shall rise up from their thrones, princes too, and fall down to worship, in honour of the Lord, that keeps his promise so faithfully, the Holy One of Israel, that claims thee still.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	8	Thus says the Lord, Here is a time of pardon, when prayer of thine shall be answered, a day of salvation, when I will bring thee aid. I have kept thee in readiness, to make, by thy means, a covenant with my people. Thine to revive a ruined country, to parcel out the forfeited lands anew,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	9	men that are bound in darkness restoring to freedom and to the light. There shall be pasture for my flock by the wayside, feeding-grounds they shall have on all the barren uplands;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	10	they will hunger and thirst no more, noonday heat nor sun overpower them; theirs is a merciful shepherd, that will lead them to welling fountains and give them drink.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	11	And I will turn all these mountains of mine into a highroad for you; safe through the uplands my path shall lead.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	12	See how they come from far away! Exiles from north and west, exiles from the south country return.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	13	Ring out, heaven, with praise; let earth keep holiday, and its mountains echo that praise again; the Lord brings consolation to his people, takes pity on their need.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	14	Did Sion complain, the Lord has forsaken me, my own Master gives me never a thought?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	15	What, can a woman forget her child that is still unweaned, pity no longer the son she bore in her womb? Let her forget; I will not be forgetful of thee.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	16	Why, I have cut thy image on the palms of my hands; those walls of thine dwell before my eyes continually.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	17	Here are craftsmen ready to build thee again; vanished, now, the spoilers that plundered thee.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	18	Look about thee, and see thy children met together, coming back to thee; As I am living God, the Lord says, all these shall be a robe to deck thee, shall ring thee round like a bride’s jewels;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	19	the silent homes, the lonely places of a ruined country-side, shall have no room, now, for thy many inhabitants, when all that robbed thee of thy lands have fled far away.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	20	Sons born to thee in the days of thy barrenness shall cry out, Here all is confined, give me room to live!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	21	Who has begotten me these? thou wilt ask. Barren days of exile, when I could not give birth; who has reared me these, when I was left solitary? Where were these all the while?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	22	Even now, says the Lord God, I will beckon to the nations, lift up a signal for all the world to see; son and daughter of thine shall be nursed in their arms, carried on their shoulders.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	23	Thou shalt have kings to foster them, queens to nurse them for thee; kings and queens shall bow to earth before thee, kissing the dust thy feet have trodden. And thou shalt know at last what a Lord I am, a Lord none ever trusted in vain.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	24	Shall the strong be robbed of his spoil? Who shall deliver the captives from a warrior’s hand?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	25	Captives of the strong, the Lord says, shall be taken away from him, the valiant warrior shall lose his spoil. I will pass judgement on the men who have been thy judges, and thy own children shall escape.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	49	26	I will feed thy enemies on their own flesh, give them their own blood to make them drunk, and all mankind shall know that I, the Lord, have delivered thee, that I, the Prince of Israel, have brought thee rescue.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	50	1	Thus says the Lord, Who can shew writ of separation your mother had from me when I sent her away? Was I in debt, that I must needs sell you as slaves? Nay, if I sold you, it was for your disobedience; it was wanton wife I thrust out of doors.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	50	2	And now must I come to you, and find none to greet me, call you, and hear no answer to my call? What, has arm of mine grown shrunk and shrivelled, lost its power to save? Have I strength no longer to set men free? Nay, with a word I can yet turn sea into desert, dry up rivers, till the fish lie rotting on the banks, dead of thirst;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	50	3	I can yet cover the heavens with darkness, and give them mourning weeds to wear.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	50	4	Ever the Lord schools my tongue to utterance that shall refresh the weary; awakes my dull ears, morning after morning, their Master’s bidding to heed.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	50	5	An attentive ear the Lord has given me; not mine to withstand him; not mine to shrink from the task.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	50	6	I offered my body defenceless to the men who would smite me, my cheeks to all who plucked at my beard; I did not turn away my face when they reviled me and spat upon me.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	50	7	The Lord God is my helper; and that help cannot play me false; meet them I will, and with a face unmoved as flint; not mine to suffer the shame of defeat;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	50	8	here is One stands by to see right done me. Come, who pleads? Meet me, and try the issue; let him come forward who will, and accuse me.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	50	9	Here is the Lord God ready to aid me; who dares pass sentence on me now? One and all they shall be brought to nothing, like garment the moth has eaten!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	50	10	Who is here that fears the Lord, listens to his servant’s message? Who would make his way through dark places, with no glimmer of light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord, and lean upon his God.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	50	11	For you others, with brand at girdle, that your own fire would make, with fire your own brands have kindled light the path if you can; this is all the gift I have for you, a bed of anguish.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	51	1	Listen to me, then, you who follow the true path, you that have recourse to the Lord. Think of the rock you were quarried from, of the hidden depths whence you came,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	51	2	of Abraham that begot you, of Sara that was your mother; he was a childless man when I called him, and blessed him, and granted him a posterity.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	51	3	And has the Lord no pity for Sion, left desolate, no pity on her ruined state? Doubt not he will turn that wilderness into a garden of delight, that loneliness into a paradise; in her, too, mirth and gladness shall be found, there shall be thanksgiving and songs of praise.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	51	4	People of mine, men of a chosen race, give heed and hearing! Henceforth, my law shall be promulgated, my decrees be ratified, for a whole world’s enlightening.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	51	5	Soon, now, my faithful servant will come, even now he is on his way to deliver you; these arms of mine shall execute judgement on the nations; the remote islands are waiting for me, are looking for my aid.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	51	6	Lift up your eyes to the heavens, cast them down to earth again; those heavens shall vanish like smoke, that earth be fretted away like a garment, and all who dwell on it share the same destruction; my saving power is eternal, my faithfulness inexhaustible.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	51	7	Listen to me, you that can discern the right, my own people, with my law written in your hearts; not yours to be afraid of men’s taunts, shrink from them when they revile you;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	51	8	crumble away they must, like garment the worms have eaten, like wool fretted by the moth; my saving power is eternal, my faithfulness lives on from age to age.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	51	9	Up, up, arm of the Lord, array thyself in strength; up, as in the days that are past, long ages since. What other power was it that smote our insolent enemy, wounded the dragon;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	51	10	what other power dried up the sea, with its deep rolling waters, made the sea’s caverns a highway, for a ransomed people to cross?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	51	11	Now, too, men the Lord has ransomed will come home again to Sion, praising him as they go. Eternal happiness crowns them, joy and happiness in their grasp now, sorrow and sighing fled far away.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	51	12	It is I, still it is I, that will bring thee consolation. And it is thou that art afraid of mortal man, of earth-born things that die like grass?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	51	13	Is it thou that dost forget the Lord, thy maker, who spread out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth? What, go in fear all day long of yonder angry tyrant, sworn to undo thee? What of the tyrant’s anger now?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	51	14	Comes he with hurried step to release his prisoner, persecuted to the death no longer, nor suffered to starve for want of bread!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	51	15	I am the Lord thy God, the same power that stirs up the sea till waves rise high on it; the Lord of hosts is the name I bear.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	51	16	To thy lips I have entrusted my message, kept thee under cover of my hand, to replant heaven and refound earth, to tell Sion, Thou art my people.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	51	17	Up, up, Jerusalem, bestir thyself! It was a draught of his vengeance the Lord gave thee to drink; ay, thou hast drunk deep of a cup that numbs the senses, drained it to the dregs.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	51	18	So many children she has borne and reared, and none to give her support, none to take her by the hand!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	51	19	Who is to mourn for thee, the sport of a double calamity, by want and war dismantled and unmanned? Who is here to console thee?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	51	20	They are left to lie at every street corner, those sons of thine, dazed as wild bull caught in a net, brought down by the Lord’s anger, by the punishment he, thy God, has sent them.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	51	21	Listen thou, the unbefriended, thy wits bemused with sorrow, not with wine,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	51	22	here is the message thy master has for thee, thy Lord and God, ready to fight in his people’s cause! I am taking it away from thy hand, this draught that numbs the senses, the dregs of the vengeance I had poured out for thee; thou shalt drink it no longer.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	51	23	Cruel oppressors that bade thee lie down and let them walk over thee, dust under their feet, a pathway for them to tread, shall find the cup has passed from thy hand to theirs.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	52	1	Up, up, array thyself, Sion, in all thy strength; clothe thyself as befits thy new glory, Jerusalem, city of the Holy One! The uncircumcised, the unclean, shall enter thee no more.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	52	2	Shake the dust from thee, Jerusalem, rise up and take thy throne; rid thy neck of the chains that bound it, Sion, once captive queen!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	52	3	This is the Lord’s promise, You were bartered away for nothing, and you shall be ransomed without cost.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	52	4	Time was, the Lord God says, long ago, when my people went down into Egypt and dwelt among strangers there; time was, since then, they were oppressed, beyond all reason, by the Assyrians;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	52	5	what needs it, the Lord says, then or now, my people should be carried off thus wantonly into exile? Their new masters sin defiantly, bring my name continually into reproach.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	52	6	The day comes when my own people my own name will recognize, nor doubt that I, who promised to be with them, am with them now.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	52	7	Welcome, welcome on the mountain heights the messenger that cries, All is well! Good news brings he, deliverance cries he, telling Sion, Thy God has claimed his throne!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	52	8	A shout goes up from the watchmen; they are crying out all at once, all at once echoing their praise; their own eyes shall witness it, when the Lord brings Sion deliverance.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	52	9	Rejoice, echo all at once with rejoicing, ruined homes of Jerusalem; comfort from the Lord for the Lord’s people, Jerusalem redeemed!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	52	10	The Lord bares his holy arm for all the nations to see it; to the remotest corners of earth he, our God, makes known his saving power.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	52	11	Return, return; no more of Babylon; touch nothing defiled as you come out from the heart of her, keep yourselves unsullied, you that have the vessels of the Lord’s worship in your charge.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	52	12	No need for confusion at the time of your going; this shall be no hasty flight, with the Lord himself to march before you, the God of Israel to rally you.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	52	13	See, here is my servant, one who will be prudent in all his dealings. To what height he shall be raised, how exalted, how extolled!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	52	14	So many there be that stand gazing in horror; was ever a human form so mishandled, human beauty ever so defaced?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	52	15	Yet this is he that will purify a multitude of nations; kings shall stand dumb in his presence; seen, now, where men had no tidings of him, made known to such as never heard his name.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	53	1	What credence for such news as ours? Whom reaches it, this new revelation of the Lord’s strength?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	53	2	He will watch this servant of his appear among us, unregarded as brushwood shoot, as a plant in waterless soil; no stateliness here, no majesty, no beauty, as we gaze upon him, to win our hearts.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	53	3	Nay, here is one despised, left out of all human reckoning; bowed with misery, and no stranger to weakness; how should we recognize that face? How should we take any account of him, a man so despised?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	53	4	Our weakness, and it was he who carried the weight of it, our miseries, and it was he who bore them. A leper, so we thought of him, a man God had smitten and brought low;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	53	5	and all the while it was for our sins he was wounded, it was guilt of ours crushed him down; on him the punishment fell that brought us peace, by his bruises we were healed.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	53	6	Strayed sheep all of us, each following his own path; and God laid on his shoulders our guilt, the guilt of us all.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	53	7	A victim? Yet he himself bows to the stroke; no word comes from him. Sheep led away to the slaughter-house, lamb that stands dumb while it is shorn; no word from him.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	53	8	Imprisoned, brought to judgement, and carried off, he, whose birth is beyond our knowing; numbered among the living no more! Be sure it is for my people’s guilt I have smitten him.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	53	9	Takes he leave of the rich, the godless, to win but a grave, to win but the gift of death; he, that wrong did never, nor had treason on his lips!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	53	10	Ay, the Lord’s will it was, overwhelmed he should be with trouble. His life laid down for guilt’s atoning, he shall yet be rewarded; father of a long posterity, instrument of the divine purpose;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	53	11	for all his heart’s anguish, rewarded in full. The Just One, my servant; many shall he claim for his own, win their acquittal, on his shoulders bearing their guilt.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	53	12	So many lives ransomed, foes so violent baulked of their spoil! Such is his due, that gave himself up to death, and would be counted among the wrong-doers; bore those many sins, and made intercession for the guilty.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	54	1	Sing with praise, barren city that art childless still; echo thy praise, cry aloud, wife that wast never brought to bed; forsaken, she is to have more children now, the Lord says, than wife whose husband remains with her.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	54	2	Make more room for thy tent, stretch wide—what hinders thee?—the curtains of thy dwelling-place; long be the ropes, and firm the pegs that fasten them.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	54	3	Right and left thou shalt spread, till thy race dispossesses the heathen, peoples the ruined cities.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	54	4	Not thine to fear disappointment, not thine to blush for hopes unfulfilled; forget, henceforward, the shame of younger days, the reproach of thy widowed state; think upon it no more.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	54	5	Husband now thou hast, and the name of him is the Lord of hosts, thy creator; he, the Holy One of Israel, that will now be called God of the whole earth, makes thee his own.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	54	6	The Lord calls thee back, a woman forsaken and forlorn, the wife of his youth, long cast away; thy God sends thee word,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	54	7	If I abandoned thee, it was but for a little moment, and now, in my great compassion, I bring thee home again.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	54	8	Hid I my face from thee, it was for a short while, till my anger should be spent; love that takes pity on thee shall be eternal, says the Lord, thy ransomer.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	54	9	The days of Noe have come again; I swore to Noe that I would bring no more floods on the earth such as his; thou, too, hast my oath for it, I will be angry with thee no more, rebuke thee no more.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	54	10	Let the mountains be moved, the hills shake; my compassion towards thee stands immovable, my promise still unshaken, says the Lord, thy comforter.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	54	11	Thou, the friendless, the storm-beaten, the inconsolable, shalt have a pavement of patterned stones, and thy foundations shall be of sapphire;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	54	12	thou shalt have turrets of jasper, and gates of carved gems, and all thy boundary stones shall be jewels.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	54	13	All thy children, then, shall be disciples of the Lord; thy children, blessed how abundantly with peace!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	54	14	Justice shall be thy sure foundation; far from thy thoughts be all oppression, now thou hast nothing to fear, all tumult of the mind, when peril is none to threaten thee.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	54	15	Aliens that had no part with me shall come to thy side; strangers shall throw in their lot with thine.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	54	16	See where the smith blows the coals at his forge, fashioning each weapon according to its use! Who but I made him? And who but I made the slayer that goes out to destroy?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	54	17	No weapon that is forged against thee shall go true; no voice that is raised to condemn thee, but thou shalt give it the lie. Such their lot shall be that are the Lord’s servants; such protection shall they have of me, says the Lord.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	55	1	So many athirst; who will not come to the water? So many destitute; who will come and get him food, get wine and milk free, no price to be paid?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	55	2	What, always spending, and no bread to eat, always toiling, and never a full belly? Do but listen, here you shall find content; here are dainties shall ravish your hearts.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	55	3	To my summons give heed and hearing; so your spirits shall revive; a fresh covenant awaits you, this time eternal; gracious promise of mine to David shall be ratified now.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	55	4	Before all the world my witness thou, a prince and a ruler among the nations!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	55	5	Summons of thine shall go out to a nation thou never knewest; peoples that never heard of thee shall hasten to thy call; such the glory thy God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed on thee.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	55	6	To the Lord betake you, while he may yet be found; cry out, while he is close at hand to hear.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	55	7	Leave rebel his ill-doing, sinner his guilty thoughts, and come back to the Lord, sure of his mercy, our God, so rich in pardon.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	55	8	Not mine, the Lord says, to think as you think, deal as you deal;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	55	9	by the full height of heaven above earth, my dealings are higher than your dealings, my thoughts than your thoughts.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	55	10	Once fallen from the sky, does rain or snow return to it? Nay, it refreshes earth, soaking into it and making it fruitful, to provide the sower with fresh seed, the hungry mouths with bread.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	55	11	So it is with the word by these lips of mine once uttered; it will not come back, an empty echo, the way it went; all my will it carries out, speeds on its errand.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	55	12	Doubt not, then, yours shall be a happy departure, a peaceful return; doubt not mountain and hill shall escort you with their praises, and the woods echo their applause.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	55	13	Tall pine-trees then shall grow where valerian grew, and myrtles spring from yonder nettle-beds; great glory the Lord shall win, such a blazon as eternity cannot efface.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	56	1	Keep right order, the Lord says, faithful to your duty still; ere long I will send deliverance, my own faithfulness shall be revealed.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	56	2	Blessed, every man that so lives, every mother’s son that by this rule holds fast, keeps the sabbath holy, and his own hands clear of mischief.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	56	3	Proselyte let him be, of alien birth, will the Lord deny him citizenship? Eunuch let him be, is he no better than a barren trunk, cut down as worthless?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	56	4	Nay, for yonder eunuch the Lord has this message: Who keeps my sabbath? Who makes my will his choice, true to my covenant?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	56	5	A place he shall have in this house, within these walls of mine a memorial; son nor daughter his name could so perpetuate; such a memorial I will grant him as time shall never efface.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	56	6	And so it shall be with the alien born, will they but throw in their lot with the Lord’s worshippers, that cherish the love of his name; the Lord’s servants that keep the sabbath inviolate, and are true to his covenant.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	56	7	Free of the mountain that is my sanctuary, welcome guests in the house where men pray to me, not vainly to my altar they shall bring burnt-offering and sacrifice. Claimed my house shall be, for a house of prayer, by all the nations.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	56	8	Such promise the Lord God makes, that now brings home the exiled sons of Israel: I have others to bring, that must yet rally to thy side.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	56	9	Come, all you wild things, all you beasts of the forest, your prey awaits you!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	56	10	Here are none but blind watchmen, all unawares; here are dumb dogs that cannot bark, false seers that lie sleeping, in love with their dreams;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	56	11	shameless dogs that cannot tell when they are gorged with food. The very shepherds have forgotten their craft; see them go their ways, each busy, first and last, with gorging his own appetite:
+Isaiah	Isa	27	56	12	Fetch we wine, and drink ourselves drunk! To-morrow shall be as to-day was, and braver, braver yet!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	57	1	Alas, that none takes warning! See how good men die, how the friends of God are borne away from us; and none has the wit to see trouble is coming, and the good must be spared the sight of it!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	57	2	Peace be his lot, easy let him rest, that followed ever the straight path.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	57	3	But you, come and answer for yourselves, brood of the sorceress, children of the adulterer and the harlot!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	57	4	Over whom would you make merry, with open mouth and hanging tongue? What are you but the sons of shame, a bastard race?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	57	5	You, that dally with idols under the first spreading tree, that sacrifice little children in the rock-caves among the glens?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	57	6	Where the valleys part, there is thy part and lot; to those thou wilt pour out libations, wilt offer sacrifice; and must I look on unmoved?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	57	7	Thou hast set down thy bed on the peak of a high mountain; there thou hast gone up to offer victims.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	57	8	Keepsake of mine must be put behind the door, where the posts should hide it, now thou wouldst strip thee naked and let in a gallant in my place, make free with my marriage-bed! With such as these thou didst exchange vows, greedily thou didst buy their good will.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	57	9	A king’s favour to win, with ointments thou wouldst cover thee, wouldst spare no kind of perfume; on a far errand thy envoys went out, and ever thy pride was humbled, low as hell itself.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	57	10	So wearied with long journeying, and never didst thou cry, Enough; still obstinate, confess thy need thou wouldst not.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	57	11	Alas, what anxious fears were these, that to my service made thee false, of me no memory left thee, no thought? And all because I nothing said, made as if I nothing saw, till at last thou hadst forgotten me!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	57	12	Yet, wouldst thou have right, it is I that must declare it; thy own striving is all in vain.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	57	13	Let them deliver thee, if they can, at thy summons, these new allies thou hast made! See how they are carried away on the wind, how a breath will scatter them! His the prize, that in me has confidence; on my holy mountain he shall find a resting-place.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	57	14	Hark, how the cry goes up, A road, there, a road; let them have free passage! These are my people; clear of every hindrance be their path!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	57	15	A message from the high God, the great God, whose habitation is eternity, whose name is hallowed! He, dwelling in that high and holy place, dwells also among chastened and humbled souls, bidding the humble spirit, the chastened soul, rise and live!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	57	16	I will not be always claiming my due, I will not cherish my anger eternally; what soul but takes its origin from me? Am I not the maker of all that breathes?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	57	17	Greedy wrong-doer that defies me I must needs smite down; hide my face from him in anger, let him follow the path his own erring will has chosen.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	57	18	Now to pity his plight, now to bring him remedy! Home-coming at last, consolation at last, for him and all that bemoan him!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	57	19	The harvest of men’s thanks, it is I that bring it to the birth. Peace, the Lord says, peace to those who are far away, and to those who are near at hand; I have brought him remedy.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	57	20	But rebellious hearts are like the tempestuous sea that can never find repose; its waters must ever be churning up mire and scum.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	57	21	For the rebellious, the Lord says, there is no peace.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	58	1	Cry aloud, never ceasing, raise thy voice like a trumpet-call, and tell my people of their transgressions, call the sons of Jacob to account.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	58	2	Day after day they besiege me, arraign my dealings with them, a nation, you would think, ever dutiful, one that never swerved from the divine will. Proof they ask of my faithfulness, would fain bring a plea against their God.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	58	3	Why hadst thou no eyes for it, say they, when we fasted; why didst thou pass by unheeding, when we humbled ourselves before thee?Fasting, when you follow your own whim, distrain upon all your debtors!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	58	4	Naught comes of it but law-suit and quarrelling; angry blows profane it. A better fast you must keep than of old, ere plea of yours makes itself heard above.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	58	5	With such fasting, with a day’s penance, should I be content? Is it enough that a man should bow down to earth, make his bed on sackcloth and ashes? Think you, by such a fasting-day, to win the Lord’s favour?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	58	6	Nay, fast of mine is something other. The false claim learn to forgo, ease the insupportable burden, set free the over-driven; away with every yoke that galls!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	58	7	Share thy bread with the hungry, give the poor and the vagrant a welcome to thy house; meet thou the naked, clothe him; from thy own flesh and blood turn not away.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	58	8	Then, sudden as the dawn, the welcome light shall break on thee, in a moment thy health shall find a new spring; divine favour shall lead thee on thy journey, brightness of the Lord’s presence close thy ranks behind.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	58	9	Then the Lord will listen to thee when thou callest on him; cry out, and he will answer, I am here at thy side.Banish from thy midst oppression, and the finger pointed scornfully, and the plotting of harm,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	58	10	spend thyself giving food to the hungry, relieving the afflicted; then shall light spring up for thee in the darkness, and thy dusk shall be noonday;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	58	11	the Lord will give thee rest continually, fill thy soul with comfort, thy body with ease. Not more secure the well-watered garden, the spring whose waters never fail.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	58	12	Rebuilt, in thy land, the immemorial ruins; restored, the foundations of long ago; this thy task shall be, to repair the broken walls, to reclaim the by-ways.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	58	13	Walk warily, keep my sabbath unprofaned. Here is a day I have sanctified, not for thy self-pleasing; a precious thing the Lord has made holy and honourable; and wilt thou dishonour it? Wilt thou go thy own way, use it for thy own pleasure, while it away in gossip?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	58	14	Thou shalt yet have joy in the Lord; I will carry thee aloft, high above the high places of the land, satisfy thy longing for Jacob’s patrimony; the Lord’s lips have promised it.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	59	1	Doubt you the Lord’s hand can reach far as ever, to bring deliverance? Think you his ear has grown deaf, that you cry out in vain?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	59	2	Nay, sin of yours has come between you and your God; guilt of yours has estranged him that he denies you audience;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	59	3	the bloodstained hands, the itching fingers, lying lips, and tongues that whisper of treachery.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	59	4	Who owns the claim of justice, who judges honourably? A lie their confidence, folly their watchword, they carry mischief in the womb, bring shame to birth.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	59	5	Eggs the cockatrice may hatch, yet there is death in the taste of them, a brood of basilisks;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	59	6	deftly the spider weaves, yet web of hers will never make cloth, none will be the warmer for her toil; so it is with these; all unprofitable their schemes, their doing all undoing.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	59	7	Swift ministers of evil, hot-foot they scent down the blood of innocence, their aim ever to destroy, leave a trail of havoc and ruin.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	59	8	Where peace should be found they know not, nor ever set their hearts on right; still stray by crooked paths where safety is none.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	59	9	What wonder if redress is still far from us, if reprieve linger on its way? Crave we light, and nothing see but darkness, hope we for dawn, and walk in dusk.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	59	10	Blind men that grope along a wall, hands, not eyes, to shew the way, stumble we at noonday as though benighted; we are dead men in a world of shadows.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	59	11	No better than growling bears, or doves that moan and mourn, still we hope for the redress that never comes, the deliverance that is far away.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	59	12	Our guilt mounts up before thee, our sins accuse us; shame ever at our side, we confess the wrong done.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	59	13	Heinous our treason against the Lord, that turn away from his divine leading to plan cruelty and rebellion; false thoughts we conceive in our hearts that still find utterance.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	59	14	Redress is withheld from us, because loyalty lies neglected in our streets, and honour finds no entrance;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	59	15	alas that loyalty should be forgotten, innocence marked down for spoil!All this the Lord has seen, and shame he thought it there should be no redress.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	59	16	Was there no champion to come forward? None found he, and his heart misgave him. And so his own arm must bring the deliverance he intended, his own faithfulness held him to it.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	59	17	That faithfulness is the breastplate that arms him, that saving power the helmet that guards his head; vengeance the garment he wears, jealous love the mantle that wraps him round.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	59	18	Doubt not he will repay, wreak his anger upon the rebels, give his enemies their due; no island so far off but it shall have its punishment,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	59	19	till the name of the Lord strikes terror into western lands, and the east stands in awe of his fame. Here is a river coming upon them in full flood, driven on by the Lord’s breath;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	59	20	here is one that brings deliverance to Sion, and to all Jacob’s children that turn away from their sins; the Lord has promised it.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	59	21	This covenant I will make with them, the Lord says: Spirit of mine that dwells in thee, words of mine entrusted to thy lips, on thy lips shall dwell, on the lips of thy children and thy children’s children, henceforth and for ever.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	60	1	Rise up, Jerusalem, and shine forth; thy dawn has come, breaks the glory of the Lord upon thee!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	60	2	What though darkness envelop the earth, though all the nations lie in gloom? Upon thee the Lord shall dawn, over thee his splendour shall be revealed.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	60	3	Those rays of thine shall light the Gentiles on their path; kings shall walk in the splendour of thy sunrise.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	60	4	Lift up thy eyes and look about thee; who are these that come flocking to thee? Sons of thine, daughters of thine, come from far away, or rising up close at hand.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	60	5	Heart of thee shall overflow with wonder and gratitude, to see all the riches of ocean, all the treasure of the Gentiles pouring into thee!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	60	6	A stream of camels thronging about thee, dromedaries from Madian and Epha, bringing all the men of Saba with their gifts of gold and incense, their cry of praise to the Lord!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	60	7	Into thee all the herds of Cedar shall be driven, the rams of Nabaioth shall be thy victims; gifts at my altar accepted, to make the fame of my temple more famous yet.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	60	8	Who are these that come, swift as the cloud-wrack, as doves flying home to the dove-cot?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	60	9	These, too, are thy sons; long since, the islands and the ocean-going ships have awaited my signal, when I would bring them home from far away, their silver and their gold with them, for the honour of the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, that has bestowed this glory on thee.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	60	10	Strangers shall build up thy walls for thee, kings shall do thee service; great as my severity in chastising thee shall be my favour when I pardon thee.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	60	11	Thy gates shall stand open continually, no need to shut them day or night; make way for the wealth of the nations that shall flow into thee, for the kings with their escorts!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	60	12	Every nation and kingdom that refuses thee homage shall vanish away, whole provinces empty and forlorn.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	60	13	All the beauty of Lebanon shall be brought to thee, fir-wood and box-wood and pine-wood mingled together to adorn this place, my sanctuary; I will have honour paid to this, the resting-place of my feet.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	60	14	See how they come bending low before thee, the race of thy former oppressors, how the men that once despised thee worship the ground thou hast trodden, calling thee The City of the Lord, Sion, dear to the Holy One of Israel!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	60	15	Thou, the desolate, thou, the unbefriended, a place unvisited by man, shalt be the pride of ages, the joy of succeeding generations;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	60	16	thou shalt have nations to suckle thee, kings to foster thee, and acknowledge at last that I, the Lord, am thy deliverer, the Lord that rules in Jacob has paid thy ransom.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	60	17	I will exchange thy brass for gold, thy iron for silver, thy wood for brass, thy stone for iron; I will give thee peace itself to be thy government, justice itself to be thy magistracy;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	60	18	there shall be no more talk of wrong in that land of thine, no tidings of wreck and ruin within those frontiers; all thy walls shall be deliverance, and all thy gates renown.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	60	19	No longer wilt thou have the sun to shine by day, or the moon’s beam to enlighten thee; the Lord shall be thy everlasting light, thy God shall be all thy splendour.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	60	20	No more, for thee, the setting of suns, the waning of moons, now that the Lord is thy everlasting light, and the days of thy widowhood are over.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	60	21	Thy people, all guiltless now, shall inherit the land eternally, the flower I planted, the pride of my workmanship.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	60	22	The meanest of them shall be ancestor to a thousand, the least regarded, to a great nation; swift and sudden shall be the doing of it, when once the hour is come.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	61	1	The Lord has anointed me, on me his spirit has fallen; he has sent me to bring good news to men that are humbled, to heal broken hearts, promising the release of captives, the opening of prison doors,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	61	2	proclaiming the year of the Lord’s pardon, the day when he, our God, will give us redress. Comfort for every mourner;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	61	3	Sion’s mourners, what decree should I make for them, what gift offer them? Heads shall be garlanded, that once were strewn with ashes; bright with oil, the faces that were marred with grief; gaily they shall be clad, that went sorrowing. Sturdy growths (men will say) that fulfil hope reposed in them, pride of the Lord’s planting!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	61	4	Theirs to rebuild what long has lain desolate, repair the ruins of past days, restore the forsaken cities that were lost, we thought, for ever.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	61	5	Strangers they shall be that tend your flocks for you, farm and vineyard alien hands shall till;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	61	6	for you, a higher name, a greater calling, priests and chosen ministers of the Lord our God. All the wealth of the nations shall be yours to enjoy, their spoils shall be your boast;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	61	7	for double portion of shame and contempt, you shall be twice honoured now. Twice happy that home-coming, eternal that content;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	61	8	I am the Lord, that love to give each his due, resent the wrong, when men rob me of my sacrifice. Faithfully I will give them their recompense, bind myself, now, by an eternal covenant.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	61	9	Such a race shall spring from them, as all the nations of the world shall acknowledge; none that sees them but shall know them for a people the Lord has blessed.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	61	10	Well may I rejoice in the Lord, well may this heart triumph in my God. The deliverance he sends is like a garment that wraps me about, his mercy like a cloak enfolding me; no bridegroom so proud of garland that crowns him, no bride of the necklace she wears.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	61	11	See how yonder earth gives promise of spring, how the garden seeds give promise of flower! And the Lord God will make good his promise for all the world to see; a spring-time of deliverance and renown.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	62	1	For love of Sion I will no more be silent, for love of Jerusalem I will never rest, until he, the Just One, is revealed to her like the dawn, until he, her deliverer, shines out like a flame.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	62	2	All the nations, all the kings of the nations, shall see him, the just, the glorious, and a new name shall be given thee by the Lord’s own lips.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	62	3	The Lord upholds thee, his crown, his pride; thy God upholds thee, his royal diadem.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	62	4	No longer shall men call thee Forsaken, or thy land Desolate; thou shall be called My Beloved, and thy land a Home, now the Lord takes delight in thee, now thy land is populous once again.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	62	5	Gladly as a man takes home the maiden of his choice, thy sons shall come home to thee; gladly the Lord shall greet thee, as bridegroom his bride.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	62	6	I have set watchmen, Jerusalem, upon thy walls, that shall never cease crying aloud, day or night; you that keep the Lord in remembrance, take no rest,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	62	7	nor let him rest neither, till he has restored Jerusalem, spread her fame over all the earth.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	62	8	The Lord has sworn by his own right hand, by that arm which makes known his power: Never again shall thy enemies eat the harvest of thy corn-fields, alien folk drink the wine thou hast toiled to win;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	62	9	harvester and waggoner, here in my precincts, shall eat and drink together, praising the Lord.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	62	10	Out, out through the city gates! Give my people free passage; a road, there, a smooth road, away with the boulders on it! Raise a signal for all the nations to see.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	62	11	To the furthest corners of the earth the Lord proclaims it, A message to queen Sion: Look, where thy deliverer comes, look, how they come with him, the reward of his labour, the achievement of his task!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	62	12	A holy people they shall be called, of the Lord’s ransoming, and thou the city of his choice, no more forsaken.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	63	1	Who is this, coming from Edom, coming on the road from Bosra, with garments deep-dyed? Who is this, so gaily clad, marching so valiantly?I am one who is faithful to his promises, a champion bringing deliverance.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	63	2	And why are thy garments stained with red? Why dost thou go clad like the men who tread out the wine-press?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	63	3	None other has trodden the wine-press but I only; out of all the nations, no champion came to stand at my side. I have been treading them down in my anger, trampling on them, full of vengeance; their blood that has been sprinkled on the clothes about me; I come in garments deep-dyed.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	63	4	My heart told me the time had come for vengeance, this was my destined year of ransom;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	63	5	looked I all around, there was none to help me; vainly I called for aid. My own arm should bring the deliverance I intended; my own indignation uphold me.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	63	6	I have trampled the peoples down in my anger, stunned them with my fury, brought down their strength to the dust.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	63	7	Listen, while I tell again the story of the Lord’s mercies, what renown the Lord has won; all the Lord has done for us, all the wealth of blessings his pardoning love, his abounding pity has lavished on the race of Israel.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	63	8	They are my own people, he would say; my own children cannot be false to me; and with that, he delivered them.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	63	9	In all their straits, power of his was not straitened; his angel, token of his presence, brought them deliverance. In love and pity he ransomed them, lifted them in his arms and raised them up, all through the days gone by.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	63	10	Only when they rebelled against him, when they distressed the spirit of his chosen servant, he would turn their enemy, and fight against them.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	63	11	And even yet he would bethink him of times past, of Moses and the people that once was his.Where is he now, the God that led them through the sea, his flock with his own appointed shepherds; gave his holy spirit to the man of his choice?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	63	12	Majestic power, that led Moses by the hand; that parted the sea at their coming, to win his name renown.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	63	13	Through its waters they passed, sure of their foothold as horse that is led through the desert;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	63	14	carefully as driver on some treacherous hill-side, the Lord’s spirit guided his people. Thus didst thou bring them home, and win thyself honour.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	63	15	Bethink thee now, in heaven; look down from the palace where thou dwellest, holy and glorious. Where, now, is thy jealous love, where thy warrior’s strength? Where is thy yearning of heart, thy compassion? For me, compassion is none.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	63	16	Yet, who is our father, Lord, if not thou? Let Abraham disown us, Israel disclaim his own blood, we are thy sons still; is it not thy boast of old, thou hast paid a price for us?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	63	17	And now, Lord, wouldst thou drive us away from following thee, harden our hearts till worship we have none to give thee? For love of thy own servants, relent, for love of the land that by right is thine.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	63	18	Is it nothing to thee, enemies of thy holy people should have the mastery, trample thy sanctuary down?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	63	19	Fared we worse in old days, before ever we called thee King, ever took thy holy name for our watchword?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	64	1	Wouldst thou but part heaven asunder, and come down, the hills shrinking from thy presence,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	64	2	melting away as if burnt by fire; the waters, too, boiling with that fire! So should the fame of thee go abroad among thy enemies; a world should tremble at thy presence!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	64	3	Of thy marvellous doing, we ourselves cannot bear the sight; so it was when thou camest down, and the hills shrank away before thee, long ago.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	64	4	Such things as were never known from the beginning, as ear never heard, eye never saw, save at thy command, thou, O God, hast made ready for all that await thy aid.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	64	5	Graciously thou goest out to meet them, loyal lovers of thine that keep thee ever in mind, ever follow thy bidding. And now thou art angry with us; we have sinned; so it has been a long while, and shall we find deliverance?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	64	6	We are men defiled; what are all our claims on thy mercy? No better than the clout a woman casts away; we are like fallen leaves, every one of us, by the wind of our own transgressions whirled along.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	64	7	There is none left that calls on thy name, that bestirs himself to lay hold of thee. Thou hidest thy face from us, broken men caught in the grip of their wrong-doing.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	64	8	Yet, Lord, thou art our father; we are but clay, and thou the craftsman who has fashioned us;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	64	9	wilt thou crush us, Lord, with thy anger, wilt thou keep our sins ever in mind? We are thy people, all of us.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	64	10	A desert, the city thy chosen servant knew, a desert, the Sion we love; Jerusalem lies forlorn.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	64	11	Given over to the flames, the house that was our sanctuary and our pride, the house in which our fathers praised thee; all that we loved lies in ruins;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	64	12	Lord, wilt thou have patience still? Wilt thou keep silent still, and overwhelm us with calamity?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	65	1	So ready I to answer, and ask they will not; so easy to be found, and search for me is none! A people that will not call on my name; else my own voice should whisper, I am here, I am close at hand.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	65	2	Outstretched these hands of mine, all the day long, to a nation of rebels, straying this way and that as the mood takes them,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	65	3	openly defying me. Shrines hidden away in gardens, altars of brick!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	65	4	See how they lodge in tombs, pass the night in the precincts of strange gods; eat swine’s flesh, and stew themselves broth of forbidden things!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	65	5	And all the while so scrupulous: Touch of thine would defile me! What marvel, if my indignation smoulders yet? Nay, fire it is that burns continually.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	65	6	See where the decree stands written in my presence, This shall not be passed over; I will take vengeance, pour it out into their laps.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	65	7	Sin of yours, the Lord says, sin of your fathers, that sacrificed on mountain-tops, worshipped on the hill-sides in defiance of me; for all these I must repay due measure, poured out into the lap; that is my first task.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	65	8	Thus says the Lord: If one sound grape is found in a cluster, the cry is, Do not destroy it, there is a blessing in it. And I, for the sake of my true servants, will not destroy root and branch;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	65	9	I will leave Jacob a stock to breed from, settlers enough in Juda for these mountains of mine; the men of my choice shall have their portion, my servant shall dwell there.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	65	10	Flocks there shall be, folded on the Plain, and cattle resting in the valley of Achor; of my people none shall be disappointed that had recourse to me.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	65	11	But you that forsook the Lord, left his mountain sanctuary forgotten, spread a table for the Powers of Fortune, and poured out wine at it,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	65	12	fortune that awaits you is the sword, you shall bow down to death. My call unanswered, my voice unheard, you did ever what I forbade, chose ever what I hated.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	65	13	This, then, is the sentence the Lord God pronounces; you shall be hungry, while my servants have food, you shall be thirsty, while my servants drink,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	65	14	you shall be disappointed, while my servants are glad. My servants shall be light-hearted and sing, while you, with sad hearts, cry aloud, groan in the heaviness of your spirits.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	65	15	A name you shall leave behind you to serve my chosen people as a curse; the Lord God takes full toll. For his own servants he will have a new name instead;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	65	16	By the God of truth shall be the blessing men invoke, By the God of truth shall be the oath men take, in this land of mine henceforward. Forgotten, the sorrows of past days, hidden away from my eyes.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	65	17	See where I create new heavens and a new earth; old things shall be remembered no longer, have no place in men’s thoughts.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	65	18	Joy of yours, pride of yours, this new creation shall be; joy of mine, pride of mine, Jerusalem and her folk, created anew.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	65	19	I will rejoice in Jerusalem, take pride in my people, and the sound of weeping and lament shall be heard among them no more.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	65	20	None shall die there unweaned from life; never an old man but lives out his full time; young he dies that dies a hundred years old; so brief a span, it shall be the curse pronounced on a sinner.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	65	21	Live they now to occupy the houses they built, enjoy the fruit of the vines they planted,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	65	22	that once built houses for others to occupy, planted what others should enjoy; my people shall live to the age of trees and see the work of their own hands wear out before them.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	65	23	Not in vain they shall toil, these, my chosen, nor beget children to see them overwhelmed by calamity; their race the Lord blesses, their children shall be spared to them.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	65	24	Answer shall come ere cry for help is uttered, prayer find audience while it is yet on their lips.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	65	25	Wolf and lamb shall feed together, lion and ox eat straw side by side, and the serpent be content with dust for its food; all over this mountain, my sanctuary, there shall be no hurt done, the Lord says, no life shall be forfeit.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	66	1	Thus says the Lord, Heaven is my throne, earth the footstool under my feet. What home will you build for me, what place can be my resting-place?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	66	2	Nothing you see about you but I fashioned it, the Lord says; my hand gave it being. From whom, then, shall I accept an offering? Patient he must be and humbled, one who stands in dread of my warnings.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	66	3	To the rest it is all one; slaughter they an ox, or murder a human victim, cut sheep’s throat, or dash out a dog’s brains, make offering of meal, or of swine’s blood, in my honour burn incense, or bless the name of a false god. In all this, it is but caprice guides their choice, in all manner of abominations;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	66	4	trust me, at my own caprice I will choose the terrors I bring down upon them. My call unanswered, my voice unheard, they did ever what I forbade, chose ever what I hated.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	66	5	Listen to the word of the Lord, you that hold it in reverence! Foiled their hopes shall be, that hate and shun you because my name you bear; that say, Come, let us see the Lord reveal himself in majesty, let us witness this triumph of yours!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	66	6	Hark, a stir of tumult in the city, a stir in the temple! It is the stir the Lord makes, as he brings retribution on his enemies!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	66	7	Without travail, the mother has given birth; before her time a mother of men.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	66	8	Never till now was such a tale heard, such a sight witnessed; should a nation’s pangs come upon it in a day, a whole people be born at once? Such are the pangs of Sion, such is the birth of her children.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	66	9	What, says the Lord thy God, shall I, that bring children to the birth, want power to bring them forth? Shall I, that give life to the womb, want strength to open it?
+Isaiah	Isa	27	66	10	Lovers of Jerusalem, rejoice with her, be glad for her sake; make holiday with her, you that mourned for her till now.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	66	11	So shall you be her foster-children, suckled plentifully with her consolations, drinking in, to your hearts’ content, the abundant glory that is hers.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	66	12	Thus says the Lord, Peace shall flow through her like a river, the wealth of the nations shall pour into her like a torrent in flood; this shall be the milk you drain, like children carried at the breast, fondled on a mother’s lap.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	66	13	I will console you then, like a mother caressing her son, and all your consolation shall be in Jerusalem;
+Isaiah	Isa	27	66	14	your eyes feasted with it, your hearts content, vigorous as the fresh grass your whole frame.Thus to his servants the Lord makes known his power; his enemies shall have no quarter given them.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	66	15	See, where the Lord comes with fire about him, with chariots that drive like the storm, angry his retribution, his vengeance like a scorching flame!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	66	16	Fire and sword shall be the world’s purging, till the Lord has taken full toll.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	66	17	Vainly they sought holiness, that would purify themselves in secret gardens, behind shut doors, and all the while ate flesh of swine and field-mouse and other meats abominable; one end there shall be for all of them, the Lord says.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	66	18	Trust me, I will hold assize upon all such deeds and devices of theirs; ay, upon all nations and races. All must come and see my glory revealed,
+Isaiah	Isa	27	66	19	and I will set a mark upon each of them. What of those that find deliverance? I have an errand for them, to be my messengers across the sea; to Africa, and to Lydia where men draw the bow, to Italy, and to Greece, and to the Islands far away. They shall go out where men never heard of my name, never saw my glory yet, to reveal that glory among the nations.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	66	20	And out of all nations they shall bring your brethren back, an offering to the Lord, with horse and chariot, with litter and mule and waggon, to Jerusalem, the Lord says, to this mountain, my sanctuary. A bloodless offering this, for the sons of Israel to bring, in its sanctified vessel, to the Lord’s house!
+Isaiah	Isa	27	66	21	And some among these newcomers, the Lord says, I will choose out to be priests and Levites.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	66	22	This, too, he promises: Enduring your race and name shall be as the new heavens, the new earth I fashion, to stand continually in my presence.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	66	23	Month after month, sabbath after sabbath shall go by, and still all mankind shall come to bow down before me, the Lord says.
+Isaiah	Isa	27	66	24	And ever as they leave the gates, mortal remains they shall see of the men that rebelled against me long since; a prey now, to worm undying, to fire unquenchable; none that sees it but shall turn with loathing from the sight.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	1	These are the words of Jeremias, son of Helcias, one of the priests who dwelt at Anathoth, in the lands of Benjamin.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	2	The word of the Lord came to him during the reign of Josias, son of Amon, over Juda, in the thirteenth year of it;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	3	came to him during the reign of Josias’ son, Joachim, and did not cease till the men of Jerusalem went into exile, when Sedecias, that was also son to Josias, had been reigning eleven years and five months.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	4	The word of the Lord came to me, and his message was:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	5	I claimed thee for my own before ever I fashioned thee in thy mother’s womb; before ever thou camest to the birth, I set thee apart for myself; I have a prophet’s errand for thee among the nations.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	6	Alas, alas, Lord God (said I), I am but a child that has never learned to speak.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	7	A child, sayest thou? the Lord answered. Nay, I have a mission for thee to undertake, a message to entrust to thee.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	8	Have no human fears; am I not at thy side, to protect thee from harm? the Lord says.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	9	And with that, the Lord put out his hand, and touched me on the mouth; See, he told me, I have inspired thy lips with utterance.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	10	Here and now I give thee authority over nations and kingdoms everywhere; with a word thou shalt root them up and pull them down, overthrow and lay them in ruins; with a word thou shalt build them up and plant them anew.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	11	Then the Lord’s word came to me, Tell me, Jeremias, what is this thou seest? A branch of a tree, I told him, with the eyes already open.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	12	Well seen, he answered; and I too have my eyes open, watching for the opportunity to carry out the threats I utter.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	13	And again it came, Tell me, what is this thou seest? A boiling caldron, said I, that is coming from the north.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	14	And it is from the north, the Lord told me, that calamity is brewing for all thy fellow-countrymen.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	15	All the tribes the northern kings rule I mean to muster, the Lord says; hither they will march, and each will set up his throne where gate of Jerusalem stands, or encircling wall, or fortified city of Juda.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	16	And there I will plead my cause against the men of Juda, charging them with their rebellion in forsaking me; in offering libation to gods not theirs, and worshipping idols of their own making.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	17	Up, then, gird thee like a man, and speak out all the message I give thee. Meet them undaunted, and they shall have no power to daunt thee.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	18	Strong I mean to make thee this day as fortified city, or pillar of iron, or wall of bronze, to meet king, prince, priest of Juda, and common folk all the country through;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	19	impregnable thou shalt be to their attack; am I not at thy side, the Lord says, to deliver thee?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	1	Then the Lord’s word came to me:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	2	Go and cry out so that all Jerusalem may hear, with this message from the Lord: What memories I have of thee, gracious memories of thy youth, of the love that plighted troth between us, when I led thee through the desert; alone in the barren wastes, thou and I!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	3	Israel was set apart for the Lord, first-fruits vowed to be his revenue; he lay under a ban that plucked them, and must rue his rashness, the Lord says.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	4	Listen, then, to the Lord’s word, men of Jacob; listen, every clan that bears the name of Israel,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	5	to the Lord’s message: What fault did they find in me, those fathers of yours, that they should keep their distance from me, and court false gods, false as themselves?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	6	And never a thought to ask where I, the Lord, was, that rescued them from Egypt, and led them on their way through the desert, wild and solitary, parched and dead, far from haunt of traveller and the homes of men!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	7	Into a land of plenty I brought you, to enjoy the fruits and the blessings of it; and you had no sooner entered it than you must needs defile it, my own land, turn my chosen home into a place abominable.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	8	Never a priest to ask where I, the Lord, was; never a man of law but made a stranger of me, never a ruler but played me false, never a prophet but took Baal for his oracle, and had recourse to powers that were impotent.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	9	Against you, the Lord says, my appeal still lies, and with your children I will yet be at issue.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	10	Sail the seas till you reach the isles of Cethim; send envoys out to the wilds of Cedar; look for yourselves and make earnest enquiry, to know if the like was ever heard!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	11	What nation ever changed its gods, though gods indeed they were not? And should my people barter away the glory that dwelt among them, for powers that power have none?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	12	In horror and dismay witness, you heavens, the sight; crumble in ruins!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	13	Two wrongs this people of mine committed; me they forsook, the fountain of living water, and thereupon they dug cisterns of their own, leaking cisterns, that water had none to give them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	14	What, is the race of Israel a slave, a chattel, that it should pass from hand to hand as the prize of war?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	15	Roaring lions have claimed it for their prey; the land lies waste, the cities burnt and desolate.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	16	Even the Egyptians have come from Memphis and Taphne, to strip thee bare;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	17	tell me, Israel, how came this? Was it not because thou hadst forsaken the Lord thy God, that till then had led thee?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	18	What, wouldst thou turn to Egypt, to Assyria, and slake thy thirst with Nile or Euphrates?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	19	Here is the very proof of thy wickedness, the measure of thy unfaithfulness; see how ill it has gone with thee, says the Lord, the God of hosts, ever since thou didst forsake the Lord thy God, ever since thou didst banish the fear of me!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	20	It is an old tale, now, how thou didst break in pieces the yoke of my dominion, didst sever all the bonds between us, crying out, I will serve no more! Thou wast off to play the wanton, the nearest hill-top or secret forest for thy bower.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	21	Alas, vineyard of mine, that I planted with such care, never a worthless shoot! How is it thou hast played me false, and art no vineyard of mine?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	22	Ay, use nitre for thy cleansing, spread potash as thou mayst, foul with guilt I shall still find thee, says the Lord God.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	23	Nay, never boast that thou art undefiled, to countryside gods hast no recourse; bethink thee of thy traffickings in Ben-Ennom valley, and read there the story of thy doings. Camel never found its way so lightly;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	24	wild ass in its familiar desert, scenting its mate, never obeyed the fire in its blood more uncontrollably! Little search it needs to find thy haunts, as its mate in spring-time.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	25	Reckless of unshod feet, of parching throat, thou criest out despairingly, Return I cannot; to alien gods all my heart is vowed, and I must follow still!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	26	Thief caught in the act has less cause to blush than the men of Israel, king and prince, priest and prophet, with the rest.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	27	Stock of wood and block of stone they hailed as the father that had begotten them; on me they turned their backs, and gave me never a glance. And now, in their distress, it is Up, Lord, and bring us rescue!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	28	Where are those other gods thou madest for thyself? Bid them rise up and aid thee in the hour of peril; gods thou hadst a many; no city of thine, Juda, but must have its own!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	29	And would you still implead me? Nay, says the Lord, you have forsaken me, one and all.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	30	In vain I have smitten them, all those sons of yours; still you turned your swords against the prophets, bloodthirsty as lions.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	31	Out upon this age! Here is the Lord’s message, give good heed to it. Have I shewn myself unfriendly to Israel, like a desert, like a land overcast by shadows, that my own people has resolved to keep its distance, and come my way no more?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	32	What, should maid forget her jewels, bride her stomacher? And my own people, all these long days, has forgotten me!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	33	What avails it to justify thyself, in hope of winning back my love, when thou thyself dost blazon so openly thy doings, thy foul misdoings?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	34	There is blood on thy hands, the blood of friendless folk and innocent. It is not thieves I have found, but men guilty of such crimes as these.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	35	And still thou declarest thyself innocent of any fault, still thou biddest me withhold my vengeance! Come, let me answer thy plea of innocence.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	36	How light a woman thou art, ever at thy old ways! Not less than thy hopes of Assyria, thy hopes of Egypt shall be disappointed;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	37	thence, too, thou shalt come away wringing thy hands; all the confidence thou hast the Lord means to destroy; thou shalt make no shift with Egypt.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	1	What is the law of common life? Let wife that has been put away by her husband marry a second, can she afterwards return to the first? That were shame and defilement. And thou with many lovers hast played the wanton; yet come back to me, the Lord says, and thou shalt find welcome.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	2	Lift up thy eyes to the bare hills, and tell me, which of them has not been the scene of thy shame? Like a highway robber thou didst lurk by the road-side, waiting for thy lovers; by thy heartless wantonness the whole land was defiled.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	3	I called thee to account for it; heaven’s dews were stanched, and the late rains did not fall, and still never a blush on thy harlot’s brow!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	4	Little wonder thou shouldst have been crying out to me, since then, calling me father, calling me the loved friend of thy girlhood’s days;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	5	was there no quenching my anger? Would it smoulder on for ever? Ay, all this thou saidst, but still wouldst go on sinning, still wouldst have thy way.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	6	It was in the days of king Josias the Lord said to me: Israel’s apostasy thou hast seen, how she ever betook herself to the nearest high hill or leafy wood, to play the wanton there;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	7	and how, when I called her back to me in spite of it, she would not come. Now mark the treachery of her sister Juda.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	8	She too had seen it all, how I had bidden apostate Israel begone, and given her a writ of separation; and now treacherous Juda, unabashed, went off in her turn to play the wanton.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	9	So wayward, so wanton, she defiled all that land of hers, giving herself to lovers made of wood and stone!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	10	After all the warnings I had given, Juda, the treacherous, would never come back to me in good earnest, only with lying professions, the Lord says.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	11	And the Lord told me: Better than Juda’s treachery, the apostasy of Israel deserves to be acquitted.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	12	Carry this message of mine to the north country: Come back to me, apostate Israel, the Lord says, and there shall be no frown of mine awaiting you; I am merciful, the Lord says, and vengeance shall not last for ever.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	13	Only acknowledge thy fault, he tells thee, in deserting the Lord thy God and betaking thyself to the bowers of strange lovers, deaf to my call.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	14	Wandering hearts, the Lord bids you come back to him, and renew your troth; by ones and twos, from this city or that, from this clan or that, he will claim you for his own and bring you back to Sion;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	15	and you shall have shepherds of his own choice to guide you well and prudently.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	16	After that, the Lord says, when all is growth and fertility, no longer shall you have the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant for your rallying-cry; from thought and memory it will have passed away, nor any care shall be bestowed on the fashioning of it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	17	It is Jerusalem men will speak of as the Lord’s throne; there at Jerusalem all the nations of the world will meet in the Lord’s name, the false aims of their perverse hearts forgotten.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	18	When that time comes, Juda and Israel will be united; together they will come back from the north country to the land I gave your fathers for their home.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	19	Must I ever be offering thee sonship, and a land so fair that all the peoples of the world might envy thee its possession? Must I ever be pleading with thee to acknowledge me as thy father, and forsake my guidance no more?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	20	Hitherto, the Lord says, nothing could I win from Israel but a false jade’s contempt.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	21	Now, from yonder hill-passes, another cry is heard; a cry of mourning and lament from the sons of Israel, over the wrong path they have chosen in forgetting the Lord their God.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	22	Wandering hearts, come back to me, and all your rebel acts shall be pardoned.See, we come to thee; art thou not the Lord our God?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	23	The many gods of hill-side and mountain-side have played us false; we know it now; we know now that Israel must look to the Lord our God for deliverance.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	24	Ever since the days of our youth all the hopes our fathers had, of flock and herd, of son and daughter, are lost; the worship of shame has cheated us.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	25	Lie we down with shame for our bed, and let reproach be all our covering; sinners from our youth upwards, we and our fathers before us, against the Lord our God; the Lord our God, and we would not listen to his voice!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	1	Do but retrace thy steps, Israel, and return to me, do but cast away the abominations that offend my sight, and in that mind persist;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	2	let but thy oath, As the Lord is a living God! be a true oath, in loyal duty uttered; then shall all the nations learn to bless and to praise him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	3	And to the men of Juda, to Jerusalem, this is the Lord’s message: Yours to drive a new furrow, nor sow any longer among the briers.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	4	You must be circumcised afresh, men of Juda; citizens of Jerusalem, of heart’s defilement rid yourselves, if you would not see my vengeance burst into flame unquenchable, as your scheming malice has deserved.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	5	News for Juda, news that shall echo through Jerusalem; tell it out, sound the trumpet over the country-side! Loud be the cry raised, for all to muster and to man the fortified cities!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	6	Raise the standard in Sion, and rally to it with all haste! Here is peril I am bringing upon you from the north country, here is great calamity.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	7	Roused is the lion from his lair; he is astir, ready to prey on the nations; he is marching out to make earth a desert, and thy cities too shall be laid waste, and stand there untenanted.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	8	Well may you gird yourselves with sackcloth, well may you beat the breast and cry aloud; fire of the Lord’s vengeance has not passed us by.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	9	When that day comes, the Lord says, heart of king and heart of prince shall be dismayed; dumb-stricken the priest, the prophet unmanned.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	10	Alas, alas, Lord God, said I, can it be that thou hast deceived thy people, deceived Jerusalem, by telling them they should have peace, and here is the sword threatening our very lives?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	11	When that time comes, verdict shall be passed on this people of mine, and on Jerusalem: My people’s wanton ways are like the hot wind that blows from the desert slopes, that will neither winnow nor sift.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	12	And in return, I will summon to my side a wind that blows full, and so I will plead my cause against them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	13	An overshadowing cloud the invader shall be, his chariots outspread like the storm-wrack, his horses swifter than eagles. Alas the day, we are ruined!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	14	Now, Jerusalem, as thy life thou lovest, rid thy heart of guile; wilt thou never cease to harbour those false thoughts of thine?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	15	Here is news cried from Dan, here are monstrous tidings from the hill-country of Ephraim;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	16	tell it far and wide, Jerusalem has heard the bruit of her besiegers coming from a distant land, that even now raise their battle-cry among the cities of Juda;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	17	even now they keep watch over the country-side about her, the Lord says, and all because she defied my vengeance.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	18	Ill deeds and ill counsel of thine have brought all this upon thee; the due reward of thy wickedness, how bitter the taste of it, how it wrings thy heart!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	19	Deep, deep rankles the wound; my very heart-strings echo lament; no rest is mine, since my ear caught bray of trumpet and cry of battle.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	20	Tale upon tale of ruin; a whole land laid waste, no cabin or hovel spared, suddenly, all in a moment!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	21	Always the sight of men fleeing, always the sound of the trumpet in my ears!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	22	Ah, reckless people of mine, that would not acknowledge me; blind fools, for mischief so shrewd, in well-doing so untutored!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	23	Earthward I looked, and all was void and empty; heavenward, and in heaven no light shone;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	24	looked at mountain and hill-side, and saw them stir and tremble;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	25	looked for some sign of man, and in vain; the very birds in heaven had all taken flight.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	26	It was a garden I looked at, but a garden untenanted; no city in it but had perished at the Lord’s glance, before the frown of his vengeance.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	27	For it was so the Lord’s sentence ran; the whole country-side should be abandoned, and still he will not have taken full toll.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	28	At his sentence, earth should mourn and heaven grow dark with sorrow, yet of his decree there should be no repenting; he would not go back from it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	29	Everywhere, at the noise of archer and horseman, the townsfolk flee away, take to the hills and climb their high rocks; never a town but is left deserted of its inhabitants.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	30	And thou, Jerusalem, when thy turn comes to be despoiled, what shift wilt thou make? Vain was it to dress in scarlet, and deck thyself with chains of gold, and with antimony darken thy eyes; vain were those arts, thy lovers are weary of thee now, and thy life is forfeit.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	31	Cries of anguish I hear, as from a woman in the throes of travail; it is queen Sion, gasping out her life, and crying with hands outspread, Woe is me, I swoon away, here in the slaughter-house!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	1	Go the rounds of Jerusalem, search the streets of it with hue and cry; and if you find one man there that faithfully does his duty, and keeps troth, then the city shall be pardoned.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	2	Nay, though they call on the living God to be their witness, they forswear themselves none the less.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	3	On faithfulness, Lord, thy eyes are set. And these, when thou smitest them, are unrepentant still; when thou crushest them to earth, will not heed reproof; brows are theirs unyielding as rock, and return they will not.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	4	But indeed, thought I, perhaps they are poor men and foolish, that have never learnt the divine command, or what their God requires of them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	5	I will go and have speech with the men of rank; what the divine command is, what their God requires of them, these will surely know. And these I found conspiring, as none other, to throw off the yoke, to break through their bonds.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	6	What wonder if they are attacked and despoiled by robbers, that leave the woods at night-time, stealthily as lion or wolf or prowling leopard, to beleaguer their towns and catch all who venture forth? So many their rebellions, so obstinate their defiance!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	7	For all this, how should I pardon thee? Thy sons have deserted me, by gods that are no gods their vows are taken; full-fed with my bounty, they left their wedded troth, to wanton in the bower of a mistress;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	8	bold in their adultery as stallion at grass neighing for its mate.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	9	What, shall I let all this pass me by, the Lord says; shall I not take my fill of vengeance against such a nation as this?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	10	Scale those ramparts, and fall to pillage, not taking full toll even yet; root out the slips of yonder vine, the Lord will not claim them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	11	Obstinately they have defied me, the Lord says, Israel and Juda both;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	12	they disown me; Nay, they tell one another, this is none of his doing, harm shall never befall us, we shall have neither slaughter nor famine here;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	13	the prophets did but waste breath, no word of revelation made to them; on their own heads be it!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	14	Vain words; but not vainly the Lord, the God of hosts, has spoken; flaming words of his he has entrusted to my lips, and fuel this people shall be for their devouring.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	15	A nation from far away I am summoning, even now, Israel, to the attack; a warlike nation, of ancient lineage, whose very tongue shall be strange to thee, no word of it well understood;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	16	greedily as the tomb their quivers gape, and they are warriors all.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	17	They shall rob thee of harvest and of food, rob thee of son and daughter, rob thee of flock and herd, rob thee of vine and fig-tree; and all the strongholds, wherein thy hope lies, at the sword’s point shall be overthrown.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	18	Yet even then, the Lord says, I will not take full toll of thee.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	19	Ask you why the Lord has so much misused you, this is to be my answer: Did you not forsake me, to worship alien gods in your own land? Alien gods you shall worship in an alien land, for your punishment.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	20	To Israel’s race proclaim it, for all Juda to hear,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	21	Listen, foolish folk and unperceiving, with sightless eyes, ears that had as well been deaf!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	22	Have you no fear of me, the Lord says, will you stand unmoved in my presence? Was it not I gave the sea its frontier of sand, by my eternal decree inviolate? Vainly the waves boil and toss, they cannot pass beyond it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	23	A faithless heart, a rebellious heart this people of mine has; in a moment they swerve aside from the path, and are gone;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	24	never a thought of reverence for the Lord their God, who gives them autumn and spring rains when the time comes, and secures them a full harvest.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	25	It is your wrong-doing that has altered their course; to guilt such as yours, blessings are denied.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	26	Godless men there are among my people that lie in wait like any fowler, but noose and trap of theirs is set to catch men.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	27	Never was cage so full of birds, as their homes of wealth ill gotten; men of power and riches,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	28	pampered and sleek, they defy my will past all bearing; redress they deny to the widow, right to the orphan, justice to the poor.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	29	What, shall I let all this pass me by, the Lord says, shall I not take my fill of vengeance against such a nation as this?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	30	A wonder this land has seen beyond all belief;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	31	here are prophets that utter a lying message, priests that clap their hands in applause, and this people of mine is well content. And what shift will you make when the end comes?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	1	Rally, tribesmen of Benjamin that live in the midst of Jerusalem; at Thecua sound the trumpet, raise the standard on Bethacarem; it is from the north peril may be seen coming, peril of great calamity.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	2	Poor Sion, all too fair she seems, all too delicate!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	3	Alas, what strange shepherds are these, what troops that follow them? See how they pitch their tents about her! See how many each has at his back, and there must be pasture for them all!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	4	Sound we the attack on the city; to move now were best, and march up under the light of noon! Plague upon it, the day is already spent, the shadows of evening lengthen already;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	5	up, then, march we on by night, by night plunder their houses!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	6	Down with yonder trees, the Lord of hosts says, and build siege-works about Jerusalem; here is a city must be called to account for all the oppression that is harboured there.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	7	Never cistern kept its waters so fresh, as she her store of wickedness; no news from her but of wrong and waste, no sight I see there but distress and violence.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	8	Jerusalem, be warned in time; else my love thou shalt forfeit, and I will make a ruin of thee, a land uninhabited.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	9	Israel, says the Lord of hosts, is a vineyard for the gleaning; no cluster shall be left; back with thee, vintager, to the baskets!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	10	Vain appeal, whom shall I cite for witness of it? Oh that it should fall on ears uncircumcised, oh that God’s word should be slighted, and find no welcome!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	11	Nay, but the divine anger burns within me, I can forbear no longer. I must blurt out my message to all, children playing in the streets, no less than warriors met in council; none shall be spared, husband or wife, greybeard or man of many summers.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	12	Homes, lands and wedded wives, all must pass into other hands; none that dwells in Juda, the Lord says, but shall feel my vengeance.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	13	High and low, ill-gotten gains they covet; treacherous the ways alike of prophet and of priest;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	14	here lies my people grievously hurt, and they tend her unconcernedly; All’s well, they say, all’s well, when in truth all goes amiss.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	15	Shamed they needs must be, that did so detestably; shamed, but never ashamed, for indeed they have lost the power to blush; theirs to fall amid the common ruin, crushed to earth, the Lord says, when I call all to account.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	16	The Lord’s message was, Halt at the cross-roads, look well, and ask yourselves which path it was that stood you in good stead long ago. That path follow, and you shall find rest for your souls. But follow they would not;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	17	and next, I would set watchmen on the heights; let them only listen, when these sounded the trumpet; but listen they would not.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	18	To the nations, then, I proclaim it; let my doom be pronounced in the public ear;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	19	all earth shall hear it. I mean to bring upon this people of mine the punishment their scheming wickedness has earned, so deaf to my calls, of my law so defiant.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	20	What avails it to offer me incense from Saba, and the fragrant calamus that grows far away? Unwelcome to me your burnt-sacrifice, undesired your victims.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	21	This doom the Lord pronounces; I mean so to entangle this people of mine that they shall stumble to their undoing all of them, father and son together, neighbour with neighbour, friend with friend.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	22	Here is a people marching from the north country, the Lord says, a great nation from the world’s end.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	23	Arrow and shield they ply, and their hard hearts pity none; loud their battle-cry as the roaring of the sea. So they ride on, as warriors ride, poor Sion, thy enemies.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	24	Unnerved our hands droop at the very rumour of it; grief overmasters us, sharp as the pangs of travail;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	25	forbidden is the country-side, the high roads untravelled; the drawn sword threatens, and peril is all about us.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	26	Juda, poor widowed queen, put sackcloth about thee and strew thyself with ashes; as for an only son make loud lament; without warning the spoiler will be upon us.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	27	I have a task for thee to perform among my people; thou shalt be my trusty assayer, putting the quality of their lives to the test.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	28	These faithless rulers that go about on their slanderous errands, what are they but copper and iron, base metal all?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	29	Bellows have done their work, the lead streams away in the fire, carrying nothing with it; vain, smelter, thy toil, the dross remains unpurged.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	30	Refuse-silver they shall be called; has not the Lord refused them?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	1	A message came from the Lord to Jeremias,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	2	bidding him take his stand at the temple gate, and there proclaim aloud: Listen to this word of the Lord, men of Juda, that make your way in through these gates to worship him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	3	Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your lives and your likings, if you would have me dwell here among you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	4	Trust never in the false assurances that proclaim this place The Lord’s temple, The Lord’s temple, The Lord’s temple.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	5	Will you but amend your lives and your likings, giving one man redress against another,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	6	not oppressing the alien, the orphan, the widow, nor in these precincts putting innocent men to death, nor courting, to your ruin, the gods of other nations,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	7	then indeed I will make my dwelling here among you, in the land which was my gift to your fathers from the beginning to the end of time.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	8	You put your trust in flattering hopes, which can nothing avail you;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	9	theft, murder, adultery, the false oath, libations to Baal, the courting of alien gods that are no gods of yours, nothing comes amiss,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	10	if only you can come and stand in my presence, here in this house, the shrine of my name, and tell yourselves you have made amends for all these your detestable doings!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	11	What, does this house, the shrine of such a name, count for no more than a den of thieves, in eyes like yours? Think you, the Lord says, that eternal God has no eyes to see it?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	12	Go and visit that sanctuary of mine at Silo, where of old my power rested; look well, what havoc I have made of it, to punish the misdeeds of Israel, that was my people too.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	13	Because of so much done amiss, the Lord says; because you would not listen when I cried early at your doors, or answer any call of mine;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	14	this house, shrine of my name and centre of your hopes, this home I gave to you and to your fathers, shall fare as Silo fared.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	15	All those brethren of yours, the whole stock of Ephraim, I banished from my presence, and you shall be banished in your turn.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	16	Nor do thou, Jeremias, think to plead for this people of mine, or take up in their name the burden of praise and prayer; thwart my will, thou shalt have no hearing.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	17	Canst thou not see for thyself what ill deeds are done in the townships of Juda, in the very streets of Jerusalem?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	18	See the children gathering sticks, the father lighting a fire, the mother kneading dough, and all to make cakes for the queen of heaven! See how they offer libation to alien gods, to despite me!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	19	Yet not to me they do despite, the Lord says, rather to themselves; every hope of theirs shall fail them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	20	This warning, then, the Lord God sends them: Fury and indignation of mine are brewing against this place, man and beast, woodland tree and growing crop; and when that fire is lit, there shall be no quenching it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	21	A message from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: No more be at pains to distinguish between burnt-sacrifice and offering; use for your own eating the flesh of all alike!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	22	Burnt-sacrifices, offerings, not of these was my theme when I gave commandments to your fathers at the time of their deliverance from Egypt;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	23	my word of command to them was, Obey my bidding, if I am to be your God, you my people; follow the path I have marked out for you, as you hope to prosper.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	24	And did they listen? Hearing they gave me none; their own whim, the false aim of their corrupt hearts was all the rule they lived by; still turned their backs on me, and refused to look my way;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	25	so it has been since your fathers left Egypt, so it is yet. No day dawned but I was at work betimes, sending my servants to prophesy to them,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	26	but still they would not listen, still hearing they gave me none; stubborn under my yoke, they outdid their own fathers in wickedness.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	27	All this thou shalt say to them, but they will not listen to thee; thy call shall go unheeded.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	28	Then tell them, Here is a people who will not listen to the voice of their own God, or accept reproof from him; loyalty is dead, the word is on their lips no more.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	29	Cut off, Jerusalem, those locks of thine, and cast them away from thee; loud let the hills echo with thy lament; on a guilty age, the Lord has pronounced sentence of banishment and rejection.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	30	The men of Juda have defied my will, the Lord says; foul idols they have set up in the house that is the sanctuary of my name, and utterly profaned it;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	31	in the valley of Ben-Ennom stands the hill-shrine of Topheth, where they sacrifice their own sons and daughters in the furnace, a rite not of my bidding, not of my imagining.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	32	And now, the Lord says, a time is coming when no more will be heard of Topheth or Ben-Ennom; it will be called The Valley of the Slain; men will be finding room for their dead in Topheth, because other burying-ground is none.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	33	Nay, Juda shall be carrion for birds that fly in air, for beasts that roam the earth; and never a man left to drive them away.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	34	In the townships of Juda, in the streets of Jerusalem, cries of joy and mirth shall be heard no more, voice of bridegroom and of bride shall be heard no more; the whole land will have turned into a wilderness.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	1	All the tombs in Jerusalem will be rifled, the Lord says, when that day comes, tomb of king and prince of Juda’s line, tomb of priest and prophet, tomb of common citizen; naked their bones shall lie,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	2	with sun and moon and all the starry host to witness it, their gods aforetime; gods so loved, so well served, so hailed, so courted, so adored! Those bones there shall be none to gather, none to bury; they shall lie like dung on the bare ground.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	3	And the living shall envy the dead; so poor a home shall be left, the Lord of hosts says, to the remnant of a guilty race, in the far lands to which I have banished them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	4	Give them this message from the Lord: A man falls but to rise, errs but to retrieve his path;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	5	how is it that this rebellious people of mine at Jerusalem has rebelled so obstinately? They cling to their illusion, and return no more.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	6	Listen I never so attentively, wholesome word I hear none; never a man that repents of his sin, asks himself what his life has been. No, each one follows his own bent, reckless as war-horse charging into battle.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	7	Yet the kite, circling in air, knows its time; turtle-dove can guess, and swallow, and stork, when they should return; only for my people the divine appointment passes unobserved.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	8	What, still boasting that you are wise, that the Lord’s law finds its home among you? Nay, but the scribes, with their false penmanship, have construed all amiss.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	9	In all their wisdom, how disappointed, how bewildered, how entrapped! God’s word they cast away, and wisdom left them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	10	Alien lords their wives shall have, alien masters their lands; (high and low, ill-gotten gains they covet; treacherous the ways alike of prophet and of priest;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	11	here lies my people grievously hurt, and they tend her unconcernedly; All’s well, they say, all’s well, when in truth all goes amiss.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	12	Shamed they needs must be, that did so detestably; shamed, but never ashamed, for indeed they have lost the power to blush; theirs to fall in the common ruin, crushed to earth, the Lord says, when I call all to account).
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	13	I will make an end of them once for all, the Lord says; never a grape on the vine, or a fig on the fig-tree, every leaf withered; and I have given them… what has passed them by.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	14	Why do we linger here? Muster we, and man the stronghold, and wait there uncomplaining; silence the Lord our God has imposed on us, given us a draught to dull the senses; the Lord, whom our sins have offended.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	15	How we long for better times, and no relief comes to us; for remedy at last, and danger still threatens!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	16	All the way from Dan the noise of horses reaches us, gallant chargers neighing in their pride, till earth trembles with the echoes of it; on they come, bearing ruin to field and crop, to city and citizen!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	17	With such a brood of deadly serpents I am plaguing you, the Lord says, charm is none shall rid you of its bite.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	18	Grief beyond all grief, that bows down my heart within me!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	19	So cries my own people in its distress from a country far away. Does the Lord dwell in Sion no longer? Is she forsaken by her king?And she? What of the idols, what of the alien gods that turned me into her enemy?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	20	Harvest-time is over, summer is gone, and still no deliverance has come to us.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	21	Wounded she lies, my own people, and is not her wound mine? Shall I not go mourning, bewildered by grief?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	22	Grows the balm in Galaad no more, is the healer’s art lost there, that the people I love should lie wounded, and the wound will not close?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	1	Well-head were this head of mine, eyes of a fountain these eyes, day nor night should serve me to weep enough for my country’s dead.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	2	Oh that some lodging-place in the wilderness for me were dwelling-place, far from the haunts of my own people, that are faithless lovers, rebel subjects all!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	3	Deceitful tongues, treacherous as the hidden archer’s bow, hearts that lord it over their fellow-countrymen, wrong leading to wrong, and my claims forgotten! the Lord says.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	4	Neighbour of neighbour beware, kinsman let kinsman never trust; none goes about to overthrow thee more craftily than brother of thine or friend.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	5	None but will overreach his fellow with lies; all their schooling is in falsehood, all their striving for ill-gotten gain.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	6	In what a nest of treason thou dwellest! And such treason, the Lord says, as will acknowledge no claim of mine.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	7	This warning, then, he utters, the Lord of hosts: The fire for them! They must be tried in the crucible; what other choice has my faithless people left me?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	8	Tongues that wound like an arrow, with deceit for poison, ever the smooth word of friend laying snare for friend;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	9	what, shall I let all this pass me by, the Lord says; shall I not take my fill of vengeance against such a nation as this?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	10	Sad dirge be made for the hills, lament for all the wide pasture-lands, that are scorched bare, and left untravelled; silent the herdsman’s call; birds that nested there, cattle that grazed there, fled and gone.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	11	I mean to turn Jerusalem into a heap of dust, the lair of serpents; the cities of Juda shall stand desolate, with none to inhabit them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	12	Come now, who is wise enough to read the riddle, to what spokesman shall the Lord’s proclamation be entrusted, when he tells us why the land lies ruined, burnt up like the wilderness, and never a passer-by?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	13	It is because they forsook the commandment I gave them, the Lord says, would not heed my call or follow it;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	14	because they had recourse to ill devices of their own, and to the gods of the country-side, whose worship their fathers taught them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	15	This doom, then, the Lord of hosts pronounces, the God of Israel: On wormwood I will feed this people of mine, gall shall be the drink I give them;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	16	far away I will scatter them, in countries never they, never their fathers knew; and the sword shall follow close behind, to exterminate them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	17	This too the Lord of hosts says, the God of Israel: Search all about, and find mourners, mistresses of their craft, and such as will answer your summons with all haste;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	18	no time let them lose in making dole for us; weep every eye, be every eye-lid blubbered with tears.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	19	Listen to Sion’s lament: Alas, what scathe, alas, what shame! Our land lies deserted, our homes in ruins!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	20	To you, women, the Lord’s word comes; this is matter for your hearing. To daughters of yours, neighbours of yours, teach the sad melody of yonder lament;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	21	here is death looking in at our windows, finding its way into our palaces, and soon there will be no children playing out of doors, nor grown men passing to and fro in the streets.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	22	A message from the Lord: Like dung they shall lie on the ground, the corpses of the dead, like the sheaf left after reaping is done, that none is at pains to gather.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	23	This, too, is the Lord’s message: Never boast, if thou art wise, of thy wisdom, if thou art strong, of thy strength, if thou art rich, of thy riches;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	24	boast is none worth having, save that insight which gives knowledge of me; in all my dealings with mankind so merciful a Lord, the Lord says, so just, so faithful, and a lover of such dealings where they are found.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	25	A time of reckoning there shall be, the Lord says, for all the nations that practice circumcision,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	26	Egypt, Juda, Edom, Ammon, Moab; ay, and the desert folk that clip their foreheads bare. The whole world is uncircumcised; all have hearts uncircumcised, and Israel with the rest.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	1	Listen, men of Israel, to the Lord’s utterance concerning you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	2	Thus says the Lord: Do not learn to follow Gentile ways, or be dismayed by portents in the heavens, as the Gentiles are.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	3	How empty the observances the heathen use! What is the stuff upon which the carver works but a trunk of wood, felled by an axe out in the forest?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	4	Only he has tricked it out with gold and silver, hammer and nail must do their work, lest it should fall to pieces.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	5	Idols cunningly plated as palm-trees, yet dumb as they, and men must carry them to and fro, for movement they have none! To these give no reverence; they can neither mar nor make thee.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	6	No, Lord, thou hast no rival; so great thou art, so great is the sovereignty of thy name.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	7	King of all nations, how should we not fear thee in that majesty of thine? Boast the world as it will of wisdom or of empire, none can rival thee.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	8	Ah, folly and blindness, ah, fond teaching, lifeless as wood itself!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	9	Ay, bring plates of silver from Tharsis, gold from Ophaz, it is all man’s work, fresh from the smithy; bring robes of blue and purple, they are man’s work still!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	10	But the Lord is God in good earnest, a God that lives, that has eternal dominion, and can make earth tremble with his frown, strike the nations powerless when he threatens them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	11	No place on earth or under heaven, you must tell the nations, for gods that could fashion neither heaven nor earth.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	12	Power that made the earth, wisdom that orders nature, foresight that spread out the heavens!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	13	At the sound of his voice, what mustering of the waters overhead! He summons up the cloud-wrack from the world’s end, turns the lightning into a rain-storm, brings the winds out of his store-house;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	14	how puny, then, is man’s skill, how sorry a thing is the carver’s workmanship; after all his pains, only a lifeless counterfeit!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	15	Fond imaginations, fantastic figures, when the time comes for reckoning, they will be heard of no more.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	16	Not such the worship that is the heirloom of Jacob’s line; their God is the God who made all things, Israel his patrimony, the Lord of hosts his name.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	17	Take up from the ground, poor besieged one, thy load of shame.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	18	This time, the Lord says, I mean to hurl them far away, the dwellers in this land, and great distress shall be theirs, that they may be found…
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	19	Alas, for my wounding, for the grievous hurt that is mine! Hitherto I had thought to bear my sickness, if this were all;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	20	but now what am I? A tent broken down, all its ropes severed: all my citizens have deserted me, and are no more to be found; who shall raise the pole, who shall stretch the curtains now?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	21	And the cause of it? Unskilful shepherds that would have no recourse to the Lord; see how their art has failed them, and all the flock is scattered far and wide!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	22	A sound comes to me that brings tidings with it, a great stir from the north country; all Juda is to become a desert, a lair for serpents now.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	23	Lord, I know it well enough, it is not for man to choose his lot; not human wisdom guides our steps aright.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	24	Chasten me, Lord, but with due measure kept; not as thy anger demands, or thou wilt grind me to dust.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	25	Pour out this indignation of thine upon the nations that do not acknowledge thee, on the tribes that never invoke thy name; by whom Jacob is devoured, devoured and devastated, and all his pride scattered to the winds.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	1	Here is a message which came from the Lord to Jeremias
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	2	about the covenant: Listen well to the terms of it, and be the spokesmen of it to all the race of Juda, all the citizens of Jerusalem.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	3	This warning thou shalt give them from the Lord God of Israel: Cursed be the man who will not obey the terms of this covenant,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	4	the commandment which I enjoined on your fathers when I rescued them from Egypt’s furnace of iron. Give heed to my call, I told them, and do as I bid you; then you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	5	So would I fulfil the promise made on oath to their fathers before them; the promise of a land all milk and honey, that land which is yours to-day.So be it, Lord, said I;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	6	and he bade me cry the message aloud all through the townships of Juda, all through the streets of Jerusalem: Listen to the terms of this covenant, and keep them well;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	7	ever since I rescued them from Egypt I have been adjuring those fathers of yours, day in, day out, to listen to me,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	8	and listen they would not. No hearing would they give me, but went each his own way, perverse as ever, till at last I must carry out the threats contained in this covenant, still proclaimed and still defied.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	9	Why, the Lord said to me, here is a conspiracy among Juda’s folk, Jerusalem’s folk!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	10	They have gone back to the old guilty ways of their rebellious fathers; they in their turn have betaken themselves to the worship of alien gods; my immemorial covenant with Israel and Juda is void; they have rescinded it!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	11	And now, the Lord says, I mean to visit them with punishment inevitable, punishment inexorable;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	12	let Juda and Jerusalem have recourse, if they will, to the gods they honour with their sacrifices, it will avail them nothing in their distress.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	13	No township of thine, Juda, but must have its own deity, no street in Jerusalem but thou wouldst set up there altars abominable, where sacrifice is offered to the gods of the country-side!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	14	Nor do thou, Jeremias, think to intercede for this people of mine, or take up in their name the burden of praise and prayer; when they cry to me in their distress, hearing they shall have none.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	15	A people so well beloved, that so haunts my house, yet stained with crime! What, dost thou think the consecrated flesh will avail to rid thee of thy wanton guilt?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	16	An olive-tree, sturdy and fair and fruitful, so it was the Lord loved to think of thee; and now, at the sound of his majestic voice, fire breaks out in it, and all those shoots are burned away.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	17	Yes, it is the Lord of hosts, who once planted thee, that has now decreed the undoing of Israel and Juda, undoing for their own ill-doing, when they sacrificed to the gods of the country-side in defiance of me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	18	Thou, Lord, didst make it all known to me past doubt, warning me beforehand of their devices.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	19	Hitherto, I had been unsuspecting as a cade lamb that is led off to the slaughter-house; I knew nothing of the plots they were hatching against me, as they whispered, Let us give him a taste of the gallows-tree; let us rid the world of him, so that his very name will be forgotten!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	20	But thou, Lord of hosts, true judge that canst read the inmost thoughts of man’s heart, let me live to see thee punish them; to thee I have made my plea known.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	21	And now the Lord has a word for yonder men of Anathoth, who conspired to kill me, and would have stopped me prophesying in the Lord’s name, on pain of my life.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	22	I will call them to account for it, says the Lord of hosts; by the sword their warriors shall perish, and their sons and daughters by famine.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	23	None shall be left; woe betide the men of Anathoth, when the year comes for my reckoning with them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	1	Lord, I know well that right is on thy side, if I plead against thee, yet remon-strate with thee I must; why is it that the affairs of the wicked prosper; never a traitor double-dyed but all goes well with him?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	2	Deep roots they strike, so firmly thou hast planted them, thrive and bear fruit; yet all the while their hearts keep thee at a distance, only their lips proclaim thee.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	3	Yet it is I, Lord, that hold thy warrant; with favour thou regardest me, hast proof of my heart’s loyalty; wilt thou not herd them together like sheep, and mark them down for slaughter?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	4	How long must this land go in mourning, all the verdure of its fields be parched up, to avenge the ill-doing of its inhabitants? Neither beast nor bird left in it; and still their hope is, I shall not live to see their end come!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	5	What, tired out so soon when thy rivals were on foot? And hast thou the mettle to challenge horsemen? Easy to keep thy confidence, here on safe ground; what shift wilt thou make in the fens of Jordan?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	6	Even by thy own clansmen, thy own father’s kin, thou art betrayed; these too will join in the hue and cry after thee; never trust soft words of theirs.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	7	Farewell, my home; I have done with my chosen people; the life that was so dear to me I have handed over to its enemies.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	8	My people grown strange to me, as lion snarling in its forest lair; what marvel if I am weary of it?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	9	My people grown strange to me as carrion-bird, its mottled plumage all bathed in blood! Gather here, beasts that roam the earth, eager for your prey.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	10	Drovers a many have laid waste my vineyard, trampled down my lands; the land I loved so, turned into a lonely wilderness!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	11	Desolate they have made it, and desolate it mourns for me now; a very picture of desolation, and all for the want of men with heeding hearts.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	12	No track over the uplands but has seen the freebooters coming by; from end to end of the country the sword of divine vengeance must pass, leaving no peace for any living thing;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	13	where wheat was sown, the harvest shall be of briers, where men hold lands, they shall get no advantage of it; all your harvests shall disappoint you, so fierce the Lord’s anger burns.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	14	And this message comes from the Lord to those ill neighbours of his, that encroach upon the domain he has granted to his people of Israel: I mean to uproot them from their homes, when I uproot the men of Juda from the land that lies between them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	15	Yet I will relent towards them, so uprooted, and have pity on them; to their scattered homes and countries they shall all return.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	16	Then, if they will but learn the traditions of my own people, and take their oaths by the Lord, the living God, as they once taught my people to take oaths by Baal, their fortunes shall be founded anew in the midst of Juda.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	17	But wherever my call goes unheeded, the Lord says, that people’s uprooting shall be that people’s undoing.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	1	The Lord’s word came to me: Go and buy a girdle of linen, and put it about thy loins, one that was never yet soaked in water.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	2	Girdle I bought me as the Lord had bidden, and wore it;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	3	and now the Lord spoke again:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	4	Is the girdle bought and worn? Up, take it with thee to Euphrates river, and hide it there in a crevice of the rock.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	5	So I went obediently, and hid it away in the Euphrates.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	6	Many days afterwards, the Lord sent me on my travels again to the Euphrates, to recover the girdle hidden there at his command;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	7	so thither I went, and unearthed the girdle from its hiding-place, to find it all perished and useless.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	8	Whereupon the Lord’s word came to me,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	9	and this was his message: Not less the great pride of Juda, the great pride of Jerusalem, must perish.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	10	Here is a rebellious people that will not listen to my call; they must needs take their own false path, courting alien gods and submitting to their worship. No better, then, than yonder useless girdle;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	11	close as a man’s girdle fits about his loins I had bound Israel and Juda to myself; my people they were to be, my renown and prize and pride; but no, they would not listen.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	12	Tell them this, too, from the Lord God of Israel, Flagons must have wine to fill them. And when they answer, it is no news to them that flagons are for wine,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	13	give them this message from the Lord: Ay, but the people of this land, king of David’s line sitting on David’s throne, priest and prophet and citizens of Jerusalem every one, are flagons waiting to be filled. I mean to bemuse them, as with wine,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	14	and then shatter them; brother torn away from brother, and fathers from their children; ruth and respite none shall have, nor be spared in the common ruin.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	15	Hear and heed and humble yourselves; it is the Lord who speaks.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	16	Give God his due, ere the shadows fall, and your feet begin to stumble on the dark mountain-ways. For day you shall long, but he will have turned it into night; dark as death the lowering of the storm.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	17	Sirs, if you will not listen now, give me leave to hide myself away and bemoan your proud hearts; weep I must and wail, and my eyes run down with tears, if the Lord’s flock is doomed to captivity.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	18	To king and queen-mother say this, Come down and take your places with the rest, discrowned of your royalty.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	19	Shut off are the cities of the south, entry is none; dispeopled lies Juda, of all her sons dispeopled.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	20	New-comers from the north country, look about you and see!… … Ah, Jerusalem, what has become of the flock once entrusted to thee, thy honourable care?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	21	What wilt thou say when thou art called to give account of it? Thy enemies are such as thou hast taught how to attack thee; thy schooling has recoiled on thy own head; sharper than travail-throes the anguish that shall overtake thee.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	22	And wilt thou find room for surmise, why this should have befallen thee? Doubt not it is thy own wrong-doing that has stripped thee naked, and plunged thy steps deep in defilement.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	23	Sooner may Ethiop turn white, leopard’s hide unmarked, than Juda unlearn the lesson of ill-doing and amend.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	24	Far and wide I will scatter thy sons, like straws caught in the desert wind;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	25	such is the fortune sent thee, such thy retribution exactly awarded, because thou hast forgotten me, and in lying fables put thy trust.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	26	That is why I will pull thy skirts about thy ears and manifest thy shame;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	27	adulteries of thine, and lasciviousness, and all the guilt of thy debauchery, the foul deeds I have seen done on hill-tops, in the open country-side. Fie on thee, Jerusalem, that wilt not come back to me and be cleansed! Shall it last for ever?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	1	How the Lord answered Jeremias in the matter of the drought.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	2	Lamentation in Juda, faint hearts and the dress of mourners in the market-place, loud the cry that goes up from Jerusalem!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	3	Master sends man to fetch water, but when cistern is reached, water is none; back go the pails empty, and disappointed vexation veils its head.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	4	Vexation, too, and veiled heads among the country folk, so languish the fields for lack of rain;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	5	hind forsakes its new-born young, out on the plain, because grass has failed it,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	6	and the wild ass on the hill-side gasps for air, crocodile-fashion, eyes dim with the vain search for pasture.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	7	What though we have guilt to plead against us? For thy own honour, Lord, bring us aid, rebels so often, yet confessing how we have wronged thee!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	8	Thou, Israel’s hope, in time of calamity its refuge still, wilt thou pass us by, like stranger in a land that is none of his, like some traveller that will ask for a night’s lodging and be gone?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	9	Why dost thou hang back like a man irresolute, a warrior that has forgotten his strength? Lord, thy dwelling-place is among us; thy holy name we bear; wilt thou abandon us?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	10	Hearts ever in love with wandering, never at rest, what answer will the Lord make them? That his favour is not for them; at this hour he keeps their guilt in memory, for all their misdoings calls them to account.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	11	Nay, the Lord said to me, do not pray for the welfare of such a people as this.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	12	Fast they, their prayers shall go unheard; offer they burnt-sacrifice and victim, I will have none of it; sword, and famine, and the pestilence shall wear them down.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	13	Alas, alas, Lord God, said I, here are their prophets telling them they shall never see sword drawn, famine shall be none among them; theirs shall be a land of lasting content.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	14	These are but false promises, the Lord said, that they utter in my name; warrant they never had from me, nor errand, nor message; of false visions they tell you, and soothsayings, and trickery, and their own hearts’ inventions.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	15	Here is the Lord’s sentence upon prophets not of his sending, who speak to you in his name of a land unhurt by sword or famine; by sword and famine those prophets shall be devoured.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	16	Slain by sword and famine, the common folk that listen to them shall lie in the streets of Jerusalem, with none to bury them; wives and sons and daughters shall die with them; their own misdoings shall be a flood to drown them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	17	This too thou shalt say to them… … Weep, eyes, day and night, never resting, at the great hurt, the grievous wound she suffers, my people, inviolable till now!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	18	Nothing the country-side shews but massacre, nothing the city but faces pinched with famine; prophet and priest are gone, in a land of strangers they must ply their trade now.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	19	Hast thou abandoned Juda once for all, art thou weary of Sion? Past all healing thou hast wounded us; how we long for better times, and no relief comes to us, for remedy at last, and danger still threatens!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	20	Lord, we acknowledge our rebelliousness, acknowledge our fathers’ guilt, confess that we have wronged thee;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	21	for thy own honour, do not shame us, do not drag thy own royal glory in the dust; wilt thou forget, wilt thou annul the covenant that binds thee?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	22	Grant rain they cannot, the false gods of the heathen, the dumb skies have no showers of their own to give; for these, his creatures, wait we patiently on the Lord our God.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	1	But it was thus the Lord answered me: Though Moses himself and Samuel made intercession for them, neither love nor liking would I have for this people of mine; banish them from my presence, to go where they will.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	2	If they ask whither, give them this message from the Lord: Whom the plague beckons, to the plague; whom the sword, to the sword; whom famine, to famine; whom exile, to exile.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	3	Escort they shall have of four kinds, the Lord says; the sword to slay and the dogs to tear them, birds in air and beasts on earth to devour and make an end of them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	4	All the kingdoms of the world shall be in a ferment over them; so will I punish the ill deeds done in Jerusalem by Manasses, son of Ezechias, when he was king of Juda.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	5	Nay, Jerusalem, who shall pity or bemoan thee, who shall turn aside, as he passes, to wish thee well?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	6	Thou hast forsaken me, the Lord says, and wouldst journey with me no more; now my hand is raised to strike, and make an end of thee; I am weary of wooing thee.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	7	Over the threshold of the land I blow my people away like chaff, bereaved, diminished, and unrepentant still.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	8	Widows there be, countless as the sea-sand; where is now the warrior son? In broad daylight I send the roving spoiler to strike terror into their cities.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	9	Sick at heart and faint she lies, that seven sons had borne; her noon is night, her hopes and her pride gone; and all that she has left, the Lord says, shall fall a prey to the sword in battle.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	10	An ill day when thou, my own mother, didst bring me into the world! A world where all for me is strife, all is hostility; neither creditor I nor debtor to any man, yet they curse my name!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	11	But the Lord answered, I promise that thou shalt leave behind thee good service done, and that in all distress and persecution I am coming to thy side, to save thee from thy enemies.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	12	What, should iron and bronze be in league with the iron that comes from the north?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	13	… (All the riches and treasures of thy land shall be despoiled, in punishment for all its guilt, and to no purpose;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	14	I am summoning enemies to attack thee from a land far away; it is your own persons that shall be burnt up in the fires of vengeance my anger has kindled) …
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	15	Thou art my witness, Lord; bethink thee, and come to my defence against my persecutors; hold thy hand no longer, but claim me for thy own; if I have earned an ill name, it was in thy cause.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	16	When thy words were found, how greedily I devoured them! Great joy and content those words gave to my heart, heart of a prophet that bears thy name.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	17	Not for me the company of the merry-makers, I would not share in their boastfulness; under the threat of thy judgement I sat alone, filled with boding thoughts.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	18	Why are those sad thoughts still with me? Is my hurt desperate, beyond all remedy? Did it cheat me, like some empty water-course, my hope in thee?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	19	Draw near to me, the Lord said, and I will draw thee to myself, to wait upon me. When thou hast learned to separate worth from dross, thou shalt be my true spokesman, and thou shalt draw others to thyself, not let thyself be drawn to them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	20	This people of mine shall find thee a stout wall of bronze, impregnable to their attack; am I not at thy side, the Lord says, to protect and deliver thee?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	21	Let the wicked be never so powerful, I will engage for thy safety.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	1	The Lord’s word came to me:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	2	With such a land for thy dwelling-place, neither wive nor gender;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	3	for sons and daughters born in this land, for mothers who there gave them birth and fathers who begot them, the Lord has ill news to hear.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	4	Die they of the plague, they shall lie like dung on the ground, unwept, unburied; meet they their end by sword or famine, birds in air and beasts that roam the earth shall prey on the carrion of them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	5	Where they hold wake for the dead, such is the Lord’s bidding, never enter thou, condole and console thou never; friendship of mine this people shall never have, nor grace, nor mercy, the Lord says.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	6	Die rich, die poor in that country of theirs, burial and wake they shall have none; never a limb gashed or a head shaved to honour them;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	7	none shall break bread with the mourner, nor give him a draught of wine for his comfort, though father or mother he bewail.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	8	Nor enter thou where men feast, to sit at meat and drink with them;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	9	this doom he utters, the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You shall live to see the day when cries of joy and mirth, voice of bridegroom and of bride, in this land are heard no more.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	10	This warning uttered, if they ask thee why the divine sentence is so stern, wherein their guilt lies, what wrong they have done to the Lord their God,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	11	tell them this in his name: It is because your fathers have forsaken me, had recourse to alien gods, and submitted to the worship of them, my claim renounced, my laws defied.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	12	And you have out-done your fathers in malice, each of you following the ill bent of his own heart, and disobeying me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	13	Exiles far from home, in a land neither you nor those fathers of yours ever saw, you shall spend day and night in the service of alien gods, without respite.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	14	(Ay, the Lord says, a time is coming when the living Lord men swear by will no longer be the God who rescued Israel from Egypt;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	15	the living God will be one who has rescued Israel from the north country, and all the places of exile that are now designed for you, restoring them to the home which was once his gift to their fathers. )
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	16	Many fishermen I have, the Lord says, to spread the nets for them; and after that many huntsmen, to hunt them down among mountains and hill-sides and rocky caverns.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	17	Good watch I keep on their doings, never lose sight of them; no guilt of theirs can escape my scrutiny.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	18	Twice over they shall pay for guilt of theirs, misdoing of theirs, the men that have profaned my own land with dead idols, spread pollution through all my domain.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	19	Strength and stronghold, Lord, refuge in time of peril, shall not the Gentiles themselves come to thee from the ends of the earth, confessing that all their patrimony is but a heritage of lies, that their idols cannot avail them?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	20	Shall men make gods for themselves, that gods in truth are none?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	21	Ay, it is the very lesson I mean to teach them now; that I act, and act with power; they shall learn to know the Lord’s name at last.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	1	Not more indelible were the guilt of Juda, if pen of steel or point of diamond had graven it with their hearts for tablet, or upon the rim of their altars;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	2	indelible, while there are sons of theirs to remember where altar stood once and sacred tree, shrine in the thick forest, shrine on the high hills;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	3	to offer sacrifice even yet in the open country-side. All the riches and treasures of thy land shall be destroyed, all its hill-shrines, in punishment for all its guilt.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	4	Lost to thee, the home that once I gave thee; in a land thou knowest not thou shalt be the slave of thy enemies; the fire of anger thou hast kindled in me can never be quenched.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	5	Cursed shall he be, the Lord says, that puts his trust in man, and will have flesh and blood to aid him, his thoughts far from God.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	6	Never shall the sight of better times greet him; forlorn as some bush of tamarisk out in the desert, he dwells in a parched waste, the salt plains for all his company.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	7	Blessed shall he be that puts his trust in the Lord, makes the Lord his refuge.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	8	Not more favoured is tree planted by the water’s edge, that pushes out its roots to catch the moisture, and defies the summer heat; its green leaves careless of the drought, its fruit unfailing.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	9	There is no riddle like the twists of the heart; who shall master them?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	10	Who but I, the Lord, that can see into man’s heart, and read his inmost thoughts, to every life awarding what its doings have earned?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	11	Partridge that fosters a brood not its own is fit emblem for the man that wins riches unjustly; when life is but half done, he must take leave of them, a fool to the last.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	12	Where from the first supreme majesty sits enthroned, there lies our sanctuary;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	13	thou, Lord, art Israel’s hope; the men who forsake thee will be disappointed, the men who swerve from thy paths will be names written in sand; have they not forsaken that Lord who is the fountain of living water?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	14	If I am to be healed, it is thou, Lord, must heal me; if I am to find deliverance, it is thou must deliver me; thou art all my boast.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	15	What has become of the Lord’s threat? (so men taunt me), we are waiting to see it accomplished!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	16	But this was no hasty word of mine, I did but lead where thou leddest; it was no wish of mine that calamity should befall mankind; no word I uttered but had the warrant of thy scrutiny.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	17	Not for me thy terrors; the day of affliction is coming, but I shall find refuge in thee.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	18	They must be abashed, and I vindicated; they must cower, while I stand confident. It is on them the day of affliction will fall; reward them, then, with twofold hurt for the hurt they did.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	19	The Lord bade me go and take my stand at the People’s Gate, where the kings of Juda passed to and fro; and then, in turn, at the other gates of Jerusalem.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	20	This was to be my message from the Lord to king and people of Juda, to every citizen of Jerusalem that used those gates:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	21	No more, on peril of your lives, shoulder those packs of yours and carry them through Jerusalem gates on the sabbath day.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	22	Never a load must leave your houses, nor any work be done, on the sabbath; this was the command I gave to your fathers,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	23	only they would not listen or pay heed, chafed under the yoke of discipline and refused to obey me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	24	And you, the Lord says, will you obey? Rid these gateways of their sabbath burdens, keep the sabbath holy by resting from work,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	25	and your kings and princes, David’s own heirs, shall still go riding through them, with horses and chariots, with their retinue of nobles, with the men of Juda and Jerusalem’s citizens in their train. Evermore your city shall be populous;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	26	from the townships of Juda, from your own country-side, from Benjamin, from plain and hill and the waste lands of the south, men shall come with burnt-sacrifice and victim and bloodless offering and incense to enrich the Lord’s temple.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	27	Refuse to keep the sabbath holy, profane it with burdens borne and burdens admitted through the gates, and I will set those gates in a blaze that shall burn down all Jerusalem ere you can quench it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	1	The Lord’s word came to Jeremias,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	2	bidding him betake himself to the potter’s house; there a divine message awaited him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	3	So I went to the potter’s house, and found him working at his wheel;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	4	just then, the thing of clay he was a-fashioning broke in his hands, and he, as the whim took him, turned it into another thing of clay.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	5	Then it was the Lord’s word came to me:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	6	You are in my hands, men of Israel, as the clay in the potter’s; why may I not do as the potter did?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	7	All at once to a nation here, a kingdom there, I pronounced my sentence, for the uprooting and undoing of it, for its utter destruction.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	8	Let but that nation repent of the crimes I brought against it, I too will repent of the punishment I thought to exact.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	9	All at once to a nation here, a kingdom there, I promise restoration of its fortunes and new life.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	10	Let but that nation defy my will, shut its ears to my claim, I too will repent of all the fair promises I made it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	11	Be this, then, thy message from the Lord to Juda’s folk, to the citizens of Jerusalem: Ill days I have in store for you; all my plans are laid; time that each one of you should return from the false path, shape aims and thoughts anew.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	12	Ah no, they tell me, too late! Each one clings to his own course, follows his own bent still.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	13	Search the world over, the Lord says, where were ever such deeds heard of as this deed Israel, false maid, has most foully done?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	14	What, shall the snows of Lebanon melt from those wild peaks, shall they be dried up at their source, those icy torrents that flow down from it?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	15	Not less strange that this people of mine should forget me, and resort to vain sacrifices; that they should find their own paths too rough for them, the tracks marked out so long ago, and journey on instead along by-paths untrodden.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	16	Desolate their country shall lie, doomed to everlasting scorn; every passer-by will shudder at it, or toss his head in derision.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	17	I will sweep them away before the enemy’s onset, as the east wind sweeps all before it; turn my back and never look their way in the hour of need.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	18	Hereupon they summoned a conclave to plot against me, Jeremias; What, they said, would he have us believe we need no more priests to expound the law, no more wise men to counsel us, no more prophets to say their word? They thought to compass my death by their clamour; to all my warnings would pay heed no longer.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	19	Lord, give me audience; listen to these pratings of my enemies.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	20	Must they make such a return for my good will, laying a snare to take my life? Bethink thee, how I ever stood up before thee to plead for them, to avert thy anger from them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	21	Henceforth leave their children to famish, or give them up to butchery; may their wives be childless widows, their grown men die of pestilence, their young men by the sword-thrust in battle;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	22	let their homes ring with lamentation, a prey to the sudden onslaught of robbers! Cunning the snare they laid, deep the pit they dug to entrap me;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	23	but there is no hiding from thee, Lord, the designs they have on my life. Do not forgive their malice, keep their guilt ever in thy sight; cast them down to earth at thy presence, and in thy anger make an end of them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	1	Up, the Lord said to me, and get thee a jar of earthenware;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	2	take it to the valley of Ben-Ennom, close to the Earthenware Gate, with elders of the people and some of the older priests for thy company; there prophesy as I bid thee.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	3	To the dynasty of Juda, to all the citizens of Jerusalem, give this message from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I mean to bring such calamity on this place, as shall ring in the ears of all that hear it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	4	The place that once was mine, now alienated by the rebels that dwell there; to alien gods they never knew, no fathers of theirs, no kings of Juda ever knew, they have done sacrifice in this place, drenching it with the blood of the innocent.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	5	Here the gods of the country-side must have their hill-shrines, and children must be burnt as a sacrifice in their honour; a rite not of my prescribing, or enjoining, or imagining.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	6	And now, the Lord says, a time is coming when it will no more be called Topheth, or the Valley of Ben-Ennom; it will be called the Valley of the Slain.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	7	In this valley all the hopes of Juda and Jerusalem shall be poured away; at the sword’s point they shall meet their enemy and fall into pitiless hands, and I will give leave to bird in air, beast on earth, to prey on the carrion of them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	8	A thing of horror and scorn this city shall be; no passer-by but will shudder at it, or hiss derision at the memory of its sufferings.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	9	Nay, a pitiless enemy shall beleaguer them with so hard a siege, that I will leave them no food save the flesh of son and daughter; man shall eat man.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	10	Then break that jar of thine, for all thy company to see,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	11	and give them this message from the Lord of hosts: Broken to pieces you shall be, nation and city, like yonder thing of clay that is past all repairing; men will be finding room for their dead in Topheth, because other burying-ground is none.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	12	Such, the Lord says, is the doom I have pronounced on city and citizens; Jerusalem itself shall be a Topheth,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	13	all the houses in it, and yonder palace where the kings of Juda reigned, as Topheth unclean; it was there, on the roof-tops, they sacrificed to all the host of heaven, and made offering to alien gods.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	14	His errand at Topheth done, Jeremias took his stand in the temple courts, and gave the people this message from the Lord God of Israel:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	15	All these threats against Jerusalem and her daughter cities I mean to perform; the punishment of a yoke refused, a call unheeded.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	1	When Jeremias uttered this prophecy, one of those who heard him was Phassur, son of Emmer, a priest who was entrusted with the care of the temple.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	2	This Phassur gave Jeremias a beating, and put him in the stocks at the upper gate of Benjamin, in the temple precincts,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	3	but next day released him. A new name the Lord has for thee, Jeremias told him, instead of Phassur; he means to call thee Danger-Everywhere.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	4	Danger enough thou shalt have, the Lord says, thou and those friends of thine; with thy own eyes thou shalt see the enemy put them to the sword, when I make the king of Babylon master of Juda; to Babylon he will take them, and put them to the sword there.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	5	All the wealth of this city, all the fruits of its toil, all that is of price, all the treasury of Juda’s kings, those enemies shall have in their power, to plunder and carry off and take back to Babylon with them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	6	And thou, Phassur, with all thy household, shalt go into exile; to Babylon thou shalt go, in Babylon thou shalt die, and there find burial with all such friends of thine as listened to thy lying prophecy.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	7	Lord, thou hast sent me on a fool’s errand; if I played a fool’s part, a strength greater than mine overmastered me; morn to night, what a laughing-stock am I, every man’s nay-word!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	8	Long have I prophesied, and still I clamoured against men’s wickedness, and still cried ruin; day in, day out, nothing it earns me, this divine spokesmanship, but reproach and mockery.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	9	Did I essay to put the Lord out of my thoughts, and speak no more in his name, all at once it seemed as though a raging fire were locked in my bosom, pierced my whole frame, till I was worn out with it, and could bear no more.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	10	For me, danger everywhere; so many crying, Denounce him, and that contemptuous cry echoed by all the companions I trusted, ever at my side: Denounce him we will; he may be fooled yet! Then we can overmaster him, and take our vengeance!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	11	But the Lord stands at my side, a strong champion; fall and fail they must, my persecutors, and be disappointed of their hopes; fools, that cannot foresee shame eternal, shame indelible, awaiting them!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	12	But thou, Lord of hosts, true judge that canst read the inmost thoughts of man’s heart, let me live to see thee punish them; to thee I have made my plea known.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	13	Sing to the Lord yet, praise the Lord yet; he does not leave a defenceless life at the mercy of the wicked.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	14	Cursed be the day of my birth! A time for cursing it was, not for blessing, when my mother brought me into the world.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	15	Cursed be the man who told my father a son had been born to him, and brought gladness, ay, gladness, into his heart!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	16	For that good news, be he rewarded with the noise of battle-cry at morn, dirge at noon, like some city the Lord overthrows in anger unrelenting!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	17	Why did he not slay me yet unborn, the womb for my tomb, and frustrate my mother’s hope eternally?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	18	Why must I come out into the light of day, where only labour and sorrow greet me, and in disappointed striving all my life is spent?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	1	And this was the answer Jeremias had from the Lord, when king Sedecias sent two envoys to consult him; their names were Phassur son of Melchias, and Sophonias son of Maasias, a priest.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	2	The king sought a divine oracle about the war then levied on him by Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon; would the Lord grant his people wondrous deliverance as of old? Would the siege be raised?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	3	And Jeremias sent them back to the royal presence,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	4	with this message from the Lord, the God of Israel: All the strength you have put into the field, to meet the king of Babylon and your Chaldaean besiegers at a distance from the walls, I mean to force back into the city and coop it up within.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	5	Then my arm shall be raised to strike, then my power shall be exerted, but against you; I will be all anger, all indignation, all resentment,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	6	smiting the inhabitants of this city with a great pestilence that shall slay both man and beast.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	7	But not king Sedecias; he shall be left alive, and some of his courtiers and his retinue, some of the citizens will be left alive, plague and war and famine notwithstanding. And these shall fall into the hands of Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon, into the hands of a pitiless enemy, that will put them to the sword without ransom, or ruth, or respite.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	8	And this warning the Lord gives to the common folk: Here is choice I offer you between life and death, take which course you will.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	9	To remain in this city means death by sword, famine, or pestilence; leave it, and go over to the investing army of Chaldaeans, and you shall be spared, glad enough to escape with your lives.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	10	For woe, not weal, I keep this city ever in regard; the king of Babylon shall be master of it, and burn it to the ground.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	11	And for king and princes of Juda: Men of David’s line, here is a message from the Lord for your hearing.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	12	Learn betimes to make true award, and rob the oppressor of his prey, or my vengeance will blaze out against you for your ill-doings, like fire that still burns and will not be quenched.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	13	Have at thee, proud city, the Lord says, the valley thy dwelling-place, rock-built guardian of the plain! Boast you, its townspeople, that on you no stroke shall fall, none shall reach your lair?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	14	You shall be called to account, the Lord says, as your ill-doings have deserved; in this forest I will light such a fire as shall consume all around it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	1	A message from the Lord, I must betake myself to the royal palace, and make proclamation there;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	2	Listen to a divine warning, king of Juda though thou be, and heir to David’s throne; it is for thee and thy courtiers and thy retinue, all that claim entry here.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	3	Just sentence, the Lord says, and right award; rob the oppressor of his prey; to alien, orphan and widow do neither despite nor wrong; never, within these walls, be innocence condemned to death.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	4	This warning if you obey, through these palace gates the heirs of David and of David’s throne, with horses and chariots, courtiers and retinue, shall yet pass to and fro.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	5	Disobey, the Lord says, and my own honour is engaged to make, of this palace, a ruin.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	6	On the royal house of Juda this is the Lord’s sentence: Growth I found here once, generous as in Galaad or on Lebanon’s height; now I have sworn to make a desert of it, no place for the haunts of men.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	7	Who shall strike the blow, and with what arms, is decreed already; all those fair cedars shall be cut down, and cast into the fire.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	8	Nations a many shall pass by those ruins; and when a man asks his neighbour what it meant, that the Lord should deal so hardly with a great city like this,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	9	the answer will be, It was because they forsook the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped alien gods, took alien gods for their masters.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	10	Not for the dead your tears, not for him bow your heads; if weep you must, weep for him that must go and come again no more, never again see the land of his birth!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	11	Sellum, that followed his father Josias on the throne of Juda, is leaving Jerusalem, the Lord says, and will never come back to it;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	12	die he must in that country to which I have banished him, and see this land no more.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	13	Alas, for the palace that is built with gains ill gotten, for halls founded only on wrong! Alas for the man that sets his fellow-man vainly drudging, and leaves his wages unpaid!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	14	A fine house I will make of it, says he, and wide rooms in it! Here he will throw out a window, there he will panel a wall with cedar, and paint it vermilion.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	15	Art thou hoping for a long reign, that thou shouldst challenge comparison with the cedar? Thy father was one that ate and drank at his ease, gave every man his just due, and was content;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	16	well for him that he gave the friendless and the poor redress, as men will when they bethink themselves of me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	17	Thou hast no eyes, no thoughts, but for gain; for innocent men’s undoing, for oppression, for the reckless pursuit of mischief.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	18	This, then, is the Lord’s sentence upon Joachim, son to Josias and king of Juda: For him no cry shall be made, Brother, what grief! Sister of mine, what grief! For him no cry shall be made, Ah, what a master! Ah, what renown!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	19	An ass’s burial he shall have, cast out, a stinking corpse, beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	20	Get thee gone, faithless people, to Lebanon, and cry out there; fill Basan with thy voice, and let Abarim echo the cry again; ruin has overtaken all those lovers of thine.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	21	In the days of thy ease, I gave thee warning, but thou wouldst not listen; it was ever thus from thy girlhood’s days, my voice went unheard.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	22	Drifting with the wind, the drovers thou once didst follow, captive all those that once held thy love! Be ashamed at last, and blush for all thy wickedness.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	23	High on Lebanon thy dwelling-place, high in the cedars that nest of thine, piteous shall be thy moan when pangs overtake thee, like the pangs of a woman in travail.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	24	And of Joachim’s son Jechonias, that is heir to the throne of Juda, the Lord says this: Were he the signet ring on my right hand, I would cast him off none the less.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	25	Thou hast sworn enemies to fear; Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and his Chaldaeans, shall have the mastery of thee.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	26	Cast away, thyself and the queen-mother who bore thee, into an alien land, far from the land of your birth, to die there;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	27	ever longing for home, and home returning never.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	28	What, is he but a broken piece of earthenware, this Jechonias, a useless shard, that he should be thrown away, and his sons with him, cast out into a land unknown?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	29	Alas, my country, alas, alas, my country, bitter hearing the Lord sends thee:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	30	Write him down a barren trunk, a life gone to waste; child of his race shall never mount David’s throne, or govern this realm of Juda.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	1	Out upon them, the Lord says, the shepherds who ravage and disperse my flock, sheep of my own pasturing!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	2	This is the Lord’s word to the shepherds that guide his people: You are the men who have dispersed my flock, driven it to and fro, and made no account of it; account you must give it me, says the Lord, Israel’s God, for all you have done amiss.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	3	Then will I reassemble all that is left of my flock, scattered over so many lands, and restore them to their old pasture-ground, to increase and grow numerous there;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	4	shepherds I mean to give them that will do shepherd’s work; fears and alarms shall be none to daunt them, and none shall be missing from their full count, the Lord says.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	5	Nay, a time is coming, the Lord says, when I will raise up, from the stock of David, a faithful scion at last. The land shall have a king to reign over it, and reign over it wisely, giving just sentence and due award.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	6	When that time comes, Juda shall find deliverance, none shall disturb Israel’s rest; and the name given to this king shall be, The Lord vindicates us.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	7	In those days to come, says the divine message, the living Lord men swear by will no longer be the God who rescued Israel from Egypt;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	8	the living God will be one who rescued Israel and brought them home from the north country, and from all the places of exile he had once designed for them, to live in their own land again.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	9	A message to the prophets: Crushed is the heart in me, and my whole being trembles; my thoughts whirl like a drunken man’s, bemused by a divine presence, by awe of a divine voice.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	10	The whole land is a nest of adulterers; their guilt it is that widows the countryside, parches the upland meadows; reckless their pursuit of mischief, through the power they wield all goes amiss.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	11	Prophet and priest alike are impious; in my own house, the Lord says, those ill-doings of theirs are plain to view.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	12	Perilously they shall fare as one that walks by night in slippery places; falter and fall they must; punishment awaits them, the Lord says, my audit-year is at hand.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	13	For the prophets of Samaria how was it I lost all liking? Because they were the spokesmen of Baal, and did but lead Israel astray, that was my people.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	14	And now the same foul adultery I find in the prophets of Jerusalem, the same treacherous dealings; and the sinner is encouraged to go on in his evil ways, till city and citizens, for me, are one with Sodom and Gomorrha.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	15	A warning to you then, prophets, from the Lord God of hosts, that he will give you wormwood to eat, gall to drink; you, the fountain-head of that pollution which overflows all the land.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	16	Do not listen, says the Lord of hosts, to the prophets who prophesy only to fool you; fancy of theirs, not word of mine, inspires the utterance.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	17	To my blasphemers they bring divine assurance that all shall go well with them; never a man so set on his own false aims but they will tell him, Harm shall never touch thee.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	18	Never a one of them privy to the Lord’s designs, never one looked and learned, listened and heard his message.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	19	Like a whirlwind it will suddenly appear, the Lord’s vengeance; will break in storm over rebel heads.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	20	Nor shall the divine anger be appeased till the blow has been struck and the decree executed; what his design was, you shall know all too well, all too late.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	21	An errand these prophets ran, but none of mine; a message they gave, but not of my sending.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	22	Privy to my design had they been, ah, then they should have uttered my own warnings, and so I might have turned my people aside from false paths, and erring thoughts!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	23	God am I, the Lord says, only when I stand near, and not when I am far away?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	24	Where, he would know, will you hide so close that he is not watching you, he, the Lord, that fills heaven and earth?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	25	No word, he says, but reaches my ears when one of these prophets gives false guidance in my name; I had a dream, he will tell you, I had a dream!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	26	Will they never have had enough of their lying divinations, their cheating fantasies?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	27	Dreams bandied from mouth to mouth, for these would they have my people barter away the memory of me, as their fathers did for Baal?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	28	Nay, let the dreamer be content to tell his dreams, and the prophet to whom my word comes utter my word faithfully; chaff and grain must not be mingled.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	29	My word is a fire, the Lord says, a hammer to break rocks in pieces;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	30	out upon the prophets, I say, who proclaim divine utterances they have borrowed from their fellow men;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	31	out upon the prophets, I say, who let their tongues wag and then cry, Oracle.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	32	Out upon the prophets, I say, who dream all amiss and recount their dreams, leading my people astray with their lies and their mummeries; yet errand or warrant they had none from me, the Lord says, nor yet to this people of mine bring any advantage.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	33	And if people, or prophet, or priest, should greet thee with the question, Pray, what burden is the Lord taking up today? thy answer shall be, You are the burden I bear, the Lord says, and I mean to cast you from my shoulders.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	34	Prophet, priest or simple citizen that asks thus about the Lord’s burden does it at his own peril, and the peril of all his household;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	35	be content to ask friend or neighbour, What oracle, what message has the Lord given?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	36	Do not speak any more of his burden. If you do, you lay a heavy charge upon yourselves, by bandying words with the living God, the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	37	Ask the prophet what the Lord’s oracle, what the Lord’s message is;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	38	if you ask after the Lord’s burden, this warning I give you from him: For your disobedience to the message I sent, commanding you to use the word Burden no longer,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	39	I will make a burden of you, and carry you away, and leave you abandoned, you and your city, my gift to you and to your fathers.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	40	You shall be a laughing-stock for ever, a by-word eternally; time shall never efface the memory of your shame.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	24	1	After king Nabuchodonosor, of Babylon, had carried off the king of Juda, Jechonias the son of Joachim, and taken him away to Babylon with all his nobles, and all the carpenters and smiths in Jerusalem, the Lord shewed me a vision. I saw two baskets of figs, set down at the gate of the Lord’s temple.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	24	2	The figs in one basket were of excellent nature, like those which first ripen; in the other, most foul, so foul there was no eating them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	24	3	What seest thou, Jeremias? the Lord asked, and I told him, Figs, the good ones excellent good, the foul ones very foul, too foul for eating.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	24	4	Then the Lord’s word came to me,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	24	5	A message from the Lord God of Israel: This meaning the good figs have, that good will of mine goes with the men of Juda I have banished from their homes, and sent away into the country of Chaldaea.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	24	6	I will smile on them once more, and bring them back home, and all will be building now, not pulling down, planting now, not uprooting.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	24	7	And I will give them a heart to know me, know me by my divine name; they my people, and I their God, once in good earnest they have retraced their steps, and come back to me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	24	8	And this meaning the foul figs have, that could not be eaten, they were so foul. Doom like theirs I have in store for Sedecias, king of Juda, the Lord says, and for his nobles, and for all those other men of Jerusalem that have either stayed in the city or taken up their abode in Egypt.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	24	9	Trouble and conflict their destiny shall be in every kingdom of the world; they shall be a laughing-stock and a warning, a by-word and a name to curse by, in all the countries I have appointed for their banishment.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	24	10	Sword and famine and pestilence I will let loose upon them, till none of them is left in this land, my gift to them and to their fathers.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	1	Here is a message for the whole people of Juda, entrusted to Jeremias in the fourth year of Joakim’s reign (that was son to Josias) in Juda, the first of Nabuchodonosor’s in Babylon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	2	To all Juda, and to all the citizens of Jerusalem, the prophet Jeremias delivered it:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	3	These twenty-three years, ever since the thirteenth year of Josias’ reign, that was son to Amon, the Lord’s word has been coming to me, and ever I was early at your doors repeating it, but you would not listen.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	4	Early to your doors the Lord sent all those prophets that were servants of his, but hearing there was none, nor heeding.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	5	False aims, he warned you, lead you by false paths astray; come back to me, and you shall dwell yet in this land, my gift to you and to your fathers from the beginning to the end of time.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	6	Would you court slavery by worshipping alien gods, defy my vengeance with your ill-doings, till I plague you?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	7	But you would not listen to me, the Lord says; ill was done yet, and my vengeance was yet defied.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	8	And now, says the Lord of hosts, finding you disobedient still,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	9	I mean to summon all the nations of the north country, with Nabuchodonosor, that servant of mine that is king in Babylon; I, the Lord, will bid him march on this land and its citizens, and all its neighbours. I mean to make an end of them, and leave it a thing to provoke wonder and scorn, desolate for all time.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	10	Never again cries of joy and mirth, never again the voice of bridegroom and of bride, never a mill turning, never a lamp to shine.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	11	For seventy years this whole land shall be a desert and a portent, and the king of Babylon shall have all these peoples for his slaves.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	12	Then, when seventy years have passed, I will call the king of Babylon to account, the Lord says, for all the wrongs he has done, with his people and with that Chaldaean country of his; that country in its turn I will leave desolate for ever.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	13	The sentence I have pronounced against it shall be executed in full, all the doom Jeremias has foretold in this book of prophecy against all the nations of the world.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	14	Great nations, proud kings, have held Israel enslaved; now for their own lives, their own deeds, they too must make amends.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	15	The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, bade me take the cup of vengeance that was in his hand, and give drink out of it to all the nations to which my errand lay;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	16	drink it they should, and reel to and fro, bemused by the threat of his sword let loose among them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	17	So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand; nor was there any of the nations the Lord had sent me to threaten but must drink of it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	18	Jerusalem must drink, and the townships of Juda, kings and nobles with the rest; the land was doomed to become a desert, a thing of wonder and scorn, a name to be used in cursing, as it is at this day.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	19	Pharao king of Egypt and all his court and his nobles must drink,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	20	and all the mingled people of his realm. No king in the land of Hus but must drink of it, nor among the Philistine cities, Ascalon, Gaza, Accaron and Azotus,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	21	nor in Edom, Moab and Ammon,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	22	no king in Tyre, and the Sidonian country, and the islands that lie beyond the sea.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	23	Dedan must drink, and Thema, and Buz, and all the folk with shaven heads,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	24	all the kings of Arabia, and the western desert kings.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	25	Nor any king in Zambri, Elam, and Media,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	26	nor any king in the north country, far or near, but must pledge his neighbour; all the kings of the earth must have their share, and Sesach not till the last.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	27	This message I was to give them from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Drink, besot yourselves, and then fall to vomiting; and topple over at last, never to rise again, so well shall my sword do its work among you!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	28	If they made to refuse the cup I offered them, this more I should add: Nay, but drink you must, says the Lord of hosts;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	29	here am I beginning my work of vengeance with that city which is the shrine of my name, and shall you be acquitted, you others, and go scot-free? That shall never be, says the Lord of hosts; to the sword if I appeal, it is for a whole world’s punishment.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	30	With such words as these thou shalt prophesy to them: From on high, from his holy dwelling-place, the Lord makes his voice heard, terrible as lion roaring; as roar of lion against sheep-fold, and that fold his own! Loud echoes his vintage-cry as he treads down all the dwellers on earth;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	31	to the ends of the world it must echo; a whole world he calls to account, impleads the whole race of men; The sword’s point for my adversaries, the Lord says.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	32	From nation to nation, says the Lord of hosts, calamity will spread, like a great whirlwind sprung up from the corners of the earth,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	33	and from end to end of it the bodies of the Lord’s foes, unwept, ungathered, unburied, shall lie like dung on the ground.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	34	Cry out, make loud lament, shepherds of the nations, and you, the lordliest among their flocks, go strewn with ashes; your day is done, slain you must lie there, unvalued as some delicate vase broken to pieces.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	35	For shepherds, and the pride of the flock, no refuge now;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	36	hark how they lament, shepherds and pride of the flock, for pasture-grounds the Lord has laid waste!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	37	Silent they lie now, once happy fields, under ban of the Lord’s vengeance.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	38	Lion springs not from his lair more suddenly; all their land lies waste, so pitiless the invader’s onset, so pitiless the Lord’s anger.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	1	At the beginning of Joachim’s reign in Juda, that was son to Josias, word came from the Lord,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	2	and this was his bidding: Go and stand in the temple porch, and there, to pilgrims from all the townships of Juda, deliver the message I have entrusted to thee; no word of it do thou retrench.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	3	It may be they will listen, and go astray no longer; then I will forgo the punishment I have devised for their ill-doings.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	4	This divine warning give them: Listen to me, and live by the law I have enjoined upon you,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	5	obeying the call of the prophets, those servants of mine whom I sent early to your doors, upon an errand that went unheeded;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	6	or this sanctuary, too, shall be deserted as Silo, and this city shall be an accursed name, all the world over.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	7	Priests and prophets and townsfolk heard it alike, this utterance of Jeremias in the temple;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	8	and when he had thus done the Lord’s errand for all the people to hear, priests and prophets and townsfolk laid hands upon him, crying out, His life must pay for it!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	9	What, would he threaten in the Lord’s name that this temple is to share Silo’s doom, this city to be left forlorn, uninhabited? There, in the Lord’s house, Jeremias must confront the anger of a whole people.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	10	When they heard of it, the nobles of Juda left palace for temple, and there held assize, at the approaches of the New Gate.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	11	Before these, and before the general assembly, priest and prophet called for the death penalty; here was a man who had foretold, in the public hearing, calamity for Jerusalem.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	12	To nobles and to people Jeremias had but one defence: Nothing have I said against temple or city but what the Lord’s errand bade me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	13	Come, do but amend your lives and your likings, and listen to the Lord your God; he will spare you the doom he has pronounced upon you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	14	As for me, I am in your hands; do with me what you will, what you think right.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	15	Only be sure of this, if you kill me, you will bring the guilt of murder on yourselves, your city, and all that dwell there; no word you have heard from me but has the Lord’s true warrant.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	16	And this answer both nobles and townsfolk made to priest and prophet, There is no death sentence lies against this man; as the spokesman of the Lord our God he has given us his message.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	17	There were some of the older citizens that rose to defend him publicly;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	18	Remember the prophet Michaeas of Morasthi, they said, in the days of king Ezechias, who told the people of Juda: Sion shall be no better than a ploughed field, says the Lord of hosts, Jerusalem but a heap of stones, the temple height only a hanging wood.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	19	Did Ezechias king of Juda, or his subjects, thereupon put him to death? Nay, they feared the Lord too well for that; went about to appease his anger, so that he spared them the punishment he had threatened. It were pity of our lives, did we so great a wrong!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	20	Another prophet there was that came in the Lord’s name, Urias, the son of Semei, a man of Cariathiarim, and used no gentler language about this city and country than Jeremias himself.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	21	King Joachim, and all his chieftains and his nobles, were for making away with him when they heard such warnings; and though he took alarm at the rumour of it and fled to Egypt,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	22	royal pursuivants were sent there under Elnathan, son of Achobor, to bring him back;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	23	whereupon king Joachim put him to the sword, and cast his body away among the tombs of the common folk.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	24	But Jeremias had a friend in Ahicam, the son of Saphan, who would not let him be handed over to the people and put to death.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	1	At the beginning of the new king’s reign in Juda, that was son to Josias, word came from the Lord to Jeremias after this fashion.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	2	The Lord bade me make myself a yoke, band and bar, and put it about my neck;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	3	let it be the answer, he said, given by Sedecias, king of Juda, to the envoys that have come to him from the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre and Sidon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	4	This message thou shalt give them, for their masters, from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	5	My strength it was, the exertion of my power, that made earth, made man and beast to walk on it; and I give dominion over it to the man on whom my choice falls.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	6	And all these countries I have handed over to my servant Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon, making even the wild beasts subject to him;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	7	all the world must obey him, and his son and his grandson after him, until the time has run out, for him and for his land both; nations a many and great kings shall pay him their homage.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	8	Nation or people that will not be vassal to Nabuchodonosor, will not bow to Babylon’s yoke, I will punish with sword and famine and pestilence, until the last of them is left at his mercy.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	9	Do not listen, then, to those prophets of yours, diviner and dreamer, soothsayer and sorcerer, who bid you resist the king of Babylon;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	10	whither will they bring you, these lying prophecies? To a land far from your home, to sentence of banishment, and your undoing.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	11	But let a nation once bow to the king of Babylon’s yoke, and become his vassal, to that nation, the Lord says, I will leave its own fields to till, its own home to dwell in.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	12	All this message I gave to Sedecias, king of Juda; Your lives shall be spared, I told him, if you will only bow your necks to the yoke, letting king and people of Babylon be your masters;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	13	will you court death, king and people at once, from sword, famine, and pestilence, the Lord’s threat against all who refuse submission?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	14	To the prophets who declare you shall never be vassals of Babylon, give no heed; they are cheating you with lies;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	15	warrant from me they have none, yet falsely claim to be my spokesmen, to your own casting away and undoing, and theirs moreover who so prophesy.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	16	And this message I gave from the Lord to priests and people: Do not listen to those prophets of yours, who bid you expect the speedy return of the sacred treasures from Babylon. These are but lying prophecies;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	17	do not let them deter you from submitting to the king of Babylon, your only hope of safety; shall this city become a desert?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	18	Prophets if they be, spokesmen of the Lord if they be, let them rather plead with him, the Lord of hosts, that the treasures still left in temple and palace and city may not find their way to Babylon too.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	19	Doom the Lord of hosts has decreed upon all of them, pillars and brazen basin and stands, and those other treasures that remained here untouched,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	20	when Joachim’s son Jechonias, that once reigned in Juda, was carried off to Nabuchodonosor’s capital at Babylon, with all the notables of this city and realm.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	21	This he would have you know, he, the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, that all the treasures left in temple, palace or city
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	22	shall be carried away to Babylon in their turn. There they shall remain, the Lord says, till the time comes for demanding an account of them, for bringing them back and setting them up again where they stood before.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	1	Sedecias had then but lately come to the throne of Juda; it was the fourth year of his reign. In the fifth month of that year a prophet from Gabaon, Hananias son of Azur, came up to me in the temple, in full sight of priests and worshippers.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	2	A message, he said, from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: So much for the king of Babylon’s yoke! I have broken it to pieces.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	3	Two years must run their course, and then all shall come back again here; all the temple treasures Nabuchodonosor took away with him to his capital at Babylon,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	4	and the king of Juda too, Jechonias son of Joachim, with all the exiles from Juda Babylon now holds. I will bring them back, the Lord says, and break the yoke of the king of Babylon to pieces.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	5	But from Jeremias this prophet Hananias had a prophet’s answer, there in the presence of the priests, and of all who stood by in the Lord’s house;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	6	Amen to that! Well indeed it were if the Lord would grant this prophecy of thine fulfilment, would bring all the temple treasure home, and all the exiles at Babylon!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	7	Only, here is a word for thy hearing, and for the general hearing no less.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	8	So many prophets before thy day and mine, so many nations, such proud empires their theme, and all alike told of battle, of distress, of famine;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	9	here is one at last that brings good news! Why then, when his words come true, none will doubt that his errand was from the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	10	At that, Hananias took the band from Jeremias’ neck and broke it,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	11	crying out before all the people, A message from the Lord! Thus, when two years have run their course, I will break the yoke which king Nabuchodonosor of Babylon has laid on the necks of all the nations!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	12	And Jeremias said no more, but passed on. Thus did Hananias break the band on the neck of his fellow prophet; and thereupon came the word of the Lord to Jeremias,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	13	Go and give Hananias this message from the Lord: Wooden yoke break, iron yoke make!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	14	The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, tells thee that he is putting a yoke of iron on the necks of all the nations, subjecting them to Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon. His subjects they shall be; even over the wild beasts dominion is granted him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	15	This, too, Jeremias said to his fellow prophet, Listen, Hananias; errand from the Lord thou hast none, thou art cheating yonder people with false hopes.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	16	And this doom the Lord has uttered: I mean to banish thee from this earth altogether; thou shalt die within the year, for this language of rebellion against the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	17	Hananias died that year, before seven months were over.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	1	To those other elders, priests and prophets who had already gone into exile, to all the citizens Nabuchodonosor had carried off with him to Babylon, the prophet Jeremias sent a message in writing.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	2	Among these were king Jechonias and the queen-mother, and the chamberlains, and all that were of note in realm or capital; nor were any carpenters or smiths left in Jerusalem.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	3	The new king of Juda, Sedecias, was sending Elasa, the son of Saphan, and Gamarias, the son of Helcias, on a mission to Nabuchodonosor at Babylon, and to their hands the letter of Jeremias was entrusted.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	4	It ran thus: A message from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to the men of Jerusalem he has sent into exile at Babylon!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	5	I would have you build yourselves houses of your own to dwell in, plant yourselves gardens of your own to support you,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	6	wive and gender, and of your sons and daughters wed man with maid, maid with man, to breed sons and daughters in their turn; grow numerous, that are now so few, there in your land of exile.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	7	A new home I have given you; for the welfare of that realm be ever concerned, ever solicit the divine favour; its welfare is yours.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	8	And this warning he sends you, the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Never allow prophet and soothsayer that are of your company to mislead you; his dreams let the dreamer abandon;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	9	prophets there are, the Lord says, that claim falsely to be my spokesmen, and warrant from me have none.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	10	All but seventy years, he tells you, must have run their course before Babylon’s time is up; then I will come to relieve you, and make good the promise of your return.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	11	I have not lost sight of my plan for you, the Lord says, and it is your welfare I have in mind, not your undoing; for you, too, I have a destiny and a hope.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	12	Cry out to me then, and your suit shall prosper; plead with me, and I will listen;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	13	look for me, and you shall find me, if you will but look for me in good earnest.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	14	Find me you shall, the Lord says, and your sentence of exile shall be reversed; the same Lord who scattered them among alien folk and in far countries will bring the exiles home.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	15	So much for your claim that the Lord has revived the gift of prophecy among you, there in Babylon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	16	As for the king who now sits on David’s throne, and the citizens who dwell here now, instead of sharing your exile, this is the divine sentence:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	17	I mean to plague them, says the Lord of hosts, with sword and famine and pestilence; of no more account will I make them than a basket of foul figs, so foul there is no eating them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	18	Sword and famine and pestilence shall follow at their heels; bane they shall be to all the kingdoms of the world, a name to curse by, a thing of wonder and of scorn, a laughing-stock among all the countries I have appointed for their banishment.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	19	All this, because they would not listen to any word of mine, the Lord says; early to their doors I sent the prophets that were servants of mine, I, your Lord, and could get no hearing.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	20	Listen, then, to the Lord’s decree, men of Jerusalem I have sent into exile at Babylon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	21	This doom the Lord has pronounced upon Achab, the son of Colias, and Sedecias the son of Maasias, false prophets both of them, that speak to you as in my name; I mean to hand them over for punishment to Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and that punishment you shall witness for yourselves.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	22	Wherever exiles from Juda are found in the Chaldaean country, this shall be the curse they use: Such doom the Lord give thee as he gave to Sedecias and Achab, that the king of Babylon roasted over a fire!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	23	This is great shame they have brought on Israel, bedding with their neighbours’ wives, and uttering in my name counterfeit prophecies that had no warrant of mine; of these misdoings I am judge and witness both.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	24	And another message must be given to Semeias of Nehelam
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	25	from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, about the letter he sent to the citizens left in Jerusalem, and namely to the high priest Sophonias, the son of Maasias, and his fellow priests. This letter ran,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	26	If the Lord would have thee follow Joiada in the high priesthood, it was to make thee master of his house, ready with stocks and gaol for any mad fellow that came a-prophesying.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	27	Why does Jeremias of Anathoth go unrebuked, and prophesy among you still?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	28	He has written to us here in Babylon for the very purpose of telling us our exile shall be long; we must build ourselves houses to dwell in, we must plant gardens to support us!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	29	This letter was read aloud to Jeremias by the high priest;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	30	and then it was that the Lord’s word came to Jeremias,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	31	with a message he must send to the exiles: This doom the Lord utters against Semeias of Nehelam. Would he prophesy in my name, a man that has no warrant from me, and give you confidence in false hopes?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	32	I will call Semeias of Nehelam to account for it, the Lord says, and his children after him. Man of his race there shall be none surviving among this people of mine, the Lord says, to see my bounty bestowed on it. Against me, the Lord, he has used the language of rebellion.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	1	Word came to Jeremias from the Lord,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	2	the God of Israel, bidding him write down in a book the revelation made known to him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	3	A time is coming, the Lord says, when I will reverse the sentence of exile against my people of Israel and Juda; I, the Lord, will restore them to possession of the land I gave to their fathers.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	4	This is the divine promise made to Israel and Juda:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	5	A cry of terror, the Lord says, for all to hear! All is consternation, where all was peace.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	6	Why, here is a riddle and a wonder; can motherhood fall to the lot of men folk? Why is there none to be seen but goes by, hand on loins, cheeks blanched, like a woman in travail?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	7	Alas for pity, what a day is this, none like it; what a time of distress for Jacob’s race! Yet it shall leave them unharmed.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	8	A promise they have from the Lord of hosts that he will break the yoke they bear, when that day comes, and part their chains asunder; no more shall they be at the mercy of alien masters,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	9	they shall obey the Lord their God only, and that David-king of theirs whom he will give them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	10	Have thou no fear, the Lord says, Jacob, that art my servant still; not for Israel is danger brewing. From that far country of exile I mean to restore thee, restore those children of thine; Jacob shall return, and live at ease, every blessing shall enjoy, and enemies have none to fear;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	11	I am at thy side, the Lord says, to protect thee. Of all the lands in which I have dispersed thee I will take full toll, but not of thee; I would but chasten thee with due measure kept, lest thou shouldst hold thyself altogether acquitted.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	12	Poor Sion, thine is a wound past curing, a grievous hurt, the Lord says;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	13	no man brings thee redress or remedy, salve to heal thee thou hast none;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	14	thy old lovers think of thee no more, woo thee no more. A shrewd blow I struck thee, unsparing of correction; so many thy misdoings, thy guilt so inveterate.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	15	Misdoings a many, and guilt inveterate, these be the cause of thy hurt, and I the doer of it; and wouldst thou cry out upon a grief there is no remedying?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	16	Only be sure of this, the enemies that prey on thee shall themselves fall a prey to exile; spoiled thy spoilers shall be, and all that plunder thee I will give up to plunder.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	17	Then I will heal that scar of thine, the Lord says, cure thee of thy wounds; too soon they called thee a neglected bride, Sion the unwooed!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	18	Nay, says the Lord, I mean to bring tent-dwelling Jacob home, have pity on those ruined walls, build the city anew on its height, set up the temple and its ordinances anew;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	19	here songs of praise shall echo once again, and cries of mirth. They shall increase, that hitherto had dwindled, be exalted, that once were brought low.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	20	Then, as in days of old, the full muster of the tribes shall have its place in my regard; who wrongs them shall be called to account for it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	21	A prince of their own race they shall have, a home-born ruler, singled out by my own call to serve me; that office, the Lord says, none may take on himself unbidden.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	22	You shall be my own people, and I your own God.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	23	Like a whirlwind it will suddenly appear, the Lord’s vengeance; will break in storm, and light upon rebel heads.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	24	Nor shall the divine anger be appeased till the blow has been struck and the decree executed; what his design was, will be known all too well, all too late.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	1	No clan in Israel, the Lord says, but shall own me as its God when that day comes, and all of them shall be my people.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	2	Out there in the solitudes they have won pardon, those exiles the sword left untouched; Israel shall find a home, the Lord says,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	3	the Lord, making himself known from far away. With unchanging love I love thee, and now in mercy I have drawn thee to myself.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	4	Israel, poor homeless maid, I will build thy fortunes anew; built anew they shall be, and thou shalt go forth once more, thy tambour hung about thee, among the choir of dancers.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	5	Once more thou shalt plant vineyards over the hill-country of Samaria; planted they shall be, and the men who planted them await the appointed time before they gather the vintage.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	6	Watchmen there shall be, when that day comes, in the hill-country of Ephraim that will cry aloud, Up, to Sion go we, and there worship the Lord our God!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	7	Rejoice, the Lord says, at Jacob’s triumph, the proudest of nations greet with a glad cry; loud echo your songs of praise, Deliverance, Lord, for thy people, for the remnant of Israel!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	8	From the north country, from the very ends of earth, I mean to gather them and bring them home; blind men and lame, pregnant women and women brought to bed, so great the muster at their home-coming.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	9	Weeping they shall come, and I, moved to pity, will bring them to their journey’s end; from mountain stream to mountain stream I will lead them, by a straight road where there is no stumbling; I, Israel, thy father again, and thou, Ephraim, my first-born son.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	10	Listen, Gentiles, to the Lord’s promise; his word must go out to the islands that are far away; word that he who scattered Israel will gather Israel in, will guard it faithfully as a shepherd guards his flock.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	11	The Lord means to ransom Jacob, to grant deliverance from the tyrant’s power.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	12	The exiles will return, greeting mount Sion with cries of gladness; thronging in to take possession of the Lord’s gifts, corn and oil and wine, increase of flock and herd. Revived their spirits shall be, like a garden when the stream flows full; they shall hunger no more.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	13	Glad the maidens shall dance, gladness there shall be for young and old alike; I will turn all their sorrow into joy, comfort and cheer their sad hearts.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	14	Full-fed my priests shall be with dainties; blessings my people shall have, the Lord says, till they ask no more.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	15	Now, the Lord says, a voice is heard in Rama, of lamentation and bitter mourning; it is Rachel weeping for her children, and she will not be comforted, because none is left.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	16	But thus he reassures thee: Sad voice, lament, sad eyes, weep no more; I, the Lord, give thee promise of a reward for thy working-days, a return from the enemy’s country.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	17	A hope is left for thee hereafter, the Lord says; to their own possessions thy sons shall return.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	18	Doubt not I heard it, the cry of Ephraim forlorn: Lord, it was thy task to chasten me, that must learn, like bullock untamed, to bear the yoke; grant me return, and I will return to thee; thou art the Lord my God.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	19	Only when thou calledst me back to thyself did I repent; only when my lesson was learnt did I cry out upon my shame. How did I blush with confusion, bearing the disgrace the sins of my youth had earned!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	20	Why, what a favourite son is this Ephraim, what a spoilt child of mine, that I should pronounce my doom on him, and care for him none the less! In truth, my heart goes out to him; I will be merciful to him yet, the Lord says.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	21	Way-marks leave behind thee, sad trophies be raising as thou goest, to put thee in mind of the straight road thou hast trodden. Return thou must, poor Israel, return thou must to these, thy own cities;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	22	fickle maid, dally no longer. Here is a new order of things the Lord has established on earth; weak woman is to be the protectress of man’s strength.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	23	A message from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: To town and country-side of Juda I will restore the exiled folk, and once again the greeting will be heard, A blessing on thee from the Lord, fair home of true observance, holy mountain-side!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	24	Once again Juda and Juda’s townsfolk shall dwell there; fields shall be tilled and flocks led out to pasture;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	25	faint hearts shall be refreshed, and hunger’s craving satisfied.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	26	Ah, to wake upon such a sight! Then were sleep welcome.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	27	A time is coming, the Lord says, when I mean to enrich Israel’s home, Juda’s home, with stock of men and of cattle both;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	28	jealous watch I will still keep over them, but not, as of old, to root up and to demolish, to scatter and lay waste and to do hurt; all shall be building, the Lord says, all shall be planting now.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	29	When that time comes, no more shall be heard of the proverb, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are being set on edge;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	30	tooth of eater shall ache now, and a man’s own guilt shall be a man’s own doom.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	31	A time is coming, the Lord says, when I mean to ratify a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Juda.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	32	It will not be like the covenant which I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand, to rescue them from Egypt; that they should break my covenant, and I, all the while, their master, the Lord says.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	33	No, this is the covenant I will grant the people of Israel, the Lord says, when that time comes. I will implant my law in their innermost thoughts, engrave it in their hearts; I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	34	There will be no need for neighbour to teach neighbour, or brother to teach brother, the knowledge of the Lord; all will know me, from the highest to the lowest. I will pardon their wrong-doing; I will not remember their sins any more.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	35	A message from the Lord, from him, the God of hosts, the same who brightens day with the sun’s rays, night with the ordered service of moon and star, who can stir up the sea and set its waves a-roaring;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	36	All these laws of mine will fail me, he says, before the line of Israel fails me; a people it must remain until the end of time.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	37	You have the Lord’s word for it; When you can measure heaven above, he tells you, and search the foundations of earth below, then I will cast away the whole line of Israel, for all its ill deserving.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	38	Behold, says the divine promise, a time is coming when the city shall be rebuilt in the Lord’s honour, from Hananeel’s Tower as far as the Corner Gate;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	39	nay, in advance of that the limit of its range shall reach, across Gareb hill, to take in Goatha,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	40	burial-ground and ash-pit and all the dead soil as far as Cedron brook, and eastward as far as the corner by the Horsemen’s Gate; all shall be consecrated to the Lord; tree shall not be uprooted there henceforward, nor house overthrown.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	1	A message came from the Lord to Jeremias during the tenth year of Sedecias’ reign in Juda, the eighteenth of Nabuchodonosor’s at Babylon;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	2	the Babylonian army was besieging Jerusalem at the time, and Jeremias was a prisoner there, confined in the guard-court that lay before the royal palace.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	3	It was for his prophesying that king Sedecias had imprisoned him; what meant this threat from the Lord, of giving Jerusalem over to capture by the king of Babylon?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	4	He had said, besides: King Sedecias of Juda shall not escape from the Chaldaeans; the king of Babylon shall have the mastery of him; they shall have speech together, meet face to face.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	5	To Babylon Sedecias shall go, and there remain till I have entered into a reckoning with him. All shall go amiss, if you join battle with the Chaldaeans.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	6	And now Jeremias announced a new oracle the Lord had given him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	7	The Lord told me, he said, that my cousin Hanameel, son of Sellum, would come and ask me to buy in certain land of his at Anathoth, which was my duty as his next of kin.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	8	And as the Lord foretold, so it fell out; Hanameel came to my prison doors, and said, Pray buy in that field of mine at Anathoth in Benjamin; thou art the rightful heir, and thy duty it is, as next of kin, to buy it from me. Then I knew that I had received a divine warning,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	9	and buy it I did, this field at Anathoth, from Hanameel, that was son to my uncle Sellum. I paid him the price, that was but seventeen pieces of silver;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	10	wrote and signed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the money on the scales.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	11	So here was the deed of possession sealed up, all its terms set down and attested, and characters written without;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	12	all this I handed over to Baruch, son of Neri, son of Maasias, still in the presence of my cousin Hanameel, and the witnesses that had signed it, and the Jews who sat around me in the court where I was confined.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	13	Before them all, I gave Baruch this charge:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	14	A message for thee from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these two pieces of writing, the sealed deed within and the covering of it that is open to view, and keep them in some jar of clay, where they can remain long without damage.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	15	This is what he would tell thee, he, the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, that there shall yet be buying of house and field and vineyard, here in this land.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	16	The deed once made over to Baruch, son of Neri, I prayed to the Lord thus:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	17	Alas, alas, Lord God! Thou art the maker of heaven and earth, so great is thy power, so wide thy reach; no task, for thee, is too difficult.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	18	A thousandfold thou shewest thy mercy; yet, when thou dost punish, into the son’s lap the father’s guilt overflows; how great, how strong that God, whose name is the Lord of hosts!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	19	How sublime thy counsels, thy thoughts how high above us! And still thou keepest watch over all mankind, ready to award each life what its own devices have earned.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	20	Such deeds thou didst as are signs and portents to this day in the land of Egypt, in Israel too and all the world over; didst win that renown which to this day is thine.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	21	Signs and portents there must be, and the exercise of thy constraining power, and a great dread, before thou couldst rescue thy people Israel from Egypt;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	22	then thou wouldst bestow upon them this land, the home promised to their fathers, a land all milk and honey;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	23	they invaded it, they took possession of it. But to thy voice they would not listen, thy law they would not follow; no duty thou hadst enjoined but lay neglected, and all the calamities we see about us are the issue.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	24	Here are siege-works raised to reduce the city; sword and famine and pestilence are giving it over to the Chaldaeans for their prey; of all thou hast threatened thou seest here the fulfilment.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	25	And now, Lord God, thou wouldst have me buy land, and call in witnesses of payment made; now, when this city lies at the mercy of the Chaldaeans!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	26	Hereupon the word of the Lord came to Jeremias:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	27	Am I not the Lord, the God of all that lives? How should any task be too difficult for me?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	28	This is the divine sentence; I mean to hand over this city to capture by the king of Babylon and his Chaldaeans; they shall take it by storm,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	29	and set it alight, and burn all its houses to the ground; it was there, on the roof-tops, they sacrificed to Baal, and made offerings to alien gods in despite of me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	30	From their youth up, Israel and Juda have defied my will unceasingly; even now, says the Lord, their ill-doings are a provocation to me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	31	Anger and scorn this city of theirs has earned from me, nothing else, from the day they built it to this day when I purpose that it shall offend my sight no more;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	32	so long have Israel and Juda defied my vengeance with the wrong they did, king and prince, priest and prophet, country-folk and citizens of Jerusalem;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	33	always the back turned, never a glance my way, always the deaf ear, the warning unheeded, when I sent early to their doors to bring them to a better mind!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	34	Have they not profaned that house which is the sanctuary of my name, by setting up their idols in it?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	35	Have they not made hill-shrines for Baal in the valley of Ben-Ennom, and there initiated son and daughter with Moloch-rites that were never of my bidding? No thought was it of mine that they should do this foul deed, which has brought guilt on Juda.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	36	What, then, of this city, doomed in your eyes to fall into the power of Babylon’s king, through sword and famine and pestilence? This is the message the Lord God of Israel sends to it:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	37	I mean to gather its people again, scattered over so many lands by the vengeance my fierce anger brought; restore them to this place, and bid them dwell there contentedly.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	38	They shall be my people, I their God;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	39	one will they shall have, and journey by one way, living evermore in the fear of me, winning for themselves and for their sons a blessing.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	40	An eternal covenant I will make with them, nor ever cease to speed them; inspire their hearts with the fear of me, that never swerves aside.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	41	My welcome task it shall be to prosper them, and root their stock firmly in this land of theirs; this shall be all my love and liking.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	42	Threat of mine and promise of mine, the Lord says, shall alike be fulfilled.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	43	This country of yours a desert, man nor beast to dwell in it, given up to the power of Babylon? So your fears tell you; but there shall be buying of lands in it yet,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	44	the price paid, the deed executed, the bond sealed, witnesses called in, all over Benjamin and round about Jerusalem, all through the cities of Juda, by hill and plain and the uplands of the south; I mean to bring the exiles home again, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	1	Jeremias was still confined to his prison in the court when the word of the Lord came to him a second time.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	2	It ran: Thus says the Lord, that all this will do, all this will devise and determine, so great is his name:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	3	Cry out to me still, and thou shalt find audience; great mysteries that lie beyond thy ken I will make known to thee.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	4	Ruined houses of Jerusalem, ruined palace of the kings of Juda, what has the Lord to tell thee about these?…… to siege and sword.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	5	Come they to fight against the Chaldaeans, it is but to strew those earthworks with their own dead bodies; in anger and scorn I will smite them down, turning my back on the city they have stained with such guilt…
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	6	Closed and cured those wounds shall be; I myself will heal them, grant them peace and safety to their heart’s content.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	7	The fortunes of Juda and Jerusalem I will reverse, and they shall be established as firmly as ever;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	8	all the guilt that offends me purged away, all the wrong and despite they did me forgiven.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	9	My pride and prize, my renown and triumph, to be their benefactor, so that all the world shall hear of it; everywhere the tale of my bounty and my blessing shall strike awe and dread into men’s hearts.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	10	Where all seems to your eyes but a desert, man nor beast left in the townships of Juda and in Jerusalem, empty street, empty house, empty byre,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	11	there, says the Lord, you shall hear cries of joy and mirth, voice of bridegroom and voice of bride. There you shall hear men singing, Give thanks to the Lord, the Lord is gracious, his mercy endures for ever, as they bring to his temple the offerings they have vowed. Your country’s doom shall be reversed, says the divine promise, and all shall be as of old.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	12	Juda and all its townships a desert, no living thing to dwell there? Nay, says the Lord of hosts, once again it shall be the abode of shepherds, a resting-place for their flocks.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	13	By hill and plain and the uplands of the south, all over Benjamin and round about Jerusalem, all through the cities of Juda, there shall be flocks passing to and fro, and their masters a-counting them, the Lord says.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	14	Behold, he says, a time is coming when I will make good my promise to Israel and Juda;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	15	the day will dawn, the time be ripe at last for that faithful scion to bud from David’s stock; the land shall have a king to reign over it, giving just sentence and due award.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	16	When that time comes, Juda shall find deliverance, none shall disturb Jerusalem’s rest; and the name given to this king shall be, The Lord vindicates us.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	17	Never a man wanting of David’s line, the Lord says, to sit on Israel’s throne;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	18	never a lack of priest and Levite to wait upon me, bring me burnt-sacrifice and burn the bloodless offering, and slaughter victims, day after day.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	19	And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	20	giving him this message: If you can rescind my ordinance of day and night, that there should be day-time and night-time no more,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	21	only then will I rescind the privilege granted to my servant David, and there shall be heirs of his throne no more, Levites and priests to wait on me no more.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	22	My servant David, the Levites that wait on me, these shall have a posterity countless as the stars of heaven, measureless as the sea-sand.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	23	This message, too, Jeremias had from the Lord:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	24	Mark well how they declare, the folk among whom thou dwellest, that there are two families the Lord has chosen, and both he has cast off; so that they despise my own people, and no longer count it a nation.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	25	But this is the divine answer: Laws if I have made none for day and night, for heaven and earth no ordinances prescribed,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	26	then let it be thought that I mean to cast Israel away, or depose the line of David from its headship over all who spring from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Trust me, their doom shall be reversed, their lot shall be pitied.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	1	The word of the Lord came to Jeremias at the time when king Nabuchodonosor of Babylon, at the head of his own army, with vassal kingdoms and peoples to aid him, levied war on Jerusalem and its daughter cities.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	2	This was the message sent by the Lord God of Israel: Go and warn Sedecias, king of Juda, in my name that I mean to hand over this city to the Babylonian king, who will burn it to the ground.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	3	And add this besides: Thou thyself wilt not escape from him; they will catch thee, sure enough, and hand thee over to him; thou and the king of Babylon shall have speech together, meet face to face, and to Babylon thou shalt go.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	4	Wouldst thou but listen, King Sedecias of Juda, to the Lord’s bidding! Die by the sword, he tells thee, thou shouldst not;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	5	peaceful thy death should be, and they should make such burning for thee as they made for thy fathers that reigned before thee, raise such cries of lamentation, Alas, what a king was this! This is my promise to thee, the Lord says.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	6	All this king Sedecias of Juda must hear from the prophet Jeremias, there in Jerusalem;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	7	and still the Babylonian army pressed hard on the city, and on those other cities of Juda that were left, Lachis and Azecha; the rest of the fortified cities had already been taken.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	8	Here is another message the Lord entrusted to Jeremias, and this was the occasion of it. King Sedecias had bound the citizens of Jerusalem by a covenant;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	9	all alike were to set free their slaves and handmaids that were of Hebrew blood; would they play the master to their own Jewish kinsfolk?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	10	On hearing the proclamation, nobles and common people alike had agreed to release slave and handmaid, and exempt them from all service henceforward; and this they did obediently enough;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	11	but afterwards they changed their minds, haled them off, men and women, and reduced them to slavery once again.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	12	Then it was word came from the Lord to Jeremias, and thus the divine message ran:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	13	Word from the Lord God of Israel! I made a covenant with your fathers, when I rescued them from their place of bondage in Egypt.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	14	Seven years up, every slave sold in bondage to his fellow Hebrew must go free; six years of service, and then release. Your fathers would not listen, turned a deaf ear to me;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	15	but you, to-day, have thought better of it, and done my will, proclaiming liberty to your fellow-countrymen; you have sworn it in my presence, in the house that is the shrine of my name.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	16	And then you went back, and dragged my name in the dust! You would claim them afresh, men and women servants you had set free, now their own masters; they must be your servants and handmaids still.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	17	This sentence, then, the Lord pronounces: You have not obeyed me, by granting freedom to your own brethren and neighbours, and here is the freedom I mean to grant you in return; freedom of the sword, freedom of the famine, freedom of the pestilence! A bane I will make you to all the kingdoms of earth.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	18	I will have no more of them, the men who transgress my covenant, have no respect for the agreement they made in my own presence, the calf they cut in two and walked between the slices of it,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	19	nobles of Juda and Jerusalem, chamberlains and priests, and all the common folk that passed between share and share.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	20	I mean to give them up into the hands of enemies that are sworn upon their lives; bird in air and beast on earth shall prey upon that carrion of theirs.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	21	Sedecias, king of Juda, and his nobles, shall fall into the hands of pitiless enemies, the armies of Babylon, that now give you a respite.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	22	These, at my command, shall march on this city again, lay siege to it, and capture it, and burn it to the ground; and I will make the townships of Juda into a desert, never a soul to dwell there.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	1	In the reign of Josias’ son Joachim, word came to Jeremias from the Lord,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	2	Go, make thyself acquainted with the men of Rechab’s clan; I would have thee entertain them in one of the treasury rooms at the temple, and there set wine before them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	3	So Jezonias, son of Jeremias, son of Habsanias was my guest, with his brethren and his sons and the whole Rechabite clan;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	4	into the temple I brought them, to the apartment of Hanan’s sons, that come down from God’s servant Jegedelias. It was next to the apartment of the door-keeper, Maasias the son of Sellum.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	5	Here I set a bowl and goblet of wine before the men of Rechab’s clan, and bade them drink,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	6	but drink wine they would not. Our father Jonadab, said they, the son of Rechab gave us a rule to live by. Wine neither we should drink, nor any son of ours in perpetuity;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	7	no house build, no crops sow, no vineyard plant or possess; in tents we were to live all our days, and long those days should last in this land that was none of ours.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	8	As our father Jonadab son of Rechab bade us live, so live we, so our wives and sons and daughters live, drinking no wine at any time.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	9	Houses we build none to dwell in, vineyards and fields and crops have none;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	10	tent-dwellers we remain, true to every command of our father Jonadab;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	11	it was only when king Nabuchodonosor of Babylon marched against us that we were fain to take shelter in Jerusalem from threats of Chaldaean and Syrian; that is why we make our abode in Jerusalem.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	12	And now the Lord’s word came to Jeremias:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	13	A message from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel! Go and tell all the men of Juda, all the citizens of Jerusalem. Great marvel it is, the Lord says, you are so unruly still, and will not heed my bidding.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	14	Here is Jonadab son of Rechab will have his sons drink no wine, and his word holds; wine they drink none to this day, for love of their father’s rule; and I, that send word early to your doors, can win no obedience.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	15	Early I sent them to your doors, the prophets that were servants of mine, bidding you come back from your straying, and shape your thoughts anew; have recourse no longer to the worship of alien gods, if you would dwell securely in this land, my gift to you and to your fathers; but you gave me neither heed nor hearing.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	16	So loyal the Rechabites to the commands of their father Jonadab, and my people so disobedient!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	17	I mean, then, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to punish the citizens of Jerusalem for warnings unheeded, for calls refused, with all the punishments I have threatened.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	18	To the clan of Rechab Jeremias gave this message from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: For your obedience to your father Jonadab, for precept remembered and for duty done,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	19	he, the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, promises that this line of Rechab and Jonadab, long as time lasts, shall never want a posterity to do him service.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	1	In the fourth year of Josias’ son Joachim, the Lord gave Jeremias this commandment:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	2	Get thyself a scroll, and write down on it all the warnings I have uttered against Israel and Juda, and against the other nations of the world, ever since I first spoke to thee under king Josias.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	3	Maybe, when the men of Juda hear of all the mischief I mean to do them, they will leave off their straying in false paths, and so I will overlook the guilt of their wrong-doing.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	4	So Jeremias sent for Baruch the son of Nerias; the Lord’s utterances, every one, Jeremias rehearsed and Baruch wrote down on the scroll.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	5	And now Jeremias had an errand for him; I must keep my house, said he, go into the Lord’s temple I may not.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	6	Do thou, on a fasting day, go there instead, and read out some of the divine utterances I have dictated to thee, in the temple itself, for all the citizens to hear, and all the men of Juda besides, that have come in from their several townships.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	7	Maybe their intercession will find its way into the Lord’s presence; maybe they will leave off their straying in false paths; here are grievous threats from the Lord of angry vengeance against his people.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	8	So it was Baruch son of Nerias, but in fulfilment of Jeremias’ command, that took the scroll and read out, there in the Lord’s house, the Lord’s message.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	9	It was the ninth month, in the fifth year of Josias’ son Joachim, when they proclaimed a fast, that was to be kept in the Lord’s presence by all the citizens and all who had come in from the other towns of Juda.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	10	And there in the Lord’s house, from the apartment of Gamarias, whose father, Saphan, had once been secretary, in the upper court, close by the entry of the new temple gate, Baruch read out Jeremias’ book of warning.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	11	No line he read of the divine utterance but had an eager listener in Gamarias’ son Michaeas,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	12	who thereupon went down to the secretary’s room, where he found all the notables assembled. There was the secretary, Elisama; there were Dalaias son of Semeias, and Elnathan son of Achobor, and Gamarias son of Saphan, and Sedecias son of Hananias, and all the notables in general.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	13	To these Michaeas repeated all he had heard Baruch read out from the scroll in public;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	14	and Judi, son of Nathanias, son of Selemias, son of Cushi, was sent on an errand to Baruch in the name of all present. Come thither he must, and bring the scroll he had read thus publicly with him. So it was Baruch, son of Nerias, that came before them, and the scroll with him;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	15	they bade him be seated, and read it aloud to them, so read it he did.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	16	When all the reading was over, they looked each at other in amazement, and told Baruch all this must be brought to the king’s ears.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	17	Then they asked, How comes it that these are the words of Jeremias, and yet of thy writing?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	18	Why, said he, Jeremias gave them out, as if he were reading them aloud, and I sat by with paper and ink to write them down.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	19	Go into hiding, they told him, thou and Jeremias with thee, and be sure none knows where to find you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	20	Then they made their way into the palace court to find the king, leaving the book there in the secretary’s room. When they had brought their news to his hearing,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	21	the king would have Judi fetch the book itself from Elisama’s room; which he did, and read it out for the king to hear, and all the courtiers that stood about him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	22	Since it was the ninth month, Joachim was in his winter parlour, and a brazier of coals in front of him;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	23	and when Judi had read but three columns or four, he took his pen-knife and began cutting the scroll into pieces, which he threw on to the brazier until the whole book had perished in the flames.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	24	King and courtiers listened to all these warnings, yet feared they never, nor rent their clothes;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	25	and although Elnathan, Dalaias and Gamarias would have prevented Joachim from burning the scroll, he would not listen to them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	26	Jeremiel son of Amalech, Saraias son of Ezriel, and Selemias son of Abdeel were bidden to attach the persons of the scribe Baruch and the prophet Jeremias; but the Lord kept them in safe hiding.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	27	And this was the Lord’s word to the prophet Jeremias, when the king burnt the scroll, and with it all the utterances he had dictated to Baruch:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	28	Get thee another scroll, and write down on it whatever was contained in the one king Joachim burnt.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	29	And to king Joachim give this message from the Lord: Burn book and chide prophet, if thou wilt, for warning thee that the king of Babylon will come back with all speed, and lay this country waste, leaving neither man nor beast to dwell in it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	30	But this is the Lord’s doom against king Joachim of Juda: No son of his shall follow him on the throne of David; his body shall be cast away in the open, to bear the day’s heat and the night frost.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	31	With guilt of his, with guilt of household and court of his, I will reckon in full; all my unheeded threats against Jerusalem and Juda shall be made good.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	32	So Jeremias must get Baruch another scroll to write on, and all the contents of the book Joachim burnt must be dictated anew; much more was added besides to enlarge it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	1	In place of Jechonias, that was son to Joachim, Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon would have Sedecias, another of Josias’ sons, mount the throne of Juda;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	2	but no heed would the new king give, nor his courtiers, nor his subjects, to the warnings uttered in the Lord’s name by the prophet Jeremias.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	3	To him the king sent envoys, Juchal the son of Selemias and the priest Sophonias, son of Maasias, bidding him pray to the Lord their God for the common welfare.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	4	Jeremias was still free to come and go as he pleased among his fellow-citizens; they had not yet imprisoned him. At this time, Pharao’s army was on the march, advancing from the Egyptian frontier; and the Chaldaeans, this news reaching them, had raised the siege of Jerusalem.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	5	So the Lord’s word came to the prophet Jeremias:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	6	Take back this message from the Lord God of Israel to the king who sent you to consult me. Back home to Egypt it shall march, the army of Pharao that has come out in your support;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	7	whereupon the Chaldaeans will return to the attack, will capture this city and burn it to the ground.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	8	Never cheat yourselves with the hope that the enemy will march away and leave you alone; march away they will not, the Lord says.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	9	Low though you should lay every Chaldaean that takes the field against you, save for some few wounded, those wounded men shall rise up from their tents, and burn this city to the ground notwithstanding.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	10	And now, while Pharao still threatened, and the Chaldaeans had raised the siege,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	11	Jeremias took occasion to leave Jerusalem and make his way to Benjamin, where he must divide up some property in the presence of his fellow-citizens.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	12	When he reached the Benjamin gate, the officer whose turn it was to mount guard there, Jerias, the son of Selemias, the son of Hananias, put the prophet under arrest, under the charge of deserting to the Chaldaeans.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	13	In vain did Jeremias protest, What, I desert to the Chaldaeans? There is no truth in it! Jerias led him away into the presence of the nobles;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	14	and these, in a rage, first had him beaten, then confined him in the house of the secretary, Jonathan, who had charge of the prisoners at this time.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	15	So came Jeremias to a dungeon cell, and long remained there.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	16	It was king Sedecias who released him, sending for him and questioning him privately in the palace. Has the Lord any message for me? he asked. Yes, said Jeremias; that thou shalt be at the mercy of Nabuchodonosor.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	17	Then he asked the king, What wrong have I done to thee, to thy courtiers or thy subjects, that thou hast thrown me into prison?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	18	Tell me, how have they sped, those prophets of yours who foretold that the king of Babylon should never reach you, never invade this land of yours?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	19	Listen to me, my lord king, I entreat thee, and look favourably on my suit. Do not send me back to the house of yonder secretary Jonathan, for there I needs must die!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	20	So king Sedecias had him confined in the court without, and given a loaf of bread each day, with seasoning added, as long as bread there should be in the city. And there Jeremias was left, among the prisoners in the courtyard.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	1	Still Jeremias would speak out before all the people; and among those who lis-tened to him were Saphatias son of Mathan, Gedelias son of Phassur, Juchal son of Selemias, and Phassur son of Melchias.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	2	This message they heard him proclaim from the Lord: To remain in this city means death by sword, famine and pestilence; go over to the Chaldaeans, you shall have your lives for guerdon, and be spared.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	3	And this: Past doubt, the city will fall into the hands of the king of Babylon, by right of capture.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	4	And they urged the king, these notables, to make an end of him; He goes about, said they, to weaken the resolve of the garrison, and of the people at large, by talking in this fashion; there is malice here, not good will.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	5	He is at your disposal, king Sedecias answered; not for a king to withstand you!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	6	So they had their way with Jeremias; he should be left helpless in the cistern of Melchias the son of Amelech, there in the court where the prisoners were kept. Into the cistern they lowered him with ropes; there was no water in it now, only mire, and into the mire he sank.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	7	But there was an Ethiopian chamberlain at the court, named Abdemelech, that heard how Jeremias had been let down into the cistern; and as the king was sitting at the Benjamin Gate,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	8	this Abdemelech came out from the palace and remonstrated with him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	9	My lord king, he said, here is foul wrong done to the prophet Jeremias; they have let him down into a cistern, where he will die of hunger, such lack of bread there is in the city.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	10	Why then, said the king to Abdemelech the Ethiopian, take thirty men with thee, and rescue Jeremias from the cistern while there is yet life in him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	11	So Abdemelech took the men with him, made his way into the palace, beneath the store-chamber, took old rags and clouts that lay mouldering there, and let them down by ropes to Jeremias in the cistern.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	12	Here be torn things and mouldering, the Ethiopian said to Jeremias, but thou mayst put these under thy arm-pits, and the ropes under these again. Jeremias obeyed,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	13	and they pulled him up by the ropes till he was clear of the cistern; but the courtyard was his prison still.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	14	Then king Sedecias would have the prophet come to him by the third door of the palace, the one that leads to the temple. I have a question to ask thee, he said to Jeremias; hide nothing from me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	15	Why, Jeremias answered, if I tell thee what I know, thou wilt but kill me, and if I give thee advice, thou wilt not heed it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	16	But king Sedecias took a secret oath, As the Lord is a living God, the Lord who gave us this breath we breathe, slay thee I will not, nor hand thee over to thy mortal enemies.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	17	Thereupon Jeremias told him a message from the Lord, the God of hosts: Go out and give thyself up to Nabuchodonosor’s chieftains, and thy life shall be safe, nor shall there be any burning of the city; thou and thine shall be spared.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	18	If thou dost not give thyself up to them, then the Chaldaeans shall gain mastery of the city and burn it to the ground, and for thyself there is no escaping them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	19	Yet my heart misgives me, Sedecias told him, over the Jews that have already made their submission; what if I should be handed over to these, and they wreak their spite on me?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	20	That shall not be, Jeremias answered. Give heed, only give heed, to this message from the Lord I bear thee; so thou shalt speed well, and life be granted thee.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	21	Refuse to yield, and here is the doom he has made known to me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	22	Never a woman that is left in the palace of the kings of Juda but shall be spoil for the chieftains of the king of Babylon! And as they are led away, this shall be their lament: False friend fooled thee, and had the better of thee; feet fast in the treacherous morass has left thee!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	23	Wife of thine and son of thine led away into the enemy’s camp, and thou thyself powerless to escape; thyself the king of Babylon shall take prisoner, and burn thy city to the ground.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	24	On peril of thy life, king Sedecias warned him, let none hear what has passed between us.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	25	If it reach the ears of the nobles that we have had speech together, and they bid thee repeat what thou saidst, or what said the king, hiding nothing as thou holdest thy life dear, then be this thy answer,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	26	Why, I pleaded my suit with the king’s grace that he would not have me sent back to Jonathan’s house, to die there.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	27	Come and ask him they did, and he answered as the king bade him; so with that they let him be; nothing had been overheard.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	28	This imprisonment of Jeremias in the courtyard lasted until the taking of Jerusalem; for, sure enough, Jerusalem was taken.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	1	Sedecias had been reigning for eight years and ten months in Juda when Nabu-chodonosor king of Babylon led his armies to the siege of Jerusalem;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	2	in the eleventh year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, the city wall was breached.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	3	In they marched, Neregel, Sereser, Semegarnabu, Sarsachim, Rabsares, (Neregel, Sereser), and Rebmag, and all the king of Babylon’s other chieftains, and occupied the central gate.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	4	Sedecias king of Juda and all his warriors fled at their approach, leaving the city at dead of night by way of the royal garden and the gate between the two walls; it was the desert road they took when they left it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	5	The Chaldaean army went in pursuit, and overtook Sedecias in the open plain of Jericho; captured him, and brought him before Nabuchodonosor at Reblatha, in the Emath country; and there sentence was pronounced on him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	6	Slain by the king of Babylon were all his sons, there in their father’s sight; slain by the king of Babylon were all the nobles of Juda;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	7	and as for Sedecias himself, his eyes were put out, and he was carried off, loaded with chains, to Babylon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	8	King’s palace and poor man’s house the Chaldaeans burnt to the ground, and threw down the walls of Jerusalem in ruins.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	9	All the rest who survived, defenders and deserters alike, were carried off by Nabuzardan, the captain of the royal bodyguard, to Babylon;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	10	he left none except the poorest of the inhabitants, landless men, in Juda, who found themselves enriched, that day, with vineyards and cisterns of their own.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	11	This Nabuzardan, captain of the royal bodyguard had orders from king Nabuchodonosor about Jeremias;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	12	Take him under thy loving charge, said he, and let him have what cheer he will.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	13	So here were Nabuzardan, captain of the royal bodyguard, and Nabusezban, and Rabsares, and Neregel, and Sereser, and Rebmag, and all the king of Babylon’s great chieftains,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	14	sending out to free Jeremias from his prison in the courtyard. And they entrusted him to the care of Godolias, son of Ahicam; with him Jeremias should dwell, and make his home among his own people.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	15	While he was still in the courtyard prison, Jeremias had been entrusted with a message from the Lord for the Ethiopian, Abdemelech:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	16	All my doom against this city, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I mean to fulfil; ban it is and not blessing, and thou shalt live to see it;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	17	but to thee I will grant safety, the Lord says. Never shall dreaded foe have the mastery,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	18	when I am there to deliver thee; thou art marked out for safety, that didst put thy confidence in me, the Lord says.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	1	To Jeremias the word of the Lord still came, after the captain of the bodyguard, Nabuzardan, had set him at liberty. This happened at Rama, where he was singled out, still in chains, among the prisoners from Jerusalem and Juda who were on their way to Babylon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	2	As he took him apart from the rest, the captain of the bodyguard said to him, With calamity the Lord thy God threatened this land of thine,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	3	and calamity he has brought upon it; his threat is fulfilled. What guilt was this, to refuse the Lord obedience! And here is the issue.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	4	From thy hands I have struck the chains, as thou seest; bear me company, if thou wilt, to Babylon, and I will take good care of thee; if thou wilt not go my way, then abide where thou art. The whole land is at thy disposal, and thou art free to take thy own path; none may constrain thee to go with me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	5	Here is Godolias, son of Ahicam, son of Saphan, that is entrusted by the king of Babylon with the charge of all Juda; dwell with him if thou wilt, here among thy own people, or where thou hast a mind betake thee. And with that, the captain of the bodyguard furnished him with provisions, and made him a present besides, and so took leave of him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	6	It was to Godolias son of Ahicam, at Maspath, that Jeremias repaired, and dwelt with him among the remnant of the land’s inhabitants.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	7	Men, women, and children, to Godolias son of Ahicam the king of Babylon entrusted them, all these landless folk who had not been carried off into exile. And when the news of this appointment reached the army chieftains, scattered here and there with their men,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	8	they rallied to Godolias at Maspha. Here were Ismahel, son of Nathanias, Johanan and Jonathan, sons of Caree, Sareas, son of Thanehumeth, the sons of Ophi from Netophathi, and Jezonias, son of Maachathi, all with men at their backs.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	9	To these, chiefs and men alike, Godolias son of Ahicam son of Saphan took an oath. They need have no fear of living under Chaldaean rule; let them remain in the country as the king of Babylon’s vassals, and all should go well with them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	10	I am living here in Masphath, said he, to take the orders sent me from Chaldaea; it is for you to gather in vintage and harvest and olive-yield, each of you abiding in the city he now occupies.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	11	There were other Jews living in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and the countries round about; these, when they heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Juda, and put Godolias, son of Ahicam, son of Saphan, in charge of them,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	12	came back from the countries where they had taken refuge into Judaea, came to Godolias at Masphath; and abundant was the store they brought in, of grapes and grain both.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	13	And now, at Masphath, Godolias was visited by Johanan son of Caree, and the other chieftains from the countryside,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	14	with this warning: We have information that Ismahel, son of Nathanias, was sent here by Baalis, king of Ammon, to take thy life. But Godolias would not believe it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	15	When Johanan was at Masphath he took Godolias aside; Let me go and make away with Ismahel secretly, he urged; if he should take thy life, all the Jews that have rallied about thee will be scattered again, and Juda have a remnant no more.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	16	But Godolias would have none of it; Nay, said he to Johanan, leave off thy purpose; it is but a false report thou tellest me concerning Ismahel.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	1	The seventh month had come; and now Ismahel, son of Nathanias, son of Elisama, one of the royal princes and the king’s vassals, came with ten followers to Masphath, where Godolias was, and at Masphath they sat at table together.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	2	There and then, at the sword’s point, Ismahel and his ten men put Godolias to death. So perished Godolias, son of Ahicam, son of Saphan, that held the king of Babylon’s warrant to rule the country.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	3	Such Jews as were with Godolias at Masphath, such Chaldaean soldiers as he found there, Ismahel despatched at the same time.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	4	And the day after Godolias’ murder, before the news of it was out,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	5	came eighty pilgrims from Sichem, Silo, and Samaria, beards shaven, garments rent, in mourning all of them, with bloodless offerings and incense for the Lord’s temple.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	6	Out came Ismahel son of Nathanias from Masphath to meet them, and wept ever as he went; Welcome, said he, from Godolias son of Ahicam!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	7	And when they had reached the middle of the town, just by the cistern, they were slain by Ismahel and his men;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	8	all except ten of them, who pleaded for their lives and told Ismahel they had a hoard of wheat, barley, oil and honey hidden away under their lands; these were spared the fate of the rest.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	9	When he slew the companions of Godolias, Ismahel had thrown their bodies into the cistern; it was one which king Asa had made to defend the place against Baasa, king of Israel; now, Ismahel’s massacre filled it to the brim.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	10	Thus there was no longer a remnant at Masphath; the king’s daughters, and all the other folk left there by Nabuzardan under the care of Godolias, Ismahel took off with him as his captives, and so would have marched away into the Ammonite country.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	11	But Johanan, son of Caree, and the other army chieftains that were on his side, no sooner heard the ill news of what Ismahel had done
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	12	than they mustered all their men to give him battle, and caught up with him at the pool of Gabaon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	13	A welcome sight it was to Ismahel’s company, when they saw Johanan, son of Caree, and the other chieftains approaching;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	14	back went all the prisoners to Masphath, and threw in their lot with Johanan instead;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	15	Ismahel fled at the sight of him, and reached the Ammonite country with only eight men at his back.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	16	Johanan and his fellow chieftains would not leave at Masphath this remnant they had rescued from Ismahel after the murder of Godolias; all the fighting men, the women and children, the eunuchs, who had returned with them from Gabaon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	17	They went off and made their home for a time at Chamaan, near Bethlehem, thinking to take refuge in Egypt
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	18	from the vengeance of the Chaldaeans. From these they had much to fear, now that Ismahel son of Nathanias had murdered Godolias son of Ahicam, the king of Babylon’s own representative in Juda.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	1	And now all the army chieftains, Johanan son of Caree and Jezonias son of Osaias and their followers, high and low, came
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	2	to consult Jeremias. Look kindly, they said, on our request; we would have thee intercede with the Lord thy God for this poor remnant, left so few in number, as thou seest.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	3	Whither go we? What shift make we? Please it the Lord thy God to make all this known to us.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	4	And the prophet Jeremias said, Your request shall be granted. Pray I will, as you bid me pray, to the Lord your God, and his answer you shall hear in full, no word kept hidden from you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	5	And this promise they made on their part: The Lord himself bear witness against us, unerring and unfailing, if we are not true to every word of that message the Lord sends us through thy means.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	6	Be it for weal or woe, it is the voice of the Lord our God; to him lies thy errand, and him we will obey; heed we the commands of the Lord our God, nothing can go amiss.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	7	Ten days passed, and then the Lord’s word came to Jeremias.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	8	Johanan son of Caree he summoned to him, and all the army chieftains, and their followers, high and low;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	9	and thus spoke to them: A message to you from the Lord, the God of Israel! To him I went on your errand, and laid your prayers before him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	10	Wait on quietly, he says, in this land of yours, and all shall be building now, not destroying, all shall be planting now, not uprooting; amends enough is the calamity I have brought on you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	11	What, does the king of Babylon daunt you with his terrors? Of him have no fear; danger from him is none, the Lord says, when I am at your side to protect you, and deliver you from his power.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	12	I will take pity on you now; only pity shall you find, and on your native soil an abiding home.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	13	But if you refuse to make it your home, if you disobey the divine command;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	14	if you are heard crying, No! To Egypt! There we will dwell, where are no sights of bloodshed, no sound of trumpet-call, no famine to be endured!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	15	then, last of the Jews, listen to this, the Lord’s message. This he tells you, he, the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel! If you turn your faces towards Egypt, and thither repair to find a refuge,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	16	the sword you dread shall overtake you, there in Egypt, the famine that haunts you shall be with you still, there in Egypt, and in Egypt you shall die.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	17	None that turns his face towards Egypt for refuge but sword or famine or pestilence shall be the undoing of him; such calamity I mean to bring on it as none shall survive, none shall escape.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	18	Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Go you to Egypt, my angry vengeance shall blaze out against you no less than when you dwelt once at Jerusalem; yours shall be a name of execration and horror, a name to curse by and to revile, and this land you shall never see more.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	19	Last of the Jews, this is the Lord’s message: Go to Egypt you must not. Bear me witness, all of you, that I have given you solemn warning this day.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	20	But no, you did but hoodwink yourselves; you would have me do your errand to the Lord our God, and so you promised, Pray to the Lord our God for us, make known to us whatever is his divine will, and it shall be done;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	21	but now I have told it you, and where is your obedience to that divine will, to the message he bade me deliver to you?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	22	Here then is full warning that the land where you mean to take refuge shall be the undoing of you, by war and famine and pestilence.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	1	Such was the errand upon which the Lord now sent Jeremias to his people. And when Jeremias had delivered all this message to them from the Lord their God,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	2	Azarias, son of Osaias, contradicted him; Johanan, too, the son of Caree, and the other malcontents held the same language. Thou liest, they said, warrant thou hast none from the Lord our God to prevent us taking refuge in Egypt;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	3	it is Baruch, son of Nerias, who sets thee on, thinking to betray us to the Chaldaeans, and have us put to death, or carried away to Babylon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	4	Thus Johanan, son of Caree, with the army chieftains and all their men in his support, refused to obey the Lord’s bidding and remain where they were in Juda.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	5	He and his fellow chieftains took all the remaining Jews away with them; some of these had been scattered in distant parts, but had now come back to live at home
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	6	with their wives and children; others, the king’s daughters among them, had been entrusted by Nabuzardan, the captain of the bodyguard, to Godolias, son of Ahicam, son of Saphan, that had the prophet Jeremias and Baruch son of Nerias at his side.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	7	With all these at their back they crossed the Egyptian frontier, in defiance of the Lord’s bidding, and made their way to Taphnis.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	8	And at Taphnis the word of the Lord came to Jeremias:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	9	Take a load of great stones with thee, and go to the vault under the brick wall by the gate of Pharao’s palace at Taphnis; there bury them, with Jewish folk by to watch thee.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	10	And this message thou shalt give them from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I mean to summon one that is my servant, Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and set up a throne for him on these foundations; where these stones lie buried, his canopy shall rise.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	11	He it is that shall come and doom the Egyptians; whom the plague beckons, to the plague, whom exile, to exile, whom the sword, to the sword.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	12	The idols of Egypt he shall carry away into banishment, first setting light to their temples and burning them down. Lightly as shepherd dons cloak, he shall invest himself with sovereignty over its people, and unmolested go his way,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	13	breaking in pieces the statues that adorn Egypt’s sun-temple, the shrines of Egypt burning to the ground.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	1	Here is a message that was sent through Jeremias to all the Jews living in Egypt, whether in Magdalus or Taphnis or Memphis or the Phatures country:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	2	Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts: You have seen for yourselves what calamity I brought on Jerusalem and the cities of Juda, how this day they are empty of inhabitants.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	3	By their own guilt they earned it, when they defied my vengeance, courting the sacrifices and the worship of alien gods they had never known till then, they and you and your fathers alike.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	4	Early to your doors I sent those prophets that were servants of mine, bidding you leave off such foul doings of yours, doings most hateful to me;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	5	but heed and hearing they gave me none, still went astray, to alien gods still made sacrifice.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	6	At last my angry vengeance blazed up, and lit such a fire in the townships of Juda, in the streets of Jerusalem, as has left them, this day, a barren wilderness.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	7	And now, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, what of yourselves? Would you fasten a noose round your own necks, court death for man and woman, child and weanling, till remnant of Juda there is none?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	8	For rivals must I have images of your own making? Will you sacrifice to gods not yours, there in Egypt? Why would you take refuge there, to your own undoing, to be a name all the world should curse by and revile?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	9	Have you forgotten them, ill deeds done in your fathers’ days by king and queen, by man and wife, throughout Juda and the streets of Jerusalem?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	10	Alas, to this day there is no amending; no dread of me, no living by the divine law, by the rule I held up for a pattern to you and to your fathers!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	11	Thus, then he threatens you, he, the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: It is my frown you shall see henceforward; the whole of Juda shall be cut away.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	12	The remnant that looked to find a refuge in Egypt, in Egypt shall perish, sword and famine their undoing, sword and famine for all of them, high and low. Theirs shall be a name of execration and of wonder, a name to curse by and to revile.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	13	Sword, famine and pestilence, so I called Jerusalem to account, and so I will call Egypt to account;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	14	for those Jewish survivors that have taken refuge in Egypt there is no escaping with their lives, no returning to Juda, home of their eager desire; only fugitives shall return.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	15	Jeremias did not go unanswered; there were men there who knew well their wives made offering to alien gods; of the women themselves, many were standing by. They had but one thought, all these exiles that were making their home at Phatures in Egypt;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	16	Ay, so the Lord bids thee tell us, but we will have none of it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	17	Sworn we are, and by that oath we mean to stand, that we will do sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and make offering of cakes to her, as we ever did, we and our fathers, kings and rulers of ours, in the townships of Juda and in Jerusalem streets; bread we had in those days to our heart’s content, and all went well with us; bad times we never saw.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	18	It is only since we left off doing sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and paid tribute of cakes no more, that all is woe and want, sword wasting us and famine.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	19	Sacrifice when we women make to the queen of heaven, and pour libation to her, be sure our men-folk know in whose honour cake is made, and wine is poured!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	20	But Jeremias turned upon them all, men and women alike, all that had given him his answer.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	21	Nay, said he, when you did sacrifice all through Juda and in Jerusalem streets, and your fathers before you, king and noble and plain citizen, be sure the Lord was heeding you, and marked it well.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	22	It was when the Lord could bear no longer with false aims and foul deeds of yours, that your land became a wilderness, a thing of wonder, a name to curse by, a land empty of inhabitants, as it is this day.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	23	It was because you sacrificed, in the Lord’s despite, to false gods, because you would not obey him, would not follow law and decree and ordinance of his, that all the calamity of these times has come upon you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	24	This, too, Jeremias said to the crowd about him, and to their women-folk besides: Jews of Egypt, listen to the message he sends you,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	25	he, the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. So you will be as good as your word; sacrifice and libation you have vowed to the queen of heaven, and must pay it; all is accomplished, will has turned into act!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	26	Then listen, Jews of Egypt, to the doom which the Lord pronounces: By the honour of my own name I have sworn it, the Lord says, never Jew shall be heard more taking his oath by the living God, in all this land of Egypt!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	27	For woe, not for weal, these eyes of mine shall watch over them, till sword and famine have done their work, and Jew in Egypt is none.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	28	To Juda from Egypt they shall return, such few as have escaped the sword’s point, and the remnant that took refuge here shall learn to their cost whose prophecy was fulfilled, theirs or mine.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	29	Here is a sign I mean to give you, the Lord says, here in this land, in proof that my threats shall be accomplished.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	30	Thus says the Lord: I, that gave up Sedecias of Juda to Nabuchodonosor, his mortal enemy, will give up to his mortal enemies yonder Ephree, that is now Pharao in Egypt.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	45	1	When Baruch, son of Nerias, had written down the words dictated to him by Jeremias, in the fourth year of Joachim’s reign in Juda, this comfort Jeremias gave him:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	45	2	A message from the Lord, the God of Israel, to thee, Baruch!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	45	3	Woe is thee, heavy is thy heart; sorrow upon sorrow the Lord gives thee, and respite thou canst find none.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	45	4	Yet this message the Lord has for thee: Here am I destroying what my own hands built, uprooting what my own hands planted;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	45	5	and for thee must it be all prizes? For prizes never look thou; enough for thee that, go thou where thou wilt, safe-conduct of thy life I am granting thee.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	1	Here follows the doom which the Lord pronounced to the prophet Jeremias against the nations of the world.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	2	And first against Egypt, whose army stood at Charcamis, by the river Euphrates, under its king Pharao Nechao, and there was defeated by Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, in the fourth year of Joachim’s reign over Juda, that was son to Josias.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	3	Buckler, there, and shield; march we to battle!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	4	Yoke steed, and, horsemen, mount; stand to your ranks, helmeted; scour lance, and don breastplate!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	5	What means it? Here be cowards turning their backs, here be great warriors slain; pell-mell they flee, and never a glance behind; peril is all around, the Lord says.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	6	For the swift no escape, for the strong no prevailing; there in the north, by Euphrates banks, they fail and fall!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	7	Can it be a river that comes up in flood, eddies are these of a foaming torrent?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	8	Like river in flood, like foaming torrent marches Egypt to battle, threatening to cover earth with its advance, drown city and citizen.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	9	Ay, mount horse, dizzily reel the chariot; way there for the warriors, Ethiop and Libyan with their great shields, men of Lydia that ply bow and shoot arrow so well!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	10	Alas, not yours the day; this day the Lord, the God of hosts, has chosen for his day of vengeance, when he will take toll of his enemies; fed and glutted his sword shall be, drink deep of men’s blood; here, on Euphrates banks, the Lord, the God of hosts, will claim his sacrifice.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	11	Egypt, poor maid, to Galaad betake thee, to find balm for thy wounds! Salve after salve thou wilt try in vain; there is no healing thee.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	12	Thy shame has come to all men’s ears, earth echoes with thy lament; warrior leaned upon warrior of thine for support, and they fell both together.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	13	And thus the Lord prophesied to Jeremias the coming of Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon, and his victory over Egypt.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	14	Here is news for Egypt; cry it in Magdalus, wake the echoes of Memphis, in Taphnis tell it abroad! Stand to arms, make ready for battle; thy border countries have fallen a prey to the sword already!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	15	Why have thy warriors melted away? Stand they could not, when the Lord was minded to overthrow them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	16	Many he brought to earth; stumbled they, man over his fellow, crying out, Up, to men of our own race return we, to the land of our birth; escape we from the invader’s sword!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	17	What name shall we give to Pharao? Call him, Din of Battle at Last.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	18	By his own life he has sworn it, that King whose name is the Lord of hosts; Pharao’s conqueror is on the way, towering high as Thabor among the hills, as Carmel above the sea.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	19	Poor maid of Egypt, an exile’s pack provide thee! A lonely wilderness Memphis shall be, where none may dwell henceforward.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	20	Fitting emblem of Egypt, a heifer lithe and graceful; from the north a gad-fly shall come to trouble her rest.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	21	But those mercenaries of hers that went to and fro like bullocks full-fed, see how they have turned about and taken flight all at once, none ready to stand his ground! The day has come when they are marked down for slaughter; they shall be called to account at last.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	22	Loud her voice shall rise above the clash of bronze, now that the invader’s army draws near, pitiless as woodmen that go a-hewing;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	23	forest is none so deep they shall not lay it bare, numberless as the locust-swarm.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	24	Poor Egypt, all shame and confusion, prey of the northern folk!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	25	The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, has pronounced his doom: I mean to have a reckoning now with Ammon of Thebes, with Pharao and Egypt, with all its gods and all its kings, with Pharao and all who trust in Pharao’s aid!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	26	I mean to give them up into the hands of their mortal enemies, Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon and his vassals; then Egypt shall have rest, as Egypt did of old.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	27	Have thou no fear, the Lord says, Jacob, that art my servant still; not for Israel is danger brewing. From that far country of exile I mean to restore thee, restore those children of thine; Jacob shall return, and live at ease, every blessing shall enjoy, and enemies have none to fear.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	28	For thee no terrors, Jacob that art my servant, the Lord says; am I not at thy side? Of all the lands in which I have dispersed thee I will take full toll, but not of thee; I would but chastise thee with due measures kept, lest I should leave thee altogether acquitted.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	47	1	And this doom the Lord pronounced to the prophet Jeremias against the Philistines, before the defeat of Gaza by king Pharao.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	47	2	Waters rising in the north, the Lord says, a river that overflows its banks, covering earth and earth’s increase, city and citizen! Loud the cries everywhere, a whole world in lament,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	47	3	as the sound of armed hosts draws nearer, groan of chariot and rattle of wheels; listless hang hands, father for son has never a glance to spare.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	47	4	So comes the day when Philistia shall be plundered, all of it, Tyre and Sidon of all their defenders shall be stripped; Philistia the Lord despoils, and all that is left of the island-dwellers from Caphtor.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	47	5	Shorn heads in Gaza; Ascalon is silent now, silent all their valleys. Long wilt thou bear the marks of thy mourning!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	47	6	Rest thee, sword of the Lord! Back into thy scabbard, calm thyself, and rest!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	47	7	Nay, rest how should it? It holds the Lord’s warrant to subdue Ascalon and the sea-board country; there he has made tryst with it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	1	And thus to Moab speaks the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. Alas for Nabo, spoiled and shamed, for Cariathaim taken, the high fortress humbled, a prey to alarms!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	2	For Moab, scant triumph; against Hesebon there are plots a-brewing, Away with it, a nation let it be no more! Silence for thee, a long silence; the sword is at thy heels.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	3	From Oronaim the cry goes up, rack and ruin everywhere;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	4	Moab lies crushed, let Segor echo the cry!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	5	Weep they and wail, that climb the slopes of Luith; all the way down from Oronaim their foes may hear it, the cry of desolation.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	6	Fly he must that would escape with life, stripped though he be as the desert tamarisk.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	7	Ill reposed that confidence in ramparts of thine, stores of thine; taken thou shalt be like the rest, and Chamos go into exile, all his priests and all his votary chiefs with him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	8	Of all thy cities, none shall be safe from the spoiler’s entry; wasted thy valleys shall be, swept bare the hill-sides; the Lord decrees it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	9	Weave a coronal for Moab; in the flower of her pride she goes into exile, and all her cities lie desolate, none to dwell there.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	10	Cursed the man who goes about the Lord’s work grudgingly, nor with blood stains his sword!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	11	Since those first days of his, ever was Moab too rich; he, that knew not exile, is like a wine that has settled on its lees, never decanted; tang and reek of it were never lost;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	12	a time is coming now, the Lord says, when I mean to send certain stewards of mine that shall tilt those jars; draw wine, drain goblet, and break jar to pieces!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	13	Chamos will play Moab false, as Bethel played Israel false, when Israel trusted in its sanctuary.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	14	Ay, boast on of your bravery, tell us you are warriors all!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	15	Yet Moab is laid waste, its townships aflame, all the flower of its chivalry gone to their death; so that king decrees, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	16	Not long delayed, Moab’s last hour; runs on swift feet his calamity.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	17	Mourn with him, you that are his neighbours, you that are his familiars; so trusty a rod broken, a staff so fair.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	18	Poor maid of Dibon, come down from thy splendour and sit on the parched ground; the spoiler of Moab has scaled thy heights, dismantled thy walls;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	19	poor maid of Aroer, by the wayside linger and look around thee; ask of the fugitives, How went the day?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	20	Alas, Moab’s hope is lost; Moab lies conquered. Loud be the cry of lament in Arnon, that tells of fields laid waste;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	21	doom on the hill-country, on Helon, Jasa, and Mephaath,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	22	Dibon, Nabo, and Beth-Deblathaim,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	23	Cariathaim, Beth-gamul, Bethmaon,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	24	Carioth, and Bosra, and all the cities of Moab, far and near.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	25	Blunted now is that horn, the Lord says, crushed that strong arm!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	26	Senseless let him fall, that once for the divine power vaunted himself a match; a laughing-stock let him be, that once, vomiting over his wine, clapped hands
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	27	in derision to make a laughing-stock of Israel! An interloper thou didst call him, and now, for this ill speaking of thine, thyself shalt be cast into exile.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	28	Leave your cities, Moabites, and take to the hills; make the dove your model, that ever at the outermost edge of cave will build her nest.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	29	The boasting of Moab has long been in our ears, as it was ever boastful; proud, scornful, boastful Moab, with head so high in air!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	30	Well I know, the Lord says, those high pretensions of hers, that have no strength to warrant them, those dreams that never come true!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	31	So, from one end of Moab to the other, there is dole and dirge, mournful hearing for the men behind those walls of hardened brick.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	32	Jazer laments for thee, vineyard of Sabama, and with Jazer I too will mourn; thy shoots reached from Jazer itself to the Dead Sea and beyond; now, harvest of thine and vintage of thine the spoiler has overrun.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	33	From the garden-lands of Moab joy and triumph have died away; all the presses I have emptied of their wine, no vintage-song, no treading the grapes as of old.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	34	The dirge goes up from Hesebon, from Eleale and Jasa; goes up all the way from Segor to Oronaim, like the lowing of heifer full-grown; foul run the waters of Nemrim.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	35	None will I leave in Moab, the Lord says, to worship at the hill-shrines, or do sacrifice to its gods.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	36	For Moab my heart wails like the wailing of flutes, wailing of flutes for those brick-walled cities of hers; too high she aimed, and see, they lie in ruins.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	37	Every head is shorn, every beard shaved in mourning; with bound hands men go, sackcloth on their backs.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	38	Roof-top and street in Moab is none but echoes with grief; I have cast Moab away, the Lord says, like a jar past mending.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	39	Lament for Moab in defeat, bowed heads for Moab’s shame! A laughing-stock it will be and a by-word for all its neighbours.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	40	An eagle’s flight yonder conqueror has, the Lord says, and will sweep down on Moab too.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	41	Now Carioth is lost, and all the strongholds taken; cowed as woman’s heart in child-bearing are those warrior hearts;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	42	Moab, that set the Lord at defiance, shall be a people no more.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	43	Terror in front of its people, the Lord says, trap and toil behind them;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	44	from terror flee thou, into trap fall thou; from the trap free thee, toils shall fasten thee. Such shall be my year of reckoning with the men of Moab, the Lord says.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	45	From the toils escaped, who turns to Hesebon for shelter? Helpless he stands; such a fire comes out from Hesebon, all Seon’s capital aflame, till cheek and head of blustering Moab are consumed.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	46	Alas, Moab, alas, people of Chamos, for thy undoing! Gone into exile now thy sons and daughters!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	47	Yet a time shall come at last, the Lord says, when her lot shall be reversed.Thus far the doom of Moab.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	1	And thus the Lord speaks to the Ammonites: Did Israel, then, leave no sons, no heirs to follow him? How comes it that Melchom boasts possession of Gad, and worshippers of his dwell in yonder cities?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	2	A time is coming, the Lord says, when Rabbath Ammon shall hear the din of fighting, and shall be thrown down in ruins; when her daughter cities shall be burnt to the ground, and Israel, so runs the divine promise, shall drive out the intruder.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	3	Shall Hesebon mourn for Hai laid waste, and the women of Rabbath for Rabbath make no lament? Nay, put on sackcloth, raise the dirge as you scatter among the hedge-rows; Melchom goes into banishment, his priests and his votary chieftains with him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	4	So proud of thy valleys! Wasted away, now, is that vale of thine, pampered maiden; confident in thy rich store, thou didst flatter thyself none should come near to harm thee,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	5	but I mean to fill thee with dread, says the Lord, the God of hosts, dread of all thy neighbours. Each man shall take his own path, scattering in flight, and there shall be none to rally the fugitives.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	6	Yet afterwards, the Lord says, I will bring the exiled sons of Ammon back to their home.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	7	And for Edom, this. No more is Theman wise, as of old, says the Lord of hosts; the prudence of that breed is lost, its wisdom all gone to waste.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	8	Flee away, men of Dedan, and never look behind you, or hide deep in earth; I am bringing ruin upon Esau, calling him to account at last.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	9	Here are such vintagers as will leave thee never a cluster, such night-robbers as will have their fill;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	10	mine to strip Esau bare, dig up his lairs till there is no hiding in them. The whole brood of him must be destroyed, never a kinsman or neighbour left, that will say,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	11	To my care entrust thy orphans, to me let thy widows look for support.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	12	So many there are, the Lord says, that must drink the cup of vengeance all undeserving; and wouldst thou be spared, wouldst thou be acquitted? Acquittal for thee is none; thou shalt drain it to the dregs.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	13	By my own honour I have sworn it, the Lord says, that Bosra shall be an empty wilderness, a name to revile and to curse by; that her daughter cities shall for ever be desolate.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	14	Hue and cry the Lord has brought to my ears, that even now goes out among the nations, Muster we and march we against her; on to battle!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	15	A little thing I mean thee to be in the world’s eyes henceforward, unregarded among the nations;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	16	till now, pride and the insolence of thy heart deluded thee, so safe thy nest among the rock-crevices, so close thou didst cling to the mountain summits; but now, be thy eyrie high as the eagle’s, I will yet drag thee down, the Lord says.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	17	A very desert Edom shall be; no passer-by but will stand amazed, and hiss derision at its sufferings;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	18	not more ruinously Sodom fell, and Gomorrha, and their neighbour cities, that lie uninhabited, far from the homes of men.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	19	See how lion from the fens of Jordan sallies out against yonder protected fold! Not less sudden the alarm shall be; and the flock shall have a master of my own choosing. Match for me is none, there is none dare implead me, no rival shepherd may challenge a claim like mine!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	20	Would you know what the Lord’s design is for Edom, what plans he is devising against the homesteads of Theman? Why, he says, it will but need an array of weaklings to dislodge them, pull their dwelling-place down about their ears!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	21	And with the crash of that ruin earth shakes, far as the Red Sea ring the echoes of it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	22	An eagle’s flight yonder conqueror has, to soar high and sweep down on Bosra; cowed as woman’s heart in child-bearing are the warrior hearts of Edom.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	23	And for Damascus, this. Hamath and Arphad see their hopes betray them; grievous the news that reaches them, and they are rocked on a sea of doubt; anxiety gives them no respite.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	24	As for Damascus, her strength has left her; no thought has she but for flight, daunted by her peril, overcome, like woman in child-bearing, with sharp pangs.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	25	City so renowned, home of such delights, must all abandon her?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	26	In her streets they lie slain, all the flower of her youth, all her brave warriors lie silent now, the Lord says;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	27	and such a fire I will light within Damascus walls as shall feed on the palaces of Benadad.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	28	And this for Cedar, and the realms of Asor, that were destroyed by Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon. Word comes from the Lord: Up, march against Cedar, despoil we these children of the East!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	29	Pillage there shall be of home and herd, plundering of tents and gear and camels, and cries of Danger everywhere.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	30	Flee away, wander far away, men of Asor; deep, says the Lord, be your hiding-places! Here is Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon holding a council of war, devising plans against you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	31	Up, march against a people that lives at ease, fearing no attack, the Lord says; gates and bars they have none, dwelling there in the wilderness;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	32	camels for your plunder, herds a many for your prey! Scattered they shall be to all the winds, the folk that clip their foreheads bare, and from every corner of their lands death shall threaten them, the Lord says.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	33	Asor shall be a lair for serpents, a land for ever desolate; uninhabited it shall lie, far from the homes of men.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	34	And here is the doom the Lord pronounced to the prophet Jeremias against Aelam, at the beginning of Sedecias’ reign in Juda.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	35	A message from the Lord of hosts! I mean to break the bows of yonder Aelamites, wherein lies all their strength.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	36	Upon Aelam I will bid the winds blow from the four corners of heaven, and before each scatter them like chaff, till nation is none that has not seen their fugitives.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	37	Daunted the Aelamites shall be by the onset of their mortal enemies; my angry vengeance I will let loose against them, the Lord says, and my sword shall go at their heels till I have taken full toll of them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	38	In Aelam I will set up my throne, he says, and rid it altogether of kings and princes.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	39	Yet afterwards, so runs the divine promise, I will bring the exiled sons of Aelam back to their home.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	1	And here is the doom the Lord pronounced, with Jeremias for his spokesman, against Babylon and Chaldaea.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	2	Tell it out, proclaim it for all the world to hear; set up a trophy, and cry the news, leave nothing untold! News of Babylon taken, and Bel thwarted, and Merodach overcome; all the idols put to shame, routed, all the false gods!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	3	Here is a people on the march from the north country that shall attack Babylon and turn her land into a desert; man nor beast shall dwell there, all are fled and gone.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	4	So the day shall dawn, the time be ripe at last, the Lord says, when Israel and Juda both together shall come back, weeping as they hasten on their journey to find the Lord their God.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	5	For Sion every voice asking, every face towards Sion turned, they will come back, and bind themselves to the Lord by an eternal covenant, never to be forgotten.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	6	My people, all this while, has been but a flock gone astray; their shepherds led them by false paths, and left them to roam the hill-side; hill and mountain-side they crossed, and their own resting-place lay forgotten.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	7	None passed by but preyed on them; nor did the oppressor’s conscience smite him; had they not set the Lord at defiance, that Lord who was the home of their loyalty, the hope of their race?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	8	Flee, Israel, from Babylon; from Chaldaea’s land be foremost to depart, like buck-goats that lead the way for their fellows.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	9	See what a confederacy of great nations I am mustering, there in the north country, to besiege and take Babylon, death-dealing archers that never speed arrow in vain!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	10	Chaldaea shall be a prize of war, the Lord says, and all her spoilers be content.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	11	Ay, boast and brag, trample on my own domain, like calves at grass or bellowing bull!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	12	Shame waits for the mother that bore you, her pride must be lowered in the dust; least regarded of all realms, a desert, pathless and parched!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	13	Doomed, all of her, by the Lord’s vengeance to empty desolation; no passer-by but shall stand amazed at Babylon, or hiss derision at her sufferings.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	14	To your posts, archers, around the walls of Babylon; shoot, never spare arrow; to the Lord her life is forfeit.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	15	Now, raise the cry! Everywhere she is yielding; falls buttress and gapes wall, the Lord is avenged! Ay, take your fill of vengeance, pay her what she has earned.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	16	Leave none in Babylon to sow the fields, or carry scythe in harvest-time; fled, each to his own, before the invader’s sword, fled, this way and that, to the countries of their birth.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	17	Poor Israel, a flock so scattered! Lions have chased them away; first the Assyrian king would prey on them, and since then yonder Nabuchodonosor, of Babylon, has mangled their bones!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	18	And now, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I mean to have a reckoning with the Babylonian king, and his realm, as once with Assyria.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	19	And Israel I will restore to his home; Carmel and Basan shall be his pasture-ground again, hill-country of Ephraim and Galaad his hunger shall content.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	20	When that day dawns, the Lord says, when the time is ripe for it, guilt shall be found in Israel no more, for the record of Juda’s sins you shall search in vain; the remnant which I leave shall win my pardon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	21	March on, the Lord says, into the land of tyranny, and call its citizens to account; bale and ban at their heels! All my command see thou execute.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	22	Din of battle sounds through the land, and the crash of ruin;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	23	rack and ruin everywhere! And this Babylon was once a hammer to smite the world; now it lies by all the world abandoned!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	24	I laid a trap for thee, Babylon, and thou wast caught unawares; thy long defiance of the Lord has found thee out and overtaken thee at last.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	25	Now the Lord opens his armoury, takes out from it the tools that shall wreak his vengeance; he, the Lord of hosts, has work for them to do in the country of the Chaldaeans.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	26	From the furthest confines of the land draw near; open a way for the spoilers; pile up stones from the road in heaps; make an end of her, leave nothing to survive.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	27	An end of all her warriors, to the slaughter-house with them! Woe betide them, their day has come, the time when they must meet their reckoning.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	28	Listen to the buzz of voices, as the fugitives escaped from Babylon come back to Sion, spreading the news how the Lord has been avenged, how the Lord’s temple has been avenged.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	29	Archers a many with bent bows, give them orders how the city must fare: Stand about in a ring, let never a man escape, pay it what its deeds have earned; to Babylon do as Babylon did to others, the city that was the Lord’s enemy, defied the holy One of Israel.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	30	In her streets they lie slain, all the flower of her youth, all her brave warriors lie silent now, the Lord says.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	31	Have at thee, says the Lord, the God of hosts; thy day has come, the time when thou must meet thy reckoning!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	32	Stumbles the tyrant and falls, with none there to raise him; and in those cities of his I will kindle such a fire as shall consume all around it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	33	Thus says the Lord of hosts: Here is great wrong done to Israel and to Juda both; he that has them holds them fast, and let them go he will not.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	34	Yet they have a strong champion that claims them as his own; his name is the Lord of hosts; right and redress he will bring them in such a fashion as will shake earth, and make the homes of Babylon tremble.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	35	The sword it must be, the Lord says, for the men of Chaldaea, for citizen of Babylon, and prince, and councillor;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	36	the sword for their wise men, that shall be fools, and their brave men, that shall be cowards;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	37	the sword for horse and chariot, the sword for all the mixed breed in it, that shall be weak as women, the sword for all their treasure-houses, that shall be given up to plunder.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	38	And for their waters, not a sword, but drought to dry them up; is not this a land of idols, that loves to see portents befall?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	39	It shall be a lair for serpents and strange monsters, a haunt of the ostrich, but never again shall man dwell there; age after age, it shall never be rebuilt;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	40	not more ruinously the Lord overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha and their neighbour cities, that lie uninhabited, far from the homes of men.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	41	Here is a people marching from the north country, the Lord says, a great nation from the world’s end, and vassal kings a many.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	42	Bow and shield they ply, and their hard hearts pity none; loud their battle-cry as the roaring of the sea. So they ride on, as warriors ride, poor Babylon, thy enemies.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	43	Unnerved the king’s hands droop at the very rumour of it; grief overmasters him, sharp as the pangs of travail.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	44	See how lion from the fens of Jordan sallies out against yonder protected fold! Not less sudden the alarm shall be; and the flock shall have a master of my own choosing. Match for me is none, there is none dare implead me, no rival shepherd may challenge a claim like mine!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	45	Would you know what the Lord’s design is for Babylon, what plans he is devising against the realm of Chaldaea? Why, he says, it will need but an array of weaklings to dislodge them, pull their dwelling-place down about their ears!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	46	Babylon has fallen; earth trembles at the sound of it; a great cry goes up for all the world to hear.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	1	Thus says the Lord, I mean to let loose on Babylon, and the whole of Defiance-land, a destroying blast;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	2	winnowers of mine shall reach Babylon and fall to winnowing it, till all the heaps are gone; an ill day for Babylon, cut off on every side.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	3	Let not a man live to bend bow again, or don breastplate for battle; never a warrior spare, army she must have none left.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	4	Everywhere in country-side and street of Chaldaea the mangled corpses lie;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	5	Juda’s God, the Lord of hosts, has not altogether forsaken her, and to that holy One of Israel the whole land is forfeit.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	6	Flee away from the confines of Babylon, flee for your lives; would you meekly accept her punishment? The time has come when the Lord will take vengeance on her, he it is that sends this retribution.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	7	Babylon, that was once a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, for a whole world’s bemusing! Drank nations of that cup, how they reeled and tottered!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	8	And now, all in a moment, Babylon herself falls to her ruin. Raise the dirge, go find balm to heal those wounds of hers!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	9	Alas, we sought a cure for Babylon, but curing her there was none; time it is we left her, and went back each to his own land; towers heaven-high the measure of her punishment, and is lost among the clouds.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	10	Come, then, since he has given us the redress we needed, recount we in Sion the great doings of the Lord our God.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	11	Whet arrow, and fill quiver; the Lord has put a resolve into the heart of the Median king; he will have Babylon overthrown. The Lord shall be avenged, his temple shall be avenged!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	12	Against Babylon’s walls display the standard, keep strict watch, post sentinels, lay ambush; the doom of its folk, long since devised, long since denounced, he will execute.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	13	Land by all those tributary streams so enriched, thy end is reached, thy thread is spun.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	14	By his own honour the Lord of hosts has sworn it, thy enemies shall swarm about thee like locusts, raising their vintage-song.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	15	His the power that made the earth, the wisdom that orders nature, the foresight that spread out the heavens.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	16	At the sound of his voice, what mustering of the waters overhead! He summons up the cloud-wrack from the world’s end, turning the lightning into a rain-storm, bringing the winds out of his store-house;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	17	how puny, then, is man’s skill, how sorry a thing is the metal-caster’s workmanship; after all his labour at the forge, only a lifeless counterfeit!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	18	Fond imaginations, fantastic figures, when the time comes for reckoning, they will be heard of no more.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	19	Not such the worship that is the heirloom of Jacob’s line; their God is the God who made all things, Israel his patrimony, the Lord of hosts, his name.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	20	Great conqueror, the weapon I wield! By thy means I crush the nations, undo empires;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	21	crush horse and rider, crush chariot and charioteer,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	22	crush man and woman, crush old and young, crush lad and lass,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	23	crush shepherd and flock, crush ploughman and team, crush prince and ruler!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	24	And now I mean to repay Babylon, and all the people of Chaldaea, for the wrongs they did, says the Lord, and your eyes shall see it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	25	Have at thee, stronghold of ruin, the Lord says, a whole world’s ruin! My hand is raised to smite thee, and tear thee from thy rocky bed; a calcined heap thou shalt be,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	26	that never corner-stone, never foundation-stone shall yield; the Lord dooms thee to lie for ever desolate.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	27	Display your standard for all the world to see, sound the trumpet far and wide, enrol the nations against her; make tryst with the kings of Ararat, Menni, and Ascenez, and count Taphsar among her enemies; like locusts in bristling array swarm your cavalry.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	28	Plight all the nations to make war on her, the kings of Media with their chieftains and satraps, all their wide dominion;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	29	a whole world in turmoil and travail with the stir of the divine resolve to crush Babylon, make Babylon an empty desert.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	30	See how her warriors quit the field, to garrison their strongholds, how their valour dies away and grows womanish, how her roofs blaze, the bars of her gates are shattered!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	31	Courier meets courier, post to post hands the tidings on; tell the king of Babylon how his capital has fallen, length and breadth of it,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	32	the fords occupied, the reed-beds aflame, dismayed the defenders.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	33	Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Babylon is a threshing-floor time has worn smooth; wait but a little, and it is ready for harvest.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	34	Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, how he has preyed on me, feasted on me, left me but an empty shell; a devouring monster that with kernel fills his maw, throws husk away!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	35	Thus Sion, for her torn flesh, thus Jerusalem, for her blood spilt, arraigns Babylon and all yonder Chaldaean folk;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	36	and now the Lord of hosts promises to maintain their quarrel, to redress their wrongs. I will turn her sea into desert sand, he tells you, dry up her flow of waters;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	37	Babylon shall remain a heap of ruins, a lair for serpents, a thing of wonder and derision, and never a soul to dwell in it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	38	What though they rage like roaring lion, like young lion that tosses his mane?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	39	I have a medicine for this thirst of theirs, to bemuse them and steal away their senses; they shall sleep on, the Lord says, with that eternal sleep from which there is no waking.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	40	Never was lamb led to the slaughter-house, never ram or buck-goat, so unsuspecting.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	41	Sesach taken, the paragon of kingdoms fallen! Babylon turned into a sight of horror for all the world to see!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	42	Babylon foundered and gone, the waste waves closing over her!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	43	All her cities a picture of desolation, an empty desert, uninhabited, untrodden by mortal foot.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	44	Bel, too, the God of Babylon, I will call to account, and make him disgorge his treasures; no more shall pilgrims flock into his temple from distant lands; Babylon’s defences are down.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	45	You that are my own people, separate yourselves from her, flee all of you from the Lord’s venegeance;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	46	else you shall be ever faint with alarms, ever daunted by the news that reaches you, each year a fresh rumour of wrongs done in this land, of rulers struggling for preeminence.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	47	A time is coming when I mean to have a reckoning with the idols of Babylon; the land will learn that they have played it false, when corpses lie thick in the heart of it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	48	Heaven and earth, and all they contain, will be triumphing over Babylon, says the Lord, as they see the spoilers marching against her from the north country;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	49	through Babylon so many slain in Israel, of Babylon so many slain, in every corner of their land!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	50	Come, linger not, you that have escaped the sword; exiled far away, bethink you still of the Lord, still let the thought of Jerusalem return to your hearts.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	51	Alas, we are all confusion; what taunts we must listen to, shame-faced, now that the Lord’s holy temple by alien intruders is defiled!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	52	A time is coming, the Lord says, when I mean to have a reckoning with those false gods of hers. Everywhere in Chaldaea there shall be wounded men a-groaning;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	53	let Babylon scale the skies, fortify her walls heaven-high, they shall yet find their way in, the spoilers that do my errand, the Lord says.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	54	Babylon shall be all lament, Chaldaea a crash of ruin;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	55	the mighty stir of the city will be drowned, when the Lord lays it waste, by the surge of armies, wave upon wave, and the noise of their shouting.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	56	The spoiler has come upon Babylon; her warriors are caught in a trap, their bows are useless now; the Lord’s vengeance is irresistible, and he pays full measure.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	57	Bemused they shall be, prince and councillor and chieftain and ruler and warrior; all shall sleep eternally the sleep from which there is no waking; such is the decree of that King whose name is the Lord of hosts.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	58	That wide wall of Babylon, says the Lord of hosts, shall be dismantled at last, those high gates burnt. So men labour for nothing; so the toil of nations perishes in the fire.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	59	And now Jeremias had an errand for Saraias, son of Nerias, son of Maasias. When king Sedecias departed to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign, Saraias went with him as his principal spokesman.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	60	Jeremias had written down on a single scroll all the doom that was to befall Babylon, all the prophecy against Babylon aforegoing.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	61	When thou reachest Babylon, he told Saraias, be sure thou readest all this.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	62	And say, in reading it: Lord, thou dost threaten this place with destruction; man nor beast shall dwell there, it shall lie desolate for ever.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	63	Then, when thou hast finished reading the scroll, tie a stone to it and sink it in the midst of Euphrates;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	64	and this add: Thus Babylon shall sink, and rise no more out of the calamity I mean to bring upon it; Babylon shall melt away. Here ends the prophecy of Jeremias.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	1	Sedecias was twenty-one years old when he came to the throne, and his reign at Jerusalem lasted eleven years; his mother’s name was Amital, daughter of Jeremias of Lobna.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	2	He disobeyed the Lord’s will, as Joachim had;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	3	for now the Lord’s anger hung over Juda and Jerusalem, ready to banish them from his presence. And Sedecias in his turn revolted from the king of Babylon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	4	And now, in the ninth year of Sedecias’ reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nabuchodonosor reached Jerusalem at the head of his army. They surrounded it and threw up siege works about it,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	5	and so the city continued beleaguered until king Sedecias’ eleventh year.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	6	Then, on the ninth day of the fourth month, when famine had broken out in the city and the poorer folk had nothing left to eat,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	7	a breach was made in the walls; and that night all the fighting men made their escape by way of the gate between the two walls, by the royal garden, leaving the Chaldaeans to continue the siege of the city. They chose for their flight the road which leads to the desert,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	8	and in the desert by Jericho Sedecias was overtaken by the Chaldaeans, who had set out in pursuit. All his retinue deserted him;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	9	and so, a prisoner, the king was borne away to Reblatha, in the Emath country, where Nabuchodonosor passed sentence on him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	10	Slain by the king of Babylon were all his sons, there in their father’s sight; slain by the king of Babylon, at Reblatha, were all the nobles of Juda;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	11	and as for Sedecias himself, his eyes were put out, and he was carried off, loaded with chains, to Babylon, where he remained a prisoner till the day of his death.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	12	On the tenth day of the fifth month in the nineteenth year of Nabuchodonosor’s reign, the commander of his bodyguard, Nabuzardan, came on his master’s errand to Jerusalem,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	13	where he burned down temple and palace and private dwellings too; no house of note but he set it on fire.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	14	The troops he brought with him were employed in dismantling the walls on every side of it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	15	Then Nabuzardan carried off the remnants of the people that were left in the city, the deserters who had gone over to Nabuchodonosor, and the common folk generally;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	16	leaving only such of the poorer sort as were vine-dressers and farm labourers.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	17	Brazen pillars and brazen stands and the great basin of bronze that stood in the Lord’s temple the Chaldaeans broke up, and took away all the bronze to Babylon;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	18	for bronze, too, they carried away pot and fork, ladle and cup and saucer, all the appurtenances of worship that were of bronze;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	19	for gold, too, and for silver, bowl and censer and urn and basin and lamp-stand and spoon and goblet; nothing did Nabuzardan leave behind him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	20	There was no reckoning the weight of bronze, when the two pillars, the great basin, and the twelve brazen calves supporting it, all set up by Solomon in the temple, are included;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	21	each pillar was eighteen cubits high, twelve cubits round, and four fingers thick, and they were hollow within.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	22	On each rested a brazen capital, five cubits in height, with network and pomegranate mouldings on the rim; the pattern of each was the same.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	23	There were ninety-six pomegranates besides, making a hundred in all, and all had network around them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	24	Prisoners, too, Nabuzardan carried away with him, the two chief priests, Saraias and Sophonias, the three door-keepers from the temple,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	25	and among the citizens, the chamberlain who commanded the army, seven other courtiers who were left in the city, the secretary who was charged with the army and had the levying of recruits, and sixty surviving citizens of the common sort.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	26	All these were carried away by Nabuzardan to Reblatha, into Nabuchodonosor’s presence;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	27	and there at Reblatha, in the Emath country, Nabuchodonosor put them to death. So the men of Juda were exiled from their country.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	28	Three thousand and twenty-three Jewish citizens Nabuchodonosor banished in the seventh year of his reign,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	29	and another eight hundred and thirty-two, from Jerusalem, in the eighteenth year of it;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	30	then, in his twenty-third year, seven hundred and forty-five were banished by Nabuzardan, the captain of the bodyguard; four thousand six hundred in all.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	31	On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, in the thirty-seventh year after king Joachim of Juda had been carried into exile, the new king of Babylon, Evil-Merodach, in this first year of his reign, gave redress to his captive and released him from prison.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	32	Graciously did Evil-Merodach receive him, gave him a seat of honour above the other captive kings, and relieved him of his prisoner’s garb.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	33	All the rest of his life he was entertained at the royal table;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	34	all the rest of his life he received, day and day, a perpetual allowance granted to him, as long as he should live, by the king’s bounty.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	1	When Israel was brought into captivity, and Jerusalem left deserted, the prophet Jeremias sat down there and wept, with this mournful lamentation following. And as he spoke, ever he sighed and moaned in the bitterness of his heart.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	2	Alone she dwells, the city erewhile so populous; a widow now, once a queen among the nations; tributary now, that once had provinces at her command.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	3	Be sure she weeps; there in the darkness her cheeks are wet with tears; of all that courted her, none left to console her, all those lovers grown weary of her, and turned into enemies.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	4	Cruel the suffering and the bondage of Juda’s exile; that she must needs dwell among the heathen! Nor respite can she find; close at her heels the pursuit, and peril on either hand.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	5	Desolate, the streets of Sion; no flocking, now, to the assembly; the gateways lie deserted. Sighs priest, and the maidens go in mourning, so bitter the grief that hangs over all.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	6	Exultant, now, her invaders; with her enemies nothing goes amiss. For her many sins, the Lord has brought doom on her, and all her children have gone into exile, driven before the oppressor.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	7	Fled is her beauty, the Sion that was once so fair; her chieftains have yielded their ground before the pursuer, strengthless as rams that can find no pasture.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	8	Grievous the memories she holds, of the hour when all her ancient glories passed from her, when her people fell defenceless before the invader, unresisting before an enemy that derided them.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	9	Heinously Jerusalem sinned; what wonder if she became an outlaw? How they fell to despising her when they saw her shame, that once flattered her! Deeply she sighed, and turned away her head.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	10	Ill might skirts of her robe the defilement conceal; alas, so reckless of her doom, alas, fallen so low, with none to comfort her! Mark it well, Lord; see how humbled I, how exultant my adversary!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	11	Jealous hands were laid on all she treasured; so it was that she must see Gentiles profane her sanctuary, Gentiles, by thy ordinance from the assembly debarred.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	12	Kindred was none but went sighing for lack of bread, offered its precious heirlooms for food to revive men’s hearts. Mark it well, Lord, and see my pride abased!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	13	Look well, you that pass by, and say if there was ever grief like this grief of mine; never a grape on the vineyard left to glean, when the Lord’s threat of vengeance is fulfilled.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	14	Must fire from heaven waste my whole being, ere I can learn my lesson? Must he catch me in a net, to drag me back from my course? Desolate he leaves me, to pine away all the day long with grief.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	15	No respite it gives me, the yoke of guilt I bear, by his hand fastened down upon my neck; see, I faint under it! The Lord has given me up a prisoner to duress there is no escaping.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	16	Of all I had, the Lord has taken away the noblest; lost to me, all the flower of my chivalry, under his strict audit; Sion, poor maid, here was a wine-press well trodden down!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	17	Pray you, should I not weep? Fountains these eyes are, that needs must flow; comforter is none at hand, that should revive my spirits. Lost to me, all those sons of mine, outmatched by their enemy.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	18	Quest for consolation is vain, let her plead where she will; neighbours of Jacob, so the Lord decrees, are Jacob’s enemies, and all around they shrink from her, as from a thing unclean.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	19	Right the Lord has in his quarrel; I have set his commands at defiance. O world, take warning; see what pangs I suffer, all my folk gone into exile, both man and maid.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	20	So false the friends that were once my suitors! And now the city lacks priests and elders both, that went begging their bread, to revive the heart in them.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	21	Take note, Lord, of my anguish, how my bosom burns, and my heart melts within me, in bitter ruth. And all the while, sword threatens without, and death not less cruel within.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	22	Uncomforted my sorrow, but not unheard; my enemies hear it, and rejoice that my miseries are of thy contriving. Ah, but when thy promise comes true, they shall feel my pangs!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	23	Vintager who didst leave my boughs so bare, for my much offending, mark well their cruelty, and strip these too in their turn; here be sighs a many, and a sad heart to claim it.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	1	Alas, what mantle of cloud is this, the divine anger has thrown over unhappy Sion? The pride of Israel cast down from heaven to earth; the ground where the Lord’s feet once rested, now, in his anger, forgotten?
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	2	Blessed abodes of Jacob, by the Lord’s unsparing vengeance engulfed; towers that kept Juda inviolable hurled to the ground in ruin; kingdom and throne dragged in the dust!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	3	Crushed lay all the defences of Israel, under his displeasure; failed us, at the enemy’s onset, the protection of his right hand; Jacob must be hedged about, as by flames of a consuming fire.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	4	Deadly his bent bow, steady the play of his right hand assailing us; all that was fairest in poor Sion’s dwelling-place needs must perish, under the fiery rain of his vengeance.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	5	Enemies he counts us, and has engulfed the whole of Israel in ruin; gone the palaces, gone the strongholds; Alas, poor Sion! weeps man, weeps maid, with cowed spirits.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	6	Fallen, as it had been some garden shed, his own tabernacle; his own trysting-place with men he would pull down! Feast-day and sabbath should be forgotten in Sion; for king and priest, only anger and scorn.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	7	Grown weary of his altar, from his own sanctuary turning away in abhorrence, the Lord has given up yonder embattled towers to the enemy; their cries ring through the temple like shout of holiday.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	8	Heedfully the Lord went about his work, to strip the inviolable city of her walls; exact his measuring-line, busy his hand with the task of overthrow, till wall and rampart should lament their common ruin.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	9	Idly the gates of her sag towards earth, bars riven and rent; king and chieftain are far away, exiled among the heathen; tradition is dead, nor any prophet learns, in vision, the Lord’s will.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	10	Jerusalem’s aged folk sit there in the dust, dumb with sorrow; dust scattered over their heads, and sackcloth their garb; never a maid shall you see but has her head bowed down to earth.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	11	Keen anguish for the overthrow of an unhappy race, that dims eye with tears, that stirs my being to its depths, as my heart goes out in boundless compassion! Child and babe lie fainting in the streets.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	12	Listen, how they ask where all the bread and wine is gone to! Wound they have none, yet there in the open streets you shall see them faint away, sighing out their lives on their mothers’ bosoms.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	13	Might I but confront thee with such another as thyself! What queen so unhappy as Jerusalem, what maid as Sion desolate? How shall I comfort thee? Sea-deep is thy ruin, and past all cure.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	14	Never a true vision or a wise thy prophets have for thee, never shew thee where thy guilt rests, and urge thee to repentance; lies and lures are all the burden of their revealing.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	15	Openly the passers-by deride thee, poor maid; clap hands, and hiss, and wag their heads at thee; So much, they cry, for the city that was once the nonpareil of beauty, pride of the whole earth!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	16	Pale envy mops and mows at thee; how they hiss and gnash their teeth! Now to prey on her carrion! What fortune, that we should have lived to see this day, so long looked for in vain!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	17	Quit is the Lord of his oath taken in times past; all his purpose is fulfilled; for thee, ruin relentless, for thy bitter enemy, triumph and high achievement.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	18	Round those inviolable defences, cry they upon the Lord in good earnest. Day and night, Sion, let thy tears stream down; never rest thou, never let that eye weary of its task.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	19	Sleepless in the night-watches raise thy song; flow thy heart’s prayer unceasingly; lift ever thy hands in supplication for infant lives; yonder, at the street corner, they are dying of famine.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	20	Think well, Lord, is there any other people of whom thou hast taken such toll? Shall woman eat her own child, so tiny, hands can still clasp it? In the Lord’s sanctuary, priest and prophet be slain?
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	21	Untended they lie on the bare earth, the young and the aged; maid and warrior slain by the sword! This day of thy vengeance was to be all massacre, thou wouldst kill unsparingly.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	22	Vengeance this day all around me; what mustering of thy terrors, as for a solemn assembly! Escape is none, nor any remnant left; of all I fondled and fostered, the enemy has taken full toll.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	1	Ah, what straits have I not known, under the avenging rod!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	2	Asked I for light, into deeper shadow the Lord’s guidance led me;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	3	Always upon me, none other, falls endlessly the blow.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	4	Broken this frame, under the wrinkled skin, the sunk flesh.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	5	Bitterness of despair fills my prospect, walled in on every side;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	6	Buried in darkness, and, like the dead, interminably.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	7	Closely he fences me in, beyond hope of rescue; loads me with fetters.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	8	Cry out for mercy as I will, prayer of mine wins no audience;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	9	Climb these smooth walls I may not; every way of escape he has undone.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	10	Deep ambushed he lies, as lurking bear or lion from the covert;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	11	Drawn aside from my path, I fall a lonely prey to his ravening.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	12	Dread archer, of me he makes a target for all his arrows;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	13	Each shaft of his quiver at my vitals taught to strike home!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	14	Evermore for me the taunts of my neighbours, their songs of derision.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	15	Entertainment of bitter herbs he gives me, and of wormwood my fill,
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	16	Files all my teeth with hard gravel-stones, bids me feed on ashes.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	17	Far away is my old contentment, happier days forgotten;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	18	Farewell, my hopes of long continuance, my patient trust in the Lord!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	19	Guilt and suffering, gall and wormwood, keep all this well in memory.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	20	God knows it shall be remembered, and with sinking of the heart;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	21	Gage there can be none other of remaining confidence.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	22	His be the thanks if we are not extinguished; his mercies never weary;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	23	Hope comes with each dawn; art thou not faithful, Lord, to thy promise?
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	24	Heart whispers, The Lord is my portion; I will trust him yet.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	25	In him be thy trust, for him thy heart’s longing, gracious thou shalt find him;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	26	If deliverance thou wouldst have from the Lord, in silence await it.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	27	It is well thou shouldst learn to bear the yoke, now in thy youth,
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	28	Just burden, in solitude and silence justly borne.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	29	Joy may yet be thine, for mouth that kisses the dust,
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	30	Jeering of the multitude, and cheek buffeted in scorn, bravely endured.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	31	Know for certain, the Lord has not finally abandoned thee;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	32	Kind welcome the outcast shall have, from one so rich in kindness.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	33	Kin of Adam he will not crush or cast away wantonly;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	34	Let there be oppression of the poor under duress,
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	35	Law’s right denied, such as the most High grants to all men,
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	36	Lying perversion of justice, then he cannot overlook it.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	37	Man may foretell; only the Lord brings his word to pass;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	38	Mingled good and evil proceed both from the will of the most High;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	39	Mortal is none may repine; let each his own sins remember.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	40	Narrowly our path scan we, and to the Lord return;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	41	Never hand or heart but must point heavenward this day!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	42	Nothing but defiant transgression on our part; and shouldst thou relent?
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	43	Over our heads thy angry vengeance lowered; smiting, thou wouldst not spare.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	44	Oh, barrier of cloud, our prayers had no strength to pierce!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	45	Offscouring and refuse of mankind thou hast made us,
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	46	Put to shame by the mocking grimaces of our enemies.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	47	Prophets we had, but their word was peril and pitfall, and ruin at the last.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	48	Poor Sion, for thy calamity these cheeks are furrowed with tears;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	49	Quell if thou wouldst the restless fever of my weeping,
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	50	Quickly, Lord, look down from heaven and pay heed to us,
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	51	Quite forspent, eye and soul, with grief Jerusalem’s daughters bear.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	52	Relentless as hawk in air they pursued me, enemies unprovoked,
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	53	Reft me of life itself, sealed with a stone my prison door.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	54	Round my head the waters closed, and I had given myself up for lost,
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	55	Save for one hope; to thee, Lord, I cried from the pit’s depth,
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	56	Sure of thy audience; wouldst thou turn a deaf ear to sighs of complaint?
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	57	Summoned, thou didst come to my side, whispering, Do not be afraid.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	58	Thine, Lord, to take my part; thine to rescue me from death;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	59	The malice of my enemies to discover, my wrongs to redress.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	60	Thrust away from thy sight, the grudge they bear me, the ill they purpose,
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	61	Unheard by thee their taunts, their whispered plottings?
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	62	Uttered aloud or in secret, their malice assails me from morn till night;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	63	Up in arms, or met in secret conclave, ever against me they raise the battle-song.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	64	Visit them with the punishment their ill deeds have earned;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	65	Veiled be those blind hearts with fresh blindness of thy own making;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	66	Vanish from the earth their whole brood, ere thy vengeance leaves off pursuing them!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	1	All dim, now, and discoloured, the gold that once shone so fair! Heaped up at every street-corner lie hallowed stones.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	2	Bright they shone once in all their renown, the men of Sion, and now what are they? Little regarded as common earthenware, of the potter’s fashioning.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	3	Cub of jackal is fed at its dam’s breast; and has my people grown unnatural towards its own children, like some ostrich in the desert?
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	4	Dry throat and parching tongue for babe at the breast; children asking for bread, and never a crust to share with them!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	5	Ever they fared daintily, that now lie starved in the streets; ever went richly arrayed, and now their fingers clutch at the dung-hill.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	6	Faithless Juda! Heavier punishment she must needs undergo than guilty Sodom, that perished all in a moment, and never a blow struck.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	7	Gone, the fair bloom of princely cheeks, snowy-pure, cream-white, red as tinted ivory, and all sapphire-clear;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	8	Here is no recognizing them, out in the streets, coal-black, skin clinging to bones, dry as wood!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	9	It were better to have fallen at the sword’s point than yield thus to the stab of hunger, wasted away through famine.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	10	Juda brought low, and mother-love forgotten; that women should eat their own children, cooked with their own hands!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	11	Kindled at last is the Lord’s anger; rains down from heaven the storm of his vengeance, lighting a flame that burns Sion to the ground.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	12	Little dreamed they, king and common folk the world over, that any assault of the foe should storm Jerusalem gates;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	13	Malice and lawlessness it was of priest and prophet, whereby innocent men came to their deaths, that brought such punishment.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	14	Now, as they walk blindly through the streets, they are defiled with blood; no help for it, gather their skirts about them as they may;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	15	Out of my way! cries one to another; Back, pollution, do not touch me! The very Gentiles protest in alarm, Here is no place for them!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	16	Protection the Lord gives them no longer, they are dispersed under his frown; the priesthood no honour claims, old age no pity.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	17	Quenched is the hope our eyes strained for, while hope was left us; looking for help so eagerly to a nation that had none to give!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	18	Refuge for us in the treacherous highways is none; we are near the end; all is over, this is the end;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	19	Swifter than flight of eagles the pursuit; even on the mountains they give chase, even in the desert take us by surprise.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	20	Through our fault he who is breath of life to us, our anointed king, is led away captive; under his shadow we hoped our race should thrive.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	21	Until thy turn comes, shout on, Edom, triumph on, land of Hus; the same cup thou too shalt drink, and be drunken, and stripped bare.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	22	Vengeful audit-day! Sion’s account closed, recovered her fortunes; Edom called to account, discovered her guilt!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	1	Bethink thee, Lord, of our ill case; see where we lie humiliated, and seeing take pity!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	2	New tenants our lands have, our homes foreign masters;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	3	orphaned sons of widowed mothers were not more defenceless.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	4	Ours to buy the very water we drink, pay a price for every stick of fire-wood;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	5	led hither and thither under the yoke, with no respite given,
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	6	we must make our peace with men of Egypt or Assyria, for a belly-full of bread.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	7	So must we bear the guilt of our fathers, that sinned and are gone!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	8	Slaves for our masters now, and none to ransom us;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	9	bread won out in the desert, and at peril of our lives from the sword’s point!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	10	What wonder if our skins are burnt dry as an oven, seared by long famine?
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	11	Never a woman in Sion, never a maid in all Juda’s cities, but has met with dishonour;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	12	merciless hands hurry our princes to the gallows; reverence is none for grey hairs.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	13	Toiling at the mill, the flower of our youth, or staggering under loads of wood;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	14	never an old man left to sit at the gate, or a young man to wake the echoes of the harp;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	15	gone, all our mirth, all our music drowned in sadness.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	16	Alas, we are sinners; the wreath has faded from our brows;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	17	there are sad hearts everywhere, and dim eyes.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	18	What, does not the hill of Sion lie desolate, ravaged by the foxes?
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	19	Lord, thou abidest ever; age after age thy throne endures;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	20	and wilt thou still be forgetful of us, through the long years leave us forsaken?
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	21	Bring us back to thee, Lord, and let us find our home; bring back to us the days of our youth;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	22	wouldst thou altogether abandon us, shall thy indignation know no measure?
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	1	The words which follow were committed to writing in the country of Babylon. The writer of them, Baruch, was descended from Helcias, through Nerias, Maasias, Sedecias and Sedei,
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	2	and wrote in the fifth year,… on the seventh day of the month, at the time when the Chaldaeans took Jerusalem and burnt it to the ground.
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	3	Baruch read this book of his aloud to Jechonias, son of Joakim, king of Juda. All the people, too, flocked to hear the reading of it,
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	4	nobles and royal princes, and elders, and common folk high and low; all that were then living in the country of Babylon, near the river Sodi.
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	5	And as they heard it, all was weeping and fasting and prayer offered in the Lord’s presence;
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	6	they made a collection of money besides, each according to his means,
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	7	which they sent to the chief priest, Joachim, son of Helcias, son of Salom, and his fellow priests and fellow citizens at Jerusalem.
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	8	… when he travelled to Juda on the tenth day of Sivan, taking with him the sanctuary ornaments which had been removed from the temple, and were now to be restored. They were of silver; Sedecias, the son of Josias, that now reigned in Juda, had had them made,
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	9	when Jechonias, with the princes and all the nobles and many other citizens of Jerusalem, was carried off by Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon, to his own country.
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	10	Here is money, they said, with which you are to buy victims for burnt-sacrifice, and incense; bloodless offerings too you must make, and amends for fault committed, at the altar of the Lord our God.
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	11	You shall pray long life for king Nabuchodonosor of Babylon, and his son Baltassar, that their reign on earth may last as long as heaven itself.
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	12	May the Lord grant courage to all of us, and send us a gleam of hope; long thrive we under the protection of king Nabuchodonosor and his son Baltassar, persevering loyally in their service and winning their favour!
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	13	And intercede with the Lord our God for us exiles; against his divine will we have rebelled, and to this hour he has not relented.
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	14	Scan closely, too, this book we are sending to you; it is to be read aloud on feast-days and in times of solemn assembly.
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	15	You shall make your prayer in these words following.The fault was never with him, the Lord our God; ours the blush of shame, as all Juda this day and all the citizens of Jerusalem can witness.
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	16	With king and prince of ours, priest and prophet of ours the fault lies, and with our fathers before us.
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	17	We have defied the will of the Lord our God; trust and loyalty we had none to give him,
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	18	nor ever shewed him submission, by listening to his divine voice and following the commands he gave us.
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	19	Ever since the day when he rescued our fathers from Egypt we have been in rebellion against the Lord our God, straying ever further from the sound of his voice;
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	20	till at last, as these times can witness, bale and ban have caught us by the heels, the very same he pronounced to his servant Moses long ago, when he had rescued our fathers from Egypt and was leading them on to a land all milk and honey.
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	21	Unheeded, that divine voice, when message after message came to us through his prophets;
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	22	each must follow the whim of his own false heart, doing sacrifice to alien gods, and setting the will of the Lord, our own God, at defiance.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	1	That is why the Lord our God has made good his threats against us; against the rulers of Israel, whether kings or nobles, and against the common folk of Israel and Juda.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	2	Here was a threat made in the law of Moses, that went beyond all hitherto seen on earth, and yet in Jerusalem it came true;
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	3	that men would be eating the flesh of their own sons and daughters!
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	4	Neighbouring kings had the mastery, and in all the far countries to which the Lord had banished us, we became a thing of scorn and horror.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	5	Slaves are we, that might have ruled; and the reason of it? Because by sinning we offended the Lord our God, and left his voice unheeded;
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	6	his was never the fault; for us and for our fathers the blush of shame, as this day can witness.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	7	No calamity has befallen us but he, the Lord, had prophesied it;
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	8	and still we would not sue for the divine mercy, but each of us went on straying by false paths.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	9	That is why the Lord’s jealous care was for our undoing; he has but fulfilled what he threatened; in all he has imposed upon us, the Lord our God is without fault.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	10	It was our fault if we would not listen to his warnings, would not follow the divine commands which he set before us.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	11	Lord God of Israel, whose constraining hand rescued thy people from Egypt with portents and wonders, with sovereign power signally manifested, and won thee renown that is thine yet,
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	12	we are sinners! We have wronged thee, revolted against every claim thou hast upon us.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	13	But oh, would thy vengeance give over the pursuit! So wide thou hast parted us, and we are left so few.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	14	Grant a hearing, Lord, to this our plaint and plea; for thy own honour, be our rescuer still, and win over the hearts of our captors;
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	15	prove to the whole world that thou art the Lord our God, that it was thy name Israel bore, and Israel’s race yet bears.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	16	Look down upon us, Lord, from the sanctuary where thou dwellest; thine be the attentive ear,
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	17	the watchful eye! Once breath has left body, and a man lies in the grave, honour and devoir is none he can pay thee;
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	18	but let a man be downcast over his great misfortune, so that he goes bowed and tottering, dim eyes and hungry belly, there, Lord, thou shalt have the honour that is thy due.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	19	Well for us, O Lord our God, as we pour out our supplications for thy mercy, if we could plead that fathers of ours, kings of ours, did loyally thy will.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	20	But no; thou hadst given them due warning, through those prophets that were servants of thine, before letting thy angry vengeance have its way, and the warning went unheeded.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	21	Bow shoulder and bow neck, said the divine voice, and be vassals to the king of Babylon; and the land I gave to your fathers shall still be your home.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	22	Refuse to serve the king of Babylon at my divine bidding, and Jerusalem with her daughter cities shall mourn their loss;
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	23	no more the cry of joy and mirth, no more the voice of bridegroom and of bride; untrodden the whole land shall be, and uninhabited.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	24	But all thy threats could not persuade them to be the king of Babylon’s vassals; thy servants prophesied in vain. And so thy threats were performed; kings of ours and fathers of ours might not rest quiet in their graves;
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	25	their bones were cast out to endure sun’s heat and night frost, and great anguish they endured in their deaths, from the sword, and famine, and pestilence.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	26	As for the temple that was the shrine of thy name, thou madest it into the thing it is this day, for Israel’s sin, for Juda’s sin.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	27	No greater proof we could have had of thy consideration, of that abundant mercy which is thine.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	28	And merciful was the promise thou didst make to thy servant Moses, when thou badest him write down thy law for Israel’s acceptance.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	29	Out of all this swarming multitude, thou didst say to him, what a sorry remnant of scattered exiles will be left, if my voice goes unheeded!
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	30	And go unheeded it will; this is a race that ever spurns the yoke. What then if they come back to a right mind, there in the country of their banishment?
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	31	What if they learn to recognize that I, the Lord, am their God (the heedful heart, the listening ear, are mine to give them);
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	32	what if they remember to honour me, to invoke my name, in their exile?
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	33	What if they follow the example of their fathers, that were sinners before them, repent of their stubborn indifference and of all their ill doings?
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	34	Then they shall come home again; back to the country I promised to their fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; they shall be masters of it, and their dwindled strength shall thrive anew.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	35	A fresh covenant I will make with them, that shall last for ever; I their God, and they my people; never again will I banish my people, the sons of Israel, from the land I have made theirs.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	1	Lord Almighty, God of Israel, here be lives in jeopardy, here be troubled hearts, that plead with thee!
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	2	Listen, Lord, and have mercy, none so merciful as thou; pardon the sins that lie open in thy sight.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	3	Thou reignest for ever; must we for ever be lost?
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	4	Lord Almighty, God of Israel, listen to the prayer Israel makes to thee from the grave! Our fathers it was that defied the Lord their God, and gave no heed to him; and to us, their sons, the punishment clings.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	5	Forget the wrong they did, those fathers of ours; remember thy ancient power, thy own honour, this day;
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	6	only to thee, the Lord our God, shall praise of ours be given.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	7	Why else hast thou inspired us with such dread of thee? Thou wouldst have us learn to invoke thy name, to utter thy praise, here as exiles, in proof that we disown the wrong our fathers did, when their sins defied thee.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	8	Exiles we are this day, dispersed by thee to suffer scorn and reviling, until we have made amends for all the wrong our fathers did when they abandoned thee, abandoned the Lord our God.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	9	Listen, Israel, to the warnings that shall bring thee life; give attentive audience, if thou wouldst learn to be wise.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	10	What means it, Israel, that thou findest thyself in the enemy’s land,
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	11	grown old in exile, unclean as a dead body, no more taken into account than men who have gone down into their graves?
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	12	It is because thou hast forsaken the fountain whence all wisdom comes.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	13	If thou hadst but followed the path God shewed thee, thou mightest have lived in peace eternally.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	14	Learn where to find wisdom, and strength, and discernment; so thou wilt find length of years, too, and true life, and cheerfulness, and peace.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	15	Who can tell where wisdom dwells, who has made his way into her store-house?
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	16	What has become of those heathen princes, who gained mastery of the beasts that roam the earth,
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	17	tamed the birds for their pastime;
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	18	heaping up silver and gold, man’s confidence, man’s interminable quest? How anxiously they toiled for wealth! And now these devices of theirs are beyond our tracing.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	19	They disappeared, went to their graves, and other succeeded them;
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	20	a younger generation saw the light and peopled the earth in its turn; but still they could not find their way to the true wisdom,
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	21	the path to it was hidden still. Their children, too, clutched at it in vain, it was as far as ever from their reach.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	22	In Chanaan, none had heard tell of it, in Theman none had caught sight of it;
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	23	even the sons of Agar, so well schooled in earthly wisdom, even the merchants of Merrha and Theman, with all their store of legend, their skill and cunning laboriously gained, never found the track of true wisdom, or told us what its haunts were.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	24	Israel, how wide is God’s house, how spacious is his domain,
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	25	large beyond all bound, high beyond all measure!
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	26	The heroes of old were nurtured there, men whose fame has come down to us from the beginning of time, huge in stature, great warriors;
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	27	but it was not these God had chosen; they died without ever attaining true knowledge.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	28	Not for them was the possession of wisdom, and in their folly they perished.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	29	What man ever scaled heaven, gained wisdom there, and brought it back from the clouds?
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	30	What man ever crossed the sea, and found it there, brought it back like a cargo of pure gold?
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	31	The path to it none may know, the clue of it none may find.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	32	Only he who knows all things possesses it, only his mind conceives it. He it is who framed the abiding earth, and filled it with cattle and four-footed beasts of every kind.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	33	It is on his errand that the light goes forth, his summons that it obeys with awe;
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	34	joyfully the stars shine out, keeping the watches he has appointed,
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	35	answer when he calls their muster-roll, and offer their glad radiance to him who fashioned them.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	36	Such a God is ours; what rival will be compared to him?
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	37	He it is who has the key to all knowledge, and gave it to his servant Jacob, to the well-loved race of Israel;
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	38	not till then would he reveal himself on earth, and hold converse with mortal men.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	1	Here is the book in which you may read God’s commandments, that law of his which stands for ever; holding fast by it or forsaking it, a man makes life or death his goal.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	2	Jacob, thy steps retrace, and this path follow, guiding thy steps by glow of the light that beckons thee;
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	3	this is thy pride, wouldst thou yield it up to another? Thy prize, shall an alien race enjoy it?
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	4	Israel, a blessed race is ours, that has knowledge of God’s will.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	5	People of God, take courage, all that is left of Israel’s muster-roll!
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	6	Sold as slaves though you be, he does not mean your ruin. He has given your enemies the mastery, none the less; had you not defied his vengeance?
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	7	Had you not challenged the eternal power that made you, by sacrificing to evil powers, that gods were none?
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	8	To God that fostered you, what ingratitude, to Jerusalem that nursed you, what bitter pain!
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	9	Alas, she cried, as she saw the divine vengeance falling on you, listen, neighbour cities all, to my complaint; here is a heavy load of grief God has charged me with!
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	10	Sentence of banishment he, the eternal, has pronounced upon my people, sons and daughters of mine;
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	11	how joyously I nurtured them, with what tears of anguish I saw them depart!
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	12	And let none boast over my widowing, that so much have lost; if I am thus forlorn, it is because of my sons’ transgression, that refused God’s will;
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	13	his claim disowned, his paths left untrodden; not for them the straight road of loyal observance.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	14	Come, neighbours, tell we the sad tale again, how he, the eternal, would sentence these sons and daughters of mine to exile.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	15	A cruel race he summoned to the attack from far away, men of an alien speech;
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	16	for old age they had no reverence, for childhood no pity; robbed widow of her darling sons, and left her desolate.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	17	Alas, my children, look not to me for aid!
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	18	He it is must save you from the power of your enemies, who is the author of your calamity.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	19	Go your ways, my children, go your ways; I am left desolate;
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	20	the festal robe of happier times I have put aside, clothed myself in sackcloth as the suppliants do; I will spend my days pleading with him, the eternal.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	21	Take courage, my children, and raise your voices, too, in appeal; from the enemy’s tyrant grasp the Lord shall deliver you.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	22	Upon him, the eternal, I pin evermore my hopes of your happiness, the holy God, evermore our deliverer! Light grows my heart, to think of the mercy he has in store for you.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	23	With lamentation I bade farewell to you, and with tears; with joy and triumph he will bring you back to me, and for ever;
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	24	these neighbours of mine, that saw you banished at his decree, shall witness ere long a divine deliverance; what renown shall be yours when it comes, what dawn unending!
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	25	Bear patiently, my children, with the punishment that has overtaken you. What if thy enemy hunts thee down? Ere long thou shalt see the ruin of him, set thy foot on his neck!
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	26	Ah, the rough roads delicate feet of yours have travelled! Like a plundered flock the enemy drove you.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	27	Yet take courage, my children, and cry out upon the Lord; he, the author of your exile, has not forgotten you.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	28	Hearts that loved to stray, ten times more eagerly retrace your steps, and come back to him!
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	29	And he, that compassed your woe, in unfading joy will compass your deliverance.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	30	Thyself, Jerusalem, take courage! He that called thee by thy name brings thee comfort.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	31	Woe to the men that harassed thee, and triumphed in thy ruin,
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	32	woe to every city that enslaved and harboured children of thine!
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	33	No smile of content greeted the disaster of thy fall, but shall be paid for with a sigh of desolation;
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	34	the city that was once so populous, all its boasting gone, all its pride of yesterday turned into lament!
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	35	Long shall the fires of eternal justice smoulder there, long shall it be the haunt of devils.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	36	Turn thee about, Jerusalem, and look to the sun’s rising; see what rejoicing the Lord has in store for thee;
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	37	sons of thine, in many lands lost to thee, gathered by his call from east to west shall come back again, praising joyfully God’s holy will.
+Baruch	Bar	30	5	1	Enough, Jerusalem; lay aside now the sad garb of thy humiliation, and put on bright robes, befitting the eternal glory God means for thee;
+Baruch	Bar	30	5	2	cloak of divine protection thrown about thee, thy temples bearing a diadem of renown.
+Baruch	Bar	30	5	3	In thee God will manifest the splendour of his presence, for the whole world to see;
+Baruch	Bar	30	5	4	and the name by which he will call thee for ever is, Loyalty rewarded, Piety crowned.
+Baruch	Bar	30	5	5	Up, Jerusalem, to the heights! Look to the sun’s rising, and see if thy sons be not coming to thee, gathered from east to west, joyfully acknowledging God’s holy will!
+Baruch	Bar	30	5	6	Afoot they were led off by the enemy; it is the Lord that shall lead them home, borne aloft like royal princes.
+Baruch	Bar	30	5	7	He will have the ground made level; high mountain must stoop, and immemorial hill, and the valleys be filled up, for Israel’s safe passage and God’s glory;
+Baruch	Bar	30	5	8	spinneys of every scented tree shall grow, by his divine command, to give Israel shade.
+Baruch	Bar	30	5	9	So merciful he is, and so faithful! In great content, their journey lit by the majesty of his presence, Israel shall come home.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	1	Here follows a copy of the letter Jeremias sent to the prisoners whom the king of Babylon was carrying off to his own country, with the warnings God bade him give them: In atonement for the sins by which you have offended God, you shall now be carried off to Babylon, by Nabuchodonosor that is king of it.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	2	Babylon once reached, you shall have a long exile there, years a many, till seven generations have passed; then I will grant you a safe return.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	3	And you must know that you will see, in that country, gods of gold and silver, gods of stone and wood, that are carried about on men’s shoulders; to the heathen, things of great dread.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	4	Look well to it that you do not fall in with these alien customs, by the same fear overmastered.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	5	What though a great throng of worshippers attends them, before and behind? Let your hearts whisper in adoration, To thee, Lord, all worship belongs!
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	6	My angel is at your side, and your lives shall be held to account for it.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	7	Puppets of gold and silver, speak they cannot, for all the craftsman has given them tongues to speak with.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	8	Ay, gold must go to their fashioning, never was maid so bravely tricked out;
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	9	gods they are, and must wear golden crowns. And of this gold and silver the priests will steal some part for their own uses,
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	10	and spend it on their minions; what the gods wore, harlots wear, what harlots wore, the gods.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	11	From rust they cannot protect themselves, nor from the moth;
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	12	alas for the purple robes that deck them! And the temple dust lies thick upon them, so that their faces must be wiped clean.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	13	Here is an idol bearing a sceptre, human-fashion, as though it ruled the country-side, yet has it no power to kill the blasphemer;
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	14	another carries sword or axe, yet from alarm of war or of robbers cannot defend itself; be sure, then, gods they are not.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	15	Never fear them; broken jar a man throws away as useless can be matched with such gods as these.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	16	There they sit in their temples, with eyes full of dust from the feet of passers-by,
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	17	mewed up by their priests with bolt and bar for fear of robbery, like king’s enemy in his dungeon, dead man in his tomb;
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	18	of all the lights that burn before them, they see none; roof-beam is not more senseless.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	19	Yet men will have it that serpents creep out of the earth and drink in the secrets of their hearts! Worms, more like, that eat the idol up, clothes and all, and it none the wiser.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	20	Smoke of the temple blackens their faces;
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	21	about their bodies and heads fly owl and swallow; birds hover and cats prowl.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	22	Be sure they are no gods; never fear them.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	23	Fair, golden faces! Yet will they not shine on the worshipper, till he rub off the stains on them; cast once for all in a mould, without feeling.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	24	Cost what they will, there is never a breath of life in them;
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	25	never a pace they walk, but must still be carried on men’s shoulders, putting their own worshippers to shame by the betrayal of their impotence.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	26	Fall they to earth, they cannot rise from it, and though they be set up again, it is in no power of their own that they stand. As well bring gifts to dead men as to these;
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	27	the victim thou offerest yonder priest will sell, or put to his own use, nor ever a slice his wife cuts shall find its way to the sick and the needy.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	28	Those offerings every woman may touch if she will, child-birth and monthly times notwithstanding. And are these gods? Are these to be feared?
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	29	Things of silver and gold and wood, that have women for their ministers, shall the divine name be theirs?
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	30	In their temples you shall find priests sitting by with clothes rent, shaven and shorn, heads uncovered,
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	31	raising lament over their gods as at a dead man’s dirge.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	32	Vestments their idols wore they will carry away, to dress their wives and children;
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	33	so powerless are these gods to requite injury or reward service done. Not theirs to make kings or unmake them,
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	34	grant riches, or wreak vengeance; the unpaid vow they cannot exact,
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	35	nor deliver men from death, and the tyrant’s oppression,
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	36	give sight to the blind, succour in time of peril,
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	37	shew mercy to the widow, or cheer the orphan’s lot.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	38	Things of wood and stone, gold and silver, no more than rock on the mountain-side can they speed their worshippers;
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	39	gods do we reckon them, gods do we call them?
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	40	And indeed the Chaldaeans themselves have but scant reverence for these idols of theirs; hear they of a dumb child that can utter no word, Bel’s image must be brought to it and petitioned for the gift of speech;
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	41	as if the senseless thing which cannot move could yet hear them! Sense neither god nor worshipper has, else god should find no worship.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	42	See where their women sit in the streets, with ropes about them, each before a fire of olive-stones,
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	43	each waiting till some passer-by drags her away and beds her, then taunting her less coveted neighbours, that have ropes about them still!
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	44	All lies, the worship of them, and shall they claim the title of gods?
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	45	Carpenters made them and goldsmiths, only at the priests’ whim;
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	46	and shall the handicraft of mortal craftsmen be divine?
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	47	One day, their descendants will reproach them with a legacy of imposture.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	48	Come war, come peril, the priest thinks only of hiding himself and his gods both;
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	49	gods who shall think them, that from war and peril their own selves cannot deliver?
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	50	Recognize it at last they will, kings and peoples everywhere, that gods of wood, gold and silver are false gods, creatures of man, not creators.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	51	Man’s handiwork, with nothing in them of the divine, who can doubt it?
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	52	Not through them comes king to throne, comes rain to country folk;
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	53	redress wrong they may not, nor rid a people of tyranny; dead crow hung between heaven and earth is not more powerless.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	54	Does a temple catch fire? You shall see priests taking refuge in flight, and the wooden gods, for all the silver and gold on them, burning among the woodwork.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	55	Against the king’s power, against the enemy’s attack, they can make no head; who shall reckon them or name them divine?
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	56	Wood and stone, gold and silver, how to protect themselves against the superior strength of house-breaker and robber,
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	57	that will carry off sheathes of silver and gold, carry off the clothes from their backs, and leave them powerless?
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	58	Better some golden emblem of royal prowess, cup of silver meant for use, not only for display, door of wood that keeps safe the treasures of a house, than these deceiving idols!
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	59	How fair to look upon are sun and moon and stars! Yet theirs is loyal and useful service;
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	60	and so it is with yonder lightning, that dazzles the view. Everywhere winds blowing,
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	61	clouds drifting across the earth as God bade them, fulfil an appointed task;
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	62	an appointed task, too, has the heaven-lit fire that burns mountain-side and forest. What beauty have the idols, or what power, that they should be compared with any of these?
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	63	Gods never think them, gods never call them, that have no power to execute judgement, to do men good or ill.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	64	And, since gods they are not, need is none to fear them;
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	65	can they pronounce a curse or a blessing on kings?
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	66	Can they startle the world with portents, shine like the sun, light up darkness like the moon?
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	67	Why, the very beasts are their betters, that know at least how to take shelter for their own safety!
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	68	Fear we never the gods that ungod themselves so plainly!
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	69	Wood and silver and gold, that watch over the world as a scare-crow over a herb-garden;
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	70	wood and silver and gold, patient of the birds that perch on them as bush of white-thorn, or corpse left to lie in a dark alley!
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	71	From the purple robes that rot on them, you may learn they are no gods; they, too, shall be eaten away when their time comes, and be a disgrace to the country-side.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	72	Well it is for God’s loyal servants, that eschew idolatry, and live from all censure far removed.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	1	Thirty years had passed; it was the fifth day of the fourth month, and I was sharing the lot of the exiles by the river Chobar, when heaven opened, and I saw a vision of God.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	2	The fifth day of the month, and the fifth year since king Joachin was banished.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	3	To the priest Ezechiel, son of Buzi, the divine word came; there in the Chaldaean land, by the river Chobar, the power of the Lord could reach him.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	4	I looked round me, to find that a storm-wind had sprung up from the north, driving a great cloud before it; and this cloud had fire caught up in it, that fringed it with radiance. And there in the heart of it, in the very heart of the fire, was a glow like amber,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	5	that enclosed four living figures. These were human in appearance,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	6	but each had four faces, and two pairs of wings.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	7	Either leg was straight-formed, yet ended in a calf’s hoof; they sparkled like red-hot bronze.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	8	On each of the four sides, human arms shewed beneath the wings; faces and wings looked outwards four ways.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	9	Wings of each were held touching wings of other; and when they moved, they did not turn round, but each kept an onward course.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	10	As for the appearance of their faces, each had the face of a man, yet each of the four looked like a lion when seen from the right, like an ox when seen from the left, like an eagle when seen from above.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	11	So much for their faces; each had two wings spread out above him, those two which met his neighbours’ wings; with the other two he veiled his body.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	12	Each of them marched straight forward, following the movement of a divine impulse, never swerving as he marched.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	13	There was that, too, in the appearance of the living figures which put me in mind of flaming coals, or of torches; that was what I saw going to and fro in the midst of the living figures, a glow as of fire, and from this glow lightning came out.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	14	So the living creatures came and went, vivid as lightning-flashes.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	15	And as I watched the living figures, all at once wheels appeared close to them, one at each of the four sides,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	16	of strange colour and form. All four were alike, the colour of aquamarine, and each looked like a wheel within a wheel.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	17	Moved they, it was ever one of the four ways the living figures looked; and they did not turn round in moving.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	18	As for their size, their height was terrible to look upon; and the whole frame of them, all round, was full of eyes.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	19	Onward the wheels moved, when the living figures moved onward, at their side; rose above the earth when the living figures rose above it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	20	They too had a living impulse in them, they too, whenever that impulse stirred them, must rise up and follow the way it went;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	21	with the living figures, whose vital impulse they shared, the wheels too moved, and halted, and rose.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	22	Over the living figures a vault seemed to rise, like a sheet of dazzling crystal resting on their heads;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	23	under this vault each held two wings erect to meet his neighbour’s. Each had two turned upwards to overshadow him, and two turned downwards to veil his body.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	24	When they moved, the sound of their wings reached me, loud as waters in flood or thunders from on high, incessant as the hum of a great throng or an armed camp; only when they came to rest did they lower their wings.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	25	A voice would come from the firmament over their heads; then they would halt, then they would lower their wings.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	26	Above this vault that rested on them, sapphire blue towered up into the form of a throne, nor did that throne seem to be empty; a shape was there above it, as of one enthroned,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	27	and all about him it was filled with amber-coloured flame. Upwards from his loins, downwards from his loins, an arch of light seemed to shine,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	1	28	like rainbow among the clouds on a day of storm; there was brightness all about him.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	2	1	So much I saw of what the Lord’s glory is like; and seeing it, I fell down face to earth. And now I heard a voice, which said to me, Rise up, son of man, I must have speech with thee.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	2	2	And at his words, a divine force mastered me, raising me to my feet, so that I could listen to him.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	2	3	Son of man, he told me, I am sending thee on an errand to the men of Israel, this heathen brood that has rebelled and forsaken me; see how my covenant has been violated by the fathers yesterday, the children to-day!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	2	4	To brazen-faced folk and hard-hearted thy errand is, and still from the Lord God a message thou must deliver,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	2	5	hear they or deny thee hearing; rebels all, at least they shall know that they have had a prophet in their midst.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	2	6	Never fear them, son of man, never let rebuke of theirs dishearten thee; with the unbelieving and the unruly thou must learn to live, scorpions ever at thy side; rebels all, they must not frighten thee, must not dishearten thee.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	2	7	Hear they or deny thee hearing, remonstrate with them thou must; they are a defiant brood.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	2	8	Do my bidding, then, son of man; no rebel thou, like those others; open thy mouth and eat what I give thee.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	2	9	And with that, I saw a hand stretched out towards me, with a closed book in it; and this, when he opened it to my view, had writing on both sides of it; nothing was there but dirge and lamenting, nothing but cries of woe.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	1	Son of man, he told me, eat thou must what eat thou canst; here is this scroll for thy eating. After that, go and give my message to the sons of Israel.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	2	Thereupon I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	3	promising me safe digestion and a full belly with the gift; and indeed, it was sweet as honey when I ate it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	4	Now, son of man, said he, to the men of Israel betake thee, and give them my message.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	5	Are they strange folk that lisp and stammer, these men of Israel? Ah, no;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	6	nations there are a many that lisp and stammer, past thy understanding, but I am sending thee to Israel instead. These might have listened to thee;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	7	hearing from Israel thou shalt have none; my word goes ever unheeded, so stubborn of forehead they are and so hard-hearted, all the brood of them.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	8	But see, I have given thee strength of brow, hardness of forehead, that shall outmatch theirs;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	9	unyielding as flint or adamant thou shalt face them. Fear them not, never let their frown daunt thee, this brood of rebels.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	10	Then he said to me, Son of man, all the words I tell thee heed and hear;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	11	then to captive Israel betake thee, and give them thy message in the name of the Lord God, hear they or deny thee hearing.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	12	And with that, a sudden transport seized me, and as I went, I heard the noise of a great stir behind me.… Blessed be the glory of the Lord… from the place where he was.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	13	Beat of wing against wing as the living figures moved onwards, and whirr of the wheels that followed them, great stirring there was all about me;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	14	and I, in a transport borne up and on, set out on my journey, unwillingly enough, and vexed at heart, but the Lord’s hand was there to hold me to my purpose.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	15	So I made my way to the settlement of exiles at Tel-Abib, near the river Chobar; and when I had found them, I sat there for seven days in their company, dumb all the while with grief.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	16	Then, when seven days had passed, the Lord’s word came to me.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	17	Son of man, he told me, I am posting thee here as a sentry, to give the sons of Israel warning; no message I send thee but thou must pass it on in my name.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	18	When I threaten I the sinner with doom of death, it is for thee to give him word, and warn him, as he loves his life, to have done with sinning. If not, he shall die as he deserves, but for his undoing thyself shalt be called to account.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	19	If thou warn him, and leave his rebellious sinning he will not, die he shall as he deserves, and thou go free.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	20	Or if the upright man leaves his innocence, and I take him unawares in his wrong-doing, dies he for want of warning? Die he shall, his good deeds all forgotten, but thou for his undoing shalt be called to account.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	21	Thine to warn the upright man against the marring of his innocence; and he, sin avoiding, shall owe his life to thy remonstrance; thy duty is done.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	22	Then the power of the Lord came over me, bidding me rise up and keep tryst with him, out in the open plain.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	23	Rise up I did, and when I reached the open plain, there was the glory of the Lord rising above it, such as I had seen it by the banks of Chobar; and I fell face to earth.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	24	But a divine force mastered me and raised me to my feet again. Now go within doors, he said, and shut thyself in there…
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	25	And thou, son of man… here are bonds confining thee; closely thy fellow-countrymen shall keep thee imprisoned, so that thou canst not escape from them.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	26	And I, meanwhile, will keep tongue of thine fast fixed in thy mouth; dumb thou shalt be, when thou wouldst fain expostulate with a rebellious brood.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	3	27	Then, when my message I give thee, I will unseal thy lips, and thou shalt speak to that rebellious brood in the name of the Lord God, hear they or deny thee hearing.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	4	1	And now, son of man, go and get thee a tile; set it before thee and make marks on it, to represent the city of Jerusalem.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	4	2	This thou art to beleaguer; siege-works built, mound raised, camp pitched, battering-rams all around.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	4	3	And therewithal get thee an iron cooking-pan, that shall make a ring of iron between thee and this city of thine; look closely as thou wilt, here is siege complete. So thou shalt beleaguer it; a sign, this, for the race of Israel.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	4	4	This, too, thou must do; ever on thy left side lie down to sleep, weighing it down, day after day as thou sleepest upon it, with the guilt of Israel; bear it thou must.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	4	5	Three hundred and ninety days of guilt-bearing I have allotted thee, one day for every year of Israel’s guilt;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	4	6	this done, Juda’s guilt thou must bear for forty days yet, sleeping on thy right side; a day for a year, for every year a day.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	4	7	And ever towards beleaguered Jerusalem thou shalt turn thy face, and hold thy arm stretched out, prophesying its doom;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	4	8	I hold thee enchained, and never shalt thou turn from one side to other, till the days of thy siege are over.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	4	9	For thy food, wheat thou must have by thee, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and spelt, and vetch; all in one pan mix them, and make thee bread, while thou art sleeping ever on thy same side; for three hundred and ninety days thou shalt eat it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	4	10	Nine ounces shall be all thy daily food, at set times apportioned,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	4	11	and water thou shalt drink at set times, two pints by measure.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	4	12	Cooked in the ashes thy bread, like barley cakes, and dung of man shall be thy fuel, for all to see.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	4	13	Polluted as this, the Lord says, shall be the bread Israel eats, in the land I have decreed for his exile.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	4	14	Alas, alas, Lord God, said I, here is a soul that never knew defilement; from childhood’s days, beast I never ate that died by chance or lay mangled, nor ever did food unclean cross my lips.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	4	15	Be it so, he answered; for dung of man droppings of cattle thou shalt have, and cook thy bread with these.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	4	16	But be sure of this, son of man; I mean to cut off from Jerusalem every source of bread; weighed out to them their bread shall be, and anxiously, measured out to them their water, and in great lack.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	4	17	And at last, for want of bread and water, every man’s face shall fall as he looks at other, and they shall pine away in their guilt.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	5	1	And next, son of man, to the sharp sword betake thee! A razor thou must take, and pass it over head and beard both; then weigh thy hair in the scales and make equal portions of it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	5	2	A third of it thou shalt set alight and burn up within this city of thine, when the days of its besieging are over; a third thou shalt cut to pieces with the blade thou carriest, round about it; and a third thou shalt scatter to the winds, for my unsheathed sword to go in pursuit.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	5	3	Of this last third, gather some few hairs and secure them in the fold of thy cloak;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	5	4	yet even of these take some away and throw them into the heart of the fire, to burn there; fire enough to kindle the whole race of Israel!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	5	5	Look you, says the Lord God, here is Jerusalem, that I have set down at earth’s very midst, the nations all about her,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	5	6	and she has defied my will, than the very heathen more rebellious, defied my commandments, as neighbouring peoples never did. My bidding they have cast to the winds, followed never where my commandments led.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	5	7	All your neighbours, the Lord God says, outdone in wickedness, my paths untrodden, my bidding unheeded! False even to the heathen traditions of yonder country-side!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	5	8	Have at thee, says the Lord God; in thy very heart I will execute judgement for all the world to see;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	5	9	such punishment I will inflict as never was before, never shall be again, for thy detestable doings.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	5	10	Men’s flesh men shall eat, father of son and son of father; then, when my sentence is executed, I will scatter all that is left of thee to the four winds.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	5	11	As I am a living God, the Lord says, since thou hast not scrupled to profane my sanctuary with vile things and detestable things a many, I will make havoc of thee, and my eye shall not melt with pity; I will not scruple in my turn.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	5	12	A third of thy sons shall die of pestilence, or with famine pine away; a third shall fall in thy defence; a third I will scatter to the four winds, and my sword unsheathed in pursuit.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	5	13	And at last, my anger spent, my vengeance glutted, my grief healed, doubt they shall not that the God whom they slighted has decreed it; my sentence shall take full toll of them.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	5	14	Desolate, and the scorn of thy neighbours, so every passer-by shall see thee.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	5	15	A name of scorn and reproach, a by-word thou shalt be and a thing of horror, to all the nations about thee, when thy punishment is done, so fierce the anger, so shrewd the blow;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	5	16	I, the Lord, have decreed it. Hungry arrows of mine shall fly abroad, dolorous and deadly, for your minishing; famine that grows worse and worse as the stocks of bread fail,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	5	17	and with the famine wild beasts to bereave you, visitations of plague and violent death; and the sword too, I will let loose upon you; I, the Lord, have decreed it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	6	1	And now the Lord’s word came to me:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	6	2	Turn thy eyes, son of man, towards the hills of thy own country, and prophesy their doom.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	6	3	Mountains of Israel, thou shalt say, listen to the word of the Lord God; here is a message from the Lord God to mountain and hill, to rocky slope and river-bed. I mean to let the sword loose on you, pull shrine down,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	6	4	overthrow altar, break column, pile corpses before the false god’s feet;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	6	5	before every idol, sons of Israel prostrate in death, before every altar, the ground strewn with their bones.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	6	6	In all your confines, every city desolate, every shrine wrecked and ruined; deserted and defaced the altars, forlorn the idols, shattered the columns, obliterated all the work of man;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	6	7	and ever the dead lying in the midst of you. Will you doubt, then, the power of the Lord?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	6	8	I will leave a remnant of you; some shall escape the sword, to live on among the Gentiles, dispersed far and wide;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	6	9	and these survivors, in their land of exile, shall once again bethink themselves of me. Wanton heart that played me false, eyes that hankered still after idols, shall be tamed now; they will look back with loathing on all the foul wrong they did,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	6	10	and confess it was no empty boast, when I threatened this calamity.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	6	11	Clap hands and stamp feet, the Lord God says, and cry aloud, Out upon the foul wrong the men of Israel did, that are now doomed to perish by sword, famine and pestilence!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	6	12	Keep they their distance, the plague shall smite them, come they to grips, the sword; safe behind the battlements, they shall die of famine; so shall my vengeance take toll of them.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	6	13	Who shall doubt the Lord’s power, when the dead lie thick at the feet of your idols and about your altars; on hill-top and mountain height, in forest covert and under spreading oak, where once men would burn fragrant incense to their false gods?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	6	14	When the blow falls, I will make their countryside, once so thickly inhabited, into a wilderness; Deblatha itself is not more forlorn. And who shall doubt the Lord’s power?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	1	Then the Lord’s word came to me:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	2	And thou, son of man… A message to the land of Israel from the Lord God! For this land, for every corner of it, here is doom, here is doom.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	3	Doom for thee at last; I mean to wreak vengeance on thee, pass sentence on thy evil life, bring home to thee thy foul deeds.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	4	Nor shall my eye melt with pity; I will not spare. All thy evil life brought home to thee, all thy foul deeds confronting thee; who shall doubt that it comes from the Lord?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	5	The blow, the first blow has fallen, says the Lord God;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	6	all is over now, all is over; the day dawns, and for thee doom comes with day.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	7	Dwellers in the land, this is the end of you; your time is up, your day has come; a day when your mountains shall echo with tumult, not with harvest-home.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	8	Close at hand, now, I will rain down my vengeance upon you, give my anger full play, no crime unjudged, no weight of punishment unborne.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	9	Never shall my eye melt with pity for thee; all thy evil life shall be accounted for, all thy foul deeds brought to light; and none shall doubt that I, the Lord, punish.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	10	It has come, the day has come; the wheel full circle, the branch in full bloom, pride bears its harvest.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	11	Violence has grown up into a shoot of rebellion… and not by their means, not through clamouring multitude of theirs; rest they shall have none.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	12	The time is up, the day of reckoning come; who buys now, of his purchase shall have no joy, who sells now, shall not feel his loss; the Lord’s vengeance will overtake the whole throng of citizens alike;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	13	alas! here is property alienated for ever, though buyer and seller count among the living yet. The vision is for the whole throng of citizens; there is no reversing it; never a man of that guilty race shall survive.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	14	Sound the trumpet there, rally all to arms! But none goes out to war; on the whole throng of citizens my vengeance has fallen;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	15	sword without, pestilence and famine within; sword for the straggler, pestilence and famine for the besieged.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	16	Fugitives there shall be that make good their flight, but these must take to the mountains, fluttered as the doves that haunt their ravines, sinners all;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	17	hands that hang listless, knees weak as water.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	18	See where men go clad in sackcloth, trembling in every limb, with downcast faces, and their heads shorn!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	19	See where they cast their silver out of doors, their gold on to the dung-hill; how should precious metal speed them in this day of the Lord’s vengeance? Hunger it sates not, belly it fills not; and this, all the while, was the very occasion of their guilt!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	20	Did they not pride themselves on the beauty of their workmanship, was it not from this they made images of their detestable false gods? And now there it lies, all defilement!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	21	Now I am giving it over to strangers for spoil; the vilest of earth’s inhabitants shall plunder it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	22	Still my eyes shall be averted, while my own treasure-chamber is broken open, while the enemy’s pursuivants enter and profane it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	23	Make short work of it, a land where innocent lives are forfeit, a nest of wrong!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	24	The very refuse of the heathen I will summon to dispossess them of their homes, to be masters of their holy places, that proud boast of theirs now for ever silenced.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	25	Days of despair, when they will look about them for a respite, and respite shall be none!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	26	Fresh anxieties still, and fresh alarms; vainly they ask the prophet for revelation; tradition among the priests, counsel among the elders is none.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	7	27	Mourns king, princes go covered with dismay, numb with despair the common folk; ill they shall fare, that ill did, cruelly be judged, that were cruel judges; they shall know what manner of God they serve.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	8	1	The sixth year of King Sedecias came; and on the fifth day of the sixth month, as I sat in my house with the elders of Juda for my company, the power of the Lord God came over me there.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	8	2	I had a vision; a figure was there before me all aglow, fire beneath where his loins shewed, and from the loins upwards, brightness made visible, like amber to see.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	8	3	It seemed as if an outstretched hand caught me by a lock of my hair; and with that, a force lifted me up between heaven and earth, and I was carried away in a divine transport to Jerusalem. There was the gateway of the inner court, looking northwards, and there was that image of rival deity God sees and hates.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	8	4	There, too, was the bright presence of Israel’s God, as I had seen it earlier on the river plain;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	8	5	Son of man, he told me, look northwards; so northwards I looked from the altar-gate, and saw the image of rival deity standing at the very entrance.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	8	6	Foul deeds a-doing, son of man, said he; little wonder if I was fain to withdraw from my sanctuary, where the men of Israel do me such wrong. But thou art not finished with them; thou hast fouler yet to see.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	8	7	And with that, he brought me close up to the door of the court, where I found a hole in the wall.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	8	8	Then he would have me dig through the wall; so dig I did, and there was a door facing me.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	8	9	Now go in, he told me, and see for thyself what foul deeds are done here.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	8	10	And when I went in to look, what should I find painted on the walls but likenesses of reptile and of beast! A very foul sight it was; no idol Israel worships but it was there;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	8	11	and in front of these pictures stood Jezonias, the son of Saphan, with seventy elders of Israel about him, censer in hand each of them, so that a thick cloud of incense went up.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	8	12	Now, son of man, he told me, thou canst see for thyself what work they make in the darkness, these elders of Israel, each hidden where hide he may; Fear is none, they say, the Lord should see us; he has forsaken the land for good and all, the Lord has.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	8	13	Thou hast not seen all yet, he told me; thou shalt see still fouler things done;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	8	14	and he took me through the northern gate of the temple, and there what found I but women that sat weeping for Adonis?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	8	15	Hast thou marked it well, son of man? he asked. Prepare thyself for a sight fouler yet.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	8	16	Then he took me into the inner court of the temple, and there, at the door of the Lord’s own house, between porch and altar, some five and twenty men were standing with their backs to the temple, that worshipped the eastern sun.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	8	17	Hast thou marked it well, son of man? he asked. And are they not content, the men of Juda, with such detestable doings as these, that they must provoke me further yet, filling the whole land with wrong? See how they hold branch to nostril!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	8	18	For their busy wickedness, busy shall my vengeance be; unmelting this eye, this heart unpitying, deaf these ears to their cry of complaint.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	9	1	Then I heard him cry aloud, Make way there for the plagues that must befall the city, for the weapon-bearers of death!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	9	2	And with that, from the upper gate which looks northwards, I saw six men coming on their way, and none of them but bore his deadly weapon; in their midst walked another, clad in linen, with a writer’s ink-horn at his girdle. All, when they had entered, took their stand by the brazen altar;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	9	3	and now, borne on cherub wings, the glory of Israel’s God rose above the threshold of the house, summoning him of the linen clothes and the ink-horn to set about his task.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	9	4	Make thy way, the Lord said to him, all through the city, from end to end of Jerusalem; and where thou findest men that weep and wail over the foul deeds done in it, mark their brows with a cross.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	9	5	To the others I heard him say, Yours it is to traverse the city at his heels, and smite. Never let eye of yours melt with pity;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	9	6	old and young, man and maid, mother and child, all alike destroy till none is left, save only where you see the cross marked on them. And begin first with the temple itself. So they began with the elders in the court.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	9	7	Desecrate yonder temple, said he, and fill its precincts with the slain; then go out on your errand. So out they went, and now it was on the city their strokes came.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	9	8	And I, left alone amid that carnage, fell face to earth; Alas, alas, Lord God, cried I, wilt thou destroy all the poor remnant of Israel, pouring out thy vengeance on Jerusalem thus?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	9	9	Nay, he told me, the guilt of Israel and Juda is past bound or measure; all bloodshed the country-side, the city all wrong-doing; The Lord has forsaken the land for good and all, say they; fear is none the Lord will see it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	9	10	And should eye of mine melt with pity? Nay, they shall rue yet the false paths they have taken.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	9	11	And sure enough, the man clad in linen stood there with the ink-horn at his side to give account of himself, and reported, I have done thy errand.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	10	1	And now I looked up at the vault over the cherubim, and there was the hue of sapphire, and the likeness of a throne.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	10	2	And his word came to the man clad in linen, Make thy way in where the whirring is loudest, beneath the cherubim, take a handful of the coals that lie there among them, and pour these out over the city. So I watched him make his way in;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	10	3	and all the while, as he did so, the cherubs were standing close to the right of the temple, and the inner court was full of smoke.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	10	4	And the brightness of the Lord’s presence, cherub-throned, rose up above the threshold, till the house was all smoke, and all the precincts filled with the divine radiance;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	10	5	and ever the beating of the cherubs’ wings could be heard in the outer court, loud as the voice of the Omnipotent heard in thunder.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	10	6	There by the wheels stood the man clad in linen, ready to receive the cherub-guarded flame as he was bidden;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	10	7	and one cherub, parting from the rest, reached hand out, took fire from the midst, and gave it him; so he went on his errand.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	10	8	Cherub hand shewed under every cherub wing.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	10	9	Such was the vision I saw; four wheels beside four cherubim, one by each, and their colour shewed like aquamarine;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	10	10	all alike had the same appearance, of a wheel within a wheel.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	10	11	Moved they to this quarter or that, they followed ever without ado the lead of the foremost; there was no turning about when they moved.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	10	12	Eyes were everywhere, on body and neck and hand and wing and wheel too, for each cherub had its own wheel.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	10	13	(It was these wheels I had heard spoken of as the whirring. )
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	10	14	Fourfold was the semblance of them, now cherub, now man, now lion, now eagle.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	10	15	They rose aloft, these cherubim, (such living figures as I had seen by Chobar;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	10	16	the wheels accompanying them as they went, never left behind, but still at their side when they spread their wings for flight,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	10	17	resting when they rested, rising when they rose; these too had a living impulse in them),
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	10	18	and therewith the bright presence of the Lord left the temple threshold, and stood there, cherub-throned.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	10	19	With my own eyes I saw them, as they spread their wings and rose aloft; saw the wheels follow as they went; saw a halt made at the eastern gate of the temple, and the Lord’s bright presence resting above them.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	10	20	Full well I knew that cherubs they were, these living figures I had seen bearing God’s throne by Chobar,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	10	21	each with four semblances, and four wings, and human hands shewing under their wings;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	10	22	the same faces, the same looks, I had seen by Chobar, the same onward impulse of their journeying.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	11	1	Thereupon a transport seized me, carrying me off to the gate of the temple that looks eastward; and here were twenty-five men at the gate’s threshold, with two nobles, Jezonias son of Azur and Pheltias son of Benaias, plain to be seen among them.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	11	2	Son of man, the divine voice said to me, here are folk that plot mischief, and give the city ruinous counsel.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	11	3	What, say they, have we not houses here newly built? We may lie as snug here as meat in a cooking-pot.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	11	4	Tell them of their doom, son of man, tell them of their doom.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	11	5	With that, the spirit of the Lord came full upon me, and bade me speak. This message I gave them from the Lord of hosts, These are your own words, men of Israel; can I not read your hearts?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	11	6	So many done to death in this city, you have filled all the streets of it with bodies of the slain!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	11	7	You have peopled it with the dead, says the Lord God; their flesh it is shall line yonder cooking-pot; as for you, I will fetch you out of it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	11	8	The sword it is you dread, and to the sword I doom you, the Lord God says;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	11	9	out of it you shall come, and fall into the enemy’s hands, and be punished as you deserve.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	11	10	Doomed to fall by the sword, up and down the countryside of Israel; then you shall learn what manner of God the Lord is!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	11	11	Cooking-pot is none here to shelter you; up and down the country-side you shall meet your sentence,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	11	12	and learn what manner of God it is whose paths you have left untrodden, whose will you have disobeyed, to follow the ill customs of your neighbours!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	11	13	So, in my vision, I prophesied, and while I was prophesying, Pheltias the son of Banaias sank down dead. Thereupon I fell face to earth, crying aloud, Alas, alas, Lord God, wilt thou take full toll of the remnant left to Israel?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	11	14	But the Lord’s answer came to me:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	11	15	Thou hast brethren, son of man, thou hast brethren still. They are nearest of kin to thee that are far away, exiled sons of Israel. What though these dwellers at Jerusalem cry, Keep your distance, the land is ours?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	11	16	Not such is the message the Lord God sends them; Far away I have banished them, says he, widely scattered them; yet, go they where they will, a sanctuary in little they shall find in my companionship.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	11	17	Tell them this, from the Lord God, Lost among the peoples, I will gather you, scattered over the world, I will muster you, and give you the land of Israel for your home.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	11	18	To it they shall find their way, and rid it of all that is foul, all that is abominable there;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	11	19	one mind they shall have, and a new spirit shall fill their inmost being; gone the heart of stone, and a human heart theirs in place of it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	11	20	My paths they shall tread, my will jealously obey, they my people, and I their God.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	11	21	Only where men’s hearts are set on their own foul abominations, the Lord God says, they shall bear their punishment.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	11	22	And now the cherubim spread their wings for flight, the wheels beside them, the bright presence of the Lord above them;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	11	23	and that presence, withdrawn from the city’s midst, came to rest upon the mountain height eastwards of it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	11	24	With that, a fresh transport seized me, and I was back among the exiles in Chaldaea, still in a trance, still full of the divine impulse. So the vision faded from my eyes,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	11	25	and I told the exiles all the Lord had made known to me.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	1	Word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	2	Son of man, thou dwellest among a brood of rebels, that have eyes to see with, ears to hear with, yet see and hear nothing, so bent are they on rebellion.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	3	Do thou, then, son of man, provide thee with an exile’s pack, and while it is daylight, let them see thee marching to and fro; in their full view, if those rebellious eyes will but mark it, remove from one place to another,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	4	carrying those goods of thine with thee, as if ready for a journey. Then, at nightfall, take thy leave in public, as if thou wert going into exile.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	5	Let them see thee dig a hole through the wall of thy house, to escape by;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	6	let them see thee carried out on men’s shoulders, darkness all around, blindfold, so that thou canst not view the land about thee. A portent of doom thou shalt be to the men of Israel.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	7	His bidding was done; while daylight served, I brought my exile’s pack out into the open; then, at nightfall, dug wall through and went out on my dark journey, borne on men’s shoulders, plain to view.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	8	And word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	9	What of the rebel brood? Have the Israelites asked to know what thou meanest?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	10	This tell them from the Lord God, A princely burden! Here went the prince that rules over Jerusalem, and over all such Israelites as dwell in their native country.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	11	Tell them, This is your own doom I foreshadow; the men of Israel shall fare as I do, exile and prison their lot,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	12	and he who rules among them shall be fain to escape in the darkness, borne on men’s shoulders. They shall breach wall to make way for him, and he shall go with his face covered, so that he will look on the land no more.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	13	But my net is spread; I have him in the noose; Babylon for him, the Chaldaean country for him; that land, too, he shall not see, yet die in that land he must.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	14	Retinue and bodyguard of his, nay, all his army, I will scatter to the four winds, with my naked sword at their heels.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	15	Then at last they shall learn what manner of God I am, when they find themselves lost among the nations, dispersed all the world over!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	16	A few shall survive, in despite of sword, famine, and pestilence, to tell these new neighbours of theirs what foul deeds they did; so shall the Gentiles learn to know me.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	17	Word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	18	Son of man, tremble still when bread thou eatest, nor ever drink water but with anxious fear;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	19	and this message send from the Lord God to thy countrymen that are left at home: Never citizen of Jerusalem, never inhabitant of Israel, but must eat in fear, put cup to his lips unmanned, till at last unmanned it lies, the whole country-side around them, for their guilt that dwelt in it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	20	Lonely the crowded streets, wasted the country-side must be, ere you learn to know me.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	21	Word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	22	What means this saying you have in Israel, The days drag on, and never a warning comes true?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	23	Tell them this from the Lord God: Here is a proverb shall be heard in Israel no more; I mean to do away with it. Tell them the time is close at hand now for the fulfilment of all my warnings.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	24	Vain vision and flattering hopes Israel shall know no longer;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	25	the divine foretelling shall not wait for the divine fulfilling; in your own days, brood of rebels, you shall witness both, the Lord God says.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	26	And the Lord’s word came to me:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	27	Fond hope of Israel, that these should be distant things thou foretellest, the prophet of a later age!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	12	28	Give them word from the Lord God: Warning of mine knows no delay; here and now, the Lord says, it shall be accomplished.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	13	1	Word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	13	2	Son of man, on the prophets pronounce my doom, the prophets whom Israel heeds; would they prophesy after their own devices? Give them this message from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	13	3	Out upon the reckless prophets, the Lord God says, that follow their own whim, and vision have none!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	13	4	Poor Israel, that such foxes as these should burrow among thy ruins!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	13	5	What did you to restore the fortunes of the day, when the Lord’s stroke fell? Not for you to man the breach, to throw up a wall about Israel!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	13	6	Vain vision and cheating hopes are theirs, that warrant from me have none, yet speak in the Lord’s name, and look to see their word fulfilled;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	13	7	has the Lord spoken? Not the Lord, only your empty dreams, your lying oracles.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	13	8	For these vain visions, these cheating hopes of yours, have at you! says the Lord God.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	13	9	On false prophet and sightless seer my hand is raised in judgement; never shall they take part in the assembly of Israel, or have their names written in its muster-roll, or find a home in Israel’s land! So shall you learn what manner of God the Lord is.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	13	10	How dared they cheat my people with false hopes, crying, All’s well, when in truth all went amiss? My people, that strove to build a wall, and here were the prophets plastering it with clay that had no straw in it!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	13	11	Thine to warn these unskilful plasterers that the wall must needs crumble; here is a rain-storm brewing, and I mean to ply it with a volley of great hail-stones, and a tempestuous wind that scatters all before it;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	13	12	crumble your wall, shall no one ask what became of the mortar that went to its plastering?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	13	13	Like a tempestuous wind my anger shall break out, the Lord God says; like the rain-storm my indignation shall be, and like a volley of hail-stones my vengeance shall take toll of you;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	13	14	down shall come the wall you plastered so ill, razed to earth, and all its foundations shewing, overthrown to your common ruin; so you shall learn what manner of God the Lord is.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	13	15	Wall nor plasterer my vengeance shall spare; Down with the wall, my sentence is, and down with the plasterers that plastered it so unworkmanly,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	13	16	Israel’s prophets, that gave Jerusalem comfort, the Lord says, promising all should be well when all went amiss.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	13	17	There are women, too, among this people of mine who would play the prophetess as their own whim bids them. Turn upon these, son of man, and tell them their doom:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	13	18	Out upon them, says the Lord God, the women who stitch an elbow-cushion for every comer, make a soft pillow for the heads of young and old! Men’s lives are their prey; shall they cast a net about the lives of Israelites, and save their own?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	13	19	For a handful of meal, or a crust of bread, they will put me to shame before my own people; will doom to life or death the undeserving, such credence they win from a people ever credulous.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	13	20	Have at those elbow-cushions of yours, the Lord God says, the nets yonder silly birds are caught in! I mean to snatch them away from your grasp, and set the birds free, those lives you have ensnared with your prophesying.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	13	21	Your pillows shall be torn in pieces; I will rescue my people from your power, and they shall no longer be yours to ensnare; then you will learn what manner of God the Lord is.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	13	22	You have brought woe on innocent lives, when I was fain to comfort them, confirmed the sinner in those evil ways that shall be his undoing;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	13	23	now there shall be no more of your empty visions, there shall be no more divinings; I mean to save my people from your clutches, and you shall know the Lord’s power at last.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	14	1	At a time when some of the Israelite leaders had come to visit me, and sat closeted with me,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	14	2	this message I had from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	14	3	Son of man, here be folk that have cumbered their own hearts with false gods, entangled their own feet with guilt; wouldst thou have me answer when I am consulted by such as these?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	14	4	Speak to them, thou, and tell them this from the Lord God: When a man of Israel’s race comes to consult me through a prophet, his own heart yet cumbered with false gods, his own feet yet entangled with guilt, shall I, the Lord, give him answer in his idolatry?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	14	5	Nay, the faithless heart that leaves me for the worship of false gods shall be Israel’s undoing.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	14	6	This warning give them in the name of the Lord God: Come back to me, leave those idols of yours, have no eyes henceforward for sights detestable!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	14	7	If a man of Israel’s race, or any of alien breed among them, forsakes me, cumbers his heart with false gods, entangles his feet with guilt, and then comes to consult me through a prophet, shall I, in my own name, answer him?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	14	8	Nay, that man, under my frown, shall become a warning and a by-word, lost to his people, and you shall doubt the Lord’s power no longer.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	14	9	Or, if misguided the prophet speaks, it is I, the Lord, that have guided that prophet amiss. And thereupon I will exert my power, and rid my people Israel of his company;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	14	10	both alike shall be held guilty, the prophet and his dupe;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	14	11	till Israel learns to wander from me no more, stain itself with guilt no more. So they shall be my people, and I will be their God, says the Lord of hosts.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	14	12	And word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	14	13	Son of man, if a land lies deep in guilt, sin upon sin, and I cut off every source of bread; sending famine upon it to slay man and beast,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	14	14	though three such men as Noe, Daniel, and Job were counted among its citizens, innocence of theirs no life but theirs should save.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	14	15	If I send beasts to make a pathless wilderness of it, none daring to pass for fear of their encounter;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	14	16	as I am a living God, the Lord says, man nor maid should those three rescue by their companionship; in a desert land they alone should live.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	14	17	The sword if I let loose, bid the sword pass through that land to destroy man and beast,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	14	18	as I am a living God, the Lord says, their own lives those three should ransom, and neither man nor maid besides.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	14	19	Or if pestilence does my errand of punishment, taking deadly toll of man and beast;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	14	20	though Noe dwell there, and Daniel, and Job, as I am a living God, the Lord says, only their own lives they shall ransom, neither man nor maid besides.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	14	21	And what of Jerusalem, says the Lord God, when I send all four plagues on her at once, sword and famine and wild beast and pestilence, till men nor cattle are left alive there?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	14	22	A remnant only shall survive, sons and daughters of your race led out into exile. When these reach you, and you find out what manner of folk they are in thought and deed, for the sorrows of Jerusalem you shall weep no more, though I have plagued her so abundantly.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	14	23	From thought and deed of theirs you shall take consolation, nor doubt it was with good reason I used her thus, says the Lord God.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	15	1	Word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	15	2	So much timber in the forest, son of man! And what of the vine that grows wild there?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	15	3	What avails the wood of it for any manner of craftsmanship? Who will use it to make so much as a peg that pot or pan should hang from?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	15	4	And now it has been thrown away to feed the fire; now either end is burnt up altogether, and the middle of it no better than charcoal; of what use is it now,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	15	5	that use had none even when it was whole? Half burned away, half scorched, here is right unserviceable timber!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	15	6	And I, the Lord says, that destined yonder wild vine to feed the oven, have decreed for the citizens of Jerusalem no other destiny.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	15	7	My frown shall meet them yet; if they have escaped the fire, it is to be consumed by fire anew. Under my frown, they shall learn what manner of God I am;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	15	8	their land all pathless and desolate, for their guilt’s rewarding, says the Lord God.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	1	Word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	2	And now, son of man, do thou confront Jerusalem with the record of her misdoings.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	3	Tell her this, in the name of the Lord God: Root of thee, stock of thee, spring from yonder soil of Chanaan; an Amorrhite it was begot thee, a Hethite bore thee.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	4	Born when thou wast, there was none to cut navel-string, in healing water wash thee, with salt harden thee, wrap thee in swaddling-clothes;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	5	never an eye melted with pity, none befriended thee; on the bare ground thou wert cast away, a thing of abhorrence, that day of thy birth.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	6	Who but I found thee, as I passed on my way, blood-bespattered as thou wert, and trodden under foot; in that plight preserved thee, bade it live on, this defiled thing?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	7	Swift as the wild blossoms I bade thee grow; grow thou didst and thrive, and camest to woman’s estate, the breasts formed, new hair shewing; and still thou wast all naked, and blushing for thy nakedness.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	8	Who but I came upon thee, as I passed on my way? And already thou wert ripe for love; cloak of mine should be thrown about thee, to hide thy shame; my troth I plighted to thee, the Lord God says, and thou wert mine.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	9	Water to wash thee, all thy stains gone, oil I brought to anoint thee;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	10	clad thee with embroidery, shod thy feet with leather; of fine linen thy tiring should be, of silk thy wear.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	11	How I decked thee with ornaments! Bracelets for those arms, a collar for that neck;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	12	a frontlet on thy brow, rings in thy ears, on thy head a crown magnifical.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	13	Of gold and silver thy adorning, of fine linen and silk and embroidery thy apparel, of wheat and honey and oil thy nourishment; matchless beauty, too, was thine, such beauty as brought thee to a throne.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	14	All the world heard the fame of thy loveliness; I had made thee so fair, says the Lord God, utterly fair!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	15	Fatal beauty, fatal renown, which emboldened thee to play the harlot, lavish thy favours on every passer-by, and be his!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	16	That thou shouldst use those garments of thine to make curtains for thy hill-shrines, what age can match the villainy of it?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	17	Silver and gold of mine, thy adornment and my gift, should they be turned into gods of male form, at thy harlot’s whim?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	18	And these wouldst thou clothe with thy own embroideries, offer them the perfume and incense that was mine by right,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	19	set before them the bread, the oil, the honey I gave thee, to appease them with the smell of burnt-sacrifice? More happened besides (he, the Lord God, reminds thee);
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	20	to these gods thou wouldst bring sons and daughters of thine and mine, consecrating them to death. Could not thy wanton desires rest content,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	21	without immolating my own sons as victims to such as these?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	22	Most foul deeds and most lecherous, that quite put thy youth out of mind, the days when thou wast naked, and overcome with shame, blood-bespattered and trodden under foot.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	23	And at last, to crown thy misdoings (Fie on thee, fie on thee for shame! says the Lord God),
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	24	thou wouldst build thee a brothel, a common stew, in every street;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	25	no cross-roads but should carry the blazon of thy harlotry. O the dishonour done to thy beauty, when thou didst welcome every passer-by to thy favours, insatiable in thy dalliance!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	26	With those lusty neighbours of thine, the Egyptians, thou wouldst play the wanton; these should be my rivals!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	27	What wonder I should interpose, and abridge the rights thou didst enjoy, handing thee over for a prey to the maids of Philistia, rivals of thy own, and such as blushed to witness thy ill-doings?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	28	It was not enough; thou must needs dally with the men of Assur, nor might their dalliance content thee;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	29	thou wouldst extend thy trade as far as Chaldaea, where all is for sale, insatiable to the last.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	30	Salve is none, says the Lord God, for such a heart as thine, set on following a harlot’s ways.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	31	Never a cross-roads, never a street, but thou hast set up some brothel for public resort; no harlot thou, to bargain over a hateful trade.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	32	Thine was the craving of the false wife, that must ever bring a stranger between her husband’s sheets.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	33	The price of love other harlots claim, thou wouldst offer; gifts of thine should entice gallants from every side to thy bower.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	34	Never did wanton the like, nor shall again; it is out of all nature, a harlot that gives, not takes.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	35	Here then, poor wanton, is the Lord’s doom;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	36	this message he has for thee. Because all thy bronze was put to such ill use, because thou didst wanton so shamelessly with those lovers of thine, idols most foul, in whose honour the lives of thy own children were sacrificed,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	37	I mean to have a reckoning with thee. All the gallants that have enjoyed thee, men that love thee and men that hate, I will muster together; muster them from all around, and then lay thy shame bare, expose thy nakedness for all to see.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	38	Such punishment thou shalt have as unfaithful wives have, or murderers; to my jealous anger thy life must make amends;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	39	I mean to leave thee at their mercy. Ruined thy bower, ransacked thy brothel shall be; thy garments stripped off thee, plundered thy fair adornment; naked they shall leave thee, and overcome with shame.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	40	Hue and cry they shall raise against thee, stone thee and put thee to the sword;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	41	house of thine the flames shall not spare. Before all womankind they will make an example of thee; no more dalliance, no more hired lovers now.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	42	Then at last my vengeance shall be complete, my jealous anger appeased; thou shalt have a respite from my ill-will.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	43	So forgetful of thy youth, so obstinate in thy provocations, what wonder if I pay thee what thou hast earned? the Lord says. Yet even now I have not requited thee as thy most foul crimes have deserved.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	44	Like mother, like daughter; so runs the proverb, and of thee it shall be spoken.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	45	Thou art thy mother’s daughter, that was false to husband and child; false to husband and child were those sisters of thine; thy mother a Hethite, thy father an Amorrhite, sure enough.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	46	Here was thy elder sister on thy left, Samaria, thy younger sister on thy right, Sodom, with daughter towns both of them.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	47	Didst thou follow their example, share their misdoings? Nay, that was not enough for thee; it should go hard but thou wouldst outdo them in their crimes.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	48	As I am a living God, the Lord says, never were Sodom and her daughters guilty as thou and thine.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	49	Pride was the fault of her, this sister of thine; pride and a full belly; the peace and plenty she and her daughters had, with no thought for the poor that stood in need!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	50	So it was they rebelled against me, ever I must see foul deeds done, till I rid myself of them, as thou seest.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	51	Nor was Samaria in her turn half so guilty as thou. It remained for thee to outvie thy sisters in crime, till thy more abominable doings put them in countenance.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	52	Their lesser guilt, that somewhat excuses them, is the measure of thy shame; of that shame thou must bear the brand, while thy sisters go free.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	53	When I reverse the doom of exile against Sodom and her daughters, Samaria and her daughters, then, in their company, thy own exiles shall return;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	54	a sorry boast for thee, that thou hast cheered, in such fashion, their loneliness!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	55	Only when Sodom and her daughters, Samaria and her daughters, to their former state return, is there any hope for thy daughters and for thee.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	56	Time was, when no mention of Sodom’s name might soil thy proud lips;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	57	that was before thy own sins came to light, that now disgrace thee before Syria’s daughters, Philistia’s daughters, thy watchful neighbours north and south.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	58	Now it is thy turn, the Lord God says, to undergo the shame of thy guilt.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	59	And this is his doom: False to thy oath, thou hast forsworn our covenant, and thou shalt have the punishment thou hast earned.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	60	That covenant I made with thee in thy youth shall not be forgotten; nay, I will ratify it eternally,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	61	but humbled thou shalt be with memories of past days, when thou must needs take thy sisters, older and younger, to thyself. Daughters of thine they shall be, strangers to the covenant no longer.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	62	My covenant thus ratified with thee, thou shalt know my power at last;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	16	63	remembering still, shamefaced and tongue-tied still, even when I have pardoned all thy ill-doing, says the Lord God.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	17	1	Word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	17	2	A riddle, son of man, a parable for the men of Israel to interpret!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	17	3	This shall be thy message from the Lord God: A great eagle there was, strong of wing, long of limb; thick and gay his plumage. And this eagle flew to Lebanon, where he robbed cedar of cedar’s very pith;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	17	4	tore away its crown of leaves and carried it off to Merchant-land, set it down in Traffic City.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	17	5	Then back he flew to that same country, chose out both seed and seed-ground there; it was on a level lawn by a brimming stream he planted it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	17	6	When the plant grew, it proved to be a spreading vine, low of stature, and ever branch curled inwards and root struck downwards, yet vine it was, with sprig that burgeoned, shoot that sprang.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	17	7	But now, here is a second eagle comes in sight, another great eagle, strong of wing, thick-plumed; and it seems as if the vine, in the garden where it grows, were stretching out its roots, waving its tendrils, to ask this second eagle for water instead.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	17	8	What, when it was planted in ground so fair, by waters so abundant, with such promise of leaf and fruit, a vine so destined to greatness!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	17	9	Will any good come of this? asks the Lord God. Nay, roots shall be plucked up, fruit ravaged, branches left to wither; fade it must, nor is it like to need great strength or many hands for its unearthing.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	17	10	Take root is not thrive; rich soil or none, when the sirocco parches it, the vine must wither.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	17	11	Then the Lord’s word came to me,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	17	12	bidding me ask the rebel brood, Were they at a loss for the meaning of it? This tells how Nabuchodonosor came to Jerusalem, carried off the king and princes and took them away to Babylon;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	17	13	yet spared a prince of the blood royal, making a treaty with him and exacting an oath of allegiance. All the flower of the citizens he carried away;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	17	14	the kingdom should be submissive henceforward, and rebel no more, should keep troth with him loyally.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	17	15	Straightway the new king revolted from Nabuchodonosor, and sent envoys to Egypt, asking for horses, asking for the despatch of a great army in his support. Speeds he, finds he deliverance? Should broken faith avail him?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	17	16	As I am a living God, the Lord says, Babylon that made a king of him, Babylon that trusted in his false oath of allegiance, shall be the place of his death.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	17	17	Nor think that his enemy will need great strength, a great muster of men, to overcome him, mound here, trench there, and the loss of many lives;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	17	18	for the man that did so ill, held his faith a light thing and broke the bond he had set his hand to, there is no escape.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	17	19	This doom the Lord pronounces: As I am a living God, false troth and broken treaty shall be the undoing of him!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	17	20	My net is spread; I have him in the noose; Babylon for him! There I will call him to account for the dishonour he has done to my name by his treachery;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	17	21	and all that escape with him, nay, his whole army, must fall by the sword, or survive scattered to the four winds; you shall learn what manner of God you worship.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	17	22	And here is a message from the Lord God: Pith of the tall cedar I will take and set it firm, young branch from its crest of branches I will snap off, and plant it on a mountain that stands high above the rest.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	17	23	High in the hill-country of Israel I will plant it, and there it shall grow into a great cedar-tree; no bird on the wing but shall find rest under its shade, nestle among its branches;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	17	24	till all the forest learns its lesson, that I, the Lord, bring high tree low, raise low tree high, wither the burgeoning trunk, give life to the barren. What the Lord promises, the Lord fulfils.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	1	Word came to me from the Lord: Strange,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	2	that a proverb should be current in Israel, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are being set on edge!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	3	As I am a living God, the Lord says, this proverb shall be current in Israel no more.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	4	What, is not every soul at my disposal, father and son alike? It is the guilty soul that must die.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	5	Is a man loyal to me, does he live innocently and uprightly?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	6	Is he one who never feasted at mountain-shrines, or looked for help to the false gods that are worshipped in Israel; never came between his neighbour’s sheets or had commerce with a woman when she was defiled?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	7	Does he keep clear of oppression, giving back the pledge he took from his neighbour, and seizing nothing by violence? Does he feed the hungry, clothe the naked?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	8	Does he shun usury and extortion? Does he refuse the bribe, and judge honestly between man and man?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	9	Does he follow my commandments, hold fast to my ordinances, as a true man should? Here is a loyal servant of mine; life for him, he shall live on, says the Lord God.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	10	But now, what if son he begets that is a man of violence, a murderer; lends himself to any of those practices
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	11	which his father ever shunned? At hill-shrine eats he, neighbour’s wife wrongs he,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	12	the friendless poor oppresses; gets him ill gains, withholds the pledge, betakes himself to false god and foul rite;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	13	a usurer besides and an extortioner. Shall he live on? Nay, no life for him; he must die the death his foul crimes have earned him.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	14	Son of his, in turn, warned by such a father’s doom, forswears that ill example.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	15	Not for him the hill-feast, the false gods of the country-side, the adulterous bed;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	16	never a wrong done, a pledge withheld, gain dishonestly come by; feeds he the hungry, clothes the naked,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	17	and keeps clear of oppression, and usury, and extortion; what of him? Doer of my will, keeper of my law, he shall not die for his father’s sins; he shall live on.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	18	His father, a man of wrong and violence, that deserved ill of his countrymen, has paid for his guilt by death;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	19	would you have the son, too, make amends for it? Nay, but here is a man upright and honest, that holds fast by decrees of mine and obeys them; he must live on.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	20	It is the guilty soul that must die; not for the son the father’s punishment, not for the father the son’s; good shall befall the good, evil the evil.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	21	It may be the wicked man will repent of all his sinful deeds, and learn to keep my commandments, and live honestly and uprightly; if so, he shall live on; life, not death, for him.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	22	All his transgressions shall be forgotten, and his uprightness shall bring him life.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	23	What pleasure should I find in the death of a sinner, the Lord God says, when he might have turned back from his evil ways, and found life instead?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	24	It may be the innocent man will lose his innocence, and begin to live as foul a life as that other in his wickedness; if so, shall he be spared? No, all his upright life shall be forgotten; a traitor, shall he not die in his treachery, a sinner in his sins?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	25	And yet you say, The Lord is inconsiderate in his dealings! Listen, sons of Israel; it is your dealings that are inconsiderate, not mine.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	26	The innocent man loses his innocence, and lives amiss; it is death I deal to him; he dies for his guilty deeds.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	27	The wicked man abandons his wicked ways, and learns to live honestly and uprightly; he wins life by it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	28	He bethinks himself, and turns away from his evil doings; there is life, not death, for him.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	29	What, should the sons of Israel hold the Lord inconsiderate? It is you who are inconsiderate, men of Israel, not he.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	30	Each by his own life you shall be judged, men of Israel, the Lord God says. Come back, and make amends for all this guilt of yours, that shall else be your undoing;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	31	away with them, your defiant rebellions against me; a new heart, a new spirit! Why must you choose death, men of Israel?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	18	32	Die who will, his death is none of my contriving, says the Lord God; come back to me, and live!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	19	1	… Thine to raise a dirge over the princes of Israel:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	19	2	Prince, that mother of thine was a lioness indeed; where lions haunt, she made her lair, among their whelps nursed her brood.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	19	3	One cub she reared that grew to lion’s estate, learned to bring down his prey, to eat men;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	19	4	the neighbours heard of it, caught him, not scatheless, in their pit, and carried him off in chains to Egypt.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	19	5	Baulked of her hopes, she reared another, till it was a grown lion.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	19	6	This one, in turn, took his ease like a lion among the rest; learned to bring down prey, eat men,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	19	7	of women make widows, of cities a desert; dispeopled a whole land with his roaring.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	19	8	At that, folk came from far and near with nets to snare him, caught him in their cruel toils and caged him.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	19	9	This one they led off in chains to the king of Babylon; in Babylon he remained a prisoner, and his voice was heard on the hill-sides of Israel no more.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	19	10	Mother of that royal stock! Vine planted by the water-side, and in that neighbourhood leafy and fruitful both, was never so fertile.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	19	11	Here was a vine could yield sturdy boughs, sceptres for kings to govern with; high grew the leaves, fair the branching tendrils.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	19	12	But vengeance fell upon it, torn up and thrown away on the ground, the sirocco to wither its leaves; faded and dry those strong boughs, till at last fire consumed them!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	19	13	It is planted now far away, in the parched soil of a desert.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	19	14	Fire came out from those branching boughs, that consumed all the fruit of it; never a sturdy bough more, to be a king’s sceptre. Make lament, then; here is good cause for lament.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	1	And now it was the seventh year, the tenth day of the fifth month. Some of the Israelite leaders had come to visit me, asking what was the Lord’s will, and sat closeted with me.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	2	And this message I had from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	3	Son of man, tell the leaders of Israel this from the Lord God: Would you come to ask my will? As I am a living God, the Lord says, you shall have no answer.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	4	Arraign them, son of man, arraign them for their crimes; tell them what foul things their fathers did before them.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	5	This shall be thy message to them from the Lord God: Long ago I made choice of Israel, plighted to Jacob my troth, when I made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore to be their own God,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	6	swore that I would take them away to the home I had destined for them, a land all milk and honey, the best of lands.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	7	Only, I told them, his darling idolatries each man must set aside; not for you to be contaminated with the false gods of Egypt; I, the Lord, am your God.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	8	All was defiance and disobedience; idolatry still cherished, the worship of Egypt’s gods still unforsaken. I was minded to let my anger have its way, glut my vengeance on them, there in Egypt.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	9	But no, I would be their champion, for my own honour’s sake; the heathen all around, that had witnessed my coming to deliver them, must not learn to hold my honour cheap.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	10	So from Egypt I rescued them, and led them out into the desert.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	11	There I gave them a law, made known to them the usages that bring life;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	12	bade them share my sabbath rest, that should be a token between me and them, a token that they were divinely set apart.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	13	What did Israel then? Defied my anger, disobeyed my law, life-giving commandments cast away, left my sabbath all unhonoured. Should I give vent to my anger, and make an end of them, there in the desert?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	14	And let the heathen see my work of deliverance half accomplished? For my honour’s sake, I must not.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	15	But I swore, out in the desert, that the promised land, all milk and honey, best of lands, should never be theirs.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	16	My will defied, my law forsaken, my sabbath neglected, a heart set on idols, they should learn to rue;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	17	had not my pity spared them, they should have died there and then, swallowed up in those wastes.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	18	To their sons, the desert-born, warning I gave: Not for you your fathers’ example, your fathers’ traditions, the contamination of the false gods they worshipped.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	19	I, the Lord, am your God; mine the laws you must follow, the usages you must cherish and obey;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	20	my sabbath you must honour, in token that the Lord is the God you worship.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	21	But they too, the sons, defied me; my laws forsook, my life-giving usages forgot, my sabbaths profaned. There in the desert I would have given vent to my anger, let my vengeance take its toll of them,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	22	but still I held my hand; for my own honour, the heathen must see my work of deliverance accomplished.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	23	But once more in the desert I bound myself by an oath… I would scatter them among all the nations, spread them over the face of earth,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	24	men defiant of my will, contemptuous of my law, careless of my sabbath as ever, after the false gods of their fathers hankering still.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	25	Laws they should have, but for their harm, usages that brought, not life, but death;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	26	guilty, they should stain themselves with fresh guilt by the very offerings they made, when they consecrated their first-born to the fire; they must have proof of my power at last.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	27	They blasphemed me (tell Israel from the Lord God), those fathers of yours, and did me great despite.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	28	Scarce had I brought them into the promised land, when the sight of high mountain here, thick forest there, set them offering victims in honour of my rivals, burning incense, pouring libations!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	29	Well might I ask them, Whither resort you? And hill-resorts they are called to this day.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	30	Give the men of Israel, then, this message from the Lord God: Still the same ways your fathers went, still the same itch for things abominable?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	31	To this day, when you would make offering, you pass your sons through the fire; guilt of idolatry stains you yet, and shall I make answer to you, men of Israel? As I am a living God, the Lord says, you shall have no answer from me!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	32	Never think I will allow you to worship wood and stone like other races of men, your neighbours;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	33	as I am a living God, the Lord says, I mean to reign over you, though it should need all the exercise of my constraining power, all the outpouring of my vengeance.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	34	Rescued from many masters, summoned from many lands, you shall serve me perforce, my power constraining you, my vengeance threatening you.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	35	I will lead you out into a desert world, and there plead my cause against you,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	36	as I did with your fathers long ago, in the desert confines of Egypt.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	37	I will force you under my sceptre, chain you to my covenant.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	38	The rebels I will set apart, and though I summon them away from their banishment, they shall never return to the land of Israel; then you will know what manner of God you serve.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	39	Come, then, says the Lord God, let each man have recourse to his own idol, and pay it due worship! If that counsel you will not follow, nor drag my name in the dust with foul rites and false gods…
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	40	On that holy mountain of mine, the Lord God says, that high mountain that looks down over Israel, all the race of Israel shall be my worshippers, favoured suitors in a favoured land; first-fruit and tithe, all your hallowings shall be awaited there.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	41	Rescued from so many masters, summoned from so many lands, you shall be a fragrant offering; all my dealings with you the heathen shall acclaim,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	42	and you yourselves shall recognize my power, restored to the land of Israel, the land I promised to your fathers.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	43	False paths and foul misdoings you shall remember yet, and think with loathing of what you were;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	44	my power you shall know, men of Israel, says the Lord God; and that I was your benefactor, not for your deserts, that erred and sinned, but for my own honour’s sake.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	45	Word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	46	Look southward, son of man; pour out thy complaint towards the noon-day sun, and let the southern woodlands hear thee prophesy.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	47	To the listening forest give this message from the Lord God: I mean to set thee alight, burn up green tree and dry; unquenchable, that flame shall scorch the faces of all beholders, northward and south alike;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	48	plain enough it shall be for all the world to see that it was I, the Lord, set it ablaze, and there is no quenching it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	20	49	Alas for pity, Lord God, said I, they are complaining already that I speak to them only in parables!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	1	So the Lord’s word came to me,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	2	Why then, son of man, towards Jerusalem turn thee, pour out thy complaint sanctuarywards, and let the land of Israel hear thee prophesy.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	3	And this be thy message to the land of Israel: Have at thee! the Lord God says; here is my sword unsheathed to make an end of thy inhabitants, innocent souls and guilty.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	4	In token that all alike must perish, northward and south alike, all the world over, my unsheathed sword must go on its errand;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	5	drawn it is, plain for all the world to see, and there is no sheathing it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	6	And therewithal I would have thee groan, as men groan that have an aching in the loins, very piteously in the public view;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	7	ask they the reason of it, thou wilt say, For ill tidings. Faint every heart shall be, when those tidings come, every hand shall hang listless; cowed every spirit shall be, every knee be weak as water. Those tidings are on the way, the Lord God says; there is no averting it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	8	Word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	9	Tell them, son of man, the Lord God has this message for thee to utter: Whetted the sword is, polished the sword is,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	10	whetted for slaughter, polished to dazzle as lightning does. Never a tree but must fall at thy onset, woodman who art to overthrow the sceptre my son wields.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	11	Polished, for the hand to grasp it well, the sharp sword, the bright sword, which the slayer must needs handle!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	12	Cry aloud, son of man, and bewail thee, that on my people it must fall, and all the princes of Israel that are left; prince and people, doomed to perish by the sword; smite on thy thigh most dolorously.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	13	A tried sword, the Lord God says, and when yonder sceptre it has overthrown, brought to nothing….
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	14	Prophesy, then, son of man; smite hands together and call for a second stroke and a third of the avenging sword; a sword of massacre, that strikes men dumb,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	15	turns their hearts faint, and lays all in ruin. Havoc wrought at every gate by the sharp sword, the sword polished till it shines again, wrapped about the hilts for more ease of smiting!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	16	Sharp be thy blade; cut right, cut left, wherever thy lust beckons thee!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	17	I too will smite hands together, telling the tale of my vengeance; I, the Lord, command thee.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	18	Word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	19	And now, son of man, draw a picture. A picture of two roads, both leading from a common point, by which the sword of the Chaldaean king may travel. Here he is, planning his course at the sign-post, where two roads meet, a city at the end of either.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	20	Draw the two roads, one beckoning that sword to Rabbath, where the Ammonites dwell, one to Juda, and Jerusalem the impregnable.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	21	There stands the king of Babylon at the parting of the ways, taking omens; there is shuffling of arrows, consulting of deities, searching of entrails.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	22	Choose he the right, it is for Jerusalem; the battering-rams, the breach made ere the slaughter can begin, the cries of battle, the assault on the gates, the mound, the siege-works.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	23	Thy picture will shew him as a man baffled by the omens given him, that remains idle, as if he were keeping the sabbath rest. Then he remembers the guilt; shall a guilty race go free?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	24	Ay, says the Lord God, still fresh is the memory of that guilt; open rebels you are, and never a thought in your hearts but shews vile; capture awaits you, that revive those memories still.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	25	And thou, perjured wretch that rulest Israel, thy time has run out;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	26	off with head-band, off with crown, symbols that honour the base, the noble degrade!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	27	I will wrest it this way, wrest it that, as it was never wrested yet; at last one shall come that claims it of right, and to him I will give it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	28	Prophesy, son of man, and give a message from the Lord God to the men of Ammon, in answer to their taunts: Drawn be the sword, cried they, whetted be the sword and bright for its work of slaying!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	29	Nay, sword of Ammon, it was but a vain dream, a lying augury, that it should be thy office to fall on the necks of yonder doomed sinners, whose time has run out.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	30	Back to thy sheath with thee, back to thy native soil; there, in the land where thou wast fashioned, I will call thee to account.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	31	I mean to pour out my vengeance on thee, blast thee with the fire of my anger; barbarian foes shall have the mastery of thee, that are skilful only to destroy.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	21	32	Fire shall feed on thee, earth run with thy blood, oblivion bury thy name; I, the Lord, have given sentence.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	1	Word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	2	Wilt thou not arraign them, citizens of this murderous place, wilt thou not arraign them?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	3	Confront them with their foul misdeeds, and give them this message from the Lord God: Here is a city that hastens her own end with open bloodshed, soils herself with idols to her own undoing.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	4	Blood-spilth and idol-filth have brought thy time nearer, shortened thy years; what marvel if I let the heathen reproach thee, a whole world mock thee?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	5	What marvel if men exult over thee, far and near, great only in thy misfortune, as thou art renowned only for thy shame?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	6	No better title now to Israel’s nobility, than to fill those streets with blood!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	7	Home of wrong, where father and mother are despised, the stranger oppressed, widow and orphan ill-used!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	8	My sanctuary, how it is despised, my sabbath how profaned!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	9	Innocent lives sworn away, feasting at the hill-shrines, and foul deeds done besides;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	10	see where a father’s bed is dishonoured, a woman pleads her defilement in vain;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	11	neighbour comes lecherously between his neighbour’s sheets, father beds incestuously with his son’s wife, brother mates with sister sprung of the same blood!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	12	The murderer’s hire, usury and extortion, gains won by violence; and of me, the Lord God says, never a thought!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	13	Well may I smite hands together, indignant at thy ill-gotten gains, thy murderous doings;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	14	will thy courage be so high, thy arm so powerful, when it is I that reckon with thee? What the Lord threatens, the Lord fulfils.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	15	Far will I banish thee, widely scatter thee, and bring the tale of thy shame to an end;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	16	so I will claim my rights over thee for all the world to see, and thou shalt learn at last my power.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	17	And word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	18	Son of man, where the race of Israel shews in the heart of the furnace, nothing I find but dross; all is copper, and tin, and iron, and lead; dross of silver where silver should be.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	19	This warning, then, the Lord God has for them: I mean to shut you up in Jerusalem, dross as you are;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	20	this shall be your furnace, silver and copper and tin and iron and lead, all together; and I will light a fire to smelt you. There my angry vengeance shall imprison you, and I will give you respite for a little, and then melt you down.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	21	Beleaguered there, with the fire of my anger to smelt you
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	22	like silver in the furnace, you shall feel the force of the Lord’s vengeance at last.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	23	Then word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	24	Son of man, tell the land of Juda that it is unclean, and, when my vengeance falls on it, rain it shall have none.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	25	What of the prophets? A sworn conspiracy; lions roaring for their prey, the lives of men; wealth and treasure they must have; there be widows everywhere.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	26	What of the priests? Priests, that despise my law, violate my sanctuary, cannot tell sacred from profane, count all one, clean or unclean; priests, that leave my own sabbath unregarded; am I not defiled by their company?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	27	What of the nobles? Ravening wolves, all blood and murder, greedy for gain;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	28	and here are the prophets with their untempered mortar, their vain dreams and false auguries, crying a message from the Lord when message from the Lord they have none.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	29	Great wrong the citizens themselves do, robbing where they will, harrying the helpless poor, oppressing the stranger and denying him redress.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	30	Who would close the breach, intercede with me to spare the land from ruin? Never a man was found!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	22	31	What wonder if I have poured out my vengeance, burnt them up in my anger? It was but their deserts I gave them, says the Lord God.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	1	Word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	2	There were two women once, son of man, daughters of the same mother,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	3	that went to Egypt and played the wanton there, so wanton and so young! There those breasts surrendered to the attack, virginity was ravished.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	4	For their names, the elder was called Oölla, the younger Oöliba; both I espoused, and they bore me sons and daughters. (Samaria and Jerusalem are the true names.)
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	5	What did Oölla? She played me false, love-sick for the Assyrians that dwelt hard by, her paramours.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	6	Gay gallants were these, princes and noblemen that went clad in purple, and proudly they came riding, for they were horsemen all.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	7	Among the flower of Assyrian chivalry was none but enjoyed her favours; and she, that courted all alike, soiled herself with their idolatry.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	8	Alas, still unforgotten her dalliance in Egypt; the lovers that bedded her in her youth, mishandled her virgin breast, plied her with their debauchery!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	9	Love-sick for new paramours, into their keeping she should be given up, the Assyrians should have the mastery of her.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	10	How they stripped and dishonoured her, robbed her of sons and daughters both, and then put her to the sword! Never fell such signal punishment upon womankind.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	11	That sight before her, what did the other sister, Oöliba? Why, she outwent the first in her wantonness, more lascivious yet;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	12	she too cast shame aside, gave herself to the gallants of Assyria that came riding by, horsemen all, princes and noblemen in their broidered cloaks, so young, so fair!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	13	Light women both; I knew them now.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	14	This other would set no bounds to her lust; her eye fell on some pictured wall, where the men of Chaldaea stood portrayed, all in crimson.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	15	What girdles they had about their loins, these men of Babylon, what gaily-coloured turbans they wore! Sure, they must be princes, all of them, in their own Chaldaean land!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	16	And with that, her eye fell a-doting on them, and she must send them a message all the way to Chaldaea.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	17	So the Chaldaeans, too, were her bed-fellows, dishonoured her with their embraces, till even she grew weary of dishonour.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	18	Weary was I too, as once of her sister; the open harlotry, the public shame!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	19	Must she still renew her unfaithfulness, hanker still after those old debaucheries in Egypt,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	20	when she was love-sick for gallants lusty as the wild ass, hot as stallions?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	21	Alas, Oöliba, are they remembered still, the passions of thy youth, far away in Egypt, when those breasts surrendered to the attack, that virginity was ravished?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	22	This doom, then, the Lord God pronounces on thee: They shall be summoned to the attack, all those old lovers thou art wearied of, beleaguer thee round about;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	23	all those Chaldaeans from Babylon, nobleman and prince and chieftain, all those gay gallants from Assyria, captains and rulers, lords paramount and knights of renown!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	24	What rattling of chariot-wheels, what hordes of warriors in breastplate and shield and helmet, mustered about thy walls! These shall be thy judges; theirs the sentence thou must abide.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	25	Ministers of my jealous anger, they shall cut nose and ears off thee, and there shall be sword-strokes yet; carry off thy sons and thy daughters, and the fire shall have work to do yet.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	26	They shall strip thee of thy clothes, rifle thy proud ornaments;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	27	gone the memory of thy harlotries in Egypt, no hankering for them now, no thought of Egypt now!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	28	Weary thou art and disdainful of them, says the Lord God, but they shall have the mastery of thee;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	29	and they shall use thee cruelly enough; carry all thy harvest away, and leave thee stripped and humbled; lay bare the secret of thy shame. Lust it is and lechery of thine
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	30	that has brought thee to this pass; so wantonly didst thou court the heathen, till at last their idolatry infected thee.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	31	Thy sister’s counterpart, the cup of thy sister’s doom thou shalt inherit;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	32	deep thy cup shall be as hers, wide as hers; full of mockery and reproach, so much it holds,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	33	full of dizziness and dismay, full of despair and melancholy, the cup of thy sister Samaria.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	34	Drink it thou shalt, ay, drain it to the dregs, till thou art ready to devour cup itself piecemeal, or mutilate thy own breasts in thy madness.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	35	Me thou didst forget; on me thy back was turned; wanton and faithless, thou shalt be held to account.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	36	Arraign them, son of man, the Lord God said to me; confront Oölla and Oöliba with the record of their foul deeds.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	37	Blood-stained those adulterous hands; false gods they have taken for their paramours, and to the greed of false gods sacrificed their own children and mine.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	38	Theirs to defile my sanctuary, profane my sabbath;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	39	no sooner had they done offering their sons to false gods, than my sanctuary must be violated; so would they treat me in my own house.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	40	And then they sent word to their paramours, summoning them from afar.They came, those paramours; and thou, fresh from the bath, eyes painted, all thy ornaments hung about thee,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	41	didst await them, sitting on a fine bed with a table before it; incense of mine, oil of mine was there.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	42	What a stir was heard there, as of a great throng taking their ease! They had brought in a rabble of desert folk with them, and these must be given bracelets for their arms, fine garlands for their heads.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	43	And I wondered whether she would grant them her favours, even she, that had grown so old in unfaithfulness;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	44	but sure enough they went in, boldly as to a harlot’s bed. Such lovers had Oölla and Oöliba, wantons both.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	45	Yet honest folk there be, that can judge their deeds as adultery should be judged and murder; adulterous they are and murderous both at once.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	46	Muster me a company of such men, the Lord God says, and let them make a fearful example of these women, their prize.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	47	With stones from many hands, with swords from every side dispatch them; death for their children, the fire for their homes!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	48	Rid we the land of its guilt; of such harlotry let all women beware!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	23	49	Wantonness punished, idolatry’s guilt uncondoned; you shall know the Lord’s power at last.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	1	And so the ninth year came, and the tenth month, and the tenth day of it. And the Lord gave me this message:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	2	Son of man, write down this day as The Day Itself. This day, this very day, the king of Babylon has closed his grip on Jerusalem.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	3	A riddle, a parable, for the rebellious brood! Tell them the Lord God this bidding gave thee: Set a pot on the fire, but filling it first with water;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	4	slice after slice goes in, all that is best; thigh and shoulder, the best joints of all, to fill the pot;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	5	and fat be the sheep that yields them. Pile high the fuel beneath; now boil pot, and see the stew, there in the heart of it!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	6	But ah, says the Lord God, what of the city that is stained with blood? It is no better than a pot covered with rust, that cannot be scraped off any longer; broken in pieces that must be cast away one by one; never shall the lot fall upon it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	7	Blood plain for all to see, spilt on the polished rock, not on earth that might hide it away under the dust;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	8	rock, not earth, so I would have it; blood unconcealed, to warrant my angry frown, my avenging punishments!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	9	Out upon the blood-stained city, says the Lord God, the great pyre I mean to kindle!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	10	Pile high the fuel for its burning! Why, how is this, meat wasted, the whole dish charred, the very bones calcined?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	11	Empty of water it must be set on the coals, till it is red-hot, and copper melts away, and the stain on it is burnt out, and it is rusty no more!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	12	Alas, it is but labour spent in vain; so deep is that rust, even the fire will not drive it out.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	13	A curse lies on this uncleanness of thine; purge thee I would, yet purged thou wilt never be, never till I have taken full toll of my vengeance on thee.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	14	Such is my divine doom; come it must, executed it needs must be; indulgence is none, nor mercy, nor pity; I will pay thee what thy ill life, thy ill thoughts have earned.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	15	The Lord’s word came to me,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	16	Son of man, I mean to smite thee down, by taking away from thee what thou most lovest. Dole make thou none, nor lament, shed never a tear.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	17	Unmarked be thy sighing, with no funeral grief made; thy head covered, thy feet shod, no veil on thy face, no customary fare of mourners.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	18	And so it was; that morning I uttered my word to the people, and my wife died at set of sun. Next day, I did as the Lord bade me,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	19	and the people were all agog to know the meaning of what I did.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	20	Why, I told them, the Lord has spoken to me,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	21	giving me a message for the race of Israel: he means to profane his own sanctuary, that proud boast of yours, which you love so, trembling ever for its safety. Sons and daughters of yours, left behind at Jerusalem, will die at the sword’s point.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	22	As I do now, you will do then; no veils on your faces, no customary fare of mourners;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	23	heads covered, feet shod, you will make neither dole nor lament, but languish ever under the load of your guilt, sighing each of you in his neighbour’s ear.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	24	In Ezechiel, says the Lord God, read your own doom; when that day comes, you will be at pains to do as he does now; you will have learned what power the Lord God has.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	25	Yes, son of man, the day is coming when I will rob them of that citadel of theirs, that proud boast of theirs, so well loved, the comfort of their thoughts; rob them, too, of sons and daughters.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	26	And what of thyself? Wait till a fugitive comes and tells thee the news;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	24	27	then, when he utters his message, utter thou thine, dumb no longer. So thou shalt be the presage of their doom, and they shall learn my power at last.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	25	1	Word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	25	2	Son of man, turn thy regard towards the Ammonites, and prophesy their doom.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	25	3	Give Ammon this message from the Lord God: Joy, joy! was thy cry when my sanctuary was profaned, Israel ravaged, the men of Juda carried off into exile;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	25	4	what shall be thy reward? The eastern folk shall enjoy thy lands; sheep-cote of theirs, tent of theirs shall be found in thee, crop of thine they shall eat, milk of thine drink;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	25	5	camels lodged in Rabbath, and all Ammon a pasture-land of sheep! Thus you shall know what power is mine.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	25	6	For clapping of hand and stamping of foot, and heart that rejoiced at Israel’s fall,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	25	7	that power shall be used in vengeance; all the world shall have the pillaging of thee, till thou art a nation no longer, a kingdom no longer; thy ruin shall teach thee what manner of God I am.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	25	8	This doom, too, the Lord God pronounces: Boasted they, the Moabites and the men of Seir, that Juda had gone the way of other lands?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	25	9	I will lay open the valleys of Moab, that climb up from the cities, those frontier cities, fair Bethjesimoth, and Beelmeon and Cariathaim;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	25	10	open them to the men of the east in their pursuit of the Ammonites, and all shall be overrun. Ammon shall be blotted out from the memory of mankind,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	25	11	and there is justice, too, awaiting the Moabites; they too shall learn my power.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	25	12	And this: Ill did the Edomites to glut their malice, by taking their revenge on Juda.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	25	13	This doom the Lord God pronounces: My hand is raised to smite Edom, sparing neither man nor beast, making a desert of it all the way from Teman in the south to Dedan, that shall be put to the sword.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	25	14	My own people of Israel shall execute this sentence against Edom, avenge for me the grudge I bear it; then it shall be seen how I punish my enemies, the Lord God says.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	25	15	And this: Rancour of the Philistines, that murderous toll would take, old scores would settle!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	25	16	Against the Philistines, too, this hand is raised; executed they shall be, the executioners; the dwellers on the sea-coast, all that is left of them, I mean to exterminate.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	25	17	Great havoc I mean to make of them, unrelenting in my anger; such havoc as shall teach them to know what the Lord is.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	26	1	In king Sedecias’ eleventh year, on the first day of the… month, word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	26	2	Son of man, what was the cry of Tyre over Jerusalem? Joy, joy, the toll-gate of the world has been broken down! It is mine now; I shall grow fat on Jerusalem’s ruin!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	26	3	This doom the Lord God pronounces: Have at thee, Tyre! I mean to bring hordes of nations marching on thee, like wave upon wave of the sea.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	26	4	Walls of Tyre they shall break down, and towers of her overthrow; all the soil I will scrape away from her, and leave her bare rock,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	26	5	doom her to be but an island where fisher-folk dry their nets; I, the Lord God, will give her over as a prey to all the nations.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	26	6	Daughter-towns that stand in her territory shall be put to the sword, and learn my power at last.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	26	7	Here is Nabuchodonosor of Babylon, the Lord says, a king that has kings for his vassals, marching from the north with horse and chariot, with his knights and all his retinue, a great army of men,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	26	8	to put thy daughter-towns to the sword, compass thee with siege-works and raise a mound about thee. A barrier of shields he will raise under thy walls,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	26	9	ply engine and battering-ram against them, and bring down thy towers with grappling-irons.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	26	10	Of horses such a company, as shall cover thee all with dust; with cries of horsemen and rattle of chariot-wheels entering thy gates, thy walls shall ring again like the walls of a breached city.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	26	11	Never a street of thine but must echo with hoofs; butchered thy citizens shall be, thy fair pillars cast down,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	26	12	thy wealth plundered, thy merchandise taken for spoil. Down shall come walls, palaces totter in ruins; stone and timber and mortar of thine shall strew the seas.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	26	13	Hushed the murmur of thy songs; never more the sound of harp shall be heard in thee.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	26	14	Bare rock thou shalt be, for fisher-folk to dry their nets on; there shall be no building thee again, says the Lord God.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	26	15	This too: The very isles shall echo with the crash of thy fall, ring with the cries of the wounded dying in thy streets.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	26	16	Down from their thrones they shall come, all the lords of the sea-harbours, throw robe aside, broidered coats lay down; wrapped in dismay they sit on the bare ground, at the sudden fall of thee bewildered and amazed.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	26	17	And thus they shall sing thy dirge: What a doom was thine, sea-built city, far renowned! Mistress of the seas, mother of a race that all held in dread!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	26	18	Day of terror, that affrights the very ships, fills the islands with alarm, to see no ships leave thy harbour now!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	26	19	This too: Desolate thou shalt be, thy place among the lost cities; higher and higher yet the fathomless ocean shall rise about thee, swallowing thee up under its waters.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	26	20	Among the dead thy place is, that go down into the grave, where time is not; entombed with those other ruined cities in the depths of earth, tenanted no longer. The living world shall see the glory of my presence,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	26	21	but thou shalt have no part in it, thou shalt no longer be; who searches for thee will search evermore in vain, says the Lord God.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	1	And word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	2	Son of man, do thou thyself sing the dirge over Tyre.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	3	A message from the Lord God to the city that is built by the sea’s gates, and trafficks with many peoples on many shores! Thine was the boast of perfect beauty,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	4	the embosoming sea thy frontier. A well-fitted ship thou wert, such as they build on yonder coast;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	5	of fir-wood from Sanir thy outer planks, of Lebanon cedar thy mast,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	6	oars shaped from Basan oak, thy thwarts of box-wood from the western islands, with marquetry of Indian ivory.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	7	Of broidered linen from Egypt the sails they spread for thee, awning of blue and purple from the Grecian isles gave thee shade.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	8	For thee, men of Sidon and of Arad manned the oar; thyself, Tyre, gavest men of skill, thy own citizens, to be helmsmen.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	9	For thy dockyards, all the grey-haired wisdom of Gebal was at thy command, and for trafficking, never was ship or sailor in the world but visited thee.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	10	Warriors from Persia, from Lydia, from Africa, fought thy battles, with shield and helmet decked thy walls;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	11	men of Arvad ringed the battlements, thy defenders, and the Gammadim, too, were mounted on thy towers, on thy walls hung their quivers; lacked nothing for thy adornment.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	12	And for the merchants that dealt with thee, how Carthage poured her wealth into thy market-place, of silver and iron, of tin and lead!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	13	What purveyors of thine were Ionia, Thubal, and Mosoch, with their slaves to sell thee, their urns of bronze;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	14	and the men of Thogorma, with horse and horseman and mule!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	15	The sons of Dedan were thy pedlars; riches came to thee from the islands far away; ivory and ebony thou couldst win by barter.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	16	Syria, too, for the multitude of thy wares, must trade with thee, exposing in thy mart carbuncles, and purple, and embroidery, and lawn, and silk, and rubies.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	17	Juda and Israel themselves had their yield to bring thee, fresh wheat and balm and honey and oil and gum for thy stalls.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	18	Damascus, for thy many goods, had much to exchange, rare wines and brightly dyed wool;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	19	Dan and Ionia and Mosel offered wrought iron for sale, with cassia and calamus supplied thee.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	20	Dedan brought thee saddles;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	21	Arabia and Cedar’s chieftains were at thy call, driving in lamb and ram and goat for thy purchasing.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	22	The merchants of Saba and Reema were thy merchants too, with spices and precious stones and gold to shew in thy fairs;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	23	Haran, Chene and Eden, Saba, Assur and Chelmad, none of them but exchanged traffick with thee;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	24	and how rich the variety of it, the coverlets of blue, the embroideries, the treasure-caskets wound about with cords, the cedar-wood, all for thy profit!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	25	But the ships, they were thy pedlars in chief; the ocean-going ships, that gave thee thy wealth, gave thee thy sea-environed renown.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	26	Alas, that those oarsmen of thine should have ferried thee out into deep waters, for the storm-wind to wreck thee, out in the heart of the sea!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	27	All thy wealth and treasure and merchandise, thy mariners and helmsmen, dockyard masters and captains, all the warriors thou hast, and the common folk that dwell in thee, must sink down to the sea’s depths in this day of thy fall.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	28	Bewildered, all thy navy, with the helmsmen’s shouts;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	29	down come the rowers from their ships, mariner and pilot line the shore.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	30	Loud they bewail thee, bitter their cry, as they throw dust on their heads and sprinkle themselves with ashes;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	31	heads are shaven, sackcloth is every man’s wear; woeful hearts are all around, and woeful lament.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	32	And a sad dirge they shall sing as they mourn over thee: City was none like Tyre, that now lies forgotten in the depths of the sea!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	33	Peoples a many thy trafficking supplied; all the kings of the earth were richer for wealth of thine, enterprise of thine;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	34	and now the sea has swallowed thee up; buried in the deep waters all the prosperity that was thine, all the citizens that thronged thee.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	35	The island peoples, how they stood aghast at thy fall; the island kings, how their faces fell at the news of thy shipwreck!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	27	36	How they hissed in derision, the traders of other nations! Only ruin is left of thee, for ever vanished and gone.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	1	And word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	2	Son of man, give this message from the Lord God to the prince of Tyre: An ill day for thee, when thy proud heart told thee thou wast a god, enthroned god-fashion in the heart of the sea! Mortal man, thou hast played the god in thy own thoughts.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	3	What if more than a Daniel thou wert for wisdom, no secret hidden from thee?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	4	Skill and craft have brought thee power, lined thy coffers with gold and silver;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	5	and this skill of thine, this pedlar’s empire of thine, have made thee proud of thy own strength.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	6	This doom, then, the Lord God has for thee, man that wouldst play the god:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	7	I mean to embroil thee with foreign foes, a warrior nation as none else, that shall draw sword on that fair creature, thy wisdom, soil thy beauty in the dust!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	8	Dragged down to thy ruin, wounded to thy death, there in the heart of the sea,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	9	wilt thou still boast of thy godhead to the slayer, while his sword ungods thee?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	10	Such my doom is for thee, death at an alien’s hand, the uncircumcised for thy company.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	11	This too: Son of man, sing a dirge over yonder king of Tyre.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	12	This be thy message to him from the Lord God: The token, thou, of my considerateness. How wise thou wast, how peerlessly fair,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	13	with all God’s garden to take thy pleasure in! No precious stone but went to thy adorning; sardius, topaz, jasper, chrysolith, onyx, beryl, sapphire, carbuncle and emerald; all of gold was thy fair fashioning. And thy niche was prepared for thee when thou wast created;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	14	a cherub thou shouldst be, thy wings outstretched in protection; there on God’s holy mountain I placed thee, to come and go between the wheels of fire.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	15	From the day of thy creation all was perfect in thee, till thou didst prove false;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	16	all these traffickings had made thee false within, and for thy guilt I must expel thee, guardian cherub as thou wert, from God’s mountain; between the wheels of fire thou shouldst walk no longer.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	17	A heart made proud by its own beauty, wisdom ruined through its own dazzling brightness, down to earth I must cast thee, an example for kings to see.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	18	Great guilt of thine, all the sins of thy trafficking, have profaned thy sanctuaries; such a fire I will kindle in the heart of thee as shall be thy undoing, leave thee a heap of dust on the ground for all to gaze at.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	19	None on earth that recognizes thee but shall be dismayed at the sight of thee; only ruin left of thee, for ever vanished and gone.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	20	This too:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	21	Son of man, turn thy regard towards Sidon, and prophesy its doom.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	22	This message give it from the Lord God: Have at thee, Sidon! Battle-field thy territory shall be of my renown! In her, too, my power shall be made known, my sentence executed, my holiness vindicated.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	23	Plague I mean to bring down on her and blood-letting both; the sword everywhere, and wounded men dying in her streets, to prove what power the Lord has.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	24	No more shall the Israelites have scornful enemies round about, thorns and briers to prick and hurt them; they shall know at last what manner of God they serve.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	25	When I restore the scattered race of Israel from its exile, the Lord God says, my holiness shall be vindicated for all the world to see. The land I gave to my servant Jacob shall be thenceforward its home;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	28	26	securely it shall dwell there, build houses, plant vineyards, fear no attack. It shall see every scornful neighbour punished, and know at last what it is to have the Lord for its God.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	29	1	It was the tenth year of Sedecias, on the eleventh day of its tenth month, when word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	29	2	Son of man, turn thy regard towards Pharao, king of Egypt, and prophesy his and all Egypt’s doom.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	29	3	This message give him from the Lord God: Have at thee, Pharao, king of Egypt, great dragon that liest couched between thy streams, boasting that yonder river is thy own, thou art a god, self-created!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	29	4	Trust me, I will bridle those jaws of thine, and all the fish in thy river I will fasten to thy scales! Out of the river, fish clinging to scales, I will drag thee,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	29	5	and leave thee aground in the desert, and thy fish too. None shall go out to search for thy corpse, or bring it home; carrion it shall be for beast on earth, for bird in heaven,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	29	6	and all the citizens of Egypt shall learn my power. This, because thou didst prove a staff of cane to the men of Israel;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	29	7	grasped they that staff, it splintered, and there was an arm wounded; leaned they on it, it broke, and their strength gave way under them.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	29	8	This doom, then, the Lord God pronounces: For thee, the sword; man nor beast will I spare in thee;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	29	9	a lonely desert thou shalt be, till thou hast learned what my power is, thou that wouldst be river’s lord and river’s maker.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	29	10	Out upon thee, out upon those streams of thine; a desert Egypt shall be, devastated by the sword, from Syene’s tower to the marches of Ethiopia;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	29	11	man nor beast shall set foot in it till it has lain forty years desolate.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	29	12	Land of Egypt shall be as the desert lands are, cities of Egypt as the ruined cities are, for forty years uninhabited; and the men of Egypt shall be scattered wide as earth among the nations.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	29	13	This too: At the end of forty years I will bring the Egyptians back from their countries of exile,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	29	14	restore them from banishment, and in Phatures, the land of their birth, give them a home once more; there they shall be a kingdom of little account.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	29	15	Least of the kingdoms Egypt shall be, no more hold up its head among the nations, too weak for empire now.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	29	16	No more shall it raise hopes among the men of Israel, and bring upon them the guilt of finding a refuge there; they shall learn that I, the Lord, am their God.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	29	17	It was on the first day of the twenty-seventh year that word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	29	18	Son of man, here is great drudgery king Nabuchodonosor of Babylon has given his men in the assault upon Tyre; every head worn bald, every shoulder smooth, by the burdens they carried! A thankless service it was they did me there, he and his army;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	29	19	but now, says the Lord God, I will make use of Egypt to pay Nabuchodonosor his wages; all its great wealth he shall have, spoil for his spoiling, plunder for his plundering, and so his men shall have their reward.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	29	20	He has fought my battles, and Egypt shall be his recompense, the Lord God says.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	29	21	When that day comes, new life shall spring from the stock of Israel, and to the men of Israel thou shalt speak with unhampered utterance, to attest my divine power.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	1	And again word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	2	Son of man, tell them their doom in the name of the Lord God, and bid them raise loud lament: Alas, alas the day!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	3	Nearer, nearer it comes, the Lord’s reckoning day, dawning in cloud; it is the heathen’s turn now.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	4	Egypt shall feel the sword, and Ethiopia tremble to see Egypt’s warriors dying, Egypt’s wealth carried away, the foundations of Egypt overthrown.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	5	Ethiop and Libyan and Lydian, all that motley host, men of Chub and men that hold their lands under treaty, by that same sword shall perish.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	6	Such doom the Lord God pronounces; gone, all the props that supported her, gone her proud empire; all that lies beyond Syene, the Lord says, ravaged by the sword!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	7	Land of Egypt shall be as the desert lands are, cities of Egypt as the ruined cities are;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	8	my power they will never learn till I have spread fire over their country, till all their allies have perished.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	9	When that day comes, there will be ships carrying news of my onset, to daunt the courage of Ethiopia; Egypt’s doom approaching, they shall know it and be afraid.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	10	This too: I mean to make an end of Egypt’s prosperity, through king Nabuchodonosor of Babylon;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	11	he and his army, in all the world is none fiercer, shall be let loose for the land’s undoing, their swords drawn to fill Egypt with dead.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	12	I will dry up the course of its rivers, and leave the land at the mercy of its bitter enemies; nothing in it but shall be ravaged by alien hands; I, the Lord, have decreed it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	13	Down shall come the idols of Memphis, the Lord God says, I will have no more false gods there, and prince in all the land shall be none. Such terrors Egypt shall know,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	14	Phatures all in ruin, Taphnis afire, in Alexandria my doom executed.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	15	Pelusium, her fortress, shall feel my vengeance, Alexandria be laid waste;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	16	all Egypt shall be ablaze, such bitter throes Pelusium shall have, Alexandria such devastation, Memphis such hard straits day by day.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	17	Their warriors put to the sword, Heliopolis shall be enslaved and Bubastis;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	18	dark days there shall be at Taphnis, when I crush the power of Egypt there, and all the pride of her empire is gone; a city in darkness, with all her women-folk carried off into exile.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	19	Such doom I will execute upon the Egyptians, and they shall know my power at last.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	20	In the eleventh year of Sedecias, on the seventh day of the first month, word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	21	Son of man, I have left Pharao, king of Egypt, with his arm broken; bound up and healed it may not be, clout or bandage is none to wind about it and give it support, give it strength to hold sword again.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	22	Out upon Pharao, king of Egypt, says the Lord God; that strong arm of his, that broken arm of his, I will disable, strike the sword from his hand;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	23	dispersed among the nations Egypt shall be, scattered to the winds.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	24	Strong arms I will give the king of Babylon, and a sword to wield, to Pharao broken arms, and the groans of dying men for all his comfort.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	25	The king of Babylon strong, and Pharao disabled; my power shall be known, when my sword, in Babylon’s hand, hangs over Egypt;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	30	26	my power shall be known, when the men of Egypt are scattered wide as earth among the nations.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	31	1	That same year, on the first day of the third month, word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	31	2	Son of man, here is a message for Pharao, king of Egypt, and his retinue. Say to him, This greatness of thine, whose memory does it recall?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	31	3	Not less powerful once was the Assyrian king, a very cedar of Lebanon. How fair its boughs, yonder tree, its leaves how overshadowing; what height, what thickness of growth about its top!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	31	4	Water nourished it, water came up from the depth beneath to sustain it, washed about its roots and parted into runnels to feed the trees around.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	31	5	In all the country-side none rose so tall, had covert so thick, branches so wide; none fed so deep.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	31	6	Among its boughs the birds nested, the beasts in their travail sought its shade; proud nations a many under Assyria’s shelter grew.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	31	7	So fair it was, so tall and spreading, there by the brimming water’s side,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	31	8	in God’s own garden cedar could not overtop it, fir-tree match it for height, or plane-tree for shade. God’s garden itself could not shew such beauty:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	31	9	never a tree there, tree of Eden, but must envy it the leafy loveliness that was my gift.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	31	10	Alas, that he should aim too high, the Lord God says; alas for youth’s luxuriant promise, that swelled his heart with pride!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	31	11	I must needs hand him over to a conquering power, that should settle my reckoning with him; he, the godless, homeless should be.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	31	12	Cut down, yonder tree, by alien folk, heathen that pity have none, and left to lie on the hill-side, boughs choking the valleys, branches carried off by the mountain streams; vassal nations abandoned his shelter, and he was all alone.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	31	13	In the fallen trunk birds nested, under torn branches the wild beasts made their lair;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	31	14	never again should tree boast of its height, there by the river bank, overtopping the covert of the woods, never again should the waters nourish its pride. Death and the deep earth should await them all, mortal things to a mortal doom appointed.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	31	15	Sad dirge was his, the Lord God says, at his down-going; the great depth was the shroud of him, its flooding streams hushed and stayed; mourned Lebanon, and all the forest swooned away.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	31	16	How it echoed through the world, the crash of his fall! He too, like all mortal things, was for the earth at last; comfort for those others that were brought to earth like himself, trees of Eden like himself, so noble, so fair, so well watered!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	31	17	All alike must go down to the grave, the sword’s way; his arm… … his shadow their protection against surrounding nations.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	31	18	And thou, in thy greatness and glory among Eden’s trees so like him! Yet thou, like other Eden trees, must come down low as earth can bring thee; and the sword shall level thee with the uncircumcised in death. (Pharao is meant, and Pharao’s retinue, the Lord God says. )
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	1	And in the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	2	Son of man, sing a dirge for Pharao, the king of Egypt, that counts for a lion among the nations: Monster thou art of the depths, holding up thy head in those rivers of thine, trampling them under foot, till their waters run foul!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	3	This doom the Lord God pronounces: A net-work I have of many peoples that I will cast over thee, a seine that will bring thee presently ashore.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	4	High on the beach I will leave thee aground, for all the birds to perch on thee, all the beasts to take their fill of thee;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	5	flesh of thine shall strew the mountains, with blood of thine the gullies shall overflow,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	6	reeking blood that drenches hill and chokes valley with its stream.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	7	Thy light when I quench, muffled the skies shall be, the stars dim, the sun beclouded, and the moon shall refuse her light;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	8	no luminary in heaven but shall go mourning for thee, and in that land of thine, the Lord God says, all shall be darkness.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	9	Here shall be a challenge to many nations, in lands thou still knowest not, when I tell them the story of thy downfall;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	10	peoples a many there shall be that gape in bewilderment, kings that tremble and quake at the story of thee. My sword they shall see flashing before their eyes, and each for his own life shall tremble in the day of thy fall.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	11	Sword of the king of Babylon shall reach thee, the Lord God says;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	12	tried warriors thy thronging multitudes shall cut down, pitiless hordes that shall harry the pride of Egypt, scatter her wealth.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	13	The very beasts that roam beside your full stream I will destroy; never foot of man, hoof of beast shall sully it thenceforward;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	14	clear those waters shall be as never they were, smooth as oil the river’s flow, the Lord God says;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	15	all Egypt, now, shall be desolate, all its busy life shall be still, when I smite the men that dwell in it, and teach them to recognize my power.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	16	Make dole, then; here is good cause; Egypt shall have the world for her mourner, none but shall mourn for Egypt and her lost greatness, says the Lord God.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	17	And in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, this:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	18	Son of man, a dirge now for the common folk of Egypt; sing Egypt to her grave, and with her those other proud nations that must go down into the dark:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	19	Measure not thy beauty against another’s; to thy grave get thee, and with the uncircumcised take thy rest.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	20	The sword carries off all alike; once loose it, she and all her multitudes must perish.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	21	From the tomb they greet the newcomer, those great warriors, men of the uncircumcised races, allies once, that now lie there, slain in battle.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	22	Here is the Assyrian king with all his muster-roll; how their graves ring him about, dead warriors all!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	23	Down there in the dark, his grave and theirs around him, dead now in battle, that once daunted the hearts of the living!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	24	Here are the Elamites, too, lying about their king, men uncircumcised that made themselves feared in life, and now lie in the pit beneath with all those others, stripped and shamed as they were left on the battle-field;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	25	(here he lies, with his men about him for monument, once so feared; stripped and shamed they lie, Elamites uncircumcised, there in the dark, there amongst the slain).
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	26	Uncircumcised, too, the king of Mosoch and Thubal, with all his retinue buried around him, dead now and feared no longer;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	27	shall they not sleep on there with the slain warriors, with the uncircumcised, still armed, swords beneath their heads; their corpses lawless yet, and feared no longer?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	28	Thy place too, the place of thy slain warriors, is with the uncircumcised in their ruin.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	29	King and chief of the Edomites lie slain among the uncircumcised, there in the dark;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	30	so do all the kings of the north, and the Sidonians, dismayed now and trusting no more in their own valour, stripped and shamed.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	31	Well may Pharao and his men be comforted by that sight over the multitude of their slain, the Lord God says.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	32	32	He too, in this living world, wielded my terrors; he too lies there, the Lord God says, slain in battle, with the uncircumcised about him.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	1	Word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	2	Son of man, tell thy fellow-countrymen this: Plague I a country with war, some frontier-dweller is chosen by the citizens to be their sentry.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	3	Let such a man spy the invader’s approach, and sound the alarm with his trumpet;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	4	whoever hears it must give good heed, or else the enemy may catch him, and none but himself to blame.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	5	What, hear trumpet, and pay no heed? The fault is his. More cautious, he should have found safety.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	6	But what if sentry, when he sees the invader coming, sounds no alarm to warn his neighbours? Here is some citizen overtaken by the enemy; well, his guilt deserved it. But for his death I will hold the sentry accountable.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	7	So it is with thee, son of man; for the whole race of Israel thou art my watchman; the warning thou hearest from my lips, to them pass on.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	8	Sinner if I threaten with death, and word thou give him none to leave off his sinning, die he shall, as he deserves to die, but thou for his death shalt answer to me.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	9	If warning thou givest, and he will not leave off his sinning, he dies by his own fault, and thou shalt stand acquitted.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	10	This be thy word, son of man, to the race of Israel: Think you no hope of life is left, so burdened you are, so languish under the guilt of your sins?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	11	This message give them from the Lord: As I am a living God, the sinner’s death is none of my contriving! I would have him leave his sinning, and live on. Come back, come back from your ill-doing; why must you choose death, men of Israel?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	12	And warn them, son of man, warn thy fellow-countrymen that, once the upright man falls a-sinning, his uprightness shall nothing avail him. Sinner that will leave his sinning, no harm shall he have; upright man that sins, no life shall his uprightness bring him.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	13	Promise I the upright he shall live on, he must not by his own uprightness be emboldened to sin; forgotten, all his good deserts, his guilt shall be his undoing.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	14	Threaten I the sinner with instant death, he has but to repent of his sins, do innocently and uprightly,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	15	restore the debtor’s pledge, the ill-gotten gains, follow the life-giving law, forswear ill-doing, and it shall be life, not death for him.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	16	Forgotten, all his ill deserving; innocent and upright, he shall live on.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	17	And yet they say, these fellow-countrymen of thine, that the Lord’s dealings are inconsiderate, when in truth it is they that deal inconsiderately.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	18	Death for the upright that is upright no more, and turns ill-doer;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	19	life for the sinner that will leave his sinning, upright and innocent now!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	20	Will you still have it that the Lord’s dealings are inconsiderate? Nay, men of Israel, each of you shall have his deserts.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	21	It was in the twelfth year of the exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, that a fugitive came to me with the news that Jerusalem had fallen.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	22	The night before this man reached me, the power of the Lord had visited me, to unseal my lips in readiness for his coming on the morrow; so now I could speak out, and was dumb no longer.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	23	And a message came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	24	Son of man, what are they saying, the folk that now inhabit yonder ruins of Israel? Enough of us, they say, to be the true heirs of this land! Abraham was granted possession of it when he was all alone.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	25	Tell them this from the Lord God: You, that cook your meat with the blood in it, that look to false gods for aid, that thrive by murder, the land’s heirs!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	26	You, that live by the sword, that practise foul rites, that dishonour your neighbours’ wives, the land’s heirs!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	27	This is the Lord’s message to them: As I am a living God, ruin-dwellers, the sword shall be your ruin! Or choose you the open country, you shall be a prey to the wild beasts; choose you mountain-fastness and cave, the pestilence shall take you.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	28	A lonely desert this land shall be, all its proud boast at an end; the hill-country of Israel shall lie desolate, untrodden by wayfarers;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	29	desert and desolate their land must be, in punishment of all their foul doings, before they learn to recognize my power.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	30	And thou, son of man, listen to what they are saying of thee, as they stand close to wall, huddled under doorway. Each says to other, Come and find out whether the Lord has any message for us.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	31	Ay, they come crowding about thee, this people of mine, and sit here closeted with thee, listening to all thou sayest, but do thy bidding they will not. No, they will have thee sing in their own tune, and all their thought dwells upon gains ill-gotten.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	32	As well had it been some tuneful air, sung excellently well; better listeners thou couldst not have, nor less achievement.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	33	33	But when thy words come true, as come true they shall, none shall doubt that they have had a prophet in their midst.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	1	Word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	2	Now, son of man, prophesy doom to the rulers of Israel, the shepherds of my flock. This be thy message from the Lord God: Out upon Israel’s shepherds, that had a flock to feed, and fed none but themselves;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	3	the milk drank, the wool wore, the fat lambs slaughtered, but pastured these sheep of mine never at all!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	4	The wasted frame went unnourished, the sick unhealed; nor bound they the broken limb, nor brought strayed sheep home, nor lost sheep found; force and constraint were all the governance they knew.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	5	So my sheep fell a-wandering, that shepherd had none; every wild beast fell a-preying on them, and they scattered far and wide.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	6	All over the mountains they strayed, all over the high hills were scattered, this flock of mine, and no search was made for them, no search at all.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	7	This doom, then, the Lord pronounces on yonder shepherds:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	8	As I am a living God, I will have a reckoning for sheep of mine carried off, sheep of mine the wild beasts have preyed on, while they went all untended, with shepherds that would not go in search of them, shepherds that no flock would feed, but themselves only.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	9	A word, shepherds, for your hearing,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	10	a message from the Lord God: Out upon yonder shepherds! I will hold them answerable for the flock entrusted to them, and they shall have charge of it no more, feed themselves out of its revenues no more. From their greedy power I will rescue it; no longer shall it be their prey.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	11	This is what the Lord God says: I mean to go looking for this flock of mine, search it out for myself.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	12	As a shepherd, when he finds his flock scattered all about him, goes looking for his sheep, so will I go looking for these sheep of mine, rescue them from all the nooks into which they have strayed when the dark mist fell upon them.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	13	Rescued from every kingdom, recovered from every land, I will bring them back to their own country; they shall have pasture on the hill-sides of Israel, by its watercourses, in the resting-places of their home.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	14	Yes, I will lead them out into fair pastures, the high mountains of Israel shall be their feeding-ground, the mountains of Israel, with soft grass for them to rest on, rich feed for them to graze.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	15	Food and rest, says the Lord God, both these I will give to my flock.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	16	The lost sheep I will find, the strayed sheep I will bring home again; bind up the broken limb, nourish the wasted frame, keep the well-fed and the sturdy free from harm; they shall have a true shepherd at last.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	17	And what of you, my flock? I mean to do justice, the Lord God says, among the beasts themselves, give redress against the rams and the buck-goats.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	18	What, was it not enough to have stripped the pasture-lands with your grazing, drunk all that was purest out of the stream, but you must trample and foul all that was left?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	19	None but trampled fields must my sheep graze, none but fouled waters drink?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	20	This is what the Lord God says: I mean to see justice done between fat beast and lean.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	21	Thrust back with side and shoulder, gored with the horn, all the weaker of them have been driven away;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	22	but now I mean to protect this flock of mine against your greed, give beast redress against its fellow.…
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	23	They shall have a single shepherd to tend all of them now; who should tend them but my servant David? He shall be their shepherd,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	24	and I, the Lord, will be their God, now that he rules them on earth; such is my divine promise to them.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	25	Such a covenant I will make as shall grant them security; beasts of prey there shall be none, safe resting, now, in the desert, safe sleeping in the woods;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	26	on my hill-sides they shall dwell, a blessed people in a blessed home, rain in its season fall on them, and blessings all the while.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	27	Wild trees their fruit, the earth its crops shall afford; undisturbed they shall dwell on their own lands, acknowledging my power at last, my power that severed strap of yoke, rescued them from the tyrant’s hand.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	28	Forgotten, the enemies that despoiled, the wild beasts that preyed on them; they will live sheltered from all alarms.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	29	Once more their renown shall burgeon; never again the land starve with drought, never the alien’s taunts be heard.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	30	None shall doubt that I, the Lord their God, am at their side, and they are my own people, the race of Israel, the Lord God says.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	34	31	Flock of mine, the Lord God says, flock of my pasturing, you are but men, yet I, the Lord, am your God.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	35	1	Word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	35	2	Son of man, turn thy regard towards the hill-country of Seir, and prophesy its doom.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	35	3	This be thy message from the Lord God: Have at thee, Seir! My hand is raised to smite thee; desert thou shalt be and desolate;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	35	4	when I have pulled down thy cities and left thee in ruins, thou shalt know my power at last.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	35	5	Relentless foe, didst thou not cut off Israel’s retreat in its most need, when doom closed round it?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	35	6	As I am a living God, the Lord says, to bloodshed I doom thee, bloodshed shall hunt thee down, the very bloodshed that liked thee so little.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	35	7	Desolate and desert mount Seir shall be, none come and go there,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	35	8	every crest of it piled high with the slain. Slain they shall fall, thy warriors, by hill-slope and valley and ravine,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	35	9	till thou art left solitary for all time, thy cities uninhabited; so thou shalt witness my power.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	35	10	Two nations and two countries (thy boast was), and both are mine; to me is left the enjoyment of them! forgetting that I, the Lord, dwell there.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	35	11	As I am a living God, the Lord says, the rankling grudge that embittered thee thou shalt feel to thy cost; by the doom I execute upon thee, Israel shall learn to know me better;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	35	12	and thou too shalt learn that I, the Lord, was listening, when thy arrogance claimed its deserted hill-country for thy prey.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	35	13	I was listening to all those defiant blasphemies of thine,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	35	14	and now, says the Lord God, let all the world rejoice as it will, thou shalt lie desolate.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	35	15	Ruined utterly they shall be, mount Seir and all Edom, that triumphed in the ruin of Israel; the Lord’s power shall be made known at last.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	1	And now, son of man, to the mountains of Israel address thy prophecy, and give them my divine message,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	2	comforting them, in the name of the Lord God, for the taunts of the enemy, that think to claim possession of their ancient strongholds.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	3	Thus shall thy word of prophecy begin: Desolate you lie, the Lord God says, and overrun by the invader; aliens have the lordship of you, and your name is on men’s lips, a byword of common talk.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	4	Yet here is word for you, mountains of Israel, from the Lord God; word from him for crag and hill, ravine and valley and barren upland, ruined wall and deserted city, empty now and a mockery to their neighbours!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	5	On Edom, on all the Gentiles that fell to and feasted on lands of mine, marked them down for pillage, my jealous love pronounces doom.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	6	A promise, then, from the Lord God to every mountain and hill, every upland and valley in the land of Israel! Till now, the Lord God says, you have been put to the blush before your neighbours, but now my love and my indignation can contain itself no more.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	7	My oath upon it, the Lord God says, these neighbours of yours shall be put to the blush in their turn.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	8	But you, mountains of Israel, must burgeon anew, and grow fruit for my own people to enjoy; their home-coming is not far off now.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	9	Watch for me, I am coming back to you; soil of you shall be ploughed and sown anew;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	10	and men, too, shall thrive on it, Israel’s full muster-roll, peopling the cities, restoring the ruins.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	11	Full tale you shall have of men and beasts that thrive and multiply; I will make you populous as of old, more than of old my blessings lavish, and you shall not doubt my power.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	12	Masters you shall have, and those masters my people of Israel, your rightful lords; never shall they want lands or you lords again.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	13	Till now, the Lord God says, men have called thee a land that starves folk and empties cradle;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	14	henceforth, his will is that thou shouldst starve thy folk, bereave thy folk, no longer;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	15	scoff and taunt of heathen neighbours thou wilt have none to bear, he says, nor lack men to till thee henceforward.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	16	This too:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	17	Son of man, how the race of Israel profaned this country of theirs, when they still dwelt in it, by their lives and their likings! Cast clouts of woman were less defiling.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	18	What marvel if my vengeance was let loose on them for all the blood that stained it; all the idols that polluted it?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	19	What marvel if I drove them out among the nations, scattered them wide as earth, as lives and likings of theirs had deserved?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	20	But alas, wherever they went among the heathen, they brought my holy name into ill repute; These are the Lord’s people, folk said, and here they are, exiled from the land he loves!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	21	Should I let my holy name go unhonoured, among the heathen that harboured them?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	22	Give Israel, then, this message from the Lord God: It is not for your own sakes, men of Israel, that I come forward as your champion; it is for the sake of my holy name, brought into disrepute among the Gentiles who have crossed your path.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	23	That great renown of mine I mean to vindicate, that is now dragged in the dust among the Gentiles, dragged in the dust because of you. The very Gentiles will recognize my power, the Lord God says, when I proclaim my majesty in their sight by delivering you.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	24	I mean to set you free from the power of the Gentiles, bring you home again from every part of the earth.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	25	And then I will pour cleansing streams over you, to purge you from every stain you bear, purge you from the taint of your idolatry.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	26	I will give you a new heart, and breathe a new spirit into you; I will take away from your breasts those hearts that are hard as stone, and give you human hearts instead.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	27	I will make my spirit penetrate you, so that you will follow in the path of my law, remember and carry out my decrees.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	28	So shall you make your home in the land I promised to your fathers; you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	29	I will set you free from the guilt which stains you; I will send my word to the harvest, and bid it come up abundantly, from dearth spare you;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	30	yield of tree and crop of earth I will multiply, and the heathen shall taunt you no longer with your starving lot.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	31	Well may you think with loathing of what you were, as your minds go back to false paths and crooked aims you once followed!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	32	Be assured of it, the Lord God says, it was for no deserts of yours I delivered you; blush still, men of Israel, for your crimes, hang your heads still!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	33	This too: A time is coming when I will set you free from the guilt which stains you; when I will people your cities, rebuild your ruins;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	34	when the deserted land shall be tilled anew. Desolate the passers-by saw it once;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	35	now they will say, Why, it is a very garden of Eden, the country-side which once lay all uncultivated; the empty towns, all gone to rack and ruin, are walled and populous!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	36	And the heathen shall know, such heathen as are your neighbours still, that I, the Lord, rebuild ruin and plant wilderness; what the Lord promises, the Lord fulfils.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	37	This boon, says the Lord God, Israel shall yet have of me, as a flock thrives their manhood shall thrive.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	36	38	See how the victim-herd throngs the streets of Jerusalem on her feast-days! Yonder empty cities shall be thronged, too, but with men; the proof of my divine power.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	1	… The Lord’s power laid hold of me, and by the spirit of the Lord I was carried away and set down in the midst of the plain, which was covered with bones.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	2	Round the whole extent of them he took me, where they lay thick on the plain, all of them parched quite dry.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	3	Son of man, he said, can life return to these bones? Lord God, said I, thou knowest.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	4	Then he bade me utter a prophecy over the bones: Listen, dry bones, to the word of the Lord.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	5	A message to these bones from the Lord: I mean to send my spirit into you, and restore you to life.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	6	Sinews shall be given you, flesh shall grow on you, and skin cover you; and I will give you breath to bring you to life again; will you doubt, then, the Lord’s power?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	7	So I prophesied as he had bidden me, and as I prophesied a sound came, and I felt a stirring, and the bones came together, each at its proper joint;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	8	under my eyes the sinews and the flesh clothed them, and the skin covered them, but there was no breath in them even now.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	9	Son of man, he said, prophesy now to the breath of life; give the breath of life itself this message from the Lord God: Come, breath of life, from the four winds, and breathe on these slain men to make them live.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	10	So I prophesied as he had bidden me, and the breath of life came into them, so that they lived again; and all rose to their feet, host upon host of them.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	11	Then he told me, Son of man, in these bones here thou seest the whole race of Israel. They are complaining that their very bones have withered away, that all hope is lost, they are dead men.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	12	It is for thee to prophesy, giving them this message from the Lord God: I mean to open your graves and revive you, my people; I mean to bring you home to the land of Israel.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	13	Will you doubt, then, the Lord’s power, when I open your graves and revive you?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	14	When I breathe my spirit into you, to give you life again, and bid you dwell at peace in your own land? What the Lord promises, the Lord performs; you will know that, he tells you, at last.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	15	And word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	16	Son of man, take two pieces of wood, and write on one, For Juda, and the tribes of Israel that take part with him; on the other, that is the stick of Ephraim, write, For Joseph, and all the tribes of Israel that take part with him.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	17	Then join them together into the form of a single stick, so that they are united in thy hand.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	18	And when thy fellow-countrymen would have thee tell them what thou meanest by all this,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	19	give them this message from the Lord: Here is this stick of Joseph and his confederate tribes, with Ephraim at their head; I mean to join it with Juda’s and make one stick of it; one stick now, and in my hand.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	20	And while thou art still holding the inscribed sticks, there in the presence of thy fellow-countrymen,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	21	say this: A message from the Lord God! I mean to recall the sons of Israel from their exile among the Gentiles, gather them from every side and restore them to their home.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	22	And there, in the hill-country of Israel, I will make one nation of them, with one king over them all; no longer shall they be two nations under two crowns.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	23	No more shall they be contaminated with idol-worship, and foul rites, and forbidden things a many; I will deliver them from the lands that were once the haunts of their sinning, and make them clean again; they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	24	They shall have one king over them, a shepherd to tend them all, my servant David; my will they shall follow, my commands remember and obey.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	25	And their home shall be the home of your fathers, the land I gave to my servant Jacob; they and their children shall enjoy it, and their children’s children, in perpetuity, and ever my servant David shall be their prince.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	26	My covenant shall pledge them prosperity, a covenant that shall never be revoked; I will make them… and give them increase, and set up my sanctuary in their midst for ever.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	27	My tabernacle over them; they my people, and I their God;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	37	28	proof to all the world that I, the Lord, have set Israel apart, I that dwell apart in their midst for ever.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	38	1	Word came to me from the Lord:
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	38	2	Son of man, turn thy regard now towards Gog, Magog’s country, that has the lordship of Mosoch and Thubal, and prophesy its doom.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	38	3	This be thy message to it from the Lord God: Have at thee, Gog, that hast the lordship of Mosoch and Thubal!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	38	4	Trust me, I will turn thee about this way and that, bridle those jaws of thine! I will bring thee out to battle, with all thy army; with horses and mailed cavalry, with a great company that ply spear and shield and sword.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	38	5	Persians shall be there, and Ethiopians, and Libyans, all with shield and helmet,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	38	6	Gomer with his hordes, the men of Thogorma from the northern fastnesses, mustered in full strength; what an array thou hast about thee!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	38	7	Now hold thyself in readiness, marshal thy own strength and the hordes that follow thee; thine is the leadership.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	38	8	Long hence thy turn shall come; long years must pass before thou dost march on Israel; a land, now, recovered from its blood-letting; its hills, desolate till now, are repeopled with exiles from many shores, come back to dwell there in security.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	38	9	Storm never rose so suddenly, cloud-wrack never darkened it so fearsomely, as thou with that host of thine, those confederate hordes.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	38	10	What thoughts will be in thy heart that day, the Lord God says, what foul design will be a-brewing?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	38	11	Why, thou wilt think to march on a land unfortified, a people dwelling free from all alarms, that walls about them have none, bolt nor bar to shut them in;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	38	12	spoil for thy spoiling, plunder for thy plundering. Easily enough they are like to fall into thy hand, the ruins so lately rebuilt; the men restored from exile, that hold but the heart of the country, and are already enriched!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	38	13	Small wonder if the traders of Saba, Dedan and Tharsis, ravenous lions all, would know whether it is plunder thy heart is set on? Such a muster of men, it can but mean spoil; silver and gold to rifle, stock and stuff to carry away, ay, there is spoil behind this, and spoil worth the taking!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	38	14	Prophesy, then, son of man, and make known to Gog this divine message: None better ware of it than thou, when my people of Israel is living at peace, free from alarms!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	38	15	Then it is thou wilt come down from those northern fastnesses, with thy hordes about thee, thy troops of cavalry, a great muster, an army irresistible,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	38	16	sweeping down on my people of Israel like a cloud that overshadows the land. Offspring of that later age, thou shalt march on yonder land of mine, so that in Gog’s doom my power may be vindicated, and the heathen may learn what I am.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	38	17	Long years ago, the Lord God says, there were servants of mine that foresaw my will concerning thee, and even then warned Israel, in my name, of thy coming.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	38	18	When Gog marches against Israel, the Lord God says, my indignation will contain itself no longer;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	38	19	jealous love and fierce anger of mine, I swear it, shall throw all the land of Israel into commotion.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	38	20	Fish in sea, bird in air, beast on earth and all the creeping things of earth shall tremble at my presence, and the world of men, too, shall tremble; mountains be overthrown, defences totter, walls come toppling to the ground.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	38	21	All through this hill-country of mine my word shall run, The sword! And with that, the Lord says, friend shall turn his sword against friend;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	38	22	ordeal they shall have of pestilence and of blood-letting, of lashing storm and great hail-stones; fire and brimstone I will rain down upon them, all that great army and the hordes that follow with it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	38	23	My greatness, my holiness, shall then be displayed for a world of nations to see, and they will recognize my power at last.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	1	Prophesy, then, son of man, the doom of Gog; be this the divine message thou givest him: Have at thee, Gog, that hast the lordship of Mosoch and Thubal!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	2	This way and that I will turn thee, whistle thee on and bid thee leave thy northern fastnesses, to march against the hill-country of Israel;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	3	then I will strike yonder bow from thy left hand, spill the arrows from thy right!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	4	Host and horde of thine shall fall with thee on the mountains of Israel, carrion for every bird in air, every beast on earth;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	5	cast away on the bare ground thou shalt lie, such is my doom for thee, the Lord God says.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	6	Such a fire I will light as shall reach Magog, and others besides, island-dwellers far away that have no thought of peril; they too shall know my power.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	7	Among my own people of Israel my renown shall spread, and never more shall my holy name be dragged in the dust; the heathen shall know what manner of God it is that dwells apart in Israel.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	8	When all is over and done, and my day of doom past,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	9	the townsfolk of Israel will come out to gather kindling-wood and fire-wood out of the spoils that were left; shield and spear, bow and arrow, staff and pole; and they will be seven years a-burning.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	10	All that time, faggots will strew the country-side ungathered, and never axe will be laid to forest tree; weapons of war shall be all their fuel, spoil of the spoiler, plunder of the plunderer, the Lord God says.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	11	Then, too, Gog shall have a burying-place named after him, there in Israel, none other than the Valley of the Wayfarers, east of the Dead Sea; a thing of wonder to all that pass by. There they shall bury Gog with all the rabble that came after him, and Valley of Gog’s Rabble the place shall be called.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	12	Seven months’ work Israel shall have burying them, and cleansing the land from its defilement;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	13	all the citizens shall take part in it, and shall commemorate that day as the day on which I was vindicated, says the Lord God.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	14	Even when the seven months are over, some there will be whose office it is to search ever the country-side, finding those remains and burying them, to rid the land of defilement;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	15	still they will be scouring those plains, and setting up a mark where they see men’s bones lie, for the grave-diggers to bury them, there in the Valley of Gog’s Rabble;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	16	from this the city of Amona, Rabble, shall take its name. And so the land shall be cleansed.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	17	This too: Son of man, here is a message for every bird in air, every beast that roams the earth: Come all, come with haste, gather from every side for the sacrificial feast I am making for you, a great feast on the uplands of Israel, flesh to eat, blood for your drinking!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	18	Flesh of fighting men, blood of the world’s great ones; never was ram or lamb, never was goat or bull, food so rich or so dainly!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	19	Glutted with fat, drunk you shall be with blood, at this feast of mine;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	20	horse and brave rider, warriors of high rank and low, are the cheer they shall have at my table, says the Lord God.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	21	In glory I will reveal myself to the Gentiles; the doom I have executed, the power I have exerted, shall be for all to see;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	22	nor shall Israel doubt thenceforward that I, the Lord, am their God.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	23	All the world shall know why it was that Israel went into banishment, why I turned my back on them and gave them up to massacre; that it was because they wronged me and deserted me;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	24	that it was foul crime of theirs bade me disown them.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	25	I mean to restore Jacob from exile, the Lord God says, and extend my mercy to the whole race of Israel; the honour of my name demands it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	26	The disgrace, the punishment of all their guilt, they needs must bear… … when they are dwelling safely in their own land, free from all alarms;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	27	when I have brought them back from banishment among strangers, in hostile countries, and so, before the whole world’s eyes, retrieved my honour.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	28	They shall know at last that I, the Lord, am their God: if it was I that drove them into captivity, it was I, too, that restored them to their home, not a man of them left in exile.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	39	29	And I will turn away from them no longer, I, that have poured out my spirit on the whole race of Israel.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	1	It was the tenth day of the month; the twenty-fifth year of our banishment, and the fourteenth since the fall of the city, was just beginning. This was the precise day upon which the Lord’s power came over me, and I fell into a transport;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	2	in which transport, so the divine revelation would have it, I was carried off to the country of Israel. There, I found myself on the top of a very high mountain, that seemed to have a city built on it, sloping away towards the south.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	3	Into this city I was taken, and there met a man whose look dazzled the eye like bronze; he stood there in the gateway, holding a flaxen cord and a measuring-rod.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	4	The open eye, son of man, said he, the open ear, and mark well all I shew thee! Thou wast brought here to see, and tell the men of Israel what thou seest.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	5	There was an outer wall that ran round the whole building, which he measured with his rod, that was six cubits and a palm in length; a rod’s thickness there was in the wall, and a rod’s height;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	6	when he came to the gate at the eastern approach and had mounted the stairs of it, the entrance-way was spanned by a single rod; each entrance was of a rod’s thickness.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	7	Within were guard-chambers, six cubits square and five cubits apart;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	8	then came an inner gateway, a rod’s length deep;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	9	then an inner entrance-hall, measuring eight cubits across, with pillars two cubits thick.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	10	This eastern gateway had three guard-chambers on each side, alike in size, and alike in size the pillars between them.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	11	The entrance of the gateway was ten cubits across, and the span of the gateway itself thirteen cubits;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	12	on either side the six-cubit guard-chamber was set a cubit back.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	13	From gable-window of guard-room to gable-window of guard-room opposite was twenty-five cubits.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	14	(And he made the whole length of the colonnade sixty cubits, but this was measuring right up to the pillars which stood out round the gateway);
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	15	the distance from the outer gate to the inner was fifty cubits…
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	16	and slanting windows in the guard-chambers and in the thickness of the walls that separated them, all round the gateway; the hall, too, within had its windows all round, and there was a pattern of palm-trees on the pillars between them.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	17	So he led me into the outer courtyard, which was surrounded by parlours, that had the ground about them paved with stone; there were thirty parlours standing in this strip of pavement.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	18	It stretched up to the gateways, and was broad as they were long; like them, it was on the level of the ground.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	19	And now he measured the distance from the eastern gate to the inner courtyard, where they stood fronting one another; it was a hundred cubits. As with the east, so with the north;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	20	length and breadth he must measure of the outer gate that looked northwards.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	21	This, too, was fifty cubits long and twenty-five broad; it had guard-chambers, three on each side, pillar and hall like the other.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	22	Hall and windows and palm-tree pattern differed nothing from those of the eastern gate; all was the same, from the seven steps of the approach to the hall within.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	23	As on the east, so on the north, the inner court had a gateway matching it, a hundred cubits distant.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	24	And next he took me to the south, where there was a fresh gate, which he measured, pillar of it and hall of it, as before;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	25	the same windows about the hall, the same length and breadth;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	26	the seven steps, the hall at the further end, the pillars with a palm-tree patterned on either side.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	27	Here, too, a hundred cubits away, was a gateway on the south side of the inner courtyard.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	28	It was through this southern gateway of it that he led me into the inner courtyard itself; a gateway with the same measurements as before,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	29	guard-chamber and pillar and hall. It had the same windows and window-pillars, the same length and breadth,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	30	and the porch round it was twenty-five cubits long, five cubits broad.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	31	The pillars had the same pattern, but this time the hall was on the outer side of the gateway, and there were eight steps instead of seven.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	32	Then he took me to the east side of the inner court, with the same measurements,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	33	guard-chamber and pillar and hall, window and window-pillar, length and breadth;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	34	the pillared hall again facing the outer court, the steps eight in number.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	35	And next to the northern gate, with the same measurements still,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	36	guard-chamber and pillar and hall and windows and length and breadth;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	37	the pillared hall facing outwards, the eight steps.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	38	… and each ante-chamber had a door, between pillars. This was where they washed the victims for burnt-sacrifice;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	39	and in the hall of the entrance-way there were two tables on each side, for the slaying of the victims, whether it were a burnt-sacrifice, or some offering for a fault or for a wrong done.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	40	On the outer side of the gateway, towards the north gate, and again on the opposite side, there were two more tables, close to the hall.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	41	Thus altogether there were eight tables ranged along the side of the entrance-way, all for sacrifice.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	42	And for the burnt-sacrifice there were four other tables of hewn stone, a cubit and a half square, and a cubit in height; here they laid the instruments needed for sacrifice and offering;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	43	they had ledges, too, curving upwards all round, a palm in breadth, for these tables must also hold the flesh of the victims.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	44	In the inner court itself, beyond the gateway, the singers had their lodging, on the north side, facing south. There was a parlour, too, at the side of the eastern gate, facing… north;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	45	the one facing south, he told me, was for the priests who kept watch over the temple,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	46	the one facing north for the priests who are busied with the service of the altar, Sadocite Levites, that were the Lord’s privileged ministers.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	47	The court, with the altar standing in it, was a hundred cubits square.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	48	Then he led me to the porch of the temple; the jamb on either side was five cubits deep, and the width of the gate… three cubits on either side;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	40	49	the porch itself was twenty cubits long and eleven broad. As we climbed up the eight steps to it, there were columns facing us, one on either side.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	1	So he brought me into the temple, between pillars that were six cubits square by tabernacle measure.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	2	The door was ten cubits across, the recess behind the doorway five cubits on either side; the whole length of the outer temple was forty cubits, and the width twenty.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	3	Then he went into the inner sanctuary, measuring the doorway, two cubits thick, the door, six cubits across, and the width of the recess behind the doorway, seven cubits.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	4	Each side had the length of the side next to the outer temple, twenty cubits. This, said he, is the innermost sanctuary.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	5	Then he measured the temple wall, which was six cubits thick; it was flanked all round by rooms four cubits square.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	6	There were sixty of these rooms, in three storeys one on the top of another; and their upper storeys jutted out all round the temple wall, but keeping apart from it; the temple wall must not be touched.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	7	And there was a round stair-case which went up in a spiral to this upper loft of the temple building, which projected outwards for that very reason; there was thus an easy passage from the lower to the middle, and from the middle to the upper storey.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	8	The building, I saw, was all raised above the ground; the rod shewed that the ground level of the rooms was six cubits up.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	9	The rooms were at a distance of five cubits beyond the temple wall, and they enclosed it all round;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	10	and there was a close of twenty cubits’ width between these and a line of parlours which flanked the temple.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	11	The doors of the inner rooms let out, to north and south, on a praying-walk, five cubits in width, which ran round the temple.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	12	Round this again was the close of twenty cubits, and beyond that, on the west, a pavilion seventy cubits by ninety, with a wall five cubits thick.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	13	He shewed me that the temple was a hundred cubits long; the close with the pavilion beyond it, including its walls, a hundred cubits long;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	14	the eastern face of the temple, with the close on each side of it, a hundred cubits long;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	15	and the breadth from side to side of the pavilion beyond the close (with its galleries) a hundred cubits long… … and the inner sanctuary, and the halls that gave on to the courtyard,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	16	the doorways, the slanting windows, the galleries that went round on three sides, over the several doorways; all were completely panelled in wood. The panelling ran right up to the windows, which it framed, right up to the top level of the doorway;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	17	ran all the way round to meet the inner sanctuary, keeping the same height within and without it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	18	The design was of alternate cherubs and palm-trees, and each cherub had two faces,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	19	shewing like a man towards one palm-tree and like a young lion towards the other; the same pattern ran all through the building,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	20	carved cherubs and palm-trees on each wall from ground level to the height of the door’s lintel.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	21	The entrance of the temple stood square, facing the inner sanctuary;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	22	facing the altar, which was of wood, three feet high, and two feet across; corners and slab and sides were all of wood. This, he told me, is the table that stands in the Lord’s presence.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	23	Outer temple, inner sanctuary, had two doors each;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	24	and either door had leaves that folded together, two leaves on each door,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	25	with the same pattern of cherubs and palm-trees that the walls had. To match this, the outer porch was faced with thick beams
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	41	26	reaching up to the level of the slanting windows; thick beams figured with palm-trees in either recess… matching the width of the rooms and of the temple walls.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	42	1	Then he took me into the outer court again, the northern part of it, and would have me enter the parlours that lay there, close to the pavilion and to the northern side of the temple.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	42	2	The long side of them, facing the north door, was a hundred cubits, the breadth fifty;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	42	3	between the twenty-cubit close of the inner court, and the paving of the outer, they rose, gallery upon gallery, three storeys in all.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	42	4	In front of them was a walk ten cubits wide, encroaching on the inner court by one cubit; all their doors faced the north.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	42	5	Here, the top rooms were narrower, since they must make room for porticos at the side, built out over the two lower storeys;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	42	6	these three-storeyed parlours had no columns in front of them, like the parlours in the outer court, but made up for it by porticos that rose from the roof of the first two floors, filling in the width of the fifty cubits.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	42	7	Inner parlours faced outer only with fifty cubits of their wall’s length;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	42	8	in the outer court, the parlours were but fifty cubits long, whereas those beside the temple were a hundred.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	42	9	These inner parlours were entered from below at their eastern end, from the outer court.… in the thickness of the court’s eastern wall
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	42	10	… opposite the pavilion, and here too there were parlours close to the pavilion.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	42	11	Southern parlours, like northern, had a walk in front of them; had the same length and breadth, were entered by doors of the same kind;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	42	12	the doors of these parlours opened on a walk along their southern side, and the main entrance was approached at the eastern end, from the walk that faced the hall and the close.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	42	13	These parlours, he told me, built to north and south beside the pavilion, are hallowed precincts, where the priests who sacrifice to the Lord may eat what is set apart for holy uses. All that is set apart, all the offerings made for fault and for wrong done, shall there be laid out, as on holy ground.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	42	14	Nor, entering it, shall the priests leave it for the inner court all at once; here they must lay aside their vestments, for these, too, are hallowed, and put on other clothes before ever they mingle with the people.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	42	15	With that, he made an end of measuring the precincts within, and led me through the eastern doorway, to measure them from without.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	42	16	Along the eastern side his reed measured five hundred cubits;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	42	17	five hundred cubits along the northern side,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	42	18	and five hundred cubits along the southern;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	42	19	westwards, too, the measure of it was five hundred cubits.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	42	20	All round the four quarters of the wind he would measure it, five hundred cubits in length as in breadth, this boundary between things sacred and things profane.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	1	Then he took me to the eastern gate;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	2	and all at once, from the sun’s rising, the bright presence of the God of Israel made entry there. Like the sound of waters in deep flood his voice was, and earth was lit up with the splendour all around.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	3	Such was the appearance I had seen of him, when he came bent on the city’s destruction, when I saw my vision by the banks of Chobar; down fell I, face to earth.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	4	In it came through the eastern gateway, the splendour of the Lord himself;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	5	and with that, a transport seized me, carrying me off into the inner court, where already the brightness of the Lord’s presence filled the temple.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	6	Thence it was I heard his voice speaking to me; and the man who stood at my side passed on the message.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	7	Son of man, he told me, here is my throne; here eternally, in the heart of Israel, is my resting-place. No more shall Israel’s folk, Israel’s kings, drag my name in the dust with their infidelities, with the dead gods they served, with their hill-sanctuaries.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	8	Door next to door of mine, pillar to pillar, only a wall between us; and for the foul doings that dragged my name in the dust, my vengeance took full toll of them.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	9	Bid they those infidelities, those dead gods farewell, I will make my eternal home here in the midst of them.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	10	Thine, son of man, to shame the men of Israel by the sight of yonder temple; who measures the fabric of it,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	11	shall learn to blush for his misdeeds. Form and fashion of the temple, gates that lead in and out, all the plot of it do thou make known to them; and what observances they are that govern the ordering of it. All this they must see in writing, and so learn to keep its pattern ever unaltered, its laws ever to fulfil.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	12	Wouldst thou know what the temple’s charter is? No part of the mountain top that lies within its bounds but is my inmost sanctuary; that, nothing less, is the charter of the temple.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	13	These measurements the altar had, measured by the true cubit, that is the width of a fore-arm and a palm; first came a gutter, of a cubit’s depth and a cubit’s width, ending in a lip a span broad all round; thus the altar was drained.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	14	Above this gutter, which was at ground level, came the lower base, two cubits high and a cubit across; the upper base rose four cubits above it, and was again a cubit wide.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	15	The altar proper was four cubits high, with four horns projecting above it,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	16	and the sides of it were square, twelve cubits by twelve.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	17	The base was also square, fourteen cubits by fourteen, and had a projecting rim half a cubit across; the groove under this was a cubit in height. The steps of the altar faced eastwards…
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	18	Son of man, he told me, when the altar is set up, ready for burnt-sacrifice and for blood-sprinkling, these ceremonies the Lord God would have thee observe.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	19	A young bullock the priests must have, those priests of Sadoc’s line that are my true ministers, for a transgression-victim.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	20	Horns of the altar, and the four corners of its base, and the rim round about it, thou shalt smear with the victim’s blood, to cleanse them and purge them of fault,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	21	then take the victim itself to a place apart, beyond the temple precincts, and there burn it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	22	Next day, the transgression-victim shall be a male kid, without blemish; with this, as with the calf, the altar must be purged;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	23	and when the purging is over, bullock and ram must be offered, these too without blemish;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	24	when they have been brought into the Lord’s presence, and the priests have sprinkled them with salt, they must be given to the Lord in burnt-sacrifice.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	25	Each day, for seven days, goat and bullock and ram must be offered, all unblemished;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	26	purged and cleansed and hallowed the altar must be for seven days,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	43	27	and when these are over, on the eighth day and ever afterwards, the priests may use it for burnt-sacrifice and welcome-offering of yours, and I will look favourably on you, the Lord God says.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	1	Then he brought me back to the eastern gate of the outer precincts, that was fast shut.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	2	Shut this gate must ever be, the Lord told me, nor open its doors to give man entrance again, since the Lord, the God of Israel, entered by it. Access to it is none,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	3	even for the prince himself; sit there he may, to eat his share of the welcome-offering, but it is through the hall at the other end of the gateway he comes and goes.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	4	And so he took me towards the northern gate, in full view of the temple; and all the temple was filled with the brightness of the Lord’s presence, a sight that brought me to my knees, face to earth.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	5	Give good heed, son of man, the Lord said to me; the open eye, the open ear! Rule and observance of the Lord’s house I mean to tell thee; of the temple, and who may approach it, of my sanctuary, and the manner of leaving it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	6	This message deliver, from the Lord God, to the rebel brood of Israel: Will you never have done with insult, men of Israel,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	7	letting alien folk, that in mind and body circumcision have none, profane my house by entering the sanctuary? What avails it, to offer me bread, and fat, and blood, when all the while these foul doings of yours violate my covenant?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	8	The sacred charge committed to you went for nothing; guardians of my own worship, in my own sanctuary, should be men of your choosing!
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	9	Place the alien may have, though body and mind be both uncircumcised, in the commonwealth of Israel, the Lord says; place in my sanctuary he has none.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	10	There be Levites that have forsaken the following of me, when all the race of Israel went a-straying; that have betaken themselves to false gods, and must needs do penance for their fault.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	11	What forbids they should be sacrists and door-keepers of mine, temple attendants to prepare burnt-sacrifice, slay victim, and stand ministering in the people’s presence?
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	12	Ministers of false worship, that betrayed Israel into guilt, they have made me their sworn enemy, and must be held to account for it;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	13	never may they come before me as priests, never touch consecrated gift that is set apart for holy uses; disgraced they must needs be, penance must needs bear;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	14	yet I would have them keep the doors of my house, and be charged with all the menial offices that belong to it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	15	The priests, the true Levites, shall be those sons of Sadoc that held fast by my temple worship when Israel left the following of me. Theirs to come forward as my ministers; theirs to wait upon my presence, offering me fat and blood of victims, the Lord God says;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	16	theirs my sanctuary to enter, my table to approach, servants of mine that shall keep the charge I gave them.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	17	Come they within the inner gate, they shall be all vested in linen; nothing of wool shall clothe them, when they serve me in the intimacy of the inner court;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	18	mitres of linen on their brows, breeches of linen about their loins, with no such habiting as may bring them out in a sweat.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	19	These vestments of office they must lay aside, and put away in the temple sacristy, when they go out to mingle with the people in the outer court; that holy contact is not for common folk; it is time they put on their workaday clothes instead.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	20	They shall be at pains to cut their hair, not grow it long; yet cropped their heads must not be.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	21	As for wine, a priest may not drink it when he is soon to enter the sanctuary.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	22	Wed he, it must be a maid he weds, of Israelite birth; not rejected wife or widow, save it be the widow of another priest.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	23	Their office it is, to teach the people what is clean and unclean, what is holy and what profane;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	24	when dispute arises, to take their place at my judgement-seat and give award; my feasts with due rite and ordinance to observe, my sabbaths to keep holy.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	25	Never shall they defile themselves with dead body’s contact, save only it be father or mother, son or daughter, brother or unwedded sister of theirs.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	26	Cleansed though he be after such contact, a priest must wait for seven days yet,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	27	nor enter the inner court to do service in my sanctuary, the Lord God says, till he has made an offering in amends for his fault.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	28	And for the priestly tribe, it must have no patrimony assigned to it; I am their patrimony, nor needs he portion, whose portion is his God.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	29	Bloodless offering they shall eat, and the victim that is offered for a fault or a wrong done; theirs every gift an Israelite vows to me,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	30	theirs the first of all first-fruits, and the residue of all you offer; and the first batch of your baking you must give to the priest, to win his blessing for you and yours.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	44	31	Bird or beast that drops dead, or has been a wild thing’s prey, the priest may not eat.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	45	1	When you set about the allotment of your territory, one strip you must leave out, twenty-five thousand cubits by ten thousand, a hallowed strip of land that is to be the Lord’s peculiar, all the length and breadth of it hallowed.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	45	2	(Hallowed entirely one plot in it shall be, a square plot of five hundred cubits each way, with fifty cubits’ space for approach all about it. )
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	45	3	Within the Lord’s domain, a space of twenty-five thousand cubits by ten thousand, surrounding temple and sanctuary, must be measured out
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	45	4	as dedicated to the priests, that serve the sanctuary and worship in the Lord’s presence; this shall be their home, this their sacred enclosure.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	45	5	And for the Levites that serve the temple another like space is to be measured out; twenty cells they shall have there.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	45	6	Marching with the sacred enclosure, there shall be a strip of twenty-five thousand cubits by five thousand, where the common folk of Israel shall have their city and their city’s lands.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	45	7	And at either end of the enclosure, and of the city lands, the prince shall have his domains, adjoining either end, and stretching away to west and east as far as each of the tribal allotments stretches westwards and eastwards.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	45	8	He shall enjoy his own possessions on Israelite soil; there shall be no more encroaching on the public rights; each tribe shall be given its own territory, to have and to hold.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	45	9	Will you never have enough, princes of Israel? the Lord God says. Must it always be wrong and robbery, never right and redress? Right of king and right of people he bids you determine once for all.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	45	10	Let us have true scales, a true ephi, a true bate;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	45	11	let ephi and bate match, a tenth part of a cor either of them; by the standard of the cor they shall be measured.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	45	12	Let twenty obols go to the sicle, twice twenty sicles and fifteen besides go to the mina.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	45	13	And so let these be the tithings you pay; a sixth of an ephi for every cor of wheat or barley,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	45	14	and a tenth of a bate for every cor of oil, tenth of bate or hundredth of cor, since the cor is to measure ten bates;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	45	15	and one ram you must contribute out of every two hundred that feed in Israel’s pasture-lands. That each may pay his scot, for bloodless offering or burnt-sacrifice or welcome-offering, the Lord says,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	45	16	this tax the whole land of Israel owes to its prince.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	45	17	And he, on Israel’s behalf, shall defray the cost of burnt-sacrifice, and bloodless offering, and libation, on feast-day and new moon and sabbath, whenever the folk of Israel keep holiday; transgression-victim, and burnt-sacrifice, and welcome-offering, he must provide them all.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	45	18	On the first day of the year, the Lord God says, the sanctuary must have a calf, without blemish, sacrificed for its purging.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	45	19	Door-posts of the temple, corners of the altar’s base, door-posts of the inner court, the priest shall smear with blood of the transgression-victim.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	45	20	And the like must be done again on the seventh day of that month, for faults committed unwittingly, through inadvertence; and so the temple shall be purged clean.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	45	21	On the fourteenth day of the first month you will keep the paschal feast, and for a week eat bread without leaven.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	45	22	On the feast itself, the prince must provide a calf, in amends for fault of his own, fault of his people;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	45	23	and every day during the week seven calves and seven rams without blemish; every day, too, a goat for a transgression-victim;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	45	24	with each ram or goat a bushel of flour, and with each bushel of flour a gallon and a half of oil.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	45	25	The same provision he must make, of transgression-victim, burnt-sacrifice, bloodless offering, and oil, for the fifteenth day of the seventh month, and its week of holiday.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	46	1	Eastern gate of the inner court, the Lord God says, must be shut on the six working days, open on the sabbath; on the day of the new moon, too, it shall be opened.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	46	2	When it is opened, the prince shall come in by way of the outer hall, and wait in the entrance till the priests have done presenting burnt-sacrifice of his, welcome-offering of his; there on the threshold he shall do reverence, and go his ways, but the gate shall not be shut after him, not till the evening.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	46	3	On sabbath days, and when the moon is new, before this gate the people also shall do reverence.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	46	4	Six lambs and a ram, without blemish, are the prince’s burnt-sacrifice to the Lord every sabbath,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	46	5	with a bushel of flour for the ram, and for the lambs what bloodless offering he will; and of oil a gallon and a half to the bushel.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	46	6	And when the moon is new, the same victims, and a bullock besides, unblemished as they;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	46	7	with the bullock, too, a bushel goes as bloodless offering, and the rest shall be as before.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	46	8	Through the outer hall of the gateway the prince comes and goes;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	46	9	but on feast-days, when a great throng comes into the Lord’s presence, they must enter by one gate and leave by the opposite, from north to south or south to north,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	46	10	and the prince, that worships in their midst, shall enter and leave as they.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	46	11	And for the bloodless offering, come feast-day, come holiday, it shall be made as aforesaid.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	46	12	Will the prince make burnt-sacrifice or welcome-offering of his own free will, the eastern gate shall be opened for him, as on the sabbath, till burnt-sacrifice or welcome-offering is done; but when he goes out, the gate shall be shut behind him.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	46	13	And there shall be daily burnt-sacrifice; morning by morning he shall offer one of that year’s lambs, unblemished;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	46	14	of flour, morning by morning, the sixth part of a bushel, and half a gallon of oil mingled with it; ever this bloodless offering is the Lord’s due, continual and unalterable.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	46	15	Lamb and flour and oil, morning by morning, an eternal sacrifice.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	46	16	If the prince will make a gift of land to sons of his, the Lord God says, their patrimony it is, held by right of inheritance;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	46	17	crown lands he cannot alienate to any of his servants beyond the year of jubilee, when they must needs return to him; the crown lands are entailed upon his sons.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	46	18	And at no time shall he rob the people by violence of their rightful patrimony; if he will endow his sons, out of his own patrimony let him do it; my people must not be disinherited.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	46	19	And now he took me through an entry close by the side of the gate, which led to the northern row of priests’ rooms round the sanctuary. Where this reached its western end,
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	46	20	there was a kitchen, which the priests used, he told me, to boil the flesh of victims for a fault or a wrong done, to bake the bloodless offering. They must not be carried out into the courtyard; such holy contact was not for the people.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	46	21	Afterwards he took me into the outer court, round all the corners of it in turn, and shewed me that there was a little garth in each of them; no corner but had its garth;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	46	22	in each, there was a space of forty cubits by thirty, perfectly matched.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	46	23	The wall enclosed them, and here, under an open roof, kitchens were built.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	46	24	These kitchens, he told me, were used by the temple attendants for cooking the welcome-offerings made by the people.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	47	1	And last, he took me to the door of the temple itself, and shewed me where a stream of water flowed eastwards from beneath the threshold of it. Eastward the temple looked, and eastward these waters flowed, somewhat to the temple’s right, so as to pass by the southern side of the altar.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	47	2	Through the northern gate he led me, and round the walk that passed the outer gate, taking the eastern sun; and here, to the right of the gate, the water gushed out.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	47	3	Eastward then he faced, the man of the measuring-rod; measured a thousand cubits, and led me across a stream that reached my ankles.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	47	4	Another thousand, and when I crossed the stream it reached my knees;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	47	5	another thousand, and it was up to my waist, another thousand, and now it had become a torrent I might not cross any longer, so high the waters had swelled, out of my depth.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	47	6	Mark it well, son of man, said he; and with that he brought me out on to the bank again;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	47	7	when I reached it, I found that there were trees growing thick on either hand.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	47	8	This stream, he told me, must flow eastward to the sand-dunes, and so fall into the desert; pass into the Dead Sea and beyond it, cleansing those waters by its passage.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	47	9	Wherever it flows, there shall be teeming life once again; in the Dead Sea itself there will be shoals of fish, once this stream has reached it, this stream that heals all things and makes all things live.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	47	10	Fisher-folk will line the shores of it, and there will be drying of nets all the way from Engaddi to Engallim, and fish there will be in great shoals, varied in kind as the ocean fish are.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	47	11	Only the swamps and marshes about it there is no cleansing; these shall turn into salt-pits.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	47	12	And on either bank of the stream fruit-trees shall grow of every kind; never leaf lost, never fruit cast; month after month they shall yield a fresh crop, watered by that sanctuary stream; fruit for man’s eating, and medicinal leaves.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	47	13	This message, too, the Lord God has for you, about the frontiers of the territory you are to divide among the twelve tribes; twelve, because Joseph must have a double portion.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	47	14	I promised it to your fathers long ago; This land, I told them, shall be allotted to you. And you must allot it among yourselves in equal shares.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	47	15	These are to be its boundaries on the north; from Hethalon, on the Great Sea, across the pass which leads to Sedada
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	47	16	and Emath, by Berotha and Sabarim (where Emath marches with Syria) and Hazar Tichon (near the Hauran country)
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	47	17	to the Syrian frontier-town of Hazar Enan, its extreme limit inland. Ever northward it stretches, this northern frontier of yours, till it reaches Emath.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	47	18	The eastern frontier is to be drawn between Hauran and what is now Syria, between Galaad and Israel proper, down the line of the Jordan to the Dead Sea.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	47	19	Towards the south and the noon-day sun, the line stretches from Thamar to the Waters of Challenge at Cades, then follows the Brook of Egypt to the sea;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	47	20	and on the west, it runs straight from the Egyptian border to the Emath pass.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	47	21	All this territory must be apportioned between the tribes of Israel;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	47	22	then you will divide it up among yourselves. Aliens will have their share in it, such aliens as have thrown in their lot with yours and bred amongst you; native Israelites you shall count them, and allot them their portions in this tribe or that.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	47	23	Amidst the tribe which has given him shelter, each shall find a home, the Lord God says.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	1	And here is a list of the tribal domains. First Dan, with its northern frontier on a line from Hethalon, across the Emath pass, to the Syrian frontier-town of Hazar Enan, and marching with Emath all the way; its eastern limit… the sea.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	2	Next, stretching from Israel’s eastern frontier to the sea, Aser;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	3	next, in like manner, Nephthali;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	4	next, in like manner, Manasses;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	5	next, in like manner, Ephraim;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	6	next, in like manner, Ruben;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	7	next, in like manner, Juda.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	8	Next, in like manner, comes the strip of dedicated land you are to set apart; in breadth, twenty-five thousand cubits, in length, stretching from Israel’s frontier to the sea like the rest; and in the heart of it, the sanctuary.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	9	The Lord’s own domain will be twenty-five thousand cubits by ten thousand;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	10	and in this holy plot, measuring twenty-five thousand cubits north and south, ten thousand cubits east and west, the priests are to dwell, with the sanctuary in their midst.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	11	Priests, I say, of Sadoc’s line, that held fast by my observances and never went a-straying with strayed Israel, as the other Levites did;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	12	first-fruit of the first-fruits their domain shall be, the domain of the Levites marching with it.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	13	This neighbouring strip will be of the same size, twenty-five thousand cubits by ten thousand;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	14	sell their land they may not, nor exchange it; the consecrated ground is unalienable.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	15	The remaining strip of five thousand cubits’ breadth shall be for city’s buildings and city’s lands; the city itself standing in the middle;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	16	north, south, east and west it shall measure four thousand five hundred cubits;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	17	north, south, east and west it shall have purlieus two hundred and fifty cubits deep.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	18	In length, it will fall short of the Lord’s domain by ten thousand cubits on the east, and as much on the west; but this remaining space will be city lands, like the sanctuary lands, growing food for the needs of labouring men in the city;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	19	these shall have the right to cultivate it, come they from what tribe they will.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	20	All the length and breadth of this square of territory, twenty-five thousand cubits either way, shall be sanctuary enclosure and city lands;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	21	beyond this square of sanctuary and city, all that is left of the dedicated domain, eastwards to the Jordan and westwards to the sea, shall belong to the prince; the hallowed plot that surrounds the temple shall divide his lands in two.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	22	Royal lands and Levite lands shall march with Juda, royal lands and city lands with Benjamin.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	23	For the rest of the tribes, Benjamin comes first, stretching from Israel’s frontier on the east to the sea on the west;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	24	next, in like manner, Simeon;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	25	next, in like manner, Issachar;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	26	next, in like manner, Zabulon;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	27	next, in like manner, Gad.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	28	Gad shall be the southernmost, facing the noon-day sun, with a frontier running from Thamar to the Waters of Challenge at Cades, and along the Brook to the Great Sea.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	29	Such shall be the territory allotted to Israel’s tribes, the Lord God says, and thus allotted they shall be.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	30	And these are the city’s limits; on the north side, measure four thousand five hundred cubits;
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	31	and here (for all must be named after Israel’s tribes) are three gates named after Ruben, Juda and Levi.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	32	As many on the east, and here are gates named after Joseph, Benjamin, and Dan.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	33	As many on the south, and here are gates named after Simeon, Issachar and Zabulon.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	34	As many on the west, and here are gates named after Gad, Aser and Nephthali.
+Ezechiel	Eze	31	48	35	The whole circumference is one of eighteen thousand cubits. THE LORD IS THERE; such is the name by which the city will be known ever after.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	1	When Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon, marched against Jerusalem and laid siege to it, in Joakim’s third year as king of Juda,
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	2	the Lord gave him the mastery. Not only Joakim fell into his hands, but… some of the temple treasures, which he carried off to Sennaar as offerings to his own god, and there, in the treasure-house of his own god’s temple, bestowed them.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	3	Meanwhile, he had a command for Asphenez, his head chamberlain. He was to take under his charge certain young Israelites, of royal or princely stock,
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	4	in body well formed, handsome of mien, so well versed and grounded, so keen of wit, as they might be taught lore and language of the Chaldaeans, and have places at his court.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	5	For three years they should have daily allowance of the king’s meat and wine; then he would send for them.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	6	Among these were four tribesmen of Juda, called Daniel, Ananias, Misael and Azarias;
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	7	the chamberlain had given them fresh names, to Daniel Baltassar, to Ananias Sidrach, to Misael Misach, and to Azarias Abdenago.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	8	Daniel had resolved, neither meat nor wine from the royal table should sully his lips; and for this abstinence he hoped to get leave from the head chamberlain;
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	9	with such kindness and pity God had touched his heart.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	10	But this would not serve; Nay, said he, what of the charge my lord king gave me, that you should have food and drink? It were as much as my life is worth, if he saw you haggard-cheeked beside others of your own age.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	11	Hereupon Daniel went to Malasar, one of the other chamberlains, to whose care Asphenez had entrusted all four of them.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	12	Sir, said he, be pleased to put us on our trial. For ten days, give us nothing but pulse to eat, water to drink,
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	13	then compare our looks with the looks of those others who have fed on the king’s bounty; judge by what thou seest, and do with us what thou wilt.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	14	The challenge was accepted, and the ten days’ trial began;
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	15	when it was over, never a one of the king’s pensioners shewed healthy and well nourished as they.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	16	After that, Malasar had their allowance of meat and wine, and they pulse.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	17	Meanwhile, in all lore and learning, God made apt pupils of these four; and of visions and dreams especially Daniel was master.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	18	And now, the time of their probation over, Asphenez presented his pupils before Nabuchodonosor,
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	19	who had speech with all of them; and no match was found for Daniel, Ananias, Misael and Azarias; all must have places at court.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	20	Never a question the king could propound, to make trial of their learning and their quick wits, but they could answer it ten times better than any diviner or sage in his kingdom.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	21	And still, up to the beginning of Cyrus’ reign, Daniel was…
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	1	In the second year of his reign,Nabuchodonosor had a dream; and his mind, between sleep and waking, was all distraught.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	2	Diviner and sage, soothsayer and astrologer must be summoned without more ado, to pronounce on the royal dream;
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	3	and when they were admitted to his presence, he said to them, I have had a dream, but my mind is so distraught, I cannot tell what it was.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	4	And the astrologers gave him answer.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	5	Why, said the king, I know no more than this; dream and interpretation both you must needs tell me, or else your lives must be forfeit, and your houses put to public use.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	6	Gifts and great honour shall be your reward, if you will but tell me both. Come now, what dreamt I, and what meant my dream?
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	7	Once again they demurred; would the king be pleased to recount his dream to them, interpreted it should be forthwith.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	8	Nay, said the king, I see how it is, you are trying shifts with me. You know well there is but one way to it;
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	9	dream of mine or doom of yours it must be. Some lying story you have ready, that will suit your turn; how shall I know your interpretation is right, if you cannot tell me what dream I saw?
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	10	Nay, said they, never a man on earth could do what the king’s grace asks. Princes and great rulers there have been a many, but none of them yet, from diviner, sage or astrologer, expected so much!
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	11	Here is riddle indeed thou wouldst have us read for thee, lord king; where is counsellor can tell thee the secret? Unless it were the gods only, and they walk not with men.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	12	At this, the king was in such a taking of fury that he would have all the wise men of Babylon put to death;
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	13	and, once the warrant was out for the extinction of them, there was hue and cry against Daniel and his fellows.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	14	Arioch it was, the captain of the king’s guard, that was commissioned to rid Babylon of all its wise men, and from him Daniel would have the why and wherefore of it;
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	15	here was cruel work committed to him; what moved the king’s grace to be so absolute? And, when Arioch had made all clear to him,
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	16	into the king’s presence he went, asking for more time to answer the royal question.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	17	So, returning to his fellows, Ananias, Misael and Azarias, he made all known to them,
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	18	and would have them cry out upon the God of heaven for better knowledge of his secret, without which both he and they should perish in the general massacre of the wise men.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	19	Then, in a vision by night, the secret was revealed to Daniel, and he fell to praising the God of heaven,
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	20	with such words as these: Blessed be the Lord’s name from the beginning to the end of time; his are the wisdom and the power;
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	21	change and chance of our mortal life he rules, crowns one man and discrowns another. Wisdom of the wise, skill of the skilful, what are they but his gift?
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	22	The hidden depths he can lay bare, read the secrets of the dark; does not light dwell with him?
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	23	God of our fathers, I give thee thanks and praise for thus enabling, thus enlightening me; for prayer answered, doubt resolved, and the king’s thought revealed.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	24	With that, he betook himself to Arioch, that was to slay the wise men, and made suit to him, slay the wise men he should not. Thou hast but to take me into the king’s presence, said he, and the riddle shall be read.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	25	Without more ado, Arioch granted his request; here was an exile from Juda, he said, that would answer the royal question.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	26	Is this true? the king asked of Daniel. Canst thou, Baltassar, tell me the dream and its meaning both?
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	27	And Daniel spoke out in the royal presence, Never wizard or sage, never diviner or prophet, that can give the king’s grace an answer!
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	28	But there is a God in heaven, king Nabuchodonosor, that makes hidden things plain; he it is that has sent thee warning of what must befall long hence. Let me tell thee what thy dream was, what visions disturbed thy sleep.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	29	As thou wast lying there abed, my lord king, thy thoughts still turned on future times; and he that makes hidden things plain revealed to thee what the pattern of those times should be.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	30	If the secret was disclosed to me also, it is not that I have wisdom beyond the wont of living men; I was but the instrument by which the meaning of it was to be made known, and a king’s thoughts unravelled.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	31	A vision thou hadst of a great image; what splendour, how terrible an aspect it was that confronted thee!
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	32	Of fine gold the head, breast and arms of silver, belly and thighs of bronze;
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	33	of iron the legs, and of the feet, too, part was iron, part was but earthenware.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	34	And as thou wert watching it, from the mountain-side fell a stone no hands had quarried, dashed against the feet of yonder image, part iron, part clay, and shattered them.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	35	With that, down came iron and clay, down came bronze and silver and gold; chaff of the threshing-floor was never so scattered on the summer breeze. They were gone, none knew whither; and stone that had shattered image grew into a high mountain, filling the whole earth.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	36	So much for the dream, and now we that know the secret of it will tell the king’s grace what it means.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	37	Thou hast kings for thy vassals; royalty, power, dominion and great renown the God of heaven has bestowed on thee;
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	38	every haunt of man and wild beast and flying bird he has given over to thee, all alike he has made subject to thee; the head of gold, who else but thou?
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	39	Another and a lesser empire must follow thine, one of silver, then another of bronze, still wide as the world;
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	40	then a fourth, of iron, breaking down and crushing all before it, as iron has power all-conquering, all-subduing.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	41	But feet and toes of the image were part iron, part clay; this fourth empire will be divided within itself. Foundation of iron there shall yet be, from which it springs; sure enough, in the feet thou sawest, earthenware was mixed with true steel.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	42	Yet was true steel mixed with base earthenware, token that this empire shall be in part firmly established, in part brittle.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	43	Iron and clay mingled; race of the conquerors shall be adulterated with common human stock; as well mix clay with iron!
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	44	And while those empires yet flourish, another empire the God of heaven will bring into being, never to be destroyed, never to be superseded; conqueror of all these others, itself unconquerable.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	45	This is that stone thou sawest none ever quarried, that fell from the mountain-side, bringing clay and iron and bronze and silver and gold to nothing; this was a revelation the king’s grace had from the most high God himself of what must come about; true was thy dream, and this, past doubt, the meaning of it.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	46	With that, king Nabuchodonosor bowed down face to earth, and made Daniel reverence; ay, he would have sacrifice offered to him, and incense,
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	47	and with these words greeted him: Doubt is none but this God of yours of all gods is God, of all kings the master; he it is brings hidden things to light, or how couldst thou have read the secret?
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	48	Thereupon, he raised Daniel to high rank, and showered riches on him; ruler he should be of all Babylon’s provinces, and over all its wise men have the pre-eminence.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	49	But Daniel made suit to him, and it was Sidrach, Misach and Abdenago that had Babylon under their charge; Daniel himself was the king’s courtier still.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	1	It was this king Nabuchodonosor made a golden image, sixty cubits high and six cubits broad, which he set up on the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon;
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	2	and word went round in king Nabuchodonosor’s name, summoning all the governors, magistrates, judges, chieftains, rulers, prefects and leading men from every part of his dominions, to be present at the dedication of the image king Nabuchodonosor had set up.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	3	So they gathered there, governors, magistrates, judges, chieftains, rulers, noblemen in high office, and leading men from every part, for the dedication of king Nabuchodonosor’s image. And, as they stood before the image he had set up,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	4	a herald cried lustily to men of all peoples, nations and languages:
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	5	As soon as you hear the sound of horn, flute, harp, zither, dulcimer, pipe and other instruments of music, you are to fall down and worship the image of gold which king Nabuchodonosor has set up.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	6	Whoever does not fall down in worship will be thrown, there and then, into the heart of a raging furnace.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	7	No sooner, then, did the sound of horn, flute, harp, zither, dulcimer, pipe and the rest reach the assembly than all of them, whatever their tribe, people or language, fell down in worship of king Nabuchodonosor’s image.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	8	It was then that certain Chaldaeans came forward with malicious accusations against the Jews.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	9	They wished long life to king Nabuchodonosor,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	10	and said, Lord King, thy command was that all men, at the sound of horn, flute, harp, zither, dulcimer, pipe and the rest, should fall down and worship the golden image,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	11	on pain of being thrown into a raging furnace.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	12	And here are certain Jews, entrusted by thee with the affairs of Babylon province, to wit, Sidrach, Misach and Abdenago, who have set the royal command at defiance, and will not reverence thy gods, or worship the golden image thou hast set up.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	13	Upon this, in a transport of rage, Nabuchodonosor sent for Sidrach, Misach and Abdenago; and when they were brought, without delay, into his presence,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	14	this was the threat king Nabuchodonosor uttered: So Sidrach, Misach and Abdenago will not reverence my gods, or worship this golden image of mine?
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	15	Here is your choice, then; either you will fall down and worship this image of mine when the sound of horn, flute, harp, zither, dulcimer, pipe and the other music reaches you, or then and there you shall be thrown into a raging furnace. You are in my power; what God can deliver you?
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	16	Then Sidrach, Misach and Abdenago said to king Nabuchodonosor, There is no need for any answer of ours to that question;
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	17	thou wilt see for thyself whether the God we worship is able to rescue us from the raging fire, and from thy royal power.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	18	But, whether he rescues us or no, be assured, sir king, here are men who do not reverence thy gods, or worship any image of thine.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	19	At this, Nabuchodonosor fell into a rage; his features, as he glared at Sidrach, Misach and Abdenago, were distorted with fury. He would have the furnace heated seven times hotter than its wont;
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	20	and into this raging furnace he bade the most stalwart of his fighting men throw Sidrach, Misach and Abdenago with their feet tied together.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	21	So they were bound just as they were, in breeches and turban, shoes and coat, and thrown into the heart of the raging furnace;
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	22	the king’s order admitted no delay. So fiercely was the furnace heated that those who threw them in were burned to death.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	23	Meanwhile these three, Sidrach, Misach and Abdenago, fell fast bound into the heart of the fires that raged in it.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	24	And there, in the hottest of the flames, they walked to and fro, singing to God their praises, blessing the Lord.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	25	There, as he stood in the heart of the fire, Azarias found utterance, and thus made his prayer:
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	26	Blessed art thou, Lord God of our fathers, renowned and glorious is thy name for ever!
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	27	In all thy dealings with us, thou hast right on thy side; so true to thy promises, so unswerving in thy course, so just in thy awards!
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	28	No punishment thou hast inflicted upon us, or upon Jerusalem, holy city of our fathers, but was deserved; for sins of ours, faithfulness and justice that stroke laid on.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	29	Sinners we were, that had wronged and forsaken thee, all was amiss with us;
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	30	unheard thy commandments, or else unheeded, thy will neglected, and with it, our own well-being!
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	31	Nothing we had not deserved, pillage of thy contriving, plague of thy sending,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	32	and at last the foul domination of godless foes, of a tyrant that has no equal on earth!
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	33	Tongue-tied we stand, that have brought disgrace on the livery of thy true worship.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	34	For thy own honour, we entreat thee not to abandon us eternally. Do not annul thy covenant, and deprive us of thy mercy.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	35	Think of Abraham that was thy friend, of thy servant Isaac, of Jacob whom thou didst set apart for thyself;
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	36	the men to whom thou didst promise that thou wouldst increase their posterity, till it was countless as the stars in heaven, or the sand by the sea-shore.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	37	Whereas now, Lord, we are of all nations the most insignificant; all the world over, men see us humbled for our sins.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	38	In these days we are without prince or leader or prophet, we have no burnt-sacrifice, no victim, no offering; for us no incense burns, no first-fruits can be brought into thy presence
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	39	and win thy favour. But oh, accept us still, hearts that are crushed, spirits bowed down by adversity;
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	40	look kindly on the sacrifice we offer thee this day, as it had been burnt-sacrifice of rams and bullocks, thousands of fattened lambs; who ever trusted in thee and was disappointed?
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	41	With all our hearts, now, we choose thy will, we reverence thee, we long after thy presence;
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	42	for that clemency, that abundant mercy of thine must we hope in vain?
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	43	By some wondrous deliverance vindicate thy own renown;
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	44	theirs be the vain hope, that would do thy servants an injury. Fools, that would match themselves with omnipotence! Crush down their might;
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	45	teach them that in all the world Lord there is none, God there is none, glorified as thou.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	46	Meanwhile, their tormentors were not idle; naphtha and tow, pitch and tinder must be heaped on the furnace,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	47	till the flame rose forty-nine cubits above the furnace itself,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	48	breaking out and burning such Chaldaeans as stood near it.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	49	But an angel of the Lord had gone down into the furnace with Azarias and his companions; and he drove the flames away from it,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	50	making a wind blow in the heart of the furnace, like the wind that brings the dew. So that these three were untouched, and the fire brought them neither pain nor discomfort.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	51	Whereupon all of them, as with one mouth, began to give praise and glory and blessing to God, there in the furnace, in these words that follow:
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	52	Blessed art thou, Lord God of our fathers, praised above all, renowned above all for ever; blessed is thy holy and glorious name, praised above all, renowned above all for ever.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	53	Blessed art thou, whose glory fills thy holy temple, praised above all, renowned above all for ever;
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	54	blessed art thou, who reignest on thy kingly throne, praised above all, renowned above all for ever.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	55	Blessed art thou, who art throned above the cherubim, and gazest down into the depths, praised above all, renowned above all for ever.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	56	Blessed art thou, high in the vault of heaven, praised above all, renowned above all for ever.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	57	Then they cried out upon all things the Lord had made, to bless him, and praise him, and extol his name for ever.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	58	Bless the Lord they should, the Lord’s angels;
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	59	bless him they should, the heavens,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	60	and the waters above the heavens;
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	61	bless him they should, all the Lord’s powers.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	62	Bless him they should, sun and moon,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	63	stars of heaven,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	64	each drop of rain and moisture,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	65	and all the winds of God.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	66	Bless him they should, fire and heat,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	67	winter cold and summer drought,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	68	dew and rime at morning,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	69	frost and the cold air.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	70	Bless him they should, ice and snow,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	71	day-time and night-time,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	72	light and darkness,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	73	lightnings and storm-clouds.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	74	And earth in its turn should bless the Lord, praise him, and extol his name for ever.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	75	Bless the Lord they should, mountains and hills,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	76	every growing thing that earth yields,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	77	flowing fountains,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	78	seas and rivers.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	79	Bless him they should, sea-monsters and all life that is bred in the waters,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	80	all the birds that fly in heaven,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	81	wild beasts and tame,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	82	and the sons of men.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	83	Bless him Israel should,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	84	priests of the Lord bless him,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	85	servants of the Lord bless him;
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	86	bless him they should, spirits and souls of all faithful men;
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	87	bless him they should, dedicated and humble hearts.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	88	And for Ananias, Azarias and Misael, well might they bless the Lord, praise him and extol his name for ever; here was the grave spoiled, death robbed of its prey, and ever they were kept safe from the furnace, let its flames rage as they would.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	89	Give thanks to the Lord, they cried, the Lord is gracious; his mercy is eternal!
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	90	Bless the Lord, you that are his worshippers; he is God above all gods; praise him and give him thanks, whose mercy is eternal.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	91	Sore amazed was king Nabuchodonosor, and started to his feet; Tell me, he said to his courtiers, did we not cast three men into yonder furnace, all closely bound? And when they answered, Sire, past doubt,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	92	he told them what he had seen; here were four men, that bonds wore none, walking to and fro in the heart of the fire, and never the worse. And such an aspect he wore, the fourth of them, as it had been a son of God.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	93	With that, close went Nabuchodonosor to the furnace door, and cried, Come forth, Sidrach, Misach and Abdenago! Servants of the most high God, come out to me! So out came Sidrach, Misach and Abdenago, from the fire’s heart all of them;
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	94	and with one accord governor and judge and courtier clustered round them to look. Plain it was, the heat had no power over them; never a hair singed, nor a coat shrivelled, nor any smell of burning marked its passage.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	95	And at that, Nabuchodonosor could contain himself no longer; Blessed be this God whom Sidrach, Misach and Abdenago worship! Here were servants of his that trusted in him, and defied a king’s edict, ready to put their lives in peril, so they might be free men, worshipping no God but their own; and he has sent an angel to deliver them.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	96	Hereby, then, I enact that if anyone blasphemes against the God of Sidrach, Misach and Abdenago, come he of what people, what tribe, what race he may, he shall pay for it with his life, and his house be put to public use. God there is no other that can grant such deliverance as this!
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	97	And be sure he promoted them to high rank in Babylon province.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	98	King Nabuchodonosor to men of every race, tribe and tongue, dwell they where they will, all health!
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	99	Here be wondrous portents the most high God has been manifesting, and in my person.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	100	And my will is to make them known, portents most weighty, wonders most compelling; such a reign as his lasts for ever, such power as his the ages cannot diminish.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	1	All went well in my household; never was Nabuchodonosor’s court more flourishing.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	2	And then I had a dream that put me in fear; nor waking thoughts gave my troubled wits repose.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	3	Thereupon I gave orders that all the wise men of Babylon should appear before me, to interpret my dream;
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	4	diviner and sage, astrologer and soothsayer, all must assemble, and there in their presence I rehearsed what dream it was, but never one of them could tell me the meaning of it.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	5	At last came Daniel, one of their number, styled after my own god’s name Baltassar, and endowed by all the holy gods with their spirit. To him I unfolded my dream thus:
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	6	Diviner is none, Baltassar, such as thou art; the spirit of all the holy gods is in thee, and there is no mystery beyond thy ken. Tell me, thou, what vision came to me in sleep, what events it boded.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	7	Wouldst thou know, what fantasies disturbed my rest, this was what I saw. Grew a tree from the heart of earth, beyond measure tall;
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	8	a great tree and a thriving; top of it reached the heavens, and the ends of the earth had view of it.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	9	What fair leaves it had, what foison of fruit, enough to cater for a whole world! Beast was none but might take shelter under it, bird was none but might nest in its branches, and to all living creatures it gave food.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	10	But as I lay watching in my dream, came down from heaven one of the holy ones that mount guard there,
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	11	and loud rang his message: Down with yonder tree, lop branch, strip leaves, spill fruit! Let beast its shade, bird its covert forsake!
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	12	Yet leave the stock of it fast in earth.Band of iron, chain of bronze! There on the soft meadow-grass heaven’s dew wet him, pasture with the beasts find he;
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	13	heart of man be changed in him, beast’s heart given him, till seven seasons there have found him, and passed him by.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	14	Doom it is of the unsleeping ones, will and word of the holy ones; live men and learn that he, the most High, of human kingship is overlord, gives it to whom he will, and holds none too base for the having of it.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	15	Thus dreamt I, the great king Nabuchodonosor. Make haste, Baltassar, and read me the riddle; wise man was none in my kingdom that could tell me the meaning of it, but thou hast the spirit of the holy gods in thee; thou canst unravel it.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	16	But Daniel, Baltassar if you will, made no answer. For a whole hour, in silence, he gave himself up to his thoughts, and right comfortless they were. Nay, Baltassar, the king said at last, never lose heart over a dream, and the interpretation of a dream! Lord king, said he, such dreams be for thy enemies! To ill-wishers of thine bode they what they bode!
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	17	A tree tall and sturdy, top reaching the heavens, in all the world’s view,
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	18	fair branches, fruit abounding, food for all, beasts sheltering, birds nesting there,
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	19	what is it, lord king, but thou? So great thy power has grown, it reaches heaven; earth’s bounds are the bounds of thy dominion.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	20	He watches ever, that holy one thou sawest coming down from heaven; and his word was, Down with the tree, away with it, yet leave the stock of it rooted fast! Of iron band he spoke, and chain of bronze; of soft meadow-grass under the dews of heaven; of one that should have his pasture among the beasts, till seven seasons had found him there, and passed him by.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	21	Sentence from the most High this dream forbodes, and the king’s grace the subject of it.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	22	Far from the haunts of men thou shalt be driven out, and among brute beasts thou shalt have thy dwelling; eat grass, ox-fashion, and with heaven’s dew be drenched, till seven seasons have passed thee by; so learn thou must, that of all human kingship the most High is overlord, and grants it where he will.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	23	If stock of tree is to be left rooted, be sure thy throne shall be thine once again; but first thou must learn thy lesson, that all power is from above.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	24	Deign, my lord king, to be advised by me; with almsgiving, with mercy to the poor, for fault and wrong-doing of thine make amends; it may be he will condone thy guilt.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	25	All this king Nabuchodonosor underwent.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	26	A twelvemonth later, as he walked to and fro on the roof of his palace at Babylon,
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	27	he said aloud: Babylon lies before me, the great city, the royal city I have built; sure proof of my power, fair monument of my renown!
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	28	And before the words had died on his lips, came a voice from heaven: King Nabuchodonosor, here is thy doom! Pass away from thee it must, that royal power of thine;
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	29	driven from the haunts of men, with beasts dwell thou, grass like the cattle eat thou, till seven seasons have passed thee by, and learned thou hast that the most High is overlord of all human kingship, to grant it where he will.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	30	There and then fell the doom on Nabuchodonosor; thrust him out they did, to feed on grass, and ever the dew of heaven drenched him; thick as eagle’s feathers his hair grew, and like birds’ talons his nails.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	31	When the appointed time was over, I lifted up my eyes to heaven, I, Nabuchodonosor, and right reason came back to me. Blessed I then the most high God, to the eternal gave glory and praise; such a reign as his lasts for ever, such power as his the ages cannot diminish.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	32	Matched with him, the whole world of men counts for nothing; in the heavenly powers, as in our mortal lives, he accomplishes his will, and none may resist him, none may ask his meaning.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	33	And when reason came back to me, back came royal pomp and state, back came the beauty I once had; prince and senator waited on me, restored to my throne now in more magnificence than ever.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	34	What wonder if I, Nabuchodonosor, praise this King of heaven, extol and glorify him, so faithful to his promise, so just in his dealings? Proud minds none can abase as he.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	1	Now turn we to king Baltassar, that made great cheer for courtiers of his a thousand, each man drinking wine as his rank entitled him.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	2	And he, in his cups, would have the spoils of the old temple at Jerusalem brought in, cups of gold, cups of silver that his father Nabuchodonosor had carried away; king and court, wife and concubine should drink from them.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	3	Brought in they were, all the spoils of Jerusalem; king and courtier, wife and concubine, drank from those vessels;
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	4	drank, and to their own gods gave the praise, gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	5	Then, in that hour, an apparition came to them. They saw the fingers of a man’s hand writing on the plaster of the palace wall, full in the lamp’s light; joints of a hand that wrote there the king could not choose but see.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	6	All at once he changed colour, a prey to anxious thoughts; melted his heart within him, and his knees knocked together.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	7	With a loud cry, he bade them summon the wise men of Babylon, sage and astrologer and diviner; and to these he made proclamation: Who reads me yonder writing, and tells me the meaning of it, shall go clad in purple, a gold chain about his neck, and hold the third place in my kingdom.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	8	But when they came into the banqueting-hall, never a wise head among them could read the characters, nor tell the king what they meant;
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	9	whereupon king Baltassar was in a great taking of fear, his cheeks paler yet, and his princes were no easier in mind than himself.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	10	But now all this ado brought the queen-mother down into the banqueting-hall; Long life to the king’s grace! cried she; here is no need for daunted hearts and pale looks!
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	11	One man thou hast in thy realm the holy gods inspire; in thy father’s time, good proof he gave of the wisdom and learning that were his. Did not thy father, king Nabuchodonosor, put him at the head of his wise men one and all, sage nor wizard nor astrologer nor soothsayer to match him? In such renown thy royal father held him, my lord king;
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	12	no common spirit is his, no common prudence and discernment, dreams to interpret, hidden things to reveal, spells to unbind. For his name, it is Daniel; thy father called him Baltassar. Let Daniel be summoned, and thy riddle shall not long go unread.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	13	So Daniel was brought into the king’s presence, and the king asked him if Daniel he were, one of the Jewish exiles his father had brought to Babylon?
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	14	Great things were told of him; that he had the spirit of the gods, gave proof of skill, discernment and wisdom above the common.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	15	And here was certain writing, that had baffled sage and diviner called in to read them; meaning of it they could not tell.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	16	If Daniel had skill indeed to reveal mysteries and unbind spells, let him read those characters and interpret them; robe of purple he should have, and a gold chain about his neck, and hold the third place in the kingdom.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	17	But Daniel spoke out, there in the king’s presence: Purple and gold keep for thyself; and for thy honours, let him have them who will. But for the writing, I will read it willingly, and tell thee the meaning of it.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	18	Sir king, thy father was Nabuchodonosor; to him the most High gave royal state, and splendid renown;
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	19	for that renown of his, every people and race and tribe must tremble in awe of him; slew he, smote he, exalted he, abased he, all he would.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	20	With that, his heart beat high; proud grew his will and obstinate; and the issue of it? From that throne he must come down, be shorn of that glory;
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	21	cast out henceforth from the haunts of men. Heart of beast the heart of him; dwelling-place of wild ass should be his, food of the ox; and the dews of heaven should drench him, till he had learned that the most High is overlord of all human kingship, grants it to whom he will.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	22	All this, Baltassar, thou knewest, yet son no more than father would abate his pride;
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	23	heaven’s Ruler defying, thou wouldst bring out yonder cups, the spoil of his temple, to serve wine for thee and thy court, for wife and concubine. Gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, stone and wood, that cannot see or hear or feel, thou wouldst magnify; for the God that holds thy life, thy fortunes, in his keeping, never a word of praise.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	24	That is why the hand appeared to thee, fingers that wrote what there stands written.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	25	This is the charactery of it: Mané, Thecel, Phares.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	26	Mané betokens numbering; so many years allotted to thy empire, and now God has brought them to an end.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	27	And thecel, weighing; the equal of his benefits God demands, and has not found in thee.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	28	And phares, rending; Persian and Mede shall be thy successors in the kingdom that is torn from thy grasp.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	29	With that, at the royal bidding, they clothed Daniel in purple, and hung a chain of gold about his neck; proclamation, too, was made that he held the third place in the kingdom.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	30	But that same night Baltassar, the Chaldaean king, was slain,
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	31	and his crown passed to Darius, a Mede, then in the sixty-third year of his age.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	1	This Darius saw fit to appoint a hundred and twenty lords lieutenant, who should govern the provinces of his empire;
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	2	and over these, three viceroys, of whom Daniel was one; governor should be answerable to viceroy, and the king’s grace should not be troubled with such matters.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	3	Yet governor was none or viceroy that could compare with Daniel, so richly God inspired him;
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	4	and soon the king’s thought was, to put the whole empire under his care. Right gladly would his rivals have found opportunity to discredit him in the king’s eyes; but no, handle or pretext they could find none, so faithful was he, so far removed from all breath of suspicion.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	5	And at last they were fain to admit, if charge was to be found against Daniel at all, keeping of his God’s law must be the ground of it.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	6	So they took the king by surprise; Long life, they said, to the king’s grace!
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	7	Here is a design upon which we are all agreed, viceroy and magistrate and governor and senator and judge; that an edict should go out under the royal seal forbidding thy subjects to make any request of god or man these next thirty days, save only of thyself. And if any man disobeys, it shall be at his peril; he is for the lion-pit.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	8	May it please the king’s grace to give this design of ours effect, and make the decree unalterable, under law of the Medes and Persians, the law there is no amending.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	9	Draw up the edict he did, and signed it.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	10	As for Daniel, when he heard it was law, he took himself home; and now as ever, three times a day, he would open his chamber window towards Jerusalem eastwards, doing reverence on bended knee and praising his God.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	11	Be sure they surprised him at it, these enemies of his; found him a-praying to his God,
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	12	and went off to remind the king of his edict. Had not a law been enacted, prayer there should be none to god or man those thirty days following, save to the king; and that on pain of the lions? Law it is, said he, and law of the Medes and Persians there is no amending.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	13	Why then, they asked the king, what of Daniel, Daniel the Jewish exile, that for law and edict cares nothing? Three times a day he offers his God prayer.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	14	Pitiful hearing was this for the king’s ear; to save Daniel was all his thought, and to that end he laboured till set of sun;
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	15	but the trap they had devised was too crafty for him, and ever they put him in mind there was no help for it. By the law Medes and Persians use, let the king once make a decree, there is no amending it.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	16	At last the king gave orders Daniel should be sent for and shut up in the lion-pit; So faithful a servant, he told him, thy God must needs deliver.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	17	And with that, a stone was brought and set down at the pit’s entrance, which the king sealed and his nobles both; there should be no interfering with Daniel.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	18	Home went the king, and supperless to bed; he would have no food brought him, and sleep he could not.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	19	With the first light of day, the king was up and stirring; to the lion-pit he hastened,
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	20	and as he came up to it, he cried out most lamentably: Daniel, worshipper of the God that lives, thou wert ever his true servant; has power of his availed to rescue thee from the lions?
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	21	Long life to the king’s grace, Daniel answered;
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	22	angel of his did his errand, and stopped the lions’ mouths. What harm should they do me, one that my God sees guiltless? And for thyself, lord king, nought did I to earn thy displeasure.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	23	Right glad the king was to learn of Daniel’s safety; be sure he gave orders they should bring Daniel up out of the pit, and out of the pit they brought him, unscathed from head to foot; such reward they have that trust in God.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	24	Thereupon, at the king’s bidding, they fetched his accusers, and thrust them into the lion-pit, their wives and children with them. But these never reached the floor of it, so quickly the lions fell upon them, and broke all the bones of them to nothing.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	25	Then Darius sent out a proclamation to all the world, without distinction of nation, race or language, wishing them well,
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	26	and enjoining this decree upon them, that all the subjects of his empire should hold the God of Daniel in awe and reverence. Here is a God that lives, he told them, a God that abides for ever; such a reign as his there is no overthrowing, such power as his the ages cannot diminish.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	27	His to deliver, his to save, his to shew wondrous portents in high heaven and on earth beneath, the God who saved Daniel from the lions.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	28	Let Darius reign, or Cyrus the Persian, this same Daniel throve yet.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	1	In the first year of the Babylonian king Baltassar, Daniel had a dream; sleep he might, but still his thoughts were busy. The substance of this dream he put on record, giving no more than the sum of it, in these words following.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	2	Night came, and brought with it a vision for my seeing. All the winds of heaven, I thought, did battle over the wide sea,
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	3	and out of it came four great beasts, each of them different from the last.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	4	A lioness the first seemed, that yet had eagle’s wings; but as I watched, these wings were plucked, and with that it rose up from the ground, standing on its feet like a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	5	Then rose up another by its side, this one like a bear; three rows of teeth it had in its mouth, and a summons came to it, great part of mankind it should devour.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	6	What saw I next? A leopard it seemed, yet had a bird’s wings, four of them, on its back, and four heads; this beast it was that now attained dominion.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	7	But still I dreamed on, and a fourth beast saw at last, fiercer, and stranger, and more powerful yet. It had great teeth of iron, ready to crush and to devour, and ever what these spared it would trample down with its feet; match it those others might not; and out of its head grew ten horns.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	8	Even as I watched them, a new horn grew up in the midst of the others, and three of them must be plucked away to make room for it; eyes it had, this new horn, like a man’s eyes, and a mouth that talked very boastfully.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	9	While I still watched, there were judgement-thrones a-setting; and one took his seat there crowned with age. White as snow his garments were, his hair could match unsullied wool for whiteness; his throne all of flame, the wheels under it glancing fire;
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	10	and ever from his presence a stream of fire came rushing onward. A thousand thousand they were that waited on his bidding, and for every one of these, a thousand others were standing there before him. Assize should be held now, and the records lay open.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	11	And still I watched, to see what would become of the boasts yonder horn had made; and all at once I was aware the beast itself had been slain, and even the carcase of it had vanished, handed over to the flames;
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	12	nor might those other beasts enjoy power any longer, though life they should enjoy for a while, until their turn came.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	13	Then I saw in my dream, how one came riding on the clouds of heaven, that was yet a son of man; came to where the Judge sat, crowned with age, and was ushered into his presence.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	14	With that, power was given him, and glory, and sovereignty; obey him all must, men of every race and tribe and tongue; such a reign as his lasts for ever, such power as his the ages cannot diminish.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	15	By this, Daniel wrote, my heart was ill at ease; a dread sight it was, and as I dreamed, my thoughts bewildered me.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	16	So I drew closer to one that stood by, and asked to know the truth of all that had gone forward; he it was that read the riddle for me, and thus he unravelled it:
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	17	It is but earthly kingdoms they betoken, these four great beasts thou hast seen;
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	18	the servants of the most high God shall have dominion yet; theirs it shall be for ever and for evermore.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	19	But I was minded to know the truth more fully; what was the fourth beast, so different from all the rest, so dreadful; why must it have teeth and claws of iron, to crush and to devour, to trample on what was left?
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	20	What of the ten horns on its head, and that other, before which three of them fell, the horn that had eyes, and a mouth to boast with, and grew greater than the rest?
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	21	This horn it was I saw doing battle against the servants of the most High, and getting the better of them,
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	22	until the Judge appeared, crowned with age, to give them redress, and their turn came to have dominion.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	23	And his answer was, this fourth beast was the fourth of those earthly kingdoms, and the greatest of them all, to crush and devour and trample down a whole world.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	24	Ten kings be the ten horns of that kingdom, and after these another shall rise, more poweful yet, and three of them shall bite the dust.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	25	Boastfully he shall challenge the most High, and do his servants despite; calendar and ordinance he shall think to set aside; for a space of time, and for twice as long, and for half as long, he must needs have his way.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	26	Then assize shall be held on him, and all his power be taken away, crushed down and forgotten for ever.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	27	Then what royalty, what empire, what earth-embracing dominion shall be theirs, the people set apart for the most High! Sovereignty everlasting; no monarch but must bow to its yoke.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	28	So ended the revelation made to Daniel. Bewildered my thoughts were, and my cheek pale, but I kept the memory of it faithfully in my heart.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	1	To me, to Daniel, another revelation came, besides that I had first seen. It was now the third year of king Baltassar,
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	2	and I was at the town of Susa, in Aelam province, but it seemed, in my vision, it was by the gate of Ulai I stood.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	3	I looked at what lay before me, and what saw I, at the edge of the marsh, but a ram standing there, with one high-branching horn, and another that grew up after it, but grew higher yet.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	4	With those horns it tossed every enemy that came to meet it; west and north and south was never a beast could match it, or escape its attack; no wonder this ram carried all before it, and rose to greatness.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	5	But now, as I looked, came a buck-goat from the west country, earth overshadowing, and spurning the ground beneath him; one horn this goat had between the eyes of him, a horn of noble aspect.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	6	Close he came to the ram, the great horned ram I had espied in yonder gateway, and bore down upon it with very furious onslaught.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	7	So madly he charged that he overcame the ram and broke either horn of it with one blow; what shift could it make now? Brought down it was and trampled under foot; there was no rescuing it.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	8	So now it was the goat’s turn to enjoy dominion; yet no sooner had he reached his full strength, than the great horn was broken, and four other horns must grow up in place of it, fronting the four winds of heaven.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	9	It was from one of these a single horn now sprang; a little horn that grew till it outrivalled south and east, aye, and the armies…
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	10	For the armies of heaven itself it proved a match, bringing heavenly powers down to earth, stars down to earth, and trampling them under foot;
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	11	a match even for the captain of those armies, that must lose the daily sacrifice offered to him, and look on at the destruction of his sanctuary.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	12	Alas for our guilt! That such an enemy, by armed force, should avail against the sacrifice, truth itself should dethrone, and should thrive yet, should prosper yet!
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	13	This complaint I heard one of God’s servants making to another, I know not who; and when that other asked how long a cessation of sacrifice the vision portended, how long the estranging guilt, and the defeat, and the profanation,
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	14	Night first, said he, morning after; two thousand three hundred days it will be, ere the sanctuary is cleansed.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	15	But for me, for Daniel, that saw the vision, understanding of it was none, till one appeared to me that had the semblance of a man,
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	16	and a voice hailed him from between Ulai gates; For thee it is, Gabriel, to make the vision clear.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	17	Came he close, then, to where I was standing; but I, at his coming, fell down in terror, face to earth. Heed thou well, son of man, said he; what here thou seest, in the last days shall be accomplished.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	18	But he spoke to one that lay swooning on the ground; so he must put out his hand, and raise me to my feet.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	19	Then he went on: I mean to tell thee how all shall fall out when the days of punishment are over; be sure the end of them is fixed.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	20	Horned ram of thy vision rules over the Medes and Persians;
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	21	buck-goat over the realm of Greece, and the great horn between his eyes is first of the Greek kings.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	22	Those four others that grew after its breaking are four kings that shall arise, fellow-countrymen of his, but not his peers.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	23	These reigning, the world shall go from bad to worse, till a new king comes to the throne, brazen-faced, a master of riddles.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	24	Great power shall he wield, though of that first king not the peer, making havoc beyond belief, thriving and prospering. Strength of arms nor holiness of life shall rescue peoples
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	25	from his will; all shall go well with crafty scheming of his, till his heart grows proud, and he deals death all about him, when peril is none. And at last with the Prince of princes he shall try conclusions; no human hand it shall be that crushes him down at last.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	26	Night comes first, then morning; but the revelation made to thee is a true one; seal it up, till those last days when it must have effect.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	27	So much he told me; and for many days after I lay sick; when I was on my feet again, I had the king’s business to do, but still I was all dazed by the vision, and there was no interpreting it.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	1	Then Darius the Mede, son of Assuerus, was raised to the throne of Chaldaea;
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	2	and in the year when his reign began who but I, Daniel, should discover, by the reading of old records, how to compute the seventy years of Jerusalem’s widowhood? Such doom the Lord had foretold to the prophet Jeremias.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	3	And with that, I turned to the Lord my God; pray to him I would, and sue for mercy, fasting ever, sackcloth and ashes my only wear.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	4	Prayed I then to the Lord my God, and made confession of my sins, in these words following: Mercy, mercy, Lord God, the great, the terrible; to those who love thee, so gracious, with those who keep thy commandments, troth keeping still!
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	5	Sinned we have, and wronged thee, rebelled we have, and forsaken thee, turned our backs on decree and award of thine,
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	6	nor heeded thy servants, the prophets, that spoke to us in thy name, to king and prince and the common folk that gendered us.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	7	Fault with thee is none; ours, Lord, to blush for the wrong-doing that has offended thee, men of Juda, citizens of Jerusalem, Israel near at hand, Israel banished far away, in what plight thou seest!
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	8	Blush we, king and prince of ours, fathers of ours that did the wrong;
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	9	be it thine, O Lord our God, to have mercy and to forgive. So far we have strayed from thee,
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	10	so deaf to the divine voice, when the prophets that served thee bade us follow thy law!
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	11	A whole people that would transgress thy command, turn a deaf ear to thy calls! What wonder if it fell on us, drop by drop, the avenging curse God’s servant Moses wrote of? Our sins had deserved it,
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	12	and if yonder unexampled punishment befell Jerusalem, it was but a threat fulfilled; warning we had of it, we and the princes that governed us.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	13	No misfortune overtook us, but the law of Moses had foretold it; and yet, O Lord our God, appease thy anger we would not, nor leave our sinning, nor bethink ourselves, how well thy word thou keepest;
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	14	what wonder if bane, not blessing, the divine regard brought us? Be our punishment what it will, not ours to find fault with the God we have disobeyed.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	15	Thou art the Lord our God, whose constraining power rescued thy people from the land of Egypt, who hast won thyself glory, too, in this our day; we, Lord, have been sinners, we have shewn ourselves unworthy
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	16	of all thy faithful dealings with us. But wilt thou let thy indignant anger fall on Jerusalem, on that holy mountain of thine? Too long, for our sins and the sins of our fathers before us, all our neighbours have held Jerusalem, and us thy people, in contempt.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	17	God of our race, give audience at last to the prayer, the plea thy servant brings before thee; for thy own honour, restore the sanctuary, that now lies forlorn, to the smile of thy favour.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	18	My God, give ear and listen to us; open thy eyes, and see how desolate is this city of ours, that claims to be thy own. No merits of ours, nothing but thy great love emboldens us to lay our prayers at thy feet.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	19	Thy hearing, Lord, and thy pardon; thy heed, Lord, and thy aid! For thy own honour, my God, deny thyself no longer to the city, the people that is called thy own!
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	20	Thus prayed I, thus did I confess my own sins, and the sins of my fellow Israelites, pouring out supplication, there in the presence of my God, for that holy mountain which is his dwelling-place.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	21	And I was still at my prayer, when the human figure of Gabriel, as I had seen it at the beginning of my vision, flew swiftly to my side; it was the hour of the evening sacrifice when he reached me.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	22	And with these words he enlightened me: Daniel, my errand is to instruct thee and give thee discernment.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	23	Even as thy prayer began, a secret was disclosed, and I am here to make it known to thee, so well heaven loves thee. Mark well, then, the message, and read the revelation aright.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	24	It is ordained that this people of thine, that holy city of thine, should wait seventy weeks before guilt is done away, sin ended, wrong righted; before God’s everlasting favour is restored, and the visions and the prophecies come true, and he who is all holiness receives his anointing.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	25	Be assured of this, and mark it well; a period of seven weeks must go by, and another period of sixty-two weeks, between the order to rebuild Jerusalem and the coming of the Christ to be your leader. Street and wall will be built again, though in a time of distress;
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	26	and then sixty-two weeks must pass before the Christ is done to death; the people will disown him and have none of him. Then the army of an invading leader will destroy both city and sanctuary, so that his taking away will mean utter destruction; only a ruin is to be left when that war is ended.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	27	High covenant he shall make, before another week is done, and with folks a many; but when that week has run half its course, offering and burnt-sacrifice shall be none; in the temple all shall be defilement and desolation, and until all is over, all is fulfilled, that desolation shall continue.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	1	Then, in the third year of Cyrus’ reign, that was king of Persia, a fresh revelation was made to Daniel, who is also called Baltassar. Here is truth indubitable, and a great host… And right well he understood its meaning; little avails vision where understanding is none.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	2	For three weeks together I, Daniel, that saw it, had been making sad cheer;
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	3	for three weeks together dry bread was my diet, nor ever did meat or wine cross my lips, nor oil anoint me.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	4	Came now the twenty-fourth day of the new year, and I stood by the banks of the great river, where it is called Tigris.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	5	I looked up, and saw a man standing there clad all in linen, and his girdle of fine gold.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	6	Clear as topaz his body was, like the play of lightning shone his face, and like burning cressets his eyes; arms and legs of him had the sheen of bronze, and when he spoke, it was like the murmur of a throng.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	7	The vision was for me, for Daniel, alone; my companions never saw it; such fear overcame them, they were fain to hide themselves,
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	8	and I was left alone with this high vision for my company. No wonder if my spirits were cowed; pale grew my cheek, and all the strength in me ebbed away.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	9	He spoke, and as I listened to that voice, I swooned where I stood, and lay there, face to earth,
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	10	till a hand touched me, giving fresh impulse to knee and wrist.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	11	Daniel, he said to me, Daniel, so well beloved, up with thee, and heed thou well; I have an errand to thee. Yet for all he spoke thus to me, I stood there trembling,
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	12	and still he must allay my fears. Take heart, Daniel, said he; thy prayers did not go unheard. Prayer of thine it was beckoned me to thy side, from the very moment when thou didst set about thy search for knowledge, by fasting in the presence of thy God;
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	13	but these twenty-one days he who guards the realm of Persia has delayed my coming. At last Michael, one of the high lords, brought me aid, and there, at Persia’s court, I was left master of the field.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	14	Now I am here to tell thee what shall befall thy people in the last days; long days must pass ere the revelation is accomplished.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	15	Ever, as he spoke, I stood there dumb, and with eyes downcast,
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	16	till all at once a touch fell on my lips, like the touch of human hand. Now found I speech, to give yonder visitant his answer. Bethink thee, my lord, I said, that sight of thee unknits my frame; strength in me is none.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	17	How should slave bandy words with master? Not strength alone fails me; the very breath will not come.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	18	Once again a hand seemed to touch me, and words came to hearten me;
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	19	Nay, fears are not for thee, so well beloved; never harm befall thee! Take courage, and play a man’s part! With that, I found my strength again; Speak on, my Lord, said I; thou hast put new heart into me.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	20	And he answered, Hast thou read, by this, the secret of my coming to thee? I am even now on my way back to fight against the lord of Persia; when I left him, what saw I but the lord of the Greeks already on the march?
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	21	Only I must shew thee first what is written in the book of doom. Much is to do, and save for Michael, that is guardian of your race, I have none to aid me.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	1	Him to strengthen and uphold has been my task, ever since Darius the Mede began reigning.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	2	And now, doom to foreshew thee, a king shall rise in Persia, the fourth from this, rich in great revenue beyond all the others; in the power such wealth gives him, he will set the whole world in motion against the realm of Greece…
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	3	And a warrior king shall arise, winning such empire that there is no resisting his will.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	4	Divided that empire shall be, as soon as it is established, between the four quarters of heaven; not sons of his they shall be that rule it, nor peers of his; besides these, foreign lords shall part his dominions between them.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	5	The southern kingdom a strong ruler shall have, but of his vassals one shall be mightier than he, and in dominion excel him; wide, wide his domain;
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	6	until at last these two make terms between them, and, to seal their amity, daughter of Egyptian king to Syrian king must pass. Yet thrive she may not, nor dynasty of hers endure; herself in due time, with retinue of hers, faction of hers, must be a victim.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	7	Not unavenged; scion of her own father’s stock shall march on Syria, and do battle, and prevail;
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	8	shall carry off to Egypt the images of Syria’s gods, its treasures of silver and gold. Then, his rival mastered,
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	9	with that inroad he shall be content, and to his own kingdom return.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	10	To Syria’s heirs the quarrel is left; and now there are great hosts a-mustering, under a new king that must ever be hurrying on, like river in flood, returning with spirit to the charge, throwing all his forces into the assault.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	11	See with what fury the Egyptian king takes the field against him, rallies a great host of his own, and over Syria’s host gains the mastery!
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	12	Captives a many, dead warriors a many, to gladden his heart, but all to no purpose;
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	13	back Syria comes, in greater force than ever, ranks filled, and treasures swollen, with the years.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	14	All the world will be for picking a quarrel with Egypt then; hot-heads there will be among thy own people who think to fulfil the old prophecies thus, but to their cost.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	15	On marches he, yonder Syrian king, raises mound, and makes fortified cities his own; Egypt’s vigour is all spent, never a halt, though its best warriors engage him;
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	16	irresistible he comes, to impose terms on his enemy, sets foot in a noble land and crushes it under his heel.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	17	How to gain secure possession of the whole kingdom? A bargain must be struck; gift of a royal bride shall be the land’s undoing! But no, that will not serve, never shall it be his.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	18	To the sea-coast he turns his thoughts instead, and conquers lands a many; puts to silence the author of his own disgrace, and covers him with disgrace in his turn.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	19	But at last, to his own province turning back, he totters to his fall, and the fame of him is heard no more.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	20	To a vile creature his throne must pass, of a throne unworthy; soon shall his end come, and yet no blow struck in anger, or in battle.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	21	And after him a man little thought of; royal investiture he has none, yet see how stealthy his approach, what shifts he uses to win a throne!
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	22	Down go strong armies, crushed before him, down goes covenanted chief;
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	23	treaty first, and then treachery; of armed following he needs but little.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	24	So he makes his way into rich cities that suspect no harm, outdoes father and grandsire both in havoc, so much wealth to plunder and to squander; into strong cities, too, by crafty devices, while fortune serves.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	25	Power of his and policy of his he shall match at last against Egypt, with a great army at his back; alas, Egypt, what avails that great muster of warriors? Craft wins the day;
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	26	men that feed on thy royal bounty are thy own undoing, and with great slaughter that army of thine is overborne.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	27	See where the two kings plot mischief at one table, liars both! But nothing they shall achieve; not yet the appointed hour has come.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	28	Back goes the king of Syria, enriched with spoil, wreaking his spite on God’s covenant as he journeys home;
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	29	then, when the time is ripe, marches once again southwards. Yet speed he shall not as once he sped;
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	30	here are Roman galleys overtaking him, and he must return discomfited.And now, as he returns, he shall vent his spleen against the holy covenant in good earnest. The forsakers of that covenant have not escaped his eye,
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	31	and there are willing hands a many to help him profane the inviolable sanctuary, daily sacrifice annulling, spreading defilement and desolation there.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	32	Fawning knaves, and traitors to the covenant! But those others, that their God acknowledge, shall go all the more boldly to work,
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	33	counsellors a few that give right counsel to many. Crippled they shall be for a while, by sword and flame, by prison and plunder;
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	34	then, even as they are falling, it will need but a little support, and the fickle multitude will rally to their side.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	35	What if some of them should fall, those wise counsellors? Assayed let them be for a little, sifted, purged for a little; there shall be happier times yet.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	36	As for the king, he shall have all his own way; in his pride, he will think himself a match for any god, even of that God boast himself the rival, who is above all gods, And still he shall thrive; vengeance is not yet ready to overtake him; doom shall come when doom must.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	37	What are his fathers’ gods to him? Women’s dalliance is all his concern; of gods he recks little, that will set himself up over all.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	38	When his turn comes, it is the god of Maozim he will worship; for such a god, that never his fathers knew, the gold, and the silver, and the precious jewels;
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	39	with this new-found god to aid him, he will make Maozim his stronghold, shower honours and dignities upon its folk, make a present of lands to them.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	40	Then comes the hour of destiny. Egypt shall declare war, and he, the Syrian king, shall sweep down upon it with horse and chariot and a great fleet.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	41	Which lands will he invade and conquer, which pass by, ere he reach the noblest of them all? Ruined a many shall be, but Edom shall escape his onslaught, and Moab, and the princedom of Ammon.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	42	A country here he will attempt, a country there, and be sure Egypt shall not go unscathed;
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	43	gold and silver of Egypt, and all its precious treasures shall come into his power. Then, as through Libya and Ethiopia he makes his way,
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	44	tidings shall come from east and north, to bring him back with all his host, ready for havoc, ready for carnage.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	45	See where he sets up his royal pavilion betwixt sea and sea on yonder noble hill, yonder sacred hill; reaches its very summit, and none brings aid!
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	1	Time, then, that Michael should be up and doing; Michael, that high lord who is guardian of thy race. Distress shall then be, such as never was since the world began; and in that hour of distress thy fellow-countrymen shall win deliverance, all whose names are found written when the record lies open.
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	2	Many shall wake, that now lie sleeping in the dust of earth, some to enjoy life everlasting, some to be confronted for ever with their disgrace.
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	3	Bright shall be the glory of wise counsellors, as the radiance of the sky above; starry-bright for ever their glory, who have taught many the right way.
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	4	For thyself, Daniel, keep this revelation locked away; sealed up the record of it must be until the hour appointed. Leave others to hasten to and fro, in search of knowledge.
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	5	Thus he spoke; and now, looking up, I saw two others that stood there, one on either bank of the stream.
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	6	But he, the man clad in linen, stood there yet over the river itself; and when I asked how long these wondrous doings should last,
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	7	it was from him I had my answer. Both hands raised to heaven, he swore by the God who lives for ever that there should be an end to it; it should last for a space of time, and for twice as long, and for half as long, no more. Strength of God’s holy people must be broken utterly; when that is over, all is over and done.
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	8	So I had my answer, but still could not tell the meaning of it; Ay, my Lord, I said, but what shall be the end of it all?
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	9	Nay, Daniel, said he, no more of this; needs must that this revelation be shut away and sealed up, till the appointed hour comes;
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	10	and still there shall be chosen souls a many, that are purged by the fire’s assaying, and still there are sinners that will not leave their sinning. The riddle, for these others, a riddle must remain, but wise counsellors there be that will find the clue to it.
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	11	Of this be sure; after the time when the daily sacrifice is abrogated, and all becomes defilement and desolation, twelve hundred and ninety days must pass.
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	12	Blessed shall his lot be that waits patiently till thirteen hundred and thirty-five days are over.
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	13	And for thyself, Daniel, go thy way… till the end; till the end of the days rest thou shalt, and rise to fulfil thy appointed destiny.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	1	There was a man called Joakim living in Babylon,
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	2	married to one Susanna, daughter of Helcias. This was a woman of great beauty, and one that feared God,
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	3	so well had her parents, religious folk, schooled their daughter in the law of Moses.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	4	A rich man was Joakim, and had a fruit-garden close to his house; and he was much visited by the Jews, among whom there was none more honoured than he.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	5	There came a year in which those two elders of the people were appointed judges, of whom the Lord said, Wickedness has sprung up in Babylon, and the roots of it are those elders and judges who claim to rule the people.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	6	These two were often at Joakim’s house, and all those who had disputes to settle appeared before them there.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	7	At noon, when the common folk had returned home, Susanna would walk about in her husband’s garden,
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	8	and these two elders, who saw her go in and walk there day after day, fell to lusting after her.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	9	Reason they dethroned, and turned away their eyes from the sight of heaven; its just awards they would fain have forgotten.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	10	The love that tortured both, neither to other would disclose;
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	11	confess it for very shame they might not, this hankering after a woman’s favours;
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	12	yet day after day they seized the opportunity to have sight of her. A day came at last when one said to the other,
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	13	Home go we, it is dinner-time; and go they did, taking their several ways;
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	14	yet both returned hot-foot to their watching-place, and there met one another. So there was questioning on both sides, and out came the story of their lust; and now they made common cause; at a suitable time they would waylay her together, when she was alone.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	15	They watched, then, for their opportunity; and she, as her custom was, went out one day with two of her maids, and had a mind to bathe, there in the garden, for it was summer weather,
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	16	and none was by except the two elders; and they were in hiding, watching her.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	17	So she bade her servants go and bring her oil and soap, and shut the garden door while she was a-bathing.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	18	Her whim was obeyed; shut the door of the garden they did, and went out by a back entrance to bring her what she had asked for; they knew nothing of the elders that were hiding there within.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	19	And these two, as soon as the servants were gone, rose from their hiding-place and ran to her side.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	20	See, they told her, the garden door is shut, and there is no witness by. We are both smitten with a desire for thy favours; come, then, let us enjoy thee.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	21	Refuse, and we will bear witness that thou hadst a gallant here, and this was the reason thou wouldst rid thyself of thy hand-maidens’ company.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	22	Whereupon Susanna groaned deeply; There is no escape for me, she said, either way. It is death if I consent, and if I refuse, I shall be at your mercy.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	23	Let me rather fall into your power through no act of mine, than commit sin in the Lord’s sight.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	24	With that, Susanna cried aloud, and the elders, too, began crying shame on her;
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	25	meanwhile, one of them ran to the garden door and opened it.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	26	And now the servants of the house, hearing such outcry in the garden, came running in through the back entrance to know what was afoot;
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	27	and they were greatly abashed when the elders told their story; never before had Susanna been defamed thus.When the morrow came,
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	28	there was a throng of people in Joakim’s house, and the two elders were there, intent upon their malicious design against Susanna’s life.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	29	They asked publicly that Susanna, daughter of Helcias and wife to Joakim, should be sent for; sent for she was,
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	30	and came out with her parents and her children and all her kindred.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	31	So dainty she was, and so fair,
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	32	these two knaves would have her let down her veil, the better to enjoy the sight of her charms.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	33	All her friends, all her acquaintances, were in tears.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	34	Then the two elders rose amidst the throng, and laid their hands upon Susanna’s head,
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	35	while she, weeping, looked up to heaven, in token that her heart had not lost confidence in the Lord.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	36	We were walking in the garden apart, said the elders, when this woman came out with two hand-maidens. She had the garden door shut close, and sent the maidens away;
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	37	whereupon a young man, who had been in hiding till then, came out and had his will with her.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	38	We, from a nook in the garden, saw what foul deed was being done, and ran up close, so that we had full view of their dalliance;
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	39	but lay hold of the man we could not; he was too strong for us, opening the garden door and springing out.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	40	The woman we caught, and asked her who her gallant was, but she would not tell us. To all this, we bear witness.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	41	They were elders, they were judges of the people, and they persuaded the assembly, without more ado, to pass the death sentence.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	42	Whereupon Susanna cried aloud, Eternal God, no secret is hidden from thee, nothing comes to pass without thy foreknowledge.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	43	Thou knowest that these men have borne false witness against me; wilt thou let me die, a woman innocent of all the charges their malice has invented?
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	44	And the Lord listened to her plea;
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	45	even as she was being led off to her death, all at once he roused to utterance the holy spirit that dwelt in a young boy there, called Daniel.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	46	This Daniel raised his voice and cried out, I will be no party to the death of this woman;
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	47	and when all the people turned upon him, asking what he meant,
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	48	he stood there in their midst, and said, Are you such fools, men of Israel, as to condemn an Israelite woman without trial, without investigation of the truth?
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	49	Go back to the place of judgement; the witness they have borne against her is false witness.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	50	Eagerly enough the people went back, and the elders would have Daniel sit with them, such credit God had given him beyond his years.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	51	He bade them part the two men, at a distance from each other, while he questioned them.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	52	So parted they were, and when the first was summoned, thus Daniel greeted him: Grown so old in years, and years ill spent! Now, that past sinning of thine has found thee out,
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	53	a man that perverts justice, persecutes innocence, and lets the guilty go free. Has not the Lord said, Never shalt thou put the innocent man, the upright man, to death?
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	54	Thou foundest her; good; they met under a tree; tell us what kind of tree. And he answered, Under a mastic-tree I surprised them.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	55	The right word! cried Daniel; prized asunder thyself shall be, when God bids his angel requite thee for this calumny.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	56	Then he had this one removed, and bade the other come near. Brood of Chanaan, said he, and no true son of Juda, so beauty ensnared thee? So lust drove thy heart astray?
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	57	Such approaches you have made, long since, to women of the other tribes, and they, from very fear, admitted your suit; but you could not bring a woman of Juda to fall in with your wicked design.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	58	And now tell me, under what tree it was thou didst find them talking together? Under a holm-oak, said he, I saw them.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	59	The right word again! cried Daniel. Saw thee asunder the angel of the Lord will, with the sharp blade he carries yonder; you are both dead men.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	60	And with that, the whole multitude cried aloud, blessing God that is the deliverer of those who trust in him.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	61	And they turned on the two elders, by Daniel’s questioning self-convicted of false witness; served they must be as they would have served others,
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	62	and the law of Moses obeyed; so they put them to death. That day, an innocent life was saved.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	63	Good cause had Helcias and his wife to praise God for their daughter Susanna, good cause had Joakim and all his friends; no breath of suspicion assailed her now.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	64	And as for Daniel, he was in high favour with all the people from that day forward.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	65	When king Astyages became part of his line, it was Cyrus, the Persian, succeeded him.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	1	Of this king, Daniel was the courtier, and valued above all his other friends.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	2	A great idol there was, that the men of Babylon worshipped; Bel was the name of it, and day by day it must be fed with thirty-two bushels of fine flour, and forty sheep, and of wine thirty-six gallons.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	3	The king himself honoured it with the rest, and no day passed but he went to pay it reverence. A time came when he asked Daniel, that worshipped no God but his own, why Bel he would not worship;
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	4	and this answer Daniel made him, that for idols made by men’s hands worship he had none, only for that living God that made heaven and earth, and of all mankind held the sovereignty.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	5	What,cried the king, wilt thou have it Bel is not a living god? Hast thou no eyes for the great trencherman he is, day in, day out, of food and drink both?
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	6	Nay, my lord king, Daniel answered with a smile, give no heed to false tales. Clay he is within, and bronze without; I warrant thee, eat he cannot.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	7	Whereupon the king, in high displeasure, summoned Bel’s priests. You shall give account, said he, of yonder revenues, and that on pain of your lives. Who is it has the eating of them?
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	8	Prove to me it is Bel himself, and Daniel shall die instead, that blasphemed him. As it pleases the king’s grace, said Daniel.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	9	Seventy of these priests there were, that had wives and children to fend for besides. And when the king reached their temple, with Daniel in attendance,
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	10	this challenge they offered: Withdraw we, as thou seest; for thee it is, lord king, to set food, pour out wine, lock and seal door with thy own hand.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	11	To-morrow, come thou and find aught left over from Bel’s banqueting, we die for it; or else Daniel dies, that so traduced us.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	12	Lightly enough the challenge was made; had they not provided a hidden entrance-way, close under the god’s table, by which they came in and ate what eat they would?
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	13	So out they went, and the king set on Bel’s viands with his own hand; and what did Daniel? He would have his servants bring ashes, and scatter them all over the temple floor, there in the king’s presence. Which done, all withdrew, leaving the door locked, and the royal seal upon it.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	14	And that night in they came as came they ever, priest and priest’s wife and priest’s children, and left neither bite nor sup between them.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	15	Next day, the king was early abroad, and Daniel with him.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	16	What of the seals, Daniel? the king asked. Are they unbroken? Ay, my lord king, unbroken yet.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	17	What a cry was that the king gave, when he opened the door and caught sight of the table within! A great god thou art, Bel, said he, and no deceiver!
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	18	But Daniel smiled, and would not have the king go in yet; Look about thee, he said, and ask thyself who it was left their prints on yonder floor.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	19	Why, cried the king, these be foot-prints of living men, and women and children besides! With that, he fell into a rage;
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	20	priest and priest’s wife and priest’s children must be taken into custody. And when these had shewed him the door by which they came in and swept the table bare of its offerings,
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	21	he put the whole company of them to death. And as for Bel, he left him to Daniel’s mercy, who threw down image and temple both.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	22	There was a great serpent, too, in those parts that was worshipped by the folk of Babylon;
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	23	and of this the king said to Daniel, here at least was a god that lived; gainsay that he could not, and therefore he needs must worship.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	24	Nay, said Daniel, my own God I worship still; living God is none but he. Here is no living God;
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	25	let me but have the royal warrant, and I will make an end of it, and neither sword nor club to help me. So the king gave his warrant,
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	26	and what did Daniel? Pitch and fat and hairs he boiled all together, and with lumps of this fed the serpent, which thereupon burst all to pieces; and, Here, said Daniel, is your god.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	27	Angry men were the folk of Babylon when they heard of these doings, and they made their way into the royal presence, crying out, Here is the king himself turned Jew! Here is Bel overthrown, and the dragon slain, and our priests massacred!
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	28	And when they found audience, Give up Daniel to us, they said, or we will make an end of thee, and thy household with thee.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	29	The king, finding their onslaught so determined, gave up Daniel to them against his will;
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	30	and they threw him into a pit in which lions were kept, where he spent six whole days.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	31	Seven lions there were in the pit, and each day two human bodies were given them as food, and two sheep; but now they were kept unfed, so that Daniel might be their prey.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	32	Far away, in Judaea, the prophet Habacuc had been making broth, and crumbling bread in a great bowl, and was even now carrying it to the reapers on the farm;
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	33	when suddenly the angel of the Lord said to him, Take the dinner thou hast with thee to Babylon, and give it to Daniel; he is in the lion-pit.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	34	Lord, said Habacuc, I was never yet in Babylon, and know nothing of any lion-pit there.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	35	Upon which the angel of the Lord caught at his head and lifted him by the hair of it; then by the force of his impulse, set him down in Babylon, close to the pit.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	36	So Habacuc cried out, Daniel! Servant of God! The Lord has sent thee thy dinner; come and take it.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	37	And Daniel said, Thou wouldst not forget me, O God, wouldst not forsake such as love thee.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	38	So he rose and ate, while the angel of the Lord brought Habacuc, all at once, back to his home.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	39	When the seventh day came, the king went out to mourn for Daniel; and now, reaching the pit and looking in, he saw Daniel seated there among the lions.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	40	And at that, the king cried aloud, How great thou art, O Lord, thou who art Daniel’s God! And he took him out of the lion-pit,
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	41	and shut up there instead the men who had conspired to ruin him; and in a moment, as he watched, the lions devoured them.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	42	Whereupon the king said, Well may the whole world stand in awe of Daniel’s God. What deliverance he effects, what signal proofs of his power, here on earth, the God who has rescued Daniel out of a den of lions!
+Osee	Os	33	1	1	This is the message which came from the Lord to Osee, son of Beeri, during the reigns of Ozias, Joathan, Achaz and Ezechias in Juda, and during the reign of Jeroboam, son of Joas, in Israel.
+Osee	Os	33	1	2	When first the divine voice made itself heard through Osee, this was the command given him: Wanton wed thou, wantons breed thou; in a wanton land thou dwellest, that keeps troth with its Lord never.
+Osee	Os	33	1	3	So it was he came to marry Gomer, a daughter of Debelaim. When he got her with child, and she bore him a son,
+Osee	Os	33	1	4	This one, the Lord told him, thou art to call Jezrahel; at Jezrahel the blood was spilt for which, ere long, Jehu’s line must be punished, and Israel have kings no more;
+Osee	Os	33	1	5	in Jezrahel valley, my doom is, bow of Israel shall be broken.
+Osee	Os	33	1	6	And next, she was brought to bed of a daughter; of whom the Lord said, Unbefriended call her, in token that I will befriend Israel no longer, heed them no longer.
+Osee	Os	33	1	7	To Juda I will be a friend yet, not with bow or sword of theirs delivering them, not in battle, with horse or horseman to give aid, but by the power of the Lord their God only.
+Osee	Os	33	1	8	Unbefriended, then, was the name of her; and after she was weaned, once more Gomer conceived, and had a son.
+Osee	Os	33	1	9	This time the command was, Call him Strange-folk; no longer shall you be my people, or I be your… …
+Osee	Os	33	1	10	Measureless the race of Israel shall be and countless as the sand by the sea-shore. In the very place where once the doom was uttered, You are but strangers to me, they shall be welcomed as sons of the living God.
+Osee	Os	33	1	11	As one people, Juda and Israel shall be rallied, under a leader of their common choice; and they shall come flocking from every corner of the land; such great doings there shall be at Jezrahel.
+Osee	Os	33	2	1	God’s-folk and Befriended, these are the names they should have by rights, brother and sister of yours.
+Osee	Os	33	2	2	Blame her, blame your mother, that she is no true wife of mine, nor I any longer her Lord. Must she still flaunt the harlot’s face of her, the wantonness of her breasts?
+Osee	Os	33	2	3	Must I strip her, leave her naked as babe new-born, leave her desolate as the barren waste, the trackless desert, to die of thirst?
+Osee	Os	33	2	4	Those children of hers, must I needs leave them unpitied, the children of her shame?
+Osee	Os	33	2	5	Harlot mother of theirs brought reproach on the womb that bore them; Haste I away, she said, to those gallants of mine, the gods of whose gift bread comes to me, and water, wool and flax, oil and wine!
+Osee	Os	33	2	6	See if I do not hedge her way about with thorns, fence in her prospect, till way she can find none!
+Osee	Os	33	2	7	Then, it may be, when her gallants she courts in vain, searches for them in vain, she will have other thoughts: Back go I to the husband that was mine once; things were better with me in days gone by.
+Osee	Os	33	2	8	Yet I it was, did she but know it, that bread and wine and oil gave her, gave her all the silver and gold she squandered on Baal.
+Osee	Os	33	2	9	And now I mean to revoke the gift; no harvest for her, no vintage; I will give wool and flax a holiday, that once laboured to cover her shame;
+Osee	Os	33	2	10	no gallant of hers but shall see and mock at it; such is my will, and none shall thwart me.
+Osee	Os	33	2	11	Gone the days of rejoicing, the days of solemnity; gone is new moon, and sabbath, and festival;
+Osee	Os	33	2	12	vine and fig-tree blighted, whose fruit, she told herself, was but the hire those lovers paid; all shall be woodland, for the wild beasts to ravage as they will.
+Osee	Os	33	2	13	Penance she must do for that hey-day of idolatry, when the incense smoked, and out she went, all rings and necklaces, to meet her lovers, the gods of the country-side, and for me, the Lord says, never a thought!
+Osee	Os	33	2	14	It is but love’s stratagem, thus to lead her out into the wilderness; once there, it shall be all words of comfort.
+Osee	Os	33	2	15	Clad in vineyards that wilderness shall be, that vale of sad memory a passage-way of hope; and a song shall be on her lips, the very music of her youth, when I rescued her from Egypt long ago.
+Osee	Os	33	2	16	Husband she calls me now, the Lord says, Master no longer;
+Osee	Os	33	2	17	that name I stifle on her lips; master-gods of the country-side must all be forgotten.
+Osee	Os	33	2	18	Beast and bird and creeping thing to peace pledge I; bow and sword and war’s alarms break I; all shall sleep safe abed, the folk that dwell in her.
+Osee	Os	33	2	19	Everlastingly I will betroth thee to myself, favour and redress and mercy of mine thy dowry;
+Osee	Os	33	2	20	by the keeping of his troth thou shalt learn to know the Lord.
+Osee	Os	33	2	21	When that day comes, heaven shall win answer, the Lord says, answer from me; and from heaven, earth;
+Osee	Os	33	2	22	and from earth, the corn and wine and oil it nourishes; and from these, the people of my sowing.
+Osee	Os	33	2	23	Deep, deep I will sow them in the land I love; a friend, now, to her that was Unbefriended;
+Osee	Os	33	2	24	to a people that was none of mine I will say, Thou art my people, and they to me, Thou art my God.
+Osee	Os	33	3	1	The Lord’s word came to me: To wife that will have gallants a-courting her, shew thyself a lover yet. The Lord is yet Israel’s lover, that has no eyes but for alien gods, leaves grape for husk.
+Osee	Os	33	3	2	So buy her back to me I must, fifteen pieces of silver paying for her ransom, and a core and a half of barley.
+Osee	Os	33	3	3	A long time thou must wait for me, I told her, thy wantonness leaving, yet still unwed; and I will wait for thee as faithfully.
+Osee	Os	33	3	4	A long time the sons of Israel must wait, neither king nor prince to rule them, neither sacrifice nor shrine to worship at, neither sacred mantle nor their own images to consult.
+Osee	Os	33	3	5	Then they will come back, and to the Lord, their own God, betake them, and to David that is their true king; the Lord, and the Lord’s goodness, holds them spell-bound at last.
+Osee	Os	33	4	1	Listen, sons of Israel, to a message from the Lord, notice of a suit he prefers against all that dwell in this land of yours; a land where loyalty, and tenderness of heart, and knowledge of God is none.
+Osee	Os	33	4	2	Curse they and lie, murder they and steal and live adulterously, till there is no checking it; never feud ends but another feud begins.
+Osee	Os	33	4	3	What wonder the land lies widowed, and its folk dwindle; gone, beast and bird, and the sea-beach piled high with fish?
+Osee	Os	33	4	4	Nay, let us have no recriminations between man and man; so should this people of thine fall to railing at their priests!
+Osee	Os	33	4	5	Ruin for thee, sir priest, this day, and, come night, the prophet shall share thy ruin; name of the mother that bore thee shall perish,
+Osee	Os	33	4	6	as, through thy fault, this people of mine perishes for want of knowledge. Knowledge wouldst thou spurn, and shall not I spurn thy priesthood; my law wouldst thou forget, and shall race of thine be spared oblivion?
+Osee	Os	33	4	7	Priests a many, and sins to match their number; shall that title bring glory any longer, and not reproach?
+Osee	Os	33	4	8	Fault if Israel committed, guilt if Israel incurred, it was but the meat and drink such priests craved for.
+Osee	Os	33	4	9	Priest, now, shall fare no better than people; he shall pay for his ill living, reap what his false aims deserve;
+Osee	Os	33	4	10	greed, that remained still unsated, wantonness, that could never have enough. Ah, faithless guardians, that you should play your Lord false!
+Osee	Os	33	4	11	That dalliance, and wine, and revelry, should so steal away your wits!
+Osee	Os	33	4	12	And what of my people? See where they have recourse to tree-stump or senseless wand, for an answer to their perplexities! Lust for strange worship swept them away, made them false to their troth with God;
+Osee	Os	33	4	13	on mountain and hill-side, grateful for leafy shade of oak, poplar or terebinth, they slay the victim, and burn incense. What wonder daughters should turn harlot, wives play the wanton?
+Osee	Os	33	4	14	Harlot daughter and adulterous wife shall go unpunished; what did father and husband, but keep harlots’ company, share revel with consecrated minions? Want wit, be sure a people is ruined.
+Osee	Os	33	4	15	Wanton though Israel be, at least let Juda shun the wrong; not for them the way that leads to Galgal, Bethaven’s pilgrimage, or the oath taken by the living God…
+Osee	Os	33	4	16	Stubborn as frisking heifer, Israel turns away the head; would you have the Lord feed him, like a cade lamb, unconfined?
+Osee	Os	33	4	17	Wedded to idols, this Ephraim; go his own way he must;
+Osee	Os	33	4	18	here be revellers that will keep their own company, here be idolaters in grain, and princes that dote still on their own disgrace.
+Osee	Os	33	4	19	Ay, but a storm is coming that shall carry them away on its wings, to rue the unavailing sacrifice.
+Osee	Os	33	5	1	Priest and people, hear and heed! And you, too, mark it well, men of the court; whose but yours the blame, if there are snares on every commanding height, if Thabor itself is ringed with toils,
+Osee	Os	33	5	2	and your quarry is driven down to the depths? But to all alike comes the warning.
+Osee	Os	33	5	3	Think you that I have no eyes for Ephraim’s wantonness? that Israel escapes my scrutiny, Israel, so defiled?
+Osee	Os	33	5	4	Return to the Lord? Not for such hearts the message; lust for strange worship is there, and of the Lord they reck nothing.
+Osee	Os	33	5	5	Self-condemned, the pride of Israel; what wonder Israel… and Ephraim should be entangled in guilt? Juda itself shall not escape their downfall.
+Osee	Os	33	5	6	All their flocks and herds shall not win them access to the Lord; he stands aloof from them,
+Osee	Os	33	5	7	sinners that have defied him; a bastard brood, that ere yonder moon rises new shall be disinherited and brought to nothing.
+Osee	Os	33	5	8	The trumpet, there, in Gabaa; at Rama sound for battle; let Bethaven echo with the rallying-cry! Benjamin, to arms!
+Osee	Os	33	5	9	Alas for Ephraim, in the hour of punishment left forlorn! Mine to teach Israel’s tribes a lesson of faithfulness.
+Osee	Os	33	5	10	And what of Juda’s chieftains? A neighbour’s land-mark scrupled they never to remove; on these, too, the full flood of my vengeance shall come down.
+Osee	Os	33	5	11	Poor Ephraim, ever since he set his face towards the mire, all is oppression with him, all is judgement gone amiss.
+Osee	Os	33	5	12	And all the while I, none other, wear away strength of Ephraim and Juda alike; moth nor canker so surely!
+Osee	Os	33	5	13	What did Ephraim, in his great sickness, what did Juda, bound hand and foot? To Assyria Ephraim would despatch envoys, to yonder ruthless king; but heal you he could not, nor unbind.
+Osee	Os	33	5	14	Mine the encounter Ephraim has to fear, and Juda both; lion’s dam nor whelp mauls prey and carries it off so inexorably.
+Osee	Os	33	5	15	All in a moment come and gone whence I came! Who knows if weariness will drive you back to my presence?
+Osee	Os	33	6	1	Ay, in their distress they will be waiting full early at my door; Back to the Lord! will be their cry;
+Osee	Os	33	6	2	salve he only can bring, that wounded us; hand that smote us shall heal.
+Osee	Os	33	6	3	Dead men to-day and to-morrow, on the third day he will raise us up again, to live in his presence anew. Acknowledge we, cease we never to acknowledge the Lord, he will reveal himself, sure as the dawn, come back to us, sure as the rains of winter and spring come back to the earth.
+Osee	Os	33	6	4	What way will serve with you, men of Ephraim? Juda, what way will serve? Ruth of yours is but momentary, fades like the early mist, like morning dew.
+Osee	Os	33	6	5	What wonder I should send prophets first, to shape men to my will if they could, and then utter my sentence of ruin? Believe me, this doom of thine shall be clear as daylight.
+Osee	Os	33	6	6	A tender heart wins favour with me, not sacrifice; God’s acknowledging, not victim’s destroying;
+Osee	Os	33	6	7	and these be very children of Adam, keep troth they cannot, here is a land where my will is set at defiance.
+Osee	Os	33	6	8	What is Galaad but a stronghold of idolatry, bedabbled with footprints of blood?
+Osee	Os	33	6	9	Nor much imports it, company of priests thou meet on Sichem road, or troop of robbers thirsting for men’s lives; be sure there is mischief afoot;
+Osee	Os	33	6	10	foul deeds I see done in Israel. Ephraim so wanton, Israel so defiled; and,
+Osee	Os	33	6	11	Juda, what of thyself? For thee, no harvest? When I restore my people from exile…
+Osee	Os	33	7	1	When I would grant healing to Israel…Foul shews the guilt of Ephraim, Samaria’s malice is plain to view. What a workshop of wrong-doing is here, all thieving within doors, all robbery without!
+Osee	Os	33	7	2	Let them never complain I am too nice over the chronicling of their misdeeds; why, they blazon these ill designs of theirs, under my very eyes!
+Osee	Os	33	7	3	King himself there is no pleasing but by villainy, nor his nobles but by flattering speeches;
+Osee	Os	33	7	4	false is every one of them to his troth. What else is this whole realm but baker that lights his fire, and then takes a rest from his kneading, leaves yeast to spread as it will?
+Osee	Os	33	7	5	Huzza for our king? Ay, but see how the princes fall to their carousing, and he himself reaches out for the wine, reckless as they!
+Osee	Os	33	7	6	Their scheming adds fuel to the fire; are there not plots afoot? Sleeps baker the long night through, and morning finds him flaming hot like the rest.
+Osee	Os	33	7	7	A very furnace the city is; ruler may not abide nor king stand before the heat of it, and never a man among them invokes my name!
+Osee	Os	33	7	8	What wonder Ephraim should throw in his lot with the Gentiles? No better than a girdle-cake is Ephraim, baked only on one side.
+Osee	Os	33	7	9	Foreign neighbours, all unawares, have drained the strength of him; the dark locks, all unawares, dappled with grey;
+Osee	Os	33	7	10	and even now self-condemned stands the pride of Israel; return to the Lord, recourse to the Lord is none, even now.
+Osee	Os	33	7	11	Never silly dove so lost her wits as this Ephraim, now calling on Egypt, now turning to Assyria for aid!
+Osee	Os	33	7	12	Fatal the journey; my net I mean to spread over them, catch them as in the fowler’s snare; public the chastisement shall be, as public the warning.
+Osee	Os	33	7	13	Dearly they shall pay for their wandering from me, ruin follow on the heels of rebellion; I their ransomer, and they so false!
+Osee	Os	33	7	14	Never do their hearts cry out to me; growl they like beast in den, or beast-like eat and drink and chew the cud; me they have forsaken.
+Osee	Os	33	7	15	Now I chasten them, now I strengthen their hands, and still they have no thought for me but of hatred;
+Osee	Os	33	7	16	ever they step back from the yoke, like a twisted bow recoil.Put to the sword their nobles must be, railing tongues the ruin of them. This the taunt that shall be uttered against them in the land of Egypt…
+Osee	Os	33	8	1	The trumpet to thy mouth! Eagle’s wings threatening the Lord’s domain! Conscious of faith forsworn, of my law defied,
+Osee	Os	33	8	2	to me Israel cries out, My God! cries out, We acknowledge thee!
+Osee	Os	33	8	3	Estranged, poor Israel, from the good that was his, and the enemy pressing hard upon him.
+Osee	Os	33	8	4	Kings a many, and with no warrant from me; princes a many, that were none of my choosing; idols a many, of their own gold and silver minted; here is cause enough for their undoing.
+Osee	Os	33	8	5	Cast calf, Samaria, is yonder calf of thine; for this burning affront, it shall be long ere thou canst find acquittal.
+Osee	Os	33	8	6	Israel gave birth to it, this calf of Samaria, that came of man’s fashioning, and god is none; it shall be beaten fine as filigree.
+Osee	Os	33	8	7	Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind; empty stook is empty bin, and here if grain is any, alien folk shall have the eating of it!
+Osee	Os	33	8	8	Poor Israel, already engulfed, the heathen all around making a despised tool of him!
+Osee	Os	33	8	9	Lone as wild ass in the desert, to Assyria he betakes himself; if mate he would, he must pay for his dalliance.
+Osee	Os	33	8	10	Well, hire they mercenaries where they will, they shall be cooped up in their own land none the less, and have respite from the exactions of king and nobles both.
+Osee	Os	33	8	11	So many the altars Ephraim has, and they shall increase his guilt, none of them but shall increase his guilt;
+Osee	Os	33	8	12	so many the laws I gave him, and all alike went unrecognized.
+Osee	Os	33	8	13	Appointed sacrifice they still offer, flesh of the sacrifice still eat, but the Lord will have none of it; no more their guilt shall go unrecorded, their sins unpunished; Egypt once again for them!
+Osee	Os	33	8	14	The God that made them forgotten, Israel builds shrine and Juda stronghold still; but the fire I am kindling shall fall upon Juda’s cities, shall devour them, citadel and all.
+Osee	Os	33	9	1	No rejoicing, Israel, no cries of gladness now! Wouldst thou be like the heathen, and rejoice that thou hast played thy God false, ever selling thy favours to the first comer, in return for a full threshing-floor?
+Osee	Os	33	9	2	Not for such reapers harvest and vintage; the wanton must go without her wine;
+Osee	Os	33	9	3	dispeopled, now, the Lord’s territory, Ephraim back in Egypt again, or tasting, among the Assyrians, unhallowed food.
+Osee	Os	33	9	4	Libation shall be none to win the Lord’s favour, nor any sacrifice; bread of theirs shall be as the bread mourners eat, defiling to the lips; fill their bellies it may, but into the Lord’s house it cannot enter.
+Osee	Os	33	9	5	Alas, what shift will you make when the great days come round, the Lord’s festivals?
+Osee	Os	33	9	6	Ruin fell on the citizens, and they are gone; Egypt the home of them now, Memphis the tomb of them; bowers that shone with silver the nettles have claimed, burdocks grow in the doorways.
+Osee	Os	33	9	7	Close at hand the audit-day, the doom close at hand! And wouldst thou know, Israel, why prophet is turned fool, and he can but rave now that once was inspired? God’s heavy plague is this for thy much sinning;
+Osee	Os	33	9	8	prophet of thine, watchman of thine, Ephraim, is a snare at every turn, luring thee to thy ruin, and at God’s decree; he stands there in God’s house, a plague to thee.
+Osee	Os	33	9	9	So deep the canker of their sin; Gabaa itself never knew worse wrong. For the remembered guilt of it they shall be called to account.
+Osee	Os	33	9	10	When I kept tryst with Israel long ago, rare the encounter, as of grapes out in the desert, of spring figs a-ripening high up on the tree. And all at once to Beelphegor they betook themselves, sold honour for shame, caught foul contagion from the things they loved!
+Osee	Os	33	9	11	Light as bird on bough, Ephraim’s glory has come and gone; womb is none that breeds, or, breeding, bears;
+Osee	Os	33	9	12	ay, though they should bring sons to manhood, childless their race shall be, nameless among men.Woe betide them indeed, when I withdraw my presence from them!
+Osee	Os	33	9	13	Ephraim’s land, so fair a garden, as I look out over it towards Tyre! And must Ephraim rear her sons for the slaughter-house?
+Osee	Os	33	9	14	Thy gift to them, Lord, what is the best gift they can have of thee? A womb, assuredly, that miscarries, and dried-up breasts!
+Osee	Os	33	9	15	See where, at Galgal, their offence comes to a head; there it is they have made an enemy of me. They shall dwell in my domain no longer, claim love from me no longer; chieftains of theirs are no vassals of mine.
+Osee	Os	33	9	16	On Ephraim blight has fallen; withered the root now, wizened the fruit; beget they, doom of death is on their offspring, so dearly loved.
+Osee	Os	33	9	17	Cast away, my God, from thy presence, because heed thee they would not, cast away to wander homeless through the world!
+Osee	Os	33	10	1	A spreading vine is yonder vine of Israel, and fruit of him matches leaf. Rich, fertile soil; alas, how rich in altars, in sacred trees how fertile!
+Osee	Os	33	10	2	A race half loyal, half false, but the penalty must be paid in full; those altars God himself will devote to extinction, strip those trees bare.
+Osee	Os	33	10	3	King we have none, you say; God we fear not; what of the great king? What will he do to us?
+Osee	Os	33	10	4	All is vain promise and making of treaties; never a furrow in your land but shall yield the bitter fruit of punishment.
+Osee	Os	33	10	5	Calf of Bethaven, the folk of Samaria once honoured, what ado is here! Mourns people and writhes priest at the passing of its glory;
+Osee	Os	33	10	6	carried off, now, into Assyria, for the pleasure of a ruthless king; fooled is Ephraim, Israel’s hopes have played him false.
+Osee	Os	33	10	7	Like foam on the river Samaria sees her king pass by;
+Osee	Os	33	10	8	and with that, vanish the hill-shrines of false worship, Israel’s darling sin; grows thorn and thistle on their altars; no prayer have the men of Israel now but that mountains should fall on them, hills should bury them alive.
+Osee	Os	33	10	9	Old is the tale of Israel’s guilt, old as what befell at Gabaa; there stood they unmoved; was it not at Gabaa the tide of battle reached them, battle against the champions of wrong?
+Osee	Os	33	10	10	A jealous chastiser I will be to them; twofold their guilt, and many the nations I will muster for their chastisement.
+Osee	Os	33	10	11	Heifer that has learned the welcome task of the threshing-floor, such is Ephraim; that sleek neck of hers I have spared till now; now she is to be harnessed; when Juda goes a-ploughing, Jacob it shall be that breaks the clods for him.
+Osee	Os	33	10	12	If mercy is to be the measure you reap by, seed of yours must be sown in right doing; there are fallow acres to be tilled. Not too late to have recourse to the Lord, waiting for him to come and bring you redress!
+Osee	Os	33	10	13	But alas, shameful furrows they were you traced, and what came of it? A harvest of wrong, fruit that cheated you in the tasting!So thou wouldst trust in thy own devices, in thy own warrior strength?
+Osee	Os	33	10	14	Believe me, there shall be turmoil among thy folk, and all thy strongholds shall fall, as fell Salmana before Jerobaal when the day was won; fell child, fell mother, dashed to pieces.
+Osee	Os	33	10	15	So much shall yonder Bethel countervail the heinousness of your guilt!
+Osee	Os	33	11	1	Soon fades the dawn; soon passes king of Israel.Israel in his boyhood, what love I bore him! Away from Egypt I beckoned him, henceforth my son. …
+Osee	Os	33	11	2	They called them, the more they refused obedience; gods of the country-side must have their victims, dumb idols their incense!
+Osee	Os	33	11	3	Yet it was I, none other, guided those first steps of theirs, and took them in my arms, and healed, all unobserved, their injuries.
+Osee	Os	33	11	4	Sons of Adam, they should be drawn with leading-strings of love; never waggoner was at more pains to ease bridle on jaw, fed beast so carefully.
+Osee	Os	33	11	5	Never again to Egypt; Assyria shall rule him now, the unrepentant;
+Osee	Os	33	11	6	already the sword is let loose in those towns of his, the brave shall engulf, the wise shall devour.
+Osee	Os	33	11	7	Can my people be reconciled with me? All hangs in doubt, until at last I put a yoke on all alike, never to be taken away from them.
+Osee	Os	33	11	8	What, Ephraim, must I abandon thee? Must I keep Israel under watch and ward? Can I let thee go the way of Adama, share the doom of Seboim? All at once my heart misgives me, and from its embers pity revives.
+Osee	Os	33	11	9	How should I wreak my vengeance, of Ephraim take full toll? God am I, not a man in the midst of you, the Holy One, that may not enter those city walls;
+Osee	Os	33	11	10	the Lord must lead, and man follow. Loud he will call, like lion roaring, and at the sound of it, sons of his will come trembling from the distant sea;
+Osee	Os	33	11	11	fluttering like sparrow or dove from Egypt, from the Assyrian country, and in their own home, the Lord says, I will give them rest.
+Osee	Os	33	11	12	Ephraim so false, Israel so treacherous, all about me! But Juda governs his folk with God to aid him; Juda takes part with the holy ones, loyal yet.
+Osee	Os	33	12	1	Ephraim, that would still play shepherd to the wind, still hunt in the track of the storm, and nothing hoard up but treachery, nothing but his own ruin! See him making treaties with the Assyrian, sending tribute of oil to Egypt!
+Osee	Os	33	12	2	On Juda’s part the Lord takes up the quarrel, will call Jacob to account, for ill deeds and ill designs rewarding him.
+Osee	Os	33	12	3	Here was one that took precedence of his brother even in the womb; strength was his, of celestial strength the rival.
+Osee	Os	33	12	4	Did he not hold his own in contest with an angel, and prefer, with tears, his suit? Ay, and what of that encounter at Bethel, when the promises came to us
+Osee	Os	33	12	5	from him, the Lord of hosts, from the God whose name we remember yet?
+Osee	Os	33	12	6	Wouldst thou to thy God return? A tender heart keep thou must, and a right mind, and wait for thy God’s help continually.
+Osee	Os	33	12	7	Is it the Chanaanite that carries false weights, and loves ill gotten gain?
+Osee	Os	33	12	8	Here is Ephraim boasting that he has grown rich, has found a false god to worship; will not these earnings of mine, thinks he, buy me out from the punishment I have deserved?
+Osee	Os	33	12	9	I, the Lord, thy God in Egypt, and thy God still! Once again thou shalt dwell in tents, as in the days when I kept tryst with thee;
+Osee	Os	33	12	10	once again I will bestow utterance upon the prophets. Mine it is, by the prophets’ means, to grant clear vision, to speak in parables.
+Osee	Os	33	12	11	If Galaad is all idolatry, vain the sacrifice of oxen that is made at Galgal; stone heaps their altars shall be, out in the plough-lands.
+Osee	Os	33	12	12	Time was when Jacob fled to the Aram country; Israel worked for a wife, and for that wife’s sake loyally kept his troth.
+Osee	Os	33	12	13	Time was, when the Lord rescued Israel from Egypt by a prophet’s means, and, for that prophet’s sake loyally preserved them.
+Osee	Os	33	12	14	For bitter jealousy of mine Ephraim must pay the penalty; spurned Master spurns him now.
+Osee	Os	33	13	1	Spoke Ephraim, all Israel trembled at his word; how else came they, for Baal’s worship, to barter away life itself?
+Osee	Os	33	13	2	And they are busy yet over their sinning; melt down silver of theirs to fashion models of yonder images, craftsman copying craftsman’s design! And of such models they say, The man who would do sacrifice has but to kiss these calves.
+Osee	Os	33	13	3	Fades the memory of them, light as early mist or morning dew, light as chaff on the threshing-floor, smoke from the chimney, when high blows the wind!
+Osee	Os	33	13	4	And all the while I am the Lord thy God … from the land of Egypt; God thou shalt own no other, other deliverance is none;
+Osee	Os	33	13	5	out in the desert, out in the parched wastes, owned I thee.
+Osee	Os	33	13	6	Fatal pasturing! With food came satiety, and with satiety pride, and with pride forgetfulness of me!
+Osee	Os	33	13	7	Now their way lies to Assyria, and on that road I will meet them again, their enemy now, watchful as lion or leopard;
+Osee	Os	33	13	8	bear robbed of its young should not tear open breast more cruelly, lion devour more greedily; they shall be a prey, now, to the wild beasts.
+Osee	Os	33	13	9	Alas, Israel, undone! Who but I can aid thee?
+Osee	Os	33	13	10	Thy king, where is he? Now, if ever, from end to end of thee thou hast sore need of king and princes both; king and court thou didst demand of me,
+Osee	Os	33	13	11	and gift of mine was never so grudgingly made, so angrily withdrawn.
+Osee	Os	33	13	12	Trust me, it is stored away, it is jealously preserved, the record of Ephraim’s sinning.
+Osee	Os	33	13	13	Pangs like the pangs of travail shall come upon him; or say he is babe ill-guided, that shall thrive never when it comes to the birth.
+Osee	Os	33	13	14	From the grave’s power to rescue them, from death to ransom them; I, death’s mortal enemy, I, corruption’s undoing! Pity? My eyes are closed to it;
+Osee	Os	33	13	15	these, that now have a share among their brethren, shall feel the Lord’s vengeance, a burning desert wind that shall dry up their brooks, foul their springs, lay waste the store-houses where they hoard their treasure.
+Osee	Os	33	14	1	Death to Samaria, that has provoked her God’s anger! Death at the sword’s point; children dashed headlong, ripped open the womb!
+Osee	Os	33	14	2	Come back, Israel, to the Lord thy God; it is sin that has caused thy overthrow.
+Osee	Os	33	14	3	Come back, men of Israel, with a plea ready on your lips: Pardon all our guilt, and take the best we have in return; the praises we utter shall be our victims now.
+Osee	Os	33	14	4	No longer we will find refuge in Assyrian help, mount our men on horses from Egypt; no longer will we give the name of gods to the things our own hands have made; thou art the friend of the friendless who trust in thee.
+Osee	Os	33	14	5	I will bring healing to their crushed spirits; in free mercy I will give them back my love; my vengeance has passed them by.
+Osee	Os	33	14	6	I will be morning dew, to make Israel grow as the lilies grow, strike roots deep as the forest of Lebanon.
+Osee	Os	33	14	7	Those branches shall spread, it shall become fair as the olive, fragrant as Lebanon cedar.
+Osee	Os	33	14	8	None that dwells under the protection of that name but shall come back to me; corn shall be theirs in plenty, and they will grow like one of their own vineyards, famed as the vintage of Lebanon itself.
+Osee	Os	33	14	9	The false gods of Ephraim are forgotten; mine to answer his prayer and tend him, ever-green as a fir-tree; from me all thy increase comes.
+Osee	Os	33	14	10	All this the wise discern, the thoughtful understand; straight paths the Lord has shewn us for his friends to walk in; who leaves them shall stumble to his ruin.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	1	This message came from the Lord to Joel, the son of Phatuel.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	2	Citizens, hear and heed, ruler and commoner alike! Tell me, what happenings are these, in your days and in your fathers’ days unmatched,
+Joel	Joel	34	1	3	a tale you must needs hand on to your children, and they to theirs, and theirs to a fresh generation yet?
+Joel	Joel	34	1	4	That locusts, breed upon breed of them, so ravage yonder country-side, Swarmer devouring what Spoiler, Ruin-all what Gnaw-all has left?
+Joel	Joel	34	1	5	Weep they and wail, the tipplers that must be ever at their cups, for the sweet wine they drank, and shall drink no more!
+Joel	Joel	34	1	6	Alas, my country, how valiant an enemy is this, in number past all counting, that comes to invade thee; lion nor lion’s whelp has teeth can grind so pitilessly.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	7	Spoiled thy vineyards lie, stripped of the very bark thy fig-trees; bare and blanched and ruinous every bough.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	8	Weep bitterly, then, as maid that goes clad in sackcloth, untimely widowed;
+Joel	Joel	34	1	9	in the Lord’s house, bread nor wine is offered now; for the priests, the Lord’s own ministers, no office now but tears.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	10	Desolate the land lies, every field forlorn; crops ravaged, the vine thirsty, strengthless the oil.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	11	Alas, for husbandman’s labour lost, for vintage-song turned to lament! Alas for harvest perished,
+Joel	Joel	34	1	12	for vineyard withered, and drooping fig-tree! Pomegranate, and palm, and apple, no tree in the wood but fades there; what wonder? Has not joy faded in human hearts?
+Joel	Joel	34	1	13	Mourn, priests, and lament; in mourners’ garb go about your work at the altar; ministers of God, to his presence betake you, and there, in sackcloth, keep vigil; your God’s house, that offering of bread and wine has none!
+Joel	Joel	34	1	14	Then proclaim a fast, assemble the folk together, ruler and commoner alike summon to the temple, and there for the Lord’s help cry lustily.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	15	Woe betide us this day! The day of the Lord is coming; his the dominion, his the doom.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	16	Here in our sight, here in the temple of our God, the festal cheer abolished, all the contentment, all the rejoicing!
+Joel	Joel	34	1	17	Beast on dung-heap rots; barn-wall gapes, and store-house lies in ruin, the hope of harvest gone;
+Joel	Joel	34	1	18	echoes byre with lowing of bewildered cattle, that pasture have none; even the flocks dwindle.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	19	What help, Lord, but thine? Parched are the upland meadows, every tree scorched in the forest;
+Joel	Joel	34	1	20	to thee even the wild beasts make their dumb appeal, from dry river-beds, from upland pastures laid bare.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	1	The trumpet, there, in Sion! On yonder mountain-height, my sanctuary, sound the alarm! Tremble, fellow-countrymen, one and all; the day of the Lord is coming, coming so soon.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	2	Day of gloom and darkness, day of cloud and storm; spread out, like dawn over the hills, this great, this valiant army; never was the like since time began, never shall be, while the ages run their course.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	3	Fire running greedily before them, and a track of flame behind; in front, a land that could match Eden for loveliness, and where they have passed, nothing but a desert waste; escape from them is none.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	4	Horse nor horseman so terrible of aspect, so speedy in advance;
+Joel	Joel	34	2	5	hark to the noise of them, as they spurn the hill-slopes! Din of chariots is not so loud, nor crackling of flames that feed on stubble; a valiant army, all arrayed for battle!
+Joel	Joel	34	2	6	What wonder if whole nations groan at their coming, everywhere pale cheeks?
+Joel	Joel	34	2	7	Bravely they hasten to the attack, warrior-like scale the wall; unswerving they press on,
+Joel	Joel	34	2	8	never one jostling with another, so well keeps each one his course; storm the loop-hole unhurt;
+Joel	Joel	34	2	9	and now, the city breached, mount wall, climb house-top, enter by windows, the thief’s way.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	10	Before that army, quakes earth, and heaven rocks; dark grow sun and moon, and the stars withhold their radiance;
+Joel	Joel	34	2	11	with his own voice the Lord heralds its coming. Wide it stretches, that host of the Lord, valiant it is, and ever ready to do his will. O great, O terrible day of the Lord; who shall find strength to bear it?
+Joel	Joel	34	2	12	Time now, the Lord says, to turn the whole bent of your hearts back to me, with fasting and with mourners’ tears.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	13	It is your hearts, not the garments you wear, that must be torn asunder. Come back to the Lord your God; he is ever gracious and merciful, ever patient and rich in pardon; threatens he calamity, even now he is ready to forgive.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	14	Who knows but he will relent, and be appeased; cast one glance behind him, and, enough for his own due of bread and wine-offering, spare us largesse yet?
+Joel	Joel	34	2	15	The trumpet, there, in Sion! Here is fasting proclaimed, the citizens assembled;
+Joel	Joel	34	2	16	the folk summoned, the cleansing rites performed, the elders met; weanling must be there and babe unweaned, groom leave his chamber and bride her bower.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	17	Hark how the priests, that wait upon the Lord, make lament between porch and altar, crying aloud: Spare thy people, Lord, spare them; thy chosen people, do not put them to the shame of obeying heathen masters! Wilt thou let the Gentiles ask, What has become of their God?
+Joel	Joel	34	2	18	People of a land well loved, he spares us yet.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	19	His answer comes, Here is corn and wine and oil to your hearts’ content; no more will I let the nations mock you.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	20	Far he shall be driven from your lands, the northern invader; out in the trackless desert he shall lie, vanguard to eastern, rearguard to western sea, and nothing more shall assail you but stench and stink of him, this enemy that did so wondrously.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	21	Fear no more, land of Israel; in the Lord’s wondrous doings triumph and rejoice!
+Joel	Joel	34	2	22	Fear no more, beasts that roam the country-side; grass grows on the upland meadows! There is fruit on the trees again; vine nor fig-tree ever bore so lustily.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	23	Rejoice, men of Sion, and triumph in the Lord your God; proof he gives you of your restoration to favour, making the winter and the spring rains fall, as in time past.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	24	Now the threshing-floor shall be piled with wheat, and the presses overflow with wine and oil.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	25	Profitless years, when the locust ravaged you, Gnaw-all and Ruin-all and Spoiler, that great army of mine I let loose among you, they shall be made good.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	26	Eat you shall to your hearts’ content, praising the name of the Lord your God for his wondrous protection; never again shall Israel go away disappointed.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	27	I will make myself known among you, I, the Lord your God, who alone am God; Israel cheated of their hopes never again!
+Joel	Joel	34	2	28	And afterwards? Afterwards I will pour out my spirit upon all mankind, and your sons and daughters will be prophets. Your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men see visions;
+Joel	Joel	34	2	29	everywhere servants of mine, handmaids of mine, inspired to prophesy!
+Joel	Joel	34	2	30	I will shew wonders in heaven, and on earth blood, and fire, and whirling smoke.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	31	The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the day of the Lord comes, the great, the terrible day.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	32	And never a soul shall call on the Lord’s name but shall find deliverance; here on mount Sion, here in Jerusalem there shall be refuge; for a remnant, a remnant of the Lord’s own summoning, there shall be deliverance at last.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	1	Perilous those times shall be, when the hour has come for reversing my sentence against Juda and Jerusalem.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	2	Into the valley of Josaphat I will herd the heathen folk, one and all, and there hold assize over them for the wrong they did to my people, to Israel, my own domain. People of mine they scattered through the world, land of mine they parcelled out between them.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	3	Must they be awarded by lot, such captives, and then sold cheap, boy-slave for a harlot’s hire, girl-slave for the draining of a wine-stoup?
+Joel	Joel	34	3	4	What, would you chaffer with me, men of Tyre and Sion, men from the pale of Philistia? Must there be barter and exchange between us? Nay, if you will have exchanges with me, look to it that the reward does not fall on your own heads, swift and sudden!
+Joel	Joel	34	3	5	Would you carry off silver of mine and gold, lay up the choicest of my treasures in yonder temples?
+Joel	Joel	34	3	6	Citizens of Jerusalem, men of Juda’s breed, would you sell them to Grecian masters, far away from their home?
+Joel	Joel	34	3	7	See if I do not summon them back from exile that was of your contriving, and, for that service done, pay you in your own coin;
+Joel	Joel	34	3	8	make over son and daughter of yours to these same men of Juda, slaves they can barter at will to the remote Sabaeans; I, the Lord, have decreed it.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	9	Cry it to the nations, they should do sacrifice and muster their tried warriors for battle; rally they, march they, all that bear arms.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	10	Ploughshare beat into sword, spade into spear; weakling is none but must summon up his manhood now!
+Joel	Joel	34	3	11	To arms, to the rendezvous, nations all about; doom of the Lord awaits you, warriors all!
+Joel	Joel	34	3	12	Up, up, to Josaphat’s valley betake you; here, upon all neighbouring peoples, I will hold assize.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	13	The sickle, there! Harvest is ripe already. Down to the vineyard with you! Are not the vats full, the presses overflowing? Has it not come to a head, the measure of their wickedness?
+Joel	Joel	34	3	14	Thronging, thronging they come, in yonder valley to try their destiny, appointed trysting-place of a divine audit;
+Joel	Joel	34	3	15	dark grow sun and moon, light of the stars is none.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	16	Loud as roaring of lion speaks the Lord in thunder from his citadel at Jerusalem, till heaven and earth quake at the sound. To his own people, the sons of Israel, refuge he is and stronghold;
+Joel	Joel	34	3	17	doubt you shall have none thenceforward that I, the Lord your God, have my dwelling-place at Jerusalem; a holy city Jerusalem shall be, never again shall alien foe breach the walls of her.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	18	Drip now with sweet wine the mountain-slopes, bathed in milk the upland pastures; never a stream in all Juda but flows full and strong. What fountain is this that comes out from the Lord’s temple, and waters the dry valley of Setim?
+Joel	Joel	34	3	19	A lonely ruin Egypt shall be, and Edom a desert waste; here was great wrong done to Jewry’s people, here unoffending lives were taken.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	20	For Juda, for Jerusalem, there shall be peace undisturbed, long as time shall last;
+Joel	Joel	34	3	21	for these, guilt of blood that went still unpardoned shall be pardoned now; here, in Sion, the Lord will have his dwelling-place.
+Amos	Am	35	1	1	Here tells Amos, one of the shepherd folk at Thecue, what visions he had con-cerning Israel. In Juda, Ozias was then reigning, in Israel, Jeroboam son of Joas, and it was two years before the earthquake.
+Amos	Am	35	1	2	Loud as roaring of lion, said he, the Lord will speak in thunder from his citadel at Jerusalem; forlorn they lie, yonder pastures the shepherds loved once, the heights of Carmel all shrivelled away.
+Amos	Am	35	1	3	A message from the Lord: Thrice forfeit Damascus, and forfeit once again,that rode rough-shod over the men of Galaad;
+Amos	Am	35	1	4	fall fire on Azael’s court, to burn down all the strongholds of Benadad!
+Amos	Am	35	1	5	Broken Damascus gate shall be, nor any be left to dwell in Aven’s plain, or rule over Eden valley; far off, at Cir, the Syrian folk shall go into banishment, the Lord says.
+Amos	Am	35	1	6	This, too: Thrice forfeit Gaza, and forfeit once again, that secured for the men of Edom their full toll of captives;
+Amos	Am	35	1	7	fall fire on Gaza’s walls, to burn down all its strongholds!
+Amos	Am	35	1	8	None shall dwell in Azotus, none rule over Ascalon; upon Accaron, too, my stroke shall fall; every trace of Philistia vanished and gone, the Lord God says.
+Amos	Am	35	1	9	This too: Thrice forfeit Tyre, and forfeit once again, that gave Edom its full toll of captives, as though bond there were none between brethren;
+Amos	Am	35	1	10	fall fire on its walls, to burn down its strongholds!
+Amos	Am	35	1	11	This too: Thrice forfeit Edom, and forfeit once again, that would hunt down his own brother at the sword’s point; unnatural cruelty, so to hug his enmity, nor ever let rancour die down;
+Amos	Am	35	1	12	fire fall on Theman, to burn down the strongholds of Bosra!
+Amos	Am	35	1	13	This, too: Thrice forfeit Ammon, and forfeit once again, that so coveted Galaad’s lands, every mother’s womb he would rip open;
+Amos	Am	35	1	14	fire fall on Rabba’s walls, to burn down its strongholds! Hark to the bray of battle, blustering of the storm-wind!
+Amos	Am	35	1	15	Into exile Melchom shall go, with all his retinue.
+Amos	Am	35	2	1	This, too: Thrice forfeit Moab, and forfeit once again, that burned the king of Edom’s bones to dust;
+Amos	Am	35	2	2	fall fire on Moab, to burn down all the strongholds of Carioth! With tumult and the bray of trumpets, Moab shall go to his death;
+Amos	Am	35	2	3	ruler of theirs I will strike down in their midst, and all his vassals shall perish with him, the Lord says.
+Amos	Am	35	2	4	This, too: Thrice forfeit Juda, and forfeit once again, that spurned the Lord’s law and left his bidding undone, so mazed were they by the false gods their fathers had gone a-courting;
+Amos	Am	35	2	5	fire fall on Juda, to burn down all the strongholds of Jerusalem!
+Amos	Am	35	2	6	And this, too: What of Israel? Thrice forfeit Israel like the rest, and forfeit once again, that for a debt, though it were but the price of a pair of shoes, will make slaves of poor, honest folk.
+Amos	Am	35	2	7	Ground in the dust, the poor man’s rights, shouldered aside, the claim of the unbefriended! See where father and son, to my name’s dishonour, bed with one maid!
+Amos	Am	35	2	8	See where they lie feasting beside the altar, at the very shrine of their God, no cloak there but is some borrower’s pledge, no stoup of wine but is some debtor’s forfeit!
+Amos	Am	35	2	9	Was it for such men as these I exterminated the Amorrhites, a race tall as the cedar, hardy as the oak, root and fruit of them doomed to destruction?
+Amos	Am	35	2	10	These are the men I rescued from Egypt, guided them, all those forty years, through the wilderness, to make the domain of the Amorrhites theirs!
+Amos	Am	35	2	11	Tell me, men of Israel, the Lord says, what avails it that I should call sons of yours, from their boyhood’s days, to serve me as prophets and Nazirites?
+Amos	Am	35	2	12	Ever you tempt the Nazirites with wine, ever you forbid the prophet to raise his voice in prophecy.
+Amos	Am	35	2	13	Henceforth, you shall seek my help in vain; waggon-axle overladen with sheaves groans not so reluctant as I!
+Amos	Am	35	2	14	Speed shall be no profit to the speedy, strength to the strong; warrior shall not escape,
+Amos	Am	35	2	15	nor bowman stand firm; the fleet of foot, nay, the very horseman shall have no deliverance;
+Amos	Am	35	2	16	a day is coming, the Lord says, when tried valour shall be fain to throw arms away, and take flight.
+Amos	Am	35	3	1	This, then, is the Lord’s message to you, men of Israel, to the whole race I rescued from Egypt:
+Amos	Am	35	3	2	Nation is none I have claimed for my own, save you; and guilt of yours is none that shall go unpunished.
+Amos	Am	35	3	3	Tryst there must be, if friends will meet and journey together;
+Amos	Am	35	3	4	prey there must be, ere lion will roar in the forest, lion’s whelp growl in its lair;
+Amos	Am	35	3	5	bird is not pinned to the ground, without fowler to snare it, nor trap released without a catch made.
+Amos	Am	35	3	6	Sounds trumpet in the streets, men do well to be afraid; if peril is afoot in the city, doubt not it is of the Lord’s sending.
+Amos	Am	35	3	7	Never does he act, but his servants, the prophets, are in the secret.
+Amos	Am	35	3	8	Roars lion, who but will tremble? Comes the divine warning, who but will prophesy?
+Amos	Am	35	3	9	Raise a cry from the house-tops, there in Azotus, there in Egypt’s land: To the hills about Samaria betake you, and look deep into the heart of her, what turbulent doings are there, what wrongs men suffer!
+Amos	Am	35	3	10	In yonder palaces, the Lord says, that are store-houses of oppression and rapine, honest doing is all forgot.
+Amos	Am	35	3	11	This doom, then, the Lord God utters: Distress and siege for such a land as this! All thy fastnesses shall be dismantled, all thy palaces spoiled.
+Amos	Am	35	3	12	Wilt thou have lion disgorge his prey? Pleased enough the shepherd, if a pair of legs he recover, a mangled ear! They shall fare no better, the Israelites that lie on a corner of the mattress at Samaria, and have their bed at Damascus.
+Amos	Am	35	3	13	A message for you, says the Lord, the God of hosts, a warning for the sons of Jacob!
+Amos	Am	35	3	14	I will have a reckoning with the rebellions of Israel, a reckoning with those altars of theirs at Bethel, that shall have the horns of them cut off and hurled to the ground;
+Amos	Am	35	3	15	on summer dwelling of yours and winter dwelling my hand shall fall, houses of ivory and houses of the common folk; all shall lie in ruin, the Lord says.
+Amos	Am	35	4	1	Here is word for you, pampered cattle that dwell at Samaria, the poor wronging, the friendless folk spurning, and ever crying out upon your husbands, Wine, there! We would drink!
+Amos	Am	35	4	2	Never let me be called holy, the Lord God says, if doom does not overtake you for this; see if you be not trussed on spears, and your children given up to feed the cooking-pan!
+Amos	Am	35	4	3	Leave the city walls you must, the Lord says, one by this breach, one by that, and be cast away in Armon.
+Amos	Am	35	4	4	On with you to Bethel, and defy me, thence to Galgal, and repeat defiance there; morning victims, tithes on the third day,
+Amos	Am	35	4	5	bread, leavened bread, for thank-offering, gifts of devotion publicly proclaimed! Have your will, men of Israel, says the Lord God, have your will.
+Amos	Am	35	4	6	What would you? Never a city left but men’s teeth were idle, never a village but bread lacked there, and you would not come back to me, the Lord says.
+Amos	Am	35	4	7	It was three months to harvest, and rain I denied you; or rain fell on one city, and not on the next, one village had a drenching and the next was dry,
+Amos	Am	35	4	8	till one city must supply water for three neighbours, and none had its fill, and you would not come back to me.
+Amos	Am	35	4	9	You would not come back to me, the Lord says, when sirocco I sent, and mildew, and the locust preyed on garden and vineyard, fig-tree and olive-tree of yours;
+Amos	Am	35	4	10	you would not come back to me, when with Egypt’s pestilence I slew you, when your warriors fell at the sword’s point, and your horses were carried off, and never a camp of yours but the stench of it plagued your nostrils;
+Amos	Am	35	4	11	you would not come back to me, when ruin threatened, swift as the divine stroke that ruined Sodom and Gomorrha, and you yourselves were like a brand saved from the burning.
+Amos	Am	35	4	12	Now I have worse, Israel, in store for thee; when that worse comes, prepare thou must, Israel, to meet thy God.
+Amos	Am	35	4	13	He is here, that fashioned the hills and made the winds; he is here, that gives man warning of his designs, that turns dawn into darkness, and sets his feet on the highest heights of earth; the Lord God of hosts is the name of him.
+Amos	Am	35	5	1	Please you then listen to the dirge I raise for you, men of Israel: Fallen she is, never to rise again,
+Amos	Am	35	5	2	Israel, the unsubdued; stretched at full length she lies there forsaken!
+Amos	Am	35	5	3	Ay, the Lord God says, but a hundred citizens, but ten villagers left to you, city that marched out a thousand, village a hundred strong!
+Amos	Am	35	5	4	Yet warning the Lord gave to the race of Israel: On peril of your lives, to my aid betake you!
+Amos	Am	35	5	5	Not to Bethel, not to Galgal’s ring-shrine, or Bersabee pilgrimage; a long road yonder circle shall lead you, a road that never returns; house of God shall not avail you, that is home of idols now!
+Amos	Am	35	5	6	On your lives, to the Lord betake you, as you would not see all Joseph ablaze, quenchless fire raging over Bethel!
+Amos	Am	35	5	7	And still you poison the springs of justice, still in the dust fling honour away.…
+Amos	Am	35	5	8	Creator he of Arcturus and Orion; dawn brings he out of darkness, and turns night to day, beckons to the waters of the sea, and over the surface of earth spreads them, such the power of his name!
+Amos	Am	35	5	9	At his glance falls ruin on the strong, devastation on the fortified.
+Amos	Am	35	5	10	Ill looks he will earn at yonder city gate, that finds fault; the wise word, there, is a thing abominable.
+Amos	Am	35	5	11	Yet, trust me, it shall nothing avail you, this harrying of the poor, and taking toll of the best they have. Houses of stone you build you shall never dwell in, sunny vineyards you plant you shall drink of never.
+Amos	Am	35	5	12	Your often misdoing, your heinous guilt, never think I am blind to it; innocence hated, the bribe taken, the poor refused their rights at the judgement-seat!
+Amos	Am	35	5	13	And should wisdom keep silence in times like these, ill times like these?
+Amos	Am	35	5	14	Set your minds on right, that now are set on wrong-doing; so you shall find life, so your boast shall come true that the Lord, the God of hosts, is with you.
+Amos	Am	35	5	15	Shun wrong, cherish the right, justice enthrone at your judgement-seat; then there is hope that the Lord, the God of hosts, will have mercy on some remnant of Joseph’s line.
+Amos	Am	35	5	16	This doom he utters, he, the Lord of hosts, he, our Master: Market-place or street is none but shall echo with wailing and cries of woe; country-folk, and such as are skilled in mourning, they shall call in to make dirge and dole;
+Amos	Am	35	5	17	dirge, too, the vineyards shall sing; all this, when I make my way through your midst, the Lord says.
+Amos	Am	35	5	18	Fools, that wait eagerly for the day of the Lord’s coming! Think you it shall serve your turn? Nay, it is the Lord’s day of triumph, not yours; dawn it must, but in darkness, not in light.
+Amos	Am	35	5	19	Speeds he well, that shuns lion and meets bear? Has he joy of his home-coming, that leans hand on wall, and all at once is bitten by a viper?
+Amos	Am	35	5	20	And for you, that day brings darkness, not the light you craved for; no radiance haunts about it, only gloom.
+Amos	Am	35	5	21	Oh, but I am sick and tired of them, your solemn feasts; incense that goes up from your assemblies I can breathe no longer!
+Amos	Am	35	5	22	Burnt-sacrifice still? Bloodless offerings still? Nay, I will have none of them; fat be the victims you slay in welcome, I care not.
+Amos	Am	35	5	23	O to be rid of the singing, the harp’s music, that dins my ear!…
+Amos	Am	35	5	24	And like waters rolling in full tide, like a perennial stream, right and justice shall abound…
+Amos	Am	35	5	25	What, men of Israel, did you spend forty years in the desert, ever for me your burnt-sacrifice, ever for me your offerings;
+Amos	Am	35	5	26	and now would you have Moloch for your king, a star for your god, carry shrine of theirs, idolatrous image you made of them, hither and thither?
+Amos	Am	35	5	27	What wonder if I banish you beyond Damascus far away? Dooms you with his own sign-manual the Lord, the God of hosts.
+Amos	Am	35	6	1	Poor fools, that in Sion or high Samaria take your ease, and fear nothing! That lord it over the Gentiles, and pass proudly through Israel’s domain,
+Amos	Am	35	6	2	bidding us make our way to Chalane, and thence to noble Emath, or go down to Gath, where the Philistines are, and see if land of theirs be fairer, borders of theirs be wider, than these of ours.
+Amos	Am	35	6	3	Poor fools, with the evil day ever at arm’s length, wrong enthroned ever close at hand!
+Amos	Am	35	6	4	Sleep they on beds of ivory, sprawl they at table, eating the best lambs flock can provide, calves fattened at the stall;
+Amos	Am	35	6	5	and ever must harp and voice nicely accord, ay, very Davids they think themselves for musical invention!
+Amos	Am	35	6	6	All their drinking is from the bowl, all their ointment of the best, and what care they for Joseph’s ruin?
+Amos	Am	35	6	7	Lead their folk they shall, but into exile; the revel must break up at last.
+Amos	Am	35	6	8	By my divine power I swear it, says the Lord God of hosts, pride of yours shall weary me, great houses of yours shall offend my sight, no longer; city and citizens, I will leave you at the enemy’s mercy.
+Amos	Am	35	6	9	Be there ten men left alive in a house, death shall take toll of them… …
+Amos	Am	35	6	10	Kinsman that comes to take him away must burn him first, and so carry his bones without. Ho, there! cries he to one that lurks in the inner rooms, hast thou any left?
+Amos	Am	35	6	11	And when he hears the task is over, bids him say no more, unless it be to call the Lord’s name to memory …
+Amos	Am	35	6	12	A word from the Lord, and all shall be a gaping ruin, palace and cottage both.
+Amos	Am	35	6	13	Strange, if yonder mountain-crags men should climb on horseback, or plough with oxen! Stranger still, that people of mine should poison the springs of right and justice, all wormwood now!
+Amos	Am	35	6	14	And still you boast over some conquest of little worth;To what greatness, you say, valour of ours has brought us!
+Amos	Am	35	6	15	Trust me, men of Israel, the Lord God of hosts says, I mean to embroil you with such an enemy as shall crush the life out of you, from Emath pass to the brook that bounds the desert.
+Amos	Am	35	7	1	This was a vision the Lord God shewed me; here were locusts a-making, just at the time when the aftergrowth was coming up, after the king’s crop had been carried.
+Amos	Am	35	7	2	Short work had these made of all the land yielded; Ah, Lord God, said I, be merciful! How should Jacob survive, the puny creature he is?
+Amos	Am	35	7	3	And with that, the Lord relented; Happen it shall not, said he.
+Amos	Am	35	7	4	And a second vision the Lord God shewed me, how he would summon them to ordeal by fire; fire should devour the waters below the earth, and devoured some part of them were.
+Amos	Am	35	7	5	Ah, Lord God, said I, for pity! How should Jacob survive, the puny creature he is?
+Amos	Am	35	7	6	And with that, the Lord relented again; Happen it shall not, said he.
+Amos	Am	35	7	7	But now the Lord shewed me a third vision; a plastered wall, and the Lord himself standing by it with a trowel in his hand,
+Amos	Am	35	7	8	asking me if I could see what he had there. Why, Lord, I said, a plasterer’s trowel! Ay, he answered, and here, in full view of Israel’s folk, that trowel I lay aside; cementing they shall have from me no more.
+Amos	Am	35	7	9	Hill-shrines of Aven shall tumble down, sanctuaries of Israel be laid waste; at the sword’s point I will try conclusions with the race of Jeroboam.
+Amos	Am	35	7	10	Hereupon, a message came to Jeroboam, king of Israel, from Amasias that was priest at Bethel. Here is Amos, said he, raising revolt against thee in the realm of Israel; there is no room in all the land for such talk as his;
+Amos	Am	35	7	11	Jeroboam to die at the sword’s point, Israel to be banished from its native country!
+Amos	Am	35	7	12	And this was his counsel to Amos, Sir prophet, get thee gone; in Juda take refuge if thou wilt, and there earn thy living by prophecy.
+Amos	Am	35	7	13	Prophesy here in Bethel thou mayst not, where the king’s chapel is, and the king’s court.
+Amos	Am	35	7	14	What, said Amos, I a prophet? Nay, not that, nor a prophet’s son neither; I am one that minds cattle, one that nips the sycamore-trees;
+Amos	Am	35	7	15	I was but tending sheep when the Lord took me into his service. It was the Lord bade me go and prophesy to his people of Israel.
+Amos	Am	35	7	16	He has a message for thee: Thou wilt have no prophesying against Israel, no word dropped against Bethaven?
+Amos	Am	35	7	17	Here, then, is the divine doom pronounced on thee: Wife of thine, here in the city streets, shall be dishonoured; sons and daughters of thine shall die at the sword’s point; lands of thine shall feel the measuring-rope. And for thyself, on unhallowed soil death awaits thee, when Israel is banished, as banished it needs must be, from the land of its birth.
+Amos	Am	35	8	1	Then the Lord God shewed me another vision, of a hook such as they use for fruit-gathering.
+Amos	Am	35	8	2	And when he asked, could I see what he had there, Why, Lord, I said, a grappling-hook for fruit-trees! Ay, said he, and right autumn it is for my people of Israel; no further chance shall they have of repentance.
+Amos	Am	35	8	3	Day of doom! How shriek the hinges of yonder temple gates; then, what massacre! Everywhere deep silence falls.
+Amos	Am	35	8	4	Here is word for you, oppressors of the poor, that bring ruin on your fellow-citizens in their need;
+Amos	Am	35	8	5	you that long for new moon and sabbath to be at an end, for trading to begin and granary to be opened, so you may be at your shifts again, the scant measure, the high price, the false weights!
+Amos	Am	35	8	6	You that for a debt, though it were but the price of a pair of shoes, will make slaves of poor, honest folk; you that sell refuse for wheat!
+Amos	Am	35	8	7	By Jacob’s ancient renown the Lord swears it, crimes of yours shall remain for ever unforgotten.
+Amos	Am	35	8	8	Well may the earth quake over such doings, to the hurt of all that dwell in it; everywhere mount up, and shift, and sink, like Egypt’s river in flood.
+Amos	Am	35	8	9	Day of doom, says the Lord God, when there shall be sunset at noon, and earth shall be overshadowed under the full light!
+Amos	Am	35	8	10	All your feasting turned to lament, all your songs to dirge and dole; not a loin but goes clad in sackcloth, not a head but is shaved bald; never was such mourning made, though it were for an only son; bitter the day, bitter its ending.
+Amos	Am	35	8	11	A time is coming, says the Lord God, when there shall be great lack in the land, yet neither dearth nor drought. Hunger? Ay, they shall hunger for some message from the Lord,
+Amos	Am	35	8	12	yet go they from eastern to western sea, go they from north to south, making search for it everywhere, message from the Lord they shall have none.
+Amos	Am	35	8	13	Thirst, ay, they shall thirst, fair maid and brave warrior both.
+Amos	Am	35	8	14	Fools, that by the shame of Samaria take their oaths, pin their faith to Dan’s worship or Bersabee pilgrimage! Here is fall there is no amending.
+Amos	Am	35	9	1	And now I saw the Lord standing above the altar; Smite column there, he cried, lintel there dislodge, nest of ill-gotten gains! To the last man, the sword must take its toll; refuge shall be none. Flee they, never a fugitive shall escape;
+Amos	Am	35	9	2	from the pit beneath I will dig them up, from heaven above I will drag them down;
+Amos	Am	35	9	3	hide they on Carmel’s heights, I will search and seize them, lurk they in the sea’s depths, my writ runs there; maw of monster shall devour them.
+Amos	Am	35	9	4	Let enemy drive them into exile, even there the sword shall be my pursuivant; watch and ward I keep over them, never doubt it, but to their undoing.…
+Amos	Am	35	9	5	The Lord God of hosts, whose touch melts earth, to the hurt of all that dwell in it, makes it everywhere mount up and sink, like Egypt’s river in flood;
+Amos	Am	35	9	6	his the arched stairway of heaven, his the knitted frame of earth; beckons he to the waters of the sea, and over the earth spreads them, such the power of his name!
+Amos	Am	35	9	7	Ethiop or Israelite, what care I? the Lord says. God that brought you here from Egypt was God that brought the Philistines from Caphtor, brought the Syrians from Cir!
+Amos	Am	35	9	8	Divine regard that watches ever this kingdom, marks ever its guilt; I will blot it out, believe me, from the face of the earth.And blot out the name of Jacob altogether? Nay, not that, the Lord says.
+Amos	Am	35	9	9	At my command, the whole world shall be a sieve, to sift the race of Israel as corn is sifted in the riddle, and never a grain cast out loose on the bare ground;
+Amos	Am	35	9	10	at the sword’s point they shall die, all the guilty that are found among my people; the guilty, who now flatter themselves that evil shall never come next or nigh them.
+Amos	Am	35	9	11	Then, I mean to rebuild the fallen dwselling-place of David, all its breaches made good, all its ruins restored; it shall stand once more as it stood long ago;
+Amos	Am	35	9	12	empire it shall have over the Edomites, and all the Gentile folk I claim for my own.
+Amos	Am	35	9	13	A time is coming, the Lord says, when ploughman shall tread on the heels of reaper, sower’s task begin ere vintager’s is ended; never a mountain-side but shall run with sweet wine, never a hill but its rugged nature shall be tamed.
+Amos	Am	35	9	14	I will bring back my people of Israel from its exile, to rebuild ruined cities and dwell there, plant vineyards and drink of them, till gardens and eat the fruits of them.
+Amos	Am	35	9	15	Firm root they shall take in their native soil, never again to be torn away from the home I have given them, says the Lord, thy own God.
+Abdias	Abd	36	1	1	Here follows the vision of Abdias. What doom does the Lord God pronounce on Edom? What bruit is this has reached our ears, what embassage has been sent abroad among the nations? Up, march we out to engage him in battle!
+Abdias	Abd	36	1	2	Sorry the lot I have given thee among the peoples of the world, no better than a thing of contempt;
+Abdias	Abd	36	1	3	yet, dwelling where thou dost in the clefts of the rocks, thou art puffed up with pride; high thou hast built thy throne, and thinkest there is none can drag thee down to earth.
+Abdias	Abd	36	1	4	Build thy eyrie high as the eagle, nest, if thou wilt, among the stars, I will yet drag thee down thence, the Lord says.
+Abdias	Abd	36	1	5	Strange, the silence that has fallen upon Edom! Thieves were they, midnight robbers, that had assailed thee, at least they had been content to carry off what they had need of; some gleanings at least those vintagers would have left thee!
+Abdias	Abd	36	1	6	But now, see how Esau is ransacked, how all his treasury is rifled!
+Abdias	Abd	36	1	7	See how the very folk that are in league with thee drive thee back to thy own frontier, thy own confederates playing thee false, pressing thee hard! Stabbed from beneath by boon companions of thy own? Thou art a fool for thy pains.
+Abdias	Abd	36	1	8	Day of doom, the Lord says, when wise man shall be none in Edom, nor any prudent counsellor on all Esau’s hill-side;
+Abdias	Abd	36	1	9	dismayed the warriors of Teman shall be, till slaughter leaves all the mountains of Esau desolate.
+Abdias	Abd	36	1	10	What wonder if hopes of thine come to nothing, name of thine perish eternally, that didst assail thy own brother, with murderous wrong?
+Abdias	Abd	36	1	11	Hast thou forgotten the day when thou stoodest aloof, while the enemy disarmed his ranks, while aliens thronged through yonder gates, and parcelled out Jerusalem by lot, thyself making common cause with them?
+Abdias	Abd	36	1	12	What, look on idly, when fortune turns against that brother of thine; nay, triumph over Juda’s fall, boast of his calamity?
+Abdias	Abd	36	1	13	He overthrown, and thou wouldst find thy way in at the gates of my own city; he overthrown, and thou wouldst rejoice at his discomfiture; he overthrown, and thou wouldst offer him battle?
+Abdias	Abd	36	1	14	Thou wouldst take up thy post in the breach, and cut off the fugitive, bar the way to the straggler, when all is lost?
+Abdias	Abd	36	1	15	Be sure of this, a time is soon coming when the Lord will summon all the nations to their account; then, as thou didst, it shall be done to thee, in thy own coin thou shalt be paid.
+Abdias	Abd	36	1	16	The cup of vengeance you, my people, have drunk, there on that mountain which is my sanctuary, all the heathen shall drink henceforward; drink, ay, drink deep, and fall into forgetfulness, as if they had never been.
+Abdias	Abd	36	1	17	But here, on mount Sion, all shall be deliverance, all shall be holiness, and their spoilers the men of Jacob shall despoil.
+Abdias	Abd	36	1	18	A fire Jacob shall be, a living flame the sons of Joseph, and Esau’s race stubble before their onset; the spark once kindled, all shall be consumed, and of Esau’s race no memory be left; the Lord decrees it.
+Abdias	Abd	36	1	19	Hill-country of Esau shall fall to the southern folk, and Philistia to the men of the plain; all that is Ephraim and Samaria now shall be theirs, and Galaad shall be made over to Benjamin.
+Abdias	Abd	36	1	20	Warriors of Israel, banished far away, shall hold all the Chanaanite lands, Sarepta their northern frontier; men of Jerusalem, come back from the shores of Bosphorus to claim the cities of the south.
+Abdias	Abd	36	1	21	No lack of champions Sion shall have, to do justice on the mountains of Edom; and of that empire the Lord himself shall be sovereign ruler.
+Jonas	Jon	37	1	1	The Lord’s voice came to Jonas, the son of Amathi:
+Jonas	Jon	37	1	2	Up, and to the great city of Nineve make thy way; I would have thee preach to them; great guilt of theirs claims my cognizance.
+Jonas	Jon	37	1	3	Rise up he did, but his thought was, he would escape to Tharsis, and there avoid the Lord’s scrutiny. So he made his way to Joppa, and there, sure enough, was a ship bound for Tharsis; passage-money was paid, and aboard went Jonas with the rest of them, sailing for Tharsis to be out of the Lord’s way.
+Jonas	Jon	37	1	4	But now the Lord sent out a boisterous wind over the sea, that raised a great tempest there, and the ship was like to have been broken all to pieces.
+Jonas	Jon	37	1	5	Sore afraid the mariners were, and loud they called upon their god; ay, and fell to throwing the tackle overboard, to lighten ship. And what of Jonas? He had gone down into the ship’s hold, and fallen fast asleep.
+Jonas	Jon	37	1	6	But that would not serve; up came the captain and asked what he meant, to lie there sleeping? Up, said he, and cry out upon thy God! Who knows but God will take pity on us, and grant us our lives yet?
+Jonas	Jon	37	1	7	By this, the ship’s company were of another counsel; Nay, said one to other, cast we the lot, and so find out how it is that such peril has befallen us! Cast lots they did, and Jonas was singled out.
+Jonas	Jon	37	1	8	Tell us, they cried, for whose sake it is that we are come into such peril! Tell us what thy errand is, whence thou art journeying and whither, what nation it was gave thee birth.
+Jonas	Jon	37	1	9	I am a Hebrew, he told them, and worship the Lord, the God of heaven, that made the sea and the dry land both.
+Jonas	Jon	37	1	10	And when they heard (for he told them all) that this was a man who would escape from the Lord’s sight, they were in a great taking of fear. What ailed thee? they asked.
+Jonas	Jon	37	1	11	And how must we use thee, if we would have yonder seas calmed for us? (Even as they spoke, the waves grew more angry yet.)
+Jonas	Jon	37	1	12	Why, said he, take me up and throw me over the ship’s side, and the sea will grant you respite; doubt there is none, I am the cause of all this peril that has befallen you.
+Jonas	Jon	37	1	13	What would you? They fell to the oars, hoping to make land thus, but could nothing avail; ever angrier grew the seas about them.
+Jonas	Jon	37	1	14	And at last they cried out upon the Lord; Take we this man’s life, they said, let it not be to our own undoing! Do not charge us with the death of an innocent man, thou who hast so manifested thy divine will!
+Jonas	Jon	37	1	15	And with that, they took Jonas up, and threw him over the ship’s side. All at once, the raging of the sea was stilled;
+Jonas	Jon	37	1	16	what awe fell on those mariners! What sacrifices they made, what vows they offered to the Lord!
+Jonas	Jon	37	2	1	And what of Jonas? At the Lord’s bidding, a great sea-beast had swallowed him up; and there, in the belly of it, three days spent he and three nights.
+Jonas	Jon	37	2	2	This was the prayer which Jonas made to the Lord his God, there in the belly of the sea-beast:
+Jonas	Jon	37	2	3	Call I on the Lord in my peril, redress he grants me; from the very womb of the grave call I, thou art listening to me!
+Jonas	Jon	37	2	4	Here in the depths of the sea’s heart thou wouldst cast me away, with the flood all about me, eddy of thine, wave of thine, sweeping over me,
+Jonas	Jon	37	2	5	till it seemed as if I were shut out from thy regard: yet life thou grantest me; I shall gaze on thy holy temple once again.
+Jonas	Jon	37	2	6	Around me the deadly waters close, the depths engulf me, the weeds are wrapped about my head;
+Jonas	Jon	37	2	7	mountain caverns I must plumb, the very bars of earth my unrelenting prison; and still, O Lord my God, thou wilt raise me, living, from the tomb.
+Jonas	Jon	37	2	8	Daunted this heart, yet still of the Lord I would bethink me; prayer of mine should reach him, far away in his holy temple!
+Jonas	Jon	37	2	9	Let fools that court false worship all hope of pardon forgo;
+Jonas	Jon	37	2	10	mine to do sacrifice in thy honour, vows made and paid to the Lord, my deliverer!
+Jonas	Jon	37	2	11	And now, at the Lord’s bidding, the sea-beast cast Jonas up again, high and dry on the beach.
+Jonas	Jon	37	3	1	A second time the Lord’s voice came to Jonas:
+Jonas	Jon	37	3	2	Up, and to the great city of Nineve make thy way; there preach, what preach I bid thee.
+Jonas	Jon	37	3	3	That voice he obeyed; rose up and took the road for Nineve, a great city indeed, three days’ journey from end to end.
+Jonas	Jon	37	3	4	And when he had advanced into it as far as one day’s journey would carry him, he began crying out, In forty days, Nineve will be overthrown.
+Jonas	Jon	37	3	5	With that, the Ninevites shewed faith in God, rich and poor alike, proclaiming a fast and putting on sackcloth;
+Jonas	Jon	37	3	6	nay, the king of Nineve himself, when word of it reached him, came down from his throne, cast his robe aside, put on sackcloth, and sat down humbly in the dust.
+Jonas	Jon	37	3	7	And a cry was raised in Nineve, at the bidding of the king and his nobles, A fast for man and beast, for herd and flock; no food is to be eaten, no water drunk;
+Jonas	Jon	37	3	8	let man and beast go covered with sackcloth; cry out lustily to the Lord, and forsake, each of you, his sinful life, his wrongful deeds!
+Jonas	Jon	37	3	9	God may yet relent and pardon, forgo his avenging anger and spare our lives.
+Jonas	Jon	37	3	10	Thus, when God saw them amending their lives in good earnest, he spared them, in his mercy, their threatened punishment.
+Jonas	Jon	37	4	1	As for Jonas, he took it sore amiss, and was an angry man that day.
+Jonas	Jon	37	4	2	And thus he made his prayer to the Lord: See if this be not the very thought I had, far away in my own country! Good cause had I to seek refuge at Tharsis from such an errand as this. I knew from the first what manner of God thou art, how kind and merciful, how slow to punish, how rich in pardon, vengeance ever ready to forgo.
+Jonas	Jon	37	4	3	A boon of thee, Lord! Take away this life of mine; I had rather die than live.
+Jonas	Jon	37	4	4	Why, the Lord said, what anger is this?
+Jonas	Jon	37	4	5	Jonas had left the city, and sat now under a little arbour he had made for himself on the east of it, waiting there in the shade to see what doom would fall on Nineve.
+Jonas	Jon	37	4	6	And now, at the Lord God’s bidding, an ivy-plant grew up over Jonas’ head, to give him shade and shelter after his toiling; and great joy he had of his ivy-plant.
+Jonas	Jon	37	4	7	But when the morrow dawned, came at God’s bidding a worm, that struck at the plant’s root and killed it.
+Jonas	Jon	37	4	8	Up rose the sun, and at the Lord’s bidding the sirocco came; here was Jonas with the sun’s rays beating on his head, and all of a sweat. Now indeed his heart’s prayer was, he might die; Better death than life, said he.
+Jonas	Jon	37	4	9	Why, said the Lord, what anger is this over an ivy-plant? Deadly angry am I, Jonas answered, and no marvel either.
+Jonas	Jon	37	4	10	Great pity thou hast, the Lord said, for yonder ivy-plant, that was not of thy growing, and no toil cost thee; a plant that springs in a night, and in a night must wither!
+Jonas	Jon	37	4	11	And what of Nineve? Here is a great city, with a hundred and twenty thousand folk in it, and none of them can tell right from left, all these cattle, too; and may I not spare Nineve?
+Michaeas	Mic	38	1	1	This message came from the Lord to Michaeas the Morasthite, during the reigns of Joathan, Achaz and Ezechias in Juda; this revelation was made to him concerning Samaria and Jerusalem both together.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	1	2	A word for you, nations far and near; let the whole world give audience, and all the world contains! Listen to this indictment the Lord God brings, from his high throne all beholding.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	1	3	See, where the Lord comes out from his dwelling-place; and, as he makes his way down, the topmost peaks of earth for his stairway,
+Michaeas	Mic	38	1	4	melt hills at his touch, melt valleys like wax before the fire, like water over the steep rocks flowing away!
+Michaeas	Mic	38	1	5	Alas, what betokens it? What but Jacob’s going astray, what but guilt of Israel’s line? Head and front of Jacob’s sinning Samaria needs must be, sure as Jerusalem is Juda’s place of pilgrimage.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	1	6	In ruin Samaria shall lie, a heap of stones in the open country-side, a terrace for vineyards; all down yonder valley I will drag the stones of her, till her very foundations are laid bare.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	1	7	Shattered all those idols must be, burnt to ashes the gauds she wears; never an image but shall be left forlorn; all shall go the way of a harlot’s wages, that were a harlot’s wages from the first.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	1	8	For this, should I not raise the dirge aloud? Barefoot go I and stripped; jackal nor ostrich cries out more lamentably.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	1	9	Hurt is here past all cure, that to Juda itself must spread; Jerusalem itself, mart of my own country-side, shall feel the blow.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	1	10	Gate of Gath must never hear the news, hushed be the sound of weeping; afar at Beth-aphra cast the dust on your heads.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	1	11	Away with you, Shaphir’s folk, shivering and shamed; of coming and going in Saanan sign is none; mourning of Beth-ezel… has taken the ground from under your feet.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	1	12	Marred, now, are the anxious hopes of Maroth; so ruthless the Lord’s decree against yonder gates of Jerusalem.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	1	13	Recklessly, at Lachis, harness they steed to chariot; Lachis, that first betrayed poor Sion into guilt, that was Israel’s mistress in wrong-doing!
+Michaeas	Mic	38	1	14	Marriage-dower this daughter of thine, Moreseth-gath, shall cost thee; here is Achsib, too, for the royal policy how rude a set-back!
+Michaeas	Mic	38	1	15	Thy marches, Maresa, shall be ridden once again; to Odollam…… Israel’s glory shall come.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	1	16	Such pride in thy children! Shaven bare thy brow; vulture itself is not so bald; alas, for sons of thine exiled far away!
+Michaeas	Mic	38	2	1	Out upon you, that lie awake over dreams of mischief, schemes of ill, and are up at dawn of day to execute them, soon as your godless hands find opportunity!
+Michaeas	Mic	38	2	2	Covet they house or lands, house or lands by robbery become theirs; ever their oppression comes between a man and his home, a man and his inheritance.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	2	3	And I, too, the Lord says, am devising mischief, mischief against the whole clan of you; never think to shake it off from your necks and walk proudly as of old; ill days are coming.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	2	4	A by-word then they shall make of you, dirge and dole of music raise over you: Stripped, stripped bare! My country’s bounds removed! Come he but once again, that so parcels out our lands, all is lost to me!
+Michaeas	Mic	38	2	5	Trust me, when lands are allotted among the Lord’s people, never shall one of yonder clan have rope to throw.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	2	6	Prophets, leave your prophesying; word of prophecy is never for such as these, never may shame overtake them.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	2	7	What, cry they of Jacob, is the Lord so easily offended? Are his designs indeed so unfavourable? Nay, certain it is, if a man will follow the straight path, award of mine shall prosper him;
+Michaeas	Mic	38	2	8	but what of you? Has not this people of mine long counted you enemies, rising up to arraign you? Robbers, that will have cloak and coat both; what marvel if simple folk are up in arms against you?
+Michaeas	Mic	38	2	9	My people! And you would dispossess its women of the homes they loved, take away from its children… my glory for ever.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	2	10	Do you, in your turn, rise up and go your ways; no resting-place shall you have here; corruption most foul the guilt of this land shall breed in it.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	2	11	Alas, that I should be one beckoned by the spirit, and not rather some forger of lies! Wine and revel to inspire him, he might prophesy, and a people such as this take him for an oracle:
+Michaeas	Mic	38	2	12	Trust me, Jacob, I mean to assemble thee in full strength, rally all that is left of Israel in one place, thronging like sheep in fold, like herd in byre, hum of voices echoing all around;
+Michaeas	Mic	38	2	13	where the breach has been made ready for them, break they out and pass on their way, sally forth with a king to lead them, with the Lord at their head!
+Michaeas	Mic	38	3	1	But no, this is my word to you, chieftains of Jacob’s line, rulers of Israel: Who should acclaim justice, if not you?
+Michaeas	Mic	38	3	2	Alas, that you should be the foes of right, the friends of wrong! Beasts of prey, that will have skin and flesh both, leave nothing save the bare bone.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	3	3	My people! And you will gnaw flesh of them, tear skin of them, break bones of them; cut them to pieces, meat for your pot, roast for your oven!
+Michaeas	Mic	38	3	4	What marvel, if the Lord will not listen to such cry as yours, turns his back on you in your distress, for your ill deserving?
+Michaeas	Mic	38	3	5	And this message the Lord has for prophets that guide my people amiss, prophets that must have their mouths filled ere they will cry, All’s well; sop thou must give them, else thou shalt be their sworn enemy.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	3	6	Visions would you see, all shall be night around you, search you the skies, you shall search in the dark; never a prophet but his sun is set, his day turned into twilight!
+Michaeas	Mic	38	3	7	Seers that see nothing, baffled diviners, acknowledge they, finger on lip, word from God is none.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	3	8	But here stands one that is full of the Lord’s spirit; vigour it lends me, and discernment, and boldness, fault of Jacob to denounce, guilt of Israel to proclaim.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	3	9	A word with you, chieftains of Jacob’s line, rulers of Israel, that hold right abominable, and all justice pervert;
+Michaeas	Mic	38	3	10	that build up strength of Sion, fortunes of Jerusalem, with deeds of bloodshed and of wrong!
+Michaeas	Mic	38	3	11	Never a judge but has his price; never a priest tradition teaches, but for hire; never a prophet but must have his hand lined with silver! And all the while, how lean they on the Lord! Is not he in their midst (they ask)? How should harm befall them?
+Michaeas	Mic	38	3	12	Trust me, for such guilt as yours I will turn mount Sion into plough-lands; standing heaps of stones that were once Jerusalem, and brushwood of the high forest growing over the Temple hill.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	4	1	The Temple hill! One day it shall stand there, highest of all the mountain-heights, overtopping the peaks of them, and the nations will flock there together.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	4	2	A multitude of peoples will make their way to it, crying, Come, let us climb up to the Lord’s mountain-peak, to the house where the God of Jacob dwells; he shall teach us the right way, we will walk in the paths he has chosen. The Lord’s command shall go out from Sion, his word from Jerusalem;
+Michaeas	Mic	38	4	3	over thronging peoples he shall sit in judgement, give award to great nations from far away. Sword they will fashion into ploughshare and spear into pruning-hook; no room there shall be for nation to levy war against nation, and train itself in arms.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	4	4	At ease you shall sit, each of you with his own vine, his own fig-tree to give him shade, and none to raise the alarm; such blessing the Lord of hosts pronounces on you.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	4	5	Let other nations go their own way, each with the name of its own god to rally it; ours to march under his divine name, who is our God for ever and for evermore!
+Michaeas	Mic	38	4	6	When that time comes, the Lord says, I will gather them in again and take them to myself, flock of mine that go limping and straggling, ever since I brought calamity on them;
+Michaeas	Mic	38	4	7	lame shall yet be a stock to breed from, and wayworn shall grow into a sturdy race; here in Sion they shall dwell, and the Lord be king over them, for ever henceforward.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	4	8	And thou, the watch-tower of that flock, cloud-capped fastness where the lady Sion reigns, power shall come back to thee as of old, once more Jerusalem shall be a queen.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	4	9	When that time comes! At this present time, what anguish is this constrains thee? Have king and counsellor played thee false, that the pangs of travail take hold on thee?
+Michaeas	Mic	38	4	10	Sorrow thou well mayst, lady of Sion, and labour as any woman brought to bed; city thou must needs leave, and lodge in the open country-side, nay, to distant Babylon thou must journey; there it is thou wilt find deliverance, there it is the Lord will ransom thee from the power of thy enemies.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	4	11	At this present time, how many the nations that gather about thee, crying, Death to the adulteress! Feast we our eyes on Sion’s downfall!
+Michaeas	Mic	38	4	12	Little they know God’s thoughts; little they guess his purpose is to store them up, like wheat on the threshing-floor!
+Michaeas	Mic	38	4	13	Up, lady of Sion, and set about the threshing of them! Horn of iron, hoof of bronze he will give thee, to grind all that conspiracy of nations to dust. Forfeit to the Lord their ill-gotten gains shall be; nothing of theirs but must be his, who is master of the whole earth.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	5	1	At this present time, what is left thee but to muster thy roving bands, daughter of an outlaw king? Hard siege presses us now; smitten on the cheek, now, is the ruler of Israel.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	5	2	Bethlehem-Ephrata! Least do they reckon thee among all the clans of Juda? Nay, it is from thee I look to find a prince that shall rule over Israel. Whence comes he? From the first beginning, from ages untold!
+Michaeas	Mic	38	5	3	Marvel not, then, if the Lord abandons his people for a time, until she who is in travail has brought forth her child; others there are, brethren of his, that must be restored to the citizenship of Israel.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	5	4	Enabled by the Lord his God, confident in that mighty protection, stands he, our shepherd, and safely folds his flock; fame of him now reaches to the world’s end;
+Michaeas	Mic	38	5	5	who else should be its hope of recovery? What though the Assyrian invade our country, trample down our strongholds? Seven leaders of men we shall find to marshal us, and an eighth yet in reserve;
+Michaeas	Mic	38	5	6	sword in hand, they shall herd the men of Assyria, naked steel for the land of Nemrod! Invade they, trample they as they will, he shall be our deliverance.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	5	7	Poor remnant of Jacob, lost among that multitude of peoples! Yet thrive it shall; does not the grass thrive, with dew and shower from the Lord to water it, nor looks for man’s tending, unbeholden to our human toil?
+Michaeas	Mic	38	5	8	Poor remnant of Jacob, among those heathen multitudes lost! Yet lion amid the forest herds, lion’s whelp amid flock of sheep, finds not easier passage, brings not down more inexorably his prey.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	5	9	High triumph thou shalt have over thy enemies; perish all that bear thee ill-will!
+Michaeas	Mic	38	5	10	All other help, the Lord says, shall then be denied thee; gone, horse and chariot of thine,
+Michaeas	Mic	38	5	11	the cities lost, ruined the strongholds. Sorcery thou shalt have none to trust in, nor divinings;
+Michaeas	Mic	38	5	12	gone idol and sacred pillar of thine, nor any of thy own imaginings left thee;
+Michaeas	Mic	38	5	13	uprooted the woods of thy false worship, fallen the cities.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	5	14	Only then shall my fierce anger find its scope, only then fall my vengeance upon the nations that defied me.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	6	1	Listen to this message I have from the Lord: Up, and to the mountains make thy complaint, let the hill-sides echo with thy voice!
+Michaeas	Mic	38	6	2	Listen they must, yonder sturdy bastions of earth, while the Lord impleads his people; Israel stands upon its trial now.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	6	3	Tell me, my people, what have I done, that thou shouldst be a-weary of me? Answer me.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	6	4	Was it ill done, to rescue thee from Egypt, set thee free from a slave’s prison, send Moses and Aaron and Mary to guide thee on thy way?
+Michaeas	Mic	38	6	5	Bethink thee, what designs had Balach, king of Moab, and how Balaam the son of Beor answered him… from Setim to Galgala; and canst thou doubt, then, the faithfulness of the Lord’s friendship?
+Michaeas	Mic	38	6	6	How best may I humble myself before the Lord, that is God most high? What offering shall I bring? Calf, think you, of a year old, for my burnt-sacrifice?
+Michaeas	Mic	38	6	7	Fall rams by the thousand, fattened buck-goats by the ten thousand, will the Lord be better pleased? Shall gift of first-born for wrong-doing atone, body’s fruit for soul’s assoiling?
+Michaeas	Mic	38	6	8	Nay, son of Adam, what need to ask? Best of all it is, and this above all the Lord demands of thee, right thou shouldst do, and ruth love, and carry thyself humbly in the presence of thy God.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	6	9	So comes the divine voice to yonder city; best he shall thrive, that stands in awe of thy name. Listen, tribesmen, to that voice; which of you dares acclaim it?
+Michaeas	Mic	38	6	10	What of homes unhallowed, that hide yet the ill-gotten gain, the false measure to call down my vengeance?
+Michaeas	Mic	38	6	11	Here the uneven scales, there the bag of short weights, and shall I hold you acquitted?
+Michaeas	Mic	38	6	12	City where the rich are ever busy with oppression, where all is treachery, and a man has a tongue in his mouth only to deceive!
+Michaeas	Mic	38	6	13	Thy turn, now, to feel my lash; thy guilt is thy undoing.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	6	14	Thine to eat, and eating, never have thy fill; for all alike, now, the same affliction. Thine to enslave, but thy slaves never to keep; those thou hast, I mean to make over to the sword.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	6	15	Sow shalt thou, and never reap, press olive, and never anoint thee, tread grape, and no wine drink.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	6	16	Commands of Amri thou wouldst obey, not mine, Ahab’s purposes, not mine, fulfil; their bidding if thou wouldst follow, what marvel that I should mark thee down for ruin, Jerusalem for the hiss of scorn? Shame of its own origins the people that is mine must bear.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	7	1	Your tears for Sion! Not more pitiful work is gleaning when the vintage is done; never a cluster to eat; for the ripe figs belly craves in vain.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	7	2	Fled is piety, vanished honesty, from human kind; murderous plots afoot; the hunt is up everywhere, man spreading his nets for man.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	7	3	Ever the wrong done, and fair names devised for it; ruler must have his benevolence, and judge his gratuity, and tyrant makes known what is his earnest wish; they know well how to wrap it up.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	7	4	Cruel as thorns they be, that are kindliest of them, close as thorn-hedge, that are honest above the rest. Surely this is the day thy watchmen foretold, surely thou wilt call them to account; not long delayed their last extremity!
+Michaeas	Mic	38	7	5	Trust no man, give thy heart to no man, though he be friend and counsellor of thine; against the wife that lies on thy bosom, guard the entry of thy lips;
+Michaeas	Mic	38	7	6	here, where son fools father, and daughter her mother, and son’s wife her mother-in-law, where a man’s own household are his enemies!
+Michaeas	Mic	38	7	7	On the Lord my eyes are set; it is to God I look for my protection; my own God, and will he deny me audience?
+Michaeas	Mic	38	7	8	City that Sion hatest, never triumph over her fall; fall I, it is but to rise again, sit I in darkness, the Lord will be my light.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	7	9	The Lord’s displeasure I must bear, I that have sinned against him, till at last he admits my plea, and grants redress. Out into the light he will bring me, to find him faithful still.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	7	10	Sore abashed that enemy of mine shall behold it; only yesterday she was crying, What is become of thy God now? Welcome the sight, when she is trampled down like mire in the streets!
+Michaeas	Mic	38	7	11	Day of pell-mell disorder it shall be, the day of thy walls’ rebuilding;
+Michaeas	Mic	38	7	12	a day when folk shall resort to thee from all the lands that lie between Assyria and the towns of Egypt, between Egypt and… Euphrates, between sea and sea, mountain-range and mountain-range.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	7	13	By then, the whole country-side will be lying desolate, such reward the inhabitants of it have earned by their ill-doing.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	7	14	With that staff of thine gather thy people in, the flock that is thy very own, scattered now in the forest glades, with rich plenty all around them; Basan and Galaad for their pasture-grounds, as in the days of old.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	7	15	Now for such wondrous evidences of power as marked thy rescuing of them from Egypt!
+Michaeas	Mic	38	7	16	Here is a sight to make the Gentiles hold their valour cheap, stand there dumb; ay, and why not deaf too?
+Michaeas	Mic	38	7	17	Let them lick the dust, serpent-fashion, crawl out from their homes, like scared reptiles, in terror of the Lord our God; much cause they shall have to fear him.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	7	18	Was there ever such a God, so ready to forgive sins, to overlook faults, among the scattered remnant of his chosen race? He will exact vengeance no more; he loves to pardon.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	7	19	He will relent, and have mercy on us, quashing our guilt, burying our sins away sea-deep.
+Michaeas	Mic	38	7	20	Thou wilt keep thy promise to Jacob, shew mercy to Abraham, thy promised mercies of long ago.
+Nahum	Nah	39	1	1	What burden for Nineve? Here is matter revealed to Nahum the Elcesite.
+Nahum	Nah	39	1	2	A jealous lover the Lord is, and takes full vengeance; full vengeance the Lord takes, no stranger, he, to indignation; nor spares rebel, nor forgets the wrong.
+Nahum	Nah	39	1	3	Bide his time he may, but power lacks not; guilty is guilty still. Storm and whirlwind are the path he treads, cloud-wrack the dust he spurns;
+Nahum	Nah	39	1	4	the sea at his rebuke dries up, streams turn into a desert, Basan withers away, and Carmel; all the leaf of Lebanon fades.
+Nahum	Nah	39	1	5	Shrink and shrivel they, mountain-top and hill-side, before him; quakes earth at his coming, and all the world of men with it.
+Nahum	Nah	39	1	6	Alas, when the blow of his resentment falls, who may confront that fierce anger unmoved? Here is vengeance poured out like fire, to melt the hard rock!
+Nahum	Nah	39	1	7	None so gracious as the Lord, no strength like his in the hour of distress; do but trust him, and he will keep thee in his care…
+Nahum	Nah	39	1	8	… Flood-tide shall overwhelm the site of it; ever his enemies find darkness at their heels.
+Nahum	Nah	39	1	9	Think not, by shifts of yours, to thwart the Lord’s will; believe me, he will take full toll, there shall be no second visitation.
+Nahum	Nah	39	1	10	Close be it as thicket of thorns, yonder conspiracy over the cups, all at once, like scorched stubble, they shall be consumed.
+Nahum	Nah	39	1	11	Here is one of thy number devising rebellion against the Lord, folly’s counsellor.
+Nahum	Nah	39	1	12	But thus the Lord says: Are they in full muster? At least there are over-many of them; they must be shorn of their strength. It will pass; once chastened is chastened enough,
+Nahum	Nah	39	1	13	and now I mean to shatter that yoke of his that lies on thy back, tear thy chains asunder…
+Nahum	Nah	39	1	14	For thee, this doom the Lord has; race shall never spring from thee to bear thy name, nor in the temple of thy god any images be left, cast or carven; and I will write it on thy tomb-stone, thou wast nothing worth.
+Nahum	Nah	39	1	15	See where they bring good news on the mountain heights, proclaiming that all is well! Now, Juda, keep holiday; paid be thy vows; mocking enemy shall pass through thee no more; never a one left.
+Nahum	Nah	39	2	1	Here is an enemy at thy gates that scatters all before him; here is close siege, no entry but must be guarded; gird thee well, summon up all thy strength!
+Nahum	Nah	39	2	2	Honour of Juda the Lord retrieves now, and honour of Israel both, that have seen the spoiler ransack them, strip vineyard bare.
+Nahum	Nah	39	2	3	Bright flash that enemy’s shields, warriors of his go clad in scarlet; dart like flame his chariots as he goes to the attack, dizzily sways charioteer.
+Nahum	Nah	39	2	4	How jostle they in the streets, those chariots, hurtle they in the open market-place; dazzle they like flame of torches, like the lightning that comes and goes!
+Nahum	Nah	39	2	5	Alas, for the muster-roll of the king’s vassals, fallen as they went about their task! Swiftly they manned the walls, but the engines were in place already.
+Nahum	Nah	39	2	6	Open, now, stands the water-gate, crumbles yonder temple into dust.
+Nahum	Nah	39	2	7	Alas, for warriors of Nineve gone into exile, for maids of hers led away, that sigh and moan like ring-doves in the bitterness of their heart!
+Nahum	Nah	39	2	8	Nineve, welcome sight as pools of water to the fugitive; stay, stay! But never a one looks back.
+Nahum	Nah	39	2	9	Out with silver, out with gold of hers; store is here of costly stuff beyond price or reckoning!
+Nahum	Nah	39	2	10	Roof to cellar rifled and ransacked! Sore hearts are here, and knees that knock together, loins that go labouring, and pale cheeks.
+Nahum	Nah	39	2	11	Lair of lion, and nursery of his whelps, what trace is left of thee, once so secure a retreat, his haunt and theirs?
+Nahum	Nah	39	2	12	Cub nor lioness should want, so preyed he, so mauled he, so filled with plunder of his forays the den where he lay.
+Nahum	Nah	39	2	13	Have at thee! says the Lord of hosts; yonder chariots shall be burnt to ashes; whelps of thine shall die at the sword’s point, plunder of thine be swept off the face of earth; and for thy heralds, their voices shall be heard no more.
+Nahum	Nah	39	3	1	Out upon thee, city of blood, full fed with treason and rapine, yet still at prey!
+Nahum	Nah	39	3	2	What sounds are these? Crack of whip, whirring of wheels, beat of horse-hoof, rattle of chariot. Mounts horseman,
+Nahum	Nah	39	3	3	flash like lightning sword and spear; what carnage! How cumbered the earth with slain! Dead bodies past counting; the living stumble over the dead.
+Nahum	Nah	39	3	4	Harlot so unwearied in thy harlot’s ways, so fair, so full of witchery, too long hast thou betrayed a nation here, a tribe there, with sorcery of thine, harlotry of thine;
+Nahum	Nah	39	3	5	and now I will be even with thee, says the Lord God of hosts. I mean to set thy skirts flying about thy ears, and lay bare the naked shame of thee, for all the kingdoms of the world to see;
+Nahum	Nah	39	3	6	pelted thou shalt be with things abominable, and foully bemocked; such a public show I will make of thee,
+Nahum	Nah	39	3	7	passer-by will be fain to shun thee; Nineve fallen, says he, and never a tear! Search where I will, never a friend to comfort thee!
+Nahum	Nah	39	3	8	Here was another city, No-Ammon, fair as thyself; she too was built on the river-side, water all about her; the sea her mart, the sea her defences.
+Nahum	Nah	39	3	9	Hers the Ethiop land, hers was Egypt; wanted there strength yet, African and Libyan were at her side;
+Nahum	Nah	39	3	10	yet thy fate was hers, exile, and captivity, and children at every street’s turning dashed to death; honour and rank condemned to the lot’s mercy, and the chain’s grip!
+Nahum	Nah	39	3	11	Bemused and helpless with fear, looking about for succour against the invader, so she was, so thou shalt be.
+Nahum	Nah	39	3	12	At a touch thy bastions shall fall, like ripe figs that drop into the eater’s mouth, soon as tree is shaken;
+Nahum	Nah	39	3	13	woman-hearted the defenders, the gates wide open to the enemy’s onrush, touchwood the bars of them.
+Nahum	Nah	39	3	14	Water, there, water for a siege! Raise the battlements higher yet! Down to the clay-pit with thee, tread the mortar, put thy hand to the brick-mould!
+Nahum	Nah	39	3	15	Fire shall consume thee none the less, the sword cut thee off, hungry as locust to devour.Thrive thou as locust thrives or grasshopper,
+Nahum	Nah	39	3	16	ay, let thy enterprises outnumber the stars in heaven, what avails it? Early hatches locust, early flies away.
+Nahum	Nah	39	3	17	Forgotten, the high lords, forgotten, the princelings, as they had been locusts, and brood of locusts, that cling to yonder hedge-row in the chill of morning, and are gone, once the sun is up, who knows whither?
+Nahum	Nah	39	3	18	Gone to their rest thy marshals, king of Assyria; thy vassals lie silent in the dust; out on the hills the common folk take refuge, with none to muster them.
+Nahum	Nah	39	3	19	Wound of thine there is no hiding, hurt of thine is grievous; nor any shall hear the tidings of it but shall clap their hands over thee, so long thy tyrannous yoke has rested on so many.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	1	1	This burden following was revealed to the prophet Habacuc.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	1	2	Lord, must I ever cry out to thee, and gain hearing never? Plead against tyranny, and no deliverance be granted me?
+Habacuc	Hab	40	1	3	Must I nothing see but wrong and affliction; turn where I will, nothing but robbery and oppression; pleading at law everywhere, everywhere contention raising its head?
+Habacuc	Hab	40	1	4	What marvel if the old teachings are torn up, and redress is never to be found? Innocence by knavery circumvented still, and false award given!
+Habacuc	Hab	40	1	5	Have you no eyes for the world about you? Look upon it with wonder and awe; in your own days here be strange deeds a-doing, so strange, a man would scarce credit them if they were told in story.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	1	6	What a nation is this I am spurring on to battle, the Chaldaean folk, so implacable, so swift! Ready to march the wide world over, so there be lands, not theirs, to covet!
+Habacuc	Hab	40	1	7	A grim nation and a terrible; no right they acknowledge, no title, but what themselves bestow.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	1	8	Not leopard so lithe as horse of theirs, not wolf at evening so fast; wide the sweep of their horsemen, that close in, close in from afar, flying like vultures hungry for their prey.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	1	9	Plunderers all; eager as the sirocco their onset, whirling away, like sand-storm, their captives.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	1	10	Here be men that hold kings in contempt, make princes their sport; no fortress but is a child’s game to such as these; let them but make a heap of dust, it is theirs.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	1	11	Veers wind, and he is gone; see him fall down and ascribe the victory to his god!
+Habacuc	Hab	40	1	12	But thou, Lord, my God and all my worship, thou art from eternity! And wilt thou see us perish? Warrant of thine they hold, take their strength from thee, only to make known thy justice, thy chastening power!
+Habacuc	Hab	40	1	13	So pure those eyes, shall they feast on wrong-doing? Wilt thou brook the sight of oppression, look on while treason is done? Innocence the prey of malice, and no word from thee?
+Habacuc	Hab	40	1	14	As well had men been fishes in the sea, or creeping things, that ruler have none!
+Habacuc	Hab	40	1	15	And indeed it nothing spares, hook of yonder Chaldaean; seine and drag he spreads for all, and great joy has he of his sport.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	1	16	Nay, seine must have its victims, incense be offered to drag; whom else thanks he for the rich fare on his plate, viands most dainty?
+Habacuc	Hab	40	1	17	Trust me, wider still yonder net shall be flung; sword of his will never have done with massacre.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	2	1	What message, then, is entrusted to me? What answer shall I make when I am called to account? Here on the watch-tower my post shall be; stand I on the battlements, and await his signal.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	2	2	Write down thy vision, the Lord said, on a tablet, so plain that it may be read with a glance;
+Habacuc	Hab	40	2	3	a vision of things far distant, yet one day befall they must, no room for doubting it. Wait thou long, yet wait patiently; what must be must, and at the time appointed for it.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	2	4	Foul air the doubter breathes; by his faith he lives, who lives right.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	2	5	Tyrant, like drunkard, is mocked by false dreams of glory. See him whet his appetite, not death itself nor the grave more insatiable; gather up a tribe here, a nation there, heap his plate with them!
+Habacuc	Hab	40	2	6	One day, what a by-word they will make of him! What riddling taunts shall be hurled at him! As here follows:So thou wouldst hoard up the possessions that are none of thine, load thyself with base dross, and it should go on for ever?
+Habacuc	Hab	40	2	7	All unawares the foe shall spring, worry thee, harry thee, make a helpless prey of thee.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	2	8	So many lands thou hast plundered, plundered thyself shalt be; enough nations are left for that; for men’s blood shed, and for fields ravaged, plundered the city shall be, and all that dwell there.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	2	9	Ill-gotten gains thou wouldst amass to deck that house of thine; make it an eyrie, too high for envious hands to reach?
+Habacuc	Hab	40	2	10	Nay, with this undoing of many peoples thou hast done thy own house despite, thy own life is forfeit;
+Habacuc	Hab	40	2	11	stone from ruined wall cries out against thee, and beam from gaping roof echoes the cry.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	2	12	City thou wouldst found, city’s walls build up, with deeds of bloodshed and of wrong?
+Habacuc	Hab	40	2	13	What, has not the Lord of hosts uttered his doom, toil of nations shall feed the fire, and all their labour be spent for nothing?
+Habacuc	Hab	40	2	14	It is the Lord’s glory men must learn to know, that shall cover the earth, flooding over it like the waters of the sea.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	2	15	Thou wouldst pour out a draught for thy neighbour, a draught thy own hand has poisoned; bemuse him as with wine, to leave him stripped and bare?
+Habacuc	Hab	40	2	16	This was to cover thyself with shame, not with glory; drink thou in thy turn, and grow dizzy! A round for thee, now, from yonder cup the Lord holds in his hand; how shamefully is that glory of thine bespewed!
+Habacuc	Hab	40	2	17	Wrong done to Lebanon, scathe of the roaming beasts, shall recoil on thee; fear shall overtake them, city of thine and all that dwell there, for men’s blood shed, and for fields ravaged.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	2	18	What avails image, that carver should be at pains to carve it? In metal his own hands have melted shall a man put his trust? Cheating likenesses, dumb idols all!
+Habacuc	Hab	40	2	19	And thy prayer was, stock and stone should wake up and come to thy aid, senseless things that cannot signify their will; nay, breath in their bodies have none, for all they are tricked out with gold and silver!
+Habacuc	Hab	40	2	20	And all the while, the Lord is in his holy temple. Keep silence, earth, before him.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	3	1	A prayer of the prophet Habacuc for Shigionoth.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	3	2	I have heard, Lord, the tale of thy renown, awe-stricken at the divine power thou hast. Reveal that power in these latter days, in these latter days make it known once more! And though we have earned thy anger, bethink thee of mercy still.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	3	3	God coming near from Teman, the holy One from yonder hills of Pharan! See how his glory overspreads heaven, his fame echoes through the earth;
+Habacuc	Hab	40	3	4	the brightness that is his, like light itself, the rays that stream from his hand, masking its strength;
+Habacuc	Hab	40	3	5	pestilence his outrider, the wasting sickness in his train!
+Habacuc	Hab	40	3	6	There stood he, and scanned the earth; at his look, the nations were adread; melted were the everlasting mountains, bowed were the ancient hills, his own immemorial pathway, as he journeyed.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	3	7	I saw the Ethiop quail in his tent, the dwellings of Madian astir with terror.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	3	8	Is it the rivers, Lord, that have awaked thy anger; should it be the rivers? Or has the sea earned thy vengeance, that thou comest thus mounted on thy horses, on thy victorious chariot;
+Habacuc	Hab	40	3	9	that bow of thine brought into full play, which grants to Israel the assurance of thy succour? Earth is torn into ravines;
+Habacuc	Hab	40	3	10	the mountains tremble at the sight. Fierce falls the rain-storm, the depths beneath us roar aloud, the heights beckon from above;
+Habacuc	Hab	40	3	11	sun and moon linger in their dwelling-place; so bright thy arrows volley, with such sheen of lightning glances thy spear.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	3	12	Nay, if thou ride through the world so angrily, with thy disdain striking the nations dumb,
+Habacuc	Hab	40	3	13	it is to rescue thy own people, rescue thy own anointed servant, that thou goest out to battle. Down fall the turrets in yonder castle of godlessness, down sink the foundations to their very base;
+Habacuc	Hab	40	3	14	lights thy ban on its princes, on the heads of its warriors, whose blustering rage would overthrow me, confident now as some petty tyrant who oppresses the poor in secret.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	3	15	Over the sea, over the ooze beneath its waves, thou hast made a path for thy horses to tread.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	3	16	Such was the tale that set my whole frame trembling; at the rumour of it my lips quivered with fear; there was a faintness overcame my whole being, my steps faltered as I went. Now with tranquil heart let me await this day of doom; upon the enemies of our people it is destined to fall.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	3	17	What though the fig-tree never bud, the vine yield no fruit, the olive fail, the fields bear no harvest; what though our folds stand empty of sheep, our byres of cattle?
+Habacuc	Hab	40	3	18	Still will I make my boast in the Lord, triumph in the deliverance God sends me.
+Habacuc	Hab	40	3	19	The Lord, the ruler of all, is my stronghold; he will bring me safely on my way, safe as the hind whose feet echo already on the hills.(For the chief singer, to the harp’s music. )
+Sophonias	Sop	41	1	1	To Sophonias, that was descended from Ezechias through Amarias, Godolias and Chusi, this message came from the Lord, at the time when Josias son of Amon reigned in Juda.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	1	2	Fall to I must, and weed yonder plot of ground, the Lord says;
+Sophonias	Sop	41	1	3	rid it, says he, of man and beast, of bird in air and fish under water; and down shall the godless come too, never a man left alive upon it.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	1	4	All Juda, all the citizens of Jerusalem, shall feel the stroke. Not a trace shall they leave behind, yonder gods of the country-side, acolyte and priest of theirs not a memory;
+Sophonias	Sop	41	1	5	forgotten, all that worship the host of heaven from the roof-tops, all that worship…, take they their oaths to the Lord, or swear they by Melchom;
+Sophonias	Sop	41	1	6	forgotten, all that turn their backs on the Lord, and will neither seek nor search for him.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	1	7	Silence, there, to greet the Lord! Here is day of his appointing, here is great sacrifice of his preparing; all his guests bidden, all their cleansing done.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	1	8	The Lord’s sacrifice! A day of reckoning it shall be, king and prince I will call to account, all that go clad in foreign bravery,
+Sophonias	Sop	41	1	9	all that spurn yonder threshold, and fill the house of the Lord their God with deeds of treachery and wrong.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	1	10	What an outcry that day, the Lord says, from the Fishmongers’ Gate, what lamenting from the New Town! How the hill-sides will echo to the noise of your ruin!
+Sophonias	Sop	41	1	11	Ay, lament indeed, you that dwell in Mortar Valley; of the merchant folk no more is heard; here is an end of all that trafficked in silver.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	1	12	Time, then, to call for lamps, and search Jerusalem through! Trust me, I will find them out, spoiled natures, like wine that has settled on its lees, the men who think to themselves, From the Lord nothing is to hope, nothing to fear.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	1	13	Ransacked their wealth shall be, and their homes ruined; houses they build they shall never dwell in, vineyards they plant they shall drink of never.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	1	14	Nearer, nearer comes the great day of the Lord’s reckoning, ay, and soon; bitter the bruit of its coming; here is peril to cow the bravest heart.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	1	15	Day of vengeance, day of strain and stress, day of ransack and ruin; dim and dark, overcast with cloud and storm!
+Sophonias	Sop	41	1	16	City is none so well fortified, pinnacle is none so high in air, but shall hear braying of trumpets and the battle-cry.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	1	17	Guilty wretches, they shall grope in the dark, flesh and blood of them cheap as dust and dung;
+Sophonias	Sop	41	1	18	silver and gold of them powerless to buy off the Lord’s present vengeance. Burns through the land the fire of his slighted love; takes full toll, and speedily, of all that dwell there.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	2	1	Band together, men of a nation so little loved, bind yourselves in one;
+Sophonias	Sop	41	2	2	ere resolve can bear fruit, like flying chaff passes the day. Before the divine vengeance falls on you, before the day of divine retribution comes, to the Lord betake you!
+Sophonias	Sop	41	2	3	To honest doing and patient suffering betake you, men of humble heart wherever you be, men obedient to his will; it may be, when the hour of the Lord’s vengeance comes, you shall find refuge.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	2	4	Gaza and Ascalon to rack and ruin left, Azotus stormed ere the day is out, root and branch destroyed is Accaron!
+Sophonias	Sop	41	2	5	Out upon the forfeited race that holds yonder strip of coast-land; the Lord’s doom is on it, the little Chanaan of the Philistines; wasted it shall be, and never a man to dwell in it.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	2	6	There on the coast-land shepherds shall lie at ease, there shall be folds for flocks;
+Sophonias	Sop	41	2	7	and who shall dwell there? The remnant that is left of Juda’s race; there they shall find pasturage, take their rest, when evening comes, in the ruins of Ascalon, when the Lord their God brings them relief, restores their fortunes again.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	2	8	And what of Moab, what of Ammon? Doubt not I have heard the blasphemous taunts they uttered against my own people, as they encroached upon its borders.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	2	9	As I am a living God, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, no better shall Moab and Ammon be than Sodom and Gomorrha, all waste and brushwood and salt-pits, for ever desolate; of my own people enough remnant shall be left, a nation still, to plunder and to conquer them.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	2	10	Pride that would mock and overreach his own people he, the Lord of hosts, knows how to punish;
+Sophonias	Sop	41	2	11	see what terror he strikes into them! Peak and pine they, gods of the other nations; rise they from their places, one by one, to adore him, island-dwellers of the world.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	2	12	You too, men of Ethiopia, shall feel my sword.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	2	13	That hand shall stretch out northward, and make an end of Assyria; Nineve shall be left forlorn, a trackless desert.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	2	14	Flocks shall lie down there… all the wild things of earth; bittern and hedgehog make their dwelling in its doorways, bird-song there shall be in the windows, and raven perched on lintel; so ebbs the strength of it.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	2	15	And this was the proud city that dwelt so free from alarms, thinking to herself, Here I stand, with no rival; a desert now, lair of the wild beasts! Hisses the passer-by in mockery, and shakes his fist.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	3	1	Out on the rebellious city, the defiled city, so full of wrong!
+Sophonias	Sop	41	3	2	Never the call heard, the warning heeded; trust in the Lord is none; nay, they would keep God at a distance.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	3	3	Here be rulers no better than ravening lions, judges like wolf that prowls at night, and not a bone left on the morrow;
+Sophonias	Sop	41	3	4	prophets that are heedless men and treacherous, priests that profane the sanctuary and do violence to the law.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	3	5	And all the while the Lord is there in the midst of it! Not his the blame; never morning passes but he makes known his award for their enlightening, without fail; and still injustice goes on unashamed!
+Sophonias	Sop	41	3	6	Short work I have made of other nations; crumbling battlements, unfrequented streets, with never a foot-fall, their cities lie ruined and forlorn, with none to dwell in them;
+Sophonias	Sop	41	3	7	Ah, thought I, now at least thou wilt learn to fear me, wilt profit by the warning! Here at least is a city that may be left habitable, send them what plagues I may! But no, early and late they would be at their perverse doings still!
+Sophonias	Sop	41	3	8	Hope, then, is none, till the day, long hence, when I will stand revealed; what gathering, then, of the nations, all kingdoms joined in one! And upon these, my doom is, vengeance shall fall, fierce anger of mine shall fall; the whole earth shall be consumed with the fire of my slighted love.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	3	9	And after that, all the peoples of the world shall have pure lips, invoking one and all the Lord’s name, straining at a single yoke in the Lord’s service.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	3	10	From far away, beyond Ethiop rivers, my suppliants shall come to me, sons of my exiled people the bloodless offering shall bring.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	3	11	No need, then, to blush for wayward thoughts that defied me; gone from thy midst the high-sounding boast; no room, in that mountain sanctuary of mine, for pride henceforward;
+Sophonias	Sop	41	3	12	a poor folk and a friendless I will leave in thy confines, but one that puts its trust in the Lord’s name.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	3	13	The remnant of Israel, strangers now to treachery and wrong, the true word ever on their lips! Yonder flock may graze and lie down to rest, none to dismay it.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	3	14	Break into song, fair Sion, all Israel cry aloud; here is joy and triumph, Jerusalem, for thy royal heart.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	3	15	Thy doom the Lord has revoked, thy enemy repulsed; the Lord, there in the midst of thee, Israel’s king! Peril for thee henceforth is none.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	3	16	Such is the message yonder day shall bring to Jerusalem: Courage, Sion! What means it, the unnerved hand?
+Sophonias	Sop	41	3	17	Thou hast one in the midst of thee, the Lord thy God, whose strength shall deliver thee. Joy and pride of his thou shalt be henceforward; silent till now in his love for thee, he will greet thee with cries of gladness.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	3	18	Truants that were lost to the covenant I will reclaim; of thy company they are, thou shalt be taunted with them no longer;
+Sophonias	Sop	41	3	19	only for thy persecutors that hour shall be the hour of doom. Lame sheep medicined, and strayed sheep brought home! Lands that despised them shall hear name and fame of them now.
+Sophonias	Sop	41	3	20	Name and fame you shall have, all the world over, the Lord says, when I call you back and gather you in; when you see the fortunes of Israel retrieved at last.
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	1	1	It was in the second year of Darius’ reign, on the first day of the sixth month of it, that a message came from the Lord through the prophet Aggaeus; came to Zorobabel, son of Salathiel, that was governor of Juda, and to the high priest, Josue son of Josedec. And thus it ran:
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	1	2	Word from the Lord of hosts to his people, that will not restore his temple, but cry, Too early yet!
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	1	3	Listen, the Lord said to them through the prophet Aggaeus,
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	1	4	is it not too early yet for you to have roofs over your heads, and my temple in ruins?
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	1	5	Think well on it, says the Lord of hosts;
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	1	6	here is much sown, and little reaped, nor eating brings you a full belly, nor wine a merry heart; such clothes you wear as leave you shivering, such wages win as leak out at purse’s bottom!
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	1	7	Think well on it, says the Lord of hosts;
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	1	8	up to the hill-side with you, fetch timber and restore my temple, if content me you will, the Lord says, if honour me you will!
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	1	9	So much attempted, so little attained; store you brought into your houses withered at my breath; would you know the reason for it? says the Lord of hosts. Because to your own houses you run helter-skelter, and my temple in ruins!
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	1	10	That is why the skies are forbidden to rain on you, earth to afford its bounty;
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	1	11	ban of barrenness lies on plain and hill, wheat and wine and oil and all the earth yields, man and beast and all they toil to win.
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	1	12	What made they of it, Salathiel’s son Zorobabel, and the high priest, Josue son of Josedec, and all the people with them? That voice they could not choose but heed, that message from the Lord their God sent to them by the prophet Aggaeus, and they were sore adread of the divine warning.
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	1	13	Yet here was divine encouragement; Aggaeus, the Lord’s own messenger, gave them the Lord’s own assurance he was at their side.
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	1	14	So the Lord put heart into them, governor and priest and people alike; and they set to work building up the temple of the Lord God of hosts.
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	2	1	This was on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius.
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	2	2	Afterwards, on the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the Lord sent another message through the prophet Aggaeus.
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	2	3	To Zorobabel, and Josue, and all the people with them his word was:
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	2	4	Tell me, those of you who saw this house in its former brightness, what make you of it now? It is no better in your eyes than a very nothing.
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	2	5	Take heart, Zorobabel; Josue, son of Josedec, take heart! And you, too, people of the land, the Lord of hosts bids you put heart into the work; is not he, the Lord of hosts, at your side?…
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	2	6	the promise I gave when you escaped from Egypt; my own spirit shall be among you, do not be afraid.
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	2	7	A little while now, the Lord of hosts says, and I mean to set heaven and earth, sea and dry land rocking;
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	2	8	stirred all the nations shall be, hither shall come the prize the whole world treasures, and I will fill this temple with the brightness of my presence, says the Lord of hosts.
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	2	9	Silver or gold, what matters it? the Lord of hosts says. Both are mine!
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	2	10	Bright this new temple shall be, he tells you, as never the first was; here, he tells you, his blessing shall rest.
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	2	11	Then, on the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in this second year of king Darius, another message came from the Lord to the prophet Aggaeus,
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	2	12	bidding him, in the name of the Lord of hosts, make enquiry of the priests upon a matter touching the law.
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	2	13	And the question was this: Here is one carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and with this same fold chances to touch bread or broth, wine or oil, or what food you will; does this food become consecrated thereby? And the priests said No.
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	2	14	Why then, Aggaeus went on, let some other man touch this food, one that is contaminated by the contact of a dead thing, will the food be defiled? And they answered, Defiled it is.
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	2	15	Then Aggaeus opened his mind to them: Here is a whole people, a whole race, the Lord says, that shews defiled under my scrutiny. Never an enterprise of theirs, never an offering they bring, but is defiled.
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	2	16	But now, mark well how you thrive henceforward. Whilst none would be at pains to set pillar on base, here in the Lord’s temple,
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	2	17	how fared it with yonder twenty-bushel heap of corn? Look closer, and it was but ten bushels. Did you think to press fifty quarts into the vat? There were but twenty.
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	2	18	Sirocco I sent and mildew, smote all your crops with hail, and you would not come back to me, the Lord says.
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	2	19	Mark well how you thrive henceforward, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, when you laid the foundations of the Lord’s temple; mark it well.
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	2	20	Not yet has the corn ripened, not yet have vine and fig, pomegranate and olive, had time to blossom; but on all these my blessing lies henceforward.
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	2	21	And this further message Aggaeus had from the Lord, on that twenty-fourth day of the month,
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	2	22	for Zorobabel, the governor of Juda: Earth and heaven both I mean to set rocking;
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	2	23	royal thrones shall be overturned, and the power of Gentile kingdoms brought to nothing; overthrown they lie, chariot and charioteer, down come horse and rider, friend turning his sword against friend;
+Aggaeus	Agg	42	2	24	but thou, son of Salathiel, says the Lord of hosts, thou, Zorobabel, art my servant still; on that day I will take thee to my side, keep thee there, close as signet-ring; it is a divine choice that has fallen on thee, says the Lord of hosts.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	1	1	It was in the second year of Darius’ reign, and the eighth month of it, that a message from the Lord came to the prophet Zacharias, son of Barachias, son of Addo. And thus it ran:
+Zacharias	Zac	43	1	2	Beyond question, your fathers incurred the Lord’s displeasure;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	1	3	and now this word thou must proclaim from the Lord of hosts, Come back to me, he bids you, and I, he promises, will come back to your side.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	1	4	Prophets there were long since, that warned those fathers of yours in his name, they should turn away from ill living and rebellious thoughts; yet neither heed nor hearing, he says, would they give me; not for you to follow their example.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	1	5	Gone, the men of an earlier day; prophets that spoke to them might not live on for ever,
+Zacharias	Zac	43	1	6	but warning of mine, promise of mine, entrusted to the prophets that were my true servants, live on yet. See how the fulfilment of them overtook your fathers, till at last they must needs repent, must acknowledge the Lord of hosts had not threatened them, sinners and rebels, in vain!
+Zacharias	Zac	43	1	7	Then, on the twenty-fourth day of Sabath, which is the eleventh month, word came from the Lord afresh, and once more it came to Zacharias, son of Barachias, son of Addo.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	1	8	A vision appeared to me in the night, of one that was mounted on a sorrel horse, at a stand among the myrtle-trees, down in the Valley; and never a horse in all his company but was sorrel, roan or white.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	1	9	Scarce had I asked, My Lord, what be these? when the angel that inspired me promised he would shew me the meaning of it;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	1	10	and with that, my answer came from him who stood among the myrtle-trees, These have gone out on the Lord’s errand, patrolling the earth.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	1	11	And to him, now, the angel of the myrtle-wood, those others made their report: All earth we have patrolled, said they, and everywhere is safety, everywhere is rest.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	1	12	Ah, Lord of hosts, my angel monitor said, wilt thou never relent, never take pity upon Jerusalem and the towns of Juda? Here be seventy years come and gone.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	1	13	And with that, the Lord answered him; gracious his words were, gracious and full of comfort.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	1	14	Cry it abroad, now, my monitor said to me, this message from the Lord of hosts: Jealous, right jealous my love for Sion’s hill,
+Zacharias	Zac	43	1	15	deep, full deep my anger against the heathen that are so well content! I would have punished Jerusalem but lightly, it was these drove home the blow.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	1	16	And now, the Lord says, I am for Jerusalem again, bringing pardon with me; temple shall be built there for the Lord of hosts, Jerusalem shall see mason’s plummet busy once again.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	1	17	And this, too: A promise from the Lord of hosts! Yonder towns shall yet overflow with riches; Sion shall yet receive comfort, Jerusalem be the city of my choice.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	1	18	Then I looked up, and what saw I? Here were four horns;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	1	19	and when I asked my guide what they should be, he told me, Upon these horns, Juda and Israel and Jerusalem were tossed about.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	1	20	After that, the Lord sent me another vision of four blacksmiths;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	1	21	What errand, said I, have these? Why, said he, yonder horns made such havoc of Juda till now, never a man might lift his head; what should be the blacksmiths’ errand but to turn them back? Polled they must be henceforward, the heathen folk that once tossed Juda to the winds.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	2	1	When next I looked up, I saw a man there that carried a measuring-line;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	2	2	so I asked him, whither he was bound? For Jerusalem, said he, to measure length and breadth of it.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	2	3	And at that, my angel monitor would have gone out on his errand, but here was a second angel come out to meet him.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	2	4	Speed thee, said he, on thy way, and tell that pupil of thine: So full Jerusalem shall be, of men and cattle both, wall it shall have none to hedge it in;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	2	5	I myself, the Lord says, will be a wall of fire around it, and in the midst of it, the brightness of my presence.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	2	6	Away, away, from the north country get you gone, the Lord says; what if I have scattered you, far as the four winds?
+Zacharias	Zac	43	2	7	Away with thee, Sion; wouldst thou still make thy home with widowed Babylon?
+Zacharias	Zac	43	2	8	This promise the Lord of hosts makes: After…… glory, I hold his warrant against the nations that plunder you; apple of my eye he touches, that touches you.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	2	9	Lift I my hand, they shall be at your mercy that are your masters now; doubt shall be none it was the Lord who sent me.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	2	10	Sion, poor maid, break out into songs of rejoicing; I am on my way, coming to dwell in the midst of thee, the Lord says.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	2	11	There be nations a many that shall rally that day to the Lord’s side; they, too, shall be people of mine, but with thee shall be my dwelling.Doubt there shall be none it was the Lord of hosts sent me to thy aid.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	2	12	Juda the Lord shall claim for his own, his portion in a holy land; still Jerusalem shall be the city of his choice.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	2	13	Be silent, living things, in the Lord’s presence; yonder in his holy dwelling all is astir.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	3	1	Another vision the Lord shewed me; here was an angel of his, and before this angel stood the high priest Josue, with the Accuser at his right hand bringing accusation against him.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	3	2	But to the Accuser the divine answer came, The Lord rebuke thee, Satan; the Lord, that makes choice of Jerusalem, rebuke thee! What, is not this a brand saved from the embers?
+Zacharias	Zac	43	3	3	Then, for he saw Josue standing there in his presence very vilely clad,
+Zacharias	Zac	43	3	4	the angel gave it out to his attendants they should take away these vile rags from him; Guilt of thine, said he, I have set by; thou shalt have new garments to wear instead.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	3	5	A clean mitre they should give him besides. And so, when the new mitre was on his head and the new garments were about him, the angel of the Lord rose up
+Zacharias	Zac	43	3	6	and gave Josue his commission from the Lord of hosts:
+Zacharias	Zac	43	3	7	My beckoning follow thou, my commands keep thou, people of mine thou shalt govern, house of mine shalt have in thy charge, and in their company, that here stand about thee, shalt come and go.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	3	8	This for the hearing of the high priest Josue, and others his co-assessors, names of good omen all. Time is I should bring hither my servant, that is the Dayspring.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	3	9	Stone is here I will set before yonder Josue; a stone that bears seven eyes, device of my own carving, says the Lord of hosts. All the guilt of this land I will banish in a single day.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	3	10	That shall be a day of good cheer, the Lord of hosts says, friend making glad with friend under vine and under fig-tree.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	4	1	Once the angel monitor roused me to my senses, as though I had lain asleep;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	4	2	Now, said he, what seest thou? Why, I said, here is a lamp-stand meets my eyes, all of gold. A bowl this lamp-stand has at the top of it, and from the bowl run seven pipes, to feed the seven lamps that crown it.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	4	3	And there are two olive-trees hanging over it, one to the right and one to the left of the bowl.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	4	4	Then in my turn I asked a question of the angel, Tell me, what does all this mean?
+Zacharias	Zac	43	4	5	What, said my monitor, canst thou not recognize it? Not I, my Lord, I answered.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	4	6	And thereupon the angel told me…… Word from the Lord to Zorobabel: By arms, by force nothing canst thou; my spirit is all, says the Lord of hosts.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	4	7	Vain is towering height of thine, great mountain; down to plain’s level thou must stoop at Zorobabel’s coming; stone from thee he must quarry and smooth to be his coping-stone, how fair, how fair!
+Zacharias	Zac	43	4	8	This message, too, I had from the Lord:
+Zacharias	Zac	43	4	9	Yonder temple hand of Zorobabel has founded, hand of Zorobabel shall finish. No more you shall doubt that I come to you on the Lord’s errand.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	4	10	Humble fortunes of yesterday who dared belittle? Rejoice they now, to see plummet at work in Zorobabel’s hand…… What should they be, those seven, but eyes the Lord has, glancing this way and that to scan the earth?
+Zacharias	Zac	43	4	11	Then I asked him about the two olive-trees, to right and left of the lamp-stand; and there was more I would know,
+Zacharias	Zac	43	4	12	What of the two olive-shoots, close beside the two golden taps that feed yonder pipes of gold?
+Zacharias	Zac	43	4	13	What said he, canst thou not tell? Not I, my Lord, I answered.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	4	14	What should these be, he said, but the two newly-anointed ones that stand in his presence, who is Master of the whole earth?
+Zacharias	Zac	43	5	1	Once again I looked up, and there before me was a scroll, that had wings to fly with.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	5	2	So when he asked, what saw I, A scroll, I said, that flies past, twenty cubits long and ten broad.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	5	3	Here is ban, said he, that runs all the world over; thief is none, perjurer is none but shall be judged by the tenour of it.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	5	4	It shall go out under my warrant, says the Lord of hosts, making its way into house of thief, house of perjurer that wrongs my name, and clinging close till it makes an end of all, wood-work and stone-work both.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	5	5	Again the angel visited me, and bade me look well at the revelation that was sent me.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	5	6	What is it? I asked. Bushel-measure is this, he told me; And it is nothing other, said he, than guilt of theirs, spread abroad over the whole earth.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	5	7	Then he lifted up the cover, that was a talent’s weight of lead, and what should I see but a woman sitting there within?
+Zacharias	Zac	43	5	8	Godlessness, he told me, is the name of her; and with that he thrust her back into the barrel, and fastened down the cover of lead.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	5	9	And now, looking up, I saw two other women appearing, that had wings spread out to the wind, strong as a hawk’s wings; and these carried the barrel off, midway between heaven and earth.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	5	10	When I would know whither they carried it, the angel told me,
+Zacharias	Zac	43	5	11	To Sennaar, where it must have a shrine built for it; there it must be set up, and rest on a pedestal of its own.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	6	1	Once more yet I looked up, and had a vision of four chariots, coming out of a pass between two mountains that were all of bronze.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	6	2	Of the horses, the first pair were sorrel, the second black,
+Zacharias	Zac	43	6	3	the third white, the fourth a sturdy pair of roans.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	6	4	And when I asked of my angel monitor what these might be,
+Zacharias	Zac	43	6	5	Here be four winds, he told me, going out on their errand; their place is in his presence, who is Master of the whole earth.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	6	6	So out they went, chariot drawn by black horses turning northwards; the white followed these, and the roans turned southwards,
+Zacharias	Zac	43	6	7	the sturdiest pair of all……Went out on their errand, fain to traverse the whole world through.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	6	8	And a great cry came to me, See, where they reach the north country! All is well in the north country, my heart is content.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	6	9	And a message from the Lord came to Zacharias:
+Zacharias	Zac	43	6	10	From yonder emissaries of the exiled Jews, Holdai, Tobias and Idaias, toll thou must take; this very day bestir thee, and make thy way to the house of Josias, son of Sophonias, whither they have repaired, newly come from Babylon.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	6	11	Gold and silver thou must take from them, and make crowns, to crown the high priest, Josue son of Josedec…
+Zacharias	Zac	43	6	12	This message thou shalt give him from the Lord God of hosts: Here is one takes his name from the Dayspring; where his feet have trodden, spring there shall be. He it is shall rebuild the Lord’s temple;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	6	13	builder of the Lord’s temple, to what honours he shall come! On princely throne he sits, throne of a priest beside him, and between these two, what harmony of counsel!
+Zacharias	Zac	43	6	14	For Helem, Tobias, Idaias, and Hem the son of Sophonias, the crowns they gave shall win remembrance in the temple of the Lord.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	6	15	Men shall come from far away, to work at the temple’s rebuilding; you shall not doubt, then, it was the Lord of hosts gave me my warrant. Will you but heed the voice of the Lord your God, this shall be your reward…
+Zacharias	Zac	43	7	1	In the fourth year of Darius’ reign, another message from the Lord came to Za charias; it was on the fourth day of Casleu, the ninth month.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	7	2	This was the occasion of it; here was Sarasar, with Rogommelech and others of his company, sending envoys to implore the Lord’s favour.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	7	3	A question they put to the priests, there in the temple of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets besides: Must I yet mourn, yet rid myself of defilement, when the fifth month comes round, as my wont has been these many years past?
+Zacharias	Zac	43	7	4	Then came this message to me from the Lord of hosts:
+Zacharias	Zac	43	7	5	Ask this, of priests and people both; was it indeed fast of mine you kept, all these seventy years, the fifth month and the seventh observing ever with fasting and lament,
+Zacharias	Zac	43	7	6	you, that when food and drink were set before you, shared them with none?
+Zacharias	Zac	43	7	7	Bethink you, what warnings gave he by the prophets of an earlier day, when Jerusalem was yet safe and prosperous, she and the cities about her, populous the western valleys, populous the hill-country of the south.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	7	8	(Such was the word the Lord sent to Zacharias. )
+Zacharias	Zac	43	7	9	A message from the Lord of hosts: Come now, the true award, the tender heart that pities a neighbour’s need!
+Zacharias	Zac	43	7	10	Widow and orphan, the alien and the friendless, wrong no more; brother against brother plot no more!
+Zacharias	Zac	43	7	11	And would they listen? Shrank every shoulder from the burden, deaf ears they turned him,
+Zacharias	Zac	43	7	12	hardened their hearts to adamant. Heed his law they would not; heed they would not, when the Lord of hosts inspired those older prophets to speak in his name. What wonder if his divine anger was aroused beyond measure?
+Zacharias	Zac	43	7	13	What wonder, says the Lord of hosts, they should call in vain on me, that in vain had warned them?
+Zacharias	Zac	43	7	14	So it was I scattered them in unknown countries, left their land a desert, where none came or went; a land so fair, by its own inhabitants laid waste.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	8	1	This word, too, came from him:
+Zacharias	Zac	43	8	2	A message from the Lord of hosts! Great ruth have I for Sion, and sore it grieves me.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	8	3	To Sion I will return, so runs his promise, and make in Jerusalem my home; The loyal city, men shall call her, and that mountain where dwells the Lord of hosts, The holy mountain.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	8	4	This, too: Trust me, there shall yet be aged folk in the streets of Jerusalem, men and women both, that go staff in hand, they are so bowed with years;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	8	5	thronged they shall be, those streets, with boys and girls at play in the open.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	8	6	And this: Hard to believe? So now they find it, poor remnant of a people; but should I, the Lord of hosts, find it hard to perform?
+Zacharias	Zac	43	8	7	And this, too: See if I do not rescue my people from the east country and the west,
+Zacharias	Zac	43	8	8	bring them back to dwell here, in the midst of Jerusalem; they my people, and I their God, in troth and loyalty either to other bound.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	8	9	A message from the Lord of hosts! Take courage, then, you that still hold fast by the commands the prophets gave you, when the foundations of yonder house were a-laying, and the Lord of hosts had no temple yet.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	8	10	Before that time, labour went unrewarded, for man and beast; so hard pressed were you, none might come or go in safety; every man, in those days, I left at his neighbour’s mercy.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	8	11	But now, says the Lord of hosts, this remnant of my people shall enjoy better fortune;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	8	12	a happier seed-time is theirs. Its fruit the vineyard shall yield, the land its harvest, heaven its rain, and all for this remnant to enjoy.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	8	13	Breed of Juda, breed of Israel, by-words of misfortune once, when heathen folk fell to cursing their enemies; happy deliverance, they shall be names of blessing now! Your fears vanquish, go bravely on;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	8	14	he, the Lord of hosts, gives you his warrant for it. Time was, says he, when your fathers had roused my anger, and I was ever planning mischief against you;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	8	15	no respite then! Today, for the good estate of Juda and Jerusalem plan I no less eagerly; vanquish your fears.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	8	16	And for your part, this do: deal honestly with your neighbours, give ever in your market-place the true, the salutary award;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	8	17	harbour no ill thoughts one against another, nor set your hearts on the oath falsely sworn; every deed of wrong is hateful to me, the Lord says.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	8	18	And word came to me from the Lord of hosts, bidding me say this in his name:
+Zacharias	Zac	43	8	19	Fasts you kept ever, when three months of the year, or four, six months or nine were gone, shall be all rejoicing and gladness for the men of Juda now, all high festival, will you but love true dealing and peaceful ways.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	8	20	This promise I give you from the Lord of hosts: What alien throngs, from what far cities, shall make pilgrimage yet!
+Zacharias	Zac	43	8	21	And ever, as fresh towns they reach, says pilgrim, Come with us, and welcome; court we the divine favour, to the Lord of hosts repair we; says townsman, Go with you I will.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	8	22	No nation so populous, no kingdom so strong, but shall betake itself to Jerusalem, to find the Lord of hosts and court his divine favour.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	8	23	This, too: A time is coming, when there is never a man of Jewish blood but shall have ten Gentiles at his heels, and no two of the same speech; clinging all at once to the skirts of him, and crying, Your way is ours! The tale has reached us, how God is there to protect you.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	9	1	Burden of the Lord’s doom, where falls it now? On Hadrach’s land; ay, and Damascus shall be its resting-place; all men’s eyes are fixed on the Lord, all the tribes of Israel are watching him now.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	9	2	Perilously near is Emath, and yonder cities of Tyre and Sidon, so famed for wisdom.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	9	3	This Tyre, how strong a fortress she has built, what silver and gold she has amassed, till they were common as clay, as mire in the streets!
+Zacharias	Zac	43	9	4	Ay, but the Lord means to dispossess her; cast into the sea, all that wealth of hers, and herself burnt to the ground!
+Zacharias	Zac	43	9	5	At the sight of it, how Ascalon trembles, how Gaza mourns, and Accaron, for hopes belied; no chieftain in Gaza, no townsfolk left in Ascalon now;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	9	6	in Azotus dwells a bastard breed. So low will I bring the pride of yonder Philistines;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	9	7	snatch the blood-stained morsel from their mouths, the unhallowed food theirs no longer; servant of our God he shall be that is left surviving, a clansman in Juda; so shall Accaron be all one with the Jebusite.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	9	8	I have sentinels that shall march to and fro, guarding this home of mine, and none shall take toll of it henceforward; my eyes are watching now.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	9	9	Glad news for thee, widowed Sion; cry out for happiness, Jerusalem forlorn! See where thy king comes to greet thee, a trusty deliverer; see how lowly he rides, mounted on an ass, patient colt of patient dam!
+Zacharias	Zac	43	9	10	Chariots of thine, Ephraim, horses of thine, Jerusalem, shall be done away, bow of the warrior be unstrung; peace this king shall impose on the world, reigning from sea to sea, from Euphrates to the world’s end.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	9	11	How should they be ransomed, but by the blood of thy covenant with me, those thy fellow-countrymen, in waterless dungeons bound?
+Zacharias	Zac	43	9	12	To these sheltering walls, O patient prisoners, return; you have my warrant, double recompense shall be granted you.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	9	13	Bow of mine is Juda, Ephraim my shafts employ; Greece, look to thy sons when I match the sons of Sion against them, sword in a warrior’s hand!
+Zacharias	Zac	43	9	14	See him there, in visible form, high above them, the Lord God, that volleys down shaft of his lightning, sounds with the trumpet, rides on the storm-wind of the south!
+Zacharias	Zac	43	9	15	He, the Lord of hosts, will be their protection; with sling-stones for teeth, flesh of men eat they, drink blood like revellers at their wine; not sacrificial bowl, nor altar’s horns, so drenched with blood.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	9	16	His own people, his own sheep, will not the Lord God in that hour defend them? His own sacred trophy themselves shall be, to this land of his beckoning all men’s eyes;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	9	17	a people how blessed and how fair! So well with corn and wine furnished, both man and maid shall thrive.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	10	1	For rain in spring whom but the Lord entreat we? He it is, none else, fashions the snow, waters the crops on this farm or that.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	10	2	Vain the false god’s foretelling, vainly diviner cheats us, and dreams delude; comfort they have none to give; such ways Israel has followed, like a flock of sheep untended, and to its cost.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	10	3	What marvel if my anger blazed out against the shepherds? A reckoning I must have with yonder buck-goats; ay, the Lord of hosts would keep strict count of his flock, the sons of Juda.Who but Israel is the proud charger I will ride into battle?
+Zacharias	Zac	43	10	4	Corner-stone, he, of the building, peg of the tent’s rope, bow that shall win the day; spoilers of the world he, none other, shall send forth.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	10	5	Warriors they shall be that go out to battle trampling all before them in the mire; does not the Lord go out to battle at their side? Well mounted, their enemies could yet nothing win.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	10	6	Such aid the men of Juda shall have, the sons of Joseph such deliverance; in pity I will restore them, and all shall be as it was before I cast them off from me; I am the Lord their God, shall I not heed them?
+Zacharias	Zac	43	10	7	Ephraim, of great warriors the peer! Glad all hearts shall be, as when the wine-cup goes round; children of his shall acclaim the sight, and triumph lustily in the Lord.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	10	8	Flock of my ransoming, see how they gather at my call! Thriving now as they throve long since,
+Zacharias	Zac	43	10	9	yet scattered through the world, in those distant lands they shall remember me; with spirits revived, they and their children shall return.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	10	10	Back from Egypt, back from Assyria I will summon them, rally them, to Galaad and Lebanon bring them home; and that home shall be too small for them.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	10	11	Crossed, yonder straits, the sea’s wave checked, depths of the river disappointed of their prey! Assyria’s pride brought low, empire of Egypt cut down!
+Zacharias	Zac	43	10	12	In the Lord they shall find strength, under his protection come and go; so runs the divine promise.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	11	1	Fling thy gates wide, Lebanon, for the fire to come in, and devour thy cedars!
+Zacharias	Zac	43	11	2	Lament, neighbour pine-tree, for cedar overthrown; here be lordly ones plundered; lament, oaks of Basan, for the secret forest that is cut down!
+Zacharias	Zac	43	11	3	Hark, how the shepherd-folk lament, their fine mantle gone, how roars lion for the thickets of Jordan stripped!
+Zacharias	Zac	43	11	4	This message the Lord my God sent me: To this flock that is a-fattening for slaughter thou must play the shepherd.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	11	5	What, would they slay without remorse, yonder lords of the flock, sell carcase, and thank the Lord that so enriches them; are there shepherds so unmerciful?
+Zacharias	Zac	43	11	6	Nay, I will be unmerciful too, the Lord says, to all that dwell on earth; I will leave every son of Adam at the mercy of his neighbour, or the king that rules over him; broken and bowed the land shall be, and no redress shall they have from me henceforward!
+Zacharias	Zac	43	11	7	Poor sheep fattening for slaughter, take charge of your flock I must; and two staves I made me, for the better tending of it, one I called Beauty, and the other Cords.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	11	8	Before a month was up, of three shepherds I had rid them, yet had I no patience with them, and they of me grew no less weary.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	11	9	No more will I tend you, said I; perish all of you that will perish, be lost all that will be lost; and for the residue, let them devour one another; I care not.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	11	10	With that, I took up the staff I called Beauty, and cut it in two; in token that my covenant with all the world should be null.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	11	11	Null it was thenceforward; and doubt they might not, the starvelings of the flock that looked up to me, the Lord’s word had come to them.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	11	12	… And now, said I, pay me my wages, if pay you will; if not, say no more. So they paid me for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	11	13	Why, the Lord said, here is a princely sum they rate me at! Throw it to the craftsman yonder. So there, in the Lord’s temple, I threw the craftsman my thirty pieces of silver…
+Zacharias	Zac	43	11	14	Then I took my other staff, Cords, and cut it in two; in token that all brotherhood was at an end between Juda and Israel.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	11	15	And the Lord said, Gear of a foolish shepherd thou must take to thee now.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	11	16	See if I do not find me such a shepherd for this land of theirs, as will leave lost sheep uncounted, strayed sheep unsought, hurt sheep unhealed; and such as are left whole, feed he will not, but eat ever the fattest of them, tearing only the hoofs away.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	11	17	Out upon the false shepherd that abandons his flock! Sword shall pierce the arm of him, and the right eye of him, till arm is withered and eye darkened quite.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	12	1	Burden of the Lord’s doom, where falls it now? On Israel. Word from the Lord, who spread heaven out, founded earth, fashions the life that beats in man!
+Zacharias	Zac	43	12	2	This is my decree, that Jerusalem’s walls (ay, and the whole of Juda shall man those ramparts) be offered to all the nations round about for a fatal cup;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	12	3	to all the world Jerusalem shall be a stone immoveable; lift it who will, shall be torn unmercifully. See where they muster to the attack, all the kingdoms of the world!
+Zacharias	Zac	43	12	4	Time now, the Lord says, to dazzle steed and craze rider’s wits; for Juda, the sunshine of my regard, the heathen must ride in darkness.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	12	5	Vainly do yonder chieftains of Juda look to the garrison of Jerusalem to be their succour, in the strength of the Lord their God;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	12	6	chieftains of Juda themselves shall be my instruments then, fire-brand in the forest, spark among the dry sheaves, to devour all the nations right and left of them. Jerusalem shall stand, when all is over, where Jerusalem stood;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	12	7	but to the country folk of Juda the Lord grants deliverance first; clan of David, citizens of Jerusalem shall not boast themselves better than the rest.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	12	8	When that day comes, the men of Jerusalem shall have the Lord for their stay; the lowest fallen among them shall seem royal as David’s self, and David’s clansmen a race divine, as though an angel of the Lord marched at their head.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	12	9	Never a nation that marched on Jerusalem but I will hunt it down, when that day comes, and make an end of it.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	12	10	On David’s clan, on all the citizens of Jerusalem, I will pour out a gracious spirit of prayer; towards me they shall look, me whom they have pierced through. Lament for him they must, and grieve bitterly; never was such lament for an only son, grief so bitter over first-born dead.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	12	11	When that day comes, great shall be the mourning in Jerusalem, great as Adadremmon’s mourning at Mageddo;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	12	12	the whole land in mourning, all its families apart. Here the men of David’s clan, yonder their women,
+Zacharias	Zac	43	12	13	here the men of Nathan’s, yonder their women, here the men of Levi’s, yonder their women, here the men of Semei’s, yonder their women;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	12	14	apart they shall mourn, whatever families there be, and all their women-folk apart.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	13	1	When that day comes, clansmen of David and citizens of Jerusalem shall have a fountain flowing openly, of guilt to rid them, and of defilement.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	13	2	A time shall come, says the Lord of hosts, when I will efface the memory of the false gods; the very names of them shall be forgotten; banish, too, the false prophets, and the unclean spirit they echo.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	13	3	Dares one of them prophesy again, all men will turn against him, even the parents that begot him; Still at thy lying, and in the Lord’s name? Thou shalt die for it! And with a javelin’s thrust father and mother will take the life they gave.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	13	4	When that day comes, never a prophet but shall rue the false vision he trusted in. Deceitful garb of sackcloth each one shall throw aside;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	13	5	No prophet am I, but a simple peasant, that grew up to follow Adam’s trade!
+Zacharias	Zac	43	13	6	Ask they, What wounds be these in thy clasped hands? Thus wounded was I, he shall answer, in the house of my friends.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	13	7	Up, sword, and attack this shepherd of mine, neighbour of mine, says the Lord of hosts. Smite shepherd, and his flock shall scatter; so upon the common folk my vengeance shall fall.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	13	8	All over this land, the Lord says, two thirds of them are forfeit to destruction, only a third shall be left to dwell there;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	13	9	and this third part, through fire I will lead them; purged they shall be as silver is purged, tried as gold is tried. Theirs on my name to call, their plea mine to grant; My own people, so I greet them, and they answer, The Lord is my own God.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	14	1	The Lord’s appointed time is coming, when spoil of thee shall be divided in thy midst.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	14	2	All the nations of the world I will muster to the siege of Jerusalem; taken the city shall be, and its houses pillaged, and its women-folk ravished; of the defenders, half will go into exile, and leave but a remnant in the city.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	14	3	And then the Lord will go out to battle against those nations, as he did ever in the decisive hour.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	14	4	There on the mount of Olives, that faces Jerusalem on the east, his feet shall be set; to east and west the mount of Olives shall be cloven in two halves, with a great chasm between, and the two halves shall move apart, one northward, one southward.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	14	5	Down the clefts of that sacred hill-side you shall flee, each of them now leading to the next; flee as you fled before the earthquake, in Ozias’ time, that reigned over Juda; on, on he comes, the Lord my God, with all his sacred retinue.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	14	6	Light there shall be none that day, all shall be frost and cold;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	14	7	one day there shall be, none but the Lord knows the length of it, that shall be neither daylight nor dark, but when evening comes, there shall be light.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	14	8	Then a living stream will flow from Jerusalem, half to the eastern, half to the western sea, winter and summer both;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	14	9	and over all the earth the Lord shall be king, one Lord, called everywhere by one name.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	14	10	What shall be the land’s frontiers? The desert, and Geba, and Remmon that is south of Jerusalem. What of the city? It shall be built up high, and its true limits keep, from gate of Benjamin to main gate and corner gate, from tower of Hananeel to the king’s wine-press.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	14	11	A populous city, no ban resting on it thenceforward; a secure dwelling-place.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	14	12	And what of the visitation that shall smite down the assailants of Jerusalem? Wasted away the flesh of them, till they can keep their feet no longer; wasted away eye in socket and tongue in mouth;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	14	13	with great tumult of mind the Lord will bemuse them that day, each of them laying hands on his fellow, brother engaging brother in fight.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	14	14	Juda meanwhile, shall set about the regaining of Jerusalem, and find the spoils of every neighbouring people amassed there, gold, and silver, and of raiment great abundance;
+Zacharias	Zac	43	14	15	but as for horse and mule, camel and ass, and all the cattle in yonder camp, these will have perished by the same plague as their masters.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	14	16	Yet of all the nations that sent their armies against Jerusalem there shall be some remnant left; and these, year by year, shall make pilgrimage, to worship their King, the Lord of hosts, and keep his feast of Tent-dwelling.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	14	17	Come and worship their King they must, the Lord of hosts; else no rain shall fall on them, all the world over.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	14	18	What then of Egypt’s folk, that rain have none? What if they refuse to go on pilgrimage? Why, for their neglecting of this feast, the same plague shall fall on them which the Lord sent on the heathen armies aforesaid.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	14	19	Be it Egypt, or be it any other nation, that will not keep the feast of Tent-dwelling, punished it shall be in this fashion or in that.
+Zacharias	Zac	43	14	20	Spoils from the enemy’s bridle-rein shall be consecrated on that day to the Lord’s service, till there is never pot or pan in his temple but rivals the altar’s bowls for costliness!
+Zacharias	Zac	43	14	21	Nay, never pot or pan in all Jerusalem but shall be consecrated to the Lord of hosts, for any who will to come and take it and seethe victim in it; trafficking there shall be no more in the Lord’s temple, when that day comes.
+Malachias	Mal	44	1	1	Here follows burden of the Lord’s doom for Israel, that was entrusted to Mala-chias.
+Malachias	Mal	44	1	2	Oh, but I have dealt lovingly with you! the Lord says. Would you know, wherein I shewed my love? This tell me; was not Esau brother to Jacob? Yet to Jacob I proved myself a friend, the Lord says,
+Malachias	Mal	44	1	3	no friend to Esau; I have made a waste of yonder mountain-side, of all his lands a dragon-haunted desert.
+Malachias	Mal	44	1	4	Ay, but, says Edom, what if we have fallen on evil days? Give us time to repair the ruins! Trust me, says the Lord of hosts, as fast as they build, I will pull down; land of rebellion men shall call it, brood the Lord hates, and for ever.
+Malachias	Mal	44	1	5	Glad sight, to make you cry God praise from end to end of Israel!
+Malachias	Mal	44	1	6	Son to father, servant to master gives his due. Your father I, where is the honour, your master I, where is the reverence you owe me? Such complaint the Lord of hosts makes, and to whom?
+Malachias	Mal	44	1	7	To you, priests, that care so little for my renown. Ask you what care was lacking, when the bread you offer at my altar is defiled, ask you what despite you have done me, when you write down the Lord’s table a thing of little moment?
+Malachias	Mal	44	1	8	What, no harm done, when victim you offer in sacrifice is blind? No harm done, when it is lame or diseased? Pray you, says the Lord of hosts, make such a gift to the governor yonder, will he be content? Will he make favourites of you?
+Malachias	Mal	44	1	9	Ay, says the Lord of hosts, the guilt is yours. To the divine presence betake you, and sue for pardon; which of you finds favour with him?
+Malachias	Mal	44	1	10	Never a man of you but must be paid to shut door, light altar-fire; no friends of mine, says the Lord of hosts, no gifts will I take from such as you.
+Malachias	Mal	44	1	11	No corner of the world, from sun’s rise to sun’s setting, where the renown of me is not heard among the Gentiles, where sacrifice is not done, and pure offering made in my honour; so revered is my name, says the Lord of hosts, there among the Gentiles;
+Malachias	Mal	44	1	12	and you? That you should hold it so cheap! That you should think to yourselves, The Lord’s table is desecrated now; it makes no matter what food lies there, or what fire burns it!
+Malachias	Mal	44	1	13	Weary work, say you, and dismiss it with a sigh. Beast mangled, beast gone lame, beast that is ailing you present to me, and the bloodless offering with it. And should the Lord of hosts accept the gift you make him?
+Malachias	Mal	44	1	14	Cursed be the knavery that offers the Lord gelt beast, when vows are a-paying, and all the while there is an entire beast left at home! Offers it to the Lord of hosts, the great King, no name in all the world so terrible!
+Malachias	Mal	44	2	1	It is for you, priests, to see that this law of mine is obeyed.
+Malachias	Mal	44	2	2	Give me neither heed nor hearing, says the Lord of hosts, let my name go unhonoured, and with sore distress I will visit you; falls my curse on all the blessings you enjoy, falls my curse…, to the punishing of your heedlessness.
+Malachias	Mal	44	2	3	Arm of yours I will strike motionless, bury your faces in dung, ay, the dung of your own sacrifices, and to the dung-pit you shall go.
+Malachias	Mal	44	2	4	So you shall learn your lesson; my law I gave you, says the Lord of hosts, in token of my covenant with Levi’s family.
+Malachias	Mal	44	2	5	Live they should and thrive, but the fear of me I enjoined upon them; none but should fear, and hold my name in reverence.
+Malachias	Mal	44	2	6	Faithfully they handed on tradition, the lie never on their lips; safe and straight was the path they trod at my side, and kept many from wrong-doing.
+Malachias	Mal	44	2	7	No utterance like a priest’s for learning; from no other lips men will expect true guidance; is he not a messenger to them from the Lord of hosts?
+Malachias	Mal	44	2	8	That path you have forsaken; through your ill teaching, how many a foothold lost! Nay, says the Lord of hosts, you have annulled my covenant with Levi altogether.
+Malachias	Mal	44	2	9	What wonder if I have made you a laughing-stock, a thing contemptible in all men’s sight, priests that so ill kept my command, gave award so partially?
+Malachias	Mal	44	2	10	Have we not all one Father, did not one God create us all? No room, then, for brother to despise brother, and unmake the covenant by which our fathers lived.
+Malachias	Mal	44	2	11	Here is great wrong in Juda, here are foul deeds done by Israel and Jerusalem! Juda, that was once content to be set apart for the Lord, has profaned that holy estate, has taken wives that worship a god he knew not.
+Malachias	Mal	44	2	12	Doer of such a deed, set he or followed the ill example, shall be lost to the dwelling-place of Jacob, for all his offerings made to the Lord of hosts.
+Malachias	Mal	44	2	13	And anon, weeping and wailing, you drench the Lord’s altar with your tears! What marvel if I heed your sacrifices no more, gift of yours is none can appease me?
+Malachias	Mal	44	2	14	And the reason of it? Because the Lord bears witness to her wrongs, that wife of thy manhood’s age, whom now thou spurnest, thy partner, thy covenanted bride!
+Malachias	Mal	44	2	15	Yet doer of this is the same man as ever, the will of him is unchanged; he asks nothing better, now as before, than to breed a God-fearing race; to that will, men of Juda, keep true. Spurn her not, the wife of thy manhood’s age;
+Malachias	Mal	44	2	16	what though the God of Israel gives thee leave to send her away if she suits thee ill? Garment of her, says the Lord of hosts, is yet stained with the wrong thou didst her. Will of thine forgo not, wife of thine spurn not.
+Malachias	Mal	44	2	17	Oh, but the Lord is aweary of your doings! And little wonder, when you think so amiss of him; telling yourselves, Foul is fair in the Lord’s sight, and wrong-doing well likes him; God that judges us is none.
+Malachias	Mal	44	3	1	See where I am sending an angel of mine, to make the way ready for my coming! All at once the Lord will visit his temple; that Lord, so longed for, welcome herald of a divine covenant. Ay, says the Lord of hosts, he is coming;
+Malachias	Mal	44	3	2	but who can bear the thought of that advent? Who will stand with head erect at his appearing? He will put men to a test fierce as the crucible, searching as the lye that fullers use.
+Malachias	Mal	44	3	3	From his judgement-seat, he will refine that silver of his and cleanse it from dross; like silver or gold, the sons of Levi must be refined in the crucible, ere they can offer the Lord sacrifice duly performed.
+Malachias	Mal	44	3	4	Then once more the Lord will accept the offerings of Juda and Jerusalem, as he did long since, in the forgotten years.
+Malachias	Mal	44	3	5	Come I to hold assize, not slow to arraign the sorcerer, the adulterer, the forsworn, all of you that deny hired man his wages, widow and orphan redress, the alien his right, fearing no vengeance from the Lord of hosts.
+Malachias	Mal	44	3	6	In me, the Eternal, there is no change, and you, sons of Jacob, are a people still.
+Malachias	Mal	44	3	7	What though you have refused my claims, left them unhonoured, as your fathers did before you? Nay, says the Lord of hosts, you have but to relent towards me, and I, in my turn, will relent. Would you know the manner of it,
+Malachias	Mal	44	3	8	bethink you that it is not for man to wrong God, as you wrong me; out of all question you wrong me, over your tithes and first-fruits.
+Malachias	Mal	44	3	9	Ay, here is sworn conspiracy; it is myself you wrong, the whole brood of you!
+Malachias	Mal	44	3	10	Do but carry your tithe into the tithe-barn, for my temple’s needs, and see if I do not open the windows of heaven for you, rain down blessing to your hearts’ content!
+Malachias	Mal	44	3	11	Ban of mine shall fall on the locust, and to your crops he shall do no harm; nowhere in all your country-side, I promise you, shall vine cast its fruits;
+Malachias	Mal	44	3	12	the envy of all nations you shall be, says the Lord of hosts, a land of content.
+Malachias	Mal	44	3	13	And now, says the Lord of hosts, your complaints have had their way with me.
+Malachias	Mal	44	3	14	Complain you did: Who serves God serves him for nothing; what reward is ours for keeping command of his, attending with sad mien the Lord of hosts?
+Malachias	Mal	44	3	15	Here are proud folk more to be envied than we, ill-doers that yet thrive, abusers of his patience that escape all harm!
+Malachias	Mal	44	3	16	So they used to talk among themselves, his true worshippers, till at last the Lord gave them heed and hearing; and now he would have a record kept in his presence of all that so worshipped him, all that prized his renown.
+Malachias	Mal	44	3	17	Dear they shall be to me, says the Lord of hosts, when I declare myself at last; never to loyal son was father more gracious;
+Malachias	Mal	44	3	18	then you shall think better of it, and know them apart, the just that serve God and the sinners that are none of his.
+Malachias	Mal	44	4	1	Trust me, a day is coming that shall scorch like a furnace; stubble they shall be before it, says the Lord of hosts, all the proud, all the wrong-doers, caught and set alight, and neither root nor branch left them.
+Malachias	Mal	44	4	2	But to you that honour my name there shall be a sunrise of restoration, swift-winged, bearing redress; light-hearted as frisking calves at stall you shall go out to meet it,
+Malachias	Mal	44	4	3	ay, and trample on your godless enemy, ashes, now, to be spurned under foot, on that day when the Lord of hosts declares himself at last.
+Malachias	Mal	44	4	4	Yours to keep the law ever in mind, statute and award I gave to assembled Israel through Moses, that was my servant.
+Malachias	Mal	44	4	5	And before ever that day comes, great day and terrible, I will send Elias to be your prophet;
+Malachias	Mal	44	4	6	he it is shall reconcile heart of father to son, heart of son to father; else the whole of earth should be forfeit to my vengeance.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	1	Now turn we to Alexander son of Philip, the Macedonian, that was the first to reign over all Greece. This Alexander marched out from his own land of Cethim, and overcame Darius, king of the Medes and Persians.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	2	Battles he waged a many; nor any fortress might hold out against him, nor any king escape with his life;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	3	and so he journeyed on to the world’s end, spoiling the nations everywhere; at his coming, silence fell on the earth.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	4	So great the power of him, so valiant his armies, what wonder if his heart grew proud?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	5	All those lands conquered, all those kings his tributaries!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	6	Then, all at once, he took to his bed, and the knowledge came to him he must die.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	7	Whereupon he summoned the noblest of his courtiers, men that had shared his own upbringing, and to these, while he had life in him yet, divided up his kingdom.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	8	So reigned Alexander for twelve years, and so died.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	9	And what of these courtiers turned princes, each with a province of his own?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	10	Be sure they put on royal crowns, they and their sons after them, and so the world went from bad to worse.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	11	Burgeoned then from the stock of Antiochus a poisoned growth, another Antiochus, he that was called the Illustrious. He had been formerly a hostage at Rome, but now, in the hundred and thirty-seventh year of the Grecian empire, he came into his kingdom.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	12	In his day there were godless talkers abroad in Israel, that did not want for a hearing; Come, said they, let us make terms with the heathen that dwell about us! Ever since we forswore their company, nought but trouble has come our way.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	13	What would you? Such talk gained credit,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	14	and some were at pains to ask for the royal warrant; whereupon leave was given them, Gentile usages they should follow if they would.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	15	With that, they must have a game-place at Jerusalem, after the Gentile fashion,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	16	ay, and go uncircumcised; forgotten, their loyalty to the holy covenant, they must throw in their lot with the heathen, and become the slaves of impiety.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	17	And now that he was firmly established on his throne, Antiochus would be lord of Egypt, and wear two crowns at once.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	18	So, with overwhelming force, with chariots and elephants and horsemen and a great array of ships, he marched on Egypt,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	19	and levied war against king Ptolemy, that could not hold his ground, but fled away, leaving many fallen.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	20	So Antiochus made himself master of all the strongholds in Egypt, and ransacked it for spoil;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	21	then, in the hundred and forty-third year, he turned his victorious march against Israel.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	22	With all that great army of his he came to Jerusalem
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	23	and entered the sanctuary in royal state; the golden altar, the lamp-stand with its appurtenances, the table where bread was set out, beaker and goblet and golden bowl, curtain and capital and golden facings of the temple, all alike were stripped.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	24	Silver nor gold was spared, nor any ornament of price, nor hoarded treasures could he but find them; and thus laden he went back to his own country,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	25	first shedding a deal of blood, and speaking very blasphemously.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	26	Loud mourning there was in Israel, mourning in all the country-side;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	27	wept ruler and elder, pined man and maid, and colour fled from woman’s cheeks;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	28	bridegroom took up the dirge, bride sat in her bower disconsolate;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	29	here was a land that trembled for its inhabitants, a whole race covered with confusion.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	30	Two years passed, and then the king sent his chief collector of revenue to visit the cities of Juda. To Jerusalem he came, with a great rabble at his heels,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	31	and won credence with idle professions of friendship.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	32	Then he fell suddenly on the town and grievously mishandled it, slaying Israelites a many,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	33	plundering the city and setting fire to it. Houses and encircling walls of it were thrown down in ruins,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	34	women and children carried off into slavery, cattle driven away.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	35	And as for David’s Keep, they enclosed it with high, strong walls, and strong towers besides, to serve them for a fortress;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	36	garrisoned it with a godless crew of sinners like themselves, and made it fast, storing it with arms and provisions, besides the plunder they had amassed in Jerusalem,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	37	which they bestowed there for safety. Alas, what peril of treachery was here,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	38	what an ambush laid about the holy place, what devil’s work against Israel!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	39	What a tide of guiltless blood must flow about the sanctuary, till it was a sanctuary no more!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	40	Little wonder if the inhabitants of Jerusalem took to flight, leaving their city to strangers; mother so unnatural her own children must forsake.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	41	Her sanctuary a desert solitude, her feasts all lament, her sabbaths derided, her greatness brought low!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	42	Her pride was the measure of that abasement, her glory of that shame.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	43	And now came a letter from king Antiochus to all the subjects of his realm, bidding them leave ancestral custom of this race or that, and become one nation instead.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	44	As for the heathen, they fell in readily enough with the royal will;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	45	and in Israel itself there were many that chose slavery, offering sacrifice to false gods and leaving the sabbath unobserved.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	46	Both in Jerusalem and in all the cities of Juda the king’s envoys published this edict; men must live by the law of the heathen round about,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	47	burnt-sacrifice, offering and atonement in God’s temple should be none,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	48	nor sabbath kept, nor feast-day.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	49	And, for the more profanation of the sanctuary, and of Israel’s holy people,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	50	altar and shrine and idol must be set up, swine’s flesh offered, and all manner of unhallowed meat;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	51	children be left uncircumcised, and their innocent lives contaminated with rites unclean, abominable; till the law should be forgotten, and the divine precepts fashioned anew.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	52	Durst any neglect the royal bidding, he must die.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	53	Through the whole of his dominions the king’s writ ran, and commissioners were appointed besides to enforce it;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	54	no city of Juda but was ordered to do sacrifice.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	55	Many there were, traitors to the divine law, that took their part, and much mischief they did,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	56	driving the men of Israel to seek refuge in hiding, where refuge was to be had.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	57	It was on the fifteenth of Casleu, in the hundred and forty-fifth year, that king Antiochus set up an idol to desecrate God’s altar; shrines there were in every township of Juda,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	58	offering of incense and of victims before house doors and in the open street;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	59	never a copy of the divine law but was torn up and burned;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	60	if any were found that kept the sacred record, or obeyed the Lord’s will, his life was forfeit to the king’s edict.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	61	Month by month such deeds of violence were done, in all townships where men of Israel dwelt,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	62	and on the twenty-fifth of the month sacrifice was made at the shrine that overshadowed the altar.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	63	Death it was for woman to have her child circumcised in defiance of the king;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	64	there in her own house she must be hung up, with the child about her neck, and the circumciser, too, must pay for it with his life.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	65	Many a son of Israel refused the unclean food, preferring death to defilement;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	66	and die they must, because they would not break God’s holy law.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	1	67	Grievous, most grievous was the doom that hung then over his people.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	1	In those days it was that Mattathias came forward, son of John, son of Simeon, a priest of Joarib’s family; he was for Jerusalem no more, but would take up his dwelling on the hill-side at Modin.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	2	Five sons he had, John, that was also called Gaddis,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	3	Simon (or Thasi),
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	4	Judas (or Machabaeus),
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	5	Eleazar (or Abaron), and Jonathan (or Apphus)
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	6	and these saw well what foul things were a-doing in Juda’s country and the city of Jerusalem.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	7	Alas, what needed it, cried Mattathias, I should have been born into such an age as this? To see my people and the holy city alike brought to ruin, to sit by while the enemy overcame her,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	8	and in her very sanctuary the alien had his will? Temple of hers like a churl’s lot disregarded,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	9	rare treasure of hers into exile carried away; young and old, in the open streets of her, put to the sword!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	10	Never a race in heathendom but may parcel out her domains, grow rich with the spoil of her!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	11	Gone, all her fair adornment; the mistress is turned maid;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	12	laid waste, yonder sanctuary, that was our prize and pride, by Gentile feet dishonoured!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	13	And would we live yet?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	14	With that, they tore their garments about them, Mattathias and his sons, and went clad in sackcloth, mourning right bitterly.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	15	And now the pursuivants of king Antiochus came to Modin; take refuge there who might, he must do sacrifice none the less, and burn incense, and leave the following of God’s law.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	16	Out went the folk of Israel to meet them, some complaisantly enough, but Mattathias and his sons firm in their resolve.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	17	And they singled out Mattathias from the rest; A man of mark, said they, and a great chieftain thou; brethren and sons thou hast a many.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	18	Wilt thou not be the first to come forward and do the king’s bidding, with the whole world, and the men of Juda everywhere, and what is left of Jerusalem? To be the king’s friend, thou and thy sons with thee, gold and silver and much else for thy reward!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	19	Loud rang the answer of Mattathias: What though king Antiochus have the whole world for his vassals? Obey the edict who will, forsaking the custom his fathers lived by,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	20	both I and son of mine, both I and clansman of mine, will obey the law handed down to us.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	21	Mercy of God! What needs it we should leave his will undone, his claims unhonoured?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	22	To deaf ears king Antiochus proclaims the sacrifice; we swerve not from the law’s path, right or left.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	23	Before he had done speaking, a Jew came to offer the false gods sacrifice, there in full view of all, before the altar at Modin, as the king bade.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	24	Mattathias took fire at the sight of it; one heave of anger his heart gave, and his zeal for the law could contain itself no longer; there on the altar the sacrificer was slain.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	25	Nor spared he the pursuivant of king Antiochus that enjoined it; the altar, too, he pulled down.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	26	Not Phinees himself struck a better blow for the law, when he slew Zamri, the son of Salom!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	27	And now Mattathias raised a cry in the city, Who loves the law? Who keeps the covenant unbroken? Out with you, and follow me!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	28	So fled he with his sons into the hill-country, leaving his possessions behind, there in the city.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	29	Many there were that went out into the desert at this time, for love of truth and right;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	30	took children and women-folk and cattle with them, and settled down there, castaways in a flood of misfortune.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	31	But news of it reached Jerusalem, and the king’s men that were in David’s Keep; here were rebels lurking in the waste country, and drawing many over to their side.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	32	So they went out in pursuit, and offered battle; on a sabbath day, as it chanced.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	33	What, still stubborn? cried they. Come out, and yield yourselves to the king’s pleasure; your lives shall be spared.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	34	But the Jews’ answer was, come out and yield to the king’s pleasure they might not; law of the sabbath rest forbade it.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	35	So the attack began in good earnest;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	36	but the Jews made no resistance, never a stone flew, never a hiding-place of theirs was put in a state of defence;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	37	Die we all, they said, innocent men, and let heaven and earth bear witness, it was for no fault of ours we died.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	38	Thus, because it was a sabbath day when the attack was made, these men perished, and their wives and children and cattle with them; a thousand human lives lost.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	39	Great grief it was to Mattathias and his company when they heard what had befallen them;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	40	and now there was high debate raised: Do we as our brethren did, forbear we to give battle for our lives and loyalties, and they will soon make an end of us!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	41	Then and there it was resolved, if any should attack them on the sabbath day, to engage him, else they should be put to death all of them, like those brethren of theirs in the covert of the hills.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	42	Now it was that the Assidaeans rallied to their side, a party that was of great consequence in Israel, lovers of the law one and all;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	43	and all who would escape from the evils of the time made common cause with them, and came to their assistance.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	44	So, mustering their forces, they wrought indignant vengeance upon sinners that were false to the law, till they were fain to take refuge among the heathen;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	45	wherever they went, Mattathias and his company, they threw the altars down,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	46	and whatever children they found uncircumcised, from one end of Israel to the other, they circumcised by right of conquest.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	47	Ere long, they drove the tyrant’s minions before them, and to such good purpose
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	48	that Gentile was none, king though he were, could restrain the law’s observance; against their onslaught the powers of evil could not make head.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	49	Meanwhile, the life of Mattathias was drawing to an end. And this charge he gave to his sons: Here be days when tyrant and blasphemer have their will, when all is calamity and bitter retribution.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	50	The more reason, my sons, why you should be jealous lovers of the law, ready to give your lives for that covenant your fathers knew.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	51	Your fathers, what deeds they did in their time! Great glory would you win, and a deathless name, let these be your models.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	52	See how Abraham was tested, and how trustfulness of his was counted virtue in him;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	53	see how Joseph in ill fortune was true to the commandment still, and came to be ruler of all Egypt.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	54	Here was Phinees, our own father, that grew hot in God’s cause, and earned the right of priesthood inalienable;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	55	and Josue, that for his loyalty was given command of Israel;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	56	and Caleb, that spoke out in the assembly, what broad acres were his!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	57	David, for the tender heart of him, left a dynasty that fails not;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	58	for Elias heaven opened, that was champion of the law;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	59	by faith Ananias, Azarias and Misael overcame the furnace,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	60	nor Daniel’s innocence might ravening lions devour.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	61	No generation but proves it; want they never for strength that trust in God.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	62	What, would you fear the tyrant’s threats? In dung and worms his glory shall end;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	63	all royal state to-day, and to-morrow there shall be no news of him; gone back to the dust he came from, and all his designs brought to nothing!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	64	Nay, my sons, take courage; in the law’s cause rally you, in the law’s annals you shall win renown.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	65	Here is your brother Simon, trust me, a man of prudence; to him ever give heed, he is your father now.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	66	And here is Judas Machabaeus, from boyhood’s days a warrior; let him be your leader, and fight Israel’s battles.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	67	All lovers of the law make free of your fellowship; bring your country redress,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	68	and pay the Gentiles what they have earned; yet heeding ever what the law enjoins.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	69	With that, he gave them his blessing, and became part of his race.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	2	70	He was a hundred and forty-six years old when he died; his sons buried him where his fathers were buried, at Modin, and great lament all Israel made for the loss of him.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	1	And now his son Judas, that was called Machabaeus, came forward to succeed him;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	2	nor any of Judas’ clan, nor any that had taken his father’s part, but lent him their aid still; right merrily they fought Israel’s battle.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	3	Here was one that brought his race renown; as great a warrior as ever donned breastplate, or armed himself for the fight, or drew sword to save his camp from peril;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	4	lion-hearted his deeds, not lion itself more relentless in pursuit.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	5	Traitors he ever sought out and hunted down, ever with fire-brand the oppressors of his people dislodged,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	6	till enemy was none but was daunted by the fear of him, traitor was none but fled in confusion, so well sped he the work of deliverance.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	7	Great deeds, that kings rued bitterly, Jacob with exultation heard, posterity holds blessed evermore!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	8	From city to city he went, ridding Juda of its law-breakers, averting the vengeance guilt of theirs had deserved;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	9	no corner of earth but he was renowned there, for one that had been able to rally a doomed people.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	10	How sped Apollonius, that mustered a great force, of Gentiles and Samaritans both, to fight against Israel?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	11	No sooner Judas heard of it, than he met and routed and slew him; fell many and fled more,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	12	leaving their spoils behind them. The sword of Apollonius Judas himself carried away; and this it was he evermore used in battle.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	13	And next it was Seron, captain of the armies in Syria, heard what a great retinue and faithful following Judas had;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	14	and nothing would serve, but he must win renown and high favour at court by crushing Judas, and all other his companions that defied the king’s edict.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	15	So he made all ready, and marched in with a strong muster of the ungodly at his heels, to be even with the men of Israel.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	16	As far as Bethoron pass they reached, and there Judas met them with his company, no better than a handful.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	17	These, when they saw such a host facing them, were for counsels of prudence; What, they said to Judas, should we offer battle to foes so many and so strong, faint as we be from a day of hungry marching?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	18	Nay, said Judas, nothing forbids great numbers should be at the mercy of small; what matter makes it to the God of heaven, few be his soldiers or many when he grants deliverance?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	19	Armed might avails not to win the day; victory is from above.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	20	What though they come to meet us in the proud confidence of superior strength, and think it an easy matter to slay us, slay our wives and children, plunder our goods?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	21	Life and loyalty at stake, we will offer battle none the less;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	22	and he, the Lord, will crush them to earth at our coming; never be afraid.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	23	And with that, all unawares, he fell upon Seron and his army, that were crushed, sure enough, by his onslaught;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	24	all down the pass of Bethoron he gave them chase, down into the plain, and eight hundred of them had fallen before ever they took refuge in the country of the Philistines.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	25	By this, the neighbouring peoples had begun to take alarm, so formidable did Judas and his brethren appear to them,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	26	and the renown of him reached the king’s court; all the world was talking of Judas and his victories.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	27	An angry man was king Antiochus when the news came to him; he sent word round, and had all his army summoned together, a brave array, be sure of it.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	28	The treasury must be opened, to provide the troops with a whole year’s pay, and keep them in readiness for every need.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	29	Why, what was this? So heavily had Juda suffered, so great the discord he had aroused by the abolishing of its ancient usages, that scant revenue had come in from it, and the treasury was in default!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	30	Whence, now, to defray the cost of that largesse he had made so often, and with so lavish a hand? Never was king before him could rival his munificence.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	31	Here was the king in great confusion of mind; and his thought was, to march into Persia and take toll of those countries; great store of money he might there amass.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	32	He left Lysias behind, that was a man of high rank and royal blood; he was to administer all the business of the kingdom, from Euphrates down to the Brook of Egypt,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	33	and have charge of the young prince Antiochus, until the king’s return.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	34	Half his army he entrusted to Lysias, and the elephants besides; and he signified all that he would have done, concerning Juda and Jerusalem particularly.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	35	A force must be sent to overpower all that fought for Israel, or were yet left in Jerusalem, and make a clean riddance of them; no trace of these must be left;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	36	all through the country settlers must be brought in from abroad, and the lands allotted between them.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	37	With that, the king left his capital of Antioch, taking the remainder of his army with him; it was the hundred and forty-seventh year of the empire. Soon he was across Euphrates river, and on the march through the high countries.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	38	Three generals Lysias appointed for the task; Ptolemy son of Dorymenes, Nicanor and Gorgias, nobles all that were high in the royal favour;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	39	with forty thousand foot and seven thousand horse they were to march on Juda and make an end of it, as the king had ordered.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	40	So out they went, with all this army at their back, marched in, and pitched their tents near Emmaus, down in the valley.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	41	Be sure the traders all about were apprised of their coming, and made their way into the camp with great sums of silver and gold, and a retinue of servants besides, thinking to buy Israelite slaves; levies, too, from Syria and Philistia made common cause with the invader.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	42	Judas, then, and his brethren found that matters had gone from bad to worse; here were the enemy encamped within their frontiers; they heard, besides, what orders the king had given for the destruction and taking away of their people.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	43	And the word went round among them, Now to restore the lost fortunes of our race; now to do battle for people of ours, sanctuary of ours!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	44	So a general assembly was called; they must make ready for the fight, and pray besides, to win mercy and pardon.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	45	Not at Jerusalem; Jerusalem lay there, no city but a desert waste, nor any of her sons came and went; her sanctuary defiled, her citadel garrisoned by the alien, she was but a haunt of the Gentiles. Sad days for the men of Jacob; pipe nor harp sounded there now.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	46	At Maspha, then, they gathered, looking across towards Jerusalem; time was when Maspha, too, had its place of prayer.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	47	All that day they fasted, and wore sackcloth, and covered their heads with ashes, and tore their garments about them.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	48	What sights were these? Here, lying open, was a copy of the law, such as the heathen were ever making search for, … the counterpart of their own images.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	49	Here they had brought priestly vestments, and offering of first-fruits and tithes; here Nazirites were gathered, ripe and ready for the payment of their vows.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	50	And a loud cry rose to heaven, What shall we do for these, thy votaries? Whither escort them now?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	51	Sanctuary of thine is all profanation and defilement, priesthood of thine all misery and despair.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	52	And now, see where the heathen muster their armies to destroy us! Needs not we should tell thee, how murderous their intent.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	53	Lord, but for thy aid, how shall we resist their onslaught?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	54	Loudly their voices, and loud the trumpets rang.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	55	Thereupon Judas chose out who should be their leaders, one with a thousand, one with a hundred, one with fifty, one with ten men to follow him;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	56	he sent home, too, all such as the law holds exempt; all that had but just built house, or married wife, or planted vineyard, and whoever had no stomach to the fight.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	57	Then they moved camp, and pitched their tents southward of Emmaus.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	58	Now for girded loins, cried Judas, and brave hearts! By to-morrow’s light, you must engage yonder heathen, sworn enemies to us, and to the ground we hold sacred.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	59	Better die in battle, than live to see our race and our sanctuary overpowered.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	3	60	Be it what it may, heaven’s will be done!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	1	That night, a detachment of five thousand foot and a thousand picked horsemen left their lines, under the command of Gorgias,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	2	thinking to reach the Jewish camp and strike a sudden blow at it; for guides, they had men of the Jerusalem garrison.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	3	But Judas had word of it; out he went, and all his valiant company with him, to attack the main body of the king’s army at Emmaus,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	4	while the defences of the camp were yet scattered.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	5	So Gorgias, making his night attack on the camp of Judas, and finding it empty, made no doubt they had given him the slip, and fell to scouring the hill-country for them;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	6	meanwhile, came day-break, and there was Judas down in the valley. True, there were but three thousand at his back, for defence and attack very ill arrayed;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	7	and here was this army of heathen folk, both strong and well protected, with cavalry circling about them, men bred to war!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	8	But Judas cried to his fellows, What, would you be daunted by the numbers of them? Would you give ground before their attack?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	9	Bethink you, what a host it was Pharao sent in pursuit of our fathers, there by the Red Sea, and they escaped none the less.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	10	Now, as then, besiege we heaven with our cries; will not the Lord have mercy? Will he not remember the covenant he had with our fathers, and rout, this day, yonder army at our coming?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	11	No doubt shall the world have thenceforward, but there is one claims Israel for his own, and grants her deliverance.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	12	And now the heathen folk caught sight of them as they advanced to the attack,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	13	and left their lines to give battle. Thereupon Judas’ men sounded with the trumpet,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	14	and the two armies met. Routed the Gentiles were, sure enough, and took to their heels across the open country,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	15	sword of the pursuer ever catching the hindmost. All the way to Gezeron they were chased, and on into the plains by Idumaea, Azotus and Jamnia, with a loss of three thousand men.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	16	When Judas and his army came back from the pursuit,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	17	Not yours, he told them, to run greedily after the spoils of the camp; there is battle still awaiting us over yonder.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	18	Not far away, in the hill-country, lie Gorgias and his army; first meet you and beat you the enemy, and then you shall fall to your pillaging unafraid.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	19	Even as he spoke, they were ware of a company that watched them from the hill-side.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	20	But by now the camp was on fire, and it needed no more than the smoke of it to warn Gorgias of his defeat;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	21	that sight took the heart out of Syria, the more so when it proved that Judas and his army were in the valley, all appointed for battle,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	22	and they fled for their lives, down into the plain of Philistia.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	23	So to the pillaging of the camp Judas returned; what gold and silver they found there, what garments of blue and sea-purple, what rich treasures!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	24	Be sure there was singing of songs on their homeward journey, as they praised God in heaven, God who is gracious, whose mercy endures for ever.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	25	Here was a day of signal deliverance for Israel.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	26	And what of Lysias? News reached him, through the survivors, of what had befallen,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	27	and he was both sick and sorry at the hearing; his own will crossed, and his master’s command ill carried out!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	28	So, in the following year, he made a muster of sixty thousand picked men, with five thousand horse, to crush the rebellion;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	29	into Judaea they marched, and encamped at Bethoron, where Judas met them with ten thousand.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	30	At the sight of their great numbers, this was Judas’ prayer: Blessed art thou, Saviour of Israel, who didst make use of thy servant David, a giant’s onset to overthrow! Victory thou didst give, over an invading army, to Saul’s son Jonathan and the squire that bore him company!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	31	So may yonder host, left at Israel’s mercy, unlearn its confidence in strength and in speed;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	32	strike terror into them, let their manhood melt away, as they tremble at the approach of doom;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	33	sword of thy true lovers be their undoing, triumph-song of thy worshippers their dirge!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	34	With that, battle was joined, and of Lysias’ men, five thousand were left dead on the field.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	35	What should he do? Here were his troops fled in disorder, here was Judas in command of brave men, that would as soon have an honourable death as life itself. Back he went to Antioch, and there levied soldiers for a greater expedition yet against Judaea.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	36	And now Judas and his brethren had but one thought; the enemy vanquished, they would betake themselves to Jerusalem, to cleanse and restore the sanctuary.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	37	So the whole army fell into rank, and they climbed the hill of Sion together.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	38	What saw they? The holy place desolate, the altar profaned, charred gates, courts overgrown with brushwood, like forest clearing or mountain glen, the priests’ lodging in ruins.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	39	Upon this, there was rending of garments, and loud lament; dust they cast on their heads,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	40	and fell face to earth; then, as the trumpet’s note gave the summons, raised their cries to heaven.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	41	And what did Judas? First, he sent a force to engage the citadel’s garrison, while the holy place was a-cleansing;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	42	then he chose priests, without blot or blemish, and true lovers of the law besides,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	43	who thereupon cleansed the sanctuary, nor any stone that was polluted with idolatry but they had it away into a place unclean.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	44	And next, he must concern himself with the altar of burnt-sacrifice, that was now all defiled.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	45	And it was good counsel they took; the altar must be destroyed, else the day when the Gentiles polluted it should be remembered to their shame. So destroy it they did,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	46	and laid up the stones in a place apt for their purpose, there on the temple hill. Here they must remain, until the coming of a prophet that should give sentence, what was to be done with them.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	47	Then they raised a new altar in place of the old, using stones that had never felt the pick, as the law bade;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	48	repaired shrine and inner walls, and rid both temple and temple courts of their defilement.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	49	New appurtenances, too, the temple must have, lamp-stand, incense-altar and table be restored to it;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	50	incense be put on the altar, lamps kindled to light the holy place,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	51	loaves set out on the table, and veils hung up; then at length their task was accomplished.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	52	On the twenty-fifth of Casleu, the ninth month, in the hundred and forty-eighth year, they rose before daybreak,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	53	and offered sacrifice, as the law bade, on the new altar they had set up.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	54	This was the very month, the very day, when it had been polluted by the Gentiles; now, on the same day of the same month, it was dedicated anew, with singing of hymns, and music of harp, zither and cymbals.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	55	Thereupon all the people fell down face to earth, to adore and praise, high as heaven, the author of their felicity;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	56	and for eight days together they celebrated the altar’s renewal, burned victim and brought welcome-offering with glad and grateful hearts.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	57	They decked the front wall of the temple, at this time, with gold crowns and escutcheons, consecrated the gates and the priest’s lodging anew, and furnished it with doors;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	58	and all the while there was great rejoicing among the people; as for the taunts of the heathen, they were heard no more.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	59	No wonder if Judas and his brethren, with the whole assembly of Israel, made a decree that this feast should be kept year by year for eight days together, the feast-day of the altar’s dedication. Came that season, from the twenty-fifth day of Casleu onwards, all was to be rejoicing and holiday.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	60	At this time, too, they fortified the hill of Sion, with walls and strong towers all about; never more should Gentile feet profane it.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	4	61	Judas put a garrison there, and would have it strong enough to command Bethsura; a bulwark Israel must have against attack from the frontiers of Edom.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	1	Great indignation had the Gentiles that lived round about, when they heard that altar and temple were standing as of old.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	2	Their first thought was to rid their own territory of Jacob’s breed, and all at once they set about to murder and harry them.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	3	So Judas must needs take arms against them, Esau’s race in Idumaea, and the men of Acrabathane, that were keeping Israelite folk under strict siege; and signally he defeated them.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	4	Nor might he overlook Beän’s tribe and the treachery they shewed, ever catching Israel at unawares by laying an ambush in his path.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	5	These he chased into their strongholds and besieged them there; laid them under a ban and burned the strongholds to the ground, with their defenders in them.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	6	Then he crossed over into Ammon, where he came upon strong resistance and a great muster of men, that had one Timotheus for their leader;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	7	often he engaged them, and as often put them to rout; when he had defeated them,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	8	and taken Gazer with its daughter townships, he marched back into Judaea.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	9	But by this all the heathen folk in the country of Galaad were making common cause against the Israelites who dwelt there, eager to be rid of them. And these, taking refuge in the stronghold of Datheman,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	10	sent dispatches to Judas and his brethren. Here be all the neighbours, they wrote, banded together for our destruction.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	11	Even now, Timotheus at their head, they are setting about the reduction of this our fortress;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	12	come speedily to the rescue; they have taken cruel toll of our lives already.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	13	Slain, all those clansmen of ours that had their dwelling in the Tubin country, carried away, their wives, their children, and their goods; nigh upon a thousand warriors then and there have perished.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	14	This letter was still in the reading, when all of a sudden came other envoys from Galilee, their garments rent about them; their message was,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	15	Ptolemais, Tyre and Sidon were up in arms together, and all Galilee was overrun with heathen folk, bent on massacre.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	16	Grave tidings, these, for Judas and his people; met they in high debate, and took counsel how they might best aid their brethren in peril of assault.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	17	And now Judas must share the command with his brother Simon; Pick thy men, said he, and make for Galilee, while Jonathan and I march into Galaad.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	18	Part of his army he left to defend Judaea, with Joseph son of Zachary and Azarias for its captains;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	19	Here is your charge, said he; and see to it that you do not embroil yourselves with the Gentiles while we are gone.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	20	To Simon and to Galilee three thousand men were allotted; to Judas and to Galaad eight thousand.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	21	As for Simon, when he reached Galilee, full many a battle he must fight with the Gentiles, that he drove ever before him, till he pursued them at last to the very gates of Ptolemais.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	22	Of the enemy, some three thousand fell, and his men had the spoiling of them;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	23	the Israelites that dwelt in Galilee and Arbata he took home with him, and their wives and children and all they had; great rejoicing there was when he brought them back safe to Judaea.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	24	Meanwhile Judas Machabaeus and his brother Jonathan had crossed the Jordan, and marched for three days through the desert.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	25	There the Nabuthaeans came to meet them, and gave them friendly welcome, and told them of all that had befallen their brethren in the Galaad country;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	26	how there were many whom their fellow-citizens had brought to bay in such great fortified cities as Barasa, Bosor, Alima, Casphor, Mageth and Carnaim;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	27	besides many others cut off in the rest of the Galaadite towns. And to-morrow, he was told, the heathen mean to occupy these cities with their army, seizing upon the Israelites and making an end of them, all in one day’s work.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	28	Whereupon Judas and his men suddenly turned aside from their course into the desert of Bosor, and took the city; all its men-folk he put to the sword, and carried off the spoil of it, and burned it to the ground.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	29	At night-fall they continued their journey, and reached the Israelite stronghold.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	30	What a sight was this that met their eyes, when day broke! A great rabble of men past all counting, that brought up scaling-ladders and engines, as if they would take the stronghold by storm.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	31	Here was the battle fairly begun; the cry of them went up to heaven, loud as clarion-call, and a great cry, too, was raised within the city.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	32	Now, cried Judas to his men, now to fight for your brethren’s deliverance!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	33	And hard at the enemy’s heels he followed, with three companies of warriors that blew trumpets as they went, and cried aloud in prayer.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	34	The name of Machabaeus once heard, how fled Timotheus’ army at his approach! How grievous the blow that fell on them, when eight thousand fell in a single day!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	35	Once more Judas turned aside, to Maspha; took it by storm, slew men of it, took spoil of it, burned it to the ground;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	36	then on to seize Casbon, and Mageth, and Bosor, and the remaining cities of Galaad.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	37	Yet, when all was done, Timotheus put another army into the field, and encamped close by Raphon, across the stream.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	38	What learned Judas from the scouts he had sent forward? Here were all the neighbouring tribes assembled in great force,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	39	with hired support from Arabia besides, camped beyond the stream ready to engage him; so out he marched to offer battle.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	40	Wait we, said Timotheus to his captains, till Judas and his army reach yonder stream. Cross he and challenge us, we may not speed; beyond doubt he has the mastery of us.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	41	Fear he the passage, and encamp on the further side, then cross we boldly, the day is ours.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	42	But Judas, when he drew near the ravine, had muster-masters in attendance by the stream, that were charged to let none linger behind, but send every man across into battle.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	43	So he crossed, challenging them, and all the army at his heels, and sure enough the Gentile host was routed at their coming; threw arms away, and sought refuge in the temple at Carnaim.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	44	Upon taking the city, he burned its temple to the ground with all that were sheltered in it; so was Carnaim vanquished, and could make head against Juda no more.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	45	And now Judas gathered all the Israelites in the Galaad country, high and low, with their wives and children, a whole army of them, to come back with him to Juda.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	46	They journeyed safely as far as Ephron, that was a great city and well fortified, the very gate of Juda; turn to right or left they might not, their road lay through the heart of it.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	47	And what must they do, the townspeople, but stand to the defence of it, and barricade the entrance with great boulders! Thereupon Judas made peaceful overtures to them;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	48	Grant us leave, said he, to make our way through your country to ours, nor any harm shall befall you; we ask but the right of passage, and on foot. But open the gates they would not;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	49	so Judas made a cry through the camp, every man should go to the assault, there where he stood;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	50	and go to the assault they did, the fighting men of his company. All day and all night they attacked the city, and Judas was given the mastery of it.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	51	Never a male creature there but was put to the sword; the city was plundered and pulled down; and so he passed on through the streets of it, all paved with dead men.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	52	Jordan they must still cross, there by the great plain that faces Bethsan;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	53	and to the last Judas went ever to and fro, rallying the stragglers and encouraging the people on their journey, till the land of Juda was reached.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	54	Glad and merry were men’s hearts as they climbed up Sion mountain, and there offered burnt-sacrifice in thanks for their safe home-coming, with never a life lost.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	55	So fought Judas and Jonathan in Galaad, and their brother Simon in Galilee at the gates of Ptolemais;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	56	meanwhile, what of Joseph son of Zachary, and Azarias, that had charge of the garrison? News came to them of victories gained, and great deeds done,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	57	and nothing would serve but they must make a great name for themselves too, by offering battle to the Gentiles round about.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	58	So orders went out to the army, to march on Jamnia,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	59	where Gorgias and his men came out to meet them.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	60	Back fell Joseph and Azarias to the frontiers of Judaea in great disorder, with a loss to Israel of two thousand men; such defeat they brought on our arms,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	61	because they would not listen to Judas and his brethren, but must be great warriors like the rest.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	62	Not of that race they sprang that should afford Israel deliverance.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	63	But as for Judas and his company, they were held high in honour, both among Israelite folk, and wherever the renown of them was heard;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	64	all flocked to greet them with cries of acclaim.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	65	But still he and his brethren would be on the march, reducing the men of Edom in the south country; on Hebron and its daughter townships the blow fell, neither wall nor tower of it but was burned to the ground.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	66	Then he moved camp, to march on Philistia, and would make his way through Samaria.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	67	Priests there were that took up arms and fell in battle that day, rashly desirous of a warrior’s renown.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	5	68	And now Judas turned aside to Azotus, in the country of the Philistines; altars he pulled down, images of their gods burned to ashes, gave up their cities to plunder, and so came back again to the land of Juda.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	1	King Antiochus was still on his journey through the high countries, when he heard tell of a city in Persia called Elymais, renowned for its treasures of silver and gold;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	2	here was a temple of great magnificence, that had golden armour in it, breastplate and shield left there by Philip’s son, Alexander of Macedon, the first overlord of Greece.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	3	Thither he marched, intent on seizing the city and plundering it; but seize it he might not, because the townsfolk had news of his purpose,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	4	and came out to offer battle. So he was put to the rout, and must take himself back to Babylon, grievously disappointed.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	5	And here, in the Persian country, a messenger reached him with tidings from Juda. Fled were his armies,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	6	and Lysias, that erstwhile marched out with so brave a retinue, had left the Jews masters of the field. Now they were strong and well-armed, such spoil they had taken from the armies they overthrew;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	7	gone was that defiling image he had set up over the altar at Jerusalem; high walls, as of old, protected the sanctuary; nay, they had made shift to fortify his own stronghold of Bethsura.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	8	What news was this! The king was all bewilderment and consternation; he took to his bed, fallen into a decline for very sadness that his hopes had failed him.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	9	Long time he languished under the double burden of his grief, and knew at last he was a-dying.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	10	So he called his friends about him, and bade them farewell; Here is sleep quite gone from me, said he; so dazed is this heart of mine with doubt unresolved.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	11	Thus runs my thought: How comes it that I have fallen upon such evil times, such a flood of calamity as now engulfs me; I, that in the days of my greatness loved men well, and was well beloved?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	12	And now returns the memory of all the havoc I made in Jerusalem, spoil of gold and silver I robbed from it, doom of mine against the townsfolk, and for no fault.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	13	Past all doubt, here is the source of all those miseries that have come upon me; look you, how I die consumed of grief, in a strange land!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	14	Then he sent for Philip, one of his trusted friends, and gave all the kingdom into his charge;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	15	crown and robe and ring he delivered to him, bidding him seek out prince Antiochus, and bring him up as heir to the throne.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	16	Then and there died king Antiochus, in the hundred and forty-ninth year of the Grecian empire.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	17	And Lysias, hearing of his death, crowned this same prince Antiochus, that he had brought up from boyhood, giving him the name of Eupator.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	18	Meanwhile, what of the Jews that dwelt about the holy place? Here was the garrison of the citadel hemming them in, seeking ever to do them injury, and to sustain the Gentile cause.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	19	So Judas was fain to make an end of it, and summoned the whole people to rally for the siege.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	20	Rally they did, and began the siege in the hundred and fiftieth year, with much contriving of catapults and engines.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	21	But some of the defenders slipped out; and these, with traitors of Israelite stock to support them,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	22	went off to gain the king’s audience. Wilt thou never bring redress, they asked, and do our brethren right?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	23	Jews are we, that resolved we would be loyal to thy father, his policy furthering, his will obeying.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	24	What came of it? Our own fellow Israelites would have no more of our company, slew all they could lay hands on, robbed us of our possessions.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	25	Not us only, but all the country about them, their violence threatens;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	26	even now they stand arrayed against the citadel of Jerusalem, ready to take it by storm, and have fortified Bethsura.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	27	Forestall their plans thou must, and speedily, or they will go further yet, and there will be no holding them.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	28	Angered by these tidings, the king sent for all his trusted friends, for his army captains and his commanders of horse;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	29	mercenaries, too, were hired from foreign countries, and from the islands out at sea,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	30	till he could put a hundred thousand foot and twenty thousand horse into the field, besides thirty-two elephants, inured to war.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	31	Through Edom they marched, and invested Bethsura; long they held it besieged, and built engines to attack it, but these, by a brave sally, the defenders burned to ashes.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	32	Meanwhile, Judas drew away from the citadel, and encamped at Bethzacharam, close to the king’s army.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	33	Ere dawn broke, the king was astir, and his men marching hot-foot towards Bethzacharam, where the armies made ready for battle, with a great blowing of trumpets.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	34	As for the elephants, they were blooded to battle with juice of grape and mulberry,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	35	and so divided here and there among the troops. A thousand foot-soldiers were assigned to each, in coat of mail and helmet of bronze; with each went five hundred picked horsemen;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	36	these were waiting ready for every beast at its station, and must go wherever it went, never leaving its side.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	37	On the back of every beast was a strong protecting tower of wood, cunningly fitted; and thirty-two valiant men were appointed to do battle from this height, over and above the Indian that was the beast’s driver.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	38	The remainder of the cavalry were stationed on either wing, to daunt the oncoming host with a clamour of trumpets, and harass them as they stood tight packed in their ranks.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	39	Brightly the sun shone down on shield of gold, shield of bronze, till all the mountain-side gave back the glancing rays of them, and dazzled like points of fire.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	40	Part of the king’s army was drawn up on the heights, part on the level plain; warily they came on and in good order;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	41	and ever, as they went, murmur of voices, tramp of feet, and clash of arms daunted the country-side around them, so great yonder army was, and so valiant.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	42	But Judas and his men closed with them, and gave battle; and of the king’s soldiers, there were six hundred that fell.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	43	What did Eleazar that day, the son of Sauran? Here was one of the beasts that went decked in royal trappings, and towered high above the rest; There rides the king, thought he,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	44	and with that, he gave his life, to win deliverance for his country, and for himself imperishable renown.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	45	Bravely he ran up to it, there in the heart of the press, slaying to right and left of him, men falling on either side,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	46	till he could creep in between the very feet of the elephant; crouched there, and dispatched it, and so, crushed by its fall to earth, died where he lay.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	47	But now, finding the royal forces so strong, and so determined in their attack, the Jews withdrew from the encounter.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	48	To Jerusalem the king’s men followed them, and now here was the king entrenched against Judaea and mount Sion itself.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	49	With the defenders of Bethsura he had made terms; yield up the city they must, so ill were they victualled for a siege, in a year when the land lay fallow;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	50	thus Bethsura was in the king’s hands, and he put a garrison there.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	51	But it was against the holy place itself that he turned his arms, and long he beleaguered it; what catapults he brought to bear on it, what engines! Flew fiery darts, flew stone and javelin and arrow from mangonel and arbalest, and the slings took their turn.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	52	As for the Jews, they met engine with engine, and fought on day after day;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	53	but the seventh year had come round, and what store was left in the city had been eaten up by the new citizens rescued from Gentile countries, so food was none to be had.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	54	Only a few defenders were left in the holy place now; the rest, overtaken by famine, had dispersed to their homes.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	55	But Lysias could not wait; he had news from Antioch. That same Philip, whom king Antiochus, on his death-bed, had appointed to bring up the young prince as heir to the throne,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	56	was now returned at the head of his army from the land of the Medes and Persians, and would fain take charge of the realm.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	57	So Lysias must betake himself to the king and his generals, with such words as these: Our plight grows daily worse; scant food is left us, and here is a fortress well defended; all the business of the realm claims our care.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	58	What remains, but to make friendly advances, offer terms to the besieged and to all their countrymen?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	59	Give we leave they should follow their own customs as of old, which customs neglecting, we have brought all this ill-will and all this trouble upon us.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	60	King and chieftain fell in with his design; offer peace they did, and the offer was accepted.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	61	So, upon terms with the king and his generals, the Jews gave up their stronghold;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	62	and what must the king do, once he had set foot on mount Sion and discovered the strength of its defences, but break his oath, and have all the walls of it pulled down!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	6	63	Then, with all haste, he took leave of it, and returned to Antioch, where he found Philip in possession, and levied war on him, taking the city by storm.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	1	It was now, in the hundred and fifty-first year, that Demetrius, the son of Seleu-cus, escaped from Rome and landed with a small retinue at one of the sea-ports, where he was proclaimed king.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	2	No sooner had he set foot in the palace of his ancestors, than his men laid hold of Antiochus and Lysias, meaning to bring them into his presence.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	3	But he was warned of it, and gave it out, sight of them he would have none;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	4	so they were dispatched by the troops, and Demetrius established himself on the royal throne.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	5	To him came certain Israelites, enemies of the law and of religion, with Alcimus at their head, a man who coveted the high-priestly office.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	6	And thus, in the royal presence, they defamed their own people: Here be Judas and his brethren have made away with all thy friends, and driven us out of our country!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	7	Do but send some trusted agent to survey the scene of it, the havoc this man has wrought upon our own persons and upon the king’s domain; ay, and to punish his partisans, with all who comfort them.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	8	The king’s choice fell on Bacchides, a courtier that was loyal to him, and had charge now of all the realm east of Euphrates.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	9	Of the havoc wrought by Judas he should be judge, and with him went the traitor Alcimus, now confirmed in the high priesthood; thus should the royal vengeance fall on Israel.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	10	So they took the road, and reached the land of Juda with a great army at their heels. Envoys they sent out, to cheat Judas and his brethren with fair promises;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	11	but from these they got no hearing; the sight of such armed strength was enough.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	12	It was a company of scribes that went out to meet Alcimus and Bacchides, asking for honourable terms;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	13	of all Israel, the Assidaeans were foremost in demanding peace;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	14	Here is a priest of Aaron’s line, said they, in yonder company, fear we no treachery from him.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	15	Fair promises he made them, and swore they should take no harm, nor their friends neither;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	16	and they took him at his word. And what did he? A full sixty of them he seized and put to death in one day. Not idly the word was written,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	17	Bleeding corpses of thy true lovers they have strewn about on every side of Jerusalem, and there was none to bury the dead.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	18	After this, all alike dreaded the newcomers and shrank from them; here was neither trust nor troth, when covenant and sworn promise went for nothing.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	19	So Bacchides left Jerusalem and pitched his camp at Bethzecha, where he made search and laid hands on many that had deserted from his own army; some of the Jews he massacred besides, and had their bodies thrown into the Great Cistern;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	20	then he left the whole country in Alcimus’ charge, with troops to maintain him. So off went Bacchides to his master,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	21	and Alcimus remained to make the best of his high priesthood.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	22	Be sure all the malcontents in Judaea rallied to his side, and took possession of the country, to Israel’s great mischief.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	23	Little it liked Judas, to see Alcimus and his crew mishandling the men of Israel as never the Gentiles had;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	24	from end to end of Juda he passed, executing vengeance on such as had left his cause, till they might take the field no longer.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	25	Everywhere Judas and his company had their way, and the sight of it warned Alcimus he was no match for them; so he, too, went back to the king, loud in his complaints.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	26	Thereupon the king sent out an army for the people’s undoing, with Nicanor at the head of it, that was one of his most notable princes, and had a grudge against Israel to satisfy.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	27	This Nicanor, reaching Jerusalem with a great array, made peaceful overtures to Judas and his brethren, but treacherously;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	28	Need is none there should be blows given between us, he said. Let me come with a handful of men, and parley we together under safe conduct.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	29	Come he did, and the greeting between them was friendly enough, but Judas was like to have been seized, then and there, by the enemy;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	30	and when he had proof of Nicanor’s treachery, he went in dread of him and would parley with him no longer.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	31	Nicanor, then, his plot being now manifestly discovered, would take to the field; it was close to Capharsalama that he engaged Judas;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	32	and his army, routed with a loss of five thousand men, must needs take refuge in the Keep of David.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	33	It was after this that Nicanor made his way to mount Sion, where some of the priests and elders came out to greet him in friendly fashion, and shew him how burnt-sacrifice was offered there on the king’s behalf.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	34	But nothing could they get from him but mockery and contempt; he did despite to their sacred persons, and sent them away with threats.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	35	In his anger, he swore to them nothing would serve but he should have Judas and Judas’ army at his mercy; if not, he would burn the temple down, as soon as ever he returned in safety. So, in high disdain, he left them;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	36	and the priests must take themselves back within the walls, where they stood before altar and temple, praying very mournfully.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	37	Lord, they said, thou hast chosen this house to be the shrine of thy name; here thy people should offer prayer, and sue for thy favour.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	38	Do thou avenge thyself on chieftain and army both; die they at the sword’s point! Wouldst thou forget their blasphemy; should they escape with their lives?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	39	After this, Nicanor left Jerusalem, and pitched his camp at Bethoron, where he was met by a fresh army from Syria;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	40	Judas, in his camp at Adarsa, had but three thousand men. And this was the prayer Judas prayed:
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	41	Time was, Lord, when Sennacherib’s men were loud in their blasphemy, and thy angel must go out to smite them down, a hundred and eighty thousand of them.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	42	This day a new enemy overwhelm with our onslaught, and let all the world know what comes of threatening thy holy place; for his ill-doing, ill requite him!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	43	It was the thirteenth of Adar when the two armies met; sure enough, Nicanor’s army was overwhelmed, and himself the first to fall in the encounter;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	44	whereupon the rest, seeing their leader gone, cast weapons away and took to their heels.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	45	For a whole day the pursuit of them went on, all the way from Adazer to the approaches of Gazara, and ever there were trumpets sounding the hue and cry.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	46	Out came Jewish folk from all the villages round about, to head them off, till at last they turned at bay and fell at the sword’s point all of them, never a man left.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	47	Spoil of them was plundered where they lay; as for Nicanor, the Jews cut off the head from his body, and that right hand he lifted up so defiantly, and took them away, to be hung up in full sight of Jerusalem.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	48	Glad men they were that day, and kept high festival,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	49	decreeing that never thenceforward should the thirteenth day of Adar go unobserved.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	7	50	And for a little while the land of Juda had peace.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	1	Judas had heard tell of the Romans, and their renown. Here was a powerful nation, that would entertain overtures none the less from such as craved their friendship, plighting their word faithfully. A powerful nation indeed;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	2	what battles they had fought, what exploits achieved yonder among the Galatians, their conquered vassals now!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	3	In Spain, too, they had done great feats of arms; and at last, by policy and patient striving, won over the whole country, made themselves masters of all the silver and gold that was mined there.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	4	Came peoples from far away, kings from the furthest corners of earth, to offer battle, they were overwhelmed and signally defeated; those nearer at hand were content to pay yearly tribute.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	5	Had they not crushed and conquered Philip, and Perseus king of the Greeks, and all others that had levied war upon them?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	6	And what of Antiochus the Great, that ruled all Asia, and came against them with a hundred and twenty elephants, with horsemen and chariots, and a great array besides? The Romans overcame him,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	7	caught him alive, and demanded both from him and from his heirs rich tribute, and hostages, with other conditions of surrender;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	8	took away from him India, Media, and Lydia, that were his most cherished provinces, and gave them to king Eumenes instead.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	9	Later, word came that the men of Hellas were for marching in and making an end of them; what was the issue of it?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	10	One of the Roman generals was sent out to engage them; fell many in battle, wives and children were carried off into exile, goods plundered, the land conquered, its fortresses destroyed, and they are slaves to this day.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	11	So it was with all the kingdoms and islands that defied their will; the Romans crushed them and took their lands away.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	12	But to their friends, that would live at peace with them, they were ever good friends in return. Kingdoms both far and near became their vassals, nor any that heard their name but feared it;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	13	helped they any man to a throne, the throne was his; their good will lost, his throne was lost too; so high was their renown.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	14	Yet, with all this, was never one of them that wore crown, or went clad in purple for his own aggrandizement.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	15	A senate-house they would have, where a council of three hundred and twenty met day by day, providing ever for the good estate of the commonalty;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	16	and every year they would entrust one man with the rule and governance of their whole country, the rest obeying him, without any debate or contention moved.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	17	So now Judas made choice of two envoys, Eupolemus, son of John, son of Jacob, and Jason, son of Eleazar; to Rome they should go, and there make a treaty of good will and alliance.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	18	Rome’s task it should be to rid them of the Grecian yoke; from the Greeks it was plain they could expect nothing better than grinding slavery.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	19	So, after long journeying, to Rome they came, and were admitted to the senate house, where they gave their message as follows:
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	20	We have been sent to you by Judas Machabaeus and his brethren, and by our countrymen at large, to make a treaty of alliance with you; fain would they be enrolled among your confederates and friends.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	21	This proposition liked the Romans well;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	22	and they wrote back to the Jews on tablets of bronze, that should be kept in Jerusalem to serve them for a memorial of treaty and alliance made, to this effect:
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	23	Well speed they at all times, the Roman and the Jewish peoples, by sea and land alike; far removed from either be alarm of war, assault of the enemy!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	24	Yet if war befall, and threaten the Romans first, or any ally of theirs in any part of their dominions,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	25	such aid the Jewish people shall give as the occasion demands, ungrudgingly.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	26	For the needs of the enemy they shall nothing find or furnish, be it corn, or arms, or money, or ships, according to the agreement made at Rome; and they shall observe these undertakings with no thought of their own advantage.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	27	In like manner, if the Jews be first threatened, it shall be for the Romans to give aid as the occasion demands, most willingly;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	28	providing neither corn nor arms, money nor ships, to any that take part against them, according to the agreement made at Rome; and they shall observe these undertakings honourably.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	29	Upon these terms the Romans and the Jewish people are agreed;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	30	if hereafter it should be the will of both parties to enlarge or to restrict them, they may do so at their discretion, and such enlargement or restriction shall have force accordingly.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	31	As for the wrong done by king Demetrius, we have sent him warning, What meanest thou, to burden with so heavy a yoke the Jewish people, our friends and allies?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	8	32	Let them complain of thee once more, and we will surely give them redress, by land and sea levying war against thee.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	1	While this was afoot, news came to Demetrius that Nicanor and his men had perished in the encounter. But he would still have his way; Bacchides and Alcimus should be sent back to Judaea, and the northern command of his army with them.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	2	Marching out along the Galgala road, they encamped at Masaloth in Arbella; the town was surprised, and many of its inhabitants massacred.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	3	Then, in the first month of the hundred and fifty-second year, they began an attack on Jerusalem,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	4	moving their camp to Berea. It was a force of twenty thousand foot and two thousand horse;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	5	Judas, encamped at Laisa, had three thousand picked followers with him,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	6	but these were greatly daunted when they saw what heavy odds were against them, and began to desert their lines, till no more than eight hundred of them were left.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	7	One by one they slipped away, and raise fresh levies he might not, with the battle so hard upon his heels; what wonder if Judas lost heart, and was unmanned?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	8	Yet said he to the remnant that was left him, Up, go we to the attack, and try conclusions with the enemy!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	9	In vain they sought to dissuade him; Speed we may not, they said; let us save our skins now, we may yet join hands with our brethren, and do battle hereafter; why, we are but a handful!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	10	Nay, said Judas, that may I never do; what, shew them our backs? If our time is come, die we manfully in our brethren’s cause, nor suffer any foul blot to fall on our name!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	11	By this, the opposing army had moved forward out of its lines, and stood fronting them; here were the two bodies of horse, the slingers and archers going on before the rest, and the choice troops that would bear the shock of the encounter;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	12	here was Bacchides himself, on the right wing. This side and that the phalanx drew nearer, with a great blowing of trumpets,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	13	and Judas’ men, they raised a great cry on their own part, till the earth rang again with the noise of the two armies. Thus begun, the battle went on from morning till dusk.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	14	On the right, where he saw Bacchides’ army was strongest, Judas made the attack, and all the most valiant of his men with him;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	15	broke their line, and chased them all the way to mount Azotus.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	16	But now those on the left, seeing their right wing routed, cut off Judas and his men from the rear;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	17	now indeed the battle grew fierce, and there were many fell wounded on either part,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	18	till at last Judas fell, and with that, all the rest took to their heels.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	19	As for his body, his brothers Jonathan and Simon recovered it, and so buried him where his fathers were buried, in the city of Modin.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	20	Great lament all Israel made over him, and long they mourned him;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	21	Here is a great warrior fallen, they said, that once brought his people deliverance!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	22	What other battles Judas fought, deeds did, greatness achieved, you shall not find set down here; too long the record of them.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	23	Once Judas was dead, there was no corner in Israel but treason began to shew its face there, and lawlessness to abound;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	24	under such leadership the whole country, at this time much distressed by famine, went over to Bacchides.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	25	Good care he took to choose out godless men, that should have the governance of his territory;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	26	and these raised a hue and cry after Judas’ partisans, haling them before Bacchides to be punished and used despitefully;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	27	never, since prophecy died out among them, had the men of Israel known such distress.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	28	And now all that had loved Judas rallied to Jonathan instead;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	29	Since thy brother’s death, they told him, none is left to take the field against our enemies as he did, this Bacchides and all else that bear a grudge against our race.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	30	There is but one way of it; this day we have chosen thee to be our ruler, our chieftain, to fight our battles for us.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	31	So, from that day forward, Jonathan took command, in succession to his brother Judas.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	32	Bacchides no sooner heard of it than he marked him down for death;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	33	but of this Jonathan had warning, and took refuge, with his brother Simon and all his company, in the desert of Thecue. It was there, by Asphar pool, they halted;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	34	and it was there that Bacchides, well informed of their movements, crossed Jordan at the head of his army and came upon them, one sabbath day.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	35	This was the manner of it. Jonathan had sent his brother John, that was in command of the camp followers, on an errand to his good friends the Nabuthaeans. They had brought a deal of their household stuff with them; would the Nabuthaeans take it into safe keeping?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	36	But, as they went, some of Jambri’s folk came out from Madaba, seized John and all that he had with him, and went off with them.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	37	Afterwards, Jonathan and Simon heard that the men of Jambri had a great wedding toward; they must bring home the bride from Nadabatha, and with much pomp, because her father was a notable Chanaanite chief.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	38	So, to avenge the death of their brother John, they climbed the hill-side and lay in ambush there.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	39	What a sight was this met their eyes! All manner of rout and display; the bridegroom, his friends and his brethren, passing on their way to the trysting-place, with beating of drums, and making of music, and all manner of warlike array!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	40	Then rose they up from their ambush and laid about them, till many fell wounded, and the rest fled into the hills, leaving all their spoil behind them.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	41	So turned they wedding mirth into funeral dirge,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	42	to avenge the murder of their brother, and withdrew to the banks of Jordan again.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	43	Hearing of these alarms, Bacchides marched down to Jordan bank one sabbath day, in great force.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	44	Up now! cried Jonathan to his men; engage our enemy we must. Gone is the vantage we had till now;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	45	here is armed force confronting us, and all around us is Jordan stream, Jordan banks full of marshes and thickets; escape is none.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	46	Cry we rather upon heaven, for deliverance out of the enemy’s hand. So the battle was joined;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	47	and here was Jonathan exerting all his strength to deal a blow at Bacchides, who declined the encounter!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	48	What did Jonathan then? With all his company, he leapt into Jordan. So now, to reach them, the enemy must swim for it across the stream.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	49	A thousand men of his following Bacchides lost that day, and was fain to return to Jerusalem.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	50	After this, they took to fortifying the cities of Judaea with high walls and barred gates, making strongholds at Jericho, Ammaum, Bethoron, Bethel, Thamnata, Phara and Thopo;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	51	here garrisons were set, for the harrying of Israel.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	52	Bethsura, too, Bacchides fortified, and Gazara, and the Citadel itself, keeping all of them well manned and provisioned;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	53	ay, and the great men of all the country round must yield up their children as hostages, to be held in Jerusalem citadel for safe keeping.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	54	Then, in the second month of the hundred and fifty-third year, came an order from Alcimus, the dividing wall of the temple’s inner court should be dismantled. The Prophets’ Building he had already cleared away, and begun the dismantling,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	55	when himself was smitten down, and all his plans interrupted. Dumbstricken and palsied, he never spoke again, even to dispose of his goods,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	56	but died there and then, in great torment.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	57	Alcimus dead, Bacchides was for Judaea no longer; away he went to the king’s court, and for two years the land was at peace.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	58	But ere long there was conspiracy afoot among the godless party; here were Jonathan and his men living secure of their safety; let Bacchides come in again, he might seize them all, and make one night’s work of it.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	59	To Bacchides, then, they went, and imparted their scheme to him;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	60	whereupon he raised a great army for marching on Judaea, but first sent word privately to his partisans there, bidding them seize Jonathan and his company for themselves. Word went abroad, and the plan miscarried;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	61	it was Jonathan seized fifty notables of Judaea, that were the authors of the conspiracy, and put them to death.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	62	Then, with Simon and the rest of his following, he removed to Bethbessen, out in the desert, and set about rebuilding it, to make a stronghold for them.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	63	Bacchides had news of this; mustering his whole force, and sending word to his Jewish supporters,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	64	he marched in and pitched his camp so as to command Bethbessen. Long time he besieged it, and brought up engines against it;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	65	meanwhile, Jonathan had left his brother Simon in command of the city, and was roaming the country-side. When he came back, it was with a band of men at his heels;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	66	smote he Odares and his clan, smote he the men of Phaseron where they lay encamped; everywhere laid about him, and still gained strength.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	67	As for Simon and his company, they made a sally out of the town, and set fire to the engines;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	68	afterwards they engaged Bacchides himself, and worsted him, so that he must pay dearly for plot and tryst of his that came to nothing.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	69	So enraged was he with the malcontents whose counsel had brought him into Judaea, he put many of them to death, and was for marching home again with the rest of his following,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	70	when Jonathan, hearing of it, sent envoys to offer peace, and an exchange of prisoners.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	71	This offer he gladly accepted, and carried out the terms of it, giving his word he would do Jonathan no more injury as long as he lived,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	72	and restoring all the prisoners he had ever taken in the land of Juda. So he took himself back to his own country, and never came that way again.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	9	73	Israel had a respite from fighting at last, and Jonathan took up his dwelling at Machmas, whence he ruled the people thenceforward, ridding the land of godless folk altogether.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	1	And now, in the hundred and sixtieth year, came Alexander, a son of Antiochus the Illustrious, and took possession of Ptolemais, where he was received with royal honours.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	2	A great force king Demetrius levied, when he heard of it, and went out to give him battle;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	3	at the same time, he wrote to Jonathan, in such loving terms as should flatter his dignity.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	4	No time to be lost, thought he, in making friends with this man, before he takes to comforting Alexander against us;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	5	for wrong done to himself, and his brother, and all his race, he bears us a grudge yet.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	6	So he empowered Jonathan to muster an army, and to make weapons of war, as the ally of Syria; the hostages, too, in the citadel were to be given back to him.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	7	When Jonathan came to Jerusalem, and read this letter aloud, not to the townsfolk only, but to the citadel garrison,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	8	great was the fear fell on all who listened; here was Jonathan commissioned to levy troops by the king’s own order!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	9	The hostages were surrendered without more ado, and given back to their parents;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	10	and he himself took up his quarters in Jerusalem, where he set about building up the city and repairing it.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	11	It was the walls needed rebuilding, so he told his workmen; on every side, the hill of Sion must be defended with hewn stone; and punctually they obeyed him.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	12	As for the alien folk that guarded the strongholds Bacchides had left, they fled incontinently;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	13	what matter if their posts were abandoned? They were for home.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	14	Only Bethsura was garrisoned now, and that by traitors to God’s law and commandment; it was all the refuge they had.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	15	King Alexander heard of these overtures made by Demetrius; heard, too, the story of Jonathan and his brethren, battles fought, and deeds done, and labours endured.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	16	Why, said he, this man has not his match anywhere; time it is we should court his friendship and alliance.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	17	With that, he wrote him a letter, and these were the terms of it:
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	18	King Alexander, to Jonathan his brother-prince, greeting!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	19	We have heard tell of thee, a man so valiant, and so well worthy of our friendship;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	20	in token whereof, we appoint thee high priest of thy own race henceforward, and to have the title of the King’s Friend. With that, he sent him a purple robe and a gold crown; Take ever our part, said he, and hold fast the bond of friendship.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	21	So, when the seventh month came round, in the hundred and sixtieth year, Jonathan clad himself with the sacred vesture at the feast of Tent-dwelling; an army he levied besides, and made weapons of war in great abundance.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	22	Sick and sorry Demetrius was when he heard of these doings;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	23	Here is an ill day’s work, said he, to let Alexander forestall us in making alliance with the Jews, to his great comfort!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	24	From me, too, they shall have a message of entreaty, they shall have honours and gifts; the Jews shall be my good friends yet.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	25	And thus he wrote: King Demetrius, to the people of the Jews, greeting!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	26	Here is welcome news we have of you; right well you have kept troth with us, honouring the treaty when you might have taken part with our enemies.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	27	In that loyal mind continue, and your good offices shall not go unrewarded;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	28	much immunity you shall enjoy, much largesse receive.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	29	By these presents, I exempt both you and all Jews from the poll-tax; salt-tax and coronation dues I remit and forgo, with my right to a third part of your seed-corn,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	30	and half your fruit-crop. From this day forward, now and for ever, I resign all this; from Juda and from the three cantons of Samaria and Galilee lately added to it, there shall be no toll taken.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	31	For Jerusalem, it shall be a place set apart, a free city with its own confines, mistress of its own tithe and tribute;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	32	nor claim I any rights over the citadel there, I make it over to the high priest, to garrison it as he will.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	33	All persons of Jewish blood in all my realm that were taken away as prisoners from Juda shall now be set free gratuitously, and no distraint made on their revenues or cattle.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	34	Feast-day and new moon and sabbath, and all other such solemnities as are appointed to be observed, with the three days before and after the feast itself, shall be days of immunity and respite for all the Jews in my realm;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	35	nor any business done or debate moved to their detriment at such times.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	36	In the king’s army, Jews may be enrolled up to the number of thirty thousand, paid according to the common rate of the royal troops; and the same shall be free to serve in all the fortified towns of our empire.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	37	Jews may be employed besides in all positions of trust, and appointed governors, yet live still by their own laws, that have royal sanction in the land of Juda.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	38	The three cantons taken from Samaria and added to Judaea shall be accounted part of Juda, under a single government, with no allegiance but to the high priest.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	39	Ptolemais, with all the country that lies about it, I hereby convey as a free gift to the temple precincts at Jerusalem, to defray the temple expenses.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	40	To this gift I add a sum of fifteen thousand silver sicles yearly, out of the royal dues that belong to me.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	41	With this sum, arrears shall be made good in payments for the temple building, withheld till now by such as had charge of the matter;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	42	and restitution made, to the priests now in office, for the five thousand sicles that were confiscated year by year from the temple treasury.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	43	Debtor to the king, whatever be the charge against him, that takes sanctuary in the temple or its precincts, shall be left at liberty, and no distraint made upon goods of his within these dominions.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	44	Payment shall be made besides from the royal treasury for the finishing and repairing of the temple fabric;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	45	as also for building up and making strong the walls of Jerusalem, and restoring the fortresses of Judaea.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	46	But in vain were such promises made to Jonathan and the Jewish folk, nor credence found they any nor assent. Could they forget all the mischief Demetrius had done in Israel, all the tyranny they had endured?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	47	Alexander it was had all their good wishes; his was the first offer of terms that reached them, and all the while it was his cause they cherished.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	48	By this, Alexander had mustered a great force, and marched against Demetrius.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	49	When the two kings met, it was Demetrius’ men took to their heels, and Alexander gave chase, pressing them hard;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	50	fiercely the battle raged till sun-down, and before the day was over, Demetrius fell.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	51	Hereupon Alexander sent an embassy to Ptolemy, king of Egypt, addressing him in these terms following.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	52	Take notice I have returned to my kingdom, and sit now on the throne of my fathers, in full possession of my princely rights. Would I regain Syria, needs must I should overthrow Demetrius;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	53	overthrow him I did, on field of battle, with all his army, and here I sit in his place.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	54	And should we not be upon terms of friendship, thou and I? Let me have thy daughter to wife; a niggardly wooer thou shalt not find me, nor she either.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	55	And what answer made king Ptolemy? An auspicious day, said he, this day of thy return to the land and throne of thy fathers!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	56	Boon thy letter asks of me thou shalt have; but first meet we together, face to face, yonder at Ptolemais; there will I pledge my word to the articles thou namest.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	57	So here was king Ptolemy come from Egypt, with his daughter Cleopatra, all the way to Ptolemais, in the hundred and sixty-second year;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	58	and there king Alexander met him and took his daughter Cleopatra to wife, and they held the wedding with great magnificence, as kings will.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	59	King Alexander had sent word to Jonathan, he should come and keep tryst with him;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	60	so to Ptolemais Jonathan went with great state, and met the two kings there. Gifts a many he made them, of silver and gold and much else, and was high in favour with them.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	61	It chanced that certain Israelites, pestilent fellows of the traitorous party, came there to bring charges against him. But to these the king would not listen;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	62	he would have Jonathan change his garments, and go clad in purple, and when this was done, a seat he must have beside the king himself.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	63	Take him out into the heart of the city, Alexander said to his vassals, and there make proclamation, none may bring charge against him on any pretext, or in any fashion molest him.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	64	No thought had his accusers, when they heard such proclamation made, and saw Jonathan there dressed in purple, but to escape, one and all, as best they could;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	65	he himself was loaded with honours, enrolled among the king’s chief friends, and made a prince, with a share in the governance of the kingdom.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	66	So Jonathan made his way back to Jerusalem undisturbed, and well content.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	67	Then, in the hundred and sixty-fifth year, came Demetrius, son of that other Demetrius, from the island of Crete, and landed in his native country;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	68	ill hearing indeed for Alexander, who returned at once to Antioch.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	69	Demetrius gave command of his army to Apollonius, that was governor of Coelesyria, and a great array it was he levied. From Jamnia, where he took up his quarters, this Apollonius sent word to the high priest Jonathan:
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	70	What, wilt thou defy us, and all alone? Here am I mocked and flouted by the resistance offered me, up yonder in the hills!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	71	Nay, if such confidence thou hast in thy own resources, come down and meet us in the plain; try we conclusions there! Trust me, I am master of the field;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	72	what I am, what my troops are, thou shalt learn upon a little enquiry; stand thou canst not, they will tell thee, before onslaught of ours. Twice, on their native soil, thy fathers fled in disorder,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	73	and wilt thou make head against such an array of horse and foot, here in the plain, where rock is none, nor gravel-bed, to aid thy flight?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	74	Roused by this challenge, Jonathan marched out from Jerusalem with a muster of ten thousand men; his brother Simon joined hands with him;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	75	and together they appeared before the gates of Joppe. Enter they might not, for Apollonius had a garrison there, but must needs attack it;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	76	whereupon the citizens took alarm, and themselves opened the gates. Thus came Joppe into the power of Jonathan;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	77	the news reached Apollonius, and he brought up three thousand horse, with a great array of men besides.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	78	To Azotus he marched, as if he meant to pass them by, but all the while he was luring them on into the plain; in horse lay his strength and his confidence. To Azotus Jonathan followed him, and battle was joined.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	79	Apollonius, by a secret feint, had left a thousand horsemen encamped in their rear;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	80	so all at once Jonathan found himself cut off by an ambush. Round his army they rode, casting javelins into the ranks, from morning till night-fall;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	81	but ever it stood firm, at Jonathan’s bidding, till the horses were tired out at last.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	82	Then, the force of the cavalry once spent, out came Simon with his troops to attack the main body, which thereupon broke and fled.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	83	Scattered over the open country, in vain they rallied at Azotus, and took refuge in the precincts of their god Dagon;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	84	both Azotus and all the neighbouring cities Jonathan burnt and plundered, and Dagon’s temple, with all that took shelter there, was burnt with the rest.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	85	So perished, by sword and fire, some eight thousand men;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	86	as for Jonathan, he had no sooner encamped before Ascalon, than the townsfolk opened the gates to him, and gave him honourable welcome.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	87	So Jonathan came back to Jerusalem, and the army behind him, laden with spoils.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	88	More than ever, when he heard of it, did king Alexander heap honours upon him;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	10	89	a buckle of gold he sent him, ever the gift kings make to men of blood royal, and Accaron, with all the countryside about it, granted him for his domain.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	1	And now Ptolemy, king of Egypt, levied a great army, countless as sand on the beach, and a fleet besides; to win Alexander’s realm his treacherous design was, and add it to his own.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	2	To Syria he came, full of fair speeches, and all the towns opened their gates to welcome him; such welcome Alexander himself had prescribed; was not the king of Egypt his father-in-law?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	3	And never a town king Ptolemy entered, but he left a guard of soldiers there.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	4	When he reached Azotus, here was Dagon’s temple burnt, here was the town itself and all its neighbourhood in ruins; the dead lay unburied, where they fell in battle, or in heaps by the road-side. All this they shewed him,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	5	and told him, with malicious intent, how it was Jonathan’s doing; but no word said king Ptolemy.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	6	As for Jonathan, he went to meet the king at Joppe, with a deal of pomp; there they greeted one another, and passed the night,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	7	nor would Jonathan return to Jerusalem till he had escorted the king as far as the river called Eleutherus.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	8	All the cities of the sea-coast, as far as maritime Seleucia, king Ptolemy occupied, and with no friendly purpose towards Alexander;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	9	it was to Demetrius he sent envoys instead. Come, said he, a pact between us! My daughter thou shalt have in Alexander’s place, and therewithal the throne of thy fathers;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	10	here is an ill son-in-law I have chosen, that went about but now to kill me!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	11	Thus, to find pretext for dethroning his rival, king Ptolemy defamed him;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	12	took his daughter away, and gave her to Demetrius. His estrangement from Alexander now come to an open breach,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	13	what must he do next but enter the city of Antioch, and there assume the double crown, as ruler of Egypt and Asia both?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	14	As for Alexander, that was then in Cilicia, quelling a revolt in those parts,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	15	he came out to do battle when the news reached him; but Ptolemy brought up his army, met him with a superior force, and routed him.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	16	Thus Egypt had the mastery; and when Alexander fled to Arabia for refuge,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	17	Zabdiel, an Arabian, cut off his head and sent it to the conqueror.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	18	Three days later, Ptolemy himself lay dead; whereupon the garrisons he had left in the towns were massacred by the citizens,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	19	and the royal power passed to Demetrius in this, the hundred and sixty-seventh year.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	20	Now it was that Jonathan mustered the men of Judaea to deliver an attack on the Gentile citadel in Jerusalem; engines a many they brought against it.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	21	Nor wanted there Jews of the godless party, traitors to their own race, that went off and told Demetrius it was being attacked;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	22	the news greatly angered him, and he hastened to Ptolemais, bidding Jonathan raise the siege and come to meet him in conference without more ado.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	23	This message notwithstanding, Jonathan would have the siege go forward; certain elders of Israel, and certain of the priests, he chose out to bear him company, and so put his own life in peril,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	24	going off to meet the king at Ptolemais, with gold and silver and garments and other gifts in great number. He was received graciously enough;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	25	let his own traitorous fellow-countrymen bring what accusations they would,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	26	the king would not be behind his predecessors in making much of Jonathan, for all his courtiers to see.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	27	He was confirmed in the high priesthood, and what other high dignities he held aforetime, and declared besides the chief of the king’s friends.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	28	And now Jonathan had a favour to ask; exemption from tribute for Judaea, and the three cantons, and Samaria with its neighbouring townships; he promised in return a payment of three hundred talents.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	29	To this the king agreed, writing thus to Jonathan upon the matter raised:
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	30	King Demetrius, to his brother prince Jonathan, and to the people of the Jews, greeting.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	31	We send you herewith, for your better information, a copy of the instructions we have given to our cousin Lasthenes in your regard.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	32	King Demetrius, to Lasthenes, his good father, greeting.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	33	Whereas the people of the Jews have ever been trusty friends to us, our pleasure it is to reward them for the loyalty they have shewn us.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	34	We therefore confirm them in the possession of all Judaea, the three cities of Ephraim, Lydda and Ramathan, that formerly belonged to Samaria, and all their neighbouring townships … to all those who do sacrifice at Jerusalem; instead of the yearly revenues hitherto set apart for the king from harvest and fruit-gathering.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	35	Tithe and tribute that was ours we also remit to them; nor lay any claim to the salt-pits, or the crowns which from time to time were bestowed upon us.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	36	Of all this we give them a full discharge, that shall be valid in perpetuity.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	37	See to it that a copy of this decree shall be made, and handed over to Jonathan, who shall set it up in a public place on the holy mountain.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	38	Here, then, was the whole realm at peace under Demetrius’ rule, nor any rival had he; what must he do but disband all his soldiers and send them home, except the foreign troops he had levied from the islands out at sea? Bitterly they hated him for it, the men who had served under his fathers;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	39	and there was one Tryphon that took good note of these discontents in the army. This Tryphon was formerly of Alexander’s faction, and now he had recourse to Emalchuel, the Arabian, that had care of Alexander’s son Antiochus.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	40	Much persuasion he used with him, to let Antiochus return to his father’s throne; much told him of Demetrius, and how the soldiers were disaffected against him.Time passed, and Tryphon was in Arabia still.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	41	Meanwhile, Jonathan was urgent with king Demetrius to withdraw the garrisons from Jerusalem citadel and the other strongholds, where they bore arms yet, and against Israel.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	42	Nay answered Demetrius, that I will do and more; great honours I have in store, for thee and for thy people both, when the time is ripe for it.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	43	For this present, it were well done to send troops for my own protection; here is all my army revolted from me!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	44	Three thousand picked men Jonathan dispatched to Antioch, to the king’s side, and right glad he was at their coming.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	45	What though the citizens, a hundred and twenty thousand strong, were banded together against his royal person,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	46	driving him to take refuge within the court, and occupying the city streets in warlike fashion?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	47	He had but to call the Jews to his aid, and they rallied at his summons; posted themselves here and there about the streets,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	48	and in one day slew a hundred thousand men, setting fire to the town besides. There was spoil enough for the winning, that day when they saved the king’s life.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	49	The townsfolk, when they saw how easily the Jews got the mastery of them, had no more stomach for fighting; they were loud in their entreaties:
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	50	A truce! A truce! Havoc enough yonder Jews have made of us and of the city!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	51	And so, flinging away their weapons, they came to terms. Prince and people both had good proof, by now, of the Jews’ valour; back they went to Jerusalem high in repute among the Syrians, and laden with spoils.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	52	Demetrius, now firmly established on the throne, his dominions all at peace,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	53	recked little enough of his promises; from Jonathan he was estranged altogether, left his services unrecompensed, and much mischief did him besides.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	54	It was now that Tryphon came back, and with him the young prince Antiochus, that took the style of king and had himself crowned;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	55	all the disbanded armies of Demetrius rallied to them, and turned upon their former master, who fled routed before them;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	56	Tryphon, meanwhile, got possession of the elephants, and Antioch fell into his hands.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	57	Thereupon came a letter from the young Antiochus to Jonathan, confirming him in the high priesthood, and in possession both of Judaea and of the three cantons; he was acclaimed as the king’s friend,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	58	and a present of golden cups sent for his use, with the right to drink out of gold ware, to dress in purple, and to carry the golden buckle.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	59	His brother Simon, too, was made lord of the sea-coast, from Tyre to the frontiers of Egypt.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	60	And now Jonathan was on the march, across the river, patrolling the cities everywhere, with all the armies of Syria gathered to aid him. … He came to Ascalon, where the townsfolk welcomed him with all honour;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	61	came to Gaza, where they shut the gates on him, and he must needs undertake the siege of it. But when he had spread fire and rapine through the country-side,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	62	the men of Gaza asked for terms, which he gave them, carrying off their sons as hostages to Jerusalem. Then he went on patrolling the country, all the way to Damascus.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	63	News reached him that the chiefs of Demetrius’ faction were making head at Cades, in Galilee, with a whole army to support them, and their design was to remove him from office.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	64	So he went to meet them, leaving his brother Simon in charge of Judaea.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	65	As for Simon, he made an assault upon Bethsura, and kept it for a long while besieged,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	66	till at last it obtained terms of surrender; he rid the place of its defenders and took over the command of it, putting in a garrison of his own.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	67	Meanwhile, Jonathan was encamped by the waters of Genesar; here, on the plain of Asor, they were on the watch before day-break,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	68	when they saw the enemy’s force coming to meet them over the level plain. These had an ambush ready for him on the hill-side, and as he advanced to meet the main body,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	69	the men in ambush sprang up, and engaged him.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	70	At this, all Jonathan’s supporters took to their heels; none stood their ground but Mathathias son of Absalom and Judas son of Calphi, that had the marshalling of his men.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	71	What marvel if Jonathan tore his garments about him, and strewed earth on his head, and betook himself to prayer?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	72	Afterwards, he offered battle afresh, and routed his enemies; as the fight went on,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	73	his own men that had deserted their ranks rallied to him, and joined in the pursuit all the way to Cades, where they encamped once more.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	11	74	In that day’s fighting, three thousand of the Gentiles fell; and so Jonathan made his way back to Jerusalem.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	1	Here was a posture of affairs suited Jonathan well enough; yet would he send delegates to confirm and renew his alliance with the Romans;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	2	Lacedaemon, too, and other countries should have letters of the same tenour.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	3	To Rome, then, his messengers went, gained audience of the senate, and told how the high priest Jonathan and the Jewish people had sent them to renew their old treaty of friendship;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	4	and the Romans gave them such letters of recommendation to this country or that, as should bring them home to Juda under safe conduct.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	5	The message Jonathan sent to the men of Sparta was in these terms following.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	6	The high priest Jonathan, with the elders and priests and all the people of the Jews, to their brethren the Spartans, greeting.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	7	Long since, your king Arius wrote to our own high priest, Onias, claiming kinship between us, as witness the copy here subjoined;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	8	an honourable welcome Onias gave to this messenger of yours, and accepted the proposal of friendly alliance.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	9	For ourselves, we have little need of such friendship; seek we comfort, it is in the sacred books committed to our charge.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	10	Yet we thought it best to treat with you for the renewal of this brotherly compact, before any estrangement should arise between us; your embassy to us is of long ago.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	11	Never feast-day passes, nor day apt for remembrance, but you are remembered, as brothers should be, in sacrifice and prayer we offer;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	12	renown of yours is pride of ours still.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	13	In wars and calamities much involved of late, powerful kings for our neighbours and our enemies,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	14	we would not embroil you, nor other allies of ours, in these quarrels.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	15	Now, by the grace of heaven, we are delivered; our enemies lie crushed;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	16	delegates of ours, Numenius son of Antiochus and Antipater son of Jason, are on their way to Rome, friendship and alliance of former days to confirm afresh;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	17	and should we send them with no errand to you, no greeting, no word from us of brotherhood revived?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	18	Pray you, send us fair answer in your turn.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	19	And, for Arius’ letter to Onias, thus the copy of it ran,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	20	Arius, king of the Spartans, to the high priest Onias, greeting.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	21	Spartan and Jew, written record shews it, come of one blood, Abraham’s.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	22	Apprised of this, we would fain know how you do; pray tell us.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	23	And take this message in return, Cattle and whatever else is ours, is yours, and yours ours; of that, the bearer of this letter brings you assurance.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	24	Then came news to Jonathan that the chiefs of Demetrius’ faction were returning to the attack, and in greater force than ever;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	25	so out he marched, and met them in the Amathite country; respite he would not give them, to invade his own.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	26	Spies of his went out into the enemy’s camp, and reported, all was ready for a night attack;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	27	so, when the sun was down, Jonathan would have his men keep watch, ready armed all night for battle, and posted sentries round his lines.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	28	The enemy, hearing of such preparedness on their part, took alarm and let cowardly counsels prevail; they were at pains to leave watchfires burning in their camp,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	29	so that Jonathan and his men, deceived by the glow of light, knew nothing of their plans till morning;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	30	and when he gave chase, it was too late to catch them; already they had crossed the river Eleutherus.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	31	Thereupon he turned his attack against the Zabadeans, an Arabian tribe, defeating them and taking spoils from them;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	32	and so, harnessing his waggons, pressed on to Damascus, patrolling all the country round about.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	33	Meanwhile, Simon had marched out to Ascalon and the neighbouring strongholds; thence he turned aside to Joppe, and took possession of it;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	34	rumour had reached him, the townsfolk would yield the citadel to Demetrius’ party, and he must have a garrison there of his own.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	35	When Jonathan returned, he summoned the elders of the people, and took counsel with them, how best to raise strongholds in Judaea,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	36	and build up walls in Jerusalem itself. Height these must have, above all, between the Citadel and the rest of the town; he would have it cut off from the rest, standing by itself, with no opportunity to buy and sell.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	37	A great muster there was for the city’s rebuilding; and where the wall had tumbled down, over the ravine on the east, he made it good; it is the part called Caphetetha.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	38	Meanwhile, Simon rebuilt Adiada in the Sephela and fortified it; bolt and bar it should have thenceforward.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	39	And what of Tryphon? Lordship of all Asia he coveted, and a royal crown; it should be Antiochus’ turn next.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	40	The danger was, Jonathan would refuse his assent, and resort to arms; Jonathan first he must seize and put to death. So he moved his quarters to Bethsan,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	41	where Jonathan came out to meet him with forty thousand men, picked warriors all of them, at his back.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	42	Here was a great retinue; and Tryphon, daunted by this show of force,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	43	was fain to give him an honourable welcome. He would admit Jonathan among his closest friends, and bestow gifts on him; let Jonathan give orders, and Tryphon’s soldiers would obey.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	44	Then he asked, What needs it, such a host of men should go campaigning, when threat of war is none?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	45	It were better to disband them, and choose out a few for thy own retinue. That done, bear me company to Ptolemais; city and strongholds and troops and officers I will hand over into thy charge and so get me gone home; it was on that errand I came.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	46	What did Jonathan? He fell into the trap, sent his men back to Juda,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	47	and kept but three thousand under arms; of these, he left two thousand in Galilee, and took but a thousand in his company.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	48	No sooner had he entered Ptolemais than the townsfolk shut the gates behind him, secured his person, and put his retinue to the sword.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	49	Horse and foot Tryphon sent out to Galilee, to find the rest of his followers in the Great Plain, and make an end of them;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	50	but these, hearing that Jonathan and his men had been caught and murdered, resolved to put a bold front on it, and marched in battle array.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	51	Finding them ready to sell their lives dearly, their pursuers abandoned the chase,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	52	and all reached Juda safe and sound. For Jonathan and his companions they made great dole, and loudly all Israel echoed their lament.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	53	Neighbouring people was none but went about to overthrow them, and no wonder;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	12	54	their chieftain, their champion gone, now was the time to fall upon them, and rid earth of their memory.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	1	And what did Simon, when he heard that Tryphon had levied a strong force, for Juda’s invasion and overthrow?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	2	Here was all the people in a great taking of fear; so he made his way to Jerusalem and there gathered them to meet him.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	3	And thus, to put heart into them, he spoke: Need is none to tell you what battles we have fought, what dangers endured, I and my brethren and all my father’s kin, law and sanctuary to defend.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	4	In that cause, and for the love of Israel, my brothers have died, one and all, till I only am left;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	5	never be it said of me, in the hour of peril I held life dear, more precious than theirs!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	6	Nay, come the whole world against us, to glut its malice with our ruin, race and sanctuary, wives and children of ours shall find me their champion yet.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	7	At these words, the spirit of the whole people revived;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	8	loud came their answer, Brother of Judas and Jonathan, thine to lead us now!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	9	Thine to sustain our cause; and never word of thine shall go unheeded!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	10	Thereupon, he summoned all the fighting men together, and pressed on to have the walls of Jerusalem finished, till it was fortified all about;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	11	and he sent Jonathan, son of Absalom, to Joppe, at the head of a force newly raised; the garrison was disbanded, and a new captain held it now.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	12	Meanwhile, Tryphon had left Ptolemais, with a great army at his heels, marching on Juda; and with him went Jonathan, his prisoner.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	13	He found Simon encamped at Addus, that looks out over the plain;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	14	here was Jonathan’s brother Simon taking his place, and offering battle. Envoys were sent out to make his excuses:
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	15	Hold we the person of thy brother Jonathan, it is because he is in default to the royal treasury over his dealings with it.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	16	Thou hast but to send a hundred talents of silver, and his two sons, to be surety he will not play us false when we release him, and he is a free man.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	17	Well Simon knew it was treacherously spoken; yet he gave orders, both money and hostages should be surrendered. A bitter grudge Israel’s people would bear him, if they had cause to say,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	18	For want of money paid over and surety given, Jonathan must die!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	19	Sent they were, the boys and the money both, but all was treachery; Jonathan never came back.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	20	And now Tryphon invaded Juda, bent on its undoing; his troops must fetch a compass by the road that leads round to Ador, and, march they where they would, Simon and his army were at their heels.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	21	Word came to Tryphon from the defenders of Jerusalem citadel, he should make his way across the desert without more ado, and bring them supplies;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	22	and that same night he had all his cavalry in readiness for the march, but there was a great fall of snow, and come he might not … into the country of Galaad.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	23	When he reached Bascaman, then and there he put Jonathan and his sons to death;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	24	and with that, he turned about, and went back to his own country.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	25	There lay the bones of Simon’s brother Jonathan, till he sent to fetch them, and gave them burial at Modin, the city of his fathers.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	26	Loud lament all Israel made for him, and long they bemoaned him.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	27	Over the graves of his father and his brethren Simon raised a towering monument, of dressed stone behind and before;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	28	then, with father and mother and his four brethren in mind, he built seven pyramids, in rows;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	29	and all about were great columns, carved with armour and ships; an abiding memorial, and a land mark to mariners at sea.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	30	Such was the tomb he raised at Modin, and it may be seen to this day.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	31	Meanwhile, as they were journeying together, Tryphon murdered the young king Antiochus by artifice,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	32	and succeeded to his throne, wearing the crown of all Asia; great mischief it was he did to his country.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	33	All the fortresses of Judaea Simon repaired, building them up with high tower and stout wall, with bolt and bar; and never a garrison but had provisions laid up in store.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	34	Then he chose out envoys and sent them to king Demetrius, praying that the land might enjoy immunity after the tyrannous actions of Tryphon.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	35	When king Demetrius answered the request, he wrote in these terms following.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	36	King Demetrius to the high priest Simon, the friend of kings, and to all the elders and people of the Jews, greeting.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	37	Crown of gold and robe of scarlet you sent us were faithfully delivered. Great favour we mean to shew you, by sending word to the king’s officers to respect the remissions granted you.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	38	The decrees we made concerning you are yet in force; and, for the strongholds you have built, they shall be yours.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	39	Fault of yours in the past, witting or unwitting, is condoned; coronation tax you owed, and all other tribute that was due from Jerusalem, is due no longer.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	40	Fit be they for such enrolment, Jews shall be enrolled in our armies, and ever between us and you let there be peace!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	41	Thus, in the hundred and seventieth year, Israel was free of the Gentile yoke at last;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	42	and this style the people began to use, were it private bond or public instrument they indited, In the first year of Simon’s high priesthood, chief paramount and governor of the Jews.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	43	Then it was that Simon marched on Gaza, and beleaguered it with his army; built engines, and forced an entry into one of the towers.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	44	Out into the streets they sallied, that manned the engine, and there was a fine commotion in the city;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	45	here were the townsfolk, with their wives and children, mounting the walls with their garments rent about them, and crying aloud, Simon should give them quarter;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	46	great were their fault, greater still his clemency!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	47	At that, Simon relented; harry them to the death he would not, but he drove them out of the city, and cleansed all the houses where idols had stood; then, with singing of psalms and giving of thanks, he made his entry;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	48	and now all defilement must be put away, and such citizens it must have as did what the law commanded. After that, he fortified it, and made his own dwelling there.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	49	And what of the Gentiles that were left in Jerusalem citadel? Enter Jewish territory or leave it they might not, buy or sell they might not, so that they were hard put to it for food, and many died of famine.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	50	At last they cried out to Simon, he should give them quarter, and give them quarter he did, but drove them out, and cleansed the citadel of its pollution.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	51	On the twenty-third day of the second month, in the hundred and seventy-first year, in came the Jewish folk singing praise and bearing palm-branches, with music of harp, and cymbals, and zither, and chanting of psalms; of such ill neighbours Israel was now rid.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	52	Every year, Simon proclaimed, holiday should be kept at this time;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	53	and he fortified that part of the temple mountain which was close by the citadel; here he dwelt, and his followers with him.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	13	54	And now here was his son John grown into a brave warrior; him Simon put at the head of the whole army, with his quarters at Gazara.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	1	The year following, what must Demetrius do but muster his army and betake himself to Media, where he would raise levies for the war against Tryphon?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	2	When Arsaces, king of the Medes and Persians, had news of it, he gave orders to one of his chieftains, the invader must be taken alive and brought into his presence.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	3	The order was obeyed; the Syrian king, routed and captured, was brought before Arsaces, who put him safely in prison.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	4	Thus, during Simon’s days, the whole land of Juda was at peace. Ever his people’s good sought he, and ever by willing hearts was obeyed and honoured.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	5	With great state he took possession of Joppe as a harbour, and so found access to the islands out at sea.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	6	How wide spread he the frontiers of Israel, how firmly held its possessions,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	7	captured how many of its foes! Gazara and Bethsura he won, ay, and the Citadel itself, ridding it of all defilement; there was no resisting his power.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	8	In his day, every man farmed his own lands in security, soil of Juda yielded its crops, and the trees their fruit;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	9	sat old men in the market-place, busy over the common weal, and young men wore the livery of their glorious campaigning.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	10	Never a city but he furnished it with store of provisions; a bulwark each of them should be of sturdy defence. What wonder if the story of his renown was noised to the world’s end?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	11	Such peaceful times brought he to his country, when all Israel kept high holiday,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	12	every man with his own vine and fig-tree for shade, and enemy was none to daunt them;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	13	domestic malice undone, foreign tyranny shattered all around!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	14	Among his own folk, what comfort he gave the friendless, how scrutinized the law, what short work made of traitor and malcontent;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	15	how adorned the sanctuary, how increased the number of its treasures!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	16	To Rome, to Sparta itself, came tidings of Jonathan’s death, and was heard right sorrowfully.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	17	When they learned that his brother Simon had been made high priest instead, master now of the land and all its cities,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	18	they wrote to him on tablets made of bronze, to renew the treaty of friendship they had with his brethren, Judas and Jonathan, before him;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	19	and their letters were read out before the whole assembly at Jerusalem. The Spartans wrote in these words following:
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	20	The rulers and commonalty of Sparta, to the high priest Simon, the elders and priests and all the people of the Jews, greeting.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	21	Welcome news your ambassadors have brought us, of fame and credit and prosperity you enjoy.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	22	And their errand stands recorded in our public annals; how Numenius son of Antiochus and Antipater son of Jason came on the Jews’ part to renew our old treaty of friendship with you;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	23	how the people resolved to give them fair greeting, and to lay up a copy of their report in the public archives, that should preserve the memory of it among the Spartan people; and how an account of all this was sent to the high priest Simon.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	24	Numenius was sent on a further mission to Rome, bearing a great target of gold, a thousand minas in weight, to renew the alliance there. And when all this reached the ears of the people …
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	25	… Men began to ask, how they could shew their gratitude to Simon, and to his sons?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	26	Here was one that had restored the fortunes of his race, and rid Israel of its foes. So they gave him exemption from public burdens, and inscribed their decree on tablets of bronze, fastened to pillars which were set up on mount Sion.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	27	And thus the inscription ran: On this eighteenth day of Elul, in the hundred and seventy-second year of the Greek empire, the third of Simon’s high priesthood,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	28	there was a high assembly held at Saramel of priests and people, clan-chiefs and elders of the whole nation, that had before them these considerations following. All through the long wars of our country,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	29	Simon and his brethren, sons of Mattathias, of Jarib’s clan, put their lives in peril, and fought for law and sanctuary against the common enemy, much glory winning for their own nation.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	30	When Jonathan, that had rallied the people and been their high priest, became a part of his race,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	31	enemies thought to invade the country and crush the power of it, violate its holy places;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	32	and Simon it was withstood them. Champion of his people’s cause, much he spent to arm its warriors, and furnish them with pay.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	33	Juda’s cities he fortified, and others besides; Bethsura on the frontiers, once a stronghold of the enemy, garrisoned now by Jews,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	34	Joppe on the sea-coast, and Gazara in the Azotus region; Gazara, too, once hostile, with Jewish troops manned he, and in each town made provision for repairs to be done.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	35	The people, seeing him so loyal a lover of his country’s renown, made him their ruler and high priest; no less was due to such exploits, public service so faithfully done, such constant ambition for his people’s honour.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	36	In his days it was, and by his means, the land was rid at last of Gentile intruders; not least the garrison of David’s own Keep at Jerusalem, that by their sallying out profaned the sacred precincts, and much defiled their purity;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	37	a Jewish garrison he set there, to guard both city and country-side, and built Jerusalem walls yet higher.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	38	High priesthood of his, king Demetrius must needs acknowledge,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	39	bestowing on him the title of king’s friend, and loading him with honours. What could he do else?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	40	Here was Rome itself greeting the Jewish folk as allies, good friends, and kinsmen, welcoming the envoys of Simon with civic state.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	41	Here were the Jews, priests and people both, agreed that he should rule them, granting him the high priesthood by right inalienable, until true prophet they should have once more.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	42	Their ruler he should be, and guardian of their temple; appoint officer and magistrate, master of ordnance and captain of garrison,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	43	and have charge of the sanctuary besides. Him all must obey, in his name deeds be drawn up, all the country through; of purple and gold should be his vesture.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	44	Of the rest, both priests and people, none should retrench these privileges, nor gainsay Simon’s will, nor convoke assembly in the country without him; garment of purple, buckle of gold none should wear;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	45	nor any man defy or void this edict, but at his peril.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	46	The people’s pleasure it was to ennoble Simon after this sort;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	47	and Simon, he would not say them nay; high priest, and of priests and people leader, governor and champion, he would be henceforward.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	48	So they had the decree inscribed on tablets of bronze, and set up plain to view in the temple precincts;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	14	49	and a copy of it they put by in the treasury, in the safe keeping of Simon and his heirs.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	1	Now turn we to Demetrius’ other son, Antiochus. He it was directed a letter, from the islands over sea, to Simon, high priest and ruler of the Jews, and to the whole nation;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	2	and this was the tenour of it. King Antiochus, to the high priest Simon and to the people of the Jews, greeting.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	3	Here is the kingdom of my fathers overrun by ill folk; I mean to challenge them, and bring back the old ways. To this end, I have made a great levy of mercenaries, and built ships of war;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	4	passage I needs must have through yonder territory, ere I can take vengeance for lands of mine ravaged, cities of mine laid waste.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	5	This grant, then, I make thee; exemption, such as thou hadst, in the name of former kings, from public offerings and all other payment due to me;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	6	the right of minting money within thy own borders;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	7	for Jerusalem, enjoyment of her sacred liberties; of weapons thou hast made, strongholds thou hast built, the undisturbed possession.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	8	Never a claim the king has, or shall have hereafter, on his subjects, but to thee it is remitted;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	9	and, when the kingdom is ours, such honours we will bestow as shall make thee, and thy race, and its sanctuary, renowned all the world over.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	10	So, in the hundred and seventy-fourth year, Antiochus returned to his native country, and the armies rallied to him, until Tryphon had but a small following left;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	11	all down the sea-coast he fled, with Antiochus at his heels, till he reached Dora;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	12	and ever he saw the toils closing round him, now his troops had played him false.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	13	With a hundred and twenty thousand foot, and eight thousand horse, Antiochus came to the gates of Dora
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	14	and began the siege of it; his ships, too, blockaded the coast, so that it was cut off by land and sea alike; enter it none might, nor leave it …
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	15	And now here were Numenius and his fellow envoys come back from Rome, with a copy of despatches sent out to kings and nations everywhere, and this was the tenour of them.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	16	Lucius, the Roman consul, to king Ptolemy, greeting.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	17	Envoys we have but now received in audience from a friendly country, to wit, Judaea; the people of the Jews, with their high priest Simon, had sent to renew their old treaty of alliance with us,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	18	and had made us a present besides, a golden target of a thousand minas weight.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	19	Agreed we then to warn kings and nations everywhere, they should not hurt or assault the Jewish people, its cities and country-side, nor comfort its enemies;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	20	and for the target of gold, our pleasure was to accept the gift of it.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	21	If then there be malcontents from Judaea sheltering among you, our bidding is you should hand them over to the high priest Simon, for such punishment as the Jewish law prescribes.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	22	Copies of this decree have been sent to Demetrius, Attalus, Ariarathes and Arsaces,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	23	and to these countries following: Lampsacus, Sparta, Delos, Myndos, Sicyon, Caria, Samos, Pamphylia, Lycia, Halicarnassus, Coös, Side, Arados, Rhodes, Phaselis, Gortyna, Cnidus, Cyprus and Cyrene.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	24	A further copy has been sent to the high priest Simon and to the Jewish people …
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	25	Once again king Antiochus laid siege to Dora, bringing fresh force to bear, and devising fresh engines; and ever he kept Tryphon hemmed in, so that escape was none.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	26	Thereupon Simon despatched two thousand picked men to aid in the siege, with silver and gold and a deal of tackle besides;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	27	but accept them the king would not; all his promises were forgot, and Simon a stranger now.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	28	Athenobius it was, one of the king’s friends, that came to treat with him, and this was the message he bore: Cities of mine you hold, Joppe, and Gazara, and Jerusalem citadel;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	29	lands about them you have laid waste, and done Syria much mischief besides, encroaching everywhere on my domain.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	30	Needs must you should hand over cities you have occupied, revenues of Gentile lands you have detained,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	31	or else five hundred talents of silver in exchange, and five hundred more to compensate for damage done and revenue lost; if not, we will come and overpower you by force of arms.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	32	So came Athenobius, the king’s friend, to Jerusalem, where he saw what state Simon kept, much display of gold and silver, and a great throng of attendants, till he was dazzled at the sight. Yet delivered he his errand;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	33	to which Simon made this answer: Other men’s fief seized we never, nor other men’s rights detain; here be lands that were our fathers’ once, by enemies of ours for some while wrongfully held;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	34	opportunity given us, should we not claim the patrimony we had lost?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	35	As for thy talk of Joppe and Gazara, these were cities did much mischief to people and land of ours; for the worth of them, thou shalt have a hundred talents if thou wilt. Never a word said Athenobius,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	36	but went back to the king very ill pleased, and told him what answer was given; of Simon’s court, too, and of all else he had seen.Antiochus was in a great taking of anger;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	37	here was Tryphon newly escaped by ship to Orthosias!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	38	He must needs leave the sea-coast in charge of Cendebaeus, with a strong command both of horse and foot,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	39	while himself gave Tryphon chase. This Cendebaeus had orders to advance and threaten Judaea; Gedor he should fortify, and there make himself fast, the better to levy war on Juda.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	40	So he marched away to Jamnia, and set about harassing the Jews; now it was an inroad, with prisoners carried away, now a massacre; and all the while he was fortifying Gedor.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	15	41	Cavalry he quartered there, and other troops besides, to sally out and patrol the roads into Judaea; the king would have it so.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	16	1	It was not long before John came up from Gazara, to tell his father Simon how ill Cendebaeus was using their fellow-countrymen.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	16	2	And at that, Simon must have his two elder sons present, Judas and John both, and made the command over to them. Still young we were, he said, I and my brothers and my father’s kin, when we began that war on Israel’s enemies which is being fought yet; under our banners once and again came victory, and the day was saved for Israel.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	16	3	I am an old man now, and it is yours to do what I and brother of mine did; march out, fight in our people’s cause, and heaven’s aid be with you!
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	16	4	Twenty thousand warriors John chose out from the rest, and cavalry to support them, and away they went to fight Cendebaeus. That night they spent at Modin,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	16	5	and on the morrow, when they left it for the valley, what a huge array was this, both of horse and foot, encountering them! And a mountain torrent flowed in between.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	16	6	When John brought his army to the opposite bank, and found his men had little stomach for the crossing, he made the passage first, leaving the rest to follow at his heels;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	16	7	then drew them up by companies, with the cavalry in between, so greatly did the enemy’s cavalry outnumber them.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	16	8	And now the sacred trumpets sounded the charge; fled Cendebaeus, fled his army at their onslaught, and many were left dead on the field; for the rest, they were fain to take refuge behind their walls again.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	16	9	John went in pursuit, for all his brother Judas had been wounded in the battle, and chased them as far as the walls of Cedron … which he had fortified.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	16	10	Nor might they find shelter in the strongholds of the Azotus territory; he burnt these to the ground; a toll of two thousand men he had taken before he returned victorious to Judaea.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	16	11	Turn we now to Ptolemy, son of Abobus, that was in charge of all Jericho plain, and had a purse well lined with silver and gold;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	16	12	was he not the son-in-law of a high priest?
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	16	13	But higher still his ambition ran; he would make himself master of the whole country; murder he plotted for Simon and his sons together.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	16	14	It was in Sabath, the eleventh month, of the hundred and seventy-seventh year, that Simon came down to Jericho, as ever he visited all the cities of Judaea in his great care for them; and his sons Mattathias and Judas went with him.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	16	15	And there, in a castle he had built for himself, Doch is the name of it, the son of Abobus gave them treacherous welcome. A great feast he made, but he had men waiting in readiness,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	16	16	and with these, when Simon and his sons had drunk deep, he took arms, broke into the banqueting-chamber, and slew both father and sons, with certain of their retinue.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	16	17	Never saw Israel so treacherous a deed, or good service so ill rewarded.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	16	18	News of all this was sent by Ptolemy to the king, and in writing; his plea was, an army should be sent out in support of him, and the country, with all its cities and all the tribute that came from them, given into his charge.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	16	19	Others of his men he despatched to Gazara; John must be put to death, he wrote, and for the captains, they should have silver and gold and good recompense, would they but rally to his side;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	16	20	others again were to take possession of Jerusalem, and of the temple hill.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	16	21	But too late; a messenger had reached John at Gazara, telling him his father and brothers were dead, and himself too marked down for slaughter;
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	16	22	whereupon he took alarm in good earnest; their murderous errand known, he seized his executioners and made an end of them.
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	16	23	What else John did, and how fought he, brave deeds done, and strong walls built, and all his history,
+1 Machabees	1Mac	45	16	24	you may read in the annals of his time, that were kept faithfully since the day when he succeeded his father as high priest.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	1	To their brethren, the Jews of Egypt, those of Jerusalem and Judaea send brotherly greeting and good health.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	2	God speed you well, the covenant he made with his true worshippers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, never forgetting;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	3	reverent hearts may he give to all of you, brave and generous to perform his will;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	4	with law and precept of his enlarge your thoughts, and send you happiness;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	5	may he listen to your prayer, and be gracious, and in the hour of peril never forsake you!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	6	Take courage, then; we in this land are praying for you.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	7	Time was, in the hundred and sixty-ninth year, when Demetrius was a-reigning, we ourselves were writing to you in the midst of suffering and alarms. Much had we to undergo, when Jason would betray his own country, his own people;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	8	here was the gateway burnt to the ground, here were innocent lives forfeited. Cried we upon the Lord, and all our prayers were answered; burnt-sacrifice and bloodless offering were made, lamps lighted, and loaves set forth in the temple as of old!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	9	Look to it, then, you make bowers and keep holiday in this month of Casleu.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	10	Written in the hundred and eighty-eighth year.The common folk of Jerusalem and Judaea, their council of elders, and I, Judas, to Aristobulus, of the anointed priestly race, that was master of king Ptolemy, and to the Jews of Egypt, greeting and health.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	11	Great thanks we owe to God, that from the extreme of peril has delivered us; ay, though we had such a king for our adversary,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	12	as could bring in hordes of men from Persia, both us and our holy city to subdue.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	13	What became of him, think you, the general that marched away into Persia with a countless army at his heels? He met his end in the temple of Nanea, through guile of the priests that served it.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	14	Thither Antiochus had come with his friends, putting it about that he would wed the goddess, and laying claim to a great part of her treasures under the title of dowry.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	15	The priests, then, had the money laid out in readiness; into the precincts he came, with a meagre retinue, and they, now that Antiochus was within, shut the temple gates.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	16	Thereupon, letting themselves in by their secret door, they killed the general and his company with throwing of stones, cut them limb from limb, and threw them down headless to the populace without.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	17	Blessed, upon every account, be this God of ours, that denies protection to the sinner!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	18	We, then, on this twenty-fifth day of Casleu, mean to solemnize the purification of the temple, and hold ourselves bound to notify you of it, so that you too may keep holiday, with making of bowers. …… And of the fire imparted to us, when Nehemias offered sacrifice at the re-building of temple and altar.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	19	Long ago, when our fathers were being carried off into the Persian country, such priests of the true God as held office in those days took away the fire from the altar, and hid it down in the valley, in a pit both deep and dry, so well guarding their secret that none might know where it was to be found.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	20	Years passed, and God’s will was that Nehemias should come back, holding the Persian king’s warrant. Nehemias it was that had search made for the fire, and by the grandsons of those very priests that hid it; but they made report, fire they could find none, only a puddle of water.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	21	And what did Nehemias? He would have some of the water drawn and fetched to him; with this water, once the sacrifice was laid on the altar, both the wood and the offerings themselves must be sprinkled.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	22	Sprinkled they were, and when the sun shone out, that till now was hidden by a cloud, all at once a great fire blazed up, astonishing the beholders.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	23	To prayer fell the priests all around, while sacrifice was done, Jonathan to lead them, and the rest answering;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	24	to prayer fell Nehemias, and this was the manner of his praying: Lord God, that all things madest, the terrible, the strong, the just, the merciful, King gracious as none else;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	25	none else so kindly, none else so just, as thou, the almighty, the eternal! Israel from all peril thou deliverest, thou didst make choice of our fathers, and set them apart for thyself.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	26	For the whole nation of Israel receive our sacrifice; all are thine; thy own domain keep inviolate.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	27	Bring home the exiles; captives of the heathen conquer or set free; to the despised, the outcast grant redress; let the world know what a God is ours!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	28	Crush the oppressor, the tyrant that so mishandles us,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	29	and to thy own sanctuary, as Moses foretold, thy own people restore!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	30	Then, till the sacrifice was consumed, the priests went on with their singing of hymns;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	31	and when all was finished, Nehemias would have them drench great stones with the water that was left.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	32	Thereupon, a flame broke out from them, but died away when the altar fires blazed up again over yonder.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	33	The news travelled, till the Persian king himself was told how water appeared where exiled priests had hidden the fire, how, with this water, Nehemias and his company had bathed the sacrifice.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	34	Good heed he gave to the matter, and after due examination fenced the ground in with a shrine, in witness of what befell there.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	35	Largesse the priests had, and many were the gifts passed from hand to hand, when the truth of the matter was proved.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	1	36	As for the place, Nehemias himself called it Nephthar, which means Purification; but the vulgar call it Nephi.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	1	You shall also find it set down in the dispositions made by the prophet Jeremias, that he bade the exiles rescue the sacred fire, in the manner aforesaid.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	2	Strict charge he gave them, the Lord’s commandments they should keep ever in mind, nor let false gods, all gold and silver and fine array, steal away their hearts;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	3	with much else to confirm them in their regard for the law.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	4	And here, in this same document, the story was told, how a divine oracle came to Jeremias, and he must needs go out, with tabernacle and ark to bear him company, to the very mountain Moses climbed long ago, when he had sight of God’s domain.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	5	A cave Jeremias found there, in which he set down tabernacle and ark and incense-altar, and stopped up the entrance behind him.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	6	There were some that followed; no time they lost in coming up to mark the spot, but find it they could not.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	7	He, when they told him of it, rebuked their eagerness; Nay, said he, the place must remain ever unknown, till the day when God brings his people together once more, and is reconciled;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	8	then, divinely, the secret shall be made manifest. Then once again the Lord’s majesty shall be seen, and the cloud that enshrines it; the same vision that was granted to Moses, and to Solomon when he prayed that the great God would have his temple on earth;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	9	Solomon, the master of wisdom, that in his wisdom offered sacrifice to hallow the temple he had made.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	10	Prayed Moses, prayed Solomon, and fire came down from heaven to consume the burnt-sacrifice. …
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	11	… Uneaten, Moses said, the victim for fault, and so the fire must consume it. …
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	12	… No other mind had king Solomon, that for eight days would continue his dedication feast.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	13	With all this, dispositions Nehemias made, records Nehemias kept, are in full agreement. He it was founded a library, and there collected histories of king and prophet, and of David himself; dispatches, too, the kings had sent, and inventories of gifts made.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	14	And now Judas in his turn has recovered all such records as were lost to us through the late wars, and they are here in our keeping;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	15	would you be in possession of these, you have but to send and fetch them.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	16	Meanwhile, we notify you by these presents of that cleansing ceremony we mean to perform; do us the courtesy to keep holiday on your part.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	17	See what deliverance God has sent to his people, restoring to us our common domain, our sovereignty, our priesthood, our temple’s sanctity!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	18	Think you not he will fulfil, ere long, the promise made in his law; take pity on us, that are scattered wide as heaven, and on this hallowed soil reunite us?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	19	What meant they else, those great perils overcome, that sanctuary purified at last?…
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	20	Speak we of Judas Machabaeus and his brethren, and how the great temple was purified, and the altar hallowed anew;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	21	of the battles they fought against Antiochus, called the Illustrious, and Eupator, that was his son.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	22	Speak we of heavenly manifestations, sent to encourage the champions of Jewry, till at last, though so few, they won back their country, and put the hordes of heathendom to flight.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	23	Speak we of that temple, the most famous in all the world, by their means recovered, of a city set free, of forgotten laws re-established, and how the Lord, in his great complaisance, shewed them mercy.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	24	All this, the argument of five books Jason of Cyrene wrote, we have been at pains to abridge within the compass of a single volume.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	25	What would you? There be books a many, and they are hard put to it that would trace the course of history, for the abundance of the matter therein comprised.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	26	And my aim was, if a man would read, read he should and with relish; would a man study, without great ado he should be able to commit all to memory; and so I would serve every man’s turn.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	27	But for me, that undertook the business of abridgement, think you it was light labour? Nay, here was a task all watching and sweat;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	28	yet shoulder the burden I would; host that prepares a banquet must work for other men’s pleasure, and earn nothing but their thanks.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	29	Full information would you have about this or that, I remit you to my author; for myself, I will be true to my own pattern of shortness.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	30	When a house is first in building, the architect must needs bestow pains on every part of it; not such the painter’s care, he will pick out the surfaces that are most apt for adornment. And so, methinks, it is here;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	31	to expatiate, to digress, to indulge curiosity on every point, is for the arch-historian;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	32	your epitomist will ask leave to study brevity, and let long disquisitions be.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	2	33	And now, to our matter! Here is preface enough; it were ill done to draw out the preamble, and leave our story cramped for room.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	1	Time was, the holy city was a home of content; ever the laws of it were well kept; such a high priest they had, Onias, a devout man, and one that hated evil.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	2	In those days, king and chieftain held the place much in reverence, and with rich gifts endowed the temple;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	3	did not Seleucus, king of Asia, defray all the cost of maintaining its sacrifices?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	4	Yet one citizen there was, Simon the Benjamite, the temple governor, that had lawless schemes afoot, do the high priest what he would to gainsay him.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	5	And at last, when overcome Onias he might not, what did he? To Apollonius he betook himself, the son of Tharseas, that was then in charge of Coelesyria and Phoenice,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	6	and gave him great news indeed; here was the treasury at Jerusalem stocked with treasures innumerable, here was vast public wealth, unclaimed by the needs of the altar, and nothing prevented but it should fall into the king’s hands.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	7	No sooner did Apollonius find himself in the royal presence than he told the story of the rumoured treasure; and at that, the king sent for Heliodorus, that had charge of his affairs, and despatched him with orders to fetch the said money away.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	8	This Heliodorus set out on his journey without more ado, under colour of making a progress through the towns of Coelesyria and Phoenice, but with the king’s business still in mind.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	9	And when he reached Jerusalem, and there received a gracious welcome from the high priest, he made no secret of the information he possessed, or of his errand, and he would know the truth about these moneys.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	10	A plain account the high priest gave him; some were moneys deposited on trust, for the maintenance of widows and orphans;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	11	there were some, too, belonging to Hyrcanus son of Tobias, a man of repute. The information was maliciously laid, nor did the whole sum amount to more than four hundred talents of silver, and two hundred of gold.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	12	Men had reposed their confidence in a city and a temple renowned throughout the world, for the high opinion they had of its sanctity; and should he play them false? It was not to be thought of.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	13	But Heliodorus stood upon the terms of his commission; delivered to the king the money must be, there was no other way of it.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	14	So the appointed day came, when he would visit the temple and take order in the matter; what a stir there was then in the city!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	15	Priests, in their sacred vesture, cast themselves down before the altar, and cried out upon heaven; would not he, whose law enjoined safe-keeping, keep property safe for its rightful owners?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	16	And for the high priest himself, the very aspect of him was heart-rending; such a change of look and colour betrayed his inward feelings;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	17	grief and horror were stamped on his features, and to all that saw him he seemed a broken man.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	18	Folk streamed out of their houses in droves, to make public intercession over the affront that should be put on the holy place;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	19	sackcloth about their waists, the women thronged the streets, and maids that might not go abroad must yet run to the housetops, or peer out at windows, to see Onias pass.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	20	Heavenward they raised their hands, each one of them, in prayer;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	21	and pity it was to see how common folk about him were sharing the high priest’s agony of suspense.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	22	Here, then, was a whole city praying Almighty God, no loss might befall the men who had trusted them;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	23	and here was Heliodorus carrying out his design, already arrived at the treasury with his body-guard in attendance.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	24	All at once the spirit of God, the omnipotent, gave signal proof of its presence; daunted by the divine power they trembled and stood irresolute, these ministers of wrong.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	25	What saw they? A horse, royally caparisoned, that charged upon Heliodorus and struck him down with its fore-feet; terrible of aspect its rider was, and his armour seemed all of gold.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	26	Two other warriors they saw, how strong of limb, how dazzling of mien, how bravely clad! These stood about Heliodorus and fell to scourging him, this side and that, blow after blow, without respite.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	27	With the suddenness of his fall to the ground, darkness had closed about him; hastily they caught him up and carried him out in his litter;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	28	a helpless burden now, that entered yonder treasury with such a rabble of tipstaves and halberdiers! Here was proof of God’s power most manifest.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	29	There he lay, by heaven’s decree speechless and beyond hope of recovery;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	30	and all around men were praising the Lord, for thus vindicating the honour of his sanctuary. In the temple, where all had been anxiety and turmoil until heaven showed its almighty power, all was rejoicing and contentment now.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	31	It was not long before friends of Heliodorus were entreating Onias to call down mercy from the most High, on one that was now at death’s door.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	32	This was anxious news for the high priest; what if the king should suspect the Jews of foul play? Offer sacrifice he did for the man’s recovery, and with good effect.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	33	He was yet at his prayers, when those two warriors, in the same brave attire, stood by Heliodorus again; Thanks thou owest, they said, to the high priest Onias; at his instance, the Lord grants thee life;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	34	God’s scourge thou hast felt, God’s wondrous power be ever on thy lips. And with that, they were seen no more.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	35	Be sure this Heliodorus offered God sacrifice; ay, and made vows a many for his preservation, and thanked Onias besides; then he marched his army back to the king.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	36	Everywhere he testified how great a God was this, what strange things his own eyes had witnessed;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	37	and when the king himself asked what manner of emissary he should next send to Jerusalem,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	38	Why, said he, some enemy of thine, some rebel that plots against the kingdom. Escape he with his life, I warrant he will come back to thee soundly beaten. Past doubt, there is some divine influence haunts yonder place;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	39	watch and ward he keeps over it, that has his dwelling in heaven, to be the plague and the undoing of all who come that way upon an errand of mischief.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	3	40	Such is the tale of Heliodorus, and of the treasury’s preserving.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	1	And now, what must Simon do, the same that had drawn men’s eyes to his country with stories of treasure, but fall to slandering Onias? Onias it was, by his way of it, had egged Heliodorus on, and been the author of the mischief.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	2	So true a patriot, that well loved his race, well guarded the divine law, and he must be branded with the name of traitor!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	3	The feud grew worse, till at last there were murders done, and Simon’s faction answerable for it.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	4	Here was the public peace much endangered; here was Apollonius, the governor of Coelesyria and Phoenice, adding fuel to the flame of Simon’s malice; what marvel if Onias had recourse to the king?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	5	Little enough it liked him to bring an ill name on his fellow-citizens; yet common good of the Jewish folk he must needs have in mind;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	6	how should quiet times return, or Simon’s madness be cooled, unless the king took order in the matter?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	7	But king Seleucus was done with life now, and the throne passed to Antiochus, called the Illustrious. And here was a brother Onias had, called Jason, that coveted the office of high priest.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	8	This Jason went to the new king, and made him an offer of three hundred and sixty talents of silver out of its revenue, besides eighty from other incomings.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	9	Let leave be granted him to set up a game-place for the training of youth, and enrol the men of Jerusalem as citizens of Antioch, he would give his bond for a hundred and fifty more.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	10	To this the king assented; high priest he became, and straightway set about perverting his fellow-countrymen to the Gentile way of living.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	11	Till now, the Jews had followed their own customs, by grace of a royal privilege; it was John that won it for them, father of that Eupolemus, who afterwards went in embassage to Rome, to make a treaty of alliance. But Jason would abrogate these customs; common right should be none, and great wrong should find acceptance instead.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	12	This game-place of his he did not scruple to set up in the very shadow of the Citadel, and debauch all that was noblest of Judaea’s youth.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	13	Mischief in the bud, think you, when such alien Gentile ways came in? Nay, here was flower and fruit of it; and all through the unexampled villainy of one man, this Jason, that high priest was none, but rather an arch-traitor.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	14	Why, the priests themselves had no more stomach for serving the altar; temple scorned, and sacrifice unheeded, off they went to the wrestling-ground, there to enter their names and win unhallowed prizes, soon as ever the first quoit was thrown!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	15	What glory their fathers had handed down to them! And fame such as the Greeks covet was all their ambition now.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	16	Alas, here was a perilous contest awaiting them; Greek fashions they would follow, and Greeks would be, that ere long should have Greeks for their enemies, ay, and conquerors.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	17	There is no breaking God’s laws without paying the price; time will show that.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	18	When the quinquennial games were being held at Tyre, in the king’s presence,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	19	this vile Jason it was sent some of his wretches with a gift of three hundred silver pieces to do honour to Hercules. True it is, the bearers of them asked they should not be spent on sacrifice, but on some other need that was more befitting;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	20	yet Jason’s meaning was, Hercules should have them, and if they went to the building of the fleet, it was thanks to Jason’s envoys.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	21	Afterwards, Apollonius the son of Menestheus was despatched to Egypt, for the enthroning of king Ptolemy Philometor. Well Antiochus knew that he was disaffected towards the royal policy, and there was his own safety to be considered … He passed on to Joppe, and so to Jerusalem,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	22	where Jason and the whole city welcomed him in state, with carrying of torches and great huzza’ing. And so he led his army back to Phoenice.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	23	Three years later, Jason would send to the king certain moneys, together with a report on affairs of moment; and for this errand he chose Menelaus, brother to that Simon we have before mentioned.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	24	Access thus gained to the king’s person, Menelaus was careful to flatter his self-conceit; then, outbidding Jason by three hundred talents of silver, diverted the high-priestly succession to himself.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	25	Back he came to Jerusalem, with the royal warrant to maintain him, yet all unworthy, with a tyrant’s cruel heart, more wild beast than high priest.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	26	Thus was Jason supplanted, that had supplanted his own brother, and was driven to take refuge in the Ammonite country;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	27	as for Menelaus, he got the office he coveted, but never a penny paid the king of all he had promised, however urgent Sostratus might be, that was in command of the citadel.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	28	For all exaction of tribute this fellow was answerable; and so it fell out that both of them were summoned to court,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	29	Menelaus leaving his high priesthood to his own brother, Lysimachus, and for Sostratus … he became governor of Cyprus.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	30	It befell at this very time that the men of Tharsus and Mallus made an insurrection; so little it liked them that a gift should be made of their cities to Antiochis, the king’s paramour.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	31	Post-haste the king went off to appease them, leaving one of his courtiers, Andronicus, to be viceroy.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	32	Here was Menelaus’ opportunity; he had gold ornaments with him, that he had stolen out of the temple, and now, giving some of these as a present to Andronicus, he sold the rest at Tyre and other cities in the neighbourhood.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	33	Of these doings, one man had clear proof, and thereupon denounced him: Onias, that had now taken refuge in Daphne sanctuary, close by Antioch.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	34	What did Menelaus? He gained the ear of Andronicus and demanded that Onias should pay for it with his life. So the viceroy himself paid Onias a visit, swore friendship and overcame his suspicions; then, when he had left sanctuary, without scruple of conscience put him to death.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	35	Here was great matter of indignation, and not among the Jews only; the very heathen took it amiss, so great a man should meet so unworthy an end.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	36	No sooner was the king back from Cilicia than the citizens of Antioch, Jew and Gentile both, assailed him with complaints about the murder of an innocent man;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	37	whereat Antiochus himself was heartily grieved, ay, and moved to tears of pity, such memories he had of Onias’ well-ordered, honourable life.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	38	Anon he fell into a rage, stripped Andronicus of his purple, and would have him led away all through the streets, till he reached the very spot where he had lifted his impious hand against Onias. There the sacrilegious wretch perished, by the divine vengeance worthily requited.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	39	Meanwhile, word had gone abroad at Jerusalem, how Lysimachus was ever robbing the temple, by Menelaus’ contrivance. Great store of gold was lost already; but now there was a rising of the common folk against Lysimachus,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	40	whose numbers and their rage increasing, he was fain to put some three thousand men under arms, with one Tyrannus at their head, that was far gone in years, and no less in folly. Lysimachus it was that first resorted to violence;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	41	but the rabble, when they saw what he would be at, caught up stones or stout clubs for the attack, and some of them pelted him with cinders.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	42	When they had wounded some of his retinue, and felled others to earth, the rest took to their heels; and there, close beside the treasury, this robber of the temple was done to death.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	43	And next, they must implead Menelaus himself on the same charge.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	44	Three envoys from the council of elders brought the whole matter before the king, when he visited Tyre,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	45	and Menelaus was as good as lost. What did he? With the promise of a great bribe he secured the good word of Ptolemy, son of Dorymenes;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	46	Ptolemy it was waylaid the king, as he rested from the heat in a covered walk of his, and put him from his purpose.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	47	So now Menelaus, that was at the root of all the mischief, must go scot free, and his unhappy accusers, that might have cleared themselves easily enough before a court of bloodthirsty Scythians, with their lives must pay for it.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	48	Here were men come to plead for their own city, their own people, their own temple treasures, and must they be hurried off to undeserved punishment?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	49	Even the Tyrians thought shame of it, and in princely fashion gave them burial.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	4	50	So, through the avarice of the great, throve Menelaus still, and his wickedness went from bad to worse, to his countrymen’s undoing.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	1	At this time Antiochus was preparing once more for a campaign against Egypt.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	2	And all about the city of Jerusalem, by the space of forty days together, there were strange sights appearing. High up in air, horsemen were seen riding this way and that, in vesture of gold, and spears they carried as if they went to battle;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	3	now riding in ordered ranks, now engaged in close combat. In long array they moved past, shields and helmeted heads and drawn swords; flew javelin and flashed golden harness, a whole armoury of shining mail.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	4	No wonder if the prayer was on all men’s lips, good not ill such high visions might portend.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	5	And now a false rumour went abroad, Antiochus had come by his death. Jason’s ears it reached, and all at once, with full a thousand men at his back, he delivered an assault upon the city. Let the townsfolk man the walls as they would, at last it fell, and Menelaus must take refuge within the citadel.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	6	As for Jason, he fell upon his own fellow-countrymen, and that without mercy. His own flesh and blood to vanquish, what was this but shameful defeat? Ay, but to him friend was foe, were there spoil for the winning!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	7	Yet high priesthood he got none; disappointed of his scheming, back he must go to the Ammonite country,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	8	and there, marked down for death by king Aretas of the Arabians, fled from city to city. An outlaw, hated and shunned by his kind, of a whole land, of a whole race, the common foe, he was driven out into Egypt;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	9	and so making his way to Lacedaemon, as if to find refuge there by right of kinship, died miserably. In exile he died, that had brought exile on so many;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	10	cast away without dole or tomb, that left so many tombless; in a strange land unburied, that might have rested in his fathers’ grave.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	11	Here was news to make the king doubt whether the Jews were loyal to him, and back he came from Egypt in a great taking of rage. He occupied the city, and that by force of arms;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	12	then he bade his troops go about killing, with no quarter for any they met; let a man but shew his face on the house-top, he must be slaughtered with the rest.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	13	Fell young and old alike; children with their mothers must die, nor maidenhood was spared, nor helpless infancy.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	14	By the end of three days, eighty thousand had been massacred, forty thousand held as prisoners, and as many more sold into slavery.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	15	Nor might all this content him; with Menelaus for his guide, that was traitor to faith and folk, what must he do but make his way into God’s temple, holier in all the world is none?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	16	What, should those sacred ornaments, dedicated by kings and peoples for the more splendour and worthiness of it, be caught up in his impious hands, pawed and defiled by his touch?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	17	Surely he had taken leave of his wits, this Antiochus; how should he know that this sanctuary, for once, would lack the divine protection? And only because, for a little, God’s anger was provoked by sins of the men that dwelt there!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	18	Free had they been from the meshes of such guilt, Antiochus, too, should have been greeted with a drubbing, as Heliodorus was, the man king Seleucus sent to rob the treasury, and should have learned to leave his rash purpose.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	19	But what would you? People it was God chose, and city for people’s sake;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	20	chastisement that fell on the people, city must rue, and anon share its good fortune. He, the omnipotent, the ruler of all, would leave Jerusalem forlorn in his anger, would raise her to heights of glory, his anger once appeased.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	21	Antiochus, then, came away from the temple a thousand and eight hundred talents the richer; and back he went to Antioch, all at reckless speed; he had a mind to sail his fleet over the plain, march his troops across the sea, his heart so swelled with pride in his doings.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	22	As for the Jewish folk, he left viceroys of his own to harry them; in Jerusalem Philip, that was a Phrygian born, and outdid his own master in cruelty;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	23	at Garizim Andronicus and Menelaus, heaviest burden of all for the folk to bear.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	24	But he would do worse by the Jews yet; or why did he send out Apollonius, the arch-enemy, and a force of twenty-two thousand, to cut off manhood in its flower, women and children to sell for slaves?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	25	This Apollonius, when he reached Jerusalem, was all professions of friendship, and nothing did until the sabbath came round, when the Jews kept holiday. Then he put his men under arms,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	26	and butchered all that went out to keep festival; to and fro he went about the streets, with armed fellows at his heels, and made a great massacre.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	5	27	Meanwhile Judas Machabaeus, and nine others with him, went out into the desert, where they lived like wild beasts on the mountain-side; better lodge there with herbs for food, than be party to the general defilement.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	1	Not long after, the king despatched one of the senators at Antioch, with orders he should compel the Jewish people, custom of their fathers and law of their God to forsake.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	2	The temple at Jerusalem must be profaned, and dedicated now to Jupiter Olympius; as for the temple on Garizim, the Samaritans were to call it, as well they might, after Jupiter the god of strangers.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	3	What a storm of troubles broke then upon the commonwealth, most grievous to be borne!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	4	All riot and revelry the temple became, once the Gentiles had it; here was dallying with harlots, and women making their way into the sacred precincts, and bringing in of things abominable;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	5	with forbidden meats, to the law’s injury, the very altar groaned.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	6	Sabbath none would observe, nor keep holiday his fathers kept; even the name of Jew was disclaimed.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	7	Instead, they went to sacrifice on the king’s birthday, though it were ruefully and under duress; and when the feast of Liber came round, make procession they must in Liber’s honour, garlanded with ivy each one.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	8	And now, among all the neighbouring cities, a decree went out, wherein the Ptolemies were the prime movers; all alike should constrain the Jews to do sacrifice,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	9	and those that would not fall in with Gentile ways, with their lives must pay for it.Here were sights to be seen most pitiable.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	10	Two mothers there were, denounced for the circumcision of their own sons; what, think you, befell them? Both must be driven through the streets, with the children hung about their breasts, and cast headlong from the battlements!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	11	At another time, Philip had information that certain Jews were meeting in caves near at hand, to keep the sabbath there without remark. Not one of these would lift a hand to help himself, so great care they had of the day’s observance, and all were burned to death.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	12	Reader, by these tales of ill fortune be not too much dismayed; bethink thee, all this came about for the punishment of our race, not for its undoing.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	13	A mark of signal favour it is, when the Lord is quick to chastise, nor lets the sinner sin on unreproved.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	14	See how he deals with other nations, waiting patiently to take full toll when the hour comes for judgement!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	15	Not so with us; for our guilt he will not delay reckoning, and claim strict vengeance at last.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	16	Towards us, his mercy is inalienable; chastise us he will with adversity, but forsake us never.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	17	So much, reader, for thy warning; and now go we back to our history.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	18	Here was Eleazar, one of the chief scribes, a man of great age and of noble features, being required to eat swine’s flesh; but though they held his mouth open they could not force him to eat.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	19	He would rather die gloriously than live defiled; on he went, of his own accord, to the place of torture,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	20	scanning every step of the path that lay before him. He must endure all in patience, rather than taste, for love of life, the forbidden meat.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	21	Old friends among the bystanders, out of misplaced kindness, took him aside and urged him to let meat of some other kind be brought, which he could taste without scruple; he could pretend to have obeyed the king’s will by eating the sacrilegious food,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	22	and his life should no longer be forfeit. Such kind offices old friendship claimed;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	23	but he thought rather of the reverence that was due to his great age, of his venerable grey hairs, of a life blamelessly lived from childhood onwards. True to the precepts of God’s holy law, he answered that they would do better to send him to his grave and have done with it.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	24	It does not suit my time of life, said he, to play a part. What of many that stand here, younger than myself, who would think that Eleazar, at the age of ninety, had turned Gentile?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	25	To gain a brief hour of this perishable life, shall I play a trick on them, shall I disgrace this hoary head of mine and bring down a curse on it?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	26	Man’s sentence here I may avoid if I will, but God’s almighty hand, living or dead, escape I may not.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	27	Let me take leave of life with a good grace, as best suits my years,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	28	bequeathing to men younger than myself an example of courage; meeting, with ready resolve, an honourable death, for the sake of laws holy and august as ours are. And so without more ado he was led away to his torturing;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	29	his executioners were in a rage, that but now had been gentle with him; pride, they would have it, spoke here.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	30	And this was the last sigh he uttered, as he lay there dying under the lash, Lord, in thy holy wisdom this thou well knowest; I might have had life if I would, yet never a cruel pang my body endures, but my soul suffers it gladly for thy reverence.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	6	31	Thus he died, not only to those younger men he spoke of, but to our whole race, leaving the pattern of a brave and honourable death.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	1	Seven brothers there were, that lay under arrest, and their mother with them; these too were tortured at the king’s command, to see if whip and thong would not make them eat swine’s flesh, for all their scruples.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	2	And thus spoke out one of them in the name of the rest: Why dost thou put us to the question? What secret wouldst thou learn? Of this be sure, we had rather die than break the divine law given to our fathers.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	3	The king, in a rage, would have fire-pan heated, and caldron of bronze; heated they were,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	4	and then he passed judgement upon this same spokesman. Tongue of him should be cut out, scalp torn off, hands and feet mutilated, while mother and brethren stood by to see it;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	5	then, so maimed, he was for the fire; they should roast him alive in a caldron. Long time he suffered, and there stood the rest with their mother, each heartening other to die bravely;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	6	God sees true, said they, and will not allow us to go uncomforted. Did not Moses prophesy as much, even in his song of remonstrance, He will comfort his servants?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	7	So died the first, and now the second must make sport for them. When the hair was torn from his head and the skin with it, they asked, Would he eat, or must his whole body pay for it, limb by limb?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	8	And he answered in good round Hebrew, eat he would not; whereupon he, in his turn, suffered like the first.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	9	Ay, miscreant, he said with his last breath, of this present life it lies in thy power to rob us; but he, who is ruler of the whole world, he, for whose laws we perish, will raise us up again, and to life everlasting.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	10	And now they had their will with the third, who was no sooner bidden than he put forth tongue and hands very courageously;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	11	Heaven’s gift these be, he said, and for God’s law I make light account of them, well assured he will give them back to me.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	12	Well might they marvel, king and courtiers both, at one so young that recked so little of his sufferings.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	13	Such was the manner of his passing; the fourth, too, when with like tortures they assailed him,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	14	died with these words on his lips: Man’s sentence of death, what matters it, so there be hope in God, that shall raise up the dead? For thee, resurrection to new life shall be none.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	15	And when the fifth was put to the question, he looked Antiochus in the face, thus warning him:
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	16	Mortal, at thy own whim free to govern thy fellow men, think not God has abandoned this race of ours!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	17	Wait but a little, and good proof thou shalt have of his sovereign power, such torment thee and thine awaits.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	18	So they came to the sixth, and this was his dying utterance: Never flatter thyself with vain hope; speed we amiss, it was our own doing, that sinned against our God. Strange be his dealings with us,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	19	yet think not thou to defy God unpunished.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	20	And here was the greatest marvel of all, by honest folk ever to be kept in mind, that the mother of seven children should be content to lose them all in one day, for the hope she had in God’s mercy.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	21	What generosity of mind was this, that could temper her womanly feelings with a man’s thoughts! One by one, in the speech of her own country, she put heart into them;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	22	Into this womb you came, she told them, who knows how? Not I quickened, not I the breath of life gave you, nor fashioned the bodies of you one by one!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	23	Man’s birth, and the origin of all things, he devised who is the whole world’s Maker; and shall he not mercifully give the breath of life back to you, that for his law’s sake hold your lives so cheap?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	24	What should Antiochus do? Here was defiance of his authority, here were tones of remonstrance that liked him little. The youngest son lived yet; for him, what encouragement, what royal assurances of wealth and happiness! Would he but leave the law of his fathers, he should be the king’s friend, and have weighty matters entrusted to him.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	25	But yield the boy would not; till at last the king beckoned the mother apart; mother of son should be the saviour yet.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	26	Much ado he had to win her, but she agreed at last, counsel her son she would.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	27	And a fine trick she played on the bloodthirsty tyrant, leaning over her son and counselling him in her own native speech, to this effect: Nine months in the womb I bore thee, three years at the breast fed thee, reared thee to be what thou art;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	28	and now, my son, this boon grant me. Look round at heaven and earth and all they contain; bethink thee that of all this, and mankind too, God made out of nothing.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	29	Of this butcher have thou no fear; claim rightful share among thy brethren in yonder inheritance of death; so shall the divine mercy give me back all my sons at once.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	30	Before ever she had finished speaking, the boy cried out, What dallying is this? To the king’s law I own no allegiance; rule I live by is the law we had through Moses.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	31	Arch-enemy of the Jewish race, thinkest thou to escape from God’s hand?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	32	Grievously if we suffer, grievously we have sinned;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	33	chides he for a little, the Lord our God, he does but school, does but correct us; to us, his worshippers, he will be reconciled again.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	34	But thou, miserable wretch, viler on earth is none, wouldst thou vent thy rage on those worshippers of his, and flatter thyself with vain hopes none the less?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	35	Trust me, thou shalt yet abide his judgement, who is God almighty and all-seeing.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	36	Brief pains, that under his warrant have seised my brethren of eternal life! And shalt not thou, by his sentence, pay the deserved penalty of thy pride?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	37	As my brethren, so I for our country’s laws both soul and body forfeit; my prayer is, God will early relent towards this nation, while thou dost learn, under the lash of his torments, that he alone is God.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	38	And may the divine anger, that has justly fallen on our race, with me and these others be laid to rest!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	39	No wonder if this last, that so baffled the king’s rage, was more barbarously used than all the others;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	40	yet kept he ever his confidence in the Lord, and made a clean end of it.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	41	And at length, when all her sons were gone, it was the mother’s turn to die.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	7	42	Enough! Of idolatrous sacrifice and inhuman cruelty you shall hear no more.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	1	Now turn we to Judas Machabaeus and his company. Secretly they made entry into the villages, whence they summoned both kinsman and friend of theirs; ay, and rallied many more, that were yet true to the Jewish faith, till they had mustered an army of six thousand men.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	2	And ever they besought the Lord, he would look with favour on a race down-trodden, have pity on a temple defiled by the heathen.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	3	Their city was like to be razed to the ground; would he watch the ruin of it unmoved? Would he be deaf, while bloodshed cried out for vengeance?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	4	Cruel murders of innocent childhood, his own honour dragged in the dust, would he not mark all this, and be roused to indignation?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	5	By this, the divine anger had given place to clemency; and to all the heathen round about Machabaeus and his company were an infliction past bearing.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	6	On village or town of theirs he would fall suddenly, and burn it to the ground; by seizing some point of vantage, once and again he put their forces to the rout;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	7	going about these forays at night-time for the most part, till the fame of his valour spread far and wide.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	8	What was to be done? Here was a man that grew ever in strength, and still his enterprises throve. At last Philip was fain to send dispatches, calling on Ptolemy, the governor of Coelesyria and Phoenice, to further the king’s business.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	9	And he, without more ado, chose one of his best friends, Nicanor son of Patroclus, and sent him out to exterminate the Jewish race altogether. For which purpose, he armed full twenty thousand men, a rabble of all nations; and Gorgias should be at Nicanor’s side, a soldier that had much experience in the wars.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	10	Nicanor’s purpose it was, to sell the Jewish people for slaves, and thereby reimburse the king for a tribute of two thousand talents he must needs pay to Rome.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	11	So, before aught else was done, he sent word to the towns on the sea-coast, crying a sale of Jewish captives, and offering them at ninety for the talent; so little did he guess what divine vengeance was to overtake him.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	12	No sooner did Judas hear of Nicanor’s coming, than he gave warning of it to the Jews who bore him company.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	13	Some of these, cowardly souls that put no trust in God’s awarding, took refuge in flight;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	14	the rest made shift to sell all the goods they yet had, crying out upon the Lord to deliver them from such an impious wretch as would sell them first, and conquer them after.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	15	Themselves if he nothing regarded, let him remember at least the covenant made with their fathers; the renown, too, of that holy name they bore!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	16	As for Machabaeus, he called together the seven thousand that followed him, and warned them they should make no terms with the enemy, nor be affrighted by a great rabble of men coming against them in so ill a cause. Courage! he said;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	17	bethink you of the sanctuary their insults have outraged, of a city wronged and mocked, of immemorial traditions overthrown!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	18	What gives them confidence? Weapons of war, and their own daring. Ours to trust in his omnipotence, who with a single nod both these our adversaries and the whole world besides can undo.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	19	He put them in mind, moreover, of God’s signal mercy shewed to their forefathers; how Sennacherib’s army perished, a hundred and eighty-five thousand strong;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	20	how they fought the Galatians at Babylon, with Macedonian allies whose heart failed them at the encounter, and six thousand Jews, alone but for heaven’s aid, made havoc of a hundred and twenty thousand men, much to the common advantage.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	21	With such words as these he put heart into them, till they were ready to die for law and country’s sake.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	22	And now he put the several commands of his army in charge of his brethren, Simon, Joseph and Jonathan, entrusting one thousand five hundred men to each;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	23	Esdras was bidden read aloud from the sacred writings, and the watchword was given, God’s Aid. And with that, out went Judas at the head of his army, and engaged the enemy.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	24	Such help the Almighty gave them, they cut down more than nine thousand men; and the rest of Nicanor’s disabled forces must needs take to their heels.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	25	All the money that had been paid for their enslaving fell into Jewish hands, and they gave the enemy chase far and wide,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	26	only time hindering them; the sabbath was coming on, and pursue further they might not.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	27	Arms and spoils of the fallen they gathered in, and so fell to keeping the sabbath, blessing the Lord for the deliverance he had sent that day, the first refreshing dew of his mercy.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	28	The sabbath day over, they gave a share of the spoils to crippled folk, orphans and widows; they and theirs should have the rest.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	29	And when this was done, they made public intercession, beseeching the Lord, that was so merciful, to be reconciled with his servants for good and all.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	30	Other invaders they slew, twenty thousand of them and more, under Bacchides and Timotheus; and when they seized their high fortresses, and had spoil to divide in plenty, once more cripples and orphans and widows, and the aged folk too, must have a share to match their own.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	31	Weapons of war they gathered with all care, and bestowed where they were most needed; it was the rest of the spoil they carried back to Jerusalem.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	32	At this time they slew Philarches, that had been of Timotheus’ company, a man stained with crime, and many ways a persecutor of the Jewish people.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	33	There was Callisthenes, too, that had burnt down the gates of the sanctuary; when all Jerusalem was rejoicing over the victory, he took refuge within doors, and they burnt the place down about his ears; he too was served right for his godless doings.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	34	As for Nicanor, that was the arch-villain of all, and would have sold the Jews to a thousand slave-dealers,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	35	the very men whose lives he held so cheap had now, by divine aid, humbled him to the dust. Robe of office he must lay by, and slink by country ways all unattended to Antioch. A fine homecoming, this, with the loss of a whole army!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	8	36	Where were the Jewish captives that should have paid off the tribute to Rome? He was fain to confess, now, that the Jews had God himself for their protector, and, would they but keep his laws, there was no conquering them!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	1	Antiochus himself, at this time, had a sorry home-coming from Persia.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	2	He had made his way into the city they call Persepolis, thinking to plunder its temple and of itself have the mastery; but the common folk ran to arms and routed him. So he was a man defeated and disgraced
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	3	when he reached Ecbatana, and there news came to him of how Nicanor had fared, and Timotheus.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	4	And now, in a great taking of rage, he would make the Jews suffer for the ignominy of his own defeat; on, on his chariot must be driven, and never a halt in the journey, with the divine vengeance ever at his heels. Had he not boasted, Jerusalem was his goal, and he would bury the Jewish race under the ruins of it?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	5	The Lord, Israel’s God, how should aught escape his scrutiny? The words were barely uttered, when he smote Antiochus with such a hurt, there was neither remedying nor discovering it. A deadly griping it was that took him, with cruel torment of the bowels;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	6	fitting reward for one that had often tortured his fellows, and to the marrow, in unexampled fashion. Even so, he would not leave his wicked purpose;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	7	with pride undiminished, still breathing out fiery threats against the Jewish folk, he pressed forward on his errand, till of a sudden, in full career, down fell he from his chariot, and never a limb but was racked grievously by the fall.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	8	What a living proof was this of God’s power, when he was struck to earth, and must finish his journey by litter, one that boasted, till now, he could rise beyond man’s measure, the sea’s waves govern, and weigh mountains in the balance!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	9	Bred worms at last in that sinful body, and he lived yet, though miserably enough, to see his own flesh rot away, till his own men could not bear the foul stench of him;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	10	it was but yesterday the very stars seemed within his reach, and never a man now would carry so foul a burden.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	11	What marvel, if the swelling pride of him ebbed away, and heaven’s judgements brought him to himself? With every moment his anguish grew,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	12	and the foul breath of his disease was past his own bearing. Alas, said he, to God all must bow; mortals we are, and god ourselves we may not.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	13	Nay, he made suit to the Lord, vile wretch though he were, hoping all in vain to win mercy.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	14	Forgotten, his haste to lay Jerusalem in ruins, and make a cemetery of it; a free city it should be thenceforward.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	15	Grudge the Jewish folk burial, give their carrion to bird and beast, make an end of them, children and all? Nay, such high privileges they should have as the townsfolk of Athens itself.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	16	And for that sacred temple he had stripped bare, with choice gifts he would enrich it, furnishing it as never before, and defraying, from his own purse, all the cost of its sacrifices.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	17	Stay, he would become a Jew himself, would go the rounds of earth, proclaiming everywhere the divine power!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	18	But all to no avail; the vengeance of God, well earned, had overtaken him, and find relief he might not. So now, despairing of that, he wrote to the Jews in very humble fashion, as here follows.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	19	To his loyal Jewish subjects Antiochus, their king and general, sends greeting, health, and happiness!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	20	Thrive you and yours, and fare prosperously, I am well content.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	21	For myself, I am in ill case, yet think ever kindly of you. On my way home from Persia, so grievous a distemper has fallen upon me, needs must I should take order for the public safety.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	22	Despair I will not; there is good hope yet of my recovery.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	23	But this thought weighs with me; when he went a-campaigning in the high countries, my father gave out who was to succeed him;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	24	should aught go amiss, and ill tidings come, every governor in his own province must know his duty without fear of confusion.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	25	And here be princes all about, I know it well, waiting upon events and ready to go with the times. Heir to the throne, then, I needs must designate. Again and again, when I set out for the high countries, I entrusted my son Antiochus to the general care. And now this written commission I have sent him …
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	26	As you love me, then, bethink you of those benefits you have received, both publicly and in private; keep faith, each and all of you, with me and with my son.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	27	I doubt not he will shew himself his father’s true heir, ever courteous, and kindly, and easy of approach.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	28	So died he, wretchedly enough, the murderer, the blasphemer, out in the hill-country far away from home. Cruel the blow that struck him down, as he had ever been cruel in his dealings.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	9	29	His body was brought home again; Philip, his foster-brother, came back with it, and then took refuge in Egypt with Ptolemy Philometor, so little he trusted the young prince Antiochus.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	1	Meanwhile, God aiding, Machabaeus and his followers had recovered both temple and city.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	2	Down came the altars Gentile folk had set up in the open streets, down came the shrines,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	3	and the temple was purged of its defilement. They made a fresh altar, struck fire from flint, and offered sacrifice again after two years’ intermission; rose incense, burned lamp, loaves were set out on the sacred table once more.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	4	Then, bowing down to earth, they made petition to the Lord, never again such calamity might overtake them; sin if they did, himself in his great mercy should chastise them, not hand them over into the cruel power of blasphemous enemies.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	5	It so fell out, that the temple was purified on the twenty-fifth day of Casleu, the very time of its profanation by the Gentiles.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	6	Eight days of rejoicing they kept, with such ceremonies as belong to the feast of Tent-dwelling; it was a feast of tent-dwelling indeed they had kept a while back, when they lodged like beasts among the hill-side caverns!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	7	Now that God had made the way clear for his temple’s cleansing, what wonder if they set up in his honour branches, and green boughs, and arbours of palm?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	8	What wonder if a decree was passed, by common consent, all Jewry should keep the festival year by year?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	9	Now the story is told, how Antiochus called the Illustrious came by his end,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	10	turn we to his son, Antiochus Eupator, that was born of a very ill father; record we in brief the history of his reign, and the hazards of war that went with it.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	11	Upon his accession, this king entrusted all the business of the realm to one Lysias, commander of the forces in Phoenice and Coelesyria.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	12	With Ptolemy, that was called Macer, we are concerned no more; fain would he have made amends to the Jews for the wrong done them, and kept their friendship,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	13	but for that very reason he was denounced to Eupator by his courtiers. He was a traitor, they said, twice over, false to his trust, when Philometor left him in charge of Cyprus, and now weary of his new allegiance to Antiochus the Illustrious! Whereupon he put an end to his own life by poison.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	14	When Gorgias was given command of the district, he was for ever making war on the Jews, with mercenaries to aid him;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	15	and there were natives of the country besides, well entrenched in their strongholds, that gave welcome to deserters from Jerusalem, and so fanned the flames of enmity.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	16	And now the followers of Machabaeus, after prayer made for the divine assistance, delivered an attack upon the Edomite strongholds.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	17	These, by a very courageous assault, they occupied, and cut down all they met, putting not less than twenty thousand men to the sword;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	18	but there were two fortresses yet remaining, into which the survivors threw themselves, well provided with means of defence.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	19	Machabaeus himself went off to fight other battles of greater moment, leaving Simon, Joseph and Zacchaeus, with a strong force under their command, to carry on the siege.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	20	And here the avarice of Simon’s men was their undoing; for a bribe of seventy thousand silver pieces, they allowed some of the defenders to escape.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	21	Machabaeus no sooner heard of it, than he summoned the leaders of the people, and arraigned the guilty men in their presence; what, would they sell their brethren’s lives, by letting the enemies of their race go free?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	22	So he put these traitors to death; and for the strongholds, he conquered both of them at a blow,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	23	so carrying all before him by force of arms, that more than twenty thousand of the defenders perished.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	24	But Timotheus could not be content with one defeat at the hands of the Jews; he would bring in hordes of foreign soldiery, and cavalry from Asia, threatening Judaea with slavery.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	25	At his coming, the party of Machabaeus fell to prayer; earth on their heads, sackcloth about their loins,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	26	they lay prostrate at the altar’s foot, entreating the Lord he would espouse their quarrel, and their foes should be his; the law had promised it.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	27	Then, this supplication made, they took up arms and marched out, leaving the city far away in their rear, nor ever halted till they were close to the enemy’s lines.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	28	Soon as the dawn broke, they engaged; on the one side, all trust in the Lord, valour’s best pledge of victory and fairer times; on the other, naught but human eagerness to inspire courage.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	29	Hard went the day, and, so it seemed to the enemy, heaven itself took part. Five horsemen came riding, with splendid trappings of gold, to lead the Jews onward;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	30	and two of these served Machabaeus for escort, covering him with their shields to keep all hurt away from him. With shaft of theirs, lightning of theirs, dazzled and dismayed, the enemy fell to earth;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	31	twenty thousand and five hundred of them perished that day, besides six hundred of the cavalry.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	32	As for Timotheus, he took refuge in Gazara, a strong fortress that was under the command of Chaereas.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	33	Four days together, Machabaeus and his men eagerly pressed on the siege of it;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	34	but the defenders were confident in its strength; loud their defiance was, and very blasphemous the words they uttered.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	35	Stung by these taunts, twenty warriors of Machabaeus’ company made a bold attack on the wall as the fifth day was dawning, and, by the fierceness of their onslaught, made shift to climb it;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	36	others, following at their heels, fell to burning tower and gateway alike, and made a bonfire of the blasphemers.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	37	For two whole days they ransacked the fort, and at last came upon Timotheus in his hiding-place; so they made an end of him, his brother Chaereas and Apollophanes perishing with him.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	10	38	When all was over, they sang hymns of praise and gave thanks to the Lord, that had done marvellous things for Israel, and granted them victory.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	1	It was but a short respite they had; Lysias, a kinsman of Antiochus that was regent and managed his affairs for him, was not a little concerned over these happenings,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	2	and he marched on Judaea at the head of eighty thousand men, with all the cavalry he could muster. Here was a city worth the capture, for Gentile folk to dwell in;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	3	here was a temple that would yield a fine spoil, as temples did everywhere; a priesthood, too, that might be put up for sale year after year.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	4	Of all this he bethought him, never of God’s avenging power; blindly he trusted in his foot-soldiers by the ten thousand, his horsemen by the thousand, in his elephants that numbered four score.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	5	Upon marching into Judaea he first reached Bethsura, that stood in a narrow pass five furlongs away from Jerusalem, and laid siege to the citadel of it.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	6	What did Machabaeus and his fellows, when they learned that the siege of the fortress was already begun? Most piteously they besought the Lord, amid the tears of a whole populace, a gracious angel he would send out for Israel’s deliverance.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	7	Then they armed for battle, Machabaeus himself the first of all, as he summoned the rest to share with him the hour of danger, for the relief of their brethren.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	8	So, in good heart, they set out together, and before they left Jerusalem a vision came to them; of a rider that went before them in white array, with armour of gold, brandishing his spear.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	9	How they blessed God’s mercy, all of them, at the sight! How their courage rose, a match for all it should encounter, men or wild beast or walls of iron!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	10	They marched on, ready for battle, sure now of a heavenly champion, and of the Lord’s favour;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	11	and when they charged the enemy, they were very lions for valour. At their onslaught, fell eleven thousand of the foot, fell a thousand and six hundred of the horse;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	12	and the whole army took to its heels, for the most part wounded and disarmed; Lysias himself, ingloriously enough, turned and fled.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	13	Yet good sense he lacked not; great loss he had sustained, and, let the Hebrews continue to rely for aid upon divine Omnipotence, he saw there was no conquering them. So he wrote,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	14	offering to conclude honourable terms with them, and secure them the king’s friendship.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	15	As for Machabaeus, he consented to what Lysias asked, having no thought but for the common good; and the written terms he proposed to Lysias in the Jewish people’s name received the royal assent.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	16	The letter sent to the Jews by Lysias was after this manner: Lysias, to the people of the Jews, all health!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	17	Your envoys, John and Abesalom, handed me a written petition, and desired that I would give effect to the terms of it.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	18	All that needed to be known, I have made clear to the king’s grace, and he has granted what grant he could.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	19	Doubt not I will be a good suitor in your cause hereafter, so you abide loyal to the king’s interest.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	20	Meanwhile I have given a verbal message to your envoys and mine, which they will impart to you.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	21	Farewell. Given on this twenty-fourth day of Dioscorus, in the hundred and forty-eighth year.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	22	And of the king’s own letter, the tenour was this: King Antiochus, to his good cousin Lysias, all health!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	23	Now that our father has found his place among the gods, it is for us to see that our subjects live at peace, and go quietly about their business.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	24	But of one nation, the Jews, we hear that they resisted our father’s will, who would have had them conform to the Greek way of living; to their own tradition they hold fast, and their plea is, we should grant them the enjoyment of their rights in the matter.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	25	And whereas we would have this nation live peaceably like the rest, we enact and decree that their temple should be restored to them, and that they should follow the custom of their forefathers.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	26	Do us the kindness, then, to send word and give them assurance of this; our will made known, let them take heart, and order their own affairs contentedly.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	27	To the Jews themselves the king wrote as follows: King Antiochus, to the elders and people of the Jews, all health!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	28	Thrive you as well as ourselves, we are well content.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	29	Menelaus has brought us word, you would fain have free intercourse with the men of your race who dwell in these parts;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	30	and we hereby grant safe conduct to all of you that would travel here, up to the thirtieth day of Xanthicus …
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	31	That the Jewish folk may eat what food they will, use what laws they will, according to their ancient custom; and if aught has been done amiss through inadvertence, none of them, for that cause, shall be molested.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	32	We are sending Menelaus besides, to give a charge to you.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	33	Farewell. Given on the fifteenth day of Xanthicus, in the hundred and forty-eighth year.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	34	The Romans, too, wrote to them after the manner following; Quintus Memmius and Titus Manlius, envoys of Rome, to the Jewish people, all health!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	35	The privileges Lysias has granted you in the name of his royal cousin, we hereby ratify.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	36	Other matters he has remitted to the king’s decision; take counsel among yourselves, and let us know at once what your mind is, if you would have us order all to your liking. Even now we are on the road to Antioch;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	37	write speedily, to let us know how you are minded.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	11	38	Farewell. Given on the twenty-fifth day of Xanthicus, in the hundred and forty-eighth year.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	1	So all was agreed upon; Lysias was for the court again, and the Jewish folk went back to their farms.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	2	But neither rest nor respite might they have while Timotheus and Apollonius, son of Gennaeus, were left at their posts; Hieronymus, too, and Demophon, and Nicanor that ruled in Cyprus.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	3	This was a very foul deed done by the men of Joppe; they fitted out certain vessels of theirs, and would have the neighbouring Jews go aboard, with their wives and children, for all the world as if there were no grudge between them.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	4	It was the common wish of their fellow-citizens; how should the Jews gainsay it? They were lovers of peace, and cause for suspicion had none. Yet once they were on the high seas, they were cast overboard and drowned, a full two hundred of them.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	5	Such tidings of cruel murder done upon men of his own race, Judas could not hear unmoved; mustering his followers, and calling upon God, that judges aright, to speed him,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	6	he marched out against the slayers of his brethren; at dead of night he burned down their wharves, and set all the ships ablaze, nor any man that escaped the fire but was put to the sword.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	7	This done, he left them, but threatening he would return, and leave none alive in Joppe.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	8	He had word, too, that the men of Jamnia meant to do the same by the Jews in their part;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	9	so he fell on Jamnia, too, by night, and burnt both wharves and ships there; the light of that blaze was seen at Jerusalem, thirty miles off. …
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	10	Nine furlongs they had marched, on their way to meet Timotheus, when an Arab force engaged them, of five thousand foot and five hundred horse.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	11	Stern was the encounter, but with God’s help they won the day; and the defeated remnant of the Arabs asked Judas for quarter, promising a grant of pasture-lands, with other advantages.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	12	And, beyond doubt, they could be many ways serviceable to him; so he made terms with them. They swore friendship, and the Arabs went back to their tents.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	13	A city there was called Casphin, moated and walled about for its defence, and held by a rabble of many races; this, too, Judas attacked.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	14	Such trust the defenders had in the strength of their ramparts, and their plentiful supplies of food, they carried themselves recklessly, hurling taunts at Judas, with blasphemies and other talk little fit to be uttered.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	15	But Machabaeus to that King made appeal, who needed neither engine nor battering-ram, in Josue’s day, to bring Jericho down in ruins; a fierce attack he delivered upon the walls,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	16	and, so God willed, became master of the city. The slaughter in it was past reckoning; there was a pool hard by, of two furlongs’ breadth, that seemed as if it ran in full tide with the blood of slain men.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	17	It needed a march of ninety-five miles to bring them to Charax, where the Jews were whom they call Tubianaeans.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	18	Yet could they not come up with Timotheus; he had retired, with nothing achieved, leaving a strong garrison in one of the forts there;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	19	which garrison of his, ten thousand strong, was destroyed by two of Machabaeus’ captains, Dositheus and Sosipater.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	20	Machabaeus himself, with six thousand men at his heels, divided into companies, pressed on against Timotheus, that had a hundred and twenty thousand foot, and two thousand five hundred horse, under his command.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	21	At the news of Judas’ coming, Timotheus was fain to send on women, children, and stores, to Carnion, an impregnable fortress and one difficult of approach, so narrow the pass was.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	22	And now the first of Judas’ companies came in sight, and with it the presence of the all-seeing God. What fear fell upon the enemy, how they scattered in flight, stumbling over their own fellows, wounded by the point of their own swords!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	23	And all the while Judas pressed them hard, the scourge of ill-doers; thirty thousand of them that day he slaughtered.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	24	As for Timotheus, he fell into the hands of another force, under Dositheus and Sosipater; of these he begged earnestly for his life, telling them of Jewish hostages in his keeping, their own fathers and brothers, that would get no quarter if he came by his death.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	25	Many were the pledges he gave, covenanting for the restoration of these hostages, and at last, for love of their brethren, they let him go free.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	26	Judas went on to Carnion, where the enemy lost twenty-five thousand men,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	27	routed and slain; thence to Ephron, a fortified city, where stout warriors of many different breeds manned the walls most valiantly, well provided with engines and weapons.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	28	Yet strength is none can hold its own against the Omnipotent; to him the Jews made appeal, and so took the city, killing twenty-five thousand of the defenders.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	29	And thence to Scythopolis, at seventy-five miles’ distance from Jerusalem;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	30	but here the Jews themselves bore witness, how kindly their neighbours used them, and how honourably they carried themselves even in troublous times.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	31	Thanking all such, and desiring them they would continue their good offices towards the Jewish folk, the army returned to Jerusalem, to keep the festival of the Weeks.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	32	Then, after Pentecost, they marched away to meet Gorgias, that was in command of Idumaea;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	33	it was but a muster of three thousand foot and four hundred horse.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	34	Battle was joined, and some few Jews fell.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	35	As for Gorgias, one Dositheus, a great warrior that was in Bacenor’s company of horse, kept close on his heels and would have taken him alive; but one of the Thracian horsemen fell upon him and cut off his arm at the shoulder, so Gorgias escaped safe to Maresa.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	36	A long fight Esdrin’s company had of it, and were full weary, when Judas called upon the Lord to succour them and lead them onwards,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	37	battle-hymn and battle-cry raising in his own language; and so he put Gorgias’ army to the rout.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	38	And now, recalling his men from the pursuit, he made his way to the city of Adollam; the week had gone round, and here, duly cleansed from defilement, they kept the sabbath.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	39	Next day, with Judas at their head, they went back to recover the bodies of the slain, for burial among their own folk in their fathers’ graves;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	40	and what found they? Each of the fallen was wearing, under his shirt, some token carried away from the false gods of Jamnia. Here was defiance of the Jewish law, and none doubted it was the cause of their undoing;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	41	none but praised the Lord for his just retribution, that had brought hidden things to light;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	42	and so they fell to prayer, pleading that the sin might go unremembered. Judas himself, their gallant commander, gave public warning to his men, of fault they should evermore keep clear, with the fate of these transgressors under their eyes.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	43	Then he would have contribution made; a sum of twelve thousand silver pieces he levied, and sent it to Jerusalem, to have sacrifice made there for the guilt of their dead companions. Was not this well done and piously? Here was a man kept the resurrection ever in mind;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	44	he had done fondly and foolishly indeed, to pray for the dead, if these might rise no more, that once were fallen!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	45	And these had made a godly end; could he doubt, a rich recompense awaited them?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	12	46	A holy and wholesome thought it is to pray for the dead, for their guilt’s undoing.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	1	It was in the hundred and forty-ninth year news came to Judas that Antiochus Eupator was marching on Judaea in great force.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	2	Lysias was at his side, that was lord protector and managed the affairs of the realm, and with him were a hundred and ten thousand foot, five thousand horse, twenty-two elephants, and three hundred scythed chariots.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	3	Menelaus, too, must be of their company, and ever it was treacherous advice he gave to Antiochus; not that he cared for his country’s safety, but he had designs upon the high priesthood still.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	4	And hereupon the King of all kings brought this guilty wretch into ill favour with his master Antiochus, who (upon Lysias’ averring, here was the true source of all their misadventures) would have him apprehended and put to death according to the custom of the place where they were quartered.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	5	There is here a tower fifty cubits in height, rising sheer above a heap of ashes that surrounds it;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	6	from its walls the author of sacrilege is thrust forward to his death by the common impulse of the bystanders.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	7	This, then, was the doom of Menelaus; by this law the law-breaker met his end, and lay there unburied.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	8	A fitting reward, this, for one that had done so many outrages upon God’s altar; fire of it and ashes of it are sacred, and it was by ashes Menelaus went to his death.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	9	Yet still the king pressed forward on his mad career, as if he would prove himself a worse enemy of Jewry than his father;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	10	and Judas, when the news came to him, bade the people entreat God night and day he would come to their rescue, as ever he was wont hitherto.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	11	Here was great peril, they should be deprived at one blow of law, of country, and of sanctuary; would he allow blaspheming Gentiles to lord it again over his people, that had but now won a little breathing-space?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	12	Entreat the Lord they did, and with one accord, for his mercy; wept they and fasted, and kept on their knees for three days together. Then Judas gave them the word to arm,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	13	and himself called the elders to a council; his plan was, he told them, to march out and engage the king before he could reach Judaea and overpower the city, and the issue of it he would leave to the Lord’s good pleasure.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	14	So, committing all to God, the world’s creator, and bidding his men fight bravely, even to the death, for law, temple, city, country and kinsmen, he pitched his camp at Modin.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	15	The watchword he gave them was, Victory lies with God; and now, choosing out the best of his fighting men, he made a night attack upon the royal quarters. Four thousand men they slew in the camp, and the greatest of all the elephants, with the crew that rode him,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	16	and so went back in triumph, leaving the camp all confusion and dismay.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	17	After this daybreak victory, won under God’s protection,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	18	the king had taste enough of Jewish valour, and set about to reduce the strongholds by policy.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	19	And first he would deliver an attack upon Bethsura, a fortress of the Jews, but ever he was thrown back and repulsed with great loss,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	20	so well did Judas supply the garrison with all they needed.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	21	There was one Rhodocus in the Jewish army that betrayed secrets to the enemy, but, upon enquiry made, he was apprehended and put under arrest;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	22	so the king was fain to parley with the defenders of Bethsura, and, upon agreed terms, the siege of it was raised.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	23	Thus did he try conclusions with Judas, and had the worst of it; news came to him besides that Philip, whom he had left in charge at Antioch, was levying revolt against him. So, in great consternation of mind, he must needs throw himself on the mercy of the Jews, submitting under oath to the just terms they imposed on him. In token of this reconciliation, he offered sacrifice, paying the temple much reverence and offering gifts there;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	24	as for Machabaeus, the king made a friend of him, and appointed him both governor and commander of all the territory from Ptolemais to the Gerrenes.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	25	When he reached Ptolemais, he found the citizens much incensed over this treaty made, and angrily averring the terms of it would never be kept;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	13	26	until at last Lysias must go up to an open stage, and give his reasons; whereby he calmed the indignation of the people, and so returned to Antioch. Such was the king’s march upon Judaea, and such his homecoming.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	1	Three years later, came tidings to Judas and his company that Demetrius, son of Seleucus, was on the throne. This Demetrius, with a body of resolute followers and with ships to support him, had landed at Tripolis, in a part of the country well suited to his purpose,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	2	and had wrested the whole kingdom from Antiochus, and from Lysias his general.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	3	Now turn we to one Alcimus, that had been high priest formerly, but had wilfully incurred defilement in the days when folk began consorting with the Gentiles. Little hope was left him, he should live to present himself at the altar again;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	4	and now he had recourse to king Demetrius, in the hundred and fiftieth year. He came with gifts, a gold crown and a palm branch, and wreaths that had been better employed in the service of the temple. No word said he on the first day of his arriving;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	5	but ere long opportunity was given him of carrying out his impious design. He was called into counsel by Demetrius himself, and asked what resources the Jews had, or what purposes in view, that gave them such confidence.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	6	And this was his answer: It is the faction of the Assideans, with Judas Machabaeus at their head, that will ever be fanning the flames of war, and moving revolt, and destroying the peace of the realm.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	7	Thou seest here a man robbed of the high priesthood, his rightful inheritance. And the cause of my coming is,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	8	first, the loyalty I have to the king’s own interest, but not less, the love of my own fellow-countrymen; by the false aims of a faction the whole of our race is brought into utter misery.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	9	Do but satisfy thyself, my lord king, that all is as I have said, and then, with that kindliness the world knows so well, take order concerning the country and its inhabitants.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	10	No peace the commonwealth may have, while Judas lives.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	11	Such was the opinion he gave, and the courtiers, that had little love for Judas, fell to egging Demetrius on;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	12	he, with all haste, despatched one of his generals to Judaea, Nicanor, that was in command of the elephants.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	13	His orders were, to take Judas alive, to disperse his company, and of our glorious temple to make Alcimus high priest.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	14	The Gentiles whom Judas had chased out of the country flocked, now, to Nicanor’s side, confident that the miserable ruin of the Jews would be the foundation of their own prosperity.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	15	As for the Jews, when they heard Nicanor was on the march, with all this rabble of alien folk, they cast earth on their heads and betook themselves to prayer. Was it not God’s appointment, his people he should evermore preserve? Was he not wont to protect them with signal marks of his favour?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	16	And now orders came to them from their leader; they must be on the march. Their mustering-place was a fortress called Dessau,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	17	to which Simon, Judas’ brother, had withdrawn after a brush with the enemy, who daunted him by the suddenness of their advance.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	18	But Nicanor had heard much about the valour of Judas’ men, and how nobly they fought in their country’s quarrel; no wonder if he shrank from the arbitrament of the sword,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	19	and sent envoys to meet them, Posidonius, Theodotius and Matthias, with an offer of terms.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	20	After a deal of negotiation, Judas referred the matter to the general voice, and all were agreed upon accepting the offer of friendship.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	21	So the day was fixed for a secret conference to be held between them; thrones of honour were brought out and set ready,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	22	and you may be sure Judas had armed men posted in waiting, to forestall any sudden treachery on the enemy’s part; but their parleys ended happily enough.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	23	Nicanor was now lodged in Jerusalem, and did there no manner of hurt; all the rabble he had brought with him were dispersed to their homes.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	24	Towards Judas he shewed unaffected friendship, such a liking he had taken for the man;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	25	ay, and encouraged him to take a wife and beget children; so Judas married, and took his ease, and ever he lived on close terms with Nicanor.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	26	And what of Alcimus? Little it liked him to see all this good-will between the two of them, and their treaty-making; to Demetrius he betook him, and charged Nicanor with disaffection; was he not purposing to hand over his command to Judas, a traitor against the realm?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	27	Vile accusations, that threw Demetrius into a great taking of fury; he wrote to Nicanor, he was very ill content with the peace made, and would have Machabaeus sent to Antioch in chains without more ado.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	28	Here was Nicanor left in great confusion of mind; it went against the grain with him to cancel the treaty with Judas, that had nothing wronged him,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	29	yet run counter to the king’s will he might not. So he began looking for an opportunity of carrying out his orders;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	30	and Machabaeus, remarking that a coolness had sprung up, and their meetings were less courteous than hitherto, made sure this behaviour of his boded no good. Whereupon he gathered some of his company, and went into concealment.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	31	So Nicanor found himself quite outwitted; and he must needs make his way into the high and holy precincts of the temple, where even then the priests were offering their accustomed sacrifice. Judas, he said, must be handed over to him;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	32	and when they, upon oath, denied all knowledge of his hiding-place, what did Nicanor? He pointed to the temple,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	33	and swore that if Judas were not handed over to him in chains he would raze yonder sanctuary to the ground, demolish the altar, and consecrate its precincts anew to Bacchus.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	34	With that, he left them; and the priests, lifting up their hands to heaven, called upon the God that was ever the champion of their race, with such prayer as this:
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	35	Lord of all, that need of thy creatures hast none, thy will it was to have thy dwelling-place among us!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	36	Holy thou art, and of all holy things the master; this house, that was so lately cleansed of its defilement, keep thou for ever undefiled.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	37	It was this Nicanor that received information against one of the elders at Jerusalem, named Razias, a true patriot and a man of good repute; for the love he bore it, men called him the father of the Jewish people.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	38	Long time this man had held to his resolve of keeping aloof from the Gentiles, ready to put life and limb in jeopardy, so he might persevere.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	39	And now, as if to give public proof of hatred towards the Jews, Nicanor sent five hundred men to take him alive;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	40	shrewder blow was none he could deal them, than to beguile such a man as this.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	41	And when this great company set about to force an entry into his dwelling, breaking down the door and calling out for firebrands, cut off from all escape, what did Razias? He thrust a sword into his own body,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	42	counting it better to die honourably than to fall into the hands of sinners, and suffer outrage unworthy of a free-born man.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	43	The hasty blow missed its aim; and now, with a rabble of men pouring in through the doors he made gallantly for the outer wall, and never hesitated to cast himself down, there in the heart of the crowd.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	44	You may be sure they made room for his coming, and he fell on the very joints of his neck;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	45	yet, breathing still, he rose to his feet undaunted; blood streaming from his mortal wounds, he made his way through the press of men,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	14	46	till he stood on a sheer rock above them. And there, for now he had no blood left in him, he laid hold of his own entrails, and with both hands cast them into the crowd beneath, calling upon the Lord, giver of life and breath, to restore these same to his body; and so died.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	1	When Nicanor was told, Judas was in the Samaritan country, he would have pressed home the attack against him, there and then, on the sabbath day.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	2	But the Jews gainsaid him; for there were Jews that fought, unwillingly enough, under his orders. What, said they, wouldst thou fight beast-fashion, without mercy? This holy day respect thou needs must, in his honour that is God all-seeing.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	3	Why, where is he then, said the impious wretch, this God who would have sabbath kept? In the heavens?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	4	In heaven he is, sure enough, they answered, the living Lord our master, that gave orders the seventh day should be observed.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	5	So be it, said he, and I am your master on earth, and my orders are, To arms, and despatch the king’s business! Yet carry out his design they would not.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	6	Such an empty braggart was this Nicanor, he thought to make a single victory of it, over all the Jews at once;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	7	Machabaeus on his side kept ever his confidence, yet with the sure hope, God would bring him aid.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	8	And for his men he had the same encouragement; let them never be daunted by the onslaught of the heathen, but rather bethink them of heaven’s mercies in time past, and look to God Omnipotent for victory.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	9	Of the law and the prophets he spoke to them, and reminded them of their old battles, till all were eager for the fight;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	10	nor was it enough to arouse their ardour; he shewed them, too, how treacherous the heathen had proved, and how forsworn.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	11	Thus it was his care to arm them, not with shield or spear for their defence, but with excellent words of good cheer.A dream of his he told them, most worthy of credence, that brought comfort to one and all.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	12	And what saw he? Onias, that had once been high priest, appeared to him; an excellent good man this, modest of mien, courteous, well-spoken, and from his boyhood schooled in all the virtues. With hands outstretched, he stood there praying for the Jewish folk.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	13	Then he was ware of another, a man of great age and reverence, nothing about him but was most worshipful;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	14	who this might be, Onias told him forthwith: Here is one that loves our brethren, the people of Israel, well; one that for Israel and for every stone of the holy city prays much; God’s prophet Jeremias.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	15	And with that, Jeremias reached forward to Judas, and gave him a golden sword;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	16	This holy sword take thou, he said, God’s gift; this wielding, all the enemies of my people Israel thou shalt lay low.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	17	A most noble harangue, and one very apt to rouse the emulation of his followers, and to stiffen their courage. No wonder if they resolved they would put it to the touch, and manfully engage the enemy; valour should decide all. Was not the holy city, was not the temple itself in jeopardy?
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	18	For wives and children, for brethren and kindred, their concern was less; of the perils they dreaded, profanation of the temple was first and foremost.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	19	And what of those who were left in the city? No common anxiety they felt for these others that were going into battle.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	20	Now was the hour of decision; the enemy was at the gates, drawn up in full array; here were the elephants, here was the cavalry, posted at points of vantage.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	21	Judas, when he saw the number of his assailants, how manifold were their appointments, how fierce the temper of the beasts, was fain to lift hands heavenward, and to the Lord make his appeal; the Lord, that is wondrous in his doings, and at his own pleasure crowns right, not might, with victory.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	22	And this was the manner of his praying: Lord, in the days of Ezechias thou didst send thy angel, and take toll of a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of Sennacherib!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	23	Ruler of heaven, some friendly angel of thine this day escort us; dread and dismay let thy outstretched hand inspire,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	24	to the confusion of yonder blasphemers that levy war on thy holy people! And so he brought his prayer to an end.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	25	By this, Nicanor’s army was coming forward to the attack, with blowing of trumpets and with songs of battle.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	26	But Judas and his company went to meet them calling still upon God for his succour;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	27	and ever while hand fought, heart prayed. Such joy had they of God’s present assistance, they cut down a full thirty-five thousand of the enemy;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	28	when they let be, and returned in triumph from the pursuit, news greeted them Nicanor himself had armed for the fight, and lay there dead.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	29	What a cry was then raised, what a stir, what hymns they sang, in the speech of their own country, to God Omnipotent!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	30	And Judas? Not for nothing had he devoted body and soul, this long while, to the service of his fellow countrymen! Nicanor’s head, and one of his arms cut off from the shoulder downwards, he bade them carry to Jerusalem;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	31	and there he called the tribesmen together, ranged the priests about the altar, and sent his summons to the heathen that garrisoned the citadel.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	32	Head and hand he shewed them of the godless Nicanor, the hand that was stretched out so boastfully against the holy temple of the Almighty,
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	33	bidding them cut the blaspheming tongue in pieces and cast it to the birds, nail the rash hand to the temple’s face.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	34	None but praised the Lord of heaven at the sight; Blessed be the Lord, they cried, that has kept his house undefiled still!
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	35	As for Nicanor’s head, Judas hung it at the top of the citadel, to be a clear and evident token, how God gives aid.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	36	And all with one consent made a decree, never should that day pass unobserved;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	37	they would keep holiday on the thirteenth of the Syrian month Adar, which is the eve of Mardochaeus’ feast.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	38	Such was the history of Nicanor; and since that time the city has been in Jewish possession. Here, then, I will make an end of writing;
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	39	if it has been done workmanly, and in historian’s fashion, none better pleased than I; if it is of little merit, I must be humoured none the less.
+2 Machabees	2Mac	46	15	40	Nothing but wine to take, nothing but water, thy health forbids; vary thy drinking, and thou shalt find content. So it is with reading; if the book be too nicely polished at every point, it grows wearisome. So here we will have done with it.
 Matthew	Mat	46	1	1	A record of the ancestry from which Jesus Christ, the son of David, son of Abraham, was born.
 Matthew	Mat	46	1	2	Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac of Jacob, Jacob of Juda and his brethren;
 Matthew	Mat	46	1	3	Juda of Phares and Zara, by Thamar; Phares of Esron, Esron of Aram,
diff --git a/njb.tsv b/njb.tsv
@@ -9253,7 +9253,7 @@ Ruth	Ruth	8	4	22	Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.
 1 Kings	1Ki	11	15	4	However, for David's sake, Yahweh his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, with a son to succeed him, so keeping Jerusalem secure;
 1 Kings	1Ki	11	15	5	for David had done what Yahweh regarded as right and had never in all his life disobeyed whatever he commanded him (except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite).
 1 Kings	1Ki	11	15	6	The rest of the history of Abijam, his entire career,
-1 Kings	1Ki	11	15	7	 is this not recorded in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Judah? Abijam and Jeroboam made war on each other.
+1 Kings	1Ki	11	15	7	is this not recorded in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Judah? Abijam and Jeroboam made war on each other.
 1 Kings	1Ki	11	15	8	When Abijam fell asleep with his ancestors, he was buried in the City of David; his son Asa succeeded him.
 1 Kings	1Ki	11	15	9	In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king of Judah
 1 Kings	1Ki	11	15	10	and reigned for forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacah descendant of Absalom.
@@ -12885,7 +12885,7 @@ Tobit	Tob	17	11	11	(he had the fish's gall in his hand). He blew into his eyes a
 Tobit	Tob	17	11	12	then with both hands peeled away a filmy skin from the corners of his eyes.
 Tobit	Tob	17	11	13	Then his father fell on his neck
 Tobit	Tob	17	11	14	and wept. He exclaimed, 'I can see you, my son, the light of my eyes!' And he said: Blessed be God! Blessed be his great name! Blessed be all his holy angels! Blessed be his great name for evermore!
-Tobit	Tob	17	11	15	For, having afflicted me, he has had pity on me and now I see my son Tobias! Tobias went indoors, joyfully blessing God at the top of his voice. Then he told his father everything; how his journey had been successful and he had brought the silver back; how his journey had been successful and he had brought the silver back; how he had married Sarah the daughter of Raguel; how she was following him now, close behind, and could not be far from the gates of Nineveh.
+Tobit	Tob	17	11	15	For, having afflicted me, he has had pity on me and now I see my son Tobias! Tobias went indoors, joyfully blessing God at the top of his voice. Then he told his father everything; how his journey had been successful and he had brought the silver back; how he had married Sarah the daughter of Raguel; how she was following him now, close behind, and could not be far from the gates of Nineveh.
 Tobit	Tob	17	11	16	Tobit set off to the gates of Nineveh to meet his daughter-in-law, giving joyful praise to God as he went. When the people of Nineveh saw him walking without a guide and stepping forward as briskly as of old, they were astonished.
 Tobit	Tob	17	11	17	Tobit described to them how God had taken pity on him and had opened his eyes. Then Tobit met Sarah the bride of his son Tobias, and blessed her in these words. 'Welcome, daughter! Blessed be your God for sending you to us, my daughter. Blessings on your father, blessings on my son Tobias, blessings on yourself, my daughter. Welcome now to your won house in joyfulness an din blessedness. Come in, my daughter.' That day brought joy to the Jews of Nineveh,
 Tobit	Tob	17	11	18	and his cousins Ahikar and Nadab came to share in Tobit's happiness.
@@ -13408,7 +13408,7 @@ Esther	Est	19	8	8	You, for your part, write what you please as regards the Jews,
 Esther	Est	19	8	9	The royal scribes were summoned at once -- it was the third month, the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day -- and at Mordecai's dictation an order was written to the Jews, the satraps, governors and principal officials of the provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, to each provinces in its own script, and to each people in its own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
 Esther	Est	19	8	10	These letters, written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king's signet, were carried by couriers mounted on horses from the king's own stud-farms.
 Esther	Est	19	8	11	In them the king granted the Jews, in whatever city they lived, the right to assemble in self-defence, with permission to destroy, slaughter and annihilate any armed force of any people or province that might attack them, together with their women and children, and to plunder their possessions,
-Esther	Est	19	8	12	with effect from the same day throughout the provinces of King Ahasuerus -- the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is Adar.
+Esther	Est	19	8	12	with effect from the same day throughout the provinces of King Ahasuerus -- the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, 'Every city and, more generally, every country,which does not follow these instructions, will be mercilessly devastated with fire and sword, and made not only inaccessible to human beings but hateful to wild animals and even birds for ever.'
 Esther	Est	19	8	13	Copies of this edict, to be promulgated as law in each province, were published to the various peoples, so that the Jews could be ready on the day stated to avenge themselves on their enemies.
 Esther	Est	19	8	14	The couriers, mounted on the king's horses, set out in great haste and urgency at the king's command. The edict was also published in the citadel of Susa.
 Esther	Est	19	8	15	Mordecai left the royal presence in a princely gown of violet and white, with a great golden crown and a cloak of fine linen and purple. The city of Susa shouted for joy.
@@ -13458,8 +13458,7 @@ Esther	Est	19	10	3	And Mordecai the Jew was next in rank to King Ahasuerus. He w
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	1	7	Alexander had reigned twelve years when he died.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	1	8	Each of his officers established himself in his own region.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	1	9	All assumed crowns after his death, they and their heirs after them for many years, bringing increasing evils on the world.
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	1	10	From these there grew a wicked offshoot, Antiochus Epiphanes son of King Antiochus; once a hostage in Rome, he became king in the
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	1	107	107th year of the kingdom of the Greeks.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	1	10	From these there grew a wicked offshoot, Antiochus Epiphanes son of King Antiochus; once a hostage in Rome, he became king in the 107th year of the kingdom of the Greeks.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	1	11	It was then that there emerged from Israel a set of renegades who led many people astray. 'Come,' they said, 'let us ally ourselves with the gentiles surrounding us, for since we separated ourselves from them many misfortunes have overtaken us.'
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	1	12	This proposal proved acceptable,
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	1	13	and a number of the people eagerly approached the king, who authorised them to practise the gentiles' observances.
@@ -13469,8 +13468,7 @@ Esther	Est	19	10	3	And Mordecai the Jew was next in rank to King Ahasuerus. He w
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	1	17	He invaded Egypt in massive strength, with chariots and elephants (and cavalry) and a large fleet.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	1	18	He engaged Ptolemy king of Egypt in battle, and Ptolemy turned back and fled before his advance, leaving many casualties.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	1	19	The fortified cities of Egypt were captured, and Antiochus plundered the country.
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	1	20	After his conquest of Egypt, in the year
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	1	143	143, Antiochus turned about and advanced on Israel and Jerusalem in massive strength.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	1	20	After his conquest of Egypt, in the year 143,	Antiochus turned about and advanced on Israel and Jerusalem in massive strength.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	1	21	Insolently breaking into the sanctuary, he removed the golden altar and the lamp-stand for the light with all its fittings,
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	1	22	together with the table for the loaves of permanent offering, the libation vessels, the cups, the golden censers, the veil, the crowns, and the golden decoration on the front of the Temple, which he stripped of everything.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	1	23	He made off with the silver and gold and precious vessels; he discovered the secret treasures and seized them
@@ -13623,8 +13621,7 @@ Esther	Est	19	10	3	And Mordecai the Jew was next in rank to King Ahasuerus. He w
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	3	34	To him Antiochus made over half his forces, with the elephants, giving him instructions about what he wanted done, particularly with regard to the inhabitants of Judaea and Jerusalem,
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	3	35	against whom he was to send a force, to crush and destroy the power of Israel and the remnant of Jerusalem, to wipe out their very memory from the place,
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	3	36	to settle foreigners in all parts of their territory and to distribute their land into lots.
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	3	37	The king took the remaining half of his troops with him and set out from Antioch, the capital of his kingdom, in the year
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	3	147	147; he crossed the River Euphrates and made his way through the Upper Provinces.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	3	37	The king took the remaining half of his troops with him and set out from Antioch, the capital of his kingdom, in the year 147, he crossed the River Euphrates and made his way through the Upper Provinces.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	3	38	Lysias chose Ptolemy son of Dorymenes, with Nicanor and Gorgias, influential men from among the Friends of the King,
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	3	39	and, under their command, despatched forty thousand foot and seven thousand horse to invade the land of Judah and devastate it, as the king had ordered.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	3	40	The entire force set out and reached the neighbourhood of Emmaus in the lowlands, where they pitched camp.
@@ -13793,13 +13790,11 @@ Esther	Est	19	10	3	And Mordecai the Jew was next in rank to King Ahasuerus. He w
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	6	13	This, I am convinced, is why these misfortunes have overtaken me, and why I am dying of melancholy in a foreign land.'
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	6	14	He summoned Philip, one of his Friends, and made him regent of the whole kingdom.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	6	15	He entrusted him with his diadem, his robe and his signet, on the understanding that he was to educate his son Antiochus and train him for the throne.
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	6	16	King Antiochus then died, in the year
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	6	149	149.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	6	16	King Antiochus then died, in the year 149.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	6	17	Lysias, learning that the king was dead, established on the throne in succession to him his son Antiochus, whom he had brought up from childhood -- and styled him Eupator.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	6	18	The people in the Citadel at the time were blockading Israel round the sanctuary and were taking every opportunity to harm them and to support the gentiles.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	6	19	Judas decided that they must be destroyed, and he mobilised the whole people to besiege them.
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	6	20	They assembled and laid siege to the Citadel in the year
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	6	150	150, building batteries and siege-engines.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	6	20	They assembled and laid siege to the Citadel in the year 150, building batteries and siege-engines.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	6	21	But some of the besieged broke through the blockade, and to these a number of renegades from Israel attached themselves.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	6	22	They made their way to the king and said, 'How much longer are you going to wait before you see justice done and avenge our fellows?
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	6	23	We were content to serve your father, to comply with his orders, and to obey his edicts.
@@ -13843,8 +13838,7 @@ Esther	Est	19	10	3	And Mordecai the Jew was next in rank to King Ahasuerus. He w
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	6	61	The king and the generals ratified the treaty by oath, and the besieged accordingly left the fortress.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	6	62	The king then entered Mount Zion, but on seeing how impregnable the place was, he broke the oath he had sworn and gave orders for the encircling wall to be demolished.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	6	63	He then hurriedly withdrew, making off for Antioch, where he found Philip already master of the city. Antiochus gave battle and captured the city by force of arms.
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	7	1	In the year
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	7	151	151, Demetrius son of Seleucus left Rome and arrived with a few men at a town on the coast, where he inaugurated his reign.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	7	1	In the year 151, Demetrius son of Seleucus left Rome and arrived with a few men at a town on the coast, where he inaugurated his reign.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	7	2	It so happened that, as he was entering the royal residence of his ancestors, the army captured Antiochus and Lysias, and intended to bring them to him.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	7	3	On hearing this, he said, 'Keep them out of my sight.'
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	7	4	The army put them to death, and Demetrius ascended his throne.
@@ -13928,8 +13922,7 @@ Esther	Est	19	10	3	And Mordecai the Jew was next in rank to King Ahasuerus. He w
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	8	32	If they appeal against you again, we shall uphold their rights and make war on you by sea and land.'
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	9	1	Demetrius, hearing that Nicanor and his army had fallen in battle, sent Bacchides and Alcimus a second time into Judaea, and with them the right wing of his army.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	9	2	They took the road to Galilee and besieged Mesaloth in Arbela, and captured it, putting many people to death.
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	9	3	In the first month of the year
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	9	152	152, they encamped outside Jerusalem;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	9	3	In the first month of the year 152, they encamped outside Jerusalem;
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	9	4	they then moved on, making their way to Beer-Zaith with twenty thousand foot and two thousand horse.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	9	5	Judas lay in camp at Elasa, with three thousand picked men.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	9	6	When they saw the huge size of the enemy forces they were terrified, and many slipped out of the camp, until no more than eight hundred of the force were left.
@@ -13980,8 +13973,7 @@ Esther	Est	19	10	3	And Mordecai the Jew was next in rank to King Ahasuerus. He w
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	9	51	and stationed a garrison in each of them to harass Israel.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	9	52	He also fortified the town of Beth-Zur, Gezer and the Citadel, and placed troops in them with supplies of provisions.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	9	53	He took the sons of the leading men of the country as hostages, and had them placed under guard in the Citadel of Jerusalem.
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	9	54	In the year
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	9	153	153, in the second month, Alcimus ordered the demolition of the wall of the inner court of the sanctuary, destroying the work of the prophets. Alcimus had just begun the demolition
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	9	54	In the year 153, in the second month, Alcimus ordered the demolition of the wall of the inner court of the sanctuary, destroying the work of the prophets. Alcimus had just begun the demolition
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	9	55	when he suffered a stroke, and his work was interrupted. His mouth became obstructed, and his paralysis made him incapable of speaking at all or giving directions to his household;
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	9	56	it was not long before he died in great agony.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	9	57	On the death of Alcimus, Bacchides went back to the king, and Judaea was left in peace for two years.
@@ -14001,8 +13993,7 @@ Esther	Est	19	10	3	And Mordecai the Jew was next in rank to King Ahasuerus. He w
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	9	71	Bacchides agreed to this, accepting his proposals and swearing never to seek occasion to harm him for the rest of his life.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	9	72	Having surrendered to Jonathan those prisoners he had earlier taken in Judaea, he turned about and withdrew to his own country, and never again came near their frontiers.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	9	73	The sword no longer hung over Israel, and Jonathan settled in Michmash, where he began to judge the people and to rid Israel of the godless.
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	1	In the year
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	160	160, Alexander, son of Antiochus Epiphanes, raised an army and occupied Ptolemais. He was well received, and there inaugurated his reign.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	1	In the year 160, Alexander, son of Antiochus Epiphanes, raised an army and occupied Ptolemais. He was well received, and there inaugurated his reign.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	2	On hearing this, King Demetrius assembled a very large army and marched off to do battle with him.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	3	Demetrius furthermore sent Jonathan a most conciliatory letter, promising to promote him in rank,
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	4	for, as he said, 'We had better move first to come to terms with these people before he makes common cause with Alexander against us;
@@ -14022,9 +14013,7 @@ Esther	Est	19	10	3	And Mordecai the Jew was next in rank to King Ahasuerus. He w
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	18	'King Alexander to his brother Jonathan, greetings.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	19	'You have been brought to our notice as a strong man of action and as someone who deserves to be our friend.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	20	Accordingly, we have today appointed you high priest of your nation, with the title of "Friend of the King" ' -- he also sent him a purple robe and a golden crown-'and you are to study our interests and maintain friendly relations with us.'
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	21	Jonathan put on the sacred vestments in the seventh month of the year
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	160	160, on the feast of Shelters; he then set about raising troops and manufacturing arms in quantity.
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	22	Demetrius was displeased when he heard what had happened.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	21	Jonathan put on the sacred vestments in the seventh month of the year 160, on the feast of Shelters; he then set about raising troops and manufacturing arms in quantity. 22, Demetrius was displeased when he heard what had happened.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	23	'What have we been doing,' he said, 'for Alexander to forestall us in winning the friendship of the Jews and so improving his own position?
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	24	I too shall address an appeal to them, offering them advancement and riches as an inducement to support me.'
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	25	And he wrote to them as follows: 'King Demetrius to the Jewish nation, greetings.
@@ -14059,8 +14048,7 @@ Esther	Est	19	10	3	And Mordecai the Jew was next in rank to King Ahasuerus. He w
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	54	let us now make a treaty of friendship. Give me your daughter in marriage: as your son-in-law, I shall give you, and her, presents which are worthy of you.'
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	55	King Ptolemy replied as follows: 'Happy the day when you returned to the land of your ancestors and ascended their royal throne!
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	56	I shall at once do for you what your letter proposes; but meet me at Ptolemais, so that we can see one another, and I shall become your father-in-law, as you have asked.'
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	57	Ptolemy left Egypt with his daughter Cleopatra and reached Ptolemais in the year
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	162	162.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	57	Ptolemy left Egypt with his daughter Cleopatra and reached Ptolemais in the year 162.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	58	King Alexander went to meet him, and Ptolemy gave him the hand of his daughter Cleopatra and celebrated her wedding in Ptolemais with great magnificence, as kings do.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	59	King Alexander then wrote to Jonathan to come and meet him.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	60	Jonathan made his way in state to Ptolemais and met the two kings; he gave them and their friends silver and gold, and many gifts, and made a favourable impression on them.
@@ -14070,8 +14058,7 @@ Esther	Est	19	10	3	And Mordecai the Jew was next in rank to King Ahasuerus. He w
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	64	And so, when his accusers saw the honour done him by this proclamation, and Jonathan himself invested in the purple, they all fled.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	65	The king did him the honour of enrolling him among the First Friends, and appointed him commander-in-chief and governor-general.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	66	Jonathan then returned to Jerusalem in peace and gladness.
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	67	In the year
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	165	165, Demetrius son of Demetrius came from Crete to the land of his ancestors.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	67	In the year 165, Demetrius son of Demetrius came from Crete to the land of his ancestors.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	68	When King Alexander heard of it he was plunged into gloom, and retired to Antioch.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	69	Demetrius confirmed Apollonius as governor of Coele-Syria; the latter assembled a large force, encamped at Jamnia and sent the following message to Jonathan the high priest:
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	10	70	'You are entirely alone in rising against us, and now I find myself ridiculed and reproached on your account. Why do you use your authority to our disadvantage in the mountains?
@@ -14112,8 +14099,7 @@ Esther	Est	19	10	3	And Mordecai the Jew was next in rank to King Ahasuerus. He w
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	11	16	Alexander fled to Arabia for refuge, and King Ptolemy reigned supreme.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	11	17	Zabdiel the Arab cut off Alexander's head and sent it to Ptolemy.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	11	18	Three days later King Ptolemy died, and the Egyptian garrisons in the strongholds were killed by the local inhabitants.
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	11	19	So Demetrius became king in the year
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	11	167	167.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	11	19	So Demetrius became king in the year 167.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	11	20	At the same time, Jonathan mustered the men of Judaea for an assault on the Citadel of Jerusalem, and they set up numerous siege-engines against it.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	11	21	But some renegades who hated their nation made their way to the king and told him that Jonathan was besieging the Citadel.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	11	22	The king was angered by the news. No sooner had he been informed than he set out and came to Ptolemais. He wrote to Jonathan, telling him to raise the siege and to meet him for a conference in Ptolemais as soon as possible.
@@ -14262,8 +14248,7 @@ Esther	Est	19	10	3	And Mordecai the Jew was next in rank to King Ahasuerus. He w
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	13	38	Everything that we have decreed concerning you remains in force, and the fortresses you have built may remain in your hands.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	13	39	We pardon all offences, unwitting or intentional, hitherto committed, and remit the crown tax you now owe us; and whatever other taxes were levied in Jerusalem are no longer to be levied.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	13	40	If any of you are suitable for enrolment in our bodyguard, let them be enrolled, and let there be peace between us.'
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	13	41	The gentile yoke was thus lifted from Israel in the year
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	13	170	170,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	13	41	The gentile yoke was thus lifted from Israel in the year 170,
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	13	42	when our people began engrossing their documents and contracts: 'In the first year of Simon, eminent high priest, commander-in-chief and ethnarch of the Jews'.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	13	43	About that time Simon laid siege to Gezer, surrounding it with his troops. He constructed a mobile tower, brought it up to the city, opened a breach in one of the bastions and took it.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	13	44	The men in the mobile tower sprang out into the city, where great confusion ensued.
@@ -14273,12 +14258,10 @@ Esther	Est	19	10	3	And Mordecai the Jew was next in rank to King Ahasuerus. He w
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	13	48	He banished all impurity from it, settled in it people who observed the Law, and having fortified it, built a residence there for himself.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	13	49	The occupants of the Citadel in Jerusalem, prevented as they were from coming out and going into the countryside to buy and sell, were in desperate need of food, and numbers of them were being carried off by starvation.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	13	50	They begged Simon to make peace with them, and he granted this, though he expelled them and purified the Citadel from its pollutions.
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	13	51	The Jews made their entry on the twenty-third day of the second month in the year
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	13	171	171, with acclamations and carrying palms, to the sound of lyres, cymbals and harps, chanting hymns and canticles, since a great enemy had been crushed and thrown out of Israel. Simon made it a day of annual rejoicing.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	13	51	The Jews made their entry on the twenty-third day of the second month in the year 171, with acclamations and carrying palms, to the sound of lyres, cymbals and harps, chanting hymns and canticles, since a great enemy had been crushed and thrown out of Israel. Simon made it a day of annual rejoicing.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	13	52	He fortified the Temple hill on the Citadel side, and took up residence there with his men.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	13	53	Since his son John had come to manhood, Simon appointed him general-in-chief, with his residence in Gezer.
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	14	1	In the year
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	14	172	172, King Demetrius assembled his forces and marched into Media to raise help for the fight against Trypho.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	14	1	In the year 172, King Demetrius assembled his forces and marched into Media to raise help for the fight against Trypho.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	14	2	When Arsaces king of Persia and Media heard that Demetrius had entered his territory, he sent one of his generals to capture him alive.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	14	3	The general defeated the army of Demetrius, seized him and brought him to Arsaces, who imprisoned him.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	14	4	The country was at peace throughout the days of Simon. He sought the good of his nation and they were well pleased with his authority, as with his magnificence, throughout his life.
@@ -14304,8 +14287,7 @@ Esther	Est	19	10	3	And Mordecai the Jew was next in rank to King Ahasuerus. He w
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	14	24	After this, Simon sent Numenius to Rome as the bearer of a large golden shield weighing a thousand mina, to confirm the alliance with them.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	14	25	When these events were reported to our people, they said, 'What mark of appreciation shall we give to Simon and his sons?
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	14	26	He stood firm, he and his brothers and his father's house: he fought off the enemies of Israel and secured its freedom.' So they recorded an inscription on bronze tablets and set it up on pillars on Mount Zion.
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	14	27	This is a copy of the text: 'The eighteenth of Elul, in the year
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	14	172	172, being the third year of Simon, eminent high priest:
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	14	27	This is a copy of the text: 'The eighteenth of Elul, in the year 172, being the third year of Simon, eminent high priest:
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	14	28	'In Asaramel, in the Grand Assembly of priests and people, of princes of the nation and of elders of the country: 'We are acquainted with the matters following:
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	14	29	'When there was almost incessant fighting in the country Simon, son of Mattathias, a priest of the line of Joarib, and his brothers courted danger and withstood their nation's enemies to safeguard the integrity of their sanctuary and of the Law, and so brought their nation great glory;
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	14	30	'For when, Jonathan having rallied his nation and become its high priest and having then been gathered to his ancestors,
@@ -14383,8 +14365,7 @@ Esther	Est	19	10	3	And Mordecai the Jew was next in rank to King Ahasuerus. He w
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	16	11	Ptolemy son of Abubos had been appointed general in command of the Plain of Jericho; he owned a great deal of silver and gold,
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	16	12	and was the high priest's son-in-law.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	16	13	His ambition was fired; he hoped to make himself master of the whole country and therefore treacherously began to plot the destruction of Simon and his sons.
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	16	14	Simon, who was inspecting the towns up and down the country and attending to their administration, had come down to Jericho with his sons Mattathias and Judas, in the year
-1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	16	172	172, in the eleventh month, the month of Shebat.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	16	14	Simon, who was inspecting the towns up and down the country and attending to their administration, had come down to Jericho with his sons Mattathias and Judas, in the year 172, in the eleventh month, the month of Shebat.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	16	15	The son of Abubos lured them into a small fortress called Dok, which he had built, where he offered them a great banquet, having previously hidden men in the place.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	16	16	When Simon and his sons were drunk, Ptolemy and his men reached for their weapons, rushed on Simon in the banqueting hall and killed him with his two sons and some of his servants.
 1 Maccabees	1Mac	20	16	17	He thus committed a great act of treachery and rendered evil for good.
@@ -14401,8 +14382,7 @@ Esther	Est	19	10	3	And Mordecai the Jew was next in rank to King Ahasuerus. He w
 2 Maccabees	2Mac	21	1	4	May he open your hearts to his Law and his precepts, and give you peace.
 2 Maccabees	2Mac	21	1	5	May he hear your prayers and be reconciled with you, and not abandon you in time of evil.
 2 Maccabees	2Mac	21	1	6	Such is our prayer for you.
-2 Maccabees	2Mac	21	1	7	'During the reign of Demetrius, in the year
-2 Maccabees	2Mac	21	1	169	169, we Jews wrote to you as follows, "In the extremity of trouble that befell us in the years after Jason and his associates had betrayed the Holy Land and the kingdom,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	21	1	7	'During the reign of Demetrius, in the year 69, we Jews wrote to you as follows, "In the extremity of trouble that befell us in the years after Jason and his associates had betrayed the Holy Land and the kingdom,
 2 Maccabees	2Mac	21	1	8	burning down the Temple gateway and shedding innocent blood, we prayed to the Lord and were then heard. And we then offered a sacrifice, with wheat-flour, we lit the lamps and we set out the loaves."
 2 Maccabees	2Mac	21	1	9	'And we now recommend you too to keep the feast of Shelters in the month of Chislev, in the year one hundred and eighty-eight.'
 2 Maccabees	2Mac	21	1	10	'The people of Jerusalem and of Judaea, the senate and Judas, to Aristobulus, tutor to King Ptolemy and one of the family of the anointed priests, and to the Jews in Egypt, greetings and good health.
@@ -16021,3724 +16001,3722 @@ Job	Job	22	42	14	his first daughter he called 'Turtledove', the second 'Cassia' 
 Job	Job	22	42	15	Throughout the land there were no women as beautiful as the daughters of Job. And their father gave them inheritance rights like their brothers.
 Job	Job	22	42	16	After this, Job lived for another one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and his children's children to the fourth generation.
 Job	Job	22	42	17	Then, old and full of days, Job died.
-Psalms	Psa	23	1	1	How blessed is anyone who rejects the advice of the wicked and does not take a stand in the path that sinners tread, nor a seat in company with cynics,
-Psalms	Psa	23	1	2	but who delights in the law of Yahweh and murmurs his law day and night.
-Psalms	Psa	23	1	3	Such a one is like a tree planted near streams; it bears fruit in season and its leaves never wither, and every project succeeds.
-Psalms	Psa	23	1	4	How different the wicked, how different! Just like chaff blown around by the wind
-Psalms	Psa	23	1	5	the wicked will not stand firm at the Judgement nor sinners in the gathering of the upright.
-Psalms	Psa	23	1	6	For Yahweh watches over the path of the upright, but the path of the wicked is doomed.
-Psalms	Psa	23	2	1	Why this uproar among the nations, this impotent muttering of the peoples?
-Psalms	Psa	23	2	2	Kings of the earth take up position, princes plot together against Yahweh and his anointed,
-Psalms	Psa	23	2	3	'Now let us break their fetters! Now let us throw off their bonds!'
-Psalms	Psa	23	2	4	He who is enthroned in the heavens laughs, Yahweh makes a mockery of them,
-Psalms	Psa	23	2	5	then in his anger rebukes them, in his rage he strikes them with terror.
-Psalms	Psa	23	2	6	'I myself have anointed my king on Zion my holy mountain.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	2	7	I will proclaim the decree of Yahweh: He said to me, 'You are my son, today have I fathered you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	2	8	Ask of me, and I shall give you the nations as your birthright, the whole wide world as your possession.
-Psalms	Psa	23	2	9	With an iron sceptre you will break them, shatter them like so many pots.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	2	10	So now, you kings, come to your senses, you earthly rulers, learn your lesson!
-Psalms	Psa	23	2	11	In fear be submissive to Yahweh;
-Psalms	Psa	23	2	12	with trembling kiss his feet, lest he be angry and your way come to nothing, for his fury flares up in a moment. How blessed are all who take refuge in him!
-Psalms	Psa	23	3	1	[Psalm Of David When he was fleeing from his son Absalom] Yahweh, how countless are my enemies, how countless those who rise up against me,
-Psalms	Psa	23	3	2	how countless those who say of me, 'No salvation for him from his God!
-Psalms	Psa	23	3	3	But you, Yahweh, the shield at my side, my glory, you hold my head high.
-Psalms	Psa	23	3	4	I cry out to Yahweh; he answers from his holy mountain.
-Psalms	Psa	23	3	5	As for me, if I lie down and sleep, I shall awake, for Yahweh sustains me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	3	6	I have no fear of people in their thousands upon thousands, who range themselves against me wherever I turn.
-Psalms	Psa	23	3	7	Arise, Yahweh, rescue me, my God! You strike all my foes across the face, you break the teeth of the wicked.
-Psalms	Psa	23	3	8	In Yahweh is salvation, on your people, your blessing!
-Psalms	Psa	23	4	1	[For the choirmaster For strings Psalm Of David] When I call, answer me, God, upholder of my right. In my distress you have set me at large; take pity on me and hear my prayer!
-Psalms	Psa	23	4	2	Children of men, how long will you be heavy of heart, why love what is vain and chase after illusions?
-Psalms	Psa	23	4	3	Realise that Yahweh performs wonders for his faithful, Yahweh listens when I call to him.
-Psalms	Psa	23	4	4	Be careful not to sin, speak in your hearts, and on your beds keep silence.
-Psalms	Psa	23	4	5	Loyally offer sacrifices, and trust in Yahweh.
-Psalms	Psa	23	4	6	Many keep saying, 'Who will put happiness before our eyes?' Let the light of your face shine on us. Yahweh,
-Psalms	Psa	23	4	7	to my heart you are a richer joy than all their corn and new wine.
-Psalms	Psa	23	4	8	In peace I lie down and at once fall asleep, for it is you and none other, Yahweh, who make me rest secure.
-Psalms	Psa	23	5	1	[For the choirmaster For flutes Psalm Of David] Give ear to my words, Yahweh, spare a thought for my sighing.
-Psalms	Psa	23	5	2	Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God! To you I pray,
-Psalms	Psa	23	5	3	Yahweh. At daybreak you hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my case before you and fix my eyes on you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	5	4	You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil, no sinner can be your guest.
-Psalms	Psa	23	5	5	Boasters cannot stand their ground under your gaze. You hate evil-doers,
-Psalms	Psa	23	5	6	liars you destroy; the violent and deceitful Yahweh detests.
-Psalms	Psa	23	5	7	But, so great is your faithful love, I may come into your house, and before your holy temple bow down in reverence of you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	5	8	In your saving justice, Yahweh, lead me, because of those who lie in wait for me; make your way plain before me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	5	9	Not a word from their lips can be trusted, through and through they are destruction, their throats are wide -- open graves, their tongues seductive.
-Psalms	Psa	23	5	10	Lay the guilt on them, God, make their intrigues their own downfall; for their countless offences, thrust them from you, since they have rebelled against you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	5	11	But joy for all who take refuge in you, endless songs of gladness! You shelter them, they rejoice in you, those who love your name.
-Psalms	Psa	23	5	12	It is you who bless the upright, Yahweh, you surround them with favour as with a shield.
-Psalms	Psa	23	6	1	[For the choirmaster For strings For the octachord Psalm Of David] Yahweh, let your rebuke to me not be in anger, your punishment not in the heat of wrath.
-Psalms	Psa	23	6	2	Have pity on me, Yahweh, for I am fading away. Heal me, Yahweh, my bones are shaken,
-Psalms	Psa	23	6	3	my spirit is shaken to its very depths. But you, Yahweh . . . how long?
-Psalms	Psa	23	6	4	Yahweh, relent and save my life rescue me because of your faithful love,
-Psalms	Psa	23	6	5	for in death there is no remembrance of you; who could sing your praises in Sheol?
-Psalms	Psa	23	6	6	I am worn out with groaning, every night I drench my pillow and soak my bed with tears.
-Psalms	Psa	23	6	7	My eyes waste away with vexation. Arrogance from all my foes!
-Psalms	Psa	23	6	8	Away from me, all evil-doers! For Yahweh has heard the sound of my weeping,
-Psalms	Psa	23	6	9	Yahweh has heard my pleading. Yahweh will accept my prayer.
-Psalms	Psa	23	6	10	Let all my enemies be put to confusion, shaken to their depths, let them retreat in sudden confusion.
-Psalms	Psa	23	7	1	[Lament Of David Which he sang to Yahweh about Cush the Benjaminite] Yahweh my God, I take refuge in you, save me from all my pursuers and rescue me,
-Psalms	Psa	23	7	2	or he will savage me like a lion, carry me off with no one to rescue me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	7	3	Yahweh my God, if I have done this: if injustice has stained my hands,
-Psalms	Psa	23	7	4	if I have repaid my ally with treachery or spared one who attacked me unprovoked,
-Psalms	Psa	23	7	5	may an enemy hunt me down and catch me, may he trample my life into the ground and crush my vital parts into the dust.
-Psalms	Psa	23	7	6	Arise, Yahweh, in your anger, rise up against the arrogance of my foes. Awake, my God, you demand judgement.
-Psalms	Psa	23	7	7	Let the assembly of nations gather round you; return above it on high!
-Psalms	Psa	23	7	8	(Yahweh judges the nations.) Judge me, Yahweh, as my uprightness and my integrity deserve.
-Psalms	Psa	23	7	9	Put an end to the malice of the wicked, make the upright stand firm, you who discern hearts and minds, God the upright.
-Psalms	Psa	23	7	10	God is a shield that protects me, saving the honest of heart.
-Psalms	Psa	23	7	11	God is an upright judge, slow to anger, but a God at all times threatening
-Psalms	Psa	23	7	12	for those who will not repent. Let the enemy whet his sword, draw his bow and make ready;
-Psalms	Psa	23	7	13	but he is making ready instruments of death for himself and tipping his arrows with fire;
-Psalms	Psa	23	7	14	look at him: pregnant with malice, conceiving spite, he gives birth to treachery.
-Psalms	Psa	23	7	15	He digs a trap, scoops it out, but he falls into the snare he made himself.
-Psalms	Psa	23	7	16	His spite recoils on his own head, his brutality falls back on his own skull.
-Psalms	Psa	23	7	17	I thank Yahweh for his saving justice. I sing to the name of the Most High.
-Psalms	Psa	23	8	1	[For the choirmaster On the . . . of Gath Psalm Of David] Yahweh our Lord, how majestic is your name throughout the world! Whoever keeps singing of your majesty higher than the heavens,
-Psalms	Psa	23	8	2	even through the mouths of children, or of babes in arms, you make him a fortress, firm against your foes, to subdue the enemy and the rebel.
-Psalms	Psa	23	8	3	I look up at your heavens, shaped by your fingers, at the moon and the stars you set firm-
-Psalms	Psa	23	8	4	what are human beings that you spare a thought for them, or the child of Adam that you care for him?
-Psalms	Psa	23	8	5	Yet you have made him little less than a god, you have crowned him with glory and beauty,
-Psalms	Psa	23	8	6	made him lord of the works of your hands, put all things under his feet,
-Psalms	Psa	23	8	7	sheep and cattle, all of them, and even the wild beasts,
-Psalms	Psa	23	8	8	birds in the sky, fish in the sea, when he makes his way across the ocean.
-Psalms	Psa	23	8	9	Yahweh our Lord, how majestic your name throughout the world!
-Psalms	Psa	23	9	1	[For the choirmaster On oboe and harp Psalm Of David] I thank you, Yahweh, with my whole heart, I recount all your wonders,
-Psalms	Psa	23	9	2	I rejoice and delight in you, I sing to your name, Most High.
-Psalms	Psa	23	9	3	My enemies are in retreat, they stumble and perish at your presence,
-Psalms	Psa	23	9	4	for you have given fair judgement in my favour, seated on your throne as upright judge.
-Psalms	Psa	23	9	5	You have rebuked the nations, destroyed the wicked, blotted out their name for ever and ever;
-Psalms	Psa	23	9	6	the enemy is wiped out -- mere ruins for ever -- you have annihilated their cities, their memory has perished. See,
-Psalms	Psa	23	9	7	Yahweh is enthroned for ever, keeping his throne firm for judgement;
-Psalms	Psa	23	9	8	he will himself judge the world in uprightness, will give a true verdict on the nations.
-Psalms	Psa	23	9	9	May Yahweh be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble!
-Psalms	Psa	23	9	10	Those who revere your name can rely on you, you never desert those who seek you, Yahweh.
-Psalms	Psa	23	9	11	Sing to Yahweh who dwells in Zion, tell the nations his mighty deeds,
-Psalms	Psa	23	9	12	for the avenger of blood does not forget them, he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
-Psalms	Psa	23	9	13	Have pity on me, Yahweh, see my affliction, pull me back from the gates of death,
-Psalms	Psa	23	9	14	that I may recount all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion and rejoice in your salvation.
-Psalms	Psa	23	9	15	The nations have fallen into the trap they made, their feet caught in the snare they laid.
-Psalms	Psa	23	9	16	Yahweh has made himself known, given judgement, he has ensnared the wicked in the work of their own hands.Muted music
-Psalms	Psa	23	9	17	May the wicked turn away to Sheol, all the nations forgetful of God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	9	18	For the needy is not forgotten for ever, not for ever does the hope of the poor come to nothing.
-Psalms	Psa	23	9	19	Arise, Yahweh; human strength shall not prevail. The nations shall stand trial before you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	9	20	Strike them with terror, Yahweh; the nations shall know that they are no more than human!
-Psalms	Psa	23	10	1	Why, Yahweh, do you keep so distant, stay hidden in times of trouble?
-Psalms	Psa	23	10	2	In his pride the wicked hunts down the weak, who is caught in the schemes he devises.
-Psalms	Psa	23	10	3	The wicked is proud of his inmost desires, by his blasphemies the grasping spurns Yahweh,
-Psalms	Psa	23	10	4	the wicked in his arrogance does not look very far; 'There is no God,' is his only thought.
-Psalms	Psa	23	10	5	In all circumstances his step is assured; your judgements are above his head. His rivals? He scoffs at them all.
-Psalms	Psa	23	10	6	He says in his heart, 'I shall never be shaken,' free of trouble himself,
-Psalms	Psa	23	10	7	he wishes it on others. His speech is full of lies and browbeating, under his tongue lurk spite and wickedness.
-Psalms	Psa	23	10	8	In the undergrowth he lies in ambush, in his hiding-place he murders the innocent. He watches intently for the downtrodden,
-Psalms	Psa	23	10	9	lurking unseen like a lion in his lair, lurking to pounce on the poor; he pounces on him and drags him off in his net.
-Psalms	Psa	23	10	10	He keeps watch, crouching down low, the poor wretch falls into his clutches;
-Psalms	Psa	23	10	11	he says in his heart, 'God forgets, he has turned away his face to avoid seeing the end.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	10	12	Rise, Yahweh! God, raise your hand, do not forget the afflicted!
-Psalms	Psa	23	10	13	Why should the wicked spurn God, assuring himself you will never follow it up?
-Psalms	Psa	23	10	14	You have seen for yourself the trouble and vexation, you watch so as to take it in hand. The oppressed relies on you; you are the only recourse of the orphan.
-Psalms	Psa	23	10	15	Break the arm of the wicked and evil, seek out wickedness till there is none left to be found.
-Psalms	Psa	23	10	16	Yahweh is king for ever and ever, the heathen has vanished from his country.
-Psalms	Psa	23	10	17	Yahweh, you listen to the laments of the poor, you give them courage, you grant them a hearing,
-Psalms	Psa	23	10	18	to give judgement for the orphaned and exploited, so that earthborn humans may strike terror no more.
-Psalms	Psa	23	11	1	[For the choirmaster Of David] In Yahweh I have found refuge. How can you say to me, 'Bird, flee to your mountain?
-Psalms	Psa	23	11	2	'For look, the wicked are drawing their bows, fitting their arrows to the string to shoot honest men from the shadows.
-Psalms	Psa	23	11	3	If the foundations fall to ruin, what can the upright do?'
-Psalms	Psa	23	11	4	Yahweh in his holy temple! Yahweh, his throne is in heaven; his eyes watch over the world, his gaze scrutinises the children of Adam.
-Psalms	Psa	23	11	5	Yahweh examines the upright and the wicked, the lover of violence he detests.
-Psalms	Psa	23	11	6	He will rain down red-hot coals, fire and sulphur on the wicked, a scorching wind will be their lot.
-Psalms	Psa	23	11	7	For Yahweh is upright and loves uprightness, the honest will ever see his face.
-Psalms	Psa	23	12	1	[For the choirmaster On the octachord Psalm Of David] Help, Yahweh! No one loyal is left, the faithful have vanished from among the children of Adam.
-Psalms	Psa	23	12	2	Friend tells lies to friend, and, smooth-tongued, speaks from an insincere heart.
-Psalms	Psa	23	12	3	May Yahweh cut away every smooth lip, every boastful tongue,
-Psalms	Psa	23	12	4	those who say, 'In our tongue lies our strength, our lips are our allies; who can master us?'
-Psalms	Psa	23	12	5	'For the poor who are plundered, the needy who groan, now will I act,' says Yahweh, 'I will grant salvation to those who sigh for it.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	12	6	Yahweh's promises are promises unalloyed, natural silver which comes from the earth seven times refined.
-Psalms	Psa	23	12	7	You, Yahweh, will watch over them, you will protect them from that brood for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	12	8	The wicked will scatter in every direction, as the height of depravity among the children of Adam.
-Psalms	Psa	23	13	1	[For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] How long, Yahweh, will you forget me? For ever? How long will you turn away your face from me?
-Psalms	Psa	23	13	2	How long must I nurse rebellion in my soul, sorrow in my heart day and night? How long is the enemy to domineer over me?
-Psalms	Psa	23	13	3	Look down, answer me, Yahweh my God! Give light to my eyes or I shall fall into the sleep of death.
-Psalms	Psa	23	13	4	Or my foe will boast, 'I have overpowered him,' and my enemy have the joy of seeing me stumble.
-Psalms	Psa	23	13	5	As for me, I trust in your faithful love, Yahweh. Let my heart delight in your saving help, let me sing to Yahweh for his generosity to me, let me sing to the name of Yahweh the Most High!
-Psalms	Psa	23	13	6	But I trust in your mercy, Grant my heart joy in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, for he has dealt bountifully with me!
-Psalms	Psa	23	14	1	[For the choirmaster Of David] The fool has said in his heart, 'There is no God.' Their deeds are corrupt and vile, not one of them does right.
-Psalms	Psa	23	14	2	Yahweh looks down from heaven at the children of Adam. To see if a single one is wise, a single one seeks God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	14	3	All have turned away, all alike turned sour, not one of them does right, not a single one.
-Psalms	Psa	23	14	4	Are they not aware, all these evil-doers? They are devouring my people, this is the bread they eat, and they never call to Yahweh.
-Psalms	Psa	23	14	5	They will be gripped with fear, where there is no need for fear, for God takes the side of the upright;
-Psalms	Psa	23	14	6	you may mock the plans of the poor, but Yahweh is their refuge.
-Psalms	Psa	23	14	7	Who will bring from Zion salvation for Israel? When Yahweh brings his people home, what joy for Jacob, what happiness for Israel!
-Psalms	Psa	23	15	1	[Psalm Of David] Yahweh, who can find a home in your tent, who can dwell on your holy mountain?
-Psalms	Psa	23	15	2	Whoever lives blamelessly, who acts uprightly, who speaks the truth from the heart,
-Psalms	Psa	23	15	3	who keeps the tongue under control, who does not wrong a comrade, who casts no discredit on a neighbour,
-Psalms	Psa	23	15	4	who looks with scorn on the vile, but honours those who fear Yahweh, who stands by an oath at any cost,
-Psalms	Psa	23	15	5	who asks no interest on loans, who takes no bribe to harm the innocent. No one who so acts can ever be shaken.
-Psalms	Psa	23	16	1	[In a quiet voice Of David] Protect me, O God, in you is my refuge.
-Psalms	Psa	23	16	2	To Yahweh I say, 'You are my Lord, my happiness is in none
-Psalms	Psa	23	16	3	of the sacred spirits of the earth.' They only take advantage of all who love them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	16	4	People flock to their teeming idols. Never shall I pour libations to them! Never take their names on my lips.
-Psalms	Psa	23	16	5	My birthright, my cup is Yahweh; you, you alone, hold my lot secure.
-Psalms	Psa	23	16	6	The measuring-line marks out for me a delightful place, my birthright is all I could wish.
-Psalms	Psa	23	16	7	I bless Yahweh who is my counsellor, even at night my heart instructs me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	16	8	I keep Yahweh before me always, for with him at my right hand, nothing can shake me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	16	9	So my heart rejoices, my soul delights, my body too will rest secure,
-Psalms	Psa	23	16	10	for you will not abandon me to Sheol, you cannot allow your faithful servant to see the abyss.
-Psalms	Psa	23	16	11	You will teach me the path of life, unbounded joy in your presence, at your right hand delight for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	17	1	[Prayer Of David] Listen, Yahweh, to an upright cause, pay attention to my cry, lend an ear to my prayer, my lips free from deceit.
-Psalms	Psa	23	17	2	From your presence will issue my vindication, your eyes fixed on what is right.
-Psalms	Psa	23	17	3	You probe my heart, examine me at night, you test me by fire and find no evil. I have not sinned with my mouth
-Psalms	Psa	23	17	4	as most people do. I have treasured the word from your lips,
-Psalms	Psa	23	17	5	my steps never stray from the paths you lay down, from your tracks; so my feet never stumble.
-Psalms	Psa	23	17	6	I call upon you, God, for you answer me; turn your ear to me, hear what I say.
-Psalms	Psa	23	17	7	Show the evidence of your faithful love, saviour of those who hope in your strength against attack.
-Psalms	Psa	23	17	8	Guard me as the pupil of an eye, shelter me in the shadow of your wings
-Psalms	Psa	23	17	9	from the presence of the wicked who would maltreat me; deadly enemies are closing in on me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	17	10	Engrossed in themselves they are mouthing arrogant words.
-Psalms	Psa	23	17	11	They are advancing against me, now they are closing in, watching for the chance to hurl me to the ground,
-Psalms	Psa	23	17	12	like a lion preparing to pounce, like a young lion crouching in ambush.
-Psalms	Psa	23	17	13	Arise, Yahweh, confront him and bring him down, with your sword save my life from the wicked,
-Psalms	Psa	23	17	14	Yahweh, from mortals, by your hand, from mortals whose part in life is in this world. You fill their bellies from your store, their children will have all they desire, and leave their surplus to their children.
-Psalms	Psa	23	17	15	But I in my uprightness will see your face, and when I awake I shall be filled with the vision of you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	1	[For the choirmaster Of David, the servant of Yahweh, who addressed the words of this song to Yahweh when Yahweh had delivered him from all his enemies and from the clutches of Saul. He said:] I love you, Yahweh, my strength (my Saviour, you have saved me from violence).
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	2	Yahweh is my rock and my fortress, my deliverer is my God. I take refuge in him, my rock, my shield, my saving strength, my stronghold, my place of refuge.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	3	I call to Yahweh who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my foes.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	4	With Death's breakers closing in on me, Belial's torrents ready to swallow me,
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	5	Sheol's snares every side of me, Death's traps lying ahead of me,
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	6	I called to Yahweh in my anguish, I cried for help to my God; from his Temple he heard my voice, my cry came to his ears.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	7	Then the earth quaked and rocked, the mountains' foundations shuddered, they quaked at his blazing anger.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	8	Smoke rose from his nostrils, from his mouth devouring fire (coals were kindled at it).
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	9	He parted the heavens and came down, a storm-cloud underneath his feet;
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	10	riding one of the winged creatures, he flew, soaring on the wings of the wind.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	11	His covering he made the darkness, his pavilion dark waters and dense cloud.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	12	A brightness lit up before him, hail and blazing fire.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	13	Yahweh thundered from the heavens, the Most High made his voice heard.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	14	He shot his arrows and scattered them, he hurled his lightning and routed them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	15	The very springs of ocean were exposed, the world's foundations were laid bare, at your roaring, Yahweh, at the blast of breath from your nostrils!
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	16	He reached down from on high, snatched me up, pulled me from the watery depths,
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	17	rescued me from my mighty foe, from my enemies who were stronger than I.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	18	They assailed me on my day of disaster but Yahweh was there to support me;
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	19	he freed me, set me at large, he rescued me because he loves me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	20	Yahweh rewards me for my uprightness, as my hands are pure, so he repays me,
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	21	since I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and not fallen away from my God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	22	His judgements are all before me, his statutes I have not put away from me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	23	I am blameless before him, I keep myself clear of evil.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	24	So Yahweh repaid me for acting uprightly because he could see I was pure.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	25	You are faithful to the faithful, blameless with the blameless,
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	26	sincere to the sincere, but cunning to the crafty,
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	27	you save a people that is humble and humiliate those with haughty looks.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	28	Yahweh, you yourself are my lamp, my God lights up my darkness;
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	29	with you I storm the rampart, with my God I can scale any wall.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	30	This God, his way is blameless; the word of Yahweh is refined in the furnace, for he alone is the shield of all who take refuge in him.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	31	For who is God but Yahweh, who is a rock but our God?
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	32	This God who girds me with strength, who makes my way free from blame,
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	33	who makes me as swift as a deer and sets me firmly on the heights,
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	34	who trains my hands for battle, my arms to bend a bow of bronze.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	35	You give me your invincible shield (your right hand upholds me) you never cease to listen to me,
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	36	you give me the strides of a giant, give me ankles that never weaken.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	37	I pursue my enemies and overtake them, not turning back till they are annihilated;
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	38	I strike them down and they cannot rise, they fall, they are under my feet.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	39	You have girded me with strength for the fight, bent down my assailants beneath me,
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	40	made my enemies retreat before me; and those who hate me I destroy.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	41	They cry out, there is no one to save; to Yahweh, but no answer comes.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	42	I crumble them like dust before the wind, trample them like the mud of the streets.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	43	You free me from the quarrels of my people, you place me at the head of the nations, a people I did not know are now my servants;
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	44	foreigners come wooing my favour, no sooner do they hear than they obey me;
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	45	foreigners grow faint of heart, they come trembling out of their fastnesses.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	46	Life to Yahweh! Blessed be my rock! Exalted be the God of my salvation,
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	47	the God who gives me vengeance, and subjects whole peoples to me,
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	48	who rescues me from my raging enemies. You lift me high above those who attack me, you deliver me from the man of violence.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	49	For this I will praise you, Yahweh, among the nations, and sing praise to your name.
-Psalms	Psa	23	18	50	He saves his king time after time, displays his faithful love for his anointed, for David and his heirs for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	19	1	[For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] The heavens declare the glory of God, the vault of heaven proclaims his handiwork,
-Psalms	Psa	23	19	2	day discourses of it to day, night to night hands on the knowledge.
-Psalms	Psa	23	19	3	No utterance at all, no speech, not a sound to be heard,
-Psalms	Psa	23	19	4	but from the entire earth the design stands out, this message reaches the whole world. High above, he pitched a tent for the sun,
-Psalms	Psa	23	19	5	who comes forth from his pavilion like a bridegroom, delights like a champion in the course to be run.
-Psalms	Psa	23	19	6	Rising on the one horizon he runs his circuit to the other, and nothing can escape his heat.
-Psalms	Psa	23	19	7	The Law of Yahweh is perfect, refreshment to the soul; the decree of Yahweh is trustworthy, wisdom for the simple.
-Psalms	Psa	23	19	8	The precepts of Yahweh are honest, joy for the heart; the commandment of Yahweh is pure, light for the eyes.
-Psalms	Psa	23	19	9	The fear of Yahweh is pure, lasting for ever; the judgements of Yahweh are true, upright, every one,
-Psalms	Psa	23	19	10	more desirable than gold, even than the finest gold; his words are sweeter than honey, that drips from the comb.
-Psalms	Psa	23	19	11	Thus your servant is formed by them; observing them brings great reward.
-Psalms	Psa	23	19	12	But who can detect his own failings? Wash away my hidden faults.
-Psalms	Psa	23	19	13	And from pride preserve your servant, never let it be my master. So shall I be above reproach, free from grave sin.
-Psalms	Psa	23	19	14	May the words of my mouth always find favour, and the whispering of my heart, in your presence, Yahweh, my rock, my redeemer.
-Psalms	Psa	23	20	1	[For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] May Yahweh answer you in time of trouble, may the name of the God of Jacob protect you!
-Psalms	Psa	23	20	2	May he send you help from the sanctuary, give you support from Zion!
-Psalms	Psa	23	20	3	May he remember all your sacrifices and delight in your burnt offerings!
-Psalms	Psa	23	20	4	May he grant you your heart's desire and crown all your plans with success!
-Psalms	Psa	23	20	5	So that with joy we can hail your victory and draw up our ranks in the name of our God. May Yahweh grant all your petitions.
-Psalms	Psa	23	20	6	Now I know that Yahweh gives victory to his anointed. He will respond from his holy heavens with great deeds of victory from his right hand.
-Psalms	Psa	23	20	7	Some call on chariots, some on horses, but we on the name of Yahweh our God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	20	8	They will crumple and fall, while we stand upright and firm.
-Psalms	Psa	23	20	9	Yahweh, save the king, answer us when we call.
-Psalms	Psa	23	21	1	[For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] Yahweh, the king rejoices in your power; How your saving help fills him with joy!
-Psalms	Psa	23	21	2	You have granted him his heart's desire, not denied him the prayer of his lips.
-Psalms	Psa	23	21	3	For you come to meet him with blessings of prosperity, put a crown of pure gold on his head.
-Psalms	Psa	23	21	4	He has asked for life, you have given it him, length of days for ever and ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	21	5	Great his glory through your saving help; you invest him with splendour and majesty.
-Psalms	Psa	23	21	6	You confer on him everlasting blessings, you gladden him with the joy of your presence.
-Psalms	Psa	23	21	7	For the king puts his trust in Yahweh; the faithful love of the Most High will keep him from falling.
-Psalms	Psa	23	21	8	Your hand will reach all your enemies, your right hand all who hate you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	21	9	You will hurl them into a blazing furnace on the day when you appear; Yahweh will engulf them in his anger, and fire will devour them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	21	10	You will purge the earth of their descendants, the human race of their posterity.
-Psalms	Psa	23	21	11	They have devised evil against you but, plot as they may, they will not succeed,
-Psalms	Psa	23	21	12	since you will make them turn tail, by shooting your arrows in their faces.
-Psalms	Psa	23	21	13	Rise, Yahweh, in your power! We will sing and make music in honour of your strength.
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	1	[For the choirmaster To 'the Doe of the Dawn' Psalm Of David] My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? The words of my groaning do nothing to save me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	2	My God, I call by day but you do not answer, at night, but I find no respite.
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	3	Yet you, the Holy One, who make your home in the praises of Israel,
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	4	in you our ancestors put their trust, they trusted and you set them free.
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	5	To you they called for help and were delivered; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	6	But I am a worm, less than human, scorn of mankind, contempt of the people;
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	7	all who see me jeer at me, they sneer and wag their heads,
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	8	'He trusted himself to Yahweh, let Yahweh set him free! Let him deliver him, as he took such delight in him.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	9	It was you who drew me from the womb and soothed me on my mother's breast.
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	10	On you was I cast from my birth, from the womb I have belonged to you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	11	Do not hold aloof, for trouble is upon me, and no one to help me!
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	12	Many bulls are encircling me, wild bulls of Bashan closing in on me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	13	Lions ravening and roaring open their jaws at me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	14	My strength is trickling away, my bones are all disjointed, my heart has turned to wax, melting inside me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	15	My mouth is dry as earthenware, my tongue sticks to my jaw. You lay me down in the dust of death.
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	16	A pack of dogs surrounds me, a gang of villains closing in on me as if to hack off my hands and my feet.
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	17	I can count every one of my bones, while they look on and gloat;
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	18	they divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	19	Yahweh, do not hold aloof! My strength, come quickly to my help,
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	20	rescue my soul from the sword, the one life I have from the grasp of the dog!
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	21	Save me from the lion's mouth, my poor life from the wild bulls' horns!
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	22	I shall proclaim your name to my brothers, praise you in full assembly:
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	23	'You who fear Yahweh, praise him! All the race of Jacob, honour him! Revere him, all the race of Israel!'
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	24	For he has not despised nor disregarded the poverty of the poor, has not turned away his face, but has listened to the cry for help.
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	25	Of you is my praise in the thronged assembly, I will perform my vows before all who fear him.
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	26	The poor will eat and be filled, those who seek Yahweh will praise him, 'May your heart live for ever.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	27	The whole wide world will remember and return to Yahweh, all the families of nations bow down before him.
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	28	For to Yahweh, ruler of the nations, belongs kingly power!
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	29	All who prosper on earth will bow before him, all who go down to the dust will do reverence before him. And those who are dead,
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	30	their descendants will serve him, will proclaim his name to generations
-Psalms	Psa	23	22	31	still to come; and these will tell of his saving justice to a people yet unborn: he has fulfilled it.
-Psalms	Psa	23	23	1	[Psalm Of David] Yahweh is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
-Psalms	Psa	23	23	2	In grassy meadows he lets me lie. By tranquil streams he leads me
-Psalms	Psa	23	23	3	to restore my spirit. He guides me in paths of saving justice as befits his name.
-Psalms	Psa	23	23	4	Even were I to walk in a ravine as dark as death I should fear no danger, for you are at my side. Your staff and your crook are there to soothe me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	23	5	You prepare a table for me under the eyes of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup brims over.
-Psalms	Psa	23	23	6	Kindness and faithful love pursue me every day of my life. I make my home in the house of Yahweh for all time to come.
-Psalms	Psa	23	24	1	[Psalm Of David] To Yahweh belong the earth and all it contains, the world and all who live there;
-Psalms	Psa	23	24	2	it is he who laid its foundations on the seas, on the flowing waters fixed it firm.
-Psalms	Psa	23	24	3	Who shall go up to the mountain of Yahweh? Who shall take a stand in his holy place?
-Psalms	Psa	23	24	4	The clean of hands and pure of heart, whose heart is not set on vanities, who does not swear an oath in order to deceive.
-Psalms	Psa	23	24	5	Such a one will receive blessing from Yahweh, saving justice from the God of his salvation.
-Psalms	Psa	23	24	6	Such is the people that seeks him, that seeks your presence, God of Jacob.
-Psalms	Psa	23	24	7	Gates, lift high your heads, raise high the ancient gateways, and the king of glory shall enter!
-Psalms	Psa	23	24	8	Who is he, this king of glory? It is Yahweh, strong and valiant, Yahweh valiant in battle.
-Psalms	Psa	23	24	9	Gates, lift high your heads, raise high the ancient gateways, and the king of glory shall enter!
-Psalms	Psa	23	24	10	Who is he, this king of glory? Yahweh Sabaoth, he is the king of glory.
-Psalms	Psa	23	25	1	[Of David] ADORATION I offer, Yahweh,
-Psalms	Psa	23	25	2	to you, my God. BUT in my trust in you do not put me to shame, let not my enemies gloat over me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	25	3	CALLING to you, none shall ever be put to shame, but shame is theirs who groundlessly break faith.
-Psalms	Psa	23	25	4	DIRECT me in your ways, Yahweh, and teach me your paths.
-Psalms	Psa	23	25	5	ENCOURAGE me to walk in your truth and teach me since you are the God who saves me. FOR my hope is in you all day long -- such is your generosity, Yahweh.
-Psalms	Psa	23	25	6	GOODNESS and faithful love have been yours for ever, Yahweh, do not forget them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	25	7	HOLD not my youthful sins against me, but remember me as your faithful love dictates.
-Psalms	Psa	23	25	8	INTEGRITY and generosity are marks of Yahweh for he brings sinners back to the path.
-Psalms	Psa	23	25	9	JUDICIOUSLY he guides the humble, instructing the poor in his way.
-Psalms	Psa	23	25	10	KINDNESS unfailing and constancy mark all Yahweh's paths, for those who keep his covenant and his decrees.
-Psalms	Psa	23	25	11	LET my sin, great though it is, be forgiven, Yahweh, for the sake of your name.
-Psalms	Psa	23	25	12	MEN who respect Yahweh, what of them? He teaches them the way they must choose.
-Psalms	Psa	23	25	13	NEIGHBOURS to happiness will they live, and their children inherit the land.
-Psalms	Psa	23	25	14	ONLY those who fear Yahweh have his secret and his covenant, for their understanding.
-Psalms	Psa	23	25	15	PERMANENTLY my eyes are on Yahweh, for he will free my feet from the snare.
-Psalms	Psa	23	25	16	QUICK, turn to me, pity me, alone and wretched as I am!
-Psalms	Psa	23	25	17	RELIEVE the distress of my heart, bring me out of my constraint.
-Psalms	Psa	23	25	18	SPARE a glance for my misery and pain, take all my sins away.
-Psalms	Psa	23	25	19	TAKE note how countless are my enemies, how violent their hatred for me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	25	20	UNLESS you guard me and rescue me I shall be put to shame, for you are my refuge.
-Psalms	Psa	23	25	21	VIRTUE and integrity be my protection, for my hope, Yahweh, is in you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	25	22	Ransom Israel, O God, from all its troubles.
-Psalms	Psa	23	26	1	[Of David] Yahweh, be my judge! I go on my way in innocence, my trust in Yahweh never wavers.
-Psalms	Psa	23	26	2	Probe me, Yahweh, examine me, Test my heart and my mind in the fire.
-Psalms	Psa	23	26	3	For your faithful love is before my eyes, and I live my life by your truth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	26	4	No sitting with wastrels for me, no travelling with hypocrites;
-Psalms	Psa	23	26	5	I hate the company of sinners, I refuse to sit down with the wicked.
-Psalms	Psa	23	26	6	I will wash my hands in innocence and join the procession round your altar, Yahweh,
-Psalms	Psa	23	26	7	to make heard the sound of thanksgiving, to proclaim all your wonders.
-Psalms	Psa	23	26	8	Yahweh, I love the beauty of your house and the place where your glory dwells.
-Psalms	Psa	23	26	9	Do not couple me with sinners, nor my life with men of violence,
-Psalms	Psa	23	26	10	whose hands are stained with guilt, their right hands heavy with bribes.
-Psalms	Psa	23	26	11	In innocence I will go on my way; ransom me, take pity on me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	26	12	I take my stand on the right path; I will bless you, Yahweh, in the assemblies.
-Psalms	Psa	23	27	1	[Of David] Yahweh is my light and my salvation, whom should I fear? Yahweh is the fortress of my life, whom should I dread?
-Psalms	Psa	23	27	2	When the wicked advance against me to eat me up, they, my opponents, my enemies, are the ones who stumble and fall.
-Psalms	Psa	23	27	3	Though an army pitch camp against me, my heart will not fear, though war break out against me, my trust will never be shaken.
-Psalms	Psa	23	27	4	One thing I ask of Yahweh, one thing I seek: to dwell in Yahweh's house all the days of my life, to enjoy the sweetness of Yahweh, to seek out his temple.
-Psalms	Psa	23	27	5	For he hides me away under his roof on the day of evil, he folds me in the recesses of his tent, sets me high on a rock.
-Psalms	Psa	23	27	6	Now my head is held high above the enemies who surround me; in his tent I will offer sacrifices of acclaim. I will sing, I will make music for Yahweh.
-Psalms	Psa	23	27	7	Yahweh, hear my voice as I cry, pity me, answer me!
-Psalms	Psa	23	27	8	Of you my heart has said, 'Seek his face!' Your face, Yahweh, I seek;
-Psalms	Psa	23	27	9	do not turn away from me. Do not thrust aside your servant in anger, without you I am helpless. Never leave me, never forsake me, God, my Saviour.
-Psalms	Psa	23	27	10	Though my father and mother forsake me, Yahweh will gather me up.
-Psalms	Psa	23	27	11	Yahweh, teach me your way, lead me on the path of integrity because of my enemies;
-Psalms	Psa	23	27	12	do not abandon me to the will of my foes -- false witnesses have risen against me, and are breathing out violence.
-Psalms	Psa	23	27	13	This I believe: I shall see the goodness of Yahweh, in the land of the living.
-Psalms	Psa	23	27	14	Put your hope in Yahweh, be strong, let your heart be bold, put your hope in Yahweh.
-Psalms	Psa	23	28	1	[Of David] To you, Yahweh, I cry, my rock, do not be deaf to me! If you stay silent I shall be like those who sink into oblivion.
-Psalms	Psa	23	28	2	Hear the sound of my prayer when I call upon you, when I raise my hands, Yahweh, towards your Holy of Holies.
-Psalms	Psa	23	28	3	Do not drag me away with the wicked, with evil-doers, who talk to their partners of peace with treachery in their hearts.
-Psalms	Psa	23	28	4	Repay them as their deeds deserve, as befits their treacherous actions; as befits their handiwork repay them, let their deserts fall back on themselves.
-Psalms	Psa	23	28	5	They do not comprehend the deeds of Yahweh, the work of his hands. May he pull them down and not rebuild them!
-Psalms	Psa	23	28	6	Blessed be Yahweh for he hears the sound of my prayer.
-Psalms	Psa	23	28	7	Yahweh is my strength and my shield, in him my heart trusts. I have been helped; my body has recovered its vigour, with all my heart I thank him.
-Psalms	Psa	23	28	8	Yahweh is the strength of his people, a safe refuge for his anointed.
-Psalms	Psa	23	28	9	Save your people, bless your heritage, shepherd them and carry them for ever!
-Psalms	Psa	23	29	1	[Psalm Of David] Give Yahweh his due, sons of God, give Yahweh his due of glory and strength,
-Psalms	Psa	23	29	2	give Yahweh the glory due to his name, adore Yahweh in the splendour of holiness.
-Psalms	Psa	23	29	3	Yahweh's voice over the waters, the God of glory thunders; Yahweh over countless waters,
-Psalms	Psa	23	29	4	Yahweh's voice in power, Yahweh's voice in splendour;
-Psalms	Psa	23	29	5	Yahweh's voice shatters cedars, Yahweh shatters cedars of Lebanon,
-Psalms	Psa	23	29	6	he makes Lebanon skip like a calf, Sirion like a young wild ox.
-Psalms	Psa	23	29	7	Yahweh's voice carves out lightning-shafts,
-Psalms	Psa	23	29	8	Yahweh's voice convulses the desert, Yahweh convulses the desert of Kadesh,
-Psalms	Psa	23	29	9	Yahweh's voice convulses terebinths, strips forests bare. In his palace all cry, 'Glory!'
-Psalms	Psa	23	29	10	Yahweh was enthroned for the flood, Yahweh is enthroned as king for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	29	11	Yahweh will give strength to his people, Yahweh blesses his people with peace.
-Psalms	Psa	23	30	1	[Psalm Canticle for the Dedication of the House Of David] I praise you to the heights, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, you have not let my foes make merry over me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	30	2	Yahweh, my God, I cried to you for help and you healed me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	30	3	Yahweh, you have lifted me out of Sheol, from among those who sink into oblivion you have given me life.
-Psalms	Psa	23	30	4	Make music for Yahweh, all you who are faithful to him, praise his unforgettable holiness.
-Psalms	Psa	23	30	5	His anger lasts but a moment, his favour through life; In the evening come tears, but with dawn cries of joy.
-Psalms	Psa	23	30	6	Carefree, I used to think, 'Nothing can ever shake me!'
-Psalms	Psa	23	30	7	Your favour, Yahweh, set me on impregnable heights, but you turned away your face and I was terrified.
-Psalms	Psa	23	30	8	To you, Yahweh, I call, to my God I cry for mercy.
-Psalms	Psa	23	30	9	What point is there in my death, my going down to the abyss? Can the dust praise you or proclaim your faithfulness?
-Psalms	Psa	23	30	10	Listen, Yahweh, take pity on me, Yahweh, be my help!
-Psalms	Psa	23	30	11	You have turned my mourning into dancing, you have stripped off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy.
-Psalms	Psa	23	30	12	So my heart will sing to you unceasingly, Yahweh, my God, I shall praise you for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	31	1	[For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] In you, Yahweh, I have taken refuge, let me never be put to shame, in your saving justice deliver me, rescue me,
-Psalms	Psa	23	31	2	turn your ear to me, make haste. Be for me a rock-fastness, a fortified citadel to save me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	31	3	You are my rock, my rampart; true to your name, lead me and guide me!
-Psalms	Psa	23	31	4	Draw me out of the net they have spread for me, for you are my refuge;
-Psalms	Psa	23	31	5	to your hands I commit my spirit, by you have I been redeemed. God of truth,
-Psalms	Psa	23	31	6	you hate those who serve useless idols; but my trust is in Yahweh:
-Psalms	Psa	23	31	7	I will delight and rejoice in your faithful love! You, who have seen my misery, and witnessed the miseries of my soul,
-Psalms	Psa	23	31	8	have not handed me over to the enemy, but have given me freedom to roam at large.
-Psalms	Psa	23	31	9	Take pity on me, Yahweh, for I am in trouble. Vexation is gnawing away my eyes, my soul deep within me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	31	10	For my life is worn out with sorrow, and my years with sighs. My strength gives way under my misery, and my bones are all wasted away.
-Psalms	Psa	23	31	11	The sheer number of my enemies makes me contemptible, loathsome to my neighbours, and my friends shrink from me in horror. When people see me in the street they take to their heels.
-Psalms	Psa	23	31	12	I have no more place in their hearts than a corpse, or something lost.
-Psalms	Psa	23	31	13	All I hear is slander -- terror wherever I turn -- as they plot together against me, scheming to take my life.
-Psalms	Psa	23	31	14	But my trust is in you, Yahweh; I say, 'You are my God,'
-Psalms	Psa	23	31	15	every moment of my life is in your hands, rescue me from the clutches of my foes who pursue me;
-Psalms	Psa	23	31	16	let your face shine on your servant, save me in your faithful love.
-Psalms	Psa	23	31	17	I call on you, Yahweh, so let disgrace fall not on me, but on the wicked. Let them go down to Sheol in silence,
-Psalms	Psa	23	31	18	muzzles on their lying mouths, which speak arrogantly against the upright in pride and contempt.
-Psalms	Psa	23	31	19	Yahweh, what quantities of good things you have in store for those who fear you, and bestow on those who make you their refuge, for all humanity to see.
-Psalms	Psa	23	31	20	Safe in your presence you hide them, far from human plotting, shielding them in your tent, far from contentious tongues.
-Psalms	Psa	23	31	21	Blessed be Yahweh who works for me miracles of his faithful love (in a fortified city)!
-Psalms	Psa	23	31	22	In a state of terror I cried, 'I have been cut off from your sight!' Yet you heard my plea for help when I cried out to you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	31	23	Love Yahweh, all his faithful: Yahweh protects his loyal servants, but he repays the arrogant with interest.
-Psalms	Psa	23	31	24	Be brave, take heart, all who put your hope in Yahweh.
-Psalms	Psa	23	32	1	[Of David Poem] How blessed are those whose offence is forgiven, whose sin blotted out.
-Psalms	Psa	23	32	2	How blessed are those to whom Yahweh imputes no guilt, whose spirit harbours no deceit.
-Psalms	Psa	23	32	3	I said not a word, but my bones wasted away from groaning all the day;
-Psalms	Psa	23	32	4	day and night your hand lay heavy upon me; my heart grew parched as stubble in summer drought.
-Psalms	Psa	23	32	5	I made my sin known to you, did not conceal my guilt. I said, 'I shall confess my offence to Yahweh.' And you, for your part, took away my guilt, forgave my sin.
-Psalms	Psa	23	32	6	That is why each of your faithful ones prays to you in time of distress. Even if great floods overflow, they will never reach your faithful.
-Psalms	Psa	23	32	7	You are a refuge for me, you guard me in trouble, with songs of deliverance you surround me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	32	8	I shall instruct you and teach you the way to go; I shall not take my eyes off you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	32	9	Be not like a horse or a mule; that does not understand bridle or bit; if you advance to master them, there is no means of bringing them near.
-Psalms	Psa	23	32	10	Countless troubles are in store for the wicked, but one who trusts in Yahweh is enfolded in his faithful love.
-Psalms	Psa	23	32	11	Rejoice in Yahweh, exult all you upright, shout for joy, you honest of heart.
-Psalms	Psa	23	33	1	Shout for joy, you upright; praise comes well from the honest.
-Psalms	Psa	23	33	2	Give thanks to Yahweh on the lyre, play for him on the ten-stringed lyre.
-Psalms	Psa	23	33	3	Sing to him a new song, make sweet music for your cry of victory.
-Psalms	Psa	23	33	4	The word of Yahweh is straightforward, all he does springs from his constancy.
-Psalms	Psa	23	33	5	He loves uprightness and justice; the faithful love of Yahweh fills the earth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	33	6	By the word of Yahweh the heavens were made, by the breath of his mouth all their array.
-Psalms	Psa	23	33	7	He collects the waters of the sea like a dam, he stores away the abyss in his treasure-house.
-Psalms	Psa	23	33	8	Let the whole earth fear Yahweh, let all who dwell in the world revere him;
-Psalms	Psa	23	33	9	for, the moment he spoke, it was so, no sooner had he commanded, than there it stood!
-Psalms	Psa	23	33	10	Yahweh thwarts the plans of nations, frustrates the counsels of peoples;
-Psalms	Psa	23	33	11	but Yahweh's own plan stands firm for ever, his heart's counsel from age to age.
-Psalms	Psa	23	33	12	How blessed the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people he has chosen as his heritage.
-Psalms	Psa	23	33	13	From heaven Yahweh looks down, he sees all the children of Adam,
-Psalms	Psa	23	33	14	from the place where he sits he watches all who dwell on the earth;
-Psalms	Psa	23	33	15	he alone moulds their hearts, he understands all they do.
-Psalms	Psa	23	33	16	A large army will not keep a king safe, nor his strength save a warrior's life;
-Psalms	Psa	23	33	17	it is delusion to rely on a horse for safety, for all its power it cannot save.
-Psalms	Psa	23	33	18	But see how Yahweh watches over those who fear him, those who rely on his faithful love,
-Psalms	Psa	23	33	19	to rescue them from death and keep them alive in famine.
-Psalms	Psa	23	33	20	We are waiting for Yahweh; he is our help and our shield,
-Psalms	Psa	23	33	21	for in him our heart rejoices, in his holy name we trust.
-Psalms	Psa	23	33	22	Yahweh, let your faithful love rest on us, as our hope has rested in you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	34	1	[Of David, when he had feigned insanity before Abimelech, and Abimelech sent him away] I will bless Yahweh at all times, his praise continually on my lips.
-Psalms	Psa	23	34	2	I will praise Yahweh from my heart; let the humble hear and rejoice.
-Psalms	Psa	23	34	3	Proclaim with me the greatness of Yahweh, let us acclaim his name together.
-Psalms	Psa	23	34	4	I seek Yahweh and he answers me, frees me from all my fears.
-Psalms	Psa	23	34	5	Fix your gaze on Yahweh and your face will grow bright, you will never hang your head in shame.
-Psalms	Psa	23	34	6	A pauper calls out and Yahweh hears, saves him from all his troubles.
-Psalms	Psa	23	34	7	The angel of Yahweh encamps around those who fear him, and rescues them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	34	8	Taste and see that Yahweh is good. How blessed are those who take refuge in him.
-Psalms	Psa	23	34	9	Fear Yahweh, you his holy ones; those who fear him lack for nothing.
-Psalms	Psa	23	34	10	Young lions may go needy and hungry, but those who seek Yahweh lack nothing good.
-Psalms	Psa	23	34	11	Come, my children, listen to me, I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.
-Psalms	Psa	23	34	12	Who among you delights in life, longs for time to enjoy prosperity?
-Psalms	Psa	23	34	13	Guard your tongue from evil, your lips from any breath of deceit.
-Psalms	Psa	23	34	14	Turn away from evil and do good, seek peace and pursue it.
-Psalms	Psa	23	34	15	The eyes of Yahweh are on the upright, his ear turned to their cry.
-Psalms	Psa	23	34	16	But Yahweh's face is set against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	34	17	They cry in anguish and Yahweh hears, and rescues them from all their troubles.
-Psalms	Psa	23	34	18	Yahweh is near to the broken-hearted, he helps those whose spirit is crushed.
-Psalms	Psa	23	34	19	Though hardships without number beset the upright, Yahweh brings rescue from them all.
-Psalms	Psa	23	34	20	Yahweh takes care of all their bones, not one of them will be broken.
-Psalms	Psa	23	34	21	But to the wicked evil brings death, those who hate the upright will pay the penalty.
-Psalms	Psa	23	34	22	Yahweh ransoms the lives of those who serve him, and there will be no penalty for those who take refuge in him.
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	1	[Of David] Accuse my accusers, Yahweh, attack my attackers.
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	2	Grasp your buckler and shield, up, and help me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	3	Brandish spear and pike to confront my pursuers, give me the assurance, 'I am your Saviour.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	4	Shame and humiliation on those who are out to kill me! Defeat and repulse in dismay on those who plot my downfall.
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	5	May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of Yahweh to chase them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	6	May their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of Yahweh to hound them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	7	Unprovoked they laid their snare for me, unprovoked dug a trap to kill me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	8	Ruin comes upon them unawares; the snare they have laid will catch them, and into their own trap they will fall.
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	9	Then I shall delight in Yahweh, rejoice that he has saved me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	10	My very bones will all exclaim, Yahweh, who can compare with you in rescuing the poor from the oppressor; the needy from the exploiter?
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	11	False witnesses come forward against me asking me questions I cannot answer, they cross-examine me,
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	12	repay my kindness with cruelty, make my life barren.
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	13	But I, when they were ill, had worn sackcloth, and mortified myself with fasting, praying ever anew in my heart,
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	14	as if for a friend or brother; I had wandered restless, as if mourning a mother, so bowed had I been in sorrow.
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	15	When I stumble they gather in glee, gather around me; strangers I never even knew tear me apart incessantly.
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	16	If I fall they surround me, grinding their teeth at me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	17	How much longer, Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their onslaughts, from young lions rescue the one life that I have.
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	18	I will give you thanks in the great assembly praise you where the people gather.
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	19	Let not my lying enemies gloat over me; those who hate me unprovoked look askance at me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	20	They have no greeting of peace to the peace-loving people of the land; they think up deceptive speeches.
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	21	Their mouths wide open to accuse me, they say, 'Come on now, we saw you.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	22	You saw it, Yahweh, do not stay silent; Lord, do not stand aloof from me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	23	Up, awake, to my defence, my God and my Lord, to my cause.
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	24	In your saving justice give judgement for me, Yahweh my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	25	Do not let them think, 'Just as we hoped,' nor, 'Now we have swallowed him up.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	26	Shame and dismay on them all who gloat over my misfortunes. Let all who profit at my expense be covered with shame and disgrace.
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	27	But let all who delight in my uprightness shout for joy and gladness; let them constantly say, 'Great is Yahweh, who delights to see his servant in peace.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	35	28	And my tongue shall recount your saving justice, all day long sing your praise.
-Psalms	Psa	23	36	1	[For the choirmaster Of the servant of Yahweh Of David] Sin is the oracle of the wicked in the depths of his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.
-Psalms	Psa	23	36	2	He sees himself with too flattering an eye to detect and detest his guilt;
-Psalms	Psa	23	36	3	all he says is malicious and deceitful, he has turned his back on wisdom. To get his way
-Psalms	Psa	23	36	4	he hatches malicious plots even in his bed; once set on his evil course no wickedness is too much for him.
-Psalms	Psa	23	36	5	Yahweh, your faithful love is in the heavens, your constancy reaches to the clouds,
-Psalms	Psa	23	36	6	your saving justice is like towering mountains, your judgements like the mighty deep. Yahweh, you support both man and beast;
-Psalms	Psa	23	36	7	how precious, God, is your faithful love. So the children of Adam take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
-Psalms	Psa	23	36	8	They feast on the bounty of your house, you let them drink from your delicious streams;
-Psalms	Psa	23	36	9	in you is the source of life, by your light we see the light.
-Psalms	Psa	23	36	10	Maintain your faithful love to those who acknowledge you, and your saving justice to the honest of heart.
-Psalms	Psa	23	36	11	Do not let the foot of the arrogant overtake me or wicked hands drive me away.
-Psalms	Psa	23	36	12	There they have fallen, the evil-doers, flung down, never to rise again.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	1	[Of David] Do not get heated about the wicked or envy those who do wrong.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	2	Quick as the grass they wither, fading like the green of the fields.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	3	Put your trust in Yahweh and do right, make your home in the land and live secure.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	4	Make Yahweh your joy and he will give you your heart's desires.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	5	Commit your destiny to Yahweh, be confident in him, and he will act,
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	6	making your uprightness clear as daylight, and the justice of your cause as the noon.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	7	Stay quiet before Yahweh, wait longingly for him, do not get heated over someone who is making a fortune, succeeding by devious means.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	8	Refrain from anger, leave rage aside, do not get heated -- it can do no good;
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	9	for evil-doers will be annihilated, while those who hope in Yahweh shall have the land for their own.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	10	A little while and the wicked will be no more, however well you search for the place, the wicked will not be there;
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	11	but the poor will have the land for their own, to enjoy untroubled peace.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	12	The wicked plots against the upright and gnashes his teeth at him,
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	13	but Yahweh only laughs at his efforts, knowing that his end is in sight.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	14	Though the wicked draw his sword and bend his bow to slaughter the honest and bring down the poor and the needy,
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	15	his sword will pierce his own heart, and his bow will be shattered.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	16	What little the upright possesses outweighs all the wealth of the wicked;
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	17	for the weapons of the wicked shall be shattered, while Yahweh supports the upright.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	18	The lives of the just are in Yahweh's care, their birthright will endure for ever;
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	19	they will not be put to shame when bad times come, in time of famine they will have plenty.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	20	The wicked, enemies of Yahweh, will be destroyed, they will vanish like the green of the pasture, they will vanish in smoke.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	21	The wicked borrows and will not repay, but the upright is generous in giving;
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	22	those he blesses will have the land for their own, and those he curses be annihilated.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	23	Yahweh guides a strong man's steps and keeps them firm; and takes pleasure in him.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	24	When he trips he is not thrown sprawling, since Yahweh supports him by the hand.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	25	Now I am old, but ever since my youth I never saw an upright person abandoned, or the descendants of the upright forced to beg their bread.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	26	The upright is always compassionate, always lending, so his descendants reap a blessing.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	27	Turn your back on evil and do good, you will have a home for ever,
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	28	for Yahweh loves justice and will not forsake his faithful. Evil-doers will perish eternally, the descendants of the wicked be annihilated,
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	29	but the upright shall have the land for their own, there they shall live for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	30	Wisdom comes from the lips of the upright, and his tongue speaks what is right;
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	31	the law of his God is in his heart, his foot will never slip.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	32	The wicked keeps a close eye on the upright, looking out for a chance to kill him;
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	33	Yahweh will never abandon him to the clutches of the wicked, nor let him be condemned if he is tried.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	34	Put your hope in Yahweh, keep to his path, he will raise you up to make the land your own; you will look on while the wicked are annihilated.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	35	I have seen the wicked exultant, towering like a cedar of Lebanon.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	36	When next I passed he was gone, I searched for him and he was nowhere to be found.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	37	Observe the innocent, consider the honest, for the lover of peace will not lack children.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	38	But the wicked will all be destroyed together, and their children annihilated.
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	39	The upright have Yahweh for their Saviour, their refuge in times of trouble;
-Psalms	Psa	23	37	40	Yahweh helps them and rescues them, he will rescue them from the wicked, and save them because they take refuge in him.
-Psalms	Psa	23	38	1	[Psalm Of David In commemoration] Yahweh, do not correct me in anger, do not discipline me in wrath.
-Psalms	Psa	23	38	2	For your arrows have pierced deep into me, your hand has pressed down upon me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	38	3	Your indignation has left no part of me unscathed, my sin has left no health in my bones.
-Psalms	Psa	23	38	4	My sins stand higher than my head, they weigh on me as an unbearable weight.
-Psalms	Psa	23	38	5	I have stinking, festering wounds, thanks to my folly.
-Psalms	Psa	23	38	6	I am twisted and bent double, I spend my days in gloom.
-Psalms	Psa	23	38	7	My loins burn with fever, no part of me is unscathed.
-Psalms	Psa	23	38	8	Numbed and utterly crushed I groan in distress of heart.
-Psalms	Psa	23	38	9	Lord, all my longing is known to you, my sighing no secret from you,
-Psalms	Psa	23	38	10	my heart is throbbing, my strength has failed, the light has gone out of my eyes.
-Psalms	Psa	23	38	11	Friends and companions shun my disease, even the dearest of them keep their distance.
-Psalms	Psa	23	38	12	Those with designs on my life lay snares, those who wish me ill speak of violence and hatch treachery all day long.
-Psalms	Psa	23	38	13	But I hear nothing, as though I were deaf, as though dumb, saying not a word.
-Psalms	Psa	23	38	14	I am like the one who, hearing nothing, has no sharp answer to make.
-Psalms	Psa	23	38	15	For in you, Yahweh, I put my hope, you, Lord my God, will give answer.
-Psalms	Psa	23	38	16	I said, 'Never let them gloat over me, do not let them take advantage of me if my foot slips.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	38	17	There is no escape for me from falling, no relief from my misery.
-Psalms	Psa	23	38	18	But I make no secret of my guilt, I am anxious at the thought of my sin.
-Psalms	Psa	23	38	19	There is no numbering those who oppose me without cause, no counting those who hate me unprovoked,
-Psalms	Psa	23	38	20	repaying me evil for good, slandering me for trying to do them good.
-Psalms	Psa	23	38	21	Yahweh, do not desert me, my God, do not stand aloof from me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	38	22	Come quickly to my help, Lord, my Saviour!
-Psalms	Psa	23	39	1	[For the choirmaster For Jeduthun Psalm Of David] I said, 'I will watch how I behave so that I do not sin by my tongue. I will keep a muzzle on my mouth as long as any sinner is near.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	39	2	I stayed dumb, silent, speechless, but the sinner's prosperity redoubled my torment.
-Psalms	Psa	23	39	3	My heart had been smouldering within me, but at the thought of this it flared up and the words came bursting out,
-Psalms	Psa	23	39	4	'Yahweh, let me know my fate, how much longer I have to live. Show me just how frail I am.
-Psalms	Psa	23	39	5	'Look, you have given me but a hand's breadth or two of life, the length of my life is as nothing to you. Every human being that stands on earth is a mere puff of wind,
-Psalms	Psa	23	39	6	every human being that walks only a shadow; a mere puff of wind is the wealth stored away -- no knowing who will profit from it.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	39	7	So now, Lord, what am I to hope for? My hope is in you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	39	8	Save me from all my sins, do not make me the butt of fools.
-Psalms	Psa	23	39	9	I keep silence, I speak no more since you yourself have been at work.
-Psalms	Psa	23	39	10	Take your scourge away from me. I am worn out by the blows you deal me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	39	11	You correct human beings by punishing sin, like a moth you eat away all their desires -- a human being is a mere puff of wind.
-Psalms	Psa	23	39	12	Yahweh, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for help, do not remain deaf to my weeping. For I am a stranger in your house, a nomad like all my ancestors.
-Psalms	Psa	23	39	13	Turn away your gaze that I may breathe freely before I depart and am no more!
-Psalms	Psa	23	40	1	[For the choirmaster Of David Psalm] I waited, I waited for Yahweh, then he stooped to me and heard my cry for help.
-Psalms	Psa	23	40	2	He pulled me up from the seething chasm, from the mud of the mire. He set my feet on rock, and made my footsteps firm.
-Psalms	Psa	23	40	3	He put a fresh song in my mouth, praise of our God. Many will be awestruck at the sight, and will put their trust in Yahweh.
-Psalms	Psa	23	40	4	How blessed are those who put their trust in Yahweh, who have not sided with rebels and those who have gone astray in falsehood.
-Psalms	Psa	23	40	5	How much you have done, Yahweh, my God -- your wonders, your plans for us -- you have no equal. I will proclaim and speak of them; they are beyond number.
-Psalms	Psa	23	40	6	You wanted no sacrifice or cereal offering, but you gave me an open ear, you did not ask for burnt offering or sacrifice for sin;
-Psalms	Psa	23	40	7	then I said, 'Here I am, I am coming.' In the scroll of the book it is written of me,
-Psalms	Psa	23	40	8	my delight is to do your will; your law, my God, is deep in my heart.
-Psalms	Psa	23	40	9	I proclaimed the saving justice of Yahweh in the great assembly. See, I will not hold my tongue, as you well know.
-Psalms	Psa	23	40	10	I have not kept your saving justice locked in the depths of my heart, but have spoken of your constancy and saving help. I have made no secret of your faithful and steadfast love, in the great assembly.
-Psalms	Psa	23	40	11	You, Yahweh, have not withheld your tenderness from me; your faithful and steadfast love will always guard me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	40	12	For troubles surround me, until they are beyond number; my sins have overtaken me; I cannot see my way. They outnumber the hairs of my head, and my heart fails me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	40	13	Be pleased, Yahweh, to rescue me, Yahweh, come quickly and help me!
-Psalms	Psa	23	40	14	Shame and dismay to all who seek to take my life. Back with them, let them be humiliated who delight in my misfortunes.
-Psalms	Psa	23	40	15	Let them be aghast with shame, those who say to me, 'Aha, aha!'
-Psalms	Psa	23	40	16	But joy and happiness in you to all who seek you! Let them ceaselessly cry, 'Great is Yahweh' who love your saving power.
-Psalms	Psa	23	40	17	Poor and needy as I am, the Lord has me in mind. You, my helper, my Saviour, my God, do not delay.
-Psalms	Psa	23	41	1	[For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] Blessed is anyone who cares for the poor and the weak; in time of trouble Yahweh rescues him.
-Psalms	Psa	23	41	2	Yahweh protects him, gives him life and happiness on earth. Do not abandon him to his enemies' pleasure!
-Psalms	Psa	23	41	3	Yahweh sustains him on his bed of sickness; you transform altogether the bed where he lies sick.
-Psalms	Psa	23	41	4	For my part I said, 'Yahweh, take pity on me! Cure me for I have sinned against you.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	41	5	My enemies speak to me only of disaster, 'When will he die and his name disappear?'
-Psalms	Psa	23	41	6	When people come to see me their talk is hollow, when they get out they spread the news with spite in their hearts.
-Psalms	Psa	23	41	7	All who hate me whisper together about me and reckon I deserve the misery I suffer.
-Psalms	Psa	23	41	8	'A fatal sickness has a grip on him; now that he is down, he will never get up again.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	41	9	Even my trusted friend on whom I relied, who shared my table, takes advantage of me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	41	10	But you, Yahweh, take pity on me! Put me on my feet and I will give them their due.
-Psalms	Psa	23	41	11	This will convince me that you delight in me, if my enemy no longer exults over me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	41	12	Then you will keep me unscathed, and set me in your presence for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	41	13	Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from eternity to eternity. Amen, Amen.
-Psalms	Psa	23	42	1	[For the choirmaster Poem Of the sons of Korah] As a deer yearns for running streams, so I yearn for you, my God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	42	2	I thirst for God, the living God; when shall I go to see the face of God?
-Psalms	Psa	23	42	3	I have no food but tears day and night, as all day long I am taunted, 'Where is your God?'
-Psalms	Psa	23	42	4	This I remember as I pour out my heart, how I used to pass under the roof of the Most High used to go to the house of God, among cries of joy and praise, the sound of the feast.
-Psalms	Psa	23	42	5	Why be so downcast, why all these sighs? Hope in God! I will praise him still, my Saviour,
-Psalms	Psa	23	42	6	my God. When I am downcast I think of you: from the land of Jordan and Hermon, I think of you, humble mountain.
-Psalms	Psa	23	42	7	Deep is calling to deep by the roar of your cataracts, all your waves and breakers have rolled over me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	42	8	In the daytime God sends his faithful love, and even at night; the song it inspires in me is a prayer to my living God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	42	9	I shall say to God, my rock, 'Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go around in mourning, harrassed by the enemy?'
-Psalms	Psa	23	42	10	With death in my bones, my enemies taunt me, all day long they ask me, 'Where is your God?'
-Psalms	Psa	23	42	11	Why so downcast, why all these sighs? Hope in God! I will praise him still, my Saviour, my God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	43	1	Judge me, God, defend my cause against a people who have no faithful love; from those who are treacherous and unjust, rescue me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	43	2	For you are the God of my strength; why abandon me? Why must I go around in mourning, harrassed by the enemy?
-Psalms	Psa	23	43	3	Send out your light and your truth; they shall be my guide, to lead me to your holy mountain to the place where you dwell.
-Psalms	Psa	23	43	4	Then I shall go to the altar of God, to the God of my joy. I will rejoice and praise you on the harp, O God, my God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	43	5	Why so downcast, why all these sighs? Hope in God! I will praise him still, my Saviour, my God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	1	[For the choirmaster Of the sons of Korah Poem] God, we have heard for ourselves, our ancestors have told us, of the deeds you did in their days, in days of old,
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	2	by your hand. To establish them in the land you drove out nations, to make room for them you harried peoples.
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	3	It was not their own sword that won the land, nor their own arms which made them victorious, but your hand it was and your arm, and the light of your presence, for you loved them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	4	You are my king, my God, who decreed Jacob's victories;
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	5	through you we conquered our opponents, in your name we trampled down those who rose up against us.
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	6	For my trust was not in my bow, my victory was not won by my sword;
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	7	it was you who saved us from our opponents, you who put to shame those who hate us.
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	8	Our boast was always of God, we praised your name without ceasing.
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	9	Yet now you have abandoned and humiliated us, you no longer take the field with our armies,
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	10	you leave us to fall back before the enemy, those who hate us plunder us at will.
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	11	You hand us over like sheep for slaughter, you scatter us among the nations,
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	12	you sell your people for a trifle and make no profit on the sale.
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	13	You make us the butt of our neighbours, the mockery and scorn of those around us,
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	14	you make us a by-word among nations, other peoples shake their heads over us.
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	15	All day long I brood on my disgrace, the shame written clear on my face,
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	16	from the sound of insult and abuse, from the sight of hatred and vengefulness.
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	17	All this has befallen us though we had not forgotten you, nor been disloyal to your covenant,
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	18	our hearts never turning away, our feet never straying from your path.
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	19	Yet you have crushed us in the place where jackals live, and immersed us in shadow dark as death.
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	20	Had we forgotten the name of our God and stretched out our hands to a foreign god,
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	21	would not God have found this out, for he knows the secrets of the heart?
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	22	For your sake we are being massacred all day long, treated as sheep to be slaughtered.
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	23	Wake, Lord! Why are you asleep? Awake! Do not abandon us for good.
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	24	Why do you turn your face away, forgetting that we are poor and harrassed?
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	25	For we are bowed down to the dust, and lie prone on the ground.
-Psalms	Psa	23	44	26	Arise! Come to our help! Ransom us, as your faithful love demands.
-Psalms	Psa	23	45	1	[For the choirmaster Tune: 'Lilies . . .' Of the sons of Korah Poem Love song] My heart is stirred by a noble theme, I address my poem to the king, my tongue the pen of an expert scribe.
-Psalms	Psa	23	45	2	Of all men you are the most handsome, gracefulness is a dew upon your lips, for God has blessed you for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	45	3	Warrior, strap your sword at your side, in your majesty and splendour advance,
-Psalms	Psa	23	45	4	ride on in the cause of truth, gentleness and uprightness. Stretch the bowstring tight, lending terror to your right hand.
-Psalms	Psa	23	45	5	Your arrows are sharp, nations lie at your mercy, the king's enemies lose heart.
-Psalms	Psa	23	45	6	Your throne is from God, for ever and ever, the sceptre of your kingship a sceptre of justice,
-Psalms	Psa	23	45	7	you love uprightness and detest evil. This is why God, your God, has anointed you with oil of gladness, as none of your rivals,
-Psalms	Psa	23	45	8	your robes all myrrh and aloes. From palaces of ivory, harps bring you joy,
-Psalms	Psa	23	45	9	in your retinue are daughters of kings, the consort at your right hand in gold of Ophir.
-Psalms	Psa	23	45	10	Listen, my daughter, attend to my words and hear; forget your own nation and your ancestral home,
-Psalms	Psa	23	45	11	then the king will fall in love with your beauty; he is your lord, bow down before him.
-Psalms	Psa	23	45	12	The daughter of Tyre will court your favour with gifts, and the richest of peoples
-Psalms	Psa	23	45	13	with jewels set in gold. Clothed
-Psalms	Psa	23	45	14	in brocade, the king's daughter is led within to the king with the maidens of her retinue; her companions are brought to her,
-Psalms	Psa	23	45	15	they enter the king's palace with joy and rejoicing.
-Psalms	Psa	23	45	16	Instead of your ancestors you will have sons; you will make them rulers over the whole world.
-Psalms	Psa	23	45	17	I will make your name endure from generation to generation, so nations will sing your praise for ever and ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	46	1	[For the choirmaster Of the sons of Korah For oboe Song] God is both refuge and strength for us, a help always ready in trouble;
-Psalms	Psa	23	46	2	so we shall not be afraid though the earth be in turmoil, though mountains tumble into the depths of the sea,
-Psalms	Psa	23	46	3	and its waters roar and seethe, and the mountains totter as it heaves. (Yahweh Sabaoth is with us, our citadel, the God of Jacob.)
-Psalms	Psa	23	46	4	There is a river whose streams bring joy to God's city, it sanctifies the dwelling of the Most High.
-Psalms	Psa	23	46	5	God is in the city, it cannot fall; at break of day God comes to its rescue.
-Psalms	Psa	23	46	6	Nations are in uproar, kingdoms are tumbling, when he raises his voice the earth crumbles away.
-Psalms	Psa	23	46	7	Yahweh Sabaoth is with us, our citadel, the God of Jacob.
-Psalms	Psa	23	46	8	Come, consider the wonders of Yahweh, the astounding deeds he has done on the earth;
-Psalms	Psa	23	46	9	he puts an end to wars over the whole wide world, he breaks the bow, he snaps the spear, shields he burns in the fire.
-Psalms	Psa	23	46	10	'Be still and acknowledge that I am God, supreme over nations, supreme over the world.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	46	11	Yahweh Sabaoth is with us, our citadel, the God of Jacob.
-Psalms	Psa	23	47	1	[For the choirmaster Of the sons of Korah Psalm] Clap your hands, all peoples, acclaim God with shouts of joy.
-Psalms	Psa	23	47	2	For Yahweh, the Most High, is glorious, the great king over all the earth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	47	3	He brings peoples under our yoke and nations under our feet.
-Psalms	Psa	23	47	4	He chooses for us our birthright, the pride of Jacob whom he loves.
-Psalms	Psa	23	47	5	God goes up to shouts of acclaim, Yahweh to a fanfare on the ram's horn.
-Psalms	Psa	23	47	6	Let the music sound for our God, let it sound, let the music sound for our king, let it sound.
-Psalms	Psa	23	47	7	For he is king of the whole world; learn the music, let it sound for God!
-Psalms	Psa	23	47	8	God reigns over the nations, seated on his holy throne.
-Psalms	Psa	23	47	9	The leaders of the nations rally to the people of the God of Abraham. The shields of the earth belong to God, who is exalted on high.
-Psalms	Psa	23	48	1	[Song Psalm Of the sons of Korah] Great is Yahweh and most worthy of praise in the city of our God, the holy mountain,
-Psalms	Psa	23	48	2	towering in beauty, the joy of the whole world: Mount Zion in the heart of the north, the settlement of the great king;
-Psalms	Psa	23	48	3	God himself among its palaces has proved himself its bulwark.
-Psalms	Psa	23	48	4	For look, kings made alliance, together they advanced;
-Psalms	Psa	23	48	5	without a second glance, when they saw, they panicked and fled away.
-Psalms	Psa	23	48	6	Trembling seized them on the spot, pains like those of a woman in labour;
-Psalms	Psa	23	48	7	it was the east wind, that wrecker of ships from Tarshish.
-Psalms	Psa	23	48	8	What we had heard we saw for ourselves in the city of our God, in the city of Yahweh Sabaoth, which God has established for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	48	9	We reflect on your faithful love, God, in your temple!
-Psalms	Psa	23	48	10	Both your name and your praise, God, are over the whole wide world. Your right hand is full of saving justice,
-Psalms	Psa	23	48	11	Mount Zion rejoices, the daughters of Judah delight because of your saving justice.
-Psalms	Psa	23	48	12	Go round Zion, walk right through her, count her bastions,
-Psalms	Psa	23	48	13	admire her walls, examine her palaces, to tell future generations
-Psalms	Psa	23	48	14	that such is God; our God for ever and ever, he is our guide!
-Psalms	Psa	23	49	1	[For the choirmaster Of the sons of Korah Psalm] Hear this, all nations, listen, all who dwell on earth,
-Psalms	Psa	23	49	2	people high and low, rich and poor alike!
-Psalms	Psa	23	49	3	My lips have wisdom to utter, my heart good sense to whisper.
-Psalms	Psa	23	49	4	I listen carefully to a proverb, I set my riddle to the music of the harp.
-Psalms	Psa	23	49	5	Why should I be afraid in times of trouble? Malice dogs me and hems me in.
-Psalms	Psa	23	49	6	They trust in their wealth, and boast of the profusion of their riches.
-Psalms	Psa	23	49	7	But no one can ever redeem himself or pay his own ransom to God,
-Psalms	Psa	23	49	8	the price for himself is too high; it can never be
-Psalms	Psa	23	49	9	that he will live on for ever and avoid the sight of the abyss.
-Psalms	Psa	23	49	10	For he will see the wise also die no less than the fool and the brute, and leave their wealth behind for others.
-Psalms	Psa	23	49	11	For ever no home but their tombs, their dwelling-place age after age, though they gave their name to whole territories.
-Psalms	Psa	23	49	12	In prosperity people lose their good sense, they become no better than dumb animals.
-Psalms	Psa	23	49	13	So they go on in their self-assurance, right up to the end they are content with their lot.
-Psalms	Psa	23	49	14	They are penned in Sheol like sheep, Death will lead them to pasture, and those who are honest will rule over them. In the morning all trace of them will be gone, Sheol will be their home.
-Psalms	Psa	23	49	15	But my soul God will ransom from the clutches of Sheol, and will snatch me up.
-Psalms	Psa	23	49	16	Do not be overawed when someone gets rich, and lives in ever greater splendour;
-Psalms	Psa	23	49	17	when he dies he will take nothing with him, his wealth will not go down with him.
-Psalms	Psa	23	49	18	Though he pampered himself while he lived -- and people praise you for looking after yourself-
-Psalms	Psa	23	49	19	he will go to join the ranks of his ancestors, who will never again see the light.
-Psalms	Psa	23	49	20	In prosperity people lose their good sense, they become no better than dumb animals.
-Psalms	Psa	23	50	1	[Psalm Of Asaph] The God of gods, Yahweh, is speaking, from east to west he summons the earth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	50	2	From Zion, perfection of beauty, he shines forth;
-Psalms	Psa	23	50	3	he is coming, our God, and will not be silent. Devouring fire ahead of him, raging tempest around him,
-Psalms	Psa	23	50	4	he summons the heavens from on high, and the earth to judge his people.
-Psalms	Psa	23	50	5	'Gather to me my faithful, who sealed my covenant by sacrifice.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	50	6	The heavens proclaim his saving justice, 'God himself is judge.
-Psalms	Psa	23	50	7	'Listen, my people, I am speaking, Israel, I am giving evidence against you, I, God, your God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	50	8	'It is not with your sacrifices that I find fault, those burnt offerings constantly before me;
-Psalms	Psa	23	50	9	I will not accept any bull from your homes, nor a single goat from your folds.
-Psalms	Psa	23	50	10	'For all forest creatures are mine already, the animals on the mountains in their thousands.
-Psalms	Psa	23	50	11	I know every bird in the air, whatever moves in the fields is mine.
-Psalms	Psa	23	50	12	'If I am hungry I shall not tell you, since the world and all it holds is mine.
-Psalms	Psa	23	50	13	Am I to eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
-Psalms	Psa	23	50	14	'Let thanksgiving be your sacrifice to God, fulfil the vows you make to the Most High;
-Psalms	Psa	23	50	15	then if you call to me in time of trouble I will rescue you and you will honour me.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	50	16	But to the wicked, God says: 'What right have you to recite my statutes, to take my covenant on your lips,
-Psalms	Psa	23	50	17	when you detest my teaching, and thrust my words behind you?
-Psalms	Psa	23	50	18	'You make friends with a thief as soon as you see one, you feel at home with adulterers,
-Psalms	Psa	23	50	19	your conversation is devoted to wickedness, and your tongue to inventing lies.
-Psalms	Psa	23	50	20	'You sit there, slandering your own brother, you malign your own mother's son.
-Psalms	Psa	23	50	21	You do this, and am I to say nothing? Do you think that I am really like you? I charge you, indict you to your face.
-Psalms	Psa	23	50	22	'Think it out, you who forget God, or I will tear you apart without hope of a rescuer.
-Psalms	Psa	23	50	23	Honour to me is a sacrifice of thanksgiving; to the upright I will show God's salvation.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	51	1	[For the choirmaster Of David When the prophet Nathan had come to him because he had gone to Bathsheba] Have mercy on me, O God, in your faithful love, in your great tenderness wipe away my offences;
-Psalms	Psa	23	51	2	wash me clean from my guilt, purify me from my sin.
-Psalms	Psa	23	51	3	For I am well aware of my offences, my sin is constantly in mind.
-Psalms	Psa	23	51	4	Against you, you alone, I have sinned, I have done what you see to be wrong, that you may show your saving justice when you pass sentence, and your victory may appear when you give judgement,
-Psalms	Psa	23	51	5	remember, I was born guilty, a sinner from the moment of conception.
-Psalms	Psa	23	51	6	But you delight in sincerity of heart, and in secret you teach me wisdom.
-Psalms	Psa	23	51	7	Purify me with hyssop till I am clean, wash me till I am whiter than snow.
-Psalms	Psa	23	51	8	Let me hear the sound of joy and gladness, and the bones you have crushed will dance.
-Psalms	Psa	23	51	9	Turn away your face from my sins, and wipe away all my guilt.
-Psalms	Psa	23	51	10	God, create in me a clean heart, renew within me a resolute spirit,
-Psalms	Psa	23	51	11	do not thrust me away from your presence, do not take away from me your spirit of holiness.
-Psalms	Psa	23	51	12	Give me back the joy of your salvation, sustain in me a generous spirit.
-Psalms	Psa	23	51	13	I shall teach the wicked your paths, and sinners will return to you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	51	14	Deliver me from bloodshed, God, God of my salvation, and my tongue will acclaim your saving justice.
-Psalms	Psa	23	51	15	Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will speak out your praise.
-Psalms	Psa	23	51	16	Sacrifice gives you no pleasure, burnt offering you do not desire.
-Psalms	Psa	23	51	17	Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit, a broken, contrite heart you never scorn.
-Psalms	Psa	23	51	18	In your graciousness do good to Zion, rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
-Psalms	Psa	23	51	19	Then you will delight in upright sacrifices,-burnt offerings and whole oblations -- and young bulls will be offered on your altar.
-Psalms	Psa	23	52	1	[For the choirmaster Poem Of David When Doeg the Edomite went and warned Saul, 'David has gone to Abimelech's house'] Why take pride in being wicked, you champion in villainy, all day long
-Psalms	Psa	23	52	2	plotting crime? Your tongue is razor-sharp, you artist in perfidy.
-Psalms	Psa	23	52	3	You prefer evil to good, lying to uprightness.
-Psalms	Psa	23	52	4	You revel in destructive talk, treacherous tongue!
-Psalms	Psa	23	52	5	That is why God will crush you, destroy you once and for all, snatch you from your tent, uproot you from the land of the living.
-Psalms	Psa	23	52	6	The upright will be awestruck as they see it, they will mock him,
-Psalms	Psa	23	52	7	'So much for someone who would not place his reliance in God, but relied on his own great wealth, and made himself strong by crime.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	52	8	But I, like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God, put my trust in God's faithful love, for ever and ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	52	9	I shall praise you for ever for what you have done, and shall trust in your name, so full of goodness, in the presence of your faithful.
-Psalms	Psa	23	53	1	[For the choirmaster In sickness Poem Of David] The fool has said in his heart, 'There is no God!' They are corrupt, vile and unjust, not one of them does right.
-Psalms	Psa	23	53	2	God looks down from heaven at the children of Adam, to see if a single one is wise, a single one seeks God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	53	3	All have proved faithless, all alike turned sour, not one of them does right, not a single one.
-Psalms	Psa	23	53	4	Are they not aware, these evil-doers? They are devouring my people; this is the bread they eat, and they never call upon God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	53	5	They will be gripped with fear, just where there is no need for fear, for God scatters the bones of him who besieges you; they are mocked because God rejects them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	53	6	Who will bring from Zion salvation for Israel? When God brings his people home, what joy for Jacob, what happiness for Israel!
-Psalms	Psa	23	54	1	[For the choirmaster On stringed instruments Poem Of David When the Ziphites went to Saul and said,'Is not David hiding with us?'] God, save me by your name, in your power vindicate me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	54	2	God, hear my prayer, listen to the words I speak.
-Psalms	Psa	23	54	3	Arrogant men are attacking me, bullies hounding me to death, no room in their thoughts for God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	54	4	But now God is coming to my help, the Lord, among those who sustain me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	54	5	May their wickedness recoil on those who lie in wait for me. Yahweh, in your constancy destroy them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	54	6	How gladly will I offer you sacrifice, and praise your name, for it is good,
-Psalms	Psa	23	54	7	for it has rescued me from all my troubles, and my eye has feasted on my enemies.
-Psalms	Psa	23	55	1	[For the choirmaster For strings Poem Of David] God, hear my prayer, do not hide away from my plea,
-Psalms	Psa	23	55	2	give me a hearing, answer me, my troubles give me no peace. I shudder
-Psalms	Psa	23	55	3	at the enemy's shouts, at the outcry of the wicked; they heap up charges against me, in their anger bring hostile accusations against me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	55	4	My heart writhes within me, the terrors of death come upon me,
-Psalms	Psa	23	55	5	fear and trembling overwhelm me, and shuddering grips me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	55	6	And I say, 'Who will give me wings like a dove, to fly away and find rest?'
-Psalms	Psa	23	55	7	How far I would escape, and make a nest in the desert!
-Psalms	Psa	23	55	8	I would soon find a refuge from the storm of abuse, from the
-Psalms	Psa	23	55	9	destructive tempest, Lord, from the flood of their tongues. For I see violence and strife in the city,
-Psalms	Psa	23	55	10	day and night they make their rounds along the city walls, Inside live malice and mischief,
-Psalms	Psa	23	55	11	inside lives destruction, tyranny and treachery never absent from its central square.
-Psalms	Psa	23	55	12	Were it an enemy who insulted me, that I could bear; if an opponent pitted himself against me, I could turn away from him.
-Psalms	Psa	23	55	13	But you, a person of my own rank, a comrade and dear friend,
-Psalms	Psa	23	55	14	to whom I was bound by intimate friendship in the house of God! May they recoil in disorder,
-Psalms	Psa	23	55	15	may death descend on them, may they go down alive to Sheol, since evil shares their home with them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	55	16	For my part, I appeal to God, and Yahweh saves me;
-Psalms	Psa	23	55	17	evening, morning, noon, I complain and I groan. He hears my cry,
-Psalms	Psa	23	55	18	he ransoms me and gives me peace from the feud against me, for they are taking me to law.
-Psalms	Psa	23	55	19	But God will listen and will humble them, he who has been enthroned from the beginning; no change of heart for them, for they do not fear God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	55	20	They attack those at peace with them, going back on their oaths;
-Psalms	Psa	23	55	21	though their mouth is smoother than butter, enmity is in their hearts; their words more soothing than oil, yet sharpened like swords.
-Psalms	Psa	23	55	22	Unload your burden onto Yahweh and he will sustain you; never will he allow the upright to stumble.
-Psalms	Psa	23	55	23	You, God, will thrust them down to the abyss of destruction, men bloodthirsty and deceptive, before half their days are spent. For my part, I put my trust in you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	56	1	[For the choirmaster Tune: 'The oppression of distant princes' Of David In a quiet voice When the Philistines seized him in Gath] Take pity on me, God, as they harry me, pressing their attacks home all day.
-Psalms	Psa	23	56	2	Those who harry me lie in wait for me all day, countless are those who attack me from the heights.
-Psalms	Psa	23	56	3	When I am afraid, I put my trust in you,
-Psalms	Psa	23	56	4	in God, whose word I praise, in God I put my trust and have no fear, what power has human strength over me?
-Psalms	Psa	23	56	5	All day long they carp at my words, their only thought is to harm me,
-Psalms	Psa	23	56	6	they gather together, lie in wait and spy on my movements, as though determined to take my life.
-Psalms	Psa	23	56	7	Because of this crime reject them, in your anger, God, strike down the nations.
-Psalms	Psa	23	56	8	You yourself have counted up my sorrows, collect my tears in your wineskin.
-Psalms	Psa	23	56	9	Then my enemies will turn back on the day when I call. This I know, that God is on my side.
-Psalms	Psa	23	56	10	In God whose word I praise, in Yahweh whose word I praise,
-Psalms	Psa	23	56	11	in God I put my trust and have no fear; what can mortal man do to me?
-Psalms	Psa	23	56	12	I am bound by the vows I have made, God, I will pay you the debt of thanks,
-Psalms	Psa	23	56	13	for you have saved my life from death to walk in the presence of God, in the light of the living.
-Psalms	Psa	23	57	1	[For the choirmaster Tune: 'Do not destroy' Of David In a quiet voice When he escaped from Saul in the cave] Take pity on me, God, take pity on me, for in you I take refuge, in the shadow of your wings I take refuge, until the destruction is past.
-Psalms	Psa	23	57	2	I call to God the Most High, to God who has done everything for me;
-Psalms	Psa	23	57	3	may he send from heaven and save me, and check those who harry me; may God send his faithful love and his constancy.
-Psalms	Psa	23	57	4	I lie surrounded by lions, greedy for human prey, their teeth are spears and arrows, their tongue a sharp sword.
-Psalms	Psa	23	57	5	Be exalted above the heavens, God! Your glory over all the earth!
-Psalms	Psa	23	57	6	They laid a snare in my path -- I was bowed with care -- they dug a pit ahead of me, but fell in it themselves.
-Psalms	Psa	23	57	7	My heart is ready, God, my heart is ready; I will sing, and make music for you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	57	8	Awake, my glory, awake, lyre and harp, that I may awake the Dawn.
-Psalms	Psa	23	57	9	I will praise you among the peoples, Lord, I will make music for you among nations,
-Psalms	Psa	23	57	10	for your faithful love towers to heaven, your constancy to the clouds.
-Psalms	Psa	23	57	11	Be exalted above the heavens, God! Your glory over all the earth!
-Psalms	Psa	23	58	1	[For the choirmaster Tune: 'Do not destroy' Of David In a quiet voice] Divine as you are, do you truly give upright verdicts? do you judge fairly the children of Adam?
-Psalms	Psa	23	58	2	No! You devise injustice in your hearts, and with your hands you administer tyranny on the earth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	58	3	Since the womb they have gone astray, the wicked, on the wrong path since their birth, with their unjust verdicts.
-Psalms	Psa	23	58	4	They are poisonous as any snake, deaf as an adder that blocks its ears
-Psalms	Psa	23	58	5	so as not to hear the magician's music, however skilful his spells.
-Psalms	Psa	23	58	6	God, break the teeth in their mouths, snap off the fangs of these young lions, Yahweh.
-Psalms	Psa	23	58	7	May they drain away like water running to waste, may they wither like trampled grass,
-Psalms	Psa	23	58	8	like the slug that melts as it moves or a still-born child that never sees the sun.
-Psalms	Psa	23	58	9	Before they sprout thorns like the bramble, green or burnt up, may retribution whirl them away.
-Psalms	Psa	23	58	10	The upright will rejoice to see vengeance done, and will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.
-Psalms	Psa	23	58	11	'So', people will say, 'the upright does have a reward; there is a God to dispense justice on earth.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	59	1	[For the choirmaster Tune: 'Do not destroy' Of David In a quiet voice When Saul sent men to watch David's house in order to have him killed] Rescue me from my enemies, my God, be my stronghold from my assailants,
-Psalms	Psa	23	59	2	rescue me from evil-doers, from men of violence save me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	59	3	Look at them, lurking to ambush me, violent men are attacking me, for no fault, no sin of mine, Yahweh,
-Psalms	Psa	23	59	4	for no guilt, they come running to take up position. Wake up, stand by me and keep watch,
-Psalms	Psa	23	59	5	Yahweh, God of Sabaoth, God of Israel, rise up, to punish all the nations, show no mercy to all these malicious traitors.
-Psalms	Psa	23	59	6	Back they come at nightfall, snarling like curs, prowling through the town.
-Psalms	Psa	23	59	7	Look how they rant in speech with swords on their lips, 'Who is there to hear us?'
-Psalms	Psa	23	59	8	For your part, Yahweh, you laugh at them, you make mockery of all nations.
-Psalms	Psa	23	59	9	My strength, I keep my eyes fixed on you. For my stronghold is God,
-Psalms	Psa	23	59	10	the God who loves me faithfully is coming to meet me, God will let me feast my eyes on those who lie in wait for me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	59	11	Do not annihilate them, or my people may forget; shake them in your power, bring them low, Lord, our shield.
-Psalms	Psa	23	59	12	Sin is in their mouths, sin on their lips, so let them be trapped in their pride for the curses and lies that they utter.
-Psalms	Psa	23	59	13	Destroy them in your anger, destroy them till they are no more, and let it be known that God is Master in Jacob and the whole wide world.
-Psalms	Psa	23	59	14	Back they come at nightfall, snarling like curs, prowling through the town,
-Psalms	Psa	23	59	15	scavenging for something to eat, growling unless they have their fill.
-Psalms	Psa	23	59	16	And so I will sing of your strength, in the morning acclaim your faithful love; you have been a stronghold for me, a refuge when I was in trouble.
-Psalms	Psa	23	59	17	My strength, I will make music for you, for my stronghold is God, the God who loves me faithfully.
-Psalms	Psa	23	60	1	[For the choirmaster To the tune 'The decree is a lily' In a quiet voice Of David To be learnt When he was at war with Aram-Naharaim and Aram-Zobah, and Joab marched back to destroy twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt] God, you have rejected us, broken us, you were angry, come back to us!
-Psalms	Psa	23	60	2	You made the earth tremble, split it open; now mend the rifts, it is tottering still.
-Psalms	Psa	23	60	3	You have forced your people to drink a bitter draught, forced us to drink a wine that made us reel.
-Psalms	Psa	23	60	4	You gave a signal to those who fear you to let them escape out of range of the bow.
-Psalms	Psa	23	60	5	To rescue those you love, save with your right hand and answer us.
-Psalms	Psa	23	60	6	God has spoken from his sanctuary, 'In triumph I will divide up Shechem, and share out the Valley of Succoth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	60	7	'Mine is Gilead, mine Manasseh, Ephraim the helmet on my head, Judah my commander's baton,
-Psalms	Psa	23	60	8	'Moab a bowl for me to wash in, on Edom I plant my sandal. Now try shouting "Victory!" over me, Philistia!'
-Psalms	Psa	23	60	9	Who will lead me against a fortified city, who will guide me into Edom,
-Psalms	Psa	23	60	10	if not you, the God who has rejected us? God, you no longer march with our armies.
-Psalms	Psa	23	60	11	Bring us help in our time of crisis, any human help is worthless.
-Psalms	Psa	23	60	12	With God we shall do deeds of valour, he will trample down our enemies.
-Psalms	Psa	23	61	1	[For the choirmaster For strings Of David] God, hear my cry, listen to my prayer.
-Psalms	Psa	23	61	2	From the end of the earth I call to you with fainting heart. Lead me to the high rock that stands far out of my reach.
-Psalms	Psa	23	61	3	For you are my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy.
-Psalms	Psa	23	61	4	Let me stay in your tent for ever, taking refuge in the shelter of your wings!
-Psalms	Psa	23	61	5	For you, God, accept my vows, you grant me the heritage of those who fear your name.
-Psalms	Psa	23	61	6	Let the king live on and on, let his years continue age after age.
-Psalms	Psa	23	61	7	May his throne be always in God's presence, your faithful love and constancy watch over him.
-Psalms	Psa	23	61	8	Then I shall always sing to your name, day after day fulfilling my vows.
-Psalms	Psa	23	62	1	[For the choirmaster . . . Jeduthun Psalm Of David] In God alone there is rest for my soul, from him comes my safety;
-Psalms	Psa	23	62	2	he alone is my rock, my safety, my stronghold so that I stand unshaken.
-Psalms	Psa	23	62	3	How much longer will you set on a victim, all together, intent on murder, like a rampart already leaning over, a wall already damaged?
-Psalms	Psa	23	62	4	Trickery is their only plan, deception their only pleasure, with lies on their lips they pronounce a blessing, with a curse in their hearts.
-Psalms	Psa	23	62	5	Rest in God alone, my soul! He is the source of my hope.
-Psalms	Psa	23	62	6	He alone is my rock, my safety, my stronghold, so that I stand unwavering.
-Psalms	Psa	23	62	7	In God is my safety and my glory, the rock of my strength. In God is my refuge;
-Psalms	Psa	23	62	8	trust in him, you people, at all times. Pour out your hearts to him, God is a refuge for us.
-Psalms	Psa	23	62	9	Ordinary people are a mere puff of wind, important people a delusion; set both on the scales together, and they are lighter than a puff of wind.
-Psalms	Psa	23	62	10	Put no trust in extortion, no empty hopes in robbery; however much wealth may multiply, do not set your heart on it.
-Psalms	Psa	23	62	11	Once God has spoken, twice have I heard this: Strength belongs to God,
-Psalms	Psa	23	62	12	to you, Lord, faithful love; and you repay everyone as their deeds deserve.
-Psalms	Psa	23	63	1	[Psalm Of David When he was in the desert of Judah] God, you are my God, I pine for you; my heart thirsts for you, my body longs for you, as a land parched, dreary and waterless.
-Psalms	Psa	23	63	2	Thus I have gazed on you in the sanctuary, seeing your power and your glory.
-Psalms	Psa	23	63	3	Better your faithful love than life itself; my lips will praise you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	63	4	Thus I will bless you all my life, in your name lift up my hands.
-Psalms	Psa	23	63	5	All my longings fulfilled as with fat and rich foods, a song of joy on my lips and praise in my mouth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	63	6	On my bed when I think of you, I muse on you in the watches of the night,
-Psalms	Psa	23	63	7	for you have always been my help; in the shadow of your wings I rejoice;
-Psalms	Psa	23	63	8	my heart clings to you, your right hand supports me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	63	9	May those who are hounding me to death go down to the depths of the earth,
-Psalms	Psa	23	63	10	given over to the blade of the sword, and left as food for jackals.
-Psalms	Psa	23	63	11	Then the king shall rejoice in God, all who swear by him shall gain recognition, for the mouths of liars shall be silenced.
-Psalms	Psa	23	64	1	[For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] Listen, God, to my voice as I plead, protect my life from fear of the enemy;
-Psalms	Psa	23	64	2	hide me from the league of the wicked, from the gang of evil-doers.
-Psalms	Psa	23	64	3	They sharpen their tongues like a sword, aim their arrows of poisonous abuse,
-Psalms	Psa	23	64	4	shoot at the innocent from cover, shoot suddenly, with nothing to fear.
-Psalms	Psa	23	64	5	They support each other in their evil designs, they discuss how to lay their snares. 'Who will see us?' they say,
-Psalms	Psa	23	64	6	'or will penetrate our secrets?' He will do that, he who penetrates human nature to its depths, the depths of the heart.
-Psalms	Psa	23	64	7	God has shot them with his arrow, sudden were their wounds.
-Psalms	Psa	23	64	8	He brings them down because of their tongue, and all who see them shake their heads.
-Psalms	Psa	23	64	9	Everyone will be awestruck, proclaim what God has done, and understand why he has done it.
-Psalms	Psa	23	64	10	The upright will rejoice in Yahweh, will take refuge in him, and all the honest will praise him.
-Psalms	Psa	23	65	1	[For the choirmaster Psalm Of David Song] Praise is rightfully yours, God, in Zion. Vows to you shall be fulfilled,
-Psalms	Psa	23	65	2	for you answer prayer. All humanity must come to you
-Psalms	Psa	23	65	3	with its sinful deeds. Our faults overwhelm us, but you blot them out.
-Psalms	Psa	23	65	4	How blessed those whom you choose and invite to dwell in your courts. We shall be filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple.
-Psalms	Psa	23	65	5	You respond to us with the marvels of your saving justice, God our Saviour, hope of the whole wide world, even the distant islands.
-Psalms	Psa	23	65	6	By your strength you hold the mountains steady, being clothed in power,
-Psalms	Psa	23	65	7	you calm the turmoil of the seas, the turmoil of their waves. The nations are in uproar, in panic those who live at the ends of the earth;
-Psalms	Psa	23	65	8	your miracles bring shouts of joy to the gateways of morning and evening.
-Psalms	Psa	23	65	9	You visit the earth and make it fruitful, you fill it with riches; the river of God brims over with water, you provide the grain. To that end
-Psalms	Psa	23	65	10	you water its furrows abundantly, level its ridges, soften it with showers and bless its shoots.
-Psalms	Psa	23	65	11	You crown the year with your generosity, richness seeps from your tracks,
-Psalms	Psa	23	65	12	the pastures of the desert grow moist, the hillsides are wrapped in joy,
-Psalms	Psa	23	65	13	the meadows are covered with flocks, the valleys clothed with wheat; they shout and sing for joy.
-Psalms	Psa	23	66	1	[For the choirmaster Song Psalm] Acclaim God, all the earth,
-Psalms	Psa	23	66	2	sing psalms to the glory of his name, glorify him with your praises,
-Psalms	Psa	23	66	3	say to God, 'How awesome you are! 'Your achievements are the measure of your power, your enemies woo your favour,
-Psalms	Psa	23	66	4	all the earth bows down before you, sings psalms to you, sings psalms to your name.
-Psalms	Psa	23	66	5	Come and see the marvels of God, his awesome deeds for the children of Adam:
-Psalms	Psa	23	66	6	he changed the sea into dry land, they crossed the river on foot. So let us rejoice in him,
-Psalms	Psa	23	66	7	who rules for ever by his power; his eyes keep watch on the nations to forestall rebellion against him.
-Psalms	Psa	23	66	8	Nations, bless our God, let the sound of his praise be heard;
-Psalms	Psa	23	66	9	he brings us to life and keeps our feet from stumbling.
-Psalms	Psa	23	66	10	God, you have put us to the test, refined us like silver,
-Psalms	Psa	23	66	11	let us fall into the net; you have put a heavy strain on our backs,
-Psalms	Psa	23	66	12	let men ride over our heads; but now the ordeal by fire and water is over, you have led us out to breathe again.
-Psalms	Psa	23	66	13	I bring burnt offerings to your house, I fulfil to you my vows,
-Psalms	Psa	23	66	14	the vows that rose to my lips, that I pronounced when I was in trouble.
-Psalms	Psa	23	66	15	I will offer you rich burnt offerings, with the smoke of burning rams. I will sacrifice to you bullocks and goats.
-Psalms	Psa	23	66	16	Come and listen, all who fear God, while I tell what he has done for me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	66	17	To him I cried aloud, high praise was on my tongue.
-Psalms	Psa	23	66	18	Had I been aware of guilt in my heart, the Lord would not have listened,
-Psalms	Psa	23	66	19	but in fact God did listen, attentive to the sound of my prayer.
-Psalms	Psa	23	66	20	Blessed be God who has not turned away my prayer, nor his own faithful love from me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	67	1	[For the choirmaster For strings Psalm Song] May God show kindness and bless us, and make his face shine on us.
-Psalms	Psa	23	67	2	Then the earth will acknowledge your ways, and all nations your power to save.
-Psalms	Psa	23	67	3	Let the nations praise you, God, let all the nations praise you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	67	4	Let the nations rejoice and sing for joy, for you judge the world with justice, you judge the peoples with fairness, you guide the nations on earth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	67	5	Let the nations praise you, God, let all the nations praise you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	67	6	The earth has yielded its produce; God, our God has blessed us.
-Psalms	Psa	23	67	7	May God continue to bless us, and be revered by the whole wide world.
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	1	[For the choirmaster Of David Psalm Song] Let God arise, let his enemies scatter, let his opponents flee before him.
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	2	You disperse them like smoke; as wax melts in the presence of a fire, so the wicked melt at the presence of God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	3	The upright rejoice in the presence of God, delighted and crying out for joy.
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	4	Sing to God, play music to his name, build a road for the Rider of the Clouds, rejoice in Yahweh, dance before him.
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	5	Father of orphans, defender of widows, such is God in his holy dwelling.
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	6	God gives the lonely a home to live in, leads prisoners out into prosperity, but rebels must live in the bare wastelands.
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	7	God, when you set out at the head of your people, when you strode over the desert,
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	8	the earth rocked, the heavens pelted down rain at the presence of God, at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	9	God, you rained down a shower of blessings, when your heritage was weary you gave it strength.
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	10	Your family found a home, which you in your generosity provided for the humble.
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	11	The Lord gave a command, the good news of a countless army.
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	12	The chieftains of the army are in flight, in flight, and the fair one at home is sharing out the spoils.
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	13	While you are at ease in the sheepfolds, the wings of the Dove are being covered with silver, and her feathers with a sheen of green gold;
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	14	when Shaddai scatters the chieftains, through her it snows on the Dark Mountain.
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	15	A mountain of God, the mountain of Bashan! a haughty mountain, the mountain of Bashan!
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	16	Why be envious, haughty mountains, of the mountain God has chosen for his dwelling? There God will dwell for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	17	The chariots of God are thousand upon thousand; God has come from Sinai to the sanctuary.
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	18	You have climbed the heights, taken captives, you have taken men as tribute, even rebels that Yahweh God might have a dwelling-place.
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	19	Blessed be the Lord day after day, he carries us along, God our Saviour.
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	20	This God of ours is a God who saves; from Lord Yahweh comes escape from death;
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	21	but God smashes the head of his enemies, the long-haired skull of the prowling criminal.
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	22	The Lord has said, 'I will bring them back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	23	so that you may bathe your feet in blood, and the tongues of your dogs feast on your enemies.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	24	Your processions, God, are for all to see, the processions of my God, of my king, to the sanctuary;
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	25	singers ahead, musicians behind, in the middle come girls, beating their drums.
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	26	In choirs they bless God, Yahweh, since the foundation of Israel.
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	27	Benjamin was there, the youngest in front, the princes of Judah in bright-coloured robes, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	28	Take command, my God, as befits your power, the power, God, which you have wielded for us,
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	29	from your temple high above Jerusalem. Kings will come to you bearing tribute.
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	30	Rebuke the Beast of the Reeds, that herd of bulls, that people of calves, who bow down with ingots of silver. Scatter the people who delight in war.
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	31	From Egypt nobles will come, Ethiopia will stretch out its hands to God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	32	Kingdoms of the earth, sing to God, play for
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	33	the Rider of the Heavens, the primeval heavens. There he speaks, with a voice of power!
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	34	Acknowledge the power of God. Over Israel his splendour, in the clouds his power.
-Psalms	Psa	23	68	35	Awesome is God in his sanctuary. He, the God of Israel, gives strength and power to his people. Blessed be God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	1	[For the choirmaster Tune: 'Lilies . . .' Of David] Save me, God, for the waters have closed in on my very being.
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	2	I am sinking in the deepest swamp and there is no firm ground. I have stepped into deep water and the waves are washing over me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	3	I am exhausted with calling out, my throat is hoarse, my eyes are worn out with searching for my God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	4	More numerous than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without reason. Those who seek to get rid of me are powerful, my treacherous enemies. (Must I give back what I have never stolen?)
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	5	God, you know how foolish I am, my offences are not hidden from you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	6	Those who hope in you must not be made fools of, Yahweh Sabaoth, because of me! Those who seek you must not be disgraced, God of Israel, because of me!
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	7	It is for you I bear insults, my face is covered with shame,
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	8	I am estranged from my brothers, alienated from my own mother's sons;
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	9	for I am eaten up with zeal for your house, and insults directed against you fall on me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	10	I mortify myself with fasting, and find myself insulted for it,
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	11	I dress myself in sackcloth and become their laughing-stock,
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	12	the gossip of people sitting at the gate, and the theme of drunkards' songs.
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	13	And so, I pray to you, Yahweh, at the time of your favour; in your faithful love answer me, in the constancy of your saving power.
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	14	Rescue me from the mire before I sink in; so I shall be saved from those who hate me, from the watery depths.
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	15	Let not the waves wash over me, nor the deep swallow me up, nor the pit close its mouth on me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	16	Answer me, Yahweh, for your faithful love is generous; in your tenderness turn towards me;
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	17	do not turn away from your servant, be quick to answer me, for I am in trouble.
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	18	Come to my side, redeem me, ransom me because of my enemies.
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	19	You know well the insults, the shame and disgrace I endure. Every one of my oppressors is known to you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	20	Insult has broken my heart past cure. I hoped for sympathy, but in vain, for consolers -- not one to be found.
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	21	To eat they gave me poison, to drink, vinegar when I was thirsty.
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	22	May their own table prove a trap for them, and their abundance a snare;
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	23	may their eyes grow so dim that they cannot see, all their muscles lose their strength.
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	24	Vent your fury on them, let your burning anger overtake them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	25	Reduce their encampment to ruin, and leave their tents untenanted,
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	26	for hounding someone you had already stricken, for redoubling the pain of one you had wounded.
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	27	Charge them with crime after crime, exclude them from your saving justice,
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	28	erase them from the book of life, do not enrol them among the upright.
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	29	For myself, wounded wretch that I am, by your saving power raise me up!
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	30	I will praise God's name in song, I will extol him by thanksgiving,
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	31	for this will please Yahweh more than an ox, than a bullock horned and hoofed.
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	32	The humble have seen and are glad. Let your courage revive, you who seek God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	33	For God listens to the poor, he has never scorned his captive people.
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	34	Let heaven and earth and seas, and all that stirs in them, acclaim him!
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	35	For God will save Zion, and rebuild the cities of Judah, and people will live there on their own land;
-Psalms	Psa	23	69	36	the descendants of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there.
-Psalms	Psa	23	70	1	[For the choirmaster Of David In commemoration] Be pleased, God, to rescue me, Yahweh, come quickly and help me!
-Psalms	Psa	23	70	2	Shame and dismay to those who seek my life! Back with them! Let them be humiliated who delight in my misfortunes.
-Psalms	Psa	23	70	3	Let them shrink away covered with shame, those who say to me, 'Aha, aha!'
-Psalms	Psa	23	70	4	But joy and happiness in you to all who seek you. Let them ceaselessly cry, 'God is great', who love your saving power.
-Psalms	Psa	23	70	5	Poor and needy as I am, God, come quickly to me! Yahweh, my helper, my Saviour, do not delay!
-Psalms	Psa	23	71	1	In you, Yahweh, I take refuge, I shall never be put to shame.
-Psalms	Psa	23	71	2	In your saving justice rescue me, deliver me, listen to me and save me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	71	3	Be a sheltering rock for me, always accessible; you have determined to save me, for you are my rock, my fortress.
-Psalms	Psa	23	71	4	My God, rescue me from the clutches of the wicked, from the grasp of the rogue and the ruthless.
-Psalms	Psa	23	71	5	For you are my hope, Lord, my trust, Yahweh, since boyhood.
-Psalms	Psa	23	71	6	On you I have relied since my birth, since my mother's womb you have been my portion, the constant theme of my praise.
-Psalms	Psa	23	71	7	Many were bewildered at me, but you are my sure refuge.
-Psalms	Psa	23	71	8	My mouth is full of your praises, filled with your splendour all day long.
-Psalms	Psa	23	71	9	Do not reject me in my old age, nor desert me when my strength is failing,
-Psalms	Psa	23	71	10	for my enemies are discussing me, those with designs on my life are plotting together.
-Psalms	Psa	23	71	11	'Hound him down, for God has deserted him! Seize him, there is no one to rescue him.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	71	12	God, do not stand aloof, my God, come quickly to help me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	71	13	Shame and ruin on those who slander me, may those intent on harming me be covered with insult and infamy.
-Psalms	Psa	23	71	14	As for me, my hope will never fade, I will praise you more and more.
-Psalms	Psa	23	71	15	My lips shall proclaim your saving justice, your saving power all day long.
-Psalms	Psa	23	71	16	I will come in the power of Yahweh to tell of your justice, yours alone.
-Psalms	Psa	23	71	17	God, you have taught me from boyhood, and I am still proclaiming your marvels.
-Psalms	Psa	23	71	18	Now that I am old and grey-haired, God, do not desert me, till I have proclaimed your strength to generations still to come, your power
-Psalms	Psa	23	71	19	and justice to the skies. You have done great things, God, who is like you?
-Psalms	Psa	23	71	20	You have shown me much misery and hardship, but you will give me life again, You will raise me up again from the depths of the earth,
-Psalms	Psa	23	71	21	prolong my old age, and comfort me again.
-Psalms	Psa	23	71	22	For my part, I will thank you on the lyre for your constancy, my God. I will play the harp in your honour, Holy One of Israel.
-Psalms	Psa	23	71	23	My lips sing for joy as I play to you, because you have redeemed me,
-Psalms	Psa	23	71	24	and all day long my tongue muses on your saving justice. Shame and disgrace on those intent to harm me!
-Psalms	Psa	23	72	1	[Of Solomon] God, endow the king with your own fair judgement, the son of the king with your own saving justice,
-Psalms	Psa	23	72	2	that he may rule your people with justice, and your poor with fair judgement.
-Psalms	Psa	23	72	3	Mountains and hills, bring peace to the people! With justice
-Psalms	Psa	23	72	4	he will judge the poor of the people, he will save the children of the needy and crush their oppressors.
-Psalms	Psa	23	72	5	In the sight of the sun and the moon he will endure, age after age.
-Psalms	Psa	23	72	6	He will come down like rain on mown grass, like showers moistening the land.
-Psalms	Psa	23	72	7	In his days uprightness shall flourish, and peace in plenty till the moon is no more.
-Psalms	Psa	23	72	8	His empire shall stretch from sea to sea, from the river to the limits of the earth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	72	9	The Beast will cower before him, his enemies lick the dust;
-Psalms	Psa	23	72	10	the kings of Tarshish and the islands will pay him tribute. The kings of Sheba and Saba will offer gifts;
-Psalms	Psa	23	72	11	all kings will do him homage, all nations become his servants.
-Psalms	Psa	23	72	12	For he rescues the needy who calls to him, and the poor who has no one to help.
-Psalms	Psa	23	72	13	He has pity on the weak and the needy, and saves the needy from death.
-Psalms	Psa	23	72	14	From oppression and violence he redeems their lives, their blood is precious in his sight.
-Psalms	Psa	23	72	15	(Long may he live; may the gold of Sheba be given him!) Prayer will be offered for him constantly, and blessings invoked on him all day.
-Psalms	Psa	23	72	16	May wheat abound in the land, waving on the heights of the hills, like Lebanon with its fruits and flowers at their best, like the grasses of the earth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	72	17	May his name be blessed for ever, and endure in the sight of the sun. In him shall be blessed every race in the world, and all nations call him blessed.
-Psalms	Psa	23	72	18	Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who alone works wonders;
-Psalms	Psa	23	72	19	blessed for ever his glorious name. May the whole world be filled with his glory! Amen! Amen!
-Psalms	Psa	23	72	20	End of the prayers of David, son of Jesse.
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	1	[Psalm Of Asaph] Indeed God is good to Israel, the Lord to those who are pure of heart.
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	2	My feet were on the point of stumbling, a little more and I had slipped,
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	3	envying the arrogant as I did, and seeing the prosperity of the wicked.
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	4	For them no such thing as pain, untroubled, their comfortable portliness;
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	5	exempt from the cares which are the human lot, they have no part in Adam's afflictions.
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	6	So pride is a necklace to them, violence the garment they wear.
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	7	From their fat oozes out malice, their hearts drip with cunning.
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	8	Cynically they advocate evil, loftily they advocate force.
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	9	Their mouth claims heaven for themselves, and their tongue is never still on earth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	10	That is why my people turn to them, and enjoy the waters of plenty,
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	11	saying, 'How can God know? What knowledge can the Most High have?'
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	12	That is what the wicked are like, piling up wealth without any worries.
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	13	Was it useless, then, to have kept my own heart clean, to have washed my hands in innocence?
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	14	When I was under a hail of blows all day long, and punished every morning,
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	15	had I said, 'I shall talk like them,' I should have betrayed your children's race.
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	16	So I set myself to understand this: how difficult I found it!
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	17	Until I went into the sanctuaries of the gods and understood what was destined to become of them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	18	You place them on a slippery slope and drive them down into chaos.
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	19	How sudden their hideous destruction! They are swept away, annihilated by terror!
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	20	Like a dream upon waking, Lord, when you awake, you dismiss their image.
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	21	My heart grew embittered, my affections dried up,
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	22	I was stupid and uncomprehending, a clumsy animal in your presence.
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	23	Even so, I stayed in your presence, you grasped me by the right hand;
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	24	you will guide me with advice, and will draw me in the wake of your glory.
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	25	Who else is there for me in heaven? And, with you, I lack nothing on earth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	26	My heart and my flesh are pining away: my heart's rock, my portion, God for ever!
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	27	Truly, those who abandon you will perish; you destroy those who adulterously desert you,
-Psalms	Psa	23	73	28	whereas my happiness is to be near God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, to tell of all your works.
-Psalms	Psa	23	74	1	[Poem Of Asaph] God, why have you finally rejected us, your anger blazing against the flock you used to pasture?
-Psalms	Psa	23	74	2	Remember the people you took to yourself long ago, your own tribe which you redeemed, and this Mount Zion where you came to live.
-Psalms	Psa	23	74	3	Come up to these endless ruins! The enemy have sacked everything in the sanctuary;
-Psalms	Psa	23	74	4	your opponents made uproar in the place of assemblies, they fixed their emblems over the entrance, emblems
-Psalms	Psa	23	74	5	never known before. Their axes deep in the wood,
-Psalms	Psa	23	74	6	hacking at the panels, they battered them down with axe and pick;
-Psalms	Psa	23	74	7	they set fire to your sanctuary, profanely rased to the ground the dwelling-place of your name.
-Psalms	Psa	23	74	8	They said to themselves, 'Let us crush them at one stroke!' They burned down every sacred shrine in the land.
-Psalms	Psa	23	74	9	We see no signs, no prophet any more, and none of us knows how long it will last.
-Psalms	Psa	23	74	10	How much longer, God, will the enemy blaspheme? Is the enemy to insult your name for ever?
-Psalms	Psa	23	74	11	Why hold back your hand, keep your right hand hidden in the folds of your robe?
-Psalms	Psa	23	74	12	Yet, God, my king from the first, author of saving acts throughout the earth,
-Psalms	Psa	23	74	13	by your power you split the sea in two, and smashed the heads of the monsters on the waters.
-Psalms	Psa	23	74	14	You crushed Leviathan's heads, gave him as food to the wild animals.
-Psalms	Psa	23	74	15	You released the springs and brooks, and turned primordial rivers into dry land.
-Psalms	Psa	23	74	16	Yours is the day and yours the night, you caused sun and light to exist,
-Psalms	Psa	23	74	17	you fixed all the boundaries of the earth, you created summer and winter.
-Psalms	Psa	23	74	18	Remember, Yahweh, the enemy's blasphemy, a foolish people insults your name.
-Psalms	Psa	23	74	19	Do not surrender your turtledove to the beast; do not forget for ever the life of your oppressed people.
-Psalms	Psa	23	74	20	Look to the covenant! All the hiding-places of the land are full, haunts of violence.
-Psalms	Psa	23	74	21	Do not let the downtrodden retreat in confusion, give the poor and needy cause to praise your name.
-Psalms	Psa	23	74	22	Arise, God, champion your own cause, remember how fools blaspheme you all day long!
-Psalms	Psa	23	74	23	Do not forget the shouting of your enemies, the ever-mounting uproar of your adversaries.
-Psalms	Psa	23	75	1	[For the choirmaster Tune: 'Do not destroy' Psalm Of Asaph Song] We give thanks to you, God, we give thanks to you, as we call upon your name, as we recount your wonders.
-Psalms	Psa	23	75	2	'At the appointed time I myself shall dispense justice.
-Psalms	Psa	23	75	3	The earth quakes and all its inhabitants; it is I who hold its pillars firm.
-Psalms	Psa	23	75	4	'I said to the boastful, "Do not boast!" to the wicked, "Do not flaunt your strength!
-Psalms	Psa	23	75	5	Do not flaunt your strength so proudly, do not talk with that arrogant stance." '
-Psalms	Psa	23	75	6	No longer from east to west, no longer in the mountainous desert,
-Psalms	Psa	23	75	7	is God judging in uprightness, bringing some down, raising others.
-Psalms	Psa	23	75	8	Yahweh is holding a cup filled with a heady blend of wine; he will pour it, they will drink it to the dregs, all the wicked on earth will drink it.
-Psalms	Psa	23	75	9	But I shall speak out for ever, shall make music for the God of Jacob.
-Psalms	Psa	23	75	10	I shall break down all the strength of the wicked, and the strength of the upright will rise high.
-Psalms	Psa	23	76	1	[For the choirmaster For strings Psalm Of Asaph Song] God is acknowledged in Judah, his name is great in Israel,
-Psalms	Psa	23	76	2	his tent is pitched in Salem, his dwelling is in Zion;
-Psalms	Psa	23	76	3	there he has broken the lightning-flashes of the bow, shield and sword and war.
-Psalms	Psa	23	76	4	Radiant you are, and renowned for the mountains of booty
-Psalms	Psa	23	76	5	taken from them. Heroes are now sleeping their last sleep, the warriors' arms have failed them;
-Psalms	Psa	23	76	6	at your reproof, God of Jacob, chariot and horse stand stunned.
-Psalms	Psa	23	76	7	You, you alone, strike terror! Who can hold his ground in your presence when your anger strikes?
-Psalms	Psa	23	76	8	From heaven your verdicts thunder, the earth is silent with dread
-Psalms	Psa	23	76	9	when God takes his stand to give judgement, to save all the humble of the earth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	76	10	Human anger serves only to praise you, the survivors of your anger will huddle round you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	76	11	Make and fulfil your vows to Yahweh your God, let those who surround him make offerings to the Awesome One.
-Psalms	Psa	23	76	12	He cuts short the breath of princes, strikes terror in earthly kings.
-Psalms	Psa	23	77	1	[For the choirmaster . . . Jeduthun Of Asaph Psalm] I cry to God in distress, I cry to God and he hears me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	77	2	In the day of my distress I sought the Lord; all night I tirelessly stretched out my hands, my heart refused to be consoled.
-Psalms	Psa	23	77	3	I sigh as I think of God, my spirit faints away as I ponder on him.
-Psalms	Psa	23	77	4	You kept me from closing my eyes, I was too distraught to speak;
-Psalms	Psa	23	77	5	I thought of former times, years long past
-Psalms	Psa	23	77	6	I recalled; through the night I ponder in my heart, as I reflect, my spirit asks this question:
-Psalms	Psa	23	77	7	Is the Lord's rejection final? Will he never show favour again?
-Psalms	Psa	23	77	8	Is his faithful love gone for ever? Has his Word come to an end for all time?
-Psalms	Psa	23	77	9	Does God forget to show mercy? In anger does he shut off his tenderness?
-Psalms	Psa	23	77	10	And I said, 'This is what wounds me, the right hand of the Most High has lost its strength.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	77	11	Remembering Yahweh's great deeds, remembering your wonders in the past,
-Psalms	Psa	23	77	12	I reflect on all that you did, I ponder all your great deeds.
-Psalms	Psa	23	77	13	God, your ways are holy! What god is as great as our God?
-Psalms	Psa	23	77	14	You are the God who does marvellous deeds, brought nations to acknowledge your power,
-Psalms	Psa	23	77	15	with your own arm redeeming your people, the children of Jacob and Joseph.
-Psalms	Psa	23	77	16	When the waters saw you, God, when the waters saw you they writhed in anguish, the very depths shook with fear.
-Psalms	Psa	23	77	17	The clouds pelted down water, the sky thundered, your arrows shot back and forth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	77	18	The rolling of your thunder was heard, your lightning-flashes lit up the world, the earth shuddered and shook.
-Psalms	Psa	23	77	19	Your way led over the sea, your path over the countless waters, and none could trace your footsteps.
-Psalms	Psa	23	77	20	You guided your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	1	[Psalm Of Asaph] My people, listen to my teaching, pay attention to what I say.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	2	I will speak to you in poetry, unfold the mysteries of the past.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	3	What we have heard and know, what our ancestors have told us
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	4	we shall not conceal from their descendants, but will tell to a generation still to come: the praises of Yahweh, his power, the wonderful deeds he has done.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	5	He instituted a witness in Jacob, he established a law in Israel, he commanded our ancestors to hand it down to their descendants,
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	6	that a generation still to come might know it, children yet to be born. They should be sure to tell their own children,
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	7	and should put their trust in God, never forgetting God's great deeds, always keeping his commands,
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	8	and not, like their ancestors, be a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation weak of purpose, their spirit fickle towards God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	9	The archer sons of Ephraim turned tail when the time came for fighting;
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	10	they failed to keep God's covenant, they refused to follow his Law;
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	11	they had forgotten his great deeds, the marvels he had shown them;
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	12	he did marvels in the sight of their ancestors in Egypt, in the plains of Tanis.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	13	He split the sea and brought them through, made the waters stand up like a dam;
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	14	he led them with a cloud by day, and all the night with the light of a fire;
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	15	he split rocks in the desert, let them drink as though from the limitless depths;
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	16	he brought forth streams from a rock, made waters flow down in torrents.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	17	But they only sinned against him more than ever, defying the Most High in barren country;
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	18	they deliberately challenged God by demanding food to their hearts' content.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	19	They insulted God by saying, 'Can God make a banquet in the desert?
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	20	True, when he struck the rock, waters gushed out and flowed in torrents; but what of bread? Can he give that, can he provide meat for his people?'
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	21	When he heard them Yahweh vented his anger, fire blazed against Jacob, his anger mounted against Israel,
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	22	because they had no faith in God, no trust in his power to save.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	23	Even so he gave orders to the skies above, he opened the sluice-gates of heaven;
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	24	he rained down manna to feed them, he gave them the wheat of heaven;
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	25	mere mortals ate the bread of the Mighty, he sent them as much food as they could want.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	26	He roused an east wind in the heavens, despatched a south wind by his strength;
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	27	he rained down meat on them like dust, birds thick as sand on the seashore,
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	28	tumbling into the middle of his camp, all around his dwelling-place.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	29	They ate as much food as they wanted, he satisfied all their cravings;
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	30	but their cravings were still upon them, the food was still in their mouths,
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	31	when the wrath of God attacked them, slaughtering their strongest men, laying low the flower of Israel.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	32	Despite all this, they went on sinning, they put no faith in his marvels.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	33	He made their days vanish in mist, their years in sudden ruin.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	34	Whenever he slaughtered them, they began to seek him, they turned back and looked eagerly for him,
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	35	recalling that God was their rock, God the Most High, their redeemer.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	36	They tried to hoodwink him with their mouths, their tongues were deceitful towards him;
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	37	their hearts were not loyal to him, they were not faithful to his covenant.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	38	But in his compassion he forgave their guilt instead of killing them, time and again repressing his anger instead of rousing his full wrath,
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	39	remembering they were creatures of flesh, a breath of wind that passes, never to return.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	40	How often they defied him in the desert! How often they grieved him in the wastelands!
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	41	Repeatedly they challenged God, provoking the Holy One of Israel,
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	42	not remembering his hand, the time when he saved them from the oppressor,
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	43	he who did his signs in Egypt, his miracles in the plains of Tanis,
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	44	turning their rivers to blood, their streams so that they had nothing to drink.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	45	He sent horseflies to eat them up, and frogs to devastate them,
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	46	consigning their crops to the caterpillar, the fruit of their hard work to the locust;
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	47	he killed their vines with hail, their sycamore trees with frost,
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	48	delivering up their cattle to hail, and their flocks to thunderbolts.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	49	He loosed against them the full heat of his anger, fury, rage and destruction, a detachment of destroying angels;
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	50	he gave free course to his anger. He did not exempt their own selves from death, delivering up their lives to the plague.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	51	He struck all the first-born in Egypt, the flower of the youth in the tents of Ham.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	52	He brought out his people like sheep, guiding them like a flock in the desert,
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	53	leading them safe and unafraid, while the sea engulfed their enemies.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	54	He brought them to his holy land, the hill-country won by his right hand;
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	55	he dispossessed nations before them, measured out a heritage for each of them, and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	56	But still they challenged the Most High God and defied him, refusing to keep his decrees;
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	57	as perverse and treacherous as their ancestors, they gave way like a faulty bow,
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	58	provoking him with their high places, rousing his jealousy with their idols.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	59	God listened and vented his wrath, he totally rejected Israel;
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	60	he forsook his dwelling in Shiloh, the tent where he used to dwell on the earth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	61	He abandoned his power to captivity, his splendour to the enemy's clutches;
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	62	he gave up his people to the sword, he vented his wrath on his own heritage.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	63	Fire devoured their young men, their young girls had no wedding-song;
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	64	their priests fell by the sword and their widows sang no dirge.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	65	The Lord arose as though he had been asleep, like a strong man fighting-mad with wine,
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	66	he struck his enemies on the rump, and put them to everlasting shame.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	67	Rejecting the tents of Joseph, passing over the tribe of Ephraim,
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	68	he chose the tribe of Judah, his well-loved mountain of Zion;
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	69	he built his sanctuary like high hills, like the earth set it firm for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	70	He chose David to be his servant, took him from the sheepfold,
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	71	took him from tending ewes to pasture his servant Jacob, and Israel his heritage.
-Psalms	Psa	23	78	72	He pastured them with unblemished heart, with a sensitive hand he led them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	79	1	[Psalm Of Asaph] God, the pagans have invaded your heritage, they have defiled your holy temple, they have laid Jerusalem in ruins,
-Psalms	Psa	23	79	2	they have left the corpses of your servants as food for the birds of the air, the bodies of your faithful for the wild beasts.
-Psalms	Psa	23	79	3	Around Jerusalem they have shed blood like water, leaving no one to bury them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	79	4	We are the scorn of our neighbours, the butt and laughing-stock of those around us.
-Psalms	Psa	23	79	5	How long will you be angry, Yahweh? For ever? Is your jealousy to go on smouldering like a fire?
-Psalms	Psa	23	79	6	Pour out your anger on the nations who do not acknowledge you, and on the kingdoms that do not call on your name;
-Psalms	Psa	23	79	7	for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his home.
-Psalms	Psa	23	79	8	Do not count against us the guilt of former generations, in your tenderness come quickly to meet us, for we are utterly weakened;
-Psalms	Psa	23	79	9	help us, God our Saviour, for the glory of your name; Yahweh, wipe away our sins, rescue us for the sake of your name.
-Psalms	Psa	23	79	10	Why should the nations ask, 'Where is their God?' Let us see the nations suffer vengeance for shedding your servants' blood.
-Psalms	Psa	23	79	11	May the groans of the captive reach you, by your great strength save those who are condemned to death!
-Psalms	Psa	23	79	12	Repay our neighbours sevenfold for the insults they have levelled at you, Lord.
-Psalms	Psa	23	79	13	And we, your people, the flock that you pasture, will thank you for ever, will recite your praises from age to age.
-Psalms	Psa	23	80	1	[For the choirmaster Tune: 'The decrees are lilies' Of Asaph Psalm] Shepherd of Israel, listen, you who lead Joseph like a flock, enthroned on the winged creatures, shine forth
-Psalms	Psa	23	80	2	over Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh; rouse your valour and come to our help.
-Psalms	Psa	23	80	3	God, bring us back, let your face shine on us and we shall be safe.
-Psalms	Psa	23	80	4	Yahweh, God Sabaoth, how long will you flare up at your people's prayer?
-Psalms	Psa	23	80	5	You have made tears their food, redoubled tears their drink.
-Psalms	Psa	23	80	6	You let our neighbours quarrel over us, our enemies mock us.
-Psalms	Psa	23	80	7	God Sabaoth, bring us back, let your face shine on us and we shall be safe.
-Psalms	Psa	23	80	8	You brought a vine out of Egypt, to plant it you drove out nations;
-Psalms	Psa	23	80	9	you cleared a space for it, it took root and filled the whole country.
-Psalms	Psa	23	80	10	The mountains were covered with its shade, and the cedars of God with its branches,
-Psalms	Psa	23	80	11	its boughs stretched as far as the sea, its shoots as far as the River.
-Psalms	Psa	23	80	12	Why have you broken down its fences? Every passer-by plucks its grapes,
-Psalms	Psa	23	80	13	boars from the forest tear at it, wild beasts feed on it.
-Psalms	Psa	23	80	14	God Sabaoth, come back, we pray, look down from heaven and see, visit this vine;
-Psalms	Psa	23	80	15	protect what your own hand has planted.
-Psalms	Psa	23	80	16	They have thrown it on the fire like dung, the frown of your rebuke will destroy them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	80	17	May your hand protect those at your side, the child of Adam you have strengthened for yourself!
-Psalms	Psa	23	80	18	Never again will we turn away from you, give us life and we will call upon your name.
-Psalms	Psa	23	80	19	God Sabaoth, bring us back, let your face shine on us and we shall be safe.
-Psalms	Psa	23	81	1	[For the choirmaster On the . . . of Gath Of Asaph] Sing for joy to God our strength, shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.
-Psalms	Psa	23	81	2	Strike up the music, beat the tambourine, play the melodious harp and the lyre;
-Psalms	Psa	23	81	3	blow the trumpet for the new month, for the full moon, for our feast day!
-Psalms	Psa	23	81	4	For Israel has this statute, a decision of the God of Jacob,
-Psalms	Psa	23	81	5	a decree he imposed on Joseph, when he went to war against Egypt. I heard a voice unknown to me,
-Psalms	Psa	23	81	6	'I freed his shoulder from the burden, his hands were able to lay aside the labourer's basket.
-Psalms	Psa	23	81	7	You cried out in your distress, so I rescued you. 'Hidden in the storm, I answered you, I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
-Psalms	Psa	23	81	8	Listen, my people, while I give you warning; Israel, if only you would listen to me!
-Psalms	Psa	23	81	9	'You shall have no strange gods, shall worship no alien god.
-Psalms	Psa	23	81	10	I, Yahweh, am your God, who brought you here from Egypt, you have only to open your mouth for me to fill it.
-Psalms	Psa	23	81	11	'My people would not listen to me, Israel would have none of me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	81	12	So I left them to their stubborn selves, to follow their own devices.
-Psalms	Psa	23	81	13	'If only my people would listen to me, if only Israel would walk in my ways,
-Psalms	Psa	23	81	14	at one stroke I would subdue their enemies, turn my hand against their opponents.
-Psalms	Psa	23	81	15	'Those who hate Yahweh would woo his favour, though their doom was sealed for ever,
-Psalms	Psa	23	81	16	while I would feed him on pure wheat, would give you your fill of honey from the rock.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	82	1	[Psalm Of Asaph] God takes his stand in the divine assembly, surrounded by the gods he gives judgement.
-Psalms	Psa	23	82	2	'How much longer will you give unjust judgements and uphold the prestige of the wicked?
-Psalms	Psa	23	82	3	Let the weak and the orphan have justice, be fair to the wretched and the destitute.
-Psalms	Psa	23	82	4	'Rescue the weak and the needy, save them from the clutches of the wicked.
-Psalms	Psa	23	82	5	'Ignorant and uncomprehending, they wander in darkness, while the foundations of the world are tottering.
-Psalms	Psa	23	82	6	I had thought, "Are you gods, are all of you sons of the Most High?"
-Psalms	Psa	23	82	7	No! you will die as human beings do, as one man, princes, you will fall.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	82	8	Arise, God, judge the world, for all nations belong to you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	83	1	[Song Psalm Of Asaph] God, do not remain silent, do not stay quiet or unmoved, God!
-Psalms	Psa	23	83	2	See how your enemies are in uproar, how those who hate you are rearing their heads.
-Psalms	Psa	23	83	3	They are laying plans against your people, conspiring against those you cherish;
-Psalms	Psa	23	83	4	they say, 'Come, let us annihilate them as a nation, the name of Israel shall be remembered no more!'
-Psalms	Psa	23	83	5	They conspire with a single mind, they conclude an alliance against you,
-Psalms	Psa	23	83	6	the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
-Psalms	Psa	23	83	7	Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia and the Tyrians;
-Psalms	Psa	23	83	8	even Assyria has joined them to reinforce the children of Lot.
-Psalms	Psa	23	83	9	Treat them like Midian and Sisera, like Jabin at the river Kishon;
-Psalms	Psa	23	83	10	wiped out at En-Dor, they served to manure the ground.
-Psalms	Psa	23	83	11	Treat their leaders like Oreb and Zeeb, all their commanders like Zebah and Zalmunna,
-Psalms	Psa	23	83	12	for they said, 'Let us take for ourselves God's settlements.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	83	13	My God, treat them like thistledown, like chaff at the mercy of the wind.
-Psalms	Psa	23	83	14	As fire devours a forest, as a flame sets mountains ablaze,
-Psalms	Psa	23	83	15	so drive them away with your tempest, by your whirlwind fill them with terror.
-Psalms	Psa	23	83	16	Shame written all over their faces, let them seek your name, Yahweh!
-Psalms	Psa	23	83	17	Dishonour and terror be always theirs, death also and destruction.
-Psalms	Psa	23	83	18	Let them know that you alone bear the name of Yahweh, Most High over all the earth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	84	1	[For the choirmaster On the . . . of Gath Of the sons of Korah Psalm] How lovely are your dwelling-places, Yahweh Sabaoth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	84	2	My whole being yearns and pines for Yahweh's courts, My heart and my body cry out for joy to the living God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	84	3	Even the sparrow has found a home, the swallow a nest to place its young: your altars, Yahweh Sabaoth, my King and my God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	84	4	How blessed are those who live in your house; they shall praise you continually.
-Psalms	Psa	23	84	5	Blessed those who find their strength in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
-Psalms	Psa	23	84	6	As they pass through the Valley of the Balsam, they make there a water-hole, and -- a further blessing -- early rain fills it.
-Psalms	Psa	23	84	7	They make their way from height to height, God shows himself to them in Zion.
-Psalms	Psa	23	84	8	Yahweh, God Sabaoth, hear my prayer, listen, God of Jacob.
-Psalms	Psa	23	84	9	God, our shield, look, and see the face of your anointed.
-Psalms	Psa	23	84	10	Better one day in your courts than a thousand at my own devices, to stand on the threshold of God's house than to live in the tents of the wicked.
-Psalms	Psa	23	84	11	For Yahweh God is a rampart and shield, he gives grace and glory; Yahweh refuses nothing good to those whose life is blameless.
-Psalms	Psa	23	84	12	Yahweh Sabaoth, blessed is he who trusts in you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	85	1	[For the choirmaster Of the sons of Korah Psalm] Yahweh, you are gracious to your land, you bring back the captives of Jacob,
-Psalms	Psa	23	85	2	you take away the guilt of your people, you blot out all their sin.
-Psalms	Psa	23	85	3	You retract all your anger, you renounce the heat of your fury.
-Psalms	Psa	23	85	4	Bring us back, God our Saviour, appease your indignation against us!
-Psalms	Psa	23	85	5	Will you be angry with us for ever? Will you prolong your wrath age after age?
-Psalms	Psa	23	85	6	Will you not give us life again, for your people to rejoice in you?
-Psalms	Psa	23	85	7	Show us, Lord, your faithful love, grant us your saving help.
-Psalms	Psa	23	85	8	I am listening. What is God's message? Yahweh's message is peace for his people, for his faithful, if only they renounce their folly.
-Psalms	Psa	23	85	9	His saving help is near for those who fear him, his glory will dwell in our land.
-Psalms	Psa	23	85	10	Faithful Love and Loyalty join together, Saving Justice and Peace embrace.
-Psalms	Psa	23	85	11	Loyalty will spring up from the earth, and Justice will lean down from heaven.
-Psalms	Psa	23	85	12	Yahweh will himself give prosperity, and our soil will yield its harvest.
-Psalms	Psa	23	85	13	Justice will walk before him, treading out a path.
-Psalms	Psa	23	86	1	[Prayer Of David] Listen to me, Yahweh, answer me, for I am poor and needy.
-Psalms	Psa	23	86	2	Guard me, for I am faithful, save your servant who relies on you. You are my God,
-Psalms	Psa	23	86	3	take pity on me, Lord, for to you I cry all the day.
-Psalms	Psa	23	86	4	Fill your servant's heart with joy, Lord, for to you I raise up my heart.
-Psalms	Psa	23	86	5	Lord, you are kind and forgiving, rich in faithful love for all who call upon you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	86	6	Yahweh, hear my prayer, listen to the sound of my pleading.
-Psalms	Psa	23	86	7	In my day of distress I call upon you, because you answer me, Lord;
-Psalms	Psa	23	86	8	among the gods there is none to compare with you, no great deeds to compare with yours.
-Psalms	Psa	23	86	9	All nations will come and adore you, Lord, and give glory to your name.
-Psalms	Psa	23	86	10	For you are great and do marvellous deeds, you, God, and none other.
-Psalms	Psa	23	86	11	Teach me, Yahweh, your ways, that I may not stray from your loyalty; let my heart's one aim be to fear your name.
-Psalms	Psa	23	86	12	I thank you with all my heart, Lord my God, I will glorify your name for ever,
-Psalms	Psa	23	86	13	for your faithful love for me is so great that you have rescued me from the depths of Sheol.
-Psalms	Psa	23	86	14	Arrogant men, God, are rising up against me, a brutal gang is after my life, in their scheme of things you have no place.
-Psalms	Psa	23	86	15	But you, Lord, God of tenderness and mercy, slow to anger, rich in faithful love and loyalty,
-Psalms	Psa	23	86	16	turn to me and pity me. Give to your servant your strength, to the child of your servant your saving help,
-Psalms	Psa	23	86	17	give me a sign of your kindness.
-Psalms	Psa	23	86	18	My enemies will see to their shame that you, Yahweh, help and console me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	87	1	[Of the sons of Korah Psalm Song] With its foundations on the holy mountains,
-Psalms	Psa	23	87	2	Yahweh loves his city, he prefers the gates of Zion to any dwelling-place in Jacob.
-Psalms	Psa	23	87	3	He speaks of glory for you, city of God,
-Psalms	Psa	23	87	4	'I number Rahab and Babylon among those that acknowledge me; look at Tyre, Philistia, Ethiopia, so and so was born there.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	87	5	But of Zion it will be said, 'Every one was born there,' her guarantee is the Most High.
-Psalms	Psa	23	87	6	Yahweh in his register of peoples will note against each, 'Born there',
-Psalms	Psa	23	87	7	princes no less than native-born; all make their home in you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	88	1	[Song Psalm Of the sons of Korah In sickness In suffering Poem For Heman the native-born] Yahweh, God of my salvation, when I cry out to you in the night,
-Psalms	Psa	23	88	2	may my prayer reach your presence, hear my cry for help.
-Psalms	Psa	23	88	3	For I am filled with misery, my life is on the brink of Sheol;
-Psalms	Psa	23	88	4	already numbered among those who sink into oblivion, I am as one bereft of strength,
-Psalms	Psa	23	88	5	left alone among the dead, like the slaughtered lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, cut off as they are from your protection.
-Psalms	Psa	23	88	6	You have plunged me to the bottom of the grave, in the darkness, in the depths;
-Psalms	Psa	23	88	7	weighted down by your anger, kept low by your waves.
-Psalms	Psa	23	88	8	You have deprived me of my friends, made me repulsive to them, imprisoned, with no escape;
-Psalms	Psa	23	88	9	my eyes are worn out with suffering. I call to you, Yahweh, all day, I stretch out my hands to you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	88	10	Do you work wonders for the dead, can shadows rise up to praise you?
-Psalms	Psa	23	88	11	Do they speak in the grave of your faithful love, of your constancy in the place of perdition?
-Psalms	Psa	23	88	12	Are your wonders known in the darkness, your saving justice in the land of oblivion?
-Psalms	Psa	23	88	13	But, for my part, I cry to you, Yahweh, every morning my prayer comes before you;
-Psalms	Psa	23	88	14	why, Yahweh, do you rebuff me, turn your face away from me?
-Psalms	Psa	23	88	15	Wretched and close to death since childhood, I have borne your terrors -- I am finished!
-Psalms	Psa	23	88	16	Your anger has overwhelmed me, your terrors annihilated me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	88	17	They flood around me all day long, close in on me all at once.
-Psalms	Psa	23	88	18	You have deprived me of friends and companions, and all that I know is the dark.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	1	[Poem For Ethan the native-born] I shall sing the faithful love of Yahweh for ever, from age to age my lips shall declare your constancy,
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	2	for you have said: love is built to last for ever, you have fixed your constancy firm in the heavens.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	3	'I have made a covenant with my Chosen One, sworn an oath to my servant David:
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	4	I have made your dynasty firm for ever, built your throne stable age after age.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	5	The heavens praise your wonders, Yahweh, your constancy in the gathering of your faithful.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	6	Who in the skies can compare with Yahweh? Who among the sons of god can rival him?
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	7	God, awesome in the assembly of holy ones, great and dreaded among all who surround him,
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	8	Yahweh, God Sabaoth, who is like you? Mighty Yahweh, your constancy is all round you!
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	9	You control the pride of the ocean, when its waves ride high you calm them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	10	You split Rahab in two like a corpse, scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	11	Yours are the heavens and yours the earth, the world and all it holds, you founded them;
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	12	you created the north and the south, Tabor and Hermon hail your name with joy.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	13	Yours is a strong arm, mighty your hand, your right hand raised high;
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	14	Saving Justice and Fair Judgement the foundations of your throne, Faithful Love and Constancy march before you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	15	How blessed the nation that learns to acclaim you! They will live, Yahweh, in the light of your presence.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	16	In your name they rejoice all day long, by your saving justice they are raised up.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	17	You are the flower of their strength, by your favour our strength is triumphant;
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	18	for to Yahweh belongs our shield, to the Holy One of Israel our king.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	19	Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful you said: 'I have given strength to a warrior, I have raised up a man chosen from my people.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	20	'I have found David my servant, and anointed him with my holy oil.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	21	My hand will always be with him, my arm will make him strong.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	22	'No enemy will be able to outwit him, no wicked man overcome him;
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	23	I shall crush his enemies before him, strike his opponents dead.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	24	'My constancy and faithful love will be with him, in my name his strength will be triumphant.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	25	I shall establish his power over the sea, his dominion over the rivers.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	26	'He will cry to me, "You are my father, my God, the rock of my salvation!"
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	27	So I shall make him my first-born, the highest of earthly kings.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	28	'I shall maintain my faithful love for him always, my covenant with him will stay firm.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	29	I have established his dynasty for ever, his throne to be as lasting as the heavens.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	30	'Should his descendants desert my law, and not keep to my rulings,
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	31	should they violate my statutes, and not observe my commandments,
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	32	'then I shall punish their offences with the rod, their guilt with the whip,
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	33	but I shall never withdraw from him my faithful love, I shall not belie my constancy.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	34	'I shall not violate my covenant, I shall not withdraw the word once spoken.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	35	I have sworn by my holiness, once and for all, never will I break faith with David.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	36	'His dynasty shall endure for ever, his throne like the sun before me,
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	37	as the moon is established for ever, a faithful witness in the skies.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	38	Yet you yourself -- you have spurned and rejected, and have vented your wrath on your anointed,
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	39	you have repudiated the covenant with your servant, dishonoured his crown in the dust.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	40	You have pierced all his defences, and laid his strongholds in ruins,
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	41	everyone passing by plunders him, he has become the butt of his neighbours.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	42	You have raised high the right hand of his opponents, have made all his enemies happy;
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	43	you have snapped off his sword on a rock, and failed to support him in battle.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	44	You have stripped him of his splendid sceptre, and toppled his throne to the ground.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	45	You have aged him before his time, enveloped him in shame.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	46	How long, Yahweh, will you remain hidden? For ever? Is your anger to go on smouldering like a fire?
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	47	Remember me; how long have I left? For what pointless end did you create all the children of Adam?
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	48	Who can live and never see death? Who can save himself from the clutches of Sheol?
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	49	Lord, what of those pledges of your faithful love? You made an oath to David by your constancy.
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	50	Do not forget the insults to your servant; I take to heart the taunts of the nations,
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	51	which your enemies have levelled, Yahweh, have levelled at the footsteps of your anointed!
-Psalms	Psa	23	89	52	Blessed be Yahweh for ever. Amen, Amen.
-Psalms	Psa	23	90	1	[Prayer Of Moses, man of God] Lord, you have been our refuge from age to age.
-Psalms	Psa	23	90	2	Before the mountains were born, before the earth and the world came to birth, from eternity to eternity you are God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	90	3	You bring human beings to the dust, by saying, 'Return, children of Adam.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	90	4	A thousand years are to you like a yesterday which has passed, like a watch of the night.
-Psalms	Psa	23	90	5	You flood them with sleep -- in the morning they will be like growing grass:
-Psalms	Psa	23	90	6	in the morning it is blossoming and growing, by evening it is withered and dry.
-Psalms	Psa	23	90	7	For we have been destroyed by your wrath, dismayed by your anger.
-Psalms	Psa	23	90	8	You have taken note of our guilty deeds, our secrets in the full light of your presence.
-Psalms	Psa	23	90	9	All our days pass under your wrath, our lives are over like a sigh.
-Psalms	Psa	23	90	10	The span of our life is seventy years -- eighty for those who are strong -- but their whole extent is anxiety and trouble, they are over in a moment and we are gone.
-Psalms	Psa	23	90	11	Who feels the power of your anger, or who that fears you, your wrath?
-Psalms	Psa	23	90	12	Teach us to count up the days that are ours, and we shall come to the heart of wisdom.
-Psalms	Psa	23	90	13	Come back, Yahweh! How long must we wait? Take pity on your servants.
-Psalms	Psa	23	90	14	Each morning fill us with your faithful love, we shall sing and be happy all our days;
-Psalms	Psa	23	90	15	let our joy be as long as the time that you afflicted us, the years when we experienced disaster.
-Psalms	Psa	23	90	16	Show your servants the deeds you do, let their children enjoy your splendour!
-Psalms	Psa	23	90	17	May the sweetness of the Lord be upon us, to confirm the work we have done!
-Psalms	Psa	23	91	1	You who live in the secret place of Elyon, spend your nights in the shelter of Shaddai,
-Psalms	Psa	23	91	2	saying to Yahweh, 'My refuge, my fortress, my God in whom I trust!'
-Psalms	Psa	23	91	3	He rescues you from the snare of the fowler set on destruction;
-Psalms	Psa	23	91	4	he covers you with his pinions, you find shelter under his wings. His constancy is shield and protection.
-Psalms	Psa	23	91	5	You need not fear the terrors of night, the arrow that flies in the daytime,
-Psalms	Psa	23	91	6	the plague that stalks in the darkness, the scourge that wreaks havoc at high noon.
-Psalms	Psa	23	91	7	Though a thousand fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, you yourself will remain unscathed.
-Psalms	Psa	23	91	8	You have only to keep your eyes open to see how the wicked are repaid,
-Psalms	Psa	23	91	9	you who say, 'Yahweh my refuge!' and make Elyon your fortress.
-Psalms	Psa	23	91	10	No disaster can overtake you, no plague come near your tent;
-Psalms	Psa	23	91	11	he has given his angels orders about you to guard you wherever you go.
-Psalms	Psa	23	91	12	They will carry you in their arms in case you trip over a stone.
-Psalms	Psa	23	91	13	You will walk upon wild beast and adder, you will trample young lions and snakes.
-Psalms	Psa	23	91	14	'Since he clings to me I rescue him, I raise him high, since he acknowledges my name.
-Psalms	Psa	23	91	15	He calls to me and I answer him: in distress I am at his side, I rescue him and bring him honour.
-Psalms	Psa	23	91	16	I shall satisfy him with long life, and grant him to see my salvation.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	92	1	[Psalm Song For the Sabbath] It is good to give thanks to Yahweh, to make music for your name, Most High,
-Psalms	Psa	23	92	2	to proclaim your faithful love at daybreak, and your constancy all through the night,
-Psalms	Psa	23	92	3	on the lyre, the ten-stringed lyre, to the murmur of the harp.
-Psalms	Psa	23	92	4	You have brought me joy, Yahweh, by your deeds, at the work of your hands I cry out,
-Psalms	Psa	23	92	5	'How great are your works, Yahweh, immensely deep your thoughts!'
-Psalms	Psa	23	92	6	Stupid people cannot realise this, fools do not grasp it.
-Psalms	Psa	23	92	7	The wicked may sprout like weeds, and every evil-doer flourish, but only to be eternally destroyed;
-Psalms	Psa	23	92	8	whereas you are supreme for ever, Yahweh.
-Psalms	Psa	23	92	9	Look how your enemies perish, how all evil-doers are scattered!
-Psalms	Psa	23	92	10	You give me the strength of the wild ox, you anoint me with fresh oil;
-Psalms	Psa	23	92	11	I caught sight of the ambush against me, overheard the plans of the wicked.
-Psalms	Psa	23	92	12	The upright will flourish like the palm tree, will grow like a cedar of Lebanon.
-Psalms	Psa	23	92	13	Planted in the house of Yahweh, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	92	14	In old age they will still bear fruit, will remain fresh and green,
-Psalms	Psa	23	92	15	to proclaim Yahweh's integrity; my rock, in whom no fault can be found.
-Psalms	Psa	23	93	1	Yahweh is king, robed in majesty, robed is Yahweh and girded with power.
-Psalms	Psa	23	93	2	The world is indeed set firm, it can never be shaken; your throne is set firm from of old, from all eternity you exist.
-Psalms	Psa	23	93	3	The rivers lift up, Yahweh, the rivers lift up their voices, the rivers lift up their thunder.
-Psalms	Psa	23	93	4	Greater than the voice of many waters, more majestic than the breakers of the sea, Yahweh is majestic in the heights.
-Psalms	Psa	23	93	5	Your decrees stand firm, unshakeable, holiness is the beauty of your house, Yahweh, for all time to come.
-Psalms	Psa	23	94	1	God of vengeance, Yahweh, God of vengeance, shine forth!
-Psalms	Psa	23	94	2	Arise, judge of the world, give back the proud what they deserve!
-Psalms	Psa	23	94	3	How long are the wicked, Yahweh, how long are the wicked to triumph?
-Psalms	Psa	23	94	4	They bluster and boast, they flaunt themselves, all the evil-doers.
-Psalms	Psa	23	94	5	They crush your people, Yahweh, they oppress your heritage,
-Psalms	Psa	23	94	6	they murder the widow and the stranger, bring the orphan to a violent death.
-Psalms	Psa	23	94	7	They say, 'Yahweh is not looking, the God of Jacob is taking no notice.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	94	8	Take notice yourselves, you coarsest of people! Fools, when will you learn some sense?
-Psalms	Psa	23	94	9	Shall he who implanted the ear not hear, he who fashioned the eye not see?
-Psalms	Psa	23	94	10	Shall he who instructs nations not punish? Yahweh, the teacher of all people,
-Psalms	Psa	23	94	11	knows human plans and how insipid they are.
-Psalms	Psa	23	94	12	How blessed are those you instruct, Yahweh, whom you teach by means of your law,
-Psalms	Psa	23	94	13	to give them respite in evil times, till a pit is dug for the wicked.
-Psalms	Psa	23	94	14	Yahweh will not abandon his people, he will not desert his heritage;
-Psalms	Psa	23	94	15	for judgement will again become saving justice, and in its wake all upright hearts will follow.
-Psalms	Psa	23	94	16	Who rises up on my side against the wicked? Who stands firm on my side against all evil-doers?
-Psalms	Psa	23	94	17	If Yahweh did not come to my help, I should soon find myself dwelling in the silence.
-Psalms	Psa	23	94	18	I need only say, 'I am slipping,' for your faithful love, Yahweh, to support me;
-Psalms	Psa	23	94	19	however great the anxiety of my heart, your consolations soothe me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	94	20	Are you partner to a destructive court, that gives disorder the status of law?
-Psalms	Psa	23	94	21	They make an attack on the life of the upright, and condemn innocent blood.
-Psalms	Psa	23	94	22	No! Yahweh is a stronghold to me, my God is my rock of refuge.
-Psalms	Psa	23	94	23	He turns back their guilt on themselves, annihilates them for their wickedness, he annihilates them, Yahweh our God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	95	1	Come, let us cry out with joy to Yahweh, acclaim the rock of our salvation.
-Psalms	Psa	23	95	2	Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving, acclaim him with music.
-Psalms	Psa	23	95	3	For Yahweh is a great God, a king greater than all the gods.
-Psalms	Psa	23	95	4	In his power are the depths of the earth, the peaks of the mountains are his;
-Psalms	Psa	23	95	5	the sea belongs to him, for he made it, and the dry land, moulded by his hands.
-Psalms	Psa	23	95	6	Come, let us bow low and do reverence; kneel before Yahweh who made us!
-Psalms	Psa	23	95	7	For he is our God, and we the people of his sheepfold, the flock of his hand. If only you would listen to him today!
-Psalms	Psa	23	95	8	Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as at the time of Massah in the desert,
-Psalms	Psa	23	95	9	when your ancestors challenged me, put me to the test, and saw what I could do!
-Psalms	Psa	23	95	10	For forty years that generation sickened me, and I said, 'Always fickle hearts; they cannot grasp my ways.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	95	11	Then in my anger I swore they would never enter my place of rest.
-Psalms	Psa	23	96	1	Sing a new song to Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh, all the earth!
-Psalms	Psa	23	96	2	Sing to Yahweh, bless his name! Proclaim his salvation day after day,
-Psalms	Psa	23	96	3	declare his glory among the nations, his marvels to every people!
-Psalms	Psa	23	96	4	Great is Yahweh, worthy of all praise, more awesome than any of the gods.
-Psalms	Psa	23	96	5	All the gods of the nations are idols! It was Yahweh who made the heavens;
-Psalms	Psa	23	96	6	in his presence are splendour and majesty, in his sanctuary power and beauty.
-Psalms	Psa	23	96	7	Give to Yahweh, families of nations, give to Yahweh glory and power,
-Psalms	Psa	23	96	8	give to Yahweh the glory due to his name! Bring an offering and enter his courts,
-Psalms	Psa	23	96	9	adore Yahweh in the splendour of his holiness. Tremble before him, all the earth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	96	10	Say among the nations, 'Yahweh is king.' The world is set firm, it cannot be moved. He will judge the nations with justice.
-Psalms	Psa	23	96	11	Let the heavens rejoice and earth be glad! Let the sea thunder, and all it holds!
-Psalms	Psa	23	96	12	Let the countryside exult, and all that is in it, and all the trees of the forest cry out for joy,
-Psalms	Psa	23	96	13	at Yahweh's approach, for he is coming, coming to judge the earth; he will judge the world with saving justice, and the nations with constancy.
-Psalms	Psa	23	97	1	Yahweh is king! Let earth rejoice, the many isles be glad!
-Psalms	Psa	23	97	2	Cloud, black cloud enfolds him, saving justice and judgement the foundations of his throne.
-Psalms	Psa	23	97	3	Fire goes before him, sets ablaze his enemies all around;
-Psalms	Psa	23	97	4	his lightning-flashes light up the world, the earth sees it and quakes.
-Psalms	Psa	23	97	5	The mountains melt like wax, before the Lord of all the earth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	97	6	The heavens proclaim his saving justice, all nations see his glory.
-Psalms	Psa	23	97	7	Shame on all who serve images, who pride themselves on their idols; bow down to him, all you gods!
-Psalms	Psa	23	97	8	Zion hears and is glad, the daughters of Judah exult, because of your judgements, Yahweh.
-Psalms	Psa	23	97	9	For you are Yahweh, Most High over all the earth, far transcending all gods.
-Psalms	Psa	23	97	10	Yahweh loves those who hate evil, he keeps safe his faithful, rescues them from the clutches of the wicked.
-Psalms	Psa	23	97	11	Light dawns for the upright, and joy for honest hearts.
-Psalms	Psa	23	97	12	Rejoice in Yahweh, you who are upright, praise his unforgettable holiness.
-Psalms	Psa	23	98	1	[Psalm] Sing a new song to Yahweh, for he has performed wonders, his saving power is in his right hand and his holy arm.
-Psalms	Psa	23	98	2	Yahweh has made known his saving power, revealed his saving justice for the nations to see,
-Psalms	Psa	23	98	3	mindful of his faithful love and his constancy to the House of Israel. The whole wide world has seen the saving power of our God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	98	4	Acclaim Yahweh, all the earth, burst into shouts of joy!
-Psalms	Psa	23	98	5	Play to Yahweh on the harp, to the sound of instruments;
-Psalms	Psa	23	98	6	to the sound of trumpet and horn, acclaim the presence of the King.
-Psalms	Psa	23	98	7	Let the sea thunder, and all that it holds, the world and all who live in it.
-Psalms	Psa	23	98	8	Let the rivers clap their hands, and the mountains shout for joy together,
-Psalms	Psa	23	98	9	at Yahweh's approach, for he is coming to judge the earth; he will judge the world with saving justice and the nations with fairness.
-Psalms	Psa	23	99	1	Yahweh is king, the peoples tremble; he is enthroned on the winged creatures, the earth shivers;
-Psalms	Psa	23	99	2	Yahweh is great in Zion. He is supreme over all nations;
-Psalms	Psa	23	99	3	let them praise your name, great and awesome; holy is he
-Psalms	Psa	23	99	4	and mighty! You are a king who loves justice, you established honesty, justice and uprightness; in Jacob it is you who are active.
-Psalms	Psa	23	99	5	Exalt Yahweh our God, bow down at his footstool; holy is he!
-Psalms	Psa	23	99	6	Moses and Aaron are among his priests, and Samuel, calling on his name; they called on Yahweh and he answered them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	99	7	He spoke with them in the pillar of fire, they obeyed his decrees, the Law he gave them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	99	8	Yahweh our God, you answered them, you were a God of forgiveness to them, but punished them for their sins.
-Psalms	Psa	23	99	9	Exalt Yahweh our God, bow down at his holy mountain; holy is Yahweh our God!
-Psalms	Psa	23	100	1	[Psalm For thanksgiving] Acclaim Yahweh, all the earth,
-Psalms	Psa	23	100	2	serve Yahweh with gladness, come into his presence with songs of joy!
-Psalms	Psa	23	100	3	Be sure that Yahweh is God, he made us, we belong to him, his people, the flock of his sheepfold.
-Psalms	Psa	23	100	4	Come within his gates giving thanks, to his courts singing praise, give thanks to him and bless his name!
-Psalms	Psa	23	100	5	For Yahweh is good, his faithful love is everlasting, his constancy from age to age.
-Psalms	Psa	23	101	1	[Of David Psalm] I will sing of faithful love and judgement; to you, Yahweh, will I make music.
-Psalms	Psa	23	101	2	I will go forward in the path of the blameless; when will you come to me? I will live in purity of heart, in my house,
-Psalms	Psa	23	101	3	I will not set before my eyes anything sordid. I hate those who act crookedly; this has no attraction for me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	101	4	Let the perverse of heart keep away from me; the wicked I disregard.
-Psalms	Psa	23	101	5	One who secretly slanders a comrade, I reduce to silence; haughty looks, proud heart, these I cannot abide.
-Psalms	Psa	23	101	6	I look to the faithful of the land to be my companions, only he who walks in the path of the blameless shall be my servant.
-Psalms	Psa	23	101	7	There is no room in my house for anyone who practises deceit; no liar will stand his ground where I can see him.
-Psalms	Psa	23	101	8	Morning after morning I reduce to silence all the wicked in the land, banishing from the city of Yahweh all evil-doers.
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	1	[Prayer of someone afflicted, who in misfortune pours out sorrows before Yahweh] Yahweh, hear my prayer, let my cry for help reach you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	2	Do not turn away your face from me when I am in trouble; bend down and listen to me, when I call, be quick to answer me!
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	3	For my days are vanishing like smoke, my bones burning like an oven;
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	4	like grass struck by blight, my heart is withering, I forget to eat my meals.
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	5	From the effort of voicing my groans my bones stick out through my skin.
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	6	I am like a desert-owl in the wastes, a screech-owl among ruins,
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	7	I keep vigil and moan like a lone bird on a roof.
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	8	All day long my enemies taunt me, those who once praised me now use me as a curse.
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	9	Ashes are the food that I eat, my drink is mingled with tears,
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	10	because of your fury and anger, since you have raised me up only to cast me away;
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	11	my days are like a fading shadow, I am withering up like grass.
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	12	But you, Yahweh, are enthroned for ever, each generation in turn remembers you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	13	Rise up, take pity on Zion! the time has come to have mercy on her, the moment has come;
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	14	for your servants love her very stones, are moved to pity by her dust.
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	15	Then will the nations revere the name of Yahweh, and all the kings of the earth your glory;
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	16	when Yahweh builds Zion anew, he will be seen in his glory;
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	17	he will turn to hear the prayer of the destitute, and will not treat their prayer with scorn.
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	18	This shall be put on record for a future generation, and a people yet to be born shall praise God:
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	19	Yahweh has leaned down from the heights of his sanctuary, has looked down from heaven to earth,
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	20	to listen to the sighing of the captive, and set free those condemned to death,
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	21	to proclaim the name of Yahweh in Zion, his praise in Jerusalem;
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	22	nations will gather together, and kingdoms to worship Yahweh.
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	23	In my journeying my strength has failed on the way;
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	24	let me know the short time I have left. Do not take me away before half my days are done, for your years run on from age to age.
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	25	Long ago you laid earth's foundations, the heavens are the work of your hands.
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	26	They pass away but you remain; they all wear out like a garment, like outworn clothes you change them;
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	27	but you never alter, and your years never end.
-Psalms	Psa	23	102	28	The children of those who serve you will dwell secure, and their descendants live on in your presence.
-Psalms	Psa	23	103	1	[Of David] Bless Yahweh, my soul, from the depths of my being, his holy name;
-Psalms	Psa	23	103	2	bless Yahweh, my soul, never forget all his acts of kindness.
-Psalms	Psa	23	103	3	He forgives all your offences, cures all your diseases,
-Psalms	Psa	23	103	4	he redeems your life from the abyss, crowns you with faithful love and tenderness;
-Psalms	Psa	23	103	5	he contents you with good things all your life, renews your youth like an eagle's.
-Psalms	Psa	23	103	6	Yahweh acts with uprightness, with justice to all who are oppressed;
-Psalms	Psa	23	103	7	he revealed to Moses his ways, his great deeds to the children of Israel.
-Psalms	Psa	23	103	8	Yahweh is tenderness and pity, slow to anger and rich in faithful love;
-Psalms	Psa	23	103	9	his indignation does not last for ever, nor his resentment remain for all time;
-Psalms	Psa	23	103	10	he does not treat us as our sins deserve, nor repay us as befits our offences.
-Psalms	Psa	23	103	11	As the height of heaven above earth, so strong is his faithful love for those who fear him.
-Psalms	Psa	23	103	12	As the distance of east from west, so far from us does he put our faults.
-Psalms	Psa	23	103	13	As tenderly as a father treats his children, so Yahweh treats those who fear him;
-Psalms	Psa	23	103	14	he knows of what we are made, he remembers that we are dust.
-Psalms	Psa	23	103	15	As for a human person -- his days are like grass, he blooms like the wild flowers;
-Psalms	Psa	23	103	16	as soon as the wind blows he is gone, never to be seen there again.
-Psalms	Psa	23	103	17	But Yahweh's faithful love for those who fear him is from eternity and for ever; and his saving justice to their children's children;
-Psalms	Psa	23	103	18	as long as they keep his covenant, and carefully obey his precepts.
-Psalms	Psa	23	103	19	Yahweh has fixed his throne in heaven, his sovereign power rules over all.
-Psalms	Psa	23	103	20	Bless Yahweh, all his angels, mighty warriors who fulfil his commands, attentive to the sound of his words.
-Psalms	Psa	23	103	21	Bless Yahweh, all his armies, servants who fulfil his wishes.
-Psalms	Psa	23	103	22	Bless Yahweh, all his works, in every place where he rules. Bless Yahweh, my soul.
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	1	Bless Yahweh, my soul, Yahweh, my God, how great you are! Clothed in majesty and splendour,
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	2	wearing the light as a robe! You stretch out the heavens like a tent,
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	3	build your palace on the waters above, making the clouds your chariot, gliding on the wings of the wind,
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	4	appointing the winds your messengers, flames of fire your servants.
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	5	You fixed the earth on its foundations, for ever and ever it shall not be shaken;
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	6	you covered it with the deep like a garment, the waters overtopping the mountains.
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	7	At your reproof the waters fled, at the voice of your thunder they sped away,
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	8	flowing over mountains, down valleys, to the place you had fixed for them;
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	9	you made a limit they were not to cross, they were not to return and cover the earth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	10	In the ravines you opened up springs, running down between the mountains,
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	11	supplying water for all the wild beasts; the wild asses quench their thirst,
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	12	on their banks the birds of the air make their nests, they sing among the leaves.
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	13	From your high halls you water the mountains, satisfying the earth with the fruit of your works:
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	14	for cattle you make the grass grow, and for people the plants they need, to bring forth food from the earth,
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	15	and wine to cheer people's hearts, oil to make their faces glow, food to make them sturdy of heart.
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	16	The trees of Yahweh drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon which he sowed;
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	17	there the birds build their nests, on the highest branches the stork makes its home;
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	18	for the wild goats there are the mountains, in the crags the coneys find refuge.
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	19	He made the moon to mark the seasons, the sun knows when to set.
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	20	You bring on darkness, and night falls, when all the forest beasts roam around;
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	21	young lions roar for their prey, asking God for their food.
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	22	The sun rises and away they steal, back to their lairs to lie down,
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	23	and man goes out to work, to labour till evening falls.
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	24	How countless are your works, Yahweh, all of them made so wisely! The earth is full of your creatures.
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	25	Then there is the sea, with its vast expanses teeming with countless creatures, creatures both great and small;
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	26	there ships pass to and fro, and Leviathan whom you made to sport with.
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	27	They all depend upon you, to feed them when they need it.
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	28	You provide the food they gather, your open hand gives them their fill.
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	29	Turn away your face and they panic; take back their breath and they die and revert to dust.
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	30	Send out your breath and life begins; you renew the face of the earth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	31	Glory to Yahweh for ever! May Yahweh find joy in his creatures!
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	32	At his glance the earth trembles, at his touch the mountains pour forth smoke.
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	33	I shall sing to Yahweh all my life, make music for my God as long as I live.
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	34	May my musings be pleasing to him, for Yahweh gives me joy.
-Psalms	Psa	23	104	35	May sinners vanish from the earth, and the wicked exist no more! Bless Yahweh, my soul.
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	1	Alleluia! Give thanks to Yahweh, call on his name, proclaim his deeds to the peoples!
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	2	Sing to him, make music for him, recount all his wonders!
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	3	Glory in his holy name, let the hearts that seek Yahweh rejoice!
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	4	Seek Yahweh and his strength, tirelessly seek his presence!
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	5	Remember the marvels he has done, his wonders, the judgements he has spoken.
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	6	Stock of Abraham, his servant, children of Jacob whom he chose!
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	7	He is Yahweh our God, his judgements touch the whole world.
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	8	He remembers his covenant for ever, the promise he laid down for a thousand generations,
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	9	which he concluded with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	10	He established it as a statute for Jacob, an everlasting covenant with Israel,
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	11	saying, 'To you I give a land, Canaan, your allotted birthright.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	12	When they were insignificant in numbers, a handful of strangers in the land,
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	13	wandering from country to country, from one kingdom and nation to another,
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	14	he allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he instructed kings,
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	15	'Do not touch my anointed ones, to my prophets you may do no harm.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	16	He called down famine on the land, he took away their food supply;
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	17	he sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, sold as a slave.
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	18	So his feet were weighed down with shackles, his neck was put in irons.
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	19	In due time his prophecy was fulfilled, the word of Yahweh proved him true.
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	20	The king sent orders to release him, the ruler of nations set him free;
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	21	he put him in charge of his household, the ruler of all he possessed,
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	22	to instruct his princes as he saw fit, to teach his counsellors wisdom.
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	23	Then Israel migrated to Egypt, Jacob settled in the country of Ham.
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	24	He made his people increase in numbers, he gave them more strength than their enemies,
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	25	whose heart he turned to hate his own people, to double-cross his servants.
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	26	He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, the man of his choice.
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	27	They worked there the wonders he commanded, marvels in the country of Ham.
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	28	Darkness he sent, and darkness fell, but that nation defied his orders.
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	29	He turned their rivers to blood, and killed all the fish in them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	30	Their country was overrun with frogs, even in the royal apartments;
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	31	at his word came flies, and mosquitoes throughout the country.
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	32	He gave them hail as their rain, flames of fire in their land;
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	33	he blasted their vine and their fig tree, and shattered the trees of the country.
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	34	At his word came locusts, hoppers beyond all counting;
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	35	they devoured every green thing in the land, devoured all the produce of the soil.
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	36	He struck all the first-born in their land, the flower of all their manhood;
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	37	he led Israel out with silver and gold; in their tribes there was none who stumbled.
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	38	Egypt was glad at their leaving, for terror of Israel had seized them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	39	He spread out a cloud to cover them, and fire to light up the night.
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	40	They asked and he brought them quails, food from heaven to their hearts' content;
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	41	he opened a rock, the waters gushed out, and flowed in dry ground as a river.
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	42	Faithful to his sacred promise, given to his servant Abraham,
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	43	he led out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy.
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	44	He gave them the territories of nations, they reaped the fruit of other people's labours,
-Psalms	Psa	23	105	45	on condition that they kept his statutes, and remained obedient to his laws.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	1	Alleluia! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, his faithful love is everlasting!
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	2	Who can recount all Yahweh's triumphs, who can fully voice his praise?
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	3	How blessed are those who keep to what is just, whose conduct is always upright!
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	4	Remember me, Yahweh, in your love for your people. Come near to me with your saving power,
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	5	let me share the happiness of your chosen ones, let me share the joy of your people, the pride of your heritage.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	6	Like our ancestors, we have sinned, we have acted wickedly, guiltily;
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	7	our ancestors in Egypt never grasped the meaning of your wonders. They did not bear in mind your countless acts of love, at the Sea of Reeds they defied the Most High;
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	8	but for the sake of his name he saved them, to make known his mighty power.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	9	At his rebuke the Sea of Reeds dried up, he let them pass through the deep as though it were desert,
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	10	so he saved them from their opponents' clutches, rescued them from the clutches of their enemies.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	11	The waters enveloped their enemies, not one of whom was left.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	12	Then they believed what he had said, and sang his praises.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	13	But they soon forgot his achievements, they did not even wait for his plans;
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	14	they were overwhelmed with greed in the wastelands, in the solitary wastes they challenged God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	15	He gave them all they asked for, but struck them with a deep wasting sickness;
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	16	in the camp they grew jealous of Moses, and of Aaron, Yahweh's holy one.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	17	The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, closed in on Abiram's faction;
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	18	fire flamed out against their faction, the renegades were engulfed in flames.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	19	At Horeb they made a calf, bowed low before cast metal;
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	20	they exchanged their glory for the image of a grass-eating bull.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	21	They forgot the God who was saving them, who had done great deeds in Egypt,
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	22	such wonders in the land of Ham, such awesome deeds at the Sea of Reeds.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	23	He thought of putting an end to them, had not Moses, his chosen one, taken a stand in the breach and confronted him, to turn his anger away from destroying them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	24	They counted a desirable land for nothing, they put no trust in his promise;
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	25	they stayed in their tents and grumbled, they would not listen to Yahweh's voice.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	26	So he lifted his hand against them, to strike them down in the desert,
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	27	to strike down their descendants among the nations, to scatter them all over the world.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	28	They committed themselves to serve Baal-Peor, and ate sacrifices made to lifeless gods.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	29	They so provoked him by their actions that a plague broke out among them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	30	Then up stood Phinehas to intervene, and the plague was checked;
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	31	for this he is the example of uprightness, from age to age for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	32	At the waters of Meribah they so angered Yahweh, that Moses suffered on their account,
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	33	for they had embittered his spirit, and he spoke without due thought.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	34	They did not destroy the nations, as Yahweh had told them to do,
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	35	but intermarried with them, and adopted their ways.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	36	They worshipped those nations' false gods, till they found themselves entrapped,
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	37	and sacrificed their own sons and their daughters to demons.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	38	Innocent blood they shed, the blood of their sons and daughters; offering them to the idols of Canaan, they polluted the country with blood.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	39	They defiled themselves by such actions, their behaviour was that of a harlot.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	40	Yahweh's anger blazed out at his people, his own heritage filled him with disgust.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	41	He handed them over to the nations, and their opponents became their masters;
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	42	their enemies lorded it over them, crushing them under their rule.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	43	Time and again he rescued them, but they still defied him deliberately, and sank ever deeper in their guilt;
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	44	even so he took pity on their distress, as soon as he heard them cry out.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	45	Bearing his covenant with them in mind, he relented in his boundless and faithful love;
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	46	he ensured that they received compassion, in their treatment by all their captors.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	47	Save us, Yahweh our God, gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name, and may glory in praising you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	106	48	Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from all eternity and for ever! Let all the people say, 'Amen'.
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	1	Alleluia! Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good, his faithful love lasts for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	2	So let them say whom Yahweh redeemed, whom he redeemed from the power of their enemies,
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	3	bringing them back from foreign lands, from east and west, north and south.
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	4	They were wandering in the desert, in the wastelands, could find no way to an inhabited city;
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	5	they were hungry and thirsty, their life was ebbing away.
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	6	They cried out to Yahweh in their distress, he rescued them from their plight,
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	7	he set them on the road, straight to an inhabited city.
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	8	Let them thank Yahweh for his faithful love, for his wonders for the children of Adam!
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	9	He has fed the hungry to their hearts' content, filled the starving with good things.
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	10	Sojourners in gloom and shadow dark as death, fettered in misery and chains,
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	11	for defying the orders of Yahweh, for scorning the plan of the Most High-
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	12	he subdued their spirit by hard labour; if they fell there was no one to help.
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	13	They cried out to Yahweh in their distress, he rescued them from their plight,
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	14	he brought them out from gloom and shadow dark as death, and shattered their chains.
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	15	Let them thank Yahweh for his faithful love, for his wonders for the children of Adam!
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	16	He broke open gates of bronze and smashed iron bars.
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	17	Fools for their rebellious ways, wretched because of their sins,
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	18	finding all food repugnant, brought close to the gates of death-
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	19	they cried out to Yahweh in their distress; he rescued them from their plight,
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	20	he sent out his word and cured them, and rescued their life from the abyss.
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	21	Let them thank Yahweh for his faithful love, for his wonders for the children of Adam!
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	22	Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices, and recount with shouts of joy what he has done!
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	23	Voyagers on the sea in ships, plying their trade on the great ocean,
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	24	have seen the works of Yahweh, his wonders in the deep.
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	25	By his word he raised a storm-wind, lashing up towering waves.
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	26	Up to the sky then down to the depths! Their stomachs were turned to water;
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	27	they staggered and reeled like drunkards, and all their skill went under.
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	28	They cried out to Yahweh in their distress, he rescued them from their plight,
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	29	he reduced the storm to a calm, and all the waters subsided,
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	30	and he brought them, overjoyed at the stillness, to the port where they were bound.
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	31	Let them thank Yahweh for his faithful love, for his wonders for the children of Adam!
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	32	Let them extol him in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the council of elders.
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	33	He has turned rivers into desert, bubbling springs into arid ground,
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	34	fertile country into salt-flats, because the people living there were evil.
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	35	But he has turned desert into stretches of water, arid ground into bubbling springs,
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	36	and has given the hungry a home, where they have built themselves a city.
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	37	There they sow fields and plant vines, and reap a harvest of their produce.
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	38	He blesses them and their numbers increase, he keeps their cattle at full strength.
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	39	Their numbers had fallen, they had grown weak, under pressure of disaster and hardship;
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	40	he covered princes in contempt, left them to wander in trackless wastes.
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	41	But the needy he raises from their misery, makes their families as numerous as sheep.
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	42	At the sight the honest rejoice, and the wicked have nothing to say.
-Psalms	Psa	23	107	43	Who is wise? Such a one should take this to heart, and come to understand Yahweh's faithful love.
-Psalms	Psa	23	108	1	[Song Psalm Of David] My heart is ready, God, I will sing and make music; come, my glory!
-Psalms	Psa	23	108	2	Awake, lyre and harp, I will awake the Dawn!
-Psalms	Psa	23	108	3	I will praise you among the peoples, Yahweh, I will play to you among nations,
-Psalms	Psa	23	108	4	for your faithful love towers to heaven, and your constancy to the clouds.
-Psalms	Psa	23	108	5	Be exalted above the heavens, God. Your glory over the whole earth!
-Psalms	Psa	23	108	6	To rescue those you love, save with your right hand and answer us.
-Psalms	Psa	23	108	7	God has spoken from his sanctuary, 'In triumph I will divide up Shechem, and share out the Valley of Succoth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	108	8	'Mine is Gilead, mine Manasseh, Ephraim the helmet on my head, Judah my commander's baton,
-Psalms	Psa	23	108	9	'Moab a bowl for me to wash in, on Edom I plant my sandal, over Philistia I cry victory.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	108	10	Who will lead me against a fortified city, who will guide me into Edom,
-Psalms	Psa	23	108	11	if not you, the God who has rejected us? God, you no longer march with our armies.
-Psalms	Psa	23	108	12	Bring us help in our time of crisis, any human assistance is worthless.
-Psalms	Psa	23	108	13	With God we shall do deeds of valour, he will trample down our enemies.
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	1	[For the choirmaster Of David Psalm] God whom I praise, do not be silent!
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	2	Wicked and deceiving words are being said about me, false accusations are cast in my teeth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	3	Words of hate fly all around me, though I give no cause for hostility.
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	4	In return for my friendship they denounce me, and all I can do is pray!
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	5	They repay my kindness with evil, and friendship with hatred.
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	6	'Set up a wicked man against him as accuser to stand on his right.
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	7	At his trial may he emerge as guilty, even his prayer construed as a crime!
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	8	'May his life be cut short, someone else take over his office,
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	9	his children be orphaned, his wife be widowed.
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	10	'May his children wander perpetually, beggars, driven from the ruins of their house,
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	11	a creditor seize all his goods, and strangers make off with his earnings.
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	12	'May there be none left faithful enough to show him love, no one take pity on his orphans,
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	13	the line of his descendants cut off, his name wiped out in one generation.
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	14	'May Yahweh never forget the crimes of his ancestors, and his mother's sins not be wiped out;
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	15	may Yahweh keep these constantly in mind, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	16	He had no thought of being loyal, but hounded the poor and the needy and the broken-hearted to their death.
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	17	He had a taste for cursing; let it recoil on him! No taste for blessing; let it never come his way!
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	18	Cursing has been the uniform he wore; let it soak into him like water, like oil right into his bones.
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	19	Let it be as a robe which envelops him completely, a sash which he always wears.
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	20	Let this be the salary Yahweh pays the accusers who blacken my name.
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	21	Yahweh, treat them as your name demands; as your faithful love is generous, deliver me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	22	Poor and needy as I am, my wounds go right to the heart;
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	23	I am passing away like a fading shadow, they have shaken me off like a locust.
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	24	My knees are weak from lack of food, my body lean for lack of fat.
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	25	I have become the butt of their taunts, they shake their heads at the sight of me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	26	Help me, Yahweh my God, save me as your faithful love demands.
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	27	Let them know that yours is the saving hand, that this, Yahweh, is your work.
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	28	Let them curse, provided that you bless; let their attacks bring shame to them and joy to your servant!
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	29	Let my accusers be clothed in disgrace, enveloped in a cloak of shame.
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	30	With generous thanks to Yahweh on my lips, I shall praise him before all the people,
-Psalms	Psa	23	109	31	for he stands at the side of the poor, to save their lives from those who sit in judgement on them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	110	1	[Of David Psalm] Yahweh declared to my Lord, 'Take your seat at my right hand, till I have made your enemies your footstool.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	110	2	Yahweh will stretch out the sceptre of your power; from Zion you will rule your foes all around you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	110	3	Royal dignity has been yours from the day of your birth, sacred honour from the womb, from the dawn of your youth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	110	4	Yahweh has sworn an oath he will never retract, you are a priest for ever of the order of Melchizedek.
-Psalms	Psa	23	110	5	At your right hand, Lord, he shatters kings when his anger breaks out.
-Psalms	Psa	23	110	6	He judges nations, heaping up corpses, he breaks heads over the whole wide world.
-Psalms	Psa	23	110	7	He drinks from a stream as he goes, and therefore he holds his head high.
-Psalms	Psa	23	111	1	Alleluia! I give thanks to Yahweh with all my heart, in the meeting-place of honest people, in the assembly.
-Psalms	Psa	23	111	2	Great are the deeds of Yahweh, to be pondered by all who delight in them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	111	3	Full of splendour and majesty his work, his saving justice stands firm for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	111	4	He gives us a memorial of his great deeds; Yahweh is mercy and tenderness.
-Psalms	Psa	23	111	5	He gives food to those who fear him, he keeps his covenant ever in mind.
-Psalms	Psa	23	111	6	His works show his people his power in giving them the birthright of the nations.
-Psalms	Psa	23	111	7	The works of his hands are fidelity and justice, all his precepts are trustworthy,
-Psalms	Psa	23	111	8	established for ever and ever, accomplished in fidelity and honesty.
-Psalms	Psa	23	111	9	Deliverance he sends to his people, his covenant he imposes for ever; holy and awesome his name.
-Psalms	Psa	23	111	10	The root of wisdom is fear of Yahweh; those who attain it are wise. His praise will continue for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	112	1	Alleluia! How blessed is anyone who fears Yahweh, who delights in his commandments!
-Psalms	Psa	23	112	2	His descendants shall be powerful on earth, the race of the honest shall receive blessings:
-Psalms	Psa	23	112	3	Riches and wealth for his family; his uprightness stands firm for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	112	4	For the honest he shines as a lamp in the dark, generous, tender-hearted, and upright.
-Psalms	Psa	23	112	5	All goes well for one who lends generously, who is honest in all his dealing;
-Psalms	Psa	23	112	6	for all time to come he will not stumble, for all time to come the upright will be remembered.
-Psalms	Psa	23	112	7	Bad news holds no fears for him, firm is his heart, trusting in Yahweh.
-Psalms	Psa	23	112	8	His heart held steady, he has no fears, till he can gloat over his enemies.
-Psalms	Psa	23	112	9	To the needy he gives without stint, his uprightness stands firm for ever; his reputation is founded on strength.
-Psalms	Psa	23	112	10	The wicked are vexed at the sight, they grind their teeth and waste away. The desires of the wicked will be frustrated.
-Psalms	Psa	23	113	1	Alleluia! Praise, servants of Yahweh, praise the name of Yahweh.
-Psalms	Psa	23	113	2	Blessed be the name of Yahweh, henceforth and for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	113	3	From the rising of the sun to its setting, praised be the name of Yahweh!
-Psalms	Psa	23	113	4	Supreme over all nations is Yahweh, supreme over the heavens his glory.
-Psalms	Psa	23	113	5	Who is like Yahweh our God? His throne is set on high,
-Psalms	Psa	23	113	6	but he stoops to look down on heaven and earth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	113	7	He raises the poor from the dust, he lifts the needy from the dunghill,
-Psalms	Psa	23	113	8	to give them a place among princes, among princes of his people.
-Psalms	Psa	23	113	9	He lets the barren woman be seated at home, the happy mother of sons.
-Psalms	Psa	23	114	1	Alleluia! When Israel came out of Egypt, the House of Jacob from a people of foreign speech,
-Psalms	Psa	23	114	2	Judah became his sanctuary, and Israel his domain.
-Psalms	Psa	23	114	3	The sea fled at the sight, the Jordan turned back,
-Psalms	Psa	23	114	4	the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like sheep.
-Psalms	Psa	23	114	5	Sea, what makes you flee? Jordan, why turn back?
-Psalms	Psa	23	114	6	Why skip like rams, you mountains? Why like sheep, you hills?
-Psalms	Psa	23	114	7	Tremble, earth, at the coming of the Lord, at the coming of the God of Jacob,
-Psalms	Psa	23	114	8	who turns rock into pool, flint into fountain.
-Psalms	Psa	23	115	1	Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give the glory, for your faithful love and your constancy!
-Psalms	Psa	23	115	2	Why should the nations ask, 'Where is their God?'
-Psalms	Psa	23	115	3	Our God is in heaven, he creates whatever he chooses.
-Psalms	Psa	23	115	4	They have idols of silver and gold, made by human hands.
-Psalms	Psa	23	115	5	These have mouths but say nothing, have eyes but see nothing,
-Psalms	Psa	23	115	6	have ears but hear nothing, have noses but smell nothing.
-Psalms	Psa	23	115	7	They have hands but cannot feel, have feet but cannot walk, no sound comes from their throats.
-Psalms	Psa	23	115	8	Their makers will end up like them, and all who rely on them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	115	9	House of Israel, rely on Yahweh; he is their help and their shield.
-Psalms	Psa	23	115	10	House of Aaron, rely on Yahweh; he is their help and their shield.
-Psalms	Psa	23	115	11	You who fear Yahweh, rely on Yahweh; he is their help and their shield.
-Psalms	Psa	23	115	12	Yahweh will keep us in mind, he will bless, he will bless the House of Israel, he will bless the House of Aaron,
-Psalms	Psa	23	115	13	he will bless those who fear Yahweh, small and great alike.
-Psalms	Psa	23	115	14	May Yahweh add to your numbers, yours and your children's too!
-Psalms	Psa	23	115	15	May you be blessed by Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	115	16	Heaven belongs to Yahweh, but earth he has given to the children of Adam.
-Psalms	Psa	23	115	17	The dead cannot praise Yahweh, those who sink into silence,
-Psalms	Psa	23	115	18	but we, the living, shall bless Yahweh, henceforth and for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	116	1	Alleluia! I am filled with love when Yahweh listens to the sound of my prayer,
-Psalms	Psa	23	116	2	when he bends down to hear me, as I call.
-Psalms	Psa	23	116	3	The bonds of death were all round me, the snares of Sheol held me fast; distress and anguish held me in their grip,
-Psalms	Psa	23	116	4	I called on the name of Yahweh. Deliver me, Yahweh, I beg you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	116	5	Yahweh is merciful and upright, our God is tenderness.
-Psalms	Psa	23	116	6	Yahweh looks after the simple, when I was brought low he gave me strength.
-Psalms	Psa	23	116	7	My heart, be at peace once again, for Yahweh has treated you generously.
-Psalms	Psa	23	116	8	He has rescued me from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling.
-Psalms	Psa	23	116	9	I shall pass my life in the presence of Yahweh, in the land of the living.
-Psalms	Psa	23	116	10	My trust does not fail even when I say, 'I am completely wretched.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	116	11	In my terror I said, 'No human being can be relied on.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	116	12	What return can I make to Yahweh for his generosity to me?
-Psalms	Psa	23	116	13	I shall take up the cup of salvation and call on the name of Yahweh.
-Psalms	Psa	23	116	14	I shall fulfil my vows to Yahweh, witnessed by all his people.
-Psalms	Psa	23	116	15	Costly in Yahweh's sight is the death of his faithful.
-Psalms	Psa	23	116	16	I beg you, Yahweh! I am your servant, I am your servant and my mother was your servant; you have undone my fetters.
-Psalms	Psa	23	116	17	I shall offer you a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of Yahweh.
-Psalms	Psa	23	116	18	I shall fulfil my vows to Yahweh, witnessed by all his people,
-Psalms	Psa	23	116	19	in the courts of the house of Yahweh, in your very heart, Jerusalem.
-Psalms	Psa	23	117	1	Alleluia! Praise Yahweh, all nations, extol him, all peoples,
-Psalms	Psa	23	117	2	for his faithful love is strong and his constancy never-ending. Take the Bible Quiz now!
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	1	Alleluia! Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	2	Let the House of Israel say, 'His faithful love endures for ever.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	3	Let the House of Aaron say, 'His faithful love endures for ever.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	4	Let those who fear Yahweh say, 'His faithful love endures for ever.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	5	In my distress I called to Yahweh, he heard me and brought me relief.
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	6	With Yahweh on my side I fear nothing; what can human beings do to me?
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	7	With Yahweh on my side as my help, I gloat over my enemies.
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	8	It is better to take refuge in Yahweh than to rely on human beings;
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	9	better to take refuge in Yahweh than to rely on princes.
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	10	Nations were swarming around me, in the name of Yahweh I cut them down;
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	11	they swarmed around me, pressing upon me, in the name of Yahweh I cut them down.
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	12	They swarmed around me like bees, they flared up like a brushwood fire, in the name of Yahweh I cut them down.
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	13	I was pushed hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh came to my help.
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	14	Yahweh is my strength and my song, he has been my Saviour.
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	15	Shouts of joy and salvation, in the tents of the upright, 'Yahweh's right hand is triumphant,
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	16	Yahweh's right hand is victorious, Yahweh's right hand is triumphant!'
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	17	I shall not die, I shall live to recount the great deeds of Yahweh.
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	18	Though Yahweh punished me sternly, he has not abandoned me to death.
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	19	Open for me the gates of saving justice, I shall go in and thank Yahweh.
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	20	This is the gate of Yahweh, where the upright go in.
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	21	I thank you for hearing me, and making yourself my Saviour.
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	22	The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	23	This is Yahweh's doing, and we marvel at it.
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	24	This is the day which Yahweh has made, a day for us to rejoice and be glad.
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	25	We beg you, Yahweh, save us, we beg you, Yahweh, give us victory!
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	26	Blessed in the name of Yahweh is he who is coming! We bless you from the house of Yahweh.
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	27	Yahweh is God, he gives us light. Link your processions, branches in hand, up to the horns of the altar.
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	28	You are my God, I thank you, all praise to you, my God. I thank you for hearing me, and making yourself my Saviour.
-Psalms	Psa	23	118	29	Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	1	How blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of Yahweh!
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	2	Blessed are those who observe his instructions, who seek him with all their hearts,
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	3	and, doing no evil, who walk in his ways.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	4	You lay down your precepts to be carefully kept.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	5	May my ways be steady in doing your will.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	6	Then I shall not be shamed, if my gaze is fixed on your commandments.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	7	I thank you with a sincere heart for teaching me your upright judgements.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	8	I shall do your will; do not ever abandon me wholly.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	9	How can a young man keep his way spotless? By keeping your words.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	10	With all my heart I seek you, do not let me stray from your commandments.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	11	In my heart I treasure your promises, to avoid sinning against you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	12	Blessed are you, Yahweh, teach me your will!
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	13	With my lips I have repeated all the judgements you have given.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	14	In the way of your instructions lies my joy, a joy beyond all wealth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	15	I will ponder your precepts and fix my gaze on your paths.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	16	I find my delight in your will, I do not forget your words.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	17	Be generous to your servant and I shall live, and shall keep your words.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	18	Open my eyes and I shall fix my gaze on the wonders of your Law.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	19	Wayfarer though I am on the earth, do not hide your commandments from me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	20	My heart is pining away with longing at all times for your judgements.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	21	You have rebuked the arrogant, the accursed, who stray from your commandments.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	22	Set me free from taunts and contempt since I observe your instructions.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	23	Though princes sit plotting against me, your servant keeps pondering your will.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	24	Your instructions are my delight, your wishes my counsellors.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	25	Down in the dust I lie prostrate; true to your word, revive me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	26	I tell you my ways and you answer me; teach me your wishes.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	27	Show me the way of your precepts, that I may reflect on your wonders.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	28	I am melting away for grief; true to your word, raise me up.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	29	Keep me far from the way of deceit, grant me the grace of your Law.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	30	I have chosen the way of constancy, I have moulded myself to your judgements.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	31	I cling to your instructions, Yahweh, do not disappoint me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	32	I run the way of your commandments, for you have given me freedom of heart.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	33	Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your will, and I will observe it.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	34	Give me understanding and I will observe your Law, and keep it wholeheartedly.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	35	Guide me in the way of your commandments, for my delight is there.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	36	Bend my heart to your instructions, not to selfish gain.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	37	Avert my eyes from pointless images, by your word give me life.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	38	Keep your promise to your servant so that all may hold you in awe.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	39	Avert the taunts that I dread, for your judgements are generous.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	40	See how I yearn for your precepts; in your saving justice give me life.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	41	Let your faithful love come to me, Yahweh, true to your promise, save me!
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	42	Give me an answer to the taunts against me, since I rely on your word.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	43	Do not deprive me of that faithful word, since my hope lies in your judgements.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	44	I shall keep your Law without fail for ever and ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	45	I shall live in all freedom because I have sought your precepts.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	46	I shall speak of your instructions before kings and will not be shamed.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	47	Your commandments fill me with delight, I love them dearly.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	48	I stretch out my hands to your commandments that I love, and I ponder your judgements.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	49	Keep in mind your promise to your servant on which I have built my hope.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	50	It is my comfort in distress, that your promise gives me life.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	51	Endlessly the arrogant have jeered at me, but I have not swerved from your Law.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	52	I have kept your age -- old judgements in mind, Yahweh, and I am comforted.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	53	Fury grips me when I see the wicked who abandon your Law.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	54	Your judgements are my song where I live in exile.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	55	All night, Yahweh, I hold your name in mind, I keep your Law.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	56	This is what it means to me, observing your precepts.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	57	My task, I have said, Yahweh, is to keep your word.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	58	Wholeheartedly I entreat your favour; true to your promise, take pity on me!
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	59	I have reflected on my ways, and I turn my steps to your instructions.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	60	I hurry without delay to keep your commandments.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	61	Though caught in the snares of the wicked, I do not forget your Law.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	62	At midnight I rise to praise you for your upright judgements.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	63	I am a friend to all who fear you and keep your precepts.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	64	Your faithful love fills the earth, Yahweh, teach me your judgements.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	65	You have been generous to your servant, Yahweh, true to your promise.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	66	Teach me judgement and knowledge, for I rely on your commandments.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	67	Before I was punished I used to go astray, but now I keep to your promise.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	68	You are generous and act generously, teach me your will.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	69	The arrogant blacken me with lies though I wholeheartedly observe your precepts.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	70	Their hearts are gross like rich fat, but my delight is in your Law.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	71	It was good for me that I had to suffer, the better to learn your judgements.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	72	The Law you have uttered is more precious to me than all the wealth in the world.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	73	Your hands have made me and held me firm, give me understanding and I shall learn your commandments.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	74	Those who fear you rejoice at the sight of me since I put my hope in your word.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	75	I know, Yahweh, that your judgements are upright, and in punishing me you show your constancy.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	76	Your faithful love must be my consolation, as you have promised your servant.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	77	Treat me with tenderness and I shall live, for your Law is my delight.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	78	Let the arrogant who tell lies against me be shamed, while I ponder your precepts.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	79	Let those who fear you rally to me, those who understand your instructions.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	80	My heart shall be faultless towards your will; then I shall not be ashamed.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	81	I shall wear myself out for your salvation, for your word is my hope.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	82	My eyes, too, are worn out waiting for your promise, when will you have pity on me?
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	83	For I am like a smoked wineskin, but I do not forget your will.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	84	How long has your servant to live? When will you bring my persecutors to judgement?
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	85	The arrogant have dug pitfalls for me in defiance of your Law.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	86	All your commandments show constancy. Help me when they pursue me dishonestly.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	87	They have almost annihilated me on earth, but I have not deserted your precepts.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	88	True to your faithful love, give me life, and I shall keep the instructions you have laid down.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	89	For ever, Yahweh, your word is planted firm in heaven.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	90	Your constancy endures from age to age; you established the earth and it stands firm.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	91	Through your judgements all stands firm to this day, for all creation is your servant.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	92	Had your Law not been my delight, I would have perished in my misery.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	93	I shall never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	94	I am yours, save me, for I seek your precepts.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	95	The wicked may hope to destroy me, but all my thought is of your instructions.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	96	I have seen that all perfection is finite, but your commandment has no limit.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	97	How I love your Law! I ponder it all day long.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	98	You make me wiser than my enemies by your commandment which is mine for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	99	I am wiser than all my teachers because I ponder your instructions.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	100	I have more understanding than the aged because I keep your precepts.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	101	I restrain my foot from evil paths to keep your word.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	102	I do not turn aside from your judgements, because you yourself have instructed me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	103	How pleasant your promise to my palate, sweeter than honey in my mouth!
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	104	From your precepts I learn wisdom, so I hate all deceptive ways.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	105	Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	106	I have sworn -- and shall maintain it -- to keep your upright judgements.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	107	I am utterly wretched, Yahweh; true to your promise, give me life.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	108	Accept, Yahweh, the tribute from my mouth, and teach me your judgements.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	109	My life is in your hands perpetually, I do not forget your Law.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	110	The wicked have laid out a snare for me, but I have not strayed from your precepts.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	111	Your instructions are my eternal heritage, they are the joy of my heart.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	112	I devote myself to obeying your statutes, their recompense is eternal.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	113	I hate a divided heart, I love your Law.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	114	You are my refuge and shield, I put my hope in your word.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	115	Leave me alone, you wicked, I shall observe the commandments of my God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	116	True to your word, support me and I shall live; do not disappoint me of my hope.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	117	Uphold me and I shall be saved, my gaze fixed on your will.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	118	You shake off all who stray from your will; deceit fills their horizon.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	119	In your sight all the wicked of the earth are like rust, so I love your instructions.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	120	My whole body trembles before you, your judgements fill me with fear.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	121	All my conduct has been just and upright, do not hand me over to my oppressors.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	122	Guarantee the well-being of your servant, do not let the proud oppress me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	123	My eyes are languishing for your salvation and for the saving justice you have promised.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	124	Show your faithful love to your servant, teach me your judgements.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	125	Your servant am I; give me understanding and I shall know your instructions.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	126	It is time to take action, Yahweh, your Law is being broken.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	127	So I love your commandments more than gold, purest gold.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	128	So I rule my life by your precepts, I hate all deceptive paths.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	129	Wonderful are your instructions, so I observe them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	130	As your word unfolds it gives light, and even the simple understand.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	131	I open wide my mouth, panting eagerly for your commandments.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	132	Turn to me, pity me; those who love your name deserve it.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	133	Keep my steps firm in your promise; that no evil may triumph over me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	134	Rescue me from human oppression, and I will observe your precepts.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	135	Let your face shine on your servant, teach me your will.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	136	My eyes stream with tears because your Law is disregarded.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	137	You are upright, Yahweh, and your judgements are honest.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	138	You impose uprightness as a witness to yourself, it is constancy itself.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	139	My zeal is burning me up because my oppressors forget your word.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	140	Your promise is well tested, your servant holds it dear.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	141	Puny and despised as I am, I do not forget your precepts.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	142	Your saving justice is for ever just, and your Law is trustworthy.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	143	Though anguish and distress grip me your commandments are my delight.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	144	Your instructions are upright for ever, give me understanding and I shall live.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	145	I call with all my heart; answer me, Yahweh, and I will observe your judgements.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	146	I call to you; save me, and I will keep your instructions.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	147	I am awake before dawn to cry for help, I put my hope in your word.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	148	My eyes are awake before each watch of the night, to ponder your promise.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	149	In your faithful love, Yahweh, listen to my voice, let your judgements give me life.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	150	My pursuers are coming closer to their wicked designs, and further from your Law.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	151	You are close to me, Yahweh, and all your commandments are true.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	152	Long have I known that your instructions were laid down to last for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	153	Look at my suffering and rescue me, for I do not forget your Law.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	154	Plead my cause and defend me; as you promised, give me life.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	155	Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your will.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	156	Your kindnesses to me are countless, Yahweh; true to your judgements, give me life.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	157	Though my enemies and oppressors are countless, I do not turn aside from your instructions.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	158	The sight of these renegades appals me; they do not observe your promise.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	159	See how I love your precepts; true to your faithful love, give me life.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	160	Faithfulness is the essence of your word, your upright judgements hold good for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	161	Though princes hound me unprovoked, what fills me with awe is your word.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	162	I rejoice in your promise like one who finds a vast treasure.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	163	Falsehood I hate and detest, my love is for your Law.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	164	Seven times a day I praise you for your upright judgements.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	165	Great peace for those who love your Law; no stumbling-blocks for them!
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	166	I am waiting for your salvation, Yahweh, I fulfil your commandments.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	167	I observe your instructions, I love them dearly.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	168	I observe your precepts, your judgements, for all my ways are before you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	169	May my cry approach your presence, Yahweh; by your word give me understanding.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	170	May my prayer come into your presence, rescue me as you have promised.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	171	May my lips proclaim your praise, for you teach me your will.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	172	May my tongue recite your promise, for all your commandments are upright.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	173	May your hand be there to help me, since I have chosen your precepts.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	174	I long for your salvation, Yahweh, your Law is my delight.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	175	May I live only to praise you, may your judgements be my help.
-Psalms	Psa	23	119	176	I am wandering like a lost sheep, come and look for your servant, for I have not forgotten your commandments.
-Psalms	Psa	23	120	1	[Song of Ascents *{* The Songs of Ascents (Pss
-Psalms	Psa	23	120	120	120-
-Psalms	Psa	23	120	134	134) were sung by pilgrims on their way up to Jerusalem.} ] To Yahweh when I am in trouble I call and he answers me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	120	2	Yahweh, save me from lying lips and a treacherous tongue!
-Psalms	Psa	23	120	3	What will he repay you, what more, treacherous tongue?
-Psalms	Psa	23	120	4	War-arrows made sharp over red-hot charcoal.
-Psalms	Psa	23	120	5	How wretched I am, living in Meshech, dwelling in the tents of Kedar!
-Psalms	Psa	23	120	6	Too long have I lived among people who hate peace.
-Psalms	Psa	23	120	7	When I speak of peace they are all for war!
-Psalms	Psa	23	121	1	[Song of Ascents] I lift up my eyes to the mountains; where is my help to come from?
-Psalms	Psa	23	121	2	My help comes from Yahweh who made heaven and earth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	121	3	May he save your foot from stumbling; may he, your guardian, not fall asleep!
-Psalms	Psa	23	121	4	You see -- he neither sleeps nor slumbers, the guardian of Israel.
-Psalms	Psa	23	121	5	Yahweh is your guardian, your shade, Yahweh, at your right hand.
-Psalms	Psa	23	121	6	By day the sun will not strike you, nor the moon by night.
-Psalms	Psa	23	121	7	Yahweh guards you from all harm Yahweh guards your life,
-Psalms	Psa	23	121	8	Yahweh guards your comings and goings, henceforth and for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	122	1	[Song of Ascents Of David] I rejoiced that they said to me, 'Let us go to the house of Yahweh.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	122	2	At last our feet are standing at your gates, Jerusalem!
-Psalms	Psa	23	122	3	Jerusalem, built as a city, in one united whole,
-Psalms	Psa	23	122	4	there the tribes go up, the tribes of Yahweh, a sign for Israel to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.
-Psalms	Psa	23	122	5	For there are set the thrones of judgement, the thrones of the house of David.
-Psalms	Psa	23	122	6	Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, prosperity for your homes!
-Psalms	Psa	23	122	7	Peace within your walls, prosperity in your palaces!
-Psalms	Psa	23	122	8	For love of my brothers and my friends I will say, 'Peace upon you!'
-Psalms	Psa	23	122	9	For love of the house of Yahweh our God I will pray for your well-being.
-Psalms	Psa	23	123	1	[Song of Ascents] I lift up my eyes to you who are enthroned in heaven.
-Psalms	Psa	23	123	2	Just as the eyes of slaves are on their masters' hand, or the eyes of a slave-girl on the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on Yahweh our God, for him to take pity on us.
-Psalms	Psa	23	123	3	Have pity on us, Yahweh, have pity, for we have had our full share of scorn,
-Psalms	Psa	23	123	4	more than our share of jeers from the complacent. (Scorn is for the proud.)
-Psalms	Psa	23	124	1	[Song of Ascents Of David] If Yahweh had not been on our side -- let Israel repeat it-
-Psalms	Psa	23	124	2	if Yahweh had not been on our side when people attacked us,
-Psalms	Psa	23	124	3	they would have swallowed us alive in the heat of their anger.
-Psalms	Psa	23	124	4	Then water was washing us away, a torrent running right over us;
-Psalms	Psa	23	124	5	running right over us then were turbulent waters.
-Psalms	Psa	23	124	6	Blessed be Yahweh for not letting us fall a prey to their teeth!
-Psalms	Psa	23	124	7	We escaped like a bird from the fowlers' net. The net was broken and we escaped;
-Psalms	Psa	23	124	8	our help is in the name of Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	125	1	[Song of Ascents] Whoever trusts in Yahweh is like Mount Zion: unshakeable, it stands for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	125	2	Jerusalem! The mountains encircle her: so Yahweh encircles his people, henceforth and for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	125	3	The sceptre of the wicked will not come to rest over the heritage of the upright; or the upright might set their own hands to evil.
-Psalms	Psa	23	125	4	Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, to the sincere at heart.
-Psalms	Psa	23	125	5	But the crooked, the twisted, turn them away, Yahweh, with evil-doers. Peace to Israel!
-Psalms	Psa	23	126	1	[Song of Ascents] When Yahweh brought back Zion's captives we lived in a dream;
-Psalms	Psa	23	126	2	then our mouths filled with laughter, and our lips with song. Then the nations kept saying, 'What great deeds Yahweh has done for them!'
-Psalms	Psa	23	126	3	Yes, Yahweh did great deeds for us, and we were overjoyed.
-Psalms	Psa	23	126	4	Bring back, Yahweh, our people from captivity like torrents in the Negeb!
-Psalms	Psa	23	126	5	Those who sow in tears sing as they reap.
-Psalms	Psa	23	126	6	He went off, went off weeping, carrying the seed. He comes back, comes back singing, bringing in his sheaves.
-Psalms	Psa	23	127	1	[Song of Ascents Of Solomon] If Yahweh does not build a house in vain do its builders toil. If Yahweh does not guard a city in vain does its guard keep watch.
-Psalms	Psa	23	127	2	In vain you get up earlier, and put off going to bed, sweating to make a living, since it is he who provides for his beloved as they sleep.
-Psalms	Psa	23	127	3	Sons are a birthright from Yahweh, children are a reward from him.
-Psalms	Psa	23	127	4	Like arrows in a warrior's hand are the sons you father when young.
-Psalms	Psa	23	127	5	How blessed is the man who has filled his quiver with them; in dispute with his enemies at the city gate he will not be worsted.
-Psalms	Psa	23	128	1	[Song of Ascents] How blessed are all who fear Yahweh, who walk in his ways!
-Psalms	Psa	23	128	2	Your own labours will yield you a living, happy and prosperous will you be.
-Psalms	Psa	23	128	3	Your wife a fruitful vine in the inner places of your house. Your children round your table like shoots of an olive tree.
-Psalms	Psa	23	128	4	Such are the blessings that fall on those who fear Yahweh.
-Psalms	Psa	23	128	5	May Yahweh bless you from Zion! May you see Jerusalem prosper all the days of your life,
-Psalms	Psa	23	128	6	and live to see your children's children! Peace to Israel!
-Psalms	Psa	23	129	1	[Song of Ascents] Often as men have attacked me since I was young -- let Israel repeat it-
-Psalms	Psa	23	129	2	often as men have attacked me since I was young, they have never overcome me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	129	3	On my back ploughmen have set to work, making long furrows,
-Psalms	Psa	23	129	4	but Yahweh the upright has shattered the yoke of the wicked.
-Psalms	Psa	23	129	5	Let all who hate Zion be thrown back in confusion,
-Psalms	Psa	23	129	6	let them be like grass on a roof, dried up before it is cut,
-Psalms	Psa	23	129	7	never to fill the reaper's arm nor the binder's lap.
-Psalms	Psa	23	129	8	And no passer-by will say, 'The blessing of Yahweh be on you! 'We bless you in the name of Yahweh.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	130	1	[Song of Ascents] From the depths I call to you, Yahweh:
-Psalms	Psa	23	130	2	Lord, hear my cry. Listen attentively to the sound of my pleading!
-Psalms	Psa	23	130	3	If you kept a record of our sins, Lord, who could stand their ground?
-Psalms	Psa	23	130	4	But with you is forgiveness, that you may be revered.
-Psalms	Psa	23	130	5	I rely, my whole being relies, Yahweh, on your promise.
-Psalms	Psa	23	130	6	My whole being hopes in the Lord, more than watchmen for daybreak; more than watchmen for daybreak
-Psalms	Psa	23	130	7	let Israel hope in Yahweh. For with Yahweh is faithful love, with him generous ransom;
-Psalms	Psa	23	130	8	and he will ransom Israel from all its sins.
-Psalms	Psa	23	131	1	[Song of Ascents] Yahweh, my heart is not haughty, I do not set my sights too high. I have taken no part in great affairs, in wonders beyond my scope.
-Psalms	Psa	23	131	2	No, I hold myself in quiet and silence, like a little child in its mother's arms, like a little child, so I keep myself.
-Psalms	Psa	23	131	3	Let Israel hope in Yahweh henceforth and for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	132	1	[Song of Ascents] Yahweh, remember David and all the hardships he endured,
-Psalms	Psa	23	132	2	the oath he swore to Yahweh, his vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:
-Psalms	Psa	23	132	3	'I will not enter tent or house, will not climb into bed,
-Psalms	Psa	23	132	4	will not allow myself to sleep, not even to close my eyes,
-Psalms	Psa	23	132	5	till I have found a place for Yahweh, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob!'
-Psalms	Psa	23	132	6	Listen, we heard of it in Ephrathah, we found it at Forest-Fields.
-Psalms	Psa	23	132	7	Let us go into his dwelling-place, and worship at his footstool.
-Psalms	Psa	23	132	8	Go up, Yahweh, to your resting-place, you and the ark of your strength.
-Psalms	Psa	23	132	9	Your priests are robed in saving justice, your faithful are shouting for joy.
-Psalms	Psa	23	132	10	For the sake of your servant David, do not reject your anointed.
-Psalms	Psa	23	132	11	Yahweh has sworn to David, and will always remain true to his word, 'I promise that I will set a son of yours upon your throne.
-Psalms	Psa	23	132	12	If your sons observe my covenant and the instructions I have taught them, their sons too for evermore will occupy your throne.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	132	13	For Yahweh has chosen Zion, he has desired it as a home.
-Psalms	Psa	23	132	14	'Here shall I rest for evermore, here shall I make my home as I have wished.
-Psalms	Psa	23	132	15	'I shall generously bless her produce, give her needy their fill of food,
-Psalms	Psa	23	132	16	I shall clothe her priests with salvation, and her faithful will sing aloud for joy.
-Psalms	Psa	23	132	17	'There I shall raise up a line of descendants for David, light a lamp for my anointed;
-Psalms	Psa	23	132	18	I shall clothe his enemies with shame, while his own crown shall flourish.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	133	1	[Song of Ascents] How good, how delightful it is to live as brothers all together!
-Psalms	Psa	23	133	2	It is like a fine oil on the head, running down the beard, running down Aaron's beard, onto the collar of his robes.
-Psalms	Psa	23	133	3	It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the heights of Zion; for there Yahweh bestows his blessing, everlasting life.
-Psalms	Psa	23	134	1	[Song of Ascents] Come, bless Yahweh, all you who serve Yahweh, serving in the house of Yahweh, in the courts of the house of our God. Through the night watches
-Psalms	Psa	23	134	2	stretch out your hands towards the sanctuary and bless Yahweh.
-Psalms	Psa	23	134	3	May Yahweh bless you from Zion, he who made heaven and earth!
-Psalms	Psa	23	135	1	Alleluia! Praise the name of Yahweh, you who serve Yahweh, praise him,
-Psalms	Psa	23	135	2	serving in the house of Yahweh, in the courts of the house of our God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	135	3	Praise Yahweh, for Yahweh is good, make music for his name -- it brings joy-
-Psalms	Psa	23	135	4	for Yahweh has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his own possession.
-Psalms	Psa	23	135	5	For I know that Yahweh is great, our Lord is above all gods.
-Psalms	Psa	23	135	6	Yahweh does whatever he pleases in heaven, on earth, in the waters and all the depths.
-Psalms	Psa	23	135	7	He summons up clouds from the borders of earth, sends rain with lightning-flashes, and brings the wind out of his storehouse.
-Psalms	Psa	23	135	8	He struck the first-born in Egypt, man and beast alike,
-Psalms	Psa	23	135	9	he sent signs and wonders into the heart of Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his officials.
-Psalms	Psa	23	135	10	He struck down many nations, he slaughtered mighty kings,
-Psalms	Psa	23	135	11	Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan.
-Psalms	Psa	23	135	12	He gave their land as a birthright, a birthright to his people Israel.
-Psalms	Psa	23	135	13	Yahweh, your name endures for ever, Yahweh, your memory is fresh from age to age.
-Psalms	Psa	23	135	14	For Yahweh vindicates his people, feels compassion for his servants.
-Psalms	Psa	23	135	15	The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by human hands.
-Psalms	Psa	23	135	16	These have mouths but say nothing, have eyes but see nothing,
-Psalms	Psa	23	135	17	have ears but hear nothing, and they have no breath in their mouths.
-Psalms	Psa	23	135	18	Their makers will end up like them, everyone who relies on them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	135	19	House of Israel, bless Yahweh, House of Aaron, bless Yahweh,
-Psalms	Psa	23	135	20	House of Levi, bless Yahweh, you who fear Yahweh, bless Yahweh.
-Psalms	Psa	23	135	21	Blessed be Yahweh from Zion, he who dwells in Jerusalem!
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	1	Alleluia! Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	2	Give thanks to the God of gods, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	3	Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	4	He alone works wonders, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	5	In wisdom he made the heavens, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	6	He set the earth firm on the waters, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	7	He made the great lights, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	8	The sun to rule the day, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	9	Moon and stars to rule the night, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	10	He struck down the first-born of Egypt, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	11	He brought Israel out from among them, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	12	With mighty hand and outstretched arm, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	13	He split the Sea of Reeds in two, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	14	Let Israel pass through the middle, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	15	And drowned Pharaoh and all his army, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	16	He led his people through the desert, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	17	He struck down mighty kings, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	18	Slaughtered famous kings, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	19	Sihon king of the Amorites, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	20	And Og king of Bashan, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	21	He gave their land as a birthright, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	22	A birthright to his servant Israel, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	23	He kept us in mind when we were humbled, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	24	And rescued us from our enemies, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	25	He provides food for all living creatures, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	136	26	Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his faithful love endures for ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	137	1	By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept at the memory of Zion.
-Psalms	Psa	23	137	2	On the poplars there we had hung up our harps.
-Psalms	Psa	23	137	3	For there our gaolers had asked us to sing them a song, our captors to make merry, 'Sing us one of the songs of Zion.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	137	4	How could we sing a song of Yahweh on alien soil?
-Psalms	Psa	23	137	5	If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand wither!
-Psalms	Psa	23	137	6	May my tongue remain stuck to my palate if I do not keep you in mind, if I do not count Jerusalem the greatest of my joys.
-Psalms	Psa	23	137	7	Remember, Yahweh, to the Edomites' cost, the day of Jerusalem, how they said, 'Down with it! Rase it to the ground!'
-Psalms	Psa	23	137	8	Daughter of Babel, doomed to destruction, a blessing on anyone who treats you as you treated us,
-Psalms	Psa	23	137	9	a blessing on anyone who seizes your babies and shatters them against a rock!
-Psalms	Psa	23	138	1	[Of David] I thank you, Yahweh, with all my heart, for you have listened to the cry I uttered. In the presence of angels I sing to you,
-Psalms	Psa	23	138	2	I bow down before your holy Temple. I praise your name for your faithful love and your constancy; your promises surpass even your fame.
-Psalms	Psa	23	138	3	You heard me on the day when I called, and you gave new strength to my heart.
-Psalms	Psa	23	138	4	All the kings of the earth give thanks to you, Yahweh, when they hear the promises you make;
-Psalms	Psa	23	138	5	they sing of Yahweh's ways, 'Great is the glory of Yahweh!'
-Psalms	Psa	23	138	6	Sublime as he is, Yahweh looks on the humble, the proud he picks out from afar.
-Psalms	Psa	23	138	7	Though I live surrounded by trouble you give me life -- to my enemies' fury! You stretch out your right hand and save me,
-Psalms	Psa	23	138	8	Yahweh will do all things for me. Yahweh, your faithful love endures for ever, do not abandon what you have made.
-Psalms	Psa	23	139	1	[For the choirmaster Of David Psalm] Yahweh, you examine me and know me,
-Psalms	Psa	23	139	2	you know when I sit, when I rise, you understand my thoughts from afar.
-Psalms	Psa	23	139	3	You watch when I walk or lie down, you know every detail of my conduct.
-Psalms	Psa	23	139	4	A word is not yet on my tongue before you, Yahweh, know all about it.
-Psalms	Psa	23	139	5	You fence me in, behind and in front, you have laid your hand upon me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	139	6	Such amazing knowledge is beyond me, a height to which I cannot attain.
-Psalms	Psa	23	139	7	Where shall I go to escape your spirit? Where shall I flee from your presence?
-Psalms	Psa	23	139	8	If I scale the heavens you are there, if I lie flat in Sheol, there you are.
-Psalms	Psa	23	139	9	If I speed away on the wings of the dawn, if I dwell beyond the ocean,
-Psalms	Psa	23	139	10	even there your hand will be guiding me, your right hand holding me fast.
-Psalms	Psa	23	139	11	I will say, 'Let the darkness cover me, and the night wrap itself around me,'
-Psalms	Psa	23	139	12	even darkness to you is not dark, and night is as clear as the day.
-Psalms	Psa	23	139	13	You created my inmost self, knit me together in my mother's womb.
-Psalms	Psa	23	139	14	For so many marvels I thank you; a wonder am I, and all your works are wonders. You knew me through and through,
-Psalms	Psa	23	139	15	my being held no secrets from you, when I was being formed in secret, textured in the depths of the earth.
-Psalms	Psa	23	139	16	Your eyes could see my embryo. In your book all my days were inscribed, every one that was fixed is there.
-Psalms	Psa	23	139	17	How hard for me to grasp your thoughts, how many, God, there are!
-Psalms	Psa	23	139	18	If I count them, they are more than the grains of sand; if I come to an end, I am still with you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	139	19	If only, God, you would kill the wicked!-Men of violence, keep away from me!-
-Psalms	Psa	23	139	20	those who speak blasphemously about you, and take no account of your thoughts.
-Psalms	Psa	23	139	21	Yahweh, do I not hate those who hate you, and loathe those who defy you?
-Psalms	Psa	23	139	22	My hate for them has no limits, I regard them as my own enemies.
-Psalms	Psa	23	139	23	God, examine me and know my heart, test me and know my concerns.
-Psalms	Psa	23	139	24	Make sure that I am not on my way to ruin, and guide me on the road of eternity.
-Psalms	Psa	23	140	1	[For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] Rescue me, Yahweh, from evil men, protect me from violent men,
-Psalms	Psa	23	140	2	whose heart is bent on malice, day after day they harbour strife;
-Psalms	Psa	23	140	3	their tongues as barbed as a serpent's, viper's venom behind their lips.
-Psalms	Psa	23	140	4	Keep me, Yahweh, from the clutches of the wicked, protect me from violent men, who are bent on making me stumble,laying out snares where I walk,
-Psalms	Psa	23	140	5	in their arrogance hiding pitfall and nooseto trap me as I pass.
-Psalms	Psa	23	140	6	I said to Yahweh, 'You are my God.' Listen, Yahweh, to the sound of my prayer.
-Psalms	Psa	23	140	7	Yahweh my Lord, my saving strength, you shield my head when battle comes.
-Psalms	Psa	23	140	8	Yahweh, do not grant the wicked their wishes, do not let their plots succeed. Do not let my attackers
-Psalms	Psa	23	140	9	prevail, but let them be overwhelmed by their own malice.
-Psalms	Psa	23	140	10	May red-hot embers rain down on them, may they be flung into the mire once and for all.
-Psalms	Psa	23	140	11	May the slanderer find no rest anywhere, may evil hunt down violent men implacably.
-Psalms	Psa	23	140	12	I know that Yahweh will give judgement for the wretched, justice for the needy.
-Psalms	Psa	23	140	13	The upright shall praise your name, the honest dwell in your presence.
-Psalms	Psa	23	141	1	[Psalm Of David] Yahweh, I am calling, hurry to me, listen to my voice when I call to you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	141	2	May my prayer be like incense in your presence, my uplifted hands like the evening sacrifice.
-Psalms	Psa	23	141	3	Yahweh, mount a guard over my mouth, a guard at the door of my lips.
-Psalms	Psa	23	141	4	Check any impulse to speak evil, to share the foul deeds of evil-doers. I shall not sample their delights!
-Psalms	Psa	23	141	5	May the upright correct me with a friend's rebuke; but the wicked shall never anoint my head with oil, for that would make me party to their crimes.
-Psalms	Psa	23	141	6	They are delivered into the power of the rock, their judge, those who took pleasure in hearing me say,
-Psalms	Psa	23	141	7	'Like a shattered millstone on the ground our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.'
-Psalms	Psa	23	141	8	To you, Yahweh, I turn my eyes, in you I take refuge, do not leave me unprotected.
-Psalms	Psa	23	141	9	Save me from the traps that are set for me, the snares of evil-doers.
-Psalms	Psa	23	141	10	Let the wicked fall each into his own net, while I pass on my way.
-Psalms	Psa	23	142	1	[Psalm Of David When he was in the cave Prayer] To Yahweh I cry out with my plea. To Yahweh I cry out with entreaty.
-Psalms	Psa	23	142	2	I pour out my worry in his presence, in his presence I unfold my troubles.
-Psalms	Psa	23	142	3	However faint my spirit; you are watching over my path. On the road I have to travel they have hidden a trap for me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	142	4	Look on my right and see -- there is no one who recognises me. All refuge is denied me, no one cares whether I live or die.
-Psalms	Psa	23	142	5	I cry out to you, Yahweh, I affirm, 'You are my refuge, my share in the land of the living!'
-Psalms	Psa	23	142	6	Listen to my calling, for I am miserably weak. Rescue me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	142	7	Lead me out of prison that I may praise your name. The upright gather round me because of your generosity to me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	143	1	[Psalm Of David] Yahweh, hear my prayer, listen to my pleading; in your constancy answer me, in your saving justice;
-Psalms	Psa	23	143	2	do not put your servant on trial, for no one living can be found guiltless at your tribunal.
-Psalms	Psa	23	143	3	An enemy is in deadly pursuit, crushing me into the ground, forcing me to live in darkness, like those long dead.
-Psalms	Psa	23	143	4	My spirit is faint, and within me my heart is numb with fear.
-Psalms	Psa	23	143	5	I recall the days of old, reflecting on all your deeds, I ponder the works of your hands.
-Psalms	Psa	23	143	6	I stretch out my hands to you, my heart like a land thirsty for you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	143	7	Answer me quickly, Yahweh, my spirit is worn out; do not turn away your face from me, or I shall be like those who sink into oblivion.
-Psalms	Psa	23	143	8	Let dawn bring news of your faithful love, for I place my trust in you; show me the road I must travel for you to relieve my heart.
-Psalms	Psa	23	143	9	Rescue me from my enemies, Yahweh, since in you I find protection.
-Psalms	Psa	23	143	10	Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your generous spirit lead me on even ground.
-Psalms	Psa	23	143	11	Yahweh, for the sake of your name, in your saving justice give me life, rescue me from distress.
-Psalms	Psa	23	143	12	In your faithful love annihilate my enemies, destroy all those who oppress me, for I am your servant.
-Psalms	Psa	23	144	1	[Of David] Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle,
-Psalms	Psa	23	144	2	my faithful love, my bastion, my citadel, my Saviour; I shelter behind him, my shield, he makes the peoples submit to me.
-Psalms	Psa	23	144	3	Yahweh, what is a human being for you to notice, a child of Adam for you to think about?
-Psalms	Psa	23	144	4	Human life, a mere puff of wind, days as fleeting as a shadow.
-Psalms	Psa	23	144	5	Yahweh, part the heavens and come down, touch the mountains, make them smoke.
-Psalms	Psa	23	144	6	Scatter them with continuous lightning-flashes, rout them with a volley of your arrows.
-Psalms	Psa	23	144	7	Stretch down your hand from above, save me, rescue me from deep waters, from the clutches of foreigners,
-Psalms	Psa	23	144	8	whose every word is worthless, whose right hand is raised in perjury.
-Psalms	Psa	23	144	9	God, I sing to you a new song, I play to you on the ten-stringed lyre,
-Psalms	Psa	23	144	10	for you give kings their victories, you rescue your servant David. From the sword of evil
-Psalms	Psa	23	144	11	save me, rescue me from the clutches of foreigners whose every word is worthless, whose right hand testifies to falsehood.
-Psalms	Psa	23	144	12	May our sons be like plants growing tall from their earliest days, our daughters like pillars carved fit for a palace,
-Psalms	Psa	23	144	13	our barns filled to overflowing with every kind of crop, the sheep in our pastures be numbered in thousands and tens of thousands,
-Psalms	Psa	23	144	14	our cattle well fed, free of raids and pillage, free of outcry in our streets.
-Psalms	Psa	23	144	15	How blessed the nation of whom this is true, blessed the nation whose God is Yahweh!
-Psalms	Psa	23	145	1	[Hymn of Praise Of David] I shall praise you to the heights, God my King, I shall bless your name for ever and ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	145	2	Day after day I shall bless you, I shall praise your name for ever and ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	145	3	Great is Yahweh and worthy of all praise, his greatness beyond all reckoning.
-Psalms	Psa	23	145	4	Each age will praise your deeds to the next, proclaiming your mighty works.
-Psalms	Psa	23	145	5	Your renown is the splendour of your glory, I will ponder the story of your wonders.
-Psalms	Psa	23	145	6	They will speak of your awesome power, and I shall recount your greatness.
-Psalms	Psa	23	145	7	They will bring out the memory of your great generosity, and joyfully acclaim your saving justice.
-Psalms	Psa	23	145	8	Yahweh is tenderness and pity, slow to anger, full of faithful love.
-Psalms	Psa	23	145	9	Yahweh is generous to all, his tenderness embraces all his creatures.
-Psalms	Psa	23	145	10	All your creatures shall thank you, Yahweh, and your faithful shall bless you.
-Psalms	Psa	23	145	11	They shall speak of the glory of your kingship and tell of your might,
-Psalms	Psa	23	145	12	making known your mighty deeds to the children of Adam, the glory and majesty of your kingship.
-Psalms	Psa	23	145	13	Your kingship is a kingship for ever, your reign lasts from age to age. Yahweh is trustworthy in all his words, and upright in all his deeds.
-Psalms	Psa	23	145	14	Yahweh supports all who stumble, lifts up those who are bowed down.
-Psalms	Psa	23	145	15	All look to you in hope and you feed them with the food of the season.
-Psalms	Psa	23	145	16	And, with generous hand, you satisfy the desires of every living creature.
-Psalms	Psa	23	145	17	Upright in all that he does, Yahweh acts only in faithful love.
-Psalms	Psa	23	145	18	He is close to all who call upon him, all who call on him from the heart.
-Psalms	Psa	23	145	19	He fulfils the desires of all who fear him, he hears their cry and he saves them.
-Psalms	Psa	23	145	20	Yahweh guards all who love him, but all the wicked he destroys.
-Psalms	Psa	23	145	21	My mouth shall always praise Yahweh, let every creature bless his holy name for ever and ever.
-Psalms	Psa	23	146	1	Alleluia! Praise Yahweh, my soul!
-Psalms	Psa	23	146	2	I will praise Yahweh all my life, I will make music to my God as long as I live.
-Psalms	Psa	23	146	3	Do not put your trust in princes, in any child of Adam, who has no power to save.
-Psalms	Psa	23	146	4	When his spirit goes forth he returns to the earth, on that very day all his plans come to nothing.
-Psalms	Psa	23	146	5	How blessed is he who has Jacob's God to help him, his hope is in Yahweh his God,
-Psalms	Psa	23	146	6	who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them. He keeps faith for ever,
-Psalms	Psa	23	146	7	gives justice to the oppressed, gives food to the hungry; Yahweh sets prisoners free.
-Psalms	Psa	23	146	8	Yahweh gives sight to the blind, lifts up those who are bowed down.
-Psalms	Psa	23	146	9	Yahweh protects the stranger, he sustains the orphan and the widow. Yahweh loves the upright,but he frustrates the wicked.
-Psalms	Psa	23	146	10	Yahweh reigns for ever, your God, Zion, from age to age.
-Psalms	Psa	23	147	1	Alleluia! Praise Yahweh -- it is good to sing psalms to our God -- how pleasant to praise him.
-Psalms	Psa	23	147	2	Yahweh, Builder of Jerusalem! He gathers together the exiles of Israel,
-Psalms	Psa	23	147	3	healing the broken-hearted and binding up their wounds;
-Psalms	Psa	23	147	4	he counts out the number of the stars, and gives each one of them a name.
-Psalms	Psa	23	147	5	Our Lord is great, all-powerful, his wisdom beyond all telling.
-Psalms	Psa	23	147	6	Yahweh sustains the poor, and humbles the wicked to the ground.
-Psalms	Psa	23	147	7	Sing to Yahweh in thanksgiving, play the harp for our God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	147	8	He veils the sky with clouds, and provides the earth with rain, makes grass grow on the hills and plants for people to use,
-Psalms	Psa	23	147	9	gives fodder to cattle and to young ravens when they cry.
-Psalms	Psa	23	147	10	He takes no delight in the power of horses, no pleasure in human sturdiness;
-Psalms	Psa	23	147	11	his pleasure is in those who fear him, in those who hope in his faithful love.
-Psalms	Psa	23	147	12	Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem, Zion, praise your God.
-Psalms	Psa	23	147	13	For he gives strength to the bars of your gates, he blesses your children within you,
-Psalms	Psa	23	147	14	he maintains the peace of your frontiers, gives you your fill of finest wheat.
-Psalms	Psa	23	147	15	He sends his word to the earth, his command runs quickly,
-Psalms	Psa	23	147	16	he spreads the snow like flax, strews hoarfrost like ashes,
-Psalms	Psa	23	147	17	he sends ice-crystals like breadcrumbs, and who can withstand that cold?
-Psalms	Psa	23	147	18	When he sends his word it thaws them, when he makes his wind blow, the waters are unstopped.
-Psalms	Psa	23	147	19	He reveals his word to Jacob, his statutes and judgements to Israel.
-Psalms	Psa	23	147	20	For no other nation has he done this, no other has known his judgements.
-Psalms	Psa	23	148	1	Alleluia! Praise Yahweh from the heavens, praise him in the heights.
-Psalms	Psa	23	148	2	Praise him, all his angels, praise him, all his host!
-Psalms	Psa	23	148	3	Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all shining stars,
-Psalms	Psa	23	148	4	praise him, highest heavens, praise him, waters above the heavens.
-Psalms	Psa	23	148	5	Let them praise the name of Yahweh at whose command they were made;
-Psalms	Psa	23	148	6	he established them for ever and ever by an unchanging decree.
-Psalms	Psa	23	148	7	Praise Yahweh from the earth, sea-monsters and all the depths,
-Psalms	Psa	23	148	8	fire and hail, snow and mist, storm-winds that obey his word,
-Psalms	Psa	23	148	9	mountains and every hill, orchards and every cedar,
-Psalms	Psa	23	148	10	wild animals and all cattle, reptiles and winged birds,
-Psalms	Psa	23	148	11	kings of the earth and all nations, princes and all judges on earth,
-Psalms	Psa	23	148	12	young men and girls, old people and children together.
-Psalms	Psa	23	148	13	Let them praise the name of Yahweh, for his name alone is sublime, his splendour transcends earth and heaven.
-Psalms	Psa	23	148	14	For he heightens the strength of his people, to the praise of all his faithful, the children of Israel, the people close to him.
-Psalms	Psa	23	149	1	Alleluia! Sing a new song to Yahweh: his praise in the assembly of the faithful!
-Psalms	Psa	23	149	2	Israel shall rejoice in its Maker, the children of Zion delight in their king;
-Psalms	Psa	23	149	3	they shall dance in praise of his name, play to him on tambourines and harp!
-Psalms	Psa	23	149	4	For Yahweh loves his people, he will crown the humble with salvation.
-Psalms	Psa	23	149	5	The faithful exult in glory, shout for joy as they worship him,
-Psalms	Psa	23	149	6	praising God to the heights with their voices, a two-edged sword in their hands,
-Psalms	Psa	23	149	7	to wreak vengeance on the nations, punishment on the peoples,
-Psalms	Psa	23	149	8	to load their kings with chains and their nobles with iron fetters,
-Psalms	Psa	23	149	9	to execute on them the judgement passed -- to the honour of all his faithful.
-Psalms	Psa	23	150	1	Alleluia! Praise God in his holy place, praise him in the heavenly vault of his power,
-Psalms	Psa	23	150	2	praise him for his mighty deeds, praise him for all his greatness.
-Psalms	Psa	23	150	3	Praise him with fanfare of trumpet, praise him with harp and lyre,
-Psalms	Psa	23	150	4	praise him with tambourines and dancing, praise him with strings and pipes,
-Psalms	Psa	23	150	5	praise him with the clamour of cymbals, praise him with triumphant cymbals,
-Psalms	Psa	23	150	6	Let everything that breathes praise Yahweh. Alleluia!
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	1	The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	2	for learning what wisdom and discipline are, for understanding words of deep meaning,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	3	for acquiring a disciplined insight, uprightness, justice and fair dealing;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	4	for teaching sound judgement to the simple, and knowledge and reflection to the young;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	5	Let the wise listen and learn yet more, and a person of discernment will acquire the art of guidance.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	6	for perceiving the meaning of proverbs and obscure sayings, the sayings of the sages and their riddles.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	7	The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; fools spurn wisdom and discipline.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	8	Listen, my child, to your father's instruction, do not reject your mother's teaching:
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	9	they will be a crown of grace for your head, a circlet for your neck.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	10	My child, if sinners try to seduce you, do not go with them.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	11	If they say, 'Come with us: let us lie in ambush to shed blood; if we plan an ambush for the innocent without provocation,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	12	we can swallow them alive, like Sheol, and whole, like those who sink into oblivion.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	13	We shall find treasures of every sort, we shall fill our houses with plunder;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	14	throw in your lot with us: one purse between us all.'
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	15	My child, do not follow them in their way, keep your steps out of their path
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	16	for their feet hasten to evil, they are quick to shed blood;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	17	for the net is spread in vain if any winged creature can see it.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	18	It is for their own blood such people lie in wait, their ambush is against their own selves!
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	19	Such are the paths of all who seek dishonest gain: which robs of their lives all who take it for their own.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	20	Wisdom calls aloud in the streets, she raises her voice in the public squares;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	21	she calls out at the street corners, she delivers her message at the city gates.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	22	'You simple people, how much longer will you cling to your simple ways? How much longer will mockers revel in their mocking and fools go on hating knowledge?
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	23	Pay attention to my warning. To you I will pour out my heart and tell you what I have to say.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	24	Since I have called and you have refused me, since I have beckoned and no one has taken notice,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	25	since you have ignored all my advice and rejected all my warnings,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	26	I, for my part, shall laugh at your distress, I shall jeer when terror befalls you,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	27	when terror befalls you, like a storm, when your distress arrives, like a whirlwind, when ordeal and anguish bear down on you.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	28	Then they will call me, but I shall not answer, they will look eagerly for me and will not find me.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	29	They have hated knowledge, they have not chosen the fear of Yahweh,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	30	they have taken no notice of my advice, they have spurned all my warnings:
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	31	so they will have to eat the fruits of their own ways of life, and choke themselves with their own scheming.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	32	For the errors of the simple lead to their death, the complacency of fools works their own ruin;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	1	33	but whoever listens to me may live secure, will have quiet, fearing no mischance.'
-Proverbs	Prv	24	2	1	My child, if you take my words to heart, if you set store by my commandments,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	2	2	tuning your ear to wisdom, tuning your heart to understanding,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	2	3	yes, if your plea is for clear perception, if you cry out for understanding,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	2	4	if you look for it as though for silver, search for it as though for buried treasure,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	2	5	then you will understand what the fear of Yahweh is, and discover the knowledge of God.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	2	6	For Yahweh himself is giver of wisdom, from his mouth issue knowledge and understanding.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	2	7	He reserves his advice for the honest, a shield to those whose ways are sound;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	2	8	he stands guard over the paths of equity, he keeps watch over the way of those faithful to him.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	2	9	Then you will understand uprightness, equity and fair dealing, the paths that lead to happiness.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	2	10	When wisdom comes into your heart and knowledge fills your soul with delight,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	2	11	then prudence will be there to watch over you, and understanding will be your guardian
-Proverbs	Prv	24	2	12	to keep you from the way that is evil, from those whose speech is deceitful,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	2	13	from those who leave the paths of honesty to walk the roads of darkness:
-Proverbs	Prv	24	2	14	those who find their joy in doing wrong, and their delight in deceitfulness,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	2	15	whose tracks are twisted, and the paths that they tread crooked.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	2	16	To keep you, too, from the woman who belongs to another, from the stranger, with her wheedling words;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	2	17	she has left the partner of her younger days, she has forgotten the covenant of her God;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	2	18	her house is tilting towards Death, down to the Shades go her paths.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	2	19	Of those who go to her not one returns, they never regain the paths of life.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	2	20	Thus you will tread the way of good people, persisting in the paths of the upright.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	2	21	For the land will be for the honest to live in, the innocent will have it for their home;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	2	22	while the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the faithless rooted out of it.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	1	My child, do not forget my teaching, let your heart keep my principles,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	2	since they will increase your length of days, your years of life and your well-being.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	3	Let faithful love and constancy never leave you: tie them round your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	4	Thus you will find favour and success in the sight of God and of people.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	5	Trust wholeheartedly in Yahweh, put no faith in your own perception;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	6	acknowledge him in every course you take, and he will see that your paths are smooth.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	7	Do not congratulate yourself on your own wisdom, fear Yahweh and turn your back on evil:
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	8	health-giving, this, to your body, relief to your bones.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	9	Honour Yahweh with what goods you have and with the first-fruits of all your produce;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	10	then your barns will be filled with corn, your vats overflowing with new wine.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	11	My child, do not scorn correction from Yahweh, do not resent his reproof;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	12	for Yahweh reproves those he loves, as a father the child whom he loves.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	13	Blessed are those who have discovered wisdom, those who have acquired understanding!
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	14	Gaining her is more rewarding than silver, her yield is more valuable than gold.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	15	She is beyond the price of pearls, nothing you could covet is her equal.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	16	In her right hand is length of days; in her left hand, riches and honour.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	17	Her ways are filled with delight, her paths all lead to contentment.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	18	She is a tree of life for those who hold her fast, those who cling to her live happy lives.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	19	In wisdom, Yahweh laid the earth's foundations, in understanding he spread out the heavens.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	20	Through his knowledge the depths were cleft open, and the clouds distil the dew.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	21	My child, hold to sound advice and prudence, never let them out of sight;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	22	they will give life to your soul and beauty to your neck.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	23	You will go on your way in safety, your feet will not stumble.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	24	When you go to bed, you will not be afraid; once in bed, your sleep will be sweet.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	25	Have no fear either of sudden terror or of attack mounted by wicked men,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	26	since Yahweh will be your guarantor, he will keep your steps from the snare.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	27	Refuse no kindness to those who have a right to it, if it is in your power to perform it.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	28	Do not say to your neighbour, 'Go away! Come another time! I will give it you tomorrow,' if you can do it now.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	29	Do not plot harm against your neighbour who is living unsuspecting beside you.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	30	Do not pick a groundless quarrel with anyone who has done you no harm.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	31	Do not envy the man of violence, never model your conduct on his;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	32	for the wilful wrong-doer is abhorrent to Yahweh, who confides only in the honest.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	33	Yahweh's curse lies on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the upright.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	34	He mocks those who mock, but accords his favour to the humble.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	3	35	Glory is the portion of the wise, all that fools inherit is contempt.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	1	Listen, my children, to a father's instruction; pay attention, and learn what understanding is.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	2	What I am offering you is sound doctrine: do not forsake my teaching.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	3	I too was once a child with a father, in my mother's eyes a tender child, unique.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	4	This was what he used to teach me, 'Let your heart treasure what I have to say, keep my principles and you will live;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	5	acquire wisdom, acquire understanding, never forget her, never deviate from my words.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	6	Do not desert her, she will keep you safe; love her, she will watch over you.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	7	The first principle of wisdom is: acquire wisdom; at the cost of all you have, acquire understanding!
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	8	Hold her close, and she will make you great; embrace her, and she will be your pride;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	9	she will provide a graceful garland for your head, bestow a crown of honour on you.'
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	10	Listen, my child, take my words to heart, and the years of your life will be multiplied.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	11	I have educated you in the ways of wisdom, I have guided you along the path of honesty.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	12	When you walk, your going will be unhindered, if you run, you will not stumble.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	13	Hold fast to discipline, never let her go, keep your eyes on her, she is your life.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	14	Do not follow the path of the wicked, do not walk the way that the evil go.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	15	Avoid it, do not take it, turn your back on it, pass it by.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	16	For they cannot sleep unless they have first done wrong, they miss their sleep if they have not made someone stumble;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	17	for the bread of wickedness is what they eat, and the wine of violence is what they drink.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	18	The path of the upright is like the light of dawn, its brightness growing to the fullness of day;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	19	the way of the wicked is as dark as night, they cannot tell the obstacles they stumble over.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	20	My child, pay attention to what I am telling you, listen carefully to my words;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	21	do not let them out of your sight, keep them deep in your heart.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	22	For they are life to those who find them and health to all humanity.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	23	More than all else, keep watch over your heart, since here are the wellsprings of life.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	24	Turn your back on the mouth that misleads, keep your distance from lips that deceive.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	25	Let your eyes be fixed ahead, your gaze be straight before you.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	26	Let the path you tread be level and all your ways be firm.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	4	27	Turn neither to right nor to left, keep your foot clear of evil.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	5	1	My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen carefully to what I know;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	5	2	so that you may preserve discretion and your lips may guard knowledge. Take no notice of a loose-living woman,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	5	3	for the lips of the adulteress drip with honey, her palate is more unctuous than oil,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	5	4	but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	5	5	Her feet go down to death, Sheol the goal of her steps;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	5	6	far from following the path of life, her course is uncertain and she does not know it.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	5	7	And now, son, listen to me, never deviate from what I say:
-Proverbs	Prv	24	5	8	set your course as far from her as possible, go nowhere near the door of her house,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	5	9	or she will hand over your honour to others, the years of your life to a man without pity,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	5	10	and strangers will batten on your property, and your produce go to the house of a stranger,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	5	11	and, at your ending, your body and flesh having been consumed, you will groan
-Proverbs	Prv	24	5	12	and exclaim, 'Alas, I hated discipline, my heart spurned all correction;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	5	13	I would not attend to the voice of my masters, I would not listen to those who tried to teach me.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	5	14	Now I have come to nearly every kind of misery, in the assembly and in the community.'
-Proverbs	Prv	24	5	15	Drink the water from your own storage-well, fresh water from your own spring.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	5	16	Even if your fountains overflow outside, your streams of water in the public squares:
-Proverbs	Prv	24	5	17	let them be for you alone, and not for strangers with you.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	5	18	May your fountain-head be blessed! Find joy with the wife you married in your youth,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	5	19	fair as a hind, graceful as a fawn: hers the breasts that ever fill you with delight, hers the love that ever holds you captive.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	5	20	Why be seduced, my son, by someone else's wife, and fondle the breast of a woman who belongs to another?
-Proverbs	Prv	24	5	21	For the eyes of Yahweh observe human ways, and survey all human paths.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	5	22	The wicked is snared in his own misdeeds, is caught in the meshes of his own sin.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	5	23	For want of discipline, he dies, led astray by his own excessive folly.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	1	My child, if you have gone surety for your neighbour, if you have guaranteed the bond of a stranger,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	2	if you have committed yourself with your lips, if through words of yours you have been entrapped,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	3	do this, my child, to extricate yourself -- since you have put yourself in the power of your neighbour: go, humble yourself, plead with your neighbour,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	4	give your eyes no sleep, your eyelids no rest,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	5	break free like a gazelle from the trap, like a bird from the fowler's clutches.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	6	Idler, go to the ant; ponder her ways and grow wise:
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	7	no one gives her orders, no overseer, no master,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	8	yet all through the summer she gets her food ready, and gathers her supplies at harvest time.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	9	How long do you intend to lie there, idler? When are you going to rise from your sleep?
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	10	A little sleep, a little drowsiness, a little folding of the arms to lie back,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	11	and poverty comes like a vagrant and, like a beggar, dearth.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	12	A scoundrel, a vicious man, he goes with a leer on his lips,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	13	winking his eye, shuffling his foot, beckoning with his finger.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	14	Trickery in his heart, always scheming evil, he sows dissension.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	15	Disaster will overtake him sharply for this, suddenly, irretrievably, he will be broken.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	16	There are six things that Yahweh hates, seven that he abhors:
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	17	a haughty look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	18	a heart that weaves wicked plots, feet that hurry to do evil,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	19	a false witness who lies with every breath, and one who sows dissension among brothers.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	20	Keep your father's precept, my child, do not spurn your mother's teaching.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	21	Bind them ever to your heart, tie them round your neck.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	22	While you are active, they will guide you, when you fall asleep, they will watch over you, when you wake up, they will converse with you.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	23	For the precept is a lamp, the teaching is a light; correction and discipline are the way to life,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	24	preserving you from the woman of bad character, from the wheedling talk of a woman who belongs to another.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	25	Do not covet her beauty in your heart or let her captivate you with the play of her eyes;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	26	a prostitute can be bought for a hunk of bread, but a married woman aims to snare a precious life.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	27	Can a man carry fire inside his shirt without setting his clothes alight?
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	28	Can you walk on red-hot coals without burning your feet?
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	29	Just so, the man who makes love to his neighbour's wife: no one who touches her will get off unpunished.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	30	People attach but little blame to a thief who steals only to satisfy his hunger;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	31	yet even he, if caught, will have to repay sevenfold and hand over all his family resources.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	32	But the adulterer has no sense; he works his own destruction.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	33	All he will get is blows and contempt, and dishonour never to be blotted out.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	34	For jealousy inflames the husband who will show no mercy when the day comes for revenge;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	6	35	he will not consider any compensation; lavish what gifts you may, he will not be placated.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	1	My child, keep my words, and treasure my precepts,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	2	keep my precepts and you will live, keep my teaching as the apple of your eye.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	3	Bind these to your fingers, write them on the tablet of your heart.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	4	Say to Wisdom, 'You are my sister!' Call Understanding your relation,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	5	to save yourself from the woman that belongs to another, from the stranger, with her seductive words.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	6	While I was at the window of my house, I was looking out through the lattice
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	7	and I saw, among the callow youths, I noticed among the lads, one boy who had no sense.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	8	Going along the lane, near the corner where she lives, he reaches the path to her house,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	9	at twilight when day is declining, at dead of night and in the dark.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	10	And look, a woman is coming to meet him, dressed like a prostitute, false of heart.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	11	She is loud and brazen; her feet cannot rest at home.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	12	Once in the street, once in the square, she lurks at every corner.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	13	She catches hold of him, she kisses him, the bold-faced creature says to him,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	14	'I had to offer a communion sacrifice, I have discharged my vows today;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	15	that is why I came out to meet you, to look for you, and now I have found you.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	16	I have spread coverlets over my divan, embroidered stuff, Egyptian material,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	17	I have sprinkled my bed with myrrh, with aloes and cinnamon.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	18	Come on, we'll make love as much as we like, till morning. Let us enjoy the delights of love!
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	19	For my husband is not at home, he has gone on a very long journey,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	20	taking his moneybags with him; he will not be back till the moon is full.'
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	21	With her persistent coaxing she overcomes him, lures him on with her wheedling patter.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	22	Forthwith he follows her, like an ox on its way to the slaughterhouse, like a madman on his way to the stocks,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	23	until an arrow pierces him to the liver, like the bird that dashes into the net without realising that its life is at stake.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	24	And now, son, listen to me, pay attention to the words I have to say:
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	25	do not let your heart stray into her ways, or wander into her paths;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	26	she has done so many to death, and the strongest have all been her victims.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	7	27	Her house is the way to Sheol, the descent to the courts of death.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	1	Is not Wisdom calling? Is not Understanding raising her voice?
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	2	On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossways, she takes her stand;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	3	by the gates, at the entrance to the city, on the access-roads, she cries out,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	4	'I am calling to you, all people, my words are addressed to all humanity.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	5	Simpletons, learn how to behave, fools, come to your senses.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	6	Listen, I have something important to tell you, when I speak, my words are right.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	7	My mouth proclaims the truth, for evil is abhorrent to my lips.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	8	All the words from my mouth are upright, nothing false there, nothing crooked,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	9	everything plain, if you can understand, straight, if you have acquired knowledge.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	10	Accept my discipline rather than silver, and knowledge of me in preference to finest gold.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	11	For Wisdom is more precious than jewels, and nothing else is so worthy of desire.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	12	'I, Wisdom, share house with Discretion, I am mistress of the art of thought.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	13	(Fear of Yahweh means hatred of evil.) I hate pride and arrogance, wicked behaviour and a lying mouth.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	14	To me belong good advice and prudence, I am perception: power is mine!
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	15	By me monarchs rule and princes decree what is right;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	16	by me rulers govern, so do nobles, the lawful authorities.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	17	I love those who love me; whoever searches eagerly for me finds me.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	18	With me are riches and honour, lasting wealth and saving justice.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	19	The fruit I give is better than gold, even the finest, the return I make is better than pure silver.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	20	I walk in the way of uprightness in the path of justice,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	21	to endow my friends with my wealth and to fill their treasuries.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	22	'Yahweh created me, first-fruits of his fashioning, before the oldest of his works.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	23	From everlasting, I was firmly set, from the beginning, before the earth came into being.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	24	The deep was not, when I was born, nor were the springs with their abounding waters.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	25	Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I came to birth;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	26	before he had made the earth, the countryside, and the first elements of the world.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	27	When he fixed the heavens firm, I was there, when he drew a circle on the surface of the deep,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	28	when he thickened the clouds above, when the sources of the deep began to swell,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	29	when he assigned the sea its boundaries -- and the waters will not encroach on the shore -- when he traced the foundations of the earth,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	30	I was beside the master craftsman, delighting him day after day, ever at play in his presence,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	31	at play everywhere on his earth, delighting to be with the children of men.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	32	'And now, my children, listen to me. Happy are those who keep my ways.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	33	Listen to instruction and become wise, do not reject it.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	34	Blessed, whoever listens to me, who day after day keeps watch at my gates to guard my portals.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	35	For whoever finds me finds life, and obtains the favour of Yahweh;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	8	36	but whoever misses me harms himself, all who hate me are in love with death.'
-Proverbs	Prv	24	9	1	Wisdom has built herself a house, she has hewn her seven pillars,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	9	2	she has slaughtered her beasts, drawn her wine, she has laid her table.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	9	3	She has despatched her maidservants and proclaimed from the heights above the city,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	9	4	'Who is simple? Let him come this way.' To the fool she says,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	9	5	'Come and eat my bread, drink the wine which I have drawn!
-Proverbs	Prv	24	9	6	Leave foolishness behind and you will live, go forwards in the ways of perception.'
-Proverbs	Prv	24	9	7	Reprove a mocker and you attract contempt, rebuke the wicked and you attract dishonour.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	9	8	Do not rebuke the mocker, he will hate you. Rebuke the wise and he will love you for it.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	9	9	Be open with the wise, he grows wiser still, teach the upright, he will gain yet more.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	9	10	The first principle of wisdom is the fear of Yahweh, What God's holy ones know -- this is understanding.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	9	11	For by me your days will be multiplied, and your years of life increased.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	9	12	Are you wise? You are wise to your own good. A mocker? The burden is yours alone.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	9	13	A silly woman acts on impulse, is foolish and knows nothing.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	9	14	She sits at the door of her house, on a throne high up in the city,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	9	15	calling to the passers-by, who are walking straight past on their way,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	9	16	'Who is simple? Turn aside, come over here.' To the fool she says,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	9	17	'Stolen waters are sweet, and bread tastes better when eaten in secret.'
-Proverbs	Prv	24	9	18	But the fool does not know that this is where the Shades are and that her guests are already in the vales of Sheol.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	1	The proverbs of Solomon. A wise child is a father's joy, a foolish child a mother's grief.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	2	Treasures wickedly come by give no benefit, but uprightness brings delivery from death.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	3	Yahweh does not let the upright go hungry, but he thwarts the greed of the wicked.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	4	A slack hand brings poverty, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	5	Reaping at harvest-time is the mark of the prudent, sleeping at harvest-time is the sign of the worthless.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	6	Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the mouth of the godless is a cover for violence.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	7	The upright is remembered with blessings, the name of the wicked rots away.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	8	The wise of heart takes orders, but a gabbling fool heads for ruin.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	9	Anyone whose ways are honourable walks secure, but whoever follows crooked ways is soon unmasked.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	10	A wink of the eye brings trouble, a bold rebuke brings peace.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	11	The mouth of the upright is a life-giving fountain, but the mouth of the godless is a cover for violence.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	12	Hatred provokes disputes, but love excuses all offences.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	13	On the lips of the discerning is found wisdom, on the back of a fool, the stick.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	14	Wise people store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool makes ruin imminent.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	15	The wealth of the rich is their stronghold, poverty is the undoing of the weak.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	16	The wage of the upright affords life, but sin is all the wicked earns.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	17	Whoever abides by discipline, walks towards life, whoever ignores correction goes astray.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	18	Liars' lips are a cover for hatred, whoever utters slander is a fool.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	19	A flood of words is never without fault; whoever controls the lips is wise.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	20	The tongue of the upright is purest silver, the heart of the wicked is of trumpery value.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	21	The lips of the upright nourish many peoples, but fools die for want of sense.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	22	The blessing of Yahweh is what brings riches, to this, hard toil has nothing to add.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	23	A fool takes pleasure in doing wrong, the intelligent in cultivating wisdom.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	24	What the wicked fears overtakes him, what the upright desires comes to him as a present.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	25	When the storm is over, the wicked is no more, but the upright stands firm for ever.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	26	As vinegar to the teeth, smoke to the eyes, so the sluggard to the one who sends him.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	27	The fear of Yahweh adds length to life, the years of the wicked will be cut short.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	28	The hope of the upright is joy, the expectations of the wicked come to nothing.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	29	The way of Yahweh is a rampart for the honest, for evil-doers nothing but ruin.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	30	The upright will never have to give way, but the land will offer no home for the wicked.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	31	The mouth of the upright utters wisdom, the tongue that deceives will be cut off.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	10	32	The lips of the upright know about kindness, the mouth of the wicked about deceit.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	1	A false balance is abhorrent to Yahweh, a just weight is pleasing to him.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	2	Pride comes first; disgrace soon follows; with the humble is wisdom found.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	3	The honest have their own honesty for guidance, the treacherous are ruined by their own perfidy.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	4	In the day of retribution riches will be useless, but uprightness delivers from death.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	5	The uprightness of the good makes their way straight, the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	6	Their uprightness sets the honest free, the treacherous are imprisoned by their own desires.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	7	The hope of the wicked perishes with death, hope placed in riches comes to nothing.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	8	The upright escapes affliction, the wicked incurs it instead.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	9	Through his mouth the godless is the ruin of his neighbour, but by knowledge the upright are safeguarded.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	10	When the upright prosper the city rejoices, when the wicked are ruined there is a shout of joy.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	11	A city is raised on the blessing of the honest, and demolished by the mouth of the wicked.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	12	Whoever looks down on a neighbour lacks good sense; the intelligent keeps a check on the tongue.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	13	A tittle-tattler lets secrets out, the trustworthy keeps things hidden.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	14	For want of leadership a people perishes, safety lies in many advisers.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	15	Whoever goes bail for a stranger does himself harm, but one who shuns going surety is safe.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	16	A gracious woman acquires honour, violent people acquire wealth.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	17	Faithful love brings its own reward, the inflexible injure their own selves.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	18	Disappointment crowns the labours of the wicked, whoever sows uprightness reaps a solid reward.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	19	Whoever establishes uprightness is on the way to life, whoever pursues evil, on the way to death.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	20	Tortuous hearts are abhorrent to Yahweh, dear to him, those whose ways are blameless.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	21	Be sure of it, the wicked will not go unpunished, but the race of the upright will come to no harm.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	22	A golden ring in the snout of a pig is a lovely woman who lacks discretion.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	23	The hope of the upright is nothing but good, the expectation of the wicked is retribution.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	24	One scatters money around, yet only adds to his wealth, another is excessively mean, but only grows the poorer.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	25	The soul who blesses will prosper, whoever satisfies others will also be satisfied.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	26	The people's curse is on those who hoard the wheat, their blessing on the head of those who sell it.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	27	Whoever strives for good obtains favour, whoever looks for evil will get an evil return.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	28	Whoever trusts in riches will have a fall, the upright will flourish like the leaves.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	29	Whoever misgoverns a house inherits the wind, and the fool becomes slave to the wise.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	30	The fruit of the upright is a tree of life: the sage captivates souls.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	11	31	If here on earth the upright gets due reward, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	1	Whoever loves discipline, loves knowledge, stupid are those who hate correction.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	2	The honest obtains Yahweh's favour, the schemer incurs his condemnation.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	3	No one is made secure by wickedness, but nothing shakes the roots of the upright.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	4	A capable wife, her husband's crown, a shameless wife, a cancer in his bones.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	5	The plans of the upright are honest, the intrigues of the wicked are full of deceit.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	6	The words of the wicked are snares to shed blood, what the honest say keeps them safe.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	7	Once thrown down, the wicked are no more, but the house of the upright stands firm.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	8	Prudence wins praise, but a tortuous heart incurs only contempt.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	9	Better a common fellow who has a slave than someone who gives himself airs and has nothing to eat.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	10	The upright has compassion on his animals, but the heart of the wicked is ruthless.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	11	Whoever works his land shall have bread and to spare, but no one who chases fantasies has any sense.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	12	The godless delights in the snare of the wicked, but the root of the upright bears fruit.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	13	In the sin of the lips lies a disastrous trap, but the upright finds a way out of misfortune.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	14	Abundance of good things is the fruit of the lips; labour brings its own return.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	15	Fools think the way they go is straight, the wise listens to advice.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	16	The fool shows anger straightaway, the discreet conceals dislike.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	17	To tell the truth is to further justice, a false witness is nothing but deceit.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	18	Thoughtless words can wound like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	19	Sincere lips endure for ever, the lying tongue lasts only a moment.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	20	Deceit is in the heart of the schemer, joy with those who give counsels of peace.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	21	No harm can come to the upright, but the wicked are swamped by misfortunes.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	22	Lying lips are abhorrent to Yahweh; dear to him those who make truth their way of life.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	23	The discreet keeps knowledge hidden, the heart of fools proclaims their folly.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	24	For the diligent hand, authority; for the slack hand, forced labour.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	25	Worry makes a heart heavy, a kindly word makes it glad.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	26	The upright shows the way to a friend; the way of the wicked leads them astray.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	27	The idle has no game to roast; diligence is anyone's most precious possession.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	12	28	In the way of uprightness is life, the ways of the vengeful lead to death.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	13	1	A wise child listens to a father's discipline, a cynic will not listen to reproof.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	13	2	The fruit of the mouth provides a good meal, but the soul of the treacherous feeds on violence.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	13	3	A guard on the mouth makes life secure, whoever talks too much is lost.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	13	4	The idler hungers but has no food; hard workers get their fill.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	13	5	The upright hates a lying word, but the wicked slanders and defames.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	13	6	Uprightness stands guard over one whose way is honest, sin causes the ruin of the wicked.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	13	7	There are some who, on nothing, pretend to be rich, some, with great wealth, pretend to be poor.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	13	8	The ransom for life is a person's wealth; but the poor will not hear the reproof.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	13	9	The light of the upright is joyful, the lamp of the wicked goes out.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	13	10	Insolence breeds only disputes, wisdom lies with those who take advice.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	13	11	A sudden fortune will dwindle away, accumulation little by little is the way to riches.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	13	12	Hope deferred makes the heart sick, desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	13	13	Contempt for the word is self-destructive, respect for the commandment wins salvation.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	13	14	The teaching of the wise is a life-giving fountain for eluding the snares of death.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	13	15	Good sense wins favour, but the way of the treacherous is hard.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	13	16	Anyone of discretion acts by the light of knowledge, the fool parades his folly.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	13	17	A bad messenger falls into misfortune, a trusty messenger brings healing.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	13	18	Whoever rejects discipline wins poverty and scorn; for anyone who accepts correction: honour.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	13	19	Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul; fools are loth to turn -- from evil.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	13	20	Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, whoever mixes with fools will be ruined.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	13	21	Evil will pursue the sinner, but good will reward the upright.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	13	22	The good bequeaths a heritage to children's children, the wealth of the sinner is stored away for the upright.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	13	23	Though the farms of the poor yield much food, some perish for lack of justice.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	13	24	Whoever fails to use the stick hates his child; whoever is free with correction loves him.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	13	25	The upright eats to the full, the belly of the wicked goes empty.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	1	Wisdom builds herself a house; with her own hands Folly pulls it down.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	2	Whoever keeps to an honest course fears Yahweh, whoever deserts his paths shows contempt for him.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	3	Pride sprouts in the mouth of the fool, the lips of the wise keep them safe.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	4	No oxen, empty manger; strong bull, much cash.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	5	The truthful witness tells no lies, the false witness lies with every breath.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	6	In vain the mocker looks for wisdom, knowledge comes easy to the intelligent.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	7	Keep well clear of the fool, you will not find wise lips there.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	8	With people of discretion, wisdom keeps a watch over their conduct, but the folly of fools leads them astray.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	9	Fools mock at the sacrifice for sin, but favour resides among the honest.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	10	The heart knows its own grief best, nor can a stranger share its joy.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	11	The house of the wicked will be destroyed, the tent of the honest will prosper.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	12	There are ways that some think straight, but they lead in the end to death.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	13	Even in laughter the heart finds sadness, and joy makes way for sorrow.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	14	The miscreant will reap the reward of his conduct, and the good the reward of his deeds.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	15	The simpleton believes any message, a person of discretion treads a careful path.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	16	The wise fears evil and avoids it, the fool is insolent and conceited.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	17	A quick-tempered person commits rash acts, but a schemer is detestable.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	18	Simpletons have folly for their portion, people of discretion knowledge for their crown.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	19	The evil bow down before the good, the wicked, at the gates of the upright.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	20	The poor is detestable even to a friend, but many are they who love someone rich.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	21	One who despises the needy is at fault, one who takes pity on the poor is blessed.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	22	Plan evil -- isn't this to go astray? Those who plan for good can earn faithful love and constancy.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	23	Hard work always yields its profit, idle talk brings only want.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	24	The crown of the wise is their riches; the folly of fools is folly.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	25	A truthful witness saves lives, whoever utters lies is a deceiver.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	26	In the fear of Yahweh is powerful security; for his children he is a refuge.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	27	The fear of Yahweh is a life-giving spring for eluding the snares of death.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	28	Large population, monarch's glory; dwindling population, ruler's ruin.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	29	Mastery of temper is high proof of intelligence, a quick temper makes folly worse than ever.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	30	The life of the body is a tranquil heart, but envy is a cancer in the bones.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	31	To oppress the weak insults the Creator, kindness to the needy honours the Creator.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	32	For evil-doing, the wicked will be flung headlong, but in integrity the upright will find refuge.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	33	Wisdom resides in an understanding heart; she is not to be found in the hearts of fools.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	34	Uprightness makes a nation great, by sin whole races are disgraced.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	14	35	A king shows favour to a wise minister, but anger to one who shames him.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	1	A mild answer turns away wrath, sharp words stir up anger.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	2	The tongue of the wise makes knowledge welcome, the mouth of a fool spews folly.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	3	The eyes of Yahweh are everywhere: observing the wicked and the good.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	4	The tongue that soothes is a tree of life; the perverse tongue, a breaker of hearts.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	5	Only a fool spurns a father's discipline, whoever accepts correction is discreet.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	6	In the house of the upright there is no lack of treasure, the earnings of the wicked are fraught with anxiety.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	7	The lips of the wise spread knowledge, not so the hearts of fools.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	8	The sacrifice of the wicked is abhorrent to Yahweh, dear to him is the prayer of the honest.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	9	The conduct of the wicked is abhorrent to Yahweh, but he loves the person whose goal is uprightness.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	10	Correction is severe for one who leaves the way; whoever hates being reprimanded will die.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	11	Sheol and Perdition lie open to Yahweh; how much more the human heart!
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	12	The mocker does not care to be reprimanded, and will not choose the wise as companions.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	13	Glad heart means happy face, where the heart is sad the spirit is broken.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	14	The heart of the wise seeks knowledge, a fool's mouth feeds on folly.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	15	For the poor every day is evil, for the joyous heart it is always festival time.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	16	Better to have little and with it fear of Yahweh than immense wealth and with it anxiety.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	17	Better a dish of herbs when love is there than a fattened ox and hatred to go with it.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	18	The hot-headed provokes disputes, the equable allays dissension.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	19	The way of the lazy is like a thorny hedge, the path of the honest is a broad highway.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	20	A wise child is a father's joy; only a brute despises his mother.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	21	Folly appeals to someone without sense, a person of understanding goes straight forward.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	22	Without deliberation plans come to nothing. Plans succeed where counsellors are many.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	23	Anyone who has a ready answer has joy too: how satisfying is the apt reply!
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	24	For the prudent, the path of life leads upwards thus avoiding Sheol below.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	25	Yahweh pulls down the house of the proud, but he keeps the widow's boundaries intact.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	26	Wicked scheming is abhorrent to Yahweh, but words that are kind are pure.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	27	Craving for dishonest gain brings trouble on a house, hatred of bribery earns life.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	28	The heart of the upright reflects before answering, the mouth of the wicked spews out wickedness.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	29	Yahweh keeps his distance from the wicked, but he listens to the prayers of the upright.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	30	A kindly glance gives joy to the heart, good news lends strength to the bones.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	31	The ear attentive to wholesome correction finds itself at home in the company of the wise.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	32	Whoever rejects correction lacks self-respect, whoever accepts reproof grows in understanding.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	15	33	The fear of Yahweh is a school of wisdom, before there can be glory, there must be humility.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	1	A human heart makes the plans, Yahweh gives the answer.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	2	A person's own acts seem right to the doer, but Yahweh is the weigher of souls.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	3	Commend what you do to Yahweh, and what you plan will be achieved.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	4	Yahweh made everything for its own purpose, yes, even the wicked for the day of disaster.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	5	Every arrogant heart is abhorrent to Yahweh: be sure this will not go unpunished.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	6	By faithful love and constancy sin is expiated; by fear of Yahweh evil is avoided.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	7	Let Yahweh be pleased with someone's way of life and he makes that person's very enemies into friends.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	8	Better have little and with it uprightness than great revenues with injustice.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	9	The human heart may plan a course, but it is Yahweh who makes the steps secure.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	10	The lips of the king utter prophecies, he keeps faith when he speaks in judgement.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	11	The balances and scales belong to Yahweh, all the weights in the bag are of his making.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	12	Evil-doing is abhorrent to kings, since uprightness is a throne's foundation.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	13	Upright lips are welcome to a king, he loves someone of honest words.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	14	The king's wrath is the herald of death, but the wise will appease it.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	15	When the king's face brightens it spells life, his favour is like the rain in spring.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	16	Better gain wisdom than gold, choose understanding in preference to silver.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	17	To turn from evil is the way of the honest; whoever watches the path keeps life safe.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	18	Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	19	Better be humble with the poor than share the booty with the proud.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	20	Whoever listens closely to the word finds happiness; whoever trusts Yahweh is blessed.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	21	The wise of heart is acclaimed as intelligent, sweetness of speech increases knowledge.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	22	Shrewdness is a fountain of life for its possessor, the folly of fools is their own punishment.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	23	The heart of the wise lends shrewdness to speech and makes words more persuasive.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	24	Kindly words are a honeycomb, sweet to the taste, wholesome to the body.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	25	There is a way that some think straight, but it leads in the end to death.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	26	A worker's appetite works on his behalf, for his hunger urges him on.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	27	A worthless person concocts evil, such a one's talk is like a scorching fire.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	28	A troublemaker sows strife, a slanderer divides friend from friend.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	29	The violent lures his neighbour astray and leads him by a way that is not good.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	30	Whoever narrows the eyes to think up tricks and purses the lips has already done wrong.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	31	White hairs are a crown of honour, they are found in the ways of uprightness.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	32	Better an equable person than a hero, someone with self-mastery than one who takes a city.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	16	33	In the fold of the garment the lot is thrown, but from Yahweh comes the decision.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	1	Better a mouthful of dry bread with peace than a house filled with quarrelsome sacrifices.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	2	A shrewd servant comes off better than an unworthy child, he will share the inheritance with the brothers.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	3	A furnace for silver, a foundry for gold, but Yahweh for the testing of hearts!
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	4	An evil-doer pays heed to malicious talk, a liar listens to a slanderous tongue.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	5	To mock the poor is to insult the Creator, no one who laughs at distress will go unpunished.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	6	The crown of the aged is their children's children; the children's glory is their father.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	7	Fine words do not become the foolish, false words become a prince still less.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	8	A gift works like a talisman for one who holds it: it brings prosperity at every turn.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	9	Whoever covers an offence promotes love, whoever again raises the matter divides friends.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	10	A reproof makes more impression on a person of understanding than a hundred strokes on a fool.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	11	The wicked person thinks of nothing but rebellion, but a cruel messenger will be sent to such a one.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	12	Rather come on a bear robbed of her cubs than on a fool in his folly.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	13	Disaster will never be far from the house of one who returns evil for good.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	14	As well unleash a flood as start a dispute; desist before the quarrel breaks out.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	15	To absolve the guilty and condemn the upright, both alike are abhorrent to Yahweh.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	16	What good is money in the hand of a fool? To buy wisdom with it? The desire is not there.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	17	A friend is a friend at all times, it is for adversity that a brother is born.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	18	Whoever offers guarantees lacks sense and goes surety for a neighbour.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	19	The double-dealer loves sin, the proud courts ruin.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	20	The tortuous of heart finds no happiness, the perverse of speech falls into misery.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	21	He who fathers a stupid child does so to his sorrow, the father of a fool knows no joy.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	22	A glad heart is excellent medicine, a depressed spirit wastes the bones away.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	23	Under cover of his cloak a bad man takes a gift to pervert the course of justice.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	24	The intelligent has wisdom there before him, but the eyes of a fool range to the ends of the earth.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	25	A foolish child is a father's sorrow, and the grief of her who gave the child birth.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	26	To fine the upright is indeed a crime, to strike the noble is an injustice.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	27	Whoever can control the tongue knows what knowledge is, someone of understanding keeps a cool temper.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	17	28	If the fool holds his tongue, he may pass for wise; if he seals his lips, he may pass for intelligent.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	18	1	Whoever lives alone follows private whims, and is angered by advice of any kind.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	18	2	A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in airing an opinion.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	18	3	When wickedness comes, indignity comes too, and, with contempt, dishonour.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	18	4	Deep waters, such are human words: a gushing stream, the utterance of wisdom.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	18	5	It is not good to show partiality for the wicked and so to deprive the upright when giving judgement.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	18	6	The lips of a fool go to the law-courts with a mouth that pleads for a beating.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	18	7	The mouth of the fool works its owner's ruin, the lips of a fool are a snare for their owner's life.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	18	8	The words of a slanderer are tasty morsels that go right down into the belly.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	18	9	Whoever is idle at work is blood-brother to the destroyer.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	18	10	The name of Yahweh is a strong tower; the upright runs to it and is secure.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	18	11	The wealth of the rich forms a stronghold, a high wall, as the rich supposes.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	18	12	The human heart is haughty until destruction comes, before there can be glory there must be humility.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	18	13	To retort without first listening is both foolish and embarrassing.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	18	14	Sickness the human spirit can endure, but when the spirit is broken, who can bear this?
-Proverbs	Prv	24	18	15	The heart of the intelligent acquires learning, the ears of the wise search for knowledge.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	18	16	A present will open all doors and win access to the great.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	18	17	The first to plead is adjudged to be upright, until the next comes and cross-examines him.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	18	18	The lot puts an end to disputes and decides between men of power.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	18	19	A brother offended is worse than a fortified city, and quarrels are like the locks of a keep.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	18	20	From the fruit of the mouth is a stomach filled, it is the yield of the lips that gives contentment.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	18	21	Death and life are in the gift of the tongue, those who indulge it must eat the fruit it yields.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	18	22	He who finds a wife finds happiness, receiving a mark of favour from Yahweh.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	18	23	The language of the poor is entreaty, the answer of the rich harshness.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	18	24	There are friends who point the way to ruin, others are closer than a brother.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	1	Better the poor living an honest life than the adept at double-talk who is a fool.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	2	Where knowledge is wanting, zeal is not good; whoever goes too quickly stumbles.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	3	Folly leads conduct astray, yet it is against Yahweh that the heart rages.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	4	Wealth multiplies friends, but the one friend the poor has is taken away.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	5	The false witness will not go unpunished, no one who utters lies will go free.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	6	The nobleman has many to court his favour, to a giver of gifts, everyone is friend.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	7	The poor man's brothers hate him, every one; his friends -- how much the more do these desert him! He goes in search of words, but there are none to be had.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	8	Whoever acquires sense wins profit from it, whoever treasures understanding finds happiness.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	9	The false witness will not go unpunished, whoever utters lies will be destroyed.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	10	It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, still less for a slave to govern princes.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	11	Good sense makes for self-control, and for pride in overlooking an offence.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	12	Like the roaring of a lion, the anger of a king, but like dew on the grass his favour.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	13	A foolish child is a disaster for the father, the bickerings of a wife are like an ever-dripping gutter.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	14	From fathers comes inheritance of house and wealth, from Yahweh a wife who is discreet.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	15	Idleness lulls to sleep, the feckless soul will go hungry.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	16	Keeping the commandment is self-preservation, but whoever despises these ways will die.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	17	Whoever is kind to the poor is lending to Yahweh who will repay him the kindness done.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	18	While there is hope for him, chastise your child, but do not get so angry as to kill him.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	19	The violent lays himself open to a penalty; spare him, and you aggravate his crime.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	20	Listen to advice, accept correction, to be the wiser in the time to come.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	21	Many are the plans in the human heart, but the purpose of Yahweh -- that stands firm.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	22	Faithful love is what people look for in a person; they prefer the poor to a liar.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	23	The fear of Yahweh leads to life, it brings food and shelter, without fear of evil.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	24	Into the dish the idler dips his hand, but bring it back to his mouth he cannot.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	25	Strike a cynic, and simpletons will be more wary; reprove the intelligent and he will understand your meaning.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	26	He who ill-treats his father and drives out his mother is a child both worthless and depraved.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	27	Give up listening to instruction, my child, if you mean to stray from words of knowledge.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	28	A perjured witness holds the law in scorn; the mouth of the wicked feasts on evil-doing.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	19	29	Punishments were made for mockers, and beating for the backs of fools.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	1	Wine is reckless, liquor rowdy; unwise is anyone whom it seduces.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	2	Like the roaring of a lion is the fury of a king; whoever provokes him sins against himself.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	3	It is praiseworthy to stop short of a law-suit; only a fool flies into a rage.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	4	In autumn the idler does not plough, at harvest time he looks -- nothing there!
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	5	The resources of the human heart are like deep waters: an understanding person has only to draw on them.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	6	Many describe themselves as people of faithful love, but who can find someone really to be trusted?
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	7	The upright whose ways are blameless -- blessed the children who come after!
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	8	A king enthroned on the judgement seat with one look scatters all that is evil.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	9	Who can say, 'I have cleansed my heart, I am purified of my sin'?
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	10	One weight here, another there; here one measure, there another: both alike are abhorrent to Yahweh.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	11	A young man's character appears in what he does, if his behaviour is pure and straight.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	12	Ear that hears, eye that sees, Yahweh has made both of these.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	13	Do not love sleep or you will know poverty; keep your eyes open and have your fill of food.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	14	'No good, no good!' says the buyer, but he goes off congratulating himself.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	15	There are gold and jewels of every type, but a priceless ornament is speech informed by knowledge.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	16	Take the man's clothes! He has gone surety for a stranger. Take a pledge from him to the profit of persons unknown!
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	17	Bread is sweet when it is got by fraud, but later the mouth is full of grit.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	18	Plans are matured by consultation; take wise advice when waging war.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	19	The bearer of gossip lets out secrets; do not mingle with chatterers.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	20	Whoever curses father or mother will have his lamp put out in the deepest darkness.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	21	Property quickly come by at first will not be blessed in the end.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	22	Do not say, 'I shall repay evil'; put your hope in Yahweh and he will keep you safe.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	23	One weight here, another there: this is abhorrent to Yahweh, false scales are not good.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	24	Yahweh guides the steps of the powerful: but who can comprehend human ways?
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	25	Anyone is trapped who cries 'Dedicated!' and begins to reflect only after the vow.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	26	A wise king winnows the wicked and makes the wheel pass over them.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	27	The human spirit is the lamp of Yahweh -- searching the deepest self.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	28	Faithful love and loyalty mount guard over the king, his throne is founded on saving justice.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	29	The pride of the young is their strength, the ornament of the old, grey hairs.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	20	30	Wounding strokes are good medicine for evil, blows have an effect on the inmost self.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	1	Like flowing water is a king's heart in Yahweh's hand; he directs it wherever he pleases.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	2	All actions are straight in the doer's own eyes, but it is Yahweh who weighs hearts.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	3	To do what is upright and just is more pleasing to Yahweh than sacrifice.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	4	Haughty eye, proud heart, lamp of the wicked, nothing but sin.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	5	The hardworking is thoughtful, and all is gain; too much haste, and all that comes of it is want.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	6	To make a fortune with the help of a lying tongue: such is the idle fantasy of those who look for death.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	7	The violence of the wicked proves their ruin, for they refuse to do what is right.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	8	The way of the felon is devious, the conduct of the innocent straight.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	9	Better the corner of a roof to live on than a house shared with a quarrelsome woman.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	10	The soul of the wicked is intent on evil, to such a person no neighbour can ever do right.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	11	When a cynic is punished, simpletons grow wiser, but someone of understanding acquires knowledge by instruction.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	12	The Upright One watches the house of the wicked; he hurls the wicked to destruction.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	13	Whoever refuses to listen to the cry of the weak, will in turn plead and not be heard.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	14	Anger is mollified by a covert gift, raging fury by a present under cover of the cloak.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	15	Doing what is right fills the upright with joy, but evil-doers with terror.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	16	Whoever strays far from the way of prudence will rest in the assembly of shadows.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	17	Pleasure-lovers stay poor, no one will grow rich who loves wine and good living.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	18	The wicked is a ransom for the upright; and the law-breaker for the honest.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	19	Better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and irritable woman.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	20	The wise has valuables and oil at home, but a fool soon runs through both.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	21	Whoever pursues uprightness and faithful love will find life, uprightness and honour.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	22	A sage can scale a garrisoned city and shatter the rampart on which it relied.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	23	Watch kept over mouth and tongue keeps the watcher safe from disaster.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	24	Insolent, haughty -- the name is 'Cynic'; overweening pride marks such behaviour.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	25	The idler's desires are the death of him, since his hands will do no work.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	26	All day long the godless is racked by desire, the upright gives without ever refusing.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	27	The sacrifice of the wicked is abhorrent, above all if it is offered for bad motives.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	28	The false witness will perish, but no one who knows how to listen will ever be silenced.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	29	The wicked man's strength shows on his face, but the honest it is whose steps are firm.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	30	No wisdom, no understanding, no advice is worth anything before Yahweh.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	21	31	Fit out the cavalry for the day of battle, but the victory is Yahweh's.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	1	Fame is preferable to great wealth, favour, to silver and gold.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	2	Rich and poor rub shoulders, Yahweh has made them both.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	3	The discreet sees danger and takes shelter, simpletons go ahead and pay the penalty.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	4	The reward of humility is the fear of Yahweh, and riches, honour and life.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	5	Thorns and snares line the path of the wilful, whoever values life will stay at a distance.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	6	Give a lad a training suitable to his character and, even when old, he will not go back on it.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	7	The rich lords it over the poor, the borrower is the lender's slave.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	8	Whoever sows injustice reaps disaster, and the rod of such anger will disappear.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	9	A kindly eye will earn a blessing, such a person shares out food with the poor.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	10	Expel the mocker and strife goes too, law-suits and dislike die down.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	11	Whoever loves the pure of heart and is gracious of speech has the king for a friend.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	12	Yahweh's eyes protect knowledge, but he confounds deceitful speeches.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	13	'There is a lion outside,' says the idler, 'I shall be killed in the street!'
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	14	The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit, into it falls the man whom Yahweh rebukes.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	15	Folly is anchored in the heart of a youth, the whip of instruction will rid him of it.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	16	Harsh treatment enriches the poor, but a gift impoverishes the rich.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	17	Give ear, listen to the sayings of the sages, and apply your heart to what I know,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	18	for it will be a delight to keep them deep within you to have them all ready on your lips.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	19	So that your trust may be in Yahweh, it is you whom I wish to instruct today.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	20	Have I not written for you thirty chapters of advice and knowledge,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	21	to make you know the certainty of true sayings, so that you can return with sound answers to those who sent you?
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	22	Do not despoil the weak, for he is weak, and do not oppress the poor at the gate,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	23	for Yahweh takes up their cause, and extorts the life of their extortioners.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	24	Do not make friends with one who gives way to anger, make no one quick-tempered a companion of yours,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	25	for fear you learn such behaviour and in it find a snare for yourself.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	26	Do not be one of those who go guarantor, who go surety for debts:
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	27	if you have no means of paying your bed will be taken from under you.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	28	Do not displace the ancient boundary-stone set by your ancestors.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	22	29	You see someone alert at his business? His aim will be to serve kings; not for him the service of the obscure.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	1	If you take your seat at a great man's table, take careful note of what you have before you;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	2	if you have a big appetite put a knife to your throat.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	3	Do not hanker for his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	4	Do not wear yourself out in quest of wealth, stop applying your mind to this.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	5	Fix your gaze on it, and it is there no longer, for it is able to sprout wings like an eagle that flies off to the sky.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	6	Do not eat the food of anyone whose eye is jealous, do not hanker for his delicacies.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	7	For what he is really thinking about is himself: 'Eat and drink,' he tells you, but his heart is not with you.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	8	You will spit out whatever you have eaten and find your compliments wasted.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	9	Do not waste words on a fool, who will not appreciate the shrewdness of your remarks.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	10	Do not displace the ancient boundary-stone, or encroach on orphans' lands,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	11	for they have a powerful avenger, and he will take up their cause against you.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	12	Apply your heart to discipline, and your ears to instructive sayings.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	13	Do not be chary of correcting a child, a stroke of the cane is not likely to be fatal.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	14	Give him a stroke of the cane, you will save his soul from Sheol.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	15	My child, if your heart is wise, then my own heart is glad,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	16	and my inmost self rejoices when from your lips come honest words.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	17	Do not let your heart be envious of sinners but remain steady every day in the fear of Yahweh;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	18	for there is a future, and your hope will not come to nothing.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	19	Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	20	Do not be one of those forever tippling wine nor one of those who gorge themselves with meat;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	21	for the drunkard and glutton impoverish themselves, and sleepiness is clothed in rags.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	22	Listen to your father from whom you are sprung, do not despise your mother in her old age.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	23	Purchase truth -- never sell it-wisdom, discipline, and discernment.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	24	The father of the upright will rejoice indeed, he who fathers a wise child will have joy of it.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	25	Your father and mother will be happy, and she who bore you joyful.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	26	My child, pay attention to me, let your eyes take pleasure in my way:
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	27	a prostitute is a deep pit, a narrow well, the woman who belongs to another.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	28	Yes, like a brigand, she lies in wait, increasing the number of law-breakers.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	29	For whom is pity, for whom contempt, for whom is strife, for whom complaint, for whom blows struck at random, for whom the clouded eye?
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	30	For those who linger over wine too long, ever on the look-out for the blended liquors.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	31	Do not gaze at wine, how red it is, how it sparkles in the cup! How smoothly it slips down the throat!
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	32	In the end its bite is like a serpent's, its sting as sharp as an adder's.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	33	Your eyes will see peculiar things, you will talk nonsense from your heart.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	34	You will be like someone sleeping in mid-ocean, like one asleep at the mast-head.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	23	35	'Struck me, have they? But I'm not hurt. Beaten me? I don't feel anything. When shall I wake up? . . I'll ask for more of it!'
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	1	Do not be envious of the wicked or wish for their company,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	2	for their hearts are scheming violence, their lips talking mischief.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	3	By wisdom a house is built, by understanding it is made strong;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	4	by knowledge its storerooms are filled with riches of every kind, rare and desirable.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	5	The wise is mighty in power, strength is reinforced by science;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	6	for it is by strategy that you wage war, and victory depends on having many counsellors.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	7	For a fool wisdom is an inaccessible fortress: at the city gate he does not open his mouth.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	8	Anyone intent on evil-doing is known as a master in cunning.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	9	Folly dreams of nothing but sin, the mocker is abhorrent.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	10	If you lose heart when things go wrong, your strength is not worth much.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	11	Save those being dragged towards death, but can you rescue those on their way to execution?
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	12	If you say, 'But look, we did not know,' will the Weigher of the heart pay no attention? Will not the Guardian of your soul be aware and repay you as your deeds deserve?
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	13	Eat honey, my child, since it is good; honey that drips from the comb is sweet to the taste:
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	14	and so, for sure, will wisdom be to your soul: find it and you will have a future and your hope will not be cut short.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	15	Do not lurk, wicked man, round the upright man's dwelling, do not despoil his house.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	16	For though the upright falls seven times, he gets up again; the wicked are the ones who stumble in adversity.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	17	Should your enemy fall, do not rejoice, when he stumbles do not let your heart exult:
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	18	for fear that Yahweh will be displeased at the sight and turn his anger away from him.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	19	Do not be indignant about the wicked, do not be envious of the evil,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	20	for there is no future for the evil, the lamp of the wicked will go out.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	21	Fear Yahweh, my child, and fear the king; do not ally yourself with innovators;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	22	for suddenly disaster will loom for them, and who knows what ruin will seize them and their friends?
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	23	The following are also taken from the sages: To show partiality in judgement is not good.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	24	Whoever tells the wicked, 'You are upright,' peoples curse him, nations revile him;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	25	but those who correct him, come out of it well, on them will come a happy blessing.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	26	Whoever returns an honest answer, plants a kiss on the lips.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	27	Plan what you want on the open ground, make your preparation in the field; then go and build your house.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	28	Do not bear witness lightly against your neighbour, nor deceive with your lips.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	29	Do not say, 'I will treat my neighbour as my neighbour treated me; I will repay everyone what each has earned.'
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	30	By the idler's field I was passing, by the vineyard of a man who had no sense,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	31	there it all lay, deep in thorns, entirely overgrown with weeds, and its stone wall broken down.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	32	And as I gazed I pondered, I drew this lesson from the sight,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	33	'A little sleep, a little drowsiness, a little folding of the arms to lie back
-Proverbs	Prv	24	24	34	and poverty comes like a vagrant, and, like a beggar, dearth.'
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	1	Here are some more of Solomon's proverbs, transcribed at the court of Hezekiah king of Judah:
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	2	To conceal a matter, this is the glory of God, to sift it thoroughly, the glory of kings.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	3	The heavens for height and the earth for depth, unfathomable, as are the hearts of kings.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	4	From silver remove the dross and it emerges wholly purified;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	5	from the king's presence remove the wicked and on uprightness his throne is founded.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	6	In the presence of the king do not give yourself airs, do not take a place among the great;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	7	better to be invited, 'Come up here', than be humiliated in the presence of the prince.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	8	What your eyes have witnessed do not produce too quickly at the trial, for what are you to do at the end should your neighbour confute you?
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	9	Have the quarrel out with your neighbour. but do not disclose another's secret,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	10	for fear your listener put you to shame, and the loss of repute be irremediable.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	11	Like apples of gold inlaid with silver is a word that is aptly spoken.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	12	A golden ring, an ornament of finest gold, is a wise rebuke to an attentive ear.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	13	The coolness of snow in harvest time, such is a trustworthy messenger to those who send him: he revives the soul of his master.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	14	Clouds and wind, but no rain: such is anyone whose promises are princely but never kept.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	15	With patience a judge may be cajoled: a soft tongue breaks bones.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	16	Eat to your satisfaction what honey you may find, but not to excess or you will bring it up again.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	17	Do not set foot too often in your neighbour's house, for fear the neighbour tire of you and come to hate you.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	18	A mace, a sword, a piercing arrow, such is anyone who bears false witness against a companion.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	19	Decaying tooth, lame foot, such is the fickle when trusted in time of trouble:
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	20	as well take off your coat in bitter weather. You are pouring vinegar on a wound when you sing songs to a sorrowing heart.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	21	If your enemy is hungry, give him something to eat; if thirsty, something to drink.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	22	By this you will be heaping red-hot coals on his head, and Yahweh will reward you.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	23	The north wind begets the rain, and a backbiting tongue, black looks.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	24	Better the corner of a roof to live on than a house shared with a quarrelsome woman.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	25	Cold water to a thirsty throat; such is good news from a distant land.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	26	A churned -- up spring, a fountain fouled; such is the upright person trembling before the wicked.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	27	It is not good to eat too much honey, nor to seek for glory on top of glory.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	25	28	An open town, and without defences: such is anyone who lacks self-control.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	1	Snow no more befits the summer, nor rain the harvest-time, than honours befit a fool.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	2	As the sparrow escapes, and the swallow flies away, so the undeserved curse will never hit its mark.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	3	A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and for the backs of fools, a stick.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	4	Do not answer a fool in the terms of his folly for fear you grow like him yourself.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	5	Answer a fool in the terms of his folly for fear he imagine himself wise.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	6	He wounds himself, he takes violence for his drink, who sends a message by a fool.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	7	Unreliable as the legs of the lame, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	8	As well tie the stone to the sling as pay honour to a fool.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	9	A thorn branch in a drunkard's hand, such is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	10	An archer wounding everyone, such is he who hires the passing fool and drunkard.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	11	As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool reverts to his folly.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	12	You see someone who thinks himself wise? More to be hoped for from a fool than from him!
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	13	'A wild beast on the road!' says the idler, 'a lion in the streets!'
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	14	The door turns on its hinges, the idler on his bed.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	15	Into the dish the idler dips his hand, but is too tired to bring it back to his mouth.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	16	The idler thinks himself wiser than seven people who answer with discretion.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	17	He takes a stray dog by the ears, who meddles in someone else's quarrel.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	18	Like a madman hurling firebrands, arrows and death,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	19	so is anyone who lies to a companion and then says, 'Aren't I amusing?'
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	20	No wood, and the fire goes out; no slanderer, and quarrelling dies down.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	21	Charcoal for live embers, wood for fire, and the quarrelsome for kindling strife.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	22	The words of a slanderer are tasty morsels that go right down into the belly.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	23	Base silver-plate on top of clay: such are fervent lips and a wicked heart.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	24	Whoever hates may hide it in speech, but deep within lies treachery;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	25	do not trust such a person's pretty speeches, since in the heart lurk seven abominations.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	26	Hatred may disguise itself with guile, to reveal its wickedness later in the assembly.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	27	Whoever digs a pit falls into it, the stone comes back on him that rolls it.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	26	28	The lying tongue hates its victims, the wheedling mouth causes ruin.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	1	Do not congratulate yourself about tomorrow, since you do not know what today will bring forth.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	2	Let someone else sing your praises, but not your own mouth, a stranger, but not your own lips.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	3	Heavy is the stone, weighty is the sand; heavier than both -- a grudge borne by a fool.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	4	Cruel is wrath, overwhelming is anger; but jealousy, who can withstand that?
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	5	Better open reproof than feigned love.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	6	Trustworthy are blows from a friend, deceitful are kisses from a foe.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	7	The gorged throat revolts at honey, the hungry throat finds all bitterness sweet.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	8	Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is anyone who strays away from home.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	9	Oil and perfume gladden the heart, and the sweetness of friendship rather than self-reliance.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	10	Do not give up your friend or your father's friend; when trouble comes, do not go off to your brother's house, better a near neighbour than a distant brother.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	11	Learn to be wise, my child, and gladden my heart, that I may have an answer for anyone who insults me.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	12	The discreet sees danger and takes shelter, simpletons go ahead and pay the penalty.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	13	Take the man's clothes! He has gone surety for a stranger. Take a pledge from him, for persons unknown.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	14	Whoever at dawn loudly blesses his neighbour -- it will be reckoned to him as a curse.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	15	The dripping of a gutter on a rainy day and a quarrelsome woman are alike;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	16	whoever can restrain her, can restrain the wind, and take a firm hold on grease.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	17	Iron is sharpened by iron, one person is sharpened by contact with another.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	18	Whoever tends the fig tree eats its figs, whoever looks after his master will be honoured.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	19	As water reflects face back to face, so one human heart reflects another.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	20	Sheol and Perdition are never satisfied, insatiable, too, are human eyes.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	21	A furnace for silver, a foundry for gold: a person is worth what his reputation is worth.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	22	Pound a fool in a mortar, among grain with a pestle, his folly will not leave him.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	23	Know your flocks' condition well, take good care of your herds;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	24	for riches do not last for ever, crowns do not hand themselves on from age to age.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	25	The grass once gone, the aftergrowth appearing, the hay gathered in from the mountains,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	26	you should have lambs to clothe you, goats to buy you a field,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	27	27	goat's milk sufficient to feed you, to feed your household and provide for your serving girls.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	1	The wicked flees when no one is pursuing, the upright is bold as a lion.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	2	A country in revolt throws up many leaders: with one person wise and experienced, you have stability.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	3	The wicked oppresses the weak: here is a devastating rain -- and farewell, bread!
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	4	Those who forsake the law sing the praises of the wicked, those who observe the law are angered by them.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	5	The wicked do not know what justice means, those who seek Yahweh understand everything.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	6	Better someone poor living an honest life than someone of devious ways however rich.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	7	An intelligent child is one who keeps the Law; an associate of profligates brings shame on his father.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	8	Whoever increases wealth by usury and interest amasses it for someone else who will bestow it on the poor.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	9	Whoever refuses to listen to the Law, such a one's very prayer is an abomination.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	10	Whoever seduces the honest to evil ways will fall into his own pit. The blameless are the heirs to happiness.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	11	The rich may think himself wise, but the intelligent poor will unmask him.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	12	When the upright triumph, there is great exultation: when the wicked are in the ascendant, people take cover.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	13	No one who conceals his sins will prosper, whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	14	Blessed the person who is never without fear, whoever hardens his heart will fall into distress.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	15	Like a roaring lion or a springing bear is a wicked ruler of a powerless people.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	16	An unenlightened ruler is rich in rapacity, one who hates greed will lengthen his days.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	17	A man guilty of murder will flee till he reaches his tomb: let no one halt him!
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	18	Whoever lives an honest life will be safe, whoever wavers between two ways falls down in one of them.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	19	Whoever works his land shall have bread and to spare, but no one who chases fantasies has any sense.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	20	A trustworthy person will be overwhelmed with blessings, but no one who tries to get rich quickly will go unpunished.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	21	It is not good to show partiality, but people will do wrong for a mouthful of bread.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	22	The person of greedy eye chases after wealth, not knowing that want will be the result.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	23	Anyone who reproves another will enjoy more favour in the end than the flatterer.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	24	Whoever robs father and mother saying, 'Nothing wrong in that!' is comrade for a brigand.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	25	The covetous provokes disputes, whoever trusts in Yahweh will prosper.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	26	Whoever trusts his own wit is a fool, anyone whose ways are wise will be safe.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	27	No one who gives to the poor will ever go short, but whoever closes his eyes will have curses in plenty.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	28	28	When the wicked are in the ascendant, people take cover, but when they perish, the upright multiply.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	1	Whoever is stiff-necked under reproof will be suddenly and irremediably broken.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	2	When the upright are on the increase, the people rejoice; when the wicked are in power, the people groan.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	3	The lover of Wisdom makes his father glad, but the patron of prostitutes fritters his wealth away.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	4	A king gives a country stability by justice, an extortioner brings it to ruin.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	5	Whoever flatters his companion spreads a net for his feet.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	6	In the sin of the wicked lies a snare, but the upright exults and rejoices.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	7	The upright understands the cause of the weak, the wicked has not the wit to understand it.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	8	Scoffers set a city in ferment, but the wise moderate anger.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	9	Let someone wise argue with a fool, anger and good humour alike will be wasted.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	10	The bloodthirsty hate the honest, but the upright seek them out.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	11	The fool blurts out every angry feeling, but the wise subdues and restrains them.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	12	When a ruler listens to false reports, all his ministers will be scoundrels.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	13	Poor and oppressor are found together, Yahweh gives light to the eyes of both.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	14	The king who judges the weak with equity sees his throne set firm for ever.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	15	The stick and the reprimand bestow wisdom, a young man left to himself brings shame on his mother.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	16	When the wicked are on the increase, sin multiplies, but the upright will witness their downfall.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	17	Correct your child, and he will give you peace of mind; he will delight your soul.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	18	Where there is no vision the people get out of hand; happy are they who keep the law.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	19	Not by words is a slave corrected: even if he understands, he will take no notice.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	20	You see someone too ready of speech? There is more to be hoped for from a fool!
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	21	If a slave is pampered from childhood, he will prove ungrateful in the end.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	22	The hot-head provokes disputes, someone in a rage commits all sorts of sins.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	23	Pride brings humiliation, whoever humbles himself will win honour.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	24	To hear the curse and disclose nothing is to share with the thief and to hate oneself.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	25	To be afraid of human beings is a snare, whoever trusts in Yahweh is secure.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	26	Many people seek a ruler's favour, but the rights of each come from Yahweh.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	29	27	Abhorrent to the upright is the sinful, abhorrent to the wicked is one whose way is straight.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	1	The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh, of Massa. Prophecy of this man for Ithiel, for Ithiel and for Ucal.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	2	I am myself the stupidest of people, bereft of human intelligence,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	3	I have not learnt wisdom, and I lack the knowledge of the holy ones.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	4	Who has mounted to the heavens, then come down again? Who has gathered the wind in the clasp of his hand? Who has wrapped the waters in his cloak? Who has set all the ends of the earth firm? What is his name? What is his child's name? Do you know?
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	5	Every word of God is unalloyed, a shield to those who take refuge in him.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	6	To his words make no addition, lest he reprove you and account you a liar.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	7	Two things I beg of you, do not grudge me them before I die:
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	8	keep falsehood and lies far from me, give me neither poverty nor riches, grant me only my share of food,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	9	for fear that, surrounded by plenty, I should fall away and say, 'Yahweh-who is Yahweh?' or else, in destitution, take to stealing and profane the name of my God.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	10	Do not blacken a slave's name to his master, lest he curse you, and you suffer for it.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	11	There is a breed of person that curses his father and does not bless his mother;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	12	a breed that, laying claim to purity, has not yet been cleansed of its filth;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	13	a breed haughty of eye, with disdain in every glance;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	14	a breed with swords for teeth, with knives for jaws, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from the land.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	15	The leech has two daughters: 'Give! Give!' There are three insatiable things, four, indeed, that never say, 'Enough!'
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	16	Sheol, the barren womb, earth which can never have its fill of water, fire which never says, 'Enough!'
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	17	The eye which looks jeeringly on a father, and scorns the obedience due to a mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, and eaten by the vultures.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	18	There are three things beyond my comprehension, four, indeed, that I do not understand:
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	19	the way of an eagle through the skies, the way of a snake over the rock, the way of a ship in mid-ocean, the way of a man with a girl.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	20	This is how an adulteress behaves: she eats, then wipes her mouth and says, 'I have done nothing wrong!'
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	21	There are three things at which the earth trembles, four, indeed, which it cannot endure:
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	22	a slave become king, a brute gorged with food,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	23	a hateful woman wed at last, a servant girl inheriting from her mistress.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	24	There are four creatures little on the earth, though they are wisest of the wise:
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	25	ants, a race with no strength, yet in the summer they make sure of their food;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	26	the coneys, a race without defences, yet they make their home in the rocks;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	27	locusts, which have no king, yet they all march in good order;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	28	lizards, which you can catch in your hand, yet they frequent the palaces of kings.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	29	There are three things of stately tread, four, indeed, of stately walk:
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	30	the lion, bravest of beasts, he will draw back from nothing;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	31	a vigorous cock, a he-goat, and the king when he harangues his people.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	32	If you have been foolish enough to fly into a passion and now have second thoughts, lay your hand on your lips.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	30	33	For by churning the milk you produce butter, by wringing the nose you produce blood, and by whipping up anger you produce strife.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	1	The sayings of Lemuel king of Massa, taught him by his mother:
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	2	What, my son! What, son of my womb! What, son of my vows!
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	3	Do not expend your energy on women nor your wealth on those who ruin kings.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	4	Not for kings, O Lemuel, not for kings the drinking of wine, not for princes the love of liquor,
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	5	for fear that in liquor they forget what they have decreed and pervert the course of justice against all the poor.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	6	Procure strong drink for someone about to die, wine for him whose heart is heavy:
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	7	let him drink and forget his misfortune, and remember his misery no more.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	8	Make your views heard, on behalf of the dumb, on behalf of all the unwanted;
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	9	make your views heard, pronounce an upright verdict, defend the cause of the poor and the wretched.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	10	The truly capable woman -- who can find her? She is far beyond the price of pearls.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	11	Her husband's heart has confidence in her, from her he will derive no little profit.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	12	Advantage and not hurt she brings him all the days of her life.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	13	She selects wool and flax, she does her work with eager hands.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	14	She is like those merchant vessels, bringing her food from far away.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	15	She gets up while it is still dark giving her household their food, giving orders to her serving girls.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	16	She sets her mind on a field, then she buys it; with what her hands have earned she plants a vineyard.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	17	She puts her back into her work and shows how strong her arms can be.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	18	She knows that her affairs are going well; her lamp does not go out at night.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	19	She sets her hands to the distaff, her fingers grasp the spindle.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	20	She holds out her hands to the poor, she opens her arms to the needy.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	21	Snow may come, she has no fears for her household, with all her servants warmly clothed.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	22	She makes her own quilts, she is dressed in fine linen and purple.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	23	Her husband is respected at the city gates, taking his seat among the elders of the land.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	24	She weaves materials and sells them, she supplies the merchant with sashes.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	25	She is clothed in strength and dignity, she can laugh at the day to come.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	26	When she opens her mouth, she does so wisely; on her tongue is kindly instruction.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	27	She keeps good watch on the conduct of her household, no bread of idleness for her.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	28	Her children stand up and proclaim her blessed, her husband, too, sings her praises:
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	29	'Many women have done admirable things, but you surpass them all!'
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	30	Charm is deceitful, and beauty empty; the woman who fears Yahweh is the one to praise.
-Proverbs	Prv	24	31	31	Give her a share in what her hands have worked for, and let her works tell her praises at the city gates.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	1	1	Composition of Qoheleth son of David, king in Jerusalem.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	1	2	Sheer futility, Qoheleth says. Sheer futility: everything is futile!
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	1	3	What profit can we show for all our toil, toiling under the sun?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	1	4	A generation goes, a generation comes, yet the earth stands firm for ever.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	1	5	The sun rises, the sun sets; then to its place it speeds and there it rises.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	1	6	Southward goes the wind, then turns to the north; it turns and turns again; then back to its circling goes the wind.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	1	7	Into the sea go all the rivers, and yet the sea is never filled, and still to their goal the rivers go.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	1	8	All things are wearisome. No one can say that eyes have not had enough of seeing, ears their fill of hearing.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	1	9	What was, will be again, what has been done, will be done again, and there is nothing new under the sun!
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	1	10	Take anything which people acclaim as being new: it existed in the centuries preceding us.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	1	11	No memory remains of the past, and so it will be for the centuries to come -- they will not be remembered by their successors.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	1	12	I, Qoheleth, have reigned over Israel in Jerusalem.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	1	13	Wisely I have applied myself to investigation and exploration of everything that happens under heaven. What a wearisome task God has given humanity to keep us busy!
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	1	14	I have seen everything that is done under the sun: how futile it all is, mere chasing after the wind!
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	1	15	What is twisted cannot be straightened, what is not there cannot be counted.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	1	16	I thought to myself: I have acquired a greater stock of wisdom than anyone before me in Jerusalem. I myself have mastered every kind of wisdom and science.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	1	17	I have applied myself to understanding philosophy and science, stupidity and folly, and I now realise that all this too is chasing after the wind.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	1	18	Much wisdom, much grief; the more knowledge, the more sorrow.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	1	I thought to myself, 'Very well, I will try pleasure and see what enjoyment has to offer.' And this was futile too.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	2	This laughter, I reflected, is a madness, this pleasure no use at all.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	3	I decided to hand my body over to drinking wine, my mind still guiding me in wisdom; I resolved to embrace folly, to discover the best way for people to spend their days under the sun.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	4	I worked on a grand scale: built myself palaces, planted vineyards;
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	5	made myself gardens and orchards, planting every kind of fruit tree in them;
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	6	had pools made for watering the young trees of my plantations.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	7	I bought slaves, male and female, had home-born slaves as well; herds and flocks I had too, more than anyone in Jerusalem before me.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	8	I amassed silver and gold, the treasures of kings and provinces; acquired singers, men and women, and every human luxury, chest upon chest of it.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	9	So I grew great, greater than anyone in Jerusalem before me; nor did my wisdom leave me.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	10	I denied my eyes nothing that they desired, refused my heart no pleasure, for I found all my hard work a pleasure, such was the return for all my efforts.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	11	I then reflected on all that my hands had achieved and all the effort I had put into its achieving. What futility it all was, what chasing after the wind! There is nothing to be gained under the sun.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	12	My reflections then turned to wisdom, stupidity and folly. For instance, what can the successor of a king do? What has been done already.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	13	More is to be gained from wisdom than from folly, just as one gains more from light than from darkness; this, of course, I see:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	14	The wise have their eyes open, the fool walks in the dark. No doubt! But I know, too, that one fate awaits them both.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	15	'Since the fool's fate', I thought to myself, 'will be my fate too, what is the point of my having been wise?' I realised that this too is futile.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	16	For there is no lasting memory for the wise or the fool, and in the days to come both will be forgotten; the wise, no less than the fool, must die.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	17	Life I have come to hate, for what is done under the sun disgusts me, since all is futility and chasing after the wind.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	18	All I have toiled for under the sun and now bequeath to my successor I have come to hate;
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	19	who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all the work into which I have put my efforts and wisdom under the sun. That is futile too.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	20	I have come to despair of all the efforts I have expended under the sun.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	21	For here is one who has laboured wisely, skilfully and successfully and must leave what is his own to someone who has not toiled for it at all. This is futile too, and grossly unjust;
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	22	for what does he gain for all the toil and strain that he has undergone under the sun-
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	23	since his days are full of sorrow, his work is full of stress and even at night he has no peace of mind? This is futile too.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	24	There is no happiness except in eating and drinking, and in enjoying one's achievements; and I see that this too comes from God's hand;
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	25	for who would get anything to eat or drink, unless all this came from him?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	2	26	Wisdom, knowledge and joy, God gives to those who please him, but on the sinner he lays the task of gathering and storing up for someone else who is pleasing to him. This too is futility and chasing after the wind.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	3	1	There is a season for everything, a time for every occupation under heaven:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	3	2	A time for giving birth, a time for dying; a time for planting, a time for uprooting what has been planted.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	3	3	A time for killing, a time for healing; a time for knocking down, a time for building.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	3	4	A time for tears, a time for laughter; a time for mourning, a time for dancing.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	3	5	A time for throwing stones away, a time for gathering them; a time for embracing, a time to refrain from embracing.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	3	6	A time for searching, a time for losing; a time for keeping, a time for discarding.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	3	7	A time for tearing, a time for sewing; a time for keeping silent, a time for speaking.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	3	8	A time for loving, a time for hating; a time for war, a time for peace.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	3	9	What do people gain from the efforts they make?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	3	10	I contemplate the task that God gives humanity to labour at.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	3	11	All that he does is apt for its time; but although he has given us an awareness of the passage of time, we can grasp neither the beginning nor the end of what God does.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	3	12	I know there is no happiness for a human being except in pleasure and enjoyment through life.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	3	13	And when we eat and drink and find happiness in all our achievements, this is a gift from God.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	3	14	I know that whatever God does will be for ever. To this there is nothing to add, from this there is nothing to subtract, and the way God acts inspires dread.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	3	15	What is, has been already, what will be, is already; God seeks out anyone who is persecuted.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	3	16	Again I observe under the sun: crime is where justice should be, the criminal is where the upright should be.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	3	17	And I think to myself: the upright and the criminal will both be judged by God, since there is a time for every thing and every action here.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	3	18	I think to myself: where human beings are concerned, this is so that God can test them and show them that they are animals.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	3	19	For the fate of human and the fate of animal is the same: as the one dies, so the other dies; both have the selfsame breath. Human is in no way better off than animal -- since all is futile.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	3	20	Everything goes to the same place, everything comes from the dust, everything returns to the dust.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	3	21	Who knows if the human spirit mounts upward or if the animal spirit goes downward to the earth?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	3	22	I see there is no contentment for a human being except happiness in achievement; such is the lot of a human beings. No one can tell us what will happen after we are gone.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	4	1	Then again, I contemplate all the oppression that is committed under the sun. Take for instance the tears of the oppressed. No one to comfort them! The power their oppressors wield. No one to comfort them!
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	4	2	So, rather than the living who still have lives to live, I congratulate the dead who have already met death;
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	4	3	happier than both of these are those who are yet unborn and have not seen the evil things that are done under the sun.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	4	4	I see that all effort and all achievement spring from mutual jealousy. This too is futility and chasing after the wind.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	4	5	The fool folds his arms and eats his own flesh away.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	4	6	Better one hand full of repose than two hands full of achievements to chase after the wind.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	4	7	And something else futile I observe under the sun:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	4	8	a person is quite alone -- no child, no brother; and yet there is no end to his efforts, his eyes can never have their fill of riches. For whom, then, do I work so hard and grudge myself pleasure? This too is futile, a sorry business.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	4	9	Better two than one alone, since thus their work is really rewarding.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	4	10	If one should fall, the other helps him up; but what of the person with no one to help him up when he falls?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	4	11	Again: if two sleep together they keep warm, but how can anyone keep warm alone?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	4	12	Where one alone would be overcome, two will put up resistance; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	4	13	Better a youngster poor and wise than a monarch old and silly who will no longer take advice-
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	4	14	even though stepping from prison to the throne, even though born a beggar in that kingdom.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	4	15	I observe that all who live and move under the sun support the young newcomer who takes over.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	4	16	He takes his place at the head of innumerable subjects; but his successors will not think the more kindly of him for that. This too is futile and chasing after the wind.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	4	17	Watch your step when you go to the House of God: drawing near to listen is better than the offering of a sacrifice by fools, though they do not know that they are doing wrong.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	5	1	Be in no hurry to speak; do not hastily declare yourself before God; for God is in heaven, you on earth. Be sparing, then, of speech:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	5	2	From too much worrying comes illusion, from too much talking, the accents of folly.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	5	3	If you make a vow to God, discharge it without delay, for God has no love for fools. Discharge your vow.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	5	4	Better a vow unmade than made and not discharged.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	5	5	Do not allow your mouth to make a sinner of you, and do not say to the messenger that it was a mistake. Why give God occasion to be angry with you and ruin all the work that you have done?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	5	6	From too many illusions come futility and too much talk. Therefore, fear God.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	5	7	If in a province you see the poor oppressed, fair judgement and justice violated, do not be surprised, for over every official there watches a higher official, and over these, higher officials still.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	5	8	But what the land yields is for the benefit of all, a king is served by the fields.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	5	9	No one who loves money ever has enough, no one who loves luxury has any income; this, too, is futile.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	5	10	Where goods abound, parasites abound: where is the owner's profit, apart from feasting his eyes?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	5	11	The labourer's sleep is sweet, whether he has eaten little or much, but the surfeit of the rich will not let him sleep at all.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	5	12	Something grossly unjust I observe under the sun: riches stored and turning to loss for their owner.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	5	13	An unlucky venture, and those riches are lost; a son is born to him, and he has nothing to leave him.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	5	14	Naked from his mother's womb he came; as naked as he came will he depart; not one of his achievements can he take with him.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	5	15	And something else grossly unjust: that as he came, so must he go; what profit can he show after toiling to earn the wind,
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	5	16	as he spends the rest of his days in darkness, mourning, many sorrows, sickness and exasperation.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	5	17	So my conclusion is this: true happiness lies in eating and drinking and enjoying whatever has been achieved under the sun, throughout the life given by God: for this is the lot of humanity.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	5	18	And whenever God gives someone riches and property, with the ability to enjoy them and to find contentment in work, this is a gift from God.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	5	19	For such a person will hardly notice the passing of time, so long as God keeps his heart occupied with joy.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	6	1	I see another evil under the sun, which goes hard with people:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	6	2	suppose someone has received from God riches, property, honours -- nothing at all left to wish for; but God does not give the chance to enjoy them, and some stranger enjoys them. This is futile, and grievous suffering too.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	6	3	Or take someone who has had a hundred children and lived for many years, and, having reached old age, has never enjoyed the good things of life and has not even got a tomb; it seems to me, a still-born child is happier.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	6	4	In futility it came, into darkness it departs, and in darkness will its name be buried.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	6	5	It has never so much as seen or known the sun; all the same, it will rest more easily than that person,
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	6	6	who would never have known the good things of life, even by living a thousand years twice over. Do we not all go to the same place in the end?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	6	7	All toil is for the mouth, yet the appetite is never satisfied.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	6	8	What advantage has the wise over the fool? And what of the pauper who knows how to behave in society?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	6	9	Better the object seen than the sting of desire: for the latter too is futile and chasing after the wind.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	6	10	What has been is already defined -- we know what people are: They cannot bring to justice one who is stronger than themselves.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	6	11	The more we say, the more futile it is: what good can we derive from it?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	6	12	And who knows what is best for someone during life, during the days of futile life which are spent like a shadow? Who can tell anyone what will happen after him under the sun?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	1	Better a good name than costly oil, the day of death than the day of birth.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	2	Better go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting; for to this end everyone comes, let the living take this to heart.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	3	Better sadness than laughter: a joyful heart may be concealed behind sad looks.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	4	The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, the heart of fools in the house of gaiety.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	5	Better attend to the reprimand of the wise than listen to a song sung by a fool.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	6	For like the crackling of thorns under the cauldron is the laughter of fools: and that too is futile.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	7	But being oppressed drives a sage mad, and a present corrupts the heart.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	8	Better the end of a matter than its beginning, better patience than ambition.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	9	Do not be too easily exasperated, for exasperation dwells in the heart of fools.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	10	Do not ask why the past was better than the present, for this is not a question prompted by wisdom.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	11	Wisdom is as good as a legacy, profitable to those who enjoy the light of the sun.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	12	For as money protects, so does wisdom, and the advantage of knowledge is this: that wisdom bestows life on those who possess her.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	13	Consider God's creation: who, for instance, can straighten what God has bent?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	14	When things are going well, enjoy yourself, and when they are going badly, consider this: God has designed the one no less than the other so that we should take nothing for granted.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	15	In my futile life, I have seen everything: the upright person perishing in uprightness and the wicked person surviving in wickedness.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	16	Do not be upright to excess and do not make yourself unduly wise: why should you destroy yourself?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	17	Do not be wicked to excess, and do not be a fool: why die before your time?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	18	It is wise to hold on to one and not let go of the other, since the godfearing will find both.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	19	Wisdom makes the wise stronger than a dozen governors in a city.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	20	No one on earth is sufficiently upright to do good without ever sinning.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	21	Again, do not listen to all that people say, then you will not hear your servant abusing you.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	22	For often, as you very well know, you have abused others.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	23	Thanks to wisdom, I have found all this to be true; I resolved to be wise, but this was beyond my reach!
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	24	The past is out of reach, buried deep -- who can discover it?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	25	But I have reached the point where, having learnt, explored and investigated wisdom and reflection, I recognise evil as being a form of madness, and folly as something stupid.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	26	And I find woman more bitter than Death, she is a snare, her heart is a net, and her arms are chains. The man who is pleasing to God eludes her, but the sinner is captured by her.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	27	This is what I think, says Qoheleth, having examined one thing after another to draw some conclusion,
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	28	which I am still looking for, although unsuccessfully: one man in a thousand, I may find, but a woman better than other women-never.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	7	29	This alone is my conclusion: God has created man straightforward, and human artifices are human inventions.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	8	1	Who compares with the sage? Who else knows how to explain things? Wisdom lights up the face, enlivening a grim expression.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	8	2	Obey the king's command and, because of the divine promise,
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	8	3	be in no hurry to depart from it; do not be obstinate in a bad cause, since the king will do as he likes in any case.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	8	4	Since the word of a king is sovereign, what is the point of saying, 'Why do that?'
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	8	5	One who obeys the command will come to no harm; the heart of the sage knows the right moment and verdict,
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	8	6	for there is a right moment and verdict for everything; but misfortune lies heavy upon anyone
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	8	7	who does not know what the outcome will be, no one is going to say how things will turn out.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	8	8	No one can control the wind and stop it from blowing, no one can control the day of death. From war there is no escape, no more can wickedness save the person who commits it.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	8	9	I have seen all this to be so, having carefully studied everything taking place under the sun, while one person tyrannises over another to the former's detriment.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	8	10	And again, I have observed the wicked carried to their graves, and people leaving the holy place and, once out in the city, forgetting how the wicked used to behave; how futile this is too!
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	8	11	Because the sentence on the evil-doer is not carried out on the instant, people's hearts are full of desire to do wrong.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	8	12	The sinner who does wrong a hundred times lives on. But this too I know, that there is good in store for people who fear God, because they fear him,
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	8	13	but there is no good in store for the wicked because he does not fear God, and so, like a shadow, he will not prolong his days.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	8	14	Another futile thing that happens on earth: upright people being treated as though they were wicked and wicked people being treated as though they were upright. To me this is one more example of futility.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	8	15	And therefore I praise joy, since human happiness lies only in eating and drinking and in taking pleasure; this comes from what someone achieves during the days of life that God gives under the sun.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	8	16	Having applied myself to acquiring wisdom and to observing the activity taking place in the world -- for day and night our eyes enjoy no rest-
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	8	17	I have scrutinised God's whole creation: you cannot get to the bottom of everything taking place under the sun; you may wear yourself out in the search, but you will never find it. Not even a sage can get to the bottom of it, even if he says that he has done so.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	9	1	Yes, I have applied myself to all this and experienced all this to be so: that is to say, that the upright and the wise, with their activities, are in the hands of God. We do not understand either love or hate, where we are concerned, both of them are
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	9	2	futile. And for all of us is reserved a common fate, for the upright and for the wicked, for the good and for the bad; whether we are ritually pure or not, whether we offer sacrifice or not: it is the same for the good and for the sinner, for someone who takes a vow, as for someone who fears to do so.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	9	3	This is another evil among those occurring under the sun: that there should be the same fate for everyone. The human heart, however, is full of wickedness; folly lurks in our hearts throughout our lives, until we end among the dead.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	9	4	But there is hope for someone still linked to the rest of the living: better be a live dog than a dead lion.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	9	5	The living are at least aware that they are going to die, but the dead know nothing whatever. No more wages for them, since their memory is forgotten.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	9	6	Their love, their hate, their jealousy, have perished long since, and they will never have any further part in what goes on under the sun.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	9	7	So, eat your bread in joy, drink your wine with a glad heart, since God has already approved your actions.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	9	8	At all times, dress in white and keep your head well scented.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	9	9	Spend your life with the woman you love, all the days of futile life God gives you under the sun, throughout your futile days, since this is your lot in life and in the effort you expend under the sun.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	9	10	Whatever work you find to do, do it with all your might, for there is neither achievement, nor planning, nor science, nor wisdom in Sheol where you are going.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	9	11	Another thing I have observed under the sun: that the race is not won by the speediest, nor the battle by the champions; it is not the wise who get food, nor the intelligent wealth, nor the learned favour: chance and mischance befall them all.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	9	12	We do not know when our time will come: like fish caught in the treacherous net, like birds caught in the snare, just so are we all trapped by misfortune when it suddenly overtakes us.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	9	13	Here is another example of the wisdom I have acquired under the sun and it strikes me as important:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	9	14	There was once a small town, with only a few inhabitants; a mighty king made war on it, laying siege to it and building great siege-works round it.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	9	15	But there was in that town a poverty-stricken sage who by his wisdom saved the town. No one remembered this poor man afterwards.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	9	16	So I say: Wisdom is more effective than brute force, but the wisdom of a poor man is not valued: no one listens to what he has to say.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	9	17	The calm words of the wise make themselves heard above the shouts of someone commanding an army of fools.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	9	18	Wisdom is worth more than weapons of war, but a single sin undoes a deal of good.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	10	1	One dead fly can spoil the scent-maker's oil: a grain of stupidity outweighs wisdom and glory.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	10	2	The sage's heart leads him aright, the fool's leads him astray.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	10	3	A fool walks down the road, he has no wit -- and everyone remarks, 'How silly he is!'
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	10	4	If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your post; composure mitigates grave offences.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	10	5	One evil I observe under the sun: the sort of misjudgement to which rulers are prone-
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	10	6	folly promoted to the top and the rich taking the lowest place.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	10	7	I see slaves riding on horses and princes on foot like slaves.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	10	8	He who digs a pit falls into it, he who undermines a wall gets bitten by a snake,
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	10	9	he who quarries stones gets hurt by them, he who chops wood takes a risk from it.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	10	10	If, for want of sharpening, the blade is blunt, you have to work twice as hard; but it is the outcome that makes wisdom rewarding.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	10	11	If, for want of charming, the snake bites, the snake-charmer gets nothing out of it.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	10	12	The sayings of a sage give pleasure, what a fool says procures his own ruin:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	10	13	his words have their origin in stupidity and their ending in treacherous folly.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	10	14	A fool talks a great deal, but none of us in fact can tell the future; what will happen after us, who can tell?
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	10	15	A fool finds hard work very tiring, he cannot even find his own way into town.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	10	16	Woe to you, country with a lad for king, and where princes start feasting in the morning!
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	10	17	Happy the land whose king is nobly born, where princes eat at a respectable hour to keep themselves strong and not merely to revel!
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	10	18	Thanks to idleness, the roof-tree gives way, thanks to carelessness, the house lets in the rain.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	10	19	We give parties to enjoy ourselves, wine makes us cheerful and money has an answer for everything.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	10	20	Do not abuse the king, even in thought, do not abuse a rich man, even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air might carry the news, a winged messenger might repeat what you have said.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	11	1	Cast your bread on the water, eventually you will recover it.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	11	2	Offer a share to seven or to eight people, you can never tell what disaster may occur.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	11	3	When clouds are full of rain, they will shed it on the earth. If a tree falls, whether south or north, where it falls, there it will lie.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	11	4	Keep watching the wind and you will never sow, keep staring at the clouds and you will never reap.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	11	5	You do not understand how the wind blows, or how the embryo grows in a woman's womb: no more can you understand the work of God, the Creator of all.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	11	6	In the morning, sow your seed, until evening, do not cease from labour, for of any two things you do not know which will succeed, or which of the two is the better.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	11	7	How sweet light is, how delightful it is to see the sun!
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	11	8	However many years you live, enjoy them all, but remember, the days of darkness will be many: futility awaits you at the end.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	11	9	Young man, enjoy yourself while you are young, make the most of the days of your youth, follow the prompting and desire of heart and eye, but remember, God will call you to account for everything.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	11	10	Rid your heart of indignation, keep your body clear of suffering, though youth and the age of black hair are both futile.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	12	1	Remember your Creator while you are still young, before the bad days come, before the years come which, you will say, give you no pleasure;
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	12	2	before the sun and the light grow dim and the moon and stars, before the clouds return after the rain;
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	12	3	the time when your watchmen become shaky, when strong men are bent double, when the women, one by one, quit grinding, and, as they look out of the window, find their sight growing dim.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	12	4	When the street-door is kept shut, when the sound of grinding fades away, when the first cry of a bird wakes you up, when all the singing has stopped;
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	12	5	when going uphill is an ordeal and you are frightened at every step you take- yet the almond tree is in flower and the grasshopper is weighed down and the caper-bush loses its tang; while you are on the way to your everlasting home and the mourners are assembling in the street;
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	12	6	before the silver thread snaps, or the golden bowl is cracked, or the pitcher shattered at the fountain, or the pulley broken at the well-head:
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	12	7	the dust returns to the earth from which it came, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	12	8	Sheer futility, Qoheleth says, everything is futile.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	12	9	Besides being a sage, Qoheleth taught the people what he himself knew, having weighed, studied and emended many proverbs.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	12	10	Qoheleth took pains to write in an attractive style and by it to convey truths.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	12	11	The sayings of a sage are like goads, like pegs positioned by shepherds: the same shepherd finds a use for both.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	12	12	Furthermore, my child, you must realise that writing books involves endless hard work, and that much study wearies the body.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	12	13	To sum up the whole matter: fear God and keep his commandments, for that is the duty of everyone.
-Ecclesiastes	Eccl	25	12	14	For God will call all our deeds to judgement, all that is hidden, be it good or bad.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	1	1	Solomon's Song of Songs:
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	1	2	BELOVED: Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for your love-making is sweeter than wine;
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	1	3	delicate is the fragrance of your perfume, your name is an oil poured out, and that is why girls love you.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	1	4	Draw me in your footsteps, let us run. The king has brought me into his rooms; you will be our joy and our gladness. We shall praise your love more than wine; how right it is to love you.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	1	5	BELOVED: I am black but lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the pavilions of Salmah.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	1	6	Take no notice of my dark colouring, it is the sun that has burnt me. My mother's sons turned their anger on me, they made me look after the vineyards. My own vineyard I had not looked after!
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	1	7	Tell me then, sweetheart, where will you lead your flock to graze, where will you rest it at noon? That I may no more wander like a vagabond beside the flocks of your companions.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	1	8	CHORUS: If you do not know this, O loveliest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and take your kids to graze close by the shepherds' tents.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	1	9	LOVER: I compare you, my love, to my mare harnessed to Pharaoh's chariot.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	1	10	Your cheeks show fair between their pendants and your neck within its necklaces.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	1	11	We shall make you golden earrings and beads of silver.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	1	12	DUO: -While the king rests in his own room my nard yields its perfume.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	1	13	My love is a sachet of myrrh lying between my breasts.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	1	14	My love is a cluster of henna flowers among the vines of En-Gedi.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	1	15	-How beautiful you are, my beloved, how beautiful you are! Your eyes are doves.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	1	16	-How beautiful you are, my love, and how you delight me! Our bed is the greensward.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	1	17	-The beams of our house are cedar trees, its panelling the cypress.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	2	1	-I am the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valleys.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	2	2	-As a lily among the thistles, so is my beloved among girls.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	2	3	-As an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my love among young men. In his delightful shade I sit, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	2	4	He has taken me to his cellar, and his banner over me is love.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	2	5	Feed me with raisin cakes, restore me with apples, for I am sick with love.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	2	6	His left arm is under my head, his right embraces me.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	2	7	-I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, by all gazelles and wild does, do not rouse, do not wake my beloved before she pleases.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	2	8	BELOVED: I hear my love. See how he comes leaping on the mountains, bounding over the hills.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	2	9	My love is like a gazelle, like a young stag. See where he stands behind our wall. He looks in at the window, he peers through the opening.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	2	10	My love lifts up his voice, he says to me, 'Come then, my beloved, my lovely one, come.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	2	11	For see, winter is past, the rains are over and gone.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	2	12	'Flowers are appearing on the earth. The season of glad songs has come, the cooing of the turtledove is heard in our land.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	2	13	The fig tree is forming its first figs and the blossoming vines give out their fragrance. Come then, my beloved, my lovely one, come.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	2	14	'My dove, hiding in the clefts of the rock, in the coverts of the cliff, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet and your face is lovely.'
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	2	15	Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that make havoc of the vineyards, for our vineyards are in fruit.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	2	16	My love is mine and I am his. He pastures his flock among the lilies.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	2	17	Before the day-breeze rises, before the shadows flee, return! Be, my love, like a gazelle, like a young stag, on the mountains of Bether.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	3	1	On my bed at night I sought the man who is my sweetheart: I sought but could not find him!
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	3	2	So I shall get up and go through the city; in the streets and in the squares, I shall seek my sweetheart. I sought but could not find him!
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	3	3	I came upon the watchmen -- those who go on their rounds in the city: 'Have you seen my sweetheart?'
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	3	4	Barely had I passed them when I found my sweetheart. I caught him, would not let him go, not till I had brought him to my mother's house, to the room where she conceived me!
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	3	5	LOVER: I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, by gazelles and wild does, do not rouse, do not wake my beloved before she pleases.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	3	6	POET: What is this coming up from the desert like a column of smoke, breathing of myrrh and frankincense and every exotic perfume?
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	3	7	Here comes Solomon's litter. Around it are sixty champions, the flower of the warriors of Israel;
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	3	8	all of them skilled swordsmen, expert in war. Each man has his sword at his side, against alarms by night.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	3	9	King Solomon has had a palanquin made of wood from Lebanon.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	3	10	He has had the posts made of silver, the canopy of gold, the seat of purple; the centre is inlaid with ebony.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	3	11	Daughters of Zion, come and see King Solomon, wearing the diadem with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day, on the day of his heart's joy.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	4	1	LOVER: How beautiful you are, my beloved, how beautiful you are! Your eyes are doves, behind your veil; your hair is like a flock of goats surging down Mount Gilead.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	4	2	Your teeth, a flock of sheep to be shorn when they come up from the washing. Each one has its twin, not one unpaired with another.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	4	3	Your lips are a scarlet thread and your words enchanting. Your cheeks, behind your veil, are halves of pomegranate.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	4	4	Your neck is the Tower of David built on layers, hung round with a thousand bucklers, and each the shield of a hero.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	4	5	Your two breasts are two fawns, twins of a gazelle, that feed among the lilies.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	4	6	Before the day-breeze rises, before the shadows flee, I shall go to the mountain of myrrh, to the hill of frankincense.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	4	7	You are wholly beautiful, my beloved, and without a blemish.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	4	8	Come from Lebanon, my promised bride, come from Lebanon, come on your way. Look down from the heights of Amanus, from the crests of Senir and Hermon, the haunt of lions, the mountains of leopards.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	4	9	You ravish my heart, my sister, my promised bride, you ravish my heart with a single one of your glances, with a single link of your necklace.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	4	10	What spells lie in your love, my sister, my promised bride! How delicious is your love, more delicious than wine! How fragrant your perfumes, more fragrant than all spices!
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	4	11	Your lips, my promised bride, distil wild honey. Honey and milk are under your tongue; and the scent of your garments is like the scent of Lebanon.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	4	12	She is a garden enclosed, my sister, my promised bride; a garden enclosed, a sealed fountain.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	4	13	Your shoots form an orchard of pomegranate trees, bearing most exquisite fruit:
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	4	14	nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all the incense-bearing trees; myrrh and aloes, with the subtlest odours.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	4	15	Fountain of the garden, well of living water, streams flowing down from Lebanon!
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	4	16	BELOVED: Awake, north wind, come, wind of the south! Breathe over my garden, to spread its sweet smell around. Let my love come into his garden, let him taste its most exquisite fruits.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	5	1	LOVER: I come into my garden, my sister, my promised bride, I pick my myrrh and balsam, I eat my honey and my honeycomb, I drink my wine and my milk. POET: Eat, friends, and drink, drink deep, my dearest friends.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	5	2	BELOVED: I sleep, but my heart is awake. I hear my love knocking. 'Open to me, my sister, my beloved, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is wet with dew, my hair with the drops of night.'
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	5	3	-'I have taken off my tunic, am I to put it on again? I have washed my feet, am I to dirty them again?'
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	5	4	My love thrust his hand through the hole in the door; I trembled to the core of my being.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	5	5	Then I got up to open to my love, myrrh ran off my hands, pure myrrh off my fingers, on to the handle of the bolt.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	5	6	I opened to my love, but he had turned and gone. My soul failed at his flight, I sought but could not find him, I called, but he did not answer.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	5	7	The watchmen met me, those who go on their rounds in the city. They beat me, they wounded me, they took my cloak away from me: those guardians of the ramparts!
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	5	8	I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, if you should find my love, what are you to tell him? -That I am sick with love!
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	5	9	CHORUS: What makes your lover better than other lovers, O loveliest of women? What makes your lover better than other lovers, to put us under such an oath?
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	5	10	BELOVED: My love is fresh and ruddy, to be known among ten thousand.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	5	11	His head is golden, purest gold, his locks are palm fronds and black as the raven.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	5	12	His eyes are like doves beside the water-courses, bathing themselves in milk, perching on a fountain-rim.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	5	13	His cheeks are beds of spices, banks sweetly scented. His lips are lilies, distilling pure myrrh.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	5	14	His hands are golden, rounded, set with jewels of Tarshish. His belly a block of ivory covered with sapphires.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	5	15	His legs are alabaster columns set in sockets of pure gold. His appearance is that of Lebanon, unrivalled as the cedars.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	5	16	His conversation is sweetness itself, he is altogether lovable. Such is my love, such is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	6	1	CHORUS: Where did your lover go, O loveliest of women? Which way did your lover turn so that we can help you seek him?
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	6	2	BELOVED: My love went down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock on the grass and gather lilies.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	6	3	I belong to my love, and my love to me. He pastures his flock among the lilies.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	6	4	LOVER: You are fair as Tirzah, my beloved, enchanting as Jerusalem, formidable as an army!
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	6	5	Turn your eyes away from me, they take me by assault! Your hair is like a flock of goats surging down the slopes of Gilead.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	6	6	Your teeth are like a flock of ewes as they come up from being washed. Each one has its twin, not one unpaired with another.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	6	7	Your cheeks, behind your veil, are halves of pomegranate.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	6	8	There are sixty queens and eighty concubines (and countless girls).
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	6	9	My dove is my only one, perfect and mine. She is the darling of her mother, the favourite of the one who bore her. Girls have seen her and proclaimed her blessed, queens and concubines have sung her praises,
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	6	10	'Who is this arising like the dawn, fair as the moon, resplendent as the sun, formidable as an army?'
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	6	11	I went down to the nut orchard to see the fresh shoots in the valley, to see if the vines were budding and the pomegranate trees in flower.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	6	12	Before I knew . . . my desire had hurled me onto the chariots of Amminadib!
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	7	1	CHORUS: Come back, come back, girl from Shulam, come back, come back, where we can look at you! Why are you looking at the girl from Shulam, dancing between two lines of dancers?
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	7	2	LOVER: How beautiful are your feet in their sandals, O prince's daughter! The curve of your thighs is like the curve of a necklace, work of a master hand.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	7	3	Your navel is a bowl well rounded with no lack of wine, your belly a heap of wheat surrounded with lilies.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	7	4	Your two breasts are two fawns, twins of a gazelle.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	7	5	Your neck is an ivory tower. Your eyes, the pools of Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-Rabbim. Your nose, the Tower of Lebanon, sentinel facing Damascus.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	7	6	Your head is held high like Carmel, and its hair is as dark as purple; a king is held captive in your tresses.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	7	7	How beautiful you are, how charming, my love, my delight!
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	7	8	In stature like the palm tree, its fruit-clusters your breasts.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	7	9	I have decided, 'I shall climb the palm tree, I shall seize its clusters of dates!' May your breasts be clusters of grapes, your breath sweet-scented as apples,
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	7	10	and your palate like sweet wine. BELOVED: Flowing down the throat of my love, as it runs on the lips of those who sleep.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	7	11	I belong to my love, and his desire is for me.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	7	12	Come, my love, let us go to the fields. We will spend the night in the villages,
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	7	13	and in the early morning we will go to the vineyards. We will see if the vines are budding, if their blossoms are opening, if the pomegranate trees are in flower. Then I shall give you the gift of my love.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	7	14	The mandrakes yield their fragrance, the most exquisite fruits are at our doors; the new as well as the old, I have stored them for you, my love.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	8	1	Ah, why are you not my brother, nursed at my mother's breast! Then if I met you out of doors, I could kiss you without people thinking ill of me.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	8	2	I should lead you, I should take you into my mother's house, and you would teach me! I should give you spiced wine to drink, juice of my pomegranates.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	8	3	His left arm is under my head and his right embraces me.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	8	4	LOVER: I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, do not rouse, do not wake my beloved, before she pleases!
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	8	5	Who is this coming up from the desert leaning on her lover? I awakened you under the apple tree, where your mother conceived you, where she who bore you conceived you.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	8	6	BELOVED: Set me like a seal on your heart, like a seal on your arm. For love is strong as Death, passion as relentless as Sheol. The flash of it is a flash of fire, a flame of Yahweh himself.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	8	7	Love no flood can quench, no torrents drown. Were a man to offer all his family wealth to buy love, contempt is all that he would gain.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	8	8	Our sister is little: her breasts are not yet formed. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	8	9	If she is a rampart, on the crest we shall build a battlement of silver; if she is a door, we shall board her up with planks of cedar.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	8	10	I am a wall, and my breasts represent its towers. And under their eyes I have found true peace.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	8	11	Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-Hamon. He entrusted it to overseers, and each one was to pay him the value of its produce, a thousand shekels of silver.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	8	12	But I tend my own vineyard myself. You, Solomon, may have your thousand shekels, and those who oversee its produce their two hundred.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	8	13	You who dwell in the gardens, my companions listen for your voice; let me hear it.
-Song of Songs	SSol	26	8	14	Haste away, my love, be like a gazelle, a young stag, on the spice-laden mountains.
+Psalms	Ps	23	1	1	How blessed is anyone who rejects the advice of the wicked and does not take a stand in the path that sinners tread, nor a seat in company with cynics,
+Psalms	Ps	23	1	2	but who delights in the law of Yahweh and murmurs his law day and night.
+Psalms	Ps	23	1	3	Such a one is like a tree planted near streams; it bears fruit in season and its leaves never wither, and every project succeeds.
+Psalms	Ps	23	1	4	How different the wicked, how different! Just like chaff blown around by the wind
+Psalms	Ps	23	1	5	the wicked will not stand firm at the Judgement nor sinners in the gathering of the upright.
+Psalms	Ps	23	1	6	For Yahweh watches over the path of the upright, but the path of the wicked is doomed.
+Psalms	Ps	23	2	1	Why this uproar among the nations, this impotent muttering of the peoples?
+Psalms	Ps	23	2	2	Kings of the earth take up position, princes plot together against Yahweh and his anointed,
+Psalms	Ps	23	2	3	'Now let us break their fetters! Now let us throw off their bonds!'
+Psalms	Ps	23	2	4	He who is enthroned in the heavens laughs, Yahweh makes a mockery of them,
+Psalms	Ps	23	2	5	then in his anger rebukes them, in his rage he strikes them with terror.
+Psalms	Ps	23	2	6	'I myself have anointed my king on Zion my holy mountain.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	2	7	I will proclaim the decree of Yahweh: He said to me, 'You are my son, today have I fathered you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	2	8	Ask of me, and I shall give you the nations as your birthright, the whole wide world as your possession.
+Psalms	Ps	23	2	9	With an iron sceptre you will break them, shatter them like so many pots.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	2	10	So now, you kings, come to your senses, you earthly rulers, learn your lesson!
+Psalms	Ps	23	2	11	In fear be submissive to Yahweh;
+Psalms	Ps	23	2	12	with trembling kiss his feet, lest he be angry and your way come to nothing, for his fury flares up in a moment. How blessed are all who take refuge in him!
+Psalms	Ps	23	3	1	[Psalm Of David When he was fleeing from his son Absalom] Yahweh, how countless are my enemies, how countless those who rise up against me,
+Psalms	Ps	23	3	2	how countless those who say of me, 'No salvation for him from his God!
+Psalms	Ps	23	3	3	But you, Yahweh, the shield at my side, my glory, you hold my head high.
+Psalms	Ps	23	3	4	I cry out to Yahweh; he answers from his holy mountain.
+Psalms	Ps	23	3	5	As for me, if I lie down and sleep, I shall awake, for Yahweh sustains me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	3	6	I have no fear of people in their thousands upon thousands, who range themselves against me wherever I turn.
+Psalms	Ps	23	3	7	Arise, Yahweh, rescue me, my God! You strike all my foes across the face, you break the teeth of the wicked.
+Psalms	Ps	23	3	8	In Yahweh is salvation, on your people, your blessing!
+Psalms	Ps	23	4	1	[For the choirmaster For strings Psalm Of David] When I call, answer me, God, upholder of my right. In my distress you have set me at large; take pity on me and hear my prayer!
+Psalms	Ps	23	4	2	Children of men, how long will you be heavy of heart, why love what is vain and chase after illusions?
+Psalms	Ps	23	4	3	Realise that Yahweh performs wonders for his faithful, Yahweh listens when I call to him.
+Psalms	Ps	23	4	4	Be careful not to sin, speak in your hearts, and on your beds keep silence.
+Psalms	Ps	23	4	5	Loyally offer sacrifices, and trust in Yahweh.
+Psalms	Ps	23	4	6	Many keep saying, 'Who will put happiness before our eyes?' Let the light of your face shine on us. Yahweh,
+Psalms	Ps	23	4	7	to my heart you are a richer joy than all their corn and new wine.
+Psalms	Ps	23	4	8	In peace I lie down and at once fall asleep, for it is you and none other, Yahweh, who make me rest secure.
+Psalms	Ps	23	5	1	[For the choirmaster For flutes Psalm Of David] Give ear to my words, Yahweh, spare a thought for my sighing.
+Psalms	Ps	23	5	2	Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God! To you I pray,
+Psalms	Ps	23	5	3	Yahweh. At daybreak you hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my case before you and fix my eyes on you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	5	4	You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil, no sinner can be your guest.
+Psalms	Ps	23	5	5	Boasters cannot stand their ground under your gaze. You hate evil-doers,
+Psalms	Ps	23	5	6	liars you destroy; the violent and deceitful Yahweh detests.
+Psalms	Ps	23	5	7	But, so great is your faithful love, I may come into your house, and before your holy temple bow down in reverence of you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	5	8	In your saving justice, Yahweh, lead me, because of those who lie in wait for me; make your way plain before me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	5	9	Not a word from their lips can be trusted, through and through they are destruction, their throats are wide -- open graves, their tongues seductive.
+Psalms	Ps	23	5	10	Lay the guilt on them, God, make their intrigues their own downfall; for their countless offences, thrust them from you, since they have rebelled against you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	5	11	But joy for all who take refuge in you, endless songs of gladness! You shelter them, they rejoice in you, those who love your name.
+Psalms	Ps	23	5	12	It is you who bless the upright, Yahweh, you surround them with favour as with a shield.
+Psalms	Ps	23	6	1	[For the choirmaster For strings For the octachord Psalm Of David] Yahweh, let your rebuke to me not be in anger, your punishment not in the heat of wrath.
+Psalms	Ps	23	6	2	Have pity on me, Yahweh, for I am fading away. Heal me, Yahweh, my bones are shaken,
+Psalms	Ps	23	6	3	my spirit is shaken to its very depths. But you, Yahweh . . . how long?
+Psalms	Ps	23	6	4	Yahweh, relent and save my life rescue me because of your faithful love,
+Psalms	Ps	23	6	5	for in death there is no remembrance of you; who could sing your praises in Sheol?
+Psalms	Ps	23	6	6	I am worn out with groaning, every night I drench my pillow and soak my bed with tears.
+Psalms	Ps	23	6	7	My eyes waste away with vexation. Arrogance from all my foes!
+Psalms	Ps	23	6	8	Away from me, all evil-doers! For Yahweh has heard the sound of my weeping,
+Psalms	Ps	23	6	9	Yahweh has heard my pleading. Yahweh will accept my prayer.
+Psalms	Ps	23	6	10	Let all my enemies be put to confusion, shaken to their depths, let them retreat in sudden confusion.
+Psalms	Ps	23	7	1	[Lament Of David Which he sang to Yahweh about Cush the Benjaminite] Yahweh my God, I take refuge in you, save me from all my pursuers and rescue me,
+Psalms	Ps	23	7	2	or he will savage me like a lion, carry me off with no one to rescue me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	7	3	Yahweh my God, if I have done this: if injustice has stained my hands,
+Psalms	Ps	23	7	4	if I have repaid my ally with treachery or spared one who attacked me unprovoked,
+Psalms	Ps	23	7	5	may an enemy hunt me down and catch me, may he trample my life into the ground and crush my vital parts into the dust.
+Psalms	Ps	23	7	6	Arise, Yahweh, in your anger, rise up against the arrogance of my foes. Awake, my God, you demand judgement.
+Psalms	Ps	23	7	7	Let the assembly of nations gather round you; return above it on high!
+Psalms	Ps	23	7	8	(Yahweh judges the nations.) Judge me, Yahweh, as my uprightness and my integrity deserve.
+Psalms	Ps	23	7	9	Put an end to the malice of the wicked, make the upright stand firm, you who discern hearts and minds, God the upright.
+Psalms	Ps	23	7	10	God is a shield that protects me, saving the honest of heart.
+Psalms	Ps	23	7	11	God is an upright judge, slow to anger, but a God at all times threatening
+Psalms	Ps	23	7	12	for those who will not repent. Let the enemy whet his sword, draw his bow and make ready;
+Psalms	Ps	23	7	13	but he is making ready instruments of death for himself and tipping his arrows with fire;
+Psalms	Ps	23	7	14	look at him: pregnant with malice, conceiving spite, he gives birth to treachery.
+Psalms	Ps	23	7	15	He digs a trap, scoops it out, but he falls into the snare he made himself.
+Psalms	Ps	23	7	16	His spite recoils on his own head, his brutality falls back on his own skull.
+Psalms	Ps	23	7	17	I thank Yahweh for his saving justice. I sing to the name of the Most High.
+Psalms	Ps	23	8	1	[For the choirmaster On the . . . of Gath Psalm Of David] Yahweh our Lord, how majestic is your name throughout the world! Whoever keeps singing of your majesty higher than the heavens,
+Psalms	Ps	23	8	2	even through the mouths of children, or of babes in arms, you make him a fortress, firm against your foes, to subdue the enemy and the rebel.
+Psalms	Ps	23	8	3	I look up at your heavens, shaped by your fingers, at the moon and the stars you set firm-
+Psalms	Ps	23	8	4	what are human beings that you spare a thought for them, or the child of Adam that you care for him?
+Psalms	Ps	23	8	5	Yet you have made him little less than a god, you have crowned him with glory and beauty,
+Psalms	Ps	23	8	6	made him lord of the works of your hands, put all things under his feet,
+Psalms	Ps	23	8	7	sheep and cattle, all of them, and even the wild beasts,
+Psalms	Ps	23	8	8	birds in the sky, fish in the sea, when he makes his way across the ocean.
+Psalms	Ps	23	8	9	Yahweh our Lord, how majestic your name throughout the world!
+Psalms	Ps	23	9	1	[For the choirmaster On oboe and harp Psalm Of David] I thank you, Yahweh, with my whole heart, I recount all your wonders,
+Psalms	Ps	23	9	2	I rejoice and delight in you, I sing to your name, Most High.
+Psalms	Ps	23	9	3	My enemies are in retreat, they stumble and perish at your presence,
+Psalms	Ps	23	9	4	for you have given fair judgement in my favour, seated on your throne as upright judge.
+Psalms	Ps	23	9	5	You have rebuked the nations, destroyed the wicked, blotted out their name for ever and ever;
+Psalms	Ps	23	9	6	the enemy is wiped out -- mere ruins for ever -- you have annihilated their cities, their memory has perished. See,
+Psalms	Ps	23	9	7	Yahweh is enthroned for ever, keeping his throne firm for judgement;
+Psalms	Ps	23	9	8	he will himself judge the world in uprightness, will give a true verdict on the nations.
+Psalms	Ps	23	9	9	May Yahweh be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble!
+Psalms	Ps	23	9	10	Those who revere your name can rely on you, you never desert those who seek you, Yahweh.
+Psalms	Ps	23	9	11	Sing to Yahweh who dwells in Zion, tell the nations his mighty deeds,
+Psalms	Ps	23	9	12	for the avenger of blood does not forget them, he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
+Psalms	Ps	23	9	13	Have pity on me, Yahweh, see my affliction, pull me back from the gates of death,
+Psalms	Ps	23	9	14	that I may recount all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion and rejoice in your salvation.
+Psalms	Ps	23	9	15	The nations have fallen into the trap they made, their feet caught in the snare they laid.
+Psalms	Ps	23	9	16	Yahweh has made himself known, given judgement, he has ensnared the wicked in the work of their own hands.Muted music
+Psalms	Ps	23	9	17	May the wicked turn away to Sheol, all the nations forgetful of God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	9	18	For the needy is not forgotten for ever, not for ever does the hope of the poor come to nothing.
+Psalms	Ps	23	9	19	Arise, Yahweh; human strength shall not prevail. The nations shall stand trial before you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	9	20	Strike them with terror, Yahweh; the nations shall know that they are no more than human!
+Psalms	Ps	23	10	1	Why, Yahweh, do you keep so distant, stay hidden in times of trouble?
+Psalms	Ps	23	10	2	In his pride the wicked hunts down the weak, who is caught in the schemes he devises.
+Psalms	Ps	23	10	3	The wicked is proud of his inmost desires, by his blasphemies the grasping spurns Yahweh,
+Psalms	Ps	23	10	4	the wicked in his arrogance does not look very far; 'There is no God,' is his only thought.
+Psalms	Ps	23	10	5	In all circumstances his step is assured; your judgements are above his head. His rivals? He scoffs at them all.
+Psalms	Ps	23	10	6	He says in his heart, 'I shall never be shaken,' free of trouble himself,
+Psalms	Ps	23	10	7	he wishes it on others. His speech is full of lies and browbeating, under his tongue lurk spite and wickedness.
+Psalms	Ps	23	10	8	In the undergrowth he lies in ambush, in his hiding-place he murders the innocent. He watches intently for the downtrodden,
+Psalms	Ps	23	10	9	lurking unseen like a lion in his lair, lurking to pounce on the poor; he pounces on him and drags him off in his net.
+Psalms	Ps	23	10	10	He keeps watch, crouching down low, the poor wretch falls into his clutches;
+Psalms	Ps	23	10	11	he says in his heart, 'God forgets, he has turned away his face to avoid seeing the end.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	10	12	Rise, Yahweh! God, raise your hand, do not forget the afflicted!
+Psalms	Ps	23	10	13	Why should the wicked spurn God, assuring himself you will never follow it up?
+Psalms	Ps	23	10	14	You have seen for yourself the trouble and vexation, you watch so as to take it in hand. The oppressed relies on you; you are the only recourse of the orphan.
+Psalms	Ps	23	10	15	Break the arm of the wicked and evil, seek out wickedness till there is none left to be found.
+Psalms	Ps	23	10	16	Yahweh is king for ever and ever, the heathen has vanished from his country.
+Psalms	Ps	23	10	17	Yahweh, you listen to the laments of the poor, you give them courage, you grant them a hearing,
+Psalms	Ps	23	10	18	to give judgement for the orphaned and exploited, so that earthborn humans may strike terror no more.
+Psalms	Ps	23	11	1	[For the choirmaster Of David] In Yahweh I have found refuge. How can you say to me, 'Bird, flee to your mountain?
+Psalms	Ps	23	11	2	'For look, the wicked are drawing their bows, fitting their arrows to the string to shoot honest men from the shadows.
+Psalms	Ps	23	11	3	If the foundations fall to ruin, what can the upright do?'
+Psalms	Ps	23	11	4	Yahweh in his holy temple! Yahweh, his throne is in heaven; his eyes watch over the world, his gaze scrutinises the children of Adam.
+Psalms	Ps	23	11	5	Yahweh examines the upright and the wicked, the lover of violence he detests.
+Psalms	Ps	23	11	6	He will rain down red-hot coals, fire and sulphur on the wicked, a scorching wind will be their lot.
+Psalms	Ps	23	11	7	For Yahweh is upright and loves uprightness, the honest will ever see his face.
+Psalms	Ps	23	12	1	[For the choirmaster On the octachord Psalm Of David] Help, Yahweh! No one loyal is left, the faithful have vanished from among the children of Adam.
+Psalms	Ps	23	12	2	Friend tells lies to friend, and, smooth-tongued, speaks from an insincere heart.
+Psalms	Ps	23	12	3	May Yahweh cut away every smooth lip, every boastful tongue,
+Psalms	Ps	23	12	4	those who say, 'In our tongue lies our strength, our lips are our allies; who can master us?'
+Psalms	Ps	23	12	5	'For the poor who are plundered, the needy who groan, now will I act,' says Yahweh, 'I will grant salvation to those who sigh for it.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	12	6	Yahweh's promises are promises unalloyed, natural silver which comes from the earth seven times refined.
+Psalms	Ps	23	12	7	You, Yahweh, will watch over them, you will protect them from that brood for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	12	8	The wicked will scatter in every direction, as the height of depravity among the children of Adam.
+Psalms	Ps	23	13	1	[For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] How long, Yahweh, will you forget me? For ever? How long will you turn away your face from me?
+Psalms	Ps	23	13	2	How long must I nurse rebellion in my soul, sorrow in my heart day and night? How long is the enemy to domineer over me?
+Psalms	Ps	23	13	3	Look down, answer me, Yahweh my God! Give light to my eyes or I shall fall into the sleep of death.
+Psalms	Ps	23	13	4	Or my foe will boast, 'I have overpowered him,' and my enemy have the joy of seeing me stumble.
+Psalms	Ps	23	13	5	As for me, I trust in your faithful love, Yahweh. Let my heart delight in your saving help, let me sing to Yahweh for his generosity to me, let me sing to the name of Yahweh the Most High!
+Psalms	Ps	23	13	6	But I trust in your mercy, Grant my heart joy in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, for he has dealt bountifully with me!
+Psalms	Ps	23	14	1	[For the choirmaster Of David] The fool has said in his heart, 'There is no God.' Their deeds are corrupt and vile, not one of them does right.
+Psalms	Ps	23	14	2	Yahweh looks down from heaven at the children of Adam. To see if a single one is wise, a single one seeks God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	14	3	All have turned away, all alike turned sour, not one of them does right, not a single one.
+Psalms	Ps	23	14	4	Are they not aware, all these evil-doers? They are devouring my people, this is the bread they eat, and they never call to Yahweh.
+Psalms	Ps	23	14	5	They will be gripped with fear, where there is no need for fear, for God takes the side of the upright;
+Psalms	Ps	23	14	6	you may mock the plans of the poor, but Yahweh is their refuge.
+Psalms	Ps	23	14	7	Who will bring from Zion salvation for Israel? When Yahweh brings his people home, what joy for Jacob, what happiness for Israel!
+Psalms	Ps	23	15	1	[Psalm Of David] Yahweh, who can find a home in your tent, who can dwell on your holy mountain?
+Psalms	Ps	23	15	2	Whoever lives blamelessly, who acts uprightly, who speaks the truth from the heart,
+Psalms	Ps	23	15	3	who keeps the tongue under control, who does not wrong a comrade, who casts no discredit on a neighbour,
+Psalms	Ps	23	15	4	who looks with scorn on the vile, but honours those who fear Yahweh, who stands by an oath at any cost,
+Psalms	Ps	23	15	5	who asks no interest on loans, who takes no bribe to harm the innocent. No one who so acts can ever be shaken.
+Psalms	Ps	23	16	1	[In a quiet voice Of David] Protect me, O God, in you is my refuge.
+Psalms	Ps	23	16	2	To Yahweh I say, 'You are my Lord, my happiness is in none
+Psalms	Ps	23	16	3	of the sacred spirits of the earth.' They only take advantage of all who love them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	16	4	People flock to their teeming idols. Never shall I pour libations to them! Never take their names on my lips.
+Psalms	Ps	23	16	5	My birthright, my cup is Yahweh; you, you alone, hold my lot secure.
+Psalms	Ps	23	16	6	The measuring-line marks out for me a delightful place, my birthright is all I could wish.
+Psalms	Ps	23	16	7	I bless Yahweh who is my counsellor, even at night my heart instructs me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	16	8	I keep Yahweh before me always, for with him at my right hand, nothing can shake me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	16	9	So my heart rejoices, my soul delights, my body too will rest secure,
+Psalms	Ps	23	16	10	for you will not abandon me to Sheol, you cannot allow your faithful servant to see the abyss.
+Psalms	Ps	23	16	11	You will teach me the path of life, unbounded joy in your presence, at your right hand delight for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	17	1	[Prayer Of David] Listen, Yahweh, to an upright cause, pay attention to my cry, lend an ear to my prayer, my lips free from deceit.
+Psalms	Ps	23	17	2	From your presence will issue my vindication, your eyes fixed on what is right.
+Psalms	Ps	23	17	3	You probe my heart, examine me at night, you test me by fire and find no evil. I have not sinned with my mouth
+Psalms	Ps	23	17	4	as most people do. I have treasured the word from your lips,
+Psalms	Ps	23	17	5	my steps never stray from the paths you lay down, from your tracks; so my feet never stumble.
+Psalms	Ps	23	17	6	I call upon you, God, for you answer me; turn your ear to me, hear what I say.
+Psalms	Ps	23	17	7	Show the evidence of your faithful love, saviour of those who hope in your strength against attack.
+Psalms	Ps	23	17	8	Guard me as the pupil of an eye, shelter me in the shadow of your wings
+Psalms	Ps	23	17	9	from the presence of the wicked who would maltreat me; deadly enemies are closing in on me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	17	10	Engrossed in themselves they are mouthing arrogant words.
+Psalms	Ps	23	17	11	They are advancing against me, now they are closing in, watching for the chance to hurl me to the ground,
+Psalms	Ps	23	17	12	like a lion preparing to pounce, like a young lion crouching in ambush.
+Psalms	Ps	23	17	13	Arise, Yahweh, confront him and bring him down, with your sword save my life from the wicked,
+Psalms	Ps	23	17	14	Yahweh, from mortals, by your hand, from mortals whose part in life is in this world. You fill their bellies from your store, their children will have all they desire, and leave their surplus to their children.
+Psalms	Ps	23	17	15	But I in my uprightness will see your face, and when I awake I shall be filled with the vision of you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	1	[For the choirmaster Of David, the servant of Yahweh, who addressed the words of this song to Yahweh when Yahweh had delivered him from all his enemies and from the clutches of Saul. He said:] I love you, Yahweh, my strength (my Saviour, you have saved me from violence).
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	2	Yahweh is my rock and my fortress, my deliverer is my God. I take refuge in him, my rock, my shield, my saving strength, my stronghold, my place of refuge.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	3	I call to Yahweh who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my foes.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	4	With Death's breakers closing in on me, Belial's torrents ready to swallow me,
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	5	Sheol's snares every side of me, Death's traps lying ahead of me,
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	6	I called to Yahweh in my anguish, I cried for help to my God; from his Temple he heard my voice, my cry came to his ears.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	7	Then the earth quaked and rocked, the mountains' foundations shuddered, they quaked at his blazing anger.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	8	Smoke rose from his nostrils, from his mouth devouring fire (coals were kindled at it).
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	9	He parted the heavens and came down, a storm-cloud underneath his feet;
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	10	riding one of the winged creatures, he flew, soaring on the wings of the wind.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	11	His covering he made the darkness, his pavilion dark waters and dense cloud.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	12	A brightness lit up before him, hail and blazing fire.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	13	Yahweh thundered from the heavens, the Most High made his voice heard.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	14	He shot his arrows and scattered them, he hurled his lightning and routed them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	15	The very springs of ocean were exposed, the world's foundations were laid bare, at your roaring, Yahweh, at the blast of breath from your nostrils!
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	16	He reached down from on high, snatched me up, pulled me from the watery depths,
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	17	rescued me from my mighty foe, from my enemies who were stronger than I.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	18	They assailed me on my day of disaster but Yahweh was there to support me;
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	19	he freed me, set me at large, he rescued me because he loves me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	20	Yahweh rewards me for my uprightness, as my hands are pure, so he repays me,
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	21	since I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and not fallen away from my God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	22	His judgements are all before me, his statutes I have not put away from me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	23	I am blameless before him, I keep myself clear of evil.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	24	So Yahweh repaid me for acting uprightly because he could see I was pure.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	25	You are faithful to the faithful, blameless with the blameless,
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	26	sincere to the sincere, but cunning to the crafty,
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	27	you save a people that is humble and humiliate those with haughty looks.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	28	Yahweh, you yourself are my lamp, my God lights up my darkness;
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	29	with you I storm the rampart, with my God I can scale any wall.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	30	This God, his way is blameless; the word of Yahweh is refined in the furnace, for he alone is the shield of all who take refuge in him.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	31	For who is God but Yahweh, who is a rock but our God?
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	32	This God who girds me with strength, who makes my way free from blame,
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	33	who makes me as swift as a deer and sets me firmly on the heights,
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	34	who trains my hands for battle, my arms to bend a bow of bronze.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	35	You give me your invincible shield (your right hand upholds me) you never cease to listen to me,
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	36	you give me the strides of a giant, give me ankles that never weaken.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	37	I pursue my enemies and overtake them, not turning back till they are annihilated;
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	38	I strike them down and they cannot rise, they fall, they are under my feet.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	39	You have girded me with strength for the fight, bent down my assailants beneath me,
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	40	made my enemies retreat before me; and those who hate me I destroy.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	41	They cry out, there is no one to save; to Yahweh, but no answer comes.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	42	I crumble them like dust before the wind, trample them like the mud of the streets.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	43	You free me from the quarrels of my people, you place me at the head of the nations, a people I did not know are now my servants;
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	44	foreigners come wooing my favour, no sooner do they hear than they obey me;
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	45	foreigners grow faint of heart, they come trembling out of their fastnesses.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	46	Life to Yahweh! Blessed be my rock! Exalted be the God of my salvation,
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	47	the God who gives me vengeance, and subjects whole peoples to me,
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	48	who rescues me from my raging enemies. You lift me high above those who attack me, you deliver me from the man of violence.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	49	For this I will praise you, Yahweh, among the nations, and sing praise to your name.
+Psalms	Ps	23	18	50	He saves his king time after time, displays his faithful love for his anointed, for David and his heirs for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	19	1	[For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] The heavens declare the glory of God, the vault of heaven proclaims his handiwork,
+Psalms	Ps	23	19	2	day discourses of it to day, night to night hands on the knowledge.
+Psalms	Ps	23	19	3	No utterance at all, no speech, not a sound to be heard,
+Psalms	Ps	23	19	4	but from the entire earth the design stands out, this message reaches the whole world. High above, he pitched a tent for the sun,
+Psalms	Ps	23	19	5	who comes forth from his pavilion like a bridegroom, delights like a champion in the course to be run.
+Psalms	Ps	23	19	6	Rising on the one horizon he runs his circuit to the other, and nothing can escape his heat.
+Psalms	Ps	23	19	7	The Law of Yahweh is perfect, refreshment to the soul; the decree of Yahweh is trustworthy, wisdom for the simple.
+Psalms	Ps	23	19	8	The precepts of Yahweh are honest, joy for the heart; the commandment of Yahweh is pure, light for the eyes.
+Psalms	Ps	23	19	9	The fear of Yahweh is pure, lasting for ever; the judgements of Yahweh are true, upright, every one,
+Psalms	Ps	23	19	10	more desirable than gold, even than the finest gold; his words are sweeter than honey, that drips from the comb.
+Psalms	Ps	23	19	11	Thus your servant is formed by them; observing them brings great reward.
+Psalms	Ps	23	19	12	But who can detect his own failings? Wash away my hidden faults.
+Psalms	Ps	23	19	13	And from pride preserve your servant, never let it be my master. So shall I be above reproach, free from grave sin.
+Psalms	Ps	23	19	14	May the words of my mouth always find favour, and the whispering of my heart, in your presence, Yahweh, my rock, my redeemer.
+Psalms	Ps	23	20	1	[For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] May Yahweh answer you in time of trouble, may the name of the God of Jacob protect you!
+Psalms	Ps	23	20	2	May he send you help from the sanctuary, give you support from Zion!
+Psalms	Ps	23	20	3	May he remember all your sacrifices and delight in your burnt offerings!
+Psalms	Ps	23	20	4	May he grant you your heart's desire and crown all your plans with success!
+Psalms	Ps	23	20	5	So that with joy we can hail your victory and draw up our ranks in the name of our God. May Yahweh grant all your petitions.
+Psalms	Ps	23	20	6	Now I know that Yahweh gives victory to his anointed. He will respond from his holy heavens with great deeds of victory from his right hand.
+Psalms	Ps	23	20	7	Some call on chariots, some on horses, but we on the name of Yahweh our God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	20	8	They will crumple and fall, while we stand upright and firm.
+Psalms	Ps	23	20	9	Yahweh, save the king, answer us when we call.
+Psalms	Ps	23	21	1	[For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] Yahweh, the king rejoices in your power; How your saving help fills him with joy!
+Psalms	Ps	23	21	2	You have granted him his heart's desire, not denied him the prayer of his lips.
+Psalms	Ps	23	21	3	For you come to meet him with blessings of prosperity, put a crown of pure gold on his head.
+Psalms	Ps	23	21	4	He has asked for life, you have given it him, length of days for ever and ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	21	5	Great his glory through your saving help; you invest him with splendour and majesty.
+Psalms	Ps	23	21	6	You confer on him everlasting blessings, you gladden him with the joy of your presence.
+Psalms	Ps	23	21	7	For the king puts his trust in Yahweh; the faithful love of the Most High will keep him from falling.
+Psalms	Ps	23	21	8	Your hand will reach all your enemies, your right hand all who hate you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	21	9	You will hurl them into a blazing furnace on the day when you appear; Yahweh will engulf them in his anger, and fire will devour them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	21	10	You will purge the earth of their descendants, the human race of their posterity.
+Psalms	Ps	23	21	11	They have devised evil against you but, plot as they may, they will not succeed,
+Psalms	Ps	23	21	12	since you will make them turn tail, by shooting your arrows in their faces.
+Psalms	Ps	23	21	13	Rise, Yahweh, in your power! We will sing and make music in honour of your strength.
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	1	[For the choirmaster To 'the Doe of the Dawn' Psalm Of David] My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? The words of my groaning do nothing to save me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	2	My God, I call by day but you do not answer, at night, but I find no respite.
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	3	Yet you, the Holy One, who make your home in the praises of Israel,
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	4	in you our ancestors put their trust, they trusted and you set them free.
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	5	To you they called for help and were delivered; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	6	But I am a worm, less than human, scorn of mankind, contempt of the people;
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	7	all who see me jeer at me, they sneer and wag their heads,
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	8	'He trusted himself to Yahweh, let Yahweh set him free! Let him deliver him, as he took such delight in him.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	9	It was you who drew me from the womb and soothed me on my mother's breast.
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	10	On you was I cast from my birth, from the womb I have belonged to you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	11	Do not hold aloof, for trouble is upon me, and no one to help me!
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	12	Many bulls are encircling me, wild bulls of Bashan closing in on me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	13	Lions ravening and roaring open their jaws at me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	14	My strength is trickling away, my bones are all disjointed, my heart has turned to wax, melting inside me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	15	My mouth is dry as earthenware, my tongue sticks to my jaw. You lay me down in the dust of death.
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	16	A pack of dogs surrounds me, a gang of villains closing in on me as if to hack off my hands and my feet.
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	17	I can count every one of my bones, while they look on and gloat;
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	18	they divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	19	Yahweh, do not hold aloof! My strength, come quickly to my help,
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	20	rescue my soul from the sword, the one life I have from the grasp of the dog!
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	21	Save me from the lion's mouth, my poor life from the wild bulls' horns!
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	22	I shall proclaim your name to my brothers, praise you in full assembly:
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	23	'You who fear Yahweh, praise him! All the race of Jacob, honour him! Revere him, all the race of Israel!'
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	24	For he has not despised nor disregarded the poverty of the poor, has not turned away his face, but has listened to the cry for help.
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	25	Of you is my praise in the thronged assembly, I will perform my vows before all who fear him.
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	26	The poor will eat and be filled, those who seek Yahweh will praise him, 'May your heart live for ever.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	27	The whole wide world will remember and return to Yahweh, all the families of nations bow down before him.
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	28	For to Yahweh, ruler of the nations, belongs kingly power!
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	29	All who prosper on earth will bow before him, all who go down to the dust will do reverence before him. And those who are dead,
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	30	their descendants will serve him, will proclaim his name to generations
+Psalms	Ps	23	22	31	still to come; and these will tell of his saving justice to a people yet unborn: he has fulfilled it.
+Psalms	Ps	23	23	1	[Psalm Of David] Yahweh is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
+Psalms	Ps	23	23	2	In grassy meadows he lets me lie. By tranquil streams he leads me
+Psalms	Ps	23	23	3	to restore my spirit. He guides me in paths of saving justice as befits his name.
+Psalms	Ps	23	23	4	Even were I to walk in a ravine as dark as death I should fear no danger, for you are at my side. Your staff and your crook are there to soothe me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	23	5	You prepare a table for me under the eyes of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup brims over.
+Psalms	Ps	23	23	6	Kindness and faithful love pursue me every day of my life. I make my home in the house of Yahweh for all time to come.
+Psalms	Ps	23	24	1	[Psalm Of David] To Yahweh belong the earth and all it contains, the world and all who live there;
+Psalms	Ps	23	24	2	it is he who laid its foundations on the seas, on the flowing waters fixed it firm.
+Psalms	Ps	23	24	3	Who shall go up to the mountain of Yahweh? Who shall take a stand in his holy place?
+Psalms	Ps	23	24	4	The clean of hands and pure of heart, whose heart is not set on vanities, who does not swear an oath in order to deceive.
+Psalms	Ps	23	24	5	Such a one will receive blessing from Yahweh, saving justice from the God of his salvation.
+Psalms	Ps	23	24	6	Such is the people that seeks him, that seeks your presence, God of Jacob.
+Psalms	Ps	23	24	7	Gates, lift high your heads, raise high the ancient gateways, and the king of glory shall enter!
+Psalms	Ps	23	24	8	Who is he, this king of glory? It is Yahweh, strong and valiant, Yahweh valiant in battle.
+Psalms	Ps	23	24	9	Gates, lift high your heads, raise high the ancient gateways, and the king of glory shall enter!
+Psalms	Ps	23	24	10	Who is he, this king of glory? Yahweh Sabaoth, he is the king of glory.
+Psalms	Ps	23	25	1	[Of David] ADORATION I offer, Yahweh,
+Psalms	Ps	23	25	2	to you, my God. BUT in my trust in you do not put me to shame, let not my enemies gloat over me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	25	3	CALLING to you, none shall ever be put to shame, but shame is theirs who groundlessly break faith.
+Psalms	Ps	23	25	4	DIRECT me in your ways, Yahweh, and teach me your paths.
+Psalms	Ps	23	25	5	ENCOURAGE me to walk in your truth and teach me since you are the God who saves me. FOR my hope is in you all day long -- such is your generosity, Yahweh.
+Psalms	Ps	23	25	6	GOODNESS and faithful love have been yours for ever, Yahweh, do not forget them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	25	7	HOLD not my youthful sins against me, but remember me as your faithful love dictates.
+Psalms	Ps	23	25	8	INTEGRITY and generosity are marks of Yahweh for he brings sinners back to the path.
+Psalms	Ps	23	25	9	JUDICIOUSLY he guides the humble, instructing the poor in his way.
+Psalms	Ps	23	25	10	KINDNESS unfailing and constancy mark all Yahweh's paths, for those who keep his covenant and his decrees.
+Psalms	Ps	23	25	11	LET my sin, great though it is, be forgiven, Yahweh, for the sake of your name.
+Psalms	Ps	23	25	12	MEN who respect Yahweh, what of them? He teaches them the way they must choose.
+Psalms	Ps	23	25	13	NEIGHBOURS to happiness will they live, and their children inherit the land.
+Psalms	Ps	23	25	14	ONLY those who fear Yahweh have his secret and his covenant, for their understanding.
+Psalms	Ps	23	25	15	PERMANENTLY my eyes are on Yahweh, for he will free my feet from the snare.
+Psalms	Ps	23	25	16	QUICK, turn to me, pity me, alone and wretched as I am!
+Psalms	Ps	23	25	17	RELIEVE the distress of my heart, bring me out of my constraint.
+Psalms	Ps	23	25	18	SPARE a glance for my misery and pain, take all my sins away.
+Psalms	Ps	23	25	19	TAKE note how countless are my enemies, how violent their hatred for me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	25	20	UNLESS you guard me and rescue me I shall be put to shame, for you are my refuge.
+Psalms	Ps	23	25	21	VIRTUE and integrity be my protection, for my hope, Yahweh, is in you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	25	22	Ransom Israel, O God, from all its troubles.
+Psalms	Ps	23	26	1	[Of David] Yahweh, be my judge! I go on my way in innocence, my trust in Yahweh never wavers.
+Psalms	Ps	23	26	2	Probe me, Yahweh, examine me, Test my heart and my mind in the fire.
+Psalms	Ps	23	26	3	For your faithful love is before my eyes, and I live my life by your truth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	26	4	No sitting with wastrels for me, no travelling with hypocrites;
+Psalms	Ps	23	26	5	I hate the company of sinners, I refuse to sit down with the wicked.
+Psalms	Ps	23	26	6	I will wash my hands in innocence and join the procession round your altar, Yahweh,
+Psalms	Ps	23	26	7	to make heard the sound of thanksgiving, to proclaim all your wonders.
+Psalms	Ps	23	26	8	Yahweh, I love the beauty of your house and the place where your glory dwells.
+Psalms	Ps	23	26	9	Do not couple me with sinners, nor my life with men of violence,
+Psalms	Ps	23	26	10	whose hands are stained with guilt, their right hands heavy with bribes.
+Psalms	Ps	23	26	11	In innocence I will go on my way; ransom me, take pity on me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	26	12	I take my stand on the right path; I will bless you, Yahweh, in the assemblies.
+Psalms	Ps	23	27	1	[Of David] Yahweh is my light and my salvation, whom should I fear? Yahweh is the fortress of my life, whom should I dread?
+Psalms	Ps	23	27	2	When the wicked advance against me to eat me up, they, my opponents, my enemies, are the ones who stumble and fall.
+Psalms	Ps	23	27	3	Though an army pitch camp against me, my heart will not fear, though war break out against me, my trust will never be shaken.
+Psalms	Ps	23	27	4	One thing I ask of Yahweh, one thing I seek: to dwell in Yahweh's house all the days of my life, to enjoy the sweetness of Yahweh, to seek out his temple.
+Psalms	Ps	23	27	5	For he hides me away under his roof on the day of evil, he folds me in the recesses of his tent, sets me high on a rock.
+Psalms	Ps	23	27	6	Now my head is held high above the enemies who surround me; in his tent I will offer sacrifices of acclaim. I will sing, I will make music for Yahweh.
+Psalms	Ps	23	27	7	Yahweh, hear my voice as I cry, pity me, answer me!
+Psalms	Ps	23	27	8	Of you my heart has said, 'Seek his face!' Your face, Yahweh, I seek;
+Psalms	Ps	23	27	9	do not turn away from me. Do not thrust aside your servant in anger, without you I am helpless. Never leave me, never forsake me, God, my Saviour.
+Psalms	Ps	23	27	10	Though my father and mother forsake me, Yahweh will gather me up.
+Psalms	Ps	23	27	11	Yahweh, teach me your way, lead me on the path of integrity because of my enemies;
+Psalms	Ps	23	27	12	do not abandon me to the will of my foes -- false witnesses have risen against me, and are breathing out violence.
+Psalms	Ps	23	27	13	This I believe: I shall see the goodness of Yahweh, in the land of the living.
+Psalms	Ps	23	27	14	Put your hope in Yahweh, be strong, let your heart be bold, put your hope in Yahweh.
+Psalms	Ps	23	28	1	[Of David] To you, Yahweh, I cry, my rock, do not be deaf to me! If you stay silent I shall be like those who sink into oblivion.
+Psalms	Ps	23	28	2	Hear the sound of my prayer when I call upon you, when I raise my hands, Yahweh, towards your Holy of Holies.
+Psalms	Ps	23	28	3	Do not drag me away with the wicked, with evil-doers, who talk to their partners of peace with treachery in their hearts.
+Psalms	Ps	23	28	4	Repay them as their deeds deserve, as befits their treacherous actions; as befits their handiwork repay them, let their deserts fall back on themselves.
+Psalms	Ps	23	28	5	They do not comprehend the deeds of Yahweh, the work of his hands. May he pull them down and not rebuild them!
+Psalms	Ps	23	28	6	Blessed be Yahweh for he hears the sound of my prayer.
+Psalms	Ps	23	28	7	Yahweh is my strength and my shield, in him my heart trusts. I have been helped; my body has recovered its vigour, with all my heart I thank him.
+Psalms	Ps	23	28	8	Yahweh is the strength of his people, a safe refuge for his anointed.
+Psalms	Ps	23	28	9	Save your people, bless your heritage, shepherd them and carry them for ever!
+Psalms	Ps	23	29	1	[Psalm Of David] Give Yahweh his due, sons of God, give Yahweh his due of glory and strength,
+Psalms	Ps	23	29	2	give Yahweh the glory due to his name, adore Yahweh in the splendour of holiness.
+Psalms	Ps	23	29	3	Yahweh's voice over the waters, the God of glory thunders; Yahweh over countless waters,
+Psalms	Ps	23	29	4	Yahweh's voice in power, Yahweh's voice in splendour;
+Psalms	Ps	23	29	5	Yahweh's voice shatters cedars, Yahweh shatters cedars of Lebanon,
+Psalms	Ps	23	29	6	he makes Lebanon skip like a calf, Sirion like a young wild ox.
+Psalms	Ps	23	29	7	Yahweh's voice carves out lightning-shafts,
+Psalms	Ps	23	29	8	Yahweh's voice convulses the desert, Yahweh convulses the desert of Kadesh,
+Psalms	Ps	23	29	9	Yahweh's voice convulses terebinths, strips forests bare. In his palace all cry, 'Glory!'
+Psalms	Ps	23	29	10	Yahweh was enthroned for the flood, Yahweh is enthroned as king for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	29	11	Yahweh will give strength to his people, Yahweh blesses his people with peace.
+Psalms	Ps	23	30	1	[Psalm Canticle for the Dedication of the House Of David] I praise you to the heights, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, you have not let my foes make merry over me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	30	2	Yahweh, my God, I cried to you for help and you healed me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	30	3	Yahweh, you have lifted me out of Sheol, from among those who sink into oblivion you have given me life.
+Psalms	Ps	23	30	4	Make music for Yahweh, all you who are faithful to him, praise his unforgettable holiness.
+Psalms	Ps	23	30	5	His anger lasts but a moment, his favour through life; In the evening come tears, but with dawn cries of joy.
+Psalms	Ps	23	30	6	Carefree, I used to think, 'Nothing can ever shake me!'
+Psalms	Ps	23	30	7	Your favour, Yahweh, set me on impregnable heights, but you turned away your face and I was terrified.
+Psalms	Ps	23	30	8	To you, Yahweh, I call, to my God I cry for mercy.
+Psalms	Ps	23	30	9	What point is there in my death, my going down to the abyss? Can the dust praise you or proclaim your faithfulness?
+Psalms	Ps	23	30	10	Listen, Yahweh, take pity on me, Yahweh, be my help!
+Psalms	Ps	23	30	11	You have turned my mourning into dancing, you have stripped off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy.
+Psalms	Ps	23	30	12	So my heart will sing to you unceasingly, Yahweh, my God, I shall praise you for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	31	1	[For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] In you, Yahweh, I have taken refuge, let me never be put to shame, in your saving justice deliver me, rescue me,
+Psalms	Ps	23	31	2	turn your ear to me, make haste. Be for me a rock-fastness, a fortified citadel to save me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	31	3	You are my rock, my rampart; true to your name, lead me and guide me!
+Psalms	Ps	23	31	4	Draw me out of the net they have spread for me, for you are my refuge;
+Psalms	Ps	23	31	5	to your hands I commit my spirit, by you have I been redeemed. God of truth,
+Psalms	Ps	23	31	6	you hate those who serve useless idols; but my trust is in Yahweh:
+Psalms	Ps	23	31	7	I will delight and rejoice in your faithful love! You, who have seen my misery, and witnessed the miseries of my soul,
+Psalms	Ps	23	31	8	have not handed me over to the enemy, but have given me freedom to roam at large.
+Psalms	Ps	23	31	9	Take pity on me, Yahweh, for I am in trouble. Vexation is gnawing away my eyes, my soul deep within me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	31	10	For my life is worn out with sorrow, and my years with sighs. My strength gives way under my misery, and my bones are all wasted away.
+Psalms	Ps	23	31	11	The sheer number of my enemies makes me contemptible, loathsome to my neighbours, and my friends shrink from me in horror. When people see me in the street they take to their heels.
+Psalms	Ps	23	31	12	I have no more place in their hearts than a corpse, or something lost.
+Psalms	Ps	23	31	13	All I hear is slander -- terror wherever I turn -- as they plot together against me, scheming to take my life.
+Psalms	Ps	23	31	14	But my trust is in you, Yahweh; I say, 'You are my God,'
+Psalms	Ps	23	31	15	every moment of my life is in your hands, rescue me from the clutches of my foes who pursue me;
+Psalms	Ps	23	31	16	let your face shine on your servant, save me in your faithful love.
+Psalms	Ps	23	31	17	I call on you, Yahweh, so let disgrace fall not on me, but on the wicked. Let them go down to Sheol in silence,
+Psalms	Ps	23	31	18	muzzles on their lying mouths, which speak arrogantly against the upright in pride and contempt.
+Psalms	Ps	23	31	19	Yahweh, what quantities of good things you have in store for those who fear you, and bestow on those who make you their refuge, for all humanity to see.
+Psalms	Ps	23	31	20	Safe in your presence you hide them, far from human plotting, shielding them in your tent, far from contentious tongues.
+Psalms	Ps	23	31	21	Blessed be Yahweh who works for me miracles of his faithful love (in a fortified city)!
+Psalms	Ps	23	31	22	In a state of terror I cried, 'I have been cut off from your sight!' Yet you heard my plea for help when I cried out to you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	31	23	Love Yahweh, all his faithful: Yahweh protects his loyal servants, but he repays the arrogant with interest.
+Psalms	Ps	23	31	24	Be brave, take heart, all who put your hope in Yahweh.
+Psalms	Ps	23	32	1	[Of David Poem] How blessed are those whose offence is forgiven, whose sin blotted out.
+Psalms	Ps	23	32	2	How blessed are those to whom Yahweh imputes no guilt, whose spirit harbours no deceit.
+Psalms	Ps	23	32	3	I said not a word, but my bones wasted away from groaning all the day;
+Psalms	Ps	23	32	4	day and night your hand lay heavy upon me; my heart grew parched as stubble in summer drought.
+Psalms	Ps	23	32	5	I made my sin known to you, did not conceal my guilt. I said, 'I shall confess my offence to Yahweh.' And you, for your part, took away my guilt, forgave my sin.
+Psalms	Ps	23	32	6	That is why each of your faithful ones prays to you in time of distress. Even if great floods overflow, they will never reach your faithful.
+Psalms	Ps	23	32	7	You are a refuge for me, you guard me in trouble, with songs of deliverance you surround me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	32	8	I shall instruct you and teach you the way to go; I shall not take my eyes off you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	32	9	Be not like a horse or a mule; that does not understand bridle or bit; if you advance to master them, there is no means of bringing them near.
+Psalms	Ps	23	32	10	Countless troubles are in store for the wicked, but one who trusts in Yahweh is enfolded in his faithful love.
+Psalms	Ps	23	32	11	Rejoice in Yahweh, exult all you upright, shout for joy, you honest of heart.
+Psalms	Ps	23	33	1	Shout for joy, you upright; praise comes well from the honest.
+Psalms	Ps	23	33	2	Give thanks to Yahweh on the lyre, play for him on the ten-stringed lyre.
+Psalms	Ps	23	33	3	Sing to him a new song, make sweet music for your cry of victory.
+Psalms	Ps	23	33	4	The word of Yahweh is straightforward, all he does springs from his constancy.
+Psalms	Ps	23	33	5	He loves uprightness and justice; the faithful love of Yahweh fills the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	33	6	By the word of Yahweh the heavens were made, by the breath of his mouth all their array.
+Psalms	Ps	23	33	7	He collects the waters of the sea like a dam, he stores away the abyss in his treasure-house.
+Psalms	Ps	23	33	8	Let the whole earth fear Yahweh, let all who dwell in the world revere him;
+Psalms	Ps	23	33	9	for, the moment he spoke, it was so, no sooner had he commanded, than there it stood!
+Psalms	Ps	23	33	10	Yahweh thwarts the plans of nations, frustrates the counsels of peoples;
+Psalms	Ps	23	33	11	but Yahweh's own plan stands firm for ever, his heart's counsel from age to age.
+Psalms	Ps	23	33	12	How blessed the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people he has chosen as his heritage.
+Psalms	Ps	23	33	13	From heaven Yahweh looks down, he sees all the children of Adam,
+Psalms	Ps	23	33	14	from the place where he sits he watches all who dwell on the earth;
+Psalms	Ps	23	33	15	he alone moulds their hearts, he understands all they do.
+Psalms	Ps	23	33	16	A large army will not keep a king safe, nor his strength save a warrior's life;
+Psalms	Ps	23	33	17	it is delusion to rely on a horse for safety, for all its power it cannot save.
+Psalms	Ps	23	33	18	But see how Yahweh watches over those who fear him, those who rely on his faithful love,
+Psalms	Ps	23	33	19	to rescue them from death and keep them alive in famine.
+Psalms	Ps	23	33	20	We are waiting for Yahweh; he is our help and our shield,
+Psalms	Ps	23	33	21	for in him our heart rejoices, in his holy name we trust.
+Psalms	Ps	23	33	22	Yahweh, let your faithful love rest on us, as our hope has rested in you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	34	1	[Of David, when he had feigned insanity before Abimelech, and Abimelech sent him away] I will bless Yahweh at all times, his praise continually on my lips.
+Psalms	Ps	23	34	2	I will praise Yahweh from my heart; let the humble hear and rejoice.
+Psalms	Ps	23	34	3	Proclaim with me the greatness of Yahweh, let us acclaim his name together.
+Psalms	Ps	23	34	4	I seek Yahweh and he answers me, frees me from all my fears.
+Psalms	Ps	23	34	5	Fix your gaze on Yahweh and your face will grow bright, you will never hang your head in shame.
+Psalms	Ps	23	34	6	A pauper calls out and Yahweh hears, saves him from all his troubles.
+Psalms	Ps	23	34	7	The angel of Yahweh encamps around those who fear him, and rescues them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	34	8	Taste and see that Yahweh is good. How blessed are those who take refuge in him.
+Psalms	Ps	23	34	9	Fear Yahweh, you his holy ones; those who fear him lack for nothing.
+Psalms	Ps	23	34	10	Young lions may go needy and hungry, but those who seek Yahweh lack nothing good.
+Psalms	Ps	23	34	11	Come, my children, listen to me, I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.
+Psalms	Ps	23	34	12	Who among you delights in life, longs for time to enjoy prosperity?
+Psalms	Ps	23	34	13	Guard your tongue from evil, your lips from any breath of deceit.
+Psalms	Ps	23	34	14	Turn away from evil and do good, seek peace and pursue it.
+Psalms	Ps	23	34	15	The eyes of Yahweh are on the upright, his ear turned to their cry.
+Psalms	Ps	23	34	16	But Yahweh's face is set against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	34	17	They cry in anguish and Yahweh hears, and rescues them from all their troubles.
+Psalms	Ps	23	34	18	Yahweh is near to the broken-hearted, he helps those whose spirit is crushed.
+Psalms	Ps	23	34	19	Though hardships without number beset the upright, Yahweh brings rescue from them all.
+Psalms	Ps	23	34	20	Yahweh takes care of all their bones, not one of them will be broken.
+Psalms	Ps	23	34	21	But to the wicked evil brings death, those who hate the upright will pay the penalty.
+Psalms	Ps	23	34	22	Yahweh ransoms the lives of those who serve him, and there will be no penalty for those who take refuge in him.
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	1	[Of David] Accuse my accusers, Yahweh, attack my attackers.
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	2	Grasp your buckler and shield, up, and help me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	3	Brandish spear and pike to confront my pursuers, give me the assurance, 'I am your Saviour.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	4	Shame and humiliation on those who are out to kill me! Defeat and repulse in dismay on those who plot my downfall.
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	5	May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of Yahweh to chase them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	6	May their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of Yahweh to hound them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	7	Unprovoked they laid their snare for me, unprovoked dug a trap to kill me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	8	Ruin comes upon them unawares; the snare they have laid will catch them, and into their own trap they will fall.
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	9	Then I shall delight in Yahweh, rejoice that he has saved me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	10	My very bones will all exclaim, Yahweh, who can compare with you in rescuing the poor from the oppressor; the needy from the exploiter?
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	11	False witnesses come forward against me asking me questions I cannot answer, they cross-examine me,
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	12	repay my kindness with cruelty, make my life barren.
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	13	But I, when they were ill, had worn sackcloth, and mortified myself with fasting, praying ever anew in my heart,
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	14	as if for a friend or brother; I had wandered restless, as if mourning a mother, so bowed had I been in sorrow.
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	15	When I stumble they gather in glee, gather around me; strangers I never even knew tear me apart incessantly.
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	16	If I fall they surround me, grinding their teeth at me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	17	How much longer, Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their onslaughts, from young lions rescue the one life that I have.
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	18	I will give you thanks in the great assembly praise you where the people gather.
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	19	Let not my lying enemies gloat over me; those who hate me unprovoked look askance at me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	20	They have no greeting of peace to the peace-loving people of the land; they think up deceptive speeches.
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	21	Their mouths wide open to accuse me, they say, 'Come on now, we saw you.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	22	You saw it, Yahweh, do not stay silent; Lord, do not stand aloof from me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	23	Up, awake, to my defence, my God and my Lord, to my cause.
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	24	In your saving justice give judgement for me, Yahweh my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	25	Do not let them think, 'Just as we hoped,' nor, 'Now we have swallowed him up.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	26	Shame and dismay on them all who gloat over my misfortunes. Let all who profit at my expense be covered with shame and disgrace.
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	27	But let all who delight in my uprightness shout for joy and gladness; let them constantly say, 'Great is Yahweh, who delights to see his servant in peace.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	35	28	And my tongue shall recount your saving justice, all day long sing your praise.
+Psalms	Ps	23	36	1	[For the choirmaster Of the servant of Yahweh Of David] Sin is the oracle of the wicked in the depths of his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.
+Psalms	Ps	23	36	2	He sees himself with too flattering an eye to detect and detest his guilt;
+Psalms	Ps	23	36	3	all he says is malicious and deceitful, he has turned his back on wisdom. To get his way
+Psalms	Ps	23	36	4	he hatches malicious plots even in his bed; once set on his evil course no wickedness is too much for him.
+Psalms	Ps	23	36	5	Yahweh, your faithful love is in the heavens, your constancy reaches to the clouds,
+Psalms	Ps	23	36	6	your saving justice is like towering mountains, your judgements like the mighty deep. Yahweh, you support both man and beast;
+Psalms	Ps	23	36	7	how precious, God, is your faithful love. So the children of Adam take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
+Psalms	Ps	23	36	8	They feast on the bounty of your house, you let them drink from your delicious streams;
+Psalms	Ps	23	36	9	in you is the source of life, by your light we see the light.
+Psalms	Ps	23	36	10	Maintain your faithful love to those who acknowledge you, and your saving justice to the honest of heart.
+Psalms	Ps	23	36	11	Do not let the foot of the arrogant overtake me or wicked hands drive me away.
+Psalms	Ps	23	36	12	There they have fallen, the evil-doers, flung down, never to rise again.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	1	[Of David] Do not get heated about the wicked or envy those who do wrong.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	2	Quick as the grass they wither, fading like the green of the fields.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	3	Put your trust in Yahweh and do right, make your home in the land and live secure.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	4	Make Yahweh your joy and he will give you your heart's desires.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	5	Commit your destiny to Yahweh, be confident in him, and he will act,
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	6	making your uprightness clear as daylight, and the justice of your cause as the noon.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	7	Stay quiet before Yahweh, wait longingly for him, do not get heated over someone who is making a fortune, succeeding by devious means.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	8	Refrain from anger, leave rage aside, do not get heated -- it can do no good;
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	9	for evil-doers will be annihilated, while those who hope in Yahweh shall have the land for their own.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	10	A little while and the wicked will be no more, however well you search for the place, the wicked will not be there;
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	11	but the poor will have the land for their own, to enjoy untroubled peace.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	12	The wicked plots against the upright and gnashes his teeth at him,
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	13	but Yahweh only laughs at his efforts, knowing that his end is in sight.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	14	Though the wicked draw his sword and bend his bow to slaughter the honest and bring down the poor and the needy,
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	15	his sword will pierce his own heart, and his bow will be shattered.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	16	What little the upright possesses outweighs all the wealth of the wicked;
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	17	for the weapons of the wicked shall be shattered, while Yahweh supports the upright.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	18	The lives of the just are in Yahweh's care, their birthright will endure for ever;
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	19	they will not be put to shame when bad times come, in time of famine they will have plenty.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	20	The wicked, enemies of Yahweh, will be destroyed, they will vanish like the green of the pasture, they will vanish in smoke.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	21	The wicked borrows and will not repay, but the upright is generous in giving;
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	22	those he blesses will have the land for their own, and those he curses be annihilated.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	23	Yahweh guides a strong man's steps and keeps them firm; and takes pleasure in him.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	24	When he trips he is not thrown sprawling, since Yahweh supports him by the hand.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	25	Now I am old, but ever since my youth I never saw an upright person abandoned, or the descendants of the upright forced to beg their bread.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	26	The upright is always compassionate, always lending, so his descendants reap a blessing.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	27	Turn your back on evil and do good, you will have a home for ever,
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	28	for Yahweh loves justice and will not forsake his faithful. Evil-doers will perish eternally, the descendants of the wicked be annihilated,
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	29	but the upright shall have the land for their own, there they shall live for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	30	Wisdom comes from the lips of the upright, and his tongue speaks what is right;
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	31	the law of his God is in his heart, his foot will never slip.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	32	The wicked keeps a close eye on the upright, looking out for a chance to kill him;
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	33	Yahweh will never abandon him to the clutches of the wicked, nor let him be condemned if he is tried.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	34	Put your hope in Yahweh, keep to his path, he will raise you up to make the land your own; you will look on while the wicked are annihilated.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	35	I have seen the wicked exultant, towering like a cedar of Lebanon.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	36	When next I passed he was gone, I searched for him and he was nowhere to be found.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	37	Observe the innocent, consider the honest, for the lover of peace will not lack children.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	38	But the wicked will all be destroyed together, and their children annihilated.
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	39	The upright have Yahweh for their Saviour, their refuge in times of trouble;
+Psalms	Ps	23	37	40	Yahweh helps them and rescues them, he will rescue them from the wicked, and save them because they take refuge in him.
+Psalms	Ps	23	38	1	[Psalm Of David In commemoration] Yahweh, do not correct me in anger, do not discipline me in wrath.
+Psalms	Ps	23	38	2	For your arrows have pierced deep into me, your hand has pressed down upon me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	38	3	Your indignation has left no part of me unscathed, my sin has left no health in my bones.
+Psalms	Ps	23	38	4	My sins stand higher than my head, they weigh on me as an unbearable weight.
+Psalms	Ps	23	38	5	I have stinking, festering wounds, thanks to my folly.
+Psalms	Ps	23	38	6	I am twisted and bent double, I spend my days in gloom.
+Psalms	Ps	23	38	7	My loins burn with fever, no part of me is unscathed.
+Psalms	Ps	23	38	8	Numbed and utterly crushed I groan in distress of heart.
+Psalms	Ps	23	38	9	Lord, all my longing is known to you, my sighing no secret from you,
+Psalms	Ps	23	38	10	my heart is throbbing, my strength has failed, the light has gone out of my eyes.
+Psalms	Ps	23	38	11	Friends and companions shun my disease, even the dearest of them keep their distance.
+Psalms	Ps	23	38	12	Those with designs on my life lay snares, those who wish me ill speak of violence and hatch treachery all day long.
+Psalms	Ps	23	38	13	But I hear nothing, as though I were deaf, as though dumb, saying not a word.
+Psalms	Ps	23	38	14	I am like the one who, hearing nothing, has no sharp answer to make.
+Psalms	Ps	23	38	15	For in you, Yahweh, I put my hope, you, Lord my God, will give answer.
+Psalms	Ps	23	38	16	I said, 'Never let them gloat over me, do not let them take advantage of me if my foot slips.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	38	17	There is no escape for me from falling, no relief from my misery.
+Psalms	Ps	23	38	18	But I make no secret of my guilt, I am anxious at the thought of my sin.
+Psalms	Ps	23	38	19	There is no numbering those who oppose me without cause, no counting those who hate me unprovoked,
+Psalms	Ps	23	38	20	repaying me evil for good, slandering me for trying to do them good.
+Psalms	Ps	23	38	21	Yahweh, do not desert me, my God, do not stand aloof from me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	38	22	Come quickly to my help, Lord, my Saviour!
+Psalms	Ps	23	39	1	[For the choirmaster For Jeduthun Psalm Of David] I said, 'I will watch how I behave so that I do not sin by my tongue. I will keep a muzzle on my mouth as long as any sinner is near.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	39	2	I stayed dumb, silent, speechless, but the sinner's prosperity redoubled my torment.
+Psalms	Ps	23	39	3	My heart had been smouldering within me, but at the thought of this it flared up and the words came bursting out,
+Psalms	Ps	23	39	4	'Yahweh, let me know my fate, how much longer I have to live. Show me just how frail I am.
+Psalms	Ps	23	39	5	'Look, you have given me but a hand's breadth or two of life, the length of my life is as nothing to you. Every human being that stands on earth is a mere puff of wind,
+Psalms	Ps	23	39	6	every human being that walks only a shadow; a mere puff of wind is the wealth stored away -- no knowing who will profit from it.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	39	7	So now, Lord, what am I to hope for? My hope is in you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	39	8	Save me from all my sins, do not make me the butt of fools.
+Psalms	Ps	23	39	9	I keep silence, I speak no more since you yourself have been at work.
+Psalms	Ps	23	39	10	Take your scourge away from me. I am worn out by the blows you deal me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	39	11	You correct human beings by punishing sin, like a moth you eat away all their desires -- a human being is a mere puff of wind.
+Psalms	Ps	23	39	12	Yahweh, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for help, do not remain deaf to my weeping. For I am a stranger in your house, a nomad like all my ancestors.
+Psalms	Ps	23	39	13	Turn away your gaze that I may breathe freely before I depart and am no more!
+Psalms	Ps	23	40	1	[For the choirmaster Of David Psalm] I waited, I waited for Yahweh, then he stooped to me and heard my cry for help.
+Psalms	Ps	23	40	2	He pulled me up from the seething chasm, from the mud of the mire. He set my feet on rock, and made my footsteps firm.
+Psalms	Ps	23	40	3	He put a fresh song in my mouth, praise of our God. Many will be awestruck at the sight, and will put their trust in Yahweh.
+Psalms	Ps	23	40	4	How blessed are those who put their trust in Yahweh, who have not sided with rebels and those who have gone astray in falsehood.
+Psalms	Ps	23	40	5	How much you have done, Yahweh, my God -- your wonders, your plans for us -- you have no equal. I will proclaim and speak of them; they are beyond number.
+Psalms	Ps	23	40	6	You wanted no sacrifice or cereal offering, but you gave me an open ear, you did not ask for burnt offering or sacrifice for sin;
+Psalms	Ps	23	40	7	then I said, 'Here I am, I am coming.' In the scroll of the book it is written of me,
+Psalms	Ps	23	40	8	my delight is to do your will; your law, my God, is deep in my heart.
+Psalms	Ps	23	40	9	I proclaimed the saving justice of Yahweh in the great assembly. See, I will not hold my tongue, as you well know.
+Psalms	Ps	23	40	10	I have not kept your saving justice locked in the depths of my heart, but have spoken of your constancy and saving help. I have made no secret of your faithful and steadfast love, in the great assembly.
+Psalms	Ps	23	40	11	You, Yahweh, have not withheld your tenderness from me; your faithful and steadfast love will always guard me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	40	12	For troubles surround me, until they are beyond number; my sins have overtaken me; I cannot see my way. They outnumber the hairs of my head, and my heart fails me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	40	13	Be pleased, Yahweh, to rescue me, Yahweh, come quickly and help me!
+Psalms	Ps	23	40	14	Shame and dismay to all who seek to take my life. Back with them, let them be humiliated who delight in my misfortunes.
+Psalms	Ps	23	40	15	Let them be aghast with shame, those who say to me, 'Aha, aha!'
+Psalms	Ps	23	40	16	But joy and happiness in you to all who seek you! Let them ceaselessly cry, 'Great is Yahweh' who love your saving power.
+Psalms	Ps	23	40	17	Poor and needy as I am, the Lord has me in mind. You, my helper, my Saviour, my God, do not delay.
+Psalms	Ps	23	41	1	[For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] Blessed is anyone who cares for the poor and the weak; in time of trouble Yahweh rescues him.
+Psalms	Ps	23	41	2	Yahweh protects him, gives him life and happiness on earth. Do not abandon him to his enemies' pleasure!
+Psalms	Ps	23	41	3	Yahweh sustains him on his bed of sickness; you transform altogether the bed where he lies sick.
+Psalms	Ps	23	41	4	For my part I said, 'Yahweh, take pity on me! Cure me for I have sinned against you.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	41	5	My enemies speak to me only of disaster, 'When will he die and his name disappear?'
+Psalms	Ps	23	41	6	When people come to see me their talk is hollow, when they get out they spread the news with spite in their hearts.
+Psalms	Ps	23	41	7	All who hate me whisper together about me and reckon I deserve the misery I suffer.
+Psalms	Ps	23	41	8	'A fatal sickness has a grip on him; now that he is down, he will never get up again.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	41	9	Even my trusted friend on whom I relied, who shared my table, takes advantage of me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	41	10	But you, Yahweh, take pity on me! Put me on my feet and I will give them their due.
+Psalms	Ps	23	41	11	This will convince me that you delight in me, if my enemy no longer exults over me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	41	12	Then you will keep me unscathed, and set me in your presence for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	41	13	Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from eternity to eternity. Amen, Amen.
+Psalms	Ps	23	42	1	[For the choirmaster Poem Of the sons of Korah] As a deer yearns for running streams, so I yearn for you, my God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	42	2	I thirst for God, the living God; when shall I go to see the face of God?
+Psalms	Ps	23	42	3	I have no food but tears day and night, as all day long I am taunted, 'Where is your God?'
+Psalms	Ps	23	42	4	This I remember as I pour out my heart, how I used to pass under the roof of the Most High used to go to the house of God, among cries of joy and praise, the sound of the feast.
+Psalms	Ps	23	42	5	Why be so downcast, why all these sighs? Hope in God! I will praise him still, my Saviour,
+Psalms	Ps	23	42	6	my God. When I am downcast I think of you: from the land of Jordan and Hermon, I think of you, humble mountain.
+Psalms	Ps	23	42	7	Deep is calling to deep by the roar of your cataracts, all your waves and breakers have rolled over me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	42	8	In the daytime God sends his faithful love, and even at night; the song it inspires in me is a prayer to my living God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	42	9	I shall say to God, my rock, 'Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go around in mourning, harrassed by the enemy?'
+Psalms	Ps	23	42	10	With death in my bones, my enemies taunt me, all day long they ask me, 'Where is your God?'
+Psalms	Ps	23	42	11	Why so downcast, why all these sighs? Hope in God! I will praise him still, my Saviour, my God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	43	1	Judge me, God, defend my cause against a people who have no faithful love; from those who are treacherous and unjust, rescue me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	43	2	For you are the God of my strength; why abandon me? Why must I go around in mourning, harrassed by the enemy?
+Psalms	Ps	23	43	3	Send out your light and your truth; they shall be my guide, to lead me to your holy mountain to the place where you dwell.
+Psalms	Ps	23	43	4	Then I shall go to the altar of God, to the God of my joy. I will rejoice and praise you on the harp, O God, my God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	43	5	Why so downcast, why all these sighs? Hope in God! I will praise him still, my Saviour, my God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	1	[For the choirmaster Of the sons of Korah Poem] God, we have heard for ourselves, our ancestors have told us, of the deeds you did in their days, in days of old,
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	2	by your hand. To establish them in the land you drove out nations, to make room for them you harried peoples.
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	3	It was not their own sword that won the land, nor their own arms which made them victorious, but your hand it was and your arm, and the light of your presence, for you loved them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	4	You are my king, my God, who decreed Jacob's victories;
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	5	through you we conquered our opponents, in your name we trampled down those who rose up against us.
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	6	For my trust was not in my bow, my victory was not won by my sword;
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	7	it was you who saved us from our opponents, you who put to shame those who hate us.
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	8	Our boast was always of God, we praised your name without ceasing.
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	9	Yet now you have abandoned and humiliated us, you no longer take the field with our armies,
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	10	you leave us to fall back before the enemy, those who hate us plunder us at will.
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	11	You hand us over like sheep for slaughter, you scatter us among the nations,
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	12	you sell your people for a trifle and make no profit on the sale.
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	13	You make us the butt of our neighbours, the mockery and scorn of those around us,
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	14	you make us a by-word among nations, other peoples shake their heads over us.
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	15	All day long I brood on my disgrace, the shame written clear on my face,
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	16	from the sound of insult and abuse, from the sight of hatred and vengefulness.
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	17	All this has befallen us though we had not forgotten you, nor been disloyal to your covenant,
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	18	our hearts never turning away, our feet never straying from your path.
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	19	Yet you have crushed us in the place where jackals live, and immersed us in shadow dark as death.
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	20	Had we forgotten the name of our God and stretched out our hands to a foreign god,
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	21	would not God have found this out, for he knows the secrets of the heart?
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	22	For your sake we are being massacred all day long, treated as sheep to be slaughtered.
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	23	Wake, Lord! Why are you asleep? Awake! Do not abandon us for good.
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	24	Why do you turn your face away, forgetting that we are poor and harrassed?
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	25	For we are bowed down to the dust, and lie prone on the ground.
+Psalms	Ps	23	44	26	Arise! Come to our help! Ransom us, as your faithful love demands.
+Psalms	Ps	23	45	1	[For the choirmaster Tune: 'Lilies . . .' Of the sons of Korah Poem Love song] My heart is stirred by a noble theme, I address my poem to the king, my tongue the pen of an expert scribe.
+Psalms	Ps	23	45	2	Of all men you are the most handsome, gracefulness is a dew upon your lips, for God has blessed you for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	45	3	Warrior, strap your sword at your side, in your majesty and splendour advance,
+Psalms	Ps	23	45	4	ride on in the cause of truth, gentleness and uprightness. Stretch the bowstring tight, lending terror to your right hand.
+Psalms	Ps	23	45	5	Your arrows are sharp, nations lie at your mercy, the king's enemies lose heart.
+Psalms	Ps	23	45	6	Your throne is from God, for ever and ever, the sceptre of your kingship a sceptre of justice,
+Psalms	Ps	23	45	7	you love uprightness and detest evil. This is why God, your God, has anointed you with oil of gladness, as none of your rivals,
+Psalms	Ps	23	45	8	your robes all myrrh and aloes. From palaces of ivory, harps bring you joy,
+Psalms	Ps	23	45	9	in your retinue are daughters of kings, the consort at your right hand in gold of Ophir.
+Psalms	Ps	23	45	10	Listen, my daughter, attend to my words and hear; forget your own nation and your ancestral home,
+Psalms	Ps	23	45	11	then the king will fall in love with your beauty; he is your lord, bow down before him.
+Psalms	Ps	23	45	12	The daughter of Tyre will court your favour with gifts, and the richest of peoples
+Psalms	Ps	23	45	13	with jewels set in gold. Clothed
+Psalms	Ps	23	45	14	in brocade, the king's daughter is led within to the king with the maidens of her retinue; her companions are brought to her,
+Psalms	Ps	23	45	15	they enter the king's palace with joy and rejoicing.
+Psalms	Ps	23	45	16	Instead of your ancestors you will have sons; you will make them rulers over the whole world.
+Psalms	Ps	23	45	17	I will make your name endure from generation to generation, so nations will sing your praise for ever and ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	46	1	[For the choirmaster Of the sons of Korah For oboe Song] God is both refuge and strength for us, a help always ready in trouble;
+Psalms	Ps	23	46	2	so we shall not be afraid though the earth be in turmoil, though mountains tumble into the depths of the sea,
+Psalms	Ps	23	46	3	and its waters roar and seethe, and the mountains totter as it heaves. (Yahweh Sabaoth is with us, our citadel, the God of Jacob.)
+Psalms	Ps	23	46	4	There is a river whose streams bring joy to God's city, it sanctifies the dwelling of the Most High.
+Psalms	Ps	23	46	5	God is in the city, it cannot fall; at break of day God comes to its rescue.
+Psalms	Ps	23	46	6	Nations are in uproar, kingdoms are tumbling, when he raises his voice the earth crumbles away.
+Psalms	Ps	23	46	7	Yahweh Sabaoth is with us, our citadel, the God of Jacob.
+Psalms	Ps	23	46	8	Come, consider the wonders of Yahweh, the astounding deeds he has done on the earth;
+Psalms	Ps	23	46	9	he puts an end to wars over the whole wide world, he breaks the bow, he snaps the spear, shields he burns in the fire.
+Psalms	Ps	23	46	10	'Be still and acknowledge that I am God, supreme over nations, supreme over the world.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	46	11	Yahweh Sabaoth is with us, our citadel, the God of Jacob.
+Psalms	Ps	23	47	1	[For the choirmaster Of the sons of Korah Psalm] Clap your hands, all peoples, acclaim God with shouts of joy.
+Psalms	Ps	23	47	2	For Yahweh, the Most High, is glorious, the great king over all the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	47	3	He brings peoples under our yoke and nations under our feet.
+Psalms	Ps	23	47	4	He chooses for us our birthright, the pride of Jacob whom he loves.
+Psalms	Ps	23	47	5	God goes up to shouts of acclaim, Yahweh to a fanfare on the ram's horn.
+Psalms	Ps	23	47	6	Let the music sound for our God, let it sound, let the music sound for our king, let it sound.
+Psalms	Ps	23	47	7	For he is king of the whole world; learn the music, let it sound for God!
+Psalms	Ps	23	47	8	God reigns over the nations, seated on his holy throne.
+Psalms	Ps	23	47	9	The leaders of the nations rally to the people of the God of Abraham. The shields of the earth belong to God, who is exalted on high.
+Psalms	Ps	23	48	1	[Song Psalm Of the sons of Korah] Great is Yahweh and most worthy of praise in the city of our God, the holy mountain,
+Psalms	Ps	23	48	2	towering in beauty, the joy of the whole world: Mount Zion in the heart of the north, the settlement of the great king;
+Psalms	Ps	23	48	3	God himself among its palaces has proved himself its bulwark.
+Psalms	Ps	23	48	4	For look, kings made alliance, together they advanced;
+Psalms	Ps	23	48	5	without a second glance, when they saw, they panicked and fled away.
+Psalms	Ps	23	48	6	Trembling seized them on the spot, pains like those of a woman in labour;
+Psalms	Ps	23	48	7	it was the east wind, that wrecker of ships from Tarshish.
+Psalms	Ps	23	48	8	What we had heard we saw for ourselves in the city of our God, in the city of Yahweh Sabaoth, which God has established for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	48	9	We reflect on your faithful love, God, in your temple!
+Psalms	Ps	23	48	10	Both your name and your praise, God, are over the whole wide world. Your right hand is full of saving justice,
+Psalms	Ps	23	48	11	Mount Zion rejoices, the daughters of Judah delight because of your saving justice.
+Psalms	Ps	23	48	12	Go round Zion, walk right through her, count her bastions,
+Psalms	Ps	23	48	13	admire her walls, examine her palaces, to tell future generations
+Psalms	Ps	23	48	14	that such is God; our God for ever and ever, he is our guide!
+Psalms	Ps	23	49	1	[For the choirmaster Of the sons of Korah Psalm] Hear this, all nations, listen, all who dwell on earth,
+Psalms	Ps	23	49	2	people high and low, rich and poor alike!
+Psalms	Ps	23	49	3	My lips have wisdom to utter, my heart good sense to whisper.
+Psalms	Ps	23	49	4	I listen carefully to a proverb, I set my riddle to the music of the harp.
+Psalms	Ps	23	49	5	Why should I be afraid in times of trouble? Malice dogs me and hems me in.
+Psalms	Ps	23	49	6	They trust in their wealth, and boast of the profusion of their riches.
+Psalms	Ps	23	49	7	But no one can ever redeem himself or pay his own ransom to God,
+Psalms	Ps	23	49	8	the price for himself is too high; it can never be
+Psalms	Ps	23	49	9	that he will live on for ever and avoid the sight of the abyss.
+Psalms	Ps	23	49	10	For he will see the wise also die no less than the fool and the brute, and leave their wealth behind for others.
+Psalms	Ps	23	49	11	For ever no home but their tombs, their dwelling-place age after age, though they gave their name to whole territories.
+Psalms	Ps	23	49	12	In prosperity people lose their good sense, they become no better than dumb animals.
+Psalms	Ps	23	49	13	So they go on in their self-assurance, right up to the end they are content with their lot.
+Psalms	Ps	23	49	14	They are penned in Sheol like sheep, Death will lead them to pasture, and those who are honest will rule over them. In the morning all trace of them will be gone, Sheol will be their home.
+Psalms	Ps	23	49	15	But my soul God will ransom from the clutches of Sheol, and will snatch me up.
+Psalms	Ps	23	49	16	Do not be overawed when someone gets rich, and lives in ever greater splendour;
+Psalms	Ps	23	49	17	when he dies he will take nothing with him, his wealth will not go down with him.
+Psalms	Ps	23	49	18	Though he pampered himself while he lived -- and people praise you for looking after yourself-
+Psalms	Ps	23	49	19	he will go to join the ranks of his ancestors, who will never again see the light.
+Psalms	Ps	23	49	20	In prosperity people lose their good sense, they become no better than dumb animals.
+Psalms	Ps	23	50	1	[Psalm Of Asaph] The God of gods, Yahweh, is speaking, from east to west he summons the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	50	2	From Zion, perfection of beauty, he shines forth;
+Psalms	Ps	23	50	3	he is coming, our God, and will not be silent. Devouring fire ahead of him, raging tempest around him,
+Psalms	Ps	23	50	4	he summons the heavens from on high, and the earth to judge his people.
+Psalms	Ps	23	50	5	'Gather to me my faithful, who sealed my covenant by sacrifice.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	50	6	The heavens proclaim his saving justice, 'God himself is judge.
+Psalms	Ps	23	50	7	'Listen, my people, I am speaking, Israel, I am giving evidence against you, I, God, your God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	50	8	'It is not with your sacrifices that I find fault, those burnt offerings constantly before me;
+Psalms	Ps	23	50	9	I will not accept any bull from your homes, nor a single goat from your folds.
+Psalms	Ps	23	50	10	'For all forest creatures are mine already, the animals on the mountains in their thousands.
+Psalms	Ps	23	50	11	I know every bird in the air, whatever moves in the fields is mine.
+Psalms	Ps	23	50	12	'If I am hungry I shall not tell you, since the world and all it holds is mine.
+Psalms	Ps	23	50	13	Am I to eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
+Psalms	Ps	23	50	14	'Let thanksgiving be your sacrifice to God, fulfil the vows you make to the Most High;
+Psalms	Ps	23	50	15	then if you call to me in time of trouble I will rescue you and you will honour me.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	50	16	But to the wicked, God says: 'What right have you to recite my statutes, to take my covenant on your lips,
+Psalms	Ps	23	50	17	when you detest my teaching, and thrust my words behind you?
+Psalms	Ps	23	50	18	'You make friends with a thief as soon as you see one, you feel at home with adulterers,
+Psalms	Ps	23	50	19	your conversation is devoted to wickedness, and your tongue to inventing lies.
+Psalms	Ps	23	50	20	'You sit there, slandering your own brother, you malign your own mother's son.
+Psalms	Ps	23	50	21	You do this, and am I to say nothing? Do you think that I am really like you? I charge you, indict you to your face.
+Psalms	Ps	23	50	22	'Think it out, you who forget God, or I will tear you apart without hope of a rescuer.
+Psalms	Ps	23	50	23	Honour to me is a sacrifice of thanksgiving; to the upright I will show God's salvation.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	51	1	[For the choirmaster Of David When the prophet Nathan had come to him because he had gone to Bathsheba] Have mercy on me, O God, in your faithful love, in your great tenderness wipe away my offences;
+Psalms	Ps	23	51	2	wash me clean from my guilt, purify me from my sin.
+Psalms	Ps	23	51	3	For I am well aware of my offences, my sin is constantly in mind.
+Psalms	Ps	23	51	4	Against you, you alone, I have sinned, I have done what you see to be wrong, that you may show your saving justice when you pass sentence, and your victory may appear when you give judgement,
+Psalms	Ps	23	51	5	remember, I was born guilty, a sinner from the moment of conception.
+Psalms	Ps	23	51	6	But you delight in sincerity of heart, and in secret you teach me wisdom.
+Psalms	Ps	23	51	7	Purify me with hyssop till I am clean, wash me till I am whiter than snow.
+Psalms	Ps	23	51	8	Let me hear the sound of joy and gladness, and the bones you have crushed will dance.
+Psalms	Ps	23	51	9	Turn away your face from my sins, and wipe away all my guilt.
+Psalms	Ps	23	51	10	God, create in me a clean heart, renew within me a resolute spirit,
+Psalms	Ps	23	51	11	do not thrust me away from your presence, do not take away from me your spirit of holiness.
+Psalms	Ps	23	51	12	Give me back the joy of your salvation, sustain in me a generous spirit.
+Psalms	Ps	23	51	13	I shall teach the wicked your paths, and sinners will return to you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	51	14	Deliver me from bloodshed, God, God of my salvation, and my tongue will acclaim your saving justice.
+Psalms	Ps	23	51	15	Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will speak out your praise.
+Psalms	Ps	23	51	16	Sacrifice gives you no pleasure, burnt offering you do not desire.
+Psalms	Ps	23	51	17	Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit, a broken, contrite heart you never scorn.
+Psalms	Ps	23	51	18	In your graciousness do good to Zion, rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
+Psalms	Ps	23	51	19	Then you will delight in upright sacrifices,-burnt offerings and whole oblations -- and young bulls will be offered on your altar.
+Psalms	Ps	23	52	1	[For the choirmaster Poem Of David When Doeg the Edomite went and warned Saul, 'David has gone to Abimelech's house'] Why take pride in being wicked, you champion in villainy, all day long
+Psalms	Ps	23	52	2	plotting crime? Your tongue is razor-sharp, you artist in perfidy.
+Psalms	Ps	23	52	3	You prefer evil to good, lying to uprightness.
+Psalms	Ps	23	52	4	You revel in destructive talk, treacherous tongue!
+Psalms	Ps	23	52	5	That is why God will crush you, destroy you once and for all, snatch you from your tent, uproot you from the land of the living.
+Psalms	Ps	23	52	6	The upright will be awestruck as they see it, they will mock him,
+Psalms	Ps	23	52	7	'So much for someone who would not place his reliance in God, but relied on his own great wealth, and made himself strong by crime.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	52	8	But I, like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God, put my trust in God's faithful love, for ever and ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	52	9	I shall praise you for ever for what you have done, and shall trust in your name, so full of goodness, in the presence of your faithful.
+Psalms	Ps	23	53	1	[For the choirmaster In sickness Poem Of David] The fool has said in his heart, 'There is no God!' They are corrupt, vile and unjust, not one of them does right.
+Psalms	Ps	23	53	2	God looks down from heaven at the children of Adam, to see if a single one is wise, a single one seeks God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	53	3	All have proved faithless, all alike turned sour, not one of them does right, not a single one.
+Psalms	Ps	23	53	4	Are they not aware, these evil-doers? They are devouring my people; this is the bread they eat, and they never call upon God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	53	5	They will be gripped with fear, just where there is no need for fear, for God scatters the bones of him who besieges you; they are mocked because God rejects them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	53	6	Who will bring from Zion salvation for Israel? When God brings his people home, what joy for Jacob, what happiness for Israel!
+Psalms	Ps	23	54	1	[For the choirmaster On stringed instruments Poem Of David When the Ziphites went to Saul and said,'Is not David hiding with us?'] God, save me by your name, in your power vindicate me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	54	2	God, hear my prayer, listen to the words I speak.
+Psalms	Ps	23	54	3	Arrogant men are attacking me, bullies hounding me to death, no room in their thoughts for God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	54	4	But now God is coming to my help, the Lord, among those who sustain me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	54	5	May their wickedness recoil on those who lie in wait for me. Yahweh, in your constancy destroy them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	54	6	How gladly will I offer you sacrifice, and praise your name, for it is good,
+Psalms	Ps	23	54	7	for it has rescued me from all my troubles, and my eye has feasted on my enemies.
+Psalms	Ps	23	55	1	[For the choirmaster For strings Poem Of David] God, hear my prayer, do not hide away from my plea,
+Psalms	Ps	23	55	2	give me a hearing, answer me, my troubles give me no peace. I shudder
+Psalms	Ps	23	55	3	at the enemy's shouts, at the outcry of the wicked; they heap up charges against me, in their anger bring hostile accusations against me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	55	4	My heart writhes within me, the terrors of death come upon me,
+Psalms	Ps	23	55	5	fear and trembling overwhelm me, and shuddering grips me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	55	6	And I say, 'Who will give me wings like a dove, to fly away and find rest?'
+Psalms	Ps	23	55	7	How far I would escape, and make a nest in the desert!
+Psalms	Ps	23	55	8	I would soon find a refuge from the storm of abuse, from the
+Psalms	Ps	23	55	9	destructive tempest, Lord, from the flood of their tongues. For I see violence and strife in the city,
+Psalms	Ps	23	55	10	day and night they make their rounds along the city walls, Inside live malice and mischief,
+Psalms	Ps	23	55	11	inside lives destruction, tyranny and treachery never absent from its central square.
+Psalms	Ps	23	55	12	Were it an enemy who insulted me, that I could bear; if an opponent pitted himself against me, I could turn away from him.
+Psalms	Ps	23	55	13	But you, a person of my own rank, a comrade and dear friend,
+Psalms	Ps	23	55	14	to whom I was bound by intimate friendship in the house of God! May they recoil in disorder,
+Psalms	Ps	23	55	15	may death descend on them, may they go down alive to Sheol, since evil shares their home with them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	55	16	For my part, I appeal to God, and Yahweh saves me;
+Psalms	Ps	23	55	17	evening, morning, noon, I complain and I groan. He hears my cry,
+Psalms	Ps	23	55	18	he ransoms me and gives me peace from the feud against me, for they are taking me to law.
+Psalms	Ps	23	55	19	But God will listen and will humble them, he who has been enthroned from the beginning; no change of heart for them, for they do not fear God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	55	20	They attack those at peace with them, going back on their oaths;
+Psalms	Ps	23	55	21	though their mouth is smoother than butter, enmity is in their hearts; their words more soothing than oil, yet sharpened like swords.
+Psalms	Ps	23	55	22	Unload your burden onto Yahweh and he will sustain you; never will he allow the upright to stumble.
+Psalms	Ps	23	55	23	You, God, will thrust them down to the abyss of destruction, men bloodthirsty and deceptive, before half their days are spent. For my part, I put my trust in you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	56	1	[For the choirmaster Tune: 'The oppression of distant princes' Of David In a quiet voice When the Philistines seized him in Gath] Take pity on me, God, as they harry me, pressing their attacks home all day.
+Psalms	Ps	23	56	2	Those who harry me lie in wait for me all day, countless are those who attack me from the heights.
+Psalms	Ps	23	56	3	When I am afraid, I put my trust in you,
+Psalms	Ps	23	56	4	in God, whose word I praise, in God I put my trust and have no fear, what power has human strength over me?
+Psalms	Ps	23	56	5	All day long they carp at my words, their only thought is to harm me,
+Psalms	Ps	23	56	6	they gather together, lie in wait and spy on my movements, as though determined to take my life.
+Psalms	Ps	23	56	7	Because of this crime reject them, in your anger, God, strike down the nations.
+Psalms	Ps	23	56	8	You yourself have counted up my sorrows, collect my tears in your wineskin.
+Psalms	Ps	23	56	9	Then my enemies will turn back on the day when I call. This I know, that God is on my side.
+Psalms	Ps	23	56	10	In God whose word I praise, in Yahweh whose word I praise,
+Psalms	Ps	23	56	11	in God I put my trust and have no fear; what can mortal man do to me?
+Psalms	Ps	23	56	12	I am bound by the vows I have made, God, I will pay you the debt of thanks,
+Psalms	Ps	23	56	13	for you have saved my life from death to walk in the presence of God, in the light of the living.
+Psalms	Ps	23	57	1	[For the choirmaster Tune: 'Do not destroy' Of David In a quiet voice When he escaped from Saul in the cave] Take pity on me, God, take pity on me, for in you I take refuge, in the shadow of your wings I take refuge, until the destruction is past.
+Psalms	Ps	23	57	2	I call to God the Most High, to God who has done everything for me;
+Psalms	Ps	23	57	3	may he send from heaven and save me, and check those who harry me; may God send his faithful love and his constancy.
+Psalms	Ps	23	57	4	I lie surrounded by lions, greedy for human prey, their teeth are spears and arrows, their tongue a sharp sword.
+Psalms	Ps	23	57	5	Be exalted above the heavens, God! Your glory over all the earth!
+Psalms	Ps	23	57	6	They laid a snare in my path -- I was bowed with care -- they dug a pit ahead of me, but fell in it themselves.
+Psalms	Ps	23	57	7	My heart is ready, God, my heart is ready; I will sing, and make music for you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	57	8	Awake, my glory, awake, lyre and harp, that I may awake the Dawn.
+Psalms	Ps	23	57	9	I will praise you among the peoples, Lord, I will make music for you among nations,
+Psalms	Ps	23	57	10	for your faithful love towers to heaven, your constancy to the clouds.
+Psalms	Ps	23	57	11	Be exalted above the heavens, God! Your glory over all the earth!
+Psalms	Ps	23	58	1	[For the choirmaster Tune: 'Do not destroy' Of David In a quiet voice] Divine as you are, do you truly give upright verdicts? do you judge fairly the children of Adam?
+Psalms	Ps	23	58	2	No! You devise injustice in your hearts, and with your hands you administer tyranny on the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	58	3	Since the womb they have gone astray, the wicked, on the wrong path since their birth, with their unjust verdicts.
+Psalms	Ps	23	58	4	They are poisonous as any snake, deaf as an adder that blocks its ears
+Psalms	Ps	23	58	5	so as not to hear the magician's music, however skilful his spells.
+Psalms	Ps	23	58	6	God, break the teeth in their mouths, snap off the fangs of these young lions, Yahweh.
+Psalms	Ps	23	58	7	May they drain away like water running to waste, may they wither like trampled grass,
+Psalms	Ps	23	58	8	like the slug that melts as it moves or a still-born child that never sees the sun.
+Psalms	Ps	23	58	9	Before they sprout thorns like the bramble, green or burnt up, may retribution whirl them away.
+Psalms	Ps	23	58	10	The upright will rejoice to see vengeance done, and will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.
+Psalms	Ps	23	58	11	'So', people will say, 'the upright does have a reward; there is a God to dispense justice on earth.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	59	1	[For the choirmaster Tune: 'Do not destroy' Of David In a quiet voice When Saul sent men to watch David's house in order to have him killed] Rescue me from my enemies, my God, be my stronghold from my assailants,
+Psalms	Ps	23	59	2	rescue me from evil-doers, from men of violence save me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	59	3	Look at them, lurking to ambush me, violent men are attacking me, for no fault, no sin of mine, Yahweh,
+Psalms	Ps	23	59	4	for no guilt, they come running to take up position. Wake up, stand by me and keep watch,
+Psalms	Ps	23	59	5	Yahweh, God of Sabaoth, God of Israel, rise up, to punish all the nations, show no mercy to all these malicious traitors.
+Psalms	Ps	23	59	6	Back they come at nightfall, snarling like curs, prowling through the town.
+Psalms	Ps	23	59	7	Look how they rant in speech with swords on their lips, 'Who is there to hear us?'
+Psalms	Ps	23	59	8	For your part, Yahweh, you laugh at them, you make mockery of all nations.
+Psalms	Ps	23	59	9	My strength, I keep my eyes fixed on you. For my stronghold is God,
+Psalms	Ps	23	59	10	the God who loves me faithfully is coming to meet me, God will let me feast my eyes on those who lie in wait for me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	59	11	Do not annihilate them, or my people may forget; shake them in your power, bring them low, Lord, our shield.
+Psalms	Ps	23	59	12	Sin is in their mouths, sin on their lips, so let them be trapped in their pride for the curses and lies that they utter.
+Psalms	Ps	23	59	13	Destroy them in your anger, destroy them till they are no more, and let it be known that God is Master in Jacob and the whole wide world.
+Psalms	Ps	23	59	14	Back they come at nightfall, snarling like curs, prowling through the town,
+Psalms	Ps	23	59	15	scavenging for something to eat, growling unless they have their fill.
+Psalms	Ps	23	59	16	And so I will sing of your strength, in the morning acclaim your faithful love; you have been a stronghold for me, a refuge when I was in trouble.
+Psalms	Ps	23	59	17	My strength, I will make music for you, for my stronghold is God, the God who loves me faithfully.
+Psalms	Ps	23	60	1	[For the choirmaster To the tune 'The decree is a lily' In a quiet voice Of David To be learnt When he was at war with Aram-Naharaim and Aram-Zobah, and Joab marched back to destroy twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt] God, you have rejected us, broken us, you were angry, come back to us!
+Psalms	Ps	23	60	2	You made the earth tremble, split it open; now mend the rifts, it is tottering still.
+Psalms	Ps	23	60	3	You have forced your people to drink a bitter draught, forced us to drink a wine that made us reel.
+Psalms	Ps	23	60	4	You gave a signal to those who fear you to let them escape out of range of the bow.
+Psalms	Ps	23	60	5	To rescue those you love, save with your right hand and answer us.
+Psalms	Ps	23	60	6	God has spoken from his sanctuary, 'In triumph I will divide up Shechem, and share out the Valley of Succoth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	60	7	'Mine is Gilead, mine Manasseh, Ephraim the helmet on my head, Judah my commander's baton,
+Psalms	Ps	23	60	8	'Moab a bowl for me to wash in, on Edom I plant my sandal. Now try shouting "Victory!" over me, Philistia!'
+Psalms	Ps	23	60	9	Who will lead me against a fortified city, who will guide me into Edom,
+Psalms	Ps	23	60	10	if not you, the God who has rejected us? God, you no longer march with our armies.
+Psalms	Ps	23	60	11	Bring us help in our time of crisis, any human help is worthless.
+Psalms	Ps	23	60	12	With God we shall do deeds of valour, he will trample down our enemies.
+Psalms	Ps	23	61	1	[For the choirmaster For strings Of David] God, hear my cry, listen to my prayer.
+Psalms	Ps	23	61	2	From the end of the earth I call to you with fainting heart. Lead me to the high rock that stands far out of my reach.
+Psalms	Ps	23	61	3	For you are my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy.
+Psalms	Ps	23	61	4	Let me stay in your tent for ever, taking refuge in the shelter of your wings!
+Psalms	Ps	23	61	5	For you, God, accept my vows, you grant me the heritage of those who fear your name.
+Psalms	Ps	23	61	6	Let the king live on and on, let his years continue age after age.
+Psalms	Ps	23	61	7	May his throne be always in God's presence, your faithful love and constancy watch over him.
+Psalms	Ps	23	61	8	Then I shall always sing to your name, day after day fulfilling my vows.
+Psalms	Ps	23	62	1	[For the choirmaster . . . Jeduthun Psalm Of David] In God alone there is rest for my soul, from him comes my safety;
+Psalms	Ps	23	62	2	he alone is my rock, my safety, my stronghold so that I stand unshaken.
+Psalms	Ps	23	62	3	How much longer will you set on a victim, all together, intent on murder, like a rampart already leaning over, a wall already damaged?
+Psalms	Ps	23	62	4	Trickery is their only plan, deception their only pleasure, with lies on their lips they pronounce a blessing, with a curse in their hearts.
+Psalms	Ps	23	62	5	Rest in God alone, my soul! He is the source of my hope.
+Psalms	Ps	23	62	6	He alone is my rock, my safety, my stronghold, so that I stand unwavering.
+Psalms	Ps	23	62	7	In God is my safety and my glory, the rock of my strength. In God is my refuge;
+Psalms	Ps	23	62	8	trust in him, you people, at all times. Pour out your hearts to him, God is a refuge for us.
+Psalms	Ps	23	62	9	Ordinary people are a mere puff of wind, important people a delusion; set both on the scales together, and they are lighter than a puff of wind.
+Psalms	Ps	23	62	10	Put no trust in extortion, no empty hopes in robbery; however much wealth may multiply, do not set your heart on it.
+Psalms	Ps	23	62	11	Once God has spoken, twice have I heard this: Strength belongs to God,
+Psalms	Ps	23	62	12	to you, Lord, faithful love; and you repay everyone as their deeds deserve.
+Psalms	Ps	23	63	1	[Psalm Of David When he was in the desert of Judah] God, you are my God, I pine for you; my heart thirsts for you, my body longs for you, as a land parched, dreary and waterless.
+Psalms	Ps	23	63	2	Thus I have gazed on you in the sanctuary, seeing your power and your glory.
+Psalms	Ps	23	63	3	Better your faithful love than life itself; my lips will praise you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	63	4	Thus I will bless you all my life, in your name lift up my hands.
+Psalms	Ps	23	63	5	All my longings fulfilled as with fat and rich foods, a song of joy on my lips and praise in my mouth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	63	6	On my bed when I think of you, I muse on you in the watches of the night,
+Psalms	Ps	23	63	7	for you have always been my help; in the shadow of your wings I rejoice;
+Psalms	Ps	23	63	8	my heart clings to you, your right hand supports me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	63	9	May those who are hounding me to death go down to the depths of the earth,
+Psalms	Ps	23	63	10	given over to the blade of the sword, and left as food for jackals.
+Psalms	Ps	23	63	11	Then the king shall rejoice in God, all who swear by him shall gain recognition, for the mouths of liars shall be silenced.
+Psalms	Ps	23	64	1	[For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] Listen, God, to my voice as I plead, protect my life from fear of the enemy;
+Psalms	Ps	23	64	2	hide me from the league of the wicked, from the gang of evil-doers.
+Psalms	Ps	23	64	3	They sharpen their tongues like a sword, aim their arrows of poisonous abuse,
+Psalms	Ps	23	64	4	shoot at the innocent from cover, shoot suddenly, with nothing to fear.
+Psalms	Ps	23	64	5	They support each other in their evil designs, they discuss how to lay their snares. 'Who will see us?' they say,
+Psalms	Ps	23	64	6	'or will penetrate our secrets?' He will do that, he who penetrates human nature to its depths, the depths of the heart.
+Psalms	Ps	23	64	7	God has shot them with his arrow, sudden were their wounds.
+Psalms	Ps	23	64	8	He brings them down because of their tongue, and all who see them shake their heads.
+Psalms	Ps	23	64	9	Everyone will be awestruck, proclaim what God has done, and understand why he has done it.
+Psalms	Ps	23	64	10	The upright will rejoice in Yahweh, will take refuge in him, and all the honest will praise him.
+Psalms	Ps	23	65	1	[For the choirmaster Psalm Of David Song] Praise is rightfully yours, God, in Zion. Vows to you shall be fulfilled,
+Psalms	Ps	23	65	2	for you answer prayer. All humanity must come to you
+Psalms	Ps	23	65	3	with its sinful deeds. Our faults overwhelm us, but you blot them out.
+Psalms	Ps	23	65	4	How blessed those whom you choose and invite to dwell in your courts. We shall be filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple.
+Psalms	Ps	23	65	5	You respond to us with the marvels of your saving justice, God our Saviour, hope of the whole wide world, even the distant islands.
+Psalms	Ps	23	65	6	By your strength you hold the mountains steady, being clothed in power,
+Psalms	Ps	23	65	7	you calm the turmoil of the seas, the turmoil of their waves. The nations are in uproar, in panic those who live at the ends of the earth;
+Psalms	Ps	23	65	8	your miracles bring shouts of joy to the gateways of morning and evening.
+Psalms	Ps	23	65	9	You visit the earth and make it fruitful, you fill it with riches; the river of God brims over with water, you provide the grain. To that end
+Psalms	Ps	23	65	10	you water its furrows abundantly, level its ridges, soften it with showers and bless its shoots.
+Psalms	Ps	23	65	11	You crown the year with your generosity, richness seeps from your tracks,
+Psalms	Ps	23	65	12	the pastures of the desert grow moist, the hillsides are wrapped in joy,
+Psalms	Ps	23	65	13	the meadows are covered with flocks, the valleys clothed with wheat; they shout and sing for joy.
+Psalms	Ps	23	66	1	[For the choirmaster Song Psalm] Acclaim God, all the earth,
+Psalms	Ps	23	66	2	sing psalms to the glory of his name, glorify him with your praises,
+Psalms	Ps	23	66	3	say to God, 'How awesome you are! 'Your achievements are the measure of your power, your enemies woo your favour,
+Psalms	Ps	23	66	4	all the earth bows down before you, sings psalms to you, sings psalms to your name.
+Psalms	Ps	23	66	5	Come and see the marvels of God, his awesome deeds for the children of Adam:
+Psalms	Ps	23	66	6	he changed the sea into dry land, they crossed the river on foot. So let us rejoice in him,
+Psalms	Ps	23	66	7	who rules for ever by his power; his eyes keep watch on the nations to forestall rebellion against him.
+Psalms	Ps	23	66	8	Nations, bless our God, let the sound of his praise be heard;
+Psalms	Ps	23	66	9	he brings us to life and keeps our feet from stumbling.
+Psalms	Ps	23	66	10	God, you have put us to the test, refined us like silver,
+Psalms	Ps	23	66	11	let us fall into the net; you have put a heavy strain on our backs,
+Psalms	Ps	23	66	12	let men ride over our heads; but now the ordeal by fire and water is over, you have led us out to breathe again.
+Psalms	Ps	23	66	13	I bring burnt offerings to your house, I fulfil to you my vows,
+Psalms	Ps	23	66	14	the vows that rose to my lips, that I pronounced when I was in trouble.
+Psalms	Ps	23	66	15	I will offer you rich burnt offerings, with the smoke of burning rams. I will sacrifice to you bullocks and goats.
+Psalms	Ps	23	66	16	Come and listen, all who fear God, while I tell what he has done for me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	66	17	To him I cried aloud, high praise was on my tongue.
+Psalms	Ps	23	66	18	Had I been aware of guilt in my heart, the Lord would not have listened,
+Psalms	Ps	23	66	19	but in fact God did listen, attentive to the sound of my prayer.
+Psalms	Ps	23	66	20	Blessed be God who has not turned away my prayer, nor his own faithful love from me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	67	1	[For the choirmaster For strings Psalm Song] May God show kindness and bless us, and make his face shine on us.
+Psalms	Ps	23	67	2	Then the earth will acknowledge your ways, and all nations your power to save.
+Psalms	Ps	23	67	3	Let the nations praise you, God, let all the nations praise you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	67	4	Let the nations rejoice and sing for joy, for you judge the world with justice, you judge the peoples with fairness, you guide the nations on earth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	67	5	Let the nations praise you, God, let all the nations praise you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	67	6	The earth has yielded its produce; God, our God has blessed us.
+Psalms	Ps	23	67	7	May God continue to bless us, and be revered by the whole wide world.
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	1	[For the choirmaster Of David Psalm Song] Let God arise, let his enemies scatter, let his opponents flee before him.
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	2	You disperse them like smoke; as wax melts in the presence of a fire, so the wicked melt at the presence of God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	3	The upright rejoice in the presence of God, delighted and crying out for joy.
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	4	Sing to God, play music to his name, build a road for the Rider of the Clouds, rejoice in Yahweh, dance before him.
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	5	Father of orphans, defender of widows, such is God in his holy dwelling.
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	6	God gives the lonely a home to live in, leads prisoners out into prosperity, but rebels must live in the bare wastelands.
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	7	God, when you set out at the head of your people, when you strode over the desert,
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	8	the earth rocked, the heavens pelted down rain at the presence of God, at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	9	God, you rained down a shower of blessings, when your heritage was weary you gave it strength.
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	10	Your family found a home, which you in your generosity provided for the humble.
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	11	The Lord gave a command, the good news of a countless army.
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	12	The chieftains of the army are in flight, in flight, and the fair one at home is sharing out the spoils.
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	13	While you are at ease in the sheepfolds, the wings of the Dove are being covered with silver, and her feathers with a sheen of green gold;
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	14	when Shaddai scatters the chieftains, through her it snows on the Dark Mountain.
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	15	A mountain of God, the mountain of Bashan! a haughty mountain, the mountain of Bashan!
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	16	Why be envious, haughty mountains, of the mountain God has chosen for his dwelling? There God will dwell for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	17	The chariots of God are thousand upon thousand; God has come from Sinai to the sanctuary.
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	18	You have climbed the heights, taken captives, you have taken men as tribute, even rebels that Yahweh God might have a dwelling-place.
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	19	Blessed be the Lord day after day, he carries us along, God our Saviour.
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	20	This God of ours is a God who saves; from Lord Yahweh comes escape from death;
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	21	but God smashes the head of his enemies, the long-haired skull of the prowling criminal.
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	22	The Lord has said, 'I will bring them back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	23	so that you may bathe your feet in blood, and the tongues of your dogs feast on your enemies.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	24	Your processions, God, are for all to see, the processions of my God, of my king, to the sanctuary;
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	25	singers ahead, musicians behind, in the middle come girls, beating their drums.
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	26	In choirs they bless God, Yahweh, since the foundation of Israel.
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	27	Benjamin was there, the youngest in front, the princes of Judah in bright-coloured robes, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	28	Take command, my God, as befits your power, the power, God, which you have wielded for us,
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	29	from your temple high above Jerusalem. Kings will come to you bearing tribute.
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	30	Rebuke the Beast of the Reeds, that herd of bulls, that people of calves, who bow down with ingots of silver. Scatter the people who delight in war.
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	31	From Egypt nobles will come, Ethiopia will stretch out its hands to God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	32	Kingdoms of the earth, sing to God, play for
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	33	the Rider of the Heavens, the primeval heavens. There he speaks, with a voice of power!
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	34	Acknowledge the power of God. Over Israel his splendour, in the clouds his power.
+Psalms	Ps	23	68	35	Awesome is God in his sanctuary. He, the God of Israel, gives strength and power to his people. Blessed be God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	1	[For the choirmaster Tune: 'Lilies . . .' Of David] Save me, God, for the waters have closed in on my very being.
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	2	I am sinking in the deepest swamp and there is no firm ground. I have stepped into deep water and the waves are washing over me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	3	I am exhausted with calling out, my throat is hoarse, my eyes are worn out with searching for my God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	4	More numerous than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without reason. Those who seek to get rid of me are powerful, my treacherous enemies. (Must I give back what I have never stolen?)
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	5	God, you know how foolish I am, my offences are not hidden from you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	6	Those who hope in you must not be made fools of, Yahweh Sabaoth, because of me! Those who seek you must not be disgraced, God of Israel, because of me!
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	7	It is for you I bear insults, my face is covered with shame,
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	8	I am estranged from my brothers, alienated from my own mother's sons;
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	9	for I am eaten up with zeal for your house, and insults directed against you fall on me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	10	I mortify myself with fasting, and find myself insulted for it,
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	11	I dress myself in sackcloth and become their laughing-stock,
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	12	the gossip of people sitting at the gate, and the theme of drunkards' songs.
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	13	And so, I pray to you, Yahweh, at the time of your favour; in your faithful love answer me, in the constancy of your saving power.
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	14	Rescue me from the mire before I sink in; so I shall be saved from those who hate me, from the watery depths.
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	15	Let not the waves wash over me, nor the deep swallow me up, nor the pit close its mouth on me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	16	Answer me, Yahweh, for your faithful love is generous; in your tenderness turn towards me;
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	17	do not turn away from your servant, be quick to answer me, for I am in trouble.
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	18	Come to my side, redeem me, ransom me because of my enemies.
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	19	You know well the insults, the shame and disgrace I endure. Every one of my oppressors is known to you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	20	Insult has broken my heart past cure. I hoped for sympathy, but in vain, for consolers -- not one to be found.
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	21	To eat they gave me poison, to drink, vinegar when I was thirsty.
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	22	May their own table prove a trap for them, and their abundance a snare;
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	23	may their eyes grow so dim that they cannot see, all their muscles lose their strength.
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	24	Vent your fury on them, let your burning anger overtake them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	25	Reduce their encampment to ruin, and leave their tents untenanted,
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	26	for hounding someone you had already stricken, for redoubling the pain of one you had wounded.
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	27	Charge them with crime after crime, exclude them from your saving justice,
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	28	erase them from the book of life, do not enrol them among the upright.
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	29	For myself, wounded wretch that I am, by your saving power raise me up!
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	30	I will praise God's name in song, I will extol him by thanksgiving,
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	31	for this will please Yahweh more than an ox, than a bullock horned and hoofed.
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	32	The humble have seen and are glad. Let your courage revive, you who seek God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	33	For God listens to the poor, he has never scorned his captive people.
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	34	Let heaven and earth and seas, and all that stirs in them, acclaim him!
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	35	For God will save Zion, and rebuild the cities of Judah, and people will live there on their own land;
+Psalms	Ps	23	69	36	the descendants of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there.
+Psalms	Ps	23	70	1	[For the choirmaster Of David In commemoration] Be pleased, God, to rescue me, Yahweh, come quickly and help me!
+Psalms	Ps	23	70	2	Shame and dismay to those who seek my life! Back with them! Let them be humiliated who delight in my misfortunes.
+Psalms	Ps	23	70	3	Let them shrink away covered with shame, those who say to me, 'Aha, aha!'
+Psalms	Ps	23	70	4	But joy and happiness in you to all who seek you. Let them ceaselessly cry, 'God is great', who love your saving power.
+Psalms	Ps	23	70	5	Poor and needy as I am, God, come quickly to me! Yahweh, my helper, my Saviour, do not delay!
+Psalms	Ps	23	71	1	In you, Yahweh, I take refuge, I shall never be put to shame.
+Psalms	Ps	23	71	2	In your saving justice rescue me, deliver me, listen to me and save me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	71	3	Be a sheltering rock for me, always accessible; you have determined to save me, for you are my rock, my fortress.
+Psalms	Ps	23	71	4	My God, rescue me from the clutches of the wicked, from the grasp of the rogue and the ruthless.
+Psalms	Ps	23	71	5	For you are my hope, Lord, my trust, Yahweh, since boyhood.
+Psalms	Ps	23	71	6	On you I have relied since my birth, since my mother's womb you have been my portion, the constant theme of my praise.
+Psalms	Ps	23	71	7	Many were bewildered at me, but you are my sure refuge.
+Psalms	Ps	23	71	8	My mouth is full of your praises, filled with your splendour all day long.
+Psalms	Ps	23	71	9	Do not reject me in my old age, nor desert me when my strength is failing,
+Psalms	Ps	23	71	10	for my enemies are discussing me, those with designs on my life are plotting together.
+Psalms	Ps	23	71	11	'Hound him down, for God has deserted him! Seize him, there is no one to rescue him.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	71	12	God, do not stand aloof, my God, come quickly to help me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	71	13	Shame and ruin on those who slander me, may those intent on harming me be covered with insult and infamy.
+Psalms	Ps	23	71	14	As for me, my hope will never fade, I will praise you more and more.
+Psalms	Ps	23	71	15	My lips shall proclaim your saving justice, your saving power all day long.
+Psalms	Ps	23	71	16	I will come in the power of Yahweh to tell of your justice, yours alone.
+Psalms	Ps	23	71	17	God, you have taught me from boyhood, and I am still proclaiming your marvels.
+Psalms	Ps	23	71	18	Now that I am old and grey-haired, God, do not desert me, till I have proclaimed your strength to generations still to come, your power
+Psalms	Ps	23	71	19	and justice to the skies. You have done great things, God, who is like you?
+Psalms	Ps	23	71	20	You have shown me much misery and hardship, but you will give me life again, You will raise me up again from the depths of the earth,
+Psalms	Ps	23	71	21	prolong my old age, and comfort me again.
+Psalms	Ps	23	71	22	For my part, I will thank you on the lyre for your constancy, my God. I will play the harp in your honour, Holy One of Israel.
+Psalms	Ps	23	71	23	My lips sing for joy as I play to you, because you have redeemed me,
+Psalms	Ps	23	71	24	and all day long my tongue muses on your saving justice. Shame and disgrace on those intent to harm me!
+Psalms	Ps	23	72	1	[Of Solomon] God, endow the king with your own fair judgement, the son of the king with your own saving justice,
+Psalms	Ps	23	72	2	that he may rule your people with justice, and your poor with fair judgement.
+Psalms	Ps	23	72	3	Mountains and hills, bring peace to the people! With justice
+Psalms	Ps	23	72	4	he will judge the poor of the people, he will save the children of the needy and crush their oppressors.
+Psalms	Ps	23	72	5	In the sight of the sun and the moon he will endure, age after age.
+Psalms	Ps	23	72	6	He will come down like rain on mown grass, like showers moistening the land.
+Psalms	Ps	23	72	7	In his days uprightness shall flourish, and peace in plenty till the moon is no more.
+Psalms	Ps	23	72	8	His empire shall stretch from sea to sea, from the river to the limits of the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	72	9	The Beast will cower before him, his enemies lick the dust;
+Psalms	Ps	23	72	10	the kings of Tarshish and the islands will pay him tribute. The kings of Sheba and Saba will offer gifts;
+Psalms	Ps	23	72	11	all kings will do him homage, all nations become his servants.
+Psalms	Ps	23	72	12	For he rescues the needy who calls to him, and the poor who has no one to help.
+Psalms	Ps	23	72	13	He has pity on the weak and the needy, and saves the needy from death.
+Psalms	Ps	23	72	14	From oppression and violence he redeems their lives, their blood is precious in his sight.
+Psalms	Ps	23	72	15	(Long may he live; may the gold of Sheba be given him!) Prayer will be offered for him constantly, and blessings invoked on him all day.
+Psalms	Ps	23	72	16	May wheat abound in the land, waving on the heights of the hills, like Lebanon with its fruits and flowers at their best, like the grasses of the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	72	17	May his name be blessed for ever, and endure in the sight of the sun. In him shall be blessed every race in the world, and all nations call him blessed.
+Psalms	Ps	23	72	18	Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who alone works wonders;
+Psalms	Ps	23	72	19	blessed for ever his glorious name. May the whole world be filled with his glory! Amen! Amen!
+Psalms	Ps	23	72	20	End of the prayers of David, son of Jesse.
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	1	[Psalm Of Asaph] Indeed God is good to Israel, the Lord to those who are pure of heart.
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	2	My feet were on the point of stumbling, a little more and I had slipped,
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	3	envying the arrogant as I did, and seeing the prosperity of the wicked.
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	4	For them no such thing as pain, untroubled, their comfortable portliness;
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	5	exempt from the cares which are the human lot, they have no part in Adam's afflictions.
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	6	So pride is a necklace to them, violence the garment they wear.
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	7	From their fat oozes out malice, their hearts drip with cunning.
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	8	Cynically they advocate evil, loftily they advocate force.
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	9	Their mouth claims heaven for themselves, and their tongue is never still on earth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	10	That is why my people turn to them, and enjoy the waters of plenty,
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	11	saying, 'How can God know? What knowledge can the Most High have?'
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	12	That is what the wicked are like, piling up wealth without any worries.
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	13	Was it useless, then, to have kept my own heart clean, to have washed my hands in innocence?
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	14	When I was under a hail of blows all day long, and punished every morning,
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	15	had I said, 'I shall talk like them,' I should have betrayed your children's race.
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	16	So I set myself to understand this: how difficult I found it!
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	17	Until I went into the sanctuaries of the gods and understood what was destined to become of them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	18	You place them on a slippery slope and drive them down into chaos.
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	19	How sudden their hideous destruction! They are swept away, annihilated by terror!
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	20	Like a dream upon waking, Lord, when you awake, you dismiss their image.
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	21	My heart grew embittered, my affections dried up,
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	22	I was stupid and uncomprehending, a clumsy animal in your presence.
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	23	Even so, I stayed in your presence, you grasped me by the right hand;
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	24	you will guide me with advice, and will draw me in the wake of your glory.
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	25	Who else is there for me in heaven? And, with you, I lack nothing on earth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	26	My heart and my flesh are pining away: my heart's rock, my portion, God for ever!
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	27	Truly, those who abandon you will perish; you destroy those who adulterously desert you,
+Psalms	Ps	23	73	28	whereas my happiness is to be near God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, to tell of all your works.
+Psalms	Ps	23	74	1	[Poem Of Asaph] God, why have you finally rejected us, your anger blazing against the flock you used to pasture?
+Psalms	Ps	23	74	2	Remember the people you took to yourself long ago, your own tribe which you redeemed, and this Mount Zion where you came to live.
+Psalms	Ps	23	74	3	Come up to these endless ruins! The enemy have sacked everything in the sanctuary;
+Psalms	Ps	23	74	4	your opponents made uproar in the place of assemblies, they fixed their emblems over the entrance, emblems
+Psalms	Ps	23	74	5	never known before. Their axes deep in the wood,
+Psalms	Ps	23	74	6	hacking at the panels, they battered them down with axe and pick;
+Psalms	Ps	23	74	7	they set fire to your sanctuary, profanely rased to the ground the dwelling-place of your name.
+Psalms	Ps	23	74	8	They said to themselves, 'Let us crush them at one stroke!' They burned down every sacred shrine in the land.
+Psalms	Ps	23	74	9	We see no signs, no prophet any more, and none of us knows how long it will last.
+Psalms	Ps	23	74	10	How much longer, God, will the enemy blaspheme? Is the enemy to insult your name for ever?
+Psalms	Ps	23	74	11	Why hold back your hand, keep your right hand hidden in the folds of your robe?
+Psalms	Ps	23	74	12	Yet, God, my king from the first, author of saving acts throughout the earth,
+Psalms	Ps	23	74	13	by your power you split the sea in two, and smashed the heads of the monsters on the waters.
+Psalms	Ps	23	74	14	You crushed Leviathan's heads, gave him as food to the wild animals.
+Psalms	Ps	23	74	15	You released the springs and brooks, and turned primordial rivers into dry land.
+Psalms	Ps	23	74	16	Yours is the day and yours the night, you caused sun and light to exist,
+Psalms	Ps	23	74	17	you fixed all the boundaries of the earth, you created summer and winter.
+Psalms	Ps	23	74	18	Remember, Yahweh, the enemy's blasphemy, a foolish people insults your name.
+Psalms	Ps	23	74	19	Do not surrender your turtledove to the beast; do not forget for ever the life of your oppressed people.
+Psalms	Ps	23	74	20	Look to the covenant! All the hiding-places of the land are full, haunts of violence.
+Psalms	Ps	23	74	21	Do not let the downtrodden retreat in confusion, give the poor and needy cause to praise your name.
+Psalms	Ps	23	74	22	Arise, God, champion your own cause, remember how fools blaspheme you all day long!
+Psalms	Ps	23	74	23	Do not forget the shouting of your enemies, the ever-mounting uproar of your adversaries.
+Psalms	Ps	23	75	1	[For the choirmaster Tune: 'Do not destroy' Psalm Of Asaph Song] We give thanks to you, God, we give thanks to you, as we call upon your name, as we recount your wonders.
+Psalms	Ps	23	75	2	'At the appointed time I myself shall dispense justice.
+Psalms	Ps	23	75	3	The earth quakes and all its inhabitants; it is I who hold its pillars firm.
+Psalms	Ps	23	75	4	'I said to the boastful, "Do not boast!" to the wicked, "Do not flaunt your strength!
+Psalms	Ps	23	75	5	Do not flaunt your strength so proudly, do not talk with that arrogant stance." '
+Psalms	Ps	23	75	6	No longer from east to west, no longer in the mountainous desert,
+Psalms	Ps	23	75	7	is God judging in uprightness, bringing some down, raising others.
+Psalms	Ps	23	75	8	Yahweh is holding a cup filled with a heady blend of wine; he will pour it, they will drink it to the dregs, all the wicked on earth will drink it.
+Psalms	Ps	23	75	9	But I shall speak out for ever, shall make music for the God of Jacob.
+Psalms	Ps	23	75	10	I shall break down all the strength of the wicked, and the strength of the upright will rise high.
+Psalms	Ps	23	76	1	[For the choirmaster For strings Psalm Of Asaph Song] God is acknowledged in Judah, his name is great in Israel,
+Psalms	Ps	23	76	2	his tent is pitched in Salem, his dwelling is in Zion;
+Psalms	Ps	23	76	3	there he has broken the lightning-flashes of the bow, shield and sword and war.
+Psalms	Ps	23	76	4	Radiant you are, and renowned for the mountains of booty
+Psalms	Ps	23	76	5	taken from them. Heroes are now sleeping their last sleep, the warriors' arms have failed them;
+Psalms	Ps	23	76	6	at your reproof, God of Jacob, chariot and horse stand stunned.
+Psalms	Ps	23	76	7	You, you alone, strike terror! Who can hold his ground in your presence when your anger strikes?
+Psalms	Ps	23	76	8	From heaven your verdicts thunder, the earth is silent with dread
+Psalms	Ps	23	76	9	when God takes his stand to give judgement, to save all the humble of the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	76	10	Human anger serves only to praise you, the survivors of your anger will huddle round you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	76	11	Make and fulfil your vows to Yahweh your God, let those who surround him make offerings to the Awesome One.
+Psalms	Ps	23	76	12	He cuts short the breath of princes, strikes terror in earthly kings.
+Psalms	Ps	23	77	1	[For the choirmaster . . . Jeduthun Of Asaph Psalm] I cry to God in distress, I cry to God and he hears me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	77	2	In the day of my distress I sought the Lord; all night I tirelessly stretched out my hands, my heart refused to be consoled.
+Psalms	Ps	23	77	3	I sigh as I think of God, my spirit faints away as I ponder on him.
+Psalms	Ps	23	77	4	You kept me from closing my eyes, I was too distraught to speak;
+Psalms	Ps	23	77	5	I thought of former times, years long past
+Psalms	Ps	23	77	6	I recalled; through the night I ponder in my heart, as I reflect, my spirit asks this question:
+Psalms	Ps	23	77	7	Is the Lord's rejection final? Will he never show favour again?
+Psalms	Ps	23	77	8	Is his faithful love gone for ever? Has his Word come to an end for all time?
+Psalms	Ps	23	77	9	Does God forget to show mercy? In anger does he shut off his tenderness?
+Psalms	Ps	23	77	10	And I said, 'This is what wounds me, the right hand of the Most High has lost its strength.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	77	11	Remembering Yahweh's great deeds, remembering your wonders in the past,
+Psalms	Ps	23	77	12	I reflect on all that you did, I ponder all your great deeds.
+Psalms	Ps	23	77	13	God, your ways are holy! What god is as great as our God?
+Psalms	Ps	23	77	14	You are the God who does marvellous deeds, brought nations to acknowledge your power,
+Psalms	Ps	23	77	15	with your own arm redeeming your people, the children of Jacob and Joseph.
+Psalms	Ps	23	77	16	When the waters saw you, God, when the waters saw you they writhed in anguish, the very depths shook with fear.
+Psalms	Ps	23	77	17	The clouds pelted down water, the sky thundered, your arrows shot back and forth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	77	18	The rolling of your thunder was heard, your lightning-flashes lit up the world, the earth shuddered and shook.
+Psalms	Ps	23	77	19	Your way led over the sea, your path over the countless waters, and none could trace your footsteps.
+Psalms	Ps	23	77	20	You guided your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	1	[Psalm Of Asaph] My people, listen to my teaching, pay attention to what I say.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	2	I will speak to you in poetry, unfold the mysteries of the past.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	3	What we have heard and know, what our ancestors have told us
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	4	we shall not conceal from their descendants, but will tell to a generation still to come: the praises of Yahweh, his power, the wonderful deeds he has done.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	5	He instituted a witness in Jacob, he established a law in Israel, he commanded our ancestors to hand it down to their descendants,
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	6	that a generation still to come might know it, children yet to be born. They should be sure to tell their own children,
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	7	and should put their trust in God, never forgetting God's great deeds, always keeping his commands,
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	8	and not, like their ancestors, be a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation weak of purpose, their spirit fickle towards God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	9	The archer sons of Ephraim turned tail when the time came for fighting;
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	10	they failed to keep God's covenant, they refused to follow his Law;
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	11	they had forgotten his great deeds, the marvels he had shown them;
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	12	he did marvels in the sight of their ancestors in Egypt, in the plains of Tanis.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	13	He split the sea and brought them through, made the waters stand up like a dam;
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	14	he led them with a cloud by day, and all the night with the light of a fire;
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	15	he split rocks in the desert, let them drink as though from the limitless depths;
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	16	he brought forth streams from a rock, made waters flow down in torrents.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	17	But they only sinned against him more than ever, defying the Most High in barren country;
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	18	they deliberately challenged God by demanding food to their hearts' content.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	19	They insulted God by saying, 'Can God make a banquet in the desert?
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	20	True, when he struck the rock, waters gushed out and flowed in torrents; but what of bread? Can he give that, can he provide meat for his people?'
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	21	When he heard them Yahweh vented his anger, fire blazed against Jacob, his anger mounted against Israel,
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	22	because they had no faith in God, no trust in his power to save.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	23	Even so he gave orders to the skies above, he opened the sluice-gates of heaven;
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	24	he rained down manna to feed them, he gave them the wheat of heaven;
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	25	mere mortals ate the bread of the Mighty, he sent them as much food as they could want.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	26	He roused an east wind in the heavens, despatched a south wind by his strength;
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	27	he rained down meat on them like dust, birds thick as sand on the seashore,
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	28	tumbling into the middle of his camp, all around his dwelling-place.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	29	They ate as much food as they wanted, he satisfied all their cravings;
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	30	but their cravings were still upon them, the food was still in their mouths,
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	31	when the wrath of God attacked them, slaughtering their strongest men, laying low the flower of Israel.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	32	Despite all this, they went on sinning, they put no faith in his marvels.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	33	He made their days vanish in mist, their years in sudden ruin.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	34	Whenever he slaughtered them, they began to seek him, they turned back and looked eagerly for him,
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	35	recalling that God was their rock, God the Most High, their redeemer.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	36	They tried to hoodwink him with their mouths, their tongues were deceitful towards him;
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	37	their hearts were not loyal to him, they were not faithful to his covenant.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	38	But in his compassion he forgave their guilt instead of killing them, time and again repressing his anger instead of rousing his full wrath,
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	39	remembering they were creatures of flesh, a breath of wind that passes, never to return.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	40	How often they defied him in the desert! How often they grieved him in the wastelands!
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	41	Repeatedly they challenged God, provoking the Holy One of Israel,
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	42	not remembering his hand, the time when he saved them from the oppressor,
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	43	he who did his signs in Egypt, his miracles in the plains of Tanis,
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	44	turning their rivers to blood, their streams so that they had nothing to drink.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	45	He sent horseflies to eat them up, and frogs to devastate them,
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	46	consigning their crops to the caterpillar, the fruit of their hard work to the locust;
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	47	he killed their vines with hail, their sycamore trees with frost,
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	48	delivering up their cattle to hail, and their flocks to thunderbolts.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	49	He loosed against them the full heat of his anger, fury, rage and destruction, a detachment of destroying angels;
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	50	he gave free course to his anger. He did not exempt their own selves from death, delivering up their lives to the plague.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	51	He struck all the first-born in Egypt, the flower of the youth in the tents of Ham.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	52	He brought out his people like sheep, guiding them like a flock in the desert,
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	53	leading them safe and unafraid, while the sea engulfed their enemies.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	54	He brought them to his holy land, the hill-country won by his right hand;
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	55	he dispossessed nations before them, measured out a heritage for each of them, and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	56	But still they challenged the Most High God and defied him, refusing to keep his decrees;
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	57	as perverse and treacherous as their ancestors, they gave way like a faulty bow,
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	58	provoking him with their high places, rousing his jealousy with their idols.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	59	God listened and vented his wrath, he totally rejected Israel;
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	60	he forsook his dwelling in Shiloh, the tent where he used to dwell on the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	61	He abandoned his power to captivity, his splendour to the enemy's clutches;
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	62	he gave up his people to the sword, he vented his wrath on his own heritage.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	63	Fire devoured their young men, their young girls had no wedding-song;
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	64	their priests fell by the sword and their widows sang no dirge.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	65	The Lord arose as though he had been asleep, like a strong man fighting-mad with wine,
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	66	he struck his enemies on the rump, and put them to everlasting shame.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	67	Rejecting the tents of Joseph, passing over the tribe of Ephraim,
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	68	he chose the tribe of Judah, his well-loved mountain of Zion;
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	69	he built his sanctuary like high hills, like the earth set it firm for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	70	He chose David to be his servant, took him from the sheepfold,
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	71	took him from tending ewes to pasture his servant Jacob, and Israel his heritage.
+Psalms	Ps	23	78	72	He pastured them with unblemished heart, with a sensitive hand he led them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	79	1	[Psalm Of Asaph] God, the pagans have invaded your heritage, they have defiled your holy temple, they have laid Jerusalem in ruins,
+Psalms	Ps	23	79	2	they have left the corpses of your servants as food for the birds of the air, the bodies of your faithful for the wild beasts.
+Psalms	Ps	23	79	3	Around Jerusalem they have shed blood like water, leaving no one to bury them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	79	4	We are the scorn of our neighbours, the butt and laughing-stock of those around us.
+Psalms	Ps	23	79	5	How long will you be angry, Yahweh? For ever? Is your jealousy to go on smouldering like a fire?
+Psalms	Ps	23	79	6	Pour out your anger on the nations who do not acknowledge you, and on the kingdoms that do not call on your name;
+Psalms	Ps	23	79	7	for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his home.
+Psalms	Ps	23	79	8	Do not count against us the guilt of former generations, in your tenderness come quickly to meet us, for we are utterly weakened;
+Psalms	Ps	23	79	9	help us, God our Saviour, for the glory of your name; Yahweh, wipe away our sins, rescue us for the sake of your name.
+Psalms	Ps	23	79	10	Why should the nations ask, 'Where is their God?' Let us see the nations suffer vengeance for shedding your servants' blood.
+Psalms	Ps	23	79	11	May the groans of the captive reach you, by your great strength save those who are condemned to death!
+Psalms	Ps	23	79	12	Repay our neighbours sevenfold for the insults they have levelled at you, Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	23	79	13	And we, your people, the flock that you pasture, will thank you for ever, will recite your praises from age to age.
+Psalms	Ps	23	80	1	[For the choirmaster Tune: 'The decrees are lilies' Of Asaph Psalm] Shepherd of Israel, listen, you who lead Joseph like a flock, enthroned on the winged creatures, shine forth
+Psalms	Ps	23	80	2	over Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh; rouse your valour and come to our help.
+Psalms	Ps	23	80	3	God, bring us back, let your face shine on us and we shall be safe.
+Psalms	Ps	23	80	4	Yahweh, God Sabaoth, how long will you flare up at your people's prayer?
+Psalms	Ps	23	80	5	You have made tears their food, redoubled tears their drink.
+Psalms	Ps	23	80	6	You let our neighbours quarrel over us, our enemies mock us.
+Psalms	Ps	23	80	7	God Sabaoth, bring us back, let your face shine on us and we shall be safe.
+Psalms	Ps	23	80	8	You brought a vine out of Egypt, to plant it you drove out nations;
+Psalms	Ps	23	80	9	you cleared a space for it, it took root and filled the whole country.
+Psalms	Ps	23	80	10	The mountains were covered with its shade, and the cedars of God with its branches,
+Psalms	Ps	23	80	11	its boughs stretched as far as the sea, its shoots as far as the River.
+Psalms	Ps	23	80	12	Why have you broken down its fences? Every passer-by plucks its grapes,
+Psalms	Ps	23	80	13	boars from the forest tear at it, wild beasts feed on it.
+Psalms	Ps	23	80	14	God Sabaoth, come back, we pray, look down from heaven and see, visit this vine;
+Psalms	Ps	23	80	15	protect what your own hand has planted.
+Psalms	Ps	23	80	16	They have thrown it on the fire like dung, the frown of your rebuke will destroy them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	80	17	May your hand protect those at your side, the child of Adam you have strengthened for yourself!
+Psalms	Ps	23	80	18	Never again will we turn away from you, give us life and we will call upon your name.
+Psalms	Ps	23	80	19	God Sabaoth, bring us back, let your face shine on us and we shall be safe.
+Psalms	Ps	23	81	1	[For the choirmaster On the . . . of Gath Of Asaph] Sing for joy to God our strength, shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.
+Psalms	Ps	23	81	2	Strike up the music, beat the tambourine, play the melodious harp and the lyre;
+Psalms	Ps	23	81	3	blow the trumpet for the new month, for the full moon, for our feast day!
+Psalms	Ps	23	81	4	For Israel has this statute, a decision of the God of Jacob,
+Psalms	Ps	23	81	5	a decree he imposed on Joseph, when he went to war against Egypt. I heard a voice unknown to me,
+Psalms	Ps	23	81	6	'I freed his shoulder from the burden, his hands were able to lay aside the labourer's basket.
+Psalms	Ps	23	81	7	You cried out in your distress, so I rescued you. 'Hidden in the storm, I answered you, I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
+Psalms	Ps	23	81	8	Listen, my people, while I give you warning; Israel, if only you would listen to me!
+Psalms	Ps	23	81	9	'You shall have no strange gods, shall worship no alien god.
+Psalms	Ps	23	81	10	I, Yahweh, am your God, who brought you here from Egypt, you have only to open your mouth for me to fill it.
+Psalms	Ps	23	81	11	'My people would not listen to me, Israel would have none of me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	81	12	So I left them to their stubborn selves, to follow their own devices.
+Psalms	Ps	23	81	13	'If only my people would listen to me, if only Israel would walk in my ways,
+Psalms	Ps	23	81	14	at one stroke I would subdue their enemies, turn my hand against their opponents.
+Psalms	Ps	23	81	15	'Those who hate Yahweh would woo his favour, though their doom was sealed for ever,
+Psalms	Ps	23	81	16	while I would feed him on pure wheat, would give you your fill of honey from the rock.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	82	1	[Psalm Of Asaph] God takes his stand in the divine assembly, surrounded by the gods he gives judgement.
+Psalms	Ps	23	82	2	'How much longer will you give unjust judgements and uphold the prestige of the wicked?
+Psalms	Ps	23	82	3	Let the weak and the orphan have justice, be fair to the wretched and the destitute.
+Psalms	Ps	23	82	4	'Rescue the weak and the needy, save them from the clutches of the wicked.
+Psalms	Ps	23	82	5	'Ignorant and uncomprehending, they wander in darkness, while the foundations of the world are tottering.
+Psalms	Ps	23	82	6	I had thought, "Are you gods, are all of you sons of the Most High?"
+Psalms	Ps	23	82	7	No! you will die as human beings do, as one man, princes, you will fall.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	82	8	Arise, God, judge the world, for all nations belong to you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	83	1	[Song Psalm Of Asaph] God, do not remain silent, do not stay quiet or unmoved, God!
+Psalms	Ps	23	83	2	See how your enemies are in uproar, how those who hate you are rearing their heads.
+Psalms	Ps	23	83	3	They are laying plans against your people, conspiring against those you cherish;
+Psalms	Ps	23	83	4	they say, 'Come, let us annihilate them as a nation, the name of Israel shall be remembered no more!'
+Psalms	Ps	23	83	5	They conspire with a single mind, they conclude an alliance against you,
+Psalms	Ps	23	83	6	the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
+Psalms	Ps	23	83	7	Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia and the Tyrians;
+Psalms	Ps	23	83	8	even Assyria has joined them to reinforce the children of Lot.
+Psalms	Ps	23	83	9	Treat them like Midian and Sisera, like Jabin at the river Kishon;
+Psalms	Ps	23	83	10	wiped out at En-Dor, they served to manure the ground.
+Psalms	Ps	23	83	11	Treat their leaders like Oreb and Zeeb, all their commanders like Zebah and Zalmunna,
+Psalms	Ps	23	83	12	for they said, 'Let us take for ourselves God's settlements.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	83	13	My God, treat them like thistledown, like chaff at the mercy of the wind.
+Psalms	Ps	23	83	14	As fire devours a forest, as a flame sets mountains ablaze,
+Psalms	Ps	23	83	15	so drive them away with your tempest, by your whirlwind fill them with terror.
+Psalms	Ps	23	83	16	Shame written all over their faces, let them seek your name, Yahweh!
+Psalms	Ps	23	83	17	Dishonour and terror be always theirs, death also and destruction.
+Psalms	Ps	23	83	18	Let them know that you alone bear the name of Yahweh, Most High over all the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	84	1	[For the choirmaster On the . . . of Gath Of the sons of Korah Psalm] How lovely are your dwelling-places, Yahweh Sabaoth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	84	2	My whole being yearns and pines for Yahweh's courts, My heart and my body cry out for joy to the living God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	84	3	Even the sparrow has found a home, the swallow a nest to place its young: your altars, Yahweh Sabaoth, my King and my God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	84	4	How blessed are those who live in your house; they shall praise you continually.
+Psalms	Ps	23	84	5	Blessed those who find their strength in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
+Psalms	Ps	23	84	6	As they pass through the Valley of the Balsam, they make there a water-hole, and -- a further blessing -- early rain fills it.
+Psalms	Ps	23	84	7	They make their way from height to height, God shows himself to them in Zion.
+Psalms	Ps	23	84	8	Yahweh, God Sabaoth, hear my prayer, listen, God of Jacob.
+Psalms	Ps	23	84	9	God, our shield, look, and see the face of your anointed.
+Psalms	Ps	23	84	10	Better one day in your courts than a thousand at my own devices, to stand on the threshold of God's house than to live in the tents of the wicked.
+Psalms	Ps	23	84	11	For Yahweh God is a rampart and shield, he gives grace and glory; Yahweh refuses nothing good to those whose life is blameless.
+Psalms	Ps	23	84	12	Yahweh Sabaoth, blessed is he who trusts in you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	85	1	[For the choirmaster Of the sons of Korah Psalm] Yahweh, you are gracious to your land, you bring back the captives of Jacob,
+Psalms	Ps	23	85	2	you take away the guilt of your people, you blot out all their sin.
+Psalms	Ps	23	85	3	You retract all your anger, you renounce the heat of your fury.
+Psalms	Ps	23	85	4	Bring us back, God our Saviour, appease your indignation against us!
+Psalms	Ps	23	85	5	Will you be angry with us for ever? Will you prolong your wrath age after age?
+Psalms	Ps	23	85	6	Will you not give us life again, for your people to rejoice in you?
+Psalms	Ps	23	85	7	Show us, Lord, your faithful love, grant us your saving help.
+Psalms	Ps	23	85	8	I am listening. What is God's message? Yahweh's message is peace for his people, for his faithful, if only they renounce their folly.
+Psalms	Ps	23	85	9	His saving help is near for those who fear him, his glory will dwell in our land.
+Psalms	Ps	23	85	10	Faithful Love and Loyalty join together, Saving Justice and Peace embrace.
+Psalms	Ps	23	85	11	Loyalty will spring up from the earth, and Justice will lean down from heaven.
+Psalms	Ps	23	85	12	Yahweh will himself give prosperity, and our soil will yield its harvest.
+Psalms	Ps	23	85	13	Justice will walk before him, treading out a path.
+Psalms	Ps	23	86	1	[Prayer Of David] Listen to me, Yahweh, answer me, for I am poor and needy.
+Psalms	Ps	23	86	2	Guard me, for I am faithful, save your servant who relies on you. You are my God,
+Psalms	Ps	23	86	3	take pity on me, Lord, for to you I cry all the day.
+Psalms	Ps	23	86	4	Fill your servant's heart with joy, Lord, for to you I raise up my heart.
+Psalms	Ps	23	86	5	Lord, you are kind and forgiving, rich in faithful love for all who call upon you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	86	6	Yahweh, hear my prayer, listen to the sound of my pleading.
+Psalms	Ps	23	86	7	In my day of distress I call upon you, because you answer me, Lord;
+Psalms	Ps	23	86	8	among the gods there is none to compare with you, no great deeds to compare with yours.
+Psalms	Ps	23	86	9	All nations will come and adore you, Lord, and give glory to your name.
+Psalms	Ps	23	86	10	For you are great and do marvellous deeds, you, God, and none other.
+Psalms	Ps	23	86	11	Teach me, Yahweh, your ways, that I may not stray from your loyalty; let my heart's one aim be to fear your name.
+Psalms	Ps	23	86	12	I thank you with all my heart, Lord my God, I will glorify your name for ever,
+Psalms	Ps	23	86	13	for your faithful love for me is so great that you have rescued me from the depths of Sheol.
+Psalms	Ps	23	86	14	Arrogant men, God, are rising up against me, a brutal gang is after my life, in their scheme of things you have no place.
+Psalms	Ps	23	86	15	But you, Lord, God of tenderness and mercy, slow to anger, rich in faithful love and loyalty,
+Psalms	Ps	23	86	16	turn to me and pity me. Give to your servant your strength, to the child of your servant your saving help,
+Psalms	Ps	23	86	17	give me a sign of your kindness.
+Psalms	Ps	23	86	18	My enemies will see to their shame that you, Yahweh, help and console me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	87	1	[Of the sons of Korah Psalm Song] With its foundations on the holy mountains,
+Psalms	Ps	23	87	2	Yahweh loves his city, he prefers the gates of Zion to any dwelling-place in Jacob.
+Psalms	Ps	23	87	3	He speaks of glory for you, city of God,
+Psalms	Ps	23	87	4	'I number Rahab and Babylon among those that acknowledge me; look at Tyre, Philistia, Ethiopia, so and so was born there.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	87	5	But of Zion it will be said, 'Every one was born there,' her guarantee is the Most High.
+Psalms	Ps	23	87	6	Yahweh in his register of peoples will note against each, 'Born there',
+Psalms	Ps	23	87	7	princes no less than native-born; all make their home in you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	88	1	[Song Psalm Of the sons of Korah In sickness In suffering Poem For Heman the native-born] Yahweh, God of my salvation, when I cry out to you in the night,
+Psalms	Ps	23	88	2	may my prayer reach your presence, hear my cry for help.
+Psalms	Ps	23	88	3	For I am filled with misery, my life is on the brink of Sheol;
+Psalms	Ps	23	88	4	already numbered among those who sink into oblivion, I am as one bereft of strength,
+Psalms	Ps	23	88	5	left alone among the dead, like the slaughtered lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, cut off as they are from your protection.
+Psalms	Ps	23	88	6	You have plunged me to the bottom of the grave, in the darkness, in the depths;
+Psalms	Ps	23	88	7	weighted down by your anger, kept low by your waves.
+Psalms	Ps	23	88	8	You have deprived me of my friends, made me repulsive to them, imprisoned, with no escape;
+Psalms	Ps	23	88	9	my eyes are worn out with suffering. I call to you, Yahweh, all day, I stretch out my hands to you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	88	10	Do you work wonders for the dead, can shadows rise up to praise you?
+Psalms	Ps	23	88	11	Do they speak in the grave of your faithful love, of your constancy in the place of perdition?
+Psalms	Ps	23	88	12	Are your wonders known in the darkness, your saving justice in the land of oblivion?
+Psalms	Ps	23	88	13	But, for my part, I cry to you, Yahweh, every morning my prayer comes before you;
+Psalms	Ps	23	88	14	why, Yahweh, do you rebuff me, turn your face away from me?
+Psalms	Ps	23	88	15	Wretched and close to death since childhood, I have borne your terrors -- I am finished!
+Psalms	Ps	23	88	16	Your anger has overwhelmed me, your terrors annihilated me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	88	17	They flood around me all day long, close in on me all at once.
+Psalms	Ps	23	88	18	You have deprived me of friends and companions, and all that I know is the dark.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	1	[Poem For Ethan the native-born] I shall sing the faithful love of Yahweh for ever, from age to age my lips shall declare your constancy,
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	2	for you have said: love is built to last for ever, you have fixed your constancy firm in the heavens.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	3	'I have made a covenant with my Chosen One, sworn an oath to my servant David:
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	4	I have made your dynasty firm for ever, built your throne stable age after age.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	5	The heavens praise your wonders, Yahweh, your constancy in the gathering of your faithful.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	6	Who in the skies can compare with Yahweh? Who among the sons of god can rival him?
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	7	God, awesome in the assembly of holy ones, great and dreaded among all who surround him,
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	8	Yahweh, God Sabaoth, who is like you? Mighty Yahweh, your constancy is all round you!
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	9	You control the pride of the ocean, when its waves ride high you calm them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	10	You split Rahab in two like a corpse, scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	11	Yours are the heavens and yours the earth, the world and all it holds, you founded them;
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	12	you created the north and the south, Tabor and Hermon hail your name with joy.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	13	Yours is a strong arm, mighty your hand, your right hand raised high;
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	14	Saving Justice and Fair Judgement the foundations of your throne, Faithful Love and Constancy march before you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	15	How blessed the nation that learns to acclaim you! They will live, Yahweh, in the light of your presence.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	16	In your name they rejoice all day long, by your saving justice they are raised up.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	17	You are the flower of their strength, by your favour our strength is triumphant;
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	18	for to Yahweh belongs our shield, to the Holy One of Israel our king.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	19	Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful you said: 'I have given strength to a warrior, I have raised up a man chosen from my people.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	20	'I have found David my servant, and anointed him with my holy oil.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	21	My hand will always be with him, my arm will make him strong.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	22	'No enemy will be able to outwit him, no wicked man overcome him;
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	23	I shall crush his enemies before him, strike his opponents dead.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	24	'My constancy and faithful love will be with him, in my name his strength will be triumphant.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	25	I shall establish his power over the sea, his dominion over the rivers.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	26	'He will cry to me, "You are my father, my God, the rock of my salvation!"
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	27	So I shall make him my first-born, the highest of earthly kings.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	28	'I shall maintain my faithful love for him always, my covenant with him will stay firm.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	29	I have established his dynasty for ever, his throne to be as lasting as the heavens.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	30	'Should his descendants desert my law, and not keep to my rulings,
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	31	should they violate my statutes, and not observe my commandments,
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	32	'then I shall punish their offences with the rod, their guilt with the whip,
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	33	but I shall never withdraw from him my faithful love, I shall not belie my constancy.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	34	'I shall not violate my covenant, I shall not withdraw the word once spoken.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	35	I have sworn by my holiness, once and for all, never will I break faith with David.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	36	'His dynasty shall endure for ever, his throne like the sun before me,
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	37	as the moon is established for ever, a faithful witness in the skies.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	38	Yet you yourself -- you have spurned and rejected, and have vented your wrath on your anointed,
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	39	you have repudiated the covenant with your servant, dishonoured his crown in the dust.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	40	You have pierced all his defences, and laid his strongholds in ruins,
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	41	everyone passing by plunders him, he has become the butt of his neighbours.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	42	You have raised high the right hand of his opponents, have made all his enemies happy;
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	43	you have snapped off his sword on a rock, and failed to support him in battle.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	44	You have stripped him of his splendid sceptre, and toppled his throne to the ground.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	45	You have aged him before his time, enveloped him in shame.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	46	How long, Yahweh, will you remain hidden? For ever? Is your anger to go on smouldering like a fire?
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	47	Remember me; how long have I left? For what pointless end did you create all the children of Adam?
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	48	Who can live and never see death? Who can save himself from the clutches of Sheol?
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	49	Lord, what of those pledges of your faithful love? You made an oath to David by your constancy.
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	50	Do not forget the insults to your servant; I take to heart the taunts of the nations,
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	51	which your enemies have levelled, Yahweh, have levelled at the footsteps of your anointed!
+Psalms	Ps	23	89	52	Blessed be Yahweh for ever. Amen, Amen.
+Psalms	Ps	23	90	1	[Prayer Of Moses, man of God] Lord, you have been our refuge from age to age.
+Psalms	Ps	23	90	2	Before the mountains were born, before the earth and the world came to birth, from eternity to eternity you are God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	90	3	You bring human beings to the dust, by saying, 'Return, children of Adam.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	90	4	A thousand years are to you like a yesterday which has passed, like a watch of the night.
+Psalms	Ps	23	90	5	You flood them with sleep -- in the morning they will be like growing grass:
+Psalms	Ps	23	90	6	in the morning it is blossoming and growing, by evening it is withered and dry.
+Psalms	Ps	23	90	7	For we have been destroyed by your wrath, dismayed by your anger.
+Psalms	Ps	23	90	8	You have taken note of our guilty deeds, our secrets in the full light of your presence.
+Psalms	Ps	23	90	9	All our days pass under your wrath, our lives are over like a sigh.
+Psalms	Ps	23	90	10	The span of our life is seventy years -- eighty for those who are strong -- but their whole extent is anxiety and trouble, they are over in a moment and we are gone.
+Psalms	Ps	23	90	11	Who feels the power of your anger, or who that fears you, your wrath?
+Psalms	Ps	23	90	12	Teach us to count up the days that are ours, and we shall come to the heart of wisdom.
+Psalms	Ps	23	90	13	Come back, Yahweh! How long must we wait? Take pity on your servants.
+Psalms	Ps	23	90	14	Each morning fill us with your faithful love, we shall sing and be happy all our days;
+Psalms	Ps	23	90	15	let our joy be as long as the time that you afflicted us, the years when we experienced disaster.
+Psalms	Ps	23	90	16	Show your servants the deeds you do, let their children enjoy your splendour!
+Psalms	Ps	23	90	17	May the sweetness of the Lord be upon us, to confirm the work we have done!
+Psalms	Ps	23	91	1	You who live in the secret place of Elyon, spend your nights in the shelter of Shaddai,
+Psalms	Ps	23	91	2	saying to Yahweh, 'My refuge, my fortress, my God in whom I trust!'
+Psalms	Ps	23	91	3	He rescues you from the snare of the fowler set on destruction;
+Psalms	Ps	23	91	4	he covers you with his pinions, you find shelter under his wings. His constancy is shield and protection.
+Psalms	Ps	23	91	5	You need not fear the terrors of night, the arrow that flies in the daytime,
+Psalms	Ps	23	91	6	the plague that stalks in the darkness, the scourge that wreaks havoc at high noon.
+Psalms	Ps	23	91	7	Though a thousand fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, you yourself will remain unscathed.
+Psalms	Ps	23	91	8	You have only to keep your eyes open to see how the wicked are repaid,
+Psalms	Ps	23	91	9	you who say, 'Yahweh my refuge!' and make Elyon your fortress.
+Psalms	Ps	23	91	10	No disaster can overtake you, no plague come near your tent;
+Psalms	Ps	23	91	11	he has given his angels orders about you to guard you wherever you go.
+Psalms	Ps	23	91	12	They will carry you in their arms in case you trip over a stone.
+Psalms	Ps	23	91	13	You will walk upon wild beast and adder, you will trample young lions and snakes.
+Psalms	Ps	23	91	14	'Since he clings to me I rescue him, I raise him high, since he acknowledges my name.
+Psalms	Ps	23	91	15	He calls to me and I answer him: in distress I am at his side, I rescue him and bring him honour.
+Psalms	Ps	23	91	16	I shall satisfy him with long life, and grant him to see my salvation.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	92	1	[Psalm Song For the Sabbath] It is good to give thanks to Yahweh, to make music for your name, Most High,
+Psalms	Ps	23	92	2	to proclaim your faithful love at daybreak, and your constancy all through the night,
+Psalms	Ps	23	92	3	on the lyre, the ten-stringed lyre, to the murmur of the harp.
+Psalms	Ps	23	92	4	You have brought me joy, Yahweh, by your deeds, at the work of your hands I cry out,
+Psalms	Ps	23	92	5	'How great are your works, Yahweh, immensely deep your thoughts!'
+Psalms	Ps	23	92	6	Stupid people cannot realise this, fools do not grasp it.
+Psalms	Ps	23	92	7	The wicked may sprout like weeds, and every evil-doer flourish, but only to be eternally destroyed;
+Psalms	Ps	23	92	8	whereas you are supreme for ever, Yahweh.
+Psalms	Ps	23	92	9	Look how your enemies perish, how all evil-doers are scattered!
+Psalms	Ps	23	92	10	You give me the strength of the wild ox, you anoint me with fresh oil;
+Psalms	Ps	23	92	11	I caught sight of the ambush against me, overheard the plans of the wicked.
+Psalms	Ps	23	92	12	The upright will flourish like the palm tree, will grow like a cedar of Lebanon.
+Psalms	Ps	23	92	13	Planted in the house of Yahweh, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	92	14	In old age they will still bear fruit, will remain fresh and green,
+Psalms	Ps	23	92	15	to proclaim Yahweh's integrity; my rock, in whom no fault can be found.
+Psalms	Ps	23	93	1	Yahweh is king, robed in majesty, robed is Yahweh and girded with power.
+Psalms	Ps	23	93	2	The world is indeed set firm, it can never be shaken; your throne is set firm from of old, from all eternity you exist.
+Psalms	Ps	23	93	3	The rivers lift up, Yahweh, the rivers lift up their voices, the rivers lift up their thunder.
+Psalms	Ps	23	93	4	Greater than the voice of many waters, more majestic than the breakers of the sea, Yahweh is majestic in the heights.
+Psalms	Ps	23	93	5	Your decrees stand firm, unshakeable, holiness is the beauty of your house, Yahweh, for all time to come.
+Psalms	Ps	23	94	1	God of vengeance, Yahweh, God of vengeance, shine forth!
+Psalms	Ps	23	94	2	Arise, judge of the world, give back the proud what they deserve!
+Psalms	Ps	23	94	3	How long are the wicked, Yahweh, how long are the wicked to triumph?
+Psalms	Ps	23	94	4	They bluster and boast, they flaunt themselves, all the evil-doers.
+Psalms	Ps	23	94	5	They crush your people, Yahweh, they oppress your heritage,
+Psalms	Ps	23	94	6	they murder the widow and the stranger, bring the orphan to a violent death.
+Psalms	Ps	23	94	7	They say, 'Yahweh is not looking, the God of Jacob is taking no notice.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	94	8	Take notice yourselves, you coarsest of people! Fools, when will you learn some sense?
+Psalms	Ps	23	94	9	Shall he who implanted the ear not hear, he who fashioned the eye not see?
+Psalms	Ps	23	94	10	Shall he who instructs nations not punish? Yahweh, the teacher of all people,
+Psalms	Ps	23	94	11	knows human plans and how insipid they are.
+Psalms	Ps	23	94	12	How blessed are those you instruct, Yahweh, whom you teach by means of your law,
+Psalms	Ps	23	94	13	to give them respite in evil times, till a pit is dug for the wicked.
+Psalms	Ps	23	94	14	Yahweh will not abandon his people, he will not desert his heritage;
+Psalms	Ps	23	94	15	for judgement will again become saving justice, and in its wake all upright hearts will follow.
+Psalms	Ps	23	94	16	Who rises up on my side against the wicked? Who stands firm on my side against all evil-doers?
+Psalms	Ps	23	94	17	If Yahweh did not come to my help, I should soon find myself dwelling in the silence.
+Psalms	Ps	23	94	18	I need only say, 'I am slipping,' for your faithful love, Yahweh, to support me;
+Psalms	Ps	23	94	19	however great the anxiety of my heart, your consolations soothe me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	94	20	Are you partner to a destructive court, that gives disorder the status of law?
+Psalms	Ps	23	94	21	They make an attack on the life of the upright, and condemn innocent blood.
+Psalms	Ps	23	94	22	No! Yahweh is a stronghold to me, my God is my rock of refuge.
+Psalms	Ps	23	94	23	He turns back their guilt on themselves, annihilates them for their wickedness, he annihilates them, Yahweh our God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	95	1	Come, let us cry out with joy to Yahweh, acclaim the rock of our salvation.
+Psalms	Ps	23	95	2	Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving, acclaim him with music.
+Psalms	Ps	23	95	3	For Yahweh is a great God, a king greater than all the gods.
+Psalms	Ps	23	95	4	In his power are the depths of the earth, the peaks of the mountains are his;
+Psalms	Ps	23	95	5	the sea belongs to him, for he made it, and the dry land, moulded by his hands.
+Psalms	Ps	23	95	6	Come, let us bow low and do reverence; kneel before Yahweh who made us!
+Psalms	Ps	23	95	7	For he is our God, and we the people of his sheepfold, the flock of his hand. If only you would listen to him today!
+Psalms	Ps	23	95	8	Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as at the time of Massah in the desert,
+Psalms	Ps	23	95	9	when your ancestors challenged me, put me to the test, and saw what I could do!
+Psalms	Ps	23	95	10	For forty years that generation sickened me, and I said, 'Always fickle hearts; they cannot grasp my ways.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	95	11	Then in my anger I swore they would never enter my place of rest.
+Psalms	Ps	23	96	1	Sing a new song to Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh, all the earth!
+Psalms	Ps	23	96	2	Sing to Yahweh, bless his name! Proclaim his salvation day after day,
+Psalms	Ps	23	96	3	declare his glory among the nations, his marvels to every people!
+Psalms	Ps	23	96	4	Great is Yahweh, worthy of all praise, more awesome than any of the gods.
+Psalms	Ps	23	96	5	All the gods of the nations are idols! It was Yahweh who made the heavens;
+Psalms	Ps	23	96	6	in his presence are splendour and majesty, in his sanctuary power and beauty.
+Psalms	Ps	23	96	7	Give to Yahweh, families of nations, give to Yahweh glory and power,
+Psalms	Ps	23	96	8	give to Yahweh the glory due to his name! Bring an offering and enter his courts,
+Psalms	Ps	23	96	9	adore Yahweh in the splendour of his holiness. Tremble before him, all the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	96	10	Say among the nations, 'Yahweh is king.' The world is set firm, it cannot be moved. He will judge the nations with justice.
+Psalms	Ps	23	96	11	Let the heavens rejoice and earth be glad! Let the sea thunder, and all it holds!
+Psalms	Ps	23	96	12	Let the countryside exult, and all that is in it, and all the trees of the forest cry out for joy,
+Psalms	Ps	23	96	13	at Yahweh's approach, for he is coming, coming to judge the earth; he will judge the world with saving justice, and the nations with constancy.
+Psalms	Ps	23	97	1	Yahweh is king! Let earth rejoice, the many isles be glad!
+Psalms	Ps	23	97	2	Cloud, black cloud enfolds him, saving justice and judgement the foundations of his throne.
+Psalms	Ps	23	97	3	Fire goes before him, sets ablaze his enemies all around;
+Psalms	Ps	23	97	4	his lightning-flashes light up the world, the earth sees it and quakes.
+Psalms	Ps	23	97	5	The mountains melt like wax, before the Lord of all the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	97	6	The heavens proclaim his saving justice, all nations see his glory.
+Psalms	Ps	23	97	7	Shame on all who serve images, who pride themselves on their idols; bow down to him, all you gods!
+Psalms	Ps	23	97	8	Zion hears and is glad, the daughters of Judah exult, because of your judgements, Yahweh.
+Psalms	Ps	23	97	9	For you are Yahweh, Most High over all the earth, far transcending all gods.
+Psalms	Ps	23	97	10	Yahweh loves those who hate evil, he keeps safe his faithful, rescues them from the clutches of the wicked.
+Psalms	Ps	23	97	11	Light dawns for the upright, and joy for honest hearts.
+Psalms	Ps	23	97	12	Rejoice in Yahweh, you who are upright, praise his unforgettable holiness.
+Psalms	Ps	23	98	1	[Psalm] Sing a new song to Yahweh, for he has performed wonders, his saving power is in his right hand and his holy arm.
+Psalms	Ps	23	98	2	Yahweh has made known his saving power, revealed his saving justice for the nations to see,
+Psalms	Ps	23	98	3	mindful of his faithful love and his constancy to the House of Israel. The whole wide world has seen the saving power of our God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	98	4	Acclaim Yahweh, all the earth, burst into shouts of joy!
+Psalms	Ps	23	98	5	Play to Yahweh on the harp, to the sound of instruments;
+Psalms	Ps	23	98	6	to the sound of trumpet and horn, acclaim the presence of the King.
+Psalms	Ps	23	98	7	Let the sea thunder, and all that it holds, the world and all who live in it.
+Psalms	Ps	23	98	8	Let the rivers clap their hands, and the mountains shout for joy together,
+Psalms	Ps	23	98	9	at Yahweh's approach, for he is coming to judge the earth; he will judge the world with saving justice and the nations with fairness.
+Psalms	Ps	23	99	1	Yahweh is king, the peoples tremble; he is enthroned on the winged creatures, the earth shivers;
+Psalms	Ps	23	99	2	Yahweh is great in Zion. He is supreme over all nations;
+Psalms	Ps	23	99	3	let them praise your name, great and awesome; holy is he
+Psalms	Ps	23	99	4	and mighty! You are a king who loves justice, you established honesty, justice and uprightness; in Jacob it is you who are active.
+Psalms	Ps	23	99	5	Exalt Yahweh our God, bow down at his footstool; holy is he!
+Psalms	Ps	23	99	6	Moses and Aaron are among his priests, and Samuel, calling on his name; they called on Yahweh and he answered them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	99	7	He spoke with them in the pillar of fire, they obeyed his decrees, the Law he gave them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	99	8	Yahweh our God, you answered them, you were a God of forgiveness to them, but punished them for their sins.
+Psalms	Ps	23	99	9	Exalt Yahweh our God, bow down at his holy mountain; holy is Yahweh our God!
+Psalms	Ps	23	100	1	[Psalm For thanksgiving] Acclaim Yahweh, all the earth,
+Psalms	Ps	23	100	2	serve Yahweh with gladness, come into his presence with songs of joy!
+Psalms	Ps	23	100	3	Be sure that Yahweh is God, he made us, we belong to him, his people, the flock of his sheepfold.
+Psalms	Ps	23	100	4	Come within his gates giving thanks, to his courts singing praise, give thanks to him and bless his name!
+Psalms	Ps	23	100	5	For Yahweh is good, his faithful love is everlasting, his constancy from age to age.
+Psalms	Ps	23	101	1	[Of David Psalm] I will sing of faithful love and judgement; to you, Yahweh, will I make music.
+Psalms	Ps	23	101	2	I will go forward in the path of the blameless; when will you come to me? I will live in purity of heart, in my house,
+Psalms	Ps	23	101	3	I will not set before my eyes anything sordid. I hate those who act crookedly; this has no attraction for me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	101	4	Let the perverse of heart keep away from me; the wicked I disregard.
+Psalms	Ps	23	101	5	One who secretly slanders a comrade, I reduce to silence; haughty looks, proud heart, these I cannot abide.
+Psalms	Ps	23	101	6	I look to the faithful of the land to be my companions, only he who walks in the path of the blameless shall be my servant.
+Psalms	Ps	23	101	7	There is no room in my house for anyone who practises deceit; no liar will stand his ground where I can see him.
+Psalms	Ps	23	101	8	Morning after morning I reduce to silence all the wicked in the land, banishing from the city of Yahweh all evil-doers.
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	1	[Prayer of someone afflicted, who in misfortune pours out sorrows before Yahweh] Yahweh, hear my prayer, let my cry for help reach you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	2	Do not turn away your face from me when I am in trouble; bend down and listen to me, when I call, be quick to answer me!
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	3	For my days are vanishing like smoke, my bones burning like an oven;
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	4	like grass struck by blight, my heart is withering, I forget to eat my meals.
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	5	From the effort of voicing my groans my bones stick out through my skin.
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	6	I am like a desert-owl in the wastes, a screech-owl among ruins,
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	7	I keep vigil and moan like a lone bird on a roof.
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	8	All day long my enemies taunt me, those who once praised me now use me as a curse.
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	9	Ashes are the food that I eat, my drink is mingled with tears,
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	10	because of your fury and anger, since you have raised me up only to cast me away;
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	11	my days are like a fading shadow, I am withering up like grass.
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	12	But you, Yahweh, are enthroned for ever, each generation in turn remembers you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	13	Rise up, take pity on Zion! the time has come to have mercy on her, the moment has come;
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	14	for your servants love her very stones, are moved to pity by her dust.
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	15	Then will the nations revere the name of Yahweh, and all the kings of the earth your glory;
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	16	when Yahweh builds Zion anew, he will be seen in his glory;
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	17	he will turn to hear the prayer of the destitute, and will not treat their prayer with scorn.
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	18	This shall be put on record for a future generation, and a people yet to be born shall praise God:
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	19	Yahweh has leaned down from the heights of his sanctuary, has looked down from heaven to earth,
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	20	to listen to the sighing of the captive, and set free those condemned to death,
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	21	to proclaim the name of Yahweh in Zion, his praise in Jerusalem;
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	22	nations will gather together, and kingdoms to worship Yahweh.
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	23	In my journeying my strength has failed on the way;
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	24	let me know the short time I have left. Do not take me away before half my days are done, for your years run on from age to age.
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	25	Long ago you laid earth's foundations, the heavens are the work of your hands.
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	26	They pass away but you remain; they all wear out like a garment, like outworn clothes you change them;
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	27	but you never alter, and your years never end.
+Psalms	Ps	23	102	28	The children of those who serve you will dwell secure, and their descendants live on in your presence.
+Psalms	Ps	23	103	1	[Of David] Bless Yahweh, my soul, from the depths of my being, his holy name;
+Psalms	Ps	23	103	2	bless Yahweh, my soul, never forget all his acts of kindness.
+Psalms	Ps	23	103	3	He forgives all your offences, cures all your diseases,
+Psalms	Ps	23	103	4	he redeems your life from the abyss, crowns you with faithful love and tenderness;
+Psalms	Ps	23	103	5	he contents you with good things all your life, renews your youth like an eagle's.
+Psalms	Ps	23	103	6	Yahweh acts with uprightness, with justice to all who are oppressed;
+Psalms	Ps	23	103	7	he revealed to Moses his ways, his great deeds to the children of Israel.
+Psalms	Ps	23	103	8	Yahweh is tenderness and pity, slow to anger and rich in faithful love;
+Psalms	Ps	23	103	9	his indignation does not last for ever, nor his resentment remain for all time;
+Psalms	Ps	23	103	10	he does not treat us as our sins deserve, nor repay us as befits our offences.
+Psalms	Ps	23	103	11	As the height of heaven above earth, so strong is his faithful love for those who fear him.
+Psalms	Ps	23	103	12	As the distance of east from west, so far from us does he put our faults.
+Psalms	Ps	23	103	13	As tenderly as a father treats his children, so Yahweh treats those who fear him;
+Psalms	Ps	23	103	14	he knows of what we are made, he remembers that we are dust.
+Psalms	Ps	23	103	15	As for a human person -- his days are like grass, he blooms like the wild flowers;
+Psalms	Ps	23	103	16	as soon as the wind blows he is gone, never to be seen there again.
+Psalms	Ps	23	103	17	But Yahweh's faithful love for those who fear him is from eternity and for ever; and his saving justice to their children's children;
+Psalms	Ps	23	103	18	as long as they keep his covenant, and carefully obey his precepts.
+Psalms	Ps	23	103	19	Yahweh has fixed his throne in heaven, his sovereign power rules over all.
+Psalms	Ps	23	103	20	Bless Yahweh, all his angels, mighty warriors who fulfil his commands, attentive to the sound of his words.
+Psalms	Ps	23	103	21	Bless Yahweh, all his armies, servants who fulfil his wishes.
+Psalms	Ps	23	103	22	Bless Yahweh, all his works, in every place where he rules. Bless Yahweh, my soul.
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	1	Bless Yahweh, my soul, Yahweh, my God, how great you are! Clothed in majesty and splendour,
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	2	wearing the light as a robe! You stretch out the heavens like a tent,
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	3	build your palace on the waters above, making the clouds your chariot, gliding on the wings of the wind,
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	4	appointing the winds your messengers, flames of fire your servants.
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	5	You fixed the earth on its foundations, for ever and ever it shall not be shaken;
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	6	you covered it with the deep like a garment, the waters overtopping the mountains.
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	7	At your reproof the waters fled, at the voice of your thunder they sped away,
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	8	flowing over mountains, down valleys, to the place you had fixed for them;
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	9	you made a limit they were not to cross, they were not to return and cover the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	10	In the ravines you opened up springs, running down between the mountains,
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	11	supplying water for all the wild beasts; the wild asses quench their thirst,
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	12	on their banks the birds of the air make their nests, they sing among the leaves.
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	13	From your high halls you water the mountains, satisfying the earth with the fruit of your works:
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	14	for cattle you make the grass grow, and for people the plants they need, to bring forth food from the earth,
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	15	and wine to cheer people's hearts, oil to make their faces glow, food to make them sturdy of heart.
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	16	The trees of Yahweh drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon which he sowed;
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	17	there the birds build their nests, on the highest branches the stork makes its home;
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	18	for the wild goats there are the mountains, in the crags the coneys find refuge.
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	19	He made the moon to mark the seasons, the sun knows when to set.
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	20	You bring on darkness, and night falls, when all the forest beasts roam around;
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	21	young lions roar for their prey, asking God for their food.
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	22	The sun rises and away they steal, back to their lairs to lie down,
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	23	and man goes out to work, to labour till evening falls.
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	24	How countless are your works, Yahweh, all of them made so wisely! The earth is full of your creatures.
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	25	Then there is the sea, with its vast expanses teeming with countless creatures, creatures both great and small;
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	26	there ships pass to and fro, and Leviathan whom you made to sport with.
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	27	They all depend upon you, to feed them when they need it.
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	28	You provide the food they gather, your open hand gives them their fill.
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	29	Turn away your face and they panic; take back their breath and they die and revert to dust.
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	30	Send out your breath and life begins; you renew the face of the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	31	Glory to Yahweh for ever! May Yahweh find joy in his creatures!
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	32	At his glance the earth trembles, at his touch the mountains pour forth smoke.
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	33	I shall sing to Yahweh all my life, make music for my God as long as I live.
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	34	May my musings be pleasing to him, for Yahweh gives me joy.
+Psalms	Ps	23	104	35	May sinners vanish from the earth, and the wicked exist no more! Bless Yahweh, my soul.
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	1	Alleluia! Give thanks to Yahweh, call on his name, proclaim his deeds to the peoples!
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	2	Sing to him, make music for him, recount all his wonders!
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	3	Glory in his holy name, let the hearts that seek Yahweh rejoice!
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	4	Seek Yahweh and his strength, tirelessly seek his presence!
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	5	Remember the marvels he has done, his wonders, the judgements he has spoken.
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	6	Stock of Abraham, his servant, children of Jacob whom he chose!
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	7	He is Yahweh our God, his judgements touch the whole world.
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	8	He remembers his covenant for ever, the promise he laid down for a thousand generations,
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	9	which he concluded with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	10	He established it as a statute for Jacob, an everlasting covenant with Israel,
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	11	saying, 'To you I give a land, Canaan, your allotted birthright.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	12	When they were insignificant in numbers, a handful of strangers in the land,
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	13	wandering from country to country, from one kingdom and nation to another,
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	14	he allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he instructed kings,
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	15	'Do not touch my anointed ones, to my prophets you may do no harm.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	16	He called down famine on the land, he took away their food supply;
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	17	he sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, sold as a slave.
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	18	So his feet were weighed down with shackles, his neck was put in irons.
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	19	In due time his prophecy was fulfilled, the word of Yahweh proved him true.
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	20	The king sent orders to release him, the ruler of nations set him free;
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	21	he put him in charge of his household, the ruler of all he possessed,
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	22	to instruct his princes as he saw fit, to teach his counsellors wisdom.
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	23	Then Israel migrated to Egypt, Jacob settled in the country of Ham.
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	24	He made his people increase in numbers, he gave them more strength than their enemies,
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	25	whose heart he turned to hate his own people, to double-cross his servants.
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	26	He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, the man of his choice.
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	27	They worked there the wonders he commanded, marvels in the country of Ham.
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	28	Darkness he sent, and darkness fell, but that nation defied his orders.
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	29	He turned their rivers to blood, and killed all the fish in them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	30	Their country was overrun with frogs, even in the royal apartments;
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	31	at his word came flies, and mosquitoes throughout the country.
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	32	He gave them hail as their rain, flames of fire in their land;
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	33	he blasted their vine and their fig tree, and shattered the trees of the country.
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	34	At his word came locusts, hoppers beyond all counting;
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	35	they devoured every green thing in the land, devoured all the produce of the soil.
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	36	He struck all the first-born in their land, the flower of all their manhood;
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	37	he led Israel out with silver and gold; in their tribes there was none who stumbled.
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	38	Egypt was glad at their leaving, for terror of Israel had seized them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	39	He spread out a cloud to cover them, and fire to light up the night.
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	40	They asked and he brought them quails, food from heaven to their hearts' content;
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	41	he opened a rock, the waters gushed out, and flowed in dry ground as a river.
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	42	Faithful to his sacred promise, given to his servant Abraham,
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	43	he led out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy.
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	44	He gave them the territories of nations, they reaped the fruit of other people's labours,
+Psalms	Ps	23	105	45	on condition that they kept his statutes, and remained obedient to his laws.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	1	Alleluia! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, his faithful love is everlasting!
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	2	Who can recount all Yahweh's triumphs, who can fully voice his praise?
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	3	How blessed are those who keep to what is just, whose conduct is always upright!
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	4	Remember me, Yahweh, in your love for your people. Come near to me with your saving power,
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	5	let me share the happiness of your chosen ones, let me share the joy of your people, the pride of your heritage.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	6	Like our ancestors, we have sinned, we have acted wickedly, guiltily;
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	7	our ancestors in Egypt never grasped the meaning of your wonders. They did not bear in mind your countless acts of love, at the Sea of Reeds they defied the Most High;
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	8	but for the sake of his name he saved them, to make known his mighty power.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	9	At his rebuke the Sea of Reeds dried up, he let them pass through the deep as though it were desert,
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	10	so he saved them from their opponents' clutches, rescued them from the clutches of their enemies.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	11	The waters enveloped their enemies, not one of whom was left.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	12	Then they believed what he had said, and sang his praises.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	13	But they soon forgot his achievements, they did not even wait for his plans;
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	14	they were overwhelmed with greed in the wastelands, in the solitary wastes they challenged God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	15	He gave them all they asked for, but struck them with a deep wasting sickness;
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	16	in the camp they grew jealous of Moses, and of Aaron, Yahweh's holy one.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	17	The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, closed in on Abiram's faction;
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	18	fire flamed out against their faction, the renegades were engulfed in flames.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	19	At Horeb they made a calf, bowed low before cast metal;
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	20	they exchanged their glory for the image of a grass-eating bull.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	21	They forgot the God who was saving them, who had done great deeds in Egypt,
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	22	such wonders in the land of Ham, such awesome deeds at the Sea of Reeds.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	23	He thought of putting an end to them, had not Moses, his chosen one, taken a stand in the breach and confronted him, to turn his anger away from destroying them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	24	They counted a desirable land for nothing, they put no trust in his promise;
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	25	they stayed in their tents and grumbled, they would not listen to Yahweh's voice.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	26	So he lifted his hand against them, to strike them down in the desert,
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	27	to strike down their descendants among the nations, to scatter them all over the world.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	28	They committed themselves to serve Baal-Peor, and ate sacrifices made to lifeless gods.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	29	They so provoked him by their actions that a plague broke out among them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	30	Then up stood Phinehas to intervene, and the plague was checked;
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	31	for this he is the example of uprightness, from age to age for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	32	At the waters of Meribah they so angered Yahweh, that Moses suffered on their account,
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	33	for they had embittered his spirit, and he spoke without due thought.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	34	They did not destroy the nations, as Yahweh had told them to do,
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	35	but intermarried with them, and adopted their ways.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	36	They worshipped those nations' false gods, till they found themselves entrapped,
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	37	and sacrificed their own sons and their daughters to demons.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	38	Innocent blood they shed, the blood of their sons and daughters; offering them to the idols of Canaan, they polluted the country with blood.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	39	They defiled themselves by such actions, their behaviour was that of a harlot.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	40	Yahweh's anger blazed out at his people, his own heritage filled him with disgust.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	41	He handed them over to the nations, and their opponents became their masters;
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	42	their enemies lorded it over them, crushing them under their rule.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	43	Time and again he rescued them, but they still defied him deliberately, and sank ever deeper in their guilt;
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	44	even so he took pity on their distress, as soon as he heard them cry out.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	45	Bearing his covenant with them in mind, he relented in his boundless and faithful love;
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	46	he ensured that they received compassion, in their treatment by all their captors.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	47	Save us, Yahweh our God, gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name, and may glory in praising you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	106	48	Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from all eternity and for ever! Let all the people say, 'Amen'.
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	1	Alleluia! Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good, his faithful love lasts for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	2	So let them say whom Yahweh redeemed, whom he redeemed from the power of their enemies,
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	3	bringing them back from foreign lands, from east and west, north and south.
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	4	They were wandering in the desert, in the wastelands, could find no way to an inhabited city;
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	5	they were hungry and thirsty, their life was ebbing away.
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	6	They cried out to Yahweh in their distress, he rescued them from their plight,
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	7	he set them on the road, straight to an inhabited city.
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	8	Let them thank Yahweh for his faithful love, for his wonders for the children of Adam!
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	9	He has fed the hungry to their hearts' content, filled the starving with good things.
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	10	Sojourners in gloom and shadow dark as death, fettered in misery and chains,
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	11	for defying the orders of Yahweh, for scorning the plan of the Most High-
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	12	he subdued their spirit by hard labour; if they fell there was no one to help.
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	13	They cried out to Yahweh in their distress, he rescued them from their plight,
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	14	he brought them out from gloom and shadow dark as death, and shattered their chains.
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	15	Let them thank Yahweh for his faithful love, for his wonders for the children of Adam!
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	16	He broke open gates of bronze and smashed iron bars.
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	17	Fools for their rebellious ways, wretched because of their sins,
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	18	finding all food repugnant, brought close to the gates of death-
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	19	they cried out to Yahweh in their distress; he rescued them from their plight,
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	20	he sent out his word and cured them, and rescued their life from the abyss.
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	21	Let them thank Yahweh for his faithful love, for his wonders for the children of Adam!
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	22	Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices, and recount with shouts of joy what he has done!
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	23	Voyagers on the sea in ships, plying their trade on the great ocean,
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	24	have seen the works of Yahweh, his wonders in the deep.
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	25	By his word he raised a storm-wind, lashing up towering waves.
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	26	Up to the sky then down to the depths! Their stomachs were turned to water;
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	27	they staggered and reeled like drunkards, and all their skill went under.
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	28	They cried out to Yahweh in their distress, he rescued them from their plight,
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	29	he reduced the storm to a calm, and all the waters subsided,
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	30	and he brought them, overjoyed at the stillness, to the port where they were bound.
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	31	Let them thank Yahweh for his faithful love, for his wonders for the children of Adam!
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	32	Let them extol him in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the council of elders.
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	33	He has turned rivers into desert, bubbling springs into arid ground,
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	34	fertile country into salt-flats, because the people living there were evil.
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	35	But he has turned desert into stretches of water, arid ground into bubbling springs,
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	36	and has given the hungry a home, where they have built themselves a city.
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	37	There they sow fields and plant vines, and reap a harvest of their produce.
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	38	He blesses them and their numbers increase, he keeps their cattle at full strength.
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	39	Their numbers had fallen, they had grown weak, under pressure of disaster and hardship;
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	40	he covered princes in contempt, left them to wander in trackless wastes.
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	41	But the needy he raises from their misery, makes their families as numerous as sheep.
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	42	At the sight the honest rejoice, and the wicked have nothing to say.
+Psalms	Ps	23	107	43	Who is wise? Such a one should take this to heart, and come to understand Yahweh's faithful love.
+Psalms	Ps	23	108	1	[Song Psalm Of David] My heart is ready, God, I will sing and make music; come, my glory!
+Psalms	Ps	23	108	2	Awake, lyre and harp, I will awake the Dawn!
+Psalms	Ps	23	108	3	I will praise you among the peoples, Yahweh, I will play to you among nations,
+Psalms	Ps	23	108	4	for your faithful love towers to heaven, and your constancy to the clouds.
+Psalms	Ps	23	108	5	Be exalted above the heavens, God. Your glory over the whole earth!
+Psalms	Ps	23	108	6	To rescue those you love, save with your right hand and answer us.
+Psalms	Ps	23	108	7	God has spoken from his sanctuary, 'In triumph I will divide up Shechem, and share out the Valley of Succoth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	108	8	'Mine is Gilead, mine Manasseh, Ephraim the helmet on my head, Judah my commander's baton,
+Psalms	Ps	23	108	9	'Moab a bowl for me to wash in, on Edom I plant my sandal, over Philistia I cry victory.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	108	10	Who will lead me against a fortified city, who will guide me into Edom,
+Psalms	Ps	23	108	11	if not you, the God who has rejected us? God, you no longer march with our armies.
+Psalms	Ps	23	108	12	Bring us help in our time of crisis, any human assistance is worthless.
+Psalms	Ps	23	108	13	With God we shall do deeds of valour, he will trample down our enemies.
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	1	[For the choirmaster Of David Psalm] God whom I praise, do not be silent!
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	2	Wicked and deceiving words are being said about me, false accusations are cast in my teeth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	3	Words of hate fly all around me, though I give no cause for hostility.
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	4	In return for my friendship they denounce me, and all I can do is pray!
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	5	They repay my kindness with evil, and friendship with hatred.
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	6	'Set up a wicked man against him as accuser to stand on his right.
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	7	At his trial may he emerge as guilty, even his prayer construed as a crime!
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	8	'May his life be cut short, someone else take over his office,
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	9	his children be orphaned, his wife be widowed.
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	10	'May his children wander perpetually, beggars, driven from the ruins of their house,
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	11	a creditor seize all his goods, and strangers make off with his earnings.
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	12	'May there be none left faithful enough to show him love, no one take pity on his orphans,
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	13	the line of his descendants cut off, his name wiped out in one generation.
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	14	'May Yahweh never forget the crimes of his ancestors, and his mother's sins not be wiped out;
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	15	may Yahweh keep these constantly in mind, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	16	He had no thought of being loyal, but hounded the poor and the needy and the broken-hearted to their death.
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	17	He had a taste for cursing; let it recoil on him! No taste for blessing; let it never come his way!
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	18	Cursing has been the uniform he wore; let it soak into him like water, like oil right into his bones.
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	19	Let it be as a robe which envelops him completely, a sash which he always wears.
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	20	Let this be the salary Yahweh pays the accusers who blacken my name.
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	21	Yahweh, treat them as your name demands; as your faithful love is generous, deliver me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	22	Poor and needy as I am, my wounds go right to the heart;
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	23	I am passing away like a fading shadow, they have shaken me off like a locust.
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	24	My knees are weak from lack of food, my body lean for lack of fat.
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	25	I have become the butt of their taunts, they shake their heads at the sight of me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	26	Help me, Yahweh my God, save me as your faithful love demands.
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	27	Let them know that yours is the saving hand, that this, Yahweh, is your work.
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	28	Let them curse, provided that you bless; let their attacks bring shame to them and joy to your servant!
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	29	Let my accusers be clothed in disgrace, enveloped in a cloak of shame.
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	30	With generous thanks to Yahweh on my lips, I shall praise him before all the people,
+Psalms	Ps	23	109	31	for he stands at the side of the poor, to save their lives from those who sit in judgement on them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	110	1	[Of David Psalm] Yahweh declared to my Lord, 'Take your seat at my right hand, till I have made your enemies your footstool.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	110	2	Yahweh will stretch out the sceptre of your power; from Zion you will rule your foes all around you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	110	3	Royal dignity has been yours from the day of your birth, sacred honour from the womb, from the dawn of your youth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	110	4	Yahweh has sworn an oath he will never retract, you are a priest for ever of the order of Melchizedek.
+Psalms	Ps	23	110	5	At your right hand, Lord, he shatters kings when his anger breaks out.
+Psalms	Ps	23	110	6	He judges nations, heaping up corpses, he breaks heads over the whole wide world.
+Psalms	Ps	23	110	7	He drinks from a stream as he goes, and therefore he holds his head high.
+Psalms	Ps	23	111	1	Alleluia! I give thanks to Yahweh with all my heart, in the meeting-place of honest people, in the assembly.
+Psalms	Ps	23	111	2	Great are the deeds of Yahweh, to be pondered by all who delight in them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	111	3	Full of splendour and majesty his work, his saving justice stands firm for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	111	4	He gives us a memorial of his great deeds; Yahweh is mercy and tenderness.
+Psalms	Ps	23	111	5	He gives food to those who fear him, he keeps his covenant ever in mind.
+Psalms	Ps	23	111	6	His works show his people his power in giving them the birthright of the nations.
+Psalms	Ps	23	111	7	The works of his hands are fidelity and justice, all his precepts are trustworthy,
+Psalms	Ps	23	111	8	established for ever and ever, accomplished in fidelity and honesty.
+Psalms	Ps	23	111	9	Deliverance he sends to his people, his covenant he imposes for ever; holy and awesome his name.
+Psalms	Ps	23	111	10	The root of wisdom is fear of Yahweh; those who attain it are wise. His praise will continue for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	112	1	Alleluia! How blessed is anyone who fears Yahweh, who delights in his commandments!
+Psalms	Ps	23	112	2	His descendants shall be powerful on earth, the race of the honest shall receive blessings:
+Psalms	Ps	23	112	3	Riches and wealth for his family; his uprightness stands firm for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	112	4	For the honest he shines as a lamp in the dark, generous, tender-hearted, and upright.
+Psalms	Ps	23	112	5	All goes well for one who lends generously, who is honest in all his dealing;
+Psalms	Ps	23	112	6	for all time to come he will not stumble, for all time to come the upright will be remembered.
+Psalms	Ps	23	112	7	Bad news holds no fears for him, firm is his heart, trusting in Yahweh.
+Psalms	Ps	23	112	8	His heart held steady, he has no fears, till he can gloat over his enemies.
+Psalms	Ps	23	112	9	To the needy he gives without stint, his uprightness stands firm for ever; his reputation is founded on strength.
+Psalms	Ps	23	112	10	The wicked are vexed at the sight, they grind their teeth and waste away. The desires of the wicked will be frustrated.
+Psalms	Ps	23	113	1	Alleluia! Praise, servants of Yahweh, praise the name of Yahweh.
+Psalms	Ps	23	113	2	Blessed be the name of Yahweh, henceforth and for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	113	3	From the rising of the sun to its setting, praised be the name of Yahweh!
+Psalms	Ps	23	113	4	Supreme over all nations is Yahweh, supreme over the heavens his glory.
+Psalms	Ps	23	113	5	Who is like Yahweh our God? His throne is set on high,
+Psalms	Ps	23	113	6	but he stoops to look down on heaven and earth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	113	7	He raises the poor from the dust, he lifts the needy from the dunghill,
+Psalms	Ps	23	113	8	to give them a place among princes, among princes of his people.
+Psalms	Ps	23	113	9	He lets the barren woman be seated at home, the happy mother of sons.
+Psalms	Ps	23	114	1	Alleluia! When Israel came out of Egypt, the House of Jacob from a people of foreign speech,
+Psalms	Ps	23	114	2	Judah became his sanctuary, and Israel his domain.
+Psalms	Ps	23	114	3	The sea fled at the sight, the Jordan turned back,
+Psalms	Ps	23	114	4	the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like sheep.
+Psalms	Ps	23	114	5	Sea, what makes you flee? Jordan, why turn back?
+Psalms	Ps	23	114	6	Why skip like rams, you mountains? Why like sheep, you hills?
+Psalms	Ps	23	114	7	Tremble, earth, at the coming of the Lord, at the coming of the God of Jacob,
+Psalms	Ps	23	114	8	who turns rock into pool, flint into fountain.
+Psalms	Ps	23	115	1	Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give the glory, for your faithful love and your constancy!
+Psalms	Ps	23	115	2	Why should the nations ask, 'Where is their God?'
+Psalms	Ps	23	115	3	Our God is in heaven, he creates whatever he chooses.
+Psalms	Ps	23	115	4	They have idols of silver and gold, made by human hands.
+Psalms	Ps	23	115	5	These have mouths but say nothing, have eyes but see nothing,
+Psalms	Ps	23	115	6	have ears but hear nothing, have noses but smell nothing.
+Psalms	Ps	23	115	7	They have hands but cannot feel, have feet but cannot walk, no sound comes from their throats.
+Psalms	Ps	23	115	8	Their makers will end up like them, and all who rely on them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	115	9	House of Israel, rely on Yahweh; he is their help and their shield.
+Psalms	Ps	23	115	10	House of Aaron, rely on Yahweh; he is their help and their shield.
+Psalms	Ps	23	115	11	You who fear Yahweh, rely on Yahweh; he is their help and their shield.
+Psalms	Ps	23	115	12	Yahweh will keep us in mind, he will bless, he will bless the House of Israel, he will bless the House of Aaron,
+Psalms	Ps	23	115	13	he will bless those who fear Yahweh, small and great alike.
+Psalms	Ps	23	115	14	May Yahweh add to your numbers, yours and your children's too!
+Psalms	Ps	23	115	15	May you be blessed by Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	115	16	Heaven belongs to Yahweh, but earth he has given to the children of Adam.
+Psalms	Ps	23	115	17	The dead cannot praise Yahweh, those who sink into silence,
+Psalms	Ps	23	115	18	but we, the living, shall bless Yahweh, henceforth and for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	116	1	Alleluia! I am filled with love when Yahweh listens to the sound of my prayer,
+Psalms	Ps	23	116	2	when he bends down to hear me, as I call.
+Psalms	Ps	23	116	3	The bonds of death were all round me, the snares of Sheol held me fast; distress and anguish held me in their grip,
+Psalms	Ps	23	116	4	I called on the name of Yahweh. Deliver me, Yahweh, I beg you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	116	5	Yahweh is merciful and upright, our God is tenderness.
+Psalms	Ps	23	116	6	Yahweh looks after the simple, when I was brought low he gave me strength.
+Psalms	Ps	23	116	7	My heart, be at peace once again, for Yahweh has treated you generously.
+Psalms	Ps	23	116	8	He has rescued me from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling.
+Psalms	Ps	23	116	9	I shall pass my life in the presence of Yahweh, in the land of the living.
+Psalms	Ps	23	116	10	My trust does not fail even when I say, 'I am completely wretched.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	116	11	In my terror I said, 'No human being can be relied on.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	116	12	What return can I make to Yahweh for his generosity to me?
+Psalms	Ps	23	116	13	I shall take up the cup of salvation and call on the name of Yahweh.
+Psalms	Ps	23	116	14	I shall fulfil my vows to Yahweh, witnessed by all his people.
+Psalms	Ps	23	116	15	Costly in Yahweh's sight is the death of his faithful.
+Psalms	Ps	23	116	16	I beg you, Yahweh! I am your servant, I am your servant and my mother was your servant; you have undone my fetters.
+Psalms	Ps	23	116	17	I shall offer you a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of Yahweh.
+Psalms	Ps	23	116	18	I shall fulfil my vows to Yahweh, witnessed by all his people,
+Psalms	Ps	23	116	19	in the courts of the house of Yahweh, in your very heart, Jerusalem.
+Psalms	Ps	23	117	1	Alleluia! Praise Yahweh, all nations, extol him, all peoples,
+Psalms	Ps	23	117	2	for his faithful love is strong and his constancy never-ending.
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	1	Alleluia! Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	2	Let the House of Israel say, 'His faithful love endures for ever.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	3	Let the House of Aaron say, 'His faithful love endures for ever.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	4	Let those who fear Yahweh say, 'His faithful love endures for ever.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	5	In my distress I called to Yahweh, he heard me and brought me relief.
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	6	With Yahweh on my side I fear nothing; what can human beings do to me?
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	7	With Yahweh on my side as my help, I gloat over my enemies.
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	8	It is better to take refuge in Yahweh than to rely on human beings;
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	9	better to take refuge in Yahweh than to rely on princes.
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	10	Nations were swarming around me, in the name of Yahweh I cut them down;
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	11	they swarmed around me, pressing upon me, in the name of Yahweh I cut them down.
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	12	They swarmed around me like bees, they flared up like a brushwood fire, in the name of Yahweh I cut them down.
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	13	I was pushed hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh came to my help.
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	14	Yahweh is my strength and my song, he has been my Saviour.
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	15	Shouts of joy and salvation, in the tents of the upright, 'Yahweh's right hand is triumphant,
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	16	Yahweh's right hand is victorious, Yahweh's right hand is triumphant!'
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	17	I shall not die, I shall live to recount the great deeds of Yahweh.
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	18	Though Yahweh punished me sternly, he has not abandoned me to death.
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	19	Open for me the gates of saving justice, I shall go in and thank Yahweh.
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	20	This is the gate of Yahweh, where the upright go in.
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	21	I thank you for hearing me, and making yourself my Saviour.
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	22	The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	23	This is Yahweh's doing, and we marvel at it.
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	24	This is the day which Yahweh has made, a day for us to rejoice and be glad.
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	25	We beg you, Yahweh, save us, we beg you, Yahweh, give us victory!
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	26	Blessed in the name of Yahweh is he who is coming! We bless you from the house of Yahweh.
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	27	Yahweh is God, he gives us light. Link your processions, branches in hand, up to the horns of the altar.
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	28	You are my God, I thank you, all praise to you, my God. I thank you for hearing me, and making yourself my Saviour.
+Psalms	Ps	23	118	29	Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	1	How blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of Yahweh!
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	2	Blessed are those who observe his instructions, who seek him with all their hearts,
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	3	and, doing no evil, who walk in his ways.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	4	You lay down your precepts to be carefully kept.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	5	May my ways be steady in doing your will.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	6	Then I shall not be shamed, if my gaze is fixed on your commandments.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	7	I thank you with a sincere heart for teaching me your upright judgements.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	8	I shall do your will; do not ever abandon me wholly.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	9	How can a young man keep his way spotless? By keeping your words.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	10	With all my heart I seek you, do not let me stray from your commandments.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	11	In my heart I treasure your promises, to avoid sinning against you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	12	Blessed are you, Yahweh, teach me your will!
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	13	With my lips I have repeated all the judgements you have given.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	14	In the way of your instructions lies my joy, a joy beyond all wealth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	15	I will ponder your precepts and fix my gaze on your paths.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	16	I find my delight in your will, I do not forget your words.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	17	Be generous to your servant and I shall live, and shall keep your words.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	18	Open my eyes and I shall fix my gaze on the wonders of your Law.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	19	Wayfarer though I am on the earth, do not hide your commandments from me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	20	My heart is pining away with longing at all times for your judgements.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	21	You have rebuked the arrogant, the accursed, who stray from your commandments.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	22	Set me free from taunts and contempt since I observe your instructions.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	23	Though princes sit plotting against me, your servant keeps pondering your will.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	24	Your instructions are my delight, your wishes my counsellors.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	25	Down in the dust I lie prostrate; true to your word, revive me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	26	I tell you my ways and you answer me; teach me your wishes.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	27	Show me the way of your precepts, that I may reflect on your wonders.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	28	I am melting away for grief; true to your word, raise me up.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	29	Keep me far from the way of deceit, grant me the grace of your Law.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	30	I have chosen the way of constancy, I have moulded myself to your judgements.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	31	I cling to your instructions, Yahweh, do not disappoint me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	32	I run the way of your commandments, for you have given me freedom of heart.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	33	Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your will, and I will observe it.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	34	Give me understanding and I will observe your Law, and keep it wholeheartedly.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	35	Guide me in the way of your commandments, for my delight is there.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	36	Bend my heart to your instructions, not to selfish gain.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	37	Avert my eyes from pointless images, by your word give me life.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	38	Keep your promise to your servant so that all may hold you in awe.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	39	Avert the taunts that I dread, for your judgements are generous.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	40	See how I yearn for your precepts; in your saving justice give me life.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	41	Let your faithful love come to me, Yahweh, true to your promise, save me!
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	42	Give me an answer to the taunts against me, since I rely on your word.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	43	Do not deprive me of that faithful word, since my hope lies in your judgements.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	44	I shall keep your Law without fail for ever and ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	45	I shall live in all freedom because I have sought your precepts.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	46	I shall speak of your instructions before kings and will not be shamed.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	47	Your commandments fill me with delight, I love them dearly.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	48	I stretch out my hands to your commandments that I love, and I ponder your judgements.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	49	Keep in mind your promise to your servant on which I have built my hope.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	50	It is my comfort in distress, that your promise gives me life.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	51	Endlessly the arrogant have jeered at me, but I have not swerved from your Law.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	52	I have kept your age -- old judgements in mind, Yahweh, and I am comforted.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	53	Fury grips me when I see the wicked who abandon your Law.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	54	Your judgements are my song where I live in exile.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	55	All night, Yahweh, I hold your name in mind, I keep your Law.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	56	This is what it means to me, observing your precepts.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	57	My task, I have said, Yahweh, is to keep your word.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	58	Wholeheartedly I entreat your favour; true to your promise, take pity on me!
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	59	I have reflected on my ways, and I turn my steps to your instructions.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	60	I hurry without delay to keep your commandments.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	61	Though caught in the snares of the wicked, I do not forget your Law.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	62	At midnight I rise to praise you for your upright judgements.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	63	I am a friend to all who fear you and keep your precepts.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	64	Your faithful love fills the earth, Yahweh, teach me your judgements.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	65	You have been generous to your servant, Yahweh, true to your promise.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	66	Teach me judgement and knowledge, for I rely on your commandments.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	67	Before I was punished I used to go astray, but now I keep to your promise.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	68	You are generous and act generously, teach me your will.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	69	The arrogant blacken me with lies though I wholeheartedly observe your precepts.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	70	Their hearts are gross like rich fat, but my delight is in your Law.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	71	It was good for me that I had to suffer, the better to learn your judgements.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	72	The Law you have uttered is more precious to me than all the wealth in the world.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	73	Your hands have made me and held me firm, give me understanding and I shall learn your commandments.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	74	Those who fear you rejoice at the sight of me since I put my hope in your word.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	75	I know, Yahweh, that your judgements are upright, and in punishing me you show your constancy.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	76	Your faithful love must be my consolation, as you have promised your servant.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	77	Treat me with tenderness and I shall live, for your Law is my delight.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	78	Let the arrogant who tell lies against me be shamed, while I ponder your precepts.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	79	Let those who fear you rally to me, those who understand your instructions.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	80	My heart shall be faultless towards your will; then I shall not be ashamed.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	81	I shall wear myself out for your salvation, for your word is my hope.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	82	My eyes, too, are worn out waiting for your promise, when will you have pity on me?
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	83	For I am like a smoked wineskin, but I do not forget your will.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	84	How long has your servant to live? When will you bring my persecutors to judgement?
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	85	The arrogant have dug pitfalls for me in defiance of your Law.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	86	All your commandments show constancy. Help me when they pursue me dishonestly.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	87	They have almost annihilated me on earth, but I have not deserted your precepts.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	88	True to your faithful love, give me life, and I shall keep the instructions you have laid down.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	89	For ever, Yahweh, your word is planted firm in heaven.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	90	Your constancy endures from age to age; you established the earth and it stands firm.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	91	Through your judgements all stands firm to this day, for all creation is your servant.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	92	Had your Law not been my delight, I would have perished in my misery.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	93	I shall never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	94	I am yours, save me, for I seek your precepts.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	95	The wicked may hope to destroy me, but all my thought is of your instructions.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	96	I have seen that all perfection is finite, but your commandment has no limit.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	97	How I love your Law! I ponder it all day long.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	98	You make me wiser than my enemies by your commandment which is mine for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	99	I am wiser than all my teachers because I ponder your instructions.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	100	I have more understanding than the aged because I keep your precepts.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	101	I restrain my foot from evil paths to keep your word.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	102	I do not turn aside from your judgements, because you yourself have instructed me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	103	How pleasant your promise to my palate, sweeter than honey in my mouth!
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	104	From your precepts I learn wisdom, so I hate all deceptive ways.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	105	Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	106	I have sworn -- and shall maintain it -- to keep your upright judgements.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	107	I am utterly wretched, Yahweh; true to your promise, give me life.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	108	Accept, Yahweh, the tribute from my mouth, and teach me your judgements.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	109	My life is in your hands perpetually, I do not forget your Law.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	110	The wicked have laid out a snare for me, but I have not strayed from your precepts.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	111	Your instructions are my eternal heritage, they are the joy of my heart.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	112	I devote myself to obeying your statutes, their recompense is eternal.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	113	I hate a divided heart, I love your Law.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	114	You are my refuge and shield, I put my hope in your word.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	115	Leave me alone, you wicked, I shall observe the commandments of my God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	116	True to your word, support me and I shall live; do not disappoint me of my hope.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	117	Uphold me and I shall be saved, my gaze fixed on your will.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	118	You shake off all who stray from your will; deceit fills their horizon.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	119	In your sight all the wicked of the earth are like rust, so I love your instructions.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	120	My whole body trembles before you, your judgements fill me with fear.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	121	All my conduct has been just and upright, do not hand me over to my oppressors.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	122	Guarantee the well-being of your servant, do not let the proud oppress me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	123	My eyes are languishing for your salvation and for the saving justice you have promised.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	124	Show your faithful love to your servant, teach me your judgements.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	125	Your servant am I; give me understanding and I shall know your instructions.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	126	It is time to take action, Yahweh, your Law is being broken.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	127	So I love your commandments more than gold, purest gold.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	128	So I rule my life by your precepts, I hate all deceptive paths.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	129	Wonderful are your instructions, so I observe them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	130	As your word unfolds it gives light, and even the simple understand.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	131	I open wide my mouth, panting eagerly for your commandments.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	132	Turn to me, pity me; those who love your name deserve it.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	133	Keep my steps firm in your promise; that no evil may triumph over me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	134	Rescue me from human oppression, and I will observe your precepts.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	135	Let your face shine on your servant, teach me your will.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	136	My eyes stream with tears because your Law is disregarded.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	137	You are upright, Yahweh, and your judgements are honest.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	138	You impose uprightness as a witness to yourself, it is constancy itself.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	139	My zeal is burning me up because my oppressors forget your word.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	140	Your promise is well tested, your servant holds it dear.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	141	Puny and despised as I am, I do not forget your precepts.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	142	Your saving justice is for ever just, and your Law is trustworthy.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	143	Though anguish and distress grip me your commandments are my delight.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	144	Your instructions are upright for ever, give me understanding and I shall live.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	145	I call with all my heart; answer me, Yahweh, and I will observe your judgements.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	146	I call to you; save me, and I will keep your instructions.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	147	I am awake before dawn to cry for help, I put my hope in your word.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	148	My eyes are awake before each watch of the night, to ponder your promise.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	149	In your faithful love, Yahweh, listen to my voice, let your judgements give me life.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	150	My pursuers are coming closer to their wicked designs, and further from your Law.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	151	You are close to me, Yahweh, and all your commandments are true.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	152	Long have I known that your instructions were laid down to last for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	153	Look at my suffering and rescue me, for I do not forget your Law.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	154	Plead my cause and defend me; as you promised, give me life.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	155	Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your will.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	156	Your kindnesses to me are countless, Yahweh; true to your judgements, give me life.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	157	Though my enemies and oppressors are countless, I do not turn aside from your instructions.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	158	The sight of these renegades appals me; they do not observe your promise.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	159	See how I love your precepts; true to your faithful love, give me life.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	160	Faithfulness is the essence of your word, your upright judgements hold good for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	161	Though princes hound me unprovoked, what fills me with awe is your word.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	162	I rejoice in your promise like one who finds a vast treasure.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	163	Falsehood I hate and detest, my love is for your Law.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	164	Seven times a day I praise you for your upright judgements.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	165	Great peace for those who love your Law; no stumbling-blocks for them!
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	166	I am waiting for your salvation, Yahweh, I fulfil your commandments.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	167	I observe your instructions, I love them dearly.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	168	I observe your precepts, your judgements, for all my ways are before you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	169	May my cry approach your presence, Yahweh; by your word give me understanding.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	170	May my prayer come into your presence, rescue me as you have promised.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	171	May my lips proclaim your praise, for you teach me your will.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	172	May my tongue recite your promise, for all your commandments are upright.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	173	May your hand be there to help me, since I have chosen your precepts.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	174	I long for your salvation, Yahweh, your Law is my delight.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	175	May I live only to praise you, may your judgements be my help.
+Psalms	Ps	23	119	176	I am wandering like a lost sheep, come and look for your servant, for I have not forgotten your commandments.
+Psalms	Ps	23	120	1	[Song of Ascents] To Yahweh when I am in trouble I call and he answers me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	120	2	Yahweh, save me from lying lips and a treacherous tongue!
+Psalms	Ps	23	120	3	What will he repay you, what more, treacherous tongue?
+Psalms	Ps	23	120	4	War-arrows made sharp over red-hot charcoal.
+Psalms	Ps	23	120	5	How wretched I am, living in Meshech, dwelling in the tents of Kedar!
+Psalms	Ps	23	120	6	Too long have I lived among people who hate peace.
+Psalms	Ps	23	120	7	When I speak of peace they are all for war!
+Psalms	Ps	23	121	1	[Song of Ascents] I lift up my eyes to the mountains; where is my help to come from?
+Psalms	Ps	23	121	2	My help comes from Yahweh who made heaven and earth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	121	3	May he save your foot from stumbling; may he, your guardian, not fall asleep!
+Psalms	Ps	23	121	4	You see -- he neither sleeps nor slumbers, the guardian of Israel.
+Psalms	Ps	23	121	5	Yahweh is your guardian, your shade, Yahweh, at your right hand.
+Psalms	Ps	23	121	6	By day the sun will not strike you, nor the moon by night.
+Psalms	Ps	23	121	7	Yahweh guards you from all harm Yahweh guards your life,
+Psalms	Ps	23	121	8	Yahweh guards your comings and goings, henceforth and for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	122	1	[Song of Ascents Of David] I rejoiced that they said to me, 'Let us go to the house of Yahweh.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	122	2	At last our feet are standing at your gates, Jerusalem!
+Psalms	Ps	23	122	3	Jerusalem, built as a city, in one united whole,
+Psalms	Ps	23	122	4	there the tribes go up, the tribes of Yahweh, a sign for Israel to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.
+Psalms	Ps	23	122	5	For there are set the thrones of judgement, the thrones of the house of David.
+Psalms	Ps	23	122	6	Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, prosperity for your homes!
+Psalms	Ps	23	122	7	Peace within your walls, prosperity in your palaces!
+Psalms	Ps	23	122	8	For love of my brothers and my friends I will say, 'Peace upon you!'
+Psalms	Ps	23	122	9	For love of the house of Yahweh our God I will pray for your well-being.
+Psalms	Ps	23	123	1	[Song of Ascents] I lift up my eyes to you who are enthroned in heaven.
+Psalms	Ps	23	123	2	Just as the eyes of slaves are on their masters' hand, or the eyes of a slave-girl on the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on Yahweh our God, for him to take pity on us.
+Psalms	Ps	23	123	3	Have pity on us, Yahweh, have pity, for we have had our full share of scorn,
+Psalms	Ps	23	123	4	more than our share of jeers from the complacent. (Scorn is for the proud.)
+Psalms	Ps	23	124	1	[Song of Ascents Of David] If Yahweh had not been on our side -- let Israel repeat it-
+Psalms	Ps	23	124	2	if Yahweh had not been on our side when people attacked us,
+Psalms	Ps	23	124	3	they would have swallowed us alive in the heat of their anger.
+Psalms	Ps	23	124	4	Then water was washing us away, a torrent running right over us;
+Psalms	Ps	23	124	5	running right over us then were turbulent waters.
+Psalms	Ps	23	124	6	Blessed be Yahweh for not letting us fall a prey to their teeth!
+Psalms	Ps	23	124	7	We escaped like a bird from the fowlers' net. The net was broken and we escaped;
+Psalms	Ps	23	124	8	our help is in the name of Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	125	1	[Song of Ascents] Whoever trusts in Yahweh is like Mount Zion: unshakeable, it stands for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	125	2	Jerusalem! The mountains encircle her: so Yahweh encircles his people, henceforth and for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	125	3	The sceptre of the wicked will not come to rest over the heritage of the upright; or the upright might set their own hands to evil.
+Psalms	Ps	23	125	4	Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, to the sincere at heart.
+Psalms	Ps	23	125	5	But the crooked, the twisted, turn them away, Yahweh, with evil-doers. Peace to Israel!
+Psalms	Ps	23	126	1	[Song of Ascents] When Yahweh brought back Zion's captives we lived in a dream;
+Psalms	Ps	23	126	2	then our mouths filled with laughter, and our lips with song. Then the nations kept saying, 'What great deeds Yahweh has done for them!'
+Psalms	Ps	23	126	3	Yes, Yahweh did great deeds for us, and we were overjoyed.
+Psalms	Ps	23	126	4	Bring back, Yahweh, our people from captivity like torrents in the Negeb!
+Psalms	Ps	23	126	5	Those who sow in tears sing as they reap.
+Psalms	Ps	23	126	6	He went off, went off weeping, carrying the seed. He comes back, comes back singing, bringing in his sheaves.
+Psalms	Ps	23	127	1	[Song of Ascents Of Solomon] If Yahweh does not build a house in vain do its builders toil. If Yahweh does not guard a city in vain does its guard keep watch.
+Psalms	Ps	23	127	2	In vain you get up earlier, and put off going to bed, sweating to make a living, since it is he who provides for his beloved as they sleep.
+Psalms	Ps	23	127	3	Sons are a birthright from Yahweh, children are a reward from him.
+Psalms	Ps	23	127	4	Like arrows in a warrior's hand are the sons you father when young.
+Psalms	Ps	23	127	5	How blessed is the man who has filled his quiver with them; in dispute with his enemies at the city gate he will not be worsted.
+Psalms	Ps	23	128	1	[Song of Ascents] How blessed are all who fear Yahweh, who walk in his ways!
+Psalms	Ps	23	128	2	Your own labours will yield you a living, happy and prosperous will you be.
+Psalms	Ps	23	128	3	Your wife a fruitful vine in the inner places of your house. Your children round your table like shoots of an olive tree.
+Psalms	Ps	23	128	4	Such are the blessings that fall on those who fear Yahweh.
+Psalms	Ps	23	128	5	May Yahweh bless you from Zion! May you see Jerusalem prosper all the days of your life,
+Psalms	Ps	23	128	6	and live to see your children's children! Peace to Israel!
+Psalms	Ps	23	129	1	[Song of Ascents] Often as men have attacked me since I was young -- let Israel repeat it-
+Psalms	Ps	23	129	2	often as men have attacked me since I was young, they have never overcome me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	129	3	On my back ploughmen have set to work, making long furrows,
+Psalms	Ps	23	129	4	but Yahweh the upright has shattered the yoke of the wicked.
+Psalms	Ps	23	129	5	Let all who hate Zion be thrown back in confusion,
+Psalms	Ps	23	129	6	let them be like grass on a roof, dried up before it is cut,
+Psalms	Ps	23	129	7	never to fill the reaper's arm nor the binder's lap.
+Psalms	Ps	23	129	8	And no passer-by will say, 'The blessing of Yahweh be on you! 'We bless you in the name of Yahweh.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	130	1	[Song of Ascents] From the depths I call to you, Yahweh:
+Psalms	Ps	23	130	2	Lord, hear my cry. Listen attentively to the sound of my pleading!
+Psalms	Ps	23	130	3	If you kept a record of our sins, Lord, who could stand their ground?
+Psalms	Ps	23	130	4	But with you is forgiveness, that you may be revered.
+Psalms	Ps	23	130	5	I rely, my whole being relies, Yahweh, on your promise.
+Psalms	Ps	23	130	6	My whole being hopes in the Lord, more than watchmen for daybreak; more than watchmen for daybreak
+Psalms	Ps	23	130	7	let Israel hope in Yahweh. For with Yahweh is faithful love, with him generous ransom;
+Psalms	Ps	23	130	8	and he will ransom Israel from all its sins.
+Psalms	Ps	23	131	1	[Song of Ascents] Yahweh, my heart is not haughty, I do not set my sights too high. I have taken no part in great affairs, in wonders beyond my scope.
+Psalms	Ps	23	131	2	No, I hold myself in quiet and silence, like a little child in its mother's arms, like a little child, so I keep myself.
+Psalms	Ps	23	131	3	Let Israel hope in Yahweh henceforth and for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	132	1	[Song of Ascents] Yahweh, remember David and all the hardships he endured,
+Psalms	Ps	23	132	2	the oath he swore to Yahweh, his vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:
+Psalms	Ps	23	132	3	'I will not enter tent or house, will not climb into bed,
+Psalms	Ps	23	132	4	will not allow myself to sleep, not even to close my eyes,
+Psalms	Ps	23	132	5	till I have found a place for Yahweh, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob!'
+Psalms	Ps	23	132	6	Listen, we heard of it in Ephrathah, we found it at Forest-Fields.
+Psalms	Ps	23	132	7	Let us go into his dwelling-place, and worship at his footstool.
+Psalms	Ps	23	132	8	Go up, Yahweh, to your resting-place, you and the ark of your strength.
+Psalms	Ps	23	132	9	Your priests are robed in saving justice, your faithful are shouting for joy.
+Psalms	Ps	23	132	10	For the sake of your servant David, do not reject your anointed.
+Psalms	Ps	23	132	11	Yahweh has sworn to David, and will always remain true to his word, 'I promise that I will set a son of yours upon your throne.
+Psalms	Ps	23	132	12	If your sons observe my covenant and the instructions I have taught them, their sons too for evermore will occupy your throne.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	132	13	For Yahweh has chosen Zion, he has desired it as a home.
+Psalms	Ps	23	132	14	'Here shall I rest for evermore, here shall I make my home as I have wished.
+Psalms	Ps	23	132	15	'I shall generously bless her produce, give her needy their fill of food,
+Psalms	Ps	23	132	16	I shall clothe her priests with salvation, and her faithful will sing aloud for joy.
+Psalms	Ps	23	132	17	'There I shall raise up a line of descendants for David, light a lamp for my anointed;
+Psalms	Ps	23	132	18	I shall clothe his enemies with shame, while his own crown shall flourish.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	133	1	[Song of Ascents] How good, how delightful it is to live as brothers all together!
+Psalms	Ps	23	133	2	It is like a fine oil on the head, running down the beard, running down Aaron's beard, onto the collar of his robes.
+Psalms	Ps	23	133	3	It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the heights of Zion; for there Yahweh bestows his blessing, everlasting life.
+Psalms	Ps	23	134	1	[Song of Ascents] Come, bless Yahweh, all you who serve Yahweh, serving in the house of Yahweh, in the courts of the house of our God. Through the night watches
+Psalms	Ps	23	134	2	stretch out your hands towards the sanctuary and bless Yahweh.
+Psalms	Ps	23	134	3	May Yahweh bless you from Zion, he who made heaven and earth!
+Psalms	Ps	23	135	1	Alleluia! Praise the name of Yahweh, you who serve Yahweh, praise him,
+Psalms	Ps	23	135	2	serving in the house of Yahweh, in the courts of the house of our God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	135	3	Praise Yahweh, for Yahweh is good, make music for his name -- it brings joy-
+Psalms	Ps	23	135	4	for Yahweh has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his own possession.
+Psalms	Ps	23	135	5	For I know that Yahweh is great, our Lord is above all gods.
+Psalms	Ps	23	135	6	Yahweh does whatever he pleases in heaven, on earth, in the waters and all the depths.
+Psalms	Ps	23	135	7	He summons up clouds from the borders of earth, sends rain with lightning-flashes, and brings the wind out of his storehouse.
+Psalms	Ps	23	135	8	He struck the first-born in Egypt, man and beast alike,
+Psalms	Ps	23	135	9	he sent signs and wonders into the heart of Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his officials.
+Psalms	Ps	23	135	10	He struck down many nations, he slaughtered mighty kings,
+Psalms	Ps	23	135	11	Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan.
+Psalms	Ps	23	135	12	He gave their land as a birthright, a birthright to his people Israel.
+Psalms	Ps	23	135	13	Yahweh, your name endures for ever, Yahweh, your memory is fresh from age to age.
+Psalms	Ps	23	135	14	For Yahweh vindicates his people, feels compassion for his servants.
+Psalms	Ps	23	135	15	The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by human hands.
+Psalms	Ps	23	135	16	These have mouths but say nothing, have eyes but see nothing,
+Psalms	Ps	23	135	17	have ears but hear nothing, and they have no breath in their mouths.
+Psalms	Ps	23	135	18	Their makers will end up like them, everyone who relies on them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	135	19	House of Israel, bless Yahweh, House of Aaron, bless Yahweh,
+Psalms	Ps	23	135	20	House of Levi, bless Yahweh, you who fear Yahweh, bless Yahweh.
+Psalms	Ps	23	135	21	Blessed be Yahweh from Zion, he who dwells in Jerusalem!
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	1	Alleluia! Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	2	Give thanks to the God of gods, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	3	Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	4	He alone works wonders, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	5	In wisdom he made the heavens, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	6	He set the earth firm on the waters, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	7	He made the great lights, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	8	The sun to rule the day, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	9	Moon and stars to rule the night, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	10	He struck down the first-born of Egypt, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	11	He brought Israel out from among them, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	12	With mighty hand and outstretched arm, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	13	He split the Sea of Reeds in two, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	14	Let Israel pass through the middle, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	15	And drowned Pharaoh and all his army, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	16	He led his people through the desert, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	17	He struck down mighty kings, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	18	Slaughtered famous kings, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	19	Sihon king of the Amorites, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	20	And Og king of Bashan, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	21	He gave their land as a birthright, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	22	A birthright to his servant Israel, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	23	He kept us in mind when we were humbled, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	24	And rescued us from our enemies, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	25	He provides food for all living creatures, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	136	26	Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his faithful love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	137	1	By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept at the memory of Zion.
+Psalms	Ps	23	137	2	On the poplars there we had hung up our harps.
+Psalms	Ps	23	137	3	For there our gaolers had asked us to sing them a song, our captors to make merry, 'Sing us one of the songs of Zion.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	137	4	How could we sing a song of Yahweh on alien soil?
+Psalms	Ps	23	137	5	If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand wither!
+Psalms	Ps	23	137	6	May my tongue remain stuck to my palate if I do not keep you in mind, if I do not count Jerusalem the greatest of my joys.
+Psalms	Ps	23	137	7	Remember, Yahweh, to the Edomites' cost, the day of Jerusalem, how they said, 'Down with it! Rase it to the ground!'
+Psalms	Ps	23	137	8	Daughter of Babel, doomed to destruction, a blessing on anyone who treats you as you treated us,
+Psalms	Ps	23	137	9	a blessing on anyone who seizes your babies and shatters them against a rock!
+Psalms	Ps	23	138	1	[Of David] I thank you, Yahweh, with all my heart, for you have listened to the cry I uttered. In the presence of angels I sing to you,
+Psalms	Ps	23	138	2	I bow down before your holy Temple. I praise your name for your faithful love and your constancy; your promises surpass even your fame.
+Psalms	Ps	23	138	3	You heard me on the day when I called, and you gave new strength to my heart.
+Psalms	Ps	23	138	4	All the kings of the earth give thanks to you, Yahweh, when they hear the promises you make;
+Psalms	Ps	23	138	5	they sing of Yahweh's ways, 'Great is the glory of Yahweh!'
+Psalms	Ps	23	138	6	Sublime as he is, Yahweh looks on the humble, the proud he picks out from afar.
+Psalms	Ps	23	138	7	Though I live surrounded by trouble you give me life -- to my enemies' fury! You stretch out your right hand and save me,
+Psalms	Ps	23	138	8	Yahweh will do all things for me. Yahweh, your faithful love endures for ever, do not abandon what you have made.
+Psalms	Ps	23	139	1	[For the choirmaster Of David Psalm] Yahweh, you examine me and know me,
+Psalms	Ps	23	139	2	you know when I sit, when I rise, you understand my thoughts from afar.
+Psalms	Ps	23	139	3	You watch when I walk or lie down, you know every detail of my conduct.
+Psalms	Ps	23	139	4	A word is not yet on my tongue before you, Yahweh, know all about it.
+Psalms	Ps	23	139	5	You fence me in, behind and in front, you have laid your hand upon me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	139	6	Such amazing knowledge is beyond me, a height to which I cannot attain.
+Psalms	Ps	23	139	7	Where shall I go to escape your spirit? Where shall I flee from your presence?
+Psalms	Ps	23	139	8	If I scale the heavens you are there, if I lie flat in Sheol, there you are.
+Psalms	Ps	23	139	9	If I speed away on the wings of the dawn, if I dwell beyond the ocean,
+Psalms	Ps	23	139	10	even there your hand will be guiding me, your right hand holding me fast.
+Psalms	Ps	23	139	11	I will say, 'Let the darkness cover me, and the night wrap itself around me,'
+Psalms	Ps	23	139	12	even darkness to you is not dark, and night is as clear as the day.
+Psalms	Ps	23	139	13	You created my inmost self, knit me together in my mother's womb.
+Psalms	Ps	23	139	14	For so many marvels I thank you; a wonder am I, and all your works are wonders. You knew me through and through,
+Psalms	Ps	23	139	15	my being held no secrets from you, when I was being formed in secret, textured in the depths of the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	23	139	16	Your eyes could see my embryo. In your book all my days were inscribed, every one that was fixed is there.
+Psalms	Ps	23	139	17	How hard for me to grasp your thoughts, how many, God, there are!
+Psalms	Ps	23	139	18	If I count them, they are more than the grains of sand; if I come to an end, I am still with you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	139	19	If only, God, you would kill the wicked!-Men of violence, keep away from me!-
+Psalms	Ps	23	139	20	those who speak blasphemously about you, and take no account of your thoughts.
+Psalms	Ps	23	139	21	Yahweh, do I not hate those who hate you, and loathe those who defy you?
+Psalms	Ps	23	139	22	My hate for them has no limits, I regard them as my own enemies.
+Psalms	Ps	23	139	23	God, examine me and know my heart, test me and know my concerns.
+Psalms	Ps	23	139	24	Make sure that I am not on my way to ruin, and guide me on the road of eternity.
+Psalms	Ps	23	140	1	[For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] Rescue me, Yahweh, from evil men, protect me from violent men,
+Psalms	Ps	23	140	2	whose heart is bent on malice, day after day they harbour strife;
+Psalms	Ps	23	140	3	their tongues as barbed as a serpent's, viper's venom behind their lips.
+Psalms	Ps	23	140	4	Keep me, Yahweh, from the clutches of the wicked, protect me from violent men, who are bent on making me stumble,laying out snares where I walk,
+Psalms	Ps	23	140	5	in their arrogance hiding pitfall and nooseto trap me as I pass.
+Psalms	Ps	23	140	6	I said to Yahweh, 'You are my God.' Listen, Yahweh, to the sound of my prayer.
+Psalms	Ps	23	140	7	Yahweh my Lord, my saving strength, you shield my head when battle comes.
+Psalms	Ps	23	140	8	Yahweh, do not grant the wicked their wishes, do not let their plots succeed. Do not let my attackers
+Psalms	Ps	23	140	9	prevail, but let them be overwhelmed by their own malice.
+Psalms	Ps	23	140	10	May red-hot embers rain down on them, may they be flung into the mire once and for all.
+Psalms	Ps	23	140	11	May the slanderer find no rest anywhere, may evil hunt down violent men implacably.
+Psalms	Ps	23	140	12	I know that Yahweh will give judgement for the wretched, justice for the needy.
+Psalms	Ps	23	140	13	The upright shall praise your name, the honest dwell in your presence.
+Psalms	Ps	23	141	1	[Psalm Of David] Yahweh, I am calling, hurry to me, listen to my voice when I call to you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	141	2	May my prayer be like incense in your presence, my uplifted hands like the evening sacrifice.
+Psalms	Ps	23	141	3	Yahweh, mount a guard over my mouth, a guard at the door of my lips.
+Psalms	Ps	23	141	4	Check any impulse to speak evil, to share the foul deeds of evil-doers. I shall not sample their delights!
+Psalms	Ps	23	141	5	May the upright correct me with a friend's rebuke; but the wicked shall never anoint my head with oil, for that would make me party to their crimes.
+Psalms	Ps	23	141	6	They are delivered into the power of the rock, their judge, those who took pleasure in hearing me say,
+Psalms	Ps	23	141	7	'Like a shattered millstone on the ground our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.'
+Psalms	Ps	23	141	8	To you, Yahweh, I turn my eyes, in you I take refuge, do not leave me unprotected.
+Psalms	Ps	23	141	9	Save me from the traps that are set for me, the snares of evil-doers.
+Psalms	Ps	23	141	10	Let the wicked fall each into his own net, while I pass on my way.
+Psalms	Ps	23	142	1	[Psalm Of David When he was in the cave Prayer] To Yahweh I cry out with my plea. To Yahweh I cry out with entreaty.
+Psalms	Ps	23	142	2	I pour out my worry in his presence, in his presence I unfold my troubles.
+Psalms	Ps	23	142	3	However faint my spirit; you are watching over my path. On the road I have to travel they have hidden a trap for me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	142	4	Look on my right and see -- there is no one who recognises me. All refuge is denied me, no one cares whether I live or die.
+Psalms	Ps	23	142	5	I cry out to you, Yahweh, I affirm, 'You are my refuge, my share in the land of the living!'
+Psalms	Ps	23	142	6	Listen to my calling, for I am miserably weak. Rescue me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	142	7	Lead me out of prison that I may praise your name. The upright gather round me because of your generosity to me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	143	1	[Psalm Of David] Yahweh, hear my prayer, listen to my pleading; in your constancy answer me, in your saving justice;
+Psalms	Ps	23	143	2	do not put your servant on trial, for no one living can be found guiltless at your tribunal.
+Psalms	Ps	23	143	3	An enemy is in deadly pursuit, crushing me into the ground, forcing me to live in darkness, like those long dead.
+Psalms	Ps	23	143	4	My spirit is faint, and within me my heart is numb with fear.
+Psalms	Ps	23	143	5	I recall the days of old, reflecting on all your deeds, I ponder the works of your hands.
+Psalms	Ps	23	143	6	I stretch out my hands to you, my heart like a land thirsty for you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	143	7	Answer me quickly, Yahweh, my spirit is worn out; do not turn away your face from me, or I shall be like those who sink into oblivion.
+Psalms	Ps	23	143	8	Let dawn bring news of your faithful love, for I place my trust in you; show me the road I must travel for you to relieve my heart.
+Psalms	Ps	23	143	9	Rescue me from my enemies, Yahweh, since in you I find protection.
+Psalms	Ps	23	143	10	Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your generous spirit lead me on even ground.
+Psalms	Ps	23	143	11	Yahweh, for the sake of your name, in your saving justice give me life, rescue me from distress.
+Psalms	Ps	23	143	12	In your faithful love annihilate my enemies, destroy all those who oppress me, for I am your servant.
+Psalms	Ps	23	144	1	[Of David] Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle,
+Psalms	Ps	23	144	2	my faithful love, my bastion, my citadel, my Saviour; I shelter behind him, my shield, he makes the peoples submit to me.
+Psalms	Ps	23	144	3	Yahweh, what is a human being for you to notice, a child of Adam for you to think about?
+Psalms	Ps	23	144	4	Human life, a mere puff of wind, days as fleeting as a shadow.
+Psalms	Ps	23	144	5	Yahweh, part the heavens and come down, touch the mountains, make them smoke.
+Psalms	Ps	23	144	6	Scatter them with continuous lightning-flashes, rout them with a volley of your arrows.
+Psalms	Ps	23	144	7	Stretch down your hand from above, save me, rescue me from deep waters, from the clutches of foreigners,
+Psalms	Ps	23	144	8	whose every word is worthless, whose right hand is raised in perjury.
+Psalms	Ps	23	144	9	God, I sing to you a new song, I play to you on the ten-stringed lyre,
+Psalms	Ps	23	144	10	for you give kings their victories, you rescue your servant David. From the sword of evil
+Psalms	Ps	23	144	11	save me, rescue me from the clutches of foreigners whose every word is worthless, whose right hand testifies to falsehood.
+Psalms	Ps	23	144	12	May our sons be like plants growing tall from their earliest days, our daughters like pillars carved fit for a palace,
+Psalms	Ps	23	144	13	our barns filled to overflowing with every kind of crop, the sheep in our pastures be numbered in thousands and tens of thousands,
+Psalms	Ps	23	144	14	our cattle well fed, free of raids and pillage, free of outcry in our streets.
+Psalms	Ps	23	144	15	How blessed the nation of whom this is true, blessed the nation whose God is Yahweh!
+Psalms	Ps	23	145	1	[Hymn of Praise Of David] I shall praise you to the heights, God my King, I shall bless your name for ever and ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	145	2	Day after day I shall bless you, I shall praise your name for ever and ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	145	3	Great is Yahweh and worthy of all praise, his greatness beyond all reckoning.
+Psalms	Ps	23	145	4	Each age will praise your deeds to the next, proclaiming your mighty works.
+Psalms	Ps	23	145	5	Your renown is the splendour of your glory, I will ponder the story of your wonders.
+Psalms	Ps	23	145	6	They will speak of your awesome power, and I shall recount your greatness.
+Psalms	Ps	23	145	7	They will bring out the memory of your great generosity, and joyfully acclaim your saving justice.
+Psalms	Ps	23	145	8	Yahweh is tenderness and pity, slow to anger, full of faithful love.
+Psalms	Ps	23	145	9	Yahweh is generous to all, his tenderness embraces all his creatures.
+Psalms	Ps	23	145	10	All your creatures shall thank you, Yahweh, and your faithful shall bless you.
+Psalms	Ps	23	145	11	They shall speak of the glory of your kingship and tell of your might,
+Psalms	Ps	23	145	12	making known your mighty deeds to the children of Adam, the glory and majesty of your kingship.
+Psalms	Ps	23	145	13	Your kingship is a kingship for ever, your reign lasts from age to age. Yahweh is trustworthy in all his words, and upright in all his deeds.
+Psalms	Ps	23	145	14	Yahweh supports all who stumble, lifts up those who are bowed down.
+Psalms	Ps	23	145	15	All look to you in hope and you feed them with the food of the season.
+Psalms	Ps	23	145	16	And, with generous hand, you satisfy the desires of every living creature.
+Psalms	Ps	23	145	17	Upright in all that he does, Yahweh acts only in faithful love.
+Psalms	Ps	23	145	18	He is close to all who call upon him, all who call on him from the heart.
+Psalms	Ps	23	145	19	He fulfils the desires of all who fear him, he hears their cry and he saves them.
+Psalms	Ps	23	145	20	Yahweh guards all who love him, but all the wicked he destroys.
+Psalms	Ps	23	145	21	My mouth shall always praise Yahweh, let every creature bless his holy name for ever and ever.
+Psalms	Ps	23	146	1	Alleluia! Praise Yahweh, my soul!
+Psalms	Ps	23	146	2	I will praise Yahweh all my life, I will make music to my God as long as I live.
+Psalms	Ps	23	146	3	Do not put your trust in princes, in any child of Adam, who has no power to save.
+Psalms	Ps	23	146	4	When his spirit goes forth he returns to the earth, on that very day all his plans come to nothing.
+Psalms	Ps	23	146	5	How blessed is he who has Jacob's God to help him, his hope is in Yahweh his God,
+Psalms	Ps	23	146	6	who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them. He keeps faith for ever,
+Psalms	Ps	23	146	7	gives justice to the oppressed, gives food to the hungry; Yahweh sets prisoners free.
+Psalms	Ps	23	146	8	Yahweh gives sight to the blind, lifts up those who are bowed down.
+Psalms	Ps	23	146	9	Yahweh protects the stranger, he sustains the orphan and the widow. Yahweh loves the upright,but he frustrates the wicked.
+Psalms	Ps	23	146	10	Yahweh reigns for ever, your God, Zion, from age to age.
+Psalms	Ps	23	147	1	Alleluia! Praise Yahweh -- it is good to sing psalms to our God -- how pleasant to praise him.
+Psalms	Ps	23	147	2	Yahweh, Builder of Jerusalem! He gathers together the exiles of Israel,
+Psalms	Ps	23	147	3	healing the broken-hearted and binding up their wounds;
+Psalms	Ps	23	147	4	he counts out the number of the stars, and gives each one of them a name.
+Psalms	Ps	23	147	5	Our Lord is great, all-powerful, his wisdom beyond all telling.
+Psalms	Ps	23	147	6	Yahweh sustains the poor, and humbles the wicked to the ground.
+Psalms	Ps	23	147	7	Sing to Yahweh in thanksgiving, play the harp for our God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	147	8	He veils the sky with clouds, and provides the earth with rain, makes grass grow on the hills and plants for people to use,
+Psalms	Ps	23	147	9	gives fodder to cattle and to young ravens when they cry.
+Psalms	Ps	23	147	10	He takes no delight in the power of horses, no pleasure in human sturdiness;
+Psalms	Ps	23	147	11	his pleasure is in those who fear him, in those who hope in his faithful love.
+Psalms	Ps	23	147	12	Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem, Zion, praise your God.
+Psalms	Ps	23	147	13	For he gives strength to the bars of your gates, he blesses your children within you,
+Psalms	Ps	23	147	14	he maintains the peace of your frontiers, gives you your fill of finest wheat.
+Psalms	Ps	23	147	15	He sends his word to the earth, his command runs quickly,
+Psalms	Ps	23	147	16	he spreads the snow like flax, strews hoarfrost like ashes,
+Psalms	Ps	23	147	17	he sends ice-crystals like breadcrumbs, and who can withstand that cold?
+Psalms	Ps	23	147	18	When he sends his word it thaws them, when he makes his wind blow, the waters are unstopped.
+Psalms	Ps	23	147	19	He reveals his word to Jacob, his statutes and judgements to Israel.
+Psalms	Ps	23	147	20	For no other nation has he done this, no other has known his judgements.
+Psalms	Ps	23	148	1	Alleluia! Praise Yahweh from the heavens, praise him in the heights.
+Psalms	Ps	23	148	2	Praise him, all his angels, praise him, all his host!
+Psalms	Ps	23	148	3	Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all shining stars,
+Psalms	Ps	23	148	4	praise him, highest heavens, praise him, waters above the heavens.
+Psalms	Ps	23	148	5	Let them praise the name of Yahweh at whose command they were made;
+Psalms	Ps	23	148	6	he established them for ever and ever by an unchanging decree.
+Psalms	Ps	23	148	7	Praise Yahweh from the earth, sea-monsters and all the depths,
+Psalms	Ps	23	148	8	fire and hail, snow and mist, storm-winds that obey his word,
+Psalms	Ps	23	148	9	mountains and every hill, orchards and every cedar,
+Psalms	Ps	23	148	10	wild animals and all cattle, reptiles and winged birds,
+Psalms	Ps	23	148	11	kings of the earth and all nations, princes and all judges on earth,
+Psalms	Ps	23	148	12	young men and girls, old people and children together.
+Psalms	Ps	23	148	13	Let them praise the name of Yahweh, for his name alone is sublime, his splendour transcends earth and heaven.
+Psalms	Ps	23	148	14	For he heightens the strength of his people, to the praise of all his faithful, the children of Israel, the people close to him.
+Psalms	Ps	23	149	1	Alleluia! Sing a new song to Yahweh: his praise in the assembly of the faithful!
+Psalms	Ps	23	149	2	Israel shall rejoice in its Maker, the children of Zion delight in their king;
+Psalms	Ps	23	149	3	they shall dance in praise of his name, play to him on tambourines and harp!
+Psalms	Ps	23	149	4	For Yahweh loves his people, he will crown the humble with salvation.
+Psalms	Ps	23	149	5	The faithful exult in glory, shout for joy as they worship him,
+Psalms	Ps	23	149	6	praising God to the heights with their voices, a two-edged sword in their hands,
+Psalms	Ps	23	149	7	to wreak vengeance on the nations, punishment on the peoples,
+Psalms	Ps	23	149	8	to load their kings with chains and their nobles with iron fetters,
+Psalms	Ps	23	149	9	to execute on them the judgement passed -- to the honour of all his faithful.
+Psalms	Ps	23	150	1	Alleluia! Praise God in his holy place, praise him in the heavenly vault of his power,
+Psalms	Ps	23	150	2	praise him for his mighty deeds, praise him for all his greatness.
+Psalms	Ps	23	150	3	Praise him with fanfare of trumpet, praise him with harp and lyre,
+Psalms	Ps	23	150	4	praise him with tambourines and dancing, praise him with strings and pipes,
+Psalms	Ps	23	150	5	praise him with the clamour of cymbals, praise him with triumphant cymbals,
+Psalms	Ps	23	150	6	Let everything that breathes praise Yahweh. Alleluia!
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	1	The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	2	for learning what wisdom and discipline are, for understanding words of deep meaning,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	3	for acquiring a disciplined insight, uprightness, justice and fair dealing;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	4	for teaching sound judgement to the simple, and knowledge and reflection to the young;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	5	Let the wise listen and learn yet more, and a person of discernment will acquire the art of guidance.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	6	for perceiving the meaning of proverbs and obscure sayings, the sayings of the sages and their riddles.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	7	The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; fools spurn wisdom and discipline.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	8	Listen, my child, to your father's instruction, do not reject your mother's teaching:
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	9	they will be a crown of grace for your head, a circlet for your neck.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	10	My child, if sinners try to seduce you, do not go with them.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	11	If they say, 'Come with us: let us lie in ambush to shed blood; if we plan an ambush for the innocent without provocation,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	12	we can swallow them alive, like Sheol, and whole, like those who sink into oblivion.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	13	We shall find treasures of every sort, we shall fill our houses with plunder;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	14	throw in your lot with us: one purse between us all.'
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	15	My child, do not follow them in their way, keep your steps out of their path
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	16	for their feet hasten to evil, they are quick to shed blood;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	17	for the net is spread in vain if any winged creature can see it.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	18	It is for their own blood such people lie in wait, their ambush is against their own selves!
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	19	Such are the paths of all who seek dishonest gain: which robs of their lives all who take it for their own.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	20	Wisdom calls aloud in the streets, she raises her voice in the public squares;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	21	she calls out at the street corners, she delivers her message at the city gates.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	22	'You simple people, how much longer will you cling to your simple ways? How much longer will mockers revel in their mocking and fools go on hating knowledge?
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	23	Pay attention to my warning. To you I will pour out my heart and tell you what I have to say.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	24	Since I have called and you have refused me, since I have beckoned and no one has taken notice,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	25	since you have ignored all my advice and rejected all my warnings,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	26	I, for my part, shall laugh at your distress, I shall jeer when terror befalls you,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	27	when terror befalls you, like a storm, when your distress arrives, like a whirlwind, when ordeal and anguish bear down on you.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	28	Then they will call me, but I shall not answer, they will look eagerly for me and will not find me.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	29	They have hated knowledge, they have not chosen the fear of Yahweh,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	30	they have taken no notice of my advice, they have spurned all my warnings:
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	31	so they will have to eat the fruits of their own ways of life, and choke themselves with their own scheming.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	32	For the errors of the simple lead to their death, the complacency of fools works their own ruin;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	1	33	but whoever listens to me may live secure, will have quiet, fearing no mischance.'
+Proverbs	Prov	24	2	1	My child, if you take my words to heart, if you set store by my commandments,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	2	2	tuning your ear to wisdom, tuning your heart to understanding,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	2	3	yes, if your plea is for clear perception, if you cry out for understanding,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	2	4	if you look for it as though for silver, search for it as though for buried treasure,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	2	5	then you will understand what the fear of Yahweh is, and discover the knowledge of God.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	2	6	For Yahweh himself is giver of wisdom, from his mouth issue knowledge and understanding.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	2	7	He reserves his advice for the honest, a shield to those whose ways are sound;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	2	8	he stands guard over the paths of equity, he keeps watch over the way of those faithful to him.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	2	9	Then you will understand uprightness, equity and fair dealing, the paths that lead to happiness.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	2	10	When wisdom comes into your heart and knowledge fills your soul with delight,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	2	11	then prudence will be there to watch over you, and understanding will be your guardian
+Proverbs	Prov	24	2	12	to keep you from the way that is evil, from those whose speech is deceitful,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	2	13	from those who leave the paths of honesty to walk the roads of darkness:
+Proverbs	Prov	24	2	14	those who find their joy in doing wrong, and their delight in deceitfulness,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	2	15	whose tracks are twisted, and the paths that they tread crooked.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	2	16	To keep you, too, from the woman who belongs to another, from the stranger, with her wheedling words;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	2	17	she has left the partner of her younger days, she has forgotten the covenant of her God;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	2	18	her house is tilting towards Death, down to the Shades go her paths.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	2	19	Of those who go to her not one returns, they never regain the paths of life.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	2	20	Thus you will tread the way of good people, persisting in the paths of the upright.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	2	21	For the land will be for the honest to live in, the innocent will have it for their home;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	2	22	while the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the faithless rooted out of it.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	1	My child, do not forget my teaching, let your heart keep my principles,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	2	since they will increase your length of days, your years of life and your well-being.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	3	Let faithful love and constancy never leave you: tie them round your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	4	Thus you will find favour and success in the sight of God and of people.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	5	Trust wholeheartedly in Yahweh, put no faith in your own perception;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	6	acknowledge him in every course you take, and he will see that your paths are smooth.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	7	Do not congratulate yourself on your own wisdom, fear Yahweh and turn your back on evil:
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	8	health-giving, this, to your body, relief to your bones.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	9	Honour Yahweh with what goods you have and with the first-fruits of all your produce;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	10	then your barns will be filled with corn, your vats overflowing with new wine.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	11	My child, do not scorn correction from Yahweh, do not resent his reproof;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	12	for Yahweh reproves those he loves, as a father the child whom he loves.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	13	Blessed are those who have discovered wisdom, those who have acquired understanding!
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	14	Gaining her is more rewarding than silver, her yield is more valuable than gold.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	15	She is beyond the price of pearls, nothing you could covet is her equal.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	16	In her right hand is length of days; in her left hand, riches and honour.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	17	Her ways are filled with delight, her paths all lead to contentment.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	18	She is a tree of life for those who hold her fast, those who cling to her live happy lives.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	19	In wisdom, Yahweh laid the earth's foundations, in understanding he spread out the heavens.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	20	Through his knowledge the depths were cleft open, and the clouds distil the dew.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	21	My child, hold to sound advice and prudence, never let them out of sight;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	22	they will give life to your soul and beauty to your neck.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	23	You will go on your way in safety, your feet will not stumble.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	24	When you go to bed, you will not be afraid; once in bed, your sleep will be sweet.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	25	Have no fear either of sudden terror or of attack mounted by wicked men,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	26	since Yahweh will be your guarantor, he will keep your steps from the snare.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	27	Refuse no kindness to those who have a right to it, if it is in your power to perform it.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	28	Do not say to your neighbour, 'Go away! Come another time! I will give it you tomorrow,' if you can do it now.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	29	Do not plot harm against your neighbour who is living unsuspecting beside you.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	30	Do not pick a groundless quarrel with anyone who has done you no harm.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	31	Do not envy the man of violence, never model your conduct on his;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	32	for the wilful wrong-doer is abhorrent to Yahweh, who confides only in the honest.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	33	Yahweh's curse lies on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the upright.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	34	He mocks those who mock, but accords his favour to the humble.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	3	35	Glory is the portion of the wise, all that fools inherit is contempt.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	1	Listen, my children, to a father's instruction; pay attention, and learn what understanding is.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	2	What I am offering you is sound doctrine: do not forsake my teaching.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	3	I too was once a child with a father, in my mother's eyes a tender child, unique.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	4	This was what he used to teach me, 'Let your heart treasure what I have to say, keep my principles and you will live;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	5	acquire wisdom, acquire understanding, never forget her, never deviate from my words.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	6	Do not desert her, she will keep you safe; love her, she will watch over you.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	7	The first principle of wisdom is: acquire wisdom; at the cost of all you have, acquire understanding!
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	8	Hold her close, and she will make you great; embrace her, and she will be your pride;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	9	she will provide a graceful garland for your head, bestow a crown of honour on you.'
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	10	Listen, my child, take my words to heart, and the years of your life will be multiplied.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	11	I have educated you in the ways of wisdom, I have guided you along the path of honesty.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	12	When you walk, your going will be unhindered, if you run, you will not stumble.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	13	Hold fast to discipline, never let her go, keep your eyes on her, she is your life.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	14	Do not follow the path of the wicked, do not walk the way that the evil go.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	15	Avoid it, do not take it, turn your back on it, pass it by.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	16	For they cannot sleep unless they have first done wrong, they miss their sleep if they have not made someone stumble;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	17	for the bread of wickedness is what they eat, and the wine of violence is what they drink.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	18	The path of the upright is like the light of dawn, its brightness growing to the fullness of day;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	19	the way of the wicked is as dark as night, they cannot tell the obstacles they stumble over.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	20	My child, pay attention to what I am telling you, listen carefully to my words;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	21	do not let them out of your sight, keep them deep in your heart.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	22	For they are life to those who find them and health to all humanity.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	23	More than all else, keep watch over your heart, since here are the wellsprings of life.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	24	Turn your back on the mouth that misleads, keep your distance from lips that deceive.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	25	Let your eyes be fixed ahead, your gaze be straight before you.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	26	Let the path you tread be level and all your ways be firm.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	4	27	Turn neither to right nor to left, keep your foot clear of evil.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	5	1	My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen carefully to what I know;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	5	2	so that you may preserve discretion and your lips may guard knowledge. Take no notice of a loose-living woman,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	5	3	for the lips of the adulteress drip with honey, her palate is more unctuous than oil,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	5	4	but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	5	5	Her feet go down to death, Sheol the goal of her steps;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	5	6	far from following the path of life, her course is uncertain and she does not know it.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	5	7	And now, son, listen to me, never deviate from what I say:
+Proverbs	Prov	24	5	8	set your course as far from her as possible, go nowhere near the door of her house,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	5	9	or she will hand over your honour to others, the years of your life to a man without pity,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	5	10	and strangers will batten on your property, and your produce go to the house of a stranger,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	5	11	and, at your ending, your body and flesh having been consumed, you will groan
+Proverbs	Prov	24	5	12	and exclaim, 'Alas, I hated discipline, my heart spurned all correction;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	5	13	I would not attend to the voice of my masters, I would not listen to those who tried to teach me.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	5	14	Now I have come to nearly every kind of misery, in the assembly and in the community.'
+Proverbs	Prov	24	5	15	Drink the water from your own storage-well, fresh water from your own spring.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	5	16	Even if your fountains overflow outside, your streams of water in the public squares:
+Proverbs	Prov	24	5	17	let them be for you alone, and not for strangers with you.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	5	18	May your fountain-head be blessed! Find joy with the wife you married in your youth,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	5	19	fair as a hind, graceful as a fawn: hers the breasts that ever fill you with delight, hers the love that ever holds you captive.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	5	20	Why be seduced, my son, by someone else's wife, and fondle the breast of a woman who belongs to another?
+Proverbs	Prov	24	5	21	For the eyes of Yahweh observe human ways, and survey all human paths.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	5	22	The wicked is snared in his own misdeeds, is caught in the meshes of his own sin.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	5	23	For want of discipline, he dies, led astray by his own excessive folly.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	1	My child, if you have gone surety for your neighbour, if you have guaranteed the bond of a stranger,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	2	if you have committed yourself with your lips, if through words of yours you have been entrapped,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	3	do this, my child, to extricate yourself -- since you have put yourself in the power of your neighbour: go, humble yourself, plead with your neighbour,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	4	give your eyes no sleep, your eyelids no rest,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	5	break free like a gazelle from the trap, like a bird from the fowler's clutches.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	6	Idler, go to the ant; ponder her ways and grow wise:
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	7	no one gives her orders, no overseer, no master,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	8	yet all through the summer she gets her food ready, and gathers her supplies at harvest time.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	9	How long do you intend to lie there, idler? When are you going to rise from your sleep?
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	10	A little sleep, a little drowsiness, a little folding of the arms to lie back,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	11	and poverty comes like a vagrant and, like a beggar, dearth.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	12	A scoundrel, a vicious man, he goes with a leer on his lips,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	13	winking his eye, shuffling his foot, beckoning with his finger.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	14	Trickery in his heart, always scheming evil, he sows dissension.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	15	Disaster will overtake him sharply for this, suddenly, irretrievably, he will be broken.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	16	There are six things that Yahweh hates, seven that he abhors:
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	17	a haughty look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	18	a heart that weaves wicked plots, feet that hurry to do evil,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	19	a false witness who lies with every breath, and one who sows dissension among brothers.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	20	Keep your father's precept, my child, do not spurn your mother's teaching.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	21	Bind them ever to your heart, tie them round your neck.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	22	While you are active, they will guide you, when you fall asleep, they will watch over you, when you wake up, they will converse with you.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	23	For the precept is a lamp, the teaching is a light; correction and discipline are the way to life,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	24	preserving you from the woman of bad character, from the wheedling talk of a woman who belongs to another.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	25	Do not covet her beauty in your heart or let her captivate you with the play of her eyes;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	26	a prostitute can be bought for a hunk of bread, but a married woman aims to snare a precious life.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	27	Can a man carry fire inside his shirt without setting his clothes alight?
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	28	Can you walk on red-hot coals without burning your feet?
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	29	Just so, the man who makes love to his neighbour's wife: no one who touches her will get off unpunished.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	30	People attach but little blame to a thief who steals only to satisfy his hunger;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	31	yet even he, if caught, will have to repay sevenfold and hand over all his family resources.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	32	But the adulterer has no sense; he works his own destruction.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	33	All he will get is blows and contempt, and dishonour never to be blotted out.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	34	For jealousy inflames the husband who will show no mercy when the day comes for revenge;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	6	35	he will not consider any compensation; lavish what gifts you may, he will not be placated.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	1	My child, keep my words, and treasure my precepts,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	2	keep my precepts and you will live, keep my teaching as the apple of your eye.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	3	Bind these to your fingers, write them on the tablet of your heart.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	4	Say to Wisdom, 'You are my sister!' Call Understanding your relation,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	5	to save yourself from the woman that belongs to another, from the stranger, with her seductive words.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	6	While I was at the window of my house, I was looking out through the lattice
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	7	and I saw, among the callow youths, I noticed among the lads, one boy who had no sense.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	8	Going along the lane, near the corner where she lives, he reaches the path to her house,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	9	at twilight when day is declining, at dead of night and in the dark.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	10	And look, a woman is coming to meet him, dressed like a prostitute, false of heart.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	11	She is loud and brazen; her feet cannot rest at home.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	12	Once in the street, once in the square, she lurks at every corner.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	13	She catches hold of him, she kisses him, the bold-faced creature says to him,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	14	'I had to offer a communion sacrifice, I have discharged my vows today;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	15	that is why I came out to meet you, to look for you, and now I have found you.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	16	I have spread coverlets over my divan, embroidered stuff, Egyptian material,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	17	I have sprinkled my bed with myrrh, with aloes and cinnamon.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	18	Come on, we'll make love as much as we like, till morning. Let us enjoy the delights of love!
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	19	For my husband is not at home, he has gone on a very long journey,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	20	taking his moneybags with him; he will not be back till the moon is full.'
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	21	With her persistent coaxing she overcomes him, lures him on with her wheedling patter.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	22	Forthwith he follows her, like an ox on its way to the slaughterhouse, like a madman on his way to the stocks,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	23	until an arrow pierces him to the liver, like the bird that dashes into the net without realising that its life is at stake.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	24	And now, son, listen to me, pay attention to the words I have to say:
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	25	do not let your heart stray into her ways, or wander into her paths;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	26	she has done so many to death, and the strongest have all been her victims.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	7	27	Her house is the way to Sheol, the descent to the courts of death.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	1	Is not Wisdom calling? Is not Understanding raising her voice?
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	2	On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossways, she takes her stand;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	3	by the gates, at the entrance to the city, on the access-roads, she cries out,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	4	'I am calling to you, all people, my words are addressed to all humanity.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	5	Simpletons, learn how to behave, fools, come to your senses.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	6	Listen, I have something important to tell you, when I speak, my words are right.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	7	My mouth proclaims the truth, for evil is abhorrent to my lips.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	8	All the words from my mouth are upright, nothing false there, nothing crooked,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	9	everything plain, if you can understand, straight, if you have acquired knowledge.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	10	Accept my discipline rather than silver, and knowledge of me in preference to finest gold.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	11	For Wisdom is more precious than jewels, and nothing else is so worthy of desire.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	12	'I, Wisdom, share house with Discretion, I am mistress of the art of thought.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	13	(Fear of Yahweh means hatred of evil.) I hate pride and arrogance, wicked behaviour and a lying mouth.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	14	To me belong good advice and prudence, I am perception: power is mine!
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	15	By me monarchs rule and princes decree what is right;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	16	by me rulers govern, so do nobles, the lawful authorities.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	17	I love those who love me; whoever searches eagerly for me finds me.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	18	With me are riches and honour, lasting wealth and saving justice.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	19	The fruit I give is better than gold, even the finest, the return I make is better than pure silver.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	20	I walk in the way of uprightness in the path of justice,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	21	to endow my friends with my wealth and to fill their treasuries.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	22	'Yahweh created me, first-fruits of his fashioning, before the oldest of his works.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	23	From everlasting, I was firmly set, from the beginning, before the earth came into being.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	24	The deep was not, when I was born, nor were the springs with their abounding waters.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	25	Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I came to birth;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	26	before he had made the earth, the countryside, and the first elements of the world.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	27	When he fixed the heavens firm, I was there, when he drew a circle on the surface of the deep,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	28	when he thickened the clouds above, when the sources of the deep began to swell,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	29	when he assigned the sea its boundaries -- and the waters will not encroach on the shore -- when he traced the foundations of the earth,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	30	I was beside the master craftsman, delighting him day after day, ever at play in his presence,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	31	at play everywhere on his earth, delighting to be with the children of men.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	32	'And now, my children, listen to me. Happy are those who keep my ways.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	33	Listen to instruction and become wise, do not reject it.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	34	Blessed, whoever listens to me, who day after day keeps watch at my gates to guard my portals.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	35	For whoever finds me finds life, and obtains the favour of Yahweh;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	8	36	but whoever misses me harms himself, all who hate me are in love with death.'
+Proverbs	Prov	24	9	1	Wisdom has built herself a house, she has hewn her seven pillars,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	9	2	she has slaughtered her beasts, drawn her wine, she has laid her table.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	9	3	She has despatched her maidservants and proclaimed from the heights above the city,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	9	4	'Who is simple? Let him come this way.' To the fool she says,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	9	5	'Come and eat my bread, drink the wine which I have drawn!
+Proverbs	Prov	24	9	6	Leave foolishness behind and you will live, go forwards in the ways of perception.'
+Proverbs	Prov	24	9	7	Reprove a mocker and you attract contempt, rebuke the wicked and you attract dishonour.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	9	8	Do not rebuke the mocker, he will hate you. Rebuke the wise and he will love you for it.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	9	9	Be open with the wise, he grows wiser still, teach the upright, he will gain yet more.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	9	10	The first principle of wisdom is the fear of Yahweh, What God's holy ones know -- this is understanding.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	9	11	For by me your days will be multiplied, and your years of life increased.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	9	12	Are you wise? You are wise to your own good. A mocker? The burden is yours alone.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	9	13	A silly woman acts on impulse, is foolish and knows nothing.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	9	14	She sits at the door of her house, on a throne high up in the city,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	9	15	calling to the passers-by, who are walking straight past on their way,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	9	16	'Who is simple? Turn aside, come over here.' To the fool she says,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	9	17	'Stolen waters are sweet, and bread tastes better when eaten in secret.'
+Proverbs	Prov	24	9	18	But the fool does not know that this is where the Shades are and that her guests are already in the vales of Sheol.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	1	The proverbs of Solomon. A wise child is a father's joy, a foolish child a mother's grief.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	2	Treasures wickedly come by give no benefit, but uprightness brings delivery from death.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	3	Yahweh does not let the upright go hungry, but he thwarts the greed of the wicked.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	4	A slack hand brings poverty, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	5	Reaping at harvest-time is the mark of the prudent, sleeping at harvest-time is the sign of the worthless.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	6	Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the mouth of the godless is a cover for violence.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	7	The upright is remembered with blessings, the name of the wicked rots away.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	8	The wise of heart takes orders, but a gabbling fool heads for ruin.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	9	Anyone whose ways are honourable walks secure, but whoever follows crooked ways is soon unmasked.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	10	A wink of the eye brings trouble, a bold rebuke brings peace.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	11	The mouth of the upright is a life-giving fountain, but the mouth of the godless is a cover for violence.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	12	Hatred provokes disputes, but love excuses all offences.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	13	On the lips of the discerning is found wisdom, on the back of a fool, the stick.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	14	Wise people store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool makes ruin imminent.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	15	The wealth of the rich is their stronghold, poverty is the undoing of the weak.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	16	The wage of the upright affords life, but sin is all the wicked earns.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	17	Whoever abides by discipline, walks towards life, whoever ignores correction goes astray.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	18	Liars' lips are a cover for hatred, whoever utters slander is a fool.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	19	A flood of words is never without fault; whoever controls the lips is wise.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	20	The tongue of the upright is purest silver, the heart of the wicked is of trumpery value.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	21	The lips of the upright nourish many peoples, but fools die for want of sense.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	22	The blessing of Yahweh is what brings riches, to this, hard toil has nothing to add.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	23	A fool takes pleasure in doing wrong, the intelligent in cultivating wisdom.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	24	What the wicked fears overtakes him, what the upright desires comes to him as a present.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	25	When the storm is over, the wicked is no more, but the upright stands firm for ever.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	26	As vinegar to the teeth, smoke to the eyes, so the sluggard to the one who sends him.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	27	The fear of Yahweh adds length to life, the years of the wicked will be cut short.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	28	The hope of the upright is joy, the expectations of the wicked come to nothing.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	29	The way of Yahweh is a rampart for the honest, for evil-doers nothing but ruin.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	30	The upright will never have to give way, but the land will offer no home for the wicked.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	31	The mouth of the upright utters wisdom, the tongue that deceives will be cut off.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	10	32	The lips of the upright know about kindness, the mouth of the wicked about deceit.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	1	A false balance is abhorrent to Yahweh, a just weight is pleasing to him.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	2	Pride comes first; disgrace soon follows; with the humble is wisdom found.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	3	The honest have their own honesty for guidance, the treacherous are ruined by their own perfidy.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	4	In the day of retribution riches will be useless, but uprightness delivers from death.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	5	The uprightness of the good makes their way straight, the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	6	Their uprightness sets the honest free, the treacherous are imprisoned by their own desires.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	7	The hope of the wicked perishes with death, hope placed in riches comes to nothing.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	8	The upright escapes affliction, the wicked incurs it instead.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	9	Through his mouth the godless is the ruin of his neighbour, but by knowledge the upright are safeguarded.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	10	When the upright prosper the city rejoices, when the wicked are ruined there is a shout of joy.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	11	A city is raised on the blessing of the honest, and demolished by the mouth of the wicked.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	12	Whoever looks down on a neighbour lacks good sense; the intelligent keeps a check on the tongue.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	13	A tittle-tattler lets secrets out, the trustworthy keeps things hidden.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	14	For want of leadership a people perishes, safety lies in many advisers.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	15	Whoever goes bail for a stranger does himself harm, but one who shuns going surety is safe.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	16	A gracious woman acquires honour, violent people acquire wealth.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	17	Faithful love brings its own reward, the inflexible injure their own selves.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	18	Disappointment crowns the labours of the wicked, whoever sows uprightness reaps a solid reward.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	19	Whoever establishes uprightness is on the way to life, whoever pursues evil, on the way to death.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	20	Tortuous hearts are abhorrent to Yahweh, dear to him, those whose ways are blameless.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	21	Be sure of it, the wicked will not go unpunished, but the race of the upright will come to no harm.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	22	A golden ring in the snout of a pig is a lovely woman who lacks discretion.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	23	The hope of the upright is nothing but good, the expectation of the wicked is retribution.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	24	One scatters money around, yet only adds to his wealth, another is excessively mean, but only grows the poorer.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	25	The soul who blesses will prosper, whoever satisfies others will also be satisfied.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	26	The people's curse is on those who hoard the wheat, their blessing on the head of those who sell it.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	27	Whoever strives for good obtains favour, whoever looks for evil will get an evil return.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	28	Whoever trusts in riches will have a fall, the upright will flourish like the leaves.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	29	Whoever misgoverns a house inherits the wind, and the fool becomes slave to the wise.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	30	The fruit of the upright is a tree of life: the sage captivates souls.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	11	31	If here on earth the upright gets due reward, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	1	Whoever loves discipline, loves knowledge, stupid are those who hate correction.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	2	The honest obtains Yahweh's favour, the schemer incurs his condemnation.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	3	No one is made secure by wickedness, but nothing shakes the roots of the upright.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	4	A capable wife, her husband's crown, a shameless wife, a cancer in his bones.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	5	The plans of the upright are honest, the intrigues of the wicked are full of deceit.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	6	The words of the wicked are snares to shed blood, what the honest say keeps them safe.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	7	Once thrown down, the wicked are no more, but the house of the upright stands firm.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	8	Prudence wins praise, but a tortuous heart incurs only contempt.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	9	Better a common fellow who has a slave than someone who gives himself airs and has nothing to eat.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	10	The upright has compassion on his animals, but the heart of the wicked is ruthless.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	11	Whoever works his land shall have bread and to spare, but no one who chases fantasies has any sense.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	12	The godless delights in the snare of the wicked, but the root of the upright bears fruit.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	13	In the sin of the lips lies a disastrous trap, but the upright finds a way out of misfortune.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	14	Abundance of good things is the fruit of the lips; labour brings its own return.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	15	Fools think the way they go is straight, the wise listens to advice.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	16	The fool shows anger straightaway, the discreet conceals dislike.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	17	To tell the truth is to further justice, a false witness is nothing but deceit.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	18	Thoughtless words can wound like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	19	Sincere lips endure for ever, the lying tongue lasts only a moment.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	20	Deceit is in the heart of the schemer, joy with those who give counsels of peace.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	21	No harm can come to the upright, but the wicked are swamped by misfortunes.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	22	Lying lips are abhorrent to Yahweh; dear to him those who make truth their way of life.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	23	The discreet keeps knowledge hidden, the heart of fools proclaims their folly.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	24	For the diligent hand, authority; for the slack hand, forced labour.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	25	Worry makes a heart heavy, a kindly word makes it glad.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	26	The upright shows the way to a friend; the way of the wicked leads them astray.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	27	The idle has no game to roast; diligence is anyone's most precious possession.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	12	28	In the way of uprightness is life, the ways of the vengeful lead to death.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	13	1	A wise child listens to a father's discipline, a cynic will not listen to reproof.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	13	2	The fruit of the mouth provides a good meal, but the soul of the treacherous feeds on violence.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	13	3	A guard on the mouth makes life secure, whoever talks too much is lost.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	13	4	The idler hungers but has no food; hard workers get their fill.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	13	5	The upright hates a lying word, but the wicked slanders and defames.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	13	6	Uprightness stands guard over one whose way is honest, sin causes the ruin of the wicked.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	13	7	There are some who, on nothing, pretend to be rich, some, with great wealth, pretend to be poor.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	13	8	The ransom for life is a person's wealth; but the poor will not hear the reproof.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	13	9	The light of the upright is joyful, the lamp of the wicked goes out.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	13	10	Insolence breeds only disputes, wisdom lies with those who take advice.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	13	11	A sudden fortune will dwindle away, accumulation little by little is the way to riches.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	13	12	Hope deferred makes the heart sick, desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	13	13	Contempt for the word is self-destructive, respect for the commandment wins salvation.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	13	14	The teaching of the wise is a life-giving fountain for eluding the snares of death.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	13	15	Good sense wins favour, but the way of the treacherous is hard.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	13	16	Anyone of discretion acts by the light of knowledge, the fool parades his folly.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	13	17	A bad messenger falls into misfortune, a trusty messenger brings healing.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	13	18	Whoever rejects discipline wins poverty and scorn; for anyone who accepts correction: honour.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	13	19	Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul; fools are loth to turn -- from evil.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	13	20	Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, whoever mixes with fools will be ruined.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	13	21	Evil will pursue the sinner, but good will reward the upright.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	13	22	The good bequeaths a heritage to children's children, the wealth of the sinner is stored away for the upright.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	13	23	Though the farms of the poor yield much food, some perish for lack of justice.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	13	24	Whoever fails to use the stick hates his child; whoever is free with correction loves him.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	13	25	The upright eats to the full, the belly of the wicked goes empty.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	1	Wisdom builds herself a house; with her own hands Folly pulls it down.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	2	Whoever keeps to an honest course fears Yahweh, whoever deserts his paths shows contempt for him.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	3	Pride sprouts in the mouth of the fool, the lips of the wise keep them safe.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	4	No oxen, empty manger; strong bull, much cash.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	5	The truthful witness tells no lies, the false witness lies with every breath.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	6	In vain the mocker looks for wisdom, knowledge comes easy to the intelligent.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	7	Keep well clear of the fool, you will not find wise lips there.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	8	With people of discretion, wisdom keeps a watch over their conduct, but the folly of fools leads them astray.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	9	Fools mock at the sacrifice for sin, but favour resides among the honest.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	10	The heart knows its own grief best, nor can a stranger share its joy.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	11	The house of the wicked will be destroyed, the tent of the honest will prosper.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	12	There are ways that some think straight, but they lead in the end to death.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	13	Even in laughter the heart finds sadness, and joy makes way for sorrow.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	14	The miscreant will reap the reward of his conduct, and the good the reward of his deeds.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	15	The simpleton believes any message, a person of discretion treads a careful path.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	16	The wise fears evil and avoids it, the fool is insolent and conceited.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	17	A quick-tempered person commits rash acts, but a schemer is detestable.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	18	Simpletons have folly for their portion, people of discretion knowledge for their crown.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	19	The evil bow down before the good, the wicked, at the gates of the upright.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	20	The poor is detestable even to a friend, but many are they who love someone rich.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	21	One who despises the needy is at fault, one who takes pity on the poor is blessed.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	22	Plan evil -- isn't this to go astray? Those who plan for good can earn faithful love and constancy.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	23	Hard work always yields its profit, idle talk brings only want.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	24	The crown of the wise is their riches; the folly of fools is folly.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	25	A truthful witness saves lives, whoever utters lies is a deceiver.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	26	In the fear of Yahweh is powerful security; for his children he is a refuge.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	27	The fear of Yahweh is a life-giving spring for eluding the snares of death.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	28	Large population, monarch's glory; dwindling population, ruler's ruin.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	29	Mastery of temper is high proof of intelligence, a quick temper makes folly worse than ever.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	30	The life of the body is a tranquil heart, but envy is a cancer in the bones.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	31	To oppress the weak insults the Creator, kindness to the needy honours the Creator.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	32	For evil-doing, the wicked will be flung headlong, but in integrity the upright will find refuge.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	33	Wisdom resides in an understanding heart; she is not to be found in the hearts of fools.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	34	Uprightness makes a nation great, by sin whole races are disgraced.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	14	35	A king shows favour to a wise minister, but anger to one who shames him.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	1	A mild answer turns away wrath, sharp words stir up anger.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	2	The tongue of the wise makes knowledge welcome, the mouth of a fool spews folly.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	3	The eyes of Yahweh are everywhere: observing the wicked and the good.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	4	The tongue that soothes is a tree of life; the perverse tongue, a breaker of hearts.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	5	Only a fool spurns a father's discipline, whoever accepts correction is discreet.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	6	In the house of the upright there is no lack of treasure, the earnings of the wicked are fraught with anxiety.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	7	The lips of the wise spread knowledge, not so the hearts of fools.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	8	The sacrifice of the wicked is abhorrent to Yahweh, dear to him is the prayer of the honest.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	9	The conduct of the wicked is abhorrent to Yahweh, but he loves the person whose goal is uprightness.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	10	Correction is severe for one who leaves the way; whoever hates being reprimanded will die.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	11	Sheol and Perdition lie open to Yahweh; how much more the human heart!
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	12	The mocker does not care to be reprimanded, and will not choose the wise as companions.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	13	Glad heart means happy face, where the heart is sad the spirit is broken.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	14	The heart of the wise seeks knowledge, a fool's mouth feeds on folly.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	15	For the poor every day is evil, for the joyous heart it is always festival time.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	16	Better to have little and with it fear of Yahweh than immense wealth and with it anxiety.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	17	Better a dish of herbs when love is there than a fattened ox and hatred to go with it.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	18	The hot-headed provokes disputes, the equable allays dissension.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	19	The way of the lazy is like a thorny hedge, the path of the honest is a broad highway.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	20	A wise child is a father's joy; only a brute despises his mother.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	21	Folly appeals to someone without sense, a person of understanding goes straight forward.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	22	Without deliberation plans come to nothing. Plans succeed where counsellors are many.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	23	Anyone who has a ready answer has joy too: how satisfying is the apt reply!
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	24	For the prudent, the path of life leads upwards thus avoiding Sheol below.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	25	Yahweh pulls down the house of the proud, but he keeps the widow's boundaries intact.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	26	Wicked scheming is abhorrent to Yahweh, but words that are kind are pure.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	27	Craving for dishonest gain brings trouble on a house, hatred of bribery earns life.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	28	The heart of the upright reflects before answering, the mouth of the wicked spews out wickedness.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	29	Yahweh keeps his distance from the wicked, but he listens to the prayers of the upright.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	30	A kindly glance gives joy to the heart, good news lends strength to the bones.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	31	The ear attentive to wholesome correction finds itself at home in the company of the wise.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	32	Whoever rejects correction lacks self-respect, whoever accepts reproof grows in understanding.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	15	33	The fear of Yahweh is a school of wisdom, before there can be glory, there must be humility.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	1	A human heart makes the plans, Yahweh gives the answer.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	2	A person's own acts seem right to the doer, but Yahweh is the weigher of souls.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	3	Commend what you do to Yahweh, and what you plan will be achieved.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	4	Yahweh made everything for its own purpose, yes, even the wicked for the day of disaster.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	5	Every arrogant heart is abhorrent to Yahweh: be sure this will not go unpunished.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	6	By faithful love and constancy sin is expiated; by fear of Yahweh evil is avoided.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	7	Let Yahweh be pleased with someone's way of life and he makes that person's very enemies into friends.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	8	Better have little and with it uprightness than great revenues with injustice.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	9	The human heart may plan a course, but it is Yahweh who makes the steps secure.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	10	The lips of the king utter prophecies, he keeps faith when he speaks in judgement.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	11	The balances and scales belong to Yahweh, all the weights in the bag are of his making.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	12	Evil-doing is abhorrent to kings, since uprightness is a throne's foundation.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	13	Upright lips are welcome to a king, he loves someone of honest words.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	14	The king's wrath is the herald of death, but the wise will appease it.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	15	When the king's face brightens it spells life, his favour is like the rain in spring.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	16	Better gain wisdom than gold, choose understanding in preference to silver.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	17	To turn from evil is the way of the honest; whoever watches the path keeps life safe.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	18	Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	19	Better be humble with the poor than share the booty with the proud.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	20	Whoever listens closely to the word finds happiness; whoever trusts Yahweh is blessed.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	21	The wise of heart is acclaimed as intelligent, sweetness of speech increases knowledge.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	22	Shrewdness is a fountain of life for its possessor, the folly of fools is their own punishment.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	23	The heart of the wise lends shrewdness to speech and makes words more persuasive.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	24	Kindly words are a honeycomb, sweet to the taste, wholesome to the body.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	25	There is a way that some think straight, but it leads in the end to death.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	26	A worker's appetite works on his behalf, for his hunger urges him on.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	27	A worthless person concocts evil, such a one's talk is like a scorching fire.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	28	A troublemaker sows strife, a slanderer divides friend from friend.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	29	The violent lures his neighbour astray and leads him by a way that is not good.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	30	Whoever narrows the eyes to think up tricks and purses the lips has already done wrong.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	31	White hairs are a crown of honour, they are found in the ways of uprightness.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	32	Better an equable person than a hero, someone with self-mastery than one who takes a city.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	16	33	In the fold of the garment the lot is thrown, but from Yahweh comes the decision.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	1	Better a mouthful of dry bread with peace than a house filled with quarrelsome sacrifices.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	2	A shrewd servant comes off better than an unworthy child, he will share the inheritance with the brothers.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	3	A furnace for silver, a foundry for gold, but Yahweh for the testing of hearts!
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	4	An evil-doer pays heed to malicious talk, a liar listens to a slanderous tongue.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	5	To mock the poor is to insult the Creator, no one who laughs at distress will go unpunished.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	6	The crown of the aged is their children's children; the children's glory is their father.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	7	Fine words do not become the foolish, false words become a prince still less.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	8	A gift works like a talisman for one who holds it: it brings prosperity at every turn.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	9	Whoever covers an offence promotes love, whoever again raises the matter divides friends.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	10	A reproof makes more impression on a person of understanding than a hundred strokes on a fool.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	11	The wicked person thinks of nothing but rebellion, but a cruel messenger will be sent to such a one.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	12	Rather come on a bear robbed of her cubs than on a fool in his folly.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	13	Disaster will never be far from the house of one who returns evil for good.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	14	As well unleash a flood as start a dispute; desist before the quarrel breaks out.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	15	To absolve the guilty and condemn the upright, both alike are abhorrent to Yahweh.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	16	What good is money in the hand of a fool? To buy wisdom with it? The desire is not there.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	17	A friend is a friend at all times, it is for adversity that a brother is born.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	18	Whoever offers guarantees lacks sense and goes surety for a neighbour.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	19	The double-dealer loves sin, the proud courts ruin.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	20	The tortuous of heart finds no happiness, the perverse of speech falls into misery.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	21	He who fathers a stupid child does so to his sorrow, the father of a fool knows no joy.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	22	A glad heart is excellent medicine, a depressed spirit wastes the bones away.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	23	Under cover of his cloak a bad man takes a gift to pervert the course of justice.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	24	The intelligent has wisdom there before him, but the eyes of a fool range to the ends of the earth.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	25	A foolish child is a father's sorrow, and the grief of her who gave the child birth.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	26	To fine the upright is indeed a crime, to strike the noble is an injustice.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	27	Whoever can control the tongue knows what knowledge is, someone of understanding keeps a cool temper.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	17	28	If the fool holds his tongue, he may pass for wise; if he seals his lips, he may pass for intelligent.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	18	1	Whoever lives alone follows private whims, and is angered by advice of any kind.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	18	2	A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in airing an opinion.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	18	3	When wickedness comes, indignity comes too, and, with contempt, dishonour.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	18	4	Deep waters, such are human words: a gushing stream, the utterance of wisdom.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	18	5	It is not good to show partiality for the wicked and so to deprive the upright when giving judgement.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	18	6	The lips of a fool go to the law-courts with a mouth that pleads for a beating.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	18	7	The mouth of the fool works its owner's ruin, the lips of a fool are a snare for their owner's life.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	18	8	The words of a slanderer are tasty morsels that go right down into the belly.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	18	9	Whoever is idle at work is blood-brother to the destroyer.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	18	10	The name of Yahweh is a strong tower; the upright runs to it and is secure.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	18	11	The wealth of the rich forms a stronghold, a high wall, as the rich supposes.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	18	12	The human heart is haughty until destruction comes, before there can be glory there must be humility.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	18	13	To retort without first listening is both foolish and embarrassing.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	18	14	Sickness the human spirit can endure, but when the spirit is broken, who can bear this?
+Proverbs	Prov	24	18	15	The heart of the intelligent acquires learning, the ears of the wise search for knowledge.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	18	16	A present will open all doors and win access to the great.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	18	17	The first to plead is adjudged to be upright, until the next comes and cross-examines him.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	18	18	The lot puts an end to disputes and decides between men of power.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	18	19	A brother offended is worse than a fortified city, and quarrels are like the locks of a keep.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	18	20	From the fruit of the mouth is a stomach filled, it is the yield of the lips that gives contentment.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	18	21	Death and life are in the gift of the tongue, those who indulge it must eat the fruit it yields.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	18	22	He who finds a wife finds happiness, receiving a mark of favour from Yahweh.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	18	23	The language of the poor is entreaty, the answer of the rich harshness.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	18	24	There are friends who point the way to ruin, others are closer than a brother.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	1	Better the poor living an honest life than the adept at double-talk who is a fool.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	2	Where knowledge is wanting, zeal is not good; whoever goes too quickly stumbles.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	3	Folly leads conduct astray, yet it is against Yahweh that the heart rages.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	4	Wealth multiplies friends, but the one friend the poor has is taken away.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	5	The false witness will not go unpunished, no one who utters lies will go free.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	6	The nobleman has many to court his favour, to a giver of gifts, everyone is friend.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	7	The poor man's brothers hate him, every one; his friends -- how much the more do these desert him! He goes in search of words, but there are none to be had.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	8	Whoever acquires sense wins profit from it, whoever treasures understanding finds happiness.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	9	The false witness will not go unpunished, whoever utters lies will be destroyed.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	10	It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, still less for a slave to govern princes.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	11	Good sense makes for self-control, and for pride in overlooking an offence.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	12	Like the roaring of a lion, the anger of a king, but like dew on the grass his favour.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	13	A foolish child is a disaster for the father, the bickerings of a wife are like an ever-dripping gutter.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	14	From fathers comes inheritance of house and wealth, from Yahweh a wife who is discreet.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	15	Idleness lulls to sleep, the feckless soul will go hungry.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	16	Keeping the commandment is self-preservation, but whoever despises these ways will die.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	17	Whoever is kind to the poor is lending to Yahweh who will repay him the kindness done.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	18	While there is hope for him, chastise your child, but do not get so angry as to kill him.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	19	The violent lays himself open to a penalty; spare him, and you aggravate his crime.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	20	Listen to advice, accept correction, to be the wiser in the time to come.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	21	Many are the plans in the human heart, but the purpose of Yahweh -- that stands firm.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	22	Faithful love is what people look for in a person; they prefer the poor to a liar.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	23	The fear of Yahweh leads to life, it brings food and shelter, without fear of evil.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	24	Into the dish the idler dips his hand, but bring it back to his mouth he cannot.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	25	Strike a cynic, and simpletons will be more wary; reprove the intelligent and he will understand your meaning.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	26	He who ill-treats his father and drives out his mother is a child both worthless and depraved.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	27	Give up listening to instruction, my child, if you mean to stray from words of knowledge.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	28	A perjured witness holds the law in scorn; the mouth of the wicked feasts on evil-doing.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	19	29	Punishments were made for mockers, and beating for the backs of fools.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	1	Wine is reckless, liquor rowdy; unwise is anyone whom it seduces.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	2	Like the roaring of a lion is the fury of a king; whoever provokes him sins against himself.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	3	It is praiseworthy to stop short of a law-suit; only a fool flies into a rage.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	4	In autumn the idler does not plough, at harvest time he looks -- nothing there!
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	5	The resources of the human heart are like deep waters: an understanding person has only to draw on them.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	6	Many describe themselves as people of faithful love, but who can find someone really to be trusted?
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	7	The upright whose ways are blameless -- blessed the children who come after!
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	8	A king enthroned on the judgement seat with one look scatters all that is evil.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	9	Who can say, 'I have cleansed my heart, I am purified of my sin'?
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	10	One weight here, another there; here one measure, there another: both alike are abhorrent to Yahweh.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	11	A young man's character appears in what he does, if his behaviour is pure and straight.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	12	Ear that hears, eye that sees, Yahweh has made both of these.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	13	Do not love sleep or you will know poverty; keep your eyes open and have your fill of food.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	14	'No good, no good!' says the buyer, but he goes off congratulating himself.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	15	There are gold and jewels of every type, but a priceless ornament is speech informed by knowledge.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	16	Take the man's clothes! He has gone surety for a stranger. Take a pledge from him to the profit of persons unknown!
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	17	Bread is sweet when it is got by fraud, but later the mouth is full of grit.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	18	Plans are matured by consultation; take wise advice when waging war.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	19	The bearer of gossip lets out secrets; do not mingle with chatterers.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	20	Whoever curses father or mother will have his lamp put out in the deepest darkness.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	21	Property quickly come by at first will not be blessed in the end.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	22	Do not say, 'I shall repay evil'; put your hope in Yahweh and he will keep you safe.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	23	One weight here, another there: this is abhorrent to Yahweh, false scales are not good.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	24	Yahweh guides the steps of the powerful: but who can comprehend human ways?
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	25	Anyone is trapped who cries 'Dedicated!' and begins to reflect only after the vow.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	26	A wise king winnows the wicked and makes the wheel pass over them.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	27	The human spirit is the lamp of Yahweh -- searching the deepest self.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	28	Faithful love and loyalty mount guard over the king, his throne is founded on saving justice.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	29	The pride of the young is their strength, the ornament of the old, grey hairs.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	20	30	Wounding strokes are good medicine for evil, blows have an effect on the inmost self.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	1	Like flowing water is a king's heart in Yahweh's hand; he directs it wherever he pleases.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	2	All actions are straight in the doer's own eyes, but it is Yahweh who weighs hearts.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	3	To do what is upright and just is more pleasing to Yahweh than sacrifice.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	4	Haughty eye, proud heart, lamp of the wicked, nothing but sin.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	5	The hardworking is thoughtful, and all is gain; too much haste, and all that comes of it is want.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	6	To make a fortune with the help of a lying tongue: such is the idle fantasy of those who look for death.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	7	The violence of the wicked proves their ruin, for they refuse to do what is right.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	8	The way of the felon is devious, the conduct of the innocent straight.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	9	Better the corner of a roof to live on than a house shared with a quarrelsome woman.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	10	The soul of the wicked is intent on evil, to such a person no neighbour can ever do right.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	11	When a cynic is punished, simpletons grow wiser, but someone of understanding acquires knowledge by instruction.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	12	The Upright One watches the house of the wicked; he hurls the wicked to destruction.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	13	Whoever refuses to listen to the cry of the weak, will in turn plead and not be heard.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	14	Anger is mollified by a covert gift, raging fury by a present under cover of the cloak.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	15	Doing what is right fills the upright with joy, but evil-doers with terror.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	16	Whoever strays far from the way of prudence will rest in the assembly of shadows.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	17	Pleasure-lovers stay poor, no one will grow rich who loves wine and good living.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	18	The wicked is a ransom for the upright; and the law-breaker for the honest.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	19	Better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and irritable woman.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	20	The wise has valuables and oil at home, but a fool soon runs through both.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	21	Whoever pursues uprightness and faithful love will find life, uprightness and honour.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	22	A sage can scale a garrisoned city and shatter the rampart on which it relied.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	23	Watch kept over mouth and tongue keeps the watcher safe from disaster.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	24	Insolent, haughty -- the name is 'Cynic'; overweening pride marks such behaviour.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	25	The idler's desires are the death of him, since his hands will do no work.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	26	All day long the godless is racked by desire, the upright gives without ever refusing.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	27	The sacrifice of the wicked is abhorrent, above all if it is offered for bad motives.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	28	The false witness will perish, but no one who knows how to listen will ever be silenced.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	29	The wicked man's strength shows on his face, but the honest it is whose steps are firm.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	30	No wisdom, no understanding, no advice is worth anything before Yahweh.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	21	31	Fit out the cavalry for the day of battle, but the victory is Yahweh's.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	1	Fame is preferable to great wealth, favour, to silver and gold.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	2	Rich and poor rub shoulders, Yahweh has made them both.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	3	The discreet sees danger and takes shelter, simpletons go ahead and pay the penalty.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	4	The reward of humility is the fear of Yahweh, and riches, honour and life.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	5	Thorns and snares line the path of the wilful, whoever values life will stay at a distance.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	6	Give a lad a training suitable to his character and, even when old, he will not go back on it.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	7	The rich lords it over the poor, the borrower is the lender's slave.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	8	Whoever sows injustice reaps disaster, and the rod of such anger will disappear.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	9	A kindly eye will earn a blessing, such a person shares out food with the poor.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	10	Expel the mocker and strife goes too, law-suits and dislike die down.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	11	Whoever loves the pure of heart and is gracious of speech has the king for a friend.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	12	Yahweh's eyes protect knowledge, but he confounds deceitful speeches.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	13	'There is a lion outside,' says the idler, 'I shall be killed in the street!'
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	14	The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit, into it falls the man whom Yahweh rebukes.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	15	Folly is anchored in the heart of a youth, the whip of instruction will rid him of it.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	16	Harsh treatment enriches the poor, but a gift impoverishes the rich.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	17	Give ear, listen to the sayings of the sages, and apply your heart to what I know,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	18	for it will be a delight to keep them deep within you to have them all ready on your lips.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	19	So that your trust may be in Yahweh, it is you whom I wish to instruct today.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	20	Have I not written for you thirty chapters of advice and knowledge,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	21	to make you know the certainty of true sayings, so that you can return with sound answers to those who sent you?
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	22	Do not despoil the weak, for he is weak, and do not oppress the poor at the gate,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	23	for Yahweh takes up their cause, and extorts the life of their extortioners.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	24	Do not make friends with one who gives way to anger, make no one quick-tempered a companion of yours,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	25	for fear you learn such behaviour and in it find a snare for yourself.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	26	Do not be one of those who go guarantor, who go surety for debts:
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	27	if you have no means of paying your bed will be taken from under you.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	28	Do not displace the ancient boundary-stone set by your ancestors.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	22	29	You see someone alert at his business? His aim will be to serve kings; not for him the service of the obscure.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	1	If you take your seat at a great man's table, take careful note of what you have before you;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	2	if you have a big appetite put a knife to your throat.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	3	Do not hanker for his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	4	Do not wear yourself out in quest of wealth, stop applying your mind to this.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	5	Fix your gaze on it, and it is there no longer, for it is able to sprout wings like an eagle that flies off to the sky.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	6	Do not eat the food of anyone whose eye is jealous, do not hanker for his delicacies.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	7	For what he is really thinking about is himself: 'Eat and drink,' he tells you, but his heart is not with you.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	8	You will spit out whatever you have eaten and find your compliments wasted.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	9	Do not waste words on a fool, who will not appreciate the shrewdness of your remarks.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	10	Do not displace the ancient boundary-stone, or encroach on orphans' lands,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	11	for they have a powerful avenger, and he will take up their cause against you.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	12	Apply your heart to discipline, and your ears to instructive sayings.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	13	Do not be chary of correcting a child, a stroke of the cane is not likely to be fatal.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	14	Give him a stroke of the cane, you will save his soul from Sheol.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	15	My child, if your heart is wise, then my own heart is glad,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	16	and my inmost self rejoices when from your lips come honest words.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	17	Do not let your heart be envious of sinners but remain steady every day in the fear of Yahweh;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	18	for there is a future, and your hope will not come to nothing.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	19	Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	20	Do not be one of those forever tippling wine nor one of those who gorge themselves with meat;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	21	for the drunkard and glutton impoverish themselves, and sleepiness is clothed in rags.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	22	Listen to your father from whom you are sprung, do not despise your mother in her old age.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	23	Purchase truth -- never sell it-wisdom, discipline, and discernment.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	24	The father of the upright will rejoice indeed, he who fathers a wise child will have joy of it.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	25	Your father and mother will be happy, and she who bore you joyful.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	26	My child, pay attention to me, let your eyes take pleasure in my way:
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	27	a prostitute is a deep pit, a narrow well, the woman who belongs to another.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	28	Yes, like a brigand, she lies in wait, increasing the number of law-breakers.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	29	For whom is pity, for whom contempt, for whom is strife, for whom complaint, for whom blows struck at random, for whom the clouded eye?
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	30	For those who linger over wine too long, ever on the look-out for the blended liquors.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	31	Do not gaze at wine, how red it is, how it sparkles in the cup! How smoothly it slips down the throat!
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	32	In the end its bite is like a serpent's, its sting as sharp as an adder's.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	33	Your eyes will see peculiar things, you will talk nonsense from your heart.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	34	You will be like someone sleeping in mid-ocean, like one asleep at the mast-head.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	23	35	'Struck me, have they? But I'm not hurt. Beaten me? I don't feel anything. When shall I wake up? . . I'll ask for more of it!'
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	1	Do not be envious of the wicked or wish for their company,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	2	for their hearts are scheming violence, their lips talking mischief.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	3	By wisdom a house is built, by understanding it is made strong;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	4	by knowledge its storerooms are filled with riches of every kind, rare and desirable.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	5	The wise is mighty in power, strength is reinforced by science;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	6	for it is by strategy that you wage war, and victory depends on having many counsellors.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	7	For a fool wisdom is an inaccessible fortress: at the city gate he does not open his mouth.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	8	Anyone intent on evil-doing is known as a master in cunning.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	9	Folly dreams of nothing but sin, the mocker is abhorrent.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	10	If you lose heart when things go wrong, your strength is not worth much.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	11	Save those being dragged towards death, but can you rescue those on their way to execution?
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	12	If you say, 'But look, we did not know,' will the Weigher of the heart pay no attention? Will not the Guardian of your soul be aware and repay you as your deeds deserve?
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	13	Eat honey, my child, since it is good; honey that drips from the comb is sweet to the taste:
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	14	and so, for sure, will wisdom be to your soul: find it and you will have a future and your hope will not be cut short.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	15	Do not lurk, wicked man, round the upright man's dwelling, do not despoil his house.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	16	For though the upright falls seven times, he gets up again; the wicked are the ones who stumble in adversity.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	17	Should your enemy fall, do not rejoice, when he stumbles do not let your heart exult:
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	18	for fear that Yahweh will be displeased at the sight and turn his anger away from him.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	19	Do not be indignant about the wicked, do not be envious of the evil,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	20	for there is no future for the evil, the lamp of the wicked will go out.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	21	Fear Yahweh, my child, and fear the king; do not ally yourself with innovators;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	22	for suddenly disaster will loom for them, and who knows what ruin will seize them and their friends?
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	23	The following are also taken from the sages: To show partiality in judgement is not good.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	24	Whoever tells the wicked, 'You are upright,' peoples curse him, nations revile him;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	25	but those who correct him, come out of it well, on them will come a happy blessing.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	26	Whoever returns an honest answer, plants a kiss on the lips.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	27	Plan what you want on the open ground, make your preparation in the field; then go and build your house.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	28	Do not bear witness lightly against your neighbour, nor deceive with your lips.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	29	Do not say, 'I will treat my neighbour as my neighbour treated me; I will repay everyone what each has earned.'
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	30	By the idler's field I was passing, by the vineyard of a man who had no sense,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	31	there it all lay, deep in thorns, entirely overgrown with weeds, and its stone wall broken down.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	32	And as I gazed I pondered, I drew this lesson from the sight,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	33	'A little sleep, a little drowsiness, a little folding of the arms to lie back
+Proverbs	Prov	24	24	34	and poverty comes like a vagrant, and, like a beggar, dearth.'
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	1	Here are some more of Solomon's proverbs, transcribed at the court of Hezekiah king of Judah:
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	2	To conceal a matter, this is the glory of God, to sift it thoroughly, the glory of kings.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	3	The heavens for height and the earth for depth, unfathomable, as are the hearts of kings.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	4	From silver remove the dross and it emerges wholly purified;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	5	from the king's presence remove the wicked and on uprightness his throne is founded.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	6	In the presence of the king do not give yourself airs, do not take a place among the great;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	7	better to be invited, 'Come up here', than be humiliated in the presence of the prince.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	8	What your eyes have witnessed do not produce too quickly at the trial, for what are you to do at the end should your neighbour confute you?
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	9	Have the quarrel out with your neighbour. but do not disclose another's secret,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	10	for fear your listener put you to shame, and the loss of repute be irremediable.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	11	Like apples of gold inlaid with silver is a word that is aptly spoken.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	12	A golden ring, an ornament of finest gold, is a wise rebuke to an attentive ear.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	13	The coolness of snow in harvest time, such is a trustworthy messenger to those who send him: he revives the soul of his master.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	14	Clouds and wind, but no rain: such is anyone whose promises are princely but never kept.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	15	With patience a judge may be cajoled: a soft tongue breaks bones.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	16	Eat to your satisfaction what honey you may find, but not to excess or you will bring it up again.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	17	Do not set foot too often in your neighbour's house, for fear the neighbour tire of you and come to hate you.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	18	A mace, a sword, a piercing arrow, such is anyone who bears false witness against a companion.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	19	Decaying tooth, lame foot, such is the fickle when trusted in time of trouble:
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	20	as well take off your coat in bitter weather. You are pouring vinegar on a wound when you sing songs to a sorrowing heart.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	21	If your enemy is hungry, give him something to eat; if thirsty, something to drink.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	22	By this you will be heaping red-hot coals on his head, and Yahweh will reward you.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	23	The north wind begets the rain, and a backbiting tongue, black looks.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	24	Better the corner of a roof to live on than a house shared with a quarrelsome woman.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	25	Cold water to a thirsty throat; such is good news from a distant land.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	26	A churned -- up spring, a fountain fouled; such is the upright person trembling before the wicked.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	27	It is not good to eat too much honey, nor to seek for glory on top of glory.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	25	28	An open town, and without defences: such is anyone who lacks self-control.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	1	Snow no more befits the summer, nor rain the harvest-time, than honours befit a fool.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	2	As the sparrow escapes, and the swallow flies away, so the undeserved curse will never hit its mark.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	3	A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and for the backs of fools, a stick.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	4	Do not answer a fool in the terms of his folly for fear you grow like him yourself.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	5	Answer a fool in the terms of his folly for fear he imagine himself wise.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	6	He wounds himself, he takes violence for his drink, who sends a message by a fool.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	7	Unreliable as the legs of the lame, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	8	As well tie the stone to the sling as pay honour to a fool.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	9	A thorn branch in a drunkard's hand, such is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	10	An archer wounding everyone, such is he who hires the passing fool and drunkard.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	11	As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool reverts to his folly.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	12	You see someone who thinks himself wise? More to be hoped for from a fool than from him!
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	13	'A wild beast on the road!' says the idler, 'a lion in the streets!'
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	14	The door turns on its hinges, the idler on his bed.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	15	Into the dish the idler dips his hand, but is too tired to bring it back to his mouth.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	16	The idler thinks himself wiser than seven people who answer with discretion.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	17	He takes a stray dog by the ears, who meddles in someone else's quarrel.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	18	Like a madman hurling firebrands, arrows and death,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	19	so is anyone who lies to a companion and then says, 'Aren't I amusing?'
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	20	No wood, and the fire goes out; no slanderer, and quarrelling dies down.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	21	Charcoal for live embers, wood for fire, and the quarrelsome for kindling strife.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	22	The words of a slanderer are tasty morsels that go right down into the belly.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	23	Base silver-plate on top of clay: such are fervent lips and a wicked heart.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	24	Whoever hates may hide it in speech, but deep within lies treachery;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	25	do not trust such a person's pretty speeches, since in the heart lurk seven abominations.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	26	Hatred may disguise itself with guile, to reveal its wickedness later in the assembly.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	27	Whoever digs a pit falls into it, the stone comes back on him that rolls it.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	26	28	The lying tongue hates its victims, the wheedling mouth causes ruin.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	1	Do not congratulate yourself about tomorrow, since you do not know what today will bring forth.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	2	Let someone else sing your praises, but not your own mouth, a stranger, but not your own lips.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	3	Heavy is the stone, weighty is the sand; heavier than both -- a grudge borne by a fool.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	4	Cruel is wrath, overwhelming is anger; but jealousy, who can withstand that?
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	5	Better open reproof than feigned love.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	6	Trustworthy are blows from a friend, deceitful are kisses from a foe.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	7	The gorged throat revolts at honey, the hungry throat finds all bitterness sweet.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	8	Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is anyone who strays away from home.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	9	Oil and perfume gladden the heart, and the sweetness of friendship rather than self-reliance.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	10	Do not give up your friend or your father's friend; when trouble comes, do not go off to your brother's house, better a near neighbour than a distant brother.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	11	Learn to be wise, my child, and gladden my heart, that I may have an answer for anyone who insults me.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	12	The discreet sees danger and takes shelter, simpletons go ahead and pay the penalty.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	13	Take the man's clothes! He has gone surety for a stranger. Take a pledge from him, for persons unknown.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	14	Whoever at dawn loudly blesses his neighbour -- it will be reckoned to him as a curse.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	15	The dripping of a gutter on a rainy day and a quarrelsome woman are alike;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	16	whoever can restrain her, can restrain the wind, and take a firm hold on grease.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	17	Iron is sharpened by iron, one person is sharpened by contact with another.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	18	Whoever tends the fig tree eats its figs, whoever looks after his master will be honoured.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	19	As water reflects face back to face, so one human heart reflects another.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	20	Sheol and Perdition are never satisfied, insatiable, too, are human eyes.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	21	A furnace for silver, a foundry for gold: a person is worth what his reputation is worth.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	22	Pound a fool in a mortar, among grain with a pestle, his folly will not leave him.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	23	Know your flocks' condition well, take good care of your herds;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	24	for riches do not last for ever, crowns do not hand themselves on from age to age.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	25	The grass once gone, the aftergrowth appearing, the hay gathered in from the mountains,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	26	you should have lambs to clothe you, goats to buy you a field,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	27	27	goat's milk sufficient to feed you, to feed your household and provide for your serving girls.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	1	The wicked flees when no one is pursuing, the upright is bold as a lion.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	2	A country in revolt throws up many leaders: with one person wise and experienced, you have stability.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	3	The wicked oppresses the weak: here is a devastating rain -- and farewell, bread!
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	4	Those who forsake the law sing the praises of the wicked, those who observe the law are angered by them.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	5	The wicked do not know what justice means, those who seek Yahweh understand everything.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	6	Better someone poor living an honest life than someone of devious ways however rich.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	7	An intelligent child is one who keeps the Law; an associate of profligates brings shame on his father.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	8	Whoever increases wealth by usury and interest amasses it for someone else who will bestow it on the poor.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	9	Whoever refuses to listen to the Law, such a one's very prayer is an abomination.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	10	Whoever seduces the honest to evil ways will fall into his own pit. The blameless are the heirs to happiness.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	11	The rich may think himself wise, but the intelligent poor will unmask him.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	12	When the upright triumph, there is great exultation: when the wicked are in the ascendant, people take cover.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	13	No one who conceals his sins will prosper, whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	14	Blessed the person who is never without fear, whoever hardens his heart will fall into distress.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	15	Like a roaring lion or a springing bear is a wicked ruler of a powerless people.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	16	An unenlightened ruler is rich in rapacity, one who hates greed will lengthen his days.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	17	A man guilty of murder will flee till he reaches his tomb: let no one halt him!
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	18	Whoever lives an honest life will be safe, whoever wavers between two ways falls down in one of them.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	19	Whoever works his land shall have bread and to spare, but no one who chases fantasies has any sense.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	20	A trustworthy person will be overwhelmed with blessings, but no one who tries to get rich quickly will go unpunished.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	21	It is not good to show partiality, but people will do wrong for a mouthful of bread.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	22	The person of greedy eye chases after wealth, not knowing that want will be the result.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	23	Anyone who reproves another will enjoy more favour in the end than the flatterer.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	24	Whoever robs father and mother saying, 'Nothing wrong in that!' is comrade for a brigand.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	25	The covetous provokes disputes, whoever trusts in Yahweh will prosper.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	26	Whoever trusts his own wit is a fool, anyone whose ways are wise will be safe.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	27	No one who gives to the poor will ever go short, but whoever closes his eyes will have curses in plenty.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	28	28	When the wicked are in the ascendant, people take cover, but when they perish, the upright multiply.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	1	Whoever is stiff-necked under reproof will be suddenly and irremediably broken.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	2	When the upright are on the increase, the people rejoice; when the wicked are in power, the people groan.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	3	The lover of Wisdom makes his father glad, but the patron of prostitutes fritters his wealth away.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	4	A king gives a country stability by justice, an extortioner brings it to ruin.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	5	Whoever flatters his companion spreads a net for his feet.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	6	In the sin of the wicked lies a snare, but the upright exults and rejoices.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	7	The upright understands the cause of the weak, the wicked has not the wit to understand it.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	8	Scoffers set a city in ferment, but the wise moderate anger.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	9	Let someone wise argue with a fool, anger and good humour alike will be wasted.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	10	The bloodthirsty hate the honest, but the upright seek them out.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	11	The fool blurts out every angry feeling, but the wise subdues and restrains them.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	12	When a ruler listens to false reports, all his ministers will be scoundrels.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	13	Poor and oppressor are found together, Yahweh gives light to the eyes of both.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	14	The king who judges the weak with equity sees his throne set firm for ever.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	15	The stick and the reprimand bestow wisdom, a young man left to himself brings shame on his mother.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	16	When the wicked are on the increase, sin multiplies, but the upright will witness their downfall.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	17	Correct your child, and he will give you peace of mind; he will delight your soul.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	18	Where there is no vision the people get out of hand; happy are they who keep the law.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	19	Not by words is a slave corrected: even if he understands, he will take no notice.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	20	You see someone too ready of speech? There is more to be hoped for from a fool!
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	21	If a slave is pampered from childhood, he will prove ungrateful in the end.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	22	The hot-head provokes disputes, someone in a rage commits all sorts of sins.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	23	Pride brings humiliation, whoever humbles himself will win honour.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	24	To hear the curse and disclose nothing is to share with the thief and to hate oneself.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	25	To be afraid of human beings is a snare, whoever trusts in Yahweh is secure.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	26	Many people seek a ruler's favour, but the rights of each come from Yahweh.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	29	27	Abhorrent to the upright is the sinful, abhorrent to the wicked is one whose way is straight.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	1	The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh, of Massa. Prophecy of this man for Ithiel, for Ithiel and for Ucal.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	2	I am myself the stupidest of people, bereft of human intelligence,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	3	I have not learnt wisdom, and I lack the knowledge of the holy ones.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	4	Who has mounted to the heavens, then come down again? Who has gathered the wind in the clasp of his hand? Who has wrapped the waters in his cloak? Who has set all the ends of the earth firm? What is his name? What is his child's name? Do you know?
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	5	Every word of God is unalloyed, a shield to those who take refuge in him.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	6	To his words make no addition, lest he reprove you and account you a liar.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	7	Two things I beg of you, do not grudge me them before I die:
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	8	keep falsehood and lies far from me, give me neither poverty nor riches, grant me only my share of food,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	9	for fear that, surrounded by plenty, I should fall away and say, 'Yahweh-who is Yahweh?' or else, in destitution, take to stealing and profane the name of my God.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	10	Do not blacken a slave's name to his master, lest he curse you, and you suffer for it.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	11	There is a breed of person that curses his father and does not bless his mother;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	12	a breed that, laying claim to purity, has not yet been cleansed of its filth;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	13	a breed haughty of eye, with disdain in every glance;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	14	a breed with swords for teeth, with knives for jaws, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from the land.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	15	The leech has two daughters: 'Give! Give!' There are three insatiable things, four, indeed, that never say, 'Enough!'
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	16	Sheol, the barren womb, earth which can never have its fill of water, fire which never says, 'Enough!'
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	17	The eye which looks jeeringly on a father, and scorns the obedience due to a mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, and eaten by the vultures.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	18	There are three things beyond my comprehension, four, indeed, that I do not understand:
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	19	the way of an eagle through the skies, the way of a snake over the rock, the way of a ship in mid-ocean, the way of a man with a girl.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	20	This is how an adulteress behaves: she eats, then wipes her mouth and says, 'I have done nothing wrong!'
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	21	There are three things at which the earth trembles, four, indeed, which it cannot endure:
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	22	a slave become king, a brute gorged with food,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	23	a hateful woman wed at last, a servant girl inheriting from her mistress.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	24	There are four creatures little on the earth, though they are wisest of the wise:
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	25	ants, a race with no strength, yet in the summer they make sure of their food;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	26	the coneys, a race without defences, yet they make their home in the rocks;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	27	locusts, which have no king, yet they all march in good order;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	28	lizards, which you can catch in your hand, yet they frequent the palaces of kings.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	29	There are three things of stately tread, four, indeed, of stately walk:
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	30	the lion, bravest of beasts, he will draw back from nothing;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	31	a vigorous cock, a he-goat, and the king when he harangues his people.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	32	If you have been foolish enough to fly into a passion and now have second thoughts, lay your hand on your lips.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	30	33	For by churning the milk you produce butter, by wringing the nose you produce blood, and by whipping up anger you produce strife.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	1	The sayings of Lemuel king of Massa, taught him by his mother:
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	2	What, my son! What, son of my womb! What, son of my vows!
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	3	Do not expend your energy on women nor your wealth on those who ruin kings.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	4	Not for kings, O Lemuel, not for kings the drinking of wine, not for princes the love of liquor,
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	5	for fear that in liquor they forget what they have decreed and pervert the course of justice against all the poor.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	6	Procure strong drink for someone about to die, wine for him whose heart is heavy:
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	7	let him drink and forget his misfortune, and remember his misery no more.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	8	Make your views heard, on behalf of the dumb, on behalf of all the unwanted;
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	9	make your views heard, pronounce an upright verdict, defend the cause of the poor and the wretched.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	10	The truly capable woman -- who can find her? She is far beyond the price of pearls.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	11	Her husband's heart has confidence in her, from her he will derive no little profit.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	12	Advantage and not hurt she brings him all the days of her life.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	13	She selects wool and flax, she does her work with eager hands.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	14	She is like those merchant vessels, bringing her food from far away.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	15	She gets up while it is still dark giving her household their food, giving orders to her serving girls.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	16	She sets her mind on a field, then she buys it; with what her hands have earned she plants a vineyard.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	17	She puts her back into her work and shows how strong her arms can be.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	18	She knows that her affairs are going well; her lamp does not go out at night.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	19	She sets her hands to the distaff, her fingers grasp the spindle.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	20	She holds out her hands to the poor, she opens her arms to the needy.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	21	Snow may come, she has no fears for her household, with all her servants warmly clothed.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	22	She makes her own quilts, she is dressed in fine linen and purple.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	23	Her husband is respected at the city gates, taking his seat among the elders of the land.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	24	She weaves materials and sells them, she supplies the merchant with sashes.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	25	She is clothed in strength and dignity, she can laugh at the day to come.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	26	When she opens her mouth, she does so wisely; on her tongue is kindly instruction.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	27	She keeps good watch on the conduct of her household, no bread of idleness for her.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	28	Her children stand up and proclaim her blessed, her husband, too, sings her praises:
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	29	'Many women have done admirable things, but you surpass them all!'
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	30	Charm is deceitful, and beauty empty; the woman who fears Yahweh is the one to praise.
+Proverbs	Prov	24	31	31	Give her a share in what her hands have worked for, and let her works tell her praises at the city gates.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	1	1	Composition of Qoheleth son of David, king in Jerusalem.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	1	2	Sheer futility, Qoheleth says. Sheer futility: everything is futile!
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	1	3	What profit can we show for all our toil, toiling under the sun?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	1	4	A generation goes, a generation comes, yet the earth stands firm for ever.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	1	5	The sun rises, the sun sets; then to its place it speeds and there it rises.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	1	6	Southward goes the wind, then turns to the north; it turns and turns again; then back to its circling goes the wind.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	1	7	Into the sea go all the rivers, and yet the sea is never filled, and still to their goal the rivers go.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	1	8	All things are wearisome. No one can say that eyes have not had enough of seeing, ears their fill of hearing.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	1	9	What was, will be again, what has been done, will be done again, and there is nothing new under the sun!
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	1	10	Take anything which people acclaim as being new: it existed in the centuries preceding us.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	1	11	No memory remains of the past, and so it will be for the centuries to come -- they will not be remembered by their successors.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	1	12	I, Qoheleth, have reigned over Israel in Jerusalem.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	1	13	Wisely I have applied myself to investigation and exploration of everything that happens under heaven. What a wearisome task God has given humanity to keep us busy!
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	1	14	I have seen everything that is done under the sun: how futile it all is, mere chasing after the wind!
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	1	15	What is twisted cannot be straightened, what is not there cannot be counted.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	1	16	I thought to myself: I have acquired a greater stock of wisdom than anyone before me in Jerusalem. I myself have mastered every kind of wisdom and science.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	1	17	I have applied myself to understanding philosophy and science, stupidity and folly, and I now realise that all this too is chasing after the wind.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	1	18	Much wisdom, much grief; the more knowledge, the more sorrow.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	1	I thought to myself, 'Very well, I will try pleasure and see what enjoyment has to offer.' And this was futile too.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	2	This laughter, I reflected, is a madness, this pleasure no use at all.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	3	I decided to hand my body over to drinking wine, my mind still guiding me in wisdom; I resolved to embrace folly, to discover the best way for people to spend their days under the sun.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	4	I worked on a grand scale: built myself palaces, planted vineyards;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	5	made myself gardens and orchards, planting every kind of fruit tree in them;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	6	had pools made for watering the young trees of my plantations.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	7	I bought slaves, male and female, had home-born slaves as well; herds and flocks I had too, more than anyone in Jerusalem before me.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	8	I amassed silver and gold, the treasures of kings and provinces; acquired singers, men and women, and every human luxury, chest upon chest of it.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	9	So I grew great, greater than anyone in Jerusalem before me; nor did my wisdom leave me.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	10	I denied my eyes nothing that they desired, refused my heart no pleasure, for I found all my hard work a pleasure, such was the return for all my efforts.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	11	I then reflected on all that my hands had achieved and all the effort I had put into its achieving. What futility it all was, what chasing after the wind! There is nothing to be gained under the sun.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	12	My reflections then turned to wisdom, stupidity and folly. For instance, what can the successor of a king do? What has been done already.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	13	More is to be gained from wisdom than from folly, just as one gains more from light than from darkness; this, of course, I see:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	14	The wise have their eyes open, the fool walks in the dark. No doubt! But I know, too, that one fate awaits them both.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	15	'Since the fool's fate', I thought to myself, 'will be my fate too, what is the point of my having been wise?' I realised that this too is futile.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	16	For there is no lasting memory for the wise or the fool, and in the days to come both will be forgotten; the wise, no less than the fool, must die.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	17	Life I have come to hate, for what is done under the sun disgusts me, since all is futility and chasing after the wind.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	18	All I have toiled for under the sun and now bequeath to my successor I have come to hate;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	19	who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all the work into which I have put my efforts and wisdom under the sun. That is futile too.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	20	I have come to despair of all the efforts I have expended under the sun.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	21	For here is one who has laboured wisely, skilfully and successfully and must leave what is his own to someone who has not toiled for it at all. This is futile too, and grossly unjust;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	22	for what does he gain for all the toil and strain that he has undergone under the sun-
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	23	since his days are full of sorrow, his work is full of stress and even at night he has no peace of mind? This is futile too.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	24	There is no happiness except in eating and drinking, and in enjoying one's achievements; and I see that this too comes from God's hand;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	25	for who would get anything to eat or drink, unless all this came from him?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	2	26	Wisdom, knowledge and joy, God gives to those who please him, but on the sinner he lays the task of gathering and storing up for someone else who is pleasing to him. This too is futility and chasing after the wind.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	3	1	There is a season for everything, a time for every occupation under heaven:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	3	2	A time for giving birth, a time for dying; a time for planting, a time for uprooting what has been planted.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	3	3	A time for killing, a time for healing; a time for knocking down, a time for building.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	3	4	A time for tears, a time for laughter; a time for mourning, a time for dancing.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	3	5	A time for throwing stones away, a time for gathering them; a time for embracing, a time to refrain from embracing.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	3	6	A time for searching, a time for losing; a time for keeping, a time for discarding.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	3	7	A time for tearing, a time for sewing; a time for keeping silent, a time for speaking.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	3	8	A time for loving, a time for hating; a time for war, a time for peace.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	3	9	What do people gain from the efforts they make?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	3	10	I contemplate the task that God gives humanity to labour at.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	3	11	All that he does is apt for its time; but although he has given us an awareness of the passage of time, we can grasp neither the beginning nor the end of what God does.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	3	12	I know there is no happiness for a human being except in pleasure and enjoyment through life.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	3	13	And when we eat and drink and find happiness in all our achievements, this is a gift from God.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	3	14	I know that whatever God does will be for ever. To this there is nothing to add, from this there is nothing to subtract, and the way God acts inspires dread.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	3	15	What is, has been already, what will be, is already; God seeks out anyone who is persecuted.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	3	16	Again I observe under the sun: crime is where justice should be, the criminal is where the upright should be.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	3	17	And I think to myself: the upright and the criminal will both be judged by God, since there is a time for every thing and every action here.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	3	18	I think to myself: where human beings are concerned, this is so that God can test them and show them that they are animals.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	3	19	For the fate of human and the fate of animal is the same: as the one dies, so the other dies; both have the selfsame breath. Human is in no way better off than animal -- since all is futile.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	3	20	Everything goes to the same place, everything comes from the dust, everything returns to the dust.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	3	21	Who knows if the human spirit mounts upward or if the animal spirit goes downward to the earth?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	3	22	I see there is no contentment for a human being except happiness in achievement; such is the lot of a human beings. No one can tell us what will happen after we are gone.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	4	1	Then again, I contemplate all the oppression that is committed under the sun. Take for instance the tears of the oppressed. No one to comfort them! The power their oppressors wield. No one to comfort them!
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	4	2	So, rather than the living who still have lives to live, I congratulate the dead who have already met death;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	4	3	happier than both of these are those who are yet unborn and have not seen the evil things that are done under the sun.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	4	4	I see that all effort and all achievement spring from mutual jealousy. This too is futility and chasing after the wind.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	4	5	The fool folds his arms and eats his own flesh away.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	4	6	Better one hand full of repose than two hands full of achievements to chase after the wind.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	4	7	And something else futile I observe under the sun:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	4	8	a person is quite alone -- no child, no brother; and yet there is no end to his efforts, his eyes can never have their fill of riches. For whom, then, do I work so hard and grudge myself pleasure? This too is futile, a sorry business.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	4	9	Better two than one alone, since thus their work is really rewarding.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	4	10	If one should fall, the other helps him up; but what of the person with no one to help him up when he falls?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	4	11	Again: if two sleep together they keep warm, but how can anyone keep warm alone?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	4	12	Where one alone would be overcome, two will put up resistance; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	4	13	Better a youngster poor and wise than a monarch old and silly who will no longer take advice-
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	4	14	even though stepping from prison to the throne, even though born a beggar in that kingdom.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	4	15	I observe that all who live and move under the sun support the young newcomer who takes over.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	4	16	He takes his place at the head of innumerable subjects; but his successors will not think the more kindly of him for that. This too is futile and chasing after the wind.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	4	17	Watch your step when you go to the House of God: drawing near to listen is better than the offering of a sacrifice by fools, though they do not know that they are doing wrong.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	5	1	Be in no hurry to speak; do not hastily declare yourself before God; for God is in heaven, you on earth. Be sparing, then, of speech:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	5	2	From too much worrying comes illusion, from too much talking, the accents of folly.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	5	3	If you make a vow to God, discharge it without delay, for God has no love for fools. Discharge your vow.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	5	4	Better a vow unmade than made and not discharged.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	5	5	Do not allow your mouth to make a sinner of you, and do not say to the messenger that it was a mistake. Why give God occasion to be angry with you and ruin all the work that you have done?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	5	6	From too many illusions come futility and too much talk. Therefore, fear God.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	5	7	If in a province you see the poor oppressed, fair judgement and justice violated, do not be surprised, for over every official there watches a higher official, and over these, higher officials still.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	5	8	But what the land yields is for the benefit of all, a king is served by the fields.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	5	9	No one who loves money ever has enough, no one who loves luxury has any income; this, too, is futile.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	5	10	Where goods abound, parasites abound: where is the owner's profit, apart from feasting his eyes?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	5	11	The labourer's sleep is sweet, whether he has eaten little or much, but the surfeit of the rich will not let him sleep at all.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	5	12	Something grossly unjust I observe under the sun: riches stored and turning to loss for their owner.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	5	13	An unlucky venture, and those riches are lost; a son is born to him, and he has nothing to leave him.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	5	14	Naked from his mother's womb he came; as naked as he came will he depart; not one of his achievements can he take with him.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	5	15	And something else grossly unjust: that as he came, so must he go; what profit can he show after toiling to earn the wind,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	5	16	as he spends the rest of his days in darkness, mourning, many sorrows, sickness and exasperation.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	5	17	So my conclusion is this: true happiness lies in eating and drinking and enjoying whatever has been achieved under the sun, throughout the life given by God: for this is the lot of humanity.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	5	18	And whenever God gives someone riches and property, with the ability to enjoy them and to find contentment in work, this is a gift from God.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	5	19	For such a person will hardly notice the passing of time, so long as God keeps his heart occupied with joy.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	6	1	I see another evil under the sun, which goes hard with people:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	6	2	suppose someone has received from God riches, property, honours -- nothing at all left to wish for; but God does not give the chance to enjoy them, and some stranger enjoys them. This is futile, and grievous suffering too.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	6	3	Or take someone who has had a hundred children and lived for many years, and, having reached old age, has never enjoyed the good things of life and has not even got a tomb; it seems to me, a still-born child is happier.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	6	4	In futility it came, into darkness it departs, and in darkness will its name be buried.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	6	5	It has never so much as seen or known the sun; all the same, it will rest more easily than that person,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	6	6	who would never have known the good things of life, even by living a thousand years twice over. Do we not all go to the same place in the end?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	6	7	All toil is for the mouth, yet the appetite is never satisfied.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	6	8	What advantage has the wise over the fool? And what of the pauper who knows how to behave in society?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	6	9	Better the object seen than the sting of desire: for the latter too is futile and chasing after the wind.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	6	10	What has been is already defined -- we know what people are: They cannot bring to justice one who is stronger than themselves.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	6	11	The more we say, the more futile it is: what good can we derive from it?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	6	12	And who knows what is best for someone during life, during the days of futile life which are spent like a shadow? Who can tell anyone what will happen after him under the sun?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	1	Better a good name than costly oil, the day of death than the day of birth.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	2	Better go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting; for to this end everyone comes, let the living take this to heart.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	3	Better sadness than laughter: a joyful heart may be concealed behind sad looks.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	4	The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, the heart of fools in the house of gaiety.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	5	Better attend to the reprimand of the wise than listen to a song sung by a fool.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	6	For like the crackling of thorns under the cauldron is the laughter of fools: and that too is futile.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	7	But being oppressed drives a sage mad, and a present corrupts the heart.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	8	Better the end of a matter than its beginning, better patience than ambition.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	9	Do not be too easily exasperated, for exasperation dwells in the heart of fools.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	10	Do not ask why the past was better than the present, for this is not a question prompted by wisdom.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	11	Wisdom is as good as a legacy, profitable to those who enjoy the light of the sun.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	12	For as money protects, so does wisdom, and the advantage of knowledge is this: that wisdom bestows life on those who possess her.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	13	Consider God's creation: who, for instance, can straighten what God has bent?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	14	When things are going well, enjoy yourself, and when they are going badly, consider this: God has designed the one no less than the other so that we should take nothing for granted.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	15	In my futile life, I have seen everything: the upright person perishing in uprightness and the wicked person surviving in wickedness.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	16	Do not be upright to excess and do not make yourself unduly wise: why should you destroy yourself?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	17	Do not be wicked to excess, and do not be a fool: why die before your time?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	18	It is wise to hold on to one and not let go of the other, since the godfearing will find both.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	19	Wisdom makes the wise stronger than a dozen governors in a city.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	20	No one on earth is sufficiently upright to do good without ever sinning.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	21	Again, do not listen to all that people say, then you will not hear your servant abusing you.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	22	For often, as you very well know, you have abused others.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	23	Thanks to wisdom, I have found all this to be true; I resolved to be wise, but this was beyond my reach!
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	24	The past is out of reach, buried deep -- who can discover it?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	25	But I have reached the point where, having learnt, explored and investigated wisdom and reflection, I recognise evil as being a form of madness, and folly as something stupid.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	26	And I find woman more bitter than Death, she is a snare, her heart is a net, and her arms are chains. The man who is pleasing to God eludes her, but the sinner is captured by her.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	27	This is what I think, says Qoheleth, having examined one thing after another to draw some conclusion,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	28	which I am still looking for, although unsuccessfully: one man in a thousand, I may find, but a woman better than other women-never.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	7	29	This alone is my conclusion: God has created man straightforward, and human artifices are human inventions.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	8	1	Who compares with the sage? Who else knows how to explain things? Wisdom lights up the face, enlivening a grim expression.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	8	2	Obey the king's command and, because of the divine promise,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	8	3	be in no hurry to depart from it; do not be obstinate in a bad cause, since the king will do as he likes in any case.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	8	4	Since the word of a king is sovereign, what is the point of saying, 'Why do that?'
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	8	5	One who obeys the command will come to no harm; the heart of the sage knows the right moment and verdict,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	8	6	for there is a right moment and verdict for everything; but misfortune lies heavy upon anyone
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	8	7	who does not know what the outcome will be, no one is going to say how things will turn out.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	8	8	No one can control the wind and stop it from blowing, no one can control the day of death. From war there is no escape, no more can wickedness save the person who commits it.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	8	9	I have seen all this to be so, having carefully studied everything taking place under the sun, while one person tyrannises over another to the former's detriment.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	8	10	And again, I have observed the wicked carried to their graves, and people leaving the holy place and, once out in the city, forgetting how the wicked used to behave; how futile this is too!
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	8	11	Because the sentence on the evil-doer is not carried out on the instant, people's hearts are full of desire to do wrong.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	8	12	The sinner who does wrong a hundred times lives on. But this too I know, that there is good in store for people who fear God, because they fear him,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	8	13	but there is no good in store for the wicked because he does not fear God, and so, like a shadow, he will not prolong his days.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	8	14	Another futile thing that happens on earth: upright people being treated as though they were wicked and wicked people being treated as though they were upright. To me this is one more example of futility.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	8	15	And therefore I praise joy, since human happiness lies only in eating and drinking and in taking pleasure; this comes from what someone achieves during the days of life that God gives under the sun.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	8	16	Having applied myself to acquiring wisdom and to observing the activity taking place in the world -- for day and night our eyes enjoy no rest-
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	8	17	I have scrutinised God's whole creation: you cannot get to the bottom of everything taking place under the sun; you may wear yourself out in the search, but you will never find it. Not even a sage can get to the bottom of it, even if he says that he has done so.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	9	1	Yes, I have applied myself to all this and experienced all this to be so: that is to say, that the upright and the wise, with their activities, are in the hands of God. We do not understand either love or hate, where we are concerned, both of them are
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	9	2	futile. And for all of us is reserved a common fate, for the upright and for the wicked, for the good and for the bad; whether we are ritually pure or not, whether we offer sacrifice or not: it is the same for the good and for the sinner, for someone who takes a vow, as for someone who fears to do so.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	9	3	This is another evil among those occurring under the sun: that there should be the same fate for everyone. The human heart, however, is full of wickedness; folly lurks in our hearts throughout our lives, until we end among the dead.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	9	4	But there is hope for someone still linked to the rest of the living: better be a live dog than a dead lion.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	9	5	The living are at least aware that they are going to die, but the dead know nothing whatever. No more wages for them, since their memory is forgotten.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	9	6	Their love, their hate, their jealousy, have perished long since, and they will never have any further part in what goes on under the sun.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	9	7	So, eat your bread in joy, drink your wine with a glad heart, since God has already approved your actions.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	9	8	At all times, dress in white and keep your head well scented.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	9	9	Spend your life with the woman you love, all the days of futile life God gives you under the sun, throughout your futile days, since this is your lot in life and in the effort you expend under the sun.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	9	10	Whatever work you find to do, do it with all your might, for there is neither achievement, nor planning, nor science, nor wisdom in Sheol where you are going.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	9	11	Another thing I have observed under the sun: that the race is not won by the speediest, nor the battle by the champions; it is not the wise who get food, nor the intelligent wealth, nor the learned favour: chance and mischance befall them all.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	9	12	We do not know when our time will come: like fish caught in the treacherous net, like birds caught in the snare, just so are we all trapped by misfortune when it suddenly overtakes us.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	9	13	Here is another example of the wisdom I have acquired under the sun and it strikes me as important:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	9	14	There was once a small town, with only a few inhabitants; a mighty king made war on it, laying siege to it and building great siege-works round it.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	9	15	But there was in that town a poverty-stricken sage who by his wisdom saved the town. No one remembered this poor man afterwards.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	9	16	So I say: Wisdom is more effective than brute force, but the wisdom of a poor man is not valued: no one listens to what he has to say.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	9	17	The calm words of the wise make themselves heard above the shouts of someone commanding an army of fools.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	9	18	Wisdom is worth more than weapons of war, but a single sin undoes a deal of good.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	10	1	One dead fly can spoil the scent-maker's oil: a grain of stupidity outweighs wisdom and glory.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	10	2	The sage's heart leads him aright, the fool's leads him astray.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	10	3	A fool walks down the road, he has no wit -- and everyone remarks, 'How silly he is!'
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	10	4	If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your post; composure mitigates grave offences.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	10	5	One evil I observe under the sun: the sort of misjudgement to which rulers are prone-
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	10	6	folly promoted to the top and the rich taking the lowest place.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	10	7	I see slaves riding on horses and princes on foot like slaves.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	10	8	He who digs a pit falls into it, he who undermines a wall gets bitten by a snake,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	10	9	he who quarries stones gets hurt by them, he who chops wood takes a risk from it.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	10	10	If, for want of sharpening, the blade is blunt, you have to work twice as hard; but it is the outcome that makes wisdom rewarding.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	10	11	If, for want of charming, the snake bites, the snake-charmer gets nothing out of it.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	10	12	The sayings of a sage give pleasure, what a fool says procures his own ruin:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	10	13	his words have their origin in stupidity and their ending in treacherous folly.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	10	14	A fool talks a great deal, but none of us in fact can tell the future; what will happen after us, who can tell?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	10	15	A fool finds hard work very tiring, he cannot even find his own way into town.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	10	16	Woe to you, country with a lad for king, and where princes start feasting in the morning!
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	10	17	Happy the land whose king is nobly born, where princes eat at a respectable hour to keep themselves strong and not merely to revel!
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	10	18	Thanks to idleness, the roof-tree gives way, thanks to carelessness, the house lets in the rain.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	10	19	We give parties to enjoy ourselves, wine makes us cheerful and money has an answer for everything.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	10	20	Do not abuse the king, even in thought, do not abuse a rich man, even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air might carry the news, a winged messenger might repeat what you have said.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	11	1	Cast your bread on the water, eventually you will recover it.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	11	2	Offer a share to seven or to eight people, you can never tell what disaster may occur.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	11	3	When clouds are full of rain, they will shed it on the earth. If a tree falls, whether south or north, where it falls, there it will lie.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	11	4	Keep watching the wind and you will never sow, keep staring at the clouds and you will never reap.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	11	5	You do not understand how the wind blows, or how the embryo grows in a woman's womb: no more can you understand the work of God, the Creator of all.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	11	6	In the morning, sow your seed, until evening, do not cease from labour, for of any two things you do not know which will succeed, or which of the two is the better.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	11	7	How sweet light is, how delightful it is to see the sun!
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	11	8	However many years you live, enjoy them all, but remember, the days of darkness will be many: futility awaits you at the end.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	11	9	Young man, enjoy yourself while you are young, make the most of the days of your youth, follow the prompting and desire of heart and eye, but remember, God will call you to account for everything.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	11	10	Rid your heart of indignation, keep your body clear of suffering, though youth and the age of black hair are both futile.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	12	1	Remember your Creator while you are still young, before the bad days come, before the years come which, you will say, give you no pleasure;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	12	2	before the sun and the light grow dim and the moon and stars, before the clouds return after the rain;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	12	3	the time when your watchmen become shaky, when strong men are bent double, when the women, one by one, quit grinding, and, as they look out of the window, find their sight growing dim.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	12	4	When the street-door is kept shut, when the sound of grinding fades away, when the first cry of a bird wakes you up, when all the singing has stopped;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	12	5	when going uphill is an ordeal and you are frightened at every step you take- yet the almond tree is in flower and the grasshopper is weighed down and the caper-bush loses its tang; while you are on the way to your everlasting home and the mourners are assembling in the street;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	12	6	before the silver thread snaps, or the golden bowl is cracked, or the pitcher shattered at the fountain, or the pulley broken at the well-head:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	12	7	the dust returns to the earth from which it came, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	12	8	Sheer futility, Qoheleth says, everything is futile.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	12	9	Besides being a sage, Qoheleth taught the people what he himself knew, having weighed, studied and emended many proverbs.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	12	10	Qoheleth took pains to write in an attractive style and by it to convey truths.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	12	11	The sayings of a sage are like goads, like pegs positioned by shepherds: the same shepherd finds a use for both.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	12	12	Furthermore, my child, you must realise that writing books involves endless hard work, and that much study wearies the body.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	12	13	To sum up the whole matter: fear God and keep his commandments, for that is the duty of everyone.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	25	12	14	For God will call all our deeds to judgement, all that is hidden, be it good or bad.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	1	1	Solomon's Song of Songs:
+Song of Songs	Song	26	1	2	BELOVED: Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for your love-making is sweeter than wine;
+Song of Songs	Song	26	1	3	delicate is the fragrance of your perfume, your name is an oil poured out, and that is why girls love you.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	1	4	Draw me in your footsteps, let us run. The king has brought me into his rooms; you will be our joy and our gladness. We shall praise your love more than wine; how right it is to love you.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	1	5	BELOVED: I am black but lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the pavilions of Salmah.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	1	6	Take no notice of my dark colouring, it is the sun that has burnt me. My mother's sons turned their anger on me, they made me look after the vineyards. My own vineyard I had not looked after!
+Song of Songs	Song	26	1	7	Tell me then, sweetheart, where will you lead your flock to graze, where will you rest it at noon? That I may no more wander like a vagabond beside the flocks of your companions.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	1	8	CHORUS: If you do not know this, O loveliest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and take your kids to graze close by the shepherds' tents.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	1	9	LOVER: I compare you, my love, to my mare harnessed to Pharaoh's chariot.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	1	10	Your cheeks show fair between their pendants and your neck within its necklaces.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	1	11	We shall make you golden earrings and beads of silver.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	1	12	DUO: -While the king rests in his own room my nard yields its perfume.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	1	13	My love is a sachet of myrrh lying between my breasts.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	1	14	My love is a cluster of henna flowers among the vines of En-Gedi.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	1	15	-How beautiful you are, my beloved, how beautiful you are! Your eyes are doves.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	1	16	-How beautiful you are, my love, and how you delight me! Our bed is the greensward.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	1	17	-The beams of our house are cedar trees, its panelling the cypress.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	2	1	-I am the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valleys.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	2	2	-As a lily among the thistles, so is my beloved among girls.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	2	3	-As an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my love among young men. In his delightful shade I sit, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	2	4	He has taken me to his cellar, and his banner over me is love.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	2	5	Feed me with raisin cakes, restore me with apples, for I am sick with love.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	2	6	His left arm is under my head, his right embraces me.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	2	7	-I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, by all gazelles and wild does, do not rouse, do not wake my beloved before she pleases.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	2	8	BELOVED: I hear my love. See how he comes leaping on the mountains, bounding over the hills.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	2	9	My love is like a gazelle, like a young stag. See where he stands behind our wall. He looks in at the window, he peers through the opening.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	2	10	My love lifts up his voice, he says to me, 'Come then, my beloved, my lovely one, come.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	2	11	For see, winter is past, the rains are over and gone.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	2	12	'Flowers are appearing on the earth. The season of glad songs has come, the cooing of the turtledove is heard in our land.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	2	13	The fig tree is forming its first figs and the blossoming vines give out their fragrance. Come then, my beloved, my lovely one, come.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	2	14	'My dove, hiding in the clefts of the rock, in the coverts of the cliff, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet and your face is lovely.'
+Song of Songs	Song	26	2	15	Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that make havoc of the vineyards, for our vineyards are in fruit.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	2	16	My love is mine and I am his. He pastures his flock among the lilies.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	2	17	Before the day-breeze rises, before the shadows flee, return! Be, my love, like a gazelle, like a young stag, on the mountains of Bether.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	3	1	On my bed at night I sought the man who is my sweetheart: I sought but could not find him!
+Song of Songs	Song	26	3	2	So I shall get up and go through the city; in the streets and in the squares, I shall seek my sweetheart. I sought but could not find him!
+Song of Songs	Song	26	3	3	I came upon the watchmen -- those who go on their rounds in the city: 'Have you seen my sweetheart?'
+Song of Songs	Song	26	3	4	Barely had I passed them when I found my sweetheart. I caught him, would not let him go, not till I had brought him to my mother's house, to the room where she conceived me!
+Song of Songs	Song	26	3	5	LOVER: I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, by gazelles and wild does, do not rouse, do not wake my beloved before she pleases.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	3	6	POET: What is this coming up from the desert like a column of smoke, breathing of myrrh and frankincense and every exotic perfume?
+Song of Songs	Song	26	3	7	Here comes Solomon's litter. Around it are sixty champions, the flower of the warriors of Israel;
+Song of Songs	Song	26	3	8	all of them skilled swordsmen, expert in war. Each man has his sword at his side, against alarms by night.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	3	9	King Solomon has had a palanquin made of wood from Lebanon.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	3	10	He has had the posts made of silver, the canopy of gold, the seat of purple; the centre is inlaid with ebony.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	3	11	Daughters of Zion, come and see King Solomon, wearing the diadem with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day, on the day of his heart's joy.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	4	1	LOVER: How beautiful you are, my beloved, how beautiful you are! Your eyes are doves, behind your veil; your hair is like a flock of goats surging down Mount Gilead.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	4	2	Your teeth, a flock of sheep to be shorn when they come up from the washing. Each one has its twin, not one unpaired with another.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	4	3	Your lips are a scarlet thread and your words enchanting. Your cheeks, behind your veil, are halves of pomegranate.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	4	4	Your neck is the Tower of David built on layers, hung round with a thousand bucklers, and each the shield of a hero.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	4	5	Your two breasts are two fawns, twins of a gazelle, that feed among the lilies.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	4	6	Before the day-breeze rises, before the shadows flee, I shall go to the mountain of myrrh, to the hill of frankincense.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	4	7	You are wholly beautiful, my beloved, and without a blemish.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	4	8	Come from Lebanon, my promised bride, come from Lebanon, come on your way. Look down from the heights of Amanus, from the crests of Senir and Hermon, the haunt of lions, the mountains of leopards.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	4	9	You ravish my heart, my sister, my promised bride, you ravish my heart with a single one of your glances, with a single link of your necklace.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	4	10	What spells lie in your love, my sister, my promised bride! How delicious is your love, more delicious than wine! How fragrant your perfumes, more fragrant than all spices!
+Song of Songs	Song	26	4	11	Your lips, my promised bride, distil wild honey. Honey and milk are under your tongue; and the scent of your garments is like the scent of Lebanon.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	4	12	She is a garden enclosed, my sister, my promised bride; a garden enclosed, a sealed fountain.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	4	13	Your shoots form an orchard of pomegranate trees, bearing most exquisite fruit:
+Song of Songs	Song	26	4	14	nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all the incense-bearing trees; myrrh and aloes, with the subtlest odours.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	4	15	Fountain of the garden, well of living water, streams flowing down from Lebanon!
+Song of Songs	Song	26	4	16	BELOVED: Awake, north wind, come, wind of the south! Breathe over my garden, to spread its sweet smell around. Let my love come into his garden, let him taste its most exquisite fruits.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	5	1	LOVER: I come into my garden, my sister, my promised bride, I pick my myrrh and balsam, I eat my honey and my honeycomb, I drink my wine and my milk. POET: Eat, friends, and drink, drink deep, my dearest friends.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	5	2	BELOVED: I sleep, but my heart is awake. I hear my love knocking. 'Open to me, my sister, my beloved, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is wet with dew, my hair with the drops of night.'
+Song of Songs	Song	26	5	3	-'I have taken off my tunic, am I to put it on again? I have washed my feet, am I to dirty them again?'
+Song of Songs	Song	26	5	4	My love thrust his hand through the hole in the door; I trembled to the core of my being.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	5	5	Then I got up to open to my love, myrrh ran off my hands, pure myrrh off my fingers, on to the handle of the bolt.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	5	6	I opened to my love, but he had turned and gone. My soul failed at his flight, I sought but could not find him, I called, but he did not answer.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	5	7	The watchmen met me, those who go on their rounds in the city. They beat me, they wounded me, they took my cloak away from me: those guardians of the ramparts!
+Song of Songs	Song	26	5	8	I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, if you should find my love, what are you to tell him? -That I am sick with love!
+Song of Songs	Song	26	5	9	CHORUS: What makes your lover better than other lovers, O loveliest of women? What makes your lover better than other lovers, to put us under such an oath?
+Song of Songs	Song	26	5	10	BELOVED: My love is fresh and ruddy, to be known among ten thousand.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	5	11	His head is golden, purest gold, his locks are palm fronds and black as the raven.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	5	12	His eyes are like doves beside the water-courses, bathing themselves in milk, perching on a fountain-rim.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	5	13	His cheeks are beds of spices, banks sweetly scented. His lips are lilies, distilling pure myrrh.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	5	14	His hands are golden, rounded, set with jewels of Tarshish. His belly a block of ivory covered with sapphires.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	5	15	His legs are alabaster columns set in sockets of pure gold. His appearance is that of Lebanon, unrivalled as the cedars.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	5	16	His conversation is sweetness itself, he is altogether lovable. Such is my love, such is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	6	1	CHORUS: Where did your lover go, O loveliest of women? Which way did your lover turn so that we can help you seek him?
+Song of Songs	Song	26	6	2	BELOVED: My love went down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock on the grass and gather lilies.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	6	3	I belong to my love, and my love to me. He pastures his flock among the lilies.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	6	4	LOVER: You are fair as Tirzah, my beloved, enchanting as Jerusalem, formidable as an army!
+Song of Songs	Song	26	6	5	Turn your eyes away from me, they take me by assault! Your hair is like a flock of goats surging down the slopes of Gilead.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	6	6	Your teeth are like a flock of ewes as they come up from being washed. Each one has its twin, not one unpaired with another.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	6	7	Your cheeks, behind your veil, are halves of pomegranate.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	6	8	There are sixty queens and eighty concubines (and countless girls).
+Song of Songs	Song	26	6	9	My dove is my only one, perfect and mine. She is the darling of her mother, the favourite of the one who bore her. Girls have seen her and proclaimed her blessed, queens and concubines have sung her praises,
+Song of Songs	Song	26	6	10	'Who is this arising like the dawn, fair as the moon, resplendent as the sun, formidable as an army?'
+Song of Songs	Song	26	6	11	I went down to the nut orchard to see the fresh shoots in the valley, to see if the vines were budding and the pomegranate trees in flower.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	6	12	Before I knew . . . my desire had hurled me onto the chariots of Amminadib!
+Song of Songs	Song	26	7	1	CHORUS: Come back, come back, girl from Shulam, come back, come back, where we can look at you! Why are you looking at the girl from Shulam, dancing between two lines of dancers?
+Song of Songs	Song	26	7	2	LOVER: How beautiful are your feet in their sandals, O prince's daughter! The curve of your thighs is like the curve of a necklace, work of a master hand.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	7	3	Your navel is a bowl well rounded with no lack of wine, your belly a heap of wheat surrounded with lilies.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	7	4	Your two breasts are two fawns, twins of a gazelle.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	7	5	Your neck is an ivory tower. Your eyes, the pools of Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-Rabbim. Your nose, the Tower of Lebanon, sentinel facing Damascus.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	7	6	Your head is held high like Carmel, and its hair is as dark as purple; a king is held captive in your tresses.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	7	7	How beautiful you are, how charming, my love, my delight!
+Song of Songs	Song	26	7	8	In stature like the palm tree, its fruit-clusters your breasts.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	7	9	I have decided, 'I shall climb the palm tree, I shall seize its clusters of dates!' May your breasts be clusters of grapes, your breath sweet-scented as apples,
+Song of Songs	Song	26	7	10	and your palate like sweet wine. BELOVED: Flowing down the throat of my love, as it runs on the lips of those who sleep.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	7	11	I belong to my love, and his desire is for me.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	7	12	Come, my love, let us go to the fields. We will spend the night in the villages,
+Song of Songs	Song	26	7	13	and in the early morning we will go to the vineyards. We will see if the vines are budding, if their blossoms are opening, if the pomegranate trees are in flower. Then I shall give you the gift of my love.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	7	14	The mandrakes yield their fragrance, the most exquisite fruits are at our doors; the new as well as the old, I have stored them for you, my love.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	8	1	Ah, why are you not my brother, nursed at my mother's breast! Then if I met you out of doors, I could kiss you without people thinking ill of me.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	8	2	I should lead you, I should take you into my mother's house, and you would teach me! I should give you spiced wine to drink, juice of my pomegranates.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	8	3	His left arm is under my head and his right embraces me.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	8	4	LOVER: I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, do not rouse, do not wake my beloved, before she pleases!
+Song of Songs	Song	26	8	5	Who is this coming up from the desert leaning on her lover? I awakened you under the apple tree, where your mother conceived you, where she who bore you conceived you.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	8	6	BELOVED: Set me like a seal on your heart, like a seal on your arm. For love is strong as Death, passion as relentless as Sheol. The flash of it is a flash of fire, a flame of Yahweh himself.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	8	7	Love no flood can quench, no torrents drown. Were a man to offer all his family wealth to buy love, contempt is all that he would gain.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	8	8	Our sister is little: her breasts are not yet formed. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?
+Song of Songs	Song	26	8	9	If she is a rampart, on the crest we shall build a battlement of silver; if she is a door, we shall board her up with planks of cedar.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	8	10	I am a wall, and my breasts represent its towers. And under their eyes I have found true peace.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	8	11	Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-Hamon. He entrusted it to overseers, and each one was to pay him the value of its produce, a thousand shekels of silver.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	8	12	But I tend my own vineyard myself. You, Solomon, may have your thousand shekels, and those who oversee its produce their two hundred.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	8	13	You who dwell in the gardens, my companions listen for your voice; let me hear it.
+Song of Songs	Song	26	8	14	Haste away, my love, be like a gazelle, a young stag, on the spice-laden mountains.
 Wisdom	Wis	27	1	1	Love uprightness you who are rulers on earth, be properly disposed towards the Lord and seek him in simplicity of heart;
 Wisdom	Wis	27	1	2	for he will be found by those who do not put him to the test, revealing himself to those who do not mistrust him.
 Wisdom	Wis	27	1	3	Perverse thoughts, however, separate people from God, and power, when put to the test, confounds the stupid.
@@ -20175,2689 +20153,2689 @@ Wisdom	Wis	27	19	19	land animals became aquatic, swimming ones took to the land,
 Wisdom	Wis	27	19	20	fire reinforced its strength in water, and water forgot the power of extinguishing it;
 Wisdom	Wis	27	19	21	flames, on the other hand, did not char the flesh of delicate animals that ventured into them; nor did they melt the heavenly food resembling ice and as easily melted.
 Wisdom	Wis	27	19	22	Yes, Lord, in every way you have made your people great and glorious; you have never failed to help them at any time or place.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	1	All wisdom comes from the Lord, she is with him for ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	2	The sands of the sea, the drops of rain, the days of eternity -- who can count them?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	3	The height of the sky, the breadth of the earth, the depth of the abyss -- who can explore them?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	4	Wisdom was created before everything, prudent understanding subsists from remotest ages.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	5	5
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	6	For whom has the root of wisdom ever been uncovered? Her resourceful ways, who knows them?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	7	7
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	8	One only is wise, terrible indeed,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	9	seated on his throne, the Lord. It was he who created, inspected and weighed her up, and then poured her out on all his works-
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	10	as much to each living creature as he chose -- bestowing her on those who love him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	11	The fear of the Lord is glory and pride, happiness and a crown of joyfulness.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	12	The fear of the Lord gladdens the heart, giving happiness, joy and long life.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	13	For those who fear the Lord, all will end well: on their dying day they will be blessed.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	14	The basis of wisdom is to fear the Lord; she was created with the faithful in their mothers' womb;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	15	she has made a home in the human race, an age -- old foundation, and to their descendants will she faithfully cling.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	16	The fullness of wisdom is to fear the Lord; she intoxicates them with her fruits;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	17	she fills their entire house with treasures and their storerooms with her produce.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	18	The crown of wisdom is to fear the Lord: she makes peace and health flourish.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	19	The Lord has seen and assessed her, he has showered down knowledge and intelligence, he has exalted the renown of those who possess her.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	20	The root of wisdom is to fear the Lord, and her branches are long life.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	21	21
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	22	The rage of the wicked cannot put him in the right, for the weight of his rage is his downfall.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	23	A patient person puts up with things until the right time comes: but his joy will break out in the end.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	24	Till the time comes he keeps his thoughts to himself, and many a lip will affirm how wise he is.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	25	Wisdom's treasuries contain the maxims of knowledge, the sinner, however, holds piety in abhorrence.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	26	If you desire wisdom, keep the commandments, and the Lord will bestow it on you.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	27	For the fear of the Lord is wisdom and instruction, and what pleases him is faithfulness and gentleness.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	28	Do not stand out against fear of the Lord, do not practise it with a double heart.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	29	Do not act a part in public, keep watch over your lips.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	1	30	Do not grow too high and mighty, for fear you fall and cover yourself in disgrace; for the Lord would then reveal your secrets and overthrow you before the whole community for not having practised fear of the Lord and for having a heart full of deceit.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	2	1	My child, if you aspire to serve the Lord, prepare yourself for an ordeal.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	2	2	Be sincere of heart, be steadfast, and do not be alarmed when disaster comes.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	2	3	Cling to him and do not leave him, so that you may be honoured at the end of your days.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	2	4	Whatever happens to you, accept it, and in the uncertainties of your humble state, be patient,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	2	5	since gold is tested in the fire, and the chosen in the furnace of humiliation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	2	6	Trust him and he will uphold you, follow a straight path and hope in him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	2	7	You who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy; do not turn aside, for fear you fall.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	2	8	You who fear the Lord, trust him, and you will not be robbed of your reward.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	2	9	You who fear the Lord, hope for those good gifts of his, everlasting joy and mercy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	2	10	Look at the generations of old and see: whoever trusted in the Lord and was put to shame? Or whoever, steadfastly fearing him, was forsaken? Or whoever called to him and was ignored?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	2	11	For the Lord is compassionate and merciful, he forgives sins and saves in the time of distress.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	2	12	Woe to faint hearts and listless hands, and to the sinner who treads two paths.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	2	13	Woe to the listless heart that has no faith, for such will have no protection.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	2	14	Woe to you who have lost the strength to endure; what will you do at the Lord's visitation?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	2	15	Those who fear the Lord do not disdain his words, and those who love him keep his ways.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	2	16	Those who fear the Lord do their best to please him, and those who love him will find satisfaction in the Law.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	2	17	Those who fear the Lord keep their hearts prepared and humble themselves in his presence.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	2	18	Let us fall into the hands of the Lord, not into any human clutches; for as his majesty is, so too is his mercy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	1	Children, listen to me for I am your father: do what I tell you, and so be safe;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	2	for the Lord honours the father above his children and upholds the rights of a mother over her sons.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	3	Whoever respects a father expiates sins,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	4	whoever honours a mother is like someone amassing a fortune.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	5	Whoever respects a father will in turn be happy with children, the day he prays for help, he will be heard.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	6	Long life comes to anyone who honours a father, whoever obeys the Lord makes a mother happy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	7	Such a one serves parents as well as the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	8	Respect your father in deed as well as word, so that blessing may come on you from him;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	9	since a father's blessing makes his children's house firm, while a mother's curse tears up its foundations.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	10	Do not make a boast of disgrace overtaking your father, your father's disgrace reflects no honour on you;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	11	for a person's own honour derives from the respect shown to his father, and a mother held in dishonour is a reproach to her children.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	12	My child, support your father in his old age, do not grieve him during his life.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	13	Even if his mind should fail, show him sympathy, do not despise him in your health and strength;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	14	for kindness to a father will not be forgotten but will serve as reparation for your sins.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	15	On your own day of ordeal God will remember you: like frost in sunshine, your sins will melt away.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	16	Whoever deserts a father is no better than a blasphemer, and whoever distresses a mother is accursed of the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	17	My child, be gentle in carrying out your business, and you will be better loved than a lavish giver.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	18	The greater you are, the more humbly you should behave, and then you will find favour with the Lord;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	19	19
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	20	for great though the power of the Lord is, he accepts the homage of the humble.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	21	Do not try to understand things that are too difficult for you, or try to discover what is beyond your powers.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	22	Concentrate on what has been assigned you, you have no need to worry over mysteries.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	23	Do not meddle with matters that are beyond you; what you have been taught already exceeds the scope of the human mind.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	24	For many have been misled by their own notions, wicked presumption having warped their judgement.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	25	25
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	26	A stubborn heart will come to a bad end, and whoever dallies with danger will perish in it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	27	A stubborn heart is weighed down with troubles, the sinner heaps sin on sin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	28	For the disease of the proud there is no cure, since an evil growth has taken root there.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	29	The heart of the sensible will reflect on parables, an attentive ear is the sage's dream.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	30	Water puts out a blazing fire, almsgiving expiates sins.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	3	31	Whoever gives favours in return is mindful of the future; at the moment of falling, such a person will find support.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	1	My child, do not refuse the poor a livelihood, do not tantalise the needy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	2	Do not add to the sufferings of the hungry, do not bait anyone in distress.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	3	Do not aggravate a heart already angry, nor keep the destitute waiting for your alms.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	4	Do not repulse a hard-pressed beggar, nor turn your face from the poor.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	5	Do not avert your eyes from the needy, give no one occasion to curse you;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	6	for if someone curses you in distress, his Maker will give ear to the imprecation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	7	Gain the love of the community, in the presence of the great bow your head.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	8	To the poor lend an ear, and courteously return the greeting.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	9	Save the oppressed from the hand of the oppressor, and do not be mean-spirited in your judgements.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	10	Be like a father to the fatherless and as good as a husband to their mothers. And you will be like a child to the Most High, who will love you more than your own mother does.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	11	Wisdom brings up her own children and cares for those who seek her.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	12	Whoever loves her loves life, those who seek her early will be filled with joy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	13	Whoever possesses her will inherit honour, and wherever he walks the Lord will bless him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	14	Those who serve her minister to the Holy One, and the Lord loves those who love her.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	15	Whoever obeys her rules the nations, whoever pays attention to her dwells secure.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	16	If he trusts himself to her he will inherit her, and his descendants will remain in possession of her;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	17	for though she takes him at first through winding ways, bringing fear and faintness on him, trying him out with her discipline till she can trust him, and testing him with her ordeals,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	18	she then comes back to him on the straight road, makes him happy and reveals her secrets to him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	19	If he goes astray, however, she abandons him and leaves him to his own destruction.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	20	Take circumstances into account and beware of evil, and have no cause to be ashamed of yourself;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	21	for there is a shame that leads to sin and a shame that is honourable and gracious.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	22	Do not be too severe on yourself, do not let shame lead you to ruin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	23	Do not refrain from speaking when it will do good, and do not hide your wisdom;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	24	for your wisdom is made known by what you say, your erudition by the words you utter.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	25	Do not contradict the truth, rather blush for your own ignorance.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	26	Do not be ashamed to confess your sins, do not struggle against the current of the river.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	27	Do not grovel to the foolish, do not show partiality to the influential.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	28	Fight to the death for truth, and the Lord God will war on your side.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	29	Do not be bold of tongue, yet idle and slack in deed;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	30	do not be like a lion at home, or cowardly towards your servants.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	4	31	Do not let your hands be outstretched to receive, yet tight-fisted when the time comes to give back.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	5	1	Do not put your confidence in your money or say, 'With this I am self-sufficient.'
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	5	2	Do not be led by your appetites and energy to follow the passions of your heart.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	5	3	And do not say, 'Who has authority over me?' for the Lord will certainly give you your deserts.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	5	4	Do not say, 'I have sinned, but what harm has befallen me?' for the Lord's forbearance is long.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	5	5	Do not be so sure of forgiveness that you add sin to sin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	5	6	And do not say, 'His compassion is great, he will forgive me my many sins'; for with him are both mercy and retribution, and his anger does not pass from sinners.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	5	7	Do not delay your return to the Lord, do not put it off day after day; for suddenly the Lord's wrath will blaze out, and on the day of punishment you will be utterly destroyed.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	5	8	Do not set your heart on ill-gotten gains, they will be of no use to you on the day of disaster.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	5	9	Do not winnow in every wind, or walk along every by-way (as the double-talking sinner does).
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	5	10	Be steady in your convictions, and be a person of your word.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	5	11	Be quick to listen, and deliberate in giving an answer.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	5	12	If you understand the matter, give your neighbour an answer, if not, keep your hand over your mouth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	5	13	Both honour and disgrace come from talking, the tongue is its owner's downfall.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	5	14	Do not get a name for scandal-mongering, do not set traps with your tongue; for as shame lies in store for the thief, so harsh condemnation awaits the deceitful.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	5	15	Avoid offences in great as in small matters, and do not exchange friendship for enmity,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	1	for a bad name will earn you shame and reproach, as happens to the double-talking sinner.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	2	Do not get carried aloft on the wings of passion, for fear your strength tear itself apart like a bull,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	3	and you devour your own foliage and destroy your own fruit and end by making yourself like a piece of dried-up wood.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	4	An evil temper destroys the person who has it and makes him the laughing-stock of his enemies.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	5	A kindly turn of speech attracts new friends, a courteous tongue invites many a friendly response.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	6	Let your acquaintances be many, but for advisers choose one out of a thousand.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	7	If you want to make a friend, take him on trial, and do not be in a hurry to trust him;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	8	for one kind of friend is so only when it suits him but will not stand by you in your day of trouble.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	9	Another kind of friend will fall out with you and to your dismay make your quarrel public,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	10	and a third kind of friend will share your table, but not stand by you in your day of trouble:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	11	when you are doing well he will be your second self, ordering your servants about;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	12	but, if disaster befalls you, he will recoil from you and keep out of your way.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	13	Keep well clear of your enemies, and be wary of your friends.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	14	A loyal friend is a powerful defence: whoever finds one has indeed found a treasure.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	15	A loyal friend is something beyond price, there is no measuring his worth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	16	A loyal friend is the elixir of life, and those who fear the Lord will find one.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	17	Whoever fears the Lord makes true friends, for as a person is, so is his friend too.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	18	My child, from your earliest youth choose instruction, and till your hair is white you will keep finding wisdom.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	19	Like ploughman and sower, cultivate her and wait for her fine harvest, for in tilling her you will toil a little while, but very soon you will be eating her crops.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	20	How very harsh she is to the undisciplined! The senseless does not stay with her for long:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	21	she will weigh as heavily on the senseless as a touchstone and such a person will lose no time in throwing her off;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	22	for Wisdom is true to her name, she is not accessible to many.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	23	Listen, my child, and take my advice, do not reject my counsel:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	24	put your feet into her fetters, and your neck into her collar;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	25	offer your shoulder to her burden, do not be impatient of her bonds;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	26	court her with all your soul, and with all your might keep in her ways;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	27	search for her, track her down: she will reveal herself; once you hold her, do not let her go.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	28	For in the end you will find rest in her and she will take the form of joy for you:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	29	her fetters you will find a mighty defence, her collars, a precious necklace.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	30	Her yoke will be a golden ornament, and her bonds be purple ribbons;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	31	you will wear her like a robe of honour, you will put her on like a crown of joy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	32	If you wish it, my child, you can be taught; apply yourself, and you will become intelligent.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	33	If you love listening, you will learn, if you pay attention, you will become wise.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	34	Attend the gathering of elders; if there is a wise man there, attach yourself to him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	35	Listen willingly to any discourse coming from God, do not let wise proverbs escape you.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	36	If you see a man of understanding, visit him early, let your feet wear out his doorstep.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	6	37	Reflect on the injunctions of the Lord, busy yourself at all times with his commandments. He will strengthen your mind, and the wisdom you desire will be granted you.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	1	Do no evil, and evil will not befall you;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	2	shun wrong, and it will avoid you.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	3	My child, do not sow in the furrows of wickedness, for fear you have to reap them seven times over.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	4	Do not ask the Lord for the highest place, or the king for a seat of honour.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	5	Do not parade your uprightness before the Lord, or your wisdom before the king.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	6	Do not scheme to be appointed judge, for fear you should not be strong enough to stamp out injustice, for fear of being swayed by someone influential and so of risking the loss of your integrity.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	7	Do not wrong the general body of citizens and so lower yourself in popular esteem.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	8	Do not be drawn to sin twice over, for you will not go unpunished even once.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	9	Do not say, 'God will be impressed by my numerous offerings; when I sacrifice to God Most High, he is bound to accept.'
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	10	Do not be hesitant in prayer; do not neglect to give alms.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	11	Do not laugh at someone who is sad of heart, for he who brings low can lift up high.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	12	Do not make up lies against your brother, nor against a friend either.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	13	Mind you tell no lies, for no good can come of it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	14	Do not talk too much at the gathering of elders, and do not repeat yourself at your prayers.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	15	Do not shirk tiring jobs or farm work, ordained by the Most High.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	16	Do not swell the ranks of sinners, remember that the retribution will not delay.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	17	Be very humble, since the recompense for the godless is fire and worms.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	18	Do not barter a friend away for the sake of profit, nor a true brother for the gold of Ophir.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	19	Do not turn against a wise and good wife; her gracious presence is worth more than gold.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	20	Do not ill-treat a slave who is an honest worker, or a wage-earner who is devoted to you.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	21	Love an intelligent slave with all your heart, and do not deny such a slave his freedom.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	22	Have you cattle? Look after them; if they are making you a profit, keep them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	23	Have you children? Educate them, from childhood make them bow the neck.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	24	Have you daughters? Take care of their bodies, but do not be over-indulgent.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	25	Marry a daughter off, and you have finished a great work; but give her to a man of sense.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	26	Have you a wife to your liking? Do not turn her out; but if you do not love her, never trust her.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	27	With all your heart honour your father, never forget the birthpangs of your mother.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	28	Remember that you owe your birth to them; how can you repay them for what they have done for you?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	29	With all your soul, fear the Lord and revere his priests.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	30	With all your might love him who made you, and do not abandon his ministers.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	31	Fear the Lord and honour the priest and give him the portion enjoined on you: first-fruits, sacrifice of reparation, shoulder-gift, sanctification sacrifice, first-fruits of the holy things.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	32	And also give generously to the poor, so that your blessing may lack nothing.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	33	Let your generosity extend to all the living, do not withhold it even from the dead.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	34	Do not turn your back on those who weep, but share the grief of the grief-stricken.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	35	Do not shrink from visiting the sick; in this way you will make yourself loved.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	7	36	In everything you do, remember your end, and you will never sin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	8	1	Do not try conclusions with anyone influential, in case you later fall into his clutches.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	8	2	Do not quarrel with anyone rich, in case he puts his weight against you; for gold has destroyed many, and has swayed the hearts of kings.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	8	3	Do not argue with anyone argumentative, do not pile wood on that fire.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	8	4	Do not joke with anyone uncouth, for fear of hearing your ancestors insulted.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	8	5	Do not revile a repentant sinner; remember that we all are guilty.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	8	6	Do not despise anyone in old age; after all, some of us too are growing old.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	8	7	Do not gloat over anyone's death; remember that we all have to die.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	8	8	Do not scorn the discourse of the wise, but make yourself familiar with their maxims, since from these you will learn the theory and the art of serving the great.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	8	9	Do not dismiss what the old people have to say, for they too were taught by their parents; from them you will learn how to think, and the art of the timely answer.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	8	10	Do not kindle the coals of the sinner, in case you scorch yourself in his blaze.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	8	11	Refuse to be provoked by the insolent, for fear that such a one try to trap you in your words.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	8	12	Do not lend to anyone who is stronger than you are -- if you do lend, resign yourself to loss.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	8	13	Do not stand surety beyond your means; if you do stand surety, be prepared to pay up.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	8	14	Do not go to law with a judge, since judgement will be given in his favour.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	8	15	Do not go travelling with a rash man, for fear he becomes burdensome to you; he will act as the whim takes him, and you will both be ruined by his folly.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	8	16	Do not argue with a quick-tempered man, do not go with him where there are no other people, since blood counts for nothing in his eyes, and where no help is to be had, he will strike you down.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	8	17	Do not ask a fool for advice, since a fool will not be able to keep a confidence.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	8	18	In a stranger's presence do nothing that should be kept secret, since you cannot tell what use the stranger will make of it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	8	19	Do not open your heart to all comers, nor lay claim to their good offices.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	9	1	Do not be jealous of the wife you love, do not teach her lessons in how to harm you.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	9	2	Do not put yourself in a woman's hands or she may come to dominate you completely.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	9	3	Do not keep company with a prostitute, in case you get entangled in her snares.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	9	4	Do not dally with a singing girl, in case you get caught by her wiles.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	9	5	Do not stare at a pretty girl, in case you and she incur the same punishment.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	9	6	Do not give your heart to whores, or you will ruin your inheritance.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	9	7	Keep your eyes to yourself in the streets of a town, do not prowl about its unfrequented quarters.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	9	8	Turn your eyes away from a handsome woman, do not stare at a beauty belonging to someone else. Because of a woman's beauty, many have been undone; this makes passion flare up like a fire.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	9	9	Never sit down with a married woman, or sit at table with her drinking wine, in case you let your heart succumb to her and you lose all self-control and slide to disaster.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	9	10	Do not desert an old friend; the new one will not be his match. New friend, new wine; when it grows old, you drink it with pleasure.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	9	11	Do not envy the sinner his success; you do not know how that will end.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	9	12	Do not take pleasure in what pleases the godless; remember they will not go unpunished here below.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	9	13	Keep your distance from the man who has the power to put to death, and you will not be haunted by the fear of dying. If you do approach him, make no false move, or he may take your life. Realise that you are treading among trip-lines, that you are strolling on the battlements.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	9	14	Cultivate your neighbours to the best of your ability, and consult with the wise.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	9	15	For conversation seek the intelligent, let all your discussions bear on the law of the Most High.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	9	16	Have the upright for your table companions, and let your pride be in fearing the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	9	17	Work from skilled hands will earn its praise, but a leader of the people must be skilful in words.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	9	18	A chatterbox is a terror to his town, a loose talker is detested.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	1	A sagacious ruler educates his people, and he makes his subjects understand order.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	2	As the magistrate is, so will his officials be, as the governor is, so will be the inhabitants of his city.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	3	An undisciplined king will be the ruin of his people, a city owes its prosperity to the intelligence of its leading men.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	4	The government of the earth is in the hands of the Lord, he sets the right leader over it at the right time.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	5	Human success is in the hands of the Lord. He invests the scribe with honour.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	6	Do not resent your neighbour's every offence, and never act in a fit of passion.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	7	Pride is hateful to God and humanity, and injustice is abhorrent to both.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	8	Sovereignty passes from nation to nation because of injustice, arrogance and money.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	9	What has dust and ashes to pride itself on? Even in life its entrails are repellent.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	10	A long illness makes a fool of the doctor; a king today is a corpse tomorrow.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	11	For in death the portion of all alike will be insects, wild animals and worms.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	12	The first stage of pride is to desert the Lord and to turn one's heart away from one's Maker.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	13	Since the first stage of pride is sin, whoever clings to it will pour forth filth. This is why the Lord inflicts unexpected punishments on such people, utterly destroying them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	14	The Lord has turned mighty princes off their thrones and seated the humble there instead.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	15	The Lord has plucked up the proud by the roots, and planted the lowly in their place.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	16	The Lord has overthrown the lands of the nations and destroyed them to the very foundations of the earth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	17	Sometimes he has taken them away and destroyed them, and blotted out their memory from the earth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	18	Pride was not created for human beings, nor furious rage for those born of woman.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	19	What race deserves honour? The human race. What race deserves honour? Those who fear the Lord. What race deserves contempt? The human race. What race deserves contempt? Those who break the Law.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	20	A leader is honoured by his brothers, and those who fear the Lord are honoured by him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	21	21
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	22	The rich, the noble, the poor, let them pride themselves on fearing the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	23	It is not right to despise one who is poor but intelligent, and it is not good to honour one who is a sinner.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	24	Magnate, magistrate, potentate, all are to be honoured, but none is greater than the one who fears the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	25	A wise slave will have free men waiting on him, and the enlightened will not complain.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	26	Do not try to be smart when you do your work, do not put on airs when you are in difficulties.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	27	Better the hardworking who has plenty of everything, than the pretentious at a loss for a meal.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	28	My child, be modest in your self-esteem, and value yourself at your proper worth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	29	Who can justify one who inflicts injuries on himself, or respect one who is full of self-contempt?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	30	The poor is honoured for wit, and the rich for wealth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	10	31	Honoured in poverty, how much the more in wealth! Dishonoured in wealth, how much the more in poverty!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	1	Wisdom enables the poor to stand erect, and gives to the poor a place with the great.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	2	Do not praise anyone for good looks, nor dislike anyone for mere appearance.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	3	Small among winged creatures is the bee but her produce is the sweetest of the sweet.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	4	Do not grow proud when people honour you; for the works of the Lord are wonderful but hidden from human beings.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	5	Many monarchs have been made to sit on the ground, and the person nobody thought of has worn the crown.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	6	Many influential people have been utterly disgraced, and prominent people have fallen into the power of others.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	7	Do not find fault before making thorough enquiry; first reflect, then give a reprimand.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	8	Listen before you answer, and do not interrupt a speech before it is finished.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	9	Do not wrangle about something that does not concern you, do not interfere in the quarrels of sinners.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	10	My child, do not take on a great amount of business; if you multiply your interests, you are bound to suffer for it; hurry as fast as you can, yet you will never arrive, nor will you escape by running away.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	11	Some people work very hard at top speed, only to find themselves falling further behind.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	12	Or there is the slow kind of person, needing help, poor in possessions and rich in poverty; and the Lord turns a favourable eye on him, lifts him out of his wretched condition,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	13	and enables him to hold his head high, thus causing general astonishment.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	14	Good and bad, life and death, poverty and wealth, all come from the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	15	15
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	16	16
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	17	To the devout the Lord's gift remains constant, and his favour will be there to lead them for ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	18	Others grow rich by pinching and scraping, and here is the reward they receive for it:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	19	although they say, 'Now I can sit back and enjoy the benefit of what I have got,' they do not know how long this will last; they will have to leave their goods to others and die.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	20	Stick to your job, work hard at it and grow old at your work.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	21	Do not admire the achievements of sinners, trust the Lord and mind your own business; since it is a trifle in the eyes of the Lord, in a moment, suddenly to make the poor rich.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	22	The blessing of the Lord is the reward of the devout, in a moment God brings his blessing to flower.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	23	Do not say, 'What are my needs, how much shall I have in the future?'
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	24	And do not say, 'I am self-sufficient, what disaster can affect me now?'
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	25	In prosperous times, disasters are forgotten and in times of disaster, no one remembers prosperity.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	26	Yet it is a trifle for the Lord on the day someone dies to repay him as his conduct deserves.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	27	A moment's adversity, and pleasures are forgotten; in a person's last hour his deeds will stand revealed.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	28	Call no one fortunate before his death; it is by his end that someone will be known.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	29	Do not bring everyone home with you, for many are the traps of the crafty.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	30	Like a captive partridge in a cage, so is the heart of the proud: like a spy he watches for your downfall,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	31	ever on the look-out, turning good into bad and finding fault with what is praiseworthy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	32	A hearthful of glowing coals starts from a single spark, and the sinner lurks for the chance to spill blood.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	33	Beware of a scoundrel and his evil contrivances, in case he puts a smear on you for ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	11	34	Give a home to a stranger and he will start trouble and estrange you from your own family.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	12	1	If you mean to do a kindness, choose the right person, then your good deeds will not be wasted.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	12	2	Do good to someone devout, and you will be rewarded, if not by that person, then certainly by the Most High.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	12	3	No good will come to one who persists in evil, or who refuses to give alms.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	12	4	Give to the devout, do not go to the help of a sinner.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	12	5	Do good to the humble, give nothing to the godless. Refuse him bread, do not give him any, it might make him stronger than you are; then you would be repaid evil twice over for all the good you had done him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	12	6	For the Most High himself detests sinners, and will repay the wicked with what they deserve.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	12	7	Give to the good, and do not go to the help of a sinner.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	12	8	In prosperity you cannot always tell a true friend, but in adversity you cannot mistake an enemy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	12	9	When someone is doing well that person's enemies are sad, when someone is doing badly, even a friend will keep at a distance.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	12	10	Do not ever trust an enemy; as bronze tarnishes, so does an enemy's malice.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	12	11	Even if he behaves humbly and comes bowing and scraping, maintain your reserve and be on your guard against him. Behave towards him as if you were polishing a mirror, you will find that his tarnish cannot last.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	12	12	Do not stand him beside you in case he thrusts you out and takes your place. Do not seat him on your right, or he will be after your position, and then you will remember what I have said and sadly admit that I was right.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	12	13	Who feels sorry for a snake-charmer bitten by a snake, or for those who take risks with savage animals? -
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	12	14	just so for one who consorts with a sinner, and becomes an accomplice in his sins.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	12	15	He will stay with you for a while, but if you once give way he will press his advantage.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	12	16	An enemy may have sweetness on his lips, and in his heart a scheme to throw you into the ditch. An enemy may have tears in his eyes, but if he gets a chance there can never be too much blood for him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	12	17	If you meet with misfortune, you will find him there before you, and, pretending to help you, he will trip you up.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	12	18	He will wag his head and clap his hands, he will whisper a lot and his expression will change.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	1	Whoever touches pitch will be defiled, and anyone who associates with the proud will come to be like them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	2	Do not try to carry a burden too heavy for you, do not associate with someone more powerful and wealthy than yourself. Why put the clay pot next to the iron cauldron? It will only break when they bang against each other.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	3	The rich does wrong and takes a high line; the poor is wronged and has to beg for pardon.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	4	If you are useful the rich will exploit you, if you go bankrupt he will desert you.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	5	Are you well off? - he will live with you, he will clean you out without a single qualm.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	6	Does he need you? - he will hoodwink you, smile at you and raise your hopes; he will speak politely to you and say, 'Is there anything you need?'
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	7	He will make you feel small at his dinner parties and, having cleaned you out two or three times over, will end by laughing at you. Afterwards, when he sees you, he will avoid you and shake his head about you.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	8	Take care you are not hoodwinked and thus humiliated through your own stupidity.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	9	When an influential person invites you, show reluctance, and he will press his invitation all the more.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	10	Do not thrust yourself forward, in case you are pushed aside, but do not stand aloof, or you will be overlooked.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	11	Do not affect to treat him as an equal, do not trust his flow of words; since all this talking is expressly meant to test you, under cover of geniality he will be weighing you up.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	12	Pitiless is anyone who retails gossip; he will not spare you either blows or chains.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	13	Be wary, take very great care, because you are walking with your own downfall.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	14	14
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	15	Every living thing loves its own sort, and every man his fellow.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	16	Every creature mixes with its kind, and human beings stick to their own sort.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	17	How can wolf and lamb agree? - Just so with sinner and devout.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	18	What peace can there be between hyena and dog? And what peace between rich and poor?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	19	Wild desert donkeys are the prey of lions; so too, the poor is the quarry of the rich.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	20	The proud thinks humility abhorrent; so too, the rich abominates the poor.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	21	When the rich stumbles he is supported by friends; when the poor falls, his friends push him away.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	22	When the rich slips, there are many hands to catch him, if he talks nonsense he is congratulated. The poor slips, and is blamed for it, he may talk good sense, but no room is made for him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	23	The rich speaks and everyone stops talking, and then they praise his discourse to the skies. The poor speaks and people say, 'Who is this?' and if he stumbles, they trip him up yet more.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	24	Wealth is good where there is no sin, poverty is evil, the godless say.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	25	The heart moulds a person's expression whether for better or worse.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	13	26	Happy heart, cheerful expression; but wearisome work, inventing proverbs.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	1	Blessed is anyone who has not sinned in speech and who needs feel no remorse for sins.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	2	Blessed is anyone whose conscience brings no reproach and who has never given up hope.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	3	Wealth is not the right thing for the niggardly, and what use are possessions to the covetous?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	4	Whoever hoards by stinting himself is hoarding for others, and others will live sumptuously on his riches.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	5	If someone is mean to himself, whom does he benefit? he does not even enjoy what is his own.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	6	No one is meaner than the person who is mean to himself, this is how his wickedness repays him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	7	If he does any good, he does it unintentionally, and in the end he himself reveals his wickedness.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	8	Wicked the person who has an envious eye, averting his face, and careless of others' lives.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	9	The eye of the grasping is not content with what he has, greed shrivels up the soul.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	10	The miser is grudging of bread, there is famine at his table.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	11	My child, treat yourself as well as you can afford, and bring worthy offerings to the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	12	Remember that death will not delay, and that you have never seen Sheol's contract.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	13	Be kind to your friend before you die, treat him as generously as you can afford.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	14	Do not refuse yourself the good things of today, do not let your share of what is lawfully desired pass you by.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	15	Will you not have to leave your fortune to another, and the fruit of your labour to be divided by lot?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	16	Give and receive, enjoy yourself -- there are no pleasures to be found in Sheol.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	17	Like clothes, every body will wear out, the age -- old law is, 'Everyone must die.'
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	18	Like foliage growing on a bushy tree, some leaves falling, others growing, so are the generations of flesh and blood: one dies, another is born.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	19	Every achievement rots away and perishes, and with it goes its author.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	20	Blessed is anyone who meditates on wisdom, and reasons with intelligence,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	21	who studies her ways in his heart, and ponders her secrets.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	22	He pursues her like a hunter, and lies in wait by her path;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	23	he peeps in at her windows, and listens at her doors;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	24	he lodges close to her house, and fixes his peg in her walls;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	25	he pitches his tent at her side, and lodges in an excellent lodging;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	26	he sets his children in her shade, and camps beneath her branches;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	14	27	he is sheltered by her from the heat, and in her glory he makes his home.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	15	1	Whoever fears the Lord will act like this, and whoever grasps the Law will obtain wisdom.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	15	2	She will come to meet him like a mother, and receive him like a virgin bride.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	15	3	She will give him the bread of understanding to eat, and the water of wisdom to drink.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	15	4	He will lean on her and will not fall, he will rely on her and not be put to shame.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	15	5	She will raise him high above his neighbours, and in full assembly she will open his mouth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	15	6	He will find happiness and a crown of joy, he will inherit an everlasting name.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	15	7	Fools will not gain possession of her, nor will sinners set eyes on her.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	15	8	She stands remote from pride, and liars cannot call her to mind.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	15	9	Praise is unseemly in a sinner's mouth, since it has not been put there by the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	15	10	For praise should be uttered only in wisdom, and the Lord himself then prompts it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	15	11	Do not say, 'The Lord was responsible for my sinning,' for he does not do what he hates.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	15	12	Do not say, 'It was he who led me astray,' for he has no use for a sinner.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	15	13	The Lord hates all that is foul, and no one who fears him will love it either.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	15	14	He himself made human beings in the beginning, and then left them free to make their own decisions.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	15	15	If you choose, you will keep the commandments and so be faithful to his will.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	15	16	He has set fire and water before you; put out your hand to whichever you prefer.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	15	17	A human being has life and death before him; whichever he prefers will be given him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	15	18	For vast is the wisdom of the Lord; he is almighty and all-seeing.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	15	19	His eyes are on those who fear him, he notes every human action.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	15	20	He never commanded anyone to be godless, he has given no one permission to sin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	1	Do not long for a brood of worthless children, and do not take pleasure in godless sons.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	2	However many you have, take no pleasure in them, unless the fear of the Lord lives among them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	3	Do not count on their having long life, do not put too much faith in their number; for better have one than a thousand, better die childless than have children who are godless.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	4	One person of sense can populate a city, but a race of lawless people will be destroyed.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	5	My eyes have seen many such things, my ears have heard things even more impressive.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	6	Fire is kindled in a sinful society, Retribution blazes in a rebellious nation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	7	God did not pardon the giants of old who, confident in their strength, had rebelled.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	8	He did not spare the people with whom Lot lived; he abhorred them, rather, for their pride.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	9	He was pitiless to the nation of perdition -- those people who gloried in their sins-
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	10	as also to the six hundred thousand men on the march, who had banded together in their obstinacy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	11	And had there been only one man stubborn, it would have been amazing had he escaped unpunished, since mercy and wrath alike belong to the Lord who is mighty to forgive and to pour out wrath.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	12	As great as his mercy, so is his severity; he judges each person as his deeds deserve:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	13	the sinner will not escape with his ill-gotten gains nor the patience of the devout go for nothing.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	14	He takes note of every charitable action, and everyone is treated as he deserves.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	15	15
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	16	16
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	17	Do not say, 'I shall hide from the Lord; who is going to remember me up there? I shall not be noticed among so many people; what am I in the immensity of creation?'
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	18	For see, the sky and the heavens above the sky, the abyss and the earth shake at his visitation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	19	The mountains and earth's foundations alike quail and tremble when he looks at them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	20	But to all this no one gives thought. Who keeps his movements in mind?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	21	The storm wind itself is invisible, and most of what he does goes undetected.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	22	'Who will report whether justice has been done? Who will be watching? The covenant is remote!'
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	23	Such are the thoughts of the person of little sense, stupid, misguided, cherishing his folly.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	24	Listen to me, my child, and learn knowledge, and give your whole mind to my words.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	25	I shall expound discipline methodically and proclaim knowledge with precision.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	26	When God created his works in the beginning, he assigned them their places as soon as they were made.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	27	He determined his works for all time, from their origins to their distant generations. They know neither hunger nor weariness, and they never desert their duties.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	28	Not one has ever got in the way of another, and they will never disobey his word.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	29	And afterwards the Lord looked at the earth, and filled it with his good things.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	16	30	He covered its surface with every kind of animal, and to it they will return.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	1	The Lord fashioned human beings from the earth, to consign them back to it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	2	He gave them so many days and so much time, he gave them authority over everything on earth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	3	He clothed them in strength, like himself, and made them in his own image.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	4	He filled all living things with dread of human beings, making them masters over beasts and birds.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	5	5
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	6	He made them a tongue, eyes and ears, and gave them a heart to think with.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	7	He filled them with knowledge and intelligence, and showed them what was good and what evil.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	8	He put his own light in their hearts to show them the magnificence of his works,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	9	9
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	10	so that they would praise his holy name as they told of his magnificent works.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	11	He set knowledge before them, he endowed them with the law of life.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	12	He established an eternal covenant with them, and revealed his judgements to them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	13	Their eyes saw the majesty of his glory, and their ears heard the glory of his voice.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	14	He said to them, 'Beware of all wrong-doing'; he gave each a commandment concerning his neighbour.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	15	Their ways are always under his eye, they cannot be hidden from his sight.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	16	16
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	17	Over each nation he has set a governor, but Israel is the Lord's own portion.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	18	18
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	19	Their actions are all as plain as the sun to him, and his eyes rest constantly on their conduct.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	20	Their iniquities are not hidden from him, all their sins are before the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	21	21
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	22	Almsgiving is like a signet ring to him, he cherishes generosity like the pupil of an eye.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	23	One day he will rise and reward them, he will repay their deserts on their own heads.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	24	But to those who repent he permits return, and he encourages those who have lost hope.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	25	Return to the Lord and renounce your sins, plead before his face, stop offending him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	26	Come back to the Most High, turn away from iniquity and hold all that is foul in abhorrence.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	27	Who is going to praise the Most High in Sheol if we do not glorify him while we are alive?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	28	The dead can praise no more than those who do not exist, only those with life and health can praise the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	29	How great is the mercy of the Lord, his pardon for those who turn to him!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	30	For we cannot have everything, human beings are not immortal.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	31	What is brighter than the sun? And yet it fades. Flesh and blood think of nothing but evil.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	17	32	He surveys the armies of the lofty sky, and all of us are only dust and ashes.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	1	He who lives for ever has created the sum of things.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	2	The Lord alone will be found just.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	3	3
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	4	He has given no one the power to proclaim his works to the end, and who can fathom his magnificent deeds?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	5	Who can assess his magnificent strength, and who can go further and tell all of his mercies?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	6	Nothing can be added to them, nothing subtracted, it is impossible to fathom the marvels of the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	7	When someone finishes he is only beginning, and when he stops he is as puzzled as ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	8	What is a human being, what purpose does he serve? What is good and what is bad for him?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	9	The length of his life: a hundred years at most.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	10	Like a drop of water from the sea, or a grain of sand, such are these few years compared with eternity.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	11	This is why the Lord is patient with them and pours out his mercy on them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	12	He sees and recognises how wretched their end is, and so he makes his forgiveness the greater.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	13	Human compassion extends to neighbours, but the Lord's compassion extends to everyone; rebuking, correcting and teaching, bringing them back as a shepherd brings his flock.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	14	He has compassion on those who accept correction, and who fervently search for his judgements.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	15	My child, do not temper your favours with blame nor any of your gifts with words that hurt.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	16	Does not dew relieve the heat? In the same way a word is worth more than a gift.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	17	Why surely, a word is better than a good present, but a generous person is ready with both.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	18	A fool will offer nothing but insult, and a grudging gift makes the eyes smart.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	19	Learn before you speak, take care of yourself before you fall ill.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	20	Examine yourself before judgement comes, and on the day of visitation you will be acquitted.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	21	Humble yourself before you fall ill, repent as soon as the sin is committed.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	22	Let nothing prevent your discharging a vow in good time, and do not wait till death to set matters right.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	23	Prepare yourself before making a vow, and do not be like someone who tempts the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	24	Bear in mind the retribution of the last days, the time of vengeance when God averts his face.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	25	In a time of plenty remember times of famine, think of poverty and want when you are rich.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	26	The time slips by between dawn and dusk, everything passes quickly for the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	27	The wise will be cautious in everything, in sinful times will take care not to offend.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	28	Every person of sense recognises wisdom, and will respect anyone who has found her.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	29	Those who understand sayings have toiled for their wisdom and have poured out accurate maxims.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	30	Do not be governed by your passions, restrain your desires.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	31	If you allow yourself to satisfy your desires, this will make you the laughing-stock of your enemies.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	32	Do not indulge in luxurious living, do not get involved in such society.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	18	33	Do not beggar yourself by banqueting on credit when there is nothing in your pocket.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	1	A drunken workman will never grow rich, and one who makes light of small matters will gradually sink.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	2	Wine and women corrupt intelligent men, the customer of whores loses all sense of shame.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	3	Grubs and worms will have him as their legacy, and the man who knows no shame will lose his life.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	4	Being too ready to trust shows shallowness of mind, and sinning harms the sinner.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	5	Taking pleasure in evil earns condemnation;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	6	by hating gossip one avoids evil.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	7	Never repeat what you are told and you will come to no harm;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	8	whether to friend or foe, do not talk about it, unless it would be sinful not to, do not reveal it;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	9	you would be heard out, then mistrusted, and in due course you would be hated.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	10	Have you heard something? Let it die with you. Courage! It will not burst you!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	11	A fool will suffer birthpangs over a piece of news, like a woman labouring with child.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	12	Like an arrow stuck in the flesh of the thigh, so is a piece of news inside a fool.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	13	Question your friend, he may have done nothing at all; and if he has done anything, he will not do it again.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	14	Question your neighbour, he may have said nothing at all; and if he has said anything, he will not say it again.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	15	Question your friend, for slander is very common, do not believe all you hear.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	16	People sometimes make a slip, without meaning what they say; and which of us has never sinned by speech?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	17	Question your neighbour before you threaten him, and defer to the Law of the Most High.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	18	18
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	19	19
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	20	Wisdom consists entirely in fearing the Lord, and wisdom is entirely constituted by the fulfilling of the Law.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	21	21
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	22	Being learned in evil, however, is not wisdom, there is no prudence in the advice of sinners.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	23	There is a cleverness that is detestable; whoever has no wisdom is a fool.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	24	Better be short of sense and full of fear, than abound in shrewdness and violate the Law.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	25	There is a wickedness which is scrupulous but nonetheless dishonest, and there are those who misuse kindness to win their case.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	26	There is the person who will walk bowed down with grief, when inwardly this is nothing but deceit:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	27	he hides his face and pretends to be deaf, if he is not unmasked, he will take advantage of you.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	28	There is the person who is prevented from sinning by lack of strength, yet he will do wrong when he gets the chance.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	29	You can tell a person by his appearance, you can tell a thinker by the look on his face.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	19	30	The way a person dresses, the way he laughs, the way he walks, tell you what he is.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	1	There is the rebuke that is untimely, and there is the person who keeps quiet, and he is the shrewd one.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	2	But how much better to rebuke than to fume!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	3	The person who acknowledges a fault wards off punishment.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	4	Like a eunuch trying to take a girl's virginity is someone who tries to impose justice by force.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	5	There is the person who keeps quiet and is considered wise, another incurs hatred for talking too much.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	6	There is the person who keeps quiet, not knowing how to answer, another keeps quiet, knowing when to speak.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	7	The wise will keep quiet till the right moment, but a garrulous fool will always misjudge it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	8	Someone who talks too much will earn dislike, and someone who usurps authority will earn hatred.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	9	There is the person who finds misfortune a boon, and the piece of luck that turns to loss.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	10	There is the gift that affords you no profit, and the gift that repays you double.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	11	There is the honour that leads to humiliation, and there are people in a low state who raise their heads.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	12	There is the person who buys much for little, yet pays for it seven times over.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	13	The wise wins love with words, while fools may shower favours in vain.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	14	The gift of the stupid will bring you no advantage, his eyes look for seven times as much in return.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	15	He gives little and reviles much, he opens his mouth like the town crier, he lends today and demands payment tomorrow; he is a detestable fellow.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	16	The fool will say, 'I have no friends, I get no gratitude for my good deeds;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	17	those who eat my bread have malicious tongues.' How often he will be laughed at, and by how many!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	18	Better a slip on the pavement than a slip of the tongue; this is how ruin takes the wicked by surprise.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	19	A coarse-grained person is like an indiscreet story endlessly retold by the ignorant.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	20	A maxim is rejected when coming from a fool, since the fool does not utter it on the apt occasion.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	21	There is a person who is prevented from sinning by poverty; no qualms of conscience disturb that person's rest.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	22	There is a person who courts destruction out of false shame, courts destruction for the sake of a fool's opinion.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	23	There is a person who out of false shame makes promises to a friend, and so makes an enemy for nothing.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	24	Lying is an ugly blot on anyone, and ever on the lips of the undisciplined.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	25	A thief is preferable to an inveterate liar, but both are heading for ruin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	26	Lying is an abominable habit, the liar's disgrace lasts for ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	27	The wise gains advancement by words, the shrewd wins favour from the great.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	28	Whoever tills the soil will have a full harvest, whoever wins favour from the great will secure pardon for offences.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	29	Presents and gifts blind the eyes of the wise and stifle rebukes like a muzzle on the mouth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	30	Wisdom concealed, and treasure undiscovered, what use is either of these?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	20	31	Better one who conceals his folly than one who conceals his wisdom.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	1	My child, have you sinned? Do so no more, and ask forgiveness for your previous faults.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	2	Flee from sin as from a snake, if you approach it, it will bite you; its teeth are lion's teeth, they take human life away.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	3	All law-breaking is like a two-edged sword, the wounds it inflicts are beyond cure.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	4	Terror and violence make havoc of riches, similarly, desolation overtakes the houses of the proud.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	5	A plea from the mouth of the poor goes straight to the ear of God, whose judgement comes without delay.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	6	Whoever resents reproof walks in the sinner's footsteps; whoever fears the Lord is repentant of heart.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	7	The glib speaker is known far and wide, but the wary detects every slip.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	8	To build your house with other people's money is like collecting stones for your own tomb.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	9	A meeting of the lawless is like a heap of tow: they will end in a blazing fire.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	10	The sinner's road is smoothly paved, but it ends at the pit of Sheol.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	11	Whoever keeps the Law will master his instincts; the fear of the Lord is made perfect in wisdom.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	12	No one who lacks aptitude can be taught, but certain aptitudes give rise to bitterness.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	13	The sage's knowledge is as rich as the abyss and his advice is like a living spring.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	14	The heart of a fool is like a broken jar, it will not hold any knowledge.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	15	If the educated hears a wise saying, he praises it and caps it with another; if a debauchee hears it, he does not like it and tosses it behind his back.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	16	The talk of a fool is like a load on a journey, but it is a pleasure to listen to the intelligent.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	17	The utterance of the shrewd will be eagerly awaited in the assembly, what he says will be given serious consideration.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	18	The wisdom of a fool is like the wreckage of a house, the knowledge of a dolt is incoherent talk.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	19	To the senseless fellow instruction is like fetters on the feet, like manacles on the right hand.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	20	A fool laughs at the top of his voice, but the intelligent quietly smiles.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	21	To the shrewd instruction is like a golden ornament, like a bracelet on the right arm.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	22	The step of a fool goes straight into a house, but a person of much experience makes a respectful approach;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	23	the stupid peeps inside through the door, a well-bred person waits outside.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	24	Listening at doors is a sign of bad upbringing, the perceptive would be ashamed to do so.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	25	The lips of gossips repeat the words of others, the words of the wise are carefully weighed.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	26	The heart of fools is in their mouth, but the mouth of the wise is in their heart.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	27	When the godless curses Satan, he is cursing himself.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	21	28	The scandal-monger sullies himself and earns the hatred of the neighbourhood.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	1	An idler is like a stone covered in filth, everyone whistles at his disgrace.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	2	An idler is like a lump of dung, anyone picking it up shakes it off his hand.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	3	It is a disgrace to have fathered a badly brought-up son, but the birth of any daughter is a loss;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	4	a sensible daughter will find a husband, but a shameless one is a grief to her father.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	5	A brazen daughter puts father and mother to shame, and will be disowned by both.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	6	An untimely remonstrance is like music at a funeral, but a thrashing and correction are wisdom at all times.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	7	7
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	8	8
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	9	Teaching a fool is like gluing bits of pottery together -- you are rousing someone who is besotted with sleep.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	10	You might as well talk to someone sound asleep; when you have finished the fool will say, 'What's up?'
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	11	Shed tears for the dead, who has left the light behind; shed tears for the fool, who has left his wits behind. Shed quieter tears for the dead who is at rest, for the fool life is worse than death.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	12	Mourning for the dead lasts seven days, for the foolish and ungodly all the days of their lives.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	13	Do not waste many words on the stupid, do not go near a dolt. Beware of him, or you will have trouble and be soiled by contact with him; keep away from him, and you will have peace of mind and not be exasperated by his folly.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	14	What is heavier than lead, and what is its name if not 'fool'?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	15	Sand and salt and a lump of iron are a lighter burden than a dolt.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	16	A tie-beam bonded into a building will not be dislodged by an earthquake; so too, a heart resolved after due reflection will not flinch at the critical moment.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	17	A heart founded on intelligent reflection is like a stucco decoration on a smooth wall.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	18	Pebbles placed on top of a wall will not stand up to the wind; no more can the heart of a fool frightened at his own thoughts stand up to fear.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	19	Prick an eye and you will draw a tear, prick a heart and you reveal its feelings.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	20	Throw stones at birds and you scare them away, reproach a friend and you destroy a friendship.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	21	If you have drawn your sword on a friend, do not despair; there is a way back.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	22	If you have opened your mouth against your friend, do not worry; there is hope for reconciliation; but insult, arrogance, betrayal of secrets, and the stab in the back -- in these cases any friend is lost.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	23	Win your neighbour's confidence when he is poor, so that you may enjoy his later good fortune with him; stand by him in times of trouble, in order to have your share when he comes into a legacy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	24	Fire is heralded by the reek of the furnace and smoke, so too, bloodshed by insults.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	25	I shall not be ashamed to shelter a friend nor shall I hide away from him,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	26	and if evil comes to me through him, everyone who hears about it will beware of him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	22	27	Who will set a guard on my mouth, and an efficient seal on my lips, to keep me from falling, and my tongue from causing my ruin?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	1	Lord, father and master of my life, do not abandon me to their whims, do not let me fall because of them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	2	Who will lay whips to my thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom to my heart, to be merciless to my errors and not let my sins go unchecked,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	3	for fear my errors should multiply and my sins then abound and I fall before my adversaries, and my enemy gloat over me?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	4	Lord, father and God of my life, do not let my eyes be proud,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	5	turn envy away from me,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	6	do not let lechery and lust grip me, do not leave me a prey to shameless desire.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	7	Children, listen to what I teach, no one who keeps it will be caught out.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	8	The sinner is ensnared by his own lips, both the abusive and the proud are tripped by them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	9	Do not get into the habit of swearing, do not make a habit of naming the Holy One;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	10	for just as a slave who is constantly overseen will never be without bruises, so someone who is always swearing and uttering the Name will not be exempt from sin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	11	A man for ever swearing is full of iniquity, and the scourge will not depart from his house. If he offends, his sin will be on him, if he did it unheedingly, he has doubly sinned; if he swears a false oath, he will not be treated as innocent, for his house will be filled with calamities.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	12	One way of talking is like death, let it not be found in the heritage of Jacob since devout people have nothing to do with that: they will not wallow in sin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	13	Do not get into the habit of using coarse and foul language since this involves sinful words.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	14	Remember your father and mother when you are sitting with the great, for fear you forget yourself in their presence and behave like a fool, and then wish you had not been born and curse the day of your birth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	15	No one in the habit of using shameful language will break himself of it as long as he lives.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	16	There are two types of people who commit sin after sin and a third who attracts retribution-
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	17	desire, blazing like a furnace, will not die down until it has been sated- the man who lusts after members of his own family is not going to stop until he is quite burnt out; every food is sweet to the promiscuous, and he will not desist until he dies;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	18	and the man who sins against the marriage bed and says to himself, 'Who can see me? There is darkness all round me, the walls hide me, no one can see me, why should I worry? The Most High will not remember my sins.'
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	19	What he fears are human eyes, he does not realise that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun, observing every aspect of human behaviour, seeing into the most secret corners.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	20	All things were known to him before they were created, and are still, now that they are finished.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	21	This man will be punished in view of the whole town, and will be seized when he least expects it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	22	Similarly the woman unfaithful to her husband, who provides him with an heir by another man:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	23	first, she has disobeyed the Law of the Most High; secondly, she has been false to her husband; and thirdly, she has gone whoring in adultery
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	24	and conceived children by another man. She will be led before the assembly, an enquiry will be held about her children.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	25	Her children will strike no root, her branches will bear no fruit.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	26	She will leave an accursed memory behind her, her shame will never be wiped out.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	23	27	And those who survive her will recognise that nothing is better than fearing the Lord, and nothing sweeter than adherence to the Lord's commandments.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	1	Wisdom speaks her own praises, in the midst of her people she glories in herself.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	2	She opens her mouth in the assembly of the Most High, she glories in herself in the presence of the Mighty One:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	3	'I came forth from the mouth of the Most High, and I covered the earth like mist.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	4	I had my tent in the heights, and my throne was a pillar of cloud.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	5	Alone, I have made the circuit of the heavens and walked through the depths of the abyss.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	6	Over the waves of the sea and over the whole earth, and over every people and nation I have held sway.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	7	Among all these I searched for rest, and looked to see in whose territory I might pitch camp.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	8	Then the Creator of all things instructed me and he who created me fixed a place for my tent. He said, "Pitch your tent in Jacob, make Israel your inheritance."
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	9	From eternity, in the beginning, he created me, and for eternity I shall remain.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	10	In the holy tent I ministered before him and thus became established in Zion.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	11	In the beloved city he has given me rest, and in Jerusalem I wield my authority.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	12	I have taken root in a privileged people, in the Lord's property, in his inheritance.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	13	I have grown tall as a cedar on Lebanon, as a cypress on Mount Hermon;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	14	I have grown tall as a palm in En-Gedi, as the rose bushes of Jericho; as a fine olive in the plain, as a plane tree, I have grown tall.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	15	Like cinnamon and acanthus, I have yielded a perfume, like choice myrrh, have breathed out a scent, like galbanum, onycha, labdanum, like the smoke of incense in the tent.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	16	I have spread my branches like a terebinth, and my branches are glorious and graceful.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	17	I am like a vine putting out graceful shoots, my blossoms bear the fruit of glory and wealth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	18	18
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	19	Approach me, you who desire me, and take your fill of my fruits,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	20	for memories of me are sweeter than honey, inheriting me is sweeter than the honeycomb.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	21	They who eat me will hunger for more, they who drink me will thirst for more.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	22	No one who obeys me will ever have to blush, no one who acts as I dictate will ever sin.'
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	23	All this is no other than the Book of the Covenant of the Most High God, the Law that Moses enjoined on us, an inheritance for the communities of Jacob.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	24	24
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	25	This is what makes wisdom brim over like the Pishon, like the Tigris in the season of fruit,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	26	what makes intelligence overflow like the Euphrates, like the Jordan at harvest time;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	27	and makes discipline flow like the Nile, like the Gihon when the grapes are harvested.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	28	The first man did not finish discovering about her, nor has the most recent tracked her down;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	29	for her thoughts are wider than the sea, and her designs more profound than the abyss.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	30	And I, like a conduit from a river, like a watercourse running into a garden,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	31	I said, 'I am going to water my orchard, I intend to irrigate my flower beds.' And see, my conduit has grown into a river, and my river has grown into a sea.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	32	Making discipline shine forth from daybreak, I shall send its light far and wide.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	33	I shall pour out teaching like prophecy, as a legacy to all future generations.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	24	34	And note, I have been working not merely for myself, but for all who are seeking wisdom.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	1	There are three things my soul delights in, and which are delightful to God and to all people: concord between brothers, friendship between neighbours, and a wife and husband who live happily together.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	2	There are three sorts of people my soul hates, and whose existence I consider an outrage: the poor swollen with pride, the rich who is a liar and an adulterous old man who has no sense.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	3	If you have gathered nothing in your youth, how can you discover anything in your old age?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	4	How fine a thing: sound judgement with grey hairs, and for greybeards to know how to advise!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	5	How fine a thing: wisdom in the aged, and considered advice coming from people of distinction!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	6	The crown of the aged is ripe experience, their glory, the fear of the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	7	There are nine things I can think of which strike me as happy, and a tenth which is now on my tongue: the man who can be proud of his children, he who lives to see the downfall of his enemies;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	8	happy is he who keeps house with a sensible wife; he who does not toil with ox and donkey; he who has never sinned with his tongue; he who does not serve a man less worthy than himself;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	9	happy is he who has acquired good sense and can find attentive ears for what he has to say;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	10	how great is he who has acquired wisdom; but unsurpassed is one who fears the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	11	The fear of the Lord surpasses everything; what can compare with someone who has mastered that?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	12	12
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	13	Any wound rather than a wound of the heart! Any spite rather than the spite of woman!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	14	Any evil rather than an evil caused by an enemy! Any vengeance rather than the vengeance of a foe!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	15	There is no poison worse than the poison of a snake, there is no fury worse than the fury of an enemy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	16	I would sooner keep house with a lion or a dragon than keep house with a spiteful wife.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	17	A woman's spite changes her appearance and makes her face as grim as a bear's.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	18	When her husband goes out to dinner with his neighbours, he cannot help heaving bitter sighs.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	19	No spite can approach the spite of a woman, may a sinner's lot be hers!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	20	Like the climbing of a sandhill for elderly feet, such is a garrulous wife for a quiet husband.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	21	Do not be taken in by a woman's beauty, never lose your head over a woman.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	22	Bad temper, insolence and shame hold sway where the wife supports the husband.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	23	Low spirits, gloomy face, stricken heart: such is a spiteful wife. Slack hands and sagging knees: such is the wife who does not make her husband happy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	24	Sin began with a woman, and thanks to her we must all die.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	25	Do not let water find a leak, nor a spiteful woman give free rein to her tongue.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	25	26	If she will not do as you tell her, get rid of her.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	26	1	How blessed is the husband of a really good wife; the number of his days will be doubled.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	26	2	A perfect wife is the joy of her husband, he will live out the years of his life in peace.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	26	3	A good wife is the best of portions, reserved for those who fear the Lord;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	26	4	rich or poor, their hearts will be glad, their faces cheerful, whatever the season.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	26	5	There are three things that I dread, and a fourth which terrifies me: slander by a whole town, the gathering of a mob, and a false accusation -- these are all worse than death;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	26	6	but a woman jealous of a woman means heartbreak and sorrow, and all this is the scourge of the tongue.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	26	7	A bad wife is a badly fitting ox-yoke, trying to master her is like grasping a scorpion.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	26	8	A drunken wife will goad anyone to fury, she cannot conceal her own degradation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	26	9	A woman's wantonness shows in her wide-eyed look, her eyelashes leave no doubt.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	26	10	Keep a headstrong daughter under firm control, or, feeling free, she will take advantage of it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	26	11	Keep a strict watch on her shameless eye, do not be surprised if she disgraces you.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	26	12	Like a thirsty traveller she will open her mouth and drink any water she comes across; she will sit down in front of every tent-peg and open her quiver to any arrow.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	26	13	The grace of a wife will charm her husband, her understanding will make him the stronger.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	26	14	A silent wife is a gift from the Lord, no price can be put on a well-trained character.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	26	15	A modest wife is a boon twice over, a chaste character cannot be over-valued.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	26	16	Like the sun rising over the mountains of the Lord, such is the beauty of a good wife in a well-run house.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	26	17	Like a lamp shining on the sacred lamp-stand, such is a beautiful face on a well-proportioned body.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	26	18	Like golden pillars on a silver base, such are shapely legs on firm-set heels.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	26	28	There are two things which grieve my heart and a third arouses my anger: a warrior wasting away through poverty, the intelligent treated with contempt, someone turning back from virtue to sin -- the Lord marks out such a person for a violent death.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	26	29	It is difficult for a merchant to avoid doing wrong and for a trader not to incur sin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	1	Many have sinned for the sake of profit, one who hopes to be rich must turn a blind eye.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	2	A peg will stick in the joint between two stones, and sin will wedge itself between selling and buying.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	3	Whoever does not firmly hold to the fear of the Lord, his house will soon be overthrown.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	4	In a shaken sieve the rubbish is left behind, so too the defects of a person appear in speech.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	5	The kiln tests the work of the potter, the test of a person is in conversation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	6	The orchard where the tree grows is judged by its fruit, similarly words betray what a person feels.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	7	Do not praise anyone who has not yet spoken, since this is where people are tested.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	8	If you pursue virtue, you will attain it and put it on like a festal gown.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	9	Birds consort with their kind, truth comes home to those who practise it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	10	The lion lies in wait for its prey, so does sin for those who do wrong.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	11	The conversation of the devout is wisdom at all times, but the fool is as changeable as the moon.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	12	When visiting stupid people, choose the right moment, but among the thoughtful take your time.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	13	The conversation of fools is disgusting, raucous their laughter in their sinful pleasures.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	14	The talk of hard-swearing people makes your hair stand on end, their brawling makes you stop your ears.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	15	A quarrel between the proud leads to bloodshed, and their insults are embarrassing to hear.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	16	A betrayer of secrets forfeits all trust and will never find the kind of friend he wants.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	17	Be fond of a friend and keep faith with him, but if you have betrayed his secrets, do not go after him any more;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	18	for, as one destroys a person by killing him, so you have killed your neighbour's friendship,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	19	and as you let a bird slip through your fingers, so you have let your friend go, and will not catch him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	20	Do not go after him -- he is far away, he has fled like a gazelle from the snare.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	21	For a wound can be bandaged and abuse forgiven, but for the betrayer of a secret there is no hope.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	22	Someone with a sly wink is plotting mischief, no one can dissuade him from it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	23	Honey-tongued to your face, he is lost in admiration at your words; but behind your back he has other things to say, and turns your words into a stumbling-block.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	24	I have found many things to hate, but nothing as much as him, and the Lord hates him too.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	25	Whoever throws a stone in the air, throws it on to his own head; a treacherous blow cuts both ways.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	26	The man who digs a pit falls into it, whoever sets a snare will be caught by it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	27	On anyone who does evil, evil will recoil, without his knowing where it comes from.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	28	Sarcasm and abuse are the mark of the arrogant, but vengeance lies in wait like a lion for such a one.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	29	The trap will close on all who rejoice in the downfall of the devout, and pain will eat them up before they die.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	27	30	Resentment and anger, these are foul things too, and a sinner is a master at them both.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	1	Whoever exacts vengeance will experience the vengeance of the Lord, who keeps strict account of sin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	2	Pardon your neighbour any wrongs done to you, and when you pray, your sins will be forgiven.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	3	If anyone nurses anger against another, can one then demand compassion from the Lord?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	4	Showing no pity for someone like oneself, can one then plead for one's own sins?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	5	Mere creature of flesh, yet cherishing resentment!-who will forgive one for sinning?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	6	Remember the last things, and stop hating, corruption and death, and be faithful to the commandments.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	7	Remember the commandments, and do not bear your fellow ill-will, remember the covenant of the Most High, and ignore the offence.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	8	Avoid quarrelling and you will sin less; for the hot-tempered provokes quarrels,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	9	a sinner sows trouble between friends, introducing discord among the peaceful.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	10	The way a fire burns depends on its fuel, a quarrel spreads in proportion to its violence; a man's rage depends on his strength, his fury grows fiercer in proportion to his wealth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	11	A sudden quarrel kindles fire, a hasty dispute leads to bloodshed.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	12	Blow on a spark and up it flares, spit on it and out it goes; both are the effects of your mouth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	13	A curse on the scandal-monger and double-talker, such a person has ruined many who lived in concord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	14	That third tongue has shattered the peace of many and driven them from nation to nation; it has pulled down fortified cities, and overthrown the houses of the great.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	15	The third tongue has had upright wives divorced, depriving them of reward for their hard work.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	16	No one who listens to it will ever know peace of mind, will ever live in peace again.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	17	A stroke of the whip raises a weal, but a stroke of the tongue breaks bones.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	18	Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but many more have fallen by the tongue.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	19	Blessed is anyone who has been sheltered from it, and has not experienced its fury, who has not dragged its yoke about, or been bound in its chains;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	20	for its yoke is an iron yoke, its chains are bronze chains;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	21	the death it inflicts is a miserable death, Sheol is preferable to it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	22	It cannot gain a hold over the devout, they are not burnt by its flames.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	23	Those who desert the Lord will fall into it, it will flare up inextinguishably among them, it will be let loose against them like a lion, it will tear them like a leopard.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	24	Be sure you put a thorn-hedge round your property, lock away your silver and gold;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	25	then make scales and weights for your words, and put a door with bolts across your mouth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	28	26	Take care you take no false step through it, in case you fall a prey to him who lies in wait.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	1	Making your neighbour a loan is an act of mercy, to lend him a helping hand is to keep the commandments.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	2	Lend to your neighbour in his time of need, and in your turn repay your neighbour on time.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	3	Be as good as your word and keep faith with him, and you will find your needs met every time.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	4	Many treat a loan as a windfall, and embarrass those who have come to their rescue.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	5	Until he gets something, a man will kiss his neighbour's hand, and refer diffidently to his wealth; but when the loan falls due, he puts this off, he repays with offhand words, and pleads the inconvenience of the time.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	6	Even if he can be made to pay, his creditor will recover barely half, and consider even that a windfall. But otherwise he will be cheated of his money, and undeservedly gain himself an enemy; the man will pay him back in curses and abuse, and with insults of honour.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	7	Many, not out of malice, refuse to lend; they are merely anxious not to be cheated for nothing.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	8	Nevertheless, be patient with those who are badly off, do not keep them waiting on your generosity.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	9	In obedience to the commandment, help the poor; do not turn the poor away empty-handed in their need.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	10	Spend your money on your brother or your friend, do not leave it under a stone to rust away.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	11	Use your wealth as the Most High has decreed; you will find that more profitable than gold.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	12	Stock your store-rooms with almsgiving; this will save you from all misfortune.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	13	Better than sturdy shield or weighty spear, this will fight for you against the enemy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	14	A good man will go surety for his neighbour; only a shameless wretch would desert him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	15	Do not forget the favour your guarantor has done you; he has given his life for you.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	16	A sinner is careless of his guarantor's prosperity, the ungrateful forgets his deliverer.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	17	Going surety has ruined many who were prosperous, tossing them about in a heavy sea.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	18	It has driven the powerful from home to wander among foreign nations.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	19	A wicked man in a hurry to stand guarantor in the hope of profit, is hurrying to be sentenced.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	20	Come to your neighbour's help as far as you can, but take care not to fall into the same plight.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	21	The first thing in life is water, and bread, and clothing, and a house for the sake of privacy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	22	Better the life of the poor under a roof of planks, than lavish fare in somebody else's house.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	23	Whether you have little or much, be content with it, and you will not hear your household complaining.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	24	It is a miserable life, going from house to house; wherever you stay, you dare not open your mouth,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	25	you do not belong, you receive no thanks for the drink you pour out and hear embittering words into the bargain:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	26	'Come along, stranger, lay the table, what have you got ready? give me something to eat!'
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	27	'Go away, stranger, make room for someone important; my brother is coming to stay, I need the house.'
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	29	28	It is hard for the reasonable to be begrudged hospitality to be shamed like a debtor.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	30	1	Whoever loves his son will beat him frequently so that in after years the son may be his comfort.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	30	2	Whoever is strict with his son will reap the benefit, and be able to boast of him to his acquaintances.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	30	3	Whoever educates his son will be the envy of his enemy, and will be proud of him among his friends.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	30	4	Even when the father dies, he might well not be dead, since he leaves his likeness behind him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	30	5	In life he has had the joy of his company, dying, he has no anxieties.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	30	6	He leaves an avenger against his enemies and a rewarder of favours for his friends.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	30	7	Whoever coddles his son will bandage his wounds, his heart will turn over at every cry.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	30	8	A badly broken-in horse turns out stubborn, a son left to himself turns out headstrong.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	30	9	Pamper your child and he will terrorise you, play along with him and he will bring you sorrow.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	30	10	Do not laugh with him, or one day you will weep with him and end up gnashing your teeth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	30	11	While he is young, do not allow him his freedom and do not wink at his mistakes.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	30	12	Bend his neck in youth, bruise his ribs while he is a child, or else he will grow stubborn and disobedient, and hurt you very deeply.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	30	13	Be strict with your son, and persevere with him, or you will rue his insolence.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	30	14	Better be poor if healthy and fit than rich if tormented in body.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	30	15	Health and strength are better than any gold, a robust body than untold wealth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	30	16	No riches can outweigh bodily health, no enjoyment surpass a cheerful heart.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	30	17	Better death than a wretched life, and everlasting rest than chronic illness.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	30	18	Good things lavished on a closed mouth are like food offerings put on a grave.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	30	19	What use is an offering to an idol which can neither eat nor smell? How describe someone pursued by the Lord's displeasure?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	30	20	He looks and sighs like a eunuch embracing a pretty girl -- how he sighs!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	30	21	Do not abandon yourself to sorrow, do not torment yourself with brooding.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	30	22	Gladness of heart is life to anyone, joy is what gives length of days.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	30	23	Give your cares the slip, console your heart, chase sorrow far away; for sorrow has been the ruin of many, and is no use to anybody.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	30	24	Jealousy and anger shorten your days, and worry brings premature old age.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	30	25	A genial heart makes a good trencherman, someone who enjoys a good meal.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	1	The sleeplessness brought by wealth makes a person lose weight, the worry it causes drives away sleep.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	2	The worries of the daytime prevent you from sleeping, like a serious illness, they keep sleep at bay.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	3	The rich for ever toils, piling up money, and then, leaving off, he is gorged with luxuries;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	4	the poor for ever toils, barely making a living, and then, leaving off, is poorer than ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	5	No one who loves money can easily avoid sinning, whoever pursues profit will be corrupted by it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	6	Gold has been the ruin of many; their coming destruction was self-evident,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	7	since it is a snare for those who sacrifice to it and stupid people all get caught in it.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	8	Happy the rich who is found to be blameless and does not go chasing after gold.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	9	Who is he, so that we can congratulate him, for he has achieved marvels among his fellows?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	10	Who has been through this test and emerged perfect? He may well be proud of that! Who has had the chance to sin and has not sinned, had the chance to do wrong and has not done it?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	11	His fortune will be firmly based and the assembly will acclaim his generosity.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	12	If you are sitting down to a lavish table, do not display your greed, do not say, 'What a lot to eat!'
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	13	Remember, it is bad to have a greedy eye. Is any creature more wicked than the eye? - That is why it is always weeping!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	14	Do not reach out for anything your host has his eye on, do not jostle him at the dish.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	15	Judge your fellow-guest's needs by your own, be thoughtful in every way.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	16	Eat what is offered you like a well brought-up person, do not wolf your food or you will earn dislike.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	17	For politeness' sake be the first to stop; do not act the glutton, or you will give offence,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	18	and if you are sitting with a large party, do not help yourself before the others do.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	19	A little is quite enough for a well-bred person; his breathing is easy when he lies in bed.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	20	A moderate diet ensures sound sleep, one gets up early, in the best of spirits. Sleeplessness, biliousness and gripe are what the glutton has to endure.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	21	If you are forced to eat too much, get up, go and vomit, and you will feel better.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	22	Listen to me, my child, do not disregard me, eventually you will see the force of my words. Be moderate in all your activities and illness will never overtake you.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	23	People praise the person who keeps a splendid table, and their opinion of his munificence is sound.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	24	But a niggardly host provokes universal resentment and people will retail instances of his meanness.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	25	Do not play the valiant at your wine, for wine has been the undoing of many.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	26	The furnace proves the temper of steel, and wine proves hearts in the drinking bouts of braggarts.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	27	Wine gives life if drunk in moderation. What is life worth without wine? It came into being to make people happy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	28	Drunk at the right time and in the right amount, wine makes for a glad heart and a cheerful mind.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	29	Bitterness of soul comes of wine drunk to excess out of temper or bravado.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	30	Drunkenness excites the stupid to a fury to his own harm, it reduces his strength while leading to blows.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	31	31	Do not provoke your fellow-guest at a wine feast, do not make fun of him when he is enjoying himself, do not take him to task or annoy him by reclaiming money owed.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	32	1	Have they made you the presider? Do not let it go to your head, behave like everyone else in the party, see that they are happy and then sit down yourself.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	32	2	Having discharged your duties, take your place so that your joy may be through theirs, and you may receive the crown for your competence.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	32	3	Speak, old man -- it is proper that you should -- but with discretion: do not spoil the music.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	32	4	If someone is singing, do not ramble on and do not play the sage at the wrong moment.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	32	5	An amber seal on a precious stone, such is a concert of music at a wine feast.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	32	6	An emerald seal in a golden setting, such are strains of music with a vintage wine.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	32	7	Speak, young man, when you must, but twice at most, and then only if questioned.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	32	8	Keep to the point, say much in few words; give the impression of knowing but not wanting to speak.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	32	9	Among eminent people do not behave as though you were their equal; do not make frivolous remarks when someone else is speaking.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	32	10	Lightning comes before the thunder, favour goes ahead of a modest person.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	32	11	Leave in good time, do not bring up the rear, and hurry home without loitering.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	32	12	There amuse yourself, and do what you have a mind to, but do not sin by arrogant talk.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	32	13	And for all this bless your Creator, who intoxicates you with his favours.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	32	14	Whoever fears the Lord will accept his correction; those who look for him will win his favour.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	32	15	Whoever seeks the Law will be nourished by it, the hypocrite will find it a stumbling-block.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	32	16	Those who fear the Lord win his approval, their good deeds shining like a light.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	32	17	The sinner waves reproof aside, he finds an excuse for headstrong behaviour.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	32	18	A sensible person never scorns a warning; foreigners and the proud do not know about fear.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	32	19	Never act without reflection, and you will not regret your actions.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	32	20	Do not venture on a rough road, for fear of stumbling over the stones.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	32	21	Do not be over-confident on an even road
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	32	22	and beware of your own children.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	32	23	Watch yourself in everything you do; this is also the way to keep the commandments.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	32	24	Anyone who trusts in the Law obeys its precepts, no one who has confidence in the Lord will come to harm.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	1	No evil will befall one who fears the Lord, such a one will be rescued even in the ordeal.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	2	No one who hates the Law is wise, one who is hypocritical about it is like a storm-tossed ship.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	3	An intelligent person will put faith in the Law, for such a one the Law is as dependable as a prophecy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	4	Prepare what you have to say and you will get a hearing, marshal your information before you answer.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	5	The feelings of a fool are like a cart-wheel, a fool's thought revolves like a turning axle.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	6	A rutting stallion is like a sarcastic friend; he neighs, whoever rides him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	7	Why is one day better than another, though the sun gives the same daylight throughout the year?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	8	They have been differentiated in the mind of the Lord, who has diversified the seasons and feasts;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	9	some he has made more important and has hallowed, others he has made ordinary days.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	10	Human beings come from the ground, Adam himself was formed out of earth;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	11	in the fullness of his wisdom the Lord has made distinctions between them, and diversified their conditions.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	12	Some of them he has blessed, hallowing and setting them near him; others he has cursed and humiliated by degrading them from their positions.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	13	Like clay in the hands of the potter to mould as it pleases him, so are human beings in the hands of their Maker to reward as he judges right.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	14	Opposite evil stands good, opposite death, life; so too opposite the devout stands the sinner.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	15	Contemplate all the works of the Most High, you will find they go in pairs, by opposites.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	16	Although the last to come, I have kept my eyes open like a man picking up what the grape-pickers have left.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	17	By the blessing of the Lord I have come in first, and like a true grape-picker have filled my winepress.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	18	And note, I have not been working merely for myself, but for all who seek instruction.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	19	Listen to me, important public figures, presidents of the assembly, give ear!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	20	Neither to son nor wife, brother nor friend, give power over yourself during your own lifetime. And do not give your property to anyone else, in case you regret it and have to ask for it back.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	21	As long as you live and there is breath in your body, do not yield power over yourself to anyone;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	22	better for your children to come begging to you, than for you to have to go begging to them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	23	In all you do be the master, and leave a reputation unstained.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	24	The day your life draws to a close, at the hour of death, then distribute your heritage.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	25	Fodder, the stick and burdens for a donkey, bread, discipline and work for a slave.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	26	Work your slave hard, and you will have peace of mind, leave his hands idle, and he will be asking for his freedom.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	27	Yoke and harness will bow the neck, for a bad servant, torments and the rack.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	28	Set him to work, so that he will not be idle; idleness teaches every kind of mischief.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	29	Keep him at his duties, where he should be, if he is disobedient, clap him in irons.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	30	But do not be over-exacting with anyone, and do nothing contrary to justice.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	31	You have only one slave? Treat him like yourself, since you have acquired him with blood.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	32	You have only one slave? Treat him as a brother, since you need him as you need yourself.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	33	33	If you ill-treat him and he runs away, which way will you go to look for him?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	1	Vain and deceptive hopes are for the foolish, and dreams lend wings to fools.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	2	As well clutch at shadows and chase the wind as put any faith in dreams.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	3	Dreams are no different from mirrors; confronting a face, the reflection of that face.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	4	What can be cleansed by uncleanness, what can be verified by falsehood?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	5	Divinations, auguries and dreams are nonsense, like the fantasies of a pregnant woman.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	6	Unless sent as emissaries from the Most High, do not give them a thought;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	7	for dreams have led many astray, and those who relied on them have come to grief.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	8	Fulfilling the Law requires no such falsehood, and wisdom is perfected in veracity.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	9	A much travelled man knows many things, and a man of great experience will talk sound sense.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	10	Someone who has never had his trials knows little; but the travelled man is master of every situation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	11	I have seen many things on my travels, I have understood more than I can put into words.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	12	I have often been in danger of death, but I have been spared, and this is why:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	13	the spirit of those who fear the Lord can survive, for their hope is in someone with power to save them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	14	No one who fears the Lord need ever hesitate, or ever be daunted, since the Lord is his hope.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	15	Happy the soul of one who fears the Lord. On whom does he rely? Who supports him?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	16	The eyes of the Lord watch over those who love him, he is their powerful protection and their strong support, their screen from the desert wind, their shelter from the midday sun, a guard against stumbling, an assurance against a fall.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	17	He revives the spirit and brightens the eyes, he gives health, life and blessing.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	18	The sacrifice of an offering unjustly acquired is a mockery; the gifts of the impious are unacceptable.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	19	The Most High takes no pleasure in offerings from the godless, multiplying sacrifices will not gain pardon for sin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	20	Offering sacrifice from the property of the poor is as bad as slaughtering a son before his father's eyes.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	21	A meagre diet is the very life of the poor, to deprive them of it is to commit murder.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	22	To take away a fellow-man's livelihood is to kill him, to deprive an employee of his wages is to shed blood.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	23	If one person builds while another pulls down, what will they get out of it but trouble?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	24	If one person prays and another calls down a curse, to which one's voice is the Master going to listen?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	25	If someone washes after touching a corpse, and then touches it again, what is the good of his washing?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	34	26	Just so with someone who fasts for sin, and then goes and commits it again. Who is going to hear that person's prayer? What is the good of the self-abasement?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	35	1	One who keeps the Law multiplies offerings; one who follows the commandments offers communion sacrifices.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	35	2	Proof of gratitude is an offering of fine flour, almsgiving a sacrifice of praise.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	35	3	To abandon wickedness is what pleases the Lord, to give up wrong-doing is an expiatory sacrifice.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	35	4	Do not appear empty-handed in the Lord's presence; for all these things are due under the commandment.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	35	5	The offering of the upright graces the altar, and its savour rises before the Most High.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	35	6	The sacrifice of the upright is acceptable, its memorial will not be forgotten.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	35	7	Honour the Lord with generosity, do not stint the first-fruits you bring.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	35	8	Add a smiling face to all your gifts, and be cheerful as you dedicate your tithes.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	35	9	Give to the Most High as he has given to you, as generously as your means can afford;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	35	10	for the Lord is a good rewarder, he will reward you seven times over.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	35	11	Do not try to bribe him with presents, he will not accept them, do not put your faith in wrongly motivated sacrifices;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	35	12	for the Lord is a judge who is utterly impartial.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	35	13	He never shows partiality to the detriment of the poor, he listens to the plea of the injured party.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	35	14	He does not ignore the orphan's supplication, nor the widow's as she pours out her complaint.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	35	15	Do the widow's tears not run down her cheeks, as she accuses the man who is the cause of them?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	35	16	Whoever wholeheartedly serves God will be accepted, his petitions will carry to the clouds.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	35	17	The prayer of the humble pierces the clouds: and until it does, he is not to be consoled,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	35	18	nor will he desist until the Most High takes notice of him, acquits the upright and delivers judgement.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	35	19	And the Lord will not be slow, nor will he be dilatory on their behalf,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	35	20	until he has crushed the loins of the merciless and exacted vengeance on the nations,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	35	21	until he has eliminated the hordes of the arrogant and broken the sceptres of the wicked,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	35	22	until he has repaid all people as their deeds deserve and human actions as their intentions merit,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	35	23	until he has judged the case of his people and made them rejoice in his mercy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	35	24	Mercy is welcome in time of trouble, like rain clouds in time of drought.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	1	Take pity on us, Master, Lord of the universe, look at us, spread fear of yourself throughout all other nations.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	2	Raise your hand against the foreign nations and let them see your might.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	3	As, in their sight, you have proved yourself holy to us, so now, in our sight, prove yourself great to them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	4	Let them acknowledge you, just as we have acknowledged that there is no God but you, Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	5	Send new portents, do fresh wonders, win glory for your hand and your right arm.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	6	Rouse your fury, pour out your rage, destroy the opponent, annihilate the enemy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	7	Hasten the day, remember the oath, and let people tell of your mighty deeds.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	8	Let fiery wrath swallow up the survivor, and destruction overtake those who oppress your people.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	9	Crush the heads of hostile rulers who say, 'There is no one else but us!'
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	10	Gather together all the tribes of Jacob, restore them their heritage as at the beginning.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	11	Take pity, Lord, on the people called by your name, on Israel whom you have made your first-born.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	12	Have compassion on your holy city, on Jerusalem, the place where you rest.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	13	Fill Zion with your praises and your sanctuary with your glory.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	14	Vindicate those whom you created first, fulfil what has been prophesied in your name.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	15	Give those who wait for you their reward, let your prophets be proved true.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	16	Grant, Lord, the prayer of your servants, in the terms of Aaron's blessing on your people,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	17	so that all the earth's inhabitants may acknowledge that you are the Lord, the everlasting God.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	18	The stomach takes in all kinds of food, but some foods are better than others.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	19	As the palate discerns the flavour of game, so a shrewd listener detects lying words.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	20	A perverse character causes depression in others; it needs experience to know how to repay such a one.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	21	A woman will accept any husband, but some daughters are better than others.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	22	A woman's beauty delights the beholder, a man likes nothing better.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	23	If her tongue is kind and gentle, her husband is the happiest of men.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	24	The man who takes a wife has the makings of a fortune, a helper to match himself, a pillar of support.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	25	When property has no fence, it is open to plunder, when a man has no wife, he is aimless and querulous.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	26	Will anyone trust an armed thief who flits from town to town?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	36	27	So it is with the man who has no nest, and lodges wherever night overtakes him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	1	Any friend will say, 'I am your friend too,' but some friends are friends only in name.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	2	Is it not a deadly sorrow when a comrade or a friend turns enemy?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	3	O evil inclination, why were you created, to cover the earth with deceit?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	4	One kind of comrade congratulates a friend in prosperity but in time of trouble appears on the other side.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	5	One kind of comrade genuinely feels for a friend and when it comes to a fight, springs to arms.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	6	Do not forget the genuine friend, do not push him out of mind once you are rich.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	7	Any adviser will offer advice, but some are governed by self-interest.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	8	Beware of someone who offers advice; first find out what he wants himself- since his advice coincides with his own interest -- in case he has designs on you
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	9	and tells you, 'You are on the right road,' but stands well clear to see what will happen to you.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	10	Do not consult anyone who looks at you askance, conceal your plans from people jealous of you.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	11	Do not consult a woman about her rival, or a coward about war, a merchant about prices, or a buyer about selling, anyone mean about gratitude, or anyone selfish about kindness, a lazy fellow about any sort of work, or a casual worker about finishing a job, an idle servant about a major undertaking-- do not rely on these for any advice.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	12	But have constant recourse to some devout person, whom you know to be a keeper of the commandments, whose soul matches your own, and who, if you go wrong, will be sympathetic.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	13	Finally, stick to the advice your own heart gives you, no one can be truer to you than that;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	14	since a person's soul often gives a clearer warning than seven watchmen perched on a watchtower.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	15	And besides all this beg the Most High to guide your steps into the truth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	16	Reason should be the basis for every activity, reflection must come before any undertaking.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	17	Thoughts are rooted in the heart, and this sends out four branches:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	18	good and evil, life and death, and mistress of them always is the tongue.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	19	One kind of person is clever at teaching others, yet is no good whatever to himself;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	20	another, very eloquent, is detested and ends by starving to death,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	21	not having won the favour of the Lord, and being destitute of all wisdom.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	22	Another considers himself wise and proclaims his intellectual conclusions as certainties.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	23	But the truly wise instructs his people and his intellectual conclusions are certainties.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	24	The wise is showered with blessings, and all who see him will call him happy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	25	Human life lasts a number of days, but the days of Israel are beyond counting.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	26	The wise will earn confidence among the people, his name will live for ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	27	During your life, my child, see what suits your constitution, do not give it what you find disagrees with it;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	28	for not everything is good for everybody, nor does everybody like everything.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	29	Do not be insatiable for any delicacy, do not be greedy for food,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	30	for over-eating leads to illness and excess leads to liver-attacks.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	37	31	Many people have died from over-eating; control yourself, and so prolong your life.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	1	Treat the doctor with the honour that is his due, in consideration of his services; for he too has been created by the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	2	Healing itself comes from the Most High, like a gift received from a king.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	3	The doctor's learning keeps his head high, and the great regard him with awe.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	4	The Lord has brought forth medicinal herbs from the ground, and no one sensible will despise them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	5	Did not a piece of wood once sweeten the water, thus giving proof of its power?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	6	He has also given some people knowledge, so that they may draw credit from his mighty works.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	7	He uses these for healing and relieving pain; the druggist makes up a mixture from them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	8	Thus, there is no end to his activities; thanks to him, well-being exists throughout the world.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	9	My child, when you are ill, do not rebel, but pray to the Lord and he will heal you.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	10	Renounce your faults, keep your hands unsoiled, and cleanse your heart from all sin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	11	Offer incense and a memorial of fine flour, make as rich an offering as you can afford.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	12	Then let the doctor take over -- the Lord created him too -- do not let him leave you, for you need him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	13	There are times when good health depends on doctors.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	14	For they, in their turn, will pray the Lord to grant them the grace to relieve and to heal, and so prolong your life.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	15	Whoever sins in the eyes of his Maker, let such a one come under the care of the doctor!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	16	My child, shed tears over the dead, lament for the dead to show your sorrow, then bury the body with due ceremony and do not fail to honour the grave.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	17	Weep bitterly, beat your breast, observe the mourning the dead deserves for a day or two, to avoid censorious comment, and then be comforted in your sorrow;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	18	for grief can lead to death, a grief-stricken heart loses all energy.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	19	In affliction sorrow persists, a life of grief is hard to bear.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	20	Do not abandon your heart to grief, drive it away, bear your own end in mind.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	21	Do not forget, there is no coming back; you cannot help the dead, and you will harm yourself.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	22	'Remember my doom, since it will be yours too; I yesterday, you today!'
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	23	Once the dead are laid to rest, let their memory rest, do not fret for them, once their spirit departs.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	24	Leisure gives the scribe the chance to acquire wisdom; a man with few commitments can grow wise.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	25	How can the ploughman become wise, whose sole ambition is to wield the goad, driving his oxen, engrossed in their work, his conversation limited to bullocks,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	26	his thoughts absorbed in the furrows he traces and his long evenings spent in fattening heifers?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	27	Similarly with all workmen and craftsmen, toiling day and night; those who engrave seals, for ever trying to think of a new design, concentrating on catching a good likeness and staying up late to get the work done.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	28	Similarly with the blacksmith sitting by his anvil; he considers what to do with the pig-iron, the breath of the fire scorches his skin, as he contends with the heat of the furnace; the noise of the hammer deafens him, his eyes are fixed on the pattern; he concentrates on getting the job done well and stays up late to apply the finishing touches.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	29	Similarly with the potter, sitting at his work, turning the wheel with his feet; constantly on the alert over his work, each flick of the finger premeditated;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	30	he pummels the clay with his arm, and with his feet he kneads it; he concentrates on applying the glaze right and stays up late to clean the kiln.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	31	All these people rely on their hands and each is skilled at his own craft.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	32	A town could not be inhabited without them, there would be no settling, no travelling.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	33	But you will not find them in the parliament, they do not hold high rank in the assembly. They do not sit on the judicial bench, and they do not meditate on the Law.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	38	34	They are not remarkable for their culture or judgement, nor are they found frequenting the philosophers. They sustain the structure of the world, and their prayer is concerned with their trade.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	1	Not so with one who concentrates his mind and his meditation on the Law of the Most High. He researches into the wisdom of all the Ancients, he occupies his time with the prophecies.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	2	He preserves the discourses of famous men, he is at home with the niceties of parables.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	3	He researches into the hidden sense of proverbs, he ponders the obscurities of parables.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	4	He enters the service of princes, he is seen in the presence of rulers. He travels in foreign countries, he has experienced human good and human evil.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	5	At dawn and with all his heart he turns to the Lord his Creator; he pleads in the presence of the Most High, he opens his mouth in prayer and makes entreaty for his sins.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	6	If such be the will of the great Lord, he will be filled with the spirit of intelligence, he will shower forth words of wisdom, and in prayer give thanks to the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	7	He will grow upright in purpose and learning, he will ponder the Lord's hidden mysteries.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	8	He will display the instruction he has received, taking his pride in the Law of the Lord's covenant.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	9	Many will praise his intelligence and it will never be forgotten. His memory will not disappear, generation after generation his name will live.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	10	Nations will proclaim his wisdom, the assembly will celebrate his praises.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	11	If he lives long, his name will be more glorious than a thousand others, and if he dies, that will satisfy him just as well.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	12	And here are some more of my reflections: yes, I am as full as the moon at the full!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	13	Listen to me, devout children, and blossom like the rose that grows on the bank of a watercourse.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	14	Give off a sweet smell like incense, flower like the lily, spread your fragrance abroad, sing a song of praise blessing the Lord for all his works.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	15	Declare the greatness of his name, proclaim his praise with song and with lyre, and this is how you must sing his praises:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	16	'How wonderful, the actions of the Lord! Whatever he orders is done at the proper time!' You must not say, 'What is this? Why is that?' There is a proper time for every question.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	17	At his word, the water stops and piles up high, at his voice, the watery reservoirs take shape,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	18	at his command, whatever he wants is done, no one can stop him, if he intends to save.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	19	He can see whatever human beings are doing, nothing can be hidden from his eye;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	20	his gaze stretches from eternity to eternity, and nothing can astonish him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	21	You must not say, 'What is this? Why is that?' for everything has been made for a purpose.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	22	As his blessing covers the dry land like a river and soaks it like a flood,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	23	so retribution is his legacy to the nations, just as he has turned fresh waters to salt.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	24	His ways are as smooth for the devout, as they are full of obstacles for the wicked.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	25	Good things were created from the beginning for good people, as bad ones were for sinners.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	26	The prime needs of human beings for living are water and fire, iron and salt, wheat-flour, milk and honey, the juice of the grape, oil and clothing.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	27	All these are good for those who are good, but turn out bad for sinners.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	28	Some winds have been created for punishing, in his fury, he uses them as scourges; on the day of doom, they unleash their violence and appease the wrath of their Creator.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	29	Fire and hail, famine and death, have all been created for punishing.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	30	Wild animals' fangs, scorpions, vipers, the avenging sword for the ruin of the godless:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	31	all of them exult in discharging his orders, ready on earth whenever the need arises and, when their time comes, not falling short of his word.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	32	That is why I was determined from the outset, why I have pondered and why I have written,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	33	'The works of the Lord are all good, when the time is right, he gives whatever is needed.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	34	You must not say, "This is worse than that," for, sooner or later, everything proves its worth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	39	35	So now, sing with all your heart and voice, and bless the name of the Lord!'
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	1	A hard lot has been created for human beings, a heavy yoke lies on the children of Adam from the day they come out of their mother's womb, till the day they return to the mother of them all.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	2	What fills them with foreboding and their hearts with fear is dread of the day of death.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	3	From the one who sits on a glorious throne to the wretch in dust and ashes,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	4	from the one who wears purple and a crown to the one dressed in sacking, all is fury and jealousy, turmoil and unrest, fear of death, rivalry, strife.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	5	And even at night while he rests on his bed his sleep only gives a new twist to his worries:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	6	scarcely has he lain down to rest, when in his sleep, as if in broad daylight, he is troubled with nightmares, like one who has escaped from a battle,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	7	and at the moment of rescue he wakes up, amazed that there was nothing to be afraid of!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	8	For all creatures, human and animal -- and seven times more for sinners-
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	9	there is death and blood and strife and the sword, disasters, famine, affliction, plague.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	10	These things were all created for the wicked, and the Flood came because of them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	11	All that comes from the earth returns to the earth, and what comes from the water returns to the sea.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	12	All bribery and injustice will be blotted out, but good faith will stand for ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	13	Ill-gotten wealth will vanish like a torrent, like the single thunder-clap that heralds rain.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	14	When he opens his hand, he rejoices, by the same token, sinners come to ruin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	15	The sprigs of the godless will not make many branches, tainted roots find only hard rock.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	16	The reed that grows by every lake and river's edge is the first plant to be uprooted.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	17	Charity is a very paradise of blessing and almsgiving endures for ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	18	For a person of private means and one who works hard, life is pleasant, better off than either, one who finds a treasure.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	19	Children and the founding of a city perpetuate a name: more esteemed than either, a perfect wife.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	20	Wine and music cheer the heart; better than either, the love of wisdom.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	21	Flute and harp add sweetness to a song; better than either, a melodious voice.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	22	The eye longs for grace and beauty; better than either, the green of spring corn.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	23	Friend or comrade -- it is always well met; better than either, a wife and husband.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	24	Brothers and allies are good in times of trouble; better than either, almsgiving to the rescue.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	25	Gold and silver will steady your feet; more esteemed than either, good advice.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	26	Money and strength make a confident heart; better than either, the fear of the Lord. With fear of the Lord, nothing is lacking: no need to seek for other help.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	27	Fear of the Lord is a paradise of blessing, a better protection than the highest reputation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	28	My child, do not live by sponging off others, better be dead than be a sponger.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	29	A life spent in eyeing someone else's table cannot be accounted a life at all. Other people's food defiles the gullet; a wise, well-brought-up person will beware of doing this.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	40	30	What a sponger says may sound very sweet but in his belly there burns a fire.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	1	O death, how bitter it is to remember you for someone peacefully living with his possessions, for someone with no worries and everything going well and who can still enjoy his food!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	2	O death, your sentence is welcome to one in want, whose strength is failing, to one worn out with age and a thousand worries, resentful and impatient!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	3	Do not dread death's sentence; remember those who came before you and those who will come after.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	4	This is the sentence passed on all living creatures by the Lord, so why object to what seems good to the Most High? Whether your life lasts ten or a hundred or a thousand years, its length will not be held against you in Sheol.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	5	Hateful brats, such are the children of sinners, who foregather in the haunts of the godless.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	6	The inheritance of sinners' children is doomed to perish, their posterity will endure lasting reproach.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	7	A godless father will be blamed by his children for the reproach he has brought on them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	8	A bad outlook for you, godless people, who have forsaken the Law of God Most High.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	9	When you were born, you were born to be accursed, and when you die, that curse will be your portion.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	10	All that comes from the earth returns to the earth, so too the wicked proceed from curse to destruction.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	11	Mourning concerns only the bodies of the dead, but the worthless name of sinners will be blotted out.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	12	Be careful of your reputation, for it will last you longer than a thousand great hoards of gold.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	13	A good life lasts a certain number of days, but a good reputation lasts for ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	14	Keep my instructions and be at peace, my children. Wisdom hidden away and treasure undisplayed, what use is either of these?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	15	Better someone who hides his folly than one who hides his wisdom.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	16	Preserve a sense of shame in the following matters, for not every kind of shame is right to harbour, nor is every situation correctly appraised by all.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	17	Be ashamed, before father and mother, of depraved behaviour, and before prince or potentate of telling lies;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	18	of wrong-doing before judge or magistrate, and of impiety before the assembly of the people;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	19	of sharp practice before your companion and your friend, and of theft before the neighbourhood you live in.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	20	Before the truth and covenant of God, be ashamed of leaning elbows on the table,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	21	of being ungracious when giving or receiving, of ignoring those who greet you,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	22	of gazing at a loose woman, of repulsing your fellow-countryman,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	23	of misappropriating another's portion or gift, of paying court to another man's wife,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	24	of making advances to his servant-girl -- do not go near her bed-
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	25	of saying disagreeable things to friends -- do not follow up a gift with a taunt-
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	26	of repeating everything you hear and of betraying confidences.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	41	27	Then you will know what true shame is, and you will find yourself in everyone's graces.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	42	1	The following things you should not be ashamed of, and do not sin from fear of what others think:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	42	2	of the Law of the Most High or of the covenant, of a verdict that acquits the godless,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	42	3	of keeping accounts with a travelling companion, of settling property on your friends,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	42	4	of being accurate over scales and weights, of making small and large profits,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	42	5	of gaining from commercial transactions, of disciplining your children strictly, of lashing a wicked slave till you draw blood.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	42	6	With an interfering wife, it is as well to use your seal, and where there are many hands, lock things up.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	42	7	Whatever stores you issue, do it by number and weight, spendings and takings, put everything in writing.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	42	8	Do not be ashamed to correct a stupid person or a fool, or an old dotard who bickers with young people. Then you will show yourself really educated and win the approval of everyone.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	42	9	Unknown to her, a daughter keeps her father awake, the worry she gives him drives away his sleep: in her youth, in case she never marries, married, in case she should be disliked,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	42	10	as a virgin, in case she should be defiled and found with child in her father's house, having a husband, in case she goes astray, married, in case she should be sterile!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	42	11	Your daughter is headstrong? Keep a sharp look-out that she does not make you the laughing-stock of your enemies, the talk of the town, the object of common gossip, and put you to public shame.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	42	12	Do not stare at any man for his good looks, do not sit down with women;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	42	13	for moth comes out of clothes, and woman's spite out of woman.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	42	14	Better a man's spite than a woman's kindness: women give rise to shame and reproach.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	42	15	Next, I shall remind you of the works of the Lord, and tell of what I have seen. By the words of the Lord his works come into being and all creation obeys his will.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	42	16	The shining sun looks down on all things, and the work of the Lord is full of his glory.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	42	17	The Lord has not granted the Holy Ones the power to tell of all his marvels which the Almighty Lord has solidly constructed for the universe to stand firm in his glory.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	42	18	He has fathomed both the abyss and the human heart and seen into their devious ways; for the Most High knows all there is to know and sees the signs of the times.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	42	19	He declares what is past and what will be, and reveals the trend of hidden things.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	42	20	Not a thought escapes him, not a single word is hidden from him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	42	21	He has embellished the magnificent works of his wisdom, he is from everlasting to everlasting, nothing can be added to him, nothing taken away, he needs no one's advice.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	42	22	How lovely, all his works, how dazzling to the eye!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	42	23	They all live and last for ever, and, whatever the circumstances, all obey.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	42	24	All things go in pairs, by opposites, he has not made anything imperfect:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	42	25	one thing complements the excellence of another. Who could ever grow tired of gazing at his glory?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	1	Pride of the heights, a clear vault of the sky -- such is the beauty of the heavens, a glorious sight.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	2	The sun, as he emerges, proclaims at his rising, 'How wonderful a thing, the work of the Most High!'
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	3	At his zenith, he parches the ground, who can withstand his blaze?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	4	We have to blow the furnace to produce any heat, the sun burns the mountains three times as much; breathing out blasts of fire, flashing his rays, he dazzles the eyes.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	5	Great is the Lord who created him and whose word speeds him on his course.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	6	And then the moon, ever punctual to mark the times, an everlasting sign:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	7	It is the moon that signals the feasts, a luminary that wanes after being full.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	8	The month derives its name from hers, she waxes wonderfully in her phases, banner of the hosts on high, shining in the vault of heaven.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	9	The glory of the stars makes the beauty of the sky, a brilliant adornment of the Lord on High.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	10	At the words of the Holy One they stand as he decrees, and never grow slack at their watch.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	11	See the rainbow and praise its Maker, so superbly beautiful in its splendour.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	12	Across the sky it forms a glorious arc drawn by the hands of the Most High.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	13	By his command he sends the snow, he speeds the lightning by his command.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	14	In the same way, his treasuries open and the clouds fly out like birds.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	15	His great power solidifies the clouds, then pulverises them into hail.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	16	at the sight of him, the mountains quake. At his will the south wind blows,or the storm from the north and the whirlwind.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	17	At the roar of his thunder, the earth writhes in labour,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	18	He sprinkles snow like birds alighting, it comes down like locusts settling. The eye marvels at the beauty of its whiteness, and the mind is amazed at its falling.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	19	Over the earth, like salt, he also pours hoarfrost, which, when it freezes, bristles like thorns.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	20	The cold wind blows from the north, and ice forms on the water; it forms on every piece of standing water, covering it like a breastplate.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	21	The wind swallows up the mountains and scorches the desert, like a fire it consumes the vegetation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	22	But cloud brings swift healing, and dew brings joy after the heat.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	23	By his own resourcefulness he has tamed the abyss, and planted it with islands.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	24	Those who sail the sea tell of its dangers, their accounts fill our ears with amazement:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	25	for there too exist strange and wonderful works, animals of every kind and huge sea creatures.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	26	Thanks to God, his messenger reaches port, everything works out according to his word.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	27	We could say much more and still fall short; to put it concisely, 'He is all.'
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	28	Where shall we find sufficient power to glorify him, since he is the Great One, above all his works,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	29	the awe-inspiring Lord, stupendously great, and wonderful in his power?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	30	Exalt the Lord in your praises as high as you may -- still he surpasses you. Exert all your strength when you exalt him, do not grow tired -- you will never come to the end.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	31	Who has ever seen him to describe him? Who can glorify him as he deserves?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	32	Many mysteries remain even greater than these, for we have seen only a few of his works,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	43	33	the Lord himself having created all things and given wisdom to those who are devout.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	44	1	Next let us praise illustrious men, our ancestors in their successive generations.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	44	2	The Lord has created an abundance of glory, and displayed his greatness from earliest times.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	44	3	Some wielded authority as kings and were renowned for their strength; others were intelligent advisers and uttered prophetic sayings.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	44	4	Others directed the people by their advice, by their understanding of the popular mind, and by the wise words of their teaching;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	44	5	others composed musical melodies and set down ballads;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	44	6	others were rich and powerful, living peacefully in their homes.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	44	7	All these were honoured by their contemporaries and were the glory of their day.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	44	8	Some of them left a name behind them, so that their praises are still sung.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	44	9	While others have left no memory, and disappeared as though they had not existed. They are now as though they had never been, and so too, their children after them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	44	10	But here is a list of illustrious men whose good works have not been forgotten.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	44	11	In their descendants they find a rich inheritance, their posterity.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	44	12	Their descendants stand by the commandments and, thanks to them, so do their children's children.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	44	13	Their offspring will last for ever, their glory will not fade.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	44	14	Their bodies have been buried in peace, and their name lives on for all generations.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	44	15	The peoples will proclaim their wisdom, the assembly will celebrate their praises.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	44	16	Enoch pleased the Lord and was transferred to heaven, an example for the conversion of all generations.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	44	17	Noah was found perfectly upright, in the time of retribution he became the heir: because of him a remnant was preserved for the earth at the coming of the Flood.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	44	18	Everlasting covenants were made with him that never again should every living creature perish by flood.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	44	19	Abraham, the great ancestor of a host of nations, no one was ever his equal in glory.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	44	20	He observed the Law of the Most High, and entered into a covenant with him. He confirmed the covenant in his own flesh, and proved himself faithful under ordeal.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	44	21	The Lord therefore promised him on oath to bless the nations through his descendants, to multiply him like the dust on the ground, to exalt his descendants like the stars, and to give them the land as their heritage, from one sea to the other, from the River to the ends of the earth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	44	22	To Isaac too, for the sake of Abraham his father, he assured
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	44	23	the blessing of all humanity; he caused the covenant to rest on the head of Jacob. He confirmed him in his blessings and gave him the land as his inheritance; he divided it into portions, and shared it out among the twelve tribes.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	1	From Jacob's stock he produced a generous man who found favour in the eyes of all humanity, beloved by God and people, Moses, of blessed memory.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	2	He made him the equal of the holy ones in glory and made him strong, to the terror of his enemies.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	3	By the word of Moses, he made prodigies cease and raised him high in the respect of kings; he gave him commandments for his people, and showed him something of his glory.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	4	For his loyalty and gentleness he sanctified him, choosing him alone out of all human beings;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	5	he allowed him to hear his voice, and led him into the darkness;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	6	he gave him the commandments face to face, the law of life and knowledge, to teach Jacob his ordinances and Israel his decrees. He raised up Aaron, a holy man like Moses, his brother, of the tribe of Levi.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	7	He made an everlasting covenant with him, and gave him the priesthood of the people. He adorned him with impressive vestments, he dressed him in a robe of glory.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	8	He clothed him in glorious perfection and invested him with rich ornaments, the breeches, the long robe, the ephod.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	9	To surround the robe he gave him pomegranates, and many gold bells all round to chime at every step, for their sound to be heard in the Temple as a reminder to the children of his people;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	10	and a sacred vestment of gold and aquamarine and scarlet, the work of an embroiderer; the pectoral of judgement, the urim and thummim, of plaited crimson, the work of a craftsman;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	11	precious stones cut like seals mounted in gold, the work of a jeweller, as a reminder with their engraved inscriptions of the number of the tribes of Israel;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	12	and a golden diadem on his turban, engraved with the seal of consecration; superb ornamentation, magnificent work, adornment to delight the eye.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	13	There had never been such lovely things before him, and no one else has ever put them on, but only his own sons, and his descendants for all time.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	14	His sacrifices were to be burnt entirely, twice each day and for ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	15	Moses consecrated him and anointed him with holy oil; and this was an everlasting covenant for him, and for his descendants as long as the heavens endure, that he should preside over worship, act as priest, and bless the people in the name of the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	16	He chose him out of all the living to offer sacrifices to the Lord, incense and perfume as a memorial to make expiation for the people.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	17	He entrusted him with his commandments, committed to him the statutes of the Law for him to teach Jacob his decrees and enlighten Israel on his Law.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	18	Others plotted against him, they were jealous of him in the desert, Dathan and Abiram and their men, Korah and his crew in fury and rage.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	19	The Lord saw it and was displeased, his raging fury made an end of them; he worked miracles on them, consuming them by his flaming fire.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	20	And he added to Aaron's glory, he gave him an inheritance; he allotted him the offerings of the first-fruits, before all else, as much bread as he could want.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	21	Thus they eat the sacrifices of the Lord which he gave to him and his posterity.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	22	But of the people's territory he inherits nothing, he alone of all the people has no share, 'For I myself am your share and heritage.'
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	23	Phinehas son of Eleazar is third in glory because of his zeal in the fear of the Lord, because he stood firm when the people revolted, with a staunch and courageous heart; and in this way made expiation for Israel.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	24	Hence a covenant of peace was sealed with him, making him governor of both sanctuary and people, and securing to him and his descendants the high priestly dignity for ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	25	There was also a covenant with David son of Jesse, of the tribe of Judah, a royal succession by exclusively linear descent, but the succession of Aaron passes to all his descendants.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	45	26	May God endow your hearts with wisdom to judge his people uprightly, so that the virtues of your ancestors may never fade, and their glory may pass to all their descendants!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	46	1	Mighty in war was Joshua son of Nun, successor to Moses in the prophetic office, who well deserved his name, and was a great saviour of the chosen people, wreaking vengeance on the enemies who opposed him, and so bringing Israel into its inheritance.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	46	2	How splendid he was when, arms uplifted, he brandished his sword against cities!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	46	3	Who had ever shown such determination as his? He himself led the battles of the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	46	4	Was not the sun held back by his hand, and one day drawn out into two?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	46	5	He called on the Most High, the Mighty One, while pressing the enemies from all directions, and the great Lord answered him with hard and violent hailstones.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	46	6	He fell on that enemy nation, and at the Descent destroyed all resistance to make the nations acknowledge his warlike prowess and that he was waging war on behalf of the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	46	7	For he was a follower of the Mighty One, in the time of Moses showing his devotion, he and Caleb son of Jephunneh, by opposing the whole community, by preventing the people from sinning, and by silencing the mutters of rebellion.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	46	8	Hence these two alone were preserved out of six hundred thousand men on the march, and brought into their inheritance, into a land where milk and honey flow.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	46	9	And the Lord conferred strength on Caleb too, which stayed by him into old age, so that he could invest the highlands of the country which his descendants kept as their inheritance,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	46	10	so that every Israelite might see that it is good to follow the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	46	11	The Judges too, each when he was called, all men whose hearts were never disloyal, who never turned their backs on the Lord -- may their memory be blessed!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	46	12	May their bones flourish again from the tomb, and may the names of those illustrious men be worthily borne by their sons!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	46	13	Samuel was the beloved of his Lord; prophet of the Lord, he instituted the kingdom, and anointed rulers over his people.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	46	14	By the Law of the Lord he judged the assembly, and the Lord watched over Jacob.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	46	15	By his loyalty he was recognised as a prophet, by his words he was known to be a trustworthy seer.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	46	16	He called on the Lord, the Mighty One, when his enemies pressed in from all directions, by offering a sucking lamb.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	46	17	And the Lord thundered from heaven, and made his voice heard in a rolling peal;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	46	18	he massacred the leaders of the enemy, and all the rulers of the Philistines.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	46	19	Before the time of his everlasting rest he bore witness to the Lord and his anointed, 'Of no property, not even a pair of sandals, have I ever deprived a soul.' Nor did anyone accuse him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	46	20	And, having fallen asleep, he prophesied again, warning the king of his end; he spoke from the depths of the earth in prophecy, to blot out the wickedness of the people.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	47	1	After him arose Nathan, to prophesy in the time of David.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	47	2	As the fat is set apart from the communion sacrifice, so was David chosen out of the Israelites.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	47	3	He played with lions as though with kids, and with bears as though with lambs.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	47	4	While still a boy, did he not slay the giant and take away the people's shame, by hurling a stone from his sling and cutting short the boasting of Goliath?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	47	5	For he called on the Lord Most High, who gave strength to his right arm to put a mighty warrior to death and assert the strength of his own people.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	47	6	Hence they gave him credit for ten thousand, and praised him while they blessed the Lord, by offering him a crown of glory.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	47	7	For he destroyed the enemies on every front, he annihilated his foes, the Philistines, and crushed their strength for ever.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	47	8	In all his activities he gave thanks to the Holy One Most High in words of glory; he put all his heart into his songs out of love for his Creator.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	47	9	He placed singers before the altar, melodiously to sing;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	47	10	he gave the feasts their splendour, the festivals their solemn pomp, causing the Lord's holy name to be praised and the sanctuary to resound from dawn.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	47	11	The Lord took away his sins, making his strength ever greater; he gave him a royal covenant, and a glorious throne in Israel.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	47	12	A wise son succeeded him, who lived content, thanks to him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	47	13	Solomon reigned in a time of peace, and God gave him peace all round so that he could raise a house to his name and prepare an everlasting sanctuary.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	47	14	How wise you were despite your youth, like a river, brimming over with intelligence!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	47	15	Your mind ranged the earth, you filled it with mysterious sayings.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	47	16	Your name reached the distant islands, and you were loved for your peace.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	47	17	Your songs, your proverbs, your sayings and your answers were the wonder of the world.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	47	18	In the name of the Lord God, of him who is called the God of Israel, you amassed gold like so much tin, and made silver as common as lead.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	47	19	You abandoned your body to women, you became the slave of your appetites.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	47	20	You stained your honour, you profaned your stock, so bringing retribution on your children and affliction for your folly:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	47	21	the empire split in two, from Ephraim arose a rebel kingdom.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	47	22	But the Lord never goes back on his mercy, never cancels any of his words, will neither deny offspring to his elect nor stamp out the line of the man who loved him. And hence, he has granted a remnant to Jacob and to David a root sprung from him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	47	23	Solomon rested with his ancestors, leaving one of his stock as his successor, the stupidest member of the nation, brainless Rehoboam, who drove the people to rebel.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	47	24	Next, Jeroboam son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, and set Ephraim on the way of evil; from then on their sins multiplied so excessively as to drive them out of their country;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	47	25	for they tried out every kind of wickedness, until vengeance overtook them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	48	1	Then the prophet Elijah arose like a fire, his word flaring like a torch.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	48	2	It was he who brought famine on them and decimated them in his zeal.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	48	3	By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens, three times also he brought down fire.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	48	4	How glorious you were in your miracles, Elijah! Has anyone reason to boast as you have? -
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	48	5	rousing a corpse from death, from Sheol, by the word of the Most High;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	48	6	dragging kings down to destruction, and high dignitaries from their beds;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	48	7	hearing a rebuke on Sinai and decrees of punishment on Horeb;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	48	8	anointing kings as avengers, and prophets to succeed you;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	48	9	taken up in the whirlwind of fire, in a chariot with fiery horses;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	48	10	designated in the prophecies of doom to allay God's wrath before the fury breaks, to turn the hearts of fathers towards their children, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	48	11	Blessed, those who will see you, and those who have fallen asleep in love; for we too shall certainly have life.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	48	12	Such was Elijah, who was enveloped in a whirlwind; and Elisha was filled with his spirit; throughout his life no ruler could shake him, and no one could subdue him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	48	13	No task was too hard for him, and even in death his body prophesied.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	48	14	In his lifetime he performed wonders, and in death his works were marvellous.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	48	15	Despite all this the people did not repent, nor did they give up their sins, until they were herded out of their country and scattered all over the earth;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	48	16	only a few of the people were left, with a ruler of the House of David. Some of them did what pleased the Lord, others piled sin on sin.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	48	17	Hezekiah fortified his city, and laid on a water-supply inside it; with iron he tunnelled through the rock and constructed storage-tanks.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	48	18	In his days Sennacherib invaded and sent Rabshakeh; he lifted his hand against Zion, and boasted loudly in his arrogance.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	48	19	Then their hearts and hands trembled, they felt the pangs of a woman in labour,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	48	20	but they called on the merciful Lord, stretching out their hands towards him. Swiftly the Holy One heard them from heaven and delivered them by the agency of Isaiah;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	48	21	he struck the camp of the Assyrians and his Angel annihilated them.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	48	22	For Hezekiah did what is pleasing to the Lord, and was steadfast in the ways of David his father, enjoined on him by the prophet Isaiah, a great man trustworthy in his vision.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	48	23	In his days the sun moved back; he prolonged the life of the king.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	48	24	In the power of the spirit he saw the last things, he comforted the mourners of Zion,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	48	25	he revealed the future to the end of time, and hidden things long before they happened.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	49	1	The memory of Josiah is like blended incense prepared by the perfumer's art; it is as sweet as honey to all mouths, and like music at a wine feast.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	49	2	He took the right course, of converting the people, he rooted out the iniquitous abominations,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	49	3	he set his heart on the Lord, in godless times he upheld the cause of religion.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	49	4	Apart from David, Hezekiah and Josiah, they all heaped wrong on wrong, they abandoned the Law of the Most High: the kings of Judah disappeared;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	49	5	for they handed their power over to others and their honour to a foreign nation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	49	6	The holy, chosen city was burnt down, her streets were left deserted,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	49	7	as Jeremiah had predicted; for they had ill-treated him, though consecrated a prophet in his mother's womb, to tear up and afflict and destroy, but also to build up and to plant.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	49	8	Ezekiel saw a vision of glory which God showed to him above the chariot of the great winged creatures,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	49	9	for he mentioned the enemies in the downpour to the advantage of those who follow the right way.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	49	10	As for the twelve prophets, may their bones flower again from the tomb, since they have comforted Jacob and redeemed him in faith and hope.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	49	11	How shall we extol Zerubbabel? He was like a signet ring on the right hand,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	49	12	so too was Joshua son of Jozadak; they who in their days built the Temple and raised a sanctuary sacred to the Lord, destined to everlasting glory.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	49	13	Great too is the memory of Nehemiah, who rebuilt our walls which lay in ruins, erected the bolted gates and rebuilt our houses.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	49	14	No one else has ever been created on earth to equal Enoch, for he was taken up from earth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	49	15	And no one else ever born has been like Joseph, the leader of his brothers, the prop of his people; his bones received a visitation.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	49	16	Shem and Seth were the most honoured of men, but above every living creature is Adam.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	1	It was the High Priest Simon son of Onias who repaired the Temple during his lifetime and in his day fortified the sanctuary.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	2	He laid the foundations of double depth, the high buttresses of the Temple precincts.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	3	In his day the pool was excavated, a reservoir as huge as the sea.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	4	Anxious to save the people from ruin, he fortified the city against siege.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	5	How splendid he was with the people thronging round him, when he emerged from the curtained shrine,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	6	like the morning star among the clouds, like the moon at the full,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	7	like the sun shining on the Temple of the Most High, like the rainbow gleaming against brilliant clouds,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	8	like a rose in springtime, like a lily by a spring, like a branch of the incense tree in summer,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	9	like fire and incense in the censer, like a massive golden vessel encrusted with every kind of precious stone,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	10	like an olive tree loaded with fruit, like a cypress soaring to the clouds;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	11	when he took his ceremonial robe and put on his magnificent ornaments, when he went up to the holy altar and filled the sanctuary precincts with his grandeur;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	12	when he received the portions from the hands of the priests, himself standing by the altar hearth, crowned with the circle of his brothers, as a cedar of Lebanon is by its foliage, as though surrounded by the trunks of palm trees.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	13	When all the sons of Aaron in their glory, with the offerings of the Lord in their hands, stood before the whole assembly of Israel,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	14	while he completed the rites at the altars, nobly presenting the offerings to the Almighty, Most High!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	15	He would reach out his hand to the cup and pour a libation of wine, pouring it at the foot of the altar, a fragrance pleasing to the Most High, King of All;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	16	then the sons of Aaron would shout and blow their metal trumpets, making a mighty sound ring out as a reminder before the Most High;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	17	and immediately the people all together would fall on their faces to the ground, in adoration of their Lord, the Almighty, God Most High,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	18	and with the cantors chanting their hymns of praise. Sweet was the melody of all these voices,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	19	as the people pleaded with the Lord Most High and prayed in the presence of the Merciful, until the service of the Lord was completed and the ceremony at an end.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	20	Then he would come down and raise his hands over the whole assembly of the Israelites, to give them the Lord's blessing from his lips, being privileged to pronounce his name;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	21	and once again the people would bow low to receive the blessing of the Most High.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	22	And now bless the God of all things, the doer of great deeds everywhere, who has exalted our days from the womb and has acted mercifully towards us.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	23	May he grant us cheerful hearts and bring peace in our time, in Israel for ages on ages.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	24	May his mercy be faithfully with us, may he redeem us in our own times!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	25	There are two nations that my soul detests, the third is not a nation at all:
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	26	the inhabitants of Mount Seir, the Philistines, and the stupid people living at Shechem.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	27	Instruction in wisdom and knowledge is what has been written in this book by Jesus son of Sira Eleazar of Jerusalem, who has poured a rain of wisdom from his heart.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	28	Blessed is he who devotes his time to these and grows wise by taking them to heart!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	50	29	If he practises them he will be strong enough for anything, since the light of the Lord is his path.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	1	I shall give thanks to you, Lord and King, and praise you, God my Saviour, I give thanks to your name;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	2	for you have been my guard and support and redeemed my body from destruction, from the snare of the lying tongue, from lips that fabricate falsehood; in the presence of my assailants, you were on my side; you have been my support, you have redeemed me,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	3	true to your abounding kindness -- and the greatness of your name -- you liberated me from the fangs of those seeking to devour me, from the clutches of those seeking my life, from the many ordeals which I have endured,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	4	from the stifling heat which hemmed me in, from the heart of a fire which I had not kindled,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	5	from deep in the belly of Sheol,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	6	treacherous denunciations to the king. My soul has been close to death, my life had gone down to the brink of Sheol.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	7	I was completely surrounded, there was no one to help me; I looked for someone to help me, there was no one.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	8	Then I remembered your mercy, Lord, and your deeds from earliest times, how you deliver those who wait for you patiently, and save them from the clutches of their enemies.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	9	And I sent up my plea from the earth, I begged to be delivered from death.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	10	I called on the Lord, the father of my Lord, 'Do not desert me in the days of ordeal, in the days of the proud, when we are helpless. I shall praise your name unceasingly and gratefully sing its praises.'
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	11	And my plea was heard, for you saved me from destruction, you delivered me from that time of evil.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	12	And therefore I shall thank you and praise you, and bless the name of the Lord.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	13	When I was still a youth, before I went travelling, in my prayers I asked outright for wisdom.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	14	Outside the sanctuary I would pray for her, and to the last I shall continue to seek her.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	15	From her blossoming to the ripening of her grape my heart has taken its delight in her. My foot has pursued a straight path, I have sought her ever since my youth.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	16	By bowing my ear a little, I have received her, and have found much instruction.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	17	Thanks to her I have advanced; glory be to him who has given me wisdom!
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	18	For I was determined to put her into practice, have earnestly pursued the good, and shall not be put to shame.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	19	My soul has fought to possess her, I have been scrupulous in keeping the Law; I have stretched out my hands to heaven and bewailed how little I knew of her;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	20	I have directed my soul towards her, and in purity I have found her; having my heart fixed on her from the outset, I shall never be deserted;
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	21	my very core having yearned to discover her, I have now acquired a good possession.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	22	In reward the Lord has given me a tongue with which I shall sing his praises.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	23	Come close to me, you ignorant, take your place in my school.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	24	Why complain about lacking these things when your souls are so thirsty for them?
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	25	I have opened my mouth, I have said: 'Buy her without money,
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	26	put your necks under her yoke, let your souls receive instruction, she is near, within your reach.'
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	27	See for yourselves: how slight my efforts have been to win so much peace.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	28	Buy instruction with a large sum of silver, thanks to her you will gain much gold.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	29	May your souls rejoice in the mercy of the Lord, may you never be ashamed of praising him.
-Ecclesiasticus	Eccle	28	51	30	Do your work before the appointed time and at the appointed time he will give you your reward. (Subscript:) Wisdom of Jesus, son of Sira.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	1	The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem, which he received in the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah kings of Judah.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	2	Listen, you heavens; earth, attend, for Yahweh is speaking, 'I have reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	3	The ox knows its owner and the donkey its master's crib; Israel does not know, my people do not understand.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	4	Disaster, sinful nation, people weighed down with guilt, race of wrong-doers, perverted children! They have abandoned Yahweh, despised the Holy One of Israel, they have turned away from him.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	5	Where shall I strike you next, if you persist in treason? The whole head is sick, the whole heart is diseased,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	6	from the sole of the foot to the head there is nothing healthy: only wounds, bruises and open sores not dressed, not bandaged, not soothed with ointment,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	7	your country a desolation, your towns burnt down, your soil, foreigners lay it waste before your eyes, a desolation like devastation by foreigners.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	8	The daughter of Zion is left like a shanty in a vineyard, like a shed in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	9	Had Yahweh Sabaoth not left us a few survivors, we should be like Sodom, we should be the same as Gomorrah.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	10	Hear what Yahweh says, you rulers of Sodom; listen to what our God teaches, you people of Gomorrah.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	11	'What are your endless sacrifices to me?' says Yahweh. 'I am sick of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of calves. I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	12	When you come and present yourselves before me, who has asked you to trample through my courts?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	13	Bring no more futile cereal offerings, the smoke from them fills me with disgust. New Moons, Sabbaths, assemblies -- I cannot endure solemnity combined with guilt.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	14	Your New Moons and your meetings I utterly detest; to me they are a burden I am tired of bearing.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	15	When you stretch out your hands I turn my eyes away. You may multiply your prayers, I shall not be listening. Your hands are covered in blood,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	16	wash, make yourselves clean. Take your wrong-doing out of my sight. Cease doing evil.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	17	Learn to do good, search for justice, discipline the violent, be just to the orphan, plead for the widow.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	18	'Come, let us talk this over,' says Yahweh. 'Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	19	If you are willing to obey, you shall eat the good things of the earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	20	But if you refuse and rebel, the sword shall eat you instead -- for Yahweh's mouth has spoken.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	21	The faithful city, what a harlot she has become! Zion, once full of fair judgement, where saving justice used to dwell, but now assassins!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	22	Your silver has turned into dross, your wine is watered.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	23	Your princes are rebels, accomplices of brigands. All of them greedy for presents and eager for bribes, they show no justice to the orphan, and the widow's cause never reaches them.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	24	Hence, the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth, the Mighty One of Israel, says this, 'Disaster, I shall get the better of my enemies, I shall avenge myself on my foes.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	25	'I shall turn my hand against you, I shall purge your dross as though with potash, I shall remove all your alloy.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	26	'And I shall restore your judges as at first, your counsellors as in bygone days, after which you will be called City of Saving Justice, Faithful City.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	27	Zion will be redeemed by fair judgement, and those who return, by saving justice.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	28	Rebels and sinners alike will be destroyed, and those who abandon Yahweh will perish.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	29	How ashamed you will be of the terebinths which gave you such delight; and how you will blush for the gardens which you chose!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	30	For you will be like a terebinth with faded leaves, like a garden without water;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	1	31	the strong will become like tinder, his work like the spark; both will go up in flames together, with no one to put them out.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	2	1	The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	2	2	It will happen in the final days that the mountain of Yahweh's house will rise higher than the mountains and tower above the heights. Then all the nations will stream to it,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	2	3	many peoples will come to it and say, 'Come, let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob that he may teach us his ways so that we may walk in his paths.' For the Law will issue from Zion and the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	2	4	Then he will judge between the nations and arbitrate between many peoples. They will hammer their swords into ploughshares and their spears into sickles. Nation will not lift sword against nation, no longer will they learn how to make war.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	2	5	House of Jacob, come, let us walk in Yahweh's light.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	2	6	You have rejected your people, the House of Jacob, for it has long been full of sorcerers like the Philistines, and is overrun with foreigners.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	2	7	The country is full of silver and gold and treasures unlimited, the country is full of horses, its chariots are unlimited;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	2	8	the country is full of idols. They bow down before the work of their hands, before what their own fingers have made.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	2	9	Human nature has been humbled, humankind brought low: do not raise them again!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	2	10	Go into the rock, hide in the dust, in terror of Yahweh, at the brilliance of his majesty, when he arises to make the earth quake.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	2	11	Human pride will lower its eyes, human arrogance will be humbled, and Yahweh alone will be exalted, on that day.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	2	12	That will be a day for Yahweh Sabaoth, for all who are majestic and haughty, for all who are proud, to be brought low,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	2	13	for all the cedars of Lebanon, high and proud, and for all the oaks of Bashan;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	2	14	for all the high mountains and for all the proud hills;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	2	15	for every lofty tower and for every towering wall;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	2	16	for all the ships of Tarshish and for everything held precious.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	2	17	Human pride will be humbled, human arrogance brought low, and Yahweh alone will be exalted, on that day.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	2	18	When the idols all disappear,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	2	19	they will go into the caverns of the rocks and into the fissures of the earth in terror of Yahweh, at the brilliance of his majesty, when he arises to make the earth quake.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	2	20	That day, people will fling to moles and bats the silver idols and golden idols which have been made for them to worship,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	2	21	and go into the crevices of the rocks and the clefts in the cliffs, in terror of Yahweh, at the brilliance of his majesty, when he arises to make the earth quake.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	2	22	Have no more to do with humankind, which has only the breath in its nostrils. How much is this worth?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	1	Now the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth is about to deprive Jerusalem and Judah of resources and provisions -- all reserves of food, all reserves of water-
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	2	of hero, warrior, judge, prophet, diviner, elder,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	3	captain, dignitary, counsellor, architect, soothsayer.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	4	'I shall give them boys for princes, raw lads to rule over them.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	5	People will be ill-treated by one another, each by his neighbour; the young will insult the aged, and the low, the respected.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	6	Yes, a man will catch hold of his brother in their father's house, to say, 'You have a cloak, so you be leader, and rule this heap of ruins.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	7	And, that day, the other will protest, 'I am no healer; in my house there is neither food nor clothing; do not make me leader of the people.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	8	For Jerusalem has collapsed and Judah has fallen, because their words and deeds affront Yahweh and insult his glorious gaze.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	9	Their complacency bears witness against them, they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not conceal it, all the worse for them, for they have hatched their own downfall.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	10	Say, 'Blessed the upright, for he will feed on the fruit of his deeds;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	11	woe to the wicked, it will go ill with him, for he will be treated as his actions deserve.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	12	O my people, their oppressors pillage them and extortioners rule over them! O my people, your rulers mislead you and efface the paths you ought to follow!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	13	Yahweh has risen to accuse, is standing to pass judgement on the people.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	14	Yahweh is about to try the elders and the princes of his people, 'You are the ones who have ravaged the vineyard, the spoils of the poor are in your houses.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	15	By what right do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?' says the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	16	Yahweh says: Because Zion's daughters are proud and walk with heads held high and enticing eyes -- with mincing steps they go, jingling the bangles on their feet-
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	17	the Lord will give Zion's daughters scabby heads, Yahweh will lay their foreheads bare.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	18	That day the Lord will take away the ornamental chains, medallions, crescents,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	19	pendants, bracelets, trinkets,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	20	diadems, ankle-chains, necklaces, scent bottles, amulets,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	21	finger-rings, nose-rings,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	22	party dresses, cloaks, scarves, purses,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	23	mirrors, linen clothes, turbans and mantillas.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	24	Then, instead of perfume, a stink; instead of belt, a rope, instead of hair elaborately dressed, a shaven scalp, instead of gorgeous clothes, sacking round the waist, and brand marks instead of beauty.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	25	Your men will fall by the sword, your warriors in battle,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	3	26	and her gates will moan and mourn; she will sit on the ground, deserted.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	4	1	That day, seven women will catch hold of one man and say, 'We will eat our own food, and wear our own clothing, but just let us bear your name. Take our disgrace away.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	4	2	That day, Yahweh's seedling will turn to beauty and glory, what the earth brings forth will turn to the pride and ornament of Israel's survivors.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	4	3	Those who are left in Zion and remain in Jerusalem will be called holy, all those in Jerusalem noted down to live.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	4	4	When the Lord has washed away the filth of Zion's daughters and with the wind of judgement and the wind of burning cleansed Jerusalem of the blood shed in her,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	4	5	Yahweh will create, over every house on Mount Zion and over those who assemble there, a cloud by day, and by night smoke with the brightness of a flaring fire. For over all will be the Glory as canopy
-Isaiah	Isa	29	4	6	and tent to give shade by day from the heat, refuge and shelter from the storm and the rain.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	1	Let me sing my beloved the song of my friend for his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hillside.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	2	He dug it, cleared it of stones, and planted it with red grapes. In the middle he built a tower, he hewed a press there too. He expected it to yield fine grapes: wild grapes were all it yielded.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	3	And now, citizens of Jerusalem and people of Judah, I ask you to judge between me and my vineyard.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	4	What more could I have done for my vineyard that I have not done? Why, when I expected it to yield fine grapes, has it yielded wild ones?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	5	Very well, I shall tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard: I shall take away its hedge, for it to be grazed on, and knock down its wall, for it to be trampled on.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	6	I shall let it go to waste, unpruned, undug, overgrown by brambles and thorn-bushes, and I shall command the clouds to rain no rain on it.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	7	Now, the vineyard of Yahweh Sabaoth is the House of Israel, and the people of Judah the plant he cherished. He expected fair judgement, but found injustice, uprightness, but found cries of distress.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	8	Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field until there is nowhere left and they are the sole inhabitants of the country.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	9	Yahweh Sabaoth has sworn this in my hearing, 'Many houses will be brought to ruin, great and fine ones left untenanted;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	10	for ten acres of vineyard will yield only one barrel, and ten bushel of seed will yield only one bushel.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	11	Woe to those who get up early to go after strong drink, and stay up late at night inflamed with wine.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	12	Nothing but harp and lyre, tambourine and pipe, and wine for their drinking bouts. Never a thought for the works of Yahweh, never a glance for what his hands have done.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	13	That is why my people is in exile, for want of perception; her dignitaries starving, her populace parched with thirst.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	14	That is why Sheol opens wide its throat and gapes with measureless jaw and down go her noblemen and populace and her loud revellers merry to the last!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	15	Human nature has been humbled, humankind brought low, and the eyes of the proud have been humbled.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	16	Yahweh Sabaoth is the more respected for his judgement, God the Holy One has displayed his holiness by his justice!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	17	Now the lambs will graze in their old pastures, and the fields laid waste by fat cattle will feed the kids.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	18	Woe to those who drag guilt along by the reins of duplicity, drag along sin as though with a cart rope;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	19	to those who say, 'Why doesn't he do his work quickly so that we can see it; why doesn't the Holy One of Israel's design hurry up and come true so that we can experience it?'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	20	Woe to those who call what is bad, good, and what is good, bad, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	21	Woe to those who think themselves wise and believe themselves enlightened.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	22	Woe to those whose might lies in wine bibbing, their heroism in mixing strong drinks,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	23	who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deny justice to the upright.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	24	Yes, as the flame devours the stubble, as the straw flares up and disappears, their root will be like decay and their shoot be carried off like dust, for having rejected the law of Yahweh Sabaoth, for having despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	25	This is why Yahweh's anger has blazed out against his people; and he has raised his hand against them to strike them; why the mountains have shuddered and why corpses are lying like dung in the streets. After all this, his anger is not spent. No, his hand is still raised!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	26	He hoists a signal for a distant nation, he whistles them up from the ends of the earth; and see how swift, how fleet they come!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	27	None of them tired, none of them stumbling, none of them asleep or drowsy, none of them with belt unfastened, none of them with broken sandal-strap.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	28	Their arrows are sharpened, their bows all strung, their horses' hoofs you would think were flint and their wheels, a whirlwind!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	29	Their roar is like that of a lioness, like fierce young lions they roar, growling they seize their prey and carry it off, with no one to prevent it,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	5	30	growling at it, that day, like the growling of the sea. Only look at the country: darkness and distress, and the light turned to darkness by the clouds.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	6	1	In the year of King Uzziah's death I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne; his train filled the sanctuary.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	6	2	Above him stood seraphs, each one with six wings: two to cover its face, two to cover its feet and two for flying;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	6	3	and they were shouting these words to each other: Holy, holy, holy is Yahweh Sabaoth. His glory fills the whole earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	6	4	The door-posts shook at the sound of their shouting, and the Temple was full of smoke.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	6	5	Then I said: 'Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh Sabaoth.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	6	6	Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding in its hand a live coal which it had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	6	7	With this it touched my mouth and said: 'Look, this has touched your lips, your guilt has been removed and your sin forgiven.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	6	8	I then heard the voice of the Lord saying: 'Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?' And I said, 'Here am I, send me.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	6	9	He said: 'Go, and say to this people, "Listen and listen, but never understand! Look and look, but never perceive!"
-Isaiah	Isa	29	6	10	Make this people's heart coarse, make their ears dull, shut their eyes tight, or they will use their eyes to see, use their ears to hear, use their heart to understand, and change their ways and be healed.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	6	11	I then said, 'Until when, Lord?' He replied, 'Until towns are in ruins and deserted, houses untenanted and a great desolation reigns in the land,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	6	12	and Yahweh has driven the people away and the country is totally abandoned.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	6	13	And suppose one-tenth of them are left in it, that will be stripped again, like the terebinth, like the oak, cut back to the stock; their stock is a holy seed.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	7	1	In the reign of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah king of Judah, Razon king of Aram advanced on Jerusalem with Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, to attack it; but he was unable to attack it.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	7	2	The House of David was informed: 'Aram has halted in Ephraimite territory.' At this, his heart and his people's hearts shook like forest trees shaking in the wind.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	7	3	Yahweh then said to Isaiah, 'Go out with your son Shear-Jashub, and meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the road to the Fuller's Field,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	7	4	and say to him, "Pay attention and keep calm. Do not be frightened or demoralised by these two smouldering sticks of firewood, by the fierce anger of Razon, Aram and the son of Remaliah,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	7	5	or because Aram, Ephraim and the son of Remaliah have been plotting against you and saying:
-Isaiah	Isa	29	7	6	Let us mount an attack on Judah, destroy it, force it onto our side and install the son of Tabeel there as king.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	7	7	"Lord Yahweh says this: This will not happen, it will never occur,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	7	8	for the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Razon; another sixty-five years, and Ephraim will cease to be a people.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	7	9	The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you will not take your stand on me you will not stand firm." '
-Isaiah	Isa	29	7	10	Yahweh spoke to Ahaz again and said:
-Isaiah	Isa	29	7	11	Ask Yahweh your God for a sign, either in the depths of Sheol or in the heights above.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	7	12	But Ahaz said, 'I will not ask. I will not put Yahweh to the test.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	7	13	He then said: Listen now, House of David: are you not satisfied with trying human patience that you should try my God's patience too?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	7	14	The Lord will give you a sign in any case: It is this: the young woman is with child and will give birth to a son whom she will call Immanuel.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	7	15	On curds and honey will he feed until he knows how to refuse the bad and choose the good.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	7	16	Before the child knows how to refuse the bad and choose the good, the lands whose two kings are frightening you will be deserted.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	7	17	Yahweh will bring times for you, your people and your ancestral House, such as have not been seen since Ephraim broke away from Judah (the king of Assyria).
-Isaiah	Isa	29	7	18	When that day comes, Yahweh will whistle up mosquitoes from the distant streams of Egypt and bees from the land of Assyria,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	7	19	and they will all come and settle on the streams in the gullies, in the holes in the rocks, on all the thorn-bushes and on all the water-points.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	7	20	That day the Lord will shave, with a razor hired from the other side of the River (with the king of Assyria), the head and the hair of the leg, and take off the beard, too.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	7	21	When that day comes, each man will raise one heifer and two sheep,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	7	22	and because of the abundant milk they give (on curds will he feed) all who are left in the country will feed on curds and honey.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	7	23	When that day comes, wherever there used to be a thousand vines worth a thousand pieces of silver, all will be brambles and thorn-bushes;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	7	24	to be ventured into only with arrows and bow, for the country will be nothing but brambles and thorn-bushes.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	7	25	No more will you venture on any hillside formerly under the hoe for fear of the brambles and thorn-bushes; it will be fit only for pasturing the cattle, a tramping-ground for sheep.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	8	1	Yahweh said to me, 'Take a large tablet and on it with an ordinary stylus write, "Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz".
-Isaiah	Isa	29	8	2	And take reliable witnesses, the priest Uriah and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	8	3	I then had intercourse with the prophetess, who then conceived and gave birth to a son. Yahweh said to me, 'Call him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	8	4	for before the child knows how to say "mother" or "father", the wealth of Damascus and the booty of Samaria will be carried away while the king of Assyria looks on.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	8	5	Yahweh spoke to me again and said,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	8	6	'Since this people has rejected the waters of Shiloah which flow smoothly, and has trembled before Razon and the son of Remaliah,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	8	7	now, against it, the Lord will bring the mighty, swelling waters of the River (the king of Assyria and all his glory); the River will flood up all its channels and overflow all its banks;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	8	8	it will flow into Judah, flooding everything and passing on; it will reach right up to the neck, and the spreading of its wings will cover the whole extent of your country, Immanuel!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	8	9	Realise this, peoples, and be afraid, listen, all members of far-off nations! Arm yourselves yet be afraid! Arm yourselves yet be afraid!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	8	10	Devise plans as you may: they will come to nothing! Make what pronouncements you like; it will not come about! For God is with us!'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	8	11	For this was how Yahweh spoke to me when his hand seized hold of me and he taught me not to follow the path of this people, saying,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	8	12	'Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy; do not dread what they dread, have no fear of that.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	8	13	Yahweh Sabaoth is the one you will proclaim holy, him you will dread, him you will fear.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	8	14	He will be a sanctuary, a stumbling-stone, a rock to trip up the two Houses of Israel; a snare and a trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	8	15	over which many of them will stumble, fall and be broken, be ensnared and made captive.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	8	16	Bind up the testimony, seal the instruction in the heart of my disciples.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	8	17	My trust is in Yahweh who hides his face from the House of Jacob; I put my hope in him.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	8	18	Look, I and the children whom Yahweh has given me shall become signs and portents in Israel on behalf of Yahweh Sabaoth who dwells on Mount Zion.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	8	19	And should people say to you, 'Go and consult ghosts and wizards that whisper and mutter' -- a people should certainly consult its gods and the dead on behalf of the living!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	8	20	As regards instruction and testimony, without doubt this is how they will talk, and hence there will be no dawn for them.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	8	21	Oppressed and starving he will wander the country; and, once starving, he will become frenzied and curse his king and his God; turning his gaze upward,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	8	22	then down to earth, there will be only anguish, gloom, the confusion of night, swirling darkness.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	8	23	For is not everything dark as night for a country in distress? As the past humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, so the future will glorify the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, the territory of the nations.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	9	1	The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; on the inhabitants of a country in shadow dark as death light has blazed forth.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	9	2	You have enlarged the nation, you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at harvest time, as they exult when they are dividing the spoils.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	9	3	For the yoke that weighed on it, the bar across its shoulders, the rod of its oppressor, these you have broken as on the day of Midian.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	9	4	For all the footgear clanking over the ground and all the clothing rolled in blood, will be burnt, will be food for the flames.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	9	5	For a son has been born for us, a son has been given to us, and dominion has been laid on his shoulders; and this is the name he has been given, 'Wonder-Counsellor, Mighty-God, Eternal-Father, Prince-of-Peace'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	9	6	to extend his dominion in boundless peace, over the throne of David and over his kingdom to make it secure and sustain it in fair judgement and integrity. From this time onwards and for ever, the jealous love of Yahweh Sabaoth will do this.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	9	7	The Lord has launched a word at Jacob and it has fallen on Israel;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	9	8	and the people will all soon know it, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, who say in the pride of their arrogant hearts,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	9	9	'The bricks have fallen down but we shall rebuild with dressed stone; the sycamores have been felled but we shall replace them with cedars.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	9	10	But, against them, Yahweh has raised their foe Razon, he has whipped up their enemies,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	9	11	Aram to the east, Philistines to the west, to devour Israel with gaping jaws. After all this, his anger is not spent. No, his hand is still raised!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	9	12	But the people would not come back to him who struck them, they would not seek out Yahweh Sabaoth;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	9	13	hence Yahweh has topped and tailed Israel, cutting off palm and reed in a single day.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	9	14	(The 'top' is the elder and the man of rank; the 'tail' is the prophet teaching lies.)
-Isaiah	Isa	29	9	15	This people's leaders have led them astray, and those who are led by them are swallowed up.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	9	16	Hence the Lord will no longer take delight in their young people, or pity on their orphans and widows, since all of them are godless and evil, and everything they say is madness. After all this, his anger is not spent. No, his hand is still raised!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	9	17	Yes, wickedness has been burning like a fire, devouring bramble and thorn-bush, setting the forest thickets ablaze -- up they go in billowing smoke!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	9	18	The country has been set on fire by the fury of Yahweh Sabaoth, and the people are like food for the flames. No one spares a thought for his brother.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	9	19	They have sliced to the right and are still hungry, they have eaten to the left and are not satisfied; each devours the flesh of his own arm.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	9	20	Manasseh devours Ephraim, Ephraim Manasseh, together they turn against Judah. After all this, his anger is not spent. No, his hand is still raised!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	1	Woe to those who enact unjust decrees, who compose oppressive legislation
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	2	to deny justice to the weak and to cheat the humblest of my people of fair judgement, to make widows their prey and to rob the orphan.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	3	What will you do on the day of punishment, when disaster comes from far away? To whom will you run for help and where will you leave your riches,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	4	to avoid squatting among the captives or falling among the slain? After all this, his anger is not spent. No, his hand is still raised!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	5	Woe to Assyria, rod of my anger, the club in their hands is my fury!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	6	I was sending him against a godless nation, commissioning him against the people who enraged me, to pillage and plunder at will and trample on them like the mud in the streets.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	7	But this was not his intention nor did his heart plan it so, for he dreamed of putting an end to them, of liquidating nations without number!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	8	For he thought, 'Are not my officers all kings?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	9	Is not Calno like Carchemish, Hamath like Arpad, Samaria like Damascus?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	10	As my hand has found the kingdoms of the false gods, where there were more images than in Jerusalem and Samaria,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	11	as I have treated Samaria and her false gods shall I not treat Jerusalem and her statues too?'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	12	When the Lord has completed all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, he will punish the fruit of the king of Assyria's boastful heart and the insolence of his haughty looks.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	13	For he thinks: 'By the strength of my own arm I have done this and by my own wisdom: how intelligent I have been! I have abolished the frontiers between peoples, I have plundered their treasures, like a hero, I have subjugated their inhabitants.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	14	My hand has found, as though a bird's nest, the riches of the peoples. Like someone collecting deserted eggs, I have collected the whole world while no one has fluttered a wing or opened a beak to squawk.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	15	Does the axe claim more credit than the man who wields it, or the saw more strength than the man who handles it? As though a staff controlled those who raise it, or the club could raise what is not made of wood!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	16	That is why Yahweh Sabaoth is going to inflict leanness on his stout men, and beneath his glory kindle a fever burning like a fire.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	17	The light of Israel will become a fire and its Holy One a flame burning and devouring his thorn-bushes and brambles in a day.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	18	He will consume his luxuriant forest and productive ground, he will ravage body and soul: it will be like a consumptive wasting away;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	19	and what remain of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child could write their number.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	20	When that day comes, the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the House of Jacob will stop relying on the man who strikes them and will truly rely on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	21	A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	22	Israel, though your people are like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return: a destruction has been decreed which will make justice overflow,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	23	for, throughout the country, the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth will enforce the destruction now decreed.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	24	That is why the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth says this: My people who live in Zion, do not be afraid of Assyria! He may strike you with the rod, he may raise the club against you (on the way from Egypt),
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	25	but in a very short time the retribution will come to an end, and my anger will destroy them.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	26	Yahweh Sabaoth will brandish a whip at him as he struck Midian at Oreb's Rock, will brandish his rod at the Sea as he raised it on the way from Egypt.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	27	When that day comes, his burden will fall from your shoulder, and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke will be destroyed . . .
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	28	He has reached Aiath, he has moved on to Migron, he has left his baggage train at Michmash.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	29	They have passed through the defile, they have bivouacked at Geba. Ramah quaked, Gibeah of Saul has fled.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	30	Cry your loudest, Bath-Gallim! Pay attention, Laish! Answer her, Anathoth!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	31	Madmenah has run away, the inhabitants of Gebim have taken cover.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	32	This very day, as he halts at Nob, he will shake his fist at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	33	See how the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth violently lops off the foliage! The ones standing highest are cut down, the proudest are laid low!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	10	34	The forest thickets fall beneath the axe, and the Lebanon falls to the blows of a Mighty One.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	11	1	A shoot will spring from the stock of Jesse, a new shoot will grow from his roots.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	11	2	On him will rest the spirit of Yahweh, the spirit of wisdom and insight, the spirit of counsel and power, the spirit of knowledge and fear of Yahweh:
-Isaiah	Isa	29	11	3	his inspiration will lie in fearing Yahweh. His judgement will not be by appearances. his verdict not given on hearsay.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	11	4	He will judge the weak with integrity and give fair sentence for the humblest in the land. He will strike the country with the rod of his mouth and with the breath of his lips bring death to the wicked.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	11	5	Uprightness will be the belt around his waist, and constancy the belt about his hips.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	11	6	The wolf will live with the lamb, the panther lie down with the kid, calf, lion and fat-stock beast together, with a little boy to lead them.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	11	7	The cow and the bear will graze, their young will lie down together. The lion will eat hay like the ox.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	11	8	The infant will play over the den of the adder; the baby will put his hand into the viper's lair.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	11	9	No hurt, no harm will be done on all my holy mountain, for the country will be full of knowledge of Yahweh as the waters cover the sea.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	11	10	That day, the root of Jesse, standing as a signal for the peoples, will be sought out by the nations and its home will be glorious.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	11	11	When that day comes, the Lord will raise his hand a second time to ransom the remnant of his people, those still left, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, Cush and Elam, from Shinar, Hamath and the islands of the Sea.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	11	12	He will hoist a signal for the nations and assemble the outcasts of Israel; he will gather the scattered people of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	11	13	Then Ephraim's jealousy will cease and Judah's enemies be suppressed; Ephraim will no longer be jealous of Judah nor Judah any longer hostile to Ephraim,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	11	14	but together they will swoop on the Philistines' back, to the west, and together pillage the people of the east. Edom and Moab will be subject to their sway and the Ammonites will obey them.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	11	15	Then Yahweh will dry up the gulf of the Sea of Egypt, he will raise his hand against the River with the heat of his breath. He will divide it into seven streams for them to cross dry-shod.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	11	16	And there will be a highway for the remnant of his people for those still left, from Assyria, as there was for Israel when he came out of Egypt.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	12	1	And, that day, you will say: 'I praise you, Yahweh, you have been angry with me but your anger is now appeased and you have comforted me.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	12	2	Look, he is the God of my salvation: I shall have faith and not be afraid, for Yahweh is my strength and my song, he has been my salvation.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	12	3	Joyfully you will draw water from the springs of salvation
-Isaiah	Isa	29	12	4	and, that day, you will say, 'Praise Yahweh, invoke his name. Proclaim his deeds to the people, declare his name sublime.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	12	5	Sing of Yahweh, for his works are majestic, make them known throughout the world.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	12	6	Cry and shout for joy, you who live in Zion, For the Holy One of Israel is among you in his greatness.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	13	1	Proclamation about Babylon, seen by Isaiah son of Amoz.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	13	2	On a bare hill hoist a signal, shout for them, beckon them to come to the Nobles' Gate.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	13	3	I have issued orders to my sacred warriors, I have summoned my heroes to serve my anger, my proud champions.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	13	4	The noise of a great crowd in the mountains, like an immense people, the tumultuous sound of kingdoms, of nations mustering: it is Yahweh Sabaoth marshalling the troops for battle.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	13	5	They come from a distant country, from the far horizons, Yahweh and the instruments of his fury to lay the whole country waste.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	13	6	Howl! For the Day of Yahweh is near, coming like devastation from Shaddai.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	13	7	This is why all hands fall limp, why all the men are losing heart;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	13	8	they are panic-stricken, seized with pains and convulsions; they writhe like a woman in labour, they look at one another appalled, with feverish faces.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	13	9	Look, the Day of Yahweh is coming, merciless, with wrath and burning anger, to reduce the country to a desert and root out the sinners from it.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	13	10	For in the sky the stars and Orion will shed their light no longer, the sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will no longer give its light.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	13	11	I am going to punish the world for its wickedness and the wicked for their guilt, and put an end to the pride of the arrogant and humble the haughtiness of despots.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	13	12	I shall make people scarcer than pure gold, human life scarcer than the gold of Ophir.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	13	13	This is why I am going to shake the heavens, why the earth will reel on its foundations, under the wrath of Yahweh Sabaoth, the day when his anger ignites.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	13	14	Then like a hunted gazelle, like sheep that nobody gathers in, everyone will head back to his people, everyone will flee to his native land.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	13	15	All those who are found will be stabbed, all those captured will fall by the sword,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	13	16	their babies dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses plundered, their wives raped.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	13	17	Look, against them I am stirring up the Medes who care nothing for silver, who set no value by gold.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	13	18	Bows will annihilate the young men, they will have no pity for the fruit of the womb, or mercy in their eyes for children.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	13	19	And Babylon, that pearl of kingdoms, that splendid jewel of the Chaldaeans, will, like Sodom and Gomorrah, be overthrown by God.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	13	20	Never again will anyone live there or reside there for all generations to come. Never again will the Arab pitch his tent there, or the shepherds bring their flocks to rest.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	13	21	But beasts of the desert will make their haunt there and owls fill their houses, there ostriches will settle their home, there goats will dance.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	13	22	Hyenas will howl in its towers, jackals in its delightful palaces, for its doom is about to come and its days will not last long.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	1	Yahweh will have pity on Jacob, he will choose Israel once more and resettle them on their native soil. Foreigners will join them, attaching themselves to the House of Jacob.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	2	Peoples will take them and escort them home, and the House of Israel will take them as slaves, men and women on Yahweh's soil. They will enslave those who enslaved them and will master their oppressors.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	3	When that day comes, and Yahweh gives you rest from your suffering and torment and the grim servitude to which you have been subjected,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	4	you will recite this satire on the king of Babylon and say: 'How did the tyrant end? How did his arrogance end?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	5	Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of rulers,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	6	furiously lashing peoples with continual blows, angrily hammering nations, pursuing without respite.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	7	The whole world is at rest and calm, shouts of joy resounding,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	8	the cypresses, the cedars of Lebanon, rejoice aloud at your fate, "Now that you have been laid low, no one comes up to fell us."
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	9	'On your account, Sheol below is astir to greet your arrival. He has roused the ghosts to greet you, all the rulers of the world. He has made all the kings of the nations get up from their thrones.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	10	They will all greet you with the words, "So, you too are now as weak as we are! You, too, have become like us.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	11	Your pride has been flung down to Sheol with the music of your lyres; under you a mattress of maggots, over you a blanket of worms.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	12	How did you come to fall from the heavens, Daystar, son of Dawn? How did you come to be thrown to the ground, conqueror of nations?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	13	You who used to think to yourself: I shall scale the heavens; higher than the stars of God I shall set my throne. I shall sit on the Mount of Assembly far away to the north.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	14	I shall climb high above the clouds, I shall rival the Most High."
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	15	Now you have been flung down to Sheol, into the depths of the abyss!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	16	'When they see you, they will scrutinise you and consider what you have become, "Is this the man who made the world tremble, who overthrew kingdoms?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	17	He made the world a desert, he levelled cities and never freed his prisoners to go home."
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	18	All other kings of nations, all of them, lie honourably, each in his own tomb;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	19	but you have been thrown away, unburied, like a loathsome branch, covered with heaps of the slain pierced by the sword who fall on the rocks of the abyss like trampled carrion.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	20	'You will not rejoin them in the grave, for you have brought your country to ruin and destroyed your people. The offspring of the wicked leave no name behind them.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	21	Make ready to slaughter his sons for the guilt of their father! Never again must they rise to conquer the world and cover the face of the earth with their cities.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	22	'I will rise against them, declares Yahweh Sabaoth, and deprive Babylon of name, remnant, offspring and posterity, declares Yahweh.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	23	I shall turn it into the haunt of hedgehogs, a swamp. I shall sweep it with the broom of destruction, declares Yahweh Sabaoth.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	24	Yahweh Sabaoth has sworn it, 'Yes, what I have planned will take place, what I have decided will be so:
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	25	'I shall break Assyria in my country, I shall trample on him on my mountains. Then his yoke will slip off them, his burden will slip from their shoulders.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	26	This is the decision taken in defiance of the whole world; this, the hand outstretched in defiance of all nations.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	27	Once Yahweh Sabaoth has decided, who will stop him? Once he stretches out his hand, who can withdraw it?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	28	In the year Ahaz died came this proclamation:
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	29	All Philistia, do not rejoice because the rod which used to beat you is now broken, for the serpent stock will produce a viper, its offspring will be a flying dragon.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	30	While the first-born of the poor are grazing and the destitute are resting in safety, I shall make your stock die of hunger and then slaughter what remains of you.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	31	Howl, gate! Shriek, city! Totter, all Philistia! For a smoke is coming from the north, and there are no deserters in those battalions.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	14	32	What reply will be given then to the messengers of that nation? - That Yahweh founded Zion and there the poor of his people will find refuge.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	15	1	Proclamation about Moab: Laid waste in a night, Ar-Moab lies silent; Laid waste in a night, Kir-Moab lies silent.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	15	2	The daughter of Dibon has climbed to the high places to weep; on Nebo and in Medeba Moab laments. Every head shaven, every beard cut off,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	15	3	they wear sackcloth in their streets; on their roofs and in their squares, everyone is lamenting and collapsing in tears.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	15	4	Heshbon and Elealeh are crying out in distress, their voices can be heard as far as Jahaz. That is why the warriors of Moab are shivering, his soul trembles at the sound.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	15	5	His heart cries out in distress for Moab, whose fugitives are already at Zoar, nearly at Eglath-Shelishiyah. They climb the slope of Luhith, weeping as they go; on the road to Horonaim they utter heart-rending cries.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	15	6	The Waters of Nimrim have become a waste land, the grass dried up, the plants withered away, nothing green any more.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	15	7	That is why they are carrying what they could save of their stores across the Ravine of the Willows.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	15	8	For the cry for help re-echoes round the territory of Moab; their wailing, right to Eglaim, to Beer-Elim, their wailing;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	15	9	Dimon's waters are swollen with blood, and I have worse in store for Dimon: a lion for those of Moab who survive, for those left on its soil.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	16	1	Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, from Sela by the desert, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	16	2	for soon, like a fluttered bird, like nestlings cast out, will be the women of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	16	3	Hold a council, make a decision. At noon spread your shadow as if it were night. Hide those who have been driven out, do not betray the fugitive,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	16	4	let those who have been driven out of Moab come and live with you; be their refuge in the face of the devastator. Once the oppression is past, and the devastation has stopped and those now trampling on the country have gone away,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	16	5	the throne will be made secure in faithful love and on it will sit in constancy within the tent of David, a judge seeking fair judgement and pursuing uprightness.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	16	6	We have heard about Moab's pride, about how very proud it is, about its arrogance, its pride, its rage, its bravado, which will come to nothing!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	16	7	And so Moab is wailing for Moab, wailing, every one of them. For the raisin cakes of Kir-Hareseth you mourn, stricken with grief.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	16	8	For Heshbon's vineyards are withering, the vine of Sibmah whose red grapes used to overcome the overlords of the nations. It used to reach to Jazer, had wound its way into the desert, its shoots grew so numerous they spread across the sea.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	16	9	And so I weep, as Jazer weeps, for the vine of Sibmah. I water you with my tears, Heshbon and Elealeh. For over your harvest and vintage the cheering has died away;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	16	10	joy and gladness have vanished from the orchards. No more revelry in the vineyards, no more happy shouting; no more the treader treads wine in the presses, the cheering has ceased.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	16	11	That is why my whole being quivers like harp strings for Moab, my very heart, for Kir-Heres.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	16	12	Moab will be seen, wearing itself out on the high places and going to its temple to pray, but it will accomplish nothing.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	16	13	Such was the word which Yahweh spoke about Moab in the past.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	16	14	And now Yahweh has spoken in these terms, 'Within three years, as a hired worker reckons them, the glory of Moab will be humbled, despite its teeming population. It will be reduced to nothing, an insignificant remnant.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	17	1	Proclamation about Damascus: Damascus will soon cease to be a city, it will become a heap of ruins.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	17	2	Its towns, abandoned for ever, will be pastures for flocks; there they will rest with no one to disturb them.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	17	3	Ephraim will be stripped of its defences and Damascus of its sovereignty; and the remnant of Aram will be treated like the glory of the Israelites -- declares Yahweh Sabaoth.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	17	4	When that day comes, Jacob's glory will diminish, from being fat he will grow lean;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	17	5	as when a reaper gathers in the standing corn, harvesting the ears of corn with his arm, or when they glean the ears in the Valley of Rephaim,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	17	6	nothing will remain but pickings, as when an olive tree is beaten; two or three berries left on the topmost bough, four or five berries on the branches of the tree -- declares Yahweh, God of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	17	7	That day, a man will look to his Creator and his eyes will turn to the Holy One of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	17	8	He will no longer look to altars, his own handiwork, or to what his own fingers have made: the sacred poles and incense-altars.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	17	9	That day, its cities of refuge will be abandoned as were the woods and heaths at the Israelites' advance: there will be desolation.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	17	10	Since you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and failed to keep the Rock, your refuge, in mind, you plant pleasure-gardens, you sow exotic seeds;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	17	11	the day you plant them, you get them to sprout, and, next morning, your seedlings are in flower; but the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	17	12	Disaster! The thunder of vast hordes, a thunder like the thunder of the seas, the roar of nations roaring like the roar of mighty floods,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	17	13	of nations roaring like the roar of ocean! He rebukes them and far away they flee, driven like chaff on the mountains before the wind, like an eddy of dust before the storm.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	17	14	At evening all is terror, by morning all have disappeared. Such will be the lot of those who plunder us, such, the fate of our despoilers.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	18	1	Disaster! Land of the whirring locust beyond the rivers of Cush,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	18	2	who send ambassadors by sea, in little reed-boats across the waters! Go, swift messengers to a nation tall and bronzed, to a people feared far and near, a mighty and masterful nation whose country is criss-crossed with rivers.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	18	3	All you who inhabit the world, you who people the earth, when the signal is hoisted on the mountains, you will see, when the ram's-horn is sounded, you will hear.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	18	4	For this is what Yahweh has told me, 'I shall sit here quietly looking down, like the burning heat in the daytime, like a dewy mist in the heat of harvest.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	18	5	For, before the harvest, once the flowering is over and blossom turns into ripening grape, the branches will be cut off with pruning knives, and the shoots taken off, cut away.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	18	6	All has been abandoned to the mountain birds of prey and the wild animals: the birds of prey will summer on them, and all the wild animals winter on them.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	18	7	Then, an offering will be brought to Yahweh Sabaoth on behalf of a people tall and bronzed, on behalf of a people feared far and near, on behalf of a mighty and masterful nation whose country is criss-crossed with rivers: to the place where the name of Yahweh Sabaoth resides, Mount Zion.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	19	1	Proclamation about Egypt: Look! Yahweh, riding a swift cloud, is coming to Egypt. The false gods of Egypt totter before him and Egypt's heart quails within her.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	19	2	I shall stir up Egypt against Egypt, they will fight one another, brother against brother, friend against friend, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	19	3	Egypt's spirit will fail within her and I shall confound her deliberations. They will consult false gods and wizards, ghosts and sorcerers.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	19	4	And I shall hand Egypt over to the clutches of a cruel master, a ruthless king will rule them -- declares Yahweh Sabaoth.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	19	5	The waters will ebb from the sea, the river will dry up and run low,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	19	6	the streams will become foul, the rivers of Egypt sink and dry up. Rush and reed will turn black,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	19	7	the Nile-plants on the banks of the Nile; all the vegetation of the Nile, will wither, blow away and be no more.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	19	8	The fishermen will groan, it will be mourning for all who cast hook in the Nile; those who spread nets on the waters will lose heart.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	19	9	The workers of carded flax and the weavers of white cloth will be confounded,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	19	10	the weavers dismayed, all the workmen dejected.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	19	11	Yes, the princes of Zoan are fools, Pharaoh's wisest councillors make up a stupid council. How dare you say to Pharaoh, 'I am descended from sages, I am descended from bygone kings'?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	19	12	Where are these sages of yours? Let them tell you, so that all may know, the plans Yahweh Sabaoth has made against Egypt!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	19	13	The princes of Zoan are fools, the princes of Noph, self-deceivers, the top men of her provinces have led Egypt astray.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	19	14	Yahweh has infused them with a giddy spirit; they have led Egypt astray in all she undertakes like a drunkard straying about as he vomits.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	19	15	Nowadays no one does for Egypt what top and tail, palm and reed used to do.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	19	16	That day Egypt will be like women, trembling and terrified at the threatening hand of Yahweh Sabaoth, when he raises it against her.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	19	17	The land of Judah will become Egypt's shame; whenever she is reminded of it, she will be terrified, because of the plan which Yahweh Sabaoth has laid against her.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	19	18	That day in Egypt there will be five towns speaking the language of Canaan and pledging themselves to Yahweh Sabaoth; one of them will be called City of the Sun.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	19	19	That day there will be an altar dedicated to Yahweh in the centre of Egypt and, close to the frontier, a pillar dedicated to Yahweh,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	19	20	and this will be a sign and a witness to Yahweh Sabaoth in Egypt. When they cry to Yahweh for help because of oppressors, he will send them a Saviour and leader to deliver them.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	19	21	Yahweh will reveal himself to Egypt, and the Egyptians will acknowledge Yahweh that day and will offer sacrifices and cereal offerings, and will make vows to Yahweh and perform them.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	19	22	And if Yahweh strikes Egypt, having struck he will heal, and they will turn to Yahweh who will hear their prayers and heal them.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	19	23	That day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. Assyria will have access to Egypt and Egypt have access to Assyria. Egypt will serve with Assyria.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	19	24	That day Israel will make a third with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing at the centre of the world,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	19	25	and Yahweh Sabaoth will bless them in the words, 'Blessed be my people Egypt, Assyria my creation, and Israel my heritage.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	20	1	The year the general-in-chief, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and stormed and captured it
-Isaiah	Isa	29	20	2	at that time Yahweh spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz and said, 'Go, undo the sackcloth round your waist and take the sandals off your feet.' And he did so, and walked about, naked and barefoot.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	20	3	Yahweh then said, 'As my servant Isaiah has been walking about naked and barefoot for the last three years as a sign and portent for Egypt and Cush,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	20	4	so the king of Assyria will lead the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot, their buttocks bared, to the shame of Egypt.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	20	5	Then they will be afraid and ashamed of Cush their hope and Egypt their pride,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	20	6	and the inhabitants of this coast will say on that day, "Look what has happened to our hope, to those to whom we fled for help, to escape from the king of Assyria. How are we going to escape?" '
-Isaiah	Isa	29	21	1	Proclamation about the coastal desert: As whirlwinds sweeping over the Negeb, he comes from the desert, from a fearsome country.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	21	2	A harsh vision has been shown me, 'The traitor betrays and the despoiler despoils. Advance, Elam, lay siege, Media!' I have cut short all groaning.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	21	3	This is why my loins are racked with pain, why I am seized with pangs like the pangs of a woman in labour; I am too distressed to hear, too afraid to look.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	21	4	My heart is bewildered, dread overwhelms me, the twilight I longed for has become my horror.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	21	5	They lay the table, spread the cloth, they eat, they drink. Up, princes, grease the shield!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	21	6	For this is what the Lord has told me, 'Go, post a look-out, let him report what he sees.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	21	7	He will see cavalry, horsemen two by two, men mounted on donkeys, men mounted on camels; let him watch alertly, be very alert indeed!'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	21	8	Then the look-out shouted, 'On the watchtower, Lord, I stay all day and at my post I stand all night.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	21	9	Now the cavalry is coming, horsemen two by two.' He shouted again and said, 'Babylon has fallen, has fallen, and all the images of her gods he has shattered to the ground!'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	21	10	You whom I have threshed, grain of my threshing-floor, what I have heard from Yahweh Sabaoth, God of Israel, I am telling you now.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	21	11	Proclamation about Dumah: From Seir, someone shouts to me, 'Watchman, what time of night? Watchman, what time of night?'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	21	12	The watchman answers, 'Morning is coming, then night again. If you want to ask, ask! Come back! Come here!'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	21	13	Proclamation about the wastelands: In the thickets, on the wastelands, you spend the night, you caravans of Dedanites.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	21	14	Bring water for the thirsty! The inhabitants of Tema went with bread to greet the fugitive.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	21	15	For these have fled before the sword, the naked sword and the bent bow, the press of battle.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	21	16	For this is what the Lord has told me, 'In one year's time as a hired worker reckons it, all the glory of Kedar will be finished
-Isaiah	Isa	29	21	17	and, of the valiant archers, the Kedarites, hardly any will be left, for Yahweh, God of Israel, has spoken.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	22	1	Prophecy on the Valley of Vision: Now what is the matter with you for you all to be up on the housetops,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	22	2	full of excitement, boisterous town, joyful city? Your slain have not fallen to the sword nor died in battle.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	22	3	Your leaders have all fled together, captured without a bow between them, all who could be found have been captured at a blow, far though they had fled.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	22	4	That is why I said, 'Turn your eyes away from me, let me weep bitterly; do not try to comfort me over the ruin of the daughter of my people.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	22	5	For this is a day of rout, panic and confusion, the work of the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth in the Valley of Vision. The wall is sapped, cries for help ring out to the mountains.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	22	6	Elam has picked up his quiver, with manned chariots and horsemen, and Kir has bared his shield.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	22	7	Your fairest valleys are full of chariots and the horsemen take up positions at the gates;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	22	8	thus falls the defence of Judah. That day you turned your gaze to the weapons in the House of the Forest.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	22	9	You saw how many breaches there were in the City of David. You collected the waters of the lower pool.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	22	10	You surveyed the houses in Jerusalem and pulled houses down to strengthen the wall.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	22	11	Between the two walls you made a reservoir for the waters of the old pool. But you did not look to the Creator of these things, you did not look to the One who fashioned them long ago.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	22	12	That day the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth called on you to weep and mourn, to shave your heads, to put on sackcloth.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	22	13	But instead there is joy and merriment, killing of oxen, slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat, drinking of wine, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall be dead.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	22	14	Then Yahweh Sabaoth revealed this to my ears, 'This guilt will never be forgiven you, until you are dead,' says the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	22	15	The Lord Yahweh Sabaoth says this: Go and find that steward, Shebna, the master of the palace:
-Isaiah	Isa	29	22	16	'What do you own here, who gave you the right for you to hew yourself a tomb here?' He is hewing himself a tomb, is digging a resting-place for himself in the rock.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	22	17	But Yahweh will throw you away, strong as you are, will grasp you in his grip,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	22	18	will screw you up into a ball, a ball thrown into a vast space. There you will die, with your splendid chariots, disgrace to your master's palace!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	22	19	I shall hound you from your office, I shall snatch you from your post
-Isaiah	Isa	29	22	20	and, when that day comes, I shall summon my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	22	21	I shall dress him in your tunic, I shall put your sash round his waist, I shall invest him with your authority; and he will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the House of Judah.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	22	22	I shall place the key of David's palace on his shoulder; when he opens, no one will close, when he closes, no one will open.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	22	23	I shall drive him like a nail into a firm place; and he will become a throne of glory for his family.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	22	24	'On him will depend all the glory of his family, the descendants and offspring, all the vessels of small capacity too, from cups to pitchers.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	22	25	That day, declares Yahweh Sabaoth, the nail driven into a firm place will give way, will be torn out and fall. And the whole load hanging on it will be lost. For Yahweh has spoken.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	23	1	Proclamation about Tyre: Howl, ships of Tarshish, for all has been destroyed- no more houses, no way of getting in: the news has reached them from Kittim.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	23	2	Be struck dumb, inhabitants of the coast, you merchants of Sidon, whose messengers cross the sea
-Isaiah	Isa	29	23	3	to the wide ocean. The grain of the Canal, the harvest of the Nile, formed her revenue. She was the market for the nations.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	23	4	Blush, Sidon (citadel of the seas), for this is what the sea has said, 'I have felt no birth-pangs, never given birth, never reared boys nor brought up girls.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	23	5	When the news reaches Egypt, they will tremble to hear Tyre's fate.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	23	6	Cross to Tarshish, howl, inhabitants of the coast.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	23	7	Is this your proud city founded far back in the past, whose steps led her far afield to found her colonies?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	23	8	Who took this decision against Tyre, who used to hand out crowns, whose traders were princes, whose merchants, men honoured in the city?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	23	9	Yahweh Sabaoth took this decision to wither the pride of all beauty and humiliate those honoured in the city.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	23	10	Cultivate your country like the Delta, daughter of Tarshish, for your marine docks are no more.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	23	11	He has raised his hand against the sea, he has shaken kingdoms, Yahweh has ordained the destruction of the fortresses of Canaan.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	23	12	He has said, 'Exult no more, ill-treated virgin daughter of Sidon! Get up, cross to Kittim, no respite for you there, either.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	23	13	Look at the land of the Chaldaeans, a people who used not to exist! Assyria assigned it to the creatures of the wilds; they raised their siege-towers against it, demolished its bastions, reduced it to ruin.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	23	14	Howl, ships of Tarshish, for your fortress has been destroyed.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	23	15	When that day comes, Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, the length of one king's life. But when the seventy years are over, Tyre will become like the whore in the song:
-Isaiah	Isa	29	23	16	'Take your harp, walk the town, whore whom men have forgotten! Play sweetly, song after song, to make them remember you.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	23	17	At the end of the seventy years Yahweh will visit Tyre. She will receive her pay again and play the whore with all the kingdoms of the world on the surface of the earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	23	18	But her profits and wages will be dedicated to Yahweh. They will not be stored or hoarded, but her profits will go to those who live in Yahweh's presence, for them to have as much food as they want and splendid clothes.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	24	1	See how Yahweh lays the earth waste, makes it a desert, buckles its surface, scatters its inhabitants,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	24	2	priest and people alike, master and slave, mistress and maid, seller and buyer, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	24	3	Ravaged, ravaged the earth will be, despoiled, despoiled, for Yahweh has uttered this word.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	24	4	The earth is mourning, pining away, the pick of earth's people are withering away.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	24	5	The earth is defiled by the feet of its inhabitants, for they have transgressed the laws, violated the decree, broken the everlasting covenant.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	24	6	That is why the curse has consumed the earth and its inhabitants pay the penalty, that is why the inhabitants of the earth have been burnt up and few people are left.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	24	7	The new wine is mourning, the vine is withering away, the once merry-hearted are sighing.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	24	8	The cheerful sound of tambourines is silent, the sound of revelling is over, the cheerful sound of the harp is silent.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	24	9	No more will they sing over their wine, liquor will taste bitter to the drinker.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	24	10	The city of nothingness is in ruins, every house is shut, no one can enter.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	24	11	People shout in the streets to try to get wine; all joy has vanished, happiness has been banished from the country.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	24	12	Nothing but rubble in the city, the gate has collapsed in ruins.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	24	13	For at the heart of earth's life, among the peoples, it is as at the beating of the olive trees, as at the gleaning of the grapes when the grape harvest is over.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	24	14	They raise their voices, shouting for joy, in Yahweh's honour they shout from the west.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	24	15	'Yes, in the east, give glory to Yahweh, in the islands of the sea, to the name of Yahweh, God of Israel!'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	24	16	We have heard psalms from the remotest parts of earth, 'Glory to the Upright One!' But I thought, 'What an ordeal, what an ordeal! What misery for me!' The traitors have betrayed, the traitors have acted most treacherously.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	24	17	Fear, the pit and the snare for you, inhabitants of the city!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	24	18	And whoever flees from the cry of fear will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare. Yes, the sluice-gates above are open, the foundations of the earth are quaking.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	24	19	A cracking, the earth cracks open, a jolting, the earth gives a jolt, a lurching, the earth lurches backwards and forwards.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	24	20	The earth will reel to and fro like a drunkard, it will be shaken like a shanty; so heavy will be its sin on it, it will fall, never to rise again.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	24	21	When that day comes, Yahweh will punish the armies of the sky above and on earth the kings of the earth;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	24	22	they will be herded together, herded together like prisoners in a dungeon and shut up in gaol, and, after long years, punished.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	24	23	The moon will be confused and the sun ashamed, for Yahweh Sabaoth is king on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and the Glory will radiate on their elders.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	25	1	Yahweh, you are my God, I shall praise you to the heights, I shall praise your name; for you have accomplished marvels, plans long-conceived, faithfully, firmly.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	25	2	For you have made the town a heap of stones, the fortified city a ruin. The foreigners' citadel is a city no longer, it will never be rebuilt.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	25	3	Hence mighty peoples will honour you, the city of pitiless nations hold you in awe;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	25	4	For you have been a refuge for the weak, a refuge for the needy in distress, a shelter from the storm, shade from the heat; for the breath of the pitiless is like a winter storm.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	25	5	Like heat in a dry land you calm the foreigners' tumult; as heat under the shadow of a cloud, so the song of the pitiless dies away.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	25	6	On this mountain, for all peoples, Yahweh Sabaoth is preparing a banquet of rich food, a banquet of fine wines, of succulent food, of well-strained wines.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	25	7	On this mountain, he has destroyed the veil which used to veil all peoples, the pall enveloping all nations;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	25	8	he has destroyed death for ever. Lord Yahweh has wiped away the tears from every cheek; he has taken his people's shame away everywhere on earth, for Yahweh has spoken.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	25	9	And on that day, it will be said, 'Look, this is our God, in him we put our hope that he should save us, this is Yahweh, we put our hope in him. Let us exult and rejoice since he has saved us.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	25	10	For Yahweh's hand will rest on this mountain, and Moab will be trodden under his feet as straw is trodden into the dung-heap.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	25	11	He may stretch his hands wide on the mountain like a swimmer stretching out his hands to swim. But he will humble his pride despite what his hands may attempt.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	25	12	And the impregnable fortress of your walls, he has overthrown, laid low, flung to the ground, in the dust.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	26	1	That day, this song will be sung in Judah: 'We have a fortress city, the walls and ramparts provide safety.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	26	2	Open the gates! Let the upright nation come in, the nation that keeps faith!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	26	3	This is the plan decreed: you will guarantee peace, the peace entrusted to you.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	26	4	Trust in Yahweh for ever, for Yahweh is a rock for ever.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	26	5	He has brought low the dwellers on the heights, the lofty citadel; he lays it low, brings it to the ground, flings it down in the dust.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	26	6	It will be trodden under foot, by the feet of the needy, the steps of the weak.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	26	7	The path of the Upright One is honesty; you smooth the honest way of the upright.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	26	8	Following the path of your judgements, Yahweh, we set our hopes in you, your name, your memory are all our soul desires.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	26	9	At night my soul longs for you and my spirit within me seeks you out; for when your judgements appear on earth the inhabitants of the world learn what saving justice is.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	26	10	If pity is shown to the wicked without his learning what saving justice is, he will act wrongly in the land of right conduct and not see the majesty of Yahweh.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	26	11	Yahweh, your hand is raised but they do not see! The antagonists of your people will look and grow pale; with your fiery wrath you will devour your enemies.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	26	12	Yahweh, you will grant us peace, having completed all our undertakings for us.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	26	13	Yahweh our God, other lords than you have ruled us but, loyal to you alone, we invoke your name.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	26	14	The dead will not come back to life, the shadows will not rise again, for you have punished them, annihilated them, wiping out their very memory.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	26	15	You have made the nation larger, Yahweh, made the nation larger and won yourself glory, you have rolled back the frontiers of the country.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	26	16	Yahweh, in distress they had recourse to you, they expended themselves in prayer, since your punishment was on them.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	26	17	As a pregnant woman near her time of delivery writhes and cries out in her pangs, so have we been, Yahweh, in your eyes:
-Isaiah	Isa	29	26	18	we have been pregnant, we have writhed, but we have given birth only to wind: we have not given salvation to the earth, no inhabitants for the world have been brought to birth.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	26	19	Your dead will come back to life, your corpses will rise again. Wake up and sing, you dwellers in the dust, for your dew will be a radiant dew, but the earth will give birth to the shades.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	26	20	Go, my people, go to your private room, shut yourselves in. Hide yourselves a little while until the retribution has passed.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	26	21	For see, Yahweh emerges from his dwelling to punish the inhabitants of earth for their guilt; and the earth will reveal the blood shed on it and no longer hide its slain.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	27	1	That day Yahweh will punish, with his unyielding sword, massive and strong, Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the coiling serpent; he will kill that dragon that lives in the sea.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	27	2	That day, sing of the splendid vineyard!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	27	3	I, Yahweh, am its guardian, from time to time I water it; so that no harm befall it, I guard it night and day.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	27	4	-I do not have a wall. Who can reduce me to brambles and thorn-bushes? -I shall make war and trample on it and at the same time burn it.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	27	5	Or should they beg for my protection, let them make their peace with me, peace let them make with me.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	27	6	In days to come, Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and the surface of the world be one vast harvest.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	27	7	Has he struck him as he was struck by those who struck him? Has he murdered him as he was murdered by those who murdered him?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	27	8	By expelling, by excluding him, you have executed a sentence, he has blown him away with a breath as rough as the east wind.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	27	9	For that is how Jacob's guilt will be forgiven, such will be the result of renouncing his sin, when all the altar-stones have been smashed to pieces like lumps of chalk, when the sacred poles and incense-altars stand no longer.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	27	10	For the fortified city is abandoned now, deserted, forsaken as a desert where calves browse, where they lie down, destroying its branches.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	27	11	When boughs go dry, they get burnt, women come and use them for firewood. Now, this is a people that does not understand, and so its Maker will not take pity on it, he who formed it will not show it any mercy.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	27	12	When that day comes, Yahweh will start his threshing from the course of the River to the Torrent of Egypt, and you will be gathered one by one, Israelites!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	27	13	When that day comes, the great ram's-horn will be sounded, and those lost in Assyria will come, and those banished to Egypt, and they will worship Yahweh on the holy mountain, in Jerusalem.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	1	Woe to the haughty crown of Ephraim's drunkards, to the fading flower of its proud splendour sited at the head of the lush valley, to those prostrated by wine!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	2	See, a strong and mighty man in the Lord's service, like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest, like immense flood-waters overflowing, with his hand he throws them to the ground.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	3	They will be trampled underfoot, the haughty crown of Ephraim's drunkards,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	4	and the faded flower of its proud splendour sited at the head of the lush valley. Like a fig ripe before summer comes: whoever spots it forthwith picks and swallows it.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	5	That day Yahweh Sabaoth will be a crown of splendour and a proud diadem for the remnant of his people,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	6	a spirit of fair judgement for him who sits in judgement, and the strength of those who repel the assault on the gate.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	7	These too have been confused by wine, have gone astray owing to liquor. Priest and prophet have become confused by liquor, are sodden with wine, have strayed owing to liquor, have become confused in their visions, have strayed in their decisions.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	8	Yes, every table is covered in filthy vomit, not one is clean!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	9	'Whom does he think he is lecturing? Whom does he think his message is for? Babies just weaned? Babies just taken from the breast?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	10	With his "Sav lasav, sav lasav, kav lakav, kav lakav, zeer sham, zeer sham!"
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	11	Now, with stammering lips and in a foreign language, he will talk to this nation.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	12	He used to say to them, 'Here you can rest! Here you can let the weary rest! Here all is quiet.' But they refused to listen.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	13	Now Yahweh is going to say this to them, 'Sav lasav, sav lasav, kav lakav, kav lakav, zeer sham, zeer sham.' So that when they walk they will fall over backwards and so be broken, trapped and taken captive.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	14	Hence listen to Yahweh's word, you insolent men, rulers of this people in Jerusalem.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	15	Because you have said, 'We have made a treaty with Death and have struck a pact with Sheol. When the scourging flood comes over, it will not touch us, for we have made lies our refuge and hidden under falsehood.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	16	So the Lord Yahweh says this, 'Now I shall lay a stone in Zion, a granite stone, a precious corner-stone, a firm foundation-stone: no one who relies on this will stumble.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	17	And I will make fair judgement the measure, and uprightness the plumb-line.' But hail will sweep away the refuge of lies and floods wash away the hiding-place;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	18	your treaty with Death will be broken and your pact with Sheol will not hold. When the scourging flood comes over, you will be trodden down by it;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	19	every time it comes over, it will seize on you, for it will come over, morning after morning, day by day and night by night. Nothing but fear will make you understand what you hear.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	20	For the bed is too short to stretch in, the blanket too narrow for covering.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	21	Yes, as on Mount Perazim, Yahweh will rise, as in the Valley of Gibeon, he will storm to do his work, his mysterious work, to do his deed, his extraordinary deed.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	22	Stop scoffing, then, or your bonds will be tightened further, for I have heard it: it has been irrevocably decided as regards the whole country by the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	23	Listen closely to my words, be attentive, understand what I am saying.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	24	Does the ploughman plough all day to sow, breaking up and harrowing his ground?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	25	Once he has levelled its surface, does he not scatter fennel, sow cummin? Then he puts in wheat, millet, barley and, round the edges, spelt,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	26	for his God has taught him this rule and instructed him.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	27	Fennel must not be crushed with a sledge, nor cart-wheels driven over cummin; fennel must be beaten with a stick, and cummin with a flail.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	28	When you are threshing wheat, you do not waste time crushing it; you get the horse and cart-wheel moving, but you do not grind it fine.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	28	29	All this is a gift from Yahweh Sabaoth, marvellous advice leading to great achievements.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	29	1	Woe, Ariel, Ariel, city where David encamped. Let year after year pass, let the feasts make their full round,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	29	2	then I shall inflict trouble on Ariel, and there will be sighing and sobbing, and I shall make it truly Ariel.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	29	3	I shall encamp all round you, I shall lay siege to you and mount siege-works against you.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	29	4	You will be laid low, will speak from the underworld, your words will rise like a murmur from the dust. Your voice from the earth will be like a ghost's, it will whisper as though coming from the dust.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	29	5	The horde of your enemies will be like fine dust, the horde of the warriors like flying chaff. And suddenly, in an instant,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	29	6	you will be visited by Yahweh Sabaoth with thunder, earthquake, mighty din, hurricane, tempest, flame of devouring fire.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	29	7	It will be like a dream, like a vision at night: the horde of all the nations at war with Ariel, all those fighting, besieging and troubling it.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	29	8	It will be like the dream of a hungry man: he eats, then wakes up with an empty belly; or like the dream of a thirsty man: he drinks, then wakes up exhausted with a parched throat. So will it be with the horde of all the nations making war on Mount Zion.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	29	9	Be stupefied and stunned, go blind, unseeing, drunk but not on wine, staggering but not through liquor.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	29	10	For Yahweh has infused you with a spirit of lethargy, he has closed your eyes (the prophets), he has veiled your heads (the seers).
-Isaiah	Isa	29	29	11	For to you every vision has become like the words of a sealed book. You give it to someone able to read and say, 'Read that.' He replies, 'I cannot, because it is sealed.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	29	12	You then give the book to someone who cannot read, and say, 'Read that.' He replies, 'I cannot read.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	29	13	The Lord then said: Because this people approaches me only in words, honours me only with lip-service while their hearts are far from me, and reverence for me, as far as they are concerned, is nothing but human commandment, a lesson memorised,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	29	14	very well, I shall have to go on astounding this people with prodigies and wonders: for the wisdom of its wise men is doomed, the understanding of any who understand will vanish.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	29	15	Woe to those who burrow down to conceal their plans from Yahweh, who scheme in the dark and say, 'Who can see us? Who knows who we are?'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	29	16	How perverse you are! Is the potter no better than the clay? Something that was made, can it say of its maker, 'He did not make me'? Or a pot say of the potter, 'He does not know his job'?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	29	17	Is it not true that in a very short time the Lebanon will become productive ground, so productive you might take it for a forest?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	29	18	That day the deaf will hear the words of the book and, delivered from shadow and darkness, the eyes of the blind will see.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	29	19	The lowly will find ever more joy in Yahweh and the poorest of people will delight in the Holy One of Israel;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	29	20	for the tyrant will be no more, the scoffer has vanished and all those on the look-out for evil have been destroyed:
-Isaiah	Isa	29	29	21	those who incriminate others by their words, those who lay traps for the arbitrator at the gate and groundlessly deprive the upright of fair judgement.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	29	22	That is why Yahweh, God of the House of Jacob, Abraham's redeemer, says this, 'No longer shall Jacob be disappointed, no more shall his face grow pale,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	29	23	for when he sees his children, my creatures, home again with him, he will acknowledge my name as holy, he will acknowledge the Holy One of Jacob to be holy and will hold the God of Israel in awe.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	29	24	Erring spirits will learn to understand and murmurers accept instruction.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	1	Woe to the rebellious children -- declares Yahweh -- who make plans which do not come from me and make alliances not inspired by me, and so add sin to sin!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	2	They are leaving for Egypt, without consulting me, to take refuge in Pharaoh's protection, to shelter in Egypt's shadow.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	3	Pharaoh's protection will be your shame, the shelter of Egypt's shadow your confounding.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	4	For his princes have gone to Zoan and his messengers have reached Hanes.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	5	Everyone has been disappointed by a people who cannot help, who bring neither aid nor profit, only disappointment and confusion.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	6	Proclamation about the beasts of the Negeb: Into the land of distress and of anguish, of lioness and roaring lion, of viper and flying dragon, they bear their riches on donkeys' backs, their treasures on camels' humps, to a nation that cannot help:
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	7	Egypt, whose help is vain and futile; and so I call her 'Rahab -the-collapsed'.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	8	Now go, inscribe this on a tablet, write it on a scroll, so that it may serve for time to come for ever and for ever.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	9	This is a rebellious people, they are lying children, children who will not listen to Yahweh's Law.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	10	To the seers they say, 'See nothing!' To the prophets, 'Do not prophesy the truth to us; tell us flattering things; have illusory visions;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	11	turn aside from the way, leave the path, rid us of the Holy One of Israel.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	12	So the Holy One of Israel says this, 'Since you have rejected this word and put your trust in fraud and disloyalty and rely on these,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	13	for you this guilt will prove to be a breach opening up, a bulge at the top of a wall which suddenly and all at once comes crashing down.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	14	He will shatter it like an earthenware pot, ruthlessly knocking it to pieces, so that of the fragments not one shard can be found with which to take up fire from the hearth or scoop water from the storage-well.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	15	For Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, says this, 'Your salvation lay in conversion and tranquillity, your strength in serenity and trust and you would have none of it.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	16	"No," you said, "we shall flee on horses." And so flee you will! And again, "We shall ride on swift ones." And so your pursuers will be swift!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	17	A thousand will quake at the threat of one and when five threaten you will flee, until what is left of you will be like a flagstaff on a mountain top, like a signal on a hill.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	18	But Yahweh is waiting to be gracious to you, the Exalted One, to take pity on you, for Yahweh is a God of fair judgement; blessed are all who hope in him.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	19	Yes, people of Zion living in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will be gracious to you when your cry for help rings out; as soon as he hears it, he will answer you.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	20	When the Lord has given you the bread of suffering and the water of distress, he who is your teacher will hide no longer, and you will see your teacher with your own eyes.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	21	Your ears will hear these words behind you, 'This is the way, keep to it,' whether you turn to right or left.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	22	You will hold unclean the silverplating of your idols and the goldplating of your images. You will throw them away like the polluted things they are, shouting after them, 'Good riddance!'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	23	He will send rain for the seed you sow in the ground, and the bread that the ground provides will be rich and nourishing. That day, your cattle will graze in wide pastures.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	24	Oxen and donkeys that work the land will eat for fodder wild sorrel, spread by the shovel-load and fork-load.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	25	On every lofty mountain, on every high hill there will be streams and water-courses, on the day of the great slaughter when the strongholds fall.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	26	Then moonlight will be bright as sunlight and sunlight itself be seven times brighter -- like the light of seven days in one -- on the day Yahweh dresses his people's wound and heals the scars of the blows they have received.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	27	See, the name of Yahweh comes from afar, blazing his anger, heavy his threat. His lips are brimming over with fury, his tongue is like a devouring fire.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	28	His breath is like a river in spate coming up to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction, to harness the peoples in a bridle, that will lead them astray.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	29	Your song will be like that on a festal night, and there will be joy in your hearts as when to the sound of the flute people make a pilgrimage to the mountain of Yahweh, the Rock of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	30	Yahweh will make his majestic voice ring out, he will show the weight of his arm in the heat of his anger, with a devouring fire, with thunderbolt, downpour and hailstones.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	31	Yes, at Yahweh's voice Assyria will be terrified, he will strike him with his rod;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	32	each time he goes by, will fall the punishing rod that Yahweh will lay on him, to the sound of tambourines and harps, in the battles which he will wage against him with uplifted hand.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	30	33	Yes, Topheth has been ready for a long time now, that too is ready for the king, deep and wide his pyre, fire and wood in plenty. Yahweh's breath, like a stream of brimstone, will set fire to it.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	31	1	Woe to those going down to Egypt for help, who put their trust in horses, who rely on the quantity of chariots, and on great strength of cavalrymen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult Yahweh.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	31	2	Yet he too is wise and can bring disaster and he will not go back on his word; he will rise against the breed of evil-doers and against those who protect wrong-doers.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	31	3	The Egyptian is human, not divine, his horses are flesh, not spirit; Yahweh will stretch out his hand: the protector will stumble, the protected will fall and all will perish together.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	31	4	Yes, this is what Yahweh has said to me: As a lion or lion cub growls over its prey, when scores of shepherds are summoned to drive it off, without being frightened by their shouting or cowed by the noise they make, just so will Yahweh Sabaoth descend to fight for Mount Zion and for its hill.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	31	5	Like hovering birds, so will Yahweh Sabaoth protect Jerusalem; by protecting it, he will save it, by supporting it, he will deliver it.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	31	6	Come back to the one whom the Israelites have so deeply betrayed!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	31	7	For, that day, each of you will throw away the false gods of silver and the false gods of gold which your own sinful hands have made.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	31	8	Assyria will fall by the sword, not that of a man, will be devoured by the sword, of no human being, he will flee before the sword and his young warriors will be enslaved.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	31	9	In his terror he will abandon his rock, and his panic-stricken officers desert the standard -- declares Yahweh, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace, in Jerusalem.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	32	1	There will be a king who reigns uprightly and princes who rule with fair judgement;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	32	2	each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams on arid ground, like the shade of a solid rock in a desolate land.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	32	3	The eyes of seers will no longer be closed, the ears of hearers will be alert,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	32	4	the heart of the hasty will learn to think things over, and the tongue of stammerers will speak promptly and clearly.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	32	5	The fool will no longer be called generous, nor the rascal be styled bountiful.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	32	6	For the fool speaks folly and his heart is set on villainy; he is godless in his actions and his words ascribe error to Yahweh; he starves the hungry of their food and refuses drink to the thirsty.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	32	7	Everything to do with the rascal is evil, he devises infamous plans to ruin the poor with lying words even when the needy has right on his side;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	32	8	but the noble person plans only noble things, noble his every move.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	32	9	Stand up, you haughty women, listen to my words; you over-confident daughters, pay attention to what I say.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	32	10	Within one year and a few days you will tremble, you over-confident women; grape-harvesting will be finished, gathering will never happen again.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	32	11	Shudder, you haughty women, tremble, you over-confident women; strip, undress, put sackcloth round your waists.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	32	12	Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	32	13	for my people's soil where the bramble-bush will be growing and for all the happy houses, for the rejoicing city.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	32	14	For the citadel will be abandoned and the thronged city deserted, Ophel and the Keep will be denuded for ever, the playground of wild donkeys and the pasture of flocks,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	32	15	until the spirit is poured out on us from above, and the desert becomes an orchard, and an orchard that seems like a forest.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	32	16	Fair judgement will fix its home in the desert, and uprightness live in this orchard,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	32	17	and the product of uprightness will be peace, the effect of uprightness being quiet and security for ever.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	32	18	My people will live in a peaceful home, in peaceful houses, tranquil dwellings.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	32	19	And should the forest be totally destroyed and the city gravely humiliated,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	32	20	You will be happy to sow wherever there is water and to let the ox and donkey roam free.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	33	1	Woe to you, destroying though not yourself destroyed, betraying though not yourself betrayed; when you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed, when you have stopped betraying, you will be betrayed.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	33	2	Yahweh, show us your mercy, we hope in you. Be our arm every morning and our salvation in time of distress.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	33	3	At the sound of tumult the peoples flee, when you stand up the nations scatter.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	33	4	Your spoil is gathered in as a grasshopper gathers in, like a swarm of locusts people descend on it.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	33	5	Yahweh is exalted, for he is enthroned above, he has filled Zion with fair judgement and saving justice.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	33	6	You can count on this all your days: wisdom and knowledge are the riches that save, the fear of Yahweh is his treasure.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	33	7	Look, Ariel is lamenting in the streets, the ambassadors of peace are weeping bitterly.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	33	8	The highways are deserted, no travellers any more on the roads. Agreements are broken, witnesses held in contempt, there is respect for no one.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	33	9	The land pines away in mourning, the Lebanon is withering with shame, Sharon has become like the wasteland, Bashan and Carmel are shuddering.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	33	10	'Now I shall stand up,' says Yahweh, 'now I shall rise, now draw myself up.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	33	11	You conceive chaff, you give birth to straw: like fire, my breath will devour you.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	33	12	The peoples will be burnt up as though by quicklime, like cut thorns they will be burnt on the fire.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	33	13	You who are far away, listen to what I have done, and you who are near, realise my strength.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	33	14	The sinners in Zion are panic-stricken and fear seizes on the godless, 'Which of us can survive the devouring fire, which of us survive everlasting burning?'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	33	15	The one who acts uprightly and speaks honestly, who scorns to get rich by extortion, who rejects bribes out of hand, who refuses to listen to plans involving bloodshed and shuts his eyes rather than countenance crime:
-Isaiah	Isa	29	33	16	such a man will live on the heights, the craggy rocks will be his refuge, he will be fed, he will not want for water.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	33	17	Your eyes will gaze on the king in his beauty, they will look on a country stretching far and wide.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	33	18	Your heart will meditate on past terrors, 'Where is the man who did the counting? Where is the man who did the weighing? Where is the man who counted off the towers?'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	33	19	No more will you see that insolent people, that people of unintelligible speech, of barbarous and meaningless tongue.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	33	20	Gaze at Zion, city of our feasts; your eyes will see Jerusalem as a home that is secure, a tent not to be moved, none of its tent-pegs ever to be pulled out, none of its guy-ropes ever to be broken.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	33	21	There it is that Yahweh shows us his power, like a place of rivers and very wide canals on which will row no galley, over which will pass no majestic ship.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	33	22	(For Yahweh is our judge, Yahweh our lawgiver, Yahweh is our king and our Saviour.)
-Isaiah	Isa	29	33	23	Your tackle has given way, it cannot support the mast, it cannot hoist the pennon. And so there is much booty to be shared out; the lame fall to plundering,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	33	24	and no one living there will say, 'I am sickly'; the people living there will find their guilt forgiven.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	34	1	Come near and listen, you nations, pay attention, you peoples. Let the earth and its contents listen, the world and its entire population.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	34	2	For Yahweh is angry with all the nations, enraged with all their hordes. He has vowed them to destruction, handed them over to slaughter.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	34	3	Their dead will be thrown away, the stench will rise from their corpses, the mountains will run with their blood,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	34	4	the entire array of heaven will fall apart. The heavens will be rolled up like a scroll and all their array will fade away, as fade the leaves falling from the vine, as fade those falling from the fig tree.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	34	5	For my sword has drunk deep in the heavens: see how it now falls on Edom, on the people vowed to destruction, to punish them.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	34	6	Yahweh's sword is gorged with blood, it is greasy with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	34	7	The wild oxen will fall with them, the bullocks with the bulls; their land will be drenched with blood and their dust will be greasy with fat.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	34	8	For this will be Yahweh's day of vengeance, the year of retribution in Zion's lawsuit.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	34	9	Its streams will turn into pitch, its dust into brimstone, its country will turn into blazing pitch.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	34	10	Never quenched night or day, its smoke rising for ever, it will lie waste age after age, no one will travel through it for ever and ever.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	34	11	It will be the haunt of pelican and hedgehog, the owl and the raven will live there; over it Yahweh will stretch the measuring line of chaos and the plumb-line of emptiness.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	34	12	There will be no more nobles to proclaim the royal authority; there will be an end of all its princes.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	34	13	Brambles will grow in its bastions, nettles and thorn-bushes in its fortresses, it will be the lair of jackals, an enclosure for ostriches.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	34	14	Wild cats will meet hyenas there, satyr will call to satyr, there Lilith too will lurk and find somewhere to rest.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	34	15	The snake will nest and lay eggs there, will hatch and gather its young into the shade; and there the vultures will assemble, each one with its mate.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	34	16	Search in Yahweh's book, and read, not one of these will be missing, not one of them lacking a mate; for thus his mouth has ordained it, and his spirit has brought them together.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	34	17	He has thrown the lot for each, his hand has measured out their share; they will possess it for ever, and live there age after age.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	35	1	Let the desert and the dry lands be glad, let the wasteland rejoice and bloom; like the asphodel,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	35	2	let it burst into flower, let it rejoice and sing for joy. The glory of Lebanon is bestowed on it, the splendour of Carmel and Sharon; then they will see the glory of Yahweh, the splendour of our God.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	35	3	Strengthen all weary hands, steady all trembling knees
-Isaiah	Isa	29	35	4	and say to the faint-hearted, 'Be strong! Do not be afraid. Here is your God, vengeance is coming, divine retribution; he is coming to save you.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	35	5	Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, the ears of the deaf unsealed,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	35	6	then the lame will leap like a deer and the tongue of the dumb sing for joy; for water will gush in the desert and streams in the wastelands,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	35	7	the parched ground will become a marsh and the thirsty land springs of water; the lairs where the jackals used to live will become plots of reed and papyrus.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	35	8	And through it will run a road for them and a highway which will be called the Sacred Way; the unclean will not be allowed to use it; He will be the one to use this road, the fool will not stray along it.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	35	9	No lion will be there, no ferocious beast set foot on it, nothing of the sort be found; it will be used by the redeemed.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	35	10	For those whom Yahweh has ransomed will return, they will come to Zion shouting for joy, their heads crowned with joy unending; rejoicing and gladness will escort them and sorrow and sighing will take flight.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	36	1	In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria advanced on all the fortified towns of Judah and captured them.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	36	2	From Lachish the king of Assyria sent the cupbearer-in-chief with a large force to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem. The cupbearer-in-chief took up position near the conduit of the upper pool on the road to the Fuller's Field.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	36	3	The master of the palace, Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna the secretary and the herald Joah son of Asaph went out to him.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	36	4	The cupbearer-in-chief said to them, 'Say to Hezekiah, "The great king, the king of Assyria, says this: What makes you so confident?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	36	5	Do you think empty words are as good as strategy and military strength? Who are you relying on, to dare to rebel against me?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	36	6	There you are, relying on that broken reed, Egypt, which pricks and pierces the hand of the person who leans on it. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is like to all who rely on him.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	36	7	You may say to me: We rely on Yahweh our God. But haven't his high places and altars been suppressed by Hezekiah, who told Judah and Jerusalem: This is the altar before which you must worship?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	36	8	Very well, then, make a wager with my lord the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses if you can find horsemen to ride them.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	36	9	How could you repulse a single one of the least of my master's soldiers? And yet you have relied on Egypt for chariots and horsemen.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	36	10	And lastly, have I marched on this country to lay it waste without warrant from Yahweh? Yahweh himself said to me: March on this country and lay it waste."
-Isaiah	Isa	29	36	11	Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to the cupbearer-in-chief, 'Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it; do not speak to us in the Judaean language within earshot of the people on the ramparts.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	36	12	But the cupbearer-in-chief said, 'Do you think my lord sent me here to say these things to your master or to you? On the contrary, it was to the people sitting on the ramparts who, like you, are doomed to eat their own dung and drink their own urine.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	36	13	The cupbearer-in-chief then drew himself up and shouted loudly in the Judaean language, 'Listen to the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	36	14	The king says this, "Do not let Hezekiah delude you! He will be powerless to save you.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	36	15	Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to rely on Yahweh by saying: Yahweh is sure to save us; this city will not fall into the king of Assyria's clutches.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	36	16	Do not listen to Hezekiah, for the king of Assyria says this: Make peace with me,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	36	17	surrender to me, and every one of you will be free to eat the fruit of his own vine and of his own fig tree and to drink the water of his own storage-well until I come and take you away to a country like your own, a land of corn and good wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	36	18	Do not let Hezekiah delude you by saying: Yahweh will save us. Has any god of any nation been able to save his country from the king of Assyria's clutches?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	36	19	Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Where are the national gods of Samaria? Did they save Samaria from my clutches?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	36	20	Of all the national gods, which ones have saved their countries from my clutches, that Yahweh should be able to save Jerusalem from my clutches?" '
-Isaiah	Isa	29	36	21	They, however, kept quiet and said nothing in reply, since the king had given the order, 'You are not to answer him.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	36	22	The master of the palace, Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna the secretary and the herald Joah son of Asaph, with their clothes torn, went to Hezekiah and reported what the cupbearer-in-chief had said.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	1	On hearing this, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and went to the Temple of Yahweh.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	2	He sent Eliakim master of the palace, Shebna the secretary and the elders of the priests, wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	3	They said to him, 'This is what Hezekiah says, "Today is a day of suffering, of punishment, of disgrace. Children come to birth and there is no strength to bring them forth.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	4	May Yahweh your God hear the words of the cupbearer-in-chief whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to insult the living God, and may Yahweh your God punish the words he has heard! Offer your prayer for the remnant still left." '
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	5	When King Hezekiah's ministers came to Isaiah,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	6	he said to them, 'Say to your master, "Yahweh says this: Do not be afraid of the words which you have heard or the blasphemies which the king of Assyria's minions have uttered against me.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	7	Look, I am going to put a spirit in him and, on the strength of a rumour, he will go back to his own country, and in that country I shall make him fall by the sword." '
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	8	The cupbearer turned about and rejoined the king of Assyria, who was then attacking Libnah, the cupbearer having learnt that the king had already left Lachish
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	9	on hearing that Tirhakah king of Cush was on his way to attack him. Sennacherib again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	10	'Tell Hezekiah king of Judah this, "Do not let your God on whom you are relying deceive you with the promise: Jerusalem will not fall into the king of Assyria's clutches.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	11	You have learnt by now what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, putting them under the curse of destruction. Are you likely to be saved?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	12	Did the gods of the nations whom my ancestors devastated save them-Gozan, Haran, Rezeph and the Edenites who were in Tel Basar?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	13	Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of Lair, of Sepharvaim, of Hena, of Ivvah?" '
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	14	Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers' hands and read it; he then went up to the Temple of Yahweh and spread it out before Yahweh.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	15	Hezekiah said this prayer in the presence of Yahweh,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	16	'Yahweh Sabaoth, God of Israel, enthroned on the winged creatures, you alone are God of all the kingdoms of the world, you made heaven and earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	17	Give ear, Yahweh, and listen; open your eyes, Yahweh, and see! Hear the words of Sennacherib, who has sent to insult the living God.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	18	It is true, Yahweh, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations (and their countries);
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	19	they have thrown their gods on the fire, for these were not gods but human artefacts -- wood and stone -- and hence they have destroyed them.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	20	But now, Yahweh our God, save us from his clutches, I beg you, and let all the kingdoms of the world know that you alone are God, Yahweh.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	21	Isaiah son of Amoz then sent the following message to Hezekiah, 'Yahweh, God of Israel, says this, "In answer to the prayer which you have addressed to me about Sennacherib king of Assyria.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	22	Here is the pronouncement which Yahweh has made about him: She despises you, she scorns you, the virgin daughter of Zion; she tosses her head at you, the daughter of Jerusalem!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	23	Whom have you insulted, whom did you blaspheme? Against whom raised your voice and lifted your haughty eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	24	Through your minions you have insulted the Lord, thinking: With my many chariots I have climbed the mountain-tops, the utmost peaks of Lebanon. I have felled its mighty cedars, its finest cypresses, have reached its furthest peak, its forest garden.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	25	Yes, I have dug and drunk of foreign waters; under the soles of my feet I have dried up all Egypt's rivers.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	26	Do you hear? Long ago I prepared this, from days of old I actually planned it, now I carry it out. You were to lay walled cities in heaps of ruins;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	27	that was why their inhabitants, feeble of hand, were dismayed and discomfited, were weak as grass, were frail as plants, were like grass of housetop and meadow under the east wind.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	28	But whether you stand up or sit down, whether you go out or come in, I know it (and how you rave against me).
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	29	Because you have raved against me and your arrogance has reached my ears, I shall put a hook through your nostrils and a muzzle on your lips, and make you return by the road by which you came.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	30	And this will be the sign for you: This year will be eaten the self-sown grain, next year what sprouts in the fallow; but in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	31	The surviving remnant of the House of Judah will bring forth new roots below and fruits above;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	32	for a remnant will issue from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. Yahweh Sabaoth's jealous love will accomplish this." '
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	33	'This, then, is what Yahweh says about the king of Assyria: He will not enter this city, will shoot no arrow at it, confront it with no shield, throw up no earthwork against it.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	34	By the road by which he came, by that he will return; he will not enter this city, declares Yahweh.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	35	I shall protect this city and save it for my sake and my servant David's sake.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	36	That same night the angel of Yahweh went out and struck down a hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp. In the early morning when it was time to get up, there they lay, so many corpses.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	37	Sennacherib struck camp and left; he returned home and stayed in Nineveh.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	37	38	One day when he was worshipping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword and escaped into the territory of Ararat. His son Esarhaddon succeeded him.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	38	1	About then, Hezekiah fell ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, 'Yahweh says this, "Put your affairs in order, for you are going to die, you will not live." '
-Isaiah	Isa	29	38	2	Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and addressed this prayer to Yahweh,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	38	3	'Ah, Yahweh, remember, I beg you, that I have behaved faithfully and with sincerity of heart in your presence and done what you regard as right.' And Hezekiah shed many tears.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	38	4	Then the word of Yahweh came to Isaiah,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	38	5	'Go and say to Hezekiah, "Yahweh, the God of your ancestor David, says this: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I shall cure you: in three days' time you will go up to the Temple of Yahweh. I shall add fifteen years to your life.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	38	6	I shall save you and this city from the king of Assyria's clutches and defend this city for my sake and my servant David's sake." '
-Isaiah	Isa	29	38	7	'Here', Isaiah replied, 'is the sign from Yahweh that he will do what he has said.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	38	8	Look, I shall make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the steps -- the steps to Ahaz's roof-room-go back ten steps.' And the sun went back the ten steps by which it had declined.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	38	9	Canticle of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	38	10	I thought: In the noon of my life I am to depart. At the gates of Sheol I shall be held for the rest of my days.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	38	11	I thought: I shall never see Yahweh again in the land of the living, I shall never see again a single one of those who live on earth.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	38	12	My home has been pulled up, and thrown away like a shepherd's tent; like a weaver, I have rolled up my life, he has cut me from the loom. From dawn to dark, you have been making an end of me;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	38	13	till daybreak, I cried for help; like a lion, he has crushed all my bones, from dawn to dark, you have been making an end of me.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	38	14	I twitter like a swallow, I moan like a dove, my eyes have grown dim from looking up. Lord, I am overwhelmed, come to my help.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	38	15	How can I speak and what can I say to him? He is the one to act. I must eke out the rest of my years in bitterness of soul.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	38	16	The Lord is over them; they live, and everything in them lives by his spirit. You will cure me. Restore me to life.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	38	17	At once, my bitterness turns to well-being. For you have preserved my soul from the pit of nothingness, you have thrust all my sins behind you.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	38	18	For Sheol cannot praise you, nor Death celebrate you; those who go down to the pit can hope no longer in your constancy.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	38	19	The living, the living are the ones who praise you, as I do today. Fathers tell their sons about your constancy.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	38	20	Yahweh, come to my help and we will make our harps resound all the days of our life in the Temple of Yahweh.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	38	21	'Bring a fig poultice,' Isaiah said, 'apply it to the ulcer and he will recover.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	38	22	Hezekiah said, 'What is the sign to tell me that I shall be going up to the Temple of Yahweh?'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	39	1	At that time, the king of Babylon, Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard of his illness and his recovery.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	39	2	Hezekiah was delighted at this and showed the ambassadors his entire treasury, the silver, gold, spices, precious oil, his armoury too, and everything to be seen in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in his whole domain that Hezekiah did not show them.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	39	3	The prophet Isaiah then came to King Hezekiah and asked him, 'What have these men said, and where have they come to you from?' Hezekiah answered, 'They have come from a distant country, from Babylon.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	39	4	Isaiah said, 'What have they seen in your palace?' 'They have seen everything in my palace,' Hezekiah answered. 'There is nothing in my storehouses that I have not shown them.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	39	5	Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, 'Listen to the word of Yahweh Sabaoth,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	39	6	"The days are coming when everything in your palace, everything that your ancestors have amassed until now, will be carried off to Babylon. Not a thing will be left," Yahweh says.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	39	7	"Sons sprung from you, sons begotten by you, will be abducted to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon." '
-Isaiah	Isa	29	39	8	Hezekiah said to Isaiah, 'This word of Yahweh that you announce is reassuring,' for he was thinking, 'There is going to be peace and security during my lifetime.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	1	'Console my people, console them,' says your God.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	2	'Speak to the heart of Jerusalem and cry to her that her period of service is ended, that her guilt has been atoned for, that, from the hand of Yahweh, she has received double punishment for all her sins.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	3	A voice cries, 'Prepare in the desert a way for Yahweh. Make a straight highway for our God across the wastelands.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	4	Let every valley be filled in, every mountain and hill be levelled, every cliff become a plateau, every escarpment a plain;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	5	then the glory of Yahweh will be revealed and all humanity will see it together, for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	6	A voice said, 'Cry aloud!' and I said, 'What shall I cry?' -'All humanity is grass and all its beauty like the wild flower's.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	7	The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of Yahweh blows on them. (The grass is surely the people.)
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	8	The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God remains for ever.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	9	Go up on a high mountain, messenger of Zion. Shout as loud as you can, messenger of Jerusalem! Shout fearlessly, say to the towns of Judah, 'Here is your God.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	10	Here is Lord Yahweh coming with power, his arm maintains his authority, his reward is with him and his prize precedes him.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	11	He is like a shepherd feeding his flock, gathering lambs in his arms, holding them against his breast and leading to their rest the mother ewes.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	12	Who was it measured the water of the sea in the hollow of his hand and calculated the heavens to the nearest inch, gauged the dust of the earth to the nearest bushel, weighed the mountains in scales, the hills in a balance?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	13	Who directed the spirit of Yahweh, what counsellor could have instructed him?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	14	Whom has he consulted to enlighten him, to instruct him in the path of judgement, to teach him knowledge and show him how to understand?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	15	See, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, they count as a grain of dust on the scales. See, coasts and islands weigh no more than fine powder.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	16	The Lebanon is not enough for the burning fires nor its animals enough for the burnt offering.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	17	All the nations are as nothing before him, for him they count as nothingness and emptiness.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	18	To whom can you compare God? What image can you contrive of him?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	19	The craftsman casts an idol, a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts silver chains for it.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	20	Someone too poor to afford a sacrifice chooses a piece of wood that will not rot; he then seeks out a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not totter.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	21	Did you not know, had you not heard? Was it not told you from the beginning? Have you not understood how the earth was set on its foundations?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	22	He who sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, the inhabitants of which are like grasshoppers, stretches out the heavens like a cloth, spreads them out like a tent to live in.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	23	He reduces princes to nothing, the rulers of the world to mere emptiness.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	24	Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown, scarcely has their stem taken root in the soil, than he blows on them and they wither and the storm carries them away like chaff.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	25	'To whom can you compare me, or who is my equal?' says the Holy One.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	26	Lift your eyes and look: he who created these things leads out their army in order, summoning each of them by name. So mighty is his power, so great his strength, that not one fails to answer.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	27	How can you say, Jacob, how can you repeat, Israel, 'My way is hidden from Yahweh, my rights are ignored by my God'?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	28	Did you not know? Had you not heard? Yahweh is the everlasting God, he created the remotest parts of the earth. He does not grow tired or weary, his understanding is beyond fathoming.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	29	He gives strength to the weary, he strengthens the powerless.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	30	Youths grow tired and weary, the young stumble and fall,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	40	31	but those who hope in Yahweh will regain their strength, they will sprout wings like eagles, though they run they will not grow weary, though they walk they will never tire.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	1	Coasts and islands, fall silent before me, and let the peoples renew their strength, let them come forward and speak; let us assemble for judgement.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	2	'Who has raised from the east him whom saving justice summons in its train, him to whom Yahweh delivers up the nations and subjects kings, him who reduces them to dust with his sword, and to driven stubble with his bow,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	3	him who pursues them and advances unhindered, his feet scarcely touching the road?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	4	Who has acted thus, who has done this? He who calls each generation from the beginning: I, Yahweh, who am the first and till the last I shall still be there.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	5	The coasts and islands have seen and taken fright, the remotest parts of earth are trembling: they are approaching, they are here!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	6	People help one another, they say to each other, 'Take heart!'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	7	The woodworker encourages the smelter, the polisher encourages the hammerer, saying of the soldering, 'It is sound'; and he fastens it with nails to keep it steady.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	8	But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham my friend,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	9	whom I have taken to myself, from the remotest parts of the earth and summoned from countries far away, to whom I have said, 'You are my servant, I have chosen you, I have not rejected you,'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	10	do not be afraid, for I am with you; do not be alarmed, for I am your God. I give you strength, truly I help you, truly I hold you firm with my saving right hand.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	11	Look, all those who rage against you will be put to shame and humiliated; those who picked quarrels with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	12	You will look for them but will not find them, those who used to fight you; they will be destroyed and brought to nothing, those who made war on you.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	13	For I, Yahweh, your God, I grasp you by your right hand; I tell you, 'Do not be afraid, I shall help you.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	14	Do not be afraid, Jacob, you worm! You little handful of Israel! I shall help you, declares Yahweh; your redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	15	Look, I am making you into a threshing-sledge, new, with double teeth; you will thresh and beat the mountains to dust and reduce the hills to straw.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	16	You will winnow them and the wind will carry them off, the gale will scatter them; whereas you will rejoice in Yahweh, will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	17	The oppressed and needy search for water, and there is none, their tongue is parched with thirst. I, Yahweh, shall answer them, I, the God of Israel, shall not abandon them.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	18	I shall open up rivers on barren heights and water-holes down in the ravines; I shall turn the desert into a lake and dry ground into springs of water.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	19	I shall plant the desert with cedar trees, acacias, myrtles and olives; in the wastelands I shall put cypress trees, plane trees and box trees side by side;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	20	so that people may see and know, so that they may all observe and understand that the hand of Yahweh has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	21	'Present your case,' says Yahweh, 'Produce your arguments,' says Jacob's king.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	22	'Let them produce and reveal to us what is going to happen. What happened in the past? Reveal it so that we can consider it and know what the outcome will be. Or tell us about the future,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	23	reveal what is to happen next, and then we shall know that you are gods. At least, do something, be it good or bad, so that we may feel alarm and fear.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	24	Look, you are less than nothingness, and what you do is less than nothing; to choose you is an outrage.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	25	I have raised him from the north and he has come, from the east he has been summoned by name. He tramples on rulers like mud, like a potter treading clay.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	26	Who revealed this from the beginning for us to know, and in the past for us to say, 'That is right'? No one in fact revealed it, no one proclaimed it, no one has heard you speak.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	27	First-fruits of Zion, look, here they come! I send a messenger to Jerusalem,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	28	and I look -- no one, not a single counsellor among them who, if I asked, could give an answer.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	41	29	Taken altogether they are nothingness, what they do is nothing, their statues, wind and emptiness.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	42	1	Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom my soul delights. I have sent my spirit upon him, he will bring fair judgement to the nations.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	42	2	He does not cry out or raise his voice, his voice is not heard in the street;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	42	3	he does not break the crushed reed or snuff the faltering wick. Faithfully he presents fair judgement;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	42	4	he will not grow faint, he will not be crushed until he has established fair judgement on earth, and the coasts and islands are waiting for his instruction.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	42	5	Thus says God, Yahweh, who created the heavens and spread them out, who hammered into shape the earth and what comes from it, who gave breath to the people on it, and spirit to those who walk on it:
-Isaiah	Isa	29	42	6	I, Yahweh, have called you in saving justice, I have grasped you by the hand and shaped you; I have made you a covenant of the people and light to the nations,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	42	7	to open the eyes of the blind, to free captives from prison, and those who live in darkness from the dungeon.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	42	8	I am Yahweh, that is my name! I shall not yield my glory to another, nor my honour to idols.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	42	9	See how the former predictions have come true. Fresh things I now reveal; before they appear I tell you of them.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	42	10	Sing a new song to Yahweh! Let his praise be sung from remotest parts of the earth by those who sail the sea and by everything in it, by the coasts and islands and those who inhabit them.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	42	11	Let the desert and its cities raise their voices, the encampments where Kedar lives. Let the inhabitants of the Rock cry aloud for joy and shout from the mountain tops.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	42	12	Let them give glory to Yahweh and, in the coasts and islands, let them voice his praise.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	42	13	Yahweh advances like a hero, like a warrior he rouses his fire. He shouts, he raises the war cry, he shows his might against his foes.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	42	14	'From long ago I have been silent, I have kept quiet, held myself in check, groaning like a woman in labour, panting and gasping for air.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	42	15	I shall ravage mountain and hill, shall wither all their vegetation; I shall turn the torrents into firm ground and dry up the marshes.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	42	16	I shall lead the blind by a road they do not know, by paths they do not know I shall conduct them. I shall turn the darkness into light before them and the quagmires into solid ground. This I shall do -- without fail.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	42	17	Those who trust in idols will recoil, they will blush for shame, who say to metal images, 'You are our gods.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	42	18	Listen, you deaf! Look and see, you blind!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	42	19	Who so blind as my servant, so deaf as the messenger I send? (Who so blind as the friend I have taken to myself, so deaf as Yahweh's servant?)
-Isaiah	Isa	29	42	20	You have seen many things but not observed them; your ears are open but you do not hear.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	42	21	Yahweh wished, because of his saving justice, to make the Law great and glorious.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	42	22	Yet here is a people pillaged and plundered, all of them shut up in caves, imprisoned in dungeons. They have been pillaged, with no one to rescue them, plundered, with no one to say, 'Give it back!'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	42	23	Which of you will listen to this, who pay attention and listen in future?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	42	24	Who surrendered Jacob to the plunderer and Israel to the pillagers? Was it not Yahweh, against whom we had sinned, in whose ways they would not walk and whose Law they would not obey?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	42	25	On him he poured out his blazing anger and the fury of war; it enveloped him in flames and yet he did not understand; it burned him up, but he did not learn a lesson.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	1	And now, thus says Yahweh, he who created you, Jacob, who formed you, Israel: Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name, you are mine.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	2	Should you pass through the waters, I shall be with you; or through rivers, they will not swallow you up. Should you walk through fire, you will not suffer, and the flame will not burn you.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	3	For I am Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour. I have given Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	4	Since I regard you as precious, since you are honoured and I love you, I therefore give people in exchange for you, and nations in return for your life.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	5	Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I shall bring your offspring from the east, and gather you from the west.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	6	To the north I shall say, 'Give them up!' and to the south, 'Do not hold them back!' Bring back my sons from far away, and my daughters from the remotest part of the earth,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	7	everyone who bears my name, whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, whom I have made.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	8	Bring forward the people that is blind, yet has eyes, that is deaf and yet has ears.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	9	Let all the nations assemble, let the peoples gather here! Which of them has proclaimed this and revealed things to us in the past? Let them bring their witnesses to justify themselves, let others hear and say, 'It is true.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	10	You yourselves are my witnesses, declares Yahweh, and the servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that it is I. No god was formed before me, nor will be after me.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	11	I, I am Yahweh, and there is no other Saviour but me.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	12	I have revealed, have saved, and have proclaimed, not some foreigner among you. You are my witnesses, declares Yahweh, I am God,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	13	yes, from eternity I am. No one can deliver from my hand; when I act, who can thwart me?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	14	Thus says Yahweh, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, I shall knock down all the prison bars, and the Chaldaeans' shouts of joy will change to lamentations.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	15	I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your king.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	16	Thus says Yahweh, who made a way through the sea, a path in the raging waters,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	17	who led out chariot and horse together with an army of picked troops: they lay down never to rise again, they were snuffed out, put out like a wick.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	18	No need to remember past events, no need to think about what was done before.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	19	Look, I am doing something new, now it emerges; can you not see it? Yes, I am making a road in the desert and rivers in wastelands.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	20	The wild animals will honour me, the jackals and the ostriches, for bestowing water in the desert and rivers on the wastelands for my people, my chosen one, to drink.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	21	The people I have shaped for myself will broadcast my praises.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	22	But, Jacob, you have not invoked me; no, Israel, you have grown weary of me.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	23	You have not brought me lambs as your burnt offerings and have not honoured me with your sacrifices. I have not subjected you to cereal offering, I have not wearied you by demanding incense.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	24	You have not bought expensive reed for me or sated me with the fat of your sacrifices. Instead by your sins you have trected me like a slave, you have wearied me with your crimes,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	25	I, I it is who blot out your acts of revolt for my own sake and shall not call your sins to mind.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	26	Remind me, and we will judge this together; state your own case and justify yourself.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	27	Your first ancestor sinned, your interpreters revolted against me.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	43	28	That is why I deposed the chief men of my sanctuary, why I put Jacob under the curse of destruction and subjected Israel to insult.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	1	And now listen, Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	2	Thus says Yahweh who made you, who formed you in the womb; he will help you. Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant, Jeshurun whom I have chosen.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	3	For I shall pour out water on the thirsty soil and streams on the dry ground. I shall pour out my spirit on your descendants, my blessing on your offspring,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	4	and they will spring up among the grass, like willows on the banks of a stream.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	5	One person will say, 'I belong to Yahweh,' another will call himself by Jacob's name. On his hand another will write 'Yahweh's' and be surnamed 'Israel'.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	6	Thus says Yahweh, Israel's king, Yahweh Sabaoth, his redeemer: I am the first and I am the last; there is no God except me.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	7	Who is like me? Let him call out, let him affirm it and convince me it is so; let him say what has been happening since I instituted an eternal people, and predict to them what will happen next!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	8	Have no fear, do not be afraid: have I not told you and revealed it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God except me? There is no Rock; I know of none.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	9	The makers of idols are all nothingness; the works they delight in serve no purpose. And these are the witness against them: they see nothing, they know nothing; and so they will be put to shame.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	10	Who ever fashioned a god or cast an image without hope of gain?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	11	Watch how all its devotees will be put to shame, and the men who made it too, who are only human. Let them all assemble, let them stand forward and feel both fear and shame!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	12	The blacksmith makes an axe over the charcoal, beats it into shape with a hammer, works on it with his strong arm. Then he feels hungry and his strength deserts him; having drunk no water, he is exhausted.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	13	The wood carver takes his measurements, outlines the image with chalk, executes it with the chisel, following the outline with a compass. He makes it look like a human being, with human standards of beauty, so that it can reside in a house.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	14	He has cut down cedars, has selected an oak and a terebinth which he has grown for himself among the trees in the forest and has planted a pine tree which the rain has nourished.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	15	Once it is suitable to burn, he takes some of it to warm himself; having kindled it, he bakes bread. But he also makes a god and worships it; he makes an idol from it and bows down before it.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	16	Half of it he burns on the fire, over this half he roasts meat, eats it and is replete; at the same time he warms himself and says, 'Ah, how warm I am, watching the flames!'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	17	With the remainder he makes a god, his idol, bows down before it, worships it and prays to it. 'Save me,' he says, 'for you are my god.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	18	They know nothing, they understand nothing, since their eyes are incapable of seeing and their hearts of reflecting.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	19	Not one of them looks into his heart, not one of them has the knowledge and wit to think, 'I burned half of it on the fire and cooked food over the embers. Am I right to make something disgusting out of what is left? Am I right to bow down before a block of wood?'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	20	He hankers after ashes, his deluded heart has led him astray; he will not save himself, he will not think, 'What I have in my hand is nothing but a lie!'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	21	Remember these things, Jacob, and Israel, since you are my servant. I formed you, you are my servant; Israel, I shall not forget you.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	22	I have dispelled your acts of revolt like a cloud and your sins like a mist. Come back to me, for I have redeemed you.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	23	Heavens, shout for joy, for Yahweh has acted! Underworld, shout aloud! Shout for joy, you mountains, forests and all your trees! For Yahweh has redeemed Jacob and displayed his glory in Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	24	Thus says Yahweh, your redeemer, he who formed you in the womb: I, Yahweh, have made all things, I alone spread out the heavens. When I hammered the earth into shape, who was with me?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	25	I, who foil the omens of soothsayers and make fools of diviners, who confound sages turning their knowledge into folly,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	26	who confirm the word of my servant and make the plans of my envoys succeed; who say to Jerusalem, 'You will be inhabited,' and to the towns of Judah, 'You will be rebuilt and I shall restore the ruins of Jerusalem';
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	27	who say to the ocean, 'Dry up! I shall make your rivers run dry';
-Isaiah	Isa	29	44	28	who say to Cyrus, 'My shepherd.' He will perform my entire will by saying to Jerusalem, 'You will be rebuilt,' and to the Temple, 'You will be refounded.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	45	1	Thus says Yahweh to his anointed one, to Cyrus whom, he says, I have grasped by his right hand, to make the nations bow before him and to disarm kings, to open gateways before him so that their gates be closed no more:
-Isaiah	Isa	29	45	2	I myself shall go before you, I shall level the heights, I shall shatter the bronze gateways, I shall smash the iron bars.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	45	3	I shall give you secret treasures and hidden hoards of wealth, so that you will know that I am Yahweh, who call you by your name, the God of Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	45	4	It is for the sake of my servant Jacob and of Israel my chosen one, that I have called you by your name, have given you a title though you do not know me.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	45	5	I am Yahweh, and there is no other, there is no other God except me. Though you do not know me, I have armed you
-Isaiah	Isa	29	45	6	so that it may be known from east to west that there is no one except me. I am Yahweh, and there is no other,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	45	7	I form the light and I create the darkness, I make well-being, and I create disaster, I, Yahweh, do all these things.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	45	8	Rain down, you heavens, from above, and let the clouds pour down saving justice, let the earth open up and blossom with salvation, and let justice sprout with it; I, Yahweh, have created it!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	45	9	Woe to anyone who argues with his Maker, one earthenware pot among many! Does the clay say to its potter, 'What are you doing? Your work has no hands!'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	45	10	Woe to anyone who asks a father, 'Why are you begetting?' and a woman, 'Why are you giving birth?'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	45	11	Thus says Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel and his Maker: I am asked for signs regarding my sons, I am given orders about the work I do.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	45	12	It was I who made the earth and I created human beings on it, mine were the hands that spread out the heavens and I have given the orders to all their array.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	45	13	I myself have raised him in saving justice and I shall make all paths level for him. He will rebuild my city and bring my exiles home without ransom or indemnity, says Yahweh Sabaoth.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	45	14	Thus says Yahweh: The produce of Egypt, the commerce of Cush and the men of Seba, tall of stature, will come over to you and belong to you. They will follow you, walking in chains, they will bow before you, they will pray to you, 'With you alone is God, ad there is no other! The gods do not exist.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	45	15	Truly, you are a God who conceals himself, God of Israel, Saviour!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	45	16	They are shamed and humbled, every one of them, humiliated they go, the makers of idols.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	45	17	Israel will be saved by Yahweh, saved everlastingly. You will never be ashamed or humiliated for ever and ever.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	45	18	For thus says Yahweh, the Creator of the heavens -- he is God, who shaped the earth and made it, who set it firm; he did not create it to be chaos, he formed it to be lived in: I am Yahweh, and there is no other.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	45	19	I have not spoken in secret, in some dark corner of the underworld. I did not say, 'Offspring of Jacob, search for me in chaos!' I am Yahweh: I proclaim saving justice, I say what is true.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	45	20	Assemble, come, all of you gather round, survivors of the nations. They have no knowledge, those who parade their wooden idols and pray to a god that cannot save.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	45	21	Speak up, present your case, let them put their heads together! Who foretold this in the past, who revealed it long ago? Was it not I, Yahweh? There is no other god except me, no saving God, no Saviour except me!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	45	22	Turn to me and you will be saved, all you ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is no other.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	45	23	By my own self I swear it; what comes from my mouth is saving justice, it is an irrevocable word: All shall bend the knee to me, by me every tongue shall swear,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	45	24	saying, 'In Yahweh alone are saving justice and strength,' until all those who used to rage at him come to him in shame.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	45	25	In Yahweh the whole race of Israel finds justice and glory.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	46	1	Bel is crouching, Nebo cowering, their idols are being put on animals, on beasts of burden, the loads you have been carrying are a burden to a weary beast.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	46	2	They are cowering and crouching together, no one can save this burden, they themselves have gone into captivity.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	46	3	Listen to me, House of Jacob, all who remain of the House of Israel, whom I have carried since the womb, whom I have supported since you were conceived.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	46	4	Until your old age I shall be the same, until your hair is grey I shall carry you. As I have done, so I shall support you, I myself shall carry and shall save you.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	46	5	With whom can you compare me, equate me, to whom can you liken me, making equals of us?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	46	6	They lavish gold from their purses and weigh out silver on the scales. They engage a goldsmith to make a god, then bow low and actually adore!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	46	7	They lift it on their shoulders and carry it, and put it down where it is meant to stand, so that it never moves from the spot. You may cry out to it in distress, it never replies, it never saves anyone in trouble.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	46	8	Remember this and stand firm; rebels, look into your hearts.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	46	9	Remember the things that happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	46	10	From the beginning I revealed the future, in advance, what has not yet occurred. I say: My purpose will come about, I shall do whatever I please;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	46	11	I call a bird of prey from the east, my man predestined, from a distant land. What I have said, I shall do, what I have planned, I shall perform.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	46	12	Listen to me, you hard-hearted people far removed from saving justice:
-Isaiah	Isa	29	46	13	I am bringing my justice nearer, it is not far away, my salvation will not delay. I shall place my salvation in Zion and my glory in Israel.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	47	1	Step down! Sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground, no throne, daughter of the Chaldaeans, for never again will you be called tender and delicate.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	47	2	Take the grinding mill, crush up the meal. Remove your veil, tie up your skirt, bare your legs, cross the rivers.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	47	3	Let your nakedness be displayed and your shame exposed. I am going to take vengeance and no one will stand in my way.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	47	4	Our redeemer, Yahweh Sabaoth is his name, the Holy One of Israel, says:
-Isaiah	Isa	29	47	5	Sit in silence, bury yourself in darkness, daughter of the Chaldaeans, for never again will you be called the mistress of kingdoms.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	47	6	Being angry with my people, I rejected my heritage, surrendering them into your clutches. You showed them no mercy, you made your yoke very heavy on the aged.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	47	7	You thought, 'I shall be a queen for ever.' You did not reflect on these matters or think about the future.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	47	8	Now listen to this, voluptuous woman, lolling at ease and thinking to yourself, 'I am the only one who matters. I shall never be widowed, never know bereavement.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	47	9	Yet both these things will befall you, suddenly, in one day. Bereavement and widowhood will suddenly befall you in spite of all your witchcraft and the potency of your spells.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	47	10	Confident in your wickedness, you thought, 'No one can see me.' Your wishes and your knowledge were what deluded you, as you thought to yourself, 'I am the only one who matters.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	47	11	Hence, disaster will befall you which you will not know how to charm away, calamity overtake you which you will not be able to avert, ruination will suddenly befall you, such as you have never known.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	47	12	Keep to your spells then, and all your sorceries, at which you have worked so hard since you were young. Perhaps you will succeed, perhaps you will strike terror!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	47	13	You have had many tiring consultations: let the astrologers come forward now and save you, the star-gazers who announce month by month what will happen to you next.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	47	14	Look, they are like wisps of straw, the fire will burn them up. They will not save their lives from the power of the flame. No embers these, for keeping warm, no fire to sit beside!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	47	15	Such will your wizards prove to be for you, for whom you have worked so hard since you were young; each wandering his own way, none of them can save you.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	48	1	Listen to this, House of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel and issued from the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of Yahweh and invoke the God of Israel, though not in good faith or uprightness;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	48	2	for they call themselves after the holy city and rely on the God of Israel, Yahweh Sabaoth is his name.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	48	3	Things now past I revealed long ago, they issued from my mouth, I proclaimed them; suddenly I acted and they happened.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	48	4	For I knew you to be obstinate, your neck an iron sinew and your forehead bronze.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	48	5	As I told you about it long before, before it happened I revealed it to you, so that you could not say, 'My statue did it, my idol, my metal image, ordained this.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	48	6	You have heard and seen all this, why won't you admit it? Now I am going to reveal new things to you, secrets that you do not know;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	48	7	they have just been created, not long ago, and until today you have heard nothing about them, so that you cannot say, 'Yes, I knew about this.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	48	8	No, you have not heard, you have not known, for a long time your ear has not been attentive, for I knew how treacherous you were; you have been called a rebel since the womb.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	48	9	For the sake of my name I shall defer my anger, for the sake of my honour I shall be patient with you, rather than destroy you.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	48	10	Look, I have purchased you, but not for silver, I have chosen you out of the cauldron of affliction.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	48	11	For my sake and my sake only shall I act, for why should my name be profaned? I will not yield my glory to another.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	48	12	Listen to me, Jacob, Israel whom I have called: I, and none else, am the first, I am also the last.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	48	13	My hand laid the foundations of earth and my right hand spread out the heavens. I summon them and they all present themselves together.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	48	14	Assemble, all of you, and listen; which of them has revealed this? Yahweh loves him; he will do his pleasure on Babylon and the race of the Chaldaeans;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	48	15	I, I have spoken, yes, I have summoned him, I have brought him, and he will succeed.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	48	16	Come near and listen to this: from the first, I never spoke obscurely; when it happened, I was there, and now Lord Yahweh has sent me with his spirit.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	48	17	Thus says Yahweh, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Yahweh your God and teach you for your own good, I lead you in the way you ought to go.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	48	18	If only you had listened to my commandments! Your prosperity would have been like a river and your saving justice like the waves of the sea.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	48	19	Your descendants would have been numbered like the sand, your offspring as many as its grains. Their name would never be cancelled or blotted out from my presence.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	48	20	Come out from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldaeans! Declare this with cries of joy, proclaim it, carry it to the remotest parts of earth, say, 'Yahweh has redeemed his servant Jacob.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	48	21	Those he led through the arid country never went thirsty; he made water flow for them from the rock, he split the rock and out streamed the water.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	48	22	There is no peace, says Yahweh, for the wicked.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	1	Coasts and islands, listen to me, pay attention, distant peoples. Yahweh called me when I was in the womb, before my birth he had pronounced my name.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	2	He made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hid me in the shadow of his hand. He made me into a sharpened arrow and concealed me in his quiver.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	3	He said to me, 'Israel, you are my servant, through whom I shall manifest my glory.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	4	But I said, 'My toil has been futile, I have exhausted myself for nothing, to no purpose.' Yet all the while my cause was with Yahweh and my reward with my God.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	5	And now Yahweh has spoken, who formed me in the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him and to re-unite Israel to him;-I shall be honoured in Yahweh's eyes, and my God has been my strength.-
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	6	He said, 'It is not enough for you to be my servant, to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back the survivors of Israel; I shall make you a light to the nations so that my salvation may reach the remotest parts of earth.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	7	Thus says Yahweh, the redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, to the one who is despised, detested by the nation, to the slave of despots: Kings will stand up when they see, princes will see and bow low, because of Yahweh who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who had chosen you.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	8	Thus says Yahweh: At the time of my favour I have answered you, on the day of salvation I have helped you. I have formed you and have appointed you to be the covenant for a people, to restore the land, to return ravaged properties,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	9	to say to prisoners, 'Come out,' to those who are in darkness, 'Show yourselves.' Along the roadway they will graze, and any bare height will be their pasture.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	10	They will never hunger or thirst, scorching wind and sun will never plague them; for he who pities them will lead them, will guide them to springs of water.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	11	I shall turn all my mountains into a road and my highways will be raised aloft.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	12	Look! Here they come from far away, look, these from the north and the west, those from the land of Sinim.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	13	Shout for joy, you heavens; earth, exult! Mountains, break into joyful cries! For Yahweh has consoled his people, is taking pity on his afflicted ones.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	14	Zion was saying, 'Yahweh has abandoned me, the Lord has forgotten me.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	15	Can a woman forget her baby at the breast, feel no pity for the child she has borne? Even if these were to forget, I shall not forget you.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	16	Look, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands, your ramparts are ever before me.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	17	Your rebuilders are hurrying, your destroyers and despoilers will soon go away.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	18	Raise your eyes and look around you: all are assembling, coming to you. By my life, declares Yahweh, you will put them all on like jewels, like a bride, you will fasten them on.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	19	For your desolate places and your ruins and your devastated country from now on will be too cramped for your inhabitants, and your devourers will be far away.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	20	Once more they will say in your hearing, the children of whom you were bereft, 'The place is too cramped for me, make room for me to live.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	21	Then you will think to yourself, 'Who has borne me these? I was bereft and barren, exiled, turned out of my home; who has reared these? I was left all alone, so where have these come from?'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	22	Thus says Lord Yahweh: Look, I am beckoning to the nations and hoisting a signal to the peoples: they will bring your sons in their arms and your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	23	Kings will be your foster-fathers and their princesses, your foster-mothers. They will fall prostrate before you, faces to the ground, and lick the dust at your feet. And you will know that I am Yahweh; those who hope in me will not be disappointed.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	24	Can the body be snatched from the warrior, can the tyrant's captive be set free?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	25	But thus says Yahweh: The warrior's captive will indeed be snatched away and the tyrant's booty will indeed be set free; I myself shall fight those who fight you and I myself shall save your children.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	49	26	I shall make your oppressors eat their own flesh, they will be as drunk on their own blood as on new wine. And all humanity will know that I am Yahweh, your Saviour, your redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	50	1	Thus says Yahweh: Where is your mother's writ of divorce by which I repudiated her? Or to which of my creditors have I sold you? Look, you have been sold for your own misdeeds, your mother was repudiated for your acts of rebellion.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	50	2	Why was there no one there when I came? Why did no one answer when I called? Is my hand too short to redeem? Have I not strength to save? Look, with a threat I can dry the sea, and turn rivers to desert; the fish in them go rotten for want of water and die of thirst.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	50	3	I dress the heavens in black, I cover them in sackcloth.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	50	4	Lord Yahweh has given me a disciple's tongue, for me to know how to give a word of comfort to the weary. Morning by morning he makes my ear alert to listen like a disciple.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	50	5	Lord Yahweh has opened my ear and I have not resisted, I have not turned away.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	50	6	I have offered my back to those who struck me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; I have not turned my face away from insult and spitting.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	50	7	Lord Yahweh comes to my help, this is why insult has not touched me, this is why I have set my face like flint and know that I shall not be put to shame.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	50	8	He who grants me saving justice is near! Who will bring a case against me? Let us appear in court together! Who has a case against me? Let him approach me!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	50	9	Look, Lord Yahweh is coming to my help! Who dares condemn me? Look at them, all falling apart like moth-eaten clothes!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	50	10	Which of you fears Yahweh and listens to his servant's voice? Which of you walks in darkness and sees no light? Let him trust in the name of Yahweh and lean on his God!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	50	11	Look, all you who light a fire and arm yourselves with firebrands, walk by the light of your fire and the firebrands you have kindled! This is what you will get from me: you will lie down in torment!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	51	1	Listen to me, you who pursue saving justice, you who seek Yahweh. Consider the rock from which you were hewn, the quarry from which you were dug.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	51	2	Consider Abraham your father and Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him he was the only one but I blessed him and made him numerous.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	51	3	Yes, Yahweh has pity on Zion, has pity on all her ruins; he will turn her desert into an Eden and her wastelands into the garden of Yahweh. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of music.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	51	4	Pay attention to me, my people, listen to me, my nation, for a law will come from me, and I shall make my saving justice the light of peoples.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	51	5	My justice is suddenly approaching, my salvation appears, my arm is about to judge the peoples. The coasts and islands will put their hope in me and put their trust in my arm.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	51	6	Raise your eyes to the heavens, look down at the earth; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth wear out like clothing and its inhabitants die like vermin, but my salvation will last for ever and my saving justice remain inviolable.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	51	7	Listen to me, you who know what saving justice means, a people who take my laws to heart: do not fear people's taunts, do not be alarmed by their insults,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	51	8	for the moth will eat them like clothing, the grub will devour them like wool, but my saving justice will last for ever and my salvation for all generations.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	51	9	Awake, awake! Clothe yourself in strength, arm of Yahweh. Awake, as in the olden days, generations long ago! Was it not you who split Rahab in half, who pierced the Dragon through?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	51	10	Was it not you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great Abyss; who made the sea-bed into a road for the redeemed to go across?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	51	11	This is why those whom Yahweh has ransomed will return, they will enter Zion shouting for joy, their heads crowned with a joy unending; joy and gladness will escort them and sorrow and sighing will take flight.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	51	12	I, I am your consoler. Why then should you be afraid of mortal human beings, of a child of man, whose fate is that of the grass?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	51	13	You forget about Yahweh your Creator who spread out the heavens and laid the earth's foundations; you have never stopped trembling all day long before the fury of the oppressor when he was bent on destruction. Where is the oppressor's fury now?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	51	14	The despairing captive is soon to be set free; he will not die in the dungeon, nor will his food run out.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	51	15	I am Yahweh your God who stirs up the sea, making its waves roar -- Yahweh Sabaoth is my name.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	51	16	I put my words into your mouth, I hid you in the shadow of my hand, to spread out the heavens and lay the earth's foundations and say to Zion, 'You are my people.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	51	17	Awake, awake! To your feet, Jerusalem! You who from Yahweh's hand have drunk the cup of his wrath. The chalice, the stupefying cup, you have drained to the dregs.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	51	18	There is no one to guide her of all the children she has borne, no one to grasp her hand of all the children she has reared.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	51	19	Double disaster has befallen you -- who is there to sympathise? Pillage and ruin, famine and sword -- who is there to console you?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	51	20	Your children are lying helpless at the end of every street like an antelope trapped in a net; they are filled to the brim with Yahweh's wrath, with the rebuke of your God.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	51	21	So listen to this, afflicted one, drunk, though not with wine.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	51	22	Thus says your Lord Yahweh, your God, defender of your people: Look, I am taking the stupefying cup from your hand, the chalice, the cup of my wrath, you will not have to drink again.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	51	23	I shall hand it to your tormentors who used to say to you, 'On the ground! So that we can walk over you!' And you would flatten your back like the ground, like a street for them to walk on.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	52	1	Awake, awake! Clothe yourself in strength, Zion. Put on your finest clothes, Jerusalem, Holy City; for the uncircumcised and the unclean will enter you no more.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	52	2	Shake off your dust; get up, captive Jerusalem! The chains have fallen from your neck, captive daughter of Jerusalem!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	52	3	For Yahweh says this, 'You were sold for nothing; you will be redeemed without money.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	52	4	For the Lord Yahweh says this, 'Long ago my people went to Egypt and settled there as aliens; finally Assyria oppressed them for no reason.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	52	5	So now what is to be done,' declares Yahweh, 'since my people have been carried off for nothing, their masters howl in triumph,' declares Yahweh, 'and my name is held in contempt all day, every day?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	52	6	Because of this my people will know my name, because of this they will know when the day comes, that it is I saying, Here I am!'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	52	7	How beautiful on the mountains, are the feet of the messenger announcing peace, of the messenger of good news, who proclaims salvation and says to Zion, 'Your God is king!'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	52	8	The voices of your watchmen! Now they raise their voices, shouting for joy together, for with their own eyes they have seen Yahweh returning to Zion.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	52	9	Break into shouts together, shouts of joy, you ruins of Jerusalem; for Yahweh has consoled his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	52	10	Yahweh has bared his holy arm for all the nations to see, and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	52	11	Go away, go away, leave that place, do not touch anything unclean. Get out of her, purify yourselves, you who carry Yahweh's vessels!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	52	12	For you are not to hurry away, you are not to leave like fugitives. No, Yahweh marches at your head and the God of Israel is your rearguard.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	52	13	Look, my servant will prosper, will grow great, will rise to great heights.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	52	14	As many people were aghast at him -- he was so inhumanly disfigured that he no longer looked like a man-
-Isaiah	Isa	29	52	15	so many nations will be astonished and kings will stay tight-lipped before him, seeing what had never been told them, learning what they had not heard before.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	53	1	Who has given credence to what we have heard? And who has seen in it a revelation of Yahweh's arm?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	53	2	Like a sapling he grew up before him, like a root in arid ground. He had no form or charm to attract us, no beauty to win our hearts;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	53	3	he was despised, the lowest of men, a man of sorrows, familiar with suffering, one from whom, as it were, we averted our gaze, despised, for whom we had no regard.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	53	4	Yet ours were the sufferings he was bearing, ours the sorrows he was carrying, while we thought of him as someone being punished and struck with affliction by God;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	53	5	whereas he was being wounded for our rebellions, crushed because of our guilt; the punishment reconciling us fell on him, and we have been healed by his bruises.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	53	6	We had all gone astray like sheep, each taking his own way, and Yahweh brought the acts of rebellion of all of us to bear on him.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	53	7	Ill-treated and afflicted, he never opened his mouth, like a lamb led to the slaughter-house, like a sheep dumb before its shearers he never opened his mouth.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	53	8	Forcibly, after sentence, he was taken. Which of his contemporaries was concerned at his having been cut off from the land of the living, at his having been struck dead for his people's rebellion?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	53	9	He was given a grave with the wicked, and his tomb is with the rich, although he had done no violence, had spoken no deceit.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	53	10	It was Yahweh's good pleasure to crush him with pain; if he gives his life as a sin offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his life, and through him Yahweh's good pleasure will be done.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	53	11	After the ordeal he has endured, he will see the light and be content. By his knowledge, the upright one, my servant will justify many by taking their guilt on himself.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	53	12	Hence I shall give him a portion with the many, and he will share the booty with the mighty, for having exposed himself to death and for being counted as one of the rebellious, whereas he was bearing the sin of many and interceding for the rebellious.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	54	1	Shout for joy, barren one who has borne no children! Break into cries and shouts of joy, you who were never in labour! For the children of the forsaken one are more in number than the children of the wedded wife, says Yahweh.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	54	2	Widen the space of your tent, extend the curtains of your home, do not hold back! Lengthen your ropes, make your tent-pegs firm,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	54	3	for you will burst out to right and to left, your race will dispossess the nations and repopulate deserted towns.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	54	4	Do not fear, you will not be put to shame again, do not worry, you will not be disgraced again; for you will forget the shame of your youth and no longer remember the dishonour of your widowhood.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	54	5	For your Creator is your husband, Yahweh Sabaoth is his name, the Holy One of Israel is your redeemer, he is called God of the whole world.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	54	6	Yes, Yahweh has called you back like a forsaken, grief-stricken wife, like the repudiated wife of his youth, says your God.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	54	7	I did forsake you for a brief moment, but in great compassion I shall take you back.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	54	8	In a flood of anger, for a moment I hid my face from you. But in everlasting love I have taken pity on you, says Yahweh, your redeemer.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	54	9	For me it will be as in the days of Noah when I swore that Noah's waters should never flood the world again. So now I swear never to be angry with you and never to rebuke you again.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	54	10	For the mountains may go away and the hills may totter, but my faithful love will never leave you, my covenant of peace will never totter, says Yahweh who takes pity on you.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	54	11	Unhappy creature, storm-tossed, unpitied, look, I shall lay your stones on agates and your foundations on sapphires.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	54	12	I shall make your battlements rubies, your gateways firestone and your entire wall precious stones.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	54	13	All your children will be taught by Yahweh and great will be your children's prosperity.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	54	14	In saving justice you will be made firm, free from oppression: you will have nothing to fear; free from terror: it will not approach you.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	54	15	Should anyone attack you, that will not be my doing, and whoever does attack you, for your sake will fall.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	54	16	I created the smith who blows on the charcoal-fire to produce a weapon for his use; I also created the destroyer to ruin it.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	54	17	No weapon forged against you will succeed. Any voice raised against you in court you will refute. Such is the lot of the servants of Yahweh, the saving justice I assure them, declares Yahweh.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	55	1	Oh, come to the water all you who are thirsty; though you have no money, come! Buy and eat; come, buy wine and milk without money, free!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	55	2	Why spend money on what cannot nourish and your wages on what fails to satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and you will have good things to eat and rich food to enjoy.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	55	3	Pay attention, come to me; listen, and you will live. I shall make an everlasting covenant with you in fulfilment of the favours promised to David.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	55	4	Look, I have made him a witness to peoples, a leader and lawgiver to peoples.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	55	5	Look, you will summon a nation unknown to you, a nation unknown to you will hurry to you for the sake of Yahweh your God, because the Holy One of Israel has glorified you.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	55	6	Seek out Yahweh while he is still to be found, call to him while he is still near.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	55	7	Let the wicked abandon his way and the evil one his thoughts. Let him turn back to Yahweh who will take pity on him, to our God, for he is rich in forgiveness;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	55	8	for my thoughts are not your thoughts and your ways are not my ways, declares Yahweh.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	55	9	For the heavens are as high above earth as my ways are above your ways, my thoughts above your thoughts.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	55	10	For, as the rain and the snow come down from the sky and do not return before having watered the earth, fertilising it and making it germinate to provide seed for the sower and food to eat,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	55	11	so it is with the word that goes from my mouth: it will not return to me unfulfilled or before having carried out my good pleasure and having achieved what it was sent to do.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	55	12	Yes, you will go out with joy and be led away in safety. Mountains and hills will break into joyful cries before you and all the trees of the countryside clap their hands.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	55	13	Cypress will grow instead of thorns, myrtle instead of nettles. And this will be fame for Yahweh, an eternal monument never to be effaced.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	56	1	Thus says Yahweh: Make fair judgement your concern, act with justice, for soon my salvation will come and my saving justice be manifest.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	56	2	Blessed is anyone who does this, anyone who clings to it, observing the Sabbath, not profaning it, and abstaining from every evil deed.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	56	3	No foreigner adhering to Yahweh should say, 'Yahweh will utterly exclude me from his people.' No eunuch should say, 'Look, I am a dried-up tree.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	56	4	For Yahweh says this: To the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths and choose to do my good pleasure and cling to my covenant,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	56	5	I shall give them in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I shall give them an everlasting name that will never be effaced.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	56	6	As for foreigners who adhere to Yahweh to serve him, to love Yahweh's name and become his servants, all who observe the Sabbath, not profaning it, and cling to my covenant:
-Isaiah	Isa	29	56	7	these I shall lead to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, for my house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	56	8	Lord Yahweh who gathers the exiles of Israel declares: There are others I shall gather besides those already gathered.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	56	9	Come and gorge, all you wild beasts, all you beasts of the forest!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	56	10	Its watchmen are all blind, they know nothing. Dumb watchdogs all, unable to bark, they dream, lie down, and love to sleep.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	56	11	Greedy dogs, never satisfied, such are the shepherds, who understand nothing; they all go their own way, each to the last man after his own interest.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	56	12	'Come, let me fetch wine; we will get drunk on strong drink, tomorrow will be just as wonderful as today and even more so!'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	57	1	The upright person perishes and no one cares. The faithful is taken off and no one takes it to heart. Yes, because of the evil times the upright is taken off;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	57	2	he will enter peace, and those who follow the right way will find rest on their beds.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	57	3	But you, you children of a witch, come here, adulterous race prostituting yourselves!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	57	4	At whom are you jeering, at whom are you making faces and sticking out your tongue? Are you not the spawn of rebellion, a lying race?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	57	5	Lusting among the terebinths, and under every spreading tree, sacrificing children in the ravines, below the clefts in the rocks.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	57	6	The smooth stones of the ravines will be your portion, yes, these will be your lot. To these you have poured libations, have brought your cereal offering. Can all this appease me?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	57	7	On a mountain high and lofty you have put your bed. Thither, too, you have climbed to offer sacrifice.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	57	8	Behind door and doorpost you have set your reminder. Yes, far from me, you exposed yourself, climbed on to your bed, and made the most of it. You struck a profitable bargain with those whose bed you love, whoring with them often, with your eyes on the sacred symbol.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	57	9	You went to Molech with oil, you were prodigal with your perfumes; you sent your envoys far afield, down to Sheol itself.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	57	10	Though tired by so much travelling, you never said, 'It is no use.' Finding your strength revive, you never gave up.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	57	11	Who was it you dreaded, and feared, that you should betray me, no longer remember me and not spare a thought for me? Was I not silent for a long time? So you cannot have been afraid of me.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	57	12	Now I shall expose this uprightness of yours, and little good it did you.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	57	13	When you cry for help, let those thronging round you save you! The wind will carry them all away, one puff will take them off. But whoever trusts in me will inherit the country, he will own my holy mountain.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	57	14	Then it will be said: Level up, level up, clear the way, remove the obstacle from my people's way,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	57	15	for thus says the High and Exalted One who lives eternally and whose name is holy, 'I live in the holy heights but I am with the contrite and humble, to revive the spirit of the humble, to revive the heart of the contrite.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	57	16	'For I do not want to be forever accusing nor always to be angry, or the spirit would fail under my onslaught, the souls that I myself have made.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	57	17	'Angered by his wicked cupidity, I hid and struck him in anger, but he rebelliously went the way of his choice.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	57	18	'I saw how he behaved, but I shall heal him, I shall lead him, fill him with consolation, him and those who mourn for him,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	57	19	bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to far and near, Yahweh says, and I shall heal him.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	57	20	The wicked, however, are like the restless sea that cannot be still, whose waters throw up mud and dirt.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	57	21	'No peace', says Yahweh, 'for the wicked.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	58	1	Shout for all you are worth, do not hold back, raise your voice like a trumpet. To my people proclaim their rebellious acts, to the House of Jacob, their sins.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	58	2	They seek for me day after day, they long to know my ways, like a nation that has acted uprightly and not forsaken the law of its God. They ask me for laws that are upright, they long to be near God:
-Isaiah	Isa	29	58	3	'Why have we fasted, if you do not see, why mortify ourselves if you never notice?' Look, you seek your own pleasure on your fastdays and you exploit all your workmen;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	58	4	look, the only purpose of your fasting is to quarrel and squabble and strike viciously with your fist. Fasting like yours today will never make your voice heard on high.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	58	5	Is that the sort of fast that pleases me, a day when a person inflicts pain on himself? Hanging your head like a reed, spreading out sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call fasting, a day acceptable to Yahweh?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	58	6	Is not this the sort of fast that pleases me: to break unjust fetters, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break all yokes?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	58	7	Is it not sharing your food with the hungry, and sheltering the homeless poor; if you see someone lacking clothes, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own kin?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	58	8	Then your light will blaze out like the dawn and your wound be quickly healed over. Saving justice will go ahead of you and Yahweh's glory come behind you.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	58	9	Then you will cry for help and Yahweh will answer; you will call and he will say, 'I am here.' If you do away with the yoke, the clenched fist and malicious words,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	58	10	if you deprive yourself for the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, your light will rise in the darkness, and your darkest hour will be like noon.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	58	11	Yahweh will always guide you, will satisfy your needs in the scorched land; he will give strength to your bones and you will be like a watered garden, like a flowing spring whose waters never run dry.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	58	12	Your ancient ruins will be rebuilt; you will build on age -- old foundations. You will be called 'Breach-mender', 'Restorer of streets to be lived in'.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	58	13	If you refrain from breaking the Sabbath, from taking your own pleasure on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath 'Delightful', and the day sacred to Yahweh 'Honourable', if you honour it by abstaining from travel, from seeking your own pleasure and from too much talk,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	58	14	then you will find true happiness in Yahweh, and I shall lead you in triumph over the heights of the land. I shall feed you on the heritage of your father Jacob, for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	59	1	No, the arm of Yahweh is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	59	2	but your guilty deeds have made a gulf between you and your God. Your sins have made him hide his face from you so as not to hear you,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	59	3	since your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with guilt; your lips utter lies, your tongues murmur wickedness.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	59	4	No one makes upright accusations or pleads sincerely. All rely on empty words, utter falsehood, conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	59	5	They are hatching adders' eggs and weaving a spider's web; eat one of their eggs and you die, crush one and a viper emerges.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	59	6	Their webs are useless for clothing, their deeds are useless for wearing; their deeds are deeds of guilt, violence fills their hands.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	59	7	Their feet run to do evil; they are quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of guilt, wherever they go there is havoc and ruin.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	59	8	They do not know the way of peace, there is no fair judgement in their course, they have made their own crooked paths, and no one treading them knows any peace.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	59	9	Thus fair judgement is remote from us nor can uprightness overtake us. We looked for light and all is darkness, for brightness and we walk in gloom.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	59	10	Like the blind we feel our way along walls, we grope our way like people without eyes. We stumble as though noon were twilight, among the robust we are like the dead.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	59	11	We growl, all of us, like bears, like doves we make no sound but moaning, waiting for the fair judgement that never comes, for salvation, but that is far away.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	59	12	How often we have rebelled against you and our sins bear witness against us. Our rebellious acts are indeed with us, we are well aware of our guilt:
-Isaiah	Isa	29	59	13	rebellion and denial of Yahweh, turning our back on our God, talking violence and revolt, murmuring lies in our heart.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	59	14	Fair judgement is driven away and saving justice stands aloof, for good faith has stumbled in the street and sincerity cannot enter.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	59	15	Good faith has vanished; anyone abstaining from evil is victimised. Yahweh saw this and was displeased that there was no fair judgement.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	59	16	He saw there was no one and wondered there was no one to intervene. So he made his own arm his mainstay, his own saving justice his support.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	59	17	He put on saving justice like a breastplate, on his head the helmet of salvation. He put on the clothes of vengeance like a tunic and wrapped himself in jealousy like a cloak.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	59	18	To each he repays his due, retribution to his enemies, reprisals on his foes, to the coasts and islands he will repay their due.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	59	19	From the west, Yahweh's name will be feared, and from the east, his glory, for he will come like a pent-up stream impelled by the breath of Yahweh.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	59	20	Then for Zion will come a redeemer, for those who stop rebelling in Jacob, declares Yahweh.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	59	21	'For my part, this is my covenant with them, says Yahweh. My spirit with which I endowed you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, will not leave your mouth, or the mouths of your children, or the mouths of your children's children, says Yahweh, henceforth and for ever.'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	60	1	Arise, shine out, for your light has come, and the glory of Yahweh has risen on you.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	60	2	Look! though night still covers the earth and darkness the peoples, on you Yahweh is rising and over you his glory can be seen.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	60	3	The nations will come to your light and kings to your dawning brightness.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	60	4	Lift up your eyes and look around: all are assembling and coming towards you, your sons coming from far away and your daughters being carried on the hip.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	60	5	At this sight you will grow radiant, your heart will throb and dilate, since the riches of the sea will flow to you, the wealth of the nations come to you;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	60	6	camels in throngs will fill your streets, the young camels of Midian and Ephah; everyone in Saba will come, bringing gold and incense and proclaiming Yahweh's praises.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	60	7	All the flocks of Kedar will gather inside you, the rams of Nebaioth will be at your service as acceptable victims on my altar, and I shall glorify my glorious house.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	60	8	Who are these flying like a cloud, like doves to their dovecote?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	60	9	Why, the coasts and islands put their hope in me and the vessels of Tarshish take the lead in bringing your children from far away, and their silver and gold with them, for the sake of the name of Yahweh your God, of the Holy One of Israel who has made you glorious.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	60	10	Foreigners will rebuild your walls and their kings will serve you. For though I struck you in anger, in mercy I have pitied you.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	60	11	Your gates will always be open, never closed, either day or night, for the riches of the nations to be brought you and their kings to be let in.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	60	12	For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you will perish, and the nations will be utterly destroyed.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	60	13	The glory of the Lebanon will come to you, cypress, plane-tree, box-tree, one and all, to adorn the site of my sanctuary, for me to honour the place where I stand.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	60	14	Your oppressors' children will humbly approach you, at your feet all who despised you will fall addressing you as 'City of Yahweh', 'Zion of the Holy One of Israel'.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	60	15	Instead of your being forsaken and hated, avoided by everyone, I will make you an object of eternal pride, a source of joy from age to age.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	60	16	You will suck the milk of nations, you will suck the wealth of kings, and you will know that I, Yahweh, am your Saviour, that your redeemer is the Mighty One of Jacob.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	60	17	For bronze I shall bring gold and for iron I shall bring silver, and for wood, bronze, and for stone, iron; I shall make Peace your administration and Saving Justice your government.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	60	18	Violence will no longer be heard of in your country, nor devastation and ruin within your frontiers. You will call your walls 'Salvation' and your gates 'Praise'.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	60	19	No more will the sun give you daylight, nor moonlight shine on you, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, your God will be your splendour.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	60	20	Your sun will set no more nor will your moon wane, for Yahweh will be your everlasting light and your days of mourning will be over.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	60	21	Your people, all of them upright, will possess the country for ever, the shoot I myself have planted, my handiwork, for my own glory.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	60	22	The smallest will grow into a thousand, the weakest one into a mighty nation. When the time is ripe, I, Yahweh, shall quickly bring it about.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	61	1	The spirit of Lord Yahweh is on me for Yahweh has anointed me. He has sent me to bring the news to the afflicted, to soothe the broken-hearted,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	61	2	to proclaim liberty to captives, release to those in prison, to proclaim a year of favour from Yahweh and a day of vengeance for our God, to comfort all who mourn
-Isaiah	Isa	29	61	3	(to give to Zion's mourners), to give them for ashes a garland, for mourning-dress, the oil of gladness, for despondency, festal attire; and they will be called 'terebinths of saving justice', planted by Yahweh to glorify him.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	61	4	They will rebuild the ancient ruins, they will raise what has long lain waste, they will restore the ruined cities, all that has lain waste for ages past.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	61	5	Strangers will come forward to feed your flocks, foreigners be your ploughmen and vinedressers;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	61	6	but you will be called 'priests of Yahweh' and be addressed as 'ministers of our God'. You will feed on the wealth of nations, you will supplant them in their glory.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	61	7	To make up for your shame, you will receive double; instead of disgrace, shouts of joy will be their lot; yes, they will have a double portion in their country and everlasting joy will be theirs.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	61	8	For I am Yahweh: I love fair judgement, I hate robbery and wrong-doing, and I shall reward them faithfully and make an everlasting covenant with them.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	61	9	Their race will be famous throughout the nations and their offspring throughout the peoples. All who see them will admit that they are a race whom Yahweh has blessed.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	61	10	I exult for joy in Yahweh, my soul rejoices in my God, for he has clothed me in garments of salvation, he has wrapped me in a cloak of saving justice, like a bridegroom wearing his garland, like a bride adorned in her jewels.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	61	11	For as the earth sends up its shoots and a garden makes seeds sprout, so Lord Yahweh makes saving justice and praise spring up in the sight of all nations.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	62	1	About Zion I will not be silent, about Jerusalem I shall not rest until saving justice dawns for her like a bright light and her salvation like a blazing torch.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	62	2	The nations will then see your saving justice, and all kings your glory, and you will be called a new name which Yahweh's mouth will reveal.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	62	3	You will be a crown of splendour in Yahweh's hand, a princely diadem in the hand of your God.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	62	4	No more will you be known as 'Forsaken' or your country be known as 'Desolation'; instead, you will be called 'My Delight is in her' and your country 'The Wedded'; for Yahweh will take delight in you and your country will have its wedding.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	62	5	Like a young man marrying a virgin, your rebuilder will wed you, and as the bridegroom rejoices in his bride, so will your God rejoice in you.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	62	6	On your walls, Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never fall silent, day or night. No peace for you, as you keep Yahweh's attention!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	62	7	And give him no peace either until he restores Jerusalem and makes her the pride of the world!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	62	8	Yahweh has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: Never again shall I give your grain to feed your enemies. Never again will foreigners drink the wine for which you have toiled.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	62	9	No, the reapers will eat it and praise Yahweh, the harvesters will drink it in my sacred courts!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	62	10	Pass through, pass through the gates. Clear a way for my people! Level up, level up the highway, remove the stones! Hoist a signal to the peoples!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	62	11	This is what Yahweh has proclaimed to the remotest part of earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Look, your salvation is coming; with him comes his reward, his achievement precedes him!'
-Isaiah	Isa	29	62	12	They will be called 'The Holy People', 'Yahweh's Redeemed', while you will be called 'Sought-after', 'City-not-forsaken'.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	63	1	Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah in crimson garments, so magnificently dressed, marching so full of strength? - It is I, whose word is saving justice, whose power is to save.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	63	2	-Why are your garments red, your clothes like someone treading the winepress?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	63	3	-I have trodden the winepress alone; of my people, not one was with me. So I trod them down in my anger, I trampled on them in my wrath. Their blood squirted over my garments and all my clothes are stained.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	63	4	For I have decided on a day of vengeance, my year of retribution has come.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	63	5	I looked: there was no one to help me; I was appalled but could find no supporter! Then my own arm came to my rescue and my own fury supported me.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	63	6	I crushed the peoples in my anger, I shattered them in my fury and sent their blood streaming to the ground.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	63	7	I shall recount Yahweh's acts of faithful love, Yahweh's praises, in return for all that Yahweh has done for us, for his great kindness to the House of Israel, for all that he has done in his mercy, for the abundance of his acts of faithful love.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	63	8	For he said, 'Truly they are my people, children who will not betray me,' and he became their Saviour.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	63	9	In all their troubles, it was no messenger or angel but his presence that saved them. In his love and pity he himself redeemed them, lifted them up and carried them throughout the days of old.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	63	10	But they rebelled and vexed his holy Spirit. Then he became their enemy and himself waged war on them.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	63	11	But he called the past to mind, Moses his servant. Where is he who saved them from the sea, the Shepherd of his flock? Where was he who put his holy Spirit among them,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	63	12	whose glorious arm led the way by Moses' right hand? Who divided the waters before them to win himself everlasting renown,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	63	13	who led them through the depths as easily as a horse through the desert? They stumbled as little
-Isaiah	Isa	29	63	14	as cattle going down to the plain. Yahweh's Spirit led them to rest. This was how you guided your people to win yourself glorious renown.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	63	15	Look down from heaven and see from your holy and glorious dwelling. Where is your zeal and your might? Are your deepest feelings, your mercy to me, to be restrained?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	63	16	After all, you are our Father. If Abraham will not own us, if Israel will not acknowledge us, you, Yahweh, are our Father, 'Our Redeemer' is your name from of old.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	63	17	Why, Yahweh, do you let us wander from your ways and let our hearts grow too hard to fear you? Return, for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your heritage.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	63	18	Your holy people have owned it for so short a time, our enemies have trampled on your sanctuary.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	63	19	We have long been like those you do not rule, people who do not bear your name. Oh, that you would tear the heavens open and come down -- in your presence the mountains would quake,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	64	1	as fire sets brushwood alight, as fire makes water boil -- to make your name known to your foes; the nations would tremble at your presence,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	64	2	at the unexpected miracles you would do. (Oh, that you would come down, in your presence the mountains would quake!)
-Isaiah	Isa	29	64	3	Never has anyone heard, no ear has heard, no eye has seen any god but you act like this for the sake of those who trust him.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	64	4	You come to meet those who are happy to act uprightly; keeping your ways reminds them of you. Yes, you have been angry and we have been sinners; now we persist in your ways and we shall be saved.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	64	5	We have all been like unclean things and our upright deeds like filthy rags. We wither, all of us, like leaves, and all our misdeeds carry us off like the wind.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	64	6	There is no one to invoke your name, to rouse himself to hold fast to you, for you have hidden your face from us and given us up to the power of our misdeeds.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	64	7	And yet, Yahweh, you are our Father; we the clay and you our potter, all of us are the work of your hands.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	64	8	Yahweh, do not let your anger go too far and do not remember guilt for ever. Look, please, we are all your people;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	64	9	your holy cities have become a desert, Zion has become a desert, Jerusalem a wasteland.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	64	10	Our holy and glorious Temple, in which our ancestors used to praise you, has been burnt to the ground; all our delight lies in ruins.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	64	11	Yahweh, can you restrain yourself at all this? Will you stay silent and afflict us beyond endurance?
-Isaiah	Isa	29	65	1	I have let myself be approached by those who did not consult me, I have let myself be found by those who did not seek me. I said, 'Here I am, here I am!' to a nation that did not invoke my name.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	65	2	Each day I stretched out my hands to a rebellious people who follow a way which is not good, as the fancy takes them;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	65	3	a people constantly provoking me to my face by sacrificing in gardens, burning incense on bricks,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	65	4	living in tombs, spending the night in dark corners, eating the meat of pigs, putting unclean foods on their plates.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	65	5	'Keep your distance,' they say, 'do not touch me, lest my sanctity come near you!' Such words are like stifling smoke to me, an ever-burning fire.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	65	6	Look, it is inscribed before me: I shall not be silent until I have repaid them, repaid them in full,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	65	7	punished your guilt and your ancestors' guilt together, Yahweh declares. For having burnt incense on the mountains and insulted me on the hills, I shall pay them back in full for what they have done.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	65	8	Yahweh says this: As when a bunch of grapes is found still to have juice in it, people say, 'Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,' so I shall act for my servants' sake, I shall not destroy them all.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	65	9	I shall produce descendants from Jacob and heirs to my mountains from Judah, my chosen ones will own them and my servants will live there.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	65	10	Sharon will be a pasture for flocks, the Valley of Achor a feeding ground for cattle, for those of my people who have sought me.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	65	11	But as for those of you who abandon Yahweh, who forget my holy mountain, who lay the table for Gad, who fill cups of mixed wine for Meni,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	65	12	you I shall destine to the sword and all of you will stoop to be slaughtered, because I called and you would not answer, I spoke and you would not listen; you have done what I consider evil, you chose to do what displeases me.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	65	13	Therefore Lord Yahweh says this: You will see my servants eating while you go hungry; you will see my servants drinking while you go thirsty; you will see my servants rejoicing while you are put to shame;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	65	14	you will hear my servants shouting for joy of heart, while you shriek for sorrow of heart and howl with a broken spirit.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	65	15	And you will leave your name behind as a curse for my chosen ones, 'May Lord Yahweh strike you dead!' But to his servants he will give another name.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	65	16	Whoever blesses himself on earth will bless himself by the God of truth, and whoever swears an oath on earth will swear by the God of truth, for past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	65	17	For look, I am going to create new heavens and a new earth, and the past will not be remembered and will come no more to mind.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	65	18	Rather be joyful, be glad for ever at what I am creating, for look, I am creating Jerusalem to be 'Joy' and my people to be 'Gladness'.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	65	19	I shall be joyful in Jerusalem and I shall rejoice in my people. No more will the sound of weeping be heard there, nor the sound of a shriek;
-Isaiah	Isa	29	65	20	never again will there be an infant there who lives only a few days, nor an old man who does not run his full course; for the youngest will die at a hundred, and at a hundred the sinner will be accursed.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	65	21	They will build houses and live in them, they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	65	22	They will not build for others to live in, or plant for others to eat; for the days of my people will be like the days of a tree, and my chosen ones will themselves use what they have made.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	65	23	They will not toil in vain, nor bear children destined to disaster, for they are the race of Yahweh's blessed ones and so are their offspring.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	65	24	Thus, before they call I shall answer, before they stop speaking I shall have heard.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	65	25	The wolf and the young lamb will feed together, the lion will eat hay like the ox, and dust be the serpent's food. No hurt, no harm will be done on all my holy mountain, Yahweh says.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	66	1	Thus says Yahweh: With heaven my throne and earth my footstool, what house could you build me, what place for me to rest,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	66	2	when all these things were made by me and all belong to me? - declares Yahweh. But my eyes are drawn to the person of humbled and contrite spirit, who trembles at my word.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	66	3	Some slaughter a bull, some kill a human being, some sacrifice a lamb, some strangle a dog, some present an offering of pig's blood, some burn memorial incense, a revolting blessing; all these people have chosen their own ways and take delight in their disgusting practices.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	66	4	I too take delight in making fools of them, I shall bring what they most fear down on them because I have called and no one would answer, I spoke and no one listened. They have done what I regard as evil, have chosen what displeases me.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	66	5	Listen to the word of Yahweh, you who tremble at his word. Your brothers, who hate and reject you because of my name, have said, 'Let Yahweh show his glory, let us witness your joy!' But they will be put to shame.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	66	6	Listen! An uproar from the city! A voice from the Temple! The voice of Yahweh bringing retribution on his enemies.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	66	7	Before being in labour she has given birth. Before the birth pangs came, she has been delivered of a child.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	66	8	Who ever heard of such a thing, who ever saw anything like this? Can a country be born in one day? Can a nation be brought forth all at once? For Zion, scarcely in labour, has brought forth her children!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	66	9	Shall I open the womb and not bring to birth? says Yahweh. Shall I, who bring to birth, close the womb? says your God.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	66	10	Rejoice with Jerusalem, be glad for her, all you who love her! Rejoice, rejoice with her, all you who mourned her!
-Isaiah	Isa	29	66	11	So that you may be suckled and satisfied from her consoling breast, so that you may drink deep with delight from her generous nipple.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	66	12	For Yahweh says this: Look, I am going to send peace flowing over her like a river, and like a stream in spate the glory of the nations. You will be suckled, carried on her hip and fondled in her lap.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	66	13	As a mother comforts a child, so I shall comfort you; you will be comforted in Jerusalem.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	66	14	At the sight your heart will rejoice, and your limbs regain vigour like the grass. To his servants Yahweh will reveal his hand, but to his enemies his fury.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	66	15	For see how Yahweh comes in fire, his chariots like the whirlwind, to assuage his anger with burning, his rebukes with flaming fire.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	66	16	For by fire will Yahweh execute fair judgement, and by his sword, on all people; and Yahweh's victims will be many.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	66	17	As for those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves to enter the gardens, following the one in the centre, who eat the flesh of pigs, revolting things and rats: their deeds and their thoughts will perish together, declares Yahweh.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	66	18	I am coming to gather every nation and every language. They will come to witness my glory.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	66	19	I shall give them a sign and send some of their survivors to the nations: to Tarshish, Put, Lud, Meshech, Tubal and Javan, to the distant coasts and islands that have never heard of me or seen my glory. They will proclaim my glory to the nations,
-Isaiah	Isa	29	66	20	and from all the nations they will bring all your brothers as an offering to Yahweh, on horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules and on camels, to my holy mountain, Jerusalem, Yahweh says, like Israelites bringing offerings in clean vessels to Yahweh's house.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	66	21	And some of them I shall make into priests and Levites, Yahweh says.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	66	22	For as the new heavens and the new earth I am making will endure before me, declares Yahweh, so will your race and your name endure.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	66	23	From New Moon to New Moon, from Sabbath to Sabbath, all humanity will come and bow in my presence, Yahweh says.
-Isaiah	Isa	29	66	24	And on their way out they will see the corpses of those who rebelled against me; for their worm will never die nor their fire be put out, and they will be held in horror by all humanity.
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	1	All wisdom comes from the Lord, she is with him for ever.
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	2	The sands of the sea, the drops of rain, the days of eternity -- who can count them?
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	3	The height of the sky, the breadth of the earth, the depth of the abyss -- who can explore them?
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	4	Wisdom was created before everything, prudent understanding subsists from remotest ages.
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	5
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	6	For whom has the root of wisdom ever been uncovered? Her resourceful ways, who knows them?
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	7
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	8	One only is wise, terrible indeed,
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	9	seated on his throne, the Lord. It was he who created, inspected and weighed her up, and then poured her out on all his works-
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	10	as much to each living creature as he chose -- bestowing her on those who love him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	11	The fear of the Lord is glory and pride, happiness and a crown of joyfulness.
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	12	The fear of the Lord gladdens the heart, giving happiness, joy and long life.
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	13	For those who fear the Lord, all will end well: on their dying day they will be blessed.
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	14	The basis of wisdom is to fear the Lord; she was created with the faithful in their mothers' womb;
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	15	she has made a home in the human race, an age -- old foundation, and to their descendants will she faithfully cling.
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	16	The fullness of wisdom is to fear the Lord; she intoxicates them with her fruits;
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	17	she fills their entire house with treasures and their storerooms with her produce.
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	18	The crown of wisdom is to fear the Lord: she makes peace and health flourish.
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	19	The Lord has seen and assessed her, he has showered down knowledge and intelligence, he has exalted the renown of those who possess her.
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	20	The root of wisdom is to fear the Lord, and her branches are long life.
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	21
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	22	The rage of the wicked cannot put him in the right, for the weight of his rage is his downfall.
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	23	A patient person puts up with things until the right time comes: but his joy will break out in the end.
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	24	Till the time comes he keeps his thoughts to himself, and many a lip will affirm how wise he is.
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	25	Wisdom's treasuries contain the maxims of knowledge, the sinner, however, holds piety in abhorrence.
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	26	If you desire wisdom, keep the commandments, and the Lord will bestow it on you.
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	27	For the fear of the Lord is wisdom and instruction, and what pleases him is faithfulness and gentleness.
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	28	Do not stand out against fear of the Lord, do not practise it with a double heart.
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	29	Do not act a part in public, keep watch over your lips.
+Sirach	Sir	28	1	30	Do not grow too high and mighty, for fear you fall and cover yourself in disgrace; for the Lord would then reveal your secrets and overthrow you before the whole community for not having practised fear of the Lord and for having a heart full of deceit.
+Sirach	Sir	28	2	1	My child, if you aspire to serve the Lord, prepare yourself for an ordeal.
+Sirach	Sir	28	2	2	Be sincere of heart, be steadfast, and do not be alarmed when disaster comes.
+Sirach	Sir	28	2	3	Cling to him and do not leave him, so that you may be honoured at the end of your days.
+Sirach	Sir	28	2	4	Whatever happens to you, accept it, and in the uncertainties of your humble state, be patient,
+Sirach	Sir	28	2	5	since gold is tested in the fire, and the chosen in the furnace of humiliation.
+Sirach	Sir	28	2	6	Trust him and he will uphold you, follow a straight path and hope in him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	2	7	You who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy; do not turn aside, for fear you fall.
+Sirach	Sir	28	2	8	You who fear the Lord, trust him, and you will not be robbed of your reward.
+Sirach	Sir	28	2	9	You who fear the Lord, hope for those good gifts of his, everlasting joy and mercy.
+Sirach	Sir	28	2	10	Look at the generations of old and see: whoever trusted in the Lord and was put to shame? Or whoever, steadfastly fearing him, was forsaken? Or whoever called to him and was ignored?
+Sirach	Sir	28	2	11	For the Lord is compassionate and merciful, he forgives sins and saves in the time of distress.
+Sirach	Sir	28	2	12	Woe to faint hearts and listless hands, and to the sinner who treads two paths.
+Sirach	Sir	28	2	13	Woe to the listless heart that has no faith, for such will have no protection.
+Sirach	Sir	28	2	14	Woe to you who have lost the strength to endure; what will you do at the Lord's visitation?
+Sirach	Sir	28	2	15	Those who fear the Lord do not disdain his words, and those who love him keep his ways.
+Sirach	Sir	28	2	16	Those who fear the Lord do their best to please him, and those who love him will find satisfaction in the Law.
+Sirach	Sir	28	2	17	Those who fear the Lord keep their hearts prepared and humble themselves in his presence.
+Sirach	Sir	28	2	18	Let us fall into the hands of the Lord, not into any human clutches; for as his majesty is, so too is his mercy.
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	1	Children, listen to me for I am your father: do what I tell you, and so be safe;
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	2	for the Lord honours the father above his children and upholds the rights of a mother over her sons.
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	3	Whoever respects a father expiates sins,
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	4	whoever honours a mother is like someone amassing a fortune.
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	5	Whoever respects a father will in turn be happy with children, the day he prays for help, he will be heard.
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	6	Long life comes to anyone who honours a father, whoever obeys the Lord makes a mother happy.
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	7	Such a one serves parents as well as the Lord.
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	8	Respect your father in deed as well as word, so that blessing may come on you from him;
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	9	since a father's blessing makes his children's house firm, while a mother's curse tears up its foundations.
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	10	Do not make a boast of disgrace overtaking your father, your father's disgrace reflects no honour on you;
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	11	for a person's own honour derives from the respect shown to his father, and a mother held in dishonour is a reproach to her children.
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	12	My child, support your father in his old age, do not grieve him during his life.
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	13	Even if his mind should fail, show him sympathy, do not despise him in your health and strength;
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	14	for kindness to a father will not be forgotten but will serve as reparation for your sins.
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	15	On your own day of ordeal God will remember you: like frost in sunshine, your sins will melt away.
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	16	Whoever deserts a father is no better than a blasphemer, and whoever distresses a mother is accursed of the Lord.
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	17	My child, be gentle in carrying out your business, and you will be better loved than a lavish giver.
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	18	The greater you are, the more humbly you should behave, and then you will find favour with the Lord;
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	19
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	20	for great though the power of the Lord is, he accepts the homage of the humble.
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	21	Do not try to understand things that are too difficult for you, or try to discover what is beyond your powers.
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	22	Concentrate on what has been assigned you, you have no need to worry over mysteries.
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	23	Do not meddle with matters that are beyond you; what you have been taught already exceeds the scope of the human mind.
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	24	For many have been misled by their own notions, wicked presumption having warped their judgement.
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	25
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	26	A stubborn heart will come to a bad end, and whoever dallies with danger will perish in it.
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	27	A stubborn heart is weighed down with troubles, the sinner heaps sin on sin.
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	28	For the disease of the proud there is no cure, since an evil growth has taken root there.
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	29	The heart of the sensible will reflect on parables, an attentive ear is the sage's dream.
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	30	Water puts out a blazing fire, almsgiving expiates sins.
+Sirach	Sir	28	3	31	Whoever gives favours in return is mindful of the future; at the moment of falling, such a person will find support.
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	1	My child, do not refuse the poor a livelihood, do not tantalise the needy.
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	2	Do not add to the sufferings of the hungry, do not bait anyone in distress.
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	3	Do not aggravate a heart already angry, nor keep the destitute waiting for your alms.
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	4	Do not repulse a hard-pressed beggar, nor turn your face from the poor.
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	5	Do not avert your eyes from the needy, give no one occasion to curse you;
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	6	for if someone curses you in distress, his Maker will give ear to the imprecation.
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	7	Gain the love of the community, in the presence of the great bow your head.
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	8	To the poor lend an ear, and courteously return the greeting.
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	9	Save the oppressed from the hand of the oppressor, and do not be mean-spirited in your judgements.
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	10	Be like a father to the fatherless and as good as a husband to their mothers. And you will be like a child to the Most High, who will love you more than your own mother does.
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	11	Wisdom brings up her own children and cares for those who seek her.
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	12	Whoever loves her loves life, those who seek her early will be filled with joy.
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	13	Whoever possesses her will inherit honour, and wherever he walks the Lord will bless him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	14	Those who serve her minister to the Holy One, and the Lord loves those who love her.
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	15	Whoever obeys her rules the nations, whoever pays attention to her dwells secure.
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	16	If he trusts himself to her he will inherit her, and his descendants will remain in possession of her;
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	17	for though she takes him at first through winding ways, bringing fear and faintness on him, trying him out with her discipline till she can trust him, and testing him with her ordeals,
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	18	she then comes back to him on the straight road, makes him happy and reveals her secrets to him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	19	If he goes astray, however, she abandons him and leaves him to his own destruction.
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	20	Take circumstances into account and beware of evil, and have no cause to be ashamed of yourself;
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	21	for there is a shame that leads to sin and a shame that is honourable and gracious.
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	22	Do not be too severe on yourself, do not let shame lead you to ruin.
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	23	Do not refrain from speaking when it will do good, and do not hide your wisdom;
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	24	for your wisdom is made known by what you say, your erudition by the words you utter.
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	25	Do not contradict the truth, rather blush for your own ignorance.
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	26	Do not be ashamed to confess your sins, do not struggle against the current of the river.
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	27	Do not grovel to the foolish, do not show partiality to the influential.
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	28	Fight to the death for truth, and the Lord God will war on your side.
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	29	Do not be bold of tongue, yet idle and slack in deed;
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	30	do not be like a lion at home, or cowardly towards your servants.
+Sirach	Sir	28	4	31	Do not let your hands be outstretched to receive, yet tight-fisted when the time comes to give back.
+Sirach	Sir	28	5	1	Do not put your confidence in your money or say, 'With this I am self-sufficient.'
+Sirach	Sir	28	5	2	Do not be led by your appetites and energy to follow the passions of your heart.
+Sirach	Sir	28	5	3	And do not say, 'Who has authority over me?' for the Lord will certainly give you your deserts.
+Sirach	Sir	28	5	4	Do not say, 'I have sinned, but what harm has befallen me?' for the Lord's forbearance is long.
+Sirach	Sir	28	5	5	Do not be so sure of forgiveness that you add sin to sin.
+Sirach	Sir	28	5	6	And do not say, 'His compassion is great, he will forgive me my many sins'; for with him are both mercy and retribution, and his anger does not pass from sinners.
+Sirach	Sir	28	5	7	Do not delay your return to the Lord, do not put it off day after day; for suddenly the Lord's wrath will blaze out, and on the day of punishment you will be utterly destroyed.
+Sirach	Sir	28	5	8	Do not set your heart on ill-gotten gains, they will be of no use to you on the day of disaster.
+Sirach	Sir	28	5	9	Do not winnow in every wind, or walk along every by-way (as the double-talking sinner does).
+Sirach	Sir	28	5	10	Be steady in your convictions, and be a person of your word.
+Sirach	Sir	28	5	11	Be quick to listen, and deliberate in giving an answer.
+Sirach	Sir	28	5	12	If you understand the matter, give your neighbour an answer, if not, keep your hand over your mouth.
+Sirach	Sir	28	5	13	Both honour and disgrace come from talking, the tongue is its owner's downfall.
+Sirach	Sir	28	5	14	Do not get a name for scandal-mongering, do not set traps with your tongue; for as shame lies in store for the thief, so harsh condemnation awaits the deceitful.
+Sirach	Sir	28	5	15	Avoid offences in great as in small matters, and do not exchange friendship for enmity,
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	1	for a bad name will earn you shame and reproach, as happens to the double-talking sinner.
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	2	Do not get carried aloft on the wings of passion, for fear your strength tear itself apart like a bull,
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	3	and you devour your own foliage and destroy your own fruit and end by making yourself like a piece of dried-up wood.
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	4	An evil temper destroys the person who has it and makes him the laughing-stock of his enemies.
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	5	A kindly turn of speech attracts new friends, a courteous tongue invites many a friendly response.
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	6	Let your acquaintances be many, but for advisers choose one out of a thousand.
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	7	If you want to make a friend, take him on trial, and do not be in a hurry to trust him;
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	8	for one kind of friend is so only when it suits him but will not stand by you in your day of trouble.
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	9	Another kind of friend will fall out with you and to your dismay make your quarrel public,
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	10	and a third kind of friend will share your table, but not stand by you in your day of trouble:
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	11	when you are doing well he will be your second self, ordering your servants about;
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	12	but, if disaster befalls you, he will recoil from you and keep out of your way.
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	13	Keep well clear of your enemies, and be wary of your friends.
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	14	A loyal friend is a powerful defence: whoever finds one has indeed found a treasure.
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	15	A loyal friend is something beyond price, there is no measuring his worth.
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	16	A loyal friend is the elixir of life, and those who fear the Lord will find one.
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	17	Whoever fears the Lord makes true friends, for as a person is, so is his friend too.
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	18	My child, from your earliest youth choose instruction, and till your hair is white you will keep finding wisdom.
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	19	Like ploughman and sower, cultivate her and wait for her fine harvest, for in tilling her you will toil a little while, but very soon you will be eating her crops.
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	20	How very harsh she is to the undisciplined! The senseless does not stay with her for long:
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	21	she will weigh as heavily on the senseless as a touchstone and such a person will lose no time in throwing her off;
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	22	for Wisdom is true to her name, she is not accessible to many.
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	23	Listen, my child, and take my advice, do not reject my counsel:
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	24	put your feet into her fetters, and your neck into her collar;
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	25	offer your shoulder to her burden, do not be impatient of her bonds;
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	26	court her with all your soul, and with all your might keep in her ways;
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	27	search for her, track her down: she will reveal herself; once you hold her, do not let her go.
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	28	For in the end you will find rest in her and she will take the form of joy for you:
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	29	her fetters you will find a mighty defence, her collars, a precious necklace.
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	30	Her yoke will be a golden ornament, and her bonds be purple ribbons;
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	31	you will wear her like a robe of honour, you will put her on like a crown of joy.
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	32	If you wish it, my child, you can be taught; apply yourself, and you will become intelligent.
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	33	If you love listening, you will learn, if you pay attention, you will become wise.
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	34	Attend the gathering of elders; if there is a wise man there, attach yourself to him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	35	Listen willingly to any discourse coming from God, do not let wise proverbs escape you.
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	36	If you see a man of understanding, visit him early, let your feet wear out his doorstep.
+Sirach	Sir	28	6	37	Reflect on the injunctions of the Lord, busy yourself at all times with his commandments. He will strengthen your mind, and the wisdom you desire will be granted you.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	1	Do no evil, and evil will not befall you;
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	2	shun wrong, and it will avoid you.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	3	My child, do not sow in the furrows of wickedness, for fear you have to reap them seven times over.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	4	Do not ask the Lord for the highest place, or the king for a seat of honour.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	5	Do not parade your uprightness before the Lord, or your wisdom before the king.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	6	Do not scheme to be appointed judge, for fear you should not be strong enough to stamp out injustice, for fear of being swayed by someone influential and so of risking the loss of your integrity.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	7	Do not wrong the general body of citizens and so lower yourself in popular esteem.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	8	Do not be drawn to sin twice over, for you will not go unpunished even once.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	9	Do not say, 'God will be impressed by my numerous offerings; when I sacrifice to God Most High, he is bound to accept.'
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	10	Do not be hesitant in prayer; do not neglect to give alms.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	11	Do not laugh at someone who is sad of heart, for he who brings low can lift up high.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	12	Do not make up lies against your brother, nor against a friend either.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	13	Mind you tell no lies, for no good can come of it.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	14	Do not talk too much at the gathering of elders, and do not repeat yourself at your prayers.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	15	Do not shirk tiring jobs or farm work, ordained by the Most High.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	16	Do not swell the ranks of sinners, remember that the retribution will not delay.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	17	Be very humble, since the recompense for the godless is fire and worms.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	18	Do not barter a friend away for the sake of profit, nor a true brother for the gold of Ophir.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	19	Do not turn against a wise and good wife; her gracious presence is worth more than gold.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	20	Do not ill-treat a slave who is an honest worker, or a wage-earner who is devoted to you.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	21	Love an intelligent slave with all your heart, and do not deny such a slave his freedom.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	22	Have you cattle? Look after them; if they are making you a profit, keep them.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	23	Have you children? Educate them, from childhood make them bow the neck.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	24	Have you daughters? Take care of their bodies, but do not be over-indulgent.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	25	Marry a daughter off, and you have finished a great work; but give her to a man of sense.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	26	Have you a wife to your liking? Do not turn her out; but if you do not love her, never trust her.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	27	With all your heart honour your father, never forget the birthpangs of your mother.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	28	Remember that you owe your birth to them; how can you repay them for what they have done for you?
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	29	With all your soul, fear the Lord and revere his priests.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	30	With all your might love him who made you, and do not abandon his ministers.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	31	Fear the Lord and honour the priest and give him the portion enjoined on you: first-fruits, sacrifice of reparation, shoulder-gift, sanctification sacrifice, first-fruits of the holy things.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	32	And also give generously to the poor, so that your blessing may lack nothing.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	33	Let your generosity extend to all the living, do not withhold it even from the dead.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	34	Do not turn your back on those who weep, but share the grief of the grief-stricken.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	35	Do not shrink from visiting the sick; in this way you will make yourself loved.
+Sirach	Sir	28	7	36	In everything you do, remember your end, and you will never sin.
+Sirach	Sir	28	8	1	Do not try conclusions with anyone influential, in case you later fall into his clutches.
+Sirach	Sir	28	8	2	Do not quarrel with anyone rich, in case he puts his weight against you; for gold has destroyed many, and has swayed the hearts of kings.
+Sirach	Sir	28	8	3	Do not argue with anyone argumentative, do not pile wood on that fire.
+Sirach	Sir	28	8	4	Do not joke with anyone uncouth, for fear of hearing your ancestors insulted.
+Sirach	Sir	28	8	5	Do not revile a repentant sinner; remember that we all are guilty.
+Sirach	Sir	28	8	6	Do not despise anyone in old age; after all, some of us too are growing old.
+Sirach	Sir	28	8	7	Do not gloat over anyone's death; remember that we all have to die.
+Sirach	Sir	28	8	8	Do not scorn the discourse of the wise, but make yourself familiar with their maxims, since from these you will learn the theory and the art of serving the great.
+Sirach	Sir	28	8	9	Do not dismiss what the old people have to say, for they too were taught by their parents; from them you will learn how to think, and the art of the timely answer.
+Sirach	Sir	28	8	10	Do not kindle the coals of the sinner, in case you scorch yourself in his blaze.
+Sirach	Sir	28	8	11	Refuse to be provoked by the insolent, for fear that such a one try to trap you in your words.
+Sirach	Sir	28	8	12	Do not lend to anyone who is stronger than you are -- if you do lend, resign yourself to loss.
+Sirach	Sir	28	8	13	Do not stand surety beyond your means; if you do stand surety, be prepared to pay up.
+Sirach	Sir	28	8	14	Do not go to law with a judge, since judgement will be given in his favour.
+Sirach	Sir	28	8	15	Do not go travelling with a rash man, for fear he becomes burdensome to you; he will act as the whim takes him, and you will both be ruined by his folly.
+Sirach	Sir	28	8	16	Do not argue with a quick-tempered man, do not go with him where there are no other people, since blood counts for nothing in his eyes, and where no help is to be had, he will strike you down.
+Sirach	Sir	28	8	17	Do not ask a fool for advice, since a fool will not be able to keep a confidence.
+Sirach	Sir	28	8	18	In a stranger's presence do nothing that should be kept secret, since you cannot tell what use the stranger will make of it.
+Sirach	Sir	28	8	19	Do not open your heart to all comers, nor lay claim to their good offices.
+Sirach	Sir	28	9	1	Do not be jealous of the wife you love, do not teach her lessons in how to harm you.
+Sirach	Sir	28	9	2	Do not put yourself in a woman's hands or she may come to dominate you completely.
+Sirach	Sir	28	9	3	Do not keep company with a prostitute, in case you get entangled in her snares.
+Sirach	Sir	28	9	4	Do not dally with a singing girl, in case you get caught by her wiles.
+Sirach	Sir	28	9	5	Do not stare at a pretty girl, in case you and she incur the same punishment.
+Sirach	Sir	28	9	6	Do not give your heart to whores, or you will ruin your inheritance.
+Sirach	Sir	28	9	7	Keep your eyes to yourself in the streets of a town, do not prowl about its unfrequented quarters.
+Sirach	Sir	28	9	8	Turn your eyes away from a handsome woman, do not stare at a beauty belonging to someone else. Because of a woman's beauty, many have been undone; this makes passion flare up like a fire.
+Sirach	Sir	28	9	9	Never sit down with a married woman, or sit at table with her drinking wine, in case you let your heart succumb to her and you lose all self-control and slide to disaster.
+Sirach	Sir	28	9	10	Do not desert an old friend; the new one will not be his match. New friend, new wine; when it grows old, you drink it with pleasure.
+Sirach	Sir	28	9	11	Do not envy the sinner his success; you do not know how that will end.
+Sirach	Sir	28	9	12	Do not take pleasure in what pleases the godless; remember they will not go unpunished here below.
+Sirach	Sir	28	9	13	Keep your distance from the man who has the power to put to death, and you will not be haunted by the fear of dying. If you do approach him, make no false move, or he may take your life. Realise that you are treading among trip-lines, that you are strolling on the battlements.
+Sirach	Sir	28	9	14	Cultivate your neighbours to the best of your ability, and consult with the wise.
+Sirach	Sir	28	9	15	For conversation seek the intelligent, let all your discussions bear on the law of the Most High.
+Sirach	Sir	28	9	16	Have the upright for your table companions, and let your pride be in fearing the Lord.
+Sirach	Sir	28	9	17	Work from skilled hands will earn its praise, but a leader of the people must be skilful in words.
+Sirach	Sir	28	9	18	A chatterbox is a terror to his town, a loose talker is detested.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	1	A sagacious ruler educates his people, and he makes his subjects understand order.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	2	As the magistrate is, so will his officials be, as the governor is, so will be the inhabitants of his city.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	3	An undisciplined king will be the ruin of his people, a city owes its prosperity to the intelligence of its leading men.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	4	The government of the earth is in the hands of the Lord, he sets the right leader over it at the right time.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	5	Human success is in the hands of the Lord. He invests the scribe with honour.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	6	Do not resent your neighbour's every offence, and never act in a fit of passion.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	7	Pride is hateful to God and humanity, and injustice is abhorrent to both.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	8	Sovereignty passes from nation to nation because of injustice, arrogance and money.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	9	What has dust and ashes to pride itself on? Even in life its entrails are repellent.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	10	A long illness makes a fool of the doctor; a king today is a corpse tomorrow.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	11	For in death the portion of all alike will be insects, wild animals and worms.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	12	The first stage of pride is to desert the Lord and to turn one's heart away from one's Maker.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	13	Since the first stage of pride is sin, whoever clings to it will pour forth filth. This is why the Lord inflicts unexpected punishments on such people, utterly destroying them.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	14	The Lord has turned mighty princes off their thrones and seated the humble there instead.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	15	The Lord has plucked up the proud by the roots, and planted the lowly in their place.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	16	The Lord has overthrown the lands of the nations and destroyed them to the very foundations of the earth.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	17	Sometimes he has taken them away and destroyed them, and blotted out their memory from the earth.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	18	Pride was not created for human beings, nor furious rage for those born of woman.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	19	What race deserves honour? The human race. What race deserves honour? Those who fear the Lord. What race deserves contempt? The human race. What race deserves contempt? Those who break the Law.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	20	A leader is honoured by his brothers, and those who fear the Lord are honoured by him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	21
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	22	The rich, the noble, the poor, let them pride themselves on fearing the Lord.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	23	It is not right to despise one who is poor but intelligent, and it is not good to honour one who is a sinner.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	24	Magnate, magistrate, potentate, all are to be honoured, but none is greater than the one who fears the Lord.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	25	A wise slave will have free men waiting on him, and the enlightened will not complain.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	26	Do not try to be smart when you do your work, do not put on airs when you are in difficulties.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	27	Better the hardworking who has plenty of everything, than the pretentious at a loss for a meal.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	28	My child, be modest in your self-esteem, and value yourself at your proper worth.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	29	Who can justify one who inflicts injuries on himself, or respect one who is full of self-contempt?
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	30	The poor is honoured for wit, and the rich for wealth.
+Sirach	Sir	28	10	31	Honoured in poverty, how much the more in wealth! Dishonoured in wealth, how much the more in poverty!
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	1	Wisdom enables the poor to stand erect, and gives to the poor a place with the great.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	2	Do not praise anyone for good looks, nor dislike anyone for mere appearance.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	3	Small among winged creatures is the bee but her produce is the sweetest of the sweet.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	4	Do not grow proud when people honour you; for the works of the Lord are wonderful but hidden from human beings.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	5	Many monarchs have been made to sit on the ground, and the person nobody thought of has worn the crown.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	6	Many influential people have been utterly disgraced, and prominent people have fallen into the power of others.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	7	Do not find fault before making thorough enquiry; first reflect, then give a reprimand.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	8	Listen before you answer, and do not interrupt a speech before it is finished.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	9	Do not wrangle about something that does not concern you, do not interfere in the quarrels of sinners.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	10	My child, do not take on a great amount of business; if you multiply your interests, you are bound to suffer for it; hurry as fast as you can, yet you will never arrive, nor will you escape by running away.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	11	Some people work very hard at top speed, only to find themselves falling further behind.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	12	Or there is the slow kind of person, needing help, poor in possessions and rich in poverty; and the Lord turns a favourable eye on him, lifts him out of his wretched condition,
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	13	and enables him to hold his head high, thus causing general astonishment.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	14	Good and bad, life and death, poverty and wealth, all come from the Lord.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	15
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	16
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	17	To the devout the Lord's gift remains constant, and his favour will be there to lead them for ever.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	18	Others grow rich by pinching and scraping, and here is the reward they receive for it:
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	19	although they say, 'Now I can sit back and enjoy the benefit of what I have got,' they do not know how long this will last; they will have to leave their goods to others and die.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	20	Stick to your job, work hard at it and grow old at your work.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	21	Do not admire the achievements of sinners, trust the Lord and mind your own business; since it is a trifle in the eyes of the Lord, in a moment, suddenly to make the poor rich.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	22	The blessing of the Lord is the reward of the devout, in a moment God brings his blessing to flower.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	23	Do not say, 'What are my needs, how much shall I have in the future?'
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	24	And do not say, 'I am self-sufficient, what disaster can affect me now?'
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	25	In prosperous times, disasters are forgotten and in times of disaster, no one remembers prosperity.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	26	Yet it is a trifle for the Lord on the day someone dies to repay him as his conduct deserves.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	27	A moment's adversity, and pleasures are forgotten; in a person's last hour his deeds will stand revealed.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	28	Call no one fortunate before his death; it is by his end that someone will be known.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	29	Do not bring everyone home with you, for many are the traps of the crafty.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	30	Like a captive partridge in a cage, so is the heart of the proud: like a spy he watches for your downfall,
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	31	ever on the look-out, turning good into bad and finding fault with what is praiseworthy.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	32	A hearthful of glowing coals starts from a single spark, and the sinner lurks for the chance to spill blood.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	33	Beware of a scoundrel and his evil contrivances, in case he puts a smear on you for ever.
+Sirach	Sir	28	11	34	Give a home to a stranger and he will start trouble and estrange you from your own family.
+Sirach	Sir	28	12	1	If you mean to do a kindness, choose the right person, then your good deeds will not be wasted.
+Sirach	Sir	28	12	2	Do good to someone devout, and you will be rewarded, if not by that person, then certainly by the Most High.
+Sirach	Sir	28	12	3	No good will come to one who persists in evil, or who refuses to give alms.
+Sirach	Sir	28	12	4	Give to the devout, do not go to the help of a sinner.
+Sirach	Sir	28	12	5	Do good to the humble, give nothing to the godless. Refuse him bread, do not give him any, it might make him stronger than you are; then you would be repaid evil twice over for all the good you had done him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	12	6	For the Most High himself detests sinners, and will repay the wicked with what they deserve.
+Sirach	Sir	28	12	7	Give to the good, and do not go to the help of a sinner.
+Sirach	Sir	28	12	8	In prosperity you cannot always tell a true friend, but in adversity you cannot mistake an enemy.
+Sirach	Sir	28	12	9	When someone is doing well that person's enemies are sad, when someone is doing badly, even a friend will keep at a distance.
+Sirach	Sir	28	12	10	Do not ever trust an enemy; as bronze tarnishes, so does an enemy's malice.
+Sirach	Sir	28	12	11	Even if he behaves humbly and comes bowing and scraping, maintain your reserve and be on your guard against him. Behave towards him as if you were polishing a mirror, you will find that his tarnish cannot last.
+Sirach	Sir	28	12	12	Do not stand him beside you in case he thrusts you out and takes your place. Do not seat him on your right, or he will be after your position, and then you will remember what I have said and sadly admit that I was right.
+Sirach	Sir	28	12	13	Who feels sorry for a snake-charmer bitten by a snake, or for those who take risks with savage animals? -
+Sirach	Sir	28	12	14	just so for one who consorts with a sinner, and becomes an accomplice in his sins.
+Sirach	Sir	28	12	15	He will stay with you for a while, but if you once give way he will press his advantage.
+Sirach	Sir	28	12	16	An enemy may have sweetness on his lips, and in his heart a scheme to throw you into the ditch. An enemy may have tears in his eyes, but if he gets a chance there can never be too much blood for him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	12	17	If you meet with misfortune, you will find him there before you, and, pretending to help you, he will trip you up.
+Sirach	Sir	28	12	18	He will wag his head and clap his hands, he will whisper a lot and his expression will change.
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	1	Whoever touches pitch will be defiled, and anyone who associates with the proud will come to be like them.
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	2	Do not try to carry a burden too heavy for you, do not associate with someone more powerful and wealthy than yourself. Why put the clay pot next to the iron cauldron? It will only break when they bang against each other.
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	3	The rich does wrong and takes a high line; the poor is wronged and has to beg for pardon.
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	4	If you are useful the rich will exploit you, if you go bankrupt he will desert you.
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	5	Are you well off? - he will live with you, he will clean you out without a single qualm.
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	6	Does he need you? - he will hoodwink you, smile at you and raise your hopes; he will speak politely to you and say, 'Is there anything you need?'
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	7	He will make you feel small at his dinner parties and, having cleaned you out two or three times over, will end by laughing at you. Afterwards, when he sees you, he will avoid you and shake his head about you.
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	8	Take care you are not hoodwinked and thus humiliated through your own stupidity.
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	9	When an influential person invites you, show reluctance, and he will press his invitation all the more.
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	10	Do not thrust yourself forward, in case you are pushed aside, but do not stand aloof, or you will be overlooked.
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	11	Do not affect to treat him as an equal, do not trust his flow of words; since all this talking is expressly meant to test you, under cover of geniality he will be weighing you up.
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	12	Pitiless is anyone who retails gossip; he will not spare you either blows or chains.
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	13	Be wary, take very great care, because you are walking with your own downfall.
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	14
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	15	Every living thing loves its own sort, and every man his fellow.
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	16	Every creature mixes with its kind, and human beings stick to their own sort.
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	17	How can wolf and lamb agree? - Just so with sinner and devout.
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	18	What peace can there be between hyena and dog? And what peace between rich and poor?
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	19	Wild desert donkeys are the prey of lions; so too, the poor is the quarry of the rich.
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	20	The proud thinks humility abhorrent; so too, the rich abominates the poor.
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	21	When the rich stumbles he is supported by friends; when the poor falls, his friends push him away.
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	22	When the rich slips, there are many hands to catch him, if he talks nonsense he is congratulated. The poor slips, and is blamed for it, he may talk good sense, but no room is made for him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	23	The rich speaks and everyone stops talking, and then they praise his discourse to the skies. The poor speaks and people say, 'Who is this?' and if he stumbles, they trip him up yet more.
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	24	Wealth is good where there is no sin, poverty is evil, the godless say.
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	25	The heart moulds a person's expression whether for better or worse.
+Sirach	Sir	28	13	26	Happy heart, cheerful expression; but wearisome work, inventing proverbs.
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	1	Blessed is anyone who has not sinned in speech and who needs feel no remorse for sins.
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	2	Blessed is anyone whose conscience brings no reproach and who has never given up hope.
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	3	Wealth is not the right thing for the niggardly, and what use are possessions to the covetous?
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	4	Whoever hoards by stinting himself is hoarding for others, and others will live sumptuously on his riches.
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	5	If someone is mean to himself, whom does he benefit? he does not even enjoy what is his own.
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	6	No one is meaner than the person who is mean to himself, this is how his wickedness repays him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	7	If he does any good, he does it unintentionally, and in the end he himself reveals his wickedness.
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	8	Wicked the person who has an envious eye, averting his face, and careless of others' lives.
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	9	The eye of the grasping is not content with what he has, greed shrivels up the soul.
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	10	The miser is grudging of bread, there is famine at his table.
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	11	My child, treat yourself as well as you can afford, and bring worthy offerings to the Lord.
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	12	Remember that death will not delay, and that you have never seen Sheol's contract.
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	13	Be kind to your friend before you die, treat him as generously as you can afford.
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	14	Do not refuse yourself the good things of today, do not let your share of what is lawfully desired pass you by.
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	15	Will you not have to leave your fortune to another, and the fruit of your labour to be divided by lot?
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	16	Give and receive, enjoy yourself -- there are no pleasures to be found in Sheol.
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	17	Like clothes, every body will wear out, the age -- old law is, 'Everyone must die.'
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	18	Like foliage growing on a bushy tree, some leaves falling, others growing, so are the generations of flesh and blood: one dies, another is born.
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	19	Every achievement rots away and perishes, and with it goes its author.
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	20	Blessed is anyone who meditates on wisdom, and reasons with intelligence,
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	21	who studies her ways in his heart, and ponders her secrets.
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	22	He pursues her like a hunter, and lies in wait by her path;
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	23	he peeps in at her windows, and listens at her doors;
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	24	he lodges close to her house, and fixes his peg in her walls;
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	25	he pitches his tent at her side, and lodges in an excellent lodging;
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	26	he sets his children in her shade, and camps beneath her branches;
+Sirach	Sir	28	14	27	he is sheltered by her from the heat, and in her glory he makes his home.
+Sirach	Sir	28	15	1	Whoever fears the Lord will act like this, and whoever grasps the Law will obtain wisdom.
+Sirach	Sir	28	15	2	She will come to meet him like a mother, and receive him like a virgin bride.
+Sirach	Sir	28	15	3	She will give him the bread of understanding to eat, and the water of wisdom to drink.
+Sirach	Sir	28	15	4	He will lean on her and will not fall, he will rely on her and not be put to shame.
+Sirach	Sir	28	15	5	She will raise him high above his neighbours, and in full assembly she will open his mouth.
+Sirach	Sir	28	15	6	He will find happiness and a crown of joy, he will inherit an everlasting name.
+Sirach	Sir	28	15	7	Fools will not gain possession of her, nor will sinners set eyes on her.
+Sirach	Sir	28	15	8	She stands remote from pride, and liars cannot call her to mind.
+Sirach	Sir	28	15	9	Praise is unseemly in a sinner's mouth, since it has not been put there by the Lord.
+Sirach	Sir	28	15	10	For praise should be uttered only in wisdom, and the Lord himself then prompts it.
+Sirach	Sir	28	15	11	Do not say, 'The Lord was responsible for my sinning,' for he does not do what he hates.
+Sirach	Sir	28	15	12	Do not say, 'It was he who led me astray,' for he has no use for a sinner.
+Sirach	Sir	28	15	13	The Lord hates all that is foul, and no one who fears him will love it either.
+Sirach	Sir	28	15	14	He himself made human beings in the beginning, and then left them free to make their own decisions.
+Sirach	Sir	28	15	15	If you choose, you will keep the commandments and so be faithful to his will.
+Sirach	Sir	28	15	16	He has set fire and water before you; put out your hand to whichever you prefer.
+Sirach	Sir	28	15	17	A human being has life and death before him; whichever he prefers will be given him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	15	18	For vast is the wisdom of the Lord; he is almighty and all-seeing.
+Sirach	Sir	28	15	19	His eyes are on those who fear him, he notes every human action.
+Sirach	Sir	28	15	20	He never commanded anyone to be godless, he has given no one permission to sin.
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	1	Do not long for a brood of worthless children, and do not take pleasure in godless sons.
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	2	However many you have, take no pleasure in them, unless the fear of the Lord lives among them.
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	3	Do not count on their having long life, do not put too much faith in their number; for better have one than a thousand, better die childless than have children who are godless.
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	4	One person of sense can populate a city, but a race of lawless people will be destroyed.
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	5	My eyes have seen many such things, my ears have heard things even more impressive.
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	6	Fire is kindled in a sinful society, Retribution blazes in a rebellious nation.
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	7	God did not pardon the giants of old who, confident in their strength, had rebelled.
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	8	He did not spare the people with whom Lot lived; he abhorred them, rather, for their pride.
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	9	He was pitiless to the nation of perdition -- those people who gloried in their sins-
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	10	as also to the six hundred thousand men on the march, who had banded together in their obstinacy.
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	11	And had there been only one man stubborn, it would have been amazing had he escaped unpunished, since mercy and wrath alike belong to the Lord who is mighty to forgive and to pour out wrath.
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	12	As great as his mercy, so is his severity; he judges each person as his deeds deserve:
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	13	the sinner will not escape with his ill-gotten gains nor the patience of the devout go for nothing.
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	14	He takes note of every charitable action, and everyone is treated as he deserves.
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	15
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	16
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	17	Do not say, 'I shall hide from the Lord; who is going to remember me up there? I shall not be noticed among so many people; what am I in the immensity of creation?'
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	18	For see, the sky and the heavens above the sky, the abyss and the earth shake at his visitation.
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	19	The mountains and earth's foundations alike quail and tremble when he looks at them.
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	20	But to all this no one gives thought. Who keeps his movements in mind?
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	21	The storm wind itself is invisible, and most of what he does goes undetected.
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	22	'Who will report whether justice has been done? Who will be watching? The covenant is remote!'
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	23	Such are the thoughts of the person of little sense, stupid, misguided, cherishing his folly.
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	24	Listen to me, my child, and learn knowledge, and give your whole mind to my words.
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	25	I shall expound discipline methodically and proclaim knowledge with precision.
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	26	When God created his works in the beginning, he assigned them their places as soon as they were made.
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	27	He determined his works for all time, from their origins to their distant generations. They know neither hunger nor weariness, and they never desert their duties.
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	28	Not one has ever got in the way of another, and they will never disobey his word.
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	29	And afterwards the Lord looked at the earth, and filled it with his good things.
+Sirach	Sir	28	16	30	He covered its surface with every kind of animal, and to it they will return.
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	1	The Lord fashioned human beings from the earth, to consign them back to it.
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	2	He gave them so many days and so much time, he gave them authority over everything on earth.
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	3	He clothed them in strength, like himself, and made them in his own image.
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	4	He filled all living things with dread of human beings, making them masters over beasts and birds.
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	5
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	6	He made them a tongue, eyes and ears, and gave them a heart to think with.
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	7	He filled them with knowledge and intelligence, and showed them what was good and what evil.
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	8	He put his own light in their hearts to show them the magnificence of his works,
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	9
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	10	so that they would praise his holy name as they told of his magnificent works.
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	11	He set knowledge before them, he endowed them with the law of life.
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	12	He established an eternal covenant with them, and revealed his judgements to them.
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	13	Their eyes saw the majesty of his glory, and their ears heard the glory of his voice.
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	14	He said to them, 'Beware of all wrong-doing'; he gave each a commandment concerning his neighbour.
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	15	Their ways are always under his eye, they cannot be hidden from his sight.
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	16
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	17	Over each nation he has set a governor, but Israel is the Lord's own portion.
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	18
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	19	Their actions are all as plain as the sun to him, and his eyes rest constantly on their conduct.
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	20	Their iniquities are not hidden from him, all their sins are before the Lord.
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	21
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	22	Almsgiving is like a signet ring to him, he cherishes generosity like the pupil of an eye.
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	23	One day he will rise and reward them, he will repay their deserts on their own heads.
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	24	But to those who repent he permits return, and he encourages those who have lost hope.
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	25	Return to the Lord and renounce your sins, plead before his face, stop offending him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	26	Come back to the Most High, turn away from iniquity and hold all that is foul in abhorrence.
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	27	Who is going to praise the Most High in Sheol if we do not glorify him while we are alive?
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	28	The dead can praise no more than those who do not exist, only those with life and health can praise the Lord.
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	29	How great is the mercy of the Lord, his pardon for those who turn to him!
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	30	For we cannot have everything, human beings are not immortal.
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	31	What is brighter than the sun? And yet it fades. Flesh and blood think of nothing but evil.
+Sirach	Sir	28	17	32	He surveys the armies of the lofty sky, and all of us are only dust and ashes.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	1	He who lives for ever has created the sum of things.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	2	The Lord alone will be found just.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	3
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	4	He has given no one the power to proclaim his works to the end, and who can fathom his magnificent deeds?
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	5	Who can assess his magnificent strength, and who can go further and tell all of his mercies?
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	6	Nothing can be added to them, nothing subtracted, it is impossible to fathom the marvels of the Lord.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	7	When someone finishes he is only beginning, and when he stops he is as puzzled as ever.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	8	What is a human being, what purpose does he serve? What is good and what is bad for him?
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	9	The length of his life: a hundred years at most.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	10	Like a drop of water from the sea, or a grain of sand, such are these few years compared with eternity.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	11	This is why the Lord is patient with them and pours out his mercy on them.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	12	He sees and recognises how wretched their end is, and so he makes his forgiveness the greater.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	13	Human compassion extends to neighbours, but the Lord's compassion extends to everyone; rebuking, correcting and teaching, bringing them back as a shepherd brings his flock.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	14	He has compassion on those who accept correction, and who fervently search for his judgements.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	15	My child, do not temper your favours with blame nor any of your gifts with words that hurt.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	16	Does not dew relieve the heat? In the same way a word is worth more than a gift.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	17	Why surely, a word is better than a good present, but a generous person is ready with both.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	18	A fool will offer nothing but insult, and a grudging gift makes the eyes smart.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	19	Learn before you speak, take care of yourself before you fall ill.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	20	Examine yourself before judgement comes, and on the day of visitation you will be acquitted.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	21	Humble yourself before you fall ill, repent as soon as the sin is committed.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	22	Let nothing prevent your discharging a vow in good time, and do not wait till death to set matters right.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	23	Prepare yourself before making a vow, and do not be like someone who tempts the Lord.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	24	Bear in mind the retribution of the last days, the time of vengeance when God averts his face.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	25	In a time of plenty remember times of famine, think of poverty and want when you are rich.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	26	The time slips by between dawn and dusk, everything passes quickly for the Lord.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	27	The wise will be cautious in everything, in sinful times will take care not to offend.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	28	Every person of sense recognises wisdom, and will respect anyone who has found her.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	29	Those who understand sayings have toiled for their wisdom and have poured out accurate maxims.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	30	Do not be governed by your passions, restrain your desires.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	31	If you allow yourself to satisfy your desires, this will make you the laughing-stock of your enemies.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	32	Do not indulge in luxurious living, do not get involved in such society.
+Sirach	Sir	28	18	33	Do not beggar yourself by banqueting on credit when there is nothing in your pocket.
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	1	A drunken workman will never grow rich, and one who makes light of small matters will gradually sink.
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	2	Wine and women corrupt intelligent men, the customer of whores loses all sense of shame.
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	3	Grubs and worms will have him as their legacy, and the man who knows no shame will lose his life.
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	4	Being too ready to trust shows shallowness of mind, and sinning harms the sinner.
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	5	Taking pleasure in evil earns condemnation;
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	6	by hating gossip one avoids evil.
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	7	Never repeat what you are told and you will come to no harm;
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	8	whether to friend or foe, do not talk about it, unless it would be sinful not to, do not reveal it;
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	9	you would be heard out, then mistrusted, and in due course you would be hated.
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	10	Have you heard something? Let it die with you. Courage! It will not burst you!
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	11	A fool will suffer birthpangs over a piece of news, like a woman labouring with child.
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	12	Like an arrow stuck in the flesh of the thigh, so is a piece of news inside a fool.
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	13	Question your friend, he may have done nothing at all; and if he has done anything, he will not do it again.
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	14	Question your neighbour, he may have said nothing at all; and if he has said anything, he will not say it again.
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	15	Question your friend, for slander is very common, do not believe all you hear.
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	16	People sometimes make a slip, without meaning what they say; and which of us has never sinned by speech?
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	17	Question your neighbour before you threaten him, and defer to the Law of the Most High.
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	18
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	19
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	20	Wisdom consists entirely in fearing the Lord, and wisdom is entirely constituted by the fulfilling of the Law.
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	21
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	22	Being learned in evil, however, is not wisdom, there is no prudence in the advice of sinners.
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	23	There is a cleverness that is detestable; whoever has no wisdom is a fool.
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	24	Better be short of sense and full of fear, than abound in shrewdness and violate the Law.
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	25	There is a wickedness which is scrupulous but nonetheless dishonest, and there are those who misuse kindness to win their case.
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	26	There is the person who will walk bowed down with grief, when inwardly this is nothing but deceit:
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	27	he hides his face and pretends to be deaf, if he is not unmasked, he will take advantage of you.
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	28	There is the person who is prevented from sinning by lack of strength, yet he will do wrong when he gets the chance.
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	29	You can tell a person by his appearance, you can tell a thinker by the look on his face.
+Sirach	Sir	28	19	30	The way a person dresses, the way he laughs, the way he walks, tell you what he is.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	1	There is the rebuke that is untimely, and there is the person who keeps quiet, and he is the shrewd one.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	2	But how much better to rebuke than to fume!
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	3	The person who acknowledges a fault wards off punishment.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	4	Like a eunuch trying to take a girl's virginity is someone who tries to impose justice by force.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	5	There is the person who keeps quiet and is considered wise, another incurs hatred for talking too much.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	6	There is the person who keeps quiet, not knowing how to answer, another keeps quiet, knowing when to speak.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	7	The wise will keep quiet till the right moment, but a garrulous fool will always misjudge it.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	8	Someone who talks too much will earn dislike, and someone who usurps authority will earn hatred.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	9	There is the person who finds misfortune a boon, and the piece of luck that turns to loss.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	10	There is the gift that affords you no profit, and the gift that repays you double.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	11	There is the honour that leads to humiliation, and there are people in a low state who raise their heads.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	12	There is the person who buys much for little, yet pays for it seven times over.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	13	The wise wins love with words, while fools may shower favours in vain.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	14	The gift of the stupid will bring you no advantage, his eyes look for seven times as much in return.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	15	He gives little and reviles much, he opens his mouth like the town crier, he lends today and demands payment tomorrow; he is a detestable fellow.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	16	The fool will say, 'I have no friends, I get no gratitude for my good deeds;
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	17	those who eat my bread have malicious tongues.' How often he will be laughed at, and by how many!
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	18	Better a slip on the pavement than a slip of the tongue; this is how ruin takes the wicked by surprise.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	19	A coarse-grained person is like an indiscreet story endlessly retold by the ignorant.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	20	A maxim is rejected when coming from a fool, since the fool does not utter it on the apt occasion.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	21	There is a person who is prevented from sinning by poverty; no qualms of conscience disturb that person's rest.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	22	There is a person who courts destruction out of false shame, courts destruction for the sake of a fool's opinion.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	23	There is a person who out of false shame makes promises to a friend, and so makes an enemy for nothing.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	24	Lying is an ugly blot on anyone, and ever on the lips of the undisciplined.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	25	A thief is preferable to an inveterate liar, but both are heading for ruin.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	26	Lying is an abominable habit, the liar's disgrace lasts for ever.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	27	The wise gains advancement by words, the shrewd wins favour from the great.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	28	Whoever tills the soil will have a full harvest, whoever wins favour from the great will secure pardon for offences.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	29	Presents and gifts blind the eyes of the wise and stifle rebukes like a muzzle on the mouth.
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	30	Wisdom concealed, and treasure undiscovered, what use is either of these?
+Sirach	Sir	28	20	31	Better one who conceals his folly than one who conceals his wisdom.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	1	My child, have you sinned? Do so no more, and ask forgiveness for your previous faults.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	2	Flee from sin as from a snake, if you approach it, it will bite you; its teeth are lion's teeth, they take human life away.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	3	All law-breaking is like a two-edged sword, the wounds it inflicts are beyond cure.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	4	Terror and violence make havoc of riches, similarly, desolation overtakes the houses of the proud.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	5	A plea from the mouth of the poor goes straight to the ear of God, whose judgement comes without delay.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	6	Whoever resents reproof walks in the sinner's footsteps; whoever fears the Lord is repentant of heart.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	7	The glib speaker is known far and wide, but the wary detects every slip.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	8	To build your house with other people's money is like collecting stones for your own tomb.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	9	A meeting of the lawless is like a heap of tow: they will end in a blazing fire.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	10	The sinner's road is smoothly paved, but it ends at the pit of Sheol.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	11	Whoever keeps the Law will master his instincts; the fear of the Lord is made perfect in wisdom.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	12	No one who lacks aptitude can be taught, but certain aptitudes give rise to bitterness.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	13	The sage's knowledge is as rich as the abyss and his advice is like a living spring.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	14	The heart of a fool is like a broken jar, it will not hold any knowledge.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	15	If the educated hears a wise saying, he praises it and caps it with another; if a debauchee hears it, he does not like it and tosses it behind his back.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	16	The talk of a fool is like a load on a journey, but it is a pleasure to listen to the intelligent.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	17	The utterance of the shrewd will be eagerly awaited in the assembly, what he says will be given serious consideration.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	18	The wisdom of a fool is like the wreckage of a house, the knowledge of a dolt is incoherent talk.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	19	To the senseless fellow instruction is like fetters on the feet, like manacles on the right hand.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	20	A fool laughs at the top of his voice, but the intelligent quietly smiles.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	21	To the shrewd instruction is like a golden ornament, like a bracelet on the right arm.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	22	The step of a fool goes straight into a house, but a person of much experience makes a respectful approach;
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	23	the stupid peeps inside through the door, a well-bred person waits outside.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	24	Listening at doors is a sign of bad upbringing, the perceptive would be ashamed to do so.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	25	The lips of gossips repeat the words of others, the words of the wise are carefully weighed.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	26	The heart of fools is in their mouth, but the mouth of the wise is in their heart.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	27	When the godless curses Satan, he is cursing himself.
+Sirach	Sir	28	21	28	The scandal-monger sullies himself and earns the hatred of the neighbourhood.
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	1	An idler is like a stone covered in filth, everyone whistles at his disgrace.
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	2	An idler is like a lump of dung, anyone picking it up shakes it off his hand.
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	3	It is a disgrace to have fathered a badly brought-up son, but the birth of any daughter is a loss;
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	4	a sensible daughter will find a husband, but a shameless one is a grief to her father.
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	5	A brazen daughter puts father and mother to shame, and will be disowned by both.
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	6	An untimely remonstrance is like music at a funeral, but a thrashing and correction are wisdom at all times.
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	7
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	8
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	9	Teaching a fool is like gluing bits of pottery together -- you are rousing someone who is besotted with sleep.
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	10	You might as well talk to someone sound asleep; when you have finished the fool will say, 'What's up?'
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	11	Shed tears for the dead, who has left the light behind; shed tears for the fool, who has left his wits behind. Shed quieter tears for the dead who is at rest, for the fool life is worse than death.
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	12	Mourning for the dead lasts seven days, for the foolish and ungodly all the days of their lives.
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	13	Do not waste many words on the stupid, do not go near a dolt. Beware of him, or you will have trouble and be soiled by contact with him; keep away from him, and you will have peace of mind and not be exasperated by his folly.
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	14	What is heavier than lead, and what is its name if not 'fool'?
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	15	Sand and salt and a lump of iron are a lighter burden than a dolt.
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	16	A tie-beam bonded into a building will not be dislodged by an earthquake; so too, a heart resolved after due reflection will not flinch at the critical moment.
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	17	A heart founded on intelligent reflection is like a stucco decoration on a smooth wall.
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	18	Pebbles placed on top of a wall will not stand up to the wind; no more can the heart of a fool frightened at his own thoughts stand up to fear.
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	19	Prick an eye and you will draw a tear, prick a heart and you reveal its feelings.
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	20	Throw stones at birds and you scare them away, reproach a friend and you destroy a friendship.
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	21	If you have drawn your sword on a friend, do not despair; there is a way back.
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	22	If you have opened your mouth against your friend, do not worry; there is hope for reconciliation; but insult, arrogance, betrayal of secrets, and the stab in the back -- in these cases any friend is lost.
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	23	Win your neighbour's confidence when he is poor, so that you may enjoy his later good fortune with him; stand by him in times of trouble, in order to have your share when he comes into a legacy.
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	24	Fire is heralded by the reek of the furnace and smoke, so too, bloodshed by insults.
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	25	I shall not be ashamed to shelter a friend nor shall I hide away from him,
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	26	and if evil comes to me through him, everyone who hears about it will beware of him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	22	27	Who will set a guard on my mouth, and an efficient seal on my lips, to keep me from falling, and my tongue from causing my ruin?
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	1	Lord, father and master of my life, do not abandon me to their whims, do not let me fall because of them.
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	2	Who will lay whips to my thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom to my heart, to be merciless to my errors and not let my sins go unchecked,
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	3	for fear my errors should multiply and my sins then abound and I fall before my adversaries, and my enemy gloat over me?
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	4	Lord, father and God of my life, do not let my eyes be proud,
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	5	turn envy away from me,
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	6	do not let lechery and lust grip me, do not leave me a prey to shameless desire.
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	7	Children, listen to what I teach, no one who keeps it will be caught out.
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	8	The sinner is ensnared by his own lips, both the abusive and the proud are tripped by them.
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	9	Do not get into the habit of swearing, do not make a habit of naming the Holy One;
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	10	for just as a slave who is constantly overseen will never be without bruises, so someone who is always swearing and uttering the Name will not be exempt from sin.
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	11	A man for ever swearing is full of iniquity, and the scourge will not depart from his house. If he offends, his sin will be on him, if he did it unheedingly, he has doubly sinned; if he swears a false oath, he will not be treated as innocent, for his house will be filled with calamities.
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	12	One way of talking is like death, let it not be found in the heritage of Jacob since devout people have nothing to do with that: they will not wallow in sin.
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	13	Do not get into the habit of using coarse and foul language since this involves sinful words.
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	14	Remember your father and mother when you are sitting with the great, for fear you forget yourself in their presence and behave like a fool, and then wish you had not been born and curse the day of your birth.
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	15	No one in the habit of using shameful language will break himself of it as long as he lives.
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	16	There are two types of people who commit sin after sin and a third who attracts retribution-
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	17	desire, blazing like a furnace, will not die down until it has been sated- the man who lusts after members of his own family is not going to stop until he is quite burnt out; every food is sweet to the promiscuous, and he will not desist until he dies;
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	18	and the man who sins against the marriage bed and says to himself, 'Who can see me? There is darkness all round me, the walls hide me, no one can see me, why should I worry? The Most High will not remember my sins.'
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	19	What he fears are human eyes, he does not realise that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun, observing every aspect of human behaviour, seeing into the most secret corners.
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	20	All things were known to him before they were created, and are still, now that they are finished.
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	21	This man will be punished in view of the whole town, and will be seized when he least expects it.
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	22	Similarly the woman unfaithful to her husband, who provides him with an heir by another man:
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	23	first, she has disobeyed the Law of the Most High; secondly, she has been false to her husband; and thirdly, she has gone whoring in adultery
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	24	and conceived children by another man. She will be led before the assembly, an enquiry will be held about her children.
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	25	Her children will strike no root, her branches will bear no fruit.
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	26	She will leave an accursed memory behind her, her shame will never be wiped out.
+Sirach	Sir	28	23	27	And those who survive her will recognise that nothing is better than fearing the Lord, and nothing sweeter than adherence to the Lord's commandments.
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	1	Wisdom speaks her own praises, in the midst of her people she glories in herself.
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	2	She opens her mouth in the assembly of the Most High, she glories in herself in the presence of the Mighty One:
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	3	'I came forth from the mouth of the Most High, and I covered the earth like mist.
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	4	I had my tent in the heights, and my throne was a pillar of cloud.
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	5	Alone, I have made the circuit of the heavens and walked through the depths of the abyss.
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	6	Over the waves of the sea and over the whole earth, and over every people and nation I have held sway.
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	7	Among all these I searched for rest, and looked to see in whose territory I might pitch camp.
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	8	Then the Creator of all things instructed me and he who created me fixed a place for my tent. He said, "Pitch your tent in Jacob, make Israel your inheritance."
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	9	From eternity, in the beginning, he created me, and for eternity I shall remain.
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	10	In the holy tent I ministered before him and thus became established in Zion.
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	11	In the beloved city he has given me rest, and in Jerusalem I wield my authority.
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	12	I have taken root in a privileged people, in the Lord's property, in his inheritance.
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	13	I have grown tall as a cedar on Lebanon, as a cypress on Mount Hermon;
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	14	I have grown tall as a palm in En-Gedi, as the rose bushes of Jericho; as a fine olive in the plain, as a plane tree, I have grown tall.
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	15	Like cinnamon and acanthus, I have yielded a perfume, like choice myrrh, have breathed out a scent, like galbanum, onycha, labdanum, like the smoke of incense in the tent.
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	16	I have spread my branches like a terebinth, and my branches are glorious and graceful.
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	17	I am like a vine putting out graceful shoots, my blossoms bear the fruit of glory and wealth.
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	18
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	19	Approach me, you who desire me, and take your fill of my fruits,
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	20	for memories of me are sweeter than honey, inheriting me is sweeter than the honeycomb.
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	21	They who eat me will hunger for more, they who drink me will thirst for more.
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	22	No one who obeys me will ever have to blush, no one who acts as I dictate will ever sin.'
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	23	All this is no other than the Book of the Covenant of the Most High God, the Law that Moses enjoined on us, an inheritance for the communities of Jacob.
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	24
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	25	This is what makes wisdom brim over like the Pishon, like the Tigris in the season of fruit,
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	26	what makes intelligence overflow like the Euphrates, like the Jordan at harvest time;
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	27	and makes discipline flow like the Nile, like the Gihon when the grapes are harvested.
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	28	The first man did not finish discovering about her, nor has the most recent tracked her down;
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	29	for her thoughts are wider than the sea, and her designs more profound than the abyss.
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	30	And I, like a conduit from a river, like a watercourse running into a garden,
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	31	I said, 'I am going to water my orchard, I intend to irrigate my flower beds.' And see, my conduit has grown into a river, and my river has grown into a sea.
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	32	Making discipline shine forth from daybreak, I shall send its light far and wide.
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	33	I shall pour out teaching like prophecy, as a legacy to all future generations.
+Sirach	Sir	28	24	34	And note, I have been working not merely for myself, but for all who are seeking wisdom.
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	1	There are three things my soul delights in, and which are delightful to God and to all people: concord between brothers, friendship between neighbours, and a wife and husband who live happily together.
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	2	There are three sorts of people my soul hates, and whose existence I consider an outrage: the poor swollen with pride, the rich who is a liar and an adulterous old man who has no sense.
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	3	If you have gathered nothing in your youth, how can you discover anything in your old age?
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	4	How fine a thing: sound judgement with grey hairs, and for greybeards to know how to advise!
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	5	How fine a thing: wisdom in the aged, and considered advice coming from people of distinction!
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	6	The crown of the aged is ripe experience, their glory, the fear of the Lord.
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	7	There are nine things I can think of which strike me as happy, and a tenth which is now on my tongue: the man who can be proud of his children, he who lives to see the downfall of his enemies;
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	8	happy is he who keeps house with a sensible wife; he who does not toil with ox and donkey; he who has never sinned with his tongue; he who does not serve a man less worthy than himself;
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	9	happy is he who has acquired good sense and can find attentive ears for what he has to say;
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	10	how great is he who has acquired wisdom; but unsurpassed is one who fears the Lord.
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	11	The fear of the Lord surpasses everything; what can compare with someone who has mastered that?
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	12
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	13	Any wound rather than a wound of the heart! Any spite rather than the spite of woman!
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	14	Any evil rather than an evil caused by an enemy! Any vengeance rather than the vengeance of a foe!
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	15	There is no poison worse than the poison of a snake, there is no fury worse than the fury of an enemy.
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	16	I would sooner keep house with a lion or a dragon than keep house with a spiteful wife.
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	17	A woman's spite changes her appearance and makes her face as grim as a bear's.
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	18	When her husband goes out to dinner with his neighbours, he cannot help heaving bitter sighs.
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	19	No spite can approach the spite of a woman, may a sinner's lot be hers!
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	20	Like the climbing of a sandhill for elderly feet, such is a garrulous wife for a quiet husband.
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	21	Do not be taken in by a woman's beauty, never lose your head over a woman.
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	22	Bad temper, insolence and shame hold sway where the wife supports the husband.
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	23	Low spirits, gloomy face, stricken heart: such is a spiteful wife. Slack hands and sagging knees: such is the wife who does not make her husband happy.
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	24	Sin began with a woman, and thanks to her we must all die.
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	25	Do not let water find a leak, nor a spiteful woman give free rein to her tongue.
+Sirach	Sir	28	25	26	If she will not do as you tell her, get rid of her.
+Sirach	Sir	28	26	1	How blessed is the husband of a really good wife; the number of his days will be doubled.
+Sirach	Sir	28	26	2	A perfect wife is the joy of her husband, he will live out the years of his life in peace.
+Sirach	Sir	28	26	3	A good wife is the best of portions, reserved for those who fear the Lord;
+Sirach	Sir	28	26	4	rich or poor, their hearts will be glad, their faces cheerful, whatever the season.
+Sirach	Sir	28	26	5	There are three things that I dread, and a fourth which terrifies me: slander by a whole town, the gathering of a mob, and a false accusation -- these are all worse than death;
+Sirach	Sir	28	26	6	but a woman jealous of a woman means heartbreak and sorrow, and all this is the scourge of the tongue.
+Sirach	Sir	28	26	7	A bad wife is a badly fitting ox-yoke, trying to master her is like grasping a scorpion.
+Sirach	Sir	28	26	8	A drunken wife will goad anyone to fury, she cannot conceal her own degradation.
+Sirach	Sir	28	26	9	A woman's wantonness shows in her wide-eyed look, her eyelashes leave no doubt.
+Sirach	Sir	28	26	10	Keep a headstrong daughter under firm control, or, feeling free, she will take advantage of it.
+Sirach	Sir	28	26	11	Keep a strict watch on her shameless eye, do not be surprised if she disgraces you.
+Sirach	Sir	28	26	12	Like a thirsty traveller she will open her mouth and drink any water she comes across; she will sit down in front of every tent-peg and open her quiver to any arrow.
+Sirach	Sir	28	26	13	The grace of a wife will charm her husband, her understanding will make him the stronger.
+Sirach	Sir	28	26	14	A silent wife is a gift from the Lord, no price can be put on a well-trained character.
+Sirach	Sir	28	26	15	A modest wife is a boon twice over, a chaste character cannot be over-valued.
+Sirach	Sir	28	26	16	Like the sun rising over the mountains of the Lord, such is the beauty of a good wife in a well-run house.
+Sirach	Sir	28	26	17	Like a lamp shining on the sacred lamp-stand, such is a beautiful face on a well-proportioned body.
+Sirach	Sir	28	26	18	Like golden pillars on a silver base, such are shapely legs on firm-set heels.
+Sirach	Sir	28	26	28	There are two things which grieve my heart and a third arouses my anger: a warrior wasting away through poverty, the intelligent treated with contempt, someone turning back from virtue to sin -- the Lord marks out such a person for a violent death.
+Sirach	Sir	28	26	29	It is difficult for a merchant to avoid doing wrong and for a trader not to incur sin.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	1	Many have sinned for the sake of profit, one who hopes to be rich must turn a blind eye.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	2	A peg will stick in the joint between two stones, and sin will wedge itself between selling and buying.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	3	Whoever does not firmly hold to the fear of the Lord, his house will soon be overthrown.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	4	In a shaken sieve the rubbish is left behind, so too the defects of a person appear in speech.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	5	The kiln tests the work of the potter, the test of a person is in conversation.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	6	The orchard where the tree grows is judged by its fruit, similarly words betray what a person feels.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	7	Do not praise anyone who has not yet spoken, since this is where people are tested.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	8	If you pursue virtue, you will attain it and put it on like a festal gown.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	9	Birds consort with their kind, truth comes home to those who practise it.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	10	The lion lies in wait for its prey, so does sin for those who do wrong.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	11	The conversation of the devout is wisdom at all times, but the fool is as changeable as the moon.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	12	When visiting stupid people, choose the right moment, but among the thoughtful take your time.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	13	The conversation of fools is disgusting, raucous their laughter in their sinful pleasures.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	14	The talk of hard-swearing people makes your hair stand on end, their brawling makes you stop your ears.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	15	A quarrel between the proud leads to bloodshed, and their insults are embarrassing to hear.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	16	A betrayer of secrets forfeits all trust and will never find the kind of friend he wants.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	17	Be fond of a friend and keep faith with him, but if you have betrayed his secrets, do not go after him any more;
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	18	for, as one destroys a person by killing him, so you have killed your neighbour's friendship,
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	19	and as you let a bird slip through your fingers, so you have let your friend go, and will not catch him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	20	Do not go after him -- he is far away, he has fled like a gazelle from the snare.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	21	For a wound can be bandaged and abuse forgiven, but for the betrayer of a secret there is no hope.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	22	Someone with a sly wink is plotting mischief, no one can dissuade him from it.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	23	Honey-tongued to your face, he is lost in admiration at your words; but behind your back he has other things to say, and turns your words into a stumbling-block.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	24	I have found many things to hate, but nothing as much as him, and the Lord hates him too.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	25	Whoever throws a stone in the air, throws it on to his own head; a treacherous blow cuts both ways.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	26	The man who digs a pit falls into it, whoever sets a snare will be caught by it.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	27	On anyone who does evil, evil will recoil, without his knowing where it comes from.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	28	Sarcasm and abuse are the mark of the arrogant, but vengeance lies in wait like a lion for such a one.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	29	The trap will close on all who rejoice in the downfall of the devout, and pain will eat them up before they die.
+Sirach	Sir	28	27	30	Resentment and anger, these are foul things too, and a sinner is a master at them both.
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	1	Whoever exacts vengeance will experience the vengeance of the Lord, who keeps strict account of sin.
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	2	Pardon your neighbour any wrongs done to you, and when you pray, your sins will be forgiven.
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	3	If anyone nurses anger against another, can one then demand compassion from the Lord?
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	4	Showing no pity for someone like oneself, can one then plead for one's own sins?
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	5	Mere creature of flesh, yet cherishing resentment!-who will forgive one for sinning?
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	6	Remember the last things, and stop hating, corruption and death, and be faithful to the commandments.
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	7	Remember the commandments, and do not bear your fellow ill-will, remember the covenant of the Most High, and ignore the offence.
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	8	Avoid quarrelling and you will sin less; for the hot-tempered provokes quarrels,
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	9	a sinner sows trouble between friends, introducing discord among the peaceful.
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	10	The way a fire burns depends on its fuel, a quarrel spreads in proportion to its violence; a man's rage depends on his strength, his fury grows fiercer in proportion to his wealth.
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	11	A sudden quarrel kindles fire, a hasty dispute leads to bloodshed.
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	12	Blow on a spark and up it flares, spit on it and out it goes; both are the effects of your mouth.
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	13	A curse on the scandal-monger and double-talker, such a person has ruined many who lived in concord.
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	14	That third tongue has shattered the peace of many and driven them from nation to nation; it has pulled down fortified cities, and overthrown the houses of the great.
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	15	The third tongue has had upright wives divorced, depriving them of reward for their hard work.
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	16	No one who listens to it will ever know peace of mind, will ever live in peace again.
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	17	A stroke of the whip raises a weal, but a stroke of the tongue breaks bones.
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	18	Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but many more have fallen by the tongue.
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	19	Blessed is anyone who has been sheltered from it, and has not experienced its fury, who has not dragged its yoke about, or been bound in its chains;
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	20	for its yoke is an iron yoke, its chains are bronze chains;
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	21	the death it inflicts is a miserable death, Sheol is preferable to it.
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	22	It cannot gain a hold over the devout, they are not burnt by its flames.
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	23	Those who desert the Lord will fall into it, it will flare up inextinguishably among them, it will be let loose against them like a lion, it will tear them like a leopard.
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	24	Be sure you put a thorn-hedge round your property, lock away your silver and gold;
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	25	then make scales and weights for your words, and put a door with bolts across your mouth.
+Sirach	Sir	28	28	26	Take care you take no false step through it, in case you fall a prey to him who lies in wait.
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	1	Making your neighbour a loan is an act of mercy, to lend him a helping hand is to keep the commandments.
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	2	Lend to your neighbour in his time of need, and in your turn repay your neighbour on time.
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	3	Be as good as your word and keep faith with him, and you will find your needs met every time.
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	4	Many treat a loan as a windfall, and embarrass those who have come to their rescue.
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	5	Until he gets something, a man will kiss his neighbour's hand, and refer diffidently to his wealth; but when the loan falls due, he puts this off, he repays with offhand words, and pleads the inconvenience of the time.
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	6	Even if he can be made to pay, his creditor will recover barely half, and consider even that a windfall. But otherwise he will be cheated of his money, and undeservedly gain himself an enemy; the man will pay him back in curses and abuse, and with insults of honour.
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	7	Many, not out of malice, refuse to lend; they are merely anxious not to be cheated for nothing.
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	8	Nevertheless, be patient with those who are badly off, do not keep them waiting on your generosity.
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	9	In obedience to the commandment, help the poor; do not turn the poor away empty-handed in their need.
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	10	Spend your money on your brother or your friend, do not leave it under a stone to rust away.
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	11	Use your wealth as the Most High has decreed; you will find that more profitable than gold.
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	12	Stock your store-rooms with almsgiving; this will save you from all misfortune.
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	13	Better than sturdy shield or weighty spear, this will fight for you against the enemy.
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	14	A good man will go surety for his neighbour; only a shameless wretch would desert him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	15	Do not forget the favour your guarantor has done you; he has given his life for you.
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	16	A sinner is careless of his guarantor's prosperity, the ungrateful forgets his deliverer.
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	17	Going surety has ruined many who were prosperous, tossing them about in a heavy sea.
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	18	It has driven the powerful from home to wander among foreign nations.
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	19	A wicked man in a hurry to stand guarantor in the hope of profit, is hurrying to be sentenced.
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	20	Come to your neighbour's help as far as you can, but take care not to fall into the same plight.
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	21	The first thing in life is water, and bread, and clothing, and a house for the sake of privacy.
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	22	Better the life of the poor under a roof of planks, than lavish fare in somebody else's house.
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	23	Whether you have little or much, be content with it, and you will not hear your household complaining.
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	24	It is a miserable life, going from house to house; wherever you stay, you dare not open your mouth,
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	25	you do not belong, you receive no thanks for the drink you pour out and hear embittering words into the bargain:
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	26	'Come along, stranger, lay the table, what have you got ready? give me something to eat!'
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	27	'Go away, stranger, make room for someone important; my brother is coming to stay, I need the house.'
+Sirach	Sir	28	29	28	It is hard for the reasonable to be begrudged hospitality to be shamed like a debtor.
+Sirach	Sir	28	30	1	Whoever loves his son will beat him frequently so that in after years the son may be his comfort.
+Sirach	Sir	28	30	2	Whoever is strict with his son will reap the benefit, and be able to boast of him to his acquaintances.
+Sirach	Sir	28	30	3	Whoever educates his son will be the envy of his enemy, and will be proud of him among his friends.
+Sirach	Sir	28	30	4	Even when the father dies, he might well not be dead, since he leaves his likeness behind him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	30	5	In life he has had the joy of his company, dying, he has no anxieties.
+Sirach	Sir	28	30	6	He leaves an avenger against his enemies and a rewarder of favours for his friends.
+Sirach	Sir	28	30	7	Whoever coddles his son will bandage his wounds, his heart will turn over at every cry.
+Sirach	Sir	28	30	8	A badly broken-in horse turns out stubborn, a son left to himself turns out headstrong.
+Sirach	Sir	28	30	9	Pamper your child and he will terrorise you, play along with him and he will bring you sorrow.
+Sirach	Sir	28	30	10	Do not laugh with him, or one day you will weep with him and end up gnashing your teeth.
+Sirach	Sir	28	30	11	While he is young, do not allow him his freedom and do not wink at his mistakes.
+Sirach	Sir	28	30	12	Bend his neck in youth, bruise his ribs while he is a child, or else he will grow stubborn and disobedient, and hurt you very deeply.
+Sirach	Sir	28	30	13	Be strict with your son, and persevere with him, or you will rue his insolence.
+Sirach	Sir	28	30	14	Better be poor if healthy and fit than rich if tormented in body.
+Sirach	Sir	28	30	15	Health and strength are better than any gold, a robust body than untold wealth.
+Sirach	Sir	28	30	16	No riches can outweigh bodily health, no enjoyment surpass a cheerful heart.
+Sirach	Sir	28	30	17	Better death than a wretched life, and everlasting rest than chronic illness.
+Sirach	Sir	28	30	18	Good things lavished on a closed mouth are like food offerings put on a grave.
+Sirach	Sir	28	30	19	What use is an offering to an idol which can neither eat nor smell? How describe someone pursued by the Lord's displeasure?
+Sirach	Sir	28	30	20	He looks and sighs like a eunuch embracing a pretty girl -- how he sighs!
+Sirach	Sir	28	30	21	Do not abandon yourself to sorrow, do not torment yourself with brooding.
+Sirach	Sir	28	30	22	Gladness of heart is life to anyone, joy is what gives length of days.
+Sirach	Sir	28	30	23	Give your cares the slip, console your heart, chase sorrow far away; for sorrow has been the ruin of many, and is no use to anybody.
+Sirach	Sir	28	30	24	Jealousy and anger shorten your days, and worry brings premature old age.
+Sirach	Sir	28	30	25	A genial heart makes a good trencherman, someone who enjoys a good meal.
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	1	The sleeplessness brought by wealth makes a person lose weight, the worry it causes drives away sleep.
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	2	The worries of the daytime prevent you from sleeping, like a serious illness, they keep sleep at bay.
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	3	The rich for ever toils, piling up money, and then, leaving off, he is gorged with luxuries;
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	4	the poor for ever toils, barely making a living, and then, leaving off, is poorer than ever.
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	5	No one who loves money can easily avoid sinning, whoever pursues profit will be corrupted by it.
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	6	Gold has been the ruin of many; their coming destruction was self-evident,
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	7	since it is a snare for those who sacrifice to it and stupid people all get caught in it.
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	8	Happy the rich who is found to be blameless and does not go chasing after gold.
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	9	Who is he, so that we can congratulate him, for he has achieved marvels among his fellows?
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	10	Who has been through this test and emerged perfect? He may well be proud of that! Who has had the chance to sin and has not sinned, had the chance to do wrong and has not done it?
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	11	His fortune will be firmly based and the assembly will acclaim his generosity.
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	12	If you are sitting down to a lavish table, do not display your greed, do not say, 'What a lot to eat!'
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	13	Remember, it is bad to have a greedy eye. Is any creature more wicked than the eye? - That is why it is always weeping!
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	14	Do not reach out for anything your host has his eye on, do not jostle him at the dish.
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	15	Judge your fellow-guest's needs by your own, be thoughtful in every way.
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	16	Eat what is offered you like a well brought-up person, do not wolf your food or you will earn dislike.
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	17	For politeness' sake be the first to stop; do not act the glutton, or you will give offence,
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	18	and if you are sitting with a large party, do not help yourself before the others do.
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	19	A little is quite enough for a well-bred person; his breathing is easy when he lies in bed.
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	20	A moderate diet ensures sound sleep, one gets up early, in the best of spirits. Sleeplessness, biliousness and gripe are what the glutton has to endure.
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	21	If you are forced to eat too much, get up, go and vomit, and you will feel better.
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	22	Listen to me, my child, do not disregard me, eventually you will see the force of my words. Be moderate in all your activities and illness will never overtake you.
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	23	People praise the person who keeps a splendid table, and their opinion of his munificence is sound.
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	24	But a niggardly host provokes universal resentment and people will retail instances of his meanness.
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	25	Do not play the valiant at your wine, for wine has been the undoing of many.
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	26	The furnace proves the temper of steel, and wine proves hearts in the drinking bouts of braggarts.
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	27	Wine gives life if drunk in moderation. What is life worth without wine? It came into being to make people happy.
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	28	Drunk at the right time and in the right amount, wine makes for a glad heart and a cheerful mind.
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	29	Bitterness of soul comes of wine drunk to excess out of temper or bravado.
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	30	Drunkenness excites the stupid to a fury to his own harm, it reduces his strength while leading to blows.
+Sirach	Sir	28	31	31	Do not provoke your fellow-guest at a wine feast, do not make fun of him when he is enjoying himself, do not take him to task or annoy him by reclaiming money owed.
+Sirach	Sir	28	32	1	Have they made you the presider? Do not let it go to your head, behave like everyone else in the party, see that they are happy and then sit down yourself.
+Sirach	Sir	28	32	2	Having discharged your duties, take your place so that your joy may be through theirs, and you may receive the crown for your competence.
+Sirach	Sir	28	32	3	Speak, old man -- it is proper that you should -- but with discretion: do not spoil the music.
+Sirach	Sir	28	32	4	If someone is singing, do not ramble on and do not play the sage at the wrong moment.
+Sirach	Sir	28	32	5	An amber seal on a precious stone, such is a concert of music at a wine feast.
+Sirach	Sir	28	32	6	An emerald seal in a golden setting, such are strains of music with a vintage wine.
+Sirach	Sir	28	32	7	Speak, young man, when you must, but twice at most, and then only if questioned.
+Sirach	Sir	28	32	8	Keep to the point, say much in few words; give the impression of knowing but not wanting to speak.
+Sirach	Sir	28	32	9	Among eminent people do not behave as though you were their equal; do not make frivolous remarks when someone else is speaking.
+Sirach	Sir	28	32	10	Lightning comes before the thunder, favour goes ahead of a modest person.
+Sirach	Sir	28	32	11	Leave in good time, do not bring up the rear, and hurry home without loitering.
+Sirach	Sir	28	32	12	There amuse yourself, and do what you have a mind to, but do not sin by arrogant talk.
+Sirach	Sir	28	32	13	And for all this bless your Creator, who intoxicates you with his favours.
+Sirach	Sir	28	32	14	Whoever fears the Lord will accept his correction; those who look for him will win his favour.
+Sirach	Sir	28	32	15	Whoever seeks the Law will be nourished by it, the hypocrite will find it a stumbling-block.
+Sirach	Sir	28	32	16	Those who fear the Lord win his approval, their good deeds shining like a light.
+Sirach	Sir	28	32	17	The sinner waves reproof aside, he finds an excuse for headstrong behaviour.
+Sirach	Sir	28	32	18	A sensible person never scorns a warning; foreigners and the proud do not know about fear.
+Sirach	Sir	28	32	19	Never act without reflection, and you will not regret your actions.
+Sirach	Sir	28	32	20	Do not venture on a rough road, for fear of stumbling over the stones.
+Sirach	Sir	28	32	21	Do not be over-confident on an even road
+Sirach	Sir	28	32	22	and beware of your own children.
+Sirach	Sir	28	32	23	Watch yourself in everything you do; this is also the way to keep the commandments.
+Sirach	Sir	28	32	24	Anyone who trusts in the Law obeys its precepts, no one who has confidence in the Lord will come to harm.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	1	No evil will befall one who fears the Lord, such a one will be rescued even in the ordeal.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	2	No one who hates the Law is wise, one who is hypocritical about it is like a storm-tossed ship.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	3	An intelligent person will put faith in the Law, for such a one the Law is as dependable as a prophecy.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	4	Prepare what you have to say and you will get a hearing, marshal your information before you answer.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	5	The feelings of a fool are like a cart-wheel, a fool's thought revolves like a turning axle.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	6	A rutting stallion is like a sarcastic friend; he neighs, whoever rides him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	7	Why is one day better than another, though the sun gives the same daylight throughout the year?
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	8	They have been differentiated in the mind of the Lord, who has diversified the seasons and feasts;
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	9	some he has made more important and has hallowed, others he has made ordinary days.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	10	Human beings come from the ground, Adam himself was formed out of earth;
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	11	in the fullness of his wisdom the Lord has made distinctions between them, and diversified their conditions.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	12	Some of them he has blessed, hallowing and setting them near him; others he has cursed and humiliated by degrading them from their positions.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	13	Like clay in the hands of the potter to mould as it pleases him, so are human beings in the hands of their Maker to reward as he judges right.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	14	Opposite evil stands good, opposite death, life; so too opposite the devout stands the sinner.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	15	Contemplate all the works of the Most High, you will find they go in pairs, by opposites.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	16	Although the last to come, I have kept my eyes open like a man picking up what the grape-pickers have left.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	17	By the blessing of the Lord I have come in first, and like a true grape-picker have filled my winepress.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	18	And note, I have not been working merely for myself, but for all who seek instruction.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	19	Listen to me, important public figures, presidents of the assembly, give ear!
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	20	Neither to son nor wife, brother nor friend, give power over yourself during your own lifetime. And do not give your property to anyone else, in case you regret it and have to ask for it back.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	21	As long as you live and there is breath in your body, do not yield power over yourself to anyone;
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	22	better for your children to come begging to you, than for you to have to go begging to them.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	23	In all you do be the master, and leave a reputation unstained.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	24	The day your life draws to a close, at the hour of death, then distribute your heritage.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	25	Fodder, the stick and burdens for a donkey, bread, discipline and work for a slave.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	26	Work your slave hard, and you will have peace of mind, leave his hands idle, and he will be asking for his freedom.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	27	Yoke and harness will bow the neck, for a bad servant, torments and the rack.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	28	Set him to work, so that he will not be idle; idleness teaches every kind of mischief.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	29	Keep him at his duties, where he should be, if he is disobedient, clap him in irons.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	30	But do not be over-exacting with anyone, and do nothing contrary to justice.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	31	You have only one slave? Treat him like yourself, since you have acquired him with blood.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	32	You have only one slave? Treat him as a brother, since you need him as you need yourself.
+Sirach	Sir	28	33	33	If you ill-treat him and he runs away, which way will you go to look for him?
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	1	Vain and deceptive hopes are for the foolish, and dreams lend wings to fools.
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	2	As well clutch at shadows and chase the wind as put any faith in dreams.
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	3	Dreams are no different from mirrors; confronting a face, the reflection of that face.
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	4	What can be cleansed by uncleanness, what can be verified by falsehood?
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	5	Divinations, auguries and dreams are nonsense, like the fantasies of a pregnant woman.
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	6	Unless sent as emissaries from the Most High, do not give them a thought;
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	7	for dreams have led many astray, and those who relied on them have come to grief.
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	8	Fulfilling the Law requires no such falsehood, and wisdom is perfected in veracity.
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	9	A much travelled man knows many things, and a man of great experience will talk sound sense.
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	10	Someone who has never had his trials knows little; but the travelled man is master of every situation.
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	11	I have seen many things on my travels, I have understood more than I can put into words.
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	12	I have often been in danger of death, but I have been spared, and this is why:
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	13	the spirit of those who fear the Lord can survive, for their hope is in someone with power to save them.
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	14	No one who fears the Lord need ever hesitate, or ever be daunted, since the Lord is his hope.
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	15	Happy the soul of one who fears the Lord. On whom does he rely? Who supports him?
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	16	The eyes of the Lord watch over those who love him, he is their powerful protection and their strong support, their screen from the desert wind, their shelter from the midday sun, a guard against stumbling, an assurance against a fall.
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	17	He revives the spirit and brightens the eyes, he gives health, life and blessing.
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	18	The sacrifice of an offering unjustly acquired is a mockery; the gifts of the impious are unacceptable.
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	19	The Most High takes no pleasure in offerings from the godless, multiplying sacrifices will not gain pardon for sin.
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	20	Offering sacrifice from the property of the poor is as bad as slaughtering a son before his father's eyes.
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	21	A meagre diet is the very life of the poor, to deprive them of it is to commit murder.
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	22	To take away a fellow-man's livelihood is to kill him, to deprive an employee of his wages is to shed blood.
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	23	If one person builds while another pulls down, what will they get out of it but trouble?
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	24	If one person prays and another calls down a curse, to which one's voice is the Master going to listen?
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	25	If someone washes after touching a corpse, and then touches it again, what is the good of his washing?
+Sirach	Sir	28	34	26	Just so with someone who fasts for sin, and then goes and commits it again. Who is going to hear that person's prayer? What is the good of the self-abasement?
+Sirach	Sir	28	35	1	One who keeps the Law multiplies offerings; one who follows the commandments offers communion sacrifices.
+Sirach	Sir	28	35	2	Proof of gratitude is an offering of fine flour, almsgiving a sacrifice of praise.
+Sirach	Sir	28	35	3	To abandon wickedness is what pleases the Lord, to give up wrong-doing is an expiatory sacrifice.
+Sirach	Sir	28	35	4	Do not appear empty-handed in the Lord's presence; for all these things are due under the commandment.
+Sirach	Sir	28	35	5	The offering of the upright graces the altar, and its savour rises before the Most High.
+Sirach	Sir	28	35	6	The sacrifice of the upright is acceptable, its memorial will not be forgotten.
+Sirach	Sir	28	35	7	Honour the Lord with generosity, do not stint the first-fruits you bring.
+Sirach	Sir	28	35	8	Add a smiling face to all your gifts, and be cheerful as you dedicate your tithes.
+Sirach	Sir	28	35	9	Give to the Most High as he has given to you, as generously as your means can afford;
+Sirach	Sir	28	35	10	for the Lord is a good rewarder, he will reward you seven times over.
+Sirach	Sir	28	35	11	Do not try to bribe him with presents, he will not accept them, do not put your faith in wrongly motivated sacrifices;
+Sirach	Sir	28	35	12	for the Lord is a judge who is utterly impartial.
+Sirach	Sir	28	35	13	He never shows partiality to the detriment of the poor, he listens to the plea of the injured party.
+Sirach	Sir	28	35	14	He does not ignore the orphan's supplication, nor the widow's as she pours out her complaint.
+Sirach	Sir	28	35	15	Do the widow's tears not run down her cheeks, as she accuses the man who is the cause of them?
+Sirach	Sir	28	35	16	Whoever wholeheartedly serves God will be accepted, his petitions will carry to the clouds.
+Sirach	Sir	28	35	17	The prayer of the humble pierces the clouds: and until it does, he is not to be consoled,
+Sirach	Sir	28	35	18	nor will he desist until the Most High takes notice of him, acquits the upright and delivers judgement.
+Sirach	Sir	28	35	19	And the Lord will not be slow, nor will he be dilatory on their behalf,
+Sirach	Sir	28	35	20	until he has crushed the loins of the merciless and exacted vengeance on the nations,
+Sirach	Sir	28	35	21	until he has eliminated the hordes of the arrogant and broken the sceptres of the wicked,
+Sirach	Sir	28	35	22	until he has repaid all people as their deeds deserve and human actions as their intentions merit,
+Sirach	Sir	28	35	23	until he has judged the case of his people and made them rejoice in his mercy.
+Sirach	Sir	28	35	24	Mercy is welcome in time of trouble, like rain clouds in time of drought.
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	1	Take pity on us, Master, Lord of the universe, look at us, spread fear of yourself throughout all other nations.
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	2	Raise your hand against the foreign nations and let them see your might.
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	3	As, in their sight, you have proved yourself holy to us, so now, in our sight, prove yourself great to them.
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	4	Let them acknowledge you, just as we have acknowledged that there is no God but you, Lord.
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	5	Send new portents, do fresh wonders, win glory for your hand and your right arm.
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	6	Rouse your fury, pour out your rage, destroy the opponent, annihilate the enemy.
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	7	Hasten the day, remember the oath, and let people tell of your mighty deeds.
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	8	Let fiery wrath swallow up the survivor, and destruction overtake those who oppress your people.
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	9	Crush the heads of hostile rulers who say, 'There is no one else but us!'
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	10	Gather together all the tribes of Jacob, restore them their heritage as at the beginning.
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	11	Take pity, Lord, on the people called by your name, on Israel whom you have made your first-born.
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	12	Have compassion on your holy city, on Jerusalem, the place where you rest.
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	13	Fill Zion with your praises and your sanctuary with your glory.
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	14	Vindicate those whom you created first, fulfil what has been prophesied in your name.
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	15	Give those who wait for you their reward, let your prophets be proved true.
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	16	Grant, Lord, the prayer of your servants, in the terms of Aaron's blessing on your people,
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	17	so that all the earth's inhabitants may acknowledge that you are the Lord, the everlasting God.
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	18	The stomach takes in all kinds of food, but some foods are better than others.
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	19	As the palate discerns the flavour of game, so a shrewd listener detects lying words.
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	20	A perverse character causes depression in others; it needs experience to know how to repay such a one.
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	21	A woman will accept any husband, but some daughters are better than others.
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	22	A woman's beauty delights the beholder, a man likes nothing better.
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	23	If her tongue is kind and gentle, her husband is the happiest of men.
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	24	The man who takes a wife has the makings of a fortune, a helper to match himself, a pillar of support.
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	25	When property has no fence, it is open to plunder, when a man has no wife, he is aimless and querulous.
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	26	Will anyone trust an armed thief who flits from town to town?
+Sirach	Sir	28	36	27	So it is with the man who has no nest, and lodges wherever night overtakes him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	1	Any friend will say, 'I am your friend too,' but some friends are friends only in name.
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	2	Is it not a deadly sorrow when a comrade or a friend turns enemy?
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	3	O evil inclination, why were you created, to cover the earth with deceit?
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	4	One kind of comrade congratulates a friend in prosperity but in time of trouble appears on the other side.
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	5	One kind of comrade genuinely feels for a friend and when it comes to a fight, springs to arms.
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	6	Do not forget the genuine friend, do not push him out of mind once you are rich.
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	7	Any adviser will offer advice, but some are governed by self-interest.
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	8	Beware of someone who offers advice; first find out what he wants himself- since his advice coincides with his own interest -- in case he has designs on you
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	9	and tells you, 'You are on the right road,' but stands well clear to see what will happen to you.
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	10	Do not consult anyone who looks at you askance, conceal your plans from people jealous of you.
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	11	Do not consult a woman about her rival, or a coward about war, a merchant about prices, or a buyer about selling, anyone mean about gratitude, or anyone selfish about kindness, a lazy fellow about any sort of work, or a casual worker about finishing a job, an idle servant about a major undertaking-- do not rely on these for any advice.
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	12	But have constant recourse to some devout person, whom you know to be a keeper of the commandments, whose soul matches your own, and who, if you go wrong, will be sympathetic.
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	13	Finally, stick to the advice your own heart gives you, no one can be truer to you than that;
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	14	since a person's soul often gives a clearer warning than seven watchmen perched on a watchtower.
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	15	And besides all this beg the Most High to guide your steps into the truth.
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	16	Reason should be the basis for every activity, reflection must come before any undertaking.
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	17	Thoughts are rooted in the heart, and this sends out four branches:
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	18	good and evil, life and death, and mistress of them always is the tongue.
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	19	One kind of person is clever at teaching others, yet is no good whatever to himself;
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	20	another, very eloquent, is detested and ends by starving to death,
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	21	not having won the favour of the Lord, and being destitute of all wisdom.
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	22	Another considers himself wise and proclaims his intellectual conclusions as certainties.
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	23	But the truly wise instructs his people and his intellectual conclusions are certainties.
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	24	The wise is showered with blessings, and all who see him will call him happy.
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	25	Human life lasts a number of days, but the days of Israel are beyond counting.
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	26	The wise will earn confidence among the people, his name will live for ever.
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	27	During your life, my child, see what suits your constitution, do not give it what you find disagrees with it;
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	28	for not everything is good for everybody, nor does everybody like everything.
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	29	Do not be insatiable for any delicacy, do not be greedy for food,
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	30	for over-eating leads to illness and excess leads to liver-attacks.
+Sirach	Sir	28	37	31	Many people have died from over-eating; control yourself, and so prolong your life.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	1	Treat the doctor with the honour that is his due, in consideration of his services; for he too has been created by the Lord.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	2	Healing itself comes from the Most High, like a gift received from a king.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	3	The doctor's learning keeps his head high, and the great regard him with awe.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	4	The Lord has brought forth medicinal herbs from the ground, and no one sensible will despise them.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	5	Did not a piece of wood once sweeten the water, thus giving proof of its power?
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	6	He has also given some people knowledge, so that they may draw credit from his mighty works.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	7	He uses these for healing and relieving pain; the druggist makes up a mixture from them.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	8	Thus, there is no end to his activities; thanks to him, well-being exists throughout the world.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	9	My child, when you are ill, do not rebel, but pray to the Lord and he will heal you.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	10	Renounce your faults, keep your hands unsoiled, and cleanse your heart from all sin.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	11	Offer incense and a memorial of fine flour, make as rich an offering as you can afford.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	12	Then let the doctor take over -- the Lord created him too -- do not let him leave you, for you need him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	13	There are times when good health depends on doctors.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	14	For they, in their turn, will pray the Lord to grant them the grace to relieve and to heal, and so prolong your life.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	15	Whoever sins in the eyes of his Maker, let such a one come under the care of the doctor!
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	16	My child, shed tears over the dead, lament for the dead to show your sorrow, then bury the body with due ceremony and do not fail to honour the grave.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	17	Weep bitterly, beat your breast, observe the mourning the dead deserves for a day or two, to avoid censorious comment, and then be comforted in your sorrow;
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	18	for grief can lead to death, a grief-stricken heart loses all energy.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	19	In affliction sorrow persists, a life of grief is hard to bear.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	20	Do not abandon your heart to grief, drive it away, bear your own end in mind.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	21	Do not forget, there is no coming back; you cannot help the dead, and you will harm yourself.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	22	'Remember my doom, since it will be yours too; I yesterday, you today!'
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	23	Once the dead are laid to rest, let their memory rest, do not fret for them, once their spirit departs.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	24	Leisure gives the scribe the chance to acquire wisdom; a man with few commitments can grow wise.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	25	How can the ploughman become wise, whose sole ambition is to wield the goad, driving his oxen, engrossed in their work, his conversation limited to bullocks,
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	26	his thoughts absorbed in the furrows he traces and his long evenings spent in fattening heifers?
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	27	Similarly with all workmen and craftsmen, toiling day and night; those who engrave seals, for ever trying to think of a new design, concentrating on catching a good likeness and staying up late to get the work done.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	28	Similarly with the blacksmith sitting by his anvil; he considers what to do with the pig-iron, the breath of the fire scorches his skin, as he contends with the heat of the furnace; the noise of the hammer deafens him, his eyes are fixed on the pattern; he concentrates on getting the job done well and stays up late to apply the finishing touches.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	29	Similarly with the potter, sitting at his work, turning the wheel with his feet; constantly on the alert over his work, each flick of the finger premeditated;
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	30	he pummels the clay with his arm, and with his feet he kneads it; he concentrates on applying the glaze right and stays up late to clean the kiln.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	31	All these people rely on their hands and each is skilled at his own craft.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	32	A town could not be inhabited without them, there would be no settling, no travelling.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	33	But you will not find them in the parliament, they do not hold high rank in the assembly. They do not sit on the judicial bench, and they do not meditate on the Law.
+Sirach	Sir	28	38	34	They are not remarkable for their culture or judgement, nor are they found frequenting the philosophers. They sustain the structure of the world, and their prayer is concerned with their trade.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	1	Not so with one who concentrates his mind and his meditation on the Law of the Most High. He researches into the wisdom of all the Ancients, he occupies his time with the prophecies.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	2	He preserves the discourses of famous men, he is at home with the niceties of parables.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	3	He researches into the hidden sense of proverbs, he ponders the obscurities of parables.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	4	He enters the service of princes, he is seen in the presence of rulers. He travels in foreign countries, he has experienced human good and human evil.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	5	At dawn and with all his heart he turns to the Lord his Creator; he pleads in the presence of the Most High, he opens his mouth in prayer and makes entreaty for his sins.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	6	If such be the will of the great Lord, he will be filled with the spirit of intelligence, he will shower forth words of wisdom, and in prayer give thanks to the Lord.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	7	He will grow upright in purpose and learning, he will ponder the Lord's hidden mysteries.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	8	He will display the instruction he has received, taking his pride in the Law of the Lord's covenant.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	9	Many will praise his intelligence and it will never be forgotten. His memory will not disappear, generation after generation his name will live.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	10	Nations will proclaim his wisdom, the assembly will celebrate his praises.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	11	If he lives long, his name will be more glorious than a thousand others, and if he dies, that will satisfy him just as well.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	12	And here are some more of my reflections: yes, I am as full as the moon at the full!
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	13	Listen to me, devout children, and blossom like the rose that grows on the bank of a watercourse.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	14	Give off a sweet smell like incense, flower like the lily, spread your fragrance abroad, sing a song of praise blessing the Lord for all his works.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	15	Declare the greatness of his name, proclaim his praise with song and with lyre, and this is how you must sing his praises:
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	16	'How wonderful, the actions of the Lord! Whatever he orders is done at the proper time!' You must not say, 'What is this? Why is that?' There is a proper time for every question.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	17	At his word, the water stops and piles up high, at his voice, the watery reservoirs take shape,
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	18	at his command, whatever he wants is done, no one can stop him, if he intends to save.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	19	He can see whatever human beings are doing, nothing can be hidden from his eye;
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	20	his gaze stretches from eternity to eternity, and nothing can astonish him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	21	You must not say, 'What is this? Why is that?' for everything has been made for a purpose.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	22	As his blessing covers the dry land like a river and soaks it like a flood,
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	23	so retribution is his legacy to the nations, just as he has turned fresh waters to salt.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	24	His ways are as smooth for the devout, as they are full of obstacles for the wicked.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	25	Good things were created from the beginning for good people, as bad ones were for sinners.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	26	The prime needs of human beings for living are water and fire, iron and salt, wheat-flour, milk and honey, the juice of the grape, oil and clothing.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	27	All these are good for those who are good, but turn out bad for sinners.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	28	Some winds have been created for punishing, in his fury, he uses them as scourges; on the day of doom, they unleash their violence and appease the wrath of their Creator.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	29	Fire and hail, famine and death, have all been created for punishing.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	30	Wild animals' fangs, scorpions, vipers, the avenging sword for the ruin of the godless:
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	31	all of them exult in discharging his orders, ready on earth whenever the need arises and, when their time comes, not falling short of his word.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	32	That is why I was determined from the outset, why I have pondered and why I have written,
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	33	'The works of the Lord are all good, when the time is right, he gives whatever is needed.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	34	You must not say, "This is worse than that," for, sooner or later, everything proves its worth.
+Sirach	Sir	28	39	35	So now, sing with all your heart and voice, and bless the name of the Lord!'
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	1	A hard lot has been created for human beings, a heavy yoke lies on the children of Adam from the day they come out of their mother's womb, till the day they return to the mother of them all.
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	2	What fills them with foreboding and their hearts with fear is dread of the day of death.
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	3	From the one who sits on a glorious throne to the wretch in dust and ashes,
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	4	from the one who wears purple and a crown to the one dressed in sacking, all is fury and jealousy, turmoil and unrest, fear of death, rivalry, strife.
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	5	And even at night while he rests on his bed his sleep only gives a new twist to his worries:
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	6	scarcely has he lain down to rest, when in his sleep, as if in broad daylight, he is troubled with nightmares, like one who has escaped from a battle,
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	7	and at the moment of rescue he wakes up, amazed that there was nothing to be afraid of!
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	8	For all creatures, human and animal -- and seven times more for sinners-
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	9	there is death and blood and strife and the sword, disasters, famine, affliction, plague.
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	10	These things were all created for the wicked, and the Flood came because of them.
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	11	All that comes from the earth returns to the earth, and what comes from the water returns to the sea.
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	12	All bribery and injustice will be blotted out, but good faith will stand for ever.
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	13	Ill-gotten wealth will vanish like a torrent, like the single thunder-clap that heralds rain.
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	14	When he opens his hand, he rejoices, by the same token, sinners come to ruin.
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	15	The sprigs of the godless will not make many branches, tainted roots find only hard rock.
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	16	The reed that grows by every lake and river's edge is the first plant to be uprooted.
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	17	Charity is a very paradise of blessing and almsgiving endures for ever.
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	18	For a person of private means and one who works hard, life is pleasant, better off than either, one who finds a treasure.
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	19	Children and the founding of a city perpetuate a name: more esteemed than either, a perfect wife.
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	20	Wine and music cheer the heart; better than either, the love of wisdom.
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	21	Flute and harp add sweetness to a song; better than either, a melodious voice.
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	22	The eye longs for grace and beauty; better than either, the green of spring corn.
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	23	Friend or comrade -- it is always well met; better than either, a wife and husband.
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	24	Brothers and allies are good in times of trouble; better than either, almsgiving to the rescue.
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	25	Gold and silver will steady your feet; more esteemed than either, good advice.
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	26	Money and strength make a confident heart; better than either, the fear of the Lord. With fear of the Lord, nothing is lacking: no need to seek for other help.
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	27	Fear of the Lord is a paradise of blessing, a better protection than the highest reputation.
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	28	My child, do not live by sponging off others, better be dead than be a sponger.
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	29	A life spent in eyeing someone else's table cannot be accounted a life at all. Other people's food defiles the gullet; a wise, well-brought-up person will beware of doing this.
+Sirach	Sir	28	40	30	What a sponger says may sound very sweet but in his belly there burns a fire.
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	1	O death, how bitter it is to remember you for someone peacefully living with his possessions, for someone with no worries and everything going well and who can still enjoy his food!
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	2	O death, your sentence is welcome to one in want, whose strength is failing, to one worn out with age and a thousand worries, resentful and impatient!
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	3	Do not dread death's sentence; remember those who came before you and those who will come after.
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	4	This is the sentence passed on all living creatures by the Lord, so why object to what seems good to the Most High? Whether your life lasts ten or a hundred or a thousand years, its length will not be held against you in Sheol.
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	5	Hateful brats, such are the children of sinners, who foregather in the haunts of the godless.
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	6	The inheritance of sinners' children is doomed to perish, their posterity will endure lasting reproach.
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	7	A godless father will be blamed by his children for the reproach he has brought on them.
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	8	A bad outlook for you, godless people, who have forsaken the Law of God Most High.
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	9	When you were born, you were born to be accursed, and when you die, that curse will be your portion.
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	10	All that comes from the earth returns to the earth, so too the wicked proceed from curse to destruction.
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	11	Mourning concerns only the bodies of the dead, but the worthless name of sinners will be blotted out.
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	12	Be careful of your reputation, for it will last you longer than a thousand great hoards of gold.
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	13	A good life lasts a certain number of days, but a good reputation lasts for ever.
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	14	Keep my instructions and be at peace, my children. Wisdom hidden away and treasure undisplayed, what use is either of these?
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	15	Better someone who hides his folly than one who hides his wisdom.
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	16	Preserve a sense of shame in the following matters, for not every kind of shame is right to harbour, nor is every situation correctly appraised by all.
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	17	Be ashamed, before father and mother, of depraved behaviour, and before prince or potentate of telling lies;
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	18	of wrong-doing before judge or magistrate, and of impiety before the assembly of the people;
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	19	of sharp practice before your companion and your friend, and of theft before the neighbourhood you live in.
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	20	Before the truth and covenant of God, be ashamed of leaning elbows on the table,
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	21	of being ungracious when giving or receiving, of ignoring those who greet you,
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	22	of gazing at a loose woman, of repulsing your fellow-countryman,
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	23	of misappropriating another's portion or gift, of paying court to another man's wife,
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	24	of making advances to his servant-girl -- do not go near her bed-
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	25	of saying disagreeable things to friends -- do not follow up a gift with a taunt-
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	26	of repeating everything you hear and of betraying confidences.
+Sirach	Sir	28	41	27	Then you will know what true shame is, and you will find yourself in everyone's graces.
+Sirach	Sir	28	42	1	The following things you should not be ashamed of, and do not sin from fear of what others think:
+Sirach	Sir	28	42	2	of the Law of the Most High or of the covenant, of a verdict that acquits the godless,
+Sirach	Sir	28	42	3	of keeping accounts with a travelling companion, of settling property on your friends,
+Sirach	Sir	28	42	4	of being accurate over scales and weights, of making small and large profits,
+Sirach	Sir	28	42	5	of gaining from commercial transactions, of disciplining your children strictly, of lashing a wicked slave till you draw blood.
+Sirach	Sir	28	42	6	With an interfering wife, it is as well to use your seal, and where there are many hands, lock things up.
+Sirach	Sir	28	42	7	Whatever stores you issue, do it by number and weight, spendings and takings, put everything in writing.
+Sirach	Sir	28	42	8	Do not be ashamed to correct a stupid person or a fool, or an old dotard who bickers with young people. Then you will show yourself really educated and win the approval of everyone.
+Sirach	Sir	28	42	9	Unknown to her, a daughter keeps her father awake, the worry she gives him drives away his sleep: in her youth, in case she never marries, married, in case she should be disliked,
+Sirach	Sir	28	42	10	as a virgin, in case she should be defiled and found with child in her father's house, having a husband, in case she goes astray, married, in case she should be sterile!
+Sirach	Sir	28	42	11	Your daughter is headstrong? Keep a sharp look-out that she does not make you the laughing-stock of your enemies, the talk of the town, the object of common gossip, and put you to public shame.
+Sirach	Sir	28	42	12	Do not stare at any man for his good looks, do not sit down with women;
+Sirach	Sir	28	42	13	for moth comes out of clothes, and woman's spite out of woman.
+Sirach	Sir	28	42	14	Better a man's spite than a woman's kindness: women give rise to shame and reproach.
+Sirach	Sir	28	42	15	Next, I shall remind you of the works of the Lord, and tell of what I have seen. By the words of the Lord his works come into being and all creation obeys his will.
+Sirach	Sir	28	42	16	The shining sun looks down on all things, and the work of the Lord is full of his glory.
+Sirach	Sir	28	42	17	The Lord has not granted the Holy Ones the power to tell of all his marvels which the Almighty Lord has solidly constructed for the universe to stand firm in his glory.
+Sirach	Sir	28	42	18	He has fathomed both the abyss and the human heart and seen into their devious ways; for the Most High knows all there is to know and sees the signs of the times.
+Sirach	Sir	28	42	19	He declares what is past and what will be, and reveals the trend of hidden things.
+Sirach	Sir	28	42	20	Not a thought escapes him, not a single word is hidden from him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	42	21	He has embellished the magnificent works of his wisdom, he is from everlasting to everlasting, nothing can be added to him, nothing taken away, he needs no one's advice.
+Sirach	Sir	28	42	22	How lovely, all his works, how dazzling to the eye!
+Sirach	Sir	28	42	23	They all live and last for ever, and, whatever the circumstances, all obey.
+Sirach	Sir	28	42	24	All things go in pairs, by opposites, he has not made anything imperfect:
+Sirach	Sir	28	42	25	one thing complements the excellence of another. Who could ever grow tired of gazing at his glory?
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	1	Pride of the heights, a clear vault of the sky -- such is the beauty of the heavens, a glorious sight.
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	2	The sun, as he emerges, proclaims at his rising, 'How wonderful a thing, the work of the Most High!'
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	3	At his zenith, he parches the ground, who can withstand his blaze?
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	4	We have to blow the furnace to produce any heat, the sun burns the mountains three times as much; breathing out blasts of fire, flashing his rays, he dazzles the eyes.
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	5	Great is the Lord who created him and whose word speeds him on his course.
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	6	And then the moon, ever punctual to mark the times, an everlasting sign:
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	7	It is the moon that signals the feasts, a luminary that wanes after being full.
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	8	The month derives its name from hers, she waxes wonderfully in her phases, banner of the hosts on high, shining in the vault of heaven.
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	9	The glory of the stars makes the beauty of the sky, a brilliant adornment of the Lord on High.
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	10	At the words of the Holy One they stand as he decrees, and never grow slack at their watch.
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	11	See the rainbow and praise its Maker, so superbly beautiful in its splendour.
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	12	Across the sky it forms a glorious arc drawn by the hands of the Most High.
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	13	By his command he sends the snow, he speeds the lightning by his command.
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	14	In the same way, his treasuries open and the clouds fly out like birds.
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	15	His great power solidifies the clouds, then pulverises them into hail.
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	16	at the sight of him, the mountains quake. At his will the south wind blows,or the storm from the north and the whirlwind.
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	17	At the roar of his thunder, the earth writhes in labour,
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	18	He sprinkles snow like birds alighting, it comes down like locusts settling. The eye marvels at the beauty of its whiteness, and the mind is amazed at its falling.
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	19	Over the earth, like salt, he also pours hoarfrost, which, when it freezes, bristles like thorns.
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	20	The cold wind blows from the north, and ice forms on the water; it forms on every piece of standing water, covering it like a breastplate.
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	21	The wind swallows up the mountains and scorches the desert, like a fire it consumes the vegetation.
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	22	But cloud brings swift healing, and dew brings joy after the heat.
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	23	By his own resourcefulness he has tamed the abyss, and planted it with islands.
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	24	Those who sail the sea tell of its dangers, their accounts fill our ears with amazement:
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	25	for there too exist strange and wonderful works, animals of every kind and huge sea creatures.
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	26	Thanks to God, his messenger reaches port, everything works out according to his word.
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	27	We could say much more and still fall short; to put it concisely, 'He is all.'
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	28	Where shall we find sufficient power to glorify him, since he is the Great One, above all his works,
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	29	the awe-inspiring Lord, stupendously great, and wonderful in his power?
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	30	Exalt the Lord in your praises as high as you may -- still he surpasses you. Exert all your strength when you exalt him, do not grow tired -- you will never come to the end.
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	31	Who has ever seen him to describe him? Who can glorify him as he deserves?
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	32	Many mysteries remain even greater than these, for we have seen only a few of his works,
+Sirach	Sir	28	43	33	the Lord himself having created all things and given wisdom to those who are devout.
+Sirach	Sir	28	44	1	Next let us praise illustrious men, our ancestors in their successive generations.
+Sirach	Sir	28	44	2	The Lord has created an abundance of glory, and displayed his greatness from earliest times.
+Sirach	Sir	28	44	3	Some wielded authority as kings and were renowned for their strength; others were intelligent advisers and uttered prophetic sayings.
+Sirach	Sir	28	44	4	Others directed the people by their advice, by their understanding of the popular mind, and by the wise words of their teaching;
+Sirach	Sir	28	44	5	others composed musical melodies and set down ballads;
+Sirach	Sir	28	44	6	others were rich and powerful, living peacefully in their homes.
+Sirach	Sir	28	44	7	All these were honoured by their contemporaries and were the glory of their day.
+Sirach	Sir	28	44	8	Some of them left a name behind them, so that their praises are still sung.
+Sirach	Sir	28	44	9	While others have left no memory, and disappeared as though they had not existed. They are now as though they had never been, and so too, their children after them.
+Sirach	Sir	28	44	10	But here is a list of illustrious men whose good works have not been forgotten.
+Sirach	Sir	28	44	11	In their descendants they find a rich inheritance, their posterity.
+Sirach	Sir	28	44	12	Their descendants stand by the commandments and, thanks to them, so do their children's children.
+Sirach	Sir	28	44	13	Their offspring will last for ever, their glory will not fade.
+Sirach	Sir	28	44	14	Their bodies have been buried in peace, and their name lives on for all generations.
+Sirach	Sir	28	44	15	The peoples will proclaim their wisdom, the assembly will celebrate their praises.
+Sirach	Sir	28	44	16	Enoch pleased the Lord and was transferred to heaven, an example for the conversion of all generations.
+Sirach	Sir	28	44	17	Noah was found perfectly upright, in the time of retribution he became the heir: because of him a remnant was preserved for the earth at the coming of the Flood.
+Sirach	Sir	28	44	18	Everlasting covenants were made with him that never again should every living creature perish by flood.
+Sirach	Sir	28	44	19	Abraham, the great ancestor of a host of nations, no one was ever his equal in glory.
+Sirach	Sir	28	44	20	He observed the Law of the Most High, and entered into a covenant with him. He confirmed the covenant in his own flesh, and proved himself faithful under ordeal.
+Sirach	Sir	28	44	21	The Lord therefore promised him on oath to bless the nations through his descendants, to multiply him like the dust on the ground, to exalt his descendants like the stars, and to give them the land as their heritage, from one sea to the other, from the River to the ends of the earth.
+Sirach	Sir	28	44	22	To Isaac too, for the sake of Abraham his father, he assured
+Sirach	Sir	28	44	23	the blessing of all humanity; he caused the covenant to rest on the head of Jacob. He confirmed him in his blessings and gave him the land as his inheritance; he divided it into portions, and shared it out among the twelve tribes.
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	1	From Jacob's stock he produced a generous man who found favour in the eyes of all humanity, beloved by God and people, Moses, of blessed memory.
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	2	He made him the equal of the holy ones in glory and made him strong, to the terror of his enemies.
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	3	By the word of Moses, he made prodigies cease and raised him high in the respect of kings; he gave him commandments for his people, and showed him something of his glory.
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	4	For his loyalty and gentleness he sanctified him, choosing him alone out of all human beings;
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	5	he allowed him to hear his voice, and led him into the darkness;
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	6	he gave him the commandments face to face, the law of life and knowledge, to teach Jacob his ordinances and Israel his decrees. He raised up Aaron, a holy man like Moses, his brother, of the tribe of Levi.
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	7	He made an everlasting covenant with him, and gave him the priesthood of the people. He adorned him with impressive vestments, he dressed him in a robe of glory.
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	8	He clothed him in glorious perfection and invested him with rich ornaments, the breeches, the long robe, the ephod.
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	9	To surround the robe he gave him pomegranates, and many gold bells all round to chime at every step, for their sound to be heard in the Temple as a reminder to the children of his people;
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	10	and a sacred vestment of gold and aquamarine and scarlet, the work of an embroiderer; the pectoral of judgement, the urim and thummim, of plaited crimson, the work of a craftsman;
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	11	precious stones cut like seals mounted in gold, the work of a jeweller, as a reminder with their engraved inscriptions of the number of the tribes of Israel;
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	12	and a golden diadem on his turban, engraved with the seal of consecration; superb ornamentation, magnificent work, adornment to delight the eye.
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	13	There had never been such lovely things before him, and no one else has ever put them on, but only his own sons, and his descendants for all time.
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	14	His sacrifices were to be burnt entirely, twice each day and for ever.
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	15	Moses consecrated him and anointed him with holy oil; and this was an everlasting covenant for him, and for his descendants as long as the heavens endure, that he should preside over worship, act as priest, and bless the people in the name of the Lord.
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	16	He chose him out of all the living to offer sacrifices to the Lord, incense and perfume as a memorial to make expiation for the people.
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	17	He entrusted him with his commandments, committed to him the statutes of the Law for him to teach Jacob his decrees and enlighten Israel on his Law.
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	18	Others plotted against him, they were jealous of him in the desert, Dathan and Abiram and their men, Korah and his crew in fury and rage.
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	19	The Lord saw it and was displeased, his raging fury made an end of them; he worked miracles on them, consuming them by his flaming fire.
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	20	And he added to Aaron's glory, he gave him an inheritance; he allotted him the offerings of the first-fruits, before all else, as much bread as he could want.
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	21	Thus they eat the sacrifices of the Lord which he gave to him and his posterity.
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	22	But of the people's territory he inherits nothing, he alone of all the people has no share, 'For I myself am your share and heritage.'
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	23	Phinehas son of Eleazar is third in glory because of his zeal in the fear of the Lord, because he stood firm when the people revolted, with a staunch and courageous heart; and in this way made expiation for Israel.
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	24	Hence a covenant of peace was sealed with him, making him governor of both sanctuary and people, and securing to him and his descendants the high priestly dignity for ever.
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	25	There was also a covenant with David son of Jesse, of the tribe of Judah, a royal succession by exclusively linear descent, but the succession of Aaron passes to all his descendants.
+Sirach	Sir	28	45	26	May God endow your hearts with wisdom to judge his people uprightly, so that the virtues of your ancestors may never fade, and their glory may pass to all their descendants!
+Sirach	Sir	28	46	1	Mighty in war was Joshua son of Nun, successor to Moses in the prophetic office, who well deserved his name, and was a great saviour of the chosen people, wreaking vengeance on the enemies who opposed him, and so bringing Israel into its inheritance.
+Sirach	Sir	28	46	2	How splendid he was when, arms uplifted, he brandished his sword against cities!
+Sirach	Sir	28	46	3	Who had ever shown such determination as his? He himself led the battles of the Lord.
+Sirach	Sir	28	46	4	Was not the sun held back by his hand, and one day drawn out into two?
+Sirach	Sir	28	46	5	He called on the Most High, the Mighty One, while pressing the enemies from all directions, and the great Lord answered him with hard and violent hailstones.
+Sirach	Sir	28	46	6	He fell on that enemy nation, and at the Descent destroyed all resistance to make the nations acknowledge his warlike prowess and that he was waging war on behalf of the Lord.
+Sirach	Sir	28	46	7	For he was a follower of the Mighty One, in the time of Moses showing his devotion, he and Caleb son of Jephunneh, by opposing the whole community, by preventing the people from sinning, and by silencing the mutters of rebellion.
+Sirach	Sir	28	46	8	Hence these two alone were preserved out of six hundred thousand men on the march, and brought into their inheritance, into a land where milk and honey flow.
+Sirach	Sir	28	46	9	And the Lord conferred strength on Caleb too, which stayed by him into old age, so that he could invest the highlands of the country which his descendants kept as their inheritance,
+Sirach	Sir	28	46	10	so that every Israelite might see that it is good to follow the Lord.
+Sirach	Sir	28	46	11	The Judges too, each when he was called, all men whose hearts were never disloyal, who never turned their backs on the Lord -- may their memory be blessed!
+Sirach	Sir	28	46	12	May their bones flourish again from the tomb, and may the names of those illustrious men be worthily borne by their sons!
+Sirach	Sir	28	46	13	Samuel was the beloved of his Lord; prophet of the Lord, he instituted the kingdom, and anointed rulers over his people.
+Sirach	Sir	28	46	14	By the Law of the Lord he judged the assembly, and the Lord watched over Jacob.
+Sirach	Sir	28	46	15	By his loyalty he was recognised as a prophet, by his words he was known to be a trustworthy seer.
+Sirach	Sir	28	46	16	He called on the Lord, the Mighty One, when his enemies pressed in from all directions, by offering a sucking lamb.
+Sirach	Sir	28	46	17	And the Lord thundered from heaven, and made his voice heard in a rolling peal;
+Sirach	Sir	28	46	18	he massacred the leaders of the enemy, and all the rulers of the Philistines.
+Sirach	Sir	28	46	19	Before the time of his everlasting rest he bore witness to the Lord and his anointed, 'Of no property, not even a pair of sandals, have I ever deprived a soul.' Nor did anyone accuse him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	46	20	And, having fallen asleep, he prophesied again, warning the king of his end; he spoke from the depths of the earth in prophecy, to blot out the wickedness of the people.
+Sirach	Sir	28	47	1	After him arose Nathan, to prophesy in the time of David.
+Sirach	Sir	28	47	2	As the fat is set apart from the communion sacrifice, so was David chosen out of the Israelites.
+Sirach	Sir	28	47	3	He played with lions as though with kids, and with bears as though with lambs.
+Sirach	Sir	28	47	4	While still a boy, did he not slay the giant and take away the people's shame, by hurling a stone from his sling and cutting short the boasting of Goliath?
+Sirach	Sir	28	47	5	For he called on the Lord Most High, who gave strength to his right arm to put a mighty warrior to death and assert the strength of his own people.
+Sirach	Sir	28	47	6	Hence they gave him credit for ten thousand, and praised him while they blessed the Lord, by offering him a crown of glory.
+Sirach	Sir	28	47	7	For he destroyed the enemies on every front, he annihilated his foes, the Philistines, and crushed their strength for ever.
+Sirach	Sir	28	47	8	In all his activities he gave thanks to the Holy One Most High in words of glory; he put all his heart into his songs out of love for his Creator.
+Sirach	Sir	28	47	9	He placed singers before the altar, melodiously to sing;
+Sirach	Sir	28	47	10	he gave the feasts their splendour, the festivals their solemn pomp, causing the Lord's holy name to be praised and the sanctuary to resound from dawn.
+Sirach	Sir	28	47	11	The Lord took away his sins, making his strength ever greater; he gave him a royal covenant, and a glorious throne in Israel.
+Sirach	Sir	28	47	12	A wise son succeeded him, who lived content, thanks to him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	47	13	Solomon reigned in a time of peace, and God gave him peace all round so that he could raise a house to his name and prepare an everlasting sanctuary.
+Sirach	Sir	28	47	14	How wise you were despite your youth, like a river, brimming over with intelligence!
+Sirach	Sir	28	47	15	Your mind ranged the earth, you filled it with mysterious sayings.
+Sirach	Sir	28	47	16	Your name reached the distant islands, and you were loved for your peace.
+Sirach	Sir	28	47	17	Your songs, your proverbs, your sayings and your answers were the wonder of the world.
+Sirach	Sir	28	47	18	In the name of the Lord God, of him who is called the God of Israel, you amassed gold like so much tin, and made silver as common as lead.
+Sirach	Sir	28	47	19	You abandoned your body to women, you became the slave of your appetites.
+Sirach	Sir	28	47	20	You stained your honour, you profaned your stock, so bringing retribution on your children and affliction for your folly:
+Sirach	Sir	28	47	21	the empire split in two, from Ephraim arose a rebel kingdom.
+Sirach	Sir	28	47	22	But the Lord never goes back on his mercy, never cancels any of his words, will neither deny offspring to his elect nor stamp out the line of the man who loved him. And hence, he has granted a remnant to Jacob and to David a root sprung from him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	47	23	Solomon rested with his ancestors, leaving one of his stock as his successor, the stupidest member of the nation, brainless Rehoboam, who drove the people to rebel.
+Sirach	Sir	28	47	24	Next, Jeroboam son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, and set Ephraim on the way of evil; from then on their sins multiplied so excessively as to drive them out of their country;
+Sirach	Sir	28	47	25	for they tried out every kind of wickedness, until vengeance overtook them.
+Sirach	Sir	28	48	1	Then the prophet Elijah arose like a fire, his word flaring like a torch.
+Sirach	Sir	28	48	2	It was he who brought famine on them and decimated them in his zeal.
+Sirach	Sir	28	48	3	By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens, three times also he brought down fire.
+Sirach	Sir	28	48	4	How glorious you were in your miracles, Elijah! Has anyone reason to boast as you have? -
+Sirach	Sir	28	48	5	rousing a corpse from death, from Sheol, by the word of the Most High;
+Sirach	Sir	28	48	6	dragging kings down to destruction, and high dignitaries from their beds;
+Sirach	Sir	28	48	7	hearing a rebuke on Sinai and decrees of punishment on Horeb;
+Sirach	Sir	28	48	8	anointing kings as avengers, and prophets to succeed you;
+Sirach	Sir	28	48	9	taken up in the whirlwind of fire, in a chariot with fiery horses;
+Sirach	Sir	28	48	10	designated in the prophecies of doom to allay God's wrath before the fury breaks, to turn the hearts of fathers towards their children, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
+Sirach	Sir	28	48	11	Blessed, those who will see you, and those who have fallen asleep in love; for we too shall certainly have life.
+Sirach	Sir	28	48	12	Such was Elijah, who was enveloped in a whirlwind; and Elisha was filled with his spirit; throughout his life no ruler could shake him, and no one could subdue him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	48	13	No task was too hard for him, and even in death his body prophesied.
+Sirach	Sir	28	48	14	In his lifetime he performed wonders, and in death his works were marvellous.
+Sirach	Sir	28	48	15	Despite all this the people did not repent, nor did they give up their sins, until they were herded out of their country and scattered all over the earth;
+Sirach	Sir	28	48	16	only a few of the people were left, with a ruler of the House of David. Some of them did what pleased the Lord, others piled sin on sin.
+Sirach	Sir	28	48	17	Hezekiah fortified his city, and laid on a water-supply inside it; with iron he tunnelled through the rock and constructed storage-tanks.
+Sirach	Sir	28	48	18	In his days Sennacherib invaded and sent Rabshakeh; he lifted his hand against Zion, and boasted loudly in his arrogance.
+Sirach	Sir	28	48	19	Then their hearts and hands trembled, they felt the pangs of a woman in labour,
+Sirach	Sir	28	48	20	but they called on the merciful Lord, stretching out their hands towards him. Swiftly the Holy One heard them from heaven and delivered them by the agency of Isaiah;
+Sirach	Sir	28	48	21	he struck the camp of the Assyrians and his Angel annihilated them.
+Sirach	Sir	28	48	22	For Hezekiah did what is pleasing to the Lord, and was steadfast in the ways of David his father, enjoined on him by the prophet Isaiah, a great man trustworthy in his vision.
+Sirach	Sir	28	48	23	In his days the sun moved back; he prolonged the life of the king.
+Sirach	Sir	28	48	24	In the power of the spirit he saw the last things, he comforted the mourners of Zion,
+Sirach	Sir	28	48	25	he revealed the future to the end of time, and hidden things long before they happened.
+Sirach	Sir	28	49	1	The memory of Josiah is like blended incense prepared by the perfumer's art; it is as sweet as honey to all mouths, and like music at a wine feast.
+Sirach	Sir	28	49	2	He took the right course, of converting the people, he rooted out the iniquitous abominations,
+Sirach	Sir	28	49	3	he set his heart on the Lord, in godless times he upheld the cause of religion.
+Sirach	Sir	28	49	4	Apart from David, Hezekiah and Josiah, they all heaped wrong on wrong, they abandoned the Law of the Most High: the kings of Judah disappeared;
+Sirach	Sir	28	49	5	for they handed their power over to others and their honour to a foreign nation.
+Sirach	Sir	28	49	6	The holy, chosen city was burnt down, her streets were left deserted,
+Sirach	Sir	28	49	7	as Jeremiah had predicted; for they had ill-treated him, though consecrated a prophet in his mother's womb, to tear up and afflict and destroy, but also to build up and to plant.
+Sirach	Sir	28	49	8	Ezekiel saw a vision of glory which God showed to him above the chariot of the great winged creatures,
+Sirach	Sir	28	49	9	for he mentioned the enemies in the downpour to the advantage of those who follow the right way.
+Sirach	Sir	28	49	10	As for the twelve prophets, may their bones flower again from the tomb, since they have comforted Jacob and redeemed him in faith and hope.
+Sirach	Sir	28	49	11	How shall we extol Zerubbabel? He was like a signet ring on the right hand,
+Sirach	Sir	28	49	12	so too was Joshua son of Jozadak; they who in their days built the Temple and raised a sanctuary sacred to the Lord, destined to everlasting glory.
+Sirach	Sir	28	49	13	Great too is the memory of Nehemiah, who rebuilt our walls which lay in ruins, erected the bolted gates and rebuilt our houses.
+Sirach	Sir	28	49	14	No one else has ever been created on earth to equal Enoch, for he was taken up from earth.
+Sirach	Sir	28	49	15	And no one else ever born has been like Joseph, the leader of his brothers, the prop of his people; his bones received a visitation.
+Sirach	Sir	28	49	16	Shem and Seth were the most honoured of men, but above every living creature is Adam.
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	1	It was the High Priest Simon son of Onias who repaired the Temple during his lifetime and in his day fortified the sanctuary.
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	2	He laid the foundations of double depth, the high buttresses of the Temple precincts.
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	3	In his day the pool was excavated, a reservoir as huge as the sea.
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	4	Anxious to save the people from ruin, he fortified the city against siege.
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	5	How splendid he was with the people thronging round him, when he emerged from the curtained shrine,
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	6	like the morning star among the clouds, like the moon at the full,
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	7	like the sun shining on the Temple of the Most High, like the rainbow gleaming against brilliant clouds,
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	8	like a rose in springtime, like a lily by a spring, like a branch of the incense tree in summer,
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	9	like fire and incense in the censer, like a massive golden vessel encrusted with every kind of precious stone,
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	10	like an olive tree loaded with fruit, like a cypress soaring to the clouds;
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	11	when he took his ceremonial robe and put on his magnificent ornaments, when he went up to the holy altar and filled the sanctuary precincts with his grandeur;
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	12	when he received the portions from the hands of the priests, himself standing by the altar hearth, crowned with the circle of his brothers, as a cedar of Lebanon is by its foliage, as though surrounded by the trunks of palm trees.
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	13	When all the sons of Aaron in their glory, with the offerings of the Lord in their hands, stood before the whole assembly of Israel,
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	14	while he completed the rites at the altars, nobly presenting the offerings to the Almighty, Most High!
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	15	He would reach out his hand to the cup and pour a libation of wine, pouring it at the foot of the altar, a fragrance pleasing to the Most High, King of All;
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	16	then the sons of Aaron would shout and blow their metal trumpets, making a mighty sound ring out as a reminder before the Most High;
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	17	and immediately the people all together would fall on their faces to the ground, in adoration of their Lord, the Almighty, God Most High,
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	18	and with the cantors chanting their hymns of praise. Sweet was the melody of all these voices,
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	19	as the people pleaded with the Lord Most High and prayed in the presence of the Merciful, until the service of the Lord was completed and the ceremony at an end.
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	20	Then he would come down and raise his hands over the whole assembly of the Israelites, to give them the Lord's blessing from his lips, being privileged to pronounce his name;
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	21	and once again the people would bow low to receive the blessing of the Most High.
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	22	And now bless the God of all things, the doer of great deeds everywhere, who has exalted our days from the womb and has acted mercifully towards us.
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	23	May he grant us cheerful hearts and bring peace in our time, in Israel for ages on ages.
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	24	May his mercy be faithfully with us, may he redeem us in our own times!
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	25	There are two nations that my soul detests, the third is not a nation at all:
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	26	the inhabitants of Mount Seir, the Philistines, and the stupid people living at Shechem.
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	27	Instruction in wisdom and knowledge is what has been written in this book by Jesus son of Sira Eleazar of Jerusalem, who has poured a rain of wisdom from his heart.
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	28	Blessed is he who devotes his time to these and grows wise by taking them to heart!
+Sirach	Sir	28	50	29	If he practises them he will be strong enough for anything, since the light of the Lord is his path.
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	1	I shall give thanks to you, Lord and King, and praise you, God my Saviour, I give thanks to your name;
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	2	for you have been my guard and support and redeemed my body from destruction, from the snare of the lying tongue, from lips that fabricate falsehood; in the presence of my assailants, you were on my side; you have been my support, you have redeemed me,
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	3	true to your abounding kindness -- and the greatness of your name -- you liberated me from the fangs of those seeking to devour me, from the clutches of those seeking my life, from the many ordeals which I have endured,
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	4	from the stifling heat which hemmed me in, from the heart of a fire which I had not kindled,
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	5	from deep in the belly of Sheol,
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	6	treacherous denunciations to the king. My soul has been close to death, my life had gone down to the brink of Sheol.
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	7	I was completely surrounded, there was no one to help me; I looked for someone to help me, there was no one.
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	8	Then I remembered your mercy, Lord, and your deeds from earliest times, how you deliver those who wait for you patiently, and save them from the clutches of their enemies.
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	9	And I sent up my plea from the earth, I begged to be delivered from death.
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	10	I called on the Lord, the father of my Lord, 'Do not desert me in the days of ordeal, in the days of the proud, when we are helpless. I shall praise your name unceasingly and gratefully sing its praises.'
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	11	And my plea was heard, for you saved me from destruction, you delivered me from that time of evil.
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	12	And therefore I shall thank you and praise you, and bless the name of the Lord.
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	13	When I was still a youth, before I went travelling, in my prayers I asked outright for wisdom.
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	14	Outside the sanctuary I would pray for her, and to the last I shall continue to seek her.
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	15	From her blossoming to the ripening of her grape my heart has taken its delight in her. My foot has pursued a straight path, I have sought her ever since my youth.
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	16	By bowing my ear a little, I have received her, and have found much instruction.
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	17	Thanks to her I have advanced; glory be to him who has given me wisdom!
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	18	For I was determined to put her into practice, have earnestly pursued the good, and shall not be put to shame.
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	19	My soul has fought to possess her, I have been scrupulous in keeping the Law; I have stretched out my hands to heaven and bewailed how little I knew of her;
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	20	I have directed my soul towards her, and in purity I have found her; having my heart fixed on her from the outset, I shall never be deserted;
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	21	my very core having yearned to discover her, I have now acquired a good possession.
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	22	In reward the Lord has given me a tongue with which I shall sing his praises.
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	23	Come close to me, you ignorant, take your place in my school.
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	24	Why complain about lacking these things when your souls are so thirsty for them?
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	25	I have opened my mouth, I have said: 'Buy her without money,
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	26	put your necks under her yoke, let your souls receive instruction, she is near, within your reach.'
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	27	See for yourselves: how slight my efforts have been to win so much peace.
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	28	Buy instruction with a large sum of silver, thanks to her you will gain much gold.
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	29	May your souls rejoice in the mercy of the Lord, may you never be ashamed of praising him.
+Sirach	Sir	28	51	30	Do your work before the appointed time and at the appointed time he will give you your reward. (Subscript:) Wisdom of Jesus, son of Sira.
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	1	The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem, which he received in the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah kings of Judah.
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	2	Listen, you heavens; earth, attend, for Yahweh is speaking, 'I have reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me.
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	3	The ox knows its owner and the donkey its master's crib; Israel does not know, my people do not understand.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	4	Disaster, sinful nation, people weighed down with guilt, race of wrong-doers, perverted children! They have abandoned Yahweh, despised the Holy One of Israel, they have turned away from him.
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	5	Where shall I strike you next, if you persist in treason? The whole head is sick, the whole heart is diseased,
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	6	from the sole of the foot to the head there is nothing healthy: only wounds, bruises and open sores not dressed, not bandaged, not soothed with ointment,
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	7	your country a desolation, your towns burnt down, your soil, foreigners lay it waste before your eyes, a desolation like devastation by foreigners.
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	8	The daughter of Zion is left like a shanty in a vineyard, like a shed in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	9	Had Yahweh Sabaoth not left us a few survivors, we should be like Sodom, we should be the same as Gomorrah.
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	10	Hear what Yahweh says, you rulers of Sodom; listen to what our God teaches, you people of Gomorrah.
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	11	'What are your endless sacrifices to me?' says Yahweh. 'I am sick of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of calves. I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	12	When you come and present yourselves before me, who has asked you to trample through my courts?
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	13	Bring no more futile cereal offerings, the smoke from them fills me with disgust. New Moons, Sabbaths, assemblies -- I cannot endure solemnity combined with guilt.
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	14	Your New Moons and your meetings I utterly detest; to me they are a burden I am tired of bearing.
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	15	When you stretch out your hands I turn my eyes away. You may multiply your prayers, I shall not be listening. Your hands are covered in blood,
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	16	wash, make yourselves clean. Take your wrong-doing out of my sight. Cease doing evil.
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	17	Learn to do good, search for justice, discipline the violent, be just to the orphan, plead for the widow.
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	18	'Come, let us talk this over,' says Yahweh. 'Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	19	If you are willing to obey, you shall eat the good things of the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	20	But if you refuse and rebel, the sword shall eat you instead -- for Yahweh's mouth has spoken.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	21	The faithful city, what a harlot she has become! Zion, once full of fair judgement, where saving justice used to dwell, but now assassins!
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	22	Your silver has turned into dross, your wine is watered.
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	23	Your princes are rebels, accomplices of brigands. All of them greedy for presents and eager for bribes, they show no justice to the orphan, and the widow's cause never reaches them.
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	24	Hence, the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth, the Mighty One of Israel, says this, 'Disaster, I shall get the better of my enemies, I shall avenge myself on my foes.
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	25	'I shall turn my hand against you, I shall purge your dross as though with potash, I shall remove all your alloy.
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	26	'And I shall restore your judges as at first, your counsellors as in bygone days, after which you will be called City of Saving Justice, Faithful City.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	27	Zion will be redeemed by fair judgement, and those who return, by saving justice.
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	28	Rebels and sinners alike will be destroyed, and those who abandon Yahweh will perish.
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	29	How ashamed you will be of the terebinths which gave you such delight; and how you will blush for the gardens which you chose!
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	30	For you will be like a terebinth with faded leaves, like a garden without water;
+Isaiah	Is	29	1	31	the strong will become like tinder, his work like the spark; both will go up in flames together, with no one to put them out.
+Isaiah	Is	29	2	1	The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	29	2	2	It will happen in the final days that the mountain of Yahweh's house will rise higher than the mountains and tower above the heights. Then all the nations will stream to it,
+Isaiah	Is	29	2	3	many peoples will come to it and say, 'Come, let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob that he may teach us his ways so that we may walk in his paths.' For the Law will issue from Zion and the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	29	2	4	Then he will judge between the nations and arbitrate between many peoples. They will hammer their swords into ploughshares and their spears into sickles. Nation will not lift sword against nation, no longer will they learn how to make war.
+Isaiah	Is	29	2	5	House of Jacob, come, let us walk in Yahweh's light.
+Isaiah	Is	29	2	6	You have rejected your people, the House of Jacob, for it has long been full of sorcerers like the Philistines, and is overrun with foreigners.
+Isaiah	Is	29	2	7	The country is full of silver and gold and treasures unlimited, the country is full of horses, its chariots are unlimited;
+Isaiah	Is	29	2	8	the country is full of idols. They bow down before the work of their hands, before what their own fingers have made.
+Isaiah	Is	29	2	9	Human nature has been humbled, humankind brought low: do not raise them again!
+Isaiah	Is	29	2	10	Go into the rock, hide in the dust, in terror of Yahweh, at the brilliance of his majesty, when he arises to make the earth quake.
+Isaiah	Is	29	2	11	Human pride will lower its eyes, human arrogance will be humbled, and Yahweh alone will be exalted, on that day.
+Isaiah	Is	29	2	12	That will be a day for Yahweh Sabaoth, for all who are majestic and haughty, for all who are proud, to be brought low,
+Isaiah	Is	29	2	13	for all the cedars of Lebanon, high and proud, and for all the oaks of Bashan;
+Isaiah	Is	29	2	14	for all the high mountains and for all the proud hills;
+Isaiah	Is	29	2	15	for every lofty tower and for every towering wall;
+Isaiah	Is	29	2	16	for all the ships of Tarshish and for everything held precious.
+Isaiah	Is	29	2	17	Human pride will be humbled, human arrogance brought low, and Yahweh alone will be exalted, on that day.
+Isaiah	Is	29	2	18	When the idols all disappear,
+Isaiah	Is	29	2	19	they will go into the caverns of the rocks and into the fissures of the earth in terror of Yahweh, at the brilliance of his majesty, when he arises to make the earth quake.
+Isaiah	Is	29	2	20	That day, people will fling to moles and bats the silver idols and golden idols which have been made for them to worship,
+Isaiah	Is	29	2	21	and go into the crevices of the rocks and the clefts in the cliffs, in terror of Yahweh, at the brilliance of his majesty, when he arises to make the earth quake.
+Isaiah	Is	29	2	22	Have no more to do with humankind, which has only the breath in its nostrils. How much is this worth?
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	1	Now the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth is about to deprive Jerusalem and Judah of resources and provisions -- all reserves of food, all reserves of water-
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	2	of hero, warrior, judge, prophet, diviner, elder,
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	3	captain, dignitary, counsellor, architect, soothsayer.
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	4	'I shall give them boys for princes, raw lads to rule over them.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	5	People will be ill-treated by one another, each by his neighbour; the young will insult the aged, and the low, the respected.
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	6	Yes, a man will catch hold of his brother in their father's house, to say, 'You have a cloak, so you be leader, and rule this heap of ruins.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	7	And, that day, the other will protest, 'I am no healer; in my house there is neither food nor clothing; do not make me leader of the people.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	8	For Jerusalem has collapsed and Judah has fallen, because their words and deeds affront Yahweh and insult his glorious gaze.
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	9	Their complacency bears witness against them, they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not conceal it, all the worse for them, for they have hatched their own downfall.
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	10	Say, 'Blessed the upright, for he will feed on the fruit of his deeds;
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	11	woe to the wicked, it will go ill with him, for he will be treated as his actions deserve.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	12	O my people, their oppressors pillage them and extortioners rule over them! O my people, your rulers mislead you and efface the paths you ought to follow!
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	13	Yahweh has risen to accuse, is standing to pass judgement on the people.
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	14	Yahweh is about to try the elders and the princes of his people, 'You are the ones who have ravaged the vineyard, the spoils of the poor are in your houses.
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	15	By what right do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?' says the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth.
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	16	Yahweh says: Because Zion's daughters are proud and walk with heads held high and enticing eyes -- with mincing steps they go, jingling the bangles on their feet-
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	17	the Lord will give Zion's daughters scabby heads, Yahweh will lay their foreheads bare.
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	18	That day the Lord will take away the ornamental chains, medallions, crescents,
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	19	pendants, bracelets, trinkets,
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	20	diadems, ankle-chains, necklaces, scent bottles, amulets,
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	21	finger-rings, nose-rings,
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	22	party dresses, cloaks, scarves, purses,
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	23	mirrors, linen clothes, turbans and mantillas.
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	24	Then, instead of perfume, a stink; instead of belt, a rope, instead of hair elaborately dressed, a shaven scalp, instead of gorgeous clothes, sacking round the waist, and brand marks instead of beauty.
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	25	Your men will fall by the sword, your warriors in battle,
+Isaiah	Is	29	3	26	and her gates will moan and mourn; she will sit on the ground, deserted.
+Isaiah	Is	29	4	1	That day, seven women will catch hold of one man and say, 'We will eat our own food, and wear our own clothing, but just let us bear your name. Take our disgrace away.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	4	2	That day, Yahweh's seedling will turn to beauty and glory, what the earth brings forth will turn to the pride and ornament of Israel's survivors.
+Isaiah	Is	29	4	3	Those who are left in Zion and remain in Jerusalem will be called holy, all those in Jerusalem noted down to live.
+Isaiah	Is	29	4	4	When the Lord has washed away the filth of Zion's daughters and with the wind of judgement and the wind of burning cleansed Jerusalem of the blood shed in her,
+Isaiah	Is	29	4	5	Yahweh will create, over every house on Mount Zion and over those who assemble there, a cloud by day, and by night smoke with the brightness of a flaring fire. For over all will be the Glory as canopy
+Isaiah	Is	29	4	6	and tent to give shade by day from the heat, refuge and shelter from the storm and the rain.
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	1	Let me sing my beloved the song of my friend for his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hillside.
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	2	He dug it, cleared it of stones, and planted it with red grapes. In the middle he built a tower, he hewed a press there too. He expected it to yield fine grapes: wild grapes were all it yielded.
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	3	And now, citizens of Jerusalem and people of Judah, I ask you to judge between me and my vineyard.
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	4	What more could I have done for my vineyard that I have not done? Why, when I expected it to yield fine grapes, has it yielded wild ones?
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	5	Very well, I shall tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard: I shall take away its hedge, for it to be grazed on, and knock down its wall, for it to be trampled on.
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	6	I shall let it go to waste, unpruned, undug, overgrown by brambles and thorn-bushes, and I shall command the clouds to rain no rain on it.
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	7	Now, the vineyard of Yahweh Sabaoth is the House of Israel, and the people of Judah the plant he cherished. He expected fair judgement, but found injustice, uprightness, but found cries of distress.
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	8	Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field until there is nowhere left and they are the sole inhabitants of the country.
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	9	Yahweh Sabaoth has sworn this in my hearing, 'Many houses will be brought to ruin, great and fine ones left untenanted;
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	10	for ten acres of vineyard will yield only one barrel, and ten bushel of seed will yield only one bushel.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	11	Woe to those who get up early to go after strong drink, and stay up late at night inflamed with wine.
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	12	Nothing but harp and lyre, tambourine and pipe, and wine for their drinking bouts. Never a thought for the works of Yahweh, never a glance for what his hands have done.
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	13	That is why my people is in exile, for want of perception; her dignitaries starving, her populace parched with thirst.
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	14	That is why Sheol opens wide its throat and gapes with measureless jaw and down go her noblemen and populace and her loud revellers merry to the last!
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	15	Human nature has been humbled, humankind brought low, and the eyes of the proud have been humbled.
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	16	Yahweh Sabaoth is the more respected for his judgement, God the Holy One has displayed his holiness by his justice!
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	17	Now the lambs will graze in their old pastures, and the fields laid waste by fat cattle will feed the kids.
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	18	Woe to those who drag guilt along by the reins of duplicity, drag along sin as though with a cart rope;
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	19	to those who say, 'Why doesn't he do his work quickly so that we can see it; why doesn't the Holy One of Israel's design hurry up and come true so that we can experience it?'
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	20	Woe to those who call what is bad, good, and what is good, bad, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	21	Woe to those who think themselves wise and believe themselves enlightened.
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	22	Woe to those whose might lies in wine bibbing, their heroism in mixing strong drinks,
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	23	who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deny justice to the upright.
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	24	Yes, as the flame devours the stubble, as the straw flares up and disappears, their root will be like decay and their shoot be carried off like dust, for having rejected the law of Yahweh Sabaoth, for having despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	25	This is why Yahweh's anger has blazed out against his people; and he has raised his hand against them to strike them; why the mountains have shuddered and why corpses are lying like dung in the streets. After all this, his anger is not spent. No, his hand is still raised!
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	26	He hoists a signal for a distant nation, he whistles them up from the ends of the earth; and see how swift, how fleet they come!
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	27	None of them tired, none of them stumbling, none of them asleep or drowsy, none of them with belt unfastened, none of them with broken sandal-strap.
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	28	Their arrows are sharpened, their bows all strung, their horses' hoofs you would think were flint and their wheels, a whirlwind!
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	29	Their roar is like that of a lioness, like fierce young lions they roar, growling they seize their prey and carry it off, with no one to prevent it,
+Isaiah	Is	29	5	30	growling at it, that day, like the growling of the sea. Only look at the country: darkness and distress, and the light turned to darkness by the clouds.
+Isaiah	Is	29	6	1	In the year of King Uzziah's death I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne; his train filled the sanctuary.
+Isaiah	Is	29	6	2	Above him stood seraphs, each one with six wings: two to cover its face, two to cover its feet and two for flying;
+Isaiah	Is	29	6	3	and they were shouting these words to each other: Holy, holy, holy is Yahweh Sabaoth. His glory fills the whole earth.
+Isaiah	Is	29	6	4	The door-posts shook at the sound of their shouting, and the Temple was full of smoke.
+Isaiah	Is	29	6	5	Then I said: 'Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh Sabaoth.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	6	6	Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding in its hand a live coal which it had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs.
+Isaiah	Is	29	6	7	With this it touched my mouth and said: 'Look, this has touched your lips, your guilt has been removed and your sin forgiven.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	6	8	I then heard the voice of the Lord saying: 'Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?' And I said, 'Here am I, send me.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	6	9	He said: 'Go, and say to this people, "Listen and listen, but never understand! Look and look, but never perceive!"
+Isaiah	Is	29	6	10	Make this people's heart coarse, make their ears dull, shut their eyes tight, or they will use their eyes to see, use their ears to hear, use their heart to understand, and change their ways and be healed.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	6	11	I then said, 'Until when, Lord?' He replied, 'Until towns are in ruins and deserted, houses untenanted and a great desolation reigns in the land,
+Isaiah	Is	29	6	12	and Yahweh has driven the people away and the country is totally abandoned.
+Isaiah	Is	29	6	13	And suppose one-tenth of them are left in it, that will be stripped again, like the terebinth, like the oak, cut back to the stock; their stock is a holy seed.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	7	1	In the reign of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah king of Judah, Razon king of Aram advanced on Jerusalem with Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, to attack it; but he was unable to attack it.
+Isaiah	Is	29	7	2	The House of David was informed: 'Aram has halted in Ephraimite territory.' At this, his heart and his people's hearts shook like forest trees shaking in the wind.
+Isaiah	Is	29	7	3	Yahweh then said to Isaiah, 'Go out with your son Shear-Jashub, and meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the road to the Fuller's Field,
+Isaiah	Is	29	7	4	and say to him, "Pay attention and keep calm. Do not be frightened or demoralised by these two smouldering sticks of firewood, by the fierce anger of Razon, Aram and the son of Remaliah,
+Isaiah	Is	29	7	5	or because Aram, Ephraim and the son of Remaliah have been plotting against you and saying:
+Isaiah	Is	29	7	6	Let us mount an attack on Judah, destroy it, force it onto our side and install the son of Tabeel there as king.
+Isaiah	Is	29	7	7	"Lord Yahweh says this: This will not happen, it will never occur,
+Isaiah	Is	29	7	8	for the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Razon; another sixty-five years, and Ephraim will cease to be a people.
+Isaiah	Is	29	7	9	The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you will not take your stand on me you will not stand firm." '
+Isaiah	Is	29	7	10	Yahweh spoke to Ahaz again and said:
+Isaiah	Is	29	7	11	Ask Yahweh your God for a sign, either in the depths of Sheol or in the heights above.
+Isaiah	Is	29	7	12	But Ahaz said, 'I will not ask. I will not put Yahweh to the test.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	7	13	He then said: Listen now, House of David: are you not satisfied with trying human patience that you should try my God's patience too?
+Isaiah	Is	29	7	14	The Lord will give you a sign in any case: It is this: the young woman is with child and will give birth to a son whom she will call Immanuel.
+Isaiah	Is	29	7	15	On curds and honey will he feed until he knows how to refuse the bad and choose the good.
+Isaiah	Is	29	7	16	Before the child knows how to refuse the bad and choose the good, the lands whose two kings are frightening you will be deserted.
+Isaiah	Is	29	7	17	Yahweh will bring times for you, your people and your ancestral House, such as have not been seen since Ephraim broke away from Judah (the king of Assyria).
+Isaiah	Is	29	7	18	When that day comes, Yahweh will whistle up mosquitoes from the distant streams of Egypt and bees from the land of Assyria,
+Isaiah	Is	29	7	19	and they will all come and settle on the streams in the gullies, in the holes in the rocks, on all the thorn-bushes and on all the water-points.
+Isaiah	Is	29	7	20	That day the Lord will shave, with a razor hired from the other side of the River (with the king of Assyria), the head and the hair of the leg, and take off the beard, too.
+Isaiah	Is	29	7	21	When that day comes, each man will raise one heifer and two sheep,
+Isaiah	Is	29	7	22	and because of the abundant milk they give (on curds will he feed) all who are left in the country will feed on curds and honey.
+Isaiah	Is	29	7	23	When that day comes, wherever there used to be a thousand vines worth a thousand pieces of silver, all will be brambles and thorn-bushes;
+Isaiah	Is	29	7	24	to be ventured into only with arrows and bow, for the country will be nothing but brambles and thorn-bushes.
+Isaiah	Is	29	7	25	No more will you venture on any hillside formerly under the hoe for fear of the brambles and thorn-bushes; it will be fit only for pasturing the cattle, a tramping-ground for sheep.
+Isaiah	Is	29	8	1	Yahweh said to me, 'Take a large tablet and on it with an ordinary stylus write, "Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz".
+Isaiah	Is	29	8	2	And take reliable witnesses, the priest Uriah and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	8	3	I then had intercourse with the prophetess, who then conceived and gave birth to a son. Yahweh said to me, 'Call him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz,
+Isaiah	Is	29	8	4	for before the child knows how to say "mother" or "father", the wealth of Damascus and the booty of Samaria will be carried away while the king of Assyria looks on.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	8	5	Yahweh spoke to me again and said,
+Isaiah	Is	29	8	6	'Since this people has rejected the waters of Shiloah which flow smoothly, and has trembled before Razon and the son of Remaliah,
+Isaiah	Is	29	8	7	now, against it, the Lord will bring the mighty, swelling waters of the River (the king of Assyria and all his glory); the River will flood up all its channels and overflow all its banks;
+Isaiah	Is	29	8	8	it will flow into Judah, flooding everything and passing on; it will reach right up to the neck, and the spreading of its wings will cover the whole extent of your country, Immanuel!
+Isaiah	Is	29	8	9	Realise this, peoples, and be afraid, listen, all members of far-off nations! Arm yourselves yet be afraid! Arm yourselves yet be afraid!
+Isaiah	Is	29	8	10	Devise plans as you may: they will come to nothing! Make what pronouncements you like; it will not come about! For God is with us!'
+Isaiah	Is	29	8	11	For this was how Yahweh spoke to me when his hand seized hold of me and he taught me not to follow the path of this people, saying,
+Isaiah	Is	29	8	12	'Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy; do not dread what they dread, have no fear of that.
+Isaiah	Is	29	8	13	Yahweh Sabaoth is the one you will proclaim holy, him you will dread, him you will fear.
+Isaiah	Is	29	8	14	He will be a sanctuary, a stumbling-stone, a rock to trip up the two Houses of Israel; a snare and a trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
+Isaiah	Is	29	8	15	over which many of them will stumble, fall and be broken, be ensnared and made captive.
+Isaiah	Is	29	8	16	Bind up the testimony, seal the instruction in the heart of my disciples.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	8	17	My trust is in Yahweh who hides his face from the House of Jacob; I put my hope in him.
+Isaiah	Is	29	8	18	Look, I and the children whom Yahweh has given me shall become signs and portents in Israel on behalf of Yahweh Sabaoth who dwells on Mount Zion.
+Isaiah	Is	29	8	19	And should people say to you, 'Go and consult ghosts and wizards that whisper and mutter' -- a people should certainly consult its gods and the dead on behalf of the living!
+Isaiah	Is	29	8	20	As regards instruction and testimony, without doubt this is how they will talk, and hence there will be no dawn for them.
+Isaiah	Is	29	8	21	Oppressed and starving he will wander the country; and, once starving, he will become frenzied and curse his king and his God; turning his gaze upward,
+Isaiah	Is	29	8	22	then down to earth, there will be only anguish, gloom, the confusion of night, swirling darkness.
+Isaiah	Is	29	8	23	For is not everything dark as night for a country in distress? As the past humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, so the future will glorify the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, the territory of the nations.
+Isaiah	Is	29	9	1	The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; on the inhabitants of a country in shadow dark as death light has blazed forth.
+Isaiah	Is	29	9	2	You have enlarged the nation, you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at harvest time, as they exult when they are dividing the spoils.
+Isaiah	Is	29	9	3	For the yoke that weighed on it, the bar across its shoulders, the rod of its oppressor, these you have broken as on the day of Midian.
+Isaiah	Is	29	9	4	For all the footgear clanking over the ground and all the clothing rolled in blood, will be burnt, will be food for the flames.
+Isaiah	Is	29	9	5	For a son has been born for us, a son has been given to us, and dominion has been laid on his shoulders; and this is the name he has been given, 'Wonder-Counsellor, Mighty-God, Eternal-Father, Prince-of-Peace'
+Isaiah	Is	29	9	6	to extend his dominion in boundless peace, over the throne of David and over his kingdom to make it secure and sustain it in fair judgement and integrity. From this time onwards and for ever, the jealous love of Yahweh Sabaoth will do this.
+Isaiah	Is	29	9	7	The Lord has launched a word at Jacob and it has fallen on Israel;
+Isaiah	Is	29	9	8	and the people will all soon know it, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, who say in the pride of their arrogant hearts,
+Isaiah	Is	29	9	9	'The bricks have fallen down but we shall rebuild with dressed stone; the sycamores have been felled but we shall replace them with cedars.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	9	10	But, against them, Yahweh has raised their foe Razon, he has whipped up their enemies,
+Isaiah	Is	29	9	11	Aram to the east, Philistines to the west, to devour Israel with gaping jaws. After all this, his anger is not spent. No, his hand is still raised!
+Isaiah	Is	29	9	12	But the people would not come back to him who struck them, they would not seek out Yahweh Sabaoth;
+Isaiah	Is	29	9	13	hence Yahweh has topped and tailed Israel, cutting off palm and reed in a single day.
+Isaiah	Is	29	9	14	(The 'top' is the elder and the man of rank; the 'tail' is the prophet teaching lies.)
+Isaiah	Is	29	9	15	This people's leaders have led them astray, and those who are led by them are swallowed up.
+Isaiah	Is	29	9	16	Hence the Lord will no longer take delight in their young people, or pity on their orphans and widows, since all of them are godless and evil, and everything they say is madness. After all this, his anger is not spent. No, his hand is still raised!
+Isaiah	Is	29	9	17	Yes, wickedness has been burning like a fire, devouring bramble and thorn-bush, setting the forest thickets ablaze -- up they go in billowing smoke!
+Isaiah	Is	29	9	18	The country has been set on fire by the fury of Yahweh Sabaoth, and the people are like food for the flames. No one spares a thought for his brother.
+Isaiah	Is	29	9	19	They have sliced to the right and are still hungry, they have eaten to the left and are not satisfied; each devours the flesh of his own arm.
+Isaiah	Is	29	9	20	Manasseh devours Ephraim, Ephraim Manasseh, together they turn against Judah. After all this, his anger is not spent. No, his hand is still raised!
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	1	Woe to those who enact unjust decrees, who compose oppressive legislation
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	2	to deny justice to the weak and to cheat the humblest of my people of fair judgement, to make widows their prey and to rob the orphan.
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	3	What will you do on the day of punishment, when disaster comes from far away? To whom will you run for help and where will you leave your riches,
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	4	to avoid squatting among the captives or falling among the slain? After all this, his anger is not spent. No, his hand is still raised!
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	5	Woe to Assyria, rod of my anger, the club in their hands is my fury!
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	6	I was sending him against a godless nation, commissioning him against the people who enraged me, to pillage and plunder at will and trample on them like the mud in the streets.
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	7	But this was not his intention nor did his heart plan it so, for he dreamed of putting an end to them, of liquidating nations without number!
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	8	For he thought, 'Are not my officers all kings?
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	9	Is not Calno like Carchemish, Hamath like Arpad, Samaria like Damascus?
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	10	As my hand has found the kingdoms of the false gods, where there were more images than in Jerusalem and Samaria,
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	11	as I have treated Samaria and her false gods shall I not treat Jerusalem and her statues too?'
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	12	When the Lord has completed all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, he will punish the fruit of the king of Assyria's boastful heart and the insolence of his haughty looks.
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	13	For he thinks: 'By the strength of my own arm I have done this and by my own wisdom: how intelligent I have been! I have abolished the frontiers between peoples, I have plundered their treasures, like a hero, I have subjugated their inhabitants.
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	14	My hand has found, as though a bird's nest, the riches of the peoples. Like someone collecting deserted eggs, I have collected the whole world while no one has fluttered a wing or opened a beak to squawk.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	15	Does the axe claim more credit than the man who wields it, or the saw more strength than the man who handles it? As though a staff controlled those who raise it, or the club could raise what is not made of wood!
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	16	That is why Yahweh Sabaoth is going to inflict leanness on his stout men, and beneath his glory kindle a fever burning like a fire.
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	17	The light of Israel will become a fire and its Holy One a flame burning and devouring his thorn-bushes and brambles in a day.
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	18	He will consume his luxuriant forest and productive ground, he will ravage body and soul: it will be like a consumptive wasting away;
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	19	and what remain of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child could write their number.
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	20	When that day comes, the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the House of Jacob will stop relying on the man who strikes them and will truly rely on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	21	A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	22	Israel, though your people are like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return: a destruction has been decreed which will make justice overflow,
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	23	for, throughout the country, the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth will enforce the destruction now decreed.
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	24	That is why the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth says this: My people who live in Zion, do not be afraid of Assyria! He may strike you with the rod, he may raise the club against you (on the way from Egypt),
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	25	but in a very short time the retribution will come to an end, and my anger will destroy them.
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	26	Yahweh Sabaoth will brandish a whip at him as he struck Midian at Oreb's Rock, will brandish his rod at the Sea as he raised it on the way from Egypt.
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	27	When that day comes, his burden will fall from your shoulder, and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke will be destroyed . . .
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	28	He has reached Aiath, he has moved on to Migron, he has left his baggage train at Michmash.
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	29	They have passed through the defile, they have bivouacked at Geba. Ramah quaked, Gibeah of Saul has fled.
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	30	Cry your loudest, Bath-Gallim! Pay attention, Laish! Answer her, Anathoth!
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	31	Madmenah has run away, the inhabitants of Gebim have taken cover.
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	32	This very day, as he halts at Nob, he will shake his fist at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	33	See how the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth violently lops off the foliage! The ones standing highest are cut down, the proudest are laid low!
+Isaiah	Is	29	10	34	The forest thickets fall beneath the axe, and the Lebanon falls to the blows of a Mighty One.
+Isaiah	Is	29	11	1	A shoot will spring from the stock of Jesse, a new shoot will grow from his roots.
+Isaiah	Is	29	11	2	On him will rest the spirit of Yahweh, the spirit of wisdom and insight, the spirit of counsel and power, the spirit of knowledge and fear of Yahweh:
+Isaiah	Is	29	11	3	his inspiration will lie in fearing Yahweh. His judgement will not be by appearances. his verdict not given on hearsay.
+Isaiah	Is	29	11	4	He will judge the weak with integrity and give fair sentence for the humblest in the land. He will strike the country with the rod of his mouth and with the breath of his lips bring death to the wicked.
+Isaiah	Is	29	11	5	Uprightness will be the belt around his waist, and constancy the belt about his hips.
+Isaiah	Is	29	11	6	The wolf will live with the lamb, the panther lie down with the kid, calf, lion and fat-stock beast together, with a little boy to lead them.
+Isaiah	Is	29	11	7	The cow and the bear will graze, their young will lie down together. The lion will eat hay like the ox.
+Isaiah	Is	29	11	8	The infant will play over the den of the adder; the baby will put his hand into the viper's lair.
+Isaiah	Is	29	11	9	No hurt, no harm will be done on all my holy mountain, for the country will be full of knowledge of Yahweh as the waters cover the sea.
+Isaiah	Is	29	11	10	That day, the root of Jesse, standing as a signal for the peoples, will be sought out by the nations and its home will be glorious.
+Isaiah	Is	29	11	11	When that day comes, the Lord will raise his hand a second time to ransom the remnant of his people, those still left, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, Cush and Elam, from Shinar, Hamath and the islands of the Sea.
+Isaiah	Is	29	11	12	He will hoist a signal for the nations and assemble the outcasts of Israel; he will gather the scattered people of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	29	11	13	Then Ephraim's jealousy will cease and Judah's enemies be suppressed; Ephraim will no longer be jealous of Judah nor Judah any longer hostile to Ephraim,
+Isaiah	Is	29	11	14	but together they will swoop on the Philistines' back, to the west, and together pillage the people of the east. Edom and Moab will be subject to their sway and the Ammonites will obey them.
+Isaiah	Is	29	11	15	Then Yahweh will dry up the gulf of the Sea of Egypt, he will raise his hand against the River with the heat of his breath. He will divide it into seven streams for them to cross dry-shod.
+Isaiah	Is	29	11	16	And there will be a highway for the remnant of his people for those still left, from Assyria, as there was for Israel when he came out of Egypt.
+Isaiah	Is	29	12	1	And, that day, you will say: 'I praise you, Yahweh, you have been angry with me but your anger is now appeased and you have comforted me.
+Isaiah	Is	29	12	2	Look, he is the God of my salvation: I shall have faith and not be afraid, for Yahweh is my strength and my song, he has been my salvation.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	12	3	Joyfully you will draw water from the springs of salvation
+Isaiah	Is	29	12	4	and, that day, you will say, 'Praise Yahweh, invoke his name. Proclaim his deeds to the people, declare his name sublime.
+Isaiah	Is	29	12	5	Sing of Yahweh, for his works are majestic, make them known throughout the world.
+Isaiah	Is	29	12	6	Cry and shout for joy, you who live in Zion, For the Holy One of Israel is among you in his greatness.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	13	1	Proclamation about Babylon, seen by Isaiah son of Amoz.
+Isaiah	Is	29	13	2	On a bare hill hoist a signal, shout for them, beckon them to come to the Nobles' Gate.
+Isaiah	Is	29	13	3	I have issued orders to my sacred warriors, I have summoned my heroes to serve my anger, my proud champions.
+Isaiah	Is	29	13	4	The noise of a great crowd in the mountains, like an immense people, the tumultuous sound of kingdoms, of nations mustering: it is Yahweh Sabaoth marshalling the troops for battle.
+Isaiah	Is	29	13	5	They come from a distant country, from the far horizons, Yahweh and the instruments of his fury to lay the whole country waste.
+Isaiah	Is	29	13	6	Howl! For the Day of Yahweh is near, coming like devastation from Shaddai.
+Isaiah	Is	29	13	7	This is why all hands fall limp, why all the men are losing heart;
+Isaiah	Is	29	13	8	they are panic-stricken, seized with pains and convulsions; they writhe like a woman in labour, they look at one another appalled, with feverish faces.
+Isaiah	Is	29	13	9	Look, the Day of Yahweh is coming, merciless, with wrath and burning anger, to reduce the country to a desert and root out the sinners from it.
+Isaiah	Is	29	13	10	For in the sky the stars and Orion will shed their light no longer, the sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will no longer give its light.
+Isaiah	Is	29	13	11	I am going to punish the world for its wickedness and the wicked for their guilt, and put an end to the pride of the arrogant and humble the haughtiness of despots.
+Isaiah	Is	29	13	12	I shall make people scarcer than pure gold, human life scarcer than the gold of Ophir.
+Isaiah	Is	29	13	13	This is why I am going to shake the heavens, why the earth will reel on its foundations, under the wrath of Yahweh Sabaoth, the day when his anger ignites.
+Isaiah	Is	29	13	14	Then like a hunted gazelle, like sheep that nobody gathers in, everyone will head back to his people, everyone will flee to his native land.
+Isaiah	Is	29	13	15	All those who are found will be stabbed, all those captured will fall by the sword,
+Isaiah	Is	29	13	16	their babies dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses plundered, their wives raped.
+Isaiah	Is	29	13	17	Look, against them I am stirring up the Medes who care nothing for silver, who set no value by gold.
+Isaiah	Is	29	13	18	Bows will annihilate the young men, they will have no pity for the fruit of the womb, or mercy in their eyes for children.
+Isaiah	Is	29	13	19	And Babylon, that pearl of kingdoms, that splendid jewel of the Chaldaeans, will, like Sodom and Gomorrah, be overthrown by God.
+Isaiah	Is	29	13	20	Never again will anyone live there or reside there for all generations to come. Never again will the Arab pitch his tent there, or the shepherds bring their flocks to rest.
+Isaiah	Is	29	13	21	But beasts of the desert will make their haunt there and owls fill their houses, there ostriches will settle their home, there goats will dance.
+Isaiah	Is	29	13	22	Hyenas will howl in its towers, jackals in its delightful palaces, for its doom is about to come and its days will not last long.
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	1	Yahweh will have pity on Jacob, he will choose Israel once more and resettle them on their native soil. Foreigners will join them, attaching themselves to the House of Jacob.
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	2	Peoples will take them and escort them home, and the House of Israel will take them as slaves, men and women on Yahweh's soil. They will enslave those who enslaved them and will master their oppressors.
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	3	When that day comes, and Yahweh gives you rest from your suffering and torment and the grim servitude to which you have been subjected,
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	4	you will recite this satire on the king of Babylon and say: 'How did the tyrant end? How did his arrogance end?
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	5	Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of rulers,
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	6	furiously lashing peoples with continual blows, angrily hammering nations, pursuing without respite.
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	7	The whole world is at rest and calm, shouts of joy resounding,
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	8	the cypresses, the cedars of Lebanon, rejoice aloud at your fate, "Now that you have been laid low, no one comes up to fell us."
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	9	'On your account, Sheol below is astir to greet your arrival. He has roused the ghosts to greet you, all the rulers of the world. He has made all the kings of the nations get up from their thrones.
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	10	They will all greet you with the words, "So, you too are now as weak as we are! You, too, have become like us.
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	11	Your pride has been flung down to Sheol with the music of your lyres; under you a mattress of maggots, over you a blanket of worms.
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	12	How did you come to fall from the heavens, Daystar, son of Dawn? How did you come to be thrown to the ground, conqueror of nations?
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	13	You who used to think to yourself: I shall scale the heavens; higher than the stars of God I shall set my throne. I shall sit on the Mount of Assembly far away to the north.
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	14	I shall climb high above the clouds, I shall rival the Most High."
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	15	Now you have been flung down to Sheol, into the depths of the abyss!
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	16	'When they see you, they will scrutinise you and consider what you have become, "Is this the man who made the world tremble, who overthrew kingdoms?
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	17	He made the world a desert, he levelled cities and never freed his prisoners to go home."
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	18	All other kings of nations, all of them, lie honourably, each in his own tomb;
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	19	but you have been thrown away, unburied, like a loathsome branch, covered with heaps of the slain pierced by the sword who fall on the rocks of the abyss like trampled carrion.
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	20	'You will not rejoin them in the grave, for you have brought your country to ruin and destroyed your people. The offspring of the wicked leave no name behind them.
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	21	Make ready to slaughter his sons for the guilt of their father! Never again must they rise to conquer the world and cover the face of the earth with their cities.
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	22	'I will rise against them, declares Yahweh Sabaoth, and deprive Babylon of name, remnant, offspring and posterity, declares Yahweh.
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	23	I shall turn it into the haunt of hedgehogs, a swamp. I shall sweep it with the broom of destruction, declares Yahweh Sabaoth.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	24	Yahweh Sabaoth has sworn it, 'Yes, what I have planned will take place, what I have decided will be so:
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	25	'I shall break Assyria in my country, I shall trample on him on my mountains. Then his yoke will slip off them, his burden will slip from their shoulders.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	26	This is the decision taken in defiance of the whole world; this, the hand outstretched in defiance of all nations.
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	27	Once Yahweh Sabaoth has decided, who will stop him? Once he stretches out his hand, who can withdraw it?
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	28	In the year Ahaz died came this proclamation:
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	29	All Philistia, do not rejoice because the rod which used to beat you is now broken, for the serpent stock will produce a viper, its offspring will be a flying dragon.
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	30	While the first-born of the poor are grazing and the destitute are resting in safety, I shall make your stock die of hunger and then slaughter what remains of you.
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	31	Howl, gate! Shriek, city! Totter, all Philistia! For a smoke is coming from the north, and there are no deserters in those battalions.
+Isaiah	Is	29	14	32	What reply will be given then to the messengers of that nation? - That Yahweh founded Zion and there the poor of his people will find refuge.
+Isaiah	Is	29	15	1	Proclamation about Moab: Laid waste in a night, Ar-Moab lies silent; Laid waste in a night, Kir-Moab lies silent.
+Isaiah	Is	29	15	2	The daughter of Dibon has climbed to the high places to weep; on Nebo and in Medeba Moab laments. Every head shaven, every beard cut off,
+Isaiah	Is	29	15	3	they wear sackcloth in their streets; on their roofs and in their squares, everyone is lamenting and collapsing in tears.
+Isaiah	Is	29	15	4	Heshbon and Elealeh are crying out in distress, their voices can be heard as far as Jahaz. That is why the warriors of Moab are shivering, his soul trembles at the sound.
+Isaiah	Is	29	15	5	His heart cries out in distress for Moab, whose fugitives are already at Zoar, nearly at Eglath-Shelishiyah. They climb the slope of Luhith, weeping as they go; on the road to Horonaim they utter heart-rending cries.
+Isaiah	Is	29	15	6	The Waters of Nimrim have become a waste land, the grass dried up, the plants withered away, nothing green any more.
+Isaiah	Is	29	15	7	That is why they are carrying what they could save of their stores across the Ravine of the Willows.
+Isaiah	Is	29	15	8	For the cry for help re-echoes round the territory of Moab; their wailing, right to Eglaim, to Beer-Elim, their wailing;
+Isaiah	Is	29	15	9	Dimon's waters are swollen with blood, and I have worse in store for Dimon: a lion for those of Moab who survive, for those left on its soil.
+Isaiah	Is	29	16	1	Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, from Sela by the desert, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion,
+Isaiah	Is	29	16	2	for soon, like a fluttered bird, like nestlings cast out, will be the women of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.
+Isaiah	Is	29	16	3	Hold a council, make a decision. At noon spread your shadow as if it were night. Hide those who have been driven out, do not betray the fugitive,
+Isaiah	Is	29	16	4	let those who have been driven out of Moab come and live with you; be their refuge in the face of the devastator. Once the oppression is past, and the devastation has stopped and those now trampling on the country have gone away,
+Isaiah	Is	29	16	5	the throne will be made secure in faithful love and on it will sit in constancy within the tent of David, a judge seeking fair judgement and pursuing uprightness.
+Isaiah	Is	29	16	6	We have heard about Moab's pride, about how very proud it is, about its arrogance, its pride, its rage, its bravado, which will come to nothing!
+Isaiah	Is	29	16	7	And so Moab is wailing for Moab, wailing, every one of them. For the raisin cakes of Kir-Hareseth you mourn, stricken with grief.
+Isaiah	Is	29	16	8	For Heshbon's vineyards are withering, the vine of Sibmah whose red grapes used to overcome the overlords of the nations. It used to reach to Jazer, had wound its way into the desert, its shoots grew so numerous they spread across the sea.
+Isaiah	Is	29	16	9	And so I weep, as Jazer weeps, for the vine of Sibmah. I water you with my tears, Heshbon and Elealeh. For over your harvest and vintage the cheering has died away;
+Isaiah	Is	29	16	10	joy and gladness have vanished from the orchards. No more revelry in the vineyards, no more happy shouting; no more the treader treads wine in the presses, the cheering has ceased.
+Isaiah	Is	29	16	11	That is why my whole being quivers like harp strings for Moab, my very heart, for Kir-Heres.
+Isaiah	Is	29	16	12	Moab will be seen, wearing itself out on the high places and going to its temple to pray, but it will accomplish nothing.
+Isaiah	Is	29	16	13	Such was the word which Yahweh spoke about Moab in the past.
+Isaiah	Is	29	16	14	And now Yahweh has spoken in these terms, 'Within three years, as a hired worker reckons them, the glory of Moab will be humbled, despite its teeming population. It will be reduced to nothing, an insignificant remnant.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	17	1	Proclamation about Damascus: Damascus will soon cease to be a city, it will become a heap of ruins.
+Isaiah	Is	29	17	2	Its towns, abandoned for ever, will be pastures for flocks; there they will rest with no one to disturb them.
+Isaiah	Is	29	17	3	Ephraim will be stripped of its defences and Damascus of its sovereignty; and the remnant of Aram will be treated like the glory of the Israelites -- declares Yahweh Sabaoth.
+Isaiah	Is	29	17	4	When that day comes, Jacob's glory will diminish, from being fat he will grow lean;
+Isaiah	Is	29	17	5	as when a reaper gathers in the standing corn, harvesting the ears of corn with his arm, or when they glean the ears in the Valley of Rephaim,
+Isaiah	Is	29	17	6	nothing will remain but pickings, as when an olive tree is beaten; two or three berries left on the topmost bough, four or five berries on the branches of the tree -- declares Yahweh, God of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	29	17	7	That day, a man will look to his Creator and his eyes will turn to the Holy One of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	29	17	8	He will no longer look to altars, his own handiwork, or to what his own fingers have made: the sacred poles and incense-altars.
+Isaiah	Is	29	17	9	That day, its cities of refuge will be abandoned as were the woods and heaths at the Israelites' advance: there will be desolation.
+Isaiah	Is	29	17	10	Since you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and failed to keep the Rock, your refuge, in mind, you plant pleasure-gardens, you sow exotic seeds;
+Isaiah	Is	29	17	11	the day you plant them, you get them to sprout, and, next morning, your seedlings are in flower; but the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.
+Isaiah	Is	29	17	12	Disaster! The thunder of vast hordes, a thunder like the thunder of the seas, the roar of nations roaring like the roar of mighty floods,
+Isaiah	Is	29	17	13	of nations roaring like the roar of ocean! He rebukes them and far away they flee, driven like chaff on the mountains before the wind, like an eddy of dust before the storm.
+Isaiah	Is	29	17	14	At evening all is terror, by morning all have disappeared. Such will be the lot of those who plunder us, such, the fate of our despoilers.
+Isaiah	Is	29	18	1	Disaster! Land of the whirring locust beyond the rivers of Cush,
+Isaiah	Is	29	18	2	who send ambassadors by sea, in little reed-boats across the waters! Go, swift messengers to a nation tall and bronzed, to a people feared far and near, a mighty and masterful nation whose country is criss-crossed with rivers.
+Isaiah	Is	29	18	3	All you who inhabit the world, you who people the earth, when the signal is hoisted on the mountains, you will see, when the ram's-horn is sounded, you will hear.
+Isaiah	Is	29	18	4	For this is what Yahweh has told me, 'I shall sit here quietly looking down, like the burning heat in the daytime, like a dewy mist in the heat of harvest.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	18	5	For, before the harvest, once the flowering is over and blossom turns into ripening grape, the branches will be cut off with pruning knives, and the shoots taken off, cut away.
+Isaiah	Is	29	18	6	All has been abandoned to the mountain birds of prey and the wild animals: the birds of prey will summer on them, and all the wild animals winter on them.
+Isaiah	Is	29	18	7	Then, an offering will be brought to Yahweh Sabaoth on behalf of a people tall and bronzed, on behalf of a people feared far and near, on behalf of a mighty and masterful nation whose country is criss-crossed with rivers: to the place where the name of Yahweh Sabaoth resides, Mount Zion.
+Isaiah	Is	29	19	1	Proclamation about Egypt: Look! Yahweh, riding a swift cloud, is coming to Egypt. The false gods of Egypt totter before him and Egypt's heart quails within her.
+Isaiah	Is	29	19	2	I shall stir up Egypt against Egypt, they will fight one another, brother against brother, friend against friend, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.
+Isaiah	Is	29	19	3	Egypt's spirit will fail within her and I shall confound her deliberations. They will consult false gods and wizards, ghosts and sorcerers.
+Isaiah	Is	29	19	4	And I shall hand Egypt over to the clutches of a cruel master, a ruthless king will rule them -- declares Yahweh Sabaoth.
+Isaiah	Is	29	19	5	The waters will ebb from the sea, the river will dry up and run low,
+Isaiah	Is	29	19	6	the streams will become foul, the rivers of Egypt sink and dry up. Rush and reed will turn black,
+Isaiah	Is	29	19	7	the Nile-plants on the banks of the Nile; all the vegetation of the Nile, will wither, blow away and be no more.
+Isaiah	Is	29	19	8	The fishermen will groan, it will be mourning for all who cast hook in the Nile; those who spread nets on the waters will lose heart.
+Isaiah	Is	29	19	9	The workers of carded flax and the weavers of white cloth will be confounded,
+Isaiah	Is	29	19	10	the weavers dismayed, all the workmen dejected.
+Isaiah	Is	29	19	11	Yes, the princes of Zoan are fools, Pharaoh's wisest councillors make up a stupid council. How dare you say to Pharaoh, 'I am descended from sages, I am descended from bygone kings'?
+Isaiah	Is	29	19	12	Where are these sages of yours? Let them tell you, so that all may know, the plans Yahweh Sabaoth has made against Egypt!
+Isaiah	Is	29	19	13	The princes of Zoan are fools, the princes of Noph, self-deceivers, the top men of her provinces have led Egypt astray.
+Isaiah	Is	29	19	14	Yahweh has infused them with a giddy spirit; they have led Egypt astray in all she undertakes like a drunkard straying about as he vomits.
+Isaiah	Is	29	19	15	Nowadays no one does for Egypt what top and tail, palm and reed used to do.
+Isaiah	Is	29	19	16	That day Egypt will be like women, trembling and terrified at the threatening hand of Yahweh Sabaoth, when he raises it against her.
+Isaiah	Is	29	19	17	The land of Judah will become Egypt's shame; whenever she is reminded of it, she will be terrified, because of the plan which Yahweh Sabaoth has laid against her.
+Isaiah	Is	29	19	18	That day in Egypt there will be five towns speaking the language of Canaan and pledging themselves to Yahweh Sabaoth; one of them will be called City of the Sun.
+Isaiah	Is	29	19	19	That day there will be an altar dedicated to Yahweh in the centre of Egypt and, close to the frontier, a pillar dedicated to Yahweh,
+Isaiah	Is	29	19	20	and this will be a sign and a witness to Yahweh Sabaoth in Egypt. When they cry to Yahweh for help because of oppressors, he will send them a Saviour and leader to deliver them.
+Isaiah	Is	29	19	21	Yahweh will reveal himself to Egypt, and the Egyptians will acknowledge Yahweh that day and will offer sacrifices and cereal offerings, and will make vows to Yahweh and perform them.
+Isaiah	Is	29	19	22	And if Yahweh strikes Egypt, having struck he will heal, and they will turn to Yahweh who will hear their prayers and heal them.
+Isaiah	Is	29	19	23	That day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. Assyria will have access to Egypt and Egypt have access to Assyria. Egypt will serve with Assyria.
+Isaiah	Is	29	19	24	That day Israel will make a third with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing at the centre of the world,
+Isaiah	Is	29	19	25	and Yahweh Sabaoth will bless them in the words, 'Blessed be my people Egypt, Assyria my creation, and Israel my heritage.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	20	1	The year the general-in-chief, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and stormed and captured it
+Isaiah	Is	29	20	2	at that time Yahweh spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz and said, 'Go, undo the sackcloth round your waist and take the sandals off your feet.' And he did so, and walked about, naked and barefoot.
+Isaiah	Is	29	20	3	Yahweh then said, 'As my servant Isaiah has been walking about naked and barefoot for the last three years as a sign and portent for Egypt and Cush,
+Isaiah	Is	29	20	4	so the king of Assyria will lead the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot, their buttocks bared, to the shame of Egypt.
+Isaiah	Is	29	20	5	Then they will be afraid and ashamed of Cush their hope and Egypt their pride,
+Isaiah	Is	29	20	6	and the inhabitants of this coast will say on that day, "Look what has happened to our hope, to those to whom we fled for help, to escape from the king of Assyria. How are we going to escape?" '
+Isaiah	Is	29	21	1	Proclamation about the coastal desert: As whirlwinds sweeping over the Negeb, he comes from the desert, from a fearsome country.
+Isaiah	Is	29	21	2	A harsh vision has been shown me, 'The traitor betrays and the despoiler despoils. Advance, Elam, lay siege, Media!' I have cut short all groaning.
+Isaiah	Is	29	21	3	This is why my loins are racked with pain, why I am seized with pangs like the pangs of a woman in labour; I am too distressed to hear, too afraid to look.
+Isaiah	Is	29	21	4	My heart is bewildered, dread overwhelms me, the twilight I longed for has become my horror.
+Isaiah	Is	29	21	5	They lay the table, spread the cloth, they eat, they drink. Up, princes, grease the shield!
+Isaiah	Is	29	21	6	For this is what the Lord has told me, 'Go, post a look-out, let him report what he sees.
+Isaiah	Is	29	21	7	He will see cavalry, horsemen two by two, men mounted on donkeys, men mounted on camels; let him watch alertly, be very alert indeed!'
+Isaiah	Is	29	21	8	Then the look-out shouted, 'On the watchtower, Lord, I stay all day and at my post I stand all night.
+Isaiah	Is	29	21	9	Now the cavalry is coming, horsemen two by two.' He shouted again and said, 'Babylon has fallen, has fallen, and all the images of her gods he has shattered to the ground!'
+Isaiah	Is	29	21	10	You whom I have threshed, grain of my threshing-floor, what I have heard from Yahweh Sabaoth, God of Israel, I am telling you now.
+Isaiah	Is	29	21	11	Proclamation about Dumah: From Seir, someone shouts to me, 'Watchman, what time of night? Watchman, what time of night?'
+Isaiah	Is	29	21	12	The watchman answers, 'Morning is coming, then night again. If you want to ask, ask! Come back! Come here!'
+Isaiah	Is	29	21	13	Proclamation about the wastelands: In the thickets, on the wastelands, you spend the night, you caravans of Dedanites.
+Isaiah	Is	29	21	14	Bring water for the thirsty! The inhabitants of Tema went with bread to greet the fugitive.
+Isaiah	Is	29	21	15	For these have fled before the sword, the naked sword and the bent bow, the press of battle.
+Isaiah	Is	29	21	16	For this is what the Lord has told me, 'In one year's time as a hired worker reckons it, all the glory of Kedar will be finished
+Isaiah	Is	29	21	17	and, of the valiant archers, the Kedarites, hardly any will be left, for Yahweh, God of Israel, has spoken.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	22	1	Prophecy on the Valley of Vision: Now what is the matter with you for you all to be up on the housetops,
+Isaiah	Is	29	22	2	full of excitement, boisterous town, joyful city? Your slain have not fallen to the sword nor died in battle.
+Isaiah	Is	29	22	3	Your leaders have all fled together, captured without a bow between them, all who could be found have been captured at a blow, far though they had fled.
+Isaiah	Is	29	22	4	That is why I said, 'Turn your eyes away from me, let me weep bitterly; do not try to comfort me over the ruin of the daughter of my people.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	22	5	For this is a day of rout, panic and confusion, the work of the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth in the Valley of Vision. The wall is sapped, cries for help ring out to the mountains.
+Isaiah	Is	29	22	6	Elam has picked up his quiver, with manned chariots and horsemen, and Kir has bared his shield.
+Isaiah	Is	29	22	7	Your fairest valleys are full of chariots and the horsemen take up positions at the gates;
+Isaiah	Is	29	22	8	thus falls the defence of Judah. That day you turned your gaze to the weapons in the House of the Forest.
+Isaiah	Is	29	22	9	You saw how many breaches there were in the City of David. You collected the waters of the lower pool.
+Isaiah	Is	29	22	10	You surveyed the houses in Jerusalem and pulled houses down to strengthen the wall.
+Isaiah	Is	29	22	11	Between the two walls you made a reservoir for the waters of the old pool. But you did not look to the Creator of these things, you did not look to the One who fashioned them long ago.
+Isaiah	Is	29	22	12	That day the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth called on you to weep and mourn, to shave your heads, to put on sackcloth.
+Isaiah	Is	29	22	13	But instead there is joy and merriment, killing of oxen, slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat, drinking of wine, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall be dead.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	22	14	Then Yahweh Sabaoth revealed this to my ears, 'This guilt will never be forgiven you, until you are dead,' says the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth.
+Isaiah	Is	29	22	15	The Lord Yahweh Sabaoth says this: Go and find that steward, Shebna, the master of the palace:
+Isaiah	Is	29	22	16	'What do you own here, who gave you the right for you to hew yourself a tomb here?' He is hewing himself a tomb, is digging a resting-place for himself in the rock.
+Isaiah	Is	29	22	17	But Yahweh will throw you away, strong as you are, will grasp you in his grip,
+Isaiah	Is	29	22	18	will screw you up into a ball, a ball thrown into a vast space. There you will die, with your splendid chariots, disgrace to your master's palace!
+Isaiah	Is	29	22	19	I shall hound you from your office, I shall snatch you from your post
+Isaiah	Is	29	22	20	and, when that day comes, I shall summon my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
+Isaiah	Is	29	22	21	I shall dress him in your tunic, I shall put your sash round his waist, I shall invest him with your authority; and he will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the House of Judah.
+Isaiah	Is	29	22	22	I shall place the key of David's palace on his shoulder; when he opens, no one will close, when he closes, no one will open.
+Isaiah	Is	29	22	23	I shall drive him like a nail into a firm place; and he will become a throne of glory for his family.
+Isaiah	Is	29	22	24	'On him will depend all the glory of his family, the descendants and offspring, all the vessels of small capacity too, from cups to pitchers.
+Isaiah	Is	29	22	25	That day, declares Yahweh Sabaoth, the nail driven into a firm place will give way, will be torn out and fall. And the whole load hanging on it will be lost. For Yahweh has spoken.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	23	1	Proclamation about Tyre: Howl, ships of Tarshish, for all has been destroyed- no more houses, no way of getting in: the news has reached them from Kittim.
+Isaiah	Is	29	23	2	Be struck dumb, inhabitants of the coast, you merchants of Sidon, whose messengers cross the sea
+Isaiah	Is	29	23	3	to the wide ocean. The grain of the Canal, the harvest of the Nile, formed her revenue. She was the market for the nations.
+Isaiah	Is	29	23	4	Blush, Sidon (citadel of the seas), for this is what the sea has said, 'I have felt no birth-pangs, never given birth, never reared boys nor brought up girls.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	23	5	When the news reaches Egypt, they will tremble to hear Tyre's fate.
+Isaiah	Is	29	23	6	Cross to Tarshish, howl, inhabitants of the coast.
+Isaiah	Is	29	23	7	Is this your proud city founded far back in the past, whose steps led her far afield to found her colonies?
+Isaiah	Is	29	23	8	Who took this decision against Tyre, who used to hand out crowns, whose traders were princes, whose merchants, men honoured in the city?
+Isaiah	Is	29	23	9	Yahweh Sabaoth took this decision to wither the pride of all beauty and humiliate those honoured in the city.
+Isaiah	Is	29	23	10	Cultivate your country like the Delta, daughter of Tarshish, for your marine docks are no more.
+Isaiah	Is	29	23	11	He has raised his hand against the sea, he has shaken kingdoms, Yahweh has ordained the destruction of the fortresses of Canaan.
+Isaiah	Is	29	23	12	He has said, 'Exult no more, ill-treated virgin daughter of Sidon! Get up, cross to Kittim, no respite for you there, either.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	23	13	Look at the land of the Chaldaeans, a people who used not to exist! Assyria assigned it to the creatures of the wilds; they raised their siege-towers against it, demolished its bastions, reduced it to ruin.
+Isaiah	Is	29	23	14	Howl, ships of Tarshish, for your fortress has been destroyed.
+Isaiah	Is	29	23	15	When that day comes, Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, the length of one king's life. But when the seventy years are over, Tyre will become like the whore in the song:
+Isaiah	Is	29	23	16	'Take your harp, walk the town, whore whom men have forgotten! Play sweetly, song after song, to make them remember you.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	23	17	At the end of the seventy years Yahweh will visit Tyre. She will receive her pay again and play the whore with all the kingdoms of the world on the surface of the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	29	23	18	But her profits and wages will be dedicated to Yahweh. They will not be stored or hoarded, but her profits will go to those who live in Yahweh's presence, for them to have as much food as they want and splendid clothes.
+Isaiah	Is	29	24	1	See how Yahweh lays the earth waste, makes it a desert, buckles its surface, scatters its inhabitants,
+Isaiah	Is	29	24	2	priest and people alike, master and slave, mistress and maid, seller and buyer, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
+Isaiah	Is	29	24	3	Ravaged, ravaged the earth will be, despoiled, despoiled, for Yahweh has uttered this word.
+Isaiah	Is	29	24	4	The earth is mourning, pining away, the pick of earth's people are withering away.
+Isaiah	Is	29	24	5	The earth is defiled by the feet of its inhabitants, for they have transgressed the laws, violated the decree, broken the everlasting covenant.
+Isaiah	Is	29	24	6	That is why the curse has consumed the earth and its inhabitants pay the penalty, that is why the inhabitants of the earth have been burnt up and few people are left.
+Isaiah	Is	29	24	7	The new wine is mourning, the vine is withering away, the once merry-hearted are sighing.
+Isaiah	Is	29	24	8	The cheerful sound of tambourines is silent, the sound of revelling is over, the cheerful sound of the harp is silent.
+Isaiah	Is	29	24	9	No more will they sing over their wine, liquor will taste bitter to the drinker.
+Isaiah	Is	29	24	10	The city of nothingness is in ruins, every house is shut, no one can enter.
+Isaiah	Is	29	24	11	People shout in the streets to try to get wine; all joy has vanished, happiness has been banished from the country.
+Isaiah	Is	29	24	12	Nothing but rubble in the city, the gate has collapsed in ruins.
+Isaiah	Is	29	24	13	For at the heart of earth's life, among the peoples, it is as at the beating of the olive trees, as at the gleaning of the grapes when the grape harvest is over.
+Isaiah	Is	29	24	14	They raise their voices, shouting for joy, in Yahweh's honour they shout from the west.
+Isaiah	Is	29	24	15	'Yes, in the east, give glory to Yahweh, in the islands of the sea, to the name of Yahweh, God of Israel!'
+Isaiah	Is	29	24	16	We have heard psalms from the remotest parts of earth, 'Glory to the Upright One!' But I thought, 'What an ordeal, what an ordeal! What misery for me!' The traitors have betrayed, the traitors have acted most treacherously.
+Isaiah	Is	29	24	17	Fear, the pit and the snare for you, inhabitants of the city!
+Isaiah	Is	29	24	18	And whoever flees from the cry of fear will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare. Yes, the sluice-gates above are open, the foundations of the earth are quaking.
+Isaiah	Is	29	24	19	A cracking, the earth cracks open, a jolting, the earth gives a jolt, a lurching, the earth lurches backwards and forwards.
+Isaiah	Is	29	24	20	The earth will reel to and fro like a drunkard, it will be shaken like a shanty; so heavy will be its sin on it, it will fall, never to rise again.
+Isaiah	Is	29	24	21	When that day comes, Yahweh will punish the armies of the sky above and on earth the kings of the earth;
+Isaiah	Is	29	24	22	they will be herded together, herded together like prisoners in a dungeon and shut up in gaol, and, after long years, punished.
+Isaiah	Is	29	24	23	The moon will be confused and the sun ashamed, for Yahweh Sabaoth is king on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and the Glory will radiate on their elders.
+Isaiah	Is	29	25	1	Yahweh, you are my God, I shall praise you to the heights, I shall praise your name; for you have accomplished marvels, plans long-conceived, faithfully, firmly.
+Isaiah	Is	29	25	2	For you have made the town a heap of stones, the fortified city a ruin. The foreigners' citadel is a city no longer, it will never be rebuilt.
+Isaiah	Is	29	25	3	Hence mighty peoples will honour you, the city of pitiless nations hold you in awe;
+Isaiah	Is	29	25	4	For you have been a refuge for the weak, a refuge for the needy in distress, a shelter from the storm, shade from the heat; for the breath of the pitiless is like a winter storm.
+Isaiah	Is	29	25	5	Like heat in a dry land you calm the foreigners' tumult; as heat under the shadow of a cloud, so the song of the pitiless dies away.
+Isaiah	Is	29	25	6	On this mountain, for all peoples, Yahweh Sabaoth is preparing a banquet of rich food, a banquet of fine wines, of succulent food, of well-strained wines.
+Isaiah	Is	29	25	7	On this mountain, he has destroyed the veil which used to veil all peoples, the pall enveloping all nations;
+Isaiah	Is	29	25	8	he has destroyed death for ever. Lord Yahweh has wiped away the tears from every cheek; he has taken his people's shame away everywhere on earth, for Yahweh has spoken.
+Isaiah	Is	29	25	9	And on that day, it will be said, 'Look, this is our God, in him we put our hope that he should save us, this is Yahweh, we put our hope in him. Let us exult and rejoice since he has saved us.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	25	10	For Yahweh's hand will rest on this mountain, and Moab will be trodden under his feet as straw is trodden into the dung-heap.
+Isaiah	Is	29	25	11	He may stretch his hands wide on the mountain like a swimmer stretching out his hands to swim. But he will humble his pride despite what his hands may attempt.
+Isaiah	Is	29	25	12	And the impregnable fortress of your walls, he has overthrown, laid low, flung to the ground, in the dust.
+Isaiah	Is	29	26	1	That day, this song will be sung in Judah: 'We have a fortress city, the walls and ramparts provide safety.
+Isaiah	Is	29	26	2	Open the gates! Let the upright nation come in, the nation that keeps faith!
+Isaiah	Is	29	26	3	This is the plan decreed: you will guarantee peace, the peace entrusted to you.
+Isaiah	Is	29	26	4	Trust in Yahweh for ever, for Yahweh is a rock for ever.
+Isaiah	Is	29	26	5	He has brought low the dwellers on the heights, the lofty citadel; he lays it low, brings it to the ground, flings it down in the dust.
+Isaiah	Is	29	26	6	It will be trodden under foot, by the feet of the needy, the steps of the weak.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	26	7	The path of the Upright One is honesty; you smooth the honest way of the upright.
+Isaiah	Is	29	26	8	Following the path of your judgements, Yahweh, we set our hopes in you, your name, your memory are all our soul desires.
+Isaiah	Is	29	26	9	At night my soul longs for you and my spirit within me seeks you out; for when your judgements appear on earth the inhabitants of the world learn what saving justice is.
+Isaiah	Is	29	26	10	If pity is shown to the wicked without his learning what saving justice is, he will act wrongly in the land of right conduct and not see the majesty of Yahweh.
+Isaiah	Is	29	26	11	Yahweh, your hand is raised but they do not see! The antagonists of your people will look and grow pale; with your fiery wrath you will devour your enemies.
+Isaiah	Is	29	26	12	Yahweh, you will grant us peace, having completed all our undertakings for us.
+Isaiah	Is	29	26	13	Yahweh our God, other lords than you have ruled us but, loyal to you alone, we invoke your name.
+Isaiah	Is	29	26	14	The dead will not come back to life, the shadows will not rise again, for you have punished them, annihilated them, wiping out their very memory.
+Isaiah	Is	29	26	15	You have made the nation larger, Yahweh, made the nation larger and won yourself glory, you have rolled back the frontiers of the country.
+Isaiah	Is	29	26	16	Yahweh, in distress they had recourse to you, they expended themselves in prayer, since your punishment was on them.
+Isaiah	Is	29	26	17	As a pregnant woman near her time of delivery writhes and cries out in her pangs, so have we been, Yahweh, in your eyes:
+Isaiah	Is	29	26	18	we have been pregnant, we have writhed, but we have given birth only to wind: we have not given salvation to the earth, no inhabitants for the world have been brought to birth.
+Isaiah	Is	29	26	19	Your dead will come back to life, your corpses will rise again. Wake up and sing, you dwellers in the dust, for your dew will be a radiant dew, but the earth will give birth to the shades.
+Isaiah	Is	29	26	20	Go, my people, go to your private room, shut yourselves in. Hide yourselves a little while until the retribution has passed.
+Isaiah	Is	29	26	21	For see, Yahweh emerges from his dwelling to punish the inhabitants of earth for their guilt; and the earth will reveal the blood shed on it and no longer hide its slain.
+Isaiah	Is	29	27	1	That day Yahweh will punish, with his unyielding sword, massive and strong, Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the coiling serpent; he will kill that dragon that lives in the sea.
+Isaiah	Is	29	27	2	That day, sing of the splendid vineyard!
+Isaiah	Is	29	27	3	I, Yahweh, am its guardian, from time to time I water it; so that no harm befall it, I guard it night and day.
+Isaiah	Is	29	27	4	-I do not have a wall. Who can reduce me to brambles and thorn-bushes? -I shall make war and trample on it and at the same time burn it.
+Isaiah	Is	29	27	5	Or should they beg for my protection, let them make their peace with me, peace let them make with me.
+Isaiah	Is	29	27	6	In days to come, Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and the surface of the world be one vast harvest.
+Isaiah	Is	29	27	7	Has he struck him as he was struck by those who struck him? Has he murdered him as he was murdered by those who murdered him?
+Isaiah	Is	29	27	8	By expelling, by excluding him, you have executed a sentence, he has blown him away with a breath as rough as the east wind.
+Isaiah	Is	29	27	9	For that is how Jacob's guilt will be forgiven, such will be the result of renouncing his sin, when all the altar-stones have been smashed to pieces like lumps of chalk, when the sacred poles and incense-altars stand no longer.
+Isaiah	Is	29	27	10	For the fortified city is abandoned now, deserted, forsaken as a desert where calves browse, where they lie down, destroying its branches.
+Isaiah	Is	29	27	11	When boughs go dry, they get burnt, women come and use them for firewood. Now, this is a people that does not understand, and so its Maker will not take pity on it, he who formed it will not show it any mercy.
+Isaiah	Is	29	27	12	When that day comes, Yahweh will start his threshing from the course of the River to the Torrent of Egypt, and you will be gathered one by one, Israelites!
+Isaiah	Is	29	27	13	When that day comes, the great ram's-horn will be sounded, and those lost in Assyria will come, and those banished to Egypt, and they will worship Yahweh on the holy mountain, in Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	1	Woe to the haughty crown of Ephraim's drunkards, to the fading flower of its proud splendour sited at the head of the lush valley, to those prostrated by wine!
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	2	See, a strong and mighty man in the Lord's service, like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest, like immense flood-waters overflowing, with his hand he throws them to the ground.
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	3	They will be trampled underfoot, the haughty crown of Ephraim's drunkards,
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	4	and the faded flower of its proud splendour sited at the head of the lush valley. Like a fig ripe before summer comes: whoever spots it forthwith picks and swallows it.
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	5	That day Yahweh Sabaoth will be a crown of splendour and a proud diadem for the remnant of his people,
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	6	a spirit of fair judgement for him who sits in judgement, and the strength of those who repel the assault on the gate.
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	7	These too have been confused by wine, have gone astray owing to liquor. Priest and prophet have become confused by liquor, are sodden with wine, have strayed owing to liquor, have become confused in their visions, have strayed in their decisions.
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	8	Yes, every table is covered in filthy vomit, not one is clean!
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	9	'Whom does he think he is lecturing? Whom does he think his message is for? Babies just weaned? Babies just taken from the breast?
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	10	With his "Sav lasav, sav lasav, kav lakav, kav lakav, zeer sham, zeer sham!"
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	11	Now, with stammering lips and in a foreign language, he will talk to this nation.
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	12	He used to say to them, 'Here you can rest! Here you can let the weary rest! Here all is quiet.' But they refused to listen.
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	13	Now Yahweh is going to say this to them, 'Sav lasav, sav lasav, kav lakav, kav lakav, zeer sham, zeer sham.' So that when they walk they will fall over backwards and so be broken, trapped and taken captive.
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	14	Hence listen to Yahweh's word, you insolent men, rulers of this people in Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	15	Because you have said, 'We have made a treaty with Death and have struck a pact with Sheol. When the scourging flood comes over, it will not touch us, for we have made lies our refuge and hidden under falsehood.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	16	So the Lord Yahweh says this, 'Now I shall lay a stone in Zion, a granite stone, a precious corner-stone, a firm foundation-stone: no one who relies on this will stumble.
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	17	And I will make fair judgement the measure, and uprightness the plumb-line.' But hail will sweep away the refuge of lies and floods wash away the hiding-place;
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	18	your treaty with Death will be broken and your pact with Sheol will not hold. When the scourging flood comes over, you will be trodden down by it;
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	19	every time it comes over, it will seize on you, for it will come over, morning after morning, day by day and night by night. Nothing but fear will make you understand what you hear.
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	20	For the bed is too short to stretch in, the blanket too narrow for covering.
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	21	Yes, as on Mount Perazim, Yahweh will rise, as in the Valley of Gibeon, he will storm to do his work, his mysterious work, to do his deed, his extraordinary deed.
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	22	Stop scoffing, then, or your bonds will be tightened further, for I have heard it: it has been irrevocably decided as regards the whole country by the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth.
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	23	Listen closely to my words, be attentive, understand what I am saying.
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	24	Does the ploughman plough all day to sow, breaking up and harrowing his ground?
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	25	Once he has levelled its surface, does he not scatter fennel, sow cummin? Then he puts in wheat, millet, barley and, round the edges, spelt,
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	26	for his God has taught him this rule and instructed him.
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	27	Fennel must not be crushed with a sledge, nor cart-wheels driven over cummin; fennel must be beaten with a stick, and cummin with a flail.
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	28	When you are threshing wheat, you do not waste time crushing it; you get the horse and cart-wheel moving, but you do not grind it fine.
+Isaiah	Is	29	28	29	All this is a gift from Yahweh Sabaoth, marvellous advice leading to great achievements.
+Isaiah	Is	29	29	1	Woe, Ariel, Ariel, city where David encamped. Let year after year pass, let the feasts make their full round,
+Isaiah	Is	29	29	2	then I shall inflict trouble on Ariel, and there will be sighing and sobbing, and I shall make it truly Ariel.
+Isaiah	Is	29	29	3	I shall encamp all round you, I shall lay siege to you and mount siege-works against you.
+Isaiah	Is	29	29	4	You will be laid low, will speak from the underworld, your words will rise like a murmur from the dust. Your voice from the earth will be like a ghost's, it will whisper as though coming from the dust.
+Isaiah	Is	29	29	5	The horde of your enemies will be like fine dust, the horde of the warriors like flying chaff. And suddenly, in an instant,
+Isaiah	Is	29	29	6	you will be visited by Yahweh Sabaoth with thunder, earthquake, mighty din, hurricane, tempest, flame of devouring fire.
+Isaiah	Is	29	29	7	It will be like a dream, like a vision at night: the horde of all the nations at war with Ariel, all those fighting, besieging and troubling it.
+Isaiah	Is	29	29	8	It will be like the dream of a hungry man: he eats, then wakes up with an empty belly; or like the dream of a thirsty man: he drinks, then wakes up exhausted with a parched throat. So will it be with the horde of all the nations making war on Mount Zion.
+Isaiah	Is	29	29	9	Be stupefied and stunned, go blind, unseeing, drunk but not on wine, staggering but not through liquor.
+Isaiah	Is	29	29	10	For Yahweh has infused you with a spirit of lethargy, he has closed your eyes (the prophets), he has veiled your heads (the seers).
+Isaiah	Is	29	29	11	For to you every vision has become like the words of a sealed book. You give it to someone able to read and say, 'Read that.' He replies, 'I cannot, because it is sealed.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	29	12	You then give the book to someone who cannot read, and say, 'Read that.' He replies, 'I cannot read.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	29	13	The Lord then said: Because this people approaches me only in words, honours me only with lip-service while their hearts are far from me, and reverence for me, as far as they are concerned, is nothing but human commandment, a lesson memorised,
+Isaiah	Is	29	29	14	very well, I shall have to go on astounding this people with prodigies and wonders: for the wisdom of its wise men is doomed, the understanding of any who understand will vanish.
+Isaiah	Is	29	29	15	Woe to those who burrow down to conceal their plans from Yahweh, who scheme in the dark and say, 'Who can see us? Who knows who we are?'
+Isaiah	Is	29	29	16	How perverse you are! Is the potter no better than the clay? Something that was made, can it say of its maker, 'He did not make me'? Or a pot say of the potter, 'He does not know his job'?
+Isaiah	Is	29	29	17	Is it not true that in a very short time the Lebanon will become productive ground, so productive you might take it for a forest?
+Isaiah	Is	29	29	18	That day the deaf will hear the words of the book and, delivered from shadow and darkness, the eyes of the blind will see.
+Isaiah	Is	29	29	19	The lowly will find ever more joy in Yahweh and the poorest of people will delight in the Holy One of Israel;
+Isaiah	Is	29	29	20	for the tyrant will be no more, the scoffer has vanished and all those on the look-out for evil have been destroyed:
+Isaiah	Is	29	29	21	those who incriminate others by their words, those who lay traps for the arbitrator at the gate and groundlessly deprive the upright of fair judgement.
+Isaiah	Is	29	29	22	That is why Yahweh, God of the House of Jacob, Abraham's redeemer, says this, 'No longer shall Jacob be disappointed, no more shall his face grow pale,
+Isaiah	Is	29	29	23	for when he sees his children, my creatures, home again with him, he will acknowledge my name as holy, he will acknowledge the Holy One of Jacob to be holy and will hold the God of Israel in awe.
+Isaiah	Is	29	29	24	Erring spirits will learn to understand and murmurers accept instruction.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	1	Woe to the rebellious children -- declares Yahweh -- who make plans which do not come from me and make alliances not inspired by me, and so add sin to sin!
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	2	They are leaving for Egypt, without consulting me, to take refuge in Pharaoh's protection, to shelter in Egypt's shadow.
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	3	Pharaoh's protection will be your shame, the shelter of Egypt's shadow your confounding.
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	4	For his princes have gone to Zoan and his messengers have reached Hanes.
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	5	Everyone has been disappointed by a people who cannot help, who bring neither aid nor profit, only disappointment and confusion.
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	6	Proclamation about the beasts of the Negeb: Into the land of distress and of anguish, of lioness and roaring lion, of viper and flying dragon, they bear their riches on donkeys' backs, their treasures on camels' humps, to a nation that cannot help:
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	7	Egypt, whose help is vain and futile; and so I call her 'Rahab -the-collapsed'.
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	8	Now go, inscribe this on a tablet, write it on a scroll, so that it may serve for time to come for ever and for ever.
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	9	This is a rebellious people, they are lying children, children who will not listen to Yahweh's Law.
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	10	To the seers they say, 'See nothing!' To the prophets, 'Do not prophesy the truth to us; tell us flattering things; have illusory visions;
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	11	turn aside from the way, leave the path, rid us of the Holy One of Israel.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	12	So the Holy One of Israel says this, 'Since you have rejected this word and put your trust in fraud and disloyalty and rely on these,
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	13	for you this guilt will prove to be a breach opening up, a bulge at the top of a wall which suddenly and all at once comes crashing down.
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	14	He will shatter it like an earthenware pot, ruthlessly knocking it to pieces, so that of the fragments not one shard can be found with which to take up fire from the hearth or scoop water from the storage-well.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	15	For Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, says this, 'Your salvation lay in conversion and tranquillity, your strength in serenity and trust and you would have none of it.
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	16	"No," you said, "we shall flee on horses." And so flee you will! And again, "We shall ride on swift ones." And so your pursuers will be swift!
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	17	A thousand will quake at the threat of one and when five threaten you will flee, until what is left of you will be like a flagstaff on a mountain top, like a signal on a hill.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	18	But Yahweh is waiting to be gracious to you, the Exalted One, to take pity on you, for Yahweh is a God of fair judgement; blessed are all who hope in him.
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	19	Yes, people of Zion living in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will be gracious to you when your cry for help rings out; as soon as he hears it, he will answer you.
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	20	When the Lord has given you the bread of suffering and the water of distress, he who is your teacher will hide no longer, and you will see your teacher with your own eyes.
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	21	Your ears will hear these words behind you, 'This is the way, keep to it,' whether you turn to right or left.
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	22	You will hold unclean the silverplating of your idols and the goldplating of your images. You will throw them away like the polluted things they are, shouting after them, 'Good riddance!'
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	23	He will send rain for the seed you sow in the ground, and the bread that the ground provides will be rich and nourishing. That day, your cattle will graze in wide pastures.
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	24	Oxen and donkeys that work the land will eat for fodder wild sorrel, spread by the shovel-load and fork-load.
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	25	On every lofty mountain, on every high hill there will be streams and water-courses, on the day of the great slaughter when the strongholds fall.
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	26	Then moonlight will be bright as sunlight and sunlight itself be seven times brighter -- like the light of seven days in one -- on the day Yahweh dresses his people's wound and heals the scars of the blows they have received.
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	27	See, the name of Yahweh comes from afar, blazing his anger, heavy his threat. His lips are brimming over with fury, his tongue is like a devouring fire.
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	28	His breath is like a river in spate coming up to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction, to harness the peoples in a bridle, that will lead them astray.
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	29	Your song will be like that on a festal night, and there will be joy in your hearts as when to the sound of the flute people make a pilgrimage to the mountain of Yahweh, the Rock of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	30	Yahweh will make his majestic voice ring out, he will show the weight of his arm in the heat of his anger, with a devouring fire, with thunderbolt, downpour and hailstones.
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	31	Yes, at Yahweh's voice Assyria will be terrified, he will strike him with his rod;
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	32	each time he goes by, will fall the punishing rod that Yahweh will lay on him, to the sound of tambourines and harps, in the battles which he will wage against him with uplifted hand.
+Isaiah	Is	29	30	33	Yes, Topheth has been ready for a long time now, that too is ready for the king, deep and wide his pyre, fire and wood in plenty. Yahweh's breath, like a stream of brimstone, will set fire to it.
+Isaiah	Is	29	31	1	Woe to those going down to Egypt for help, who put their trust in horses, who rely on the quantity of chariots, and on great strength of cavalrymen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult Yahweh.
+Isaiah	Is	29	31	2	Yet he too is wise and can bring disaster and he will not go back on his word; he will rise against the breed of evil-doers and against those who protect wrong-doers.
+Isaiah	Is	29	31	3	The Egyptian is human, not divine, his horses are flesh, not spirit; Yahweh will stretch out his hand: the protector will stumble, the protected will fall and all will perish together.
+Isaiah	Is	29	31	4	Yes, this is what Yahweh has said to me: As a lion or lion cub growls over its prey, when scores of shepherds are summoned to drive it off, without being frightened by their shouting or cowed by the noise they make, just so will Yahweh Sabaoth descend to fight for Mount Zion and for its hill.
+Isaiah	Is	29	31	5	Like hovering birds, so will Yahweh Sabaoth protect Jerusalem; by protecting it, he will save it, by supporting it, he will deliver it.
+Isaiah	Is	29	31	6	Come back to the one whom the Israelites have so deeply betrayed!
+Isaiah	Is	29	31	7	For, that day, each of you will throw away the false gods of silver and the false gods of gold which your own sinful hands have made.
+Isaiah	Is	29	31	8	Assyria will fall by the sword, not that of a man, will be devoured by the sword, of no human being, he will flee before the sword and his young warriors will be enslaved.
+Isaiah	Is	29	31	9	In his terror he will abandon his rock, and his panic-stricken officers desert the standard -- declares Yahweh, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace, in Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	29	32	1	There will be a king who reigns uprightly and princes who rule with fair judgement;
+Isaiah	Is	29	32	2	each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams on arid ground, like the shade of a solid rock in a desolate land.
+Isaiah	Is	29	32	3	The eyes of seers will no longer be closed, the ears of hearers will be alert,
+Isaiah	Is	29	32	4	the heart of the hasty will learn to think things over, and the tongue of stammerers will speak promptly and clearly.
+Isaiah	Is	29	32	5	The fool will no longer be called generous, nor the rascal be styled bountiful.
+Isaiah	Is	29	32	6	For the fool speaks folly and his heart is set on villainy; he is godless in his actions and his words ascribe error to Yahweh; he starves the hungry of their food and refuses drink to the thirsty.
+Isaiah	Is	29	32	7	Everything to do with the rascal is evil, he devises infamous plans to ruin the poor with lying words even when the needy has right on his side;
+Isaiah	Is	29	32	8	but the noble person plans only noble things, noble his every move.
+Isaiah	Is	29	32	9	Stand up, you haughty women, listen to my words; you over-confident daughters, pay attention to what I say.
+Isaiah	Is	29	32	10	Within one year and a few days you will tremble, you over-confident women; grape-harvesting will be finished, gathering will never happen again.
+Isaiah	Is	29	32	11	Shudder, you haughty women, tremble, you over-confident women; strip, undress, put sackcloth round your waists.
+Isaiah	Is	29	32	12	Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,
+Isaiah	Is	29	32	13	for my people's soil where the bramble-bush will be growing and for all the happy houses, for the rejoicing city.
+Isaiah	Is	29	32	14	For the citadel will be abandoned and the thronged city deserted, Ophel and the Keep will be denuded for ever, the playground of wild donkeys and the pasture of flocks,
+Isaiah	Is	29	32	15	until the spirit is poured out on us from above, and the desert becomes an orchard, and an orchard that seems like a forest.
+Isaiah	Is	29	32	16	Fair judgement will fix its home in the desert, and uprightness live in this orchard,
+Isaiah	Is	29	32	17	and the product of uprightness will be peace, the effect of uprightness being quiet and security for ever.
+Isaiah	Is	29	32	18	My people will live in a peaceful home, in peaceful houses, tranquil dwellings.
+Isaiah	Is	29	32	19	And should the forest be totally destroyed and the city gravely humiliated,
+Isaiah	Is	29	32	20	You will be happy to sow wherever there is water and to let the ox and donkey roam free.
+Isaiah	Is	29	33	1	Woe to you, destroying though not yourself destroyed, betraying though not yourself betrayed; when you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed, when you have stopped betraying, you will be betrayed.
+Isaiah	Is	29	33	2	Yahweh, show us your mercy, we hope in you. Be our arm every morning and our salvation in time of distress.
+Isaiah	Is	29	33	3	At the sound of tumult the peoples flee, when you stand up the nations scatter.
+Isaiah	Is	29	33	4	Your spoil is gathered in as a grasshopper gathers in, like a swarm of locusts people descend on it.
+Isaiah	Is	29	33	5	Yahweh is exalted, for he is enthroned above, he has filled Zion with fair judgement and saving justice.
+Isaiah	Is	29	33	6	You can count on this all your days: wisdom and knowledge are the riches that save, the fear of Yahweh is his treasure.
+Isaiah	Is	29	33	7	Look, Ariel is lamenting in the streets, the ambassadors of peace are weeping bitterly.
+Isaiah	Is	29	33	8	The highways are deserted, no travellers any more on the roads. Agreements are broken, witnesses held in contempt, there is respect for no one.
+Isaiah	Is	29	33	9	The land pines away in mourning, the Lebanon is withering with shame, Sharon has become like the wasteland, Bashan and Carmel are shuddering.
+Isaiah	Is	29	33	10	'Now I shall stand up,' says Yahweh, 'now I shall rise, now draw myself up.
+Isaiah	Is	29	33	11	You conceive chaff, you give birth to straw: like fire, my breath will devour you.
+Isaiah	Is	29	33	12	The peoples will be burnt up as though by quicklime, like cut thorns they will be burnt on the fire.
+Isaiah	Is	29	33	13	You who are far away, listen to what I have done, and you who are near, realise my strength.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	33	14	The sinners in Zion are panic-stricken and fear seizes on the godless, 'Which of us can survive the devouring fire, which of us survive everlasting burning?'
+Isaiah	Is	29	33	15	The one who acts uprightly and speaks honestly, who scorns to get rich by extortion, who rejects bribes out of hand, who refuses to listen to plans involving bloodshed and shuts his eyes rather than countenance crime:
+Isaiah	Is	29	33	16	such a man will live on the heights, the craggy rocks will be his refuge, he will be fed, he will not want for water.
+Isaiah	Is	29	33	17	Your eyes will gaze on the king in his beauty, they will look on a country stretching far and wide.
+Isaiah	Is	29	33	18	Your heart will meditate on past terrors, 'Where is the man who did the counting? Where is the man who did the weighing? Where is the man who counted off the towers?'
+Isaiah	Is	29	33	19	No more will you see that insolent people, that people of unintelligible speech, of barbarous and meaningless tongue.
+Isaiah	Is	29	33	20	Gaze at Zion, city of our feasts; your eyes will see Jerusalem as a home that is secure, a tent not to be moved, none of its tent-pegs ever to be pulled out, none of its guy-ropes ever to be broken.
+Isaiah	Is	29	33	21	There it is that Yahweh shows us his power, like a place of rivers and very wide canals on which will row no galley, over which will pass no majestic ship.
+Isaiah	Is	29	33	22	(For Yahweh is our judge, Yahweh our lawgiver, Yahweh is our king and our Saviour.)
+Isaiah	Is	29	33	23	Your tackle has given way, it cannot support the mast, it cannot hoist the pennon. And so there is much booty to be shared out; the lame fall to plundering,
+Isaiah	Is	29	33	24	and no one living there will say, 'I am sickly'; the people living there will find their guilt forgiven.
+Isaiah	Is	29	34	1	Come near and listen, you nations, pay attention, you peoples. Let the earth and its contents listen, the world and its entire population.
+Isaiah	Is	29	34	2	For Yahweh is angry with all the nations, enraged with all their hordes. He has vowed them to destruction, handed them over to slaughter.
+Isaiah	Is	29	34	3	Their dead will be thrown away, the stench will rise from their corpses, the mountains will run with their blood,
+Isaiah	Is	29	34	4	the entire array of heaven will fall apart. The heavens will be rolled up like a scroll and all their array will fade away, as fade the leaves falling from the vine, as fade those falling from the fig tree.
+Isaiah	Is	29	34	5	For my sword has drunk deep in the heavens: see how it now falls on Edom, on the people vowed to destruction, to punish them.
+Isaiah	Is	29	34	6	Yahweh's sword is gorged with blood, it is greasy with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
+Isaiah	Is	29	34	7	The wild oxen will fall with them, the bullocks with the bulls; their land will be drenched with blood and their dust will be greasy with fat.
+Isaiah	Is	29	34	8	For this will be Yahweh's day of vengeance, the year of retribution in Zion's lawsuit.
+Isaiah	Is	29	34	9	Its streams will turn into pitch, its dust into brimstone, its country will turn into blazing pitch.
+Isaiah	Is	29	34	10	Never quenched night or day, its smoke rising for ever, it will lie waste age after age, no one will travel through it for ever and ever.
+Isaiah	Is	29	34	11	It will be the haunt of pelican and hedgehog, the owl and the raven will live there; over it Yahweh will stretch the measuring line of chaos and the plumb-line of emptiness.
+Isaiah	Is	29	34	12	There will be no more nobles to proclaim the royal authority; there will be an end of all its princes.
+Isaiah	Is	29	34	13	Brambles will grow in its bastions, nettles and thorn-bushes in its fortresses, it will be the lair of jackals, an enclosure for ostriches.
+Isaiah	Is	29	34	14	Wild cats will meet hyenas there, satyr will call to satyr, there Lilith too will lurk and find somewhere to rest.
+Isaiah	Is	29	34	15	The snake will nest and lay eggs there, will hatch and gather its young into the shade; and there the vultures will assemble, each one with its mate.
+Isaiah	Is	29	34	16	Search in Yahweh's book, and read, not one of these will be missing, not one of them lacking a mate; for thus his mouth has ordained it, and his spirit has brought them together.
+Isaiah	Is	29	34	17	He has thrown the lot for each, his hand has measured out their share; they will possess it for ever, and live there age after age.
+Isaiah	Is	29	35	1	Let the desert and the dry lands be glad, let the wasteland rejoice and bloom; like the asphodel,
+Isaiah	Is	29	35	2	let it burst into flower, let it rejoice and sing for joy. The glory of Lebanon is bestowed on it, the splendour of Carmel and Sharon; then they will see the glory of Yahweh, the splendour of our God.
+Isaiah	Is	29	35	3	Strengthen all weary hands, steady all trembling knees
+Isaiah	Is	29	35	4	and say to the faint-hearted, 'Be strong! Do not be afraid. Here is your God, vengeance is coming, divine retribution; he is coming to save you.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	35	5	Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, the ears of the deaf unsealed,
+Isaiah	Is	29	35	6	then the lame will leap like a deer and the tongue of the dumb sing for joy; for water will gush in the desert and streams in the wastelands,
+Isaiah	Is	29	35	7	the parched ground will become a marsh and the thirsty land springs of water; the lairs where the jackals used to live will become plots of reed and papyrus.
+Isaiah	Is	29	35	8	And through it will run a road for them and a highway which will be called the Sacred Way; the unclean will not be allowed to use it; He will be the one to use this road, the fool will not stray along it.
+Isaiah	Is	29	35	9	No lion will be there, no ferocious beast set foot on it, nothing of the sort be found; it will be used by the redeemed.
+Isaiah	Is	29	35	10	For those whom Yahweh has ransomed will return, they will come to Zion shouting for joy, their heads crowned with joy unending; rejoicing and gladness will escort them and sorrow and sighing will take flight.
+Isaiah	Is	29	36	1	In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria advanced on all the fortified towns of Judah and captured them.
+Isaiah	Is	29	36	2	From Lachish the king of Assyria sent the cupbearer-in-chief with a large force to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem. The cupbearer-in-chief took up position near the conduit of the upper pool on the road to the Fuller's Field.
+Isaiah	Is	29	36	3	The master of the palace, Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna the secretary and the herald Joah son of Asaph went out to him.
+Isaiah	Is	29	36	4	The cupbearer-in-chief said to them, 'Say to Hezekiah, "The great king, the king of Assyria, says this: What makes you so confident?
+Isaiah	Is	29	36	5	Do you think empty words are as good as strategy and military strength? Who are you relying on, to dare to rebel against me?
+Isaiah	Is	29	36	6	There you are, relying on that broken reed, Egypt, which pricks and pierces the hand of the person who leans on it. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is like to all who rely on him.
+Isaiah	Is	29	36	7	You may say to me: We rely on Yahweh our God. But haven't his high places and altars been suppressed by Hezekiah, who told Judah and Jerusalem: This is the altar before which you must worship?
+Isaiah	Is	29	36	8	Very well, then, make a wager with my lord the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses if you can find horsemen to ride them.
+Isaiah	Is	29	36	9	How could you repulse a single one of the least of my master's soldiers? And yet you have relied on Egypt for chariots and horsemen.
+Isaiah	Is	29	36	10	And lastly, have I marched on this country to lay it waste without warrant from Yahweh? Yahweh himself said to me: March on this country and lay it waste."
+Isaiah	Is	29	36	11	Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to the cupbearer-in-chief, 'Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it; do not speak to us in the Judaean language within earshot of the people on the ramparts.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	36	12	But the cupbearer-in-chief said, 'Do you think my lord sent me here to say these things to your master or to you? On the contrary, it was to the people sitting on the ramparts who, like you, are doomed to eat their own dung and drink their own urine.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	36	13	The cupbearer-in-chief then drew himself up and shouted loudly in the Judaean language, 'Listen to the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
+Isaiah	Is	29	36	14	The king says this, "Do not let Hezekiah delude you! He will be powerless to save you.
+Isaiah	Is	29	36	15	Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to rely on Yahweh by saying: Yahweh is sure to save us; this city will not fall into the king of Assyria's clutches.
+Isaiah	Is	29	36	16	Do not listen to Hezekiah, for the king of Assyria says this: Make peace with me,
+Isaiah	Is	29	36	17	surrender to me, and every one of you will be free to eat the fruit of his own vine and of his own fig tree and to drink the water of his own storage-well until I come and take you away to a country like your own, a land of corn and good wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
+Isaiah	Is	29	36	18	Do not let Hezekiah delude you by saying: Yahweh will save us. Has any god of any nation been able to save his country from the king of Assyria's clutches?
+Isaiah	Is	29	36	19	Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Where are the national gods of Samaria? Did they save Samaria from my clutches?
+Isaiah	Is	29	36	20	Of all the national gods, which ones have saved their countries from my clutches, that Yahweh should be able to save Jerusalem from my clutches?" '
+Isaiah	Is	29	36	21	They, however, kept quiet and said nothing in reply, since the king had given the order, 'You are not to answer him.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	36	22	The master of the palace, Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna the secretary and the herald Joah son of Asaph, with their clothes torn, went to Hezekiah and reported what the cupbearer-in-chief had said.
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	1	On hearing this, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and went to the Temple of Yahweh.
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	2	He sent Eliakim master of the palace, Shebna the secretary and the elders of the priests, wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	3	They said to him, 'This is what Hezekiah says, "Today is a day of suffering, of punishment, of disgrace. Children come to birth and there is no strength to bring them forth.
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	4	May Yahweh your God hear the words of the cupbearer-in-chief whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to insult the living God, and may Yahweh your God punish the words he has heard! Offer your prayer for the remnant still left." '
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	5	When King Hezekiah's ministers came to Isaiah,
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	6	he said to them, 'Say to your master, "Yahweh says this: Do not be afraid of the words which you have heard or the blasphemies which the king of Assyria's minions have uttered against me.
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	7	Look, I am going to put a spirit in him and, on the strength of a rumour, he will go back to his own country, and in that country I shall make him fall by the sword." '
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	8	The cupbearer turned about and rejoined the king of Assyria, who was then attacking Libnah, the cupbearer having learnt that the king had already left Lachish
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	9	on hearing that Tirhakah king of Cush was on his way to attack him. Sennacherib again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	10	'Tell Hezekiah king of Judah this, "Do not let your God on whom you are relying deceive you with the promise: Jerusalem will not fall into the king of Assyria's clutches.
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	11	You have learnt by now what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, putting them under the curse of destruction. Are you likely to be saved?
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	12	Did the gods of the nations whom my ancestors devastated save them-Gozan, Haran, Rezeph and the Edenites who were in Tel Basar?
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	13	Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of Lair, of Sepharvaim, of Hena, of Ivvah?" '
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	14	Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers' hands and read it; he then went up to the Temple of Yahweh and spread it out before Yahweh.
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	15	Hezekiah said this prayer in the presence of Yahweh,
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	16	'Yahweh Sabaoth, God of Israel, enthroned on the winged creatures, you alone are God of all the kingdoms of the world, you made heaven and earth.
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	17	Give ear, Yahweh, and listen; open your eyes, Yahweh, and see! Hear the words of Sennacherib, who has sent to insult the living God.
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	18	It is true, Yahweh, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations (and their countries);
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	19	they have thrown their gods on the fire, for these were not gods but human artefacts -- wood and stone -- and hence they have destroyed them.
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	20	But now, Yahweh our God, save us from his clutches, I beg you, and let all the kingdoms of the world know that you alone are God, Yahweh.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	21	Isaiah son of Amoz then sent the following message to Hezekiah, 'Yahweh, God of Israel, says this, "In answer to the prayer which you have addressed to me about Sennacherib king of Assyria.
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	22	Here is the pronouncement which Yahweh has made about him: She despises you, she scorns you, the virgin daughter of Zion; she tosses her head at you, the daughter of Jerusalem!
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	23	Whom have you insulted, whom did you blaspheme? Against whom raised your voice and lifted your haughty eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	24	Through your minions you have insulted the Lord, thinking: With my many chariots I have climbed the mountain-tops, the utmost peaks of Lebanon. I have felled its mighty cedars, its finest cypresses, have reached its furthest peak, its forest garden.
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	25	Yes, I have dug and drunk of foreign waters; under the soles of my feet I have dried up all Egypt's rivers.
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	26	Do you hear? Long ago I prepared this, from days of old I actually planned it, now I carry it out. You were to lay walled cities in heaps of ruins;
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	27	that was why their inhabitants, feeble of hand, were dismayed and discomfited, were weak as grass, were frail as plants, were like grass of housetop and meadow under the east wind.
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	28	But whether you stand up or sit down, whether you go out or come in, I know it (and how you rave against me).
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	29	Because you have raved against me and your arrogance has reached my ears, I shall put a hook through your nostrils and a muzzle on your lips, and make you return by the road by which you came.
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	30	And this will be the sign for you: This year will be eaten the self-sown grain, next year what sprouts in the fallow; but in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	31	The surviving remnant of the House of Judah will bring forth new roots below and fruits above;
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	32	for a remnant will issue from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. Yahweh Sabaoth's jealous love will accomplish this." '
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	33	'This, then, is what Yahweh says about the king of Assyria: He will not enter this city, will shoot no arrow at it, confront it with no shield, throw up no earthwork against it.
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	34	By the road by which he came, by that he will return; he will not enter this city, declares Yahweh.
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	35	I shall protect this city and save it for my sake and my servant David's sake.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	36	That same night the angel of Yahweh went out and struck down a hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp. In the early morning when it was time to get up, there they lay, so many corpses.
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	37	Sennacherib struck camp and left; he returned home and stayed in Nineveh.
+Isaiah	Is	29	37	38	One day when he was worshipping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword and escaped into the territory of Ararat. His son Esarhaddon succeeded him.
+Isaiah	Is	29	38	1	About then, Hezekiah fell ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, 'Yahweh says this, "Put your affairs in order, for you are going to die, you will not live." '
+Isaiah	Is	29	38	2	Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and addressed this prayer to Yahweh,
+Isaiah	Is	29	38	3	'Ah, Yahweh, remember, I beg you, that I have behaved faithfully and with sincerity of heart in your presence and done what you regard as right.' And Hezekiah shed many tears.
+Isaiah	Is	29	38	4	Then the word of Yahweh came to Isaiah,
+Isaiah	Is	29	38	5	'Go and say to Hezekiah, "Yahweh, the God of your ancestor David, says this: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I shall cure you: in three days' time you will go up to the Temple of Yahweh. I shall add fifteen years to your life.
+Isaiah	Is	29	38	6	I shall save you and this city from the king of Assyria's clutches and defend this city for my sake and my servant David's sake." '
+Isaiah	Is	29	38	7	'Here', Isaiah replied, 'is the sign from Yahweh that he will do what he has said.
+Isaiah	Is	29	38	8	Look, I shall make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the steps -- the steps to Ahaz's roof-room-go back ten steps.' And the sun went back the ten steps by which it had declined.
+Isaiah	Is	29	38	9	Canticle of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery.
+Isaiah	Is	29	38	10	I thought: In the noon of my life I am to depart. At the gates of Sheol I shall be held for the rest of my days.
+Isaiah	Is	29	38	11	I thought: I shall never see Yahweh again in the land of the living, I shall never see again a single one of those who live on earth.
+Isaiah	Is	29	38	12	My home has been pulled up, and thrown away like a shepherd's tent; like a weaver, I have rolled up my life, he has cut me from the loom. From dawn to dark, you have been making an end of me;
+Isaiah	Is	29	38	13	till daybreak, I cried for help; like a lion, he has crushed all my bones, from dawn to dark, you have been making an end of me.
+Isaiah	Is	29	38	14	I twitter like a swallow, I moan like a dove, my eyes have grown dim from looking up. Lord, I am overwhelmed, come to my help.
+Isaiah	Is	29	38	15	How can I speak and what can I say to him? He is the one to act. I must eke out the rest of my years in bitterness of soul.
+Isaiah	Is	29	38	16	The Lord is over them; they live, and everything in them lives by his spirit. You will cure me. Restore me to life.
+Isaiah	Is	29	38	17	At once, my bitterness turns to well-being. For you have preserved my soul from the pit of nothingness, you have thrust all my sins behind you.
+Isaiah	Is	29	38	18	For Sheol cannot praise you, nor Death celebrate you; those who go down to the pit can hope no longer in your constancy.
+Isaiah	Is	29	38	19	The living, the living are the ones who praise you, as I do today. Fathers tell their sons about your constancy.
+Isaiah	Is	29	38	20	Yahweh, come to my help and we will make our harps resound all the days of our life in the Temple of Yahweh.
+Isaiah	Is	29	38	21	'Bring a fig poultice,' Isaiah said, 'apply it to the ulcer and he will recover.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	38	22	Hezekiah said, 'What is the sign to tell me that I shall be going up to the Temple of Yahweh?'
+Isaiah	Is	29	39	1	At that time, the king of Babylon, Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard of his illness and his recovery.
+Isaiah	Is	29	39	2	Hezekiah was delighted at this and showed the ambassadors his entire treasury, the silver, gold, spices, precious oil, his armoury too, and everything to be seen in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in his whole domain that Hezekiah did not show them.
+Isaiah	Is	29	39	3	The prophet Isaiah then came to King Hezekiah and asked him, 'What have these men said, and where have they come to you from?' Hezekiah answered, 'They have come from a distant country, from Babylon.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	39	4	Isaiah said, 'What have they seen in your palace?' 'They have seen everything in my palace,' Hezekiah answered. 'There is nothing in my storehouses that I have not shown them.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	39	5	Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, 'Listen to the word of Yahweh Sabaoth,
+Isaiah	Is	29	39	6	"The days are coming when everything in your palace, everything that your ancestors have amassed until now, will be carried off to Babylon. Not a thing will be left," Yahweh says.
+Isaiah	Is	29	39	7	"Sons sprung from you, sons begotten by you, will be abducted to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon." '
+Isaiah	Is	29	39	8	Hezekiah said to Isaiah, 'This word of Yahweh that you announce is reassuring,' for he was thinking, 'There is going to be peace and security during my lifetime.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	1	'Console my people, console them,' says your God.
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	2	'Speak to the heart of Jerusalem and cry to her that her period of service is ended, that her guilt has been atoned for, that, from the hand of Yahweh, she has received double punishment for all her sins.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	3	A voice cries, 'Prepare in the desert a way for Yahweh. Make a straight highway for our God across the wastelands.
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	4	Let every valley be filled in, every mountain and hill be levelled, every cliff become a plateau, every escarpment a plain;
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	5	then the glory of Yahweh will be revealed and all humanity will see it together, for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	6	A voice said, 'Cry aloud!' and I said, 'What shall I cry?' -'All humanity is grass and all its beauty like the wild flower's.
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	7	The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of Yahweh blows on them. (The grass is surely the people.)
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	8	The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God remains for ever.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	9	Go up on a high mountain, messenger of Zion. Shout as loud as you can, messenger of Jerusalem! Shout fearlessly, say to the towns of Judah, 'Here is your God.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	10	Here is Lord Yahweh coming with power, his arm maintains his authority, his reward is with him and his prize precedes him.
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	11	He is like a shepherd feeding his flock, gathering lambs in his arms, holding them against his breast and leading to their rest the mother ewes.
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	12	Who was it measured the water of the sea in the hollow of his hand and calculated the heavens to the nearest inch, gauged the dust of the earth to the nearest bushel, weighed the mountains in scales, the hills in a balance?
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	13	Who directed the spirit of Yahweh, what counsellor could have instructed him?
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	14	Whom has he consulted to enlighten him, to instruct him in the path of judgement, to teach him knowledge and show him how to understand?
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	15	See, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, they count as a grain of dust on the scales. See, coasts and islands weigh no more than fine powder.
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	16	The Lebanon is not enough for the burning fires nor its animals enough for the burnt offering.
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	17	All the nations are as nothing before him, for him they count as nothingness and emptiness.
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	18	To whom can you compare God? What image can you contrive of him?
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	19	The craftsman casts an idol, a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts silver chains for it.
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	20	Someone too poor to afford a sacrifice chooses a piece of wood that will not rot; he then seeks out a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not totter.
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	21	Did you not know, had you not heard? Was it not told you from the beginning? Have you not understood how the earth was set on its foundations?
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	22	He who sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, the inhabitants of which are like grasshoppers, stretches out the heavens like a cloth, spreads them out like a tent to live in.
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	23	He reduces princes to nothing, the rulers of the world to mere emptiness.
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	24	Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown, scarcely has their stem taken root in the soil, than he blows on them and they wither and the storm carries them away like chaff.
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	25	'To whom can you compare me, or who is my equal?' says the Holy One.
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	26	Lift your eyes and look: he who created these things leads out their army in order, summoning each of them by name. So mighty is his power, so great his strength, that not one fails to answer.
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	27	How can you say, Jacob, how can you repeat, Israel, 'My way is hidden from Yahweh, my rights are ignored by my God'?
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	28	Did you not know? Had you not heard? Yahweh is the everlasting God, he created the remotest parts of the earth. He does not grow tired or weary, his understanding is beyond fathoming.
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	29	He gives strength to the weary, he strengthens the powerless.
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	30	Youths grow tired and weary, the young stumble and fall,
+Isaiah	Is	29	40	31	but those who hope in Yahweh will regain their strength, they will sprout wings like eagles, though they run they will not grow weary, though they walk they will never tire.
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	1	Coasts and islands, fall silent before me, and let the peoples renew their strength, let them come forward and speak; let us assemble for judgement.
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	2	'Who has raised from the east him whom saving justice summons in its train, him to whom Yahweh delivers up the nations and subjects kings, him who reduces them to dust with his sword, and to driven stubble with his bow,
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	3	him who pursues them and advances unhindered, his feet scarcely touching the road?
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	4	Who has acted thus, who has done this? He who calls each generation from the beginning: I, Yahweh, who am the first and till the last I shall still be there.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	5	The coasts and islands have seen and taken fright, the remotest parts of earth are trembling: they are approaching, they are here!
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	6	People help one another, they say to each other, 'Take heart!'
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	7	The woodworker encourages the smelter, the polisher encourages the hammerer, saying of the soldering, 'It is sound'; and he fastens it with nails to keep it steady.
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	8	But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham my friend,
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	9	whom I have taken to myself, from the remotest parts of the earth and summoned from countries far away, to whom I have said, 'You are my servant, I have chosen you, I have not rejected you,'
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	10	do not be afraid, for I am with you; do not be alarmed, for I am your God. I give you strength, truly I help you, truly I hold you firm with my saving right hand.
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	11	Look, all those who rage against you will be put to shame and humiliated; those who picked quarrels with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	12	You will look for them but will not find them, those who used to fight you; they will be destroyed and brought to nothing, those who made war on you.
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	13	For I, Yahweh, your God, I grasp you by your right hand; I tell you, 'Do not be afraid, I shall help you.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	14	Do not be afraid, Jacob, you worm! You little handful of Israel! I shall help you, declares Yahweh; your redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	15	Look, I am making you into a threshing-sledge, new, with double teeth; you will thresh and beat the mountains to dust and reduce the hills to straw.
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	16	You will winnow them and the wind will carry them off, the gale will scatter them; whereas you will rejoice in Yahweh, will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	17	The oppressed and needy search for water, and there is none, their tongue is parched with thirst. I, Yahweh, shall answer them, I, the God of Israel, shall not abandon them.
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	18	I shall open up rivers on barren heights and water-holes down in the ravines; I shall turn the desert into a lake and dry ground into springs of water.
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	19	I shall plant the desert with cedar trees, acacias, myrtles and olives; in the wastelands I shall put cypress trees, plane trees and box trees side by side;
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	20	so that people may see and know, so that they may all observe and understand that the hand of Yahweh has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it.
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	21	'Present your case,' says Yahweh, 'Produce your arguments,' says Jacob's king.
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	22	'Let them produce and reveal to us what is going to happen. What happened in the past? Reveal it so that we can consider it and know what the outcome will be. Or tell us about the future,
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	23	reveal what is to happen next, and then we shall know that you are gods. At least, do something, be it good or bad, so that we may feel alarm and fear.
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	24	Look, you are less than nothingness, and what you do is less than nothing; to choose you is an outrage.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	25	I have raised him from the north and he has come, from the east he has been summoned by name. He tramples on rulers like mud, like a potter treading clay.
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	26	Who revealed this from the beginning for us to know, and in the past for us to say, 'That is right'? No one in fact revealed it, no one proclaimed it, no one has heard you speak.
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	27	First-fruits of Zion, look, here they come! I send a messenger to Jerusalem,
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	28	and I look -- no one, not a single counsellor among them who, if I asked, could give an answer.
+Isaiah	Is	29	41	29	Taken altogether they are nothingness, what they do is nothing, their statues, wind and emptiness.
+Isaiah	Is	29	42	1	Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom my soul delights. I have sent my spirit upon him, he will bring fair judgement to the nations.
+Isaiah	Is	29	42	2	He does not cry out or raise his voice, his voice is not heard in the street;
+Isaiah	Is	29	42	3	he does not break the crushed reed or snuff the faltering wick. Faithfully he presents fair judgement;
+Isaiah	Is	29	42	4	he will not grow faint, he will not be crushed until he has established fair judgement on earth, and the coasts and islands are waiting for his instruction.
+Isaiah	Is	29	42	5	Thus says God, Yahweh, who created the heavens and spread them out, who hammered into shape the earth and what comes from it, who gave breath to the people on it, and spirit to those who walk on it:
+Isaiah	Is	29	42	6	I, Yahweh, have called you in saving justice, I have grasped you by the hand and shaped you; I have made you a covenant of the people and light to the nations,
+Isaiah	Is	29	42	7	to open the eyes of the blind, to free captives from prison, and those who live in darkness from the dungeon.
+Isaiah	Is	29	42	8	I am Yahweh, that is my name! I shall not yield my glory to another, nor my honour to idols.
+Isaiah	Is	29	42	9	See how the former predictions have come true. Fresh things I now reveal; before they appear I tell you of them.
+Isaiah	Is	29	42	10	Sing a new song to Yahweh! Let his praise be sung from remotest parts of the earth by those who sail the sea and by everything in it, by the coasts and islands and those who inhabit them.
+Isaiah	Is	29	42	11	Let the desert and its cities raise their voices, the encampments where Kedar lives. Let the inhabitants of the Rock cry aloud for joy and shout from the mountain tops.
+Isaiah	Is	29	42	12	Let them give glory to Yahweh and, in the coasts and islands, let them voice his praise.
+Isaiah	Is	29	42	13	Yahweh advances like a hero, like a warrior he rouses his fire. He shouts, he raises the war cry, he shows his might against his foes.
+Isaiah	Is	29	42	14	'From long ago I have been silent, I have kept quiet, held myself in check, groaning like a woman in labour, panting and gasping for air.
+Isaiah	Is	29	42	15	I shall ravage mountain and hill, shall wither all their vegetation; I shall turn the torrents into firm ground and dry up the marshes.
+Isaiah	Is	29	42	16	I shall lead the blind by a road they do not know, by paths they do not know I shall conduct them. I shall turn the darkness into light before them and the quagmires into solid ground. This I shall do -- without fail.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	42	17	Those who trust in idols will recoil, they will blush for shame, who say to metal images, 'You are our gods.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	42	18	Listen, you deaf! Look and see, you blind!
+Isaiah	Is	29	42	19	Who so blind as my servant, so deaf as the messenger I send? (Who so blind as the friend I have taken to myself, so deaf as Yahweh's servant?)
+Isaiah	Is	29	42	20	You have seen many things but not observed them; your ears are open but you do not hear.
+Isaiah	Is	29	42	21	Yahweh wished, because of his saving justice, to make the Law great and glorious.
+Isaiah	Is	29	42	22	Yet here is a people pillaged and plundered, all of them shut up in caves, imprisoned in dungeons. They have been pillaged, with no one to rescue them, plundered, with no one to say, 'Give it back!'
+Isaiah	Is	29	42	23	Which of you will listen to this, who pay attention and listen in future?
+Isaiah	Is	29	42	24	Who surrendered Jacob to the plunderer and Israel to the pillagers? Was it not Yahweh, against whom we had sinned, in whose ways they would not walk and whose Law they would not obey?
+Isaiah	Is	29	42	25	On him he poured out his blazing anger and the fury of war; it enveloped him in flames and yet he did not understand; it burned him up, but he did not learn a lesson.
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	1	And now, thus says Yahweh, he who created you, Jacob, who formed you, Israel: Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name, you are mine.
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	2	Should you pass through the waters, I shall be with you; or through rivers, they will not swallow you up. Should you walk through fire, you will not suffer, and the flame will not burn you.
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	3	For I am Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour. I have given Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you.
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	4	Since I regard you as precious, since you are honoured and I love you, I therefore give people in exchange for you, and nations in return for your life.
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	5	Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I shall bring your offspring from the east, and gather you from the west.
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	6	To the north I shall say, 'Give them up!' and to the south, 'Do not hold them back!' Bring back my sons from far away, and my daughters from the remotest part of the earth,
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	7	everyone who bears my name, whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, whom I have made.
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	8	Bring forward the people that is blind, yet has eyes, that is deaf and yet has ears.
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	9	Let all the nations assemble, let the peoples gather here! Which of them has proclaimed this and revealed things to us in the past? Let them bring their witnesses to justify themselves, let others hear and say, 'It is true.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	10	You yourselves are my witnesses, declares Yahweh, and the servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that it is I. No god was formed before me, nor will be after me.
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	11	I, I am Yahweh, and there is no other Saviour but me.
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	12	I have revealed, have saved, and have proclaimed, not some foreigner among you. You are my witnesses, declares Yahweh, I am God,
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	13	yes, from eternity I am. No one can deliver from my hand; when I act, who can thwart me?
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	14	Thus says Yahweh, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, I shall knock down all the prison bars, and the Chaldaeans' shouts of joy will change to lamentations.
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	15	I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your king.
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	16	Thus says Yahweh, who made a way through the sea, a path in the raging waters,
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	17	who led out chariot and horse together with an army of picked troops: they lay down never to rise again, they were snuffed out, put out like a wick.
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	18	No need to remember past events, no need to think about what was done before.
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	19	Look, I am doing something new, now it emerges; can you not see it? Yes, I am making a road in the desert and rivers in wastelands.
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	20	The wild animals will honour me, the jackals and the ostriches, for bestowing water in the desert and rivers on the wastelands for my people, my chosen one, to drink.
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	21	The people I have shaped for myself will broadcast my praises.
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	22	But, Jacob, you have not invoked me; no, Israel, you have grown weary of me.
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	23	You have not brought me lambs as your burnt offerings and have not honoured me with your sacrifices. I have not subjected you to cereal offering, I have not wearied you by demanding incense.
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	24	You have not bought expensive reed for me or sated me with the fat of your sacrifices. Instead by your sins you have trected me like a slave, you have wearied me with your crimes,
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	25	I, I it is who blot out your acts of revolt for my own sake and shall not call your sins to mind.
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	26	Remind me, and we will judge this together; state your own case and justify yourself.
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	27	Your first ancestor sinned, your interpreters revolted against me.
+Isaiah	Is	29	43	28	That is why I deposed the chief men of my sanctuary, why I put Jacob under the curse of destruction and subjected Israel to insult.
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	1	And now listen, Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen.
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	2	Thus says Yahweh who made you, who formed you in the womb; he will help you. Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant, Jeshurun whom I have chosen.
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	3	For I shall pour out water on the thirsty soil and streams on the dry ground. I shall pour out my spirit on your descendants, my blessing on your offspring,
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	4	and they will spring up among the grass, like willows on the banks of a stream.
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	5	One person will say, 'I belong to Yahweh,' another will call himself by Jacob's name. On his hand another will write 'Yahweh's' and be surnamed 'Israel'.
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	6	Thus says Yahweh, Israel's king, Yahweh Sabaoth, his redeemer: I am the first and I am the last; there is no God except me.
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	7	Who is like me? Let him call out, let him affirm it and convince me it is so; let him say what has been happening since I instituted an eternal people, and predict to them what will happen next!
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	8	Have no fear, do not be afraid: have I not told you and revealed it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God except me? There is no Rock; I know of none.
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	9	The makers of idols are all nothingness; the works they delight in serve no purpose. And these are the witness against them: they see nothing, they know nothing; and so they will be put to shame.
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	10	Who ever fashioned a god or cast an image without hope of gain?
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	11	Watch how all its devotees will be put to shame, and the men who made it too, who are only human. Let them all assemble, let them stand forward and feel both fear and shame!
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	12	The blacksmith makes an axe over the charcoal, beats it into shape with a hammer, works on it with his strong arm. Then he feels hungry and his strength deserts him; having drunk no water, he is exhausted.
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	13	The wood carver takes his measurements, outlines the image with chalk, executes it with the chisel, following the outline with a compass. He makes it look like a human being, with human standards of beauty, so that it can reside in a house.
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	14	He has cut down cedars, has selected an oak and a terebinth which he has grown for himself among the trees in the forest and has planted a pine tree which the rain has nourished.
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	15	Once it is suitable to burn, he takes some of it to warm himself; having kindled it, he bakes bread. But he also makes a god and worships it; he makes an idol from it and bows down before it.
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	16	Half of it he burns on the fire, over this half he roasts meat, eats it and is replete; at the same time he warms himself and says, 'Ah, how warm I am, watching the flames!'
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	17	With the remainder he makes a god, his idol, bows down before it, worships it and prays to it. 'Save me,' he says, 'for you are my god.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	18	They know nothing, they understand nothing, since their eyes are incapable of seeing and their hearts of reflecting.
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	19	Not one of them looks into his heart, not one of them has the knowledge and wit to think, 'I burned half of it on the fire and cooked food over the embers. Am I right to make something disgusting out of what is left? Am I right to bow down before a block of wood?'
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	20	He hankers after ashes, his deluded heart has led him astray; he will not save himself, he will not think, 'What I have in my hand is nothing but a lie!'
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	21	Remember these things, Jacob, and Israel, since you are my servant. I formed you, you are my servant; Israel, I shall not forget you.
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	22	I have dispelled your acts of revolt like a cloud and your sins like a mist. Come back to me, for I have redeemed you.
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	23	Heavens, shout for joy, for Yahweh has acted! Underworld, shout aloud! Shout for joy, you mountains, forests and all your trees! For Yahweh has redeemed Jacob and displayed his glory in Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	24	Thus says Yahweh, your redeemer, he who formed you in the womb: I, Yahweh, have made all things, I alone spread out the heavens. When I hammered the earth into shape, who was with me?
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	25	I, who foil the omens of soothsayers and make fools of diviners, who confound sages turning their knowledge into folly,
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	26	who confirm the word of my servant and make the plans of my envoys succeed; who say to Jerusalem, 'You will be inhabited,' and to the towns of Judah, 'You will be rebuilt and I shall restore the ruins of Jerusalem';
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	27	who say to the ocean, 'Dry up! I shall make your rivers run dry';
+Isaiah	Is	29	44	28	who say to Cyrus, 'My shepherd.' He will perform my entire will by saying to Jerusalem, 'You will be rebuilt,' and to the Temple, 'You will be refounded.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	45	1	Thus says Yahweh to his anointed one, to Cyrus whom, he says, I have grasped by his right hand, to make the nations bow before him and to disarm kings, to open gateways before him so that their gates be closed no more:
+Isaiah	Is	29	45	2	I myself shall go before you, I shall level the heights, I shall shatter the bronze gateways, I shall smash the iron bars.
+Isaiah	Is	29	45	3	I shall give you secret treasures and hidden hoards of wealth, so that you will know that I am Yahweh, who call you by your name, the God of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	29	45	4	It is for the sake of my servant Jacob and of Israel my chosen one, that I have called you by your name, have given you a title though you do not know me.
+Isaiah	Is	29	45	5	I am Yahweh, and there is no other, there is no other God except me. Though you do not know me, I have armed you
+Isaiah	Is	29	45	6	so that it may be known from east to west that there is no one except me. I am Yahweh, and there is no other,
+Isaiah	Is	29	45	7	I form the light and I create the darkness, I make well-being, and I create disaster, I, Yahweh, do all these things.
+Isaiah	Is	29	45	8	Rain down, you heavens, from above, and let the clouds pour down saving justice, let the earth open up and blossom with salvation, and let justice sprout with it; I, Yahweh, have created it!
+Isaiah	Is	29	45	9	Woe to anyone who argues with his Maker, one earthenware pot among many! Does the clay say to its potter, 'What are you doing? Your work has no hands!'
+Isaiah	Is	29	45	10	Woe to anyone who asks a father, 'Why are you begetting?' and a woman, 'Why are you giving birth?'
+Isaiah	Is	29	45	11	Thus says Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel and his Maker: I am asked for signs regarding my sons, I am given orders about the work I do.
+Isaiah	Is	29	45	12	It was I who made the earth and I created human beings on it, mine were the hands that spread out the heavens and I have given the orders to all their array.
+Isaiah	Is	29	45	13	I myself have raised him in saving justice and I shall make all paths level for him. He will rebuild my city and bring my exiles home without ransom or indemnity, says Yahweh Sabaoth.
+Isaiah	Is	29	45	14	Thus says Yahweh: The produce of Egypt, the commerce of Cush and the men of Seba, tall of stature, will come over to you and belong to you. They will follow you, walking in chains, they will bow before you, they will pray to you, 'With you alone is God, ad there is no other! The gods do not exist.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	45	15	Truly, you are a God who conceals himself, God of Israel, Saviour!
+Isaiah	Is	29	45	16	They are shamed and humbled, every one of them, humiliated they go, the makers of idols.
+Isaiah	Is	29	45	17	Israel will be saved by Yahweh, saved everlastingly. You will never be ashamed or humiliated for ever and ever.
+Isaiah	Is	29	45	18	For thus says Yahweh, the Creator of the heavens -- he is God, who shaped the earth and made it, who set it firm; he did not create it to be chaos, he formed it to be lived in: I am Yahweh, and there is no other.
+Isaiah	Is	29	45	19	I have not spoken in secret, in some dark corner of the underworld. I did not say, 'Offspring of Jacob, search for me in chaos!' I am Yahweh: I proclaim saving justice, I say what is true.
+Isaiah	Is	29	45	20	Assemble, come, all of you gather round, survivors of the nations. They have no knowledge, those who parade their wooden idols and pray to a god that cannot save.
+Isaiah	Is	29	45	21	Speak up, present your case, let them put their heads together! Who foretold this in the past, who revealed it long ago? Was it not I, Yahweh? There is no other god except me, no saving God, no Saviour except me!
+Isaiah	Is	29	45	22	Turn to me and you will be saved, all you ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is no other.
+Isaiah	Is	29	45	23	By my own self I swear it; what comes from my mouth is saving justice, it is an irrevocable word: All shall bend the knee to me, by me every tongue shall swear,
+Isaiah	Is	29	45	24	saying, 'In Yahweh alone are saving justice and strength,' until all those who used to rage at him come to him in shame.
+Isaiah	Is	29	45	25	In Yahweh the whole race of Israel finds justice and glory.
+Isaiah	Is	29	46	1	Bel is crouching, Nebo cowering, their idols are being put on animals, on beasts of burden, the loads you have been carrying are a burden to a weary beast.
+Isaiah	Is	29	46	2	They are cowering and crouching together, no one can save this burden, they themselves have gone into captivity.
+Isaiah	Is	29	46	3	Listen to me, House of Jacob, all who remain of the House of Israel, whom I have carried since the womb, whom I have supported since you were conceived.
+Isaiah	Is	29	46	4	Until your old age I shall be the same, until your hair is grey I shall carry you. As I have done, so I shall support you, I myself shall carry and shall save you.
+Isaiah	Is	29	46	5	With whom can you compare me, equate me, to whom can you liken me, making equals of us?
+Isaiah	Is	29	46	6	They lavish gold from their purses and weigh out silver on the scales. They engage a goldsmith to make a god, then bow low and actually adore!
+Isaiah	Is	29	46	7	They lift it on their shoulders and carry it, and put it down where it is meant to stand, so that it never moves from the spot. You may cry out to it in distress, it never replies, it never saves anyone in trouble.
+Isaiah	Is	29	46	8	Remember this and stand firm; rebels, look into your hearts.
+Isaiah	Is	29	46	9	Remember the things that happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me.
+Isaiah	Is	29	46	10	From the beginning I revealed the future, in advance, what has not yet occurred. I say: My purpose will come about, I shall do whatever I please;
+Isaiah	Is	29	46	11	I call a bird of prey from the east, my man predestined, from a distant land. What I have said, I shall do, what I have planned, I shall perform.
+Isaiah	Is	29	46	12	Listen to me, you hard-hearted people far removed from saving justice:
+Isaiah	Is	29	46	13	I am bringing my justice nearer, it is not far away, my salvation will not delay. I shall place my salvation in Zion and my glory in Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	29	47	1	Step down! Sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground, no throne, daughter of the Chaldaeans, for never again will you be called tender and delicate.
+Isaiah	Is	29	47	2	Take the grinding mill, crush up the meal. Remove your veil, tie up your skirt, bare your legs, cross the rivers.
+Isaiah	Is	29	47	3	Let your nakedness be displayed and your shame exposed. I am going to take vengeance and no one will stand in my way.
+Isaiah	Is	29	47	4	Our redeemer, Yahweh Sabaoth is his name, the Holy One of Israel, says:
+Isaiah	Is	29	47	5	Sit in silence, bury yourself in darkness, daughter of the Chaldaeans, for never again will you be called the mistress of kingdoms.
+Isaiah	Is	29	47	6	Being angry with my people, I rejected my heritage, surrendering them into your clutches. You showed them no mercy, you made your yoke very heavy on the aged.
+Isaiah	Is	29	47	7	You thought, 'I shall be a queen for ever.' You did not reflect on these matters or think about the future.
+Isaiah	Is	29	47	8	Now listen to this, voluptuous woman, lolling at ease and thinking to yourself, 'I am the only one who matters. I shall never be widowed, never know bereavement.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	47	9	Yet both these things will befall you, suddenly, in one day. Bereavement and widowhood will suddenly befall you in spite of all your witchcraft and the potency of your spells.
+Isaiah	Is	29	47	10	Confident in your wickedness, you thought, 'No one can see me.' Your wishes and your knowledge were what deluded you, as you thought to yourself, 'I am the only one who matters.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	47	11	Hence, disaster will befall you which you will not know how to charm away, calamity overtake you which you will not be able to avert, ruination will suddenly befall you, such as you have never known.
+Isaiah	Is	29	47	12	Keep to your spells then, and all your sorceries, at which you have worked so hard since you were young. Perhaps you will succeed, perhaps you will strike terror!
+Isaiah	Is	29	47	13	You have had many tiring consultations: let the astrologers come forward now and save you, the star-gazers who announce month by month what will happen to you next.
+Isaiah	Is	29	47	14	Look, they are like wisps of straw, the fire will burn them up. They will not save their lives from the power of the flame. No embers these, for keeping warm, no fire to sit beside!
+Isaiah	Is	29	47	15	Such will your wizards prove to be for you, for whom you have worked so hard since you were young; each wandering his own way, none of them can save you.
+Isaiah	Is	29	48	1	Listen to this, House of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel and issued from the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of Yahweh and invoke the God of Israel, though not in good faith or uprightness;
+Isaiah	Is	29	48	2	for they call themselves after the holy city and rely on the God of Israel, Yahweh Sabaoth is his name.
+Isaiah	Is	29	48	3	Things now past I revealed long ago, they issued from my mouth, I proclaimed them; suddenly I acted and they happened.
+Isaiah	Is	29	48	4	For I knew you to be obstinate, your neck an iron sinew and your forehead bronze.
+Isaiah	Is	29	48	5	As I told you about it long before, before it happened I revealed it to you, so that you could not say, 'My statue did it, my idol, my metal image, ordained this.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	48	6	You have heard and seen all this, why won't you admit it? Now I am going to reveal new things to you, secrets that you do not know;
+Isaiah	Is	29	48	7	they have just been created, not long ago, and until today you have heard nothing about them, so that you cannot say, 'Yes, I knew about this.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	48	8	No, you have not heard, you have not known, for a long time your ear has not been attentive, for I knew how treacherous you were; you have been called a rebel since the womb.
+Isaiah	Is	29	48	9	For the sake of my name I shall defer my anger, for the sake of my honour I shall be patient with you, rather than destroy you.
+Isaiah	Is	29	48	10	Look, I have purchased you, but not for silver, I have chosen you out of the cauldron of affliction.
+Isaiah	Is	29	48	11	For my sake and my sake only shall I act, for why should my name be profaned? I will not yield my glory to another.
+Isaiah	Is	29	48	12	Listen to me, Jacob, Israel whom I have called: I, and none else, am the first, I am also the last.
+Isaiah	Is	29	48	13	My hand laid the foundations of earth and my right hand spread out the heavens. I summon them and they all present themselves together.
+Isaiah	Is	29	48	14	Assemble, all of you, and listen; which of them has revealed this? Yahweh loves him; he will do his pleasure on Babylon and the race of the Chaldaeans;
+Isaiah	Is	29	48	15	I, I have spoken, yes, I have summoned him, I have brought him, and he will succeed.
+Isaiah	Is	29	48	16	Come near and listen to this: from the first, I never spoke obscurely; when it happened, I was there, and now Lord Yahweh has sent me with his spirit.
+Isaiah	Is	29	48	17	Thus says Yahweh, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Yahweh your God and teach you for your own good, I lead you in the way you ought to go.
+Isaiah	Is	29	48	18	If only you had listened to my commandments! Your prosperity would have been like a river and your saving justice like the waves of the sea.
+Isaiah	Is	29	48	19	Your descendants would have been numbered like the sand, your offspring as many as its grains. Their name would never be cancelled or blotted out from my presence.
+Isaiah	Is	29	48	20	Come out from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldaeans! Declare this with cries of joy, proclaim it, carry it to the remotest parts of earth, say, 'Yahweh has redeemed his servant Jacob.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	48	21	Those he led through the arid country never went thirsty; he made water flow for them from the rock, he split the rock and out streamed the water.
+Isaiah	Is	29	48	22	There is no peace, says Yahweh, for the wicked.
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	1	Coasts and islands, listen to me, pay attention, distant peoples. Yahweh called me when I was in the womb, before my birth he had pronounced my name.
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	2	He made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hid me in the shadow of his hand. He made me into a sharpened arrow and concealed me in his quiver.
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	3	He said to me, 'Israel, you are my servant, through whom I shall manifest my glory.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	4	But I said, 'My toil has been futile, I have exhausted myself for nothing, to no purpose.' Yet all the while my cause was with Yahweh and my reward with my God.
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	5	And now Yahweh has spoken, who formed me in the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him and to re-unite Israel to him;-I shall be honoured in Yahweh's eyes, and my God has been my strength.-
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	6	He said, 'It is not enough for you to be my servant, to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back the survivors of Israel; I shall make you a light to the nations so that my salvation may reach the remotest parts of earth.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	7	Thus says Yahweh, the redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, to the one who is despised, detested by the nation, to the slave of despots: Kings will stand up when they see, princes will see and bow low, because of Yahweh who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who had chosen you.
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	8	Thus says Yahweh: At the time of my favour I have answered you, on the day of salvation I have helped you. I have formed you and have appointed you to be the covenant for a people, to restore the land, to return ravaged properties,
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	9	to say to prisoners, 'Come out,' to those who are in darkness, 'Show yourselves.' Along the roadway they will graze, and any bare height will be their pasture.
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	10	They will never hunger or thirst, scorching wind and sun will never plague them; for he who pities them will lead them, will guide them to springs of water.
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	11	I shall turn all my mountains into a road and my highways will be raised aloft.
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	12	Look! Here they come from far away, look, these from the north and the west, those from the land of Sinim.
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	13	Shout for joy, you heavens; earth, exult! Mountains, break into joyful cries! For Yahweh has consoled his people, is taking pity on his afflicted ones.
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	14	Zion was saying, 'Yahweh has abandoned me, the Lord has forgotten me.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	15	Can a woman forget her baby at the breast, feel no pity for the child she has borne? Even if these were to forget, I shall not forget you.
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	16	Look, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands, your ramparts are ever before me.
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	17	Your rebuilders are hurrying, your destroyers and despoilers will soon go away.
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	18	Raise your eyes and look around you: all are assembling, coming to you. By my life, declares Yahweh, you will put them all on like jewels, like a bride, you will fasten them on.
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	19	For your desolate places and your ruins and your devastated country from now on will be too cramped for your inhabitants, and your devourers will be far away.
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	20	Once more they will say in your hearing, the children of whom you were bereft, 'The place is too cramped for me, make room for me to live.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	21	Then you will think to yourself, 'Who has borne me these? I was bereft and barren, exiled, turned out of my home; who has reared these? I was left all alone, so where have these come from?'
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	22	Thus says Lord Yahweh: Look, I am beckoning to the nations and hoisting a signal to the peoples: they will bring your sons in their arms and your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	23	Kings will be your foster-fathers and their princesses, your foster-mothers. They will fall prostrate before you, faces to the ground, and lick the dust at your feet. And you will know that I am Yahweh; those who hope in me will not be disappointed.
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	24	Can the body be snatched from the warrior, can the tyrant's captive be set free?
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	25	But thus says Yahweh: The warrior's captive will indeed be snatched away and the tyrant's booty will indeed be set free; I myself shall fight those who fight you and I myself shall save your children.
+Isaiah	Is	29	49	26	I shall make your oppressors eat their own flesh, they will be as drunk on their own blood as on new wine. And all humanity will know that I am Yahweh, your Saviour, your redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
+Isaiah	Is	29	50	1	Thus says Yahweh: Where is your mother's writ of divorce by which I repudiated her? Or to which of my creditors have I sold you? Look, you have been sold for your own misdeeds, your mother was repudiated for your acts of rebellion.
+Isaiah	Is	29	50	2	Why was there no one there when I came? Why did no one answer when I called? Is my hand too short to redeem? Have I not strength to save? Look, with a threat I can dry the sea, and turn rivers to desert; the fish in them go rotten for want of water and die of thirst.
+Isaiah	Is	29	50	3	I dress the heavens in black, I cover them in sackcloth.
+Isaiah	Is	29	50	4	Lord Yahweh has given me a disciple's tongue, for me to know how to give a word of comfort to the weary. Morning by morning he makes my ear alert to listen like a disciple.
+Isaiah	Is	29	50	5	Lord Yahweh has opened my ear and I have not resisted, I have not turned away.
+Isaiah	Is	29	50	6	I have offered my back to those who struck me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; I have not turned my face away from insult and spitting.
+Isaiah	Is	29	50	7	Lord Yahweh comes to my help, this is why insult has not touched me, this is why I have set my face like flint and know that I shall not be put to shame.
+Isaiah	Is	29	50	8	He who grants me saving justice is near! Who will bring a case against me? Let us appear in court together! Who has a case against me? Let him approach me!
+Isaiah	Is	29	50	9	Look, Lord Yahweh is coming to my help! Who dares condemn me? Look at them, all falling apart like moth-eaten clothes!
+Isaiah	Is	29	50	10	Which of you fears Yahweh and listens to his servant's voice? Which of you walks in darkness and sees no light? Let him trust in the name of Yahweh and lean on his God!
+Isaiah	Is	29	50	11	Look, all you who light a fire and arm yourselves with firebrands, walk by the light of your fire and the firebrands you have kindled! This is what you will get from me: you will lie down in torment!
+Isaiah	Is	29	51	1	Listen to me, you who pursue saving justice, you who seek Yahweh. Consider the rock from which you were hewn, the quarry from which you were dug.
+Isaiah	Is	29	51	2	Consider Abraham your father and Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him he was the only one but I blessed him and made him numerous.
+Isaiah	Is	29	51	3	Yes, Yahweh has pity on Zion, has pity on all her ruins; he will turn her desert into an Eden and her wastelands into the garden of Yahweh. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of music.
+Isaiah	Is	29	51	4	Pay attention to me, my people, listen to me, my nation, for a law will come from me, and I shall make my saving justice the light of peoples.
+Isaiah	Is	29	51	5	My justice is suddenly approaching, my salvation appears, my arm is about to judge the peoples. The coasts and islands will put their hope in me and put their trust in my arm.
+Isaiah	Is	29	51	6	Raise your eyes to the heavens, look down at the earth; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth wear out like clothing and its inhabitants die like vermin, but my salvation will last for ever and my saving justice remain inviolable.
+Isaiah	Is	29	51	7	Listen to me, you who know what saving justice means, a people who take my laws to heart: do not fear people's taunts, do not be alarmed by their insults,
+Isaiah	Is	29	51	8	for the moth will eat them like clothing, the grub will devour them like wool, but my saving justice will last for ever and my salvation for all generations.
+Isaiah	Is	29	51	9	Awake, awake! Clothe yourself in strength, arm of Yahweh. Awake, as in the olden days, generations long ago! Was it not you who split Rahab in half, who pierced the Dragon through?
+Isaiah	Is	29	51	10	Was it not you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great Abyss; who made the sea-bed into a road for the redeemed to go across?
+Isaiah	Is	29	51	11	This is why those whom Yahweh has ransomed will return, they will enter Zion shouting for joy, their heads crowned with a joy unending; joy and gladness will escort them and sorrow and sighing will take flight.
+Isaiah	Is	29	51	12	I, I am your consoler. Why then should you be afraid of mortal human beings, of a child of man, whose fate is that of the grass?
+Isaiah	Is	29	51	13	You forget about Yahweh your Creator who spread out the heavens and laid the earth's foundations; you have never stopped trembling all day long before the fury of the oppressor when he was bent on destruction. Where is the oppressor's fury now?
+Isaiah	Is	29	51	14	The despairing captive is soon to be set free; he will not die in the dungeon, nor will his food run out.
+Isaiah	Is	29	51	15	I am Yahweh your God who stirs up the sea, making its waves roar -- Yahweh Sabaoth is my name.
+Isaiah	Is	29	51	16	I put my words into your mouth, I hid you in the shadow of my hand, to spread out the heavens and lay the earth's foundations and say to Zion, 'You are my people.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	51	17	Awake, awake! To your feet, Jerusalem! You who from Yahweh's hand have drunk the cup of his wrath. The chalice, the stupefying cup, you have drained to the dregs.
+Isaiah	Is	29	51	18	There is no one to guide her of all the children she has borne, no one to grasp her hand of all the children she has reared.
+Isaiah	Is	29	51	19	Double disaster has befallen you -- who is there to sympathise? Pillage and ruin, famine and sword -- who is there to console you?
+Isaiah	Is	29	51	20	Your children are lying helpless at the end of every street like an antelope trapped in a net; they are filled to the brim with Yahweh's wrath, with the rebuke of your God.
+Isaiah	Is	29	51	21	So listen to this, afflicted one, drunk, though not with wine.
+Isaiah	Is	29	51	22	Thus says your Lord Yahweh, your God, defender of your people: Look, I am taking the stupefying cup from your hand, the chalice, the cup of my wrath, you will not have to drink again.
+Isaiah	Is	29	51	23	I shall hand it to your tormentors who used to say to you, 'On the ground! So that we can walk over you!' And you would flatten your back like the ground, like a street for them to walk on.
+Isaiah	Is	29	52	1	Awake, awake! Clothe yourself in strength, Zion. Put on your finest clothes, Jerusalem, Holy City; for the uncircumcised and the unclean will enter you no more.
+Isaiah	Is	29	52	2	Shake off your dust; get up, captive Jerusalem! The chains have fallen from your neck, captive daughter of Jerusalem!
+Isaiah	Is	29	52	3	For Yahweh says this, 'You were sold for nothing; you will be redeemed without money.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	52	4	For the Lord Yahweh says this, 'Long ago my people went to Egypt and settled there as aliens; finally Assyria oppressed them for no reason.
+Isaiah	Is	29	52	5	So now what is to be done,' declares Yahweh, 'since my people have been carried off for nothing, their masters howl in triumph,' declares Yahweh, 'and my name is held in contempt all day, every day?
+Isaiah	Is	29	52	6	Because of this my people will know my name, because of this they will know when the day comes, that it is I saying, Here I am!'
+Isaiah	Is	29	52	7	How beautiful on the mountains, are the feet of the messenger announcing peace, of the messenger of good news, who proclaims salvation and says to Zion, 'Your God is king!'
+Isaiah	Is	29	52	8	The voices of your watchmen! Now they raise their voices, shouting for joy together, for with their own eyes they have seen Yahweh returning to Zion.
+Isaiah	Is	29	52	9	Break into shouts together, shouts of joy, you ruins of Jerusalem; for Yahweh has consoled his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	29	52	10	Yahweh has bared his holy arm for all the nations to see, and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
+Isaiah	Is	29	52	11	Go away, go away, leave that place, do not touch anything unclean. Get out of her, purify yourselves, you who carry Yahweh's vessels!
+Isaiah	Is	29	52	12	For you are not to hurry away, you are not to leave like fugitives. No, Yahweh marches at your head and the God of Israel is your rearguard.
+Isaiah	Is	29	52	13	Look, my servant will prosper, will grow great, will rise to great heights.
+Isaiah	Is	29	52	14	As many people were aghast at him -- he was so inhumanly disfigured that he no longer looked like a man-
+Isaiah	Is	29	52	15	so many nations will be astonished and kings will stay tight-lipped before him, seeing what had never been told them, learning what they had not heard before.
+Isaiah	Is	29	53	1	Who has given credence to what we have heard? And who has seen in it a revelation of Yahweh's arm?
+Isaiah	Is	29	53	2	Like a sapling he grew up before him, like a root in arid ground. He had no form or charm to attract us, no beauty to win our hearts;
+Isaiah	Is	29	53	3	he was despised, the lowest of men, a man of sorrows, familiar with suffering, one from whom, as it were, we averted our gaze, despised, for whom we had no regard.
+Isaiah	Is	29	53	4	Yet ours were the sufferings he was bearing, ours the sorrows he was carrying, while we thought of him as someone being punished and struck with affliction by God;
+Isaiah	Is	29	53	5	whereas he was being wounded for our rebellions, crushed because of our guilt; the punishment reconciling us fell on him, and we have been healed by his bruises.
+Isaiah	Is	29	53	6	We had all gone astray like sheep, each taking his own way, and Yahweh brought the acts of rebellion of all of us to bear on him.
+Isaiah	Is	29	53	7	Ill-treated and afflicted, he never opened his mouth, like a lamb led to the slaughter-house, like a sheep dumb before its shearers he never opened his mouth.
+Isaiah	Is	29	53	8	Forcibly, after sentence, he was taken. Which of his contemporaries was concerned at his having been cut off from the land of the living, at his having been struck dead for his people's rebellion?
+Isaiah	Is	29	53	9	He was given a grave with the wicked, and his tomb is with the rich, although he had done no violence, had spoken no deceit.
+Isaiah	Is	29	53	10	It was Yahweh's good pleasure to crush him with pain; if he gives his life as a sin offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his life, and through him Yahweh's good pleasure will be done.
+Isaiah	Is	29	53	11	After the ordeal he has endured, he will see the light and be content. By his knowledge, the upright one, my servant will justify many by taking their guilt on himself.
+Isaiah	Is	29	53	12	Hence I shall give him a portion with the many, and he will share the booty with the mighty, for having exposed himself to death and for being counted as one of the rebellious, whereas he was bearing the sin of many and interceding for the rebellious.
+Isaiah	Is	29	54	1	Shout for joy, barren one who has borne no children! Break into cries and shouts of joy, you who were never in labour! For the children of the forsaken one are more in number than the children of the wedded wife, says Yahweh.
+Isaiah	Is	29	54	2	Widen the space of your tent, extend the curtains of your home, do not hold back! Lengthen your ropes, make your tent-pegs firm,
+Isaiah	Is	29	54	3	for you will burst out to right and to left, your race will dispossess the nations and repopulate deserted towns.
+Isaiah	Is	29	54	4	Do not fear, you will not be put to shame again, do not worry, you will not be disgraced again; for you will forget the shame of your youth and no longer remember the dishonour of your widowhood.
+Isaiah	Is	29	54	5	For your Creator is your husband, Yahweh Sabaoth is his name, the Holy One of Israel is your redeemer, he is called God of the whole world.
+Isaiah	Is	29	54	6	Yes, Yahweh has called you back like a forsaken, grief-stricken wife, like the repudiated wife of his youth, says your God.
+Isaiah	Is	29	54	7	I did forsake you for a brief moment, but in great compassion I shall take you back.
+Isaiah	Is	29	54	8	In a flood of anger, for a moment I hid my face from you. But in everlasting love I have taken pity on you, says Yahweh, your redeemer.
+Isaiah	Is	29	54	9	For me it will be as in the days of Noah when I swore that Noah's waters should never flood the world again. So now I swear never to be angry with you and never to rebuke you again.
+Isaiah	Is	29	54	10	For the mountains may go away and the hills may totter, but my faithful love will never leave you, my covenant of peace will never totter, says Yahweh who takes pity on you.
+Isaiah	Is	29	54	11	Unhappy creature, storm-tossed, unpitied, look, I shall lay your stones on agates and your foundations on sapphires.
+Isaiah	Is	29	54	12	I shall make your battlements rubies, your gateways firestone and your entire wall precious stones.
+Isaiah	Is	29	54	13	All your children will be taught by Yahweh and great will be your children's prosperity.
+Isaiah	Is	29	54	14	In saving justice you will be made firm, free from oppression: you will have nothing to fear; free from terror: it will not approach you.
+Isaiah	Is	29	54	15	Should anyone attack you, that will not be my doing, and whoever does attack you, for your sake will fall.
+Isaiah	Is	29	54	16	I created the smith who blows on the charcoal-fire to produce a weapon for his use; I also created the destroyer to ruin it.
+Isaiah	Is	29	54	17	No weapon forged against you will succeed. Any voice raised against you in court you will refute. Such is the lot of the servants of Yahweh, the saving justice I assure them, declares Yahweh.
+Isaiah	Is	29	55	1	Oh, come to the water all you who are thirsty; though you have no money, come! Buy and eat; come, buy wine and milk without money, free!
+Isaiah	Is	29	55	2	Why spend money on what cannot nourish and your wages on what fails to satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and you will have good things to eat and rich food to enjoy.
+Isaiah	Is	29	55	3	Pay attention, come to me; listen, and you will live. I shall make an everlasting covenant with you in fulfilment of the favours promised to David.
+Isaiah	Is	29	55	4	Look, I have made him a witness to peoples, a leader and lawgiver to peoples.
+Isaiah	Is	29	55	5	Look, you will summon a nation unknown to you, a nation unknown to you will hurry to you for the sake of Yahweh your God, because the Holy One of Israel has glorified you.
+Isaiah	Is	29	55	6	Seek out Yahweh while he is still to be found, call to him while he is still near.
+Isaiah	Is	29	55	7	Let the wicked abandon his way and the evil one his thoughts. Let him turn back to Yahweh who will take pity on him, to our God, for he is rich in forgiveness;
+Isaiah	Is	29	55	8	for my thoughts are not your thoughts and your ways are not my ways, declares Yahweh.
+Isaiah	Is	29	55	9	For the heavens are as high above earth as my ways are above your ways, my thoughts above your thoughts.
+Isaiah	Is	29	55	10	For, as the rain and the snow come down from the sky and do not return before having watered the earth, fertilising it and making it germinate to provide seed for the sower and food to eat,
+Isaiah	Is	29	55	11	so it is with the word that goes from my mouth: it will not return to me unfulfilled or before having carried out my good pleasure and having achieved what it was sent to do.
+Isaiah	Is	29	55	12	Yes, you will go out with joy and be led away in safety. Mountains and hills will break into joyful cries before you and all the trees of the countryside clap their hands.
+Isaiah	Is	29	55	13	Cypress will grow instead of thorns, myrtle instead of nettles. And this will be fame for Yahweh, an eternal monument never to be effaced.
+Isaiah	Is	29	56	1	Thus says Yahweh: Make fair judgement your concern, act with justice, for soon my salvation will come and my saving justice be manifest.
+Isaiah	Is	29	56	2	Blessed is anyone who does this, anyone who clings to it, observing the Sabbath, not profaning it, and abstaining from every evil deed.
+Isaiah	Is	29	56	3	No foreigner adhering to Yahweh should say, 'Yahweh will utterly exclude me from his people.' No eunuch should say, 'Look, I am a dried-up tree.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	56	4	For Yahweh says this: To the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths and choose to do my good pleasure and cling to my covenant,
+Isaiah	Is	29	56	5	I shall give them in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I shall give them an everlasting name that will never be effaced.
+Isaiah	Is	29	56	6	As for foreigners who adhere to Yahweh to serve him, to love Yahweh's name and become his servants, all who observe the Sabbath, not profaning it, and cling to my covenant:
+Isaiah	Is	29	56	7	these I shall lead to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, for my house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples.
+Isaiah	Is	29	56	8	Lord Yahweh who gathers the exiles of Israel declares: There are others I shall gather besides those already gathered.
+Isaiah	Is	29	56	9	Come and gorge, all you wild beasts, all you beasts of the forest!
+Isaiah	Is	29	56	10	Its watchmen are all blind, they know nothing. Dumb watchdogs all, unable to bark, they dream, lie down, and love to sleep.
+Isaiah	Is	29	56	11	Greedy dogs, never satisfied, such are the shepherds, who understand nothing; they all go their own way, each to the last man after his own interest.
+Isaiah	Is	29	56	12	'Come, let me fetch wine; we will get drunk on strong drink, tomorrow will be just as wonderful as today and even more so!'
+Isaiah	Is	29	57	1	The upright person perishes and no one cares. The faithful is taken off and no one takes it to heart. Yes, because of the evil times the upright is taken off;
+Isaiah	Is	29	57	2	he will enter peace, and those who follow the right way will find rest on their beds.
+Isaiah	Is	29	57	3	But you, you children of a witch, come here, adulterous race prostituting yourselves!
+Isaiah	Is	29	57	4	At whom are you jeering, at whom are you making faces and sticking out your tongue? Are you not the spawn of rebellion, a lying race?
+Isaiah	Is	29	57	5	Lusting among the terebinths, and under every spreading tree, sacrificing children in the ravines, below the clefts in the rocks.
+Isaiah	Is	29	57	6	The smooth stones of the ravines will be your portion, yes, these will be your lot. To these you have poured libations, have brought your cereal offering. Can all this appease me?
+Isaiah	Is	29	57	7	On a mountain high and lofty you have put your bed. Thither, too, you have climbed to offer sacrifice.
+Isaiah	Is	29	57	8	Behind door and doorpost you have set your reminder. Yes, far from me, you exposed yourself, climbed on to your bed, and made the most of it. You struck a profitable bargain with those whose bed you love, whoring with them often, with your eyes on the sacred symbol.
+Isaiah	Is	29	57	9	You went to Molech with oil, you were prodigal with your perfumes; you sent your envoys far afield, down to Sheol itself.
+Isaiah	Is	29	57	10	Though tired by so much travelling, you never said, 'It is no use.' Finding your strength revive, you never gave up.
+Isaiah	Is	29	57	11	Who was it you dreaded, and feared, that you should betray me, no longer remember me and not spare a thought for me? Was I not silent for a long time? So you cannot have been afraid of me.
+Isaiah	Is	29	57	12	Now I shall expose this uprightness of yours, and little good it did you.
+Isaiah	Is	29	57	13	When you cry for help, let those thronging round you save you! The wind will carry them all away, one puff will take them off. But whoever trusts in me will inherit the country, he will own my holy mountain.
+Isaiah	Is	29	57	14	Then it will be said: Level up, level up, clear the way, remove the obstacle from my people's way,
+Isaiah	Is	29	57	15	for thus says the High and Exalted One who lives eternally and whose name is holy, 'I live in the holy heights but I am with the contrite and humble, to revive the spirit of the humble, to revive the heart of the contrite.
+Isaiah	Is	29	57	16	'For I do not want to be forever accusing nor always to be angry, or the spirit would fail under my onslaught, the souls that I myself have made.
+Isaiah	Is	29	57	17	'Angered by his wicked cupidity, I hid and struck him in anger, but he rebelliously went the way of his choice.
+Isaiah	Is	29	57	18	'I saw how he behaved, but I shall heal him, I shall lead him, fill him with consolation, him and those who mourn for him,
+Isaiah	Is	29	57	19	bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to far and near, Yahweh says, and I shall heal him.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	57	20	The wicked, however, are like the restless sea that cannot be still, whose waters throw up mud and dirt.
+Isaiah	Is	29	57	21	'No peace', says Yahweh, 'for the wicked.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	58	1	Shout for all you are worth, do not hold back, raise your voice like a trumpet. To my people proclaim their rebellious acts, to the House of Jacob, their sins.
+Isaiah	Is	29	58	2	They seek for me day after day, they long to know my ways, like a nation that has acted uprightly and not forsaken the law of its God. They ask me for laws that are upright, they long to be near God:
+Isaiah	Is	29	58	3	'Why have we fasted, if you do not see, why mortify ourselves if you never notice?' Look, you seek your own pleasure on your fastdays and you exploit all your workmen;
+Isaiah	Is	29	58	4	look, the only purpose of your fasting is to quarrel and squabble and strike viciously with your fist. Fasting like yours today will never make your voice heard on high.
+Isaiah	Is	29	58	5	Is that the sort of fast that pleases me, a day when a person inflicts pain on himself? Hanging your head like a reed, spreading out sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call fasting, a day acceptable to Yahweh?
+Isaiah	Is	29	58	6	Is not this the sort of fast that pleases me: to break unjust fetters, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break all yokes?
+Isaiah	Is	29	58	7	Is it not sharing your food with the hungry, and sheltering the homeless poor; if you see someone lacking clothes, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own kin?
+Isaiah	Is	29	58	8	Then your light will blaze out like the dawn and your wound be quickly healed over. Saving justice will go ahead of you and Yahweh's glory come behind you.
+Isaiah	Is	29	58	9	Then you will cry for help and Yahweh will answer; you will call and he will say, 'I am here.' If you do away with the yoke, the clenched fist and malicious words,
+Isaiah	Is	29	58	10	if you deprive yourself for the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, your light will rise in the darkness, and your darkest hour will be like noon.
+Isaiah	Is	29	58	11	Yahweh will always guide you, will satisfy your needs in the scorched land; he will give strength to your bones and you will be like a watered garden, like a flowing spring whose waters never run dry.
+Isaiah	Is	29	58	12	Your ancient ruins will be rebuilt; you will build on age -- old foundations. You will be called 'Breach-mender', 'Restorer of streets to be lived in'.
+Isaiah	Is	29	58	13	If you refrain from breaking the Sabbath, from taking your own pleasure on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath 'Delightful', and the day sacred to Yahweh 'Honourable', if you honour it by abstaining from travel, from seeking your own pleasure and from too much talk,
+Isaiah	Is	29	58	14	then you will find true happiness in Yahweh, and I shall lead you in triumph over the heights of the land. I shall feed you on the heritage of your father Jacob, for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken.
+Isaiah	Is	29	59	1	No, the arm of Yahweh is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear,
+Isaiah	Is	29	59	2	but your guilty deeds have made a gulf between you and your God. Your sins have made him hide his face from you so as not to hear you,
+Isaiah	Is	29	59	3	since your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with guilt; your lips utter lies, your tongues murmur wickedness.
+Isaiah	Is	29	59	4	No one makes upright accusations or pleads sincerely. All rely on empty words, utter falsehood, conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
+Isaiah	Is	29	59	5	They are hatching adders' eggs and weaving a spider's web; eat one of their eggs and you die, crush one and a viper emerges.
+Isaiah	Is	29	59	6	Their webs are useless for clothing, their deeds are useless for wearing; their deeds are deeds of guilt, violence fills their hands.
+Isaiah	Is	29	59	7	Their feet run to do evil; they are quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of guilt, wherever they go there is havoc and ruin.
+Isaiah	Is	29	59	8	They do not know the way of peace, there is no fair judgement in their course, they have made their own crooked paths, and no one treading them knows any peace.
+Isaiah	Is	29	59	9	Thus fair judgement is remote from us nor can uprightness overtake us. We looked for light and all is darkness, for brightness and we walk in gloom.
+Isaiah	Is	29	59	10	Like the blind we feel our way along walls, we grope our way like people without eyes. We stumble as though noon were twilight, among the robust we are like the dead.
+Isaiah	Is	29	59	11	We growl, all of us, like bears, like doves we make no sound but moaning, waiting for the fair judgement that never comes, for salvation, but that is far away.
+Isaiah	Is	29	59	12	How often we have rebelled against you and our sins bear witness against us. Our rebellious acts are indeed with us, we are well aware of our guilt:
+Isaiah	Is	29	59	13	rebellion and denial of Yahweh, turning our back on our God, talking violence and revolt, murmuring lies in our heart.
+Isaiah	Is	29	59	14	Fair judgement is driven away and saving justice stands aloof, for good faith has stumbled in the street and sincerity cannot enter.
+Isaiah	Is	29	59	15	Good faith has vanished; anyone abstaining from evil is victimised. Yahweh saw this and was displeased that there was no fair judgement.
+Isaiah	Is	29	59	16	He saw there was no one and wondered there was no one to intervene. So he made his own arm his mainstay, his own saving justice his support.
+Isaiah	Is	29	59	17	He put on saving justice like a breastplate, on his head the helmet of salvation. He put on the clothes of vengeance like a tunic and wrapped himself in jealousy like a cloak.
+Isaiah	Is	29	59	18	To each he repays his due, retribution to his enemies, reprisals on his foes, to the coasts and islands he will repay their due.
+Isaiah	Is	29	59	19	From the west, Yahweh's name will be feared, and from the east, his glory, for he will come like a pent-up stream impelled by the breath of Yahweh.
+Isaiah	Is	29	59	20	Then for Zion will come a redeemer, for those who stop rebelling in Jacob, declares Yahweh.
+Isaiah	Is	29	59	21	'For my part, this is my covenant with them, says Yahweh. My spirit with which I endowed you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, will not leave your mouth, or the mouths of your children, or the mouths of your children's children, says Yahweh, henceforth and for ever.'
+Isaiah	Is	29	60	1	Arise, shine out, for your light has come, and the glory of Yahweh has risen on you.
+Isaiah	Is	29	60	2	Look! though night still covers the earth and darkness the peoples, on you Yahweh is rising and over you his glory can be seen.
+Isaiah	Is	29	60	3	The nations will come to your light and kings to your dawning brightness.
+Isaiah	Is	29	60	4	Lift up your eyes and look around: all are assembling and coming towards you, your sons coming from far away and your daughters being carried on the hip.
+Isaiah	Is	29	60	5	At this sight you will grow radiant, your heart will throb and dilate, since the riches of the sea will flow to you, the wealth of the nations come to you;
+Isaiah	Is	29	60	6	camels in throngs will fill your streets, the young camels of Midian and Ephah; everyone in Saba will come, bringing gold and incense and proclaiming Yahweh's praises.
+Isaiah	Is	29	60	7	All the flocks of Kedar will gather inside you, the rams of Nebaioth will be at your service as acceptable victims on my altar, and I shall glorify my glorious house.
+Isaiah	Is	29	60	8	Who are these flying like a cloud, like doves to their dovecote?
+Isaiah	Is	29	60	9	Why, the coasts and islands put their hope in me and the vessels of Tarshish take the lead in bringing your children from far away, and their silver and gold with them, for the sake of the name of Yahweh your God, of the Holy One of Israel who has made you glorious.
+Isaiah	Is	29	60	10	Foreigners will rebuild your walls and their kings will serve you. For though I struck you in anger, in mercy I have pitied you.
+Isaiah	Is	29	60	11	Your gates will always be open, never closed, either day or night, for the riches of the nations to be brought you and their kings to be let in.
+Isaiah	Is	29	60	12	For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you will perish, and the nations will be utterly destroyed.
+Isaiah	Is	29	60	13	The glory of the Lebanon will come to you, cypress, plane-tree, box-tree, one and all, to adorn the site of my sanctuary, for me to honour the place where I stand.
+Isaiah	Is	29	60	14	Your oppressors' children will humbly approach you, at your feet all who despised you will fall addressing you as 'City of Yahweh', 'Zion of the Holy One of Israel'.
+Isaiah	Is	29	60	15	Instead of your being forsaken and hated, avoided by everyone, I will make you an object of eternal pride, a source of joy from age to age.
+Isaiah	Is	29	60	16	You will suck the milk of nations, you will suck the wealth of kings, and you will know that I, Yahweh, am your Saviour, that your redeemer is the Mighty One of Jacob.
+Isaiah	Is	29	60	17	For bronze I shall bring gold and for iron I shall bring silver, and for wood, bronze, and for stone, iron; I shall make Peace your administration and Saving Justice your government.
+Isaiah	Is	29	60	18	Violence will no longer be heard of in your country, nor devastation and ruin within your frontiers. You will call your walls 'Salvation' and your gates 'Praise'.
+Isaiah	Is	29	60	19	No more will the sun give you daylight, nor moonlight shine on you, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, your God will be your splendour.
+Isaiah	Is	29	60	20	Your sun will set no more nor will your moon wane, for Yahweh will be your everlasting light and your days of mourning will be over.
+Isaiah	Is	29	60	21	Your people, all of them upright, will possess the country for ever, the shoot I myself have planted, my handiwork, for my own glory.
+Isaiah	Is	29	60	22	The smallest will grow into a thousand, the weakest one into a mighty nation. When the time is ripe, I, Yahweh, shall quickly bring it about.
+Isaiah	Is	29	61	1	The spirit of Lord Yahweh is on me for Yahweh has anointed me. He has sent me to bring the news to the afflicted, to soothe the broken-hearted,
+Isaiah	Is	29	61	2	to proclaim liberty to captives, release to those in prison, to proclaim a year of favour from Yahweh and a day of vengeance for our God, to comfort all who mourn
+Isaiah	Is	29	61	3	(to give to Zion's mourners), to give them for ashes a garland, for mourning-dress, the oil of gladness, for despondency, festal attire; and they will be called 'terebinths of saving justice', planted by Yahweh to glorify him.
+Isaiah	Is	29	61	4	They will rebuild the ancient ruins, they will raise what has long lain waste, they will restore the ruined cities, all that has lain waste for ages past.
+Isaiah	Is	29	61	5	Strangers will come forward to feed your flocks, foreigners be your ploughmen and vinedressers;
+Isaiah	Is	29	61	6	but you will be called 'priests of Yahweh' and be addressed as 'ministers of our God'. You will feed on the wealth of nations, you will supplant them in their glory.
+Isaiah	Is	29	61	7	To make up for your shame, you will receive double; instead of disgrace, shouts of joy will be their lot; yes, they will have a double portion in their country and everlasting joy will be theirs.
+Isaiah	Is	29	61	8	For I am Yahweh: I love fair judgement, I hate robbery and wrong-doing, and I shall reward them faithfully and make an everlasting covenant with them.
+Isaiah	Is	29	61	9	Their race will be famous throughout the nations and their offspring throughout the peoples. All who see them will admit that they are a race whom Yahweh has blessed.
+Isaiah	Is	29	61	10	I exult for joy in Yahweh, my soul rejoices in my God, for he has clothed me in garments of salvation, he has wrapped me in a cloak of saving justice, like a bridegroom wearing his garland, like a bride adorned in her jewels.
+Isaiah	Is	29	61	11	For as the earth sends up its shoots and a garden makes seeds sprout, so Lord Yahweh makes saving justice and praise spring up in the sight of all nations.
+Isaiah	Is	29	62	1	About Zion I will not be silent, about Jerusalem I shall not rest until saving justice dawns for her like a bright light and her salvation like a blazing torch.
+Isaiah	Is	29	62	2	The nations will then see your saving justice, and all kings your glory, and you will be called a new name which Yahweh's mouth will reveal.
+Isaiah	Is	29	62	3	You will be a crown of splendour in Yahweh's hand, a princely diadem in the hand of your God.
+Isaiah	Is	29	62	4	No more will you be known as 'Forsaken' or your country be known as 'Desolation'; instead, you will be called 'My Delight is in her' and your country 'The Wedded'; for Yahweh will take delight in you and your country will have its wedding.
+Isaiah	Is	29	62	5	Like a young man marrying a virgin, your rebuilder will wed you, and as the bridegroom rejoices in his bride, so will your God rejoice in you.
+Isaiah	Is	29	62	6	On your walls, Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never fall silent, day or night. No peace for you, as you keep Yahweh's attention!
+Isaiah	Is	29	62	7	And give him no peace either until he restores Jerusalem and makes her the pride of the world!
+Isaiah	Is	29	62	8	Yahweh has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: Never again shall I give your grain to feed your enemies. Never again will foreigners drink the wine for which you have toiled.
+Isaiah	Is	29	62	9	No, the reapers will eat it and praise Yahweh, the harvesters will drink it in my sacred courts!
+Isaiah	Is	29	62	10	Pass through, pass through the gates. Clear a way for my people! Level up, level up the highway, remove the stones! Hoist a signal to the peoples!
+Isaiah	Is	29	62	11	This is what Yahweh has proclaimed to the remotest part of earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Look, your salvation is coming; with him comes his reward, his achievement precedes him!'
+Isaiah	Is	29	62	12	They will be called 'The Holy People', 'Yahweh's Redeemed', while you will be called 'Sought-after', 'City-not-forsaken'.
+Isaiah	Is	29	63	1	Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah in crimson garments, so magnificently dressed, marching so full of strength? - It is I, whose word is saving justice, whose power is to save.
+Isaiah	Is	29	63	2	-Why are your garments red, your clothes like someone treading the winepress?
+Isaiah	Is	29	63	3	-I have trodden the winepress alone; of my people, not one was with me. So I trod them down in my anger, I trampled on them in my wrath. Their blood squirted over my garments and all my clothes are stained.
+Isaiah	Is	29	63	4	For I have decided on a day of vengeance, my year of retribution has come.
+Isaiah	Is	29	63	5	I looked: there was no one to help me; I was appalled but could find no supporter! Then my own arm came to my rescue and my own fury supported me.
+Isaiah	Is	29	63	6	I crushed the peoples in my anger, I shattered them in my fury and sent their blood streaming to the ground.
+Isaiah	Is	29	63	7	I shall recount Yahweh's acts of faithful love, Yahweh's praises, in return for all that Yahweh has done for us, for his great kindness to the House of Israel, for all that he has done in his mercy, for the abundance of his acts of faithful love.
+Isaiah	Is	29	63	8	For he said, 'Truly they are my people, children who will not betray me,' and he became their Saviour.
+Isaiah	Is	29	63	9	In all their troubles, it was no messenger or angel but his presence that saved them. In his love and pity he himself redeemed them, lifted them up and carried them throughout the days of old.
+Isaiah	Is	29	63	10	But they rebelled and vexed his holy Spirit. Then he became their enemy and himself waged war on them.
+Isaiah	Is	29	63	11	But he called the past to mind, Moses his servant. Where is he who saved them from the sea, the Shepherd of his flock? Where was he who put his holy Spirit among them,
+Isaiah	Is	29	63	12	whose glorious arm led the way by Moses' right hand? Who divided the waters before them to win himself everlasting renown,
+Isaiah	Is	29	63	13	who led them through the depths as easily as a horse through the desert? They stumbled as little
+Isaiah	Is	29	63	14	as cattle going down to the plain. Yahweh's Spirit led them to rest. This was how you guided your people to win yourself glorious renown.
+Isaiah	Is	29	63	15	Look down from heaven and see from your holy and glorious dwelling. Where is your zeal and your might? Are your deepest feelings, your mercy to me, to be restrained?
+Isaiah	Is	29	63	16	After all, you are our Father. If Abraham will not own us, if Israel will not acknowledge us, you, Yahweh, are our Father, 'Our Redeemer' is your name from of old.
+Isaiah	Is	29	63	17	Why, Yahweh, do you let us wander from your ways and let our hearts grow too hard to fear you? Return, for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your heritage.
+Isaiah	Is	29	63	18	Your holy people have owned it for so short a time, our enemies have trampled on your sanctuary.
+Isaiah	Is	29	63	19	We have long been like those you do not rule, people who do not bear your name. Oh, that you would tear the heavens open and come down -- in your presence the mountains would quake,
+Isaiah	Is	29	64	1	as fire sets brushwood alight, as fire makes water boil -- to make your name known to your foes; the nations would tremble at your presence,
+Isaiah	Is	29	64	2	at the unexpected miracles you would do. (Oh, that you would come down, in your presence the mountains would quake!)
+Isaiah	Is	29	64	3	Never has anyone heard, no ear has heard, no eye has seen any god but you act like this for the sake of those who trust him.
+Isaiah	Is	29	64	4	You come to meet those who are happy to act uprightly; keeping your ways reminds them of you. Yes, you have been angry and we have been sinners; now we persist in your ways and we shall be saved.
+Isaiah	Is	29	64	5	We have all been like unclean things and our upright deeds like filthy rags. We wither, all of us, like leaves, and all our misdeeds carry us off like the wind.
+Isaiah	Is	29	64	6	There is no one to invoke your name, to rouse himself to hold fast to you, for you have hidden your face from us and given us up to the power of our misdeeds.
+Isaiah	Is	29	64	7	And yet, Yahweh, you are our Father; we the clay and you our potter, all of us are the work of your hands.
+Isaiah	Is	29	64	8	Yahweh, do not let your anger go too far and do not remember guilt for ever. Look, please, we are all your people;
+Isaiah	Is	29	64	9	your holy cities have become a desert, Zion has become a desert, Jerusalem a wasteland.
+Isaiah	Is	29	64	10	Our holy and glorious Temple, in which our ancestors used to praise you, has been burnt to the ground; all our delight lies in ruins.
+Isaiah	Is	29	64	11	Yahweh, can you restrain yourself at all this? Will you stay silent and afflict us beyond endurance?
+Isaiah	Is	29	65	1	I have let myself be approached by those who did not consult me, I have let myself be found by those who did not seek me. I said, 'Here I am, here I am!' to a nation that did not invoke my name.
+Isaiah	Is	29	65	2	Each day I stretched out my hands to a rebellious people who follow a way which is not good, as the fancy takes them;
+Isaiah	Is	29	65	3	a people constantly provoking me to my face by sacrificing in gardens, burning incense on bricks,
+Isaiah	Is	29	65	4	living in tombs, spending the night in dark corners, eating the meat of pigs, putting unclean foods on their plates.
+Isaiah	Is	29	65	5	'Keep your distance,' they say, 'do not touch me, lest my sanctity come near you!' Such words are like stifling smoke to me, an ever-burning fire.
+Isaiah	Is	29	65	6	Look, it is inscribed before me: I shall not be silent until I have repaid them, repaid them in full,
+Isaiah	Is	29	65	7	punished your guilt and your ancestors' guilt together, Yahweh declares. For having burnt incense on the mountains and insulted me on the hills, I shall pay them back in full for what they have done.
+Isaiah	Is	29	65	8	Yahweh says this: As when a bunch of grapes is found still to have juice in it, people say, 'Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,' so I shall act for my servants' sake, I shall not destroy them all.
+Isaiah	Is	29	65	9	I shall produce descendants from Jacob and heirs to my mountains from Judah, my chosen ones will own them and my servants will live there.
+Isaiah	Is	29	65	10	Sharon will be a pasture for flocks, the Valley of Achor a feeding ground for cattle, for those of my people who have sought me.
+Isaiah	Is	29	65	11	But as for those of you who abandon Yahweh, who forget my holy mountain, who lay the table for Gad, who fill cups of mixed wine for Meni,
+Isaiah	Is	29	65	12	you I shall destine to the sword and all of you will stoop to be slaughtered, because I called and you would not answer, I spoke and you would not listen; you have done what I consider evil, you chose to do what displeases me.
+Isaiah	Is	29	65	13	Therefore Lord Yahweh says this: You will see my servants eating while you go hungry; you will see my servants drinking while you go thirsty; you will see my servants rejoicing while you are put to shame;
+Isaiah	Is	29	65	14	you will hear my servants shouting for joy of heart, while you shriek for sorrow of heart and howl with a broken spirit.
+Isaiah	Is	29	65	15	And you will leave your name behind as a curse for my chosen ones, 'May Lord Yahweh strike you dead!' But to his servants he will give another name.
+Isaiah	Is	29	65	16	Whoever blesses himself on earth will bless himself by the God of truth, and whoever swears an oath on earth will swear by the God of truth, for past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes.
+Isaiah	Is	29	65	17	For look, I am going to create new heavens and a new earth, and the past will not be remembered and will come no more to mind.
+Isaiah	Is	29	65	18	Rather be joyful, be glad for ever at what I am creating, for look, I am creating Jerusalem to be 'Joy' and my people to be 'Gladness'.
+Isaiah	Is	29	65	19	I shall be joyful in Jerusalem and I shall rejoice in my people. No more will the sound of weeping be heard there, nor the sound of a shriek;
+Isaiah	Is	29	65	20	never again will there be an infant there who lives only a few days, nor an old man who does not run his full course; for the youngest will die at a hundred, and at a hundred the sinner will be accursed.
+Isaiah	Is	29	65	21	They will build houses and live in them, they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
+Isaiah	Is	29	65	22	They will not build for others to live in, or plant for others to eat; for the days of my people will be like the days of a tree, and my chosen ones will themselves use what they have made.
+Isaiah	Is	29	65	23	They will not toil in vain, nor bear children destined to disaster, for they are the race of Yahweh's blessed ones and so are their offspring.
+Isaiah	Is	29	65	24	Thus, before they call I shall answer, before they stop speaking I shall have heard.
+Isaiah	Is	29	65	25	The wolf and the young lamb will feed together, the lion will eat hay like the ox, and dust be the serpent's food. No hurt, no harm will be done on all my holy mountain, Yahweh says.
+Isaiah	Is	29	66	1	Thus says Yahweh: With heaven my throne and earth my footstool, what house could you build me, what place for me to rest,
+Isaiah	Is	29	66	2	when all these things were made by me and all belong to me? - declares Yahweh. But my eyes are drawn to the person of humbled and contrite spirit, who trembles at my word.
+Isaiah	Is	29	66	3	Some slaughter a bull, some kill a human being, some sacrifice a lamb, some strangle a dog, some present an offering of pig's blood, some burn memorial incense, a revolting blessing; all these people have chosen their own ways and take delight in their disgusting practices.
+Isaiah	Is	29	66	4	I too take delight in making fools of them, I shall bring what they most fear down on them because I have called and no one would answer, I spoke and no one listened. They have done what I regard as evil, have chosen what displeases me.
+Isaiah	Is	29	66	5	Listen to the word of Yahweh, you who tremble at his word. Your brothers, who hate and reject you because of my name, have said, 'Let Yahweh show his glory, let us witness your joy!' But they will be put to shame.
+Isaiah	Is	29	66	6	Listen! An uproar from the city! A voice from the Temple! The voice of Yahweh bringing retribution on his enemies.
+Isaiah	Is	29	66	7	Before being in labour she has given birth. Before the birth pangs came, she has been delivered of a child.
+Isaiah	Is	29	66	8	Who ever heard of such a thing, who ever saw anything like this? Can a country be born in one day? Can a nation be brought forth all at once? For Zion, scarcely in labour, has brought forth her children!
+Isaiah	Is	29	66	9	Shall I open the womb and not bring to birth? says Yahweh. Shall I, who bring to birth, close the womb? says your God.
+Isaiah	Is	29	66	10	Rejoice with Jerusalem, be glad for her, all you who love her! Rejoice, rejoice with her, all you who mourned her!
+Isaiah	Is	29	66	11	So that you may be suckled and satisfied from her consoling breast, so that you may drink deep with delight from her generous nipple.
+Isaiah	Is	29	66	12	For Yahweh says this: Look, I am going to send peace flowing over her like a river, and like a stream in spate the glory of the nations. You will be suckled, carried on her hip and fondled in her lap.
+Isaiah	Is	29	66	13	As a mother comforts a child, so I shall comfort you; you will be comforted in Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	29	66	14	At the sight your heart will rejoice, and your limbs regain vigour like the grass. To his servants Yahweh will reveal his hand, but to his enemies his fury.
+Isaiah	Is	29	66	15	For see how Yahweh comes in fire, his chariots like the whirlwind, to assuage his anger with burning, his rebukes with flaming fire.
+Isaiah	Is	29	66	16	For by fire will Yahweh execute fair judgement, and by his sword, on all people; and Yahweh's victims will be many.
+Isaiah	Is	29	66	17	As for those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves to enter the gardens, following the one in the centre, who eat the flesh of pigs, revolting things and rats: their deeds and their thoughts will perish together, declares Yahweh.
+Isaiah	Is	29	66	18	I am coming to gather every nation and every language. They will come to witness my glory.
+Isaiah	Is	29	66	19	I shall give them a sign and send some of their survivors to the nations: to Tarshish, Put, Lud, Meshech, Tubal and Javan, to the distant coasts and islands that have never heard of me or seen my glory. They will proclaim my glory to the nations,
+Isaiah	Is	29	66	20	and from all the nations they will bring all your brothers as an offering to Yahweh, on horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules and on camels, to my holy mountain, Jerusalem, Yahweh says, like Israelites bringing offerings in clean vessels to Yahweh's house.
+Isaiah	Is	29	66	21	And some of them I shall make into priests and Levites, Yahweh says.
+Isaiah	Is	29	66	22	For as the new heavens and the new earth I am making will endure before me, declares Yahweh, so will your race and your name endure.
+Isaiah	Is	29	66	23	From New Moon to New Moon, from Sabbath to Sabbath, all humanity will come and bow in my presence, Yahweh says.
+Isaiah	Is	29	66	24	And on their way out they will see the corpses of those who rebelled against me; for their worm will never die nor their fire be put out, and they will be held in horror by all humanity.
 Jeremiah	Jer	30	1	1	The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests living at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.
 Jeremiah	Jer	30	1	2	The word of Yahweh came to him in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign;
 Jeremiah	Jer	30	1	3	then in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the deportation of Jerusalem, in the fifth month.
@@ -24589,1279 +24567,1279 @@ Baruch	Bar	32	6	69	'Their wooden gods overlaid with gold and silver are like a s
 Baruch	Bar	32	6	70	Or again, their wooden gods overlaid with gold and silver are like a thorn-bush in a garden -- any kind of bird may perch on it -- or like a corpse thrown out into the dark.
 Baruch	Bar	32	6	71	From the purple and linen rotting on their backs you can tell that they are not gods; and in the end, eaten away, they will be the dishonour of the country.
 Baruch	Bar	32	6	72	Better, then, someone upright who has no idols; dishonour will never come near him.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	1	In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, as I was among the exiles by the River Chebar, heaven opened and I saw visions from God.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	2	On the fifth of the month -- it was the fifth year of exile for King Jehoiachin-
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	3	the word of Yahweh was addressed to the priest Ezekiel son of Buzi, in Chaldaea by the River Chebar. There the hand of Yahweh came on him.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	4	I looked; a stormy wind blew from the north, a great cloud with flashing fire and brilliant light round it, and in the middle, in the heart of the fire, a brilliance like that of amber,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	5	and in the middle what seemed to be four living creatures. They looked like this: They were of human form.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	6	Each had four faces, each had four wings.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	7	Their legs were straight; they had hooves like calves, glittering like polished brass.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	8	Below their wings, they had human hands on all four sides corresponding to their four faces and four wings.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	9	They touched one another with their wings; they did not turn as they moved; each one moved straight forward.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	10	As to the appearance of their faces, all four had a human face, and a lion's face to the right, and all four had a bull's face to the left, and all four had an eagle's face.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	11	Their wings were spread upwards, each had one pair touching its neighbour's, and the other pair covering its body.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	12	And each one moved straight forward; they went where the spirit urged them, they did not turn as they moved.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	13	Between these living creatures were what looked like blazing coals, like torches, darting backwards and forwards between the living creatures; the fire gave a brilliant light, and lightning flashed from the fire,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	14	and the living creatures kept disappearing and reappearing like flashes of lightning.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	15	Now, as I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel touching the ground beside each of the four-faced living creatures.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	16	The appearance and structure of the wheels were like glittering chrysolite. All four looked alike, and their appearance and structure were such that each wheel seemed to have another wheel inside it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	17	In whichever of the four directions they moved, they did not need to turn as they moved.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	18	Their circumference was of awe-inspiring size, and the rims of all four sparkled all the way round.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	19	When the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them; and when the living creatures left the ground, the wheels too left the ground.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	20	They moved in whichever direction the spirit chose to go, and the wheels rose with them, since the wheels shared the spirit of the animals.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	21	When the living creatures moved on, they moved on; when the former halted, the latter halted; when the former left the ground, the wheels too left the ground, since the wheels shared the spirit of the animals.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	22	Over the heads of the living creatures was what looked like a solid surface glittering like crystal, spread out over their heads, above them,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	23	and under the solid surface, their wings were spread out straight, touching one another, and each had a pair covering its body.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	24	I also heard the noise of their wings; when they moved, it was like the noise of flood-waters, like the voice of Shaddai, like the noise of a storm, like the noise of an armed camp; and when they halted, they lowered their wings;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	25	there was a noise too.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	26	Beyond the solid surface above their heads, there was what seemed like a sapphire, in the form of a throne. High above on the form of a throne was a form with the appearance of a human being.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	27	I saw a brilliance like amber, like fire, radiating from what appeared to be the waist upwards; and from what appeared to be the waist downwards, I saw what looked like fire, giving a brilliant light all round.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	1	28	The radiance of the encircling light was like the radiance of the bow in the clouds on rainy days. The sight was like the glory of Yahweh. I looked and fell to the ground, and I heard the voice of someone speaking to me.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	2	1	He said, 'Son of man, get to your feet; I will speak to you.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	2	2	As he said these words the spirit came into me and put me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	2	3	He said, 'Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to the rebels who have rebelled against me. They and their ancestors have been in revolt against me up to the present day.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	2	4	Because they are stubborn and obstinate children, I am sending you to them, to say, "Lord Yahweh says this."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	2	5	Whether they listen or not, this tribe of rebels will know there is a prophet among them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	2	6	And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or of what they say, though you find yourself surrounded with brambles and sitting on scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or alarmed by their looks, for they are a tribe of rebels.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	2	7	You are to deliver my words to them whether they listen or not, for they are a tribe of rebels.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	2	8	But you, son of man, are to listen to what I say to you; do not be a rebel like that rebellious tribe. Open your mouth and eat what I am about to give you.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	2	9	When I looked, there was a hand stretch- ing out to me, holding a scroll.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	2	10	He un- rolled it in front of me; it was written on, front and back; on it was written 'Lamentations, dirges and cries of grief '.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	1	He then said, 'Son of man, eat what you see; eat this scroll, then go and speak to the House of Israel.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	2	I opened my mouth; he gave me the scroll to eat
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	3	and then said, 'Son of man, feed on this scroll which I am giving you and eat your fill.' So I ate it, and it tasted sweet as honey.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	4	He then said, 'Son of man, go to the House of Israel and tell them what I have said.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	5	You are not being sent to a nation that speaks a difficult foreign language; you are being sent to the House of Israel.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	6	Not to big nations that speak difficult foreign languages, and whose words you would not understand -- if I sent you to them, they would listen to you;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	7	but the House of Israel will not listen to you because it will not listen to me. The whole House of Israel is defiant and obstinate.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	8	But now, I am making you as defiant as they are, and as obstinate as they are;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	9	I am making your resolution as hard as a diamond, harder than flint. So do not be afraid of them, do not be overawed by them, for they are a tribe of rebels.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	10	Then he said, 'Son of man, take to heart everything I say to you, listen carefully,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	11	then go to your exiled countrymen and talk to them. Say to them, "Lord Yahweh says this," whether they listen or not.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	12	The spirit lifted me up, and behind me I heard a great vibrating sound, 'Blessed be the glory of Yahweh in his dwelling-place!'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	13	This was the sound of the living creatures' wings beating against each other, and the sound of the wheels beside them: a great vibrating sound.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	14	The spirit lifted me up and took me, and I went, bitter and angry, and the hand of Yahweh lay heavy on me.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	15	I came to Tel Abib, to the exiles beside the River Chebar where they were living, and there I stayed with them in a stupor for seven days.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	16	After seven days the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	17	'Son of man, I have appointed you as watchman for the House of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth, warn them from me.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	18	If I say to someone wicked, "You will die," and you do not warn this person; if you do not speak to warn someone wicked to renounce evil and so save his life, it is the wicked person who will die for the guilt, but I shall hold you responsible for that death.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	19	If, however, you do warn someone wicked who then fails to renounce wickedness and evil ways, the wicked person will die for the guilt, but you yourself will have saved your life.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	20	When someone upright renounces uprightness to do evil and I set a trap for him, it is he who will die; since you failed to warn him, he will die for his guilt, and the uprightness he practised will no longer be remembered; but I shall hold you responsible for his death.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	21	If, however, you warn someone upright not to sin and this person does not sin, such a one will live, thanks to your warning, and you too will have saved your life.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	22	While I was there the hand of Yahweh came on me; he said, 'Get up, go out into the valley, and there I shall speak to you.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	23	I got up and went out into the valley; the glory of Yahweh was resting there, like the glory I had seen by the River Chebar, and I fell to the ground.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	24	The spirit of Yahweh then entered me and put me on my feet and spoke to me. He said, 'Go and shut yourself in your house.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	25	Son of man, you are about to be tied and bound, and unable to mix with other people.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	26	I am going to make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth; you will be dumb, and no longer able to reprove them, for they are a tribe of rebels.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	3	27	When I speak to you, however, I shall open your mouth and then you will say to them, "Lord Yahweh says this: Let anyone prepared to listen, listen; let anyone who refuses, refuse!"-for they are a tribe of rebels.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	4	1	'For your part, son of man, take a brick and lay it in front of you; on it scratch a city, Jerusalem.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	4	2	You are then to besiege it, trench round it, build earthworks, pitch camps and bring up battering-rams all round.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	4	3	Then take an iron pan and place it as though it were an iron wall between you and the city. Then fix your gaze on it; it is being besieged and you are besieging it. This is a sign for the House of Israel.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	4	4	'Lie down on your left side and take the guilt of the House of Israel on yourself. You will bear their guilt for as many days as you lie on that side.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	4	5	Allowing one day for every year of their guilt, I ordain that you bear it for three hundred and ninety days; this is how you will bear the House of Israel's guilt.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	4	6	And when you have finished doing this, you are to lie down again, on your right side, and bear the guilt of the House of Judah for forty days. I have set the length for you as one day for one year.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	4	7	Then fix your gaze on the siege of Jerusalem, raise your bared arm and prophesy against her.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	4	8	Look, I am going to tie you up and you will not be able to turn over from one side to the other until the period of your seclusion is over.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	4	9	'Now take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet and spelt; put them all in the same pot and make them into bread for yourself. You are to eat it for as many days as you are lying on your side -- three hundred and ninety days.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	4	10	Of this food, you are to weigh out a daily portion of twenty shekels and eat it a little piece at a time.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	4	11	And you are to ration the water you drink -- a sixth of a hin -- drinking that a little at a time.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	4	12	You are to eat this in the form of a barley cake baked where they can see you, on human dung.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	4	13	And Yahweh said, 'This is how the Israelites will have to eat their defiled food, wherever I disperse them among the nations.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	4	14	I then said, 'Lord Yahweh, my soul is not defiled. From my childhood until now, I have never eaten an animal that has died a natural death or been savaged; no tainted meat has ever entered my mouth.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	4	15	'Very well,' he said, 'I grant you cow-dung instead of human dung; you are to bake your bread on that.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	4	16	He then said, 'Son of man, I am going to cut off Jerusalem's food supply; in their extremity, the food they eat will be weighed out; to their horror, the water they drink will be rationed,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	4	17	until there is no food or water left, and they fall into a stupor and waste away because of their guilt.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	5	1	'Son of man, take a sharp sword, use it like a barber's razor and run it over your head and beard. Then take scales and divide the hair you have cut off.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	5	2	Burn one-third inside the city, while the days of the siege are working themselves out. Then take another third and chop it up with the sword all round the city. The last third you are to scatter to the wind, while I unsheathe the sword behind them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	5	3	Also take a few hairs and tie them up in the folds of your cloak;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	5	4	and of these again take a few, and throw them on the fire and burn them. From them fire will come on the whole House of Israel.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	5	5	'The Lord Yahweh says this, "This is Jerusalem, which I have placed in the middle of the nations, surrounded with foreign countries.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	5	6	She has rebelled more perversely against my observances than the nations have, and against my laws than the surrounding countries have; for they have rejected my observances and not kept my laws."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	5	7	'Therefore, the Lord Yahweh says this, "Because your disorders are worse than those of the nations round you, since you do not keep my laws or respect my observances, and since you do not respect even the observances of the surrounding nations,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	5	8	very well, the Lord Yahweh says this: I, too, am against you and shall execute my judgements on you for the nations to see.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	5	9	Because of all your loathsome practices I shall do such things as I have never done before, nor shall ever do again.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	5	10	Those of you who are parents will eat their children, and children will eat their parents. I shall execute judgement on you and disperse what remains of you to the winds.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	5	11	For, as I live -- declares Lord Yahweh -- as sure as you have defiled my sanctuary with all your horrors and all your loathsome practices, so I too shall reject you without a glance of pity, I shall not spare you.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	5	12	A third of your citizens will die of plague or starve to death inside you; a third will fall by the sword round you; and a third I shall scatter to the winds, unsheathing the sword behind them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	5	13	I shall sate my anger and bring my fury to rest on them until I am avenged; and when I have sated my fury on them, then they will know that I, Yahweh, spoke out of jealousy for you.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	5	14	Yes, I shall reduce you to a ruin, an object of derision to the surrounding nations, in the eyes of all who pass by.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	5	15	You will be an object of derision and insults, an example, an object of amazement to the surrounding nations, when I execute judgement on you in furious anger and furious punishments. I, Yahweh, have spoken.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	5	16	On them I shall send the deadly arrows of famine, which will destroy you -- for I shall send them to destroy you; then I shall make the famine worse and cut off your food supply.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	5	17	I shall send famine and wild animals on you to rob you of your children; plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I shall bring the sword down on you. I, Yahweh, have spoken." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	6	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	6	2	'Son of man, turn towards the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	6	3	Say, "Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Yahweh. The Lord Yahweh says this to mountains and hills and ravines and valleys: Look, I am going to summon the sword against you and destroy your high places.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	6	4	Your altars will be wrecked, and your incense burners smashed; I shall fling your butchered inhabitants down in front of your foul idols;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	6	5	I shall lay the corpses of the Israelites in front of their foul idols and scatter their bones all round your altars.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	6	6	Wherever you live, the towns will be destroyed and the high places wrecked, to the ruin and wrecking of your altars, the shattering and abolition of your foul idols, the smashing of your incense burners and the utter destruction of all your works.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	6	7	As the butchered fall about you, you will know that I am Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	6	8	"But I shall spare some of you to escape the sword among the nations, when you have been dispersed in their lands;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	6	9	and your survivors will remember me among the nations where they are held captive, since I shall have broken their adulterous hearts for having deserted me, and destroyed their eyes for having turned adulterously towards their foul idols. They will loathe themselves for all the wrong they have caused by their loathsome practices.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	6	10	Then they will know that I am Yahweh and that I was not talking lightly when I said that I would inflict these disasters on them."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	6	11	'The Lord Yahweh says this, "Clap your hands, stamp your feet, and say: Alas for all the loathsome sins of the House of Israel, which is about to fall by sword, famine and plague!
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	6	12	Far off, they will die by plague; near at hand they will fall by the sword; and any who survive or are spared will die of famine. This is how I shall sate my fury on them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	6	13	Then you will know that I am Yahweh, when their butchered corpses lie among their foul idols, all round their altars, on every high hill, on every mountain top, under every green tree, under every leafy oak, wherever they offer a smell pleasing to all their idols.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	6	14	I shall point my finger at them and reduce the country to an empty wasteland from the desert to Riblah, everywhere they live, and they will know that I am Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	2	'Son of man, say, "Lord Yahweh says this to the land of Israel: Finished! The end is coming for the four corners of the country.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	3	This is the end for you; I shall unleash my anger on you, and judge you as your conduct deserves and call you to account for all your loathsome practices.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	4	I shall show you no pity, I shall not spare you; I shall repay you for your conduct and for the loathsome practices in which you persist. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	5	"The Lord Yahweh says this: Disaster, a unique disaster, is coming.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	6	The end is coming, the end is coming, it is on the move towards you, it is coming now.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	7	Now it is your turn, you who dwell in this country. Doom is coming, the day is near; no joy now, only tumult, on the mountains.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	8	Now I shall soon vent my fury on you and sate my anger on you: I shall judge you as your conduct deserves and repay you for all your loathsome practices.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	9	I shall show neither pity nor mercy, but shall repay you for your conduct and the loathsome practices in which you persist. Then you will know that I am Yahweh and that I strike.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	10	"Now is the day, your turn has come, it has come, it appears, the sceptre has blossomed, pride is at its peak.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	11	Violence has risen to become the scourge of wickedness . . .
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	12	Doom is coming, the day is near. Neither should buyer rejoice, nor seller regret, for the fury rests on everyone alike.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	13	The seller will not be able to go back on his bargain; each persists in his sins; they take no defensive measures.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	14	The trumpet sounds, all is ready, but no one goes into battle, since my fury rests on all alike.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	15	"Outside, the sword; inside, plague and famine. Whoever is living in the countryside will die by the sword; whoever is living in the city will be devoured by famine and plague.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	16	And those who escape will escape to the mountains and there, like doves of the valleys, I shall slaughter them all, each one for his sin.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	17	Every hand will grow limp, every knee turn to water.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	18	They will put on sackcloth, each one trembling. Every face will be ashamed and every head be shaved.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	19	They will throw their silver away in the streets and their gold they will regard as a pollution; neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them on the day of Yahweh's fury. Never again will they have enough to eat, never again will they fill their bellies, since that was the occasion for their guilt.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	20	They used to pride themselves on the beauty of their jewellery, out of which they made their loathsome images, their horrors; so now I have made it pollute them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	21	I shall hand it over as plunder to foreigners, as loot to the most evil people on earth. They will profane it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	22	I shall turn my face away from them, while my treasure-house is profaned and robbers will force their way in and profane it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	23	"Forge yourself a chain; for the country is full of bloody executions and the city full of deeds of violence,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	24	so I shall bring the cruellest of the nations to seize their houses. I shall put an end to the pride of their e'lite, and their sanctuary will be profaned.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	25	Terror is on the way: they will look for peace and there will be none.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	26	Disaster will follow on disaster, rumour on rumour; they will pester the prophet for a vision; the priest will be at a loss over the law and the elders on how to advise.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	7	27	The king will go into mourning, the prince be plunged in grief, the hands of the country people tremble. I shall treat them as their conduct deserves, and judge them as their own verdicts merit. Then they will know that I am Yahweh!" '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	8	1	In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting at home and the elders of Judah were sitting with me, when suddenly the hand of the Lord Yahweh fell on me there.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	8	2	I looked, and there was a form with the appearance of a human being. Downwards from what seemed to be the waist there was fire; and upwards from the waist there was a brilliance like the glitter of amber.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	8	3	Something like a hand was stretched out and it took me by a lock of my hair; and the spirit lifted me between heaven and earth and, in visions from God, took me to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the inner north gate, where stands the idol that provokes jealously.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	8	4	There was the glory of the God of Israel; it looked like what I had seen in the valley.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	8	5	He said, 'Son of man, raise your eyes to the north.' I raised my eyes to the north, and there, to the north of the altar gate, stood this statue of jealousy at the entrance.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	8	6	He said, 'Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the monstrous, loathsome things that the House of Israel is practising here, to drive me out of my sanctuary? And you will see practices more loathsome still.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	8	7	He next took me to the entrance to the court. I looked; there was a hole in the wall.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	8	8	He said, 'Son of man, bore through the wall.' I bored through the wall, until I had made an opening.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	8	9	He said, 'Go in and look at the loathsome things they are doing inside.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	8	10	I went in and looked and there was every kind of reptile and repulsive animal, and all the foul idols of the House of Israel, carved all round the walls.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	8	11	Seventy elders of the House of Israel were worshipping the idols -- among them Jaazaniah son of Shaphan -- each one with his censer in his hand, from which rose a fragrant cloud of incense.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	8	12	He said, 'Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the House of Israel do in the dark, each in his personal image-shrine? They say, "Yahweh cannot see us; Yahweh has abandoned the country." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	8	13	He said, 'You will see them at practices more loathsome still.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	8	14	He next took me to the entrance of the north gate of the Temple of Yahweh where women were sitting, weeping for Tammuz.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	8	15	He said, 'Son of man, do you see that? You will see even more loathsome things than that.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	8	16	He then led me to the inner court of the Temple of Yahweh. And there, at the entrance to Yahweh's sanctuary, between the portico and the altar, there were about twenty-five men, with their backs to Yahweh's sanctuary and their faces turned towards the east, before the rising sun.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	8	17	He said to me, 'Son of man, do you see that? Is it not bad enough for the House of Judah to be doing the loathsome things they are doing here? But they fill the country with violence and provoke my anger further; look at them now putting that branch to their nostrils.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	8	18	And so I shall react in fury; I shall show neither pity nor mercy. They may cry as loudly as they like to me; I will not listen.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	9	1	Then he shouted loudly for me to hear, 'The scourges of the city are approaching, each carrying his weapon of destruction!'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	9	2	Immediately six men advanced from the upper north gate, each holding a deadly weapon. Among them was a man dressed in linen, with a scribe's ink-horn in his belt. They came in and halted in front of the bronze altar.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	9	3	The glory of the God of Israel rose from above the winged creature where it had been, towards the threshold of the Temple. He called to the man dressed in linen with a scribe's ink-horn in his belt
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	9	4	and Yahweh said to him, 'Go all through the city, all through Jerusalem, and mark a cross on the foreheads of all who grieve and lament over all the loathsome practices in it.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	9	5	I heard him say to the others, 'Follow him through the city and strike. Not one glance of pity; show no mercy;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	9	6	old men, young men, girls, children, women, kill and exterminate them all. But do not touch anyone with a cross on his forehead. Begin at my sanctuary.' So they began with the old men who were in the Temple.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	9	7	He said to them, 'Defile the Temple; fill the courts with corpses; then go out!' They went out and hacked their way through the city.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	9	8	While they were hacking them down, I was left alone; I fell on my face, crying out, 'Ah, Lord Yahweh, are you going to annihilate all that is left of Israel by venting your fury on Jerusalem?'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	9	9	He said, 'The guilt of the House of Israel and Judah is immense; the country is full of bloodshed, the city full of perversity, for they say, "Yahweh has abandoned the country, Yahweh cannot see."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	9	10	Then, I too shall neither give one glance of pity nor show any mercy. I shall repay them for what they have done.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	9	11	The man dressed in linen with the scribe's ink-horn in his belt then came back and made his report, 'I have carried out your orders.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	10	1	Then, in vision I saw that above the solid surface over the heads of the winged creatures there was above them something like sapphire, which seemed to be like a throne.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	10	2	He then said to the man dressed in linen, 'Go in between the wheels below the winged creatures; take a handful of burning coal from between the winged creatures and scatter it over the city.' He went in as I watched.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	10	3	The winged creatures were on the right of the Temple as the man went in, and the cloud filled the inner court.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	10	4	The glory of Yahweh rose from above the winged creatures, towards the threshold of the Temple; the Temple was filled by the cloud and the court was full of the brightness of the glory of Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	10	5	The noise of the winged creatures' wings could be heard even in the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	10	6	When he had given the order to the man dressed in linen, 'Take the fire from between the wheels, between the winged creatures,' the man went in and stood by one of the wheels.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	10	7	One of the winged creatures then reached his hand out towards the fire between the winged creatures, took some of it and put it into the hands of the man dressed in linen, who took it and came out again.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	10	8	There appeared to be what looked like a human hand under the winged creatures' wings.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	10	9	And I looked, and there were four wheels beside the winged creatures, one wheel beside each winged creature, and the appearance of the wheels was like the sparkle of chrysolite.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	10	10	In appearance, all four looked alike, as though each wheel had another wheel inside it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	10	11	In whichever of the four directions they moved, they did not need to turn as they moved, but whichever way the head was facing there they followed; they did not turn as they moved,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	10	12	and their entire bodies, their backs, their hands, their wings, as well as the wheels, had eyes all the way round (the wheels of all four).
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	10	13	In my hearing, these wheels were called 'galgal'.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	10	14	Each had four faces; the first was a winged creature's face, the second a human face, the third a lion's face and the fourth an eagle's face.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	10	15	The winged creatures rose; this was the being I had seen by the River Chebar.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	10	16	When the winged creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them; and when the winged creatures raised their wings to leave the ground, the wheels did not turn beside them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	10	17	When the former halted the latter halted; when the former rose, the latter rose with them, since they shared the same living spirit.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	10	18	The glory of Yahweh then came out over the Temple threshold and paused over the winged creatures.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	10	19	These raised their wings and rose from the ground as I watched, and the wheels were beside them. They paused at the entrance to the east gate of the Temple of Yahweh, with the glory of the God of Israel over them, above.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	10	20	This was the winged creature I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Chebar; I knew that they were winged creatures.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	10	21	Each had four faces and four wings and what seemed to be human hands under their wings.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	10	22	Their faces were like those I had seen by the River Chebar. Each one moved straight forward.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	11	1	The spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Temple of Yahweh, the gate that looks eastwards. There at the entrance to the gate stood twenty-five men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	11	2	He said to me, 'Son of man, these are the wicked schemers who are spreading their bad advice through this city.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	11	3	They say, "There will be no house-building yet awhile. The city is the cooking pot and we are the meat."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	11	4	So prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man!'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	11	5	The spirit of Yahweh fell on me, and he said to me, 'Say, "Yahweh says this: I know what you are saying, House of Israel, I know how insolent you are.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	11	6	You have filled this city with more and more of your victims; you have strewn its streets with victims.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	11	7	And so the Lord Yahweh says this: Your victims, whom you have put in it, are the meat, and the city is the cooking pot; but I shall take you out of it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	11	8	You are afraid of the sword and I shall bring the sword down on you -- declares the Lord Yahweh-
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	11	9	and I shall take you out of it and hand you over to foreigners and bring you to justice;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	11	10	you will fall by the sword on the soil of Israel; I shall execute justice on you, and you will know that I am Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	11	11	This city will be no cooking pot for you, nor will you be the meat inside; I shall execute justice on you on the soil of Israel;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	11	12	and you will know that I am Yahweh, whose laws you have not obeyed and whose judgements you have not kept; instead, you have adopted the customs of the nations round you." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	11	13	Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah dropped dead. I fell to the ground and cried out, 'Ah, Lord Yahweh, are you going to annihilate the remnant of Israel?'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	11	14	The word of Yahweh was then addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	11	15	'Son of man, to your brothers one and all, to your kinsfolk and to the whole House of Israel, the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, "Keep well away from Yahweh. This country has now been made over to us!"
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	11	16	So say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Yes, I have sent them far away among the nations and I have dispersed them to foreign countries; and for a while I have been a sanctuary for them in the country to which they have gone."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	11	17	So say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: I shall gather you back from the peoples, I shall collect you in from the countries where you have been scattered and give you the land of Israel.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	11	18	When they come back, they will purge it of all its horrors and loathsome practices.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	11	19	I shall give them a single heart and I shall put a new spirit in them; I shall remove the heart of stone from their bodies and give them a heart of flesh,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	11	20	so that they can keep my laws and respect my judgements and put them into practice. Then they will be my people and I shall be their God.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	11	21	But those whose hearts are set on their horrors and loathsome practices I shall repay for their conduct -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	11	22	The winged creatures then raised their wings and the wheels moved with them, with the glory of the God of Israel over them, above.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	11	23	And the glory of Yahweh rose from the centre of the city and halted on the mountain to the east of the city.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	11	24	Then the spirit lifted me up and took me, in vision, in the spirit of God, to the exiles in Chaldaea, and the vision which I had seen faded.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	11	25	I then told the exiles everything that Yahweh had shown me.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	2	'Son of man, you are living among a tribe of rebels who have eyes and never see, they have ears and never hear, because they are a tribe of rebels.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	3	So, son of man, pack an exile's bundle and set off for exile by daylight while they watch. You will leave your home and go somewhere else while they watch. Then perhaps they will see that they are a tribe of rebels.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	4	You will pack your baggage like an exile's bundle, by daylight, while they watch, and leave like an exile in the evening, while they watch.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	5	While they watch, make a hole in the wall, and go out through it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	6	While they watch, you will shoulder your pack and go out into the dark; you will cover your face so that you cannot see the ground, since I have made you an omen for the House of Israel.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	7	I did as I had been told. I packed my baggage like an exile's bundle, by daylight; and in the evening I made a hole through the wall with my hands; then I went out into the dark and shouldered my pack while they watched.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	8	Next morning the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	9	'Son of man, did not the House of Israel, did not that tribe of rebels, ask you, "What are you doing?"
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	10	Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: This prophecy concerns Jerusalem and the whole House of Israel who live there."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	11	Say, "I am an omen for you; as I have done, so will be done to them; they will be deported into exile.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	12	Their prince will shoulder his pack in the dark and go out through the wall; a hole will be made to let him out; he will cover his face, so that he cannot see the country.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	13	I shall throw my net over him and catch him in my mesh; I shall take him to Babylon, to the land of the Chaldaeans, though he will not see it; and there he will die.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	14	And all those in attendance on him, his army and all his troops, I shall scatter to all the winds and unsheathe the sword behind them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	15	Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I scatter them throughout the nations and disperse them in foreign countries.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	16	But I shall let a few of them escape the sword, famine and plague, to describe all their loathsome practices to the peoples among whom they will go, so that these too may know that I am Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	17	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	18	'Son of man, you are to tremble as you eat your food and shudder apprehensively as you drink your water,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	19	and you are to say to the people of the country, "The Lord Yahweh says this to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. They will shudder apprehensively as they eat their food, and drink their water in fear, so that the country and its population may be freed from the violence of its inhabitants.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	20	When the populous cities have been destroyed and the country has been reduced to desert, then you will know that I am Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	21	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	22	'Son of man, what do you understand by the saying pronounced over the land of Israel, "Days go by and visions fade"?
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	23	'Very well, tell them, "The Lord Yahweh says this: I shall put an end to this saying; it will never be used in Israel again." Instead, tell them: "The days are coming when every vision will come true,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	24	for there will be no more futile visions or deceptive prophecy in the House of Israel,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	25	since I, Yahweh, shall speak. And what I shall say will come true without delay; for what I shall say, I shall perform in your own lifetime, you tribe of rebels -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	26	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	27	'Son of man, the House of Israel is now saying, "The vision that this man sees concerns the distant future; he is prophesying for times far ahead."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	12	28	Very well, tell them, "The Lord Yahweh says this: There will be no further delay in the fulfilling of any of my words. What I have said shall be done now -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	13	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	13	2	'Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel; prophesy, and say to those who make up prophecies out of their own heads, "Hear what Yahweh says:
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	13	3	The Lord Yahweh says this: Disaster is in store for the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	13	4	Your prophets, Israel, are like ruin-haunting jackals!
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	13	5	"You have not ventured into the breach; you have not built up the wall round the House of Israel, to hold fast in battle on the Day of Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	13	6	Theirs are futile visions and false predictions, who say: A prophecy from Yahweh, when Yahweh has not sent them; yet they expect their words to come true.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	13	7	Have not the visions you see been futile, have not the predictions you make been false, although you say: A prophecy of Yahweh, when I have not spoken?
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	13	8	"Very well, the Lord Yahweh says this: Because of your futile words and false predictions, I am now against you -- declares Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	13	9	My hand will be against the prophets who have futile visions and give false predictions; they will not be admitted to the council of my people, their names will not be entered in the roll of the House of Israel, they will not set foot on the soil of Israel; and they will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	13	10	This is because they have misled my people by saying Peace! when there is no peace. When my people were repairing a wall, these men came and plastered it over!
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	13	11	Tell these plasterers: It will rain hard, it will hail, it will blow a gale,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	13	12	and down will come the wall! Will not people ask you: What has become of the plaster you slapped on it?
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	13	13	Well then, the Lord Yahweh says this: I am going to unleash a stormy wind in my fury, torrential rain in my anger, hailstones in my destructive fury,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	13	14	and I shall shatter the wall you plastered and knock it down and lay its foundations bare. It will fall and you will perish under it; then you will know that I am Yahweh."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	13	15	'When I have sated my anger on the wall and those who plastered it, I shall say to you, "The wall is gone, and so are those who plastered over it,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	13	16	the prophets of Israel who prophesy about Jerusalem and have visions of peace for her when there is no peace -- declares the Lord Yahweh."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	13	17	'Also, son of man, turn to the women of your people who make up prophecies out of their own heads; prophesy against them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	13	18	Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Disaster is in store for women who sew ribbons round each wrist and make head-cloths for people of all sizes, in their hunt for souls! Are you to hunt the souls of my people and keep your own souls safe?
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	13	19	You dishonour me in front of my people for a few handfuls of barley, a few bits of bread, killing those who ought not to die and sparing those who ought not to live, lying to my people who love listening to lies.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	13	20	"Very well, the Lord Yahweh says this: Look, I am now against your ribbons, with which you hunt souls like birds, and I shall tear them off your arms and free those souls whom you hunt like birds.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	13	21	I shall tear your head-cloths to pieces and rescue my people from your clutches; no longer will they be fair game for you to ensnare. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	13	22	"For having intimidated with lies the heart of the upright whom I had done nothing to alarm, and for having encouraged the wicked not to give up wicked ways and so be saved,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	13	23	very well, you will have no more futile visions and make no more predictions, for I shall rescue my people from your clutches, and you will know that I am Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	14	1	Next, some elders of Israel visited me and while they were sitting with me,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	14	2	the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	14	3	'Son of man, these men have enshrined their foul idols in their hearts and placed the cause of their sinning right before their eyes. Why should I let myself be consulted by them?
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	14	4	So speak to them; tell them this, "Lord Yahweh says this: Every member of the House of Israel who enshrines his foul idols in his heart and places the cause of his sinning right before his eyes, and who then approaches the prophet, will get this answer from me, Yahweh, as the multiplicity of his idols deserves,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	14	5	and in this way I hope to win back the hearts of the House of Israel who have all been estranged from me by their foul idols."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	14	6	'So say to the House of Israel, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Come back, turn away from your foul idols, turn your backs on all your loathsome practices;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	14	7	for if any member of the House of Israel -- or any foreigner living in Israel -- deserts me to enshrine his foul idols in his heart and places the cause of his sinning right before his eyes and then approaches a prophet to consult me through him, he will get his answer from me, Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	14	8	I shall set my face against that person; I shall make him an example and a byword; I shall rid my people of him, and you will know that I am Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	14	9	And if the prophet is seduced into saying something, I, Yahweh, shall have seduced that prophet; I shall point my finger at him and rid my people Israel of him.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	14	10	Both will be punished for their guilt; the prophet's punishment will be the same as that of the person who consults him,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	14	11	so that the House of Israel will never stray from me again or defile themselves again with these crimes, but be my people and I their God -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	14	12	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me:
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	14	13	'Son of man, when a country sins against me by being unfaithful and I point my finger at it and destroy its supply of food, inflicting famine on it and denuding it of human and animal,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	14	14	even if the three men, Noah, Danel and Job, were living in it, they would save no one but themselves by their uprightness -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	14	15	Were I to unleash wild beasts on that country to rob it of its children and reduce it to a desert which no one would dare to cross because of the animals,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	14	16	even if these three men were living there, as I live -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- they would not be able to save either son or daughter; they alone would be saved, and the country would become a desert.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	14	17	Were I to bring the sword down on that country and say, "Sword, cross the country!" so as to denude it of human and animal,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	14	18	even if these three men were living there, as I live -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- they would not be able to save either son or daughter; they alone would be saved.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	14	19	If I were to send the plague on that country and vent my fury on it by bloodshed, so as to denude it of human and animal,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	14	20	even if Noah and Danel and Job were living there, as I live -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- they would be able to save neither son nor daughter, only themselves by their uprightness.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	14	21	'The Lord Yahweh says this, "Even if I send my four dreadful scourges on Jerusalem-sword, famine, wild beasts and plague -- to denude it of human and animal,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	14	22	even so, there will be a remnant left, a few men and women who come through; when they come to you and you see their conduct and actions, you will take comfort in spite of the disaster which I have brought on Jerusalem, in spite of all I have brought on her.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	14	23	They will comfort you, when you see their conduct and actions, and so you will know that I have not done in vain all I have done to her -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	15	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows:
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	15	2	Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than wood from the branch of a forest tree?
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	15	3	Is its wood used for making anything? Are pegs on which to hang things made from it?
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	15	4	There it is, thrown on the fire for fuel. The fire burns off both ends; the middle is charred; can it be kept for anything now?
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	15	5	While it was intact, you could make nothing with it; burned and charred, is it any more useful now?
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	15	6	So, the Lord Yahweh says this: As the wood of the vine among the forest trees, which I have thrown on the fire for fuel, so shall I treat the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	15	7	I shall set my face against them. They have escaped one fire, but fire will devour them yet. And you will know that I am Yahweh, when I set my face against them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	15	8	I shall reduce the country to a desert, because of their infidelity- declares the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	2	'Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her loathsome practices!
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	3	Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: By origin and birth you belong to the land of Canaan. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	4	At birth, the very day you were born, there was no one to cut your navel-string, or wash you in water to clean you, or rub you with salt, or wrap you in swaddling clothes.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	5	No one looked at you with pity enough to do any of these things out of sympathy for you. You were exposed in the open fields in your own dirt on the day you were born.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	6	"I saw you kicking on the ground in your blood as I was passing, and I said to you as you lay in your blood: Live!
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	7	and I made you grow like the grass of the fields. You developed, you grew, you reached marriageable age. Your breasts became firm and your hair grew richly, but you were stark naked.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	8	Then I saw you as I was passing. Your time had come, the time for love. I spread my cloak over you and covered your nakedness; I gave you my oath, I made a covenant with you -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- and you became mine.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	9	I bathed you in water, I washed the blood off you, I anointed you with oil.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	10	I gave you embroidered dresses, fine leather shoes, a linen headband and a cloak of silk.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	11	I loaded you with jewels, gave you bracelets for your wrists and a necklace for your throat.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	12	I gave you nose-ring and earrings; I put a beautiful diadem on your head.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	13	You were loaded with gold and silver and dressed in linen and silk and brocade. Your food was the finest flour, honey and oil. You grew more and more beautiful; and you rose to be queen.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	14	The fame of your beauty spread through the nations, since it was perfect, because I had clothed you with my own splendour -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	15	"But you became infatuated with your own beauty and used your fame to play the whore, lavishing your debauchery on all comers.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	16	You took some of your clothes to make for yourself high places bright with colours and there you played the whore.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	17	You also took your jewellery, made with my gold and silver which I had given you, and made yourself male images to serve your whorings.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	18	You took your embroidered clothes and used these to dress them up, and you offered them my oil and my incense.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	19	And the bread I gave you, the finest flour, the oil and honey with which I fed you, you offered them as a pleasing smell. "What is more -- declares the Lord Yahweh-
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	20	you took the sons and daughters you had borne me and sacrificed them as food to the images. Was not your whoring enough in itself,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	21	for you to slaughter my children and hand them over to be burnt in their honour?
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	22	And in all your loathsome practices and your whorings you never called your early days to mind, when you were stark naked, kicking on the ground in your own blood.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	23	"To crown your wickedness -- disaster upon you, disaster! declares the Lord Yahweh-
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	24	you built yourself a mound and made yourself a high place in every open space.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	25	At the entry to every alley you made yourself a high place, defiling your beauty and opening your legs to all comers in countless acts of fornication.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	26	You have also fornicated with your big-membered neighbours, the Egyptians, provoking my anger with further acts of fornication.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	27	So now I have raised my hand against you, I have cut down on your food, I have put you at the mercy of your enemies, the Philistine women, who blush at your lewd behaviour.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	28	Still unsatisfied, you prostituted yourself to the Assyrians; you played the whore with them, but were not satisfied even then.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	29	You committed further acts of fornication in the country of merchants, with the Chaldaeans, and these did not satisfy you either.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	30	"How simple-minded you are!-declares the Lord Yahweh -- for although you do all the things that a professional prostitute would,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	31	in building a mound and making yourself a high place in every street, you do not act like a proper prostitute because you disdain to take a fee.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	32	An adulteress welcomes strangers instead of her husband.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	33	All prostitutes accept presents, but you give presents to all your lovers, you bribe them to come from all over the place to fornicate with you!
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	34	In fornicating, you are the opposite of other women, since no one runs after you to fornicate with you; since you give the fee and do not get one, you are the very opposite!
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	35	"Very well, whore, hear the word of Yahweh!
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	36	The Lord Yahweh says this: For having squandered your money and let yourself be seen naked while whoring with your lovers and all the foul idols of your loathsome practices and for giving them your children's blood-
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	37	for all this, I shall assemble all the lovers to whom you have given pleasure, all the ones you liked and also all the ones you disliked; yes, I shall assemble them round you and strip you naked in front of them, and let them see you naked from head to foot.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	38	I shall pass on you the sentence that adulteresses and murderesses receive; I shall hand you over to their jealous fury;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	39	I shall hand you over to them; they will destroy your mound and pull down your high place; they will tear off your clothes, take away your jewels and leave you stark naked.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	40	Then they will call an assembly of citizens to deal with you, who will stone you to death and hack you to pieces with their swords,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	41	and burn down your premises and execute justice on you, while many other women look on; and I shall put an end to your whoring: no more paid lovers for you!
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	42	Once my fury is exhausted with you, then my jealousy will leave you; I shall be calm and not angry any more.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	43	Since you never called to mind your early days and have done nothing but provoke me, now I in my turn shall bring your conduct down on your own head -- declares the Lord Yahweh! "Have you not added this lewd behaviour to your other loathsome practices?
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	44	So now all dealers in proverbs will apply this one to you: Like mother, like daughter.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	45	Yes; you are a true daughter of your mother, who hated her husband and her children; you are a true sister of your sisters, who hated their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	46	Your elder sister is Samaria, who lives to the north of you with her daughters. Your younger sister is Sodom, who lives to the south of you with her daughters.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	47	You never failed to imitate their behaviour and copy their loathsome practices, and soon your behaviour was more corrupt than theirs was.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	48	As I live -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- your sister Sodom and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	49	The crime of your sister Sodom was pride, gluttony, calm complacency; such were hers and her daughters' crimes. They never helped the poor and needy;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	50	they were proud, and engaged in loathsome practices before me, and so I swept them away as you have seen.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	51	And yet Samaria never committed half the crimes that you have. "You have done more loathsome things than they have. By all your loathsome practices you have made your sisters seem innocent,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	52	and now you bear the shame of which you have freed your sisters; since the sins which you have committed are more revolting than theirs, they are more upright than you are. So now, bear the disgrace and shame of having put your sisters in the right.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	53	"I shall restore their fortunes, I shall restore Sodom and her daughters, I shall re- store Samaria and her daughters, and then I shall restore your fortune with theirs,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	54	so that you can bear your shame and disgrace for all you have done, and so console them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	55	When your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, are restored to what they were, and Samaria and her daughters are restored to what they were, then you too and your daughters will be restored to what you were.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	56	Did you not gloat over your sister Sodom when you were so proud,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	57	before you were stripped naked? Like her, you are now the laughing-stock of the women of Edom, of all the women round, of the women of Philistia, who pour out their contempt on you.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	58	You have brought this on yourself, with your lewdness and your loathsome practices -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	59	"For the Lord Yahweh says this: I shall treat you as you have deserved for making light of an oath and breaking a covenant,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	60	but I shall remember my covenant with you when you were a girl and shall conclude a covenant with you that will last for ever.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	61	And you for your part will remember your behaviour and feel ashamed of it when you receive your elder and younger sisters and I make them your daughters, although this is not included in my covenant with you.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	62	I shall renew my covenant with you; and you will know that I am Yahweh,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	16	63	and so remember and feel ashamed and in your confusion be reduced to silence, when I forgive you for everything you have done -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	17	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	17	2	'Son of man, put a riddle, propound a parable to the House of Israel.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	17	3	Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: A great eagle with great wings, long-pinioned, rich with many-coloured plumage, came to the Lebanon.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	17	4	He took the top of the cedar tree, he plucked off the top branch, he carried it off to the country of merchants and set it down in a city of shopkeepers.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	17	5	Next, he took one of the country's seeds and put it in a fertile field; by the side of a generous stream, like a willow tree, he placed it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	17	6	It grew and became a fruitful vine of modest size, grew up towards the eagle, its roots grew downwards. So it became a vine, branching out and sprouting new shoots.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	17	7	But there was another great eagle with great wings and thick plumage. And now the vine twisted its roots towards him and stretched its branches towards him, for him to water it away from the bed where it was planted.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	17	8	It was in a fertile field, by the side of a wide stream that the vine had been planted, to branch out and bear fruit and become a noble vine."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	17	9	Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Will it succeed? Will the eagle not tear out its roots and strip off its fruit, so that all the new leaves it puts out will wither, and no great strength is needed nor many people to pull it up by the roots?
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	17	10	Planted it may be -- will it succeed? Will it not shrivel up when the east wind blows? It will wither in the bed where it was growing!" '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	17	11	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows:
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	17	12	'Say to that tribe of rebels, "Do you not know what this means?" Say this, 'Look, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem; he carried away the king and the princes, and took them to his home in Babylon.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	17	13	He took a member of the royal family and made a treaty with him, forcing him to swear loyalty, having already deported the leading men of the country,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	17	14	so that the kingdom would remain modest and without ambitions, and would keep and honour his treaty.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	17	15	But the prince rebelled against him and sent envoys to Egypt to procure himself horses and a large number of troops. Will he succeed? Will a man who has done this go unpunished? Can he break a treaty and go unpunished?
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	17	16	As I live, I swear it -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- in Babylon, in the country of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he has disregarded and whose treaty he has broken, there he will die.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	17	17	Despite the pharaoh's great army and hordes of men, he will not be able to save him by fighting, however many earthworks are raised, however many trenches dug to the loss of many lives.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	17	18	He has disregarded the oath by breaking the treaty to which he had pledged himself and, having done all this, will not go unpunished.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	17	19	"So, the Lord Yahweh says this: As I live, I swear it: my oath which he has disregarded, my treaty which he has broken, I shall make them both recoil on his own head.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	17	20	I shall throw my net over him, he will be caught in my mesh; I shall take him to Babylon and punish him there for being unfaithful to me.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	17	21	All the pick of all his troops will fall by the sword, and the survivors be scattered to all the winds. And you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	17	22	"The Lord Yahweh says this: From the top of the tall cedar tree, from the highest branch I shall take a shoot and plant it myself on a high and lofty mountain.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	17	23	I shall plant it on the highest mountain in Israel. It will put out branches and bear fruit and grow into a noble cedar tree. Every kind of bird will live beneath it, every kind of winged creature will rest in the shade of its branches.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	17	24	And all the trees of the countryside will know that I, Yahweh, am the one who lays the tall tree low and raises the low tree high, who makes the green tree wither and makes the withered bear fruit. I, Yahweh, have spoken, and I will do it." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	2	'Why do you keep repeating this proverb in the land of Israel: The parents have eaten unripe grapes; and the children's teeth are set on edge?
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	3	'As I live -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- you will have no further cause to repeat this proverb in Israel.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	4	Look, all life belongs to me; the father's life and the son's life, both alike belong to me. The one who has sinned is the one to die.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	5	'But if a man is upright, his actions law-abiding and upright,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	6	and he does not eat on the mountains or raise his eyes to the foul idols of the House of Israel, does not defile his neighbour's wife or touch a woman during her periods,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	7	oppresses no one, returns the pledge on a debt, does not rob, gives his own food to the hungry, his clothes to those who lack clothing,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	8	does not lend for profit, does not charge interest, abstains from evil, gives honest judgement between one person and another,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	9	keeps my laws and sincerely respects my judgements -- someone like this is truly upright and will live -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	10	'But if he has a son prone to violence and bloodshed, who commits one of these misdeeds-
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	11	even though the father never has -- a son who dares to eat on the mountains, who defiles his neighbour's wife,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	12	who oppresses the poor and needy, robs, fails to return pledges, raises his eyes to foul idols, engages in loathsome practices,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	13	lends for profit, or charges interest, such a person will by no means live; having committed all these appalling crimes he will die, and his blood be on his own head.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	14	'But if he in turn has a son who, in spite of seeing all the sins that his father has committed, does not imitate him,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	15	does not eat on the mountains or raise his eyes to the foul idols of the House of Israel, does not defile his neighbour's wife,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	16	oppresses no one, takes no pledges, does not rob, gives his own food to the hungry, his clothes to those who lack clothing,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	17	abstains from evil, does not lend for profit or charge interest, respects my judgements and keeps my laws, he will not die for his father's sins: he will most certainly live.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	18	But his father, because he was violent, robbed others and never did good among his people, will most certainly die in his guilt.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	19	'Now, you say, "Why doesn't the son bear his father's guilt?" If the son has been law-abiding and upright, has kept all my laws and followed them, most certainly he will live.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	20	The one who has sinned is the one who must die; a son is not to bear his father's guilt, nor a father his son's guilt. The upright will be credited with his uprightness, and the wicked with his wickedness.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	21	'If the wicked, however, renounces all the sins he has committed, respects my laws and is law-abiding and upright, he will most certainly live; he will not die.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	22	None of the crimes he committed will be remembered against him from then on; he will most certainly live because of his upright actions.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	23	Would I take pleasure in the death of the wicked -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- and not prefer to see him renounce his wickedness and live?
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	24	'But if the upright abandons uprightness and does wrong by copying all the loathsome practices of the wicked, is he to live? All his upright actions will be forgotten from then on; for the infidelity of which he is guilty and the sin which he has committed, he will most certainly die.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	25	'Now, you say, "What the Lord does is unjust." Now listen, House of Israel: is what I do unjust? Is it not what you do that is unjust?
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	26	When the upright abandons uprightness and does wrong and dies, he dies because of the wrong which he himself has done.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	27	Similarly, when the wicked abandons wickedness to become law-abiding and upright, he saves his own life.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	28	Having chosen to renounce all his previous crimes, he will most certainly live: he will not die.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	29	And yet the House of Israel says, "What the Lord does is unjust." Is what I do unjust, House of Israel? Is it not what you do that is unjust?
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	30	So in future, House of Israel, I shall judge each of you by what that person does -- declares the Lord Yahweh. Repent, renounce all your crimes, avoid all occasions for guilt.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	31	Shake off all the crimes you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why die, House of Israel?
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	18	32	I take no pleasure in the death of anyone -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- so repent and live!'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	19	1	'Now, raise a lament for the princes of Israel.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	19	2	Say: What was your mother? A lioness among lions; lying among the cubs she nursed her whelps.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	19	3	She reared one of her whelps: he grew into a young lion; he learnt to tear his prey; he became a man-eater.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	19	4	The nations came to hear of him; he was caught in their pit; they dragged him away with hooks to Egypt.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	19	5	Her expectation thwarted, and seeing her hope dashed, she took another of her whelps and made a young lion of him.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	19	6	He prowled among the lions, he grew into a young lion, he learnt to tear his prey; he became a man-eater.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	19	7	He tore down their palaces, he destroyed their cities; the land and all its inhabitants were appalled by the sound of his roars.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	19	8	The nations marched out against him from the surrounding provinces; they spread their net over him; he was caught in their pit.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	19	9	They shackled him with hooks, they took him to the king of Babylon and threw him into a fortress, so that his voice could never again be heard on the mountains of Israel.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	19	10	Your mother was like a vine planted beside the water, fruitful and leafy, because the water flowed so full.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	19	11	She had stout stems which became kingly sceptres; she grew higher and higher, up into the clouds; she was admired for her height and the number of her branches.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	19	12	But she was furiously uprooted and thrown on the ground; the east wind dried up her fruit, she was broken to pieces; her stout stem dried up, the fire devoured it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	19	13	Now she has been transplanted to the desert, to a dry and thirsty land.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	19	14	Fire burst out of her stem devouring her branches and fruit. No more stout stem for her, no more kingly sceptre.' This is a lament; it was used as such.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	1	In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to consult Yahweh and were sitting with me,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	2	when the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	3	'Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel. Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Have you come to consult me? As I live, I will not be consulted by you -- declares the Lord Yahweh."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	4	'Are you ready to judge them? Are you ready to judge them, son of man? Confront them with the loathsome practices of their ancestors.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	5	Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: On the day when I chose Israel, when I pledged my word to the House of Jacob, I made myself known to them in Egypt; I pledged my word to them and said: I am Yahweh your God.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	6	That day I pledged them my word that I would bring them out of Egypt to a country which I had reconnoitred for them, a country flowing with milk and honey, and the loveliest of them all.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	7	And I said to them: Each of you must reject the horrors which attract you; do not pollute yourselves with the foul idols of Egypt; I am Yahweh your God.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	8	But they rebelled against me and would not listen to me. Not one of them rejected the horrors which attracted them; they did not give up the foul idols of Egypt. I then resolved to vent my fury on them, to sate my anger on them in Egypt.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	9	But respect for my own name kept me from letting it be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, and before whom I had made myself known to them and promised to bring them out of Egypt.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	10	So I brought them out of Egypt and led them into the desert.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	11	I gave them my laws and taught them my judgements, in whose observance people find life.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	12	And I also gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between me and them, so that they might know that I, Yahweh, am the one who sanctifies them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	13	The House of Israel, however, rebelled against me in the desert; they refused to keep my laws, they scorned my judgements, in whose observance people find life, and they grossly profaned my Sabbaths. I then resolved to vent my fury on them in the desert and destroy them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	14	But respect for my own name kept me from letting it be profaned in the eyes of the nations, before whom I had brought them out.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	15	Even so, I pledged them my word in the desert that I would not lead them to the country which I had given them, a country flowing with milk and honey, and the loveliest of them all,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	16	since they had scorned my judgements, had refused to keep my laws and had profaned my Sabbaths, their hearts being attached to foul idols.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	17	In spite of this, I took pity on them; I refrained from destroying them and did not make an end of them in the desert.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	18	"I said to their children in the desert: Do not follow the laws of your ancestors, do not practise their judgements, do not defile yourselves with their foul idols.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	19	I am Yahweh your God. Keep my laws, respect my judgements and practise them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	20	Keep my Sabbaths holy; let them be a sign between me and you, so that people may know that I am Yahweh your God.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	21	Their children, however, rebelled against me; they refused to keep my laws, they did not respect or practise my judgements, which must be practised by all who want to live; they profaned my Sabbaths. I then resolved to vent my fury on them, to sate my anger on them  in the desert.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	22	But I restrained my hand; respect for my own name kept me from letting it be profaned in the eyes of the nations, before whom I had brought them out.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	23	Once again, however, I pledged them my word that I would scatter them throughout the nations and disperse them in foreign countries,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	24	because they had not followed my judgements but had rejected my laws and profaned my Sabbaths, their eyes being fastened on the foul idols of their ancestors.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	25	And for this reason I gave them laws that were not good and judgements by which they could never live;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	26	and I polluted them with their own offerings, making them sacrifice every first-born son in order to fill them with revulsion, so that they would know that I am Yahweh."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	27	'For this reason, son of man, speak to the House of Israel. Say to them, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Here is another way by which your ancestors outraged me by their infidelity.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	28	Once I had brought them into the country which I had pledged my word to give them, they then saw all sorts of high hills, all kinds of leafy trees, and there they performed their sacrifices and made offerings that provoked my anger; there they set out their pleasing smell and poured their libations.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	29	I then said to them: What is this high place where you go? And they gave, and still give it, the name of Bamah."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	30	'So, say to the House of Israel, "The Lord Yahweh says this: If you are polluting yourselves as your ancestors did by fornicating with their horrors-
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	31	for by offering your gifts and by burning your children as sacrifices, you have been polluting yourselves with all your foul idols to this very day -- shall I let myself be consulted by you, House of Israel? As I live -- declares Lord Yahweh -- I shall not let myself be consulted by you.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	32	And what you sometimes imagine will never be so, when you say: We shall be like the peoples, the tribes of foreign lands, worshipping wood and stone.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	33	As I live I swear it -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- I am the one who will reign over you, with a strong hand and outstretched arm, once my fury is sated.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	34	With a strong hand and outstretched arm, once my fury is sated, I shall bring you back from the peoples and gather you again from the countries throughout which you have been scattered.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	35	I shall lead you into the desert of the nations and there I shall judge you face to face.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	36	As I judged your ancestors in the desert of Egypt, so will I judge you -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	37	I shall make you pass under the crook, bring you to respect the covenant
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	38	and rid you of the rebels who have revolted against me; I shall bring them out of the country where they are staying, but they will not enter the country of Israel, and you will know that I am Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	39	House of Israel, Lord Yahweh says this: Go on, all of you, worship your foul idols, but later we shall see if you don't listen to me! Then you will stop profaning my holy name with your offerings and your foul idols.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	40	For on my holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- is where the whole House of Israel, everyone in the country, will worship me. There I shall accept and there expect your presents, your choicest offering and all your consecrated gifts.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	41	I shall welcome you like a pleasing smell when I bring you back from the peoples and gather you from the countries throughout which you have been scattered, and through you I shall display my holiness for all the nations to see;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	42	and you will know that I am Yahweh, when I bring you back to the soil of Israel, to the country which I pledged my word to give to your ancestors.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	43	There you will remember your past behaviour and all the actions by which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the wrongs which you have committed.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	20	44	And you will know that I am Yahweh, when I treat you as respect for my own name requires, and not as your wicked behaviour and corrupt actions deserve, House of Israel -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	2	'Son of man, turn to the right; utter your word towards the south, prophesy against the forest land of the Negeb.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	3	Say to the forest of Negeb, "Hear the word of Yahweh! The Lord Yahweh says this: Listen; I am about to kindle a fire in you which will burn up every green tree in you as well as every dry one; it will be an unquenchable blaze and every face will be scorched by it from the Negeb to the north.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	4	All humanity will see that it was I, Yahweh, who kindled it, and it will not be extinguished." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	5	I said, 'Lord Yahweh, they say of me, "He does nothing but speak in riddles!"'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	6	Then the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	7	'Son of man, turn towards Jerusalem, utter your word towards the sanctuary and prophesy against the land of Israel.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	8	Say to the land of Israel, "Yahweh says this: Now I am against you; I am about to unsheathe my sword and rid you of the upright and the wicked alike.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	9	Since I am going to rid you of upright and wicked alike, I shall unsheathe my sword against everyone alive, from the Negeb to the north,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	10	so that everyone alive will know that I, Yahweh, am the one who has unsheathed my sword; it will not go back again."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	11	'Son of man, groan as though your heart were breaking. Utter your bitter groans where they can see you.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	12	And if they say, "Why these groans?" reply, "Because of the news which is about to come, all hearts will sink, all hands grow weak, all spirits grow faint and all knees turn to water. It is coming now, it is here!-declares Lord Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	13	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	14	'Son of man, prophesy. Say, "The Lord says this. Say: The sword, the sword has been sharpened and polished,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	15	sharpened for slaughter, polished to flash like lightning . . .
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	16	He has had it polished to be wielded, this sword sharpened and polished to put in the slaughterer's hand!
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	17	Shout and wail, son of man, for it will come on my people, on all the chief men of Israel doomed like my people to the sword! So beat your breast,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	18	for this will be an ordeal . . . declares the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	19	So prophesy, son of man, and clap your hands! Let the sword pass three times, that sword for victims, that sword for a great victim, threatening them from every side!
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	20	To make hearts sink and make sure many fall, I have posted the slaughtering sword at every gate to flash like lightning, polished for slaughter.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	21	Be sharp, on the right, be ready on the left, whichever way your blade is needed!
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	22	I too shall clap my hands and sate my fury! I, Yahweh, have spoken." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	23	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	24	'Son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to come along, making both of them begin from the same country. Then put up a signpost, put it where the road leaves for the city,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	25	trace the route which the sword should take for Rabbah-of-the-Ammonites, and for Judah, to the fortress of Jerusalem.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	26	For the king of Babylon has halted at the fork where these two roads diverge, to take the omens. He has shaken the arrows, questioned the household gods, inspected the liver.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	27	The lot marked 'Jerusalem' is in his right hand: there to set up battering-rams, give the word for slaughter, raise the war cry, level battering-rams against the gates, cast up earthworks, build entrenchments.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	28	The inhabitants will believe that these omens are idle, for they have received sworn guarantees, but he will bring their guilt to mind and capture them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	29	And so the Lord Yahweh says this, "Since you have brought your guilt to mind by parading your misdeeds and flaunting your sins in everything you do: because you have drawn attention to yourselves, you will be captured.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	30	As for you, impious and wicked prince of Israel, whose doom is approaching to put an end to your crimes,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	31	the Lord Yahweh says this: They will take away your diadem and remove your crown. Everything will be changed; the low will be raised and the high brought low!
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	32	Ruin, ruin, I shall bring such ruin as never was before, until the rightful ruler comes, on whom I shall bestow it."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	33	'Son of man, prophesy and say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: In reply to the Ammonites and their jeers, say: The sword, the sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to devour, to flash like lightning-
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	34	while you have empty visions and consult lying omens-to cut the throats of the wicked, whose doom is approaching to put an end to their crimes.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	35	Put it back in the scabbard. The place where you were created, the land of your origin, will be where I judge you.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	36	I shall vent my fury on you, breathe the fire of my rage against you and hand you over to barbarous men whose trade is destruction.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	21	37	You will be fuel for the fire, your blood will flow through the country, you will leave no memory behind you; for I, Yahweh, have spoken!" '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	2	'Son of man, are you ready to judge? Are you ready to judge the blood-stained city? Confront her with all her loathsome practices!
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	3	Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: City shedding blood inside yourself to hasten your doom, making foul idols on your soil to defile yourself,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	4	you have incurred guilt by the blood you have shed, you have defiled yourself with the foul idols you have made, you have shortened your days, you have come to the end of your years. This is why I have made you an object of scorn to the nations and a laughing-stock to every country.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	5	From far and near they will taunt you with your infamous disorders.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	6	"Look! In you the princes of Israel, one and all, have furthered their own interests at the cost of bloodshed;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	7	in you people have despised their fathers and mothers; in you they have ill-treated the settler; in you they have oppressed the widow and orphan.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	8	You have treated my sanctuary with contempt, you have profaned my Sabbaths.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	9	In you informers incite to bloodshed; in you people eat on the mountains and act licentiously;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	10	in you they have sexual intercourse with their fathers; in you they force themselves on women in their periods;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	11	in you one man engages in loathsome practices with his neighbour's wife, another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law, another violates his sister, his own father's daughter.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	12	In you people take bribes for shedding blood; you lend for profit and charge interest, you profit from your fellow by extortion and have forgotten about me -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	13	"Now I shall clap my hands at your acts of banditry and the blood that flows in you.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	14	Will your heart be able to resist, will your hands be steady, the day when I call you to account? I, Yahweh, have spoken and shall act.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	15	I shall scatter you among the nations and disperse you in foreign countries, and so put an end to the filthiness now inside you;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	16	through your own fault, you will be profaned in the eyes of the nations, and you will know that I am Yahweh!" '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	17	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	18	'Son of man, for me, the House of Israel has become dross: copper, tin, iron, lead, all mixed up together in the melting-pot; they are dross.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	19	And so, Lord Yahweh says this, "Since you have all become dross, right! I shall collect you inside Jerusalem.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	20	As silver, copper, iron, lead and tin are collected in the melting-pot, and the fire is blown underneath to melt them down, so I shall collect you in my furious anger and have you melted down;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	21	I shall collect you and blow up the fire of my rage for you and have you melted down inside the city.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	22	As silver is melted in the melting-pot, so you will be melted down inside the city, and you will know that I, Yahweh, have vented my fury on you." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	23	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	24	'Son of man, say to her, "You are a land that has not received rain or shower on the day of anger.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	25	In you, the princes are like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They have eaten the people, seized wealth and jewels and widowed many inside her.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	26	Her priests have violated my law and desecrated my sanctuary; they have made no distinction between sacred and profane, they have not taught people the difference between clean and unclean; they have turned their eyes away from my Sabbaths and I have been dishonoured by them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	27	In her the leaders are wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood and killing people to steal their possessions.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	28	Her prophets have plastered these things over with their empty visions and lying prophecies, saying: Yahweh says this, although Yahweh has not spoken.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	29	The people of the country have taken to extortion and banditry; they have oppressed the poor and needy and ill-treated the settler in a way that is unjustifiable.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	30	I have been looking for someone among them to build a barricade and oppose me in the breach, to defend the country and prevent me from destroying it; but I have found no one.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	22	31	Hence I have vented my fury on them; I have put an end to them in the fire of my rage. I have made their conduct recoil on their own heads -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	2	'Son of man, there were once two women, daughters of the same mother.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	3	They played the whore in Egypt; they played the whore when they were still girls. There their nipples were handled, there their virgin breasts were first fondled.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	4	Their names were: Oholah the elder, Oholibah her sister. They belonged to me and bore sons and daughters. As regards their names, Samaria is Oholah, Jerusalem Oholibah.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	5	Now Oholah played the whore, although she belonged to me; she lusted after her lovers, her neighbours the Assyrians,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	6	dressed in purple, governors and magistrates, all of them young and desirable, and skilful horsemen.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	7	She played the whore with all of them, the pick of Assyria, and defiled herself with all the foul idols of all those with whom she was in love,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	8	nor did she give up the whoring begun in Egypt, where men had slept with her from her girlhood, fondling her virgin breasts, debauching her over and over again.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	9	'That is why I have handed her over to her lovers, to the Assyrians with whom she was in love.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	10	They stripped her naked, seized her sons and daughters and put her to the sword. She became notorious among women for the justice done on her.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	11	'Her sister Oholibah saw all this, but she was even more depraved, and her whorings were worse than her sister's.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	12	She fell in love with her neighbours the Assyrians, governors and magistrates, dressed in sumptuous clothes, skilful horsemen, all young and desirable.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	13	Then I saw that she had defiled herself, that both sisters were equally bad.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	14	She began whoring worse than ever; no sooner had she seen wall-carvings of men, pictures of Chaldaeans coloured vermilion,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	15	men with sashes round their waists and elaborate turbans on their heads, all so lordly of bearing, depicting the Babylonians, natives of Chaldaea,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	16	than she fell in love with them at first sight and sent messengers to them in Chaldaea.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	17	The Babylonians came to her, shared her love-bed and defiled her with their whoring. Once defiled by them, she withdrew her affection from them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	18	Thus she flaunted her whoring, exposing her body, until I withdrew my affection from her as I had withdrawn it from her sister.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	19	But she began whoring worse than ever, remembering her girlhood, when she had played the whore in Egypt,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	20	when she had been in love with their profligates, big-membered as donkeys, ejaculating as violently as stallions.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	21	'You were hankering for the debauchery of your girlhood, when they used to handle your nipples in Egypt and fondle your young breasts.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	22	And so, Oholibah, Lord Yahweh says this, "I shall set all your lovers against you, from whom you have withdrawn your affection, and bring them to assault you from all directions:
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	23	the Babylonians and all the Chaldaeans, the men of Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, young and desirable, all governors and magistrates, all famous lords and skilful horsemen.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	24	From the north, they will advance on you with chariots and wagons and an international army and beset you with shield, buckler and helmet on all sides. I shall charge them to pass sentence on you and they will pass sentence on you as they think fit.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	25	I shall direct my jealousy against you; they will treat you with fury; they will cut off your nose and ears, and what is left of your family will fall by the sword; they will seize your sons and daughters, and what is left will be burnt.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	26	They will strip off your garments and rob you of your jewels.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	27	I shall put an end to your debauchery and to the whorings you began in Egypt; you will not look to the Egyptians any more, you will never think of them again.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	28	For the Lord Yahweh says this: Now, I shall hand you over to those you hate, to those for whom you no longer feel affection.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	29	They will treat you with hatred, they will rob you of the entire fruit of your labours and leave you stark naked. And thus your shameful whorings will be exposed, your debauchery and your whorings.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	30	This will happen to you because you have played the whore with the nations and have defiled yourself with their foul idols.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	31	Since you have copied your sister's behaviour, I shall put her cup in your hand."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	32	The Lord Yahweh says this: You will drink your sister's cup, a cup both deep and wide, leading to laughter and mockery, so ample the draught it holds.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	33	You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow. Cup of affliction and devastation, the cup of your sister Samaria,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	34	you will drink it, you will drain it; then you will break it in pieces and lacerate your own breasts. For I have spoken -- declared the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	35	"And so, the Lord Yahweh says this: Since you have forgotten me and have turned your back on me, you too will have to bear the weight of your debauchery and whorings." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	36	And Yahweh said to me, 'Son of man, are you ready to judge Oholah and Oholibah and charge them with their loathsome practices?
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	37	They have been adulteresses, their hands are dripping with blood, they have committed adultery with their foul idols. As for the children they had borne me, they have offered them as burnt sacrifices to feed them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	38	And here is something else they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary today and have profaned my Sabbaths.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	39	The same day as sacrificing their children to their idols, they have been to my sanctuary and profaned it. Yes, this is what they have done in my own house.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	40	'Worse still, they summoned men from far away, invited by messenger, and they came. For them you bathed, you painted your eyes, put on your jewels
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	41	and sat on a sumptuous bed, by which a table was laid out. On this you had put my incense and my oil.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	42	The noise of the carefree company resounded, made by the crowd of men brought in from the desert; they put bracelets on the women's arms and magnificent crowns on their heads.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	43	I thought, "That woman, worn out with adultery! Are they going to fornicate with her too?"
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	44	Yet they visit her like any common prostitute, just as they visited those profligate women Oholah and Oholibah.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	45	All the same, there are upright men who will judge them as adulteresses and murderesses are judged, since they are adulteresses and their hands are dripping with blood."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	46	'The Lord Yahweh says this, "Summon an assembly to deal with them, and hand them over to terror and pillage;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	47	let the assembly stone them and dispatch them with their swords; let their sons and daughters be slaughtered and their houses set on fire.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	48	This is how I shall purge the country of debauchery, so that all women will be taught the lesson never to ape your debauchery again.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	23	49	Your debauchery will recoil on yourselves, and you will bear the weight of the sins committed with your foul idols and you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	1	In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	2	'Son of man, write down today's date, yes, today's, for this very day the king of Babylon began his attack on Jerusalem.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	3	So pronounce a parable for this tribe of rebels. Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Put the pot on the fire; put it on; pour the water in!
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	4	Now put the cuts of meat all in together, all the best cuts, leg and shoulder. Fill it with the best bones.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	5	Take the best of the flock, then heap wood underneath; boil it thoroughly until even the bones are cooked.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	6	"For the Lord Yahweh says this: Disaster is in store for the bloody city, for that rusty cooking pot whose rust will not come off! Empty it, bit by bit, not bothering to draw lots;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	7	for she is still full of bloodshed, she has put blood on the naked rock; she did not pour it on the ground so as to cover it with dust.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	8	To make anger rise, to exact vengeance, I have put her blood on the naked rock, so that it should not be covered:
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	9	"So, the Lord Yahweh says this: Disaster is in store for the bloody city! I too plan to build a great fire.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	10	Heap on the wood, light it, cook the meat, prepare the seasoning let the bones burn!
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	11	Put the empty pot on the coals to make it hot, until the bronze glows, the filth inside melts and the rust is burnt away!
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	12	"But all that rust would not come off in the fire.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	13	Your filth is infamous. Since I have tried to purge you and you would not let yourself be purged of your filth, so now you will never be purged of your filth until I have sated my anger on you.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	14	I, Yahweh, have spoken; this will happen; I shall act and not relent; I shall show no pity, no compassion. You will be judged as your conduct and actions deserve -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	15	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	16	'Son of man, at a blow I am about to deprive you of the delight of your eyes. But you are not to lament, not to weep, not to let your tears run down.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	17	Groan in silence, do not go into mourning for the dead, knot your turban round your head, put your sandals on your feet, do not cover your beard, do not eat the usual food.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	18	I told this to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening, and the next morning I did as I had been ordered.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	19	The people then said to me, 'Will you not explain what meaning these actions have for us?'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	20	I replied, 'The word of Yahweh has been addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	21	"Say to the House of Israel, the Lord Yahweh says this: I am about to profane my sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the delight of your eyes, the joy of your hearts. Your sons and daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	22	Then you will do as I have done: you will not cover your beards or eat the usual food;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	23	you will keep your turbans on your heads and your sandals on your feet; you will not lament or weep but will waste away for your crimes, groaning among yourselves.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	24	Thus Ezekiel is a sign for you. You will do exactly what he has done. And when this happens, you will know that I am Lord Yahweh!"
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	25	'And, son of man, the day that I deprive them of their strength, their crowning joy, the delight of their eyes, the joy of their hearts, their sons and daughters,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	26	that day a survivor will bring you the news.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	24	27	That day your mouth will be opened to speak to the survivor; you will speak and no longer be dumb; you will be a sign for them, and they will know that I am Yahweh.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	25	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	25	2	'Son of man, turn towards the Ammonites and prophesy against them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	25	3	Say to the Ammonites, "Hear the word of the Lord Yahweh. The Lord Yahweh says this: "Since you gloated over my sanctuary when it was profaned, and over the land of Israel when it was ravaged, and over the House of Judah when it went into exile,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	25	4	I shall let the sons of the East take possession of you; they will pitch their camps inside you, they will make their home in you. They will be the ones to eat your produce and drink your milk.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	25	5	I shall turn Rabbah into a camel yard and the towns of Ammon into sheepfolds. And so you will know that I am Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	25	6	"The Lord Yahweh says this: Since you have clapped your hands and danced for joy, full of malicious delight at Israel's fate,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	25	7	my hand will be against you for this; I shall hand you over to be looted by the peoples, obliterate you as a nation and wipe you out as a country. I shall reduce you to nothing, and you will know that I am Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	25	8	"The Lord Yahweh says this: "Since Moab and Seir have said: Look at the House of Judah; it is no different from any other nation;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	25	9	very well, I shall expose Moab's heights; its cities will no longer be cities throughout the land -- the jewels of the country, Beth-Jeshimoth, Baal-Meon and Kiriathaim.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	25	10	I shall let the sons of the East and the Ammonites take possession of them, so that they will no longer be remembered by the nations.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	25	11	I shall bring Moab to justice, and they will know that I am Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	25	12	"The Lord Yahweh says this: "Since Edom has taken revenge on the House of Judah and committed great crimes in doing so,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	25	13	very well, the Lord Yahweh says this: My hand will be against Edom and denude it of human and animal. I shall lay it waste, from Teman as far as Dedan they will be put to the sword.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	25	14	I shall take vengeance on Edom by means of my people Israel. They will treat Edom as my anger and fury dictate, and they will know this is my vengeance -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	25	15	"The Lord Yahweh says this, "Since the Philistines have acted in revenge and, motivated by malice, have taken revenge, doing their best to destroy because of their long-standing hatred,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	25	16	very well, the Lord Yahweh says this: My hand will be against the Philistines; I shall exterminate the Cherethites and destroy the rest of the coastal peoples.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	25	17	I shall perform frightful acts of vengeance and inflict furious punishments on them; and they will know that I am Yahweh, when I exact my vengeance on them." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	26	1	In the eleventh year, on the first of the month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	26	2	'Son of man, since Tyre has said of Jerusalem: "Aha! She is shattered, the Gateway to the Nations; she now gives way to me. Her riches are ruined!"
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	26	3	Very well, the Lord Yahweh says this, "Now, Tyre, I am against you,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	26	4	I shall raise many nations against you as the sea raises its waves. They will destroy the walls of Tyre, they will demolish her towers; I shall sweep the dust of her away and reduce her to a naked rock.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	26	5	She will be a drying-ground out to sea for fishing-nets. For I have spoken- declares Lord Yahweh. She will be the prey of the nations.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	26	6	As for her daughters on the mainland, these will be put to the sword, and they will know that I am Yahweh."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	26	7	'For the Lord Yahweh says this, "From the north, I shall bring Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, king of kings, down on Tyre with horses, chariots, cavalry and an enormous army.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	26	8	He will put your daughters on the mainland to the sword. He will build siege-works against you, cast up a siege-ramp against you, raise a screen against you;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	26	9	he will pound your walls with his battering-rams, and demolish your towers with his siege-engines.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	26	10	His horses are so many that their dust will hide you. The noise of his horsemen and his chariot-wheels will make your walls tremble as he enters your gates as though storming into a city through the breach.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	26	11	With his horses' hoofs he will trample through all your streets; he will put your people to the sword, and throw your massive pillars to the ground.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	26	12	Your wealth will be seized, your merchandise looted, your walls rased, your luxurious houses shattered, your stones, your timbers, your very dust, thrown into the sea.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	26	13	I shall put an end to the sound of your songs; the sound of your harps will not be heard again.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	26	14	I shall reduce you to a naked rock, and make you into a drying-ground for fishing-nets, never to be rebuilt; for I, Yahweh, have spoken -declares the Lord Yahweh."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	26	15	'The Lord Yahweh says this to Tyre, "Will not the islands quake at the sound of your fall, while the wounded groan and the slaughter takes place inside you?
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	26	16	All the princes of the sea will leave their thrones, lay aside their cloaks, take off their embroidered robes. Dressed in terror they will sit on the ground trembling incessantly, stunned at your fate.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	26	17	"They will raise the lament for you as follows: You are destroyed then, vanished from the seas, famous city, former sea-power, who with her citizens, used to spread terror all over the mainland!
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	26	18	Now the islands are trembling on the day of your fall; the islands of the sea are terrified by your end.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	26	19	"For the Lord Yahweh says this: "When I make you a ruined city like other deserted cities, when I raise the deep against you and the ocean covers you,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	26	20	when I fling you down with those who go down into the abyss, with the people of long ago, and put you deep in the underworld, in the ruins of long ago with those who sink into oblivion, so that you can never come back or be restored to the land of the living,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	26	21	I will make you an object of terror; you will not exist. People will look for you but never find you again -- declares the Lord Yahweh!" '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	2	'Son of man, raise the lament for Tyre.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	3	Say to Tyre, "City enthroned at the gateway of the sea, agent between the peoples and the many islands, Lord Yahweh says this: Tyre, you used to say: I am a ship perfect in beauty.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	4	Your frontiers were far out to sea; those who built you made you perfect in beauty.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	5	Cypress from Senir they used for all your planking. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast above you.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	6	From oaks of Bashan they made your oars. They built you a deck of cedar inlaid with ivory from the Kittim isles.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	7	Embroidered linen from Egypt was used for your sail and for your flag. Purple and scarlet from the Elishah islands formed your deck-tent.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	8	The people of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen. The sages of Tyre were aboard, serving as sailors.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	9	The elders and craftsmen of Gebal were there to caulk your seams. "Every sea-going ship and crew frequented you to guarantee your trade.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	10	Men from Persia, Lud and Put served as warriors in your army; hanging up shield and helmet in you, they displayed your splendour.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	11	The sons of Arvad with their army manned your walls all round, while the Gammadians manned your towers; hanging their shields all round your walls, they completed your beauty.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	12	Tarshish traded with you because of your abundant resources and exchanged your merchandise for silver, iron, tin and lead.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	13	Javan, Tubal and Meshech traded with you. For your merchandise they traded slaves and bronze artefacts.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	14	The people of Beth-Togarmah traded your horses, chargers, mules.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	15	The people of Dedan traded with you; many islands were your customers and paid you in ivory tusks and ebony.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	16	Edom traded with you for the sake of your many manufactured goods, exchanging garnets, purple, embroideries, fine linen, coral and rubies for your goods.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	17	Judah and the land of Israel also traded with you, bringing corn from Minnith, pannag, honey, oil and balm.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	18	Damascus traded with you, for quantities of your manufactured goods and other goods of all kinds, furnishing you with wine from Helbon and wool from Zahar.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	19	Dan and Javan, from Uzal onwards, supplied you with wrought iron, cassia and reeds in exchange for your goods.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	20	Dedan traded with you in saddle-cloths.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	21	Arabia and all the sheikhs of Kedar were your customers; they paid in lambs, rams and he-goats.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	22	The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; they supplied you with the finest spices, precious stones and gold for your merchandise.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	23	Haran, Canneh and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad traded with you.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	24	They traded rich clothes, embroidered and purple cloaks, multi-coloured materials and strong plaited cords for your markets.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	25	Ships of Tarshish sailed on your business; you were full and heavily loaded far out to sea.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	26	Out to the open sea your oarsmen rowed you. The east wind has wrecked you far out to sea.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	27	Your riches, your goods, your cargo, your seamen, your sailors, your caulkers, your commercial agents, all the warriors you carry, and all the passengers who are aboard will founder far out to sea on the day of your shipwreck.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	28	When they hear the cries of your sailors the coasts will tremble.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	29	Then the oarsmen will all desert their ships. The sailors and seafaring people will stay ashore.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	30	They will raise their voices for you and weep bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	31	they will shave their heads for you and put sackcloth round their waists. With heartfelt bitterness they will weep for you, bitterly wail.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	32	Wailing, they will raise the lament for you, they will lament over you: Who is like Tyre, far out to sea?
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	33	When you unloaded your goods to satisfy so many peoples, you enriched the kings of the earth with your excess of wealth and goods.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	34	Now you have been wrecked by the waves, by the depths of the sea. Your cargo and all your passengers have foundered with you.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	35	All those who live in the islands will be stunned at your fate. Their kings will quake with horror, with downcast expressions.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	27	36	The merchants of the nations will whistle at your fate. You will be an object of terror, gone for ever." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	2	'Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Because your heart has grown proud, you thought: I am a god; I am divinely enthroned far out to sea. Though you are human, not divine, you have allowed yourself to think like God.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	3	So, you are wiser than Danel; no sage as wise as you!
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	4	By your wisdom and your intelligence you have made yourself a fortune, you have put gold and silver into your treasuries.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	5	Such is your skill in trading, your fortune has continued to increase, and your fortune has made your heart grow prouder.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	6	"And so, the Lord Yahweh says this: Since you have allowed yourself to think like God,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	7	very well, I am going to bring foreigners against you, the most barbarous of the nations. They will draw sword against your fine wisdom, they will desecrate your splendour,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	8	they will throw you down into the grave and you will die a violent death far out to sea.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	9	Will you still think: I am a god, when your slaughterers confront you? But you will be human, not divine, in the clutches of the ones who strike you down!
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	10	You will die like the uncircumcised at the hand of foreigners. "For I have spoken -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	11	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	12	'Son of man, raise a lament for the king of Tyre. Say to him, "The Lord Yahweh says this: You used to be a model of perfection, full of wisdom, perfect in beauty;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	13	you were in Eden, in the garden of God. All kinds of gem formed your mantle: sard, topaz, diamond, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, garnet, emerald, and your ear-pendants and spangles were made of gold; all was ready on the day you were created.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	14	I made you a living creature with outstretched wings, as guardian, you were on the holy mountain of God; you walked amid red-hot coals.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	15	Your behaviour was exemplary from the day you were created until guilt first appeared in you,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	16	because your busy trading has filled you with violence and sin. I have thrown you down from the mountain of God and destroyed you, guardian winged creature, amid the coals.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	17	Your heart has grown proud because of your beauty, your wisdom has been corrupted by your splendour. I have thrown you to the ground; I have made you a spectacle for kings.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	18	By the immense number of your crimes, by the dishonesty of your trading, you have defiled your sanctuary. So I have brought fire out of you to devour you; I have reduced you to ashes on the ground before the eyes of all who saw you.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	19	Of the nations, all who know you are stunned at your fate. You are an object of terror; gone for ever." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	20	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	21	'Son of man, turn towards Sidon and prophesy against her.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	22	Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: I am against you, Sidon, I will show my glory in you! They will know I am Yahweh, once I execute sentence on her and display my holiness in her.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	23	For I shall send her the plague, and there will be blood in her streets, and in her the dead will fall under the sword raised against her from all sides, and they will know that I am Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	24	"No more, for the House of Israel, shall any of the hostile nations surrounding them be a thorn that wounds or a briar that tears; and they will know that I am Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	25	"The Lord Yahweh says this: When I gather the House of Israel back from the peoples where they are dispersed, I shall display my glory in them for the nations to see. They will live on the soil which I gave to my servant Jacob.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	28	26	They will live there in confidence, build houses, plant vineyards. They will live in safety, once I inflict punishments on all the hostile nations surrounding them, and they will know that I am Yahweh their God." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	29	1	In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	29	2	'Son of man, turn towards Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against the whole of Egypt.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	29	3	Speak and say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt- the great crocodile wallowing in his Niles who thought: My Nile is mine, I made it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	29	4	I shall put hooks through your jaws, make your Nile fish stick to your scales, and pull you out of your Niles with all your Nile fish sticking to your scales.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	29	5	I shall drop you in the desert, with all your Nile fish. You will fall in the wilds and not be taken up or buried. I shall give you as food to the wild animals and the birds of heaven,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	29	6	and all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, for they have given no more support than a reed to the House of Israel.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	29	7	Wherever they grasped you, you broke in their hands and cut their hands all over. Whenever they leaned on you, you broke, making all their limbs give way.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	29	8	"So, the Lord Yahweh says this: I shall send the sword against you to denude you of human and animal.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	29	9	Egypt will become a desolate waste, and they will know that I am Yahweh. Because he thought: The Nile is mine, I made it,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	29	10	very well, I am against you and your Niles. I shall make Egypt a waste and a desolation, from Migdol to Syene and beyond to the frontiers of Ethiopia.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	29	11	No human foot will pass through it, no animal foot will pass through it. For forty years it will remain uninhabited.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	29	12	I shall make Egypt the most desolate of countries; for forty years its cities will be the most desolate of wasted cities. And I shall scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the countries.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	29	13	The Lord Yahweh, however, says this: After forty years have passed, I shall gather the Egyptians back from the nations where they were dispersed.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	29	14	I shall bring the Egyptian captives back and re-install them in the land of Pathros, in the country of their origin. There they will constitute a modest kingdom.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	29	15	Egypt will be the most modest of kingdoms and no longer dominate other nations; for I shall reduce it, so that it will not rule other nations ever again.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	29	16	It will no longer be anything for the House of Israel to trust in, but will be a reminder of the guilt which lay in turning to it for help. And they will know that I am Lord Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	29	17	In the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the first month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows:
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	29	18	'Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken his army in a great expedition against Tyre. Their heads have all gone bald, their shoulders are all chafed, but even so he has derived no profit, either for himself or for his army, from the expedition mounted against Tyre.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	29	19	Since this is so, the Lord Yahweh says this, "Look, I shall hand Egypt over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He will carry off its riches, loot it, put it to the sack; that will be the wages for his army.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	29	20	As wages for the trouble he has taken, I am giving him Egypt instead (for they have been working for me)-declares the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	29	21	"That day, I shall raise up a new stock for the House of Israel and allow you to open your mouth among them. And they will know that I am Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	2	'Son of man, prophesy and say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Howl: Disaster day!
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	3	For the day is near, the day of Yahweh is near; it will be a day dark with cloud, a time of doom for the nations.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	4	"The sword will come on Egypt, and anguish on the country of Cush when the slaughtered fall in Egypt, when her riches are carried away and her foundations are destroyed.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	5	Cush, Put and Lud, all Arabia, Cub and the children of the country of the covenant will fall by the sword with them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	6	"Yahweh says this: "The supports of Egypt will fall; the pride of her strength will crumble; they will fall by the sword from Migdol to Syene -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	7	"They will be the most desolate of desolate countries, and its cities the most ruined of cities.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	8	And they will know that I am Yahweh when I set fire to Egypt and all its supports are shattered.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	9	"That day, I shall send messengers by ship to terrify the carefree Cushites, and anguish will overtake them on the day of Egypt -- it is coming now!
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	10	The Lord Yahweh says this: I shall destroy the huge population of Egypt at the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	11	He and his people, the most barbarous of nations, will be brought to ravage the country. They will draw the sword against Egypt and fill the country with corpses.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	12	I shall dry up the courses of the Nile and sell the country to the wicked. I shall lay the whole country waste and everything in it, at the hand of foreigners. I, Yahweh, have spoken.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	13	"The Lord Yahweh says this: I shall destroy the foul idols and take the false gods away from Noph. Egypt will be left without a ruler. I shall spread fear through Egypt.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	14	I shall lay Pathros waste, set Zoan on fire, inflict my punishments on No.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	15	I shall vent my fury on Sin, the bastion of Egypt; I shall wipe out the throngs of No.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	16	I shall set fire to Egypt; Sin will be seized with convulsions; a breach will be opened at No and the waters flood out.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	17	The young men of On and Pi-Beseth will fall by the sword and the cities themselves go into captivity.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	18	At Tahpanhes day will turn to darkness when I shatter the sceptres of Egypt there, when the pride of her strength ceases. A cloud will cover Egypt itself, and its daughters will go into captivity.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	19	Such will be the punishments I inflict on Egypt. And they will know that I am Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	20	In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	21	'Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; you can see that no one has dressed his wound by applying remedies to it, by bandaging it and by dressing it, to make it strong enough to wield the sword.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	22	This being so, the Lord Yahweh says this, "Look, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt; I shall break his arms, the sound one and the broken one, and make the sword drop from his hand.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	23	I shall scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse it among the countries.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	24	I shall strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword in his hand. I shall break Pharaoh's arms and, confronted with his enemy, he will groan like a dying man.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	25	I shall strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh will fall. And they will know that I am Yahweh, when I put my sword into the hands of the king of Babylon and he wields it against Egypt.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	30	26	I shall scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse it among the countries; and they will know that I am Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	31	1	In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	31	2	'Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and his throng of subjects: "What can compare with you for greatness?
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	31	3	I know: a cedar tree in the Lebanon with noble branches, dense foliage, lofty height. Its top pierces the clouds.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	31	4	The waters have made it grow, the deep has made it tall, pouring its rivers round the place where it is planted, sending rivulets to all the wild trees.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	31	5	This is why its height was greater than that of other wild trees, its branches increased in number, its boughs stretched wide, because of the plentiful waters making it grow.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	31	6	All the birds of heaven nested in its branches; under its boughs all wild animals dropped their young; in its shade sat many, many people.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	31	7	It was beautiful in its size, in the span of its boughs; for its roots were in plentiful waters.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	31	8	There was no cedar like it in the garden of God, no cypress had branches such as these, no plane tree could match its boughs, no tree in the garden of God could rival its beauty.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	31	9	I had made it so lovely with its many branches that it was the envy of every tree in Eden, in the garden of God.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	31	10	"Very well, the Lord Yahweh says this: "Since it has raised itself to its full height, has lifted its top into the clouds, and has grown arrogant about its height,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	31	11	I have handed it over to the prince of the nations, for him to treat as its wickedness deserves; I have rejected it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	31	12	Foreigners, the most barbarous of nations, have cut it down and deserted it. On the mountains, in all the valleys, lie its branches; its broken boughs are in every ravine throughout the country; everybody in the country has fled its shade and deserted it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	31	13	On its wreckage perch all the birds of heaven; all the wild animals have advanced on its branches.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	31	14	"So in future let no tree rear its height beside the waters, none push its top into the clouds, no watered tree stretch its height towards them. For all of them are doomed to death, to the depths of the underworld, with the common run of humanity, with those who sink into oblivion.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	31	15	"The Lord Yahweh says this: The day it went down to Sheol, I imposed mourning, I closed the deep over it. I stopped its rivers and the plentiful waters dried up; I made Lebanon dark because of it, and all the wild trees wilted because of it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	31	16	With the noise when it fell I made the nations quake, as I hurled it down to Sheol, with those who sink into oblivion. In the depths of the underworld all the trees of Eden took comfort, the pick of the loveliest trees of the Lebanon, all irrigated by the waters.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	31	17	And its offspring among the nations, once living in its shade, went down to Sheol with it, to those who have been slaughtered by the sword.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	31	18	"Which of the trees of Eden compares with you for glory and greatness? Yet you have been hurled down with the trees of Eden, to the depths of the underworld, among the uncircumcised, and there you lie with those who have been slaughtered by the sword. So much for Pharaoh and all his throng-- declared the Lord Yahweh."'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	1	In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	2	'Son of man, raise a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt. Say to him: "Young lion of nations, you are destroyed! Once you were like a crocodile in the lagoons; emerging from your rivers, you churned up the water with your trampling and fouled their streams.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	3	"The Lord Yahweh says this: I shall throw my net over you in a great concourse of nations; and they will trawl you up in my net. Then I shall leave you high and dry,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	4	I shall throw you out into the wilds and make all the birds of heaven settle on you, and glut all the beasts of the earth with you.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	5	I shall strew your flesh on your mountains and fill the valleys with your corruption;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	6	I shall water the country with what flows from you, with your blood, on the mountainsides, and you will fill the ravines.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	7	When I extinguish you I shall cover the skies and darken the stars. I shall cover the sun with clouds and the moon will not give its light.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	8	I shall dim every luminary in heaven because of you and cover your country in darkness -declares the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	9	"I shall grieve the heart of many peoples when I bring about your destruction among the nations, in countries unknown to you.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	10	I shall stun many peoples with shock at your fate; their kings will tremble with horror at your fate, when I brandish my sword before their eyes. The day you fall, each will tremble in terror for his life.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	11	For the Lord Yahweh says this: The sword of the king of Babylon will overtake you.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	12	I shall make your throngs of subjects fall at the swords of my warriors. They are the most barbarous of nations. They will annihilate the pride of Egypt, and all its throngs will be destroyed.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	13	I shall also destroy all its cattle beside the plentiful waters. No human foot will churn them, no animal foot will churn them up again;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	14	then I shall let their waters settle and make their rivers glide like oil -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	15	"When I reduce Egypt to a ruin and the country is stripped of its contents, when I strike all those who live there, they will know that I am Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	16	"Such is the lament which the daughters of the nations will raise. They will raise it over Egypt and all its throng. This is the lament they will raise -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	17	In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the first month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	18	'Son of man, lament over the throng of Egypt, for down she must go with the daughters of majestic nations to the depths of the underworld with those who sink into oblivion.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	19	'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Down with you, make your bed with the uncircumcised,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	20	with those who have been slaughtered by the sword. (The sword has been given, it has been drawn.) She and all her throngs have fallen.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	21	From the depths of Sheol, the mightiest heroes, her allies, will say to her, "They have come down, they have lain down, uncircumcised, slaughtered by the sword."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	22	'Assyria is there and all her hordes, with their graves all round her; all of them slaughtered, fallen by the sword;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	23	their graves have been made in the deepest part of the abyss, and her hordes, with their graves all round her; all of them slaughtered, killed by the sword, who once spread terror through the world of the living.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	24	'Elam is there and all her throng round her grave, all of them slaughtered, fallen by the sword; they have gone down uncircumcised to the depths of the underworld, who once spread terror throughout the world of the living. They have borne their shame with those who sink into oblivion.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	25	Among the slaughtered, they have put a bed for her, among her throng with their tombs round her, all of them uncircumcised, slaughtered by the sword for having spread terror throughout the world of the living. They have borne their shame with those who sink into oblivion. They have been put among the slaughtered.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	26	'Meshech, Tubal are there and all her throng, with their graves round her, all of them uncircumcised, slaughtered by the sword for having spread terror through the world of the living.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	27	They do not lie with the heroes who fell long ago, those who went down to Sheol fully armed, who had their swords laid under their heads and their shields put under their bones, since the heroes inspired the world of the living with terror.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	28	But you will be broken with the uncircumcised and lie with those slaughtered by the sword.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	29	'Edom is there, her kings and all her princes who, despite their valour, have been laid with those slaughtered by the sword. They lie with the uncircumcised, with those who sink into oblivion.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	30	'All the princes of the north and all the Sidonians are there, who have gone down with the slaughtered, because of the terror which their power inspired. Ashamed, uncircumcised, they lie among those slaughtered by the sword and bear their shame with those who sink into oblivion.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	31	'Pharaoh will see them and take comfort at the sight of all this throng slaughtered by the sword -- Pharaoh and all his throng -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	32	32	For having spread terror through the world of the living, he will be laid with the uncircumcised, with those slaughtered by the sword, Pharaoh and all his throng -- declares the Lord Yahweh.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	2	'Son of man, speak to the people of your country. Say to them, "When I send the sword against the people of that country, take one of their number and post him as a watchman;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	3	if he sees the sword coming against the country, he must sound his horn to warn the people.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	4	If someone hears the sound of the horn but pays no attention and the sword overtakes him and destroys him, he will have been responsible for his own death.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	5	He has heard the sound of the horn and paid no attention; his death will be his own responsibility. But the life of someone who pays attention will be secure.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	6	"If, however, the watchman has seen the sword coming but has not blown his horn, and so the people are not alerted and the sword overtakes them and destroys a single one of them, that person will indeed die for his guilt, but I shall hold the watchman responsible for his death."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	7	'Son of man I have appointed you as watchman for the House of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth, warn them from me.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	8	If I say to someone wicked, "Evil- doer, you are to die," and you do not speak to warn the wicked person to renounce such ways, the wicked person will die for this guilt, but I shall hold you responsible for the death.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	9	If, however, you do warn someone wicked to renounce such ways and repent, and that person does not repent, then the culprit will die for this guilt, but you yourself will have saved your life.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	10	'Son of man, say to the House of Israel, "You are continually saying: Our crimes and sins weigh heavily on us; we are wasting away because of them. How are we to go on living?"
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	11	Say to them, "As I live -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- I do not take pleasure in the death of the wicked but in the conversion of the wicked who changes his ways and saves his life. Repent, turn back from your evil ways. Why die, House of Israel?"
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	12	'Son of man, say to the members of your nation, "The uprightness of an upright person will not save him once he takes to wrong-doing; the wickedness of a wicked person will not ruin him once he renounces his wickedness. No one upright will be able to live on the strength of uprightness, having once taken to sinning.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	13	If I say to someone upright: You are to live, and then, trusting in this uprightness, he does wrong, none of the uprightness will be remembered; because of the wrong-doing, he will die.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	14	If, however, I say to someone wicked: You are to die, and he turns back from sin and does what is lawful and upright,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	15	if he returns pledges, restores what he has stolen, keeps the laws that give life and no longer does wrong, he will live and will not die.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	16	None of his previous sins will be remembered against him; having done what is lawful and upright, he will live.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	17	"But the members of your nation say: What the Lord does is unjust. But it is what you do that is unjust.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	18	When an upright person gives up being upright and does wrong, he dies for it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	19	And when a wicked person gives up being wicked and does what is lawful and upright, because of this he lives.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	20	But you say: What the Lord does is unjust! I shall judge each of you by what you do, House of Israel." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	21	In the twelfth year of our captivity, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive arrived from Jerusalem and said to me, 'The city has been taken.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	22	Now the hand of the Lord had been on me the evening before the fugitive arrived; he had opened my mouth before the fugitive came to me the next morning; my mouth had been opened and I was dumb no longer.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	23	The word of Yahweh was then addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	24	'Son of man, the people living in those ruins on the soil of Israel say this, "Abraham was alone when he was given possession of this country. But we are many; the country has been given us as our heritage."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	25	'Very well, tell them, "The Lord Yahweh says this: You eat blood, you raise your eyes to your foul idols, you shed blood; are you to own the country?
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	26	You rely on your swords, you engage in loathsome practices, each of you defiles his neighbour's wife; are you to own the country?"
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	27	Tell them this, "The Lord Yahweh says this: As I live, I swear it, those in the ruins will fall to the sword, those in the countryside I shall give to the wild animals for them to eat, and those among the crags and in caves will die of plague.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	28	I shall make the country a desolate waste, and the pride of its strength will be at an end. The mountains of Israel will be deserted and no one will pass that way again.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	29	Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I make the country a desolate waste because of all the filthy things they have done."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	30	'Son of man, the members of your nation are talking about you on the ramparts and in doorways. They keep saying to one another, "Come and hear the word that has come from Yahweh."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	31	They throng towards you; my people sit down in front of you and listen to your words, but they do not act on them. What they act on is the lie in their mouths, and their hearts are set on dishonest gain.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	32	As far as they are concerned, you are like a love song pleasantly sung to a good musical accompaniment. They listen to your words, but no one acts on them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	33	33	When the thing takes place -- and it is beginning now -- they will know that there has been a prophet among them.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	2	'Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them, "Shepherds, the Lord Yahweh says this: Disaster is in store for the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Are not shepherds meant to feed a flock?
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	3	Yet you have fed on milk, you have dressed yourselves in wool, you have sacrificed the fattest sheep, but failed to feed the flock.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	4	You have failed to make weak sheep strong, or to care for the sick ones, or bandage the injured ones. You have failed to bring back strays or look for the lost. On the contrary, you have ruled them cruelly and harshly.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	5	For lack of a shepherd they have been scattered, to become the prey of all the wild animals; they have been scattered.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	6	My flock is astray on every mountain and on every high hill; my flock has been scattered all over the world; no one bothers about them and no one looks for them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	7	"Very well, shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh:
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	8	As I live, I swear it -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- since my flock has been pillaged and for lack of a shepherd is now the prey of every wild animal, since my shepherds have ceased to bother about my flock, since my shepherds feed themselves rather than my flock,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	9	very well, shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh:
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	10	The Lord Yahweh says this: Look, I am against the shepherds. I shall take my flock out of their charge and henceforth not allow them to feed my flock. And the shepherds will stop feeding themselves, because I shall rescue my sheep from their mouths to stop them from being food for them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	11	"For the Lord Yahweh says this: Look, I myself shall take care of my flock and look after it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	12	As a shepherd looks after his flock when he is with his scattered sheep, so shall I look after my sheep. I shall rescue them from wherever they have been scattered on the day of clouds and darkness.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	13	I shall bring them back from the peoples where they are; I shall gather them back from the countries and bring them back to their own land. I shall pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the inhabited parts of the country.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	14	I shall feed them in good pasturage; the highest mountains of Israel will be their grazing ground. There they will rest in good grazing grounds; they will browse in rich pastures on the mountains of Israel.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	15	I myself shall pasture my sheep, I myself shall give them rest -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	16	I shall look for the lost one, bring back the stray, bandage the injured and make the sick strong. I shall watch over the fat and healthy. I shall be a true shepherd to them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	17	"As for you, my sheep, the Lord Yahweh says this: I shall judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and he-goats.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	18	Not content to drink the clearest of the water, you foul the rest with your feet.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	19	And my sheep must graze on what your feet have trampled and drink what your feet have fouled.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	20	Very well, the Lord Yahweh says this: I myself shall judge between the fat sheep and the thin sheep.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	21	Since you have jostled with flank and shoulder and butted all the ailing sheep with your horns, until you have scattered them outside,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	22	I shall come and save my sheep and stop them from being victimised. I shall judge between sheep and sheep.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	23	"I shall raise up one shepherd, my servant David, and put him in charge of them to pasture them; he will pasture them and be their shepherd.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	24	I, Yahweh, shall be their God, and my servant David will be ruler among them. I, Yahweh, have spoken.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	25	I shall make a covenant of peace with them; I shall rid the country of wild animals. They will be able to live secure in the desert and go to sleep in the woods.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	26	I shall settle them round my hill; I shall send rain at the proper time; it will be a rain of blessings.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	27	The trees of the countryside will yield their fruit and the soil will yield its produce; they will be secure on their soil. And they will know that I am Yahweh when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the clutches of their slave-masters.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	28	No more will they be a prey to the nations, no more will the wild animals of the country devour them. They will live secure, with no one to frighten them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	29	I shall make splendid vegetation grow for them; no more will they suffer from famine in the country; no more will they have to bear the insults of other nations.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	30	So they will know that I, their God, am with them and that they, the House of Israel, are my people -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	34	31	And you, my sheep, are the flock of my human pasture, and I am your God -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	35	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	35	2	'Son of man, turn towards Mount Seir and prophesy against it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	35	3	Say to it, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Look, I am against you, Mount Seir; I shall stretch out my hand against you; I shall make you a desolate waste;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	35	4	I shall lay your towns in ruins. You will become a waste and you will know that I am Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	35	5	Since, following a long-standing hatred, you betrayed the Israelites to the sword on the day of their distress, on the day when an end came for their guilt,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	35	6	very well, as I live -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- I destine you to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you. I swear it; you have incurred guilt by shedding blood, and bloodshed will pursue you.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	35	7	I shall make Mount Seir a desolate waste and denude it of anyone travelling to and fro.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	35	8	I shall fill its mountains with its slaughtered; on your hills, in your valleys and in all your ravines, those slaughtered by the sword will fall.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	35	9	I shall make you a perpetual waste, your towns will never be inhabited again, and you will know that I am Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	35	10	"Since you said: The two nations and the two countries will be mine; we are going to take possession of it, although Yahweh was there,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	35	11	very well, as I live -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- I shall act with the same anger and jealousy as you acted in your hatred for them. I shall make myself known for their sake, when I punish you,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	35	12	and you will know that I, Yahweh, have heard all the blasphemies which you have uttered against the mountains of Israel, such as: They have been laid waste, they have been given to us for us to devour.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	35	13	Great was your insolence towards me, many your speeches against me; I have heard!
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	35	14	Lord Yahweh says this: To the joy of the whole world, I shall make you a waste.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	35	15	Since you rejoiced because the heritage of the House of Israel had been laid waste, I shall do the same to you, Mount Seir; and you will become a waste, and so will the whole of Edom; and they will know that I am Yahweh.' "
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	1	'Son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel. Say, "Mountains of Israel, hear the word of Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	2	The Lord Yahweh says this: Since the enemy has gloated over you by saying: Aha! These eternal heights are owned by us now,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	3	very well, prophesy! Say: The Lord Yahweh says this: Since you have been ravaged and seized on from all sides, and have become the property of the rest of the nations, and become the subject of people's talk and gossip,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	4	very well, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Yahweh! The Lord Yahweh says this to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the devastated ruins and abandoned cities which have been put to the sack and have become a laughing-stock to the rest of the nations all round;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	5	very well, the Lord Yahweh says this: I swear it in the heat of my jealousy; I am speaking to the rest of the nations and to the whole of Edom who so exultantly and contemptuously took possession of my country to despoil its pastureland."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	6	'Because of this, prophesy about the land of Israel. Say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, "The Lord Yahweh says this: I am speaking in my jealousy and rage; because you are enduring the insults of the nations,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	7	very well, the Lord Yahweh says this: I raise my hand and I swear that the nations all around you shall have their own insults to bear.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	8	"Mountains of Israel, you will grow branches and bear fruit for my people Israel, who will soon return.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	9	Yes, I am coming to you, I shall turn to you; you will be tilled and sown.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	10	I shall increase your population, the whole House of Israel, yes, all. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	11	I shall increase your population, both human and animal; they will be fertile and reproduce. I shall repopulate you as you were before; I shall make you more prosperous than you were before, and you will know that I am Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	12	Thanks to me, men will tread your soil again, my people Israel; they will own you and you will be their heritage, and never again will you rob them of their children.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	13	"The Lord Yahweh says this: Since people have said of you: You are a man-eater, you have robbed your nation of its children,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	14	very well, you will eat no more men, never rob your nation of its children again -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	15	I shall never again let you hear the insults of the nations, you will never again have to bear the taunts of the peoples, you will never again rob the nation of its children -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	16	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	17	'Son of man, the members of the House of Israel used to live in their own territory, but they defiled it by their conduct and actions; to me their conduct was as unclean as a woman's menstruation.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	18	I then vented my fury on them because of the blood they shed in the country and the foul idols with which they defiled it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	19	I scattered them among the nations and they were dispersed throughout the countries. I sentenced them as their conduct and actions deserved.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	20	They have profaned my holy name among the nations where they have gone, so that people say of them, "These are the people of Yahweh; they have been exiled from his land."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	21	But I have been concerned about my holy name, which the House of Israel has profaned among the nations where they have gone.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	22	And so, say to the House of Israel, "The Lord Yahweh says this: I am acting not for your sake, House of Israel, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	23	I am going to display the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. And the nations will know that I am Yahweh -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- when in you I display my holiness before their eyes.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	24	For I shall take you from among the nations and gather you back from all the countries, and bring you home to your own country.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	25	I shall pour clean water over you and you will be cleansed; I shall cleanse you of all your filth and of all your foul idols.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	26	I shall give you a new heart, and put a new spirit in you; I shall remove the heart of stone from your bodies and give you a heart of flesh instead.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	27	I shall put my spirit in you, and make you keep my laws, and respect and practice my judgments.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	28	You will live in the country which I gave your ancestors. You will be my people and I shall be your God.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	29	I shall save you from everything that defiles you, I shall summon the wheat and make it plentiful and impose no more famines on you.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	30	I shall increase the yield of tree and field, so that you will never again bear the ignominy of famine among the nations.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	31	Then you will remember your evil conduct and actions. You will loathe yourselves for your guilt and your loathsome practices.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	32	I assure you that I am not doing this for your sake -- declares the Lord Yahweh. Be ashamed and blush for your conduct, House of Israel.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	33	"The Lord Yahweh says this: On the day I cleanse you from all your guilt, I shall repopulate the cities and cause the ruins to be rebuilt.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	34	Waste land, once desolate for every passer-by to see, will now be farmed again.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	35	And people will say: This land, so recently a waste, is now like a garden of Eden, and the ruined cities once abandoned and levelled to the ground are now strongholds with people living in them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	36	And the nations left round you will know that I, Yahweh, have rebuilt what was levelled and replanted what was ruined. I, Yahweh, have spoken and shall do it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	37	"The Lord Yahweh says this: As a further mark of favour, I shall let myself be consulted by the House of Israel; I shall increase their numbers like a human flock,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	36	38	like a flock of sacrificial animals, like the flock in Jerusalem on her solemn feasts. So your ruined cities will be filled with human flocks, and they will know that I am Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	1	The hand of Yahweh was on me; he carried me away by the spirit of Yahweh and set me down in the middle of the valley, a valley full of bones.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	2	He made me walk up and down and all around among them. There were vast quantities of these bones on the floor of the valley; and they were completely dry.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	3	He said to me, 'Son of man, can these bones live?' I said, 'You know, Lord Yahweh.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	4	He said, 'Prophesy over these bones. Say, "Dry bones, hear the word of Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	5	The Lord Yahweh says this to these bones: I am now going to make breath enter you, and you will live.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	6	I shall put sinews on you, I shall make flesh grow on you, I shall cover you with skin and give you breath, and you will live; and you will know that I am Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	7	I prophesied as I had been ordered. While I was prophesying, there was a noise, a clattering sound; it was the bones coming together.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	8	And as I looked, they were covered with sinews; flesh was growing on them and skin was covering them, yet there was no breath in them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	9	He said to me, 'Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man. Say to the breath, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Come from the four winds, breath; breathe on these dead, so that they come to life!" '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	10	I prophesied as he had ordered me, and the breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet, a great, an immense army.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	11	Then he said, 'Son of man, these bones are the whole House of Israel. They keep saying, "Our bones are dry, our hope has gone; we are done for."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	12	So, prophesy. Say to them, "The Lord Yahweh says this: I am now going to open your graves; I shall raise you from your graves, my people, and lead you back to the soil of Israel.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	13	And you will know that I am Yahweh, when I open your graves and raise you from your graves, my people,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	14	and put my spirit in you, and you revive, and I resettle you on your own soil. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken and done this -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	15	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	16	'Son of man, take a stick and write on it, "Judah and those Israelites loyal to him." Take another stick and write on it, "Joseph (Ephraim's wood) and all the House of Israel loyal to him."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	17	'Join one to the other to make a single piece of wood, a single stick in your hand.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	18	And when the members of your nation say, "Will you not tell us what you mean?"
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	19	say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: I am taking the stick of Joseph (now in Ephraim's hand) and those tribes of Israel loyal to him and shall join them to the stick of Judah. I shall make one stick out of the two, a single stick in my hand."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	20	'When the pieces of wood you have written on are in your hand in full sight of them,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	21	say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: I shall take the Israelites from the nations where they have gone. I shall gather them to- gether from everywhere and bring them home to their own soil.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	22	I shall make them into one nation in the country, on the mountains of Israel, and one king is to be king of them all; they will no longer form two nations, nor be two separate kingdoms.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	23	They will no longer defile themselves with their foul idols, their horrors and any of their crimes. I shall save them from the acts of infidelity which they have committed and shall cleanse them; they will be my people and I shall be their God.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	24	My servant David will reign over them, one shepherd for all; they will follow my judgements, respect my laws and practise them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	25	They will live in the country which I gave to my servant Jacob, the country in which your ancestors lived. They will live in it, they, their children, their children's children, for ever. David my servant is to be their prince for ever.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	26	I shall make a covenant of peace with them, an eternal covenant with them. I shall resettle them and make them grow; I shall set my sanctuary among them for ever.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	27	I shall make my home above them; I shall be their God, and they will be my people.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	37	28	And the nations will know that I am Yahweh the sanctifier of Israel, when my sanctuary is with them for ever." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	38	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	38	2	'Son of man, turn towards Gog, to the country of Magog, towards the paramount prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	38	3	Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: I am against you, Gog, paramount prince of Meshech and Tubal.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	38	4	I shall turn you about, I shall fix hooks in your jaws and bring you out with your entire army, horses and horsemen, all perfectly equipped, a huge array armed with shields and bucklers, and all wielding swords.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	38	5	Persia and Cush and Put are with them, all with buckler and helmet;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	38	6	Gomer and all its troops, Beth-Togarmah in the far north and all its troops, and many nations with you.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	38	7	Be ready, be well prepared, you and all your troops and the others rallying to you, and hold yourself at my service.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	38	8	"Many days will pass before you are given orders; in the final years you will march on this country, whose inhabitants will have been living in confidence, remote from other peoples, since they escaped the sword and were gathered in from various nations, here in the long-deserted mountains of Israel.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	38	9	Like a storm you will approach, you will advance and cover the country like a cloud, you, all your troops and many nations with you.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	38	10	"The Lord Yahweh says this: That day, a thought will enter your mind and you will form a sinister plan.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	38	11	You will think: I shall attack this undefended country and march on this peaceful nation living secure, all living in towns without walls or bars or gates.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	38	12	You will come to plunder and loot and turn your might against the ruins they live in, against this people gathered back from the nations, these stock-breeders and traders who live at the Navel of the World.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	38	13	Sheba and Dedan, the merchants and all the magnates of Tarshish will ask you: Have you come for plunder? Are you massing your troops with a view to looting? To make off with gold and silver, seize cattle and goods, and come away with unlimited spoil?"
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	38	14	'So, son of man, prophesy. Say to Gog, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Is it not true that you will set out at a time when my people Israel is living secure?
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	38	15	You will leave your home in the far north, you and many nations with you, a great army of countless troops all mounted.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	38	16	You will invade Israel, my people. You will be like a cloud covering the country. In the final days, I myself shall bring you to attack my country, so that the nations will know who I am, when I display my holiness to them, by means of you, Gog.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	38	17	"The Lord Yahweh says this: It was of you that I spoke in the past through my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days, foretelling your invasion.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	38	18	The day Gog attacks the land of Israel -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- my furious wrath will boil up. In my anger,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	38	19	in my jealousy, in the heat of my fury I say it: That day, I swear, there will be such a huge earthquake in the land of Israel,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	38	20	that the fish in the sea and the birds of heaven, the wild beasts, all the reptiles creeping along the ground, and all people on the surface of the earth will quake before me. Mountains will fall, cliffs crumble, all walls collapse, and
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	38	21	I shall summon every kind of sword against him -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- and each will turn his sword against his comrade.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	38	22	I shall punish him with plague and bloodshed, and rain down torrential rain, hailstones, fire and brimstone on him, on his troops and on the many nations with him.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	38	23	I shall display my greatness and holiness and bring the many nations to acknowledge me; and they will know that I am Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	1	'So, son of man, prophesy against Gog. Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Look, I am against you, Gog, paramount prince of Meshech and Tubal.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	2	I shall turn you about, lead you on, and bring you from the farthest north against the mountains of Israel.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	3	I shall break the bow in your left hand and dash the arrows out of your right.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	4	You will fall on the mountains of Israel, you, all your troops and the nations with you. I shall make you food for every kind of bird of prey and wild animals.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	5	You will fall in the wilds, for I have spoken -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	6	I shall send down fire on Magog and on those living undisturbed in the islands, and they will know that I am Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	7	I shall see that my holy name is acknowledged by my people Israel, and no longer allow my holy name to be profaned; and the nations will know that I am Yahweh, holy in Israel.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	8	"All this is to happen, all this is to take place -- declares the Lord Yahweh. This is the day I predicted.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	9	"The inhabitants of the towns of Israel will go out and set fire to and burn the weapons, the shields and bucklers, bows and arrows, javelins and spears. They will burn these for seven years
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	10	and not fetch wood from the countryside or cut it in the forests, since they will be burning the weapons. They will plunder those who plundered them, and despoil those who despoiled them -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	11	"That day, I shall give Gog a famous spot in Israel for his grave, the valley of the Obarim, east of the Sea -- the valley that halts the traveller -- and there Gog and his whole throng will be buried, and it will be called the Valley of Hamon-Gog.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	12	The House of Israel will take seven months to bury them and cleanse the country.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	13	All the people of the country will dig their graves, thus winning themselves renown, the day when I display my glory -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	14	And men will be detailed to the permanent duty of going through the country and burying those left above ground and cleansing it. They will begin their search once the seven months are over,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	15	and as they go through the country, if one of them sees any human bones, he will set up a marker beside them until the gravediggers have buried them in the valley of Hamon-Gog
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	16	(and Hamonah is also the name of a town) and have cleansed the country."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	17	'Son of man, the Lord Yahweh says this, "Say to the birds of every kind and to all the wild animals: Muster, come, gather from everywhere around for the sacrifice I am making for you, a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, so that you can eat flesh and drink blood.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	18	You will eat the flesh of heroes, you will drink the blood of the princes of the world. They are all rams and lambs, goats and fat bulls of Bashan.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	19	You will glut yourselves on fat and drink yourselves drunk on blood at this sacrifice I am making for you.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	20	You will glut yourselves at my table on horses and chargers, on heroes and every kind of warrior -- declares the Lord Yahweh."
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	21	'I shall display my glory to the nations, and all nations will see my sentence when I inflict it and my hand when I strike them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	22	The House of Israel will know that I am Yahweh their God, from that day forward for ever.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	23	The nations too will know that the House of Israel were exiled for their guilt; because they were unfaithful to me, I hid my face from them and put them into the clutches of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	24	I treated them as their loathsome acts of infidelity deserved and hid my face from them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	25	'So, the Lord Yahweh says this, "Now I shall bring Jacob's captives back and take pity on the whole House of Israel and show myself jealous for my holy name.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	26	They will forget their disgrace and all the acts of infidelity which they committed against me when they were living safely in their own country, with no one to disturb them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	27	When I bring them home from the peoples, when I gather them back from the countries of their enemies, when I display my holiness in them for many nations to see,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	28	they will know that I am Yahweh their God who, having sent them into exile among the nations, have reunited them in their own country, not leaving a single one behind.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	39	29	I shall never hide my face from them again, since I shall pour out my spirit on the House of Israel -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	1	In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, fourteen years to the day from the capture of the city, the hand of Yahweh was on me. He carried me away:
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	2	in divine visions, he carried me away to the land of Israel and put me down on a very high mountain, on the south of which there seemed to be built a city.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	3	He took me to it, and there I saw a man, whose appearance was like brass. He had a flax cord and a measuring rod in his hand and was standing in the gateway.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	4	The man said to me, 'Son of man, look carefully, listen closely and pay attention to everything I show you, since you have been brought here only for me to show it to you. Tell the House of Israel everything that you see.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	5	Now, the Temple was surrounded on all sides by an outer wall. The man was holding a measuring rod six cubits long, each cubit a forearm and a handsbreadth. He measured the thickness of this construction -- one rod; and its height -- one rod.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	6	He went to the east gate, climbed the steps and measured its threshold: one rod deep.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	7	Each guardroom one rod by one rod; and the piers between the guardrooms five cubits thick, and the threshold of the gate inwards from the porch of the gate: one rod.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	8	8
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	9	He measured the porch of the gate: eight cubits; its piers: two cubits; the porch of the gate was at the inner end.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	10	There were three guardrooms on each side of the east gate, all three of the same size; the piers between them all of the same thickness each side.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	11	He measured the width of the entrance: ten cubits; and the width all down the gateway: thirteen cubits.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	12	There was a rail in front of the guardrooms; each rail on either side was one cubit. And the guardrooms on either side were six cubits square.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	13	He measured the width of the gate from the back wall of one guardroom to the back wall of the other; it was twenty-five cubits across, the openings being opposite each other.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	14	He measured the porch: twenty cubits; the court surrounded the gate on all sides.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	15	From the front of the entrance gate, to the far end of the porch of the inner gate: fifty cubits.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	16	All round inside the gate there were trellised windows in the guardrooms and in their piers; similarly, in the porch there were windows all round and palm trees on the piers.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	17	He then took me to the outer court, which had rooms and a paved terrace going all the way round; there were thirty rooms on this terrace.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	18	This terrace, which came up to the sides of the gates and matched their depth, was the Lower Terrace. He measured the width of the court,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	19	from the front of the lower gate to the fac ade of the inner court, outside: a hundred cubits (on the east and on the north).
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	20	He measured the length and breadth of the north gate of the outer court.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	21	It had three guardrooms on each side; its piers and porch were of the same size as those of the first gate: fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	22	Its windows, its porch and its palm trees were of the same size as those of the east gate. There were seven steps up to it, and its porch was at the inner end.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	23	In the inner court there was, opposite the north gate, a gate like the one opposite the east gate. He measured the distance from one gate to the other: a hundred cubits.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	24	He took me to the south side where there was a south gate; he measured its guardrooms, piers and porch; they were of the same size as the others.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	25	The gateway, as well as its porch, had windows all round, like the windows of the others; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	26	and it had seven steps up to it; its porch was at the inner end and had palm trees on its piers, one on either side.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	27	The inner court had a south gate; he measured the distance southwards from one gate to the other: a hundred cubits.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	28	He then took me into the inner court by the south gate; he measured the south gate which was of the same size as the others.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	29	Its guardrooms, piers and porch were of the same size as the others.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	30	The gateway, as well as its porch, had windows all round; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	31	The porch gave on to the outer court. It had palm trees on its piers and eight steps leading up to it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	32	He took me to the eastern part of the inner court and measured the gate. It was of the same size as the others.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	33	Its guardrooms, piers and porch were of the same size as the others. The gateway, as well as its porch, had windows all round; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	34	Its porch gave on to the outer court. There were palm trees on its piers on either side and eight steps leading up to it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	35	He then took me to the north gate and measured it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	36	Its guardrooms, piers and porch were of the same size as the others. The gateway had windows all round; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	37	Its porch gave on to the outer court. There were palm trees on its piers on either side and eight steps leading up to it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	38	There was a room, the entrance to which was in the porch of the gateway, where they washed the burnt offerings.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	39	And inside the porch of the gateway were slabs, two on either side, for slaughtering the burnt offerings, the sacrifice for sin and the sacrifice of reparation.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	40	Outside, at the approach to the entrance of the north gate, were two slabs, and on the other side, at the porch end of the gate were two slabs.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	41	There were four slabs on one side and four slabs on the other side of the gateway, eight slabs in all, on which the slaughtering was done.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	42	There were also four slabs of dressed stone for the burnt offerings, a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide and a cubit high, on which the instruments for slaughtering the burnt offerings and sacrifice were placed;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	43	runnels a handsbreadth wide went all round the top, and on these slabs was put the sacrificial flesh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	44	Then he took me into the inner court; there were two rooms in the inner court, one on the side of the north gate, facing south, the other on the side of the south gate, facing north.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	45	He told me, 'The room looking south is for the priests responsible for the service of the Temple,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	46	and the room looking north is for the priests responsible for the service of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, those of the sons of Levi who approach Yahweh to serve him.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	47	He measured the court; it was a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide, a square with the altar standing in front of the Temple.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	48	He took me to the Ulam of the Temple and measured the piers of the Ulam: five cubits either side; and the width of the entrance was three cubits either side.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	40	49	The length of the Ulam was twenty cubits and its width twelve cubits. There were ten steps leading up to it, and there were columns by the piers, one on either side.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	1	He took me to the Hekal and measured its piers: six cubits wide on the one side, six cubits wide on the other.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	2	The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the returns of the entrance were five cubits on the one side and five cubits on the other. He measured its length: forty cubits; and its width: twenty cubits.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	3	He then went inside and measured the pier at the entrance: two cubits; then the entrance; six cubits; and the returns of the entrance: seven cubits.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	4	He measured its length; twenty cubits; and its width against the Hekal: twenty cubits. He then said to me, 'This is the Holy of Holies.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	5	He then measured the wall of the Temple: six cubits. The width of the lateral structure was four cubits, all round the Temple.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	6	The cells were one above the other in three tiers of thirty cells each. The cells were recessed into the wall, the wall of the structure comprising the cells, all round, forming offsets; but there were no offsets in the wall of the Temple itself.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	7	The width of the cells increased, storey by storey, corresponding to the amount taken in from the wall from one storey to the next, all round the Temple.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	8	Then I saw that there was a paved terrace all round the Temple. The height of this, which formed the base of the side cells, was one complete rod of six cubits.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	9	The outer wall of the side cells was five cubits thick. There was a passage between the cells of the Temple
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	10	and the rooms, twenty cubits wide, all round the Temple.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	11	As a way in to the lateral cells on the passage there was one entrance on the north side and one entrance on the south side. The width of the passage was five cubits right round.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	12	The building on the west side of the court was seventy cubits wide, the wall of the building was five cubits thick all round and its length was ninety cubits.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	13	He measured the length of the Temple: a hundred cubits.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	14	The length of the court plus the building and its walls: a hundred cubits.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	15	He measured the length of the building, along the court, at the back, and its galleries on either side: a hundred cubits. The inside of the Hekal and the porches of the court,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	16	the thresholds, the windows, the galleries on three sides, facing the threshold, were panelled with wood all round from floor to windows, and the windows were screened with latticework.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	17	From the door to the inner part of the Temple, as well as outside, and on the wall all round, both inside and out,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	18	were carved great winged creatures and palm trees, one palm tree between two winged creatures; each winged creature had two faces:
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	19	a human face turned towards the palm tree on one side and the face of a lion towards the palm tree on the other side, throughout the Temple, all round.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	20	Winged creatures and palm trees were carved on the wall from the floor to above the entrance.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	21	The doorposts of the Temple were square. In front of the sanctuary there was something like
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	22	a wooden altar, three cubits high and two cubits square. Its corners, base and sides were of wood. He said to me, 'This is the table in the presence of Yahweh.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	23	The Hekal had double doors and the sanctuary
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	24	double doors. These doors had two hinged leaves, two leaves for the one door, two leaves for the other.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	25	On them (on the doors of the Hekal), were carved great winged creatures and palm trees like those carved on the walls. There was a wooden porch roof on the front of the Ulam on the outside,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	41	26	and windows with flanking palm trees on the sides of the Ulam, the cells to the side of the Temple and the porch-roofs.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	42	1	He then took me out into the outer court on the north side and led me to the room facing the court, that is to say, to the front of the building on the north side.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	42	2	Along the front, it was a hundred cubits long on the north side and fifty cubits wide.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	42	3	Facing the gateways of the inner court and facing the paving of the outer court was a gallery in front of the triple gallery,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	42	4	and in front of the rooms was a walk, ten cubits measured inwards and a hundred cubits long; their doors looked north.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	42	5	The top-floor rooms were narrow because the galleries took up part of the width, being narrower than those on the ground floor or those on the middle floor of the building;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	42	6	these were divided into three storeys and had no columns such as the court had. Hence they were narrower than the ground floor ones or the middle-floor ones (below them).
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	42	7	The outer wall parallel to the rooms, facing them and giving onto the outer court, was fifty cubits long,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	42	8	the length of the rooms facing the outer court being fifty cubits, while for those facing the hall of the Temple it was a hundred cubits.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	42	9	Beneath the rooms there was an entrance from the east, leading in from the outer court.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	42	10	In the thickness of the wall of the court, on the south side fronting the court and the building, were rooms.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	42	11	A walk ran in front of them, as with the rooms built on the north side; they were of the same length and breadth, and were of similar design with similar doors in and out.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	42	12	Before the rooms on the south side there was an entrance at the end of each walk, opposite the corresponding wall on the east side, at their entries.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	42	13	He said to me, 'The northern and southern rooms giving onto the court are the rooms of the sanctuary, in which the priests who approach Yahweh will eat the most holy things. In them will be placed the most holy things: the oblation, the sacrifice for sin  sin and the sacrifice of reparation, since this is a holy place.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	42	14	Once the priests have entered, they will not go out of the holy place into the outer court without leaving their liturgical vestments there, since these vestments are holy; they will put on other clothes before going near places assigned to the people.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	42	15	When he had finished measuring the inside of the Temple, he took me out to the east gate and measured it right round the sides.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	42	16	He measured the east side with his measuring rod: a total of five hundred cubits by the measuring rod.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	42	17	He then measured the north side: a total of five hundred cubits by the measuring rod.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	42	18	He then measured the south side: five hundred cubits by the measuring rod
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	42	19	was the total. On the west side he measured five hundred cubits by the measuring rod.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	42	20	He measured the entire enclosing wall on all four sides: length five hundred, breadth five hundred, separating the sacred from the profane.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	1	He took me to the gate, the one facing east.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	2	I saw the glory of the God of Israel approaching from the east. A sound came with him like the sound of the ocean, and the earth shone with his glory.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	3	This vision was like the one I had seen when I had come for the destruction of the city, and like the one I had seen by the River Chebar. Then I fell to the ground.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	4	The glory of Yahweh arrived at the Temple by the east gate.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	5	The Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; I saw the glory of Yahweh fill the Temple.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	6	And I heard someone speaking to me from the Temple while the man stood beside me.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	7	He said, 'Son of man, this is the dais of my throne, the step on which I rest my feet. I shall live here among the Israelites for ever; and the House of Israel, they and their kings, will never again defile my holy name with their whorings and the corpses of their kings,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	8	by putting their threshold beside my threshold and their doorposts beside my door-posts, with a party wall shared by them and me. They used to defile my holy name by their loathsome practices, and this is why I put an end to them in my anger.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	9	From now on they will banish their whorings and the corpses of their kings from my presence and I shall live among them for ever.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	10	'Son of man, describe this Temple to the House of Israel, to shame them out of their loathsome practices. (Let them draw up the plan of it.)
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	11	And, if they are ashamed of their behaviour, show them the design and plan of the Temple, its exits and entrances, its shape, how all of it is arranged, the entire design and all its principles. Give them all this in writing so that they can see and take note of its design and the way it is all arranged and carry it out.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	12	This is the charter of the Temple: all the surrounding space on the mountain top is an especially holy area. (Such is the charter of the Temple.)'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	13	These were the dimensions of the altar, in cubits each of a cubit plus a handsbreadth. The base: one cubit high and one cubit wide; the space by the runnel, all round the edge of the altar, one handsbreadth.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	14	From the ground level of the base up to the lower plinth, two cubits high and one cubit wide; from the lesser plinth to the greater plinth, four cubits high and one cubit wide.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	15	The altar hearth: four cubits high, with four horns projecting from the hearth,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	16	the hearth was four-square: twelve cubits by twelve cubits;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	17	and the square plinth: fourteen cubits by fourteen cubits; and the ledge all round: half a cubit; and the base: one cubit all round. The steps were on the east side.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	18	He said to me, 'Son of man, the Lord Yahweh says this, "As regards the altar, this is how things must be done when it has been built for the sacrifice of the burnt offering and for the pouring of blood.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	19	To the levitical priests -- those of the race of Zadok -- who approach me to serve me -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- you must give a young bull as a sacrifice for sin.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	20	You must take some of its blood and put it on the four horns, on the four corners of the plinth and on the surrounding ledge. In this way you will purify it and make expiation on it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	21	Then take the bull of the sacrifice for sin and burn it in that part of the Temple which is cut off from the sanctuary.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	22	On the second day, you must offer an unblemished he-goat as the sacrifice for sin, and the altar must be purified again as was done with the bull.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	23	When you have finished the purification, you must offer a young, unblemished bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	24	You must present them before Yahweh, and the priests will sprinkle salt on them and offer them as burnt offerings to Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	25	As a sacrifice for sin, every day for seven days you must offer a he-goat, a bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	26	In this way the altar will be expiated and will be purified and inaugurated.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	43	27	At the end of that time, on the eighth day and afterwards, the priest will offer your burnt offerings and your communion sacrifices on the altar, and I shall look favourably on you -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	1	He brought me back to the outer east gate of the sanctuary. It was shut.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	2	Yahweh said to me, 'This gate will be kept shut. No one may open it or go through it, since Yahweh, God of Israel, has been through it. And so it must be kept shut.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	3	The prince himself, however, may sit there to take his meal in the presence of Yahweh. He must enter and leave through the porch of the gate.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	4	He led me through the north gate to the front of the Temple. And then I looked; I saw the glory of Yahweh filling the Temple of Yahweh; and I fell to the ground.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	5	Yahweh said to me, 'Son of man, pay attention, look carefully and listen closely to everything I explain; these are all the arrangements of the Temple of Yahweh and all its laws. Be careful about who is admitted to the Temple and who is excluded from the sanctuary.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	6	And say to the rebels of the House of Israel, "The Lord Yahweh says this: You have gone beyond all bounds with all your loathsome practices, House of Israel,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	7	by admitting aliens, uncircumcised in heart and body, to frequent my sanctuary and profane my Temple, while offering my food, the fat and the blood, and breaking my covenant with all your loathsome practices.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	8	Instead of maintaining the service of my holy things, you have deputed someone else to maintain my service in my sanctuary.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	9	The Lord Yahweh says this: No alien, uncircumcised in heart and body, may enter my sanctuary, none of the aliens living among the Israelites.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	10	"As regards the Levites who abandoned me when Israel strayed far from me by following its idols, they must bear the weight of their own sin.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	11	They must be servants in my sanctuary, responsible for guarding the Temple gates and serving the Temple. They will kill the burnt offerings and the sacrifice for the people, and hold themselves at the service of the people.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	12	Since they used to be at their service in front of their idols and were an occasion of guilt for the House of Israel, very well, I stretch out my hand against them -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- they will bear the weight of their guilt.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	13	They may never approach me again to perform the priestly office in my presence, nor touch my holy things and my most holy things; they must bear the disgrace of their loathsome practices.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	14	I shall give them the responsibility of serving the Temple; I shall make them responsible for serving it and for everything to be done in it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	15	"As regards the levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who maintained the service of my sanctuary when the Israelites strayed far from me, they will approach me to serve me; they will stand in my presence to offer me the fat and blood -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	16	They will enter my sanctuary and approach my table to serve me; they will maintain my service.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	17	Once they enter the gates of the inner court, they must wear linen vestments; they must wear no wool when they serve inside the gates of the inner court and in the Temple.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	18	They must wear linen caps on their heads and linen breeches on their loins; they may not wear anything round their waists that makes them sweat.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	19	When they go out to the people in the outer court, they must remove the vestments in which they have performed the liturgy and leave them in the rooms of the Holy Place, and put on other clothes, so as not to hallow the people with their vestments.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	20	They may neither shave their heads nor let their hair grow long, but must cut their hair carefully.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	21	No priest may drink wine on the day he enters the inner court.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	22	They may not marry widows or divorced women, but only virgins of the race of Israel; they may, however, marry a widow, if she is the widow of a priest.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	23	They must teach my people the difference between what is sacred and what is profane and make them understand the difference between what is clean and what is unclean.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	24	They must be judges in law-suits; they must judge in the spirit of my judgements; they must follow my laws and ordinances at all my feasts and keep my Sabbaths holy.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	25	They may not go near a dead person, in case they become unclean, except in these permissible cases, that is, for father, mother, daughter, son, brother or unmarried sister.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	26	After one of them has been purified, seven days must elapse;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	27	then, the day he enters the Holy Place in the inner court to minister in the Holy Place, he must offer his sacrifice for sin -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	28	They may have no heritage; I myself shall be their heritage. You may give them no patrimony in Israel; I myself shall be their patrimony.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	29	Their food must be the oblation, the sacrifice for sin and the sacrifice of reparation. Everything dedicated by vow in Israel shall be for them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	30	The best of all your first-fruits and of all the dues and of everything you offer, must go to the priests; and the best of your dough you must also give to the priests, so that a blessing may rest on your house.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	44	31	Priests must not eat the flesh of anything that has died a natural death or been savaged, be it bird or animal." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	45	1	' "When you draw lots to divide the country by heritage, you must set a sacred portion of the country aside for Yahweh: twenty-five thousand cubits long and twenty thousand wide. The whole of this land must be sacred,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	45	2	and of this an area five hundred by five hundred cubits must be for the sanctuary, with a boundary fifty cubits wide right round.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	45	3	Out of this area you must also measure a section twenty-five thousand by ten thousand cubits, in which will be the sanctuary, the Holy of Holies.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	45	4	This will be the sacred portion of the country, belonging to the priests who officiate in the sanctuary and approach Yahweh to serve him. It will contain room for their houses and room for the sanctuary.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	45	5	A portion twenty-five thousand by ten thousand cubits will be owned by the Levites serving the Temple, with towns for them to live in.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	45	6	You must give the city possession of an area five thousand by twenty-five thousand cubits, near the land belonging to the sanctuary; this must be for the whole House of Israel.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	45	7	"The prince must have a territory either side of the sacred portion and of the property of the city, adjacent to the sacred portion and the property of the city, stretching westwards from the west and eastwards from the east, its size equal to one of the portions between the west and the east frontiers
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	45	8	of the country. This will be his property in Israel. Then my princes will no longer oppress my people; they must leave the rest of the country for the House of Israel, for its tribes.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	45	9	"The Lord Yahweh says this: Enough, princes of Israel! Give up your violence and plundering, do what is upright and just, stop crushing my people with taxation -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	45	10	Have fair scales, a fair ephah, a fair bat.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	45	11	Let the ephah and bat be equal, let the bat hold one-tenth of a homer and the ephah one-tenth of a homer. Let the measures be based on the homer.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	45	12	The shekel must be twenty gerah. Twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels and fifteen shekels must make one mina.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	45	13	"This is the offering that you must levy: the sixth of an ephah for every homer of wheat, and the sixth of an ephah for every homer of barley.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	45	14	The dues on oil: one bat of oil out of every ten bat or out of every kor (which is equal to ten bat or one homer, since ten bat equal one homer).
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	45	15	You must levy one sheep on every flock of two hundred from the pastures of Israel for the oblation, the burnt offerings and the communion sacrifice. This must form your expiation -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	45	16	Let all the people of the country be subject to this due for the prince of Israel.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	45	17	The prince must make himself responsible for providing the burnt offerings, the oblation and the libations for feasts, New Moons, Sabbaths and all the solemn festivals of the House of Israel. He must provide the sacrifice for sin, the oblation, the burnt offerings and the communion sacrifices to make expiation for the House of Israel.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	45	18	"The Lord Yahweh says this: On the first day of the first month, you must take a young bull without blemish, to purify the sanctuary.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	45	19	The priest must take blood from the sacrifice for sin and put it on the doorposts of the Temple, on the four corners of the altar plinth and on the doorposts of the gates of the inner court.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	45	20	You must do the same on the seventh of the month, on behalf of anyone who has sinned through inadvertence or ignorance. This is how you must make expiation for the Temple.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	45	21	On the fourteenth day of the first month, you must celebrate the feast of the Passover. For seven days everyone must eat unleavened loaves.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	45	22	On that day, the prince must offer a bull as a sacrifice for sin, for himself and all the people of the country.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	45	23	For the seven days of the feast, he must offer Yahweh burnt offerings of seven bulls and seven rams without blemish, daily for a week, and one he-goat daily as a sacrifice for sin,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	45	24	and as an oblation, one ephah for each bull and one ephah for each ram, and a hin of oil for every ephah.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	45	25	"For the feast that falls on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, he must do the same for seven days, offering the sacrifice for sin, the burnt offerings, the oblation and the oil." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	46	1	' "The Lord Yahweh says this: The east gate of the inner court must be kept shut for the six working days. On the Sabbath day, however, it must be opened, as also on the day of the New Moon;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	46	2	and the prince must go in through the porch of the outer gate and take his position by the doorposts of the gate. The priests must then offer his burnt offerings and his communion sacrifice. He must prostrate himself on the threshold of the gate and go out, and the gate must not be shut again until the evening.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	46	3	The people of the country must prostrate themselves in the presence of Yahweh at the entrance to the gate on Sabbaths and days of the New Moon.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	46	4	The burnt offering offered to Yahweh by the prince on the Sabbath day must consist of six unblemished lambs and one unblemished ram,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	46	5	with an oblation of one ephah for the ram, and such oblation as he pleases for the lambs, and a hin of oil for every ephah.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	46	6	On the day of the New Moon it must consist of an unblemished young bull, six unblemished lambs and one unblemished ram,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	46	7	when he must make an oblation of one ephah for the bull and one ephah for the ram, and what he pleases for the lambs, and a hin of oil for every ephah.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	46	8	"When the prince goes in, he must enter by the porch of the gate, and he must leave by the same way.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	46	9	When the people of the country come into the presence of Yahweh at the solemn festivals, those who have come in by the north gate to prostrate themselves must go out by the south gate, and those who have come in by the south gate must go out by the north gate; no one must turn back to leave through the gate by which he entered but must go out on the opposite side.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	46	10	The prince will be with them, coming in like them and going out like them.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	46	11	"On feast days and solemn festivals the oblation must be one ephah for every bull, one ephah for every ram, what he pleases for the lambs, and a hin of oil for every ephah.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	46	12	When the prince offers Yahweh voluntary burnt offerings or a voluntary communion sacrifice, the east gate must be opened for him, and he must offer his burnt offerings and his communion sacrifice as he does on the Sabbath day; when he has gone out, the gate must shut after him.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	46	13	Every day he must offer an unblemished lamb one year old as a burnt offering to Yahweh; he must offer this every morning.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	46	14	Every morning in addition he must offer an oblation of one-sixth of an ephah and one-third of a hin of oil, for mixing with the flour. This is the oblation to Yahweh, a perpetual decree, fixed for ever.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	46	15	The lamb, the oblation and the oil must be offered morning after morning for ever.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	46	16	"Lord Yahweh says this: If the prince presents part of his hereditary portion to one of his sons, the gift must pass into the ownership of his sons and become their hereditary property.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	46	17	If, however, he presents part of his hereditary portion to one of his slaves, it will belong to the man only until the year of liberation and then must revert to the prince. Only his sons may retain his hereditary portion.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	46	18	The prince may not take any part of the people's hereditary portion, thus robbing them of what is theirs; he must provide the patrimony of his sons out of his own property, so that no member of my people is robbed of what is his!" '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	46	19	He took me through the entrance at the side of the north gate that leads to the rooms of the Holy Place set apart for the priests. And there before us, to the west, was a space at the end.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	46	20	He said to me, 'This is where the priests must boil the slaughtered animals for the sacrifice for sin and the sacrifice of reparation, and where they must bake the oblation, without having to carry them into the outer court and so run the risk of hallowing the people.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	46	21	He then took me into the outer court and led me to each of its four corners; in each corner of the outer court was a compound;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	46	22	in other words, the four corners of the court contained four small compounds, forty cubits by thirty, all four being the same size.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	46	23	All four were enclosed by a wall, with hearths all round the bottom of the wall.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	46	24	He said, 'These are the kitchens where the Temple servants must boil the sacrifices offered by the people.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	47	1	He brought me back to the entrance of the Temple, where a stream flowed eastwards from under the Temple threshold, for the Temple faced east. The water flowed from under the right side of the Temple, south of the altar.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	47	2	He took me out by the north gate and led me right round outside as far as the outer east gate where the water flowed out on the right-hand side.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	47	3	The man went off to the east holding his measuring line and measured off a thousand cubits; he then made me wade across the stream; the water reached my ankles.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	47	4	He measured off another thousand and made me wade across the stream again; the water reached my knees. He measured off another thousand and made me wade across the stream again; the water reached my waist.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	47	5	He measured off another thousand; it was now a river which I could not cross; the stream had swollen and was now deep water, a river impossible to cross.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	47	6	He then said, 'Do you see, son of man?' He then took me and brought me back to the bank on the river.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	47	7	Now, when I reached it, I saw an enormous number of trees on each bank of the river.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	47	8	He said, 'This water flows east down to the Arabah and to the sea; and flowing into the sea it makes its waters wholesome.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	47	9	Wherever the river flows, all living creatures teeming in it will live. Fish will be very plentiful, for wherever the water goes it brings health, and life teems wherever the river flows.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	47	10	There will be fishermen on its banks. Fishing nets will be spread from En-Gedi to En-Eglaim. The species of fish will be the same as the fish of the Great Sea.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	47	11	The marshes and lagoons, however, will not become wholesome, but will remain salt.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	47	12	Along the river, on either bank, will grow every kind of fruit tree with leaves that never wither and fruit that never fails; they will bear new fruit every month, because this water comes from the sanctuary. And their fruit will be good to eat and the leaves medicinal.'
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	47	13	'The Lord Yahweh says this, "This will be the territory which you must distribute among the twelve tribes of Israel, with two portions for Joseph.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	47	14	You will each have a fair share of it, since I swore to your fathers that I would give it to them, and this country now falls to you as your heritage.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	47	15	These will be the frontiers of the country. On the north, from the Great Sea, the road from Hethlon to the Pass of Hamath, Zedad,
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	47	16	Berothah, Sibraim lying between the territories of Damascus and Hamath, to Hazer-ha-Tikon on the borders of Hauran;
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	47	17	the frontier will extend from the sea to Hazer-Enon, with the territory of Damascus and the territory of Hamath to the north; that will be the northern frontier.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	47	18	On the east, the Jordan will serve as frontier between Hauran and Damascus, between Gilead and Israel, down to the Eastern Sea as far as Tamar; that will be the eastern frontier.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	47	19	On the south, from Tamar southward to the Waters of Meribah in Kadesh, to the Wadi and the Great Sea; that will be the southern frontier.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	47	20	And to the west, the Great Sea will serve as frontier up to the point opposite the Pass of Hamath; that will be the western frontier.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	47	21	You must distribute this country among yourselves, among the tribes of Israel.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	47	22	You must distribute it as a heritage for yourselves and the aliens settled among you who have fathered children among you, since you must treat them as citizens of Israel. They must draw lots for their heritage with you, among the tribes of Israel.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	47	23	You will give the alien his heritage in the tribe where he has settled -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	1	' "This is the list of the tribes. One portion in the far north by way of Hethlon to the Pass of Hamath, to Hazer-Enon, with the territory of Damascus to the north, and marching with Hamath, from the eastern limit to the western limit: Dan.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	2	One portion bordering Dan, from the eastern limit to the western limit: Asher.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	3	One portion bordering Asher, from the eastern limit to the western limit: Naphtali.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	4	One portion bordering Naphtali, from the eastern limit to the western limit: Manasseh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	5	One portion bordering Manasseh, from the eastern limit to the western limit: Ephraim.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	6	One portion bordering Ephraim, from the eastern limit to the western limit: Reuben.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	7	One portion bordering Reuben, from the eastern limit to the western limit: Judah.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	8	One portion bordering Judah, from the eastern limit to the western limit, is the portion which you must set aside, twenty-five thousand cubits wide, and as long as each of the other portions from the eastern limit to the western limit. The sanctuary will be in the centre of it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	9	"The portion which you must set aside for Yahweh must be twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand cubits wide.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	10	This sacred portion must belong to the priests, being, on the north side, twenty-five thousand cubits; on the west side ten thousand cubits wide, on the east side ten thousand cubits wide and on the south side twenty-five thousand cubits long; the sanctuary of Yahweh will be in the centre of it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	11	This will be for the consecrated priests, those of the sons of Zadok who maintained my liturgy and did not go astray with the straying Israelites, as the Levites went astray.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	12	And so their portion must be taken out of the especially holy portion of the land, near the territory of the Levites.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	13	The territory of the Levites, like the territory of the priests, must be twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide -- the whole length being twenty-five thousand and the width ten thousand.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	14	It will be illegal for them to sell or exchange any part of it, and the domain can never be alienated, since it is consecrated to Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	15	As regards the remainder, an area of five thousand cubits by twenty-five thousand, this must be for the common use of the city, for houses and pastures. In the middle will be the city.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	16	These will be its dimensions: on the north side, four thousand five hundred cubits; on the south side, four thousand five hundred cubits; on the east side, four thousand five hundred cubits; on the west side, four thousand five hundred cubits.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	17	The pasture land of the city must extend two hundred and fifty cubits to the north, two hundred and fifty to the south, two hundred and fifty to the east, two hundred and fifty to the west.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	18	One strip, contiguous to the sacred portion, must be left over, consisting of ten thousand cubits to eastward and ten thousand to westward, marching with the sacred portion; this will bring in a revenue for feeding the municipal workmen.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	19	And the municipal workmen, drawn from all the tribes of Israel, will farm it.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	20	The portion must have a total area of twenty-five thousand cubits by twenty-five thousand. You must allocate a square area from the sacred portion to constitute the city.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	21	What is left over will be for the prince, on either side of the sacred portion and of the property of the city, marching with the twenty-five thousand cubits to eastward to the eastern frontier, and marching with the twenty-five thousand cubits to westward to the western frontier-- running parallel with the other portions and belonging to the prince. In the centre will be the sacred portion and the sanctuary of the Temple.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	22	Thus, apart from the property of the Levites and the property of the city which lie in the middle of the prince's portion, everything between the borders of Judah and the borders of Ben- jamin must belong to the prince.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	23	"As regards the rest of the tribes: One portion from the eastern limit to the western limit: Benjamin.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	24	One portion bordering Benjamin, from the eastern limit to the western limit: Simeon.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	25	One portion bordering Simeon, from the eastern limit to the western limit: Issachar.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	26	One portion bordering Issachar, from the eastern limit to the western limit: Zebulun.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	27	One portion bordering Zebulun, from the eastern limit to the western limit: Gad.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	28	On the southern border of Gad, on the south side, the border will run from Tamar to the Waters of Meribah in Kadesh, to the Wadi and the Great Sea.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	29	This is how you must distribute the country to the tribes of Israel as their heritage, and these must be their portions -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	30	"Here are the exits from the city. On the north side, four thousand five hundred cubits are to be measured off.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	31	The gates of the city are to be named after the tribes of Israel. Three gates to the north: one the gate of Reuben; one the gate of Judah; one the gate of Levi.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	32	On the east side, there will be four thousand five hundred cubits and three gates: one the gate of Joseph; one the gate of Benjamin; one the gate of Dan.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	33	On the south side, four thousand five hundred cubits are to be measured off, and there are to be three gates: one the gate of Simeon; one the gate of Issachar; one the gate of Zebulun.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	34	On the west side, there will be four thousand five hundred cubits and three gates: one the gate of Gad; one the gate of Asher; one the gate of Naphtali.
-Ezekiel	Eze	33	48	35	Total perimeter: eighteen thousand cubits. "The name of the city in future must be: Yahweh-is-there." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	1	In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, as I was among the exiles by the River Chebar, heaven opened and I saw visions from God.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	2	On the fifth of the month -- it was the fifth year of exile for King Jehoiachin-
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	3	the word of Yahweh was addressed to the priest Ezekiel son of Buzi, in Chaldaea by the River Chebar. There the hand of Yahweh came on him.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	4	I looked; a stormy wind blew from the north, a great cloud with flashing fire and brilliant light round it, and in the middle, in the heart of the fire, a brilliance like that of amber,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	5	and in the middle what seemed to be four living creatures. They looked like this: They were of human form.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	6	Each had four faces, each had four wings.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	7	Their legs were straight; they had hooves like calves, glittering like polished brass.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	8	Below their wings, they had human hands on all four sides corresponding to their four faces and four wings.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	9	They touched one another with their wings; they did not turn as they moved; each one moved straight forward.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	10	As to the appearance of their faces, all four had a human face, and a lion's face to the right, and all four had a bull's face to the left, and all four had an eagle's face.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	11	Their wings were spread upwards, each had one pair touching its neighbour's, and the other pair covering its body.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	12	And each one moved straight forward; they went where the spirit urged them, they did not turn as they moved.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	13	Between these living creatures were what looked like blazing coals, like torches, darting backwards and forwards between the living creatures; the fire gave a brilliant light, and lightning flashed from the fire,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	14	and the living creatures kept disappearing and reappearing like flashes of lightning.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	15	Now, as I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel touching the ground beside each of the four-faced living creatures.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	16	The appearance and structure of the wheels were like glittering chrysolite. All four looked alike, and their appearance and structure were such that each wheel seemed to have another wheel inside it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	17	In whichever of the four directions they moved, they did not need to turn as they moved.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	18	Their circumference was of awe-inspiring size, and the rims of all four sparkled all the way round.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	19	When the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them; and when the living creatures left the ground, the wheels too left the ground.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	20	They moved in whichever direction the spirit chose to go, and the wheels rose with them, since the wheels shared the spirit of the animals.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	21	When the living creatures moved on, they moved on; when the former halted, the latter halted; when the former left the ground, the wheels too left the ground, since the wheels shared the spirit of the animals.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	22	Over the heads of the living creatures was what looked like a solid surface glittering like crystal, spread out over their heads, above them,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	23	and under the solid surface, their wings were spread out straight, touching one another, and each had a pair covering its body.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	24	I also heard the noise of their wings; when they moved, it was like the noise of flood-waters, like the voice of Shaddai, like the noise of a storm, like the noise of an armed camp; and when they halted, they lowered their wings;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	25	there was a noise too.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	26	Beyond the solid surface above their heads, there was what seemed like a sapphire, in the form of a throne. High above on the form of a throne was a form with the appearance of a human being.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	27	I saw a brilliance like amber, like fire, radiating from what appeared to be the waist upwards; and from what appeared to be the waist downwards, I saw what looked like fire, giving a brilliant light all round.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	1	28	The radiance of the encircling light was like the radiance of the bow in the clouds on rainy days. The sight was like the glory of Yahweh. I looked and fell to the ground, and I heard the voice of someone speaking to me.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	2	1	He said, 'Son of man, get to your feet; I will speak to you.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	2	2	As he said these words the spirit came into me and put me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	2	3	He said, 'Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to the rebels who have rebelled against me. They and their ancestors have been in revolt against me up to the present day.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	2	4	Because they are stubborn and obstinate children, I am sending you to them, to say, "Lord Yahweh says this."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	2	5	Whether they listen or not, this tribe of rebels will know there is a prophet among them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	2	6	And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or of what they say, though you find yourself surrounded with brambles and sitting on scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or alarmed by their looks, for they are a tribe of rebels.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	2	7	You are to deliver my words to them whether they listen or not, for they are a tribe of rebels.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	2	8	But you, son of man, are to listen to what I say to you; do not be a rebel like that rebellious tribe. Open your mouth and eat what I am about to give you.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	2	9	When I looked, there was a hand stretch- ing out to me, holding a scroll.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	2	10	He un- rolled it in front of me; it was written on, front and back; on it was written 'Lamentations, dirges and cries of grief '.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	1	He then said, 'Son of man, eat what you see; eat this scroll, then go and speak to the House of Israel.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	2	I opened my mouth; he gave me the scroll to eat
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	3	and then said, 'Son of man, feed on this scroll which I am giving you and eat your fill.' So I ate it, and it tasted sweet as honey.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	4	He then said, 'Son of man, go to the House of Israel and tell them what I have said.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	5	You are not being sent to a nation that speaks a difficult foreign language; you are being sent to the House of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	6	Not to big nations that speak difficult foreign languages, and whose words you would not understand -- if I sent you to them, they would listen to you;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	7	but the House of Israel will not listen to you because it will not listen to me. The whole House of Israel is defiant and obstinate.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	8	But now, I am making you as defiant as they are, and as obstinate as they are;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	9	I am making your resolution as hard as a diamond, harder than flint. So do not be afraid of them, do not be overawed by them, for they are a tribe of rebels.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	10	Then he said, 'Son of man, take to heart everything I say to you, listen carefully,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	11	then go to your exiled countrymen and talk to them. Say to them, "Lord Yahweh says this," whether they listen or not.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	12	The spirit lifted me up, and behind me I heard a great vibrating sound, 'Blessed be the glory of Yahweh in his dwelling-place!'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	13	This was the sound of the living creatures' wings beating against each other, and the sound of the wheels beside them: a great vibrating sound.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	14	The spirit lifted me up and took me, and I went, bitter and angry, and the hand of Yahweh lay heavy on me.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	15	I came to Tel Abib, to the exiles beside the River Chebar where they were living, and there I stayed with them in a stupor for seven days.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	16	After seven days the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	17	'Son of man, I have appointed you as watchman for the House of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth, warn them from me.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	18	If I say to someone wicked, "You will die," and you do not warn this person; if you do not speak to warn someone wicked to renounce evil and so save his life, it is the wicked person who will die for the guilt, but I shall hold you responsible for that death.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	19	If, however, you do warn someone wicked who then fails to renounce wickedness and evil ways, the wicked person will die for the guilt, but you yourself will have saved your life.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	20	When someone upright renounces uprightness to do evil and I set a trap for him, it is he who will die; since you failed to warn him, he will die for his guilt, and the uprightness he practised will no longer be remembered; but I shall hold you responsible for his death.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	21	If, however, you warn someone upright not to sin and this person does not sin, such a one will live, thanks to your warning, and you too will have saved your life.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	22	While I was there the hand of Yahweh came on me; he said, 'Get up, go out into the valley, and there I shall speak to you.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	23	I got up and went out into the valley; the glory of Yahweh was resting there, like the glory I had seen by the River Chebar, and I fell to the ground.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	24	The spirit of Yahweh then entered me and put me on my feet and spoke to me. He said, 'Go and shut yourself in your house.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	25	Son of man, you are about to be tied and bound, and unable to mix with other people.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	26	I am going to make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth; you will be dumb, and no longer able to reprove them, for they are a tribe of rebels.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	3	27	When I speak to you, however, I shall open your mouth and then you will say to them, "Lord Yahweh says this: Let anyone prepared to listen, listen; let anyone who refuses, refuse!"-for they are a tribe of rebels.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	4	1	'For your part, son of man, take a brick and lay it in front of you; on it scratch a city, Jerusalem.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	4	2	You are then to besiege it, trench round it, build earthworks, pitch camps and bring up battering-rams all round.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	4	3	Then take an iron pan and place it as though it were an iron wall between you and the city. Then fix your gaze on it; it is being besieged and you are besieging it. This is a sign for the House of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	4	4	'Lie down on your left side and take the guilt of the House of Israel on yourself. You will bear their guilt for as many days as you lie on that side.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	4	5	Allowing one day for every year of their guilt, I ordain that you bear it for three hundred and ninety days; this is how you will bear the House of Israel's guilt.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	4	6	And when you have finished doing this, you are to lie down again, on your right side, and bear the guilt of the House of Judah for forty days. I have set the length for you as one day for one year.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	4	7	Then fix your gaze on the siege of Jerusalem, raise your bared arm and prophesy against her.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	4	8	Look, I am going to tie you up and you will not be able to turn over from one side to the other until the period of your seclusion is over.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	4	9	'Now take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet and spelt; put them all in the same pot and make them into bread for yourself. You are to eat it for as many days as you are lying on your side -- three hundred and ninety days.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	4	10	Of this food, you are to weigh out a daily portion of twenty shekels and eat it a little piece at a time.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	4	11	And you are to ration the water you drink -- a sixth of a hin -- drinking that a little at a time.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	4	12	You are to eat this in the form of a barley cake baked where they can see you, on human dung.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	4	13	And Yahweh said, 'This is how the Israelites will have to eat their defiled food, wherever I disperse them among the nations.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	4	14	I then said, 'Lord Yahweh, my soul is not defiled. From my childhood until now, I have never eaten an animal that has died a natural death or been savaged; no tainted meat has ever entered my mouth.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	4	15	'Very well,' he said, 'I grant you cow-dung instead of human dung; you are to bake your bread on that.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	4	16	He then said, 'Son of man, I am going to cut off Jerusalem's food supply; in their extremity, the food they eat will be weighed out; to their horror, the water they drink will be rationed,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	4	17	until there is no food or water left, and they fall into a stupor and waste away because of their guilt.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	5	1	'Son of man, take a sharp sword, use it like a barber's razor and run it over your head and beard. Then take scales and divide the hair you have cut off.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	5	2	Burn one-third inside the city, while the days of the siege are working themselves out. Then take another third and chop it up with the sword all round the city. The last third you are to scatter to the wind, while I unsheathe the sword behind them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	5	3	Also take a few hairs and tie them up in the folds of your cloak;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	5	4	and of these again take a few, and throw them on the fire and burn them. From them fire will come on the whole House of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	5	5	'The Lord Yahweh says this, "This is Jerusalem, which I have placed in the middle of the nations, surrounded with foreign countries.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	5	6	She has rebelled more perversely against my observances than the nations have, and against my laws than the surrounding countries have; for they have rejected my observances and not kept my laws."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	5	7	'Therefore, the Lord Yahweh says this, "Because your disorders are worse than those of the nations round you, since you do not keep my laws or respect my observances, and since you do not respect even the observances of the surrounding nations,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	5	8	very well, the Lord Yahweh says this: I, too, am against you and shall execute my judgements on you for the nations to see.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	5	9	Because of all your loathsome practices I shall do such things as I have never done before, nor shall ever do again.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	5	10	Those of you who are parents will eat their children, and children will eat their parents. I shall execute judgement on you and disperse what remains of you to the winds.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	5	11	For, as I live -- declares Lord Yahweh -- as sure as you have defiled my sanctuary with all your horrors and all your loathsome practices, so I too shall reject you without a glance of pity, I shall not spare you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	5	12	A third of your citizens will die of plague or starve to death inside you; a third will fall by the sword round you; and a third I shall scatter to the winds, unsheathing the sword behind them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	5	13	I shall sate my anger and bring my fury to rest on them until I am avenged; and when I have sated my fury on them, then they will know that I, Yahweh, spoke out of jealousy for you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	5	14	Yes, I shall reduce you to a ruin, an object of derision to the surrounding nations, in the eyes of all who pass by.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	5	15	You will be an object of derision and insults, an example, an object of amazement to the surrounding nations, when I execute judgement on you in furious anger and furious punishments. I, Yahweh, have spoken.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	5	16	On them I shall send the deadly arrows of famine, which will destroy you -- for I shall send them to destroy you; then I shall make the famine worse and cut off your food supply.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	5	17	I shall send famine and wild animals on you to rob you of your children; plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I shall bring the sword down on you. I, Yahweh, have spoken." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	6	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	6	2	'Son of man, turn towards the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	6	3	Say, "Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Yahweh. The Lord Yahweh says this to mountains and hills and ravines and valleys: Look, I am going to summon the sword against you and destroy your high places.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	6	4	Your altars will be wrecked, and your incense burners smashed; I shall fling your butchered inhabitants down in front of your foul idols;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	6	5	I shall lay the corpses of the Israelites in front of their foul idols and scatter their bones all round your altars.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	6	6	Wherever you live, the towns will be destroyed and the high places wrecked, to the ruin and wrecking of your altars, the shattering and abolition of your foul idols, the smashing of your incense burners and the utter destruction of all your works.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	6	7	As the butchered fall about you, you will know that I am Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	6	8	"But I shall spare some of you to escape the sword among the nations, when you have been dispersed in their lands;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	6	9	and your survivors will remember me among the nations where they are held captive, since I shall have broken their adulterous hearts for having deserted me, and destroyed their eyes for having turned adulterously towards their foul idols. They will loathe themselves for all the wrong they have caused by their loathsome practices.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	6	10	Then they will know that I am Yahweh and that I was not talking lightly when I said that I would inflict these disasters on them."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	6	11	'The Lord Yahweh says this, "Clap your hands, stamp your feet, and say: Alas for all the loathsome sins of the House of Israel, which is about to fall by sword, famine and plague!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	6	12	Far off, they will die by plague; near at hand they will fall by the sword; and any who survive or are spared will die of famine. This is how I shall sate my fury on them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	6	13	Then you will know that I am Yahweh, when their butchered corpses lie among their foul idols, all round their altars, on every high hill, on every mountain top, under every green tree, under every leafy oak, wherever they offer a smell pleasing to all their idols.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	6	14	I shall point my finger at them and reduce the country to an empty wasteland from the desert to Riblah, everywhere they live, and they will know that I am Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	2	'Son of man, say, "Lord Yahweh says this to the land of Israel: Finished! The end is coming for the four corners of the country.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	3	This is the end for you; I shall unleash my anger on you, and judge you as your conduct deserves and call you to account for all your loathsome practices.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	4	I shall show you no pity, I shall not spare you; I shall repay you for your conduct and for the loathsome practices in which you persist. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	5	"The Lord Yahweh says this: Disaster, a unique disaster, is coming.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	6	The end is coming, the end is coming, it is on the move towards you, it is coming now.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	7	Now it is your turn, you who dwell in this country. Doom is coming, the day is near; no joy now, only tumult, on the mountains.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	8	Now I shall soon vent my fury on you and sate my anger on you: I shall judge you as your conduct deserves and repay you for all your loathsome practices.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	9	I shall show neither pity nor mercy, but shall repay you for your conduct and the loathsome practices in which you persist. Then you will know that I am Yahweh and that I strike.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	10	"Now is the day, your turn has come, it has come, it appears, the sceptre has blossomed, pride is at its peak.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	11	Violence has risen to become the scourge of wickedness . . .
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	12	Doom is coming, the day is near. Neither should buyer rejoice, nor seller regret, for the fury rests on everyone alike.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	13	The seller will not be able to go back on his bargain; each persists in his sins; they take no defensive measures.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	14	The trumpet sounds, all is ready, but no one goes into battle, since my fury rests on all alike.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	15	"Outside, the sword; inside, plague and famine. Whoever is living in the countryside will die by the sword; whoever is living in the city will be devoured by famine and plague.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	16	And those who escape will escape to the mountains and there, like doves of the valleys, I shall slaughter them all, each one for his sin.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	17	Every hand will grow limp, every knee turn to water.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	18	They will put on sackcloth, each one trembling. Every face will be ashamed and every head be shaved.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	19	They will throw their silver away in the streets and their gold they will regard as a pollution; neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them on the day of Yahweh's fury. Never again will they have enough to eat, never again will they fill their bellies, since that was the occasion for their guilt.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	20	They used to pride themselves on the beauty of their jewellery, out of which they made their loathsome images, their horrors; so now I have made it pollute them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	21	I shall hand it over as plunder to foreigners, as loot to the most evil people on earth. They will profane it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	22	I shall turn my face away from them, while my treasure-house is profaned and robbers will force their way in and profane it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	23	"Forge yourself a chain; for the country is full of bloody executions and the city full of deeds of violence,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	24	so I shall bring the cruellest of the nations to seize their houses. I shall put an end to the pride of their e'lite, and their sanctuary will be profaned.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	25	Terror is on the way: they will look for peace and there will be none.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	26	Disaster will follow on disaster, rumour on rumour; they will pester the prophet for a vision; the priest will be at a loss over the law and the elders on how to advise.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	7	27	The king will go into mourning, the prince be plunged in grief, the hands of the country people tremble. I shall treat them as their conduct deserves, and judge them as their own verdicts merit. Then they will know that I am Yahweh!" '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	8	1	In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting at home and the elders of Judah were sitting with me, when suddenly the hand of the Lord Yahweh fell on me there.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	8	2	I looked, and there was a form with the appearance of a human being. Downwards from what seemed to be the waist there was fire; and upwards from the waist there was a brilliance like the glitter of amber.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	8	3	Something like a hand was stretched out and it took me by a lock of my hair; and the spirit lifted me between heaven and earth and, in visions from God, took me to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the inner north gate, where stands the idol that provokes jealously.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	8	4	There was the glory of the God of Israel; it looked like what I had seen in the valley.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	8	5	He said, 'Son of man, raise your eyes to the north.' I raised my eyes to the north, and there, to the north of the altar gate, stood this statue of jealousy at the entrance.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	8	6	He said, 'Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the monstrous, loathsome things that the House of Israel is practising here, to drive me out of my sanctuary? And you will see practices more loathsome still.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	8	7	He next took me to the entrance to the court. I looked; there was a hole in the wall.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	8	8	He said, 'Son of man, bore through the wall.' I bored through the wall, until I had made an opening.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	8	9	He said, 'Go in and look at the loathsome things they are doing inside.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	8	10	I went in and looked and there was every kind of reptile and repulsive animal, and all the foul idols of the House of Israel, carved all round the walls.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	8	11	Seventy elders of the House of Israel were worshipping the idols -- among them Jaazaniah son of Shaphan -- each one with his censer in his hand, from which rose a fragrant cloud of incense.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	8	12	He said, 'Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the House of Israel do in the dark, each in his personal image-shrine? They say, "Yahweh cannot see us; Yahweh has abandoned the country." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	8	13	He said, 'You will see them at practices more loathsome still.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	8	14	He next took me to the entrance of the north gate of the Temple of Yahweh where women were sitting, weeping for Tammuz.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	8	15	He said, 'Son of man, do you see that? You will see even more loathsome things than that.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	8	16	He then led me to the inner court of the Temple of Yahweh. And there, at the entrance to Yahweh's sanctuary, between the portico and the altar, there were about twenty-five men, with their backs to Yahweh's sanctuary and their faces turned towards the east, before the rising sun.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	8	17	He said to me, 'Son of man, do you see that? Is it not bad enough for the House of Judah to be doing the loathsome things they are doing here? But they fill the country with violence and provoke my anger further; look at them now putting that branch to their nostrils.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	8	18	And so I shall react in fury; I shall show neither pity nor mercy. They may cry as loudly as they like to me; I will not listen.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	9	1	Then he shouted loudly for me to hear, 'The scourges of the city are approaching, each carrying his weapon of destruction!'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	9	2	Immediately six men advanced from the upper north gate, each holding a deadly weapon. Among them was a man dressed in linen, with a scribe's ink-horn in his belt. They came in and halted in front of the bronze altar.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	9	3	The glory of the God of Israel rose from above the winged creature where it had been, towards the threshold of the Temple. He called to the man dressed in linen with a scribe's ink-horn in his belt
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	9	4	and Yahweh said to him, 'Go all through the city, all through Jerusalem, and mark a cross on the foreheads of all who grieve and lament over all the loathsome practices in it.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	9	5	I heard him say to the others, 'Follow him through the city and strike. Not one glance of pity; show no mercy;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	9	6	old men, young men, girls, children, women, kill and exterminate them all. But do not touch anyone with a cross on his forehead. Begin at my sanctuary.' So they began with the old men who were in the Temple.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	9	7	He said to them, 'Defile the Temple; fill the courts with corpses; then go out!' They went out and hacked their way through the city.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	9	8	While they were hacking them down, I was left alone; I fell on my face, crying out, 'Ah, Lord Yahweh, are you going to annihilate all that is left of Israel by venting your fury on Jerusalem?'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	9	9	He said, 'The guilt of the House of Israel and Judah is immense; the country is full of bloodshed, the city full of perversity, for they say, "Yahweh has abandoned the country, Yahweh cannot see."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	9	10	Then, I too shall neither give one glance of pity nor show any mercy. I shall repay them for what they have done.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	9	11	The man dressed in linen with the scribe's ink-horn in his belt then came back and made his report, 'I have carried out your orders.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	10	1	Then, in vision I saw that above the solid surface over the heads of the winged creatures there was above them something like sapphire, which seemed to be like a throne.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	10	2	He then said to the man dressed in linen, 'Go in between the wheels below the winged creatures; take a handful of burning coal from between the winged creatures and scatter it over the city.' He went in as I watched.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	10	3	The winged creatures were on the right of the Temple as the man went in, and the cloud filled the inner court.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	10	4	The glory of Yahweh rose from above the winged creatures, towards the threshold of the Temple; the Temple was filled by the cloud and the court was full of the brightness of the glory of Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	10	5	The noise of the winged creatures' wings could be heard even in the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	10	6	When he had given the order to the man dressed in linen, 'Take the fire from between the wheels, between the winged creatures,' the man went in and stood by one of the wheels.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	10	7	One of the winged creatures then reached his hand out towards the fire between the winged creatures, took some of it and put it into the hands of the man dressed in linen, who took it and came out again.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	10	8	There appeared to be what looked like a human hand under the winged creatures' wings.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	10	9	And I looked, and there were four wheels beside the winged creatures, one wheel beside each winged creature, and the appearance of the wheels was like the sparkle of chrysolite.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	10	10	In appearance, all four looked alike, as though each wheel had another wheel inside it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	10	11	In whichever of the four directions they moved, they did not need to turn as they moved, but whichever way the head was facing there they followed; they did not turn as they moved,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	10	12	and their entire bodies, their backs, their hands, their wings, as well as the wheels, had eyes all the way round (the wheels of all four).
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	10	13	In my hearing, these wheels were called 'galgal'.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	10	14	Each had four faces; the first was a winged creature's face, the second a human face, the third a lion's face and the fourth an eagle's face.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	10	15	The winged creatures rose; this was the being I had seen by the River Chebar.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	10	16	When the winged creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them; and when the winged creatures raised their wings to leave the ground, the wheels did not turn beside them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	10	17	When the former halted the latter halted; when the former rose, the latter rose with them, since they shared the same living spirit.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	10	18	The glory of Yahweh then came out over the Temple threshold and paused over the winged creatures.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	10	19	These raised their wings and rose from the ground as I watched, and the wheels were beside them. They paused at the entrance to the east gate of the Temple of Yahweh, with the glory of the God of Israel over them, above.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	10	20	This was the winged creature I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Chebar; I knew that they were winged creatures.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	10	21	Each had four faces and four wings and what seemed to be human hands under their wings.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	10	22	Their faces were like those I had seen by the River Chebar. Each one moved straight forward.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	11	1	The spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Temple of Yahweh, the gate that looks eastwards. There at the entrance to the gate stood twenty-five men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	11	2	He said to me, 'Son of man, these are the wicked schemers who are spreading their bad advice through this city.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	11	3	They say, "There will be no house-building yet awhile. The city is the cooking pot and we are the meat."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	11	4	So prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man!'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	11	5	The spirit of Yahweh fell on me, and he said to me, 'Say, "Yahweh says this: I know what you are saying, House of Israel, I know how insolent you are.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	11	6	You have filled this city with more and more of your victims; you have strewn its streets with victims.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	11	7	And so the Lord Yahweh says this: Your victims, whom you have put in it, are the meat, and the city is the cooking pot; but I shall take you out of it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	11	8	You are afraid of the sword and I shall bring the sword down on you -- declares the Lord Yahweh-
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	11	9	and I shall take you out of it and hand you over to foreigners and bring you to justice;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	11	10	you will fall by the sword on the soil of Israel; I shall execute justice on you, and you will know that I am Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	11	11	This city will be no cooking pot for you, nor will you be the meat inside; I shall execute justice on you on the soil of Israel;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	11	12	and you will know that I am Yahweh, whose laws you have not obeyed and whose judgements you have not kept; instead, you have adopted the customs of the nations round you." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	11	13	Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah dropped dead. I fell to the ground and cried out, 'Ah, Lord Yahweh, are you going to annihilate the remnant of Israel?'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	11	14	The word of Yahweh was then addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	11	15	'Son of man, to your brothers one and all, to your kinsfolk and to the whole House of Israel, the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, "Keep well away from Yahweh. This country has now been made over to us!"
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	11	16	So say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Yes, I have sent them far away among the nations and I have dispersed them to foreign countries; and for a while I have been a sanctuary for them in the country to which they have gone."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	11	17	So say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: I shall gather you back from the peoples, I shall collect you in from the countries where you have been scattered and give you the land of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	11	18	When they come back, they will purge it of all its horrors and loathsome practices.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	11	19	I shall give them a single heart and I shall put a new spirit in them; I shall remove the heart of stone from their bodies and give them a heart of flesh,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	11	20	so that they can keep my laws and respect my judgements and put them into practice. Then they will be my people and I shall be their God.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	11	21	But those whose hearts are set on their horrors and loathsome practices I shall repay for their conduct -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	11	22	The winged creatures then raised their wings and the wheels moved with them, with the glory of the God of Israel over them, above.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	11	23	And the glory of Yahweh rose from the centre of the city and halted on the mountain to the east of the city.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	11	24	Then the spirit lifted me up and took me, in vision, in the spirit of God, to the exiles in Chaldaea, and the vision which I had seen faded.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	11	25	I then told the exiles everything that Yahweh had shown me.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	2	'Son of man, you are living among a tribe of rebels who have eyes and never see, they have ears and never hear, because they are a tribe of rebels.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	3	So, son of man, pack an exile's bundle and set off for exile by daylight while they watch. You will leave your home and go somewhere else while they watch. Then perhaps they will see that they are a tribe of rebels.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	4	You will pack your baggage like an exile's bundle, by daylight, while they watch, and leave like an exile in the evening, while they watch.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	5	While they watch, make a hole in the wall, and go out through it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	6	While they watch, you will shoulder your pack and go out into the dark; you will cover your face so that you cannot see the ground, since I have made you an omen for the House of Israel.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	7	I did as I had been told. I packed my baggage like an exile's bundle, by daylight; and in the evening I made a hole through the wall with my hands; then I went out into the dark and shouldered my pack while they watched.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	8	Next morning the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	9	'Son of man, did not the House of Israel, did not that tribe of rebels, ask you, "What are you doing?"
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	10	Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: This prophecy concerns Jerusalem and the whole House of Israel who live there."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	11	Say, "I am an omen for you; as I have done, so will be done to them; they will be deported into exile.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	12	Their prince will shoulder his pack in the dark and go out through the wall; a hole will be made to let him out; he will cover his face, so that he cannot see the country.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	13	I shall throw my net over him and catch him in my mesh; I shall take him to Babylon, to the land of the Chaldaeans, though he will not see it; and there he will die.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	14	And all those in attendance on him, his army and all his troops, I shall scatter to all the winds and unsheathe the sword behind them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	15	Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I scatter them throughout the nations and disperse them in foreign countries.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	16	But I shall let a few of them escape the sword, famine and plague, to describe all their loathsome practices to the peoples among whom they will go, so that these too may know that I am Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	17	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	18	'Son of man, you are to tremble as you eat your food and shudder apprehensively as you drink your water,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	19	and you are to say to the people of the country, "The Lord Yahweh says this to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. They will shudder apprehensively as they eat their food, and drink their water in fear, so that the country and its population may be freed from the violence of its inhabitants.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	20	When the populous cities have been destroyed and the country has been reduced to desert, then you will know that I am Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	21	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	22	'Son of man, what do you understand by the saying pronounced over the land of Israel, "Days go by and visions fade"?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	23	'Very well, tell them, "The Lord Yahweh says this: I shall put an end to this saying; it will never be used in Israel again." Instead, tell them: "The days are coming when every vision will come true,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	24	for there will be no more futile visions or deceptive prophecy in the House of Israel,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	25	since I, Yahweh, shall speak. And what I shall say will come true without delay; for what I shall say, I shall perform in your own lifetime, you tribe of rebels -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	26	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	27	'Son of man, the House of Israel is now saying, "The vision that this man sees concerns the distant future; he is prophesying for times far ahead."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	12	28	Very well, tell them, "The Lord Yahweh says this: There will be no further delay in the fulfilling of any of my words. What I have said shall be done now -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	13	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	13	2	'Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel; prophesy, and say to those who make up prophecies out of their own heads, "Hear what Yahweh says:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	13	3	The Lord Yahweh says this: Disaster is in store for the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	13	4	Your prophets, Israel, are like ruin-haunting jackals!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	13	5	"You have not ventured into the breach; you have not built up the wall round the House of Israel, to hold fast in battle on the Day of Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	13	6	Theirs are futile visions and false predictions, who say: A prophecy from Yahweh, when Yahweh has not sent them; yet they expect their words to come true.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	13	7	Have not the visions you see been futile, have not the predictions you make been false, although you say: A prophecy of Yahweh, when I have not spoken?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	13	8	"Very well, the Lord Yahweh says this: Because of your futile words and false predictions, I am now against you -- declares Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	13	9	My hand will be against the prophets who have futile visions and give false predictions; they will not be admitted to the council of my people, their names will not be entered in the roll of the House of Israel, they will not set foot on the soil of Israel; and they will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	13	10	This is because they have misled my people by saying Peace! when there is no peace. When my people were repairing a wall, these men came and plastered it over!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	13	11	Tell these plasterers: It will rain hard, it will hail, it will blow a gale,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	13	12	and down will come the wall! Will not people ask you: What has become of the plaster you slapped on it?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	13	13	Well then, the Lord Yahweh says this: I am going to unleash a stormy wind in my fury, torrential rain in my anger, hailstones in my destructive fury,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	13	14	and I shall shatter the wall you plastered and knock it down and lay its foundations bare. It will fall and you will perish under it; then you will know that I am Yahweh."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	13	15	'When I have sated my anger on the wall and those who plastered it, I shall say to you, "The wall is gone, and so are those who plastered over it,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	13	16	the prophets of Israel who prophesy about Jerusalem and have visions of peace for her when there is no peace -- declares the Lord Yahweh."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	13	17	'Also, son of man, turn to the women of your people who make up prophecies out of their own heads; prophesy against them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	13	18	Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Disaster is in store for women who sew ribbons round each wrist and make head-cloths for people of all sizes, in their hunt for souls! Are you to hunt the souls of my people and keep your own souls safe?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	13	19	You dishonour me in front of my people for a few handfuls of barley, a few bits of bread, killing those who ought not to die and sparing those who ought not to live, lying to my people who love listening to lies.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	13	20	"Very well, the Lord Yahweh says this: Look, I am now against your ribbons, with which you hunt souls like birds, and I shall tear them off your arms and free those souls whom you hunt like birds.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	13	21	I shall tear your head-cloths to pieces and rescue my people from your clutches; no longer will they be fair game for you to ensnare. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	13	22	"For having intimidated with lies the heart of the upright whom I had done nothing to alarm, and for having encouraged the wicked not to give up wicked ways and so be saved,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	13	23	very well, you will have no more futile visions and make no more predictions, for I shall rescue my people from your clutches, and you will know that I am Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	14	1	Next, some elders of Israel visited me and while they were sitting with me,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	14	2	the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	14	3	'Son of man, these men have enshrined their foul idols in their hearts and placed the cause of their sinning right before their eyes. Why should I let myself be consulted by them?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	14	4	So speak to them; tell them this, "Lord Yahweh says this: Every member of the House of Israel who enshrines his foul idols in his heart and places the cause of his sinning right before his eyes, and who then approaches the prophet, will get this answer from me, Yahweh, as the multiplicity of his idols deserves,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	14	5	and in this way I hope to win back the hearts of the House of Israel who have all been estranged from me by their foul idols."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	14	6	'So say to the House of Israel, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Come back, turn away from your foul idols, turn your backs on all your loathsome practices;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	14	7	for if any member of the House of Israel -- or any foreigner living in Israel -- deserts me to enshrine his foul idols in his heart and places the cause of his sinning right before his eyes and then approaches a prophet to consult me through him, he will get his answer from me, Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	14	8	I shall set my face against that person; I shall make him an example and a byword; I shall rid my people of him, and you will know that I am Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	14	9	And if the prophet is seduced into saying something, I, Yahweh, shall have seduced that prophet; I shall point my finger at him and rid my people Israel of him.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	14	10	Both will be punished for their guilt; the prophet's punishment will be the same as that of the person who consults him,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	14	11	so that the House of Israel will never stray from me again or defile themselves again with these crimes, but be my people and I their God -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	14	12	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	14	13	'Son of man, when a country sins against me by being unfaithful and I point my finger at it and destroy its supply of food, inflicting famine on it and denuding it of human and animal,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	14	14	even if the three men, Noah, Danel and Job, were living in it, they would save no one but themselves by their uprightness -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	14	15	Were I to unleash wild beasts on that country to rob it of its children and reduce it to a desert which no one would dare to cross because of the animals,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	14	16	even if these three men were living there, as I live -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- they would not be able to save either son or daughter; they alone would be saved, and the country would become a desert.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	14	17	Were I to bring the sword down on that country and say, "Sword, cross the country!" so as to denude it of human and animal,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	14	18	even if these three men were living there, as I live -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- they would not be able to save either son or daughter; they alone would be saved.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	14	19	If I were to send the plague on that country and vent my fury on it by bloodshed, so as to denude it of human and animal,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	14	20	even if Noah and Danel and Job were living there, as I live -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- they would be able to save neither son nor daughter, only themselves by their uprightness.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	14	21	'The Lord Yahweh says this, "Even if I send my four dreadful scourges on Jerusalem-sword, famine, wild beasts and plague -- to denude it of human and animal,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	14	22	even so, there will be a remnant left, a few men and women who come through; when they come to you and you see their conduct and actions, you will take comfort in spite of the disaster which I have brought on Jerusalem, in spite of all I have brought on her.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	14	23	They will comfort you, when you see their conduct and actions, and so you will know that I have not done in vain all I have done to her -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	15	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	15	2	Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than wood from the branch of a forest tree?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	15	3	Is its wood used for making anything? Are pegs on which to hang things made from it?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	15	4	There it is, thrown on the fire for fuel. The fire burns off both ends; the middle is charred; can it be kept for anything now?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	15	5	While it was intact, you could make nothing with it; burned and charred, is it any more useful now?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	15	6	So, the Lord Yahweh says this: As the wood of the vine among the forest trees, which I have thrown on the fire for fuel, so shall I treat the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	15	7	I shall set my face against them. They have escaped one fire, but fire will devour them yet. And you will know that I am Yahweh, when I set my face against them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	15	8	I shall reduce the country to a desert, because of their infidelity- declares the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	2	'Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her loathsome practices!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	3	Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: By origin and birth you belong to the land of Canaan. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	4	At birth, the very day you were born, there was no one to cut your navel-string, or wash you in water to clean you, or rub you with salt, or wrap you in swaddling clothes.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	5	No one looked at you with pity enough to do any of these things out of sympathy for you. You were exposed in the open fields in your own dirt on the day you were born.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	6	"I saw you kicking on the ground in your blood as I was passing, and I said to you as you lay in your blood: Live!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	7	and I made you grow like the grass of the fields. You developed, you grew, you reached marriageable age. Your breasts became firm and your hair grew richly, but you were stark naked.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	8	Then I saw you as I was passing. Your time had come, the time for love. I spread my cloak over you and covered your nakedness; I gave you my oath, I made a covenant with you -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- and you became mine.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	9	I bathed you in water, I washed the blood off you, I anointed you with oil.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	10	I gave you embroidered dresses, fine leather shoes, a linen headband and a cloak of silk.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	11	I loaded you with jewels, gave you bracelets for your wrists and a necklace for your throat.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	12	I gave you nose-ring and earrings; I put a beautiful diadem on your head.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	13	You were loaded with gold and silver and dressed in linen and silk and brocade. Your food was the finest flour, honey and oil. You grew more and more beautiful; and you rose to be queen.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	14	The fame of your beauty spread through the nations, since it was perfect, because I had clothed you with my own splendour -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	15	"But you became infatuated with your own beauty and used your fame to play the whore, lavishing your debauchery on all comers.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	16	You took some of your clothes to make for yourself high places bright with colours and there you played the whore.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	17	You also took your jewellery, made with my gold and silver which I had given you, and made yourself male images to serve your whorings.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	18	You took your embroidered clothes and used these to dress them up, and you offered them my oil and my incense.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	19	And the bread I gave you, the finest flour, the oil and honey with which I fed you, you offered them as a pleasing smell. "What is more -- declares the Lord Yahweh-
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	20	you took the sons and daughters you had borne me and sacrificed them as food to the images. Was not your whoring enough in itself,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	21	for you to slaughter my children and hand them over to be burnt in their honour?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	22	And in all your loathsome practices and your whorings you never called your early days to mind, when you were stark naked, kicking on the ground in your own blood.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	23	"To crown your wickedness -- disaster upon you, disaster! declares the Lord Yahweh-
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	24	you built yourself a mound and made yourself a high place in every open space.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	25	At the entry to every alley you made yourself a high place, defiling your beauty and opening your legs to all comers in countless acts of fornication.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	26	You have also fornicated with your big-membered neighbours, the Egyptians, provoking my anger with further acts of fornication.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	27	So now I have raised my hand against you, I have cut down on your food, I have put you at the mercy of your enemies, the Philistine women, who blush at your lewd behaviour.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	28	Still unsatisfied, you prostituted yourself to the Assyrians; you played the whore with them, but were not satisfied even then.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	29	You committed further acts of fornication in the country of merchants, with the Chaldaeans, and these did not satisfy you either.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	30	"How simple-minded you are!-declares the Lord Yahweh -- for although you do all the things that a professional prostitute would,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	31	in building a mound and making yourself a high place in every street, you do not act like a proper prostitute because you disdain to take a fee.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	32	An adulteress welcomes strangers instead of her husband.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	33	All prostitutes accept presents, but you give presents to all your lovers, you bribe them to come from all over the place to fornicate with you!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	34	In fornicating, you are the opposite of other women, since no one runs after you to fornicate with you; since you give the fee and do not get one, you are the very opposite!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	35	"Very well, whore, hear the word of Yahweh!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	36	The Lord Yahweh says this: For having squandered your money and let yourself be seen naked while whoring with your lovers and all the foul idols of your loathsome practices and for giving them your children's blood-
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	37	for all this, I shall assemble all the lovers to whom you have given pleasure, all the ones you liked and also all the ones you disliked; yes, I shall assemble them round you and strip you naked in front of them, and let them see you naked from head to foot.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	38	I shall pass on you the sentence that adulteresses and murderesses receive; I shall hand you over to their jealous fury;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	39	I shall hand you over to them; they will destroy your mound and pull down your high place; they will tear off your clothes, take away your jewels and leave you stark naked.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	40	Then they will call an assembly of citizens to deal with you, who will stone you to death and hack you to pieces with their swords,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	41	and burn down your premises and execute justice on you, while many other women look on; and I shall put an end to your whoring: no more paid lovers for you!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	42	Once my fury is exhausted with you, then my jealousy will leave you; I shall be calm and not angry any more.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	43	Since you never called to mind your early days and have done nothing but provoke me, now I in my turn shall bring your conduct down on your own head -- declares the Lord Yahweh! "Have you not added this lewd behaviour to your other loathsome practices?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	44	So now all dealers in proverbs will apply this one to you: Like mother, like daughter.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	45	Yes; you are a true daughter of your mother, who hated her husband and her children; you are a true sister of your sisters, who hated their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	46	Your elder sister is Samaria, who lives to the north of you with her daughters. Your younger sister is Sodom, who lives to the south of you with her daughters.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	47	You never failed to imitate their behaviour and copy their loathsome practices, and soon your behaviour was more corrupt than theirs was.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	48	As I live -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- your sister Sodom and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	49	The crime of your sister Sodom was pride, gluttony, calm complacency; such were hers and her daughters' crimes. They never helped the poor and needy;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	50	they were proud, and engaged in loathsome practices before me, and so I swept them away as you have seen.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	51	And yet Samaria never committed half the crimes that you have. "You have done more loathsome things than they have. By all your loathsome practices you have made your sisters seem innocent,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	52	and now you bear the shame of which you have freed your sisters; since the sins which you have committed are more revolting than theirs, they are more upright than you are. So now, bear the disgrace and shame of having put your sisters in the right.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	53	"I shall restore their fortunes, I shall restore Sodom and her daughters, I shall re- store Samaria and her daughters, and then I shall restore your fortune with theirs,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	54	so that you can bear your shame and disgrace for all you have done, and so console them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	55	When your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, are restored to what they were, and Samaria and her daughters are restored to what they were, then you too and your daughters will be restored to what you were.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	56	Did you not gloat over your sister Sodom when you were so proud,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	57	before you were stripped naked? Like her, you are now the laughing-stock of the women of Edom, of all the women round, of the women of Philistia, who pour out their contempt on you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	58	You have brought this on yourself, with your lewdness and your loathsome practices -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	59	"For the Lord Yahweh says this: I shall treat you as you have deserved for making light of an oath and breaking a covenant,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	60	but I shall remember my covenant with you when you were a girl and shall conclude a covenant with you that will last for ever.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	61	And you for your part will remember your behaviour and feel ashamed of it when you receive your elder and younger sisters and I make them your daughters, although this is not included in my covenant with you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	62	I shall renew my covenant with you; and you will know that I am Yahweh,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	16	63	and so remember and feel ashamed and in your confusion be reduced to silence, when I forgive you for everything you have done -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	17	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	17	2	'Son of man, put a riddle, propound a parable to the House of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	17	3	Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: A great eagle with great wings, long-pinioned, rich with many-coloured plumage, came to the Lebanon.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	17	4	He took the top of the cedar tree, he plucked off the top branch, he carried it off to the country of merchants and set it down in a city of shopkeepers.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	17	5	Next, he took one of the country's seeds and put it in a fertile field; by the side of a generous stream, like a willow tree, he placed it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	17	6	It grew and became a fruitful vine of modest size, grew up towards the eagle, its roots grew downwards. So it became a vine, branching out and sprouting new shoots.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	17	7	But there was another great eagle with great wings and thick plumage. And now the vine twisted its roots towards him and stretched its branches towards him, for him to water it away from the bed where it was planted.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	17	8	It was in a fertile field, by the side of a wide stream that the vine had been planted, to branch out and bear fruit and become a noble vine."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	17	9	Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Will it succeed? Will the eagle not tear out its roots and strip off its fruit, so that all the new leaves it puts out will wither, and no great strength is needed nor many people to pull it up by the roots?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	17	10	Planted it may be -- will it succeed? Will it not shrivel up when the east wind blows? It will wither in the bed where it was growing!" '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	17	11	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	17	12	'Say to that tribe of rebels, "Do you not know what this means?" Say this, 'Look, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem; he carried away the king and the princes, and took them to his home in Babylon.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	17	13	He took a member of the royal family and made a treaty with him, forcing him to swear loyalty, having already deported the leading men of the country,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	17	14	so that the kingdom would remain modest and without ambitions, and would keep and honour his treaty.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	17	15	But the prince rebelled against him and sent envoys to Egypt to procure himself horses and a large number of troops. Will he succeed? Will a man who has done this go unpunished? Can he break a treaty and go unpunished?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	17	16	As I live, I swear it -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- in Babylon, in the country of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he has disregarded and whose treaty he has broken, there he will die.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	17	17	Despite the pharaoh's great army and hordes of men, he will not be able to save him by fighting, however many earthworks are raised, however many trenches dug to the loss of many lives.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	17	18	He has disregarded the oath by breaking the treaty to which he had pledged himself and, having done all this, will not go unpunished.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	17	19	"So, the Lord Yahweh says this: As I live, I swear it: my oath which he has disregarded, my treaty which he has broken, I shall make them both recoil on his own head.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	17	20	I shall throw my net over him, he will be caught in my mesh; I shall take him to Babylon and punish him there for being unfaithful to me.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	17	21	All the pick of all his troops will fall by the sword, and the survivors be scattered to all the winds. And you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	17	22	"The Lord Yahweh says this: From the top of the tall cedar tree, from the highest branch I shall take a shoot and plant it myself on a high and lofty mountain.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	17	23	I shall plant it on the highest mountain in Israel. It will put out branches and bear fruit and grow into a noble cedar tree. Every kind of bird will live beneath it, every kind of winged creature will rest in the shade of its branches.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	17	24	And all the trees of the countryside will know that I, Yahweh, am the one who lays the tall tree low and raises the low tree high, who makes the green tree wither and makes the withered bear fruit. I, Yahweh, have spoken, and I will do it." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	2	'Why do you keep repeating this proverb in the land of Israel: The parents have eaten unripe grapes; and the children's teeth are set on edge?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	3	'As I live -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- you will have no further cause to repeat this proverb in Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	4	Look, all life belongs to me; the father's life and the son's life, both alike belong to me. The one who has sinned is the one to die.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	5	'But if a man is upright, his actions law-abiding and upright,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	6	and he does not eat on the mountains or raise his eyes to the foul idols of the House of Israel, does not defile his neighbour's wife or touch a woman during her periods,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	7	oppresses no one, returns the pledge on a debt, does not rob, gives his own food to the hungry, his clothes to those who lack clothing,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	8	does not lend for profit, does not charge interest, abstains from evil, gives honest judgement between one person and another,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	9	keeps my laws and sincerely respects my judgements -- someone like this is truly upright and will live -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	10	'But if he has a son prone to violence and bloodshed, who commits one of these misdeeds-
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	11	even though the father never has -- a son who dares to eat on the mountains, who defiles his neighbour's wife,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	12	who oppresses the poor and needy, robs, fails to return pledges, raises his eyes to foul idols, engages in loathsome practices,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	13	lends for profit, or charges interest, such a person will by no means live; having committed all these appalling crimes he will die, and his blood be on his own head.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	14	'But if he in turn has a son who, in spite of seeing all the sins that his father has committed, does not imitate him,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	15	does not eat on the mountains or raise his eyes to the foul idols of the House of Israel, does not defile his neighbour's wife,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	16	oppresses no one, takes no pledges, does not rob, gives his own food to the hungry, his clothes to those who lack clothing,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	17	abstains from evil, does not lend for profit or charge interest, respects my judgements and keeps my laws, he will not die for his father's sins: he will most certainly live.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	18	But his father, because he was violent, robbed others and never did good among his people, will most certainly die in his guilt.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	19	'Now, you say, "Why doesn't the son bear his father's guilt?" If the son has been law-abiding and upright, has kept all my laws and followed them, most certainly he will live.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	20	The one who has sinned is the one who must die; a son is not to bear his father's guilt, nor a father his son's guilt. The upright will be credited with his uprightness, and the wicked with his wickedness.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	21	'If the wicked, however, renounces all the sins he has committed, respects my laws and is law-abiding and upright, he will most certainly live; he will not die.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	22	None of the crimes he committed will be remembered against him from then on; he will most certainly live because of his upright actions.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	23	Would I take pleasure in the death of the wicked -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- and not prefer to see him renounce his wickedness and live?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	24	'But if the upright abandons uprightness and does wrong by copying all the loathsome practices of the wicked, is he to live? All his upright actions will be forgotten from then on; for the infidelity of which he is guilty and the sin which he has committed, he will most certainly die.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	25	'Now, you say, "What the Lord does is unjust." Now listen, House of Israel: is what I do unjust? Is it not what you do that is unjust?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	26	When the upright abandons uprightness and does wrong and dies, he dies because of the wrong which he himself has done.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	27	Similarly, when the wicked abandons wickedness to become law-abiding and upright, he saves his own life.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	28	Having chosen to renounce all his previous crimes, he will most certainly live: he will not die.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	29	And yet the House of Israel says, "What the Lord does is unjust." Is what I do unjust, House of Israel? Is it not what you do that is unjust?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	30	So in future, House of Israel, I shall judge each of you by what that person does -- declares the Lord Yahweh. Repent, renounce all your crimes, avoid all occasions for guilt.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	31	Shake off all the crimes you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why die, House of Israel?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	18	32	I take no pleasure in the death of anyone -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- so repent and live!'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	19	1	'Now, raise a lament for the princes of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	19	2	Say: What was your mother? A lioness among lions; lying among the cubs she nursed her whelps.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	19	3	She reared one of her whelps: he grew into a young lion; he learnt to tear his prey; he became a man-eater.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	19	4	The nations came to hear of him; he was caught in their pit; they dragged him away with hooks to Egypt.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	19	5	Her expectation thwarted, and seeing her hope dashed, she took another of her whelps and made a young lion of him.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	19	6	He prowled among the lions, he grew into a young lion, he learnt to tear his prey; he became a man-eater.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	19	7	He tore down their palaces, he destroyed their cities; the land and all its inhabitants were appalled by the sound of his roars.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	19	8	The nations marched out against him from the surrounding provinces; they spread their net over him; he was caught in their pit.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	19	9	They shackled him with hooks, they took him to the king of Babylon and threw him into a fortress, so that his voice could never again be heard on the mountains of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	19	10	Your mother was like a vine planted beside the water, fruitful and leafy, because the water flowed so full.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	19	11	She had stout stems which became kingly sceptres; she grew higher and higher, up into the clouds; she was admired for her height and the number of her branches.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	19	12	But she was furiously uprooted and thrown on the ground; the east wind dried up her fruit, she was broken to pieces; her stout stem dried up, the fire devoured it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	19	13	Now she has been transplanted to the desert, to a dry and thirsty land.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	19	14	Fire burst out of her stem devouring her branches and fruit. No more stout stem for her, no more kingly sceptre.' This is a lament; it was used as such.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	1	In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to consult Yahweh and were sitting with me,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	2	when the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	3	'Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel. Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Have you come to consult me? As I live, I will not be consulted by you -- declares the Lord Yahweh."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	4	'Are you ready to judge them? Are you ready to judge them, son of man? Confront them with the loathsome practices of their ancestors.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	5	Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: On the day when I chose Israel, when I pledged my word to the House of Jacob, I made myself known to them in Egypt; I pledged my word to them and said: I am Yahweh your God.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	6	That day I pledged them my word that I would bring them out of Egypt to a country which I had reconnoitred for them, a country flowing with milk and honey, and the loveliest of them all.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	7	And I said to them: Each of you must reject the horrors which attract you; do not pollute yourselves with the foul idols of Egypt; I am Yahweh your God.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	8	But they rebelled against me and would not listen to me. Not one of them rejected the horrors which attracted them; they did not give up the foul idols of Egypt. I then resolved to vent my fury on them, to sate my anger on them in Egypt.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	9	But respect for my own name kept me from letting it be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, and before whom I had made myself known to them and promised to bring them out of Egypt.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	10	So I brought them out of Egypt and led them into the desert.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	11	I gave them my laws and taught them my judgements, in whose observance people find life.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	12	And I also gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between me and them, so that they might know that I, Yahweh, am the one who sanctifies them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	13	The House of Israel, however, rebelled against me in the desert; they refused to keep my laws, they scorned my judgements, in whose observance people find life, and they grossly profaned my Sabbaths. I then resolved to vent my fury on them in the desert and destroy them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	14	But respect for my own name kept me from letting it be profaned in the eyes of the nations, before whom I had brought them out.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	15	Even so, I pledged them my word in the desert that I would not lead them to the country which I had given them, a country flowing with milk and honey, and the loveliest of them all,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	16	since they had scorned my judgements, had refused to keep my laws and had profaned my Sabbaths, their hearts being attached to foul idols.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	17	In spite of this, I took pity on them; I refrained from destroying them and did not make an end of them in the desert.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	18	"I said to their children in the desert: Do not follow the laws of your ancestors, do not practise their judgements, do not defile yourselves with their foul idols.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	19	I am Yahweh your God. Keep my laws, respect my judgements and practise them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	20	Keep my Sabbaths holy; let them be a sign between me and you, so that people may know that I am Yahweh your God.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	21	Their children, however, rebelled against me; they refused to keep my laws, they did not respect or practise my judgements, which must be practised by all who want to live; they profaned my Sabbaths. I then resolved to vent my fury on them, to sate my anger on them  in the desert.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	22	But I restrained my hand; respect for my own name kept me from letting it be profaned in the eyes of the nations, before whom I had brought them out.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	23	Once again, however, I pledged them my word that I would scatter them throughout the nations and disperse them in foreign countries,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	24	because they had not followed my judgements but had rejected my laws and profaned my Sabbaths, their eyes being fastened on the foul idols of their ancestors.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	25	And for this reason I gave them laws that were not good and judgements by which they could never live;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	26	and I polluted them with their own offerings, making them sacrifice every first-born son in order to fill them with revulsion, so that they would know that I am Yahweh."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	27	'For this reason, son of man, speak to the House of Israel. Say to them, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Here is another way by which your ancestors outraged me by their infidelity.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	28	Once I had brought them into the country which I had pledged my word to give them, they then saw all sorts of high hills, all kinds of leafy trees, and there they performed their sacrifices and made offerings that provoked my anger; there they set out their pleasing smell and poured their libations.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	29	I then said to them: What is this high place where you go? And they gave, and still give it, the name of Bamah."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	30	'So, say to the House of Israel, "The Lord Yahweh says this: If you are polluting yourselves as your ancestors did by fornicating with their horrors-
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	31	for by offering your gifts and by burning your children as sacrifices, you have been polluting yourselves with all your foul idols to this very day -- shall I let myself be consulted by you, House of Israel? As I live -- declares Lord Yahweh -- I shall not let myself be consulted by you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	32	And what you sometimes imagine will never be so, when you say: We shall be like the peoples, the tribes of foreign lands, worshipping wood and stone.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	33	As I live I swear it -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- I am the one who will reign over you, with a strong hand and outstretched arm, once my fury is sated.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	34	With a strong hand and outstretched arm, once my fury is sated, I shall bring you back from the peoples and gather you again from the countries throughout which you have been scattered.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	35	I shall lead you into the desert of the nations and there I shall judge you face to face.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	36	As I judged your ancestors in the desert of Egypt, so will I judge you -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	37	I shall make you pass under the crook, bring you to respect the covenant
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	38	and rid you of the rebels who have revolted against me; I shall bring them out of the country where they are staying, but they will not enter the country of Israel, and you will know that I am Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	39	House of Israel, Lord Yahweh says this: Go on, all of you, worship your foul idols, but later we shall see if you don't listen to me! Then you will stop profaning my holy name with your offerings and your foul idols.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	40	For on my holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- is where the whole House of Israel, everyone in the country, will worship me. There I shall accept and there expect your presents, your choicest offering and all your consecrated gifts.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	41	I shall welcome you like a pleasing smell when I bring you back from the peoples and gather you from the countries throughout which you have been scattered, and through you I shall display my holiness for all the nations to see;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	42	and you will know that I am Yahweh, when I bring you back to the soil of Israel, to the country which I pledged my word to give to your ancestors.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	43	There you will remember your past behaviour and all the actions by which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the wrongs which you have committed.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	20	44	And you will know that I am Yahweh, when I treat you as respect for my own name requires, and not as your wicked behaviour and corrupt actions deserve, House of Israel -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	2	'Son of man, turn to the right; utter your word towards the south, prophesy against the forest land of the Negeb.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	3	Say to the forest of Negeb, "Hear the word of Yahweh! The Lord Yahweh says this: Listen; I am about to kindle a fire in you which will burn up every green tree in you as well as every dry one; it will be an unquenchable blaze and every face will be scorched by it from the Negeb to the north.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	4	All humanity will see that it was I, Yahweh, who kindled it, and it will not be extinguished." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	5	I said, 'Lord Yahweh, they say of me, "He does nothing but speak in riddles!"'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	6	Then the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	7	'Son of man, turn towards Jerusalem, utter your word towards the sanctuary and prophesy against the land of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	8	Say to the land of Israel, "Yahweh says this: Now I am against you; I am about to unsheathe my sword and rid you of the upright and the wicked alike.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	9	Since I am going to rid you of upright and wicked alike, I shall unsheathe my sword against everyone alive, from the Negeb to the north,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	10	so that everyone alive will know that I, Yahweh, am the one who has unsheathed my sword; it will not go back again."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	11	'Son of man, groan as though your heart were breaking. Utter your bitter groans where they can see you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	12	And if they say, "Why these groans?" reply, "Because of the news which is about to come, all hearts will sink, all hands grow weak, all spirits grow faint and all knees turn to water. It is coming now, it is here!-declares Lord Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	13	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	14	'Son of man, prophesy. Say, "The Lord says this. Say: The sword, the sword has been sharpened and polished,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	15	sharpened for slaughter, polished to flash like lightning . . .
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	16	He has had it polished to be wielded, this sword sharpened and polished to put in the slaughterer's hand!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	17	Shout and wail, son of man, for it will come on my people, on all the chief men of Israel doomed like my people to the sword! So beat your breast,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	18	for this will be an ordeal . . . declares the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	19	So prophesy, son of man, and clap your hands! Let the sword pass three times, that sword for victims, that sword for a great victim, threatening them from every side!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	20	To make hearts sink and make sure many fall, I have posted the slaughtering sword at every gate to flash like lightning, polished for slaughter.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	21	Be sharp, on the right, be ready on the left, whichever way your blade is needed!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	22	I too shall clap my hands and sate my fury! I, Yahweh, have spoken." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	23	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	24	'Son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to come along, making both of them begin from the same country. Then put up a signpost, put it where the road leaves for the city,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	25	trace the route which the sword should take for Rabbah-of-the-Ammonites, and for Judah, to the fortress of Jerusalem.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	26	For the king of Babylon has halted at the fork where these two roads diverge, to take the omens. He has shaken the arrows, questioned the household gods, inspected the liver.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	27	The lot marked 'Jerusalem' is in his right hand: there to set up battering-rams, give the word for slaughter, raise the war cry, level battering-rams against the gates, cast up earthworks, build entrenchments.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	28	The inhabitants will believe that these omens are idle, for they have received sworn guarantees, but he will bring their guilt to mind and capture them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	29	And so the Lord Yahweh says this, "Since you have brought your guilt to mind by parading your misdeeds and flaunting your sins in everything you do: because you have drawn attention to yourselves, you will be captured.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	30	As for you, impious and wicked prince of Israel, whose doom is approaching to put an end to your crimes,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	31	the Lord Yahweh says this: They will take away your diadem and remove your crown. Everything will be changed; the low will be raised and the high brought low!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	32	Ruin, ruin, I shall bring such ruin as never was before, until the rightful ruler comes, on whom I shall bestow it."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	33	'Son of man, prophesy and say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: In reply to the Ammonites and their jeers, say: The sword, the sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to devour, to flash like lightning-
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	34	while you have empty visions and consult lying omens-to cut the throats of the wicked, whose doom is approaching to put an end to their crimes.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	35	Put it back in the scabbard. The place where you were created, the land of your origin, will be where I judge you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	36	I shall vent my fury on you, breathe the fire of my rage against you and hand you over to barbarous men whose trade is destruction.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	21	37	You will be fuel for the fire, your blood will flow through the country, you will leave no memory behind you; for I, Yahweh, have spoken!" '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	2	'Son of man, are you ready to judge? Are you ready to judge the blood-stained city? Confront her with all her loathsome practices!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	3	Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: City shedding blood inside yourself to hasten your doom, making foul idols on your soil to defile yourself,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	4	you have incurred guilt by the blood you have shed, you have defiled yourself with the foul idols you have made, you have shortened your days, you have come to the end of your years. This is why I have made you an object of scorn to the nations and a laughing-stock to every country.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	5	From far and near they will taunt you with your infamous disorders.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	6	"Look! In you the princes of Israel, one and all, have furthered their own interests at the cost of bloodshed;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	7	in you people have despised their fathers and mothers; in you they have ill-treated the settler; in you they have oppressed the widow and orphan.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	8	You have treated my sanctuary with contempt, you have profaned my Sabbaths.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	9	In you informers incite to bloodshed; in you people eat on the mountains and act licentiously;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	10	in you they have sexual intercourse with their fathers; in you they force themselves on women in their periods;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	11	in you one man engages in loathsome practices with his neighbour's wife, another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law, another violates his sister, his own father's daughter.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	12	In you people take bribes for shedding blood; you lend for profit and charge interest, you profit from your fellow by extortion and have forgotten about me -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	13	"Now I shall clap my hands at your acts of banditry and the blood that flows in you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	14	Will your heart be able to resist, will your hands be steady, the day when I call you to account? I, Yahweh, have spoken and shall act.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	15	I shall scatter you among the nations and disperse you in foreign countries, and so put an end to the filthiness now inside you;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	16	through your own fault, you will be profaned in the eyes of the nations, and you will know that I am Yahweh!" '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	17	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	18	'Son of man, for me, the House of Israel has become dross: copper, tin, iron, lead, all mixed up together in the melting-pot; they are dross.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	19	And so, Lord Yahweh says this, "Since you have all become dross, right! I shall collect you inside Jerusalem.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	20	As silver, copper, iron, lead and tin are collected in the melting-pot, and the fire is blown underneath to melt them down, so I shall collect you in my furious anger and have you melted down;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	21	I shall collect you and blow up the fire of my rage for you and have you melted down inside the city.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	22	As silver is melted in the melting-pot, so you will be melted down inside the city, and you will know that I, Yahweh, have vented my fury on you." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	23	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	24	'Son of man, say to her, "You are a land that has not received rain or shower on the day of anger.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	25	In you, the princes are like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They have eaten the people, seized wealth and jewels and widowed many inside her.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	26	Her priests have violated my law and desecrated my sanctuary; they have made no distinction between sacred and profane, they have not taught people the difference between clean and unclean; they have turned their eyes away from my Sabbaths and I have been dishonoured by them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	27	In her the leaders are wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood and killing people to steal their possessions.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	28	Her prophets have plastered these things over with their empty visions and lying prophecies, saying: Yahweh says this, although Yahweh has not spoken.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	29	The people of the country have taken to extortion and banditry; they have oppressed the poor and needy and ill-treated the settler in a way that is unjustifiable.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	30	I have been looking for someone among them to build a barricade and oppose me in the breach, to defend the country and prevent me from destroying it; but I have found no one.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	22	31	Hence I have vented my fury on them; I have put an end to them in the fire of my rage. I have made their conduct recoil on their own heads -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	2	'Son of man, there were once two women, daughters of the same mother.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	3	They played the whore in Egypt; they played the whore when they were still girls. There their nipples were handled, there their virgin breasts were first fondled.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	4	Their names were: Oholah the elder, Oholibah her sister. They belonged to me and bore sons and daughters. As regards their names, Samaria is Oholah, Jerusalem Oholibah.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	5	Now Oholah played the whore, although she belonged to me; she lusted after her lovers, her neighbours the Assyrians,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	6	dressed in purple, governors and magistrates, all of them young and desirable, and skilful horsemen.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	7	She played the whore with all of them, the pick of Assyria, and defiled herself with all the foul idols of all those with whom she was in love,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	8	nor did she give up the whoring begun in Egypt, where men had slept with her from her girlhood, fondling her virgin breasts, debauching her over and over again.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	9	'That is why I have handed her over to her lovers, to the Assyrians with whom she was in love.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	10	They stripped her naked, seized her sons and daughters and put her to the sword. She became notorious among women for the justice done on her.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	11	'Her sister Oholibah saw all this, but she was even more depraved, and her whorings were worse than her sister's.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	12	She fell in love with her neighbours the Assyrians, governors and magistrates, dressed in sumptuous clothes, skilful horsemen, all young and desirable.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	13	Then I saw that she had defiled herself, that both sisters were equally bad.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	14	She began whoring worse than ever; no sooner had she seen wall-carvings of men, pictures of Chaldaeans coloured vermilion,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	15	men with sashes round their waists and elaborate turbans on their heads, all so lordly of bearing, depicting the Babylonians, natives of Chaldaea,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	16	than she fell in love with them at first sight and sent messengers to them in Chaldaea.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	17	The Babylonians came to her, shared her love-bed and defiled her with their whoring. Once defiled by them, she withdrew her affection from them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	18	Thus she flaunted her whoring, exposing her body, until I withdrew my affection from her as I had withdrawn it from her sister.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	19	But she began whoring worse than ever, remembering her girlhood, when she had played the whore in Egypt,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	20	when she had been in love with their profligates, big-membered as donkeys, ejaculating as violently as stallions.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	21	'You were hankering for the debauchery of your girlhood, when they used to handle your nipples in Egypt and fondle your young breasts.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	22	And so, Oholibah, Lord Yahweh says this, "I shall set all your lovers against you, from whom you have withdrawn your affection, and bring them to assault you from all directions:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	23	the Babylonians and all the Chaldaeans, the men of Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, young and desirable, all governors and magistrates, all famous lords and skilful horsemen.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	24	From the north, they will advance on you with chariots and wagons and an international army and beset you with shield, buckler and helmet on all sides. I shall charge them to pass sentence on you and they will pass sentence on you as they think fit.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	25	I shall direct my jealousy against you; they will treat you with fury; they will cut off your nose and ears, and what is left of your family will fall by the sword; they will seize your sons and daughters, and what is left will be burnt.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	26	They will strip off your garments and rob you of your jewels.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	27	I shall put an end to your debauchery and to the whorings you began in Egypt; you will not look to the Egyptians any more, you will never think of them again.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	28	For the Lord Yahweh says this: Now, I shall hand you over to those you hate, to those for whom you no longer feel affection.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	29	They will treat you with hatred, they will rob you of the entire fruit of your labours and leave you stark naked. And thus your shameful whorings will be exposed, your debauchery and your whorings.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	30	This will happen to you because you have played the whore with the nations and have defiled yourself with their foul idols.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	31	Since you have copied your sister's behaviour, I shall put her cup in your hand."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	32	The Lord Yahweh says this: You will drink your sister's cup, a cup both deep and wide, leading to laughter and mockery, so ample the draught it holds.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	33	You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow. Cup of affliction and devastation, the cup of your sister Samaria,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	34	you will drink it, you will drain it; then you will break it in pieces and lacerate your own breasts. For I have spoken -- declared the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	35	"And so, the Lord Yahweh says this: Since you have forgotten me and have turned your back on me, you too will have to bear the weight of your debauchery and whorings." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	36	And Yahweh said to me, 'Son of man, are you ready to judge Oholah and Oholibah and charge them with their loathsome practices?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	37	They have been adulteresses, their hands are dripping with blood, they have committed adultery with their foul idols. As for the children they had borne me, they have offered them as burnt sacrifices to feed them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	38	And here is something else they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary today and have profaned my Sabbaths.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	39	The same day as sacrificing their children to their idols, they have been to my sanctuary and profaned it. Yes, this is what they have done in my own house.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	40	'Worse still, they summoned men from far away, invited by messenger, and they came. For them you bathed, you painted your eyes, put on your jewels
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	41	and sat on a sumptuous bed, by which a table was laid out. On this you had put my incense and my oil.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	42	The noise of the carefree company resounded, made by the crowd of men brought in from the desert; they put bracelets on the women's arms and magnificent crowns on their heads.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	43	I thought, "That woman, worn out with adultery! Are they going to fornicate with her too?"
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	44	Yet they visit her like any common prostitute, just as they visited those profligate women Oholah and Oholibah.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	45	All the same, there are upright men who will judge them as adulteresses and murderesses are judged, since they are adulteresses and their hands are dripping with blood."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	46	'The Lord Yahweh says this, "Summon an assembly to deal with them, and hand them over to terror and pillage;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	47	let the assembly stone them and dispatch them with their swords; let their sons and daughters be slaughtered and their houses set on fire.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	48	This is how I shall purge the country of debauchery, so that all women will be taught the lesson never to ape your debauchery again.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	23	49	Your debauchery will recoil on yourselves, and you will bear the weight of the sins committed with your foul idols and you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	1	In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	2	'Son of man, write down today's date, yes, today's, for this very day the king of Babylon began his attack on Jerusalem.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	3	So pronounce a parable for this tribe of rebels. Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Put the pot on the fire; put it on; pour the water in!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	4	Now put the cuts of meat all in together, all the best cuts, leg and shoulder. Fill it with the best bones.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	5	Take the best of the flock, then heap wood underneath; boil it thoroughly until even the bones are cooked.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	6	"For the Lord Yahweh says this: Disaster is in store for the bloody city, for that rusty cooking pot whose rust will not come off! Empty it, bit by bit, not bothering to draw lots;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	7	for she is still full of bloodshed, she has put blood on the naked rock; she did not pour it on the ground so as to cover it with dust.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	8	To make anger rise, to exact vengeance, I have put her blood on the naked rock, so that it should not be covered:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	9	"So, the Lord Yahweh says this: Disaster is in store for the bloody city! I too plan to build a great fire.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	10	Heap on the wood, light it, cook the meat, prepare the seasoning let the bones burn!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	11	Put the empty pot on the coals to make it hot, until the bronze glows, the filth inside melts and the rust is burnt away!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	12	"But all that rust would not come off in the fire.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	13	Your filth is infamous. Since I have tried to purge you and you would not let yourself be purged of your filth, so now you will never be purged of your filth until I have sated my anger on you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	14	I, Yahweh, have spoken; this will happen; I shall act and not relent; I shall show no pity, no compassion. You will be judged as your conduct and actions deserve -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	15	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	16	'Son of man, at a blow I am about to deprive you of the delight of your eyes. But you are not to lament, not to weep, not to let your tears run down.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	17	Groan in silence, do not go into mourning for the dead, knot your turban round your head, put your sandals on your feet, do not cover your beard, do not eat the usual food.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	18	I told this to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening, and the next morning I did as I had been ordered.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	19	The people then said to me, 'Will you not explain what meaning these actions have for us?'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	20	I replied, 'The word of Yahweh has been addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	21	"Say to the House of Israel, the Lord Yahweh says this: I am about to profane my sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the delight of your eyes, the joy of your hearts. Your sons and daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	22	Then you will do as I have done: you will not cover your beards or eat the usual food;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	23	you will keep your turbans on your heads and your sandals on your feet; you will not lament or weep but will waste away for your crimes, groaning among yourselves.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	24	Thus Ezekiel is a sign for you. You will do exactly what he has done. And when this happens, you will know that I am Lord Yahweh!"
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	25	'And, son of man, the day that I deprive them of their strength, their crowning joy, the delight of their eyes, the joy of their hearts, their sons and daughters,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	26	that day a survivor will bring you the news.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	24	27	That day your mouth will be opened to speak to the survivor; you will speak and no longer be dumb; you will be a sign for them, and they will know that I am Yahweh.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	25	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	25	2	'Son of man, turn towards the Ammonites and prophesy against them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	25	3	Say to the Ammonites, "Hear the word of the Lord Yahweh. The Lord Yahweh says this: "Since you gloated over my sanctuary when it was profaned, and over the land of Israel when it was ravaged, and over the House of Judah when it went into exile,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	25	4	I shall let the sons of the East take possession of you; they will pitch their camps inside you, they will make their home in you. They will be the ones to eat your produce and drink your milk.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	25	5	I shall turn Rabbah into a camel yard and the towns of Ammon into sheepfolds. And so you will know that I am Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	25	6	"The Lord Yahweh says this: Since you have clapped your hands and danced for joy, full of malicious delight at Israel's fate,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	25	7	my hand will be against you for this; I shall hand you over to be looted by the peoples, obliterate you as a nation and wipe you out as a country. I shall reduce you to nothing, and you will know that I am Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	25	8	"The Lord Yahweh says this: "Since Moab and Seir have said: Look at the House of Judah; it is no different from any other nation;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	25	9	very well, I shall expose Moab's heights; its cities will no longer be cities throughout the land -- the jewels of the country, Beth-Jeshimoth, Baal-Meon and Kiriathaim.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	25	10	I shall let the sons of the East and the Ammonites take possession of them, so that they will no longer be remembered by the nations.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	25	11	I shall bring Moab to justice, and they will know that I am Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	25	12	"The Lord Yahweh says this: "Since Edom has taken revenge on the House of Judah and committed great crimes in doing so,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	25	13	very well, the Lord Yahweh says this: My hand will be against Edom and denude it of human and animal. I shall lay it waste, from Teman as far as Dedan they will be put to the sword.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	25	14	I shall take vengeance on Edom by means of my people Israel. They will treat Edom as my anger and fury dictate, and they will know this is my vengeance -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	25	15	"The Lord Yahweh says this, "Since the Philistines have acted in revenge and, motivated by malice, have taken revenge, doing their best to destroy because of their long-standing hatred,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	25	16	very well, the Lord Yahweh says this: My hand will be against the Philistines; I shall exterminate the Cherethites and destroy the rest of the coastal peoples.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	25	17	I shall perform frightful acts of vengeance and inflict furious punishments on them; and they will know that I am Yahweh, when I exact my vengeance on them." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	26	1	In the eleventh year, on the first of the month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	26	2	'Son of man, since Tyre has said of Jerusalem: "Aha! She is shattered, the Gateway to the Nations; she now gives way to me. Her riches are ruined!"
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	26	3	Very well, the Lord Yahweh says this, "Now, Tyre, I am against you,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	26	4	I shall raise many nations against you as the sea raises its waves. They will destroy the walls of Tyre, they will demolish her towers; I shall sweep the dust of her away and reduce her to a naked rock.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	26	5	She will be a drying-ground out to sea for fishing-nets. For I have spoken- declares Lord Yahweh. She will be the prey of the nations.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	26	6	As for her daughters on the mainland, these will be put to the sword, and they will know that I am Yahweh."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	26	7	'For the Lord Yahweh says this, "From the north, I shall bring Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, king of kings, down on Tyre with horses, chariots, cavalry and an enormous army.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	26	8	He will put your daughters on the mainland to the sword. He will build siege-works against you, cast up a siege-ramp against you, raise a screen against you;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	26	9	he will pound your walls with his battering-rams, and demolish your towers with his siege-engines.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	26	10	His horses are so many that their dust will hide you. The noise of his horsemen and his chariot-wheels will make your walls tremble as he enters your gates as though storming into a city through the breach.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	26	11	With his horses' hoofs he will trample through all your streets; he will put your people to the sword, and throw your massive pillars to the ground.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	26	12	Your wealth will be seized, your merchandise looted, your walls rased, your luxurious houses shattered, your stones, your timbers, your very dust, thrown into the sea.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	26	13	I shall put an end to the sound of your songs; the sound of your harps will not be heard again.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	26	14	I shall reduce you to a naked rock, and make you into a drying-ground for fishing-nets, never to be rebuilt; for I, Yahweh, have spoken -declares the Lord Yahweh."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	26	15	'The Lord Yahweh says this to Tyre, "Will not the islands quake at the sound of your fall, while the wounded groan and the slaughter takes place inside you?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	26	16	All the princes of the sea will leave their thrones, lay aside their cloaks, take off their embroidered robes. Dressed in terror they will sit on the ground trembling incessantly, stunned at your fate.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	26	17	"They will raise the lament for you as follows: You are destroyed then, vanished from the seas, famous city, former sea-power, who with her citizens, used to spread terror all over the mainland!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	26	18	Now the islands are trembling on the day of your fall; the islands of the sea are terrified by your end.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	26	19	"For the Lord Yahweh says this: "When I make you a ruined city like other deserted cities, when I raise the deep against you and the ocean covers you,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	26	20	when I fling you down with those who go down into the abyss, with the people of long ago, and put you deep in the underworld, in the ruins of long ago with those who sink into oblivion, so that you can never come back or be restored to the land of the living,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	26	21	I will make you an object of terror; you will not exist. People will look for you but never find you again -- declares the Lord Yahweh!" '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	2	'Son of man, raise the lament for Tyre.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	3	Say to Tyre, "City enthroned at the gateway of the sea, agent between the peoples and the many islands, Lord Yahweh says this: Tyre, you used to say: I am a ship perfect in beauty.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	4	Your frontiers were far out to sea; those who built you made you perfect in beauty.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	5	Cypress from Senir they used for all your planking. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast above you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	6	From oaks of Bashan they made your oars. They built you a deck of cedar inlaid with ivory from the Kittim isles.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	7	Embroidered linen from Egypt was used for your sail and for your flag. Purple and scarlet from the Elishah islands formed your deck-tent.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	8	The people of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen. The sages of Tyre were aboard, serving as sailors.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	9	The elders and craftsmen of Gebal were there to caulk your seams. "Every sea-going ship and crew frequented you to guarantee your trade.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	10	Men from Persia, Lud and Put served as warriors in your army; hanging up shield and helmet in you, they displayed your splendour.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	11	The sons of Arvad with their army manned your walls all round, while the Gammadians manned your towers; hanging their shields all round your walls, they completed your beauty.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	12	Tarshish traded with you because of your abundant resources and exchanged your merchandise for silver, iron, tin and lead.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	13	Javan, Tubal and Meshech traded with you. For your merchandise they traded slaves and bronze artefacts.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	14	The people of Beth-Togarmah traded your horses, chargers, mules.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	15	The people of Dedan traded with you; many islands were your customers and paid you in ivory tusks and ebony.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	16	Edom traded with you for the sake of your many manufactured goods, exchanging garnets, purple, embroideries, fine linen, coral and rubies for your goods.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	17	Judah and the land of Israel also traded with you, bringing corn from Minnith, pannag, honey, oil and balm.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	18	Damascus traded with you, for quantities of your manufactured goods and other goods of all kinds, furnishing you with wine from Helbon and wool from Zahar.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	19	Dan and Javan, from Uzal onwards, supplied you with wrought iron, cassia and reeds in exchange for your goods.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	20	Dedan traded with you in saddle-cloths.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	21	Arabia and all the sheikhs of Kedar were your customers; they paid in lambs, rams and he-goats.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	22	The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; they supplied you with the finest spices, precious stones and gold for your merchandise.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	23	Haran, Canneh and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad traded with you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	24	They traded rich clothes, embroidered and purple cloaks, multi-coloured materials and strong plaited cords for your markets.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	25	Ships of Tarshish sailed on your business; you were full and heavily loaded far out to sea.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	26	Out to the open sea your oarsmen rowed you. The east wind has wrecked you far out to sea.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	27	Your riches, your goods, your cargo, your seamen, your sailors, your caulkers, your commercial agents, all the warriors you carry, and all the passengers who are aboard will founder far out to sea on the day of your shipwreck.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	28	When they hear the cries of your sailors the coasts will tremble.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	29	Then the oarsmen will all desert their ships. The sailors and seafaring people will stay ashore.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	30	They will raise their voices for you and weep bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	31	they will shave their heads for you and put sackcloth round their waists. With heartfelt bitterness they will weep for you, bitterly wail.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	32	Wailing, they will raise the lament for you, they will lament over you: Who is like Tyre, far out to sea?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	33	When you unloaded your goods to satisfy so many peoples, you enriched the kings of the earth with your excess of wealth and goods.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	34	Now you have been wrecked by the waves, by the depths of the sea. Your cargo and all your passengers have foundered with you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	35	All those who live in the islands will be stunned at your fate. Their kings will quake with horror, with downcast expressions.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	27	36	The merchants of the nations will whistle at your fate. You will be an object of terror, gone for ever." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	2	'Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Because your heart has grown proud, you thought: I am a god; I am divinely enthroned far out to sea. Though you are human, not divine, you have allowed yourself to think like God.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	3	So, you are wiser than Danel; no sage as wise as you!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	4	By your wisdom and your intelligence you have made yourself a fortune, you have put gold and silver into your treasuries.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	5	Such is your skill in trading, your fortune has continued to increase, and your fortune has made your heart grow prouder.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	6	"And so, the Lord Yahweh says this: Since you have allowed yourself to think like God,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	7	very well, I am going to bring foreigners against you, the most barbarous of the nations. They will draw sword against your fine wisdom, they will desecrate your splendour,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	8	they will throw you down into the grave and you will die a violent death far out to sea.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	9	Will you still think: I am a god, when your slaughterers confront you? But you will be human, not divine, in the clutches of the ones who strike you down!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	10	You will die like the uncircumcised at the hand of foreigners. "For I have spoken -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	11	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	12	'Son of man, raise a lament for the king of Tyre. Say to him, "The Lord Yahweh says this: You used to be a model of perfection, full of wisdom, perfect in beauty;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	13	you were in Eden, in the garden of God. All kinds of gem formed your mantle: sard, topaz, diamond, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, garnet, emerald, and your ear-pendants and spangles were made of gold; all was ready on the day you were created.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	14	I made you a living creature with outstretched wings, as guardian, you were on the holy mountain of God; you walked amid red-hot coals.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	15	Your behaviour was exemplary from the day you were created until guilt first appeared in you,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	16	because your busy trading has filled you with violence and sin. I have thrown you down from the mountain of God and destroyed you, guardian winged creature, amid the coals.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	17	Your heart has grown proud because of your beauty, your wisdom has been corrupted by your splendour. I have thrown you to the ground; I have made you a spectacle for kings.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	18	By the immense number of your crimes, by the dishonesty of your trading, you have defiled your sanctuary. So I have brought fire out of you to devour you; I have reduced you to ashes on the ground before the eyes of all who saw you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	19	Of the nations, all who know you are stunned at your fate. You are an object of terror; gone for ever." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	20	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	21	'Son of man, turn towards Sidon and prophesy against her.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	22	Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: I am against you, Sidon, I will show my glory in you! They will know I am Yahweh, once I execute sentence on her and display my holiness in her.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	23	For I shall send her the plague, and there will be blood in her streets, and in her the dead will fall under the sword raised against her from all sides, and they will know that I am Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	24	"No more, for the House of Israel, shall any of the hostile nations surrounding them be a thorn that wounds or a briar that tears; and they will know that I am Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	25	"The Lord Yahweh says this: When I gather the House of Israel back from the peoples where they are dispersed, I shall display my glory in them for the nations to see. They will live on the soil which I gave to my servant Jacob.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	28	26	They will live there in confidence, build houses, plant vineyards. They will live in safety, once I inflict punishments on all the hostile nations surrounding them, and they will know that I am Yahweh their God." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	29	1	In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	29	2	'Son of man, turn towards Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against the whole of Egypt.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	29	3	Speak and say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt- the great crocodile wallowing in his Niles who thought: My Nile is mine, I made it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	29	4	I shall put hooks through your jaws, make your Nile fish stick to your scales, and pull you out of your Niles with all your Nile fish sticking to your scales.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	29	5	I shall drop you in the desert, with all your Nile fish. You will fall in the wilds and not be taken up or buried. I shall give you as food to the wild animals and the birds of heaven,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	29	6	and all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, for they have given no more support than a reed to the House of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	29	7	Wherever they grasped you, you broke in their hands and cut their hands all over. Whenever they leaned on you, you broke, making all their limbs give way.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	29	8	"So, the Lord Yahweh says this: I shall send the sword against you to denude you of human and animal.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	29	9	Egypt will become a desolate waste, and they will know that I am Yahweh. Because he thought: The Nile is mine, I made it,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	29	10	very well, I am against you and your Niles. I shall make Egypt a waste and a desolation, from Migdol to Syene and beyond to the frontiers of Ethiopia.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	29	11	No human foot will pass through it, no animal foot will pass through it. For forty years it will remain uninhabited.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	29	12	I shall make Egypt the most desolate of countries; for forty years its cities will be the most desolate of wasted cities. And I shall scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the countries.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	29	13	The Lord Yahweh, however, says this: After forty years have passed, I shall gather the Egyptians back from the nations where they were dispersed.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	29	14	I shall bring the Egyptian captives back and re-install them in the land of Pathros, in the country of their origin. There they will constitute a modest kingdom.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	29	15	Egypt will be the most modest of kingdoms and no longer dominate other nations; for I shall reduce it, so that it will not rule other nations ever again.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	29	16	It will no longer be anything for the House of Israel to trust in, but will be a reminder of the guilt which lay in turning to it for help. And they will know that I am Lord Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	29	17	In the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the first month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	29	18	'Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken his army in a great expedition against Tyre. Their heads have all gone bald, their shoulders are all chafed, but even so he has derived no profit, either for himself or for his army, from the expedition mounted against Tyre.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	29	19	Since this is so, the Lord Yahweh says this, "Look, I shall hand Egypt over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He will carry off its riches, loot it, put it to the sack; that will be the wages for his army.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	29	20	As wages for the trouble he has taken, I am giving him Egypt instead (for they have been working for me)-declares the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	29	21	"That day, I shall raise up a new stock for the House of Israel and allow you to open your mouth among them. And they will know that I am Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	2	'Son of man, prophesy and say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Howl: Disaster day!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	3	For the day is near, the day of Yahweh is near; it will be a day dark with cloud, a time of doom for the nations.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	4	"The sword will come on Egypt, and anguish on the country of Cush when the slaughtered fall in Egypt, when her riches are carried away and her foundations are destroyed.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	5	Cush, Put and Lud, all Arabia, Cub and the children of the country of the covenant will fall by the sword with them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	6	"Yahweh says this: "The supports of Egypt will fall; the pride of her strength will crumble; they will fall by the sword from Migdol to Syene -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	7	"They will be the most desolate of desolate countries, and its cities the most ruined of cities.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	8	And they will know that I am Yahweh when I set fire to Egypt and all its supports are shattered.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	9	"That day, I shall send messengers by ship to terrify the carefree Cushites, and anguish will overtake them on the day of Egypt -- it is coming now!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	10	The Lord Yahweh says this: I shall destroy the huge population of Egypt at the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	11	He and his people, the most barbarous of nations, will be brought to ravage the country. They will draw the sword against Egypt and fill the country with corpses.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	12	I shall dry up the courses of the Nile and sell the country to the wicked. I shall lay the whole country waste and everything in it, at the hand of foreigners. I, Yahweh, have spoken.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	13	"The Lord Yahweh says this: I shall destroy the foul idols and take the false gods away from Noph. Egypt will be left without a ruler. I shall spread fear through Egypt.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	14	I shall lay Pathros waste, set Zoan on fire, inflict my punishments on No.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	15	I shall vent my fury on Sin, the bastion of Egypt; I shall wipe out the throngs of No.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	16	I shall set fire to Egypt; Sin will be seized with convulsions; a breach will be opened at No and the waters flood out.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	17	The young men of On and Pi-Beseth will fall by the sword and the cities themselves go into captivity.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	18	At Tahpanhes day will turn to darkness when I shatter the sceptres of Egypt there, when the pride of her strength ceases. A cloud will cover Egypt itself, and its daughters will go into captivity.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	19	Such will be the punishments I inflict on Egypt. And they will know that I am Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	20	In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	21	'Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; you can see that no one has dressed his wound by applying remedies to it, by bandaging it and by dressing it, to make it strong enough to wield the sword.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	22	This being so, the Lord Yahweh says this, "Look, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt; I shall break his arms, the sound one and the broken one, and make the sword drop from his hand.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	23	I shall scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse it among the countries.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	24	I shall strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword in his hand. I shall break Pharaoh's arms and, confronted with his enemy, he will groan like a dying man.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	25	I shall strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh will fall. And they will know that I am Yahweh, when I put my sword into the hands of the king of Babylon and he wields it against Egypt.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	30	26	I shall scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse it among the countries; and they will know that I am Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	31	1	In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	31	2	'Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and his throng of subjects: "What can compare with you for greatness?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	31	3	I know: a cedar tree in the Lebanon with noble branches, dense foliage, lofty height. Its top pierces the clouds.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	31	4	The waters have made it grow, the deep has made it tall, pouring its rivers round the place where it is planted, sending rivulets to all the wild trees.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	31	5	This is why its height was greater than that of other wild trees, its branches increased in number, its boughs stretched wide, because of the plentiful waters making it grow.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	31	6	All the birds of heaven nested in its branches; under its boughs all wild animals dropped their young; in its shade sat many, many people.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	31	7	It was beautiful in its size, in the span of its boughs; for its roots were in plentiful waters.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	31	8	There was no cedar like it in the garden of God, no cypress had branches such as these, no plane tree could match its boughs, no tree in the garden of God could rival its beauty.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	31	9	I had made it so lovely with its many branches that it was the envy of every tree in Eden, in the garden of God.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	31	10	"Very well, the Lord Yahweh says this: "Since it has raised itself to its full height, has lifted its top into the clouds, and has grown arrogant about its height,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	31	11	I have handed it over to the prince of the nations, for him to treat as its wickedness deserves; I have rejected it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	31	12	Foreigners, the most barbarous of nations, have cut it down and deserted it. On the mountains, in all the valleys, lie its branches; its broken boughs are in every ravine throughout the country; everybody in the country has fled its shade and deserted it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	31	13	On its wreckage perch all the birds of heaven; all the wild animals have advanced on its branches.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	31	14	"So in future let no tree rear its height beside the waters, none push its top into the clouds, no watered tree stretch its height towards them. For all of them are doomed to death, to the depths of the underworld, with the common run of humanity, with those who sink into oblivion.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	31	15	"The Lord Yahweh says this: The day it went down to Sheol, I imposed mourning, I closed the deep over it. I stopped its rivers and the plentiful waters dried up; I made Lebanon dark because of it, and all the wild trees wilted because of it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	31	16	With the noise when it fell I made the nations quake, as I hurled it down to Sheol, with those who sink into oblivion. In the depths of the underworld all the trees of Eden took comfort, the pick of the loveliest trees of the Lebanon, all irrigated by the waters.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	31	17	And its offspring among the nations, once living in its shade, went down to Sheol with it, to those who have been slaughtered by the sword.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	31	18	"Which of the trees of Eden compares with you for glory and greatness? Yet you have been hurled down with the trees of Eden, to the depths of the underworld, among the uncircumcised, and there you lie with those who have been slaughtered by the sword. So much for Pharaoh and all his throng-- declared the Lord Yahweh."'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	1	In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	2	'Son of man, raise a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt. Say to him: "Young lion of nations, you are destroyed! Once you were like a crocodile in the lagoons; emerging from your rivers, you churned up the water with your trampling and fouled their streams.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	3	"The Lord Yahweh says this: I shall throw my net over you in a great concourse of nations; and they will trawl you up in my net. Then I shall leave you high and dry,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	4	I shall throw you out into the wilds and make all the birds of heaven settle on you, and glut all the beasts of the earth with you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	5	I shall strew your flesh on your mountains and fill the valleys with your corruption;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	6	I shall water the country with what flows from you, with your blood, on the mountainsides, and you will fill the ravines.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	7	When I extinguish you I shall cover the skies and darken the stars. I shall cover the sun with clouds and the moon will not give its light.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	8	I shall dim every luminary in heaven because of you and cover your country in darkness -declares the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	9	"I shall grieve the heart of many peoples when I bring about your destruction among the nations, in countries unknown to you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	10	I shall stun many peoples with shock at your fate; their kings will tremble with horror at your fate, when I brandish my sword before their eyes. The day you fall, each will tremble in terror for his life.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	11	For the Lord Yahweh says this: The sword of the king of Babylon will overtake you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	12	I shall make your throngs of subjects fall at the swords of my warriors. They are the most barbarous of nations. They will annihilate the pride of Egypt, and all its throngs will be destroyed.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	13	I shall also destroy all its cattle beside the plentiful waters. No human foot will churn them, no animal foot will churn them up again;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	14	then I shall let their waters settle and make their rivers glide like oil -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	15	"When I reduce Egypt to a ruin and the country is stripped of its contents, when I strike all those who live there, they will know that I am Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	16	"Such is the lament which the daughters of the nations will raise. They will raise it over Egypt and all its throng. This is the lament they will raise -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	17	In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the first month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	18	'Son of man, lament over the throng of Egypt, for down she must go with the daughters of majestic nations to the depths of the underworld with those who sink into oblivion.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	19	'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Down with you, make your bed with the uncircumcised,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	20	with those who have been slaughtered by the sword. (The sword has been given, it has been drawn.) She and all her throngs have fallen.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	21	From the depths of Sheol, the mightiest heroes, her allies, will say to her, "They have come down, they have lain down, uncircumcised, slaughtered by the sword."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	22	'Assyria is there and all her hordes, with their graves all round her; all of them slaughtered, fallen by the sword;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	23	their graves have been made in the deepest part of the abyss, and her hordes, with their graves all round her; all of them slaughtered, killed by the sword, who once spread terror through the world of the living.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	24	'Elam is there and all her throng round her grave, all of them slaughtered, fallen by the sword; they have gone down uncircumcised to the depths of the underworld, who once spread terror throughout the world of the living. They have borne their shame with those who sink into oblivion.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	25	Among the slaughtered, they have put a bed for her, among her throng with their tombs round her, all of them uncircumcised, slaughtered by the sword for having spread terror throughout the world of the living. They have borne their shame with those who sink into oblivion. They have been put among the slaughtered.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	26	'Meshech, Tubal are there and all her throng, with their graves round her, all of them uncircumcised, slaughtered by the sword for having spread terror through the world of the living.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	27	They do not lie with the heroes who fell long ago, those who went down to Sheol fully armed, who had their swords laid under their heads and their shields put under their bones, since the heroes inspired the world of the living with terror.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	28	But you will be broken with the uncircumcised and lie with those slaughtered by the sword.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	29	'Edom is there, her kings and all her princes who, despite their valour, have been laid with those slaughtered by the sword. They lie with the uncircumcised, with those who sink into oblivion.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	30	'All the princes of the north and all the Sidonians are there, who have gone down with the slaughtered, because of the terror which their power inspired. Ashamed, uncircumcised, they lie among those slaughtered by the sword and bear their shame with those who sink into oblivion.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	31	'Pharaoh will see them and take comfort at the sight of all this throng slaughtered by the sword -- Pharaoh and all his throng -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	32	32	For having spread terror through the world of the living, he will be laid with the uncircumcised, with those slaughtered by the sword, Pharaoh and all his throng -- declares the Lord Yahweh.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	2	'Son of man, speak to the people of your country. Say to them, "When I send the sword against the people of that country, take one of their number and post him as a watchman;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	3	if he sees the sword coming against the country, he must sound his horn to warn the people.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	4	If someone hears the sound of the horn but pays no attention and the sword overtakes him and destroys him, he will have been responsible for his own death.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	5	He has heard the sound of the horn and paid no attention; his death will be his own responsibility. But the life of someone who pays attention will be secure.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	6	"If, however, the watchman has seen the sword coming but has not blown his horn, and so the people are not alerted and the sword overtakes them and destroys a single one of them, that person will indeed die for his guilt, but I shall hold the watchman responsible for his death."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	7	'Son of man I have appointed you as watchman for the House of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth, warn them from me.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	8	If I say to someone wicked, "Evil- doer, you are to die," and you do not speak to warn the wicked person to renounce such ways, the wicked person will die for this guilt, but I shall hold you responsible for the death.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	9	If, however, you do warn someone wicked to renounce such ways and repent, and that person does not repent, then the culprit will die for this guilt, but you yourself will have saved your life.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	10	'Son of man, say to the House of Israel, "You are continually saying: Our crimes and sins weigh heavily on us; we are wasting away because of them. How are we to go on living?"
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	11	Say to them, "As I live -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- I do not take pleasure in the death of the wicked but in the conversion of the wicked who changes his ways and saves his life. Repent, turn back from your evil ways. Why die, House of Israel?"
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	12	'Son of man, say to the members of your nation, "The uprightness of an upright person will not save him once he takes to wrong-doing; the wickedness of a wicked person will not ruin him once he renounces his wickedness. No one upright will be able to live on the strength of uprightness, having once taken to sinning.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	13	If I say to someone upright: You are to live, and then, trusting in this uprightness, he does wrong, none of the uprightness will be remembered; because of the wrong-doing, he will die.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	14	If, however, I say to someone wicked: You are to die, and he turns back from sin and does what is lawful and upright,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	15	if he returns pledges, restores what he has stolen, keeps the laws that give life and no longer does wrong, he will live and will not die.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	16	None of his previous sins will be remembered against him; having done what is lawful and upright, he will live.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	17	"But the members of your nation say: What the Lord does is unjust. But it is what you do that is unjust.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	18	When an upright person gives up being upright and does wrong, he dies for it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	19	And when a wicked person gives up being wicked and does what is lawful and upright, because of this he lives.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	20	But you say: What the Lord does is unjust! I shall judge each of you by what you do, House of Israel." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	21	In the twelfth year of our captivity, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive arrived from Jerusalem and said to me, 'The city has been taken.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	22	Now the hand of the Lord had been on me the evening before the fugitive arrived; he had opened my mouth before the fugitive came to me the next morning; my mouth had been opened and I was dumb no longer.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	23	The word of Yahweh was then addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	24	'Son of man, the people living in those ruins on the soil of Israel say this, "Abraham was alone when he was given possession of this country. But we are many; the country has been given us as our heritage."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	25	'Very well, tell them, "The Lord Yahweh says this: You eat blood, you raise your eyes to your foul idols, you shed blood; are you to own the country?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	26	You rely on your swords, you engage in loathsome practices, each of you defiles his neighbour's wife; are you to own the country?"
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	27	Tell them this, "The Lord Yahweh says this: As I live, I swear it, those in the ruins will fall to the sword, those in the countryside I shall give to the wild animals for them to eat, and those among the crags and in caves will die of plague.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	28	I shall make the country a desolate waste, and the pride of its strength will be at an end. The mountains of Israel will be deserted and no one will pass that way again.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	29	Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I make the country a desolate waste because of all the filthy things they have done."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	30	'Son of man, the members of your nation are talking about you on the ramparts and in doorways. They keep saying to one another, "Come and hear the word that has come from Yahweh."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	31	They throng towards you; my people sit down in front of you and listen to your words, but they do not act on them. What they act on is the lie in their mouths, and their hearts are set on dishonest gain.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	32	As far as they are concerned, you are like a love song pleasantly sung to a good musical accompaniment. They listen to your words, but no one acts on them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	33	33	When the thing takes place -- and it is beginning now -- they will know that there has been a prophet among them.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	2	'Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them, "Shepherds, the Lord Yahweh says this: Disaster is in store for the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Are not shepherds meant to feed a flock?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	3	Yet you have fed on milk, you have dressed yourselves in wool, you have sacrificed the fattest sheep, but failed to feed the flock.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	4	You have failed to make weak sheep strong, or to care for the sick ones, or bandage the injured ones. You have failed to bring back strays or look for the lost. On the contrary, you have ruled them cruelly and harshly.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	5	For lack of a shepherd they have been scattered, to become the prey of all the wild animals; they have been scattered.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	6	My flock is astray on every mountain and on every high hill; my flock has been scattered all over the world; no one bothers about them and no one looks for them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	7	"Very well, shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	8	As I live, I swear it -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- since my flock has been pillaged and for lack of a shepherd is now the prey of every wild animal, since my shepherds have ceased to bother about my flock, since my shepherds feed themselves rather than my flock,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	9	very well, shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	10	The Lord Yahweh says this: Look, I am against the shepherds. I shall take my flock out of their charge and henceforth not allow them to feed my flock. And the shepherds will stop feeding themselves, because I shall rescue my sheep from their mouths to stop them from being food for them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	11	"For the Lord Yahweh says this: Look, I myself shall take care of my flock and look after it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	12	As a shepherd looks after his flock when he is with his scattered sheep, so shall I look after my sheep. I shall rescue them from wherever they have been scattered on the day of clouds and darkness.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	13	I shall bring them back from the peoples where they are; I shall gather them back from the countries and bring them back to their own land. I shall pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the inhabited parts of the country.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	14	I shall feed them in good pasturage; the highest mountains of Israel will be their grazing ground. There they will rest in good grazing grounds; they will browse in rich pastures on the mountains of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	15	I myself shall pasture my sheep, I myself shall give them rest -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	16	I shall look for the lost one, bring back the stray, bandage the injured and make the sick strong. I shall watch over the fat and healthy. I shall be a true shepherd to them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	17	"As for you, my sheep, the Lord Yahweh says this: I shall judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and he-goats.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	18	Not content to drink the clearest of the water, you foul the rest with your feet.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	19	And my sheep must graze on what your feet have trampled and drink what your feet have fouled.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	20	Very well, the Lord Yahweh says this: I myself shall judge between the fat sheep and the thin sheep.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	21	Since you have jostled with flank and shoulder and butted all the ailing sheep with your horns, until you have scattered them outside,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	22	I shall come and save my sheep and stop them from being victimised. I shall judge between sheep and sheep.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	23	"I shall raise up one shepherd, my servant David, and put him in charge of them to pasture them; he will pasture them and be their shepherd.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	24	I, Yahweh, shall be their God, and my servant David will be ruler among them. I, Yahweh, have spoken.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	25	I shall make a covenant of peace with them; I shall rid the country of wild animals. They will be able to live secure in the desert and go to sleep in the woods.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	26	I shall settle them round my hill; I shall send rain at the proper time; it will be a rain of blessings.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	27	The trees of the countryside will yield their fruit and the soil will yield its produce; they will be secure on their soil. And they will know that I am Yahweh when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the clutches of their slave-masters.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	28	No more will they be a prey to the nations, no more will the wild animals of the country devour them. They will live secure, with no one to frighten them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	29	I shall make splendid vegetation grow for them; no more will they suffer from famine in the country; no more will they have to bear the insults of other nations.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	30	So they will know that I, their God, am with them and that they, the House of Israel, are my people -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	34	31	And you, my sheep, are the flock of my human pasture, and I am your God -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	35	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	35	2	'Son of man, turn towards Mount Seir and prophesy against it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	35	3	Say to it, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Look, I am against you, Mount Seir; I shall stretch out my hand against you; I shall make you a desolate waste;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	35	4	I shall lay your towns in ruins. You will become a waste and you will know that I am Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	35	5	Since, following a long-standing hatred, you betrayed the Israelites to the sword on the day of their distress, on the day when an end came for their guilt,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	35	6	very well, as I live -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- I destine you to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you. I swear it; you have incurred guilt by shedding blood, and bloodshed will pursue you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	35	7	I shall make Mount Seir a desolate waste and denude it of anyone travelling to and fro.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	35	8	I shall fill its mountains with its slaughtered; on your hills, in your valleys and in all your ravines, those slaughtered by the sword will fall.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	35	9	I shall make you a perpetual waste, your towns will never be inhabited again, and you will know that I am Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	35	10	"Since you said: The two nations and the two countries will be mine; we are going to take possession of it, although Yahweh was there,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	35	11	very well, as I live -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- I shall act with the same anger and jealousy as you acted in your hatred for them. I shall make myself known for their sake, when I punish you,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	35	12	and you will know that I, Yahweh, have heard all the blasphemies which you have uttered against the mountains of Israel, such as: They have been laid waste, they have been given to us for us to devour.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	35	13	Great was your insolence towards me, many your speeches against me; I have heard!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	35	14	Lord Yahweh says this: To the joy of the whole world, I shall make you a waste.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	35	15	Since you rejoiced because the heritage of the House of Israel had been laid waste, I shall do the same to you, Mount Seir; and you will become a waste, and so will the whole of Edom; and they will know that I am Yahweh.' "
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	1	'Son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel. Say, "Mountains of Israel, hear the word of Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	2	The Lord Yahweh says this: Since the enemy has gloated over you by saying: Aha! These eternal heights are owned by us now,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	3	very well, prophesy! Say: The Lord Yahweh says this: Since you have been ravaged and seized on from all sides, and have become the property of the rest of the nations, and become the subject of people's talk and gossip,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	4	very well, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Yahweh! The Lord Yahweh says this to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the devastated ruins and abandoned cities which have been put to the sack and have become a laughing-stock to the rest of the nations all round;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	5	very well, the Lord Yahweh says this: I swear it in the heat of my jealousy; I am speaking to the rest of the nations and to the whole of Edom who so exultantly and contemptuously took possession of my country to despoil its pastureland."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	6	'Because of this, prophesy about the land of Israel. Say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, "The Lord Yahweh says this: I am speaking in my jealousy and rage; because you are enduring the insults of the nations,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	7	very well, the Lord Yahweh says this: I raise my hand and I swear that the nations all around you shall have their own insults to bear.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	8	"Mountains of Israel, you will grow branches and bear fruit for my people Israel, who will soon return.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	9	Yes, I am coming to you, I shall turn to you; you will be tilled and sown.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	10	I shall increase your population, the whole House of Israel, yes, all. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	11	I shall increase your population, both human and animal; they will be fertile and reproduce. I shall repopulate you as you were before; I shall make you more prosperous than you were before, and you will know that I am Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	12	Thanks to me, men will tread your soil again, my people Israel; they will own you and you will be their heritage, and never again will you rob them of their children.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	13	"The Lord Yahweh says this: Since people have said of you: You are a man-eater, you have robbed your nation of its children,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	14	very well, you will eat no more men, never rob your nation of its children again -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	15	I shall never again let you hear the insults of the nations, you will never again have to bear the taunts of the peoples, you will never again rob the nation of its children -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	16	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	17	'Son of man, the members of the House of Israel used to live in their own territory, but they defiled it by their conduct and actions; to me their conduct was as unclean as a woman's menstruation.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	18	I then vented my fury on them because of the blood they shed in the country and the foul idols with which they defiled it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	19	I scattered them among the nations and they were dispersed throughout the countries. I sentenced them as their conduct and actions deserved.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	20	They have profaned my holy name among the nations where they have gone, so that people say of them, "These are the people of Yahweh; they have been exiled from his land."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	21	But I have been concerned about my holy name, which the House of Israel has profaned among the nations where they have gone.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	22	And so, say to the House of Israel, "The Lord Yahweh says this: I am acting not for your sake, House of Israel, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	23	I am going to display the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. And the nations will know that I am Yahweh -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- when in you I display my holiness before their eyes.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	24	For I shall take you from among the nations and gather you back from all the countries, and bring you home to your own country.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	25	I shall pour clean water over you and you will be cleansed; I shall cleanse you of all your filth and of all your foul idols.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	26	I shall give you a new heart, and put a new spirit in you; I shall remove the heart of stone from your bodies and give you a heart of flesh instead.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	27	I shall put my spirit in you, and make you keep my laws, and respect and practice my judgments.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	28	You will live in the country which I gave your ancestors. You will be my people and I shall be your God.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	29	I shall save you from everything that defiles you, I shall summon the wheat and make it plentiful and impose no more famines on you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	30	I shall increase the yield of tree and field, so that you will never again bear the ignominy of famine among the nations.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	31	Then you will remember your evil conduct and actions. You will loathe yourselves for your guilt and your loathsome practices.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	32	I assure you that I am not doing this for your sake -- declares the Lord Yahweh. Be ashamed and blush for your conduct, House of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	33	"The Lord Yahweh says this: On the day I cleanse you from all your guilt, I shall repopulate the cities and cause the ruins to be rebuilt.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	34	Waste land, once desolate for every passer-by to see, will now be farmed again.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	35	And people will say: This land, so recently a waste, is now like a garden of Eden, and the ruined cities once abandoned and levelled to the ground are now strongholds with people living in them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	36	And the nations left round you will know that I, Yahweh, have rebuilt what was levelled and replanted what was ruined. I, Yahweh, have spoken and shall do it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	37	"The Lord Yahweh says this: As a further mark of favour, I shall let myself be consulted by the House of Israel; I shall increase their numbers like a human flock,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	36	38	like a flock of sacrificial animals, like the flock in Jerusalem on her solemn feasts. So your ruined cities will be filled with human flocks, and they will know that I am Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	1	The hand of Yahweh was on me; he carried me away by the spirit of Yahweh and set me down in the middle of the valley, a valley full of bones.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	2	He made me walk up and down and all around among them. There were vast quantities of these bones on the floor of the valley; and they were completely dry.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	3	He said to me, 'Son of man, can these bones live?' I said, 'You know, Lord Yahweh.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	4	He said, 'Prophesy over these bones. Say, "Dry bones, hear the word of Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	5	The Lord Yahweh says this to these bones: I am now going to make breath enter you, and you will live.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	6	I shall put sinews on you, I shall make flesh grow on you, I shall cover you with skin and give you breath, and you will live; and you will know that I am Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	7	I prophesied as I had been ordered. While I was prophesying, there was a noise, a clattering sound; it was the bones coming together.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	8	And as I looked, they were covered with sinews; flesh was growing on them and skin was covering them, yet there was no breath in them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	9	He said to me, 'Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man. Say to the breath, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Come from the four winds, breath; breathe on these dead, so that they come to life!" '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	10	I prophesied as he had ordered me, and the breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet, a great, an immense army.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	11	Then he said, 'Son of man, these bones are the whole House of Israel. They keep saying, "Our bones are dry, our hope has gone; we are done for."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	12	So, prophesy. Say to them, "The Lord Yahweh says this: I am now going to open your graves; I shall raise you from your graves, my people, and lead you back to the soil of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	13	And you will know that I am Yahweh, when I open your graves and raise you from your graves, my people,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	14	and put my spirit in you, and you revive, and I resettle you on your own soil. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken and done this -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	15	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	16	'Son of man, take a stick and write on it, "Judah and those Israelites loyal to him." Take another stick and write on it, "Joseph (Ephraim's wood) and all the House of Israel loyal to him."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	17	'Join one to the other to make a single piece of wood, a single stick in your hand.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	18	And when the members of your nation say, "Will you not tell us what you mean?"
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	19	say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: I am taking the stick of Joseph (now in Ephraim's hand) and those tribes of Israel loyal to him and shall join them to the stick of Judah. I shall make one stick out of the two, a single stick in my hand."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	20	'When the pieces of wood you have written on are in your hand in full sight of them,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	21	say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: I shall take the Israelites from the nations where they have gone. I shall gather them to- gether from everywhere and bring them home to their own soil.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	22	I shall make them into one nation in the country, on the mountains of Israel, and one king is to be king of them all; they will no longer form two nations, nor be two separate kingdoms.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	23	They will no longer defile themselves with their foul idols, their horrors and any of their crimes. I shall save them from the acts of infidelity which they have committed and shall cleanse them; they will be my people and I shall be their God.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	24	My servant David will reign over them, one shepherd for all; they will follow my judgements, respect my laws and practise them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	25	They will live in the country which I gave to my servant Jacob, the country in which your ancestors lived. They will live in it, they, their children, their children's children, for ever. David my servant is to be their prince for ever.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	26	I shall make a covenant of peace with them, an eternal covenant with them. I shall resettle them and make them grow; I shall set my sanctuary among them for ever.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	27	I shall make my home above them; I shall be their God, and they will be my people.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	37	28	And the nations will know that I am Yahweh the sanctifier of Israel, when my sanctuary is with them for ever." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	38	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	38	2	'Son of man, turn towards Gog, to the country of Magog, towards the paramount prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	38	3	Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: I am against you, Gog, paramount prince of Meshech and Tubal.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	38	4	I shall turn you about, I shall fix hooks in your jaws and bring you out with your entire army, horses and horsemen, all perfectly equipped, a huge array armed with shields and bucklers, and all wielding swords.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	38	5	Persia and Cush and Put are with them, all with buckler and helmet;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	38	6	Gomer and all its troops, Beth-Togarmah in the far north and all its troops, and many nations with you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	38	7	Be ready, be well prepared, you and all your troops and the others rallying to you, and hold yourself at my service.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	38	8	"Many days will pass before you are given orders; in the final years you will march on this country, whose inhabitants will have been living in confidence, remote from other peoples, since they escaped the sword and were gathered in from various nations, here in the long-deserted mountains of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	38	9	Like a storm you will approach, you will advance and cover the country like a cloud, you, all your troops and many nations with you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	38	10	"The Lord Yahweh says this: That day, a thought will enter your mind and you will form a sinister plan.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	38	11	You will think: I shall attack this undefended country and march on this peaceful nation living secure, all living in towns without walls or bars or gates.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	38	12	You will come to plunder and loot and turn your might against the ruins they live in, against this people gathered back from the nations, these stock-breeders and traders who live at the Navel of the World.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	38	13	Sheba and Dedan, the merchants and all the magnates of Tarshish will ask you: Have you come for plunder? Are you massing your troops with a view to looting? To make off with gold and silver, seize cattle and goods, and come away with unlimited spoil?"
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	38	14	'So, son of man, prophesy. Say to Gog, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Is it not true that you will set out at a time when my people Israel is living secure?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	38	15	You will leave your home in the far north, you and many nations with you, a great army of countless troops all mounted.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	38	16	You will invade Israel, my people. You will be like a cloud covering the country. In the final days, I myself shall bring you to attack my country, so that the nations will know who I am, when I display my holiness to them, by means of you, Gog.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	38	17	"The Lord Yahweh says this: It was of you that I spoke in the past through my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days, foretelling your invasion.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	38	18	The day Gog attacks the land of Israel -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- my furious wrath will boil up. In my anger,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	38	19	in my jealousy, in the heat of my fury I say it: That day, I swear, there will be such a huge earthquake in the land of Israel,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	38	20	that the fish in the sea and the birds of heaven, the wild beasts, all the reptiles creeping along the ground, and all people on the surface of the earth will quake before me. Mountains will fall, cliffs crumble, all walls collapse, and
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	38	21	I shall summon every kind of sword against him -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- and each will turn his sword against his comrade.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	38	22	I shall punish him with plague and bloodshed, and rain down torrential rain, hailstones, fire and brimstone on him, on his troops and on the many nations with him.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	38	23	I shall display my greatness and holiness and bring the many nations to acknowledge me; and they will know that I am Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	1	'So, son of man, prophesy against Gog. Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Look, I am against you, Gog, paramount prince of Meshech and Tubal.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	2	I shall turn you about, lead you on, and bring you from the farthest north against the mountains of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	3	I shall break the bow in your left hand and dash the arrows out of your right.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	4	You will fall on the mountains of Israel, you, all your troops and the nations with you. I shall make you food for every kind of bird of prey and wild animals.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	5	You will fall in the wilds, for I have spoken -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	6	I shall send down fire on Magog and on those living undisturbed in the islands, and they will know that I am Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	7	I shall see that my holy name is acknowledged by my people Israel, and no longer allow my holy name to be profaned; and the nations will know that I am Yahweh, holy in Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	8	"All this is to happen, all this is to take place -- declares the Lord Yahweh. This is the day I predicted.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	9	"The inhabitants of the towns of Israel will go out and set fire to and burn the weapons, the shields and bucklers, bows and arrows, javelins and spears. They will burn these for seven years
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	10	and not fetch wood from the countryside or cut it in the forests, since they will be burning the weapons. They will plunder those who plundered them, and despoil those who despoiled them -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	11	"That day, I shall give Gog a famous spot in Israel for his grave, the valley of the Obarim, east of the Sea -- the valley that halts the traveller -- and there Gog and his whole throng will be buried, and it will be called the Valley of Hamon-Gog.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	12	The House of Israel will take seven months to bury them and cleanse the country.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	13	All the people of the country will dig their graves, thus winning themselves renown, the day when I display my glory -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	14	And men will be detailed to the permanent duty of going through the country and burying those left above ground and cleansing it. They will begin their search once the seven months are over,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	15	and as they go through the country, if one of them sees any human bones, he will set up a marker beside them until the gravediggers have buried them in the valley of Hamon-Gog
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	16	(and Hamonah is also the name of a town) and have cleansed the country."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	17	'Son of man, the Lord Yahweh says this, "Say to the birds of every kind and to all the wild animals: Muster, come, gather from everywhere around for the sacrifice I am making for you, a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, so that you can eat flesh and drink blood.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	18	You will eat the flesh of heroes, you will drink the blood of the princes of the world. They are all rams and lambs, goats and fat bulls of Bashan.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	19	You will glut yourselves on fat and drink yourselves drunk on blood at this sacrifice I am making for you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	20	You will glut yourselves at my table on horses and chargers, on heroes and every kind of warrior -- declares the Lord Yahweh."
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	21	'I shall display my glory to the nations, and all nations will see my sentence when I inflict it and my hand when I strike them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	22	The House of Israel will know that I am Yahweh their God, from that day forward for ever.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	23	The nations too will know that the House of Israel were exiled for their guilt; because they were unfaithful to me, I hid my face from them and put them into the clutches of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	24	I treated them as their loathsome acts of infidelity deserved and hid my face from them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	25	'So, the Lord Yahweh says this, "Now I shall bring Jacob's captives back and take pity on the whole House of Israel and show myself jealous for my holy name.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	26	They will forget their disgrace and all the acts of infidelity which they committed against me when they were living safely in their own country, with no one to disturb them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	27	When I bring them home from the peoples, when I gather them back from the countries of their enemies, when I display my holiness in them for many nations to see,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	28	they will know that I am Yahweh their God who, having sent them into exile among the nations, have reunited them in their own country, not leaving a single one behind.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	39	29	I shall never hide my face from them again, since I shall pour out my spirit on the House of Israel -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	1	In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, fourteen years to the day from the capture of the city, the hand of Yahweh was on me. He carried me away:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	2	in divine visions, he carried me away to the land of Israel and put me down on a very high mountain, on the south of which there seemed to be built a city.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	3	He took me to it, and there I saw a man, whose appearance was like brass. He had a flax cord and a measuring rod in his hand and was standing in the gateway.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	4	The man said to me, 'Son of man, look carefully, listen closely and pay attention to everything I show you, since you have been brought here only for me to show it to you. Tell the House of Israel everything that you see.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	5	Now, the Temple was surrounded on all sides by an outer wall. The man was holding a measuring rod six cubits long, each cubit a forearm and a handsbreadth. He measured the thickness of this construction -- one rod; and its height -- one rod.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	6	He went to the east gate, climbed the steps and measured its threshold: one rod deep.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	7	Each guardroom one rod by one rod; and the piers between the guardrooms five cubits thick, and the threshold of the gate inwards from the porch of the gate: one rod.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	8
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	9	He measured the porch of the gate: eight cubits; its piers: two cubits; the porch of the gate was at the inner end.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	10	There were three guardrooms on each side of the east gate, all three of the same size; the piers between them all of the same thickness each side.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	11	He measured the width of the entrance: ten cubits; and the width all down the gateway: thirteen cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	12	There was a rail in front of the guardrooms; each rail on either side was one cubit. And the guardrooms on either side were six cubits square.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	13	He measured the width of the gate from the back wall of one guardroom to the back wall of the other; it was twenty-five cubits across, the openings being opposite each other.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	14	He measured the porch: twenty cubits; the court surrounded the gate on all sides.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	15	From the front of the entrance gate, to the far end of the porch of the inner gate: fifty cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	16	All round inside the gate there were trellised windows in the guardrooms and in their piers; similarly, in the porch there were windows all round and palm trees on the piers.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	17	He then took me to the outer court, which had rooms and a paved terrace going all the way round; there were thirty rooms on this terrace.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	18	This terrace, which came up to the sides of the gates and matched their depth, was the Lower Terrace. He measured the width of the court,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	19	from the front of the lower gate to the fac ade of the inner court, outside: a hundred cubits (on the east and on the north).
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	20	He measured the length and breadth of the north gate of the outer court.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	21	It had three guardrooms on each side; its piers and porch were of the same size as those of the first gate: fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	22	Its windows, its porch and its palm trees were of the same size as those of the east gate. There were seven steps up to it, and its porch was at the inner end.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	23	In the inner court there was, opposite the north gate, a gate like the one opposite the east gate. He measured the distance from one gate to the other: a hundred cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	24	He took me to the south side where there was a south gate; he measured its guardrooms, piers and porch; they were of the same size as the others.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	25	The gateway, as well as its porch, had windows all round, like the windows of the others; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	26	and it had seven steps up to it; its porch was at the inner end and had palm trees on its piers, one on either side.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	27	The inner court had a south gate; he measured the distance southwards from one gate to the other: a hundred cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	28	He then took me into the inner court by the south gate; he measured the south gate which was of the same size as the others.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	29	Its guardrooms, piers and porch were of the same size as the others.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	30	The gateway, as well as its porch, had windows all round; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	31	The porch gave on to the outer court. It had palm trees on its piers and eight steps leading up to it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	32	He took me to the eastern part of the inner court and measured the gate. It was of the same size as the others.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	33	Its guardrooms, piers and porch were of the same size as the others. The gateway, as well as its porch, had windows all round; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	34	Its porch gave on to the outer court. There were palm trees on its piers on either side and eight steps leading up to it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	35	He then took me to the north gate and measured it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	36	Its guardrooms, piers and porch were of the same size as the others. The gateway had windows all round; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	37	Its porch gave on to the outer court. There were palm trees on its piers on either side and eight steps leading up to it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	38	There was a room, the entrance to which was in the porch of the gateway, where they washed the burnt offerings.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	39	And inside the porch of the gateway were slabs, two on either side, for slaughtering the burnt offerings, the sacrifice for sin and the sacrifice of reparation.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	40	Outside, at the approach to the entrance of the north gate, were two slabs, and on the other side, at the porch end of the gate were two slabs.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	41	There were four slabs on one side and four slabs on the other side of the gateway, eight slabs in all, on which the slaughtering was done.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	42	There were also four slabs of dressed stone for the burnt offerings, a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide and a cubit high, on which the instruments for slaughtering the burnt offerings and sacrifice were placed;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	43	runnels a handsbreadth wide went all round the top, and on these slabs was put the sacrificial flesh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	44	Then he took me into the inner court; there were two rooms in the inner court, one on the side of the north gate, facing south, the other on the side of the south gate, facing north.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	45	He told me, 'The room looking south is for the priests responsible for the service of the Temple,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	46	and the room looking north is for the priests responsible for the service of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, those of the sons of Levi who approach Yahweh to serve him.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	47	He measured the court; it was a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide, a square with the altar standing in front of the Temple.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	48	He took me to the Ulam of the Temple and measured the piers of the Ulam: five cubits either side; and the width of the entrance was three cubits either side.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	40	49	The length of the Ulam was twenty cubits and its width twelve cubits. There were ten steps leading up to it, and there were columns by the piers, one on either side.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	1	He took me to the Hekal and measured its piers: six cubits wide on the one side, six cubits wide on the other.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	2	The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the returns of the entrance were five cubits on the one side and five cubits on the other. He measured its length: forty cubits; and its width: twenty cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	3	He then went inside and measured the pier at the entrance: two cubits; then the entrance; six cubits; and the returns of the entrance: seven cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	4	He measured its length; twenty cubits; and its width against the Hekal: twenty cubits. He then said to me, 'This is the Holy of Holies.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	5	He then measured the wall of the Temple: six cubits. The width of the lateral structure was four cubits, all round the Temple.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	6	The cells were one above the other in three tiers of thirty cells each. The cells were recessed into the wall, the wall of the structure comprising the cells, all round, forming offsets; but there were no offsets in the wall of the Temple itself.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	7	The width of the cells increased, storey by storey, corresponding to the amount taken in from the wall from one storey to the next, all round the Temple.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	8	Then I saw that there was a paved terrace all round the Temple. The height of this, which formed the base of the side cells, was one complete rod of six cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	9	The outer wall of the side cells was five cubits thick. There was a passage between the cells of the Temple
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	10	and the rooms, twenty cubits wide, all round the Temple.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	11	As a way in to the lateral cells on the passage there was one entrance on the north side and one entrance on the south side. The width of the passage was five cubits right round.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	12	The building on the west side of the court was seventy cubits wide, the wall of the building was five cubits thick all round and its length was ninety cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	13	He measured the length of the Temple: a hundred cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	14	The length of the court plus the building and its walls: a hundred cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	15	He measured the length of the building, along the court, at the back, and its galleries on either side: a hundred cubits. The inside of the Hekal and the porches of the court,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	16	the thresholds, the windows, the galleries on three sides, facing the threshold, were panelled with wood all round from floor to windows, and the windows were screened with latticework.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	17	From the door to the inner part of the Temple, as well as outside, and on the wall all round, both inside and out,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	18	were carved great winged creatures and palm trees, one palm tree between two winged creatures; each winged creature had two faces:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	19	a human face turned towards the palm tree on one side and the face of a lion towards the palm tree on the other side, throughout the Temple, all round.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	20	Winged creatures and palm trees were carved on the wall from the floor to above the entrance.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	21	The doorposts of the Temple were square. In front of the sanctuary there was something like
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	22	a wooden altar, three cubits high and two cubits square. Its corners, base and sides were of wood. He said to me, 'This is the table in the presence of Yahweh.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	23	The Hekal had double doors and the sanctuary
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	24	double doors. These doors had two hinged leaves, two leaves for the one door, two leaves for the other.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	25	On them (on the doors of the Hekal), were carved great winged creatures and palm trees like those carved on the walls. There was a wooden porch roof on the front of the Ulam on the outside,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	41	26	and windows with flanking palm trees on the sides of the Ulam, the cells to the side of the Temple and the porch-roofs.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	42	1	He then took me out into the outer court on the north side and led me to the room facing the court, that is to say, to the front of the building on the north side.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	42	2	Along the front, it was a hundred cubits long on the north side and fifty cubits wide.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	42	3	Facing the gateways of the inner court and facing the paving of the outer court was a gallery in front of the triple gallery,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	42	4	and in front of the rooms was a walk, ten cubits measured inwards and a hundred cubits long; their doors looked north.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	42	5	The top-floor rooms were narrow because the galleries took up part of the width, being narrower than those on the ground floor or those on the middle floor of the building;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	42	6	these were divided into three storeys and had no columns such as the court had. Hence they were narrower than the ground floor ones or the middle-floor ones (below them).
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	42	7	The outer wall parallel to the rooms, facing them and giving onto the outer court, was fifty cubits long,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	42	8	the length of the rooms facing the outer court being fifty cubits, while for those facing the hall of the Temple it was a hundred cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	42	9	Beneath the rooms there was an entrance from the east, leading in from the outer court.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	42	10	In the thickness of the wall of the court, on the south side fronting the court and the building, were rooms.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	42	11	A walk ran in front of them, as with the rooms built on the north side; they were of the same length and breadth, and were of similar design with similar doors in and out.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	42	12	Before the rooms on the south side there was an entrance at the end of each walk, opposite the corresponding wall on the east side, at their entries.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	42	13	He said to me, 'The northern and southern rooms giving onto the court are the rooms of the sanctuary, in which the priests who approach Yahweh will eat the most holy things. In them will be placed the most holy things: the oblation, the sacrifice for sin  sin and the sacrifice of reparation, since this is a holy place.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	42	14	Once the priests have entered, they will not go out of the holy place into the outer court without leaving their liturgical vestments there, since these vestments are holy; they will put on other clothes before going near places assigned to the people.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	42	15	When he had finished measuring the inside of the Temple, he took me out to the east gate and measured it right round the sides.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	42	16	He measured the east side with his measuring rod: a total of five hundred cubits by the measuring rod.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	42	17	He then measured the north side: a total of five hundred cubits by the measuring rod.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	42	18	He then measured the south side: five hundred cubits by the measuring rod
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	42	19	was the total. On the west side he measured five hundred cubits by the measuring rod.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	42	20	He measured the entire enclosing wall on all four sides: length five hundred, breadth five hundred, separating the sacred from the profane.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	1	He took me to the gate, the one facing east.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	2	I saw the glory of the God of Israel approaching from the east. A sound came with him like the sound of the ocean, and the earth shone with his glory.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	3	This vision was like the one I had seen when I had come for the destruction of the city, and like the one I had seen by the River Chebar. Then I fell to the ground.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	4	The glory of Yahweh arrived at the Temple by the east gate.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	5	The Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; I saw the glory of Yahweh fill the Temple.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	6	And I heard someone speaking to me from the Temple while the man stood beside me.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	7	He said, 'Son of man, this is the dais of my throne, the step on which I rest my feet. I shall live here among the Israelites for ever; and the House of Israel, they and their kings, will never again defile my holy name with their whorings and the corpses of their kings,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	8	by putting their threshold beside my threshold and their doorposts beside my door-posts, with a party wall shared by them and me. They used to defile my holy name by their loathsome practices, and this is why I put an end to them in my anger.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	9	From now on they will banish their whorings and the corpses of their kings from my presence and I shall live among them for ever.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	10	'Son of man, describe this Temple to the House of Israel, to shame them out of their loathsome practices. (Let them draw up the plan of it.)
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	11	And, if they are ashamed of their behaviour, show them the design and plan of the Temple, its exits and entrances, its shape, how all of it is arranged, the entire design and all its principles. Give them all this in writing so that they can see and take note of its design and the way it is all arranged and carry it out.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	12	This is the charter of the Temple: all the surrounding space on the mountain top is an especially holy area. (Such is the charter of the Temple.)'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	13	These were the dimensions of the altar, in cubits each of a cubit plus a handsbreadth. The base: one cubit high and one cubit wide; the space by the runnel, all round the edge of the altar, one handsbreadth.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	14	From the ground level of the base up to the lower plinth, two cubits high and one cubit wide; from the lesser plinth to the greater plinth, four cubits high and one cubit wide.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	15	The altar hearth: four cubits high, with four horns projecting from the hearth,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	16	the hearth was four-square: twelve cubits by twelve cubits;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	17	and the square plinth: fourteen cubits by fourteen cubits; and the ledge all round: half a cubit; and the base: one cubit all round. The steps were on the east side.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	18	He said to me, 'Son of man, the Lord Yahweh says this, "As regards the altar, this is how things must be done when it has been built for the sacrifice of the burnt offering and for the pouring of blood.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	19	To the levitical priests -- those of the race of Zadok -- who approach me to serve me -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- you must give a young bull as a sacrifice for sin.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	20	You must take some of its blood and put it on the four horns, on the four corners of the plinth and on the surrounding ledge. In this way you will purify it and make expiation on it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	21	Then take the bull of the sacrifice for sin and burn it in that part of the Temple which is cut off from the sanctuary.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	22	On the second day, you must offer an unblemished he-goat as the sacrifice for sin, and the altar must be purified again as was done with the bull.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	23	When you have finished the purification, you must offer a young, unblemished bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	24	You must present them before Yahweh, and the priests will sprinkle salt on them and offer them as burnt offerings to Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	25	As a sacrifice for sin, every day for seven days you must offer a he-goat, a bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	26	In this way the altar will be expiated and will be purified and inaugurated.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	43	27	At the end of that time, on the eighth day and afterwards, the priest will offer your burnt offerings and your communion sacrifices on the altar, and I shall look favourably on you -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	1	He brought me back to the outer east gate of the sanctuary. It was shut.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	2	Yahweh said to me, 'This gate will be kept shut. No one may open it or go through it, since Yahweh, God of Israel, has been through it. And so it must be kept shut.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	3	The prince himself, however, may sit there to take his meal in the presence of Yahweh. He must enter and leave through the porch of the gate.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	4	He led me through the north gate to the front of the Temple. And then I looked; I saw the glory of Yahweh filling the Temple of Yahweh; and I fell to the ground.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	5	Yahweh said to me, 'Son of man, pay attention, look carefully and listen closely to everything I explain; these are all the arrangements of the Temple of Yahweh and all its laws. Be careful about who is admitted to the Temple and who is excluded from the sanctuary.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	6	And say to the rebels of the House of Israel, "The Lord Yahweh says this: You have gone beyond all bounds with all your loathsome practices, House of Israel,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	7	by admitting aliens, uncircumcised in heart and body, to frequent my sanctuary and profane my Temple, while offering my food, the fat and the blood, and breaking my covenant with all your loathsome practices.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	8	Instead of maintaining the service of my holy things, you have deputed someone else to maintain my service in my sanctuary.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	9	The Lord Yahweh says this: No alien, uncircumcised in heart and body, may enter my sanctuary, none of the aliens living among the Israelites.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	10	"As regards the Levites who abandoned me when Israel strayed far from me by following its idols, they must bear the weight of their own sin.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	11	They must be servants in my sanctuary, responsible for guarding the Temple gates and serving the Temple. They will kill the burnt offerings and the sacrifice for the people, and hold themselves at the service of the people.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	12	Since they used to be at their service in front of their idols and were an occasion of guilt for the House of Israel, very well, I stretch out my hand against them -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- they will bear the weight of their guilt.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	13	They may never approach me again to perform the priestly office in my presence, nor touch my holy things and my most holy things; they must bear the disgrace of their loathsome practices.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	14	I shall give them the responsibility of serving the Temple; I shall make them responsible for serving it and for everything to be done in it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	15	"As regards the levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who maintained the service of my sanctuary when the Israelites strayed far from me, they will approach me to serve me; they will stand in my presence to offer me the fat and blood -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	16	They will enter my sanctuary and approach my table to serve me; they will maintain my service.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	17	Once they enter the gates of the inner court, they must wear linen vestments; they must wear no wool when they serve inside the gates of the inner court and in the Temple.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	18	They must wear linen caps on their heads and linen breeches on their loins; they may not wear anything round their waists that makes them sweat.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	19	When they go out to the people in the outer court, they must remove the vestments in which they have performed the liturgy and leave them in the rooms of the Holy Place, and put on other clothes, so as not to hallow the people with their vestments.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	20	They may neither shave their heads nor let their hair grow long, but must cut their hair carefully.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	21	No priest may drink wine on the day he enters the inner court.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	22	They may not marry widows or divorced women, but only virgins of the race of Israel; they may, however, marry a widow, if she is the widow of a priest.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	23	They must teach my people the difference between what is sacred and what is profane and make them understand the difference between what is clean and what is unclean.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	24	They must be judges in law-suits; they must judge in the spirit of my judgements; they must follow my laws and ordinances at all my feasts and keep my Sabbaths holy.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	25	They may not go near a dead person, in case they become unclean, except in these permissible cases, that is, for father, mother, daughter, son, brother or unmarried sister.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	26	After one of them has been purified, seven days must elapse;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	27	then, the day he enters the Holy Place in the inner court to minister in the Holy Place, he must offer his sacrifice for sin -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	28	They may have no heritage; I myself shall be their heritage. You may give them no patrimony in Israel; I myself shall be their patrimony.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	29	Their food must be the oblation, the sacrifice for sin and the sacrifice of reparation. Everything dedicated by vow in Israel shall be for them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	30	The best of all your first-fruits and of all the dues and of everything you offer, must go to the priests; and the best of your dough you must also give to the priests, so that a blessing may rest on your house.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	44	31	Priests must not eat the flesh of anything that has died a natural death or been savaged, be it bird or animal." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	45	1	' "When you draw lots to divide the country by heritage, you must set a sacred portion of the country aside for Yahweh: twenty-five thousand cubits long and twenty thousand wide. The whole of this land must be sacred,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	45	2	and of this an area five hundred by five hundred cubits must be for the sanctuary, with a boundary fifty cubits wide right round.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	45	3	Out of this area you must also measure a section twenty-five thousand by ten thousand cubits, in which will be the sanctuary, the Holy of Holies.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	45	4	This will be the sacred portion of the country, belonging to the priests who officiate in the sanctuary and approach Yahweh to serve him. It will contain room for their houses and room for the sanctuary.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	45	5	A portion twenty-five thousand by ten thousand cubits will be owned by the Levites serving the Temple, with towns for them to live in.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	45	6	You must give the city possession of an area five thousand by twenty-five thousand cubits, near the land belonging to the sanctuary; this must be for the whole House of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	45	7	"The prince must have a territory either side of the sacred portion and of the property of the city, adjacent to the sacred portion and the property of the city, stretching westwards from the west and eastwards from the east, its size equal to one of the portions between the west and the east frontiers
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	45	8	of the country. This will be his property in Israel. Then my princes will no longer oppress my people; they must leave the rest of the country for the House of Israel, for its tribes.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	45	9	"The Lord Yahweh says this: Enough, princes of Israel! Give up your violence and plundering, do what is upright and just, stop crushing my people with taxation -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	45	10	Have fair scales, a fair ephah, a fair bat.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	45	11	Let the ephah and bat be equal, let the bat hold one-tenth of a homer and the ephah one-tenth of a homer. Let the measures be based on the homer.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	45	12	The shekel must be twenty gerah. Twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels and fifteen shekels must make one mina.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	45	13	"This is the offering that you must levy: the sixth of an ephah for every homer of wheat, and the sixth of an ephah for every homer of barley.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	45	14	The dues on oil: one bat of oil out of every ten bat or out of every kor (which is equal to ten bat or one homer, since ten bat equal one homer).
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	45	15	You must levy one sheep on every flock of two hundred from the pastures of Israel for the oblation, the burnt offerings and the communion sacrifice. This must form your expiation -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	45	16	Let all the people of the country be subject to this due for the prince of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	45	17	The prince must make himself responsible for providing the burnt offerings, the oblation and the libations for feasts, New Moons, Sabbaths and all the solemn festivals of the House of Israel. He must provide the sacrifice for sin, the oblation, the burnt offerings and the communion sacrifices to make expiation for the House of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	45	18	"The Lord Yahweh says this: On the first day of the first month, you must take a young bull without blemish, to purify the sanctuary.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	45	19	The priest must take blood from the sacrifice for sin and put it on the doorposts of the Temple, on the four corners of the altar plinth and on the doorposts of the gates of the inner court.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	45	20	You must do the same on the seventh of the month, on behalf of anyone who has sinned through inadvertence or ignorance. This is how you must make expiation for the Temple.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	45	21	On the fourteenth day of the first month, you must celebrate the feast of the Passover. For seven days everyone must eat unleavened loaves.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	45	22	On that day, the prince must offer a bull as a sacrifice for sin, for himself and all the people of the country.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	45	23	For the seven days of the feast, he must offer Yahweh burnt offerings of seven bulls and seven rams without blemish, daily for a week, and one he-goat daily as a sacrifice for sin,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	45	24	and as an oblation, one ephah for each bull and one ephah for each ram, and a hin of oil for every ephah.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	45	25	"For the feast that falls on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, he must do the same for seven days, offering the sacrifice for sin, the burnt offerings, the oblation and the oil." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	46	1	' "The Lord Yahweh says this: The east gate of the inner court must be kept shut for the six working days. On the Sabbath day, however, it must be opened, as also on the day of the New Moon;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	46	2	and the prince must go in through the porch of the outer gate and take his position by the doorposts of the gate. The priests must then offer his burnt offerings and his communion sacrifice. He must prostrate himself on the threshold of the gate and go out, and the gate must not be shut again until the evening.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	46	3	The people of the country must prostrate themselves in the presence of Yahweh at the entrance to the gate on Sabbaths and days of the New Moon.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	46	4	The burnt offering offered to Yahweh by the prince on the Sabbath day must consist of six unblemished lambs and one unblemished ram,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	46	5	with an oblation of one ephah for the ram, and such oblation as he pleases for the lambs, and a hin of oil for every ephah.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	46	6	On the day of the New Moon it must consist of an unblemished young bull, six unblemished lambs and one unblemished ram,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	46	7	when he must make an oblation of one ephah for the bull and one ephah for the ram, and what he pleases for the lambs, and a hin of oil for every ephah.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	46	8	"When the prince goes in, he must enter by the porch of the gate, and he must leave by the same way.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	46	9	When the people of the country come into the presence of Yahweh at the solemn festivals, those who have come in by the north gate to prostrate themselves must go out by the south gate, and those who have come in by the south gate must go out by the north gate; no one must turn back to leave through the gate by which he entered but must go out on the opposite side.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	46	10	The prince will be with them, coming in like them and going out like them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	46	11	"On feast days and solemn festivals the oblation must be one ephah for every bull, one ephah for every ram, what he pleases for the lambs, and a hin of oil for every ephah.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	46	12	When the prince offers Yahweh voluntary burnt offerings or a voluntary communion sacrifice, the east gate must be opened for him, and he must offer his burnt offerings and his communion sacrifice as he does on the Sabbath day; when he has gone out, the gate must shut after him.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	46	13	Every day he must offer an unblemished lamb one year old as a burnt offering to Yahweh; he must offer this every morning.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	46	14	Every morning in addition he must offer an oblation of one-sixth of an ephah and one-third of a hin of oil, for mixing with the flour. This is the oblation to Yahweh, a perpetual decree, fixed for ever.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	46	15	The lamb, the oblation and the oil must be offered morning after morning for ever.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	46	16	"Lord Yahweh says this: If the prince presents part of his hereditary portion to one of his sons, the gift must pass into the ownership of his sons and become their hereditary property.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	46	17	If, however, he presents part of his hereditary portion to one of his slaves, it will belong to the man only until the year of liberation and then must revert to the prince. Only his sons may retain his hereditary portion.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	46	18	The prince may not take any part of the people's hereditary portion, thus robbing them of what is theirs; he must provide the patrimony of his sons out of his own property, so that no member of my people is robbed of what is his!" '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	46	19	He took me through the entrance at the side of the north gate that leads to the rooms of the Holy Place set apart for the priests. And there before us, to the west, was a space at the end.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	46	20	He said to me, 'This is where the priests must boil the slaughtered animals for the sacrifice for sin and the sacrifice of reparation, and where they must bake the oblation, without having to carry them into the outer court and so run the risk of hallowing the people.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	46	21	He then took me into the outer court and led me to each of its four corners; in each corner of the outer court was a compound;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	46	22	in other words, the four corners of the court contained four small compounds, forty cubits by thirty, all four being the same size.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	46	23	All four were enclosed by a wall, with hearths all round the bottom of the wall.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	46	24	He said, 'These are the kitchens where the Temple servants must boil the sacrifices offered by the people.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	47	1	He brought me back to the entrance of the Temple, where a stream flowed eastwards from under the Temple threshold, for the Temple faced east. The water flowed from under the right side of the Temple, south of the altar.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	47	2	He took me out by the north gate and led me right round outside as far as the outer east gate where the water flowed out on the right-hand side.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	47	3	The man went off to the east holding his measuring line and measured off a thousand cubits; he then made me wade across the stream; the water reached my ankles.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	47	4	He measured off another thousand and made me wade across the stream again; the water reached my knees. He measured off another thousand and made me wade across the stream again; the water reached my waist.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	47	5	He measured off another thousand; it was now a river which I could not cross; the stream had swollen and was now deep water, a river impossible to cross.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	47	6	He then said, 'Do you see, son of man?' He then took me and brought me back to the bank on the river.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	47	7	Now, when I reached it, I saw an enormous number of trees on each bank of the river.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	47	8	He said, 'This water flows east down to the Arabah and to the sea; and flowing into the sea it makes its waters wholesome.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	47	9	Wherever the river flows, all living creatures teeming in it will live. Fish will be very plentiful, for wherever the water goes it brings health, and life teems wherever the river flows.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	47	10	There will be fishermen on its banks. Fishing nets will be spread from En-Gedi to En-Eglaim. The species of fish will be the same as the fish of the Great Sea.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	47	11	The marshes and lagoons, however, will not become wholesome, but will remain salt.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	47	12	Along the river, on either bank, will grow every kind of fruit tree with leaves that never wither and fruit that never fails; they will bear new fruit every month, because this water comes from the sanctuary. And their fruit will be good to eat and the leaves medicinal.'
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	47	13	'The Lord Yahweh says this, "This will be the territory which you must distribute among the twelve tribes of Israel, with two portions for Joseph.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	47	14	You will each have a fair share of it, since I swore to your fathers that I would give it to them, and this country now falls to you as your heritage.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	47	15	These will be the frontiers of the country. On the north, from the Great Sea, the road from Hethlon to the Pass of Hamath, Zedad,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	47	16	Berothah, Sibraim lying between the territories of Damascus and Hamath, to Hazer-ha-Tikon on the borders of Hauran;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	47	17	the frontier will extend from the sea to Hazer-Enon, with the territory of Damascus and the territory of Hamath to the north; that will be the northern frontier.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	47	18	On the east, the Jordan will serve as frontier between Hauran and Damascus, between Gilead and Israel, down to the Eastern Sea as far as Tamar; that will be the eastern frontier.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	47	19	On the south, from Tamar southward to the Waters of Meribah in Kadesh, to the Wadi and the Great Sea; that will be the southern frontier.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	47	20	And to the west, the Great Sea will serve as frontier up to the point opposite the Pass of Hamath; that will be the western frontier.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	47	21	You must distribute this country among yourselves, among the tribes of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	47	22	You must distribute it as a heritage for yourselves and the aliens settled among you who have fathered children among you, since you must treat them as citizens of Israel. They must draw lots for their heritage with you, among the tribes of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	47	23	You will give the alien his heritage in the tribe where he has settled -- declares the Lord Yahweh." '
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	1	' "This is the list of the tribes. One portion in the far north by way of Hethlon to the Pass of Hamath, to Hazer-Enon, with the territory of Damascus to the north, and marching with Hamath, from the eastern limit to the western limit: Dan.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	2	One portion bordering Dan, from the eastern limit to the western limit: Asher.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	3	One portion bordering Asher, from the eastern limit to the western limit: Naphtali.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	4	One portion bordering Naphtali, from the eastern limit to the western limit: Manasseh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	5	One portion bordering Manasseh, from the eastern limit to the western limit: Ephraim.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	6	One portion bordering Ephraim, from the eastern limit to the western limit: Reuben.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	7	One portion bordering Reuben, from the eastern limit to the western limit: Judah.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	8	One portion bordering Judah, from the eastern limit to the western limit, is the portion which you must set aside, twenty-five thousand cubits wide, and as long as each of the other portions from the eastern limit to the western limit. The sanctuary will be in the centre of it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	9	"The portion which you must set aside for Yahweh must be twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand cubits wide.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	10	This sacred portion must belong to the priests, being, on the north side, twenty-five thousand cubits; on the west side ten thousand cubits wide, on the east side ten thousand cubits wide and on the south side twenty-five thousand cubits long; the sanctuary of Yahweh will be in the centre of it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	11	This will be for the consecrated priests, those of the sons of Zadok who maintained my liturgy and did not go astray with the straying Israelites, as the Levites went astray.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	12	And so their portion must be taken out of the especially holy portion of the land, near the territory of the Levites.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	13	The territory of the Levites, like the territory of the priests, must be twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide -- the whole length being twenty-five thousand and the width ten thousand.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	14	It will be illegal for them to sell or exchange any part of it, and the domain can never be alienated, since it is consecrated to Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	15	As regards the remainder, an area of five thousand cubits by twenty-five thousand, this must be for the common use of the city, for houses and pastures. In the middle will be the city.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	16	These will be its dimensions: on the north side, four thousand five hundred cubits; on the south side, four thousand five hundred cubits; on the east side, four thousand five hundred cubits; on the west side, four thousand five hundred cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	17	The pasture land of the city must extend two hundred and fifty cubits to the north, two hundred and fifty to the south, two hundred and fifty to the east, two hundred and fifty to the west.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	18	One strip, contiguous to the sacred portion, must be left over, consisting of ten thousand cubits to eastward and ten thousand to westward, marching with the sacred portion; this will bring in a revenue for feeding the municipal workmen.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	19	And the municipal workmen, drawn from all the tribes of Israel, will farm it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	20	The portion must have a total area of twenty-five thousand cubits by twenty-five thousand. You must allocate a square area from the sacred portion to constitute the city.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	21	What is left over will be for the prince, on either side of the sacred portion and of the property of the city, marching with the twenty-five thousand cubits to eastward to the eastern frontier, and marching with the twenty-five thousand cubits to westward to the western frontier-- running parallel with the other portions and belonging to the prince. In the centre will be the sacred portion and the sanctuary of the Temple.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	22	Thus, apart from the property of the Levites and the property of the city which lie in the middle of the prince's portion, everything between the borders of Judah and the borders of Ben- jamin must belong to the prince.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	23	"As regards the rest of the tribes: One portion from the eastern limit to the western limit: Benjamin.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	24	One portion bordering Benjamin, from the eastern limit to the western limit: Simeon.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	25	One portion bordering Simeon, from the eastern limit to the western limit: Issachar.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	26	One portion bordering Issachar, from the eastern limit to the western limit: Zebulun.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	27	One portion bordering Zebulun, from the eastern limit to the western limit: Gad.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	28	On the southern border of Gad, on the south side, the border will run from Tamar to the Waters of Meribah in Kadesh, to the Wadi and the Great Sea.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	29	This is how you must distribute the country to the tribes of Israel as their heritage, and these must be their portions -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	30	"Here are the exits from the city. On the north side, four thousand five hundred cubits are to be measured off.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	31	The gates of the city are to be named after the tribes of Israel. Three gates to the north: one the gate of Reuben; one the gate of Judah; one the gate of Levi.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	32	On the east side, there will be four thousand five hundred cubits and three gates: one the gate of Joseph; one the gate of Benjamin; one the gate of Dan.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	33	On the south side, four thousand five hundred cubits are to be measured off, and there are to be three gates: one the gate of Simeon; one the gate of Issachar; one the gate of Zebulun.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	34	On the west side, there will be four thousand five hundred cubits and three gates: one the gate of Gad; one the gate of Asher; one the gate of Naphtali.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	33	48	35	Total perimeter: eighteen thousand cubits. "The name of the city in future must be: Yahweh-is-there." '
 Daniel	Dan	34	1	1	In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched on Jerusalem and besieged it.
 Daniel	Dan	34	1	2	The Lord let Jehoiakim king of Judah fall into his power, as well as some of the vessels belonging to the Temple of God. These he took away to Shinar, putting the vessels into the treasury of his own gods.
 Daniel	Dan	34	1	3	From the Israelites, the king ordered Ashpenaz, his chief eunuch, to bring a certain number of boys of royal or noble descent;
@@ -26828,54 +26806,54 @@ Obadiah	Obad	38	1	18	Then the House of Jacob will be a fire, the House of Joseph
 Obadiah	Obad	38	1	19	People from the Negeb will occupy the Mount of Esau, people from the lowlands the country of the Philistines; they will occupy Ephraim and Samaria, and Benjamin will occupy Gilead.
 Obadiah	Obad	38	1	20	The exiles of this army, the sons of Israel, will have the Canaanites' land as far as Zarephthah, while the exiles from Jerusalem now in Sepharad will have the cities of the Negeb.
 Obadiah	Obad	38	1	21	Victorious, they will climb Mount Zion to rule over Mount Esau, and sovereignty will be Yahweh's!
-Jonah	Jonah	39	1	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to Jonah son of Amittai:
-Jonah	Jonah	39	1	2	'Up!' he said, 'Go to Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim to them that their wickedness has forced itself upon me.'
-Jonah	Jonah	39	1	3	Jonah set about running away from Yahweh, and going to Tarshish. He went down to Jaffa and found a ship bound for Tarshish; he paid his fare and boarded it, to go with them to Tarshish, to get away from Yahweh.
-Jonah	Jonah	39	1	4	But Yahweh threw a hurricane at the sea, and there was such a great storm at sea that the ship threatened to break up.
-Jonah	Jonah	39	1	5	The sailors took fright, and each of them called on his own god, and to lighten the ship they threw the cargo overboard. Jonah, however, had gone below, had lain down in the hold and was fast asleep,
-Jonah	Jonah	39	1	6	when the boatswain went up to him and said, 'What do you mean by sleeping? Get up! Call on your god! Perhaps he will spare us a thought and not leave us to die.'
-Jonah	Jonah	39	1	7	Then they said to each other, 'Come on, let us draw lots to find out who is to blame for bringing us this bad luck.' So they cast lots, and the lot pointed to Jonah.
-Jonah	Jonah	39	1	8	Then they said to him, 'Tell us, what is your business? Where do you come from? What is your country? What is your nationality?'
-Jonah	Jonah	39	1	9	He replied, 'I am a Hebrew, and I worship Yahweh, God of Heaven, who made both sea and dry land.'
-Jonah	Jonah	39	1	10	The sailors were seized with terror at this and said, 'Why ever did you do this?' since they knew that he was trying to escape from Yahweh, because he had told them so.
-Jonah	Jonah	39	1	11	They then said, 'What are we to do with you, to make the sea calm down for us?' For the sea was growing rougher and rougher.
-Jonah	Jonah	39	1	12	He replied, 'Take me and throw me into the sea, and then it will calm down for you. I know it is my fault that this great storm has struck you.'
-Jonah	Jonah	39	1	13	The sailors rowed hard in an effort to reach the shore, but in vain, since the sea was growing rougher and rougher.
-Jonah	Jonah	39	1	14	So at last they called on Yahweh and said, 'O, Yahweh, do not let us perish for the sake of this man's life, and do not hold us responsible for causing an innocent man's death; for you, Yahweh, have acted as you saw fit.'
-Jonah	Jonah	39	1	15	And taking hold of Jonah they threw him into the sea; and the sea stopped raging.
-Jonah	Jonah	39	1	16	At this, the men were seized with dread of Yahweh; they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh and made vows to him.
-Jonah	Jonah	39	2	1	Now Yahweh ordained that a great fish should swallow Jonah; and Jonah remained in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights.
-Jonah	Jonah	39	2	2	From the belly of the fish, Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God; he said:
-Jonah	Jonah	39	2	3	Out of my distress I cried to Yahweh and he answered me, from the belly of Sheol I cried out; you heard my voice!
-Jonah	Jonah	39	2	4	For you threw me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the floods closed round me. All your waves and billows passed over me;
-Jonah	Jonah	39	2	5	then I thought, 'I am banished from your sight; how shall I ever see your holy Temple again?'
-Jonah	Jonah	39	2	6	The waters round me rose to my neck, the deep was closing round me, seaweed twining round my head.
-Jonah	Jonah	39	2	7	To the roots of the mountains, I sank into the underworld, and its bars closed round me for ever. But you raised my life from the Pit, Yahweh my God!
-Jonah	Jonah	39	2	8	When my soul was growing ever weaker, Yahweh, I remembered you, and my prayer reached you in your holy Temple.
-Jonah	Jonah	39	2	9	Some abandon their faithful love by worshipping false gods,
-Jonah	Jonah	39	2	10	but I shall sacrifice to you with songs of praise. The vow I have made I shall fulfil! Salvation comes from Yahweh!
-Jonah	Jonah	39	2	11	Yahweh spoke to the fish, which then vomited Jonah onto the dry land.
-Jonah	Jonah	39	3	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to Jonah a second time.
-Jonah	Jonah	39	3	2	'Up!' he said, 'Go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach to it as I shall tell you.'
-Jonah	Jonah	39	3	3	Jonah set out and went to Nineveh in obedience to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was a city great beyond compare; to cross it took three days.
-Jonah	Jonah	39	3	4	Jonah began by going a day's journey into the city and then proclaimed, 'Only forty days more and Nineveh will be overthrown.'
-Jonah	Jonah	39	3	5	And the people of Nineveh believed in God; they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least.
-Jonah	Jonah	39	3	6	When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his robe, put on sackcloth and sat down in ashes.
-Jonah	Jonah	39	3	7	He then had it proclaimed throughout Nineveh, by decree of the king and his nobles, as follows: 'No person or animal, herd or flock, may eat anything; they may not graze, they may not drink any water.
-Jonah	Jonah	39	3	8	All must put on sackcloth and call on God with all their might; and let everyone renounce his evil ways and violent behaviour.
-Jonah	Jonah	39	3	9	Who knows? Perhaps God will change his mind and relent and renounce his burning wrath, so that we shall not perish.'
-Jonah	Jonah	39	3	10	God saw their efforts to renounce their evil ways. And God relented about the disaster which he had threatened to bring on them, and did not bring it.
-Jonah	Jonah	39	4	1	This made Jonah very indignant; he fell into a rage.
-Jonah	Jonah	39	4	2	He prayed to Yahweh and said, 'Please, Yahweh, isn't this what I said would happen when I was still in my own country? That was why I first tried to flee to Tarshish, since I knew you were a tender, compassionate God, slow to anger, rich in faithful love, who relents about inflicting disaster.
-Jonah	Jonah	39	4	3	So now, Yahweh, please take my life, for I might as well be dead as go on living.'
-Jonah	Jonah	39	4	4	Yahweh replied, 'Are you right to be angry?'
-Jonah	Jonah	39	4	5	Jonah then left the city and sat down to the east of the city. There he made himself a shelter and sat under it in the shade, to see what would happen to the city.
-Jonah	Jonah	39	4	6	Yahweh God then ordained that a castor-oil plant should grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head and soothe his ill-humour; Jonah was delighted with the castor-oil plant.
-Jonah	Jonah	39	4	7	But at dawn the next day, God ordained that a worm should attack the castor-oil plant -- and it withered.
-Jonah	Jonah	39	4	8	Next, when the sun rose, God ordained that there should be a scorching east wind; the sun beat down so hard on Jonah's head that he was overcome and begged for death, saying, 'I might as well be dead as go on living.'
-Jonah	Jonah	39	4	9	God said to Jonah, 'Are you right to be angry about the castor-oil plant?' He replied, 'I have every right to be angry, mortally angry!'
-Jonah	Jonah	39	4	10	Yahweh replied, 'You are concerned for the castor-oil plant which has not cost you any effort and which you did not grow, which came up in a night and has perished in a night.
-Jonah	Jonah	39	4	11	So why should I not be concerned for Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, to say nothing of all the animals?'
+Jonah	Jon	39	1	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to Jonah son of Amittai:
+Jonah	Jon	39	1	2	'Up!' he said, 'Go to Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim to them that their wickedness has forced itself upon me.'
+Jonah	Jon	39	1	3	Jonah set about running away from Yahweh, and going to Tarshish. He went down to Jaffa and found a ship bound for Tarshish; he paid his fare and boarded it, to go with them to Tarshish, to get away from Yahweh.
+Jonah	Jon	39	1	4	But Yahweh threw a hurricane at the sea, and there was such a great storm at sea that the ship threatened to break up.
+Jonah	Jon	39	1	5	The sailors took fright, and each of them called on his own god, and to lighten the ship they threw the cargo overboard. Jonah, however, had gone below, had lain down in the hold and was fast asleep,
+Jonah	Jon	39	1	6	when the boatswain went up to him and said, 'What do you mean by sleeping? Get up! Call on your god! Perhaps he will spare us a thought and not leave us to die.'
+Jonah	Jon	39	1	7	Then they said to each other, 'Come on, let us draw lots to find out who is to blame for bringing us this bad luck.' So they cast lots, and the lot pointed to Jonah.
+Jonah	Jon	39	1	8	Then they said to him, 'Tell us, what is your business? Where do you come from? What is your country? What is your nationality?'
+Jonah	Jon	39	1	9	He replied, 'I am a Hebrew, and I worship Yahweh, God of Heaven, who made both sea and dry land.'
+Jonah	Jon	39	1	10	The sailors were seized with terror at this and said, 'Why ever did you do this?' since they knew that he was trying to escape from Yahweh, because he had told them so.
+Jonah	Jon	39	1	11	They then said, 'What are we to do with you, to make the sea calm down for us?' For the sea was growing rougher and rougher.
+Jonah	Jon	39	1	12	He replied, 'Take me and throw me into the sea, and then it will calm down for you. I know it is my fault that this great storm has struck you.'
+Jonah	Jon	39	1	13	The sailors rowed hard in an effort to reach the shore, but in vain, since the sea was growing rougher and rougher.
+Jonah	Jon	39	1	14	So at last they called on Yahweh and said, 'O, Yahweh, do not let us perish for the sake of this man's life, and do not hold us responsible for causing an innocent man's death; for you, Yahweh, have acted as you saw fit.'
+Jonah	Jon	39	1	15	And taking hold of Jonah they threw him into the sea; and the sea stopped raging.
+Jonah	Jon	39	1	16	At this, the men were seized with dread of Yahweh; they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh and made vows to him.
+Jonah	Jon	39	2	1	Now Yahweh ordained that a great fish should swallow Jonah; and Jonah remained in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights.
+Jonah	Jon	39	2	2	From the belly of the fish, Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God; he said:
+Jonah	Jon	39	2	3	Out of my distress I cried to Yahweh and he answered me, from the belly of Sheol I cried out; you heard my voice!
+Jonah	Jon	39	2	4	For you threw me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the floods closed round me. All your waves and billows passed over me;
+Jonah	Jon	39	2	5	then I thought, 'I am banished from your sight; how shall I ever see your holy Temple again?'
+Jonah	Jon	39	2	6	The waters round me rose to my neck, the deep was closing round me, seaweed twining round my head.
+Jonah	Jon	39	2	7	To the roots of the mountains, I sank into the underworld, and its bars closed round me for ever. But you raised my life from the Pit, Yahweh my God!
+Jonah	Jon	39	2	8	When my soul was growing ever weaker, Yahweh, I remembered you, and my prayer reached you in your holy Temple.
+Jonah	Jon	39	2	9	Some abandon their faithful love by worshipping false gods,
+Jonah	Jon	39	2	10	but I shall sacrifice to you with songs of praise. The vow I have made I shall fulfil! Salvation comes from Yahweh!
+Jonah	Jon	39	2	11	Yahweh spoke to the fish, which then vomited Jonah onto the dry land.
+Jonah	Jon	39	3	1	The word of Yahweh was addressed to Jonah a second time.
+Jonah	Jon	39	3	2	'Up!' he said, 'Go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach to it as I shall tell you.'
+Jonah	Jon	39	3	3	Jonah set out and went to Nineveh in obedience to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was a city great beyond compare; to cross it took three days.
+Jonah	Jon	39	3	4	Jonah began by going a day's journey into the city and then proclaimed, 'Only forty days more and Nineveh will be overthrown.'
+Jonah	Jon	39	3	5	And the people of Nineveh believed in God; they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least.
+Jonah	Jon	39	3	6	When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his robe, put on sackcloth and sat down in ashes.
+Jonah	Jon	39	3	7	He then had it proclaimed throughout Nineveh, by decree of the king and his nobles, as follows: 'No person or animal, herd or flock, may eat anything; they may not graze, they may not drink any water.
+Jonah	Jon	39	3	8	All must put on sackcloth and call on God with all their might; and let everyone renounce his evil ways and violent behaviour.
+Jonah	Jon	39	3	9	Who knows? Perhaps God will change his mind and relent and renounce his burning wrath, so that we shall not perish.'
+Jonah	Jon	39	3	10	God saw their efforts to renounce their evil ways. And God relented about the disaster which he had threatened to bring on them, and did not bring it.
+Jonah	Jon	39	4	1	This made Jonah very indignant; he fell into a rage.
+Jonah	Jon	39	4	2	He prayed to Yahweh and said, 'Please, Yahweh, isn't this what I said would happen when I was still in my own country? That was why I first tried to flee to Tarshish, since I knew you were a tender, compassionate God, slow to anger, rich in faithful love, who relents about inflicting disaster.
+Jonah	Jon	39	4	3	So now, Yahweh, please take my life, for I might as well be dead as go on living.'
+Jonah	Jon	39	4	4	Yahweh replied, 'Are you right to be angry?'
+Jonah	Jon	39	4	5	Jonah then left the city and sat down to the east of the city. There he made himself a shelter and sat under it in the shade, to see what would happen to the city.
+Jonah	Jon	39	4	6	Yahweh God then ordained that a castor-oil plant should grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head and soothe his ill-humour; Jonah was delighted with the castor-oil plant.
+Jonah	Jon	39	4	7	But at dawn the next day, God ordained that a worm should attack the castor-oil plant -- and it withered.
+Jonah	Jon	39	4	8	Next, when the sun rose, God ordained that there should be a scorching east wind; the sun beat down so hard on Jonah's head that he was overcome and begged for death, saying, 'I might as well be dead as go on living.'
+Jonah	Jon	39	4	9	God said to Jonah, 'Are you right to be angry about the castor-oil plant?' He replied, 'I have every right to be angry, mortally angry!'
+Jonah	Jon	39	4	10	Yahweh replied, 'You are concerned for the castor-oil plant which has not cost you any effort and which you did not grow, which came up in a night and has perished in a night.
+Jonah	Jon	39	4	11	So why should I not be concerned for Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, to say nothing of all the animals?'
 Micah	Mic	40	1	1	The word of Yahweh which came to Micah of Moresheth during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah kings of Judah. His visions about Samaria and Jerusalem.
 Micah	Mic	40	1	2	Listen, all you peoples, attend, earth and everyone on it! Yahweh intends to give evidence against you, the Lord, from his holy temple.
 Micah	Mic	40	1	3	For look, Yahweh is leaving his home, down he comes, he treads the heights of earth.
@@ -27084,59 +27062,59 @@ Habakkuk	Hab	42	3	16	When I heard, I trembled to the core, my lips quivered at t
 Habakkuk	Hab	42	3	17	(For the fig tree is not to blossom, nor will the vines bear fruit, the olive crop will disappoint and the fields will yield no food; the sheep will vanish from the fold; no cattle in the stalls.)
 Habakkuk	Hab	42	3	18	But I shall rejoice in Yahweh, I shall exult in God my Saviour.
 Habakkuk	Hab	42	3	19	Yahweh my Lord is my strength, he will make my feet as light as a doe's, and set my steps on the heights. For the choirmaster; on stringed instruments.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	1	1	The word of Yahweh which was addressed to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	1	2	I shall sweep away everything off the face of the earth, declares Yahweh.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	1	3	I shall sweep away humans and animals, the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, I shall topple the wicked and wipe all people off the face of the earth -declares Yahweh.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	1	4	I shall raise my hand against Judah and against all who live in Jerusalem, and from this place I will wipe out Baal's remnant, the very name of his priests,
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	1	5	and those who prostrate themselves on the roofs before the array of heaven, and those who prostrate themselves before Yahweh but swear by Milcom,
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	1	6	and those who have turned their back on Yahweh, who do not seek Yahweh and do not consult him.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	1	7	Silence before Lord Yahweh, for the Day of Yahweh is near! Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice, he has consecrated his guests.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	1	8	On the Day of Yahweh's sacrifice, I shall punish the courtiers, the royal princes and all who dress in outlandish clothes.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	1	9	On that day I shall punish all who go up the Step and fill the Temple of their lords, with violence and deceit.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	1	10	On that Day -- declares Yahweh -- uproar will be heard from the Fish Gate, wailing from the New Quarter and a great crash from the hills.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	1	11	Wail, you who live in the Hollow, for it is all over with the merchants, all the money-bags have been wiped out!
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	1	12	When that time comes I shall search Jerusalem by lamplight and punish the men stagnating over the remains of their wine, who say in their hearts, 'Yahweh can do nothing, either good or bad.'
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	1	13	For this, their wealth will be looted and their houses laid in ruins; they will build houses but not live in them, they will plant vineyards but not drink their wine.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	1	14	The great Day of Yahweh is near, near, and coming with great speed. How bitter the sound of the Day of Yahweh, the Day when the warrior shouts his cry of war.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	1	15	That Day is a day of retribution, a day of distress and tribulation, a day of ruin and of devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of cloud and thick fog,
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	1	16	a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against fortified town and high corner-tower.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	1	17	I shall bring such distress on humanity that they will grope their way like the blind for having sinned against Yahweh. Their blood will be poured out like mud, yes, their corpses like dung;
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	1	18	nor will their silver or gold be able to save them. On the Day of Yahweh's anger, by the fire of his jealousy, the whole earth will be consumed. For he will destroy, yes, annihilate everyone living on earth.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	2	1	Gather together, gather together, nations without shame,
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	2	2	before you are dispersed like chaff which disappears in a day; before Yahweh's burning anger overtakes you (before the Day of Yahweh's anger overtakes you).
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	2	3	Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the earth, who obey his commands. Seek uprightness, seek humility: you may perhaps find shelter on the Day of Yahweh's anger.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	2	4	For Gaza will be abandoned and Ashkelon reduced to ruins; Ashdod will be driven out in broad daylight and Ekron uprooted.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	2	5	Disaster to the members of the coastal league, to the nation of the Cherethites! This is the word of Yahweh against you: I shall subdue you, land of the Philistines, I shall destroy you till there are no inhabitants left;
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	2	6	and the coastal league will be reduced to pasture land, to grazing grounds for shepherds and folds for sheep;
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	2	7	and the league will belong to the remnant of the House of Judah; they will pasture their flocks there, at night they will rest in the houses of Ashkelon; for, when Yahweh their God has punished them, he will restore their fortunes.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	2	8	I have heard the taunt of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, as they taunted my people and boasted of their own domains.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	2	9	For this, as I live -- declares Yahweh Sabaoth, God of Israel -- Moab will become like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah: a realm of nettles, a heap of salt, a desolation for ever. What is left of my people will plunder them, the survivors of my nation will take their heritage.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	2	10	This will be the price of their pride for having taunted and boasted over the people of Yahweh Sabaoth.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	2	11	Yahweh will be fearsome to them, for he will scatter all the gods of the earth, and they will bow down to him, each from his own place -- all the islands of the nations.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	2	12	You Ethiopians too will be run through by my sword.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	2	13	He will raise his hand against the north and bring Assyria down in ruins; he will make Nineveh a waste, as dry as a desert.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	2	14	Flocks will rest inside there, so will wild animals; pelican and porcupine will nest round her cornices at night; the owl will hoot at the window and the raven croak on the doorstep -- for the cedar has been torn down.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	2	15	This is what the city will be like, once living happy and carefree and thinking to itself, 'I have no rival -- not I!' And what will it be now? A ruin, a lair for wild beasts to rest in, and everyone who passes by will whistle and throw up his hands.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	3	1	Disaster to the rebellious, the befouled, the tyrannical city!
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	3	2	She has not listened to the call, she has not bowed to correction, she has not trusted in Yahweh, she has not drawn near to her God.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	3	3	The rulers she has are roaring lions, her judges are wolves of the wastelands which leave nothing over for the morning,
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	3	4	her prophets are braggarts, impostors, her priests have profaned what is holy and violated the Law.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	3	5	Yahweh the Upright is in her, he does no wrong; morning by morning he gives judgement, each dawn unfailingly (but the wrong-doer knows no shame).
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	3	6	I have exterminated the nations, their corner-towers lie in ruins; I have emptied their streets, no one walks through them; their cities have been destroyed and are now deserted and unpeopled.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	3	7	I thought, 'At least you will fear me, at least you will bow to correction,' and none of the punishments I brought on them will disappear from their view. But no, it only made them more anxious to do whatever was corrupt.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	3	8	So wait for me -- declares Yahweh -- for the day when I rise as accuser, for I am determined to gather the nations, to assemble the kingdoms, and on you to vent my fury, the whole heat of my anger (for the whole earth will be devoured by the fire of my jealousy).
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	3	9	Yes, then I shall purge the lips of the peoples, so that all may invoke the name of Yahweh and serve him shoulder to shoulder.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	3	10	From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, my suppliants will bring me tribute.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	3	11	When that Day comes you will never again be ashamed of all the deeds with which you once rebelled against me, for I shall rid you of those who exult in your pride; never again will you strut on my holy mountain.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	3	12	But in you I shall leave surviving a humble and lowly people,
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	3	13	and those who are left in Israel will take refuge in the name of Yahweh. They will do no wrong, will tell no lies; nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will be able to graze and rest with no one to alarm them.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	3	14	Shout for joy, daughter of Zion, Israel, shout aloud! Rejoice, exult with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem!
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	3	15	Yahweh has repealed your sentence; he has turned your enemy away. Yahweh is king among you, Israel, you have nothing more to fear.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	3	16	When that Day comes, the message for Jerusalem will be: Zion, have no fear, do not let your hands fall limp.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	3	17	Yahweh your God is there with you, the warrior-Saviour. He will rejoice over you with happy song, he will renew you by his love, he will dance with shouts of joy for you,
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	3	18	as on a day of festival. I have taken away your misfortune, no longer need you bear the disgrace of it.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	3	19	I am taking action here and now against your oppressors. When that time comes I will rescue the lame, and gather the strays, and I will win them praise and renown when I restore their fortunes.
-Zephaniah	Zep	43	3	20	At that time I shall be your guide, at the time when I gather you in, I shall give you praise and renown among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your fortunes under your own eyes, declares Yahweh.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	1	1	The word of Yahweh which was addressed to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	1	2	I shall sweep away everything off the face of the earth, declares Yahweh.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	1	3	I shall sweep away humans and animals, the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, I shall topple the wicked and wipe all people off the face of the earth -declares Yahweh.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	1	4	I shall raise my hand against Judah and against all who live in Jerusalem, and from this place I will wipe out Baal's remnant, the very name of his priests,
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	1	5	and those who prostrate themselves on the roofs before the array of heaven, and those who prostrate themselves before Yahweh but swear by Milcom,
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	1	6	and those who have turned their back on Yahweh, who do not seek Yahweh and do not consult him.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	1	7	Silence before Lord Yahweh, for the Day of Yahweh is near! Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice, he has consecrated his guests.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	1	8	On the Day of Yahweh's sacrifice, I shall punish the courtiers, the royal princes and all who dress in outlandish clothes.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	1	9	On that day I shall punish all who go up the Step and fill the Temple of their lords, with violence and deceit.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	1	10	On that Day -- declares Yahweh -- uproar will be heard from the Fish Gate, wailing from the New Quarter and a great crash from the hills.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	1	11	Wail, you who live in the Hollow, for it is all over with the merchants, all the money-bags have been wiped out!
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	1	12	When that time comes I shall search Jerusalem by lamplight and punish the men stagnating over the remains of their wine, who say in their hearts, 'Yahweh can do nothing, either good or bad.'
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	1	13	For this, their wealth will be looted and their houses laid in ruins; they will build houses but not live in them, they will plant vineyards but not drink their wine.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	1	14	The great Day of Yahweh is near, near, and coming with great speed. How bitter the sound of the Day of Yahweh, the Day when the warrior shouts his cry of war.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	1	15	That Day is a day of retribution, a day of distress and tribulation, a day of ruin and of devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of cloud and thick fog,
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	1	16	a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against fortified town and high corner-tower.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	1	17	I shall bring such distress on humanity that they will grope their way like the blind for having sinned against Yahweh. Their blood will be poured out like mud, yes, their corpses like dung;
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	1	18	nor will their silver or gold be able to save them. On the Day of Yahweh's anger, by the fire of his jealousy, the whole earth will be consumed. For he will destroy, yes, annihilate everyone living on earth.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	2	1	Gather together, gather together, nations without shame,
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	2	2	before you are dispersed like chaff which disappears in a day; before Yahweh's burning anger overtakes you (before the Day of Yahweh's anger overtakes you).
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	2	3	Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the earth, who obey his commands. Seek uprightness, seek humility: you may perhaps find shelter on the Day of Yahweh's anger.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	2	4	For Gaza will be abandoned and Ashkelon reduced to ruins; Ashdod will be driven out in broad daylight and Ekron uprooted.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	2	5	Disaster to the members of the coastal league, to the nation of the Cherethites! This is the word of Yahweh against you: I shall subdue you, land of the Philistines, I shall destroy you till there are no inhabitants left;
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	2	6	and the coastal league will be reduced to pasture land, to grazing grounds for shepherds and folds for sheep;
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	2	7	and the league will belong to the remnant of the House of Judah; they will pasture their flocks there, at night they will rest in the houses of Ashkelon; for, when Yahweh their God has punished them, he will restore their fortunes.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	2	8	I have heard the taunt of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, as they taunted my people and boasted of their own domains.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	2	9	For this, as I live -- declares Yahweh Sabaoth, God of Israel -- Moab will become like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah: a realm of nettles, a heap of salt, a desolation for ever. What is left of my people will plunder them, the survivors of my nation will take their heritage.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	2	10	This will be the price of their pride for having taunted and boasted over the people of Yahweh Sabaoth.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	2	11	Yahweh will be fearsome to them, for he will scatter all the gods of the earth, and they will bow down to him, each from his own place -- all the islands of the nations.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	2	12	You Ethiopians too will be run through by my sword.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	2	13	He will raise his hand against the north and bring Assyria down in ruins; he will make Nineveh a waste, as dry as a desert.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	2	14	Flocks will rest inside there, so will wild animals; pelican and porcupine will nest round her cornices at night; the owl will hoot at the window and the raven croak on the doorstep -- for the cedar has been torn down.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	2	15	This is what the city will be like, once living happy and carefree and thinking to itself, 'I have no rival -- not I!' And what will it be now? A ruin, a lair for wild beasts to rest in, and everyone who passes by will whistle and throw up his hands.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	3	1	Disaster to the rebellious, the befouled, the tyrannical city!
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	3	2	She has not listened to the call, she has not bowed to correction, she has not trusted in Yahweh, she has not drawn near to her God.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	3	3	The rulers she has are roaring lions, her judges are wolves of the wastelands which leave nothing over for the morning,
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	3	4	her prophets are braggarts, impostors, her priests have profaned what is holy and violated the Law.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	3	5	Yahweh the Upright is in her, he does no wrong; morning by morning he gives judgement, each dawn unfailingly (but the wrong-doer knows no shame).
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	3	6	I have exterminated the nations, their corner-towers lie in ruins; I have emptied their streets, no one walks through them; their cities have been destroyed and are now deserted and unpeopled.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	3	7	I thought, 'At least you will fear me, at least you will bow to correction,' and none of the punishments I brought on them will disappear from their view. But no, it only made them more anxious to do whatever was corrupt.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	3	8	So wait for me -- declares Yahweh -- for the day when I rise as accuser, for I am determined to gather the nations, to assemble the kingdoms, and on you to vent my fury, the whole heat of my anger (for the whole earth will be devoured by the fire of my jealousy).
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	3	9	Yes, then I shall purge the lips of the peoples, so that all may invoke the name of Yahweh and serve him shoulder to shoulder.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	3	10	From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, my suppliants will bring me tribute.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	3	11	When that Day comes you will never again be ashamed of all the deeds with which you once rebelled against me, for I shall rid you of those who exult in your pride; never again will you strut on my holy mountain.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	3	12	But in you I shall leave surviving a humble and lowly people,
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	3	13	and those who are left in Israel will take refuge in the name of Yahweh. They will do no wrong, will tell no lies; nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will be able to graze and rest with no one to alarm them.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	3	14	Shout for joy, daughter of Zion, Israel, shout aloud! Rejoice, exult with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem!
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	3	15	Yahweh has repealed your sentence; he has turned your enemy away. Yahweh is king among you, Israel, you have nothing more to fear.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	3	16	When that Day comes, the message for Jerusalem will be: Zion, have no fear, do not let your hands fall limp.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	3	17	Yahweh your God is there with you, the warrior-Saviour. He will rejoice over you with happy song, he will renew you by his love, he will dance with shouts of joy for you,
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	3	18	as on a day of festival. I have taken away your misfortune, no longer need you bear the disgrace of it.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	3	19	I am taking action here and now against your oppressors. When that time comes I will rescue the lame, and gather the strays, and I will win them praise and renown when I restore their fortunes.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	43	3	20	At that time I shall be your guide, at the time when I gather you in, I shall give you praise and renown among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your fortunes under your own eyes, declares Yahweh.
 Haggai	Hag	44	1	1	In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of Yahweh was addressed through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel governor of Judah and to Joshua son of Jehozadak the high priest as follows,
 Haggai	Hag	44	1	2	'Yahweh Sabaoth says this, "This people says: The time has not yet come to rebuild the Temple of Yahweh." '
 Haggai	Hag	44	1	3	(And the word of Yahweh was addressed through the prophet Haggai, as follows,)
@@ -27175,217 +27153,217 @@ Haggai	Hag	44	2	20	On the twenty-fourth day of the month the word of Yahweh was 
 Haggai	Hag	44	2	21	'Speak to Zerubbabel governor of Judah. Say this, "I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.
 Haggai	Hag	44	2	22	I shall overturn the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the power of the kings of the nations. I shall overthrow the chariots and their crews; horses and their riders will fall, every one to the sword of his comrade.
 Haggai	Hag	44	2	23	When that day comes -- Yahweh Sabaoth declares -- I shall take you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel my servant -- Yahweh declares -- and make you like a signet ring. For I have chosen you -- Yahweh Sabaoth declares." '
-Zechariah	Zec	45	1	1	In the second year of Darius, in the eighth month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to the prophet Zechariah (son of Berechiah), son of Iddo, as follows,
-Zechariah	Zec	45	1	2	'Yahweh was deeply angry with your ancestors.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	1	3	So say this to them, "Yahweh Sabaoth says this: Return to me -- Yahweh Sabaoth declares -- and I will return to you, says Yahweh Sabaoth.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	1	4	Do not be like your ancestors when the prophets in the past cried to them: Yahweh Sabaoth says this: Turn back from your evil ways and evil deeds -- they would not listen or pay attention to me -- Yahweh declares.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	1	5	Where are your ancestors now? And the prophets, do they live for ever?
-Zechariah	Zec	45	1	6	But did not my words and statutes, with which I had charged my servants the prophets, overtake your ancestors just the same?" ' So they repented and said, 'Yahweh Sabaoth has treated us as he resolved to do, and as our ways and deeds deserved.'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	1	7	On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month (the month of Shebat), in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh was addressed to the prophet Zechariah (son of Berechiah), son of Iddo, as follows,
-Zechariah	Zec	45	1	8	'I had a vision during the night. There was a man riding a red horse standing among the deep-rooted myrtles; behind him were other horses-red, chestnut and white.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	1	9	I said, "What are these, my lord?" And the angel who was talking to me said, "I will show you what they are."
-Zechariah	Zec	45	1	10	The man standing among the myrtles then replied, "Those are they whom Yahweh has sent to patrol the world."
-Zechariah	Zec	45	1	11	They reported to the angel of Yahweh as he stood among the myrtles, "We have been patrolling the world, and indeed the whole world is still and at peace."
-Zechariah	Zec	45	1	12	The angel of Yahweh then spoke and said, "Yahweh Sabaoth, how long will you wait before taking pity on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, on which you have inflicted your anger for the past seventy years?"
-Zechariah	Zec	45	1	13	Yahweh then replied with kind and comforting words to the angel who was talking to me.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	1	14	The angel who was talking to me then said to me, "Make this proclamation: Yahweh Sabaoth says this: I am burning with jealousy for Jerusalem and Zion
-Zechariah	Zec	45	1	15	but am deeply angry with the nations now at ease; before, I was only mildly angry, but they contributed to the disaster.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	1	16	So now Yahweh says this: In compassion I have returned to Jerusalem; my Temple will be rebuilt there -- Yahweh Sabaoth declares -- and the measuring line will be stretched over Jerusalem.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	1	17	Make this proclamation too: Yahweh Sabaoth says this: My cities are once more to be very prosperous. Yahweh will comfort Zion once again, and again make Jerusalem his choice." '
-Zechariah	Zec	45	2	1	Then, raising my eyes, I had a vision. It was this: There were four horns.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	2	2	I said to the angel who was talking to me, 'What are these?' He said to me, 'These are the horns which scattered Judah (Israel) and Jerusalem.'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	2	3	Yahweh then showed me four smiths.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	2	4	And I said, 'What are these coming to do?' He said to me, '(Those horns scattered Judah so completely that no one dared to raise his head; but) these have come to terrify them, to throw down the horns of the nations who raised their horns over the land of Judah to scatter it.'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	2	5	Then, raising my eyes, I had a vision. There was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	2	6	I asked him, 'Where are you going?' He said, 'To measure Jerusalem, to calculate her width and length.'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	2	7	And then, while the angel who was talking to me walked away, another angel came out to meet him.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	2	8	He said to him, 'Run, and tell that young man this, "Jerusalem is to remain unwalled, because of the great number of men and cattle inside.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	2	9	For I -- Yahweh declares -- shall be a wall of fire all round her and I shall be the Glory within her." '
-Zechariah	Zec	45	2	10	Look out! Look out! Flee from the land of the north -- Yahweh declares- for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven -- Yahweh declares.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	2	11	Look out! Make your escape, Zion, now living with the daughter of Babylon!
-Zechariah	Zec	45	2	12	For Yahweh Sabaoth says this, since the Glory commissioned me, about the nations who plundered you, 'Whoever touches you touches the apple of my eye.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	2	13	Now look, I shall wave my hand over them and they will be plundered by those whom they have enslaved.' Then you will know that Yahweh Sabaoth has sent me!
-Zechariah	Zec	45	2	14	Sing, rejoice, daughter of Zion, for now I am coming to live among you -Yahweh declares!
-Zechariah	Zec	45	2	15	And on that day many nations will be converted to Yahweh. Yes, they will become his people, and they will live among you. Then you will know that Yahweh Sabaoth has sent me to you!
-Zechariah	Zec	45	2	16	Yahweh will take possession of Judah, his portion in the Holy Land, and again make Jerusalem his choice.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	2	17	Let all people be silent before Yahweh, now that he is stirring from his holy Dwelling!
-Zechariah	Zec	45	3	1	He then showed me the high priest Joshua, standing before the angel of Yahweh, with Satan standing on his right to accuse him.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	3	2	The angel of Yahweh said to Satan, 'May Yahweh rebuke you, Satan! May Yahweh rebuke you, since he has made Jerusalem his choice. Is not this man a brand snatched from the fire?'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	3	3	Now Joshua was dressed in dirty clothes as he stood before the angel.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	3	4	The latter then spoke as follows to those who were standing before him, 'Take off his dirty clothesand dress him in splendid robes
-Zechariah	Zec	45	3	5	and put a clean turban on his head.' So they put a clean turban on his head and dressed him in clean clothes, while the angel of Yahweh stood byand said, 'You see, I have taken your guilt away.'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	3	6	The angel of Yahweh then made this declaration to Joshua,
-Zechariah	Zec	45	3	7	'Yahweh Sabaoth says this, "If you walk in my ways and keep my ordinances, you shall govern my house, you shall watch over my courts, and I will give you free access among those in attendance here.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	3	8	'So listen, High Priest Joshua, you and the colleagues over whom you preside -- for they are an omen of things to come -- for now I shall bring in my servant the Branch, and I shall remove this country's guilt in a single day.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	3	9	For this is the stone which I have put before Joshua, a stone on which are seven eyes; and I myself shall cut the inscription on it -- Yahweh Sabaoth declares."
-Zechariah	Zec	45	3	10	On that day -- Yahweh Sabaoth declares -- invite each other to come under your vine and your fig tree." '
-Zechariah	Zec	45	4	1	The angel who was talking to me came back and roused me as though rousing someone who was asleep.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	4	2	And he asked me, 'What do you see?' I replied, 'As I look, there is a lamp-stand entirely of gold with a bowl at the top of it; it holds seven lamps, with seven openings for the lamps on it.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	4	3	By it are two olive trees, one to the right and the other to the left.'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	4	4	I then said to the angel who was talking to me, 'What are those things, my lord?'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	4	5	The angel who was talking to me replied, 'Do you not know what they are?' I said, 'No, my lord.'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	4	6	He then gave me this answer,'These seven are the eyes of Yahweh, which range over the whole world.'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	4	7	'What are you, great mountain? Beside Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! He will bring out the keystone while it is cheered with Hurrah! Hurrah!'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	4	8	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Zechariah	Zec	45	4	9	'The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this Temple; his hands will finish it. (Then you will know that Yahweh Sabaoth has sent me to you.)
-Zechariah	Zec	45	4	10	A day of little things, no doubt, but who would dare despise it? How they will rejoice when they see the chosen stone in the hands of Zerubbabel!'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	4	11	Then I went on to ask him, 'What is the meaning of these two olive trees, to right and left of the lamp-stand?'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	4	12	(And I went on to ask him further, 'What is the meaning of the two olive branches discharging oil through the two golden openings?')
-Zechariah	Zec	45	4	13	He replied, 'Do you not know what they are?' I said, 'No, my lord.'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	4	14	He said, 'These are the two anointed ones in attendance on the Lord of the whole world. This is the word of Yahweh with regard to Zerubbabel, 'Not by might and not by power, but by my spirit' -- says Yahweh Sabaoth.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	5	1	Again raising my eyes, I had a vision. There was a flying scroll.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	5	2	The angel who was talking to me said, 'What do you see?' I replied, 'I see a flying scroll; it is twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	5	3	He then said to me, 'This is God's curse sweeping across the face of the whole country; for, according to what it says on one side, every thief will be banished and, according to what it says on the other, everyone who commits perjury in my name will be banished from it.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	5	4	I am going to release it -- Yahweh Sabaoth declares -- for it to enter the house of the thief and of anyone who commits perjury in my name, for it to settle deep within his house and consume it, timber, stone and all.'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	5	5	The angel who was talking to me appeared and said to me, 'Raise your eyes, and see what this is, going along.'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	5	6	I said, 'What is it?' He said, 'It is a bushel measure going along.' He went on, 'This is their guilt throughout the country.'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	5	7	At this, a disc of lead was raised, and I saw a woman sitting inside the barrel.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	5	8	He said, 'This is Wickedness.' And he rammed her back into the barrel and jammed its mouth shut with the mass of lead.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	5	9	I raised my eyes, and there were two women appearing. The wind caught their wings -- they had wings like a stork's; they raised the barrel midway between earth and heaven.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	5	10	I then said to the angel who was talking to me, 'Where are they taking the barrel?'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	5	11	He replied, 'To build a temple for it in the land of Shinar and make a pedestal on which to put it.'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	6	1	Again I raised my eyes, and this is what I saw: four chariots coming out between two mountains, and the mountains were mountains of bronze.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	6	2	The first chariot had red horses, the second chariot had black horses,
-Zechariah	Zec	45	6	3	the third chariot had white horses and the fourth chariot had vigorous, piebald horses.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	6	4	I asked the angel who was talking to me, 'What are these, my lord?'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	6	5	The angel replied, 'They are the four winds of heaven now leaving, after attending the Lord of the whole world.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	6	6	The black horses are leaving for the land of the north; the white are following them, and the piebald are leaving for the land of the south.'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	6	7	They came out vigorously, eager to patrol the world. He said to them, 'Go and patrol the world.' And they patrolled the world.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	6	8	He called to me and said, 'Look, the ones going to the land of the north brought my spirit to rest on the land of the north.'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	6	9	Then the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
-Zechariah	Zec	45	6	10	'Collect silver and gold from the exiles, from Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah, then (you yourself go the same day) go to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah, who has arrived from Babylon.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	6	11	Then, taking the silver and gold, make a crown and place it on the head of the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	6	12	And say this to him, "Yahweh Sabaoth says this: Here is a man whose name is Branch; where he is, there will be a branching out (and he will rebuild Yahweh's sanctuary).
-Zechariah	Zec	45	6	13	Yes, he is the one who will rebuild Yahweh's sanctuary; he will wear the royal insignia and sit on his throne and govern, with a priest on his right. Perfect peace will reign between these two.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	6	14	And the crown will serve Heldai, Tobijah, Jedaiah and the son of Zephaniah as a memorial of favour in Yahweh's sanctuary.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	6	15	And those now far away will come and work on the building of Yahweh's sanctuary." 'Then you will know that Yahweh Sabaoth has sent me to you. It will happen if you diligently obey the voice of Yahweh your God.'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	7	1	In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of Yahweh was addressed to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	7	2	Bethel sent Sharezer with a deputation to entreat Yahweh's favour
-Zechariah	Zec	45	7	3	and to ask the priests in the Temple of Yahweh Sabaoth and the prophets, 'Ought I to go on mourning and fasting in the fifth month as I have been doing for so many years past?'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	7	4	Then the word of Yahweh Sabaoth was addressed to me as follows,
-Zechariah	Zec	45	7	5	'Say to all the people of the country and to the priests, "While you have been fasting and mourning in the fifth and seventh months for the past seventy years, have you really been fasting for my sake?
-Zechariah	Zec	45	7	6	And when you were eating and drinking, were you not eating and drinking for your own sake?
-Zechariah	Zec	45	7	7	Do you not know the words which Yahweh proclaimed through the prophets in the past, when Jerusalem was inhabited and secure, as were her surrounding towns, and when the Negeb and the lowlands were inhabited?" ' (
-Zechariah	Zec	45	7	8	The word of Yahweh was addressed to Zechariah as follows,
-Zechariah	Zec	45	7	9	'Yahweh Sabaoth says this.) He said, "Apply the law fairly, and show faithful love and compassion towards one another.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	7	10	Do not oppress the widow and the orphan, the foreigner and the poor, and do not secretly plan evil against one another."
-Zechariah	Zec	45	7	11	But they would not listen; they turned a rebellious shoulder; they stopped their ears rather than hear;
-Zechariah	Zec	45	7	12	they made their hearts adamant rather than listen to the teaching and the words that Yahweh Sabaoth had sent -- by his spirit -- through the prophets in the past; and consequently the fury of Yahweh Sabaoth overtook them.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	7	13	And so, since when he called they would not listen, "I would not listen when they called", says Yahweh Sabaoth,
-Zechariah	Zec	45	7	14	"but scattered them among all the nations unknown to them. Hence, after they had gone, the country was deserted, and no one came or went. They had turned a land of delights into a desert." '
-Zechariah	Zec	45	8	1	The word of Yahweh Sabaoth came as follows:
-Zechariah	Zec	45	8	2	Yahweh Sabaoth says this: I have been burning with jealousy for Zion, with furious jealousy for her sake.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	8	3	Yahweh says this: I am coming back to Zion and shall live in the heart of Jerusalem. Jerusalem will be called Faithful City and the mountain of Yahweh Sabaoth, the Holy Mountain.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	8	4	Yahweh Sabaoth says this: Aged men and women once again will sit in the squares of Jerusalem, each with a stick to lean on because of their great age.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	8	5	And the squares of the city will be full of boys and girls playing there.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	8	6	Yahweh Sabaoth says this: If this seems a miracle to the remnant of this people (in those days), will it seem one to me? declares Yahweh.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	8	7	Yahweh Sabaoth says this: Look, I shall rescue my people from the countries of the east and from the countries of the west.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	8	8	I shall bring them back to live in the heart of Jerusalem, and they will be my people and I shall be their God, faithful and just.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	8	9	'Yahweh Sabaoth says this, "Take heart, you who today hear these promises uttered by the prophets since the day when the foundations of the Temple of Yahweh Sabaoth were laid, that the sanctuary would indeed be rebuilt.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	8	10	For up to now, men were not paid their wages and nothing was paid for the animals either; and it has not been safe for anyone to come and go, because of the enemy, since I had set each one against everyone else.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	8	11	But from now on, I shall not treat the remnant of this people as I have treated them in time past -- declares Yahweh Sabaoth.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	8	12	Now they will sow in peace; the vine will give its fruit, the soil will give its produce and heaven will give its dew. I shall bestow all these on the remnant of this people.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	8	13	Just as once you were a curse among the nations, House of Judah and House of Israel, so now I shall save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid. Take heart!"
-Zechariah	Zec	45	8	14	'For Yahweh Sabaoth says this, "Just as I resolved to ill-treat you when your ancestors provoked me to anger and did not relent -- says Yahweh Sabaoth-
-Zechariah	Zec	45	8	15	so now I have changed my mind and intend to treat Jerusalem and the House of Judah well. Do not be afraid!
-Zechariah	Zec	45	8	16	"These are the things that you must do. Speak the truth to one another; at your gates, administer fair judgement conducive to peace;
-Zechariah	Zec	45	8	17	do not secretly plot evil against one another; do not love perjury; since I hate all this -- Yahweh declares." '
-Zechariah	Zec	45	8	18	The word of Yahweh Sabaoth was addressed to me as follows:
-Zechariah	Zec	45	8	19	'Yahweh Sabaoth says this, "The fast of the fourth month, the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth are to become glad, joyful, happy festivals for the House of Judah. So love truth and peace!" '
-Zechariah	Zec	45	8	20	'Yahweh Sabaoth says this, "In the future, peoples and citizens of many cities will come;
-Zechariah	Zec	45	8	21	and citizens of one city will go to the next and say: We must certainly go to entreat Yahweh's favour and seek out Yahweh Sabaoth; I am going myself.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	8	22	Yes, many peoples and great nations will seek out Yahweh Sabaoth in Jerusalem and entreat Yahweh's favour."
-Zechariah	Zec	45	8	23	'Yahweh Sabaoth says this, "In those days, ten men from nations of every language will take a Jew by the sleeve and say: We want to go with you, since we have learnt that God is with you." '
-Zechariah	Zec	45	9	1	A proclamation. The word of Yahweh is against Hadrach, it has come to rest on Damascus, for the source of Aram belongs to Yahweh no less than all the tribes of Israel;
-Zechariah	Zec	45	9	2	on Hamath too, which borders on it, and on (Tyre and) Sidon, despite her acumen.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	9	3	Tyre has built herself a fortress, has heaped up silver like dust and gold like the dirt of the streets.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	9	4	And now the Lord is going to dispossess her; at sea he will break her power, and she herself will go up in flames.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	9	5	Seeing this, Ashkelon will be terrified, Gaza too, and writhe with grief, Ekron too, at the ruin of her prospects; the king will vanish from Gaza and Ashkelon be unpeopled,
-Zechariah	Zec	45	9	6	while a half-breed will live in Ashdod! Yes, I shall destroy the pride of the Philistine;
-Zechariah	Zec	45	9	7	I shall snatch his blood from his mouth, his abominations from between his teeth. But his remnant too will belong to our God, becoming like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will become like a Jebusite.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	9	8	I shall stand guard before my home to defend it against all comers, and no oppressor will overrun them ever again, for now I am on the alert.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	9	9	Rejoice heart and soul, daughter of Zion! Shout for joy, daughter of Jerusalem! Look, your king is approaching, he is vindicated and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	9	10	He will banish chariots from Ephraim and horses from Jerusalem; the bow of war will be banished. He will proclaim peace to the nations, his empire will stretch from sea to sea, from the River to the limits of the earth.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	9	11	As for you, because of the blood of your covenant I have released your prisoners from the pit in which there is no water.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	9	12	Come back to the fortress, you prisoners waiting in hope. This very day, I vow, I shall make it up to you twice over.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	9	13	For I have strung Judah as a bow for myself, laid Ephraim on the string as an arrow, have roused your sons, Zion, against your sons, Javan, and have made you like a warrior's sword.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	9	14	Then Yahweh will appear above them and his arrow will flash out like lightning. (The Lord) Yahweh will sound the trumpet and advance in the storm-winds of the south.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	9	15	Yahweh Sabaoth will protect them! They will devour, will trample on the sling-stones, they will drink blood like wine, awash like bowls, like the corners of the altar.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	9	16	Yahweh their God will give them victory when that day comes, like the sheep who are his people; yes, the stones of a diadem will sparkle over his country.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	9	17	How fine, how splendid that will be, with wheat to make the young men flourish, and new wine the maidens!
-Zechariah	Zec	45	10	1	Ask Yahweh for rain in autumn and at the time of the spring rains. Yahweh is the one to make the storm-clouds. He will give them showers of rain; to each, grass in his field.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	10	2	Since the domestic idols have talked nonsense, and the diviners have seen false signs, and dreams have purveyed delusions, affording empty comfort, that is why they have strayed like sheep, in distress for want of a shepherd.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	10	3	My anger has been roused by the shepherds, and I shall vent it on the he-goats. When Yahweh Sabaoth comes to visit his flock, the House of Judah, he will make it his royal war-horse.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	10	4	From it will emerge Cornerstone and Tent-peg, from it, Bow-ready-for-Battle, from it, every type of leader. Together
-Zechariah	Zec	45	10	5	they will be like warriors trampling the dirt of the streets in battle; when they fight, because Yahweh is with them, they will put mounted men to rout.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	10	6	Then I shall make the House of Judah mighty and the House of Joseph victorious. I shall restore them, because I have taken pity on them, and they will be as though I had never cast them off, for I am Yahweh their God and shall answer their prayer.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	10	7	Ephraim will be like a warrior. Their hearts will be cheered as though by wine. Their children will see this and rejoice, their hearts will exult in Yahweh.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	10	8	I shall whistle to them and gather them in, for I have redeemed them; they will be as numerous as they used to be.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	10	9	I shall scatter them among the peoples but in distant countries they will remember me, they will instruct their children and then return.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	10	10	I shall bring them home from Egypt and gather them back from Assyria; I shall lead them into Gilead and the Lebanon, and even that will not be large enough for them.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	10	11	They will cross the sea of Egypt (and the waves of the sea will be struck); all the depths of the River will be dried up. The arrogance of Assyria will be cast down and the sceptre of Egypt taken away.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	10	12	I shall make them mighty in Yahweh, and they will march in my name -- Yahweh declares.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	11	1	Open your gateways, Lebanon, and the fire shall burn down your cedar trees!
-Zechariah	Zec	45	11	2	Wail, juniper, for the cedar tree has fallen, the majestic ones have been ravaged! Wail, oaks of Bashan, for the impenetrable forest has been felled!
-Zechariah	Zec	45	11	3	The sound of the wailing of shepherds! Their majesty has been ravaged. The sound of the roaring of young lions! The pride of the Jordan has been ravaged.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	11	4	Yahweh my God says this, 'Pasture the sheep for slaughter,
-Zechariah	Zec	45	11	5	whose buyers kill them and go unpunished, whose sellers say of them, "Blessed be Yahweh; now I am rich!" and whose own shepherds show them no pity.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	11	6	For I shall show no further pity for the inhabitants of the country -- Yahweh declares! Instead, I shall put everyone into the clutches of a neighbour, into the clutches of the king. They will crush the country and I shall not rescue anyone from their clutches.'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	11	7	Then I pastured for slaughter the sheep belonging to the sheep-dealers. I took two staves: the one I called 'Goodwill', the other 'Couplers'; and I pastured the sheep myself,
-Zechariah	Zec	45	11	8	getting rid of three shepherds in one month. But I lost patience with them, and they equally detested me.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	11	9	I then said, 'I am not going to pasture you any more; the one doomed to die can die; the one doomed to perish can perish; and the rest can devour one another.'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	11	10	I then took my staff, 'Goodwill', and broke it in half, to break my covenant, which I had made with all the peoples.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	11	11	When it was broken, that day the sheep-dealers, who were watching me, realised that this had been a word of Yahweh.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	11	12	I then said to them, 'If you see fit, give me my wages; if not, never mind.' So they weighed out my wages: thirty shekels of silver.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	11	13	Yahweh said to me, 'Throw it to the smelter, this princely sum at which they have valued me!' Taking the thirty shekels of silver, I threw them into the Temple of Yahweh, for the smelter.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	11	14	I then broke my second staff, 'Couplers,' in half, to rupture the brotherly relationship between Judah and Israel.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	11	15	Next, Yahweh said to me, 'This time, take the gear of a good-for-nothing shepherd.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	11	16	For I am now going to raise a shepherd in this country, who will not bother about the lost, who will not go in search of the stray, who will not heal the injured, who will not support the swollen, but who will eat the meat of the fat ones, tearing off their very hoofs.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	11	17	Disaster to the shepherd who deserts his flock! May the sword attack his arm and his right eye! May his arm shrivel completely and his right eye be totally blinded!'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	12	1	A proclamation. The word of Yahweh about Israel (and also about Judah). Yahweh, who spread out the heaven and founded the earth and formed the human spirit within, declares:
-Zechariah	Zec	45	12	2	'Look, I shall make Jerusalem a cup to set all the surrounding peoples reeling. (That will be at the time of the siege of Jerusalem.)
-Zechariah	Zec	45	12	3	'When that day comes, I shall make Jerusalem a stone too heavy for all the peoples to lift; all those who try to lift it will hurt themselves severely, although all the nations of the world will be massed against her.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	12	4	When that day comes -- declares Yahweh -- I shall strike all the horses with panic and their riders with madness. And I shall strike all the peoples with blindness. (But I shall keep watch over Judah.)
-Zechariah	Zec	45	12	5	Then the rulers of Judah will say to themselves, "The strength of the inhabitants of Jerusalem lies in Yahweh Sabaoth their God."
-Zechariah	Zec	45	12	6	When that day comes, I shall make the rulers of Judah like a brazier burning in a pile of wood, like a torch flaming in a sheaf; and they will devour all the peoples round them to right and left. And Jerusalem will be full of people as before, where she stands (in Jerusalem).
-Zechariah	Zec	45	12	7	Yahweh will first save the tents of Judah, so that the glory of the House of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not increase at Judah's expense.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	12	8	When that day comes, Yahweh will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and the frailest of them will be like David when that day comes, and the House of David will be like God, like the angel of Yahweh, at their head.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	12	9	'When that day comes, I shall set about destroying all the nations who advance against Jerusalem.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	12	10	But over the House of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem I shall pour out a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look to me. They will mourn for the one whom they have pierced as though for an only child, and weep for him as people weep for a first-born child.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	12	11	When that day comes, the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning for Hadad Rimmon in the Plain of Megiddo.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	12	12	And the country will mourn clan by clan: The clan of the House of David by itself, and their women by themselves; the clan of the House of Nathan by itself, and their women by themselves;
-Zechariah	Zec	45	12	13	the clan of the House of Levi by itself, and their women by themselves; the clan of the House of Shimei by itself, and their women by themselves;
-Zechariah	Zec	45	12	14	all the rest of the clans, every clan by itself, and their women by themselves.'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	13	1	'When that day comes, a fountain will be opened for the House of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to wash sin and impurity away.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	13	2	'When that day comes -- Yahweh declares -- I shall cut off the names of the idols from the country, and they will never be remembered again; I shall also rid the country of the prophets, and of the spirit of impurity.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	13	3	Then, if anyone still goes on prophesying, his parents, his own father and mother will say to him, "You shall not live, since you utter lies in Yahweh's name." And even while he is prophesying, his parents, his own father and mother will pierce him through.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	13	4	When that day comes, the prophets will all be ashamed to relate their visions when they prophesy and no longer put on their hair cloaks with intent to deceive.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	13	5	Instead, they will say, "I am no prophet. I am a man who tills the soil, for the land has been my living since I was a boy."
-Zechariah	Zec	45	13	6	And if anyone asks him, "What are those gashes on your chest?" he will reply, "I got them when I was with my friends." '
-Zechariah	Zec	45	13	7	Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me- declares Yahweh Sabaoth! Strike the shepherd, scatter the sheep! And I shall turn my hand against the young!
-Zechariah	Zec	45	13	8	So it will be, throughout the country- declares Yahweh Sabaoth- two-thirds in it will be cut off (be killed) and the other third will be left.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	13	9	I shall pass this third through the fire, refine them as silver is refined, test them as gold is tested. He will call on my name and I shall answer him; I shall say, 'He is my people,' and he will say, 'Yahweh is my God!'
-Zechariah	Zec	45	14	1	Look, the Day of Yahweh is coming, when the spoils taken from you will be shared out among you.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	14	2	For I shall gather all the nations to Jerusalem for battle. The city will be taken, the houses plundered, the women ravished. Half the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be ejected from the city.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	14	3	Then Yahweh will sally out and fight those nations as once he fought on the day of battle.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	14	4	When that day comes, his feet will rest on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives will be split in half from east to west, forming a huge valley; half the Mount will recede northwards, the other half southwards.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	14	5	The valley between the hills will be filled in, yes, it will be blocked as far as Jasol, it will be filled in as it was by the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. And Yahweh my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	14	6	That Day, there will be no light, but only cold and frost.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	14	7	And it will be one continuous day -- Yahweh knows -- there will be no more day and night, and it will remain light right into the time of evening.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	14	8	When that Day comes, living waters will issue from Jerusalem, half towards the eastern sea, half towards the western sea; they will flow summer and winter.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	14	9	Then Yahweh will become king of the whole world. When that Day comes, Yahweh will be the one and only and his name the one name.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	14	10	The entire country will be transformed into plain, from Geba to Rimmon in the Negeb, but Jerusalem will stand high in her place and be full of people from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the earlier gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's wine-presses.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	14	11	People will make their homes there. The curse of destruction will be lifted; Jerusalem will be safe to live in.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	14	12	And this is the plague with which Yahweh will strike all the nations who have fought against Jerusalem; their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet; their eyes will rot in their sockets; their tongues will rot in their mouths.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	14	13	When that Day comes, a great terror will fall on them from Yahweh; each man will grab his neighbour's hand and they will fall to fighting among themselves.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	14	14	Even Judah will fight against Jerusalem. The wealth of all the surrounding nations will be heaped together: gold, silver, clothing, in vast quantity.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	14	15	And the plague afflicting the horses, mules, camels, donkeys and all the other animals in those armies will be the same.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	14	16	After this, all the survivors of all the nations which have attacked Jerusalem will come up year after year to worship the King, Yahweh Sabaoth, and to keep the feast of Shelters.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	14	17	Should one of the races of the world fail to come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, Yahweh Sabaoth, there will be no rain for that one.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	14	18	Should the race of Egypt fail to come up and pay its visit, on it will fall the plague which Yahweh will inflict on each of those nations which fail to come up to keep the feast of Shelters.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	14	19	Such will be the punishment for Egypt and the punishment for all the nations which fail to come up to keep the feast of Shelters.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	14	20	When that Day comes, the very bells on the horses will be inscribed with the words, 'Sacred to Yahweh', and the cooking pots of the house of Yahweh will be as holy as the sprinkling bowls before the altar.
-Zechariah	Zec	45	14	21	Yes, every cooking pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be sacred to Yahweh Sabaoth, and all who come to offer sacrifice will help themselves and do their cooking in them, and there will be no more traders in the Temple of Yahweh Sabaoth, when that Day comes.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	1	1	In the second year of Darius, in the eighth month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to the prophet Zechariah (son of Berechiah), son of Iddo, as follows,
+Zechariah	Zech	45	1	2	'Yahweh was deeply angry with your ancestors.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	1	3	So say this to them, "Yahweh Sabaoth says this: Return to me -- Yahweh Sabaoth declares -- and I will return to you, says Yahweh Sabaoth.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	1	4	Do not be like your ancestors when the prophets in the past cried to them: Yahweh Sabaoth says this: Turn back from your evil ways and evil deeds -- they would not listen or pay attention to me -- Yahweh declares.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	1	5	Where are your ancestors now? And the prophets, do they live for ever?
+Zechariah	Zech	45	1	6	But did not my words and statutes, with which I had charged my servants the prophets, overtake your ancestors just the same?" ' So they repented and said, 'Yahweh Sabaoth has treated us as he resolved to do, and as our ways and deeds deserved.'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	1	7	On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month (the month of Shebat), in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh was addressed to the prophet Zechariah (son of Berechiah), son of Iddo, as follows,
+Zechariah	Zech	45	1	8	'I had a vision during the night. There was a man riding a red horse standing among the deep-rooted myrtles; behind him were other horses-red, chestnut and white.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	1	9	I said, "What are these, my lord?" And the angel who was talking to me said, "I will show you what they are."
+Zechariah	Zech	45	1	10	The man standing among the myrtles then replied, "Those are they whom Yahweh has sent to patrol the world."
+Zechariah	Zech	45	1	11	They reported to the angel of Yahweh as he stood among the myrtles, "We have been patrolling the world, and indeed the whole world is still and at peace."
+Zechariah	Zech	45	1	12	The angel of Yahweh then spoke and said, "Yahweh Sabaoth, how long will you wait before taking pity on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, on which you have inflicted your anger for the past seventy years?"
+Zechariah	Zech	45	1	13	Yahweh then replied with kind and comforting words to the angel who was talking to me.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	1	14	The angel who was talking to me then said to me, "Make this proclamation: Yahweh Sabaoth says this: I am burning with jealousy for Jerusalem and Zion
+Zechariah	Zech	45	1	15	but am deeply angry with the nations now at ease; before, I was only mildly angry, but they contributed to the disaster.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	1	16	So now Yahweh says this: In compassion I have returned to Jerusalem; my Temple will be rebuilt there -- Yahweh Sabaoth declares -- and the measuring line will be stretched over Jerusalem.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	1	17	Make this proclamation too: Yahweh Sabaoth says this: My cities are once more to be very prosperous. Yahweh will comfort Zion once again, and again make Jerusalem his choice." '
+Zechariah	Zech	45	2	1	Then, raising my eyes, I had a vision. It was this: There were four horns.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	2	2	I said to the angel who was talking to me, 'What are these?' He said to me, 'These are the horns which scattered Judah (Israel) and Jerusalem.'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	2	3	Yahweh then showed me four smiths.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	2	4	And I said, 'What are these coming to do?' He said to me, '(Those horns scattered Judah so completely that no one dared to raise his head; but) these have come to terrify them, to throw down the horns of the nations who raised their horns over the land of Judah to scatter it.'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	2	5	Then, raising my eyes, I had a vision. There was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	2	6	I asked him, 'Where are you going?' He said, 'To measure Jerusalem, to calculate her width and length.'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	2	7	And then, while the angel who was talking to me walked away, another angel came out to meet him.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	2	8	He said to him, 'Run, and tell that young man this, "Jerusalem is to remain unwalled, because of the great number of men and cattle inside.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	2	9	For I -- Yahweh declares -- shall be a wall of fire all round her and I shall be the Glory within her." '
+Zechariah	Zech	45	2	10	Look out! Look out! Flee from the land of the north -- Yahweh declares- for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven -- Yahweh declares.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	2	11	Look out! Make your escape, Zion, now living with the daughter of Babylon!
+Zechariah	Zech	45	2	12	For Yahweh Sabaoth says this, since the Glory commissioned me, about the nations who plundered you, 'Whoever touches you touches the apple of my eye.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	2	13	Now look, I shall wave my hand over them and they will be plundered by those whom they have enslaved.' Then you will know that Yahweh Sabaoth has sent me!
+Zechariah	Zech	45	2	14	Sing, rejoice, daughter of Zion, for now I am coming to live among you -Yahweh declares!
+Zechariah	Zech	45	2	15	And on that day many nations will be converted to Yahweh. Yes, they will become his people, and they will live among you. Then you will know that Yahweh Sabaoth has sent me to you!
+Zechariah	Zech	45	2	16	Yahweh will take possession of Judah, his portion in the Holy Land, and again make Jerusalem his choice.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	2	17	Let all people be silent before Yahweh, now that he is stirring from his holy Dwelling!
+Zechariah	Zech	45	3	1	He then showed me the high priest Joshua, standing before the angel of Yahweh, with Satan standing on his right to accuse him.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	3	2	The angel of Yahweh said to Satan, 'May Yahweh rebuke you, Satan! May Yahweh rebuke you, since he has made Jerusalem his choice. Is not this man a brand snatched from the fire?'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	3	3	Now Joshua was dressed in dirty clothes as he stood before the angel.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	3	4	The latter then spoke as follows to those who were standing before him, 'Take off his dirty clothesand dress him in splendid robes
+Zechariah	Zech	45	3	5	and put a clean turban on his head.' So they put a clean turban on his head and dressed him in clean clothes, while the angel of Yahweh stood byand said, 'You see, I have taken your guilt away.'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	3	6	The angel of Yahweh then made this declaration to Joshua,
+Zechariah	Zech	45	3	7	'Yahweh Sabaoth says this, "If you walk in my ways and keep my ordinances, you shall govern my house, you shall watch over my courts, and I will give you free access among those in attendance here.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	3	8	'So listen, High Priest Joshua, you and the colleagues over whom you preside -- for they are an omen of things to come -- for now I shall bring in my servant the Branch, and I shall remove this country's guilt in a single day.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	3	9	For this is the stone which I have put before Joshua, a stone on which are seven eyes; and I myself shall cut the inscription on it -- Yahweh Sabaoth declares."
+Zechariah	Zech	45	3	10	On that day -- Yahweh Sabaoth declares -- invite each other to come under your vine and your fig tree." '
+Zechariah	Zech	45	4	1	The angel who was talking to me came back and roused me as though rousing someone who was asleep.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	4	2	And he asked me, 'What do you see?' I replied, 'As I look, there is a lamp-stand entirely of gold with a bowl at the top of it; it holds seven lamps, with seven openings for the lamps on it.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	4	3	By it are two olive trees, one to the right and the other to the left.'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	4	4	I then said to the angel who was talking to me, 'What are those things, my lord?'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	4	5	The angel who was talking to me replied, 'Do you not know what they are?' I said, 'No, my lord.'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	4	6	He then gave me this answer,'These seven are the eyes of Yahweh, which range over the whole world.'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	4	7	'What are you, great mountain? Beside Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! He will bring out the keystone while it is cheered with Hurrah! Hurrah!'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	4	8	The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Zechariah	Zech	45	4	9	'The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this Temple; his hands will finish it. (Then you will know that Yahweh Sabaoth has sent me to you.)
+Zechariah	Zech	45	4	10	A day of little things, no doubt, but who would dare despise it? How they will rejoice when they see the chosen stone in the hands of Zerubbabel!'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	4	11	Then I went on to ask him, 'What is the meaning of these two olive trees, to right and left of the lamp-stand?'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	4	12	(And I went on to ask him further, 'What is the meaning of the two olive branches discharging oil through the two golden openings?')
+Zechariah	Zech	45	4	13	He replied, 'Do you not know what they are?' I said, 'No, my lord.'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	4	14	He said, 'These are the two anointed ones in attendance on the Lord of the whole world. This is the word of Yahweh with regard to Zerubbabel, 'Not by might and not by power, but by my spirit' -- says Yahweh Sabaoth.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	5	1	Again raising my eyes, I had a vision. There was a flying scroll.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	5	2	The angel who was talking to me said, 'What do you see?' I replied, 'I see a flying scroll; it is twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	5	3	He then said to me, 'This is God's curse sweeping across the face of the whole country; for, according to what it says on one side, every thief will be banished and, according to what it says on the other, everyone who commits perjury in my name will be banished from it.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	5	4	I am going to release it -- Yahweh Sabaoth declares -- for it to enter the house of the thief and of anyone who commits perjury in my name, for it to settle deep within his house and consume it, timber, stone and all.'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	5	5	The angel who was talking to me appeared and said to me, 'Raise your eyes, and see what this is, going along.'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	5	6	I said, 'What is it?' He said, 'It is a bushel measure going along.' He went on, 'This is their guilt throughout the country.'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	5	7	At this, a disc of lead was raised, and I saw a woman sitting inside the barrel.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	5	8	He said, 'This is Wickedness.' And he rammed her back into the barrel and jammed its mouth shut with the mass of lead.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	5	9	I raised my eyes, and there were two women appearing. The wind caught their wings -- they had wings like a stork's; they raised the barrel midway between earth and heaven.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	5	10	I then said to the angel who was talking to me, 'Where are they taking the barrel?'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	5	11	He replied, 'To build a temple for it in the land of Shinar and make a pedestal on which to put it.'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	6	1	Again I raised my eyes, and this is what I saw: four chariots coming out between two mountains, and the mountains were mountains of bronze.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	6	2	The first chariot had red horses, the second chariot had black horses,
+Zechariah	Zech	45	6	3	the third chariot had white horses and the fourth chariot had vigorous, piebald horses.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	6	4	I asked the angel who was talking to me, 'What are these, my lord?'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	6	5	The angel replied, 'They are the four winds of heaven now leaving, after attending the Lord of the whole world.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	6	6	The black horses are leaving for the land of the north; the white are following them, and the piebald are leaving for the land of the south.'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	6	7	They came out vigorously, eager to patrol the world. He said to them, 'Go and patrol the world.' And they patrolled the world.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	6	8	He called to me and said, 'Look, the ones going to the land of the north brought my spirit to rest on the land of the north.'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	6	9	Then the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
+Zechariah	Zech	45	6	10	'Collect silver and gold from the exiles, from Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah, then (you yourself go the same day) go to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah, who has arrived from Babylon.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	6	11	Then, taking the silver and gold, make a crown and place it on the head of the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	6	12	And say this to him, "Yahweh Sabaoth says this: Here is a man whose name is Branch; where he is, there will be a branching out (and he will rebuild Yahweh's sanctuary).
+Zechariah	Zech	45	6	13	Yes, he is the one who will rebuild Yahweh's sanctuary; he will wear the royal insignia and sit on his throne and govern, with a priest on his right. Perfect peace will reign between these two.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	6	14	And the crown will serve Heldai, Tobijah, Jedaiah and the son of Zephaniah as a memorial of favour in Yahweh's sanctuary.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	6	15	And those now far away will come and work on the building of Yahweh's sanctuary." 'Then you will know that Yahweh Sabaoth has sent me to you. It will happen if you diligently obey the voice of Yahweh your God.'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	7	1	In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of Yahweh was addressed to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	7	2	Bethel sent Sharezer with a deputation to entreat Yahweh's favour
+Zechariah	Zech	45	7	3	and to ask the priests in the Temple of Yahweh Sabaoth and the prophets, 'Ought I to go on mourning and fasting in the fifth month as I have been doing for so many years past?'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	7	4	Then the word of Yahweh Sabaoth was addressed to me as follows,
+Zechariah	Zech	45	7	5	'Say to all the people of the country and to the priests, "While you have been fasting and mourning in the fifth and seventh months for the past seventy years, have you really been fasting for my sake?
+Zechariah	Zech	45	7	6	And when you were eating and drinking, were you not eating and drinking for your own sake?
+Zechariah	Zech	45	7	7	Do you not know the words which Yahweh proclaimed through the prophets in the past, when Jerusalem was inhabited and secure, as were her surrounding towns, and when the Negeb and the lowlands were inhabited?" ' (
+Zechariah	Zech	45	7	8	The word of Yahweh was addressed to Zechariah as follows,
+Zechariah	Zech	45	7	9	'Yahweh Sabaoth says this.) He said, "Apply the law fairly, and show faithful love and compassion towards one another.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	7	10	Do not oppress the widow and the orphan, the foreigner and the poor, and do not secretly plan evil against one another."
+Zechariah	Zech	45	7	11	But they would not listen; they turned a rebellious shoulder; they stopped their ears rather than hear;
+Zechariah	Zech	45	7	12	they made their hearts adamant rather than listen to the teaching and the words that Yahweh Sabaoth had sent -- by his spirit -- through the prophets in the past; and consequently the fury of Yahweh Sabaoth overtook them.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	7	13	And so, since when he called they would not listen, "I would not listen when they called", says Yahweh Sabaoth,
+Zechariah	Zech	45	7	14	"but scattered them among all the nations unknown to them. Hence, after they had gone, the country was deserted, and no one came or went. They had turned a land of delights into a desert." '
+Zechariah	Zech	45	8	1	The word of Yahweh Sabaoth came as follows:
+Zechariah	Zech	45	8	2	Yahweh Sabaoth says this: I have been burning with jealousy for Zion, with furious jealousy for her sake.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	8	3	Yahweh says this: I am coming back to Zion and shall live in the heart of Jerusalem. Jerusalem will be called Faithful City and the mountain of Yahweh Sabaoth, the Holy Mountain.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	8	4	Yahweh Sabaoth says this: Aged men and women once again will sit in the squares of Jerusalem, each with a stick to lean on because of their great age.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	8	5	And the squares of the city will be full of boys and girls playing there.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	8	6	Yahweh Sabaoth says this: If this seems a miracle to the remnant of this people (in those days), will it seem one to me? declares Yahweh.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	8	7	Yahweh Sabaoth says this: Look, I shall rescue my people from the countries of the east and from the countries of the west.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	8	8	I shall bring them back to live in the heart of Jerusalem, and they will be my people and I shall be their God, faithful and just.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	8	9	'Yahweh Sabaoth says this, "Take heart, you who today hear these promises uttered by the prophets since the day when the foundations of the Temple of Yahweh Sabaoth were laid, that the sanctuary would indeed be rebuilt.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	8	10	For up to now, men were not paid their wages and nothing was paid for the animals either; and it has not been safe for anyone to come and go, because of the enemy, since I had set each one against everyone else.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	8	11	But from now on, I shall not treat the remnant of this people as I have treated them in time past -- declares Yahweh Sabaoth.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	8	12	Now they will sow in peace; the vine will give its fruit, the soil will give its produce and heaven will give its dew. I shall bestow all these on the remnant of this people.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	8	13	Just as once you were a curse among the nations, House of Judah and House of Israel, so now I shall save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid. Take heart!"
+Zechariah	Zech	45	8	14	'For Yahweh Sabaoth says this, "Just as I resolved to ill-treat you when your ancestors provoked me to anger and did not relent -- says Yahweh Sabaoth-
+Zechariah	Zech	45	8	15	so now I have changed my mind and intend to treat Jerusalem and the House of Judah well. Do not be afraid!
+Zechariah	Zech	45	8	16	"These are the things that you must do. Speak the truth to one another; at your gates, administer fair judgement conducive to peace;
+Zechariah	Zech	45	8	17	do not secretly plot evil against one another; do not love perjury; since I hate all this -- Yahweh declares." '
+Zechariah	Zech	45	8	18	The word of Yahweh Sabaoth was addressed to me as follows:
+Zechariah	Zech	45	8	19	'Yahweh Sabaoth says this, "The fast of the fourth month, the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth are to become glad, joyful, happy festivals for the House of Judah. So love truth and peace!" '
+Zechariah	Zech	45	8	20	'Yahweh Sabaoth says this, "In the future, peoples and citizens of many cities will come;
+Zechariah	Zech	45	8	21	and citizens of one city will go to the next and say: We must certainly go to entreat Yahweh's favour and seek out Yahweh Sabaoth; I am going myself.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	8	22	Yes, many peoples and great nations will seek out Yahweh Sabaoth in Jerusalem and entreat Yahweh's favour."
+Zechariah	Zech	45	8	23	'Yahweh Sabaoth says this, "In those days, ten men from nations of every language will take a Jew by the sleeve and say: We want to go with you, since we have learnt that God is with you." '
+Zechariah	Zech	45	9	1	A proclamation. The word of Yahweh is against Hadrach, it has come to rest on Damascus, for the source of Aram belongs to Yahweh no less than all the tribes of Israel;
+Zechariah	Zech	45	9	2	on Hamath too, which borders on it, and on (Tyre and) Sidon, despite her acumen.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	9	3	Tyre has built herself a fortress, has heaped up silver like dust and gold like the dirt of the streets.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	9	4	And now the Lord is going to dispossess her; at sea he will break her power, and she herself will go up in flames.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	9	5	Seeing this, Ashkelon will be terrified, Gaza too, and writhe with grief, Ekron too, at the ruin of her prospects; the king will vanish from Gaza and Ashkelon be unpeopled,
+Zechariah	Zech	45	9	6	while a half-breed will live in Ashdod! Yes, I shall destroy the pride of the Philistine;
+Zechariah	Zech	45	9	7	I shall snatch his blood from his mouth, his abominations from between his teeth. But his remnant too will belong to our God, becoming like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will become like a Jebusite.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	9	8	I shall stand guard before my home to defend it against all comers, and no oppressor will overrun them ever again, for now I am on the alert.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	9	9	Rejoice heart and soul, daughter of Zion! Shout for joy, daughter of Jerusalem! Look, your king is approaching, he is vindicated and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	9	10	He will banish chariots from Ephraim and horses from Jerusalem; the bow of war will be banished. He will proclaim peace to the nations, his empire will stretch from sea to sea, from the River to the limits of the earth.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	9	11	As for you, because of the blood of your covenant I have released your prisoners from the pit in which there is no water.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	9	12	Come back to the fortress, you prisoners waiting in hope. This very day, I vow, I shall make it up to you twice over.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	9	13	For I have strung Judah as a bow for myself, laid Ephraim on the string as an arrow, have roused your sons, Zion, against your sons, Javan, and have made you like a warrior's sword.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	9	14	Then Yahweh will appear above them and his arrow will flash out like lightning. (The Lord) Yahweh will sound the trumpet and advance in the storm-winds of the south.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	9	15	Yahweh Sabaoth will protect them! They will devour, will trample on the sling-stones, they will drink blood like wine, awash like bowls, like the corners of the altar.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	9	16	Yahweh their God will give them victory when that day comes, like the sheep who are his people; yes, the stones of a diadem will sparkle over his country.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	9	17	How fine, how splendid that will be, with wheat to make the young men flourish, and new wine the maidens!
+Zechariah	Zech	45	10	1	Ask Yahweh for rain in autumn and at the time of the spring rains. Yahweh is the one to make the storm-clouds. He will give them showers of rain; to each, grass in his field.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	10	2	Since the domestic idols have talked nonsense, and the diviners have seen false signs, and dreams have purveyed delusions, affording empty comfort, that is why they have strayed like sheep, in distress for want of a shepherd.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	10	3	My anger has been roused by the shepherds, and I shall vent it on the he-goats. When Yahweh Sabaoth comes to visit his flock, the House of Judah, he will make it his royal war-horse.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	10	4	From it will emerge Cornerstone and Tent-peg, from it, Bow-ready-for-Battle, from it, every type of leader. Together
+Zechariah	Zech	45	10	5	they will be like warriors trampling the dirt of the streets in battle; when they fight, because Yahweh is with them, they will put mounted men to rout.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	10	6	Then I shall make the House of Judah mighty and the House of Joseph victorious. I shall restore them, because I have taken pity on them, and they will be as though I had never cast them off, for I am Yahweh their God and shall answer their prayer.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	10	7	Ephraim will be like a warrior. Their hearts will be cheered as though by wine. Their children will see this and rejoice, their hearts will exult in Yahweh.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	10	8	I shall whistle to them and gather them in, for I have redeemed them; they will be as numerous as they used to be.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	10	9	I shall scatter them among the peoples but in distant countries they will remember me, they will instruct their children and then return.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	10	10	I shall bring them home from Egypt and gather them back from Assyria; I shall lead them into Gilead and the Lebanon, and even that will not be large enough for them.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	10	11	They will cross the sea of Egypt (and the waves of the sea will be struck); all the depths of the River will be dried up. The arrogance of Assyria will be cast down and the sceptre of Egypt taken away.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	10	12	I shall make them mighty in Yahweh, and they will march in my name -- Yahweh declares.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	11	1	Open your gateways, Lebanon, and the fire shall burn down your cedar trees!
+Zechariah	Zech	45	11	2	Wail, juniper, for the cedar tree has fallen, the majestic ones have been ravaged! Wail, oaks of Bashan, for the impenetrable forest has been felled!
+Zechariah	Zech	45	11	3	The sound of the wailing of shepherds! Their majesty has been ravaged. The sound of the roaring of young lions! The pride of the Jordan has been ravaged.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	11	4	Yahweh my God says this, 'Pasture the sheep for slaughter,
+Zechariah	Zech	45	11	5	whose buyers kill them and go unpunished, whose sellers say of them, "Blessed be Yahweh; now I am rich!" and whose own shepherds show them no pity.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	11	6	For I shall show no further pity for the inhabitants of the country -- Yahweh declares! Instead, I shall put everyone into the clutches of a neighbour, into the clutches of the king. They will crush the country and I shall not rescue anyone from their clutches.'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	11	7	Then I pastured for slaughter the sheep belonging to the sheep-dealers. I took two staves: the one I called 'Goodwill', the other 'Couplers'; and I pastured the sheep myself,
+Zechariah	Zech	45	11	8	getting rid of three shepherds in one month. But I lost patience with them, and they equally detested me.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	11	9	I then said, 'I am not going to pasture you any more; the one doomed to die can die; the one doomed to perish can perish; and the rest can devour one another.'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	11	10	I then took my staff, 'Goodwill', and broke it in half, to break my covenant, which I had made with all the peoples.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	11	11	When it was broken, that day the sheep-dealers, who were watching me, realised that this had been a word of Yahweh.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	11	12	I then said to them, 'If you see fit, give me my wages; if not, never mind.' So they weighed out my wages: thirty shekels of silver.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	11	13	Yahweh said to me, 'Throw it to the smelter, this princely sum at which they have valued me!' Taking the thirty shekels of silver, I threw them into the Temple of Yahweh, for the smelter.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	11	14	I then broke my second staff, 'Couplers,' in half, to rupture the brotherly relationship between Judah and Israel.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	11	15	Next, Yahweh said to me, 'This time, take the gear of a good-for-nothing shepherd.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	11	16	For I am now going to raise a shepherd in this country, who will not bother about the lost, who will not go in search of the stray, who will not heal the injured, who will not support the swollen, but who will eat the meat of the fat ones, tearing off their very hoofs.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	11	17	Disaster to the shepherd who deserts his flock! May the sword attack his arm and his right eye! May his arm shrivel completely and his right eye be totally blinded!'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	12	1	A proclamation. The word of Yahweh about Israel (and also about Judah). Yahweh, who spread out the heaven and founded the earth and formed the human spirit within, declares:
+Zechariah	Zech	45	12	2	'Look, I shall make Jerusalem a cup to set all the surrounding peoples reeling. (That will be at the time of the siege of Jerusalem.)
+Zechariah	Zech	45	12	3	'When that day comes, I shall make Jerusalem a stone too heavy for all the peoples to lift; all those who try to lift it will hurt themselves severely, although all the nations of the world will be massed against her.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	12	4	When that day comes -- declares Yahweh -- I shall strike all the horses with panic and their riders with madness. And I shall strike all the peoples with blindness. (But I shall keep watch over Judah.)
+Zechariah	Zech	45	12	5	Then the rulers of Judah will say to themselves, "The strength of the inhabitants of Jerusalem lies in Yahweh Sabaoth their God."
+Zechariah	Zech	45	12	6	When that day comes, I shall make the rulers of Judah like a brazier burning in a pile of wood, like a torch flaming in a sheaf; and they will devour all the peoples round them to right and left. And Jerusalem will be full of people as before, where she stands (in Jerusalem).
+Zechariah	Zech	45	12	7	Yahweh will first save the tents of Judah, so that the glory of the House of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not increase at Judah's expense.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	12	8	When that day comes, Yahweh will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and the frailest of them will be like David when that day comes, and the House of David will be like God, like the angel of Yahweh, at their head.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	12	9	'When that day comes, I shall set about destroying all the nations who advance against Jerusalem.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	12	10	But over the House of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem I shall pour out a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look to me. They will mourn for the one whom they have pierced as though for an only child, and weep for him as people weep for a first-born child.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	12	11	When that day comes, the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning for Hadad Rimmon in the Plain of Megiddo.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	12	12	And the country will mourn clan by clan: The clan of the House of David by itself, and their women by themselves; the clan of the House of Nathan by itself, and their women by themselves;
+Zechariah	Zech	45	12	13	the clan of the House of Levi by itself, and their women by themselves; the clan of the House of Shimei by itself, and their women by themselves;
+Zechariah	Zech	45	12	14	all the rest of the clans, every clan by itself, and their women by themselves.'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	13	1	'When that day comes, a fountain will be opened for the House of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to wash sin and impurity away.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	13	2	'When that day comes -- Yahweh declares -- I shall cut off the names of the idols from the country, and they will never be remembered again; I shall also rid the country of the prophets, and of the spirit of impurity.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	13	3	Then, if anyone still goes on prophesying, his parents, his own father and mother will say to him, "You shall not live, since you utter lies in Yahweh's name." And even while he is prophesying, his parents, his own father and mother will pierce him through.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	13	4	When that day comes, the prophets will all be ashamed to relate their visions when they prophesy and no longer put on their hair cloaks with intent to deceive.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	13	5	Instead, they will say, "I am no prophet. I am a man who tills the soil, for the land has been my living since I was a boy."
+Zechariah	Zech	45	13	6	And if anyone asks him, "What are those gashes on your chest?" he will reply, "I got them when I was with my friends." '
+Zechariah	Zech	45	13	7	Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me- declares Yahweh Sabaoth! Strike the shepherd, scatter the sheep! And I shall turn my hand against the young!
+Zechariah	Zech	45	13	8	So it will be, throughout the country- declares Yahweh Sabaoth- two-thirds in it will be cut off (be killed) and the other third will be left.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	13	9	I shall pass this third through the fire, refine them as silver is refined, test them as gold is tested. He will call on my name and I shall answer him; I shall say, 'He is my people,' and he will say, 'Yahweh is my God!'
+Zechariah	Zech	45	14	1	Look, the Day of Yahweh is coming, when the spoils taken from you will be shared out among you.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	14	2	For I shall gather all the nations to Jerusalem for battle. The city will be taken, the houses plundered, the women ravished. Half the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be ejected from the city.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	14	3	Then Yahweh will sally out and fight those nations as once he fought on the day of battle.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	14	4	When that day comes, his feet will rest on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives will be split in half from east to west, forming a huge valley; half the Mount will recede northwards, the other half southwards.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	14	5	The valley between the hills will be filled in, yes, it will be blocked as far as Jasol, it will be filled in as it was by the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. And Yahweh my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	14	6	That Day, there will be no light, but only cold and frost.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	14	7	And it will be one continuous day -- Yahweh knows -- there will be no more day and night, and it will remain light right into the time of evening.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	14	8	When that Day comes, living waters will issue from Jerusalem, half towards the eastern sea, half towards the western sea; they will flow summer and winter.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	14	9	Then Yahweh will become king of the whole world. When that Day comes, Yahweh will be the one and only and his name the one name.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	14	10	The entire country will be transformed into plain, from Geba to Rimmon in the Negeb, but Jerusalem will stand high in her place and be full of people from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the earlier gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's wine-presses.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	14	11	People will make their homes there. The curse of destruction will be lifted; Jerusalem will be safe to live in.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	14	12	And this is the plague with which Yahweh will strike all the nations who have fought against Jerusalem; their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet; their eyes will rot in their sockets; their tongues will rot in their mouths.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	14	13	When that Day comes, a great terror will fall on them from Yahweh; each man will grab his neighbour's hand and they will fall to fighting among themselves.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	14	14	Even Judah will fight against Jerusalem. The wealth of all the surrounding nations will be heaped together: gold, silver, clothing, in vast quantity.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	14	15	And the plague afflicting the horses, mules, camels, donkeys and all the other animals in those armies will be the same.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	14	16	After this, all the survivors of all the nations which have attacked Jerusalem will come up year after year to worship the King, Yahweh Sabaoth, and to keep the feast of Shelters.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	14	17	Should one of the races of the world fail to come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, Yahweh Sabaoth, there will be no rain for that one.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	14	18	Should the race of Egypt fail to come up and pay its visit, on it will fall the plague which Yahweh will inflict on each of those nations which fail to come up to keep the feast of Shelters.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	14	19	Such will be the punishment for Egypt and the punishment for all the nations which fail to come up to keep the feast of Shelters.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	14	20	When that Day comes, the very bells on the horses will be inscribed with the words, 'Sacred to Yahweh', and the cooking pots of the house of Yahweh will be as holy as the sprinkling bowls before the altar.
+Zechariah	Zech	45	14	21	Yes, every cooking pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be sacred to Yahweh Sabaoth, and all who come to offer sacrifice will help themselves and do their cooking in them, and there will be no more traders in the Temple of Yahweh Sabaoth, when that Day comes.
 Malachi	Mal	46	1	1	A message. The word of Yahweh to Israel through Malachi.
 Malachi	Mal	46	1	2	'I have loved you, says Yahweh. But you ask, "How have you shown your love?" Was not Esau Jacob's brother? declares Yahweh; even so, I loved Jacob
 Malachi	Mal	46	1	3	but I hated Esau. I turned his mountains into a desert and his heritage into dwellings in the wastelands.
@@ -27441,3784 +27419,3784 @@ Malachi	Mal	46	3	21	and trample on the wicked, who will be like ashes under the 
 Malachi	Mal	46	3	22	'Remember the Law of my servant Moses to whom at Horeb I prescribed decrees and rulings for all Israel.
 Malachi	Mal	46	3	23	'Look, I shall send you the prophet Elijah before the great and awesome Day of Yahweh comes.
 Malachi	Mal	46	3	24	He will reconcile parents to their children and children to their parents, to forestall my putting the country under the curse of destruction.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	1	Roll of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham:
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	2	Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers,
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	3	Judah fathered Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez fathered Hezron, Hezron fathered Ram,
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	4	Ram fathered Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon,
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	5	Salmon fathered Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed fathered Jesse;
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	6	and Jesse fathered King David. David fathered Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife,
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	7	Solomon fathered Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Abijah, Abijah fathered Asa,
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	8	Asa fathered Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat fathered Joram, Joram fathered Uzziah,
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	9	Uzziah fathered Jotham, Jotham fathered Ahaz, Ahaz fathered Hezekiah,
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	10	Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, Manasseh fathered Amon, Amon fathered Josiah;
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	11	and Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brothers. Then the deportation to Babylon took place.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	12	After the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah fathered Shealtiel, Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel,
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	13	Zerubbabel fathered Abiud, Abiud fathered Eliakim, Eliakim fathered Azor,
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	14	Azor fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Achim, Achim fathered Eliud,
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	15	Eliud fathered Eleazar, Eleazar fathered Matthan, Matthan fathered Jacob;
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	16	and Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary; of her was born Jesus who is called Christ.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	17	The sum of generations is therefore: fourteen from Abraham to David; fourteen from David to the Babylonian deportation; and fourteen from the Babylonian deportation to Christ.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	18	This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	19	Her husband Joseph, being an upright man and wanting to spare her disgrace, decided to divorce her informally.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	20	He had made up his mind to do this when suddenly the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, 'Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	21	She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	22	Now all this took place to fulfil what the Lord had spoken through the prophet:
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	23	Look! the virgin is with child and will give birth to a son whom they will call Immanuel, a name which means 'God-is-with-us'.
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	24	When Joseph woke up he did what the angel of the Lord had told him to do: he took his wife to his home;
-Matthew	Mat	47	1	25	he had not had intercourse with her when she gave birth to a son; and he named him Jesus.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	1	After Jesus had been born at Bethlehem in Judaea during the reign of King Herod, suddenly some wise men came to Jerusalem from the east
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	2	asking, 'Where is the infant king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose and have come to do him homage.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	3	When King Herod heard this he was perturbed, and so was the whole of Jerusalem.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	4	He called together all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, and enquired of them where the Christ was to be born.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	5	They told him, 'At Bethlehem in Judaea, for this is what the prophet wrote:
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	6	And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, you are by no means the least among the leaders of Judah, for from you will come a leader who will shepherd my people Israel.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	7	Then Herod summoned the wise men to see him privately. He asked them the exact date on which the star had appeared
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	8	and sent them on to Bethlehem with the words, 'Go and find out all about the child, and when you have found him, let me know, so that I too may go and do him homage.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	9	Having listened to what the king had to say, they set out. And suddenly the star they had seen rising went forward and halted over the place where the child was.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	10	The sight of the star filled them with delight,
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	11	and going into the house they saw the child with his mother Mary, and falling to their knees they did him homage. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	12	But they were given a warning in a dream not to go back to Herod, and returned to their own country by a different way.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	13	After they had left, suddenly the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, 'Get up, take the child and his mother with you, and escape into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, because Herod intends to search for the child and do away with him.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	14	So Joseph got up and, taking the child and his mother with him, left that night for Egypt,
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	15	where he stayed until Herod was dead. This was to fulfil what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: I called my son out of Egypt.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	16	Herod was furious on realising that he had been fooled by the wise men, and in Bethlehem and its surrounding district he had all the male children killed who were two years old or less, reckoning by the date he had been careful to ask the wise men.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	17	Then were fulfilled the words spoken through the prophet Jeremiah:
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	18	A voice is heard in Ramah, lamenting and weeping bitterly: it is Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted because they are no more.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	19	After Herod's death, suddenly the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	20	and said, 'Get up, take the child and his mother with you and go back to the land of Israel, for those who wanted to kill the child are dead.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	21	So Joseph got up and, taking the child and his mother with him, went back to the land of Israel.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	22	But when he learnt that Archelaus had succeeded his father Herod as ruler of Judaea he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the region of Galilee.
-Matthew	Mat	47	2	23	There he settled in a town called Nazareth. In this way the words spoken through the prophets were to be fulfilled: He will be called a Nazarene.
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	1	In due course John the Baptist appeared; he proclaimed this message in the desert of Judaea,
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	2	'Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is close at hand.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	3	This was the man spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said: A voice of one that cries in the desert, 'Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	4	This man John wore a garment made of camel-hair with a leather loin-cloth round his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	5	Then Jerusalem and all Judaea and the whole Jordan district made their way to him,
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	6	and as they were baptised by him in the river Jordan they confessed their sins.
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	7	But when he saw a number of Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism he said to them, 'Brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming retribution?
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	8	Produce fruit in keeping with repentance,
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	9	and do not presume to tell yourselves, "We have Abraham as our father," because, I tell you, God can raise children for Abraham from these stones.
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	10	Even now the axe is being laid to the root of the trees, so that any tree failing to produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown on the fire.
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	11	I baptise you in water for repentance, but the one who comes after me is more powerful than I, and I am not fit to carry his sandals; he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	12	His winnowing-fan is in his hand; he will clear his threshing-floor and gather his wheat into his barn; but the chaff he will burn in a fire that will never go out.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	13	Then Jesus appeared: he came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptised by John.
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	14	John tried to dissuade him, with the words, 'It is I who need baptism from you, and yet you come to me!'
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	15	But Jesus replied, 'Leave it like this for the time being; it is fitting that we should, in this way, do all that uprightness demands.' Then John gave in to him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	16	And when Jesus had been baptised he at once came up from the water, and suddenly the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	3	17	And suddenly there was a voice from heaven, 'This is my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on him.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	1	Then Jesus was led by the Spirit out into the desert to be put to the test by the devil.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	2	He fasted for forty days and forty nights, after which he was hungry,
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	3	and the tester came and said to him, 'If you are Son of God, tell these stones to turn into loaves.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	4	But he replied, 'Scripture says: Human beings live not on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	5	The devil then took him to the holy city and set him on the parapet of the Temple.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	6	'If you are Son of God,' he said, 'throw yourself down; for scripture says: He has given his angels orders about you, and they will carry you in their arms in case you trip over a stone.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	7	Jesus said to him, 'Scripture also says: Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	8	Next, taking him to a very high mountain, the devil showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendour.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	9	And he said to him, 'I will give you all these, if you fall at my feet and do me homage.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	10	Then Jesus replied, 'Away with you, Satan! For scripture says: The Lord your God is the one to whom you must do homage, him alone you must serve.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	11	Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels appeared and looked after him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	12	Hearing that John had been arrested he withdrew to Galilee,
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	13	and leaving Nazara he went and settled in Capernaum, beside the lake, on the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	14	This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	15	Land of Zebulun! Land of Naphtali! Way of the sea beyond Jordan. Galilee of the nations!
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	16	The people that lived in darkness have seen a great light; on those who lived in a country of shadow dark as death a light has dawned.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	17	From then onwards Jesus began his proclamation with the message, 'Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is close at hand.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	18	As he was walking by the Lake of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew; they were making a cast into the lake with their net, for they were fishermen.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	19	And he said to them, 'Come after me and I will make you fishers of people.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	20	And at once they left their nets and followed him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	21	Going on from there he saw another pair of brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John; they were in their boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	22	And at once, leaving the boat and their father, they followed him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	23	He went round the whole of Galilee teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing all kinds of disease and illness among the people.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	24	His fame spread throughout Syria, and those who were suffering from diseases and painful complaints of one kind or another, the possessed, epileptics, the paralysed, were all brought to him, and he cured them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	4	25	Large crowds followed him, coming from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judaea and Transjordan.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	1	Seeing the crowds, he went onto the mountain. And when he was seated his disciples came to him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	2	Then he began to speak. This is what he taught them:
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	3	How blessed are the poor in spirit: the kingdom of Heaven is theirs.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	4	Blessed are the gentle: they shall have the earth as inheritance.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	5	Blessed are those who mourn: they shall be comforted.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	6	Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for uprightness: they shall have their fill.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	7	Blessed are the merciful: they shall have mercy shown them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	8	Blessed are the pure in heart: they shall see God.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	9	Blessed are the peacemakers: they shall be recognised as children of God.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	10	Blessed are those who are persecuted in the cause of uprightness: the kingdom of Heaven is theirs.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	11	'Blessed are you when people abuse you and persecute you and speak all kinds of calumny against you falsely on my account.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	12	Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven; this is how they persecuted the prophets before you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	13	'You are salt for the earth. But if salt loses its taste, what can make it salty again? It is good for nothing, and can only be thrown out to be trampled under people's feet.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	14	'You are light for the world. A city built on a hill-top cannot be hidden.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	15	No one lights a lamp to put it under a tub; they put it on the lamp-stand where it shines for everyone in the house.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	16	In the same way your light must shine in people's sight, so that, seeing your good works, they may give praise to your Father in heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	17	'Do not imagine that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	18	In truth I tell you, till heaven and earth disappear, not one dot, not one little stroke, is to disappear from the Law until all its purpose is achieved.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	19	Therefore, anyone who infringes even one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be considered the least in the kingdom of Heaven; but the person who keeps them and teaches them will be considered great in the kingdom of Heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	20	'For I tell you, if your uprightness does not surpass that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of Heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	21	'You have heard how it was said to our ancestors, You shall not kill; and if anyone does kill he must answer for it before the court.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	22	But I say this to you, anyone who is angry with a brother will answer for it before the court; anyone who calls a brother "Fool" will answer for it before the Sanhedrin; and anyone who calls him "Traitor" will answer for it in hell fire.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	23	So then, if you are bringing your offering to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	24	leave your offering there before the altar, go and be reconciled with your brother first, and then come back and present your offering.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	25	Come to terms with your opponent in good time while you are still on the way to the court with him, or he may hand you over to the judge and the judge to the officer, and you will be thrown into prison.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	26	In truth I tell you, you will not get out till you have paid the last penny.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	27	'You have heard how it was said, You shall not commit adultery.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	28	But I say this to you, if a man looks at a woman lustfully, he has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	29	If your right eye should be your downfall, tear it out and throw it away; for it will do you less harm to lose one part of yourself than to have your whole body thrown into hell.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	30	And if your right hand should be your downfall, cut it off and throw it away; for it will do you less harm to lose one part of yourself than to have your whole body go to hell.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	31	'It has also been said, Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a writ of dismissal.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	32	But I say this to you, everyone who divorces his wife, except for the case of an illicit marriage, makes her an adulteress; and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	33	'Again, you have heard how it was said to our ancestors, You must not break your oath, but must fulfil your oaths to the Lord.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	34	But I say this to you, do not swear at all, either by heaven, since that is God's throne;
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	35	or by earth, since that is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, since that is the city of the great King.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	36	Do not swear by your own head either, since you cannot turn a single hair white or black.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	37	All you need say is "Yes" if you mean yes, "No" if you mean no; anything more than this comes from the Evil One.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	38	'You have heard how it was said: Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	39	But I say this to you: offer no resistance to the wicked. On the contrary, if anyone hits you on the right cheek, offer him the other as well;
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	40	if someone wishes to go to law with you to get your tunic, let him have your cloak as well.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	41	And if anyone requires you to go one mile, go two miles with him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	42	Give to anyone who asks you, and if anyone wants to borrow, do not turn away.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	43	'You have heard how it was said, You will love your neighbour and hate your enemy.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	44	But I say this to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you;
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	45	so that you may be children of your Father in heaven, for he causes his sun to rise on the bad as well as the good, and sends down rain to fall on the upright and the wicked alike.
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	46	For if you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even the tax collectors do as much?
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	47	And if you save your greetings for your brothers, are you doing anything exceptional?
-Matthew	Mat	47	5	48	Do not even the gentiles do as much? You must therefore be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	1	'Be careful not to parade your uprightness in public to attract attention; otherwise you will lose all reward from your Father in heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	2	So when you give alms, do not have it trumpeted before you; this is what the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win human admiration. In truth I tell you, they have had their reward.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	3	But when you give alms, your left hand must not know what your right is doing;
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	4	your almsgiving must be secret, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	5	'And when you pray, do not imitate the hypocrites: they love to say their prayers standing up in the synagogues and at the street corners for people to see them. In truth I tell you, they have had their reward.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	6	But when you pray, go to your private room, shut yourself in, and so pray to your Father who is in that secret place, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	7	'In your prayers do not babble as the gentiles do, for they think that by using many words they will make themselves heard.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	8	Do not be like them; your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	9	So you should pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be held holy,
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	10	your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	11	Give us today our daily bread.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	12	And forgive us our debts, as we have forgiven those who are in debt to us.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	13	And do not put us to the test, but save us from the Evil One.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	14	'Yes, if you forgive others their failings, your heavenly Father will forgive you yours;
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	15	but if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive your failings either.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	16	'When you are fasting, do not put on a gloomy look as the hypocrites do: they go about looking unsightly to let people know they are fasting. In truth I tell you, they have had their reward.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	17	But when you fast, put scent on your head and wash your face,
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	18	so that no one will know you are fasting except your Father who sees all that is done in secret; and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	19	'Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and woodworm destroy them and thieves can break in and steal.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	20	But store up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where neither moth nor woodworm destroys them and thieves cannot break in and steal.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	21	For wherever your treasure is, there will your heart be too.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	22	'The lamp of the body is the eye. It follows that if your eye is clear, your whole body will be filled with light.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	23	But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be darkness. If then, the light inside you is darkened, what darkness that will be!
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	24	'No one can be the slave of two masters: he will either hate the first and love the second, or be attached to the first and despise the second. You cannot be the slave both of God and of money.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	25	'That is why I am telling you not to worry about your life and what you are to eat, nor about your body and what you are to wear. Surely life is more than food, and the body more than clothing!
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	26	Look at the birds in the sky. They do not sow or reap or gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they are?
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	27	Can any of you, however much you worry, add one single cubit to your span of life?
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	28	And why worry about clothing? Think of the flowers growing in the fields; they never have to work or spin;
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	29	yet I assure you that not even Solomon in all his royal robes was clothed like one of these.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	30	Now if that is how God clothes the wild flowers growing in the field which are there today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, will he not much more look after you, you who have so little faith?
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	31	So do not worry; do not say, "What are we to eat? What are we to drink? What are we to wear?"
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	32	It is the gentiles who set their hearts on all these things. Your heavenly Father knows you need them all.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	33	Set your hearts on his kingdom first, and on God's saving justice, and all these other things will be given you as well.
-Matthew	Mat	47	6	34	So do not worry about tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	1	'Do not judge, and you will not be judged;
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	2	because the judgements you give are the judgements you will get, and the standard you use will be the standard used for you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	3	Why do you observe the splinter in your brother's eye and never notice the great log in your own?
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	4	And how dare you say to your brother, "Let me take that splinter out of your eye," when, look, there is a great log in your own?
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	5	Hypocrite! Take the log out of your own eye first, and then you will see clearly enough to take the splinter out of your brother's eye.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	6	'Do not give dogs what is holy; and do not throw your pearls in front of pigs, or they may trample them and then turn on you and tear you to pieces.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	7	'Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	8	Everyone who asks receives; everyone who searches finds; everyone who knocks will have the door opened.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	9	Is there anyone among you who would hand his son a stone when he asked for bread?
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	10	Or would hand him a snake when he asked for a fish?
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	11	If you, then, evil as you are, know how to give your children what is good, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	12	'So always treat others as you would like them to treat you; that is the Law and the Prophets.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	13	'Enter by the narrow gate, since the road that leads to destruction is wide and spacious, and many take it;
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	14	but it is a narrow gate and a hard road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	15	'Beware of false prophets who come to you disguised as sheep but underneath are ravenous wolves.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	16	You will be able to tell them by their fruits. Can people pick grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	17	In the same way, a sound tree produces good fruit but a rotten tree bad fruit.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	18	A sound tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a rotten tree bear good fruit.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	19	Any tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown on the fire.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	20	I repeat, you will be able to tell them by their fruits.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	21	'It is not anyone who says to me, "Lord, Lord," who will enter the kingdom of Heaven, but the person who does the will of my Father in heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	22	When the day comes many will say to me, "Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, drive out demons in your name, work many miracles in your name?"
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	23	Then I shall tell them to their faces: I have never known you; away from me, all evil doers!
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	24	'Therefore, everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	25	Rain came down, floods rose, gales blew and hurled themselves against that house, and it did not fall: it was founded on rock.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	26	But everyone who listens to these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a stupid man who built his house on sand.
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	27	Rain came down, floods rose, gales blew and struck that house, and it fell; and what a fall it had!'
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	28	Jesus had now finished what he wanted to say, and his teaching made a deep impression on the people
-Matthew	Mat	47	7	29	because he taught them with authority, unlike their own scribes.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	1	After he had come down from the mountain large crowds followed him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	2	Suddenly a man with a virulent skin-disease came up and bowed low in front of him, saying, 'Lord, if you are willing, you can cleanse me.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	3	Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him saying, 'I am willing. Be cleansed.' And his skin-disease was cleansed at once.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	4	Then Jesus said to him, 'Mind you tell no one, but go and show yourself to the priest and make the offering prescribed by Moses, as evidence to them.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	5	When he went into Capernaum a centurion came up and pleaded with him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	6	'Sir,' he said, 'my servant is lying at home paralysed and in great pain.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	7	Jesus said to him, 'I will come myself and cure him.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	8	The centurion replied, 'Sir, I am not worthy to have you under my roof; just give the word and my servant will be cured.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	9	For I am under authority myself and have soldiers under me; and I say to one man, "Go," and he goes; to another, "Come here," and he comes; to my servant, "Do this," and he does it.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	10	When Jesus heard this he was astonished and said to those following him, 'In truth I tell you, in no one in Israel have I found faith as great as this.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	11	And I tell you that many will come from east and west and sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob at the feast in the kingdom of Heaven;
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	12	but the children of the kingdom will be thrown out into the darkness outside, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	13	And to the centurion Jesus said, 'Go back, then; let this be done for you, as your faith demands.' And the servant was cured at that moment.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	14	And going into Peter's house Jesus found Peter's mother-in-law in bed and feverish.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	15	He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	16	That evening they brought him many who were possessed by devils. He drove out the spirits with a command and cured all who were sick.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	17	This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: He himself bore our sicknesses away and carried our diseases.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	18	When Jesus saw the crowd all about him he gave orders to leave for the other side.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	19	One of the scribes then came up and said to him, 'Master, I will follow you wherever you go.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	20	Jesus said, 'Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	21	Another man, one of the disciples, said to him, 'Lord, let me go and bury my father first.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	22	But Jesus said, 'Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their dead.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	23	Then he got into the boat followed by his disciples.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	24	Suddenly a storm broke over the lake, so violent that the boat was being swamped by the waves. But he was asleep.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	25	So they went to him and woke him saying, 'Save us, Lord, we are lost!'
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	26	And he said to them, 'Why are you so frightened, you who have so little faith?' And then he stood up and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	27	They were astounded and said, 'Whatever kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	28	When he reached the territory of the Gadarenes on the other side, two demoniacs came towards him out of the tombs -- they were so dangerously violent that nobody could use that path.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	29	Suddenly they shouted, 'What do you want with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torture us before the time?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	30	Now some distance away there was a large herd of pigs feeding,
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	31	and the devils pleaded with Jesus, 'If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	32	And he said to them, 'Go then,' and they came out and made for the pigs; and at that the whole herd charged down the cliff into the lake and perished in the water.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	33	The herdsmen ran off and made for the city, where they told the whole story, including what had happened to the demoniacs.
-Matthew	Mat	47	8	34	Suddenly the whole city set out to meet Jesus; and as soon as they saw him they implored him to leave their neighbourhood.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	1	He got back in the boat, crossed the water and came to his home town.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	2	And suddenly some people brought him a paralytic stretched out on a bed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, 'Take comfort, my child, your sins are forgiven.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	3	And now some scribes said to themselves, 'This man is being blasphemous.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	4	Knowing what was in their minds Jesus said, 'Why do you have such wicked thoughts in your hearts?
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	5	Now, which of these is easier: to say, "Your sins are forgiven," or to say, "Get up and walk"?
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	6	But to prove to you that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins,' -- then he said to the paralytic-'get up, pick up your bed and go off home.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	7	And the man got up and went home.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	8	A feeling of awe came over the crowd when they saw this, and they praised God for having given such authority to human beings.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	9	As Jesus was walking on from there he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, 'Follow me.' And he got up and followed him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	10	Now while he was at table in the house it happened that a number of tax collectors and sinners came to sit at the table with Jesus and his disciples.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	11	When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, 'Why does your master eat with tax collectors and sinners?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	12	When he heard this he replied, 'It is not the healthy who need the doctor, but the sick.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	13	Go and learn the meaning of the words: Mercy is what pleases me, not sacrifice. And indeed I came to call not the upright, but sinners.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	14	Then John's disciples came to him and said, 'Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	15	Jesus replied, 'Surely the bridegroom's attendants cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is still with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	16	No one puts a piece of unshrunken cloth onto an old cloak, because the patch pulls away from the cloak and the tear gets worse.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	17	Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the skins burst, the wine runs out, and the skins are lost. No; they put new wine in fresh skins and both are preserved.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	18	While he was speaking to them, suddenly one of the officials came up, who bowed low in front of him and said, 'My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and her life will be saved.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	19	Jesus rose and, with his disciples, followed him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	20	Then suddenly from behind him came a woman, who had been suffering from a haemorrhage for twelve years, and she touched the fringe of his cloak,
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	21	for she was thinking, 'If only I can touch his cloak I shall be saved.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	22	Jesus turned round and saw her; and he said to her, 'Courage, my daughter, your faith has saved you.' And from that moment the woman was saved.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	23	When Jesus reached the official's house and saw the flute-players, with the crowd making a commotion, he said,
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	24	'Get out of here; the little girl is not dead; she is asleep.' And they ridiculed him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	25	But when the people had been turned out he went inside and took her by the hand; and she stood up.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	26	And the news of this spread all round the countryside.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	27	As Jesus went on his way two blind men followed him shouting, 'Take pity on us, son of David.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	28	And when Jesus reached the house the blind men came up to him and he said to them, 'Do you believe I can do this?' They said, 'Lord, we do.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	29	Then he touched their eyes saying, 'According to your faith, let it be done to you.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	30	And their sight returned. Then Jesus sternly warned them, 'Take care that no one learns about this.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	31	But when they had gone away, they talked about him all over the countryside.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	32	They had only just left when suddenly a man was brought to him, a dumb demoniac.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	33	And when the devil was driven out, the dumb man spoke and the people were amazed and said, 'Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	34	But the Pharisees said, 'It is through the prince of devils that he drives out devils.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	35	Jesus made a tour through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing all kinds of disease and all kinds of illness.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	36	And when he saw the crowds he felt sorry for them because they were harassed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd.
-Matthew	Mat	47	9	37	Then he said to his disciples, 'The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers to his harvest.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	1	He summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits with power to drive them out and to cure all kinds of disease and all kinds of illness.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	2	These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon who is known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	3	Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	4	Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who was also his betrayer.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	5	These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them as follows: 'Do not make your way to gentile territory, and do not enter any Samaritan town;
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	6	go instead to the lost sheep of the House of Israel.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	7	And as you go, proclaim that the kingdom of Heaven is close at hand.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	8	Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those suffering from virulent skin-diseases, drive out devils. You received without charge, give without charge.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	9	Provide yourselves with no gold or silver, not even with coppers for your purses,
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	10	with no haversack for the journey or spare tunic or footwear or a staff, for the labourer deserves his keep.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	11	'Whatever town or village you go into, seek out someone worthy and stay with him until you leave.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	12	As you enter his house, salute it,
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	13	and if the house deserves it, may your peace come upon it; if it does not, may your peace come back to you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	14	And if anyone does not welcome you or listen to what you have to say, as you walk out of the house or town shake the dust from your feet.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	15	In truth I tell you, on the Day of Judgement it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	16	Look, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be cunning as snakes and yet innocent as doves.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	17	'Be prepared for people to hand you over to sanhedrins and scourge you in their synagogues.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	18	You will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as evidence to them and to the gentiles.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	19	But when you are handed over, do not worry about how to speak or what to say; what you are to say will be given to you when the time comes,
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	20	because it is not you who will be speaking; the Spirit of your Father will be speaking in you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	21	'Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will come forward against their parents and have them put to death.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	22	You will be universally hated on account of my name; but anyone who stands firm to the end will be saved.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	23	If they persecute you in one town, take refuge in the next; and if they persecute you in that, take refuge in another. In truth I tell you, you will not have gone the round of the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	24	'Disciple is not superior to teacher, nor slave to master.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	25	It is enough for disciple to grow to be like teacher, and slave like master. If they have called the master of the house "Beelzebul", how much more the members of his household?
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	26	'So do not be afraid of them. Everything now covered up will be uncovered, and everything now hidden will be made clear.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	27	What I say to you in the dark, tell in the daylight; what you hear in whispers, proclaim from the housetops.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	28	'Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; fear him rather who can destroy both body and soul in hell.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	29	Can you not buy two sparrows for a penny? And yet not one falls to the ground without your Father knowing.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	30	Why, every hair on your head has been counted.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	31	So there is no need to be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	32	'So if anyone declares himself for me in the presence of human beings, I will declare myself for him in the presence of my Father in heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	33	But the one who disowns me in the presence of human beings, I will disown in the presence of my Father in heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	34	'Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth: it is not peace I have come to bring, but a sword.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	35	For I have come to set son against father, daughter against mother, daughter-in-law against mother-in-law;
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	36	a person's enemies will be the members of his own household.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	37	'No one who prefers father or mother to me is worthy of me. No one who prefers son or daughter to me is worthy of me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	38	Anyone who does not take his cross and follow in my footsteps is not worthy of me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	39	Anyone who finds his life will lose it; anyone who loses his life for my sake will find it.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	40	'Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me; and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	41	'Anyone who welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will have a prophet's reward; and anyone who welcomes an upright person because he is upright will have the reward of an upright person.
-Matthew	Mat	47	10	42	'If anyone gives so much as a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple, then in truth I tell you, he will most certainly not go without his reward.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	1	When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples he moved on from there to teach and preach in their towns.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	2	Now John had heard in prison what Christ was doing and he sent his disciples to ask him,
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	3	'Are you the one who is to come, or are we to expect someone else?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	4	Jesus answered, 'Go back and tell John what you hear and see;
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	5	the blind see again, and the lame walk, those suffering from virulent skin-diseases are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life and the good news is proclaimed to the poor;
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	6	and blessed is anyone who does not find me a cause of falling.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	7	As the men were leaving, Jesus began to talk to the people about John, 'What did you go out into the desert to see? A reed swaying in the breeze? No?
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	8	Then what did you go out to see? A man wearing fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothes are to be found in palaces.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	9	Then what did you go out for? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet:
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	10	he is the one of whom scripture says: Look, I am going to send my messenger in front of you to prepare your way before you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	11	'In truth I tell you, of all the children born to women, there has never been anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	12	Since John the Baptist came, up to this present time, the kingdom of Heaven has been subjected to violence and the violent are taking it by storm.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	13	Because it was towards John that all the prophecies of the prophets and of the Law were leading;
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	14	and he, if you will believe me, is the Elijah who was to return.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	15	Anyone who has ears should listen!
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	16	'What comparison can I find for this generation? It is like children shouting to each other as they sit in the market place:
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	17	We played the pipes for you, and you wouldn't dance; we sang dirges, and you wouldn't be mourners.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	18	'For John came, neither eating nor drinking, and they say, "He is possessed."
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	19	The Son of man came, eating and drinking, and they say, "Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners." Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	20	Then he began to reproach the towns in which most of his miracles had been worked, because they refused to repent.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	21	'Alas for you, Chorazin! Alas for you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	22	Still, I tell you that it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on Judgement Day than for you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	23	And as for you, Capernaum, did you want to be raised as high as heaven? You shall be flung down to hell. For if the miracles done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have been standing yet.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	24	Still, I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on Judgement Day than for you.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	25	At that time Jesus exclaimed, 'I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to little children.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	26	Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	27	Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, just as no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	28	'Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	29	Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
-Matthew	Mat	47	11	30	Yes, my yoke is easy and my burden light.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	1	At that time Jesus went through the cornfields one Sabbath day. His disciples were hungry and began to pick ears of corn and eat them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	2	The Pharisees noticed it and said to him, 'Look, your disciples are doing something that is forbidden on the Sabbath.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	3	But he said to them, 'Have you not read what David did when he and his followers were hungry-
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	4	how he went into the house of God and they ate the loaves of the offering although neither he nor his followers were permitted to eat them, but only the priests?
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	5	Or again, have you not read in the Law that on the Sabbath day the Temple priests break the Sabbath without committing any fault?
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	6	Now here, I tell you, is something greater than the Temple.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	7	And if you had understood the meaning of the words: Mercy is what pleases me, not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the blameless.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	8	For the Son of man is master of the Sabbath.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	9	He moved on from there and went to their synagogue;
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	10	now a man was there with a withered hand. They asked him, 'Is it permitted to cure somebody on the Sabbath day?' hoping for something to charge him with.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	11	But he said to them, 'If any one of you here had only one sheep and it fell down a hole on the Sabbath day, would he not get hold of it and lift it out?
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	12	Now a man is far more important than a sheep, so it follows that it is permitted on the Sabbath day to do good.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	13	Then he said to the man, 'Stretch out your hand.' He stretched it out and his hand was restored, as sound as the other one.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	14	At this the Pharisees went out and began to plot against him, discussing how to destroy him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	15	Jesus knew this and withdrew from the district. Many followed him and he cured them all
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	16	but warned them not to make him known.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	17	This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	18	Look! My servant whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul delights, I will send my Spirit upon him, and he will present judgement to the nations;
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	19	he will not brawl or cry out, his voice is not heard in the streets,
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	20	he will not break the crushed reed, or snuff the faltering wick,
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	21	until he has made judgement victorious; in him the nations will put their hope.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	22	Then they brought to him a blind and dumb demoniac; and he cured him, so that the dumb man could speak and see.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	23	All the people were astounded and said, 'Can this be the son of David?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	24	But when the Pharisees heard this they said, 'The man drives out devils only through Beelzebul, the chief of the devils.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	25	Knowing what was in their minds he said to them, 'Every kingdom divided against itself is heading for ruin; and no town, no household divided against itself can last.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	26	Now if Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself; so how can his kingdom last?
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	27	And if it is through Beelzebul that I drive devils out, through whom do your own experts drive them out? They shall be your judges, then.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	28	But if it is through the Spirit of God that I drive out devils, then be sure that the kingdom of God has caught you unawares.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	29	'Or again, how can anyone make his way into a strong man's house and plunder his property unless he has first tied up the strong man? Only then can he plunder his house.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	30	'Anyone who is not with me is against me, and anyone who does not gather in with me throws away.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	31	And so I tell you, every human sin and blasphemy will be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	32	And anyone who says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven; but no one who speaks against the Holy Spirit will be forgiven either in this world or in the next.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	33	'Make a tree sound and its fruit will be sound; make a tree rotten and its fruit will be rotten. For the tree can be told by its fruit.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	34	You brood of vipers, how can your speech be good when you are evil? For words flow out of what fills the heart.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	35	Good people draw good things from their store of goodness; bad people draw bad things from their store of badness.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	36	So I tell you this, that for every unfounded word people utter they will answer on Judgement Day,
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	37	since it is by your words you will be justified, and by your words condemned.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	38	Then some of the scribes and Pharisees spoke up. 'Master,' they said, 'we should like to see a sign from you.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	39	He replied, 'It is an evil and unfaithful generation that asks for a sign! The only sign it will be given is the sign of the prophet Jonah.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	40	For as Jonah remained in the belly of the sea-monster for three days and three nights, so will the Son of man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	41	On Judgement Day the men of Nineveh will appear against this generation and they will be its condemnation, because when Jonah preached they repented; and look, there is something greater than Jonah here.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	42	On Judgement Day the Queen of the South will appear against this generation and be its condemnation, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and look, there is something greater than Solomon here.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	43	'When an unclean spirit goes out of someone it wanders through waterless country looking for a place to rest, and cannot find one.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	44	Then it says, "I will return to the home I came from." But on arrival, finding it unoccupied, swept and tidied,
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	45	it then goes off and collects seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and set up house there, and so that person ends up worse off than before. That is what will happen to this wicked generation.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	46	He was still speaking to the crowds when suddenly his mother and his brothers were standing outside and were anxious to have a word with him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	47	Someone said to him: Your mother and brothers are standing outside and want to speak to you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	48	But to the man who told him this Jesus replied, 'Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	49	And stretching out his hand towards his disciples he said, 'Here are my mother and my brothers.
-Matthew	Mat	47	12	50	Anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	1	That same day, Jesus left the house and sat by the lakeside,
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	2	but such large crowds gathered round him that he got into a boat and sat there. The people all stood on the shore,
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	3	and he told them many things in parables. He said, 'Listen, a sower went out to sow.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	4	As he sowed, some seeds fell on the edge of the path, and the birds came and ate them up.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	5	Others fell on patches of rock where they found little soil and sprang up at once, because there was no depth of earth;
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	6	but as soon as the sun came up they were scorched and, not having any roots, they withered away.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	7	Others fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	8	Others fell on rich soil and produced their crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	9	Anyone who has ears should listen!'
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	10	Then the disciples went up to him and asked, 'Why do you talk to them in parables?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	11	In answer, he said, 'Because to you is granted to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of Heaven, but to them it is not granted.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	12	Anyone who has will be given more and will have more than enough; but anyone who has not will be deprived even of what he has.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	13	The reason I talk to them in parables is that they look without seeing and listen without hearing or understanding.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	14	So in their case what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah is being fulfilled: Listen and listen, but never understand! Look and look, but never perceive!
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	15	This people's heart has grown coarse, their ears dulled, they have shut their eyes tight to avoid using their eyes to see, their ears to hear, their heart to understand, changing their ways and being healed by me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	16	'But blessed are your eyes because they see, your ears because they hear!
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	17	In truth I tell you, many prophets and upright people longed to see what you see, and never saw it; to hear what you hear, and never heard it.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	18	'So pay attention to the parable of the sower.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	19	When anyone hears the word of the kingdom without understanding, the Evil One comes and carries off what was sown in his heart: this is the seed sown on the edge of the path.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	20	The seed sown on patches of rock is someone who hears the word and welcomes it at once with joy.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	21	But such a person has no root deep down and does not last; should some trial come, or some persecution on account of the word, at once he falls away.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	22	The seed sown in thorns is someone who hears the word, but the worry of the world and the lure of riches choke the word and so it produces nothing.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	23	And the seed sown in rich soil is someone who hears the word and understands it; this is the one who yields a harvest and produces now a hundredfold, now sixty, now thirty.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	24	He put another parable before them, 'The kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	25	While everybody was asleep his enemy came, sowed darnel all among the wheat, and made off.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	26	When the new wheat sprouted and ripened, then the darnel appeared as well.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	27	The owner's labourers went to him and said, "Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed in your field? If so, where does the darnel come from?"
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	28	He said to them, "Some enemy has done this." And the labourers said, "Do you want us to go and weed it out?"
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	29	But he said, "No, because when you weed out the darnel you might pull up the wheat with it.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	30	Let them both grow till the harvest; and at harvest time I shall say to the reapers: First collect the darnel and tie it in bundles to be burnt, then gather the wheat into my barn." '
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	31	He put another parable before them, 'The kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	32	It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the biggest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air can come and shelter in its branches.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	33	He told them another parable, 'The kingdom of Heaven is like the yeast a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour till it was leavened all through.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	34	In all this Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables; indeed, he would never speak to them except in parables.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	35	This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet: I will speak to you in parables, unfold what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	36	Then, leaving the crowds, he went to the house; and his disciples came to him and said, 'Explain to us the parable about the darnel in the field.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	37	He said in reply, 'The sower of the good seed is the Son of man.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	38	The field is the world; the good seed is the subjects of the kingdom; the darnel, the subjects of the Evil One;
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	39	the enemy who sowed it, the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; the reapers are the angels.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	40	Well then, just as the darnel is gathered up and burnt in the fire, so it will be at the end of time.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	41	The Son of man will send his angels and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of falling and all who do evil,
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	42	and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	43	Then the upright will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Anyone who has ears should listen!
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	44	'The kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in a field which someone has found; he hides it again, goes off in his joy, sells everything he owns and buys the field.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	45	'Again, the kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls;
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	46	when he finds one of great value he goes and sells everything he owns and buys it.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	47	'Again, the kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet that is cast in the sea and brings in a haul of all kinds of fish.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	48	When it is full, the fishermen bring it ashore; then, sitting down, they collect the good ones in baskets and throw away those that are no use.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	49	This is how it will be at the end of time: the angels will appear and separate the wicked from the upright,
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	50	to throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	51	'Have you understood all these?' They said, 'Yes.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	52	And he said to them, 'Well then, every scribe who becomes a disciple of the kingdom of Heaven is like a householder who brings out from his storeroom new things as well as old.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	53	When Jesus had finished these parables he left the district;
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	54	and, coming to his home town, he taught the people in their synagogue in such a way that they were astonished and said, 'Where did the man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	55	This is the carpenter's son, surely? Is not his mother the woman called Mary, and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Jude?
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	56	His sisters, too, are they not all here with us? So where did the man get it all?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	57	And they would not accept him. But Jesus said to them, 'A prophet is despised only in his own country and in his own house,'
-Matthew	Mat	47	13	58	and he did not work many miracles there because of their lack of faith.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	1	At that time Herod the tetrarch heard about the reputation of Jesus
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	2	and said to his court, 'This is John the Baptist himself; he has risen from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	3	Now it was Herod who had arrested John, chained him up and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	4	For John had told him, 'It is against the Law for you to have her.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	5	He had wanted to kill him but was afraid of the people, who regarded John as a prophet.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	6	Then, during the celebrations for Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company and so delighted Herod
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	7	that he promised on oath to give her anything she asked.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	8	Prompted by her mother she said, 'Give me John the Baptist's head, here, on a dish.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	9	The king was distressed but, thinking of the oaths he had sworn and of his guests, he ordered it to be given her,
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	10	and sent and had John beheaded in the prison.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	11	The head was brought in on a dish and given to the girl, who took it to her mother.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	12	John's disciples came and took the body and buried it; then they went off to tell Jesus.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	13	When Jesus received this news he withdrew by boat to a lonely place where they could be by themselves. But the crowds heard of this and, leaving the towns, went after him on foot.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	14	So as he stepped ashore he saw a large crowd; and he took pity on them and healed their sick.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	15	When evening came, the disciples went to him and said, 'This is a lonely place, and time has slipped by; so send the people away, and they can go to the villages to buy themselves some food.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	16	Jesus replied, 'There is no need for them to go: give them something to eat yourselves.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	17	But they answered, 'All we have with us is five loaves and two fish.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	18	So he said, 'Bring them here to me.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	19	He gave orders that the people were to sit down on the grass; then he took the five loaves and the two fish, raised his eyes to heaven and said the blessing. And breaking the loaves he handed them to his disciples, who gave them to the crowds.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	20	They all ate as much as they wanted, and they collected the scraps left over, twelve baskets full.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	21	Now about five thousand men had eaten, to say nothing of women and children.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	22	And at once he made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side while he sent the crowds away.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	23	After sending the crowds away he went up into the hills by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	24	while the boat, by now some furlongs from land, was hard pressed by rough waves, for there was a head-wind.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	25	In the fourth watch of the night he came towards them, walking on the sea,
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	26	and when the disciples saw him walking on the sea they were terrified. 'It is a ghost,' they said, and cried out in fear.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	27	But at once Jesus called out to them, saying, 'Courage! It's me! Don't be afraid.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	28	It was Peter who answered. 'Lord,' he said, 'if it is you, tell me to come to you across the water.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	29	Jesus said, 'Come.' Then Peter got out of the boat and started walking towards Jesus across the water,
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	30	but then noticing the wind, he took fright and began to sink. 'Lord,' he cried, 'save me!'
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	31	Jesus put out his hand at once and held him. 'You have so little faith,' he said, 'why did you doubt?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	32	And as they got into the boat the wind dropped.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	33	The men in the boat bowed down before him and said, 'Truly, you are the Son of God.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	34	Having made the crossing, they came to land at Gennesaret.
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	35	When the local people recognised him they spread the news through the whole neighbourhood and took all that were sick to him,
-Matthew	Mat	47	14	36	begging him just to let them touch the fringe of his cloak. And all those who touched it were saved.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	1	Then Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem came to Jesus and said,
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	2	'Why do your disciples break away from the tradition of the elders? They eat without washing their hands.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	3	He answered, 'And why do you break away from the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	4	For God said, "Honour your father and your mother" and "Anyone who curses his father or mother will be put to death."
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	5	But you say, "If anyone says to his father or mother: Anything I might have used to help you is dedicated to God,
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	6	he is rid of his duty to father or mother." In this way you have made God's word ineffective by means of your tradition.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	7	Hypocrites! How rightly Isaiah prophesied about you when he said:
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	8	This people honours me only with lip-service, while their hearts are far from me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	9	Their reverence of me is worthless; the lessons they teach are nothing but human commandments.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	10	He called the people to him and said, 'Listen, and understand.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	11	What goes into the mouth does not make anyone unclean; it is what comes out of the mouth that makes someone unclean.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	12	Then the disciples came to him and said, 'Do you know that the Pharisees were shocked when they heard what you said?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	13	He replied, 'Any plant my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	14	Leave them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind; and if one blind person leads another, both will fall into a pit.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	15	At this, Peter said to him, 'Explain the parable for us.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	16	Jesus replied, 'Even you -- don't you yet understand?
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	17	Can't you see that whatever goes into the mouth passes through the stomach and is discharged into the sewer?
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	18	But whatever comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and it is this that makes someone unclean.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	19	For from the heart come evil intentions: murder, adultery, fornication, theft, perjury, slander.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	20	These are the things that make a person unclean. But eating with unwashed hands does not make anyone unclean.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	21	Jesus left that place and withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	22	And suddenly out came a Canaanite woman from that district and started shouting, 'Lord, Son of David, take pity on me. My daughter is tormented by a devil.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	23	But he said not a word in answer to her. And his disciples went and pleaded with him, saying, 'Give her what she wants, because she keeps shouting after us.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	24	He said in reply, 'I was sent only to the lost sheep of the House of Israel.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	25	But the woman had come up and was bowing low before him. 'Lord,' she said, 'help me.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	26	He replied, 'It is not fair to take the children's food and throw it to little dogs.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	27	She retorted, 'Ah yes, Lord; but even little dogs eat the scraps that fall from their masters' table.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	28	Then Jesus answered her, 'Woman, you have great faith. Let your desire be granted.' And from that moment her daughter was well again.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	29	Jesus went on from there and reached the shores of the Lake of Galilee, and he went up onto the mountain. He took his seat,
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	30	and large crowds came to him bringing the lame, the crippled, the blind, the dumb and many others; these they put down at his feet, and he cured them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	31	The crowds were astonished to see the dumb speaking, the cripples whole again, the lame walking and the blind with their sight, and they praised the God of Israel.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	32	But Jesus called his disciples to him and said, 'I feel sorry for all these people; they have been with me for three days now and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them off hungry, or they might collapse on the way.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	33	The disciples said to him, 'Where in a deserted place could we get sufficient bread for such a large crowd to have enough to eat?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	34	Jesus said to them, 'How many loaves have you?' They said, 'Seven, and a few small fish.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	35	Then he instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground,
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	36	and he took the seven loaves and the fish, and after giving thanks he broke them and began handing them to the disciples, who gave them to the crowds.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	37	They all ate as much as they wanted, and they collected what was left of the scraps, seven baskets full.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	38	Now four thousand men had eaten, to say nothing of women and children.
-Matthew	Mat	47	15	39	And when he had sent the crowds away he got into the boat and went to the territory of Magadan.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	1	The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to put him to the test they asked if he would show them a sign from heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	2	He replied, 'In the evening you say, "It will be fine; there's a red sky,"
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	3	and in the morning, "Stormy weather today; the sky is red and overcast." You know how to read the face of the sky, but you cannot read the signs of the times.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	4	It is an evil and unfaithful generation asking for a sign, and the only sign it will be given is the sign of Jonah.' And he left them and went off.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	5	The disciples, having crossed to the other side, had forgotten to take any food.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	6	Jesus said to them, 'Keep your eyes open, and be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	7	And they said among themselves, 'It is because we have not brought any bread.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	8	Jesus knew it, and he said, 'You have so little faith, why are you talking among yourselves about having no bread?
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	9	Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand and the number of baskets you collected?
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	10	Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and the number of baskets you collected?
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	11	How could you fail to understand that I was not talking about bread? What I said was: Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	12	Then they understood that he was telling them to be on their guard, not against yeast for making bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	13	When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi he put this question to his disciples, 'Who do people say the Son of man is?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	14	And they said, 'Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	15	'But you,' he said, 'who do you say I am?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	16	Then Simon Peter spoke up and said, 'You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	17	Jesus replied, 'Simon son of Jonah, you are a blessed man! Because it was no human agency that revealed this to you but my Father in heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	18	So I now say to you: You are Peter and on this rock I will build my community. And the gates of the underworld can never overpower it.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	19	I will give you the keys of the kingdom of Heaven: whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven; whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	20	Then he gave the disciples strict orders not to say to anyone that he was the Christ.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	21	From then onwards Jesus began to make it clear to his disciples that he was destined to go to Jerusalem and suffer grievously at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes and to be put to death and to be raised up on the third day.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	22	Then, taking him aside, Peter started to rebuke him. 'Heaven preserve you, Lord,' he said, 'this must not happen to you.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	23	But he turned and said to Peter, 'Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle in my path, because you are thinking not as God thinks but as human beings do.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	24	Then Jesus said to his disciples, 'If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	25	Anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake will find it.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	26	What, then, will anyone gain by winning the whole world and forfeiting his life? Or what can anyone offer in exchange for his life?
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	27	'For the Son of man is going to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will reward each one according to his behaviour.
-Matthew	Mat	47	16	28	In truth I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of man coming with his kingdom.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	1	Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	2	There in their presence he was transfigured: his face shone like the sun and his clothes became as dazzling as light.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	3	And suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared to them; they were talking with him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	4	Then Peter spoke to Jesus. 'Lord,' he said, 'it is wonderful for us to be here; if you want me to, I will make three shelters here, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	5	He was still speaking when suddenly a bright cloud covered them with shadow, and suddenly from the cloud there came a voice which said, 'This is my Son, the Beloved; he enjoys my favour. Listen to him.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	6	When they heard this, the disciples fell on their faces, overcome with fear.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	7	But Jesus came up and touched them, saying, 'Stand up, do not be afraid.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	8	And when they raised their eyes they saw no one but Jesus.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	9	As they came down from the mountain Jesus gave them this order, 'Tell no one about this vision until the Son of man has risen from the dead.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	10	And the disciples put this question to him, 'Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	11	He replied, 'Elijah is indeed coming, and he will set everything right again;
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	12	however, I tell you that Elijah has come already and they did not recognise him but treated him as they pleased; and the Son of man will suffer similarly at their hands.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	13	Then the disciples understood that he was speaking of John the Baptist.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	14	As they were rejoining the crowd a man came up to him and went down on his knees before him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	15	'Lord,' he said, 'take pity on my son: he is demented and in a wretched state; he is always falling into fire and into water.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	16	I took him to your disciples and they were unable to cure him.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	17	In reply, Jesus said, 'Faithless and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I put up with you? Bring him here to me.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	18	And when Jesus rebuked it the devil came out of the boy, who was cured from that moment.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	19	Then the disciples came privately to Jesus. 'Why were we unable to drive it out?' they asked.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	20	He answered, 'Because you have so little faith. In truth I tell you, if your faith is the size of a mustard seed you will say to this mountain, "Move from here to there," and it will move; nothing will be impossible for you.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	21	21
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	22	When they were together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, 'The Son of man is going to be delivered into the power of men;
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	23	they will put him to death, and on the third day he will be raised up again.' And a great sadness came over them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	24	When they reached Capernaum, the collectors of the half-shekel came to Peter and said, 'Does your master not pay the half-shekel?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	25	'Yes,' he replied, and went into the house. But before he could speak, Jesus said, 'Simon, what is your opinion? From whom do earthly kings take toll or tribute? From their sons or from foreigners?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	26	And when he replied, 'From foreigners,' Jesus said, 'Well then, the sons are exempt.
-Matthew	Mat	47	17	27	However, so that we shall not be the downfall of others, go to the lake and cast a hook; take the first fish that rises, open its mouth and there you will find a shekel; take it and give it to them for me and for yourself.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	1	At this time the disciples came to Jesus and said, 'Who is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	2	So he called a little child to him whom he set among them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	3	Then he said, 'In truth I tell you, unless you change and become like little children you will never enter the kingdom of Heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	4	And so, the one who makes himself as little as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	5	'Anyone who welcomes one little child like this in my name welcomes me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	6	But anyone who is the downfall of one of these little ones who have faith in me would be better drowned in the depths of the sea with a great millstone round his neck.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	7	Alas for the world that there should be such causes of falling! Causes of falling indeed there must be, but alas for anyone who provides them!
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	8	'If your hand or your foot should be your downfall, cut it off and throw it away: it is better for you to enter into life crippled or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	9	And if your eye should be your downfall, tear it out and throw it away: it is better for you to enter into life with one eye, than to have two eyes and be thrown into the hell of fire.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	10	'See that you never despise any of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in heaven are continually in the presence of my Father in heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	11	11
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	12	'Tell me. Suppose a man has a hundred sheep and one of them strays; will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hillside and go in search of the stray?
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	13	In truth I tell you, if he finds it, it gives him more joy than do the ninety-nine that did not stray at all.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	14	Similarly, it is never the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	15	'If your brother does something wrong, go and have it out with him alone, between your two selves. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	16	If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you: whatever the misdemeanour, the evidence of two or three witnesses is required to sustain the charge.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	17	But if he refuses to listen to these, report it to the community; and if he refuses to listen to the community, treat him like a gentile or a tax collector.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	18	'In truth I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven; whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	19	'In truth I tell you once again, if two of you on earth agree to ask anything at all, it will be granted to you by my Father in heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	20	For where two or three meet in my name, I am there among them.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	21	Then Peter went up to him and said, 'Lord, how often must I forgive my brother if he wrongs me? As often as seven times?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	22	Jesus answered, 'Not seven, I tell you, but seventy-seven times.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	23	'And so the kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a king who decided to settle his accounts with his servants.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	24	When the reckoning began, they brought him a man who owed ten thousand talents;
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	25	he had no means of paying, so his master gave orders that he should be sold, together with his wife and children and all his possessions, to meet the debt.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	26	At this, the servant threw himself down at his master's feet, with the words, "Be patient with me and I will pay the whole sum."
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	27	And the servant's master felt so sorry for him that he let him go and cancelled the debt.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	28	Now as this servant went out, he happened to meet a fellow-servant who owed him one hundred denarii; and he seized him by the throat and began to throttle him, saying, "Pay what you owe me."
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	29	His fellow-servant fell at his feet and appealed to him, saying, "Be patient with me and I will pay you."
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	30	But the other would not agree; on the contrary, he had him thrown into prison till he should pay the debt.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	31	His fellow-servants were deeply distressed when they saw what had happened, and they went to their master and reported the whole affair to him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	32	Then the master sent for the man and said to him, "You wicked servant, I cancelled all that debt of yours when you appealed to me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	33	Were you not bound, then, to have pity on your fellow-servant just as I had pity on you?"
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	34	And in his anger the master handed him over to the torturers till he should pay all his debt.
-Matthew	Mat	47	18	35	And that is how my heavenly Father will deal with you unless you each forgive your brother from your heart.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	1	Jesus had now finished what he wanted to say, and he left Galilee and came into the territory of Judaea on the far side of the Jordan.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	2	Large crowds followed him and he healed them there.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	3	Some Pharisees approached him, and to put him to the test they said, 'Is it against the Law for a man to divorce his wife on any pretext whatever?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	4	He answered, 'Have you not read that the Creator from the beginning made them male and female
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	5	and that he said: This is why a man leaves his father and mother and becomes attached to his wife, and the two become one flesh?
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	6	They are no longer two, therefore, but one flesh. So then, what God has united, human beings must not divide.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	7	They said to him, 'Then why did Moses command that a writ of dismissal should be given in cases of divorce?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	8	He said to them, 'It was because you were so hard-hearted, that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but it was not like this from the beginning.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	9	Now I say this to you: anyone who divorces his wife -- I am not speaking of an illicit marriage -- and marries another, is guilty of adultery.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	10	The disciples said to him, 'If that is how things are between husband and wife, it is advisable not to marry.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	11	But he replied, 'It is not everyone who can accept what I have said, but only those to whom it is granted.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	12	There are eunuchs born so from their mother's womb, there are eunuchs made so by human agency and there are eunuchs who have made themselves so for the sake of the kingdom of Heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	13	Then people brought little children to him, for him to lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples scolded them,
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	14	but Jesus said, 'Let the little children alone, and do not stop them from coming to me; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of Heaven belongs.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	15	Then he laid his hands on them and went on his way.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	16	And now a man came to him and asked, 'Master, what good deed must I do to possess eternal life?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	17	Jesus said to him, 'Why do you ask me about what is good? There is one alone who is good. But if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	18	He said, 'Which ones?' Jesus replied, 'These: You shall not kill. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not give false witness.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	19	Honour your father and your mother. You shall love your neighbour as yourself.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	20	The young man said to him, 'I have kept all these. What more do I need to do?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	21	Jesus said, 'If you wish to be perfect, go and sell your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	22	But when the young man heard these words he went away sad, for he was a man of great wealth.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	23	Then Jesus said to his disciples, 'In truth I tell you, it is hard for someone rich to enter the kingdom of Heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	24	Yes, I tell you again, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for someone rich to enter the kingdom of Heaven.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	25	When the disciples heard this they were astonished. 'Who can be saved, then?' they said.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	26	Jesus gazed at them. 'By human resources', he told them, 'this is impossible; for God everything is possible.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	27	Then Peter answered and said, 'Look, we have left everything and followed you. What are we to have, then?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	28	Jesus said to them, 'In truth I tell you, when everything is made new again and the Son of man is seated on his throne of glory, you yourselves will sit on twelve thrones to judge the twelve tribes of Israel.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	29	And everyone who has left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children or land for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times as much, and also inherit eternal life.
-Matthew	Mat	47	19	30	'Many who are first will be last, and the last, first.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	1	'Now the kingdom of Heaven is like a landowner going out at daybreak to hire workers for his vineyard.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	2	He made an agreement with the workers for one denarius a day and sent them to his vineyard.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	3	Going out at about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the market place
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	4	and said to them, "You go to my vineyard too and I will give you a fair wage."
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	5	So they went. At about the sixth hour and again at about the ninth hour, he went out and did the same.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	6	Then at about the eleventh hour he went out and found more men standing around, and he said to them, "Why have you been standing here idle all day?"
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	7	"Because no one has hired us," they answered. He said to them, "You go into my vineyard too."
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	8	In the evening, the owner of the vineyard said to his bailiff, "Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last arrivals and ending with the first."
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	9	So those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came forward and received one denarius each.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	10	When the first came, they expected to get more, but they too received one denarius each.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	11	They took it, but grumbled at the landowner saying,
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	12	"The men who came last have done only one hour, and you have treated them the same as us, though we have done a heavy day's work in all the heat."
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	13	He answered one of them and said, "My friend, I am not being unjust to you; did we not agree on one denarius?
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	14	Take your earnings and go. I choose to pay the lastcomer as much as I pay you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	15	Have I no right to do what I like with my own? Why should you be envious because I am generous?"
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	16	Thus the last will be first, and the first, last.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	17	Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, and on the road he took the Twelve aside by themselves and said to them,
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	18	'Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man is about to be handed over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn him to death
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	19	and will hand him over to the gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified; and on the third day he will be raised up again.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	20	Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came with her sons to make a request of him, and bowed low;
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	21	and he said to her, 'What is it you want?' She said to him, 'Promise that these two sons of mine may sit one at your right hand and the other at your left in your kingdom.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	22	Jesus answered, 'You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I am going to drink?' They replied, 'We can.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	23	He said to them, 'Very well; you shall drink my cup, but as for seats at my right hand and my left, these are not mine to grant; they belong to those to whom they have been allotted by my Father.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	24	When the other ten heard this they were indignant with the two brothers.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	25	But Jesus called them to him and said, 'You know that among the gentiles the rulers lord it over them, and great men make their authority felt.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	26	Among you this is not to happen. No; anyone who wants to become great among you must be your servant,
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	27	and anyone who wants to be first among you must be your slave,
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	28	just as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	29	As they left Jericho a large crowd followed him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	30	And now there were two blind men sitting at the side of the road. When they heard that it was Jesus who was passing by, they shouted, 'Lord! Have pity on us, son of David.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	31	And the crowd scolded them and told them to keep quiet, but they only shouted the louder, 'Lord! Have pity on us, son of David.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	32	Jesus stopped, called them over and said, 'What do you want me to do for you?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	33	They said to him, 'Lord, let us have our sight back.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	20	34	Jesus felt pity for them and touched their eyes, and at once their sight returned and they followed him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	1	When they were near Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	2	saying to them, 'Go to the village facing you, and you will at once find a tethered donkey and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	3	If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, "The Master needs them and will send them back at once." '
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	4	This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet:
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	5	Say to the daughter of Zion: Look, your king is approaching, humble and riding on a donkey and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	6	So the disciples went and did as Jesus had told them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	7	They brought the donkey and the colt, then they laid their cloaks on their backs and he took his seat on them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	8	Great crowds of people spread their cloaks on the road, while others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in his path.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	9	The crowds who went in front of him and those who followed were all shouting: Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heavens!
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	10	And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil as people asked, 'Who is this?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	11	and the crowds answered, 'This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	12	Jesus then went into the Temple and drove out all those who were selling and buying there; he upset the tables of the money-changers and the seats of the dove-sellers.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	13	He said to them, 'According to scripture, my house will be called a house of prayer; but you are turning it into a bandits' den.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	14	There were also blind and lame people who came to him in the Temple, and he cured them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	15	At the sight of the wonderful things he did and of the children shouting, 'Hosanna to the son of David' in the Temple, the chief priests and the scribes were indignant and said to him,
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	16	'Do you hear what they are saying?' Jesus answered, 'Yes. Have you never read this: By the mouths of children, babes in arms, you have made sure of praise?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	17	With that he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	18	As he was returning to the city in the early morning, he felt hungry.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	19	Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it and found nothing on it but leaves. And he said to it, 'May you never bear fruit again,' and instantly the fig tree withered.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	20	The disciples were amazed when they saw it and said, 'How is it that the fig tree withered instantly?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	21	Jesus answered, 'In truth I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt at all, not only will you do what I have done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, "Be pulled up and thrown into the sea," it will be done.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	22	And if you have faith, everything you ask for in prayer, you will receive.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	23	He had gone into the Temple and was teaching, when the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him and said, 'What authority have you for acting like this? And who gave you this authority?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	24	In reply Jesus said to them, 'And I will ask you a question, just one; if you tell me the answer to it, then I will tell you my authority for acting like this.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	25	John's baptism: what was its origin, heavenly or human?' And they argued this way among themselves, 'If we say heavenly, he will retort to us, "Then why did you refuse to believe him?";
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	26	but if we say human, we have the people to fear, for they all hold that John was a prophet.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	27	So their reply to Jesus was, 'We do not know.' And he retorted to them, 'Nor will I tell you my authority for acting like this.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	28	'What is your opinion? A man had two sons. He went and said to the first, "My boy, go and work in the vineyard today."
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	29	He answered, "I will not go," but afterwards thought better of it and went.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	30	The man then went and said the same thing to the second who answered, "Certainly, sir," but did not go.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	31	Which of the two did the father's will?' They said, 'The first.' Jesus said to them, 'In truth I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are making their way into the kingdom of God before you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	32	For John came to you, showing the way of uprightness, but you did not believe him, and yet the tax collectors and prostitutes did. Even after seeing that, you refused to think better of it and believe in him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	33	'Listen to another parable. There was a man, a landowner, who planted a vineyard; he fenced it round, dug a winepress in it and built a tower; then he leased it to tenants and went abroad.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	34	When vintage time drew near he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his produce.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	35	But the tenants seized his servants, thrashed one, killed another and stoned a third.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	36	Next he sent some more servants, this time a larger number, and they dealt with them in the same way.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	37	Finally he sent his son to them thinking, "They will respect my son."
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	38	But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, "This is the heir. Come on, let us kill him and take over his inheritance."
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	39	So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	40	Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	41	They answered, 'He will bring those wretches to a wretched end and lease the vineyard to other tenants who will deliver the produce to him at the proper time.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	42	Jesus said to them, 'Have you never read in the scriptures: The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this is the Lord's doing and we marvel at it?
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	43	'I tell you, then, that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	44	44
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	45	When they heard his parables, the chief priests and the scribes realised he was speaking about them,
-Matthew	Mat	47	21	46	but though they would have liked to arrest him they were afraid of the crowds, who looked on him as a prophet.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	1	Jesus began to speak to them in parables once again,
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	2	'The kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a king who gave a feast for his son's wedding.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	3	He sent his servants to call those who had been invited, but they would not come.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	4	Next he sent some more servants with the words, "Tell those who have been invited: Look, my banquet is all prepared, my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, everything is ready. Come to the wedding."
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	5	But they were not interested: one went off to his farm, another to his business,
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	6	and the rest seized his servants, maltreated them and killed them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	7	The king was furious. He despatched his troops, destroyed those murderers and burnt their town.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	8	Then he said to his servants, "The wedding is ready; but as those who were invited proved to be unworthy,
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	9	go to the main crossroads and invite everyone you can find to come to the wedding."
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	10	So these servants went out onto the roads and collected together everyone they could find, bad and good alike; and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	11	When the king came in to look at the guests he noticed one man who was not wearing a wedding garment,
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	12	and said to him, "How did you get in here, my friend, without a wedding garment?" And the man was silent.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	13	Then the king said to the attendants, "Bind him hand and foot and throw him into the darkness outside, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth."
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	14	For many are invited but not all are chosen.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	15	Then the Pharisees went away to work out between them how to trap him in what he said.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	16	And they sent their disciples to him, together with some Herodians, to say, 'Master, we know that you are an honest man and teach the way of God in all honesty, and that you are not afraid of anyone, because human rank means nothing to you.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	17	Give us your opinion, then. Is it permissible to pay taxes to Caesar or not?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	18	But Jesus was aware of their malice and replied, 'You hypocrites! Why are you putting me to the test?
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	19	Show me the money you pay the tax with.' They handed him a denarius,
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	20	and he said, 'Whose portrait is this? Whose title?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	21	They replied, 'Caesar's.' Then he said to them, 'Very well, pay Caesar what belongs to Caesar -- and God what belongs to God.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	22	When they heard this they were amazed; they left him alone and went away.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	23	That day some Sadducees -- who deny that there is a resurrection -- approached him and they put this question to him,
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	24	'Master, Moses said that if a man dies childless, his brother is to marry the widow, his sister-in-law, to raise children for his brother.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	25	Now we had a case involving seven brothers; the first married and then died without children, leaving his wife to his brother;
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	26	the same thing happened with the second and third and so on to the seventh,
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	27	and then last of all the woman herself died.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	28	Now at the resurrection, whose wife among the seven will she be, since she had been married to them all?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	29	Jesus answered them, 'You are wrong, because you understand neither the scriptures nor the power of God.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	30	For at the resurrection men and women do not marry; no, they are like the angels in heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	31	And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you never read what God himself said to you:
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	32	I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? He is God, not of the dead, but of the living.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	33	And his teaching made a deep impression on the people who heard it.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	34	But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees they got together
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	35	and, to put him to the test, one of them put a further question,
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	36	'Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	37	Jesus said to him, 'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	38	This is the greatest and the first commandment.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	39	The second resembles it: You must love your neighbour as yourself.
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	40	On these two commandments hang the whole Law, and the Prophets too.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	41	While the Pharisees were gathered round, Jesus put to them this question,
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	42	'What is your opinion about the Christ? Whose son is he?' They told him, 'David's.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	43	He said to them, 'Then how is it that David, moved by the Spirit, calls him Lord, where he says:
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	44	The Lord declared to my Lord, take your seat at my right hand, till I have made your enemies your footstool?
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	45	'If David calls him Lord, how then can he be his son?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	22	46	No one could think of anything to say in reply, and from that day no one dared to ask him any further questions.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	1	Then addressing the crowds and his disciples Jesus said,
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	2	'The scribes and the Pharisees occupy the chair of Moses.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	3	You must therefore do and observe what they tell you; but do not be guided by what they do, since they do not practise what they preach.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	4	They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on people's shoulders, but will they lift a finger to move them? Not they!
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	5	Everything they do is done to attract attention, like wearing broader headbands and longer tassels,
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	6	like wanting to take the place of honour at banquets and the front seats in the synagogues,
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	7	being greeted respectfully in the market squares and having people call them Rabbi.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	8	'You, however, must not allow yourselves to be called Rabbi, since you have only one Master, and you are all brothers.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	9	You must call no one on earth your father, since you have only one Father, and he is in heaven.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	10	Nor must you allow yourselves to be called teachers, for you have only one Teacher, the Christ.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	11	The greatest among you must be your servant.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	12	Anyone who raises himself up will be humbled, and anyone who humbles himself will be raised up.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	13	'Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut up the kingdom of Heaven in people's faces, neither going in yourselves nor allowing others to go who want to.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	14	14
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	15	'Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over sea and land to make a single proselyte, and anyone who becomes one you make twice as fit for hell as you are.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	16	'Alas for you, blind guides! You say, "If anyone swears by the Temple, it has no force; but anyone who swears by the gold of the Temple is bound."
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	17	Fools and blind! For which is of greater value, the gold or the Temple that makes the gold sacred?
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	18	Again, "If anyone swears by the altar it has no force; but anyone who swears by the offering on the altar, is bound."
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	19	You blind men! For which is of greater worth, the offering or the altar that makes the offering sacred?
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	20	Therefore, someone who swears by the altar is swearing by that and by everything on it.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	21	And someone who swears by the Temple is swearing by that and by the One who dwells in it.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	22	And someone who swears by heaven is swearing by the throne of God and by the One who is seated there.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	23	'Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay your tithe of mint and dill and cummin and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law-justice, mercy, good faith! These you should have practised, those not neglected.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	24	You blind guides, straining out gnats and swallowing camels!
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	25	'Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of cup and dish and leave the inside full of extortion and intemperance.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	26	Blind Pharisee! Clean the inside of cup and dish first so that it and the outside are both clean.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	27	'Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look handsome on the outside, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and every kind of corruption.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	28	In just the same way, from the outside you look upright, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	29	'Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build the sepulchres of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the upright,
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	30	saying, "We would never have joined in shedding the blood of the prophets, had we lived in our ancestors' day."
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	31	So! Your own evidence tells against you! You are the children of those who murdered the prophets!
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	32	Very well then, finish off the work that your ancestors began.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	33	'You serpents, brood of vipers, how can you escape being condemned to hell?
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	34	This is why -- look -- I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some you will slaughter and crucify, some you will scourge in your synagogues and hunt from town to town;
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	35	and so you will draw down on yourselves the blood of every upright person that has been shed on earth, from the blood of Abel the holy to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	36	In truth I tell you, it will all recoil on this generation.
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	37	'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you that kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often have I longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you refused!
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	38	Look! Your house will be deserted,
-Matthew	Mat	47	23	39	for, I promise, you shall not see me any more until you are saying: Blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord!'
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	1	Jesus left the Temple, and as he was going away his disciples came up to draw his attention to the Temple buildings.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	2	He said to them in reply, 'You see all these? In truth I tell you, not a single stone here will be left on another: everything will be pulled down.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	3	And while he was sitting on the Mount of Olives the disciples came and asked him when they were by themselves, 'Tell us, when is this going to happen, and what sign will there be of your coming and of the end of the world?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	4	And Jesus answered them, 'Take care that no one deceives you,
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	5	because many will come using my name and saying, "I am the Christ," and they will deceive many.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	6	You will hear of wars and rumours of wars; see that you are not alarmed, for this is something that must happen, but the end will not be yet.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	7	For nation will fight against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	8	All this is only the beginning of the birthpangs.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	9	'Then you will be handed over to be tortured and put to death; and you will be hated by all nations on account of my name.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	10	And then many will fall away; people will betray one another and hate one another.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	11	Many false prophets will arise; they will deceive many,
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	12	and with the increase of lawlessness, love in most people will grow cold;
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	13	but anyone who stands firm to the end will be saved.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	14	'This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed to the whole world as evidence to the nations. And then the end will come.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	15	'So when you see the appalling abomination, of which the prophet Daniel spoke, set up in the holy place (let the reader understand),
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	16	then those in Judaea must escape to the mountains;
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	17	if anyone is on the housetop, he must not come down to collect his belongings from the house;
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	18	if anyone is in the fields, he must not turn back to fetch his cloak.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	19	Alas for those with child, or with babies at the breast, when those days come!
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	20	Pray that you will not have to make your escape in winter or on a Sabbath.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	21	For then there will be great distress, unparalleled since the world began, and such as will never be again.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	22	And if that time had not been shortened, no human being would have survived; but shortened that time shall be, for the sake of those who are chosen.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	23	'If anyone says to you then, "Look, here is the Christ," or "Over here," do not believe it;
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	24	for false Christs and false prophets will arise and provide great signs and portents, enough to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	25	Look! I have given you warning.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	26	'If, then, they say to you, "Look, he is in the desert," do not go there; "Look, he is in some hiding place," do not believe it;
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	27	because the coming of the Son of man will be like lightning striking in the east and flashing far into the west.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	28	Wherever the corpse is, that is where the vultures will gather.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	29	'Immediately after the distress of those days the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	30	And then the sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven; then, too, all the peoples of the earth will beat their breasts; and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	31	And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet to gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	32	'Take the fig tree as a parable: as soon as its twigs grow supple and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	33	So with you when you see all these things: know that he is near, right at the gates.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	34	In truth I tell you, before this generation has passed away, all these things will have taken place.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	35	Sky and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	36	But as for that day and hour, nobody knows it, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, no one but the Father alone.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	37	'As it was in Noah's day, so will it be when the Son of man comes.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	38	For in those days before the Flood people were eating, drinking, taking wives, taking husbands, right up to the day Noah went into the ark,
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	39	and they suspected nothing till the Flood came and swept them all away. This is what it will be like when the Son of man comes.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	40	Then of two men in the fields, one is taken, one left;
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	41	of two women grinding at the mill, one is taken, one left.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	42	'So stay awake, because you do not know the day when your master is coming.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	43	You may be quite sure of this, that if the householder had known at what time of the night the burglar would come, he would have stayed awake and would not have allowed anyone to break through the wall of his house.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	44	Therefore, you too must stand ready because the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	45	'Who, then, is the wise and trustworthy servant whom the master placed over his household to give them their food at the proper time?
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	46	Blessed that servant if his master's arrival finds him doing exactly that.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	47	In truth I tell you, he will put him in charge of everything he owns.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	48	But if the servant is dishonest and says to himself, "My master is taking his time,"
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	49	and sets about beating his fellow-servants and eating and drinking with drunkards,
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	50	his master will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know.
-Matthew	Mat	47	24	51	The master will cut him off and send him to the same fate as the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	1	'Then the kingdom of Heaven will be like this: Ten wedding attendants took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	2	Five of them were foolish and five were sensible:
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	3	the foolish ones, though they took their lamps, took no oil with them,
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	4	whereas the sensible ones took flasks of oil as well as their lamps.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	5	The bridegroom was late, and they all grew drowsy and fell asleep.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	6	But at midnight there was a cry, "Look! The bridegroom! Go out and meet him."
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	7	Then all those wedding attendants woke up and trimmed their lamps,
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	8	and the foolish ones said to the sensible ones, "Give us some of your oil: our lamps are going out."
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	9	But they replied, "There may not be enough for us and for you; you had better go to those who sell it and buy some for yourselves."
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	10	They had gone off to buy it when the bridegroom arrived. Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding hall and the door was closed.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	11	The other attendants arrived later. "Lord, Lord," they said, "open the door for us."
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	12	But he replied, "In truth I tell you, I do not know you."
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	13	So stay awake, because you do not know either the day or the hour.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	14	'It is like a man about to go abroad who summoned his servants and entrusted his property to them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	15	To one he gave five talents, to another two, to a third one, each in proportion to his ability. Then he set out on his journey.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	16	The man who had received the five talents promptly went and traded with them and made five more.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	17	The man who had received two made two more in the same way.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	18	But the man who had received one went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	19	Now a long time afterwards, the master of those servants came back and went through his accounts with them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	20	The man who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more. "Sir," he said, "you entrusted me with five talents; here are five more that I have made."
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	21	His master said to him, "Well done, good and trustworthy servant; you have shown you are trustworthy in small things; I will trust you with greater; come and join in your master's happiness."
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	22	Next the man with the two talents came forward. "Sir," he said, "you entrusted me with two talents; here are two more that I have made."
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	23	His master said to him, "Well done, good and trustworthy servant; you have shown you are trustworthy in small things; I will trust you with greater; come and join in your master's happiness."
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	24	Last came forward the man who had the single talent. "Sir," said he, "I had heard you were a hard man, reaping where you had not sown and gathering where you had not scattered;
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	25	so I was afraid, and I went off and hid your talent in the ground. Here it is; it was yours, you have it back."
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	26	But his master answered him, "You wicked and lazy servant! So you knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered?
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	27	Well then, you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have got my money back with interest.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	28	So now, take the talent from him and give it to the man who has the ten talents.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	29	For to everyone who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough; but anyone who has not, will be deprived even of what he has.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	30	As for this good-for-nothing servant, throw him into the darkness outside, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth."
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	31	'When the Son of man comes in his glory, escorted by all the angels, then he will take his seat on his throne of glory.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	32	All nations will be assembled before him and he will separate people one from another as the shepherd separates sheep from goats.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	33	He will place the sheep on his right hand and the goats on his left.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	34	Then the King will say to those on his right hand, "Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take as your heritage the kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of the world.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	35	For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you made me welcome,
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	36	lacking clothes and you clothed me, sick and you visited me, in prison and you came to see me."
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	37	Then the upright will say to him in reply, "Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	38	When did we see you a stranger and make you welcome, lacking clothes and clothe you?
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	39	When did we find you sick or in prison and go to see you?"
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	40	And the King will answer, "In truth I tell you, in so far as you did this to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me."
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	41	Then he will say to those on his left hand, "Go away from me, with your curse upon you, to the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	42	For I was hungry and you never gave me food, I was thirsty and you never gave me anything to drink,
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	43	I was a stranger and you never made me welcome, lacking clothes and you never clothed me, sick and in prison and you never visited me."
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	44	Then it will be their turn to ask, "Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty, a stranger or lacking clothes, sick or in prison, and did not come to your help?"
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	45	Then he will answer, "In truth I tell you, in so far as you neglected to do this to one of the least of these, you neglected to do it to me."
-Matthew	Mat	47	25	46	And they will go away to eternal punishment, and the upright to eternal life.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	1	Jesus had now finished all he wanted to say, and he told his disciples,
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	2	'It will be Passover, as you know, in two days' time, and the Son of man will be handed over to be crucified.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	3	Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	4	and made plans to arrest Jesus by some trick and have him put to death.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	5	They said, however, 'It must not be during the festivities; there must be no disturbance among the people.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	6	Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon, a man who had suffered from a virulent skin-disease, when
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	7	a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and poured it on his head as he was at table.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	8	When they saw this, the disciples said indignantly, 'Why this waste?
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	9	This could have been sold for a high price and the money given the poor.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	10	But Jesus noticed this and said, 'Why are you upsetting the woman? What she has done for me is indeed a good work!
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	11	You have the poor with you always, but you will not always have me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	12	When she poured this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	13	In truth I tell you, wherever in all the world this gospel is proclaimed, what she has done will be told as well, in remembrance of her.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	14	Then one of the Twelve, the man called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	15	and said, 'What are you prepared to give me if I hand him over to you?' They paid him thirty silver pieces,
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	16	and from then onwards he began to look for an opportunity to betray him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	17	Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus to say, 'Where do you want us to make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	18	He said, 'Go to a certain man in the city and say to him, "The Master says: My time is near. It is at your house that I am keeping Passover with my disciples." '
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	19	The disciples did what Jesus told them and prepared the Passover.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	20	When evening came he was at table with the Twelve.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	21	And while they were eating he said, 'In truth I tell you, one of you is about to betray me.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	22	They were greatly distressed and started asking him in turn, 'Not me, Lord, surely?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	23	He answered, 'Someone who has dipped his hand into the dish with me will betray me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	24	The Son of man is going to his fate, as the scriptures say he will, but alas for that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! Better for that man if he had never been born!'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	25	Judas, who was to betray him, asked in his turn, 'Not me, Rabbi, surely?' Jesus answered, 'It is you who say it.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	26	Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had said the blessing he broke it and gave it to the disciples. 'Take it and eat,' he said, 'this is my body.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	27	Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he handed it to them saying, 'Drink from this, all of you,
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	28	for this is my blood, the blood of the covenant, poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	29	From now on, I tell you, I shall never again drink wine until the day I drink the new wine with you in the kingdom of my Father.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	30	After the psalms had been sung they left for the Mount of Olives.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	31	Then Jesus said to them, 'You will all fall away from me tonight, for the scripture says: I shall strike the shepherd and the sheep of the flock will be scattered,
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	32	but after my resurrection I shall go ahead of you to Galilee.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	33	At this, Peter said to him, 'Even if all fall away from you, I will never fall away.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	34	Jesus answered him, 'In truth I tell you, this very night, before the cock crows, you will have disowned me three times.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	35	Peter said to him, 'Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.' And all the disciples said the same.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	36	Then Jesus came with them to a plot of land called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, 'Stay here while I go over there to pray.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	37	He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him. And he began to feel sadness and anguish.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	38	Then he said to them, 'My soul is sorrowful to the point of death. Wait here and stay awake with me.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	39	And going on a little further he fell on his face and prayed. 'My Father,' he said, 'if it is possible, let this cup pass me by. Nevertheless, let it be as you, not I, would have it.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	40	He came back to the disciples and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, 'So you had not the strength to stay awake with me for one hour?
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	41	Stay awake, and pray not to be put to the test. The spirit is willing enough, but human nature is weak.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	42	Again, a second time, he went away and prayed: 'My Father,' he said, 'if this cup cannot pass by, but I must drink it, your will be done!'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	43	And he came back again and found them sleeping, their eyes were so heavy.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	44	Leaving them there, he went away again and prayed for the third time, repeating the same words.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	45	Then he came back to the disciples and said to them, 'You can sleep on now and have your rest. Look, the hour has come when the Son of man is to be betrayed into the hands of sinners.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	46	Get up! Let us go! Look, my betrayer is not far away.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	47	And suddenly while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, appeared, and with him a large number of men armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and elders of the people.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	48	Now the traitor had arranged a sign with them saying, 'The one I kiss, he is the man. Arrest him.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	49	So he went up to Jesus at once and said, 'Greetings, Rabbi,' and kissed him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	50	Jesus said to him, 'My friend, do what you are here for.' Then they came forward, seized Jesus and arrested him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	51	And suddenly, one of the followers of Jesus grasped his sword and drew it; he struck the high priest's servant and cut off his ear.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	52	Jesus then said, 'Put your sword back, for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	53	Or do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, who would promptly send more than twelve legions of angels to my defence?
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	54	But then, how would the scriptures be fulfilled that say this is the way it must be?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	55	It was at this time that Jesus said to the crowds, 'Am I a bandit, that you had to set out to capture me with swords and clubs? I sat teaching in the Temple day after day and you never laid a hand on me.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	56	Now all this happened to fulfil the prophecies in scripture. Then all the disciples deserted him and ran away.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	57	The men who had arrested Jesus led him off to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	58	Peter followed him at a distance right to the high priest's palace, and he went in and sat down with the attendants to see what the end would be.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	59	The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus, however false, on which they might have him executed.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	60	But they could not find any, though several lying witnesses came forward. Eventually two came forward
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	61	and made a statement, 'This man said, "I have power to destroy the Temple of God and in three days build it up." '
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	62	The high priest then rose and said to him, 'Have you no answer to that? What is this evidence these men are bringing against you?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	63	But Jesus was silent. And the high priest said to him, 'I put you on oath by the living God to tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	64	Jesus answered him, 'It is you who say it. But, I tell you that from this time onward you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	65	Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, 'He has blasphemed. What need of witnesses have we now? There! You have just heard the blasphemy.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	66	What is your opinion?' They answered, 'He deserves to die.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	67	Then they spat in his face and hit him with their fists; others said as they struck him,
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	68	'Prophesy to us, Christ! Who hit you then?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	69	Meanwhile Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant-girl came up to him saying, 'You, too, were with Jesus the Galilean.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	70	But he denied it in front of them all. 'I do not know what you are talking about,' he said.
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	71	When he went out to the gateway another servant-girl saw him and said to the people there, 'This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	72	And again, with an oath, he denied it, 'I do not know the man.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	73	A little later the bystanders came up and said to Peter, 'You are certainly one of them too! Why, your accent gives you away.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	74	Then he started cursing and swearing, 'I do not know the man.' And at once the cock crowed,
-Matthew	Mat	47	26	75	and Peter remembered what Jesus had said, 'Before the cock crows you will have disowned me three times.' And he went outside and wept bitterly.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	1	When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people met in council to bring about the death of Jesus.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	2	They had him bound and led him away to hand him over to Pilate, the governor.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	3	When he found that Jesus had been condemned, then Judas, his betrayer, was filled with remorse and took the thirty silver pieces back to the chief priests and elders
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	4	saying, 'I have sinned. I have betrayed innocent blood.' They replied, 'What is that to us? That is your concern.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	5	And flinging down the silver pieces in the sanctuary he made off, and went and hanged himself.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	6	The chief priests picked up the silver pieces and said, 'It is against the Law to put this into the treasury; it is blood-money.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	7	So they discussed the matter and with it bought the potter's field as a graveyard for foreigners,
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	8	and this is why the field is still called the Field of Blood.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	9	The word spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was then fulfilled: And they took the thirty silver pieces, the sum at which the precious One was priced by the children of Israel,
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	10	and they gave them for the potter's field, just as the Lord directed me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	11	Jesus, then, was brought before the governor, and the governor put to him this question, 'Are you the king of the Jews?' Jesus replied, 'It is you who say it.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	12	But when he was accused by the chief priests and the elders he refused to answer at all.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	13	Pilate then said to him, 'Do you not hear how many charges they have made against you?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	14	But to the governor's amazement, he offered not a word in answer to any of the charges.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	15	At festival time it was the governor's practice to release a prisoner for the people, anyone they chose.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	16	Now there was then a notorious prisoner whose name was Barabbas.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	17	So when the crowd gathered, Pilate said to them, 'Which do you want me to release for you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	18	For Pilate knew it was out of jealousy that they had handed him over.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	19	Now as he was seated in the chair of judgement, his wife sent him a message, 'Have nothing to do with that upright man; I have been extremely upset today by a dream that I had about him.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	20	The chief priests and the elders, however, had persuaded the crowd to demand the release of Barabbas and the execution of Jesus.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	21	So when the governor spoke and asked them, 'Which of the two do you want me to release for you?' they said, 'Barabbas.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	22	Pilate said to them, 'But in that case, what am I to do with Jesus who is called Christ?' They all said, 'Let him be crucified!'
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	23	He asked, 'But what harm has he done?' But they shouted all the louder, 'Let him be crucified!'
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	24	Then Pilate saw that he was making no impression, that in fact a riot was imminent. So he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd and said, 'I am innocent of this man's blood. It is your concern.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	25	And the people, every one of them, shouted back, 'Let his blood be on us and on our children!'
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	26	Then he released Barabbas for them. After having Jesus scourged he handed him over to be crucified.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	27	Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus with them into the Praetorium and collected the whole cohort round him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	28	And they stripped him and put a scarlet cloak round him,
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	29	and having twisted some thorns into a crown they put this on his head and placed a reed in his right hand. To make fun of him they knelt to him saying, 'Hail, king of the Jews!'
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	30	And they spat on him and took the reed and struck him on the head with it.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	31	And when they had finished making fun of him, they took off the cloak and dressed him in his own clothes and led him away to crucifixion.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	32	On their way out, they came across a man from Cyrene, called Simon, and enlisted him to carry his cross.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	33	When they had reached a place called Golgotha, that is, the place of the skull,
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	34	they gave him wine to drink mixed with gall, which he tasted but refused to drink.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	35	When they had finished crucifying him they shared out his clothing by casting lots,
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	36	and then sat down and stayed there keeping guard over him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	37	Above his head was placed the charge against him; it read: 'This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	38	Then two bandits were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	39	The passers-by jeered at him; they shook their heads
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	40	and said, 'So you would destroy the Temple and in three days rebuild it! Then save yourself if you are God's son and come down from the cross!'
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	41	The chief priests with the scribes and elders mocked him in the same way,
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	42	with the words, 'He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the king of Israel; let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	43	He has put his trust in God; now let God rescue him if he wants him. For he did say, "I am God's son." '
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	44	Even the bandits who were crucified with him taunted him in the same way.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	45	From the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	46	And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, 'Eli, eli, lama sabachthani?' that is, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?'
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	47	When some of those who stood there heard this, they said, 'The man is calling on Elijah,'
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	48	and one of them quickly ran to get a sponge which he filled with vinegar and, putting it on a reed, gave it him to drink.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	49	But the rest of them said, 'Wait! And see if Elijah will come to save him.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	50	But Jesus, again crying out in a loud voice, yielded up his spirit.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	51	And suddenly, the veil of the Sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth quaked, the rocks were split,
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	52	the tombs opened and the bodies of many holy people rose from the dead,
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	53	and these, after his resurrection, came out of the tombs, entered the holy city and appeared to a number of people.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	54	The centurion, together with the others guarding Jesus, had seen the earthquake and all that was taking place, and they were terrified and said, 'In truth this man was son of God.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	55	And many women were there, watching from a distance, the same women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and looked after him.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	56	Among them were Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	57	When it was evening, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, called Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	58	This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be handed over.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	59	So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean shroud
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	60	and put it in his own new tomb which he had hewn out of the rock. He then rolled a large stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	61	Now Mary of Magdala and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the sepulchre.
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	62	Next day, that is, when Preparation Day was over, the chief priests and the Pharisees went in a body to Pilate
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	63	and said to him, 'Your Excellency, we recall that this impostor said, while he was still alive, "After three days I shall rise again."
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	64	Therefore give the order to have the sepulchre kept secure until the third day, for fear his disciples come and steal him away and tell the people, "He has risen from the dead." This last piece of fraud would be worse than what went before.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	65	Pilate said to them, 'You may have your guard; go and make all as secure as you know how.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	27	66	So they went and made the sepulchre secure, putting seals on the stone and mounting a guard.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	1	After the Sabbath, and towards dawn on the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary went to visit the sepulchre.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	2	And suddenly there was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	3	His face was like lightning, his robe white as snow.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	4	The guards were so shaken by fear of him that they were like dead men.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	5	But the angel spoke; and he said to the women, 'There is no need for you to be afraid. I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	6	He is not here, for he has risen, as he said he would. Come and see the place where he lay,
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	7	then go quickly and tell his disciples, "He has risen from the dead and now he is going ahead of you to Galilee; that is where you will see him." Look! I have told you.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	8	Filled with awe and great joy the women came quickly away from the tomb and ran to tell his disciples.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	9	And suddenly, coming to meet them, was Jesus. 'Greetings,' he said. And the women came up to him and, clasping his feet, they did him homage.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	10	Then Jesus said to them, 'Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers that they must leave for Galilee; there they will see me.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	11	Now while they were on their way, some of the guards went off into the city to tell the chief priests all that had happened.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	12	These held a meeting with the elders and, after some discussion, handed a considerable sum of money to the soldiers
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	13	with these instructions, 'This is what you must say, "His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep."
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	14	And should the governor come to hear of this, we undertake to put things right with him ourselves and to see that you do not get into trouble.'
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	15	So they took the money and carried out their instructions, and to this day that is the story among the Jews.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	16	Meanwhile the eleven disciples set out for Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had arranged to meet them.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	17	When they saw him they fell down before him, though some hesitated.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	18	Jesus came up and spoke to them. He said, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	19	Go, therefore, make disciples of all nations; baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
-Matthew	Mat	47	28	20	and teach them to observe all the commands I gave you. And look, I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.'
-Mark	Mark	48	1	1	The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	2	It is written in the prophet Isaiah: Look, I am going to send my messenger in front of you to prepare your way before you.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	3	A voice of one that cries in the desert: Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	4	John the Baptist was in the desert, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	5	All Judaea and all the people of Jerusalem made their way to him, and as they were baptised by him in the river Jordan they confessed their sins.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	6	John wore a garment of camel-skin, and he lived on locusts and wild honey.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	7	In the course of his preaching he said, 'After me is coming someone who is more powerful than me, and I am not fit to kneel down and undo the strap of his sandals.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	8	I have baptised you with water, but he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit.'
-Mark	Mark	48	1	9	It was at this time that Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptised in the Jordan by John.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	10	And at once, as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit, like a dove, descending on him.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	11	And a voice came from heaven, 'You are my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on you.'
-Mark	Mark	48	1	12	And at once the Spirit drove him into the desert
-Mark	Mark	48	1	13	and he remained there for forty days, and was put to the test by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels looked after him.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	14	After John had been arrested, Jesus went into Galilee. There he proclaimed the gospel from God saying,
-Mark	Mark	48	1	15	'The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is close at hand. Repent, and believe the gospel.'
-Mark	Mark	48	1	16	As he was walking along by the Lake of Galilee he saw Simon and Simon's brother Andrew casting a net in the lake -- for they were fishermen.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	17	And Jesus said to them, 'Come after me and I will make you into fishers of people.'
-Mark	Mark	48	1	18	And at once they left their nets and followed him.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	19	Going on a little further, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John; they too were in their boat, mending the nets.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	20	At once he called them and, leaving their father Zebedee in the boat with the men he employed, they went after him.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	21	They went as far as Capernaum, and at once on the Sabbath he went into the synagogue and began to teach.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	22	And his teaching made a deep impression on them because, unlike the scribes, he taught them with authority.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	23	And at once in their synagogue there was a man with an unclean spirit, and he shouted,
-Mark	Mark	48	1	24	'What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are: the Holy One of God.'
-Mark	Mark	48	1	25	But Jesus rebuked it saying, 'Be quiet! Come out of him!'
-Mark	Mark	48	1	26	And the unclean spirit threw the man into convulsions and with a loud cry went out of him.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	27	The people were so astonished that they started asking one another what it all meant, saying, 'Here is a teaching that is new, and with authority behind it: he gives orders even to unclean spirits and they obey him.'
-Mark	Mark	48	1	28	And his reputation at once spread everywhere, through all the surrounding Galilean countryside.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	29	And at once on leaving the synagogue, he went with James and John straight to the house of Simon and Andrew.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	30	Now Simon's mother-in-law was in bed and feverish, and at once they told him about her.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	31	He went in to her, took her by the hand and helped her up. And the fever left her and she began to serve them.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	32	That evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick and those who were possessed by devils.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	33	The whole town came crowding round the door,
-Mark	Mark	48	1	34	and he cured many who were sick with diseases of one kind or another; he also drove out many devils, but he would not allow them to speak, because they knew who he was.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	35	In the morning, long before dawn, he got up and left the house and went off to a lonely place and prayed there.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	36	Simon and his companions set out in search of him,
-Mark	Mark	48	1	37	and when they found him they said, 'Everybody is looking for you.'
-Mark	Mark	48	1	38	He answered, 'Let us go elsewhere, to the neighbouring country towns, so that I can proclaim the message there too, because that is why I came.'
-Mark	Mark	48	1	39	And he went all through Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out devils.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	40	A man suffering from a virulent skin-disease came to him and pleaded on his knees saying, 'If you are willing, you can cleanse me.'
-Mark	Mark	48	1	41	Feeling sorry for him, Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him and said to him, 'I am willing. Be cleansed.'
-Mark	Mark	48	1	42	And at once the skin-disease left him and he was cleansed.
-Mark	Mark	48	1	43	And at once Jesus sternly sent him away and said to him,
-Mark	Mark	48	1	44	'Mind you tell no one anything, but go and show yourself to the priest, and make the offering for your cleansing prescribed by Moses as evidence to them.'
-Mark	Mark	48	1	45	The man went away, but then started freely proclaiming and telling the story everywhere, so that Jesus could no longer go openly into any town, but stayed outside in deserted places. Even so, people from all around kept coming to him.
-Mark	Mark	48	2	1	When he returned to Capernaum, some time later word went round that he was in the house;
-Mark	Mark	48	2	2	and so many people collected that there was no room left, even in front of the door. He was preaching the word to them
-Mark	Mark	48	2	3	when some people came bringing him a paralytic carried by four men,
-Mark	Mark	48	2	4	but as they could not get the man to him through the crowd, they stripped the roof over the place where Jesus was; and when they had made an opening, they lowered the stretcher on which the paralytic lay.
-Mark	Mark	48	2	5	Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, 'My child, your sins are forgiven.'
-Mark	Mark	48	2	6	Now some scribes were sitting there, and they thought to themselves,
-Mark	Mark	48	2	7	'How can this man talk like that? He is being blasphemous. Who but God can forgive sins?'
-Mark	Mark	48	2	8	And at once, Jesus, inwardly aware that this is what they were thinking, said to them, 'Why do you have these thoughts in your hearts?
-Mark	Mark	48	2	9	Which of these is easier: to say to the paralytic, "Your sins are forgiven" or to say, "Get up, pick up your stretcher and walk"?
-Mark	Mark	48	2	10	But to prove to you that the Son of man has authority to forgive sins on earth' --
-Mark	Mark	48	2	11	he said to the paralytic-'I order you: get up, pick up your stretcher, and go off home.'
-Mark	Mark	48	2	12	And the man got up, and at once picked up his stretcher and walked out in front of everyone, so that they were all astonished and praised God saying, 'We have never seen anything like this.'
-Mark	Mark	48	2	13	He went out again to the shore of the lake; and all the people came to him, and he taught them.
-Mark	Mark	48	2	14	As he was walking along he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, 'Follow me.' And he got up and followed him.
-Mark	Mark	48	2	15	When Jesus was at dinner in his house, a number of tax collectors and sinners were also sitting at table with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many of them among his followers.
-Mark	Mark	48	2	16	When the scribes of the Pharisee party saw him eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, 'Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?'
-Mark	Mark	48	2	17	When Jesus heard this he said to them, 'It is not the healthy who need the doctor, but the sick. I came to call not the upright, but sinners.'
-Mark	Mark	48	2	18	John's disciples and the Pharisees were keeping a fast, when some people came to him and said to him, 'Why is it that John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not?'
-Mark	Mark	48	2	19	Jesus replied, 'Surely the bridegroom's attendants cannot fast while the bridegroom is still with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
-Mark	Mark	48	2	20	But the time will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then, on that day, they will fast.
-Mark	Mark	48	2	21	No one sews a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old cloak; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and the tear gets worse.
-Mark	Mark	48	2	22	And nobody puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins too. No! New wine into fresh skins!'
-Mark	Mark	48	2	23	It happened that one Sabbath day he was taking a walk through the cornfields, and his disciples began to make a path by plucking ears of corn.
-Mark	Mark	48	2	24	And the Pharisees said to him, 'Look, why are they doing something on the Sabbath day that is forbidden?'
-Mark	Mark	48	2	25	And he replied, 'Have you never read what David did in his time of need when he and his followers were hungry-
-Mark	Mark	48	2	26	how he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the loaves of the offering which only the priests are allowed to eat, and how he also gave some to the men with him?'
-Mark	Mark	48	2	27	And he said to them, 'The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath;
-Mark	Mark	48	2	28	so the Son of man is master even of the Sabbath.'
-Mark	Mark	48	3	1	Another time he went into the synagogue, and there was a man present whose hand was withered.
-Mark	Mark	48	3	2	And they were watching him to see if he would cure him on the Sabbath day, hoping for something to charge him with.
-Mark	Mark	48	3	3	He said to the man with the withered hand, 'Get up and stand in the middle!'
-Mark	Mark	48	3	4	Then he said to them, 'Is it permitted on the Sabbath day to do good, or to do evil; to save life, or to kill?' But they said nothing.
-Mark	Mark	48	3	5	Then he looked angrily round at them, grieved to find them so obstinate, and said to the man, 'Stretch out your hand.' He stretched it out and his hand was restored.
-Mark	Mark	48	3	6	The Pharisees went out and began at once to plot with the Herodians against him, discussing how to destroy him.
-Mark	Mark	48	3	7	Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lakeside, and great crowds from Galilee followed him. From Judaea,
-Mark	Mark	48	3	8	and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea and Transjordan and the region of Tyre and Sidon, great numbers who had heard of all he was doing came to him.
-Mark	Mark	48	3	9	And he asked his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, to keep him from being crushed.
-Mark	Mark	48	3	10	For he had cured so many that all who were afflicted in any way were crowding forward to touch him.
-Mark	Mark	48	3	11	And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, would fall down before him and shout, 'You are the Son of God!'
-Mark	Mark	48	3	12	But he warned them strongly not to make him known.
-Mark	Mark	48	3	13	He now went up onto the mountain and summoned those he wanted. So they came to him
-Mark	Mark	48	3	14	and he appointed twelve; they were to be his companions and to be sent out to proclaim the message,
-Mark	Mark	48	3	15	with power to drive out devils.
-Mark	Mark	48	3	16	And so he appointed the Twelve, Simon to whom he gave the name Peter,
-Mark	Mark	48	3	17	James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, to whom he gave the name Boanerges or 'Sons of Thunder';
-Mark	Mark	48	3	18	Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot
-Mark	Mark	48	3	19	and Judas Iscariot, the man who was to betray him.
-Mark	Mark	48	3	20	He went home again, and once more such a crowd collected that they could not even have a meal.
-Mark	Mark	48	3	21	When his relations heard of this, they set out to take charge of him; they said, 'He is out of his mind.'
-Mark	Mark	48	3	22	The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, 'Beelzebul is in him,' and, 'It is through the prince of devils that he drives devils out.'
-Mark	Mark	48	3	23	So he called them to him and spoke to them in parables,
-Mark	Mark	48	3	24	'How can Satan drive out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot last.
-Mark	Mark	48	3	25	And if a household is divided against itself, that household can never last.
-Mark	Mark	48	3	26	Now if Satan has rebelled against himself and is divided, he cannot last either -- it is the end of him.
-Mark	Mark	48	3	27	But no one can make his way into a strong man's house and plunder his property unless he has first tied up the strong man. Only then can he plunder his house.
-Mark	Mark	48	3	28	'In truth I tell you, all human sins will be forgiven, and all the blasphemies ever uttered;
-Mark	Mark	48	3	29	but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin.'
-Mark	Mark	48	3	30	This was because they were saying, 'There is an unclean spirit in him.'
-Mark	Mark	48	3	31	Now his mother and his brothers arrived and, standing outside, sent in a message asking for him.
-Mark	Mark	48	3	32	A crowd was sitting round him at the time the message was passed to him, 'Look, your mother and brothers and sisters are outside asking for you.'
-Mark	Mark	48	3	33	He replied, 'Who are my mother and my brothers?'
-Mark	Mark	48	3	34	And looking at those sitting in a circle round him, he said, 'Here are my mother and my brothers.
-Mark	Mark	48	3	35	Anyone who does the will of God, that person is my brother and sister and mother.'
-Mark	Mark	48	4	1	Again he began to teach them by the lakeside, but such a huge crowd gathered round him that he got into a boat on the water and sat there. The whole crowd were at the lakeside on land.
-Mark	Mark	48	4	2	He taught them many things in parables, and in the course of his teaching he said to them,
-Mark	Mark	48	4	3	'Listen! Imagine a sower going out to sow.
-Mark	Mark	48	4	4	Now it happened that, as he sowed, some of the seed fell on the edge of the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
-Mark	Mark	48	4	5	Some seed fell on rocky ground where it found little soil and at once sprang up, because there was no depth of earth;
-Mark	Mark	48	4	6	and when the sun came up it was scorched and, not having any roots, it withered away.
-Mark	Mark	48	4	7	Some seed fell into thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it produced no crop.
-Mark	Mark	48	4	8	And some seeds fell into rich soil, grew tall and strong, and produced a good crop; the yield was thirty, sixty, even a hundredfold.'
-Mark	Mark	48	4	9	And he said, 'Anyone who has ears for listening should listen!'
-Mark	Mark	48	4	10	When he was alone, the Twelve, together with the others who formed his company, asked what the parables meant.
-Mark	Mark	48	4	11	He told them, 'To you is granted the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside everything comes in parables,
-Mark	Mark	48	4	12	so that they may look and look, but never perceive; listen and listen, but never understand; to avoid changing their ways and being healed.'
-Mark	Mark	48	4	13	He said to them, 'Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
-Mark	Mark	48	4	14	What the sower is sowing is the word.
-Mark	Mark	48	4	15	Those on the edge of the path where the word is sown are people who have no sooner heard it than Satan at once comes and carries away the word that was sown in them.
-Mark	Mark	48	4	16	Similarly, those who are sown on patches of rock are people who, when first they hear the word, welcome it at once with joy.
-Mark	Mark	48	4	17	But they have no root deep down and do not last; should some trial come, or some persecution on account of the word, at once they fall away.
-Mark	Mark	48	4	18	Then there are others who are sown in thorns. These have heard the word,
-Mark	Mark	48	4	19	but the worries of the world, the lure of riches and all the other passions come in to choke the word, and so it produces nothing.
-Mark	Mark	48	4	20	And there are those who have been sown in rich soil; they hear the word and accept it and yield a harvest, thirty and sixty and a hundredfold.'
-Mark	Mark	48	4	21	He also said to them, 'Is a lamp brought in to be put under a tub or under the bed? Surely to be put on the lamp-stand?
-Mark	Mark	48	4	22	For there is nothing hidden, but it must be disclosed, nothing kept secret except to be brought to light.
-Mark	Mark	48	4	23	Anyone who has ears for listening should listen!'
-Mark	Mark	48	4	24	He also said to them, 'Take notice of what you are hearing. The standard you use will be used for you -- and you will receive more besides;
-Mark	Mark	48	4	25	anyone who has, will be given more; anyone who has not, will be deprived even of what he has.'
-Mark	Mark	48	4	26	He also said, 'This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the land.
-Mark	Mark	48	4	27	Night and day, while he sleeps, when he is awake, the seed is sprouting and growing; how, he does not know.
-Mark	Mark	48	4	28	Of its own accord the land produces first the shoot, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
-Mark	Mark	48	4	29	And when the crop is ready, at once he starts to reap because the harvest has come.'
-Mark	Mark	48	4	30	He also said, 'What can we say that the kingdom is like? What parable can we find for it?
-Mark	Mark	48	4	31	It is like a mustard seed which, at the time of its sowing, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth.
-Mark	Mark	48	4	32	Yet once it is sown it grows into the biggest shrub of them all and puts out big branches so that the birds of the air can shelter in its shade.'
-Mark	Mark	48	4	33	Using many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, so far as they were capable of understanding it.
-Mark	Mark	48	4	34	He would not speak to them except in parables, but he explained everything to his disciples when they were by themselves.
-Mark	Mark	48	4	35	With the coming of evening that same day, he said to them, 'Let us cross over to the other side.'
-Mark	Mark	48	4	36	And leaving the crowd behind they took him, just as he was, in the boat; and there were other boats with him.
-Mark	Mark	48	4	37	Then it began to blow a great gale and the waves were breaking into the boat so that it was almost swamped.
-Mark	Mark	48	4	38	But he was in the stern, his head on the cushion, asleep.
-Mark	Mark	48	4	39	They woke him and said to him, 'Master, do you not care? We are lost!' And he woke up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, 'Quiet now! Be calm!' And the wind dropped, and there followed a great calm.
-Mark	Mark	48	4	40	Then he said to them, 'Why are you so frightened? Have you still no faith?'
-Mark	Mark	48	4	41	They were overcome with awe and said to one another, 'Who can this be? Even the wind and the sea obey him.'
-Mark	Mark	48	5	1	They reached the territory of the Gerasenes on the other side of the lake,
-Mark	Mark	48	5	2	and when he disembarked, a man with an unclean spirit at once came out from the tombs towards him.
-Mark	Mark	48	5	3	The man lived in the tombs and no one could secure him any more, even with a chain,
-Mark	Mark	48	5	4	because he had often been secured with fetters and chains but had snapped the chains and broken the fetters, and no one had the strength to control him.
-Mark	Mark	48	5	5	All night and all day, among the tombs and in the mountains, he would howl and gash himself with stones.
-Mark	Mark	48	5	6	Catching sight of Jesus from a distance, he ran up and fell at his feet
-Mark	Mark	48	5	7	and shouted at the top of his voice, 'What do you want with me, Jesus, son of the Most High God? In God's name do not torture me!'
-Mark	Mark	48	5	8	For Jesus had been saying to him, 'Come out of the man, unclean spirit.'
-Mark	Mark	48	5	9	Then he asked, 'What is your name?' He answered, 'My name is Legion, for there are many of us.'
-Mark	Mark	48	5	10	And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the district.
-Mark	Mark	48	5	11	Now on the mountainside there was a great herd of pigs feeding,
-Mark	Mark	48	5	12	and the unclean spirits begged him, 'Send us to the pigs, let us go into them.'
-Mark	Mark	48	5	13	So he gave them leave. With that, the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the herd of about two thousand pigs charged down the cliff into the lake, and there they were drowned.
-Mark	Mark	48	5	14	The men looking after them ran off and told their story in the city and in the country round about; and the people came to see what had really happened.
-Mark	Mark	48	5	15	They came to Jesus and saw the demoniac sitting there -- the man who had had the legion in him -- properly dressed and in his full senses, and they were afraid.
-Mark	Mark	48	5	16	And those who had witnessed it reported what had happened to the demoniac and what had become of the pigs.
-Mark	Mark	48	5	17	Then they began to implore Jesus to leave their neighbourhood.
-Mark	Mark	48	5	18	As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed begged to be allowed to stay with him.
-Mark	Mark	48	5	19	Jesus would not let him but said to him, 'Go home to your people and tell them all that the Lord in his mercy has done for you.'
-Mark	Mark	48	5	20	So the man went off and proceeded to proclaim in the Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him. And everyone was amazed.
-Mark	Mark	48	5	21	When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered round him and he stayed by the lake.
-Mark	Mark	48	5	22	Then the president of the synagogue came up, named Jairus, and seeing him, fell at his feet
-Mark	Mark	48	5	23	and begged him earnestly, saying, 'My little daughter is desperately sick. Do come and lay your hands on her that she may be saved and may live.'
-Mark	Mark	48	5	24	Jesus went with him and a large crowd followed him; they were pressing all round him.
-Mark	Mark	48	5	25	Now there was a woman who had suffered from a haemorrhage for twelve years;
-Mark	Mark	48	5	26	after long and painful treatment under various doctors, she had spent all she had without being any the better for it; in fact, she was getting worse.
-Mark	Mark	48	5	27	She had heard about Jesus, and she came up through the crowd and touched his cloak from behind, thinking,
-Mark	Mark	48	5	28	'If I can just touch his clothes, I shall be saved.'
-Mark	Mark	48	5	29	And at once the source of the bleeding dried up, and she felt in herself that she was cured of her complaint.
-Mark	Mark	48	5	30	And at once aware of the power that had gone out from him, Jesus turned round in the crowd and said, 'Who touched my clothes?'
-Mark	Mark	48	5	31	His disciples said to him, 'You see how the crowd is pressing round you; how can you ask, "Who touched me?" '
-Mark	Mark	48	5	32	But he continued to look all round to see who had done it.
-Mark	Mark	48	5	33	Then the woman came forward, frightened and trembling because she knew what had happened to her, and she fell at his feet and told him the whole truth.
-Mark	Mark	48	5	34	'My daughter,' he said, 'your faith has restored you to health; go in peace and be free of your complaint.'
-Mark	Mark	48	5	35	While he was still speaking some people arrived from the house of the president of the synagogue to say, 'Your daughter is dead; why put the Master to any further trouble?'
-Mark	Mark	48	5	36	But Jesus overheard what they said and he said to the president of the synagogue, 'Do not be afraid; only have faith.'
-Mark	Mark	48	5	37	And he allowed no one to go with him except Peter and James and John the brother of James.
-Mark	Mark	48	5	38	So they came to the house of the president of the synagogue, and Jesus noticed all the commotion, with people weeping and wailing unrestrainedly.
-Mark	Mark	48	5	39	He went in and said to them, 'Why all this commotion and crying? The child is not dead, but asleep.'
-Mark	Mark	48	5	40	But they ridiculed him. So he turned them all out and, taking with him the child's father and mother and his own companions, he went into the place where the child lay.
-Mark	Mark	48	5	41	And taking the child by the hand he said to her, 'Talitha kum!' which means, 'Little girl, I tell you to get up.'
-Mark	Mark	48	5	42	The little girl got up at once and began to walk about, for she was twelve years old. At once they were overcome with astonishment,
-Mark	Mark	48	5	43	and he gave them strict orders not to let anyone know about it, and told them to give her something to eat.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	1	Leaving that district, he went to his home town, and his disciples accompanied him.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	2	With the coming of the Sabbath he began teaching in the synagogue, and most of them were astonished when they heard him. They said, 'Where did the man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been granted him, and these miracles that are worked through him?
-Mark	Mark	48	6	3	This is the carpenter, surely, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joset and Jude and Simon? His sisters, too, are they not here with us?' And they would not accept him.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	4	And Jesus said to them, 'A prophet is despised only in his own country, among his own relations and in his own house';
-Mark	Mark	48	6	5	and he could work no miracle there, except that he cured a few sick people by laying his hands on them.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	6	He was amazed at their lack of faith. He made a tour round the villages, teaching.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	7	Then he summoned the Twelve and began to send them out in pairs, giving them authority over unclean spirits.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	8	And he instructed them to take nothing for the journey except a staff -- no bread, no haversack, no coppers for their purses.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	9	They were to wear sandals but, he added, 'Don't take a spare tunic.'
-Mark	Mark	48	6	10	And he said to them, 'If you enter a house anywhere, stay there until you leave the district.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	11	And if any place does not welcome you and people refuse to listen to you, as you walk away shake off the dust under your feet as evidence to them.'
-Mark	Mark	48	6	12	So they set off to proclaim repentance;
-Mark	Mark	48	6	13	and they cast out many devils, and anointed many sick people with oil and cured them.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	14	King Herod had heard about him, since by now his name was well known. Some were saying, 'John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.'
-Mark	Mark	48	6	15	Others said, 'He is Elijah,' others again, 'He is a prophet, like the prophets we used to have.'
-Mark	Mark	48	6	16	But when Herod heard this he said, 'It is John whose head I cut off; he has risen from the dead.'
-Mark	Mark	48	6	17	Now it was this same Herod who had sent to have John arrested, and had had him chained up in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife whom he had married.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	18	For John had told Herod, 'It is against the law for you to have your brother's wife.'
-Mark	Mark	48	6	19	As for Herodias, she was furious with him and wanted to kill him, but she was not able to do so,
-Mark	Mark	48	6	20	because Herod was in awe of John, knowing him to be a good and upright man, and gave him his protection. When he had heard him speak he was greatly perplexed, and yet he liked to listen to him.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	21	An opportunity came on Herod's birthday when he gave a banquet for the nobles of his court, for his army officers and for the leading figures in Galilee.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	22	When the daughter of this same Herodias came in and danced, she delighted Herod and his guests; so the king said to the girl, 'Ask me anything you like and I will give it you.'
-Mark	Mark	48	6	23	And he swore her an oath, 'I will give you anything you ask, even half my kingdom.'
-Mark	Mark	48	6	24	She went out and said to her mother, 'What shall I ask for?' She replied, 'The head of John the Baptist.'
-Mark	Mark	48	6	25	The girl at once rushed back to the king and made her request, 'I want you to give me John the Baptist's head, immediately, on a dish.'
-Mark	Mark	48	6	26	The king was deeply distressed but, thinking of the oaths he had sworn and of his guests, he was reluctant to break his word to her.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	27	At once the king sent one of the bodyguard with orders to bring John's head.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	28	The man went off and beheaded him in the prison; then he brought the head on a dish and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	29	When John's disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	30	The apostles rejoined Jesus and told him all they had done and taught.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	31	And he said to them, 'Come away to some lonely place all by yourselves and rest for a while'; for there were so many coming and going that there was no time for them even to eat.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	32	So they went off in the boat to a lonely place where they could be by themselves.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	33	But people saw them going, and many recognised them; and from every town they all hurried to the place on foot and reached it before them.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	34	So as he stepped ashore he saw a large crowd; and he took pity on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he set himself to teach them at some length.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	35	By now it was getting very late, and his disciples came up to him and said, 'This is a lonely place and it is getting very late,
-Mark	Mark	48	6	36	so send them away, and they can go to the farms and villages round about, to buy themselves something to eat.'
-Mark	Mark	48	6	37	He replied, 'Give them something to eat yourselves.' They answered, 'Are we to go and spend two hundred denarii on bread for them to eat?'
-Mark	Mark	48	6	38	He asked, 'How many loaves have you? Go and see.' And when they had found out they said, 'Five, and two fish.'
-Mark	Mark	48	6	39	Then he ordered them to get all the people to sit down in groups on the green grass,
-Mark	Mark	48	6	40	and they sat down on the ground in squares of hundreds and fifties.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	41	Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, raised his eyes to heaven and said the blessing; then he broke the loaves and began handing them to his disciples to distribute among the people. He also shared out the two fish among them all.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	42	They all ate as much as they wanted.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	43	They collected twelve basketfuls of scraps of bread and pieces of fish.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	44	Those who had eaten the loaves numbered five thousand men.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	45	And at once he made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side near Bethsaida, while he himself sent the crowd away.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	46	After saying goodbye to them he went off into the hills to pray.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	47	When evening came, the boat was far out on the sea, and he was alone on the land.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	48	He could see that they were hard pressed in their rowing, for the wind was against them; and about the fourth watch of the night he came towards them, walking on the sea. He was going to pass them by,
-Mark	Mark	48	6	49	but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost and cried out;
-Mark	Mark	48	6	50	for they had all seen him and were terrified. But at once he spoke to them and said, 'Courage! It's me! Don't be afraid.'
-Mark	Mark	48	6	51	Then he got into the boat with them and the wind dropped. They were utterly and completely dumbfounded,
-Mark	Mark	48	6	52	because they had not seen what the miracle of the loaves meant; their minds were closed.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	53	Having made the crossing, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored there.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	54	When they disembarked people at once recognised him,
-Mark	Mark	48	6	55	and started hurrying all through the countryside and brought the sick on stretchers to wherever they heard he was.
-Mark	Mark	48	6	56	And wherever he went, to village or town or farm, they laid down the sick in the open spaces, begging him to let them touch even the fringe of his cloak. And all those who touched him were saved.
-Mark	Mark	48	7	1	The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered round him,
-Mark	Mark	48	7	2	and they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with unclean hands, that is, without washing them.
-Mark	Mark	48	7	3	For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, keep the tradition of the elders and never eat without washing their arms as far as the elbow;
-Mark	Mark	48	7	4	and on returning from the market place they never eat without first sprinkling themselves. There are also many other observances which have been handed down to them to keep, concerning the washing of cups and pots and bronze dishes.
-Mark	Mark	48	7	5	So the Pharisees and scribes asked him, 'Why do your disciples not respect the tradition of the elders but eat their food with unclean hands?'
-Mark	Mark	48	7	6	He answered, 'How rightly Isaiah prophesied about you hypocrites in the passage of scripture: This people honours me only with lip-service, while their hearts are far from me.
-Mark	Mark	48	7	7	Their reverence of me is worthless; the lessons they teach are nothing but human commandments.
-Mark	Mark	48	7	8	You put aside the commandment of God to observe human traditions.'
-Mark	Mark	48	7	9	And he said to them, 'How ingeniously you get round the commandment of God in order to preserve your own tradition!
-Mark	Mark	48	7	10	For Moses said: Honour your father and your mother, and, Anyone who curses father or mother must be put to death.
-Mark	Mark	48	7	11	But you say, "If a man says to his father or mother: Anything I have that I might have used to help you is Korban (that is, dedicated to God),"
-Mark	Mark	48	7	12	then he is forbidden from that moment to do anything for his father or mother.
-Mark	Mark	48	7	13	In this way you make God's word ineffective for the sake of your tradition which you have handed down. And you do many other things like this.'
-Mark	Mark	48	7	14	He called the people to him again and said, 'Listen to me, all of you, and understand.
-Mark	Mark	48	7	15	Nothing that goes into someone from outside can make that person unclean; it is the things that come out of someone that make that person unclean.
-Mark	Mark	48	7	16	Anyone who has ears for listening should listen!'
-Mark	Mark	48	7	17	When he had gone into the house, away from the crowd, his disciples questioned him about the parable.
-Mark	Mark	48	7	18	He said to them, 'Even you -- don't you understand? Can't you see that nothing that goes into someone from outside can make that person unclean,
-Mark	Mark	48	7	19	because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach and passes into the sewer?
-Mark	Mark	48	7	20	And he went on, 'It is what comes out of someone that makes that person unclean.
-Mark	Mark	48	7	21	For it is from within, from the heart, that evil intentions emerge: fornication, theft, murder,
-Mark	Mark	48	7	22	adultery, avarice, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, slander, pride, folly.
-Mark	Mark	48	7	23	All these evil things come from within and make a person unclean.'
-Mark	Mark	48	7	24	He left that place and set out for the territory of Tyre. There he went into a house and did not want anyone to know he was there; but he could not pass unrecognised.
-Mark	Mark	48	7	25	At once a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him and came and fell at his feet.
-Mark	Mark	48	7	26	Now this woman was a gentile, by birth a Syro-Phoenician, and she begged him to drive the devil out of her daughter.
-Mark	Mark	48	7	27	And he said to her, 'The children should be fed first, because it is not fair to take the children's food and throw it to little dogs.'
-Mark	Mark	48	7	28	But she spoke up, 'Ah yes, sir,' she replied, 'but little dogs under the table eat the scraps from the children.'
-Mark	Mark	48	7	29	And he said to her, 'For saying this you may go home happy; the devil has gone out of your daughter.'
-Mark	Mark	48	7	30	So she went off home and found the child lying on the bed and the devil gone.
-Mark	Mark	48	7	31	Returning from the territory of Tyre, he went by way of Sidon towards the Lake of Galilee, right through the Decapolis territory.
-Mark	Mark	48	7	32	And they brought him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they asked him to lay his hand on him.
-Mark	Mark	48	7	33	He took him aside to be by themselves, away from the crowd, put his fingers into the man's ears and touched his tongue with spittle.
-Mark	Mark	48	7	34	Then looking up to heaven he sighed; and he said to him, 'Ephphatha,' that is, 'Be opened.'
-Mark	Mark	48	7	35	And his ears were opened, and at once the impediment of his tongue was loosened and he spoke clearly.
-Mark	Mark	48	7	36	And Jesus ordered them to tell no one about it, but the more he insisted, the more widely they proclaimed it.
-Mark	Mark	48	7	37	Their admiration was unbounded, and they said, 'Everything he does is good, he makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak.'
-Mark	Mark	48	8	1	And now once again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat. So he called his disciples to him and said to them,
-Mark	Mark	48	8	2	'I feel sorry for all these people; they have been with me for three days now and have nothing to eat.
-Mark	Mark	48	8	3	If I send them off home hungry they will collapse on the way; some have come a great distance.'
-Mark	Mark	48	8	4	His disciples replied, 'Where could anyone get these people enough bread to eat in a deserted place?'
-Mark	Mark	48	8	5	He asked them, 'How many loaves have you?' And they said to him, 'Seven.'
-Mark	Mark	48	8	6	Then he instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves, and after giving thanks he broke them and began handing them to his disciples to distribute; and they distributed them among the crowd.
-Mark	Mark	48	8	7	They had a few small fishes as well, and over these he said a blessing and ordered them to be distributed too.
-Mark	Mark	48	8	8	They ate as much as they wanted, and they collected seven basketfuls of the scraps left over.
-Mark	Mark	48	8	9	Now there had been about four thousand people. He sent them away
-Mark	Mark	48	8	10	and at once, getting into the boat with his disciples, went to the region of Dalmanutha.
-Mark	Mark	48	8	11	The Pharisees came up and started a discussion with him; they demanded of him a sign from heaven, to put him to the test.
-Mark	Mark	48	8	12	And with a profound sigh he said, 'Why does this generation demand a sign? In truth I tell you, no sign shall be given to this generation.'
-Mark	Mark	48	8	13	And, leaving them again, he re-embarked and went away to the other side.
-Mark	Mark	48	8	14	The disciples had forgotten to take any bread and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.
-Mark	Mark	48	8	15	Then he gave them this warning, 'Keep your eyes open; look out for the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.'
-Mark	Mark	48	8	16	And they said to one another, 'It is because we have no bread.'
-Mark	Mark	48	8	17	And Jesus knew it, and he said to them, 'Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not understand, still not realise? Are your minds closed?
-Mark	Mark	48	8	18	Have you eyes and do not see, ears and do not hear? Or do you not remember?
-Mark	Mark	48	8	19	When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of scraps did you collect?' They answered, 'Twelve.'
-Mark	Mark	48	8	20	'And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many baskets full of scraps did you collect?' And they answered, 'Seven.'
-Mark	Mark	48	8	21	Then he said to them, 'Do you still not realise?'
-Mark	Mark	48	8	22	They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought to him a blind man whom they begged him to touch.
-Mark	Mark	48	8	23	He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. Then, putting spittle on his eyes and laying his hands on him, he asked, 'Can you see anything?'
-Mark	Mark	48	8	24	The man, who was beginning to see, replied, 'I can see people; they look like trees as they walk around.'
-Mark	Mark	48	8	25	Then he laid his hands on the man's eyes again and he saw clearly; he was cured, and he could see everything plainly and distinctly.
-Mark	Mark	48	8	26	And Jesus sent him home, saying, 'Do not even go into the village.'
-Mark	Mark	48	8	27	Jesus and his disciples left for the villages round Caesarea Philippi. On the way he put this question to his disciples, 'Who do people say I am?'
-Mark	Mark	48	8	28	And they told him, 'John the Baptist, others Elijah, others again, one of the prophets.'
-Mark	Mark	48	8	29	'But you,' he asked them, 'who do you say I am?' Peter spoke up and said to him, 'You are the Christ.'
-Mark	Mark	48	8	30	And he gave them strict orders not to tell anyone about him.
-Mark	Mark	48	8	31	Then he began to teach them that the Son of man was destined to suffer grievously, and to be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and to be put to death, and after three days to rise again;
-Mark	Mark	48	8	32	and he said all this quite openly. Then, taking him aside, Peter tried to rebuke him.
-Mark	Mark	48	8	33	But, turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said to him, 'Get behind me, Satan! You are thinking not as God thinks, but as human beings do.'
-Mark	Mark	48	8	34	He called the people and his disciples to him and said, 'If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me.
-Mark	Mark	48	8	35	Anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.
-Mark	Mark	48	8	36	What gain, then, is it for anyone to win the whole world and forfeit his life?
-Mark	Mark	48	8	37	And indeed what can anyone offer in exchange for his life?
-Mark	Mark	48	8	38	For if anyone in this sinful and adulterous generation is ashamed of me and of my words, the Son of man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.'
-Mark	Mark	48	9	1	And he said to them, 'In truth I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power.'
-Mark	Mark	48	9	2	Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain on their own by themselves. There in their presence he was transfigured:
-Mark	Mark	48	9	3	his clothes became brilliantly white, whiter than any earthly bleacher could make them.
-Mark	Mark	48	9	4	Elijah appeared to them with Moses; and they were talking to Jesus.
-Mark	Mark	48	9	5	Then Peter spoke to Jesus, 'Rabbi,' he said, 'it is wonderful for us to be here; so let us make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.'
-Mark	Mark	48	9	6	He did not know what to say; they were so frightened.
-Mark	Mark	48	9	7	And a cloud came, covering them in shadow; and from the cloud there came a voice, 'This is my Son, the Beloved. Listen to him.'
-Mark	Mark	48	9	8	Then suddenly, when they looked round, they saw no one with them any more but only Jesus.
-Mark	Mark	48	9	9	As they were coming down from the mountain he warned them to tell no one what they had seen, until after the Son of man had risen from the dead.
-Mark	Mark	48	9	10	They observed the warning faithfully, though among themselves they discussed what 'rising from the dead' could mean.
-Mark	Mark	48	9	11	And they put this question to him, 'Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?'
-Mark	Mark	48	9	12	He said to them, 'Elijah is indeed first coming to set everything right again; yet how is it that the scriptures say about the Son of man that he must suffer grievously and be treated with contempt?
-Mark	Mark	48	9	13	But I tell you that Elijah has come and they have treated him as they pleased, just as the scriptures say about him.'
-Mark	Mark	48	9	14	As they were rejoining the disciples they saw a large crowd round them and some scribes arguing with them.
-Mark	Mark	48	9	15	At once, when they saw him, the whole crowd were struck with amazement and ran to greet him.
-Mark	Mark	48	9	16	And he asked them, 'What are you arguing about with them?'
-Mark	Mark	48	9	17	A man answered him from the crowd, 'Master, I have brought my son to you; there is a spirit of dumbness in him,
-Mark	Mark	48	9	18	and when it takes hold of him it throws him to the ground, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth and goes rigid. And I asked your disciples to drive it out and they were unable to.'
-Mark	Mark	48	9	19	In reply he said to them, 'Faithless generation, how much longer must I be among you? How much longer must I put up with you? Bring him to me.'
-Mark	Mark	48	9	20	They brought the boy to him, and at once the spirit of dumbness threw the boy into convulsions, and he fell to the ground and lay writhing there, foaming at the mouth.
-Mark	Mark	48	9	21	Jesus asked the father, 'How long has this been happening to him?' 'From childhood,' he said,
-Mark	Mark	48	9	22	'and it has often thrown him into fire and into water, in order to destroy him.
-Mark	Mark	48	9	23	But if you can do anything, have pity on us and help us.'
-Mark	Mark	48	9	24	'If you can?' retorted Jesus. 'Everything is possible for one who has faith.' At once the father of the boy cried out, 'I have faith. Help my lack of faith!'
-Mark	Mark	48	9	25	And when Jesus saw that a crowd was gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit. 'Deaf and dumb spirit,' he said, 'I command you: come out of him and never enter him again.'
-Mark	Mark	48	9	26	Then it threw the boy into violent convulsions and came out shouting, and the boy lay there so like a corpse that most of them said, 'He is dead.'
-Mark	Mark	48	9	27	But Jesus took him by the hand and helped him up, and he was able to stand.
-Mark	Mark	48	9	28	When he had gone indoors, his disciples asked him when they were by themselves, 'Why were we unable to drive it out?'
-Mark	Mark	48	9	29	He answered, 'This is the kind that can be driven out only by prayer.'
-Mark	Mark	48	9	30	After leaving that place they made their way through Galilee; and he did not want anyone to know,
-Mark	Mark	48	9	31	because he was instructing his disciples; he was telling them, 'The Son of man will be delivered into the power of men; they will put him to death; and three days after he has been put to death he will rise again.'
-Mark	Mark	48	9	32	But they did not understand what he said and were afraid to ask him.
-Mark	Mark	48	9	33	They came to Capernaum, and when he got into the house he asked them, 'What were you arguing about on the road?'
-Mark	Mark	48	9	34	They said nothing, because on the road they had been arguing which of them was the greatest.
-Mark	Mark	48	9	35	So he sat down, called the Twelve to him and said, 'If anyone wants to be first, he must make himself last of all and servant of all.'
-Mark	Mark	48	9	36	He then took a little child whom he set among them and embraced, and he said to them,
-Mark	Mark	48	9	37	'Anyone who welcomes a little child such as this in my name, welcomes me; and anyone who welcomes me, welcomes not me but the one who sent me.'
-Mark	Mark	48	9	38	John said to him, 'Master, we saw someone who is not one of us driving out devils in your name, and because he was not one of us we tried to stop him.'
-Mark	Mark	48	9	39	But Jesus said, 'You must not stop him; no one who works a miracle in my name could soon afterwards speak evil of me.
-Mark	Mark	48	9	40	Anyone who is not against us is for us.
-Mark	Mark	48	9	41	'If anyone gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, then in truth I tell you, he will most certainly not lose his reward.
-Mark	Mark	48	9	42	'But anyone who is the downfall of one of these little ones who have faith, would be better thrown into the sea with a great millstone hung round his neck.
-Mark	Mark	48	9	43	And if your hand should be your downfall, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life crippled, than to have two hands and go to hell, into the fire that can never be put out.
-Mark	Mark	48	9	44	44
-Mark	Mark	48	9	45	And if your foot should be your downfall, cut it off; it is better for you enter into life lame, than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.
-Mark	Mark	48	9	46	46
-Mark	Mark	48	9	47	And if your eye should be your downfall, tear it out; it is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell
-Mark	Mark	48	9	48	where their worm will never die nor their fire be put out.
-Mark	Mark	48	9	49	For everyone will be salted with fire.
-Mark	Mark	48	9	50	Salt is a good thing, but if salt has become insipid, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves and be at peace with one another.'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	1	After leaving there, he came into the territory of Judaea and Transjordan. And again crowds gathered round him, and again he taught them, as his custom was.
-Mark	Mark	48	10	2	Some Pharisees approached him and asked, 'Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?' They were putting him to the test.
-Mark	Mark	48	10	3	He answered them, 'What did Moses command you?'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	4	They replied, 'Moses allowed us to draw up a writ of dismissal in cases of divorce.'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	5	Then Jesus said to them, 'It was because you were so hard hearted that he wrote this commandment for you.
-Mark	Mark	48	10	6	But from the beginning of creation he made them male and female.
-Mark	Mark	48	10	7	This is why a man leaves his father and mother,
-Mark	Mark	48	10	8	and the two become one flesh. They are no longer two, therefore, but one flesh.
-Mark	Mark	48	10	9	So then, what God has united, human beings must not divide.'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	10	Back in the house the disciples questioned him again about this,
-Mark	Mark	48	10	11	and he said to them, 'Whoever divorces his wife and marries another is guilty of adultery against her.
-Mark	Mark	48	10	12	And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another she is guilty of adultery too.'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	13	People were bringing little children to him, for him to touch them. The disciples scolded them,
-Mark	Mark	48	10	14	but when Jesus saw this he was indignant and said to them, 'Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs.
-Mark	Mark	48	10	15	In truth I tell you, anyone who does not welcome the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	16	Then he embraced them, laid his hands on them and gave them his blessing.
-Mark	Mark	48	10	17	He was setting out on a journey when a man ran up, knelt before him and put this question to him, 'Good master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	18	Jesus said to him, 'Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
-Mark	Mark	48	10	19	You know the commandments: You shall not kill; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not give false witness; You shall not defraud; Honour your father and mother.'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	20	And he said to him, 'Master, I have kept all these since my earliest days.'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	21	Jesus looked steadily at him and he was filled with love for him, and he said, 'You need to do one thing more. Go and sell what you own and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	22	But his face fell at these words and he went away sad, for he was a man of great wealth.
-Mark	Mark	48	10	23	Jesus looked round and said to his disciples, 'How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	24	The disciples were astounded by these words, but Jesus insisted, 'My children,' he said to them, 'how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
-Mark	Mark	48	10	25	It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for someone rich to enter the kingdom of God.'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	26	They were more astonished than ever, saying to one another, 'In that case, who can be saved?'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	27	Jesus gazed at them and said, 'By human resources it is impossible, but not for God: because for God everything is possible.'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	28	Peter took this up. 'Look,' he said to him, 'we have left everything and followed you.'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	29	Jesus said, 'In truth I tell you, there is no one who has left house, brothers, sisters, mother, father, children or land for my sake and for the sake of the gospel
-Mark	Mark	48	10	30	who will not receive a hundred times as much, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and land -- and persecutions too -- now in this present time and, in the world to come, eternal life.
-Mark	Mark	48	10	31	Many who are first will be last, and the last, first.'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	32	They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem; Jesus was walking on ahead of them; they were in a daze, and those who followed were apprehensive. Once more taking the Twelve aside he began to tell them what was going to happen to him,
-Mark	Mark	48	10	33	'Now we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man is about to be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the gentiles,
-Mark	Mark	48	10	34	who will mock him and spit at him and scourge him and put him to death; and after three days he will rise again.'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	35	James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached him. 'Master,' they said to him, 'We want you to do us a favour.'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	36	He said to them, 'What is it you want me to do for you?'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	37	They said to him, 'Allow us to sit one at your right hand and the other at your left in your glory.'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	38	But Jesus said to them, 'You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I shall drink, or be baptised with the baptism with which I shall be baptised?'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	39	They replied, 'We can.' Jesus said to them, 'The cup that I shall drink you shall drink, and with the baptism with which I shall be baptised you shall be baptised,
-Mark	Mark	48	10	40	but as for seats at my right hand or my left, these are not mine to grant; they belong to those to whom they have been allotted.'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	41	When the other ten heard this they began to feel indignant with James and John,
-Mark	Mark	48	10	42	so Jesus called them to him and said to them, 'You know that among the gentiles those they call their rulers lord it over them, and their great men make their authority felt.
-Mark	Mark	48	10	43	Among you this is not to happen. No; anyone who wants to become great among you must be your servant,
-Mark	Mark	48	10	44	and anyone who wants to be first among you must be slave to all.
-Mark	Mark	48	10	45	For the Son of man himself came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	46	They reached Jericho; and as he left Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus -- that is, the son of Timaeus -- a blind beggar, was sitting at the side of the road.
-Mark	Mark	48	10	47	When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout and cry out, 'Son of David, Jesus, have pity on me.'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	48	And many of them scolded him and told him to keep quiet, but he only shouted all the louder, 'Son of David, have pity on me.'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	49	Jesus stopped and said, 'Call him here.' So they called the blind man over. 'Courage,' they said, 'get up; he is calling you.'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	50	So throwing off his cloak, he jumped up and went to Jesus.
-Mark	Mark	48	10	51	Then Jesus spoke, 'What do you want me to do for you?' The blind man said to him, 'Rabbuni, let me see again.'
-Mark	Mark	48	10	52	Jesus said to him, 'Go; your faith has saved you.' And at once his sight returned and he followed him along the road.
-Mark	Mark	48	11	1	When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, close by the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples
-Mark	Mark	48	11	2	and said to them, 'Go to the village facing you, and as you enter it you will at once find a tethered colt that no one has yet ridden. Untie it and bring it here.
-Mark	Mark	48	11	3	If anyone says to you, "What are you doing?" say, "The Master needs it and will send it back here at once." '
-Mark	Mark	48	11	4	They went off and found a colt tethered near a door in the open street. As they untied it,
-Mark	Mark	48	11	5	some men standing there said, 'What are you doing, untying that colt?'
-Mark	Mark	48	11	6	They gave the answer Jesus had told them, and the men let them go.
-Mark	Mark	48	11	7	Then they took the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on its back, and he mounted it.
-Mark	Mark	48	11	8	Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others greenery which they had cut in the fields.
-Mark	Mark	48	11	9	And those who went in front and those who followed were all shouting, 'Hosanna! Blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord!
-Mark	Mark	48	11	10	Blessed is the coming kingdom of David our father! Hosanna in the highest heavens!'
-Mark	Mark	48	11	11	He entered Jerusalem and went into the Temple; and when he had surveyed it all, as it was late by now, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.
-Mark	Mark	48	11	12	Next day as they were leaving Bethany, he felt hungry.
-Mark	Mark	48	11	13	Seeing a fig tree in leaf some distance away, he went to see if he could find any fruit on it, but when he came up to it he found nothing but leaves; for it was not the season for figs.
-Mark	Mark	48	11	14	And he addressed the fig tree, 'May no one ever eat fruit from you again.' And his disciples heard him say this.
-Mark	Mark	48	11	15	So they reached Jerusalem and he went into the Temple and began driving out the men selling and buying there; he upset the tables of the money changers and the seats of the dove sellers.
-Mark	Mark	48	11	16	Nor would he allow anyone to carry anything through the Temple.
-Mark	Mark	48	11	17	And he taught them and said, 'Does not scripture say: My house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples? But you have turned it into a bandits' den.'
-Mark	Mark	48	11	18	This came to the ears of the chief priests and the scribes, and they tried to find some way of doing away with him; they were afraid of him because the people were carried away by his teaching.
-Mark	Mark	48	11	19	And when evening came he went out of the city.
-Mark	Mark	48	11	20	Next morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered to the roots.
-Mark	Mark	48	11	21	Peter remembered. 'Look, Rabbi,' he said to Jesus, 'the fig tree that you cursed has withered away.'
-Mark	Mark	48	11	22	Jesus answered, 'Have faith in God.
-Mark	Mark	48	11	23	In truth I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, "Be pulled up and thrown into the sea," with no doubt in his heart, but believing that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.
-Mark	Mark	48	11	24	I tell you, therefore, everything you ask and pray for, believe that you have it already, and it will be yours.
-Mark	Mark	48	11	25	And when you stand in prayer, forgive whatever you have against anybody, soyour Father in heaven may forgive your failings too.'
-Mark	Mark	48	11	26	26
-Mark	Mark	48	11	27	They came to Jerusalem again, and as Jesus was walking in the Temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him,
-Mark	Mark	48	11	28	and they said to him, 'What authority have you for acting like this? Or who gave you authority to act like this?'
-Mark	Mark	48	11	29	Jesus said to them, 'And I will ask you a question, just one; answer me and I will tell you my authority for acting like this.
-Mark	Mark	48	11	30	John's baptism, what was its origin, heavenly or human? Answer me that.'
-Mark	Mark	48	11	31	And they argued this way among themselves, 'If we say heavenly, he will say, "Then why did you refuse to believe him?"
-Mark	Mark	48	11	32	But dare we say human?' -- they had the people to fear, for everyone held that John had been a real prophet.
-Mark	Mark	48	11	33	So their reply to Jesus was, 'We do not know.' And Jesus said to them, 'Nor will I tell you my authority for acting like this.'
-Mark	Mark	48	12	1	He went on to speak to them in parables, 'A man planted a vineyard; he fenced it round, dug out a trough for the winepress and built a tower; then he leased it to tenants and went abroad.
-Mark	Mark	48	12	2	When the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them his share of the produce of the vineyard.
-Mark	Mark	48	12	3	But they seized the man, thrashed him and sent him away empty handed.
-Mark	Mark	48	12	4	Next he sent another servant to them; him they beat about the head and treated shamefully.
-Mark	Mark	48	12	5	And he sent another and him they killed; then a number of others, and they thrashed some and killed the rest.
-Mark	Mark	48	12	6	He had still someone left: his beloved son. He sent him to them last of all, thinking, "They will respect my son."
-Mark	Mark	48	12	7	But those tenants said to each other, "This is the heir. Come on, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours."
-Mark	Mark	48	12	8	So they seized him and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard.
-Mark	Mark	48	12	9	Now what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and make an end of the tenants and give the vineyard to others.
-Mark	Mark	48	12	10	Have you not read this text of scripture: The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;
-Mark	Mark	48	12	11	this is the Lord's doing, and we marvel at it ?'
-Mark	Mark	48	12	12	And they would have liked to arrest him, because they realised that the parable was aimed at them, but they were afraid of the crowds. So they left him alone and went away.
-Mark	Mark	48	12	13	Next they sent to him some Pharisees and some Herodians to catch him out in what he said.
-Mark	Mark	48	12	14	These came and said to him, 'Master, we know that you are an honest man, that you are not afraid of anyone, because human rank means nothing to you, and that you teach the way of God in all honesty. Is it permissible to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or not?'
-Mark	Mark	48	12	15	Recognising their hypocrisy he said to them, 'Why are you putting me to the test? Hand me a denarius and let me see it.'
-Mark	Mark	48	12	16	They handed him one and he said to them, 'Whose portrait is this? Whose title?' They said to him, 'Caesar's.'
-Mark	Mark	48	12	17	Jesus said to them, 'Pay Caesar what belongs to Caesar -- and God what belongs to God.' And they were amazed at him.
-Mark	Mark	48	12	18	Then some Sadducees -- who deny that there is a resurrection -- came to him and they put this question to him,
-Mark	Mark	48	12	19	'Master, Moses prescribed for us that if a man's brother dies leaving a wife but no child, the man must marry the widow to raise up children for his brother.
-Mark	Mark	48	12	20	Now there were seven brothers; the first married a wife and then died leaving no children.
-Mark	Mark	48	12	21	The second married the widow, and he too died leaving no children; with the third it was the same,
-Mark	Mark	48	12	22	and none of the seven left any children. Last of all the woman herself died.
-Mark	Mark	48	12	23	Now at the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be, since she had been married to all seven?'
-Mark	Mark	48	12	24	Jesus said to them, 'Surely the reason why you are wrong is that you understand neither the scriptures nor the power of God.
-Mark	Mark	48	12	25	For when they rise from the dead, men and women do not marry; no, they are like the angels in heaven.
-Mark	Mark	48	12	26	Now about the dead rising again, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him and said: I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?
-Mark	Mark	48	12	27	He is God, not of the dead, but of the living. You are very much mistaken.'
-Mark	Mark	48	12	28	One of the scribes who had listened to them debating appreciated that Jesus had given a good answer and put a further question to him, 'Which is the first of all the commandments?'
-Mark	Mark	48	12	29	Jesus replied, 'This is the first: Listen, Israel, the Lord our God is the one, only Lord,
-Mark	Mark	48	12	30	and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength.
-Mark	Mark	48	12	31	The second is this: You must love your neighbour as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.'
-Mark	Mark	48	12	32	The scribe said to him, 'Well spoken, Master; what you have said is true, that he is one and there is no other.
-Mark	Mark	48	12	33	To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself, this is far more important than any burnt offering or sacrifice.'
-Mark	Mark	48	12	34	Jesus, seeing how wisely he had spoken, said, 'You are not far from the kingdom of God.' And after that no one dared to question him any more.
-Mark	Mark	48	12	35	While teaching in the Temple, Jesus said, 'How can the scribes maintain that the Christ is the son of David?
-Mark	Mark	48	12	36	David himself, moved by the Holy Spirit, said: The Lord declared to my Lord, take your seat at my right hand till I have made your enemies your footstool.
-Mark	Mark	48	12	37	David himself calls him Lord; in what way then can he be his son?' And the great crowd listened to him with delight.
-Mark	Mark	48	12	38	In his teaching he said, 'Beware of the scribes who like to walk about in long robes, to be greeted respectfully in the market squares,
-Mark	Mark	48	12	39	to take the front seats in the synagogues and the places of honour at banquets;
-Mark	Mark	48	12	40	these are the men who devour the property of widows and for show offer long prayers. The more severe will be the sentence they receive.'
-Mark	Mark	48	12	41	He sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the treasury, and many of the rich put in a great deal.
-Mark	Mark	48	12	42	A poor widow came and put in two small coins, the equivalent of a penny.
-Mark	Mark	48	12	43	Then he called his disciples and said to them, 'In truth I tell you, this poor widow has put more in than all who have contributed to the treasury;
-Mark	Mark	48	12	44	for they have all put in money they could spare, but she in her poverty has put in everything she possessed, all she had to live on.'
-Mark	Mark	48	13	1	As he was leaving the Temple one of his disciples said to him, 'Master, look at the size of those stones! Look at the size of those buildings!'
-Mark	Mark	48	13	2	And Jesus said to him, 'You see these great buildings? Not a single stone will be left on another; everything will be pulled down.'
-Mark	Mark	48	13	3	And while he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, facing the Temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew questioned him when they were by themselves,
-Mark	Mark	48	13	4	'Tell us, when is this going to happen, and what sign will there be that it is all about to take place?'
-Mark	Mark	48	13	5	Then Jesus began to tell them, 'Take care that no one deceives you.
-Mark	Mark	48	13	6	Many will come using my name and saying, "I am he," and they will deceive many.
-Mark	Mark	48	13	7	When you hear of wars and rumours of wars, do not be alarmed; this is something that must happen, but the end will not be yet.
-Mark	Mark	48	13	8	For nation will fight against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. This is the beginning of the birth-pangs.
-Mark	Mark	48	13	9	'Be on your guard: you will be handed over to sanhedrins; you will be beaten in synagogues; and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as evidence to them,
-Mark	Mark	48	13	10	since the gospel must first be proclaimed to all nations.
-Mark	Mark	48	13	11	'And when you are taken to be handed over, do not worry beforehand about what to say; no, say whatever is given to you when the time comes, because it is not you who will be speaking; it is the Holy Spirit.
-Mark	Mark	48	13	12	Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will come forward against their parents and have them put to death.
-Mark	Mark	48	13	13	You will be universally hated on account of my name; but anyone who stands firm to the end will be saved.
-Mark	Mark	48	13	14	'When you see the appalling abomination set up where it ought not to be (let the reader understand), then those in Judaea must escape to the mountains;
-Mark	Mark	48	13	15	if a man is on the housetop, he must not come down or go inside to collect anything from his house;
-Mark	Mark	48	13	16	if a man is in the fields, he must not turn back to fetch his cloak.
-Mark	Mark	48	13	17	Alas for those with child, or with babies at the breast, when those days come!
-Mark	Mark	48	13	18	Pray that this may not be in winter.
-Mark	Mark	48	13	19	For in those days there will be great distress, unparalleled since God created the world, and such as will never be again.
-Mark	Mark	48	13	20	And if the Lord had not shortened that time, no human being would have survived; but he did shorten the time, for the sake of the elect whom he chose.
-Mark	Mark	48	13	21	'And if anyone says to you then, "Look, here is the Christ" or, "Look, he is there," do not believe it;
-Mark	Mark	48	13	22	for false Christs and false prophets will arise and produce signs and portents to deceive the elect, if that were possible.
-Mark	Mark	48	13	23	You, therefore, must be on your guard. I have given you full warning.
-Mark	Mark	48	13	24	'But in those days, after that time of distress, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,
-Mark	Mark	48	13	25	the stars will come falling out of the sky and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
-Mark	Mark	48	13	26	And then they will see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
-Mark	Mark	48	13	27	And then he will send the angels to gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the world to the ends of the sky.
-Mark	Mark	48	13	28	'Take the fig tree as a parable: as soon as its twigs grow supple and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.
-Mark	Mark	48	13	29	So with you when you see these things happening: know that he is near, right at the gates.
-Mark	Mark	48	13	30	In truth I tell you, before this generation has passed away all these things will have taken place.
-Mark	Mark	48	13	31	Sky and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
-Mark	Mark	48	13	32	'But as for that day or hour, nobody knows it, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son; no one but the Father.
-Mark	Mark	48	13	33	'Be on your guard, stay awake, because you never know when the time will come.
-Mark	Mark	48	13	34	It is like a man travelling abroad: he has gone from his home, and left his servants in charge, each with his own work to do; and he has told the doorkeeper to stay awake.
-Mark	Mark	48	13	35	So stay awake, because you do not know when the master of the house is coming, evening, midnight, cockcrow or dawn;
-Mark	Mark	48	13	36	if he comes unexpectedly, he must not find you asleep.
-Mark	Mark	48	13	37	And what I am saying to you I say to all: Stay awake!'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	1	It was two days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread, and the chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus by some trick and have him put to death.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	2	For they said, 'It must not be during the festivities, or there will be a disturbance among the people.'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	3	He was at Bethany in the house of Simon, a man who had suffered from a virulent skin-disease; he was at table when a woman came in with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment, pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the ointment on his head.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	4	Some who were there said to one another indignantly, 'Why this waste of ointment?
-Mark	Mark	48	14	5	Ointment like this could have been sold for over three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor'; and they were angry with her.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	6	But Jesus said, 'Leave her alone. Why are you upsetting her? What she has done for me is a good work.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	7	You have the poor with you always, and you can be kind to them whenever you wish, but you will not always have me.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	8	She has done what she could: she has anointed my body beforehand for its burial.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	9	In truth I tell you, wherever throughout all the world the gospel is proclaimed, what she has done will be told as well, in remembrance of her.'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	10	Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, approached the chief priests with an offer to hand Jesus over to them.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	11	They were delighted to hear it, and promised to give him money; and he began to look for a way of betraying him when the opportunity should occur.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	12	On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was sacrificed, his disciples said to him, 'Where do you want us to go and make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	13	So he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 'Go into the city and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him,
-Mark	Mark	48	14	14	and say to the owner of the house which he enters, "The Master says: Where is the room for me to eat the Passover with my disciples?"
-Mark	Mark	48	14	15	He will show you a large upper room furnished with couches, all prepared. Make the preparations for us there.'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	16	The disciples set out and went to the city and found everything as he had told them, and prepared the Passover.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	17	When evening came he arrived with the Twelve.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	18	And while they were at table eating, Jesus said, 'In truth I tell you, one of you is about to betray me, one of you eating with me.'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	19	They were distressed and said to him, one after another, 'Not me, surely?'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	20	He said to them, 'It is one of the Twelve, one who is dipping into the same dish with me.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	21	Yes, the Son of man is going to his fate, as the scriptures say he will, but alas for that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! Better for that man if he had never been born.'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	22	And as they were eating he took bread, and when he had said the blessing he broke it and gave it to them. 'Take it,' he said, 'this is my body.'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	23	Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he handed it to them, and all drank from it,
-Mark	Mark	48	14	24	and he said to them, 'This is my blood, the blood of the covenant, poured out for many.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	25	In truth I tell you, I shall never drink wine any more until the day I drink the new wine in the kingdom of God.'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	26	After the psalms had been sung they left for the Mount of Olives.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	27	And Jesus said to them, 'You will all fall away, for the scripture says: I shall strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered;
-Mark	Mark	48	14	28	however, after my resurrection I shall go before you into Galilee.'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	29	Peter said, 'Even if all fall away, I will not.'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	30	And Jesus said to him, 'In truth I tell you, this day, this very night, before the cock crows twice, you will have disowned me three times.'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	31	But he repeated still more earnestly, 'If I have to die with you, I will never disown you.' And they all said the same.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	32	They came to a plot of land called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, 'Stay here while I pray.'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	33	Then he took Peter and James and John with him.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	34	And he began to feel terror and anguish. And he said to them, 'My soul is sorrowful to the point of death. Wait here, and stay awake.'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	35	And going on a little further he threw himself on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, this hour might pass him by.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	36	'Abba, Father!' he said, 'For you everything is possible. Take this cup away from me. But let it be as you, not I, would have it.'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	37	He came back and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, 'Simon, are you asleep? Had you not the strength to stay awake one hour?
-Mark	Mark	48	14	38	Stay awake and pray not to be put to the test. The spirit is willing enough, but human nature is weak.'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	39	Again he went away and prayed, saying the same words.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	40	And once more he came back and found them sleeping, their eyes were so heavy; and they could find no answer for him.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	41	He came back a third time and said to them, 'You can sleep on now and have your rest. It is all over. The hour has come. Now the Son of man is to be betrayed into the hands of sinners.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	42	Get up! Let us go! My betrayer is not far away.'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	43	And at once, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came up and with him a number of men armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	44	Now the traitor had arranged a signal with them saying, 'The one I kiss, he is the man. Arrest him, and see he is well guarded when you lead him away.'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	45	So when the traitor came, he went up to Jesus at once and said, 'Rabbi!' and kissed him.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	46	The others seized him and arrested him.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	47	Then one of the bystanders drew his sword and struck out at the high priest's servant and cut off his ear.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	48	Then Jesus spoke. 'Am I a bandit,' he said, 'that you had to set out to capture me with swords and clubs?
-Mark	Mark	48	14	49	I was among you teaching in the Temple day after day and you never laid a hand on me. But this is to fulfil the scriptures.'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	50	And they all deserted him and ran away.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	51	A young man followed with nothing on but a linen cloth. They caught hold of him,
-Mark	Mark	48	14	52	but he left the cloth in their hands and ran away naked.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	53	They led Jesus off to the high priest; and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes assembled there.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	54	Peter had followed him at a distance, right into the high priest's palace, and was sitting with the attendants warming himself at the fire.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	55	The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus in order to have him executed. But they could not find any.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	56	Several, indeed, brought false witness against him, but their evidence was conflicting.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	57	Some stood up and submitted this false evidence against him,
-Mark	Mark	48	14	58	'We heard him say, "I am going to destroy this Temple made by human hands, and in three days build another, not made by human hands." '
-Mark	Mark	48	14	59	But even on this point their evidence was conflicting.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	60	The high priest then rose before the whole assembly and put this question to Jesus, 'Have you no answer to that? What is this evidence these men are bringing against you?'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	61	But he was silent and made no answer at all. The high priest put a second question to him saying, 'Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	62	'I am,' said Jesus, 'and you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	63	The high priest tore his robes and said, 'What need of witnesses have we now?
-Mark	Mark	48	14	64	You heard the blasphemy. What is your finding?' Their verdict was unanimous: he deserved to die.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	65	Some of them started spitting at his face, hitting him and saying, 'Play the prophet!' And the attendants struck him too.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	66	While Peter was down below in the courtyard, one of the high priest's servant-girls came up.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	67	She saw Peter warming himself there, looked closely at him and said, 'You too were with Jesus, the man from Nazareth.'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	68	But he denied it. 'I do not know, I do not understand what you are talking about,' he said. And he went out into the forecourt, and a cock crowed.
-Mark	Mark	48	14	69	The servant-girl saw him and again started telling the bystanders, 'This man is one of them.'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	70	But again he denied it. A little later the bystanders themselves said to Peter, 'You are certainly one of them! Why, you are a Galilean.'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	71	But he started cursing and swearing, 'I do not know the man you speak of.'
-Mark	Mark	48	14	72	And at once the cock crowed for the second time, and Peter recalled what Jesus had said to him, 'Before the cock crows twice, you will have disowned me three times.' And he burst into tears.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	1	First thing in the morning, the chief priests, together with the elders and scribes and the rest of the Sanhedrin, had their plan ready. They had Jesus bound and took him away and handed him over to Pilate.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	2	Pilate put to him this question, 'Are you the king of the Jews?' He replied, 'It is you who say it.'
-Mark	Mark	48	15	3	And the chief priests brought many accusations against him.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	4	Pilate questioned him again, 'Have you no reply at all? See how many accusations they are bringing against you!'
-Mark	Mark	48	15	5	But, to Pilate's surprise, Jesus made no further reply.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	6	At festival time Pilate used to release a prisoner for them, any one they asked for.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	7	Now a man called Barabbas was then in prison with the rebels who had committed murder during the uprising.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	8	When the crowd went up and began to ask Pilate the customary favour,
-Mark	Mark	48	15	9	Pilate answered them, 'Do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?'
-Mark	Mark	48	15	10	For he realised it was out of jealousy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	11	The chief priests, however, had incited the crowd to demand that he should release Barabbas for them instead.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	12	Then Pilate spoke again, 'But in that case, what am I to do with the man you call king of the Jews?'
-Mark	Mark	48	15	13	They shouted back, 'Crucify him!'
-Mark	Mark	48	15	14	Pilate asked them, 'What harm has he done?' But they shouted all the louder, 'Crucify him!'
-Mark	Mark	48	15	15	So Pilate, anxious to placate the crowd, released Barabbas for them and, after having Jesus scourged, he handed him over to be crucified.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	16	The soldiers led him away to the inner part of the palace, that is, the Praetorium, and called the whole cohort together.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	17	They dressed him up in purple, twisted some thorns into a crown and put it on him.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	18	And they began saluting him, 'Hail, king of the Jews!'
-Mark	Mark	48	15	19	They struck his head with a reed and spat on him; and they went down on their knees to do him homage.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	20	And when they had finished making fun of him, they took off the purple and dressed him in his own clothes. They led him out to crucify him.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	21	They enlisted a passer-by, Simon of Cyrene, father of Alexander and Rufus, who was coming in from the country, to carry his cross.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	22	They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha, which means the place of the skull.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	23	They offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he refused it.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	24	Then they crucified him, and shared out his clothing, casting lots to decide what each should get.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	25	It was the third hour when they crucified him.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	26	The inscription giving the charge against him read, 'The King of the Jews'.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	27	And they crucified two bandits with him, one on his right and one on his left.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	28	28
-Mark	Mark	48	15	29	The passers-by jeered at him; they shook their heads and said, 'Aha! So you would destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days!
-Mark	Mark	48	15	30	Then save yourself; come down from the cross!'
-Mark	Mark	48	15	31	The chief priests and the scribes mocked him among themselves in the same way with the words, 'He saved others, he cannot save himself.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	32	Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, for us to see it and believe.' Even those who were crucified with him taunted him.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	33	When the sixth hour came there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	34	And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, 'Eloi, eloi, lama sabachthani?' which means, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?'
-Mark	Mark	48	15	35	When some of those who stood by heard this, they said, 'Listen, he is calling on Elijah.'
-Mark	Mark	48	15	36	Someone ran and soaked a sponge in vinegar and, putting it on a reed, gave it to him to drink saying, 'Wait! And see if Elijah will come to take him down.'
-Mark	Mark	48	15	37	But Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	38	And the veil of the Sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	39	The centurion, who was standing in front of him, had seen how he had died, and he said, 'In truth this man was Son of God.'
-Mark	Mark	48	15	40	There were some women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary of Magdala, Mary who was the mother of James the younger and Joset, and Salome.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	41	These used to follow him and look after him when he was in Galilee. And many other women were there who had come up to Jerusalem with him.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	42	It was now evening, and since it was Preparation Day -- that is, the day before the Sabbath-
-Mark	Mark	48	15	43	there came Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent member of the Council, who himself lived in the hope of seeing the kingdom of God, and he boldly went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	44	Pilate, astonished that he should have died so soon, summoned the centurion and enquired if he had been dead for some time.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	45	Having been assured of this by the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph
-Mark	Mark	48	15	46	who bought a shroud, took Jesus down from the cross, wrapped him in the shroud and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock. He then rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.
-Mark	Mark	48	15	47	Mary of Magdala and Mary the mother of Joset took note of where he was laid.
-Mark	Mark	48	16	1	When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices with which to go and anoint him.
-Mark	Mark	48	16	2	And very early in the morning on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen.
-Mark	Mark	48	16	3	They had been saying to one another, 'Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?'
-Mark	Mark	48	16	4	But when they looked they saw that the stone -- which was very big -- had already been rolled back.
-Mark	Mark	48	16	5	On entering the tomb they saw a young man in a white robe seated on the right-hand side, and they were struck with amazement.
-Mark	Mark	48	16	6	But he said to them, 'There is no need to be so amazed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified: he has risen, he is not here. See, here is the place where they laid him.
-Mark	Mark	48	16	7	But you must go and tell his disciples and Peter, "He is going ahead of you to Galilee; that is where you will see him, just as he told you." '
-Mark	Mark	48	16	8	And the women came out and ran away from the tomb because they were frightened out of their wits; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.
-Mark	Mark	48	16	9	Having risen in the morning on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary of Magdala from whom he had cast out seven devils.
-Mark	Mark	48	16	10	She then went to those who had been his companions, and who were mourning and in tears, and told them.
-Mark	Mark	48	16	11	But they did not believe her when they heard her say that he was alive and that she had seen him.
-Mark	Mark	48	16	12	After this, he showed himself under another form to two of them as they were on their way into the country.
-Mark	Mark	48	16	13	These went back and told the others, who did not believe them either.
-Mark	Mark	48	16	14	Lastly, he showed himself to the Eleven themselves while they were at table. He reproached them for their incredulity and obstinacy, because they had refused to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.
-Mark	Mark	48	16	15	And he said to them, 'Go out to the whole world; proclaim the gospel to all creation.
-Mark	Mark	48	16	16	Whoever believes and is baptised will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned.
-Mark	Mark	48	16	17	These are the signs that will be associated with believers: in my name they will cast out devils; they will have the gift of tongues;
-Mark	Mark	48	16	18	they will pick up snakes in their hands and be unharmed should they drink deadly poison; they will lay their hands on the sick, who will recover.'
-Mark	Mark	48	16	19	And so the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven; there at the right hand of God he took his place,
-Mark	Mark	48	16	20	while they, going out, preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the signs that accompanied it.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	1	Seeing that many others have undertaken to draw up accounts of the events that have reached their fulfilment among us,
-Luke	Luke	49	1	2	as these were handed down to us by those who from the outset were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,
-Luke	Luke	49	1	3	I in my turn, after carefully going over the whole story from the beginning, have decided to write an ordered account for you, Theophilus,
-Luke	Luke	49	1	4	so that your Excellency may learn how well founded the teaching is that you have received.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	5	In the days of King Herod of Judaea there lived a priest called Zechariah who belonged to the Abijah section of the priesthood, and he had a wife, Elizabeth by name, who was a descendant of Aaron.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	6	Both were upright in the sight of God and impeccably carried out all the commandments and observances of the Lord.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	7	But they were childless: Elizabeth was barren and they were both advanced in years.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	8	Now it happened that it was the turn of his section to serve, and he was exercising his priestly office before God
-Luke	Luke	49	1	9	when it fell to him by lot, as the priestly custom was, to enter the Lord's sanctuary and burn incense there.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	10	And at the hour of incense all the people were outside, praying.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	11	Then there appeared to him the angel of the Lord, standing on the right of the altar of incense.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	12	The sight disturbed Zechariah and he was overcome with fear.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	13	But the angel said to him, 'Zechariah, do not be afraid, for your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth is to bear you a son and you shall name him John.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	14	He will be your joy and delight and many will rejoice at his birth,
-Luke	Luke	49	1	15	for he will be great in the sight of the Lord; he must drink no wine, no strong drink; even from his mother's womb he will be filled with the Holy Spirit,
-Luke	Luke	49	1	16	and he will bring back many of the Israelites to the Lord their God.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	17	With the spirit and power of Elijah, he will go before him to reconcile fathers to their children and the disobedient to the good sense of the upright, preparing for the Lord a people fit for him.'
-Luke	Luke	49	1	18	Zechariah said to the angel, 'How can I know this? I am an old man and my wife is getting on in years.'
-Luke	Luke	49	1	19	The angel replied, 'I am Gabriel, who stand in God's presence, and I have been sent to speak to you and bring you this good news.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	20	Look! Since you did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed time, you will be silenced and have no power of speech until this has happened.'
-Luke	Luke	49	1	21	Meanwhile the people were waiting for Zechariah and were surprised that he stayed in the sanctuary so long.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	22	When he came out he could not speak to them, and they realised that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. But he could only make signs to them and remained dumb.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	23	When his time of service came to an end he returned home.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	24	Some time later his wife Elizabeth conceived and for five months she kept to herself, saying,
-Luke	Luke	49	1	25	'The Lord has done this for me, now that it has pleased him to take away the humiliation I suffered in public.'
-Luke	Luke	49	1	26	In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,
-Luke	Luke	49	1	27	to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	28	He went in and said to her, 'Rejoice, you who enjoy God's favour! The Lord is with you.'
-Luke	Luke	49	1	29	She was deeply disturbed by these words and asked herself what this greeting could mean,
-Luke	Luke	49	1	30	but the angel said to her, 'Mary, do not be afraid; you have won God's favour.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	31	Look! You are to conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	32	He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David;
-Luke	Luke	49	1	33	he will rule over the House of Jacob for ever and his reign will have no end.'
-Luke	Luke	49	1	34	Mary said to the angel, 'But how can this come about, since I have no knowledge of man?'
-Luke	Luke	49	1	35	The angel answered, 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will cover you with its shadow. And so the child will be holy and will be called Son of God.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	36	And I tell you this too: your cousin Elizabeth also, in her old age, has conceived a son, and she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month,
-Luke	Luke	49	1	37	for nothing is impossible to God.'
-Luke	Luke	49	1	38	Mary said, 'You see before you the Lord's servant, let it happen to me as you have said.' And the angel left her.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	39	Mary set out at that time and went as quickly as she could into the hill country to a town in Judah.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	40	She went into Zechariah's house and greeted Elizabeth.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	41	Now it happened that as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the child leapt in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	42	She gave a loud cry and said, 'Of all women you are the most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	43	Why should I be honoured with a visit from the mother of my Lord?
-Luke	Luke	49	1	44	Look, the moment your greeting reached my ears, the child in my womb leapt for joy.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	45	Yes, blessed is she who believed that the promise made her by the Lord would be fulfilled.'
-Luke	Luke	49	1	46	And Mary said: My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord
-Luke	Luke	49	1	47	and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour;
-Luke	Luke	49	1	48	because he has looked upon the humiliation of his servant. Yes, from now onwards all generations will call me blessed,
-Luke	Luke	49	1	49	for the Almighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name,
-Luke	Luke	49	1	50	and his faithful love extends age after age to those who fear him.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	51	He has used the power of his arm, he has routed the arrogant of heart.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	52	He has pulled down princes from their thrones and raised high the lowly.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	53	He has filled the starving with good things, sent the rich away empty.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	54	He has come to the help of Israel his servant, mindful of his faithful love
-Luke	Luke	49	1	55	-according to the promise he made to our ancestors -- of his mercy to Abraham and to his descendants for ever.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	56	Mary stayed with her some three months and then went home.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	57	The time came for Elizabeth to have her child, and she gave birth to a son;
-Luke	Luke	49	1	58	and when her neighbours and relations heard that the Lord had lavished on her his faithful love, they shared her joy.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	59	Now it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; they were going to call him Zechariah after his father,
-Luke	Luke	49	1	60	but his mother spoke up. 'No,' she said, 'he is to be called John.'
-Luke	Luke	49	1	61	They said to her, 'But no one in your family has that name,'
-Luke	Luke	49	1	62	and made signs to his father to find out what he wanted him called.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	63	The father asked for a writing-tablet and wrote, 'His name is John.' And they were all astonished.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	64	At that instant his power of speech returned and he spoke and praised God.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	65	All their neighbours were filled with awe and the whole affair was talked about throughout the hill country of Judaea.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	66	All those who heard of it treasured it in their hearts. 'What will this child turn out to be?' they wondered. And indeed the hand of the Lord was with him.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	67	His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke this prophecy:
-Luke	Luke	49	1	68	Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited his people, he has set them free,
-Luke	Luke	49	1	69	and he has established for us a saving power in the House of his servant David,
-Luke	Luke	49	1	70	just as he proclaimed, by the mouth of his holy prophets from ancient times,
-Luke	Luke	49	1	71	that he would save us from our enemies and from the hands of all those who hate us,
-Luke	Luke	49	1	72	and show faithful love to our ancestors, and so keep in mind his holy covenant.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	73	This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham,
-Luke	Luke	49	1	74	that he would grant us, free from fear, to be delivered from the hands of our enemies,
-Luke	Luke	49	1	75	to serve him in holiness and uprightness in his presence, all our days.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	76	And you, little child, you shall be called Prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare a way for him,
-Luke	Luke	49	1	77	to give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
-Luke	Luke	49	1	78	because of the faithful love of our God in which the rising Sun has come from on high to visit us,
-Luke	Luke	49	1	79	to give light to those who live in darkness and the shadow dark as death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
-Luke	Luke	49	1	80	Meanwhile the child grew up and his spirit grew strong. And he lived in the desert until the day he appeared openly to Israel.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	1	Now it happened that at this time Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be made of the whole inhabited world.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	2	This census -- the first -- took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria,
-Luke	Luke	49	2	3	and everyone went to be registered, each to his own town.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	4	So Joseph set out from the town of Nazareth in Galilee for Judaea, to David's town called Bethlehem, since he was of David's House and line,
-Luke	Luke	49	2	5	in order to be registered together with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	6	Now it happened that, while they were there, the time came for her to have her child,
-Luke	Luke	49	2	7	and she gave birth to a son, her first-born. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the living-space.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	8	In the countryside close by there were shepherds out in the fields keeping guard over their sheep during the watches of the night.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	9	An angel of the Lord stood over them and the glory of the Lord shone round them. They were terrified,
-Luke	Luke	49	2	10	but the angel said, 'Do not be afraid. Look, I bring you news of great joy, a joy to be shared by the whole people.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	11	Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	12	And here is a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.'
-Luke	Luke	49	2	13	And all at once with the angel there was a great throng of the hosts of heaven, praising God with the words:
-Luke	Luke	49	2	14	Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace for those he favours.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	15	Now it happened that when the angels had gone from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, 'Let us go to Bethlehem and see this event which the Lord has made known to us.'
-Luke	Luke	49	2	16	So they hurried away and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	17	When they saw the child they repeated what they had been told about him,
-Luke	Luke	49	2	18	and everyone who heard it was astonished at what the shepherds said to them.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	19	As for Mary, she treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	20	And the shepherds went back glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, just as they had been told.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	21	When the eighth day came and the child was to be circumcised, they gave him the name Jesus, the name the angel had given him before his conception.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	22	And when the day came for them to be purified in keeping with the Law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord-
-Luke	Luke	49	2	23	observing what is written in the Law of the Lord: Every first-born male must be consecrated to the Lord-
-Luke	Luke	49	2	24	and also to offer in sacrifice, in accordance with what is prescribed in the Law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	25	Now in Jerusalem there was a man named Simeon. He was an upright and devout man; he looked forward to the restoration of Israel and the Holy Spirit rested on him.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	26	It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death until he had set eyes on the Christ of the Lord.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	27	Prompted by the Spirit he came to the Temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the Law required,
-Luke	Luke	49	2	28	he took him into his arms and blessed God; and he said:
-Luke	Luke	49	2	29	Now, Master, you are letting your servant go in peace as you promised;
-Luke	Luke	49	2	30	for my eyes have seen the salvation
-Luke	Luke	49	2	31	which you have made ready in the sight of the nations;
-Luke	Luke	49	2	32	a light of revelation for the gentiles and glory for your people Israel.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	33	As the child's father and mother were wondering at the things that were being said about him,
-Luke	Luke	49	2	34	Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, 'Look, he is destined for the fall and for the rise of many in Israel, destined to be a sign that is opposed-
-Luke	Luke	49	2	35	and a sword will pierce your soul too -- so that the secret thoughts of many may be laid bare.'
-Luke	Luke	49	2	36	There was a prophetess, too, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well on in years. Her days of girlhood over, she had been married for seven years
-Luke	Luke	49	2	37	before becoming a widow. She was now eighty-four years old and never left the Temple, serving God night and day with fasting and prayer.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	38	She came up just at that moment and began to praise God; and she spoke of the child to all who looked forward to the deliverance of Jerusalem.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	39	When they had done everything the Law of the Lord required, they went back to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	40	And as the child grew to maturity, he was filled with wisdom; and God's favour was with him.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	41	Every year his parents used to go to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	42	When he was twelve years old, they went up for the feast as usual.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	43	When the days of the feast were over and they set off home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem without his parents knowing it.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	44	They assumed he was somewhere in the party, and it was only after a day's journey that they went to look for him among their relations and acquaintances.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	45	When they failed to find him they went back to Jerusalem looking for him everywhere.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	46	It happened that, three days later, they found him in the Temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them, and asking them questions;
-Luke	Luke	49	2	47	and all those who heard him were astounded at his intelligence and his replies.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	48	They were overcome when they saw him, and his mother said to him, 'My child, why have you done this to us? See how worried your father and I have been, looking for you.'
-Luke	Luke	49	2	49	He replied, 'Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?'
-Luke	Luke	49	2	50	But they did not understand what he meant.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	51	He went down with them then and came to Nazareth and lived under their authority. His mother stored up all these things in her heart.
-Luke	Luke	49	2	52	And Jesus increased in wisdom, in stature, and in favour with God and with people.
-Luke	Luke	49	3	1	In the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar's reign, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of the territories of Ituraea and Trachonitis, Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
-Luke	Luke	49	3	2	and while the high-priesthood was held by Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah, in the desert.
-Luke	Luke	49	3	3	He went through the whole Jordan area proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,
-Luke	Luke	49	3	4	as it is written in the book of the sayings of Isaiah the prophet: A voice of one that cries in the desert: Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight!
-Luke	Luke	49	3	5	Let every valley be filled in, every mountain and hill be levelled, winding ways be straightened and rough roads made smooth,
-Luke	Luke	49	3	6	and all humanity will see the salvation of God.
-Luke	Luke	49	3	7	He said, therefore, to the crowds who came to be baptised by him, 'Brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming retribution?
-Luke	Luke	49	3	8	Produce fruit in keeping with repentance, and do not start telling yourselves, "We have Abraham as our father," because, I tell you, God can raise children for Abraham from these stones.
-Luke	Luke	49	3	9	Yes, even now the axe is being laid to the root of the trees, so that any tree failing to produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown on the fire.'
-Luke	Luke	49	3	10	When all the people asked him, 'What must we do, then?'
-Luke	Luke	49	3	11	he answered, 'Anyone who has two tunics must share with the one who has none, and anyone with something to eat must do the same.'
-Luke	Luke	49	3	12	There were tax collectors, too, who came for baptism, and these said to him, 'Master, what must we do?'
-Luke	Luke	49	3	13	He said to them, 'Exact no more than the appointed rate.'
-Luke	Luke	49	3	14	Some soldiers asked him in their turn, 'What about us? What must we do?' He said to them, 'No intimidation! No extortion! Be content with your pay!'
-Luke	Luke	49	3	15	A feeling of expectancy had grown among the people, who were beginning to wonder whether John might be the Christ,
-Luke	Luke	49	3	16	so John declared before them all, 'I baptise you with water, but someone is coming, who is more powerful than me, and I am not fit to undo the strap of his sandals; he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
-Luke	Luke	49	3	17	His winnowing-fan is in his hand, to clear his threshing-floor and to gather the wheat into his barn; but the chaff he will burn in a fire that will never go out.'
-Luke	Luke	49	3	18	And he proclaimed the good news to the people with many other exhortations too.
-Luke	Luke	49	3	19	But Herod the tetrarch, censured by John for his relations with his brother's wife Herodias and for all the other crimes he had committed,
-Luke	Luke	49	3	20	added a further crime to all the rest by shutting John up in prison.
-Luke	Luke	49	3	21	Now it happened that when all the people had been baptised and while Jesus after his own baptism was at prayer, heaven opened
-Luke	Luke	49	3	22	and the Holy Spirit descended on him in a physical form, like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, 'You are my Son; today have I fathered you.'
-Luke	Luke	49	3	23	When he began, Jesus was about thirty years old, being the son, as it was thought, of Joseph son of Heli,
-Luke	Luke	49	3	24	son of Matthat, son of Levi, son of Melchi, son of Jannai, son of Joseph,
-Luke	Luke	49	3	25	son of Mattathias, son of Amos, son of Nahum, son of Esli, son of Naggai,
-Luke	Luke	49	3	26	son of Maath, son of Mattathias, son of Semein, son of Josech, son of Joda,
-Luke	Luke	49	3	27	son of Joanan, son of Rhesa, son of Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, son of Neri,
-Luke	Luke	49	3	28	son of Melchi, son of Addi, son of Cosam, son of Elmadam, son of Er,
-Luke	Luke	49	3	29	son of Jesus, son of Eliezer, son of Jorim, son of Matthat, son of Levi,
-Luke	Luke	49	3	30	son of Symeon, son of Judah, son of Joseph, son of Jonam, son of Eliakim,
-Luke	Luke	49	3	31	son of Melea, son of Menna, son of Mattatha, son of Nathan, son of David,
-Luke	Luke	49	3	32	son of Jesse, son of Obed, son of Boaz, son of Sala, son of Nahshon,
-Luke	Luke	49	3	33	son of Amminadab, son of Admin, son of Arni, son of Hezron, son of Perez, son of Judah,
-Luke	Luke	49	3	34	son of Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, son of Terah, son of Nahor,
-Luke	Luke	49	3	35	son of Serug, son of Reu, son of Peleg, son of Eber, son of Shelah,
-Luke	Luke	49	3	36	son of Cainan, son of Arphaxad, son of Shem, son of Noah, son of Lamech,
-Luke	Luke	49	3	37	son of Methuselah, son of Enoch, son of Jared, son of Mahalaleel, son of Cainan,
-Luke	Luke	49	3	38	son of Enos, son of Seth, son of Adam, son of God.
-Luke	Luke	49	4	1	Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert,
-Luke	Luke	49	4	2	for forty days being put to the test by the devil. During that time he ate nothing and at the end he was hungry.
-Luke	Luke	49	4	3	Then the devil said to him, 'If you are Son of God, tell this stone to turn into a loaf.'
-Luke	Luke	49	4	4	But Jesus replied, 'Scripture says: Human beings live not on bread alone.'
-Luke	Luke	49	4	5	Then leading him to a height, the devil showed him in a moment of time all the kingdoms of the world
-Luke	Luke	49	4	6	and said to him, 'I will give you all this power and their splendour, for it has been handed over to me, for me to give it to anyone I choose.
-Luke	Luke	49	4	7	Do homage, then, to me, and it shall all be yours.'
-Luke	Luke	49	4	8	But Jesus answered him, 'Scripture says: You must do homage to the Lord your God, him alone you must serve.'
-Luke	Luke	49	4	9	Then he led him to Jerusalem and set him on the parapet of the Temple. 'If you are Son of God,' he said to him, 'throw yourself down from here,
-Luke	Luke	49	4	10	for scripture says: He has given his angels orders about you, to guard you, and again:
-Luke	Luke	49	4	11	They will carry you in their arms in case you trip over a stone.'
-Luke	Luke	49	4	12	But Jesus answered him, 'Scripture says: Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'
-Luke	Luke	49	4	13	Having exhausted every way of putting him to the test, the devil left him, until the opportune moment.
-Luke	Luke	49	4	14	Jesus, with the power of the Spirit in him, returned to Galilee; and his reputation spread throughout the countryside.
-Luke	Luke	49	4	15	He taught in their synagogues and everyone glorified him.
-Luke	Luke	49	4	16	He came to Nazara, where he had been brought up, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day as he usually did. He stood up to read,
-Luke	Luke	49	4	17	and they handed him the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Unrolling the scroll he found the place where it is written:
-Luke	Luke	49	4	18	The spirit of the Lord is on me, for he has anointed me to bring the good news to the afflicted. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives, sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free,
-Luke	Luke	49	4	19	to proclaim a year of favour from the Lord.
-Luke	Luke	49	4	20	He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the assistant and sat down. And all eyes in the synagogue were fixed on him.
-Luke	Luke	49	4	21	Then he began to speak to them, 'This text is being fulfilled today even while you are listening.'
-Luke	Luke	49	4	22	And he won the approval of all, and they were astonished by the gracious words that came from his lips. They said, 'This is Joseph's son, surely?'
-Luke	Luke	49	4	23	But he replied, 'No doubt you will quote me the saying, "Physician, heal yourself," and tell me, "We have heard all that happened in Capernaum, do the same here in your own country." '
-Luke	Luke	49	4	24	And he went on, 'In truth I tell you, no prophet is ever accepted in his own country.
-Luke	Luke	49	4	25	'There were many widows in Israel, I can assure you, in Elijah's day, when heaven remained shut for three years and six months and a great famine raged throughout the land,
-Luke	Luke	49	4	26	but Elijah was not sent to any one of these: he was sent to a widow at Zarephath, a town in Sidonia.
-Luke	Luke	49	4	27	And in the prophet Elisha's time there were many suffering from virulent skin-diseases in Israel, but none of these was cured -- only Naaman the Syrian.'
-Luke	Luke	49	4	28	When they heard this everyone in the synagogue was enraged.
-Luke	Luke	49	4	29	They sprang to their feet and hustled him out of the town; and they took him up to the brow of the hill their town was built on, intending to throw him off the cliff,
-Luke	Luke	49	4	30	but he passed straight through the crowd and walked away.
-Luke	Luke	49	4	31	He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and taught them on the Sabbath.
-Luke	Luke	49	4	32	And his teaching made a deep impression on them because his word carried authority.
-Luke	Luke	49	4	33	In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean devil, and he shouted at the top of his voice,
-Luke	Luke	49	4	34	'Ha! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are: the Holy One of God.'
-Luke	Luke	49	4	35	But Jesus rebuked it, saying, 'Be quiet! Come out of him!' And the devil, throwing the man into the middle, went out of him without hurting him at all.
-Luke	Luke	49	4	36	Astonishment seized them and they were all saying to one another, 'What is it in his words? He gives orders to unclean spirits with authority and power and they come out.'
-Luke	Luke	49	4	37	And the news of him travelled all through the surrounding countryside.
-Luke	Luke	49	4	38	Leaving the synagogue he went to Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was in the grip of a high fever and they asked him to do something for her.
-Luke	Luke	49	4	39	Standing over her he rebuked the fever and it left her. And she immediately got up and began to serve them.
-Luke	Luke	49	4	40	At sunset all those who had friends suffering from diseases of one kind or another brought them to him, and laying his hands on each he cured them.
-Luke	Luke	49	4	41	Devils too came out of many people, shouting, 'You are the Son of God.' But he warned them and would not allow them to speak because they knew that he was the Christ.
-Luke	Luke	49	4	42	When daylight came he left the house and made his way to a lonely place. The crowds went to look for him, and when they had caught up with him they wanted to prevent him leaving them,
-Luke	Luke	49	4	43	but he answered, 'I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns too, because that is what I was sent to do.'
-Luke	Luke	49	4	44	And he continued his proclamation in the synagogues of Judaea.
-Luke	Luke	49	5	1	Now it happened that he was standing one day by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the crowd pressing round him listening to the word of God,
-Luke	Luke	49	5	2	when he caught sight of two boats at the water's edge. The fishermen had got out of them and were washing their nets.
-Luke	Luke	49	5	3	He got into one of the boats -- it was Simon's -- and asked him to put out a little from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.
-Luke	Luke	49	5	4	When he had finished speaking he said to Simon, 'Put out into deep water and pay out your nets for a catch.'
-Luke	Luke	49	5	5	Simon replied, 'Master, we worked hard all night long and caught nothing, but if you say so, I will pay out the nets.'
-Luke	Luke	49	5	6	And when they had done this they netted such a huge number of fish that their nets began to tear,
-Luke	Luke	49	5	7	so they signalled to their companions in the other boat to come and help them; when these came, they filled both boats to sinking point.
-Luke	Luke	49	5	8	When Simon Peter saw this he fell at the knees of Jesus saying, 'Leave me, Lord; I am a sinful man.'
-Luke	Luke	49	5	9	For he and all his companions were completely awestruck at the catch they had made;
-Luke	Luke	49	5	10	so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were Simon's partners. But Jesus said to Simon, 'Do not be afraid; from now on it is people you will be catching.'
-Luke	Luke	49	5	11	Then, bringing their boats back to land they left everything and followed him.
-Luke	Luke	49	5	12	Now it happened that Jesus was in one of the towns when suddenly a man appeared, covered with a skin-disease. Seeing Jesus he fell on his face and implored him saying, 'Sir, if you are willing you can cleanse me.'
-Luke	Luke	49	5	13	He stretched out his hand, and touched him saying, 'I am willing. Be cleansed.' At once the skin-disease left him.
-Luke	Luke	49	5	14	He ordered him to tell no one, 'But go and show yourself to the priest and make the offering for your cleansing just as Moses prescribed, as evidence to them.'
-Luke	Luke	49	5	15	But the news of him kept spreading, and large crowds would gather to hear him and to have their illnesses cured,
-Luke	Luke	49	5	16	but he would go off to some deserted place and pray.
-Luke	Luke	49	5	17	Now it happened that he was teaching one day, and Pharisees and teachers of the Law, who had come from every village in Galilee, from Judaea and from Jerusalem, were sitting there. And the power of the Lord was there so that he should heal.
-Luke	Luke	49	5	18	And now some men appeared, bringing on a bed a paralysed man whom they were trying to bring in and lay down in front of him.
-Luke	Luke	49	5	19	But as they could find no way of getting the man through the crowd, they went up onto the top of the house and lowered him and his stretcher down through the tiles into the middle of the gathering, in front of Jesus.
-Luke	Luke	49	5	20	Seeing their faith he said, 'My friend, your sins are forgiven you.'
-Luke	Luke	49	5	21	The scribes and the Pharisees began to think this over. 'Who is this man, talking blasphemy? Who but God alone can forgive sins?'
-Luke	Luke	49	5	22	But Jesus, aware of their thoughts, made them this reply, 'What are these thoughts you have in your hearts?
-Luke	Luke	49	5	23	Which of these is easier: to say, "Your sins are forgiven you," or to say, "Get up and walk"?
-Luke	Luke	49	5	24	But to prove to you that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins,' -- he said to the paralysed man-'I order you: get up, and pick up your stretcher and go home.'
-Luke	Luke	49	5	25	And immediately before their very eyes he got up, picked up what he had been lying on and went home praising God.
-Luke	Luke	49	5	26	They were all astounded and praised God and were filled with awe, saying, 'We have seen strange things today.'
-Luke	Luke	49	5	27	When he went out after this, he noticed a tax collector, Levi by name, sitting at the tax office, and said to him, 'Follow me.'
-Luke	Luke	49	5	28	And leaving everything Levi got up and followed him.
-Luke	Luke	49	5	29	In his honour Levi held a great reception in his house, and with them at table was a large gathering of tax collectors and others.
-Luke	Luke	49	5	30	The Pharisees and their scribes complained to his disciples and said, 'Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?'
-Luke	Luke	49	5	31	Jesus said to them in reply, 'It is not those that are well who need the doctor, but the sick.
-Luke	Luke	49	5	32	I have come to call not the upright but sinners to repentance.'
-Luke	Luke	49	5	33	They then said to him, 'John's disciples are always fasting and saying prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees, too, but yours go on eating and drinking.'
-Luke	Luke	49	5	34	Jesus replied, 'Surely you cannot make the bridegroom's attendants fast while the bridegroom is still with them?
-Luke	Luke	49	5	35	But the time will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them; then, in those days, they will fast.'
-Luke	Luke	49	5	36	He also told them a parable, 'No one tears a piece from a new cloak to put it on an old cloak; otherwise, not only will the new one be torn, but the piece taken from the new will not match the old.
-Luke	Luke	49	5	37	'And nobody puts new wine in old wineskins; otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins and run to waste, and the skins will be ruined.
-Luke	Luke	49	5	38	No; new wine must be put in fresh skins.
-Luke	Luke	49	5	39	And nobody who has been drinking old wine wants new. "The old is good," he says.'
-Luke	Luke	49	6	1	It happened that one Sabbath he was walking through the cornfields, and his disciples were picking ears of corn, rubbing them in their hands and eating them.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	2	Some of the Pharisees said, 'Why are you doing something that is forbidden on the Sabbath day?'
-Luke	Luke	49	6	3	Jesus answered them, 'So you have not read what David did when he and his followers were hungry-
-Luke	Luke	49	6	4	how he went into the house of God and took the loaves of the offering and ate them and gave them to his followers, loaves which the priests alone are allowed to eat?'
-Luke	Luke	49	6	5	And he said to them, 'The Son of man is master of the Sabbath.'
-Luke	Luke	49	6	6	Now on another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and began to teach, and a man was present, and his right hand was withered.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	7	The scribes and the Pharisees were watching him to see if he would cure somebody on the Sabbath, hoping to find something to charge him with.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	8	But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man with the withered hand, 'Get up and stand out in the middle!' And he came forward and stood there.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	9	Then Jesus said to them, 'I put it to you: is it permitted on the Sabbath to do good, or to do evil; to save life, or to destroy it?'
-Luke	Luke	49	6	10	Then he looked round at them all and said to the man, 'Stretch out your hand.' He did so, and his hand was restored.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	11	But they were furious and began to discuss the best way of dealing with Jesus.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	12	Now it happened in those days that he went onto the mountain to pray; and he spent the whole night in prayer to God.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	13	When day came he summoned his disciples and picked out twelve of them; he called them 'apostles':
-Luke	Luke	49	6	14	Simon whom he called Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,
-Luke	Luke	49	6	15	Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon called the Zealot,
-Luke	Luke	49	6	16	Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot who became a traitor.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	17	He then came down with them and stopped at a piece of level ground where there was a large gathering of his disciples, with a great crowd of people from all parts of Judaea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon
-Luke	Luke	49	6	18	who had come to hear him and to be cured of their diseases. People tormented by unclean spirits were also cured,
-Luke	Luke	49	6	19	and everyone in the crowd was trying to touch him because power came out of him that cured them all.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	20	Then fixing his eyes on his disciples he said: How blessed are you who are poor: the kingdom of God is yours.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	21	Blessed are you who are hungry now: you shall have your fill. Blessed are you who are weeping now: you shall laugh.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	22	'Blessed are you when people hate you, drive you out, abuse you, denounce your name as criminal, on account of the Son of man.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	23	Rejoice when that day comes and dance for joy, look!-your reward will be great in heaven. This was the way their ancestors treated the prophets.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	24	But alas for you who are rich: you are having your consolation now.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	25	Alas for you who have plenty to eat now: you shall go hungry. Alas for you who are laughing now: you shall mourn and weep.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	26	'Alas for you when everyone speaks well of you! This was the way their ancestors treated the false prophets.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	27	'But I say this to you who are listening: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
-Luke	Luke	49	6	28	bless those who curse you, pray for those who treat you badly.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	29	To anyone who slaps you on one cheek, present the other cheek as well; to anyone who takes your cloak from you, do not refuse your tunic.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	30	Give to everyone who asks you, and do not ask for your property back from someone who takes it.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	31	Treat others as you would like people to treat you.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	32	If you love those who love you, what credit can you expect? Even sinners love those who love them.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	33	And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit can you expect? For even sinners do that much.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	34	And if you lend to those from whom you hope to get money back, what credit can you expect? Even sinners lend to sinners to get back the same amount.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	35	Instead, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend without any hope of return. You will have a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	36	'Be compassionate just as your Father is compassionate.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	37	Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	38	Give, and there will be gifts for you: a full measure, pressed down, shaken together, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap; because the standard you use will be the standard used for you.'
-Luke	Luke	49	6	39	He also told them a parable, 'Can one blind person guide another? Surely both will fall into a pit?
-Luke	Luke	49	6	40	Disciple is not superior to teacher; but fully trained disciple will be like teacher.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	41	Why do you observe the splinter in your brother's eye and never notice the great log in your own?
-Luke	Luke	49	6	42	How can you say to your brother, "Brother, let me take out that splinter in your eye," when you cannot see the great log in your own? Hypocrite! Take the log out of your own eye first, and then you will see clearly enough to take out the splinter in your brother's eyes.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	43	'There is no sound tree that produces rotten fruit, nor again a rotten tree that produces sound fruit.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	44	Every tree can be told by its own fruit: people do not pick figs from thorns, nor gather grapes from brambles.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	45	Good people draw what is good from the store of goodness in their hearts; bad people draw what is bad from the store of badness. For the words of the mouth flow out of what fills the heart.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	46	'Why do you call me, "Lord, Lord" and not do what I say?
-Luke	Luke	49	6	47	'Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and acts on them -- I will show you what such a person is like.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	48	Such a person is like the man who, when he built a house, dug, and dug deep, and laid the foundations on rock; when the river was in flood it bore down on that house but could not shake it, it was so well built.
-Luke	Luke	49	6	49	But someone who listens and does nothing is like the man who built a house on soil, with no foundations; as soon as the river bore down on it, it collapsed; and what a ruin that house became!'
-Luke	Luke	49	7	1	When he had come to the end of all he wanted the people to hear, he went into Capernaum.
-Luke	Luke	49	7	2	A centurion there had a servant, a favourite of his, who was sick and near death.
-Luke	Luke	49	7	3	Having heard about Jesus he sent some Jewish elders to him to ask him to come and heal his servant.
-Luke	Luke	49	7	4	When they came to Jesus they pleaded earnestly with him saying, 'He deserves this of you,
-Luke	Luke	49	7	5	because he is well disposed towards our people; he built us our synagogue himself.'
-Luke	Luke	49	7	6	So Jesus went with them, and was not very far from the house when the centurion sent word to him by some friends to say to him, 'Sir, do not put yourself to any trouble because I am not worthy to have you under my roof;
-Luke	Luke	49	7	7	and that is why I did not presume to come to you myself; let my boy be cured by your giving the word.
-Luke	Luke	49	7	8	For I am under authority myself, and have soldiers under me; and I say to one man, "Go," and he goes; to another, "Come here," and he comes; to my servant, "Do this," and he does it.'
-Luke	Luke	49	7	9	When Jesus heard these words he was astonished at him and, turning round, said to the crowd following him, 'I tell you, not even in Israel have I found faith as great as this.'
-Luke	Luke	49	7	10	And when the messengers got back to the house they found the servant in perfect health.
-Luke	Luke	49	7	11	It happened that soon afterwards he went to a town called Nain, accompanied by his disciples and a great number of people.
-Luke	Luke	49	7	12	Now when he was near the gate of the town there was a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a considerable number of the townspeople was with her.
-Luke	Luke	49	7	13	When the Lord saw her he felt sorry for her and said to her, 'Don't cry.'
-Luke	Luke	49	7	14	Then he went up and touched the bier and the bearers stood still, and he said, 'Young man, I tell you: get up.'
-Luke	Luke	49	7	15	And the dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him to his mother.
-Luke	Luke	49	7	16	Everyone was filled with awe and glorified God saying, 'A great prophet has risen up among us; God has visited his people.'
-Luke	Luke	49	7	17	And this view of him spread throughout Judaea and all over the countryside.
-Luke	Luke	49	7	18	The disciples of John gave him all this news, and John, summoning two of his disciples,
-Luke	Luke	49	7	19	sent them to the Lord to ask, 'Are you the one who is to come, or are we to expect someone else?'
-Luke	Luke	49	7	20	When the men reached Jesus they said, 'John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask, "Are you the one who is to come or are we to expect someone else?" '
-Luke	Luke	49	7	21	At that very time he cured many people of diseases and afflictions and of evil spirits, and gave the gift of sight to many who were blind.
-Luke	Luke	49	7	22	Then he gave the messengers their answer, 'Go back and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind see again, the lame walk, those suffering from virulent skin-diseases are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, the good news is proclaimed to the poor;
-Luke	Luke	49	7	23	and blessed is anyone who does not find me a cause of falling.'
-Luke	Luke	49	7	24	When John's messengers had gone he began to talk to the people about John,
-Luke	Luke	49	7	25	'What did you go out into the desert to see? A reed swaying in the breeze? No! Then what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who go in magnificent clothes and live luxuriously are to be found at royal courts!
-Luke	Luke	49	7	26	Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet:
-Luke	Luke	49	7	27	he is the one of whom scripture says: Look, I am going to send my messenger in front of you to prepare your way before you.
-Luke	Luke	49	7	28	'I tell you, of all the children born to women, there is no one greater than John; yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.'
-Luke	Luke	49	7	29	All the people who heard him, and the tax collectors too, acknowledged God's saving justice by accepting baptism from John;
-Luke	Luke	49	7	30	but by refusing baptism from him the Pharisees and the lawyers thwarted God's plan for them.
-Luke	Luke	49	7	31	'What comparison, then, can I find for the people of this generation? What are they like?
-Luke	Luke	49	7	32	They are like children shouting to one another while they sit in the market place: We played the pipes for you, and you wouldn't dance; we sang dirges, and you wouldn't cry.
-Luke	Luke	49	7	33	'For John the Baptist has come, not eating bread, not drinking wine, and you say, "He is possessed."
-Luke	Luke	49	7	34	The Son of man has come, eating and drinking, and you say, "Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners."
-Luke	Luke	49	7	35	Yet wisdom is justified by all her children.'
-Luke	Luke	49	7	36	One of the Pharisees invited him to a meal. When he arrived at the Pharisee's house and took his place at table,
-Luke	Luke	49	7	37	suddenly a woman came in, who had a bad name in the town. She had heard he was dining with the Pharisee and had brought with her an alabaster jar of ointment.
-Luke	Luke	49	7	38	She waited behind him at his feet, weeping, and her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them away with her hair; then she covered his feet with kisses and anointed them with the ointment.
-Luke	Luke	49	7	39	When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, 'If this man were a prophet, he would know who this woman is and what sort of person it is who is touching him and what a bad name she has.'
-Luke	Luke	49	7	40	Then Jesus took him up and said, 'Simon, I have something to say to you.' He replied, 'Say on, Master.'
-Luke	Luke	49	7	41	'There was once a creditor who had two men in his debt; one owed him five hundred denarii, the other fifty.
-Luke	Luke	49	7	42	They were unable to pay, so he let them both off. Which of them will love him more?'
-Luke	Luke	49	7	43	Simon answered, 'The one who was let off more, I suppose.' Jesus said, 'You are right.'
-Luke	Luke	49	7	44	Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, 'You see this woman? I came into your house, and you poured no water over my feet, but she has poured out her tears over my feet and wiped them away with her hair.
-Luke	Luke	49	7	45	You gave me no kiss, but she has been covering my feet with kisses ever since I came in.
-Luke	Luke	49	7	46	You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
-Luke	Luke	49	7	47	For this reason I tell you that her sins, many as they are, have been forgiven her, because she has shown such great love. It is someone who is forgiven little who shows little love.'
-Luke	Luke	49	7	48	Then he said to her, 'Your sins are forgiven.'
-Luke	Luke	49	7	49	Those who were with him at table began to say to themselves, 'Who is this man, that even forgives sins?'
-Luke	Luke	49	7	50	But he said to the woman, 'Your faith has saved you; go in peace.'
-Luke	Luke	49	8	1	Now it happened that after this he made his way through towns and villages preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. With him went the Twelve,
-Luke	Luke	49	8	2	as well as certain women who had been cured of evil spirits and ailments: Mary surnamed the Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
-Luke	Luke	49	8	3	Joanna the wife of Herod's steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their own resources.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	4	With a large crowd gathering and people from every town finding their way to him, he told this parable:
-Luke	Luke	49	8	5	'A sower went out to sow his seed. Now as he sowed, some fell on the edge of the path and was trampled on; and the birds of the air ate it up.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	6	Some seed fell on rock, and when it came up it withered away, having no moisture.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	7	Some seed fell in the middle of thorns and the thorns grew with it and choked it.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	8	And some seed fell into good soil and grew and produced its crop a hundredfold.' Saying this he cried, 'Anyone who has ears for listening should listen!'
-Luke	Luke	49	8	9	His disciples asked him what this parable might mean,
-Luke	Luke	49	8	10	and he said, 'To you is granted to understand the secrets of the kingdom of God; for the rest it remains in parables, so that they may look but not perceive, listen but not understand.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	11	'This, then, is what the parable means: the seed is the word of God.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	12	Those on the edge of the path are people who have heard it, and then the devil comes and carries away the word from their hearts in case they should believe and be saved.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	13	Those on the rock are people who, when they first hear it, welcome the word with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of trial they give up.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	14	As for the part that fell into thorns, this is people who have heard, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life and never produce any crops.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	15	As for the part in the rich soil, this is people with a noble and generous heart who have heard the word and take it to themselves and yield a harvest through their perseverance.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	16	'No one lights a lamp to cover it with a bowl or to put it under a bed. No, it is put on a lamp-stand so that people may see the light when they come in.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	17	For nothing is hidden but it will be made clear, nothing secret but it will be made known and brought to light.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	18	So take care how you listen; anyone who has, will be given more; anyone who has not, will be deprived even of what he thinks he has.'
-Luke	Luke	49	8	19	His mother and his brothers came looking for him, but they could not get to him because of the crowd.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	20	He was told, 'Your mother and brothers are standing outside and want to see you.'
-Luke	Luke	49	8	21	But he said in answer, 'My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and put it into practice.'
-Luke	Luke	49	8	22	It happened that one day he got into a boat with his disciples and said to them, 'Let us cross over to the other side of the lake.' So they set out,
-Luke	Luke	49	8	23	and as they sailed he fell asleep. When a squall of wind came down on the lake the boat started shipping water and they found themselves in danger.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	24	So they went to rouse him saying, 'Master! Master! We are lost!' Then he woke up and rebuked the wind and the rough water; and they subsided and it was calm again.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	25	He said to them, 'Where is your faith?' They were awestruck and astounded and said to one another, 'Who can this be, that gives orders even to winds and waves and they obey him?'
-Luke	Luke	49	8	26	They came to land in the territory of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	27	He was stepping ashore when a man from the city who was possessed by devils came towards him; for a long time the man had been living with no clothes on, not in a house, but in the tombs.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	28	Catching sight of Jesus he gave a shout, fell at his feet and cried out at the top of his voice, 'What do you want with me, Jesus, son of the Most High God? I implore you, do not torture me.'
-Luke	Luke	49	8	29	For Jesus had been telling the unclean spirit to come out of the man. It had seized on him a great many times, and then they used to secure him with chains and fetters to restrain him, but he would always break the fastenings, and the devil would drive him out into the wilds.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	30	Jesus asked him, 'What is your name?' He said, 'Legion' -- because many devils had gone into him.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	31	And these begged him not to order them to depart into the Abyss.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	32	Now there was a large herd of pigs feeding there on the mountain, and the devils begged him to let them go into these. So he gave them leave.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	33	The devils came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd charged down the cliff into the lake and was drowned.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	34	When the swineherds saw what had happened they ran off and told their story in the city and in the country round about;
-Luke	Luke	49	8	35	and the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus they found the man from whom the devils had gone out sitting at the feet of Jesus, wearing clothes and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	36	Those who had witnessed it told them how the man who had been possessed came to be saved.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	37	The entire population of the Gerasene territory was in great fear and asked Jesus to leave them. So he got into the boat and went back.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	38	The man from whom the devils had gone out asked to be allowed to stay with him, but he sent him away saying,
-Luke	Luke	49	8	39	'Go back home and report all that God has done for you.' So the man went off and proclaimed throughout the city all that Jesus had done for him.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	40	On his return Jesus was welcomed by the crowd, for they were all there waiting for him.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	41	And suddenly there came a man named Jairus, who was president of the synagogue. He fell at Jesus' feet and pleaded with him to come to his house,
-Luke	Luke	49	8	42	because he had an only daughter about twelve years old, who was dying. And the crowds were almost stifling Jesus as he went.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	43	Now there was a woman suffering from a haemorrhage for the past twelve years, whom no one had been able to cure.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	44	She came up behind him and touched the fringe of his cloak; and the haemorrhage stopped at that very moment.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	45	Jesus said, 'Who was it that touched me?' When they all denied it, Peter said, 'Master, it is the crowds round you, pushing.'
-Luke	Luke	49	8	46	But Jesus said, 'Somebody touched me. I felt that power had gone out from me.'
-Luke	Luke	49	8	47	Seeing herself discovered, the woman came forward trembling, and falling at his feet explained in front of all the people why she had touched him and how she had been cured at that very moment.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	48	'My daughter,' he said, 'your faith has saved you; go in peace.'
-Luke	Luke	49	8	49	While he was still speaking, someone arrived from the house of the president of the synagogue to say, 'Your daughter has died. Do not trouble the Master any further.'
-Luke	Luke	49	8	50	But Jesus heard this, and he spoke to the man, 'Do not be afraid, only have faith and she will be saved.'
-Luke	Luke	49	8	51	When he came to the house he allowed no one to go in with him except Peter and John and James, and the child's father and mother.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	52	They were all crying and mourning for her, but Jesus said, 'Stop crying; she is not dead, but asleep.'
-Luke	Luke	49	8	53	But they ridiculed him, knowing she was dead.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	54	But taking her by the hand himself he spoke to her, 'Child, get up.'
-Luke	Luke	49	8	55	And her spirit returned and she got up at that very moment. Then he told them to give her something to eat.
-Luke	Luke	49	8	56	Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	1	He called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority over all devils and to cure diseases,
-Luke	Luke	49	9	2	and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	3	He said to them, 'Take nothing for the journey: neither staff, nor haversack, nor bread, nor money; and do not have a spare tunic.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	4	Whatever house you enter, stay there; and when you leave let your departure be from there.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	5	As for those who do not welcome you, when you leave their town shake the dust from your feet as evidence against them.'
-Luke	Luke	49	9	6	So they set out and went from village to village proclaiming the good news and healing everywhere.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	7	Meanwhile Herod the tetrarch had heard about all that was going on; and he was puzzled, because some people were saying that John had risen from the dead,
-Luke	Luke	49	9	8	others that Elijah had reappeared, still others that one of the ancient prophets had come back to life.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	9	But Herod said, 'John? I beheaded him. So who is this I hear such reports about?' And he was anxious to see him.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	10	On their return the apostles gave him an account of all they had done. Then he took them with him and withdrew towards a town called Bethsaida where they could be by themselves.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	11	But the crowds got to know and they went after him. He made them welcome and talked to them about the kingdom of God; and he cured those who were in need of healing.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	12	It was late afternoon when the Twelve came up to him and said, 'Send the people away, and they can go to the villages and farms round about to find lodging and food; for we are in a lonely place here.'
-Luke	Luke	49	9	13	He replied, 'Give them something to eat yourselves.' But they said, 'We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we are to go ourselves and buy food for all these people.'
-Luke	Luke	49	9	14	For there were about five thousand men. But he said to his disciples, 'Get them to sit down in parties of about fifty.'
-Luke	Luke	49	9	15	They did so and made them all sit down.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	16	Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, raised his eyes to heaven, and said the blessing over them; then he broke them and handed them to his disciples to distribute among the crowd.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	17	They all ate as much as they wanted, and when the scraps left over were collected they filled twelve baskets.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	18	Now it happened that he was praying alone, and his disciples came to him and he put this question to them, 'Who do the crowds say I am?'
-Luke	Luke	49	9	19	And they answered, 'Some say John the Baptist; others Elijah; others again one of the ancient prophets come back to life.'
-Luke	Luke	49	9	20	'But you,' he said to them, 'who do you say I am?' It was Peter who spoke up. 'The Christ of God,' he said.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	21	But he gave them strict orders and charged them not to say this to anyone.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	22	He said, 'The Son of man is destined to suffer grievously, to be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes and to be put to death, and to be raised up on the third day.'
-Luke	Luke	49	9	23	Then, speaking to all, he said, 'If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross every day and follow me.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	24	Anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake, will save it.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	25	What benefit is it to anyone to win the whole world and forfeit or lose his very self?
-Luke	Luke	49	9	26	For if anyone is ashamed of me and of my words, of him the Son of man will be ashamed when he comes in his own glory and in the glory of the Father and the holy angels.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	27	'I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.'
-Luke	Luke	49	9	28	Now about eight days after this had been said, he took with him Peter, John and James and went up the mountain to pray.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	29	And it happened that, as he was praying, the aspect of his face was changed and his clothing became sparkling white.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	30	And suddenly there were two men talking to him; they were Moses and Elijah
-Luke	Luke	49	9	31	appearing in glory, and they were speaking of his passing which he was to accomplish in Jerusalem.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	32	Peter and his companions were heavy with sleep, but they woke up and saw his glory and the two men standing with him.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	33	As these were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, 'Master, it is wonderful for us to be here; so let us make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.' He did not know what he was saying.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	34	As he was saying this, a cloud came and covered them with shadow; and when they went into the cloud the disciples were afraid.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	35	And a voice came from the cloud saying, 'This is my Son, the Chosen One. Listen to him.'
-Luke	Luke	49	9	36	And after the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. The disciples kept silence and, at that time, told no one what they had seen.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	37	Now it happened that on the following day when they were coming down from the mountain a large crowd came to meet him.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	38	And suddenly a man in the crowd cried out. 'Master,' he said, 'I implore you to look at my son: he is my only child.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	39	A spirit will suddenly take hold of him, and all at once it gives a sudden cry and throws the boy into convulsions with foaming at the mouth; it is slow to leave him, but when it does, it leaves the boy worn out.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	40	I begged your disciples to drive it out, and they could not.'
-Luke	Luke	49	9	41	In reply Jesus said, 'Faithless and perverse generation! How much longer must I be among you and put up with you? Bring your son here.'
-Luke	Luke	49	9	42	Even while the boy was coming, the devil threw him to the ground in convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and cured the boy and gave him back to his father,
-Luke	Luke	49	9	43	and everyone was awestruck by the greatness of God. But while everyone was full of admiration for all he did, he said to his disciples,
-Luke	Luke	49	9	44	'For your part, you must have these words constantly in mind: The Son of man is going to be delivered into the power of men.'
-Luke	Luke	49	9	45	But they did not understand what he said; it was hidden from them so that they should not see the meaning of it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	46	An argument started between them about which of them was the greatest.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	47	Jesus knew what thoughts were going through their minds, and he took a little child whom he set by his side
-Luke	Luke	49	9	48	and then he said to them, 'Anyone who welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and anyone who welcomes me, welcomes the one who sent me. The least among you all is the one who is the greatest.'
-Luke	Luke	49	9	49	John spoke up. 'Master,' he said, 'we saw someone driving out devils in your name, and because he is not with us we tried to stop him.'
-Luke	Luke	49	9	50	But Jesus said to him, 'You must not stop him: anyone who is not against you is for you.'
-Luke	Luke	49	9	51	Now it happened that as the time drew near for him to be taken up, he resolutely turned his face towards Jerusalem
-Luke	Luke	49	9	52	and sent messengers ahead of him. These set out, and they went into a Samaritan village to make preparations for him,
-Luke	Luke	49	9	53	but the people would not receive him because he was making for Jerusalem.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	54	Seeing this, the disciples James and John said, 'Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to burn them up?'
-Luke	Luke	49	9	55	But he turned and rebuked them,
-Luke	Luke	49	9	56	and they went on to another village.
-Luke	Luke	49	9	57	As they travelled along they met a man on the road who said to him, 'I will follow you wherever you go.'
-Luke	Luke	49	9	58	Jesus answered, 'Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.'
-Luke	Luke	49	9	59	Another to whom he said, 'Follow me,' replied, 'Let me go and bury my father first.'
-Luke	Luke	49	9	60	But he answered, 'Leave the dead to bury their dead; your duty is to go and spread the news of the kingdom of God.'
-Luke	Luke	49	9	61	Another said, 'I will follow you, sir, but first let me go and say good -- bye to my people at home.'
-Luke	Luke	49	9	62	Jesus said to him, 'Once the hand is laid on the plough, no one who looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.'
-Luke	Luke	49	10	1	After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them out ahead of him in pairs, to all the towns and places he himself would be visiting.
-Luke	Luke	49	10	2	And he said to them, 'The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to do his harvesting.
-Luke	Luke	49	10	3	Start off now, but look, I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
-Luke	Luke	49	10	4	Take no purse with you, no haversack, no sandals. Salute no one on the road.
-Luke	Luke	49	10	5	Whatever house you enter, let your first words be, "Peace to this house!"
-Luke	Luke	49	10	6	And if a man of peace lives there, your peace will go and rest on him; if not, it will come back to you.
-Luke	Luke	49	10	7	Stay in the same house, taking what food and drink they have to offer, for the labourer deserves his wages; do not move from house to house.
-Luke	Luke	49	10	8	Whenever you go into a town where they make you welcome, eat what is put before you.
-Luke	Luke	49	10	9	Cure those in it who are sick, and say, "The kingdom of God is very near to you."
-Luke	Luke	49	10	10	But whenever you enter a town and they do not make you welcome, go out into its streets and say,
-Luke	Luke	49	10	11	"We wipe off the very dust of your town that clings to our feet, and leave it with you. Yet be sure of this: the kingdom of God is very near."
-Luke	Luke	49	10	12	I tell you, on the great Day it will be more bearable for Sodom than for that town.
-Luke	Luke	49	10	13	'Alas for you, Chorazin! Alas for you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
-Luke	Luke	49	10	14	And still, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the Judgement than for you.
-Luke	Luke	49	10	15	And as for you, Capernaum, did you want to be raised high as heaven? You shall be flung down to hell.
-Luke	Luke	49	10	16	'Anyone who listens to you listens to me; anyone who rejects you rejects me, and those who reject me reject the one who sent me.'
-Luke	Luke	49	10	17	The seventy-two came back rejoicing. 'Lord,' they said, 'even the devils submit to us when we use your name.'
-Luke	Luke	49	10	18	He said to them, 'I watched Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
-Luke	Luke	49	10	19	Look, I have given you power to tread down serpents and scorpions and the whole strength of the enemy; nothing shall ever hurt you.
-Luke	Luke	49	10	20	Yet do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you; rejoice instead that your names are written in heaven.'
-Luke	Luke	49	10	21	Just at this time, filled with joy by the Holy Spirit, he said, 'I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to little children. Yes, Father, for that is what it has pleased you to do.
-Luke	Luke	49	10	22	Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.'
-Luke	Luke	49	10	23	Then turning to his disciples he spoke to them by themselves, 'Blessed are the eyes that see what you see,
-Luke	Luke	49	10	24	for I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see, and never saw it; to hear what you hear, and never heard it.'
-Luke	Luke	49	10	25	And now a lawyer stood up and, to test him, asked, 'Master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?'
-Luke	Luke	49	10	26	He said to him, 'What is written in the Law? What is your reading of it?'
-Luke	Luke	49	10	27	He replied, 'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbour as yourself.'
-Luke	Luke	49	10	28	Jesus said to him, 'You have answered right, do this and life is yours.'
-Luke	Luke	49	10	29	But the man was anxious to justify himself and said to Jesus, 'And who is my neighbour?'
-Luke	Luke	49	10	30	In answer Jesus said, 'A man was once on his way down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of bandits; they stripped him, beat him and then made off, leaving him half dead.
-Luke	Luke	49	10	31	Now a priest happened to be travelling down the same road, but when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.
-Luke	Luke	49	10	32	In the same way a Levite who came to the place saw him, and passed by on the other side.
-Luke	Luke	49	10	33	But a Samaritan traveller who came on him was moved with compassion when he saw him.
-Luke	Luke	49	10	34	He went up to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them. He then lifted him onto his own mount and took him to an inn and looked after him.
-Luke	Luke	49	10	35	Next day, he took out two denarii and handed them to the innkeeper and said, "Look after him, and on my way back I will make good any extra expense you have."
-Luke	Luke	49	10	36	Which of these three, do you think, proved himself a neighbour to the man who fell into the bandits' hands?'
-Luke	Luke	49	10	37	He replied, 'The one who showed pity towards him.' Jesus said to him, 'Go, and do the same yourself.'
-Luke	Luke	49	10	38	In the course of their journey he came to a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house.
-Luke	Luke	49	10	39	She had a sister called Mary, who sat down at the Lord's feet and listened to him speaking.
-Luke	Luke	49	10	40	Now Martha, who was distracted with all the serving, came to him and said, 'Lord, do you not care that my sister is leaving me to do the serving all by myself? Please tell her to help me.'
-Luke	Luke	49	10	41	But the Lord answered, 'Martha, Martha,' he said, 'you worry and fret about so many things,
-Luke	Luke	49	10	42	and yet few are needed, indeed only one. It is Mary who has chosen the better part, and it is not to be taken from her.'
-Luke	Luke	49	11	1	Now it happened that he was in a certain place praying, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said, 'Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.'
-Luke	Luke	49	11	2	He said to them, 'When you pray, this is what to say: Father, may your name be held holy, your kingdom come;
-Luke	Luke	49	11	3	give us each day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins,
-Luke	Luke	49	11	4	for we ourselves forgive each one who is in debt to us. And do not put us to the test.'
-Luke	Luke	49	11	5	He also said to them, 'Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to him in the middle of the night to say, "My friend, lend me three loaves,
-Luke	Luke	49	11	6	because a friend of mine on his travels has just arrived at my house and I have nothing to offer him;"
-Luke	Luke	49	11	7	and the man answers from inside the house, "Do not bother me. The door is bolted now, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up to give it to you."
-Luke	Luke	49	11	8	I tell you, if the man does not get up and give it to him for friendship's sake, persistence will make him get up and give his friend all he wants.
-Luke	Luke	49	11	9	'So I say to you: Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
-Luke	Luke	49	11	10	For everyone who asks receives; everyone who searches finds; everyone who knocks will have the door opened.
-Luke	Luke	49	11	11	What father among you, if his son asked for a fish, would hand him a snake?
-Luke	Luke	49	11	12	Or if he asked for an egg, hand him a scorpion?
-Luke	Luke	49	11	13	If you then, evil as you are, know how to give your children what is good, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!'
-Luke	Luke	49	11	14	He was driving out a devil and it was dumb; and it happened that when the devil had gone out the dumb man spoke, and the people were amazed.
-Luke	Luke	49	11	15	But some of them said, 'It is through Beelzebul, the prince of devils, that he drives devils out.'
-Luke	Luke	49	11	16	Others asked him, as a test, for a sign from heaven;
-Luke	Luke	49	11	17	but, knowing what they were thinking, he said to them, 'Any kingdom which is divided against itself is heading for ruin, and house collapses against house.
-Luke	Luke	49	11	18	So, too, with Satan: if he is divided against himself, how can his kingdom last? - since you claim that it is through Beelzebul that I drive devils out.
-Luke	Luke	49	11	19	Now if it is through Beelzebul that I drive devils out, through whom do your own sons drive them out? They shall be your judges, then.
-Luke	Luke	49	11	20	But if it is through the finger of God that I drive devils out, then the kingdom of God has indeed caught you unawares.
-Luke	Luke	49	11	21	So long as a strong man fully armed guards his own home, his goods are undisturbed;
-Luke	Luke	49	11	22	but when someone stronger than himself attacks and defeats him, the stronger man takes away all the weapons he relied on and shares out his spoil.
-Luke	Luke	49	11	23	'Anyone who is not with me is against me; and anyone who does not gather in with me throws away.
-Luke	Luke	49	11	24	'When an unclean spirit goes out of someone it wanders through waterless country looking for a place to rest, and not finding one it says, "I will go back to the home I came from."
-Luke	Luke	49	11	25	But on arrival, finding it swept and tidied,
-Luke	Luke	49	11	26	it then goes off and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and set up house there, and so that person ends up worse off than before.'
-Luke	Luke	49	11	27	It happened that as he was speaking, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, 'Blessed the womb that bore you and the breasts that fed you!'
-Luke	Luke	49	11	28	But he replied, 'More blessed still are those who hear the word of God and keep it!'
-Luke	Luke	49	11	29	The crowds got even bigger and he addressed them, 'This is an evil generation; it is asking for a sign. The only sign it will be given is the sign of Jonah.
-Luke	Luke	49	11	30	For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of man be a sign to this generation.
-Luke	Luke	49	11	31	On Judgement Day the Queen of the South will stand up against the people of this generation and be their condemnation, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, look, there is something greater than Solomon here.
-Luke	Luke	49	11	32	On Judgement Day the men of Nineveh will appear against this generation and be its condemnation, because when Jonah preached they repented; and, look, there is something greater than Jonah here.
-Luke	Luke	49	11	33	'No one lights a lamp and puts it in some hidden place or under a tub; they put it on the lamp-stand so that people may see the light when they come in.
-Luke	Luke	49	11	34	The lamp of the body is your eye. When your eye is clear, your whole body, too, is filled with light; but when it is diseased your body, too, will be darkened.
-Luke	Luke	49	11	35	See to it then that the light inside you is not darkness.
-Luke	Luke	49	11	36	If, therefore, your whole body is filled with light, and not darkened at all, it will be light entirely, as when the lamp shines on you with its rays.'
-Luke	Luke	49	11	37	He had just finished speaking when a Pharisee invited him to dine at his house. He went in and sat down at table.
-Luke	Luke	49	11	38	The Pharisee saw this and was surprised that he had not first washed before the meal.
-Luke	Luke	49	11	39	But the Lord said to him, 'You Pharisees! You clean the outside of cup and plate, while inside yourselves you are filled with extortion and wickedness.
-Luke	Luke	49	11	40	Fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside too?
-Luke	Luke	49	11	41	Instead, give alms from what you have and, look, everything will be clean for you.
-Luke	Luke	49	11	42	But alas for you Pharisees, because you pay your tithe of mint and rue and all sorts of garden herbs and neglect justice and the love of God! These you should have practised, without neglecting the others.
-Luke	Luke	49	11	43	Alas for you Pharisees, because you like to take the seats of honour in the synagogues and to be greeted respectfully in the market squares!
-Luke	Luke	49	11	44	Alas for you, because you are like the unmarked tombs that people walk on without knowing it!'
-Luke	Luke	49	11	45	A lawyer then spoke up. 'Master,' he said, 'when you speak like this you insult us too.'
-Luke	Luke	49	11	46	But he said, 'Alas for you lawyers as well, because you load on people burdens that are unendurable, burdens that you yourselves do not touch with your fingertips.
-Luke	Luke	49	11	47	'Alas for you because you build tombs for the prophets, the people your ancestors killed!
-Luke	Luke	49	11	48	In this way you both witness to what your ancestors did and approve it; they did the killing, you do the building.
-Luke	Luke	49	11	49	'And that is why the Wisdom of God said, "I will send them prophets and apostles; some they will slaughter and persecute,
-Luke	Luke	49	11	50	so that this generation will have to answer for every prophet's blood that has been shed since the foundation of the world,
-Luke	Luke	49	11	51	from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the Temple." Yes, I tell you, this generation will have to answer for it all.
-Luke	Luke	49	11	52	'Alas for you lawyers who have taken away the key of knowledge! You have not gone in yourselves and have prevented others from going in who wanted to.'
-Luke	Luke	49	11	53	When he left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began a furious attack on him and tried to force answers from him on innumerable questions,
-Luke	Luke	49	11	54	lying in wait to catch him out in something he might say.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	1	Meanwhile the people had gathered in their thousands so that they were treading on one another. And he began to speak, first of all to his disciples. 'Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees -- their hypocrisy.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	2	Everything now covered up will be uncovered, and everything now hidden will be made clear.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	3	For this reason, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in hidden places will be proclaimed from the housetops.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	4	'To you my friends I say: Do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	5	I will tell you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has the power to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, he is the one to fear.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	6	Can you not buy five sparrows for two pennies? And yet not one is forgotten in God's sight.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	7	Why, every hair on your head has been counted. There is no need to be afraid: you are worth more than many sparrows.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	8	'I tell you, if anyone openly declares himself for me in the presence of human beings, the Son of man will declare himself for him in the presence of God's angels.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	9	But anyone who disowns me in the presence of human beings will be disowned in the presence of God's angels.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	10	'Everyone who says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven, but no one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will be forgiven.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	11	'When they take you before synagogues and magistrates and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say,
-Luke	Luke	49	12	12	because when the time comes, the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.'
-Luke	Luke	49	12	13	A man in the crowd said to him, 'Master, tell my brother to give me a share of our inheritance.'
-Luke	Luke	49	12	14	He said to him, 'My friend, who appointed me your judge, or the arbitrator of your claims?'
-Luke	Luke	49	12	15	Then he said to them, 'Watch, and be on your guard against avarice of any kind, for life does not consist in possessions, even when someone has more than he needs.'
-Luke	Luke	49	12	16	Then he told them a parable, 'There was once a rich man who, having had a good harvest from his land,
-Luke	Luke	49	12	17	thought to himself, "What am I to do? I have not enough room to store my crops."
-Luke	Luke	49	12	18	Then he said, "This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns and build bigger ones, and store all my grain and my goods in them,
-Luke	Luke	49	12	19	and I will say to my soul: My soul, you have plenty of good things laid by for many years to come; take things easy, eat, drink, have a good time."
-Luke	Luke	49	12	20	But God said to him, "Fool! This very night the demand will be made for your soul; and this hoard of yours, whose will it be then?"
-Luke	Luke	49	12	21	So it is when someone stores up treasure for himself instead of becoming rich in the sight of God.'
-Luke	Luke	49	12	22	Then he said to his disciples, 'That is why I am telling you not to worry about your life and what you are to eat, nor about your body and how you are to clothe it.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	23	For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	24	Think of the ravens. They do not sow or reap; they have no storehouses and no barns; yet God feeds them. And how much more you are worth than the birds!
-Luke	Luke	49	12	25	Can any of you, however much you worry, add a single cubit to your span of life?
-Luke	Luke	49	12	26	If a very small thing is beyond your powers, why worry about the rest?
-Luke	Luke	49	12	27	Think how the flowers grow; they never have to spin or weave; yet, I assure you, not even Solomon in all his royal robes was clothed like one of them.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	28	Now if that is how God clothes a flower which is growing wild today and is thrown into the furnace tomorrow, how much more will he look after you, who have so little faith!
-Luke	Luke	49	12	29	But you must not set your hearts on things to eat and things to drink; nor must you worry.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	30	It is the gentiles of this world who set their hearts on all these things. Your Father well knows you need them.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	31	No; set your hearts on his kingdom, and these other things will be given you as well.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	32	'There is no need to be afraid, little flock, for it has pleased your Father to give you the kingdom.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	33	'Sell your possessions and give to those in need. Get yourselves purses that do not wear out, treasure that will not fail you, in heaven where no thief can reach it and no moth destroy it.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	34	For wherever your treasure is, that is where your heart will be too.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	35	'See that you have your belts done up and your lamps lit.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	36	Be like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding feast, ready to open the door as soon as he comes and knocks.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	37	Blessed those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. In truth I tell you, he will do up his belt, sit them down at table and wait on them.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	38	It may be in the second watch that he comes, or in the third, but blessed are those servants if he finds them ready.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	39	You may be quite sure of this, that if the householder had known at what time the burglar would come, he would not have let anyone break through the wall of his house.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	40	You too must stand ready, because the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.'
-Luke	Luke	49	12	41	Peter said, 'Lord, do you mean this parable for us, or for everyone?'
-Luke	Luke	49	12	42	The Lord replied, 'Who, then, is the wise and trustworthy steward whom the master will place over his household to give them at the proper time their allowance of food?
-Luke	Luke	49	12	43	Blessed that servant if his master's arrival finds him doing exactly that.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	44	I tell you truly, he will put him in charge of everything that he owns.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	45	But if the servant says to himself, "My master is taking his time coming," and sets about beating the menservants and the servant-girls, and eating and drinking and getting drunk,
-Luke	Luke	49	12	46	his master will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know. The master will cut him off and send him to the same fate as the unfaithful.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	47	'The servant who knows what his master wants, but has got nothing ready and done nothing in accord with those wishes, will be given a great many strokes of the lash.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	48	The one who did not know, but has acted in such a way that he deserves a beating, will be given fewer strokes. When someone is given a great deal, a great deal will be demanded of that person; when someone is entrusted with a great deal, of that person even more will be expected.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	49	'I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already!
-Luke	Luke	49	12	50	There is a baptism I must still receive, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!
-Luke	Luke	49	12	51	'Do you suppose that I am here to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	52	For from now on, a household of five will be divided: three against two and two against three;
-Luke	Luke	49	12	53	father opposed to son, son to father, mother to daughter, daughter to mother, mother-in-law to daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law to mother-in-law.'
-Luke	Luke	49	12	54	He said again to the crowds, 'When you see a cloud looming up in the west you say at once that rain is coming, and so it does.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	55	And when the wind is from the south you say it's going to be hot, and it is.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	56	Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the face of the earth and the sky. How is it you do not know how to interpret these times?
-Luke	Luke	49	12	57	'Why not judge for yourselves what is upright?
-Luke	Luke	49	12	58	For example: when you are going to court with your opponent, make an effort to settle with him on the way, or he may drag you before the judge and the judge hand you over to the officer and the officer have you thrown into prison.
-Luke	Luke	49	12	59	I tell you, you will not get out till you have paid the very last penny.'
-Luke	Luke	49	13	1	It was just about this time that some people arrived and told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with that of their sacrifices. At this he said to them,
-Luke	Luke	49	13	2	'Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than any others, that this should have happened to them?
-Luke	Luke	49	13	3	They were not, I tell you. No; but unless you repent you will all perish as they did.
-Luke	Luke	49	13	4	Or those eighteen on whom the tower at Siloam fell, killing them all? Do you suppose that they were more guilty than all the other people living in Jerusalem?
-Luke	Luke	49	13	5	They were not, I tell you. No; but unless you repent you will all perish as they did.'
-Luke	Luke	49	13	6	He told this parable, 'A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it but found none.
-Luke	Luke	49	13	7	He said to his vinedresser, "For three years now I have been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and finding none. Cut it down: why should it be taking up the ground?"
-Luke	Luke	49	13	8	"Sir," the man replied, "leave it one more year and give me time to dig round it and manure it:
-Luke	Luke	49	13	9	it may bear fruit next year; if not, then you can cut it down." '
-Luke	Luke	49	13	10	One Sabbath day he was teaching in one of the synagogues,
-Luke	Luke	49	13	11	and there before him was a woman who for eighteen years had been possessed by a spirit that crippled her; she was bent double and quite unable to stand upright.
-Luke	Luke	49	13	12	When Jesus saw her he called her over and said, 'Woman, you are freed from your disability,'
-Luke	Luke	49	13	13	and he laid his hands on her. And at once she straightened up, and she glorified God.
-Luke	Luke	49	13	14	But the president of the synagogue was indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, and he addressed all those present saying, 'There are six days when work is to be done. Come and be healed on one of those days and not on the Sabbath.'
-Luke	Luke	49	13	15	But the Lord answered him and said, 'Hypocrites! Is there one of you who does not untie his ox or his donkey from the manger on the Sabbath and take it out for watering?
-Luke	Luke	49	13	16	And this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan has held bound these eighteen years -- was it not right to untie this bond on the Sabbath day?'
-Luke	Luke	49	13	17	When he said this, all his adversaries were covered with confusion, and all the people were overjoyed at all the wonders he worked.
-Luke	Luke	49	13	18	He went on to say, 'What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it with?
-Luke	Luke	49	13	19	It is like a mustard seed which a man took and threw into his garden: it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air sheltered in its branches.'
-Luke	Luke	49	13	20	Again he said, 'What shall I compare the kingdom of God with?
-Luke	Luke	49	13	21	It is like the yeast a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour till it was leavened all through.'
-Luke	Luke	49	13	22	Through towns and villages he went teaching, making his way to Jerusalem.
-Luke	Luke	49	13	23	Someone said to him, 'Sir, will there be only a few saved?' He said to them,
-Luke	Luke	49	13	24	'Try your hardest to enter by the narrow door, because, I tell you, many will try to enter and will not succeed.
-Luke	Luke	49	13	25	'Once the master of the house has got up and locked the door, you may find yourself standing outside knocking on the door, saying, "Lord, open to us," but he will answer, "I do not know where you come from."
-Luke	Luke	49	13	26	Then you will start saying, "We once ate and drank in your company; you taught in our streets,"
-Luke	Luke	49	13	27	but he will reply, "I do not know where you come from; away from me, all evil doers!"
-Luke	Luke	49	13	28	'Then there will be weeping and grinding of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrown out.
-Luke	Luke	49	13	29	And people from east and west, from north and south, will come and sit down at the feast in the kingdom of God.
-Luke	Luke	49	13	30	'Look, there are those now last who will be first, and those now first who will be last.'
-Luke	Luke	49	13	31	Just at this time some Pharisees came up. 'Go away,' they said. 'Leave this place, because Herod means to kill you.'
-Luke	Luke	49	13	32	He replied, 'You may go and give that fox this message: Look! Today and tomorrow I drive out devils and heal, and on the third day I attain my end.
-Luke	Luke	49	13	33	But for today and tomorrow and the next day I must go on, since it would not be right for a prophet to die outside Jerusalem.
-Luke	Luke	49	13	34	'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you that kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often have I longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you refused!
-Luke	Luke	49	13	35	Look! Your house will be left to you. Yes, I promise you, you shall not see me till the time comes when you are saying: Blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord!'
-Luke	Luke	49	14	1	Now it happened that on a Sabbath day he had gone to share a meal in the house of one of the leading Pharisees; and they watched him closely.
-Luke	Luke	49	14	2	Now there in front of him was a man with dropsy,
-Luke	Luke	49	14	3	and Jesus addressed the lawyers and Pharisees with the words, 'Is it against the law to cure someone on the Sabbath, or not?'
-Luke	Luke	49	14	4	But they remained silent, so he took the man and cured him and sent him away.
-Luke	Luke	49	14	5	Then he said to them, 'Which of you here, if his son falls into a well, or his ox, will not pull him out on a Sabbath day without any hesitation?'
-Luke	Luke	49	14	6	And to this they could find no answer.
-Luke	Luke	49	14	7	He then told the guests a parable, because he had noticed how they picked the places of honour. He said this,
-Luke	Luke	49	14	8	'When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take your seat in the place of honour. A more distinguished person than you may have been invited,
-Luke	Luke	49	14	9	and the person who invited you both may come and say, "Give up your place to this man." And then, to your embarrassment, you will have to go and take the lowest place.
-Luke	Luke	49	14	10	No; when you are a guest, make your way to the lowest place and sit there, so that, when your host comes, he may say, "My friend, move up higher." Then, everyone with you at the table will see you honoured.
-Luke	Luke	49	14	11	For everyone who raises himself up will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be raised up.'
-Luke	Luke	49	14	12	Then he said to his host, 'When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relations or rich neighbours, in case they invite you back and so repay you.
-Luke	Luke	49	14	13	No; when you have a party, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;
-Luke	Luke	49	14	14	then you will be blessed, for they have no means to repay you and so you will be repaid when the upright rise again.'
-Luke	Luke	49	14	15	On hearing this, one of those gathered round the table said to him, 'Blessed is anyone who will share the meal in the kingdom of God!'
-Luke	Luke	49	14	16	But he said to him, 'There was a man who gave a great banquet, and he invited a large number of people.
-Luke	Luke	49	14	17	When the time for the banquet came, he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, "Come along: everything is ready now."
-Luke	Luke	49	14	18	But all alike started to make excuses. The first said, "I have bought a piece of land and must go and see it. Please accept my apologies."
-Luke	Luke	49	14	19	Another said, "I have bought five yoke of oxen and am on my way to try them out. Please accept my apologies."
-Luke	Luke	49	14	20	Yet another said, "I have just got married and so am unable to come."
-Luke	Luke	49	14	21	'The servant returned and reported this to his master. Then the householder, in a rage, said to his servant, "Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in here the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame."
-Luke	Luke	49	14	22	"Sir," said the servant, "your orders have been carried out and there is still room."
-Luke	Luke	49	14	23	Then the master said to his servant, "Go to the open roads and the hedgerows and press people to come in, to make sure my house is full;
-Luke	Luke	49	14	24	because, I tell you, not one of those who were invited shall have a taste of my banquet." '
-Luke	Luke	49	14	25	Great crowds accompanied him on his way and he turned and spoke to them.
-Luke	Luke	49	14	26	'Anyone who comes to me without hating father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and his own life too, cannot be my disciple.
-Luke	Luke	49	14	27	No one who does not carry his cross and come after me can be my disciple.
-Luke	Luke	49	14	28	'And indeed, which of you here, intending to build a tower, would not first sit down and work out the cost to see if he had enough to complete it?
-Luke	Luke	49	14	29	Otherwise, if he laid the foundation and then found himself unable to finish the work, anyone who saw it would start making fun of him and saying,
-Luke	Luke	49	14	30	"Here is someone who started to build and was unable to finish."
-Luke	Luke	49	14	31	Or again, what king marching to war against another king would not first sit down and consider whether with ten thousand men he could stand up to the other who was advancing against him with twenty thousand?
-Luke	Luke	49	14	32	If not, then while the other king was still a long way off, he would send envoys to sue for peace.
-Luke	Luke	49	14	33	So in the same way, none of you can be my disciple without giving up all that he owns.
-Luke	Luke	49	14	34	'Salt is a good thing. But if salt itself loses its taste, what can make it salty again?
-Luke	Luke	49	14	35	It is good for neither soil nor manure heap. People throw it away. Anyone who has ears for listening should listen!'
-Luke	Luke	49	15	1	The tax collectors and sinners, however, were all crowding round to listen to him,
-Luke	Luke	49	15	2	and the Pharisees and scribes complained saying, 'This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.'
-Luke	Luke	49	15	3	So he told them this parable:
-Luke	Luke	49	15	4	'Which one of you with a hundred sheep, if he lost one, would fail to leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the missing one till he found it?
-Luke	Luke	49	15	5	And when he found it, would he not joyfully take it on his shoulders
-Luke	Luke	49	15	6	and then, when he got home, call together his friends and neighbours, saying to them, "Rejoice with me, I have found my sheep that was lost."
-Luke	Luke	49	15	7	In the same way, I tell you, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner repenting than over ninety-nine upright people who have no need of repentance.
-Luke	Luke	49	15	8	'Or again, what woman with ten drachmas would not, if she lost one, light a lamp and sweep out the house and search thoroughly till she found it?
-Luke	Luke	49	15	9	And then, when she had found it, call together her friends and neighbours, saying to them, "Rejoice with me, I have found the drachma I lost."
-Luke	Luke	49	15	10	In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing among the angels of God over one repentant sinner.'
-Luke	Luke	49	15	11	Then he said, 'There was a man who had two sons.
-Luke	Luke	49	15	12	The younger one said to his father, "Father, let me have the share of the estate that will come to me." So the father divided the property between them.
-Luke	Luke	49	15	13	A few days later, the younger son got together everything he had and left for a distant country where he squandered his money on a life of debauchery.
-Luke	Luke	49	15	14	'When he had spent it all, that country experienced a severe famine, and now he began to feel the pinch;
-Luke	Luke	49	15	15	so he hired himself out to one of the local inhabitants who put him on his farm to feed the pigs.
-Luke	Luke	49	15	16	And he would willingly have filled himself with the husks the pigs were eating but no one would let him have them.
-Luke	Luke	49	15	17	Then he came to his senses and said, "How many of my father's hired men have all the food they want and more, and here am I dying of hunger!
-Luke	Luke	49	15	18	I will leave this place and go to my father and say: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you;
-Luke	Luke	49	15	19	I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired men."
-Luke	Luke	49	15	20	So he left the place and went back to his father. 'While he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with pity. He ran to the boy, clasped him in his arms and kissed him.
-Luke	Luke	49	15	21	Then his son said, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I no longer deserve to be called your son."
-Luke	Luke	49	15	22	But the father said to his servants, "Quick! Bring out the best robe and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
-Luke	Luke	49	15	23	Bring the calf we have been fattening, and kill it; we will celebrate by having a feast,
-Luke	Luke	49	15	24	because this son of mine was dead and has come back to life; he was lost and is found." And they began to celebrate.
-Luke	Luke	49	15	25	'Now the elder son was out in the fields, and on his way back, as he drew near the house, he could hear music and dancing.
-Luke	Luke	49	15	26	Calling one of the servants he asked what it was all about.
-Luke	Luke	49	15	27	The servant told him, "Your brother has come, and your father has killed the calf we had been fattening because he has got him back safe and sound."
-Luke	Luke	49	15	28	He was angry then and refused to go in, and his father came out and began to urge him to come in;
-Luke	Luke	49	15	29	but he retorted to his father, "All these years I have slaved for you and never once disobeyed any orders of yours, yet you never offered me so much as a kid for me to celebrate with my friends.
-Luke	Luke	49	15	30	But, for this son of yours, when he comes back after swallowing up your property -- he and his loose women -- you kill the calf we had been fattening."
-Luke	Luke	49	15	31	'The father said, "My son, you are with me always and all I have is yours.
-Luke	Luke	49	15	32	But it was only right we should celebrate and rejoice, because your brother here was dead and has come to life; he was lost and is found." '
-Luke	Luke	49	16	1	He also said to his disciples, 'There was a rich man and he had a steward who was denounced to him for being wasteful with his property.
-Luke	Luke	49	16	2	He called for the man and said, "What is this I hear about you? Draw me up an account of your stewardship because you are not to be my steward any longer."
-Luke	Luke	49	16	3	Then the steward said to himself, "Now that my master is taking the stewardship from me, what am I to do? Dig? I am not strong enough. Go begging? I should be too ashamed.
-Luke	Luke	49	16	4	Ah, I know what I will do to make sure that when I am dismissed from office there will be some to welcome me into their homes."
-Luke	Luke	49	16	5	'Then he called his master's debtors one by one. To the first he said, "How much do you owe my master?"
-Luke	Luke	49	16	6	"One hundred measures of oil," he said. The steward said, "Here, take your bond; sit down and quickly write fifty."
-Luke	Luke	49	16	7	To another he said, "And you, sir, how much do you owe?" "One hundred measures of wheat," he said. The steward said, "Here, take your bond and write eighty."
-Luke	Luke	49	16	8	'The master praised the dishonest steward for his astuteness. For the children of this world are more astute in dealing with their own kind than are the children of light.'
-Luke	Luke	49	16	9	'And so I tell you this: use money, tainted as it is, to win you friends, and thus make sure that when it fails you, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
-Luke	Luke	49	16	10	Anyone who is trustworthy in little things is trustworthy in great; anyone who is dishonest in little things is dishonest in great.
-Luke	Luke	49	16	11	If then you are not trustworthy with money, that tainted thing, who will trust you with genuine riches?
-Luke	Luke	49	16	12	And if you are not trustworthy with what is not yours, who will give you what is your very own?
-Luke	Luke	49	16	13	'No servant can be the slave of two masters: he will either hate the first and love the second, or be attached to the first and despise the second. You cannot be the slave both of God and of money.'
-Luke	Luke	49	16	14	The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and jeered at him.
-Luke	Luke	49	16	15	He said to them, 'You are the very ones who pass yourselves off as upright in people's sight, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed in human eyes is loathsome in the sight of God.
-Luke	Luke	49	16	16	'Up to the time of John it was the Law and the Prophets; from then onwards, the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing their way into it.
-Luke	Luke	49	16	17	'It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for one little stroke to drop out of the Law.
-Luke	Luke	49	16	18	'Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another is guilty of adultery, and the man who marries a woman divorced by her husband commits adultery.
-Luke	Luke	49	16	19	'There was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and feast magnificently every day.
-Luke	Luke	49	16	20	And at his gate there used to lie a poor man called Lazarus, covered with sores,
-Luke	Luke	49	16	21	who longed to fill himself with what fell from the rich man's table. Even dogs came and licked his sores.
-Luke	Luke	49	16	22	Now it happened that the poor man died and was carried away by the angels into Abraham's embrace. The rich man also died and was buried.
-Luke	Luke	49	16	23	'In his torment in Hades he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off with Lazarus in his embrace.
-Luke	Luke	49	16	24	So he cried out, "Father Abraham, pity me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in agony in these flames."
-Luke	Luke	49	16	25	Abraham said, "My son, remember that during your life you had your fill of good things, just as Lazarus his fill of bad. Now he is being comforted here while you are in agony.
-Luke	Luke	49	16	26	But that is not all: between us and you a great gulf has been fixed, to prevent those who want to cross from our side to yours or from your side to ours."
-Luke	Luke	49	16	27	'So he said, "Father, I beg you then to send Lazarus to my father's house,
-Luke	Luke	49	16	28	since I have five brothers, to give them warning so that they do not come to this place of torment too."
-Luke	Luke	49	16	29	Abraham said, "They have Moses and the prophets, let them listen to them."
-Luke	Luke	49	16	30	The rich man replied, "Ah no, father Abraham, but if someone comes to them from the dead, they will repent."
-Luke	Luke	49	16	31	Then Abraham said to him, "If they will not listen either to Moses or to the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone should rise from the dead."
-Luke	Luke	49	17	1	He said to his disciples, 'Causes of falling are sure to come, but alas for the one through whom they occur!
-Luke	Luke	49	17	2	It would be better for such a person to be thrown into the sea with a millstone round the neck than to be the downfall of a single one of these little ones.
-Luke	Luke	49	17	3	Keep watch on yourselves! 'If your brother does something wrong, rebuke him and, if he is sorry, forgive him.
-Luke	Luke	49	17	4	And if he wrongs you seven times a day and seven times comes back to you and says, "I am sorry," you must forgive him.'
-Luke	Luke	49	17	5	The apostles said to the Lord, 'Increase our faith.'
-Luke	Luke	49	17	6	The Lord replied, 'If you had faith like a mustard seed you could say to this mulberry tree, "Be uprooted and planted in the sea," and it would obey you.
-Luke	Luke	49	17	7	'Which of you, with a servant ploughing or minding sheep, would say to him when he returned from the fields, "Come and have your meal at once"?
-Luke	Luke	49	17	8	Would he not be more likely to say, "Get my supper ready; fasten your belt and wait on me while I eat and drink. You yourself can eat and drink afterwards"?
-Luke	Luke	49	17	9	Must he be grateful to the servant for doing what he was told?
-Luke	Luke	49	17	10	So with you: when you have done all you have been told to do, say, "We are useless servants: we have done no more than our duty." '
-Luke	Luke	49	17	11	Now it happened that on the way to Jerusalem he was travelling in the borderlands of Samaria and Galilee.
-Luke	Luke	49	17	12	As he entered one of the villages, ten men suffering from a virulent skin-disease came to meet him. They stood some way off
-Luke	Luke	49	17	13	and called to him, 'Jesus! Master! Take pity on us.'
-Luke	Luke	49	17	14	When he saw them he said, 'Go and show yourselves to the priests.' Now as they were going away they were cleansed.
-Luke	Luke	49	17	15	Finding himself cured, one of them turned back praising God at the top of his voice
-Luke	Luke	49	17	16	and threw himself prostrate at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan.
-Luke	Luke	49	17	17	This led Jesus to say, 'Were not all ten made clean? The other nine, where are they?
-Luke	Luke	49	17	18	It seems that no one has come back to give praise to God, except this foreigner.'
-Luke	Luke	49	17	19	And he said to the man, 'Stand up and go on your way. Your faith has saved you.'
-Luke	Luke	49	17	20	Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was to come, he gave them this answer, 'The coming of the kingdom of God does not admit of observation
-Luke	Luke	49	17	21	and there will be no one to say, "Look, it is here! Look, it is there!" For look, the kingdom of God is among you.'
-Luke	Luke	49	17	22	He said to the disciples, 'A time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of man and will not see it.
-Luke	Luke	49	17	23	They will say to you, "Look, it is there!" or, "Look, it is here!" Make no move; do not set off in pursuit;
-Luke	Luke	49	17	24	for as the lightning flashing from one part of heaven lights up the other, so will be the Son of man when his Day comes.
-Luke	Luke	49	17	25	But first he is destined to suffer grievously and be rejected by this generation.
-Luke	Luke	49	17	26	'As it was in Noah's day, so will it also be in the days of the Son of man.
-Luke	Luke	49	17	27	People were eating and drinking, marrying wives and husbands, right up to the day Noah went into the ark, and the Flood came and destroyed them all.
-Luke	Luke	49	17	28	It will be the same as it was in Lot's day: people were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,
-Luke	Luke	49	17	29	but the day Lot left Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and it destroyed them all.
-Luke	Luke	49	17	30	It will be the same when the day comes for the Son of man to be revealed.
-Luke	Luke	49	17	31	'When that Day comes, no one on the housetop, with his possessions in the house, must come down to collect them, nor must anyone in the fields turn back.
-Luke	Luke	49	17	32	Remember Lot's wife.
-Luke	Luke	49	17	33	Anyone who tries to preserve his life will lose it; and anyone who loses it will keep it safe.
-Luke	Luke	49	17	34	I tell you, on that night, when two are in one bed, one will be taken, the other left;
-Luke	Luke	49	17	35	when two women are grinding corn together, one will be taken, the other left.'
-Luke	Luke	49	17	36	36
-Luke	Luke	49	17	37	The disciples spoke up and asked, 'Where, Lord?' He said, 'Where the body is, there too will the vultures gather.'
-Luke	Luke	49	18	1	Then he told them a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart.
-Luke	Luke	49	18	2	'There was a judge in a certain town,' he said, 'who had neither fear of God nor respect for anyone.
-Luke	Luke	49	18	3	In the same town there was also a widow who kept on coming to him and saying, "I want justice from you against my enemy!"
-Luke	Luke	49	18	4	For a long time he refused, but at last he said to himself, "Even though I have neither fear of God nor respect for any human person,
-Luke	Luke	49	18	5	I must give this widow her just rights since she keeps pestering me, or she will come and slap me in the face." '
-Luke	Luke	49	18	6	And the Lord said, 'You notice what the unjust judge has to say?
-Luke	Luke	49	18	7	Now, will not God see justice done to his elect if they keep calling to him day and night even though he still delays to help them?
-Luke	Luke	49	18	8	I promise you, he will see justice done to them, and done speedily. But when the Son of man comes, will he find any faith on earth?'
-Luke	Luke	49	18	9	He spoke the following parable to some people who prided themselves on being upright and despised everyone else,
-Luke	Luke	49	18	10	'Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax collector.
-Luke	Luke	49	18	11	The Pharisee stood there and said this prayer to himself, "I thank you, God, that I am not grasping, unjust, adulterous like everyone else, and particularly that I am not like this tax collector here.
-Luke	Luke	49	18	12	I fast twice a week; I pay tithes on all I get."
-Luke	Luke	49	18	13	The tax collector stood some distance away, not daring even to raise his eyes to heaven; but he beat his breast and said, "God, be merciful to me, a sinner."
-Luke	Luke	49	18	14	This man, I tell you, went home again justified; the other did not. For everyone who raises himself up will be humbled, but anyone who humbles himself will be raised up.'
-Luke	Luke	49	18	15	People even brought babies to him, for him to touch them; but when the disciples saw this they scolded them.
-Luke	Luke	49	18	16	But Jesus called the children to him and said, 'Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs.
-Luke	Luke	49	18	17	In truth I tell you, anyone who does not welcome the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.'
-Luke	Luke	49	18	18	One of the rulers put this question to him, 'Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?'
-Luke	Luke	49	18	19	Jesus said to him, 'Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
-Luke	Luke	49	18	20	You know the commandments: You shall not commit adultery; You shall not kill; You shall not steal; You shall not give false witness; Honour your father and your mother.'
-Luke	Luke	49	18	21	He replied, 'I have kept all these since my earliest days.'
-Luke	Luke	49	18	22	And when Jesus heard this he said, 'There is still one thing you lack. Sell everything you own and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.'
-Luke	Luke	49	18	23	But when he heard this he was overcome with sadness, for he was very rich.
-Luke	Luke	49	18	24	Jesus looked at him and said, 'How hard it is for those who have riches to make their way into the kingdom of God!
-Luke	Luke	49	18	25	Yes, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for someone rich to enter the kingdom of God.'
-Luke	Luke	49	18	26	Those who were listening said, 'In that case, who can be saved?'
-Luke	Luke	49	18	27	He replied, 'Things that are impossible by human resources, are possible for God.'
-Luke	Luke	49	18	28	But Peter said, 'Look, we left all we had to follow you.'
-Luke	Luke	49	18	29	He said to them, 'In truth I tell you, there is no one who has left house, wife, brothers, parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God
-Luke	Luke	49	18	30	who will not receive many times as much in this present age and, in the world to come, eternal life.'
-Luke	Luke	49	18	31	Then taking the Twelve aside he said to them, 'Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of man is to come true.
-Luke	Luke	49	18	32	For he will be handed over to the gentiles and will be mocked, maltreated and spat on,
-Luke	Luke	49	18	33	and when they have scourged him they will put him to death; and on the third day he will rise again.'
-Luke	Luke	49	18	34	But they could make nothing of this; what he said was quite obscure to them, they did not understand what he was telling them.
-Luke	Luke	49	18	35	Now it happened that as he drew near to Jericho there was a blind man sitting at the side of the road begging.
-Luke	Luke	49	18	36	When he heard the crowd going past he asked what it was all about,
-Luke	Luke	49	18	37	and they told him that Jesus the Nazarene was passing by.
-Luke	Luke	49	18	38	So he called out, 'Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me.'
-Luke	Luke	49	18	39	The people in front scolded him and told him to keep quiet, but he only shouted all the louder, 'Son of David, have pity on me.'
-Luke	Luke	49	18	40	Jesus stopped and ordered them to bring the man to him, and when he came up, asked him,
-Luke	Luke	49	18	41	'What do you want me to do for you?' 'Sir,' he replied, 'let me see again.'
-Luke	Luke	49	18	42	Jesus said to him, 'Receive your sight. Your faith has saved you.'
-Luke	Luke	49	18	43	And instantly his sight returned and he followed him praising God, and all the people who saw it gave praise to God.
-Luke	Luke	49	19	1	He entered Jericho and was going through the town
-Luke	Luke	49	19	2	and suddenly a man whose name was Zacchaeus made his appearance; he was one of the senior tax collectors and a wealthy man.
-Luke	Luke	49	19	3	He kept trying to see which Jesus was, but he was too short and could not see him for the crowd;
-Luke	Luke	49	19	4	so he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to catch a glimpse of Jesus who was to pass that way.
-Luke	Luke	49	19	5	When Jesus reached the spot he looked up and spoke to him, 'Zacchaeus, come down. Hurry, because I am to stay at your house today.'
-Luke	Luke	49	19	6	And he hurried down and welcomed him joyfully.
-Luke	Luke	49	19	7	They all complained when they saw what was happening. 'He has gone to stay at a sinner's house,' they said.
-Luke	Luke	49	19	8	But Zacchaeus stood his ground and said to the Lord, 'Look, sir, I am going to give half my property to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody I will pay him back four times the amount.'
-Luke	Luke	49	19	9	And Jesus said to him, 'Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham;
-Luke	Luke	49	19	10	for the Son of man has come to seek out and save what was lost.'
-Luke	Luke	49	19	11	While the people were listening to this he went on to tell a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was going to show itself then and there.
-Luke	Luke	49	19	12	Accordingly he said, 'A man of noble birth went to a distant country to be appointed king and then return.
-Luke	Luke	49	19	13	He summoned ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds, telling them, "Trade with these, until I get back."
-Luke	Luke	49	19	14	But his compatriots detested him and sent a delegation to follow him with this message, "We do not want this man to be our king."
-Luke	Luke	49	19	15	'Now it happened that on his return, having received his appointment as king, he sent for those servants to whom he had given the money, to find out what profit each had made by trading.
-Luke	Luke	49	19	16	The first came in, "Sir," he said, "your one pound has brought in ten."
-Luke	Luke	49	19	17	He replied, "Well done, my good servant! Since you have proved yourself trustworthy in a very small thing, you shall have the government of ten cities."
-Luke	Luke	49	19	18	Then came the second, "Sir," he said, "your one pound has made five."
-Luke	Luke	49	19	19	To this one also he said, "And you shall be in charge of five cities."
-Luke	Luke	49	19	20	Next came the other, "Sir," he said, "here is your pound. I put it away safely wrapped up in a cloth
-Luke	Luke	49	19	21	because I was afraid of you; for you are an exacting man: you gather in what you have not laid out and reap what you have not sown."
-Luke	Luke	49	19	22	He said to him, "You wicked servant! Out of your own mouth I condemn you. So you knew that I was an exacting man, gathering in what I have not laid out and reaping what I have not sown?
-Luke	Luke	49	19	23	Then why did you not put my money in the bank? On my return I could have drawn it out with interest."
-Luke	Luke	49	19	24	And he said to those standing by, "Take the pound from him and give it to the man who has ten pounds."
-Luke	Luke	49	19	25	And they said to him, "But, sir, he has ten pounds . . ."
-Luke	Luke	49	19	26	"I tell you, to everyone who has will be given more; but anyone who has not will be deprived even of what he has.
-Luke	Luke	49	19	27	"As for my enemies who did not want me for their king, bring them here and execute them in my presence." '
-Luke	Luke	49	19	28	When he had said this he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
-Luke	Luke	49	19	29	Now it happened that when he was near Bethphage and Bethany, close by the Mount of Olives as it is called, he sent two of the disciples, saying,
-Luke	Luke	49	19	30	'Go to the village opposite, and as you enter it you will find a tethered colt that no one has ever yet ridden. Untie it and bring it here.
-Luke	Luke	49	19	31	If anyone asks you, "Why are you untying it?" you are to say this, "The Master needs it." '
-Luke	Luke	49	19	32	The messengers went off and found everything just as he had told them.
-Luke	Luke	49	19	33	As they were untying the colt, its owners said, 'Why are you untying it?'
-Luke	Luke	49	19	34	and they answered, 'The Master needs it.'
-Luke	Luke	49	19	35	So they took the colt to Jesus and, throwing their cloaks on its back, they lifted Jesus on to it.
-Luke	Luke	49	19	36	As he moved off, they spread their cloaks in the road,
-Luke	Luke	49	19	37	and now, as he was approaching the downward slope of the Mount of Olives, the whole group of disciples joyfully began to praise God at the top of their voices for all the miracles they had seen.
-Luke	Luke	49	19	38	They cried out: Blessed is he who is coming as King in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest heavens!
-Luke	Luke	49	19	39	Some Pharisees in the crowd said to him, 'Master, reprove your disciples,'
-Luke	Luke	49	19	40	but he answered, 'I tell you, if these keep silence, the stones will cry out.'
-Luke	Luke	49	19	41	As he drew near and came in sight of the city he shed tears over it
-Luke	Luke	49	19	42	and said, 'If you too had only recognised on this day the way to peace! But in fact it is hidden from your eyes!
-Luke	Luke	49	19	43	Yes, a time is coming when your enemies will raise fortifications all round you, when they will encircle you and hem you in on every side;
-Luke	Luke	49	19	44	they will dash you and the children inside your walls to the ground; they will leave not one stone standing on another within you, because you did not recognise the moment of your visitation.'
-Luke	Luke	49	19	45	Then he went into the Temple and began driving out those who were busy trading, saying to them,
-Luke	Luke	49	19	46	'According to scripture, my house shall be a house of prayer but you have turned it into a bandits' den.'
-Luke	Luke	49	19	47	He taught in the Temple every day. The chief priests and the scribes, in company with the leading citizens, tried to do away with him,
-Luke	Luke	49	19	48	but they could not find a way to carry this out because the whole people hung on his words.
-Luke	Luke	49	20	1	Now it happened that one day while he was teaching the people in the Temple and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the scribes came up, together with the elders,
-Luke	Luke	49	20	2	and spoke to him. 'Tell us,' they said, 'what authority have you for acting like this? Or who gives you this authority?'
-Luke	Luke	49	20	3	In reply he said to them, 'And I will ask you a question, just one. Tell me:
-Luke	Luke	49	20	4	John's baptism: what was its origin, heavenly or human?'
-Luke	Luke	49	20	5	And they debated this way among themselves, 'If we say heavenly, he will retort, "Why did you refuse to believe him?";
-Luke	Luke	49	20	6	and if we say human, the whole people will stone us, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.'
-Luke	Luke	49	20	7	So their reply was that they did not know where it came from.
-Luke	Luke	49	20	8	And Jesus said to them, 'Nor will I tell you my authority for acting like this.'
-Luke	Luke	49	20	9	And he went on to tell the people this parable, 'A man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenants, and went abroad for a long while.
-Luke	Luke	49	20	10	When the right time came, he sent a servant to the tenants to get his share of the produce of the vineyard. But the tenants thrashed him, and sent him away empty-handed.
-Luke	Luke	49	20	11	But he went on to send a second servant; they thrashed him too and treated him shamefully and sent him away empty-handed.
-Luke	Luke	49	20	12	He still went on to send a third; they wounded this one too, and threw him out.
-Luke	Luke	49	20	13	Then the owner of the vineyard thought, "What am I to do? I will send them my own beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him."
-Luke	Luke	49	20	14	But when the tenants saw him they put their heads together saying, "This is the heir, let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours."
-Luke	Luke	49	20	15	So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. 'Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
-Luke	Luke	49	20	16	He will come and make an end of these tenants and give the vineyard to others.' Hearing this they said, 'God forbid!'
-Luke	Luke	49	20	17	But he looked hard at them and said, 'Then what does this text in the scriptures mean: The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone?
-Luke	Luke	49	20	18	Anyone who falls on that stone will be dashed to pieces; anyone it falls on will be crushed.'
-Luke	Luke	49	20	19	And the scribes and the chief priests would have liked to lay hands on him that very moment, because they realised that this parable was aimed at them, but they were afraid of the people.
-Luke	Luke	49	20	20	So they awaited their opportunity and sent agents to pose as upright men, and to catch him out in something he might say and so enable them to hand him over to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor.
-Luke	Luke	49	20	21	They put to him this question, 'Master, we know that you say and teach what is right; you favour no one, but teach the way of God in all honesty.
-Luke	Luke	49	20	22	Is it permissible for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?'
-Luke	Luke	49	20	23	But he was aware of their cunning and said,
-Luke	Luke	49	20	24	'Show me a denarius. Whose portrait and title are on it?' They said, 'Caesar's.'
-Luke	Luke	49	20	25	He said to them, 'Well then, pay Caesar what belongs to Caesar -- and God what belongs to God.'
-Luke	Luke	49	20	26	They were unable to catch him out in anything he had to say in public; they were amazed at his answer and were silenced.
-Luke	Luke	49	20	27	Some Sadducees -- those who argue that there is no resurrection -- approached him and they put this question to him,
-Luke	Luke	49	20	28	'Master, Moses prescribed for us, if a man's married brother dies childless, the man must marry the widow to raise up children for his brother.
-Luke	Luke	49	20	29	Well then, there were seven brothers; the first, having married a wife, died childless.
-Luke	Luke	49	20	30	The second
-Luke	Luke	49	20	31	and then the third married the widow. And the same with all seven, they died leaving no children.
-Luke	Luke	49	20	32	Finally the woman herself died.
-Luke	Luke	49	20	33	Now, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be, since she had been married to all seven?'
-Luke	Luke	49	20	34	Jesus replied, 'The children of this world take wives and husbands,
-Luke	Luke	49	20	35	but those who are judged worthy of a place in the other world and in the resurrection from the dead do not marry
-Luke	Luke	49	20	36	because they can no longer die, for they are the same as the angels, and being children of the resurrection they are children of God.
-Luke	Luke	49	20	37	And Moses himself implies that the dead rise again, in the passage about the bush where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.
-Luke	Luke	49	20	38	Now he is God, not of the dead, but of the living; for to him everyone is alive.'
-Luke	Luke	49	20	39	Some scribes then spoke up. They said, 'Well put, Master.'
-Luke	Luke	49	20	40	They did not dare to ask him any more questions.
-Luke	Luke	49	20	41	He then said to them, 'How can people maintain that the Christ is son of David?
-Luke	Luke	49	20	42	Why, David himself says in the Book of Psalms: The Lord declared to my Lord, take your seat at my right hand,
-Luke	Luke	49	20	43	till I have made your enemies your footstool.
-Luke	Luke	49	20	44	David here calls him Lord; how then can he be his son?'
-Luke	Luke	49	20	45	While all the people were listening he said to the disciples,
-Luke	Luke	49	20	46	'Beware of the scribes who like to walk about in long robes and love to be greeted respectfully in the market squares, to take the front seats in the synagogues and the places of honour at banquets,
-Luke	Luke	49	20	47	who devour the property of widows, and for show offer long prayers. The more severe will be the sentence they receive.'
-Luke	Luke	49	21	1	Looking up, he saw rich people putting their offerings into the treasury;
-Luke	Luke	49	21	2	and he noticed a poverty-stricken widow putting in two small coins,
-Luke	Luke	49	21	3	and he said, 'I tell you truly, this poor widow has put in more than any of them;
-Luke	Luke	49	21	4	for these have all put in money they could spare, but she in her poverty has put in all she had to live on.'
-Luke	Luke	49	21	5	When some were talking about the Temple, remarking how it was adorned with fine stonework and votive offerings, he said,
-Luke	Luke	49	21	6	'All these things you are staring at now -- the time will come when not a single stone will be left on another; everything will be destroyed.'
-Luke	Luke	49	21	7	And they put to him this question, 'Master,' they said, 'when will this happen, then, and what sign will there be that it is about to take place?'
-Luke	Luke	49	21	8	But he said, 'Take care not to be deceived, because many will come using my name and saying, "I am the one" and "The time is near at hand." Refuse to join them.
-Luke	Luke	49	21	9	And when you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be terrified, for this is something that must happen first, but the end will not come at once.'
-Luke	Luke	49	21	10	Then he said to them, 'Nation will fight against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
-Luke	Luke	49	21	11	There will be great earthquakes and plagues and famines in various places; there will be terrifying events and great signs from heaven.
-Luke	Luke	49	21	12	'But before all this happens, you will be seized and persecuted; you will be handed over to the synagogues and to imprisonment, and brought before kings and governors for the sake of my name
-Luke	Luke	49	21	13	-and that will be your opportunity to bear witness.
-Luke	Luke	49	21	14	Make up your minds not to prepare your defence,
-Luke	Luke	49	21	15	because I myself shall give you an eloquence and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to resist or contradict.
-Luke	Luke	49	21	16	You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relations and friends; and some of you will be put to death.
-Luke	Luke	49	21	17	You will be hated universally on account of my name,
-Luke	Luke	49	21	18	but not a hair of your head will be lost.
-Luke	Luke	49	21	19	Your perseverance will win you your lives.
-Luke	Luke	49	21	20	'When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you must realise that it will soon be laid desolate.
-Luke	Luke	49	21	21	Then those in Judaea must escape to the mountains, those inside the city must leave it, and those in country districts must not take refuge in it.
-Luke	Luke	49	21	22	For this is the time of retribution when all that scripture says must be fulfilled.
-Luke	Luke	49	21	23	Alas for those with child, or with babies at the breast, when those days come!
-Luke	Luke	49	21	24	'For great misery will descend on the land and retribution on this people. They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive to every gentile country; and Jerusalem will be trampled down by the gentiles until their time is complete.
-Luke	Luke	49	21	25	'There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; on earth nations in agony, bewildered by the turmoil of the ocean and its waves;
-Luke	Luke	49	21	26	men fainting away with terror and fear at what menaces the world, for the powers of heaven will be shaken.
-Luke	Luke	49	21	27	And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
-Luke	Luke	49	21	28	When these things begin to take place, stand erect, hold your heads high, because your liberation is near at hand.'
-Luke	Luke	49	21	29	And he told them a parable, 'Look at the fig tree and indeed every tree.
-Luke	Luke	49	21	30	As soon as you see them bud, you can see for yourselves that summer is now near.
-Luke	Luke	49	21	31	So with you when you see these things happening: know that the kingdom of God is near.
-Luke	Luke	49	21	32	In truth I tell you, before this generation has passed away all will have taken place.
-Luke	Luke	49	21	33	Sky and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
-Luke	Luke	49	21	34	'Watch yourselves, or your hearts will be coarsened by debauchery and drunkenness and the cares of life, and that day will come upon you unexpectedly,
-Luke	Luke	49	21	35	like a trap. For it will come down on all those living on the face of the earth.
-Luke	Luke	49	21	36	Stay awake, praying at all times for the strength to survive all that is going to happen, and to hold your ground before the Son of man.'
-Luke	Luke	49	21	37	All day long he would be in the Temple teaching, but would spend the night in the open on the hill called the Mount of Olives.
-Luke	Luke	49	21	38	And from early morning the people thronged to him in the Temple to listen to him.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	1	The feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was now drawing near,
-Luke	Luke	49	22	2	and the chief priests and the scribes were looking for some way of doing away with him, because they were afraid of the people.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	3	Then Satan entered into Judas, surnamed Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	4	He approached the chief priests and the officers of the guard to discuss some way of handing Jesus over to them.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	5	They were delighted and agreed to give him money.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	6	He accepted and began to look for an opportunity to betray him to them without people knowing about it.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	7	The day of Unleavened Bread came round, on which the Passover had to be sacrificed,
-Luke	Luke	49	22	8	and he sent Peter and John, saying, 'Go and make the preparations for us to eat the Passover.'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	9	They asked him, 'Where do you want us to prepare it?'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	10	He said to them, 'Look, as you go into the city you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him into the house he enters
-Luke	Luke	49	22	11	and tell the owner of the house, "The Master says this to you: Where is the room for me to eat the Passover with my disciples?"
-Luke	Luke	49	22	12	The man will show you a large upper room furnished with couches. Make the preparations there.'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	13	They set off and found everything as he had told them and prepared the Passover.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	14	When the time came he took his place at table, and the apostles with him.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	15	And he said to them, 'I have ardently longed to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;
-Luke	Luke	49	22	16	because, I tell you, I shall not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	17	Then, taking a cup, he gave thanks and said, 'Take this and share it among you,
-Luke	Luke	49	22	18	because from now on, I tell you, I shall never again drink wine until the kingdom of God comes.'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	19	Then he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, 'This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	20	He did the same with the cup after supper, and said, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood poured out for you.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	21	'But look, here with me on the table is the hand of the man who is betraying me.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	22	The Son of man is indeed on the path which was decreed, but alas for that man by whom he is betrayed!'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	23	And they began to ask one another which of them it could be who was to do this.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	24	An argument also began between them about who should be reckoned the greatest;
-Luke	Luke	49	22	25	but he said to them, 'Among the gentiles it is the kings who lord it over them, and those who have authority over them are given the title Benefactor.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	26	With you this must not happen. No; the greatest among you must behave as if he were the youngest, the leader as if he were the one who serves.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	27	For who is the greater: the one at table or the one who serves? The one at table, surely? Yet here am I among you as one who serves!
-Luke	Luke	49	22	28	'You are the men who have stood by me faithfully in my trials;
-Luke	Luke	49	22	29	and now I confer a kingdom on you, just as my Father conferred one on me:
-Luke	Luke	49	22	30	you will eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones to judge the twelve tribes of Israel.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	31	'Simon, Simon! Look, Satan has got his wish to sift you all like wheat;
-Luke	Luke	49	22	32	but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail, and once you have recovered, you in your turn must strengthen your brothers.'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	33	'Lord,' he answered, 'I would be ready to go to prison with you, and to death.'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	34	Jesus replied, 'I tell you, Peter, by the time the cock crows today you will have denied three times that you know me.'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	35	He said to them, 'When I sent you out without purse or haversack or sandals, were you short of anything?'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	36	'No, nothing,' they said. He said to them, 'But now if you have a purse, take it, and the same with a haversack; if you have no sword, sell your cloak and buy one,
-Luke	Luke	49	22	37	because I tell you these words of scripture are destined to be fulfilled in me: He was counted as one of the rebellious. Yes, what it says about me is even now reaching its fulfilment.'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	38	They said, 'Lord, here are two swords.' He said to them, 'That is enough!'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	39	He then left to make his way as usual to the Mount of Olives, with the disciples following.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	40	When he reached the place he said to them, 'Pray not to be put to the test.'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	41	Then he withdrew from them, about a stone's throw away, and knelt down and prayed.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	42	'Father,' he said, 'if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Nevertheless, let your will be done, not mine.'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	43	Then an angel appeared to him, coming from heaven to give him strength.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	44	In his anguish he prayed even more earnestly, and his sweat fell to the ground like great drops of blood.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	45	When he rose from prayer he went to the disciples and found them sleeping for sheer grief.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	46	And he said to them, 'Why are you asleep? Get up and pray not to be put to the test.'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	47	Suddenly, while he was still speaking, a number of men appeared, and at the head of them the man called Judas, one of the Twelve, who went up to Jesus to kiss him.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	48	Jesus said, 'Judas, are you betraying the Son of man with a kiss?'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	49	His followers, seeing what was about to happen, said, 'Lord, shall we use our swords?'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	50	And one of them struck the high priest's servant and cut off his right ear.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	51	But at this Jesus said, 'That is enough.' And touching the man's ear he healed him.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	52	Then Jesus said to the chief priests and captains of the Temple guard and elders who had come for him, 'Am I a bandit, that you had to set out with swords and clubs?
-Luke	Luke	49	22	53	When I was among you in the Temple day after day you never made a move to lay hands on me. But this is your hour; this is the reign of darkness.'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	54	They seized him then and led him away, and they took him to the high priest's house. Peter followed at a distance.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	55	They had lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and Peter sat down among them,
-Luke	Luke	49	22	56	and as he was sitting there by the blaze a servant-girl saw him, peered at him, and said, 'This man was with him too.'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	57	But he denied it. 'Woman, I do not know him,' he said.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	58	Shortly afterwards someone else saw him and said, 'You are one of them too.' But Peter replied, 'I am not, my friend.'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	59	About an hour later another man insisted, saying, 'This fellow was certainly with him. Why, he is a Galilean.'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	60	Peter said, 'My friend, I do not know what you are talking about.' At that instant, while he was still speaking, the cock crowed,
-Luke	Luke	49	22	61	and the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered the Lord's words when he had said to him, 'Before the cock crows today, you will have disowned me three times.'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	62	And he went outside and wept bitterly.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	63	Meanwhile the men who guarded Jesus were mocking and beating him.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	64	They blindfolded him and questioned him, saying, 'Prophesy! Who hit you then?'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	65	And they heaped many other insults on him.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	66	When day broke there was a meeting of the elders of the people, the chief priests and scribes. He was brought before their council,
-Luke	Luke	49	22	67	and they said to him, 'If you are the Christ, tell us.' He replied, 'If I tell you, you will not believe,
-Luke	Luke	49	22	68	and if I question you, you will not answer.
-Luke	Luke	49	22	69	But from now on, the Son of man will be seated at the right hand of the Power of God.'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	70	They all said, 'So you are the Son of God then?' He answered, 'It is you who say I am.'
-Luke	Luke	49	22	71	Then they said, 'Why do we need any evidence? We have heard it for ourselves from his own lips.'
-Luke	Luke	49	23	1	The whole assembly then rose, and they brought him before Pilate.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	2	They began their accusation by saying, 'We found this man inciting our people to revolt, opposing payment of the tribute to Caesar, and claiming to be Christ, a king.'
-Luke	Luke	49	23	3	Pilate put to him this question, 'Are you the king of the Jews?' He replied, 'It is you who say it.'
-Luke	Luke	49	23	4	Pilate then said to the chief priests and the crowd, 'I find no case against this man.'
-Luke	Luke	49	23	5	But they persisted, 'He is inflaming the people with his teaching all over Judaea and all the way from Galilee, where he started, down to here.'
-Luke	Luke	49	23	6	When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man were a Galilean;
-Luke	Luke	49	23	7	and finding that he came under Herod's jurisdiction, he passed him over to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	8	Herod was delighted to see Jesus; he had heard about him and had been wanting for a long time to set eyes on him; moreover, he was hoping to see some miracle worked by him.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	9	So he questioned him at some length, but without getting any reply.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	10	Meanwhile the chief priests and the scribes were there, vigorously pressing their accusations.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	11	Then Herod, together with his guards, treated him with contempt and made fun of him; he put a rich cloak on him and sent him back to Pilate.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	12	And though Herod and Pilate had been enemies before, they were reconciled that same day.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	13	Pilate then summoned the chief priests and the leading men and the people.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	14	He said to them, 'You brought this man before me as a popular agitator. Now I have gone into the matter myself in your presence and found no grounds in the man for any of the charges you bring against him.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	15	Nor has Herod either, since he has sent him back to us. As you can see, the man has done nothing that deserves death,
-Luke	Luke	49	23	16	so I shall have him flogged and then let him go.'
-Luke	Luke	49	23	17	17
-Luke	Luke	49	23	18	But as one man they howled, 'Away with him! Give us Barabbas!'
-Luke	Luke	49	23	19	(This man had been thrown into prison because of a riot in the city and murder.)
-Luke	Luke	49	23	20	In his desire to set Jesus free, Pilate addressed them again,
-Luke	Luke	49	23	21	but they shouted back, 'Crucify him! Crucify him!'
-Luke	Luke	49	23	22	And for the third time he spoke to them, 'But what harm has this man done? I have found no case against him that deserves death, so I shall have him flogged and then let him go.'
-Luke	Luke	49	23	23	But they kept on shouting at the top of their voices, demanding that he should be crucified. And their shouts kept growing louder.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	24	Pilate then gave his verdict: their demand was to be granted.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	25	He released the man they asked for, who had been imprisoned because of rioting and murder, and handed Jesus over to them to deal with as they pleased.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	26	As they were leading him away they seized on a man, Simon from Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and made him shoulder the cross and carry it behind Jesus.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	27	Large numbers of people followed him, and women too, who mourned and lamented for him.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	28	But Jesus turned to them and said, 'Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep rather for yourselves and for your children.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	29	For look, the days are surely coming when people will say, "Blessed are those who are barren, the wombs that have never borne children, the breasts that have never suckled!"
-Luke	Luke	49	23	30	Then they will begin to say to the mountains, "Fall on us!"; to the hills, "Cover us!"
-Luke	Luke	49	23	31	For if this is what is done to green wood, what will be done when the wood is dry?'
-Luke	Luke	49	23	32	Now they were also leading out two others, criminals, to be executed with him.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	33	When they reached the place called The Skull, there they crucified him and the two criminals, one on his right, the other on his left.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	34	Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them; they do not know what they are doing.' Then they cast lots to share out his clothing.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	35	The people stayed there watching. As for the leaders, they jeered at him with the words, 'He saved others, let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.'
-Luke	Luke	49	23	36	The soldiers mocked him too, coming up to him, offering him vinegar,
-Luke	Luke	49	23	37	and saying, 'If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.'
-Luke	Luke	49	23	38	Above him there was an inscription: 'This is the King of the Jews'.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	39	One of the criminals hanging there abused him: 'Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us as well.'
-Luke	Luke	49	23	40	But the other spoke up and rebuked him. 'Have you no fear of God at all?' he said. 'You got the same sentence as he did,
-Luke	Luke	49	23	41	but in our case we deserved it: we are paying for what we did. But this man has done nothing wrong.'
-Luke	Luke	49	23	42	Then he said, 'Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.'
-Luke	Luke	49	23	43	He answered him, 'In truth I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.'
-Luke	Luke	49	23	44	It was now about the sixth hour and the sun's light failed, so that darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	45	The veil of the Sanctuary was torn right down the middle.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	46	Jesus cried out in a loud voice saying, 'Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.' With these words he breathed his last.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	47	When the centurion saw what had taken place, he gave praise to God and said, 'Truly, this was an upright man.'
-Luke	Luke	49	23	48	And when all the crowds who had gathered for the spectacle saw what had happened, they went home beating their breasts.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	49	All his friends stood at a distance; so also did the women who had accompanied him from Galilee and saw all this happen.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	50	And now a member of the Council arrived, a good and upright man named Joseph.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	51	He had not consented to what the others had planned and carried out. He came from Arimathaea, a Jewish town, and he lived in the hope of seeing the kingdom of God.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	52	This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	53	He then took it down, wrapped it in a shroud and put it in a tomb which was hewn in stone and which had never held a body.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	54	It was Preparation day and the Sabbath was beginning to grow light.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	55	Meanwhile the women who had come from Galilee with Jesus were following behind. They took note of the tomb and how the body had been laid.
-Luke	Luke	49	23	56	Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments. And on the Sabbath day they rested, as the Law required.
-Luke	Luke	49	24	1	On the first day of the week, at the first sign of dawn, they went to the tomb with the spices they had prepared.
-Luke	Luke	49	24	2	They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb,
-Luke	Luke	49	24	3	but on entering they could not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
-Luke	Luke	49	24	4	As they stood there puzzled about this, two men in brilliant clothes suddenly appeared at their side.
-Luke	Luke	49	24	5	Terrified, the women bowed their heads to the ground. But the two said to them, 'Why look among the dead for someone who is alive?
-Luke	Luke	49	24	6	He is not here; he has risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee:
-Luke	Luke	49	24	7	that the Son of man was destined to be handed over into the power of sinful men and be crucified, and rise again on the third day.'
-Luke	Luke	49	24	8	And they remembered his words.
-Luke	Luke	49	24	9	And they returned from the tomb and told all this to the Eleven and to all the others.
-Luke	Luke	49	24	10	The women were Mary of Magdala, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James. And the other women with them also told the apostles,
-Luke	Luke	49	24	11	but this story of theirs seemed pure nonsense, and they did not believe them.
-Luke	Luke	49	24	12	Peter, however, went off to the tomb, running. He bent down and looked in and saw the linen cloths but nothing else; he then went back home, amazed at what had happened.
-Luke	Luke	49	24	13	Now that very same day, two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, seven miles from Jerusalem,
-Luke	Luke	49	24	14	and they were talking together about all that had happened.
-Luke	Luke	49	24	15	And it happened that as they were talking together and discussing it, Jesus himself came up and walked by their side;
-Luke	Luke	49	24	16	but their eyes were prevented from recognising him.
-Luke	Luke	49	24	17	He said to them, 'What are all these things that you are discussing as you walk along?' They stopped, their faces downcast.
-Luke	Luke	49	24	18	Then one of them, called Cleopas, answered him, 'You must be the only person staying in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have been happening there these last few days.'
-Luke	Luke	49	24	19	He asked, 'What things?' They answered, 'All about Jesus of Nazareth, who showed himself a prophet powerful in action and speech before God and the whole people;
-Luke	Luke	49	24	20	and how our chief priests and our leaders handed him over to be sentenced to death, and had him crucified.
-Luke	Luke	49	24	21	Our own hope had been that he would be the one to set Israel free. And this is not all: two whole days have now gone by since it all happened;
-Luke	Luke	49	24	22	and some women from our group have astounded us: they went to the tomb in the early morning,
-Luke	Luke	49	24	23	and when they could not find the body, they came back to tell us they had seen a vision of angels who declared he was alive.
-Luke	Luke	49	24	24	Some of our friends went to the tomb and found everything exactly as the women had reported, but of him they saw nothing.'
-Luke	Luke	49	24	25	Then he said to them, 'You foolish men! So slow to believe all that the prophets have said!
-Luke	Luke	49	24	26	Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer before entering into his glory?'
-Luke	Luke	49	24	27	Then, starting with Moses and going through all the prophets, he explained to them the passages throughout the scriptures that were about himself.
-Luke	Luke	49	24	28	When they drew near to the village to which they were going, he made as if to go on;
-Luke	Luke	49	24	29	but they pressed him to stay with them saying, 'It is nearly evening, and the day is almost over.' So he went in to stay with them.
-Luke	Luke	49	24	30	Now while he was with them at table, he took the bread and said the blessing; then he broke it and handed it to them.
-Luke	Luke	49	24	31	And their eyes were opened and they recognised him; but he had vanished from their sight.
-Luke	Luke	49	24	32	Then they said to each other, 'Did not our hearts burn within us as he talked to us on the road and explained the scriptures to us?'
-Luke	Luke	49	24	33	They set out that instant and returned to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven assembled together with their companions,
-Luke	Luke	49	24	34	who said to them, 'The Lord has indeed risen and has appeared to Simon.'
-Luke	Luke	49	24	35	Then they told their story of what had happened on the road and how they had recognised him at the breaking of bread.
-Luke	Luke	49	24	36	They were still talking about all this when he himself stood among them and said to them, 'Peace be with you!'
-Luke	Luke	49	24	37	In a state of alarm and fright, they thought they were seeing a ghost.
-Luke	Luke	49	24	38	But he said, 'Why are you so agitated, and why are these doubts stirring in your hearts?
-Luke	Luke	49	24	39	See by my hands and my feet that it is I myself. Touch me and see for yourselves; a ghost has no flesh and bones as you can see I have.'
-Luke	Luke	49	24	40	And as he said this he showed them his hands and his feet.
-Luke	Luke	49	24	41	Their joy was so great that they still could not believe it, as they were dumbfounded; so he said to them, 'Have you anything here to eat?'
-Luke	Luke	49	24	42	And they offered him a piece of grilled fish,
-Luke	Luke	49	24	43	which he took and ate before their eyes.
-Luke	Luke	49	24	44	Then he told them, 'This is what I meant when I said, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, in the Prophets and in the Psalms, was destined to be fulfilled.'
-Luke	Luke	49	24	45	He then opened their minds to understand the scriptures,
-Luke	Luke	49	24	46	and he said to them, 'So it is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day rise from the dead,
-Luke	Luke	49	24	47	and that, in his name, repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be preached to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
-Luke	Luke	49	24	48	You are witnesses to this.
-Luke	Luke	49	24	49	'And now I am sending upon you what the Father has promised. Stay in the city, then, until you are clothed with the power from on high.'
-Luke	Luke	49	24	50	Then he took them out as far as the outskirts of Bethany, and raising his hands he blessed them.
-Luke	Luke	49	24	51	Now as he blessed them, he withdrew from them and was carried up to heaven.
-Luke	Luke	49	24	52	They worshipped him and then went back to Jerusalem full of joy;
-Luke	Luke	49	24	53	and they were continually in the Temple praising God.
-John	John	50	1	1	In the beginning was the Word: the Word was with God and the Word was God.
-John	John	50	1	2	He was with God in the beginning.
-John	John	50	1	3	Through him all things came into being, not one thing came into being except through him.
-John	John	50	1	4	What has come into being in him was life, life that was the light of men;
-John	John	50	1	5	and light shines in darkness, and darkness could not overpower it.
-John	John	50	1	6	A man came, sent by God. His name was John.
-John	John	50	1	7	He came as a witness, to bear witness to the light, so that everyone might believe through him.
-John	John	50	1	8	He was not the light, he was to bear witness to the light.
-John	John	50	1	9	The Word was the real light that gives light to everyone; he was coming into the world.
-John	John	50	1	10	He was in the world that had come into being through him, and the world did not recognise him.
-John	John	50	1	11	He came to his own and his own people did not accept him.
-John	John	50	1	12	But to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, to those who believed in his name
-John	John	50	1	13	who were born not from human stock or human desire or human will but from God himself.
-John	John	50	1	14	The Word became flesh, he lived among us, and we saw his glory, the glory that he has from the Father as only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
-John	John	50	1	15	John witnesses to him. He proclaims: 'This is the one of whom I said: He who comes after me has passed ahead of me because he existed before me.'
-John	John	50	1	16	Indeed, from his fullness we have, all of us, received -- one gift replacing another,
-John	John	50	1	17	for the Law was given through Moses, grace and truth have come through Jesus Christ.
-John	John	50	1	18	No one has ever seen God; it is the only Son, who is close to the Father's heart, who has made him known.
-John	John	50	1	19	This was the witness of John, when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, 'Who are you?'
-John	John	50	1	20	He declared, he did not deny but declared, 'I am not the Christ.'
-John	John	50	1	21	So they asked, 'Then are you Elijah?' He replied, 'I am not.' 'Are you the Prophet?' He answered, 'No.'
-John	John	50	1	22	So they said to him, 'Who are you? We must take back an answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?'
-John	John	50	1	23	So he said, 'I am, as Isaiah prophesied: A voice of one that cries in the desert: Prepare a way for the Lord. Make his paths straight!'
-John	John	50	1	24	Now those who had been sent were Pharisees,
-John	John	50	1	25	and they put this question to him, 'Why are you baptising if you are not the Christ, and not Elijah, and not the Prophet?'
-John	John	50	1	26	John answered them, 'I baptise with water; but standing among you -- unknown to you-
-John	John	50	1	27	is the one who is coming after me; and I am not fit to undo the strap of his sandal.'
-John	John	50	1	28	This happened at Bethany, on the far side of the Jordan, where John was baptising.
-John	John	50	1	29	The next day, he saw Jesus coming towards him and said, 'Look, there is the lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world.
-John	John	50	1	30	It was of him that I said, "Behind me comes one who has passed ahead of me because he existed before me."
-John	John	50	1	31	I did not know him myself, and yet my purpose in coming to baptise with water was so that he might be revealed to Israel.'
-John	John	50	1	32	And John declared, 'I saw the Spirit come down on him like a dove from heaven and rest on him.
-John	John	50	1	33	I did not know him myself, but he who sent me to baptise with water had said to me, "The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and rest is the one who is to baptise with the Holy Spirit."
-John	John	50	1	34	I have seen and I testify that he is the Chosen One of God.'
-John	John	50	1	35	The next day as John stood there again with two of his disciples, Jesus went past,
-John	John	50	1	36	and John looked towards him and said, 'Look, there is the lamb of God.'
-John	John	50	1	37	And the two disciples heard what he said and followed Jesus.
-John	John	50	1	38	Jesus turned round, saw them following and said, 'What do you want?' They answered, 'Rabbi' -- which means Teacher -- 'where do you live?'
-John	John	50	1	39	He replied, 'Come and see'; so they went and saw where he lived, and stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.
-John	John	50	1	40	One of these two who became followers of Jesus after hearing what John had said was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter.
-John	John	50	1	41	The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother and say to him, 'We have found the Messiah' -- which means the Christ-
-John	John	50	1	42	and he took Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, 'You are Simon son of John; you are to be called Cephas' -- which means Rock.
-John	John	50	1	43	The next day, after Jesus had decided to leave for Galilee, he met Philip and said, 'Follow me.'
-John	John	50	1	44	Philip came from the same town, Bethsaida, as Andrew and Peter.
-John	John	50	1	45	Philip found Nathanael and said to him, 'We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.'
-John	John	50	1	46	Nathanael said to him, 'From Nazareth? Can anything good come from that place?' Philip replied, 'Come and see.'
-John	John	50	1	47	When Jesus saw Nathanael coming he said of him, 'There, truly, is an Israelite in whom there is no deception.'
-John	John	50	1	48	Nathanael asked, 'How do you know me?' Jesus replied, 'Before Philip came to call you, I saw you under the fig tree.'
-John	John	50	1	49	Nathanael answered, 'Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are the king of Israel.'
-John	John	50	1	50	Jesus replied, 'You believe that just because I said: I saw you under the fig tree. You are going to see greater things than that.'
-John	John	50	1	51	And then he added, 'In all truth I tell you, you will see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending over the Son of man.'
-John	John	50	2	1	On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there,
-John	John	50	2	2	and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited.
-John	John	50	2	3	And they ran out of wine, since the wine provided for the feast had all been used, and the mother of Jesus said to him, 'They have no wine.'
-John	John	50	2	4	Jesus said, 'Woman, what do you want from me? My hour has not come yet.'
-John	John	50	2	5	His mother said to the servants, 'Do whatever he tells you.'
-John	John	50	2	6	There were six stone water jars standing there, meant for the ablutions that are customary among the Jews: each could hold twenty or thirty gallons.
-John	John	50	2	7	Jesus said to the servants, 'Fill the jars with water,' and they filled them to the brim.
-John	John	50	2	8	Then he said to them, 'Draw some out now and take it to the president of the feast.'
-John	John	50	2	9	They did this; the president tasted the water, and it had turned into wine. Having no idea where it came from -- though the servants who had drawn the water knew -- the president of the feast called the bridegroom
-John	John	50	2	10	and said, 'Everyone serves good wine first and the worse wine when the guests are well wined; but you have kept the best wine till now.'
-John	John	50	2	11	This was the first of Jesus' signs: it was at Cana in Galilee. He revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.
-John	John	50	2	12	After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, but they stayed there only a few days.
-John	John	50	2	13	When the time of the Jewish Passover was near Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
-John	John	50	2	14	and in the Temple he found people selling cattle and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting there.
-John	John	50	2	15	Making a whip out of cord, he drove them all out of the Temple, sheep and cattle as well, scattered the money changers' coins, knocked their tables over
-John	John	50	2	16	and said to the dove sellers, 'Take all this out of here and stop using my Father's house as a market.'
-John	John	50	2	17	Then his disciples remembered the words of scripture: I am eaten up with zeal for your house.
-John	John	50	2	18	The Jews intervened and said, 'What sign can you show us that you should act like this?'
-John	John	50	2	19	Jesus answered, 'Destroy this Temple, and in three days I will raise it up.'
-John	John	50	2	20	The Jews replied, 'It has taken forty-six years to build this Temple: are you going to raise it up again in three days?'
-John	John	50	2	21	But he was speaking of the Temple that was his body,
-John	John	50	2	22	and when Jesus rose from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and what he had said.
-John	John	50	2	23	During his stay in Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he did,
-John	John	50	2	24	but Jesus knew all people and did not trust himself to them;
-John	John	50	2	25	he never needed evidence about anyone; he could tell what someone had within.
-John	John	50	3	1	There was one of the Pharisees called Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews,
-John	John	50	3	2	who came to Jesus by night and said, 'Rabbi, we know that you have come from God as a teacher; for no one could perform the signs that you do unless God were with him.'
-John	John	50	3	3	Jesus answered: In all truth I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.
-John	John	50	3	4	Nicodemus said, 'How can anyone who is already old be born? Is it possible to go back into the womb again and be born?'
-John	John	50	3	5	Jesus replied: In all truth I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born through water and the Spirit;
-John	John	50	3	6	what is born of human nature is human; what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
-John	John	50	3	7	Do not be surprised when I say: You must be born from above.
-John	John	50	3	8	The wind blows where it pleases; you can hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.
-John	John	50	3	9	'How is that possible?' asked Nicodemus.
-John	John	50	3	10	Jesus replied, 'You are the Teacher of Israel, and you do not know these things!
-John	John	50	3	11	'In all truth I tell you, we speak only about what we know and witness only to what we have seen and yet you people reject our evidence.
-John	John	50	3	12	If you do not believe me when I speak to you about earthly things, how will you believe me when I speak to you about heavenly things?
-John	John	50	3	13	No one has gone up to heaven except the one who came down from heaven, the Son of man;
-John	John	50	3	14	as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up
-John	John	50	3	15	so that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.
-John	John	50	3	16	For this is how God loved the world: he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
-John	John	50	3	17	For God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but so that through him the world might be saved.
-John	John	50	3	18	No one who believes in him will be judged; but whoever does not believe is judged already, because that person does not believe in the Name of God's only Son.
-John	John	50	3	19	And the judgement is this: though the light has come into the world people have preferred darkness to the light because their deeds were evil.
-John	John	50	3	20	And indeed, everybody who does wrong hates the light and avoids it, to prevent his actions from being shown up;
-John	John	50	3	21	but whoever does the truth comes out into the light, so that what he is doing may plainly appear as done in God.'
-John	John	50	3	22	After this, Jesus went with his disciples into the Judaean countryside and stayed with them there and baptised.
-John	John	50	3	23	John also was baptising at Aenon near Salim, where there was plenty of water, and people were going there and were being baptised.
-John	John	50	3	24	For John had not yet been put in prison.
-John	John	50	3	25	Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew about purification,
-John	John	50	3	26	so they went to John and said, 'Rabbi, the man who was with you on the far side of the Jordan, the man to whom you bore witness, is baptising now, and everyone is going to him.'
-John	John	50	3	27	John replied: 'No one can have anything except what is given him from heaven.
-John	John	50	3	28	'You yourselves can bear me out. I said, "I am not the Christ; I am the one who has been sent to go in front of him."
-John	John	50	3	29	'It is the bridegroom who has the bride; and yet the bridegroom's friend, who stands there and listens to him, is filled with joy at the bridegroom's voice. This is the joy I feel, and it is complete.
-John	John	50	3	30	He must grow greater, I must grow less.
-John	John	50	3	31	He who comes from above is above all others; he who is of the earth is earthly himself and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven
-John	John	50	3	32	bears witness to the things he has seen and heard, but his testimony is not accepted by anybody;
-John	John	50	3	33	though anyone who does accept his testimony is attesting that God is true,
-John	John	50	3	34	since he whom God has sent speaks God's own words, for God gives him the Spirit without reserve.
-John	John	50	3	35	The Father loves the Son and has entrusted everything to his hands.
-John	John	50	3	36	Anyone who believes in the Son has eternal life, but anyone who refuses to believe in the Son will never see life: God's retribution hangs over him.'
-John	John	50	4	1	When Jesus heard that the Pharisees had found out that he was making and baptising more disciples than John-
-John	John	50	4	2	though in fact it was his disciples who baptised, not Jesus himself-
-John	John	50	4	3	he left Judaea and went back to Galilee.
-John	John	50	4	4	He had to pass through Samaria.
-John	John	50	4	5	On the way he came to the Samaritan town called Sychar near the land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
-John	John	50	4	6	Jacob's well was there and Jesus, tired by the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
-John	John	50	4	7	When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, 'Give me something to drink.'
-John	John	50	4	8	His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.
-John	John	50	4	9	The Samaritan woman said to him, 'You are a Jew. How is it that you ask me, a Samaritan, for something to drink?' -- Jews, of course, do not associate with Samaritans.
-John	John	50	4	10	Jesus replied to her: If you only knew what God is offering and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me something to drink,' you would have been the one to ask, and he would have given you living water.
-John	John	50	4	11	'You have no bucket, sir,' she answered, 'and the well is deep: how do you get this living water?
-John	John	50	4	12	Are you a greater man than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself with his sons and his cattle?'
-John	John	50	4	13	Jesus replied: Whoever drinks this water will be thirsty again;
-John	John	50	4	14	but no one who drinks the water that I shall give will ever be thirsty again: the water that I shall give will become a spring of water within, welling up for eternal life.
-John	John	50	4	15	'Sir,' said the woman, 'give me some of that water, so that I may never be thirsty or come here again to draw water.'
-John	John	50	4	16	'Go and call your husband,' said Jesus to her, 'and come back here.'
-John	John	50	4	17	The woman answered, 'I have no husband.' Jesus said to her, 'You are right to say, "I have no husband";
-John	John	50	4	18	for although you have had five, the one you now have is not your husband. You spoke the truth there.'
-John	John	50	4	19	'I see you are a prophet, sir,' said the woman.
-John	John	50	4	20	'Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, though you say that Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.'
-John	John	50	4	21	Jesus said: Believe me, woman, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
-John	John	50	4	22	You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know; for salvation comes from the Jews.
-John	John	50	4	23	But the hour is coming -- indeed is already here -- when true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth: that is the kind of worshipper the Father seeks.
-John	John	50	4	24	God is spirit, and those who worship must worship in spirit and truth.
-John	John	50	4	25	The woman said to him, 'I know that Messiah -- that is, Christ -- is coming; and when he comes he will explain everything.'
-John	John	50	4	26	Jesus said, 'That is who I am, I who speak to you.'
-John	John	50	4	27	At this point his disciples returned and were surprised to find him speaking to a woman, though none of them asked, 'What do you want from her?' or, 'What are you talking to her about?'
-John	John	50	4	28	The woman put down her water jar and hurried back to the town to tell the people,
-John	John	50	4	29	'Come and see a man who has told me everything I have done; could this be the Christ?'
-John	John	50	4	30	This brought people out of the town and they made their way towards him.
-John	John	50	4	31	Meanwhile, the disciples were urging him, 'Rabbi, do have something to eat';
-John	John	50	4	32	but he said, 'I have food to eat that you do not know about.'
-John	John	50	4	33	So the disciples said to one another, 'Has someone brought him food?'
-John	John	50	4	34	But Jesus said: My food is to do the will of the one who sent me, and to complete his work.
-John	John	50	4	35	Do you not have a saying: Four months and then the harvest? Well, I tell you, look around you, look at the fields; already they are white, ready for harvest!
-John	John	50	4	36	Already the reaper is being paid his wages, already he is bringing in the grain for eternal life, so that sower and reaper can rejoice together.
-John	John	50	4	37	For here the proverb holds true: one sows, another reaps;
-John	John	50	4	38	I sent you to reap a harvest you have not laboured for. Others have laboured for it; and you have come into the rewards of their labour.
-John	John	50	4	39	Many Samaritans of that town believed in him on the strength of the woman's words of testimony, 'He told me everything I have done.'
-John	John	50	4	40	So, when the Samaritans came up to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed for two days, and
-John	John	50	4	41	many more came to believe on the strength of the words he spoke to them;
-John	John	50	4	42	and they said to the woman, 'Now we believe no longer because of what you told us; we have heard him ourselves and we know that he is indeed the Saviour of the world.'
-John	John	50	4	43	When the two days were over Jesus left for Galilee.
-John	John	50	4	44	He himself had declared that a prophet is not honoured in his own home town.
-John	John	50	4	45	On his arrival the Galileans received him well, having seen all that he had done at Jerusalem during the festival which they too had attended.
-John	John	50	4	46	He went again to Cana in Galilee, where he had changed the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son was ill at Capernaum;
-John	John	50	4	47	hearing that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judaea, he went and asked him to come and cure his son, as he was at the point of death.
-John	John	50	4	48	Jesus said to him, 'Unless you see signs and portents you will not believe!'
-John	John	50	4	49	'Sir,' answered the official, 'come down before my child dies.'
-John	John	50	4	50	'Go home,' said Jesus, 'your son will live.' The man believed what Jesus had said and went on his way home;
-John	John	50	4	51	and while he was still on the way his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.
-John	John	50	4	52	He asked them when the boy had begun to recover. They replied, 'The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.'
-John	John	50	4	53	The father realised that this was exactly the time when Jesus had said, 'Your son will live'; and he and all his household believed.
-John	John	50	4	54	This new sign, the second, Jesus performed on his return from Judaea to Galilee.
-John	John	50	5	1	After this there was a Jewish festival, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
-John	John	50	5	2	Now in Jerusalem next to the Sheep Pool there is a pool called Bethesda in Hebrew, which has five porticos;
-John	John	50	5	3	and under these were crowds of sick people, blind, lame, paralysed.
-John	John	50	5	4	for at intervals the angel of the Lord came down into the pool, and the water was disturbed, and the first person to enter the water after this disturbance was cured of any ailment he suffered from.
-John	John	50	5	5	One man there had an illness which had lasted thirty-eight years,
-John	John	50	5	6	and when Jesus saw him lying there and knew he had been in that condition for a long time, he said, 'Do you want to be well again?'
-John	John	50	5	7	'Sir,' replied the sick man, 'I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is disturbed; and while I am still on the way, someone else gets down there before me.'
-John	John	50	5	8	Jesus said, 'Get up, pick up your sleeping-mat and walk around.'
-John	John	50	5	9	The man was cured at once, and he picked up his mat and started to walk around. Now that day happened to be the Sabbath,
-John	John	50	5	10	so the Jews said to the man who had been cured, 'It is the Sabbath; you are not allowed to carry your sleeping-mat.'
-John	John	50	5	11	He replied, 'But the man who cured me told me, "Pick up your sleeping-mat and walk around." '
-John	John	50	5	12	They asked, 'Who is the man who said to you, "Pick up your sleeping-mat and walk around"? '
-John	John	50	5	13	The man had no idea who it was, since Jesus had disappeared, as the place was crowded.
-John	John	50	5	14	After a while Jesus met him in the Temple and said, 'Now you are well again, do not sin any more, or something worse may happen to you.'
-John	John	50	5	15	The man went back and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had cured him.
-John	John	50	5	16	It was because he did things like this on the Sabbath that the Jews began to harass Jesus.
-John	John	50	5	17	His answer to them was, 'My Father still goes on working, and I am at work, too.'
-John	John	50	5	18	But that only made the Jews even more intent on killing him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he spoke of God as his own Father and so made himself God's equal.
-John	John	50	5	19	To this Jesus replied: In all truth I tell you, by himself the Son can do nothing; he can do only what he sees the Father doing: and whatever the Father does the Son does too.
-John	John	50	5	20	For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he himself does, and he will show him even greater things than these, works that will astonish you.
-John	John	50	5	21	Thus, as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son gives life to anyone he chooses;
-John	John	50	5	22	for the Father judges no one; he has entrusted all judgement to the Son,
-John	John	50	5	23	so that all may honour the Son as they honour the Father. Whoever refuses honour to the Son refuses honour to the Father who sent him.
-John	John	50	5	24	In all truth I tell you, whoever listens to my words, and believes in the one who sent me, has eternal life; without being brought to judgement such a person has passed from death to life.
-John	John	50	5	25	In all truth I tell you, the hour is coming -- indeed it is already here -- when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and all who hear it will live.
-John	John	50	5	26	For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself;
-John	John	50	5	27	and, because he is the Son of man, has granted him power to give judgement.
-John	John	50	5	28	Do not be surprised at this, for the hour is coming when the dead will leave their graves at the sound of his voice:
-John	John	50	5	29	those who did good will come forth to life; and those who did evil will come forth to judgement.
-John	John	50	5	30	By myself I can do nothing; I can judge only as I am told to judge, and my judging is just, because I seek to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
-John	John	50	5	31	Were I to testify on my own behalf, my testimony would not be true;
-John	John	50	5	32	but there is another witness who speaks on my behalf, and I know that his testimony is true.
-John	John	50	5	33	You sent messengers to John, and he gave his testimony to the truth-
-John	John	50	5	34	not that I depend on human testimony; no, it is for your salvation that I mention it.
-John	John	50	5	35	John was a lamp lit and shining and for a time you were content to enjoy the light that he gave.
-John	John	50	5	36	But my testimony is greater than John's: the deeds my Father has given me to perform, these same deeds of mine testify that the Father has sent me.
-John	John	50	5	37	Besides, the Father who sent me bears witness to me himself. You have never heard his voice, you have never seen his shape,
-John	John	50	5	38	and his word finds no home in you because you do not believe in the one whom he has sent.
-John	John	50	5	39	You pore over the scriptures, believing that in them you can find eternal life; it is these scriptures that testify to me,
-John	John	50	5	40	and yet you refuse to come to me to receive life!
-John	John	50	5	41	Human glory means nothing to me.
-John	John	50	5	42	Besides, I know you too well: you have no love of God in you.
-John	John	50	5	43	I have come in the name of my Father and you refuse to accept me; if someone else should come in his own name you would accept him.
-John	John	50	5	44	How can you believe, since you look to each other for glory and are not concerned with the glory that comes from the one God?
-John	John	50	5	45	Do not imagine that I am going to accuse you before the Father: you have placed your hopes on Moses, and Moses will be the one who accuses you.
-John	John	50	5	46	If you really believed him you would believe me too, since it was about me that he was writing;
-John	John	50	5	47	but if you will not believe what he wrote, how can you believe what I say?
-John	John	50	6	1	After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee -- or of Tiberias-
-John	John	50	6	2	and a large crowd followed him, impressed by the signs he had done in curing the sick.
-John	John	50	6	3	Jesus climbed the hillside and sat down there with his disciples.
-John	John	50	6	4	The time of the Jewish Passover was near.
-John	John	50	6	5	Looking up, Jesus saw the crowds approaching and said to Philip, 'Where can we buy some bread for these people to eat?'
-John	John	50	6	6	He said this only to put Philip to the test; he himself knew exactly what he was going to do.
-John	John	50	6	7	Philip answered, 'Two hundred denarii would not buy enough to give them a little piece each.'
-John	John	50	6	8	One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said,
-John	John	50	6	9	'Here is a small boy with five barley loaves and two fish; but what is that among so many?'
-John	John	50	6	10	Jesus said to them, 'Make the people sit down.' There was plenty of grass there, and as many as five thousand men sat down.
-John	John	50	6	11	Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were sitting there; he then did the same with the fish, distributing as much as they wanted.
-John	John	50	6	12	When they had eaten enough he said to the disciples, 'Pick up the pieces left over, so that nothing is wasted.'
-John	John	50	6	13	So they picked them up and filled twelve large baskets with scraps left over from the meal of five barley loaves.
-John	John	50	6	14	Seeing the sign that he had done, the people said, 'This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world.'
-John	John	50	6	15	Jesus, as he realised they were about to come and take him by force and make him king, fled back to the hills alone.
-John	John	50	6	16	That evening the disciples went down to the shore of the sea
-John	John	50	6	17	and got into a boat to make for Capernaum on the other side of the sea. It was getting dark by now and Jesus had still not rejoined them.
-John	John	50	6	18	The wind was strong, and the sea was getting rough.
-John	John	50	6	19	They had rowed three or four miles when they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming towards the boat. They were afraid,
-John	John	50	6	20	but he said, 'It's me. Don't be afraid.'
-John	John	50	6	21	They were ready to take him into the boat, and immediately it reached the shore at the place they were making for.
-John	John	50	6	22	Next day, the crowd that had stayed on the other side saw that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not got into the boat with his disciples, but that the disciples had set off by themselves.
-John	John	50	6	23	Other boats, however, had put in from Tiberias, near the place where the bread had been eaten.
-John	John	50	6	24	When the people saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into those boats and crossed to Capernaum to look for Jesus.
-John	John	50	6	25	When they found him on the other side, they said to him, 'Rabbi, when did you come here?'
-John	John	50	6	26	Jesus answered: In all truth I tell you, you are looking for me not because you have seen the signs but because you had all the bread you wanted to eat.
-John	John	50	6	27	Do not work for food that goes bad, but work for food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of man will give you, for on him the Father, God himself, has set his seal.
-John	John	50	6	28	Then they said to him, 'What must we do if we are to carry out God's work?'
-John	John	50	6	29	Jesus gave them this answer, 'This is carrying out God's work: you must believe in the one he has sent.'
-John	John	50	6	30	So they said, 'What sign will you yourself do, the sight of which will make us believe in you? What work will you do?
-John	John	50	6	31	Our fathers ate manna in the desert; as scripture says: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'
-John	John	50	6	32	Jesus answered them: In all truth I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, it is my Father who gives you the bread from heaven, the true bread;
-John	John	50	6	33	for the bread of God is the bread which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.
-John	John	50	6	34	'Sir,' they said, 'give us that bread always.'
-John	John	50	6	35	Jesus answered them: I am the bread of life. No one who comes to me will ever hunger; no one who believes in me will ever thirst.
-John	John	50	6	36	But, as I have told you, you can see me and still you do not believe.
-John	John	50	6	37	Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me; I will certainly not reject anyone who comes to me,
-John	John	50	6	38	because I have come from heaven, not to do my own will, but to do the will of him who sent me.
-John	John	50	6	39	Now the will of him who sent me is that I should lose nothing of all that he has given to me, but that I should raise it up on the last day.
-John	John	50	6	40	It is my Father's will that whoever sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and that I should raise that person up on the last day.
-John	John	50	6	41	Meanwhile the Jews were complaining to each other about him, because he had said, 'I am the bread that has come down from heaven.'
-John	John	50	6	42	They were saying, 'Surely this is Jesus son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know. How can he now say, "I have come down from heaven?" '
-John	John	50	6	43	Jesus said in reply to them, 'Stop complaining to each other.
-John	John	50	6	44	'No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me, and I will raise that person up on the last day.
-John	John	50	6	45	It is written in the prophets: They will all be taught by God; everyone who has listened to the Father, and learnt from him, comes to me.
-John	John	50	6	46	Not that anybody has seen the Father, except him who has his being from God: he has seen the Father.
-John	John	50	6	47	In all truth I tell you, everyone who believes has eternal life.
-John	John	50	6	48	I am the bread of life.
-John	John	50	6	49	Your fathers ate manna in the desert and they are dead;
-John	John	50	6	50	but this is the bread which comes down from heaven, so that a person may eat it and not die.
-John	John	50	6	51	I am the living bread which has come down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever; and the bread that I shall give is my flesh, for the life of the world.'
-John	John	50	6	52	Then the Jews started arguing among themselves, 'How can this man give us his flesh to eat?'
-John	John	50	6	53	Jesus replied to them: In all truth I tell you, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
-John	John	50	6	54	Anyone who does eat my flesh and drink my blood has eternal life, and I shall raise that person up on the last day.
-John	John	50	6	55	For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.
-John	John	50	6	56	Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me and I live in that person.
-John	John	50	6	57	As the living Father sent me and I draw life from the Father, so whoever eats me will also draw life from me.
-John	John	50	6	58	This is the bread which has come down from heaven; it is not like the bread our ancestors ate: they are dead, but anyone who eats this bread will live for ever.
-John	John	50	6	59	This is what he taught at Capernaum in the synagogue.
-John	John	50	6	60	After hearing it, many of his followers said, 'This is intolerable language. How could anyone accept it?'
-John	John	50	6	61	Jesus was aware that his followers were complaining about it and said, 'Does this disturb you?
-John	John	50	6	62	What if you should see the Son of man ascend to where he was before?
-John	John	50	6	63	'It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh has nothing to offer. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
-John	John	50	6	64	'But there are some of you who do not believe.' For Jesus knew from the outset who did not believe and who was to betray him.
-John	John	50	6	65	He went on, 'This is why I told you that no one could come to me except by the gift of the Father.'
-John	John	50	6	66	After this, many of his disciples went away and accompanied him no more.
-John	John	50	6	67	Then Jesus said to the Twelve, 'What about you, do you want to go away too?'
-John	John	50	6	68	Simon Peter answered, 'Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the message of eternal life,
-John	John	50	6	69	and we believe; we have come to know that you are the Holy One of God.'
-John	John	50	6	70	Jesus replied to them, 'Did I not choose the Twelve of you? Yet one of you is a devil.'
-John	John	50	6	71	He meant Judas son of Simon Iscariot, since this was the man, one of the Twelve, who was to betray him.
-John	John	50	7	1	After this Jesus travelled round Galilee; he could not travel round Judaea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.
-John	John	50	7	2	As the Jewish feast of Shelters drew near,
-John	John	50	7	3	his brothers said to him, 'Leave this place and go to Judaea, so that your disciples, too, can see the works you are doing;
-John	John	50	7	4	no one who wants to be publicly known acts in secret; if this is what you are doing, you should reveal yourself to the world.'
-John	John	50	7	5	Not even his brothers had faith in him.
-John	John	50	7	6	Jesus answered, 'For me the right time has not come yet, but for you any time is the right time.
-John	John	50	7	7	The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me, because I give evidence that its ways are evil.
-John	John	50	7	8	Go up to the festival yourselves: I am not going to this festival, because for me the time is not ripe yet.'
-John	John	50	7	9	Having said that, he stayed behind in Galilee.
-John	John	50	7	10	However, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went up as well, not publicly but secretly.
-John	John	50	7	11	At the festival the Jews were on the look-out for him: 'Where is he?' they said.
-John	John	50	7	12	There was a great deal of talk about him in the crowds. Some said, 'He is a good man'; others, 'No, he is leading the people astray.'
-John	John	50	7	13	Yet no one spoke about him openly, for fear of the Jews.
-John	John	50	7	14	When the festival was half over, Jesus went to the Temple and began to teach.
-John	John	50	7	15	The Jews were astonished and said, 'How did he learn to read? He has not been educated.'
-John	John	50	7	16	Jesus answered them: 'My teaching is not from myself: it comes from the one who sent me;
-John	John	50	7	17	anyone who is prepared to do his will, will know whether my teaching is from God or whether I speak on my own account.
-John	John	50	7	18	When someone speaks on his own account, he is seeking honour for himself; but when he is seeking the honour of the person who sent him, then he is true and altogether without dishonesty.
-John	John	50	7	19	Did not Moses give you the Law? And yet not one of you keeps the Law! 'Why do you want to kill me?'
-John	John	50	7	20	The crowd replied, 'You are mad! Who wants to kill you?'
-John	John	50	7	21	Jesus answered, 'One work I did, and you are all amazed at it.
-John	John	50	7	22	Moses ordered you to practise circumcision -- not that it began with him, it goes back to the patriarchs -- and you circumcise on the Sabbath.
-John	John	50	7	23	Now if someone can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses is not broken, why are you angry with me for making someone completely healthy on a Sabbath?
-John	John	50	7	24	Do not keep judging according to appearances; let your judgement be according to what is right.'
-John	John	50	7	25	Meanwhile some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, 'Isn't this the man they want to kill?
-John	John	50	7	26	And here he is, speaking openly, and they have nothing to say to him! Can it be true the authorities have recognised that he is the Christ?
-John	John	50	7	27	Yet we all know where he comes from, but when the Christ appears no one will know where he comes from.'
-John	John	50	7	28	Then, as Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he cried out: You know me and you know where I came from. Yet I have not come of my own accord: but he who sent me is true; You do not know him,
-John	John	50	7	29	but I know him because I have my being from him and it was he who sent me.
-John	John	50	7	30	They wanted to arrest him then, but because his hour had not yet come no one laid a hand on him.
-John	John	50	7	31	There were many people in the crowds, however, who believed in him; they were saying, 'When the Christ comes, will he give more signs than this man has?'
-John	John	50	7	32	Hearing that talk like this about him was spreading among the people, the Pharisees sent the Temple guards to arrest him.
-John	John	50	7	33	Then Jesus said: For a short time I am with you still; then I shall go back to the one who sent me.
-John	John	50	7	34	You will look for me and will not find me; where I am you cannot come.
-John	John	50	7	35	So the Jews said to one another, 'Where is he intending to go that we shall not be able to find him? Is he intending to go abroad to the people who are dispersed among the Greeks and to teach the Greeks?
-John	John	50	7	36	What does he mean when he says: "You will look for me and will not find me; where I am, you cannot come?" '
-John	John	50	7	37	On the last day, the great day of the festival, Jesus stood and cried out: 'Let anyone who is thirsty come to me!
-John	John	50	7	38	Let anyone who believes in me come and drink! As scripture says, "From his heart shall flow streams of living water." '
-John	John	50	7	39	He was speaking of the Spirit which those who believed in him were to receive; for there was no Spirit as yet because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
-John	John	50	7	40	Some of the crowd who had been listening said, 'He is indeed the prophet,'
-John	John	50	7	41	and some said, 'He is the Christ,' but others said, 'Would the Christ come from Galilee?
-John	John	50	7	42	Does not scripture say that the Christ must be descended from David and come from Bethlehem, the village where David was?'
-John	John	50	7	43	So the people could not agree about him.
-John	John	50	7	44	Some wanted to arrest him, but no one actually laid a hand on him.
-John	John	50	7	45	The guards went back to the chief priests and Pharisees who said to them, 'Why haven't you brought him?'
-John	John	50	7	46	The guards replied, 'No one has ever spoken like this man.'
-John	John	50	7	47	'So,' the Pharisees answered, 'you, too, have been led astray?
-John	John	50	7	48	Have any of the authorities come to believe in him? Any of the Pharisees?
-John	John	50	7	49	This rabble knows nothing about the Law -- they are damned.'
-John	John	50	7	50	One of them, Nicodemus -- the same man who had come to Jesus earlier -- said to them,
-John	John	50	7	51	'But surely our Law does not allow us to pass judgement on anyone without first giving him a hearing and discovering what he is doing?'
-John	John	50	7	52	To this they answered, 'Are you a Galilean too? Go into the matter, and see for yourself: prophets do not arise in Galilee.'
-John	John	50	7	53	They all went home,
-John	John	50	8	1	and Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
-John	John	50	8	2	At daybreak he appeared in the Temple again; and as all the people came to him, he sat down and began to teach them.
-John	John	50	8	3	The scribes and Pharisees brought a woman along who had been caught committing adultery; and making her stand there in the middle
-John	John	50	8	4	they said to Jesus, 'Master, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery,
-John	John	50	8	5	and in the Law Moses has ordered us to stone women of this kind. What have you got to say?'
-John	John	50	8	6	They asked him this as a test, looking for an accusation to use against him. But Jesus bent down and started writing on the ground with his finger.
-John	John	50	8	7	As they persisted with their question, he straightened up and said, 'Let the one among you who is guiltless be the first to throw a stone at her.'
-John	John	50	8	8	Then he bent down and continued writing on the ground.
-John	John	50	8	9	When they heard this they went away one by one, beginning with the eldest, until the last one had gone and Jesus was left alone with the woman, who remained in the middle.
-John	John	50	8	10	Jesus again straightened up and said, 'Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?'
-John	John	50	8	11	'No one, sir,' she replied. 'Neither do I condemn you,' said Jesus. 'Go away, and from this moment sin no more.'
-John	John	50	8	12	When Jesus spoke to the people again, he said: I am the light of the world; anyone who follows me will not be walking in the dark, but will have the light of life.
-John	John	50	8	13	At this the Pharisees said to him, 'You are testifying on your own behalf; your testimony is not true.'
-John	John	50	8	14	Jesus replied: Even though I am testifying on my own behalf, my testimony is still true, because I know where I have come from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.
-John	John	50	8	15	You judge by human standards; I judge no one,
-John	John	50	8	16	but if I judge, my judgement will be true, because I am not alone: the one who sent me is with me;
-John	John	50	8	17	and in your Law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true.
-John	John	50	8	18	I testify on my own behalf, but the Father who sent me testifies on my behalf, too.
-John	John	50	8	19	They asked him, 'Where is your Father then?' Jesus answered: You do not know me, nor do you know my Father; if you did know me, you would know my Father as well.
-John	John	50	8	20	He spoke these words in the Treasury, while teaching in the Temple. No one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
-John	John	50	8	21	Again he said to them: I am going away; you will look for me and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.
-John	John	50	8	22	So the Jews said to one another, 'Is he going to kill himself, that he says, "Where I am going, you cannot come?" '
-John	John	50	8	23	Jesus went on: You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
-John	John	50	8	24	I have told you already: You will die in your sins. Yes, if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.
-John	John	50	8	25	So they said to him, 'Who are you?' Jesus answered: What I have told you from the outset.
-John	John	50	8	26	About you I have much to say and much to judge; but the one who sent me is true, and what I declare to the world I have learnt from him.
-John	John	50	8	27	They did not recognise that he was talking to them about the Father.
-John	John	50	8	28	So Jesus said: When you have lifted up the Son of man, then you will know that I am He and that I do nothing of my own accord. What I say is what the Father has taught me;
-John	John	50	8	29	he who sent me is with me, and has not left me to myself, for I always do what pleases him.
-John	John	50	8	30	As he was saying this, many came to believe in him.
-John	John	50	8	31	To the Jews who believed in him Jesus said: If you make my word your home you will indeed be my disciples;
-John	John	50	8	32	you will come to know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
-John	John	50	8	33	They answered, 'We are descended from Abraham and we have never been the slaves of anyone; what do you mean, "You will be set free?" '
-John	John	50	8	34	Jesus replied: In all truth I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave.
-John	John	50	8	35	Now a slave has no permanent standing in the household, but a son belongs to it for ever.
-John	John	50	8	36	So if the Son sets you free, you will indeed be free.
-John	John	50	8	37	I know that you are descended from Abraham; but you want to kill me because my word finds no place in you.
-John	John	50	8	38	What I speak of is what I have seen at my Father's side, and you too put into action the lessons you have learnt from your father.
-John	John	50	8	39	They repeated, 'Our father is Abraham.' Jesus said to them: If you are Abraham's children, do as Abraham did.
-John	John	50	8	40	As it is, you want to kill me, a man who has told you the truth as I have learnt it from God; that is not what Abraham did.
-John	John	50	8	41	You are doing your father's work. They replied, 'We were not born illegitimate, the only father we have is God.'
-John	John	50	8	42	Jesus answered: If God were your father, you would love me, since I have my origin in God and have come from him; I did not come of my own accord, but he sent me.
-John	John	50	8	43	Why do you not understand what I say? Because you cannot bear to listen to my words.
-John	John	50	8	44	You are from your father, the devil, and you prefer to do what your father wants. He was a murderer from the start; he was never grounded in the truth; there is no truth in him at all. When he lies he is speaking true to his nature, because he is a liar, and the father of lies.
-John	John	50	8	45	But it is because I speak the truth that you do not believe me.
-John	John	50	8	46	Can any of you convict me of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe me?
-John	John	50	8	47	Whoever comes from God listens to the words of God; the reason why you do not listen is that you are not from God.
-John	John	50	8	48	The Jews replied, 'Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and possessed by a devil?' Jesus answered:
-John	John	50	8	49	I am not possessed; but I honour my Father, and you deny me honour.
-John	John	50	8	50	I do not seek my own glory; there is someone who does seek it and is the judge of it.
-John	John	50	8	51	In all truth I tell you, whoever keeps my word will never see death.
-John	John	50	8	52	The Jews said, 'Now we know that you are possessed. Abraham is dead, and the prophets are dead, and yet you say, "Whoever keeps my word will never know the taste of death."
-John	John	50	8	53	Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? The prophets are dead too. Who are you claiming to be?'
-John	John	50	8	54	Jesus answered: If I were to seek my own glory my glory would be worth nothing; in fact, my glory is conferred by the Father, by the one of whom you say, 'He is our God,'
-John	John	50	8	55	although you do not know him. But I know him, and if I were to say, 'I do not know him,' I should be a liar, as you yourselves are. But I do know him, and I keep his word.
-John	John	50	8	56	Your father Abraham rejoiced to think that he would see my Day; he saw it and was glad.
-John	John	50	8	57	The Jews then said, 'You are not fifty yet, and you have seen Abraham!'
-John	John	50	8	58	Jesus replied: In all truth I tell you, before Abraham ever was, I am.
-John	John	50	8	59	At this they picked up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself and left the Temple.
-John	John	50	9	1	As he went along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth.
-John	John	50	9	2	His disciples asked him, 'Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should have been born blind?'
-John	John	50	9	3	'Neither he nor his parents sinned,' Jesus answered, 'he was born blind so that the works of God might be revealed in him.
-John	John	50	9	4	'As long as day lasts we must carry out the work of the one who sent me; the night will soon be here when no one can work.
-John	John	50	9	5	As long as I am in the world I am the light of the world.'
-John	John	50	9	6	Having said this, he spat on the ground, made a paste with the spittle, put this over the eyes of the blind man,
-John	John	50	9	7	and said to him, 'Go and wash in the Pool of Siloam' (the name means 'one who has been sent'). So he went off and washed and came back able to see.
-John	John	50	9	8	His neighbours and the people who used to see him before (for he was a beggar) said, 'Isn't this the man who used to sit and beg?'
-John	John	50	9	9	Some said, 'Yes, it is the same one.' Others said, 'No, but he looks just like him.' The man himself said, 'Yes, I am the one.'
-John	John	50	9	10	So they said to him, 'Then how is it that your eyes were opened?'
-John	John	50	9	11	He answered, 'The man called Jesus made a paste, daubed my eyes with it and said to me, "Go off and wash at Siloam"; so I went, and when I washed I gained my sight.'
-John	John	50	9	12	They asked, 'Where is he?' He answered, 'I don't know.'
-John	John	50	9	13	They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.
-John	John	50	9	14	It had been a Sabbath day when Jesus made the paste and opened the man's eyes,
-John	John	50	9	15	so when the Pharisees asked him how he had gained his sight, he said, 'He put a paste on my eyes, and I washed, and I can see.'
-John	John	50	9	16	Then some of the Pharisees said, 'That man cannot be from God: he does not keep the Sabbath.' Others said, 'How can a sinner produce signs like this?' And there was division among them.
-John	John	50	9	17	So they spoke to the blind man again, 'What have you to say about him yourself, now that he has opened your eyes?' The man answered, 'He is a prophet.'
-John	John	50	9	18	However, the Jews would not believe that the man had been blind without first sending for the parents of the man who had gained his sight and
-John	John	50	9	19	asking them, 'Is this man really the son of yours who you say was born blind? If so, how is it that he is now able to see?'
-John	John	50	9	20	His parents answered, 'We know he is our son and we know he was born blind,
-John	John	50	9	21	but how he can see, we don't know, nor who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is old enough: let him speak for himself.'
-John	John	50	9	22	His parents spoke like this out of fear of the Jews, who had already agreed to ban from the synagogue anyone who should acknowledge Jesus as the Christ.
-John	John	50	9	23	This was why his parents said, 'He is old enough; ask him.'
-John	John	50	9	24	So the Jews sent for the man again and said to him, 'Give glory to God! We are satisfied that this man is a sinner.'
-John	John	50	9	25	The man answered, 'Whether he is a sinner I don't know; all I know is that I was blind and now I can see.'
-John	John	50	9	26	They said to him, 'What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?'
-John	John	50	9	27	He replied, 'I have told you once and you wouldn't listen. Why do you want to hear it all again? Do you want to become his disciples yourselves?'
-John	John	50	9	28	At this they hurled abuse at him, 'It is you who are his disciple, we are disciples of Moses:
-John	John	50	9	29	we know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this man, we don't know where he comes from.'
-John	John	50	9	30	The man replied, 'That is just what is so amazing! You don't know where he comes from and he has opened my eyes!
-John	John	50	9	31	We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but God does listen to people who are devout and do his will.
-John	John	50	9	32	Ever since the world began it is unheard of for anyone to open the eyes of someone born blind;
-John	John	50	9	33	if this man were not from God, he wouldn't have been able to do anything.'
-John	John	50	9	34	They retorted, 'Are you trying to teach us, and you a sinner through and through ever since you were born!' And they ejected him.
-John	John	50	9	35	Jesus heard they had ejected him, and when he found him he said to him, 'Do you believe in the Son of man?'
-John	John	50	9	36	'Sir,' the man replied, 'tell me who he is so that I may believe in him.'
-John	John	50	9	37	Jesus said, 'You have seen him; he is speaking to you.'
-John	John	50	9	38	The man said, 'Lord, I believe,' and worshipped him.
-John	John	50	9	39	Jesus said: It is for judgement that I have come into this world, so that those without sight may see and those with sight may become blind.
-John	John	50	9	40	Hearing this, some Pharisees who were present said to him, 'So we are blind, are we?'
-John	John	50	9	41	Jesus replied: If you were blind, you would not be guilty, but since you say, 'We can see,' your guilt remains.
-John	John	50	10	1	'In all truth I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold through the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a bandit.
-John	John	50	10	2	He who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the flock;
-John	John	50	10	3	the gatekeeper lets him in, the sheep hear his voice, one by one he calls his own sheep and leads them out.
-John	John	50	10	4	When he has brought out all those that are his, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow because they know his voice.
-John	John	50	10	5	They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him because they do not recognise the voice of strangers.'
-John	John	50	10	6	Jesus told them this parable but they failed to understand what he was saying to them.
-John	John	50	10	7	So Jesus spoke to them again: In all truth I tell you, I am the gate of the sheepfold.
-John	John	50	10	8	All who have come before me are thieves and bandits, but the sheep took no notice of them.
-John	John	50	10	9	I am the gate. Anyone who enters through me will be safe: such a one will go in and out and will find pasture.
-John	John	50	10	10	The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it to the full.
-John	John	50	10	11	I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd lays down his life for his sheep.
-John	John	50	10	12	The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and the sheep do not belong to him, abandons the sheep as soon as he sees a wolf coming, and runs away, and then the wolf attacks and scatters the sheep;
-John	John	50	10	13	he runs away because he is only a hired man and has no concern for the sheep.
-John	John	50	10	14	I am the good shepherd; I know my own and my own know me,
-John	John	50	10	15	just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for my sheep.
-John	John	50	10	16	And there are other sheep I have that are not of this fold, and I must lead these too. They too will listen to my voice, and there will be only one flock, one shepherd.
-John	John	50	10	17	The Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again.
-John	John	50	10	18	No one takes it from me; I lay it down of my own free will, and as I have power to lay it down, so I have power to take it up again; and this is the command I have received from my Father.
-John	John	50	10	19	These words caused a fresh division among the Jews.
-John	John	50	10	20	Many said, 'He is possessed, he is raving; why do you listen to him?'
-John	John	50	10	21	Others said, 'These are not the words of a man possessed by a devil: could a devil open the eyes of the blind?'
-John	John	50	10	22	It was the time of the feast of Dedication in Jerusalem. It was winter,
-John	John	50	10	23	and Jesus was in the Temple walking up and down in the Portico of Solomon.
-John	John	50	10	24	The Jews gathered round him and said, 'How much longer are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us openly.'
-John	John	50	10	25	Jesus replied: I have told you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father's name are my witness;
-John	John	50	10	26	but you do not believe, because you are no sheep of mine.
-John	John	50	10	27	The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me.
-John	John	50	10	28	I give them eternal life; they will never be lost and no one will ever steal them from my hand.
-John	John	50	10	29	The Father, for what he has given me, is greater than anyone, and no one can steal anything from the Father's hand.
-John	John	50	10	30	The Father and I are one.
-John	John	50	10	31	The Jews fetched stones to stone him,
-John	John	50	10	32	so Jesus said to them, 'I have shown you many good works from my Father; for which of these are you stoning me?'
-John	John	50	10	33	The Jews answered him, 'We are stoning you, not for doing a good work, but for blasphemy; though you are only a man, you claim to be God.'
-John	John	50	10	34	Jesus answered: Is it not written in your Law: I said, you are gods?
-John	John	50	10	35	So it uses the word 'gods' of those people to whom the word of God was addressed -- and scripture cannot be set aside.
-John	John	50	10	36	Yet to someone whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world you say, 'You are blaspheming' because I said, 'I am Son of God.'
-John	John	50	10	37	If I am not doing my Father's work, there is no need to believe me;
-John	John	50	10	38	but if I am doing it, then even if you refuse to believe in me, at least believe in the work I do; then you will know for certain that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.
-John	John	50	10	39	They again wanted to arrest him then, but he eluded their clutches.
-John	John	50	10	40	He went back again to the far side of the Jordan to the district where John had been baptising at first and he stayed there.
-John	John	50	10	41	Many people who came to him said, 'John gave no signs, but all he said about this man was true';
-John	John	50	10	42	and many of them believed in him.
-John	John	50	11	1	There was a man named Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister, Martha, and he was ill.
-John	John	50	11	2	It was the same Mary, the sister of the sick man Lazarus, who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair.
-John	John	50	11	3	The sisters sent this message to Jesus, 'Lord, the man you love is ill.'
-John	John	50	11	4	On receiving the message, Jesus said, 'This sickness will not end in death, but it is for God's glory so that through it the Son of God may be glorified.'
-John	John	50	11	5	Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus,
-John	John	50	11	6	yet when he heard that he was ill he stayed where he was for two more days
-John	John	50	11	7	before saying to the disciples, 'Let us go back to Judaea.'
-John	John	50	11	8	The disciples said, 'Rabbi, it is not long since the Jews were trying to stone you; are you going back there again?'
-John	John	50	11	9	Jesus replied: Are there not twelve hours in the day? No one who walks in the daytime stumbles, having the light of this world to see by;
-John	John	50	11	10	anyone who walks around at night stumbles, having no light as a guide.
-John	John	50	11	11	He said that and then added, 'Our friend Lazarus is at rest; I am going to wake him.'
-John	John	50	11	12	The disciples said to him, 'Lord, if he is at rest he will be saved.'
-John	John	50	11	13	Jesus was speaking of the death of Lazarus, but they thought that by 'rest' he meant 'sleep';
-John	John	50	11	14	so Jesus put it plainly, 'Lazarus is dead;
-John	John	50	11	15	and for your sake I am glad I was not there because now you will believe. But let us go to him.'
-John	John	50	11	16	Then Thomas -- known as the Twin -- said to the other disciples, 'Let us also go to die with him.'
-John	John	50	11	17	On arriving, Jesus found that Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days already.
-John	John	50	11	18	Bethany is only about two miles from Jerusalem,
-John	John	50	11	19	and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.
-John	John	50	11	20	When Martha heard that Jesus was coming she went to meet him. Mary remained sitting in the house.
-John	John	50	11	21	Martha said to Jesus, 'Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died,
-John	John	50	11	22	but even now I know that God will grant whatever you ask of him.'
-John	John	50	11	23	Jesus said to her, 'Your brother will rise again.'
-John	John	50	11	24	Martha said, 'I know he will rise again at the resurrection on the last day.'
-John	John	50	11	25	Jesus said: I am the resurrection. Anyone who believes in me, even though that person dies, will live,
-John	John	50	11	26	and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?
-John	John	50	11	27	'Yes, Lord,' she said, 'I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who was to come into this world.'
-John	John	50	11	28	When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in a low voice, 'The Master is here and wants to see you.'
-John	John	50	11	29	Hearing this, Mary got up quickly and went to him.
-John	John	50	11	30	Jesus had not yet come into the village; he was still at the place where Martha had met him.
-John	John	50	11	31	When the Jews who were in the house comforting Mary saw her get up so quickly and go out, they followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
-John	John	50	11	32	Mary went to Jesus, and as soon as she saw him she threw herself at his feet, saying, 'Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.'
-John	John	50	11	33	At the sight of her tears, and those of the Jews who had come with her, Jesus was greatly distressed, and with a profound sigh he said,
-John	John	50	11	34	'Where have you put him?' They said, 'Lord, come and see.'
-John	John	50	11	35	Jesus wept;
-John	John	50	11	36	and the Jews said, 'See how much he loved him!'
-John	John	50	11	37	But there were some who remarked, 'He opened the eyes of the blind man. Could he not have prevented this man's death?'
-John	John	50	11	38	Sighing again, Jesus reached the tomb: it was a cave with a stone to close the opening.
-John	John	50	11	39	Jesus said, 'Take the stone away.' Martha, the dead man's sister, said to him, 'Lord, by now he will smell; this is the fourth day since he died.'
-John	John	50	11	40	Jesus replied, 'Have I not told you that if you believe you will see the glory of God?'
-John	John	50	11	41	So they took the stone away. Then Jesus lifted up his eyes and said: Father, I thank you for hearing my prayer.
-John	John	50	11	42	I myself knew that you hear me always, but I speak for the sake of all these who are standing around me, so that they may believe it was you who sent me.
-John	John	50	11	43	When he had said this, he cried in a loud voice, 'Lazarus, come out!'
-John	John	50	11	44	The dead man came out, his feet and hands bound with strips of material, and a cloth over his face. Jesus said to them, 'Unbind him, let him go free.'
-John	John	50	11	45	Many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what he did, believed in him,
-John	John	50	11	46	but some of them went to the Pharisees to tell them what Jesus had done.
-John	John	50	11	47	Then the chief priests and Pharisees called a meeting. 'Here is this man working all these signs,' they said, 'and what action are we taking?
-John	John	50	11	48	If we let him go on in this way everybody will believe in him, and the Romans will come and suppress the Holy Place and our nation.'
-John	John	50	11	49	One of them, Caiaphas, the high priest that year, said, 'You do not seem to have grasped the situation at all;
-John	John	50	11	50	you fail to see that it is to your advantage that one man should die for the people, rather than that the whole nation should perish.'
-John	John	50	11	51	He did not speak in his own person, but as high priest of that year he was prophesying that Jesus was to die for the nation-
-John	John	50	11	52	and not for the nation only, but also to gather together into one the scattered children of God.
-John	John	50	11	53	From that day onwards they were determined to kill him.
-John	John	50	11	54	So Jesus no longer went about openly among the Jews, but left the district for a town called Ephraim, in the country bordering on the desert, and stayed there with his disciples.
-John	John	50	11	55	The Jewish Passover was drawing near, and many of the country people who had gone up to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves
-John	John	50	11	56	were looking out for Jesus, saying to one another as they stood about in the Temple, 'What do you think? Will he come to the festival or not?'
-John	John	50	11	57	The chief priests and Pharisees had by now given their orders: anyone who knew where he was must inform them so that they could arrest him.
-John	John	50	12	1	Six days before the Passover, Jesus went to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom he had raised from the dead.
-John	John	50	12	2	They gave a dinner for him there; Martha waited on them and Lazarus was among those at table.
-John	John	50	12	3	Mary brought in a pound of very costly ointment, pure nard, and with it anointed the feet of Jesus, wiping them with her hair; the house was filled with the scent of the ointment.
-John	John	50	12	4	Then Judas Iscariot -- one of his disciples, the man who was to betray him-said,
-John	John	50	12	5	'Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?'
-John	John	50	12	6	He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he was in charge of the common fund and used to help himself to the contents.
-John	John	50	12	7	So Jesus said, 'Leave her alone; let her keep it for the day of my burial.
-John	John	50	12	8	You have the poor with you always, you will not always have me.'
-John	John	50	12	9	Meanwhile a large number of Jews heard that he was there and came not only on account of Jesus but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.
-John	John	50	12	10	Then the chief priests decided to kill Lazarus as well,
-John	John	50	12	11	since it was on his account that many of the Jews were leaving them and believing in Jesus.
-John	John	50	12	12	The next day the great crowd of people who had come up for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.
-John	John	50	12	13	They took branches of palm and went out to receive him, shouting: 'Hosanna! Blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel.'
-John	John	50	12	14	Jesus found a young donkey and mounted it -- as scripture says:
-John	John	50	12	15	Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion; look, your king is approaching, riding on the foal of a donkey.
-John	John	50	12	16	At first his disciples did not understand this, but later, after Jesus had been glorified, they remembered that this had been written about him and that this was what had happened to him.
-John	John	50	12	17	The crowd who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead kept bearing witness to it;
-John	John	50	12	18	this was another reason why the crowd came out to receive him: they had heard that he had given this sign.
-John	John	50	12	19	Then the Pharisees said to one another, 'You see, you are making no progress; look, the whole world has gone after him!'
-John	John	50	12	20	Among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks.
-John	John	50	12	21	These approached Philip, who came from Bethsaida in Galilee, and put this request to him, 'Sir, we should like to see Jesus.'
-John	John	50	12	22	Philip went to tell Andrew, and Andrew and Philip together went to tell Jesus.
-John	John	50	12	23	Jesus replied to them: Now the hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified.
-John	John	50	12	24	In all truth I tell you, unless a wheat grain falls into the earth and dies, it remains only a single grain; but if it dies it yields a rich harvest.
-John	John	50	12	25	Anyone who loves his life loses it; anyone who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
-John	John	50	12	26	Whoever serves me, must follow me, and my servant will be with me wherever I am. If anyone serves me, my Father will honour him.
-John	John	50	12	27	Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say: Father, save me from this hour? But it is for this very reason that I have come to this hour.
-John	John	50	12	28	Father, glorify your name! A voice came from heaven, 'I have glorified it, and I will again glorify it.'
-John	John	50	12	29	The crowd standing by, who heard this, said it was a clap of thunder; others said, 'It was an angel speaking to him.'
-John	John	50	12	30	Jesus answered, 'It was not for my sake that this voice came, but for yours.
-John	John	50	12	31	'Now sentence is being passed on this world; now the prince of this world is to be driven out.
-John	John	50	12	32	And when I am lifted up from the earth, I shall draw all people to myself.'
-John	John	50	12	33	By these words he indicated the kind of death he would die.
-John	John	50	12	34	The crowd answered, 'The Law has taught us that the Christ will remain for ever. So how can you say, "The Son of man must be lifted up"? Who is this Son of man?'
-John	John	50	12	35	Jesus then said: The light will be with you only a little longer now. Go on your way while you have the light, or darkness will overtake you, and nobody who walks in the dark knows where he is going.
-John	John	50	12	36	While you still have the light, believe in the light so that you may become children of light. Having said this, Jesus left them and was hidden from their sight.
-John	John	50	12	37	Though they had been present when he gave so many signs, they did not believe in him;
-John	John	50	12	38	this was to fulfil the words of the prophet Isaiah: Lord, who has given credence to what they have heard from us, and who has seen in it a revelation of the Lord's arm?
-John	John	50	12	39	Indeed, they were unable to believe because, as Isaiah says again:
-John	John	50	12	40	He has blinded their eyes, he has hardened their heart, to prevent them from using their eyes to see, using their heart to understand, changing their ways and being healed by me.
-John	John	50	12	41	Isaiah said this because he saw his glory, and his words referred to Jesus.
-John	John	50	12	42	And yet there were many who did believe in him, even among the leading men, but they did not admit it, because of the Pharisees and for fear of being banned from the synagogue:
-John	John	50	12	43	they put human glory before God's glory.
-John	John	50	12	44	Jesus declared publicly: Whoever believes in me believes not in me but in the one who sent me,
-John	John	50	12	45	and whoever sees me, sees the one who sent me.
-John	John	50	12	46	I have come into the world as light, to prevent anyone who believes in me from staying in the dark any more.
-John	John	50	12	47	If anyone hears my words and does not keep them faithfully, it is not I who shall judge such a person, since I have come not to judge the world, but to save the world:
-John	John	50	12	48	anyone who rejects me and refuses my words has his judge already: the word itself that I have spoken will be his judge on the last day.
-John	John	50	12	49	For I have not spoken of my own accord; but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and what to speak,
-John	John	50	12	50	and I know that his commands mean eternal life. And therefore what the Father has told me is what I speak.
-John	John	50	13	1	Before the festival of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father, having loved those who were his in the world, loved them to the end.
-John	John	50	13	2	They were at supper, and the devil had already put it into the mind of Judas Iscariot son of Simon, to betray him.
-John	John	50	13	3	Jesus knew that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he had come from God and was returning to God,
-John	John	50	13	4	and he got up from table, removed his outer garments and, taking a towel, wrapped it round his waist;
-John	John	50	13	5	he then poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel he was wearing.
-John	John	50	13	6	He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, 'Lord, are you going to wash my feet?'
-John	John	50	13	7	Jesus answered, 'At the moment you do not know what I am doing, but later you will understand.'
-John	John	50	13	8	'Never!' said Peter. 'You shall never wash my feet.' Jesus replied, 'If I do not wash you, you can have no share with me.' Simon Peter said,
-John	John	50	13	9	'Well then, Lord, not only my feet, but my hands and my head as well!'
-John	John	50	13	10	Jesus said, 'No one who has had a bath needs washing, such a person is clean all over. You too are clean, though not all of you are.'
-John	John	50	13	11	He knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said, 'though not all of you are'.
-John	John	50	13	12	When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments again he went back to the table. 'Do you understand', he said, 'what I have done to you?
-John	John	50	13	13	You call me Master and Lord, and rightly; so I am.
-John	John	50	13	14	If I, then, the Lord and Master, have washed your feet, you must wash each other's feet.
-John	John	50	13	15	I have given you an example so that you may copy what I have done to you.
-John	John	50	13	16	'In all truth I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, no messenger is greater than the one who sent him.
-John	John	50	13	17	'Now that you know this, blessed are you if you behave accordingly.
-John	John	50	13	18	I am not speaking about all of you: I know the ones I have chosen; but what scripture says must be fulfilled: 'He who shares my table takes advantage of me.
-John	John	50	13	19	I tell you this now, before it happens, so that when it does happen you may believe that I am He.
-John	John	50	13	20	In all truth I tell you, whoever welcomes the one I send, welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me, welcomes the one who sent me.'
-John	John	50	13	21	Having said this, Jesus was deeply disturbed and declared, 'In all truth I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.'
-John	John	50	13	22	The disciples looked at each other, wondering whom he meant.
-John	John	50	13	23	The disciple Jesus loved was reclining next to Jesus;
-John	John	50	13	24	Simon Peter signed to him and said, 'Ask who it is he means,'
-John	John	50	13	25	so leaning back close to Jesus' chest he said, 'Who is it, Lord?'
-John	John	50	13	26	Jesus answered, 'It is the one to whom I give the piece of bread that I dip in the dish.' And when he had dipped the piece of bread he gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.
-John	John	50	13	27	At that instant, after Judas had taken the bread, Satan entered him. Jesus then said, 'What you are going to do, do quickly.'
-John	John	50	13	28	None of the others at table understood why he said this.
-John	John	50	13	29	Since Judas had charge of the common fund, some of them thought Jesus was telling him, 'Buy what we need for the festival,' or telling him to give something to the poor.
-John	John	50	13	30	As soon as Judas had taken the piece of bread he went out. It was night.
-John	John	50	13	31	When he had gone, Jesus said: Now has the Son of man been glorified, and in him God has been glorified.
-John	John	50	13	32	If God has been glorified in him, God will in turn glorify him in himself, and will glorify him very soon.
-John	John	50	13	33	Little children, I shall be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and, as I told the Jews, where I am going, you cannot come.
-John	John	50	13	34	I give you a new commandment: love one another; you must love one another just as I have loved you.
-John	John	50	13	35	It is by your love for one another, that everyone will recognise you as my disciples.
-John	John	50	13	36	Simon Peter said, 'Lord, where are you going?' Jesus replied, 'Now you cannot follow me where I am going, but later you shall follow me.'
-John	John	50	13	37	Peter said to him, 'Why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.'
-John	John	50	13	38	'Lay down your life for me?' answered Jesus. 'In all truth I tell you, before the cock crows you will have disowned me three times.'
-John	John	50	14	1	Do not let your hearts be troubled. You trust in God, trust also in me.
-John	John	50	14	2	In my Father's house there are many places to live in; otherwise I would have told you. I am going now to prepare a place for you,
-John	John	50	14	3	and after I have gone and prepared you a place, I shall return to take you to myself, so that you may be with me where I am.
-John	John	50	14	4	You know the way to the place where I am going.
-John	John	50	14	5	Thomas said, 'Lord, we do not know where you are going, so how can we know the way?'
-John	John	50	14	6	Jesus said: I am the Way; I am Truth and Life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
-John	John	50	14	7	If you know me, you will know my Father too. From this moment you know him and have seen him.
-John	John	50	14	8	Philip said, 'Lord, show us the Father and then we shall be satisfied.' Jesus said to him,
-John	John	50	14	9	'Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? 'Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father, so how can you say, "Show us the Father"?
-John	John	50	14	10	Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? What I say to you I do not speak of my own accord: it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his works.
-John	John	50	14	11	You must believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe it on the evidence of these works.
-John	John	50	14	12	In all truth I tell you, whoever believes in me will perform the same works as I do myself, and will perform even greater works, because I am going to the Father.
-John	John	50	14	13	Whatever you ask in my name I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
-John	John	50	14	14	If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.
-John	John	50	14	15	If you love me you will keep my commandments.
-John	John	50	14	16	I shall ask the Father, and he will give you another Paraclete to be with you for ever,
-John	John	50	14	17	the Spirit of truth whom the world can never accept since it neither sees nor knows him; but you know him, because he is with you, he is in you.
-John	John	50	14	18	I shall not leave you orphans; I shall come to you.
-John	John	50	14	19	In a short time the world will no longer see me; but you will see that I live and you also will live.
-John	John	50	14	20	On that day you will know that I am in my Father and you in me and I in you.
-John	John	50	14	21	Whoever holds to my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me; and whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I shall love him and reveal myself to him.'
-John	John	50	14	22	Judas -- not Judas Iscariot -- said to him, 'Lord, what has happened, that you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?'
-John	John	50	14	23	Jesus replied: Anyone who loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him and make a home in him.
-John	John	50	14	24	Anyone who does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not my own: it is the word of the Father who sent me.
-John	John	50	14	25	I have said these things to you while still with you;
-John	John	50	14	26	but the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all I have said to you.
-John	John	50	14	27	Peace I bequeath to you, my own peace I give you, a peace which the world cannot give, this is my gift to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.
-John	John	50	14	28	You heard me say: I am going away and shall return. If you loved me you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
-John	John	50	14	29	I have told you this now, before it happens, so that when it does happen you may believe.
-John	John	50	14	30	I shall not talk to you much longer, because the prince of this world is on his way. He has no power over me,
-John	John	50	14	31	but the world must recognise that I love the Father and that I act just as the Father commanded. Come now, let us go.
-John	John	50	15	1	I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
-John	John	50	15	2	Every branch in me that bears no fruit he cuts away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes to make it bear even more.
-John	John	50	15	3	You are clean already, by means of the word that I have spoken to you.
-John	John	50	15	4	Remain in me, as I in you. As a branch cannot bear fruit all by itself, unless it remains part of the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me.
-John	John	50	15	5	I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me, with me in him, bears fruit in plenty; for cut off from me you can do nothing.
-John	John	50	15	6	Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a branch -- and withers; these branches are collected and thrown on the fire and are burnt.
-John	John	50	15	7	If you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for whatever you please and you will get it.
-John	John	50	15	8	It is to the glory of my Father that you should bear much fruit and be my disciples.
-John	John	50	15	9	I have loved you just as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love.
-John	John	50	15	10	If you keep my commandments you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and remain in his love.
-John	John	50	15	11	I have told you this so that my own joy may be in you and your joy be complete.
-John	John	50	15	12	This is my commandment: love one another, as I have loved you.
-John	John	50	15	13	No one can have greater love than to lay down his life for his friends.
-John	John	50	15	14	You are my friends, if you do what I command you.
-John	John	50	15	15	I shall no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know the master's business; I call you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have learnt from my Father.
-John	John	50	15	16	You did not choose me, no, I chose you; and I commissioned you to go out and to bear fruit, fruit that will last; so that the Father will give you anything you ask him in my name.
-John	John	50	15	17	My command to you is to love one another.
-John	John	50	15	18	If the world hates you, you must realise that it hated me before it hated you.
-John	John	50	15	19	If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you do not belong to the world, because my choice of you has drawn you out of the world, that is why the world hates you.
-John	John	50	15	20	Remember the words I said to you: A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you too; if they kept my word, they will keep yours as well.
-John	John	50	15	21	But it will be on my account that they will do all this to you, because they do not know the one who sent me.
-John	John	50	15	22	If I had not come, if I had not spoken to them, they would have been blameless; but as it is they have no excuse for their sin.
-John	John	50	15	23	Anyone who hates me hates my Father.
-John	John	50	15	24	If I had not performed such works among them as no one else has ever done, they would be blameless; but as it is, in spite of what they have seen, they hate both me and my Father.
-John	John	50	15	25	But all this was only to fulfil the words written in their Law: They hated me without reason.
-John	John	50	15	26	When the Paraclete comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who issues from the Father, he will be my witness.
-John	John	50	15	27	And you too will be witnesses, because you have been with me from the beginning.
-John	John	50	16	1	I have told you all this so that you may not fall away.
-John	John	50	16	2	They will expel you from the synagogues, and indeed the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is doing a holy service to God.
-John	John	50	16	3	They will do these things because they have never known either the Father or me.
-John	John	50	16	4	But I have told you all this, so that when the time for it comes you may remember that I told you. I did not tell you this from the beginning, because I was with you;
-John	John	50	16	5	but now I am going to the one who sent me. Not one of you asks, 'Where are you going?'
-John	John	50	16	6	Yet you are sad at heart because I have told you this.
-John	John	50	16	7	Still, I am telling you the truth: it is for your own good that I am going, because unless I go, the Paraclete will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
-John	John	50	16	8	And when he comes, he will show the world how wrong it was, about sin, and about who was in the right, and about judgement:
-John	John	50	16	9	about sin: in that they refuse to believe in me;
-John	John	50	16	10	about who was in the right: in that I am going to the Father and you will see me no more;
-John	John	50	16	11	about judgement: in that the prince of this world is already condemned.
-John	John	50	16	12	I still have many things to say to you but they would be too much for you to bear now.
-John	John	50	16	13	However, when the Spirit of truth comes he will lead you to the complete truth, since he will not be speaking of his own accord, but will say only what he has been told; and he will reveal to you the things to come.
-John	John	50	16	14	He will glorify me, since all he reveals to you will be taken from what is mine.
-John	John	50	16	15	Everything the Father has is mine; that is why I said: all he reveals to you will be taken from what is mine.
-John	John	50	16	16	In a short time you will no longer see me, and then a short time later you will see me again.
-John	John	50	16	17	Then some of his disciples said to one another, 'What does he mean, "In a short time you will no longer see me, and then a short time later you will see me again," and, "I am going to the Father"?
-John	John	50	16	18	What is this "short time"? We don't know what he means.'
-John	John	50	16	19	Jesus knew that they wanted to question him, so he said, 'You are asking one another what I meant by saying, "In a short time you will no longer see me, and then a short time later you will see me again."
-John	John	50	16	20	'In all truth I tell you, you will be weeping and wailing while the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy.
-John	John	50	16	21	A woman in childbirth suffers, because her time has come; but when she has given birth to the child she forgets the suffering in her joy that a human being has been born into the world.
-John	John	50	16	22	So it is with you: you are sad now, but I shall see you again, and your hearts will be full of joy, and that joy no one shall take from you.
-John	John	50	16	23	When that day comes, you will not ask me any questions. In all truth I tell you, anything you ask from the Father he will grant in my name.
-John	John	50	16	24	Until now you have not asked anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and so your joy will be complete.
-John	John	50	16	25	I have been telling you these things in veiled language. The hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in veiled language but tell you about the Father in plain words.
-John	John	50	16	26	When that day comes you will ask in my name; and I do not say that I shall pray to the Father for you,
-John	John	50	16	27	because the Father himself loves you for loving me, and believing that I came from God.
-John	John	50	16	28	I came from the Father and have come into the world and now I am leaving the world to go to the Father.'
-John	John	50	16	29	His disciples said, 'Now you are speaking plainly and not using veiled language.
-John	John	50	16	30	Now we see that you know everything and need not wait for questions to be put into words; because of this we believe that you came from God.'
-John	John	50	16	31	Jesus answered them: Do you believe at last?
-John	John	50	16	32	Listen; the time will come -- indeed it has come already -- when you are going to be scattered, each going his own way and leaving me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
-John	John	50	16	33	I have told you all this so that you may find peace in me. In the world you will have hardship, but be courageous: I have conquered the world.
-John	John	50	17	1	After saying this, Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said: Father, the hour has come: glorify your Son so that your Son may glorify you;
-John	John	50	17	2	so that, just as you have given him power over all humanity, he may give eternal life to all those you have entrusted to him.
-John	John	50	17	3	And eternal life is this: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
-John	John	50	17	4	I have glorified you on earth by finishing the work that you gave me to do.
-John	John	50	17	5	Now, Father, glorify me with that glory I had with you before ever the world existed.
-John	John	50	17	6	I have revealed your name to those whom you took from the world to give me. They were yours and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
-John	John	50	17	7	Now at last they have recognised that all you have given me comes from you
-John	John	50	17	8	for I have given them the teaching you gave to me, and they have indeed accepted it and know for certain that I came from you, and have believed that it was you who sent me.
-John	John	50	17	9	It is for them that I pray. I am not praying for the world but for those you have given me, because they belong to you.
-John	John	50	17	10	All I have is yours and all you have is mine, and in them I am glorified.
-John	John	50	17	11	I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep those you have given me true to your name, so that they may be one like us.
-John	John	50	17	12	While I was with them, I kept those you had given me true to your name. I have watched over them and not one is lost except one who was destined to be lost, and this was to fulfil the scriptures.
-John	John	50	17	13	But now I am coming to you and I say these things in the world to share my joy with them to the full.
-John	John	50	17	14	I passed your word on to them, and the world hated them, because they belong to the world no more than I belong to the world.
-John	John	50	17	15	I am not asking you to remove them from the world, but to protect them from the Evil One.
-John	John	50	17	16	They do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.
-John	John	50	17	17	Consecrate them in the truth; your word is truth.
-John	John	50	17	18	As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world,
-John	John	50	17	19	and for their sake I consecrate myself so that they too may be consecrated in truth.
-John	John	50	17	20	I pray not only for these but also for those who through their teaching will come to believe in me.
-John	John	50	17	21	May they all be one, just as, Father, you are in me and I am in you, so that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe it was you who sent me.
-John	John	50	17	22	I have given them the glory you gave to me, that they may be one as we are one.
-John	John	50	17	23	With me in them and you in me, may they be so perfected in unity that the world will recognise that it was you who sent me and that you have loved them as you have loved me.
-John	John	50	17	24	Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they may always see my glory which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
-John	John	50	17	25	Father, Upright One, the world has not known you, but I have known you, and these have known that you have sent me.
-John	John	50	17	26	I have made your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and so that I may be in them.
-John	John	50	18	1	After he had said all this, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron valley where there was a garden into which he went with his disciples.
-John	John	50	18	2	Judas the traitor knew the place also, since Jesus had often met his disciples there,
-John	John	50	18	3	so Judas brought the cohort to this place together with guards sent by the chief priests and the Pharisees, all with lanterns and torches and weapons.
-John	John	50	18	4	Knowing everything that was to happen to him, Jesus came forward and said, 'Who are you looking for?'
-John	John	50	18	5	They answered, 'Jesus the Nazarene.' He said, 'I am he.' Now Judas the traitor was standing among them.
-John	John	50	18	6	When Jesus said to them, 'I am he,' they moved back and fell on the ground.
-John	John	50	18	7	He asked them a second time, 'Who are you looking for?' They said, 'Jesus the Nazarene.'
-John	John	50	18	8	Jesus replied, 'I have told you that I am he. If I am the one you are looking for, let these others go.'
-John	John	50	18	9	This was to fulfil the words he had spoken, 'Not one of those you gave me have I lost.'
-John	John	50	18	10	Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
-John	John	50	18	11	Jesus said to Peter, 'Put your sword back in its scabbard; am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?'
-John	John	50	18	12	The cohort and its tribune and the Jewish guards seized Jesus and bound him.
-John	John	50	18	13	They took him first to Annas, because Annas was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
-John	John	50	18	14	It was Caiaphas who had counselled the Jews, 'It is better for one man to die for the people.'
-John	John	50	18	15	Simon Peter, with another disciple, followed Jesus. This disciple, who was known to the high priest, went with Jesus into the high priest's palace,
-John	John	50	18	16	but Peter stayed outside the door. So the other disciple, the one known to the high priest, went out, spoke to the door-keeper and brought Peter in.
-John	John	50	18	17	The girl on duty at the door said to Peter, 'Aren't you another of that man's disciples?' He answered, 'I am not.'
-John	John	50	18	18	Now it was cold, and the servants and guards had lit a charcoal fire and were standing there warming themselves; so Peter stood there too, warming himself with the others.
-John	John	50	18	19	The high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.
-John	John	50	18	20	Jesus answered, 'I have spoken openly for all the world to hear; I have always taught in the synagogue and in the Temple where all the Jews meet together; I have said nothing in secret.
-John	John	50	18	21	Why ask me? Ask my hearers what I taught; they know what I said.'
-John	John	50	18	22	At these words, one of the guards standing by gave Jesus a slap in the face, saying, 'Is that the way you answer the high priest?'
-John	John	50	18	23	Jesus replied, 'If there is some offence in what I said, point it out; but if not, why do you strike me?'
-John	John	50	18	24	Then Annas sent him, bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.
-John	John	50	18	25	As Simon Peter stood there warming himself, someone said to him, 'Aren't you another of his disciples?' He denied it saying, 'I am not.'
-John	John	50	18	26	One of the high priest's servants, a relation of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, 'Didn't I see you in the garden with him?'
-John	John	50	18	27	Again Peter denied it; and at once a cock crowed.
-John	John	50	18	28	They then led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the Praetorium. It was now morning. They did not go into the Praetorium themselves to avoid becoming defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
-John	John	50	18	29	So Pilate came outside to them and said, 'What charge do you bring against this man?' They replied,
-John	John	50	18	30	'If he were not a criminal, we should not have handed him over to you.'
-John	John	50	18	31	Pilate said, 'Take him yourselves, and try him by your own Law.' The Jews answered, 'We are not allowed to put anyone to death.'
-John	John	50	18	32	This was to fulfil the words Jesus had spoken indicating the way he was going to die.
-John	John	50	18	33	So Pilate went back into the Praetorium and called Jesus to him and asked him, 'Are you the king of the Jews?'
-John	John	50	18	34	Jesus replied, 'Do you ask this of your own accord, or have others said it to you about me?'
-John	John	50	18	35	Pilate answered, 'Am I a Jew? It is your own people and the chief priests who have handed you over to me: what have you done?'
-John	John	50	18	36	Jesus replied, 'Mine is not a kingdom of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my men would have fought to prevent my being surrendered to the Jews. As it is, my kingdom does not belong here.'
-John	John	50	18	37	Pilate said, 'So, then you are a king?' Jesus answered, 'It is you who say that I am a king. I was born for this, I came into the world for this, to bear witness to the truth; and all who are on the side of truth listen to my voice.'
-John	John	50	18	38	'Truth?' said Pilate. 'What is that?' And so saying he went out again to the Jews and said, 'I find no case against him.
-John	John	50	18	39	But according to a custom of yours I should release one prisoner at the Passover; would you like me, then, to release for you the king of the Jews?'
-John	John	50	18	40	At this they shouted, 'Not this man,' they said, 'but Barabbas.' Barabbas was a bandit.
-John	John	50	19	1	Pilate then had Jesus taken away and scourged;
-John	John	50	19	2	and after this, the soldiers twisted some thorns into a crown and put it on his head and dressed him in a purple robe.
-John	John	50	19	3	They kept coming up to him and saying, 'Hail, king of the Jews!' and slapping him in the face.
-John	John	50	19	4	Pilate came outside again and said to them, 'Look, I am going to bring him out to you to let you see that I find no case against him.'
-John	John	50	19	5	Jesus then came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said, 'Here is the man.'
-John	John	50	19	6	When they saw him, the chief priests and the guards shouted, 'Crucify him! Crucify him!' Pilate said, 'Take him yourselves and crucify him: I find no case against him.'
-John	John	50	19	7	The Jews replied, 'We have a Law, and according to that Law he ought to be put to death, because he has claimed to be Son of God.'
-John	John	50	19	8	When Pilate heard them say this his fears increased.
-John	John	50	19	9	Re-entering the Praetorium, he said to Jesus, 'Where do you come from?' But Jesus made no answer.
-John	John	50	19	10	Pilate then said to him, 'Are you refusing to speak to me? Surely you know I have power to release you and I have power to crucify you?'
-John	John	50	19	11	Jesus replied, 'You would have no power over me at all if it had not been given you from above; that is why the man who handed me over to you has the greater guilt.'
-John	John	50	19	12	From that moment Pilate was anxious to set him free, but the Jews shouted, 'If you set him free you are no friend of Caesar's; anyone who makes himself king is defying Caesar.'
-John	John	50	19	13	Hearing these words, Pilate had Jesus brought out, and seated him on the chair of judgement at a place called the Pavement, in Hebrew Gabbatha.
-John	John	50	19	14	It was the Day of Preparation, about the sixth hour. 'Here is your king,' said Pilate to the Jews.
-John	John	50	19	15	But they shouted, 'Away with him, away with him, crucify him.' Pilate said, 'Shall I crucify your king?' The chief priests answered, 'We have no king except Caesar.'
-John	John	50	19	16	So at that Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. They then took charge of Jesus,
-John	John	50	19	17	and carrying his own cross he went out to the Place of the Skull or, as it is called in Hebrew, Golgotha,
-John	John	50	19	18	where they crucified him with two others, one on either side, Jesus being in the middle.
-John	John	50	19	19	Pilate wrote out a notice and had it fixed to the cross; it ran: 'Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews'.
-John	John	50	19	20	This notice was read by many of the Jews, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the writing was in Hebrew, Latin and Greek.
-John	John	50	19	21	So the Jewish chief priests said to Pilate, 'You should not write "King of the Jews", but that the man said, "I am King of the Jews". '
-John	John	50	19	22	Pilate answered, 'What I have written, I have written.'
-John	John	50	19	23	When the soldiers had finished crucifying Jesus they took his clothing and divided it into four shares, one for each soldier. His undergarment was seamless, woven in one piece from neck to hem;
-John	John	50	19	24	so they said to one another, 'Instead of tearing it, let's throw dice to decide who is to have it.' In this way the words of scripture were fulfilled: They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothes. That is what the soldiers did.
-John	John	50	19	25	Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.
-John	John	50	19	26	Seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near her, Jesus said to his mother, 'Woman, this is your son.'
-John	John	50	19	27	Then to the disciple he said, 'This is your mother.' And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
-John	John	50	19	28	After this, Jesus knew that everything had now been completed and, so that the scripture should be completely fulfilled, he said: I am thirsty.
-John	John	50	19	29	A jar full of sour wine stood there; so, putting a sponge soaked in the wine on a hyssop stick, they held it up to his mouth.
-John	John	50	19	30	After Jesus had taken the wine he said, 'It is fulfilled'; and bowing his head he gave up his spirit.
-John	John	50	19	31	It was the Day of Preparation, and to avoid the bodies' remaining on the cross during the Sabbath -- since that Sabbath was a day of special solemnity -- the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken away.
-John	John	50	19	32	Consequently the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with him and then of the other.
-John	John	50	19	33	When they came to Jesus, they saw he was already dead, and so instead of breaking his legs
-John	John	50	19	34	one of the soldiers pierced his side with a lance; and immediately there came out blood and water.
-John	John	50	19	35	This is the evidence of one who saw it -- true evidence, and he knows that what he says is true -- and he gives it so that you may believe as well.
-John	John	50	19	36	Because all this happened to fulfil the words of scripture: Not one bone of his will be broken;
-John	John	50	19	37	and again, in another place scripture says: They will look to the one whom they have pierced.
-John	John	50	19	38	After this, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus -- though a secret one because he was afraid of the Jews -- asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave permission, so they came and took it away.
-John	John	50	19	39	Nicodemus came as well -- the same one who had first come to Jesus at night-time -- and he brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, weighing about a hundred pounds.
-John	John	50	19	40	They took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, following the Jewish burial custom.
-John	John	50	19	41	At the place where he had been crucified there was a garden, and in this garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been buried.
-John	John	50	19	42	Since it was the Jewish Day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
-John	John	50	20	1	It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb
-John	John	50	20	2	and came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. 'They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,' she said, 'and we don't know where they have put him.'
-John	John	50	20	3	So Peter set out with the other disciple to go to the tomb.
-John	John	50	20	4	They ran together, but the other disciple, running faster than Peter, reached the tomb first;
-John	John	50	20	5	he bent down and saw the linen cloths lying on the ground, but did not go in.
-John	John	50	20	6	Simon Peter, following him, also came up, went into the tomb, saw the linen cloths lying on the ground
-John	John	50	20	7	and also the cloth that had been over his head; this was not with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself.
-John	John	50	20	8	Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in; he saw and he believed.
-John	John	50	20	9	Till this moment they had still not understood the scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
-John	John	50	20	10	The disciples then went back home.
-John	John	50	20	11	But Mary was standing outside near the tomb, weeping. Then, as she wept, she stooped to look inside,
-John	John	50	20	12	and saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head, the other at the feet.
-John	John	50	20	13	They said, 'Woman, why are you weeping?' 'They have taken my Lord away,' she replied, 'and I don't know where they have put him.'
-John	John	50	20	14	As she said this she turned round and saw Jesus standing there, though she did not realise that it was Jesus.
-John	John	50	20	15	Jesus said to her, 'Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?' Supposing him to be the gardener, she said, 'Sir, if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and remove him.'
-John	John	50	20	16	Jesus said, 'Mary!' She turned round then and said to him in Hebrew, 'Rabbuni!' -- which means Master.
-John	John	50	20	17	Jesus said to her, 'Do not cling to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to the brothers, and tell them: I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'
-John	John	50	20	18	So Mary of Magdala told the disciples, 'I have seen the Lord,' and that he had said these things to her.
-John	John	50	20	19	In the evening of that same day, the first day of the week, the doors were closed in the room where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them. He said to them, 'Peace be with you,'
-John	John	50	20	20	and, after saying this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy at seeing the Lord,
-John	John	50	20	21	and he said to them again, 'Peace be with you. 'As the Father sent me, so am I sending you.'
-John	John	50	20	22	After saying this he breathed on them and said: Receive the Holy Spirit.
-John	John	50	20	23	If you forgive anyone's sins, they are forgiven; if you retain anyone's sins, they are retained.
-John	John	50	20	24	Thomas, called the Twin, who was one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.
-John	John	50	20	25	So the other disciples said to him, 'We have seen the Lord,' but he answered, 'Unless I can see the holes that the nails made in his hands and can put my finger into the holes they made, and unless I can put my hand into his side, I refuse to believe.'
-John	John	50	20	26	Eight days later the disciples were in the house again and Thomas was with them. The doors were closed, but Jesus came in and stood among them. 'Peace be with you,' he said.
-John	John	50	20	27	Then he spoke to Thomas, 'Put your finger here; look, here are my hands. Give me your hand; put it into my side. Do not be unbelieving any more but believe.'
-John	John	50	20	28	Thomas replied, 'My Lord and my God!'
-John	John	50	20	29	Jesus said to him: You believe because you can see me. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.
-John	John	50	20	30	There were many other signs that Jesus worked in the sight of the disciples, but they are not recorded in this book.
-John	John	50	20	31	These are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing this you may have life through his name.
-John	John	50	21	1	Later on, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples. It was by the Sea of Tiberias, and it happened like this:
-John	John	50	21	2	Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee and two more of his disciples were together.
-John	John	50	21	3	Simon Peter said, 'I'm going fishing.' They replied, 'We'll come with you.' They went out and got into the boat but caught nothing that night.
-John	John	50	21	4	When it was already light, there stood Jesus on the shore, though the disciples did not realise that it was Jesus.
-John	John	50	21	5	Jesus called out, 'Haven't you caught anything, friends?' And when they answered, 'No,'
-John	John	50	21	6	he said, 'Throw the net out to starboard and you'll find something.' So they threw the net out and could not haul it in because of the quantity of fish.
-John	John	50	21	7	The disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, 'It is the Lord.' At these words, 'It is the Lord,' Simon Peter tied his outer garment round him (for he had nothing on) and jumped into the water.
-John	John	50	21	8	The other disciples came on in the boat, towing the net with the fish; they were only about a hundred yards from land.
-John	John	50	21	9	As soon as they came ashore they saw that there was some bread there and a charcoal fire with fish cooking on it.
-John	John	50	21	10	Jesus said, 'Bring some of the fish you have just caught.'
-John	John	50	21	11	Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net ashore, full of big fish, one hundred and fifty-three of them; and in spite of there being so many the net was not broken.
-John	John	50	21	12	Jesus said to them, 'Come and have breakfast.' None of the disciples was bold enough to ask, 'Who are you?'. They knew quite well it was the Lord.
-John	John	50	21	13	Jesus then stepped forward, took the bread and gave it to them, and the same with the fish.
-John	John	50	21	14	This was the third time that Jesus revealed himself to the disciples after rising from the dead.
-John	John	50	21	15	When they had eaten, Jesus said to Simon Peter, 'Simon son of John, do you love me more than these others do?' He answered, 'Yes, Lord, you know I love you.' Jesus said to him, 'Feed my lambs.'
-John	John	50	21	16	A second time he said to him, 'Simon son of John, do you love me?' He replied, 'Yes, Lord, you know I love you.' Jesus said to him, 'Look after my sheep.'
-John	John	50	21	17	Then he said to him a third time, 'Simon son of John, do you love me?' Peter was hurt that he asked him a third time, 'Do you love me?' and said, 'Lord, you know everything; you know I love you.' Jesus said to him, 'Feed my sheep.
-John	John	50	21	18	In all truth I tell you, when you were young you put on your own belt and walked where you liked; but when you grow old you will stretch out your hands, and somebody else will put a belt round you and take you where you would rather not go.'
-John	John	50	21	19	In these words he indicated the kind of death by which Peter would give glory to God. After this he said, 'Follow me.'
-John	John	50	21	20	Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them -- the one who had leant back close to his chest at the supper and had said to him, 'Lord, who is it that will betray you?'
-John	John	50	21	21	Seeing him, Peter said to Jesus, 'What about him, Lord?'
-John	John	50	21	22	Jesus answered, 'If I want him to stay behind till I come, what does it matter to you? You are to follow me.'
-John	John	50	21	23	The rumour then went out among the brothers that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus had not said to Peter, 'He will not die,' but, 'If I want him to stay behind till I come.'
-John	John	50	21	24	This disciple is the one who vouches for these things and has written them down, and we know that his testimony is true.
-John	John	50	21	25	There was much else that Jesus did; if it were written down in detail, I do not suppose the world itself would hold all the books that would be written.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	1	Roll of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham:
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	2	Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers,
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	3	Judah fathered Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez fathered Hezron, Hezron fathered Ram,
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	4	Ram fathered Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon,
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	5	Salmon fathered Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed fathered Jesse;
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	6	and Jesse fathered King David. David fathered Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife,
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	7	Solomon fathered Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Abijah, Abijah fathered Asa,
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	8	Asa fathered Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat fathered Joram, Joram fathered Uzziah,
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	9	Uzziah fathered Jotham, Jotham fathered Ahaz, Ahaz fathered Hezekiah,
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	10	Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, Manasseh fathered Amon, Amon fathered Josiah;
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	11	and Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brothers. Then the deportation to Babylon took place.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	12	After the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah fathered Shealtiel, Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel,
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	13	Zerubbabel fathered Abiud, Abiud fathered Eliakim, Eliakim fathered Azor,
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	14	Azor fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Achim, Achim fathered Eliud,
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	15	Eliud fathered Eleazar, Eleazar fathered Matthan, Matthan fathered Jacob;
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	16	and Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary; of her was born Jesus who is called Christ.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	17	The sum of generations is therefore: fourteen from Abraham to David; fourteen from David to the Babylonian deportation; and fourteen from the Babylonian deportation to Christ.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	18	This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	19	Her husband Joseph, being an upright man and wanting to spare her disgrace, decided to divorce her informally.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	20	He had made up his mind to do this when suddenly the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, 'Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	21	She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	22	Now all this took place to fulfil what the Lord had spoken through the prophet:
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	23	Look! the virgin is with child and will give birth to a son whom they will call Immanuel, a name which means 'God-is-with-us'.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	24	When Joseph woke up he did what the angel of the Lord had told him to do: he took his wife to his home;
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	25	he had not had intercourse with her when she gave birth to a son; and he named him Jesus.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	1	After Jesus had been born at Bethlehem in Judaea during the reign of King Herod, suddenly some wise men came to Jerusalem from the east
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	2	asking, 'Where is the infant king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose and have come to do him homage.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	3	When King Herod heard this he was perturbed, and so was the whole of Jerusalem.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	4	He called together all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, and enquired of them where the Christ was to be born.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	5	They told him, 'At Bethlehem in Judaea, for this is what the prophet wrote:
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	6	And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, you are by no means the least among the leaders of Judah, for from you will come a leader who will shepherd my people Israel.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	7	Then Herod summoned the wise men to see him privately. He asked them the exact date on which the star had appeared
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	8	and sent them on to Bethlehem with the words, 'Go and find out all about the child, and when you have found him, let me know, so that I too may go and do him homage.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	9	Having listened to what the king had to say, they set out. And suddenly the star they had seen rising went forward and halted over the place where the child was.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	10	The sight of the star filled them with delight,
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	11	and going into the house they saw the child with his mother Mary, and falling to their knees they did him homage. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	12	But they were given a warning in a dream not to go back to Herod, and returned to their own country by a different way.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	13	After they had left, suddenly the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, 'Get up, take the child and his mother with you, and escape into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, because Herod intends to search for the child and do away with him.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	14	So Joseph got up and, taking the child and his mother with him, left that night for Egypt,
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	15	where he stayed until Herod was dead. This was to fulfil what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: I called my son out of Egypt.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	16	Herod was furious on realising that he had been fooled by the wise men, and in Bethlehem and its surrounding district he had all the male children killed who were two years old or less, reckoning by the date he had been careful to ask the wise men.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	17	Then were fulfilled the words spoken through the prophet Jeremiah:
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	18	A voice is heard in Ramah, lamenting and weeping bitterly: it is Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted because they are no more.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	19	After Herod's death, suddenly the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	20	and said, 'Get up, take the child and his mother with you and go back to the land of Israel, for those who wanted to kill the child are dead.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	21	So Joseph got up and, taking the child and his mother with him, went back to the land of Israel.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	22	But when he learnt that Archelaus had succeeded his father Herod as ruler of Judaea he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the region of Galilee.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	23	There he settled in a town called Nazareth. In this way the words spoken through the prophets were to be fulfilled: He will be called a Nazarene.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	1	In due course John the Baptist appeared; he proclaimed this message in the desert of Judaea,
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	2	'Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is close at hand.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	3	This was the man spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said: A voice of one that cries in the desert, 'Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	4	This man John wore a garment made of camel-hair with a leather loin-cloth round his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	5	Then Jerusalem and all Judaea and the whole Jordan district made their way to him,
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	6	and as they were baptised by him in the river Jordan they confessed their sins.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	7	But when he saw a number of Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism he said to them, 'Brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming retribution?
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	8	Produce fruit in keeping with repentance,
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	9	and do not presume to tell yourselves, "We have Abraham as our father," because, I tell you, God can raise children for Abraham from these stones.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	10	Even now the axe is being laid to the root of the trees, so that any tree failing to produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown on the fire.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	11	I baptise you in water for repentance, but the one who comes after me is more powerful than I, and I am not fit to carry his sandals; he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	12	His winnowing-fan is in his hand; he will clear his threshing-floor and gather his wheat into his barn; but the chaff he will burn in a fire that will never go out.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	13	Then Jesus appeared: he came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptised by John.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	14	John tried to dissuade him, with the words, 'It is I who need baptism from you, and yet you come to me!'
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	15	But Jesus replied, 'Leave it like this for the time being; it is fitting that we should, in this way, do all that uprightness demands.' Then John gave in to him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	16	And when Jesus had been baptised he at once came up from the water, and suddenly the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	17	And suddenly there was a voice from heaven, 'This is my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on him.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	1	Then Jesus was led by the Spirit out into the desert to be put to the test by the devil.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	2	He fasted for forty days and forty nights, after which he was hungry,
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	3	and the tester came and said to him, 'If you are Son of God, tell these stones to turn into loaves.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	4	But he replied, 'Scripture says: Human beings live not on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	5	The devil then took him to the holy city and set him on the parapet of the Temple.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	6	'If you are Son of God,' he said, 'throw yourself down; for scripture says: He has given his angels orders about you, and they will carry you in their arms in case you trip over a stone.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	7	Jesus said to him, 'Scripture also says: Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	8	Next, taking him to a very high mountain, the devil showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendour.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	9	And he said to him, 'I will give you all these, if you fall at my feet and do me homage.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	10	Then Jesus replied, 'Away with you, Satan! For scripture says: The Lord your God is the one to whom you must do homage, him alone you must serve.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	11	Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels appeared and looked after him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	12	Hearing that John had been arrested he withdrew to Galilee,
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	13	and leaving Nazara he went and settled in Capernaum, beside the lake, on the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	14	This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	15	Land of Zebulun! Land of Naphtali! Way of the sea beyond Jordan. Galilee of the nations!
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	16	The people that lived in darkness have seen a great light; on those who lived in a country of shadow dark as death a light has dawned.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	17	From then onwards Jesus began his proclamation with the message, 'Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is close at hand.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	18	As he was walking by the Lake of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew; they were making a cast into the lake with their net, for they were fishermen.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	19	And he said to them, 'Come after me and I will make you fishers of people.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	20	And at once they left their nets and followed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	21	Going on from there he saw another pair of brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John; they were in their boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	22	And at once, leaving the boat and their father, they followed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	23	He went round the whole of Galilee teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing all kinds of disease and illness among the people.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	24	His fame spread throughout Syria, and those who were suffering from diseases and painful complaints of one kind or another, the possessed, epileptics, the paralysed, were all brought to him, and he cured them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	25	Large crowds followed him, coming from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judaea and Transjordan.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	1	Seeing the crowds, he went onto the mountain. And when he was seated his disciples came to him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	2	Then he began to speak. This is what he taught them:
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	3	How blessed are the poor in spirit: the kingdom of Heaven is theirs.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	4	Blessed are the gentle: they shall have the earth as inheritance.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	5	Blessed are those who mourn: they shall be comforted.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	6	Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for uprightness: they shall have their fill.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	7	Blessed are the merciful: they shall have mercy shown them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	8	Blessed are the pure in heart: they shall see God.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	9	Blessed are the peacemakers: they shall be recognised as children of God.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	10	Blessed are those who are persecuted in the cause of uprightness: the kingdom of Heaven is theirs.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	11	'Blessed are you when people abuse you and persecute you and speak all kinds of calumny against you falsely on my account.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	12	Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven; this is how they persecuted the prophets before you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	13	'You are salt for the earth. But if salt loses its taste, what can make it salty again? It is good for nothing, and can only be thrown out to be trampled under people's feet.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	14	'You are light for the world. A city built on a hill-top cannot be hidden.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	15	No one lights a lamp to put it under a tub; they put it on the lamp-stand where it shines for everyone in the house.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	16	In the same way your light must shine in people's sight, so that, seeing your good works, they may give praise to your Father in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	17	'Do not imagine that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	18	In truth I tell you, till heaven and earth disappear, not one dot, not one little stroke, is to disappear from the Law until all its purpose is achieved.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	19	Therefore, anyone who infringes even one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be considered the least in the kingdom of Heaven; but the person who keeps them and teaches them will be considered great in the kingdom of Heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	20	'For I tell you, if your uprightness does not surpass that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of Heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	21	'You have heard how it was said to our ancestors, You shall not kill; and if anyone does kill he must answer for it before the court.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	22	But I say this to you, anyone who is angry with a brother will answer for it before the court; anyone who calls a brother "Fool" will answer for it before the Sanhedrin; and anyone who calls him "Traitor" will answer for it in hell fire.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	23	So then, if you are bringing your offering to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	24	leave your offering there before the altar, go and be reconciled with your brother first, and then come back and present your offering.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	25	Come to terms with your opponent in good time while you are still on the way to the court with him, or he may hand you over to the judge and the judge to the officer, and you will be thrown into prison.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	26	In truth I tell you, you will not get out till you have paid the last penny.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	27	'You have heard how it was said, You shall not commit adultery.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	28	But I say this to you, if a man looks at a woman lustfully, he has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	29	If your right eye should be your downfall, tear it out and throw it away; for it will do you less harm to lose one part of yourself than to have your whole body thrown into hell.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	30	And if your right hand should be your downfall, cut it off and throw it away; for it will do you less harm to lose one part of yourself than to have your whole body go to hell.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	31	'It has also been said, Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a writ of dismissal.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	32	But I say this to you, everyone who divorces his wife, except for the case of an illicit marriage, makes her an adulteress; and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	33	'Again, you have heard how it was said to our ancestors, You must not break your oath, but must fulfil your oaths to the Lord.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	34	But I say this to you, do not swear at all, either by heaven, since that is God's throne;
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	35	or by earth, since that is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, since that is the city of the great King.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	36	Do not swear by your own head either, since you cannot turn a single hair white or black.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	37	All you need say is "Yes" if you mean yes, "No" if you mean no; anything more than this comes from the Evil One.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	38	'You have heard how it was said: Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	39	But I say this to you: offer no resistance to the wicked. On the contrary, if anyone hits you on the right cheek, offer him the other as well;
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	40	if someone wishes to go to law with you to get your tunic, let him have your cloak as well.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	41	And if anyone requires you to go one mile, go two miles with him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	42	Give to anyone who asks you, and if anyone wants to borrow, do not turn away.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	43	'You have heard how it was said, You will love your neighbour and hate your enemy.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	44	But I say this to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you;
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	45	so that you may be children of your Father in heaven, for he causes his sun to rise on the bad as well as the good, and sends down rain to fall on the upright and the wicked alike.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	46	For if you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even the tax collectors do as much?
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	47	And if you save your greetings for your brothers, are you doing anything exceptional?
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	48	Do not even the gentiles do as much? You must therefore be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	1	'Be careful not to parade your uprightness in public to attract attention; otherwise you will lose all reward from your Father in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	2	So when you give alms, do not have it trumpeted before you; this is what the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win human admiration. In truth I tell you, they have had their reward.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	3	But when you give alms, your left hand must not know what your right is doing;
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	4	your almsgiving must be secret, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	5	'And when you pray, do not imitate the hypocrites: they love to say their prayers standing up in the synagogues and at the street corners for people to see them. In truth I tell you, they have had their reward.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	6	But when you pray, go to your private room, shut yourself in, and so pray to your Father who is in that secret place, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	7	'In your prayers do not babble as the gentiles do, for they think that by using many words they will make themselves heard.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	8	Do not be like them; your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	9	So you should pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be held holy,
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	10	your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	11	Give us today our daily bread.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	12	And forgive us our debts, as we have forgiven those who are in debt to us.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	13	And do not put us to the test, but save us from the Evil One.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	14	'Yes, if you forgive others their failings, your heavenly Father will forgive you yours;
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	15	but if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive your failings either.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	16	'When you are fasting, do not put on a gloomy look as the hypocrites do: they go about looking unsightly to let people know they are fasting. In truth I tell you, they have had their reward.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	17	But when you fast, put scent on your head and wash your face,
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	18	so that no one will know you are fasting except your Father who sees all that is done in secret; and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	19	'Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and woodworm destroy them and thieves can break in and steal.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	20	But store up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where neither moth nor woodworm destroys them and thieves cannot break in and steal.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	21	For wherever your treasure is, there will your heart be too.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	22	'The lamp of the body is the eye. It follows that if your eye is clear, your whole body will be filled with light.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	23	But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be darkness. If then, the light inside you is darkened, what darkness that will be!
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	24	'No one can be the slave of two masters: he will either hate the first and love the second, or be attached to the first and despise the second. You cannot be the slave both of God and of money.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	25	'That is why I am telling you not to worry about your life and what you are to eat, nor about your body and what you are to wear. Surely life is more than food, and the body more than clothing!
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	26	Look at the birds in the sky. They do not sow or reap or gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they are?
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	27	Can any of you, however much you worry, add one single cubit to your span of life?
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	28	And why worry about clothing? Think of the flowers growing in the fields; they never have to work or spin;
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	29	yet I assure you that not even Solomon in all his royal robes was clothed like one of these.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	30	Now if that is how God clothes the wild flowers growing in the field which are there today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, will he not much more look after you, you who have so little faith?
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	31	So do not worry; do not say, "What are we to eat? What are we to drink? What are we to wear?"
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	32	It is the gentiles who set their hearts on all these things. Your heavenly Father knows you need them all.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	33	Set your hearts on his kingdom first, and on God's saving justice, and all these other things will be given you as well.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	34	So do not worry about tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	1	'Do not judge, and you will not be judged;
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	2	because the judgements you give are the judgements you will get, and the standard you use will be the standard used for you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	3	Why do you observe the splinter in your brother's eye and never notice the great log in your own?
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	4	And how dare you say to your brother, "Let me take that splinter out of your eye," when, look, there is a great log in your own?
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	5	Hypocrite! Take the log out of your own eye first, and then you will see clearly enough to take the splinter out of your brother's eye.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	6	'Do not give dogs what is holy; and do not throw your pearls in front of pigs, or they may trample them and then turn on you and tear you to pieces.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	7	'Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	8	Everyone who asks receives; everyone who searches finds; everyone who knocks will have the door opened.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	9	Is there anyone among you who would hand his son a stone when he asked for bread?
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	10	Or would hand him a snake when he asked for a fish?
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	11	If you, then, evil as you are, know how to give your children what is good, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	12	'So always treat others as you would like them to treat you; that is the Law and the Prophets.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	13	'Enter by the narrow gate, since the road that leads to destruction is wide and spacious, and many take it;
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	14	but it is a narrow gate and a hard road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	15	'Beware of false prophets who come to you disguised as sheep but underneath are ravenous wolves.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	16	You will be able to tell them by their fruits. Can people pick grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	17	In the same way, a sound tree produces good fruit but a rotten tree bad fruit.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	18	A sound tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a rotten tree bear good fruit.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	19	Any tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown on the fire.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	20	I repeat, you will be able to tell them by their fruits.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	21	'It is not anyone who says to me, "Lord, Lord," who will enter the kingdom of Heaven, but the person who does the will of my Father in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	22	When the day comes many will say to me, "Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, drive out demons in your name, work many miracles in your name?"
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	23	Then I shall tell them to their faces: I have never known you; away from me, all evil doers!
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	24	'Therefore, everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	25	Rain came down, floods rose, gales blew and hurled themselves against that house, and it did not fall: it was founded on rock.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	26	But everyone who listens to these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a stupid man who built his house on sand.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	27	Rain came down, floods rose, gales blew and struck that house, and it fell; and what a fall it had!'
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	28	Jesus had now finished what he wanted to say, and his teaching made a deep impression on the people
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	29	because he taught them with authority, unlike their own scribes.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	1	After he had come down from the mountain large crowds followed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	2	Suddenly a man with a virulent skin-disease came up and bowed low in front of him, saying, 'Lord, if you are willing, you can cleanse me.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	3	Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him saying, 'I am willing. Be cleansed.' And his skin-disease was cleansed at once.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	4	Then Jesus said to him, 'Mind you tell no one, but go and show yourself to the priest and make the offering prescribed by Moses, as evidence to them.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	5	When he went into Capernaum a centurion came up and pleaded with him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	6	'Sir,' he said, 'my servant is lying at home paralysed and in great pain.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	7	Jesus said to him, 'I will come myself and cure him.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	8	The centurion replied, 'Sir, I am not worthy to have you under my roof; just give the word and my servant will be cured.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	9	For I am under authority myself and have soldiers under me; and I say to one man, "Go," and he goes; to another, "Come here," and he comes; to my servant, "Do this," and he does it.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	10	When Jesus heard this he was astonished and said to those following him, 'In truth I tell you, in no one in Israel have I found faith as great as this.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	11	And I tell you that many will come from east and west and sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob at the feast in the kingdom of Heaven;
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	12	but the children of the kingdom will be thrown out into the darkness outside, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	13	And to the centurion Jesus said, 'Go back, then; let this be done for you, as your faith demands.' And the servant was cured at that moment.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	14	And going into Peter's house Jesus found Peter's mother-in-law in bed and feverish.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	15	He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	16	That evening they brought him many who were possessed by devils. He drove out the spirits with a command and cured all who were sick.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	17	This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: He himself bore our sicknesses away and carried our diseases.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	18	When Jesus saw the crowd all about him he gave orders to leave for the other side.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	19	One of the scribes then came up and said to him, 'Master, I will follow you wherever you go.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	20	Jesus said, 'Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	21	Another man, one of the disciples, said to him, 'Lord, let me go and bury my father first.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	22	But Jesus said, 'Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their dead.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	23	Then he got into the boat followed by his disciples.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	24	Suddenly a storm broke over the lake, so violent that the boat was being swamped by the waves. But he was asleep.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	25	So they went to him and woke him saying, 'Save us, Lord, we are lost!'
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	26	And he said to them, 'Why are you so frightened, you who have so little faith?' And then he stood up and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	27	They were astounded and said, 'Whatever kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	28	When he reached the territory of the Gadarenes on the other side, two demoniacs came towards him out of the tombs -- they were so dangerously violent that nobody could use that path.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	29	Suddenly they shouted, 'What do you want with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torture us before the time?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	30	Now some distance away there was a large herd of pigs feeding,
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	31	and the devils pleaded with Jesus, 'If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	32	And he said to them, 'Go then,' and they came out and made for the pigs; and at that the whole herd charged down the cliff into the lake and perished in the water.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	33	The herdsmen ran off and made for the city, where they told the whole story, including what had happened to the demoniacs.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	34	Suddenly the whole city set out to meet Jesus; and as soon as they saw him they implored him to leave their neighbourhood.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	1	He got back in the boat, crossed the water and came to his home town.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	2	And suddenly some people brought him a paralytic stretched out on a bed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, 'Take comfort, my child, your sins are forgiven.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	3	And now some scribes said to themselves, 'This man is being blasphemous.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	4	Knowing what was in their minds Jesus said, 'Why do you have such wicked thoughts in your hearts?
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	5	Now, which of these is easier: to say, "Your sins are forgiven," or to say, "Get up and walk"?
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	6	But to prove to you that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins,' -- then he said to the paralytic-'get up, pick up your bed and go off home.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	7	And the man got up and went home.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	8	A feeling of awe came over the crowd when they saw this, and they praised God for having given such authority to human beings.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	9	As Jesus was walking on from there he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, 'Follow me.' And he got up and followed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	10	Now while he was at table in the house it happened that a number of tax collectors and sinners came to sit at the table with Jesus and his disciples.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	11	When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, 'Why does your master eat with tax collectors and sinners?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	12	When he heard this he replied, 'It is not the healthy who need the doctor, but the sick.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	13	Go and learn the meaning of the words: Mercy is what pleases me, not sacrifice. And indeed I came to call not the upright, but sinners.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	14	Then John's disciples came to him and said, 'Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	15	Jesus replied, 'Surely the bridegroom's attendants cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is still with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	16	No one puts a piece of unshrunken cloth onto an old cloak, because the patch pulls away from the cloak and the tear gets worse.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	17	Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the skins burst, the wine runs out, and the skins are lost. No; they put new wine in fresh skins and both are preserved.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	18	While he was speaking to them, suddenly one of the officials came up, who bowed low in front of him and said, 'My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and her life will be saved.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	19	Jesus rose and, with his disciples, followed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	20	Then suddenly from behind him came a woman, who had been suffering from a haemorrhage for twelve years, and she touched the fringe of his cloak,
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	21	for she was thinking, 'If only I can touch his cloak I shall be saved.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	22	Jesus turned round and saw her; and he said to her, 'Courage, my daughter, your faith has saved you.' And from that moment the woman was saved.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	23	When Jesus reached the official's house and saw the flute-players, with the crowd making a commotion, he said,
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	24	'Get out of here; the little girl is not dead; she is asleep.' And they ridiculed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	25	But when the people had been turned out he went inside and took her by the hand; and she stood up.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	26	And the news of this spread all round the countryside.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	27	As Jesus went on his way two blind men followed him shouting, 'Take pity on us, son of David.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	28	And when Jesus reached the house the blind men came up to him and he said to them, 'Do you believe I can do this?' They said, 'Lord, we do.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	29	Then he touched their eyes saying, 'According to your faith, let it be done to you.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	30	And their sight returned. Then Jesus sternly warned them, 'Take care that no one learns about this.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	31	But when they had gone away, they talked about him all over the countryside.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	32	They had only just left when suddenly a man was brought to him, a dumb demoniac.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	33	And when the devil was driven out, the dumb man spoke and the people were amazed and said, 'Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	34	But the Pharisees said, 'It is through the prince of devils that he drives out devils.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	35	Jesus made a tour through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing all kinds of disease and all kinds of illness.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	36	And when he saw the crowds he felt sorry for them because they were harassed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	37	Then he said to his disciples, 'The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers to his harvest.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	1	He summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits with power to drive them out and to cure all kinds of disease and all kinds of illness.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	2	These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon who is known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	3	Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	4	Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who was also his betrayer.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	5	These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them as follows: 'Do not make your way to gentile territory, and do not enter any Samaritan town;
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	6	go instead to the lost sheep of the House of Israel.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	7	And as you go, proclaim that the kingdom of Heaven is close at hand.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	8	Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those suffering from virulent skin-diseases, drive out devils. You received without charge, give without charge.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	9	Provide yourselves with no gold or silver, not even with coppers for your purses,
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	10	with no haversack for the journey or spare tunic or footwear or a staff, for the labourer deserves his keep.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	11	'Whatever town or village you go into, seek out someone worthy and stay with him until you leave.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	12	As you enter his house, salute it,
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	13	and if the house deserves it, may your peace come upon it; if it does not, may your peace come back to you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	14	And if anyone does not welcome you or listen to what you have to say, as you walk out of the house or town shake the dust from your feet.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	15	In truth I tell you, on the Day of Judgement it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	16	Look, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be cunning as snakes and yet innocent as doves.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	17	'Be prepared for people to hand you over to sanhedrins and scourge you in their synagogues.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	18	You will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as evidence to them and to the gentiles.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	19	But when you are handed over, do not worry about how to speak or what to say; what you are to say will be given to you when the time comes,
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	20	because it is not you who will be speaking; the Spirit of your Father will be speaking in you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	21	'Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will come forward against their parents and have them put to death.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	22	You will be universally hated on account of my name; but anyone who stands firm to the end will be saved.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	23	If they persecute you in one town, take refuge in the next; and if they persecute you in that, take refuge in another. In truth I tell you, you will not have gone the round of the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	24	'Disciple is not superior to teacher, nor slave to master.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	25	It is enough for disciple to grow to be like teacher, and slave like master. If they have called the master of the house "Beelzebul", how much more the members of his household?
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	26	'So do not be afraid of them. Everything now covered up will be uncovered, and everything now hidden will be made clear.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	27	What I say to you in the dark, tell in the daylight; what you hear in whispers, proclaim from the housetops.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	28	'Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; fear him rather who can destroy both body and soul in hell.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	29	Can you not buy two sparrows for a penny? And yet not one falls to the ground without your Father knowing.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	30	Why, every hair on your head has been counted.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	31	So there is no need to be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	32	'So if anyone declares himself for me in the presence of human beings, I will declare myself for him in the presence of my Father in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	33	But the one who disowns me in the presence of human beings, I will disown in the presence of my Father in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	34	'Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth: it is not peace I have come to bring, but a sword.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	35	For I have come to set son against father, daughter against mother, daughter-in-law against mother-in-law;
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	36	a person's enemies will be the members of his own household.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	37	'No one who prefers father or mother to me is worthy of me. No one who prefers son or daughter to me is worthy of me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	38	Anyone who does not take his cross and follow in my footsteps is not worthy of me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	39	Anyone who finds his life will lose it; anyone who loses his life for my sake will find it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	40	'Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me; and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	41	'Anyone who welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will have a prophet's reward; and anyone who welcomes an upright person because he is upright will have the reward of an upright person.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	42	'If anyone gives so much as a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple, then in truth I tell you, he will most certainly not go without his reward.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	1	When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples he moved on from there to teach and preach in their towns.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	2	Now John had heard in prison what Christ was doing and he sent his disciples to ask him,
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	3	'Are you the one who is to come, or are we to expect someone else?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	4	Jesus answered, 'Go back and tell John what you hear and see;
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	5	the blind see again, and the lame walk, those suffering from virulent skin-diseases are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life and the good news is proclaimed to the poor;
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	6	and blessed is anyone who does not find me a cause of falling.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	7	As the men were leaving, Jesus began to talk to the people about John, 'What did you go out into the desert to see? A reed swaying in the breeze? No?
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	8	Then what did you go out to see? A man wearing fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothes are to be found in palaces.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	9	Then what did you go out for? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet:
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	10	he is the one of whom scripture says: Look, I am going to send my messenger in front of you to prepare your way before you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	11	'In truth I tell you, of all the children born to women, there has never been anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	12	Since John the Baptist came, up to this present time, the kingdom of Heaven has been subjected to violence and the violent are taking it by storm.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	13	Because it was towards John that all the prophecies of the prophets and of the Law were leading;
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	14	and he, if you will believe me, is the Elijah who was to return.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	15	Anyone who has ears should listen!
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	16	'What comparison can I find for this generation? It is like children shouting to each other as they sit in the market place:
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	17	We played the pipes for you, and you wouldn't dance; we sang dirges, and you wouldn't be mourners.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	18	'For John came, neither eating nor drinking, and they say, "He is possessed."
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	19	The Son of man came, eating and drinking, and they say, "Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners." Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	20	Then he began to reproach the towns in which most of his miracles had been worked, because they refused to repent.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	21	'Alas for you, Chorazin! Alas for you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	22	Still, I tell you that it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on Judgement Day than for you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	23	And as for you, Capernaum, did you want to be raised as high as heaven? You shall be flung down to hell. For if the miracles done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have been standing yet.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	24	Still, I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on Judgement Day than for you.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	25	At that time Jesus exclaimed, 'I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to little children.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	26	Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	27	Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, just as no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	28	'Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	29	Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	30	Yes, my yoke is easy and my burden light.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	1	At that time Jesus went through the cornfields one Sabbath day. His disciples were hungry and began to pick ears of corn and eat them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	2	The Pharisees noticed it and said to him, 'Look, your disciples are doing something that is forbidden on the Sabbath.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	3	But he said to them, 'Have you not read what David did when he and his followers were hungry-
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	4	how he went into the house of God and they ate the loaves of the offering although neither he nor his followers were permitted to eat them, but only the priests?
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	5	Or again, have you not read in the Law that on the Sabbath day the Temple priests break the Sabbath without committing any fault?
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	6	Now here, I tell you, is something greater than the Temple.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	7	And if you had understood the meaning of the words: Mercy is what pleases me, not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the blameless.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	8	For the Son of man is master of the Sabbath.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	9	He moved on from there and went to their synagogue;
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	10	now a man was there with a withered hand. They asked him, 'Is it permitted to cure somebody on the Sabbath day?' hoping for something to charge him with.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	11	But he said to them, 'If any one of you here had only one sheep and it fell down a hole on the Sabbath day, would he not get hold of it and lift it out?
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	12	Now a man is far more important than a sheep, so it follows that it is permitted on the Sabbath day to do good.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	13	Then he said to the man, 'Stretch out your hand.' He stretched it out and his hand was restored, as sound as the other one.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	14	At this the Pharisees went out and began to plot against him, discussing how to destroy him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	15	Jesus knew this and withdrew from the district. Many followed him and he cured them all
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	16	but warned them not to make him known.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	17	This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	18	Look! My servant whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul delights, I will send my Spirit upon him, and he will present judgement to the nations;
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	19	he will not brawl or cry out, his voice is not heard in the streets,
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	20	he will not break the crushed reed, or snuff the faltering wick,
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	21	until he has made judgement victorious; in him the nations will put their hope.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	22	Then they brought to him a blind and dumb demoniac; and he cured him, so that the dumb man could speak and see.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	23	All the people were astounded and said, 'Can this be the son of David?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	24	But when the Pharisees heard this they said, 'The man drives out devils only through Beelzebul, the chief of the devils.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	25	Knowing what was in their minds he said to them, 'Every kingdom divided against itself is heading for ruin; and no town, no household divided against itself can last.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	26	Now if Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself; so how can his kingdom last?
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	27	And if it is through Beelzebul that I drive devils out, through whom do your own experts drive them out? They shall be your judges, then.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	28	But if it is through the Spirit of God that I drive out devils, then be sure that the kingdom of God has caught you unawares.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	29	'Or again, how can anyone make his way into a strong man's house and plunder his property unless he has first tied up the strong man? Only then can he plunder his house.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	30	'Anyone who is not with me is against me, and anyone who does not gather in with me throws away.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	31	And so I tell you, every human sin and blasphemy will be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	32	And anyone who says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven; but no one who speaks against the Holy Spirit will be forgiven either in this world or in the next.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	33	'Make a tree sound and its fruit will be sound; make a tree rotten and its fruit will be rotten. For the tree can be told by its fruit.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	34	You brood of vipers, how can your speech be good when you are evil? For words flow out of what fills the heart.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	35	Good people draw good things from their store of goodness; bad people draw bad things from their store of badness.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	36	So I tell you this, that for every unfounded word people utter they will answer on Judgement Day,
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	37	since it is by your words you will be justified, and by your words condemned.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	38	Then some of the scribes and Pharisees spoke up. 'Master,' they said, 'we should like to see a sign from you.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	39	He replied, 'It is an evil and unfaithful generation that asks for a sign! The only sign it will be given is the sign of the prophet Jonah.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	40	For as Jonah remained in the belly of the sea-monster for three days and three nights, so will the Son of man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	41	On Judgement Day the men of Nineveh will appear against this generation and they will be its condemnation, because when Jonah preached they repented; and look, there is something greater than Jonah here.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	42	On Judgement Day the Queen of the South will appear against this generation and be its condemnation, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and look, there is something greater than Solomon here.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	43	'When an unclean spirit goes out of someone it wanders through waterless country looking for a place to rest, and cannot find one.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	44	Then it says, "I will return to the home I came from." But on arrival, finding it unoccupied, swept and tidied,
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	45	it then goes off and collects seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and set up house there, and so that person ends up worse off than before. That is what will happen to this wicked generation.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	46	He was still speaking to the crowds when suddenly his mother and his brothers were standing outside and were anxious to have a word with him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	47	Someone said to him: Your mother and brothers are standing outside and want to speak to you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	48	But to the man who told him this Jesus replied, 'Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	49	And stretching out his hand towards his disciples he said, 'Here are my mother and my brothers.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	50	Anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	1	That same day, Jesus left the house and sat by the lakeside,
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	2	but such large crowds gathered round him that he got into a boat and sat there. The people all stood on the shore,
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	3	and he told them many things in parables. He said, 'Listen, a sower went out to sow.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	4	As he sowed, some seeds fell on the edge of the path, and the birds came and ate them up.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	5	Others fell on patches of rock where they found little soil and sprang up at once, because there was no depth of earth;
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	6	but as soon as the sun came up they were scorched and, not having any roots, they withered away.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	7	Others fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	8	Others fell on rich soil and produced their crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	9	Anyone who has ears should listen!'
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	10	Then the disciples went up to him and asked, 'Why do you talk to them in parables?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	11	In answer, he said, 'Because to you is granted to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of Heaven, but to them it is not granted.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	12	Anyone who has will be given more and will have more than enough; but anyone who has not will be deprived even of what he has.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	13	The reason I talk to them in parables is that they look without seeing and listen without hearing or understanding.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	14	So in their case what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah is being fulfilled: Listen and listen, but never understand! Look and look, but never perceive!
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	15	This people's heart has grown coarse, their ears dulled, they have shut their eyes tight to avoid using their eyes to see, their ears to hear, their heart to understand, changing their ways and being healed by me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	16	'But blessed are your eyes because they see, your ears because they hear!
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	17	In truth I tell you, many prophets and upright people longed to see what you see, and never saw it; to hear what you hear, and never heard it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	18	'So pay attention to the parable of the sower.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	19	When anyone hears the word of the kingdom without understanding, the Evil One comes and carries off what was sown in his heart: this is the seed sown on the edge of the path.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	20	The seed sown on patches of rock is someone who hears the word and welcomes it at once with joy.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	21	But such a person has no root deep down and does not last; should some trial come, or some persecution on account of the word, at once he falls away.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	22	The seed sown in thorns is someone who hears the word, but the worry of the world and the lure of riches choke the word and so it produces nothing.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	23	And the seed sown in rich soil is someone who hears the word and understands it; this is the one who yields a harvest and produces now a hundredfold, now sixty, now thirty.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	24	He put another parable before them, 'The kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	25	While everybody was asleep his enemy came, sowed darnel all among the wheat, and made off.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	26	When the new wheat sprouted and ripened, then the darnel appeared as well.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	27	The owner's labourers went to him and said, "Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed in your field? If so, where does the darnel come from?"
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	28	He said to them, "Some enemy has done this." And the labourers said, "Do you want us to go and weed it out?"
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	29	But he said, "No, because when you weed out the darnel you might pull up the wheat with it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	30	Let them both grow till the harvest; and at harvest time I shall say to the reapers: First collect the darnel and tie it in bundles to be burnt, then gather the wheat into my barn." '
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	31	He put another parable before them, 'The kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	32	It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the biggest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air can come and shelter in its branches.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	33	He told them another parable, 'The kingdom of Heaven is like the yeast a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour till it was leavened all through.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	34	In all this Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables; indeed, he would never speak to them except in parables.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	35	This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet: I will speak to you in parables, unfold what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	36	Then, leaving the crowds, he went to the house; and his disciples came to him and said, 'Explain to us the parable about the darnel in the field.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	37	He said in reply, 'The sower of the good seed is the Son of man.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	38	The field is the world; the good seed is the subjects of the kingdom; the darnel, the subjects of the Evil One;
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	39	the enemy who sowed it, the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; the reapers are the angels.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	40	Well then, just as the darnel is gathered up and burnt in the fire, so it will be at the end of time.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	41	The Son of man will send his angels and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of falling and all who do evil,
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	42	and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	43	Then the upright will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Anyone who has ears should listen!
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	44	'The kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in a field which someone has found; he hides it again, goes off in his joy, sells everything he owns and buys the field.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	45	'Again, the kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls;
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	46	when he finds one of great value he goes and sells everything he owns and buys it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	47	'Again, the kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet that is cast in the sea and brings in a haul of all kinds of fish.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	48	When it is full, the fishermen bring it ashore; then, sitting down, they collect the good ones in baskets and throw away those that are no use.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	49	This is how it will be at the end of time: the angels will appear and separate the wicked from the upright,
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	50	to throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	51	'Have you understood all these?' They said, 'Yes.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	52	And he said to them, 'Well then, every scribe who becomes a disciple of the kingdom of Heaven is like a householder who brings out from his storeroom new things as well as old.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	53	When Jesus had finished these parables he left the district;
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	54	and, coming to his home town, he taught the people in their synagogue in such a way that they were astonished and said, 'Where did the man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	55	This is the carpenter's son, surely? Is not his mother the woman called Mary, and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Jude?
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	56	His sisters, too, are they not all here with us? So where did the man get it all?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	57	And they would not accept him. But Jesus said to them, 'A prophet is despised only in his own country and in his own house,'
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	58	and he did not work many miracles there because of their lack of faith.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	1	At that time Herod the tetrarch heard about the reputation of Jesus
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	2	and said to his court, 'This is John the Baptist himself; he has risen from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	3	Now it was Herod who had arrested John, chained him up and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	4	For John had told him, 'It is against the Law for you to have her.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	5	He had wanted to kill him but was afraid of the people, who regarded John as a prophet.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	6	Then, during the celebrations for Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company and so delighted Herod
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	7	that he promised on oath to give her anything she asked.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	8	Prompted by her mother she said, 'Give me John the Baptist's head, here, on a dish.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	9	The king was distressed but, thinking of the oaths he had sworn and of his guests, he ordered it to be given her,
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	10	and sent and had John beheaded in the prison.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	11	The head was brought in on a dish and given to the girl, who took it to her mother.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	12	John's disciples came and took the body and buried it; then they went off to tell Jesus.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	13	When Jesus received this news he withdrew by boat to a lonely place where they could be by themselves. But the crowds heard of this and, leaving the towns, went after him on foot.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	14	So as he stepped ashore he saw a large crowd; and he took pity on them and healed their sick.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	15	When evening came, the disciples went to him and said, 'This is a lonely place, and time has slipped by; so send the people away, and they can go to the villages to buy themselves some food.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	16	Jesus replied, 'There is no need for them to go: give them something to eat yourselves.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	17	But they answered, 'All we have with us is five loaves and two fish.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	18	So he said, 'Bring them here to me.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	19	He gave orders that the people were to sit down on the grass; then he took the five loaves and the two fish, raised his eyes to heaven and said the blessing. And breaking the loaves he handed them to his disciples, who gave them to the crowds.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	20	They all ate as much as they wanted, and they collected the scraps left over, twelve baskets full.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	21	Now about five thousand men had eaten, to say nothing of women and children.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	22	And at once he made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side while he sent the crowds away.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	23	After sending the crowds away he went up into the hills by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	24	while the boat, by now some furlongs from land, was hard pressed by rough waves, for there was a head-wind.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	25	In the fourth watch of the night he came towards them, walking on the sea,
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	26	and when the disciples saw him walking on the sea they were terrified. 'It is a ghost,' they said, and cried out in fear.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	27	But at once Jesus called out to them, saying, 'Courage! It's me! Don't be afraid.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	28	It was Peter who answered. 'Lord,' he said, 'if it is you, tell me to come to you across the water.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	29	Jesus said, 'Come.' Then Peter got out of the boat and started walking towards Jesus across the water,
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	30	but then noticing the wind, he took fright and began to sink. 'Lord,' he cried, 'save me!'
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	31	Jesus put out his hand at once and held him. 'You have so little faith,' he said, 'why did you doubt?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	32	And as they got into the boat the wind dropped.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	33	The men in the boat bowed down before him and said, 'Truly, you are the Son of God.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	34	Having made the crossing, they came to land at Gennesaret.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	35	When the local people recognised him they spread the news through the whole neighbourhood and took all that were sick to him,
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	36	begging him just to let them touch the fringe of his cloak. And all those who touched it were saved.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	1	Then Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem came to Jesus and said,
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	2	'Why do your disciples break away from the tradition of the elders? They eat without washing their hands.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	3	He answered, 'And why do you break away from the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	4	For God said, "Honour your father and your mother" and "Anyone who curses his father or mother will be put to death."
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	5	But you say, "If anyone says to his father or mother: Anything I might have used to help you is dedicated to God,
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	6	he is rid of his duty to father or mother." In this way you have made God's word ineffective by means of your tradition.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	7	Hypocrites! How rightly Isaiah prophesied about you when he said:
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	8	This people honours me only with lip-service, while their hearts are far from me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	9	Their reverence of me is worthless; the lessons they teach are nothing but human commandments.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	10	He called the people to him and said, 'Listen, and understand.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	11	What goes into the mouth does not make anyone unclean; it is what comes out of the mouth that makes someone unclean.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	12	Then the disciples came to him and said, 'Do you know that the Pharisees were shocked when they heard what you said?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	13	He replied, 'Any plant my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	14	Leave them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind; and if one blind person leads another, both will fall into a pit.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	15	At this, Peter said to him, 'Explain the parable for us.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	16	Jesus replied, 'Even you -- don't you yet understand?
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	17	Can't you see that whatever goes into the mouth passes through the stomach and is discharged into the sewer?
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	18	But whatever comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and it is this that makes someone unclean.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	19	For from the heart come evil intentions: murder, adultery, fornication, theft, perjury, slander.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	20	These are the things that make a person unclean. But eating with unwashed hands does not make anyone unclean.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	21	Jesus left that place and withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	22	And suddenly out came a Canaanite woman from that district and started shouting, 'Lord, Son of David, take pity on me. My daughter is tormented by a devil.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	23	But he said not a word in answer to her. And his disciples went and pleaded with him, saying, 'Give her what she wants, because she keeps shouting after us.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	24	He said in reply, 'I was sent only to the lost sheep of the House of Israel.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	25	But the woman had come up and was bowing low before him. 'Lord,' she said, 'help me.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	26	He replied, 'It is not fair to take the children's food and throw it to little dogs.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	27	She retorted, 'Ah yes, Lord; but even little dogs eat the scraps that fall from their masters' table.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	28	Then Jesus answered her, 'Woman, you have great faith. Let your desire be granted.' And from that moment her daughter was well again.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	29	Jesus went on from there and reached the shores of the Lake of Galilee, and he went up onto the mountain. He took his seat,
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	30	and large crowds came to him bringing the lame, the crippled, the blind, the dumb and many others; these they put down at his feet, and he cured them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	31	The crowds were astonished to see the dumb speaking, the cripples whole again, the lame walking and the blind with their sight, and they praised the God of Israel.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	32	But Jesus called his disciples to him and said, 'I feel sorry for all these people; they have been with me for three days now and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them off hungry, or they might collapse on the way.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	33	The disciples said to him, 'Where in a deserted place could we get sufficient bread for such a large crowd to have enough to eat?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	34	Jesus said to them, 'How many loaves have you?' They said, 'Seven, and a few small fish.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	35	Then he instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground,
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	36	and he took the seven loaves and the fish, and after giving thanks he broke them and began handing them to the disciples, who gave them to the crowds.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	37	They all ate as much as they wanted, and they collected what was left of the scraps, seven baskets full.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	38	Now four thousand men had eaten, to say nothing of women and children.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	39	And when he had sent the crowds away he got into the boat and went to the territory of Magadan.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	1	The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to put him to the test they asked if he would show them a sign from heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	2	He replied, 'In the evening you say, "It will be fine; there's a red sky,"
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	3	and in the morning, "Stormy weather today; the sky is red and overcast." You know how to read the face of the sky, but you cannot read the signs of the times.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	4	It is an evil and unfaithful generation asking for a sign, and the only sign it will be given is the sign of Jonah.' And he left them and went off.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	5	The disciples, having crossed to the other side, had forgotten to take any food.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	6	Jesus said to them, 'Keep your eyes open, and be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	7	And they said among themselves, 'It is because we have not brought any bread.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	8	Jesus knew it, and he said, 'You have so little faith, why are you talking among yourselves about having no bread?
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	9	Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand and the number of baskets you collected?
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	10	Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and the number of baskets you collected?
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	11	How could you fail to understand that I was not talking about bread? What I said was: Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	12	Then they understood that he was telling them to be on their guard, not against yeast for making bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	13	When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi he put this question to his disciples, 'Who do people say the Son of man is?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	14	And they said, 'Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	15	'But you,' he said, 'who do you say I am?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	16	Then Simon Peter spoke up and said, 'You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	17	Jesus replied, 'Simon son of Jonah, you are a blessed man! Because it was no human agency that revealed this to you but my Father in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	18	So I now say to you: You are Peter and on this rock I will build my community. And the gates of the underworld can never overpower it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	19	I will give you the keys of the kingdom of Heaven: whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven; whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	20	Then he gave the disciples strict orders not to say to anyone that he was the Christ.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	21	From then onwards Jesus began to make it clear to his disciples that he was destined to go to Jerusalem and suffer grievously at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes and to be put to death and to be raised up on the third day.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	22	Then, taking him aside, Peter started to rebuke him. 'Heaven preserve you, Lord,' he said, 'this must not happen to you.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	23	But he turned and said to Peter, 'Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle in my path, because you are thinking not as God thinks but as human beings do.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	24	Then Jesus said to his disciples, 'If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	25	Anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake will find it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	26	What, then, will anyone gain by winning the whole world and forfeiting his life? Or what can anyone offer in exchange for his life?
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	27	'For the Son of man is going to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will reward each one according to his behaviour.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	28	In truth I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of man coming with his kingdom.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	1	Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	2	There in their presence he was transfigured: his face shone like the sun and his clothes became as dazzling as light.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	3	And suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared to them; they were talking with him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	4	Then Peter spoke to Jesus. 'Lord,' he said, 'it is wonderful for us to be here; if you want me to, I will make three shelters here, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	5	He was still speaking when suddenly a bright cloud covered them with shadow, and suddenly from the cloud there came a voice which said, 'This is my Son, the Beloved; he enjoys my favour. Listen to him.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	6	When they heard this, the disciples fell on their faces, overcome with fear.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	7	But Jesus came up and touched them, saying, 'Stand up, do not be afraid.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	8	And when they raised their eyes they saw no one but Jesus.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	9	As they came down from the mountain Jesus gave them this order, 'Tell no one about this vision until the Son of man has risen from the dead.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	10	And the disciples put this question to him, 'Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	11	He replied, 'Elijah is indeed coming, and he will set everything right again;
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	12	however, I tell you that Elijah has come already and they did not recognise him but treated him as they pleased; and the Son of man will suffer similarly at their hands.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	13	Then the disciples understood that he was speaking of John the Baptist.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	14	As they were rejoining the crowd a man came up to him and went down on his knees before him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	15	'Lord,' he said, 'take pity on my son: he is demented and in a wretched state; he is always falling into fire and into water.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	16	I took him to your disciples and they were unable to cure him.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	17	In reply, Jesus said, 'Faithless and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I put up with you? Bring him here to me.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	18	And when Jesus rebuked it the devil came out of the boy, who was cured from that moment.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	19	Then the disciples came privately to Jesus. 'Why were we unable to drive it out?' they asked.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	20	He answered, 'Because you have so little faith. In truth I tell you, if your faith is the size of a mustard seed you will say to this mountain, "Move from here to there," and it will move; nothing will be impossible for you.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	21
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	22	When they were together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, 'The Son of man is going to be delivered into the power of men;
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	23	they will put him to death, and on the third day he will be raised up again.' And a great sadness came over them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	24	When they reached Capernaum, the collectors of the half-shekel came to Peter and said, 'Does your master not pay the half-shekel?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	25	'Yes,' he replied, and went into the house. But before he could speak, Jesus said, 'Simon, what is your opinion? From whom do earthly kings take toll or tribute? From their sons or from foreigners?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	26	And when he replied, 'From foreigners,' Jesus said, 'Well then, the sons are exempt.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	27	However, so that we shall not be the downfall of others, go to the lake and cast a hook; take the first fish that rises, open its mouth and there you will find a shekel; take it and give it to them for me and for yourself.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	1	At this time the disciples came to Jesus and said, 'Who is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	2	So he called a little child to him whom he set among them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	3	Then he said, 'In truth I tell you, unless you change and become like little children you will never enter the kingdom of Heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	4	And so, the one who makes himself as little as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	5	'Anyone who welcomes one little child like this in my name welcomes me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	6	But anyone who is the downfall of one of these little ones who have faith in me would be better drowned in the depths of the sea with a great millstone round his neck.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	7	Alas for the world that there should be such causes of falling! Causes of falling indeed there must be, but alas for anyone who provides them!
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	8	'If your hand or your foot should be your downfall, cut it off and throw it away: it is better for you to enter into life crippled or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	9	And if your eye should be your downfall, tear it out and throw it away: it is better for you to enter into life with one eye, than to have two eyes and be thrown into the hell of fire.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	10	'See that you never despise any of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in heaven are continually in the presence of my Father in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	11
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	12	'Tell me. Suppose a man has a hundred sheep and one of them strays; will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hillside and go in search of the stray?
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	13	In truth I tell you, if he finds it, it gives him more joy than do the ninety-nine that did not stray at all.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	14	Similarly, it is never the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	15	'If your brother does something wrong, go and have it out with him alone, between your two selves. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	16	If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you: whatever the misdemeanour, the evidence of two or three witnesses is required to sustain the charge.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	17	But if he refuses to listen to these, report it to the community; and if he refuses to listen to the community, treat him like a gentile or a tax collector.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	18	'In truth I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven; whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	19	'In truth I tell you once again, if two of you on earth agree to ask anything at all, it will be granted to you by my Father in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	20	For where two or three meet in my name, I am there among them.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	21	Then Peter went up to him and said, 'Lord, how often must I forgive my brother if he wrongs me? As often as seven times?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	22	Jesus answered, 'Not seven, I tell you, but seventy-seven times.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	23	'And so the kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a king who decided to settle his accounts with his servants.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	24	When the reckoning began, they brought him a man who owed ten thousand talents;
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	25	he had no means of paying, so his master gave orders that he should be sold, together with his wife and children and all his possessions, to meet the debt.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	26	At this, the servant threw himself down at his master's feet, with the words, "Be patient with me and I will pay the whole sum."
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	27	And the servant's master felt so sorry for him that he let him go and cancelled the debt.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	28	Now as this servant went out, he happened to meet a fellow-servant who owed him one hundred denarii; and he seized him by the throat and began to throttle him, saying, "Pay what you owe me."
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	29	His fellow-servant fell at his feet and appealed to him, saying, "Be patient with me and I will pay you."
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	30	But the other would not agree; on the contrary, he had him thrown into prison till he should pay the debt.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	31	His fellow-servants were deeply distressed when they saw what had happened, and they went to their master and reported the whole affair to him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	32	Then the master sent for the man and said to him, "You wicked servant, I cancelled all that debt of yours when you appealed to me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	33	Were you not bound, then, to have pity on your fellow-servant just as I had pity on you?"
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	34	And in his anger the master handed him over to the torturers till he should pay all his debt.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	35	And that is how my heavenly Father will deal with you unless you each forgive your brother from your heart.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	1	Jesus had now finished what he wanted to say, and he left Galilee and came into the territory of Judaea on the far side of the Jordan.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	2	Large crowds followed him and he healed them there.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	3	Some Pharisees approached him, and to put him to the test they said, 'Is it against the Law for a man to divorce his wife on any pretext whatever?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	4	He answered, 'Have you not read that the Creator from the beginning made them male and female
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	5	and that he said: This is why a man leaves his father and mother and becomes attached to his wife, and the two become one flesh?
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	6	They are no longer two, therefore, but one flesh. So then, what God has united, human beings must not divide.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	7	They said to him, 'Then why did Moses command that a writ of dismissal should be given in cases of divorce?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	8	He said to them, 'It was because you were so hard-hearted, that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but it was not like this from the beginning.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	9	Now I say this to you: anyone who divorces his wife -- I am not speaking of an illicit marriage -- and marries another, is guilty of adultery.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	10	The disciples said to him, 'If that is how things are between husband and wife, it is advisable not to marry.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	11	But he replied, 'It is not everyone who can accept what I have said, but only those to whom it is granted.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	12	There are eunuchs born so from their mother's womb, there are eunuchs made so by human agency and there are eunuchs who have made themselves so for the sake of the kingdom of Heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	13	Then people brought little children to him, for him to lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples scolded them,
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	14	but Jesus said, 'Let the little children alone, and do not stop them from coming to me; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of Heaven belongs.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	15	Then he laid his hands on them and went on his way.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	16	And now a man came to him and asked, 'Master, what good deed must I do to possess eternal life?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	17	Jesus said to him, 'Why do you ask me about what is good? There is one alone who is good. But if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	18	He said, 'Which ones?' Jesus replied, 'These: You shall not kill. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not give false witness.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	19	Honour your father and your mother. You shall love your neighbour as yourself.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	20	The young man said to him, 'I have kept all these. What more do I need to do?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	21	Jesus said, 'If you wish to be perfect, go and sell your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	22	But when the young man heard these words he went away sad, for he was a man of great wealth.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	23	Then Jesus said to his disciples, 'In truth I tell you, it is hard for someone rich to enter the kingdom of Heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	24	Yes, I tell you again, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for someone rich to enter the kingdom of Heaven.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	25	When the disciples heard this they were astonished. 'Who can be saved, then?' they said.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	26	Jesus gazed at them. 'By human resources', he told them, 'this is impossible; for God everything is possible.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	27	Then Peter answered and said, 'Look, we have left everything and followed you. What are we to have, then?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	28	Jesus said to them, 'In truth I tell you, when everything is made new again and the Son of man is seated on his throne of glory, you yourselves will sit on twelve thrones to judge the twelve tribes of Israel.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	29	And everyone who has left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children or land for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times as much, and also inherit eternal life.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	30	'Many who are first will be last, and the last, first.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	1	'Now the kingdom of Heaven is like a landowner going out at daybreak to hire workers for his vineyard.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	2	He made an agreement with the workers for one denarius a day and sent them to his vineyard.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	3	Going out at about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the market place
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	4	and said to them, "You go to my vineyard too and I will give you a fair wage."
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	5	So they went. At about the sixth hour and again at about the ninth hour, he went out and did the same.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	6	Then at about the eleventh hour he went out and found more men standing around, and he said to them, "Why have you been standing here idle all day?"
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	7	"Because no one has hired us," they answered. He said to them, "You go into my vineyard too."
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	8	In the evening, the owner of the vineyard said to his bailiff, "Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last arrivals and ending with the first."
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	9	So those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came forward and received one denarius each.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	10	When the first came, they expected to get more, but they too received one denarius each.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	11	They took it, but grumbled at the landowner saying,
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	12	"The men who came last have done only one hour, and you have treated them the same as us, though we have done a heavy day's work in all the heat."
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	13	He answered one of them and said, "My friend, I am not being unjust to you; did we not agree on one denarius?
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	14	Take your earnings and go. I choose to pay the lastcomer as much as I pay you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	15	Have I no right to do what I like with my own? Why should you be envious because I am generous?"
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	16	Thus the last will be first, and the first, last.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	17	Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, and on the road he took the Twelve aside by themselves and said to them,
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	18	'Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man is about to be handed over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn him to death
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	19	and will hand him over to the gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified; and on the third day he will be raised up again.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	20	Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came with her sons to make a request of him, and bowed low;
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	21	and he said to her, 'What is it you want?' She said to him, 'Promise that these two sons of mine may sit one at your right hand and the other at your left in your kingdom.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	22	Jesus answered, 'You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I am going to drink?' They replied, 'We can.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	23	He said to them, 'Very well; you shall drink my cup, but as for seats at my right hand and my left, these are not mine to grant; they belong to those to whom they have been allotted by my Father.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	24	When the other ten heard this they were indignant with the two brothers.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	25	But Jesus called them to him and said, 'You know that among the gentiles the rulers lord it over them, and great men make their authority felt.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	26	Among you this is not to happen. No; anyone who wants to become great among you must be your servant,
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	27	and anyone who wants to be first among you must be your slave,
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	28	just as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	29	As they left Jericho a large crowd followed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	30	And now there were two blind men sitting at the side of the road. When they heard that it was Jesus who was passing by, they shouted, 'Lord! Have pity on us, son of David.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	31	And the crowd scolded them and told them to keep quiet, but they only shouted the louder, 'Lord! Have pity on us, son of David.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	32	Jesus stopped, called them over and said, 'What do you want me to do for you?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	33	They said to him, 'Lord, let us have our sight back.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	34	Jesus felt pity for them and touched their eyes, and at once their sight returned and they followed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	1	When they were near Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	2	saying to them, 'Go to the village facing you, and you will at once find a tethered donkey and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	3	If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, "The Master needs them and will send them back at once." '
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	4	This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet:
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	5	Say to the daughter of Zion: Look, your king is approaching, humble and riding on a donkey and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	6	So the disciples went and did as Jesus had told them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	7	They brought the donkey and the colt, then they laid their cloaks on their backs and he took his seat on them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	8	Great crowds of people spread their cloaks on the road, while others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in his path.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	9	The crowds who went in front of him and those who followed were all shouting: Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heavens!
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	10	And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil as people asked, 'Who is this?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	11	and the crowds answered, 'This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	12	Jesus then went into the Temple and drove out all those who were selling and buying there; he upset the tables of the money-changers and the seats of the dove-sellers.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	13	He said to them, 'According to scripture, my house will be called a house of prayer; but you are turning it into a bandits' den.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	14	There were also blind and lame people who came to him in the Temple, and he cured them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	15	At the sight of the wonderful things he did and of the children shouting, 'Hosanna to the son of David' in the Temple, the chief priests and the scribes were indignant and said to him,
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	16	'Do you hear what they are saying?' Jesus answered, 'Yes. Have you never read this: By the mouths of children, babes in arms, you have made sure of praise?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	17	With that he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	18	As he was returning to the city in the early morning, he felt hungry.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	19	Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it and found nothing on it but leaves. And he said to it, 'May you never bear fruit again,' and instantly the fig tree withered.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	20	The disciples were amazed when they saw it and said, 'How is it that the fig tree withered instantly?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	21	Jesus answered, 'In truth I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt at all, not only will you do what I have done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, "Be pulled up and thrown into the sea," it will be done.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	22	And if you have faith, everything you ask for in prayer, you will receive.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	23	He had gone into the Temple and was teaching, when the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him and said, 'What authority have you for acting like this? And who gave you this authority?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	24	In reply Jesus said to them, 'And I will ask you a question, just one; if you tell me the answer to it, then I will tell you my authority for acting like this.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	25	John's baptism: what was its origin, heavenly or human?' And they argued this way among themselves, 'If we say heavenly, he will retort to us, "Then why did you refuse to believe him?";
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	26	but if we say human, we have the people to fear, for they all hold that John was a prophet.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	27	So their reply to Jesus was, 'We do not know.' And he retorted to them, 'Nor will I tell you my authority for acting like this.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	28	'What is your opinion? A man had two sons. He went and said to the first, "My boy, go and work in the vineyard today."
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	29	He answered, "I will not go," but afterwards thought better of it and went.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	30	The man then went and said the same thing to the second who answered, "Certainly, sir," but did not go.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	31	Which of the two did the father's will?' They said, 'The first.' Jesus said to them, 'In truth I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are making their way into the kingdom of God before you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	32	For John came to you, showing the way of uprightness, but you did not believe him, and yet the tax collectors and prostitutes did. Even after seeing that, you refused to think better of it and believe in him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	33	'Listen to another parable. There was a man, a landowner, who planted a vineyard; he fenced it round, dug a winepress in it and built a tower; then he leased it to tenants and went abroad.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	34	When vintage time drew near he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his produce.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	35	But the tenants seized his servants, thrashed one, killed another and stoned a third.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	36	Next he sent some more servants, this time a larger number, and they dealt with them in the same way.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	37	Finally he sent his son to them thinking, "They will respect my son."
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	38	But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, "This is the heir. Come on, let us kill him and take over his inheritance."
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	39	So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	40	Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	41	They answered, 'He will bring those wretches to a wretched end and lease the vineyard to other tenants who will deliver the produce to him at the proper time.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	42	Jesus said to them, 'Have you never read in the scriptures: The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this is the Lord's doing and we marvel at it?
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	43	'I tell you, then, that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	44
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	45	When they heard his parables, the chief priests and the scribes realised he was speaking about them,
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	46	but though they would have liked to arrest him they were afraid of the crowds, who looked on him as a prophet.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	1	Jesus began to speak to them in parables once again,
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	2	'The kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a king who gave a feast for his son's wedding.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	3	He sent his servants to call those who had been invited, but they would not come.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	4	Next he sent some more servants with the words, "Tell those who have been invited: Look, my banquet is all prepared, my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, everything is ready. Come to the wedding."
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	5	But they were not interested: one went off to his farm, another to his business,
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	6	and the rest seized his servants, maltreated them and killed them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	7	The king was furious. He despatched his troops, destroyed those murderers and burnt their town.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	8	Then he said to his servants, "The wedding is ready; but as those who were invited proved to be unworthy,
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	9	go to the main crossroads and invite everyone you can find to come to the wedding."
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	10	So these servants went out onto the roads and collected together everyone they could find, bad and good alike; and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	11	When the king came in to look at the guests he noticed one man who was not wearing a wedding garment,
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	12	and said to him, "How did you get in here, my friend, without a wedding garment?" And the man was silent.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	13	Then the king said to the attendants, "Bind him hand and foot and throw him into the darkness outside, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth."
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	14	For many are invited but not all are chosen.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	15	Then the Pharisees went away to work out between them how to trap him in what he said.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	16	And they sent their disciples to him, together with some Herodians, to say, 'Master, we know that you are an honest man and teach the way of God in all honesty, and that you are not afraid of anyone, because human rank means nothing to you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	17	Give us your opinion, then. Is it permissible to pay taxes to Caesar or not?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	18	But Jesus was aware of their malice and replied, 'You hypocrites! Why are you putting me to the test?
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	19	Show me the money you pay the tax with.' They handed him a denarius,
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	20	and he said, 'Whose portrait is this? Whose title?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	21	They replied, 'Caesar's.' Then he said to them, 'Very well, pay Caesar what belongs to Caesar -- and God what belongs to God.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	22	When they heard this they were amazed; they left him alone and went away.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	23	That day some Sadducees -- who deny that there is a resurrection -- approached him and they put this question to him,
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	24	'Master, Moses said that if a man dies childless, his brother is to marry the widow, his sister-in-law, to raise children for his brother.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	25	Now we had a case involving seven brothers; the first married and then died without children, leaving his wife to his brother;
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	26	the same thing happened with the second and third and so on to the seventh,
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	27	and then last of all the woman herself died.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	28	Now at the resurrection, whose wife among the seven will she be, since she had been married to them all?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	29	Jesus answered them, 'You are wrong, because you understand neither the scriptures nor the power of God.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	30	For at the resurrection men and women do not marry; no, they are like the angels in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	31	And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you never read what God himself said to you:
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	32	I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? He is God, not of the dead, but of the living.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	33	And his teaching made a deep impression on the people who heard it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	34	But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees they got together
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	35	and, to put him to the test, one of them put a further question,
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	36	'Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	37	Jesus said to him, 'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	38	This is the greatest and the first commandment.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	39	The second resembles it: You must love your neighbour as yourself.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	40	On these two commandments hang the whole Law, and the Prophets too.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	41	While the Pharisees were gathered round, Jesus put to them this question,
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	42	'What is your opinion about the Christ? Whose son is he?' They told him, 'David's.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	43	He said to them, 'Then how is it that David, moved by the Spirit, calls him Lord, where he says:
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	44	The Lord declared to my Lord, take your seat at my right hand, till I have made your enemies your footstool?
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	45	'If David calls him Lord, how then can he be his son?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	46	No one could think of anything to say in reply, and from that day no one dared to ask him any further questions.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	1	Then addressing the crowds and his disciples Jesus said,
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	2	'The scribes and the Pharisees occupy the chair of Moses.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	3	You must therefore do and observe what they tell you; but do not be guided by what they do, since they do not practise what they preach.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	4	They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on people's shoulders, but will they lift a finger to move them? Not they!
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	5	Everything they do is done to attract attention, like wearing broader headbands and longer tassels,
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	6	like wanting to take the place of honour at banquets and the front seats in the synagogues,
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	7	being greeted respectfully in the market squares and having people call them Rabbi.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	8	'You, however, must not allow yourselves to be called Rabbi, since you have only one Master, and you are all brothers.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	9	You must call no one on earth your father, since you have only one Father, and he is in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	10	Nor must you allow yourselves to be called teachers, for you have only one Teacher, the Christ.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	11	The greatest among you must be your servant.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	12	Anyone who raises himself up will be humbled, and anyone who humbles himself will be raised up.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	13	'Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut up the kingdom of Heaven in people's faces, neither going in yourselves nor allowing others to go who want to.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	14
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	15	'Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over sea and land to make a single proselyte, and anyone who becomes one you make twice as fit for hell as you are.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	16	'Alas for you, blind guides! You say, "If anyone swears by the Temple, it has no force; but anyone who swears by the gold of the Temple is bound."
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	17	Fools and blind! For which is of greater value, the gold or the Temple that makes the gold sacred?
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	18	Again, "If anyone swears by the altar it has no force; but anyone who swears by the offering on the altar, is bound."
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	19	You blind men! For which is of greater worth, the offering or the altar that makes the offering sacred?
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	20	Therefore, someone who swears by the altar is swearing by that and by everything on it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	21	And someone who swears by the Temple is swearing by that and by the One who dwells in it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	22	And someone who swears by heaven is swearing by the throne of God and by the One who is seated there.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	23	'Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay your tithe of mint and dill and cummin and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law-justice, mercy, good faith! These you should have practised, those not neglected.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	24	You blind guides, straining out gnats and swallowing camels!
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	25	'Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of cup and dish and leave the inside full of extortion and intemperance.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	26	Blind Pharisee! Clean the inside of cup and dish first so that it and the outside are both clean.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	27	'Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look handsome on the outside, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and every kind of corruption.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	28	In just the same way, from the outside you look upright, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	29	'Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build the sepulchres of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the upright,
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	30	saying, "We would never have joined in shedding the blood of the prophets, had we lived in our ancestors' day."
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	31	So! Your own evidence tells against you! You are the children of those who murdered the prophets!
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	32	Very well then, finish off the work that your ancestors began.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	33	'You serpents, brood of vipers, how can you escape being condemned to hell?
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	34	This is why -- look -- I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some you will slaughter and crucify, some you will scourge in your synagogues and hunt from town to town;
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	35	and so you will draw down on yourselves the blood of every upright person that has been shed on earth, from the blood of Abel the holy to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	36	In truth I tell you, it will all recoil on this generation.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	37	'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you that kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often have I longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you refused!
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	38	Look! Your house will be deserted,
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	39	for, I promise, you shall not see me any more until you are saying: Blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord!'
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	1	Jesus left the Temple, and as he was going away his disciples came up to draw his attention to the Temple buildings.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	2	He said to them in reply, 'You see all these? In truth I tell you, not a single stone here will be left on another: everything will be pulled down.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	3	And while he was sitting on the Mount of Olives the disciples came and asked him when they were by themselves, 'Tell us, when is this going to happen, and what sign will there be of your coming and of the end of the world?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	4	And Jesus answered them, 'Take care that no one deceives you,
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	5	because many will come using my name and saying, "I am the Christ," and they will deceive many.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	6	You will hear of wars and rumours of wars; see that you are not alarmed, for this is something that must happen, but the end will not be yet.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	7	For nation will fight against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	8	All this is only the beginning of the birthpangs.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	9	'Then you will be handed over to be tortured and put to death; and you will be hated by all nations on account of my name.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	10	And then many will fall away; people will betray one another and hate one another.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	11	Many false prophets will arise; they will deceive many,
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	12	and with the increase of lawlessness, love in most people will grow cold;
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	13	but anyone who stands firm to the end will be saved.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	14	'This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed to the whole world as evidence to the nations. And then the end will come.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	15	'So when you see the appalling abomination, of which the prophet Daniel spoke, set up in the holy place (let the reader understand),
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	16	then those in Judaea must escape to the mountains;
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	17	if anyone is on the housetop, he must not come down to collect his belongings from the house;
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	18	if anyone is in the fields, he must not turn back to fetch his cloak.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	19	Alas for those with child, or with babies at the breast, when those days come!
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	20	Pray that you will not have to make your escape in winter or on a Sabbath.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	21	For then there will be great distress, unparalleled since the world began, and such as will never be again.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	22	And if that time had not been shortened, no human being would have survived; but shortened that time shall be, for the sake of those who are chosen.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	23	'If anyone says to you then, "Look, here is the Christ," or "Over here," do not believe it;
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	24	for false Christs and false prophets will arise and provide great signs and portents, enough to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	25	Look! I have given you warning.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	26	'If, then, they say to you, "Look, he is in the desert," do not go there; "Look, he is in some hiding place," do not believe it;
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	27	because the coming of the Son of man will be like lightning striking in the east and flashing far into the west.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	28	Wherever the corpse is, that is where the vultures will gather.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	29	'Immediately after the distress of those days the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	30	And then the sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven; then, too, all the peoples of the earth will beat their breasts; and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	31	And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet to gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	32	'Take the fig tree as a parable: as soon as its twigs grow supple and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	33	So with you when you see all these things: know that he is near, right at the gates.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	34	In truth I tell you, before this generation has passed away, all these things will have taken place.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	35	Sky and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	36	But as for that day and hour, nobody knows it, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, no one but the Father alone.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	37	'As it was in Noah's day, so will it be when the Son of man comes.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	38	For in those days before the Flood people were eating, drinking, taking wives, taking husbands, right up to the day Noah went into the ark,
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	39	and they suspected nothing till the Flood came and swept them all away. This is what it will be like when the Son of man comes.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	40	Then of two men in the fields, one is taken, one left;
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	41	of two women grinding at the mill, one is taken, one left.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	42	'So stay awake, because you do not know the day when your master is coming.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	43	You may be quite sure of this, that if the householder had known at what time of the night the burglar would come, he would have stayed awake and would not have allowed anyone to break through the wall of his house.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	44	Therefore, you too must stand ready because the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	45	'Who, then, is the wise and trustworthy servant whom the master placed over his household to give them their food at the proper time?
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	46	Blessed that servant if his master's arrival finds him doing exactly that.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	47	In truth I tell you, he will put him in charge of everything he owns.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	48	But if the servant is dishonest and says to himself, "My master is taking his time,"
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	49	and sets about beating his fellow-servants and eating and drinking with drunkards,
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	50	his master will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	51	The master will cut him off and send him to the same fate as the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	1	'Then the kingdom of Heaven will be like this: Ten wedding attendants took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	2	Five of them were foolish and five were sensible:
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	3	the foolish ones, though they took their lamps, took no oil with them,
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	4	whereas the sensible ones took flasks of oil as well as their lamps.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	5	The bridegroom was late, and they all grew drowsy and fell asleep.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	6	But at midnight there was a cry, "Look! The bridegroom! Go out and meet him."
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	7	Then all those wedding attendants woke up and trimmed their lamps,
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	8	and the foolish ones said to the sensible ones, "Give us some of your oil: our lamps are going out."
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	9	But they replied, "There may not be enough for us and for you; you had better go to those who sell it and buy some for yourselves."
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	10	They had gone off to buy it when the bridegroom arrived. Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding hall and the door was closed.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	11	The other attendants arrived later. "Lord, Lord," they said, "open the door for us."
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	12	But he replied, "In truth I tell you, I do not know you."
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	13	So stay awake, because you do not know either the day or the hour.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	14	'It is like a man about to go abroad who summoned his servants and entrusted his property to them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	15	To one he gave five talents, to another two, to a third one, each in proportion to his ability. Then he set out on his journey.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	16	The man who had received the five talents promptly went and traded with them and made five more.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	17	The man who had received two made two more in the same way.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	18	But the man who had received one went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	19	Now a long time afterwards, the master of those servants came back and went through his accounts with them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	20	The man who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more. "Sir," he said, "you entrusted me with five talents; here are five more that I have made."
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	21	His master said to him, "Well done, good and trustworthy servant; you have shown you are trustworthy in small things; I will trust you with greater; come and join in your master's happiness."
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	22	Next the man with the two talents came forward. "Sir," he said, "you entrusted me with two talents; here are two more that I have made."
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	23	His master said to him, "Well done, good and trustworthy servant; you have shown you are trustworthy in small things; I will trust you with greater; come and join in your master's happiness."
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	24	Last came forward the man who had the single talent. "Sir," said he, "I had heard you were a hard man, reaping where you had not sown and gathering where you had not scattered;
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	25	so I was afraid, and I went off and hid your talent in the ground. Here it is; it was yours, you have it back."
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	26	But his master answered him, "You wicked and lazy servant! So you knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered?
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	27	Well then, you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have got my money back with interest.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	28	So now, take the talent from him and give it to the man who has the ten talents.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	29	For to everyone who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough; but anyone who has not, will be deprived even of what he has.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	30	As for this good-for-nothing servant, throw him into the darkness outside, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth."
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	31	'When the Son of man comes in his glory, escorted by all the angels, then he will take his seat on his throne of glory.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	32	All nations will be assembled before him and he will separate people one from another as the shepherd separates sheep from goats.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	33	He will place the sheep on his right hand and the goats on his left.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	34	Then the King will say to those on his right hand, "Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take as your heritage the kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of the world.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	35	For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you made me welcome,
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	36	lacking clothes and you clothed me, sick and you visited me, in prison and you came to see me."
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	37	Then the upright will say to him in reply, "Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	38	When did we see you a stranger and make you welcome, lacking clothes and clothe you?
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	39	When did we find you sick or in prison and go to see you?"
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	40	And the King will answer, "In truth I tell you, in so far as you did this to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me."
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	41	Then he will say to those on his left hand, "Go away from me, with your curse upon you, to the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	42	For I was hungry and you never gave me food, I was thirsty and you never gave me anything to drink,
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	43	I was a stranger and you never made me welcome, lacking clothes and you never clothed me, sick and in prison and you never visited me."
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	44	Then it will be their turn to ask, "Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty, a stranger or lacking clothes, sick or in prison, and did not come to your help?"
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	45	Then he will answer, "In truth I tell you, in so far as you neglected to do this to one of the least of these, you neglected to do it to me."
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	46	And they will go away to eternal punishment, and the upright to eternal life.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	1	Jesus had now finished all he wanted to say, and he told his disciples,
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	2	'It will be Passover, as you know, in two days' time, and the Son of man will be handed over to be crucified.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	3	Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	4	and made plans to arrest Jesus by some trick and have him put to death.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	5	They said, however, 'It must not be during the festivities; there must be no disturbance among the people.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	6	Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon, a man who had suffered from a virulent skin-disease, when
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	7	a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and poured it on his head as he was at table.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	8	When they saw this, the disciples said indignantly, 'Why this waste?
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	9	This could have been sold for a high price and the money given the poor.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	10	But Jesus noticed this and said, 'Why are you upsetting the woman? What she has done for me is indeed a good work!
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	11	You have the poor with you always, but you will not always have me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	12	When she poured this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	13	In truth I tell you, wherever in all the world this gospel is proclaimed, what she has done will be told as well, in remembrance of her.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	14	Then one of the Twelve, the man called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	15	and said, 'What are you prepared to give me if I hand him over to you?' They paid him thirty silver pieces,
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	16	and from then onwards he began to look for an opportunity to betray him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	17	Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus to say, 'Where do you want us to make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	18	He said, 'Go to a certain man in the city and say to him, "The Master says: My time is near. It is at your house that I am keeping Passover with my disciples." '
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	19	The disciples did what Jesus told them and prepared the Passover.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	20	When evening came he was at table with the Twelve.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	21	And while they were eating he said, 'In truth I tell you, one of you is about to betray me.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	22	They were greatly distressed and started asking him in turn, 'Not me, Lord, surely?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	23	He answered, 'Someone who has dipped his hand into the dish with me will betray me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	24	The Son of man is going to his fate, as the scriptures say he will, but alas for that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! Better for that man if he had never been born!'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	25	Judas, who was to betray him, asked in his turn, 'Not me, Rabbi, surely?' Jesus answered, 'It is you who say it.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	26	Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had said the blessing he broke it and gave it to the disciples. 'Take it and eat,' he said, 'this is my body.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	27	Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he handed it to them saying, 'Drink from this, all of you,
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	28	for this is my blood, the blood of the covenant, poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	29	From now on, I tell you, I shall never again drink wine until the day I drink the new wine with you in the kingdom of my Father.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	30	After the psalms had been sung they left for the Mount of Olives.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	31	Then Jesus said to them, 'You will all fall away from me tonight, for the scripture says: I shall strike the shepherd and the sheep of the flock will be scattered,
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	32	but after my resurrection I shall go ahead of you to Galilee.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	33	At this, Peter said to him, 'Even if all fall away from you, I will never fall away.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	34	Jesus answered him, 'In truth I tell you, this very night, before the cock crows, you will have disowned me three times.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	35	Peter said to him, 'Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.' And all the disciples said the same.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	36	Then Jesus came with them to a plot of land called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, 'Stay here while I go over there to pray.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	37	He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him. And he began to feel sadness and anguish.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	38	Then he said to them, 'My soul is sorrowful to the point of death. Wait here and stay awake with me.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	39	And going on a little further he fell on his face and prayed. 'My Father,' he said, 'if it is possible, let this cup pass me by. Nevertheless, let it be as you, not I, would have it.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	40	He came back to the disciples and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, 'So you had not the strength to stay awake with me for one hour?
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	41	Stay awake, and pray not to be put to the test. The spirit is willing enough, but human nature is weak.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	42	Again, a second time, he went away and prayed: 'My Father,' he said, 'if this cup cannot pass by, but I must drink it, your will be done!'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	43	And he came back again and found them sleeping, their eyes were so heavy.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	44	Leaving them there, he went away again and prayed for the third time, repeating the same words.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	45	Then he came back to the disciples and said to them, 'You can sleep on now and have your rest. Look, the hour has come when the Son of man is to be betrayed into the hands of sinners.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	46	Get up! Let us go! Look, my betrayer is not far away.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	47	And suddenly while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, appeared, and with him a large number of men armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and elders of the people.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	48	Now the traitor had arranged a sign with them saying, 'The one I kiss, he is the man. Arrest him.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	49	So he went up to Jesus at once and said, 'Greetings, Rabbi,' and kissed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	50	Jesus said to him, 'My friend, do what you are here for.' Then they came forward, seized Jesus and arrested him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	51	And suddenly, one of the followers of Jesus grasped his sword and drew it; he struck the high priest's servant and cut off his ear.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	52	Jesus then said, 'Put your sword back, for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	53	Or do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, who would promptly send more than twelve legions of angels to my defence?
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	54	But then, how would the scriptures be fulfilled that say this is the way it must be?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	55	It was at this time that Jesus said to the crowds, 'Am I a bandit, that you had to set out to capture me with swords and clubs? I sat teaching in the Temple day after day and you never laid a hand on me.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	56	Now all this happened to fulfil the prophecies in scripture. Then all the disciples deserted him and ran away.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	57	The men who had arrested Jesus led him off to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	58	Peter followed him at a distance right to the high priest's palace, and he went in and sat down with the attendants to see what the end would be.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	59	The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus, however false, on which they might have him executed.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	60	But they could not find any, though several lying witnesses came forward. Eventually two came forward
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	61	and made a statement, 'This man said, "I have power to destroy the Temple of God and in three days build it up." '
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	62	The high priest then rose and said to him, 'Have you no answer to that? What is this evidence these men are bringing against you?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	63	But Jesus was silent. And the high priest said to him, 'I put you on oath by the living God to tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	64	Jesus answered him, 'It is you who say it. But, I tell you that from this time onward you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	65	Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, 'He has blasphemed. What need of witnesses have we now? There! You have just heard the blasphemy.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	66	What is your opinion?' They answered, 'He deserves to die.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	67	Then they spat in his face and hit him with their fists; others said as they struck him,
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	68	'Prophesy to us, Christ! Who hit you then?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	69	Meanwhile Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant-girl came up to him saying, 'You, too, were with Jesus the Galilean.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	70	But he denied it in front of them all. 'I do not know what you are talking about,' he said.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	71	When he went out to the gateway another servant-girl saw him and said to the people there, 'This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	72	And again, with an oath, he denied it, 'I do not know the man.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	73	A little later the bystanders came up and said to Peter, 'You are certainly one of them too! Why, your accent gives you away.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	74	Then he started cursing and swearing, 'I do not know the man.' And at once the cock crowed,
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	75	and Peter remembered what Jesus had said, 'Before the cock crows you will have disowned me three times.' And he went outside and wept bitterly.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	1	When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people met in council to bring about the death of Jesus.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	2	They had him bound and led him away to hand him over to Pilate, the governor.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	3	When he found that Jesus had been condemned, then Judas, his betrayer, was filled with remorse and took the thirty silver pieces back to the chief priests and elders
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	4	saying, 'I have sinned. I have betrayed innocent blood.' They replied, 'What is that to us? That is your concern.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	5	And flinging down the silver pieces in the sanctuary he made off, and went and hanged himself.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	6	The chief priests picked up the silver pieces and said, 'It is against the Law to put this into the treasury; it is blood-money.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	7	So they discussed the matter and with it bought the potter's field as a graveyard for foreigners,
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	8	and this is why the field is still called the Field of Blood.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	9	The word spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was then fulfilled: And they took the thirty silver pieces, the sum at which the precious One was priced by the children of Israel,
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	10	and they gave them for the potter's field, just as the Lord directed me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	11	Jesus, then, was brought before the governor, and the governor put to him this question, 'Are you the king of the Jews?' Jesus replied, 'It is you who say it.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	12	But when he was accused by the chief priests and the elders he refused to answer at all.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	13	Pilate then said to him, 'Do you not hear how many charges they have made against you?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	14	But to the governor's amazement, he offered not a word in answer to any of the charges.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	15	At festival time it was the governor's practice to release a prisoner for the people, anyone they chose.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	16	Now there was then a notorious prisoner whose name was Barabbas.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	17	So when the crowd gathered, Pilate said to them, 'Which do you want me to release for you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	18	For Pilate knew it was out of jealousy that they had handed him over.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	19	Now as he was seated in the chair of judgement, his wife sent him a message, 'Have nothing to do with that upright man; I have been extremely upset today by a dream that I had about him.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	20	The chief priests and the elders, however, had persuaded the crowd to demand the release of Barabbas and the execution of Jesus.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	21	So when the governor spoke and asked them, 'Which of the two do you want me to release for you?' they said, 'Barabbas.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	22	Pilate said to them, 'But in that case, what am I to do with Jesus who is called Christ?' They all said, 'Let him be crucified!'
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	23	He asked, 'But what harm has he done?' But they shouted all the louder, 'Let him be crucified!'
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	24	Then Pilate saw that he was making no impression, that in fact a riot was imminent. So he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd and said, 'I am innocent of this man's blood. It is your concern.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	25	And the people, every one of them, shouted back, 'Let his blood be on us and on our children!'
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	26	Then he released Barabbas for them. After having Jesus scourged he handed him over to be crucified.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	27	Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus with them into the Praetorium and collected the whole cohort round him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	28	And they stripped him and put a scarlet cloak round him,
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	29	and having twisted some thorns into a crown they put this on his head and placed a reed in his right hand. To make fun of him they knelt to him saying, 'Hail, king of the Jews!'
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	30	And they spat on him and took the reed and struck him on the head with it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	31	And when they had finished making fun of him, they took off the cloak and dressed him in his own clothes and led him away to crucifixion.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	32	On their way out, they came across a man from Cyrene, called Simon, and enlisted him to carry his cross.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	33	When they had reached a place called Golgotha, that is, the place of the skull,
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	34	they gave him wine to drink mixed with gall, which he tasted but refused to drink.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	35	When they had finished crucifying him they shared out his clothing by casting lots,
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	36	and then sat down and stayed there keeping guard over him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	37	Above his head was placed the charge against him; it read: 'This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	38	Then two bandits were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	39	The passers-by jeered at him; they shook their heads
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	40	and said, 'So you would destroy the Temple and in three days rebuild it! Then save yourself if you are God's son and come down from the cross!'
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	41	The chief priests with the scribes and elders mocked him in the same way,
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	42	with the words, 'He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the king of Israel; let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	43	He has put his trust in God; now let God rescue him if he wants him. For he did say, "I am God's son." '
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	44	Even the bandits who were crucified with him taunted him in the same way.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	45	From the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	46	And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, 'Eli, eli, lama sabachthani?' that is, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?'
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	47	When some of those who stood there heard this, they said, 'The man is calling on Elijah,'
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	48	and one of them quickly ran to get a sponge which he filled with vinegar and, putting it on a reed, gave it him to drink.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	49	But the rest of them said, 'Wait! And see if Elijah will come to save him.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	50	But Jesus, again crying out in a loud voice, yielded up his spirit.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	51	And suddenly, the veil of the Sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth quaked, the rocks were split,
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	52	the tombs opened and the bodies of many holy people rose from the dead,
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	53	and these, after his resurrection, came out of the tombs, entered the holy city and appeared to a number of people.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	54	The centurion, together with the others guarding Jesus, had seen the earthquake and all that was taking place, and they were terrified and said, 'In truth this man was son of God.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	55	And many women were there, watching from a distance, the same women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and looked after him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	56	Among them were Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	57	When it was evening, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, called Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	58	This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be handed over.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	59	So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean shroud
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	60	and put it in his own new tomb which he had hewn out of the rock. He then rolled a large stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	61	Now Mary of Magdala and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the sepulchre.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	62	Next day, that is, when Preparation Day was over, the chief priests and the Pharisees went in a body to Pilate
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	63	and said to him, 'Your Excellency, we recall that this impostor said, while he was still alive, "After three days I shall rise again."
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	64	Therefore give the order to have the sepulchre kept secure until the third day, for fear his disciples come and steal him away and tell the people, "He has risen from the dead." This last piece of fraud would be worse than what went before.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	65	Pilate said to them, 'You may have your guard; go and make all as secure as you know how.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	66	So they went and made the sepulchre secure, putting seals on the stone and mounting a guard.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	1	After the Sabbath, and towards dawn on the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary went to visit the sepulchre.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	2	And suddenly there was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	3	His face was like lightning, his robe white as snow.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	4	The guards were so shaken by fear of him that they were like dead men.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	5	But the angel spoke; and he said to the women, 'There is no need for you to be afraid. I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	6	He is not here, for he has risen, as he said he would. Come and see the place where he lay,
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	7	then go quickly and tell his disciples, "He has risen from the dead and now he is going ahead of you to Galilee; that is where you will see him." Look! I have told you.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	8	Filled with awe and great joy the women came quickly away from the tomb and ran to tell his disciples.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	9	And suddenly, coming to meet them, was Jesus. 'Greetings,' he said. And the women came up to him and, clasping his feet, they did him homage.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	10	Then Jesus said to them, 'Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers that they must leave for Galilee; there they will see me.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	11	Now while they were on their way, some of the guards went off into the city to tell the chief priests all that had happened.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	12	These held a meeting with the elders and, after some discussion, handed a considerable sum of money to the soldiers
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	13	with these instructions, 'This is what you must say, "His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep."
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	14	And should the governor come to hear of this, we undertake to put things right with him ourselves and to see that you do not get into trouble.'
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	15	So they took the money and carried out their instructions, and to this day that is the story among the Jews.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	16	Meanwhile the eleven disciples set out for Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had arranged to meet them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	17	When they saw him they fell down before him, though some hesitated.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	18	Jesus came up and spoke to them. He said, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	19	Go, therefore, make disciples of all nations; baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	20	and teach them to observe all the commands I gave you. And look, I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.'
+Mark	Mk	48	1	1	The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	2	It is written in the prophet Isaiah: Look, I am going to send my messenger in front of you to prepare your way before you.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	3	A voice of one that cries in the desert: Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	4	John the Baptist was in the desert, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	5	All Judaea and all the people of Jerusalem made their way to him, and as they were baptised by him in the river Jordan they confessed their sins.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	6	John wore a garment of camel-skin, and he lived on locusts and wild honey.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	7	In the course of his preaching he said, 'After me is coming someone who is more powerful than me, and I am not fit to kneel down and undo the strap of his sandals.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	8	I have baptised you with water, but he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit.'
+Mark	Mk	48	1	9	It was at this time that Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptised in the Jordan by John.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	10	And at once, as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit, like a dove, descending on him.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	11	And a voice came from heaven, 'You are my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on you.'
+Mark	Mk	48	1	12	And at once the Spirit drove him into the desert
+Mark	Mk	48	1	13	and he remained there for forty days, and was put to the test by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels looked after him.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	14	After John had been arrested, Jesus went into Galilee. There he proclaimed the gospel from God saying,
+Mark	Mk	48	1	15	'The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is close at hand. Repent, and believe the gospel.'
+Mark	Mk	48	1	16	As he was walking along by the Lake of Galilee he saw Simon and Simon's brother Andrew casting a net in the lake -- for they were fishermen.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	17	And Jesus said to them, 'Come after me and I will make you into fishers of people.'
+Mark	Mk	48	1	18	And at once they left their nets and followed him.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	19	Going on a little further, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John; they too were in their boat, mending the nets.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	20	At once he called them and, leaving their father Zebedee in the boat with the men he employed, they went after him.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	21	They went as far as Capernaum, and at once on the Sabbath he went into the synagogue and began to teach.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	22	And his teaching made a deep impression on them because, unlike the scribes, he taught them with authority.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	23	And at once in their synagogue there was a man with an unclean spirit, and he shouted,
+Mark	Mk	48	1	24	'What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are: the Holy One of God.'
+Mark	Mk	48	1	25	But Jesus rebuked it saying, 'Be quiet! Come out of him!'
+Mark	Mk	48	1	26	And the unclean spirit threw the man into convulsions and with a loud cry went out of him.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	27	The people were so astonished that they started asking one another what it all meant, saying, 'Here is a teaching that is new, and with authority behind it: he gives orders even to unclean spirits and they obey him.'
+Mark	Mk	48	1	28	And his reputation at once spread everywhere, through all the surrounding Galilean countryside.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	29	And at once on leaving the synagogue, he went with James and John straight to the house of Simon and Andrew.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	30	Now Simon's mother-in-law was in bed and feverish, and at once they told him about her.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	31	He went in to her, took her by the hand and helped her up. And the fever left her and she began to serve them.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	32	That evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick and those who were possessed by devils.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	33	The whole town came crowding round the door,
+Mark	Mk	48	1	34	and he cured many who were sick with diseases of one kind or another; he also drove out many devils, but he would not allow them to speak, because they knew who he was.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	35	In the morning, long before dawn, he got up and left the house and went off to a lonely place and prayed there.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	36	Simon and his companions set out in search of him,
+Mark	Mk	48	1	37	and when they found him they said, 'Everybody is looking for you.'
+Mark	Mk	48	1	38	He answered, 'Let us go elsewhere, to the neighbouring country towns, so that I can proclaim the message there too, because that is why I came.'
+Mark	Mk	48	1	39	And he went all through Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out devils.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	40	A man suffering from a virulent skin-disease came to him and pleaded on his knees saying, 'If you are willing, you can cleanse me.'
+Mark	Mk	48	1	41	Feeling sorry for him, Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him and said to him, 'I am willing. Be cleansed.'
+Mark	Mk	48	1	42	And at once the skin-disease left him and he was cleansed.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	43	And at once Jesus sternly sent him away and said to him,
+Mark	Mk	48	1	44	'Mind you tell no one anything, but go and show yourself to the priest, and make the offering for your cleansing prescribed by Moses as evidence to them.'
+Mark	Mk	48	1	45	The man went away, but then started freely proclaiming and telling the story everywhere, so that Jesus could no longer go openly into any town, but stayed outside in deserted places. Even so, people from all around kept coming to him.
+Mark	Mk	48	2	1	When he returned to Capernaum, some time later word went round that he was in the house;
+Mark	Mk	48	2	2	and so many people collected that there was no room left, even in front of the door. He was preaching the word to them
+Mark	Mk	48	2	3	when some people came bringing him a paralytic carried by four men,
+Mark	Mk	48	2	4	but as they could not get the man to him through the crowd, they stripped the roof over the place where Jesus was; and when they had made an opening, they lowered the stretcher on which the paralytic lay.
+Mark	Mk	48	2	5	Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, 'My child, your sins are forgiven.'
+Mark	Mk	48	2	6	Now some scribes were sitting there, and they thought to themselves,
+Mark	Mk	48	2	7	'How can this man talk like that? He is being blasphemous. Who but God can forgive sins?'
+Mark	Mk	48	2	8	And at once, Jesus, inwardly aware that this is what they were thinking, said to them, 'Why do you have these thoughts in your hearts?
+Mark	Mk	48	2	9	Which of these is easier: to say to the paralytic, "Your sins are forgiven" or to say, "Get up, pick up your stretcher and walk"?
+Mark	Mk	48	2	10	But to prove to you that the Son of man has authority to forgive sins on earth' --
+Mark	Mk	48	2	11	he said to the paralytic-'I order you: get up, pick up your stretcher, and go off home.'
+Mark	Mk	48	2	12	And the man got up, and at once picked up his stretcher and walked out in front of everyone, so that they were all astonished and praised God saying, 'We have never seen anything like this.'
+Mark	Mk	48	2	13	He went out again to the shore of the lake; and all the people came to him, and he taught them.
+Mark	Mk	48	2	14	As he was walking along he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, 'Follow me.' And he got up and followed him.
+Mark	Mk	48	2	15	When Jesus was at dinner in his house, a number of tax collectors and sinners were also sitting at table with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many of them among his followers.
+Mark	Mk	48	2	16	When the scribes of the Pharisee party saw him eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, 'Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?'
+Mark	Mk	48	2	17	When Jesus heard this he said to them, 'It is not the healthy who need the doctor, but the sick. I came to call not the upright, but sinners.'
+Mark	Mk	48	2	18	John's disciples and the Pharisees were keeping a fast, when some people came to him and said to him, 'Why is it that John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not?'
+Mark	Mk	48	2	19	Jesus replied, 'Surely the bridegroom's attendants cannot fast while the bridegroom is still with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
+Mark	Mk	48	2	20	But the time will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then, on that day, they will fast.
+Mark	Mk	48	2	21	No one sews a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old cloak; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and the tear gets worse.
+Mark	Mk	48	2	22	And nobody puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins too. No! New wine into fresh skins!'
+Mark	Mk	48	2	23	It happened that one Sabbath day he was taking a walk through the cornfields, and his disciples began to make a path by plucking ears of corn.
+Mark	Mk	48	2	24	And the Pharisees said to him, 'Look, why are they doing something on the Sabbath day that is forbidden?'
+Mark	Mk	48	2	25	And he replied, 'Have you never read what David did in his time of need when he and his followers were hungry-
+Mark	Mk	48	2	26	how he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the loaves of the offering which only the priests are allowed to eat, and how he also gave some to the men with him?'
+Mark	Mk	48	2	27	And he said to them, 'The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath;
+Mark	Mk	48	2	28	so the Son of man is master even of the Sabbath.'
+Mark	Mk	48	3	1	Another time he went into the synagogue, and there was a man present whose hand was withered.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	2	And they were watching him to see if he would cure him on the Sabbath day, hoping for something to charge him with.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	3	He said to the man with the withered hand, 'Get up and stand in the middle!'
+Mark	Mk	48	3	4	Then he said to them, 'Is it permitted on the Sabbath day to do good, or to do evil; to save life, or to kill?' But they said nothing.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	5	Then he looked angrily round at them, grieved to find them so obstinate, and said to the man, 'Stretch out your hand.' He stretched it out and his hand was restored.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	6	The Pharisees went out and began at once to plot with the Herodians against him, discussing how to destroy him.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	7	Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lakeside, and great crowds from Galilee followed him. From Judaea,
+Mark	Mk	48	3	8	and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea and Transjordan and the region of Tyre and Sidon, great numbers who had heard of all he was doing came to him.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	9	And he asked his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, to keep him from being crushed.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	10	For he had cured so many that all who were afflicted in any way were crowding forward to touch him.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	11	And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, would fall down before him and shout, 'You are the Son of God!'
+Mark	Mk	48	3	12	But he warned them strongly not to make him known.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	13	He now went up onto the mountain and summoned those he wanted. So they came to him
+Mark	Mk	48	3	14	and he appointed twelve; they were to be his companions and to be sent out to proclaim the message,
+Mark	Mk	48	3	15	with power to drive out devils.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	16	And so he appointed the Twelve, Simon to whom he gave the name Peter,
+Mark	Mk	48	3	17	James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, to whom he gave the name Boanerges or 'Sons of Thunder';
+Mark	Mk	48	3	18	Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot
+Mark	Mk	48	3	19	and Judas Iscariot, the man who was to betray him.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	20	He went home again, and once more such a crowd collected that they could not even have a meal.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	21	When his relations heard of this, they set out to take charge of him; they said, 'He is out of his mind.'
+Mark	Mk	48	3	22	The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, 'Beelzebul is in him,' and, 'It is through the prince of devils that he drives devils out.'
+Mark	Mk	48	3	23	So he called them to him and spoke to them in parables,
+Mark	Mk	48	3	24	'How can Satan drive out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot last.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	25	And if a household is divided against itself, that household can never last.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	26	Now if Satan has rebelled against himself and is divided, he cannot last either -- it is the end of him.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	27	But no one can make his way into a strong man's house and plunder his property unless he has first tied up the strong man. Only then can he plunder his house.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	28	'In truth I tell you, all human sins will be forgiven, and all the blasphemies ever uttered;
+Mark	Mk	48	3	29	but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin.'
+Mark	Mk	48	3	30	This was because they were saying, 'There is an unclean spirit in him.'
+Mark	Mk	48	3	31	Now his mother and his brothers arrived and, standing outside, sent in a message asking for him.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	32	A crowd was sitting round him at the time the message was passed to him, 'Look, your mother and brothers and sisters are outside asking for you.'
+Mark	Mk	48	3	33	He replied, 'Who are my mother and my brothers?'
+Mark	Mk	48	3	34	And looking at those sitting in a circle round him, he said, 'Here are my mother and my brothers.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	35	Anyone who does the will of God, that person is my brother and sister and mother.'
+Mark	Mk	48	4	1	Again he began to teach them by the lakeside, but such a huge crowd gathered round him that he got into a boat on the water and sat there. The whole crowd were at the lakeside on land.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	2	He taught them many things in parables, and in the course of his teaching he said to them,
+Mark	Mk	48	4	3	'Listen! Imagine a sower going out to sow.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	4	Now it happened that, as he sowed, some of the seed fell on the edge of the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	5	Some seed fell on rocky ground where it found little soil and at once sprang up, because there was no depth of earth;
+Mark	Mk	48	4	6	and when the sun came up it was scorched and, not having any roots, it withered away.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	7	Some seed fell into thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it produced no crop.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	8	And some seeds fell into rich soil, grew tall and strong, and produced a good crop; the yield was thirty, sixty, even a hundredfold.'
+Mark	Mk	48	4	9	And he said, 'Anyone who has ears for listening should listen!'
+Mark	Mk	48	4	10	When he was alone, the Twelve, together with the others who formed his company, asked what the parables meant.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	11	He told them, 'To you is granted the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside everything comes in parables,
+Mark	Mk	48	4	12	so that they may look and look, but never perceive; listen and listen, but never understand; to avoid changing their ways and being healed.'
+Mark	Mk	48	4	13	He said to them, 'Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
+Mark	Mk	48	4	14	What the sower is sowing is the word.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	15	Those on the edge of the path where the word is sown are people who have no sooner heard it than Satan at once comes and carries away the word that was sown in them.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	16	Similarly, those who are sown on patches of rock are people who, when first they hear the word, welcome it at once with joy.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	17	But they have no root deep down and do not last; should some trial come, or some persecution on account of the word, at once they fall away.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	18	Then there are others who are sown in thorns. These have heard the word,
+Mark	Mk	48	4	19	but the worries of the world, the lure of riches and all the other passions come in to choke the word, and so it produces nothing.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	20	And there are those who have been sown in rich soil; they hear the word and accept it and yield a harvest, thirty and sixty and a hundredfold.'
+Mark	Mk	48	4	21	He also said to them, 'Is a lamp brought in to be put under a tub or under the bed? Surely to be put on the lamp-stand?
+Mark	Mk	48	4	22	For there is nothing hidden, but it must be disclosed, nothing kept secret except to be brought to light.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	23	Anyone who has ears for listening should listen!'
+Mark	Mk	48	4	24	He also said to them, 'Take notice of what you are hearing. The standard you use will be used for you -- and you will receive more besides;
+Mark	Mk	48	4	25	anyone who has, will be given more; anyone who has not, will be deprived even of what he has.'
+Mark	Mk	48	4	26	He also said, 'This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the land.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	27	Night and day, while he sleeps, when he is awake, the seed is sprouting and growing; how, he does not know.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	28	Of its own accord the land produces first the shoot, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	29	And when the crop is ready, at once he starts to reap because the harvest has come.'
+Mark	Mk	48	4	30	He also said, 'What can we say that the kingdom is like? What parable can we find for it?
+Mark	Mk	48	4	31	It is like a mustard seed which, at the time of its sowing, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	32	Yet once it is sown it grows into the biggest shrub of them all and puts out big branches so that the birds of the air can shelter in its shade.'
+Mark	Mk	48	4	33	Using many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, so far as they were capable of understanding it.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	34	He would not speak to them except in parables, but he explained everything to his disciples when they were by themselves.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	35	With the coming of evening that same day, he said to them, 'Let us cross over to the other side.'
+Mark	Mk	48	4	36	And leaving the crowd behind they took him, just as he was, in the boat; and there were other boats with him.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	37	Then it began to blow a great gale and the waves were breaking into the boat so that it was almost swamped.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	38	But he was in the stern, his head on the cushion, asleep.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	39	They woke him and said to him, 'Master, do you not care? We are lost!' And he woke up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, 'Quiet now! Be calm!' And the wind dropped, and there followed a great calm.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	40	Then he said to them, 'Why are you so frightened? Have you still no faith?'
+Mark	Mk	48	4	41	They were overcome with awe and said to one another, 'Who can this be? Even the wind and the sea obey him.'
+Mark	Mk	48	5	1	They reached the territory of the Gerasenes on the other side of the lake,
+Mark	Mk	48	5	2	and when he disembarked, a man with an unclean spirit at once came out from the tombs towards him.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	3	The man lived in the tombs and no one could secure him any more, even with a chain,
+Mark	Mk	48	5	4	because he had often been secured with fetters and chains but had snapped the chains and broken the fetters, and no one had the strength to control him.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	5	All night and all day, among the tombs and in the mountains, he would howl and gash himself with stones.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	6	Catching sight of Jesus from a distance, he ran up and fell at his feet
+Mark	Mk	48	5	7	and shouted at the top of his voice, 'What do you want with me, Jesus, son of the Most High God? In God's name do not torture me!'
+Mark	Mk	48	5	8	For Jesus had been saying to him, 'Come out of the man, unclean spirit.'
+Mark	Mk	48	5	9	Then he asked, 'What is your name?' He answered, 'My name is Legion, for there are many of us.'
+Mark	Mk	48	5	10	And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the district.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	11	Now on the mountainside there was a great herd of pigs feeding,
+Mark	Mk	48	5	12	and the unclean spirits begged him, 'Send us to the pigs, let us go into them.'
+Mark	Mk	48	5	13	So he gave them leave. With that, the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the herd of about two thousand pigs charged down the cliff into the lake, and there they were drowned.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	14	The men looking after them ran off and told their story in the city and in the country round about; and the people came to see what had really happened.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	15	They came to Jesus and saw the demoniac sitting there -- the man who had had the legion in him -- properly dressed and in his full senses, and they were afraid.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	16	And those who had witnessed it reported what had happened to the demoniac and what had become of the pigs.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	17	Then they began to implore Jesus to leave their neighbourhood.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	18	As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed begged to be allowed to stay with him.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	19	Jesus would not let him but said to him, 'Go home to your people and tell them all that the Lord in his mercy has done for you.'
+Mark	Mk	48	5	20	So the man went off and proceeded to proclaim in the Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him. And everyone was amazed.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	21	When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered round him and he stayed by the lake.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	22	Then the president of the synagogue came up, named Jairus, and seeing him, fell at his feet
+Mark	Mk	48	5	23	and begged him earnestly, saying, 'My little daughter is desperately sick. Do come and lay your hands on her that she may be saved and may live.'
+Mark	Mk	48	5	24	Jesus went with him and a large crowd followed him; they were pressing all round him.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	25	Now there was a woman who had suffered from a haemorrhage for twelve years;
+Mark	Mk	48	5	26	after long and painful treatment under various doctors, she had spent all she had without being any the better for it; in fact, she was getting worse.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	27	She had heard about Jesus, and she came up through the crowd and touched his cloak from behind, thinking,
+Mark	Mk	48	5	28	'If I can just touch his clothes, I shall be saved.'
+Mark	Mk	48	5	29	And at once the source of the bleeding dried up, and she felt in herself that she was cured of her complaint.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	30	And at once aware of the power that had gone out from him, Jesus turned round in the crowd and said, 'Who touched my clothes?'
+Mark	Mk	48	5	31	His disciples said to him, 'You see how the crowd is pressing round you; how can you ask, "Who touched me?" '
+Mark	Mk	48	5	32	But he continued to look all round to see who had done it.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	33	Then the woman came forward, frightened and trembling because she knew what had happened to her, and she fell at his feet and told him the whole truth.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	34	'My daughter,' he said, 'your faith has restored you to health; go in peace and be free of your complaint.'
+Mark	Mk	48	5	35	While he was still speaking some people arrived from the house of the president of the synagogue to say, 'Your daughter is dead; why put the Master to any further trouble?'
+Mark	Mk	48	5	36	But Jesus overheard what they said and he said to the president of the synagogue, 'Do not be afraid; only have faith.'
+Mark	Mk	48	5	37	And he allowed no one to go with him except Peter and James and John the brother of James.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	38	So they came to the house of the president of the synagogue, and Jesus noticed all the commotion, with people weeping and wailing unrestrainedly.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	39	He went in and said to them, 'Why all this commotion and crying? The child is not dead, but asleep.'
+Mark	Mk	48	5	40	But they ridiculed him. So he turned them all out and, taking with him the child's father and mother and his own companions, he went into the place where the child lay.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	41	And taking the child by the hand he said to her, 'Talitha kum!' which means, 'Little girl, I tell you to get up.'
+Mark	Mk	48	5	42	The little girl got up at once and began to walk about, for she was twelve years old. At once they were overcome with astonishment,
+Mark	Mk	48	5	43	and he gave them strict orders not to let anyone know about it, and told them to give her something to eat.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	1	Leaving that district, he went to his home town, and his disciples accompanied him.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	2	With the coming of the Sabbath he began teaching in the synagogue, and most of them were astonished when they heard him. They said, 'Where did the man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been granted him, and these miracles that are worked through him?
+Mark	Mk	48	6	3	This is the carpenter, surely, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joset and Jude and Simon? His sisters, too, are they not here with us?' And they would not accept him.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	4	And Jesus said to them, 'A prophet is despised only in his own country, among his own relations and in his own house';
+Mark	Mk	48	6	5	and he could work no miracle there, except that he cured a few sick people by laying his hands on them.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	6	He was amazed at their lack of faith. He made a tour round the villages, teaching.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	7	Then he summoned the Twelve and began to send them out in pairs, giving them authority over unclean spirits.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	8	And he instructed them to take nothing for the journey except a staff -- no bread, no haversack, no coppers for their purses.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	9	They were to wear sandals but, he added, 'Don't take a spare tunic.'
+Mark	Mk	48	6	10	And he said to them, 'If you enter a house anywhere, stay there until you leave the district.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	11	And if any place does not welcome you and people refuse to listen to you, as you walk away shake off the dust under your feet as evidence to them.'
+Mark	Mk	48	6	12	So they set off to proclaim repentance;
+Mark	Mk	48	6	13	and they cast out many devils, and anointed many sick people with oil and cured them.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	14	King Herod had heard about him, since by now his name was well known. Some were saying, 'John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.'
+Mark	Mk	48	6	15	Others said, 'He is Elijah,' others again, 'He is a prophet, like the prophets we used to have.'
+Mark	Mk	48	6	16	But when Herod heard this he said, 'It is John whose head I cut off; he has risen from the dead.'
+Mark	Mk	48	6	17	Now it was this same Herod who had sent to have John arrested, and had had him chained up in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife whom he had married.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	18	For John had told Herod, 'It is against the law for you to have your brother's wife.'
+Mark	Mk	48	6	19	As for Herodias, she was furious with him and wanted to kill him, but she was not able to do so,
+Mark	Mk	48	6	20	because Herod was in awe of John, knowing him to be a good and upright man, and gave him his protection. When he had heard him speak he was greatly perplexed, and yet he liked to listen to him.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	21	An opportunity came on Herod's birthday when he gave a banquet for the nobles of his court, for his army officers and for the leading figures in Galilee.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	22	When the daughter of this same Herodias came in and danced, she delighted Herod and his guests; so the king said to the girl, 'Ask me anything you like and I will give it you.'
+Mark	Mk	48	6	23	And he swore her an oath, 'I will give you anything you ask, even half my kingdom.'
+Mark	Mk	48	6	24	She went out and said to her mother, 'What shall I ask for?' She replied, 'The head of John the Baptist.'
+Mark	Mk	48	6	25	The girl at once rushed back to the king and made her request, 'I want you to give me John the Baptist's head, immediately, on a dish.'
+Mark	Mk	48	6	26	The king was deeply distressed but, thinking of the oaths he had sworn and of his guests, he was reluctant to break his word to her.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	27	At once the king sent one of the bodyguard with orders to bring John's head.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	28	The man went off and beheaded him in the prison; then he brought the head on a dish and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	29	When John's disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	30	The apostles rejoined Jesus and told him all they had done and taught.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	31	And he said to them, 'Come away to some lonely place all by yourselves and rest for a while'; for there were so many coming and going that there was no time for them even to eat.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	32	So they went off in the boat to a lonely place where they could be by themselves.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	33	But people saw them going, and many recognised them; and from every town they all hurried to the place on foot and reached it before them.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	34	So as he stepped ashore he saw a large crowd; and he took pity on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he set himself to teach them at some length.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	35	By now it was getting very late, and his disciples came up to him and said, 'This is a lonely place and it is getting very late,
+Mark	Mk	48	6	36	so send them away, and they can go to the farms and villages round about, to buy themselves something to eat.'
+Mark	Mk	48	6	37	He replied, 'Give them something to eat yourselves.' They answered, 'Are we to go and spend two hundred denarii on bread for them to eat?'
+Mark	Mk	48	6	38	He asked, 'How many loaves have you? Go and see.' And when they had found out they said, 'Five, and two fish.'
+Mark	Mk	48	6	39	Then he ordered them to get all the people to sit down in groups on the green grass,
+Mark	Mk	48	6	40	and they sat down on the ground in squares of hundreds and fifties.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	41	Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, raised his eyes to heaven and said the blessing; then he broke the loaves and began handing them to his disciples to distribute among the people. He also shared out the two fish among them all.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	42	They all ate as much as they wanted.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	43	They collected twelve basketfuls of scraps of bread and pieces of fish.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	44	Those who had eaten the loaves numbered five thousand men.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	45	And at once he made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side near Bethsaida, while he himself sent the crowd away.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	46	After saying goodbye to them he went off into the hills to pray.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	47	When evening came, the boat was far out on the sea, and he was alone on the land.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	48	He could see that they were hard pressed in their rowing, for the wind was against them; and about the fourth watch of the night he came towards them, walking on the sea. He was going to pass them by,
+Mark	Mk	48	6	49	but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost and cried out;
+Mark	Mk	48	6	50	for they had all seen him and were terrified. But at once he spoke to them and said, 'Courage! It's me! Don't be afraid.'
+Mark	Mk	48	6	51	Then he got into the boat with them and the wind dropped. They were utterly and completely dumbfounded,
+Mark	Mk	48	6	52	because they had not seen what the miracle of the loaves meant; their minds were closed.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	53	Having made the crossing, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored there.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	54	When they disembarked people at once recognised him,
+Mark	Mk	48	6	55	and started hurrying all through the countryside and brought the sick on stretchers to wherever they heard he was.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	56	And wherever he went, to village or town or farm, they laid down the sick in the open spaces, begging him to let them touch even the fringe of his cloak. And all those who touched him were saved.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	1	The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered round him,
+Mark	Mk	48	7	2	and they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with unclean hands, that is, without washing them.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	3	For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, keep the tradition of the elders and never eat without washing their arms as far as the elbow;
+Mark	Mk	48	7	4	and on returning from the market place they never eat without first sprinkling themselves. There are also many other observances which have been handed down to them to keep, concerning the washing of cups and pots and bronze dishes.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	5	So the Pharisees and scribes asked him, 'Why do your disciples not respect the tradition of the elders but eat their food with unclean hands?'
+Mark	Mk	48	7	6	He answered, 'How rightly Isaiah prophesied about you hypocrites in the passage of scripture: This people honours me only with lip-service, while their hearts are far from me.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	7	Their reverence of me is worthless; the lessons they teach are nothing but human commandments.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	8	You put aside the commandment of God to observe human traditions.'
+Mark	Mk	48	7	9	And he said to them, 'How ingeniously you get round the commandment of God in order to preserve your own tradition!
+Mark	Mk	48	7	10	For Moses said: Honour your father and your mother, and, Anyone who curses father or mother must be put to death.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	11	But you say, "If a man says to his father or mother: Anything I have that I might have used to help you is Korban (that is, dedicated to God),"
+Mark	Mk	48	7	12	then he is forbidden from that moment to do anything for his father or mother.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	13	In this way you make God's word ineffective for the sake of your tradition which you have handed down. And you do many other things like this.'
+Mark	Mk	48	7	14	He called the people to him again and said, 'Listen to me, all of you, and understand.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	15	Nothing that goes into someone from outside can make that person unclean; it is the things that come out of someone that make that person unclean.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	16	Anyone who has ears for listening should listen!'
+Mark	Mk	48	7	17	When he had gone into the house, away from the crowd, his disciples questioned him about the parable.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	18	He said to them, 'Even you -- don't you understand? Can't you see that nothing that goes into someone from outside can make that person unclean,
+Mark	Mk	48	7	19	because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach and passes into the sewer?
+Mark	Mk	48	7	20	And he went on, 'It is what comes out of someone that makes that person unclean.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	21	For it is from within, from the heart, that evil intentions emerge: fornication, theft, murder,
+Mark	Mk	48	7	22	adultery, avarice, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, slander, pride, folly.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	23	All these evil things come from within and make a person unclean.'
+Mark	Mk	48	7	24	He left that place and set out for the territory of Tyre. There he went into a house and did not want anyone to know he was there; but he could not pass unrecognised.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	25	At once a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him and came and fell at his feet.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	26	Now this woman was a gentile, by birth a Syro-Phoenician, and she begged him to drive the devil out of her daughter.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	27	And he said to her, 'The children should be fed first, because it is not fair to take the children's food and throw it to little dogs.'
+Mark	Mk	48	7	28	But she spoke up, 'Ah yes, sir,' she replied, 'but little dogs under the table eat the scraps from the children.'
+Mark	Mk	48	7	29	And he said to her, 'For saying this you may go home happy; the devil has gone out of your daughter.'
+Mark	Mk	48	7	30	So she went off home and found the child lying on the bed and the devil gone.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	31	Returning from the territory of Tyre, he went by way of Sidon towards the Lake of Galilee, right through the Decapolis territory.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	32	And they brought him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they asked him to lay his hand on him.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	33	He took him aside to be by themselves, away from the crowd, put his fingers into the man's ears and touched his tongue with spittle.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	34	Then looking up to heaven he sighed; and he said to him, 'Ephphatha,' that is, 'Be opened.'
+Mark	Mk	48	7	35	And his ears were opened, and at once the impediment of his tongue was loosened and he spoke clearly.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	36	And Jesus ordered them to tell no one about it, but the more he insisted, the more widely they proclaimed it.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	37	Their admiration was unbounded, and they said, 'Everything he does is good, he makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak.'
+Mark	Mk	48	8	1	And now once again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat. So he called his disciples to him and said to them,
+Mark	Mk	48	8	2	'I feel sorry for all these people; they have been with me for three days now and have nothing to eat.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	3	If I send them off home hungry they will collapse on the way; some have come a great distance.'
+Mark	Mk	48	8	4	His disciples replied, 'Where could anyone get these people enough bread to eat in a deserted place?'
+Mark	Mk	48	8	5	He asked them, 'How many loaves have you?' And they said to him, 'Seven.'
+Mark	Mk	48	8	6	Then he instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves, and after giving thanks he broke them and began handing them to his disciples to distribute; and they distributed them among the crowd.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	7	They had a few small fishes as well, and over these he said a blessing and ordered them to be distributed too.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	8	They ate as much as they wanted, and they collected seven basketfuls of the scraps left over.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	9	Now there had been about four thousand people. He sent them away
+Mark	Mk	48	8	10	and at once, getting into the boat with his disciples, went to the region of Dalmanutha.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	11	The Pharisees came up and started a discussion with him; they demanded of him a sign from heaven, to put him to the test.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	12	And with a profound sigh he said, 'Why does this generation demand a sign? In truth I tell you, no sign shall be given to this generation.'
+Mark	Mk	48	8	13	And, leaving them again, he re-embarked and went away to the other side.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	14	The disciples had forgotten to take any bread and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	15	Then he gave them this warning, 'Keep your eyes open; look out for the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.'
+Mark	Mk	48	8	16	And they said to one another, 'It is because we have no bread.'
+Mark	Mk	48	8	17	And Jesus knew it, and he said to them, 'Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not understand, still not realise? Are your minds closed?
+Mark	Mk	48	8	18	Have you eyes and do not see, ears and do not hear? Or do you not remember?
+Mark	Mk	48	8	19	When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of scraps did you collect?' They answered, 'Twelve.'
+Mark	Mk	48	8	20	'And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many baskets full of scraps did you collect?' And they answered, 'Seven.'
+Mark	Mk	48	8	21	Then he said to them, 'Do you still not realise?'
+Mark	Mk	48	8	22	They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought to him a blind man whom they begged him to touch.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	23	He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. Then, putting spittle on his eyes and laying his hands on him, he asked, 'Can you see anything?'
+Mark	Mk	48	8	24	The man, who was beginning to see, replied, 'I can see people; they look like trees as they walk around.'
+Mark	Mk	48	8	25	Then he laid his hands on the man's eyes again and he saw clearly; he was cured, and he could see everything plainly and distinctly.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	26	And Jesus sent him home, saying, 'Do not even go into the village.'
+Mark	Mk	48	8	27	Jesus and his disciples left for the villages round Caesarea Philippi. On the way he put this question to his disciples, 'Who do people say I am?'
+Mark	Mk	48	8	28	And they told him, 'John the Baptist, others Elijah, others again, one of the prophets.'
+Mark	Mk	48	8	29	'But you,' he asked them, 'who do you say I am?' Peter spoke up and said to him, 'You are the Christ.'
+Mark	Mk	48	8	30	And he gave them strict orders not to tell anyone about him.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	31	Then he began to teach them that the Son of man was destined to suffer grievously, and to be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and to be put to death, and after three days to rise again;
+Mark	Mk	48	8	32	and he said all this quite openly. Then, taking him aside, Peter tried to rebuke him.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	33	But, turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said to him, 'Get behind me, Satan! You are thinking not as God thinks, but as human beings do.'
+Mark	Mk	48	8	34	He called the people and his disciples to him and said, 'If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	35	Anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	36	What gain, then, is it for anyone to win the whole world and forfeit his life?
+Mark	Mk	48	8	37	And indeed what can anyone offer in exchange for his life?
+Mark	Mk	48	8	38	For if anyone in this sinful and adulterous generation is ashamed of me and of my words, the Son of man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.'
+Mark	Mk	48	9	1	And he said to them, 'In truth I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power.'
+Mark	Mk	48	9	2	Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain on their own by themselves. There in their presence he was transfigured:
+Mark	Mk	48	9	3	his clothes became brilliantly white, whiter than any earthly bleacher could make them.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	4	Elijah appeared to them with Moses; and they were talking to Jesus.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	5	Then Peter spoke to Jesus, 'Rabbi,' he said, 'it is wonderful for us to be here; so let us make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.'
+Mark	Mk	48	9	6	He did not know what to say; they were so frightened.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	7	And a cloud came, covering them in shadow; and from the cloud there came a voice, 'This is my Son, the Beloved. Listen to him.'
+Mark	Mk	48	9	8	Then suddenly, when they looked round, they saw no one with them any more but only Jesus.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	9	As they were coming down from the mountain he warned them to tell no one what they had seen, until after the Son of man had risen from the dead.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	10	They observed the warning faithfully, though among themselves they discussed what 'rising from the dead' could mean.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	11	And they put this question to him, 'Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?'
+Mark	Mk	48	9	12	He said to them, 'Elijah is indeed first coming to set everything right again; yet how is it that the scriptures say about the Son of man that he must suffer grievously and be treated with contempt?
+Mark	Mk	48	9	13	But I tell you that Elijah has come and they have treated him as they pleased, just as the scriptures say about him.'
+Mark	Mk	48	9	14	As they were rejoining the disciples they saw a large crowd round them and some scribes arguing with them.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	15	At once, when they saw him, the whole crowd were struck with amazement and ran to greet him.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	16	And he asked them, 'What are you arguing about with them?'
+Mark	Mk	48	9	17	A man answered him from the crowd, 'Master, I have brought my son to you; there is a spirit of dumbness in him,
+Mark	Mk	48	9	18	and when it takes hold of him it throws him to the ground, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth and goes rigid. And I asked your disciples to drive it out and they were unable to.'
+Mark	Mk	48	9	19	In reply he said to them, 'Faithless generation, how much longer must I be among you? How much longer must I put up with you? Bring him to me.'
+Mark	Mk	48	9	20	They brought the boy to him, and at once the spirit of dumbness threw the boy into convulsions, and he fell to the ground and lay writhing there, foaming at the mouth.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	21	Jesus asked the father, 'How long has this been happening to him?' 'From childhood,' he said,
+Mark	Mk	48	9	22	'and it has often thrown him into fire and into water, in order to destroy him.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	23	But if you can do anything, have pity on us and help us.'
+Mark	Mk	48	9	24	'If you can?' retorted Jesus. 'Everything is possible for one who has faith.' At once the father of the boy cried out, 'I have faith. Help my lack of faith!'
+Mark	Mk	48	9	25	And when Jesus saw that a crowd was gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit. 'Deaf and dumb spirit,' he said, 'I command you: come out of him and never enter him again.'
+Mark	Mk	48	9	26	Then it threw the boy into violent convulsions and came out shouting, and the boy lay there so like a corpse that most of them said, 'He is dead.'
+Mark	Mk	48	9	27	But Jesus took him by the hand and helped him up, and he was able to stand.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	28	When he had gone indoors, his disciples asked him when they were by themselves, 'Why were we unable to drive it out?'
+Mark	Mk	48	9	29	He answered, 'This is the kind that can be driven out only by prayer.'
+Mark	Mk	48	9	30	After leaving that place they made their way through Galilee; and he did not want anyone to know,
+Mark	Mk	48	9	31	because he was instructing his disciples; he was telling them, 'The Son of man will be delivered into the power of men; they will put him to death; and three days after he has been put to death he will rise again.'
+Mark	Mk	48	9	32	But they did not understand what he said and were afraid to ask him.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	33	They came to Capernaum, and when he got into the house he asked them, 'What were you arguing about on the road?'
+Mark	Mk	48	9	34	They said nothing, because on the road they had been arguing which of them was the greatest.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	35	So he sat down, called the Twelve to him and said, 'If anyone wants to be first, he must make himself last of all and servant of all.'
+Mark	Mk	48	9	36	He then took a little child whom he set among them and embraced, and he said to them,
+Mark	Mk	48	9	37	'Anyone who welcomes a little child such as this in my name, welcomes me; and anyone who welcomes me, welcomes not me but the one who sent me.'
+Mark	Mk	48	9	38	John said to him, 'Master, we saw someone who is not one of us driving out devils in your name, and because he was not one of us we tried to stop him.'
+Mark	Mk	48	9	39	But Jesus said, 'You must not stop him; no one who works a miracle in my name could soon afterwards speak evil of me.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	40	Anyone who is not against us is for us.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	41	'If anyone gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, then in truth I tell you, he will most certainly not lose his reward.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	42	'But anyone who is the downfall of one of these little ones who have faith, would be better thrown into the sea with a great millstone hung round his neck.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	43	And if your hand should be your downfall, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life crippled, than to have two hands and go to hell, into the fire that can never be put out.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	44
+Mark	Mk	48	9	45	And if your foot should be your downfall, cut it off; it is better for you enter into life lame, than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	46
+Mark	Mk	48	9	47	And if your eye should be your downfall, tear it out; it is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell
+Mark	Mk	48	9	48	where their worm will never die nor their fire be put out.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	49	For everyone will be salted with fire.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	50	Salt is a good thing, but if salt has become insipid, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves and be at peace with one another.'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	1	After leaving there, he came into the territory of Judaea and Transjordan. And again crowds gathered round him, and again he taught them, as his custom was.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	2	Some Pharisees approached him and asked, 'Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?' They were putting him to the test.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	3	He answered them, 'What did Moses command you?'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	4	They replied, 'Moses allowed us to draw up a writ of dismissal in cases of divorce.'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	5	Then Jesus said to them, 'It was because you were so hard hearted that he wrote this commandment for you.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	6	But from the beginning of creation he made them male and female.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	7	This is why a man leaves his father and mother,
+Mark	Mk	48	10	8	and the two become one flesh. They are no longer two, therefore, but one flesh.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	9	So then, what God has united, human beings must not divide.'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	10	Back in the house the disciples questioned him again about this,
+Mark	Mk	48	10	11	and he said to them, 'Whoever divorces his wife and marries another is guilty of adultery against her.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	12	And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another she is guilty of adultery too.'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	13	People were bringing little children to him, for him to touch them. The disciples scolded them,
+Mark	Mk	48	10	14	but when Jesus saw this he was indignant and said to them, 'Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	15	In truth I tell you, anyone who does not welcome the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	16	Then he embraced them, laid his hands on them and gave them his blessing.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	17	He was setting out on a journey when a man ran up, knelt before him and put this question to him, 'Good master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	18	Jesus said to him, 'Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	19	You know the commandments: You shall not kill; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not give false witness; You shall not defraud; Honour your father and mother.'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	20	And he said to him, 'Master, I have kept all these since my earliest days.'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	21	Jesus looked steadily at him and he was filled with love for him, and he said, 'You need to do one thing more. Go and sell what you own and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	22	But his face fell at these words and he went away sad, for he was a man of great wealth.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	23	Jesus looked round and said to his disciples, 'How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	24	The disciples were astounded by these words, but Jesus insisted, 'My children,' he said to them, 'how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
+Mark	Mk	48	10	25	It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for someone rich to enter the kingdom of God.'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	26	They were more astonished than ever, saying to one another, 'In that case, who can be saved?'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	27	Jesus gazed at them and said, 'By human resources it is impossible, but not for God: because for God everything is possible.'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	28	Peter took this up. 'Look,' he said to him, 'we have left everything and followed you.'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	29	Jesus said, 'In truth I tell you, there is no one who has left house, brothers, sisters, mother, father, children or land for my sake and for the sake of the gospel
+Mark	Mk	48	10	30	who will not receive a hundred times as much, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and land -- and persecutions too -- now in this present time and, in the world to come, eternal life.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	31	Many who are first will be last, and the last, first.'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	32	They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem; Jesus was walking on ahead of them; they were in a daze, and those who followed were apprehensive. Once more taking the Twelve aside he began to tell them what was going to happen to him,
+Mark	Mk	48	10	33	'Now we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man is about to be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the gentiles,
+Mark	Mk	48	10	34	who will mock him and spit at him and scourge him and put him to death; and after three days he will rise again.'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	35	James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached him. 'Master,' they said to him, 'We want you to do us a favour.'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	36	He said to them, 'What is it you want me to do for you?'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	37	They said to him, 'Allow us to sit one at your right hand and the other at your left in your glory.'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	38	But Jesus said to them, 'You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I shall drink, or be baptised with the baptism with which I shall be baptised?'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	39	They replied, 'We can.' Jesus said to them, 'The cup that I shall drink you shall drink, and with the baptism with which I shall be baptised you shall be baptised,
+Mark	Mk	48	10	40	but as for seats at my right hand or my left, these are not mine to grant; they belong to those to whom they have been allotted.'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	41	When the other ten heard this they began to feel indignant with James and John,
+Mark	Mk	48	10	42	so Jesus called them to him and said to them, 'You know that among the gentiles those they call their rulers lord it over them, and their great men make their authority felt.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	43	Among you this is not to happen. No; anyone who wants to become great among you must be your servant,
+Mark	Mk	48	10	44	and anyone who wants to be first among you must be slave to all.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	45	For the Son of man himself came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	46	They reached Jericho; and as he left Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus -- that is, the son of Timaeus -- a blind beggar, was sitting at the side of the road.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	47	When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout and cry out, 'Son of David, Jesus, have pity on me.'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	48	And many of them scolded him and told him to keep quiet, but he only shouted all the louder, 'Son of David, have pity on me.'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	49	Jesus stopped and said, 'Call him here.' So they called the blind man over. 'Courage,' they said, 'get up; he is calling you.'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	50	So throwing off his cloak, he jumped up and went to Jesus.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	51	Then Jesus spoke, 'What do you want me to do for you?' The blind man said to him, 'Rabbuni, let me see again.'
+Mark	Mk	48	10	52	Jesus said to him, 'Go; your faith has saved you.' And at once his sight returned and he followed him along the road.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	1	When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, close by the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples
+Mark	Mk	48	11	2	and said to them, 'Go to the village facing you, and as you enter it you will at once find a tethered colt that no one has yet ridden. Untie it and bring it here.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	3	If anyone says to you, "What are you doing?" say, "The Master needs it and will send it back here at once." '
+Mark	Mk	48	11	4	They went off and found a colt tethered near a door in the open street. As they untied it,
+Mark	Mk	48	11	5	some men standing there said, 'What are you doing, untying that colt?'
+Mark	Mk	48	11	6	They gave the answer Jesus had told them, and the men let them go.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	7	Then they took the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on its back, and he mounted it.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	8	Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others greenery which they had cut in the fields.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	9	And those who went in front and those who followed were all shouting, 'Hosanna! Blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord!
+Mark	Mk	48	11	10	Blessed is the coming kingdom of David our father! Hosanna in the highest heavens!'
+Mark	Mk	48	11	11	He entered Jerusalem and went into the Temple; and when he had surveyed it all, as it was late by now, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	12	Next day as they were leaving Bethany, he felt hungry.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	13	Seeing a fig tree in leaf some distance away, he went to see if he could find any fruit on it, but when he came up to it he found nothing but leaves; for it was not the season for figs.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	14	And he addressed the fig tree, 'May no one ever eat fruit from you again.' And his disciples heard him say this.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	15	So they reached Jerusalem and he went into the Temple and began driving out the men selling and buying there; he upset the tables of the money changers and the seats of the dove sellers.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	16	Nor would he allow anyone to carry anything through the Temple.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	17	And he taught them and said, 'Does not scripture say: My house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples? But you have turned it into a bandits' den.'
+Mark	Mk	48	11	18	This came to the ears of the chief priests and the scribes, and they tried to find some way of doing away with him; they were afraid of him because the people were carried away by his teaching.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	19	And when evening came he went out of the city.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	20	Next morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered to the roots.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	21	Peter remembered. 'Look, Rabbi,' he said to Jesus, 'the fig tree that you cursed has withered away.'
+Mark	Mk	48	11	22	Jesus answered, 'Have faith in God.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	23	In truth I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, "Be pulled up and thrown into the sea," with no doubt in his heart, but believing that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	24	I tell you, therefore, everything you ask and pray for, believe that you have it already, and it will be yours.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	25	And when you stand in prayer, forgive whatever you have against anybody, soyour Father in heaven may forgive your failings too.'
+Mark	Mk	48	11	26
+Mark	Mk	48	11	27	They came to Jerusalem again, and as Jesus was walking in the Temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him,
+Mark	Mk	48	11	28	and they said to him, 'What authority have you for acting like this? Or who gave you authority to act like this?'
+Mark	Mk	48	11	29	Jesus said to them, 'And I will ask you a question, just one; answer me and I will tell you my authority for acting like this.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	30	John's baptism, what was its origin, heavenly or human? Answer me that.'
+Mark	Mk	48	11	31	And they argued this way among themselves, 'If we say heavenly, he will say, "Then why did you refuse to believe him?"
+Mark	Mk	48	11	32	But dare we say human?' -- they had the people to fear, for everyone held that John had been a real prophet.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	33	So their reply to Jesus was, 'We do not know.' And Jesus said to them, 'Nor will I tell you my authority for acting like this.'
+Mark	Mk	48	12	1	He went on to speak to them in parables, 'A man planted a vineyard; he fenced it round, dug out a trough for the winepress and built a tower; then he leased it to tenants and went abroad.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	2	When the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them his share of the produce of the vineyard.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	3	But they seized the man, thrashed him and sent him away empty handed.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	4	Next he sent another servant to them; him they beat about the head and treated shamefully.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	5	And he sent another and him they killed; then a number of others, and they thrashed some and killed the rest.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	6	He had still someone left: his beloved son. He sent him to them last of all, thinking, "They will respect my son."
+Mark	Mk	48	12	7	But those tenants said to each other, "This is the heir. Come on, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours."
+Mark	Mk	48	12	8	So they seized him and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	9	Now what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and make an end of the tenants and give the vineyard to others.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	10	Have you not read this text of scripture: The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;
+Mark	Mk	48	12	11	this is the Lord's doing, and we marvel at it ?'
+Mark	Mk	48	12	12	And they would have liked to arrest him, because they realised that the parable was aimed at them, but they were afraid of the crowds. So they left him alone and went away.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	13	Next they sent to him some Pharisees and some Herodians to catch him out in what he said.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	14	These came and said to him, 'Master, we know that you are an honest man, that you are not afraid of anyone, because human rank means nothing to you, and that you teach the way of God in all honesty. Is it permissible to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or not?'
+Mark	Mk	48	12	15	Recognising their hypocrisy he said to them, 'Why are you putting me to the test? Hand me a denarius and let me see it.'
+Mark	Mk	48	12	16	They handed him one and he said to them, 'Whose portrait is this? Whose title?' They said to him, 'Caesar's.'
+Mark	Mk	48	12	17	Jesus said to them, 'Pay Caesar what belongs to Caesar -- and God what belongs to God.' And they were amazed at him.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	18	Then some Sadducees -- who deny that there is a resurrection -- came to him and they put this question to him,
+Mark	Mk	48	12	19	'Master, Moses prescribed for us that if a man's brother dies leaving a wife but no child, the man must marry the widow to raise up children for his brother.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	20	Now there were seven brothers; the first married a wife and then died leaving no children.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	21	The second married the widow, and he too died leaving no children; with the third it was the same,
+Mark	Mk	48	12	22	and none of the seven left any children. Last of all the woman herself died.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	23	Now at the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be, since she had been married to all seven?'
+Mark	Mk	48	12	24	Jesus said to them, 'Surely the reason why you are wrong is that you understand neither the scriptures nor the power of God.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	25	For when they rise from the dead, men and women do not marry; no, they are like the angels in heaven.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	26	Now about the dead rising again, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him and said: I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?
+Mark	Mk	48	12	27	He is God, not of the dead, but of the living. You are very much mistaken.'
+Mark	Mk	48	12	28	One of the scribes who had listened to them debating appreciated that Jesus had given a good answer and put a further question to him, 'Which is the first of all the commandments?'
+Mark	Mk	48	12	29	Jesus replied, 'This is the first: Listen, Israel, the Lord our God is the one, only Lord,
+Mark	Mk	48	12	30	and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	31	The second is this: You must love your neighbour as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.'
+Mark	Mk	48	12	32	The scribe said to him, 'Well spoken, Master; what you have said is true, that he is one and there is no other.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	33	To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself, this is far more important than any burnt offering or sacrifice.'
+Mark	Mk	48	12	34	Jesus, seeing how wisely he had spoken, said, 'You are not far from the kingdom of God.' And after that no one dared to question him any more.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	35	While teaching in the Temple, Jesus said, 'How can the scribes maintain that the Christ is the son of David?
+Mark	Mk	48	12	36	David himself, moved by the Holy Spirit, said: The Lord declared to my Lord, take your seat at my right hand till I have made your enemies your footstool.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	37	David himself calls him Lord; in what way then can he be his son?' And the great crowd listened to him with delight.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	38	In his teaching he said, 'Beware of the scribes who like to walk about in long robes, to be greeted respectfully in the market squares,
+Mark	Mk	48	12	39	to take the front seats in the synagogues and the places of honour at banquets;
+Mark	Mk	48	12	40	these are the men who devour the property of widows and for show offer long prayers. The more severe will be the sentence they receive.'
+Mark	Mk	48	12	41	He sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the treasury, and many of the rich put in a great deal.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	42	A poor widow came and put in two small coins, the equivalent of a penny.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	43	Then he called his disciples and said to them, 'In truth I tell you, this poor widow has put more in than all who have contributed to the treasury;
+Mark	Mk	48	12	44	for they have all put in money they could spare, but she in her poverty has put in everything she possessed, all she had to live on.'
+Mark	Mk	48	13	1	As he was leaving the Temple one of his disciples said to him, 'Master, look at the size of those stones! Look at the size of those buildings!'
+Mark	Mk	48	13	2	And Jesus said to him, 'You see these great buildings? Not a single stone will be left on another; everything will be pulled down.'
+Mark	Mk	48	13	3	And while he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, facing the Temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew questioned him when they were by themselves,
+Mark	Mk	48	13	4	'Tell us, when is this going to happen, and what sign will there be that it is all about to take place?'
+Mark	Mk	48	13	5	Then Jesus began to tell them, 'Take care that no one deceives you.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	6	Many will come using my name and saying, "I am he," and they will deceive many.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	7	When you hear of wars and rumours of wars, do not be alarmed; this is something that must happen, but the end will not be yet.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	8	For nation will fight against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. This is the beginning of the birth-pangs.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	9	'Be on your guard: you will be handed over to sanhedrins; you will be beaten in synagogues; and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as evidence to them,
+Mark	Mk	48	13	10	since the gospel must first be proclaimed to all nations.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	11	'And when you are taken to be handed over, do not worry beforehand about what to say; no, say whatever is given to you when the time comes, because it is not you who will be speaking; it is the Holy Spirit.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	12	Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will come forward against their parents and have them put to death.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	13	You will be universally hated on account of my name; but anyone who stands firm to the end will be saved.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	14	'When you see the appalling abomination set up where it ought not to be (let the reader understand), then those in Judaea must escape to the mountains;
+Mark	Mk	48	13	15	if a man is on the housetop, he must not come down or go inside to collect anything from his house;
+Mark	Mk	48	13	16	if a man is in the fields, he must not turn back to fetch his cloak.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	17	Alas for those with child, or with babies at the breast, when those days come!
+Mark	Mk	48	13	18	Pray that this may not be in winter.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	19	For in those days there will be great distress, unparalleled since God created the world, and such as will never be again.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	20	And if the Lord had not shortened that time, no human being would have survived; but he did shorten the time, for the sake of the elect whom he chose.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	21	'And if anyone says to you then, "Look, here is the Christ" or, "Look, he is there," do not believe it;
+Mark	Mk	48	13	22	for false Christs and false prophets will arise and produce signs and portents to deceive the elect, if that were possible.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	23	You, therefore, must be on your guard. I have given you full warning.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	24	'But in those days, after that time of distress, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,
+Mark	Mk	48	13	25	the stars will come falling out of the sky and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	26	And then they will see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	27	And then he will send the angels to gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the world to the ends of the sky.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	28	'Take the fig tree as a parable: as soon as its twigs grow supple and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	29	So with you when you see these things happening: know that he is near, right at the gates.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	30	In truth I tell you, before this generation has passed away all these things will have taken place.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	31	Sky and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	32	'But as for that day or hour, nobody knows it, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son; no one but the Father.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	33	'Be on your guard, stay awake, because you never know when the time will come.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	34	It is like a man travelling abroad: he has gone from his home, and left his servants in charge, each with his own work to do; and he has told the doorkeeper to stay awake.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	35	So stay awake, because you do not know when the master of the house is coming, evening, midnight, cockcrow or dawn;
+Mark	Mk	48	13	36	if he comes unexpectedly, he must not find you asleep.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	37	And what I am saying to you I say to all: Stay awake!'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	1	It was two days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread, and the chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus by some trick and have him put to death.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	2	For they said, 'It must not be during the festivities, or there will be a disturbance among the people.'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	3	He was at Bethany in the house of Simon, a man who had suffered from a virulent skin-disease; he was at table when a woman came in with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment, pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the ointment on his head.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	4	Some who were there said to one another indignantly, 'Why this waste of ointment?
+Mark	Mk	48	14	5	Ointment like this could have been sold for over three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor'; and they were angry with her.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	6	But Jesus said, 'Leave her alone. Why are you upsetting her? What she has done for me is a good work.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	7	You have the poor with you always, and you can be kind to them whenever you wish, but you will not always have me.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	8	She has done what she could: she has anointed my body beforehand for its burial.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	9	In truth I tell you, wherever throughout all the world the gospel is proclaimed, what she has done will be told as well, in remembrance of her.'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	10	Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, approached the chief priests with an offer to hand Jesus over to them.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	11	They were delighted to hear it, and promised to give him money; and he began to look for a way of betraying him when the opportunity should occur.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	12	On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was sacrificed, his disciples said to him, 'Where do you want us to go and make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	13	So he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 'Go into the city and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him,
+Mark	Mk	48	14	14	and say to the owner of the house which he enters, "The Master says: Where is the room for me to eat the Passover with my disciples?"
+Mark	Mk	48	14	15	He will show you a large upper room furnished with couches, all prepared. Make the preparations for us there.'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	16	The disciples set out and went to the city and found everything as he had told them, and prepared the Passover.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	17	When evening came he arrived with the Twelve.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	18	And while they were at table eating, Jesus said, 'In truth I tell you, one of you is about to betray me, one of you eating with me.'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	19	They were distressed and said to him, one after another, 'Not me, surely?'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	20	He said to them, 'It is one of the Twelve, one who is dipping into the same dish with me.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	21	Yes, the Son of man is going to his fate, as the scriptures say he will, but alas for that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! Better for that man if he had never been born.'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	22	And as they were eating he took bread, and when he had said the blessing he broke it and gave it to them. 'Take it,' he said, 'this is my body.'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	23	Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he handed it to them, and all drank from it,
+Mark	Mk	48	14	24	and he said to them, 'This is my blood, the blood of the covenant, poured out for many.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	25	In truth I tell you, I shall never drink wine any more until the day I drink the new wine in the kingdom of God.'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	26	After the psalms had been sung they left for the Mount of Olives.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	27	And Jesus said to them, 'You will all fall away, for the scripture says: I shall strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered;
+Mark	Mk	48	14	28	however, after my resurrection I shall go before you into Galilee.'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	29	Peter said, 'Even if all fall away, I will not.'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	30	And Jesus said to him, 'In truth I tell you, this day, this very night, before the cock crows twice, you will have disowned me three times.'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	31	But he repeated still more earnestly, 'If I have to die with you, I will never disown you.' And they all said the same.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	32	They came to a plot of land called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, 'Stay here while I pray.'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	33	Then he took Peter and James and John with him.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	34	And he began to feel terror and anguish. And he said to them, 'My soul is sorrowful to the point of death. Wait here, and stay awake.'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	35	And going on a little further he threw himself on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, this hour might pass him by.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	36	'Abba, Father!' he said, 'For you everything is possible. Take this cup away from me. But let it be as you, not I, would have it.'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	37	He came back and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, 'Simon, are you asleep? Had you not the strength to stay awake one hour?
+Mark	Mk	48	14	38	Stay awake and pray not to be put to the test. The spirit is willing enough, but human nature is weak.'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	39	Again he went away and prayed, saying the same words.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	40	And once more he came back and found them sleeping, their eyes were so heavy; and they could find no answer for him.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	41	He came back a third time and said to them, 'You can sleep on now and have your rest. It is all over. The hour has come. Now the Son of man is to be betrayed into the hands of sinners.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	42	Get up! Let us go! My betrayer is not far away.'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	43	And at once, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came up and with him a number of men armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	44	Now the traitor had arranged a signal with them saying, 'The one I kiss, he is the man. Arrest him, and see he is well guarded when you lead him away.'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	45	So when the traitor came, he went up to Jesus at once and said, 'Rabbi!' and kissed him.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	46	The others seized him and arrested him.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	47	Then one of the bystanders drew his sword and struck out at the high priest's servant and cut off his ear.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	48	Then Jesus spoke. 'Am I a bandit,' he said, 'that you had to set out to capture me with swords and clubs?
+Mark	Mk	48	14	49	I was among you teaching in the Temple day after day and you never laid a hand on me. But this is to fulfil the scriptures.'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	50	And they all deserted him and ran away.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	51	A young man followed with nothing on but a linen cloth. They caught hold of him,
+Mark	Mk	48	14	52	but he left the cloth in their hands and ran away naked.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	53	They led Jesus off to the high priest; and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes assembled there.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	54	Peter had followed him at a distance, right into the high priest's palace, and was sitting with the attendants warming himself at the fire.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	55	The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus in order to have him executed. But they could not find any.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	56	Several, indeed, brought false witness against him, but their evidence was conflicting.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	57	Some stood up and submitted this false evidence against him,
+Mark	Mk	48	14	58	'We heard him say, "I am going to destroy this Temple made by human hands, and in three days build another, not made by human hands." '
+Mark	Mk	48	14	59	But even on this point their evidence was conflicting.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	60	The high priest then rose before the whole assembly and put this question to Jesus, 'Have you no answer to that? What is this evidence these men are bringing against you?'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	61	But he was silent and made no answer at all. The high priest put a second question to him saying, 'Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	62	'I am,' said Jesus, 'and you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	63	The high priest tore his robes and said, 'What need of witnesses have we now?
+Mark	Mk	48	14	64	You heard the blasphemy. What is your finding?' Their verdict was unanimous: he deserved to die.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	65	Some of them started spitting at his face, hitting him and saying, 'Play the prophet!' And the attendants struck him too.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	66	While Peter was down below in the courtyard, one of the high priest's servant-girls came up.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	67	She saw Peter warming himself there, looked closely at him and said, 'You too were with Jesus, the man from Nazareth.'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	68	But he denied it. 'I do not know, I do not understand what you are talking about,' he said. And he went out into the forecourt, and a cock crowed.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	69	The servant-girl saw him and again started telling the bystanders, 'This man is one of them.'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	70	But again he denied it. A little later the bystanders themselves said to Peter, 'You are certainly one of them! Why, you are a Galilean.'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	71	But he started cursing and swearing, 'I do not know the man you speak of.'
+Mark	Mk	48	14	72	And at once the cock crowed for the second time, and Peter recalled what Jesus had said to him, 'Before the cock crows twice, you will have disowned me three times.' And he burst into tears.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	1	First thing in the morning, the chief priests, together with the elders and scribes and the rest of the Sanhedrin, had their plan ready. They had Jesus bound and took him away and handed him over to Pilate.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	2	Pilate put to him this question, 'Are you the king of the Jews?' He replied, 'It is you who say it.'
+Mark	Mk	48	15	3	And the chief priests brought many accusations against him.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	4	Pilate questioned him again, 'Have you no reply at all? See how many accusations they are bringing against you!'
+Mark	Mk	48	15	5	But, to Pilate's surprise, Jesus made no further reply.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	6	At festival time Pilate used to release a prisoner for them, any one they asked for.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	7	Now a man called Barabbas was then in prison with the rebels who had committed murder during the uprising.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	8	When the crowd went up and began to ask Pilate the customary favour,
+Mark	Mk	48	15	9	Pilate answered them, 'Do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?'
+Mark	Mk	48	15	10	For he realised it was out of jealousy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	11	The chief priests, however, had incited the crowd to demand that he should release Barabbas for them instead.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	12	Then Pilate spoke again, 'But in that case, what am I to do with the man you call king of the Jews?'
+Mark	Mk	48	15	13	They shouted back, 'Crucify him!'
+Mark	Mk	48	15	14	Pilate asked them, 'What harm has he done?' But they shouted all the louder, 'Crucify him!'
+Mark	Mk	48	15	15	So Pilate, anxious to placate the crowd, released Barabbas for them and, after having Jesus scourged, he handed him over to be crucified.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	16	The soldiers led him away to the inner part of the palace, that is, the Praetorium, and called the whole cohort together.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	17	They dressed him up in purple, twisted some thorns into a crown and put it on him.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	18	And they began saluting him, 'Hail, king of the Jews!'
+Mark	Mk	48	15	19	They struck his head with a reed and spat on him; and they went down on their knees to do him homage.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	20	And when they had finished making fun of him, they took off the purple and dressed him in his own clothes. They led him out to crucify him.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	21	They enlisted a passer-by, Simon of Cyrene, father of Alexander and Rufus, who was coming in from the country, to carry his cross.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	22	They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha, which means the place of the skull.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	23	They offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he refused it.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	24	Then they crucified him, and shared out his clothing, casting lots to decide what each should get.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	25	It was the third hour when they crucified him.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	26	The inscription giving the charge against him read, 'The King of the Jews'.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	27	And they crucified two bandits with him, one on his right and one on his left.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	28
+Mark	Mk	48	15	29	The passers-by jeered at him; they shook their heads and said, 'Aha! So you would destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days!
+Mark	Mk	48	15	30	Then save yourself; come down from the cross!'
+Mark	Mk	48	15	31	The chief priests and the scribes mocked him among themselves in the same way with the words, 'He saved others, he cannot save himself.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	32	Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, for us to see it and believe.' Even those who were crucified with him taunted him.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	33	When the sixth hour came there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	34	And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, 'Eloi, eloi, lama sabachthani?' which means, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?'
+Mark	Mk	48	15	35	When some of those who stood by heard this, they said, 'Listen, he is calling on Elijah.'
+Mark	Mk	48	15	36	Someone ran and soaked a sponge in vinegar and, putting it on a reed, gave it to him to drink saying, 'Wait! And see if Elijah will come to take him down.'
+Mark	Mk	48	15	37	But Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	38	And the veil of the Sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	39	The centurion, who was standing in front of him, had seen how he had died, and he said, 'In truth this man was Son of God.'
+Mark	Mk	48	15	40	There were some women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary of Magdala, Mary who was the mother of James the younger and Joset, and Salome.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	41	These used to follow him and look after him when he was in Galilee. And many other women were there who had come up to Jerusalem with him.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	42	It was now evening, and since it was Preparation Day -- that is, the day before the Sabbath-
+Mark	Mk	48	15	43	there came Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent member of the Council, who himself lived in the hope of seeing the kingdom of God, and he boldly went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	44	Pilate, astonished that he should have died so soon, summoned the centurion and enquired if he had been dead for some time.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	45	Having been assured of this by the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph
+Mark	Mk	48	15	46	who bought a shroud, took Jesus down from the cross, wrapped him in the shroud and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock. He then rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	47	Mary of Magdala and Mary the mother of Joset took note of where he was laid.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	1	When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices with which to go and anoint him.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	2	And very early in the morning on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	3	They had been saying to one another, 'Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?'
+Mark	Mk	48	16	4	But when they looked they saw that the stone -- which was very big -- had already been rolled back.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	5	On entering the tomb they saw a young man in a white robe seated on the right-hand side, and they were struck with amazement.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	6	But he said to them, 'There is no need to be so amazed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified: he has risen, he is not here. See, here is the place where they laid him.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	7	But you must go and tell his disciples and Peter, "He is going ahead of you to Galilee; that is where you will see him, just as he told you." '
+Mark	Mk	48	16	8	And the women came out and ran away from the tomb because they were frightened out of their wits; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	9	Having risen in the morning on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary of Magdala from whom he had cast out seven devils.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	10	She then went to those who had been his companions, and who were mourning and in tears, and told them.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	11	But they did not believe her when they heard her say that he was alive and that she had seen him.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	12	After this, he showed himself under another form to two of them as they were on their way into the country.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	13	These went back and told the others, who did not believe them either.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	14	Lastly, he showed himself to the Eleven themselves while they were at table. He reproached them for their incredulity and obstinacy, because they had refused to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	15	And he said to them, 'Go out to the whole world; proclaim the gospel to all creation.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	16	Whoever believes and is baptised will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	17	These are the signs that will be associated with believers: in my name they will cast out devils; they will have the gift of tongues;
+Mark	Mk	48	16	18	they will pick up snakes in their hands and be unharmed should they drink deadly poison; they will lay their hands on the sick, who will recover.'
+Mark	Mk	48	16	19	And so the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven; there at the right hand of God he took his place,
+Mark	Mk	48	16	20	while they, going out, preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the signs that accompanied it.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	1	Seeing that many others have undertaken to draw up accounts of the events that have reached their fulfilment among us,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	2	as these were handed down to us by those who from the outset were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	3	I in my turn, after carefully going over the whole story from the beginning, have decided to write an ordered account for you, Theophilus,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	4	so that your Excellency may learn how well founded the teaching is that you have received.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	5	In the days of King Herod of Judaea there lived a priest called Zechariah who belonged to the Abijah section of the priesthood, and he had a wife, Elizabeth by name, who was a descendant of Aaron.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	6	Both were upright in the sight of God and impeccably carried out all the commandments and observances of the Lord.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	7	But they were childless: Elizabeth was barren and they were both advanced in years.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	8	Now it happened that it was the turn of his section to serve, and he was exercising his priestly office before God
+Luke	Lk	49	1	9	when it fell to him by lot, as the priestly custom was, to enter the Lord's sanctuary and burn incense there.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	10	And at the hour of incense all the people were outside, praying.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	11	Then there appeared to him the angel of the Lord, standing on the right of the altar of incense.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	12	The sight disturbed Zechariah and he was overcome with fear.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	13	But the angel said to him, 'Zechariah, do not be afraid, for your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth is to bear you a son and you shall name him John.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	14	He will be your joy and delight and many will rejoice at his birth,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	15	for he will be great in the sight of the Lord; he must drink no wine, no strong drink; even from his mother's womb he will be filled with the Holy Spirit,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	16	and he will bring back many of the Israelites to the Lord their God.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	17	With the spirit and power of Elijah, he will go before him to reconcile fathers to their children and the disobedient to the good sense of the upright, preparing for the Lord a people fit for him.'
+Luke	Lk	49	1	18	Zechariah said to the angel, 'How can I know this? I am an old man and my wife is getting on in years.'
+Luke	Lk	49	1	19	The angel replied, 'I am Gabriel, who stand in God's presence, and I have been sent to speak to you and bring you this good news.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	20	Look! Since you did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed time, you will be silenced and have no power of speech until this has happened.'
+Luke	Lk	49	1	21	Meanwhile the people were waiting for Zechariah and were surprised that he stayed in the sanctuary so long.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	22	When he came out he could not speak to them, and they realised that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. But he could only make signs to them and remained dumb.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	23	When his time of service came to an end he returned home.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	24	Some time later his wife Elizabeth conceived and for five months she kept to herself, saying,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	25	'The Lord has done this for me, now that it has pleased him to take away the humiliation I suffered in public.'
+Luke	Lk	49	1	26	In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	27	to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	28	He went in and said to her, 'Rejoice, you who enjoy God's favor! The Lord is with you.'
+Luke	Lk	49	1	29	She was deeply disturbed by these words and asked herself what this greeting could mean,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	30	but the angel said to her, 'Mary, do not be afraid; you have won God's favour.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	31	Look! You are to conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	32	He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David;
+Luke	Lk	49	1	33	he will rule over the House of Jacob for ever and his reign will have no end.'
+Luke	Lk	49	1	34	Mary said to the angel, 'But how can this come about, since I have no knowledge of man?'
+Luke	Lk	49	1	35	The angel answered, 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will cover you with its shadow. And so the child will be holy and will be called Son of God.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	36	And I tell you this too: your cousin Elizabeth also, in her old age, has conceived a son, and she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	37	for nothing is impossible to God.'
+Luke	Lk	49	1	38	Mary said, 'You see before you the Lord's servant, let it happen to me as you have said.' And the angel left her.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	39	Mary set out at that time and went as quickly as she could into the hill country to a town in Judah.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	40	She went into Zechariah's house and greeted Elizabeth.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	41	Now it happened that as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the child leapt in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	42	She gave a loud cry and said, 'Of all women you are the most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	43	Why should I be honoured with a visit from the mother of my Lord?
+Luke	Lk	49	1	44	Look, the moment your greeting reached my ears, the child in my womb leapt for joy.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	45	Yes, blessed is she who believed that the promise made her by the Lord would be fulfilled.'
+Luke	Lk	49	1	46	And Mary said: My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord
+Luke	Lk	49	1	47	and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour;
+Luke	Lk	49	1	48	because he has looked upon the humiliation of his servant. Yes, from now onwards all generations will call me blessed,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	49	for the Almighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	50	and his faithful love extends age after age to those who fear him.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	51	He has used the power of his arm, he has routed the arrogant of heart.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	52	He has pulled down princes from their thrones and raised high the lowly.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	53	He has filled the starving with good things, sent the rich away empty.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	54	He has come to the help of Israel his servant, mindful of his faithful love
+Luke	Lk	49	1	55	-according to the promise he made to our ancestors -- of his mercy to Abraham and to his descendants for ever.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	56	Mary stayed with her some three months and then went home.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	57	The time came for Elizabeth to have her child, and she gave birth to a son;
+Luke	Lk	49	1	58	and when her neighbours and relations heard that the Lord had lavished on her his faithful love, they shared her joy.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	59	Now it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; they were going to call him Zechariah after his father,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	60	but his mother spoke up. 'No,' she said, 'he is to be called John.'
+Luke	Lk	49	1	61	They said to her, 'But no one in your family has that name,'
+Luke	Lk	49	1	62	and made signs to his father to find out what he wanted him called.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	63	The father asked for a writing-tablet and wrote, 'His name is John.' And they were all astonished.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	64	At that instant his power of speech returned and he spoke and praised God.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	65	All their neighbours were filled with awe and the whole affair was talked about throughout the hill country of Judaea.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	66	All those who heard of it treasured it in their hearts. 'What will this child turn out to be?' they wondered. And indeed the hand of the Lord was with him.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	67	His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke this prophecy:
+Luke	Lk	49	1	68	Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited his people, he has set them free,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	69	and he has established for us a saving power in the House of his servant David,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	70	just as he proclaimed, by the mouth of his holy prophets from ancient times,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	71	that he would save us from our enemies and from the hands of all those who hate us,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	72	and show faithful love to our ancestors, and so keep in mind his holy covenant.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	73	This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	74	that he would grant us, free from fear, to be delivered from the hands of our enemies,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	75	to serve him in holiness and uprightness in his presence, all our days.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	76	And you, little child, you shall be called Prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare a way for him,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	77	to give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	78	because of the faithful love of our God in which the rising Sun has come from on high to visit us,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	79	to give light to those who live in darkness and the shadow dark as death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	80	Meanwhile the child grew up and his spirit grew strong. And he lived in the desert until the day he appeared openly to Israel.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	1	Now it happened that at this time Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be made of the whole inhabited world.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	2	This census -- the first -- took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria,
+Luke	Lk	49	2	3	and everyone went to be registered, each to his own town.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	4	So Joseph set out from the town of Nazareth in Galilee for Judaea, to David's town called Bethlehem, since he was of David's House and line,
+Luke	Lk	49	2	5	in order to be registered together with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	6	Now it happened that, while they were there, the time came for her to have her child,
+Luke	Lk	49	2	7	and she gave birth to a son, her first-born. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the living-space.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	8	In the countryside close by there were shepherds out in the fields keeping guard over their sheep during the watches of the night.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	9	An angel of the Lord stood over them and the glory of the Lord shone round them. They were terrified,
+Luke	Lk	49	2	10	but the angel said, 'Do not be afraid. Look, I bring you news of great joy, a joy to be shared by the whole people.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	11	Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	12	And here is a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.'
+Luke	Lk	49	2	13	And all at once with the angel there was a great throng of the hosts of heaven, praising God with the words:
+Luke	Lk	49	2	14	Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace for those he favours.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	15	Now it happened that when the angels had gone from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, 'Let us go to Bethlehem and see this event which the Lord has made known to us.'
+Luke	Lk	49	2	16	So they hurried away and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	17	When they saw the child they repeated what they had been told about him,
+Luke	Lk	49	2	18	and everyone who heard it was astonished at what the shepherds said to them.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	19	As for Mary, she treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	20	And the shepherds went back glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, just as they had been told.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	21	When the eighth day came and the child was to be circumcised, they gave him the name Jesus, the name the angel had given him before his conception.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	22	And when the day came for them to be purified in keeping with the Law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord-
+Luke	Lk	49	2	23	observing what is written in the Law of the Lord: Every first-born male must be consecrated to the Lord-
+Luke	Lk	49	2	24	and also to offer in sacrifice, in accordance with what is prescribed in the Law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	25	Now in Jerusalem there was a man named Simeon. He was an upright and devout man; he looked forward to the restoration of Israel and the Holy Spirit rested on him.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	26	It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death until he had set eyes on the Christ of the Lord.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	27	Prompted by the Spirit he came to the Temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the Law required,
+Luke	Lk	49	2	28	he took him into his arms and blessed God; and he said:
+Luke	Lk	49	2	29	Now, Master, you are letting your servant go in peace as you promised;
+Luke	Lk	49	2	30	for my eyes have seen the salvation
+Luke	Lk	49	2	31	which you have made ready in the sight of the nations;
+Luke	Lk	49	2	32	a light of revelation for the gentiles and glory for your people Israel.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	33	As the child's father and mother were wondering at the things that were being said about him,
+Luke	Lk	49	2	34	Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, 'Look, he is destined for the fall and for the rise of many in Israel, destined to be a sign that is opposed-
+Luke	Lk	49	2	35	and a sword will pierce your soul too -- so that the secret thoughts of many may be laid bare.'
+Luke	Lk	49	2	36	There was a prophetess, too, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well on in years. Her days of girlhood over, she had been married for seven years
+Luke	Lk	49	2	37	before becoming a widow. She was now eighty-four years old and never left the Temple, serving God night and day with fasting and prayer.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	38	She came up just at that moment and began to praise God; and she spoke of the child to all who looked forward to the deliverance of Jerusalem.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	39	When they had done everything the Law of the Lord required, they went back to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	40	And as the child grew to maturity, he was filled with wisdom; and God's favour was with him.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	41	Every year his parents used to go to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	42	When he was twelve years old, they went up for the feast as usual.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	43	When the days of the feast were over and they set off home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem without his parents knowing it.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	44	They assumed he was somewhere in the party, and it was only after a day's journey that they went to look for him among their relations and acquaintances.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	45	When they failed to find him they went back to Jerusalem looking for him everywhere.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	46	It happened that, three days later, they found him in the Temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them, and asking them questions;
+Luke	Lk	49	2	47	and all those who heard him were astounded at his intelligence and his replies.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	48	They were overcome when they saw him, and his mother said to him, 'My child, why have you done this to us? See how worried your father and I have been, looking for you.'
+Luke	Lk	49	2	49	He replied, 'Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?'
+Luke	Lk	49	2	50	But they did not understand what he meant.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	51	He went down with them then and came to Nazareth and lived under their authority. His mother stored up all these things in her heart.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	52	And Jesus increased in wisdom, in stature, and in favour with God and with people.
+Luke	Lk	49	3	1	In the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar's reign, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of the territories of Ituraea and Trachonitis, Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	2	and while the high-priesthood was held by Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah, in the desert.
+Luke	Lk	49	3	3	He went through the whole Jordan area proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	4	as it is written in the book of the sayings of Isaiah the prophet: A voice of one that cries in the desert: Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight!
+Luke	Lk	49	3	5	Let every valley be filled in, every mountain and hill be levelled, winding ways be straightened and rough roads made smooth,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	6	and all humanity will see the salvation of God.
+Luke	Lk	49	3	7	He said, therefore, to the crowds who came to be baptised by him, 'Brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming retribution?
+Luke	Lk	49	3	8	Produce fruit in keeping with repentance, and do not start telling yourselves, "We have Abraham as our father," because, I tell you, God can raise children for Abraham from these stones.
+Luke	Lk	49	3	9	Yes, even now the axe is being laid to the root of the trees, so that any tree failing to produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown on the fire.'
+Luke	Lk	49	3	10	When all the people asked him, 'What must we do, then?'
+Luke	Lk	49	3	11	he answered, 'Anyone who has two tunics must share with the one who has none, and anyone with something to eat must do the same.'
+Luke	Lk	49	3	12	There were tax collectors, too, who came for baptism, and these said to him, 'Master, what must we do?'
+Luke	Lk	49	3	13	He said to them, 'Exact no more than the appointed rate.'
+Luke	Lk	49	3	14	Some soldiers asked him in their turn, 'What about us? What must we do?' He said to them, 'No intimidation! No extortion! Be content with your pay!'
+Luke	Lk	49	3	15	A feeling of expectancy had grown among the people, who were beginning to wonder whether John might be the Christ,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	16	so John declared before them all, 'I baptise you with water, but someone is coming, who is more powerful than me, and I am not fit to undo the strap of his sandals; he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
+Luke	Lk	49	3	17	His winnowing-fan is in his hand, to clear his threshing-floor and to gather the wheat into his barn; but the chaff he will burn in a fire that will never go out.'
+Luke	Lk	49	3	18	And he proclaimed the good news to the people with many other exhortations too.
+Luke	Lk	49	3	19	But Herod the tetrarch, censured by John for his relations with his brother's wife Herodias and for all the other crimes he had committed,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	20	added a further crime to all the rest by shutting John up in prison.
+Luke	Lk	49	3	21	Now it happened that when all the people had been baptised and while Jesus after his own baptism was at prayer, heaven opened
+Luke	Lk	49	3	22	and the Holy Spirit descended on him in a physical form, like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, 'You are my Son; today have I fathered you.'
+Luke	Lk	49	3	23	When he began, Jesus was about thirty years old, being the son, as it was thought, of Joseph son of Heli,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	24	son of Matthat, son of Levi, son of Melchi, son of Jannai, son of Joseph,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	25	son of Mattathias, son of Amos, son of Nahum, son of Esli, son of Naggai,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	26	son of Maath, son of Mattathias, son of Semein, son of Josech, son of Joda,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	27	son of Joanan, son of Rhesa, son of Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, son of Neri,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	28	son of Melchi, son of Addi, son of Cosam, son of Elmadam, son of Er,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	29	son of Jesus, son of Eliezer, son of Jorim, son of Matthat, son of Levi,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	30	son of Symeon, son of Judah, son of Joseph, son of Jonam, son of Eliakim,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	31	son of Melea, son of Menna, son of Mattatha, son of Nathan, son of David,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	32	son of Jesse, son of Obed, son of Boaz, son of Sala, son of Nahshon,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	33	son of Amminadab, son of Admin, son of Arni, son of Hezron, son of Perez, son of Judah,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	34	son of Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, son of Terah, son of Nahor,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	35	son of Serug, son of Reu, son of Peleg, son of Eber, son of Shelah,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	36	son of Cainan, son of Arphaxad, son of Shem, son of Noah, son of Lamech,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	37	son of Methuselah, son of Enoch, son of Jared, son of Mahalaleel, son of Cainan,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	38	son of Enos, son of Seth, son of Adam, son of God.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	1	Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert,
+Luke	Lk	49	4	2	for forty days being put to the test by the devil. During that time he ate nothing and at the end he was hungry.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	3	Then the devil said to him, 'If you are Son of God, tell this stone to turn into a loaf.'
+Luke	Lk	49	4	4	But Jesus replied, 'Scripture says: Human beings live not on bread alone.'
+Luke	Lk	49	4	5	Then leading him to a height, the devil showed him in a moment of time all the kingdoms of the world
+Luke	Lk	49	4	6	and said to him, 'I will give you all this power and their splendour, for it has been handed over to me, for me to give it to anyone I choose.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	7	Do homage, then, to me, and it shall all be yours.'
+Luke	Lk	49	4	8	But Jesus answered him, 'Scripture says: You must do homage to the Lord your God, him alone you must serve.'
+Luke	Lk	49	4	9	Then he led him to Jerusalem and set him on the parapet of the Temple. 'If you are Son of God,' he said to him, 'throw yourself down from here,
+Luke	Lk	49	4	10	for scripture says: He has given his angels orders about you, to guard you, and again:
+Luke	Lk	49	4	11	They will carry you in their arms in case you trip over a stone.'
+Luke	Lk	49	4	12	But Jesus answered him, 'Scripture says: Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'
+Luke	Lk	49	4	13	Having exhausted every way of putting him to the test, the devil left him, until the opportune moment.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	14	Jesus, with the power of the Spirit in him, returned to Galilee; and his reputation spread throughout the countryside.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	15	He taught in their synagogues and everyone glorified him.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	16	He came to Nazara, where he had been brought up, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day as he usually did. He stood up to read,
+Luke	Lk	49	4	17	and they handed him the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Unrolling the scroll he found the place where it is written:
+Luke	Lk	49	4	18	The spirit of the Lord is on me, for he has anointed me to bring the good news to the afflicted. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives, sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free,
+Luke	Lk	49	4	19	to proclaim a year of favour from the Lord.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	20	He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the assistant and sat down. And all eyes in the synagogue were fixed on him.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	21	Then he began to speak to them, 'This text is being fulfilled today even while you are listening.'
+Luke	Lk	49	4	22	And he won the approval of all, and they were astonished by the gracious words that came from his lips. They said, 'This is Joseph's son, surely?'
+Luke	Lk	49	4	23	But he replied, 'No doubt you will quote me the saying, "Physician, heal yourself," and tell me, "We have heard all that happened in Capernaum, do the same here in your own country." '
+Luke	Lk	49	4	24	And he went on, 'In truth I tell you, no prophet is ever accepted in his own country.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	25	'There were many widows in Israel, I can assure you, in Elijah's day, when heaven remained shut for three years and six months and a great famine raged throughout the land,
+Luke	Lk	49	4	26	but Elijah was not sent to any one of these: he was sent to a widow at Zarephath, a town in Sidonia.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	27	And in the prophet Elisha's time there were many suffering from virulent skin-diseases in Israel, but none of these was cured -- only Naaman the Syrian.'
+Luke	Lk	49	4	28	When they heard this everyone in the synagogue was enraged.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	29	They sprang to their feet and hustled him out of the town; and they took him up to the brow of the hill their town was built on, intending to throw him off the cliff,
+Luke	Lk	49	4	30	but he passed straight through the crowd and walked away.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	31	He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and taught them on the Sabbath.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	32	And his teaching made a deep impression on them because his word carried authority.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	33	In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean devil, and he shouted at the top of his voice,
+Luke	Lk	49	4	34	'Ha! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are: the Holy One of God.'
+Luke	Lk	49	4	35	But Jesus rebuked it, saying, 'Be quiet! Come out of him!' And the devil, throwing the man into the middle, went out of him without hurting him at all.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	36	Astonishment seized them and they were all saying to one another, 'What is it in his words? He gives orders to unclean spirits with authority and power and they come out.'
+Luke	Lk	49	4	37	And the news of him travelled all through the surrounding countryside.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	38	Leaving the synagogue he went to Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was in the grip of a high fever and they asked him to do something for her.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	39	Standing over her he rebuked the fever and it left her. And she immediately got up and began to serve them.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	40	At sunset all those who had friends suffering from diseases of one kind or another brought them to him, and laying his hands on each he cured them.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	41	Devils too came out of many people, shouting, 'You are the Son of God.' But he warned them and would not allow them to speak because they knew that he was the Christ.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	42	When daylight came he left the house and made his way to a lonely place. The crowds went to look for him, and when they had caught up with him they wanted to prevent him leaving them,
+Luke	Lk	49	4	43	but he answered, 'I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns too, because that is what I was sent to do.'
+Luke	Lk	49	4	44	And he continued his proclamation in the synagogues of Judaea.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	1	Now it happened that he was standing one day by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the crowd pressing round him listening to the word of God,
+Luke	Lk	49	5	2	when he caught sight of two boats at the water's edge. The fishermen had got out of them and were washing their nets.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	3	He got into one of the boats -- it was Simon's -- and asked him to put out a little from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	4	When he had finished speaking he said to Simon, 'Put out into deep water and pay out your nets for a catch.'
+Luke	Lk	49	5	5	Simon replied, 'Master, we worked hard all night long and caught nothing, but if you say so, I will pay out the nets.'
+Luke	Lk	49	5	6	And when they had done this they netted such a huge number of fish that their nets began to tear,
+Luke	Lk	49	5	7	so they signalled to their companions in the other boat to come and help them; when these came, they filled both boats to sinking point.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	8	When Simon Peter saw this he fell at the knees of Jesus saying, 'Leave me, Lord; I am a sinful man.'
+Luke	Lk	49	5	9	For he and all his companions were completely awestruck at the catch they had made;
+Luke	Lk	49	5	10	so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were Simon's partners. But Jesus said to Simon, 'Do not be afraid; from now on it is people you will be catching.'
+Luke	Lk	49	5	11	Then, bringing their boats back to land they left everything and followed him.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	12	Now it happened that Jesus was in one of the towns when suddenly a man appeared, covered with a skin-disease. Seeing Jesus he fell on his face and implored him saying, 'Sir, if you are willing you can cleanse me.'
+Luke	Lk	49	5	13	He stretched out his hand, and touched him saying, 'I am willing. Be cleansed.' At once the skin-disease left him.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	14	He ordered him to tell no one, 'But go and show yourself to the priest and make the offering for your cleansing just as Moses prescribed, as evidence to them.'
+Luke	Lk	49	5	15	But the news of him kept spreading, and large crowds would gather to hear him and to have their illnesses cured,
+Luke	Lk	49	5	16	but he would go off to some deserted place and pray.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	17	Now it happened that he was teaching one day, and Pharisees and teachers of the Law, who had come from every village in Galilee, from Judaea and from Jerusalem, were sitting there. And the power of the Lord was there so that he should heal.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	18	And now some men appeared, bringing on a bed a paralysed man whom they were trying to bring in and lay down in front of him.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	19	But as they could find no way of getting the man through the crowd, they went up onto the top of the house and lowered him and his stretcher down through the tiles into the middle of the gathering, in front of Jesus.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	20	Seeing their faith he said, 'My friend, your sins are forgiven you.'
+Luke	Lk	49	5	21	The scribes and the Pharisees began to think this over. 'Who is this man, talking blasphemy? Who but God alone can forgive sins?'
+Luke	Lk	49	5	22	But Jesus, aware of their thoughts, made them this reply, 'What are these thoughts you have in your hearts?
+Luke	Lk	49	5	23	Which of these is easier: to say, "Your sins are forgiven you," or to say, "Get up and walk"?
+Luke	Lk	49	5	24	But to prove to you that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins,' -- he said to the paralysed man-'I order you: get up, and pick up your stretcher and go home.'
+Luke	Lk	49	5	25	And immediately before their very eyes he got up, picked up what he had been lying on and went home praising God.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	26	They were all astounded and praised God and were filled with awe, saying, 'We have seen strange things today.'
+Luke	Lk	49	5	27	When he went out after this, he noticed a tax collector, Levi by name, sitting at the tax office, and said to him, 'Follow me.'
+Luke	Lk	49	5	28	And leaving everything Levi got up and followed him.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	29	In his honour Levi held a great reception in his house, and with them at table was a large gathering of tax collectors and others.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	30	The Pharisees and their scribes complained to his disciples and said, 'Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?'
+Luke	Lk	49	5	31	Jesus said to them in reply, 'It is not those that are well who need the doctor, but the sick.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	32	I have come to call not the upright but sinners to repentance.'
+Luke	Lk	49	5	33	They then said to him, 'John's disciples are always fasting and saying prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees, too, but yours go on eating and drinking.'
+Luke	Lk	49	5	34	Jesus replied, 'Surely you cannot make the bridegroom's attendants fast while the bridegroom is still with them?
+Luke	Lk	49	5	35	But the time will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them; then, in those days, they will fast.'
+Luke	Lk	49	5	36	He also told them a parable, 'No one tears a piece from a new cloak to put it on an old cloak; otherwise, not only will the new one be torn, but the piece taken from the new will not match the old.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	37	'And nobody puts new wine in old wineskins; otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins and run to waste, and the skins will be ruined.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	38	No; new wine must be put in fresh skins.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	39	And nobody who has been drinking old wine wants new. "The old is good," he says.'
+Luke	Lk	49	6	1	It happened that one Sabbath he was walking through the cornfields, and his disciples were picking ears of corn, rubbing them in their hands and eating them.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	2	Some of the Pharisees said, 'Why are you doing something that is forbidden on the Sabbath day?'
+Luke	Lk	49	6	3	Jesus answered them, 'So you have not read what David did when he and his followers were hungry-
+Luke	Lk	49	6	4	how he went into the house of God and took the loaves of the offering and ate them and gave them to his followers, loaves which the priests alone are allowed to eat?'
+Luke	Lk	49	6	5	And he said to them, 'The Son of man is master of the Sabbath.'
+Luke	Lk	49	6	6	Now on another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and began to teach, and a man was present, and his right hand was withered.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	7	The scribes and the Pharisees were watching him to see if he would cure somebody on the Sabbath, hoping to find something to charge him with.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	8	But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man with the withered hand, 'Get up and stand out in the middle!' And he came forward and stood there.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	9	Then Jesus said to them, 'I put it to you: is it permitted on the Sabbath to do good, or to do evil; to save life, or to destroy it?'
+Luke	Lk	49	6	10	Then he looked round at them all and said to the man, 'Stretch out your hand.' He did so, and his hand was restored.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	11	But they were furious and began to discuss the best way of dealing with Jesus.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	12	Now it happened in those days that he went onto the mountain to pray; and he spent the whole night in prayer to God.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	13	When day came he summoned his disciples and picked out twelve of them; he called them 'apostles':
+Luke	Lk	49	6	14	Simon whom he called Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,
+Luke	Lk	49	6	15	Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon called the Zealot,
+Luke	Lk	49	6	16	Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot who became a traitor.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	17	He then came down with them and stopped at a piece of level ground where there was a large gathering of his disciples, with a great crowd of people from all parts of Judaea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon
+Luke	Lk	49	6	18	who had come to hear him and to be cured of their diseases. People tormented by unclean spirits were also cured,
+Luke	Lk	49	6	19	and everyone in the crowd was trying to touch him because power came out of him that cured them all.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	20	Then fixing his eyes on his disciples he said: How blessed are you who are poor: the kingdom of God is yours.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	21	Blessed are you who are hungry now: you shall have your fill. Blessed are you who are weeping now: you shall laugh.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	22	'Blessed are you when people hate you, drive you out, abuse you, denounce your name as criminal, on account of the Son of man.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	23	Rejoice when that day comes and dance for joy, look!-your reward will be great in heaven. This was the way their ancestors treated the prophets.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	24	But alas for you who are rich: you are having your consolation now.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	25	Alas for you who have plenty to eat now: you shall go hungry. Alas for you who are laughing now: you shall mourn and weep.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	26	'Alas for you when everyone speaks well of you! This was the way their ancestors treated the false prophets.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	27	'But I say this to you who are listening: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
+Luke	Lk	49	6	28	bless those who curse you, pray for those who treat you badly.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	29	To anyone who slaps you on one cheek, present the other cheek as well; to anyone who takes your cloak from you, do not refuse your tunic.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	30	Give to everyone who asks you, and do not ask for your property back from someone who takes it.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	31	Treat others as you would like people to treat you.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	32	If you love those who love you, what credit can you expect? Even sinners love those who love them.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	33	And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit can you expect? For even sinners do that much.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	34	And if you lend to those from whom you hope to get money back, what credit can you expect? Even sinners lend to sinners to get back the same amount.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	35	Instead, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend without any hope of return. You will have a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	36	'Be compassionate just as your Father is compassionate.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	37	Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	38	Give, and there will be gifts for you: a full measure, pressed down, shaken together, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap; because the standard you use will be the standard used for you.'
+Luke	Lk	49	6	39	He also told them a parable, 'Can one blind person guide another? Surely both will fall into a pit?
+Luke	Lk	49	6	40	Disciple is not superior to teacher; but fully trained disciple will be like teacher.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	41	Why do you observe the splinter in your brother's eye and never notice the great log in your own?
+Luke	Lk	49	6	42	How can you say to your brother, "Brother, let me take out that splinter in your eye," when you cannot see the great log in your own? Hypocrite! Take the log out of your own eye first, and then you will see clearly enough to take out the splinter in your brother's eyes.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	43	'There is no sound tree that produces rotten fruit, nor again a rotten tree that produces sound fruit.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	44	Every tree can be told by its own fruit: people do not pick figs from thorns, nor gather grapes from brambles.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	45	Good people draw what is good from the store of goodness in their hearts; bad people draw what is bad from the store of badness. For the words of the mouth flow out of what fills the heart.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	46	'Why do you call me, "Lord, Lord" and not do what I say?
+Luke	Lk	49	6	47	'Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and acts on them -- I will show you what such a person is like.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	48	Such a person is like the man who, when he built a house, dug, and dug deep, and laid the foundations on rock; when the river was in flood it bore down on that house but could not shake it, it was so well built.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	49	But someone who listens and does nothing is like the man who built a house on soil, with no foundations; as soon as the river bore down on it, it collapsed; and what a ruin that house became!'
+Luke	Lk	49	7	1	When he had come to the end of all he wanted the people to hear, he went into Capernaum.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	2	A centurion there had a servant, a favourite of his, who was sick and near death.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	3	Having heard about Jesus he sent some Jewish elders to him to ask him to come and heal his servant.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	4	When they came to Jesus they pleaded earnestly with him saying, 'He deserves this of you,
+Luke	Lk	49	7	5	because he is well disposed towards our people; he built us our synagogue himself.'
+Luke	Lk	49	7	6	So Jesus went with them, and was not very far from the house when the centurion sent word to him by some friends to say to him, 'Sir, do not put yourself to any trouble because I am not worthy to have you under my roof;
+Luke	Lk	49	7	7	and that is why I did not presume to come to you myself; let my boy be cured by your giving the word.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	8	For I am under authority myself, and have soldiers under me; and I say to one man, "Go," and he goes; to another, "Come here," and he comes; to my servant, "Do this," and he does it.'
+Luke	Lk	49	7	9	When Jesus heard these words he was astonished at him and, turning round, said to the crowd following him, 'I tell you, not even in Israel have I found faith as great as this.'
+Luke	Lk	49	7	10	And when the messengers got back to the house they found the servant in perfect health.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	11	It happened that soon afterwards he went to a town called Nain, accompanied by his disciples and a great number of people.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	12	Now when he was near the gate of the town there was a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a considerable number of the townspeople was with her.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	13	When the Lord saw her he felt sorry for her and said to her, 'Don't cry.'
+Luke	Lk	49	7	14	Then he went up and touched the bier and the bearers stood still, and he said, 'Young man, I tell you: get up.'
+Luke	Lk	49	7	15	And the dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him to his mother.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	16	Everyone was filled with awe and glorified God saying, 'A great prophet has risen up among us; God has visited his people.'
+Luke	Lk	49	7	17	And this view of him spread throughout Judaea and all over the countryside.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	18	The disciples of John gave him all this news, and John, summoning two of his disciples,
+Luke	Lk	49	7	19	sent them to the Lord to ask, 'Are you the one who is to come, or are we to expect someone else?'
+Luke	Lk	49	7	20	When the men reached Jesus they said, 'John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask, "Are you the one who is to come or are we to expect someone else?" '
+Luke	Lk	49	7	21	At that very time he cured many people of diseases and afflictions and of evil spirits, and gave the gift of sight to many who were blind.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	22	Then he gave the messengers their answer, 'Go back and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind see again, the lame walk, those suffering from virulent skin-diseases are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, the good news is proclaimed to the poor;
+Luke	Lk	49	7	23	and blessed is anyone who does not find me a cause of falling.'
+Luke	Lk	49	7	24	When John's messengers had gone he began to talk to the people about John,
+Luke	Lk	49	7	25	'What did you go out into the desert to see? A reed swaying in the breeze? No! Then what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who go in magnificent clothes and live luxuriously are to be found at royal courts!
+Luke	Lk	49	7	26	Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet:
+Luke	Lk	49	7	27	he is the one of whom scripture says: Look, I am going to send my messenger in front of you to prepare your way before you.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	28	'I tell you, of all the children born to women, there is no one greater than John; yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.'
+Luke	Lk	49	7	29	All the people who heard him, and the tax collectors too, acknowledged God's saving justice by accepting baptism from John;
+Luke	Lk	49	7	30	but by refusing baptism from him the Pharisees and the lawyers thwarted God's plan for them.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	31	'What comparison, then, can I find for the people of this generation? What are they like?
+Luke	Lk	49	7	32	They are like children shouting to one another while they sit in the market place: We played the pipes for you, and you wouldn't dance; we sang dirges, and you wouldn't cry.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	33	'For John the Baptist has come, not eating bread, not drinking wine, and you say, "He is possessed."
+Luke	Lk	49	7	34	The Son of man has come, eating and drinking, and you say, "Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners."
+Luke	Lk	49	7	35	Yet wisdom is justified by all her children.'
+Luke	Lk	49	7	36	One of the Pharisees invited him to a meal. When he arrived at the Pharisee's house and took his place at table,
+Luke	Lk	49	7	37	suddenly a woman came in, who had a bad name in the town. She had heard he was dining with the Pharisee and had brought with her an alabaster jar of ointment.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	38	She waited behind him at his feet, weeping, and her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them away with her hair; then she covered his feet with kisses and anointed them with the ointment.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	39	When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, 'If this man were a prophet, he would know who this woman is and what sort of person it is who is touching him and what a bad name she has.'
+Luke	Lk	49	7	40	Then Jesus took him up and said, 'Simon, I have something to say to you.' He replied, 'Say on, Master.'
+Luke	Lk	49	7	41	'There was once a creditor who had two men in his debt; one owed him five hundred denarii, the other fifty.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	42	They were unable to pay, so he let them both off. Which of them will love him more?'
+Luke	Lk	49	7	43	Simon answered, 'The one who was let off more, I suppose.' Jesus said, 'You are right.'
+Luke	Lk	49	7	44	Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, 'You see this woman? I came into your house, and you poured no water over my feet, but she has poured out her tears over my feet and wiped them away with her hair.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	45	You gave me no kiss, but she has been covering my feet with kisses ever since I came in.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	46	You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	47	For this reason I tell you that her sins, many as they are, have been forgiven her, because she has shown such great love. It is someone who is forgiven little who shows little love.'
+Luke	Lk	49	7	48	Then he said to her, 'Your sins are forgiven.'
+Luke	Lk	49	7	49	Those who were with him at table began to say to themselves, 'Who is this man, that even forgives sins?'
+Luke	Lk	49	7	50	But he said to the woman, 'Your faith has saved you; go in peace.'
+Luke	Lk	49	8	1	Now it happened that after this he made his way through towns and villages preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. With him went the Twelve,
+Luke	Lk	49	8	2	as well as certain women who had been cured of evil spirits and ailments: Mary surnamed the Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
+Luke	Lk	49	8	3	Joanna the wife of Herod's steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their own resources.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	4	With a large crowd gathering and people from every town finding their way to him, he told this parable:
+Luke	Lk	49	8	5	'A sower went out to sow his seed. Now as he sowed, some fell on the edge of the path and was trampled on; and the birds of the air ate it up.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	6	Some seed fell on rock, and when it came up it withered away, having no moisture.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	7	Some seed fell in the middle of thorns and the thorns grew with it and choked it.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	8	And some seed fell into good soil and grew and produced its crop a hundredfold.' Saying this he cried, 'Anyone who has ears for listening should listen!'
+Luke	Lk	49	8	9	His disciples asked him what this parable might mean,
+Luke	Lk	49	8	10	and he said, 'To you is granted to understand the secrets of the kingdom of God; for the rest it remains in parables, so that they may look but not perceive, listen but not understand.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	11	'This, then, is what the parable means: the seed is the word of God.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	12	Those on the edge of the path are people who have heard it, and then the devil comes and carries away the word from their hearts in case they should believe and be saved.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	13	Those on the rock are people who, when they first hear it, welcome the word with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of trial they give up.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	14	As for the part that fell into thorns, this is people who have heard, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life and never produce any crops.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	15	As for the part in the rich soil, this is people with a noble and generous heart who have heard the word and take it to themselves and yield a harvest through their perseverance.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	16	'No one lights a lamp to cover it with a bowl or to put it under a bed. No, it is put on a lamp-stand so that people may see the light when they come in.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	17	For nothing is hidden but it will be made clear, nothing secret but it will be made known and brought to light.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	18	So take care how you listen; anyone who has, will be given more; anyone who has not, will be deprived even of what he thinks he has.'
+Luke	Lk	49	8	19	His mother and his brothers came looking for him, but they could not get to him because of the crowd.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	20	He was told, 'Your mother and brothers are standing outside and want to see you.'
+Luke	Lk	49	8	21	But he said in answer, 'My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and put it into practice.'
+Luke	Lk	49	8	22	It happened that one day he got into a boat with his disciples and said to them, 'Let us cross over to the other side of the lake.' So they set out,
+Luke	Lk	49	8	23	and as they sailed he fell asleep. When a squall of wind came down on the lake the boat started shipping water and they found themselves in danger.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	24	So they went to rouse him saying, 'Master! Master! We are lost!' Then he woke up and rebuked the wind and the rough water; and they subsided and it was calm again.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	25	He said to them, 'Where is your faith?' They were awestruck and astounded and said to one another, 'Who can this be, that gives orders even to winds and waves and they obey him?'
+Luke	Lk	49	8	26	They came to land in the territory of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	27	He was stepping ashore when a man from the city who was possessed by devils came towards him; for a long time the man had been living with no clothes on, not in a house, but in the tombs.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	28	Catching sight of Jesus he gave a shout, fell at his feet and cried out at the top of his voice, 'What do you want with me, Jesus, son of the Most High God? I implore you, do not torture me.'
+Luke	Lk	49	8	29	For Jesus had been telling the unclean spirit to come out of the man. It had seized on him a great many times, and then they used to secure him with chains and fetters to restrain him, but he would always break the fastenings, and the devil would drive him out into the wilds.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	30	Jesus asked him, 'What is your name?' He said, 'Legion' -- because many devils had gone into him.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	31	And these begged him not to order them to depart into the Abyss.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	32	Now there was a large herd of pigs feeding there on the mountain, and the devils begged him to let them go into these. So he gave them leave.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	33	The devils came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd charged down the cliff into the lake and was drowned.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	34	When the swineherds saw what had happened they ran off and told their story in the city and in the country round about;
+Luke	Lk	49	8	35	and the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus they found the man from whom the devils had gone out sitting at the feet of Jesus, wearing clothes and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	36	Those who had witnessed it told them how the man who had been possessed came to be saved.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	37	The entire population of the Gerasene territory was in great fear and asked Jesus to leave them. So he got into the boat and went back.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	38	The man from whom the devils had gone out asked to be allowed to stay with him, but he sent him away saying,
+Luke	Lk	49	8	39	'Go back home and report all that God has done for you.' So the man went off and proclaimed throughout the city all that Jesus had done for him.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	40	On his return Jesus was welcomed by the crowd, for they were all there waiting for him.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	41	And suddenly there came a man named Jairus, who was president of the synagogue. He fell at Jesus' feet and pleaded with him to come to his house,
+Luke	Lk	49	8	42	because he had an only daughter about twelve years old, who was dying. And the crowds were almost stifling Jesus as he went.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	43	Now there was a woman suffering from a haemorrhage for the past twelve years, whom no one had been able to cure.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	44	She came up behind him and touched the fringe of his cloak; and the haemorrhage stopped at that very moment.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	45	Jesus said, 'Who was it that touched me?' When they all denied it, Peter said, 'Master, it is the crowds round you, pushing.'
+Luke	Lk	49	8	46	But Jesus said, 'Somebody touched me. I felt that power had gone out from me.'
+Luke	Lk	49	8	47	Seeing herself discovered, the woman came forward trembling, and falling at his feet explained in front of all the people why she had touched him and how she had been cured at that very moment.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	48	'My daughter,' he said, 'your faith has saved you; go in peace.'
+Luke	Lk	49	8	49	While he was still speaking, someone arrived from the house of the president of the synagogue to say, 'Your daughter has died. Do not trouble the Master any further.'
+Luke	Lk	49	8	50	But Jesus heard this, and he spoke to the man, 'Do not be afraid, only have faith and she will be saved.'
+Luke	Lk	49	8	51	When he came to the house he allowed no one to go in with him except Peter and John and James, and the child's father and mother.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	52	They were all crying and mourning for her, but Jesus said, 'Stop crying; she is not dead, but asleep.'
+Luke	Lk	49	8	53	But they ridiculed him, knowing she was dead.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	54	But taking her by the hand himself he spoke to her, 'Child, get up.'
+Luke	Lk	49	8	55	And her spirit returned and she got up at that very moment. Then he told them to give her something to eat.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	56	Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	1	He called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority over all devils and to cure diseases,
+Luke	Lk	49	9	2	and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	3	He said to them, 'Take nothing for the journey: neither staff, nor haversack, nor bread, nor money; and do not have a spare tunic.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	4	Whatever house you enter, stay there; and when you leave let your departure be from there.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	5	As for those who do not welcome you, when you leave their town shake the dust from your feet as evidence against them.'
+Luke	Lk	49	9	6	So they set out and went from village to village proclaiming the good news and healing everywhere.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	7	Meanwhile Herod the tetrarch had heard about all that was going on; and he was puzzled, because some people were saying that John had risen from the dead,
+Luke	Lk	49	9	8	others that Elijah had reappeared, still others that one of the ancient prophets had come back to life.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	9	But Herod said, 'John? I beheaded him. So who is this I hear such reports about?' And he was anxious to see him.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	10	On their return the apostles gave him an account of all they had done. Then he took them with him and withdrew towards a town called Bethsaida where they could be by themselves.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	11	But the crowds got to know and they went after him. He made them welcome and talked to them about the kingdom of God; and he cured those who were in need of healing.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	12	It was late afternoon when the Twelve came up to him and said, 'Send the people away, and they can go to the villages and farms round about to find lodging and food; for we are in a lonely place here.'
+Luke	Lk	49	9	13	He replied, 'Give them something to eat yourselves.' But they said, 'We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we are to go ourselves and buy food for all these people.'
+Luke	Lk	49	9	14	For there were about five thousand men. But he said to his disciples, 'Get them to sit down in parties of about fifty.'
+Luke	Lk	49	9	15	They did so and made them all sit down.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	16	Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, raised his eyes to heaven, and said the blessing over them; then he broke them and handed them to his disciples to distribute among the crowd.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	17	They all ate as much as they wanted, and when the scraps left over were collected they filled twelve baskets.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	18	Now it happened that he was praying alone, and his disciples came to him and he put this question to them, 'Who do the crowds say I am?'
+Luke	Lk	49	9	19	And they answered, 'Some say John the Baptist; others Elijah; others again one of the ancient prophets come back to life.'
+Luke	Lk	49	9	20	'But you,' he said to them, 'who do you say I am?' It was Peter who spoke up. 'The Christ of God,' he said.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	21	But he gave them strict orders and charged them not to say this to anyone.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	22	He said, 'The Son of man is destined to suffer grievously, to be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes and to be put to death, and to be raised up on the third day.'
+Luke	Lk	49	9	23	Then, speaking to all, he said, 'If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross every day and follow me.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	24	Anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake, will save it.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	25	What benefit is it to anyone to win the whole world and forfeit or lose his very self?
+Luke	Lk	49	9	26	For if anyone is ashamed of me and of my words, of him the Son of man will be ashamed when he comes in his own glory and in the glory of the Father and the holy angels.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	27	'I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.'
+Luke	Lk	49	9	28	Now about eight days after this had been said, he took with him Peter, John and James and went up the mountain to pray.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	29	And it happened that, as he was praying, the aspect of his face was changed and his clothing became sparkling white.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	30	And suddenly there were two men talking to him; they were Moses and Elijah
+Luke	Lk	49	9	31	appearing in glory, and they were speaking of his passing which he was to accomplish in Jerusalem.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	32	Peter and his companions were heavy with sleep, but they woke up and saw his glory and the two men standing with him.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	33	As these were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, 'Master, it is wonderful for us to be here; so let us make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.' He did not know what he was saying.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	34	As he was saying this, a cloud came and covered them with shadow; and when they went into the cloud the disciples were afraid.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	35	And a voice came from the cloud saying, 'This is my Son, the Chosen One. Listen to him.'
+Luke	Lk	49	9	36	And after the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. The disciples kept silence and, at that time, told no one what they had seen.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	37	Now it happened that on the following day when they were coming down from the mountain a large crowd came to meet him.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	38	And suddenly a man in the crowd cried out. 'Master,' he said, 'I implore you to look at my son: he is my only child.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	39	A spirit will suddenly take hold of him, and all at once it gives a sudden cry and throws the boy into convulsions with foaming at the mouth; it is slow to leave him, but when it does, it leaves the boy worn out.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	40	I begged your disciples to drive it out, and they could not.'
+Luke	Lk	49	9	41	In reply Jesus said, 'Faithless and perverse generation! How much longer must I be among you and put up with you? Bring your son here.'
+Luke	Lk	49	9	42	Even while the boy was coming, the devil threw him to the ground in convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and cured the boy and gave him back to his father,
+Luke	Lk	49	9	43	and everyone was awestruck by the greatness of God. But while everyone was full of admiration for all he did, he said to his disciples,
+Luke	Lk	49	9	44	'For your part, you must have these words constantly in mind: The Son of man is going to be delivered into the power of men.'
+Luke	Lk	49	9	45	But they did not understand what he said; it was hidden from them so that they should not see the meaning of it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	46	An argument started between them about which of them was the greatest.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	47	Jesus knew what thoughts were going through their minds, and he took a little child whom he set by his side
+Luke	Lk	49	9	48	and then he said to them, 'Anyone who welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and anyone who welcomes me, welcomes the one who sent me. The least among you all is the one who is the greatest.'
+Luke	Lk	49	9	49	John spoke up. 'Master,' he said, 'we saw someone driving out devils in your name, and because he is not with us we tried to stop him.'
+Luke	Lk	49	9	50	But Jesus said to him, 'You must not stop him: anyone who is not against you is for you.'
+Luke	Lk	49	9	51	Now it happened that as the time drew near for him to be taken up, he resolutely turned his face towards Jerusalem
+Luke	Lk	49	9	52	and sent messengers ahead of him. These set out, and they went into a Samaritan village to make preparations for him,
+Luke	Lk	49	9	53	but the people would not receive him because he was making for Jerusalem.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	54	Seeing this, the disciples James and John said, 'Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to burn them up?'
+Luke	Lk	49	9	55	But he turned and rebuked them,
+Luke	Lk	49	9	56	and they went on to another village.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	57	As they travelled along they met a man on the road who said to him, 'I will follow you wherever you go.'
+Luke	Lk	49	9	58	Jesus answered, 'Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.'
+Luke	Lk	49	9	59	Another to whom he said, 'Follow me,' replied, 'Let me go and bury my father first.'
+Luke	Lk	49	9	60	But he answered, 'Leave the dead to bury their dead; your duty is to go and spread the news of the kingdom of God.'
+Luke	Lk	49	9	61	Another said, 'I will follow you, sir, but first let me go and say good -- bye to my people at home.'
+Luke	Lk	49	9	62	Jesus said to him, 'Once the hand is laid on the plough, no one who looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.'
+Luke	Lk	49	10	1	After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them out ahead of him in pairs, to all the towns and places he himself would be visiting.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	2	And he said to them, 'The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to do his harvesting.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	3	Start off now, but look, I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	4	Take no purse with you, no haversack, no sandals. Salute no one on the road.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	5	Whatever house you enter, let your first words be, "Peace to this house!"
+Luke	Lk	49	10	6	And if a man of peace lives there, your peace will go and rest on him; if not, it will come back to you.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	7	Stay in the same house, taking what food and drink they have to offer, for the labourer deserves his wages; do not move from house to house.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	8	Whenever you go into a town where they make you welcome, eat what is put before you.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	9	Cure those in it who are sick, and say, "The kingdom of God is very near to you."
+Luke	Lk	49	10	10	But whenever you enter a town and they do not make you welcome, go out into its streets and say,
+Luke	Lk	49	10	11	"We wipe off the very dust of your town that clings to our feet, and leave it with you. Yet be sure of this: the kingdom of God is very near."
+Luke	Lk	49	10	12	I tell you, on the great Day it will be more bearable for Sodom than for that town.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	13	'Alas for you, Chorazin! Alas for you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	14	And still, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the Judgement than for you.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	15	And as for you, Capernaum, did you want to be raised high as heaven? You shall be flung down to hell.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	16	'Anyone who listens to you listens to me; anyone who rejects you rejects me, and those who reject me reject the one who sent me.'
+Luke	Lk	49	10	17	The seventy-two came back rejoicing. 'Lord,' they said, 'even the devils submit to us when we use your name.'
+Luke	Lk	49	10	18	He said to them, 'I watched Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	19	Look, I have given you power to tread down serpents and scorpions and the whole strength of the enemy; nothing shall ever hurt you.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	20	Yet do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you; rejoice instead that your names are written in heaven.'
+Luke	Lk	49	10	21	Just at this time, filled with joy by the Holy Spirit, he said, 'I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to little children. Yes, Father, for that is what it has pleased you to do.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	22	Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.'
+Luke	Lk	49	10	23	Then turning to his disciples he spoke to them by themselves, 'Blessed are the eyes that see what you see,
+Luke	Lk	49	10	24	for I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see, and never saw it; to hear what you hear, and never heard it.'
+Luke	Lk	49	10	25	And now a lawyer stood up and, to test him, asked, 'Master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?'
+Luke	Lk	49	10	26	He said to him, 'What is written in the Law? What is your reading of it?'
+Luke	Lk	49	10	27	He replied, 'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbour as yourself.'
+Luke	Lk	49	10	28	Jesus said to him, 'You have answered right, do this and life is yours.'
+Luke	Lk	49	10	29	But the man was anxious to justify himself and said to Jesus, 'And who is my neighbour?'
+Luke	Lk	49	10	30	In answer Jesus said, 'A man was once on his way down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of bandits; they stripped him, beat him and then made off, leaving him half dead.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	31	Now a priest happened to be travelling down the same road, but when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	32	In the same way a Levite who came to the place saw him, and passed by on the other side.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	33	But a Samaritan traveller who came on him was moved with compassion when he saw him.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	34	He went up to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them. He then lifted him onto his own mount and took him to an inn and looked after him.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	35	Next day, he took out two denarii and handed them to the innkeeper and said, "Look after him, and on my way back I will make good any extra expense you have."
+Luke	Lk	49	10	36	Which of these three, do you think, proved himself a neighbour to the man who fell into the bandits' hands?'
+Luke	Lk	49	10	37	He replied, 'The one who showed pity towards him.' Jesus said to him, 'Go, and do the same yourself.'
+Luke	Lk	49	10	38	In the course of their journey he came to a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	39	She had a sister called Mary, who sat down at the Lord's feet and listened to him speaking.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	40	Now Martha, who was distracted with all the serving, came to him and said, 'Lord, do you not care that my sister is leaving me to do the serving all by myself? Please tell her to help me.'
+Luke	Lk	49	10	41	But the Lord answered, 'Martha, Martha,' he said, 'you worry and fret about so many things,
+Luke	Lk	49	10	42	and yet few are needed, indeed only one. It is Mary who has chosen the better part, and it is not to be taken from her.'
+Luke	Lk	49	11	1	Now it happened that he was in a certain place praying, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said, 'Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.'
+Luke	Lk	49	11	2	He said to them, 'When you pray, this is what to say: Father, may your name be held holy, your kingdom come;
+Luke	Lk	49	11	3	give us each day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins,
+Luke	Lk	49	11	4	for we ourselves forgive each one who is in debt to us. And do not put us to the test.'
+Luke	Lk	49	11	5	He also said to them, 'Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to him in the middle of the night to say, "My friend, lend me three loaves,
+Luke	Lk	49	11	6	because a friend of mine on his travels has just arrived at my house and I have nothing to offer him;"
+Luke	Lk	49	11	7	and the man answers from inside the house, "Do not bother me. The door is bolted now, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up to give it to you."
+Luke	Lk	49	11	8	I tell you, if the man does not get up and give it to him for friendship's sake, persistence will make him get up and give his friend all he wants.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	9	'So I say to you: Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	10	For everyone who asks receives; everyone who searches finds; everyone who knocks will have the door opened.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	11	What father among you, if his son asked for a fish, would hand him a snake?
+Luke	Lk	49	11	12	Or if he asked for an egg, hand him a scorpion?
+Luke	Lk	49	11	13	If you then, evil as you are, know how to give your children what is good, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!'
+Luke	Lk	49	11	14	He was driving out a devil and it was dumb; and it happened that when the devil had gone out the dumb man spoke, and the people were amazed.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	15	But some of them said, 'It is through Beelzebul, the prince of devils, that he drives devils out.'
+Luke	Lk	49	11	16	Others asked him, as a test, for a sign from heaven;
+Luke	Lk	49	11	17	but, knowing what they were thinking, he said to them, 'Any kingdom which is divided against itself is heading for ruin, and house collapses against house.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	18	So, too, with Satan: if he is divided against himself, how can his kingdom last? - since you claim that it is through Beelzebul that I drive devils out.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	19	Now if it is through Beelzebul that I drive devils out, through whom do your own sons drive them out? They shall be your judges, then.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	20	But if it is through the finger of God that I drive devils out, then the kingdom of God has indeed caught you unawares.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	21	So long as a strong man fully armed guards his own home, his goods are undisturbed;
+Luke	Lk	49	11	22	but when someone stronger than himself attacks and defeats him, the stronger man takes away all the weapons he relied on and shares out his spoil.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	23	'Anyone who is not with me is against me; and anyone who does not gather in with me throws away.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	24	'When an unclean spirit goes out of someone it wanders through waterless country looking for a place to rest, and not finding one it says, "I will go back to the home I came from."
+Luke	Lk	49	11	25	But on arrival, finding it swept and tidied,
+Luke	Lk	49	11	26	it then goes off and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and set up house there, and so that person ends up worse off than before.'
+Luke	Lk	49	11	27	It happened that as he was speaking, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, 'Blessed the womb that bore you and the breasts that fed you!'
+Luke	Lk	49	11	28	But he replied, 'More blessed still are those who hear the word of God and keep it!'
+Luke	Lk	49	11	29	The crowds got even bigger and he addressed them, 'This is an evil generation; it is asking for a sign. The only sign it will be given is the sign of Jonah.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	30	For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of man be a sign to this generation.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	31	On Judgement Day the Queen of the South will stand up against the people of this generation and be their condemnation, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, look, there is something greater than Solomon here.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	32	On Judgement Day the men of Nineveh will appear against this generation and be its condemnation, because when Jonah preached they repented; and, look, there is something greater than Jonah here.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	33	'No one lights a lamp and puts it in some hidden place or under a tub; they put it on the lamp-stand so that people may see the light when they come in.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	34	The lamp of the body is your eye. When your eye is clear, your whole body, too, is filled with light; but when it is diseased your body, too, will be darkened.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	35	See to it then that the light inside you is not darkness.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	36	If, therefore, your whole body is filled with light, and not darkened at all, it will be light entirely, as when the lamp shines on you with its rays.'
+Luke	Lk	49	11	37	He had just finished speaking when a Pharisee invited him to dine at his house. He went in and sat down at table.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	38	The Pharisee saw this and was surprised that he had not first washed before the meal.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	39	But the Lord said to him, 'You Pharisees! You clean the outside of cup and plate, while inside yourselves you are filled with extortion and wickedness.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	40	Fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside too?
+Luke	Lk	49	11	41	Instead, give alms from what you have and, look, everything will be clean for you.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	42	But alas for you Pharisees, because you pay your tithe of mint and rue and all sorts of garden herbs and neglect justice and the love of God! These you should have practised, without neglecting the others.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	43	Alas for you Pharisees, because you like to take the seats of honour in the synagogues and to be greeted respectfully in the market squares!
+Luke	Lk	49	11	44	Alas for you, because you are like the unmarked tombs that people walk on without knowing it!'
+Luke	Lk	49	11	45	A lawyer then spoke up. 'Master,' he said, 'when you speak like this you insult us too.'
+Luke	Lk	49	11	46	But he said, 'Alas for you lawyers as well, because you load on people burdens that are unendurable, burdens that you yourselves do not touch with your fingertips.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	47	'Alas for you because you build tombs for the prophets, the people your ancestors killed!
+Luke	Lk	49	11	48	In this way you both witness to what your ancestors did and approve it; they did the killing, you do the building.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	49	'And that is why the Wisdom of God said, "I will send them prophets and apostles; some they will slaughter and persecute,
+Luke	Lk	49	11	50	so that this generation will have to answer for every prophet's blood that has been shed since the foundation of the world,
+Luke	Lk	49	11	51	from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the Temple." Yes, I tell you, this generation will have to answer for it all.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	52	'Alas for you lawyers who have taken away the key of knowledge! You have not gone in yourselves and have prevented others from going in who wanted to.'
+Luke	Lk	49	11	53	When he left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began a furious attack on him and tried to force answers from him on innumerable questions,
+Luke	Lk	49	11	54	lying in wait to catch him out in something he might say.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	1	Meanwhile the people had gathered in their thousands so that they were treading on one another. And he began to speak, first of all to his disciples. 'Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees -- their hypocrisy.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	2	Everything now covered up will be uncovered, and everything now hidden will be made clear.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	3	For this reason, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in hidden places will be proclaimed from the housetops.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	4	'To you my friends I say: Do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	5	I will tell you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has the power to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, he is the one to fear.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	6	Can you not buy five sparrows for two pennies? And yet not one is forgotten in God's sight.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	7	Why, every hair on your head has been counted. There is no need to be afraid: you are worth more than many sparrows.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	8	'I tell you, if anyone openly declares himself for me in the presence of human beings, the Son of man will declare himself for him in the presence of God's angels.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	9	But anyone who disowns me in the presence of human beings will be disowned in the presence of God's angels.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	10	'Everyone who says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven, but no one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will be forgiven.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	11	'When they take you before synagogues and magistrates and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say,
+Luke	Lk	49	12	12	because when the time comes, the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.'
+Luke	Lk	49	12	13	A man in the crowd said to him, 'Master, tell my brother to give me a share of our inheritance.'
+Luke	Lk	49	12	14	He said to him, 'My friend, who appointed me your judge, or the arbitrator of your claims?'
+Luke	Lk	49	12	15	Then he said to them, 'Watch, and be on your guard against avarice of any kind, for life does not consist in possessions, even when someone has more than he needs.'
+Luke	Lk	49	12	16	Then he told them a parable, 'There was once a rich man who, having had a good harvest from his land,
+Luke	Lk	49	12	17	thought to himself, "What am I to do? I have not enough room to store my crops."
+Luke	Lk	49	12	18	Then he said, "This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns and build bigger ones, and store all my grain and my goods in them,
+Luke	Lk	49	12	19	and I will say to my soul: My soul, you have plenty of good things laid by for many years to come; take things easy, eat, drink, have a good time."
+Luke	Lk	49	12	20	But God said to him, "Fool! This very night the demand will be made for your soul; and this hoard of yours, whose will it be then?"
+Luke	Lk	49	12	21	So it is when someone stores up treasure for himself instead of becoming rich in the sight of God.'
+Luke	Lk	49	12	22	Then he said to his disciples, 'That is why I am telling you not to worry about your life and what you are to eat, nor about your body and how you are to clothe it.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	23	For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	24	Think of the ravens. They do not sow or reap; they have no storehouses and no barns; yet God feeds them. And how much more you are worth than the birds!
+Luke	Lk	49	12	25	Can any of you, however much you worry, add a single cubit to your span of life?
+Luke	Lk	49	12	26	If a very small thing is beyond your powers, why worry about the rest?
+Luke	Lk	49	12	27	Think how the flowers grow; they never have to spin or weave; yet, I assure you, not even Solomon in all his royal robes was clothed like one of them.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	28	Now if that is how God clothes a flower which is growing wild today and is thrown into the furnace tomorrow, how much more will he look after you, who have so little faith!
+Luke	Lk	49	12	29	But you must not set your hearts on things to eat and things to drink; nor must you worry.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	30	It is the gentiles of this world who set their hearts on all these things. Your Father well knows you need them.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	31	No; set your hearts on his kingdom, and these other things will be given you as well.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	32	'There is no need to be afraid, little flock, for it has pleased your Father to give you the kingdom.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	33	'Sell your possessions and give to those in need. Get yourselves purses that do not wear out, treasure that will not fail you, in heaven where no thief can reach it and no moth destroy it.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	34	For wherever your treasure is, that is where your heart will be too.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	35	'See that you have your belts done up and your lamps lit.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	36	Be like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding feast, ready to open the door as soon as he comes and knocks.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	37	Blessed those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. In truth I tell you, he will do up his belt, sit them down at table and wait on them.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	38	It may be in the second watch that he comes, or in the third, but blessed are those servants if he finds them ready.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	39	You may be quite sure of this, that if the householder had known at what time the burglar would come, he would not have let anyone break through the wall of his house.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	40	You too must stand ready, because the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.'
+Luke	Lk	49	12	41	Peter said, 'Lord, do you mean this parable for us, or for everyone?'
+Luke	Lk	49	12	42	The Lord replied, 'Who, then, is the wise and trustworthy steward whom the master will place over his household to give them at the proper time their allowance of food?
+Luke	Lk	49	12	43	Blessed that servant if his master's arrival finds him doing exactly that.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	44	I tell you truly, he will put him in charge of everything that he owns.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	45	But if the servant says to himself, "My master is taking his time coming," and sets about beating the menservants and the servant-girls, and eating and drinking and getting drunk,
+Luke	Lk	49	12	46	his master will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know. The master will cut him off and send him to the same fate as the unfaithful.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	47	'The servant who knows what his master wants, but has got nothing ready and done nothing in accord with those wishes, will be given a great many strokes of the lash.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	48	The one who did not know, but has acted in such a way that he deserves a beating, will be given fewer strokes. When someone is given a great deal, a great deal will be demanded of that person; when someone is entrusted with a great deal, of that person even more will be expected.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	49	'I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already!
+Luke	Lk	49	12	50	There is a baptism I must still receive, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!
+Luke	Lk	49	12	51	'Do you suppose that I am here to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	52	For from now on, a household of five will be divided: three against two and two against three;
+Luke	Lk	49	12	53	father opposed to son, son to father, mother to daughter, daughter to mother, mother-in-law to daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law to mother-in-law.'
+Luke	Lk	49	12	54	He said again to the crowds, 'When you see a cloud looming up in the west you say at once that rain is coming, and so it does.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	55	And when the wind is from the south you say it's going to be hot, and it is.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	56	Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the face of the earth and the sky. How is it you do not know how to interpret these times?
+Luke	Lk	49	12	57	'Why not judge for yourselves what is upright?
+Luke	Lk	49	12	58	For example: when you are going to court with your opponent, make an effort to settle with him on the way, or he may drag you before the judge and the judge hand you over to the officer and the officer have you thrown into prison.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	59	I tell you, you will not get out till you have paid the very last penny.'
+Luke	Lk	49	13	1	It was just about this time that some people arrived and told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with that of their sacrifices. At this he said to them,
+Luke	Lk	49	13	2	'Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than any others, that this should have happened to them?
+Luke	Lk	49	13	3	They were not, I tell you. No; but unless you repent you will all perish as they did.
+Luke	Lk	49	13	4	Or those eighteen on whom the tower at Siloam fell, killing them all? Do you suppose that they were more guilty than all the other people living in Jerusalem?
+Luke	Lk	49	13	5	They were not, I tell you. No; but unless you repent you will all perish as they did.'
+Luke	Lk	49	13	6	He told this parable, 'A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it but found none.
+Luke	Lk	49	13	7	He said to his vinedresser, "For three years now I have been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and finding none. Cut it down: why should it be taking up the ground?"
+Luke	Lk	49	13	8	"Sir," the man replied, "leave it one more year and give me time to dig round it and manure it:
+Luke	Lk	49	13	9	it may bear fruit next year; if not, then you can cut it down." '
+Luke	Lk	49	13	10	One Sabbath day he was teaching in one of the synagogues,
+Luke	Lk	49	13	11	and there before him was a woman who for eighteen years had been possessed by a spirit that crippled her; she was bent double and quite unable to stand upright.
+Luke	Lk	49	13	12	When Jesus saw her he called her over and said, 'Woman, you are freed from your disability,'
+Luke	Lk	49	13	13	and he laid his hands on her. And at once she straightened up, and she glorified God.
+Luke	Lk	49	13	14	But the president of the synagogue was indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, and he addressed all those present saying, 'There are six days when work is to be done. Come and be healed on one of those days and not on the Sabbath.'
+Luke	Lk	49	13	15	But the Lord answered him and said, 'Hypocrites! Is there one of you who does not untie his ox or his donkey from the manger on the Sabbath and take it out for watering?
+Luke	Lk	49	13	16	And this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan has held bound these eighteen years -- was it not right to untie this bond on the Sabbath day?'
+Luke	Lk	49	13	17	When he said this, all his adversaries were covered with confusion, and all the people were overjoyed at all the wonders he worked.
+Luke	Lk	49	13	18	He went on to say, 'What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it with?
+Luke	Lk	49	13	19	It is like a mustard seed which a man took and threw into his garden: it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air sheltered in its branches.'
+Luke	Lk	49	13	20	Again he said, 'What shall I compare the kingdom of God with?
+Luke	Lk	49	13	21	It is like the yeast a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour till it was leavened all through.'
+Luke	Lk	49	13	22	Through towns and villages he went teaching, making his way to Jerusalem.
+Luke	Lk	49	13	23	Someone said to him, 'Sir, will there be only a few saved?' He said to them,
+Luke	Lk	49	13	24	'Try your hardest to enter by the narrow door, because, I tell you, many will try to enter and will not succeed.
+Luke	Lk	49	13	25	'Once the master of the house has got up and locked the door, you may find yourself standing outside knocking on the door, saying, "Lord, open to us," but he will answer, "I do not know where you come from."
+Luke	Lk	49	13	26	Then you will start saying, "We once ate and drank in your company; you taught in our streets,"
+Luke	Lk	49	13	27	but he will reply, "I do not know where you come from; away from me, all evil doers!"
+Luke	Lk	49	13	28	'Then there will be weeping and grinding of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrown out.
+Luke	Lk	49	13	29	And people from east and west, from north and south, will come and sit down at the feast in the kingdom of God.
+Luke	Lk	49	13	30	'Look, there are those now last who will be first, and those now first who will be last.'
+Luke	Lk	49	13	31	Just at this time some Pharisees came up. 'Go away,' they said. 'Leave this place, because Herod means to kill you.'
+Luke	Lk	49	13	32	He replied, 'You may go and give that fox this message: Look! Today and tomorrow I drive out devils and heal, and on the third day I attain my end.
+Luke	Lk	49	13	33	But for today and tomorrow and the next day I must go on, since it would not be right for a prophet to die outside Jerusalem.
+Luke	Lk	49	13	34	'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you that kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often have I longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you refused!
+Luke	Lk	49	13	35	Look! Your house will be left to you. Yes, I promise you, you shall not see me till the time comes when you are saying: Blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord!'
+Luke	Lk	49	14	1	Now it happened that on a Sabbath day he had gone to share a meal in the house of one of the leading Pharisees; and they watched him closely.
+Luke	Lk	49	14	2	Now there in front of him was a man with dropsy,
+Luke	Lk	49	14	3	and Jesus addressed the lawyers and Pharisees with the words, 'Is it against the law to cure someone on the Sabbath, or not?'
+Luke	Lk	49	14	4	But they remained silent, so he took the man and cured him and sent him away.
+Luke	Lk	49	14	5	Then he said to them, 'Which of you here, if his son falls into a well, or his ox, will not pull him out on a Sabbath day without any hesitation?'
+Luke	Lk	49	14	6	And to this they could find no answer.
+Luke	Lk	49	14	7	He then told the guests a parable, because he had noticed how they picked the places of honour. He said this,
+Luke	Lk	49	14	8	'When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take your seat in the place of honour. A more distinguished person than you may have been invited,
+Luke	Lk	49	14	9	and the person who invited you both may come and say, "Give up your place to this man." And then, to your embarrassment, you will have to go and take the lowest place.
+Luke	Lk	49	14	10	No; when you are a guest, make your way to the lowest place and sit there, so that, when your host comes, he may say, "My friend, move up higher." Then, everyone with you at the table will see you honoured.
+Luke	Lk	49	14	11	For everyone who raises himself up will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be raised up.'
+Luke	Lk	49	14	12	Then he said to his host, 'When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relations or rich neighbours, in case they invite you back and so repay you.
+Luke	Lk	49	14	13	No; when you have a party, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;
+Luke	Lk	49	14	14	then you will be blessed, for they have no means to repay you and so you will be repaid when the upright rise again.'
+Luke	Lk	49	14	15	On hearing this, one of those gathered round the table said to him, 'Blessed is anyone who will share the meal in the kingdom of God!'
+Luke	Lk	49	14	16	But he said to him, 'There was a man who gave a great banquet, and he invited a large number of people.
+Luke	Lk	49	14	17	When the time for the banquet came, he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, "Come along: everything is ready now."
+Luke	Lk	49	14	18	But all alike started to make excuses. The first said, "I have bought a piece of land and must go and see it. Please accept my apologies."
+Luke	Lk	49	14	19	Another said, "I have bought five yoke of oxen and am on my way to try them out. Please accept my apologies."
+Luke	Lk	49	14	20	Yet another said, "I have just got married and so am unable to come."
+Luke	Lk	49	14	21	'The servant returned and reported this to his master. Then the householder, in a rage, said to his servant, "Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in here the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame."
+Luke	Lk	49	14	22	"Sir," said the servant, "your orders have been carried out and there is still room."
+Luke	Lk	49	14	23	Then the master said to his servant, "Go to the open roads and the hedgerows and press people to come in, to make sure my house is full;
+Luke	Lk	49	14	24	because, I tell you, not one of those who were invited shall have a taste of my banquet." '
+Luke	Lk	49	14	25	Great crowds accompanied him on his way and he turned and spoke to them.
+Luke	Lk	49	14	26	'Anyone who comes to me without hating father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and his own life too, cannot be my disciple.
+Luke	Lk	49	14	27	No one who does not carry his cross and come after me can be my disciple.
+Luke	Lk	49	14	28	'And indeed, which of you here, intending to build a tower, would not first sit down and work out the cost to see if he had enough to complete it?
+Luke	Lk	49	14	29	Otherwise, if he laid the foundation and then found himself unable to finish the work, anyone who saw it would start making fun of him and saying,
+Luke	Lk	49	14	30	"Here is someone who started to build and was unable to finish."
+Luke	Lk	49	14	31	Or again, what king marching to war against another king would not first sit down and consider whether with ten thousand men he could stand up to the other who was advancing against him with twenty thousand?
+Luke	Lk	49	14	32	If not, then while the other king was still a long way off, he would send envoys to sue for peace.
+Luke	Lk	49	14	33	So in the same way, none of you can be my disciple without giving up all that he owns.
+Luke	Lk	49	14	34	'Salt is a good thing. But if salt itself loses its taste, what can make it salty again?
+Luke	Lk	49	14	35	It is good for neither soil nor manure heap. People throw it away. Anyone who has ears for listening should listen!'
+Luke	Lk	49	15	1	The tax collectors and sinners, however, were all crowding round to listen to him,
+Luke	Lk	49	15	2	and the Pharisees and scribes complained saying, 'This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.'
+Luke	Lk	49	15	3	So he told them this parable:
+Luke	Lk	49	15	4	'Which one of you with a hundred sheep, if he lost one, would fail to leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the missing one till he found it?
+Luke	Lk	49	15	5	And when he found it, would he not joyfully take it on his shoulders
+Luke	Lk	49	15	6	and then, when he got home, call together his friends and neighbours, saying to them, "Rejoice with me, I have found my sheep that was lost."
+Luke	Lk	49	15	7	In the same way, I tell you, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner repenting than over ninety-nine upright people who have no need of repentance.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	8	'Or again, what woman with ten drachmas would not, if she lost one, light a lamp and sweep out the house and search thoroughly till she found it?
+Luke	Lk	49	15	9	And then, when she had found it, call together her friends and neighbours, saying to them, "Rejoice with me, I have found the drachma I lost."
+Luke	Lk	49	15	10	In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing among the angels of God over one repentant sinner.'
+Luke	Lk	49	15	11	Then he said, 'There was a man who had two sons.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	12	The younger one said to his father, "Father, let me have the share of the estate that will come to me." So the father divided the property between them.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	13	A few days later, the younger son got together everything he had and left for a distant country where he squandered his money on a life of debauchery.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	14	'When he had spent it all, that country experienced a severe famine, and now he began to feel the pinch;
+Luke	Lk	49	15	15	so he hired himself out to one of the local inhabitants who put him on his farm to feed the pigs.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	16	And he would willingly have filled himself with the husks the pigs were eating but no one would let him have them.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	17	Then he came to his senses and said, "How many of my father's hired men have all the food they want and more, and here am I dying of hunger!
+Luke	Lk	49	15	18	I will leave this place and go to my father and say: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you;
+Luke	Lk	49	15	19	I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired men."
+Luke	Lk	49	15	20	So he left the place and went back to his father. 'While he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with pity. He ran to the boy, clasped him in his arms and kissed him.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	21	Then his son said, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I no longer deserve to be called your son."
+Luke	Lk	49	15	22	But the father said to his servants, "Quick! Bring out the best robe and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	23	Bring the calf we have been fattening, and kill it; we will celebrate by having a feast,
+Luke	Lk	49	15	24	because this son of mine was dead and has come back to life; he was lost and is found." And they began to celebrate.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	25	'Now the elder son was out in the fields, and on his way back, as he drew near the house, he could hear music and dancing.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	26	Calling one of the servants he asked what it was all about.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	27	The servant told him, "Your brother has come, and your father has killed the calf we had been fattening because he has got him back safe and sound."
+Luke	Lk	49	15	28	He was angry then and refused to go in, and his father came out and began to urge him to come in;
+Luke	Lk	49	15	29	but he retorted to his father, "All these years I have slaved for you and never once disobeyed any orders of yours, yet you never offered me so much as a kid for me to celebrate with my friends.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	30	But, for this son of yours, when he comes back after swallowing up your property -- he and his loose women -- you kill the calf we had been fattening."
+Luke	Lk	49	15	31	'The father said, "My son, you are with me always and all I have is yours.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	32	But it was only right we should celebrate and rejoice, because your brother here was dead and has come to life; he was lost and is found." '
+Luke	Lk	49	16	1	He also said to his disciples, 'There was a rich man and he had a steward who was denounced to him for being wasteful with his property.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	2	He called for the man and said, "What is this I hear about you? Draw me up an account of your stewardship because you are not to be my steward any longer."
+Luke	Lk	49	16	3	Then the steward said to himself, "Now that my master is taking the stewardship from me, what am I to do? Dig? I am not strong enough. Go begging? I should be too ashamed.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	4	Ah, I know what I will do to make sure that when I am dismissed from office there will be some to welcome me into their homes."
+Luke	Lk	49	16	5	'Then he called his master's debtors one by one. To the first he said, "How much do you owe my master?"
+Luke	Lk	49	16	6	"One hundred measures of oil," he said. The steward said, "Here, take your bond; sit down and quickly write fifty."
+Luke	Lk	49	16	7	To another he said, "And you, sir, how much do you owe?" "One hundred measures of wheat," he said. The steward said, "Here, take your bond and write eighty."
+Luke	Lk	49	16	8	'The master praised the dishonest steward for his astuteness. For the children of this world are more astute in dealing with their own kind than are the children of light.'
+Luke	Lk	49	16	9	'And so I tell you this: use money, tainted as it is, to win you friends, and thus make sure that when it fails you, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	10	Anyone who is trustworthy in little things is trustworthy in great; anyone who is dishonest in little things is dishonest in great.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	11	If then you are not trustworthy with money, that tainted thing, who will trust you with genuine riches?
+Luke	Lk	49	16	12	And if you are not trustworthy with what is not yours, who will give you what is your very own?
+Luke	Lk	49	16	13	'No servant can be the slave of two masters: he will either hate the first and love the second, or be attached to the first and despise the second. You cannot be the slave both of God and of money.'
+Luke	Lk	49	16	14	The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and jeered at him.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	15	He said to them, 'You are the very ones who pass yourselves off as upright in people's sight, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed in human eyes is loathsome in the sight of God.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	16	'Up to the time of John it was the Law and the Prophets; from then onwards, the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing their way into it.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	17	'It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for one little stroke to drop out of the Law.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	18	'Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another is guilty of adultery, and the man who marries a woman divorced by her husband commits adultery.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	19	'There was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and feast magnificently every day.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	20	And at his gate there used to lie a poor man called Lazarus, covered with sores,
+Luke	Lk	49	16	21	who longed to fill himself with what fell from the rich man's table. Even dogs came and licked his sores.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	22	Now it happened that the poor man died and was carried away by the angels into Abraham's embrace. The rich man also died and was buried.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	23	'In his torment in Hades he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off with Lazarus in his embrace.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	24	So he cried out, "Father Abraham, pity me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in agony in these flames."
+Luke	Lk	49	16	25	Abraham said, "My son, remember that during your life you had your fill of good things, just as Lazarus his fill of bad. Now he is being comforted here while you are in agony.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	26	But that is not all: between us and you a great gulf has been fixed, to prevent those who want to cross from our side to yours or from your side to ours."
+Luke	Lk	49	16	27	'So he said, "Father, I beg you then to send Lazarus to my father's house,
+Luke	Lk	49	16	28	since I have five brothers, to give them warning so that they do not come to this place of torment too."
+Luke	Lk	49	16	29	Abraham said, "They have Moses and the prophets, let them listen to them."
+Luke	Lk	49	16	30	The rich man replied, "Ah no, father Abraham, but if someone comes to them from the dead, they will repent."
+Luke	Lk	49	16	31	Then Abraham said to him, "If they will not listen either to Moses or to the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone should rise from the dead."
+Luke	Lk	49	17	1	He said to his disciples, 'Causes of falling are sure to come, but alas for the one through whom they occur!
+Luke	Lk	49	17	2	It would be better for such a person to be thrown into the sea with a millstone round the neck than to be the downfall of a single one of these little ones.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	3	Keep watch on yourselves! 'If your brother does something wrong, rebuke him and, if he is sorry, forgive him.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	4	And if he wrongs you seven times a day and seven times comes back to you and says, "I am sorry," you must forgive him.'
+Luke	Lk	49	17	5	The apostles said to the Lord, 'Increase our faith.'
+Luke	Lk	49	17	6	The Lord replied, 'If you had faith like a mustard seed you could say to this mulberry tree, "Be uprooted and planted in the sea," and it would obey you.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	7	'Which of you, with a servant ploughing or minding sheep, would say to him when he returned from the fields, "Come and have your meal at once"?
+Luke	Lk	49	17	8	Would he not be more likely to say, "Get my supper ready; fasten your belt and wait on me while I eat and drink. You yourself can eat and drink afterwards"?
+Luke	Lk	49	17	9	Must he be grateful to the servant for doing what he was told?
+Luke	Lk	49	17	10	So with you: when you have done all you have been told to do, say, "We are useless servants: we have done no more than our duty." '
+Luke	Lk	49	17	11	Now it happened that on the way to Jerusalem he was travelling in the borderlands of Samaria and Galilee.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	12	As he entered one of the villages, ten men suffering from a virulent skin-disease came to meet him. They stood some way off
+Luke	Lk	49	17	13	and called to him, 'Jesus! Master! Take pity on us.'
+Luke	Lk	49	17	14	When he saw them he said, 'Go and show yourselves to the priests.' Now as they were going away they were cleansed.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	15	Finding himself cured, one of them turned back praising God at the top of his voice
+Luke	Lk	49	17	16	and threw himself prostrate at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	17	This led Jesus to say, 'Were not all ten made clean? The other nine, where are they?
+Luke	Lk	49	17	18	It seems that no one has come back to give praise to God, except this foreigner.'
+Luke	Lk	49	17	19	And he said to the man, 'Stand up and go on your way. Your faith has saved you.'
+Luke	Lk	49	17	20	Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was to come, he gave them this answer, 'The coming of the kingdom of God does not admit of observation
+Luke	Lk	49	17	21	and there will be no one to say, "Look, it is here! Look, it is there!" For look, the kingdom of God is among you.'
+Luke	Lk	49	17	22	He said to the disciples, 'A time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of man and will not see it.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	23	They will say to you, "Look, it is there!" or, "Look, it is here!" Make no move; do not set off in pursuit;
+Luke	Lk	49	17	24	for as the lightning flashing from one part of heaven lights up the other, so will be the Son of man when his Day comes.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	25	But first he is destined to suffer grievously and be rejected by this generation.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	26	'As it was in Noah's day, so will it also be in the days of the Son of man.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	27	People were eating and drinking, marrying wives and husbands, right up to the day Noah went into the ark, and the Flood came and destroyed them all.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	28	It will be the same as it was in Lot's day: people were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,
+Luke	Lk	49	17	29	but the day Lot left Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and it destroyed them all.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	30	It will be the same when the day comes for the Son of man to be revealed.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	31	'When that Day comes, no one on the housetop, with his possessions in the house, must come down to collect them, nor must anyone in the fields turn back.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	32	Remember Lot's wife.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	33	Anyone who tries to preserve his life will lose it; and anyone who loses it will keep it safe.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	34	I tell you, on that night, when two are in one bed, one will be taken, the other left;
+Luke	Lk	49	17	35	when two women are grinding corn together, one will be taken, the other left.'
+Luke	Lk	49	17	36
+Luke	Lk	49	17	37	The disciples spoke up and asked, 'Where, Lord?' He said, 'Where the body is, there too will the vultures gather.'
+Luke	Lk	49	18	1	Then he told them a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart.
+Luke	Lk	49	18	2	'There was a judge in a certain town,' he said, 'who had neither fear of God nor respect for anyone.
+Luke	Lk	49	18	3	In the same town there was also a widow who kept on coming to him and saying, "I want justice from you against my enemy!"
+Luke	Lk	49	18	4	For a long time he refused, but at last he said to himself, "Even though I have neither fear of God nor respect for any human person,
+Luke	Lk	49	18	5	I must give this widow her just rights since she keeps pestering me, or she will come and slap me in the face." '
+Luke	Lk	49	18	6	And the Lord said, 'You notice what the unjust judge has to say?
+Luke	Lk	49	18	7	Now, will not God see justice done to his elect if they keep calling to him day and night even though he still delays to help them?
+Luke	Lk	49	18	8	I promise you, he will see justice done to them, and done speedily. But when the Son of man comes, will he find any faith on earth?'
+Luke	Lk	49	18	9	He spoke the following parable to some people who prided themselves on being upright and despised everyone else,
+Luke	Lk	49	18	10	'Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax collector.
+Luke	Lk	49	18	11	The Pharisee stood there and said this prayer to himself, "I thank you, God, that I am not grasping, unjust, adulterous like everyone else, and particularly that I am not like this tax collector here.
+Luke	Lk	49	18	12	I fast twice a week; I pay tithes on all I get."
+Luke	Lk	49	18	13	The tax collector stood some distance away, not daring even to raise his eyes to heaven; but he beat his breast and said, "God, be merciful to me, a sinner."
+Luke	Lk	49	18	14	This man, I tell you, went home again justified; the other did not. For everyone who raises himself up will be humbled, but anyone who humbles himself will be raised up.'
+Luke	Lk	49	18	15	People even brought babies to him, for him to touch them; but when the disciples saw this they scolded them.
+Luke	Lk	49	18	16	But Jesus called the children to him and said, 'Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs.
+Luke	Lk	49	18	17	In truth I tell you, anyone who does not welcome the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.'
+Luke	Lk	49	18	18	One of the rulers put this question to him, 'Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?'
+Luke	Lk	49	18	19	Jesus said to him, 'Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
+Luke	Lk	49	18	20	You know the commandments: You shall not commit adultery; You shall not kill; You shall not steal; You shall not give false witness; Honour your father and your mother.'
+Luke	Lk	49	18	21	He replied, 'I have kept all these since my earliest days.'
+Luke	Lk	49	18	22	And when Jesus heard this he said, 'There is still one thing you lack. Sell everything you own and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.'
+Luke	Lk	49	18	23	But when he heard this he was overcome with sadness, for he was very rich.
+Luke	Lk	49	18	24	Jesus looked at him and said, 'How hard it is for those who have riches to make their way into the kingdom of God!
+Luke	Lk	49	18	25	Yes, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for someone rich to enter the kingdom of God.'
+Luke	Lk	49	18	26	Those who were listening said, 'In that case, who can be saved?'
+Luke	Lk	49	18	27	He replied, 'Things that are impossible by human resources, are possible for God.'
+Luke	Lk	49	18	28	But Peter said, 'Look, we left all we had to follow you.'
+Luke	Lk	49	18	29	He said to them, 'In truth I tell you, there is no one who has left house, wife, brothers, parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God
+Luke	Lk	49	18	30	who will not receive many times as much in this present age and, in the world to come, eternal life.'
+Luke	Lk	49	18	31	Then taking the Twelve aside he said to them, 'Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of man is to come true.
+Luke	Lk	49	18	32	For he will be handed over to the gentiles and will be mocked, maltreated and spat on,
+Luke	Lk	49	18	33	and when they have scourged him they will put him to death; and on the third day he will rise again.'
+Luke	Lk	49	18	34	But they could make nothing of this; what he said was quite obscure to them, they did not understand what he was telling them.
+Luke	Lk	49	18	35	Now it happened that as he drew near to Jericho there was a blind man sitting at the side of the road begging.
+Luke	Lk	49	18	36	When he heard the crowd going past he asked what it was all about,
+Luke	Lk	49	18	37	and they told him that Jesus the Nazarene was passing by.
+Luke	Lk	49	18	38	So he called out, 'Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me.'
+Luke	Lk	49	18	39	The people in front scolded him and told him to keep quiet, but he only shouted all the louder, 'Son of David, have pity on me.'
+Luke	Lk	49	18	40	Jesus stopped and ordered them to bring the man to him, and when he came up, asked him,
+Luke	Lk	49	18	41	'What do you want me to do for you?' 'Sir,' he replied, 'let me see again.'
+Luke	Lk	49	18	42	Jesus said to him, 'Receive your sight. Your faith has saved you.'
+Luke	Lk	49	18	43	And instantly his sight returned and he followed him praising God, and all the people who saw it gave praise to God.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	1	He entered Jericho and was going through the town
+Luke	Lk	49	19	2	and suddenly a man whose name was Zacchaeus made his appearance; he was one of the senior tax collectors and a wealthy man.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	3	He kept trying to see which Jesus was, but he was too short and could not see him for the crowd;
+Luke	Lk	49	19	4	so he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to catch a glimpse of Jesus who was to pass that way.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	5	When Jesus reached the spot he looked up and spoke to him, 'Zacchaeus, come down. Hurry, because I am to stay at your house today.'
+Luke	Lk	49	19	6	And he hurried down and welcomed him joyfully.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	7	They all complained when they saw what was happening. 'He has gone to stay at a sinner's house,' they said.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	8	But Zacchaeus stood his ground and said to the Lord, 'Look, sir, I am going to give half my property to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody I will pay him back four times the amount.'
+Luke	Lk	49	19	9	And Jesus said to him, 'Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham;
+Luke	Lk	49	19	10	for the Son of man has come to seek out and save what was lost.'
+Luke	Lk	49	19	11	While the people were listening to this he went on to tell a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was going to show itself then and there.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	12	Accordingly he said, 'A man of noble birth went to a distant country to be appointed king and then return.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	13	He summoned ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds, telling them, "Trade with these, until I get back."
+Luke	Lk	49	19	14	But his compatriots detested him and sent a delegation to follow him with this message, "We do not want this man to be our king."
+Luke	Lk	49	19	15	'Now it happened that on his return, having received his appointment as king, he sent for those servants to whom he had given the money, to find out what profit each had made by trading.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	16	The first came in, "Sir," he said, "your one pound has brought in ten."
+Luke	Lk	49	19	17	He replied, "Well done, my good servant! Since you have proved yourself trustworthy in a very small thing, you shall have the government of ten cities."
+Luke	Lk	49	19	18	Then came the second, "Sir," he said, "your one pound has made five."
+Luke	Lk	49	19	19	To this one also he said, "And you shall be in charge of five cities."
+Luke	Lk	49	19	20	Next came the other, "Sir," he said, "here is your pound. I put it away safely wrapped up in a cloth
+Luke	Lk	49	19	21	because I was afraid of you; for you are an exacting man: you gather in what you have not laid out and reap what you have not sown."
+Luke	Lk	49	19	22	He said to him, "You wicked servant! Out of your own mouth I condemn you. So you knew that I was an exacting man, gathering in what I have not laid out and reaping what I have not sown?
+Luke	Lk	49	19	23	Then why did you not put my money in the bank? On my return I could have drawn it out with interest."
+Luke	Lk	49	19	24	And he said to those standing by, "Take the pound from him and give it to the man who has ten pounds."
+Luke	Lk	49	19	25	And they said to him, "But, sir, he has ten pounds . . ."
+Luke	Lk	49	19	26	"I tell you, to everyone who has will be given more; but anyone who has not will be deprived even of what he has.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	27	"As for my enemies who did not want me for their king, bring them here and execute them in my presence." '
+Luke	Lk	49	19	28	When he had said this he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	29	Now it happened that when he was near Bethphage and Bethany, close by the Mount of Olives as it is called, he sent two of the disciples, saying,
+Luke	Lk	49	19	30	'Go to the village opposite, and as you enter it you will find a tethered colt that no one has ever yet ridden. Untie it and bring it here.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	31	If anyone asks you, "Why are you untying it?" you are to say this, "The Master needs it." '
+Luke	Lk	49	19	32	The messengers went off and found everything just as he had told them.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	33	As they were untying the colt, its owners said, 'Why are you untying it?'
+Luke	Lk	49	19	34	and they answered, 'The Master needs it.'
+Luke	Lk	49	19	35	So they took the colt to Jesus and, throwing their cloaks on its back, they lifted Jesus on to it.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	36	As he moved off, they spread their cloaks in the road,
+Luke	Lk	49	19	37	and now, as he was approaching the downward slope of the Mount of Olives, the whole group of disciples joyfully began to praise God at the top of their voices for all the miracles they had seen.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	38	They cried out: Blessed is he who is coming as King in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest heavens!
+Luke	Lk	49	19	39	Some Pharisees in the crowd said to him, 'Master, reprove your disciples,'
+Luke	Lk	49	19	40	but he answered, 'I tell you, if these keep silence, the stones will cry out.'
+Luke	Lk	49	19	41	As he drew near and came in sight of the city he shed tears over it
+Luke	Lk	49	19	42	and said, 'If you too had only recognised on this day the way to peace! But in fact it is hidden from your eyes!
+Luke	Lk	49	19	43	Yes, a time is coming when your enemies will raise fortifications all round you, when they will encircle you and hem you in on every side;
+Luke	Lk	49	19	44	they will dash you and the children inside your walls to the ground; they will leave not one stone standing on another within you, because you did not recognise the moment of your visitation.'
+Luke	Lk	49	19	45	Then he went into the Temple and began driving out those who were busy trading, saying to them,
+Luke	Lk	49	19	46	'According to scripture, my house shall be a house of prayer but you have turned it into a bandits' den.'
+Luke	Lk	49	19	47	He taught in the Temple every day. The chief priests and the scribes, in company with the leading citizens, tried to do away with him,
+Luke	Lk	49	19	48	but they could not find a way to carry this out because the whole people hung on his words.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	1	Now it happened that one day while he was teaching the people in the Temple and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the scribes came up, together with the elders,
+Luke	Lk	49	20	2	and spoke to him. 'Tell us,' they said, 'what authority have you for acting like this? Or who gives you this authority?'
+Luke	Lk	49	20	3	In reply he said to them, 'And I will ask you a question, just one. Tell me:
+Luke	Lk	49	20	4	John's baptism: what was its origin, heavenly or human?'
+Luke	Lk	49	20	5	And they debated this way among themselves, 'If we say heavenly, he will retort, "Why did you refuse to believe him?";
+Luke	Lk	49	20	6	and if we say human, the whole people will stone us, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.'
+Luke	Lk	49	20	7	So their reply was that they did not know where it came from.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	8	And Jesus said to them, 'Nor will I tell you my authority for acting like this.'
+Luke	Lk	49	20	9	And he went on to tell the people this parable, 'A man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenants, and went abroad for a long while.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	10	When the right time came, he sent a servant to the tenants to get his share of the produce of the vineyard. But the tenants thrashed him, and sent him away empty-handed.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	11	But he went on to send a second servant; they thrashed him too and treated him shamefully and sent him away empty-handed.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	12	He still went on to send a third; they wounded this one too, and threw him out.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	13	Then the owner of the vineyard thought, "What am I to do? I will send them my own beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him."
+Luke	Lk	49	20	14	But when the tenants saw him they put their heads together saying, "This is the heir, let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours."
+Luke	Lk	49	20	15	So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. 'Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
+Luke	Lk	49	20	16	He will come and make an end of these tenants and give the vineyard to others.' Hearing this they said, 'God forbid!'
+Luke	Lk	49	20	17	But he looked hard at them and said, 'Then what does this text in the scriptures mean: The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone?
+Luke	Lk	49	20	18	Anyone who falls on that stone will be dashed to pieces; anyone it falls on will be crushed.'
+Luke	Lk	49	20	19	And the scribes and the chief priests would have liked to lay hands on him that very moment, because they realised that this parable was aimed at them, but they were afraid of the people.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	20	So they awaited their opportunity and sent agents to pose as upright men, and to catch him out in something he might say and so enable them to hand him over to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	21	They put to him this question, 'Master, we know that you say and teach what is right; you favour no one, but teach the way of God in all honesty.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	22	Is it permissible for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?'
+Luke	Lk	49	20	23	But he was aware of their cunning and said,
+Luke	Lk	49	20	24	'Show me a denarius. Whose portrait and title are on it?' They said, 'Caesar's.'
+Luke	Lk	49	20	25	He said to them, 'Well then, pay Caesar what belongs to Caesar -- and God what belongs to God.'
+Luke	Lk	49	20	26	They were unable to catch him out in anything he had to say in public; they were amazed at his answer and were silenced.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	27	Some Sadducees -- those who argue that there is no resurrection -- approached him and they put this question to him,
+Luke	Lk	49	20	28	'Master, Moses prescribed for us, if a man's married brother dies childless, the man must marry the widow to raise up children for his brother.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	29	Well then, there were seven brothers; the first, having married a wife, died childless.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	30	The second
+Luke	Lk	49	20	31	and then the third married the widow. And the same with all seven, they died leaving no children.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	32	Finally the woman herself died.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	33	Now, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be, since she had been married to all seven?'
+Luke	Lk	49	20	34	Jesus replied, 'The children of this world take wives and husbands,
+Luke	Lk	49	20	35	but those who are judged worthy of a place in the other world and in the resurrection from the dead do not marry
+Luke	Lk	49	20	36	because they can no longer die, for they are the same as the angels, and being children of the resurrection they are children of God.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	37	And Moses himself implies that the dead rise again, in the passage about the bush where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	38	Now he is God, not of the dead, but of the living; for to him everyone is alive.'
+Luke	Lk	49	20	39	Some scribes then spoke up. They said, 'Well put, Master.'
+Luke	Lk	49	20	40	They did not dare to ask him any more questions.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	41	He then said to them, 'How can people maintain that the Christ is son of David?
+Luke	Lk	49	20	42	Why, David himself says in the Book of Psalms: The Lord declared to my Lord, take your seat at my right hand,
+Luke	Lk	49	20	43	till I have made your enemies your footstool.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	44	David here calls him Lord; how then can he be his son?'
+Luke	Lk	49	20	45	While all the people were listening he said to the disciples,
+Luke	Lk	49	20	46	'Beware of the scribes who like to walk about in long robes and love to be greeted respectfully in the market squares, to take the front seats in the synagogues and the places of honour at banquets,
+Luke	Lk	49	20	47	who devour the property of widows, and for show offer long prayers. The more severe will be the sentence they receive.'
+Luke	Lk	49	21	1	Looking up, he saw rich people putting their offerings into the treasury;
+Luke	Lk	49	21	2	and he noticed a poverty-stricken widow putting in two small coins,
+Luke	Lk	49	21	3	and he said, 'I tell you truly, this poor widow has put in more than any of them;
+Luke	Lk	49	21	4	for these have all put in money they could spare, but she in her poverty has put in all she had to live on.'
+Luke	Lk	49	21	5	When some were talking about the Temple, remarking how it was adorned with fine stonework and votive offerings, he said,
+Luke	Lk	49	21	6	'All these things you are staring at now -- the time will come when not a single stone will be left on another; everything will be destroyed.'
+Luke	Lk	49	21	7	And they put to him this question, 'Master,' they said, 'when will this happen, then, and what sign will there be that it is about to take place?'
+Luke	Lk	49	21	8	But he said, 'Take care not to be deceived, because many will come using my name and saying, "I am the one" and "The time is near at hand." Refuse to join them.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	9	And when you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be terrified, for this is something that must happen first, but the end will not come at once.'
+Luke	Lk	49	21	10	Then he said to them, 'Nation will fight against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	11	There will be great earthquakes and plagues and famines in various places; there will be terrifying events and great signs from heaven.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	12	'But before all this happens, you will be seized and persecuted; you will be handed over to the synagogues and to imprisonment, and brought before kings and governors for the sake of my name
+Luke	Lk	49	21	13	-and that will be your opportunity to bear witness.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	14	Make up your minds not to prepare your defence,
+Luke	Lk	49	21	15	because I myself shall give you an eloquence and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to resist or contradict.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	16	You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relations and friends; and some of you will be put to death.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	17	You will be hated universally on account of my name,
+Luke	Lk	49	21	18	but not a hair of your head will be lost.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	19	Your perseverance will win you your lives.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	20	'When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you must realise that it will soon be laid desolate.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	21	Then those in Judaea must escape to the mountains, those inside the city must leave it, and those in country districts must not take refuge in it.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	22	For this is the time of retribution when all that scripture says must be fulfilled.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	23	Alas for those with child, or with babies at the breast, when those days come!
+Luke	Lk	49	21	24	'For great misery will descend on the land and retribution on this people. They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive to every gentile country; and Jerusalem will be trampled down by the gentiles until their time is complete.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	25	'There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; on earth nations in agony, bewildered by the turmoil of the ocean and its waves;
+Luke	Lk	49	21	26	men fainting away with terror and fear at what menaces the world, for the powers of heaven will be shaken.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	27	And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	28	When these things begin to take place, stand erect, hold your heads high, because your liberation is near at hand.'
+Luke	Lk	49	21	29	And he told them a parable, 'Look at the fig tree and indeed every tree.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	30	As soon as you see them bud, you can see for yourselves that summer is now near.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	31	So with you when you see these things happening: know that the kingdom of God is near.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	32	In truth I tell you, before this generation has passed away all will have taken place.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	33	Sky and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	34	'Watch yourselves, or your hearts will be coarsened by debauchery and drunkenness and the cares of life, and that day will come upon you unexpectedly,
+Luke	Lk	49	21	35	like a trap. For it will come down on all those living on the face of the earth.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	36	Stay awake, praying at all times for the strength to survive all that is going to happen, and to hold your ground before the Son of man.'
+Luke	Lk	49	21	37	All day long he would be in the Temple teaching, but would spend the night in the open on the hill called the Mount of Olives.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	38	And from early morning the people thronged to him in the Temple to listen to him.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	1	The feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was now drawing near,
+Luke	Lk	49	22	2	and the chief priests and the scribes were looking for some way of doing away with him, because they were afraid of the people.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	3	Then Satan entered into Judas, surnamed Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	4	He approached the chief priests and the officers of the guard to discuss some way of handing Jesus over to them.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	5	They were delighted and agreed to give him money.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	6	He accepted and began to look for an opportunity to betray him to them without people knowing about it.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	7	The day of Unleavened Bread came round, on which the Passover had to be sacrificed,
+Luke	Lk	49	22	8	and he sent Peter and John, saying, 'Go and make the preparations for us to eat the Passover.'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	9	They asked him, 'Where do you want us to prepare it?'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	10	He said to them, 'Look, as you go into the city you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him into the house he enters
+Luke	Lk	49	22	11	and tell the owner of the house, "The Master says this to you: Where is the room for me to eat the Passover with my disciples?"
+Luke	Lk	49	22	12	The man will show you a large upper room furnished with couches. Make the preparations there.'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	13	They set off and found everything as he had told them and prepared the Passover.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	14	When the time came he took his place at table, and the apostles with him.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	15	And he said to them, 'I have ardently longed to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;
+Luke	Lk	49	22	16	because, I tell you, I shall not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	17	Then, taking a cup, he gave thanks and said, 'Take this and share it among you,
+Luke	Lk	49	22	18	because from now on, I tell you, I shall never again drink wine until the kingdom of God comes.'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	19	Then he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, 'This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	20	He did the same with the cup after supper, and said, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood poured out for you.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	21	'But look, here with me on the table is the hand of the man who is betraying me.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	22	The Son of man is indeed on the path which was decreed, but alas for that man by whom he is betrayed!'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	23	And they began to ask one another which of them it could be who was to do this.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	24	An argument also began between them about who should be reckoned the greatest;
+Luke	Lk	49	22	25	but he said to them, 'Among the gentiles it is the kings who lord it over them, and those who have authority over them are given the title Benefactor.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	26	With you this must not happen. No; the greatest among you must behave as if he were the youngest, the leader as if he were the one who serves.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	27	For who is the greater: the one at table or the one who serves? The one at table, surely? Yet here am I among you as one who serves!
+Luke	Lk	49	22	28	'You are the men who have stood by me faithfully in my trials;
+Luke	Lk	49	22	29	and now I confer a kingdom on you, just as my Father conferred one on me:
+Luke	Lk	49	22	30	you will eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones to judge the twelve tribes of Israel.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	31	'Simon, Simon! Look, Satan has got his wish to sift you all like wheat;
+Luke	Lk	49	22	32	but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail, and once you have recovered, you in your turn must strengthen your brothers.'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	33	'Lord,' he answered, 'I would be ready to go to prison with you, and to death.'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	34	Jesus replied, 'I tell you, Peter, by the time the cock crows today you will have denied three times that you know me.'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	35	He said to them, 'When I sent you out without purse or haversack or sandals, were you short of anything?'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	36	'No, nothing,' they said. He said to them, 'But now if you have a purse, take it, and the same with a haversack; if you have no sword, sell your cloak and buy one,
+Luke	Lk	49	22	37	because I tell you these words of scripture are destined to be fulfilled in me: He was counted as one of the rebellious. Yes, what it says about me is even now reaching its fulfilment.'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	38	They said, 'Lord, here are two swords.' He said to them, 'That is enough!'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	39	He then left to make his way as usual to the Mount of Olives, with the disciples following.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	40	When he reached the place he said to them, 'Pray not to be put to the test.'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	41	Then he withdrew from them, about a stone's throw away, and knelt down and prayed.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	42	'Father,' he said, 'if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Nevertheless, let your will be done, not mine.'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	43	Then an angel appeared to him, coming from heaven to give him strength.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	44	In his anguish he prayed even more earnestly, and his sweat fell to the ground like great drops of blood.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	45	When he rose from prayer he went to the disciples and found them sleeping for sheer grief.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	46	And he said to them, 'Why are you asleep? Get up and pray not to be put to the test.'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	47	Suddenly, while he was still speaking, a number of men appeared, and at the head of them the man called Judas, one of the Twelve, who went up to Jesus to kiss him.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	48	Jesus said, 'Judas, are you betraying the Son of man with a kiss?'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	49	His followers, seeing what was about to happen, said, 'Lord, shall we use our swords?'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	50	And one of them struck the high priest's servant and cut off his right ear.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	51	But at this Jesus said, 'That is enough.' And touching the man's ear he healed him.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	52	Then Jesus said to the chief priests and captains of the Temple guard and elders who had come for him, 'Am I a bandit, that you had to set out with swords and clubs?
+Luke	Lk	49	22	53	When I was among you in the Temple day after day you never made a move to lay hands on me. But this is your hour; this is the reign of darkness.'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	54	They seized him then and led him away, and they took him to the high priest's house. Peter followed at a distance.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	55	They had lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and Peter sat down among them,
+Luke	Lk	49	22	56	and as he was sitting there by the blaze a servant-girl saw him, peered at him, and said, 'This man was with him too.'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	57	But he denied it. 'Woman, I do not know him,' he said.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	58	Shortly afterwards someone else saw him and said, 'You are one of them too.' But Peter replied, 'I am not, my friend.'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	59	About an hour later another man insisted, saying, 'This fellow was certainly with him. Why, he is a Galilean.'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	60	Peter said, 'My friend, I do not know what you are talking about.' At that instant, while he was still speaking, the cock crowed,
+Luke	Lk	49	22	61	and the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered the Lord's words when he had said to him, 'Before the cock crows today, you will have disowned me three times.'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	62	And he went outside and wept bitterly.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	63	Meanwhile the men who guarded Jesus were mocking and beating him.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	64	They blindfolded him and questioned him, saying, 'Prophesy! Who hit you then?'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	65	And they heaped many other insults on him.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	66	When day broke there was a meeting of the elders of the people, the chief priests and scribes. He was brought before their council,
+Luke	Lk	49	22	67	and they said to him, 'If you are the Christ, tell us.' He replied, 'If I tell you, you will not believe,
+Luke	Lk	49	22	68	and if I question you, you will not answer.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	69	But from now on, the Son of man will be seated at the right hand of the Power of God.'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	70	They all said, 'So you are the Son of God then?' He answered, 'It is you who say I am.'
+Luke	Lk	49	22	71	Then they said, 'Why do we need any evidence? We have heard it for ourselves from his own lips.'
+Luke	Lk	49	23	1	The whole assembly then rose, and they brought him before Pilate.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	2	They began their accusation by saying, 'We found this man inciting our people to revolt, opposing payment of the tribute to Caesar, and claiming to be Christ, a king.'
+Luke	Lk	49	23	3	Pilate put to him this question, 'Are you the king of the Jews?' He replied, 'It is you who say it.'
+Luke	Lk	49	23	4	Pilate then said to the chief priests and the crowd, 'I find no case against this man.'
+Luke	Lk	49	23	5	But they persisted, 'He is inflaming the people with his teaching all over Judaea and all the way from Galilee, where he started, down to here.'
+Luke	Lk	49	23	6	When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man were a Galilean;
+Luke	Lk	49	23	7	and finding that he came under Herod's jurisdiction, he passed him over to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	8	Herod was delighted to see Jesus; he had heard about him and had been wanting for a long time to set eyes on him; moreover, he was hoping to see some miracle worked by him.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	9	So he questioned him at some length, but without getting any reply.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	10	Meanwhile the chief priests and the scribes were there, vigorously pressing their accusations.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	11	Then Herod, together with his guards, treated him with contempt and made fun of him; he put a rich cloak on him and sent him back to Pilate.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	12	And though Herod and Pilate had been enemies before, they were reconciled that same day.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	13	Pilate then summoned the chief priests and the leading men and the people.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	14	He said to them, 'You brought this man before me as a popular agitator. Now I have gone into the matter myself in your presence and found no grounds in the man for any of the charges you bring against him.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	15	Nor has Herod either, since he has sent him back to us. As you can see, the man has done nothing that deserves death,
+Luke	Lk	49	23	16	so I shall have him flogged and then let him go.'
+Luke	Lk	49	23	17
+Luke	Lk	49	23	18	But as one man they howled, 'Away with him! Give us Barabbas!'
+Luke	Lk	49	23	19	(This man had been thrown into prison because of a riot in the city and murder.)
+Luke	Lk	49	23	20	In his desire to set Jesus free, Pilate addressed them again,
+Luke	Lk	49	23	21	but they shouted back, 'Crucify him! Crucify him!'
+Luke	Lk	49	23	22	And for the third time he spoke to them, 'But what harm has this man done? I have found no case against him that deserves death, so I shall have him flogged and then let him go.'
+Luke	Lk	49	23	23	But they kept on shouting at the top of their voices, demanding that he should be crucified. And their shouts kept growing louder.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	24	Pilate then gave his verdict: their demand was to be granted.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	25	He released the man they asked for, who had been imprisoned because of rioting and murder, and handed Jesus over to them to deal with as they pleased.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	26	As they were leading him away they seized on a man, Simon from Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and made him shoulder the cross and carry it behind Jesus.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	27	Large numbers of people followed him, and women too, who mourned and lamented for him.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	28	But Jesus turned to them and said, 'Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep rather for yourselves and for your children.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	29	For look, the days are surely coming when people will say, "Blessed are those who are barren, the wombs that have never borne children, the breasts that have never suckled!"
+Luke	Lk	49	23	30	Then they will begin to say to the mountains, "Fall on us!"; to the hills, "Cover us!"
+Luke	Lk	49	23	31	For if this is what is done to green wood, what will be done when the wood is dry?'
+Luke	Lk	49	23	32	Now they were also leading out two others, criminals, to be executed with him.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	33	When they reached the place called The Skull, there they crucified him and the two criminals, one on his right, the other on his left.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	34	Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them; they do not know what they are doing.' Then they cast lots to share out his clothing.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	35	The people stayed there watching. As for the leaders, they jeered at him with the words, 'He saved others, let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.'
+Luke	Lk	49	23	36	The soldiers mocked him too, coming up to him, offering him vinegar,
+Luke	Lk	49	23	37	and saying, 'If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.'
+Luke	Lk	49	23	38	Above him there was an inscription: 'This is the King of the Jews'.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	39	One of the criminals hanging there abused him: 'Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us as well.'
+Luke	Lk	49	23	40	But the other spoke up and rebuked him. 'Have you no fear of God at all?' he said. 'You got the same sentence as he did,
+Luke	Lk	49	23	41	but in our case we deserved it: we are paying for what we did. But this man has done nothing wrong.'
+Luke	Lk	49	23	42	Then he said, 'Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.'
+Luke	Lk	49	23	43	He answered him, 'In truth I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.'
+Luke	Lk	49	23	44	It was now about the sixth hour and the sun's light failed, so that darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	45	The veil of the Sanctuary was torn right down the middle.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	46	Jesus cried out in a loud voice saying, 'Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.' With these words he breathed his last.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	47	When the centurion saw what had taken place, he gave praise to God and said, 'Truly, this was an upright man.'
+Luke	Lk	49	23	48	And when all the crowds who had gathered for the spectacle saw what had happened, they went home beating their breasts.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	49	All his friends stood at a distance; so also did the women who had accompanied him from Galilee and saw all this happen.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	50	And now a member of the Council arrived, a good and upright man named Joseph.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	51	He had not consented to what the others had planned and carried out. He came from Arimathaea, a Jewish town, and he lived in the hope of seeing the kingdom of God.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	52	This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	53	He then took it down, wrapped it in a shroud and put it in a tomb which was hewn in stone and which had never held a body.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	54	It was Preparation day and the Sabbath was beginning to grow light.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	55	Meanwhile the women who had come from Galilee with Jesus were following behind. They took note of the tomb and how the body had been laid.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	56	Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments. And on the Sabbath day they rested, as the Law required.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	1	On the first day of the week, at the first sign of dawn, they went to the tomb with the spices they had prepared.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	2	They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb,
+Luke	Lk	49	24	3	but on entering they could not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	4	As they stood there puzzled about this, two men in brilliant clothes suddenly appeared at their side.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	5	Terrified, the women bowed their heads to the ground. But the two said to them, 'Why look among the dead for someone who is alive?
+Luke	Lk	49	24	6	He is not here; he has risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee:
+Luke	Lk	49	24	7	that the Son of man was destined to be handed over into the power of sinful men and be crucified, and rise again on the third day.'
+Luke	Lk	49	24	8	And they remembered his words.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	9	And they returned from the tomb and told all this to the Eleven and to all the others.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	10	The women were Mary of Magdala, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James. And the other women with them also told the apostles,
+Luke	Lk	49	24	11	but this story of theirs seemed pure nonsense, and they did not believe them.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	12	Peter, however, went off to the tomb, running. He bent down and looked in and saw the linen cloths but nothing else; he then went back home, amazed at what had happened.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	13	Now that very same day, two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, seven miles from Jerusalem,
+Luke	Lk	49	24	14	and they were talking together about all that had happened.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	15	And it happened that as they were talking together and discussing it, Jesus himself came up and walked by their side;
+Luke	Lk	49	24	16	but their eyes were prevented from recognising him.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	17	He said to them, 'What are all these things that you are discussing as you walk along?' They stopped, their faces downcast.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	18	Then one of them, called Cleopas, answered him, 'You must be the only person staying in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have been happening there these last few days.'
+Luke	Lk	49	24	19	He asked, 'What things?' They answered, 'All about Jesus of Nazareth, who showed himself a prophet powerful in action and speech before God and the whole people;
+Luke	Lk	49	24	20	and how our chief priests and our leaders handed him over to be sentenced to death, and had him crucified.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	21	Our own hope had been that he would be the one to set Israel free. And this is not all: two whole days have now gone by since it all happened;
+Luke	Lk	49	24	22	and some women from our group have astounded us: they went to the tomb in the early morning,
+Luke	Lk	49	24	23	and when they could not find the body, they came back to tell us they had seen a vision of angels who declared he was alive.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	24	Some of our friends went to the tomb and found everything exactly as the women had reported, but of him they saw nothing.'
+Luke	Lk	49	24	25	Then he said to them, 'You foolish men! So slow to believe all that the prophets have said!
+Luke	Lk	49	24	26	Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer before entering into his glory?'
+Luke	Lk	49	24	27	Then, starting with Moses and going through all the prophets, he explained to them the passages throughout the scriptures that were about himself.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	28	When they drew near to the village to which they were going, he made as if to go on;
+Luke	Lk	49	24	29	but they pressed him to stay with them saying, 'It is nearly evening, and the day is almost over.' So he went in to stay with them.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	30	Now while he was with them at table, he took the bread and said the blessing; then he broke it and handed it to them.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	31	And their eyes were opened and they recognised him; but he had vanished from their sight.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	32	Then they said to each other, 'Did not our hearts burn within us as he talked to us on the road and explained the scriptures to us?'
+Luke	Lk	49	24	33	They set out that instant and returned to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven assembled together with their companions,
+Luke	Lk	49	24	34	who said to them, 'The Lord has indeed risen and has appeared to Simon.'
+Luke	Lk	49	24	35	Then they told their story of what had happened on the road and how they had recognised him at the breaking of bread.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	36	They were still talking about all this when he himself stood among them and said to them, 'Peace be with you!'
+Luke	Lk	49	24	37	In a state of alarm and fright, they thought they were seeing a ghost.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	38	But he said, 'Why are you so agitated, and why are these doubts stirring in your hearts?
+Luke	Lk	49	24	39	See by my hands and my feet that it is I myself. Touch me and see for yourselves; a ghost has no flesh and bones as you can see I have.'
+Luke	Lk	49	24	40	And as he said this he showed them his hands and his feet.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	41	Their joy was so great that they still could not believe it, as they were dumbfounded; so he said to them, 'Have you anything here to eat?'
+Luke	Lk	49	24	42	And they offered him a piece of grilled fish,
+Luke	Lk	49	24	43	which he took and ate before their eyes.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	44	Then he told them, 'This is what I meant when I said, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, in the Prophets and in the Psalms, was destined to be fulfilled.'
+Luke	Lk	49	24	45	He then opened their minds to understand the scriptures,
+Luke	Lk	49	24	46	and he said to them, 'So it is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day rise from the dead,
+Luke	Lk	49	24	47	and that, in his name, repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be preached to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	48	You are witnesses to this.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	49	'And now I am sending upon you what the Father has promised. Stay in the city, then, until you are clothed with the power from on high.'
+Luke	Lk	49	24	50	Then he took them out as far as the outskirts of Bethany, and raising his hands he blessed them.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	51	Now as he blessed them, he withdrew from them and was carried up to heaven.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	52	They worshipped him and then went back to Jerusalem full of joy;
+Luke	Lk	49	24	53	and they were continually in the Temple praising God.
+John	Jn	50	1	1	In the beginning was the Word: the Word was with God and the Word was God.
+John	Jn	50	1	2	He was with God in the beginning.
+John	Jn	50	1	3	Through him all things came into being, not one thing came into being except through him.
+John	Jn	50	1	4	What has come into being in him was life, life that was the light of men;
+John	Jn	50	1	5	and light shines in darkness, and darkness could not overpower it.
+John	Jn	50	1	6	A man came, sent by God. His name was John.
+John	Jn	50	1	7	He came as a witness, to bear witness to the light, so that everyone might believe through him.
+John	Jn	50	1	8	He was not the light, he was to bear witness to the light.
+John	Jn	50	1	9	The Word was the real light that gives light to everyone; he was coming into the world.
+John	Jn	50	1	10	He was in the world that had come into being through him, and the world did not recognise him.
+John	Jn	50	1	11	He came to his own and his own people did not accept him.
+John	Jn	50	1	12	But to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, to those who believed in his name
+John	Jn	50	1	13	who were born not from human stock or human desire or human will but from God himself.
+John	Jn	50	1	14	The Word became flesh, he lived among us, and we saw his glory, the glory that he has from the Father as only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
+John	Jn	50	1	15	John witnesses to him. He proclaims: 'This is the one of whom I said: He who comes after me has passed ahead of me because he existed before me.'
+John	Jn	50	1	16	Indeed, from his fullness we have, all of us, received -- one gift replacing another,
+John	Jn	50	1	17	for the Law was given through Moses, grace and truth have come through Jesus Christ.
+John	Jn	50	1	18	No one has ever seen God; it is the only Son, who is close to the Father's heart, who has made him known.
+John	Jn	50	1	19	This was the witness of John, when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, 'Who are you?'
+John	Jn	50	1	20	He declared, he did not deny but declared, 'I am not the Christ.'
+John	Jn	50	1	21	So they asked, 'Then are you Elijah?' He replied, 'I am not.' 'Are you the Prophet?' He answered, 'No.'
+John	Jn	50	1	22	So they said to him, 'Who are you? We must take back an answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?'
+John	Jn	50	1	23	So he said, 'I am, as Isaiah prophesied: A voice of one that cries in the desert: Prepare a way for the Lord. Make his paths straight!'
+John	Jn	50	1	24	Now those who had been sent were Pharisees,
+John	Jn	50	1	25	and they put this question to him, 'Why are you baptising if you are not the Christ, and not Elijah, and not the Prophet?'
+John	Jn	50	1	26	John answered them, 'I baptise with water; but standing among you -- unknown to you-
+John	Jn	50	1	27	is the one who is coming after me; and I am not fit to undo the strap of his sandal.'
+John	Jn	50	1	28	This happened at Bethany, on the far side of the Jordan, where John was baptising.
+John	Jn	50	1	29	The next day, he saw Jesus coming towards him and said, 'Look, there is the lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world.
+John	Jn	50	1	30	It was of him that I said, "Behind me comes one who has passed ahead of me because he existed before me."
+John	Jn	50	1	31	I did not know him myself, and yet my purpose in coming to baptise with water was so that he might be revealed to Israel.'
+John	Jn	50	1	32	And John declared, 'I saw the Spirit come down on him like a dove from heaven and rest on him.
+John	Jn	50	1	33	I did not know him myself, but he who sent me to baptise with water had said to me, "The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and rest is the one who is to baptise with the Holy Spirit."
+John	Jn	50	1	34	I have seen and I testify that he is the Chosen One of God.'
+John	Jn	50	1	35	The next day as John stood there again with two of his disciples, Jesus went past,
+John	Jn	50	1	36	and John looked towards him and said, 'Look, there is the lamb of God.'
+John	Jn	50	1	37	And the two disciples heard what he said and followed Jesus.
+John	Jn	50	1	38	Jesus turned round, saw them following and said, 'What do you want?' They answered, 'Rabbi' -- which means Teacher -- 'where do you live?'
+John	Jn	50	1	39	He replied, 'Come and see'; so they went and saw where he lived, and stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.
+John	Jn	50	1	40	One of these two who became followers of Jesus after hearing what John had said was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter.
+John	Jn	50	1	41	The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother and say to him, 'We have found the Messiah' -- which means the Christ-
+John	Jn	50	1	42	and he took Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, 'You are Simon son of John; you are to be called Cephas' -- which means Rock.
+John	Jn	50	1	43	The next day, after Jesus had decided to leave for Galilee, he met Philip and said, 'Follow me.'
+John	Jn	50	1	44	Philip came from the same town, Bethsaida, as Andrew and Peter.
+John	Jn	50	1	45	Philip found Nathanael and said to him, 'We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.'
+John	Jn	50	1	46	Nathanael said to him, 'From Nazareth? Can anything good come from that place?' Philip replied, 'Come and see.'
+John	Jn	50	1	47	When Jesus saw Nathanael coming he said of him, 'There, truly, is an Israelite in whom there is no deception.'
+John	Jn	50	1	48	Nathanael asked, 'How do you know me?' Jesus replied, 'Before Philip came to call you, I saw you under the fig tree.'
+John	Jn	50	1	49	Nathanael answered, 'Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are the king of Israel.'
+John	Jn	50	1	50	Jesus replied, 'You believe that just because I said: I saw you under the fig tree. You are going to see greater things than that.'
+John	Jn	50	1	51	And then he added, 'In all truth I tell you, you will see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending over the Son of man.'
+John	Jn	50	2	1	On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there,
+John	Jn	50	2	2	and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited.
+John	Jn	50	2	3	And they ran out of wine, since the wine provided for the feast had all been used, and the mother of Jesus said to him, 'They have no wine.'
+John	Jn	50	2	4	Jesus said, 'Woman, what do you want from me? My hour has not come yet.'
+John	Jn	50	2	5	His mother said to the servants, 'Do whatever he tells you.'
+John	Jn	50	2	6	There were six stone water jars standing there, meant for the ablutions that are customary among the Jews: each could hold twenty or thirty gallons.
+John	Jn	50	2	7	Jesus said to the servants, 'Fill the jars with water,' and they filled them to the brim.
+John	Jn	50	2	8	Then he said to them, 'Draw some out now and take it to the president of the feast.'
+John	Jn	50	2	9	They did this; the president tasted the water, and it had turned into wine. Having no idea where it came from -- though the servants who had drawn the water knew -- the president of the feast called the bridegroom
+John	Jn	50	2	10	and said, 'Everyone serves good wine first and the worse wine when the guests are well wined; but you have kept the best wine till now.'
+John	Jn	50	2	11	This was the first of Jesus' signs: it was at Cana in Galilee. He revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.
+John	Jn	50	2	12	After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, but they stayed there only a few days.
+John	Jn	50	2	13	When the time of the Jewish Passover was near Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
+John	Jn	50	2	14	and in the Temple he found people selling cattle and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting there.
+John	Jn	50	2	15	Making a whip out of cord, he drove them all out of the Temple, sheep and cattle as well, scattered the money changers' coins, knocked their tables over
+John	Jn	50	2	16	and said to the dove sellers, 'Take all this out of here and stop using my Father's house as a market.'
+John	Jn	50	2	17	Then his disciples remembered the words of scripture: I am eaten up with zeal for your house.
+John	Jn	50	2	18	The Jews intervened and said, 'What sign can you show us that you should act like this?'
+John	Jn	50	2	19	Jesus answered, 'Destroy this Temple, and in three days I will raise it up.'
+John	Jn	50	2	20	The Jews replied, 'It has taken forty-six years to build this Temple: are you going to raise it up again in three days?'
+John	Jn	50	2	21	But he was speaking of the Temple that was his body,
+John	Jn	50	2	22	and when Jesus rose from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and what he had said.
+John	Jn	50	2	23	During his stay in Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he did,
+John	Jn	50	2	24	but Jesus knew all people and did not trust himself to them;
+John	Jn	50	2	25	he never needed evidence about anyone; he could tell what someone had within.
+John	Jn	50	3	1	There was one of the Pharisees called Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews,
+John	Jn	50	3	2	who came to Jesus by night and said, 'Rabbi, we know that you have come from God as a teacher; for no one could perform the signs that you do unless God were with him.'
+John	Jn	50	3	3	Jesus answered: In all truth I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.
+John	Jn	50	3	4	Nicodemus said, 'How can anyone who is already old be born? Is it possible to go back into the womb again and be born?'
+John	Jn	50	3	5	Jesus replied: In all truth I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born through water and the Spirit;
+John	Jn	50	3	6	what is born of human nature is human; what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
+John	Jn	50	3	7	Do not be surprised when I say: You must be born from above.
+John	Jn	50	3	8	The wind blows where it pleases; you can hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.
+John	Jn	50	3	9	'How is that possible?' asked Nicodemus.
+John	Jn	50	3	10	Jesus replied, 'You are the Teacher of Israel, and you do not know these things!
+John	Jn	50	3	11	'In all truth I tell you, we speak only about what we know and witness only to what we have seen and yet you people reject our evidence.
+John	Jn	50	3	12	If you do not believe me when I speak to you about earthly things, how will you believe me when I speak to you about heavenly things?
+John	Jn	50	3	13	No one has gone up to heaven except the one who came down from heaven, the Son of man;
+John	Jn	50	3	14	as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up
+John	Jn	50	3	15	so that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.
+John	Jn	50	3	16	For this is how God loved the world: he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
+John	Jn	50	3	17	For God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but so that through him the world might be saved.
+John	Jn	50	3	18	No one who believes in him will be judged; but whoever does not believe is judged already, because that person does not believe in the Name of God's only Son.
+John	Jn	50	3	19	And the judgement is this: though the light has come into the world people have preferred darkness to the light because their deeds were evil.
+John	Jn	50	3	20	And indeed, everybody who does wrong hates the light and avoids it, to prevent his actions from being shown up;
+John	Jn	50	3	21	but whoever does the truth comes out into the light, so that what he is doing may plainly appear as done in God.'
+John	Jn	50	3	22	After this, Jesus went with his disciples into the Judaean countryside and stayed with them there and baptised.
+John	Jn	50	3	23	John also was baptising at Aenon near Salim, where there was plenty of water, and people were going there and were being baptised.
+John	Jn	50	3	24	For John had not yet been put in prison.
+John	Jn	50	3	25	Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew about purification,
+John	Jn	50	3	26	so they went to John and said, 'Rabbi, the man who was with you on the far side of the Jordan, the man to whom you bore witness, is baptising now, and everyone is going to him.'
+John	Jn	50	3	27	John replied: 'No one can have anything except what is given him from heaven.
+John	Jn	50	3	28	'You yourselves can bear me out. I said, "I am not the Christ; I am the one who has been sent to go in front of him."
+John	Jn	50	3	29	'It is the bridegroom who has the bride; and yet the bridegroom's friend, who stands there and listens to him, is filled with joy at the bridegroom's voice. This is the joy I feel, and it is complete.
+John	Jn	50	3	30	He must grow greater, I must grow less.
+John	Jn	50	3	31	He who comes from above is above all others; he who is of the earth is earthly himself and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven
+John	Jn	50	3	32	bears witness to the things he has seen and heard, but his testimony is not accepted by anybody;
+John	Jn	50	3	33	though anyone who does accept his testimony is attesting that God is true,
+John	Jn	50	3	34	since he whom God has sent speaks God's own words, for God gives him the Spirit without reserve.
+John	Jn	50	3	35	The Father loves the Son and has entrusted everything to his hands.
+John	Jn	50	3	36	Anyone who believes in the Son has eternal life, but anyone who refuses to believe in the Son will never see life: God's retribution hangs over him.'
+John	Jn	50	4	1	When Jesus heard that the Pharisees had found out that he was making and baptising more disciples than John-
+John	Jn	50	4	2	though in fact it was his disciples who baptised, not Jesus himself-
+John	Jn	50	4	3	he left Judaea and went back to Galilee.
+John	Jn	50	4	4	He had to pass through Samaria.
+John	Jn	50	4	5	On the way he came to the Samaritan town called Sychar near the land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
+John	Jn	50	4	6	Jacob's well was there and Jesus, tired by the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
+John	Jn	50	4	7	When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, 'Give me something to drink.'
+John	Jn	50	4	8	His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.
+John	Jn	50	4	9	The Samaritan woman said to him, 'You are a Jew. How is it that you ask me, a Samaritan, for something to drink?' -- Jews, of course, do not associate with Samaritans.
+John	Jn	50	4	10	Jesus replied to her: If you only knew what God is offering and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me something to drink,' you would have been the one to ask, and he would have given you living water.
+John	Jn	50	4	11	'You have no bucket, sir,' she answered, 'and the well is deep: how do you get this living water?
+John	Jn	50	4	12	Are you a greater man than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself with his sons and his cattle?'
+John	Jn	50	4	13	Jesus replied: Whoever drinks this water will be thirsty again;
+John	Jn	50	4	14	but no one who drinks the water that I shall give will ever be thirsty again: the water that I shall give will become a spring of water within, welling up for eternal life.
+John	Jn	50	4	15	'Sir,' said the woman, 'give me some of that water, so that I may never be thirsty or come here again to draw water.'
+John	Jn	50	4	16	'Go and call your husband,' said Jesus to her, 'and come back here.'
+John	Jn	50	4	17	The woman answered, 'I have no husband.' Jesus said to her, 'You are right to say, "I have no husband";
+John	Jn	50	4	18	for although you have had five, the one you now have is not your husband. You spoke the truth there.'
+John	Jn	50	4	19	'I see you are a prophet, sir,' said the woman.
+John	Jn	50	4	20	'Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, though you say that Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.'
+John	Jn	50	4	21	Jesus said: Believe me, woman, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
+John	Jn	50	4	22	You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know; for salvation comes from the Jews.
+John	Jn	50	4	23	But the hour is coming -- indeed is already here -- when true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth: that is the kind of worshipper the Father seeks.
+John	Jn	50	4	24	God is spirit, and those who worship must worship in spirit and truth.
+John	Jn	50	4	25	The woman said to him, 'I know that Messiah -- that is, Christ -- is coming; and when he comes he will explain everything.'
+John	Jn	50	4	26	Jesus said, 'That is who I am, I who speak to you.'
+John	Jn	50	4	27	At this point his disciples returned and were surprised to find him speaking to a woman, though none of them asked, 'What do you want from her?' or, 'What are you talking to her about?'
+John	Jn	50	4	28	The woman put down her water jar and hurried back to the town to tell the people,
+John	Jn	50	4	29	'Come and see a man who has told me everything I have done; could this be the Christ?'
+John	Jn	50	4	30	This brought people out of the town and they made their way towards him.
+John	Jn	50	4	31	Meanwhile, the disciples were urging him, 'Rabbi, do have something to eat';
+John	Jn	50	4	32	but he said, 'I have food to eat that you do not know about.'
+John	Jn	50	4	33	So the disciples said to one another, 'Has someone brought him food?'
+John	Jn	50	4	34	But Jesus said: My food is to do the will of the one who sent me, and to complete his work.
+John	Jn	50	4	35	Do you not have a saying: Four months and then the harvest? Well, I tell you, look around you, look at the fields; already they are white, ready for harvest!
+John	Jn	50	4	36	Already the reaper is being paid his wages, already he is bringing in the grain for eternal life, so that sower and reaper can rejoice together.
+John	Jn	50	4	37	For here the proverb holds true: one sows, another reaps;
+John	Jn	50	4	38	I sent you to reap a harvest you have not laboured for. Others have laboured for it; and you have come into the rewards of their labour.
+John	Jn	50	4	39	Many Samaritans of that town believed in him on the strength of the woman's words of testimony, 'He told me everything I have done.'
+John	Jn	50	4	40	So, when the Samaritans came up to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed for two days, and
+John	Jn	50	4	41	many more came to believe on the strength of the words he spoke to them;
+John	Jn	50	4	42	and they said to the woman, 'Now we believe no longer because of what you told us; we have heard him ourselves and we know that he is indeed the Saviour of the world.'
+John	Jn	50	4	43	When the two days were over Jesus left for Galilee.
+John	Jn	50	4	44	He himself had declared that a prophet is not honoured in his own home town.
+John	Jn	50	4	45	On his arrival the Galileans received him well, having seen all that he had done at Jerusalem during the festival which they too had attended.
+John	Jn	50	4	46	He went again to Cana in Galilee, where he had changed the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son was ill at Capernaum;
+John	Jn	50	4	47	hearing that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judaea, he went and asked him to come and cure his son, as he was at the point of death.
+John	Jn	50	4	48	Jesus said to him, 'Unless you see signs and portents you will not believe!'
+John	Jn	50	4	49	'Sir,' answered the official, 'come down before my child dies.'
+John	Jn	50	4	50	'Go home,' said Jesus, 'your son will live.' The man believed what Jesus had said and went on his way home;
+John	Jn	50	4	51	and while he was still on the way his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.
+John	Jn	50	4	52	He asked them when the boy had begun to recover. They replied, 'The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.'
+John	Jn	50	4	53	The father realised that this was exactly the time when Jesus had said, 'Your son will live'; and he and all his household believed.
+John	Jn	50	4	54	This new sign, the second, Jesus performed on his return from Judaea to Galilee.
+John	Jn	50	5	1	After this there was a Jewish festival, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
+John	Jn	50	5	2	Now in Jerusalem next to the Sheep Pool there is a pool called Bethesda in Hebrew, which has five porticos;
+John	Jn	50	5	3	and under these were crowds of sick people, blind, lame, paralysed.
+John	Jn	50	5	4	for at intervals the angel of the Lord came down into the pool, and the water was disturbed, and the first person to enter the water after this disturbance was cured of any ailment he suffered from.
+John	Jn	50	5	5	One man there had an illness which had lasted thirty-eight years,
+John	Jn	50	5	6	and when Jesus saw him lying there and knew he had been in that condition for a long time, he said, 'Do you want to be well again?'
+John	Jn	50	5	7	'Sir,' replied the sick man, 'I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is disturbed; and while I am still on the way, someone else gets down there before me.'
+John	Jn	50	5	8	Jesus said, 'Get up, pick up your sleeping-mat and walk around.'
+John	Jn	50	5	9	The man was cured at once, and he picked up his mat and started to walk around. Now that day happened to be the Sabbath,
+John	Jn	50	5	10	so the Jews said to the man who had been cured, 'It is the Sabbath; you are not allowed to carry your sleeping-mat.'
+John	Jn	50	5	11	He replied, 'But the man who cured me told me, "Pick up your sleeping-mat and walk around." '
+John	Jn	50	5	12	They asked, 'Who is the man who said to you, "Pick up your sleeping-mat and walk around"? '
+John	Jn	50	5	13	The man had no idea who it was, since Jesus had disappeared, as the place was crowded.
+John	Jn	50	5	14	After a while Jesus met him in the Temple and said, 'Now you are well again, do not sin any more, or something worse may happen to you.'
+John	Jn	50	5	15	The man went back and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had cured him.
+John	Jn	50	5	16	It was because he did things like this on the Sabbath that the Jews began to harass Jesus.
+John	Jn	50	5	17	His answer to them was, 'My Father still goes on working, and I am at work, too.'
+John	Jn	50	5	18	But that only made the Jews even more intent on killing him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he spoke of God as his own Father and so made himself God's equal.
+John	Jn	50	5	19	To this Jesus replied: In all truth I tell you, by himself the Son can do nothing; he can do only what he sees the Father doing: and whatever the Father does the Son does too.
+John	Jn	50	5	20	For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he himself does, and he will show him even greater things than these, works that will astonish you.
+John	Jn	50	5	21	Thus, as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son gives life to anyone he chooses;
+John	Jn	50	5	22	for the Father judges no one; he has entrusted all judgement to the Son,
+John	Jn	50	5	23	so that all may honour the Son as they honour the Father. Whoever refuses honour to the Son refuses honour to the Father who sent him.
+John	Jn	50	5	24	In all truth I tell you, whoever listens to my words, and believes in the one who sent me, has eternal life; without being brought to judgement such a person has passed from death to life.
+John	Jn	50	5	25	In all truth I tell you, the hour is coming -- indeed it is already here -- when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and all who hear it will live.
+John	Jn	50	5	26	For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself;
+John	Jn	50	5	27	and, because he is the Son of man, has granted him power to give judgement.
+John	Jn	50	5	28	Do not be surprised at this, for the hour is coming when the dead will leave their graves at the sound of his voice:
+John	Jn	50	5	29	those who did good will come forth to life; and those who did evil will come forth to judgement.
+John	Jn	50	5	30	By myself I can do nothing; I can judge only as I am told to judge, and my judging is just, because I seek to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
+John	Jn	50	5	31	Were I to testify on my own behalf, my testimony would not be true;
+John	Jn	50	5	32	but there is another witness who speaks on my behalf, and I know that his testimony is true.
+John	Jn	50	5	33	You sent messengers to John, and he gave his testimony to the truth-
+John	Jn	50	5	34	not that I depend on human testimony; no, it is for your salvation that I mention it.
+John	Jn	50	5	35	John was a lamp lit and shining and for a time you were content to enjoy the light that he gave.
+John	Jn	50	5	36	But my testimony is greater than John's: the deeds my Father has given me to perform, these same deeds of mine testify that the Father has sent me.
+John	Jn	50	5	37	Besides, the Father who sent me bears witness to me himself. You have never heard his voice, you have never seen his shape,
+John	Jn	50	5	38	and his word finds no home in you because you do not believe in the one whom he has sent.
+John	Jn	50	5	39	You pore over the scriptures, believing that in them you can find eternal life; it is these scriptures that testify to me,
+John	Jn	50	5	40	and yet you refuse to come to me to receive life!
+John	Jn	50	5	41	Human glory means nothing to me.
+John	Jn	50	5	42	Besides, I know you too well: you have no love of God in you.
+John	Jn	50	5	43	I have come in the name of my Father and you refuse to accept me; if someone else should come in his own name you would accept him.
+John	Jn	50	5	44	How can you believe, since you look to each other for glory and are not concerned with the glory that comes from the one God?
+John	Jn	50	5	45	Do not imagine that I am going to accuse you before the Father: you have placed your hopes on Moses, and Moses will be the one who accuses you.
+John	Jn	50	5	46	If you really believed him you would believe me too, since it was about me that he was writing;
+John	Jn	50	5	47	but if you will not believe what he wrote, how can you believe what I say?
+John	Jn	50	6	1	After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee -- or of Tiberias-
+John	Jn	50	6	2	and a large crowd followed him, impressed by the signs he had done in curing the sick.
+John	Jn	50	6	3	Jesus climbed the hillside and sat down there with his disciples.
+John	Jn	50	6	4	The time of the Jewish Passover was near.
+John	Jn	50	6	5	Looking up, Jesus saw the crowds approaching and said to Philip, 'Where can we buy some bread for these people to eat?'
+John	Jn	50	6	6	He said this only to put Philip to the test; he himself knew exactly what he was going to do.
+John	Jn	50	6	7	Philip answered, 'Two hundred denarii would not buy enough to give them a little piece each.'
+John	Jn	50	6	8	One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said,
+John	Jn	50	6	9	'Here is a small boy with five barley loaves and two fish; but what is that among so many?'
+John	Jn	50	6	10	Jesus said to them, 'Make the people sit down.' There was plenty of grass there, and as many as five thousand men sat down.
+John	Jn	50	6	11	Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were sitting there; he then did the same with the fish, distributing as much as they wanted.
+John	Jn	50	6	12	When they had eaten enough he said to the disciples, 'Pick up the pieces left over, so that nothing is wasted.'
+John	Jn	50	6	13	So they picked them up and filled twelve large baskets with scraps left over from the meal of five barley loaves.
+John	Jn	50	6	14	Seeing the sign that he had done, the people said, 'This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world.'
+John	Jn	50	6	15	Jesus, as he realised they were about to come and take him by force and make him king, fled back to the hills alone.
+John	Jn	50	6	16	That evening the disciples went down to the shore of the sea
+John	Jn	50	6	17	and got into a boat to make for Capernaum on the other side of the sea. It was getting dark by now and Jesus had still not rejoined them.
+John	Jn	50	6	18	The wind was strong, and the sea was getting rough.
+John	Jn	50	6	19	They had rowed three or four miles when they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming towards the boat. They were afraid,
+John	Jn	50	6	20	but he said, 'It's me. Don't be afraid.'
+John	Jn	50	6	21	They were ready to take him into the boat, and immediately it reached the shore at the place they were making for.
+John	Jn	50	6	22	Next day, the crowd that had stayed on the other side saw that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not got into the boat with his disciples, but that the disciples had set off by themselves.
+John	Jn	50	6	23	Other boats, however, had put in from Tiberias, near the place where the bread had been eaten.
+John	Jn	50	6	24	When the people saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into those boats and crossed to Capernaum to look for Jesus.
+John	Jn	50	6	25	When they found him on the other side, they said to him, 'Rabbi, when did you come here?'
+John	Jn	50	6	26	Jesus answered: In all truth I tell you, you are looking for me not because you have seen the signs but because you had all the bread you wanted to eat.
+John	Jn	50	6	27	Do not work for food that goes bad, but work for food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of man will give you, for on him the Father, God himself, has set his seal.
+John	Jn	50	6	28	Then they said to him, 'What must we do if we are to carry out God's work?'
+John	Jn	50	6	29	Jesus gave them this answer, 'This is carrying out God's work: you must believe in the one he has sent.'
+John	Jn	50	6	30	So they said, 'What sign will you yourself do, the sight of which will make us believe in you? What work will you do?
+John	Jn	50	6	31	Our fathers ate manna in the desert; as scripture says: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'
+John	Jn	50	6	32	Jesus answered them: In all truth I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, it is my Father who gives you the bread from heaven, the true bread;
+John	Jn	50	6	33	for the bread of God is the bread which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.
+John	Jn	50	6	34	'Sir,' they said, 'give us that bread always.'
+John	Jn	50	6	35	Jesus answered them: I am the bread of life. No one who comes to me will ever hunger; no one who believes in me will ever thirst.
+John	Jn	50	6	36	But, as I have told you, you can see me and still you do not believe.
+John	Jn	50	6	37	Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me; I will certainly not reject anyone who comes to me,
+John	Jn	50	6	38	because I have come from heaven, not to do my own will, but to do the will of him who sent me.
+John	Jn	50	6	39	Now the will of him who sent me is that I should lose nothing of all that he has given to me, but that I should raise it up on the last day.
+John	Jn	50	6	40	It is my Father's will that whoever sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and that I should raise that person up on the last day.
+John	Jn	50	6	41	Meanwhile the Jews were complaining to each other about him, because he had said, 'I am the bread that has come down from heaven.'
+John	Jn	50	6	42	They were saying, 'Surely this is Jesus son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know. How can he now say, "I have come down from heaven?" '
+John	Jn	50	6	43	Jesus said in reply to them, 'Stop complaining to each other.
+John	Jn	50	6	44	'No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me, and I will raise that person up on the last day.
+John	Jn	50	6	45	It is written in the prophets: They will all be taught by God; everyone who has listened to the Father, and learnt from him, comes to me.
+John	Jn	50	6	46	Not that anybody has seen the Father, except him who has his being from God: he has seen the Father.
+John	Jn	50	6	47	In all truth I tell you, everyone who believes has eternal life.
+John	Jn	50	6	48	I am the bread of life.
+John	Jn	50	6	49	Your fathers ate manna in the desert and they are dead;
+John	Jn	50	6	50	but this is the bread which comes down from heaven, so that a person may eat it and not die.
+John	Jn	50	6	51	I am the living bread which has come down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever; and the bread that I shall give is my flesh, for the life of the world.'
+John	Jn	50	6	52	Then the Jews started arguing among themselves, 'How can this man give us his flesh to eat?'
+John	Jn	50	6	53	Jesus replied to them: In all truth I tell you, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
+John	Jn	50	6	54	Anyone who does eat my flesh and drink my blood has eternal life, and I shall raise that person up on the last day.
+John	Jn	50	6	55	For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.
+John	Jn	50	6	56	Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me and I live in that person.
+John	Jn	50	6	57	As the living Father sent me and I draw life from the Father, so whoever eats me will also draw life from me.
+John	Jn	50	6	58	This is the bread which has come down from heaven; it is not like the bread our ancestors ate: they are dead, but anyone who eats this bread will live for ever.
+John	Jn	50	6	59	This is what he taught at Capernaum in the synagogue.
+John	Jn	50	6	60	After hearing it, many of his followers said, 'This is intolerable language. How could anyone accept it?'
+John	Jn	50	6	61	Jesus was aware that his followers were complaining about it and said, 'Does this disturb you?
+John	Jn	50	6	62	What if you should see the Son of man ascend to where he was before?
+John	Jn	50	6	63	'It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh has nothing to offer. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
+John	Jn	50	6	64	'But there are some of you who do not believe.' For Jesus knew from the outset who did not believe and who was to betray him.
+John	Jn	50	6	65	He went on, 'This is why I told you that no one could come to me except by the gift of the Father.'
+John	Jn	50	6	66	After this, many of his disciples went away and accompanied him no more.
+John	Jn	50	6	67	Then Jesus said to the Twelve, 'What about you, do you want to go away too?'
+John	Jn	50	6	68	Simon Peter answered, 'Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the message of eternal life,
+John	Jn	50	6	69	and we believe; we have come to know that you are the Holy One of God.'
+John	Jn	50	6	70	Jesus replied to them, 'Did I not choose the Twelve of you? Yet one of you is a devil.'
+John	Jn	50	6	71	He meant Judas son of Simon Iscariot, since this was the man, one of the Twelve, who was to betray him.
+John	Jn	50	7	1	After this Jesus travelled round Galilee; he could not travel round Judaea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.
+John	Jn	50	7	2	As the Jewish feast of Shelters drew near,
+John	Jn	50	7	3	his brothers said to him, 'Leave this place and go to Judaea, so that your disciples, too, can see the works you are doing;
+John	Jn	50	7	4	no one who wants to be publicly known acts in secret; if this is what you are doing, you should reveal yourself to the world.'
+John	Jn	50	7	5	Not even his brothers had faith in him.
+John	Jn	50	7	6	Jesus answered, 'For me the right time has not come yet, but for you any time is the right time.
+John	Jn	50	7	7	The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me, because I give evidence that its ways are evil.
+John	Jn	50	7	8	Go up to the festival yourselves: I am not going to this festival, because for me the time is not ripe yet.'
+John	Jn	50	7	9	Having said that, he stayed behind in Galilee.
+John	Jn	50	7	10	However, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went up as well, not publicly but secretly.
+John	Jn	50	7	11	At the festival the Jews were on the look-out for him: 'Where is he?' they said.
+John	Jn	50	7	12	There was a great deal of talk about him in the crowds. Some said, 'He is a good man'; others, 'No, he is leading the people astray.'
+John	Jn	50	7	13	Yet no one spoke about him openly, for fear of the Jews.
+John	Jn	50	7	14	When the festival was half over, Jesus went to the Temple and began to teach.
+John	Jn	50	7	15	The Jews were astonished and said, 'How did he learn to read? He has not been educated.'
+John	Jn	50	7	16	Jesus answered them: 'My teaching is not from myself: it comes from the one who sent me;
+John	Jn	50	7	17	anyone who is prepared to do his will, will know whether my teaching is from God or whether I speak on my own account.
+John	Jn	50	7	18	When someone speaks on his own account, he is seeking honour for himself; but when he is seeking the honour of the person who sent him, then he is true and altogether without dishonesty.
+John	Jn	50	7	19	Did not Moses give you the Law? And yet not one of you keeps the Law! 'Why do you want to kill me?'
+John	Jn	50	7	20	The crowd replied, 'You are mad! Who wants to kill you?'
+John	Jn	50	7	21	Jesus answered, 'One work I did, and you are all amazed at it.
+John	Jn	50	7	22	Moses ordered you to practise circumcision -- not that it began with him, it goes back to the patriarchs -- and you circumcise on the Sabbath.
+John	Jn	50	7	23	Now if someone can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses is not broken, why are you angry with me for making someone completely healthy on a Sabbath?
+John	Jn	50	7	24	Do not keep judging according to appearances; let your judgement be according to what is right.'
+John	Jn	50	7	25	Meanwhile some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, 'Isn't this the man they want to kill?
+John	Jn	50	7	26	And here he is, speaking openly, and they have nothing to say to him! Can it be true the authorities have recognised that he is the Christ?
+John	Jn	50	7	27	Yet we all know where he comes from, but when the Christ appears no one will know where he comes from.'
+John	Jn	50	7	28	Then, as Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he cried out: You know me and you know where I came from. Yet I have not come of my own accord: but he who sent me is true; You do not know him,
+John	Jn	50	7	29	but I know him because I have my being from him and it was he who sent me.
+John	Jn	50	7	30	They wanted to arrest him then, but because his hour had not yet come no one laid a hand on him.
+John	Jn	50	7	31	There were many people in the crowds, however, who believed in him; they were saying, 'When the Christ comes, will he give more signs than this man has?'
+John	Jn	50	7	32	Hearing that talk like this about him was spreading among the people, the Pharisees sent the Temple guards to arrest him.
+John	Jn	50	7	33	Then Jesus said: For a short time I am with you still; then I shall go back to the one who sent me.
+John	Jn	50	7	34	You will look for me and will not find me; where I am you cannot come.
+John	Jn	50	7	35	So the Jews said to one another, 'Where is he intending to go that we shall not be able to find him? Is he intending to go abroad to the people who are dispersed among the Greeks and to teach the Greeks?
+John	Jn	50	7	36	What does he mean when he says: "You will look for me and will not find me; where I am, you cannot come?" '
+John	Jn	50	7	37	On the last day, the great day of the festival, Jesus stood and cried out: 'Let anyone who is thirsty come to me!
+John	Jn	50	7	38	Let anyone who believes in me come and drink! As scripture says, "From his heart shall flow streams of living water." '
+John	Jn	50	7	39	He was speaking of the Spirit which those who believed in him were to receive; for there was no Spirit as yet because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
+John	Jn	50	7	40	Some of the crowd who had been listening said, 'He is indeed the prophet,'
+John	Jn	50	7	41	and some said, 'He is the Christ,' but others said, 'Would the Christ come from Galilee?
+John	Jn	50	7	42	Does not scripture say that the Christ must be descended from David and come from Bethlehem, the village where David was?'
+John	Jn	50	7	43	So the people could not agree about him.
+John	Jn	50	7	44	Some wanted to arrest him, but no one actually laid a hand on him.
+John	Jn	50	7	45	The guards went back to the chief priests and Pharisees who said to them, 'Why haven't you brought him?'
+John	Jn	50	7	46	The guards replied, 'No one has ever spoken like this man.'
+John	Jn	50	7	47	'So,' the Pharisees answered, 'you, too, have been led astray?
+John	Jn	50	7	48	Have any of the authorities come to believe in him? Any of the Pharisees?
+John	Jn	50	7	49	This rabble knows nothing about the Law -- they are damned.'
+John	Jn	50	7	50	One of them, Nicodemus -- the same man who had come to Jesus earlier -- said to them,
+John	Jn	50	7	51	'But surely our Law does not allow us to pass judgement on anyone without first giving him a hearing and discovering what he is doing?'
+John	Jn	50	7	52	To this they answered, 'Are you a Galilean too? Go into the matter, and see for yourself: prophets do not arise in Galilee.'
+John	Jn	50	7	53	They all went home,
+John	Jn	50	8	1	and Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
+John	Jn	50	8	2	At daybreak he appeared in the Temple again; and as all the people came to him, he sat down and began to teach them.
+John	Jn	50	8	3	The scribes and Pharisees brought a woman along who had been caught committing adultery; and making her stand there in the middle
+John	Jn	50	8	4	they said to Jesus, 'Master, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery,
+John	Jn	50	8	5	and in the Law Moses has ordered us to stone women of this kind. What have you got to say?'
+John	Jn	50	8	6	They asked him this as a test, looking for an accusation to use against him. But Jesus bent down and started writing on the ground with his finger.
+John	Jn	50	8	7	As they persisted with their question, he straightened up and said, 'Let the one among you who is guiltless be the first to throw a stone at her.'
+John	Jn	50	8	8	Then he bent down and continued writing on the ground.
+John	Jn	50	8	9	When they heard this they went away one by one, beginning with the eldest, until the last one had gone and Jesus was left alone with the woman, who remained in the middle.
+John	Jn	50	8	10	Jesus again straightened up and said, 'Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?'
+John	Jn	50	8	11	'No one, sir,' she replied. 'Neither do I condemn you,' said Jesus. 'Go away, and from this moment sin no more.'
+John	Jn	50	8	12	When Jesus spoke to the people again, he said: I am the light of the world; anyone who follows me will not be walking in the dark, but will have the light of life.
+John	Jn	50	8	13	At this the Pharisees said to him, 'You are testifying on your own behalf; your testimony is not true.'
+John	Jn	50	8	14	Jesus replied: Even though I am testifying on my own behalf, my testimony is still true, because I know where I have come from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.
+John	Jn	50	8	15	You judge by human standards; I judge no one,
+John	Jn	50	8	16	but if I judge, my judgement will be true, because I am not alone: the one who sent me is with me;
+John	Jn	50	8	17	and in your Law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true.
+John	Jn	50	8	18	I testify on my own behalf, but the Father who sent me testifies on my behalf, too.
+John	Jn	50	8	19	They asked him, 'Where is your Father then?' Jesus answered: You do not know me, nor do you know my Father; if you did know me, you would know my Father as well.
+John	Jn	50	8	20	He spoke these words in the Treasury, while teaching in the Temple. No one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
+John	Jn	50	8	21	Again he said to them: I am going away; you will look for me and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.
+John	Jn	50	8	22	So the Jews said to one another, 'Is he going to kill himself, that he says, "Where I am going, you cannot come?" '
+John	Jn	50	8	23	Jesus went on: You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
+John	Jn	50	8	24	I have told you already: You will die in your sins. Yes, if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.
+John	Jn	50	8	25	So they said to him, 'Who are you?' Jesus answered: What I have told you from the outset.
+John	Jn	50	8	26	About you I have much to say and much to judge; but the one who sent me is true, and what I declare to the world I have learnt from him.
+John	Jn	50	8	27	They did not recognise that he was talking to them about the Father.
+John	Jn	50	8	28	So Jesus said: When you have lifted up the Son of man, then you will know that I am He and that I do nothing of my own accord. What I say is what the Father has taught me;
+John	Jn	50	8	29	he who sent me is with me, and has not left me to myself, for I always do what pleases him.
+John	Jn	50	8	30	As he was saying this, many came to believe in him.
+John	Jn	50	8	31	To the Jews who believed in him Jesus said: If you make my word your home you will indeed be my disciples;
+John	Jn	50	8	32	you will come to know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
+John	Jn	50	8	33	They answered, 'We are descended from Abraham and we have never been the slaves of anyone; what do you mean, "You will be set free?" '
+John	Jn	50	8	34	Jesus replied: In all truth I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave.
+John	Jn	50	8	35	Now a slave has no permanent standing in the household, but a son belongs to it for ever.
+John	Jn	50	8	36	So if the Son sets you free, you will indeed be free.
+John	Jn	50	8	37	I know that you are descended from Abraham; but you want to kill me because my word finds no place in you.
+John	Jn	50	8	38	What I speak of is what I have seen at my Father's side, and you too put into action the lessons you have learnt from your father.
+John	Jn	50	8	39	They repeated, 'Our father is Abraham.' Jesus said to them: If you are Abraham's children, do as Abraham did.
+John	Jn	50	8	40	As it is, you want to kill me, a man who has told you the truth as I have learnt it from God; that is not what Abraham did.
+John	Jn	50	8	41	You are doing your father's work. They replied, 'We were not born illegitimate, the only father we have is God.'
+John	Jn	50	8	42	Jesus answered: If God were your father, you would love me, since I have my origin in God and have come from him; I did not come of my own accord, but he sent me.
+John	Jn	50	8	43	Why do you not understand what I say? Because you cannot bear to listen to my words.
+John	Jn	50	8	44	You are from your father, the devil, and you prefer to do what your father wants. He was a murderer from the start; he was never grounded in the truth; there is no truth in him at all. When he lies he is speaking true to his nature, because he is a liar, and the father of lies.
+John	Jn	50	8	45	But it is because I speak the truth that you do not believe me.
+John	Jn	50	8	46	Can any of you convict me of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe me?
+John	Jn	50	8	47	Whoever comes from God listens to the words of God; the reason why you do not listen is that you are not from God.
+John	Jn	50	8	48	The Jews replied, 'Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and possessed by a devil?' Jesus answered:
+John	Jn	50	8	49	I am not possessed; but I honour my Father, and you deny me honour.
+John	Jn	50	8	50	I do not seek my own glory; there is someone who does seek it and is the judge of it.
+John	Jn	50	8	51	In all truth I tell you, whoever keeps my word will never see death.
+John	Jn	50	8	52	The Jews said, 'Now we know that you are possessed. Abraham is dead, and the prophets are dead, and yet you say, "Whoever keeps my word will never know the taste of death."
+John	Jn	50	8	53	Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? The prophets are dead too. Who are you claiming to be?'
+John	Jn	50	8	54	Jesus answered: If I were to seek my own glory my glory would be worth nothing; in fact, my glory is conferred by the Father, by the one of whom you say, 'He is our God,'
+John	Jn	50	8	55	although you do not know him. But I know him, and if I were to say, 'I do not know him,' I should be a liar, as you yourselves are. But I do know him, and I keep his word.
+John	Jn	50	8	56	Your father Abraham rejoiced to think that he would see my Day; he saw it and was glad.
+John	Jn	50	8	57	The Jews then said, 'You are not fifty yet, and you have seen Abraham!'
+John	Jn	50	8	58	Jesus replied: In all truth I tell you, before Abraham ever was, I am.
+John	Jn	50	8	59	At this they picked up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself and left the Temple.
+John	Jn	50	9	1	As he went along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth.
+John	Jn	50	9	2	His disciples asked him, 'Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should have been born blind?'
+John	Jn	50	9	3	'Neither he nor his parents sinned,' Jesus answered, 'he was born blind so that the works of God might be revealed in him.
+John	Jn	50	9	4	'As long as day lasts we must carry out the work of the one who sent me; the night will soon be here when no one can work.
+John	Jn	50	9	5	As long as I am in the world I am the light of the world.'
+John	Jn	50	9	6	Having said this, he spat on the ground, made a paste with the spittle, put this over the eyes of the blind man,
+John	Jn	50	9	7	and said to him, 'Go and wash in the Pool of Siloam' (the name means 'one who has been sent'). So he went off and washed and came back able to see.
+John	Jn	50	9	8	His neighbours and the people who used to see him before (for he was a beggar) said, 'Isn't this the man who used to sit and beg?'
+John	Jn	50	9	9	Some said, 'Yes, it is the same one.' Others said, 'No, but he looks just like him.' The man himself said, 'Yes, I am the one.'
+John	Jn	50	9	10	So they said to him, 'Then how is it that your eyes were opened?'
+John	Jn	50	9	11	He answered, 'The man called Jesus made a paste, daubed my eyes with it and said to me, "Go off and wash at Siloam"; so I went, and when I washed I gained my sight.'
+John	Jn	50	9	12	They asked, 'Where is he?' He answered, 'I don't know.'
+John	Jn	50	9	13	They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.
+John	Jn	50	9	14	It had been a Sabbath day when Jesus made the paste and opened the man's eyes,
+John	Jn	50	9	15	so when the Pharisees asked him how he had gained his sight, he said, 'He put a paste on my eyes, and I washed, and I can see.'
+John	Jn	50	9	16	Then some of the Pharisees said, 'That man cannot be from God: he does not keep the Sabbath.' Others said, 'How can a sinner produce signs like this?' And there was division among them.
+John	Jn	50	9	17	So they spoke to the blind man again, 'What have you to say about him yourself, now that he has opened your eyes?' The man answered, 'He is a prophet.'
+John	Jn	50	9	18	However, the Jews would not believe that the man had been blind without first sending for the parents of the man who had gained his sight and
+John	Jn	50	9	19	asking them, 'Is this man really the son of yours who you say was born blind? If so, how is it that he is now able to see?'
+John	Jn	50	9	20	His parents answered, 'We know he is our son and we know he was born blind,
+John	Jn	50	9	21	but how he can see, we don't know, nor who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is old enough: let him speak for himself.'
+John	Jn	50	9	22	His parents spoke like this out of fear of the Jews, who had already agreed to ban from the synagogue anyone who should acknowledge Jesus as the Christ.
+John	Jn	50	9	23	This was why his parents said, 'He is old enough; ask him.'
+John	Jn	50	9	24	So the Jews sent for the man again and said to him, 'Give glory to God! We are satisfied that this man is a sinner.'
+John	Jn	50	9	25	The man answered, 'Whether he is a sinner I don't know; all I know is that I was blind and now I can see.'
+John	Jn	50	9	26	They said to him, 'What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?'
+John	Jn	50	9	27	He replied, 'I have told you once and you wouldn't listen. Why do you want to hear it all again? Do you want to become his disciples yourselves?'
+John	Jn	50	9	28	At this they hurled abuse at him, 'It is you who are his disciple, we are disciples of Moses:
+John	Jn	50	9	29	we know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this man, we don't know where he comes from.'
+John	Jn	50	9	30	The man replied, 'That is just what is so amazing! You don't know where he comes from and he has opened my eyes!
+John	Jn	50	9	31	We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but God does listen to people who are devout and do his will.
+John	Jn	50	9	32	Ever since the world began it is unheard of for anyone to open the eyes of someone born blind;
+John	Jn	50	9	33	if this man were not from God, he wouldn't have been able to do anything.'
+John	Jn	50	9	34	They retorted, 'Are you trying to teach us, and you a sinner through and through ever since you were born!' And they ejected him.
+John	Jn	50	9	35	Jesus heard they had ejected him, and when he found him he said to him, 'Do you believe in the Son of man?'
+John	Jn	50	9	36	'Sir,' the man replied, 'tell me who he is so that I may believe in him.'
+John	Jn	50	9	37	Jesus said, 'You have seen him; he is speaking to you.'
+John	Jn	50	9	38	The man said, 'Lord, I believe,' and worshipped him.
+John	Jn	50	9	39	Jesus said: It is for judgement that I have come into this world, so that those without sight may see and those with sight may become blind.
+John	Jn	50	9	40	Hearing this, some Pharisees who were present said to him, 'So we are blind, are we?'
+John	Jn	50	9	41	Jesus replied: If you were blind, you would not be guilty, but since you say, 'We can see,' your guilt remains.
+John	Jn	50	10	1	'In all truth I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold through the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a bandit.
+John	Jn	50	10	2	He who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the flock;
+John	Jn	50	10	3	the gatekeeper lets him in, the sheep hear his voice, one by one he calls his own sheep and leads them out.
+John	Jn	50	10	4	When he has brought out all those that are his, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow because they know his voice.
+John	Jn	50	10	5	They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him because they do not recognise the voice of strangers.'
+John	Jn	50	10	6	Jesus told them this parable but they failed to understand what he was saying to them.
+John	Jn	50	10	7	So Jesus spoke to them again: In all truth I tell you, I am the gate of the sheepfold.
+John	Jn	50	10	8	All who have come before me are thieves and bandits, but the sheep took no notice of them.
+John	Jn	50	10	9	I am the gate. Anyone who enters through me will be safe: such a one will go in and out and will find pasture.
+John	Jn	50	10	10	The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it to the full.
+John	Jn	50	10	11	I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd lays down his life for his sheep.
+John	Jn	50	10	12	The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and the sheep do not belong to him, abandons the sheep as soon as he sees a wolf coming, and runs away, and then the wolf attacks and scatters the sheep;
+John	Jn	50	10	13	he runs away because he is only a hired man and has no concern for the sheep.
+John	Jn	50	10	14	I am the good shepherd; I know my own and my own know me,
+John	Jn	50	10	15	just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for my sheep.
+John	Jn	50	10	16	And there are other sheep I have that are not of this fold, and I must lead these too. They too will listen to my voice, and there will be only one flock, one shepherd.
+John	Jn	50	10	17	The Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again.
+John	Jn	50	10	18	No one takes it from me; I lay it down of my own free will, and as I have power to lay it down, so I have power to take it up again; and this is the command I have received from my Father.
+John	Jn	50	10	19	These words caused a fresh division among the Jews.
+John	Jn	50	10	20	Many said, 'He is possessed, he is raving; why do you listen to him?'
+John	Jn	50	10	21	Others said, 'These are not the words of a man possessed by a devil: could a devil open the eyes of the blind?'
+John	Jn	50	10	22	It was the time of the feast of Dedication in Jerusalem. It was winter,
+John	Jn	50	10	23	and Jesus was in the Temple walking up and down in the Portico of Solomon.
+John	Jn	50	10	24	The Jews gathered round him and said, 'How much longer are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us openly.'
+John	Jn	50	10	25	Jesus replied: I have told you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father's name are my witness;
+John	Jn	50	10	26	but you do not believe, because you are no sheep of mine.
+John	Jn	50	10	27	The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me.
+John	Jn	50	10	28	I give them eternal life; they will never be lost and no one will ever steal them from my hand.
+John	Jn	50	10	29	The Father, for what he has given me, is greater than anyone, and no one can steal anything from the Father's hand.
+John	Jn	50	10	30	The Father and I are one.
+John	Jn	50	10	31	The Jews fetched stones to stone him,
+John	Jn	50	10	32	so Jesus said to them, 'I have shown you many good works from my Father; for which of these are you stoning me?'
+John	Jn	50	10	33	The Jews answered him, 'We are stoning you, not for doing a good work, but for blasphemy; though you are only a man, you claim to be God.'
+John	Jn	50	10	34	Jesus answered: Is it not written in your Law: I said, you are gods?
+John	Jn	50	10	35	So it uses the word 'gods' of those people to whom the word of God was addressed -- and scripture cannot be set aside.
+John	Jn	50	10	36	Yet to someone whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world you say, 'You are blaspheming' because I said, 'I am Son of God.'
+John	Jn	50	10	37	If I am not doing my Father's work, there is no need to believe me;
+John	Jn	50	10	38	but if I am doing it, then even if you refuse to believe in me, at least believe in the work I do; then you will know for certain that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.
+John	Jn	50	10	39	They again wanted to arrest him then, but he eluded their clutches.
+John	Jn	50	10	40	He went back again to the far side of the Jordan to the district where John had been baptising at first and he stayed there.
+John	Jn	50	10	41	Many people who came to him said, 'John gave no signs, but all he said about this man was true';
+John	Jn	50	10	42	and many of them believed in him.
+John	Jn	50	11	1	There was a man named Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister, Martha, and he was ill.
+John	Jn	50	11	2	It was the same Mary, the sister of the sick man Lazarus, who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair.
+John	Jn	50	11	3	The sisters sent this message to Jesus, 'Lord, the man you love is ill.'
+John	Jn	50	11	4	On receiving the message, Jesus said, 'This sickness will not end in death, but it is for God's glory so that through it the Son of God may be glorified.'
+John	Jn	50	11	5	Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus,
+John	Jn	50	11	6	yet when he heard that he was ill he stayed where he was for two more days
+John	Jn	50	11	7	before saying to the disciples, 'Let us go back to Judaea.'
+John	Jn	50	11	8	The disciples said, 'Rabbi, it is not long since the Jews were trying to stone you; are you going back there again?'
+John	Jn	50	11	9	Jesus replied: Are there not twelve hours in the day? No one who walks in the daytime stumbles, having the light of this world to see by;
+John	Jn	50	11	10	anyone who walks around at night stumbles, having no light as a guide.
+John	Jn	50	11	11	He said that and then added, 'Our friend Lazarus is at rest; I am going to wake him.'
+John	Jn	50	11	12	The disciples said to him, 'Lord, if he is at rest he will be saved.'
+John	Jn	50	11	13	Jesus was speaking of the death of Lazarus, but they thought that by 'rest' he meant 'sleep';
+John	Jn	50	11	14	so Jesus put it plainly, 'Lazarus is dead;
+John	Jn	50	11	15	and for your sake I am glad I was not there because now you will believe. But let us go to him.'
+John	Jn	50	11	16	Then Thomas -- known as the Twin -- said to the other disciples, 'Let us also go to die with him.'
+John	Jn	50	11	17	On arriving, Jesus found that Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days already.
+John	Jn	50	11	18	Bethany is only about two miles from Jerusalem,
+John	Jn	50	11	19	and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.
+John	Jn	50	11	20	When Martha heard that Jesus was coming she went to meet him. Mary remained sitting in the house.
+John	Jn	50	11	21	Martha said to Jesus, 'Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died,
+John	Jn	50	11	22	but even now I know that God will grant whatever you ask of him.'
+John	Jn	50	11	23	Jesus said to her, 'Your brother will rise again.'
+John	Jn	50	11	24	Martha said, 'I know he will rise again at the resurrection on the last day.'
+John	Jn	50	11	25	Jesus said: I am the resurrection. Anyone who believes in me, even though that person dies, will live,
+John	Jn	50	11	26	and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?
+John	Jn	50	11	27	'Yes, Lord,' she said, 'I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who was to come into this world.'
+John	Jn	50	11	28	When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in a low voice, 'The Master is here and wants to see you.'
+John	Jn	50	11	29	Hearing this, Mary got up quickly and went to him.
+John	Jn	50	11	30	Jesus had not yet come into the village; he was still at the place where Martha had met him.
+John	Jn	50	11	31	When the Jews who were in the house comforting Mary saw her get up so quickly and go out, they followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
+John	Jn	50	11	32	Mary went to Jesus, and as soon as she saw him she threw herself at his feet, saying, 'Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.'
+John	Jn	50	11	33	At the sight of her tears, and those of the Jews who had come with her, Jesus was greatly distressed, and with a profound sigh he said,
+John	Jn	50	11	34	'Where have you put him?' They said, 'Lord, come and see.'
+John	Jn	50	11	35	Jesus wept;
+John	Jn	50	11	36	and the Jews said, 'See how much he loved him!'
+John	Jn	50	11	37	But there were some who remarked, 'He opened the eyes of the blind man. Could he not have prevented this man's death?'
+John	Jn	50	11	38	Sighing again, Jesus reached the tomb: it was a cave with a stone to close the opening.
+John	Jn	50	11	39	Jesus said, 'Take the stone away.' Martha, the dead man's sister, said to him, 'Lord, by now he will smell; this is the fourth day since he died.'
+John	Jn	50	11	40	Jesus replied, 'Have I not told you that if you believe you will see the glory of God?'
+John	Jn	50	11	41	So they took the stone away. Then Jesus lifted up his eyes and said: Father, I thank you for hearing my prayer.
+John	Jn	50	11	42	I myself knew that you hear me always, but I speak for the sake of all these who are standing around me, so that they may believe it was you who sent me.
+John	Jn	50	11	43	When he had said this, he cried in a loud voice, 'Lazarus, come out!'
+John	Jn	50	11	44	The dead man came out, his feet and hands bound with strips of material, and a cloth over his face. Jesus said to them, 'Unbind him, let him go free.'
+John	Jn	50	11	45	Many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what he did, believed in him,
+John	Jn	50	11	46	but some of them went to the Pharisees to tell them what Jesus had done.
+John	Jn	50	11	47	Then the chief priests and Pharisees called a meeting. 'Here is this man working all these signs,' they said, 'and what action are we taking?
+John	Jn	50	11	48	If we let him go on in this way everybody will believe in him, and the Romans will come and suppress the Holy Place and our nation.'
+John	Jn	50	11	49	One of them, Caiaphas, the high priest that year, said, 'You do not seem to have grasped the situation at all;
+John	Jn	50	11	50	you fail to see that it is to your advantage that one man should die for the people, rather than that the whole nation should perish.'
+John	Jn	50	11	51	He did not speak in his own person, but as high priest of that year he was prophesying that Jesus was to die for the nation-
+John	Jn	50	11	52	and not for the nation only, but also to gather together into one the scattered children of God.
+John	Jn	50	11	53	From that day onwards they were determined to kill him.
+John	Jn	50	11	54	So Jesus no longer went about openly among the Jews, but left the district for a town called Ephraim, in the country bordering on the desert, and stayed there with his disciples.
+John	Jn	50	11	55	The Jewish Passover was drawing near, and many of the country people who had gone up to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves
+John	Jn	50	11	56	were looking out for Jesus, saying to one another as they stood about in the Temple, 'What do you think? Will he come to the festival or not?'
+John	Jn	50	11	57	The chief priests and Pharisees had by now given their orders: anyone who knew where he was must inform them so that they could arrest him.
+John	Jn	50	12	1	Six days before the Passover, Jesus went to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom he had raised from the dead.
+John	Jn	50	12	2	They gave a dinner for him there; Martha waited on them and Lazarus was among those at table.
+John	Jn	50	12	3	Mary brought in a pound of very costly ointment, pure nard, and with it anointed the feet of Jesus, wiping them with her hair; the house was filled with the scent of the ointment.
+John	Jn	50	12	4	Then Judas Iscariot -- one of his disciples, the man who was to betray him-said,
+John	Jn	50	12	5	'Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?'
+John	Jn	50	12	6	He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he was in charge of the common fund and used to help himself to the contents.
+John	Jn	50	12	7	So Jesus said, 'Leave her alone; let her keep it for the day of my burial.
+John	Jn	50	12	8	You have the poor with you always, you will not always have me.'
+John	Jn	50	12	9	Meanwhile a large number of Jews heard that he was there and came not only on account of Jesus but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.
+John	Jn	50	12	10	Then the chief priests decided to kill Lazarus as well,
+John	Jn	50	12	11	since it was on his account that many of the Jews were leaving them and believing in Jesus.
+John	Jn	50	12	12	The next day the great crowd of people who had come up for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.
+John	Jn	50	12	13	They took branches of palm and went out to receive him, shouting: 'Hosanna! Blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel.'
+John	Jn	50	12	14	Jesus found a young donkey and mounted it -- as scripture says:
+John	Jn	50	12	15	Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion; look, your king is approaching, riding on the foal of a donkey.
+John	Jn	50	12	16	At first his disciples did not understand this, but later, after Jesus had been glorified, they remembered that this had been written about him and that this was what had happened to him.
+John	Jn	50	12	17	The crowd who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead kept bearing witness to it;
+John	Jn	50	12	18	this was another reason why the crowd came out to receive him: they had heard that he had given this sign.
+John	Jn	50	12	19	Then the Pharisees said to one another, 'You see, you are making no progress; look, the whole world has gone after him!'
+John	Jn	50	12	20	Among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks.
+John	Jn	50	12	21	These approached Philip, who came from Bethsaida in Galilee, and put this request to him, 'Sir, we should like to see Jesus.'
+John	Jn	50	12	22	Philip went to tell Andrew, and Andrew and Philip together went to tell Jesus.
+John	Jn	50	12	23	Jesus replied to them: Now the hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified.
+John	Jn	50	12	24	In all truth I tell you, unless a wheat grain falls into the earth and dies, it remains only a single grain; but if it dies it yields a rich harvest.
+John	Jn	50	12	25	Anyone who loves his life loses it; anyone who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
+John	Jn	50	12	26	Whoever serves me, must follow me, and my servant will be with me wherever I am. If anyone serves me, my Father will honour him.
+John	Jn	50	12	27	Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say: Father, save me from this hour? But it is for this very reason that I have come to this hour.
+John	Jn	50	12	28	Father, glorify your name! A voice came from heaven, 'I have glorified it, and I will again glorify it.'
+John	Jn	50	12	29	The crowd standing by, who heard this, said it was a clap of thunder; others said, 'It was an angel speaking to him.'
+John	Jn	50	12	30	Jesus answered, 'It was not for my sake that this voice came, but for yours.
+John	Jn	50	12	31	'Now sentence is being passed on this world; now the prince of this world is to be driven out.
+John	Jn	50	12	32	And when I am lifted up from the earth, I shall draw all people to myself.'
+John	Jn	50	12	33	By these words he indicated the kind of death he would die.
+John	Jn	50	12	34	The crowd answered, 'The Law has taught us that the Christ will remain for ever. So how can you say, "The Son of man must be lifted up"? Who is this Son of man?'
+John	Jn	50	12	35	Jesus then said: The light will be with you only a little longer now. Go on your way while you have the light, or darkness will overtake you, and nobody who walks in the dark knows where he is going.
+John	Jn	50	12	36	While you still have the light, believe in the light so that you may become children of light. Having said this, Jesus left them and was hidden from their sight.
+John	Jn	50	12	37	Though they had been present when he gave so many signs, they did not believe in him;
+John	Jn	50	12	38	this was to fulfil the words of the prophet Isaiah: Lord, who has given credence to what they have heard from us, and who has seen in it a revelation of the Lord's arm?
+John	Jn	50	12	39	Indeed, they were unable to believe because, as Isaiah says again:
+John	Jn	50	12	40	He has blinded their eyes, he has hardened their heart, to prevent them from using their eyes to see, using their heart to understand, changing their ways and being healed by me.
+John	Jn	50	12	41	Isaiah said this because he saw his glory, and his words referred to Jesus.
+John	Jn	50	12	42	And yet there were many who did believe in him, even among the leading men, but they did not admit it, because of the Pharisees and for fear of being banned from the synagogue:
+John	Jn	50	12	43	they put human glory before God's glory.
+John	Jn	50	12	44	Jesus declared publicly: Whoever believes in me believes not in me but in the one who sent me,
+John	Jn	50	12	45	and whoever sees me, sees the one who sent me.
+John	Jn	50	12	46	I have come into the world as light, to prevent anyone who believes in me from staying in the dark any more.
+John	Jn	50	12	47	If anyone hears my words and does not keep them faithfully, it is not I who shall judge such a person, since I have come not to judge the world, but to save the world:
+John	Jn	50	12	48	anyone who rejects me and refuses my words has his judge already: the word itself that I have spoken will be his judge on the last day.
+John	Jn	50	12	49	For I have not spoken of my own accord; but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and what to speak,
+John	Jn	50	12	50	and I know that his commands mean eternal life. And therefore what the Father has told me is what I speak.
+John	Jn	50	13	1	Before the festival of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father, having loved those who were his in the world, loved them to the end.
+John	Jn	50	13	2	They were at supper, and the devil had already put it into the mind of Judas Iscariot son of Simon, to betray him.
+John	Jn	50	13	3	Jesus knew that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he had come from God and was returning to God,
+John	Jn	50	13	4	and he got up from table, removed his outer garments and, taking a towel, wrapped it round his waist;
+John	Jn	50	13	5	he then poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel he was wearing.
+John	Jn	50	13	6	He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, 'Lord, are you going to wash my feet?'
+John	Jn	50	13	7	Jesus answered, 'At the moment you do not know what I am doing, but later you will understand.'
+John	Jn	50	13	8	'Never!' said Peter. 'You shall never wash my feet.' Jesus replied, 'If I do not wash you, you can have no share with me.' Simon Peter said,
+John	Jn	50	13	9	'Well then, Lord, not only my feet, but my hands and my head as well!'
+John	Jn	50	13	10	Jesus said, 'No one who has had a bath needs washing, such a person is clean all over. You too are clean, though not all of you are.'
+John	Jn	50	13	11	He knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said, 'though not all of you are'.
+John	Jn	50	13	12	When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments again he went back to the table. 'Do you understand', he said, 'what I have done to you?
+John	Jn	50	13	13	You call me Master and Lord, and rightly; so I am.
+John	Jn	50	13	14	If I, then, the Lord and Master, have washed your feet, you must wash each other's feet.
+John	Jn	50	13	15	I have given you an example so that you may copy what I have done to you.
+John	Jn	50	13	16	'In all truth I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, no messenger is greater than the one who sent him.
+John	Jn	50	13	17	'Now that you know this, blessed are you if you behave accordingly.
+John	Jn	50	13	18	I am not speaking about all of you: I know the ones I have chosen; but what scripture says must be fulfilled: 'He who shares my table takes advantage of me.
+John	Jn	50	13	19	I tell you this now, before it happens, so that when it does happen you may believe that I am He.
+John	Jn	50	13	20	In all truth I tell you, whoever welcomes the one I send, welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me, welcomes the one who sent me.'
+John	Jn	50	13	21	Having said this, Jesus was deeply disturbed and declared, 'In all truth I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.'
+John	Jn	50	13	22	The disciples looked at each other, wondering whom he meant.
+John	Jn	50	13	23	The disciple Jesus loved was reclining next to Jesus;
+John	Jn	50	13	24	Simon Peter signed to him and said, 'Ask who it is he means,'
+John	Jn	50	13	25	so leaning back close to Jesus' chest he said, 'Who is it, Lord?'
+John	Jn	50	13	26	Jesus answered, 'It is the one to whom I give the piece of bread that I dip in the dish.' And when he had dipped the piece of bread he gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.
+John	Jn	50	13	27	At that instant, after Judas had taken the bread, Satan entered him. Jesus then said, 'What you are going to do, do quickly.'
+John	Jn	50	13	28	None of the others at table understood why he said this.
+John	Jn	50	13	29	Since Judas had charge of the common fund, some of them thought Jesus was telling him, 'Buy what we need for the festival,' or telling him to give something to the poor.
+John	Jn	50	13	30	As soon as Judas had taken the piece of bread he went out. It was night.
+John	Jn	50	13	31	When he had gone, Jesus said: Now has the Son of man been glorified, and in him God has been glorified.
+John	Jn	50	13	32	If God has been glorified in him, God will in turn glorify him in himself, and will glorify him very soon.
+John	Jn	50	13	33	Little children, I shall be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and, as I told the Jews, where I am going, you cannot come.
+John	Jn	50	13	34	I give you a new commandment: love one another; you must love one another just as I have loved you.
+John	Jn	50	13	35	It is by your love for one another, that everyone will recognise you as my disciples.
+John	Jn	50	13	36	Simon Peter said, 'Lord, where are you going?' Jesus replied, 'Now you cannot follow me where I am going, but later you shall follow me.'
+John	Jn	50	13	37	Peter said to him, 'Why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.'
+John	Jn	50	13	38	'Lay down your life for me?' answered Jesus. 'In all truth I tell you, before the cock crows you will have disowned me three times.'
+John	Jn	50	14	1	Do not let your hearts be troubled. You trust in God, trust also in me.
+John	Jn	50	14	2	In my Father's house there are many places to live in; otherwise I would have told you. I am going now to prepare a place for you,
+John	Jn	50	14	3	and after I have gone and prepared you a place, I shall return to take you to myself, so that you may be with me where I am.
+John	Jn	50	14	4	You know the way to the place where I am going.
+John	Jn	50	14	5	Thomas said, 'Lord, we do not know where you are going, so how can we know the way?'
+John	Jn	50	14	6	Jesus said: I am the Way; I am Truth and Life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
+John	Jn	50	14	7	If you know me, you will know my Father too. From this moment you know him and have seen him.
+John	Jn	50	14	8	Philip said, 'Lord, show us the Father and then we shall be satisfied.' Jesus said to him,
+John	Jn	50	14	9	'Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? 'Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father, so how can you say, "Show us the Father"?
+John	Jn	50	14	10	Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? What I say to you I do not speak of my own accord: it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his works.
+John	Jn	50	14	11	You must believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe it on the evidence of these works.
+John	Jn	50	14	12	In all truth I tell you, whoever believes in me will perform the same works as I do myself, and will perform even greater works, because I am going to the Father.
+John	Jn	50	14	13	Whatever you ask in my name I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
+John	Jn	50	14	14	If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.
+John	Jn	50	14	15	If you love me you will keep my commandments.
+John	Jn	50	14	16	I shall ask the Father, and he will give you another Paraclete to be with you for ever,
+John	Jn	50	14	17	the Spirit of truth whom the world can never accept since it neither sees nor knows him; but you know him, because he is with you, he is in you.
+John	Jn	50	14	18	I shall not leave you orphans; I shall come to you.
+John	Jn	50	14	19	In a short time the world will no longer see me; but you will see that I live and you also will live.
+John	Jn	50	14	20	On that day you will know that I am in my Father and you in me and I in you.
+John	Jn	50	14	21	Whoever holds to my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me; and whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I shall love him and reveal myself to him.'
+John	Jn	50	14	22	Judas -- not Judas Iscariot -- said to him, 'Lord, what has happened, that you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?'
+John	Jn	50	14	23	Jesus replied: Anyone who loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him and make a home in him.
+John	Jn	50	14	24	Anyone who does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not my own: it is the word of the Father who sent me.
+John	Jn	50	14	25	I have said these things to you while still with you;
+John	Jn	50	14	26	but the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all I have said to you.
+John	Jn	50	14	27	Peace I bequeath to you, my own peace I give you, a peace which the world cannot give, this is my gift to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.
+John	Jn	50	14	28	You heard me say: I am going away and shall return. If you loved me you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
+John	Jn	50	14	29	I have told you this now, before it happens, so that when it does happen you may believe.
+John	Jn	50	14	30	I shall not talk to you much longer, because the prince of this world is on his way. He has no power over me,
+John	Jn	50	14	31	but the world must recognise that I love the Father and that I act just as the Father commanded. Come now, let us go.
+John	Jn	50	15	1	I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
+John	Jn	50	15	2	Every branch in me that bears no fruit he cuts away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes to make it bear even more.
+John	Jn	50	15	3	You are clean already, by means of the word that I have spoken to you.
+John	Jn	50	15	4	Remain in me, as I in you. As a branch cannot bear fruit all by itself, unless it remains part of the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me.
+John	Jn	50	15	5	I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me, with me in him, bears fruit in plenty; for cut off from me you can do nothing.
+John	Jn	50	15	6	Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a branch -- and withers; these branches are collected and thrown on the fire and are burnt.
+John	Jn	50	15	7	If you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for whatever you please and you will get it.
+John	Jn	50	15	8	It is to the glory of my Father that you should bear much fruit and be my disciples.
+John	Jn	50	15	9	I have loved you just as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love.
+John	Jn	50	15	10	If you keep my commandments you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and remain in his love.
+John	Jn	50	15	11	I have told you this so that my own joy may be in you and your joy be complete.
+John	Jn	50	15	12	This is my commandment: love one another, as I have loved you.
+John	Jn	50	15	13	No one can have greater love than to lay down his life for his friends.
+John	Jn	50	15	14	You are my friends, if you do what I command you.
+John	Jn	50	15	15	I shall no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know the master's business; I call you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have learnt from my Father.
+John	Jn	50	15	16	You did not choose me, no, I chose you; and I commissioned you to go out and to bear fruit, fruit that will last; so that the Father will give you anything you ask him in my name.
+John	Jn	50	15	17	My command to you is to love one another.
+John	Jn	50	15	18	If the world hates you, you must realise that it hated me before it hated you.
+John	Jn	50	15	19	If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you do not belong to the world, because my choice of you has drawn you out of the world, that is why the world hates you.
+John	Jn	50	15	20	Remember the words I said to you: A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you too; if they kept my word, they will keep yours as well.
+John	Jn	50	15	21	But it will be on my account that they will do all this to you, because they do not know the one who sent me.
+John	Jn	50	15	22	If I had not come, if I had not spoken to them, they would have been blameless; but as it is they have no excuse for their sin.
+John	Jn	50	15	23	Anyone who hates me hates my Father.
+John	Jn	50	15	24	If I had not performed such works among them as no one else has ever done, they would be blameless; but as it is, in spite of what they have seen, they hate both me and my Father.
+John	Jn	50	15	25	But all this was only to fulfil the words written in their Law: They hated me without reason.
+John	Jn	50	15	26	When the Paraclete comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who issues from the Father, he will be my witness.
+John	Jn	50	15	27	And you too will be witnesses, because you have been with me from the beginning.
+John	Jn	50	16	1	I have told you all this so that you may not fall away.
+John	Jn	50	16	2	They will expel you from the synagogues, and indeed the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is doing a holy service to God.
+John	Jn	50	16	3	They will do these things because they have never known either the Father or me.
+John	Jn	50	16	4	But I have told you all this, so that when the time for it comes you may remember that I told you. I did not tell you this from the beginning, because I was with you;
+John	Jn	50	16	5	but now I am going to the one who sent me. Not one of you asks, 'Where are you going?'
+John	Jn	50	16	6	Yet you are sad at heart because I have told you this.
+John	Jn	50	16	7	Still, I am telling you the truth: it is for your own good that I am going, because unless I go, the Paraclete will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
+John	Jn	50	16	8	And when he comes, he will show the world how wrong it was, about sin, and about who was in the right, and about judgement:
+John	Jn	50	16	9	about sin: in that they refuse to believe in me;
+John	Jn	50	16	10	about who was in the right: in that I am going to the Father and you will see me no more;
+John	Jn	50	16	11	about judgement: in that the prince of this world is already condemned.
+John	Jn	50	16	12	I still have many things to say to you but they would be too much for you to bear now.
+John	Jn	50	16	13	However, when the Spirit of truth comes he will lead you to the complete truth, since he will not be speaking of his own accord, but will say only what he has been told; and he will reveal to you the things to come.
+John	Jn	50	16	14	He will glorify me, since all he reveals to you will be taken from what is mine.
+John	Jn	50	16	15	Everything the Father has is mine; that is why I said: all he reveals to you will be taken from what is mine.
+John	Jn	50	16	16	In a short time you will no longer see me, and then a short time later you will see me again.
+John	Jn	50	16	17	Then some of his disciples said to one another, 'What does he mean, "In a short time you will no longer see me, and then a short time later you will see me again," and, "I am going to the Father"?
+John	Jn	50	16	18	What is this "short time"? We don't know what he means.'
+John	Jn	50	16	19	Jesus knew that they wanted to question him, so he said, 'You are asking one another what I meant by saying, "In a short time you will no longer see me, and then a short time later you will see me again."
+John	Jn	50	16	20	'In all truth I tell you, you will be weeping and wailing while the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy.
+John	Jn	50	16	21	A woman in childbirth suffers, because her time has come; but when she has given birth to the child she forgets the suffering in her joy that a human being has been born into the world.
+John	Jn	50	16	22	So it is with you: you are sad now, but I shall see you again, and your hearts will be full of joy, and that joy no one shall take from you.
+John	Jn	50	16	23	When that day comes, you will not ask me any questions. In all truth I tell you, anything you ask from the Father he will grant in my name.
+John	Jn	50	16	24	Until now you have not asked anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and so your joy will be complete.
+John	Jn	50	16	25	I have been telling you these things in veiled language. The hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in veiled language but tell you about the Father in plain words.
+John	Jn	50	16	26	When that day comes you will ask in my name; and I do not say that I shall pray to the Father for you,
+John	Jn	50	16	27	because the Father himself loves you for loving me, and believing that I came from God.
+John	Jn	50	16	28	I came from the Father and have come into the world and now I am leaving the world to go to the Father.'
+John	Jn	50	16	29	His disciples said, 'Now you are speaking plainly and not using veiled language.
+John	Jn	50	16	30	Now we see that you know everything and need not wait for questions to be put into words; because of this we believe that you came from God.'
+John	Jn	50	16	31	Jesus answered them: Do you believe at last?
+John	Jn	50	16	32	Listen; the time will come -- indeed it has come already -- when you are going to be scattered, each going his own way and leaving me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
+John	Jn	50	16	33	I have told you all this so that you may find peace in me. In the world you will have hardship, but be courageous: I have conquered the world.
+John	Jn	50	17	1	After saying this, Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said: Father, the hour has come: glorify your Son so that your Son may glorify you;
+John	Jn	50	17	2	so that, just as you have given him power over all humanity, he may give eternal life to all those you have entrusted to him.
+John	Jn	50	17	3	And eternal life is this: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
+John	Jn	50	17	4	I have glorified you on earth by finishing the work that you gave me to do.
+John	Jn	50	17	5	Now, Father, glorify me with that glory I had with you before ever the world existed.
+John	Jn	50	17	6	I have revealed your name to those whom you took from the world to give me. They were yours and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
+John	Jn	50	17	7	Now at last they have recognised that all you have given me comes from you
+John	Jn	50	17	8	for I have given them the teaching you gave to me, and they have indeed accepted it and know for certain that I came from you, and have believed that it was you who sent me.
+John	Jn	50	17	9	It is for them that I pray. I am not praying for the world but for those you have given me, because they belong to you.
+John	Jn	50	17	10	All I have is yours and all you have is mine, and in them I am glorified.
+John	Jn	50	17	11	I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep those you have given me true to your name, so that they may be one like us.
+John	Jn	50	17	12	While I was with them, I kept those you had given me true to your name. I have watched over them and not one is lost except one who was destined to be lost, and this was to fulfil the scriptures.
+John	Jn	50	17	13	But now I am coming to you and I say these things in the world to share my joy with them to the full.
+John	Jn	50	17	14	I passed your word on to them, and the world hated them, because they belong to the world no more than I belong to the world.
+John	Jn	50	17	15	I am not asking you to remove them from the world, but to protect them from the Evil One.
+John	Jn	50	17	16	They do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.
+John	Jn	50	17	17	Consecrate them in the truth; your word is truth.
+John	Jn	50	17	18	As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world,
+John	Jn	50	17	19	and for their sake I consecrate myself so that they too may be consecrated in truth.
+John	Jn	50	17	20	I pray not only for these but also for those who through their teaching will come to believe in me.
+John	Jn	50	17	21	May they all be one, just as, Father, you are in me and I am in you, so that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe it was you who sent me.
+John	Jn	50	17	22	I have given them the glory you gave to me, that they may be one as we are one.
+John	Jn	50	17	23	With me in them and you in me, may they be so perfected in unity that the world will recognise that it was you who sent me and that you have loved them as you have loved me.
+John	Jn	50	17	24	Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they may always see my glory which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
+John	Jn	50	17	25	Father, Upright One, the world has not known you, but I have known you, and these have known that you have sent me.
+John	Jn	50	17	26	I have made your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and so that I may be in them.
+John	Jn	50	18	1	After he had said all this, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron valley where there was a garden into which he went with his disciples.
+John	Jn	50	18	2	Judas the traitor knew the place also, since Jesus had often met his disciples there,
+John	Jn	50	18	3	so Judas brought the cohort to this place together with guards sent by the chief priests and the Pharisees, all with lanterns and torches and weapons.
+John	Jn	50	18	4	Knowing everything that was to happen to him, Jesus came forward and said, 'Who are you looking for?'
+John	Jn	50	18	5	They answered, 'Jesus the Nazarene.' He said, 'I am he.' Now Judas the traitor was standing among them.
+John	Jn	50	18	6	When Jesus said to them, 'I am he,' they moved back and fell on the ground.
+John	Jn	50	18	7	He asked them a second time, 'Who are you looking for?' They said, 'Jesus the Nazarene.'
+John	Jn	50	18	8	Jesus replied, 'I have told you that I am he. If I am the one you are looking for, let these others go.'
+John	Jn	50	18	9	This was to fulfil the words he had spoken, 'Not one of those you gave me have I lost.'
+John	Jn	50	18	10	Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
+John	Jn	50	18	11	Jesus said to Peter, 'Put your sword back in its scabbard; am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?'
+John	Jn	50	18	12	The cohort and its tribune and the Jewish guards seized Jesus and bound him.
+John	Jn	50	18	13	They took him first to Annas, because Annas was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
+John	Jn	50	18	14	It was Caiaphas who had counselled the Jews, 'It is better for one man to die for the people.'
+John	Jn	50	18	15	Simon Peter, with another disciple, followed Jesus. This disciple, who was known to the high priest, went with Jesus into the high priest's palace,
+John	Jn	50	18	16	but Peter stayed outside the door. So the other disciple, the one known to the high priest, went out, spoke to the door-keeper and brought Peter in.
+John	Jn	50	18	17	The girl on duty at the door said to Peter, 'Aren't you another of that man's disciples?' He answered, 'I am not.'
+John	Jn	50	18	18	Now it was cold, and the servants and guards had lit a charcoal fire and were standing there warming themselves; so Peter stood there too, warming himself with the others.
+John	Jn	50	18	19	The high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.
+John	Jn	50	18	20	Jesus answered, 'I have spoken openly for all the world to hear; I have always taught in the synagogue and in the Temple where all the Jews meet together; I have said nothing in secret.
+John	Jn	50	18	21	Why ask me? Ask my hearers what I taught; they know what I said.'
+John	Jn	50	18	22	At these words, one of the guards standing by gave Jesus a slap in the face, saying, 'Is that the way you answer the high priest?'
+John	Jn	50	18	23	Jesus replied, 'If there is some offence in what I said, point it out; but if not, why do you strike me?'
+John	Jn	50	18	24	Then Annas sent him, bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.
+John	Jn	50	18	25	As Simon Peter stood there warming himself, someone said to him, 'Aren't you another of his disciples?' He denied it saying, 'I am not.'
+John	Jn	50	18	26	One of the high priest's servants, a relation of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, 'Didn't I see you in the garden with him?'
+John	Jn	50	18	27	Again Peter denied it; and at once a cock crowed.
+John	Jn	50	18	28	They then led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the Praetorium. It was now morning. They did not go into the Praetorium themselves to avoid becoming defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
+John	Jn	50	18	29	So Pilate came outside to them and said, 'What charge do you bring against this man?' They replied,
+John	Jn	50	18	30	'If he were not a criminal, we should not have handed him over to you.'
+John	Jn	50	18	31	Pilate said, 'Take him yourselves, and try him by your own Law.' The Jews answered, 'We are not allowed to put anyone to death.'
+John	Jn	50	18	32	This was to fulfil the words Jesus had spoken indicating the way he was going to die.
+John	Jn	50	18	33	So Pilate went back into the Praetorium and called Jesus to him and asked him, 'Are you the king of the Jews?'
+John	Jn	50	18	34	Jesus replied, 'Do you ask this of your own accord, or have others said it to you about me?'
+John	Jn	50	18	35	Pilate answered, 'Am I a Jew? It is your own people and the chief priests who have handed you over to me: what have you done?'
+John	Jn	50	18	36	Jesus replied, 'Mine is not a kingdom of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my men would have fought to prevent my being surrendered to the Jews. As it is, my kingdom does not belong here.'
+John	Jn	50	18	37	Pilate said, 'So, then you are a king?' Jesus answered, 'It is you who say that I am a king. I was born for this, I came into the world for this, to bear witness to the truth; and all who are on the side of truth listen to my voice.'
+John	Jn	50	18	38	'Truth?' said Pilate. 'What is that?' And so saying he went out again to the Jews and said, 'I find no case against him.
+John	Jn	50	18	39	But according to a custom of yours I should release one prisoner at the Passover; would you like me, then, to release for you the king of the Jews?'
+John	Jn	50	18	40	At this they shouted, 'Not this man,' they said, 'but Barabbas.' Barabbas was a bandit.
+John	Jn	50	19	1	Pilate then had Jesus taken away and scourged;
+John	Jn	50	19	2	and after this, the soldiers twisted some thorns into a crown and put it on his head and dressed him in a purple robe.
+John	Jn	50	19	3	They kept coming up to him and saying, 'Hail, king of the Jews!' and slapping him in the face.
+John	Jn	50	19	4	Pilate came outside again and said to them, 'Look, I am going to bring him out to you to let you see that I find no case against him.'
+John	Jn	50	19	5	Jesus then came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said, 'Here is the man.'
+John	Jn	50	19	6	When they saw him, the chief priests and the guards shouted, 'Crucify him! Crucify him!' Pilate said, 'Take him yourselves and crucify him: I find no case against him.'
+John	Jn	50	19	7	The Jews replied, 'We have a Law, and according to that Law he ought to be put to death, because he has claimed to be Son of God.'
+John	Jn	50	19	8	When Pilate heard them say this his fears increased.
+John	Jn	50	19	9	Re-entering the Praetorium, he said to Jesus, 'Where do you come from?' But Jesus made no answer.
+John	Jn	50	19	10	Pilate then said to him, 'Are you refusing to speak to me? Surely you know I have power to release you and I have power to crucify you?'
+John	Jn	50	19	11	Jesus replied, 'You would have no power over me at all if it had not been given you from above; that is why the man who handed me over to you has the greater guilt.'
+John	Jn	50	19	12	From that moment Pilate was anxious to set him free, but the Jews shouted, 'If you set him free you are no friend of Caesar's; anyone who makes himself king is defying Caesar.'
+John	Jn	50	19	13	Hearing these words, Pilate had Jesus brought out, and seated him on the chair of judgement at a place called the Pavement, in Hebrew Gabbatha.
+John	Jn	50	19	14	It was the Day of Preparation, about the sixth hour. 'Here is your king,' said Pilate to the Jews.
+John	Jn	50	19	15	But they shouted, 'Away with him, away with him, crucify him.' Pilate said, 'Shall I crucify your king?' The chief priests answered, 'We have no king except Caesar.'
+John	Jn	50	19	16	So at that Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. They then took charge of Jesus,
+John	Jn	50	19	17	and carrying his own cross he went out to the Place of the Skull or, as it is called in Hebrew, Golgotha,
+John	Jn	50	19	18	where they crucified him with two others, one on either side, Jesus being in the middle.
+John	Jn	50	19	19	Pilate wrote out a notice and had it fixed to the cross; it ran: 'Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews'.
+John	Jn	50	19	20	This notice was read by many of the Jews, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the writing was in Hebrew, Latin and Greek.
+John	Jn	50	19	21	So the Jewish chief priests said to Pilate, 'You should not write "King of the Jews", but that the man said, "I am King of the Jews". '
+John	Jn	50	19	22	Pilate answered, 'What I have written, I have written.'
+John	Jn	50	19	23	When the soldiers had finished crucifying Jesus they took his clothing and divided it into four shares, one for each soldier. His undergarment was seamless, woven in one piece from neck to hem;
+John	Jn	50	19	24	so they said to one another, 'Instead of tearing it, let's throw dice to decide who is to have it.' In this way the words of scripture were fulfilled: They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothes. That is what the soldiers did.
+John	Jn	50	19	25	Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.
+John	Jn	50	19	26	Seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near her, Jesus said to his mother, 'Woman, this is your son.'
+John	Jn	50	19	27	Then to the disciple he said, 'This is your mother.' And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
+John	Jn	50	19	28	After this, Jesus knew that everything had now been completed and, so that the scripture should be completely fulfilled, he said: I am thirsty.
+John	Jn	50	19	29	A jar full of sour wine stood there; so, putting a sponge soaked in the wine on a hyssop stick, they held it up to his mouth.
+John	Jn	50	19	30	After Jesus had taken the wine he said, 'It is fulfilled'; and bowing his head he gave up his spirit.
+John	Jn	50	19	31	It was the Day of Preparation, and to avoid the bodies' remaining on the cross during the Sabbath -- since that Sabbath was a day of special solemnity -- the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken away.
+John	Jn	50	19	32	Consequently the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with him and then of the other.
+John	Jn	50	19	33	When they came to Jesus, they saw he was already dead, and so instead of breaking his legs
+John	Jn	50	19	34	one of the soldiers pierced his side with a lance; and immediately there came out blood and water.
+John	Jn	50	19	35	This is the evidence of one who saw it -- true evidence, and he knows that what he says is true -- and he gives it so that you may believe as well.
+John	Jn	50	19	36	Because all this happened to fulfil the words of scripture: Not one bone of his will be broken;
+John	Jn	50	19	37	and again, in another place scripture says: They will look to the one whom they have pierced.
+John	Jn	50	19	38	After this, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus -- though a secret one because he was afraid of the Jews -- asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave permission, so they came and took it away.
+John	Jn	50	19	39	Nicodemus came as well -- the same one who had first come to Jesus at night-time -- and he brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, weighing about a hundred pounds.
+John	Jn	50	19	40	They took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, following the Jewish burial custom.
+John	Jn	50	19	41	At the place where he had been crucified there was a garden, and in this garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been buried.
+John	Jn	50	19	42	Since it was the Jewish Day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.
+John	Jn	50	20	1	It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb
+John	Jn	50	20	2	and came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. 'They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,' she said, 'and we don't know where they have put him.'
+John	Jn	50	20	3	So Peter set out with the other disciple to go to the tomb.
+John	Jn	50	20	4	They ran together, but the other disciple, running faster than Peter, reached the tomb first;
+John	Jn	50	20	5	he bent down and saw the linen cloths lying on the ground, but did not go in.
+John	Jn	50	20	6	Simon Peter, following him, also came up, went into the tomb, saw the linen cloths lying on the ground
+John	Jn	50	20	7	and also the cloth that had been over his head; this was not with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself.
+John	Jn	50	20	8	Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in; he saw and he believed.
+John	Jn	50	20	9	Till this moment they had still not understood the scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
+John	Jn	50	20	10	The disciples then went back home.
+John	Jn	50	20	11	But Mary was standing outside near the tomb, weeping. Then, as she wept, she stooped to look inside,
+John	Jn	50	20	12	and saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head, the other at the feet.
+John	Jn	50	20	13	They said, 'Woman, why are you weeping?' 'They have taken my Lord away,' she replied, 'and I don't know where they have put him.'
+John	Jn	50	20	14	As she said this she turned round and saw Jesus standing there, though she did not realise that it was Jesus.
+John	Jn	50	20	15	Jesus said to her, 'Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?' Supposing him to be the gardener, she said, 'Sir, if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and remove him.'
+John	Jn	50	20	16	Jesus said, 'Mary!' She turned round then and said to him in Hebrew, 'Rabbuni!' -- which means Master.
+John	Jn	50	20	17	Jesus said to her, 'Do not cling to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to the brothers, and tell them: I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'
+John	Jn	50	20	18	So Mary of Magdala told the disciples, 'I have seen the Lord,' and that he had said these things to her.
+John	Jn	50	20	19	In the evening of that same day, the first day of the week, the doors were closed in the room where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them. He said to them, 'Peace be with you,'
+John	Jn	50	20	20	and, after saying this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy at seeing the Lord,
+John	Jn	50	20	21	and he said to them again, 'Peace be with you. 'As the Father sent me, so am I sending you.'
+John	Jn	50	20	22	After saying this he breathed on them and said: Receive the Holy Spirit.
+John	Jn	50	20	23	If you forgive anyone's sins, they are forgiven; if you retain anyone's sins, they are retained.
+John	Jn	50	20	24	Thomas, called the Twin, who was one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.
+John	Jn	50	20	25	So the other disciples said to him, 'We have seen the Lord,' but he answered, 'Unless I can see the holes that the nails made in his hands and can put my finger into the holes they made, and unless I can put my hand into his side, I refuse to believe.'
+John	Jn	50	20	26	Eight days later the disciples were in the house again and Thomas was with them. The doors were closed, but Jesus came in and stood among them. 'Peace be with you,' he said.
+John	Jn	50	20	27	Then he spoke to Thomas, 'Put your finger here; look, here are my hands. Give me your hand; put it into my side. Do not be unbelieving any more but believe.'
+John	Jn	50	20	28	Thomas replied, 'My Lord and my God!'
+John	Jn	50	20	29	Jesus said to him: You believe because you can see me. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.
+John	Jn	50	20	30	There were many other signs that Jesus worked in the sight of the disciples, but they are not recorded in this book.
+John	Jn	50	20	31	These are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing this you may have life through his name.
+John	Jn	50	21	1	Later on, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples. It was by the Sea of Tiberias, and it happened like this:
+John	Jn	50	21	2	Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee and two more of his disciples were together.
+John	Jn	50	21	3	Simon Peter said, 'I'm going fishing.' They replied, 'We'll come with you.' They went out and got into the boat but caught nothing that night.
+John	Jn	50	21	4	When it was already light, there stood Jesus on the shore, though the disciples did not realise that it was Jesus.
+John	Jn	50	21	5	Jesus called out, 'Haven't you caught anything, friends?' And when they answered, 'No,'
+John	Jn	50	21	6	he said, 'Throw the net out to starboard and you'll find something.' So they threw the net out and could not haul it in because of the quantity of fish.
+John	Jn	50	21	7	The disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, 'It is the Lord.' At these words, 'It is the Lord,' Simon Peter tied his outer garment round him (for he had nothing on) and jumped into the water.
+John	Jn	50	21	8	The other disciples came on in the boat, towing the net with the fish; they were only about a hundred yards from land.
+John	Jn	50	21	9	As soon as they came ashore they saw that there was some bread there and a charcoal fire with fish cooking on it.
+John	Jn	50	21	10	Jesus said, 'Bring some of the fish you have just caught.'
+John	Jn	50	21	11	Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net ashore, full of big fish, one hundred and fifty-three of them; and in spite of there being so many the net was not broken.
+John	Jn	50	21	12	Jesus said to them, 'Come and have breakfast.' None of the disciples was bold enough to ask, 'Who are you?'. They knew quite well it was the Lord.
+John	Jn	50	21	13	Jesus then stepped forward, took the bread and gave it to them, and the same with the fish.
+John	Jn	50	21	14	This was the third time that Jesus revealed himself to the disciples after rising from the dead.
+John	Jn	50	21	15	When they had eaten, Jesus said to Simon Peter, 'Simon son of John, do you love me more than these others do?' He answered, 'Yes, Lord, you know I love you.' Jesus said to him, 'Feed my lambs.'
+John	Jn	50	21	16	A second time he said to him, 'Simon son of John, do you love me?' He replied, 'Yes, Lord, you know I love you.' Jesus said to him, 'Look after my sheep.'
+John	Jn	50	21	17	Then he said to him a third time, 'Simon son of John, do you love me?' Peter was hurt that he asked him a third time, 'Do you love me?' and said, 'Lord, you know everything; you know I love you.' Jesus said to him, 'Feed my sheep.
+John	Jn	50	21	18	In all truth I tell you, when you were young you put on your own belt and walked where you liked; but when you grow old you will stretch out your hands, and somebody else will put a belt round you and take you where you would rather not go.'
+John	Jn	50	21	19	In these words he indicated the kind of death by which Peter would give glory to God. After this he said, 'Follow me.'
+John	Jn	50	21	20	Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them -- the one who had leant back close to his chest at the supper and had said to him, 'Lord, who is it that will betray you?'
+John	Jn	50	21	21	Seeing him, Peter said to Jesus, 'What about him, Lord?'
+John	Jn	50	21	22	Jesus answered, 'If I want him to stay behind till I come, what does it matter to you? You are to follow me.'
+John	Jn	50	21	23	The rumour then went out among the brothers that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus had not said to Peter, 'He will not die,' but, 'If I want him to stay behind till I come.'
+John	Jn	50	21	24	This disciple is the one who vouches for these things and has written them down, and we know that his testimony is true.
+John	Jn	50	21	25	There was much else that Jesus did; if it were written down in detail, I do not suppose the world itself would hold all the books that would be written.
 Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	1	1	In my earlier work, Theophilus, I dealt with everything Jesus had done and taught from the beginning
 Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	1	2	until the day he gave his instructions to the apostles he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, and was taken up to heaven.
 Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	1	3	He had shown himself alive to them after his Passion by many demonstrations: for forty days he had continued to appear to them and tell them about the kingdom of God.
@@ -31508,7 +31486,7 @@ Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	8	33	In his humiliation fair judgement was denied him. 
 Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	8	34	The eunuch addressed Philip and said, 'Tell me, is the prophet referring to himself or someone else?'
 Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	8	35	Starting, therefore, with this text of scripture Philip proceeded to explain the good news of Jesus to him.
 Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	8	36	Further along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, 'Look,is some water; is there anything to prevent my being baptised?'
-Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	8	37	37
+Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	8	37
 Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	8	38	He ordered the chariot to stop, then Philip and the eunuch both went down into the water and he baptised him.
 Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	8	39	But after they had come up out of the water again Philip was taken away by the Spirit of the Lord, and the eunuch never saw him again but went on his way rejoicing.
 Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	8	40	Philip appeared in Azotus and continued his journey, proclaiming the good news in every town as far as Caesarea.
@@ -31770,7 +31748,7 @@ Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	15	30	The party left and went down to Antioch, where th
 Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	15	31	The community read it and were delighted with the encouragement it gave them.
 Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	15	32	Judas and Silas, being themselves prophets, spoke for a long time, encouraging and strengthening the brothers.
 Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	15	33	These two spent some time there, and then the brothers wished them peace and went back to those who had sent them.
-Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	15	34	34
+Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	15	34
 Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	15	35	Paul and Barnabas, however, stayed on in Antioch, and there with many others they taught and proclaimed the good news, the word of the Lord.
 Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	15	36	On a later occasion Paul said to Barnabas, 'Let us go back and visit the brothers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord, so that we can see how they are doing.'
 Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	15	37	Barnabas suggested taking John Mark,
@@ -32221,7 +32199,7 @@ Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	28	25	So they disagreed among themselves and, as they w
 Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	28	26	Go and say to this people: Listen and listen but never understand! Look and look but never perceive!
 Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	28	27	This people's heart is torpid, their ears dulled, they have shut their eyes tight, to avoid using their eyes to see, their ears to hear, using their heart to understand, changing their ways and being healed by me.
 Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	28	28	'You must realise, then, that this salvation of God has been sent to the gentiles;they will listen to it.'
-Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	28	29	29
+Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	28	29
 Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	28	30	He spent the whole of the two years in his own rented lodging. He welcomed all who came to visit him,
 Acts of Apostles	Acts	51	28	31	proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching the truth about the Lord Jesus Christ with complete fearlessness and without any hindrance from anyone.
 Romans	Rom	52	1	1	From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle,
@@ -32653,7 +32631,7 @@ Romans	Rom	52	16	20	The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The 
 Romans	Rom	52	16	21	Timothy, who is working with me, sends greetings to you, and so do my kinsmen Lucius, Jason and Sosipater.
 Romans	Rom	52	16	22	I, Tertius, who am writing this letter, greet you in the Lord.
 Romans	Rom	52	16	23	Greetings to you from Gaius, my host here, and host of the whole church. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends greetings to you, and our brother Quartus.
-Romans	Rom	52	16	24	24
+Romans	Rom	52	16	24
 Romans	Rom	52	16	25	And now to him who can make you strong in accordance with the gospel that I preach and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, in accordance with that mystery which for endless ages was kept secret
 Romans	Rom	52	16	26	but now (as the prophets wrote) is revealed, as the eternal God commanded, to be made known to all the nations, so that they obey in faith:
 Romans	Rom	52	16	27	to him, the only wise God, give glory through Jesus Christ for ever and ever. Amen.
@@ -33654,110 +33632,110 @@ Ephesians	Eph	56	6	21	So that you know, as well, what is happening to me and wha
 Ephesians	Eph	56	6	22	I am sending him to you precisely for this purpose, to give you news about us and encourage you thoroughly.
 Ephesians	Eph	56	6	23	May God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ grant peace, love and faith to all the brothers.
 Ephesians	Eph	56	6	24	May grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ, in life imperishable.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	1	Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all God's holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with their presiding elders and the deacons.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	2	Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	3	I thank my God whenever I think of you,
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	4	and every time I pray for you all, I always pray with joy
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	5	for your partnership in the gospel from the very first day up to the present.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	6	I am quite confident that the One who began a good work in you will go on completing it until the Day of Jesus Christ comes.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	7	It is only right that I should feel like this towards you all, because you have a place in my heart, since you have all shared together in the grace that has been mine, both my chains and my work defending and establishing the gospel.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	8	For God will testify for me how much I long for you all with the warm longing of Christ Jesus;
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	9	it is my prayer that your love for one another may grow more and more with the knowledge and complete understanding
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	10	that will help you to come to true discernment, so that you will be innocent and free of any trace of guilt when the Day of Christ comes,
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	11	entirely filled with the fruits of uprightness through Jesus Christ, for the glory and praise of God.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	12	Now I want you to realise, brothers, that the circumstances of my present life are helping rather than hindering the advance of the gospel.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	13	My chains in Christ have become well known not only to all the Praetorium, but to everybody else,
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	14	and so most of the brothers in the Lord have gained confidence from my chains and are getting more and more daring in announcing the Message without any fear.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	15	It is true that some of them are preaching Christ out of malice and rivalry; but there are many as well whose intentions are good;
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	16	some are doing it out of love, knowing that I remain firm in my defence of the gospel.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	17	There are others who are proclaiming Christ out of jealousy, not in sincerity but meaning to add to the weight of my chains.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	18	But what does it matter? Only that in both ways, whether with false motives or true, Christ is proclaimed, and for that I am happy;
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	19	and I shall go on being happy, too, because I know that this is what will save me, with your prayers and with the support of the Spirit of Jesus Christ;
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	20	all in accordance with my most confident hope and trust that I shall never have to admit defeat, but with complete fearlessness I shall go on, so that now, as always, Christ will be glorified in my body, whether by my life or my death.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	21	Life to me, of course, is Christ, but then death would be a positive gain.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	22	On the other hand again, if to be alive in the body gives me an opportunity for fruitful work, I do not know which I should choose.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	23	I am caught in this dilemma: I want to be gone and to be with Christ, and this is by far the stronger desire-
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	24	and yet for your sake to stay alive in this body is a more urgent need.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	25	This much I know for certain, that I shall stay and stand by you all, to encourage your advance and your joy in the faith,
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	26	so that my return to be among you may increase to overflowing your pride in Jesus Christ on my account.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	27	But you must always behave in a way that is worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come to you and see for myself or whether I only hear all about you from a distance, I shall find that you are standing firm and united in spirit, battling, as a team with a single aim, for the faith of the gospel.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	28	undismayed by any of your opponents. This will be a clear sign, for them that they are to be lost, and for you that you are to be saved.
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	29	This comes from God, for you have been granted the privilege for Christ's sake not only of believing in him but of suffering for him as well;
-Philippians	Phi	57	1	30	you are fighting the same battle which you saw me fighting for him and which you hear I am fighting still.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	1	So if in Christ there is anything that will move you, any incentive in love, any fellowship in the Spirit, any warmth or sympathy -- I appeal to you,
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	2	make my joy complete by being of a single mind, one in love, one in heart and one in mind.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	3	Nothing is to be done out of jealousy or vanity; instead, out of humility of mind everyone should give preference to others,
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	4	everyone pursuing not selfish interests but those of others.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	5	Make your own the mind of Christ Jesus:
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	6	Who, being in the form of God, did not count equality with God something to be grasped.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	7	But he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, becoming as human beings are; and being in every way like a human being,
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	8	he was humbler yet, even to accepting death, death on a cross.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	9	And for this God raised him high, and gave him the name which is above all other names;
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	10	so that all beings in the heavens, on earth and in the underworld, should bend the knee at the name of Jesus
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	11	and that every tongue should acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	12	So, my dear friends, you have always been obedient; your obedience must not be limited to times when I am present. Now that I am absent it must be more in evidence, so work out your salvation in fear and trembling.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	13	It is God who, for his own generous purpose, gives you the intention and the powers to act.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	14	Let your behaviour be free of murmuring and complaining
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	15	so that you remain faultless and pure, unspoilt children of God surrounded by a deceitful and underhand brood, shining out among them like bright stars in the world,
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	16	proffering to it the Word of life. Then I shall have reason to be proud on the Day of Christ, for it will not be for nothing that I have run the race and toiled so hard.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	17	Indeed, even if my blood has to be poured as a libation over your sacrifice and the offering of your faith, then I shall be glad and join in your rejoicing-
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	18	and in the same way, you must be glad and join in my rejoicing.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	19	I hope, in the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy to you soon, so that my mind may be set at rest when I hear how you are.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	20	There is nobody else that I can send who is like him and cares as sincerely for your well-being;
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	21	they all want to work for themselves, not for Jesus Christ.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	22	But you know what sort of person he has proved himself, working with me for the sake of the gospel like a son with his father.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	23	That is the man, then, that I am hoping to send to you immediately I can make out what is going to happen to me;
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	24	but I am confident in the Lord that I shall come myself, too, before long.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	25	Nevertheless I thought it essential to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and companion-in-arms since he came as your representative to look after my needs;
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	26	because he was missing you all and was worrying because you had heard that he was ill.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	27	Indeed he was seriously ill and nearly died; but God took pity on him -- and not only on him but also on me, to spare me one grief on top of another.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	28	So I am sending him back as promptly as I can so that you will have the joy of seeing him again, and that will be some comfort to me in my distress.
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	29	Welcome him in the Lord, then, with all joy; hold people like him in honour,
-Philippians	Phi	57	2	30	because it was for Christ's work that he came so near to dying, risking his life to do the duty to me which you could not do yourselves.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	1	Finally, brothers, I wish you joy in the Lord. To write to you what I have already written before is no trouble to me and to you will be a protection.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	2	Beware of dogs! Beware of evil workmen! Beware of self-mutilators!
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	3	We are the true people of the circumcision since we worship by the Spirit of God and make Christ Jesus our only boast, not relying on physical qualifications,
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	4	although, I myself could rely on these too. If anyone does claim to rely on them, my claim is better.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	5	Circumcised on the eighth day of my life, I was born of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrew parents. In the matter of the Law, I was a Pharisee;
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	6	as for religious fervour, I was a persecutor of the Church; as for the uprightness embodied in the Law, I was faultless.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	7	But what were once my assets I now through Christ Jesus count as losses.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	8	Yes, I will go further: because of the supreme advantage of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, I count everything else as loss. For him I have accepted the loss of all other things, and look on them all as filth if only I can gain Christ
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	9	and be given a place in him, with the uprightness I have gained not from the Law, but through faith in Christ, an uprightness from God, based on faith,
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	10	that I may come to know him and the power of his resurrection, and partake of his sufferings by being moulded to the pattern of his death,
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	11	striving towards the goal of resurrection from the dead.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	12	Not that I have secured it already, nor yet reached my goal, but I am still pursuing it in the attempt to take hold of the prize for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	13	Brothers, I do not reckon myself as having taken hold of it; I can only say that forgetting all that lies behind me, and straining forward to what lies in front,
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	14	I am racing towards the finishing-point to win the prize of God's heavenly call in Christ Jesus.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	15	So this is the way in which all of us who are mature should be thinking, and if you are still thinking differently in any way, then God has yet to make this matter clear to you.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	16	Meanwhile, let us go forward from the point we have each attained.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	17	Brothers, be united in imitating me. Keep your eyes fixed on those who act according to the example you have from me.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	18	For there are so many people of whom I have often warned you, and now I warn you again with tears in my eyes, who behave like the enemies of Christ's cross.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	19	They are destined to be lost; their god is the stomach; they glory in what they should think shameful, since their minds are set on earthly things.
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	20	But our homeland is in heaven and it is from there that we are expecting a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,
-Philippians	Phi	57	3	21	who will transfigure the wretched body of ours into the mould of his glorious body, through the working of the power which he has, even to bring all things under his mastery.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	1	So then, my brothers and dear friends whom I miss so much, my joy and my crown, hold firm in the Lord, dear friends.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	2	I urge Euodia, and I urge Syntyche to come to agreement with each other in the Lord;
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	3	and I ask you, Syzygus, really to be a 'partner' and help them. These women have struggled hard for the gospel with me, along with Clement and all my other fellow-workers, whose names are written in the book of life.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	4	Always be joyful, then, in the Lord; I repeat, be joyful.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	5	Let your good sense be obvious to everybody. The Lord is near.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	6	Never worry about anything; but tell God all your desires of every kind in prayer and petition shot through with gratitude,
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	7	and the peace of God which is beyond our understanding will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	8	Finally, brothers, let your minds be filled with everything that is true, everything that is honourable, everything that is upright and pure, everything that we love and admire -- with whatever is good and praiseworthy.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	9	Keep doing everything you learnt from me and were told by me and have heard or seen me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	10	As for me, I am full of joy in the Lord, now that at last your consideration for me has blossomed again; though I recognise that you really did have consideration before, but had no opportunity to show it.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	11	I do not say this because I have lacked anything; I have learnt to manage with whatever I have.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	12	I know how to live modestly, and I know how to live luxuriously too: in every way now I have mastered the secret of all conditions: full stomach and empty stomach, plenty and poverty.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	13	There is nothing I cannot do in the One who strengthens me.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	14	All the same, it was good of you to share with me in my hardships.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	15	In the early days of the gospel, as you of Philippi well know, when I left Macedonia, no church other than yourselves made common account with me in the matter of expenditure and receipts. You were the only ones;
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	16	and what is more, you have twice sent me what I needed in Thessalonica.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	17	It is not the gift that I value most; what I value is the interest that is mounting up in your account.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	18	I have all that I need and more: I am fully provided, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the offering that you sent, a pleasing smell, the sacrifice which is acceptable and pleasing to God.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	19	And my God will fulfil all your needs out of the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	20	And so glory be to God our Father, for ever and ever. Amen.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	21	My greetings to every one of God's holy people in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me send you their greetings.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	22	All God's holy people send you their greetings, especially those of Caesar's household.
-Philippians	Phi	57	4	23	May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	1	Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all God's holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with their presiding elders and the deacons.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	2	Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	3	I thank my God whenever I think of you,
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	4	and every time I pray for you all, I always pray with joy
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	5	for your partnership in the gospel from the very first day up to the present.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	6	I am quite confident that the One who began a good work in you will go on completing it until the Day of Jesus Christ comes.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	7	It is only right that I should feel like this towards you all, because you have a place in my heart, since you have all shared together in the grace that has been mine, both my chains and my work defending and establishing the gospel.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	8	For God will testify for me how much I long for you all with the warm longing of Christ Jesus;
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	9	it is my prayer that your love for one another may grow more and more with the knowledge and complete understanding
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	10	that will help you to come to true discernment, so that you will be innocent and free of any trace of guilt when the Day of Christ comes,
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	11	entirely filled with the fruits of uprightness through Jesus Christ, for the glory and praise of God.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	12	Now I want you to realise, brothers, that the circumstances of my present life are helping rather than hindering the advance of the gospel.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	13	My chains in Christ have become well known not only to all the Praetorium, but to everybody else,
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	14	and so most of the brothers in the Lord have gained confidence from my chains and are getting more and more daring in announcing the Message without any fear.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	15	It is true that some of them are preaching Christ out of malice and rivalry; but there are many as well whose intentions are good;
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	16	some are doing it out of love, knowing that I remain firm in my defence of the gospel.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	17	There are others who are proclaiming Christ out of jealousy, not in sincerity but meaning to add to the weight of my chains.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	18	But what does it matter? Only that in both ways, whether with false motives or true, Christ is proclaimed, and for that I am happy;
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	19	and I shall go on being happy, too, because I know that this is what will save me, with your prayers and with the support of the Spirit of Jesus Christ;
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	20	all in accordance with my most confident hope and trust that I shall never have to admit defeat, but with complete fearlessness I shall go on, so that now, as always, Christ will be glorified in my body, whether by my life or my death.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	21	Life to me, of course, is Christ, but then death would be a positive gain.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	22	On the other hand again, if to be alive in the body gives me an opportunity for fruitful work, I do not know which I should choose.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	23	I am caught in this dilemma: I want to be gone and to be with Christ, and this is by far the stronger desire-
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	24	and yet for your sake to stay alive in this body is a more urgent need.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	25	This much I know for certain, that I shall stay and stand by you all, to encourage your advance and your joy in the faith,
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	26	so that my return to be among you may increase to overflowing your pride in Jesus Christ on my account.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	27	But you must always behave in a way that is worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come to you and see for myself or whether I only hear all about you from a distance, I shall find that you are standing firm and united in spirit, battling, as a team with a single aim, for the faith of the gospel.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	28	undismayed by any of your opponents. This will be a clear sign, for them that they are to be lost, and for you that you are to be saved.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	29	This comes from God, for you have been granted the privilege for Christ's sake not only of believing in him but of suffering for him as well;
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	30	you are fighting the same battle which you saw me fighting for him and which you hear I am fighting still.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	1	So if in Christ there is anything that will move you, any incentive in love, any fellowship in the Spirit, any warmth or sympathy -- I appeal to you,
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	2	make my joy complete by being of a single mind, one in love, one in heart and one in mind.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	3	Nothing is to be done out of jealousy or vanity; instead, out of humility of mind everyone should give preference to others,
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	4	everyone pursuing not selfish interests but those of others.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	5	Make your own the mind of Christ Jesus:
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	6	Who, being in the form of God, did not count equality with God something to be grasped.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	7	But he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, becoming as human beings are; and being in every way like a human being,
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	8	he was humbler yet, even to accepting death, death on a cross.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	9	And for this God raised him high, and gave him the name which is above all other names;
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	10	so that all beings in the heavens, on earth and in the underworld, should bend the knee at the name of Jesus
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	11	and that every tongue should acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	12	So, my dear friends, you have always been obedient; your obedience must not be limited to times when I am present. Now that I am absent it must be more in evidence, so work out your salvation in fear and trembling.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	13	It is God who, for his own generous purpose, gives you the intention and the powers to act.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	14	Let your behaviour be free of murmuring and complaining
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	15	so that you remain faultless and pure, unspoilt children of God surrounded by a deceitful and underhand brood, shining out among them like bright stars in the world,
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	16	proffering to it the Word of life. Then I shall have reason to be proud on the Day of Christ, for it will not be for nothing that I have run the race and toiled so hard.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	17	Indeed, even if my blood has to be poured as a libation over your sacrifice and the offering of your faith, then I shall be glad and join in your rejoicing-
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	18	and in the same way, you must be glad and join in my rejoicing.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	19	I hope, in the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy to you soon, so that my mind may be set at rest when I hear how you are.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	20	There is nobody else that I can send who is like him and cares as sincerely for your well-being;
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	21	they all want to work for themselves, not for Jesus Christ.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	22	But you know what sort of person he has proved himself, working with me for the sake of the gospel like a son with his father.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	23	That is the man, then, that I am hoping to send to you immediately I can make out what is going to happen to me;
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	24	but I am confident in the Lord that I shall come myself, too, before long.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	25	Nevertheless I thought it essential to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and companion-in-arms since he came as your representative to look after my needs;
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	26	because he was missing you all and was worrying because you had heard that he was ill.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	27	Indeed he was seriously ill and nearly died; but God took pity on him -- and not only on him but also on me, to spare me one grief on top of another.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	28	So I am sending him back as promptly as I can so that you will have the joy of seeing him again, and that will be some comfort to me in my distress.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	29	Welcome him in the Lord, then, with all joy; hold people like him in honour,
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	30	because it was for Christ's work that he came so near to dying, risking his life to do the duty to me which you could not do yourselves.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	1	Finally, brothers, I wish you joy in the Lord. To write to you what I have already written before is no trouble to me and to you will be a protection.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	2	Beware of dogs! Beware of evil workmen! Beware of self-mutilators!
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	3	We are the true people of the circumcision since we worship by the Spirit of God and make Christ Jesus our only boast, not relying on physical qualifications,
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	4	although, I myself could rely on these too. If anyone does claim to rely on them, my claim is better.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	5	Circumcised on the eighth day of my life, I was born of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrew parents. In the matter of the Law, I was a Pharisee;
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	6	as for religious fervour, I was a persecutor of the Church; as for the uprightness embodied in the Law, I was faultless.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	7	But what were once my assets I now through Christ Jesus count as losses.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	8	Yes, I will go further: because of the supreme advantage of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, I count everything else as loss. For him I have accepted the loss of all other things, and look on them all as filth if only I can gain Christ
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	9	and be given a place in him, with the uprightness I have gained not from the Law, but through faith in Christ, an uprightness from God, based on faith,
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	10	that I may come to know him and the power of his resurrection, and partake of his sufferings by being moulded to the pattern of his death,
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	11	striving towards the goal of resurrection from the dead.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	12	Not that I have secured it already, nor yet reached my goal, but I am still pursuing it in the attempt to take hold of the prize for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	13	Brothers, I do not reckon myself as having taken hold of it; I can only say that forgetting all that lies behind me, and straining forward to what lies in front,
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	14	I am racing towards the finishing-point to win the prize of God's heavenly call in Christ Jesus.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	15	So this is the way in which all of us who are mature should be thinking, and if you are still thinking differently in any way, then God has yet to make this matter clear to you.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	16	Meanwhile, let us go forward from the point we have each attained.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	17	Brothers, be united in imitating me. Keep your eyes fixed on those who act according to the example you have from me.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	18	For there are so many people of whom I have often warned you, and now I warn you again with tears in my eyes, who behave like the enemies of Christ's cross.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	19	They are destined to be lost; their god is the stomach; they glory in what they should think shameful, since their minds are set on earthly things.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	20	But our homeland is in heaven and it is from there that we are expecting a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	21	who will transfigure the wretched body of ours into the mould of his glorious body, through the working of the power which he has, even to bring all things under his mastery.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	1	So then, my brothers and dear friends whom I miss so much, my joy and my crown, hold firm in the Lord, dear friends.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	2	I urge Euodia, and I urge Syntyche to come to agreement with each other in the Lord;
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	3	and I ask you, Syzygus, really to be a 'partner' and help them. These women have struggled hard for the gospel with me, along with Clement and all my other fellow-workers, whose names are written in the book of life.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	4	Always be joyful, then, in the Lord; I repeat, be joyful.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	5	Let your good sense be obvious to everybody. The Lord is near.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	6	Never worry about anything; but tell God all your desires of every kind in prayer and petition shot through with gratitude,
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	7	and the peace of God which is beyond our understanding will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	8	Finally, brothers, let your minds be filled with everything that is true, everything that is honourable, everything that is upright and pure, everything that we love and admire -- with whatever is good and praiseworthy.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	9	Keep doing everything you learnt from me and were told by me and have heard or seen me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	10	As for me, I am full of joy in the Lord, now that at last your consideration for me has blossomed again; though I recognise that you really did have consideration before, but had no opportunity to show it.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	11	I do not say this because I have lacked anything; I have learnt to manage with whatever I have.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	12	I know how to live modestly, and I know how to live luxuriously too: in every way now I have mastered the secret of all conditions: full stomach and empty stomach, plenty and poverty.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	13	There is nothing I cannot do in the One who strengthens me.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	14	All the same, it was good of you to share with me in my hardships.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	15	In the early days of the gospel, as you of Philippi well know, when I left Macedonia, no church other than yourselves made common account with me in the matter of expenditure and receipts. You were the only ones;
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	16	and what is more, you have twice sent me what I needed in Thessalonica.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	17	It is not the gift that I value most; what I value is the interest that is mounting up in your account.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	18	I have all that I need and more: I am fully provided, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the offering that you sent, a pleasing smell, the sacrifice which is acceptable and pleasing to God.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	19	And my God will fulfil all your needs out of the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	20	And so glory be to God our Father, for ever and ever. Amen.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	21	My greetings to every one of God's holy people in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me send you their greetings.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	22	All God's holy people send you their greetings, especially those of Caesar's household.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	23	May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
 Colossians	Col	58	1	1	From Paul, by the will of God an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Timothy
 Colossians	Col	58	1	2	to God's holy people in Colossae, our faithful brothers in Christ. Grace and peace to you from God our Father.
 Colossians	Col	58	1	3	We give thanks for you to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, continually in our prayers,
@@ -34185,52 +34163,52 @@ Colossians	Col	58	4	18	This greeting is in my own hand-PAUL. Remember the chains
 2 Timothy	2Tim	62	4	20	Erastus stayed behind at Corinth, and I left Trophimus ill at Miletus.
 2 Timothy	2Tim	62	4	21	Make every effort to come before the winter. Greetings to you from Eubulus, Pudens, Linus, Claudia and all the brothers.
 2 Timothy	2Tim	62	4	22	The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.
-Titus	Titus	63	1	1	From Paul, servant of God, an apostle of Jesus Christ to bring those whom God has chosen to faith and to the knowledge of the truth that leads to true religion,
-Titus	Titus	63	1	2	and to give them the hope of the eternal life that was promised so long ago by God. He does not lie
-Titus	Titus	63	1	3	and so, in due time, he made known his message by a proclamation which was entrusted to me by the command of God our Saviour.
-Titus	Titus	63	1	4	To Titus, true child of mine in the faith that we share. Grace and peace from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Saviour.
-Titus	Titus	63	1	5	The reason I left you behind in Crete was for you to organise everything that still had to be done and appoint elders in every town, in the way that I told you,
-Titus	Titus	63	1	6	that is, each of them must be a man of irreproachable character, husband of one wife, and his children must be believers and not liable to be charged with disorderly conduct or insubordination.
-Titus	Titus	63	1	7	The presiding elder has to be irreproachable since he is God's representative: never arrogant or hot-tempered, nor a heavy drinker or violent, nor avaricious;
-Titus	Titus	63	1	8	but hospitable and a lover of goodness; sensible, upright, devout and self-controlled;
-Titus	Titus	63	1	9	and he must have a firm grasp of the unchanging message of the tradition, so that he can be counted on both for giving encouragement in sound doctrine and for refuting those who argue against it.
-Titus	Titus	63	1	10	And in fact there are many people who are insubordinate, who talk nonsense and try to make others believe it, particularly among those of the circumcision.
-Titus	Titus	63	1	11	They must be silenced: people of this kind upset whole families, by teaching things that they ought not to, and doing it for the sake of sordid gain.
-Titus	Titus	63	1	12	It was one of themselves, one of their own prophets, who said, 'Cretans were never anything but liars, dangerous animals, all greed and laziness';
-Titus	Titus	63	1	13	and that is a true statement. So be severe in correcting them, and make them sound in the faith
-Titus	Titus	63	1	14	so that they stop taking notice of Jewish myths and the orders of people who turn away from the truth.
-Titus	Titus	63	1	15	To those who are pure themselves, everything is pure; but to those who have been corrupted and lack faith, nothing can be pure -- the corruption is both in their minds and in their consciences.
-Titus	Titus	63	1	16	They claim to know God but by their works they deny him; they are outrageously rebellious and quite untrustworthy for any good work.
-Titus	Titus	63	2	1	It is for you, then, to preach the behaviour which goes with healthy doctrine.
-Titus	Titus	63	2	2	Older men should be reserved, dignified, moderate, sound in faith and love and perseverance.
-Titus	Titus	63	2	3	Similarly, older women should behave as befits religious people, with no scandal-mongering and no addiction to wine -- they must be the teachers of right behaviour
-Titus	Titus	63	2	4	and show younger women how they should love their husbands and love their children,
-Titus	Titus	63	2	5	how they must be sensible and chaste, and how to work in their homes, and be gentle, and obey their husbands, so that the message of God is not disgraced.
-Titus	Titus	63	2	6	Similarly, urge younger men to be moderate in everything that they do,
-Titus	Titus	63	2	7	and you yourself set an example of good works, by sincerity and earnestness, when you are teaching, and by a message sound and irreproachable
-Titus	Titus	63	2	8	so that any opponent will be at a loss, with no accusation to make against us.
-Titus	Titus	63	2	9	Slaves must be obedient to their masters in everything, and do what is wanted without argument;
-Titus	Titus	63	2	10	and there must be no pilfering -- they must show complete honesty at all times, so that they are in every way a credit to the teaching of God our Saviour.
-Titus	Titus	63	2	11	You see, God's grace has been revealed to save the whole human race;
-Titus	Titus	63	2	12	it has taught us that we should give up everything contrary to true religion and all our worldly passions; we must be self-restrained and live upright and religious lives in this present world,
-Titus	Titus	63	2	13	waiting in hope for the blessing which will come with the appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Christ Jesus.
-Titus	Titus	63	2	14	He offered himself for us in order to ransom us from all our faults and to purify a people to be his very own and eager to do good.
-Titus	Titus	63	2	15	This is what you must say, encouraging or arguing with full authority; no one should despise you.
-Titus	Titus	63	3	1	Remind them to be obedient to the officials in authority; to be ready to do good at every opportunity;
-Titus	Titus	63	3	2	not to go slandering other people but to be peaceable and gentle, and always polite to people of all kinds.
-Titus	Titus	63	3	3	There was a time when we too were ignorant, disobedient and misled and enslaved by different passions and dissipations; we lived then in wickedness and malice, hating each other and hateful ourselves.
-Titus	Titus	63	3	4	But when the kindness and love of God our Saviour for humanity were revealed,
-Titus	Titus	63	3	5	it was not because of any upright actions we had done ourselves; it was for no reason except his own faithful love that he saved us, by means of the cleansing water of rebirth and renewal in the Holy Spirit
-Titus	Titus	63	3	6	which he has so generously poured over us through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
-Titus	Titus	63	3	7	so that, justified by his grace, we should become heirs in hope of eternal life.
-Titus	Titus	63	3	8	This is doctrine that you can rely on. I want you to be quite uncompromising in teaching all this, so that those who now believe in God may keep their minds constantly occupied in doing good works. All this is good, and useful for everybody.
-Titus	Titus	63	3	9	But avoid foolish speculations, and those genealogies, and the quibbles and disputes about the Law -- they are useless and futile.
-Titus	Titus	63	3	10	If someone disputes what you teach, then after a first and a second warning, have no more to do with him:
-Titus	Titus	63	3	11	you will know that anyone of that sort is warped and is self-condemned as a sinner.
-Titus	Titus	63	3	12	As soon as I have sent Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to join me at Nicopolis, where I have decided to spend the winter.
-Titus	Titus	63	3	13	Help eagerly on their way Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, and make sure they have everything they need.
-Titus	Titus	63	3	14	All our people must also learn to occupy themselves in doing good works for their practical needs, and not to be unproductive.
-Titus	Titus	63	3	15	All those who are with me send their greetings. Greetings to those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all.
+Titus	Tit	63	1	1	From Paul, servant of God, an apostle of Jesus Christ to bring those whom God has chosen to faith and to the knowledge of the truth that leads to true religion,
+Titus	Tit	63	1	2	and to give them the hope of the eternal life that was promised so long ago by God. He does not lie
+Titus	Tit	63	1	3	and so, in due time, he made known his message by a proclamation which was entrusted to me by the command of God our Saviour.
+Titus	Tit	63	1	4	To Titus, true child of mine in the faith that we share. Grace and peace from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Saviour.
+Titus	Tit	63	1	5	The reason I left you behind in Crete was for you to organise everything that still had to be done and appoint elders in every town, in the way that I told you,
+Titus	Tit	63	1	6	that is, each of them must be a man of irreproachable character, husband of one wife, and his children must be believers and not liable to be charged with disorderly conduct or insubordination.
+Titus	Tit	63	1	7	The presiding elder has to be irreproachable since he is God's representative: never arrogant or hot-tempered, nor a heavy drinker or violent, nor avaricious;
+Titus	Tit	63	1	8	but hospitable and a lover of goodness; sensible, upright, devout and self-controlled;
+Titus	Tit	63	1	9	and he must have a firm grasp of the unchanging message of the tradition, so that he can be counted on both for giving encouragement in sound doctrine and for refuting those who argue against it.
+Titus	Tit	63	1	10	And in fact there are many people who are insubordinate, who talk nonsense and try to make others believe it, particularly among those of the circumcision.
+Titus	Tit	63	1	11	They must be silenced: people of this kind upset whole families, by teaching things that they ought not to, and doing it for the sake of sordid gain.
+Titus	Tit	63	1	12	It was one of themselves, one of their own prophets, who said, 'Cretans were never anything but liars, dangerous animals, all greed and laziness';
+Titus	Tit	63	1	13	and that is a true statement. So be severe in correcting them, and make them sound in the faith
+Titus	Tit	63	1	14	so that they stop taking notice of Jewish myths and the orders of people who turn away from the truth.
+Titus	Tit	63	1	15	To those who are pure themselves, everything is pure; but to those who have been corrupted and lack faith, nothing can be pure -- the corruption is both in their minds and in their consciences.
+Titus	Tit	63	1	16	They claim to know God but by their works they deny him; they are outrageously rebellious and quite untrustworthy for any good work.
+Titus	Tit	63	2	1	It is for you, then, to preach the behaviour which goes with healthy doctrine.
+Titus	Tit	63	2	2	Older men should be reserved, dignified, moderate, sound in faith and love and perseverance.
+Titus	Tit	63	2	3	Similarly, older women should behave as befits religious people, with no scandal-mongering and no addiction to wine -- they must be the teachers of right behaviour
+Titus	Tit	63	2	4	and show younger women how they should love their husbands and love their children,
+Titus	Tit	63	2	5	how they must be sensible and chaste, and how to work in their homes, and be gentle, and obey their husbands, so that the message of God is not disgraced.
+Titus	Tit	63	2	6	Similarly, urge younger men to be moderate in everything that they do,
+Titus	Tit	63	2	7	and you yourself set an example of good works, by sincerity and earnestness, when you are teaching, and by a message sound and irreproachable
+Titus	Tit	63	2	8	so that any opponent will be at a loss, with no accusation to make against us.
+Titus	Tit	63	2	9	Slaves must be obedient to their masters in everything, and do what is wanted without argument;
+Titus	Tit	63	2	10	and there must be no pilfering -- they must show complete honesty at all times, so that they are in every way a credit to the teaching of God our Saviour.
+Titus	Tit	63	2	11	You see, God's grace has been revealed to save the whole human race;
+Titus	Tit	63	2	12	it has taught us that we should give up everything contrary to true religion and all our worldly passions; we must be self-restrained and live upright and religious lives in this present world,
+Titus	Tit	63	2	13	waiting in hope for the blessing which will come with the appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Christ Jesus.
+Titus	Tit	63	2	14	He offered himself for us in order to ransom us from all our faults and to purify a people to be his very own and eager to do good.
+Titus	Tit	63	2	15	This is what you must say, encouraging or arguing with full authority; no one should despise you.
+Titus	Tit	63	3	1	Remind them to be obedient to the officials in authority; to be ready to do good at every opportunity;
+Titus	Tit	63	3	2	not to go slandering other people but to be peaceable and gentle, and always polite to people of all kinds.
+Titus	Tit	63	3	3	There was a time when we too were ignorant, disobedient and misled and enslaved by different passions and dissipations; we lived then in wickedness and malice, hating each other and hateful ourselves.
+Titus	Tit	63	3	4	But when the kindness and love of God our Saviour for humanity were revealed,
+Titus	Tit	63	3	5	it was not because of any upright actions we had done ourselves; it was for no reason except his own faithful love that he saved us, by means of the cleansing water of rebirth and renewal in the Holy Spirit
+Titus	Tit	63	3	6	which he has so generously poured over us through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
+Titus	Tit	63	3	7	so that, justified by his grace, we should become heirs in hope of eternal life.
+Titus	Tit	63	3	8	This is doctrine that you can rely on. I want you to be quite uncompromising in teaching all this, so that those who now believe in God may keep their minds constantly occupied in doing good works. All this is good, and useful for everybody.
+Titus	Tit	63	3	9	But avoid foolish speculations, and those genealogies, and the quibbles and disputes about the Law -- they are useless and futile.
+Titus	Tit	63	3	10	If someone disputes what you teach, then after a first and a second warning, have no more to do with him:
+Titus	Tit	63	3	11	you will know that anyone of that sort is warped and is self-condemned as a sinner.
+Titus	Tit	63	3	12	As soon as I have sent Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to join me at Nicopolis, where I have decided to spend the winter.
+Titus	Tit	63	3	13	Help eagerly on their way Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, and make sure they have everything they need.
+Titus	Tit	63	3	14	All our people must also learn to occupy themselves in doing good works for their practical needs, and not to be unproductive.
+Titus	Tit	63	3	15	All those who are with me send their greetings. Greetings to those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all.
 Philemon	Phmn	64	1	1	From Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus and from our brother Timothy; to our dear fellow worker Philemon,
 Philemon	Phmn	64	1	2	our sister Apphia, our fellow soldier Archippus and the church that meets in your house.
 Philemon	Phmn	64	1	3	Grace and the peace of God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
@@ -35219,8 +35197,7 @@ Revelation	Rev	73	13	14	Through the miracles which it was allowed to do on behal
 Revelation	Rev	73	13	15	It was allowed to breathe life into this statue, so that the statue of the beast was able to speak, and to have anyone who refused to worship the statue of the beast put to death.
 Revelation	Rev	73	13	16	It compelled everyone -- small and great alike, rich and poor, slave and citizen -- to be branded on the right hand or on the forehead,
 Revelation	Rev	73	13	17	and made it illegal for anyone to buy or sell anything unless he had been branded with the name of the beast or with the number of its name.
-Revelation	Rev	73	13	18	There is need for shrewdness here: anyone clever may interpret the number of the beast: it is the number of a human being, the number
-Revelation	Rev	73	13	666	666.
+Revelation	Rev	73	13	18	There is need for shrewdness here: anyone clever may interpret the number of the beast: it is the number of a human being, the number 666.
 Revelation	Rev	73	14	1	Next in my vision I saw Mount Zion, and standing on it the Lamb who had with him a hundred and forty-four thousand people, all with his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.
 Revelation	Rev	73	14	2	I heard a sound coming out of heaven like the sound of the ocean or the roar of thunder; it was like the sound of harpists playing their harps.
 Revelation	Rev	73	14	3	There before the throne they were singing a new hymn in the presence of the four living creatures and the elders, a hymn that could be learnt only by the hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the world.
diff --git a/rsv.tsv b/rsv.tsv
@@ -0,0 +1,35578 @@
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	1	In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	2   The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters.
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	3	And God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	4	And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	5	God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	6	And God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	7	And God made the firmament and separated the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. And it was so.
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	8	And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	9	And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	10	God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	11	And God said, “Let the earth put forth vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, upon the earth.” And it was so.
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	12	The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	13	And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	14	And God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years,
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	15	and let them be lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so.
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	16	And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also.
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	17	And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth,
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	18	to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	19	And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	20	And God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the firmament of the heavens.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	21	So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	22	And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	23	And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	24	And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	25	And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the cattle according to their kinds, and everything that creeps upon the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	26	Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	27	So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	28	And God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	29	And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food.
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	30	And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
+Genesis	Gen	1	1	31	And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
+Genesis	Gen	1	2	1	Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
+Genesis	Gen	1	2	2	And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.
+Genesis	Gen	1	2	3	So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all his work which he had done in creation.
+Genesis	Gen	1	2	4	These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created. In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
+Genesis	Gen	1	2	5	when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lor God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground;
+Genesis	Gen	1	2	6	but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground—
+Genesis	Gen	1	2	7	then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
+Genesis	Gen	1	2	8	And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
+Genesis	Gen	1	2	9	And out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
+Genesis	Gen	1	2	10	A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers.
+Genesis	Gen	1	2	11	The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
+Genesis	Gen	1	2	12	and the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there.
+Genesis	Gen	1	2	13	The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which flows around the whole land of Cush.
+Genesis	Gen	1	2	14	And the name of the third river is Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
+Genesis	Gen	1	2	15	The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.
+Genesis	Gen	1	2	16	And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;
+Genesis	Gen	1	2	17	but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	2	18	Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	2	19	So out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.
+Genesis	Gen	1	2	20	The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper fit for him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	2	21	So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh;
+Genesis	Gen	1	2	22	and the rib which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.
+Genesis	Gen	1	2	23	Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	2	24	Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh.
+Genesis	Gen	1	2	25	And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed.
+Genesis	Gen	1	3	1	Now the serpent was more subtle than any other wild creature that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	3	2	And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden;
+Genesis	Gen	1	3	3	but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’”
+Genesis	Gen	1	3	4	But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not die.
+Genesis	Gen	1	3	5	For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	3	6	So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, and he ate.
+Genesis	Gen	1	3	7	Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.
+Genesis	Gen	1	3	8	And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
+Genesis	Gen	1	3	9	But the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	3	10	And he said, “I heard the sound of thee in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	3	11	He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	3	12	The man said, “The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	3	13	Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent beguiled me, and I ate.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	3	14	The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above all wild animals; upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.
+Genesis	Gen	1	3	15	I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	3	16	To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children, yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	3	17	And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
+Genesis	Gen	1	3	18	thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.
+Genesis	Gen	1	3	19	In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	3	20	The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.
+Genesis	Gen	1	3	21	And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins, and clothed them.
+Genesis	Gen	1	3	22	Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever”—
+Genesis	Gen	1	3	23	therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
+Genesis	Gen	1	3	24	He drove out the man; and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	1	Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	2	And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground.
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	3	In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground,
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	4	and Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering,
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	5	but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	6	The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your countenance fallen?
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	7	If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	8	Cain said to Abel his brother, “Let us go out to the field.” And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and killed him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	9	Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	10	And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to me from the ground.
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	11	And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	12	When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength; you shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	13	Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	14	Behold, thou hast driven me this day away from the ground; and from thy face I shall be hidden; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will slay me.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	15	Then the Lord said to him, “Not so! If any one slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the Lord put a mark on Cain, lest any who came upon him should kill him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	16	Then Cain went away from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	17	Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch; and he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch.
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	18	To Enoch was born Irad; and Irad was the father of Me-huja-el, and Me-huja-el the father of Me-thusha-el, and Me-thusha-el the father of Lamech.
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	19	And Lamech took two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	20	Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have cattle.
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	21	His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	22	Zillah bore Tubal-cain; he was the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	23	Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; you wives of Lamech, hearken to what I say: I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	24	If Cain is avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	25	And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, “God has appointed for me another child instead of Abel, for Cain slew him.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	4	26	To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the Lord.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	1	This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	2	Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	3	When Adam had lived a hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	4	The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years; and he had other sons and daughters.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	5	Thus all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	6	When Seth had lived a hundred and five years, he became the father of Enosh.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	7	Seth lived after the birth of Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and had other sons and daughters.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	8	Thus all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	9	When Enosh had lived ninety years, he became the father of Kenan.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	10	Enosh lived after the birth of Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and had other sons and daughters.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	11	Thus all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	12	When Kenan had lived seventy years, he became the father of Ma-halalel.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	13	Kenan lived after the birth of Ma-halalel eight hundred and forty years, and had other sons and daughters.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	14	Thus all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	15	When Ma-halalel had lived sixty-five years, he became the father of Jared.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	16	Ma-halalel lived after the birth of Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and had other sons and daughters.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	17	Thus all the days of Ma-halalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years; and he died.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	18	When Jared had lived a hundred and sixty-two years he became the father of Enoch.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	19	Jared lived after the birth of Enoch eight hundred years, and had other sons and daughters.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	20	Thus all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years; and he died.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	21	When Enoch had lived sixty-five years, he became the father of Methuselah.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	22	Enoch walked with God after the birth of Methuselah three hundred years, and had other sons and daughters.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	23	Thus all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	24	Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	25	When Methuselah had lived a hundred and eighty-seven years, he became the father of Lamech.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	26	Methuselah lived after the birth of Lamech seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had other sons and daughters.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	27	Thus all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	28	When Lamech had lived a hundred and eighty-two years, he became the father of a son,
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	29	and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground which the Lord has cursed this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the toil of our hands.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	30	Lamech lived after the birth of Noah five hundred and ninety-five years, and had other sons and daughters.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	31	Thus all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years; and he died.
+Genesis	Gen	1	5	32	After Noah was five hundred years old, Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
+Genesis	Gen	1	6	1	When men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
+Genesis	Gen	1	6	2	the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took to wife such of them as they chose.
+Genesis	Gen	1	6	3	Then the Lord said, “My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for he is flesh, but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	6	4	The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
+Genesis	Gen	1	6	5	The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
+Genesis	Gen	1	6	6	And the Lord was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.
+Genesis	Gen	1	6	7	So the Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the ground, man and beast and creeping things and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	6	8	But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.
+Genesis	Gen	1	6	9	These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
+Genesis	Gen	1	6	10	And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
+Genesis	Gen	1	6	11	Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence.
+Genesis	Gen	1	6	12	And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
+Genesis	Gen	1	6	13	And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh; for the earth is filled with violence through them; behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
+Genesis	Gen	1	6	14	Make yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch.
+Genesis	Gen	1	6	15	This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
+Genesis	Gen	1	6	16	Make a roof for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above; and set the door of the ark in its side; make it with lower, second, and third decks.
+Genesis	Gen	1	6	17	For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall die.
+Genesis	Gen	1	6	18	But I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.
+Genesis	Gen	1	6	19	And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.
+Genesis	Gen	1	6	20	Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every sort shall come in to you, to keep them alive.
+Genesis	Gen	1	6	21	Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up; and it shall serve as food for you and for them.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	6	22	Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	7	1	Then the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.
+Genesis	Gen	1	7	2	Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and his mate; and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and his mate;
+Genesis	Gen	1	7	3	and seven pairs of the birds of the air also, male and female, to keep their kind alive upon the face of all the earth.
+Genesis	Gen	1	7	4	For in seven days I will send rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	7	5	And Noah did all that the Lord had commanded him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	7	6	Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came upon the earth.
+Genesis	Gen	1	7	7	And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him went into the ark, to escape the waters of the flood.
+Genesis	Gen	1	7	8	Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground,
+Genesis	Gen	1	7	9	two and two, male and female, went into the ark with Noah, as God had commanded Noah.
+Genesis	Gen	1	7	10	And after seven days the waters of the flood came upon the earth.
+Genesis	Gen	1	7	11	In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.
+Genesis	Gen	1	7	12	And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
+Genesis	Gen	1	7	13	On the very same day Noah and his sons, Shem and Ham and Japheth, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them entered the ark,
+Genesis	Gen	1	7	14	they and every beast according to its kind, and all the cattle according to their kinds, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind, every bird of every sort.
+Genesis	Gen	1	7	15	They went into the ark with Noah, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life.
+Genesis	Gen	1	7	16	And they that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the Lord shut him in.
+Genesis	Gen	1	7	17	The flood continued forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
+Genesis	Gen	1	7	18	The waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark floated on the face of the waters.
+Genesis	Gen	1	7	19	And the waters prevailed so mightily upon the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered;
+Genesis	Gen	1	7	20	the waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep.
+Genesis	Gen	1	7	21	And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, birds, cattle, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm upon the earth, and every man;
+Genesis	Gen	1	7	22	everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died.
+Genesis	Gen	1	7	23	He blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of the ground, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those that were with him in the ark.
+Genesis	Gen	1	7	24	And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.
+Genesis	Gen	1	8	1	But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided;
+Genesis	Gen	1	8	2	the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained,
+Genesis	Gen	1	8	3	and the waters receded from the earth continually. At the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters had abated;
+Genesis	Gen	1	8	4	and in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest upon the mountains of Ararat.
+Genesis	Gen	1	8	5	And the waters continued to abate until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.
+Genesis	Gen	1	8	6	At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made,
+Genesis	Gen	1	8	7	and sent forth a raven; and it went to and fro until the waters were dried up from the earth.
+Genesis	Gen	1	8	8	Then he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground;
+Genesis	Gen	1	8	9	but the dove found no place to set her foot, and she returned to him to the ark, for the waters were still on the face of the whole earth. So he put forth his hand and took her and brought her into the ark with him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	8	10	He waited another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
+Genesis	Gen	1	8	11	and the dove came back to him in the evening, and lo, in her mouth a freshly plucked olive leaf; so Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth.
+Genesis	Gen	1	8	12	Then he waited another seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she did not return to him any more.
+Genesis	Gen	1	8	13	In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried from off the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry.
+Genesis	Gen	1	8	14	In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
+Genesis	Gen	1	8	15	Then God said to Noah,
+Genesis	Gen	1	8	16	“Go forth from the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you.
+Genesis	Gen	1	8	17	Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh—birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply upon the earth.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	8	18	So Noah went forth, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	8	19	And every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves upon the earth, went forth by families out of the ark.
+Genesis	Gen	1	8	20	Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
+Genesis	Gen	1	8	21	And when the Lord smelled the pleasing odor, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.
+Genesis	Gen	1	8	22	While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	1	And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	2	The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the air, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea; into your hand they are delivered.
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	3	Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	4	Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	5	For your lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning; of every beast I will require it and of man; of every man’s brother I will require the life of man.
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	6	Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for God made man in his own image.
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	7	And you, be fruitful and multiply, bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply in it.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	8	Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him,
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	9	“Behold, I establish my covenant with you and your descendants after you,
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	10	and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark.
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	11	I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	12	And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	13	I set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	14	When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds,
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	15	I will remember my covenant which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	16	When the bow is in the clouds, I will look upon it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	17	God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	18	The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan.
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	19	These three were the sons of Noah; and from these the whole earth was peopled.
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	20	Noah was the first tiller of the soil. He planted a vineyard;
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	21	and he drank of the wine, and became drunk, and lay uncovered in his tent.
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	22	And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	23	Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it upon both their shoulders, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father’s nakedness.
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	24	When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him,
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	25	he said, “Cursed be Canaan; a slave of slaves shall he be to his brothers.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	26	He also said, “Blessed by the Lord my God be Shem; and let Canaan be his slave.
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	27	God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be his slave.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	28	After the flood Noah lived three hundred and fifty years.
+Genesis	Gen	1	9	29	All the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	1	These are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; sons were born to them after the flood.
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	2	The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	3	The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	4	The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	5	From these the coastland peoples spread. These are the sons of Japheth in their lands, each with his own language, by their families, in their nations.
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	6	The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	7	The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	8	Cush became the father of Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man.
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	9	He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	10	The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, and Accad, all of them in the land of Shinar.
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	11	From that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	12	Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	13	Egypt became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naph-tuhim,
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	14	Pathrusim, Casluhim (whence came the Philistines), and Caphtorim.
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	15	Canaan became the father of Sidon his first-born, and Heth,
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	16	and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	17	the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	18	the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	19	And the territory of the Canaanites extended from Sidon, in the direction of Gerar, as far as Gaza, and in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	20	These are the sons of Ham, by their families, their languages, their lands, and their nations.
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	21	To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, children were born.
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	22	The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	23	The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	24	Arpachshad became the father of Shelah; and Shelah became the father of Eber.
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	25	To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan.
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	26	Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	27	Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	28	Obal, Abima-el, Sheba,
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	29	Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	30	The territory in which they lived extended from Mesha in the direction of Sephar to the hill country of the east.
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	31	These are the sons of Shem, by their families, their languages, their lands, and their nations.
+Genesis	Gen	1	10	32	These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, in their nations; and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood.
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	1	Now the whole earth had one language and few words.
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	2	And as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	3	And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	4	Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	5	And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men had built.
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	6	And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; and nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	7	Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	8	So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	9	Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	10	These are the descendants of Shem. When Shem was a hundred years old, he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood;
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	11	and Shem lived after the birth of Arpachshad five hundred years, and had other sons and daughters.
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	12	When Arpachshad had lived thirty-five years, he became the father of Shelah;
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	13	and Arpachshad lived after the birth of Shelah four hundred and three years, and had other sons and daughters.
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	14	When Shelah had lived thirty years, he became the father of Eber;
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	15	and Shelah lived after the birth of Eber four hundred and three years, and had other sons and daughters.
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	16	When Eber had lived thirty-four years, he became the father of Peleg;
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	17	and Eber lived after the birth of Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and had other sons and daughters.
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	18	When Peleg had lived thirty years, he became the father of Reu;
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	19	and Peleg lived after the birth of Reu two hundred and nine years, and had other sons and daughters.
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	20	When Reu had lived thirty-two years, he became the father of Serug;
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	21	and Reu lived after the birth of Serug two hundred and seven years, and had other sons and daughters.
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	22	When Serug had lived thirty years, he became the father of Nahor;
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	23	and Serug lived after the birth of Nahor two hundred years, and had other sons and daughters.
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	24	When Nahor had lived twenty-nine years, he became the father of Terah;
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	25	and Nahor lived after the birth of Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and had other sons and daughters.
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	26	When Terah had lived seventy years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	27	Now these are the descendants of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	28	Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	29	And Abram and Nahor took wives; the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah.
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	30	Now Sarai was barren; she had no child.
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	31	Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife, and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan; but when they came to Haran, they settled there.
+Genesis	Gen	1	11	32	The days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.
+Genesis	Gen	1	12	1	Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.
+Genesis	Gen	1	12	2	And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
+Genesis	Gen	1	12	3	I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse; and by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	12	4	So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
+Genesis	Gen	1	12	5	And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions which they had gathered, and the persons that they had gotten in Haran; and they set forth to go to the land of Canaan. When they had come to the land of Canaan,
+Genesis	Gen	1	12	6	Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.
+Genesis	Gen	1	12	7	Then the Lord appeared to Abram, and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	12	8	Thence he removed to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.
+Genesis	Gen	1	12	9	And Abram journeyed on, still going toward the Negeb.
+Genesis	Gen	1	12	10	Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.
+Genesis	Gen	1	12	11	When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I know that you are a woman beautiful to behold;
+Genesis	Gen	1	12	12	and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife’; then they will kill me, but they will let you live.
+Genesis	Gen	1	12	13	Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared on your account.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	12	14	When Abram entered Egypt the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
+Genesis	Gen	1	12	15	And when the princes of Pharaoh saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
+Genesis	Gen	1	12	16	And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, he-asses, menservants, maidservants, she-asses, and camels.
+Genesis	Gen	1	12	17	But the Lord afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
+Genesis	Gen	1	12	18	So Pharaoh called Abram, and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?
+Genesis	Gen	1	12	19	Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her, and be gone.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	12	20	And Pharaoh gave men orders concerning him; and they set him on the way, with his wife and all that he had.
+Genesis	Gen	1	13	1	So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb.
+Genesis	Gen	1	13	2	Now Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
+Genesis	Gen	1	13	3	And he journeyed on from the Negeb as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
+Genesis	Gen	1	13	4	to the place where he had made an altar at the first; and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.
+Genesis	Gen	1	13	5	And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents,
+Genesis	Gen	1	13	6	so that the land could not support both of them dwelling together; for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together,
+Genesis	Gen	1	13	7	and there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdsmen of Lot’s cattle. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites dwelt in the land.
+Genesis	Gen	1	13	8	Then Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are kinsmen.
+Genesis	Gen	1	13	9	Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	13	10	And Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw that the Jordan valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar; this was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
+Genesis	Gen	1	13	11	So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan valley, and Lot journeyed east; thus they separated from each other.
+Genesis	Gen	1	13	12	Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, while Lot dwelt among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
+Genesis	Gen	1	13	13	Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.
+Genesis	Gen	1	13	14	The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward;
+Genesis	Gen	1	13	15	for all the land which you see I will give to you and to your descendants for ever.
+Genesis	Gen	1	13	16	I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your descendants also can be counted.
+Genesis	Gen	1	13	17	Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	13	18	So Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron; and there he built an altar to the Lord.
+Genesis	Gen	1	14	1	In the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Ched-or-laomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,
+Genesis	Gen	1	14	2	these kings made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
+Genesis	Gen	1	14	3	And all these joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
+Genesis	Gen	1	14	4	Twelve years they had served Ched-or-laomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
+Genesis	Gen	1	14	5	In the fourteenth year Ched-or-laomer and the kings who were with him came and subdued the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
+Genesis	Gen	1	14	6	and the Horites in their Mount Seir as far as El-paran on the border of the wilderness;
+Genesis	Gen	1	14	7	then they turned back and came to Enmishpat (that is, Kadesh), and subdued all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.
+Genesis	Gen	1	14	8	Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out, and they joined battle in the Valley of Siddim
+Genesis	Gen	1	14	9	with Ched-or-laomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, four kings against five.
+Genesis	Gen	1	14	10	Now the Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits; and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them, and the rest fled to the mountain.
+Genesis	Gen	1	14	11	So the enemy took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way;
+Genesis	Gen	1	14	12	they also took Lot, the son of Abram’s brother, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
+Genesis	Gen	1	14	13	Then one who had escaped came, and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner; these were allies of Abram.
+Genesis	Gen	1	14	14	When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
+Genesis	Gen	1	14	15	And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and routed them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus.
+Genesis	Gen	1	14	16	Then he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his kinsman Lot with his goods, and the women and the people.
+Genesis	Gen	1	14	17	After his return from the defeat of Ched-or-laomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
+Genesis	Gen	1	14	18	And Mel-chizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was priest of God Most High.
+Genesis	Gen	1	14	19	And he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, maker of heaven and earth;
+Genesis	Gen	1	14	20	and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!” And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
+Genesis	Gen	1	14	21	And the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the persons, but take the goods for yourself.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	14	22	But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have sworn to the Lord God Most High, maker of heaven and earth,
+Genesis	Gen	1	14	23	that I would not take a thread or a sandal-thong or anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’
+Genesis	Gen	1	14	24	I will take nothing but what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me; let Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre take their share.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	15	1	After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	15	2	But Abram said, “O Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	15	3	And Abram said, “Behold, thou hast given me no offspring; and a slave born in my house will be my heir.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	15	4	And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, “This man shall not be your heir; your own son shall be your heir.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	15	5	And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	15	6	And he believed the Lord; and he reckoned it to him as righteousness.
+Genesis	Gen	1	15	7	And he said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	15	8	But he said, “O Lord GOD, how am I to know that I shall possess it?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	15	9	He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a she-goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	15	10	And he brought him all these, cut them in two, and laid each half over against the other; but he did not cut the birds in two.
+Genesis	Gen	1	15	11	And when birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
+Genesis	Gen	1	15	12	As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram; and lo, a dread and great darkness fell upon him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	15	13	Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know of a surety that your descendants will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and will be slaves there, and they will be oppressed for four hundred years;
+Genesis	Gen	1	15	14	but I will bring judgment on the nation which they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions.
+Genesis	Gen	1	15	15	As for yourself, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.
+Genesis	Gen	1	15	16	And they shall come back here in the fourth generation; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	15	17	When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
+Genesis	Gen	1	15	18	On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,
+Genesis	Gen	1	15	19	the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
+Genesis	Gen	1	15	20	the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
+Genesis	Gen	1	15	21	the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites and the Jebusites.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	16	1	Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar;
+Genesis	Gen	1	16	2	and Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children; go in to my maid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
+Genesis	Gen	1	16	3	So, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife.
+Genesis	Gen	1	16	4	And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress.
+Genesis	Gen	1	16	5	And Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my maid to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the Lord judge between you and me!”
+Genesis	Gen	1	16	6	But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your maid is in your power; do to her as you please.” Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her.
+Genesis	Gen	1	16	7	The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.
+Genesis	Gen	1	16	8	And he said, “Hagar, maid of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	16	9	The angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit to her.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	16	10	The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will so greatly multiply your descendants that they cannot be numbered for multitude.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	16	11	And the angel of the Lord said to her, “Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son; you shall call his name Ishmael; because the Lord has given heed to your affliction.
+Genesis	Gen	1	16	12	He shall be a wild ass of a man, his hand against every man and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	16	13	So she called the name of the Lor who spoke to her, “Thou art a God of seeing”; for she said, “Have I really seen God and remained alive after seeing him?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	16	14	Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.
+Genesis	Gen	1	16	15	And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
+Genesis	Gen	1	16	16	Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	1	When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless.
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	2	And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	3	Then Abram fell on his face; and God said to him,
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	4	“Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	5	No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	6	I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come forth from you.
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	7	And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	8	And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	9	And God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	10	This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	11	You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	12	He that is eight days old among you shall be circumcised; every male throughout your generations, whether born in your house, or bought with your money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring,
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	13	both he that is born in your house and he that is bought with your money, shall be circumcised. So shall my covenant be in your flesh an everlasting covenant.
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	14	Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	15	And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	16	I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her; I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	17	Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said to himself, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	18	And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live in thy sight!”
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	19	God said, “No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	20	As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him and make him fruitful and multiply him exceedingly; he shall be the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	21	But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this season next year.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	22	When he had finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	23	Then Abraham took Ishmael his son and all the slaves born in his house or bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very day, as God had said to him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	24	Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	25	And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	26	That very day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised;
+Genesis	Gen	1	17	27	and all the men of his house, those born in the house and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	1	And the Lord appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day.
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	2	He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men stood in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the earth,
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	3	and said, “My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant.
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	4	Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree,
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	5	while I fetch a morsel of bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on—since you have come to your servant.” So they said, “Do as you have said.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	6	And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	7	And Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to the servant, who hastened to prepare it.
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	8	Then he took curds, and milk, and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree while they ate.
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	9	They said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “She is in the tent.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	10	The Lord said, “I will surely return to you in the spring, and Sarah your wife shall have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	11	Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	12	So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I have grown old, and my husband is old, shall I have pleasure?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	13	The Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, and say, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?’
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	14	Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, in the spring, and Sarah shall have a son.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	15	But Sarah denied, saying, “I did not laugh”; for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	16	Then the men set out from there, and they looked toward Sodom; and Abraham went with them to set them on their way.
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	17	The Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	18	seeing that Abraham shall become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves by him?
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	19	No, for I have chosen him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice; so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	20	Then the Lord said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave,
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	21	I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry which has come to me; and if not, I will know.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	22	So the men turned from there, and went toward Sodom; but Abraham still stood before the Lord.
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	23	Then Abraham drew near, and said, “Wilt thou indeed destroy the righteous with the wicked?
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	24	Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; wilt thou then destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it?
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	25	Far be it from thee to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from thee! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	26	And the Lord said, “If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	27	Abraham answered, “Behold, I have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	28	Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking? Wilt thou destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And he said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	29	Again he spoke to him, and said, “Suppose forty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of forty I will not do it.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	30	Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there.” He answered, “I will not do it, if I find thirty there.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	31	He said, “Behold, I have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	32	Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	18	33	And the Lord went his way, when he had finished speaking to Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place.
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	1	The two angels came to Sodom in the evening; and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and bowed himself with his face to the earth,
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	2	and said, “My lords, turn aside, I pray you, to your servant’s house and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise up early and go on your way.” They said, “No; we will spend the night in the street.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	3	But he urged them strongly; so they turned aside to him and entered his house; and he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	4	But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house;
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	5	and they called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may know them.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	6	Lot went out of the door to the men, shut the door after him,
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	7	and said, “I beg you, my brothers, do not act so wickedly.
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	8	Behold, I have two daughters who have not known man; let me bring them out to you, and do to them as you please; only do nothing to these men, for they have come under the shelter of my roof.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	9	But they said, “Stand back!” And they said, “This fellow came to sojourn, and he would play the judge! Now we will deal worse with you than with them.” Then they pressed hard against the man Lot, and drew near to break the door.
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	10	But the men put forth their hands and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	11	And they struck with blindness the men who were at the door of the house, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves groping for the door.
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	12	Then the men said to Lot, “Have you any one else here? Sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or any one you have in the city, bring them out of the place;
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	13	for we are about to destroy this place, because the outcry against its people has become great before the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	14	So Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, “Up, get out of this place; for the Lord is about to destroy the city.” But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be jesting.
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	15	When morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	16	But he lingered; so the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him forth and set him outside the city.
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	17	And when they had brought them forth, they said, “Flee for your life; do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley; flee to the hills, lest you be consumed.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	18	And Lot said to them, “Oh, no, my lords;
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	19	behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life; but I cannot flee to the hills, lest the disaster overtake me, and I die.
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	20	Behold, yonder city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one. Let me escape there—is it not a little one?—and my life will be saved!”
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	21	He said to him, “Behold, I grant you this favor also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	22	Make haste, escape there; for I can do nothing till you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	23	The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar.
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	24	Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	25	and he overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	26	But Lot’s wife behind him looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	27	And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the Lord;
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	28	and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the valley, and beheld, and lo, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	29	So it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	30	Now Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the hills with his two daughters, for he was afraid to dwell in Zoar; so he dwelt in a cave with his two daughters.
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	31	And the first-born said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth.
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	32	Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve offspring through our father.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	33	So they made their father drink wine that night; and the first-born went in, and lay with her father; he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	34	And on the next day, the first-born said to the younger, “Behold, I lay last night with my father; let us make him drink wine tonight also; then you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve offspring through our father.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	35	So they made their father drink wine that night also; and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	36	Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father.
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	37	The first-born bore a son, and called his name Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day.
+Genesis	Gen	1	19	38	The younger also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi; he is the father of the Ammonites to this day.
+Genesis	Gen	1	20	1	From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.
+Genesis	Gen	1	20	2	And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
+Genesis	Gen	1	20	3	But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man’s wife.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	20	4	Now Abimelech had not approached her; so he said, “Lord, wilt thou slay an innocent people?
+Genesis	Gen	1	20	5	Did he not himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	20	6	Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from sinning against me; therefore I did not let you touch her.
+Genesis	Gen	1	20	7	Now then restore the man’s wife; for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you shall live. But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you, and all that are yours.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	20	8	So Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told them all these things; and the men were very much afraid.
+Genesis	Gen	1	20	9	Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, “What have you done to us? And how have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me things that ought not to be done.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	20	10	And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What were you thinking of, that you did this thing?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	20	11	Abraham said, “I did it because I thought, There is no fear of God at all in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.
+Genesis	Gen	1	20	12	Besides she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
+Genesis	Gen	1	20	13	And when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, I said to her, ‘This is the kindness you must do me: at every place to which we come, say of me, He is my brother.’”
+Genesis	Gen	1	20	14	Then Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and male and female slaves, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah his wife to him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	20	15	And Abimelech said, “Behold, my land is before you; dwell where it pleases you.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	20	16	To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; it is your vindication in the eyes of all who are with you; and before every one you are righted.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	20	17	Then Abraham prayed to God; and God healed Abimelech, and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children.
+Genesis	Gen	1	20	18	For the Lord had closed all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	1	The Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did to Sarah as he had promised.
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	2	And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	3	Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore him, Isaac.
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	4	And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	5	Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	6	And Sarah said, “God has made laughter for me; every one who hears will laugh over me.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	7	And she said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would suckle children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	8	And the child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	9	But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac.
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	10	So she said to Abraham, “Cast out this slave woman with her son; for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	11	And the thing was very displeasing to Abraham on account of his son.
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	12	But God said to Abraham, “Be not displeased because of the lad and because of your slave woman; whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your descendants be named.
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	13	And I will make a nation of the son of the slave woman also, because he is your offspring.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	14	So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	15	When the water in the skin was gone, she cast the child under one of the bushes.
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	16	Then she went, and sat down over against him a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot; for she said, “Let me not look upon the death of the child.” And as she sat over against him, the child lifted up his voice and wept.
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	17	And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not; for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	18	Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him fast with your hand; for I will make him a great nation.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	19	Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the skin with water, and gave the lad a drink.
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	20	And God was with the lad, and he grew up; he lived in the wilderness, and became an expert with the bow.
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	21	He lived in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	22	At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do;
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	23	now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but as I have dealt loyally with you, you will deal with me and with the land where you have sojourned.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	24	And Abraham said, “I will swear.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	25	When Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well of water which Abimelech’s servants had seized,
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	26	Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, and I have not heard of it until today.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	27	So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	28	Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock apart.
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	29	And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set apart?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	30	He said, “These seven ewe lambs you will take from my hand, that you may be a witness for me that I dug this well.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	31	Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there both of them swore an oath.
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	32	So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army rose up and returned to the land of the Philistines.
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	33	Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.
+Genesis	Gen	1	21	34	And Abraham sojourned many days in the land of the Philistines.
+Genesis	Gen	1	22	1	After these things God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here am I.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	22	2	He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	22	3	So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac; and he cut the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	22	4	On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place afar off.
+Genesis	Gen	1	22	5	Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the ass; I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	22	6	And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together.
+Genesis	Gen	1	22	7	And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here am I, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	22	8	Abraham said, “God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together.
+Genesis	Gen	1	22	9	When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.
+Genesis	Gen	1	22	10	Then Abraham put forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
+Genesis	Gen	1	22	11	But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here am I.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	22	12	He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	22	13	And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.
+Genesis	Gen	1	22	14	So Abraham called the name of that place The Lord will provide; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	22	15	And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven,
+Genesis	Gen	1	22	16	and said, “By myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
+Genesis	Gen	1	22	17	I will indeed bless you, and I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore. And your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies,
+Genesis	Gen	1	22	18	and by your descendants shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves, because you have obeyed my voice.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	22	19	So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
+Genesis	Gen	1	22	20	Now after these things it was told Abraham, “Behold, Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor:
+Genesis	Gen	1	22	21	Uz the first-born, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
+Genesis	Gen	1	22	22	Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	22	23	Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
+Genesis	Gen	1	22	24	Moreover, his concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
+Genesis	Gen	1	23	1	Sarah lived a hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.
+Genesis	Gen	1	23	2	And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
+Genesis	Gen	1	23	3	And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and said to the Hittites,
+Genesis	Gen	1	23	4	“I am a stranger and a sojourner among you; give me property among you for a burying place, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	23	5	The Hittites answered Abraham,
+Genesis	Gen	1	23	6	“Hear us, my lord; you are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our sepulchres; none of us will withhold from you his sepulchre, or hinder you from burying your dead.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	23	7	Abraham rose and bowed to the Hittites, the people of the land.
+Genesis	Gen	1	23	8	And he said to them, “If you are willing that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me Ephron the son of Zohar,
+Genesis	Gen	1	23	9	that he may give me the cave of Mach-pelah, which he owns; it is at the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me in your presence as a possession for a burying place.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	23	10	Now Ephron was sitting among the Hittites; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the Hittites, of all who went in at the gate of his city,
+Genesis	Gen	1	23	11	“No, my lord, hear me; I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it; in the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you; bury your dead.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	23	12	Then Abraham bowed down before the people of the land.
+Genesis	Gen	1	23	13	And he said to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, “But if you will, hear me; I will give the price of the field; accept it from me, that I may bury my dead there.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	23	14	Ephron answered Abraham,
+Genesis	Gen	1	23	15	“My lord, listen to me; a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	23	16	Abraham agreed with Ephron; and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants.
+Genesis	Gen	1	23	17	So the field of Ephron in Mach-pelah, which was to the east of Mamre, the field with the cave which was in it and all the trees that were in the field, throughout its whole area, was made over
+Genesis	Gen	1	23	18	to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the Hittites, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
+Genesis	Gen	1	23	19	After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Mach-pelah east of Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
+Genesis	Gen	1	23	20	The field and the cave that is in it were made over to Abraham as a possession for a burying place by the Hittites.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	1	Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years; and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	2	And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his house, who had charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh,
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	3	and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell,
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	4	but will go to my country and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	5	The servant said to him, “Perhaps the woman may not be willing to follow me to this land; must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	6	Abraham said to him, “See to it that you do not take my son back there.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	7	The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from the land of my birth, and who spoke to me and swore to me, ‘To your descendants I will give this land,’ he will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	8	But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free from this oath of mine; only you must not take my son back there.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	9	So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	10	Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed, taking all sorts of choice gifts from his master; and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	11	And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time when women go out to draw water.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	12	And he said, “O Lord, God of my master Abraham, grant me success today, I pray thee, and show steadfast love to my master Abraham.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	13	Behold, I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	14	Let the maiden to whom I shall say, ‘Pray let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who shall say, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels’—let her be the one whom thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac. By this I shall know that thou hast shown steadfast love to my master.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	15	Before he had done speaking, behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, came out with her water jar upon her shoulder.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	16	The maiden was very fair to look upon, a virgin, whom no man had known. She went down to the spring, and filled her jar, and came up.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	17	Then the servant ran to meet her, and said, “Pray give me a little water to drink from your jar.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	18	She said, “Drink, my lord”; and she quickly let down her jar upon her hand, and gave him a drink.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	19	When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will draw for your camels also, until they have done drinking.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	20	So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran again to the well to draw, and she drew for all his camels.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	21	The man gazed at her in silence to learn whether the Lord had prospered his journey or not.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	22	When the camels had done drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing a half shekel, and two bracelets for her arms weighing ten gold shekels,
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	23	and said, “Tell me whose daughter you are. Is there room in your father’s house for us to lodge in?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	24	She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	25	She added, “We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	26	The man bowed his head and worshiped the Lord,
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	27	and said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master. As for me, the Lord has led me in the way to the house of my master’s kinsmen.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	28	Then the maiden ran and told her mother’s household about these things.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	29	Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban; and Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	30	When he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s arms, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, “Thus the man spoke to me,” he went to the man; and behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	31	He said, “Come in, O blessed of the Lord; why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	32	So the man came into the house; and Laban ungirded the camels, and gave him straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	33	Then food was set before him to eat; but he said, “I will not eat until I have told my errand.” He said, “Speak on.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	34	So he said, “I am Abraham’s servant.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	35	The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great; he has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and asses.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	36	And Sarah my master’s wife bore a son to my master when she was old; and to him he has given all that he has.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	37	My master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell;
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	38	but you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.’
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	39	I said to my master, ‘Perhaps the woman will not follow me.’
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	40	But he said to me, ‘The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you and prosper your way; and you shall take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father’s house;
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	41	then you will be free from my oath, when you come to my kindred; and if they will not give her to you, you will be free from my oath.’
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	42	“I came today to the spring, and said, ‘O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if now thou wilt prosper the way which I go,
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	43	behold, I am standing by the spring of water; let the young woman who comes out to draw, to whom I shall say, “Pray give me a little water from your jar to drink,”
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	44	and who will say to me, “Drink, and I will draw for your camels also,” let her be the woman whom the Lord has appointed for my master’s son.’
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	45	“Before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her water jar on her shoulder; and she went down to the spring, and drew. I said to her, ‘Pray let me drink.’
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	46	She quickly let down her jar from her shoulder, and said, ‘Drink, and I will give your camels drink also.’ So I drank, and she gave the camels drink also.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	47	Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him. ‘So I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her arms.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	48	Then I bowed my head and worshiped the Lord, and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me by the right way to take the daughter of my master’s kinsman for his son.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	49	Now then, if you will deal loyally and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand or to the left.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	50	Then Laban and Bethuel answered, “The thing comes from the Lord; we cannot speak to you bad or good.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	51	Behold, Rebekah is before you, take her and go, and let her be the wife of your master’s son, as the Lord has spoken.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	52	When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the earth before the Lord.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	53	And the servant brought forth jewelry of silver and of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave to her brother and to her mother costly ornaments.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	54	And he and the men who were with him ate and drank, and they spent the night there. When they arose in the morning, he said, “Send me back to my master.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	55	Her brother and her mother said, “Let the maiden remain with us a while, at least ten days; after that she may go.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	56	But he said to them, “Do not delay me, since the Lord has prospered my way; let me go that I may go to my master.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	57	They said, “We will call the maiden, and ask her.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	58	And they called Rebekah, and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” She said, “I will go.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	59	So they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant and his men.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	60	And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, “Our sister, be the mother of thousands of ten thousands; and may your descendants possess the gate of those who hate them!”
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	61	Then Rebekah and her maids arose, and rode upon the camels and followed the man; thus the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	62	Now Isaac had come from Beer-lahai-roi, and was dwelling in the Negeb.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	63	And Isaac went out to meditate in the field in the evening; and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, there were camels coming.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	64	And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she alighted from the camel,
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	65	and said to the servant, “Who is the man yonder, walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my master.” So she took her veil and covered herself.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	66	And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.
+Genesis	Gen	1	24	67	Then Isaac brought her into the tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	1	Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	2	She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	3	Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Le-ummim.
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	4	The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	5	Abraham gave all he had to Isaac.
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	6	But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still living he sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward to the east country.
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	7	These are the days of the years of Abraham’s life, a hundred and seventy-five years.
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	8	Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	9	Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Mach-pelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre,
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	10	the field which Abraham purchased from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried, with Sarah his wife.
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	11	After the death of Abraham God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac dwelt at Beer-lahai-roi.
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	12	These are the descendants of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maid, bore to Abraham.
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	13	These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the first-born of Ishmael; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	14	Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	15	Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	16	These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve princes according to their tribes.
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	17	(These are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty-seven years; he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his kindred.)
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	18	They dwelt from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria; he settled over against all his people.
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	19	These are the descendants of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham was the father of Isaac,
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	20	and Isaac was forty years old when he took to wife Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean.
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	21	And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lor granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	22	The children struggled together within her; and she said, “If it is thus, why do I live?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	23	And the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples, born of you, shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the elder shall serve the younger.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	24	When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	25	The first came forth red, all his body like a hairy mantle; so they called his name Esau.
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	26	Afterward his brother came forth, and his hand had taken hold of Esau’s heel; so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	27	When the boys grew up, Esau was a skilful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	28	Isaac loved Esau, because he ate of his game; but Rebekah loved Jacob.
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	29	Once when Jacob was boiling pottage, Esau came in from the field, and he was famished.
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	30	And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red pottage, for I am famished!” (Therefore his name was called Edom.)
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	31	Jacob said, “First sell me your birthright.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	32	Esau said, “I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	33	Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.
+Genesis	Gen	1	25	34	Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils, and he ate and drank, and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	1	Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines.
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	2	And the Lord appeared to him, and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you.
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	3	Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you; for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will fulfil the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	4	I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves:
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	5	because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	6	So Isaac dwelt in Gerar.
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	7	When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister”; for he feared to say, “My wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place should kill me for the sake of Rebekah”; because she was fair to look upon.
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	8	When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac fondling Rebekah his wife.
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	9	So Abimelech called Isaac, and said, “Behold, she is your wife; how then could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I thought, ‘Lest I die because of her.’”
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	10	Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	11	So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever touches this man or his wife shall be put to death.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	12	And Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The Lord blessed him,
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	13	and the man became rich, and gained more and more until he became very wealthy.
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	14	He had possessions of flocks and herds, and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	15	(Now the Philistines had stopped and filled with earth all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father.)
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	16	And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us; for you are much mightier than we.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	17	So Isaac departed from there, and encamped in the valley of Gerar and dwelt there.
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	18	And Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham; and he gave them the names which his father had given them.
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	19	But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of springing water,
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	20	the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	21	Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that also; so he called its name Sitnah.
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	22	And he moved from there and dug another well, and over that they did not quarrel; so he called its name Rehoboth, saying, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	23	From there he went up to Beer-sheba.
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	24	And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father; fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your descendants for my servant Abraham’s sake.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	25	So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac’s servants dug a well.
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	26	Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	27	Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, seeing that you hate me and have sent me away from you?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	28	They said, “We see plainly that the Lord is with you; so we say, let there be an oath between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you,
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	29	that you will do us no harm, just as we have not touched you and have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the Lord.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	30	So he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	31	In the morning they rose early and took oath with one another; and Isaac set them on their way, and they departed from him in peace.
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	32	That same day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	33	He called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	34	When Esau was forty years old, he took to wife Judith the daughter of Be-eri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite;
+Genesis	Gen	1	26	35	and they made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah.
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	1	When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son, and said to him, “My son”; and he answered, “Here I am.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	2	He said, “Behold, I am old; I do not know the day of my death.
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	3	Now then, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and hunt game for me,
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	4	and prepare for me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat; that I may bless you before I die.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	5	Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game and bring it,
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	6	Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “I heard your father speak to your brother Esau,
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	7	‘Bring me game, and prepare for me savory food, that I may eat it, and bless you before the Lord before I die.’
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	8	Now therefore, my son, obey my word as I command you.
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	9	Go to the flock, and fetch me two good kids, that I may prepare from them savory food for your father, such as he loves;
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	10	and you shall bring it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	11	But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	12	Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be mocking him, and bring a curse upon myself and not a blessing.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	13	His mother said to him, “Upon me be your curse, my son; only obey my word, and go, fetch them to me.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	14	So he went and took them and brought them to his mother; and his mother prepared savory food, such as his father loved.
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	15	Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her older son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son;
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	16	and the skins of the kids she put upon his hands and upon the smooth part of his neck;
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	17	and she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	18	So he went in to his father, and said, “My father”; and he said, “Here I am; who are you, my son?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	19	Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your first-born. I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my game, that you may bless me.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	20	But Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” He answered, “Because the Lord your God granted me success.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	21	Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near, that I may feel you, my son, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	22	So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, who felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	23	And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	24	He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He answered, “I am.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	25	Then he said, “Bring it to me, that I may eat of my son’s game and bless you.” So he brought it to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	26	Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come near and kiss me, my son.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	27	So he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his garments, and blessed him, and said, “See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord has blessed!
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	28	May God give you of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine.
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	29	Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be every one who curses you, and blessed be every one who blesses you!”
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	30	As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, when Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	31	He also prepared savory food, and brought it to his father. And he said to his father, “Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s game, that you may bless me.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	32	His father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am your son, your first-born, Esau.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	33	Then Isaac trembled violently, and said, “Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him?—yes, and he shall be blessed.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	34	When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!”
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	35	But he said, “Your brother came with guile, and he has taken away your blessing.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	36	Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright; and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” Then he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	37	Isaac answered Esau, “Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants, and with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	38	Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	39	Then Isaac his father answered him: “Behold, away from the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be, and away from the dew of heaven on high.
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	40	By your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your brother; but when you break loose you shall break his yoke from your neck.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	41	Now Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	42	But the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah; so she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, “Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself by planning to kill you.
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	43	Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee to Laban my brother in Haran,
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	44	and stay with him a while, until your brother’s fury turns away;
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	45	until your brother’s anger turns away, and he forgets what you have done to him; then I will send, and fetch you from there. Why should I be bereft of you both in one day?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	27	46	Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the Hittite women. If Jacob marries one of the Hittite women such as these, one of the women of the land, what good will my life be to me?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	28	1	Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and charged him, “You shall not marry one of the Canaanite women.
+Genesis	Gen	1	28	2	Arise, go to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and take as wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother.
+Genesis	Gen	1	28	3	God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples.
+Genesis	Gen	1	28	4	May he give the blessing of Abraham to you and to your descendants with you, that you may take possession of the land of your sojournings which God gave to Abraham!”
+Genesis	Gen	1	28	5	Thus Isaac sent Jacob away; and he went to Paddan-aram to Laban, the son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
+Genesis	Gen	1	28	6	Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram to take a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he charged him, “You shall not marry one of the Canaanite women,”
+Genesis	Gen	1	28	7	and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and gone to Paddan-aram.
+Genesis	Gen	1	28	8	So when Esau saw that the Canaanite women did not please Isaac his father,
+Genesis	Gen	1	28	9	Esau went to Ishmael and took to wife, besides the wives he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth.
+Genesis	Gen	1	28	10	Jacob left Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
+Genesis	Gen	1	28	11	And he came to a certain place, and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep.
+Genesis	Gen	1	28	12	And he dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!
+Genesis	Gen	1	28	13	And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, “I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and to your descendants;
+Genesis	Gen	1	28	14	and your descendants shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and by you and your descendants shall all the families of the earth bless themselves.
+Genesis	Gen	1	28	15	Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done that of which I have spoken to you.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	28	16	Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place; and I did not know it.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	28	17	And he was afraid, and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	28	18	So Jacob rose early in the morning, and he took the stone which he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it.
+Genesis	Gen	1	28	19	He called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
+Genesis	Gen	1	28	20	Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,
+Genesis	Gen	1	28	21	so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God,
+Genesis	Gen	1	28	22	and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God’s house; and of all that thou givest me I will give the tenth to thee.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	1	Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the people of the east.
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	2	As he looked, he saw a well in the field, and lo, three flocks of sheep lying beside it; for out of that well the flocks were watered. The stone on the well’s mouth was large,
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	3	and when all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone from the mouth of the well, and water the sheep, and put the stone back in its place upon the mouth of the well.
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	4	Jacob said to them, “My brothers, where do you come from?” They said, “We are from Haran.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	5	He said to them, “Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?” They said, “We know him.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	6	He said to them, “Is it well with him?” They said, “It is well; and see, Rachel his daughter is coming with the sheep!”
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	7	He said, “Behold, it is still high day, it is not time for the animals to be gathered together; water the sheep, and go, pasture them.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	8	But they said, “We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together, and the stone is rolled from the mouth of the well; then we water the sheep.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	9	While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep; for she kept them.
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	10	Now when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, Jacob went up and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	11	Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and wept aloud.
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	12	And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s kinsman, and that he was Rebekah’s son; and she ran and told her father.
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	13	When Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, he ran to meet him, and embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things,
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	14	and Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh!” And he stayed with him a month.
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	15	Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	16	Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	17	Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful and lovely.
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	18	Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	19	Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to any other man; stay with me.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	20	So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	21	Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife that I may go in to her, for my time is completed.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	22	So Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	23	But in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob; and he went in to her.
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	24	(Laban gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her maid.)
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	25	And in the morning, behold, it was Leah; and Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	26	Laban said, “It is not so done in our country, to give the younger before the first-born.
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	27	Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	28	Jacob did so, and completed her week; then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to wife.
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	29	(Laban gave his maid Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her maid.)
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	30	So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served Laban for another seven years.
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	31	When the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	32	And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, “Because the Lord has looked upon my affliction; surely now my husband will love me.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	33	She conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Because the Lord has heard that I am hated, he has given me this son also”; and she called his name Simeon.
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	34	Again she conceived and bore a son, and said, “Now this time my husband will be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons”; therefore his name was called Levi.
+Genesis	Gen	1	29	35	And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “This time I will praise the Lord”; therefore she called his name Judah; then she ceased bearing.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	1	When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister; and she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!”
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	2	Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	3	Then she said, “Here is my maid Bilhah; go in to her, that she may bear upon my knees, and even I may have children through her.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	4	So she gave him her maid Bilhah as a wife; and Jacob went in to her.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	5	And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	6	Then Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son”; therefore she called his name Dan.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	7	Rachel’s maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	8	Then Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed”; so she called his name Naphtali.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	9	When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing children, she took her maid Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	10	Then Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	11	And Leah said, “Good fortune!” so she called his name Gad.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	12	Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	13	And Leah said, “Happy am I! For the women will call me happy”; so she called his name Asher.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	14	In the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Give me, I pray, some of your son’s mandrakes.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	15	But she said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes also?” Rachel said, “Then he may lie with you tonight for your son’s mandrakes.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	16	When Jacob came from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him, and said, “You must come in to me; for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he lay with her that night.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	17	And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	18	Leah said, “God has given me my hire because I gave my maid to my husband”; so she called his name Issachar.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	19	And Leah conceived again, and she bore Jacob a sixth son.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	20	Then Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good dowry; now my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons”; so she called his name Zebulun.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	21	Afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	22	Then God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her and opened her womb.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	23	She conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach”;
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	24	and she called his name Joseph, saying, “May the Lord add to me another son!”
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	25	When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own home and country.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	26	Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know the service which I have given you.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	27	But Laban said to him, “If you will allow me to say so, I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you;
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	28	name your wages, and I will give it.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	29	Jacob said to him, “You yourself know how I have served you, and how your cattle have fared with me.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	30	For you had little before I came, and it has increased abundantly; and the Lord has blessed you wherever I turned. But now when shall I provide for my own household also?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	31	He said, “What shall I give you?” Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything; if you will do this for me, I will again feed your flock and keep it:
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	32	let me pass through all your flock today, removing from it every speckled and spotted sheep and every black lamb, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and such shall be my wages.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	33	So my honesty will answer for me later, when you come to look into my wages with you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and black among the lambs, if found with me, shall be counted stolen.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	34	Laban said, “Good! Let it be as you have said.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	35	But that day Laban removed the he-goats that were striped and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white on it, and every lamb that was black, and put them in charge of his sons;
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	36	and he set a distance of three days’ journey between himself and Jacob; and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flock.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	37	Then Jacob took fresh rods of poplar and almond and plane, and peeled white streaks in them, exposing the white of the rods.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	38	He set the rods which he had peeled in front of the flocks in the runnels, that is, the watering troughs, where the flocks came to drink. And since they bred when they came to drink,
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	39	the flocks bred in front of the rods and so the flocks brought forth striped, speckled, and spotted.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	40	And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the striped and all the black in the flock of Laban; and he put his own droves apart, and did not put them with Laban’s flock.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	41	Whenever the stronger of the flock were breeding Jacob laid the rods in the runnels before the eyes of the flock, that they might breed among the rods,
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	42	but for the feebler of the flock he did not lay them there; so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
+Genesis	Gen	1	30	43	Thus the man grew exceedingly rich, and had large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and asses.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	1	Now Jacob heard that the sons of Laban were saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s; and from what was our father’s he has gained all this wealth.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	2	And Jacob saw that Laban did not regard him with favor as before.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	3	Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	4	So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah into the field where his flock was,
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	5	and said to them, “I see that your father does not regard me with favor as he did before. But the God of my father has been with me.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	6	You know that I have served your father with all my strength;
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	7	yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not permit him to harm me.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	8	If he said, ‘The spotted shall be your wages,’ then all the flock bore spotted; and if he said, ‘The striped shall be your wages,’ then all the flock bore striped.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	9	Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	10	In the mating season of the flock I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream that the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were striped, spotted, and mottled.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	11	Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,’ and I said, ‘Here I am!’
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	12	And he said, ‘Lift up your eyes and see, all the goats that leap upon the flock are striped, spotted, and mottled; for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	13	I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now arise, go forth from this land, and return to the land of your birth.’”
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	14	Then Rachel and Leah answered him, “Is there any portion or inheritance left to us in our father’s house?
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	15	Are we not regarded by him as foreigners? For he has sold us, and he has been using up the money given for us.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	16	All the property which God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children; now then, whatever God has said to you, do.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	17	So Jacob arose, and set his sons and his wives on camels;
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	18	and he drove away all his cattle, all his livestock which he had gained, the cattle in his possession which he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	19	Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father’s household gods.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	20	And Jacob outwitted Laban the Aramean, in that he did not tell him that he intended to flee.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	21	He fled with all that he had, and arose and crossed the Euphrates, and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	22	When it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled,
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	23	he took his kinsmen with him and pursued him for seven days and followed close after him into the hill country of Gilead.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	24	But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night, and said to him, “Take heed that you say not a word to Jacob, either good or bad.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	25	And Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban with his kinsmen encamped in the hill country of Gilead.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	26	And Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done, that you have cheated me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	27	Why did you flee secretly, and cheat me, and did not tell me, so that I might have sent you away with mirth and songs, with tambourine and lyre?
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	28	And why did you not permit me to kiss my sons and my daughters farewell? Now you have done foolishly.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	29	It is in my power to do you harm; but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Take heed that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.’
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	30	And now you have gone away because you longed greatly for your father’s house, but why did you steal my gods?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	31	Jacob answered Laban, “Because I was afraid, for I thought that you would take your daughters from me by force.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	32	Any one with whom you find your gods shall not live. In the presence of our kinsmen point out what I have that is yours, and take it.” Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	33	So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two maidservants, but he did not find them. And he went out of Leah’s tent, and entered Rachel’s.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	34	Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them in the camel’s saddle, and sat upon them. Laban felt all about the tent, but did not find them.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	35	And she said to her father, “Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise before you, for the way of women is upon me.” So he searched, but did not find the household gods.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	36	Then Jacob became angry, and upbraided Laban; Jacob said to Laban, “What is my offense? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued me?
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	37	Although you have felt through all my goods, what have you found of all your household goods? Set it here before my kinsmen and your kinsmen, that they may decide between us two.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	38	These twenty years I have been with you; your ewes and your she-goats have not miscarried, and I have not eaten the rams of your flocks.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	39	That which was torn by wild beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it myself; of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	40	Thus I was; by day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	41	These twenty years I have been in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	42	If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been on my side, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God saw my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	43	Then Laban answered and said to Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine. But what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne?
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	44	Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I; and let it be a witness between you and me.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	45	So Jacob took a stone, and set it up as a pillar.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	46	And Jacob said to his kinsmen, “Gather stones,” and they took stones, and made a heap; and they ate there by the heap.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	47	Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	48	Laban said, “This heap is a witness between you and me today.” Therefore he named it Galeed,
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	49	and the pillar Mizpah, for he said, “The Lord watch between you and me, when we are absent one from the other.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	50	If you ill-treat my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no man is with us, remember, God is witness between you and me.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	51	Then Laban said to Jacob, “See this heap and the pillar, which I have set between you and me.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	52	This heap is a witness, and the pillar is a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	53	The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac,
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	54	and Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and called his kinsmen to eat bread; and they ate bread and tarried all night on the mountain.
+Genesis	Gen	1	31	55	Early in the morning Laban arose, and kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them; then he departed and returned home.
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	1	Jacob went on his way and the angels of God met him;
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	2	and when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s army!” So he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	3	And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom,
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	4	instructing them, “Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob, ‘I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now;
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	5	and I have oxen, asses, flocks, menservants, and maidservants; and I have sent to tell my lord, in order that I may find favor in your sight.’”
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	6	And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men with him.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	7	Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two companies,
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	8	thinking, “If Esau comes to the one company and destroys it, then the company which is left will escape.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	9	And Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who didst say to me, ‘Return to your country and to your kindred, and I will do you good,’
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	10	I am not worthy of the least of all the steadfast love and all the faithfulness which thou hast shown to thy servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	11	Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, lest he come and slay us all, the mothers with the children.
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	12	But thou didst say, ‘I will do you good, and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’”
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	13	So he lodged there that night, and took from what he had with him a present for his brother Esau,
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	14	two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	15	thirty milch camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten he-asses.
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	16	These he delivered into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	17	He instructed the foremost, “When Esau my brother meets you, and asks you, ‘To whom do you belong? Where are you going? And whose are these before you?’
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	18	then you shall say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob; they are a present sent to my lord Esau; and moreover he is behind us.’”
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	19	He likewise instructed the second and the third and all who followed the droves, “You shall say the same thing to Esau when you meet him,
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	20	and you shall say, ‘Moreover your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he thought, “I may appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterwards I shall see his face; perhaps he will accept me.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	21	So the present passed on before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp.
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	22	The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	23	He took them and sent them across the stream, and likewise everything that he had.
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	24	And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	25	When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and Jacob’s thigh was put out of joint as he wrestled with him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	26	Then he said, “Let me go, for the day is breaking.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go, unless you bless me.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	27	And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	28	Then he said, “Your name shall no more be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	29	Then Jacob asked him, “Tell me, I pray, your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	30	So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	31	The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his thigh.
+Genesis	Gen	1	32	32	Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh, because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh on the sinew of the hip.
+Genesis	Gen	1	33	1	And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two maids.
+Genesis	Gen	1	33	2	And he put the maids with their children in front, then Leah with her children, and Rachel and Joseph last of all.
+Genesis	Gen	1	33	3	He himself went on before them, bowing himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
+Genesis	Gen	1	33	4	But Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.
+Genesis	Gen	1	33	5	And when Esau raised his eyes and saw the women and children, he said, “Who are these with you?” Jacob said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	33	6	Then the maids drew near, they and their children, and bowed down;
+Genesis	Gen	1	33	7	Leah likewise and her children drew near and bowed down; and last Joseph and Rachel drew near, and they bowed down.
+Genesis	Gen	1	33	8	Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company which I met?” Jacob answered, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	33	9	But Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	33	10	Jacob said, “No, I pray you, if I have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand; for truly to see your face is like seeing the face of God, with such favor have you received me.
+Genesis	Gen	1	33	11	Accept, I pray you, my gift that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” Thus he urged him, and he took it.
+Genesis	Gen	1	33	12	Then Esau said, “Let us journey on our way, and I will go before you.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	33	13	But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and that the flocks and herds giving suck are a care to me; and if they are overdriven for one day, all the flocks will die.
+Genesis	Gen	1	33	14	Let my lord pass on before his servant, and I will lead on slowly, according to the pace of the cattle which are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	33	15	So Esau said, “Let me leave with you some of the men who are with me.” But he said, “What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	33	16	So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
+Genesis	Gen	1	33	17	But Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built himself a house, and made booths for his cattle; therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
+Genesis	Gen	1	33	18	And Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram; and he camped before the city.
+Genesis	Gen	1	33	19	And from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, he bought for a hundred pieces of money the piece of land on which he had pitched his tent.
+Genesis	Gen	1	33	20	There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	1	Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land;
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	2	and when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humbled her.
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	3	And his soul was drawn to Dinah the daughter of Jacob; he loved the maiden and spoke tenderly to her.
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	4	So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this maiden for my wife.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	5	Now Jacob heard that he had defiled his daughter Dinah; but his sons were with his cattle in the field, so Jacob held his peace until they came.
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	6	And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	7	The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard of it; and the men were indignant and very angry, because he had wrought folly in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, for such a thing ought not to be done.
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	8	But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; I pray you, give her to him in marriage.
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	9	Make marriages with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	10	You shall dwell with us; and the land shall be open to you; dwell and trade in it, and get property in it.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	11	Shechem also said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you say to me I will give.
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	12	Ask of me ever so much as marriage present and gift, and I will give according as you say to me; only give me the maiden to be my wife.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	13	The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister Dinah.
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	14	They said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us.
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	15	Only on this condition will we consent to you: that you will become as we are and every male of you be circumcised.
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	16	Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to ourselves, and we will dwell with you and become one people.
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	17	But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter, and we will be gone.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	18	Their words pleased Hamor and Hamor’s son Shechem.
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	19	And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter. Now he was the most honored of all his family.
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	20	So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	21	“These men are friendly with us; let them dwell in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters in marriage, and let us give them our daughters.
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	22	Only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised as they are circumcised.
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	23	Will not their cattle, their property and all their beasts be ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will dwell with us.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	24	And all who went out of the gate of his city hearkened to Hamor and his son Shechem; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	25	On the third day, when they were sore, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and came upon the city unawares, and killed all the males.
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	26	They slew Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	27	And the sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because their sister had been defiled;
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	28	they took their flocks and their herds, their asses, and whatever was in the city and in the field;
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	29	all their wealth, all their little ones and their wives, all that was in the houses, they captured and made their prey.
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	30	Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites; my numbers are few, and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	34	31	But they said, “Should he treat our sister as a harlot?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	1	God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there; and make there an altar to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	2	So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments;
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	3	then let us arise and go up to Bethel, that I may make there an altar to the God who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	4	So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was near Shechem.
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	5	And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were round about them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	6	And Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him,
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	7	and there he built an altar, and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	8	And Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel; so the name of it was called Allon-bacuth.
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	9	God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	10	And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name.” So his name was called Israel.
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	11	And God said to him, “I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall spring from you.
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	12	The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your descendants after you.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	13	Then God went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	14	And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	15	So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel.
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	16	Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	17	And when she was in her hard labor, the midwife said to her, “Fear not; for now you will have another son.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	18	And as her soul was departing (for she died), she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called his name Benjamin.
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	19	So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem),
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	20	and Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave; it is the pillar of Rachel’s tomb, which is there to this day.
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	21	Israel journeyed on, and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	22	While Israel dwelt in that land Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	23	The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s first-born), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	24	The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	25	The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maid: Dan and Naphtali.
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	26	The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maid: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	27	And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	28	Now the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.
+Genesis	Gen	1	35	29	And Isaac breathed his last; and he died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days; and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	1	These are the descendants of Esau (that is, Edom).
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	2	Esau took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the son of Zibeon the Hivite,
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	3	and Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, the sister of Nebaioth.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	4	And Adah bore to Esau, Eliphaz; Basemath bore Reuel;
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	5	and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	6	Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, his cattle, all his beasts, and all his property which he had acquired in the land of Canaan; and he went into a land away from his brother Jacob.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	7	For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land of their sojournings could not support them because of their cattle.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	8	So Esau dwelt in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	9	These are the descendants of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	10	These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	11	The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	12	(Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son; she bore Amalek to Eliphaz.) These are the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	13	These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	14	These are the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the son of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: she bore to Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	15	These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the first-born of Esau: the chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	16	Korah, Gatam, and Amalek; these are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; they are the sons of Adah.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	17	These are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: the chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah; these are the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom; they are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	18	These are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau’s wife: the chiefs Jeush, Jalam, and Korah; these are the chiefs born of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	19	These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	20	These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	21	Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	22	The sons of Lotan were Hori and Heman; and Lotan’s sister was Timna.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	23	These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	24	These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; he is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he pastured the asses of Zibeon his father.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	25	These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	26	These are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	27	These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	28	These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	29	These are the chiefs of the Horites: the chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	30	Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the chiefs of the Horites, according to their clans in the land of Seir.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	31	These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the Israelites.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	32	Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom, the name of his city being Dinhabah.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	33	Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	34	Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	35	Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his stead, the name of his city being Avith.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	36	Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	37	Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his stead.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	38	Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	39	Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead, the name of his city being Pau; his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab.
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	40	These are the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their families and their dwelling places, by their names: the chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	41	Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	42	Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,
+Genesis	Gen	1	36	43	Magdiel, and Iram; these are the chiefs of Edom (that is, Esau, the father of Edom), according to their dwelling places in the land of their possession.
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	1	Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan.
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	2	This is the history of the family of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was shepherding the flock with his brothers; he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought an ill report of them to their father.
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	3	Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a long robe with sleeves.
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	4	But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	5	Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they only hated him the more.
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	6	He said to them, “Hear this dream which I have dreamed:
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	7	behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf arose and stood upright; and behold, your sheaves gathered round it, and bowed down to my sheaf.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	8	His brothers said to him, “Are you indeed to reign over us? Or are you indeed to have dominion over us?” So they hated him yet more for his dreams and for his words.
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	9	Then he dreamed another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, “Behold, I have dreamed another dream; and behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	10	But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him, and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves to the ground before you?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	11	And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	12	Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem.
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	13	And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “Here I am.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	14	So he said to him, “Go now, see if it is well with your brothers, and with the flock; and bring me word again.” So he sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	15	And a man found him wandering in the fields; and the man asked him, “What are you seeking?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	16	“I am seeking my brothers,” he said, “tell me, I pray you, where they are pasturing the flock.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	17	And the man said, “They have gone away, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers, and found them at Dothan.
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	18	They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	19	They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer.
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	20	Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; then we shall say that a wild beast has devoured him, and we shall see what will become of his dreams.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	21	But when Reuben heard it, he delivered him out of their hands, saying, “Let us not take his life.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	22	And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; cast him into this pit here in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him”—that he might rescue him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	23	So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the long robe with sleeves that he wore;
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	24	and they took him and cast him into a pit. The pit was empty, there was no water in it.
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	25	Then they sat down to eat; and looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt.
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	26	Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	27	Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers heeded him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	28	Then Midianite traders passed by; and they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver; and they took Joseph to Egypt.
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	29	When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he rent his clothes
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	30	and returned to his brothers, and said, “The lad is gone; and I, where shall I go?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	31	Then they took Joseph’s robe, and killed a goat, and dipped the robe in the blood;
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	32	and they sent the long robe with sleeves and brought it to their father, and said, “This we have found; see now whether it is your son’s robe or not.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	33	And he recognized it, and said, “It is my son’s robe; a wild beast has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	34	Then Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	35	All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	37	36	Meanwhile the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Poti-phar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard.
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	1	It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	2	There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; he married her and went in to her,
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	3	and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er.
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	4	Again she conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Onan.
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	5	Yet again she bore a son, and she called his name Shelah. She was in Chezib when she bore him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	6	And Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, and her name was Tamar.
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	7	But Er, Judah’s first-born, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	8	Then Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	9	But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went in to his brother’s wife he spilled the semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	10	And what he did was displeasing in the sight of the Lord, and he slew him also.
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	11	Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, till Shelah my son grows up”—for he feared that he would die, like his brothers. So Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	12	In course of time the wife of Judah, Shua’s daughter, died; and when Judah was comforted, he went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	13	And when Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	14	she put off her widow’s garments, and put on a veil, wrapping herself up, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she had not been given to him in marriage.
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	15	When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot, for she had covered her face.
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	16	He went over to her at the road side, and said, “Come, let me come in to you,” for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	17	He answered, “I will send you a kid from the flock.” And she said, “Will you give me a pledge, till you send it?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	18	He said, “What pledge shall I give you?” She replied, “Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” So he gave them to her, and went in to her, and she conceived by him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	19	Then she arose and went away, and taking off her veil she put on the garments of her widowhood.
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	20	When Judah sent the kid by his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand, he could not find her.
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	21	And he asked the men of the place, “Where is the harlot who was at Enaim by the wayside?” And they said, “No harlot has been here.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	22	So he returned to Judah, and said, “I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, ‘No harlot has been here.’”
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	23	And Judah replied, “Let her keep the things as her own, lest we be laughed at; you see, I sent this kid, and you could not find her.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	24	About three months later Judah was told, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot; and moreover she is with child by harlotry.” And Judah said, “Bring her out, and let her be burned.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	25	As she was being brought out, she sent word to her father-in-law, “By the man to whom these belong, I am with child.” And she said, “Mark, I pray you, whose these are, the signet and the cord and the staff.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	26	Then Judah acknowledged them and said, “She is more righteous than I, inasmuch as I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not lie with her again.
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	27	When the time of her delivery came, there were twins in her womb.
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	28	And when she was in labor, one put out a hand; and the midwife took and bound on his hand a scarlet thread, saying, “This came out first.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	29	But as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out; and she said, “What a breach you have made for yourself!” Therefore his name was called Perez.
+Genesis	Gen	1	38	30	Afterward his brother came out with the scarlet thread upon his hand; and his name was called Zerah.
+Genesis	Gen	1	39	1	Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt, and Poti-phar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.
+Genesis	Gen	1	39	2	The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian,
+Genesis	Gen	1	39	3	and his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord caused all that he did to prosper in his hands.
+Genesis	Gen	1	39	4	So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him overseer of his house and put him in charge of all that he had.
+Genesis	Gen	1	39	5	From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had, in house and field.
+Genesis	Gen	1	39	6	So he left all that he had in Joseph’s charge; and having him he had no concern for anything but the food which he ate. Now Joseph was handsome and good-looking.
+Genesis	Gen	1	39	7	And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and said, “Lie with me.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	39	8	But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Lo, having me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my hand;
+Genesis	Gen	1	39	9	he is not greater in this house than I am; nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife; how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	39	10	And although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not listen to her, to lie with her or to be with her.
+Genesis	Gen	1	39	11	But one day, when he went into the house to do his work and none of the men of the house was there in the house,
+Genesis	Gen	1	39	12	she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and got out of the house.
+Genesis	Gen	1	39	13	And when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and had fled out of the house,
+Genesis	Gen	1	39	14	she called to the men of her household and said to them, “See, he has brought among us a Hebrew to insult us; he came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice;
+Genesis	Gen	1	39	15	and when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment with me, and fled and got out of the house.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	39	16	Then she laid up his garment by her until his master came home,
+Genesis	Gen	1	39	17	and she told him the same story, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to insult me;
+Genesis	Gen	1	39	18	but as soon as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment with me, and fled out of the house.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	39	19	When his master heard the words which his wife spoke to him, “This is the way your servant treated me,” his anger was kindled.
+Genesis	Gen	1	39	20	And Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison.
+Genesis	Gen	1	39	21	But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
+Genesis	Gen	1	39	22	And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s care all the prisoners who were in the prison; and whatever was done there, he was the doer of it;
+Genesis	Gen	1	39	23	the keeper of the prison paid no heed to anything that was in Joseph’s care, because the Lord was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord made it prosper.
+Genesis	Gen	1	40	1	Some time after this, the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord the king of Egypt.
+Genesis	Gen	1	40	2	And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief butler and the chief baker,
+Genesis	Gen	1	40	3	and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined.
+Genesis	Gen	1	40	4	The captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he waited on them; and they continued for some time in custody.
+Genesis	Gen	1	40	5	And one night they both dreamed—the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison—each his own dream, and each dream with its own meaning.
+Genesis	Gen	1	40	6	When Joseph came to them in the morning and saw them, they were troubled.
+Genesis	Gen	1	40	7	So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, “Why are your faces downcast today?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	40	8	They said to him, “We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them.” And Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me, I pray you.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	40	9	So the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, “In my dream there was a vine before me,
+Genesis	Gen	1	40	10	and on the vine there were three branches; as soon as it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters ripened into grapes.
+Genesis	Gen	1	40	11	Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	40	12	Then Joseph said to him, “This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days;
+Genesis	Gen	1	40	13	within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your office; and you shall place Pharaoh’s cup in his hand as formerly, when you were his butler.
+Genesis	Gen	1	40	14	But remember me, when it is well with you, and do me the kindness, I pray you, to make mention of me to Pharaoh, and so get me out of this house.
+Genesis	Gen	1	40	15	For I was indeed stolen out of the land of the Hebrews; and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	40	16	When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I also had a dream: there were three cake baskets on my head,
+Genesis	Gen	1	40	17	and in the uppermost basket there were all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating it out of the basket on my head.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	40	18	And Joseph answered, “This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days;
+Genesis	Gen	1	40	19	within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head—from you!—and hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat the flesh from you.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	40	20	On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he made a feast for all his servants, and lifted up the head of the chief butler and the head of the chief baker among his servants.
+Genesis	Gen	1	40	21	He restored the chief butler to his butlership, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand;
+Genesis	Gen	1	40	22	but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
+Genesis	Gen	1	40	23	Yet the chief butler did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	1	After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile,
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	2	and behold, there came up out of the Nile seven cows sleek and fat, and they fed in the reed grass.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	3	And behold, seven other cows, gaunt and thin, came up out of the Nile after them, and stood by the other cows on the bank of the Nile.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	4	And the gaunt and thin cows ate up the seven sleek and fat cows. And Pharaoh awoke.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	5	And he fell asleep and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain, plump and good, were growing on one stalk.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	6	And behold, after them sprouted seven ears, thin and blighted by the east wind.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	7	And the thin ears swallowed up the seven plump and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	8	So in the morning his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men; and Pharaoh told them his dream, but there was none who could interpret it to Pharaoh.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	9	Then the chief butler said to Pharaoh, “I remember my faults today.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	10	When Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me and the chief baker in custody in the house of the captain of the guard,
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	11	we dreamed on the same night, he and I, each having a dream with its own meaning.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	12	A young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard; and when we told him, he interpreted our dreams to us, giving an interpretation to each man according to his dream.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	13	And as he interpreted to us, so it came to pass; I was restored to my office, and the baker was hanged.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	14	Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon; and when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came in before Pharaoh.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	15	And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it; and I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	16	Joseph answered Pharaoh, “It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	17	Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, in my dream I was standing on the banks of the Nile;
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	18	and seven cows, fat and sleek, came up out of the Nile and fed in the reed grass;
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	19	and seven other cows came up after them, poor and very gaunt and thin, such as I had never seen in all the land of Egypt.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	20	And the thin and gaunt cows ate up the first seven fat cows,
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	21	but when they had eaten them no one would have known that they had eaten them, for they were still as gaunt as at the beginning. Then I awoke.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	22	I also saw in my dream seven ears growing on one stalk, full and good;
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	23	and seven ears, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprouted after them,
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	24	and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. And I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	25	Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one; God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	26	The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dream is one.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	27	The seven lean and gaunt cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears blighted by the east wind are also seven years of famine.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	28	It is as I told Pharaoh, God has shown to Pharaoh what he is about to do.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	29	There will come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt,
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	30	but after them there will arise seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt; the famine will consume the land,
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	31	and the plenty will be unknown in the land by reason of that famine which will follow, for it will be very grievous.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	32	And the doubling of Pharaoh’s dream means that the thing is fixed by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	33	Now therefore let Pharaoh select a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	34	Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land, and take the fifth part of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven plenteous years.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	35	And let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and lay up grain under the authority of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	36	That food shall be a reserve for the land against the seven years of famine which are to befall the land of Egypt, so that the land may not perish through the famine.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	37	This proposal seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	38	And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a man as this, in whom is the Spirit of God?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	39	So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has shown you all this, there is none so discreet and wise as you are;
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	40	you shall be over my house, and all my people shall order themselves as you command; only as regards the throne will I be greater than you.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	41	And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	42	Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in garments of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	43	and he made him to ride in his second chariot; and they cried before him, “Bow the knee!” Thus he set him over all the land of Egypt.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	44	Moreover Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no man shall lift up hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	45	And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him in marriage Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On. So Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	46	Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went through all the land of Egypt.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	47	During the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth abundantly,
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	48	and he gathered up all the food of the seven years when there was plenty in the land of Egypt, and stored up food in the cities; he stored up in every city the food from the fields around it.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	49	And Joseph stored up grain in great abundance, like the sand of the sea, until he ceased to measure it, for it could not be measured.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	50	Before the year of famine came, Joseph had two sons, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	51	Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh, “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s house.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	52	The name of the second he called Ephraim, “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	53	The seven years of plenty that prevailed in the land of Egypt came to an end;
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	54	and the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	55	When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; what he says to you, do.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	56	So when the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
+Genesis	Gen	1	41	57	Moreover, all the earth came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	1	When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	2	And he said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down and buy grain for us there, that we may live, and not die.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	3	So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	4	But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers, for he feared that harm might befall him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	5	Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	6	Now Joseph was governor over the land; he it was who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came, and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	7	Joseph saw his brothers, and knew them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke roughly to them. “Where do you come from?” he said. They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	8	Thus Joseph knew his brothers, but they did not know him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	9	And Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed of them; and he said to them, “You are spies, you have come to see the weakness of the land.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	10	They said to him, “No, my lord, but to buy food have your servants come.
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	11	We are all sons of one man, we are honest men, your servants are not spies.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	12	He said to them, “No, it is the weakness of the land that you have come to see.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	13	And they said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	14	But Joseph said to them, “It is as I said to you, you are spies.
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	15	By this you shall be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	16	Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, while you remain in prison, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you; or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	17	And he put them all together in prison for three days.
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	18	On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	19	if you are honest men, let one of your brothers remain confined in your prison, and let the rest go and carry grain for the famine of your households,
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	20	and bring your youngest brother to me; so your words will be verified, and you shall not die.” And they did so.
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	21	Then they said to one another, “In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us and we would not listen; therefore is this distress come upon us.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	22	And Reuben answered them, “Did I not tell you not to sin against the lad? But you would not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	23	They did not know that Joseph understood them, for there was an interpreter between them.
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	24	Then he turned away from them and wept; and he returned to them and spoke to them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	25	And Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, and to replace every man’s money in his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. This was done for them.
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	26	Then they loaded their asses with their grain, and departed.
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	27	And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender at the lodging place, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack;
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	28	and he said to his brothers, “My money has been put back; here it is in the mouth of my sack!” At this their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	29	When they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had befallen them, saying,
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	30	“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the land.
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	31	But we said to him, ‘We are honest men, we are not spies;
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	32	we are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.’
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	33	Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I shall know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your households, and go your way.
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	34	Bring your youngest brother to me; then I shall know that you are not spies but honest men, and I will deliver to you your brother, and you shall trade in the land.’”
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	35	As they emptied their sacks, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were dismayed.
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	36	And Jacob their father said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin; all this has come upon me.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	37	Then Reuben said to his father, “Slay my two sons if I do not bring him back to you; put him in my hands, and I will bring him back to you.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	42	38	But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm should befall him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	1	Now the famine was severe in the land.
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	2	And when they had eaten the grain which they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little food.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	3	But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	4	If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food;
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	5	but if you will not send him, we will not go down, for the man said to us, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’”
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	6	Israel said, “Why did you treat me so ill as to tell the man that you had another brother?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	7	They replied, “The man questioned us carefully about ourselves and our kindred, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?’ What we told him was in answer to these questions; could we in any way know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	8	And Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live and not die, both we and you and also our little ones.
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	9	I will be surety for him; of my hand you shall require him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame for ever;
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	10	for if we had not delayed, we would now have returned twice.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	11	Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry down to the man a present, a little balm and a little honey, gum, myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds.
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	12	Take double the money with you; carry back with you the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks; perhaps it was an oversight.
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	13	Take also your brother, and arise, go again to the man;
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	14	may God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may send back your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	15	So the men took the present, and they took double the money with them, and Benjamin; and they arose and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	16	When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Bring the men into the house, and slaughter an animal and make ready, for the men are to dine with me at noon.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	17	The man did as Joseph bade him, and brought the men to Joseph’s house.
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	18	And the men were afraid because they were brought to Joseph’s house, and they said, “It is because of the money, which was replaced in our sacks the first time, that we are brought in, so that he may seek occasion against us and fall upon us, to make slaves of us and seize our asses.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	19	So they went up to the steward of Joseph’s house, and spoke with him at the door of the house,
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	20	and said, “Oh, my lord, we came down the first time to buy food;
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	21	and when we came to the lodging place we opened our sacks, and there was every man’s money in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight; so we have brought it again with us,
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	22	and we have brought other money down in our hand to buy food. We do not know who put our money in our sacks.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	23	He replied, “Rest assured, do not be afraid; your God and the God of your father must have put treasure in your sacks for you; I received your money.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	24	And when the man had brought the men into Joseph’s house, and given them water, and they had washed their feet, and when he had given their asses provender,
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	25	they made ready the present for Joseph’s coming at noon, for they heard that they should eat bread there.
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	26	When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present which they had with them, and bowed down to him to the ground.
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	27	And he inquired about their welfare, and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	28	They said, “Your servant our father is well, he is still alive.” And they bowed their heads and made obeisance.
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	29	And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me? God be gracious to you, my son!”
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	30	Then Joseph made haste, for his heart yearned for his brother, and he sought a place to weep. And he entered his chamber and wept there.
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	31	Then he washed his face and came out; and controlling himself he said, “Let food be served.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	32	They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	33	And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth; and the men looked at one another in amazement.
+Genesis	Gen	1	43	34	Portions were taken to them from Joseph’s table, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. So they drank and were merry with him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	1	Then he commanded the steward of his house, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack,
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	2	and put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, with his money for the grain.” And he did as Joseph told him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	3	As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away with their asses.
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	4	When they had gone but a short distance from the city, Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you returned evil for good? Why have you stolen my silver cup?
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	5	Is it not from this that my lord drinks, and by this that he divines? You have done wrong in so doing.’”
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	6	When he overtook them, he spoke to them these words.
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	7	They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	8	Behold, the money which we found in the mouth of our sacks, we brought back to you from the land of Canaan; how then should we steal silver or gold from your lord’s house?
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	9	With whomever of your servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord’s slaves.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	10	He said, “Let it be as you say: he with whom it is found shall be my slave, and the rest of you shall be blameless.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	11	Then every man quickly lowered his sack to the ground, and every man opened his sack.
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	12	And he searched, beginning with the eldest and ending with the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	13	Then they rent their clothes, and every man loaded his ass, and they returned to the city.
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	14	When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, he was still there; and they fell before him to the ground.
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	15	Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that such a man as I can indeed divine?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	16	And Judah said, “What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how can we clear ourselves? God has found out the guilt of your servants; behold, we are my lord’s slaves, both we and he also in whose hand the cup has been found.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	17	But he said, “Far be it from me that I should do so! Only the man in whose hand the cup was found shall be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	18	Then Judah went up to him and said, “O my lord, let your servant, I pray you, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not your anger burn against your servant; for you are like Pharaoh himself.
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	19	My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father, or a brother?’
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	20	And we said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a young brother, the child of his old age; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother’s children; and his father loves him.’
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	21	Then you said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes upon him.’
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	22	We said to my lord, ‘The lad cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	23	Then you said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall see my face no more.’
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	24	When we went back to your servant my father we told him the words of my lord.
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	25	And when our father said, ‘Go again, buy us a little food,’
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	26	we said, ‘We cannot go down. If our youngest brother goes with us, then we will go down; for we cannot see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	27	Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons;
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	28	one left me, and I said, Surely he has been torn to pieces; and I have never seen him since.
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	29	If you take this one also from me, and harm befalls him, you will bring down my gray hairs in sorrow to Sheol.’
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	30	Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us, then, as his life is bound up in the lad’s life,
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	31	when he sees that the lad is not with us, he will die; and your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	32	For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame in the sight of my father all my life.’
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	33	Now therefore, let your servant, I pray you, remain instead of the lad as a slave to my lord; and let the lad go back with his brothers.
+Genesis	Gen	1	44	34	For how can I go back to my father if the lad is not with me? I fear to see the evil that would come upon my father.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	1	Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him; and he cried, “Make every one go out from me.” So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	2	And he wept aloud, so that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it.
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	3	And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph; is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence.
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	4	So Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, I pray you.” And they came near. And he said, “I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	5	And now do not be distressed, or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life.
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	6	For the famine has been in the land these two years; and there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	7	And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors.
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	8	So it was not you who sent me here, but God; and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	9	Make haste and go up to my father and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not tarry;
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	10	you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children’s children, and your flocks, your herds, and all that you have;
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	11	and there I will provide for you, for there are yet five years of famine to come; lest you and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty.’
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	12	And now your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	13	You must tell my father of all my splendor in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. Make haste and bring my father down here.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	14	Then he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	15	And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them; and after that his brothers talked with him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	16	When the report was heard in Pharaoh’s house, “Joseph’s brothers have come,” it pleased Pharaoh and his servants well.
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	17	And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: load your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan;
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	18	and take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.’
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	19	Command them also, ‘Do this: take wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	20	Give no thought to your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	21	The sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the command of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey.
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	22	To each and all of them he gave festal garments; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five festal garments.
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	23	To his father he sent as follows: ten asses loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses loaded with grain, bread, and provision for his father on the journey.
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	24	Then he sent his brothers away, and as they departed, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	25	So they went up out of Egypt, and came to the land of Canaan to their father Jacob.
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	26	And they told him, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” And his heart fainted, for he did not believe them.
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	27	But when they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them, and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived;
+Genesis	Gen	1	45	28	and Israel said, “It is enough; Joseph my son is still alive; I will go and see him before I die.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	1	So Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	2	And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here am I.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	3	Then he said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt; for I will there make of you a great nation.
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	4	I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again; and Joseph’s hand shall close your eyes.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	5	Then Jacob set out from Beer-sheba; and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	6	They also took their cattle and their goods, which they had gained in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him,
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	7	his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters; all his offspring he brought with him into Egypt.
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	8	Now these are the names of the descendants of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons. Reuben, Jacob’s first-born,
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	9	and the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	10	The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanitish woman.
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	11	The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	12	The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	13	The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	14	The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	15	(these are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, together with his daughter Dinah; altogether his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three).
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	16	The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	17	The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, with Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchi-el
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	18	(these are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob—sixteen persons).
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	19	The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	20	And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera the priest of On, bore to him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	21	And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	22	(these are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob—fourteen persons in all).
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	23	The sons of Dan: Hushim.
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	24	The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	25	(these are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob—seven persons in all).
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	26	All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own offspring, not including Jacob’s sons’ wives, were sixty-six persons in all;
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	27	and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two; all the persons of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were seventy.
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	28	He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to appear before him in Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	29	Then Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen; and he presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	30	Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	31	Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me;
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	32	and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.’
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	33	When Pharaoh calls you, and says, ‘What is your occupation?’
+Genesis	Gen	1	46	34	you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	1	So Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all that they possess, have come from the land of Canaan; they are now in the land of Goshen.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	2	And from among his brothers he took five men and presented them to Pharaoh.
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	3	Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, as our fathers were.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	4	They said to Pharaoh, “We have come to sojourn in the land; for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan; and now, we pray you, let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	5	Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	6	The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land; let them dwell in the land of Goshen; and if you know any able men among them, put them in charge of my cattle.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	7	Then Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	8	And Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many are the days of the years of your life?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	9	And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my sojourning are a hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojourning.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	10	And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	11	Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	12	And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their dependents.
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	13	Now there was no food in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished by reason of the famine.
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	14	And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought; and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	15	And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, “Give us food; why should we die before your eyes? For our money is gone.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	16	And Joseph answered, “Give your cattle, and I will give you food in exchange for your cattle, if your money is gone.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	17	So they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses, the flocks, the herds, and the asses: and he supplied them with food in exchange for all their cattle that year.
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	18	And when that year was ended, they came to him the following year, and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord that our money is all spent; and the herds of cattle are my lord’s; there is nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our lands.
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	19	Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for food, and we with our land will be slaves to Pharaoh; and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land may not be desolate.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	20	So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for all the Egyptians sold their fields, because the famine was severe upon them. The land became Pharaoh’s;
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	21	and as for the people, he made slaves of them from one end of Egypt to the other.
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	22	Only the land of the priests he did not buy; for the priests had a fixed allowance from Pharaoh, and lived on the allowance which Pharaoh gave them; therefore they did not sell their land.
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	23	Then Joseph said to the people, “Behold, I have this day bought you and your land for Pharaoh. Now here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land.
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	24	And at the harvests you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four fifths shall be your own, as seed for the field and as food for yourselves and your households, and as food for your little ones.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	25	And they said, “You have saved our lives; may it please my lord, we will be slaves to Pharaoh.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	26	So Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt, and it stands to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; the land of the priests alone did not become Pharaoh’s.
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	27	Thus Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied exceedingly.
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	28	And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred and forty-seven years.
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	29	And when the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh, and promise to deal loyally and truly with me. Do not bury me in Egypt,
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	30	but let me lie with my fathers; carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burying place.” He answered, “I will do as you have said.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	47	31	And he said, “Swear to me”; and he swore to him. Then Israel bowed himself upon the head of his bed.
+Genesis	Gen	1	48	1	After this Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is ill”; so he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
+Genesis	Gen	1	48	2	And it was told to Jacob, “Your son Joseph has come to you”; then Israel summoned his strength, and sat up in bed.
+Genesis	Gen	1	48	3	And Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,
+Genesis	Gen	1	48	4	and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.’
+Genesis	Gen	1	48	5	And now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are.
+Genesis	Gen	1	48	6	And the offspring born to you after them shall be yours; they shall be called by the name of their brothers in their inheritance.
+Genesis	Gen	1	48	7	For when I came from Paddan, Rachel to my sorrow died in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”
+Genesis	Gen	1	48	8	When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he said, “Who are these?”
+Genesis	Gen	1	48	9	Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” And he said, “Bring them to me, I pray you, that I may bless them.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	48	10	Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. So Joseph brought them near him; and he kissed them and embraced them.
+Genesis	Gen	1	48	11	And Israel said to Joseph, “I had not thought to see your face; and lo, God has let me see your children also.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	48	12	Then Joseph removed them from his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
+Genesis	Gen	1	48	13	And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	48	14	And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it upon the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand upon the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands, for Manasseh was the first-born.
+Genesis	Gen	1	48	15	And he blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has led me all my life long to this day,
+Genesis	Gen	1	48	16	the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and in them let my name be perpetuated, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	48	17	When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him; and he took his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.
+Genesis	Gen	1	48	18	And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father; for this one is the first-born; put your right hand upon his head.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	48	19	But his father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; nevertheless his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	48	20	So he blessed them that day, saying, “By you Israel will pronounce blessings, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh’”; and thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
+Genesis	Gen	1	48	21	Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you, and will bring you again to the land of your fathers.
+Genesis	Gen	1	48	22	Moreover I have given to you rather than to your brothers one mountain slope which I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	1	Then Jacob called his sons, and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in days to come.
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	2	Assemble and hear, O sons of Jacob, and hearken to Israel your father.
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	3	Reuben, you are my first-born, my might, and the first fruits of my strength, pre-eminent in pride and pre-eminent in power.
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	4	Unstable as water, you shall not have pre-eminence because you went up to your father’s bed; then you defiled it—you went up to my couch!
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	5	Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their swords.
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	6	O my soul, come not into their council; O my spirit, be not joined to their company; for in their anger they slay men, and in their wantonness they hamstring oxen.
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	7	Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	8	Judah, your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down before you.
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	9	Judah is a lion’s whelp; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as a lioness; who dares rouse him up?
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	10	The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	11	Binding his foal to the vine and his ass’s colt to the choice vine, he washes his garments in wine and his vesture in the blood of grapes;
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	12	his eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	13	Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea; he shall become a haven for ships, and his border shall be at Sidon.
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	14	Issachar is a strong ass, crouching between the sheepfolds;
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	15	he saw that a resting place was good, and that the land was pleasant; so he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a slave at forced labor.
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	16	Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	17	Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a viper by the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that his rider falls backward.
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	18	I wait for thy salvation, O Lord.
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	19	Raiders shall raid Gad, but he shall raid at their heels.
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	20	Asher’s food shall be rich, and he shall yield royal dainties.
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	21	Naphtali is a hind let loose, that bears comely fawns.
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	22	Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; his branches run over the wall.
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	23	The archers fiercely attacked him, shot at him, and harassed him sorely;
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	24	yet his bow remained unmoved, his arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel),
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	25	by the God of your father who will help you, by God Almighty who will bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that couches beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	26	The blessings of your father are mighty beyond the blessings of the eternal mountains, the bounties of the everlasting hills; may they be on the head of Joseph, and on the brow of him who was separate from his brothers.
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	27	Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey, and at even dividing the spoil.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	28	All these are the twelve tribes of Israel; and this is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable to him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	29	Then he charged them, and said to them, “I am to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	30	in the cave that is in the field at Mach-pelah, to the east of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place.
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	31	There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah—
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	32	the field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the Hittites.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	49	33	When Jacob finished charging his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed, and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	1	Then Joseph fell on his father’s face, and wept over him, and kissed him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	2	And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel;
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	3	forty days were required for it, for so many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	4	And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	5	My father made me swear, saying, ‘I am about to die: in my tomb which I hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me.’ Now therefore let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father; then I will return.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	6	And Pharaoh answered, “Go up, and bury your father, as he made you swear.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	7	So Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his household, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	8	as well as all the household of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s household; only their children, their flocks, and their herds were left in the land of Goshen.
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	9	And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen; it was a very great company.
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	10	When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they lamented there with a very great and sorrowful lamentation; and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	11	When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning on the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians.” Therefore the place was named Abel-mizraim; it is beyond the Jordan.
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	12	Thus his sons did for him as he had commanded them;
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	13	for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field at Mach-pelah, to the east of Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite, to possess as a burying place.
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	14	After he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone up with him to bury his father.
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	15	When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil which we did to him.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	16	So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this command before he died,
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	17	‘Say to Joseph, Forgive, I pray you, the transgression of your brothers and their sin, because they did evil to you.’ And now, we pray you, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	18	His brothers also came and fell down before him, and said, “Behold, we are your servants.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	19	But Joseph said to them, “Fear not, for am I in the place of God?
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	20	As for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	21	So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones.” Thus he reassured them and comforted them.
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	22	So Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father’s house; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	23	And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation; the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph’s knees.
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	24	And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die; but God will visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	25	Then Joseph took an oath of the sons of Israel, saying, “God will visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”
+Genesis	Gen	1	50	26	So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
+Exodus	Ex	2	1	1	These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household:
+Exodus	Ex	2	1	2	Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
+Exodus	Ex	2	1	3	Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
+Exodus	Ex	2	1	4	Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
+Exodus	Ex	2	1	5	All the offspring of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt.
+Exodus	Ex	2	1	6	Then Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation.
+Exodus	Ex	2	1	7	But the descendants of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong; so that the land was filled with them.
+Exodus	Ex	2	1	8	Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.
+Exodus	Ex	2	1	9	And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.
+Exodus	Ex	2	1	10	Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war befall us, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	1	11	Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens; and they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Ra-amses.
+Exodus	Ex	2	1	12	But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And the Egyptians were in dread of the people of Israel.
+Exodus	Ex	2	1	13	So they made the people of Israel serve with rigor,
+Exodus	Ex	2	1	14	and made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field; in all their work they made them serve with rigor.
+Exodus	Ex	2	1	15	Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah,
+Exodus	Ex	2	1	16	“When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, she shall live.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	1	17	But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.
+Exodus	Ex	2	1	18	So the king of Egypt called the midwives, and said to them, “Why have you done this, and let the male children live?”
+Exodus	Ex	2	1	19	The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and are delivered before the midwife comes to them.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	1	20	So God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and grew very strong.
+Exodus	Ex	2	1	21	And because the midwives feared God he gave them families.
+Exodus	Ex	2	1	22	Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, “Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	2	1	Now a man from the house of Levi went and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
+Exodus	Ex	2	2	2	The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
+Exodus	Ex	2	2	3	And when she could hide him no longer she took for him a basket made of bulrushes, and daubed it with bitumen and pitch; and she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds at the river’s brink.
+Exodus	Ex	2	2	4	And his sister stood at a distance, to know what would be done to him.
+Exodus	Ex	2	2	5	Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, and her maidens walked beside the river; she saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid to fetch it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	2	6	When she opened it she saw the child; and lo, the babe was crying. She took pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	2	7	Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”
+Exodus	Ex	2	2	8	And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother.
+Exodus	Ex	2	2	9	And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him.
+Exodus	Ex	2	2	10	And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son; and she named him Moses, for she said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	2	11	One day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their burdens; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people.
+Exodus	Ex	2	2	12	He looked this way and that, and seeing no one he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
+Exodus	Ex	2	2	13	When he went out the next day, behold, two Hebrews were struggling together; and he said to the man that did the wrong, “Why do you strike your fellow?”
+Exodus	Ex	2	2	14	He answered, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid, and thought, “Surely the thing is known.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	2	15	When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh, and stayed in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well.
+Exodus	Ex	2	2	16	Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
+Exodus	Ex	2	2	17	The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
+Exodus	Ex	2	2	18	When they came to their father Reuel, he said, “How is it that you have come so soon today?”
+Exodus	Ex	2	2	19	They said, “An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and even drew water for us and watered the flock.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	2	20	He said to his daughters, “And where is he? Why have you left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	2	21	And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah.
+Exodus	Ex	2	2	22	She bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	2	23	In the course of those many days the king of Egypt died. And the people of Israel groaned under their bondage, and cried out for help, and their cry under bondage came up to God.
+Exodus	Ex	2	2	24	And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
+Exodus	Ex	2	2	25	And God saw the people of Israel, and God knew their condition.
+Exodus	Ex	2	3	1	Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian; and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
+Exodus	Ex	2	3	2	And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and lo, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed.
+Exodus	Ex	2	3	3	And Moses said, “I will turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	3	4	When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here am I.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	3	5	Then he said, “Do not come near; put off your shoes from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	3	6	And he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
+Exodus	Ex	2	3	7	Then the Lord said, “I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters; I know their sufferings,
+Exodus	Ex	2	3	8	and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
+Exodus	Ex	2	3	9	And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
+Exodus	Ex	2	3	10	Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring forth my people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	3	11	But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?”
+Exodus	Ex	2	3	12	He said, “But I will be with you; and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God upon this mountain.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	3	13	Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?”
+Exodus	Ex	2	3	14	God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	3	15	God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you’: this is my name for ever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.
+Exodus	Ex	2	3	16	Go and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “I have observed you and what has been done to you in Egypt;
+Exodus	Ex	2	3	17	and I promise that I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt, to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, a land flowing with milk and honey.”’
+Exodus	Ex	2	3	18	And they will hearken to your voice; and you and the elders of Israel shall go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us; and now, we pray you, let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’
+Exodus	Ex	2	3	19	I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless compelled by a mighty hand.
+Exodus	Ex	2	3	20	So I will stretch out my hand and smite Egypt with all the wonders which I will do in it; after that he will let you go.
+Exodus	Ex	2	3	21	And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and when you go, you shall not go empty,
+Exodus	Ex	2	3	22	but each woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her who sojourns in her house, jewelry of silver and of gold, and clothing, and you shall put them on your sons and on your daughters; thus you shall despoil the Egyptians.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	1	Then Moses answered, “But behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you.’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	2	The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	3	And he said, “Cast it on the ground.” So he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	4	But the Lord said to Moses, “Put out your hand, and take it by the tail”—so he put out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand—
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	5	“that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	6	Again, the Lord said to him, “Put your hand into your bosom.” And he put his hand into his bosom; and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	7	Then God said, “Put your hand back into your bosom.” So he put his hand back into his bosom; and when he took it out, behold, it was restored like the rest of his flesh.
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	8	“If they will not believe you,” God said, “or heed the first sign, they may believe the latter sign.
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	9	If they will not believe even these two signs or heed your voice, you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it upon the dry ground; and the water which you shall take from the Nile will become blood upon the dry ground.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	10	But Moses said to the Lord, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either heretofore or since thou hast spoken to thy servant; but I am slow of speech and of tongue.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	11	Then the Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	12	Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	13	But he said, “Oh, my Lord, send, I pray, some other person.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	14	Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses and he said, “Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well; and behold, he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you he will be glad in his heart.
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	15	And you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	16	He shall speak for you to the people; and he shall be a mouth for you, and you shall be to him as God.
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	17	And you shall take in your hand this rod, with which you shall do the signs.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	18	Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Let me go back, I pray, to my kinsmen in Egypt and see whether they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	19	And the Lord said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt; for all the men who were seeking your life are dead.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	20	So Moses took his wife and his sons and set them on an ass, and went back to the land of Egypt; and in his hand Moses took the rod of God.
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	21	And the Lord said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the miracles which I have put in your power; but I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	22	And you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, Israel is my first-born son,
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	23	and I say to you, “Let my son go that he may serve me”; if you refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay your first-born son.’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	24	At a lodging place on the way the Lord met him and sought to kill him.
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	25	Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched Moses’ feet with it, and said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me!”
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	26	So he let him alone. Then it was that she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	27	The Lord said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So he went, and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him.
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	28	And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord with which he had sent him, and all the signs which he had charged him to do.
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	29	Then Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the people of Israel.
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	30	And Aaron spoke all the words which the Lord had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
+Exodus	Ex	2	4	31	And the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord had visited the people of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped.
+Exodus	Ex	2	5	1	Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	5	2	But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should heed his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and moreover I will not let Israel go.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	5	3	Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us; let us go, we pray, a three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	5	4	But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people away from their work? Get to your burdens.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	5	5	And Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many and you make them rest from their burdens!”
+Exodus	Ex	2	5	6	The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen,
+Exodus	Ex	2	5	7	“You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as heretofore; let them go and gather straw for themselves.
+Exodus	Ex	2	5	8	But the number of bricks which they made heretofore you shall lay upon them, you shall by no means lessen it; for they are idle; therefore they cry, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifice to our God.’
+Exodus	Ex	2	5	9	Let heavier work be laid upon the men that they may labor at it and pay no regard to lying words.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	5	10	So the taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will not give you straw.
+Exodus	Ex	2	5	11	Go yourselves, get your straw wherever you can find it; but your work will not be lessened in the least.’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	5	12	So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw.
+Exodus	Ex	2	5	13	The taskmasters were urgent, saying, “Complete your work, your daily task, as when there was straw.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	5	14	And the foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and were asked, “Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today, as hitherto?”
+Exodus	Ex	2	5	15	Then the foremen of the people of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, “Why do you deal thus with your servants?
+Exodus	Ex	2	5	16	No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	5	17	But he said, “You are idle, you are idle; therefore you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’
+Exodus	Ex	2	5	18	Go now, and work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	5	19	The foremen of the people of Israel saw that they were in evil plight, when they said, “You shall by no means lessen your daily number of bricks.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	5	20	They met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them, as they came forth from Pharaoh;
+Exodus	Ex	2	5	21	and they said to them, “The Lord look upon you and judge, because you have made us offensive in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	5	22	Then Moses turned again to the Lord and said, “O Lord, why hast thou done evil to this people? Why didst thou ever send me?
+Exodus	Ex	2	5	23	For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he has done evil to this people, and thou hast not delivered thy people at all.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	1	But the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will send them out, yea, with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	2	And God said to Moses, “I am the Lord.
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	3	I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name the Lord I did not make myself known to them.
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	4	I also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they dwelt as sojourners.
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	5	Moreover I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold in bondage and I have remembered my covenant.
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	6	Say therefore to the people of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment,
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	7	and I will take you for my people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	8	And I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; I will give it to you for a possession. I am the Lord.’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	9	Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel; but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and their cruel bondage.
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	10	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	11	“Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the people of Israel go out of his land.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	12	But Moses said to the Lord, “Behold, the people of Israel have not listened to me; how then shall Pharaoh listen to me, who am a man of uncircumcised lips?”
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	13	But the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, and gave them a charge to the people of Israel and to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	14	These are the heads of their fathers’ houses: the sons of Reuben, the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	15	The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon.
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	16	These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, the years of the life of Levi being a hundred and thirty-seven years.
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	17	The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shime-i, by their families.
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	18	The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, the years of the life of Kohath being a hundred and thirty-three years.
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	19	The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	20	Amram took to wife Jochebed his father’s sister and she bore him Aaron and Moses, the years of the life of Amram being one hundred and thirty-seven years.
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	21	The sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	22	And the sons of Uzziel: Misha-el, Elzaphan, and Sithri.
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	23	Aaron took to wife Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and the sister of Nahshon; and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	24	The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	25	Eleazar, Aaron’s son, took to wife one of the daughters of Puti-el; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites by their families.
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	26	These are the Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said: “Bring out the people of Israel from the land of Egypt by their hosts.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	27	It was they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing out the people of Israel from Egypt, this Moses and this Aaron.
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	28	On the day when the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	29	the Lord said to Moses, “I am the Lord; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	6	30	But Moses said to the Lord, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips; how then shall Pharaoh listen to me?”
+Exodus	Ex	2	7	1	And the Lord said to Moses, “See, I make you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
+Exodus	Ex	2	7	2	You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go out of his land.
+Exodus	Ex	2	7	3	But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,
+Exodus	Ex	2	7	4	Pharaoh will not listen to you; then I will lay my hand upon Egypt and bring forth my hosts, my people the sons of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment.
+Exodus	Ex	2	7	5	And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt and bring out the people of Israel from among them.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	7	6	And Moses and Aaron did so; they did as the Lord commanded them.
+Exodus	Ex	2	7	7	Now Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
+Exodus	Ex	2	7	8	And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
+Exodus	Ex	2	7	9	“When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Prove yourselves by working a miracle,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your rod and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	7	10	So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did as the Lord commanded; Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent.
+Exodus	Ex	2	7	11	Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers; and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same by their secret arts.
+Exodus	Ex	2	7	12	For every man cast down his rod, and they became serpents. But Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.
+Exodus	Ex	2	7	13	Still Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them; as the Lord had said.
+Exodus	Ex	2	7	14	Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, he refuses to let the people go.
+Exodus	Ex	2	7	15	Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going out to the water; wait for him by the river’s brink, and take in your hand the rod which was turned into a serpent.
+Exodus	Ex	2	7	16	And you shall say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, “Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness; and behold, you have not yet obeyed.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	7	17	Thus says the Lord, “By this you shall know that I am the Lord: behold, I will strike the water that is in the Nile with the rod that is in my hand, and it shall be turned to blood,
+Exodus	Ex	2	7	18	and the fish in the Nile shall die, and the Nile shall become foul, and the Egyptians will loathe to drink water from the Nile.”’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	7	19	And the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your rod and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, their canals, and their ponds, and all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	7	20	Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded; in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, he lifted up the rod and struck the water that was in the Nile, and all the water that was in the Nile turned to blood.
+Exodus	Ex	2	7	21	And the fish in the Nile died; and the Nile became foul, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
+Exodus	Ex	2	7	22	But the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts; so Pharaoh’s heart remained hardened, and he would not listen to them; as the Lord had said.
+Exodus	Ex	2	7	23	Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not lay even this to heart.
+Exodus	Ex	2	7	24	And all the Egyptians dug round about the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink the water of the Nile.
+Exodus	Ex	2	7	25	Seven days passed after the Lord had struck the Nile.
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	1	Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Let my people go, that they may serve me.
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	2	But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with frogs;
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	3	the Nile shall swarm with frogs which shall come up into your house, and into your bedchamber and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and of your people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls;
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	4	the frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your servants.”’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	5	And the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your rod over the rivers, over the canals, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come upon the land of Egypt!’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	6	So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	7	But the magicians did the same by their secret arts, and brought frogs upon the land of Egypt.
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	8	Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron, and said, “Entreat the Lord to take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	9	Moses said to Pharaoh, “Be pleased to command me when I am to entreat, for you and for your servants and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses and be left only in the Nile.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	10	And he said, “Tomorrow.” Moses said, “Be it as you say, that you may know that there is no one like the Lord our God.
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	11	The frogs shall depart from you and your houses and your servants and your people; they shall be left only in the Nile.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	12	So Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh; and Moses cried to the Lord concerning the frogs, as he had agreed with Pharaoh.
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	13	And the Lord did according to the word of Moses; the frogs died out of the houses and courtyards and out of the fields.
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	14	And they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	15	But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart, and would not listen to them; as the Lord had said.
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	16	Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your rod and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	17	And they did so; Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and struck the dust of the earth, and there came gnats on man and beast; all the dust of the earth became gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	18	The magicians tried by their secret arts to bring forth gnats, but they could not. So there were gnats on man and beast.
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	19	And the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them; as the Lord had said.
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	20	Then the Lord said to Moses, “Rise up early in the morning and wait for Pharaoh, as he goes out to the water, and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Let my people go, that they may serve me.
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	21	Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and your servants and your people, and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians shall be filled with swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand.
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	22	But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people dwell, so that no swarms of flies shall be there; that you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	23	Thus I will put a division between my people and your people. By tomorrow shall this sign be.”’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	24	And the Lord did so; there came great swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh and into his servants’ houses, and in all the land of Egypt the land was ruined by reason of the flies.
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	25	Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron, and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within the land.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	26	But Moses said, “It would not be right to do so; for we shall sacrifice to the Lord our God offerings abominable to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice offerings abominable to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us?
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	27	We must go three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God as he will command us.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	28	So Pharaoh said, “I will let you go, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Make entreaty for me.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	29	Then Moses said, “Behold, I am going out from you and I will pray to the Lord that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only let not Pharaoh deal falsely again by not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	30	So Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord.
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	31	And the Lord did as Moses asked, and removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; not one remained.
+Exodus	Ex	2	8	32	But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and did not let the people go.
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	1	Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, “Let my people go, that they may serve me.
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	2	For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them,
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	3	behold, the hand of the Lord will fall with a very severe plague upon your cattle which are in the field, the horses, the asses, the camels, the herds, and the flocks.
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	4	But the Lord will make a distinction between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt, so that nothing shall die of all that belongs to the people of Israel.”’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	5	And the Lord set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	6	And on the morrow the Lord did this thing; all the cattle of the Egyptians died, but of the cattle of the people of Israel not one died.
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	7	And Pharaoh sent, and behold, not one of the cattle of the Israelites was dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	8	And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of ashes from the kiln, and let Moses throw them toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	9	And it shall become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and become boils breaking out in sores on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	10	So they took ashes from the kiln, and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses threw them toward heaven, and it became boils breaking out in sores on man and beast.
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	11	And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians.
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	12	But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not listen to them; as the Lord had spoken to Moses.
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	13	Then the Lord said to Moses, “Rise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, “Let my people go, that they may serve me.
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	14	For this time I will send all my plagues upon your heart, and upon your servants and your people, that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth.
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	15	For by now I could have put forth my hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth;
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	16	but for this purpose have I let you live, to show you my power, so that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	17	You are still exalting yourself against my people, and will not let them go.
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	18	Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause very heavy hail to fall, such as never has been in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	19	Now therefore send, get your cattle and all that you have in the field into safe shelter; for the hail shall come down upon every man and beast that is in the field and is not brought home, and they shall die.”’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	20	Then he who feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his slaves and his cattle flee into the houses;
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	21	but he who did not regard the word of the Lord left his slaves and his cattle in the field.
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	22	And the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch forth your hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man and beast and every plant of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	23	Then Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven; and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt;
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	24	there was hail, and fire flashing continually in the midst of the hail, very heavy hail, such as had never been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	25	The hail struck down everything that was in the field throughout all the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and the hail struck down every plant of the field, and shattered every tree of the field.
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	26	Only in the land of Goshen, where the people of Israel were, there was no hail.
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	27	Then Pharaoh sent, and called Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “I have sinned this time; the Lord is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	28	Entreat the Lord; for there has been enough of this thunder and hail; I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	29	Moses said to him, “As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will stretch out my hands to the Lord; the thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, that you may know that the earth is the Lord’s.
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	30	But as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear the Lord God.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	31	(The flax and the barley were ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud.
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	32	But the wheat and the spelt were not ruined, for they are late in coming up.)
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	33	So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and stretched out his hands to the Lord; and the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured upon the earth.
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	34	But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet again, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
+Exodus	Ex	2	9	35	So the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people of Israel go; as the Lord had spoken through Moses.
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	1	Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh; for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them,
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	2	and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and of your son’s son how I have made sport of the Egyptians and what signs I have done among them; that you may know that I am the Lord.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	3	So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	4	For if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country,
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	5	and they shall cover the face of the land, so that no one can see the land; and they shall eat what is left to you after the hail, and they shall eat every tree of yours which grows in the field,
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	6	and they shall fill your houses, and the houses of all your servants and of all the Egyptians; as neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen, from the day they came on earth to this day.’” Then he turned and went out from Pharaoh.
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	7	And Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God; do you not yet understand that Egypt is ruined?”
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	8	So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh; and he said to them, “Go, serve the Lord your God; but who are to go?”
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	9	And Moses said, “We will go with our young and our old; we will go with our sons and daughters and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the Lord.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	10	And he said to them, “The Lord be with you, if ever I let you and your little ones go! Look, you have some evil purpose in mind.
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	11	No! Go, the men among you, and serve the Lord, for that is what you desire.” And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	12	Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come upon the land of Egypt, and eat every plant in the land, all that the hail has left.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	13	So Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day and all that night; and when it was morning the east wind had brought the locusts.
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	14	And the locusts came up over all the land of Egypt, and settled on the whole country of Egypt, such a dense swarm of locusts as had never been before, nor ever shall be again.
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	15	For they covered the face of the whole land, so that the land was darkened, and they ate all the plants in the land and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left; not a green thing remained, neither tree nor plant of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	16	Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron in haste, and said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you.
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	17	Now therefore, forgive my sin, I pray you, only this once, and entreat the Lord your God only to remove this death from me.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	18	So he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the Lord.
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	19	And the Lord turned a very strong west wind, which lifted the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea; not a single locust was left in all the country of Egypt.
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	20	But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	21	Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	22	So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	23	they did not see one another, nor did any rise from his place for three days; but all the people of Israel had light where they dwelt.
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	24	Then Pharaoh called Moses, and said, “Go, serve the Lord; your children also may go with you; only let your flocks and your herds remain behind.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	25	But Moses said, “You must also let us have sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	26	Our cattle also must go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind, for we must take of them to serve the Lord our God, and we do not know with what we must serve the Lord until we arrive there.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	27	But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go.
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	28	Then Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me; take heed to yourself; never see my face again; for in the day you see my face you shall die.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	10	29	Moses said, “As you say! I will not see your face again.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	11	1	The Lord said to Moses, “Yet one plague more I will bring upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence; when he lets you go, he will drive you away completely.
+Exodus	Ex	2	11	2	Speak now in the hearing of the people, that they ask, every man of his neighbor and every woman of her neighbor, jewelry of silver and of gold.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	11	3	And the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants and in the sight of the people.
+Exodus	Ex	2	11	4	And Moses said, “Thus says the Lord: About midnight I will go forth in the midst of Egypt;
+Exodus	Ex	2	11	5	and all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sits upon his throne, even to the first-born of the maidservant who is behind the mill; and all the first-born of the cattle.
+Exodus	Ex	2	11	6	And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has never been, nor ever shall be again.
+Exodus	Ex	2	11	7	But against any of the people of Israel, either man or beast, not a dog shall growl; that you may know that the Lord makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel.
+Exodus	Ex	2	11	8	And all these your servants shall come down to me, and bow down to me, saying, ‘Get you out, and all the people who follow you.’ And after that I will go out.” And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
+Exodus	Ex	2	11	9	Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	11	10	Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh; and the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go out of his land.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	1	The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	2	“This month shall be for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	3	Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month they shall take every man a lamb according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household;
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	4	and if the household is too small for a lamb, then a man and his neighbor next to his house shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each can eat you shall make your count for the lamb.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	5	Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old; you shall take it from the sheep or from the goats;
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	6	and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs in the evening.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	7	Then they shall take some of the blood, and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat them.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	8	They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	9	Do not eat any of it raw or boiled with water, but roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	10	And you shall let none of it remain until the morning, anything that remains until the morning you shall burn.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	11	In this manner you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord’s passover.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	12	For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	13	The blood shall be a sign for you, upon the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall fall upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	14	“This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations you shall observe it as an ordinance for ever.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	15	Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread; on the first day you shall put away leaven out of your houses, for if any one eats what is leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	16	On the first day you shall hold a holy assembly, and on the seventh day a holy assembly; no work shall be done on those days; but what every one must eat, that only may be prepared by you.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	17	And you shall observe the feast of unleavened bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore you shall observe this day, throughout your generations, as an ordinance for ever.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	18	In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, and so until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	19	For seven days no leaven shall be found in your houses; for if any one eats what is leavened, that person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a sojourner or a native of the land.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	20	You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	21	Then Moses called all the elders of Israel, and said to them, “Select lambs for yourselves according to your families, and kill the passover lamb.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	22	Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood which is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	23	For the Lord will pass through to slay the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to slay you.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	24	You shall observe this rite as an ordinance for you and for your sons for ever.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	25	And when you come to the land which the Lord will give you, as he has promised, you shall keep this service.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	26	And when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	27	you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the Lord’s passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he slew the Egyptians but spared our houses.’” And the people bowed their heads and worshiped.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	28	Then the people of Israel went and did so; as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	29	At midnight the Lord smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the first-born of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the first-born of the cattle.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	30	And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where one was not dead.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	31	And he summoned Moses and Aaron by night, and said, “Rise up, go forth from among my people, both you and the people of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as you have said.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	32	Take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also!”
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	33	And the Egyptians were urgent with the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said, “We are all dead men.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	34	So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their mantles on their shoulders.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	35	The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had asked of the Egyptians jewelry of silver and of gold, and clothing;
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	36	and the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. Thus they despoiled the Egyptians.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	37	And the people of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	38	A mixed multitude also went up with them, and very many cattle, both flocks and herds.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	39	And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they had brought out of Egypt, for it was not leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any provisions.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	40	The time that the people of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	41	And at the end of four hundred and thirty years, on that very day, all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	42	It was a night of watching by the Lord, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; so this same night is a night of watching kept to the Lord by all the people of Israel throughout their generations.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	43	And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the ordinance of the passover: no foreigner shall eat of it;
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	44	but every slave that is bought for money may eat of it after you have circumcised him.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	45	No sojourner or hired servant may eat of it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	46	In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry forth any of the flesh outside the house; and you shall not break a bone of it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	47	All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	48	And when a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep the passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, then he may come near and keep it; he shall be as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	49	There shall be one law for the native and for the stranger who sojourns among you.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	50	Thus did all the people of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
+Exodus	Ex	2	12	51	And on that very day the Lord brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.
+Exodus	Ex	2	13	1	The Lord said to Moses,
+Exodus	Ex	2	13	2	“Consecrate to me all the first-born; whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	13	3	And Moses said to the people, “Remember this day, in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage, for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place; no leavened bread shall be eaten.
+Exodus	Ex	2	13	4	This day you are to go forth, in the month of Abib.
+Exodus	Ex	2	13	5	And when the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you shall keep this service in this month.
+Exodus	Ex	2	13	6	Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the Lord.
+Exodus	Ex	2	13	7	Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days; no leavened bread shall be seen with you, and no leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory.
+Exodus	Ex	2	13	8	And you shall tell your son on that day, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
+Exodus	Ex	2	13	9	And it shall be to you as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand the Lord has brought you out of Egypt.
+Exodus	Ex	2	13	10	You shall therefore keep this ordinance at its appointed time from year to year.
+Exodus	Ex	2	13	11	“And when the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and your fathers, and shall give it to you,
+Exodus	Ex	2	13	12	you shall set apart to the Lord all that first opens the womb. All the firstlings of your cattle that are males shall be the Lord’s.
+Exodus	Ex	2	13	13	Every firstling of an ass you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. Every first-born of man among your sons you shall redeem.
+Exodus	Ex	2	13	14	And when in time to come your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you shall say to him, ‘By strength of hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
+Exodus	Ex	2	13	15	For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man and the first-born of cattle. Therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all the males that first open the womb; but all the first-born of my sons I redeem.’
+Exodus	Ex	2	13	16	It shall be as a mark on your hand or frontlets between your eyes; for by a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	13	17	When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, “Lest the people repent when they see war, and return to Egypt.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	13	18	But God led the people round by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the people of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt equipped for battle.
+Exodus	Ex	2	13	19	And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him; for Joseph had solemnly sworn the people of Israel, saying, “God will visit you; then you must carry my bones with you from here.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	13	20	And they moved on from Succoth, and encamped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness.
+Exodus	Ex	2	13	21	And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night;
+Exodus	Ex	2	13	22	the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people.
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	1	Then the Lord said to Moses,
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	2	“Tell the people of Israel to turn back and encamp in front of Pi-ha-hiroth, between Migdol and the sea, in front of Baal-zephon; you shall encamp over against it, by the sea.
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	3	For Pharaoh will say of the people of Israel, ‘They are entangled in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	4	And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host; and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord.” And they did so.
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	5	When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, the mind of Pharaoh and his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	6	So he made ready his chariot and took his army with him,
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	7	and took six hundred picked chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	8	And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt and he pursued the people of Israel as they went forth defiantly.
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	9	The Egyptians pursued them, all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and his horsemen and his army, and overtook them encamped at the sea, by Pi-ha-hiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	10	When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were in great fear. And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord;
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	11	and they said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us, in bringing us out of Egypt?
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	12	Is not this what we said to you in Egypt, ‘Let us alone and let us serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	13	And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again.
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	14	The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be still.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	15	The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward.
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	16	Lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the people of Israel may go on dry ground through the sea.
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	17	And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they shall go in after them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and his horsemen.
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	18	And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten glory over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	19	Then the angel of God who went before the host of Israel moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them,
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	20	coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. And there was the cloud and the darkness; and the night passed without one coming near the other all night.
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	21	Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	22	And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	23	The Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	24	And in the morning watch the Lord in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down upon the host of the Egyptians, and discomfited the host of the Egyptians,
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	25	clogging their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily; and the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from before Israel; for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	26	Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the water may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	27	So Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its wonted flow when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled into it, and the Lord routed the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	28	The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen and all the host of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea; not so much as one of them remained.
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	29	But the people of Israel walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	30	Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the seashore.
+Exodus	Ex	2	14	31	And Israel saw the great work which the Lord did against the Egyptians, and the people feared the Lord; and they believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses.
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	1	Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord, saying, “I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	2	The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	3	The Lord is a man of war; the Lord is his name.
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	4	“Pharaoh’s chariots and his host he cast into the sea; and his picked officers are sunk in the Red Sea.
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	5	The floods cover them; they went down into the depths like a stone.
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	6	Thy right hand, O Lord, glorious in power, thy right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy.
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	7	In the greatness of thy majesty thou overthrowest thy adversaries; thou sendest forth thy fury, it consumes them like stubble.
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	8	At the blast of thy nostrils the waters piled up, the floods stood up in a heap; the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	9	The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.’
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	10	Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them; they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	11	“Who is like thee, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like thee, majestic in holiness, terrible in glorious deeds, doing wonders?
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	12	Thou didst stretch out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	13	“Thou hast led in thy steadfast love the people whom thou hast redeemed, thou hast guided them by thy strength to thy holy abode.
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	14	The peoples have heard, they tremble; pangs have seized on the inhabitants of Philistia.
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	15	Now are the chiefs of Edom dismayed; the leaders of Moab, trembling seizes them; all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	16	Terror and dread fall upon them; because of the greatness of thy arm, they are as still as a stone, till thy people, O Lord, pass by, till the people pass by whom thou hast purchased.
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	17	Thou wilt bring them in, and plant them on thy own mountain, the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thy abode, the sanctuary, Lord, which thy hands have established.
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	18	The Lord will reign for ever and ever.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	19	For when the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them; but the people of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea.
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	20	Then Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and dancing.
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	21	And Miriam sang to them: “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	22	Then Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur; they went three days in the wilderness and found no water.
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	23	When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah.U
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	24	And the people murmured against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	25	And he cried to the Lord; and the Lord showed him a tree, and he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. There the Lord made for them a statute and an ordinance and there he proved them,
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	26	saying, “If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give heed to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon you which I put upon the Egyptians; for I am the Lord, your healer.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	15	27	Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there by the water.
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	1	They set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the people of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had departed from the land of Egypt.
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	2	And the whole congregation of the people of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness,
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	3	and said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	4	Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law or not.
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	5	On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather daily.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	6	So Moses and Aaron said to all the people of Israel, “At evening you shall know that it was the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	7	and in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord, because he has heard your murmurings against the Lord. For what are we, that you murmur against us?”
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	8	And Moses said, “When the Lord gives you in the evening flesh to eat and in the morning bread to the full, because the Lord has heard your murmurings which you murmur against him—what are we? Your murmurings are not against us but against the Lord.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	9	And Moses said to Aaron, “Say to the whole congregation of the people of Israel, ‘Come near before the Lord, for he has heard your murmurings.’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	10	And as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the people of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud.
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	11	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	12	“I have heard the murmurings of the people of Israel; say to them, ‘At twilight you shall eat flesh, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	13	In the evening quails came up and covered the camp; and in the morning dew lay round about the camp.
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	14	And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as hoarfrost on the ground.
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	15	When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “It is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat.
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	16	This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Gather of it, every man of you, as much as he can eat; you shall take an omer apiece, according to the number of the persons whom each of you has in his tent.’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	17	And the people of Israel did so; they gathered, some more, some less.
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	18	But when they measured it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; each gathered according to what he could eat.
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	19	And Moses said to them, “Let no man leave any of it till the morning.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	20	But they did not listen to Moses; some left part of it till the morning, and it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them.
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	21	Morning by morning they gathered it, each as much as he could eat; but when the sun grew hot, it melted.
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	22	On the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers apiece; and when all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses,
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	23	he said to them, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Tomorrow is a day of solemn rest, a holy sabbath to the Lord; bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over lay by to be kept till the morning.’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	24	So they laid it by till the morning, as Moses bade them; and it did not become foul, and there were no worms in it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	25	Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field.
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	26	Six days you shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is a sabbath, there will be none.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	27	On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, and they found none.
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	28	And the Lord said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	29	See! The Lord has given you the sabbath, therefore on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days; remain every man of you in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	30	So the people rested on the seventh day.
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	31	Now the house of Israel called its name manna; it was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	32	And Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Let an omer of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	33	And Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar, and put an omer of manna in it, and place it before the Lord, to be kept throughout your generations.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	34	As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the testimony, to be kept.
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	35	And the people of Israel ate the manna forty years, till they came to a habitable land; they ate the manna, till they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
+Exodus	Ex	2	16	36	(An omer is the tenth part of an ephah.)
+Exodus	Ex	2	17	1	All the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the Lord, and camped at Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.
+Exodus	Ex	2	17	2	Therefore the people found fault with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you find fault with me? Why do you put the Lord to the proof?”
+Exodus	Ex	2	17	3	But the people thirsted there for water, and the people murmured against Moses, and said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?”
+Exodus	Ex	2	17	4	So Moses cried to the Lord, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	17	5	And the Lord said to Moses, “Pass on before the people, taking with you some of the elders of Israel; and take in your hand the rod with which you struck the Nile, and go.
+Exodus	Ex	2	17	6	Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, that the people may drink.” And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.
+Exodus	Ex	2	17	7	And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the faultfinding of the children of Israel, and because they put the Lord to the proof by saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
+Exodus	Ex	2	17	8	Then came Amalek and fought with Israel at Rephidim.
+Exodus	Ex	2	17	9	And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose for us men, and go out, fight with Amalek; tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	17	10	So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
+Exodus	Ex	2	17	11	Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed; and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed.
+Exodus	Ex	2	17	12	But Moses’ hands grew weary; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat upon it, and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; so his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
+Exodus	Ex	2	17	13	And Joshua mowed down Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
+Exodus	Ex	2	17	14	And the Lord said to Moses, “Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	17	15	And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The Lord is my banner,
+Exodus	Ex	2	17	16	saying, “A hand upon the banner of the Lord! The Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	1	Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	2	Now Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	3	and her two sons, of whom the name of the one was Gershom (for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land”),
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	4	and the name of the other, Eliezer (for he said, “The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”).
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	5	And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses in the wilderness where he was encamped at the mountain of God.
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	6	And when one told Moses, “Lo, your father-in-law Jethro is coming to you with your wife and her two sons with her,”
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	7	Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obeisance and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare, and went into the tent.
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	8	Then Moses told his father-in-law all that the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardship that had come upon them in the way, and how the Lord had delivered them.
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	9	And Jethro rejoiced for all the good which the Lord had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	10	And Jethro said, “Blessed be the Lord, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh.
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	11	Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods, because he delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians, when they dealt arrogantly with them.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	12	And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, offered a burnt offering and sacrifices to God; and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before God.
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	13	On the morrow Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood about Moses from morning till evening.
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	14	When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand about you from morning till evening?”
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	15	And Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God;
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	16	when they have a dispute, they come to me and I decide between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God and his decisions.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	17	Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good.
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	18	You and the people with you will wear yourselves out, for the thing is too heavy for you; you are not able to perform it alone.
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	19	Listen now to my voice; I will give you counsel, and God be with you! You shall represent the people before God, and bring their cases to God;
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	20	and you shall teach them the statutes and the decisions, and make them know the way in which they must walk and what they must do.
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	21	Moreover choose able men from all the people, such as fear God, men who are trustworthy and who hate a bribe; and place such men over the people as rulers of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	22	And let them judge the people at all times; every great matter they shall bring to you, but any small matter they shall decide themselves; so it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you.
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	23	If you do this, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all this people also will go to their place in peace.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	24	So Moses gave heed to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said.
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	25	Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	26	And they judged the people at all times; hard cases they brought to Moses, but any small matter they decided themselves.
+Exodus	Ex	2	18	27	Then Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way to his own country.
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	1	On the third new moon after the people of Israel had gone forth out of the land of Egypt, on that day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	2	And when they set out from Rephidim and came into the wilderness of Sinai, they encamped in the wilderness; and there Israel encamped before the mountain.
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	3	And Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him out of the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the people of Israel:
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	4	You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	5	Now therefore, if you will obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my own possession among all peoples; for all the earth is mine,
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	6	and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	7	So Moses came and called the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the Lord had commanded him.
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	8	And all the people answered together and said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do.” And Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord.
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	9	And the Lord said to Moses, “Lo, I am coming to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you for ever.” Then Moses told the words of the people to the Lord.
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	10	And the Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments,
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	11	and be ready by the third day; for on the third day the Lord will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	12	And you shall set bounds for the people round about, saying, ‘Take heed that you do not go up into the mountain or touch the border of it; whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death;
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	13	no hand shall touch him, but he shall be stoned or shot; whether beast or man, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	14	So Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and consecrated the people; and they washed their garments.
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	15	And he said to the people, “Be ready by the third day; do not go near a woman.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	16	On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	17	Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God; and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain.
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	18	And Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire; and the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	19	And as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in thunder.
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	20	And the Lord came down upon Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain; and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	21	And the Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to the Lord to gaze and many of them perish.
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	22	And also let the priests who come near to the Lord consecrate themselves, lest the Lord break out upon them.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	23	And Moses said to the Lord, “The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai; for thou thyself didst charge us, saying, ‘Set bounds about the mountain, and consecrate it.’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	24	And the Lord said to him, “Go down, and come up bringing Aaron with you; but do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to the Lord, lest he break out against them.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	19	25	So Moses went down to the people and told them.
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	1	And God spoke all these words, saying,
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	2	“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	3	“You shall have no other gods before me.
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	4	“You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	5	you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	6	but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	7	“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	8	“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	9	Six days you shall labor, and do all your work;
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	10	but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your manservant, or your maidservant, or your cattle, or the sojourner who is within your gates;
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	11	for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	12	“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	13	“You shall not kill.
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	14	“You shall not commit adultery.
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	15	“You shall not steal.
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	16	“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	17	“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	18	Now when all the people perceived the thunderings and the lightnings and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled; and they stood afar off,
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	19	and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will hear; but let not God speak to us, lest we die.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	20	And Moses said to the people, “Do not fear; for God has come to prove you, and that the fear of him may be before your eyes, that you may not sin.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	21	And the people stood afar off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	22	And the Lord said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the people of Israel: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have talked with you from heaven.
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	23	You shall not make gods of silver to be with me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold.
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	24	An altar of earth you shall make for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you.
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	25	And if you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones; for if you wield your tool upon it you profane it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	20	26	And you shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness be not exposed on it.’
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	1	“Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	2	When you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	3	If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	4	If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s and he shall go out alone.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	5	But if the slave plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	6	then his master shall bring him to God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for life.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	7	“When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	8	If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed; he shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt faithlessly with her.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	9	If he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her as with a daughter.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	10	If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marital rights.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	11	And if he does not do these three things for her, she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	12	“Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	13	But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	14	But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him treacherously, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	15	“Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	16	“Whoever steals a man, whether he sells him or is found in possession of him, shall be put to death.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	17	“Whoever curses his father or his mother shall be put to death.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	18	“When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but keeps his bed,
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	19	then if the man rises again and walks abroad with his staff, he that struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall have him thoroughly healed.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	20	“When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	21	But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be punished; for the slave is his money.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	22	“When men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that there is a miscarriage, and yet no harm follows, the one who hurt her shall be fined, according as the woman’s husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	23	If any harm follows, then you shall give life for life,
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	24	eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	25	burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	26	“When a man strikes the eye of his slave, male or female, and destroys it, he shall let the slave go free for the eye’s sake.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	27	If he knocks out the tooth of his slave, male or female, he shall let the slave go free for the tooth’s sake.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	28	“When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be clear.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	29	But if the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has been warned but has not kept it in, and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	30	If a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid upon him.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	31	If it gores a man’s son or daughter, he shall be dealt with according to this same rule.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	32	If the ox gores a slave, male or female, the owner shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	33	“When a man leaves a pit open, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or an ass falls into it,
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	34	the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to its owner, and the dead beast shall be his.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	35	“When one man’s ox hurts another’s, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the price of it; and the dead beast also they shall divide.
+Exodus	Ex	2	21	36	Or if it is known that the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall pay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	1	“If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. He shall make restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	4	If the stolen beast is found alive in his possession, whether it is an ox or an ass or a sheep, he shall pay double.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	2	“If a thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him;
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	3	but if the sun has risen upon him, there shall be bloodguilt for him.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	5	“When a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed over, or lets his beast loose and it feeds in another man’s field, he shall make restitution from the best in his own field and in his own vineyard.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	6	“When fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, he that kindled the fire shall make full restitution.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	7	“If a man delivers to his neighbor money or goods to keep, and it is stolen out of the man’s house, then, if the thief is found, he shall pay double.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	8	If the thief is not found, the owner of the house shall come near to God, to show whether or not he has put his hand to his neighbor’s goods.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	9	“For every breach of trust, whether it is for ox, for ass, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, of which one says, ‘This is it,’ the case of both parties shall come before God; he whom God shall condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	10	“If a man delivers to his neighbor an ass or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep, and it dies or is hurt or is driven away, without any one seeing it,
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	11	an oath by the Lord shall be between them both to see whether he has not put his hand to his neighbor’s property; and the owner shall accept the oath, and he shall not make restitution.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	12	But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	13	If it is torn by beasts, let him bring it as evidence; he shall not make restitution for what has been torn.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	14	“If a man borrows anything of his neighbor, and it is hurt or dies, the owner not being with it, he shall make full restitution.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	15	If the owner was with it, he shall not make restitution; if it was hired, it came for its hire.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	16	“If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall give the marriage present for her, and make her his wife.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	17	If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equivalent to the marriage present for virgins.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	18	“You shall not permit a sorceress to live.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	19	“Whoever lies with a beast shall be put to death.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	20	“Whoever sacrifices to any god, save to the Lord only, shall be utterly destroyed.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	21	“You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	22	You shall not afflict any widow or orphan.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	23	If you do afflict them, and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry;
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	24	and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	25	“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor, and you shall not exact interest from him.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	26	If ever you take your neighbor’s garment in pledge, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down;
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	27	for that is his only covering, it is his mantle for his body; in what else shall he sleep? And if he cries to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	28	“You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	29	“You shall not delay to offer from the fulness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. “The first-born of your sons you shall give to me.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	30	You shall do likewise with your oxen and with your sheep: seven days it shall be with its dam; on the eighth day you shall give it to me.
+Exodus	Ex	2	22	31	“You shall be men consecrated to me; therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by beasts in the field; you shall cast it to the dogs.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	1	“You shall not utter a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man, to be a malicious witness.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	2	You shall not follow a multitude to do evil; nor shall you bear witness in a suit, turning aside after a multitude, so as to pervert justice;
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	3	nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his suit.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	4	“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, you shall bring it back to him.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	5	If you see the ass of one who hates you lying under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving him with it, you shall help him to lift it up.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	6	“You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his suit.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	7	Keep far from a false charge, and do not slay the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	8	And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the officials, and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	9	“You shall not oppress a stranger; you know the heart of a stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	10	“For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield;
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	11	but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the wild beasts may eat. You shall do likewise with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	12	“Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your ass may have rest, and the son of your bondmaid, and the alien, may be refreshed.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	13	Take heed to all that I have said to you; and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let such be heard out of your mouth.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	14	“Three times in the year you shall keep a feast to me.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	15	You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread; as I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. None shall appear before me empty-handed.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	16	You shall keep the feast of harvest, of the first fruits of your labor, of what you sow in the field. You shall keep the feast of ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in from the field the fruit of your labor.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	17	Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord GOD.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	18	“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread, or let the fat of my feast remain until the morning.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	19	“The first of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God. “You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	20	“Behold, I send an angel before you, to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place which I have prepared.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	21	Give heed to him and hearken to his voice, do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgression; for my name is in him.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	22	“But if you hearken attentively to his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	23	“When my angel goes before you, and brings you in to the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I blot them out,
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	24	you shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their works, but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their pillars in pieces.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	25	You shall serve the Lord your God, and I will bless your bread and your water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of you.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	26	None shall cast her young or be barren in your land; I will fulfil the number of your days.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	27	I will send my terror before you, and will throw into confusion all the people against whom you shall come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	28	And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out Hivite, Canaanite, and Hittite from before you.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	29	I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild beasts multiply against you.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	30	Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you are increased and possess the land.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	31	And I will set your bounds from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	32	You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.
+Exodus	Ex	2	23	33	They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	24	1	And he said to Moses, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship afar off.
+Exodus	Ex	2	24	2	Moses alone shall come near to the Lord; but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	24	3	Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, “All the words which the Lord has spoken we will do.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	24	4	And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord. And he rose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
+Exodus	Ex	2	24	5	And he sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the Lord.
+Exodus	Ex	2	24	6	And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he threw against the altar.
+Exodus	Ex	2	24	7	Then he took the book of the covenant, and read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	24	8	And Moses took the blood and threw it upon the people, and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	24	9	Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up,
+Exodus	Ex	2	24	10	and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness.
+Exodus	Ex	2	24	11	And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank.
+Exodus	Ex	2	24	12	The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain, and wait there; and I will give you the tables of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	24	13	So Moses rose with his servant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God.
+Exodus	Ex	2	24	14	And he said to the elders, “Tarry here for us, until we come to you again; and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever has a cause, let him go to them.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	24	15	Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
+Exodus	Ex	2	24	16	The glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days; and on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
+Exodus	Ex	2	24	17	Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel.
+Exodus	Ex	2	24	18	And Moses entered the cloud, and went up on the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	1	The Lord said to Moses,
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	2	“Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me an offering; from every man whose heart makes him willing you shall receive the offering for me.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	3	And this is the offering which you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze,
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	4	blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen, goats’ hair,
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	5	tanned rams’ skins, goatskins, acacia wood,
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	6	oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	7	onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	8	And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	9	According to all that I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	10	“They shall make an ark of acacia wood; two cubits and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	11	And you shall overlay it with pure gold, within and without shall you overlay it, and you shall make upon it a molding of gold round about.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	12	And you shall cast four rings of gold for it and put them on its four feet, two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	13	You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	14	And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark by them.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	15	The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	16	And you shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	17	Then you shall make a mercy seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	18	And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	19	Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end; of one piece with the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	20	The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	21	And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark; and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	22	There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you of all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	23	“And you shall make a table of acacia wood; two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	24	You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a molding of gold around it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	25	And you shall make around it a frame a handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold around the frame.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	26	And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	27	Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as holders for the poles to carry the table.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	28	You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried with these.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	29	And you shall make its plates and dishes for incense, and its flagons and bowls with which to pour libations; of pure gold you shall make them.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	30	And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me always.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	31	“And you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The base and the shaft of the lampstand shall be made of hammered work; its cups, its capitals, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it;
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	32	and there shall be six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it;
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	33	three cups made like almonds, each with capital and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almonds, each with capital and flower, on the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand;
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	34	and on the lampstand itself four cups made like almonds, with their capitals and flowers,
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	35	and a capital of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out from the lampstand.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	36	Their capitals and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it one piece of hammered work of pure gold.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	37	And you shall make the seven lamps for it; and the lamps shall be set up so as to give light upon the space in front of it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	38	Its snuffers and their trays shall be of pure gold.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	39	Of a talent of pure gold shall it be made, with all these utensils.
+Exodus	Ex	2	25	40	And see that you make them after the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	1	“Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet stuff; with cherubim skilfully worked shall you make them.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	2	The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall have one measure.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	3	Five curtains shall be coupled to one another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	4	And you shall make loops of blue on the edge of the outmost curtain in the first set; and likewise you shall make loops on the edge of the outmost curtain in the second set.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	5	Fifty loops you shall make on the one curtain, and fifty loops you shall make on the edge of the curtain that is in the second set; the loops shall be opposite one another.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	6	And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to the other with the clasps, that the tabernacle may be one whole.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	7	“You shall also make curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains shall you make.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	8	The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains shall have the same measure.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	9	And you shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and the sixth curtain you shall double over at the front of the tent.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	10	And you shall make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outmost in one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which is outmost in the second set.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	11	“And you shall make fifty clasps of bronze, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together that it may be one whole.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	12	And the part that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	13	And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of what remains in the length of the curtains of the tent shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle, on this side and that side, to cover it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	14	And you shall make for the tent a covering of tanned rams’ skins and goatskins.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	15	“And you shall make upright frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	16	Ten cubits shall be the length of a frame, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each frame.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	17	There shall be two tenons in each frame, for fitting together; so shall you do for all the frames of the tabernacle.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	18	You shall make the frames for the tabernacle: twenty frames for the south side;
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	19	and forty bases of silver you shall make under the twenty frames, two bases under one frame for its two tenons, and two bases under another frame for its two tenons;
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	20	and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side twenty frames,
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	21	and their forty bases of silver, two bases under one frame, and two bases under another frame;
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	22	and for the rear of the tabernacle westward you shall make six frames.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	23	And you shall make two frames for corners of the tabernacle in the rear;
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	24	they shall be separate beneath, but joined at the top, at the first ring; thus shall it be with both of them; they shall form the two corners.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	25	And there shall be eight frames, with their bases of silver, sixteen bases; two bases under one frame, and two bases under another frame.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	26	“And you shall make bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle,
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	27	and five bars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames of the side of the tabernacle at the rear westward.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	28	The middle bar, halfway up the frames, shall pass through from end to end.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	29	You shall overlay the frames with gold, and shall make their rings of gold for holders for the bars; and you shall overlay the bars with gold.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	30	And you shall erect the tabernacle according to the plan for it which has been shown you on the mountain.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	31	“And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen; in skilled work shall it be made, with cherubim;
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	32	and you shall hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, with hooks of gold, upon four bases of silver.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	33	And you shall hang the veil from the clasps, and bring the ark of the testimony in thither within the veil; and the veil shall separate for you the holy place from the most holy.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	34	You shall put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	35	And you shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle opposite the table; and you shall put the table on the north side.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	36	“And you shall make a screen for the door of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework.
+Exodus	Ex	2	26	37	And you shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, and you shall cast five bases of bronze for them.
+Exodus	Ex	2	27	1	“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.
+Exodus	Ex	2	27	2	And you shall make horns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.
+Exodus	Ex	2	27	3	You shall make pots for it to receive its ashes, and shovels and basins and forks and firepans; all its utensils you shall make of bronze.
+Exodus	Ex	2	27	4	You shall also make for it a grating, a network of bronze; and upon the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.
+Exodus	Ex	2	27	5	And you shall set it under the ledge of the altar so that the net shall extend halfway down the altar.
+Exodus	Ex	2	27	6	And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze;
+Exodus	Ex	2	27	7	and the poles shall be put through the rings, so that the poles shall be upon the two sides of the altar, when it is carried.
+Exodus	Ex	2	27	8	You shall make it hollow, with boards; as it has been shown you on the mountain, so shall it be made.
+Exodus	Ex	2	27	9	“You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side the court shall have hangings of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side;
+Exodus	Ex	2	27	10	their pillars shall be twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
+Exodus	Ex	2	27	11	And likewise for its length on the north side there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, their pillars twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
+Exodus	Ex	2	27	12	And for the breadth of the court on the west side there shall be hangings for fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten bases.
+Exodus	Ex	2	27	13	The breadth of the court on the front to the east shall be fifty cubits.
+Exodus	Ex	2	27	14	The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with three pillars and three bases.
+Exodus	Ex	2	27	15	On the other side the hangings shall be fifteen cubits, with three pillars and three bases.
+Exodus	Ex	2	27	16	For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, of blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework; it shall have four pillars and with them four bases.
+Exodus	Ex	2	27	17	All the pillars around the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze.
+Exodus	Ex	2	27	18	The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, the breadth fifty, and the height five cubits, with hangings of fine twined linen and bases of bronze.
+Exodus	Ex	2	27	19	All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.
+Exodus	Ex	2	27	20	“And you shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may be set up to burn continually.
+Exodus	Ex	2	27	21	In the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a statute for ever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	1	“Then bring near to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests—Aaron and Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	2	And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	3	And you shall speak to all who have ability, whom I have endowed with an able mind, that they make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him for my priesthood.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	4	These are the garments which they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a coat of checker work, a turban, and a girdle; they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons to serve me as priests.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	5	“They shall receive gold, blue and purple and scarlet stuff, and fine twined linen.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	6	And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet stuff, and of fine twined linen, skilfully worked.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	7	It shall have two shoulder-pieces attached to its two edges, that it may be joined together.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	8	And the skilfully woven band upon it, to gird it on, shall be of the same workmanship and materials, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet stuff, and fine twined linen.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	9	And you shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	10	six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, in the order of their birth.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	11	As a jeweler engraves signets, so shall you engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel; you shall enclose them in settings of gold filigree.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	12	And you shall set the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel; and Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for remembrance.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	13	And you shall make settings of gold filigree,
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	14	and two chains of pure gold, twisted like cords; and you shall attach the corded chains to the settings.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	15	“And you shall make a breastpiece of judgment, in skilled work; like the work of the ephod you shall make it; of gold, blue and purple and scarlet stuff, and fine twined linen shall you make it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	16	It shall be square and double, a span its length and a span its breadth.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	17	And you shall set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row;
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	18	and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	19	and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	20	and the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper; they shall be set in gold filigree.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	21	There shall be twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel; they shall be like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	22	And you shall make for the breastpiece twisted chains like cords, of pure gold;
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	23	and you shall make for the breastpiece two rings of gold, and put the two rings on the two edges of the breastpiece.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	24	And you shall put the two cords of gold in the two rings at the edges of the breastpiece;
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	25	the two ends of the two cords you shall attach to the two settings of filigree, and so attach it in front to the shoulder-pieces of the ephod.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	26	And you shall make two rings of gold, and put them at the two ends of the breastpiece, on its inside edge next to the ephod.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	27	And you shall make two rings of gold, and attach them in front to the lower part of the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod, at its joining above the skilfully woven band of the ephod.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	28	And they shall bind the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may lie upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece shall not come loose from the ephod.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	29	So Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment upon his heart, when he goes into the holy place, to bring them to continual remembrance before the Lord.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	30	And in the breastpiece of judgment you shall put the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goes in before the Lord; thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the people of Israel upon his heart before the Lord continually.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	31	“And you shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	32	It shall have in it an opening for the head, with a woven binding around the opening, like the opening in a garment, that it may not be torn.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	33	On its skirts you shall make pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet stuff, around its skirts, with bells of gold between them,
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	34	a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, round about on the skirts of the robe.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	35	And it shall be upon Aaron when he ministers, and its sound shall be heard when he goes into the holy place before the Lord, and when he comes out, lest he die.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	36	“And you shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet, ‘Holy to the Lord.’
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	37	And you shall fasten it on the turban by a lace of blue; it shall be on the front of the turban.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	38	It shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall take upon himself any guilt incurred in the holy offering which the people of Israel hallow as their holy gifts; it shall always be upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	39	“And you shall weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and you shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a girdle embroidered with needlework.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	40	“And for Aaron’s sons you shall make coats and girdles and caps; you shall make them for glory and beauty.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	41	And you shall put them upon Aaron your brother, and upon his sons with him, and shall anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	42	And you shall make for them linen breeches to cover their naked flesh; from the loins to the thighs they shall reach;
+Exodus	Ex	2	28	43	and they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister in the holy place; lest they bring guilt upon themselves and die. This shall be a perpetual statute for him and for his descendants after him.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	1	“Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. Take one young bull and two rams without blemish,
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	2	and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil. You shall make them of fine wheat flour.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	3	And you shall put them in one basket and bring them in the basket, and bring the bull and the two rams.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	4	You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tent of meeting, and wash them with water.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	5	And you shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the coat and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastpiece, and gird him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod;
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	6	and you shall set the turban on his head, and put the holy crown upon the turban.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	7	And you shall take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head and anoint him.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	8	Then you shall bring his sons, and put coats on them,
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	9	and you shall gird them with girdles and bind caps on them; and the priesthood shall be theirs by a perpetual statute. Thus you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	10	“Then you shall bring the bull before the tent of meeting. Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the bull,
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	11	and you shall kill the bull before the Lord, at the door of the tent of meeting,
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	12	and shall take part of the blood of the bull and put it upon the horns of the altar with your finger, and the rest of the blood you shall pour out at the base of the altar.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	13	And you shall take all the fat that covers the entrails, and the appendage of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and burn them upon the altar.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	14	But the flesh of the bull, and its skin, and its dung, you shall burn with fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	15	“Then you shall take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram,
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	16	and you shall slaughter the ram, and shall take its blood and throw it against the altar round about.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	17	Then you shall cut the ram into pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and its head,
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	18	and burn the whole ram upon the altar; it is a burnt offering to the Lord; it is a pleasing odor, an offering by fire to the Lord.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	19	“You shall take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram,
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	20	and you shall kill the ram, and take part of its blood and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron and upon the tips of the right ears of his sons, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet, and throw the rest of the blood against the altar round about.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	21	Then you shall take part of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron and his garments, and upon his sons and his sons’ garments with him; and he and his garments shall be holy, and his sons and his sons’ garments with him.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	22	“You shall also take the fat of the ram, and the fat tail, and the fat that covers the entrails, and the appendage of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of ordination),
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	23	and one loaf of bread, and one cake of bread with oil, and one wafer, out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before the Lord;
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	24	and you shall put all these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons, and wave them for a wave offering before the Lord.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	25	Then you shall take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar in addition to the burnt offering, as a pleasing odor before the Lord; it is an offering by fire to the Lord.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	26	“And you shall take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s ordination and wave it for a wave offering before the Lor; and it shall be your portion.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	27	And you shall consecrate the breast of the wave offering, and the thigh of the priests’ portion, which is waved, and which is offered from the ram of ordination, since it is for Aaron and for his sons.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	28	It shall be for Aaron and his sons as a perpetual due from the people of Israel, for it is the priests’ portion to be offered by the people of Israel from their peace offerings; it is their offering to the Lord.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	29	“The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to be anointed in them and ordained in them.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	30	The son who is priest in his place shall wear them seven days, when he comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	31	“You shall take the ram of ordination, and boil its flesh in a holy place;
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	32	and Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread that is in the basket, at the door of the tent of meeting.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	33	They shall eat those things with which atonement was made, to ordain and consecrate them, but an outsider shall not eat of them, because they are holy.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	34	And if any of the flesh for the ordination, or of the bread, remain until the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire; it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	35	“Thus you shall do to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you; through seven days shall you ordain them,
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	36	and every day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement. Also you shall offer a sin offering for the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall anoint it, to consecrate it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	37	Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and consecrate it, and the altar shall be most holy; whatever touches the altar shall become holy.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	38	“Now this is what you shall offer upon the altar: two lambs a year old day by day continually.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	39	One lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer in the evening;
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	40	and with the first lamb a tenth measure of fine flour mingled with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil, and a fourth of a hin of wine for a libation.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	41	And the other lamb you shall offer in the evening, and shall offer with it a cereal offering and its libation, as in the morning, for a pleasing odor, an offering by fire to the Lord.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	42	It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tent of meeting before the Lord, where I will meet with you, to speak there to you.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	43	There I will meet with the people of Israel, and it shall be sanctified by my glory;
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	44	I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar; Aaron also and his sons I will consecrate, to serve me as priests.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	45	And I will dwell among the people of Israel, and will be their God.
+Exodus	Ex	2	29	46	And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them; I am the Lord their God.
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	1	“You shall make an altar to burn incense upon; of acacia wood shall you make it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	2	A cubit shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth; it shall be square, and two cubits shall be its height; its horns shall be of one piece with it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	3	And you shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and its sides round about and its horns; and you shall make for it a molding of gold round about.
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	4	And two golden rings shall you make for it; under its molding on two opposite sides of it shall you make them, and they shall be holders for poles with which to carry it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	5	You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	6	And you shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you.
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	7	And Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it; every morning when he dresses the lamps he shall burn it,
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	8	and when Aaron sets up the lamps in the evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	9	You shall offer no unholy incense thereon, nor burnt offering, nor cereal offering; and you shall pour no libation thereon.
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	10	Aaron shall make atonement upon its horns once a year; with the blood of the sin offering of atonement he shall make atonement for it once in the year throughout your generations; it is most holy to the Lord.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	11	The Lord said to Moses,
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	12	“When you take the census of the people of Israel, then each shall give a ransom for himself to the Lord when you number them, that there be no plague among them when you number them.
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	13	Each who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as an offering to the Lord.
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	14	Every one who is numbered in the census, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the Lord’s offering.
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	15	The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when you give the Lord’s offering to make atonement for yourselves.
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	16	And you shall take the atonement money from the people of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting; that it may bring the people of Israel to remembrance before the Lord, so as to make atonement for yourselves.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	17	The Lord said to Moses,
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	18	“You shall also make a laver of bronze, with its base of bronze, for washing. And you shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it,
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	19	with which Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet.
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	20	When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn an offering by fire to the Lord, they shall wash with water, lest they die.
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	21	They shall wash their hands and their feet, lest they die: it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his descendants throughout their generations.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	22	Moreover, the Lord said to Moses,
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	23	“Take the finest spices: of liquid myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, two hundred and fifty, and of aromatic cane two hundred and fifty,
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	24	and of cassia five hundred, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin;
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	25	and you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; a holy anointing oil it shall be.
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	26	And you shall anoint with it the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	27	and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	28	and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils and the laver and its base;
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	29	you shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them will become holy.
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	30	And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	31	And you shall say to the people of Israel, ‘This shall be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations.
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	32	It shall not be poured upon the bodies of ordinary men, and you shall make no other like it in composition; it is holy, and it shall be holy to you.
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	33	Whoever compounds any like it or whoever puts any of it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	34	And the Lord said to Moses, “Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (of each shall there be an equal part),
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	35	and make an incense blended as by the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy;
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	36	and you shall beat some of it very small, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting where I shall meet with you; it shall be for you most holy.
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	37	And the incense which you shall make according to its composition, you shall not make for yourselves; it shall be for you holy to the Lord.
+Exodus	Ex	2	30	38	Whoever makes any like it to use as perfume shall be cut off from his people.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	31	1	The Lord said to Moses,
+Exodus	Ex	2	31	2	“See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:
+Exodus	Ex	2	31	3	and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship,
+Exodus	Ex	2	31	4	to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze,
+Exodus	Ex	2	31	5	in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, for work in every craft.
+Exodus	Ex	2	31	6	And behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and I have given to all able men ability, that they may make all that I have commanded you:
+Exodus	Ex	2	31	7	the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereon, and all the furnishings of the tent,
+Exodus	Ex	2	31	8	the table and its utensils, and the pure lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense,
+Exodus	Ex	2	31	9	and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its base,
+Exodus	Ex	2	31	10	and the finely worked garments, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests,
+Exodus	Ex	2	31	11	and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the holy place. According to all that I have commanded you they shall do.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	31	12	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Exodus	Ex	2	31	13	“Say to the people of Israel, ‘You shall keep my sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the Lord, sanctify you.
+Exodus	Ex	2	31	14	You shall keep the sabbath, because it is holy for you; every one who profanes it shall be put to death; whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
+Exodus	Ex	2	31	15	Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the sabbath day shall be put to death.
+Exodus	Ex	2	31	16	Therefore the people of Israel shall keep the sabbath, observing the sabbath throughout their generations, as a perpetual covenant.
+Exodus	Ex	2	31	17	It is a sign for ever between me and the people of Israel that in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	31	18	And he gave to Moses, when he had made an end of speaking with him upon Mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	1	When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, “Up, make us gods, who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	2	And Aaron said to them, “Take off the rings of gold which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	3	So all the people took off the rings of gold which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	4	And he received the gold at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made a molten calf; and they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	5	When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the Lord.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	6	And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	7	And the Lord said to Moses, “Go down; for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves;
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	8	they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	9	And the Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people;
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	10	now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them; but of you I will make a great nation.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	11	But Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, “O Lord, why does thy wrath burn hot against thy people, whom thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	12	Why should the Egyptians say, ‘With evil intent did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	13	Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou didst swear by thine own self, and didst say to them, ‘I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it for ever.’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	14	And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do to his people.
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	15	And Moses turned, and went down from the mountain with the two tables of the testimony in his hands, tables that were written on both sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	16	And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	17	When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is a noise of war in the camp.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	18	But he said, “It is not the sound of shouting for victory, or the sound of the cry of defeat, but the sound of singing that I hear.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	19	And as soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses’ anger burned hot, and he threw the tables out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	20	And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground it to powder, and scattered it upon the water, and made the people of Israel drink it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	21	And Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you that you have brought a great sin upon them?”
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	22	And Aaron said, “Let not the anger of my lord burn hot; you know the people, that they are set on evil.
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	23	For they said to me, ‘Make us gods, who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	24	And I said to them, ‘Let any who have gold take it off’; so they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and there came out this calf.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	25	And when Moses saw that the people had broken loose (for Aaron had let them break loose, to their shame among their enemies),
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	26	then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, “Who is on the Lord’s side? Come to me.” And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	27	And he said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘Put every man his sword on his side, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	28	And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses; and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	29	And Moses said, “Today you have ordained yourselves for the service of the Lord, each one at the cost of his son and of his brother, that he may bestow a blessing upon you this day.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	30	On the morrow Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. And now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	31	So Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Alas, this people have sinned a great sin; they have made for themselves gods of gold.
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	32	But now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	33	But the Lord said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	34	But now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you; behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	32	35	And the Lord sent a plague upon the people, because they made the calf which Aaron made.
+Exodus	Ex	2	33	1	The Lord said to Moses, “Depart, go up hence, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your descendants I will give it.’
+Exodus	Ex	2	33	2	And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
+Exodus	Ex	2	33	3	Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, lest I consume you in the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	33	4	When the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned; and no man put on his ornaments.
+Exodus	Ex	2	33	5	For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the people of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people; if for a single moment I should go up among you, I would consume you. So now put off your ornaments from you, that I may know what to do with you.’”
+Exodus	Ex	2	33	6	Therefore the people of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments, from Mount Horeb onward.
+Exodus	Ex	2	33	7	Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp; and he called it the tent of meeting. And every one who sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp.
+Exodus	Ex	2	33	8	Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people rose up, and every man stood at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he had gone into the tent.
+Exodus	Ex	2	33	9	When Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the door of the tent, and the Lord would speak with Moses.
+Exodus	Ex	2	33	10	And when all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the door of the tent, all the people would rise up and worship, every man at his tent door.
+Exodus	Ex	2	33	11	Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tent.
+Exodus	Ex	2	33	12	Moses said to the Lord, “See, thou sayest to me, ‘Bring up this people’; but thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.’
+Exodus	Ex	2	33	13	Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thy sight, show me now thy ways, that I may know thee and find favor in thy sight. Consider too that this nation is thy people.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	33	14	And he said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	33	15	And he said to him, “If thy presence will not go with me, do not carry us up from here.
+Exodus	Ex	2	33	16	For how shall it be known that I have found favor in thy sight, I and thy people? Is it not in thy going with us, so that we are distinct, I and thy people, from all other people that are upon the face of the earth?”
+Exodus	Ex	2	33	17	And the Lord said to Moses, “This very thing that you have spoken I will do; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	33	18	Moses said, “I pray thee, show me thy glory.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	33	19	And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord’; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
+Exodus	Ex	2	33	20	But,” he said, “you cannot see my face; for man shall not see me and live.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	33	21	And the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand upon the rock;
+Exodus	Ex	2	33	22	and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by;
+Exodus	Ex	2	33	23	then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back; but my face shall not be seen.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	1	The Lord said to Moses, “Cut two tables of stone like the first; and I will write upon the tables the words that were on the first tables, which you broke.
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	2	Be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me on the top of the mountain.
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	3	No man shall come up with you, and let no man be seen throughout all the mountain; let no flocks or herds feed before that mountain.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	4	So Moses cut two tables of stone like the first; and he rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand two tables of stone.
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	5	And the Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	6	The Lord passed before him, and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	7	keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	8	And Moses made haste to bow his head toward the earth, and worshiped.
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	9	And he said, “If now I have found favor in thy sight, O Lord, let the Lord, I pray thee, go in the midst of us, although it is a stiff-necked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thy inheritance.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	10	And he said, “Behold, I make a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been wrought in all the earth or in any nation; and all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the Lord; for it is a terrible thing that I will do with you.
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	11	“Observe what I command you this day. Behold, I will drive out before you the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	12	Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither you go, lest it become a snare in the midst of you.
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	13	You shall tear down their altars, and break their pillars, and cut down their Asherim
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	14	(for you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	15	lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they play the harlot after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and one invites you, you eat of his sacrifice,
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	16	and you take of their daughters for your sons, and their daughters play the harlot after their gods and make your sons play the harlot after their gods.
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	17	“You shall make for yourself no molten gods.
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	18	“The feast of unleavened bread you shall keep. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib; for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt.
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	19	All that opens the womb is mine, all your male cattle, the firstlings of cow and sheep.
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	20	The firstling of an ass you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. All the first-born of your sons you shall redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	21	“Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	22	And you shall observe the feast of weeks, the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	23	Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	24	For I will cast out nations before you, and enlarge your borders; neither shall any man desire your land, when you go up to appear before the Lord your God three times in the year.
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	25	“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left until the morning.
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	26	The first of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring to the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	27	And the Lord said to Moses, “Write these words; in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	28	And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	29	When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tables of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God.
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	30	And when Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him.
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	31	But Moses called to them; and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses talked with them.
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	32	And afterward all the people of Israel came near, and he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with him in Mount Sinai.
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	33	And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face;
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	34	but whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out; and when he came out, and told the people of Israel what he was commanded,
+Exodus	Ex	2	34	35	the people of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone; and Moses would put the veil upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	1	Moses assembled all the congregation of the people of Israel, and said to them, “These are the things which the Lord has commanded you to do.
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	2	Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy sabbath of solemn rest to the Lord; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death;
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	3	you shall kindle no fire in all your habitations on the sabbath day.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	4	Moses said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded.
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	5	Take from among you an offering to the Lord; whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the Lord’s offering: gold, silver, and bronze;
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	6	blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen; goats’ hair,
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	7	tanned rams’ skins, and goatskins; acacia wood,
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	8	oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	9	and onyx stones and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	10	“And let every able man among you come and make all that the Lord has commanded: the tabernacle,
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	11	its tent and its covering, its hooks and its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases;
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	12	the ark with its poles, the mercy seat, and the veil of the screen;
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	13	the table with its poles and all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence;
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	14	the lampstand also for the light, with its utensils and its lamps, and the oil for the light;
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	15	and the altar of incense, with its poles, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle;
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	16	the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils, the laver and its base;
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	17	the hangings of the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court;
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	18	the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court, and their cords;
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	19	the finely wrought garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	20	Then all the congregation of the people of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	21	And they came, every one whose heart stirred him, and every one whose spirit moved him, and brought the Lord’s offering to be used for the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments.
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	22	So they came, both men and women; all who were of a willing heart brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and armlets, all sorts of gold objects, every man dedicating an offering of gold to the Lord.
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	23	And every man with whom was found blue or purple or scarlet stuff or fine linen or goats’ hair or tanned rams’ skins or goatskins, brought them.
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	24	Every one who could make an offering of silver or bronze brought it as the Lord’s offering; and every man with whom was found acacia wood of any use in the work, brought it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	25	And all women who had ability spun with their hands, and brought what they had spun in blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen;
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	26	all the women whose hearts were moved with ability spun the goats’ hair.
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	27	And the leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastpiece,
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	28	and spices and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	29	All the men and women, the people of Israel, whose heart moved them to bring anything for the work which the Lord had commanded by Moses to be done, brought it as their freewill offering to the Lord.
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	30	And Moses said to the people of Israel, “See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	31	and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship,
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	32	to devise artistic designs, to work in gold and silver and bronze,
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	33	in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, for work in every skilled craft.
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	34	And he has inspired him to teach, both him and Oholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan.
+Exodus	Ex	2	35	35	He has filled them with ability to do every sort of work done by a craftsman or by a designer or by an embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen, or by a weaver—by any sort of workman or skilled designer.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	1	Bezalel and Oholiab and every able man in whom the Lord has put ability and intelligence to know how to do any work in the construction of the sanctuary shall work in accordance with all that the Lord has commanded.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	2	And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every able man in whose mind the Lord had put ability, every one whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work;
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	3	and they received from Moses all the freewill offering which the people of Israel had brought for doing the work on the sanctuary. They still kept bringing him freewill offerings every morning,
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	4	so that all the able men who were doing every sort of task on the sanctuary came, each from the task that he was doing,
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	5	and said to Moses, “The people bring much more than enough for doing the work which the Lord has commanded us to do.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	6	So Moses gave command, and word was proclaimed throughout the camp, “Let neither man nor woman do anything more for the offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing;
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	7	for the stuff they had was sufficient to do all the work, and more.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	8	And all the able men among the workmen made the tabernacle with ten curtains; they were made of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet stuff, with cherubim skilfully worked.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	9	The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains had the same measure.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	10	And he coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	11	And he made loops of blue on the edge of the outmost curtain of the first set; likewise he made them on the edge of the outmost curtain of the second set;
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	12	he made fifty loops on the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was in the second set; the loops were opposite one another.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	13	And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to the other with clasps; so the tabernacle was one whole.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	14	He also made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	15	The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains had the same measure.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	16	He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	17	And he made fifty loops on the edge of the outmost curtain of the one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the other connecting curtain.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	18	And he made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together that it might be one whole.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	19	And he made for the tent a covering of tanned rams’ skins and goatskins.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	20	Then he made the upright frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	21	Ten cubits was the length of a frame, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each frame.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	22	Each frame had two tenons, for fitting together; he did this for all the frames of the tabernacle.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	23	The frames for the tabernacle he made thus: twenty frames for the south side;
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	24	and he made forty bases of silver under the twenty frames, two bases under one frame for its two tenons, and two bases under another frame for its two tenons.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	25	And for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty frames
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	26	and their forty bases of silver, two bases under one frame and two bases under another frame.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	27	And for the rear of the tabernacle westward he made six frames.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	28	And he made two frames for corners of the tabernacle in the rear.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	29	And they were separate beneath, but joined at the top, at the first ring; he made two of them thus, for the two corners.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	30	There were eight frames with their bases of silver: sixteen bases, under every frame two bases.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	31	And he made bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle,
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	32	and five bars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames of the tabernacle at the rear westward.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	33	And he made the middle bar to pass through from end to end halfway up the frames.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	34	And he overlaid the frames with gold, and made their rings of gold for holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	35	And he made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen; with cherubim skilfully worked he made it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	36	And for it he made four pillars of acacia, and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold, and he cast for them four bases of silver.
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	37	He also made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework;
+Exodus	Ex	2	36	38	and its five pillars with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals, and their fillets were of gold, but their five bases were of bronze.
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	1	Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; two cubits and a half was its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	2	And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a molding of gold around it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	3	And he cast for it four rings of gold for its four corners, two rings on its one side and two rings on its other side.
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	4	And he made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold,
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	5	and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	6	And he made a mercy seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	7	And he made two cherubim of hammered gold; on the two ends of the mercy seat he made them,
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	8	one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end; of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim on its two ends.
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	9	The cherubim spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim.
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	10	He also made the table of acacia wood; two cubits was its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height;
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	11	and he overlaid it with pure gold, and made a molding of gold around it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	12	And he made around it a frame a handbreadth wide, and made a molding of gold around the frame.
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	13	He cast for it four rings of gold, and fastened the rings to the four corners at its four legs.
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	14	Close to the frame were the rings, as holders for the poles to carry the table.
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	15	He made the poles of acacia wood to carry the table, and overlaid them with gold.
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	16	And he made the vessels of pure gold which were to be upon the table, its plates and dishes for incense, and its bowls and flagons with which to pour libations.
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	17	He also made the lampstand of pure gold. The base and the shaft of the lampstand were made of hammered work; its cups, its capitals, and its flowers were of one piece with it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	18	And there were six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it;
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	19	three cups made like almonds, each with capital and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almonds, each with capital and flower, on the other branch—so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	20	And on the lampstand itself were four cups made like almonds, with their capitals and flowers,
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	21	and a capital of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out of it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	22	Their capitals and their branches were of one piece with it; the whole of it was one piece of hammered work of pure gold.
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	23	And he made its seven lamps and its snuffers and its trays of pure gold.
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	24	He made it and all its utensils of a talent of pure gold.
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	25	He made the altar of incense of acacia wood; its length was a cubit, and its breadth was a cubit; it was square, and two cubits was its height; its horns were of one piece with it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	26	He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns; and he made a molding of gold round about it,
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	27	and made two rings of gold on it under its molding, on two opposite sides of it, as holders for the poles with which to carry it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	28	And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
+Exodus	Ex	2	37	29	He made the holy anointing oil also, and the pure fragrant incense, blended as by the perfumer.
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	1	He made the altar of burnt offering also of acacia wood; five cubits was its length, and five cubits its breadth; it was square, and three cubits was its height.
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	2	He made horns for it on its four corners; its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze.
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	3	And he made all the utensils of the altar, the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the firepans: all its utensils he made of bronze.
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	4	And he made for the altar a grating, a network of bronze, under its ledge, extending halfway down.
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	5	He cast four rings on the four corners of the bronze grating as holders for the poles;
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	6	he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with bronze.
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	7	And he put the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar, to carry it with them; he made it hollow, with boards.
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	8	And he made the laver of bronze and its base of bronze, from the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered at the door of the tent of meeting.
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	9	And he made the court; for the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits;
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	10	their pillars were twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	11	And for the north side a hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, their bases twenty, of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	12	And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	13	And for the front to the east, fifty cubits.
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	14	The hangings for one side of the gate were fifteen cubits, with three pillars and three bases.
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	15	And so for the other side; on this hand and that hand by the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits, with three pillars and three bases.
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	16	All the hangings round about the court were of fine twined linen.
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	17	And the bases for the pillars were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver; the overlaying of their capitals was also of silver, and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	18	And the screen for the gate of the court was embroidered with needlework in blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen; it was twenty cubits long and five cubits high in its breadth, corresponding to the hangings of the court.
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	19	And their pillars were four; their four bases were of bronze, their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets of silver.
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	20	And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court round about were of bronze.
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	21	This is the sum of the things for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were counted at the commandment of Moses, for the work of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	22	Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses;
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	23	and with him was Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman and designer and embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen.
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	24	All the gold that was used for the work, in all the construction of the sanctuary, the gold from the offering, was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred and thirty shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary.
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	25	And the silver from those of the congregation who were numbered was a hundred talents and a thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary:
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	26	a beka a head (that is, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary), for every one who was numbered in the census, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men.
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	27	The hundred talents of silver were for casting the bases of the sanctuary, and the bases of the veil; a hundred bases for the hundred talents, a talent for a base.
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	28	And of the thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals and made fillets for them.
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	29	And the bronze that was contributed was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels;
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	30	with it he made the bases for the door of the tent of meeting, the bronze altar and the bronze grating for it and all the utensils of the altar,
+Exodus	Ex	2	38	31	the bases round about the court, and the bases of the gate of the court, all the pegs of the tabernacle, and all the pegs round about the court.
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	1	And of the blue and purple and scarlet stuff they made finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place; they made the holy garments for Aaron; as the Lord had commanded Moses.
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	2	And he made the ephod of gold, blue and purple and scarlet stuff, and fine twined linen.
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	3	And gold leaf was hammered out and cut into threads to work into the blue and purple and the scarlet stuff, and into the fine twined linen, in skilled design.
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	4	They made for the ephod shoulder-pieces, joined to it at its two edges.
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	5	And the skilfully woven band upon it, to gird it on, was of the same materials and workmanship, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet stuff, and fine twined linen; as the Lord had commanded Moses.
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	6	The onyx stones were prepared, enclosed in settings of gold filigree and engraved like the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the sons of Israel.
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	7	And he set them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel; as the Lord had commanded Moses.
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	8	He made the breastpiece, in skilled work, like the work of the ephod, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet stuff, and fine twined linen.
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	9	It was square; the breastpiece was made double, a span its length and a span its breadth when doubled.
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	10	And they set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row;
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	11	and the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	12	and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	13	and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper; they were enclosed in settings of gold filigree.
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	14	There were twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel; they were like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes.
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	15	And they made on the breastpiece twisted chains like cords, of pure gold;
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	16	and they made two settings of gold filigree and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two edges of the breastpiece;
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	17	and they put the two cords of gold in the two rings at the edges of the breastpiece.
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	18	Two ends of the two cords they had attached to the two settings of filigree; thus they attached it in front to the shoulder-pieces of the ephod.
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	19	Then they made two rings of gold, and put them at the two ends of the breastpiece, on its inside edge next to the ephod.
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	20	And they made two rings of gold, and attached them in front to the lower part of the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod, at its joining above the skilfully woven band of the ephod.
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	21	And they bound the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, so that it should lie upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece should not come loose from the ephod; as the Lord had commanded Moses.
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	22	He also made the robe of the ephod woven all of blue;
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	23	and the opening of the robe in it was like the opening in a garment, with a binding around the opening, that it might not be torn.
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	24	On the skirts of the robe they made pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen.
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	25	They also made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the skirts of the robe round about, between the pomegranates;
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	26	a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate round about upon the skirts of the robe for ministering; as the Lord had commanded Moses.
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	27	They also made the coats, woven of fine linen, for Aaron and his sons,
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	28	and the turban of fine linen, and the caps of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen,
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	29	and the girdle of fine twined linen and of blue and purple and scarlet stuff, embroidered with needlework; as the Lord had commanded Moses.
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	30	And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it an inscription, like the engraving of a signet, “Holy to the Lord.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	31	And they tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it on the turban above; as the Lord had commanded Moses.
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	32	Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished; and the people of Israel had done according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses; so had they done.
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	33	And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its utensils, its hooks, its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases;
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	34	the covering of tanned rams’ skins and goatskins, and the veil of the screen;
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	35	the ark of the testimony with its poles and the mercy seat;
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	36	the table with all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence;
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	37	the lampstand of pure gold and its lamps with the lamps set and all its utensils, and the oil for the light;
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	38	the golden altar, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the door of the tent;
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	39	the bronze altar, and its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils; the laver and its base;
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	40	the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, and its pegs; and all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	41	the finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons to serve as priests.
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	42	According to all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so the people of Israel had done all the work.
+Exodus	Ex	2	39	43	And Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it; as the Lord had commanded, so had they done it. And Moses blessed them.
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	1	The Lord said to Moses,
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	2	“On the first day of the first month you shall erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	3	And you shall put in it the ark of the testimony, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	4	And you shall bring in the table, and set its arrangements in order; and you shall bring in the lampstand, and set up its lamps.
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	5	And you shall put the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and set up the screen for the door of the tabernacle.
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	6	You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting,
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	7	and place the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	8	And you shall set up the court round about, and hang up the screen for the gate of the court.
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	9	Then you shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture; and it shall become holy.
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	10	You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar; and the altar shall be most holy.
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	11	You shall also anoint the laver and its base, and consecrate it.
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	12	Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tent of meeting, and shall wash them with water,
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	13	and put upon Aaron the holy garments, and you shall anoint him and consecrate him, that he may serve me as priest.
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	14	You shall bring his sons also and put coats on them,
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	15	and anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may serve me as priests: and their anointing shall admit them to a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations.”
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	16	Thus did Moses; according to all that the Lord commanded him, so he did.
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	17	And in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was erected.
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	18	Moses erected the tabernacle; he laid its bases, and set up its frames, and put in its poles, and raised up its pillars;
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	19	and he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent over it, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	20	And he took the testimony and put it into the ark, and put the poles on the ark, and set the mercy seat above on the ark;
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	21	and he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony; as the Lord had commanded Moses.
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	22	And he put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil,
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	23	and set the bread in order on it before the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses.
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	24	And he put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle,
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	25	and set up the lamps before the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses.
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	26	And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil,
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	27	and burnt fragrant incense upon it; as the Lord had commanded Moses.
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	28	And he put in place the screen for the door of the tabernacle.
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	29	And he set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the cereal offering; as the Lord had commanded Moses.
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	30	And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it for washing,
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	31	with which Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet;
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	32	when they went into the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed; as the Lord commanded Moses.
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	33	And he erected the court round the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	34	Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	35	And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting, because the cloud abode upon it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	36	Throughout all their journeys, whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel would go onward;
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	37	but if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not go onward till the day that it was taken up.
+Exodus	Ex	2	40	38	For throughout all their journeys the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	1	1	The Lord called Moses, and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	1	2	“Speak to the people of Israel, and say to them, When any man of you brings an offering to the Lord, you shall bring your offering of cattle from the herd or from the flock.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	1	3	“If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish; he shall offer it at the door of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	1	4	he shall lay his hand upon the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	1	5	Then he shall kill the bull before the Lord; and Aaron’s sons the priests shall present the blood, and throw the blood round about against the altar that is at the door of the tent of meeting.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	1	6	And he shall flay the burnt offering and cut it into pieces;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	1	7	and the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar, and lay wood in order upon the fire;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	1	8	and Aaron’s sons the priests shall lay the pieces, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire upon the altar;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	1	9	but its entrails and its legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall burn the whole on the altar, as a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	1	10	“If his gift for a burnt offering is from the flock, from the sheep or goats, he shall offer a male without blemish;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	1	11	and he shall kill it on the north side of the altar before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall throw its blood against the altar round about.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	1	12	And he shall cut it into pieces, with its head and its fat, and the priest shall lay them in order upon the wood that is on the fire upon the altar;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	1	13	but the entrails and the legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall offer the whole, and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	1	14	“If his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves or of young pigeons.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	1	15	And the priest shall bring it to the altar and wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	1	16	and he shall take away its crop with the feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east side, in the place for ashes;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	1	17	he shall tear it by its wings, but shall not divide it asunder. And the priest shall burn it on the altar, upon the wood that is on the fire; it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	2	1	“When any one brings a cereal offering as an offering to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour; he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense on it,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	2	2	and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. And he shall take from it a handful of the fine flour and oil, with all of its frankincense; and the priest shall burn this as its memorial portion upon the altar, an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	2	3	And what is left of the cereal offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings by fire to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	2	4	“When you bring a cereal offering baked in the oven as an offering, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers spread with oil.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	2	5	And if your offering is a cereal offering baked on a griddle, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mixed with oil;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	2	6	you shall break it in pieces, and pour oil on it; it is a cereal offering.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	2	7	And if your offering is a cereal offering cooked in a pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	2	8	And you shall bring the cereal offering that is made of these things to the Lord; and when it is presented to the priest, he shall bring it to the altar.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	2	9	And the priest shall take from the cereal offering its memorial portion and burn this on the altar, an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	2	10	And what is left of the cereal offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings by fire to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	2	11	“No cereal offering which you bring to the Lord shall be made with leaven; for you shall burn no leaven nor any honey as an offering by fire to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	2	12	As an offering of first fruits you may bring them to the Lord, but they shall not be offered on the altar for a pleasing odor.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	2	13	You shall season all your cereal offerings with salt; you shall not let the salt of the covenant with your God be lacking from your cereal offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	2	14	“If you offer a cereal offering of first fruits to the Lord, you shall offer for the cereal offering of your first fruits crushed new grain from fresh ears, parched with fire.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	2	15	And you shall put oil upon it, and lay frankincense on it; it is a cereal offering.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	2	16	And the priest shall burn as its memorial portion part of the crushed grain and of the oil with all of its frankincense; it is an offering by fire to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	3	1	“If a man’s offering is a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offers an animal from the herd, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	3	2	And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering and kill it at the door of the tent of meeting; and Aaron’s sons the priests shall throw the blood against the altar round about.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	3	3	And from the sacrifice of the peace offering, as an offering by fire to the Lord, he shall offer the fat covering the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	3	4	and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the appendage of the liver which he shall take away with the kidneys.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	3	5	Then Aaron’s sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt offering, which is upon the wood on the fire; it is an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	3	6	“If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering to the Lord is an animal from the flock, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	3	7	If he offers a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer it before the Lord,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	3	8	laying his hand upon the head of his offering and killing it before the tent of meeting; and Aaron’s sons shall throw its blood against the altar round about.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	3	9	Then from the sacrifice of the peace offering as an offering by fire to the Lord he shall offer its fat, the fat tail entire, taking it away close by the backbone, and the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat that is on the entrails,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	3	10	and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the appendage of the liver which he shall take away with the kidneys.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	3	11	And the priest shall burn it on the altar as food offered by fire to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	3	12	“If his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	3	13	and lay his hand upon its head, and kill it before the tent of meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall throw its blood against the altar round about.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	3	14	Then he shall offer from it, as his offering for an offering by fire to the Lord, the fat covering the entrails, and all the fat that is on the entrails,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	3	15	and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the appendage of the liver which he shall take away with the kidneys.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	3	16	And the priest shall burn them on the altar as food offered by fire for a pleasing odor. All fat is the Lord’s.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	3	17	It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither fat nor blood.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	1	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	2	“Say to the people of Israel, If any one sins unwittingly in any of the things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, and does any one of them,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	3	if it is the anointed priest who sins, thus bringing guilt on the people, then let him offer for the sin which he has committed a young bull without blemish to the Lord for a sin offering.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	4	He shall bring the bull to the door of the tent of meeting before the Lord, and lay his hand on the head of the bull, and kill the bull before the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	5	And the anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull and bring it to the tent of meeting;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	6	and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle part of the blood seven times before the Lord in front of the veil of the sanctuary.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	7	And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense before the Lord which is in the tent of meeting, and the rest of the blood of the bull he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering which is at the door of the tent of meeting.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	8	And all the fat of the bull of the sin offering he shall take from it, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	9	and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the appendage of the liver which he shall take away with the kidneys
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	10	(just as these are taken from the ox of the sacrifice of the peace offerings), and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of burnt offering.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	11	But the skin of the bull and all its flesh, with its head, its legs, its entrails, and its dung,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	12	the whole bull he shall carry forth outside the camp to a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and shall burn it on a fire of wood; where the ashes are poured out it shall be burned.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	13	“If the whole congregation of Israel commits a sin unwittingly and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they do any one of the things which the Lord has commanded not to be done and are guilty;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	14	when the sin which they have committed becomes known, the assembly shall offer a young bull for a sin offering and bring it before the tent of meeting;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	15	and the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bull before the Lord, and the bull shall be killed before the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	16	Then the anointed priest shall bring some of the blood of the bull to the tent of meeting,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	17	and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord in front of the veil.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	18	And he shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is in the tent of meeting before the Lord; and the rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering which is at the door of the tent of meeting.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	19	And all its fat he shall take from it and burn upon the altar.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	20	Thus shall he do with the bull; as he did with the bull of the sin offering, so shall he do with this; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	21	And he shall carry forth the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	22	“When a ruler sins, doing unwittingly any one of all the things which the Lord his God has commanded not to be done, and is guilty,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	23	if the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	24	and shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord; it is a sin offering.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	25	Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	26	And all its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings; so the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, and he shall be forgiven.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	27	“If any one of the common people sins unwittingly in doing any one of the things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, and is guilty,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	28	when the sin which he has committed is made known to him he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has committed.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	29	And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	30	And the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	31	And all its fat he shall remove, as the fat is removed from the peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a pleasing odor to the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	32	“If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without blemish,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	33	and lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and kill it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	34	Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	4	35	And all its fat he shall remove as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it on the altar, upon the offerings by fire to the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed, and he shall be forgiven.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	5	1	“If any one sins in that he hears a public adjuration to testify and though he is a witness, whether he has seen or come to know the matter, yet does not speak, he shall bear his iniquity.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	5	2	Or if any one touches an unclean thing, whether the carcass of an unclean beast or a carcass of unclean cattle or a carcass of unclean swarming things, and it is hidden from him, and he has become unclean, he shall be guilty.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	5	3	Or if he touches human uncleanness, of whatever sort the uncleanness may be with which one becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it he shall be guilty.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	5	4	Or if any one utters with his lips a rash oath to do evil or to do good, any sort of rash oath that men swear, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it he shall in any of these be guilty.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	5	5	When a man is guilty in any of these, he shall confess the sin he has committed,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	5	6	and he shall bring his guilt offering to the Lord for the sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	5	7	“But if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring, as his guilt offering to the Lord for the sin which he has committed, two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	5	8	He shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer first the one for the sin offering; he shall wring its head from its neck, but shall not sever it,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	5	9	and he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar; it is a sin offering.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	5	10	Then he shall offer the second for a burnt offering according to the ordinance; and the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed, and he shall be forgiven.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	5	11	“But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he shall bring, as his offering for the sin which he has committed, a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, and shall put no frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	5	12	And he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take a handful of it as its memorial portion and burn this on the altar, upon the offerings by fire to the Lord; it is a sin offering.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	5	13	Thus the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed in any one of these things, and he shall be forgiven. And the remainder shall be for the priest, as in the cereal offering.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	5	14	The Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	5	15	“If any one commits a breach of faith and sins unwittingly in any of the holy things of the Lord, he shall bring, as his guilt offering to the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued by you in shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; it is a guilt offering.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	5	16	He shall also make restitution for what he has done amiss in the holy thing, and shall add a fifth to it and give it to the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and he shall be forgiven.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	5	17	“If any one sins, doing any of the things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, though he does not know it, yet he is guilty and shall bear his iniquity.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	5	18	He shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued by you at the price for a guilt offering, and the priest shall make atonement for him for the error which he committed unwittingly, and he shall be forgiven.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	5	19	It is a guilt offering; he is guilty before the Lord.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	1	The Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	2	“If any one sins and commits a breach of faith against the Lord by deceiving his neighbor in a matter of deposit or security, or through robbery, or if he has oppressed his neighbor
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	3	or has found what was lost and lied about it, swearing falsely—in any of all the things which men do and sin therein,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	4	when one has sinned and become guilty, he shall restore what he took by robbery, or what he got by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	5	or anything about which he has sworn falsely; he shall restore it in full, and shall add a fifth to it, and give it to him to whom it belongs, on the day of his guilt offering.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	6	And he shall bring to the priest his guilt offering to the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued by you at the price for a guilt offering;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	7	and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven for any of the things which one may do and thereby become guilty.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	8	The Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	9	“Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering shall be on the hearth upon the altar all night until the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	10	And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and put his linen breeches upon his body, and he shall take up the ashes to which the fire has consumed the burnt offering on the altar, and put them beside the altar.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	11	Then he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes outside the camp to a clean place.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	12	The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it, it shall not go out; the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and he shall lay the burnt offering in order upon it, and shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	13	Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually; it shall not go out.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	14	“And this is the law of the cereal offering. The sons of Aaron shall offer it before the Lord, in front of the altar.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	15	And one shall take from it a handful of the fine flour of the cereal offering with its oil and all the frankincense which is on the cereal offering, and burn this as its memorial portion on the altar, a pleasing odor to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	16	And the rest of it Aaron and his sons shall eat; it shall be eaten unleavened in a holy place; in the court of the tent of meeting they shall eat it.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	17	It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their portion of my offerings by fire; it is a thing most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	18	Every male among the children of Aaron may eat of it, as decreed for ever throughout your generations, from the Lord’s offerings by fire; whoever touches them shall become holy.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	19	The Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	20	“This is the offering which Aaron and his sons shall offer to the Lord on the day when he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular cereal offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	21	It shall be made with oil on a griddle; you shall bring it well mixed, in baked pieces like a cereal offering, and offer it for a pleasing odor to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	22	The priest from among Aaron’s sons, who is anointed to succeed him, shall offer it to the Lord as decreed for ever; the whole of it shall be burned.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	23	Every cereal offering of a priest shall be wholly burned; it shall not be eaten.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	24	The Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	25	“Say to Aaron and his sons, This is the law of the sin offering. In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the Lord; it is most holy.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	26	The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it; in a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	27	Whatever touches its flesh shall be holy; and when any of its blood is sprinkled on a garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled in a holy place.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	28	And the earthen vessel in which it is boiled shall be broken; but if it is boiled in a bronze vessel, that shall be scoured, and rinsed in water.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	29	Every male among the priests may eat of it; it is most holy.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	6	30	But no sin offering shall be eaten from which any blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the holy place; it shall be burned with fire.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	1	“This is the law of the guilt offering. It is most holy;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	2	in the place where they kill the burnt offering they shall kill the guilt offering, and its blood shall be thrown on the altar round about.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	3	And all its fat shall be offered, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	4	the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the appendage of the liver which he shall take away with the kidneys;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	5	the priest shall burn them on the altar as an offering by fire to the Lord; it is a guilt offering.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	6	Every male among the priests may eat of it; it shall be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	7	The guilt offering is like the sin offering, there is one law for them; the priest who makes atonement with it shall have it.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	8	And the priest who offers any man’s burnt offering shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering which he has offered.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	9	And every cereal offering baked in the oven and all that is prepared on a pan or a griddle shall belong to the priest who offers it.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	10	And every cereal offering, mixed with oil or dry, shall be for all the sons of Aaron, one as well as another.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	11	“And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings which one may offer to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	12	If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the thank offering unleavened cakes mixed with oil, unleavened wafers spread with oil, and cakes of fine flour well mixed with oil.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	13	With the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving he shall bring his offering with cakes of leavened bread.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	14	And of such he shall offer one cake from each offering, as an offering to the Lord; it shall belong to the priest who throws the blood of the peace offerings.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	15	And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	16	But if the sacrifice of his offering is a votive offering or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the morrow what remains of it shall be eaten,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	17	but what remains of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned with fire.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	18	If any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering is eaten on the third day, he who offers it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be credited to him; it shall be an abomination, and he who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	19	“Flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burned with fire. All who are clean may eat flesh,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	20	but the person who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of the Lord’s peace offerings while an uncleanness is on him, that person shall be cut off from his people.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	21	And if any one touches an unclean thing, whether the uncleanness of man or an unclean beast or any unclean abomination, and then eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of the Lord’s peace offerings, that person shall be cut off from his people.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	22	The Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	23	“Say to the people of Israel, You shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	24	The fat of an animal that dies of itself, and the fat of one that is torn by beasts, may be put to any other use, but on no account shall you eat it.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	25	For every person who eats of the fat of an animal of which an offering by fire is made to the Lord shall be cut off from his people.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	26	Moreover you shall eat no blood whatever, whether of fowl or of animal, in any of your dwellings.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	27	Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	28	The Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	29	“Say to the people of Israel, He that offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to the Lord shall bring his offering to the Lord; from the sacrifice of his peace offerings
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	30	he shall bring with his own hands the offerings by fire to the Lord; he shall bring the fat with the breast, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	31	The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	32	And the right thigh you shall give to the priest as an offering from the sacrifice of your peace offerings;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	33	he among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat shall have the right thigh for a portion.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	34	For the breast that is waved and the thigh that is offered I have taken from the people of Israel, out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons, as a perpetual due from the people of Israel.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	35	This is the portion of Aaron and of his sons from the offerings made by fire to the Lord, consecrated to them on the day they were presented to serve as priests of the Lord;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	36	the Lord commanded this to be given them by the people of Israel, on the day that they were anointed; it is a perpetual due throughout their generations.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	37	This is the law of the burnt offering, of the cereal offering, of the sin offering, of the guilt offering, of the consecration, and of the peace offerings,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	7	38	which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai, on the day that he commanded the people of Israel to bring their offerings to the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	1	The Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	2	“Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bull of the sin offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	3	and assemble all the congregation at the door of the tent of meeting.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	4	And Moses did as the Lord commanded him; and the congregation was assembled at the door of the tent of meeting.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	5	And Moses said to the congregation, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded to be done.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	6	And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	7	And he put on him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and girded him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod, binding it to him therewith.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	8	And he placed the breastpiece on him, and in the breastpiece he put the Urim and the Thummim.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	9	And he set the turban upon his head, and on the turban, in front, he set the golden plate, the holy crown, as the Lord commanded Moses.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	10	Then Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	11	And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the laver and its base, to consecrate them.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	12	And he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head, and anointed him, to consecrate him.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	13	And Moses brought Aaron’s sons, and clothed them with coats, and girded them with girdles, and bound caps on them, as the Lord commanded Moses.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	14	Then he brought the bull of the sin offering; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bull of the sin offering.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	15	And Moses killed it, and took the blood, and with his finger put it on the horns of the altar round about, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and consecrated it, to make atonement for it.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	16	And he took all the fat that was on the entrails, and the appendage of the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and Moses burned them on the altar.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	17	But the bull, and its skin, and its flesh, and its dung, he burned with fire outside the camp, as the Lord commanded Moses.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	18	Then he presented the ram of the burnt offering; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	19	And Moses killed it, and threw the blood upon the altar round about.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	20	And when the ram was cut into pieces, Moses burned the head and the pieces and the fat.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	21	And when the entrails and the legs were washed with water, Moses burned the whole ram on the altar, as a burnt offering, a pleasing odor, an offering by fire to the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	22	Then he presented the other ram, the ram of ordination; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	23	And Moses killed it, and took some of its blood and put it on the tip of Aaron’s right ear and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	24	And Aaron’s sons were brought, and Moses put some of the blood on the tips of their right ears and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the great toes of their right feet; and Moses threw the blood upon the altar round about.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	25	Then he took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on the entrails, and the appendage of the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and the right thigh;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	26	and out of the basket of unleavened bread which was before the Lord he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of bread with oil, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat and on the right thigh;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	27	and he put all these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons, and waved them as a wave offering before the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	28	Then Moses took them from their hands, and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering, as an ordination offering, a pleasing odor, an offering by fire to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	29	And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the Lord; it was Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination, as the Lord commanded Moses.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	30	Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and of the blood which was on the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron and his garments, and also upon his sons and his sons’ garments; so he consecrated Aaron and his garments, and his sons and his sons’ garments with him.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	31	And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the flesh at the door of the tent of meeting, and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons shall eat it’;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	32	and what remains of the flesh and the bread you shall burn with fire.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	33	And you shall not go out from the door of the tent of meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are completed, for it will take seven days to ordain you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	34	As has been done today, the Lord has commanded to be done to make atonement for you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	35	At the door of the tent of meeting you shall remain day and night for seven days, performing what the Lord has charged, lest you die; for so I am commanded.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	8	36	And Aaron and his sons did all the things which the Lord commanded by Moses.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	9	1	On the eighth day Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	9	2	and he said to Aaron, “Take a bull calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and offer them before the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	9	3	And say to the people of Israel, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both a year old without blemish, for a burnt offering,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	9	4	and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord, and a cereal offering mixed with oil; for today the Lord will appear to you.’”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	9	5	And they brought what Moses commanded before the tent of meeting; and all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	9	6	And Moses said, “This is the thing which the Lord commanded you to do; and the glory of the Lord will appear to you.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	9	7	Then Moses said to Aaron, “Draw near to the altar, and offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself and for the people; and bring the offering of the people, and make atonement for them; as the Lord has commanded.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	9	8	So Aaron drew near to the altar, and killed the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	9	9	And the sons of Aaron presented the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	9	10	but the fat and the kidneys and the appendage of the liver from the sin offering he burned upon the altar, as the Lord commanded Moses.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	9	11	The flesh and the skin he burned with fire outside the camp.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	9	12	And he killed the burnt offering; and Aaron’s sons delivered to him the blood, and he threw it on the altar round about.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	9	13	And they delivered the burnt offering to him, piece by piece, and the head; and he burned them upon the altar.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	9	14	And he washed the entrails and the legs, and burned them with the burnt offering on the altar.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	9	15	Then he presented the people’s offering, and took the goat of the sin offering which was for the people, and killed it, and offered it for sin, like the first sin offering.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	9	16	And he presented the burnt offering, and offered it according to the ordinance.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	9	17	And he presented the cereal offering, and filled his hand from it, and burned it upon the altar, besides the burnt offering of the morning.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	9	18	He killed the ox also and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings for the people; and Aaron’s sons delivered to him the blood, which he threw upon the altar round about,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	9	19	and the fat of the ox and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covers the entrails, and the kidneys, and the appendage of the liver;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	9	20	and they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burned the fat upon the altar,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	9	21	but the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave offering before the Lord; as Moses commanded.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	9	22	Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them; and he came down from offering the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	9	23	And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting; and when they came out they blessed the people, and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	9	24	And fire came forth from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat upon the altar; and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	10	1	Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered unholy fire before the Lord, such as he had not commanded them.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	10	2	And fire came forth from the presence of the Lord and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	10	3	Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord has said, ‘I will show myself holy among those who are near me, and before all the people I will be glorified.’” And Aaron held his peace.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	10	4	And Moses called Misha-el and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, “Draw near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	10	5	So they drew near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses had said.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	10	6	And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons, “Do not let the hair of your heads hang loose, and do not rend your clothes, lest you die, and lest wrath come upon all the congregation; but your brethren, the whole house of Israel, may bewail the burning which the Lord has kindled.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	10	7	And do not go out from the door of the tent of meeting, lest you die; for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you.” And they did according to the word of Moses.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	10	8	And the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	10	9	“Drink no wine nor strong drink, you nor your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, lest you die; it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	10	10	You are to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	10	11	and you are to teach the people of Israel all the statutes which the Lord has spoken to them by Moses.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	10	12	And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons who were left, “Take the cereal offering that remains of the offerings by fire to the Lord, and eat it unleavened beside the altar, for it is most holy;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	10	13	you shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your due and your sons’ due, from the offerings by fire to the Lord; for so I am commanded.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	10	14	But the breast that is waved and the thigh that is offered you shall eat in any clean place, you and your sons and your daughters with you; for they are given as your due and your sons’ due, from the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the people of Israel.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	10	15	The thigh that is offered and the breast that is waved they shall bring with the offerings by fire of the fat, to wave for a wave offering before the Lord, and it shall be yours, and your sons’ with you, as a due for ever; as the Lord has commanded.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	10	16	Now Moses diligently inquired about the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it was burned! And he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left, saying,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	10	17	“Why have you not eaten the sin offering in the place of the sanctuary, since it is a thing most holy and has been given to you that you may bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord?
+Leviticus	Lev	3	10	18	Behold, its blood was not brought into the inner part of the sanctuary. You certainly ought to have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	10	19	And Aaron said to Moses, “Behold, today they have offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord; and yet such things as these have befallen me! If I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been acceptable in the sight of the Lord?”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	10	20	And when Moses heard that, he was content.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	1	And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	2	“Say to the people of Israel, These are the living things which you may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	3	Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	4	Nevertheless among those that chew the cud or part the hoof, you shall not eat these: The camel, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	5	And the rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	6	And the hare, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	7	And the swine, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud, is unclean to you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	8	Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	9	“These you may eat, of all that are in the waters. Everything in the waters that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	10	But anything in the seas or the rivers that has not fins and scales, of the swarming creatures in the waters and of the living creatures that are in the waters, is an abomination to you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	11	They shall remain an abomination to you; of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall have in abomination.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	12	Everything in the waters that has not fins and scales is an abomination to you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	13	“And these you shall have in abomination among the birds, they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	14	the kite, the falcon according to its kind,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	15	every raven according to its kind,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	16	the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk according to its kind,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	17	the owl, the cormorant, the ibis,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	18	the water hen, the pelican, the carrion vulture,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	19	the stork, the heron according to its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	20	“All winged insects that go upon all fours are an abomination to you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	21	Yet among the winged insects that go on all fours you may eat those which have legs above their feet, with which to leap on the earth.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	22	Of them you may eat: the locust according to its kind, the bald locust according to its kind, the cricket according to its kind, and the grasshopper according to its kind.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	23	But all other winged insects which have four feet are an abomination to you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	24	“And by these you shall become unclean; whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	25	and whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	26	Every animal which parts the hoof but is not cloven-footed or does not chew the cud is unclean to you; every one who touches them shall be unclean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	27	And all that go on their paws, among the animals that go on all fours, are unclean to you; whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	28	and he who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	29	“And these are unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, the mouse, the great lizard according to its kind,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	30	the gecko, the land crocodile, the lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	31	These are unclean to you among all that swarm; whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	32	And anything upon which any of them falls when they are dead shall be unclean, whether it is an article of wood or a garment or a skin or a sack, any vessel that is used for any purpose; it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then it shall be clean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	33	And if any of them falls into any earthen vessel, all that is in it shall be unclean, and you shall break it.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	34	Any food in it which may be eaten, upon which water may come, shall be unclean; and all drink which may be drunk from every such vessel shall be unclean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	35	And everything upon which any part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether oven or stove, it shall be broken in pieces; they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	36	Nevertheless a spring or a cistern holding water shall be clean; but whatever touches their carcass shall be unclean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	37	And if any part of their carcass falls upon any seed for sowing that is to be sown, it is clean;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	38	but if water is put on the seed and any part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	39	“And if any animal of which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	40	and he who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; he also who carries the carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	41	“Every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth is an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	42	Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, all the swarming things that swarm upon the earth, you shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	43	You shall not make yourselves abominable with any swarming thing that swarms; and you shall not defile yourselves with them, lest you become unclean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	44	For I am the Lord your God; consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming thing that crawls upon the earth.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	45	For I am the Lord who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; you shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	46	This is the law pertaining to beast and bird and every living creature that moves through the waters and every creature that swarms upon the earth,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	11	47	to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean and between the living creature that may be eaten and the living creature that may not be eaten.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	12	1	The Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	12	2	“Say to the people of Israel, If a woman conceives, and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as at the time of her menstruation, she shall be unclean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	12	3	And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	12	4	Then she shall continue for thirty-three days in the blood of her purifying; she shall not touch any hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying are completed.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	12	5	But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her menstruation; and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying for sixty-six days.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	12	6	“And when the days of her purifying are completed, whether for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the door of the tent of meeting a lamb a year old for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	12	7	and he shall offer it before the Lord, and make atonement for her; then she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, either male or female.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	12	8	And if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	1	The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	2	“When a man has on the skin of his body a swelling or an eruption or a spot, and it turns into a leprous disease on the skin of his body, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	3	and the priest shall examine the diseased spot on the skin of his body; and if the hair in the diseased spot has turned white and the disease appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is a leprous disease; when the priest has examined him he shall pronounce him unclean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	4	But if the spot is white in the skin of his body, and appears no deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall shut up the diseased person for seven days;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	5	and the priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and if in his eyes the disease is checked and the disease has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up seven days more;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	6	and the priest shall examine him again on the seventh day, and if the diseased spot is dim and the disease has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only an eruption; and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	7	But if the eruption spreads in the skin, after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall appear again before the priest;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	8	and the priest shall make an examination, and if the eruption has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is leprosy.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	9	“When a man is afflicted with leprosy, he shall be brought to the priest;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	10	and the priest shall make an examination, and if there is a white swelling in the skin, which has turned the hair white, and there is quick raw flesh in the swelling,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	11	it is a chronic leprosy in the skin of his body, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; he shall not shut him up, for he is unclean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	12	And if the leprosy breaks out in the skin, so that the leprosy covers all the skin of the diseased person from head to foot, so far as the priest can see,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	13	then the priest shall make an examination, and if the leprosy has covered all his body, he shall pronounce him clean of the disease; it has all turned white, and he is clean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	14	But when raw flesh appears on him, he shall be unclean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	15	And the priest shall examine the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean; raw flesh is unclean, for it is leprosy.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	16	But if the raw flesh turns again and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	17	and the priest shall examine him, and if the disease has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce the diseased person clean; he is clean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	18	“And when there is in the skin of one’s body a boil that has healed,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	19	and in the place of the boil there comes a white swelling or a reddish-white spot, then it shall be shown to the priest;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	20	and the priest shall make an examination, and if it appears deeper than the skin and its hair has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is the disease of leprosy, it has broken out in the boil.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	21	But if the priest examines it, and the hair on it is not white and it is not deeper than the skin, but is dim, then the priest shall shut him up seven days;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	22	and if it spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is diseased.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	23	But if the spot remains in one place and does not spread, it is the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	24	“Or, when the body has a burn on its skin and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a spot, reddish-white or white,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	25	the priest shall examine it, and if the hair in the spot has turned white and it appears deeper than the skin, then it is leprosy; it has broken out in the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a leprous disease.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	26	But if the priest examines it, and the hair in the spot is not white and it is no deeper than the skin, but is dim, the priest shall shut him up seven days,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	27	and the priest shall examine him the seventh day; if it is spreading in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a leprous disease.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	28	But if the spot remains in one place and does not spread in the skin, but is dim, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is the scar of the burn.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	29	“When a man or woman has a disease on the head or the beard,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	30	the priest shall examine the disease; and if it appears deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an itch, a leprosy of the head or the beard.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	31	And if the priest examines the itching disease, and it appears no deeper than the skin and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up the person with the itching disease for seven days,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	32	and on the seventh day the priest shall examine the disease; and if the itch has not spread, and there is in it no yellow hair, and the itch appears to be no deeper than the skin,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	33	then he shall shave himself, but the itch he shall not shave; and the priest shall shut up the person with the itching disease for seven days more;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	34	and on the seventh day the priest shall examine the itch, and if the itch has not spread in the skin and it appears to be no deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	35	But if the itch spreads in the skin after his cleansing,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	36	then the priest shall examine him, and if the itch has spread in the skin, the priest need not seek for the yellow hair; he is unclean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	37	But if in his eyes the itch is checked, and black hair has grown in it, the itch is healed, he is clean; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	38	“When a man or a woman has spots on the skin of the body, white spots,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	39	the priest shall make an examination, and if the spots on the skin of the body are of a dull white, it is tetter that has broken out in the skin; he is clean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	40	“If a man’s hair has fallen from his head, he is bald but he is clean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	41	And if a man’s hair has fallen from his forehead and temples, he has baldness of the forehead but he is clean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	42	But if there is on the bald head or the bald forehead a reddish-white diseased spot, it is leprosy breaking out on his bald head or his bald forehead.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	43	Then the priest shall examine him, and if the diseased swelling is reddish-white on his bald head or on his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the body,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	44	he is a leprous man, he is unclean; the priest must pronounce him unclean; his disease is on his head.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	45	“The leper who has the disease shall wear torn clothes and let the hair of his head hang loose, and he shall cover his upper lip and cry, ‘Unclean, unclean.’
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	46	He shall remain unclean as long as he has the disease; he is unclean; he shall dwell alone in a habitation outside the camp.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	47	“When there is a leprous disease in a garment, whether a woolen or a linen garment,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	48	in warp or woof of linen or wool, or in a skin or in anything made of skin,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	49	if the disease shows greenish or reddish in the garment, whether in warp or woof or in skin or in anything made of skin, it is a leprous disease and shall be shown to the priest.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	50	And the priest shall examine the disease, and shut up that which has the disease for seven days;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	51	then he shall examine the disease on the seventh day. If the disease has spread in the garment, in warp or woof, or in the skin, whatever be the use of the skin, the disease is a malignant leprosy; it is unclean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	52	And he shall burn the garment, whether diseased in warp or woof, woolen or linen, or anything of skin, for it is a malignant leprosy; it shall be burned in the fire.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	53	“And if the priest examines, and the disease has not spread in the garment in warp or woof or in anything of skin,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	54	then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in which is the disease, and he shall shut it up seven days more;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	55	and the priest shall examine the diseased thing after it has been washed. And if the diseased spot has not changed color, though the disease has not spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire, whether the leprous spot is on the back or on the front.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	56	“But if the priest examines, and the disease is dim after it is washed, he shall tear the spot out of the garment or the skin or the warp or woof;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	57	then if it appears again in the garment, in warp or woof, or in anything of skin, it is spreading; you shall burn with fire that in which is the disease.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	58	But the garment, warp or woof, or anything of skin from which the disease departs when you have washed it, shall then be washed a second time, and be clean.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	13	59	This is the law for a leprous disease in a garment of wool or linen, either in warp or woof, or in anything of skin, to decide whether it is clean or unclean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	1	The Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	2	“This shall be the law of the leper for the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	3	and the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall make an examination. Then, if the leprous disease is healed in the leper,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	4	the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two living clean birds and cedarwood and scarlet stuff and hyssop;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	5	and the priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	6	He shall take the living bird with the cedarwood and the scarlet stuff and the hyssop, and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	7	and he shall sprinkle it seven times upon him who is to be cleansed of leprosy; then he shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird go into the open field.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	8	And he who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water, and he shall be clean; and after that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell outside his tent seven days.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	9	And on the seventh day he shall shave all his hair off his head; he shall shave off his beard and his eyebrows, all his hair. Then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe his body in water, and he shall be clean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	10	“And on the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish, and a cereal offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, and one log of oil.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	11	And the priest who cleanses him shall set the man who is to be cleansed and these things before the Lord, at the door of the tent of meeting.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	12	And the priest shall take one of the male lambs, and offer it for a guilt offering, along with the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the Lord;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	13	and he shall kill the lamb in the place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place; for the guilt offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest; it is most holy.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	14	The priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	15	Then the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	16	and dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and sprinkle some oil with his finger seven times before the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	17	And some of the oil that remains in his hand the priest shall put on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the guilt offering;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	18	and the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed. Then the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	19	The priest shall offer the sin offering, to make atonement for him who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness. And afterward he shall kill the burnt offering;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	20	and the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the cereal offering on the altar. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	21	“But if he is poor and cannot afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a guilt offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering, and a log of oil;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	22	also two turtledoves or two young pigeons, such as he can afford; the one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	23	And on the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting, before the Lord;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	24	and the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	25	And he shall kill the lamb of the guilt offering; and the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	26	And the priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	27	and shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	28	and the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and the great toe of his right foot, in the place where the blood of the guilt offering was put;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	29	and the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	30	And he shall offer, of the turtledoves or young pigeons such as he can afford,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	31	one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, along with a cereal offering; and the priest shall make atonement before the Lord for him who is being cleansed.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	32	This is the law for him in whom is a leprous disease, who cannot afford the offerings for his cleansing.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	33	The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	34	“When you come into the land of Canaan, which I give you for a possession, and I put a leprous disease in a house in the land of your possession,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	35	then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, ‘There seems to me to be some sort of disease in my house.’
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	36	Then the priest shall command that they empty the house before the priest goes to examine the disease, lest all that is in the house be declared unclean; and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	37	And he shall examine the disease; and if the disease is in the walls of the house with greenish or reddish spots, and if it appears to be deeper than the surface,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	38	then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	39	And the priest shall come again on the seventh day, and look; and if the disease has spread in the walls of the house,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	40	then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which is the disease and throw them into an unclean place outside the city;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	41	and he shall cause the inside of the house to be scraped round about, and the plaster that they scrape off they shall pour into an unclean place outside the city;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	42	then they shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones, and he shall take other plaster and plaster the house.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	43	“If the disease breaks out again in the house, after he has taken out the stones and scraped the house and plastered it,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	44	then the priest shall go and look; and if the disease has spread in the house, it is a malignant leprosy in the house; it is unclean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	45	And he shall break down the house, its stones and timber and all the plaster of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city to an unclean place.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	46	Moreover he who enters the house while it is shut up shall be unclean until the evening;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	47	and he who lies down in the house shall wash his clothes; and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	48	“But if the priest comes and makes an examination, and the disease has not spread in the house after the house was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, for the disease is healed.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	49	And for the cleansing of the house he shall take two small birds, with cedarwood and scarlet stuff and hyssop,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	50	and shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	51	and shall take the cedarwood and the hyssop and the scarlet stuff, along with the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the bird that was killed and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	52	Thus he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedarwood and hyssop and scarlet stuff;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	53	and he shall let the living bird go out of the city into the open field; so he shall make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	54	This is the law for any leprous disease: for an itch,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	55	for leprosy in a garment or in a house,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	56	and for a swelling or an eruption or a spot,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	14	57	to show when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law for leprosy.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	1	The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	2	“Say to the people of Israel, When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	3	And this is the law of his uncleanness for a discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body is stopped from discharge, it is uncleanness in him.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	4	Every bed on which he who has the discharge lies shall be unclean; and everything on which he sits shall be unclean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	5	And any one who touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	6	And whoever sits on anything on which he who has the discharge has sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	7	And whoever touches the body of him who has the discharge shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	8	And if he who has the discharge spits on one who is clean, then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	9	And any saddle on which he who has the discharge rides shall be unclean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	10	And whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening; and he who carries such a thing shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	11	Any one whom he that has the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	12	And the earthen vessel which he who has the discharge touches shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	13	“And when he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then he shall count for himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his body in running water, and shall be clean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	14	And on the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and come before the Lord to the door of the tent of meeting, and give them to the priest;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	15	and the priest shall offer them, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord for his discharge.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	16	“And if a man has an emission of semen, he shall bathe his whole body in water, and be unclean until the evening.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	17	And every garment and every skin on which the semen comes shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	18	If a man lies with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them shall bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	19	“When a woman has a discharge of blood which is her regular discharge from her body, she shall be in her impurity for seven days, and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	20	And everything upon which she lies during her impurity shall be unclean; everything also upon which she sits shall be unclean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	21	And whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	22	And whoever touches anything upon which she sits shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	23	whether it is the bed or anything upon which she sits, when he touches it he shall be unclean until the evening.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	24	And if any man lies with her, and her impurity is on him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	25	“If a woman has a discharge of blood for many days, not at the time of her impurity, or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her impurity, all the days of the discharge she shall continue in uncleanness; as in the days of her impurity, she shall be unclean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	26	Every bed on which she lies, all the days of her discharge, shall be to her as the bed of her impurity; and everything on which she sits shall be unclean, as in the uncleanness of her impurity.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	27	And whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	28	But if she is cleansed of her discharge, she shall count for herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	29	And on the eighth day she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and bring them to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	30	And the priest shall offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her before the Lord for her unclean discharge.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	31	“Thus you shall keep the people of Israel separate from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness by defiling my tabernacle that is in their midst.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	32	This is the law for him who has a discharge and for him who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean thereby;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	15	33	also for her who is sick with her impurity; that is, for any one, male or female, who has a discharge, and for the man who lies with a woman who is unclean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	1	The Lord spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the Lord and died;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	2	and the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron your brother not to come at all times into the holy place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is upon the ark, lest he die; for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	3	But thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	4	He shall put on the holy linen coat, and shall have the linen breeches on his body, be girded with the linen girdle, and wear the linen turban; these are the holy garments. He shall bathe his body in water, and then put them on.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	5	And he shall take from the congregation of the people of Israel two male goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	6	“And Aaron shall offer the bull as a sin offering for himself, and shall make atonement for himself and for his house.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	7	Then he shall take the two goats, and set them before the Lord at the door of the tent of meeting;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	8	and Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other lot for Azazel.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	9	And Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for the Lord, and offer it as a sin offering;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	10	but the goat on which the lot fell for Azazel shall be presented alive before the Lord to make atonement over it, that it may be sent away into the wilderness to Azazel.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	11	“Aaron shall present the bull as a sin offering for himself, and shall make atonement for himself and for his house; he shall kill the bull as a sin offering for himself.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	12	And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the Lord, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small; and he shall bring it within the veil
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	13	and put the incense on the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat which is upon the testimony, lest he die;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	14	and he shall take some of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his finger on the front of the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle the blood with his finger seven times.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	15	“Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering which is for the people, and bring its blood within the veil, and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, sprinkling it upon the mercy seat and before the mercy seat;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	16	thus he shall make atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleannesses of the people of Israel, and because of their transgressions, all their sins; and so he shall do for the tent of meeting, which abides with them in the midst of their uncleannesses.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	17	There shall be no man in the tent of meeting when he enters to make atonement in the holy place until he comes out and has made atonement for himself and for his house and for all the assembly of Israel.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	18	Then he shall go out to the altar which is before the Lord and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the blood of the bull and of the blood of the goat, and put it on the horns of the altar round about.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	19	And he shall sprinkle some of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it and hallow it from the uncleannesses of the people of Israel.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	20	“And when he has made an end of atoning for the holy place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall present the live goat;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	21	and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the people of Israel, and all their transgressions, all their sins; and he shall put them upon the head of the goat, and send him away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is in readiness.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	22	The goat shall bear all their iniquities upon him to a solitary land; and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	23	“Then Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting, and shall put off the linen garments which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	24	and he shall bathe his body in water in a holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	25	And the fat of the sin offering he shall burn upon the altar.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	26	And he who lets the goat go to Azazel shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	27	And the bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall be carried forth outside the camp; their skin and their flesh and their dung shall be burned with fire.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	28	And he who burns them shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	29	“And it shall be a statute to you for ever that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict yourselves, and shall do no work, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	30	for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins you shall be clean before the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	31	It is a sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; it is a statute for ever.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	32	And the priest who is anointed and consecrated as priest in his father’s place shall make atonement, wearing the holy linen garments;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	33	he shall make atonement for the sanctuary, and he shall make atonement for the tent of meeting and for the altar, and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	16	34	And this shall be an everlasting statute for you, that atonement may be made for the people of Israel once in the year because of all their sins.” And Moses did as the Lord commanded him.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	17	1	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	17	2	“Say to Aaron and his sons, and to all the people of Israel, This is the thing which the Lord has commanded.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	17	3	If any man of the house of Israel kills an ox or a lamb or a goat in the camp, or kills it outside the camp,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	17	4	and does not bring it to the door of the tent of meeting, to offer it as a gift to the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord, bloodguilt shall be imputed to that man; he has shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	17	5	This is to the end that the people of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they slay in the open field, that they may bring them to the Lord, to the priest at the door of the tent of meeting, and slay them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the Lord;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	17	6	and the priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of the Lord at the door of the tent of meeting, and burn the fat for a pleasing odor to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	17	7	So they shall no more slay their sacrifices for satyrs, after whom they play the harlot. This shall be a statute for ever to them throughout their generations.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	17	8	“And you shall say to them, Any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	17	9	and does not bring it to the door of the tent of meeting, to sacrifice it to the Lord; that man shall be cut off from his people.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	17	10	“If any man of the house of Israel or of the strangers that sojourn among them eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	17	11	For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it for you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement, by reason of the life.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	17	12	Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, No person among you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger who sojourns among you eat blood.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	17	13	Any man also of the people of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, who takes in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten shall pour out its blood and cover it with dust.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	17	14	“For the life of every creature is the blood of it; therefore I have said to the people of Israel, You shall not eat the blood of any creature, for the life of every creature is its blood; whoever eats it shall be cut off.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	17	15	And every person that eats what dies of itself or what is torn by beasts, whether he is a native or a sojourner, shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening; then he shall be clean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	17	16	But if he does not wash them or bathe his flesh, he shall bear his iniquity.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	1	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	2	“Say to the people of Israel, I am the Lord your God.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	3	You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you dwelt, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	4	You shall do my ordinances and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the Lord your God.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	5	You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, by doing which a man shall live: I am the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	6	“None of you shall approach any one near of kin to him to uncover nakedness. I am the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	7	You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, which is the nakedness of your mother; she is your mother, you shall not uncover her nakedness.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	8	You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is your father’s nakedness.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	9	You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home or born abroad.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	10	You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son’s daughter or of your daughter’s daughter, for their nakedness is your own nakedness.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	11	You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, begotten by your father, since she is your sister.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	12	You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is your father’s near kinswoman.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	13	You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s near kinswoman.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	14	You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother, that is, you shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	15	You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your son’s wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	16	You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; she is your brother’s nakedness.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	17	You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, and you shall not take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to uncover her nakedness; they are your near kinswomen; it is wickedness.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	18	And you shall not take a woman as a rival wife to her sister, uncovering her nakedness while her sister is yet alive.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	19	“You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	20	And you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife, and defile yourself with her.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	21	You shall not give any of your children to devote them by fire to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	22	You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	23	And you shall not lie with any beast and defile yourself with it, neither shall any woman give herself to a beast to lie with it: it is perversion.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	24	“Do not defile yourselves by any of these things, for by all these the nations I am casting out before you defiled themselves;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	25	and the land became defiled, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	26	But you shall keep my statutes and my ordinances and do none of these abominations, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	27	(for all of these abominations the men of the land did, who were before you, so that the land became defiled);
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	28	lest the land vomit you out, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	29	For whoever shall do any of these abominations, the persons that do them shall be cut off from among their people.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	18	30	So keep my charge never to practice any of these abominable customs which were practiced before you, and never to defile yourselves by them: I am the Lord your God.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	1	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	2	“Say to all the congregation of the people of Israel, You shall be holy; for I the Lord your God am holy.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	3	Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	4	Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	5	“When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	6	It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, or on the morrow; and anything left over until the third day shall be burned with fire.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	7	If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination; it will not be accepted,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	8	and every one who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned a holy thing of the Lord; and that person shall be cut off from his people.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	9	“When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field to its very border, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	10	And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	11	“You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	12	And you shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	13	“You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	14	You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	15	“You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	16	You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand forth against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	17	“You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason with your neighbor, lest you bear sin because of him.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	18	You shall not take vengeance or bear any grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	19	“You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; nor shall there come upon you a garment of cloth made of two kinds of stuff.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	20	“If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave, betrothed to another man and not yet ransomed or given her freedom, an inquiry shall be held. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	21	but he shall bring a guilt offering for himself to the Lord, to the door of the tent of meeting, a ram for a guilt offering.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	22	And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the Lord for his sin which he has committed; and the sin which he has committed shall be forgiven him.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	23	“When you come into the land and plant all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as forbidden; three years it shall be forbidden to you, it must not be eaten.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	24	And in the fourth year all their fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	25	But in the fifth year you may eat of their fruit, that they may yield more richly for you: I am the Lord your God.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	26	“You shall not eat any flesh with the blood in it. You shall not practice augury or witchcraft.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	27	You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	28	You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh on account of the dead or tattoo any marks upon you: I am the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	29	“Do not profane your daughter by making her a harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry and the land become full of wickedness.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	30	You shall keep my sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	31	“Do not turn to mediums or wizards; do not seek them out, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	32	“You shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	33	“When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	34	The stranger who sojourns with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	35	“You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	36	You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	19	37	And you shall observe all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them: I am the Lord.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	1	The Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	2	“Say to the people of Israel, Any man of the people of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, who gives any of his children to Molech shall be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	3	I myself will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given one of his children to Molech, defiling my sanctuary and profaning my holy name.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	4	And if the people of the land do at all hide their eyes from that man, when he gives one of his children to Molech, and do not put him to death,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	5	then I will set my face against that man and against his family, and will cut them off from among their people, him and all who follow him in playing the harlot after Molech.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	6	“If a person turns to mediums and wizards, playing the harlot after them, I will set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	7	Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am the Lord your God.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	8	Keep my statutes, and do them; I am the Lord who sanctify you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	9	For every one who curses his father or his mother shall be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother, his blood is upon him.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	10	“If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	11	The man who lies with his father’s wife has uncovered his father’s nakedness; both of them shall be put to death, their blood is upon them.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	12	If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall be put to death; they have committed incest, their blood is upon them.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	13	If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall be put to death, their blood is upon them.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	14	If a man takes a wife and her mother also, it is wickedness; they shall be burned with fire, both he and they, that there may be no wickedness among you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	15	If a man lies with a beast, he shall be put to death; and you shall kill the beast.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	16	If a woman approaches any beast and lies with it, you shall kill the woman and the beast; they shall be put to death, their blood is upon them.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	17	“If a man takes his sister, a daughter of his father or a daughter of his mother, and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness, it is a shameful thing, and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people; he has uncovered his sister’s nakedness, he shall bear his iniquity.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	18	If a man lies with a woman having her sickness, and uncovers her nakedness, he has made naked her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood; both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	19	You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister or of your father’s sister, for that is to make naked one’s near kin; they shall bear their iniquity.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	20	If a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness; they shall bear their sin, they shall die childless.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	21	If a man takes his brother’s wife, it is impurity; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness, they shall be childless.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	22	“You shall therefore keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them; that the land where I am bringing you to dwell may not vomit you out.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	23	And you shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	24	But I have said to you, ‘You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey.’ I am the Lord your God, who have separated you from the peoples.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	25	You shall therefore make a distinction between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean; you shall not make yourselves abominable by beast or by bird or by anything with which the ground teems, which I have set apart for you to hold unclean.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	26	You shall be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	20	27	“A man or a woman who is a medium or a wizard shall be put to death; they shall be stoned with stones, their blood shall be upon them.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	21	1	And the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them that none of them shall defile himself for the dead among his people,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	21	2	except for his nearest of kin, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	21	3	or his virgin sister (who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may defile himself).
+Leviticus	Lev	3	21	4	He shall not defile himself as a husband among his people and so profane himself.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	21	5	They shall not make tonsures upon their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	21	6	They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God; for they offer the offerings by fire to the Lord, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	21	7	They shall not marry a harlot or a woman who has been defiled; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband; for the priest is holy to his God.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	21	8	You shall consecrate him, for he offers the bread of your God; he shall be holy to you; for I the Lord, who sanctify you, am holy.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	21	9	And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the harlot, profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	21	10	“The priest who is chief among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and who has been consecrated to wear the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose, nor rend his clothes;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	21	11	he shall not go in to any dead body, nor defile himself, even for his father or for his mother;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	21	12	neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	21	13	And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	21	14	A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a harlot, these he shall not marry; but he shall take to wife a virgin of his own people,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	21	15	that he may not profane his children among his people; for I am the Lord who sanctify him.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	21	16	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	21	17	“Say to Aaron, None of your descendants throughout their generations who has a blemish may approach to offer the bread of his God.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	21	18	For no one who has a blemish shall draw near, a man blind or lame, or one who has a mutilated face or a limb too long,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	21	19	or a man who has an injured foot or an injured hand,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	21	20	or a hunchback, or a dwarf, or a man with a defect in his sight or an itching disease or scabs or crushed testicles;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	21	21	no man of the descendants of Aaron the priest who has a blemish shall come near to offer the Lord’s offerings by fire; since he has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	21	22	He may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy things,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	21	23	but he shall not come near the veil or approach the altar, because he has a blemish, that he may not profane my sanctuaries; for I am the Lord who sanctify them.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	21	24	So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the people of Israel.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	1	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	2	“Tell Aaron and his sons to keep away from the holy things of the people of Israel, which they dedicate to me, so that they may not profane my holy name; I am the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	3	Say to them, ‘If any one of all your descendants throughout your generations approaches the holy things, which the people of Israel dedicate to the Lord, while he has an uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from my presence: I am the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	4	None of the line of Aaron who is a leper or suffers a discharge may eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean through contact with the dead or a man who has had an emission of semen,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	5	and whoever touches a creeping thing by which he may be made unclean or a man from whom he may take uncleanness, whatever his uncleanness may be—
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	6	the person who touches any such shall be unclean until the evening and shall not eat of the holy things unless he has bathed his body in water.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	7	When the sun is down he shall be clean; and afterward he may eat of the holy things, because such are his food.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	8	That which dies of itself or is torn by beasts he shall not eat, defiling himself by it: I am the Lord.’
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	9	They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it and die thereby when they profane it: I am the Lord who sanctify them.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	10	“An outsider shall not eat of a holy thing. A sojourner of the priest’s or a hired servant shall not eat of a holy thing;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	11	but if a priest buys a slave as his property for money, the slave may eat of it; and those that are born in his house may eat of his food.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	12	If a priest’s daughter is married to an outsider she shall not eat of the offering of the holy things.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	13	But if a priest’s daughter is a widow or divorced, and has no child, and returns to her father’s house, as in her youth, she may eat of her father’s food; yet no outsider shall eat of it.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	14	And if a man eats of a holy thing unwittingly, he shall add the fifth of its value to it, and give the holy thing to the priest.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	15	The priests shall not profane the holy things of the people of Israel, which they offer to the Lord,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	16	and so cause them to bear iniquity and guilt, by eating their holy things: for I am the Lord who sanctify them.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	17	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	18	“Say to Aaron and his sons and all the people of Israel, When any one of the house of Israel or of the sojourners in Israel presents his offering, whether in payment of a vow or as a freewill offering which is offered to the Lord as a burnt offering,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	19	to be accepted you shall offer a male without blemish, of the bulls or the sheep or the goats.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	20	You shall not offer anything that has a blemish, for it will not be acceptable for you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	21	And when any one offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord, to fulfil a vow or as a freewill offering, from the herd or from the flock, to be accepted it must be perfect; there shall be no blemish in it.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	22	Animals blind or disabled or mutilated or having a discharge or an itch or scabs, you shall not offer to the Lord or make of them an offering by fire upon the altar to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	23	A bull or a lamb which has a part too long or too short you may present for a freewill offering; but for a votive offering it cannot be accepted.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	24	Any animal which has its testicles bruised or crushed or torn or cut, you shall not offer to the Lord or sacrifice within your land;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	25	neither shall you offer as the bread of your God any such animals gotten from a foreigner. Since there is a blemish in them, because of their mutilation, they will not be accepted for you.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	26	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	27	“When a bull or sheep or goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother; and from the eighth day on it shall be acceptable as an offering by fire to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	28	And whether the mother is a cow or a ewe, you shall not kill both her and her young in one day.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	29	And when you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	30	It shall be eaten on the same day, you shall leave none of it until morning: I am the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	31	“So you shall keep my commandments and do them: I am the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	32	And you shall not profane my holy name, but I will be hallowed among the people of Israel; I am the Lord who sanctify you,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	22	33	who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am the Lord.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	1	The Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	2	“Say to the people of Israel, The appointed feasts of the Lord which you shall proclaim as holy convocations, my appointed feasts, are these.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	3	Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no work; it is a sabbath to the Lord in all your dwellings.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	4	“These are the appointed feasts of the Lord, the holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	5	In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, is the Lord’s passover.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	6	And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to the Lord; seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	7	On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	8	But you shall present an offering by fire to the Lord seven days; on the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	9	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	10	“Say to the people of Israel, When you come into the land which I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	11	and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, that you may find acceptance; on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	12	And on the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb a year old without blemish as a burnt offering to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	13	And the cereal offering with it shall be two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, to be offered by fire to the Lord, a pleasing odor; and the drink offering with it shall be of wine, a fourth of a hin.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	14	And you shall eat neither bread nor grain parched or fresh until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	15	“And you shall count from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven full weeks shall they be,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	16	counting fifty days to the morrow after the seventh sabbath; then you shall present a cereal offering of new grain to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	17	You shall bring from your dwellings two loaves of bread to be waved, made of two tenths of an ephah; they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baked with leaven, as first fruits to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	18	And you shall present with the bread seven lambs a year old without blemish, and one young bull, and two rams; they shall be a burnt offering to the Lord, with their cereal offering and their drink offerings, an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	19	And you shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old as a sacrifice of peace offerings.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	20	And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits as a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs; they shall be holy to the Lord for the priest.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	21	And you shall make proclamation on the same day; you shall hold a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work: it is a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	22	“And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field to its very border, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest; you shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger: I am the Lord your God.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	23	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	24	“Say to the people of Israel, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	25	You shall do no laborious work; and you shall present an offering by fire to the Lord.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	26	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	27	“On the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement; it shall be for you a time of holy convocation, and you shall afflict yourselves and present an offering by fire to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	28	And you shall do no work on this same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	29	For whoever is not afflicted on this same day shall be cut off from his people.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	30	And whoever does any work on this same day, that person I will destroy from among his people.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	31	You shall do no work: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	32	It shall be to you a sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict yourselves; on the ninth day of the month beginning at evening, from evening to evening shall you keep your sabbath.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	33	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	34	“Say to the people of Israel, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month and for seven days is the feast of booths to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	35	On the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	36	Seven days you shall present offerings by fire to the Lord; on the eighth day you shall hold a holy convocation and present an offering by fire to the Lord; it is a solemn assembly; you shall do no laborious work.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	37	“These are the appointed feasts of the Lord, which you shall proclaim as times of holy convocation, for presenting to the Lord offerings by fire, burnt offerings and cereal offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its proper day;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	38	besides the sabbaths of the Lord, and besides your gifts, and besides all your votive offerings, and besides all your freewill offerings, which you give to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	39	“On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you shall keep the feast of the Lord seven days; on the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	40	And you shall take on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	41	You shall keep it as a feast to the Lord seven days in the year; it is a statute for ever throughout your generations; you shall keep it in the seventh month.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	42	You shall dwell in booths for seven days; all that are native in Israel shall dwell in booths,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	43	that your generations may know that I made the people of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	23	44	Thus Moses declared to the people of Israel the appointed feasts of the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	24	1	The Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	24	2	“Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil from beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning continually.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	24	3	Outside the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the Lord continually; it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	24	4	He shall keep the lamps in order upon the lampstand of pure gold before the Lord continually.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	24	5	“And you shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it; two tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	24	6	And you shall set them in two rows, six in a row, upon the table of pure gold.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	24	7	And you shall put pure frankincense with each row, that it may go with the bread as a memorial portion to be offered by fire to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	24	8	Every sabbath day Aaron shall set it in order before the Lord continually on behalf of the people of Israel as a covenant for ever.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	24	9	And it shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place, since it is for him a most holy portion out of the offerings by fire to the Lord, a perpetual due.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	24	10	Now an Israelite woman’s son, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the people of Israel; and the Israelite woman’s son and a man of Israel quarreled in the camp,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	24	11	and the Israelite woman’s son blasphemed the Name, and cursed. And they brought him to Moses. His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	24	12	And they put him in custody, till the will of the Lord should be declared to them.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	24	13	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	24	14	“Bring out of the camp him who cursed; and let all who heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	24	15	And say to the people of Israel, Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	24	16	He who blasphemes the name of the Lord shall be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him; the sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	24	17	He who kills a man shall be put to death.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	24	18	He who kills a beast shall make it good, life for life.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	24	19	When a man causes a disfigurement in his neighbor, as he has done it shall be done to him,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	24	20	fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has disfigured a man, he shall be disfigured.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	24	21	He who kills a beast shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	24	22	You shall have one law for the sojourner and for the native; for I am the Lord your God.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	24	23	So Moses spoke to the people of Israel; and they brought him who had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. Thus the people of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	1	The Lord said to Moses on Mount Sinai,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	2	“Say to the people of Israel, When you come into the land which I give you, the land shall keep a sabbath to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	3	Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in its fruits;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	4	but in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath to the Lord; you shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	5	What grows of itself in your harvest you shall not reap, and the grapes of your undressed vine you shall not gather; it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	6	The sabbath of the land shall provide food for you, for yourself and for your male and female slaves and for your hired servant and the sojourner who lives with you;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	7	for your cattle also and for the beasts that are in your land all its yield shall be for food.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	8	“And you shall count seven weeks of years, seven times seven years, so that the time of the seven weeks of years shall be to you forty-nine years.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	9	Then you shall send abroad the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the day of atonement you shall send abroad the trumpet throughout all your land.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	10	And you shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants; it shall be a jubilee for you, when each of you shall return to his property and each of you shall return to his family.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	11	A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be to you; in it you shall neither sow, nor reap what grows of itself, nor gather the grapes from the undressed vines.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	12	For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you; you shall eat what it yields out of the field.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	13	“In this year of jubilee each of you shall return to his property.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	14	And if you sell to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	15	According to the number of years after the jubilee, you shall buy from your neighbor, and according to the number of years for crops he shall sell to you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	16	If the years are many you shall increase the price, and if the years are few you shall diminish the price, for it is the number of the crops that he is selling to you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	17	You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the Lord your God.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	18	“Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and perform them; so you will dwell in the land securely.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	19	The land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill, and dwell in it securely.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	20	And if you say, ‘What shall we eat in the seventh year, if we may not sow or gather in our crop?’
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	21	I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, so that it will bring forth fruit for three years.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	22	When you sow in the eighth year, you will be eating old produce; until the ninth year, when its produce comes in, you shall eat the old.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	23	The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with me.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	24	And in all the country you possess, you shall grant a redemption of the land.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	25	“If your brother becomes poor, and sells part of his property, then his next of kin shall come and redeem what his brother has sold.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	26	If a man has no one to redeem it, and then himself becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	27	let him reckon the years since he sold it and pay back the overpayment to the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return to his property.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	28	But if he has not sufficient means to get it back for himself, then what he sold shall remain in the hand of him who bought it until the year of jubilee; in the jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his property.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	29	“If a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, he may redeem it within a whole year after its sale; for a full year he shall have the right of redemption.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	30	If it is not redeemed within a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him who bought it, throughout his generations; it shall not be released in the jubilee.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	31	But the houses of the villages which have no wall around them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country; they may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the jubilee.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	32	Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	33	And if one of the Levites does not exercise his right of redemption, then the house that was sold in a city of their possession shall be released in the jubilee; for the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the people of Israel.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	34	But the fields of common land belonging to their cities may not be sold; for that is their perpetual possession.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	35	“And if your brother becomes poor, and cannot maintain himself with you, you shall maintain him; as a stranger and a sojourner he shall live with you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	36	Take no interest from him or increase, but fear your God; that your brother may live beside you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	37	You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	38	I am the Lord your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	39	“And if your brother becomes poor beside you, and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave:
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	40	he shall be with you as a hired servant and as a sojourner. He shall serve with you until the year of the jubilee;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	41	then he shall go out from you, he and his children with him, and go back to his own family, and return to the possession of his fathers.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	42	For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as slaves.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	43	You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	44	As for your male and female slaves whom you may have: you may buy male and female slaves from among the nations that are round about you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	45	You may also buy from among the strangers who sojourn with you and their families that are with you, who have been born in your land; and they may be your property.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	46	You may bequeath them to your sons after you, to inherit as a possession for ever; you may make slaves of them, but over your brethren the people of Israel you shall not rule, one over another, with harshness.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	47	“If a stranger or sojourner with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him becomes poor and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner with you, or to a member of the stranger’s family,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	48	then after he is sold he may be redeemed; one of his brothers may redeem him,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	49	or his uncle, or his cousin may redeem him, or a near kinsman belonging to his family may redeem him; or if he grows rich he may redeem himself.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	50	He shall reckon with him who bought him from the year when he sold himself to him until the year of jubilee, and the price of his release shall be according to the number of years; the time he was with his owner shall be rated as the time of a hired servant.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	51	If there are still many years, according to them he shall refund out of the price paid for him the price for his redemption.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	52	If there remain but a few years until the year of jubilee, he shall make a reckoning with him; according to the years of service due from him he shall refund the money for his redemption.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	53	As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him; he shall not rule with harshness over him in your sight.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	54	And if he is not redeemed by these means, then he shall be released in the year of jubilee, he and his children with him.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	25	55	For to me the people of Israel are servants, they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	1	“You shall make for yourselves no idols and erect no graven image or pillar, and you shall not set up a figured stone in your land, to bow down to them; for I am the Lord your God.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	2	You shall keep my sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	3	“If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	4	then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	5	And your threshing shall last to the time of vintage, and the vintage shall last to the time for sowing; and you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land securely.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	6	And I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; and I will remove evil beasts from the land, and the sword shall not go through your land.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	7	And you shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	8	Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	9	And I will have regard for you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and will confirm my covenant with you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	10	And you shall eat old store long kept, and you shall clear out the old to make way for the new.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	11	And I will make my abode among you, and my soul shall not abhor you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	12	And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you shall be my people.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	13	I am the Lord your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; and I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	14	“But if you will not hearken to me, and will not do all these commandments,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	15	if you spurn my statutes, and if your soul abhors my ordinances, so that you will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	16	I will do this to you: I will appoint over you sudden terror, consumption, and fever that waste the eyes and cause life to pine away. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	17	I will set my face against you, and you shall be smitten before your enemies; those who hate you shall rule over you, and you shall flee when none pursues you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	18	And if in spite of this you will not hearken to me, then I will chastise you again sevenfold for your sins,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	19	and I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like brass;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	20	and your strength shall be spent in vain, for your land shall not yield its increase, and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	21	“Then if you walk contrary to me, and will not hearken to me, I will bring more plagues upon you, sevenfold as many as your sins.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	22	And I will let loose the wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number, so that your ways shall become desolate.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	23	“And if by this discipline you are not turned to me, but walk contrary to me,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	24	then I also will walk contrary to you, and I myself will smite you sevenfold for your sins.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	25	And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute vengeance for the covenant; and if you gather within your cities I will send pestilence among you, and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	26	When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and shall deliver your bread again by weight; and you shall eat, and not be satisfied.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	27	“And if in spite of this you will not hearken to me, but walk contrary to me,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	28	then I will walk contrary to you in fury, and chastise you myself sevenfold for your sins.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	29	You shall eat the flesh of your sons, and you shall eat the flesh of your daughters.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	30	And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your incense altars, and cast your dead bodies upon the dead bodies of your idols; and my soul will abhor you.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	31	And I will lay your cities waste, and will make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will not smell your pleasing odors.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	32	And I will devastate the land, so that your enemies who settle in it shall be astonished at it.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	33	And I will scatter you among the nations, and I will unsheathe the sword after you; and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	34	“Then the land shall enjoy its sabbaths as long as it lies desolate, while you are in your enemies’ land; then the land shall rest, and enjoy its sabbaths.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	35	As long as it lies desolate it shall have rest, the rest which it had not in your sabbaths when you dwelt upon it.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	36	And as for those of you that are left, I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; the sound of a driven leaf shall put them to flight, and they shall flee as one flees from the sword, and they shall fall when none pursues.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	37	They shall stumble over one another, as if to escape a sword, though none pursues; and you shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	38	And you shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	39	And those of you that are left shall pine away in your enemies’ lands because of their iniquity; and also because of the iniquities of their fathers they shall pine away like them.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	40	“But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery which they committed against me, and also in walking contrary to me,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	41	so that I walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled and they make amends for their iniquity;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	42	then I will remember my covenant with Jacob, and I will remember my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	43	But the land shall be left by them, and enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them; and they shall make amends for their iniquity, because they spurned my ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	44	Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not spurn them, neither will I abhor them so as to destroy them utterly and break my covenant with them; for I am the Lord their God;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	45	but I will for their sake remember the covenant with their forefathers, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God: I am the Lord.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	26	46	These are the statutes and ordinances and laws which the Lord made between him and the people of Israel on Mount Sinai by Moses.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	1	The Lord said to Moses,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	2	“Say to the people of Israel, When a man makes a special vow of persons to the Lord at your valuation,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	3	then your valuation of a male from twenty years old up to sixty years old shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	4	If the person is a female, your valuation shall be thirty shekels.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	5	If the person is from five years old up to twenty years old, your valuation shall be for a male twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	6	If the person is from a month old up to five years old, your valuation shall be for a male five shekels of silver, and for a female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	7	And if the person is sixty years old and upward, then your valuation for a male shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	8	And if a man is too poor to pay your valuation, then he shall bring the person before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the ability of him who vowed the priest shall value him.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	9	“If it is an animal such as men offer as an offering to the Lord, all of such that any man gives to the Lord is holy.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	10	He shall not substitute anything for it or exchange it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if he makes any exchange of beast for beast, then both it and that for which it is exchanged shall be holy.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	11	And if it is an unclean animal such as is not offered as an offering to the Lord, then the man shall bring the animal before the priest,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	12	and the priest shall value it as either good or bad; as you, the priest, value it, so it shall be.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	13	But if he wishes to redeem it, he shall add a fifth to the valuation.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	14	“When a man dedicates his house to be holy to the Lord, the priest shall value it as either good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	15	And if he who dedicates it wishes to redeem his house, he shall add a fifth of the valuation in money to it, and it shall be his.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	16	“If a man dedicates to the Lord part of the land which is his by inheritance, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it; a sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	17	If he dedicates his field from the year of jubilee, it shall stand at your full valuation;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	18	but if he dedicates his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall compute the money-value for it according to the years that remain until the year of jubilee, and a deduction shall be made from your valuation.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	19	And if he who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, then he shall add a fifth of the valuation in money to it, and it shall remain his.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	20	But if he does not wish to redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more;
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	21	but the field, when it is released in the jubilee, shall be holy to the Lord, as a field that has been devoted; the priest shall be in possession of it.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	22	If he dedicates to the Lord a field which he has bought, which is not a part of his possession by inheritance,
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	23	then the priest shall compute the valuation for it up to the year of jubilee, and the man shall give the amount of the valuation on that day as a holy thing to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	24	In the year of jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, to whom the land belongs as a possession by inheritance.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	25	Every valuation shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall make a shekel.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	26	“But a firstling of animals, which as a firstling belongs to the Lord, no man may dedicate; whether ox or sheep, it is the Lord’s.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	27	And if it is an unclean animal, then he shall buy it back at your valuation, and add a fifth to it; or, if it is not redeemed, it shall be sold at your valuation.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	28	“But no devoted thing that a man devotes to the Lord, of anything that he has, whether of man or beast, or of his inherited field, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	29	No one devoted, who is to be utterly destroyed from among men, shall be ransomed; he shall be put to death.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	30	“All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord’s; it is holy to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	31	If a man wishes to redeem any of his tithe, he shall add a fifth to it.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	32	And all the tithe of herds and flocks, every tenth animal of all that pass under the herdsman’s staff, shall be holy to the Lord.
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	33	A man shall not inquire whether it is good or bad, neither shall he exchange it; and if he exchanges it, then both it and that for which it is exchanged shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.”
+Leviticus	Lev	3	27	34	These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses for the people of Israel on Mount Sinai.
+Numbers	Num	4	1	1	The Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
+Numbers	Num	4	1	2	“Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by families, by fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head;
+Numbers	Num	4	1	3	from twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go forth to war, you and Aaron shall number them, company by company.
+Numbers	Num	4	1	4	And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers.
+Numbers	Num	4	1	5	And these are the names of the men who shall attend you. From Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;
+Numbers	Num	4	1	6	from Simeon, Shelumi-el the son of Zurishaddai;
+Numbers	Num	4	1	7	from Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;
+Numbers	Num	4	1	8	from Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar;
+Numbers	Num	4	1	9	from Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon;
+Numbers	Num	4	1	10	from the sons of Joseph, from Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;
+Numbers	Num	4	1	11	from Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;
+Numbers	Num	4	1	12	from Dan, Ahi-ezer the son of Ammishaddai;
+Numbers	Num	4	1	13	from Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran;
+Numbers	Num	4	1	14	from Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;
+Numbers	Num	4	1	15	from Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.”
+Numbers	Num	4	1	16	These were the ones chosen from the congregation, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.
+Numbers	Num	4	1	17	Moses and Aaron took these men who have been named,
+Numbers	Num	4	1	18	and on the first day of the second month, they assembled the whole congregation together, who registered themselves by families, by fathers’ houses, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head,
+Numbers	Num	4	1	19	as the Lord commanded Moses. So he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
+Numbers	Num	4	1	20	The people of Reuben, Israel’s first-born, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war:
+Numbers	Num	4	1	21	the number of the tribe of Reuben was forty-six thousand five hundred.
+Numbers	Num	4	1	22	Of the people of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, those of them that were numbered, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war:
+Numbers	Num	4	1	23	the number of the tribe of Simeon was fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
+Numbers	Num	4	1	24	Of the people of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war:
+Numbers	Num	4	1	25	the number of the tribe of Gad was forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.
+Numbers	Num	4	1	26	Of the people of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go forth to war:
+Numbers	Num	4	1	27	the number of the tribe of Judah was seventy-four thousand six hundred.
+Numbers	Num	4	1	28	Of the people of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go forth to war:
+Numbers	Num	4	1	29	the number of the tribe of Issachar was fifty-four thousand four hundred.
+Numbers	Num	4	1	30	Of the people of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go forth to war:
+Numbers	Num	4	1	31	the number of the tribe of Zebulun was fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
+Numbers	Num	4	1	32	Of the people of Joseph, namely, of the people of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go forth to war:
+Numbers	Num	4	1	33	the number of the tribe of Ephraim was forty thousand five hundred.
+Numbers	Num	4	1	34	Of the people of Manasseh, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go forth to war:
+Numbers	Num	4	1	35	the number of the tribe of Manasseh was thirty-two thousand two hundred.
+Numbers	Num	4	1	36	Of the people of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go forth to war:
+Numbers	Num	4	1	37	the number of the tribe of Benjamin was thirty-five thousand four hundred.
+Numbers	Num	4	1	38	Of the people of Dan, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go forth to war:
+Numbers	Num	4	1	39	the number of the tribe of Dan was sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
+Numbers	Num	4	1	40	Of the people of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go forth to war:
+Numbers	Num	4	1	41	the number of the tribe of Asher was forty-one thousand five hundred.
+Numbers	Num	4	1	42	Of the people of Naphtali, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go forth to war:
+Numbers	Num	4	1	43	the number of the tribe of Naphtali was fifty-three thousand four hundred.
+Numbers	Num	4	1	44	These are those who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered with the help of the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each representing his fathers’ house.
+Numbers	Num	4	1	45	So the whole number of the people of Israel, by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go forth to war in Israel—
+Numbers	Num	4	1	46	their whole number was six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
+Numbers	Num	4	1	47	But the Levites were not numbered by their ancestral tribe along with them.
+Numbers	Num	4	1	48	For the Lord said to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	1	49	“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, and you shall not take a census of them among the people of Israel;
+Numbers	Num	4	1	50	but appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it; they are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall tend it, and shall encamp around the tabernacle.
+Numbers	Num	4	1	51	When the tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up. And if any one else comes near, he shall be put to death.
+Numbers	Num	4	1	52	The people of Israel shall pitch their tents by their companies, every man by his own camp and every man by his own standard;
+Numbers	Num	4	1	53	but the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony, that there may be no wrath upon the congregation of the people of Israel; and the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.”
+Numbers	Num	4	1	54	Thus did the people of Israel; they did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses.
+Numbers	Num	4	2	1	The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
+Numbers	Num	4	2	2	“The people of Israel shall encamp each by his own standard, with the ensigns of their fathers’ houses; they shall encamp facing the tent of meeting on every side.
+Numbers	Num	4	2	3	Those to encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah by their companies, the leader of the people of Judah being Nahshon the son of Amminadab,
+Numbers	Num	4	2	4	his host as numbered being seventy-four thousand six hundred.
+Numbers	Num	4	2	5	Those to encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar, the leader of the people of Issachar being Nethanel the son of Zuar,
+Numbers	Num	4	2	6	his host as numbered being fifty-four thousand four hundred.
+Numbers	Num	4	2	7	Then the tribe of Zebulun, the leader of the people of Zebulun being Eliab the son of Helon,
+Numbers	Num	4	2	8	his host as numbered being fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
+Numbers	Num	4	2	9	The whole number of the camp of Judah, by their companies, is a hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred. They shall set out first on the march.
+Numbers	Num	4	2	10	“On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their companies, the leader of the people of Reuben being Elizur the son of Shedeur,
+Numbers	Num	4	2	11	his host as numbered being forty-six thousand five hundred.
+Numbers	Num	4	2	12	And those to encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, the leader of the people of Simeon being Shelumi-el the son of Zurishaddai,
+Numbers	Num	4	2	13	his host as numbered being fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
+Numbers	Num	4	2	14	Then the tribe of Gad, the leader of the people of Gad being Eliasaph the son of Reuel,
+Numbers	Num	4	2	15	his host as numbered being forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.
+Numbers	Num	4	2	16	The whole number of the camp of Reuben, by their companies, is a hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty. They shall set out second.
+Numbers	Num	4	2	17	“Then the tent of meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; as they encamp, so shall they set out, each in position, standard by standard.
+Numbers	Num	4	2	18	“On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim by their companies, the leader of the people of Ephraim being Elishama the son of Ammihud,
+Numbers	Num	4	2	19	his host as numbered being forty thousand five hundred.
+Numbers	Num	4	2	20	And next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh, the leader of the people of Manasseh being Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur,
+Numbers	Num	4	2	21	his host as numbered being thirty-two thousand two hundred.
+Numbers	Num	4	2	22	Then the tribe of Benjamin, the leader of the people of Benjamin being Abidan the son of Gideoni,
+Numbers	Num	4	2	23	his host as numbered being thirty-five thousand four hundred.
+Numbers	Num	4	2	24	The whole number of the camp of Ephraim, by their companies, is a hundred and eight thousand one hundred. They shall set out third on the march.
+Numbers	Num	4	2	25	“On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan by their companies, the leader of the people of Dan being Ahi-ezer the son of Ammishaddai,
+Numbers	Num	4	2	26	his host as numbered being sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
+Numbers	Num	4	2	27	And those to encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher, the leader of the people of Asher being Pagiel the son of Ochran,
+Numbers	Num	4	2	28	his host as numbered being forty-one thousand five hundred.
+Numbers	Num	4	2	29	Then the tribe of Naphtali, the leader of the people of Naphtali being Ahira the son of Enan,
+Numbers	Num	4	2	30	his host as numbered being fifty-three thousand four hundred.
+Numbers	Num	4	2	31	The whole number of the camp of Dan is a hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They shall set out last, standard by standard.”
+Numbers	Num	4	2	32	These are the people of Israel as numbered by their fathers’ houses; all in the camps who were numbered by their companies were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
+Numbers	Num	4	2	33	But the Levites were not numbered among the people of Israel, as the Lord commanded Moses.
+Numbers	Num	4	2	34	Thus did the people of Israel. According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set out, every one in his family, according to his fathers’ house.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	1	These are the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	2	These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the first-born, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar;
+Numbers	Num	4	3	3	these are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to minister in the priest’s office.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	4	But Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord when they offered unholy fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the lifetime of Aaron their father.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	5	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	3	6	“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	7	They shall perform duties for him and for the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, as they minister at the tabernacle;
+Numbers	Num	4	3	8	they shall have charge of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and attend to the duties for the people of Israel as they minister at the tabernacle.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	9	And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the people of Israel.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	10	And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall attend to their priesthood; but if any one else comes near, he shall be put to death.”
+Numbers	Num	4	3	11	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	3	12	“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every first-born that opens the womb among the people of Israel. The Levites shall be mine,
+Numbers	Num	4	3	13	for all the first-born are mine; on the day that I slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the first-born in Israel, both of man and of beast; they shall be mine: I am the Lord.”
+Numbers	Num	4	3	14	And the Lord said to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai,
+Numbers	Num	4	3	15	“Number the sons of Levi, by fathers’ houses and by families; every male from a month old and upward you shall number.”
+Numbers	Num	4	3	16	So Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	17	And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	18	And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shime-i.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	19	And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	20	And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites, by their fathers’ houses.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	21	Of Gershon were the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shime-ites; these were the families of the Gershonites.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	22	Their number according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward was seven thousand five hundred.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	23	The families of the Gershonites were to encamp behind the tabernacle on the west,
+Numbers	Num	4	3	24	with Eliasaph, the son of Lael as head of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	25	And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting was to be the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the screen for the door of the tent of meeting,
+Numbers	Num	4	3	26	the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords; all the service pertaining to these.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	27	Of Kohath were the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kohathites.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	28	According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, attending to the duties of the sanctuary.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	29	The families of the sons of Kohath were to encamp on the south side of the tabernacle,
+Numbers	Num	4	3	30	with Eli-zaphan the son of Uzziel as head of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	31	And their charge was to be the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which the priests minister, and the screen; all the service pertaining to these.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	32	And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the leaders of the Levites, and to have oversight of those who had charge of the sanctuary.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	33	Of Merari were the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	34	Their number according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward was six thousand two hundred.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	35	And the head of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail; they were to encamp on the north side of the tabernacle.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	36	And the appointed charge of the sons of Merari was to be the frames of the tabernacle, the bars, the pillars, the bases, and all their accessories; all the service pertaining to these;
+Numbers	Num	4	3	37	also the pillars of the court round about, with their bases and pegs and cords.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	38	And those to encamp before the tabernacle on the east, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, having charge of the rites within the sanctuary, whatever had to be done for the people of Israel; and any one else who came near was to be put to death.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	39	All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the Lord, by families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	40	And the Lord said to Moses, “Number all the first-born males of the people of Israel, from a month old and upward, taking their number by names.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	41	And you shall take the Levites for me—I am the Lord—instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the people of Israel.”
+Numbers	Num	4	3	42	So Moses numbered all the first-born among the people of Israel, as the Lord commanded him.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	43	And all the first-born males, according to the number of names, from a month old and upward as numbered were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	44	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	3	45	“Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord.
+Numbers	Num	4	3	46	And for the redemption of the two hundred and seventy-three of the first-born of the people of Israel, over and above the number of the male Levites,
+Numbers	Num	4	3	47	you shall take five shekels apiece; reckoning by the shekel of the sanctuary, the shekel of twenty gerahs, you shall take them,
+Numbers	Num	4	3	48	and give the money by which the excess number of them is redeemed to Aaron and his sons.”
+Numbers	Num	4	3	49	So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those redeemed by the Levites;
+Numbers	Num	4	3	50	from the first-born of the people of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, reckoned by the shekel of the sanctuary;
+Numbers	Num	4	3	51	and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
+Numbers	Num	4	4	1	The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
+Numbers	Num	4	4	2	“Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families and their fathers’ houses,
+Numbers	Num	4	4	3	from thirty years old up to fifty years old, all who can enter the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.
+Numbers	Num	4	4	4	This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: the most holy things.
+Numbers	Num	4	4	5	When the camp is to set out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the testimony with it;
+Numbers	Num	4	4	6	then they shall put on it a covering of goatskin, and spread over that a cloth all of blue, and shall put in its poles.
+Numbers	Num	4	4	7	And over the table of the bread of the Presence they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put upon it the plates, the dishes for incense, the bowls, and the flagons for the drink offering; the continual bread also shall be on it;
+Numbers	Num	4	4	8	then they shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of goatskin, and shall put in its poles.
+Numbers	Num	4	4	9	And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the lampstand for the light, with its lamps, its snuffers, its trays, and all the vessels for oil with which it is supplied:
+Numbers	Num	4	4	10	and they shall put it with all its utensils in a covering of goatskin and put it upon the carrying frame.
+Numbers	Num	4	4	11	And over the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of goatskin, and shall put in its poles;
+Numbers	Num	4	4	12	and they shall take all the vessels of the service which are used in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of goatskin, and put them on the carrying frame.
+Numbers	Num	4	4	13	And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth over it;
+Numbers	Num	4	4	14	and they shall put on it all the utensils of the altar, which are used for the service there, the firepans, the forks, the shovels, and the basins, all the utensils of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of goatskin, and shall put in its poles.
+Numbers	Num	4	4	15	And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the tent of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.
+Numbers	Num	4	4	16	“And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall have charge of the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the continual cereal offering, and the anointing oil, with the oversight of all the tabernacle and all that is in it, of the sanctuary and its vessels.”
+Numbers	Num	4	4	17	The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
+Numbers	Num	4	4	18	“Let not the tribe of the families of the Kohathites be destroyed from among the Levites;
+Numbers	Num	4	4	19	but deal thus with them, that they may live and not die when they come near to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint them each to his task and to his burden,
+Numbers	Num	4	4	20	but they shall not go in to look upon the holy things even for a moment, lest they die.”
+Numbers	Num	4	4	21	The Lord said to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	4	22	“Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their families and their fathers’ houses;
+Numbers	Num	4	4	23	from thirty years old up to fifty years old, you shall number them, all who can enter for service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.
+Numbers	Num	4	4	24	This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and bearing burdens:
+Numbers	Num	4	4	25	they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tent of meeting with its covering, and the covering of goatskin that is on top of it, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting,
+Numbers	Num	4	4	26	and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the entrance of the gate of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and their cords, and all the equipment for their service; and they shall do all that needs to be done with regard to them.
+Numbers	Num	4	4	27	All the service of the sons of the Gershonites shall be at the command of Aaron and his sons, in all that they are to carry, and in all that they have to do; and you shall assign to their charge all that they are to carry.
+Numbers	Num	4	4	28	This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting, and their work is to be under the oversight of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
+Numbers	Num	4	4	29	“As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families and their fathers’ houses;
+Numbers	Num	4	4	30	from thirty years old up to fifty years old, you shall number them, every one that can enter the service, to do the work of the tent of meeting.
+Numbers	Num	4	4	31	And this is what they are charged to carry, as the whole of their service in the tent of meeting: the frames of the tabernacle, with its bars, pillars, and bases,
+Numbers	Num	4	4	32	and the pillars of the court round about with their bases, pegs, and cords, with all their equipment and all their accessories; and you shall assign by name the objects which they are required to carry.
+Numbers	Num	4	4	33	This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, the whole of their service in the tent of meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.”
+Numbers	Num	4	4	34	And Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites, by their families and their fathers’ houses,
+Numbers	Num	4	4	35	from thirty years old up to fifty years old, every one that could enter the service, for work in the tent of meeting;
+Numbers	Num	4	4	36	and their number by families was two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
+Numbers	Num	4	4	37	This was the number of the families of the Kohathites, all who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the Lord by Moses.
+Numbers	Num	4	4	38	The number of the sons of Gershon, by their families and their fathers’ houses,
+Numbers	Num	4	4	39	from thirty years old up to fifty years old, every one that could enter the service for work in the tent of meeting—
+Numbers	Num	4	4	40	their number by their families and their fathers’ houses was two thousand six hundred and thirty.
+Numbers	Num	4	4	41	This was the number of the families of the sons of Gershon, all who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the Lord.
+Numbers	Num	4	4	42	The number of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families and their fathers’ houses,
+Numbers	Num	4	4	43	from thirty years old up to fifty years old, every one that could enter the service, for work in the tent of meeting—
+Numbers	Num	4	4	44	their number by families was three thousand two hundred.
+Numbers	Num	4	4	45	These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the Lord by Moses.
+Numbers	Num	4	4	46	All those who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the leaders of Israel numbered, by their families and their fathers’ houses,
+Numbers	Num	4	4	47	from thirty years old up to fifty years old, every one that could enter to do the work of service and the work of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting,
+Numbers	Num	4	4	48	those who were numbered of them were eight thousand five hundred and eighty.
+Numbers	Num	4	4	49	According to the commandment of the Lord through Moses they were appointed, each to his task of serving or carrying; thus they were numbered by him, as the Lord commanded Moses.
+Numbers	Num	4	5	1	The Lord said to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	5	2	“Command the people of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one having a discharge, and every one that is unclean through contact with the dead;
+Numbers	Num	4	5	3	you shall put out both male and female, putting them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell.”
+Numbers	Num	4	5	4	And the people of Israel did so, and drove them outside the camp; as the Lord said to Moses, so the people of Israel did.
+Numbers	Num	4	5	5	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	5	6	“Say to the people of Israel, When a man or woman commits any of the sins that men commit by breaking faith with the Lord, and that person is guilty,
+Numbers	Num	4	5	7	he shall confess his sin which he has committed; and he shall make full restitution for his wrong, adding a fifth to it, and giving it to him to whom he did the wrong.
+Numbers	Num	4	5	8	But if the man has no kinsman to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution for wrong shall go to the Lord for the priest, in addition to the ram of atonement with which atonement is made for him.
+Numbers	Num	4	5	9	And every offering, all the holy things of the people of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be his;
+Numbers	Num	4	5	10	and every man’s holy things shall be his; whatever any man gives to the priest shall be his.”
+Numbers	Num	4	5	11	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	5	12	“Say to the people of Israel, If any man’s wife goes astray and acts unfaithfully against him,
+Numbers	Num	4	5	13	if a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is undetected though she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her, since she was not taken in the act;
+Numbers	Num	4	5	14	and if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him, and he is jealous of his wife who has defiled herself; or if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him, and he is jealous of his wife, though she has not defiled herself;
+Numbers	Num	4	5	15	then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and bring the offering required of her, a tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it and put no frankincense on it, for it is a cereal offering of jealousy, a cereal offering of remembrance, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
+Numbers	Num	4	5	16	“And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the Lord;
+Numbers	Num	4	5	17	and the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel, and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water.
+Numbers	Num	4	5	18	And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and unbind the hair of the woman’s head, and place in her hands the cereal offering of remembrance, which is the cereal offering of jealousy. And in his hand the priest shall have the water of bitterness that brings the curse.
+Numbers	Num	4	5	19	Then the priest shall make her take an oath, saying, ‘If no man has lain with you, and if you have not turned aside to uncleanness, while you were under your husband’s authority, be free from this water of bitterness that brings the curse.
+Numbers	Num	4	5	20	But if you have gone astray, though you are under your husband’s authority, and if you have defiled yourself, and some man other than your husband has lain with you,
+Numbers	Num	4	5	21	then’ (let the priest make the woman take the oath of the curse, and say to the woman) ‘the Lord make you an execration and an oath among your people, when the Lord makes your thigh fall away and your body swell;
+Numbers	Num	4	5	22	may this water that brings the curse pass into your bowels and make your body swell and your thigh fall away.’ And the woman shall say, ‘Amen, Amen.’
+Numbers	Num	4	5	23	“Then the priest shall write these curses in a book, and wash them off into the water of bitterness;
+Numbers	Num	4	5	24	and he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings the curse, and the water that brings the curse shall enter into her and cause bitter pain.
+Numbers	Num	4	5	25	And the priest shall take the cereal offering of jealousy out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the cereal offering before the Lord and bring it to the altar;
+Numbers	Num	4	5	26	and the priest shall take a handful of the cereal offering, as its memorial portion, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water.
+Numbers	Num	4	5	27	And when he has made her drink the water, then, if she has defiled herself and has acted unfaithfully against her husband, the water that brings the curse shall enter into her and cause bitter pain, and her body shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away, and the woman shall become an execration among her people.
+Numbers	Num	4	5	28	But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, then she shall be free and shall conceive children.
+Numbers	Num	4	5	29	“This is the law in cases of jealousy, when a wife, though under her husband’s authority, goes astray and defiles herself,
+Numbers	Num	4	5	30	or when the spirit of jealousy comes upon a man and he is jealous of his wife; then he shall set the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.
+Numbers	Num	4	5	31	The man shall be free from iniquity, but the woman shall bear her iniquity.”
+Numbers	Num	4	6	1	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	6	2	“Say to the people of Israel, When either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the Lord,
+Numbers	Num	4	6	3	he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and shall not drink any juice of grapes or eat grapes, fresh or dried.
+Numbers	Num	4	6	4	All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins.
+Numbers	Num	4	6	5	“All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall come upon his head; until the time is completed for which he separates himself to the Lord, he shall be holy; he shall let the locks of hair of his head grow long.
+Numbers	Num	4	6	6	“All the days that he separates himself to the Lord he shall not go near a dead body.
+Numbers	Num	4	6	7	Neither for his father nor for his mother, nor for brother or sister, if they die, shall he make himself unclean; because his separation to God is upon his head.
+Numbers	Num	4	6	8	All the days of his separation he is holy to the Lord.
+Numbers	Num	4	6	9	“And if any man dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles his consecrated head, then he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he shall shave it.
+Numbers	Num	4	6	10	On the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest to the door of the tent of meeting,
+Numbers	Num	4	6	11	and the priest shall offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned by reason of the dead body. And he shall consecrate his head that same day,
+Numbers	Num	4	6	12	and separate himself to the Lord for the days of his separation, and bring a male lamb a year old for a guilt offering; but the former time shall be void, because his separation was defiled.
+Numbers	Num	4	6	13	“And this is the law for the Nazirite, when the time of his separation has been completed: he shall be brought to the door of the tent of meeting,
+Numbers	Num	4	6	14	and he shall offer his gift to the Lord, one male lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish as a sin offering, and one ram without blemish as a peace offering,
+Numbers	Num	4	6	15	and a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil, and their cereal offering and their drink offerings.
+Numbers	Num	4	6	16	And the priest shall present them before the Lord and offer his sin offering and his burnt offering,
+Numbers	Num	4	6	17	and he shall offer the ram as a sacrifice of peace offering to the Lord, with the basket of unleavened bread; the priest shall offer also its cereal offering and its drink offering.
+Numbers	Num	4	6	18	And the Nazirite shall shave his consecrated head at the door of the tent of meeting, and shall take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offering.
+Numbers	Num	4	6	19	And the priest shall take the shoulder of the ram, when it is boiled, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazirite, after he has shaven the hair of his consecration,
+Numbers	Num	4	6	20	and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord; they are a holy portion for the priest, together with the breast that is waved and the thigh that is offered; and after that the Nazirite may drink wine.
+Numbers	Num	4	6	21	“This is the law for the Nazirite who takes a vow. His offering to the Lord shall be according to his vow as a Nazirite, apart from what else he can afford; in accordance with the vow which he takes, so shall he do according to the law for his separation as a Nazirite.”
+Numbers	Num	4	6	22	The Lord said to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	6	23	“Say to Aaron and his sons, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them,
+Numbers	Num	4	6	24	The Lord bless you and keep you:
+Numbers	Num	4	6	25	The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you:
+Numbers	Num	4	6	26	The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.
+Numbers	Num	4	6	27	“So shall they put my name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them.”
+Numbers	Num	4	7	1	On the day when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed and consecrated it with all its furnishings, and had anointed and consecrated the altar with all its utensils,
+Numbers	Num	4	7	2	the leaders of Israel, heads of their fathers’ houses, the leaders of the tribes, who were over those who were numbered,
+Numbers	Num	4	7	3	offered and brought their offerings before the Lord, six covered wagons and twelve oxen, a wagon for every two of the leaders, and for each one an ox; they offered them before the tabernacle.
+Numbers	Num	4	7	4	Then the Lord said to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	7	5	“Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the service of the tent of meeting, and give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.”
+Numbers	Num	4	7	6	So Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites.
+Numbers	Num	4	7	7	Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	8	and four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
+Numbers	Num	4	7	9	But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because they were charged with the care of the holy things which had to be carried on the shoulder.
+Numbers	Num	4	7	10	And the leaders offered offerings for the dedication of the altar on the day it was anointed; and the leaders offered their offering before the altar.
+Numbers	Num	4	7	11	And the Lord said to Moses, “They shall offer their offerings, one leader each day, for the dedication of the altar.”
+Numbers	Num	4	7	12	He who offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	13	and his offering was one silver plate whose weight was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	14	one golden dish of ten shekels, full of incense;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	15	one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	16	one male goat for a sin offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	17	and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
+Numbers	Num	4	7	18	On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, the leader of Issachar, made an offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	19	he offered for his offering one silver plate, whose weight was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	20	one golden dish of ten shekels, full of incense;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	21	one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	22	one male goat for a sin offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	23	and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar.
+Numbers	Num	4	7	24	On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, the leader of the men of Zebulun:
+Numbers	Num	4	7	25	his offering was one silver plate, whose weight was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	26	one golden dish of ten shekels, full of incense;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	27	one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	28	one male goat for a sin offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	29	and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
+Numbers	Num	4	7	30	On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, the leader of the men of Reuben:
+Numbers	Num	4	7	31	his offering was one silver plate whose weight was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	32	one golden dish of ten shekels, full of incense;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	33	one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	34	one male goat for a sin offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	35	and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
+Numbers	Num	4	7	36	On the fifth day Shelumi-el the son of Zurishaddai, the leader of the men of Simeon:
+Numbers	Num	4	7	37	his offering was one silver plate, whose weight was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	38	one golden dish of ten shekels, full of incense;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	39	one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	40	one male goat for a sin offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	41	and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Shelumi-el the son of Zurishaddai.
+Numbers	Num	4	7	42	On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, the leader of the men of Gad:
+Numbers	Num	4	7	43	his offering was one silver plate, whose weight was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	44	one golden dish of ten shekels, full of incense;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	45	one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	46	one male goat for a sin offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	47	and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
+Numbers	Num	4	7	48	On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, the leader of the men of Ephraim:
+Numbers	Num	4	7	49	his offering was one silver plate, whose weight was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	50	one golden dish of ten shekels, full of incense;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	51	one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	52	one male goat for a sin offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	53	and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
+Numbers	Num	4	7	54	On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, the leader of the men of Manasseh:
+Numbers	Num	4	7	55	his offering was one silver plate, whose weight was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	56	one golden dish of ten shekels, full of incense;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	57	one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	58	one male goat for a sin offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	59	and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
+Numbers	Num	4	7	60	On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, the leader of the men of Benjamin:
+Numbers	Num	4	7	61	his offering was one silver plate, whose weight was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	62	one golden dish of ten shekels, full of incense;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	63	one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	64	one male goat for a sin offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	65	and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
+Numbers	Num	4	7	66	On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, the leader of the men of Dan:
+Numbers	Num	4	7	67	his offering was one silver plate, whose weight was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	68	one golden dish of ten shekels, full of incense;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	69	one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	70	one male goat for a sin offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	71	and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
+Numbers	Num	4	7	72	On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, the leader of the men of Asher:
+Numbers	Num	4	7	73	his offering was one silver plate, whose weight was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	74	one golden dish of ten shekels, full of incense;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	75	one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	76	one male goat for a sin offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	77	and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ochran.
+Numbers	Num	4	7	78	On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, the leader of the men of Naphtali:
+Numbers	Num	4	7	79	his offering was one silver plate, whose weight was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	80	one golden dish of ten shekels, full of incense;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	81	one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	82	one male goat for a sin offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	83	and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
+Numbers	Num	4	7	84	This was the dedication offering for the altar, on the day when it was anointed, from the leaders of Israel: twelve silver plates, twelve silver basins, twelve golden dishes,
+Numbers	Num	4	7	85	each silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels and each basin seventy, all the silver of the vessels two thousand four hundred shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary,
+Numbers	Num	4	7	86	the twelve golden dishes, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece according to the shekel of the sanctuary, all the gold of the dishes being a hundred and twenty shekels;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	87	all the cattle for the burnt offering twelve bulls, twelve rams, twelve male lambs a year old, with their cereal offering; and twelve male goats for a sin offering;
+Numbers	Num	4	7	88	and all the cattle for the sacrifice of peace offerings twenty-four bulls, the rams sixty, the male goats sixty, the male lambs a year old sixty. This was the dedication offering for the altar, after it was anointed.
+Numbers	Num	4	7	89	And when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with the Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was upon the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim; and it spoke to him.
+Numbers	Num	4	8	1	Now the Lord said to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	8	2	“Say to Aaron, When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.”
+Numbers	Num	4	8	3	And Aaron did so; he set up its lamps to give light in front of the lampstand, as the Lord commanded Moses.
+Numbers	Num	4	8	4	And this was the workmanship of the lampstand, hammered work of gold; from its base to its flowers, it was hammered work; according to the pattern which the Lord had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.
+Numbers	Num	4	8	5	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	8	6	“Take the Levites from among the people of Israel, and cleanse them.
+Numbers	Num	4	8	7	And thus you shall do to them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of expiation upon them, and let them go with a razor over all their body, and wash their clothes and cleanse themselves.
+Numbers	Num	4	8	8	Then let them take a young bull and its cereal offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you shall take another young bull for a sin offering.
+Numbers	Num	4	8	9	And you shall present the Levites before the tent of meeting, and assemble the whole congregation of the people of Israel.
+Numbers	Num	4	8	10	When you present the Levites before the Lord, the people of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites,
+Numbers	Num	4	8	11	and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering from the people of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of the Lord.
+Numbers	Num	4	8	12	Then the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bulls; and you shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites.
+Numbers	Num	4	8	13	And you shall cause the Levites to attend Aaron and his sons, and shall offer them as a wave offering to the Lord.
+Numbers	Num	4	8	14	“Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
+Numbers	Num	4	8	15	And after that the Levites shall go in to do service at the tent of meeting, when you have cleansed them and offered them as a wave offering.
+Numbers	Num	4	8	16	For they are wholly given to me from among the people of Israel; instead of all that open the womb, the first-born of all the people of Israel, I have taken them for myself.
+Numbers	Num	4	8	17	For all the first-born among the people of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast; on the day that I slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt I consecrated them for myself,
+Numbers	Num	4	8	18	and I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel.
+Numbers	Num	4	8	19	And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the people of Israel, to do the service for the people of Israel at the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the people of Israel, that there may be no plague among the people of Israel in case the people of Israel should come near the sanctuary.”
+Numbers	Num	4	8	20	Thus did Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the people of Israel to the Levites; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites, the people of Israel did to them.
+Numbers	Num	4	8	21	And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as a wave offering before the Lord, and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.
+Numbers	Num	4	8	22	And after that the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting in attendance upon Aaron and his sons; as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
+Numbers	Num	4	8	23	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	8	24	“This is what pertains to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to perform the work in the service of the tent of meeting;
+Numbers	Num	4	8	25	and from the age of fifty years they shall withdraw from the work of the service and serve no more,
+Numbers	Num	4	8	26	but minister to their brethren in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, and they shall do no service. Thus shall you do to the Levites in assigning their duties.”
+Numbers	Num	4	9	1	And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
+Numbers	Num	4	9	2	“Let the people of Israel keep the passover at its appointed time.
+Numbers	Num	4	9	3	On the fourteenth day of this month, in the evening, you shall keep it at its appointed time; according to all its statutes and all its ordinances you shall keep it.”
+Numbers	Num	4	9	4	So Moses told the people of Israel that they should keep the passover.
+Numbers	Num	4	9	5	And they kept the passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the people of Israel did.
+Numbers	Num	4	9	6	And there were certain men who were unclean through touching the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the passover on that day; and they came before Moses and Aaron on that day;
+Numbers	Num	4	9	7	and those men said to him, “We are unclean through touching the dead body of a man; why are we kept from offering the Lord’s offering at its appointed time among the people of Israel?”
+Numbers	Num	4	9	8	And Moses said to them, “Wait, that I may hear what the Lord will command concerning you.”
+Numbers	Num	4	9	9	The Lord said to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	9	10	“Say to the people of Israel, If any man of you or of your descendants is unclean through touching a dead body, or is afar off on a journey, he shall still keep the passover to the Lord.
+Numbers	Num	4	9	11	In the second month on the fourteenth day in the evening they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
+Numbers	Num	4	9	12	They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break a bone of it; according to all the statute for the passover they shall keep it.
+Numbers	Num	4	9	13	But the man who is clean and is not on a journey, yet refrains from keeping the passover, that person shall be cut off from his people, because he did not offer the Lord’s offering at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin.
+Numbers	Num	4	9	14	And if a stranger sojourns among you, and will keep the passover to the Lord, according to the statute of the passover and according to its ordinance, so shall he do; you shall have one statute, both for the sojourner and for the native.”
+Numbers	Num	4	9	15	On the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony; and at evening it was over the tabernacle like the appearance of fire until morning.
+Numbers	Num	4	9	16	So it was continually; the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
+Numbers	Num	4	9	17	And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tent, after that the people of Israel set out; and in the place where the cloud settled down, there the people of Israel encamped.
+Numbers	Num	4	9	18	At the command of the Lord the people of Israel set out, and at the command of the Lord they encamped; as long as the cloud rested over the tabernacle, they remained in camp.
+Numbers	Num	4	9	19	Even when the cloud continued over the tabernacle many days, the people of Israel kept the charge of the Lord, and did not set out.
+Numbers	Num	4	9	20	Sometimes the cloud was a few days over the tabernacle, and according to the command of the Lord they remained in camp; then according to the command of the Lord they set out.
+Numbers	Num	4	9	21	And sometimes the cloud remained from evening until morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they set out, or if it continued for a day and a night, when the cloud was taken up they set out.
+Numbers	Num	4	9	22	Whether it was two days, or a month, or a longer time, that the cloud continued over the tabernacle, abiding there, the people of Israel remained in camp and did not set out; but when it was taken up they set out.
+Numbers	Num	4	9	23	At the command of the Lord they encamped, and at the command of the Lord they set out; they kept the charge of the Lord, at the command of the Lord by Moses.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	1	The Lord said to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	10	2	“Make two silver trumpets; of hammered work you shall make them; and you shall use them for summoning the congregation, and for breaking camp.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	3	And when both are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	4	But if they blow only one, then the leaders, the heads of the tribes of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	5	When you blow an alarm, the camps that are on the east side shall set out.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	6	And when you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that are on the south side shall set out. An alarm is to be blown whenever they are to set out.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	7	But when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	8	And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. The trumpets shall be to you for a perpetual statute throughout your generations.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	9	And when you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be remembered before the Lord your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	10	On the day of your gladness also, and at your appointed feasts, and at the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; they shall serve you for remembrance before your God: I am the Lord your God.”
+Numbers	Num	4	10	11	In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony,
+Numbers	Num	4	10	12	and the people of Israel set out by stages from the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud settled down in the wilderness of Paran.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	13	They set out for the first time at the command of the Lord by Moses.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	14	The standard of the camp of the men of Judah set out first by their companies; and over their host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	15	And over the host of the tribe of the men of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	16	And over the host of the tribe of the men of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	17	And when the tabernacle was taken down, the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who carried the tabernacle, set out.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	18	And the standard of the camp of Reuben set out by their companies; and over their host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	19	And over the host of the tribe of the men of Simeon was Shelumi-el the son of Zurishaddai.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	20	And over the host of the tribe of the men of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	21	Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy things, and the tabernacle was set up before their arrival.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	22	And the standard of the camp of the men of Ephraim set out by their companies; and over their host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	23	And over the host of the tribe of the men of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	24	And over the host of the tribe of the men of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	25	Then the standard of the camp of the men of Dan, acting as the rear guard of all the camps, set out by their companies; and over their host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	26	And over the host of the tribe of the men of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ochran.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	27	And over the host of the tribe of the men of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	28	This was the order of march of the people of Israel according to their hosts, when they set out.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	29	And Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place of which the Lord said, ‘I will give it to you’; come with us, and we will do you good; for the Lord has promised good to Israel.”
+Numbers	Num	4	10	30	But he said to him, “I will not go; I will depart to my own land and to my kindred.”
+Numbers	Num	4	10	31	And he said, “Do not leave us, I pray you, for you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you will serve as eyes for us.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	32	And if you go with us, whatever good the Lord will do to us, the same will we do to you.”
+Numbers	Num	4	10	33	So they set out from the mount of the Lor three days’ journey; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them three days’ journey, to seek out a resting place for them.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	34	And the cloud of the Lord was over them by day, whenever they set out from the camp.
+Numbers	Num	4	10	35	And whenever the ark set out, Moses said, “Arise, O Lord, and let thy enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.”
+Numbers	Num	4	10	36	And when it rested, he said, “Return, O Lord, to the ten thousand thousands of Israel.”
+Numbers	Num	4	11	1	And the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about their misfortunes; and when the Lord heard it, his anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them, and consumed some outlying parts of the camp.
+Numbers	Num	4	11	2	Then the people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire abated.
+Numbers	Num	4	11	3	So the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the Lor burned among them.
+Numbers	Num	4	11	4	Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving; and the people of Israel also wept again, and said, “O that we had meat to eat!
+Numbers	Num	4	11	5	We remember the fish we ate in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic;
+Numbers	Num	4	11	6	but now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at.”
+Numbers	Num	4	11	7	Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like that of bdellium.
+Numbers	Num	4	11	8	The people went about and gathered it, and ground it in mills or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it; and the taste of it was like the taste of cakes baked with oil.
+Numbers	Num	4	11	9	When the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell with it.
+Numbers	Num	4	11	10	Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent; and the anger of the Lord blazed hotly, and Moses was displeased.
+Numbers	Num	4	11	11	Moses said to the Lord, “Why hast thou dealt ill with thy servant? And why have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou dost lay the burden of all this people upon me?
+Numbers	Num	4	11	12	Did I conceive all this people? Did I bring them forth, that thou shouldst say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries the sucking child, to the land which thou didst swear to give their fathers?’
+Numbers	Num	4	11	13	Where am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they weep before me and say, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat.’
+Numbers	Num	4	11	14	I am not able to carry all this people alone, the burden is too heavy for me.
+Numbers	Num	4	11	15	If thou wilt deal thus with me, kill me at once, if I find favor in thy sight, that I may not see my wretchedness.”
+Numbers	Num	4	11	16	And the Lord said to Moses, “Gather for me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you.
+Numbers	Num	4	11	17	And I will come down and talk with you there; and I will take some of the spirit which is upon you and put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you may not bear it yourself alone.
+Numbers	Num	4	11	18	And say to the people, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept in the hearing of the Lord, saying, “Who will give us meat to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt.” Therefore the Lord will give you meat, and you shall eat.
+Numbers	Num	4	11	19	You shall not eat one day, or two days, or five days, or ten days, or twenty days,
+Numbers	Num	4	11	20	but a whole month, until it comes out at your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you, because you have rejected the Lord who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, “Why did we come forth out of Egypt?”’”
+Numbers	Num	4	11	21	But Moses said, “The people among whom I am number six hundred thousand on foot; and thou hast said, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month!’
+Numbers	Num	4	11	22	Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to suffice them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?”
+Numbers	Num	4	11	23	And the Lord said to Moses, “Is the Lord’s hand shortened? Now you shall see whether my word will come true for you or not.”
+Numbers	Num	4	11	24	So Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord; and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and placed them round about the tent.
+Numbers	Num	4	11	25	Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the spirit that was upon him and put it upon the seventy elders; and when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But they did so no more.
+Numbers	Num	4	11	26	Now two men remained in the camp, one named Eldad, and the other named Medad, and the spirit rested upon them; they were among those registered, but they had not gone out to the tent, and so they prophesied in the camp.
+Numbers	Num	4	11	27	And a young man ran and told Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”
+Numbers	Num	4	11	28	And Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, one of his chosen men, said, “My lord Moses, forbid them.”
+Numbers	Num	4	11	29	But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the Lord’s people were prophets, that the Lord would put his spirit upon them!”
+Numbers	Num	4	11	30	And Moses and the elders of Israel returned to the camp.
+Numbers	Num	4	11	31	And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and it brought quails from the sea, and let them fall beside the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and a day’s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the face of the earth.
+Numbers	Num	4	11	32	And the people rose all that day, and all night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails; he who gathered least gathered ten homers; and they spread them out for themselves all around the camp.
+Numbers	Num	4	11	33	While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.
+Numbers	Num	4	11	34	Therefore the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had the craving.
+Numbers	Num	4	11	35	From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed to Hazeroth; and they remained at Hazeroth.
+Numbers	Num	4	12	1	Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman;
+Numbers	Num	4	12	2	and they said, “Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?” And the Lord heard it.
+Numbers	Num	4	12	3	Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all men that were on the face of the earth.
+Numbers	Num	4	12	4	And suddenly the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron and Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the tent of meeting.” And the three of them came out.
+Numbers	Num	4	12	5	And the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forward.
+Numbers	Num	4	12	6	And he said, “Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself known to him in a vision, I speak with him in a dream.
+Numbers	Num	4	12	7	Not so with my servant Moses; he is entrusted with all my house.
+Numbers	Num	4	12	8	With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in dark speech; and he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”
+Numbers	Num	4	12	9	And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them, and he departed;
+Numbers	Num	4	12	10	and when the cloud removed from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow. And Aaron turned towards Miriam, and behold, she was leprous.
+Numbers	Num	4	12	11	And Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, do not punish us because we have done foolishly and have sinned.
+Numbers	Num	4	12	12	Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”
+Numbers	Num	4	12	13	And Moses cried to the Lord, “Heal her, O God, I beseech thee.”
+Numbers	Num	4	12	14	But the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut up outside the camp seven days, and after that she may be brought in again.”
+Numbers	Num	4	12	15	So Miriam was shut up outside the camp seven days; and the people did not set out on the march till Miriam was brought in again.
+Numbers	Num	4	12	16	After that the people set out from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.
+Numbers	Num	4	13	1	The Lord said to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	13	2	“Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the people of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, every one a leader among them.”
+Numbers	Num	4	13	3	So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the Lord, all of them men who were heads of the people of Israel.
+Numbers	Num	4	13	4	And these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammu-a the son of Zaccur;
+Numbers	Num	4	13	5	from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;
+Numbers	Num	4	13	6	from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
+Numbers	Num	4	13	7	from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;
+Numbers	Num	4	13	8	from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;
+Numbers	Num	4	13	9	from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;
+Numbers	Num	4	13	10	from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;
+Numbers	Num	4	13	11	from the tribe of Joseph (that is from the tribe of Manasseh), Gaddi the son of Susi;
+Numbers	Num	4	13	12	from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;
+Numbers	Num	4	13	13	from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;
+Numbers	Num	4	13	14	from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;
+Numbers	Num	4	13	15	from the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
+Numbers	Num	4	13	16	These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
+Numbers	Num	4	13	17	Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up into the Negeb yonder, and go up into the hill country,
+Numbers	Num	4	13	18	and see what the land is, and whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many,
+Numbers	Num	4	13	19	and whether the land that they dwell in is good or bad, and whether the cities that they dwell in are camps or strongholds,
+Numbers	Num	4	13	20	and whether the land is rich or poor, and whether there is wood in it or not. Be of good courage, and bring some of the fruit of the land.” Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.
+Numbers	Num	4	13	21	So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near the entrance of Hamath.
+Numbers	Num	4	13	22	They went up into the Negeb, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
+Numbers	Num	4	13	23	And they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with a single cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two of them; they brought also some pomegranates and figs.
+Numbers	Num	4	13	24	That place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the men of Israel cut down from there.
+Numbers	Num	4	13	25	At the end of forty days they returned from spying out the land.
+Numbers	Num	4	13	26	And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
+Numbers	Num	4	13	27	And they told him, “We came to the land to which you sent us; it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
+Numbers	Num	4	13	28	Yet the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large; and besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there.
+Numbers	Num	4	13	29	The Amalekites dwell in the land of the Negeb; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and along the Jordan.”
+Numbers	Num	4	13	30	But Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once, and occupy it; for we are well able to overcome it.”
+Numbers	Num	4	13	31	Then the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.”
+Numbers	Num	4	13	32	So they brought to the people of Israel an evil report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land, through which we have gone, to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature.
+Numbers	Num	4	13	33	And there we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim); and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.”
+Numbers	Num	4	14	1	Then all the congregation raised a loud cry; and the people wept that night.
+Numbers	Num	4	14	2	And all the people of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron; the whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!
+Numbers	Num	4	14	3	Why does the Lord bring us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become a prey; would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
+Numbers	Num	4	14	4	And they said to one another, “Let us choose a captain, and go back to Egypt.”
+Numbers	Num	4	14	5	Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the people of Israel.
+Numbers	Num	4	14	6	And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, rent their clothes,
+Numbers	Num	4	14	7	and said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, “The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land.
+Numbers	Num	4	14	8	If the Lord delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land which flows with milk and honey.
+Numbers	Num	4	14	9	Only, do not rebel against the Lord; and do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us; their protection is removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.”
+Numbers	Num	4	14	10	But all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Then the glory of the Lord appeared at the tent of meeting to all the people of Israel.
+Numbers	Num	4	14	11	And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me? And how long will they not believe in me, in spite of all the signs which I have wrought among them?
+Numbers	Num	4	14	12	I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”
+Numbers	Num	4	14	13	But Moses said to the Lord, “Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for thou didst bring up this people in thy might from among them,
+Numbers	Num	4	14	14	and they will tell the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that thou, O Lord, art in the midst of this people; for thou, O Lord, art seen face to face, and thy cloud stands over them and thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.
+Numbers	Num	4	14	15	Now if thou dost kill this people as one man, then the nations who have heard thy fame will say,
+Numbers	Num	4	14	16	‘Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to give to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.’
+Numbers	Num	4	14	17	And now, I pray thee, let the power of the Lord be great as thou hast promised, saying,
+Numbers	Num	4	14	18	‘The Lord is slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of fathers upon children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.’
+Numbers	Num	4	14	19	Pardon the iniquity of this people, I pray thee, according to the greatness of thy steadfast love, and according as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.”
+Numbers	Num	4	14	20	Then the Lord said, “I have pardoned, according to your word;
+Numbers	Num	4	14	21	but truly, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord,
+Numbers	Num	4	14	22	none of the men who have seen my glory and my signs which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have put me to the proof these ten times and have not hearkened to my voice,
+Numbers	Num	4	14	23	shall see the land which I swore to give to their fathers; and none of those who despised me shall see it.
+Numbers	Num	4	14	24	But my servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it.
+Numbers	Num	4	14	25	Now, since the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valleys, turn tomorrow and set out for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.”
+Numbers	Num	4	14	26	And the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron,
+Numbers	Num	4	14	27	“How long shall this wicked congregation murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the people of Israel, which they murmur against me.
+Numbers	Num	4	14	28	Say to them, ‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘what you have said in my hearing I will do to you:
+Numbers	Num	4	14	29	your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and of all your number, numbered from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me,
+Numbers	Num	4	14	30	not one shall come into the land where I swore that I would make you dwell, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.
+Numbers	Num	4	14	31	But your little ones, who you said would become a prey, I will bring in, and they shall know the land which you have despised.
+Numbers	Num	4	14	32	But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness.
+Numbers	Num	4	14	33	And your children shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years, and shall suffer for your faithlessness, until the last of your dead bodies lies in the wilderness.
+Numbers	Num	4	14	34	According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, forty days, for every day a year, you shall bear your iniquity, forty years, and you shall know my displeasure.’
+Numbers	Num	4	14	35	I, the Lord, have spoken; surely this will I do to all this wicked congregation that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall come to a full end, and there they shall die.”
+Numbers	Num	4	14	36	And the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, and who returned and made all the congregation to murmur against him by bringing up an evil report against the land,
+Numbers	Num	4	14	37	the men who brought up an evil report of the land, died by plague before the Lord.
+Numbers	Num	4	14	38	But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive, of those men who went to spy out the land.
+Numbers	Num	4	14	39	And Moses told these words to all the people of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.
+Numbers	Num	4	14	40	And they rose early in the morning, and went up to the heights of the hill country, saying, “See, we are here, we will go up to the place which the Lord has promised; for we have sinned.”
+Numbers	Num	4	14	41	But Moses said, “Why now are you transgressing the command of the Lord, for that will not succeed?
+Numbers	Num	4	14	42	Do not go up lest you be struck down before your enemies, for the Lord is not among you.
+Numbers	Num	4	14	43	For there the Amalekites and the Canaanites are before you, and you shall fall by the sword; because you have turned back from following the Lord, the Lord will not be with you.”
+Numbers	Num	4	14	44	But they presumed to go up to the heights of the hill country, although neither the ark of the covenant of the Lord, nor Moses, departed out of the camp.
+Numbers	Num	4	14	45	Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who dwelt in that hill country came down, and defeated them and pursued them, even to Hormah.
+Numbers	Num	4	15	1	The Lord said to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	15	2	“Say to the people of Israel, When you come into the land you are to inhabit, which I give you,
+Numbers	Num	4	15	3	and you offer to the Lord from the herd or from the flock an offering by fire or a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to fulfil a vow or as a freewill offering or at your appointed feasts, to make a pleasing odor to the Lord,
+Numbers	Num	4	15	4	then he who brings his offering shall offer to the Lord a cereal offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with a fourth of a hin of oil;
+Numbers	Num	4	15	5	and wine for the drink offering, a fourth of a hin, you shall prepare with the burnt offering, or for the sacrifice, for each lamb.
+Numbers	Num	4	15	6	Or for a ram, you shall prepare for a cereal offering two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of oil;
+Numbers	Num	4	15	7	and for the drink offering you shall offer a third of a hin of wine, a pleasing odor to the Lord.
+Numbers	Num	4	15	8	And when you prepare a bull for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice, to fulfil a vow, or for peace offerings to the Lord,
+Numbers	Num	4	15	9	then one shall offer with the bull a cereal offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with half a hin of oil,
+Numbers	Num	4	15	10	and you shall offer for the drink offering half a hin of wine, as an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord.
+Numbers	Num	4	15	11	“Thus it shall be done for each bull or ram, or for each of the male lambs or the kids.
+Numbers	Num	4	15	12	According to the number that you prepare, so shall you do with every one according to their number.
+Numbers	Num	4	15	13	All who are native shall do these things in this way, in offering an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord.
+Numbers	Num	4	15	14	And if a stranger is sojourning with you, or any one is among you throughout your generations, and he wishes to offer an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord, he shall do as you do.
+Numbers	Num	4	15	15	For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you, a perpetual statute throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the sojourner be before the Lord.
+Numbers	Num	4	15	16	One law and one ordinance shall be for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you.”
+Numbers	Num	4	15	17	The Lord said to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	15	18	“Say to the people of Israel, When you come into the land to which I bring you
+Numbers	Num	4	15	19	and when you eat of the food of the land, you shall present an offering to the Lord.
+Numbers	Num	4	15	20	Of the first of your coarse meal you shall present a cake as an offering; as an offering from the threshing floor, so shall you present it.
+Numbers	Num	4	15	21	Of the first of your coarse meal you shall give to the Lord an offering throughout your generations.
+Numbers	Num	4	15	22	“But if you err, and do not observe all these commandments which the Lord has spoken to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	15	23	all that the Lord has commanded you by Moses, from the day that the Lord gave commandment, and onward throughout your generations,
+Numbers	Num	4	15	24	then if it was done unwittingly without the knowledge of the congregation, all the congregation shall offer one young bull for a burnt offering, a pleasing odor to the Lord, with its cereal offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and one male goat for a sin offering.
+Numbers	Num	4	15	25	And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the people of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; because it was an error, and they have brought their offering, an offering by fire to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their error.
+Numbers	Num	4	15	26	And all the congregation of the people of Israel shall be forgiven, and the stranger who sojourns among them, because the whole population was involved in the error.
+Numbers	Num	4	15	27	“If one person sins unwittingly, he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin offering.
+Numbers	Num	4	15	28	And the priest shall make atonement before the Lord for the person who commits an error, when he sins unwittingly, to make atonement for him; and he shall be forgiven.
+Numbers	Num	4	15	29	You shall have one law for him who does anything unwittingly, for him who is native among the people of Israel, and for the stranger who sojourns among them.
+Numbers	Num	4	15	30	But the person who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native or a sojourner, reviles the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from among his people.
+Numbers	Num	4	15	31	Because he has despised the word of the Lord, and has broken his commandment, that person shall be utterly cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.”
+Numbers	Num	4	15	32	While the people of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath day.
+Numbers	Num	4	15	33	And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation.
+Numbers	Num	4	15	34	They put him in custody, because it had not been made plain what should be done to him.
+Numbers	Num	4	15	35	And the Lord said to Moses, “The man shall be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.”
+Numbers	Num	4	15	36	And all the congregation brought him outside the camp, and stoned him to death with stones, as the Lord commanded Moses.
+Numbers	Num	4	15	37	The Lord said to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	15	38	“Speak to the people of Israel, and bid them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put upon the tassel of each corner a cord of blue;
+Numbers	Num	4	15	39	and it shall be to you a tassel to look upon and remember all the commandments of the Lord, to do them, not to follow after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined to go after wantonly.
+Numbers	Num	4	15	40	So you shall remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God.
+Numbers	Num	4	15	41	I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God.”
+Numbers	Num	4	16	1	Now Korah the son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben,
+Numbers	Num	4	16	2	took men; and they rose up before Moses, with a number of the people of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation, chosen from the assembly, well-known men;
+Numbers	Num	4	16	3	and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, “You have gone too far! For all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them; why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?”
+Numbers	Num	4	16	4	When Moses heard it, he fell on his face;
+Numbers	Num	4	16	5	and he said to Korah and all his company, “In the morning the Lord will show who is his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him; him whom he will choose he will cause to come near to him.
+Numbers	Num	4	16	6	Do this: take censers, Korah and all his company;
+Numbers	Num	4	16	7	put fire in them and put incense upon them before the Lord tomorrow, and the man whom the Lord chooses shall be the holy one. You have gone too far, sons of Levi!”
+Numbers	Num	4	16	8	And Moses said to Korah, “Hear now, you sons of Levi:
+Numbers	Num	4	16	9	is it too small a thing for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do service in the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them;
+Numbers	Num	4	16	10	and that he has brought you near him, and all your brethren the sons of Levi with you? And would you seek the priesthood also?
+Numbers	Num	4	16	11	Therefore it is against the Lord that you and all your company have gathered together; what is Aaron that you murmur against him?”
+Numbers	Num	4	16	12	And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab; and they said, “We will not come up.
+Numbers	Num	4	16	13	Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you must also make yourself a prince over us?
+Numbers	Num	4	16	14	Moreover you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up.”
+Numbers	Num	4	16	15	And Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, “Do not respect their offering. I have not taken one ass from them, and I have not harmed one of them.”
+Numbers	Num	4	16	16	And Moses said to Korah, “Be present, you and all your company, before the Lord, you and they, and Aaron, tomorrow;
+Numbers	Num	4	16	17	and let every one of you take his censer, and put incense upon it, and every one of you bring before the Lord his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; you also, and Aaron, each his censer.”
+Numbers	Num	4	16	18	So every man took his censer, and they put fire in them and laid incense upon them, and they stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.
+Numbers	Num	4	16	19	Then Korah assembled all the congregation against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting. And the glory of the Lord appeared to all the congregation.
+Numbers	Num	4	16	20	And the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron,
+Numbers	Num	4	16	21	“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.”
+Numbers	Num	4	16	22	And they fell on their faces, and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be angry with all the congregation?”
+Numbers	Num	4	16	23	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	16	24	“Say to the congregation, Get away from about the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
+Numbers	Num	4	16	25	Then Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
+Numbers	Num	4	16	26	And he said to the congregation, “Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be swept away with all their sins.”
+Numbers	Num	4	16	27	So they got away from about the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the door of their tents, together with their wives, their sons, and their little ones.
+Numbers	Num	4	16	28	And Moses said, “Hereby you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, and that it has not been of my own accord.
+Numbers	Num	4	16	29	If these men die the common death of all men, or if they are visited by the fate of all men, then the Lord has not sent me.
+Numbers	Num	4	16	30	But if the Lord creates something new, and the ground opens its mouth, and swallows them up, with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall know that these men have despised the Lord.”
+Numbers	Num	4	16	31	And as he finished speaking all these words, the ground under them split asunder;
+Numbers	Num	4	16	32	and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the men that belonged to Korah and all their goods.
+Numbers	Num	4	16	33	So they and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol; and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.
+Numbers	Num	4	16	34	And all Israel that were round about them fled at their cry; for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up!”
+Numbers	Num	4	16	35	And fire came forth from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men offering the incense.
+Numbers	Num	4	16	36	Then the Lord said to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	16	37	“Tell Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest to take up the censers out of the blaze; then scatter the fire far and wide. For they are holy,
+Numbers	Num	4	16	38	the censers of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives; so let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar, for they offered them before the Lord; therefore they are holy. Thus they shall be a sign to the people of Israel.”
+Numbers	Num	4	16	39	So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned had offered; and they were hammered out as a covering for the altar,
+Numbers	Num	4	16	40	to be a reminder to the people of Israel, so that no one who is not a priest, who is not of the descendants of Aaron, should draw near to burn incense before the Lord, lest he become as Korah and as his company—as the Lord said to Eleazar through Moses.
+Numbers	Num	4	16	41	But on the morrow all the congregation of the people of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, “You have killed the people of the Lord.”
+Numbers	Num	4	16	42	And when the congregation had assembled against Moses and against Aaron, they turned toward the tent of meeting; and behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.
+Numbers	Num	4	16	43	And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting,
+Numbers	Num	4	16	44	and the Lord said to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	16	45	“Get away from the midst of this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.” And they fell on their faces.
+Numbers	Num	4	16	46	And Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense on it, and carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone forth from the Lord, the plague has begun.”
+Numbers	Num	4	16	47	So Aaron took it as Moses said, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and behold, the plague had already begun among the people; and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
+Numbers	Num	4	16	48	And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stopped.
+Numbers	Num	4	16	49	Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides those who died in the affair of Korah.
+Numbers	Num	4	16	50	And Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting, when the plague was stopped.
+Numbers	Num	4	17	1	The Lord said to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	17	2	“Speak to the people of Israel, and get from them rods, one for each fathers’ house, from all their leaders according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods. Write each man’s name upon his rod,
+Numbers	Num	4	17	3	and write Aaron’s name upon the rod of Levi. For there shall be one rod for the head of each fathers’ house.
+Numbers	Num	4	17	4	Then you shall deposit them in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.
+Numbers	Num	4	17	5	And the rod of the man whom I choose shall sprout; thus I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the people of Israel, which they murmur against you.”
+Numbers	Num	4	17	6	Moses spoke to the people of Israel; and all their leaders gave him rods, one for each leader, according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
+Numbers	Num	4	17	7	And Moses deposited the rods before the Lord in the tent of the testimony.
+Numbers	Num	4	17	8	And on the morrow Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds.
+Numbers	Num	4	17	9	Then Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord to all the people of Israel; and they looked, and each man took his rod.
+Numbers	Num	4	17	10	And the Lord said to Moses, “Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebels, that you may make an end of their murmurings against me, lest they die.”
+Numbers	Num	4	17	11	Thus did Moses; as the Lord commanded him, so he did.
+Numbers	Num	4	17	12	And the people of Israel said to Moses, “Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
+Numbers	Num	4	17	13	Every one who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the Lord, shall die. Are we all to perish?”
+Numbers	Num	4	18	1	So the Lord said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your fathers’ house with you shall bear iniquity in connection with the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear iniquity in connection with your priesthood.
+Numbers	Num	4	18	2	And with you bring your brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you, and minister to you while you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony.
+Numbers	Num	4	18	3	They shall attend you and attend to all duties of the tent; but shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary or to the altar, lest they, and you, die.
+Numbers	Num	4	18	4	They shall join you, and attend to the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; and no one else shall come near you.
+Numbers	Num	4	18	5	And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and the duties of the altar, that there be wrath no more upon the people of Israel.
+Numbers	Num	4	18	6	And behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the people of Israel; they are a gift to you, given to the Lord, to do the service of the tent of meeting.
+Numbers	Num	4	18	7	And you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for all that concerns the altar and that is within the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood as a gift, and any one else who comes near shall be put to death.”
+Numbers	Num	4	18	8	Then the Lord said to Aaron, “And behold, I have given you whatever is kept of the offerings made to me, all the consecrated things of the people of Israel; I have given them to you as a portion, and to your sons as a perpetual due.
+Numbers	Num	4	18	9	This shall be yours of the most holy things, reserved from the fire; every offering of theirs, every cereal offering of theirs and every sin offering of theirs and every guilt offering of theirs, which they render to me, shall be most holy to you and to your sons.
+Numbers	Num	4	18	10	In a most holy place shall you eat of it; every male may eat of it; it is holy to you.
+Numbers	Num	4	18	11	This also is yours, the offering of their gift, all the wave offerings of the people of Israel; I have given them to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual due; every one who is clean in your house may eat of it.
+Numbers	Num	4	18	12	All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine and of the grain, the first fruits of what they give to the Lord, I give to you.
+Numbers	Num	4	18	13	The first ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to the Lord, shall be yours; every one who is clean in your house may eat of it.
+Numbers	Num	4	18	14	Every devoted thing in Israel shall be yours.
+Numbers	Num	4	18	15	Everything that opens the womb of all flesh, whether man or beast, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours; nevertheless the first-born of man you shall redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts you shall redeem.
+Numbers	Num	4	18	16	And their redemption price (at a month old you shall redeem them) you shall fix at five shekels in silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
+Numbers	Num	4	18	17	But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shall burn their fat as an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord;
+Numbers	Num	4	18	18	but their flesh shall be yours, as the breast that is waved and as the right thigh are yours.
+Numbers	Num	4	18	19	All the holy offerings which the people of Israel present to the Lord I give to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual due; it is a covenant of salt for ever before the Lord for you and for your offspring with you.”
+Numbers	Num	4	18	20	And the Lord said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the people of Israel.
+Numbers	Num	4	18	21	“To the Levites I have given every tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, their service in the tent of meeting.
+Numbers	Num	4	18	22	And henceforth the people of Israel shall not come near the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin and die.
+Numbers	Num	4	18	23	But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations; and among the people of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
+Numbers	Num	4	18	24	For the tithe of the people of Israel, which they present as an offering to the Lord, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance; therefore I have said of them that they shall have no inheritance among the people of Israel.”
+Numbers	Num	4	18	25	And the Lord said to Moses,
+Numbers	Num	4	18	26	“Moreover you shall say to the Levites, ‘When you take from the people of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall present an offering from it to the Lord, a tithe of the tithe.
+Numbers	Num	4	18	27	And your offering shall be reckoned to you as though it were the grain of the threshing floor, and as the fulness of the wine press.
+Numbers	Num	4	18	28	So shall you also present an offering to the Lord from all your tithes, which you receive from the people of Israel; and from it you shall give the Lord’s offering to Aaron the priest.
+Numbers	Num	4	18	29	Out of all the gifts to you, you shall present every offering due to the Lord, from all the best of them, giving the hallowed part from them.’
+Numbers	Num	4	18	30	Therefore you shall say to them, ‘When you have offered from it the best of it, then the rest shall be reckoned to the Levites as produce of the threshing floor, and as produce of the wine press;
+Numbers	Num	4	18	31	and you may eat it in any place, you and your households; for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting.
+Numbers	Num	4	18	32	And you shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have offered the best of it. And you shall not profane the holy things of the people of Israel, lest you die.’”
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	1	These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	2	It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	3	And in the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the people of Israel according to all that the Lord had given him in commandment to them,
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	4	after he had defeated Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth and in Edre-i.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	5	Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to explain this law, saying,
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	6	“The Lord our God said to us in Horeb, ‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain;
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	7	turn and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites, and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the lowland, and in the Negeb, and by the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	8	Behold, I have set the land before you; go in and take possession of the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their descendants after them.’
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	9	“At that time I said to you, ‘I am not able alone to bear you;
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	10	the Lord your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	11	May the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are, and bless you, as he has promised you!
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	12	How can I bear alone the weight and burden of you and your strife?
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	13	Choose wise, understanding, and experienced men, according to your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.’
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	14	And you answered me, ‘The thing that you have spoken is good for us to do.’
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	15	So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and set them as heads over you, commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, commanders of tens, and officers, throughout your tribes.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	16	And I charged your judges at that time, ‘Hear the cases between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien that is with him.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	17	You shall not be partial in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike; you shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God’s; and the case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.’
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	18	And I commanded you at that time all the things that you should do.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	19	“And we set out from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw, on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	20	And I said to you, ‘You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God gives us.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	21	Behold, the Lord your God has set the land before you; go up, take possession, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has told you; do not fear or be dismayed.’
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	22	Then all of you came near me, and said, ‘Let us send men before us, that they may explore the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up and the cities into which we shall come.’
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	23	The thing seemed good to me, and I took twelve men of you, one man for each tribe;
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	24	and they turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied it out.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	25	And they took in their hands some of the fruit of the land and brought it down to us, and brought us word again, and said, ‘It is a good land which the Lord our God gives us.’
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	26	“Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the Lord your God;
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	27	and you murmured in your tents, and said, ‘Because the Lord hated us he has brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	28	Whither are we going up? Our brethren have made our hearts melt, saying, “The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.”’
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	29	Then I said to you, ‘Do not be in dread or afraid of them.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	30	The Lord your God who goes before you will himself fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	31	and in the wilderness, where you have seen how the Lord your God bore you, as a man bears his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.’
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	32	Yet in spite of this word you did not believe the Lord your God,
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	33	who went before you in the way to seek you out a place to pitch your tents, in fire by night, to show you by what way you should go, and in the cloud by day.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	34	“And the Lord heard your words, and was angered, and he swore,
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	35	‘Not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land which I swore to give to your fathers,
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	36	except Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him and to his children I will give the land upon which he has trodden, because he has wholly followed the Lord!’
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	37	The Lord was angry with me also on your account, and said, ‘You also shall not go in there;
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	38	Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall enter; encourage him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	39	Moreover your little ones, who you said would become a prey, and your children, who this day have no knowledge of good or evil, shall go in there, and to them I will give it, and they shall possess it.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	40	But as for you, turn, and journey into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea.’
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	41	“Then you answered me, ‘We have sinned against the Lord; we will go up and fight, just as the Lord our God commanded us.’ And every man of you girded on his weapons of war, and thought it easy to go up into the hill country.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	42	And the Lord said to me, ‘Say to them, Do not go up or fight, for I am not in the midst of you; lest you be defeated before your enemies.’
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	43	So I spoke to you, and you would not hearken; but you rebelled against the command of the Lord, and were presumptuous and went up into the hill country.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	44	Then the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you as bees do and beat you down in Seir as far as Hormah.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	45	And you returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord did not hearken to your voice or give ear to you.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	1	46	So you remained at Kadesh many days, the days that you remained there.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	1	“Then we turned, and journeyed into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea, as the Lord told me; and for many days we went about Mount Seir.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	2	Then the Lord said to me,
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	3	‘You have been going about this mountain country long enough; turn northward.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	4	And command the people, You are about to pass through the territory of your brethren the sons of Esau, who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. So take good heed;
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	5	do not contend with them; for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	6	You shall purchase food from them for money, that you may eat; and you shall also buy water of them for money, that you may drink.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	7	For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands; he knows your going through this great wilderness; these forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.’
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	8	So we went on, away from our brethren the sons of Esau who live in Seir, away from the Arabah road from Elath and Ezion-geber. “And we turned and went in the direction of the wilderness of Moab.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	9	And the Lord said to me, ‘Do not harass Moab or contend with them in battle, for I will not give you any of their land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot for a possession.’
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	10	(The Emim formerly lived there, a people great and many, and tall as the Anakim;
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	11	like the Anakim they are also known as Rephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	12	The Horites also lived in Seir formerly, but the sons of Esau dispossessed them, and destroyed them from before them, and settled in their stead; as Israel did to the land of their possession, which the Lord gave to them.)
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	13	‘Now rise up, and go over the brook Zered.’ So we went over the brook Zered.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	14	And the time from our leaving Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the brook Zered was thirty-eight years, until the entire generation, that is, the men of war, had perished from the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	15	For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from the camp, until they had perished.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	16	“So when all the men of war had perished and were dead from among the people,
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	17	the Lord said to me,
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	18	‘This day you are to pass over the boundary of Moab at Ar;
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	19	and when you approach the frontier of the sons of Ammon, do not harass them or contend with them, for I will not give you any of the land of the sons of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to the sons of Lot for a possession.’
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	20	(That also is known as a land of Rephaim; Rephaim formerly lived there, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	21	a people great and many, and tall as the Anakim; but the Lord destroyed them before them; and they dispossessed them, and settled in their stead;
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	22	as he did for the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites before them, and they dispossessed them, and settled in their stead even to this day.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	23	As for the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, who came from Caphtor, destroyed them and settled in their stead.)
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	24	‘Rise up, take your journey, and go over the valley of the Arnon; behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to take possession, and contend with him in battle.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	25	This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the peoples that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of you and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you.’
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	26	“So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon the king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying,
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	27	‘Let me pass through your land; I will go only by the road, I will turn aside neither to the right nor to the left.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	28	You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat, and give me water for money, that I may drink; only let me pass through on foot,
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	29	as the sons of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for me, until I go over the Jordan into the land which the Lord our God gives to us.’
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	30	But Sihon the king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for the Lord your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that he might give him into your hand, as at this day.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	31	And the Lord said to me, ‘Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land over to you; begin to take possession, that you may occupy his land.’
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	32	Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Jahaz.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	33	And the Lord our God gave him over to us; and we defeated him and his sons and all his people.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	34	And we captured all his cities at that time and utterly destroyed every city, men, women, and children; we left none remaining;
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	35	only the cattle we took as spoil for ourselves, with the booty of the cities which we captured.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	36	From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley, as far as Gilead, there was not a city too high for us; the Lord our God gave all into our hands.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	2	37	Only to the land of the sons of Ammon you did not draw near, that is, to all the banks of the river Jabbok and the cities of the hill country, and wherever the Lord our God forbade us.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	1	“Then we turned and went up the way to Bashan; and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edre-i.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	2	But the Lord said to me, ‘Do not fear him; for I have given him and all his people and his land into your hand; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.’
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	3	So the Lord our God gave into our hand Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people; and we smote him until no survivor was left to him.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	4	And we took all his cities at that time—there was not a city which we did not take from them—sixty cities, the whole region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	5	All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides very many unwalled villages.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	6	And we utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon the king of Heshbon, destroying every city, men, women, and children.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	7	But all the cattle and the spoil of the cities we took as our booty.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	8	So we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	9	(the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, while the Amorites call it Senir),
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	10	all the cities of the tableland and all Gilead and all Bashan, as far as Salecah and Edre-i, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	11	(For only Og the king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the Ammonites? Nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its breadth, according to the common cubit.)
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	12	“When we took possession of this land at that time, I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites the territory beginning at Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead with its cities;
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	13	the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, that is, all the region of Argob, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (The whole of that Bashan is called the land of Rephaim.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	14	Jair the Manassite took all the region of Argob, that is, Bashan, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Ma-acathites, and called the villages after his own name, Havvoth-jair, as it is to this day.)
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	15	To Machir I gave Gilead,
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	16	and to the Reubenites and the Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead as far as the valley of the Arnon, with the middle of the valley as a boundary, as far over as the river Jabbok, the boundary of the Ammonites;
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	17	the Arabah also, with the Jordan as the boundary, from Chinnereth as far as the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah on the east.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	18	“And I commanded you at that time, saying, ‘The Lord your God has given you this land to possess; all your men of valor shall pass over armed before your brethren the people of Israel.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	19	But your wives, your little ones, and your cattle (I know that you have many cattle) shall remain in the cities which I have given you,
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	20	until the Lord gives rest to your brethren, as to you, and they also occupy the land which the Lord your God gives them beyond the Jordan; then you shall return every man to his possession which I have given you.’
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	21	And I commanded Joshua at that time, ‘Your eyes have seen all that the Lord your God has done to these two kings; so will the Lord do to all the kingdoms into which you are going over.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	22	You shall not fear them; for it is the Lord your God who fights for you.’
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	23	“And I besought the Lord at that time, saying,
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	24	‘O Lord GOD, thou hast only begun to show thy servant thy greatness and thy mighty hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as thine?
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	25	Let me go over, I pray, and see the good land beyond the Jordan, that goodly hill country, and Lebanon.’
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	26	But the Lord was angry with me on your account, and would not hearken to me; and the Lord said to me, ‘Let it suffice you; speak no more to me of this matter.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	27	Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift up your eyes westward and northward and southward and eastward, and behold it with your eyes; for you shall not go over this Jordan.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	28	But charge Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him; for he shall go over at the head of this people, and he shall put them in possession of the land which you shall see.’
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	3	29	So we remained in the valley opposite Beth-peor.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	1	“And now, O Israel, give heed to the statutes and the ordinances which I teach you, and do them; that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, gives you.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	2	You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it; that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	3	Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at Baal-peor; for the Lord your God destroyed from among you all the men who followed the Baal of Peor;
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	4	but you who held fast to the Lord your God are all alive this day.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	5	Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land which you are entering to take possession of it.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	6	Keep them and do them; for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	7	For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is to us, whenever we call upon him?
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	8	And what great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law which I set before you this day?
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	9	“Only take heed, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; make them known to your children and your children’s children—
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	10	how on the day that you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, ‘Gather the people to me, that I may let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children so.’
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	11	And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, wrapped in darkness, cloud, and gloom.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	12	Then the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire; you heard the sound of words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	13	And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, that is, the ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	14	And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that you might do them in the land which you are going over to possess.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	15	“Therefore take good heed to yourselves. Since you saw no form on the day that the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire,
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	16	beware lest you act corruptly by making a graven image for yourselves, in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	17	the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air,
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	18	the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	19	And beware lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and worship them and serve them, things which the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	20	But the Lord has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of his own possession, as at this day.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	21	Furthermore the Lord was angry with me on your account, and he swore that I should not cross the Jordan, and that I should not enter the good land which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	22	For I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but you shall go over and take possession of that good land.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	23	Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make a graven image in the form of anything which the Lord your God has forbidden you.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	24	For the Lord your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	25	“When you beget children and children’s children, and have grown old in the land, if you act corruptly by making a graven image in the form of anything, and by doing what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, so as to provoke him to anger,
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	26	I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you are going over the Jordan to possess; you will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	27	And the Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	28	And there you will serve gods of wood and stone, the work of men’s hands, that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	29	But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	30	When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, you will return to the Lord your God and obey his voice,
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	31	for the Lord your God is a merciful God; he will not fail you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers which he swore to them.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	32	“For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether such a great thing as this has ever happened or was ever heard of.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	33	Did any people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and still live?
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	34	Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, and by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	35	To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord is God; there is no other besides him.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	36	Out of heaven he let you hear his voice, that he might discipline you; and on earth he let you see his great fire, and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	37	And because he loved your fathers and chose their descendants after them, and brought you out of Egypt with his own presence, by his great power,
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	38	driving out before you nations greater and mightier than yourselves, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as at this day;
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	39	know therefore this day, and lay it to your heart, that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	40	Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which the Lord your God gives you for ever.”
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	41	Then Moses set apart three cities in the east beyond the Jordan,
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	42	that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without being at enmity with him in time past, and that by fleeing to one of these cities he might save his life:
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	43	Bezer in the wilderness on the tableland for the Reubenites, and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	44	This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel;
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	45	these are the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spoke to the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt,
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	46	beyond the Jordan in the valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel defeated when they came out of Egypt.
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	47	And they took possession of his land and the land of Og the king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who lived to the east beyond the Jordan;
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	48	from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, as far as Mount Sirion (that is, Hermon),
+Deuteronomy	Deut	5	4	49	together with all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan as far as the Sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
+Joshua	Josh	6	1	1	After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister,
+Joshua	Josh	6	1	2	“Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land which I am giving to them, to the people of Israel.
+Joshua	Josh	6	1	3	Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, as I promised to Moses.
+Joshua	Josh	6	1	4	From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your territory.
+Joshua	Josh	6	1	5	No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you.
+Joshua	Josh	6	1	6	Be strong and of good courage; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
+Joshua	Josh	6	1	7	Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you; turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
+Joshua	Josh	6	1	8	This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.
+Joshua	Josh	6	1	9	Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; be not frightened, neither be dismayed; for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	1	10	Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people,
+Joshua	Josh	6	1	11	“Pass through the camp, and command the people, ‘Prepare your provisions; for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to take possession of the land which the Lord your God gives you to possess.’”
+Joshua	Josh	6	1	12	And to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh Joshua said,
+Joshua	Josh	6	1	13	“Remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, ‘The Lord your God is providing you a place of rest, and will give you this land.’
+Joshua	Josh	6	1	14	Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle shall remain in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but all the men of valor among you shall pass over armed before your brethren and shall help them,
+Joshua	Josh	6	1	15	until the Lord gives rest to your brethren as well as to you, and they also take possession of the land which the Lord your God is giving them; then you shall return to the land of your possession, and shall possess it, the land which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	1	16	And they answered Joshua, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.
+Joshua	Josh	6	1	17	Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you; only may the Lord your God be with you, as he was with Moses!
+Joshua	Josh	6	1	18	Whoever rebels against your commandment and disobeys your words, whatever you command him, shall be put to death. Only be strong and of good courage.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	2	1	And Joshua the son of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” And they went, and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lodged there.
+Joshua	Josh	6	2	2	And it was told the king of Jericho, “Behold, certain men of Israel have come here tonight to search out the land.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	2	3	Then the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, “Bring forth the men that have come to you, who entered your house; for they have come to search out all the land.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	2	4	But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them; and she said, “True, men came to me, but I did not know where they came from;
+Joshua	Josh	6	2	5	and when the gate was to be closed, at dark, the men went out; where the men went I do not know; pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	2	6	But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof.
+Joshua	Josh	6	2	7	So the men pursued after them on the way to the Jordan as far as the fords; and as soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate was shut.
+Joshua	Josh	6	2	8	Before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof,
+Joshua	Josh	6	2	9	and said to the men, “I know that the Lord has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.
+Joshua	Josh	6	2	10	For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.
+Joshua	Josh	6	2	11	And as soon as we heard it, our hearts melted, and there was no courage left in any man, because of you; for the Lord your God is he who is God in heaven above and on earth beneath.
+Joshua	Josh	6	2	12	Now then, swear to me by the Lord that as I have dealt kindly with you, you also will deal kindly with my father’s house, and give me a sure sign,
+Joshua	Josh	6	2	13	and save alive my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and deliver our lives from death.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	2	14	And the men said to her, “Our life for yours! If you do not tell this business of ours, then we will deal kindly and faithfully with you when the Lord gives us the land.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	2	15	Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was built into the city wall, so that she dwelt in the wall.
+Joshua	Josh	6	2	16	And she said to them, “Go into the hills, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned; then afterward you may go your way.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	2	17	The men said to her, “We will be guiltless with respect to this oath of yours which you have made us swear.
+Joshua	Josh	6	2	18	Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down; and you shall gather into your house your father and mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household.
+Joshua	Josh	6	2	19	If any one goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we shall be guiltless; but if a hand is laid upon any one who is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head.
+Joshua	Josh	6	2	20	But if you tell this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless with respect to your oath which you have made us swear.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	2	21	And she said, “According to your words, so be it.” Then she sent them away, and they departed; and she bound the scarlet cord in the window.
+Joshua	Josh	6	2	22	They departed, and went into the hills, and remained there three days, until the pursuers returned; for the pursuers had made search all along the way and found nothing.
+Joshua	Josh	6	2	23	Then the two men came down again from the hills, and passed over and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had befallen them.
+Joshua	Josh	6	2	24	And they said to Joshua, “Truly the Lord has given all the land into our hands; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land are fainthearted because of us.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	3	1	Early in the morning Joshua rose and set out from Shittim, with all the people of Israel; and they came to the Jordan, and lodged there before they passed over.
+Joshua	Josh	6	3	2	At the end of three days the officers went through the camp
+Joshua	Josh	6	3	3	and commanded the people, “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God being carried by the Levitical priests, then you shall set out from your place and follow it,
+Joshua	Josh	6	3	4	that you may know the way you shall go, for you have not passed this way before. Yet there shall be a space between you and it, a distance of about two thousand cubits; do not come near it.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	3	5	And Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	3	6	And Joshua said to the priests, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass on before the people.” And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
+Joshua	Josh	6	3	7	And the Lord said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
+Joshua	Josh	6	3	8	And you shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, ‘When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.’”
+Joshua	Josh	6	3	9	And Joshua said to the people of Israel, “Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord your God.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	3	10	And Joshua said, “Hereby you shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Hivites, the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
+Joshua	Josh	6	3	11	Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is to pass over before you into the Jordan.
+Joshua	Josh	6	3	12	Now therefore take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, from each tribe a man.
+Joshua	Josh	6	3	13	And when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan shall be stopped from flowing, and the waters coming down from above shall stand in one heap.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	3	14	So, when the people set out from their tents, to pass over the Jordan with the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people,
+Joshua	Josh	6	3	15	and when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest),
+Joshua	Josh	6	3	16	the waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap far off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, and those flowing down toward the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off; and the people passed over opposite Jericho.
+Joshua	Josh	6	3	17	And while all Israel were passing over on dry ground, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, until all the nation finished passing over the Jordan.
+Joshua	Josh	6	4	1	When all the nation had finished passing over the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,
+Joshua	Josh	6	4	2	“Take twelve men from the people, from each tribe a man,
+Joshua	Josh	6	4	3	and command them, ‘Take twelve stones from here out of the midst of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests’ feet stood, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the place where you lodge tonight.’”
+Joshua	Josh	6	4	4	Then Joshua called the twelve men from the people of Israel, whom he had appointed, a man from each tribe;
+Joshua	Josh	6	4	5	and Joshua said to them, “Pass on before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take up each of you a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the people of Israel,
+Joshua	Josh	6	4	6	that this may be a sign among you, when your children ask in time to come, ‘What do those stones mean to you?’
+Joshua	Josh	6	4	7	Then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the people of Israel a memorial for ever.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	4	8	And the men of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the people of Israel, as the Lord told Joshua; and they carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
+Joshua	Josh	6	4	9	And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant had stood; and they are there to this day.
+Joshua	Josh	6	4	10	For the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan, until everything was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to tell the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people passed over in haste;
+Joshua	Josh	6	4	11	and when all the people had finished passing over, the ark of the Lord and the priests passed over before the people.
+Joshua	Josh	6	4	12	The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh passed over armed before the people of Israel, as Moses had bidden them;
+Joshua	Josh	6	4	13	about forty thousand ready armed for war passed over before the Lord for battle, to the plains of Jericho.
+Joshua	Josh	6	4	14	On that day the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they stood in awe of him, as they had stood in awe of Moses, all the days of his life.
+Joshua	Josh	6	4	15	And the Lord said to Joshua,
+Joshua	Josh	6	4	16	“Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony to come up out of the Jordan.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	4	17	Joshua therefore commanded the priests, “Come up out of the Jordan.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	4	18	And when the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord came up from the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up on dry ground, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and overflowed all its banks, as before.
+Joshua	Josh	6	4	19	The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they encamped in Gilgal on the east border of Jericho.
+Joshua	Josh	6	4	20	And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal.
+Joshua	Josh	6	4	21	And he said to the people of Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, ‘What do these stones mean?’
+Joshua	Josh	6	4	22	then you shall let your children know, ‘Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.’
+Joshua	Josh	6	4	23	For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you until you passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up for us until we passed over,
+Joshua	Josh	6	4	24	so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is mighty; that you may fear the Lord your God for ever.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	5	1	When all the kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites that were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan for the people of Israel until they had crossed over, their heart melted, and there was no longer any spirit in them, because of the people of Israel.
+Joshua	Josh	6	5	2	At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the people of Israel again the second time.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	5	3	So Joshua made flint knives, and circumcised the people of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.
+Joshua	Josh	6	5	4	And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the men of war, had died on the way in the wilderness after they had come out of Egypt.
+Joshua	Josh	6	5	5	Though all the people who came out had been circumcised, yet all the people that were born on the way in the wilderness after they had come out of Egypt had not been circumcised.
+Joshua	Josh	6	5	6	For the people of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the nation, the men of war that came forth out of Egypt, perished, because they did not hearken to the voice of the Lord; to them the Lord swore that he would not let them see the land which the Lord had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
+Joshua	Josh	6	5	7	So it was their children, whom he raised up in their stead, that Joshua circumcised; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way.
+Joshua	Josh	6	5	8	When the circumcising of all the nation was done, they remained in their places in the camp till they were healed.
+Joshua	Josh	6	5	9	And the Lord said to Joshua, “This day I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” And so the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day.
+Joshua	Josh	6	5	10	While the people of Israel were encamped in Gilgal they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho.
+Joshua	Josh	6	5	11	And on the morrow after the passover, on that very day, they ate of the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and parched grain.
+Joshua	Josh	6	5	12	And the manna ceased on the morrow, when they ate of the produce of the land; and the people of Israel had manna no more, but ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
+Joshua	Josh	6	5	13	When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man stood before him with his drawn sword in his hand; and Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?”
+Joshua	Josh	6	5	14	And he said, “No; but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshiped, and said to him, “What does my lord bid his servant?”
+Joshua	Josh	6	5	15	And the commander of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, “Put off your shoes from your feet; for the place where you stand is holy.” And Joshua did so.
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	1	Now Jericho was shut up from within and from without because of the people of Israel; none went out, and none came in.
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	2	And the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have given into your hand Jericho, with its king and mighty men of valor.
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	3	You shall march around the city, all the men of war going around the city once. Thus shall you do for six days.
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	4	And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark; and on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, the priests blowing the trumpets.
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	5	And when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, as soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	6	So Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	7	And he said to the people, “Go forward; march around the city, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of the Lord.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	8	And as Joshua had commanded the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the Lord went forward, blowing the trumpets, with the ark of the covenant of the Lord following them.
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	9	And the armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard came after the ark, while the trumpets blew continually.
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	10	But Joshua commanded the people, “You shall not shout or let your voice be heard, neither shall any word go out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then you shall shout.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	11	So he caused the ark of the Lord to compass the city, going about it once; and they came into the camp, and spent the night in the camp.
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	12	Then Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	13	And the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord passed on, blowing the trumpets continually; and the armed men went before them, and the rear guard came after the ark of the Lord, while the trumpets blew continually.
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	14	And the second day they marched around the city once, and returned into the camp. So they did for six days.
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	15	On the seventh day they rose early at the dawn of day, and marched around the city in the same manner seven times: it was only on that day that they marched around the city seven times.
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	16	And at the seventh time, when the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, “Shout; for the Lord has given you the city.
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	17	And the city and all that is within it shall be devoted to the Lord for destruction; only Rahab the harlot and all who are with her in her house shall live, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	18	But you, keep yourselves from the things devoted to destruction, lest when you have devoted them you take any of the devoted things and make the camp of Israel a thing for destruction, and bring trouble upon it.
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	19	But all silver and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are sacred to the Lord; they shall go into the treasury of the Lord.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	20	So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people raised a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	21	Then they utterly destroyed all in the city, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and asses, with the edge of the sword.
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	22	And Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the harlot’s house, and bring out from it the woman, and all who belong to her, as you swore to her.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	23	So the young men who had been spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father and mother and brothers and all who belonged to her; and they brought all her kindred, and set them outside the camp of Israel.
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	24	And they burned the city with fire, and all within it; only the silver and gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord.
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	25	But Rahab the harlot, and her father’s household, and all who belonged to her, Joshua saved alive; and she dwelt in Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	26	Joshua laid an oath upon them at that time, saying, “Cursed before the Lord be the man that rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho. At the cost of his first-born shall he lay its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest son shall he set up its gates.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	6	27	So the Lord was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	1	But the people of Israel broke faith in regard to the devoted things; for Achan the son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things; and the anger of the Lord burned against the people of Israel.
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	2	Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, “Go up and spy out the land.” And the men went up and spied out Ai.
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	3	And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, “Let not all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai; do not make the whole people toil up there, for they are but few.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	4	So about three thousand went up there from the people; and they fled before the men of Ai,
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	5	and the men of Ai killed about thirty-six men of them, and chased them before the gate as far as Shebarim, and slew them at the descent. And the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	6	Then Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust upon their heads.
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	7	And Joshua said, “Alas, O Lord GOD, why hast thou brought this people over the Jordan at all, to give us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would that we had been content to dwell beyond the Jordan!
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	8	O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	9	For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth; and what wilt thou do for thy great name?”
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	10	The Lord said to Joshua, “Arise, why have you thus fallen upon your face?
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	11	Israel has sinned; they have transgressed my covenant which I commanded them; they have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, and lied, and put them among their own stuff.
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	12	Therefore the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become a thing for destruction. I will be with you no more, unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	13	Up, sanctify the people, and say, ‘Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow; for thus says the Lord, God of Israel, “There are devoted things in the midst of you, O Israel; you cannot stand before your enemies, until you take away the devoted things from among you.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	14	In the morning therefore you shall be brought near by your tribes; and the tribe which the Lord takes shall come near by families; and the family which the Lord takes shall come near by households; and the household which the Lord takes shall come near man by man.
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	15	And he who is taken with the devoted things shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he has done a shameful thing in Israel.’”
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	16	So Joshua rose early in the morning, and brought Israel near tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was taken;
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	17	and he brought near the families of Judah, and the family of the Zerahites was taken; and he brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man, and Zabdi was taken;
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	18	and he brought near his household man by man, and Achan the son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	19	Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the Lord God of Israel, and render praise to him; and tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	20	And Achan answered Joshua, “Of a truth I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and this is what I did:
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	21	when I saw among the spoil a beautiful mantle from Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, then I coveted them, and took them; and behold, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	22	So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and behold, it was hidden in his tent with the silver underneath.
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	23	And they took them out of the tent and brought them to Joshua and all the people of Israel; and they laid them down before the Lord.
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	24	And Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver and the mantle and the bar of gold, and his sons and daughters, and his oxen and asses and sheep, and his tent, and all that he had; and they brought them up to the Valley of Achor.
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	25	And Joshua said, “Why did you bring trouble on us? The Lord brings trouble on you today.” And all Israel stoned him with stones; they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.
+Joshua	Josh	6	7	26	And they raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day; then the Lord turned from his burning anger. Therefore to this day the name of that place is called the Valley of Achor.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	1	And the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not fear or be dismayed; take all the fighting men with you, and arise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, his city, and his land;
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	2	and you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king; only its spoil and its cattle you shall take as booty for yourselves; lay an ambush against the city, behind it.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	3	So Joshua arose, and all the fighting men, to go up to Ai; and Joshua chose thirty thousand mighty men of valor, and sent them forth by night.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	4	And he commanded them, “Behold, you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind it; do not go very far from the city, but hold yourselves all in readiness;
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	5	and I, and all the people who are with me, will approach the city. And when they come out against us, as before, we shall flee before them;
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	6	and they will come out after us, till we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, ‘They are fleeing from us, as before.’ So we will flee from them;
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	7	then you shall rise up from the ambush, and seize the city; for the Lord your God will give it into your hand.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	8	And when you have taken the city, you shall set the city on fire, doing as the Lord has bidden; see, I have commanded you.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	9	So Joshua sent them forth; and they went to the place of ambush, and lay between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai; but Joshua spent that night among the people.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	10	And Joshua arose early in the morning and mustered the people, and went up, with the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	11	And all the fighting men who were with him went up, and drew near before the city, and encamped on the north side of Ai, with a ravine between them and Ai.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	12	And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	13	So they stationed the forces, the main encampment which was north of the city and its rear guard west of the city. But Joshua spent that night in the valley.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	14	And when the king of Ai saw this he and all his people, the men of the city, made haste and went out early to the descent toward the Arabah to meet Israel in battle; but he did not know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	15	And Joshua and all Israel made a pretense of being beaten before them, and fled in the direction of the wilderness.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	16	So all the people who were in the city were called together to pursue them, and as they pursued Joshua they were drawn away from the city.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	17	There was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, who did not go out after Israel; they left the city open, and pursued Israel.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	18	Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai; for I will give it into your hand.” And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	19	And the ambush rose quickly out of their place, and as soon as he had stretched out his hand, they ran and entered the city and took it; and they made haste to set the city on fire.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	20	So when the men of Ai looked back, behold, the smoke of the city went up to heaven; and they had no power to flee this way or that, for the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	21	And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city went up, then they turned back and smote the men of Ai.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	22	And the others came forth from the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side; and Israel smote them, until there was left none that survived or escaped.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	23	But the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	24	When Israel had finished slaughtering all the inhabitants of Ai in the open wilderness where they pursued them and all of them to the very last had fallen by the edge of the sword, all Israel returned to Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	25	And all who fell that day, both men and women, were twelve thousand, all the people of Ai.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	26	For Joshua did not draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	27	Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took as their booty, according to the word of the Lord which he commanded Joshua.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	28	So Joshua burned Ai, and made it for ever a heap of ruins, as it is to this day.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	29	And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening; and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised over it a great heap of stones, which stands there to this day.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	30	Then Joshua built an altar in Mount Ebal to the Lord, the God of Israel,
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	31	as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the people of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, “an altar of unhewn stones, upon which no man has lifted an iron tool”; and they offered on it burnt offerings to the Lord, and sacrificed peace offerings.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	32	And there, in the presence of the people of Israel, he wrote upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	33	And all Israel, sojourner as well as homeborn, with their elders and officers and their judges, stood on opposite sides of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, half of them in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	34	And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
+Joshua	Josh	6	8	35	There was not a word of all that Moses commanded which Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and the sojourners who lived among them.
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	1	When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan in the hill country and in the lowland all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, heard of this,
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	2	they gathered together with one accord to fight Joshua and Israel.
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	3	But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	4	they on their part acted with cunning, and went and made ready provisions, and took worn-out sacks upon their asses, and wineskins, worn-out and torn and mended,
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	5	with worn-out, patched sandals on their feet, and worn-out clothes; and all their provisions were dry and moldy.
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	6	And they went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a far country; so now make a covenant with us.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	7	But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live among us; then how can we make a covenant with you?”
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	8	They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” And Joshua said to them, “Who are you? And where do you come from?”
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	9	They said to him, “From a very far country your servants have come, because of the name of the Lord your God; for we have heard a report of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	10	and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, who dwelt in Ashtaroth.
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	11	And our elders and all the inhabitants of our country said to us, ‘Take provisions in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and say to them, “We are your servants; come now, make a covenant with us.”’
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	12	Here is our bread; it was still warm when we took it from our houses as our food for the journey, on the day we set forth to come to you, but now, behold, it is dry and moldy;
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	13	these wineskins were new when we filled them, and behold, they are burst; and these garments and shoes of ours are worn out from the very long journey.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	14	So the men partook of their provisions, and did not ask direction from the Lord.
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	15	And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	16	At the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they dwelt among them.
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	17	And the people of Israel set out and reached their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Be-eroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	18	But the people of Israel did not kill them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by the Lord, the God of Israel. Then all the congregation murmured against the leaders.
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	19	But all the leaders said to all the congregation, “We have sworn to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and now we may not touch them.
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	20	This we will do to them, and let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we swore to them.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	21	And the leaders said to them, “Let them live.” So they became hewers of wood and drawers of water for all the congregation, as the leaders had said of them.
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	22	Joshua summoned them, and he said to them, “Why did you deceive us, saying, ‘We are very far from you,’ when you dwell among us?
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	23	Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you shall always be slaves, hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	24	They answered Joshua, “Because it was told to your servants for a certainty that the Lord your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; so we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and did this thing.
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	25	And now, behold, we are in your hand: do as it seems good and right in your sight to do to us.”
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	26	So he did to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the people of Israel; and they did not kill them.
+Joshua	Josh	6	9	27	But Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the Lord, to continue to this day, in the place which he should choose.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	1	After the death of Joshua the people of Israel inquired of the Lord, “Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?”
+Judges	Judg	7	1	2	The Lord said, “Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand.”
+Judges	Judg	7	1	3	And Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into the territory allotted to me, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into the territory allotted to you.” So Simeon went with him.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	4	Then Judah went up and the Lord gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand; and they defeated ten thousand of them at Bezek.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	5	They came upon Adoni-bezek at Bezek, and fought against him, and defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	6	Adoni-bezek fled; but they pursued him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	7	And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their great toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has requited me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	8	And the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	9	And afterward the men of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who dwelt in the hill country, in the Negeb, and in the lowland.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	10	And Judah went against the Canaanites who dwelt in Hebron (now the name of Hebron was formerly Kiriath-arba); and they defeated Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	11	From there they went against the inhabitants of Debir. The name of Debir was formerly Kiriath-sepher.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	12	And Caleb said, “He who attacks Kiriath-sepher and takes it, I will give him Achsah my daughter as wife.”
+Judges	Judg	7	1	13	And Othni-el the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	14	When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field; and she alighted from her ass, and Caleb said to her, “What do you wish?”
+Judges	Judg	7	1	15	She said to him, “Give me a present; since you have set me in the land of the Negeb, give me also springs of water.” And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	16	And the descendants of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the city of palms into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the Negeb near Arad; and they went and settled with the people.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	17	And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they defeated the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. So the name of the city was called Hormah.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	18	Judah also took Gaza with its territory, and Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	19	And the Lord was with Judah, and he took possession of the hill country, but he could not drive out the inhabitants of the plain, because they had chariots of iron.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	20	And Hebron was given to Caleb, as Moses had said; and he drove out from it the three sons of Anak.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	21	But the people of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who dwelt in Jerusalem; so the Jebusites have dwelt with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	22	The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel; and the Lord was with them.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	23	And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city was formerly Luz.)
+Judges	Judg	7	1	24	And the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, “Pray, show us the way into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.”
+Judges	Judg	7	1	25	And he showed them the way into the city; and they smote the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man and all his family go.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	26	And the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city, and called its name Luz; that is its name to this day.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	27	Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and its villages, or Taa-nach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; but the Canaanites persisted in dwelling in that land.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	28	When Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	29	And Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	30	Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, or the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became subject to forced labor.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	31	Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, or the inhabitants of Sidon, or of Ahlab, or of Achzib, or of Helbah, or of Aphik, or of Rehob;
+Judges	Judg	7	1	32	but the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	33	Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, or the inhabitants of Beth-anath, but dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became subject to forced labor for them.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	34	The Amorites pressed the Danites back into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the plain;
+Judges	Judg	7	1	35	the Amorites persisted in dwelling in Har-heres, in Aijalon, and in Sha-albim, but the hand of the house of Joseph rested heavily upon them, and they became subject to forced labor.
+Judges	Judg	7	1	36	And the border of the Amorites ran from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela and upward.
+Judges	Judg	7	2	1	Now the angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, “I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you into the land which I swore to give to your fathers. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you,
+Judges	Judg	7	2	2	and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their altars.’ But you have not obeyed my command. What is this you have done?
+Judges	Judg	7	2	3	So now I say, I will not drive them out before you; but they shall become adversaries to you, and their gods shall be a snare to you.”
+Judges	Judg	7	2	4	When the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the people of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept.
+Judges	Judg	7	2	5	And they called the name of that place Bochim; and they sacrificed there to the Lord.
+Judges	Judg	7	2	6	When Joshua dismissed the people, the people of Israel went each to his inheritance to take possession of the land.
+Judges	Judg	7	2	7	And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work which the Lord had done for Israel.
+Judges	Judg	7	2	8	And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of one hundred and ten years.
+Judges	Judg	7	2	9	And they buried him within the bounds of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of the mountain of Gaash.
+Judges	Judg	7	2	10	And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers; and there arose another generation after them, who did not know the Lord or the work which he had done for Israel.
+Judges	Judg	7	2	11	And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals;
+Judges	Judg	7	2	12	and they forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt; they went after other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were round about them, and bowed down to them; and they provoked the Lord to anger.
+Judges	Judg	7	2	13	They forsook the Lord, and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth.
+Judges	Judg	7	2	14	So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them over to plunderers, who plundered them; and he sold them into the power of their enemies round about, so that they could no longer withstand their enemies.
+Judges	Judg	7	2	15	Whenever they marched out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had warned, and as the Lord had sworn to them; and they were in sore straits.
+Judges	Judg	7	2	16	Then the Lord raised up judges, who saved them out of the power of those who plundered them.
+Judges	Judg	7	2	17	And yet they did not listen to their judges; for they played the harlot after other gods and bowed down to them; they soon turned aside from the way in which their fathers had walked, who had obeyed the commandments of the Lord, and they did not do so.
+Judges	Judg	7	2	18	Whenever the Lord raised up judges for them, the Lord was with the judge, and he saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the Lord was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who afflicted and oppressed them.
+Judges	Judg	7	2	19	But whenever the judge died, they turned back and behaved worse than their fathers, going after other gods, serving them and bowing down to them; they did not drop any of their practices or their stubborn ways.
+Judges	Judg	7	2	20	So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel; and he said, “Because this people have transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not obeyed my voice,
+Judges	Judg	7	2	21	I will not henceforth drive out before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died,
+Judges	Judg	7	2	22	that by them I may test Israel, whether they will take care to walk in the way of the Lord as their fathers did, or not.”
+Judges	Judg	7	2	23	So the Lord left those nations, not driving them out at once, and he did not give them into the power of Joshua.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	1	Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had no experience of any war in Canaan;
+Judges	Judg	7	3	2	it was only that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, that he might teach war to such at least as had not known it before.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	3	These are the nations: the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites who dwelt on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-hermon as far as the entrance of Hamath.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	4	They were for the testing of Israel, to know whether Israel would obey the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by Moses.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	5	So the people of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites;
+Judges	Judg	7	3	6	and they took their daughters to themselves for wives, and their own daughters they gave to their sons; and they served their gods.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	7	And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lor, forgetting the Lord their God, and serving the Baals and the Asheroth.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	8	Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the people of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	9	But when the people of Israel cried to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel, who delivered them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	10	The Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel; he went out to war, and the Lord gave Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	11	So the land had rest forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	12	And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	13	He gathered to himself the Ammonites and the Amalekites, and went and defeated Israel; and they took possession of the city of palms.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	14	And the people of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	15	But when the people of Israel cried to the Lord, the Lord raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	16	And Ehud made for himself a sword with two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it on his right thigh under his clothes.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	17	And he presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	18	And when Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people that carried the tribute.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	19	But he himself turned back at the sculptured stones near Gilgal, and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” And he commanded, “Silence.” And all his attendants went out from his presence.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	20	And Ehud came to him, as he was sitting alone in his cool roof chamber. And Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you.” And he arose from his seat.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	21	And Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly;
+Judges	Judg	7	3	22	and the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not draw the sword out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	23	Then Ehud went out into the vestibule, and closed the doors of the roof chamber upon him, and locked them.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	24	When he had gone, the servants came; and when they saw that the doors of the roof chamber were locked, they thought, “He is only relieving himself in the closet of the cool chamber.”
+Judges	Judg	7	3	25	And they waited till they were utterly at a loss; but when he still did not open the doors of the roof chamber, they took the key and opened them; and there lay their lord dead on the floor.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	26	Ehud escaped while they delayed, and passed beyond the sculptured stones, and escaped to Se-irah.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	27	When he arrived, he sounded the trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; and the people of Israel went down with him from the hill country, having him at their head.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	28	And he said to them, “Follow after me; for the Lord has given your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they went down after him, and seized the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and allowed not a man to pass over.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	29	And they killed at that time about ten thousand of the Moabites, all strong, able-bodied men; not a man escaped.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	30	So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest for eighty years.
+Judges	Judg	7	3	31	After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed six hundred of the Philistines with an oxgoad; and he too delivered Israel.
+Judges	Judg	7	4	1	And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, after Ehud died.
+Judges	Judg	7	4	2	And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; the commander of his army was Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth-ha-goiim.
+Judges	Judg	7	4	3	Then the people of Israel cried to the Lord for help; for he had nine hundred chariots of iron, and oppressed the people of Israel cruelly for twenty years.
+Judges	Judg	7	4	4	Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
+Judges	Judg	7	4	5	She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the people of Israel came up to her for judgment.
+Judges	Judg	7	4	6	She sent and summoned Barak the son of Abino-am from Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him, “The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you, ‘Go, gather your men at Mount Tabor, taking ten thousand from the tribe of Naphtali and the tribe of Zebulun.
+Judges	Judg	7	4	7	And I will draw out Sisera, the general of Jabin’s army, to meet you by the river Kishon with his chariots and his troops; and I will give him into your hand.’”
+Judges	Judg	7	4	8	Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”
+Judges	Judg	7	4	9	And she said, “I will surely go with you; nevertheless, the road on which you are going will not lead to your glory, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
+Judges	Judg	7	4	10	And Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and ten thousand men went up at his heels; and Deborah went up with him.
+Judges	Judg	7	4	11	Now Heber the Kenite had separated from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far away as the oak in Za-anannim, which is near Kedesh.
+Judges	Judg	7	4	12	When Sisera was told that Barak the son of Abino-am had gone up to Mount Tabor,
+Judges	Judg	7	4	13	Sisera called out all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the men who were with him, from Harosheth-ha-goiim to the river Kishon.
+Judges	Judg	7	4	14	And Deborah said to Barak, “Up! For this is the day in which the Lord has given Sisera into your hand. Does not the Lord go out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
+Judges	Judg	7	4	15	And the Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army before Barak at the edge of the sword; and Sisera alighted from his chariot and fled away on foot.
+Judges	Judg	7	4	16	And Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Harosheth-ha-goiim, and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not a man was left.
+Judges	Judg	7	4	17	But Sisera fled away on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
+Judges	Judg	7	4	18	And Jael came out to meet Sisera, and said to him, “Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me; have no fear.” So he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.
+Judges	Judg	7	4	19	And he said to her, “Pray, give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty.” So she opened a skin of milk and gave him a drink and covered him.
+Judges	Judg	7	4	20	And he said to her, “Stand at the door of the tent, and if any man comes and asks you, ‘Is any one here?’ say, No.”
+Judges	Judg	7	4	21	But Jael the wife of Heber took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple, till it went down into the ground, as he was lying fast asleep from weariness. So he died.
+Judges	Judg	7	4	22	And behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael went out to meet him, and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” So he went in to her tent; and there lay Sisera dead, with the tent peg in his temple.
+Judges	Judg	7	4	23	So on that day God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan before the people of Israel.
+Judges	Judg	7	4	24	And the hand of the people of Israel bore harder and harder on Jabin the king of Canaan, until they destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
+Judges	Judg	7	5	1	Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abino-am on that day:
+Judges	Judg	7	5	2	“That the leaders took the lead in Israel, that the people offered themselves willingly, bless the Lord!
+Judges	Judg	7	5	3	“Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes; to the Lord I will sing, I will make melody to the Lord, the God of Israel.
+Judges	Judg	7	5	4	“Lord, when thou didst go forth from Seir, when thou didst march from the region of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, yea, the clouds dropped water.
+Judges	Judg	7	5	5	The mountains quaked before the Lord, yon Sinai before the Lord, the God of Israel.
+Judges	Judg	7	5	6	“In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, in the days of Jael, caravans ceased and travelers kept to the byways.
+Judges	Judg	7	5	7	The peasantry ceased in Israel, they ceased until you arose, Deborah, arose as a mother in Israel.
+Judges	Judg	7	5	8	When new gods were chosen, then war was in the gates. Was shield or spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel?
+Judges	Judg	7	5	9	My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless the Lord.
+Judges	Judg	7	5	10	“Tell of it, you who ride on tawny asses, you who sit on rich carpets and you who walk by the way.
+Judges	Judg	7	5	11	To the sound of musicians at the watering places, there they repeat the triumphs of the Lord, the triumphs of his peasantry in Israel. “Then down to the gates marched the people of the Lord.
+Judges	Judg	7	5	12	“Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, utter a song! Arise, Barak, lead away your captives, O son of Abino-am.
+Judges	Judg	7	5	13	Then down marched the remnant of the noble; the people of the Lord marched down for him against the mighty.
+Judges	Judg	7	5	14	From Ephraim they set out thither into the valley, following you, Benjamin, with your kinsmen; from Machir marched down the commanders, and from Zebulun those who bear the marshal’s staff;
+Judges	Judg	7	5	15	the princes of Issachar came with Deborah, and Issachar faithful to Barak; into the valley they rushed forth at his heels. Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
+Judges	Judg	7	5	16	Why did you tarry among the sheepfolds, to hear the piping for the flocks? Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
+Judges	Judg	7	5	17	Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan; and Dan, why did he abide with the ships? Asher sat still at the coast of the sea, settling down by his landings.
+Judges	Judg	7	5	18	Zebulun is a people that jeoparded their lives to the death; Naphtali too, on the heights of the field.
+Judges	Judg	7	5	19	“The kings came, they fought; then fought the kings of Canaan, at Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; they got no spoils of silver.
+Judges	Judg	7	5	20	From heaven fought the stars, from their courses they fought against Sisera.
+Judges	Judg	7	5	21	The torrent Kishon swept them away, the onrushing torrent, the torrent Kishon. March on, my soul, with might!
+Judges	Judg	7	5	22	“Then loud beat the horses’ hoofs with the galloping, galloping of his steeds.
+Judges	Judg	7	5	23	“Curse Meroz, says the angel of the Lord, curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
+Judges	Judg	7	5	24	“Most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, of tent-dwelling women most blessed.
+Judges	Judg	7	5	25	He asked water and she gave him milk, she brought him curds in a lordly bowl.
+Judges	Judg	7	5	26	She put her hand to the tent peg and her right hand to the workmen’s mallet; she struck Sisera a blow, she crushed his head, she shattered and pierced his temple.
+Judges	Judg	7	5	27	He sank, he fell, he lay still at her feet; at her feet he sank, he fell; where he sank, there he fell dead.
+Judges	Judg	7	5	28	“Out of the window she peered, the mother of Sisera gazed through the lattice: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots?’
+Judges	Judg	7	5	29	Her wisest ladies make answer, nay, she gives answer to herself,
+Judges	Judg	7	5	30	‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil?— A maiden or two for every man; spoil of dyed stuffs for Sisera, spoil of dyed stuffs embroidered, two pieces of dyed work embroidered for my neck as spoil?’
+Judges	Judg	7	5	31	“So perish all thine enemies, O Lord! But thy friends be like the sun as he rises in his might.” And the land had rest for forty years.
+Judges	Judg	7	6	1	The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord gave them into the hand of Midian seven years.
+Judges	Judg	7	6	2	And the hand of Midian prevailed over Israel; and because of Midian the people of Israel made for themselves the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves and the strongholds.
+Judges	Judg	7	6	3	For whenever the Israelites put in seed the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the East would come up and attack them;
+Judges	Judg	7	6	4	they would encamp against them and destroy the produce of the land, as far as the neighborhood of Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel, and no sheep or ox or ass.
+Judges	Judg	7	6	5	For they would come up with their cattle and their tents, coming like locusts for number; both they and their camels could not be counted; so that they wasted the land as they came in.
+Judges	Judg	7	6	6	And Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the people of Israel cried for help to the Lord.
+Judges	Judg	7	6	7	When the people of Israel cried to the Lord on account of the Midianites,
+Judges	Judg	7	6	8	the Lord sent a prophet to the people of Israel; and he said to them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I led you up from Egypt, and brought you out of the house of bondage;
+Judges	Judg	7	6	9	and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians, and from the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out before you, and gave you their land;
+Judges	Judg	7	6	10	and I said to you, ‘I am the Lord your God; you shall not pay reverence to the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.’ But you have not given heed to my voice.”
+Judges	Judg	7	6	11	Now the angel of the Lord came and sat under the oak at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press, to hide it from the Midianites.
+Judges	Judg	7	6	12	And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, “The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor.”
+Judges	Judg	7	6	13	And Gideon said to him, “Pray, sir, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this befallen us? And where are all his wonderful deeds which our fathers recounted to us, saying, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has cast us off, and given us into the hand of Midian.”
+Judges	Judg	7	6	14	And the Lord turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours and deliver Israel from the hand of Midian; do not I send you?”
+Judges	Judg	7	6	15	And he said to him, “Pray, Lord, how can I deliver Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.”
+Judges	Judg	7	6	16	And the Lord said to him, “But I will be with you, and you shall smite the Midianites as one man.”
+Judges	Judg	7	6	17	And he said to him, “If now I have found favor with thee, then show me a sign that it is thou who speakest with me.
+Judges	Judg	7	6	18	Do not depart from here, I pray thee, until I come to thee, and bring out my present, and set it before thee.” And he said, “I will stay till you return.”
+Judges	Judg	7	6	19	So Gideon went into his house and prepared a kid, and unleavened cakes from an ephah of flour; the meat he put in a basket, and the broth he put in a pot, and brought them to him under the oak and presented them.
+Judges	Judg	7	6	20	And the angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and put them on this rock, and pour the broth over them.” And he did so.
+Judges	Judg	7	6	21	Then the angel of the Lord reached out the tip of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and there sprang up fire from the rock and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of the Lord vanished from his sight.
+Judges	Judg	7	6	22	Then Gideon perceived that he was the angel of the Lord; and Gideon said, “Alas, O Lord GOD! For now I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.”
+Judges	Judg	7	6	23	But the Lord said to him, “Peace be to you; do not fear, you shall not die.”
+Judges	Judg	7	6	24	Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord, and called it, The Lord is peace. To this day it still stands at Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiezrites.
+Judges	Judg	7	6	25	That night the Lord said to him, “Take your father’s bull, the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal which your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it;
+Judges	Judg	7	6	26	and build an altar to the Lord your God on the top of the stronghold here, with stones laid in due order; then take the second bull, and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down.”
+Judges	Judg	7	6	27	So Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had told him; but because he was too afraid of his family and the men of the town to do it by day, he did it by night.
+Judges	Judg	7	6	28	When the men of the town rose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah beside it was cut down, and the second bull was offered upon the altar which had been built.
+Judges	Judg	7	6	29	And they said to one another, “Who has done this thing?” And after they had made search and inquired, they said, “Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing.”
+Judges	Judg	7	6	30	Then the men of the town said to Joash, “Bring out your son, that he may die, for he has pulled down the altar of Baal and cut down the Asherah beside it.”
+Judges	Judg	7	6	31	But Joash said to all who were arrayed against him, “Will you contend for Baal? Or will you defend his cause? Whoever contends for him shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because his altar has been pulled down.”
+Judges	Judg	7	6	32	Therefore on that day he was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend against him,” because he pulled down his altar.
+Judges	Judg	7	6	33	Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the East came together, and crossing the Jordan they encamped in the Valley of Jezreel.
+Judges	Judg	7	6	34	But the Spirit of the Lord took possession of Gideon; and he sounded the trumpet, and the Abiezrites were called out to follow him.
+Judges	Judg	7	6	35	And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; and they too were called out to follow him. And he sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali; and they went up to meet them.
+Judges	Judg	7	6	36	Then Gideon said to God, “If thou wilt deliver Israel by my hand, as thou hast said,
+Judges	Judg	7	6	37	behold, I am laying a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece alone, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that thou wilt deliver Israel by my hand, as thou hast said.”
+Judges	Judg	7	6	38	And it was so. When he rose early next morning and squeezed the fleece, he wrung enough dew from the fleece to fill a bowl with water.
+Judges	Judg	7	6	39	Then Gideon said to God, “Let not thy anger burn against me, let me speak but this once; pray, let me make trial only this once with the fleece; pray, let it be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew.”
+Judges	Judg	7	6	40	And God did so that night; for it was dry on the fleece only, and on all the ground there was dew.
+Judges	Judg	7	7	1	Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the spring of Harod; and the camp of Midian was north of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
+Judges	Judg	7	7	2	The Lord said to Gideon, “The people with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, ‘My own hand has delivered me.’
+Judges	Judg	7	7	3	Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return home.’” And Gideon tested them; twenty-two thousand returned, and ten thousand remained.
+Judges	Judg	7	7	4	And the Lord said to Gideon, “The people are still too many; take them down to the water and I will test them for you there; and he of whom I say to you, ‘This man shall go with you,’ shall go with you; and any of whom I say to you, ‘This man shall not go with you,’ shall not go.”
+Judges	Judg	7	7	5	So he brought the people down to the water; and the Lord said to Gideon, “Every one that laps the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set by himself; likewise every one that kneels down to drink.”
+Judges	Judg	7	7	6	And the number of those that lapped, putting their hands to their mouths, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people knelt down to drink water.
+Judges	Judg	7	7	7	And the Lord said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men that lapped I will deliver you, and give the Midianites into your hand; and let all the others go every man to his home.”
+Judges	Judg	7	7	8	So he took the jars of the people from their hands, and their trumpets; and he sent all the rest of Israel every man to his tent, but retained the three hundred men; and the camp of Midian was below him in the valley.
+Judges	Judg	7	7	9	That same night the Lord said to him, “Arise, go down against the camp; for I have given it into your hand.
+Judges	Judg	7	7	10	But if you fear to go down, go down to the camp with Purah your servant;
+Judges	Judg	7	7	11	and you shall hear what they say, and afterward your hands shall be strengthened to go down against the camp.” Then he went down with Purah his servant to the outposts of the armed men that were in the camp.
+Judges	Judg	7	7	12	And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the East lay along the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the seashore for multitude.
+Judges	Judg	7	7	13	When Gideon came, behold, a man was telling a dream to his comrade; and he said, “Behold, I dreamed a dream; and lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came to the tent, and struck it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.”
+Judges	Judg	7	7	14	And his comrade answered, “This is no other than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel; into his hand God has given Midian and all the host.”
+Judges	Judg	7	7	15	When Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, he worshiped; and he returned to the camp of Israel, and said, “Arise; for the Lord has given the host of Midian into your hand.”
+Judges	Judg	7	7	16	And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and put trumpets into the hands of all of them and empty jars, with torches inside the jars.
+Judges	Judg	7	7	17	And he said to them, “Look at me, and do likewise; when I come to the outskirts of the camp, do as I do.
+Judges	Judg	7	7	18	When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and shout, ‘For the Lord and for Gideon.’”
+Judges	Judg	7	7	19	So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just set the watch; and they blew the trumpets and smashed the jars that were in their hands.
+Judges	Judg	7	7	20	And the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the jars, holding in their left hands the torches, and in their right hands the trumpets to blow; and they cried, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!”
+Judges	Judg	7	7	21	They stood every man in his place round about the camp, and all the army ran; they cried out and fled.
+Judges	Judg	7	7	22	When they blew the three hundred trumpets, the Lord set every man’s sword against his fellow and against all the army; and the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
+Judges	Judg	7	7	23	And the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali and from Asher and from all Manasseh, and they pursued after Midian.
+Judges	Judg	7	7	24	And Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters against them, as far as Beth-barah, and also the Jordan.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they seized the waters as far as Beth-barah, and also the Jordan.
+Judges	Judg	7	7	25	And they took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the wine press of Zeeb, as they pursued Midian; and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.
+Judges	Judg	7	8	1	And the men of Ephraim said to him, “What is this that you have done to us, not to call us when you went to fight with Midian?” And they upbraided him violently.
+Judges	Judg	7	8	2	And he said to them, “What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer?
+Judges	Judg	7	8	3	God has given into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you?” Then their anger against him was abated, when he had said this.
+Judges	Judg	7	8	4	And Gideon came to the Jordan and passed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, faint yet pursuing.
+Judges	Judg	7	8	5	So he said to the men of Succoth, “Pray, give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
+Judges	Judg	7	8	6	And the officials of Succoth said, “Are Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?”
+Judges	Judg	7	8	7	And Gideon said, “Well then, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will flail your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.”
+Judges	Judg	7	8	8	And from there he went up to Penuel, and spoke to them in the same way; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
+Judges	Judg	7	8	9	And he said to the men of Penuel, “When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.”
+Judges	Judg	7	8	10	Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the army of the people of the East; for there had fallen a hundred and twenty thousand men who drew the sword.
+Judges	Judg	7	8	11	And Gideon went up by the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and attacked the army; for the army was off its guard.
+Judges	Judg	7	8	12	And Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued them and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and he threw all the army into a panic.
+Judges	Judg	7	8	13	Then Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle by the ascent of Heres.
+Judges	Judg	7	8	14	And he caught a young man of Succoth, and questioned him; and he wrote down for him the officials and elders of Succoth, seventy-seven men.
+Judges	Judg	7	8	15	And he came to the men of Succoth, and said, “Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are faint?’”
+Judges	Judg	7	8	16	And he took the elders of the city and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers and with them taught the men of Succoth.
+Judges	Judg	7	8	17	And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
+Judges	Judg	7	8	18	Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “Where are the men whom you slew at Tabor?” They answered, “As you are, so were they, every one of them; they resembled the sons of a king.”
+Judges	Judg	7	8	19	And he said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother; as the Lord lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not slay you.”
+Judges	Judg	7	8	20	And he said to Jether his first-born, “Rise, and slay them.” But the youth did not draw his sword; for he was afraid, because he was still a youth.
+Judges	Judg	7	8	21	Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Rise yourself, and fall upon us; for as the man is, so is his strength.” And Gideon arose and slew Zebah and Zalmunna; and he took the crescents that were on the necks of their camels.
+Judges	Judg	7	8	22	Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, you and your son and your grandson also; for you have delivered us out of the hand of Midian.”
+Judges	Judg	7	8	23	Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord will rule over you.”
+Judges	Judg	7	8	24	And Gideon said to them, “Let me make a request of you; give me every man of you the earrings of his spoil.” (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
+Judges	Judg	7	8	25	And they answered, “We will willingly give them.” And they spread a garment, and every man cast in it the earrings of his spoil.
+Judges	Judg	7	8	26	And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand seven hundred shekels of gold; besides the crescents and the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian, and besides the collars that were about the necks of their camels.
+Judges	Judg	7	8	27	And Gideon made an ephod of it and put it in his city, in Ophrah; and all Israel played the harlot after it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his family.
+Judges	Judg	7	8	28	So Midian was subdued before the people of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
+Judges	Judg	7	8	29	Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
+Judges	Judg	7	8	30	Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives.
+Judges	Judg	7	8	31	And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.
+Judges	Judg	7	8	32	And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, at Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
+Judges	Judg	7	8	33	As soon as Gideon died, the people of Israel turned again and played the harlot after the Baals, and made Baal-berith their god.
+Judges	Judg	7	8	34	And the people of Israel did not remember the Lord their God, who had rescued them from the hand of all their enemies on every side;
+Judges	Judg	7	8	35	and they did not show kindness to the family of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) in return for all the good that he had done to Israel.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	1	Now Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother’s kinsmen and said to them and to the whole clan of his mother’s family,
+Judges	Judg	7	9	2	“Say in the ears of all the citizens of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal rule over you, or that one rule over you?’ Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.”
+Judges	Judg	7	9	3	And his mother’s kinsmen spoke all these words on his behalf in the ears of all the men of Shechem; and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”
+Judges	Judg	7	9	4	And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless fellows, who followed him.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	5	And he went to his father’s house at Ophrah, and slew his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, upon one stone; but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	6	And all the citizens of Shechem came together, and all Beth-millo, and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar at Shechem.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	7	When it was told to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and cried aloud and said to them, “Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	8	The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’
+Judges	Judg	7	9	9	But the olive tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my fatness, by which gods and men are honored, and go to sway over the trees?’
+Judges	Judg	7	9	10	And the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come you, and reign over us.’
+Judges	Judg	7	9	11	But the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to sway over the trees?’
+Judges	Judg	7	9	12	And the trees said to the vine, ‘Come you, and reign over us.’
+Judges	Judg	7	9	13	But the vine said to them, ‘Shall I leave my wine which cheers gods and men, and go to sway over the trees?’
+Judges	Judg	7	9	14	Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘Come you, and reign over us.’
+Judges	Judg	7	9	15	And the bramble said to the trees, ‘If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.’
+Judges	Judg	7	9	16	“Now therefore, if you acted in good faith and honor when you made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him as his deeds deserved—
+Judges	Judg	7	9	17	for my father fought for you, and risked his life, and rescued you from the hand of Midian;
+Judges	Judg	7	9	18	and you have risen up against my father’s house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy men on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the citizens of Shechem, because he is your kinsman—
+Judges	Judg	7	9	19	if you then have acted in good faith and honor with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you;
+Judges	Judg	7	9	20	but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the citizens of Shechem, and Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the citizens of Shechem, and from Beth-millo, and devour Abimelech.”
+Judges	Judg	7	9	21	And Jotham ran away and fled, and went to Beer and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	22	Abimelech ruled over Israel three years.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	23	And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech;
+Judges	Judg	7	9	24	that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and upon the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to slay his brothers.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	25	And the men of Shechem put men in ambush against him on the mountain tops, and they robbed all who passed by them along that way; and it was told Abimelech.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	26	And Gaal the son of Ebed moved into Shechem with his kinsmen; and the men of Shechem put confidence in him.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	27	And they went out into the field, and gathered the grapes from their vineyards and trod them, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank and reviled Abimelech.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	28	And Gaal the son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who are we of Shechem, that we should serve him? Did not the son of Jerubbaal and Zebul his officer serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem? Why then should we serve him?
+Judges	Judg	7	9	29	Would that this people were under my hand! then I would remove Abimelech. I would say to Abimelech, ‘Increase your army, and come out.’”
+Judges	Judg	7	9	30	When Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	31	And he sent messengers to Abimelech at Arumah, saying, “Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his kinsmen have come to Shechem, and they are stirring up the city against you.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	32	Now therefore, go by night, you and the men that are with you, and lie in wait in the fields.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	33	Then in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, rise early and rush upon the city; and when he and the men that are with him come out against you, you may do to them as occasion offers.”
+Judges	Judg	7	9	34	And Abimelech and all the men that were with him rose up by night, and laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	35	And Gaal the son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city; and Abimelech and the men that were with him rose from the ambush.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	36	And when Gaal saw the men, he said to Zebul, “Look, men are coming down from the mountain tops!” And Zebul said to him, “You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.”
+Judges	Judg	7	9	37	Gaal spoke again and said, “Look, men are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming from the direction of the Diviners’ Oak.”
+Judges	Judg	7	9	38	Then Zebul said to him, “Where is your mouth now, you who said, ‘Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?’ Are not these the men whom you despised? Go out now and fight with them.”
+Judges	Judg	7	9	39	And Gaal went out at the head of the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	40	And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him; and many fell wounded, up to the entrance of the gate.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	41	And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah; and Zebul drove out Gaal and his kinsmen, so that they could not live on at Shechem.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	42	On the following day the men went out into the fields. And Abimelech was told.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	43	He took his men and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the fields; and he looked and saw the men coming out of the city, and he rose against them and slew them.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	44	Abimelech and the company that was with him rushed forward and stood at the entrance of the gate of the city, while the two companies rushed upon all who were in the fields and slew them.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	45	And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; he took the city, and killed the people that were in it; and he razed the city and sowed it with salt.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	46	When all the people of the Tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered the stronghold of the house of El-berith.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	47	Abimelech was told that all the people of the Tower of Shechem were gathered together.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	48	And Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the men that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bundle of brushwood, and took it up and laid it on his shoulder. And he said to the men that were with him, “What you have seen me do, make haste to do, as I have done.”
+Judges	Judg	7	9	49	So every one of the people cut down his bundle and following Abimelech put it against the stronghold, and they set the stronghold on fire over them, so that all the people of the Tower of Shechem also died, about a thousand men and women.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	50	Then Abimelech went to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	51	But there was a strong tower within the city, and all the people of the city fled to it, all the men and women, and shut themselves in; and they went to the roof of the tower.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	52	And Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and drew near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	53	And a certain woman threw an upper millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and crushed his skull.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	54	Then he called hastily to the young man his armor-bearer, and said to him, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest men say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	55	And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man to his home.
+Judges	Judg	7	9	56	Thus God requited the crime of Abimelech, which he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers;
+Judges	Judg	7	9	57	and God also made all the wickedness of the men of Shechem fall back upon their heads, and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
+Judges	Judg	7	10	1	After Abimelech there arose to deliver Israel Tola the son of Puah, son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he lived at Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.
+Judges	Judg	7	10	2	And he judged Israel twenty-three years. Then he died, and was buried at Shamir.
+Judges	Judg	7	10	3	After him arose Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.
+Judges	Judg	7	10	4	And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty asses; and they had thirty cities, called Havvoth-jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
+Judges	Judg	7	10	5	And Jair died, and was buried in Kamon.
+Judges	Judg	7	10	6	And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook the Lord, and did not serve him.
+Judges	Judg	7	10	7	And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the Ammonites,
+Judges	Judg	7	10	8	and they crushed and oppressed the children of Israel that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the people of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
+Judges	Judg	7	10	9	And the Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah and against Benjamin and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sorely distressed.
+Judges	Judg	7	10	10	And the people of Israel cried to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against thee, because we have forsaken our God and have served the Baals.”
+Judges	Judg	7	10	11	And the Lord said to the people of Israel, “Did I not deliver you from the Egyptians and from the Amorites, from the Ammonites and from the Philistines?
+Judges	Judg	7	10	12	The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, oppressed you; and you cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.
+Judges	Judg	7	10	13	Yet you have forsaken me and served other gods; therefore I will deliver you no more.
+Judges	Judg	7	10	14	Go and cry to the gods whom you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your distress.”
+Judges	Judg	7	10	15	And the people of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned; do to us whatever seems good to thee; only deliver us, we pray thee, this day.”
+Judges	Judg	7	10	16	So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord; and he became indignant over the misery of Israel.
+Judges	Judg	7	10	17	Then the Ammonites were called to arms, and they encamped in Gilead; and the people of Israel came together, and they encamped at Mizpah.
+Judges	Judg	7	10	18	And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said one to another, “Who is the man that will begin to fight against the Ammonites? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
+Judges	Judg	7	11	1	Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a harlot. Gilead was the father of Jephthah.
+Judges	Judg	7	11	2	And Gilead’s wife also bore him sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they thrust Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall not inherit in our father’s house; for you are the son of another woman.”
+Judges	Judg	7	11	3	Then Jephthah fled from his brothers, and dwelt in the land of Tob; and worthless fellows collected round Jephthah, and went raiding with him.
+Judges	Judg	7	11	4	After a time the Ammonites made war against Israel.
+Judges	Judg	7	11	5	And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob;
+Judges	Judg	7	11	6	and they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our leader, that we may fight with the Ammonites.”
+Judges	Judg	7	11	7	But Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me, and drive me out of my father’s house? Why have you come to me now when you are in trouble?”
+Judges	Judg	7	11	8	And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “That is why we have turned to you now, that you may go with us and fight with the Ammonites, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
+Judges	Judg	7	11	9	Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “If you bring me home again to fight with the Ammonites, and the Lord gives them over to me, I will be your head.”
+Judges	Judg	7	11	10	And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The Lord will be witness between us; we will surely do as you say.”
+Judges	Judg	7	11	11	So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and leader over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words before the Lord at Mizpah.
+Judges	Judg	7	11	12	Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites and said, “What have you against me, that you have come to me to fight against my land?”
+Judges	Judg	7	11	13	And the king of the Ammonites answered the messengers of Jephthah, “Because Israel on coming from Egypt took away my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and to the Jordan; now therefore restore it peaceably.”
+Judges	Judg	7	11	14	And Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the Ammonites
+Judges	Judg	7	11	15	and said to him, “Thus says Jephthah: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites,
+Judges	Judg	7	11	16	but when they came up from Egypt, Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.
+Judges	Judg	7	11	17	Israel then sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Let us pass, we pray, through your land’; but the king of Edom would not listen. And they sent also to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel remained at Kadesh.
+Judges	Judg	7	11	18	Then they journeyed through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and arrived on the east side of the land of Moab, and camped on the other side of the Arnon; but they did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the boundary of Moab.
+Judges	Judg	7	11	19	Israel then sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, ‘Let us pass, we pray, through your land to our country.’
+Judges	Judg	7	11	20	But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory; so Sihon gathered all his people together, and encamped at Jahaz, and fought with Israel.
+Judges	Judg	7	11	21	And the Lord, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they defeated them; so Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites, who inhabited that country.
+Judges	Judg	7	11	22	And they took possession of all the territory of the Amorites from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
+Judges	Judg	7	11	23	So then the Lord, the God of Israel, dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel; and are you to take possession of them?
+Judges	Judg	7	11	24	Will you not possess what Chemosh your god gives you to possess? And all that the Lord our God has dispossessed before us, we will possess.
+Judges	Judg	7	11	25	Now are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever go to war with them?
+Judges	Judg	7	11	26	While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its villages, and in Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities that are on the banks of the Arnon, three hundred years, why did you not recover them within that time?
+Judges	Judg	7	11	27	I therefore have not sinned against you, and you do me wrong by making war on me; the Lord, the Judge, decide this day between the people of Israel and the people of Ammon.”
+Judges	Judg	7	11	28	But the king of the Ammonites did not heed the message of Jephthah which he sent to him.
+Judges	Judg	7	11	29	Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and passed on to Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed on to the Ammonites.
+Judges	Judg	7	11	30	And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, and said, “If thou wilt give the Ammonites into my hand,
+Judges	Judg	7	11	31	then whoever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return victorious from the Ammonites, shall be the Lord’s, and I will offer him up for a burnt offering.”
+Judges	Judg	7	11	32	So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them; and the Lord gave them into his hand.
+Judges	Judg	7	11	33	And he smote them from Aroer to the neighborhood of Minnith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel-keramim, with a very great slaughter. So the Ammonites were subdued before the people of Israel.
+Judges	Judg	7	11	34	Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah; and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances; she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
+Judges	Judg	7	11	35	And when he saw her, he rent his clothes, and said, “Alas, my daughter! you have brought me very low, and you have become the cause of great trouble to me; for I have opened my mouth to the Lord, and I cannot take back my vow.”
+Judges	Judg	7	11	36	And she said to him, “My father, if you have opened your mouth to the Lord, do to me according to what has gone forth from your mouth, now that the Lord has avenged you on your enemies, on the Ammonites.”
+Judges	Judg	7	11	37	And she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me; let me alone two months, that I may go and wander on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.”
+Judges	Judg	7	11	38	And he said, “Go.” And he sent her away for two months; and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
+Judges	Judg	7	11	39	And at the end of two months, she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had made. She had never known a man. And it became a custom in Israel
+Judges	Judg	7	11	40	that the daughters of Israel went year by year to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in the year.
+Judges	Judg	7	12	1	The men of Ephraim were called to arms, and they crossed to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight against the Ammonites, and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house over you with fire.”
+Judges	Judg	7	12	2	And Jephthah said to them, “I and my people had a great feud with the Ammonites; and when I called you, you did not deliver me from their hand.
+Judges	Judg	7	12	3	And when I saw that you would not deliver me, I took my life in my hand, and crossed over against the Ammonites, and the Lord gave them into my hand; why then have you come up to me this day, to fight against me?”
+Judges	Judg	7	12	4	Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, “You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim and Manasseh.”
+Judges	Judg	7	12	5	And the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, “Let me go over,” the men of Gilead said to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” When he said, “No,”
+Judges	Judg	7	12	6	they said to him, “Then say Shibboleth,” and he said, “Sibboleth,” for he could not pronounce it right; then they seized him and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time forty-two thousand of the Ephraimites.
+Judges	Judg	7	12	7	Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in his city in Gilead.
+Judges	Judg	7	12	8	After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
+Judges	Judg	7	12	9	He had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he gave in marriage outside his clan, and thirty daughters he brought in from outside for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
+Judges	Judg	7	12	10	Then Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem.
+Judges	Judg	7	12	11	After him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
+Judges	Judg	7	12	12	Then Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried at Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
+Judges	Judg	7	12	13	After him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
+Judges	Judg	7	12	14	He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy asses; and he judged Israel eight years.
+Judges	Judg	7	12	15	Then Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried at Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
+Judges	Judg	7	13	1	And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord gave them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
+Judges	Judg	7	13	2	And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had no children.
+Judges	Judg	7	13	3	And the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold, you are barren and have no children; but you shall conceive and bear a son.
+Judges	Judg	7	13	4	Therefore beware, and drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean,
+Judges	Judg	7	13	5	for lo, you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from birth; and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
+Judges	Judg	7	13	6	Then the woman came and told her husband, “A man of God came to me, and his countenance was like the countenance of the angel of God, very terrible; I did not ask him whence he was, and he did not tell me his name;
+Judges	Judg	7	13	7	but he said to me, ‘Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son; so then drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from birth to the day of his death.’”
+Judges	Judg	7	13	8	Then Manoah entreated the Lord, and said, “O, Lord, I pray thee, let the man of God whom thou didst send come again to us, and teach us what we are to do with the boy that will be born.”
+Judges	Judg	7	13	9	And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field; but Manoah her husband was not with her.
+Judges	Judg	7	13	10	And the woman ran in haste and told her husband, “Behold, the man who came to me the other day has appeared to me.”
+Judges	Judg	7	13	11	And Manoah arose and went after his wife, and came to the man and said to him, “Are you the man who spoke to this woman?” And he said, “I am.”
+Judges	Judg	7	13	12	And Manoah said, “Now when your words come true, what is to be the boy’s manner of life, and what is he to do?”
+Judges	Judg	7	13	13	And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, “Of all that I said to the woman let her beware.
+Judges	Judg	7	13	14	She may not eat of anything that comes from the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, or eat any unclean thing; all that I commanded her let her observe.”
+Judges	Judg	7	13	15	Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, “Pray, let us detain you, and prepare a kid for you.”
+Judges	Judg	7	13	16	And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, “If you detain me, I will not eat of your food; but if you make ready a burnt offering, then offer it to the Lord.” (For Manoah did not know that he was the angel of the Lord.)
+Judges	Judg	7	13	17	And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, “What is your name, so that, when your words come true, we may honor you?”
+Judges	Judg	7	13	18	And the angel of the Lord said to him, “Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful?”
+Judges	Judg	7	13	19	So Manoah took the kid with the cereal offering, and offered it upon the rock to the Lord, to him who works wonders.
+Judges	Judg	7	13	20	And when the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar while Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.
+Judges	Judg	7	13	21	The angel of the Lord appeared no more to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of the Lord.
+Judges	Judg	7	13	22	And Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, for we have seen God.”
+Judges	Judg	7	13	23	But his wife said to him, “If the Lord had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and a cereal offering at our hands, or shown us all these things, or now announced to us such things as these.”
+Judges	Judg	7	13	24	And the woman bore a son, and called his name Samson; and the boy grew, and the Lord blessed him.
+Judges	Judg	7	13	25	And the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshta-ol.
+Judges	Judg	7	14	1	Samson went down to Timnah, and at Timnah he saw one of the daughters of the Philistines.
+Judges	Judg	7	14	2	Then he came up, and told his father and mother, “I saw one of the daughters of the Philistines at Timnah; now get her for me as my wife.”
+Judges	Judg	7	14	3	But his father and mother said to him, “Is there not a woman among the daughters of your kinsmen, or among all our people, that you must go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me; for she pleases me well.”
+Judges	Judg	7	14	4	His father and mother did not know that it was from the Lord; for he was seeking an occasion against the Philistines. At that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
+Judges	Judg	7	14	5	Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Timnah, and he came to the vineyards of Timnah. And behold, a young lion roared against him;
+Judges	Judg	7	14	6	and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he tore the lion asunder as one tears a kid; and he had nothing in his hand. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.
+Judges	Judg	7	14	7	Then he went down and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
+Judges	Judg	7	14	8	And after a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion, and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
+Judges	Judg	7	14	9	He scraped it out into his hands, and went on, eating as he went; and he came to his father and mother, and gave some to them, and they ate. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the carcass of the lion.
+Judges	Judg	7	14	10	And his father went down to the woman, and Samson made a feast there; for so the young men used to do.
+Judges	Judg	7	14	11	And when the people saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.
+Judges	Judg	7	14	12	And Samson said to them, “Let me now put a riddle to you; if you can tell me what it is, within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty festal garments;
+Judges	Judg	7	14	13	but if you cannot tell me what it is, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty festal garments.” And they said to him, “Put your riddle, that we may hear it.”
+Judges	Judg	7	14	14	And he said to them, “Out of the eater came something to eat. Out of the strong came something sweet.” And they could not in three days tell what the riddle was.
+Judges	Judg	7	14	15	On the fourth day they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband to tell us what the riddle is, lest we burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you invited us here to impoverish us?”
+Judges	Judg	7	14	16	And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, “You only hate me, you do not love me; you have put a riddle to my countrymen, and you have not told me what it is.” And he said to her, “Behold, I have not told my father nor my mother, and shall I tell you?”
+Judges	Judg	7	14	17	She wept before him the seven days that their feast lasted; and on the seventh day he told her, because she pressed him hard. Then she told the riddle to her countrymen.
+Judges	Judg	7	14	18	And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?” And he said to them, “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have found out my riddle.”
+Judges	Judg	7	14	19	And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty men of the town, and took their spoil and gave the festal garments to those who had told the riddle. In hot anger he went back to his father’s house.
+Judges	Judg	7	14	20	And Samson’s wife was given to his companion, who had been his best man.
+Judges	Judg	7	15	1	After a while, at the time of wheat harvest, Samson went to visit his wife with a kid; and he said, “I will go in to my wife in the chamber.” But her father would not allow him to go in.
+Judges	Judg	7	15	2	And her father said, “I really thought that you utterly hated her; so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister fairer than she? Pray take her instead.”
+Judges	Judg	7	15	3	And Samson said to them, “This time I shall be blameless in regard to the Philistines, when I do them mischief.”
+Judges	Judg	7	15	4	So Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches; and he turned them tail to tail, and put a torch between each pair of tails.
+Judges	Judg	7	15	5	And when he had set fire to the torches, he let the foxes go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burned up the shocks and the standing grain, as well as the olive orchards.
+Judges	Judg	7	15	6	Then the Philistines said, “Who has done this?” And they said, “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife and given her to his companion.” And the Philistines came up, and burned her and her father with fire.
+Judges	Judg	7	15	7	And Samson said to them, “If this is what you do, I swear I will be avenged upon you, and after that I will quit.”
+Judges	Judg	7	15	8	And he smote them hip and thigh with great slaughter; and he went down and stayed in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
+Judges	Judg	7	15	9	Then the Philistines came up and encamped in Judah, and made a raid on Lehi.
+Judges	Judg	7	15	10	And the men of Judah said, “Why have you come up against us?” They said, “We have come up to bind Samson, to do to him as he did to us.”
+Judges	Judg	7	15	11	Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, “Do you not know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?” And he said to them, “As they did to me, so have I done to them.”
+Judges	Judg	7	15	12	And they said to him, “We have come down to bind you, that we may give you into the hands of the Philistines.” And Samson said to them, “Swear to me that you will not fall upon me yourselves.”
+Judges	Judg	7	15	13	They said to him, “No; we will only bind you and give you into their hands; we will not kill you.” So they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock.
+Judges	Judg	7	15	14	When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting to meet him; and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the ropes which were on his arms became as flax that has caught fire, and his bonds melted off his hands.
+Judges	Judg	7	15	15	And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put out his hand and seized it, and with it he slew a thousand men.
+Judges	Judg	7	15	16	And Samson said, “With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of an ass have I slain a thousand men.”
+Judges	Judg	7	15	17	When he had finished speaking, he threw away the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramath-lehi.
+Judges	Judg	7	15	18	And he was very thirsty, and he called on the Lord and said, “Thou hast granted this great deliverance by the hand of thy servant; and shall I now die of thirst, and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”
+Judges	Judg	7	15	19	And God split open the hollow place that is at Lehi, and there came water from it; and when he drank, his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore the name of it was called En-hakkore; it is at Lehi to this day.
+Judges	Judg	7	15	20	And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
+Judges	Judg	7	16	1	Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a harlot, and he went in to her.
+Judges	Judg	7	16	2	The Gazites were told, “Samson has come here,” and they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. They kept quiet all night, saying, “Let us wait till the light of the morning; then we will kill him.”
+Judges	Judg	7	16	3	But Samson lay till midnight, and at midnight he arose and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city and the two posts, and pulled them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that is before Hebron.
+Judges	Judg	7	16	4	After this he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
+Judges	Judg	7	16	5	And the lords of the Philistines came to her and said to her, “Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to subdue him; and we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”
+Judges	Judg	7	16	6	And Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me wherein your great strength lies, and how you might be bound, that one could subdue you.”
+Judges	Judg	7	16	7	And Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings which have not been dried, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”
+Judges	Judg	7	16	8	Then the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
+Judges	Judg	7	16	9	Now she had men lying in wait in an inner chamber. And she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he snapped the bowstrings, as a string of tow snaps when it touches the fire. So the secret of his strength was not known.
+Judges	Judg	7	16	10	And Delilah said to Samson, “Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies; please tell me how you might be bound.”
+Judges	Judg	7	16	11	And he said to her, “If they bind me with new ropes that have not been used, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”
+Judges	Judg	7	16	12	So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them, and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And the men lying in wait were in an inner chamber. But he snapped the ropes off his arms like a thread.
+Judges	Judg	7	16	13	And Delilah said to Samson, “Until now you have mocked me, and told me lies; tell me how you might be bound.” And he said to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web and make it tight with the pin, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”
+Judges	Judg	7	16	14	So while he slept, Delilah took the seven locks of his head and wove them into the web. And she made them tight with the pin, and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he awoke from his sleep, and pulled away the pin, the loom, and the web.
+Judges	Judg	7	16	15	And she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and you have not told me wherein your great strength lies.”
+Judges	Judg	7	16	16	And when she pressed him hard with her words day after day, and urged him, his soul was vexed to death.
+Judges	Judg	7	16	17	And he told her all his mind, and said to her, “A razor has never come upon my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I be shaved, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”
+Judges	Judg	7	16	18	When Delilah saw that he had told her all his mind, she sent and called the lords of the Philistines, saying, “Come up this once, for he has told me all his mind.” Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and brought the money in their hands.
+Judges	Judg	7	16	19	She made him sleep upon her knees; and she called a man, and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to torment him, and his strength left him.
+Judges	Judg	7	16	20	And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he awoke from his sleep, and said, “I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free.” And he did not know that the Lord had left him.
+Judges	Judg	7	16	21	And the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with bronze fetters; and he ground at the mill in the prison.
+Judges	Judg	7	16	22	But the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.
+Judges	Judg	7	16	23	Now the lords of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, “Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hand.”
+Judges	Judg	7	16	24	And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, “Our god has given our enemy into our hand, the ravager of our country, who has slain many of us.”
+Judges	Judg	7	16	25	And when their hearts were merry, they said, “Call Samson, that he may make sport for us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he made sport before them. They made him stand between the pillars;
+Judges	Judg	7	16	26	and Samson said to the lad who held him by the hand, “Let me feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean against them.”
+Judges	Judg	7	16	27	Now the house was full of men and women; all the lords of the Philistines were there, and on the roof there were about three thousand men and women, who looked on while Samson made sport.
+Judges	Judg	7	16	28	Then Samson called to the Lord and said, “O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be avenged upon the Philistines for one of my two eyes.”
+Judges	Judg	7	16	29	And Samson grasped the two middle pillars upon which the house rested, and he leaned his weight upon them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other.
+Judges	Judg	7	16	30	And Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he bowed with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords and upon all the people that were in it. So the dead whom he slew at his death were more than those whom he had slain during his life.
+Judges	Judg	7	16	31	Then his brothers and all his family came down and took him and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshta-ol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had judged Israel twenty years.
+Judges	Judg	7	17	1	There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
+Judges	Judg	7	17	2	And he said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver which were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.” And his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the Lord.”
+Judges	Judg	7	17	3	And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, “I consecrate the silver to the Lord from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image; now therefore I will restore it to you.”
+Judges	Judg	7	17	4	So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a graven image and a molten image; and it was in the house of Micah.
+Judges	Judg	7	17	5	And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and teraphim, and installed one of his sons, who became his priest.
+Judges	Judg	7	17	6	In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
+Judges	Judg	7	17	7	Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.
+Judges	Judg	7	17	8	And the man departed from the town of Bethlehem in Judah, to live where he could find a place; and as he journeyed, he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah.
+Judges	Judg	7	17	9	And Micah said to him, “From where do you come?” And he said to him, “I am a Levite of Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I may find a place.”
+Judges	Judg	7	17	10	And Micah said to him, “Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, and a suit of apparel, and your living.”
+Judges	Judg	7	17	11	And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man became to him like one of his sons.
+Judges	Judg	7	17	12	And Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
+Judges	Judg	7	17	13	Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest.”
+Judges	Judg	7	18	1	In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking for itself an inheritance to dwell in; for until then no inheritance among the tribes of Israel had fallen to them.
+Judges	Judg	7	18	2	So the Danites sent five able men from the whole number of their tribe, from Zorah and from Eshta-ol, to spy out the land and to explore it; and they said to them, “Go and explore the land.” And they came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
+Judges	Judg	7	18	3	When they were by the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; and they turned aside and said to him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?”
+Judges	Judg	7	18	4	And he said to them, “Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me: he has hired me, and I have become his priest.”
+Judges	Judg	7	18	5	And they said to him, “Inquire of God, we pray thee, that we may know whether the journey on which we are setting out will succeed.”
+Judges	Judg	7	18	6	And the priest said to them, “Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the Lord.”
+Judges	Judg	7	18	7	Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people who were there, how they dwelt in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting, lacking nothing that is in the earth, and possessing wealth, and how they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with any one.
+Judges	Judg	7	18	8	And when they came to their brethren at Zorah and Eshta-ol, their brethren said to them, “What do you report?”
+Judges	Judg	7	18	9	They said, “Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very fertile. And will you do nothing? Do not be slow to go, and enter in and possess the land.
+Judges	Judg	7	18	10	When you go, you will come to an unsuspecting people. The land is broad; yea, God has given it into your hands, a place where there is no lack of anything that is in the earth.”
+Judges	Judg	7	18	11	And six hundred men of the tribe of Dan, armed with weapons of war, set forth from Zorah and Eshta-ol,
+Judges	Judg	7	18	12	and went up and encamped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. On this account that place is called Mahaneh-dan to this day; behold, it is west of Kiriath-jearim.
+Judges	Judg	7	18	13	And they passed on from there to the hill country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.
+Judges	Judg	7	18	14	Then the five men who had gone to spy out the country of Laish said to their brethren, “Do you know that in these houses there are an ephod, teraphim, a graven image, and a molten image? Now therefore consider what you will do.”
+Judges	Judg	7	18	15	And they turned aside thither, and came to the house of the young Levite, at the home of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.
+Judges	Judg	7	18	16	Now the six hundred men of the Danites, armed with their weapons of war, stood by the entrance of the gate;
+Judges	Judg	7	18	17	and the five men who had gone to spy out the land went up, and entered and took the graven image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image, while the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.
+Judges	Judg	7	18	18	And when these went into Micah’s house and took the graven image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”
+Judges	Judg	7	18	19	And they said to him, “Keep quiet, put your hand upon your mouth, and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and family in Israel?”
+Judges	Judg	7	18	20	And the priest’s heart was glad; he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
+Judges	Judg	7	18	21	So they turned and departed, putting the little ones and the cattle and the goods in front of them.
+Judges	Judg	7	18	22	When they were a good way from the home of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah’s house were called out, and they overtook the Danites.
+Judges	Judg	7	18	23	And they shouted to the Danites, who turned round and said to Micah, “What ails you that you come with such a company?”
+Judges	Judg	7	18	24	And he said, “You take my gods which I made, and the priest, and go away, and what have I left? How then do you ask me, ‘What ails you?’”
+Judges	Judg	7	18	25	And the Danites said to him, “Do not let your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall upon you, and you lose your life with the lives of your household.”
+Judges	Judg	7	18	26	Then the Danites went their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his home.
+Judges	Judg	7	18	27	And taking what Micah had made, and the priest who belonged to him, the Danites came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and burned the city with fire.
+Judges	Judg	7	18	28	And there was no deliverer because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with any one. It was in the valley which belongs to Beth-rehob. And they rebuilt the city, and dwelt in it.
+Judges	Judg	7	18	29	And they named the city Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor, who was born to Israel; but the name of the city was Laish at the first.
+Judges	Judg	7	18	30	And the Danites set up the graven image for themselves; and Jonathan the son of Gershom, son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.
+Judges	Judg	7	18	31	So they set up Micah’s graven image which he made, as long as the house of God was at Shiloh.
+Judges	Judg	7	19	1	In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was sojourning in the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, who took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
+Judges	Judg	7	19	2	And his concubine became angry with him, and she went away from him to her father’s house at Bethlehem in Judah, and was there some four months.
+Judges	Judg	7	19	3	Then her husband arose and went after her, to speak kindly to her and bring her back. He had with him his servant and a couple of asses. And he came to her father’s house; and when the girl’s father saw him, he came with joy to meet him.
+Judges	Judg	7	19	4	And his father-in-law, the girl’s father, made him stay, and he remained with him three days; so they ate and drank, and lodged there.
+Judges	Judg	7	19	5	And on the fourth day they arose early in the morning, and he prepared to go; but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and after that you may go.”
+Judges	Judg	7	19	6	So the two men sat and ate and drank together; and the girl’s father said to the man, “Be pleased to spend the night, and let your heart be merry.”
+Judges	Judg	7	19	7	And when the man rose up to go, his father-in-law urged him, till he lodged there again.
+Judges	Judg	7	19	8	And on the fifth day he arose early in the morning to depart; and the girl’s father said, “Strengthen your heart, and tarry until the day declines.” So they ate, both of them.
+Judges	Judg	7	19	9	And when the man and his concubine and his servant rose up to depart, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Behold, now the day has waned toward evening; pray tarry all night. Behold, the day draws to its close; lodge here and let your heart be merry; and tomorrow you shall arise early in the morning for your journey, and go home.”
+Judges	Judg	7	19	10	But the man would not spend the night; he rose up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). He had with him a couple of saddled asses, and his concubine was with him.
+Judges	Judg	7	19	11	When they were near Jebus, the day was far spent, and the servant said to his master, “Come now, let us turn aside to this city of the Jebusites, and spend the night in it.”
+Judges	Judg	7	19	12	And his master said to him, “We will not turn aside into the city of foreigners, who do not belong to the people of Israel; but we will pass on to Gibe-ah.”
+Judges	Judg	7	19	13	And he said to his servant, “Come and let us draw near to one of these places, and spend the night at Gibe-ah or at Ramah.”
+Judges	Judg	7	19	14	So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them near Gibe-ah, which belongs to Benjamin,
+Judges	Judg	7	19	15	and they turned aside there, to go in and spend the night at Gibe-ah. And he went in and sat down in the open square of the city; for no man took them into his house to spend the night.
+Judges	Judg	7	19	16	And behold, an old man was coming from his work in the field at evening; the man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he was sojourning in Gibe-ah; the men of the place were Benjaminites.
+Judges	Judg	7	19	17	And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfarer in the open square of the city; and the old man said, “Where are you going? and whence do you come?”
+Judges	Judg	7	19	18	And he said to him, “We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, from which I come. I went to Bethlehem in Judah; and I am going to my home; and nobody takes me into his house.
+Judges	Judg	7	19	19	We have straw and provender for our asses, with bread and wine for me and your maidservant and the young man with your servants; there is no lack of anything.”
+Judges	Judg	7	19	20	And the old man said, “Peace be to you; I will care for all your wants; only, do not spend the night in the square.”
+Judges	Judg	7	19	21	So he brought him into his house, and gave the asses provender; and they washed their feet, and ate and drank.
+Judges	Judg	7	19	22	As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, base fellows, beset the house round about, beating on the door; and they said to the old man, the master of the house, “Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may know him.”
+Judges	Judg	7	19	23	And the man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them, “No, my brethren, do not act so wickedly; seeing that this man has come into my house, do not do this vile thing.
+Judges	Judg	7	19	24	Behold, here are my virgin daughter and his concubine; let me bring them out now. Ravish them and do with them what seems good to you; but against this man do not do so vile a thing.”
+Judges	Judg	7	19	25	But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine, and put her out to them; and they knew her, and abused her all night until the morning. And as the dawn began to break, they let her go.
+Judges	Judg	7	19	26	And as morning appeared, the woman came and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her master was, till it was light.
+Judges	Judg	7	19	27	And her master rose up in the morning, and when he opened the doors of the house and went out to go on his way, behold, there was his concubine lying at the door of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
+Judges	Judg	7	19	28	He said to her, “Get up, let us be going.” But there was no answer. Then he put her upon the ass; and the man rose up and went away to his home.
+Judges	Judg	7	19	29	And when he entered his house, he took a knife, and laying hold of his concubine he divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the territory of Israel.
+Judges	Judg	7	19	30	And all who saw it said, “Such a thing has never happened or been seen from the day that the people of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt until this day; consider it, take counsel, and speak.”
+Judges	Judg	7	20	1	Then all the people of Israel came out, from Dan to Beer-sheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled as one man to the Lord at Mizpah.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	2	And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand men on foot that drew the sword.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	3	(Now the Benjaminites heard that the people of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the people of Israel said, “Tell us, how was this wickedness brought to pass?”
+Judges	Judg	7	20	4	And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, “I came to Gibe-ah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	5	And the men of Gibe-ah rose against me, and beset the house round about me by night; they meant to kill me, and they ravished my concubine, and she is dead.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	6	And I took my concubine and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed abomination and wantonness in Israel.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	7	Behold, you people of Israel, all of you, give your advice and counsel here.”
+Judges	Judg	7	20	8	And all the people arose as one man, saying, “We will not any of us go to his tent, and none of us will return to his house.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	9	But now this is what we will do to Gibe-ah: we will go up against it by lot,
+Judges	Judg	7	20	10	and we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand, to bring provisions for the people, that when they come they may requite Gibe-ah of Benjamin, for all the wanton crime which they have committed in Israel.”
+Judges	Judg	7	20	11	So all the men of Israel gathered against the city, united as one man.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	12	And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What wickedness is this that has taken place among you?
+Judges	Judg	7	20	13	Now therefore give up the men, the base fellows in Gibe-ah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel.” But the Benjaminites would not listen to the voice of their brethren, the people of Israel.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	14	And the Benjaminites came together out of the cities to Gibe-ah, to go out to battle against the people of Israel.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	15	And the Benjaminites mustered out of their cities on that day twenty-six thousand men that drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibe-ah, who mustered seven hundred picked men.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	16	Among all these were seven hundred picked men who were left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair, and not miss.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	17	And the men of Israel, apart from Benjamin, mustered four hundred thousand men that drew sword; all these were men of war.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	18	The people of Israel arose and went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Which of us shall go up first to battle against the Benjaminites?” And the Lord said, “Judah shall go up first.”
+Judges	Judg	7	20	19	Then the people of Israel rose in the morning, and encamped against Gibe-ah.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	20	And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel drew up the battle line against them at Gibe-ah.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	21	The Benjaminites came out of Gibe-ah, and felled to the ground on that day twenty-two thousand men of the Israelites.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	22	But the people, the men of Israel, took courage, and again formed the battle line in the same place where they had formed it on the first day.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	23	And the people of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until the evening; and they inquired of the Lord, “Shall we again draw near to battle against our brethren the Benjaminites?” And the Lord said, “Go up against them.”
+Judges	Judg	7	20	24	So the people of Israel came near against the Benjaminites the second day.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	25	And Benjamin went against them out of Gibe-ah the second day, and felled to the ground eighteen thousand men of the people of Israel; all these were men who drew the sword.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	26	Then all the people of Israel, the whole army, went up and came to Bethel and wept; they sat there before the Lord, and fasted that day until evening, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	27	And the people of Israel inquired of the Lord (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
+Judges	Judg	7	20	28	and Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, ministered before it in those days), saying, “Shall we yet again go out to battle against our brethren the Benjaminites, or shall we cease?” And the Lord said, “Go up; for tomorrow I will give them into your hand.”
+Judges	Judg	7	20	29	So Israel set men in ambush round about Gibe-ah.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	30	And the people of Israel went up against the Benjaminites on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibe-ah, as at other times.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	31	And the Benjaminites went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and as at other times they began to smite and kill some of the people, in the highways, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibe-ah, and in the open country, about thirty men of Israel.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	32	And the Benjaminites said, “They are routed before us, as at the first.” But the men of Israel said, “Let us flee, and draw them away from the city to the highways.”
+Judges	Judg	7	20	33	And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set themselves in array at Baal-tamar; and the men of Israel who were in ambush rushed out of their place west of Geba.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	34	And there came against Gibe-ah ten thousand picked men out of all Israel, and the battle was hard; but the Benjaminites did not know that disaster was close upon them.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	35	And the Lord defeated Benjamin before Israel; and the men of Israel destroyed twenty-five thousand one hundred men of Benjamin that day; all these were men who drew the sword.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	36	So the Benjaminites saw that they were defeated. The men of Israel gave ground to Benjamin, because they trusted to the men in ambush whom they had set against Gibe-ah.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	37	And the men in ambush made haste and rushed upon Gibe-ah; the men in ambush moved out and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	38	Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that when they made a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city
+Judges	Judg	7	20	39	the men of Israel should turn in battle. Now Benjamin had begun to smite and kill about thirty men of Israel; they said, “Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.”
+Judges	Judg	7	20	40	But when the signal began to rise out of the city in a column of smoke, the Benjaminites looked behind them; and behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to heaven.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	41	Then the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed, for they saw that disaster was close upon them.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	42	Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel in the direction of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them, and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst of them.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	43	Cutting down the Benjaminites, they pursued them and trod them down from Nohah as far as opposite Gibe-ah on the east.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	44	Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell, all of them men of valor.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	45	And they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon; five thousand men of them were cut down in the highways, and they were pursued hard to Gidom, and two thousand men of them were slain.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	46	So all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men that drew the sword, all of them men of valor.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	47	But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and abode at the rock of Rimmon four months.
+Judges	Judg	7	20	48	And the men of Israel turned back against the Benjaminites, and smote them with the edge of the sword, men and beasts and all that they found. And all the towns which they found they set on fire.
+Judges	Judg	7	21	1	Now the men of Israel had sworn at Mizpah, “No one of us shall give his daughter in marriage to Benjamin.”
+Judges	Judg	7	21	2	And the people came to Bethel, and sat there till evening before God, and they lifted up their voices and wept bitterly.
+Judges	Judg	7	21	3	And they said, “O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this come to pass in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?”
+Judges	Judg	7	21	4	And on the morrow the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
+Judges	Judg	7	21	5	And the people of Israel said, “Which of all the tribes of Israel did not come up in the assembly to the Lord?” For they had taken a great oath concerning him who did not come up to the Lord to Mizpah, saying, “He shall be put to death.”
+Judges	Judg	7	21	6	And the people of Israel had compassion for Benjamin their brother, and said, “One tribe is cut off from Israel this day.
+Judges	Judg	7	21	7	What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since we have sworn by the Lord that we will not give them any of our daughters for wives?”
+Judges	Judg	7	21	8	And they said, “What one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not come up to the Lord to Mizpah?” And behold, no one had come to the camp from Jabesh-gilead, to the assembly.
+Judges	Judg	7	21	9	For when the people were mustered, behold, not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead was there.
+Judges	Judg	7	21	10	So the congregation sent thither twelve thousand of their bravest men, and commanded them, “Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword; also the women and the little ones.
+Judges	Judg	7	21	11	This is what you shall do; every male and every woman that has lain with a male you shall utterly destroy.”
+Judges	Judg	7	21	12	And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
+Judges	Judg	7	21	13	Then the whole congregation sent word to the Benjaminites who were at the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them.
+Judges	Judg	7	21	14	And Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead; but they did not suffice for them.
+Judges	Judg	7	21	15	And the people had compassion on Benjamin because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
+Judges	Judg	7	21	16	Then the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?”
+Judges	Judg	7	21	17	And they said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.
+Judges	Judg	7	21	18	Yet we cannot give them wives of our daughters.” For the people of Israel had sworn, “Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin.”
+Judges	Judg	7	21	19	So they said, “Behold, there is the yearly feast of the Lord at Shiloh, which is north of Bethel, on the east of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”
+Judges	Judg	7	21	20	And they commanded the Benjaminites, saying, “Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,
+Judges	Judg	7	21	21	and watch; if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards and seize each man his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
+Judges	Judg	7	21	22	And when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, we will say to them, ‘Grant them graciously to us; because we did not take for each man of them his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, else you would now be guilty.’”
+Judges	Judg	7	21	23	And the Benjaminites did so, and took their wives, according to their number, from the dancers whom they carried off; then they went and returned to their inheritance, and rebuilt the towns, and dwelt in them.
+Judges	Judg	7	21	24	And the people of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance.
+Judges	Judg	7	21	25	In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	1	In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	2	The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion; they were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	3	But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	4	These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years;
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	5	and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was bereft of her two sons and her husband.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	6	Then she started with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the country of Moab that the Lord had visited his people and given them food.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	7	So she set out from the place where she was, with her two daughters-in-law, and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	8	But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother’s house. May the Lord deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	9	The Lord grant that you may find a home, each of you in the house of her husband!” Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	10	And they said to her, “No, we will return with you to your people.”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	11	But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters, why will you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb that they may become your husbands?
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	12	Turn back, my daughters, go your way, for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, even if I should have a husband this night and should bear sons,
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	13	would you therefore wait till they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters, for it is exceedingly bitter to me for your sake that the hand of the Lord has gone forth against me.”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	14	Then they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	15	And she said, “See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	16	But Ruth said, “Entreat me not to leave you or to return from following you; for where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God;
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	17	where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if even death parts me from you.”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	18	And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	19	So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. And when they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them; and the women said, “Is this Naomi?”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	20	She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi, call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	21	I went away full, and the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi, when the Lord has afflicted me and the Almighty has brought calamity upon me?”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	1	22	So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	1	Now Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	2	And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	3	So she set forth and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	4	And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem; and he said to the reapers, “The Lord be with you!” And they answered, “The Lord bless you.”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	5	Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, “Whose maiden is this?”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	6	And the servant who was in charge of the reapers answered, “It is the Moabite maiden, who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	7	She said, ‘Pray, let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers.’ So she came, and she has continued from early morning until now, without resting even for a moment.”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	8	Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Now, listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but keep close to my maidens.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	9	Let your eyes be upon the field which they are reaping, and go after them. Have I not charged the young men not to molest you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink what the young men have drawn.”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	10	Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, when I am a foreigner?”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	11	But Boaz answered her, “All that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband has been fully told me, and how you left your father and mother and your native land and came to a people that you did not know before.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	12	The Lord recompense you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	13	Then she said, “You are most gracious to me, my lord, for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not one of your maidservants.”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	14	And at mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come here, and eat some bread, and dip your morsel in the wine.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed to her parched grain; and she ate until she was satisfied, and she had some left over.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	15	When she rose to glean, Boaz instructed his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	16	And also pull out some from the bundles for her, and leave it for her to glean, and do not rebuke her.”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	17	So she gleaned in the field until evening; then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	18	And she took it up and went into the city; she showed her mother-in-law what she had gleaned, and she also brought out and gave her what food she had left over after being satisfied.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	19	And her mother-in-law said to her, “Where did you glean today? And where have you worked? Blessed be the man who took notice of you.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, “The man’s name with whom I worked today is Boaz.”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	20	And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “Blessed be he by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!” Naomi also said to her, “The man is a relative of ours, one of our nearest kin.”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	21	And Ruth the Moabitess said, “Besides, he said to me, ‘You shall keep close by my servants, till they have finished all my harvest.’”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	22	And Naomi said to Ruth, her daughter-in-law, “It is well, my daughter, that you go out with his maidens, lest in another field you be molested.”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	2	23	So she kept close to the maidens of Boaz, gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvests; and she lived with her mother-in-law.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	1	Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a home for you, that it may be well with you?
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	2	Now is not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens you were? See, he is winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	3	Wash therefore and anoint yourself, and put on your best clothes and go down to the threshing floor; but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	4	But when he lies down, observe the place where he lies; then, go and uncover his feet and lie down; and he will tell you what to do.”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	5	And she replied, “All that you say I will do.”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	6	So she went down to the threshing floor and did just as her mother-in-law had told her.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	7	And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and lay down.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	8	At midnight the man was startled, and turned over, and behold, a woman lay at his feet!
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	9	He said, “Who are you?” And she answered, “I am Ruth, your maidservant; spread your skirt over your maidservant, for you are next of kin.”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	10	And he said, “May you be blessed by the Lord, my daughter; you have made this last kindness greater than the first, in that you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	11	And now, my daughter, do not fear, I will do for you all that you ask, for all my fellow townsmen know that you are a woman of worth.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	12	And now it is true that I am a near kinsman, yet there is a kinsman nearer than I.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	13	Remain this night, and in the morning, if he will do the part of the next of kin for you, well; let him do it; but if he is not willing to do the part of the next of kin for you, then, as the Lord lives, I will do the part of the next of kin for you. Lie down until the morning.”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	14	So she lay at his feet until the morning, but arose before one could recognize another; and he said, “Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	15	And he said, “Bring the mantle you are wearing and hold it out.” So she held it, and he measured out six measures of barley, and laid it upon her; then she went into the city.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	16	And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, “How did you fare, my daughter?” Then she told her all that the man had done for her,
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	17	saying, “These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said, ‘You must not go back empty-handed to your mother-in-law.’”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	3	18	She replied, “Wait, my daughter, until you learn how the matter turns out, for the man will not rest, but will settle the matter today.”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	1	And Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there; and behold, the next of kin, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, “Turn aside, friend; sit down here”; and he turned aside and sat down.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	2	And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here”; so they sat down.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	3	Then he said to the next of kin, “Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land which belonged to our kinsman Elimelech.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	4	So I thought I would tell you of it, and say, Buy it in the presence of those sitting here, and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not, tell me, that I may know, for there is no one besides you to redeem it, and I come after you.” And he said, “I will redeem it.”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	5	Then Boaz said, “The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you are also buying Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of the dead, in order to restore the name of the dead to his inheritance.”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	6	Then the next of kin said, “I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I impair my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption yourself, for I cannot redeem it.”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	7	Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging: to confirm a transaction, the one drew off his sandal and gave it to the other, and this was the manner of attesting in Israel.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	8	So when the next of kin said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” he drew off his sandal.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	9	Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses this day that I have bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and to Mahlon.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	10	Also Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, I have bought to be my wife, to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brethren and from the gate of his native place; you are witnesses this day.”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	11	Then all the people who were at the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you prosper in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem;
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	12	and may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the children that the Lord will give you by this young woman.”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	13	So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	14	Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without next of kin; and may his name be renowned in Israel!
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	15	He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age; for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has borne him.”
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	16	Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her bosom, and became his nurse.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	17	And the women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed; he was the father of Jesse, the father of David.
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	18	Now these are the descendants of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	19	Hezron of Ram, Ram of Amminadab,
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	20	Amminadab of Nahshon, Nahshon of Salmon,
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	21	Salmon of Boaz, Boaz of Obed,
+Ruth	Ruth	8	4	22	Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	1	There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	2	He had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	3	Now this man used to go up year by year from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the Lord.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	4	On the day when Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and daughters;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	5	and, although he loved Hannah, he would give Hannah only one portion, because the Lord had closed her womb.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	6	And her rival used to provoke her sorely, to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	7	So it went on year by year; as often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and would not eat.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	8	And Elkanah, her husband, said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	9	After they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh, Hannah rose. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of the temple of the Lord.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	10	She was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord, and wept bitterly.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	11	And she vowed a vow and said, “O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy maidservant, and remember me, and not forget thy maidservant, but wilt give to thy maidservant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	12	As she continued praying before the Lord, Eli observed her mouth.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	13	Hannah was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved, and her voice was not heard; therefore Eli took her to be a drunken woman.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	14	And Eli said to her, “How long will you be drunken? Put away your wine from you.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	15	But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman sorely troubled; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the Lord.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	16	Do not regard your maidservant as a base woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	17	Then Eli answered, “Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition which you have made to him.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	18	And she said, “Let your maidservant find favor in your eyes.” Then the woman went her way and ate, and her countenance was no longer sad.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	19	They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord; then they went back to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	20	and in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, “I have asked him of the Lord.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	21	And the man Elkanah and all his house went up to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and to pay his vow.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	22	But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “As soon as the child is weaned, I will bring him, that he may appear in the presence of the Lord, and abide there for ever.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	23	Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems best to you, wait until you have weaned him; only, may the Lord establish his word.” So the woman remained and nursed her son, until she weaned him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	24	And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine; and she brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh; and the child was young.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	25	Then they slew the bull, and they brought the child to Eli.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	26	And she said, “Oh, my lord! As you live, my lord, I am the woman who was standing here in your presence, praying to the Lord.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	27	For this child I prayed; and the Lord has granted me my petition which I made to him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	1	28	Therefore I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he lives, he is lent to the Lord.” And they worshiped the Lord there.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	1	Hannah also prayed and said, “My heart exults in the Lord; my strength is exalted in the Lord. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in thy salvation.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	2	“There is none holy like the Lord, there is none besides thee; there is no rock like our God.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	3	Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	4	The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble gird on strength.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	5	Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children is forlorn.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	6	The Lord kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	7	The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low, he also exalts.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	8	He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and on them he has set the world.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	9	“He will guard the feet of his faithful ones; but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness; for not by might shall a man prevail.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	10	The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; against them he will thunder in heaven. The Lord will judge the ends of the earth; he will give strength to his king, and exalt the power of his anointed.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	11	Then Elkanah went home to Ramah. And the boy ministered to the Lord, in the presence of Eli the priest.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	12	Now the sons of Eli were worthless men; they had no regard for the Lord.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	13	The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come, while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	14	and he would thrust it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. So they did at Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	15	Moreover, before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give meat for the priest to roast; for he will not accept boiled meat from you, but raw.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	16	And if the man said to him, “Let them burn the fat first, and then take as much as you wish,” he would say, “No, you must give it now; and if not, I will take it by force.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	17	Thus the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of the Lord; for the men treated the offering of the Lord with contempt.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	18	Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy girded with a linen ephod.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	19	And his mother used to make for him a little robe and take it to him each year, when she went up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	20	Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, “The Lord give you children by this woman for the loan which she lent to the Lord”; so then they would return to their home.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	21	And the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew in the presence of the Lord.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	22	Now Eli was very old, and he heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	23	And he said to them, “Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all the people.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	24	No, my sons; it is no good report that I hear the people of the Lord spreading abroad.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	25	If a man sins against a man, God will mediate for him; but if a man sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father; for it was the will of the Lord to slay them.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	26	Now the boy Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and with men.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	27	And there came a man of God to Eli, and said to him, “Thus the Lord has said, ‘I revealed myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt subject to the house of Pharaoh.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	28	And I chose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me; and I gave to the house of your father all my offerings by fire from the people of Israel.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	29	Why then look with greedy eye at my sacrifices and my offerings which I commanded, and honor your sons above me by fattening yourselves upon the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?’
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	30	Therefore the Lord the God of Israel declares: ‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me for ever’; but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	31	Behold, the days are coming, when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	32	Then in distress you will look with envious eye on all the prosperity which shall be bestowed upon Israel; and there shall not be an old man in your house for ever.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	33	The man of you whom I shall not cut off from my altar shall be spared to weep out his eyes and grieve his heart; and all the increase of your house shall die by the sword of men.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	34	And this which shall befall your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be the sign to you: both of them shall die on the same day.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	35	And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind; and I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed for ever.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	2	36	And every one who is left in your house shall come to implore him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread, and shall say, “Put me, I pray you, in one of the priest’s places, that I may eat a morsel of bread.”’”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	3	1	Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	3	2	At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see, was lying down in his own place;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	3	3	the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down within the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	3	4	Then the Lord called, “Samuel! Samuel!” and he said, “Here I am!”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	3	5	and ran to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call; lie down again.” So he went and lay down.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	3	6	And the Lord called again, “Samuel!” And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call, my son; lie down again.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	3	7	Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	3	8	And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli perceived that the Lord was calling the boy.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	3	9	Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down; and if he calls you, you shall say, ‘Speak, Lord, for thy servant hears.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	3	10	And the Lord came and stood forth, calling as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for thy servant hears.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	3	11	Then the Lord said to Samuel, “Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel, at which the two ears of every one that hears it will tingle.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	3	12	On that day I will fulfil against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	3	13	And I tell him that I am about to punish his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons were blaspheming God, and he did not restrain them.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	3	14	Therefore I swear to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be expiated by sacrifice or offering for ever.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	3	15	Samuel lay until morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	3	16	But Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” And he said, “Here I am.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	3	17	And Eli said, “What was it that he told you? Do not hide it from me. May God do so to you and more also, if you hide anything from me of all that he told you.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	3	18	So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, “It is the Lord; let him do what seems good to him.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	3	19	And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	3	20	And all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established as a prophet of the Lord.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	3	21	And the Lord appeared again at Shiloh, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of the Lord.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	4	1	And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines; they encamped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines encamped at Aphek.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	4	2	The Philistines drew up in line against Israel, and when the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who slew about four thousand men on the field of battle.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	4	3	And when the troops came to the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the Lord put us to rout today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord here from Shiloh, that he may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	4	4	So the people sent to Shiloh, and brought from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, who is enthroned on the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	4	5	When the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel gave a mighty shout, so that the earth resounded.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	4	6	And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shouting, they said, “What does this great shouting in the camp of the Hebrews mean?” And when they learned that the ark of the Lord had come to the camp,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	4	7	the Philistines were afraid; for they said, “A god has come into the camp.” And they said, “Woe to us! For nothing like this has happened before.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	4	8	Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the power of these mighty gods? These are the gods who smote the Egyptians with every sort of plague in the wilderness.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	4	9	Take courage, and acquit yourselves like men, O Philistines, lest you become slaves to the Hebrews as they have been to you; acquit yourselves like men and fight.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	4	10	So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled, every man to his home; and there was a very great slaughter, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	4	11	And the ark of God was captured; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	4	12	A man of Benjamin ran from the battle line, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes rent and with earth upon his head.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	4	13	When he arrived, Eli was sitting upon his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and told the news, all the city cried out.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	4	14	When Eli heard the sound of the outcry, he said, “What is this uproar?” Then the man hastened and came and told Eli.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	4	15	Now Eli was ninety-eight years old and his eyes were set, so that he could not see.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	4	16	And the man said to Eli, “I am he who has come from the battle; I fled from the battle today.” And he said, “How did it go, my son?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	4	17	He who brought the tidings answered and said, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has also been a great slaughter among the people; your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	4	18	When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell over backward from his seat by the side of the gate; and his neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man, and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	4	19	Now his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was with child, about to give birth. And when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was captured, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed and gave birth; for her pains came upon her.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	4	20	And about the time of her death the women attending her said to her, “Fear not, for you have borne a son.” But she did not answer or give heed.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	4	21	And she named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel!” because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	4	22	And she said, “The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	5	1	When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they carried it from Ebenezer to Ashdod;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	5	2	then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside Dagon.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	5	3	And when the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and put him back in his place.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	5	4	But when they rose early on the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord, and the head of Dagon and both his hands were lying cut off upon the threshold; only the trunk of Dagon was left to him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	5	5	This is why the priests of Dagon and all who enter the house of Dagon do not tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	5	6	The hand of the Lord was heavy upon the people of Ashdod, and he terrified and afflicted them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territory.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	5	7	And when the men of Ashdod saw how things were, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us; for his hand is heavy upon us and upon Dagon our god.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	5	8	So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” They answered, “Let the ark of the God of Israel be brought around to Gath.” So they brought the ark of the God of Israel there.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	5	9	But after they had brought it around, the hand of the Lord was against the city, causing a very great panic, and he afflicted the men of the city, both young and old, so that tumors broke out upon them.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	5	10	So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. But when the ark of God came to Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, “They have brought around to us the ark of the God of Israel to slay us and our people.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	5	11	They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, that it may not slay us and our people.” For there was a deathly panic throughout the whole city. The hand of God was very heavy there;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	5	12	the men who did not die were stricken with tumors, and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	6	1	The ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	6	2	And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the Lor? Tell us with what we shall send it to its place.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	6	3	They said, “If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty, but by all means return him a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why his hand does not turn away from you.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	6	4	And they said, “What is the guilt offering that we shall return to him?” They answered, “Five golden tumors and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines; for the same plague was upon all of you and upon your lords.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	6	5	So you must make images of your tumors and images of your mice that ravage the land, and give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you and your gods and your land.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	6	6	Why should you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? After he had made sport of them, did not they let the people go, and they departed?
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	6	7	Now then, take and prepare a new cart and two milch cows upon which there has never come a yoke, and yoke the cows to the cart, but take their calves home, away from them.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	6	8	And take the ark of the Lord and place it on the cart, and put in a box at its side the figures of gold, which you are returning to him as a guilt offering. Then send it off, and let it go its way.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	6	9	And watch; if it goes up on the way to its own land, to Beth-shemesh, then it is he who has done us this great harm; but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us, it happened to us by chance.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	6	10	The men did so, and took two milch cows and yoked them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	6	11	And they put the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the box with the golden mice and the images of their tumors.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	6	12	And the cows went straight in the direction of Beth-shemesh along one highway, lowing as they went; they turned neither to the right nor to the left, and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the border of Beth-shemesh.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	6	13	Now the people of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley; and when they lifted up their eyes and saw the ark, they rejoiced to see it.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	6	14	The cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh, and stopped there. A great stone was there; and they split up the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	6	15	And the Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the box that was beside it, in which were the golden figures, and set them upon the great stone; and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices on that day to the Lord.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	6	16	And when the five lords of the Philistines saw it, they returned that day to Ekron.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	6	17	These are the golden tumors, which the Philistines returned as a guilt offering to the Lord: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	6	18	also the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both fortified cities and unwalled villages. The great stone, beside which they set down the ark of the Lord, is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	6	19	And he slew some of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they looked into the ark of the Lord; he slew seventy men of them, and the people mourned because the Lord had made a great slaughter among the people.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	6	20	Then the men of Beth-shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? And to whom shall he go up away from us?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	6	21	So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the Lord. Come down and take it up to you.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	7	1	And the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took up the ark of the Lord, and brought it to the house of Abinadab on the hill; and they consecrated his son, Eleazar, to have charge of the ark of the Lord.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	7	2	From the day that the ark was lodged at Kiriath-jearim, a long time passed, some twenty years, and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	7	3	Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your heart to the Lord, and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	7	4	So Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and they served the Lord only.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	7	5	Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	7	6	So they gathered at Mizpah, and drew water and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said there, “We have sinned against the Lord.” And Samuel judged the people of Israel at Mizpah.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	7	7	Now when the Philistines heard that the people of Israel had gathered at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the people of Israel heard of it they were afraid of the Philistines.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	7	8	And the people of Israel said to Samuel, “Do not cease to cry to the Lord our God for us, that he may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	7	9	So Samuel took a sucking lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord; and Samuel cried to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	7	10	As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to attack Israel; but the Lord thundered with a mighty voice that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion; and they were routed before Israel.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	7	11	And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, as far as below Beth-car.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	7	12	Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Jeshanah, and called its name Ebenezer; for he said, “Hitherto the Lord has helped us.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	7	13	So the Philistines were subdued and did not again enter the territory of Israel. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	7	14	The cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron to Gath; and Israel rescued their territory from the hand of the Philistines. There was peace also between Israel and the Amorites.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	7	15	Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	7	16	And he went on a circuit year by year to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all these places.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	7	17	Then he would come back to Ramah, for his home was there, and there also he administered justice to Israel. And he built there an altar to the Lord.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	8	1	When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	8	2	The name of his first-born son was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beer-sheba.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	8	3	Yet his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after gain; they took bribes and perverted justice.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	8	4	Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	8	5	and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways; now appoint for us a king to govern us like all the nations.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	8	6	But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to govern us.” And Samuel prayed to the Lord.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	8	7	And the Lord said to Samuel, “Hearken to the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	8	8	According to all the deeds which they have done to me, from the day I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are also doing to you.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	8	9	Now then, hearken to their voice; only, you shall solemnly warn them, and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	8	10	So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking a king from him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	8	11	He said, “These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen, and to run before his chariots;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	8	12	and he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	8	13	He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	8	14	He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his servants.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	8	15	He will take the tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	8	16	He will take your menservants and maidservants, and the best of your cattle and your asses, and put them to his work.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	8	17	He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	8	18	And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves; but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	8	19	But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No! but we will have a king over us,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	8	20	that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may govern us and go out before us and fight our battles.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	8	21	And when Samuel had heard all the words of the people, he repeated them in the ears of the Lord.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	8	22	And the Lord said to Samuel, “Hearken to their voice, and make them a king.” Samuel then said to the men of Israel, “Go every man to his city.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	1	There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite, a man of wealth;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	2	and he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he; from his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	3	Now the asses of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. So Kish said to Saul his son, “Take one of the servants with you, and arise, go and look for the asses.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	4	And they passed through the hill country of Ephraim and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find them. And they passed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then they passed through the land of Benjamin, but did not find them.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	5	When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, “Come, let us go back, lest my father cease to care about the asses and become anxious about us.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	6	But he said to him, “Behold, there is a man of God in this city, and he is a man that is held in honor; all that he says comes true. Let us go there; perhaps he can tell us about the journey on which we have set out.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	7	Then Saul said to his servant, “But if we go, what can we bring the man? For the bread in our sacks is gone, and there is no present to bring to the man of God. What have we?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	8	The servant answered Saul again, “Here, I have with me the fourth part of a shekel of silver, and I will give it to the man of God, to tell us our way.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	9	(Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he said, “Come, let us go to the seer”; for he who is now called a prophet was formerly called a seer.)
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	10	And Saul said to his servant, “Well said; come, let us go.” So they went to the city where the man of God was.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	11	As they went up the hill to the city, they met young maidens coming out to draw water, and said to them, “Is the seer here?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	12	They answered, “He is; behold, he is just ahead of you. Make haste; he has come just now to the city, because the people have a sacrifice today on the high place.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	13	As soon as you enter the city, you will find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat; for the people will not eat till he comes, since he must bless the sacrifice; afterward those eat who are invited. Now go up, for you will meet him immediately.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	14	So they went up to the city. As they were entering the city, they saw Samuel coming out toward them on his way up to the high place.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	15	Now the day before Saul came, the Lord had revealed to Samuel:
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	16	“Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines; for I have seen the affliction of my people, because their cry has come to me.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	17	When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke to you! He it is who shall rule over my people.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	18	Then Saul approached Samuel in the gate, and said, “Tell me where is the house of the seer?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	19	Samuel answered Saul, “I am the seer; go up before me to the high place, for today you shall eat with me, and in the morning I will let you go and will tell you all that is on your mind.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	20	As for your asses that were lost three days ago, do not set your mind on them, for they have been found. And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you and for all your father’s house?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	21	Saul answered, “Am I not a Benjaminite, from the least of the tribes of Israel? And is not my family the humblest of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken to me in this way?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	22	Then Samuel took Saul and his servant and brought them into the hall and gave them a place at the head of those who had been invited, who were about thirty persons.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	23	And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion I gave you, of which I said to you, ‘Put it aside.’”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	24	So the cook took up the leg and the upper portion and set them before Saul; and Samuel said, “See, what was kept is set before you. Eat; because it was kept for you until the hour appointed, that you might eat with the guests.” So Saul ate with Samuel that day.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	25	And when they came down from the high place into the city, a bed was spread for Saul upon the roof, and he lay down to sleep.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	26	Then at the break of dawn Samuel called to Saul upon the roof, “Up, that I may send you on your way.” So Saul arose, and both he and Samuel went out into the street.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	9	27	As they were going down to the outskirts of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to pass on before us, and when he has passed on stop here yourself for a while, that I may make known to you the word of God.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	1	Then Samuel took a vial of oil and poured it on his head, and kissed him and said, “Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their enemies round about. And this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be prince over his heritage.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	2	When you depart from me today you will meet two men by Rachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah, and they will say to you, ‘The asses which you went to seek are found, and now your father has ceased to care about the asses and is anxious about you, saying, “What shall I do about my son?”’
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	3	Then you shall go on from there further and come to the oak of Tabor; three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three kids, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	4	And they will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall accept from their hand.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	5	After that you shall come to Gibe-ath-elohim, where there is a garrison of the Philistines; and there, as you come to the city, you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, prophesying.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	6	Then the spirit of the Lord will come mightily upon you, and you shall prophesy with them and be turned into another man.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	7	Now when these signs meet you, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God is with you.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	8	And you shall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I am coming to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Seven days you shall wait, until I come to you and show you what you shall do.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	9	When he turned his back to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart; and all these signs came to pass that day.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	10	When they came to Gibe-ah, behold, a band of prophets met him; and the spirit of God came mightily upon him, and he prophesied among them.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	11	And when all who knew him before saw how he prophesied with the prophets, the people said to one another, “What has come over the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	12	And a man of the place answered, “And who is their father?” Therefore it became a proverb, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	13	When he had finished prophesying, he came to the high place.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	14	Saul’s uncle said to him and to his servant, “Where did you go?” And he said, “To seek the asses; and when we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	15	And Saul’s uncle said, “Pray, tell me what Samuel said to you.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	16	And Saul said to his uncle, “He told us plainly that the asses had been found.” But about the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel had spoken, he did not tell him anything.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	17	Now Samuel called the people together to the Lord at Mizpah;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	18	and he said to the people of Israel, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.’
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	19	But you have this day rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said, ‘No! but set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	20	Then Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	21	He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its families, and the family of the Matrites was taken by lot; finally he brought the family of the Matrites near man by man, and Saul the son of Kish was taken by lot. But when they sought him, he could not be found.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	22	So they inquired again of the Lord, “Did the man come hither?” and the Lord said, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	23	Then they ran and fetched him from there; and when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	24	And Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom the Lord has chosen? There is none like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	25	Then Samuel told the people the rights and duties of the kingship; and he wrote them in a book and laid it up before the Lord. Then Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his home.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	26	Saul also went to his home at Gibe-ah, and with him went men of valor whose hearts God had touched.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	10	27	But some worthless fellows said, “How can this man save us?” And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	11	1	Then Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh-gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	11	2	But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make a treaty with you, that I gouge out all your right eyes, and thus put disgrace upon all Israel.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	11	3	The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven days respite that we may send messengers through all the territory of Israel. Then, if there is no one to save us, we will give ourselves up to you.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	11	4	When the messengers came to Gibe-ah of Saul, they reported the matter in the ears of the people; and all the people wept aloud.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	11	5	Now Saul was coming from the field behind the oxen; and Saul said, “What ails the people, that they are weeping?” So they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	11	6	And the spirit of God came mightily upon Saul when he heard these words, and his anger was greatly kindled.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	11	7	He took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, “Whoever does not come out after Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen!” Then the dread of the Lord fell upon the people, and they came out as one man.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	11	8	When he mustered them at Bezek, the men of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	11	9	And they said to the messengers who had come, “Thus shall you say to the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have deliverance.’” When the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh, they were glad.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	11	10	Therefore the men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will give ourselves up to you, and you may do to us whatever seems good to you.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	11	11	And on the morrow Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and cut down the Ammonites until the heat of the day; and those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	11	12	Then the people said to Samuel, “Who is it that said, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ Bring the men, that we may put them to death.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	11	13	But Saul said, “Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today the Lord has wrought deliverance in Israel.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	11	14	Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and there renew the kingdom.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	11	15	So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the Lord, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	12	1	And Samuel said to all Israel, “Behold, I have hearkened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and have made a king over you.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	12	2	And now, behold, the king walks before you; and I am old and gray, and behold, my sons are with you; and I have walked before you from my youth until this day.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	12	3	Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose ass have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me and I will restore it to you.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	12	4	They said, “You have not defrauded us or oppressed us or taken anything from any man’s hand.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	12	5	And he said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand.” And they said, “He is witness.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	12	6	And Samuel said to the people, “The Lord is witness, who appointed Moses and Aaron and brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	12	7	Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before the Lord concerning all the saving deeds of the Lord which he performed for you and for your fathers.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	12	8	When Jacob went into Egypt and the Egyptians oppressed them, then your fathers cried to the Lord and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	12	9	But they forgot the Lord their God; and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Jabin king of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	12	10	And they cried to the Lord, and said, ‘We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth; but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.’
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	12	11	And the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Barak, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and you dwelt in safety.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	12	12	And when you saw that Nahash the king of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ when the Lord your God was your king.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	12	13	And now behold the king whom you have chosen, for whom you have asked; behold, the Lord has set a king over you.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	12	14	If you will fear the Lord and serve him and hearken to his voice and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, and if both you and the king who reigns over you will follow the Lord your God, it will be well;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	12	15	but if you will not hearken to the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then the hand of the Lord will be against you and your king.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	12	16	Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	12	17	Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call upon the Lord, that he may send thunder and rain; and you shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking for yourselves a king.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	12	18	So Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day; and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	12	19	And all the people said to Samuel, “Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die; for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for ourselves a king.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	12	20	And Samuel said to the people, “Fear not; you have done all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	12	21	and do not turn aside after vain things which cannot profit or save, for they are vain.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	12	22	For the Lord will not cast away his people, for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	12	23	Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you; and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	12	24	Only fear the Lord, and serve him faithfully with all your heart; for consider what great things he has done for you.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	12	25	But if you still do wickedly, you shall be swept away, both you and your king.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	13	1	Saul was … years old when he began to reign; and he reigned … and two years over Israel.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	13	2	Saul chose three thousand men of Israel; two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibe-ah of Benjamin; the rest of the people he sent home, every man to his tent.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	13	3	Jonathan defeated the garrison of the Philistines which was at Geba; and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	13	4	And all Israel heard it said that Saul had defeated the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel had become odious to the Philistines. And the people were called out to join Saul at Gilgal.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	13	5	And the Philistines mustered to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and troops like the sand on the seashore in multitude; they came up and encamped in Michmash, to the east of Beth-aven.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	13	6	When the men of Israel saw that they were in straits (for the people were hard pressed), the people hid themselves in caves and in holes and in rocks and in tombs and in cisterns,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	13	7	or crossed the fords of the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul was still at Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	13	8	He waited seven days, the time appointed by Samuel; but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	13	9	So Saul said, “Bring the burnt offering here to me, and the peace offerings.” And he offered the burnt offering.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	13	10	As soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him and salute him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	13	11	Samuel said, “What have you done?” And Saul said, “When I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines had mustered at Michmash,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	13	12	I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down upon me at Gilgal, and I have not entreated the favor of the Lord’; so I forced myself, and offered the burnt offering.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	13	13	And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which he commanded you; for now the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel for ever.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	13	14	But now your kingdom shall not continue; the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart; and the Lord has appointed him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	13	15	And Samuel arose, and went up from Gilgal to Gibe-ah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	13	16	And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who were present with them, stayed in Geba of Benjamin; but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	13	17	And raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies; one company turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	13	18	another company turned toward Beth-horon, and another company turned toward the border that looks down upon the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	13	19	Now there was no smith to be found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears”;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	13	20	but every one of the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, or his sickle;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	13	21	and the charge was a pim for the plowshares and for the mattocks, and a third of a shekel for sharpening the axes and for setting the goads.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	13	22	So on the day of the battle there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people with Saul and Jonathan; but Saul and Jonathan his son had them.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	13	23	And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	1	One day Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, let us go over to the Philistine garrison on yonder side.” But he did not tell his father.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	2	Saul was staying in the outskirts of Gibe-ah under the pomegranate tree which is at Migron; the people who were with him were about six hundred men,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	3	and Ahijah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	4	In the pass, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistine garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side and a rocky crag on the other side; the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	5	The one crag rose on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	6	And Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the Lord will work for us; for nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	7	And his armor-bearer said to him, “Do all that your mind inclines to; behold, I am with you, as is your mind so is mine.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	8	Then said Jonathan, “Behold, we will cross over to the men, and we will show ourselves to them.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	9	If they say to us, ‘Wait until we come to you,’ then we will stand still in our place, and we will not go up to them.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	10	But if they say, ‘Come up to us,’ then we will go up; for the Lord has given them into our hand. And this shall be the sign to us.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	11	So both of them showed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines; and the Philistines said, “Look, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hid themselves.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	12	And the men of the garrison hailed Jonathan and his armor-bearer, and said, “Come up to us, and we will show you a thing.” And Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, “Come up after me; for the Lord has given them into the hand of Israel.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	13	Then Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, and his armor-bearer after him. And they fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer killed them after him;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	14	and that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armor-bearer made, was of about twenty men within as it were half a furrow’s length in an acre of land.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	15	And there was a panic in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison and even the raiders trembled; the earth quaked; and it became a very great panic.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	16	And the watchmen of Saul in Gibe-ah of Benjamin looked; and behold, the multitude was surging hither and thither.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	17	Then Saul said to the people who were with him, “Number and see who has gone from us.” And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armor-bearer were not there.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	18	And Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring hither the ark of God.” For the ark of God went at that time with the people of Israel.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	19	And while Saul was talking to the priest, the tumult in the camp of the Philistines increased more and more; and Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	20	Then Saul and all the people who were with him rallied and went into the battle; and behold, every man’s sword was against his fellow, and there was very great confusion.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	21	Now the Hebrews who had been with the Philistines before that time and who had gone up with them into the camp, even they also turned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	22	Likewise, when all the men of Israel who had hid themselves in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they too followed hard after them in the battle.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	23	So the Lord delivered Israel that day; and the battle passed beyond Beth-aven.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	24	And the men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul laid an oath on the people, saying, “Cursed be the man who eats food until it is evening and I am avenged on my enemies.” So none of the people tasted food.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	25	And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey on the ground.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	26	And when the people entered the forest, behold, the honey was dropping, but no man put his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	27	But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the people with the oath; so he put forth the tip of the staff that was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes became bright.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	28	Then one of the people said, “Your father strictly charged the people with an oath, saying, ‘Cursed be the man who eats food this day.’” And the people were faint.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	29	Then Jonathan said, “My father has troubled the land; see how my eyes have become bright, because I tasted a little of this honey.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	30	How much better if the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found; for now the slaughter among the Philistines has not been great.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	31	They struck down the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very faint;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	32	the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep and oxen and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	33	Then they told Saul, “Behold, the people are sinning against the Lord, by eating with the blood.” And he said, “You have dealt treacherously; roll a great stone to me here.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	34	And Saul said, “Disperse yourselves among the people, and say to them, ‘Let every man bring his ox or his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and do not sin against the Lord by eating with the blood.’” So every one of the people brought his ox with him that night, and slew them there.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	35	And Saul built an altar to the Lord; it was the first altar that he built to the Lord.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	36	Then Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and despoil them until the morning light; let us not leave a man of them.” And they said, “Do whatever seems good to you.” But the priest said, “Let us draw near hither to God.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	37	And Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Wilt thou give them into the hand of Israel?” But he did not answer him that day.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	38	And Saul said, “Come hither, all you leaders of the people; and know and see how this sin has arisen today.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	39	For as the Lord lives who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	40	Then he said to all Israel, “You shall be on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side.” And the people said to Saul, “Do what seems good to you.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	41	Therefore Saul said, “O Lord God of Israel, why hast thou not answered thy servant this day? If this guilt is in me or in Jonathan my son, O Lord, God of Israel, give Urim; but if this guilt is in thy people Israel, give Thummim.” And Jonathan and Saul were taken, but the people escaped.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	42	Then Saul said, “Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan.” And Jonathan was taken.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	43	Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” And Jonathan told him, “I tasted a little honey with the tip of the staff that was in my hand; here I am, I will die.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	44	And Saul said, “God do so to me and more also; you shall surely die, Jonathan.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	45	Then the people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has wrought this great victory in Israel? Far from it! As the Lord lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he has wrought with God this day.” So the people ransomed Jonathan, that he did not die.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	46	Then Saul went up from pursuing the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	47	When Saul had taken the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, against the Ammonites, against Edom, against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines; wherever he turned he put them to the worse.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	48	And he did valiantly, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who plundered them.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	49	Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the first-born was Merab, and the name of the younger Michal;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	50	and the name of Saul’s wife was Ahino-am the daughter of Ahima-az. And the name of the commander of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	51	Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	14	52	There was hard fighting against the Philistines all the days of Saul; and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he attached him to himself.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	1	And Samuel said to Saul, “The Lord sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore hearken to the words of the Lord.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	2	Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘I will punish what Amalek did to Israel in opposing them on the way, when they came up out of Egypt.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	3	Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.’”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	4	So Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand men on foot, and ten thousand men of Judah.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	5	And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and lay in wait in the valley.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	6	And Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the people of Israel when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	7	And Saul defeated the Amalekites, from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	8	And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	9	But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them; all that was despised and worthless they utterly destroyed.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	10	The word of the Lord came to Samuel:
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	11	“I repent that I have made Saul king; for he has turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments.” And Samuel was angry; and he cried to the Lord all night.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	12	And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	13	And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, “Blessed be you to the Lord; I have performed the commandment of the Lord.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	14	And Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	15	Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice to the Lord your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	16	Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stop! I will tell you what the Lord said to me this night.” And he said to him, “Say on.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	17	And Samuel said, “Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	18	And the Lord sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go, utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	19	Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? Why did you swoop on the spoil, and do what was evil in the sight of the Lord?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	20	And Saul said to Samuel, “I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, I have gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me, I have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	21	But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	22	And Samuel said, “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	23	For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being king.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	24	And Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	25	Now therefore, I pray, pardon my sin, and return with me, that I may worship the Lord.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	26	And Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	27	As Samuel turned to go away, Saul laid hold upon the skirt of his robe, and it tore.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	28	And Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	29	And also the Glory of Israel will not lie or repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	30	Then he said, “I have sinned; yet honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, that I may worship the Lord your God.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	31	So Samuel turned back after Saul; and Saul worshiped the Lord.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	32	Then Samuel said, “Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites.” And Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	33	And Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	34	Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house in Gibe-ah of Saul.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	15	35	And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, but Samuel grieved over Saul. And the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	16	1	The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	16	2	And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you, and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	16	3	And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; and you shall anoint for me him whom I name to you.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	16	4	Samuel did what the Lord commanded, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, “Do you come peaceably?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	16	5	And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord; consecrate yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” And he consecrated Jesse and his sons, and invited them to the sacrifice.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	16	6	When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before him.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	16	7	But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for the Lord sees not as man sees; man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	16	8	Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	16	9	Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	16	10	And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen these.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	16	11	And Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and fetch him; for we will not sit down till he comes here.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	16	12	And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and had beautiful eyes, and was handsome. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is he.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	16	13	Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	16	14	Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	16	15	And Saul’s servants said to him, “Behold now, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	16	16	Let our lord now command your servants, who are before you, to seek out a man who is skilful in playing the lyre; and when the evil spirit from God is upon you, he will play it, and you will be well.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	16	17	So Saul said to his servants, “Provide for me a man who can play well, and bring him to me.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	16	18	One of the young men answered, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skilful in playing, a man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a man of good presence; and the Lord is with him.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	16	19	Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, “Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	16	20	And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a skin of wine and a kid, and sent them by David his son to Saul.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	16	21	And David came to Saul, and entered his service. And Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armor-bearer.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	16	22	And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for he has found favor in my sight.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	16	23	And whenever the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, David took the lyre and played it with his hand; so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	1	Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle; and they were gathered at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	2	And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and drew up in line of battle against the Philistines.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	3	And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with a valley between them.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	4	And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	5	He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	6	And he had greaves of bronze upon his legs, and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	7	And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron; and his shield-bearer went before him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	8	He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why have you come out to draw up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	9	If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and serve us.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	10	And the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	11	When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	12	Now David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. In the days of Saul the man was already old and advanced in years.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	13	The three eldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle; and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the first-born, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	14	David was the youngest; the three eldest followed Saul,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	15	but David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	16	For forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand, morning and evening.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	17	And Jesse said to David his son, “Take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	18	also take these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand. See how your brothers fare, and bring some token from them.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	19	Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	20	And David rose early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took the provisions, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the encampment as the host was going forth to the battle line, shouting the war cry.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	21	And Israel and the Philistines drew up for battle, army against army.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	22	And David left the things in charge of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the ranks, and went and greeted his brothers.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	23	As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke the same words as before. And David heard him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	24	All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were much afraid.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	25	And the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel; and the man who kills him, the king will enrich with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	26	And David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	27	And the people answered him in the same way, “So shall it be done to the man who kills him.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	28	Now Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption, and the evil of your heart; for you have come down to see the battle.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	29	And David said, “What have I done now? Was it not but a word?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	30	And he turned away from him toward another, and spoke in the same way; and the people answered him again as before.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	31	When the words which David spoke were heard, they repeated them before Saul; and he sent for him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	32	And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	33	And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he has been a man of war from his youth.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	34	But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep sheep for his father; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	35	I went after him and smote him and delivered it out of his mouth; and if he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him and killed him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	36	Your servant has killed both lions and bears; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	37	And David said, “The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be with you!”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	38	Then Saul clothed David with his armor; he put a helmet of bronze on his head, and clothed him with a coat of mail.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	39	And David girded his sword over his armor, and he tried in vain to go, for he was not used to them. Then David said to Saul, “I cannot go with these; for I am not used to them.” And David put them off.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	40	Then he took his staff in his hand, and chose five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in his shepherd’s bag or wallet; his sling was in his hand, and he drew near to the Philistine.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	41	And the Philistine came on and drew near to David, with his shield-bearer in front of him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	42	And when the Philistine looked, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, ruddy and comely in appearance.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	43	And the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	44	The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	45	Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin; but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	46	This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down, and cut off your head; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	47	and that all this assembly may know that the Lord saves not with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord’s and he will give you into our hand.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	48	When the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	49	And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone, and slung it, and struck the Philistine on his forehead; the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	50	So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine, and killed him; there was no sword in the hand of David.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	51	Then David ran and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath, and killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	52	And the men of Israel and Judah rose with a shout and pursued the Philistines as far as Gath and the gates of Ekron, so that the wounded Philistines fell on the way from Sha-araim as far as Gath and Ekron.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	53	And the Israelites came back from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their camp.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	54	And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	55	When Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I cannot tell.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	56	And the king said, “Inquire whose son the stripling is.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	57	And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	17	58	And Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” And David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	1	When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	2	And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father’s house.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	3	Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	4	And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his armor, and even his sword and his bow and his girdle.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	5	And David went out and was successful wherever Saul sent him; so that Saul set him over the men of war. And this was good in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	6	As they were coming home, when David returned from slaying the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with timbrels, with songs of joy, and with instruments of music.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	7	And the women sang to one another as they made merry, “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	8	And Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him; he said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed thousands; and what more can he have but the kingdom?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	9	And Saul eyed David from that day on.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	10	And on the morrow an evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul, and he raved within his house, while David was playing the lyre, as he did day by day. Saul had his spear in his hand;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	11	and Saul cast the spear, for he thought, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David evaded him twice.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	12	Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	13	So Saul removed him from his presence, and made him a commander of a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	14	And David had success in all his undertakings; for the Lord was with him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	15	And when Saul saw that he had great success, he stood in awe of him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	16	But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	17	Then Saul said to David, “Here is my elder daughter Merab; I will give her to you for a wife; only be valiant for me and fight the Lord’s battles.’ For Saul thought, “Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	18	And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and who are my kinsfolk, my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	19	But at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	20	Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	21	Saul thought, “Let me give her to him, that she may be a snare for him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David a second time, “You shall now be my son-in-law.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	22	And Saul commanded his servants, “Speak to David in private and say, ‘Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you; now then become the king’s son-in-law.’”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	23	And Saul’s servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, “Does it seem to you a little thing to become the king’s son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man and of no repute?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	24	And the servants of Saul told him, “Thus and so did David speak.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	25	Then Saul said, “Thus shall you say to David, ‘The king desires no marriage present except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, that he may be avenged of the king’s enemies.’” Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	26	And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. Before the time had expired,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	27	David arose and went, along with his men, and killed two hundred of the Philistines; and David brought their foreskins, which were given in full number to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. And Saul gave him his daughter Michal for a wife.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	28	But when Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that all Israel loved him,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	29	Saul was still more afraid of David. So Saul was David’s enemy continually.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	18	30	Then the princes of the Philistines came out to battle, and as often as they came out David had more success than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was highly esteemed.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	19	1	And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, delighted much in David.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	19	2	And Jonathan told David, “Saul my father seeks to kill you; therefore take heed to yourself in the morning, stay in a secret place and hide yourself;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	19	3	and I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak to my father about you; and if I learn anything I will tell you.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	19	4	And Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Let not the king sin against his servant David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his deeds have been of good service to you;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	19	5	for he took his life in his hand and he slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great victory for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced; why then will you sin against innocent blood by killing David without cause?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	19	6	And Saul hearkened to the voice of Jonathan; Saul swore, “As the Lord lives, he shall not be put to death.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	19	7	And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all these things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as before.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	19	8	And there was war again; and David went out and fought with the Philistines, and made a great slaughter among them, so that they fled before him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	19	9	Then an evil spirit from the Lord came upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing the lyre.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	19	10	And Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear; but he eluded Saul, so that he struck the spear into the wall. And David fled, and escaped.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	19	11	That night Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him, that he might kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, told him, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	19	12	So Michal let David down through the window; and he fled away and escaped.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	19	13	Michal took an image and laid it on the bed and put a pillow of goats’ hair at its head, and covered it with the clothes.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	19	14	And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	19	15	Then Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	19	16	And when the messengers came in, behold, the image was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at its head.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	19	17	Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me thus, and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?” And Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go; why should I kill you?’”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	19	18	Now David fled and escaped, and he came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt at Naioth.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	19	19	And it was told Saul, “Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	19	20	Then Saul sent messengers to take David; and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	19	21	When it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	19	22	Then he himself went to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu; and he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” And one said, “Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	19	23	And he went from there to Naioth in Ramah; and the Spirit of God came upon him also, and as he went he prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	19	24	And he too stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied before Samuel, and lay naked all that day and all that night. Hence it is said, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	1	Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my guilt? And what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	2	And he said to him, “Far from it! You shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small without disclosing it to me; and why should my father hide this from me? It is not so.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	3	But David replied, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he thinks, ‘Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	4	Then said Jonathan to David, “Whatever you say, I will do for you.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	5	David said to Jonathan, “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit at table with the king; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field till the third day at evening.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	6	If your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethlehem his city; for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.’
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	7	If he says, ‘Good!’ it will be well with your servant; but if he is angry, then know that evil is determined by him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	8	Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a sacred covenant with you. But if there is guilt in me, slay me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	9	And Jonathan said, “Far be it from you! If I knew that it was determined by my father that evil should come upon you, would I not tell you?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	10	Then said David to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you roughly?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	11	And Jonathan said to David, “Come, let us go out into the field.” So they both went out into the field.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	12	And Jonathan said to David, “The Lord, the God of Israel, be witness! When I have sounded my father, about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if he is well disposed toward David, shall I not then send and disclose it to you?
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	13	But should it please my father to do you harm, the Lord do so to Jonathan, and more also, if I do not disclose it to you, and send you away, that you may go in safety. May the Lord be with you, as he has been with my father.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	14	If I am still alive, show me the loyal love of the Lord, that I may not die;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	15	and do not cut off your loyalty from my house for ever. When the Lord cuts off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	16	let not the name of Jonathan be cut off from the house of David. And may the Lord take vengeance on David’s enemies.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	17	And Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	18	Then Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon; and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	19	And on the third day you will be greatly missed; then go to the place where you hid yourself when the matter was in hand, and remain beside yonder stone heap.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	20	And I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as though I shot at a mark.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	21	And behold, I will send the lad, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ If I say to the lad, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you, take them,’ then you are to come, for, as the Lord lives, it is safe for you and there is no danger.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	22	But if I say to the youth, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then go; for the Lord has sent you away.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	23	And as for the matter of which you and I have spoken, behold, the Lord is between you and me for ever.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	24	So David hid himself in the field; and when the new moon came, the king sat down to eat food.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	25	The king sat upon his seat, as at other times, upon the seat by the wall; Jonathan sat opposite, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, but David’s place was empty.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	26	Yet Saul did not say anything that day; for he thought, “Something has befallen him; he is not clean, surely he is not clean.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	27	But on the second day, the morrow after the new moon, David’s place was empty. And Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why has not the son of Jesse come to the meal, either yesterday or today?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	28	Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	29	he said, ‘Let me go; for our family holds a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me get away, and see my brothers.’ For this reason he has not come to the king’s table.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	30	Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman, do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	31	For as long as the son of Jesse lives upon the earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. Therefore send and fetch him to me, for he shall surely die.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	32	Then Jonathan answered Saul his father, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	33	But Saul cast his spear at him to smite him; so Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	34	And Jonathan rose from the table in fierce anger and ate no food the second day of the month, for he was grieved for David, because his father had disgraced him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	35	In the morning Jonathan went out into the field to the appointment with David, and with him a little lad.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	36	And he said to his lad, “Run and find the arrows which I shoot.” As the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	37	And when the lad came to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan called after the lad and said, “Is not the arrow beyond you?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	38	And Jonathan called after the lad, “Hurry, make haste, stay not.” So Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	39	But the lad knew nothing; only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	40	And Jonathan gave his weapons to his lad, and said to him, “Go and carry them to the city.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	41	And as soon as the lad had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed three times; and they kissed one another, and wept with one another, until David recovered himself.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	20	42	Then Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘The Lord shall be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants, for ever.’” And he rose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	21	1	Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Abimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one with you?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	21	2	And David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has charged me with a matter, and said to me, ‘Let no one know anything of the matter about which I send you, and with which I have charged you.’ I have made an appointment with the young men for such and such a place.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	21	3	Now then, what have you at hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever is here.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	21	4	And the priest answered David, “I have no common bread at hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	21	5	And David answered the priest, “Of a truth women have been kept from us as always when I go on an expedition; the vessels of the young men are holy, even when it is a common journey; how much more today will their vessels be holy?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	21	6	So the priest gave him the holy bread; for there was no bread there but the bread of the Presence, which is removed from before the Lord, to be replaced by hot bread on the day it is taken away.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	21	7	Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord; his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul’s herdsmen.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	21	8	And David said to Ahimelech, “And have you not here a spear or a sword at hand? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	21	9	And the priest said, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if you will take that, take it, for there is none but that here.” And David said, “There is none like that; give it to me.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	21	10	And David rose and fled that day from Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	21	11	And the servants of Achish said to him, “Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing to one another of him in dances, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	21	12	And David took these words to heart, and was much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	21	13	So he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and made marks on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle run down his beard.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	21	14	Then said Achish to his servants, “Lo, you see the man is mad; why then have you brought him to me?
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	21	15	Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	22	1	David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and when his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down there to him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	22	2	And every one who was in distress, and every one who was in debt, and every one who was discontented, gathered to him; and he became captain over them. And there were with him about four hundred men.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	22	3	And David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab; and he said to the king of Moab, “Pray let my father and my mother stay with you, till I know what God will do for me.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	22	4	And he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	22	5	Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not remain in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah.” So David departed, and went into the forest of Hereth.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	22	6	Now Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men who were with him. Saul was sitting at Gibe-ah, under the tamarisk tree on the height, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	22	7	And Saul said to his servants who stood about him, “Hear now, you Benjaminites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	22	8	that all of you have conspired against me? No one discloses to me when my son makes a league with the son of Jesse, none of you is sorry for me or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	22	9	Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	22	10	and he inquired of the Lord for him, and gave him provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	22	11	Then the king sent to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests who were at Nob; and all of them came to the king.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	22	12	And Saul said, “Hear now, son of Ahitub.” And he answered, “Here I am, my lord.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	22	13	And Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, so that he has risen against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	22	14	Then Ahimelech answered the king, “And who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, and captain over your bodyguard, and honored in your house?
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	22	15	Is today the first time that I have inquired of God for him? No! Let not the king impute anything to his servant or to all the house of my father; for your servant has known nothing of all this, much or little.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	22	16	And the king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	22	17	And the king said to the guard who stood about him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord; because their hand also is with David, and they knew that he fled, and did not disclose it to me.” But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	22	18	Then the king said to Doeg, “You turn and fall upon the priests.” And Doeg the Edomite turned and fell upon the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	22	19	And Nob, the city of the priests, he put to the sword; both men and women, children and sucklings, oxen, asses and sheep, he put to the sword.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	22	20	But one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	22	21	And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	22	22	And David said to Abiathar, “I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I have occasioned the death of all the persons of your father’s house.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	22	23	Stay with me, fear not; for he that seeks my life seeks your life; with me you shall be in safekeeping.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	1	Now they told David, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	2	Therefore David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I go and attack these Philistines?” And the Lord said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	3	But David’s men said to him, “Behold, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	4	Then David inquired of the Lord again. And the Lord answered him, “Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will give the Philistines into your hand.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	5	And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and made a great slaughter among them. So David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	6	When Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	7	Now it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, “God has given him into my hand; for he has shut himself in by entering a town that has gates and bars.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	8	And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	9	David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	10	Then said David, “O Lord, the God of Israel, thy servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city on my account.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	11	Will the men of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as thy servant has heard? O Lord, the God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant.” And the Lord said, “He will come down.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	12	Then said David, “Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” And the Lord said, “They will surrender you.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	13	Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and they went wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up the expedition.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	14	And David remained in the strongholds in the wilderness, in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	15	And David was afraid because Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the Wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	16	And Jonathan, Saul’s son, rose, and went to David at Horesh, and strengthened his hand in God.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	17	And he said to him, “Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you; Saul my father also knows this.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	18	And the two of them made a covenant before the Lord; David remained at Horesh, and Jonathan went home.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	19	Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibe-ah, saying, “Does not David hide among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of Jeshimon?
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	20	Now come down, O king, according to all your heart’s desire to come down; and our part shall be to surrender him into the king’s hand.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	21	And Saul said, “May you be blessed by the Lord; for you have had compassion on me.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	22	Go, make yet more sure; know and see the place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for it is told me that he is very cunning.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	23	See therefore, and take note of all the lurking places where he hides, and come back to me with sure information. Then I will go with you; and if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	24	And they arose, and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah to the south of Jeshimon.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	25	And Saul and his men went to seek him. And David was told; therefore he went down to the rock which is in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	26	Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain; and David was making haste to get away from Saul, as Saul and his men were closing in upon David and his men to capture them,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	27	when a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Make haste and come; for the Philistines have made a raid upon the land.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	28	So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines; therefore that place was called the Rock of Escape.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	23	29	And David went up from there, and dwelt in the strongholds of En-gedi.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	24	1	When Saul returned from following the Philistines, he was told, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	24	2	Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men in front of the Wildgoats’ Rocks.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	24	3	And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the innermost parts of the cave.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	24	4	And the men of David said to him, “Here is the day of which the Lord said to you, ‘Behold, I will give your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.’” Then David arose and stealthily cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	24	5	And afterward David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	24	6	He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord’s anointed, to put forth my hand against him, seeing he is the Lord’s anointed.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	24	7	So David persuaded his men with these words, and did not permit them to attack Saul. And Saul rose up and left the cave, and went upon his way.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	24	8	Afterward David also arose, and went out of the cave, and called after Saul, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	24	9	And David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Behold, David seeks your hurt’?
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	24	10	Lo, this day your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you today into my hand in the cave; and some bade me kill you, but I spared you. I said, ‘I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is the Lord’s anointed.’
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	24	11	See, my father, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for by the fact that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and did not kill you, you may know and see that there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you hunt my life to take it.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	24	12	May the Lord judge between me and you, may the Lord avenge me upon you; but my hand shall not be against you.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	24	13	As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness’; but my hand shall not be against you.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	24	14	After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog! After a flea!
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	24	15	May the Lord therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see to it, and plead my cause, and deliver me from your hand.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	24	16	When David had finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” And Saul lifted up his voice and wept.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	24	17	He said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	24	18	And you have declared this day how you have dealt well with me, in that you did not kill me when the Lord put me into your hands.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	24	19	For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away safe? So may the Lord reward you with good for what you have done to me this day.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	24	20	And now, behold, I know that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	24	21	Swear to me therefore by the Lord that you will not cut off my descendants after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father’s house.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	24	22	And David swore this to Saul. Then Saul went home; but David and his men went up to the stronghold.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	1	Now Samuel died; and all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah. Then David rose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	2	And there was a man in Maon, whose business was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	3	Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was of good understanding and beautiful, but the man was churlish and ill-behaved; he was a Calebite.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	4	David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	5	So David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	6	And thus you shall salute him: ‘Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	7	I hear that you have shearers; now your shepherds have been with us, and we did them no harm, and they missed nothing, all the time they were in Carmel.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	8	Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes; for we come on a feast day. Pray, give whatever you have at hand to your servants and to your son David.’”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	9	When David’s young men came, they said all this to Nabal in the name of David; and then they waited.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	10	And Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants nowadays who are breaking away from their masters.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	11	Shall I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who come from I do not know where?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	12	So David’s young men turned away, and came back and told him all this.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	13	And David said to his men, “Every man gird on his sword!” And every man of them girded on his sword; David also girded on his sword; and about four hundred men went up after David, while two hundred remained with the baggage.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	14	But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed at them.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	15	Yet the men were very good to us, and we suffered no harm, and we did not miss anything when we were in the fields, as long as we went with them;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	16	they were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	17	Now therefore know this and consider what you should do; for evil is determined against our master and against all his house, and he is so ill-natured that one cannot speak to him.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	18	Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two skins of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	19	And she said to her young men, “Go on before me; behold, I come after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	20	And as she rode on the ass, and came down under cover of the mountain, behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	21	Now David had said, “Surely in vain have I guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him; and he has returned me evil for good.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	22	God do so to David and more also, if by morning I leave so much as one male of all who belong to him.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	23	When Abigail saw David, she made haste, and alighted from the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed to the ground.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	24	She fell at his feet and said, “Upon me alone, my lord, be the guilt; pray let your handmaid speak in your ears, and hear the words of your handmaid.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	25	Let not my lord regard this ill-natured fellow, Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I your handmaid did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	26	Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, seeing the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt, and from taking vengeance with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	27	And now let this present which your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	28	Pray forgive the trespass of your handmaid; for the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the Lord; and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	29	If men rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living in the care of the Lord your God; and the lives of your enemies he shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	30	And when the Lord has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you prince over Israel,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	31	my lord shall have no cause of grief, or pangs of conscience, for having shed blood without cause or for my lord taking vengeance himself. And when the Lord has dealt well with my lord, then remember your handmaid.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	32	And David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me!
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	33	Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from avenging myself with my own hand!
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	34	For as surely as the Lord the God of Israel lives, who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had made haste and come to meet me, truly by morning there had not been left to Nabal so much as one male.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	35	Then David received from her hand what she had brought him; and he said to her, “Go up in peace to your house; see, I have hearkened to your voice, and I have granted your petition.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	36	And Abigail came to Nabal; and, lo, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; so she told him nothing at all until the morning light.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	37	And in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	38	And about ten days later the Lord smote Nabal; and he died.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	39	When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord who has avenged the insult I received at the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil; the Lord has returned the evil-doing of Nabal upon his own head.” Then David sent and wooed Abigail, to make her his wife.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	40	And when the servants of David came to Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, “David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	41	And she rose and bowed with her face to the ground, and said, “Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	42	And Abigail made haste and rose and mounted on an ass, and her five maidens attended her; she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	43	David also took Ahino-am of Jezreel; and both of them became his wives.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	25	44	Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	26	1	Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibe-ah, saying, “Is not David hiding himself on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the east of Jeshimon?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	26	2	So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, with three thousand chosen men of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	26	3	And Saul encamped on the hill of Hachilah, which is beside the road on the east of Jeshimon. But David remained in the wilderness; and when he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	26	4	David sent out spies, and learned of a certainty that Saul had come.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	26	5	Then David rose and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David saw the place where Saul lay, with Abner the son of Ner, the commander of his army; Saul was lying within the encampment, while the army was encamped around him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	26	6	Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Joab’s brother Abishai the son of Zeruiah, “Who will go down with me into the camp to Saul?” And Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	26	7	So David and Abishai went to the army by night; and there lay Saul sleeping within the encampment, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the army lay around him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	26	8	Then said Abishai to David, “God has given your enemy into your hand this day; now therefore let me pin him to the earth with one stroke of the spear, and I will not strike him twice.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	26	9	But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him; for who can put forth his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	26	10	And David said, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	26	11	The Lord forbid that I should put forth my hand against the Lord’s anointed; but take now the spear that is at his head, and the jar of water, and let us go.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	26	12	So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul’s head; and they went away. No man saw it, or knew it, nor did any awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen upon them.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	26	13	Then David went over to the other side, and stood afar off on the top of the mountain, with a great space between them;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	26	14	and David called to the army, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, “Will you not answer, Abner?” Then Abner answered, “Who are you that calls to the king?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	26	15	And David said to Abner, “Are you not a man? Who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not kept watch over your lord the king? For one of the people came in to destroy the king your lord.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	26	16	This thing that you have done is not good. As the Lord lives, you deserve to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the Lord’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the jar of water that was at his head.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	26	17	Saul recognized David’s voice, and said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” And David said, “It is my voice, my lord, O king.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	26	18	And he said, “Why does my lord pursue after his servant? For what have I done? What guilt is on my hands?
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	26	19	Now therefore let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who has stirred you up against me, may he accept an offering; but if it is men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for they have driven me out this day that I should have no share in the heritage of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	26	20	Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the Lord; for the king of Israel has come out to seek my life, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	26	21	Then Saul said, “I have done wrong; return, my son David, for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes this day; behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	26	22	And David made answer, “Here is the spear, O king! Let one of the young men come over and fetch it.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	26	23	The Lord rewards every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the Lord gave you into my hand today, and I would not put forth my hand against the Lord’s anointed.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	26	24	Behold, as your life was precious this day in my sight, so may my life be precious in the sight of the Lord, and may he deliver me out of all tribulation.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	26	25	Then Saul said to David, “Blessed be you, my son David! You will do many things and will succeed in them.” So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	27	1	And David said in his heart, “I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing better for me than that I should escape to the land of the Philistines; then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	27	2	So David arose and went over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	27	3	And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, and David with his two wives, Ahino-am of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, Nabal’s widow.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	27	4	And when it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, he sought for him no more.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	27	5	Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let a place be given me in one of the country towns, that I may dwell there; for why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	27	6	So that day Achish gave him Ziklag; therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	27	7	And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	27	8	Now David and his men went up, and made raids upon the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for these were the inhabitants of the land from of old, as far as Shur, to the land of Egypt.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	27	9	And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, but took away the sheep, the oxen, the asses, the camels, and the garments, and came back to Achish.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	27	10	When Achish asked, “Against whom have you made a raid today?” David would say, “Against the Negeb of Judah,” or “Against the Negeb of the Jerahmeelites,” or, “Against the Negeb of the Kenites.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	27	11	And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, thinking, “Lest they should tell about us, and say, ‘So David has done.’” Such was his custom all the while he dwelt in the country of the Philistines.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	27	12	And Achish trusted David, thinking, “He has made himself utterly abhorred by his people Israel; therefore he shall be my servant always.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	28	1	In those days the Philistines gathered their forces for war, to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, “Understand that you and your men are to go out with me in the army.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	28	2	David said to Achish, “Very well, you shall know what your servant can do.” And Achish said to David, “Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	28	3	Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had put the mediums and the wizards out of the land.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	28	4	The Philistines assembled, and came and encamped at Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel, and they encamped at Gilboa.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	28	5	When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	28	6	And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord did not answer him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	28	7	Then Saul said to his servants, “Seek out for me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her.” And his servants said to him, “Behold, there is a medium at Endor.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	28	8	So Saul disguised himself and put on other garments, and went, he and two men with him; and they came to the woman by night. And he said, “Divine for me by a spirit, and bring up for me whomever I shall name to you.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	28	9	The woman said to him, “Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off the mediums and the wizards from the land. Why then are you laying a snare for my life to bring about my death?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	28	10	But Saul swore to her by the Lord, “As the Lord lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	28	11	Then the woman said, “Whom shall I bring up for you?” He said, “Bring up Samuel for me.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	28	12	When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice; and the woman said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	28	13	The king said to her, “Have no fear; what do you see?” And the woman said to Saul, “I see a god coming up out of the earth.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	28	14	He said to her, “What is his appearance?” And she said, “An old man is coming up; and he is wrapped in a robe.” And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and did obeisance.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	28	15	Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Saul answered, “I am in great distress; for the Philistines are warring against me, and God has turned away from me and answers me no more, either by prophets or by dreams; therefore I have summoned you to tell me what I shall do.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	28	16	And Samuel said, “Why then do you ask me, since the Lord has turned from you and become your enemy?
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	28	17	The Lord has done to you as he spoke by me; for the Lord has torn the kingdom out of your hand, and given it to your neighbor, David.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	28	18	Because you did not obey the voice of the Lord, and did not carry out his fierce wrath against Amalek, therefore the Lord has done this thing to you this day.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	28	19	Moreover the Lord will give Israel also with you into the hand of the Philistines; and tomorrow you and your sons shall be with me; the Lord will give the army of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	28	20	Then Saul fell at once full length upon the ground, filled with fear because of the words of Samuel; and there was no strength in him, for he had eaten nothing all day and all night.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	28	21	And the woman came to Saul, and when she saw that he was terrified, she said to him, “Behold, your handmaid has hearkened to you; I have taken my life in my hand, and have hearkened to what you have said to me.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	28	22	Now therefore, you also hearken to your handmaid; let me set a morsel of bread before you; and eat, that you may have strength when you go on your way.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	28	23	He refused, and said, “I will not eat.” But his servants, together with the woman, urged him; and he hearkened to their words. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	28	24	Now the woman had a fatted calf in the house, and she quickly killed it, and she took flour, and kneaded it and baked unleavened bread of it,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	28	25	and she put it before Saul and his servants; and they ate. Then they rose and went away that night.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	29	1	Now the Philistines gathered all their forces at Aphek; and the Israelites were encamped by the fountain which is in Jezreel.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	29	2	As the lords of the Philistines were passing on by hundreds and by thousands, and David and his men were passing on in the rear with Achish,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	29	3	the commanders of the Philistines said, “What are these Hebrews doing here?” And Achish said to the commanders of the Philistines, “Is not this David, the servant of Saul, king of Israel, who has been with me now for days and years, and since he deserted to me I have found no fault in him to this day.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	29	4	But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him; and the commanders of the Philistines said to him, “Send the man back, that he may return to the place to which you have assigned him; he shall not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For how could this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Would it not be with the heads of the men here?
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	29	5	Is not this David, of whom they sing to one another in dances, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	29	6	Then Achish called David and said to him, “As the Lord lives, you have been honest, and to me it seems right that you should march out and in with me in the campaign; for I have found nothing wrong in you from the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless the lords do not approve of you.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	29	7	So go back now; and go peaceably, that you may not displease the lords of the Philistines.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	29	8	And David said to Achish, “But what have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day I entered your service until now, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	29	9	And Achish made answer to David, “I know that you are as blameless in my sight as an angel of God; nevertheless the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He shall not go up with us to the battle.’
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	29	10	Now then rise early in the morning with the servants of your lord who came with you; and start early in the morning, and depart as soon as you have light.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	29	11	So David set out with his men early in the morning, to return to the land of the Philistines. But the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	1	Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid upon the Negeb and upon Ziklag. They had overcome Ziklag, and burned it with fire,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	2	and taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great; they killed no one, but carried them off, and went their way.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	3	And when David and his men came to the city, they found it burned with fire, and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	4	Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept, until they had no more strength to weep.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	5	David’s two wives also had been taken captive, Ahino-am of Jezreel, and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	6	And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul, each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	7	And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	8	And David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I pursue after this band? Shall I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue; for you shall surely overtake and shall surely rescue.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	9	So David set out, and the six hundred men who were with him, and they came to the brook Besor, where those stayed who were left behind.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	10	But David went on with the pursuit, he and four hundred men; two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	11	They found an Egyptian in the open country, and brought him to David; and they gave him bread and he ate, they gave him water to drink,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	12	and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. And when he had eaten, his spirit revived; for he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	13	And David said to him, “To whom do you belong? And where are you from?” He said, “I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me behind because I fell sick three days ago.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	14	We had made a raid upon the Negeb of the Cherethites and upon that which belongs to Judah and upon the Negeb of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	15	And David said to him, “Will you take me down to this band?” And he said, “Swear to me by God, that you will not kill me, or deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will take you down to this band.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	16	And when he had taken him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoil they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	17	And David smote them from twilight until the evening of the next day; and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who mounted camels and fled.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	18	David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	19	Nothing was missing, whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that had been taken; David brought back all.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	20	David also captured all the flocks and herds; and the people drove those cattle before him, and said, “This is David’s spoil.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	21	Then David came to the two hundred men, who had been too exhausted to follow David, and who had been left at the brook Besor; and they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him; and when David drew near to the people he saluted them.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	22	Then all the wicked and base fellows among the men who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil which we have recovered, except that each man may lead away his wife and children, and depart.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	23	But David said, “You shall not do so, my brothers, with what the Lord has given us; he has preserved us and given into our hand the band that came against us.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	24	Who would listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down into the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage; they shall share alike.”
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	25	And from that day forward he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	26	When David came to Ziklag, he sent part of the spoil to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord”;
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	27	it was for those in Bethel, in Ramoth of the Negeb, in Jattir,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	28	in Aroer, in Siphmoth, in Eshtemoa,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	29	in Racal, in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, in the cities of the Kenites,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	30	in Hormah, in Borashan, in Athach,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	30	31	in Hebron, for all the places where David and his men had roamed.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	31	1	Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines, and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	31	2	And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	31	3	The battle pressed hard upon Saul, and the archers found him; and he was badly wounded by the archers.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	31	4	Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and make sport of me.” But his armor-bearer would not; for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword, and fell upon it.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	31	5	And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword, and died with him.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	31	6	Thus Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men, on the same day together.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	31	7	And when the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley and those beyond the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	31	8	On the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	31	9	And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines, to carry the good news to their idols and to the people.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	31	10	They put his armor in the temple of Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	31	11	But when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	31	12	all the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh and burnt them there.
+1 Samuel	1Sam	9	31	13	And they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	1	After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, David remained two days in Ziklag;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	2	and on the third day, behold, a man came from Saul’s camp, with his clothes rent and earth upon his head. And when he came to David, he fell to the ground and did obeisance.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	3	David said to him, “Where do you come from?” And he said to him, “I have escaped from the camp of Israel.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	4	And David said to him, “How did it go? Tell me.” And he answered, “The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people also have fallen and are dead; and Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	5	Then David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	6	And the young man who told him said, “By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa; and there was Saul leaning upon his spear; and lo, the chariots and the horsemen were close upon him.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	7	And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. And I answered, ‘Here I am.’
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	8	And he said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	9	And he said to me, ‘Stand beside me and slay me; for anguish has seized me, and yet my life still lingers.’
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	10	So I stood beside him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen; and I took the crown which was on his head and the armlet which was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	11	Then David took hold of his clothes, and rent them; and so did all the men who were with him;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	12	and they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son and for the people of the Lord and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	13	And David said to the young man who told him, “Where do you come from?” And he answered, “I am the son of a sojourner, an Amalekite.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	14	David said to him, “How is it you were not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	15	Then David called one of the young men and said, “Go, fall upon him.” And he smote him so that he died.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	16	And David said to him, “Your blood be upon your head; for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain the Lord’s anointed.’”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	17	And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and Jonathan his son,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	18	and he said it should be taught to the people of Judah; behold, it is written in the Book of Jashar. He said:
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	19	“Thy glory, O Israel, is slain upon thy high places! How are the mighty fallen!
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	20	Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	21	“Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain upon you, nor upsurging of the deep! For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	22	“From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	23	“Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely! In life and in death they were not divided; they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	24	“Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you daintily in scarlet, who put ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	25	“How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! “Jonathan lies slain upon thy high places.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	26	I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; very pleasant have you been to me; your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	1	27	“How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	1	After this David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?” And the Lord said to him, “Go up.” David said, “To which shall I go up?” And he said, “To Hebron.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	2	So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahino-am of Jezreel, and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	3	And David brought up his men who were with him, every one with his household; and they dwelt in the towns of Hebron.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	4	And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	5	David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said to them, “May you be blessed by the Lord, because you showed this loyalty to Saul your lord, and buried him!
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	6	Now may the Lord show steadfast love and faithfulness to you! And I will do good to you because you have done this thing.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	7	Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	8	Now Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	9	and he made him king over Gilead and the Ashurites and Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin and all Israel.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	10	Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	11	And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	12	Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	13	And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out and met them at the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	14	And Abner said to Joab, “Let the young men arise and play before us.” And Joab said, “Let them arise.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	15	Then they arose and passed over by number, twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	16	And each caught his opponent by the head, and thrust his sword in his opponent’s side; so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is at Gibeon.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	17	And the battle was very fierce that day; and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	18	And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as swift of foot as a wild gazelle;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	19	and Asahel pursued Abner, and as he went he turned neither to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	20	Then Abner looked behind him and said, “Is it you, Asahel?” And he answered, “It is I.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	21	Abner said to him, “Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and seize one of the young men, and take his spoil.” But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	22	And Abner said again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me; why should I smite you to the ground? How then could I lift up my face to your brother Joab?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	23	But he refused to turn aside; therefore Abner smote him in the belly with the butt of his spear, so that the spear came out at his back; and he fell there, and died where he was. And all who came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died, stood still.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	24	But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner; and as the sun was going down they came to the hill of Ammah, which lies before Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	25	And the Benjaminites gathered themselves together behind Abner, and became one band, and took their stand on the top of a hill.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	26	Then Abner called to Joab, “Shall the sword devour for ever? Do you not know that the end will be bitter? How long will it be before you bid your people turn from the pursuit of their brethren?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	27	And Joab said, “As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely the men would have given up the pursuit of their brethren in the morning.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	28	So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the men stopped, and pursued Israel no more, nor did they fight any more.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	29	And Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; they crossed the Jordan, and marching the whole forenoon they came to Mahanaim.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	30	Joab returned from the pursuit of Abner; and when he had gathered all the people together, there were missing of David’s servants nineteen men besides Asahel.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	31	But the servants of David had slain of Benjamin three hundred and sixty of Abner’s men.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	2	32	And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was at Bethlehem. And Joab and his men marched all night, and the day broke upon them at Hebron.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	1	There was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David; and David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul became weaker and weaker.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	2	And sons were born to David at Hebron: his first-born was Amnon, of Ahino-am of Jezreel;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	3	and his second, Chile-ab, of Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	4	and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	5	and the sixth, Ithre-am, of Eglah, David’s wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	6	While there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner was making himself strong in the house of Saul.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	7	Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah; and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, “Why have you gone in to my father’s concubine?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	8	Then Abner was very angry over the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, “Am I a dog’s head of Judah? This day I keep showing loyalty to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not given you into the hand of David; and yet you charge me today with a fault concerning a woman.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	9	God do so to Abner, and more also, if I do not accomplish for David what the Lord has sworn to him,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	10	to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan to Beer-sheba.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	11	And Ish-bosheth could not answer Abner another word, because he feared him.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	12	And Abner sent messengers to David at Hebron, saying, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and behold, my hand shall be with you to bring over all Israel to you.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	13	And he said, “Good; I will make a covenant with you; but one thing I require of you; that is, you shall not see my face, unless you first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see my face.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	14	Then David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul’s son, saying, “Give me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed at the price of a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	15	And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from her husband Palti-el the son of Laish.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	16	But her husband went with her, weeping after her all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go, return”; and he returned.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	17	And Abner conferred with the elders of Israel, saying, “For some time past you have been seeking David as king over you.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	18	Now then bring it about; for the Lord has promised David, saying, ‘By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines, and from the hand of all their enemies.’”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	19	Abner also spoke to Benjamin; and then Abner went to tell David at Hebron all that Israel and the whole house of Benjamin thought good to do.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	20	When Abner came with twenty men to David at Hebron, David made a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	21	And Abner said to David, “I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your heart desires.” So David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	22	Just then the servants of David arrived with Joab from a raid, bringing much spoil with them. But Abner was not with David at Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	23	When Joab and all the army that was with him came, it was told Joab, “Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has let him go, and he has gone in peace.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	24	Then Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you; why is it that you have sent him away, so that he is gone?
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	25	You know that Abner the son of Ner came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you are doing.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	26	When Joab came out from David’s presence, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern of Sirah; but David did not know about it.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	27	And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he smote him in the belly, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	28	Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, “I and my kingdom are for ever guiltless before the Lord for the blood of Abner the son of Ner.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	29	May it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father’s house; and may the house of Joab never be without one who has a discharge, or who is leprous, or who holds a spindle, or who is slain by the sword, or who lacks bread!”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	30	So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	31	Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Rend your clothes, and gird on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David followed the bier.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	32	They buried Abner at Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	33	And the king lamented for Abner, saying, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	34	Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered; as one falls before the wicked you have fallen.” And all the people wept again over him.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	35	Then all the people came to persuade David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, “God do so to me and more also, if I taste bread or anything else till the sun goes down!”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	36	And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them; as everything that the king did pleased all the people.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	37	So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it had not been the king’s will to slay Abner the son of Ner.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	38	And the king said to his servants, “Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	3	39	And I am this day weak, though anointed king; these men the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me. The Lord requite the evildoer according to his wickedness!”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	4	1	When Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, heard that Abner had died at Hebron, his courage failed, and all Israel was dismayed.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	4	2	Now Saul’s son had two men who were captains of raiding bands; the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, sons of Rimmon a man of Benjamin from Be-eroth (for Be-eroth also is reckoned to Benjamin;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	4	3	the Be-erothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there to this day).
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	4	4	Jonathan, the son of Saul, had a son who was crippled in his feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel; and his nurse took him up, and fled; and, as she fled in her haste, he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	4	5	Now the sons of Rimmon the Be-erothite, Rechab and Baanah, set out, and about the heat of the day they came to the house of Ish-bosheth, as he was taking his noonday rest.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	4	6	And behold, the doorkeeper of the house had been cleaning wheat, but she grew drowsy and slept; so Rechab and Baanah his brother slipped in.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	4	7	When they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him. They took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	4	8	and brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron. And they said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life; the Lord has avenged my lord the king this day on Saul and on his offspring.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	4	9	But David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Be-erothite, “As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life out of every adversity,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	4	10	when one told me, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and slew him at Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	4	11	How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous man in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require his blood at your hand, and destroy you from the earth?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	4	12	And David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and feet, and hanged them beside the pool at Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the tomb of Abner at Hebron.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	5	1	Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and said, “Behold, we are your bone and flesh.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	5	2	In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you that led out and brought in Israel; and the Lord said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.’”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	5	3	So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	5	4	David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	5	5	At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and at Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	5	6	And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who said to David, “You will not come in here, but the blind and the lame will ward you off”—thinking, “David cannot come in here.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	5	7	Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	5	8	And David said on that day, “Whoever would smite the Jebusites, let him get up the water shaft to attack the lame and the blind, who are hated by David’s soul.” Therefore it is said, “The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	5	9	And David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built the city round about from the Millo inward.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	5	10	And David became greater and greater, for the Lord, the God of hosts, was with him.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	5	11	And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also carpenters and masons who built David a house.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	5	12	And David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	5	13	And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to David.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	5	14	And these are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammu-a, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	5	15	Ibhar, Elishu-a, Nepheg, Japhia,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	5	16	Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	5	17	When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up in search of David; but David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	5	18	Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the valley of Rephaim.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	5	19	And David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Wilt thou give them into my hand?” And the Lord said to David, “Go up; for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	5	20	And David came to Baal-perazim, and David defeated them there; and he said, “The Lord has broken through my enemies before me, like a bursting flood.” Therefore the name of that place is called Baal-perazim.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	5	21	And the Philistines left their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	5	22	And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread out in the valley of Rephaim.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	5	23	And when David inquired of the Lord, he said, “You shall not go up; go around to their rear, and come upon them opposite the balsam trees.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	5	24	And when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then bestir yourself; for then the Lord has gone out before you to smite the army of the Philistines.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	5	25	And David did as the Lord commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Geba to Gezer.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	6	1	David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	6	2	And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale-judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the Lord of hosts who sits enthroned on the cherubim.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	6	3	And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were driving the new cart
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	6	4	with the ark of God; and Ahio went before the ark.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	6	5	And David and all the house of Israel were making merry before the Lord with all their might, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	6	6	And when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	6	7	And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there because he put forth his hand to the ark; and he died there beside the ark of God.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	6	8	And David was angry because the Lord had broken forth upon Uzzah; and that place is called Perez-uzzah, to this day.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	6	9	And David was afraid of the Lord that day; and he said, “How can the ark of the Lord come to me?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	6	10	So David was not willing to take the ark of the Lord into the city of David; but David took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	6	11	And the ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months; and the Lord blessed Obed-edom and all his household.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	6	12	And it was told King David, “The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David with rejoicing;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	6	13	and when those who bore the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	6	14	And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	6	15	So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the horn.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	6	16	As the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window, and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	6	17	And they brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place, inside the tent which David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	6	18	And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	6	19	and distributed among all the people, the whole multitude of Israel, both men and women, to each a cake of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins. Then all the people departed, each to his house.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	6	20	And David returned to bless his household. But Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, “How the king of Israel honored himself today, uncovering himself today before the eyes of his servants’ maids, as one of the vulgar fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	6	21	And David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me as prince over Israel, the people of the Lord—and I will make merry before the Lord.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	6	22	I will make myself yet more contemptible than this, and I will be abased in your eyes; but by the maids of whom you have spoken, by them I shall be held in honor.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	6	23	And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	1	Now when the king dwelt in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies round about,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	2	the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	3	And Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart; for the Lord is with you.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	4	But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	5	“Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: Would you build me a house to dwell in?
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	6	I have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent for my dwelling.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	7	In all places where I have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?”’
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	8	Now therefore thus you shall say to my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	9	and I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	10	And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be disturbed no more; and violent men shall afflict them no more, as formerly,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	11	from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	12	When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come forth from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	13	He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	14	I will be his father, and he shall be my son. When he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	15	but I will not take my steadfast love from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	16	And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before me; your throne shall be established for ever.’”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	17	In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, Nathan spoke to David.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	18	Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	19	And yet this was a small thing in thy eyes, O Lord GOD; thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and hast shown me future generations, O Lord GOD!
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	20	And what more can David say to thee? For thou knowest thy servant, O Lord GOD!
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	21	Because of thy promise, and according to thy own heart, thou hast wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	22	Therefore thou art great, O Lord God; for there is none like thee, and there is no God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	23	What other nation on earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his people, making himself a name, and doing for them great and terrible things, by driving out before his people a nation and its gods?
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	24	And thou didst establish for thyself thy people Israel to be thy people for ever; and thou, O Lord, didst become their God.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	25	And now, O Lord God, confirm for ever the word which thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house, and do as thou hast spoken;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	26	and thy name will be magnified for ever, saying, ‘The Lord of hosts is God over Israel,’ and the house of thy servant David will be established before thee.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	27	For thou, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, hast made this revelation to thy servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house’; therefore thy servant has found courage to pray this prayer to thee.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	28	And now, O Lord GOD, thou art God, and thy words are true, and thou hast promised this good thing to thy servant;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	7	29	now therefore may it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken, and with thy blessing shall the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	8	1	After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	8	2	And he defeated Moab, and measured them with a line, making them lie down on the ground; two lines he measured to be put to death, and one full line to be spared. And the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	8	3	David also defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the river Euphrates.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	8	4	And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough for a hundred chariots.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	8	5	And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew twenty-two thousand men of the Syrians.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	8	6	Then David put garrisons in Aram of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David and brought tribute. And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	8	7	And David took the shields of gold which were carried by the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	8	8	And from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took very much bronze.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	8	9	When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the whole army of Hadadezer,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	8	10	Toi sent his son Joram to King David, to greet him, and to congratulate him because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him; for Hadadezer had often been at war with Toi. And Joram brought with him articles of silver, of gold, and of bronze;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	8	11	these also King David dedicated to the Lord, together with the silver and gold which he dedicated from all the nations he subdued,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	8	12	from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	8	13	And David won a name for himself. When he returned, he slew eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	8	14	And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David’s servants. And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	8	15	So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered justice and equity to all his people.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	8	16	And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	8	17	and Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests; and Seraiah was secretary;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	8	18	and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were priests.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	9	1	And David said, “Is there still any one left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	9	2	Now there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David; and the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?” And he said, “Your servant is he.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	9	3	And the king said, “Is there not still some one of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God to him?” Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan; he is crippled in his feet.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	9	4	The king said to him, “Where is he?” And Ziba said to the king, “He is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, at Lo-debar.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	9	5	Then King David sent and brought him from the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, at Lo-debar.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	9	6	And Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, son of Saul, came to David, and fell on his face and did obeisance. And David said, “Mephibosheth!” And he answered, “Behold, your servant.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	9	7	And David said to him, “Do not fear; for I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan, and I will restore to you all the land of Saul your father; and you shall eat at my table always.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	9	8	And he did obeisance, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look upon a dead dog such as I?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	9	9	Then the king called Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said to him, “All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master’s son.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	9	10	And you and your sons and your servants shall till the land for him, and shall bring in the produce, that your master’s son may have bread to eat; but Mephibosheth your master’s son shall always eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	9	11	Then Ziba said to the king, “According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so will your servant do.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table, like one of the king’s sons.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	9	12	And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. And all who dwelt in Ziba’s house became Mephibosheth’s servants.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	9	13	So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem; for he ate always at the king’s table. Now he was lame in both his feet.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	10	1	After this the king of the Ammonites died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	10	2	And David said, “I will deal loyally with Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father dealt loyally with me.” So David sent by his servants to console him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the Ammonites.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	10	3	But the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think, because David has sent comforters to you, that he is honoring your father? Has not David sent his servants to you to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	10	4	So Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off half the beard of each, and cut off their garments in the middle, at their hips, and sent them away.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	10	5	When it was told David, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, “Remain at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	10	6	When the Ammonites saw that they had become odious to David, the Ammonites sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand foot soldiers, and the king of Maacah with a thousand men, and the men of Tob, twelve thousand men.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	10	7	And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the host of the mighty men.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	10	8	And the Ammonites came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the gate; and the Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the open country.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	10	9	When Joab saw that the battle was set against him both in front and in the rear, he chose some of the picked men of Israel, and arrayed them against the Syrians;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	10	10	the rest of his men he put in the charge of Abishai his brother, and he arrayed them against the Ammonites.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	10	11	And he said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come and help you.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	10	12	Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people, and for the cities of our God; and may the Lord do what seems good to him.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	10	13	So Joab and the people who were with him drew near to battle against the Syrians; and they fled before him.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	10	14	And when the Ammonites saw that the Syrians fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered the city. Then Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites, and came to Jerusalem.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	10	15	But when the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	10	16	And Hadadezer sent, and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the Euphrates; and they came to Helam, with Shobach the commander of the army of Hadadezer at their head.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	10	17	And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and crossed the Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians arrayed themselves against David, and fought with him.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	10	18	And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians the men of seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen, and wounded Shobach the commander of their army, so that he died there.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	10	19	And when all the kings who were servants of Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel, and became subject to them. So the Syrians feared to help the Ammonites any more.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	1	In the spring of the year, the time when kings go forth to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they ravaged the Ammonites, and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	2	It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking upon the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	3	And David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, “Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	4	So David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she was purifying herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned to her house.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	5	And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, “I am with child.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	6	So David sent word to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah to David.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	7	When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab was doing, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	8	Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house, and wash your feet.” And Uriah went out of the king’s house, and there followed him a present from the king.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	9	But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	10	When they told David, “Uriah did not go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	11	Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah dwell in booths; and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field; shall I then go to my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	12	Then David said to Uriah, “Remain here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day, and the next.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	13	And David invited him, and he ate in his presence and drank, so that he made him drunk; and in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	14	In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	15	In the letter he wrote, “Set Uriah in the forefront of the hardest fighting, and then draw back from him, that he may be struck down, and die.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	16	And as Joab was besieging the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew there were valiant men.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	17	And the men of the city came out and fought with Joab; and some of the servants of David among the people fell. Uriah the Hittite was slain also.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	18	Then Joab sent and told David all the news about the fighting;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	19	and he instructed the messenger, “When you have finished telling all the news about the fighting to the king,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	20	then, if the king’s anger rises, and if he says to you, ‘Why did you go so near the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall?
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	21	Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman cast an upper millstone upon him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?’ then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.’”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	22	So the messenger went, and came and told David all that Joab had sent him to tell.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	23	The messenger said to David, “The men gained an advantage over us, and came out against us in the field; but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	24	Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall; some of the king’s servants are dead; and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	25	David said to the messenger, “Thus shall you say to Joab, ‘Do not let this matter trouble you, for the sword devours now one and now another; strengthen your attack upon the city, and overthrow it.’ And encourage him.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	26	When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she made lamentation for her husband.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	11	27	And when the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	1	And the Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	2	The rich man had very many flocks and herds;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	3	but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought. And he brought it up, and it grew up with him and with his children; it used to eat of his morsel, and drink from his cup, and lie in his bosom, and it was like a daughter to him.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	4	Now there came a traveler to the rich man, and he was unwilling to take one of his own flock or herd to prepare for the wayfarer who had come to him, but he took the poor man’s lamb, and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	5	Then David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, the man who has done this deserves to die;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	6	and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	7	Nathan said to David, “You are the man. Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	8	and I gave you your master’s house, and your master’s wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if this were too little, I would add to you as much more.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	9	Why have you despised the word of the Lord, to do what is evil in his sight? You have smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	10	Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	11	Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	12	For you did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.’”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	13	David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	14	Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the Lord, the child that is born to you shall die.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	15	Then Nathan went to his house. And the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and it became sick.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	16	David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in and lay all night upon the ground.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	17	And the elders of his house stood beside him, to raise him from the ground; but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	18	On the seventh day the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, “Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he did not listen to us; how then can we say to him the child is dead? He may do himself some harm.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	19	But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, “Is the child dead?” They said, “He is dead.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	20	Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his clothes; and he went into the house of the Lord, and worshiped; he then went to his own house; and when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	21	Then his servants said to him, “What is this thing that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while it was alive; but when the child died, you arose and ate food.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	22	He said, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who knows whether the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?’
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	23	But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	24	Then David comforted his wife, Bathsheba, and went in to her, and lay with her; and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. And the Lord loved him,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	25	and sent a message by Nathan the prophet; so he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	26	Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and took the royal city.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	27	And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought against Rabbah; moreover, I have taken the city of waters.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	28	Now, then, gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called by my name.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	29	So David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah, and fought against it and took it.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	30	And he took the crown of their king from his head; the weight of it was a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone; and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city, a very great amount.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	12	31	And he brought forth the people who were in it, and set them to labor with saws and iron picks and iron axes, and made them toil at the brickkilns; and thus he did to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	1	Now Absalom, David’s son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and after a time Amnon, David’s son, loved her.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	2	And Amnon was so tormented that he made himself ill because of his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	3	But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shime-ah, David’s brother; and Jonadab was a very crafty man.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	4	And he said to him, “O son of the king, why are you so haggard morning after morning? Will you not tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	5	Jonadab said to him, “Lie down on your bed, and pretend to be ill; and when your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.’”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	6	So Amnon lay down, and pretended to be ill; and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Pray let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	7	Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, “Go to your brother Amnon’s house, and prepare food for him.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	8	So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house, where he was lying down. And she took dough, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	9	And she took the pan and emptied it out before him, but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, “Send out every one from me.” So every one went out from him.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	10	Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the chamber, that I may eat from your hand.” And Tamar took the cakes she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	11	But when she brought them near him to eat, he took hold of her, and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	12	She answered him, “No, my brother, do not force me; for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this wanton folly.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	13	As for me, where could I carry my shame? And as for you, you would be as one of the wanton fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray you, speak to the king; for he will not withhold me from you.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	14	But he would not listen to her; and being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	15	Then Amnon hated her with very great hatred; so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, “Arise, be gone.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	16	But she said to him, “No, my brother; for this wrong in sending me away is greater than the other which you did to me.” But he would not listen to her.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	17	He called the young man who served him and said, “Put this woman out of my presence, and bolt the door after her.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	18	Now she was wearing a long robe with sleeves; for thus were the virgin daughters of the king clad of old. So his servant put her out, and bolted the door after her.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	19	And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent the long robe which she wore; and she laid her hand on her head, and went away, crying aloud as she went.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	20	And her brother Absalom said to her, “Has Amnon your brother been with you? Now hold your peace, my sister; he is your brother; do not take this to heart.” So Tamar dwelt, a desolate woman, in her brother Absalom’s house.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	21	When King David heard of all these things, he was very angry.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	22	But Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	23	After two full years Absalom had sheepshearers at Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	24	And Absalom came to the king, and said, “Behold, your servant has sheepshearers; pray let the king and his servants go with your servant.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	25	But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you.” He pressed him, but he would not go but gave him his blessing.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	26	Then Absalom said, “If not, pray let my brother Amnon go with us.” And the king said to him, “Why should he go with you?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	27	But Absalom pressed him until he let Amnon and all the king’s sons go with him.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	28	Then Absalom commanded his servants, “Mark when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Fear not; have I not commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	29	So the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and each mounted his mule and fled.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	30	While they were on the way, tidings came to David, “Absalom has slain all the king’s sons, and not one of them is left.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	31	Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants who were standing by rent their garments.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	32	But Jonadab the son of Shime-ah, David’s brother, said, “Let not my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men the king’s sons, for Amnon alone is dead, for by the command of Absalom this has been determined from the day he forced his sister Tamar.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	33	Now therefore let not my lord the king so take it to heart as to suppose that all the king’s sons are dead; for Amnon alone is dead.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	34	But Absalom fled. And the young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, many people were coming from the Horonaim road by the side of the mountain.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	35	And Jonadab said to the king, “Behold, the king’s sons have come; as your servant said, so it has come about.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	36	And as soon as he had finished speaking, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept; and the king also and all his servants wept very bitterly.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	37	But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son day after day.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	38	So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	13	39	And the spirit of the king longed to go forth to Absalom; for he was comforted about Amnon, seeing he was dead.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	1	Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart went out to Absalom.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	2	And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched from there a wise woman, and said to her, “Pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments; do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	3	and go to the king, and speak thus to him.” So Joab put the words in her mouth.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	4	When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, “Help, O king.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	5	And the king said to her, “What is your trouble?” She answered, “Alas, I am a widow; my husband is dead.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	6	And your handmaid had two sons, and they quarreled with one another in the field; there was no one to part them, and one struck the other and killed him.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	7	And now the whole family has risen against your handmaid, and they say, ‘Give up the man who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew’; and so they would destroy the heir also. Thus they would quench my coal which is left, and leave to my husband neither name nor remnant upon the face of the earth.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	8	Then the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	9	And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “On me be the guilt, my lord the king, and on my father’s house; let the king and his throne be guiltless.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	10	The king said, “If any one says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall never touch you again.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	11	Then she said, “Pray let the king invoke the Lord your God, that the avenger of blood slay no more, and my son be not destroyed.” He said, “As the Lord lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	12	Then the woman said, “Pray let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king.” He said, “Speak.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	13	And the woman said, “Why then have you planned such a thing against the people of God? For in giving this decision the king convicts himself, inasmuch as the king does not bring his banished one home again.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	14	We must all die, we are like water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; but God will not take away the life of him who devises means not to keep his banished one an outcast.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	15	Now I have come to say this to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid; and your handmaid thought, ‘I will speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	16	For the king will hear, and deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together from the heritage of God.’
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	17	And your handmaid thought, ‘The word of my lord the king will set me at rest’; for my lord the king is like the angel of God to discern good and evil. The Lord your God be with you!”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	18	Then the king answered the woman, “Do not hide from me anything I ask you.” And the woman said, “Let my lord the king speak.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	19	The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered and said, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, one cannot turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has said. It was your servant Joab who bade me; it was he who put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	20	In order to change the course of affairs your servant Joab did this. But my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God to know all things that are on the earth.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	21	Then the king said to Joab, “Behold now, I grant this; go, bring back the young man Absalom.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	22	And Joab fell on his face to the ground, and did obeisance, and blessed the king; and Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, in that the king has granted the request of his servant.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	23	So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	24	And the king said, “Let him dwell apart in his own house; he is not to come into my presence.” So Absalom dwelt apart in his own house, and did not come into the king’s presence.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	25	Now in all Israel there was no one so much to be praised for his beauty as Absalom; from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	26	And when he cut the hair of his head (for at the end of every year he used to cut it; when it was heavy on him, he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels by the king’s weight.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	27	There were born to Absalom three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar; she was a beautiful woman.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	28	So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, without coming into the king’s presence.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	29	Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but Joab would not come to him. And he sent a second time, but Joab would not come.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	30	Then he said to his servants, “See, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	31	Then Joab arose and went to Absalom at his house, and said to him, “Why have your servants set my field on fire?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	32	Absalom answered Joab, “Behold, I sent word to you, ‘Come here, that I may send you to the king, to ask, “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still.” Now therefore let me go into the presence of the king; and if there is guilt in me, let him kill me.’”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	14	33	Then Joab went to the king, and told him; and he summoned Absalom. So he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king; and the king kissed Absalom.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	1	After this Absalom got himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	2	And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way of the gate; and when any man had a suit to come before the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him, and say, “From what city are you?” And when he said, “Your servant is of such and such a tribe in Israel,”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	3	Absalom would say to him, “See, your claims are good and right; but there is no man deputed by the king to hear you.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	4	Absalom said moreover, “Oh that I were judge in the land! Then every man with a suit or cause might come to me, and I would give him justice.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	5	And whenever a man came near to do obeisance to him, he would put out his hand, and take hold of him, and kiss him.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	6	Thus Absalom did to all of Israel who came to the king for judgment; so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	7	And at the end of four years Absalom said to the king, “Pray let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to the Lord, in Hebron.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	8	For your servant vowed a vow while I dwelt at Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If the Lord will indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will offer worship to the Lord.’”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	9	The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he arose, and went to Hebron.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	10	But Absalom sent secret messengers throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then say, ‘Absalom is king at Hebron!’”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	11	With Absalom went two hundred men from Jerusalem who were invited guests, and they went in their simplicity, and knew nothing.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	12	And while Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city Giloh. And the conspiracy grew strong, and the people with Absalom kept increasing.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	13	And a messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	14	Then David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise, and let us flee; or else there will be no escape for us from Absalom; go in haste, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	15	And the king’s servants said to the king, “Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king decides.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	16	So the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten concubines to keep the house.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	17	And the king went forth, and all the people after him; and they halted at the last house.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	18	And all his servants passed by him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath, passed on before the king.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	19	Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why do you also go with us? Go back, and stay with the king; for you are a foreigner, and also an exile from your home.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	20	You came only yesterday, and shall I today make you wander about with us, seeing I go I know not where? Go back, and take your brethren with you; and may the Lord show steadfast love and faithfulness to you.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	21	But Ittai answered the king, “As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, there also will your servant be.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	22	And David said to Ittai, “Go then, pass on.” So Ittai the Gittite passed on, with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	23	And all the country wept aloud as all the people passed by, and the king crossed the brook Kidron, and all the people passed on toward the wilderness.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	24	And Abiathar came up, and lo, Zadok came also, with all the Levites, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down the ark of God, until the people had all passed out of the city.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	25	Then the king said to Zadok, “Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me back and let me see both it and his habitation;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	26	but if he says, ‘I have no pleasure in you,’ behold, here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	27	The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Look, go back to the city in peace, you and Abiathar, with your two sons, Ahima-az your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	28	See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness, until word comes from you to inform me.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	29	So Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem; and they remained there.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	30	But David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, barefoot and with his head covered; and all the people who were with him covered their heads, and they went up, weeping as they went.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	31	And it was told David, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	32	When David came to the summit, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent and earth upon his head.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	33	David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	34	But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father’s servant in time past, so now I will be your servant,’ then you will defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	35	Are not Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you there? So whatever you hear from the king’s house, tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	36	Behold, their two sons are with them there, Ahima-az, Zadok’s son, and Jonathan, Abiathar’s son; and by them you shall send to me everything you hear.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	15	37	So Hushai, David’s friend, came into the city, just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	16	1	When David had passed a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, bearing two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred of summer fruits, and a skin of wine.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	16	2	And the king said to Ziba, “Why have you brought these?” Ziba answered, “The asses are for the king’s household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who faint in the wilderness to drink.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	16	3	And the king said, “And where is your master’s son?” Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he remains in Jerusalem; for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will give me back the kingdom of my father.’”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	16	4	Then the king said to Ziba, “Behold, all that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours.” And Ziba said, “I do obeisance; let me ever find favor in your sight, my lord the king.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	16	5	When King David came to Bahurim, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shime-i, the son of Gera; and as he came he cursed continually.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	16	6	And he threw stones at David, and at all the servants of King David; and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	16	7	And Shime-i said as he cursed, “Begone, begone, you man of blood, you worthless fellow!
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	16	8	The Lord has avenged upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, your ruin is on you; for you are a man of blood.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	16	9	Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and take off his head.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	16	10	But the king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the Lord has said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	16	11	And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! Let him alone, and let him curse; for the Lord has bidden him.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	16	12	It may be that the Lord will look upon my affliction, and that the Lord will repay me with good for this cursing of me today.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	16	13	So David and his men went on the road, while Shime-i went along on the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him and flung dust.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	16	14	And the king, and all the people who were with him, arrived weary at the Jordan; and there he refreshed himself.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	16	15	Now Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	16	16	And when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	16	17	And Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	16	18	And Hushai said to Absalom, “No; for whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, his I will be, and with him I will remain.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	16	19	And again, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? As I have served your father, so I will serve you.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	16	20	Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel; what shall we do?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	16	21	Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father, and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	16	22	So they pitched a tent for Absalom upon the roof; and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	16	23	Now in those days the counsel which Ahithophel gave was as if one consulted the oracle of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel esteemed, both by David and by Absalom.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	1	Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will set out and pursue David tonight.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	2	I will come upon him while he is weary and discouraged, and throw him into a panic; and all the people who are with him will flee. I will strike down the king only,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	3	and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride comes home to her husband. You seek the life of only one man, and all the people will be at peace.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	4	And the advice pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	5	Then Absalom said, “Call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	6	And when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom said to him, “Thus has Ahithophel spoken; shall we do as he advises? If not, you speak.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	7	Then Hushai said to Absalom, “This time the counsel which Ahithophel has given is not good.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	8	Hushai said moreover, “You know that your father and his men are mighty men, and that they are enraged, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Besides, your father is expert in war; he will not spend the night with the people.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	9	Behold, even now he has hidden himself in one of the pits, or in some other place. And when some of the people fall at the first attack, whoever hears it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.’
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	10	Then even the valiant man, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will utterly melt with fear; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and that those who are with him are valiant men.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	11	But my counsel is that all Israel be gathered to you, from Dan to Beer-sheba, as the sand by the sea for multitude, and that you go to battle in person.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	12	So we shall come upon him in some place where he is to be found, and we shall light upon him as the dew falls on the ground; and of him and all the men with him not one will be left.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	13	If he withdraws into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we shall drag it into the valley, until not even a pebble is to be found there.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	14	And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	15	Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, “Thus and so did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and so have I counseled.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	16	Now therefore send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not lodge tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over; lest the king and all the people who are with him be swallowed up.’”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	17	Now Jonathan and Ahima-az were waiting at En-rogel; a maidservant used to go and tell them, and they would go and tell King David; for they must not be seen entering the city.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	18	But a lad saw them, and told Absalom; so both of them went away quickly, and came to the house of a man at Bahurim, who had a well in his courtyard; and they went down into it.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	19	And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and scattered grain upon it; and nothing was known of it.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	20	When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they said, “Where are Ahima-az and Jonathan?” And the woman said to them, “They have gone over the brook of water.” And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	21	After they had gone, the men came up out of the well, and went and told King David. They said to David, “Arise, and go quickly over the water; for thus and so has Ahithophel counseled against you.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	22	Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they crossed the Jordan; by daybreak not one was left who had not crossed the Jordan.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	23	When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and went off home to his own city. And he set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	24	Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	25	Now Absalom had set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had married Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	26	And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	27	When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	28	brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal, parched grain, beans and lentils,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	17	29	honey and curds and sheep and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	1	Then David mustered the men who were with him, and set over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	2	And David sent forth the army, one third under the command of Joab, one third under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and one third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the men, “I myself will also go out with you.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	3	But the men said, “You shall not go out. For if we flee, they will not care about us. If half of us die, they will not care about us. But you are worth ten thousand of us; therefore it is better that you send us help from the city.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	4	The king said to them, “Whatever seems best to you I will do.” So the king stood at the side of the gate, while all the army marched out by hundreds and by thousands.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	5	And the king ordered Joab and Abishai and Ittai, “Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom.” And all the people heard when the king gave orders to all the commanders about Absalom.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	6	So the army went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	7	And the men of Israel were defeated there by the servants of David, and the slaughter there was great on that day, twenty thousand men.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	8	The battle spread over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	9	And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak, and his head caught fast in the oak, and he was left hanging between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him went on.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	10	And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	11	Joab said to the man who told him, “What, you saw him! Why then did you not strike him there to the ground? I would have been glad to give you ten pieces of silver and a girdle.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	12	But the man said to Joab, “Even if I felt in my hand the weight of a thousand pieces of silver, I would not put forth my hand against the king’s son; for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘For my sake protect the young man Absalom.’
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	13	On the other hand, if I had dealt treacherously against his life (and there is nothing hidden from the king), then you yourself would have stood aloof.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	14	Joab said, “I will not waste time like this with you.” And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Absalom, while he was still alive in the oak.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	15	And ten young men, Joab’s armor-bearers, surrounded Absalom and struck him, and killed him.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	16	Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the troops came back from pursuing Israel; for Joab restrained them.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	17	And they took Absalom, and threw him into a great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones; and all Israel fled every one to his own home.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	18	Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself the pillar which is in the King’s Valley, for he said, “I have no son to keep my name in remembrance”; he called the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absalom’s monument to this day.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	19	Then said Ahima-az the son of Zadok, “Let me run, and carry tidings to the king that the Lord has delivered him from the power of his enemies.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	20	And Joab said to him, “You are not to carry tidings today; you may carry tidings another day, but today you shall carry no tidings, because the king’s son is dead.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	21	Then Joab said to the Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed before Joab, and ran.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	22	Then Ahima-az the son of Zadok said again to Joab, “Come what may, let me also run after the Cushite.” And Joab said, “Why will you run, my son, seeing that you will have no reward for the tidings?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	23	“Come what may,” he said, “I will run.” So he said to him, “Run.” Then Ahima-az ran by the way of the plain, and outran the Cushite.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	24	Now David was sitting between the two gates; and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate by the wall, and when he lifted up his eyes and looked, he saw a man running alone.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	25	And the watchman called out and told the king. And the king said, “If he is alone, there are tidings in his mouth.” And he came apace, and drew near.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	26	And the watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called to the gate and said, “See, another man running alone!” The king said, “He also brings tidings.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	27	And the watchman said, “I think the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahima-az the son of Zadok.” And the king said, “He is a good man, and comes with good tidings.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	28	Then Ahima-az cried out to the king, “All is well.” And he bowed before the king with his face to the earth, and said, “Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delivered up the men who raised their hand against my lord the king.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	29	And the king said, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” Ahima-az answered, “When Joab sent your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I do not know what it was.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	30	And the king said, “Turn aside, and stand here.” So he turned aside, and stood still.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	31	And behold, the Cushite came; and the Cushite said, “Good tidings for my lord the king! For the Lord has delivered you this day from the power of all who rose up against you.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	32	The king said to the Cushite, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” And the Cushite answered, “May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise up against you for evil, be like that young man.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	18	33	And the king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept; and as he went, he said, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	1	It was told Joab, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	2	So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people; for the people heard that day, “The king is grieving for his son.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	3	And the people stole into the city that day as people steal in who are ashamed when they flee in battle.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	4	The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	5	Then Joab came into the house to the king, and said, “You have today covered with shame the faces of all your servants, who have this day saved your life, and the lives of your sons and your daughters, and the lives of your wives and your concubines,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	6	because you love those who hate you and hate those who love you. For you have made it clear today that commanders and servants are nothing to you; for today I perceive that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead today, then you would be pleased.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	7	Now therefore arise, go out and speak kindly to your servants; for I swear by the Lord, if you do not go, not a man will stay with you this night; and this will be worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	8	Then the king arose, and took his seat in the gate. And the people were all told, “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate”; and all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his own home.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	9	And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies, and saved us from the hand of the Philistines; and now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	10	But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	11	And King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his house, when the word of all Israel has come to the king?
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	12	You are my kinsmen, you are my bone and my flesh; why then should you be the last to bring back the king?’
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	13	And say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you are not commander of my army henceforth in place of Joab.’”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	14	And he swayed the heart of all the men of Judah as one man; so that they sent word to the king, “Return, both you and all your servants.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	15	So the king came back to the Jordan; and Judah came to Gilgal to meet the king and to bring the king over the Jordan.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	16	And Shime-i the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, from Bahurim, made haste to come down with the men of Judah to meet King David;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	17	and with him were a thousand men from Benjamin. And Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, with his fifteen sons and his twenty servants, rushed down to the Jordan before the king,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	18	and they crossed the ford to bring over the king’s household, and to do his pleasure. And Shime-i the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was about to cross the Jordan,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	19	and said to the king, “Let not my lord hold me guilty or remember how your servant did wrong on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem; let not the king bear it in mind.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	20	For your servant knows that I have sinned; therefore, behold, I have come this day, the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	21	Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, “Shall not Shime-i be put to death for this, because he cursed the Lord’s anointed?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	22	But David said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be as an adversary to me? Shall any one be put to death in Israel this day? For do I not know that I am this day king over Israel?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	23	And the king said to Shime-i, “You shall not die.” And the king gave him his oath.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	24	And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came back in safety.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	25	And when he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, “Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	26	He answered, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for your servant said to him, ‘Saddle an ass for me, that I may ride upon it and go with the king.’ For your servant is lame.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	27	He has slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like the angel of God; do therefore what seems good to you.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	28	For all my father’s house were but men doomed to death before my lord the king; but you set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right have I, then, to cry to the king?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	29	And the king said to him, “Why speak any more of your affairs? I have decided: you and Ziba shall divide the land.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	30	And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Oh, let him take it all, since my lord the king has come safely home.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	31	Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim; and he went on with the king to the Jordan, to escort him over the Jordan.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	32	Barzillai was a very aged man, eighty years old; and he had provided the king with food while he stayed at Mahanaim; for he was a very wealthy man.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	33	And the king said to Barzillai, “Come over with me, and I will provide for you with me in Jerusalem.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	34	But Barzillai said to the king, “How many years have I still to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	35	I am this day eighty years old; can I discern what is pleasant and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or what he drinks? Can I still listen to the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	36	Your servant will go a little way over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king recompense me with such a reward?
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	37	Pray let your servant return, that I may die in my own city, near the grave of my father and my mother. But here is your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do for him whatever seems good to you.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	38	And the king answered, “Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do for him whatever seems good to you; and all that you desire of me I will do for you.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	39	Then all the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over; and the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his own home.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	40	The king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him; all the people of Judah, and also half the people of Israel, brought the king on his way.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	41	Then all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, “Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king and his household over the Jordan, and all David’s men with him?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	42	All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is near of kin to us. Why then are you angry over this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king’s expense? Or has he given us any gift?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	19	43	And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, “We have ten shares in the king, and in David also we have more than you. Why then did you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?” But the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	1	Now there happened to be there a worthless fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite; and he blew the trumpet, and said, “We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel!”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	2	So all the men of Israel withdrew from David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah followed their king steadfastly from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	3	And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten concubines whom he had left to care for the house, and put them in a house under guard, and provided for them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up until the day of their death, living as if in widowhood.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	4	Then the king said to Amasa, “Call the men of Judah together to me within three days, and be here yourself.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	5	So Amasa went to summon Judah; but he delayed beyond the set time which had been appointed him.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	6	And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom; take your lord’s servants and pursue him, lest he get himself fortified cities, and cause us trouble.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	7	And there went out after Abishai, Joab and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; they went out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	8	When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Now Joab was wearing a soldier’s garment, and over it was a girdle with a sword in its sheath fastened upon his loins, and as he went forward it fell out.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	9	And Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	10	But Amasa did not observe the sword which was in Joab’s hand; so Joab struck him with it in the body, and shed his bowels to the ground, without striking a second blow; and he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	11	And one of Joab’s men took his stand by Amasa, and said, “Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	12	And Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the highway. And any one who came by, seeing him, stopped; and when the man saw that all the people stopped, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field, and threw a garment over him.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	13	When he was taken out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	14	And Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel of Beth-maacah; and all the Bichrites assembled, and followed him in.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	15	And all the men who were with Joab came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah; they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and they were battering the wall, to throw it down.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	16	Then a wise woman called from the city, “Hear! Hear! Tell Joab, ‘Come here, that I may speak to you.’”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	17	And he came near her; and the woman said, “Are you Joab?” He answered, “I am.” Then she said to him, “Listen to the words of your maidservant.” And he answered, “I am listening.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	18	Then she said, “They were wont to say in old time, ‘Let them but ask counsel at Abel’; and so they settled a matter.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	19	I am one of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel; you seek to destroy a city which is a mother in Israel; why will you swallow up the heritage of the Lord?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	20	Joab answered, “Far be it from me, far be it, that I should swallow up or destroy!
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	21	That is not true. But a man of the hill country of Ephraim, called Sheba the son of Bichri, has lifted up his hand against King David; give up him alone, and I will withdraw from the city.” And the woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	22	Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. So he blew the trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, every man to his home. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	23	Now Joab was in command of all the army of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the Cherethites and the Pelethites;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	24	and Adoram was in charge of the forced labor; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	25	and Sheva was secretary; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	20	26	and Ira the Jairite was also David’s priest.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	21	1	Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the Lord. And the Lord said, “There is bloodguilt on Saul and on his house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	21	2	So the king called the Gibeonites. Now the Gibeonites were not of the people of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; although the people of Israel had sworn to spare them, Saul had sought to slay them in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	21	3	And David said to the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? And how shall I make expiation, that you may bless the heritage of the Lord?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	21	4	The Gibeonites said to him, “It is not a matter of silver or gold between us and Saul or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel.” And he said, “What do you say that I shall do for you?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	21	5	They said to the king, “The man who consumed us and planned to destroy us, so that we should have no place in all the territory of Israel,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	21	6	let seven of his sons be given to us, so that we may hang them up before the Lord at Gibeon on the mountain of the Lord.” And the king said, “I will give them.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	21	7	But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul’s son Jonathan, because of the oath of the Lord which was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	21	8	The king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Merab the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adri-el the son of Barzillai the Meholathite;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	21	9	and he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the mountain before the Lord, and the seven of them perished together. They were put to death in the first days of harvest, at the beginning of barley harvest.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	21	10	Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until rain fell upon them from the heavens; and she did not allow the birds of the air to come upon them by day, or the beasts of the field by night.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	21	11	When David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	21	12	David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, on the day the Philistines killed Saul on Gilboa;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	21	13	and he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan; and they gathered the bones of those who were hanged.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	21	14	And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father; and they did all that the king commanded. And after that God heeded supplications for the land.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	21	15	The Philistines had war again with Israel, and David went down together with his servants, and they fought against the Philistines; and David grew weary.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	21	16	And Ishbi-benob, one of the descendants of the giants, whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of bronze, and who was girded with a new sword, thought to kill David.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	21	17	But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid, and attacked the Philistine and killed him. Then David’s men adjured him, “You shall no more go out with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	21	18	After this there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Saph, who was one of the descendants of the giants.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	21	19	And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, the Bethlehemite, slew Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	21	20	And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; and he also was descended from the giants.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	21	21	And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shime-i, David’s brother, slew him.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	21	22	These four were descended from the giants in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	1	And David spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	2	He said, “The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	3	my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my savior; thou savest me from violence.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	4	I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	5	“For the waves of death encompassed me, the torrents of perdition assailed me;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	6	the cords of Sheol entangled me, the snares of death confronted me.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	7	“In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I called. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry came to his ears.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	8	“Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and quaked, because he was angry.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	9	Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	10	He bowed the heavens, and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	11	He rode on a cherub, and flew; he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	12	He made darkness around him his canopy, thick clouds, a gathering of water.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	13	Out of the brightness before him coals of fire flamed forth.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	14	The Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	15	And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and routed them.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	16	Then the channels of the sea were seen, the foundations of the world were laid bare, at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	17	“He reached from on high, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	18	He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	19	They came upon me in the day of my calamity; but the Lord was my stay.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	20	He brought me forth into a broad place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	21	“The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	22	For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	23	For all his ordinances were before me, and from his statutes I did not turn aside.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	24	I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	25	Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	26	“With the loyal thou dost show thyself loyal; with the blameless man thou dost show thyself blameless;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	27	with the pure thou dost show thyself pure, and with the crooked thou dost show thyself perverse.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	28	Thou dost deliver a humble people, but thy eyes are upon the haughty to bring them down.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	29	Yea, thou art my lamp, O Lord, and my God lightens my darkness.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	30	Yea, by thee I can crush a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	31	This God—his way is perfect; the promise of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	32	“For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	33	This God is my strong refuge, and has made my way safe.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	34	He made my feet like hinds’ feet, and set me secure on the heights.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	35	He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	36	Thou hast given me the shield of thy salvation, and thy help made me great.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	37	Thou didst give a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	38	I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, and did not turn back until they were consumed.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	39	I consumed them; I thrust them through, so that they did not rise; they fell under my feet.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	40	For thou didst gird me with strength for the battle; thou didst make my assailants sink under me.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	41	Thou didst make my enemies turn their backs to me, those who hated me, and I destroyed them.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	42	They looked, but there was none to save; they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	43	I beat them fine as the dust of the earth, I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	44	“Thou didst deliver me from strife with the peoples; thou didst keep me as the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	45	Foreigners came cringing to me; as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	46	Foreigners lost heart, and came trembling out of their fastnesses.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	47	“The Lord lives; and blessed be my rock, and exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	48	the God who gave me vengeance and brought down peoples under me,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	49	who brought me out from my enemies; thou didst exalt me above my adversaries, thou didst deliver me from men of violence.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	50	“For this I will extol thee, O Lord, among the nations, and sing praises to thy name.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	22	51	Great triumphs he gives to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David, and his descendants for ever.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	1	Now these are the last words of David: The oracle of David, the son of Jesse, the oracle of the man who was raised on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel:
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	2	“The Spirit of the Lord speaks by me, his word is upon my tongue.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	3	The God of Israel has spoken, the Rock of Israel has said to me: When one rules justly over men, ruling in the fear of God,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	4	he dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth upon a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	5	Yea, does not my house stand so with God? For he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and secure. For will he not cause to prosper all my help and my desire?
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	6	But godless men are all like thorns that are thrown away; for they cannot be taken with the hand;
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	7	but the man who touches them arms himself with iron and the shaft of a spear, and they are utterly consumed with fire.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	8	These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tah-chemonite; he was chief of the three; he wielded his spear against eight hundred whom he slew at one time.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	9	And next to him among the three mighty men was Eleazar the son of Dodo, son of Ahohi. He was with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there for battle, and the men of Israel withdrew.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	10	He rose and struck down the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand cleaved to the sword; and the Lord wrought a great victory that day; and the men returned after him only to strip the slain.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	11	And next to him was Shammah, the son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines gathered together at Lehi, where there was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the men fled from the Philistines.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	12	But he took his stand in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and slew the Philistines; and the Lord wrought a great victory.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	13	And three of the thirty chief men went down, and came about harvest time to David at the cave of Adullam, when a band of Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	14	David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	15	And David said longingly, “O that some one would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate!”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	16	Then the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and took and brought it to David. But he would not drink of it; he poured it out to the Lord,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	17	and said, “Far be it from me, O Lord, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	18	Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. And he wielded his spear against three hundred men and slew them, and won a name beside the three.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	19	He was the most renowned of the thirty, and became their commander; but he did not attain to the three.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	20	And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds; he smote two ariels of Moab. He also went down and slew a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	21	And he slew an Egyptian, a handsome man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but Benaiah went down to him with a staff, and snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	22	These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and won a name beside the three mighty men.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	23	He was renowned among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David set him over his bodyguard.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	24	Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	25	Shammah of Harod, Elika of Harod,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	26	Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh of Tekoa,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	27	Abi-ezer, of Anathoth, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	28	Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai of Netophah,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	29	Heleb the son of Baanah of Netophah, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibe-ah of the Benjaminites,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	30	Benaiah of Pirathon, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	31	Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth of Bahurim,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	32	Eliahba of Sha-albon, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	33	Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	34	Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai of Maacah, Eliam the son of Ahithophel of Gilo,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	35	Hezro of Carmel, Paarai the Arbite,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	36	Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	37	Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai of Be-eroth, the armor-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	38	Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	23	39	Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	24	1	Again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go, number Israel and Judah.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	24	2	So the king said to Joab and the commanders of the army, who were with him, “Go through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and number the people, that I may know the number of the people.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	24	3	But Joab said to the king, “May the Lord your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, while the eyes of my lord the king still see it; but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	24	4	But the king’s word prevailed against Joab and the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army went out from the presence of the king to number the people of Israel.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	24	5	They crossed the Jordan, and began from Aroer, and from the city that is in the middle of the valley, toward Gad and on to Jazer.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	24	6	Then they came to Gilead, and to Kadesh in the land of the Hittites; and they came to Dan, and from Dan they went around to Sidon,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	24	7	and came to the fortress of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites; and they went out to the Negeb of Judah at Beer-sheba.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	24	8	So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	24	9	And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: in Israel there were eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	24	10	But David’s heart smote him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, I pray thee, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	24	11	And when David arose in the morning, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	24	12	“Go and say to David, ‘Thus says the Lord, Three things I offer you; choose one of them, that I may do it to you.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	24	13	So Gad came to David and told him, and said to him, “Shall three years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days’ pestilence in your land? Now consider, and decide what answer I shall return to him who sent me.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	24	14	Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress; let us fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercy is great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	24	15	So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning until the appointed time; and there died of the people from Dan to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	24	16	And when the angel stretched forth his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented of the evil, and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people, “It is enough; now stay your hand.” And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	24	17	Then David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel who was smiting the people, and said, “Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me and against my father’s house.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	24	18	And Gad came that day to David, and said to him, “Go up, rear an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	24	19	So David went up at Gad’s word, as the Lord commanded.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	24	20	And when Araunah looked down, he saw the king and his servants coming on toward him; and Araunah went forth, and did obeisance to the king with his face to the ground.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	24	21	And Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David said, “To buy the threshing floor of you, in order to build an altar to the Lord, that the plague may be averted from the people.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	24	22	Then Araunah said to David, “Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him; here are the oxen for the burnt offering, and the threshing sledges and the yokes of the oxen for the wood.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	24	23	All this, O king, Araunah gives to the king.” And Araunah said to the king, “The Lord your God accept you.”
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	24	24	But the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will buy it of you for a price; I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God which cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
+2 Samuel	2Sam	10	24	25	And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord heeded supplications for the land, and the plague was averted from Israel.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	1	Now King David was old and advanced in years; and although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	2	Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young maiden be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait upon the king, and be his nurse; let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may be warm.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	3	So they sought for a beautiful maiden throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	4	The maiden was very beautiful; and she became the king’s nurse and ministered to him; but the king knew her not.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	5	Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king“; and he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	6	His father had never at any time displeased him by asking, “Why have you done thus and so?” He was also a very handsome man; and he was born next after Absalom.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	7	He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest; and they followed Adonijah and helped him.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	8	But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shime-i, and Rei, and David’s mighty men were not with Adonijah.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	9	Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fatlings by the Serpent’s Stone, which is beside En-rogel, and he invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the royal officials of Judah,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	10	but he did not invite Nathan the prophet or Benaiah or the mighty men or Solomon his brother.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	11	Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king and David our lord does not know it?
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	12	Now therefore come, let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	13	Go in at once to King David, and say to him, ‘Did you not, my lord the king, swear to your maidservant, saying, “Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne”? Why then is Adonijah king?’
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	14	Then while you are still speaking with the king, I also will come in after you and confirm your words.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	15	So Bathsheba went to the king into his chamber (now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king).
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	16	Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance to the king, and the king said, “What do you desire?”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	17	She said to him, “My lord, you swore to your maidservant by the Lord your God, saying, ‘Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.’
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	18	And now, behold, Adonijah is king, although you, my lord the king, do not know it.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	19	He has sacrificed oxen, fatlings, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king, Abiathar the priest, and Joab the commander of the army; but Solomon your servant he has not invited.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	20	And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you, to tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	21	Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted offenders.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	22	While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	23	And they told the king, “Here is Nathan the prophet.” And when he came in before the king, he bowed before the king, with his face to the ground.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	24	And Nathan said, “My lord the king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne’?
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	25	For he has gone down this day, and has sacrificed oxen, fatlings, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king’s sons, Joab the commander of the army, and Abiathar the priest; and behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	26	But me, your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon, he has not invited.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	27	Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king and you have not told your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	28	Then King David answered, “Call Bathsheba to me.” So she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	29	And the king swore, saying, “As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my soul out of every adversity,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	30	as I swore to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, saying, ‘Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead’; even so will I do this day.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	31	Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and did obeisance to the king, and said, “May my lord King David live for ever!”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	32	King David said, “Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	33	And the king said to them, “Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	34	and let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there anoint him king over Israel; then blow the trumpet, and say, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	35	You shall then come up after him, and he shall come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead; and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	36	And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, “Amen! May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, say so.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	37	As the Lord has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	38	So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down and caused Solomon to ride on King David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	39	There Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent, and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	40	And all the people went up after him, playing on pipes, and rejoicing with great joy, so that the earth was split by their noise.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	41	Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished feasting. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “What does this uproar in the city mean?”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	42	While he was still speaking, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said, “Come in, for you are a worthy man and bring good news.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	43	Jonathan answered Adonijah, “No, for our lord King David has made Solomon king;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	44	and the king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they have caused him to ride on the king’s mule;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	45	and Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon; and they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	46	Solomon sits upon the royal throne.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	47	Moreover the king’s servants came to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘Your God make the name of Solomon more famous than yours, and make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	48	And the king also said, ‘Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who has granted one of my offspring to sit on my throne this day, my own eyes seeing it.’”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	49	Then all the guests of Adonijah trembled, and rose, and each went his own way.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	50	And Adonijah feared Solomon; and he arose, and went, and caught hold of the horns of the altar.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	51	And it was told Solomon, “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon; for, lo, he has laid hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me first that he will not slay his servant with the sword.’”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	52	And Solomon said, “If he prove to be a worthy man, not one of his hairs shall fall to the earth; but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	1	53	So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and did obeisance to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, “Go to your house.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	1	When David’s time to die drew near, he charged Solomon his son, saying,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	2	“I am about to go the way of all the earth. Be strong, and show yourself a man,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	3	and keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	4	that the Lord may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.’
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	5	“Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, Abner the son of Ner, and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he murdered, avenging in time of peace blood which had been shed in war, and putting innocent blood upon the girdle about my loins, and upon the sandals on my feet.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	6	Act therefore according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	7	But deal loyally with the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table; for with such loyalty they met me when I fled from Absalom your brother.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	8	And there is also with you Shime-i the son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day when I went to Mahanaim; but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	9	Now therefore hold him not guiltless, for you are a wise man; you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down with blood to Sheol.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	10	Then David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	11	And the time that David reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	12	So Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was firmly established.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	13	Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, “Do you come peaceably?” He said, “Peaceably.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	14	Then he said, “I have something to say to you.” She said, “Say on.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	15	He said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel fully expected me to reign; however the kingdom has turned about and become my brother’s, for it was his from the Lord.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	16	And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me.” She said to him, “Say on.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	17	And he said, “Pray ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	18	Bathsheba said, “Very well; I will speak for you to the king.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	19	So Bathsheba went to King Solomon, to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her, and bowed down to her; then he sat on his throne, and had a seat brought for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	20	Then she said, “I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Make your request, my mother; for I will not refuse you.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	21	She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as his wife.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	22	King Solomon answered his mother, “And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother, and on his side are Abiathar the priest and Joab the son of Zeruiah.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	23	Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, “God do so to me and more also if this word does not cost Adonijah his life!
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	24	Now therefore as the Lord lives, who has established me, and placed me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	25	So King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he struck him down, and he died.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	26	And to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your estate; for you deserve death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because you shared in all the affliction of my father.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	27	So Solomon expelled Abiathar from being priest to the Lord, thus fulfilling the word of the Lord which he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	28	When the news came to Joab—for Joab had supported Adonijah although he had not supported Absalom—Joab fled to the tent of the Lord and caught hold of the horns of the altar.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	29	And when it was told King Solomon, “Joab has fled to the tent of the Lord, and behold, he is beside the altar,” Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	30	So Benaiah came to the tent of the Lord, and said to him, “The king commands, ‘Come forth.’” But he said, “No, I will die here.” Then Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, “Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	31	The king replied to him, “Do as he has said, strike him down and bury him; and thus take away from me and from my father’s house the guilt for the blood which Joab shed without cause.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	32	The Lord will bring back his bloody deeds upon his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and slew with the sword two men more righteous and better than himself, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	33	So shall their blood come back upon the head of Joab and upon the head of his descendants for ever; but to David, and to his descendants, and to his house, and to his throne, there shall be peace from the Lord for evermore.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	34	Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and struck him down and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	35	The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in place of Joab, and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	36	Then the king sent and summoned Shime-i, and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and do not go forth from there to any place whatever.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	37	For on the day you go forth, and cross the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall die; your blood shall be upon your own head.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	38	And Shime-i said to the king, “What you say is good; as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do.” So Shime-i dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	39	But it happened at the end of three years that two of Shime-i’s slaves ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And when it was told Shime-i, “Behold, your slaves are in Gath,”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	40	Shime-i arose and saddled an ass, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his slaves; Shime-i went and brought his slaves from Gath.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	41	And when Solomon was told that Shime-i had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and returned,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	42	the king sent and summoned Shime-i, and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the Lord, and solemnly admonish you, saying, ‘Know for certain that on the day you go forth and go to any place whatever, you shall die’? And you said to me, ‘What you say is good; I obey.’
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	43	Why then have you not kept your oath to the Lor and the commandment with which I charged you?”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	44	The king also said to Shime-i, “You know in your own heart all the evil that you did to David my father; so the Lord will bring back your evil upon your own head.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	45	But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for ever.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	2	46	Then the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out and struck him down, and he died. So the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	1	Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt; he took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had finished building his own house and the house of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	2	The people were sacrificing at the high places, however, because no house had yet been built for the name of the Lord.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	3	Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father; only, he sacrificed and burnt incense at the high places.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	4	And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place; Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings upon that altar.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	5	At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask what I shall give you.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	6	And Solomon said, “Thou hast shown great and steadfast love to thy servant David my father, because he walked before thee in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward thee; and thou hast kept for him this great and steadfast love, and hast given him a son to sit on his throne this day.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	7	And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king in place of David my father, although I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	8	And thy servant is in the midst of thy people whom thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered or counted for multitude.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	9	Give thy servant therefore an understanding mind to govern thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to govern this thy great people?”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	10	It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	11	And God said to him, “Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	12	behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	13	I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	14	And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	15	And Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	16	Then two harlots came to the king, and stood before him.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	17	The one woman said, “Oh, my lord, this woman and I dwell in the same house; and I gave birth to a child while she was in the house.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	18	Then on the third day after I was delivered, this woman also gave birth; and we were alone; there was no one else with us in the house, only we two were in the house.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	19	And this woman’s son died in the night, because she lay on it.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	20	And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while your maidservant slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	21	When I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, it was dead; but when I looked at it closely in the morning, behold, it was not the child that I had borne.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	22	But the other woman said, “No, the living child is mine, and the dead child is yours.” The first said, “No, the dead child is yours, and the living child is mine.” Thus they spoke before the king.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	23	Then the king said, “The one says, ‘This is my son that is alive, and your son is dead’; and the other says, ‘No; but your son is dead, and my son is the living one.’”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	24	And the king said, “Bring me a sword.” So a sword was brought before the king.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	25	And the king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	26	Then the woman whose son was alive said to the king, because her heart yearned for her son, “Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means slay it.” But the other said, “It shall be neither mine nor yours; divide it.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	27	Then the king answered and said, “Give the living child to the first woman, and by no means slay it; she is its mother.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	3	28	And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had rendered; and they stood in awe of the king, because they perceived that the wisdom of God was in him, to render justice.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	1	King Solomon was king over all Israel,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	2	and these were his high officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	3	Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha were secretaries; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	4	Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	5	Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was priest and king’s friend;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	6	Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram the son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	7	Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each man had to make provision for one month in the year.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	8	These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	9	Ben-deker, in Makaz, Sha-albim, Beth-shemesh, and Elonbeth-hanan;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	10	Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (to him belonged Socoh and all the land of Hepher);
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	11	Ben-abinadab, in all Naphath-dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	12	Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, and from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the other side of Jokmeam;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	13	Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (he had the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	14	Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	15	Ahima-az, in Naphtali (he had taken Basemath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	16	Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	17	Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	18	Shime-i the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	19	Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. And there was one officer in the land of Judah.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	20	Judah and Israel were as many as the sand by the sea; they ate and drank and were happy.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	21	Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	22	Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour, and sixty cors of meal,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	23	ten fat oxen, and twenty pasture-fed cattle, a hundred sheep, besides harts, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	24	For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphrates from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings west of the Euphrates; and he had peace on all sides round about him.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	25	And Judah and Israel dwelt in safety, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, all the days of Solomon.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	26	Solomon also had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	27	And those officers supplied provisions for King Solomon, and for all who came to King Solomon’s table, each one in his month; they let nothing be lacking.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	28	Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds they brought to the place where it was required, each according to his charge.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	29	And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and largeness of mind like the sand on the seashore,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	30	so that Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	31	For he was wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations round about.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	32	He also uttered three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	33	He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall; he spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	4	34	And men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	5	1	Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father; for Hiram always loved David.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	5	2	And Solomon sent word to Hiram,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	5	3	“You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the warfare with which his enemies surrounded him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	5	4	But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor misfortune.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	5	5	And so I purpose to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, as the Lor said to David my father, ‘Your son, whom I will set upon your throne in your place, shall build the house for my name.’
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	5	6	Now therefore command that cedars of Lebanon be cut for me; and my servants will join your servants, and I will pay you for your servants such wages as you set; for you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	5	7	When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly, and said, “Blessed be the Lord this day, who has given to David a wise son to be over this great people.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	5	8	And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, “I have heard the message which you have sent to me; I am ready to do all you desire in the matter of cedar and cypress timber.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	5	9	My servants shall bring it down to the sea from Lebanon; and I will make it into rafts to go by sea to the place you direct, and I will have them broken up there, and you shall receive it; and you shall meet my wishes by providing food for my household.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	5	10	So Hiram supplied Solomon with all the timber of cedar and cypress that he desired,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	5	11	while Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty thousand cors of beaten oil. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	5	12	And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and the two of them made a treaty.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	5	13	King Solomon raised a levy of forced labor out of all Israel; and the levy numbered thirty thousand men.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	5	14	And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in relays; they would be a month in Lebanon and two months at home; Adoniram was in charge of the levy.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	5	15	Solomon also had seventy thousand burden-bearers and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the hill country,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	5	16	besides Solomon’s three thousand three hundred chief officers who were over the work, who had charge of the people who carried on the work.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	5	17	At the king’s command, they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	5	18	So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the men of Gebal did the hewing and prepared the timber and the stone to build the house.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	1	In the four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build the house of the Lord.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	2	The house which King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	3	The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	4	And he made for the house windows with recessed frames.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	5	He also built a structure against the wall of the house, running round the walls of the house, both the nave and the inner sanctuary; and he made side chambers all around.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	6	The lowest story was five cubits broad, the middle one was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for around the outside of the house he made offsets on the wall in order that the supporting beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	7	When the house was built, it was with stone prepared at the quarry; so that neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard in the temple, while it was being built.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	8	The entrance for the lowest story was on the south side of the house; and one went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	9	So he built the house, and finished it; and he made the ceiling of the house of beams and planks of cedar.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	10	He built the structure against the whole house, each story five cubits high, and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	11	Now the word of the Lord came to Solomon,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	12	“Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and obey my ordinances and keep all my commandments and walk in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	13	And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	14	So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	15	He lined the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the rafters of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of cypress.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	16	He built twenty cubits of the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the rafters, and he built this within as an inner sanctuary, as the most holy place.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	17	The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	18	The cedar within the house was carved in the form of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, no stone was seen.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	19	The inner sanctuary he prepared in the innermost part of the house, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	20	The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high; and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also made an altar of cedar.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	21	And Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold, and he drew chains of gold across, in front of the inner sanctuary, and overlaid it with gold.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	22	And he overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. Also the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	23	In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten cubits high.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	24	Five cubits was the length of one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the length of the other wing of the cherub; it was ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	25	The other cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same measure and the same form.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	26	The height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was that of the other cherub.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	27	He put the cherubim in the innermost part of the house; and the wings of the cherubim were spread out so that a wing of one touched the one wall, and a wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; their other wings touched each other in the middle of the house.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	28	And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	29	He carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, in the inner and outer rooms.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	30	The floor of the house he overlaid with gold in the inner and outer rooms.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	31	For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors of olivewood; the lintel and the doorposts formed a pentagon.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	32	He covered the two doors of olivewood with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; he overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubim and upon the palm trees.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	33	So also he made for the entrance to the nave doorposts of olivewood, in the form of a square,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	34	and two doors of cypress wood; the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	35	On them he carved cherubim and palm trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied upon the carved work.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	36	He built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone and one course of cedar beams.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	37	In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, in the month of Ziv.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	6	38	And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its parts, and according to all its specifications. He was seven years in building it.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	1	Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished his entire house.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	2	He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon; its length was a hundred cubits, and its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, and it was built upon three rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	3	And it was covered with cedar above the chambers that were upon the forty-five pillars, fifteen in each row.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	4	There were window frames in three rows, and window opposite window in three tiers.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	5	All the doorways and windows had square frames, and window was opposite window in three tiers.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	6	And he made the Hall of Pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits; there was a porch in front with pillars, and a canopy before them.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	7	And he made the Hall of the Throne where he was to pronounce judgment, even the Hall of Judgment; it was finished with cedar from floor to rafters.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	8	His own house where he was to dwell, in the other court back of the hall, was of like workmanship. Solomon also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter whom he had taken in marriage.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	9	All these were made of costly stones, hewn according to measure, sawed with saws, back and front, even from the foundation to the coping, and from the court of the house of the Lord to the great court.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	10	The foundation was of costly stones, huge stones, stones of eight and ten cubits.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	11	And above were costly stones, hewn according to measurement, and cedar.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	12	The great court had three courses of hewn stone round about, and a course of cedar beams; so had the inner court of the house of the Lord, and the vestibule of the house.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	13	And King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	14	He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and he was full of wisdom, understanding, and skill, for making any work in bronze. He came to King Solomon, and did all his work.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	15	He cast two pillars of bronze. Eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference; it was hollow, and its thickness was four fingers; the second pillar was the same.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	16	He also made two capitals of molten bronze, to set upon the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	17	Then he made two nets of checker work with wreaths of chain work for the capitals upon the tops of the pillars; a net for the one capital, and a net for the other capital.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	18	Likewise he made pomegranates; in two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the capital that was upon the top of the pillar; and he did the same with the other capital.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	19	Now the capitals that were upon the tops of the pillars in the vestibule were of lily-work, four cubits.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	20	The capitals were upon the two pillars and also above the rounded projection which was beside the network; there were two hundred pomegranates, in two rows round about; and so with the other capital.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	21	He set up the pillars at the vestibule of the temple; he set up the pillar on the south and called its name Jachin; and he set up the pillar on the north and called its name Boaz.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	22	And upon the tops of the pillars was lily-work. Thus the work of the pillars was finished.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	23	Then he made the molten sea; it was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	24	Under its brim were gourds, for thirty cubits, compassing the sea round about; the gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	25	It stood upon twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; the sea was set upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	26	Its thickness was a handbreadth; and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily; it held two thousand baths.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	27	He also made the ten stands of bronze; each stand was four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	28	This was the construction of the stands: they had panels, and the panels were set in the frames
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	29	and on the panels that were set in the frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim. Upon the frames, both above and below the lions and oxen, there were wreaths of beveled work.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	30	Moreover each stand had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze; and at the four corners were supports for a laver. The supports were cast, with wreaths at the side of each.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	31	Its opening was within a crown which projected upward one cubit; its opening was round, as a pedestal is made, a cubit and a half deep. At its opening there were carvings; and its panels were square, not round.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	32	And the four wheels were underneath the panels; the axles of the wheels were of one piece with the stands; and the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	33	The wheels were made like a chariot wheel; their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs, were all cast.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	34	There were four supports at the four corners of each stand; the supports were of one piece with the stands.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	35	And on the top of the stand there was a round band half a cubit high; and on the top of the stand its stays and its panels were of one piece with it.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	36	And on the surfaces of its stays and on its panels, he carved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths round about.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	37	After this manner he made the ten stands; all of them were cast alike, of the same measure and the same form.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	38	And he made ten lavers of bronze; each laver held forty baths, each laver measured four cubits, and there was a laver for each of the ten stands.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	39	And he set the stands, five on the south side of the house, and five on the north side of the house; and he set the sea on the southeast corner of the house.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	40	Hiram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished all the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of the Lord:
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	41	the two pillars, the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	42	and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	43	the ten stands, and the ten lavers upon the stands;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	44	and the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath the sea.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	45	Now the pots, the shovels, and the basins, all these vessels in the house of the Lord, which Hiram made for King Solomon, were of burnished bronze.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	46	In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	47	And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of them; the weight of the bronze was not found out.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	48	So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the Lord: the golden altar, the golden table for the bread of the Presence,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	49	the lampstands of pure gold, five on the south side and five on the north, before the inner sanctuary; the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	50	the cups, snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and firepans, of pure gold; and the sockets of gold, for the doors of the innermost part of the house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the nave of the temple.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	7	51	Thus all the work that King Solomon did on the house of the Lord was finished. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated, the silver, the gold, and the vessels, and stored them in the treasuries of the house of the Lord.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	1	Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ houses of the people of Israel, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	2	And all the men of Israel assembled to King Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	3	And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	4	And they brought up the ark of the Lord, the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; the priests and the Levites brought them up.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	5	And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	6	Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the most holy place, underneath the wings of the cherubim.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	7	For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering above the ark and its poles.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	8	And the poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place before the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from outside; and they are there to this day.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	9	There was nothing in the ark except the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the people of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	10	And when the priests came out of the holy place, a cloud filled the house of the Lord,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	11	so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	12	Then Solomon said, “The Lord has set the sun in the heavens, but has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	13	I have built thee an exalted house, a place for thee to dwell in for ever.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	14	Then the king faced about, and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	15	And he said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	16	‘Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city in all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.’
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	17	Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	18	But the Lord said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	19	nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.’
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	20	Now the Lord has fulfilled his promise which he made; for I have risen in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	21	And there I have provided a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	22	Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	23	and said, “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing steadfast love to thy servants who walk before thee with all their heart;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	24	who hast kept with thy servant David my father what thou didst declare to him; yea, thou didst speak with thy mouth, and with thy hand hast fulfilled it this day.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	25	Now therefore, O Lord, God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father what thou hast promised him, saying, ‘There shall never fail you a man before me to sit upon the throne of Israel, if only your sons take heed to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.’
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	26	Now therefore, O God of Israel, let thy word be confirmed, which thou hast spoken to thy servant David my father.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	27	“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	28	Yet have regard to the prayer of thy servant and to his supplication, O Lord my God, hearkening to the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prays before thee this day;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	29	that thy eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the place of which thou hast said, ‘My name shall be there,’ that thou mayest hearken to the prayer which thy servant offers toward this place.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	30	And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant and of thy people Israel, when they pray toward this place; yea, hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place; and when thou hearest, forgive.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	31	“If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and comes and swears his oath before thine altar in this house,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	32	then hear thou in heaven, and act, and judge thy servants, condemning the guilty by bringing his conduct upon his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	33	“When thy people Israel are defeated before the enemy because they have sinned against thee, if they turn again to thee, and acknowledge thy name, and pray and make supplication to thee in this house;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	34	then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again to the land which thou gavest to their fathers.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	35	“When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against thee, if they pray toward this place, and acknowledge thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	36	then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, thy people Israel, when thou dost teach them the good way in which they should walk; and grant rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people as an inheritance.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	37	“If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence or blight or mildew or locust or caterpillar; if their enemy besieges them in any of their cities; whatever plague, whatever sickness there is;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	38	whatever prayer, whatever supplication is made by any man or by all thy people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart and stretching out his hands toward this house;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	39	then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and render to each whose heart thou knowest, according to all his ways (for thou, thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men);
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	40	that they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest to our fathers.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	41	“Likewise when a foreigner, who is not of thy people Israel, comes from a far country for thy name’s sake
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	42	(for they shall hear of thy great name, and thy mighty hand, and of thy outstretched arm), when he comes and prays toward this house,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	43	hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to thee; in order that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name and fear thee, as do thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	44	“If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way thou shalt send them, and they pray to the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen and the house which I have built for thy name,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	45	then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	46	“If they sin against thee—for there is no man who does not sin—and thou art angry with them, and dost give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	47	yet if they lay it to heart in the land to which they have been carried captive, and repent, and make supplication to thee in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned, and have acted perversely and wickedly’;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	48	if they repent with all their mind and with all their heart in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to thee toward their land, which thou gavest to their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	49	then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	50	and forgive thy people who have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions which they have committed against thee; and grant them compassion in the sight of those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	51	(for they are thy people, and thy heritage, which thou didst bring out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace).
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	52	Let thy eyes be open to the supplication of thy servant, and to the supplication of thy people Israel, giving ear to them whenever they call to thee.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	53	For thou didst separate them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be thy heritage, as thou didst declare through Moses, thy servant, when thou didst bring our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	54	Now as Solomon finished offering all this prayer and supplication to the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, where he had knelt with hands outstretched toward heaven;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	55	and he stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	56	“Blessed be the Lord who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised; not one word has failed of all his good promise, which he uttered by Moses his servant.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	57	The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers; may he not leave us or forsake us;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	58	that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	59	Let these words of mine, wherewith I have made supplication before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, and may he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel, as each day requires;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	60	that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	61	Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the Lord our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	62	Then the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the Lord.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	63	Solomon offered as peace offerings to the Lord twenty-two thousand oxen and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	64	The same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord; for there he offered the burnt offering and the cereal offering and the fat pieces of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that was before the Lord was too small to receive the burnt offering and the cereal offering and the fat pieces of the peace offerings.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	65	So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	8	66	On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their homes joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had shown to David his servant and to Israel his people.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	1	When Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord and the king’s house and all that Solomon desired to build,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	2	the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	3	And the Lord said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your supplication, which you have made before me; I have consecrated this house which you have built, and put my name there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there for all time.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	4	And as for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, and keeping my statutes and my ordinances,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	5	then I will establish your royal throne over Israel for ever, as I promised David your father, saying, ‘There shall not fail you a man upon the throne of Israel.’
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	6	But if you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	7	then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and the house which I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my sight; and Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	8	And this house will become a heap of ruins; everyone passing by it will be astonished, and will hiss; and they will say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	9	Then they will say, ‘Because they forsook the Lord their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore the Lord has brought all this evil upon them.’”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	10	At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king’s house,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	11	and Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress timber and gold, as much as he desired, King Solomon gave to Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	12	But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, they did not please him.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	13	Therefore he said, “What kind of cities are these which you have given me, my brother?” So they are called the land of Cabul to this day.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	14	Hiram had sent to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	15	And this is the account of the forced labor which King Solomon levied to build the house of the Lord and his own house and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Hazor and Megiddo and Gezer
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	16	(Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and captured Gezer and burnt it with fire, and had slain the Canaanites who dwelt in the city, and had given it as dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	17	so Solomon rebuilt Gezer) and Lower Beth-horon
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	18	and Baalath and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land of Judah,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	19	and all the store-cities that Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	20	All the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the people of Israel—
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	21	their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel were unable to destroy utterly—these Solomon made a forced levy of slaves, and so they are to this day.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	22	But of the people of Israel Solomon made no slaves; they were the soldiers, they were his officials, his commanders, his captains, his chariot commanders and his horsemen.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	23	These were the chief officers who were over Solomon’s work: five hundred and fifty, who had charge of the people who carried on the work.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	24	But Pharaoh’s daughter went up from the city of David to her own house which Solomon had built for her; then he built the Millo.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	25	Three times a year Solomon used to offer up burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built to the Lor, burning incense before the Lord. So he finished the house.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	26	King Solomon built a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	27	And Hiram sent with the fleet his servants, seamen who were familiar with the sea, together with the servants of Solomon;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	9	28	and they went to Ophir, and brought from there gold, to the amount of four hundred and twenty talents; and they brought it to King Solomon.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	1	Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	2	She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	3	And Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing hidden from the king which he could not explain to her.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	4	And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	5	the food of his table, the seating of his officials, and the attendance of his servants, their clothing, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings which he offered at the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	6	And she said to the king, “The report was true which I heard in my own land of your affairs and of your wisdom,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	7	but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it; and, behold, the half was not told me; your wisdom and prosperity surpass the report which I heard.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	8	Happy are your wives! Happy are these your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	9	Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord loved Israel for ever, he has made you king, that you may execute justice and righteousness.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	10	Then she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a very great quantity of spices, and precious stones; never again came such an abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	11	Moreover the fleet of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought from Ophir a very great amount of almug wood and precious stones.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	12	And the king made of the almug wood supports for the house of the Lord, and for the king’s house, lyres also and harps for the singers; no such almug wood has come or been seen, to this day.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	13	And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all that she desired, whatever she asked besides what was given her by the bounty of King Solomon. So she turned and went back to her own land, with her servants.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	14	Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	15	besides that which came from the traders and from the traffic of the merchants, and from all the kings of Arabia and from the governors of the land.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	16	King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	17	And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went into each shield; and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	18	The king also made a great ivory throne, and overlaid it with the finest gold.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	19	The throne had six steps, and at the back of the throne was a calf’s head, and on each side of the seat were arm rests and two lions standing beside the arm rests,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	20	while twelve lions stood there, one on each end of a step on the six steps. The like of it was never made in any kingdom.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	21	All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver, it was not considered as anything in the days of Solomon.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	22	For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	23	Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	24	And the whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	25	Every one of them brought his present, articles of silver and gold, garments, myrrh, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	26	And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	27	And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	28	And Solomon’s import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king’s traders received them from Kue at a price.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	10	29	A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so through the king’s traders they were exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	1	Now King Solomon loved many foreign women: the daughter of Pharaoh, and Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	2	from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the people of Israel, “You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods”; Solomon clung to these in love.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	3	He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	4	For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	5	For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	6	So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did not wholly follow the Lord, as David his father had done.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	7	Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of Jerusalem.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	8	And so he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	9	And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	10	and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he did not keep what the Lord commanded.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	11	Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, “Since this has been your mind and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you and will give it to your servant.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	12	Yet for the sake of David your father I will not do it in your days, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	13	However I will not tear away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to your son, for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	14	And the Lord raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the royal house in Edom.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	15	For when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army went up to bury the slain, he slew every male in Edom
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	16	(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom);
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	17	but Hadad fled to Egypt, together with certain Edomites of his father’s servants, Hadad being yet a little child.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	18	They set out from Midian and came to Paran, and took men with them from Paran and came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave him a house, and assigned him an allowance of food, and gave him land.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	19	And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him in marriage the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	20	And the sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s house among the sons of Pharaoh.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	21	But when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Let me depart, that I may go to my own country.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	22	But Pharaoh said to him, “What have you lacked with me that you are now seeking to go to your own country?” And he said to him, “Only let me go.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	23	God also raised up as an adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master Hadadezer king of Zobah.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	24	And he gathered men about him and became leader of a marauding band, after the slaughter by David; and they went to Damascus, and dwelt there, and made him king in Damascus.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	25	He was an adversary of Israel all the days of Solomon, doing mischief as Hadad did; and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	26	Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow, also lifted up his hand against the king.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	27	And this was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king. Solomon built the Millo, and closed up the breach of the city of David his father.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	28	The man Jeroboam was very able, and when Solomon saw that the young man was industrious he gave him charge over all the forced labor of the house of Joseph.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	29	And at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the road. Now Ahijah had clad himself with a new garment; and the two of them were alone in the open country.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	30	Then Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it into twelve pieces.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	31	And he said to Jeroboam, “Take for yourself ten pieces; for thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I am about to tear the kingdom from the hand of Solomon, and will give you ten tribes
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	32	(but he shall have one tribe, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel),
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	33	because he has forsaken me, and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and has not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my sight and keeping my statutes and my ordinances, as David his father did.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	34	Nevertheless I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand; but I will make him ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of David my servant whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	35	but I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it to you, ten tribes.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	36	Yet to his son I will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put my name.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	37	And I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	38	And if you will hearken to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, I will be with you, and will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	39	And I will for this afflict the descendants of David, but not for ever.’”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	40	Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam; but Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	41	Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	42	And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	11	43	And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	1	Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	2	And when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was still in Egypt, whither he had fled from King Solomon), then Jeroboam returned from Egypt.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	3	And they sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and said to Rehoboam,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	4	“Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke upon us, and we will serve you.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	5	He said to them, “Depart for three days, then come again to me.” So the people went away.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	6	Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	7	And they said to him, “If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them, and speak good words to them when you answer them, then they will be your servants for ever.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	8	But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	9	And he said to them, “What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put upon us’?”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	10	And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Thus shall you speak to this people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but do you lighten it for us’; thus shall you say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	11	And now, whereas my father laid upon you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.’”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	12	So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king said, “Come to me again the third day.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	13	And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel which the old men had given him,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	14	he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	15	So the king did not hearken to the people; for it was a turn of affairs brought about by the Lord that he might fulfil his word, which the Lord spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	16	And when all Israel saw that the king did not hearken to them, the people answered the king, “What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David.” So Israel departed to their tents.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	17	But Rehoboam reigned over the people of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	18	Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was taskmaster over the forced labor, and all Israel stoned him to death with stones. And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	19	So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	20	And when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. There was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	21	When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	22	But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	23	“Say to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	24	‘Thus says the Lord, You shall not go up or fight against your kinsmen the people of Israel. Return every man to his home, for this thing is from me.’” So they hearkened to the word of the Lord, and went home again, according to the word of the Lord.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	25	Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and dwelt there; and he went out from there and built Penuel.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	26	And Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will turn back to the house of David;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	27	if this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn again to their lord, to Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	28	So the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	29	And he set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	30	And this thing became a sin, for the people went to the one at Bethel and to the other as far as Dan.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	31	He also made houses on high places, and appointed priests from among all the people, who were not of the Levites.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	32	And Jeroboam appointed a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices upon the altar; so he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made. And he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	12	33	He went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and he ordained a feast for the people of Israel, and went up to the altar to burn incense.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	1	And behold, a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the Lord to Bethel. Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	2	And the man cried against the altar by the word of the Lord, and said, “O altar, altar, thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and he shall sacrifice upon you the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and men’s bones shall be burned upon you.’”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	3	And he gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign that the Lord has spoken: ‘Behold, the altar shall be torn down, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.’”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	4	And when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, “Lay hold of him.” And his hand, which he stretched out against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	5	The altar also was torn down, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	6	And the king said to the man of God, “Entreat now the favor of the Lord your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.” And the man of God entreated the Lord; and the king’s hand was restored to him, and became as it was before.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	7	And the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	8	And the man of God said to the king, “If you give me half your house, I will not go in with you. And I will not eat bread or drink water in this place;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	9	for so was it commanded me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘You shall neither eat bread, nor drink water, nor return by the way that you came.’”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	10	So he went another way, and did not return by the way that he came to Bethel.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	11	Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel. And his sons came and told him all that the man of God had done that day in Bethel; the words also which he had spoken to the king, they told to their father.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	12	And their father said to them, “Which way did he go?” And his sons showed him the way which the man of God who came from Judah had gone.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	13	And he said to his sons, “Saddle the ass for me.” So they saddled the ass for him and he mounted it.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	14	And he went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak; and he said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” And he said, “I am.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	15	Then he said to him, “Come home with me and eat bread.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	16	And he said, “I may not return with you, or go in with you; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	17	for it was said to me by the word of the Lord, ‘You shall neither eat bread nor drink water there, nor return by the way that you came.’”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	18	And he said to him, “I also am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘Bring him back with you into your house that he may eat bread and drink water.’” But he lied to him.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	19	So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	20	And as they sat at the table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had brought him back;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	21	and he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Because you have disobeyed the word of the Lord, and have not kept the commandment which the Lord your God commanded you,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	22	but have come back, and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to you, “Eat no bread, and drink no water”; your body shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.’”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	23	And after he had eaten bread and drunk, he saddled the ass for the prophet whom he had brought back.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	24	And as he went away a lion met him on the road and killed him. And his body was thrown in the road, and the ass stood beside it; the lion also stood beside the body.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	25	And behold, men passed by, and saw the body thrown in the road, and the lion standing by the body. And they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	26	And when the prophet who had brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, “It is the man of God, who disobeyed the word of the Lord; therefore the Lord has given him to the lion, which has torn him and slain him, according to the word which the Lord spoke to him.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	27	And he said to his sons, “Saddle the ass for me.” And they saddled it.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	28	And he went and found his body thrown in the road, and the ass and the lion standing beside the body. The lion had not eaten the body or torn the ass.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	29	And the prophet took up the body of the man of God and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back to the city, to mourn and to bury him.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	30	And he laid the body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, “Alas, my brother!”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	31	And after he had buried him, he said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in the grave in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	32	For the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	33	After this thing Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but made priests for the high places again from among all the people; any who would, he consecrated to be priests of the high places.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	13	34	And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, so as to cut it off and to destroy it from the face of the earth.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	1	At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	2	And Jeroboam said to his wife, “Arise, and disguise yourself, that it be not known that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh; behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, who said of me that I should be king over this people.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	3	Take with you ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him; he will tell you what shall happen to the child.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	4	Jeroboam’s wife did so; she arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	5	And the Lord said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to inquire of you concerning her son; for he is sick. Thus and thus shall you say to her.” When she came, she pretended to be another woman.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	6	But when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam; why do you pretend to be another? For I am charged with heavy tidings for you.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	7	Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: “Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you leader over my people Israel,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	8	and tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you; and yet you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commandments, and followed me with all his heart, doing only that which was right in my eyes,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	9	but you have done evil above all that were before you and have gone and made for yourself other gods, and molten images, provoking me to anger, and have cast me behind your back;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	10	therefore behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both bond and free in Israel, and will utterly consume the house of Jeroboam, as a man burns up dung until it is all gone.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	11	Any one belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city the dogs shall eat; and any one who dies in the open country the birds of the air shall eat; for the Lord has spoken it.”’
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	12	Arise therefore, go to your house. When your feet enter the city, the child shall die.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	13	And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found something pleasing to the Lord, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	14	Moreover the Lord will raise up for himself a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam today. And henceforth
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	15	the Lord will smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and root up Israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherim, provoking the Lord to anger.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	16	And he will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he sinned and which he made Israel to sin.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	17	Then Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah. And as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	18	And all Israel buried him and mourned for him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the prophet.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	19	Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	20	And the time that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two years; and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	21	Now Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	22	And Judah did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, more than all that their fathers had done.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	23	For they also built for themselves high places, and pillars, and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	24	and there were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	25	In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	26	he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house; he took away everything. He also took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	27	and King Rehoboam made in their stead shields of bronze, and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	28	And as often as the king went into the house of the Lord, the guard bore them and brought them back to the guardroom.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	29	Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	30	And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	14	31	And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	1	Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	2	He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	3	And he walked in all the sins which his father did before him; and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	4	Nevertheless for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, setting up his son after him, and establishing Jerusalem;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	5	because David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and did not turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	6	Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	7	The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	8	And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his stead.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	9	In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel Asa began to reign over Judah,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	10	and he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	11	And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as David his father had done.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	12	He put away the male cult prostitutes out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	13	He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother because she had an abominable image made for Asherah; and Asa cut down her image and burned it at the brook Kidron.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	14	But the high places were not taken away. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was wholly true to the Lord all his days.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	15	And he brought into the house of the Lord the votive gifts of his father and his own votive gifts, silver, and gold, and vessels.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	16	And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	17	Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might permit no one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	18	Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house, and gave them into the hands of his servants; and King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezi-on, king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	19	“Let there be a league between me and you, as between my father and your father: behold, I am sending to you a present of silver and gold; go, break your league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may withdraw from me.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	20	And Ben-hadad hearkened to King Asa, and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	21	And when Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and he dwelt in Tirzah.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	22	Then King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah, none was exempt, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber, with which Baasha had been building; and with them King Asa built Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	23	Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? But in his old age he was diseased in his feet.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	24	And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	25	Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	26	He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin which he made Israel to sin.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	27	Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	28	So Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	29	And as soon as he was king, he killed all the house of Jeroboam; he left to the house of Jeroboam not one that breathed, until he had destroyed it, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	30	it was for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned and which he made Israel to sin, and because of the anger to which he provoked the Lord, the God of Israel.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	31	Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	32	And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	33	In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel at Tirzah, and reigned twenty-four years.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	15	34	He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he made Israel to sin.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	1	And the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	2	“Since I exalted you out of the dust and made you leader over my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have made my people Israel to sin, provoking me to anger with their sins,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	3	behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	4	Any one belonging to Baasha who dies in the city the dogs shall eat; and any one of his who dies in the field the birds of the air shall eat.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	5	Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	6	And Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried at Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	7	Moreover the word of the Lord came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and also because he destroyed it.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	8	In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and reigned two years.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	9	But his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. When he was at Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	10	Zimri came in and struck him down and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	11	When he began to reign, as soon as he had seated himself on his throne, he killed all the house of Baasha; he did not leave him a single male of his kinsmen or his friends.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	12	Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	13	for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son which they sinned, and which they made Israel to sin, provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their idols.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	14	Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	15	In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	16	and the troops who were encamped heard it said, “Zimri has conspired, and he has killed the king”; therefore all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	17	So Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	18	And when Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king’s house, and burned the king’s house over him with fire, and died,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	19	because of his sins which he committed, doing evil in the sight of the Lord, walking in the way of Jeroboam, and for his sin which he committed, making Israel to sin.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	20	Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the conspiracy which he made, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	21	Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts; half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king, and half followed Omri.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	22	But the people who followed Omri overcame the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath; so Tibni died, and Omri became king.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	23	In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel, and reigned for twelve years; six years he reigned in Tirzah.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	24	He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; and he fortified the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	25	Omri did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did more evil than all who were before him.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	26	For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in the sins which he made Israel to sin, provoking the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger by their idols.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	27	Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and the might that he showed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	28	And Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	29	In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	30	And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord more than all that were before him.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	31	And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took for wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	32	He erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	33	And Ahab made an Asherah. Ahab did more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	16	34	In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho; he laid its foundation at the cost of Abiram his first-born, and set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	17	1	Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	17	2	And the word of the Lord came to him,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	17	3	“Depart from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is east of the Jordan.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	17	4	You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	17	5	So he went and did according to the word of the Lord; he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith that is east of the Jordan.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	17	6	And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	17	7	And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	17	8	Then the word of the Lord came to him,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	17	9	“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	17	10	So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her and said, “Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	17	11	And as she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, “Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	17	12	And she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of meal in a jar, and a little oil in a cruse; and now, I am gathering a couple of sticks, that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	17	13	And Elijah said to her, “Fear not; go and do as you have said; but first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make for yourself and your son.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	17	14	For thus says the Lord the God of Israel, ‘The jar of meal shall not be spent, and the cruse of oil shall not fail, until the day that the Lord sends rain upon the earth.’”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	17	15	And she went and did as Elijah said; and she, and he, and her household ate for many days.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	17	16	The jar of meal was not spent, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by Elijah.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	17	17	After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill; and his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	17	18	And she said to Elijah, “What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to cause the death of my son!”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	17	19	And he said to her, “Give me your son.” And he took him from her bosom, and carried him up into the upper chamber, where he lodged, and laid him upon his own bed.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	17	20	And he cried to the Lord, “O Lord my God, hast thou brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	17	21	Then he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried to the Lord, “O Lord my God, let this child’s soul come into him again.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	17	22	And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	17	23	And Elijah took the child, and brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, “See, your son lives.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	17	24	And the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	1	After many days the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	2	So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	3	And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah revered the Lord greatly;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	4	and when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	5	And Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys; perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, and not lose some of the animals.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	6	So they divided the land between them to pass through it; Ahab went in one direction by himself, and Obadiah went in another direction by himself.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	7	And as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him; and Obadiah recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	8	And he answered him, “It is I. Go, tell your lord, ‘Behold, Elijah is here.’”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	9	And he said, “Wherein have I sinned, that you would give your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	10	As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom whither my lord has not sent to seek you; and when they would say, ‘He is not here,’ he would take an oath of the kingdom or nation, that they had not found you.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	11	And now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here.”’
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	12	And as soon as I have gone from you, the Spirit of the Lord will carry you whither I know not; and so, when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, although I your servant have revered the Lord from my youth.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	13	Has it not been told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the Lord, how I hid a hundred men of the Lord’s prophets by fifties in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	14	And now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here”’; and he will kill me.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	15	And Elijah said, “As the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	16	So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	17	When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is it you, you troubler of Israel?”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	18	And he answered, “I have not troubled Israel; but you have, and your father’s house, because you have forsaken the commandments of the Lord and followed the Baals.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	19	Now therefore send and gather all Israel to me at Mount Carmel, and the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	20	So Ahab sent to all the people of Israel, and gathered the prophets together at Mount Carmel.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	21	And Elijah came near to all the people, and said, “How long will you go limping with two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.” And the people did not answer him a word.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	22	Then Elijah said to the people, “I, even I only, am left a prophet of the Lord; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	23	Let two bulls be given to us; and let them choose one bull for themselves, and cut it in pieces and lay it on the wood, but put no fire to it; and I will prepare the other bull and lay it on the wood, and put no fire to it.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	24	And you call on the name of your god and I will call on the name of the Lord; and the God who answers by fire, he is God.” And all the people answered, “It is well spoken.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	25	Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first, for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire to it.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	26	And they took the bull which was given them, and they prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no voice, and no one answered. And they limped about the altar which they had made.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	27	And at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, “Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is musing, or he has gone aside, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	28	And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their custom with swords and lances, until the blood gushed out upon them.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	29	And as midday passed, they raved on until the time of the offering of the oblation, but there was no voice; no one answered, no one heeded.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	30	Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me”; and all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that had been thrown down;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	31	Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord came, saying, “Israel shall be your name”;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	32	and with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord. And he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	33	And he put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces and laid it on the wood. And he said, “Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt offering, and on the wood.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	34	And he said, “Do it a second time”; and they did it a second time. And he said, “Do it a third time”; and they did it a third time.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	35	And the water ran round about the altar, and filled the trench also with water.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	36	And at the time of the offering of the oblation, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	37	Answer me, O Lord, answer me, that this people may know that thou, O Lord, art God, and that thou hast turned their hearts back.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	38	Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	39	And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The Lord, he is God; the Lord, he is God.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	40	And Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape.” And they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	41	And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of the rushing of rain.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	42	So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	43	And he said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” And he went up and looked, and said, “There is nothing.” And he said, “Go again seven times.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	44	And at the seventh time he said, “Behold, a little cloud like a man’s hand is rising out of the sea.” And he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down, lest the rain stop you.’”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	45	And in a little while the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	18	46	And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	19	1	Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	19	2	Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	19	3	Then he was afraid, and he arose and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	19	4	But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree; and he asked that he might die, saying, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am no better than my fathers.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	19	5	And he lay down and slept under a broom tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	19	6	And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. And he ate and drank, and lay down again.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	19	7	And the angel of the Lord came again a second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, else the journey will be too great for you.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	19	8	And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	19	9	And there he came to a cave, and lodged there; and behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	19	10	He said, “I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the people of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thy altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	19	11	And he said, “Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	19	12	and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	19	13	And when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	19	14	He said, “I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the people of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thy altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	19	15	And the Lord said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus; and when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	19	16	and Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	19	17	And him who escapes from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay; and him who escapes from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	19	18	Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	19	19	So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing, with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah passed by him and cast his mantle upon him.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	19	20	And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again; for what have I done to you?”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	19	21	And he returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the yokes of the oxen, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and went after Elijah, and ministered to him.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	1	Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together; thirty-two kings were with him, and horses and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	2	And he sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel, and said to him, “Thus says Ben-hadad:
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	3	‘Your silver and your gold are mine; your fairest wives and children also are mine.’”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	4	And the king of Israel answered, “As you say, my lord, O king, I am yours, and all that I have.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	5	The messengers came again, and said, “Thus says Ben-hadad: ‘I sent to you, saying, “Deliver to me your silver and your gold, your wives and your children”;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	6	nevertheless I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house and the houses of your servants, and lay hands on whatever pleases them, and take it away.’”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	7	Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, “Mark, now, and see how this man is seeking trouble; for he sent to me for my wives and my children, and for my silver and my gold, and I did not refuse him.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	8	And all the elders and all the people said to him, “Do not heed or consent.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	9	So he said to the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you first demanded of your servant I will do; but this thing I cannot do.’” And the messengers departed and brought him word again.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	10	Ben-hadad sent to him and said, “The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	11	And the king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Let not him that girds on his armor boast himself as he that puts it off.’”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	12	When Ben-hadad heard this message as he was drinking with the kings in the booths, he said to his men, “Take your positions.” And they took their positions against the city.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	13	And behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel and said, “Thus says the Lord, Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will give it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am the Lord.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	14	And Ahab said, “By whom?” He said, “Thus says the Lord, By the servants of the governors of the districts.” Then he said, “Who shall begin the battle?” He answered, “You.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	15	Then he mustered the servants of the governors of the districts, and they were two hundred and thirty-two; and after them he mustered all the people of Israel, seven thousand.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	16	And they went out at noon, while Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the booths, he and the thirty-two kings who helped him.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	17	The servants of the governors of the districts went out first. And Ben-hadad sent out scouts, and they reported to him, “Men are coming out from Samaria.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	18	He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	19	So these went out of the city, the servants of the governors of the districts, and the army which followed them.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	20	And each killed his man; the Syrians fled and Israel pursued them, but Ben-hadad king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	21	And the king of Israel went out, and captured the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	22	Then the prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said to him, “Come, strengthen yourself, and consider well what you have to do; for in the spring the king of Syria will come up against you.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	23	And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills, and so they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	24	And do this: remove the kings, each from his post, and put commanders in their places;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	25	and muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot; then we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.” And he hearkened to their voice, and did so.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	26	In the spring Ben-hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	27	And the people of Israel were mustered, and were provisioned, and went against them; the people of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of goats, but the Syrians filled the country.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	28	And a man of God came near and said to the king of Israel, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Because the Syrians have said, “The Lord is a god of the hills but he is not a god of the valleys,” therefore I will give all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the Lord.’”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	29	And they encamped opposite one another seven days. Then on the seventh day the battle was joined; and the people of Israel smote of the Syrians a hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	30	And the rest fled into the city of Aphek; and the wall fell upon twenty-seven thousand men that were left. Ben-hadad also fled, and entered an inner chamber in the city.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	31	And his servants said to him, “Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings; let us put sackcloth on our loins and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will spare your life.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	32	So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Pray, let me live.’” And he said, “Does he still live? He is my brother.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	33	Now the men were watching for an omen, and they quickly took it up from him and said, “Yes, your brother Ben-hadad.” Then he said, “Go and bring him.” Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	34	And Ben-hadad said to him, “The cities which my father took from your father I will restore; and you may establish bazaars for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” And Ahab said, “I will let you go on these terms.” So he made a covenant with him and let him go.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	35	And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow at the command of the Lord, “Strike me, I pray.” But the man refused to strike him.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	36	Then he said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as you have gone from me, a lion shall kill you.” And as soon as he had departed from him, a lion met him and killed him.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	37	Then he found another man, and said, “Strike me, I pray.” And the man struck him, smiting and wounding him.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	38	So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	39	And as the king passed, he cried to the king and said, “Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a soldier turned and brought a man to me, and said, ‘Keep this man; if by any means he be missing, your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.’
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	40	And as your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.” The king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you yourself have decided it.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	41	Then he made haste to take the bandage away from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	42	And he said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.’”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	20	43	And the king of Israel went to his house resentful and sullen, and came to Samaria.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	1	Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	2	And after this Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden, because it is near my house; and I will give you a better vineyard for it; or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its value in money.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	3	But Naboth said to Ahab, “The Lord forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	4	And Ahab went into his house vexed and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him; for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no food.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	5	But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, “Why is your spirit so vexed that you eat no food?”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	6	And he said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it please you, I will give you another vineyard for it’; and he answered, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	7	And Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now govern Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be cheerful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	8	So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and she sent the letters to the elders and the nobles who dwelt with Naboth in his city.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	9	And she wrote in the letters, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	10	and set two base fellows opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, ‘You have cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out, and stone him to death.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	11	And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them. As it was written in the letters which she had sent to them,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	12	they proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	13	And the two base fellows came in and sat opposite him; and the base fellows brought a charge against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city, and stoned him to death with stones.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	14	Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned; he is dead.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	15	As soon as Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, “Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	16	And as soon as Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab arose to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	17	Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	18	“Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria; behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to take possession.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	19	And you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Have you killed, and also taken possession?”’ And you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: “In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your own blood.”’”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	20	Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	21	Behold, I will bring evil upon you; I will utterly sweep you away, and will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	22	and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the anger to which you have provoked me, and because you have made Israel to sin.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	23	And of Jezebel the Lord also said, ‘The dogs shall eat Jezebel within the bounds of Jezreel.’
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	24	Any one belonging to Ahab who dies in the city the dogs shall eat; and any one of his who dies in the open country the birds of the air shall eat.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	25	(There was none who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife incited.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	26	He did very abominably in going after idols, as the Amorites had done, whom the Lord cast out before the people of Israel.)
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	27	And when Ahab heard those words, he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted and lay in sackcloth, and went about dejectedly.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	28	And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	21	29	“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son’s days I will bring the evil upon his house.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	1	For three years Syria and Israel continued without war.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	2	But in the third year Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	3	And the king of Israel said to his servants, “Do you know that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, and we keep quiet and do not take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	4	And he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	5	And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Inquire first for the word of the Lord.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	6	Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall I go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I forbear?” And they said, “Go up; for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	7	But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not here another prophet of the Lord of whom we may inquire?”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	8	And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but evil.” And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	9	Then the king of Israel summoned an officer and said, “Bring quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	10	Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting on their thrones, arrayed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	11	And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made for himself horns of iron, and said, “Thus says the Lord, ‘With these you shall push the Syrians until they are destroyed.’”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	12	And all the prophets prophesied so, and said, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph; the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	13	And the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Behold, the words of the prophets with one accord are favorable to the king; let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	14	But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, what the Lord says to me, that I will speak.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	15	And when he had come to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear?” And he answered him, “Go up and triumph; the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	16	But the king said to him, “How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	17	And he said, “I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd; and the Lord said, ‘These have no master; let each return to his home in peace.’”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	18	And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	19	And Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing beside him on his right hand and on his left;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	20	and the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said one thing, and another said another.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	21	Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	22	And the Lord said to him, ‘By what means?’ And he said, ‘I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go forth and do so.’
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	23	Now therefore behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; the Lord has spoken evil concerning you.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	24	Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “How did the Spirit of the Lord go from me to speak to you?”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	25	And Micaiah said, “Behold, you shall see on that day when you go into an inner chamber to hide yourself.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	26	And the king of Israel said, “Seize Micaiah, and take him back to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son;
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	27	and say, ‘Thus says the king, “Put this fellow in prison, and feed him with scant fare of bread and water, until I come in peace.”’”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	28	And Micaiah said, “If you return in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me.” And he said, “Hear, all you peoples!”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	29	So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	30	And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your robes.” And the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	31	Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, “Fight with neither small nor great, but only with the king of Israel.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	32	And when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “It is surely the king of Israel.” So they turned to fight against him; and Jehoshaphat cried out.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	33	And when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	34	But a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and struck the king of Israel between the scale armor and the breastplate; therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn about, and carry me out of the battle, for I am wounded.”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	35	And the battle grew hot that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Syrians, until at evening he died; and the blood of the wound flowed into the bottom of the chariot.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	36	And about sunset a cry went through the army, “Every man to his city, and every man to his country!”
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	37	So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	38	And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood, and the harlots washed themselves in it, according to the word of the Lord which he had spoken.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	39	Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	40	So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	41	Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	42	Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	43	He walked in all the way of Asa his father; he did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the Lord; yet the high places were not taken away, and the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	44	Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	45	Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	46	And the remnant of the male cult prostitutes who remained in the days of his father Asa, he exterminated from the land.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	47	There was no king in Edom; a deputy was king.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	48	Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold; but they did not go, for the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	49	Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants go with your servants in the ships,” but Jehoshaphat was not willing.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	50	And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	51	Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	52	He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
+1 Kings	1Kings	11	22	53	He served Baal and worshiped him, and provoked the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger in every way that his father had done.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	1	1	After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	1	2	Now Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria, and lay sick; so he sent messengers, telling them, “Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this sickness.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	1	3	But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	1	4	Now therefore thus says the Lord, ‘You shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone, but you shall surely die.’” So Elijah went.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	1	5	The messengers returned to the king, and he said to them, “Why have you returned?”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	1	6	And they said to him, “There came a man to meet us, and said to us, ‘Go back to the king who sent you, and say to him, Thus says the Lord, Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone, but shall surely die.’”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	1	7	He said to them, “What kind of man was he who came to meet you and told you these things?”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	1	8	They answered him, “He wore a garment of haircloth, with a girdle of leather about his loins.” And he said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	1	9	Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty men with his fifty. He went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, “O man of God, the king says, ‘Come down.’”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	1	10	But Elijah answered the captain of fifty, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty.” Then fire came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	1	11	Again the king sent to him another captain of fifty men with his fifty. And he went up and said to him, “O man of God, this is the king’s order, ‘Come down quickly!’”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	1	12	But Elijah answered them, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty.” Then the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	1	13	Again the king sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and entreated him, “O man of God, I pray you, let my life, and the life of these fifty servants of yours, be precious in your sight.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	1	14	Lo, fire came down from heaven, and consumed the two former captains of fifty men with their fifties; but now let my life be precious in your sight.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	1	15	Then the angel of the Lord said to Elijah, “Go down with him; do not be afraid of him.” So he arose and went down with him to the king,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	1	16	and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron,—is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word?—therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone, but you shall surely die.’”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	1	17	So he died according to the word of the Lord which Elijah had spoken. Jehoram, his brother, became king in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, because Ahaziah had no son.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	1	18	Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	2	1	Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	2	2	And Elijah said to Elisha, “Tarry here, I pray you; for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	2	3	And the sons of the prophets who were in Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that today the Lord will take away your master from over you?” And he said, “Yes, I know it; hold your peace.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	2	4	Elijah said to him, “Elisha, tarry here, I pray you; for the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” But he said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they came to Jericho.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	2	5	The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho drew near to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that today the Lord will take away your master from over you?” And he answered, “Yes, I know it; hold your peace.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	2	6	Then Elijah said to him, “Tarry here, I pray you; for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.” But he said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	2	7	Fifty men of the sons of the prophets also went, and stood at some distance from them, as they both were standing by the Jordan.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	2	8	Then Elijah took his mantle, and rolled it up, and struck the water, and the water was parted to the one side and to the other, till the two of them could go over on dry ground.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	2	9	When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.” And Elisha said, “I pray you, let me inherit a double share of your spirit.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	2	10	And he said, “You have asked a hard thing; yet, if you see me as I am being taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if you do not see me, it shall not be so.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	2	11	And as they still went on and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	2	12	And Elisha saw it and he cried, “My father, my father! the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” And he saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and rent them in two pieces.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	2	13	And he took up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	2	14	Then he took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the water, saying, “Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” And when he had struck the water, the water was parted to the one side and to the other; and Elisha went over.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	2	15	Now when the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho saw him over against them, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they came to meet him, and bowed to the ground before him.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	2	16	And they said to him, “Behold now, there are with your servants fifty strong men; pray, let them go, and seek your master; it may be that the Spirit of the Lord has caught him up and cast him upon some mountain or into some valley.” And he said, “You shall not send.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	2	17	But when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, “Send.” They sent therefore fifty men; and for three days they sought him but did not find him.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	2	18	And they came back to him, while he tarried at Jericho, and he said to them, “Did I not say to you, Do not go?”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	2	19	Now the men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land is unfruitful.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	2	20	He said, “Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	2	21	Then he went to the spring of water and threw salt in it, and said, “Thus says the Lord, I have made this water wholesome; henceforth neither death nor miscarriage shall come from it.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	2	22	So the water has been wholesome to this day, according to the word which Elisha spoke.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	2	23	He went up from there to Bethel; and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	2	24	And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	2	25	From there he went on to Mount Carmel, and thence he returned to Samaria.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	1	In the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned twelve years.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	2	He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, though not like his father and mother, for he put away the pillar of Baal which his father had made.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	3	Nevertheless he clung to the sin of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin; he did not depart from it.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	4	Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder; and he had to deliver annually to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and the wool of a hundred thousand rams.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	5	But when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	6	So King Jehoram marched out of Samaria at that time and mustered all Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	7	And he went and sent word to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me; will you go with me to battle against Moab?” And he said, “I will go; I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	8	Then he said, “By which way shall we march?” Jehoram answered, “By the way of the wilderness of Edom.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	9	So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom. And when they had made a circuitous march of seven days, there was no water for the army or for the beasts which followed them.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	10	Then the king of Israel said, “Alas! The Lord has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	11	And Jehoshaphat said, “Is there no prophet of the Lord here, through whom we may inquire of the Lord?” Then one of the king of Israel’s servants answered, “Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	12	And Jehoshaphat said, “The word of the Lord is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	13	And Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and the prophets of your mother.” But the king of Israel said to him, “No; it is the Lord who has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	14	And Elisha said, “As the Lord of hosts lives, whom I serve, were it not that I have regard for Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would neither look at you, nor see you.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	15	But now bring me a minstrel.” And when the minstrel played, the power of the Lord came upon him.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	16	And he said, “Thus says the Lord, ‘I will make this dry stream-bed full of pools.’
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	17	For thus says the Lord, ‘You shall not see wind or rain, but that stream-bed shall be filled with water, so that you shall drink, you, your cattle, and your beasts.’
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	18	This is a light thing in the sight of the Lord; he will also give the Moabites into your hand,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	19	and you shall conquer every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop up all springs of water, and ruin every good piece of land with stones.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	20	The next morning, about the time of offering the sacrifice, behold, water came from the direction of Edom, till the country was filled with water.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	21	When all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, all who were able to put on armor, from the youngest to the oldest, were called out, and were drawn up at the frontier.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	22	And when they rose early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	23	And they said, “This is blood; the kings have surely fought together, and slain one another. Now then, Moab, to the spoil!”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	24	But when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose and attacked the Moabites, till they fled before them; and they went forward, slaughtering the Moabites as they went.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	25	And they overthrew the cities, and on every good piece of land every man threw a stone, until it was covered; they stopped every spring of water, and felled all the good trees; till only its stones were left in Kir-hareseth, and the slingers surrounded and conquered it.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	26	When the king of Moab saw that the battle was going against him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through, opposite the king of Edom; but they could not.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	3	27	Then he took his eldest son who was to reign in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there came great wrath upon Israel; and they withdrew from him and returned to their own land.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	1	Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant feared the Lord, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	2	And Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me; what have you in the house?” And she said, “Your maidservant has nothing in the house, except a jar of oil.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	3	Then he said, “Go outside, borrow vessels of all your neighbors, empty vessels and not too few.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	4	Then go in, and shut the door upon yourself and your sons, and pour into all these vessels; and when one is full, set it aside.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	5	So she went from him and shut the door upon herself and her sons; and as she poured they brought the vessels to her.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	6	When the vessels were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” And he said to her, “There is not another.” Then the oil stopped flowing.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	7	She came and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	8	One day Elisha went on to Shunem, where a wealthy woman lived, who urged him to eat some food. So whenever he passed that way, he would turn in there to eat food.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	9	And she said to her husband, “Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who is continually passing our way.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	10	Let us make a small roof chamber with walls, and put there for him a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp, so that whenever he comes to us, he can go in there.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	11	One day he came there, and he turned into the chamber and rested there.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	12	And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called her, she stood before him.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	13	And he said to him, “Say now to her, See, you have taken all this trouble for us; what is to be done for you? Would you have a word spoken on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?” She answered, “I dwell among my own people.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	14	And he said, “What then is to be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Well, she has no son, and her husband is old.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	15	He said, “Call her.” And when he had called her, she stood in the doorway.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	16	And he said, “At this season, when the time comes round, you shall embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, O man of God; do not lie to your maidservant.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	17	But the woman conceived, and she bore a son about that time the following spring, as Elisha had said to her.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	18	When the child had grown, he went out one day to his father among the reapers.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	19	And he said to his father, “Oh, my head, my head!” The father said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	20	And when he had lifted him, and brought him to his mother, the child sat on her lap till noon, and then he died.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	21	And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	22	Then she called to her husband, and said, “Send me one of the servants and one of the asses, that I may quickly go to the man of God, and come back again.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	23	And he said, “Why will you go to him today? It is neither new moon nor sabbath.” She said, “It will be well.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	24	Then she saddled the ass, and she said to her servant, “Urge the beast on; do not slacken the pace for me unless I tell you.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	25	So she set out, and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her coming, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Look, yonder is the Shunammite;
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	26	run at once to meet her, and say to her, Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the child?” And she answered, “It is well.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	27	And when she came to the mountain to the man of God, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came to thrust her away. But the man of God said, “Let her alone, for she is in bitter distress; and the Lord has hidden it from me, and has not told me.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	28	Then she said, “Did I ask my lord for a son? Did I not say, Do not deceive me?”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	29	He said to Gehazi, “Gird up your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go. If you meet any one, do not salute him; and if any one salutes you, do not reply; and lay my staff upon the face of the child.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	30	Then the mother of the child said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he arose and followed her.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	31	Gehazi went on ahead and laid the staff upon the face of the child, but there was no sound or sign of life. Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, “The child has not awaked.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	32	When Elisha came into the house, he saw the child lying dead on his bed.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	33	So he went in and shut the door upon the two of them, and prayed to the Lord.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	34	Then he went up and lay upon the child, putting his mouth upon his mouth, his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands; and as he stretched himself upon him, the flesh of the child became warm.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	35	Then he got up again, and walked once to and fro in the house, and went up, and stretched himself upon him; the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	36	Then he summoned Gehazi and said, “Call this Shunammite.” So he called her. And when she came to him, he said, “Take up your son.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	37	She came and fell at his feet, bowing to the ground; then she took up her son and went out.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	38	And Elisha came again to Gilgal when there was a famine in the land. And as the sons of the prophets were sitting before him, he said to his servant, “Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	39	One of them went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine and gathered from it his lap full of wild gourds, and came and cut them up into the pot of pottage, not knowing what they were.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	40	And they poured out for the men to eat. But while they were eating of the pottage, they cried out, “O man of God, there is death in the pot!” And they could not eat it.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	41	He said, “Then bring meal.” And he threw it into the pot, and said, “Pour out for the men, that they may eat.” And there was no harm in the pot.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	42	A man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And Elisha said, “Give to the men, that they may eat.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	43	But his servant said, “How am I to set this before a hundred men?” So he repeated, “Give them to the men, that they may eat, for thus says the Lord, ‘They shall eat and have some left.’”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	4	44	So he set it before them. And they ate, and had some left, according to the word of the Lord.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	1	Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	2	Now the Syrians on one of their raids had carried off a little maid from the land of Israel, and she waited on Naaman’s wife.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	3	She said to her mistress, “Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	4	So Naaman went in and told his lord, “Thus and so spoke the maiden from the land of Israel.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	5	And the king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So he went, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten festal garments.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	6	And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, which read, “When this letter reaches you, know that I have sent to you Naaman my servant, that you may cure him of his leprosy.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	7	And when the king of Israel read the letter, he rent his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Only consider, and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	8	But when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, he sent to the king, saying, “Why have you rent your clothes? Let him come now to me, that he may know that there is a prophet in Israel.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	9	So Naaman came with his horses and chariots, and halted at the door of Elisha’s house.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	10	And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored, and you shall be clean.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	11	But Naaman was angry, and went away, saying, “Behold, I thought that he would surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place, and cure the leper.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	12	Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them, and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	13	But his servants came near and said to him, “My father, if the prophet had commanded you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much rather, then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	14	So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	15	Then he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and he came and stood before him; and he said, “Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel; so accept now a present from your servant.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	16	But he said, “As the Lord lives, whom I serve, I will receive none.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	17	Then Naaman said, “If not, I pray you, let there be given to your servant two mules’ burden of earth; for henceforth your servant will not offer burnt offering or sacrifice to any god but the Lord.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	18	In this matter may the Lord pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, leaning on my arm, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon your servant in this matter.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	19	He said to him, “Go in peace.” But when Naaman had gone from him a short distance,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	20	Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “See, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not accepting from his hand what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him, and get something from him.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	21	So Gehazi followed Naaman. And when Naaman saw some one running after him, he alighted from the chariot to meet him, and said, “Is all well?”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	22	And he said, “All is well. My master has sent me to say, ‘There have just now come to me from the hill country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets; pray, give them a talent of silver and two festal garments.’”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	23	And Naaman said, “Be pleased to accept two talents.” And he urged him, and tied up two talents of silver in two bags, with two festal garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they carried them before Gehazi.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	24	And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and put them in the house; and he sent the men away, and they departed.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	25	He went in, and stood before his master, and Elisha said to him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” And he said, “Your servant went nowhere.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	26	But he said to him, “Did I not go with you in spirit when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Was it a time to accept money and garments, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	5	27	Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cleave to you, and to your descendants for ever.” So he went out from his presence a leper, as white as snow.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	1	Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “See, the place where we dwell under your charge is too small for us.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	2	Let us go to the Jordan and each of us get there a log, and let us make a place for us to dwell there.” And he answered, “Go.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	3	Then one of them said, “Be pleased to go with your servants.” And he answered, “I will go.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	4	So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	5	But as one was felling a log, his axe head fell into the water; and he cried out, “Alas, my master! It was borrowed.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	6	Then the man of God said, “Where did it fall?” When he showed him the place, he cut off a stick, and threw it in there, and made the iron float.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	7	And he said, “Take it up.” So he reached out his hand and took it.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	8	Once when the king of Syria was warring against Israel, he took counsel with his servants, saying, “At such and such a place shall be my camp.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	9	But the man of God sent word to the king of Israel, “Beware that you do not pass this place, for the Syrians are going down there.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	10	And the king of Israel sent to the place of which the man of God told him. Thus he used to warn him, so that he saved himself there more than once or twice.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	11	And the mind of the king of Syria was greatly troubled because of this thing; and he called his servants and said to them, “Will you not show me who of us is for the king of Israel?”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	12	And one of his servants said, “None, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedchamber.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	13	And he said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send and seize him.” It was told him, “Behold, he is in Dothan.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	14	So he sent there horses and chariots and a great army; and they came by night, and surrounded the city.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	15	When the servant of the man of God rose early in the morning and went out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was round about the city. And the servant said, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	16	He said, “Fear not, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	17	Then Elisha prayed, and said, “O Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes that he may see.” So the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	18	And when the Syrians came down against him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, and said, “Strike this people, I pray thee, with blindness.” So he struck them with blindness in accordance with the prayer of Elisha.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	19	And Elisha said to them, “This is not the way, and this is not the city; follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek.” And he led them to Samaria.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	20	As soon as they entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see.” So the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw; and lo, they were in the midst of Samaria.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	21	When the king of Israel saw them he said to Elisha, “My father, shall I slay them? Shall I slay them?”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	22	He answered, “You shall not slay them. Would you slay those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	23	So he prepared for them a great feast; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the Syrians came no more on raids into the land of Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	24	Afterward Ben-hadad king of Syria mustered his entire army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	25	And there was a great famine in Samaria, as they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	26	Now as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	27	And he said, “If the Lord will not help you, whence shall I help you? From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	28	And the king asked her, “What is your trouble?” She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.’
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	29	So we boiled my son, and ate him. And on the next day I said to her, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him’; but she has hidden her son.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	30	When the king heard the words of the woman he rent his clothes—now he was passing by upon the wall—and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth beneath upon his body—
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	31	and he said, “May God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	32	Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. Now the king had dispatched a man from his presence; but before the messenger arrived Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent to take off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him. Is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	6	33	And while he was still speaking with them, the king came down to him and said, “This trouble is from the Lord! Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	7	1	But Elisha said, “Hear the word of the Lord: thus says the Lord, Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine meal shall be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	7	2	Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, “If the Lord himself should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” But he said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	7	3	Now there were four men who were lepers at the entrance to the gate; and they said to one another, “Why do we sit here till we die?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	7	4	If we say, ‘Let us enter the city,’ the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit here, we die also. So now come, let us go over to the camp of the Syrians; if they spare our lives we shall live, and if they kill us we shall but die.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	7	5	So they arose at twilight to go to the camp of the Syrians; but when they came to the edge of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no one there.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	7	6	For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians hear the sound of chariots, and of horses, the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to come upon us.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	7	7	So they fled away in the twilight and forsook their tents, their horses, and their asses, leaving the camp as it was, and fled for their lives.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	7	8	And when these lepers came to the edge of the camp, they went into a tent, and ate and drank, and they carried off silver and gold and clothing, and went and hid them; then they came back, and entered another tent, and carried off things from it, and went and hid them.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	7	9	Then they said to one another, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news; if we are silent and wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go and tell the king’s household.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	7	10	So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city, and told them, “We came to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, there was no one to be seen or heard there, nothing but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	7	11	Then the gatekeepers called out, and it was told within the king’s household.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	7	12	And the king rose in the night, and said to his servants, “I will tell you what the Syrians have prepared against us. They know that we are hungry; therefore they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the open country, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive and get into the city.’”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	7	13	And one of his servants said, “Let some men take five of the remaining horses, seeing that those who are left here will fare like the whole multitude of Israel that have already perished; let us send and see.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	7	14	So they took two mounted men, and the king sent them after the army of the Syrians, saying, “Go and see.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	7	15	So they went after them as far as the Jordan; and, lo, all the way was littered with garments and equipment which the Syrians had thrown away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	7	16	Then the people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a measure of fine meal was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	7	17	Now the king had appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have charge of the gate; and the people trod upon him in the gate, so that he died, as the man of God had said when the king came down to him.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	7	18	For when the man of God had said to the king, “Two measures of barley shall be sold for a shekel, and a measure of fine meal for a shekel, about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria,”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	7	19	the captain had answered the man of God, “If the Lord himself should make windows in heaven, could such a thing be?” And he had said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	7	20	And so it happened to him, for the people trod upon him in the gate and he died.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	1	Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, and depart with your household, and sojourn wherever you can; for the Lord has called for a famine, and it will come upon the land for seven years.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	2	So the woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of God; she went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	3	And at the end of the seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went forth to appeal to the king for her house and her land.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	4	Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, “Tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	5	And while he was telling the king how Elisha had restored the dead to life, behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life appealed to the king for her house and her land. And Gehazi said, “My lord, O king, here is the woman, and here is her son whom Elisha restored to life.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	6	And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed an official for her, saying, “Restore all that was hers, together with all the produce of the fields from the day that she left the land until now.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	7	Now Elisha came to Damascus. Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and when it was told him, “The man of God has come here,”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	8	the king said to Hazael, “Take a present with you and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord through him, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this sickness?’”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	9	So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, all kinds of goods of Damascus, forty camel loads. When he came and stood before him, he said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this sickness?’”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	10	And Elisha said to him, “Go, say to him, ‘You shall certainly recover’; but the Lord has shown me that he shall certainly die.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	11	And he fixed his gaze and stared at him, until he was ashamed. And the man of God wept.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	12	And Hazael said, “Why does my lord weep?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel; you will set on fire their fortresses, and you will slay their young men with the sword, and dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	13	And Hazael said, “What is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?” Elisha answered, “The Lord has shown me that you are to be king over Syria.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	14	Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he answered, “He told me that you would certainly recover.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	15	But on the morrow he took the coverlet and dipped it in water and spread it over his face, till he died. And Hazael became king in his stead.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	16	In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, began to reign.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	17	He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	18	And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife. And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	19	Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant, since he promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons for ever.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	20	In his days Edom revolted from the rule of Judah, and set up a king of their own.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	21	Then Joram passed over to Zair with all his chariots, and rose by night, and he and his chariot commanders smote the Edomites who had surrounded him; but his army fled home.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	22	So Edom revolted from the rule of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	23	Now the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	24	So Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	25	In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, began to reign.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	26	Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah; she was a granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	27	He also walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done, for he was son-in-law to the house of Ahab.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	28	He went with Joram the son of Ahab to make war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead, where the Syrians wounded Joram.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	8	29	And King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	1	Then Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Gird up your loins, and take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	2	And when you arrive, look there for Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi; and go in and bid him rise from among his fellows, and lead him to an inner chamber.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	3	Then take the flask of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord, I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and flee; do not tarry.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	4	So the young man, the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	5	And when he came, behold, the commanders of the army were in council; and he said, “I have an errand to you, O commander.” And Jehu said, “To which of us all?” And he said, “To you, O commander.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	6	So he arose, and went into the house; and the young man poured the oil on his head, saying to him, “Thus says the Lord the God of Israel, I anoint you king over the people of the Lord, over Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	7	And you shall strike down the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge on Jezebel the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	8	For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	9	And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	10	And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and none shall bury her.” Then he opened the door, and fled.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	11	When Jehu came out to the servants of his master, they said to him, “Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?” And he said to them, “You know the fellow and his talk.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	12	And they said, “That is not true; tell us now.” And he said, “Thus and so he spoke to me, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord, I anoint you king over Israel.’”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	13	Then in haste every man of them took his garment, and put it under him on the bare steps, and they blew the trumpet, and proclaimed, “Jehu is king.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	14	Thus Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram with all Israel had been on guard at Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Syria;
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	15	but King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) So Jehu said, “If this is your mind, then let no one slip out of the city to go and tell the news in Jezreel.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	16	Then Jehu mounted his chariot, and went to Jezreel, for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to visit Joram.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	17	Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, “I see a company.” And Joram said, “Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, ‘Is it peace?’”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	18	So a man on horseback went to meet him, and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peace?’” And Jehu said, “What have you to do with peace? Turn round and ride behind me.” And the watchman reported, saying, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	19	Then he sent out a second horseman, who came to them, and said, “Thus the king has said, ‘Is it peace?’” And Jehu answered, “What have you to do with peace? Turn round and ride behind me.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	20	Again the watchman reported, “He reached them, but he is not coming back. And the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he drives furiously.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	21	Joram said, “Make ready.” And they made ready his chariot. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah set out, each in his chariot, and went to meet Jehu, and met him at the property of Naboth the Jezreelite.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	22	And when Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” He answered, “What peace can there be, so long as the harlotries and the sorceries of your mother Jezebel are so many?”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	23	Then Joram reined about and fled, saying to Ahaziah, “Treachery, O Ahaziah!”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	24	And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and shot Joram between the shoulders, so that the arrow pierced his heart, and he sank in his chariot.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	25	Jehu said to Bidkar his aide, “Take him up, and cast him on the plot of ground belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember, when you and I rode side by side behind Ahab his father, how the Lord uttered this oracle against him:
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	26	‘As surely as I saw yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons—says the Lord—I will requite you on this plot of ground.’ Now therefore take him up and cast him on the plot of ground, in accordance with the word of the Lord.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	27	When Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled in the direction of Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, and said, “Shoot him also”; and they shot him in the chariot at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	28	His servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the city of David.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	29	In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	30	When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked out of the window.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	31	And as Jehu entered the gate, she said, “Is it peace, you Zimri, murderer of your master?”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	32	And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked out at him.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	33	He said, “Throw her down.” So they threw her down; and some of her blood spattered on the wall and on the horses, and they trampled on her.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	34	Then he went in and ate and drank; and he said, “See now to this cursed woman, and bury her; for she is a king’s daughter.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	35	But when they went to bury her, they found no more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	36	When they came back and told him, he said, “This is the word of the Lord, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, ‘In the territory of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel;
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	9	37	and the corpse of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the territory of Jezreel, so that no one can say, This is Jezebel.’”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	1	Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters, and sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of the city, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	2	“Now then, as soon as this letter comes to you, seeing your master’s sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, fortified cities also, and weapons,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	3	select the best and fittest of your master’s sons and set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	4	But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, “Behold, the two kings could not stand before him; how then can we stand?”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	5	So he who was over the palace, and he who was over the city, together with the elders and the guardians, sent to Jehu, saying, “We are your servants, and we will do all that you bid us. We will not make any one king; do whatever is good in your eyes.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	6	Then he wrote to them a second letter, saying, “If you are on my side, and if you are ready to obey me, take the heads of your master’s sons, and come to me at Jezreel tomorrow at this time.” Now the king’s sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who were bringing them up.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	7	And when the letter came to them, they took the king’s sons, and slew them, seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him at Jezreel.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	8	When the messenger came and told him, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons,” he said, “Lay them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	9	Then in the morning, when he went out, he stood, and said to all the people, “You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master, and slew him; but who struck down all these?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	10	Know then that there shall fall to the earth nothing of the word of the Lord, which the Lord spoke concerning the house of Ahab; for the Lord has done what he said by his servant Elijah.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	11	So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, all his great men, and his familiar friends, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	12	Then he set out and went to Samaria. On the way, when he was at Beth-eked of the Shepherds,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	13	Jehu met the kinsmen of Ahaziah king of Judah, and he said, “Who are you?” And they answered, “We are the kinsmen of Ahaziah, and we came down to visit the royal princes and the sons of the queen mother.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	14	He said, “Take them alive.” And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of Beth-eked, forty-two persons, and he spared none of them.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	15	And when he departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he greeted him, and said to him, “Is your heart true to my heart as mine is to yours?” And Jehonadab answered, “It is.” Jehu said, “If it is, give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand. And Jehu took him up with him into the chariot.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	16	And he said, “Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord.” So he had him ride in his chariot.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	17	And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained to Ahab in Samaria, till he had wiped them out, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke to Elijah.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	18	Then Jehu assembled all the people, and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu will serve him much.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	19	Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers and all his priests; let none be missing, for I have a great sacrifice to offer to Baal; whoever is missing shall not live.” But Jehu did it with cunning in order to destroy the worshipers of Baal.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	20	And Jehu ordered, “Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal.” So they proclaimed it.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	21	And Jehu sent throughout all Israel; and all the worshipers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left who did not come. And they entered the house of Baal, and the house of Baal was filled from one end to the other.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	22	He said to him who was in charge of the wardrobe, “Bring out the vestments for all the worshipers of Baal.” So he brought out the vestments for them.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	23	Then Jehu went into the house of Baal with Jehonadab the son of Rechab; and he said to the worshipers of Baal, “Search, and see that there is no servant of the Lord here among you, but only the worshipers of Baal.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	24	Then he went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside, and said, “The man who allows any of those whom I give into your hands to escape shall forfeit his life.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	25	So as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guard and to the officers, “Go in and slay them; let not a man escape.” So when they put them to the sword, the guard and the officers cast them out and went into the inner room of the house of Baal
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	26	and they brought out the pillar that was in the house of Baal, and burned it.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	27	And they demolished the pillar of Baal, and demolished the house of Baal, and made it a latrine to this day.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	28	Thus Jehu wiped out Baal from Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	29	But Jehu did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and in Dan.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	30	And the Lord said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in my eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, your sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	31	But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the Lord the God of Israel with all his heart; he did not turn from the sins of Jeroboam, which he made Israel to sin.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	32	In those days the Lord began to cut off parts of Israel. Hazael defeated them throughout the territory of Israel:
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	33	from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, that is, Gilead and Bashan.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	34	Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	35	So Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	10	36	The time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	11	1	Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	11	2	But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were about to be slain, and she put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. Thus she hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain;
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	11	3	and he remained with her six years, hid in the house of the Lord, while Athaliah reigned over the land.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	11	4	But in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and brought the captains of the Carites and of the guards, and had them come to him in the house of the Lord; and he made a covenant with them and put them under oath in the house of the Lord, and he showed them the king’s son.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	11	5	And he commanded them, “This is the thing that you shall do: one third of you, those who come off duty on the sabbath and guard the king’s house
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	11	6	(another third being at the gate Sur and a third at the gate behind the guards), shall guard the palace;
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	11	7	and the two divisions of you, which come on duty in force on the sabbath and guard the house of the Lord,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	11	8	shall surround the king, each with his weapons in his hand; and whoever approaches the ranks is to be slain. Be with the king when he goes out and when he comes in.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	11	9	The captains did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded, and each brought his men who were to go off duty on the sabbath, with those who were to come on duty on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	11	10	And the priest delivered to the captains the spears and shields that had been King David’s, which were in the house of the Lord;
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	11	11	and the guards stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the south side of the house to the north side of the house, around the altar and the house.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	11	12	Then he brought out the king’s son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they proclaimed him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, “Long live the king!”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	11	13	When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she went into the house of the Lord to the people;
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	11	14	and when she looked, there was the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom, and the captains and the trumpeters beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets. And Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, “Treason! Treason!”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	11	15	Then Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains who were set over the army, “Bring her out between the ranks; and slay with the sword any one who follows her.” For the priest said, “Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	11	16	So they laid hands on her; and she went through the horses’ entrance to the king’s house, and there she was slain.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	11	17	And Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and people, that they should be the Lord’s people; and also between the king and the people.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	11	18	Then all the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces, and they slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest posted watchmen over the house of the Lord.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	11	19	And he took the captains, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land; and they brought the king down from the house of the Lord, marching through the gate of the guards to the king’s house. And he took his seat on the throne of the kings.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	11	20	So all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was quiet after Athaliah had been slain with the sword at the king’s house.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	11	21	Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	12	1	In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	12	2	And Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all his days, because Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	12	3	Nevertheless the high places were not taken away; the people continued to sacrifice and burn incense on the high places.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	12	4	Jehoash said to the priests, “All the money of the holy things which is brought into the house of the Lord, the money for which each man is assessed—the money from the assessment of persons—and the money which a man’s heart prompts him to bring into the house of the Lord,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	12	5	let the priests take, each from his acquaintance; and let them repair the house wherever any need of repairs is discovered.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	12	6	But by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash the priests had made no repairs on the house.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	12	7	Therefore King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said to them, “Why are you not repairing the house? Now therefore take no more money from your acquaintances, but hand it over for the repair of the house.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	12	8	So the priests agreed that they should take no more money from the people, and that they should not repair the house.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	12	9	Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one entered the house of the Lord; and the priests who guarded the threshold put in it all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	12	10	And whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king’s secretary and the high priest came up and they counted and tied up in bags the money that was found in the house of the Lord.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	12	11	Then they would give the money that was weighed out into the hands of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of the Lord; and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked upon the house of the Lord,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	12	12	and to the masons and the stonecutters, as well as to buy timber and quarried stone for making repairs on the house of the Lord, and for any outlay upon the repairs of the house.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	12	13	But there were not made for the house of the Lord basins of silver, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, or any vessels of gold, or of silver, from the money that was brought into the house of the Lord,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	12	14	for that was given to the workmen who were repairing the house of the Lord with it.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	12	15	And they did not ask an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to pay out to the workmen, for they dealt honestly.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	12	16	The money from the guilt offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the Lord; it belonged to the priests.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	12	17	At that time Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath, and took it. But when Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	12	18	Jehoash king of Judah took all the votive gifts that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, the kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own votive gifts, and all the gold that was found in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and of the king’s house, and sent these to Hazael king of Syria. Then Hazael went away from Jerusalem.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	12	19	Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	12	20	His servants arose and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	12	21	It was Jozacar the son of Shime-ath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, who struck him down, so that he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	13	1	In the twenty-third year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned seventeen years.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	13	2	He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin; he did not depart from them.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	13	3	And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them continually into the hand of Hazael king of Syria and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	13	4	Then Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and the Lord hearkened to him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Syria oppressed them.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	13	5	(Therefore the Lord gave Israel a savior, so that they escaped from the hand of the Syrians; and the people of Israel dwelt in their homes as formerly.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	13	6	Nevertheless they did not depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, which he made Israel to sin, but walked in them; and the Asherah also remained in Samaria.)
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	13	7	For there was not left to Jehoahaz an army of more than fifty horsemen and ten chariots and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	13	8	Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	13	9	So Jehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria; and Joash his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	13	10	In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned sixteen years.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	13	11	He also did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin, but he walked in them.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	13	12	Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and the might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	13	13	So Joash slept with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat upon his throne; and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	13	14	Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him, and wept before him, crying, “My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	13	15	And Elisha said to him, “Take a bow and arrows”; so he took a bow and arrows.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	13	16	Then he said to the king of Israel, “Draw the bow”; and he drew it. And Elisha laid his hands upon the king’s hands.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	13	17	And he said, “Open the window eastward”; and he opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot”; and he shot. And he said, “The Lord’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Syria! For you shall fight the Syrians in Aphek until you have made an end of them.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	13	18	And he said, “Take the arrows”; and he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground with them”; and he struck three times, and stopped.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	13	19	Then the man of God was angry with him, and said, “You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck down Syria until you had made an end of it, but now you will strike down Syria only three times.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	13	20	So Elisha died, and they buried him. Now bands of Moabites used to invade the land in the spring of the year.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	13	21	And as a man was being buried, lo, a marauding band was seen and the man was cast into the grave of Elisha; and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood on his feet.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	13	22	Now Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	13	23	But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion on them, and he turned toward them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them; nor has he cast them from his presence until now.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	13	24	When Hazael king of Syria died, Ben-hadad his son became king in his stead.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	13	25	Then Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again from Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken from Jehoahaz his father in war. Three times Joash defeated him and recovered the cities of Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	1	In the second year of Joash the son of Joahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, began to reign.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	2	He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jeho-addin of Jerusalem.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	3	And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, yet not like David his father; he did in all things as Joash his father had done.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	4	But the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	5	And as soon as the royal power was firmly in his hand he killed his servants who had slain the king his father.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	6	But he did not put to death the children of the murderers; according to what is written in the book of the law of Moses, where the Lord commanded, “The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, or the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	7	He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt and took Sela by storm, and called it Jokthe-el, which is its name to this day.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	8	Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us look one another in the face.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	9	And Jehoash king of Israel sent word to Amaziah king of Judah, “A thistle on Lebanon sent to a cedar on Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son for a wife’; and a wild beast of Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thistle.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	10	You have indeed smitten Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Be content with your glory, and stay at home; for why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	11	But Amaziah would not listen. So Jehoash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced one another in battle at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	12	And Judah was defeated by Israel, and every man fled to his home.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	13	And Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem for four hundred cubits, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	14	And he seized all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king’s house, also hostages, and he returned to Samaria.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	15	Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	16	And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	17	Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	18	Now the rest of the deeds of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	19	And they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	20	And they brought him upon horses; and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	21	And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	22	He built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	23	In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, began to reign in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	24	And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	25	He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath-hepher.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	26	For the Lord saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter, for there was none left, bond or free, and there was none to help Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	27	But the Lord had not said that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, so he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	28	Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he fought, and how he recovered for Israel Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	14	29	And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, the kings of Israel, and Zechariah his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	1	In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel Azariah the son of Amaziah, king of Judah, began to reign.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	2	He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	3	And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	4	Nevertheless the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	5	And the Lord smote the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death, and he dwelt in a separate house. And Jotham the king’s son was over the household, governing the people of the land.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	6	Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	7	And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	8	In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	9	And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his fathers had done. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	10	Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him down at Ibleam, and killed him, and reigned in his stead.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	11	Now the rest of the deeds of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	12	(This was the promise of the Lord which he gave to Jehu, “Your sons shall sit upon the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.” And so it came to pass.)
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	13	Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned one month in Samaria.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	14	Then Menahem the son of Gadi came up from Tirzah and came to Samaria, and he struck down Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	15	Now the rest of the deeds of Shallum, and the conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	16	At that time Menahem sacked Tappuah and all who were in it and its territory from Tirzah on; because they did not open it to him, therefore he sacked it, and he ripped up all the women in it who were with child.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	17	In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah Menahem the son of Gadi began to reign over Israel, and he reigned ten years in Samaria.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	18	And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart all his days from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	19	Pul the king of Assyria came against the land; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that he might help him to confirm his hold of the royal power.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	20	Menahem exacted the money from Israel, that is, from all the wealthy men, fifty shekels of silver from every man, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and did not stay there in the land.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	21	Now the rest of the deeds of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	22	And Menahem slept with his fathers, and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	23	In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned two years.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	24	And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	25	And Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him with fifty men of the Gileadites, and slew him in Samaria, in the citadel of the king’s house; he slew him, and reigned in his stead.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	26	Now the rest of the deeds of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	27	In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	28	And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	29	In the days of Pekah king of Israel Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Jan-oah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried the people captive to Assyria.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	30	Then Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck him down, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	31	Now the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	32	In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, began to reign.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	33	He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	34	And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	35	Nevertheless the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	36	Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	37	In those days the Lord began to send Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	15	38	Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	16	1	In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, began to reign.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	16	2	Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord his God, as his father David had done,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	16	3	but he walked in the way of the kings of Israel. He even burned his son as an offering, according to the abominable practices of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	16	4	And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	16	5	Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to wage war on Jerusalem, and they besieged Ahaz but could not conquer him.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	16	6	At that time the king of Edom recovered Elath for Edom, and drove the men of Judah from Elath; and the Edomites came to Elath, where they dwell to this day.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	16	7	So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up, and rescue me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel, who are attacking me.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	16	8	Ahaz also took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent a present to the king of Assyria.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	16	9	And the king of Assyria hearkened to him; the king of Assyria marched up against Damascus, and took it, carrying its people captive to Kir, and he killed Rezin.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	16	10	When King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, he saw the altar that was at Damascus. And King Ahaz sent to Uriah the priest a model of the altar, and its pattern, exact in all its details.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	16	11	And Uriah the priest built the altar; in accordance with all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so Uriah the priest made it, before King Ahaz arrived from Damascus.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	16	12	And when the king came from Damascus, the king viewed the altar. Then the king drew near to the altar, and went up on it,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	16	13	and burned his burnt offering and his cereal offering, and poured his drink offering, and threw the blood of his peace offerings upon the altar.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	16	14	And the bronze altar which was before the Lord he removed from the front of the house, from the place between his altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of his altar.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	16	15	And King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, saying, “Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening cereal offering, and the king’s burnt offering, and his cereal offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their cereal offering, and their drink offering; and throw upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice; but the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	16	16	Uriah the priest did all this, as King Ahaz commanded.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	16	17	And King Ahaz cut off the frames of the stands, and removed the laver from them, and he took down the sea from off the bronze oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pediment of stone.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	16	18	And the covered way for the sabbath which had been built inside the palace, and the outer entrance for the king he removed from the house of the Lord, because of the king of Assyria.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	16	19	Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	16	20	And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	1	In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel, and he reigned nine years.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	2	And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	3	Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his vassal, and paid him tribute.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	4	But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	5	Then the king of Assyria invaded all the land and came to Samaria, and for three years he besieged it.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	6	In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria captured Samaria, and he carried the Israelites away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	7	And this was so, because the people of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	8	and walked in the customs of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel, and in the customs which the kings of Israel had introduced.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	9	And the people of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things that were not right. They built for themselves high places at all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city;
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	10	they set up for themselves pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree;
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	11	and there they burned incense on all the high places, as the nations did whom the Lord carried away before them. And they did wicked things, provoking the Lord to anger,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	12	and they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	13	Yet the Lord warned Israel and Judah by every prophet and every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways and keep my commandments and my statutes, in accordance with all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	14	But they would not listen, but were stubborn, as their fathers had been, who did not believe in the Lord their God.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	15	They despised his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and the warnings which he gave them. They went after false idols, and became false, and they followed the nations that were round about them, concerning whom the Lord had commanded them that they should not do like them.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	16	And they forsook all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made for themselves molten images of two calves; and they made an Asherah, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	17	And they burned their sons and their daughters as offerings, and used divination and sorcery, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	18	Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight; none was left but the tribe of Judah only.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	19	Judah also did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the customs which Israel had introduced.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	20	And the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel, and afflicted them, and gave them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	21	When he had torn Israel from the house of David they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. And Jeroboam drove Israel from following the Lord and made them commit great sin.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	22	The people of Israel walked in all the sins which Jeroboam did; they did not depart from them,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	23	until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he had spoken by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their own land to Assyria until this day.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	24	And the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sephar-vaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the people of Israel; and they took possession of Samaria, and dwelt in its cities.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	25	And at the beginning of their dwelling there, they did not fear the Lord; therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	26	So the king of Assyria was told, “The nations which you have carried away and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the law of the god of the land; therefore he has sent lions among them, and behold, they are killing them, because they do not know the law of the god of the land.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	27	Then the king of Assyria commanded, “Send there one of the priests whom you carried away thence; and let him go and dwell there, and teach them the law of the god of the land.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	28	So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the Lord.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	29	But every nation still made gods of its own, and put them in the shrines of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in the cities in which they dwelt;
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	30	the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	31	and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sephar-vaim.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	32	They also feared the Lord, and appointed from among themselves all sorts of people as priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	33	So they feared the Lord but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	34	To this day they do according to the former manner. They do not fear the Lord, and they do not follow the statutes or the ordinances or the law or the commandment which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	35	The Lord made a covenant with them, and commanded them, “You shall not fear other gods or bow yourselves to them or serve them or sacrifice to them;
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	36	but you shall fear the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm; you shall bow yourselves to him, and to him you shall sacrifice.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	37	And the statutes and the ordinances and the law and the commandment which he wrote for you, you shall always be careful to do. You shall not fear other gods,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	38	and you shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you. You shall not fear other gods,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	39	but you shall fear the Lord your God, and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	40	However they would not listen, but they did according to their former manner.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	17	41	So these nations feared the Lord, and also served their graven images; their children likewise, and their children’s children—as their fathers did, so they do to this day.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	1	In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	2	He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	3	And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	4	He removed the high places, and broke the pillars, and cut down the Asherah. And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had burned incense to it; it was called Nehushtan.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	5	He trusted in the Lord the God of Israel; so that there was none like him among all the kings of Judah after him, nor among those who were before him.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	6	For he held fast to the Lord; he did not depart from following him, but kept the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	7	And the Lord was with him; wherever he went forth, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria, and would not serve him.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	8	He smote the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	9	In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	10	and at the end of three years he took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	11	The king of Assyria carried the Israelites away to Assyria, and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	12	because they did not obey the voice of the Lord their God but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded; they neither listened nor obeyed.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	13	In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	14	And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me; whatever you impose on me I will bear.” And the king of Assyria required of Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	15	And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasuries of the king’s house.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	16	At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the doorposts which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid and gave it to the king of Assyria.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	17	And the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh with a great army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they arrived, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway to the Fuller’s Field.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	18	And when they called for the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	19	And the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: On what do you rest this confidence of yours?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	20	Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? On whom do you now rely, that you have rebelled against me?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	21	Behold, you are relying now on Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	22	But if you say to me, “We rely on the Lord our God,” is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, “You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem”?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	23	Come now, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders upon them.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	24	How then can you repulse a single captain among the least of my master’s servants, when you rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	25	Moreover, is it without the Lord that I have come up against this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.’”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	26	Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Pray, speak to your servants in the Aramaic language, for we understand it; do not speak to us in the language of Judah within the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	27	But the Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are doomed with you to eat their own dung and to drink their own urine?”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	28	Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out in a loud voice in the language of Judah: “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	29	Thus says the king: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you out of my hand.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	30	Do not let Hezekiah make you to rely on the Lord by saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	31	Do not listen to Hezekiah; for thus says the king of Assyria: ‘Make your peace with me and come out to me; then every one of you will eat of his own vine, and every one of his own fig tree, and every one of you will drink the water of his own cistern;
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	32	until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey, that you may live, and not die. And do not listen to Hezekiah when he misleads you by saying, The Lord will deliver us.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	33	Has any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	34	Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	35	Who among all the gods of the countries have delivered their countries out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?’”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	36	But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for the king’s command was, “Do not answer him.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	18	37	Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	1	When King Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	2	And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	3	They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	4	It may be that the Lord your God heard all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	5	When the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	6	Isaiah said to them, “Say to your master, ‘Thus says the Lord: Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have reviled me.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	7	Behold, I will put a spirit in him, so that he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.’”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	8	The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah; for he heard that the king had left Lachish.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	9	And when the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “Behold, he has set out to fight against you,” he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	10	“Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God on whom you rely deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	11	Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, destroying them utterly. And shall you be delivered?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	12	Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations which my fathers destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Tel-assar?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	13	Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, the king of Hena, or the king of Ivvah?’”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	14	Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	15	And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said: “O Lord the God of Israel, who art enthroned above the cherubim, thou art the God, thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	16	Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear; open thy eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	17	Of a truth, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	18	and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone; therefore they were destroyed.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	19	So now, O Lord our God, save us, I beseech thee, from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou, O Lord, art God alone.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	20	Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Your prayer to me about Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	21	This is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him: “She despises you, she scorns you— the virgin daughter of Zion; she wags her head behind you— the daughter of Jerusalem.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	22	“Whom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and haughtily lifted your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	23	By your messengers you have mocked the Lord, and you have said, ‘With my many chariots I have gone up the heights of the mountains, to the far recesses of Lebanon; I felled its tallest cedars, its choicest cypresses; I entered its farthest retreat, its densest forest.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	24	I dug wells and drank foreign waters, and I dried up with the sole of my foot all the streams of Egypt.’
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	25	“Have you not heard that I determined it long ago? I planned from days of old what now I bring to pass, that you should turn fortified cities into heaps of ruins,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	26	while their inhabitants, shorn of strength, are dismayed and confounded, and have become like plants of the field, and like tender grass, like grass on the housetops; blighted before it is grown?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	27	“But I know your sitting down and your going out and coming in, and your raging against me.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	28	Because you have raged against me and your arrogance has come into my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	29	“And this shall be the sign for you: this year you shall eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs of the same; then in the third year sow, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	30	And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward;
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	31	for out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the Lord will do this.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	32	“Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with a shield or cast up a siege mound against it.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	33	By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, says the Lord.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	34	For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	35	And that night the angel of the Lord went forth, and slew a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	36	Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went home, and dwelt at Nineveh.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	19	37	And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, slew him with the sword, and escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	20	1	In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Set your house in order; for you shall die, you shall not recover.’”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	20	2	Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	20	3	“Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in thy sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	20	4	And before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court, the word of the Lord came to him:
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	20	5	“Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the prince of my people, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will heal you; on the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	20	6	And I will add fifteen years to your life. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city for my own sake and for my servant David’s sake.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	20	7	And Isaiah said, “Bring a cake of figs. And let them take and lay it on the boil, that he may recover.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	20	8	And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	20	9	And Isaiah said, “This is the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he has promised: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	20	10	And Hezekiah answered, “It is an easy thing for the shadow to lengthen ten steps; rather let the shadow go back ten steps.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	20	11	And Isaiah the prophet cried to the Lord; and he brought the shadow back ten steps, by which the sun had declined on the dial of Ahaz.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	20	12	At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezekiah; for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	20	13	And Hezekiah welcomed them, and he showed them all his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oil, his armory, all that was found in his storehouses; there was nothing in his house or in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	20	14	Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah, and said to him, “What did these men say? And whence did they come to you?” And Hezekiah said, “They have come from a far country, from Babylon.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	20	15	He said, “What have they seen in your house?” And Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing in my storehouses that I did not show them.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	20	16	Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord:
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	20	17	Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up till this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left, says the Lord.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	20	18	And some of your own sons, who are born to you, shall be taken away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	20	19	Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Why not, if there will be peace and security in my days?”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	20	20	The rest of the deeds of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool and the conduit and brought water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	20	21	And Hezekiah slept with his fathers; and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	1	Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	2	And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the abominable practices of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	3	For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he erected altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	4	And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem will I put my name.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	5	And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	6	And he burned his son as an offering, and practiced soothsaying and augury, and dealt with mediums and with wizards. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	7	And the graven image of Asherah that he had made he set in the house of which the Lord said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever;
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	8	and I will not cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave to their fathers, if only they will be careful to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	9	But they did not listen, and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than the nations had done whom the Lord destroyed before the people of Israel.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	10	And the Lord said by his servants the prophets,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	11	“Because Manasseh king of Judah has committed these abominations, and has done things more wicked than all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols;
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	12	therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing upon Jerusalem and Judah such evil that the ears of every one who hears of it will tingle.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	13	And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	14	And I will cast off the remnant of my heritage, and give them into the hand of their enemies, and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	15	because they have done what is evil in my sight and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	16	Moreover Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides the sin which he made Judah to sin so that they did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	17	Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and the sin that he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	18	And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	19	Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	20	And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	21	He walked in all the way in which his father walked, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them;
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	22	he forsook the Lord, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the Lord.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	23	And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and killed the king in his house.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	24	But the people of the land slew all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	25	Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	21	26	And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza; and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	22	1	Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	22	2	And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and walked in all the way of David his father, and he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	22	3	In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, the secretary, to the house of the Lord, saying,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	22	4	“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may reckon the amount of the money which has been brought into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the threshold have collected from the people;
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	22	5	and let it be given into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the Lord; and let them give it to the workmen who are at the house of the Lord, repairing the house,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	22	6	that is, to the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, as well as for buying timber and quarried stone to repair the house.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	22	7	But no accounting shall be asked from them for the money which is delivered into their hand, for they deal honestly.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	22	8	And Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	22	9	And Shaphan the secretary came to the king, and reported to the king, “Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the Lord.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	22	10	Then Shaphan the secretary told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it before the king.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	22	11	And when the king heard the words of the book of the law, he rent his clothes.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	22	12	And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the secretary, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	22	13	“Go, inquire of the Lord for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that has been found; for great is the wrath of the Lord that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	22	14	So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter); and they talked with her.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	22	15	And she said to them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Tell the man who sent you to me,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	22	16	Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place and upon its inhabitants, all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	22	17	Because they have forsaken me and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath will be kindled against this place, and it will not be quenched.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	22	18	But as to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Regarding the words which you have heard,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	22	19	because your heart was penitent, and you humbled yourself before the Lord, when you heard how I spoke against this place, and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have rent your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, says the Lord.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	22	20	Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place.’” And they brought back word to the king.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	1	Then the king sent, and all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem were gathered to him.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	2	And the king went up to the house of the Lord, and with him all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests and the prophets, all the people, both small and great; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which had been found in the house of the Lord.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	3	And the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book; and all the people joined in the covenant.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	4	And the king commanded Hilkiah, the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels made for Baal, for Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	5	And he deposed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places at the cities of Judah and round about Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and the moon, and the constellations, and all the host of the heavens.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	6	And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the Lord, outside Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust and cast the dust of it upon the graves of the common people.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	7	And he broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes which were in the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	8	And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer-sheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on one’s left at the gate of the city.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	9	However, the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brethren.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	10	And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the sons of Hinnom, that no one might burn his son or his daughter as an offering to Molech.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	11	And he removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance to the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the precincts; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	12	And the altars on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, he pulled down and broke in pieces, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	13	And the king defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem, to the south of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	14	And he broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	15	Moreover the altar at Bethel, the high place erected by Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, that altar with the high place he pulled down and he broke in pieces its stones, crushing them to dust; also he burned the Asherah.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	16	And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the mount; and he sent and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them upon the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who had predicted these things.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	17	Then he said, “What is yonder monument that I see?” And the men of the city told him, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and predicted these things which you have done against the altar at Bethel.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	18	And he said, “Let him be; let no man move his bones.” So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	19	And all the shrines also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which kings of Israel had made, provoking the Lord to anger, Josiah removed; he did to them according to all that he had done at Bethel.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	20	And he slew all the priests of the high places who were there, upon the altars, and burned the bones of men upon them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	21	And the king commanded all the people, “Keep the passover to the Lord your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	22	For no such passover had been kept since the days of the judges who judged Israel, or during all the days of the kings of Israel or of the kings of Judah;
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	23	but in the eighteenth year of King Josiah this passover was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	24	Moreover Josiah put away the mediums and the wizards and the teraphim and the idols and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might establish the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	25	Before him there was no king like him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; nor did any like him arise after him.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	26	Still the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of his great wrath, by which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked him.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	27	And the Lord said, “I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	28	Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	29	In his days Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt went up to the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates. King Josiah went to meet him; and Pharaoh Neco slew him at Megiddo, when he saw him.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	30	And his servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	31	Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	32	And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	33	And Pharaoh Neco put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and laid upon the land a tribute of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	34	And Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away; and he came to Egypt, and died there.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	35	And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to give the money according to the command of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, from every one according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Neco.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	36	Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	23	37	And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	24	1	In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years; then he turned and rebelled against him.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	24	2	And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the Ammonites, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by his servants the prophets.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	24	3	Surely this came upon Judah at the command of the Lord, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	24	4	and also for the innocent blood that he had shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not pardon.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	24	5	Now the rest of the deeds of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	24	6	So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	24	7	And the king of Egypt did not come again out of his land, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the Brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	24	8	Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	24	9	And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father had done.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	24	10	At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	24	11	And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it;
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	24	12	and Jehoiachin the king of Judah gave himself up to the king of Babylon, himself, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his palace officials. The king of Babylon took him prisoner in the eighth year of his reign,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	24	13	and carried off all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold in the temple of the Lord, which Solomon king of Israel had made, as the Lord had foretold.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	24	14	He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained, except the poorest people of the land.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	24	15	And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; the king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officials, and the chief men of the land, he took into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	24	16	And the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon all the men of valor, seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths, one thousand, all of them strong and fit for war.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	24	17	And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	24	18	Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	24	19	And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	24	20	For because of the anger of the Lord it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that he cast them out from his presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	1	And in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem, and laid siege to it; and they built siegeworks against it round about.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	2	So the city was besieged till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	3	On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	4	Then a breach was made in the city; the king with all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, by the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were around the city. And they went in the direction of the Arabah.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	5	But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	6	Then they captured the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, who passed sentence upon him.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	7	They slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and took him to Babylon.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	8	In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month—which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon—Nebuzaradan, the captain of the bodyguard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	9	And he burned the house of the Lord, and the king’s house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	10	And all the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	11	And the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon, together with the rest of the multitude, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried into exile.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	12	But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	13	And the pillars of bronze that were in the house of the Lord, and the stands and the bronze sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and carried the bronze to Babylon.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	14	And they took away the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the dishes for incense and all the vessels of bronze used in the temple service,
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	15	the firepans also, and the bowls. What was of gold the captain of the guard took away as gold, and what was of silver, as silver.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	16	As for the two pillars, the one sea, and the stands, which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord, the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	17	The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and upon it was a capital of bronze; the height of the capital was three cubits; a network and pomegranates, all of bronze, were upon the capital round about. And the second pillar had the like, with the network.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	18	And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold;
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	19	and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and five men of the king’s council who were found in the city; and the secretary of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	20	And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	21	And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was taken into exile out of its land.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	22	And over the people who remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, he appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, governor.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	23	Now when all the captains of the forces in the open country and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah governor, they came with their men to Gedaliah at Mizpah, namely, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Ja-azaniah the son of the Ma-acathite.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	24	And Gedaliah swore to them and their men, saying, “Do not be afraid because of the Chaldean officials; dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.”
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	25	But in the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men, and attacked and killed Gedaliah and the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	26	Then all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces arose, and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	27	And in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, graciously freed Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison;
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	28	and he spoke kindly to him, and gave him a seat above the seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon.
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	29	So Jehoiachin put off his prison garments. And every day of his life he dined regularly at the king’s table;
+2 Kings	2Kings	12	25	30	and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, every day a portion, as long as he lived.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	1	Adam, Seth, Enosh;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	2	Kenan, Ma-halalel, Jared;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	3	Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	4	Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	5	The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	6	The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Diphath, and Togarmah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	7	The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	8	The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	9	The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	10	Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	11	Egypt was the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naph-tuhim,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	12	Pathrusim, Casluhim (whence came the Philistines), and Caphtorim.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	13	Canaan was the father of Sidon his first-born, and Heth,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	14	and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	15	the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	16	the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	17	The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	18	Arpachshad was the father of Shelah; and Shelah was the father of Eber.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	19	To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg (for in his days the earth was divided), and the name of his brother Joktan.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	20	Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	21	Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	22	Ebal, Abima-el, Sheba,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	23	Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	24	Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	25	Eber, Peleg, Reu;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	26	Serug, Nahor, Terah;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	27	Abram, that is, Abraham.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	28	The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	29	These are their genealogies: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	30	Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	31	Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	32	The sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	33	The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the descendants of Keturah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	34	Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	35	The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	36	The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	37	The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	38	The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	39	The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	40	The sons of Shobal: Alian, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	41	The sons of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	42	The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	43	These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela the son of Beor, the name of whose city was Dinhabah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	44	When Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	45	When Jobab died, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	46	When Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Avith.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	47	When Hadad died, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	48	When Samlah died, Shaul of Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his stead.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	49	When Shaul died, Baal-hanan, the son of Achbor, reigned in his stead.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	50	When Baal-hanan died, Hadad reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Pai, and his wife’s name Mehetabel the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	51	And Hadad died. The chiefs of Edom were: chiefs Timna, Aliah, Jetheth,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	52	Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	53	Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	1	54	Magdi-el, and Iram; these are the chiefs of Edom.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	1	These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	2	Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	3	The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah; these three Bath-shua the Canaanitess bore to him. Now Er, Judah’s first-born, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and he slew him.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	4	His daughter-in-law Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	5	The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	6	The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	7	The sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the matter of the devoted thing;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	8	and Ethan’s son was Azariah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	9	The sons of Hezron, that were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	10	Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	11	Nahshon was the father of Salma, Salma of Boaz,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	12	Boaz of Obed, Obed of Jesse.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	13	Jesse was the father of Eliab his first-born, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	14	Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	15	Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	16	and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	17	Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	18	Caleb the son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	19	When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	20	Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	21	Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	22	and Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	23	But Geshur and Aram took from them Havvoth-jair, Kenath and its villages, sixty towns. All these were descendants of Machir, the father of Gilead.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	24	After the death of Hezron, Caleb went in to Ephrathah, the wife of Hezron his father, and she bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	25	The sons of Jerahmeel, the first-born of Hezron: Ram, his first-born, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	26	Jerahmeel also had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	27	The sons of Ram, the first-born of Jerahmeel: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	28	The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	29	The name of Abishur’s wife was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	30	The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appa-im; and Seled died childless.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	31	The sons of Appa-im: Ishi. The sons of Ishi: Sheshan. The sons of Sheshan: Ahlai.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	32	The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died childless.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	33	The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	34	Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters; but Sheshan had an Egyptian slave, whose name was Jarha.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	35	So Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to Jarha his slave; and she bore him Attai.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	36	Attai was the father of Nathan and Nathan of Zabad.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	37	Zabad was the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal of Obed.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	38	Obed was the father of Jehu, and Jehu of Azariah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	39	Azariah was the father of Helez, and Helez of Ele-asah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	40	Ele-asah was the father of Sismai, and Sismai of Shallum.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	41	Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah of Elishama.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	42	The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mareshah his first-born, who was the father of Ziph. The sons of Mareshah: Hebron.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	43	The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	44	Shema was the father of Raham, the father of Jorke-am; and Rekem was the father of Shammai.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	45	The son of Shammai: Maon; and Maon was the father of Bethzur.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	46	Ephah also, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran was the father of Gazez.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	47	The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	48	Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	49	She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibe-a; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	50	These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the first-born of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	51	Salma, the father of Bethelem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	52	Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had other sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	53	And the families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishra-ites; from these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	54	The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	2	55	The families also of the scribes that dwelt at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shime-athites, and the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	3	1	These are the sons of David that were born to him in Hebron: the first-born Amnon, by Ahino-am the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelitess,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	3	2	the third Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	3	3	the fifth Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth Ithream, by his wife Eglah;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	3	4	six were born to him in Hebron, where he reigned for seven years and six months. And he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	3	5	These were born to him in Jerusalem: Shime-a, Shobab, Nathan and Solomon, four by Bath-shua, the daughter of Ammi-el;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	3	6	then Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	3	7	Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	3	8	Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	3	9	All these were David’s sons, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	3	10	The descendants of Solomon: Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	3	11	Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	3	12	Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	3	13	Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	3	14	Amon his son, Josiah his son.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	3	15	The sons of Josiah: Johanan the first-born, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	3	16	The descendants of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	3	17	and the sons of Jeconiah, the captive: Shealtiel his son,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	3	18	Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	3	19	and the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shime-i; and the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah, and Shelomith was their sister;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	3	20	and Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-hesed, five.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	3	21	The sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, his son Rephaiah, his son Arnan, his son Obadiah, his son Shecaniah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	3	22	The sons of Shecaniah: Shemaiah. And the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	3	23	The sons of Neariah: Eli-o-enai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	3	24	The sons of Eli-o-enai: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani, seven.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	1	The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	2	Re-aiah the son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	3	These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	4	and Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	5	Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	6	Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Ha-ahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	7	The sons of Helah: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	8	Koz was the father of Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	9	Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	10	Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that thou wouldst bless me and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldst keep me from harm so that it might not hurt me!” And God granted what he asked.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	11	Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	12	Eshton was the father of Bethrapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These are the men of Recah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	13	The sons of Kenaz: Othni-el and Seraiah; and the sons of Othni-el: Hathath and Meonothai.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	14	Meonothai was the father of Ophrah; and Seraiah was the father of Joab the father of Ge-harashim, so-called because they were craftsmen.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	15	The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah: Kenaz.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	16	The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiri-a, and Asarel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	17	The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. These are the sons of Bithi-ah, the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married; and she conceived and bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	18	And his Jewish wife bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	19	The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Ma-acathite.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	20	The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	21	The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of linen workers at Beth-ashbea;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	22	and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and returned to Lehem (now the records are ancient).
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	23	These were the potters and inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah; they dwelt there with the king for his work.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	24	The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	25	Shallum was his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	26	The sons of Mishma: Hammu-el his son, Zaccur his son, Shime-i his son.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	27	Shime-i had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers had not many children, nor did all their family multiply like the men of Judah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	28	They dwelt in Beer-sheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	29	Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	30	Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	31	Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Sha-araim. These were their cities until David reigned.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	32	And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	33	along with all their villages which were round about these cities as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	34	Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah the son of Amaziah,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	35	Joel, Jehu the son of Joshibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asi-el,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	36	Eli-o-enai, Ja-akobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adi-el, Jesimiel, Benaiah,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	37	Ziza the son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah—
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	38	these mentioned by name were princes in their families, and their fathers’ houses increased greatly.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	39	They journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	40	where they found rich, good pasture, and the land was very broad, quiet, and peaceful; for the former inhabitants there belonged to Ham.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	41	These, registered by name, came in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and destroyed their tents and the Me-unim who were found there, and exterminated them to this day, and settled in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	42	And some of them, five hundred men of the Simeonites, went to Mount Seir, having as their leaders Pelatiah, Ne-ariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	4	43	and they destroyed the remnant of the Amalekites that had escaped, and they have dwelt there to this day.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	1	The sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel (for he was the first-born; but because he polluted his father’s couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so that he is not enrolled in the genealogy according to the birthright;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	2	though Judah became strong among his brothers and a prince was from him, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	3	the sons of Reuben, the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	4	The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shime-i his son,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	5	Micah his son, Re-aiah his son, Baal his son,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	6	Be-erah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away into exile; he was a chieftain of the Reubenites.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	7	And his kinsmen by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief, Je-iel, and Zechariah,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	8	and Bela the son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	9	He also dwelt to the east as far as the entrance of the desert this side of the Euphrates, because their cattle had multiplied in the land of Gilead.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	10	And in the days of Saul they made war on the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the region east of Gilead.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	11	The sons of Gad dwelt over against them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	12	Joel the chief, Shapham the second, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	13	And their kinsmen according to their fathers’ houses: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber, seven.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	14	These were the sons of Abihail the son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	15	Ahi the son of Abdi-el, son of Guni, was chief in their fathers’ houses;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	16	and they dwelt in Gilead, in Bashan and in its towns, and in all the pasture lands of Sharon to their limits.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	17	All of these were enrolled by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	18	The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had valiant men, who carried shield and sword, and drew the bow, expert in war, forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, ready for service.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	19	They made war upon the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	20	and when they received help against them, the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hands, for they cried to God in the battle, and he granted their entreaty because they trusted in him.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	21	They carried off their livestock: fifty thousand of their camels, two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand men alive.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	22	For many fell slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their place until the exile.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	23	The members of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land; they were very numerous from Bashan to Baal-hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	24	These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azri-el, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdi-el, mighty warriors, famous men, heads of their fathers’ houses.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	25	But they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	5	26	So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, to this day.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	1	The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	2	The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	3	The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	4	Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, Phinehas of Abishua,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	5	Abishua of Bukki, Bukki of Uzzi,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	6	Uzzi of Zerahiah, Zerahiah of Meraioth,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	7	Meraioth of Amariah, Amariah of Ahitub,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	8	Ahitub of Zadok, Zadok of Ahima-az,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	9	Ahima-az of Azariah, Azariah of Johanan,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	10	and Johanan of Azariah (it was he who served as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem).
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	11	Azariah was the father of Amariah, Amariah of Ahitub,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	12	Ahitub of Zadok, Zadok of Shallum,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	13	Shallum of Hilkiah, Hilkiah of Azariah,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	14	Azariah of Seraiah, Seraiah of Jehozadak;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	15	and Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	16	The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	17	And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shime-i.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	18	The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	19	The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	20	Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	21	Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Je-atherai his son.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	22	The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	23	Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	24	Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	25	The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	26	Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	27	Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	28	The sons of Samuel: Joel his first-born, the second Abijah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	29	The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shime-i his son, Uzzah his son,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	30	Shime-a his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	31	These are the men whom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the Lord, after the ark rested there.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	32	They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem; and they performed their service in due order.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	33	These are the men who served and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer the son of Joel, son of Samuel,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	34	son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	35	son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	36	son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	37	son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	38	son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	39	and his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, namely, Asaph the son of Berechiah, son of Shime-a,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	40	son of Michael, son of Ba-aseiah, son of Malchijah,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	41	son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	42	son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shime-i,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	43	son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	44	On the left hand were their brethren the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	45	son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	46	son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	47	son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	48	and their brethren the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	49	But Aaron and his sons made offerings upon the altar of burnt offering and upon the altar of incense for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	50	These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	51	Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	52	Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	53	Zadok his son, Ahima-az his son.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	54	These are their dwelling places according to their settlements within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the families of Kohathites, for theirs was the lot,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	55	to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasture lands,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	56	but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	57	To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	58	Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	59	Ashan with its pasture lands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	60	and from the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its pasture lands, Alemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	61	To the rest of the Kohathites were given by lot out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	62	To the Gershomites according to their families were allotted thirteen cities out of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	63	To the Merarites according to their families were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	64	So the people of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasture lands.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	65	They also gave them by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin these cities which are mentioned by name.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	66	And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	67	They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasture lands,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	68	Jokme-am with its pasture lands, Beth-horon with its pasture lands,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	69	Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	70	and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasture lands, and Bile-am with its pasture lands, for the rest of the families of the Kohathites.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	71	To the Gershomites were given out of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands and Ashtaroth with its pasture lands;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	72	and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	73	Ramoth with its pasture lands, and Anem with its pasture lands;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	74	out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	75	Hukok with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	76	and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, Hammon with its pasture lands, and Kiriathaim with its pasture lands.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	77	To the rest of the Merarites were allotted out of the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono with its pasture lands, Tabor with its pasture lands,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	78	and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the steppe with its pasture lands, Jahzah with its pasture lands,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	79	Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mepha-ath with its pasture lands;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	80	and out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, Mahanaim with its pasture lands,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	6	81	Heshbon with its pasture lands, and Jazer with its pasture lands.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	1	The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	2	The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeri-el, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers’ houses, namely of Tola, mighty warriors of their generations, their number in the days of David being twenty-two thousand six hundred.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	3	The sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah, five, all of them chief men;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	4	and along with them, by their generations, according to their fathers’ houses, were units of the army for war, thirty-six thousand, for they had many wives and sons.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	5	Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar were in all eighty-seven thousand mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	6	The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jedia-el, three.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	7	The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five, heads of fathers’ houses, mighty warriors; and their enrollment by genealogies was twenty-two thousand and thirty-four.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	8	The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Eli-o-enai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	9	and their enrollment by genealogies, according to their generations, as heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty warriors, was twenty thousand two hundred.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	10	The sons of Jedia-el: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	11	All these were the sons of Jedia-el according to the heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty warriors, seventeen thousand and two hundred, ready for service in war.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	12	And Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, Hushim the sons of Aher.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	13	The sons of Naphtali: Jahzi-el, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the offspring of Bilhah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	14	The sons of Manasseh: Asri-el, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	15	And Machir took a wife for Huppim and for Shuppim. The name of his sister was Maacah. And the name of the second was Zelophehad; and Zelophehad had daughters.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	16	And Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	17	The sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, son of Manasseh.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	18	And his sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, Abi-ezer, and Mahlah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	19	The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	20	The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, Tahath his son, Ele-adah his son, Tahath his son,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	21	Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Ele-ad, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land slew, because they came down to raid their cattle.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	22	And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	23	And Ephraim went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son; and he called his name Beriah, because evil had befallen his house.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	24	His daughter was Sheerah, who built both Lower and Upper Beth-horon, and Uzzen-sheerah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	25	Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, Tahan his son,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	26	Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	27	Nun his son, Joshua his son.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	28	Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer and its towns, Shechem and its towns, and Ayyah and its towns;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	29	also along the borders of the Manassites, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the sons of Joseph the son of Israel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	30	The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	31	The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchi-el, who was the father of Birzaith.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	32	Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	33	The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the sons of Japhlet.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	34	The sons of Shemer his brother: Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	35	The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	36	The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	37	Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Be-era.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	38	The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	39	The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	7	40	All of these were men of Asher, heads of fathers’ houses, approved, mighty warriors, chief of the princes. Their number enrolled by genealogies, for service in war, was twenty-six thousand men.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	1	Benjamin was the father of Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	2	Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	3	And Bela had sons: Addar, Gera, Abihud,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	4	Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	5	Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	6	These are the sons of Ehud (they were heads of fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they were carried into exile to Manahath):
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	7	Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, that is, Heglam, who was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	8	And Shaharaim had sons in the country of Moab after he had sent away Hushim and Baara his wives.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	9	He had sons by Hodesh his wife: Jobab, Zibi-a, Mesha, Malcam,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	10	Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers’ houses.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	11	He also had sons by Hushim: Abitub and Elpaal.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	12	The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with its towns,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	13	and Beriah and Shema (they were heads of fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath);
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	14	and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	15	Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	16	Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were sons of Beriah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	17	Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	18	Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	19	Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	20	Eli-enai, Zillethai, Eliel,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	21	Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shime-i.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	22	Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	23	Abdon, Zichri, Hanan,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	24	Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	25	Iphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	26	Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	27	Ja-areshiah, Elijah, and Zichri were the sons of Jeroham.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	28	These were the heads of fathers’ houses, according to their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	29	Je-iel the father of Gibeon dwelt in Gibeon, and the name of his wife was Maacah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	30	His first-born son: Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	31	Gedor, Ahio, Zecher,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	32	and Mikloth (he was the father of Shime-ah). Now these also dwelt opposite their kinsmen in Jerusalem, with their kinsmen.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	33	Ner was the father of Kish, Kish of Saul, Saul of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	34	and the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	35	The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	36	Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; Zimri was the father of Moza.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	37	Moza was the father of Bine-a; Raphah was his son, Ele-asah his son, Azel his son.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	38	Azel had six sons, and these are their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, She-ariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	39	The sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his first-born, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	8	40	The sons of Ulam were men who were mighty warriors, bowmen, having many sons and grandsons, one hundred and fifty. All these were Benjaminites.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	1	So all Israel was enrolled by genealogies; and these are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. And Judah was taken into exile in Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	2	Now the first to dwell again in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	3	And some of the people of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh dwelt in Jerusalem:
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	4	Uthai the son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, from the sons of Perez the son of Judah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	5	And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the first-born, and his sons.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	6	Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel and their kinsmen, six hundred and ninety.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	7	Of the Benjaminites: Sallu the son of Meshullam, son of Hodaviah, son of Hassenuah,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	8	Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, Elah the son of Uzzi, son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, son of Reuel, son of Ibnijah;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	9	and their kinsmen according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty-six. All these were heads of fathers’ houses according to their fathers’ houses.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	10	Of the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jachin,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	11	and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the chief officer of the house of God;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	12	and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adi-el, son of Jahzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son of Immer;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	13	besides their kinsmen, heads of their fathers’ houses, one thousand seven hundred and sixty, very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	14	Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	15	and Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zichri, son of Asaph;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	16	and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	17	The gatekeepers were: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their kinsmen (Shallum being the chief),
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	18	stationed hitherto in the king’s gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers of the camp of the Levites.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	19	Shallum the son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his fathers’ house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, as their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the Lord, keepers of the entrance.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	20	And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past; the Lord was with him.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	21	Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	22	All these, who were chosen as gatekeepers at the thresholds, were two hundred and twelve. They were enrolled by genealogies in their villages. David and Samuel the seer established them in their office of trust.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	23	So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, that is, the house of the tent, as guards.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	24	The gatekeepers were on the four sides, east, west, north, and south;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	25	and their kinsmen who were in their villages were obliged to come in every seven days, from time to time, to be with these;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	26	for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were in charge of the chambers and the treasures of the house of God.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	27	And they lodged round about the house of God; for upon them lay the duty of watching, and they had charge of opening it every morning.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	28	Some of them had charge of the utensils of service, for they were required to count them when they were brought in and taken out.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	29	Others of them were appointed over the furniture, and over all the holy utensils, also over the fine flour, the wine, the oil, the incense, and the spices.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	30	Others, of the sons of the priests, prepared the mixing of the spices,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	31	and Mattithiah, one of the Levites, the first-born of Shallum the Korahite, was in charge of making the flat cakes.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	32	Also some of their kinsmen of the Kohathites had charge of the showbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	33	Now these are the singers, the heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites, dwelling in the chambers of the temple free from other service, for they were on duty day and night.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	34	These were heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites, according to their generations, leaders, who lived in Jerusalem.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	35	In Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Je-iel, and the name of his wife was Maacah,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	36	and his first-born son Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	37	Gedor, Ahio, Zech-ariah and Mikloth;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	38	and Mikloth was the father of Shime-am; and these also dwelt opposite their kinsmen in Jerusalem, with their kinsmen.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	39	Ner was the father of Kish, Kish of Saul, Saul of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	40	and the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	41	The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tahre-a, and Ahaz;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	42	and Ahaz was the father of Jarah, and Jarah of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri was the father of Moza.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	43	Moza was the father of Bine-a; and Rephaiah was his son, Ele-asah his son, Azel his son.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	9	44	Azel had six sons and these are their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, She-ariah, Obadiah, and Hanan; these were the sons of Azel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	10	1	Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines, and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	10	2	And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	10	3	The battle pressed hard upon Saul, and the archers found him; and he was wounded by the archers.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	10	4	Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and make sport of me.” But his armor-bearer would not; for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword, and fell upon it.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	10	5	And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword, and died.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	10	6	Thus Saul died; he and his three sons and all his house died together.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	10	7	And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	10	8	On the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	10	9	And they stripped him and took his head and his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines, to carry the good news to their idols and to the people.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	10	10	And they put his armor in the temple of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	10	11	But when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	10	12	all the valiant men arose, and took away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	10	13	So Saul died for his unfaithfulness; he was unfaithful to the Lord in that he did not keep the command of the Lord, and also consulted a medium, seeking guidance,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	10	14	and did not seek guidance from the Lord. Therefore the Lord slew him, and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	1	Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron, and said, “Behold, we are your bone and flesh.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	2	In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you that led out and brought in Israel; and the Lord your God said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel.’”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	3	So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord by Samuel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	4	And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, that is Jebus, where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	5	The inhabitants of Jebus said to David, “You will not come in here.” Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	6	David said, “Whoever shall smite the Jebusites first shall be chief and commander.” And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, so he became chief.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	7	And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore it was called the city of David.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	8	And he built the city round about from the Millo in complete circuit; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	9	And David became greater and greater, for the Lord of hosts was with him.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	10	Now these are the chiefs of David’s mighty men, who gave him strong support in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the Lord concerning Israel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	11	This is an account of David’s mighty men: Jashobe-am, a Hachmonite, was chief of the three; he wielded his spear against three hundred whom he slew at one time.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	12	And next to him among the three mighty men was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	13	He was with David at Pas-dammim when the Philistines were gathered there for battle. There was a plot of ground full of barley, and the men fled from the Philistines.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	14	But he took his stand in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and slew the Philistines; and the Lord saved them by a great victory.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	15	Three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David at the cave of Adullam, when the army of Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	16	David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	17	And David said longingly, “O that some one would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate!”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	18	Then the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and took and brought it to David. But David would not drink of it; he poured it out to the Lord,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	19	and said, “Far be it from me before my God that I should do this. Shall I drink the lifeblood of these men? For at the risk of their lives they brought it.” Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	20	Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty. And he wielded his spear against three hundred men and slew them, and won a name beside the three.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	21	He was the most renowned of the thirty, and became their commander; but he did not attain to the three.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	22	And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds; he smote two ariels of Moab. He also went down and slew a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	23	And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits tall. The Egyptian had in his hand a spear like a weaver’s beam; but Benaiah went down to him with a staff, and snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	24	These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and won a name beside the three mighty men.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	25	He was renowned among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David set him over his bodyguard.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	26	The mighty men of the armies were Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	27	Shammoth of Harod, Helez the Pelonite,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	28	Ira the son of Ikkesh of Tekoa, Abi-ezer of Anathoth,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	29	Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	30	Maharai of Netophah, Heled the son of Baanah of Netophah,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	31	Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibe-ah of the Benjaminites, Benaiah of Pirathon,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	32	Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	33	Azmaveth of Baharum, Eliahba of Sha-albon,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	34	Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shagee the Hararite,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	35	Ahiam the son of Sachar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	36	Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	37	Hezro of Carmel, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	38	Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	39	Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai of Be-eroth, the armor-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	40	Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	41	Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	42	Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a leader of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	43	Hanan the son of Maacah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	44	Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Je-iel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	45	Jedia-el the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	46	Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elna-am, and Ithmah the Moabite,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	11	47	Eliel, and Obed, and Ja-asiel the Mezoba-ite.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	1	Now these are the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he could not move about freely because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men who helped him in war.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	2	They were bowmen, and could shoot arrows and sling stones with either the right or the left hand; they were Benjaminites, Saul’s kinsmen.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	3	The chief was Ahi-ezer, then Joash, both sons of Shemaah of Gibe-ah; also Jezi-el and Pelet the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah, Jehu of Anathoth,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	4	Ishmaiah of Gibeon, a mighty man among the thirty and a leader over the thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad of Gederah,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	5	Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, Shephatiah the Haruphite;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	6	Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Jo-ezer, and Jashobe-am, the Korahites;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	7	and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	8	From the Gadites there went over to David at the stronghold in the wilderness mighty and experienced warriors, expert with shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were swift as gazelles upon the mountains:
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	9	Ezer the chief, Obadiah second, Eliab third,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	10	Mishmannah fourth, Jeremiah fifth,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	11	Attai sixth, Eliel seventh,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	12	Johanan eighth, Elzabad ninth,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	13	Jeremiah tenth, Machbannai eleventh.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	14	These Gadites were officers of the army, the lesser over a hundred and the greater over a thousand.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	15	These are the men who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it was overflowing all its banks, and put to flight all those in the valleys, to the east and to the west.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	16	And some of the men of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	17	David went out to meet them and said to them, “If you have come to me in friendship to help me, my heart will be knit to you; but if to betray me to my adversaries, although there is no wrong in my hands, then may the God of our fathers see and rebuke you.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	18	Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, chief of the thirty, and he said, “We are yours, O David; and with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers! For your God helps you.” Then David received them, and made them officers of his troops.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	19	Some of the men of Manasseh deserted to David when he came with the Philistines for the battle against Saul. (Yet he did not help them, for the rulers of the Philistines took counsel and sent him away, saying, “At peril to our heads he will desert to his master Saul.”)
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	20	As he went to Ziklag these men of Manasseh deserted to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jedia-el, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	21	They helped David against the band of raiders; for they were all mighty men of valor, and were commanders in the army.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	22	For from day to day men kept coming to David to help him, until there was a great army, like an army of God.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	23	These are the numbers of the divisions of the armed troops, who came to David in Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul over to him, according to the word of the Lord.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	24	The men of Judah bearing shield and spear were six thousand eight hundred armed troops.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	25	Of the Simeonites, mighty men of valor for war, seven thousand one hundred.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	26	Of the Levites four thousand six hundred.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	27	The prince Jehoiada, of the house of Aaron, and with him three thousand seven hundred.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	28	Zadok, a young man mighty in valor, and twenty-two commanders from his own father’s house.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	29	Of the Benjaminites, the kinsmen of Saul, three thousand, of whom the majority had hitherto kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	30	Of the Ephraimites twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers’ houses.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	31	Of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were expressly named to come and make David king.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	32	Of Issachar men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, two hundred chiefs, and all their kinsmen under their command.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	33	Of Zebulun fifty thousand seasoned troops, equipped for battle with all the weapons of war, to help David with singleness of purpose.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	34	Of Naphtali a thousand commanders with whom were thirty-seven thousand men armed with shield and spear.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	35	Of the Danites twenty-eight thousand six hundred men equipped for battle.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	36	Of Asher forty thousand seasoned troops ready for battle.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	37	Of the Reubenites and Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh from beyond the Jordan, one hundred and twenty thousand men armed with all the weapons of war.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	38	All these, men of war, arrayed in battle order, came to Hebron with full intent to make David king over all Israel; likewise all the rest of Israel were of a single mind to make David king.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	39	And they were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their brethren had made preparation for them.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	12	40	And also their neighbors, from as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, came bringing food on asses and on camels and on mules and on oxen, abundant provisions of meal, cakes of figs, clusters of raisins, and wine and oil, oxen and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	13	1	David consulted with the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, with every leader.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	13	2	And David said to all the assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if it is the will of the Lord our God, let us send abroad to our brethren who remain in all the land of Israel, and with them to the priests and Levites in the cities that have pasture lands, that they may come together to us.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	13	3	Then let us bring again the ark of our God to us; for we neglected it in the days of Saul.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	13	4	All the assembly agreed to do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	13	5	So David assembled all Israel from the Shihor of Egypt to the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	13	6	And David and all Israel went up to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim which belongs to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the Lord who sits enthroned above the cherubim.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	13	7	And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart, from the house of Abinadab, and Uzzah and Ahio were driving the cart.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	13	8	And David and all Israel were making merry before God with all their might, with song and lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	13	9	And when they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah put out his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen stumbled.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	13	10	And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah; and he smote him because he put forth his hand to the ark; and he died there before God.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	13	11	And David was angry because the Lord had broken forth upon Uzzah; and that place is called Perez-uzza to this day.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	13	12	And David was afraid of God that day; and he said, “How can I bring the ark of God home to me?”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	13	13	So David did not take the ark home into the city of David, but took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	13	14	And the ark of God remained with the household of Obed-edom in his house three months; and the Lord blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that he had.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	14	1	And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also masons and carpenters to build a house for him.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	14	2	And David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that his kingdom was highly exalted for the sake of his people Israel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	14	3	And David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David begot more sons and daughters.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	14	4	These are the names of the children whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	14	5	Ibhar, Elishu-a, Elpelet,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	14	6	Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	14	7	Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	14	8	When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up in search of David; and David heard of it and went out against them.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	14	9	Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	14	10	And David inquired of God, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Wilt thou give them into my hand?” And the Lord said to him, “Go up, and I will give them into your hand.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	14	11	And he went up to Baal-perazim, and David defeated them there; and David said, “God has broken through my enemies by my hand, like a bursting flood.” Therefore the name of that place is called Baal-perazim.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	14	12	And they left their gods there, and David gave command, and they were burned.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	14	13	And the Philistines yet again made a raid in the valley.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	14	14	And when David again inquired of God, God said to him, “You shall not go up after them; go around and come upon them opposite the balsam trees.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	14	15	And when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then go out to battle; for God has gone out before you to smite the army of the Philistines.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	14	16	And David did as God commanded him, and they smote the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	14	17	And the fame of David went out into all lands, and the Lord brought the fear of him upon all nations.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	1	David built houses for himself in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	2	Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister to him for ever.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	3	And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had prepared for it.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	4	And David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	5	of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, with a hundred and twenty of his brethren;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	6	of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, with two hundred and twenty of his brethren;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	7	of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, with a hundred and thirty of his brethren;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	8	of the sons of Eli-zaphan, Shemaiah the chief, with two hundred of his brethren;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	9	of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, with eighty of his brethren;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	10	of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, with a hundred and twelve of his brethren.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	11	Then David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar, and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	12	and said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, so that you may bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	13	Because you did not carry it the first time, the Lord our God broke forth upon us, because we did not care for it in the way that is ordained.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	14	So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	15	And the Levites carried the ark of God upon their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the Lord.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	16	David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brethren as the singers who should play loudly on musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	17	So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari, their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	18	and with them their brethren of the second order, Zechariah, Ja-aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Ma-aseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Je-iel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	19	The singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound bronze cymbals;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	20	Zechariah, Azi-el, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Ma-aseiah, and Benaiah were to play harps according to Alamoth;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	21	but Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Je-iel, and Azaziah were to lead with lyres according to the Sheminith.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	22	Chenaniah, leader of the Levites in music, should direct the music, for he understood it.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	23	Berechiah and Elkanah were to be gatekeepers for the ark.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	24	Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, should blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah also were to be gatekeepers for the ark.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	25	So David and the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the house of Obed-edom with rejoicing.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	26	And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	27	David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as also were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the leader of the music of the singers; and David wore a linen ephod.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	28	So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, to the sound of the horn, trumpets, and cymbals, and made loud music on harps and lyres.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	15	29	And as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window, and saw King David dancing and making merry; and she despised him in her heart.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	1	And they brought the ark of God, and set it inside the tent which David had pitched for it; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	2	And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	3	and distributed to all Israel, both men and women, to each a loaf of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	4	Moreover he appointed certain of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the Lord, to invoke, to thank, and to praise the Lord, the God of Israel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	5	Asaph was the chief, and second to him were Zechariah, Je-iel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Je-iel, who were to play harps and lyres; Asaph was to sound the cymbals,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	6	and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	7	Then on that day David first appointed that thanksgiving be sung to the Lord by Asaph and his brethren.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	8	O give thanks to the Lord, call on his name, make known his deeds among the peoples!
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	9	Sing to him, sing praises to him, tell of all his wonderful works!
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	10	Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	11	Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his presence continually!
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	12	Remember the wonderful works that he has done, the wonders he wrought, the judgments he uttered,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	13	O offspring of Abraham his servant, sons of Jacob, his chosen ones!
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	14	He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	15	He is mindful of his covenant for ever, of the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	16	the covenant which he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	17	which he confirmed as a statute to Jacob, as an everlasting covenant to Israel,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	18	saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, as your portion for an inheritance.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	19	When they were few in number, and of little account, and sojourners in it,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	20	wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	21	he allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their account,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	22	saying, “Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	23	Sing to the Lord, all the earth! Tell of his salvation from day to day.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	24	Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	25	For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and he is to be held in awe above all gods.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	26	For all the gods of the peoples are idols; but the Lord made the heavens.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	27	Honor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in his place.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	28	Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength!
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	29	Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come before him! Worship the Lord in holy array;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	30	tremble before him, all the earth; yea, the world stands firm, never to be moved.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	31	Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice, and let them say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	32	Let the sea roar, and all that fills it, let the field exult, and everything in it!
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	33	Then shall the trees of the wood sing for joy before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	34	O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever!
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	35	Say also: “Deliver us, O God of our salvation, and gather and save us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	36	Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting!” Then all the people said “Amen!” and praised the Lord.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	37	So David left Asaph and his brethren there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord to minister continually before the ark as each day required,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	38	and also Obed-edom and his sixty-eight brethren; while Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah were to be gatekeepers.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	39	And he left Zadok the priest and his brethren the priests before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place that was at Gibeon,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	40	to offer burnt offerings to the Lord upon the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, according to all that is written in the law of the Lord which he commanded Israel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	41	With them were Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and expressly named to give thanks to the Lord, for his steadfast love endures for ever.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	42	Heman and Jeduthun had trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun were appointed to the gate.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	16	43	Then all the people departed each to his house, and David went home to bless his household.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	1	Now when David dwelt in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	2	And Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	3	But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	4	“Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: You shall not build me a house to dwell in.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	5	For I have not dwelt in a house since the day I led up Israel to this day, but I have gone from tent to tent and from dwelling to dwelling.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	6	In all places where I have moved with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people, saying, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?”’
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	7	Now therefore thus shall you say to my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	8	and I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make for you a name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	9	And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be disturbed no more; and violent men shall waste them no more, as formerly,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	10	from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel; and I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover I declare to you that the Lord will build you a house.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	11	When your days are fulfilled to go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	12	He shall build a house for me, and I will establish his throne for ever.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	13	I will be his father, and he shall be my son; I will not take my steadfast love from him, as I took it from him who was before you,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	14	but I will confirm him in my house and in my kingdom for ever and his throne shall be established for ever.’”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	15	In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, Nathan spoke to David.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	16	Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	17	And this was a small thing in thy eyes, O God; thou hast also spoken of thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and hast shown me future generations, O Lord God!
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	18	And what more can David say to thee for honoring thy servant? For thou knowest thy servant.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	19	For thy servant’s sake, O Lord, and according to thy own heart, thou hast wrought all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	20	There is none like thee, O Lord, and there is no God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	21	What other nation on earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his people, making for thyself a name for great and terrible things, in driving out nations before thy people whom thou didst redeem from Egypt?
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	22	And thou didst make thy people Israel to be thy people for ever; and thou, O Lord, didst become their God.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	23	And now, O Lord, let the word which thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast spoken;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	24	and thy name will be established and magnified for ever, saying, ‘The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, is Israel’s God,’ and the house of thy servant David will be established before thee.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	25	For thou, my God, hast revealed to thy servant that thou wilt build a house for him; therefore thy servant has found courage to pray before thee.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	26	And now, O Lord, thou art God, and thou hast promised this good thing to thy servant;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	17	27	now therefore may it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for what thou, O Lord, hast blessed is blessed for ever.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	18	1	After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Gath and its villages out of the hand of the Philistines.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	18	2	And he defeated Moab, and the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	18	3	David also defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah, toward Hamath, as he went to set up his monument at the river Euphrates.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	18	4	And David took from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough for a hundred chariots.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	18	5	And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew twenty-two thousand men of the Syrians.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	18	6	Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	18	7	And David took the shields of gold which were carried by the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	18	8	And from Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took very much bronze; with it Solomon made the bronze sea and the pillars and the vessels of bronze.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	18	9	When Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the whole army of Hadadezer, king of Zobah,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	18	10	he sent his son Hadoram to King David, to greet him, and to congratulate him because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him; for Hadadezer had often been at war with Tou. And he sent all sorts of articles of gold, of silver, and of bronze;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	18	11	these also King David dedicated to the Lord, together with the silver and gold which he had carried off from all the nations, from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	18	12	And Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, slew eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	18	13	And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David’s servants. And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	18	14	So David reigned over all Israel; and he administered justice and equity to all his people.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	18	15	And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	18	16	and Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests; and Shavsha was secretary;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	18	17	and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were the chief officials in the service of the king.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	19	1	Now after this Nahash the king of the Ammonites died, and his son reigned in his stead.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	19	2	And David said, “I will deal loyally with Hanun the son of Nahash, for his father dealt loyally with me.” So David sent messengers to console him concerning his father. And David’s servants came to Hanun in the land of the Ammonites, to console him.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	19	3	But the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Do you think, because David has sent comforters to you, that he is honoring your father? Have not his servants come to you to search and to overthrow and to spy out the land?”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	19	4	So Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, at their hips, and sent them away;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	19	5	and they departed. When David was told concerning the men, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, “Remain at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	19	6	When the Ammonites saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen from Mesopotamia, from Aram-maacah, and from Zobah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	19	7	They hired thirty-two thousand chariots and the king of Maacah with his army, who came and encamped before Medeba. And the Ammonites were mustered from their cities and came to battle.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	19	8	When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	19	9	And the Ammonites came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the city, and the kings who had come were by themselves in the open country.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	19	10	When Joab saw that the battle was set against him both in front and in the rear, he chose some of the picked men of Israel, and arrayed them against the Syrians;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	19	11	the rest of his men he put in the charge of Abishai his brother, and they were arrayed against the Ammonites.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	19	12	And he said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will help you.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	19	13	Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people, and for the cities of our God; and may the Lord do what seems good to him.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	19	14	So Joab and the people who were with him drew near before the Syrians for battle; and they fled before him.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	19	15	And when the Ammonites saw that the Syrians fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, Joab’s brother, and entered the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	19	16	But when the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the Euphrates, with Shophach the commander of the army of Hadadezer at their head.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	19	17	And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and crossed the Jordan, and came to them, and drew up his forces against them. And when David set the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	19	18	And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians the men of seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand foot soldiers, and killed also Shophach the commander of their army.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	19	19	And when the servants of Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David, and became subject to him. So the Syrians were not willing to help the Ammonites any more.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	20	1	In the spring of the year, the time when kings go forth to battle, Joab led out the army, and ravaged the country of the Ammonites, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and overthrew it.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	20	2	And David took the crown of their king from his head; he found that it weighed a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone; and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city, a very great amount.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	20	3	And he brought forth the people who were in it, and set them to labor with saws and iron picks and axes; and thus David did to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	20	4	And after this there arose war with the Philistines at Gezer; then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Sippai, who was one of the descendants of the giants; and the Philistines were subdued.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	20	5	And there was again war with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	20	6	And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; and he also was descended from the giants.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	20	7	And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shime-a, David’s brother, slew him.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	20	8	These were descended from the giants in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	1	Satan stood up against Israel, and incited David to number Israel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	2	So David said to Joab and the commanders of the army, “Go, number Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, and bring me a report, that I may know their number.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	3	But Joab said, “May the Lord add to his people a hundred times as many as they are! Are they not, my lord the king, all of them my lord’s servants? Why then should my lord require this? Why should he bring guilt upon Israel?”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	4	But the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and went throughout all Israel, and came back to Jerusalem.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	5	And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to David. In all Israel there were one million one hundred thousand men who drew the sword, and in Judah four hundred and seventy thousand who drew the sword.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	6	But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, for the king’s command was abhorrent to Joab.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	7	But God was displeased with this thing, and he smote Israel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	8	And David said to God, “I have sinned greatly in that I have done this thing. But now, I pray thee, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	9	And the Lord spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	10	“Go and say to David, ‘Thus says the Lord, Three things I offer you; choose one of them, that I may do it to you.’”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	11	So Gad came to David and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Take which you will:
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	12	either three years of famine; or three months of devastation by your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you; or else three days of the sword of the Lord, pestilence upon the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the territory of Israel.’ Now decide what answer I shall return to him who sent me.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	13	Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress; let me fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercy is very great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	14	So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel; and there fell seventy thousand men of Israel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	15	And God sent the angel to Jerusalem to destroy it; but when he was about to destroy it, the Lord saw, and he repented of the evil; and he said to the destroying angel, “It is enough; now stay your hand.” And the angel of the Lord was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	16	And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, and in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	17	And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave command to number the people? It is I who have sinned and done very wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, O Lord my God, be against me and against my father’s house; but let not the plague be upon thy people.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	18	Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David that David should go up and rear an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	19	So David went up at Gad’s word, which he had spoken in the name of the Lord.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	20	Now Ornan was threshing wheat; he turned and saw the angel, and his four sons who were with him hid themselves.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	21	As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David and went forth from the threshing floor, and did obeisance to David with his face to the ground.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	22	And David said to Ornan, “Give me the site of the threshing floor that I may build on it an altar to the Lord—give it to me at its full price—that the plague may be averted from the people.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	23	Then Ornan said to David, “Take it; and let my lord the king do what seems good to him; see, I give the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for a cereal offering. I give it all.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	24	But King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will buy it for the full price; I will not take for the Lord what is yours, nor offer burnt offerings which cost me nothing.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	25	So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the site.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	26	And David built there an altar to the Lord and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the Lord, and he answered him with fire from heaven upon the altar of burnt offering.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	27	Then the Lord commanded the angel; and he put his sword back into its sheath.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	28	At that time, when David saw that the Lord had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he made his sacrifices there.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	29	For the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time in the high place at Gibeon;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	21	30	but David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the Lord.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	22	1	Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the Lord God and here the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	22	2	David commanded to gather together the aliens who were in the land of Israel, and he set stonecutters to prepare dressed stones for building the house of God.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	22	3	David also provided great stores of iron for nails for the doors of the gates and for clamps, as well as bronze in quantities beyond weighing,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	22	4	and cedar timbers without number; for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought great quantities of cedar to David.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	22	5	For David said, “Solomon my son is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and glory throughout all lands; I will therefore make preparation for it.” So David provided materials in great quantity before his death.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	22	6	Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	22	7	David said to Solomon, “My son, I had it in my heart to build a house to the name of the Lord my God.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	22	8	But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ‘You have shed much blood and have waged great wars; you shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed so much blood before me upon the earth.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	22	9	Behold, a son shall be born to you; he shall be a man of peace. I will give him peace from all his enemies round about; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	22	10	He shall build a house for my name. He shall be my son, and I will be his father, and I will establish his royal throne in Israel for ever.’
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	22	11	Now, my son, the Lord be with you, so that you may succeed in building the house of the Lord your God, as he has spoken concerning you.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	22	12	Only, may the Lord grant you discretion and understanding, that when he gives you charge over Israel you may keep the law of the Lord your God.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	22	13	Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and the ordinances which the Lord commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong, and of good courage. Fear not; be not dismayed.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	22	14	With great pains I have provided for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold, a million talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond weighing, for there is so much of it; timber and stone too I have provided. To these you must add.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	22	15	You have an abundance of workmen: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and all kinds of craftsmen without number, skilled in working
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	22	16	gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Arise and be doing! The Lord be with you!”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	22	17	David also commanded all the leaders of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	22	18	“Is not the Lord your God with you? And has he not given you peace on every side? For he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before the Lord and his people.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	22	19	Now set your mind and heart to seek the Lord your God. Arise and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy vessels of God may be brought into a house built for the name of the Lord.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	1	When David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	2	David assembled all the leaders of Israel and the priests and the Levites.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	3	The Levites, thirty years old and upward, were numbered, and the total was thirty-eight thousand men.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	4	“Twenty-four thousand of these,” David said, “shall have charge of the work in the house of the Lord, six thousand shall be officers and judges,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	5	four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand shall offer praises to the Lord with the instruments which I have made for praise.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	6	And David organized them in divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	7	The sons of Gersham were Ladan and Shime-i.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	8	The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	9	The sons of Shime-i: Shelomoth, Hazi-el, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’ houses of Ladan.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	10	And the sons of Shime-i: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shime-i.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	11	Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons, therefore they became a father’s house in one reckoning.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	12	The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	13	The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was set apart to consecrate the most holy things, that he and his sons for ever should burn incense before the Lord, and minister to him and pronounce blessings in his name for ever.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	14	But the sons of Moses the man of God were named among the tribe of Levi.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	15	The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	16	The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	17	The sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the chief; Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	18	The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	19	The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	20	The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief and Isshiah the second.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	21	The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	22	Eleazar died having no sons, but only daughters; their kinsmen, the sons of Kish, married them.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	23	The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	24	These were the sons of Levi by their fathers’ houses, the heads of fathers’ houses as they were registered according to the number of the names of the individuals from twenty years old and upward who were to do the work for the service of the house of the Lord.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	25	For David said, “The Lord, the God of Israel, has given peace to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem for ever.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	26	And so the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the things for its service”—
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	27	for by the last words of David these were the number of the Levites from twenty years old and upward—
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	28	“but their duty shall be to assist the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, having the care of the courts and the chambers, the cleansing of all that is holy, and any work for the service of the house of God;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	29	to assist also with the showbread, the flour for the cereal offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baked offering, the offering mixed with oil, and all measures of quantity or size.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	30	And they shall stand every morning, thanking and praising the Lord, and likewise at evening,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	31	and whenever burnt offerings are offered to the Lord on sabbaths, new moons, and feast days, according to the number required of them, continually before the Lord.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	23	32	Thus they shall keep charge of the tent of meeting and the sanctuary, and shall attend the sons of Aaron, their brethren, for the service of the house of the Lord.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	1	The divisions of the sons of Aaron were these. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	2	But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children, so Eleazar and Ithamar became the priests.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	3	With the help of Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, David organized them according to the appointed duties in their service.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	4	Since more chief men were found among the sons of Eleazar than among the sons of Ithamar, they organized them under sixteen heads of fathers’ houses of the sons of Eleazar, and eight of the sons of Ithamar.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	5	They organized them by lot, all alike, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	6	And the scribe Shemaiah the son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites; one father’s house being chosen for Eleazar and one chosen for Ithamar.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	7	The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	8	the third to Harim, the fourth to Se-orim,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	9	the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	10	the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	11	the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	12	the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	13	the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebe-ab,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	14	the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	15	the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	16	the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	17	the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	18	the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Ma-aziah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	19	These had as their appointed duty in their service to come into the house of the Lord according to the procedure established for them by Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	20	And of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shuba-el; of the sons of Shuba-el, Jehdeiah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	21	Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	22	Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	23	The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	24	The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	25	The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	26	The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Ja-aziah: Beno.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	27	The sons of Merari: of Ja-aziah, Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	28	Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	29	Of Kish, the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	30	The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	24	31	These also, the head of each father’s house and his younger brother alike, cast lots, just as their brethren the sons of Aaron, in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	1	David and the chiefs of the service also set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with lyres, with harps, and with cymbals. The list of those who did the work and of their duties was:
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	2	Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah, sons of Asaph, under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	3	Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shime-i, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the lyre in thanksgiving and praise to the Lord.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	4	Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazi-oth.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	5	All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer, according to the promise of God to exalt him; for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	6	They were all under the direction of their father in the music in the house of the Lord with cymbals, harps, and lyres for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the order of the king.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	7	The number of them along with their brethren, who were trained in singing to the Lord, all who were skilful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	8	And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and pupil alike.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	9	The first lot fell for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, to him and his brethren and his sons, twelve;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	10	the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	11	the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	12	the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	13	the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	14	the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	15	the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	16	the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	17	the tenth to Shime-i, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	18	the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	19	the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	20	to the thirteenth, Shuba-el, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	21	to the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	22	to the fifteenth, to Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	23	to the sixteenth, to Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	24	to the seventeenth, to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	25	to the eighteenth, to Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	26	to the nineteenth, to Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	27	to the twentieth, to Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	28	to the twenty-first, to Hothir, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	29	to the twenty-second, to Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	30	to the twenty-third, to Mahazi-oth, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	25	31	to the twenty-fourth, to Romamti-ezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	1	As for the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	2	And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the first-born, Jedia-el the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathni-el the fourth,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	3	Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eli-e-ho-enai the seventh.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	4	And Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	5	Ammi-el the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Pe-ullethai the eighth; for God blessed him.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	6	Also to his son Shemaiah were sons born who were rulers in their fathers’ houses, for they were men of great ability.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	7	The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Repha-el, Obed, and Elzabad, whose brethren were able men, Elihu and Semachiah.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	8	All these were of the sons of Obed-edom with their sons and brethren, able men qualified for the service; sixty-two of Obed-edom.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	9	And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, able men, eighteen.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	10	And Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the first-born, his father made him chief),
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	11	Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	12	These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their chief men, had duties, just as their brethren did, ministering in the house of the Lord;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	13	and they cast lots by fathers’ houses, small and great alike, for their gates.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	14	The lot for the east fell to Shelemiah. They cast lots also for his son Zechariah, a shrewd counselor, and his lot came out for the north.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	15	Obed-edom’s came out for the south, and to his sons was allotted the storehouse.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	16	For Shuppim and Hosah it came out for the west, at the gate of Shallecheth on the road that goes up. Watch corresponded to watch.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	17	On the east there were six each day, on the north four each day, on the south four each day, as well as two and two at the storehouse;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	18	and for the parbar on the west there were four at the road and two at the parbar.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	19	These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the Korahites and the sons of Merari.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	20	And of the Levites, Ahijah had charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated gifts.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	21	The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers’ houses belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	22	The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and Joel his brother, were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the Lord.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	23	Of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites—
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	24	and Shebuel the son of Gershom, son of Moses, was chief officer in charge of the treasuries.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	25	His brethren: from Eliezer were his son Rehabiah, and his son Jeshaiah, and his son Joram, and his son Zichri, and his son Shelomoth.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	26	This Shelomoth and his brethren were in charge of all the treasuries of the dedicated gifts which David the king, and the heads of the fathers’ houses, and the officers of the thousands and the hundreds, and the commanders of the army, had dedicated.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	27	From spoil won in battles they dedicated gifts for the maintenance of the house of the Lord.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	28	Also all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah had dedicated—all dedicated gifts were in the care of Shelomoth and his brethren.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	29	Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were appointed to outside duties for Israel, as officers and judges.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	30	Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, one thousand seven hundred men of ability, had the oversight of Israel westward of the Jordan for all the work of the Lord and for the service of the king.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	31	Of the Hebronites, Jerijah was chief of the Hebronites of whatever genealogy or fathers’ houses. (In the fortieth year of David’s reign search was made and men of great ability among them were found at Jazer in Gilead.)
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	26	32	King David appointed him and his brethren, two thousand seven hundred men of ability, heads of fathers’ houses, to have the oversight of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites for everything pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	1	This is the list of the people of Israel, the heads of fathers’ houses, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all matters concerning the divisions that came and went, month after month throughout the year, each division numbering twenty-four thousand:
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	2	Jashobeam the son of Zabdi-el was in charge of the first division in the first month; in his division were twenty-four thousand.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	3	He was a descendant of Perez, and was chief of all the commanders of the army for the first month.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	4	Dodai the Ahohite was in charge of the division of the second month; in his division were twenty-four thousand.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	5	The third commander, for the third month, was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, as chief; in his division were twenty-four thousand.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	6	This is the Benaiah who was a mighty man of the thirty and in command of the thirty; Ammizabad his son was in charge of his division.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	7	Asahel the brother of Joab was fourth, for the fourth month, and his son Zebadiah after him; in his division were twenty-four thousand.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	8	The fifth commander, for the fifth month, was Shamhuth, the Izrahite; in his division were twenty-four thousand.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	9	Sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira, the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; in his division were twenty-four thousand.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	10	Seventh, for the seventh month, was Helez the Pelonite, of the sons of Ephraim; in his division were twenty-four thousand.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	11	Eighth, for the eighth month, was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites; in his division were twenty-four thousand.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	12	Ninth, for the ninth month, was Abi-ezer of Anathoth, a Benjaminite; in his division were twenty-four thousand.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	13	Tenth, for the tenth month, was Maharai of Netophah, of the Zerahites; in his division were twenty-four thousand.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	14	Eleventh, for the eleventh month, was Benaiah of Pirathon, of the sons of Ephraim; in his division were twenty-four thousand.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	15	Twelfth, for the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othni-el; in his division were twenty-four thousand.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	16	Over the tribes of Israel, for the Reubenites Eliezer the son of Zichri was chief officer; for the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	17	for Levi, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel; for Aaron, Zadok;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	18	for Judah, Elihu, one of David’s brothers; for Issachar, Omri the son of Michael;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	19	for Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah; for Naphtali, Jeremoth the son of Azriel;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	20	for the Ephraimites, Hoshea the son of Azaziah; for the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	21	for the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah; for Benjamin, Ja-asi-el the son of Abner;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	22	for Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the leaders of the tribes of Israel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	23	David did not number those below twenty years of age, for the Lord had promised to make Israel as many as the stars of heaven.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	24	Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but did not finish; yet wrath came upon Israel for this, and the number was not entered in the chronicles of King David.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	25	Over the king’s treasuries was Azmaveth the son of Adi-el; and over the treasuries in the country, in the cities, in the villages and in the towers, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	26	and over those who did the work of the field for tilling the soil was Ezri the son of Chelub;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	27	and over the vineyards was Shime-i the Ramathite; and over the produce of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	28	Over the olive and sycamore trees in the Shephelah was Baal-hanan the Gederite; and over the stores of oil was Joash.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	29	Over the herds that pastured in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite; over the herds in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	30	Over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite; and over the she-asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite. Over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	31	All these were stewards of King David’s property.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	32	Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, being a man of understanding and a scribe; he and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni attended the king’s sons.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	33	Ahithophel was the king’s counselor, and Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	27	34	Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar. Joab was commander of the king’s army.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	28	1	David assembled at Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, the officials of the tribes, the officers of the divisions that served the king, the commanders of thousands, the commanders of hundreds, the stewards of all the property and cattle of the king and his sons, together with the palace officials, the mighty men, and all the seasoned warriors.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	28	2	Then King David rose to his feet and said: “Hear me, my brethren and my people. I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for the footstool of our God; and I made preparations for building.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	28	3	But God said to me, ‘You may not build a house for my name, for you are a warrior and have shed blood.’
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	28	4	Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me from all my father’s house to be king over Israel for ever; for he chose Judah as leader, and in the house of Judah my father’s house, and among my father’s sons he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	28	5	And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	28	6	He said to me, ‘It is Solomon your son who shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	28	7	I will establish his kingdom for ever if he continues resolute in keeping my commandments and my ordinances, as he is today.’
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	28	8	Now therefore in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of the Lord your God; that you may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you for ever.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	28	9	“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off for ever.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	28	10	Take heed now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong, and do it.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	28	11	Then David gave Solomon his son the plan of the vestibule of the temple, and of its houses, its treasuries, its upper rooms, and its inner chambers, and of the room for the mercy seat;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	28	12	and the plan of all that he had in mind for the courts of the house of the Lord, all the surrounding chambers, the treasuries of the house of God, and the treasuries for dedicated gifts;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	28	13	for the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, and all the work of the service in the house of the Lord; for all the vessels for the service in the house of the Lord,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	28	14	the weight of gold for all golden vessels for each service, the weight of silver vessels for each service,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	28	15	the weight of the golden lampstands and their lamps, the weight of gold for each lampstand and its lamps, the weight of silver for a lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand in the service,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	28	16	the weight of gold for each table for the showbread, the silver for the silver tables,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	28	17	and pure gold for the forks, the basins, and the cups; for the golden bowls and the weight of each; for the silver bowls and the weight of each;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	28	18	for the altar of incense made of refined gold, and its weight; also his plan for the golden chariot of the cherubim that spread their wings and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	28	19	All this he made clear by the writing from the hand of the Lord concerning it, all the work to be done according to the plan.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	28	20	Then David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and of good courage, and do it. Fear not, be not dismayed; for the Lord God, even my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the Lord is finished.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	28	21	And behold the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of the house of God; and with you in all the work will be every willing man who has skill for any kind of service; also the officers and all the people will be wholly at your command.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	1	And David the king said to all the assembly, “Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is young and inexperienced, and the work is great; for the palace will not be for man but for the Lord God.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	2	So I have provided for the house of my God, so far as I was able, the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, and the bronze for the things of bronze, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, besides great quantities of onyx and stones for setting, antimony, colored stones, all sorts of precious stones, and marble.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	3	Moreover, in addition to all that I have provided for the holy house, I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, and because of my devotion to the house of my God I give it to the house of my God:
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	4	three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, for overlaying the walls of the house,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	5	and for all the work to be done by craftsmen, gold for the things of gold and silver for the things of silver. Who then will offer willingly, consecrating himself today to the Lord?”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	6	Then the heads of fathers’ houses made their freewill offerings, as did also the leaders of the tribes, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officers over the king’s work.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	7	They gave for the service of the house of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and a hundred thousand talents of iron.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	8	And whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the Lord, in the care of Jehiel the Gershonite.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	9	Then the people rejoiced because these had given willingly, for with a whole heart they had offered freely to the Lord; David the king also rejoiced greatly.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	10	Therefore David blessed the Lord in the presence of all the assembly; and David said: “Blessed art thou, O Lord, the God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	11	Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	12	Both riches and honor come from thee, and thou rulest over all. In thy hand are power and might; and in thy hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	13	And now we thank thee, our God, and praise thy glorious name.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	14	“But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from thee, and of thy own have we given thee.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	15	For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no abiding.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	16	O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building thee a house for thy holy name comes from thy hand and is all thy own.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	17	I know, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness; in the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen thy people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to thee.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	18	O Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep for ever such purposes and thoughts in the hearts of thy people, and direct their hearts toward thee.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	19	Grant to Solomon my son that with a whole heart he may keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, performing all, and that he may build the palace for which I have made provision.”
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	20	Then David said to all the assembly, “Bless the Lord your God.” And all the assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their fathers, and bowed their heads, and worshiped the Lord, and did obeisance to the king.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	21	And they performed sacrifices to the Lord, and on the next day offered burnt offerings to the Lord, a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel;
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	22	and they ate and drank before the Lord on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and they anointed him as prince for the Lord, and Zadok as priest.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	23	Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father; and he prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	24	All the leaders and the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	25	And the Lord gave Solomon great repute in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	26	Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	27	The time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	28	Then he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor; and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	29	Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are written in the Chronicles of Samuel the seer, and in the Chronicles of Nathan the prophet, and in the Chronicles of Gad the seer,
+1 Chronicles	1Chron	13	29	30	with accounts of all his rule and his might and of the circumstances that came upon him and upon Israel, and upon all the kingdoms of the countries.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	1	1	Solomon the son of David established himself in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him and made him exceedingly great.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	1	2	Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to all the leaders in all Israel, the heads of fathers’ houses.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	1	3	And Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness, was there.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	1	4	(But David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.)
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	1	5	Moreover the bronze altar that Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of the Lord. And Solomon and the assembly sought the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	1	6	And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the Lord, which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	1	7	In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, “Ask what I shall give you.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	1	8	And Solomon said to God, “Thou hast shown great and steadfast love to David my father, and hast made me king in his stead.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	1	9	O Lord God, let thy promise to David my father be now fulfilled, for thou hast made me king over a people as many as the dust of the earth.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	1	10	Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can rule this thy people, that is so great?”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	1	11	God answered Solomon, “Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked possessions, wealth, honor, or the life of those who hate you, and have not even asked long life, but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself that you may rule my people over whom I have made you king,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	1	12	wisdom and knowledge are granted to you. I will also give you riches, possessions, and honor, such as none of the kings had who were before you, and none after you shall have the like.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	1	13	So Solomon came from the high place at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem. And he reigned over Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	1	14	Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	1	15	And the king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	1	16	And Solomon’s import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king’s traders received them from Kue for a price.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	1	17	They imported a chariot from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; likewise through them these were exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	2	1	Now Solomon purposed to build a temple for the name of the Lord, and a royal palace for himself.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	2	2	And Solomon assigned seventy thousand men to bear burdens and eighty thousand to quarry in the hill country, and three thousand six hundred to oversee them.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	2	3	And Solomon sent word to Huram the king of Tyre: “As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedar to build himself a house to dwell in, so deal with me.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	2	4	Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the Lord my God and dedicate it to him for the burning of incense of sweet spices before him, and for the continual offering of the showbread, and for burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths and the new moons and the appointed feasts of the Lord our God, as ordained for ever for Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	2	5	The house which I am to build will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	2	6	But who is able to build him a house, since heaven, even highest heaven, cannot contain him? Who am I to build a house for him, except as a place to burn incense before him?
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	2	7	So now send me a man skilled to work in gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue fabrics, trained also in engraving, to be with the skilled workers who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	2	8	Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. And my servants will be with your servants,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	2	9	to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am to build will be great and wonderful.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	2	10	I will give for your servants, the hewers who cut timber, twenty thousand cors of crushed wheat, twenty thousand cors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	2	11	Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in a letter which he sent to Solomon, “Because the Lord loves his people he has made you king over them.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	2	12	Huram also said, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, endued with discretion and understanding, who will build a temple for the Lord, and a royal palace for himself.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	2	13	“Now I have sent a skilled man, endued with understanding, Huram-abi,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	2	14	the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre. He is trained to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, and in purple, blue, and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and to do all sorts of engraving and execute any design that may be assigned him, with your craftsmen, the craftsmen of my lord, David your father.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	2	15	Now therefore the wheat and barley, oil and wine, of which my lord has spoken, let him send to his servants;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	2	16	and we will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon, and bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa, so that you may take it up to Jerusalem.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	2	17	Then Solomon took a census of all the aliens who were in the land of Israel, after the census of them which David his father had taken; and there were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	2	18	Seventy thousand of them he assigned to bear burdens, eighty thousand to quarry in the hill country, and three thousand six hundred as overseers to make the people work.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	3	1	Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	3	2	He began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	3	3	These are Solomon’s measurements for building the house of God: the length, in cubits of the old standard, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	3	4	The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house; and its height was a hundred and twenty cubits. He overlaid it on the inside with pure gold.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	3	5	The nave he lined with cypress, and covered it with fine gold, and made palms and chains on it.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	3	6	He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold of Parvaim.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	3	7	So he lined the house with gold—its beams, its thresholds, its walls, and its doors; and he carved cherubim on the walls.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	3	8	And he made the most holy place; its length, corresponding to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth was twenty cubits; he overlaid it with six hundred talents of fine gold.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	3	9	The weight of the nails was one shekel to fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	3	10	In the most holy place he made two cherubim of wood and overlaid them with gold.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	3	11	The wings of the cherubim together extended twenty cubits: one wing of the one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	3	12	and of this cherub, one wing, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and the other wing, also of five cubits, was joined to the wing of the first cherub.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	3	13	The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits; the cherubim stood on their feet, facing the nave.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	3	14	And he made the veil of blue and purple and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and worked cherubim on it.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	3	15	In front of the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits high, with a capital of five cubits on the top of each.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	3	16	He made chains like a necklace and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	3	17	He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south, the other on the north; that on the south he called Jachin, and that on the north Boaz.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	4	1	He made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	4	2	Then he made the molten sea; it was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	4	3	Under it were figures of gourds, for thirty cubits, compassing the sea round about; the gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	4	4	It stood upon twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; the sea was set upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	4	5	Its thickness was a handbreadth; and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily; it held over three thousand baths.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	4	6	He also made ten lavers in which to wash, and set five on the south side, and five on the north side. In these they were to rinse off what was used for the burnt offering, and the sea was for the priests to wash in.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	4	7	And he made ten golden lampstands as prescribed, and set them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	4	8	He also made ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. And he made a hundred basins of gold.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	4	9	He made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	4	10	and he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	4	11	Huram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Huram finished the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of God:
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	4	12	the two pillars, the bowls, and the two capitals on the top of the pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	4	13	and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	4	14	He made the stands also, and the lavers upon the stands,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	4	15	and the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath it.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	4	16	The pots, the shovels, the forks, and all the equipment for these Huram-abi made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	4	17	In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	4	18	Solomon made all these things in great quantities, so that the weight of the bronze was not ascertained.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	4	19	So Solomon made all the things that were in the house of God: the golden altar, the tables for the bread of the Presence,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	4	20	the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	4	21	the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of purest gold;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	4	22	the snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and firepans, of pure gold; and the sockets of the temple, for the inner doors to the most holy place and for the doors of the nave of the temple were of gold.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	5	1	Thus all the work that Solomon did for the house of the Lord was finished. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated, and stored the silver, the gold, and all the vessels in the treasuries of the house of God.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	5	2	Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ houses of the people of Israel, in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	5	3	And all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the feast which is in the seventh month.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	5	4	And all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	5	5	And they brought up the ark, the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; the priests and the Levites brought them up.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	5	6	And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	5	7	So the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the most holy place, underneath the wings of the cherubim.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	5	8	For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering above the ark and its poles.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	5	9	And the poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place before the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from outside; and they are there to this day.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	5	10	There was nothing in the ark except the two tables which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the people of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	5	11	Now when the priests came out of the holy place (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, without regard to their divisions;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	5	12	and all the Levitical singers, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, their sons and kinsmen, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, stood east of the altar with a hundred and twenty priests who were trumpeters;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	5	13	and it was the duty of the trumpeters and singers to make themselves heard in unison in praise and thanksgiving to the Lord), and when the song was raised, with trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments, in praise to the Lord, “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures for ever,” the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	5	14	so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	1	Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	2	I have built thee an exalted house, a place for thee to dwell in for ever.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	3	Then the king faced about, and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	4	And he said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	5	‘Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city in all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there, and I chose no man as prince over my people Israel;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	6	but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	7	Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	8	But the Lord said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	9	nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.’
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	10	Now the Lord has fulfilled his promise which he made; for I have risen in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	11	And there I have set the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord which he made with the people of Israel.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	12	Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	13	Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the court; and he stood upon it. Then he knelt upon his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	14	and said, “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven or on earth, keeping covenant and showing steadfast love to thy servants who walk before thee with all their heart;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	15	who hast kept with thy servant David my father what thou didst declare to him; yea, thou didst speak with thy mouth, and with thy hand hast fulfilled it this day.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	16	Now therefore, O Lord, God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father what thou hast promised him, saying, ‘There shall never fail you a man before me to sit upon the throne of Israel, if only your sons take heed to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me.’
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	17	Now therefore, O Lord, God of Israel, let thy word be confirmed, which thou hast spoken to thy servant David.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	18	“But will God dwell indeed with man on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	19	Yet have regard to the prayer of thy servant and to his supplication, O Lord my God, hearkening to the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prays before thee;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	20	that thy eyes may be open day and night toward this house, the place where thou hast promised to set thy name, that thou mayest hearken to the prayer which thy servant offers toward this place.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	21	And hearken thou to the supplications of thy servant and of thy people Israel, when they pray toward this place; yea, hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place; and when thou hearest, forgive.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	22	If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and comes and swears his oath before thy altar in this house,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	23	then hear thou from heaven, and act, and judge thy servants, requiting the guilty by bringing his conduct upon his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	24	“If thy people Israel are defeated before the enemy because they have sinned against thee, when they turn again and acknowledge thy name, and pray and make supplication to thee in this house,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	25	then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again to the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	26	“When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against thee, if they pray toward this place, and acknowledge thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	27	then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, thy people Israel, when thou dost teach them the good way in which they should walk; and grant rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people as an inheritance.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	28	“If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence or blight or mildew or locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in any of their cities; whatever plague, whatever sickness there is;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	29	whatever prayer, whatever supplication is made by any man or by all thy people Israel, each knowing his own affliction, and his own sorrow and stretching out his hands toward this house;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	30	then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render to each whose heart thou knowest, according to all his ways (for thou, thou only, knowest the hearts of the children of men);
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	31	that they may fear thee and walk in thy ways all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest to our fathers.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	32	“Likewise when a foreigner, who is not of thy people Israel, comes from a far country for the sake of thy great name, and thy mighty hand, and thy outstretched arm, when he comes and prays toward this house,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	33	hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to thee; in order that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name and fear thee, as do thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	34	“If thy people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way thou shalt send them, and they pray to thee toward this city which thou hast chosen and the house which I have built for thy name,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	35	then hear thou from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	36	“If they sin against thee—for there is no man who does not sin—and thou art angry with them, and dost give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to a land far or near;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	37	yet if they lay it to heart in the land to which they have been carried captive, and repent, and make supplication to thee in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned, and have acted perversely and wickedly’;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	38	if they repent with all their mind and with all their heart in the land of their captivity, to which they were carried captive, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest to their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	39	then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause and forgive thy people who have sinned against thee.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	40	Now, O my God, let thy eyes be open and thy ears attentive to a prayer of this place.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	41	“And now arise, O Lord God, and go to thy resting place, thou and the ark of thy might. Let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in thy goodness.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	6	42	O Lord God, do not turn away the face of thy anointed one! Remember thy steadfast love for David thy servant.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	7	1	When Solomon had ended his prayer, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	7	2	And the priests could not enter the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord filled the Lord’s house.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	7	3	When all the children of Israel saw the fire come down and the glory of the Lord upon the temple, they bowed down with their faces to the earth on the pavement, and worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying, “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures for ever.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	7	4	Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	7	5	King Solomon offered as a sacrifice twenty-two thousand oxen and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	7	6	The priests stood at their posts; the Levites also, with the instruments for music to the Lord which King David had made for giving thanks to the Lord—for his steadfast love endures for ever—whenever David offered praises by their ministry; opposite them the priests sounded trumpets; and all Israel stood.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	7	7	And Solomon consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord; for there he offered the burnt offering and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar Solomon had made could not hold the burnt offering and the cereal offering and the fat.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	7	8	At that time Solomon held the feast for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of Egypt.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	7	9	And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly; for they had kept the dedication of the altar seven days and the feast seven days.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	7	10	On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that the Lord had shown to David and to Solomon and to Israel his people.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	7	11	Thus Solomon finished the house of the Lord and the king’s house; all that Solomon had planned to do in the house of the Lord and in his own house he successfully accomplished.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	7	12	Then the Lord appeared to Solomon in the night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	7	13	When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	7	14	if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	7	15	Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	7	16	For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there for all time.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	7	17	And as for you, if you walk before me, as David your father walked, doing according to all that I have commanded you and keeping my statutes and my ordinances,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	7	18	then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with David your father, saying, ‘There shall not fail you a man to rule Israel.’
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	7	19	“But if you turn aside and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	7	20	then I will pluck you up from the land which I have given you; and this house, which I have consecrated for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	7	21	And at this house, which is exalted, every one passing by will be astonished, and say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	7	22	Then they will say, ‘Because they forsook the Lord the God of their fathers who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore he has brought all this evil upon them’”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	8	1	At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of the Lord and his own house,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	8	2	Solomon rebuilt the cities which Huram had given to him, and settled the people of Israel in them.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	8	3	And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and took it.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	8	4	He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store-cities which he built in Hamath.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	8	5	He also built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	8	6	and Baalath, and all the store-cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	8	7	All the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	8	8	from their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel had not destroyed—these Solomon made a forced levy and so they are to this day.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	8	9	But of the people of Israel Solomon made no slaves for his work; they were soldiers, and his officers, the commanders of his chariots, and his horsemen.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	8	10	And these were the chief officers of King Solomon, two hundred and fifty, who exercised authority over the people.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	8	11	Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter up from the city of David to the house which he had built for her, for he said, “My wife shall not live in the house of David king of Israel, for the places to which the ark of the Lord has come are holy.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	8	12	Then Solomon offered up burnt offerings to the Lord upon the altar of the Lord which he had built before the vestibule,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	8	13	as the duty of each day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses for the sabbaths, the new moons, and the three annual feasts—the feast of unleavened bread, the feast of weeks, and the feast of tabernacles.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	8	14	According to the ordinance of David his father, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their offices of praise and ministry before the priests as the duty of each day required, and the gatekeepers in their divisions for the several gates; for so David the man of God had commanded.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	8	15	And they did not turn aside from what the king had commanded the priests and Levites concerning any matter and concerning the treasuries.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	8	16	Thus was accomplished all the work of Solomon from the day the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid until it was finished. So the house of the Lord was completed.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	8	17	Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and Eloth on the shore of the sea, in the land of Edom.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	8	18	And Huram sent him by his servants ships and servants familiar with the sea, and they went to Ophir together with the servants of Solomon, and fetched from there four hundred and fifty talents of gold and brought it to King Solomon.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	1	Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions, having a very great retinue and camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. When she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	2	And Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing hidden from Solomon which he could not explain to her.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	3	And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	4	the food of his table, the seating of his officials, and the attendance of his servants, and their clothing, his cupbearers, and their clothing, and his burnt offerings which he offered at the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	5	And she said to the king, “The report was true which I heard in my own land of your affairs and of your wisdom,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	6	but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it; and behold, half the greatness of your wisdom was not told me; you surpass the report which I heard.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	7	Happy are your wives! Happy are these your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	8	Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and set you on his throne as king for the Lord your God! Because your God loved Israel and would establish them for ever, he has made you king over them, that you may execute justice and righteousness.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	9	Then she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a very great quantity of spices, and precious stones: there were no spices such as those which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	10	Moreover the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought algum wood and precious stones.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	11	And the king made of the algum wood steps for the house of the Lord and for the king’s house, lyres also and harps for the singers; there never was seen the like of them before in the land of Judah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	12	And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all that she desired, whatever she asked besides what she had brought to the king. So she turned and went back to her own land, with her servants.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	13	Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	14	besides that which the traders and merchants brought; and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land brought gold and silver to Solomon.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	15	King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of beaten gold went into each shield.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	16	And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield; and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	17	The king also made a great ivory throne, and overlaid it with pure gold.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	18	The throne had six steps and a footstool of gold, which were attached to the throne, and on each side of the seat were arm rests and two lions standing beside the arm rests,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	19	while twelve lions stood there, one on each end of a step on the six steps. The like of it was never made in any kingdom.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	20	All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; silver was not considered as anything in the days of Solomon.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	21	For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	22	Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	23	And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	24	Every one of them brought his present, articles of silver and of gold, garments, myrrh, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	25	And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	26	And he ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	27	And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	28	And horses were imported for Solomon from Egypt and from all lands.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	29	Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, from first to last, are they not written in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	30	Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	9	31	And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	10	1	Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	10	2	And when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was in Egypt, whither he had fled from King Solomon), then Jeroboam returned from Egypt.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	10	3	And they sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came and said to Rehoboam,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	10	4	“Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke upon us, and we will serve you.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	10	5	He said to them, “Come to me again in three days.” So the people went away.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	10	6	Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	10	7	And they said to him, “If you will be kind to this people and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants for ever.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	10	8	But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	10	9	And he said to them, “What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put upon us’?”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	10	10	And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Thus shall you speak to the people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but do you lighten it for us’; thus shall you say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	10	11	And now, whereas my father laid upon you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.’”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	10	12	So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king said, “Come to me again the third day.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	10	13	And the king answered them harshly, and forsaking the counsel of the old men,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	10	14	King Rehoboam spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	10	15	So the king did not hearken to the people; for it was a turn of affairs brought about by God that the Lord might fulfil his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	10	16	And when all Israel saw that the king did not hearken to them, the people answered the king, “What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Each of you to your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David.” So all Israel departed to their tents.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	10	17	But Rehoboam reigned over the people of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	10	18	Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was taskmaster over the forced labor, and the people of Israel stoned him to death with stones. And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	10	19	So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	11	1	When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah, and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to fight against Israel, to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	11	2	But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God:
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	11	3	“Say to Rehoboam the son of Solomon king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	11	4	‘Thus says the Lord, You shall not go up or fight against your brethren. Return every man to his home, for this thing is from me.’” So they hearkened to the word of the Lord, and returned and did not go against Jeroboam.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	11	5	Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and he built cities for defense in Judah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	11	6	He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	11	7	Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	11	8	Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	11	9	Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	11	10	Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, fortified cities which are in Judah and in Benjamin.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	11	11	He made the fortresses strong, and put commanders in them, and stores of food, oil, and wine.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	11	12	And he put shields and spears in all the cities, and made them very strong. So he held Judah and Benjamin.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	11	13	And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him from all places where they lived.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	11	14	For the Levites left their common lands and their holdings and came to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons cast them out from serving as priests of the Lord,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	11	15	and he appointed his own priests for the high places, and for the satyrs, and for the calves which he had made.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	11	16	And those who had set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel came after them from all the tribes of Israel to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the Lord, the God of their fathers.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	11	17	They strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and for three years they made Rehoboam the son of Solomon secure, for they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	11	18	Rehoboam took as wife Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	11	19	and she bore him sons, Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	11	20	After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom, who bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	11	21	Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and concubines (he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and had twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters);
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	11	22	and Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	11	23	And he dealt wisely, and distributed some of his sons through all the districts of Judah and Benjamin, in all the fortified cities; and he gave them abundant provisions, and procured wives for them.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	12	1	When the rule of Rehoboam was established and was strong, he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	12	2	In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, because they had been unfaithful to the Lord, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	12	3	with twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen. And the people were without number who came with him from Egypt—Libyans, Sukki-im, and Ethiopians.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	12	4	And he took the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	12	5	Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and to the princes of Judah, who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, “Thus says the Lord, ‘You abandoned me, so I have abandoned you to the hand of Shishak.’”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	12	6	Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is righteous.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	12	7	When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah: “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	12	8	Nevertheless they shall be servants to him, that they may know my service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	12	9	So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem; he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house; he took away everything. He also took away the shields of gold which Solomon had made;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	12	10	and King Rehoboam made in their stead shields of bronze, and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	12	11	And as often as the king went into the house of the Lord, the guard came and bore them, and brought them back to the guardroom.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	12	12	And when he humbled himself the wrath of the Lord turned from him, so as not to make a complete destruction; moreover, conditions were good in Judah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	12	13	So King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	12	14	And he did evil, for he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	12	15	Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the chronicles of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer? There were continual wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	12	16	And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David; and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	13	1	In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam Abijah began to reign over Judah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	13	2	He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibe-ah. Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	13	3	Abijah went out to battle having an army of valiant men of war, four hundred thousand picked men; and Jeroboam drew up his line of battle against him with eight hundred thousand picked mighty warriors.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	13	4	Then Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	13	5	Ought you not to know that the Lord God of Israel gave the kingship over Israel for ever to David and his sons by a covenant of salt?
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	13	6	Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his lord;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	13	7	and certain worthless scoundrels gathered about him and defied Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and irresolute and could not withstand them.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	13	8	“And now you think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the sons of David, because you are a great multitude and have with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made you for gods.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	13	9	Have you not driven out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made priests for yourselves like the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull or seven rams becomes a priest of what are no gods.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	13	10	But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him. We have priests ministering to the Lord who are sons of Aaron, and Levites for their service.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	13	11	They offer to the Lord every morning and every evening burnt offerings and incense of sweet spices, set out the showbread on the table of pure gold, and care for the golden lampstand that its lamps may burn every evening; for we keep the charge of the Lord our God, but you have forsaken him.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	13	12	Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with their battle trumpets to sound the call to battle against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight against the Lord, the God of your fathers; for you cannot succeed.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	13	13	Jeroboam had sent an ambush around to come on them from behind; thus his troops were in front of Judah, and the ambush was behind them.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	13	14	And when Judah looked, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried to the Lord, and the priests blew the trumpets.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	13	15	Then the men of Judah raised the battle shout. And when the men of Judah shouted, God defeated Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	13	16	The men of Israel fled before Judah, and God gave them into their hand.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	13	17	Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter; so there fell slain of Israel five hundred thousand picked men.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	13	18	Thus the men of Israel were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the Lord, the God of their fathers.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	13	19	And Abijah pursued Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with its villages and Jeshanah with its villages and Ephron with its villages.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	13	20	Jeroboam did not recover his power in the days of Abijah; and the Lord smote him, and he died.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	13	21	But Abijah grew mighty. And he took fourteen wives, and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	13	22	The rest of the acts of Abijah, his ways and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	14	1	So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land had rest for ten years.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	14	2	And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	14	3	He took away the foreign altars and the high places, and broke down the pillars and hewed down the Asherim,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	14	4	and commanded Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, and to keep the law and the commandment.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	14	5	He also took out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the incense altars. And the kingdom had rest under him.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	14	6	He built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest. He had no war in those years, for the Lord gave him peace.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	14	7	And he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities, and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars; the land is still ours, because we have sought the Lord our God; we have sought him, and he has given us peace on every side.” So they built and prospered.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	14	8	And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand from Judah, armed with bucklers and spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand men from Benjamin, that carried shields and drew bows; all these were mighty men of valor.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	14	9	Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots, and came as far as Mareshah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	14	10	And Asa went out to meet him, and they drew up their lines of battle in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	14	11	And Asa cried to the Lord his God, “O Lord, there is none like thee to help, between the mighty and the weak. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on thee, and in thy name we have come against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	14	12	So the Lord defeated the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	14	13	Asa and the people that were with him pursued them as far as Gerar, and the Ethiopians fell until none remained alive; for they were broken before the Lord and his army. The men of Judah carried away very much booty.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	14	14	And they smote all the cities round about Gerar, for the fear of the Lord was upon them. They plundered all the cities, for there was much plunder in them.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	14	15	And they smote the tents of those who had cattle, and carried away sheep in abundance and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	15	1	The Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	15	2	and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The Lord is with you, while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	15	3	For a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	15	4	but when in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	15	5	In those times there was no peace to him who went out or to him who came in, for great disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	15	6	They were broken in pieces, nation against nation and city against city, for God troubled them with every sort of distress.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	15	7	But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	15	8	When Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim, and he repaired the altar of the Lord that was in front of the vestibule of the house of the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	15	9	And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were sojourning with them, for great numbers had deserted to him from Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	15	10	They were gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	15	11	They sacrificed to the Lord on that day, from the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	15	12	And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	15	13	and that whoever would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	15	14	They took oath to the Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	15	15	And all Judah rejoiced over the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and the Lord gave them rest round about.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	15	16	Even Maacah, his mother, King Asa removed from being queen mother because she had made an abominable image for Asherah. Asa cut down her image, crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	15	17	But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was blameless all his days.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	15	18	And he brought into the house of God the votive gifts of his father and his own votive gifts, silver, and gold, and vessels.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	15	19	And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	16	1	In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might permit no one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	16	2	Then Asa took silver and gold from the treasures of the house of the Lord and the king’s house, and sent them to Ben-hadad king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	16	3	“Let there be a league between me and you, as between my father and your father; behold, I am sending to you silver and gold; go, break your league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may withdraw from me.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	16	4	And Ben-hadad hearkened to King Asa, and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and they conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store-cities of Naphtali.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	16	5	And when Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and let his work cease.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	16	6	Then King Asa took all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber, with which Baasha had been building, and with them he built Geba and Mizpah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	16	7	At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, “Because you relied on the king of Syria, and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped you.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	16	8	Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans a huge army with exceedingly many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the Lord, he gave them into your hand.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	16	9	For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show his might in behalf of those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this; for from now on you will have wars.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	16	10	Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in the stocks, in prison, for he was in a rage with him because of this. And Asa inflicted cruelties upon some of the people at the same time.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	16	11	The acts of Asa, from first to last, are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	16	12	In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet, and his disease became severe; yet even in his disease he did not seek the Lord, but sought help from physicians.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	16	13	And Asa slept with his fathers, dying in the forty-first year of his reign.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	16	14	They buried him in the tomb which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier which had been filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer’s art; and they made a very great fire in his honor.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	17	1	Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	17	2	He placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim which Asa his father had taken.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	17	3	The Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the earlier ways of his father; he did not seek the Baals,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	17	4	but sought the God of his father and walked in his commandments, and not according to the ways of Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	17	5	Therefore the Lord established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat; and he had great riches and honor.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	17	6	His heart was courageous in the ways of the Lord; and furthermore he took the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	17	7	In the third year of his reign he sent his princes, Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	17	8	and with them the Levites, Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tobadonijah; and with these Levites, the priests Elishama and Jehoram.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	17	9	And they taught in Judah, having the book of the law of the Lord with them; they went about through all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	17	10	And the fear of the Lord fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, and they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	17	11	Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and silver for tribute; and the Arabs also brought him seven thousand seven hundred rams and seven thousand seven hundred he-goats.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	17	12	And Jehoshaphat grew steadily greater. He built in Judah fortresses and store-cities,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	17	13	and he had great stores in the cities of Judah. He had soldiers, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	17	14	This was the muster of them by fathers’ houses: Of Judah, the commanders of thousands: Adnah the commander, with three hundred thousand mighty men of valor,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	17	15	and next to him Jehohanan the commander, with two hundred and eighty thousand,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	17	16	and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, a volunteer for the service of the Lord, with two hundred thousand mighty men of valor.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	17	17	Of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, with two hundred thousand men armed with bow and shield,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	17	18	and next to him Jehozabad with a hundred and eighty thousand armed for war.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	17	19	These were in the service of the king, besides those whom the king had placed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	1	Now Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor; and he made a marriage alliance with Ahab.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	2	After some years he went down to Ahab in Samaria. And Ahab killed an abundance of sheep and oxen for him and for the people who were with him, and induced him to go up against Ramoth-gilead.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	3	Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead?” He answered him, “I am as you are, my people as your people. We will be with you in the war.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	4	And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Inquire first for the word of the Lord.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	5	Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall we go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I forbear?” And they said, “Go up; for God will give it into the hand of the king.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	6	But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not here another prophet of the Lord of whom we may inquire?”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	7	And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil.” And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	8	Then the king of Israel summoned an officer and said, “Bring quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	9	Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting on their thrones, arrayed in their robes; and they were sitting at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	10	And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made for himself horns of iron, and said, “Thus says the Lord, ‘With these you shall push the Syrians until they are destroyed.’”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	11	And all the prophets prophesied so, and said, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph; the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	12	And the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Behold, the words of the prophets with one accord are favorable to the king; let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	13	But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, what my God says, that I will speak.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	14	And when he had come to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?” And he answered, “Go up and triumph; they will be given into your hand.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	15	But the king said to him, “How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	16	And he said, “I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd; and the Lord said, ‘These have no master; let each return to his home in peace.’”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	17	And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	18	And Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	19	and the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab the king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said one thing, and another said another.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	20	Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’ And the Lord said to him, ‘By what means?’
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	21	And he said, ‘I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go forth and do so.’
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	22	Now therefore behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets; the Lord has spoken evil concerning you.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	23	Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “Which way did the Spirit of the Lord go from me to speak to you?”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	24	And Micaiah said, “Behold, you shall see on that day when you go into an inner chamber to hide yourself.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	25	And the king of Israel said, “Seize Micaiah, and take him back to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	26	and say, ‘Thus says the king, Put this fellow in prison, and feed him with scant fare of bread and water, until I return in peace.’”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	27	And Micaiah said, “If you return in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me.” And he said, “Hear, all you peoples!”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	28	So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	29	And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your robes.” And the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went into battle.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	30	Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, “Fight with neither small nor great, but only with the king of Israel.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	31	And when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “It is the king of Israel.” So they turned to fight against him; and Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him. God drew them away from him,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	32	for when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	33	But a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and struck the king of Israel between the scale armor and the breastplate; therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn about, and carry me out of the battle, for I am wounded.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	18	34	And the battle grew hot that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Syrians until evening; then at sunset he died.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	19	1	Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in safety to his house in Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	19	2	But Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, wrath has gone out against you from the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	19	3	Nevertheless some good is found in you, for you destroyed the Asherahs out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	19	4	Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem; and he went out again among the people, from Beer-sheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back to the Lor, the God of their fathers.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	19	5	He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	19	6	and said to the judges, “Consider what you do, for you judge not for man but for the Lord; he is with you in giving judgment.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	19	7	Now then, let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed what you do, for there is no perversion of justice with the Lord our God, or partiality, or taking bribes.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	19	8	Moreover in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed certain Levites and priests and heads of families of Israel, to give judgment for the Lord and to decide disputed cases. They had their seat at Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	19	9	And he charged them: “Thus you shall do in the fear of the Lord, in faithfulness, and with your whole heart:
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	19	10	whenever a case comes to you from your brethren who live in their cities, concerning bloodshed, law or commandment, statutes or ordinances, then you shall instruct them, that they may not incur guilt before the Lord and wrath may not come upon you and your brethren. Thus you shall do, and you will not incur guilt.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	19	11	And behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the governor of the house of Judah, in all the king’s matters; and the Levites will serve you as officers. Deal courageously, and may the Lord be with the upright!”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	1	After this the Moabites and Ammonites, and with them some of the Me-unites, came against Jehoshaphat for battle.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	2	Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A great multitude is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the sea; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi).
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	3	Then Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	4	And Judah assembled to seek help from the Lord; from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	5	And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	6	and said, “O Lord, God of our fathers, art thou not God in heaven? Dost thou not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? In thy hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	7	Didst thou not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and give it for ever to the descendants of Abraham thy friend?
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	8	And they have dwelt in it, and have built thee in it a sanctuary for thy name, saying,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	9	‘If evil comes upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee, for thy name is in this house, and cry to thee in our affliction, and thou wilt hear and save.’
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	10	And now behold, the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt, and whom they avoided and did not destroy—
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	11	behold, they reward us by coming to drive us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	12	O our God, wilt thou not execute judgment upon them? For we are powerless against this great multitude that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon thee.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	13	Meanwhile all the men of Judah stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	14	And the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Je-iel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	15	And he said, “Hearken, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat: Thus says the Lord to you, ‘Fear not, and be not dismayed at this great multitude; for the battle is not yours but God’s.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	16	Tomorrow go down against them; behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz; you will find them at the end of the valley, east of the wilderness of Jeruel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	17	You will not need to fight in this battle; take your position, stand still, and see the victory of the Lord on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Fear not, and be not dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, and the Lord will be with you.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	18	Then Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord, worshiping the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	19	And the Levites, of the Kohathites and the Korahites, stood up to praise the Lord, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	20	And they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	21	And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to the Lord and praise him in holy array, as they went before the army, and say, “Give thanks to the Lord, for his steadfast love endures for ever.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	22	And when they began to sing and praise, the Lord set an ambush against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah, so that they were routed.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	23	For the men of Ammon and Moab rose against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, destroying them utterly, and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they all helped to destroy one another.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	24	When Judah came to the watchtower of the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude; and behold, they were dead bodies lying on the ground; none had escaped.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	25	When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil from them, they found cattle in great numbers, goods, clothing, and precious things, which they took for themselves until they could carry no more. They were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	26	On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, for there they blessed the Lord; therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of Beracah to this day.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	27	Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, returning to Jerusalem with joy, for the Lord had made them rejoice over their enemies.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	28	They came to Jerusalem, with harps and lyres and trumpets, to the house of the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	29	And the fear of God came on all the kingdoms of the countries when they heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	30	So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest round about.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	31	Thus Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	32	He walked in the way of Asa his father and did not turn aside from it; he did what was right in the sight of the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	33	The high places, however, were not taken away; the people had not yet set their hearts upon the God of their fathers.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	34	Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from first to last, are written in the chronicles of Jehu the son of Hanani, which are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	35	After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did wickedly.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	36	He joined him in building ships to go to Tarshish, and they built the ships in Ezion-geber.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	20	37	Then Eliezer the son of Do-davahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have joined with Ahaziah, the Lord will destroy what you have made.” And the ships were wrecked and were not able to go to Tarshish.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	21	1	Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	21	2	He had brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Judah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	21	3	Their father gave them great gifts, of silver, gold, and valuable possessions, together with fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram, because he was the first-born.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	21	4	When Jehoram had ascended the throne of his father and was established, he slew all his brothers with the sword, and also some of the princes of Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	21	5	Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	21	6	And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done; for the daughter of Ahab was his wife. And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	21	7	Yet the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant which he had made with David, and since he had promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons for ever.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	21	8	In his days Edom revolted from the rule of Judah, and set up a king of their own.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	21	9	Then Jehoram passed over with his commanders and all his chariots, and he rose by night and smote the Edomites who had surrounded him and his chariot commanders.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	21	10	So Edom revolted from the rule of Judah to this day. At that time Libnah also revolted from his rule, because he had forsaken the Lord, the God of his fathers.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	21	11	Moreover he made high places in the hill country of Judah, and led the inhabitants of Jerusalem into unfaithfulness, and made Judah go astray.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	21	12	And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, “Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father, ‘Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, or in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	21	13	but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem into unfaithfulness, as the house of Ahab led Israel into unfaithfulness, and also you have killed your brothers, of your father’s house, who were better than yourself;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	21	14	behold, the Lord will bring a great plague on your people, your children, your wives, and all your possessions,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	21	15	and you yourself will have a severe sickness with a disease of your bowels, until your bowels come out because of the disease, day by day.’”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	21	16	And the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the anger of the Philistines and of the Arabs who are near the Ethiopians;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	21	17	and they came up against Judah, and invaded it, and carried away all the possessions they found that belonged to the king’s house, and also his sons and his wives, so that no son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest son.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	21	18	And after all this the Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	21	19	In course of time, at the end of two years, his bowels came out because of the disease, and he died in great agony. His people made no fire in his honor, like the fires made for his fathers.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	21	20	He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem; and he departed with no one’s regret. They buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	22	1	And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead; for the band of men that came with the Arabs to the camp had slain all the older sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	22	2	Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	22	3	He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in doing wickedly.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	22	4	He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done; for after the death of his father they were his counselors, to his undoing.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	22	5	He even followed their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to make war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead. And the Syrians wounded Joram,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	22	6	and he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which he had received at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	22	7	But it was ordained by God that the downfall of Ahaziah should come about through his going to visit Joram. For when he came there he went out with Jehoram to meet Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	22	8	And when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, he met the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers, who attended Ahaziah, and he killed them.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	22	9	He searched for Ahaziah, and he was captured while hiding in Samaria, and he was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart.” And the house of Ahaziah had no one able to rule the kingdom.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	22	10	Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family of the house of Judah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	22	11	But Jeho-shabe-ath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were about to be slain, and she put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. Thus Jeho-shabe-ath, the daughter of King Jehoram and wife of Jehoiada the priest, because she was a sister of Ahaziah, hid him from Athaliah, so that she did not slay him;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	22	12	and he remained with them six years, hid in the house of God, while Athaliah reigned over the land.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	23	1	But in the seventh year Jehoiada took courage, and entered into a compact with the commanders of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, Azariah the son of Obed, Ma-aseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	23	2	And they went about through Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers’ houses of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	23	3	And all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And Jehoiada said to them, “Behold, the king’s son! Let him reign, as the Lor spoke concerning the sons of David.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	23	4	This is the thing that you shall do: of you priests and Levites who come off duty on the sabbath, one third shall be gatekeepers,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	23	5	and one third shall be at the king’s house and one third at the Gate of the Foundation; and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	23	6	Let no one enter the house of the Lord except the priests and ministering Levites; they may enter, for they are holy, but all the people shall keep the charge of the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	23	7	The Levites shall surround the king, each with his weapons in his hand; and whoever enters the house shall be slain. Be with the king when he comes in, and when he goes out.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	23	8	The Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded. They each brought his men, who were to go off duty on the sabbath, with those who were to come on duty on the sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest did not dismiss the divisions.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	23	9	And Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains the spears and the large and small shields that had been King David’s, which were in the house of God;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	23	10	and he set all the people as a guard for the king, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the south side of the house to the north side of the house, around the altar and the house.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	23	11	Then he brought out the king’s son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they proclaimed him king, and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and they said, “Long live the king.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	23	12	When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she went into the house of the Lord to the people;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	23	13	and when she looked, there was the king standing by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpeters beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and the singers with their musical instruments leading in the celebration. And Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, “Treason! Treason!”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	23	14	Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains who were set over the army, saying to them, “Bring her out between the ranks; any one who follows her is to be slain with the sword.” For the priest said, “Do not slay her in the house of the Lord.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	23	15	So they laid hands on her; and she went into the entrance of the horse gate of the king’s house, and they slew her there.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	23	16	And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king that they should be the Lord’s people.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	23	17	Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces, and they slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	23	18	And Jehoiada posted watchmen for the house of the Lord under the direction of the Levitical priests and the Levites whom David had organized to be in charge of the house of the Lord, to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	23	19	He stationed the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the Lord so that no one should enter who was in any way unclean.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	23	20	And he took the captains, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land; and they brought the king down from the house of the Lord, marching through the upper gate to the king’s house. And they set the king upon the royal throne.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	23	21	So all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was quiet, after Athaliah had been slain with the sword.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	1	Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	2	And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	3	Jehoiada got for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	4	After this Joash decided to restore the house of the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	5	And he gathered the priests and the Levites, and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year; and see that you hasten the matter.” But the Levites did not hasten it.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	6	So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax levied by Moses, the servant of the Lord, on the congregation of Israel for the tent of testimony?”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	7	For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken into the house of God; and had also used all the dedicated things of the house of the Lord for the Baals.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	8	So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it outside the gate of the house of the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	9	And proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for the Lord the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	10	And all the princes and all the people rejoiced and brought their tax and dropped it into the chest until they had finished.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	11	And whenever the chest was brought to the king’s officers by the Levites, when they saw that there was much money in it, the king’s secretary and the officer of the chief priest would come and empty the chest and take it and return it to its place. Thus they did day after day, and collected money in abundance.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	12	And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who had charge of the work of the house of the Lord, and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of the Lord, and also workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	13	So those who were engaged in the work labored, and the repairing went forward in their hands, and they restored the house of God to its proper condition and strengthened it.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	14	And when they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made utensils for the house of the Lord, both for the service and for the burnt offerings, and dishes for incense, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Jehoiada.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	15	But Jehoiada grew old and full of days, and died; he was a hundred and thirty years old at his death.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	16	And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	17	Now after the death of Jehoiada the princes of Judah came and did obeisance to the king; then the king hearkened to them.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	18	And they forsook the house of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols. And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guilt.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	19	Yet he sent prophets among them to bring them back to the Lord; these testified against them, but they would not give heed.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	20	Then the Spirit of God took possession of Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the Lord, he has forsaken you.’”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	21	But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	22	Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada, Zechariah’s father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, “May the Lord see and avenge!”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	23	At the end of the year the army of the Syrians came up against Joash. They came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	24	Though the army of the Syrians had come with few men, the Lord delivered into their hand a very great army, because they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. Thus they executed judgment on Joash.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	25	When they had departed from him, leaving him severely wounded, his servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed. So he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	26	Those who conspired against him were Zabad the son of Shime-ath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	24	27	Accounts of his sons, and of the many oracles against him, and of the rebuilding of the house of God are written in the Commentary on the Book of the Kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	1	Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jeho-addan of Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	2	And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, yet not with a blameless heart.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	3	And as soon as the royal power was firmly in his hand he killed his servants who had slain the king his father.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	4	But he did not put their children to death, according to what is written in the law, in the book of Moses, where the Lord commanded, “The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, or the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	5	Then Amaziah assembled the men of Judah, and set them by fathers’ houses under commanders of thousands and of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He mustered those twenty years old and upward, and found that they were three hundred thousand picked men, fit for war, able to handle spear and shield.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	6	He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valor from Israel for a hundred talents of silver.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	7	But a man of God came to him and said, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the Lord is not with Israel, with all these Ephraimites.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	8	But if you suppose that in this way you will be strong for war, God will cast you down before the enemy; for God has power to help or to cast down.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	9	And Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall we do about the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?” The man of God answered, “The Lord is able to give you much more than this.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	10	Then Amaziah discharged the army that had come to him from Ephraim, to go home again. And they became very angry with Judah, and returned home in fierce anger.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	11	But Amaziah took courage, and led out his people, and went to the Valley of Salt and smote ten thousand men of Seir.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	12	The men of Judah captured another ten thousand alive, and took them to the top of a rock and threw them down from the top of the rock; and they were all dashed to pieces.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	13	But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, not letting them go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon, and killed three thousand people in them, and took much spoil.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	14	After Amaziah came from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought the gods of the men of Seir, and set them up as his gods, and worshiped them, making offerings to them.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	15	Therefore the Lord was angry with Amaziah and sent to him a prophet, who said to him, “Why have you resorted to the gods of a people, which did not deliver their own people from your hand?”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	16	But as he was speaking the king said to him, “Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be put to death?” So the prophet stopped, but said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	17	Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us look one another in the face.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	18	And Joash the king of Israel sent word to Amaziah king of Judah, “A thistle on Lebanon sent to a cedar on Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son for a wife’; and a wild beast of Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thistle.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	19	You say, ‘See, I have smitten Edom,’ and your heart has lifted you up in boastfulness. But now stay at home; why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	20	But Amaziah would not listen; for it was of God, in order that he might give them into the hand of their enemies, because they had sought the gods of Edom.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	21	So Joash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced one another in battle at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	22	And Judah was defeated by Israel, and every man fled to his home.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	23	And Joash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem for four hundred cubits, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	24	And he seized all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God, and Obed-edom with them; he seized also the treasuries of the king’s house, and hostages, and he returned to Samaria.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	25	Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	26	Now the rest of the deeds of Amaziah, from first to last, are they not written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel?
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	27	From the time when he turned away from the Lord they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	25	28	And they brought him upon horses; and he was buried with his fathers in the city of David.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	26	1	And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	26	2	He built Eloth and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	26	3	Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	26	4	And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	26	5	He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God; and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him prosper.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	26	6	He went out and made war against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in the territory of Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	26	7	God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabs that dwelt in Gurbaal, and against the Me-unites.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	26	8	The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread even to the border of Egypt, for he became very strong.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	26	9	Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate and at the Valley Gate and at the Angle, and fortified them.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	26	10	And he built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had large herds, both in the Shephelah and in the plain, and he had farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	26	11	Moreover Uzziah had an army of soldiers, fit for war, in divisions according to the numbers in the muster made by Je-iel the secretary and Ma-aseiah the officer, under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king’s commanders.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	26	12	The whole number of the heads of fathers’ houses of mighty men of valor was two thousand six hundred.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	26	13	Under their command was an army of three hundred and seven thousand five hundred, who could make war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	26	14	And Uzziah prepared for all the army shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and stones for slinging.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	26	15	In Jerusalem he made engines, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and the corners, to shoot arrows and great stones. And his fame spread far, for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	26	16	But when he was strong he grew proud, to his destruction. For he was false to the Lord his God, and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	26	17	But Azariah the priest went in after him, with eighty priests of the Lord who were men of valor;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	26	18	and they withstood King Uzziah, and said to him, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary; for you have done wrong, and it will bring you no honor from the Lord God.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	26	19	Then Uzziah was angry. Now he had a censer in his hand to burn incense, and when he became angry with the priests leprosy broke out on his forehead, in the presence of the priests in the house of the Lord, by the altar of incense.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	26	20	And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked at him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead! And they thrust him out quickly, and he himself hastened to go out, because the Lord had smitten him.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	26	21	And King Uzziah was a leper to the day of his death, and being a leper dwelt in a separate house, for he was excluded from the house of the Lord. And Jotham his son was over the king’s household, governing the people of the land.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	26	22	Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, from first to last, Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz wrote.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	26	23	And Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the burial field which belonged to the kings, for they said, “He is a leper.” And Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	27	1	Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	27	2	And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord according to all that his father Uzziah had done—only he did not invade the temple of the Lord. But the people still followed corrupt practices.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	27	3	He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord, and did much building on the wall of Ophel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	27	4	Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and forts and towers on the wooded hills.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	27	5	He fought with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed against them. And the Ammonites gave him that year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand cors of wheat and ten thousand of barley. The Ammonites paid him the same amount in the second and the third years.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	27	6	So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the Lord his God.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	27	7	Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	27	8	He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	27	9	And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	1	Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord, like his father David,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	2	but walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. He even made molten images for the Baals;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	3	and he burned incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burned his sons as an offering, according to the abominable practices of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	4	And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	5	Therefore the Lord his God gave him into the hand of the king of Syria, who defeated him and took captive a great number of his people and brought them to Damascus. He was also given into the hand of the king of Israel, who defeated him with great slaughter.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	6	For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew a hundred and twenty thousand in Judah in one day, all of them men of valor, because they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	7	And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Ma-aseiah the king’s son and Azrikam the commander of the palace and Elkanah the next in authority to the king.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	8	The men of Israel took captive two hundred thousand of their kinsfolk, women, sons, and daughters; they also took much spoil from them and brought the spoil to Samaria.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	9	But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out to meet the army that came to Samaria, and said to them, “Behold, because the Lord, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he gave them into your hand, but you have slain them in a rage which has reached up to heaven.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	10	And now you intend to subjugate the people of Judah and Jerusalem, male and female, as your slaves. Have you not sins of your own against the Lord your God?
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	11	Now hear me, and send back the captives from your kinsfolk whom you have taken, for the fierce wrath of the Lord is upon you.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	12	Certain chiefs also of the men of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who were coming from the war,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	13	and said to them, “You shall not bring the captives in here, for you propose to bring upon us guilt against the Lord in addition to our present sins and guilt. For our guilt is already great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	14	So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the assembly.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	15	And the men who have been mentioned by name rose and took the captives, and with the spoil they clothed all that were naked among them; they clothed them, gave them sandals, provided them with food and drink, and anointed them; and carrying all the feeble among them on asses, they brought them to their kinsfolk at Jericho, the city of palm trees. Then they returned to Samaria.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	16	At that time King Ahaz sent to the king of Assyria for help.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	17	For the Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah, and carried away captives.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	18	And the Philistines had made raids on the cities in the Shephelah and the Negeb of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages; and they settled there.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	19	For the Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had dealt wantonly in Judah and had been faithless to the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	20	So Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came against him, and afflicted him instead of strengthening him.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	21	For Ahaz took from the house of the Lord and the house of the king and of the princes, and gave tribute to the king of Assyria; but it did not help him.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	22	In the time of his distress he became yet more faithless to the Lord—this same King Ahaz.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	23	For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which had defeated him, and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	24	And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and he shut up the doors of the house of the Lord; and he made himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	25	In every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, provoking to anger the Lord, the God of his fathers.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	26	Now the rest of his acts and all his ways, from first to last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	28	27	And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, for they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	1	Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah the daughter of Zechariah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	2	And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	3	In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	4	He brought in the priests and the Levites, and assembled them in the square on the east,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	5	and said to them, “Hear me, Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and carry out the filth from the holy place.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	6	For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done what was evil in the sight of the Lord our God; they have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord, and turned their backs.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	7	They also shut the doors of the vestibule and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	8	Therefore the wrath of the Lord came on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has made them an object of horror, of astonishment, and of hissing, as you see with your own eyes.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	9	For lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	10	Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	11	My sons, do not now be negligent, for the Lord has chosen you to stand in his presence, to minister to him, and to be his ministers and burn incense to him.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	12	Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	13	and of the sons of Eli-zaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	14	and of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shime-i; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	15	They gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and went in as the king had commanded, by the words of the Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	16	The priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord to cleanse it, and they brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the Lord into the court of the house of the Lord; and the Levites took it and carried it out to the brook Kidron.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	17	They began to sanctify on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the vestibule of the Lord; then for eight days they sanctified the house of the Lord, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	18	Then they went in to Hezekiah the king and said, “We have cleansed all the house of the Lord, the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the table for the showbread and all its utensils.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	19	All the utensils which King Ahaz discarded in his reign when he was faithless, we have made ready and sanctified; and behold, they are before the altar of the Lord.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	20	Then Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the officials of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	21	And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven he-goats for a sin offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	22	So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood and threw it against the altar; and they killed the rams and their blood was thrown against the altar; and they killed the lambs and their blood was thrown against the altar.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	23	Then the he-goats for the sin offering were brought to the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands upon them,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	24	and the priests killed them and made a sin offering with their blood on the altar, to make atonement for all Israel. For the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	25	And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, harps, and lyres, according to the commandment of David and of Gad the king’s seer and of Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was from the Lord through his prophets.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	26	The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	27	Then Hezekiah commanded that the burnt offering be offered on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song to the Lord began also, and the trumpets, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	28	The whole assembly worshiped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	29	When the offering was finished, the king and all who were present with him bowed themselves and worshiped.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	30	And Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	31	Then Hezekiah said, “You have now consecrated yourselves to the Lord; come near, bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the Lord.” And the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings; and all who were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	32	The number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	33	And the consecrated offerings were six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	34	But the priests were too few and could not flay all the burnt offerings, so until other priests had sanctified themselves their brethren the Levites helped them, until the work was finished—for the Levites were more upright in heart than the priests in sanctifying themselves.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	35	Besides the great number of burnt offerings there was the fat of the peace offerings, and there were the libations for the burnt offerings. Thus the service of the house of the Lord was restored.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	29	36	And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because of what God had done for the people; for the thing came about suddenly.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	1	Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, to keep the passover to the Lord the God of Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	2	For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to keep the passover in the second month—
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	3	for they could not keep it in its time because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient number, nor had the people assembled in Jerusalem—
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	4	and the plan seemed right to the king and all the assembly.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	5	So they decreed to make a proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, that the people should come and keep the passover to the Lord the God of Israel, at Jerusalem; for they had not kept it in great numbers as prescribed.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	6	So couriers went throughout all Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his princes, as the king had commanded, saying, “O people of Israel, return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may turn again to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	7	Do not be like your fathers and your brethren, who were faithless to the Lord God of their fathers, so that he made them a desolation, as you see.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	8	Do not now be stiff-necked as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the Lord, and come to his sanctuary, which he has sanctified for ever, and serve the Lord your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	9	For if you return to the Lord, your brethren and your children will find compassion with their captors, and return to this land. For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	10	So the couriers went from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun; but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	11	Only a few men of Asher, of Manasseh, and of Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	12	The hand of God was also upon Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes commanded by the word of the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	13	And many people came together in Jerusalem to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great assembly.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	14	They set to work and removed the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for burning incense they took away and threw into the Kidron valley.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	15	And they killed the passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. And the priests and the Levites were put to shame, so that they sanctified themselves, and brought burnt offerings into the house of the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	16	They took their accustomed posts according to the law of Moses the man of God; the priests sprinkled the blood which they received from the hand of the Levites.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	17	For there were many in the assembly who had not sanctified themselves; therefore the Levites had to kill the passover lamb for every one who was not clean, to make it holy to the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	18	For a multitude of the people, many of them from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the passover otherwise than as prescribed. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, “The good Lord pardon every one
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	19	who sets his heart to seek God, the Lord the God of his fathers, even though not according to the sanctuary’s rules of cleanness.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	20	And the Lord heard Hezekiah, and healed the people.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	21	And the people of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness; and the Levites and the priests praised the Lord day by day, singing with all their might to the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	22	And Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who showed good skill in the service of the Lord. So the people ate the food of the festival for seven days, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the Lord the God of their fathers.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	23	Then the whole assembly agreed together to keep the feast for another seven days; so they kept it for another seven days with gladness.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	24	For Hezekiah king of Judah gave the assembly a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for offerings, and the princes gave the assembly a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep. And the priests sanctified themselves in great numbers.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	25	The whole assembly of Judah, and the priests and the Levites, and the whole assembly that came out of Israel, and the sojourners who came out of the land of Israel, and the sojourners who dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	26	So there was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there had been nothing like this in Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	30	27	Then the priests and the Levites arose and blessed the people, and their voice was heard, and their prayer came to his holy habitation in heaven.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	31	1	Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and broke in pieces the pillars and hewed down the Asherim and broke down the high places and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the people of Israel returned to their cities, every man to his possession.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	31	2	And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, division by division, each according to his service, the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and peace offerings, to minister in the gates of the camp of the Lord and to give thanks and praise.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	31	3	The contribution of the king from his own possessions was for the burnt offerings: the burnt offerings of morning and evening, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, the new moons, and the appointed feasts, as it is written in the law of the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	31	4	And he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the law of the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	31	5	As soon as the command was spread abroad, the people of Israel gave in abundance the first fruits of grain, wine, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of everything.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	31	6	And the people of Israel and Judah who lived in the cities of Judah also brought in the tithe of cattle and sheep, and the dedicated things which had been consecrated to the Lord their God, and laid them in heaps.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	31	7	In the third month they began to pile up the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	31	8	When Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the Lord and his people Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	31	9	And Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites about the heaps.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	31	10	Azariah the chief priest, who was of the house of Zadok, answered him, “Since they began to bring the contributions into the house of the Lord we have eaten and had enough and have plenty left; for the Lord has blessed his people, so that we have this great store left.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	31	11	Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord; and they prepared them.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	31	12	And they faithfully brought in the contributions, the tithes and the dedicated things. The chief officer in charge of them was Conaniah the Levite, with Shime-i his brother as second;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	31	13	while Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers assisting Conaniah and Shime-i his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king and Azariah the chief officer of the house of God.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	31	14	And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, keeper of the east gate, was over the freewill offerings to God, to apportion the contribution reserved for the Lord and the most holy offerings.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	31	15	Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah were faithfully assisting him in the cities of the priests, to distribute the portions to their brethren, old and young alike, by divisions,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	31	16	except those enrolled by genealogy, males from three years old and upwards, all who entered the house of the Lord as the duty of each day required, for their service according to their offices, by their divisions.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	31	17	The enrollment of the priests was according to their fathers’ houses; that of the Levites from twenty years old and upwards was according to their offices, by their divisions.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	31	18	The priests were enrolled with all their little children, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, the whole multitude; for they were faithful in keeping themselves holy.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	31	19	And for the sons of Aaron, the priests, who were in the fields of common land belonging to their cities, there were men in the several cities who were designated by name to distribute portions to every male among the priests and to every one among the Levites who was enrolled.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	31	20	Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah; and he did what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	31	21	And every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God and in accordance with the law and the commandments, seeking his God, he did with all his heart, and prospered.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	1	After these things and these acts of faithfulness Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to win them for himself.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	2	And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and intended to fight against Jerusalem,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	3	he planned with his officers and his mighty men to stop the water of the springs that were outside the city; and they helped him.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	4	A great many people were gathered, and they stopped all the springs and the brook that flowed through the land, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water?”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	5	He set to work resolutely and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised towers upon it, and outside it he built another wall; and he strengthened the Millo in the city of David. He also made weapons and shields in abundance.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	6	And he set combat commanders over the people, and gathered them together to him in the square at the gate of the city and spoke encouragingly to them, saying,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	7	“Be strong and of good courage. Do not be afraid or dismayed before the king of Assyria and all the horde that is with him; for there is one greater with us than with him.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	8	With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people took confidence from the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	9	After this Sennacherib king of Assyria, who was besieging Lachish with all his forces, sent his servants to Jerusalem to Hezekiah king of Judah and to all the people of Judah that were in Jerusalem, saying,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	10	“Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, ‘On what are you relying, that you stand siege in Jerusalem?
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	11	Is not Hezekiah misleading you, that he may give you over to die by famine and by thirst, when he tells you, “The Lord our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria”?
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	12	Has not this same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, “Before one altar you shall worship, and upon it you shall burn your sacrifices”?
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	13	Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of other lands? Were the gods of the nations of those lands at all able to deliver their lands out of my hand?
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	14	Who among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed was able to deliver his people from my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you from my hand?
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	15	Now therefore do not let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you in this fashion, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you out of my hand!’”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	16	And his servants said still more against the Lord GOD and against his servant Hezekiah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	17	And he wrote letters to cast contempt on the Lord the God of Israel and to speak against him, saying, “Like the gods of the nations of the lands who have not delivered their people from my hands, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver his people from my hand.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	18	And they shouted it with a loud voice in the language of Judah to the people of Jerusalem who were upon the wall, to frighten and terrify them, in order that they might take the city.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	19	And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they spoke of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	20	Then Hezekiah the king and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed because of this and cried to heaven.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	21	And the Lord sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty warriors and commanders and officers in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he came into the house of his god, some of his own sons struck him down there with the sword.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	22	So the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib king of Assyria and from the hand of all his enemies; and he gave them rest on every side.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	23	And many brought gifts to the Lord to Jerusalem and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from that time onward.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	24	In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death, and he prayed to the Lord; and he answered him and gave him a sign.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	25	But Hezekiah did not make return according to the benefit done to him, for his heart was proud. Therefore wrath came upon him and Judah and Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	26	But Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	27	And Hezekiah had very great riches and honor; and he made for himself treasuries for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of costly vessels;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	28	storehouses also for the yield of grain, wine, and oil; and stalls for all kinds of cattle, and sheepfolds.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	29	He likewise provided cities for himself, and flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very great possessions.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	30	This same Hezekiah closed the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	31	And so in the matter of the envoys of the princes of Babylon, who had been sent to him to inquire about the sign that had been done in the land, God left him to himself, in order to try him and to know all that was in his heart.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	32	Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his good deeds, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	32	33	And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the tombs of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	33	1	Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	33	2	He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the abominable practices of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	33	3	For he rebuilt the high places which his father Hezekiah had broken down, and erected altars to the Baals, and made Asherahs, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	33	4	And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	33	5	And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	33	6	And he burned his sons as an offering in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and practiced soothsaying and augury and sorcery, and dealt with mediums and with wizards. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	33	7	And the image of the idol which he had made he set in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	33	8	and I will no more remove the foot of Israel from the land which I appointed for your fathers, if only they will be careful to do all that I have commanded them, all the law, the statutes, and the ordinances given through Moses.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	33	9	Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they did more evil than the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the people of Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	33	10	The Lord spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they gave no heed.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	33	11	Therefore the Lord brought upon them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks and bound him with fetters of bronze and brought him to Babylon.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	33	12	And when he was in distress he entreated the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	33	13	He prayed to him, and God received his entreaty and heard his supplication and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	33	14	Afterwards he built an outer wall for the city of David west of Gihon, in the valley, and for the entrance into the Fish Gate, and carried it round Ophel, and raised it to a very great height; he also put commanders of the army in all the fortified cities in Judah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	33	15	And he took away the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built on the mountain of the house of the Lord and in Jerusalem, and he threw them outside of the city.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	33	16	He also restored the altar of the Lord and offered upon it sacrifices of peace offerings and of thanksgiving; and he commanded Judah to serve the Lord the God of Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	33	17	Nevertheless the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the Lord their God.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	33	18	Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the Lord the God of Israel, behold, they are in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	33	19	And his prayer, and how God received his entreaty, and all his sin and his faithlessness, and the sites on which he built high places and set up the Asherim and the images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the Chronicles of the Seers.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	33	20	So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his house; and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	33	21	Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	33	22	He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done. Amon sacrificed to all the images that Manasseh his father had made, and served them.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	33	23	And he did not humble himself before the Lord, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself, but this Amon incurred guilt more and more.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	33	24	And his servants conspired against him and killed him in his house.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	33	25	But the people of the land slew all those who had conspired against King Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	1	Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	2	He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father; and he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	3	For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet a boy, he began to seek the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherim, and the graven and the molten images.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	4	And they broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; and he hewed down the incense altars which stood above them; and he broke in pieces the Asherim and the graven and the molten images, and he made dust of them and strewed it over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	5	He also burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	6	And in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their ruins round about,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	7	he broke down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the images into powder, and hewed down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	8	Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Ma-aseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	9	They came to Hilkiah the high priest and delivered the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the threshold, had collected from Manasseh and Ephraim and from all the remnant of Israel and from all Judah and Benjamin and from the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	10	They delivered it to the workmen who had the oversight of the house of the Lord; and the workmen who were working in the house of the Lord gave it for repairing and restoring the house.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	11	They gave it to the carpenters and the builders to buy quarried stone, and timber for binders and beams for the buildings which the kings of Judah had let go to ruin.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	12	And the men did the work faithfully. Over them were set Jahath and Obadiah the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to have oversight. The Levites, all who were skilful with instruments of music,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	13	were over the burden bearers and directed all who did work in every kind of service; and some of the Levites were scribes, and officials, and gatekeepers.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	14	While they were bringing out the money that had been brought into the house of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of the Lord given through Moses.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	15	Then Hilkiah said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord”; and Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	16	Shaphan brought the book to the king, and further reported to the king, “All that was committed to your servants they are doing.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	17	They have emptied out the money that was found in the house of the Lord and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers and the workmen.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	18	Then Shaphan the secretary told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it before the king.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	19	When the king heard the words of the law he rent his clothes.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	20	And the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Abdon the son of Micah, Shaphan the secretary, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	21	“Go, inquire of the Lord for me and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that has been found; for great is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do according to all that is written in this book.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	22	So Hilkiah and those whom the king had sent went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter) and spoke to her to that effect.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	23	And she said to them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Tell the man who sent you to me,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	24	Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place and upon its inhabitants, all the curses that are written in the book which was read before the king of Judah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	25	Because they have forsaken me and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands, therefore my wrath will be poured out upon this place and will not be quenched.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	26	But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Regarding the words which you have heard,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	27	because your heart was penitent and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and its inhabitants, and you have humbled yourself before me, and have rent your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, says the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	28	Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place and its inhabitants.’” And they brought back word to the king.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	29	Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	30	And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the priests and the Levites, all the people both great and small; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which had been found in the house of the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	31	And the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	32	Then he made all who were present in Jerusalem and in Benjamin stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	34	33	And Josiah took away all the abominations from all the territory that belonged to the people of Israel, and made all who were in Israel serve the Lord their God. All his days they did not turn away from following the Lord the God of their fathers.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	1	Josiah kept a passover to the Lord in Jerusalem; and they killed the passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the first month.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	2	He appointed the priests to their offices and encouraged them in the service of the house of the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	3	And he said to the Levites who taught all Israel and who were holy to the Lord, “Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, built; you need no longer carry it upon your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	4	Prepare yourselves according to your fathers’ houses by your divisions, following the directions of David king of Israel and the directions of Solomon his son.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	5	And stand in the holy place according to the groupings of the fathers’ houses of your brethren the lay people, and let there be for each a part of a father’s house of the Levites.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	6	And kill the passover lamb, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brethren, to do according to the word of the Lord by Moses.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	7	Then Josiah contributed to the lay people, as passover offerings for all that were present, lambs and kids from the flock to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bulls; these were from the king’s possessions.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	8	And his princes contributed willingly to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the chief officers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the passover offerings two thousand six hundred lambs and kids and three hundred bulls.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	9	Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel his brothers, and Hashabiah and Je-iel and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave to the Levites for the passover offerings five thousand lambs and kids and five hundred bulls.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	10	When the service had been prepared for, the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their divisions according to the king’s command.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	11	And they killed the passover lamb, and the priests sprinkled the blood which they received from them while the Levites flayed the victims.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	12	And they set aside the burnt offerings that they might distribute them according to the groupings of the fathers’ houses of the lay people, to offer to the Lord, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so they did with the bulls.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	13	And they roasted the passover lamb with fire according to the ordinance; and they boiled the holy offerings in pots, in caldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the lay people.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	14	And afterward they prepared for themselves and for the priests, because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering the burnt offerings and the fat parts until night; so the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	15	The singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their place according to the command of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the gatekeepers were at each gate; they did not need to depart from their service, for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	16	So all the service of the Lord was prepared that day, to keep the passover and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord, according to the command of King Josiah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	17	And the people of Israel who were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	18	No passover like it had been kept in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet; none of the kings of Israel had kept such a passover as was kept by Josiah, and the priests and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	19	In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah this passover was kept.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	20	After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight at Carchemish on the Euphrates and Josiah went out against him.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	21	But he sent envoys to him, saying, “What have we to do with each other, king of Judah? I am not coming against you this day, but against the house with which I am at war; and God has commanded me to make haste. Cease opposing God, who is with me, lest he destroy you.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	22	Nevertheless Josiah would not turn away from him, but disguised himself in order to fight with him. He did not listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, but joined battle in the plain of Megiddo.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	23	And the archers shot King Josiah; and the king said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded.”
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	24	So his servants took him out of the chariot and carried him in his second chariot and brought him to Jerusalem. And he died, and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	25	Jeremiah also uttered a lament for Josiah; and all the singing men and singing women have spoken of Josiah in their laments to this day. They made these an ordinance in Israel; behold, they are written in the Laments.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	26	Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his good deeds according to what is written in the law of the Lord,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	35	27	and his acts, first and last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	36	1	The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	36	2	Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	36	3	Then the king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and laid upon the land a tribute of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	36	4	And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim; but Neco took Jehoahaz his brother and carried him to Egypt.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	36	5	Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	36	6	Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters to take him to Babylon.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	36	7	Nebuchadnezzar also carried part of the vessels of the house of the Lord to Babylon and put them in his palace in Babylon.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	36	8	Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and the abominations which he did, and what was found against him, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	36	9	Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	36	10	In the spring of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, with the precious vessels of the house of the Lord, and made his brother Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	36	11	Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	36	12	He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God. He did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the Lord.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	36	13	He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God; he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord, the God of Israel.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	36	14	All the leading priests and the people likewise were exceedingly unfaithful, following all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted the house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	36	15	The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place;
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	36	16	but they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words, and scoffing at his prophets, till the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, till there was no remedy.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	36	17	Therefore he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or aged; he gave them all into his hand.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	36	18	And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king and of his princes, all these he brought to Babylon.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	36	19	And they burned the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its precious vessels.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	36	20	He took into exile in Babylon those who had escaped from the sword, and they became servants to him and to his sons until the establishment of the kingdom of Persia,
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	36	21	to fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths. All the days that it lay desolate it kept sabbath, to fulfil seventy years.
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	36	22	Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:
+2 Chronicles	2Chron	14	36	23	“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever is among you of all his people, may the Lord his God be with him. Let him go up.’”
+Ezra	Ezra	15	1	1	In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:
+Ezra	Ezra	15	1	2	“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	1	3	Whoever is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and rebuild the house of the Lord, the God of Israel—he is the God who is in Jerusalem;
+Ezra	Ezra	15	1	4	and let each survivor, in whatever place he sojourns, be assisted by the men of his place with silver and gold, with goods and with beasts, besides freewill offerings for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.”
+Ezra	Ezra	15	1	5	Then rose up the heads of the fathers’ houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, every one whose spirit God had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;
+Ezra	Ezra	15	1	6	and all who were about them aided them with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, with beasts, and with costly wares, besides all that was freely offered.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	1	7	Cyrus the king also brought out the vessels of the house of the Lord which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the house of his gods.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	1	8	Cyrus king of Persia brought these out in charge of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Shesh-bazzar the prince of Judah.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	1	9	And this was the number of them: a thousand basins of gold, a thousand basins of silver, twenty-nine censers,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	1	10	thirty bowls of gold, two thousand four hundred and ten bowls of silver, and a thousand other vessels;
+Ezra	Ezra	15	1	11	all the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred and sixty-nine. All these did Shesh-bazzar bring up, when the exiles were brought up from Babylonia to Jerusalem.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	1	Now these were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried captive to Babylonia; they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	2	They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Re-el-aiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	3	the sons of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	4	The sons of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	5	The sons of Arah, seven hundred and seventy-five.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	6	The sons of Pahath-moab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	7	The sons of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	8	The sons of Zattu, nine hundred and forty-five.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	9	The sons of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	10	The sons of Bani, six hundred and forty-two.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	11	The sons of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-three.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	12	The sons of Azgad, one thousand two hundred and twenty-two.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	13	The sons of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-six.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	14	The sons of Bigvai, two thousand and fifty-six.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	15	The sons of Adin, four hundred and fifty-four.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	16	The sons of Ater, namely of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	17	The sons of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-three.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	18	The sons of Jorah, one hundred and twelve.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	19	The sons of Hashum, two hundred and twenty-three.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	20	The sons of Gibbar, ninety-five.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	21	The sons of Bethlehem, one hundred and twenty-three.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	22	The men of Netophah, fifty-six.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	23	The men of Anathoth, one hundred and twenty-eight.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	24	The sons of Azmaveth, forty-two.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	25	The sons of Kiriatharim, Chephirah, and Be-eroth, seven hundred and forty-three.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	26	The sons of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	27	The men of Michmas, one hundred and twenty-two.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	28	The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred and twenty-three.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	29	The sons of Nebo, fifty-two.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	30	The sons of Magbish, one hundred and fifty-six.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	31	The sons of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	32	The sons of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	33	The sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	34	The sons of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	35	The sons of Senaah, three thousand six hundred and thirty.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	36	The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	37	The sons of Immer, one thousand and fifty-two.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	38	The sons of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	39	The sons of Harim, one thousand and seventeen.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	40	The Levites: the sons of Jeshua and Kadmi-el, of the sons of Hodaviah, seventy-four.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	41	The singers: the sons of Asaph, one hundred and twenty-eight.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	42	The sons of the gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, and the sons of Shobai, in all one hundred and thirty-nine.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	43	The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	44	the sons of Keros, the sons of Siaha, the sons of Padon,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	45	the sons of Lebanah, the sons of Hagabah, the sons of Akkub,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	46	the sons of Hagab, the sons of Shamlai, the sons of Hanan,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	47	the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, the sons of Re-aiah,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	48	the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, the sons of Gazzam,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	49	the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, the sons of Besai,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	50	the sons of Asnah, the sons of Me-unim, the sons of Nephisim,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	51	the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	52	the sons of Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	53	the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	54	the sons of Neziah, and the sons of Hatipha.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	55	The sons of Solomon’s servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Hassophereth, the sons of Peruda,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	56	the sons of Jaalah, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	57	the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the sons of Ami.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	58	All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon’s servants were three hundred and ninety-two.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	59	The following were those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, though they could not prove their fathers’ houses or their descent, whether they belonged to Israel:
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	60	the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, and the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty-two.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	61	Also, of the sons of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, and the sons of Barzillai (who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name).
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	62	These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but they were not found there, and so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean;
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	63	the governor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food, until there should be a priest to consult Urim and Thummim.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	64	The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	65	besides their menservants and maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred male and female singers.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	66	Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six, their mules were two hundred and forty-five,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	67	their camels were four hundred and thirty-five, and their asses were six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	68	Some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, made freewill offerings for the house of God, to erect it on its site;
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	69	according to their ability they gave to the treasury of the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	2	70	The priests, the Levites, and some of the people lived in Jerusalem and its vicinity; and the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their towns, and all Israel in their towns.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	3	1	When the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in the towns, the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	3	2	Then arose Jeshua the son of Jozadak, with his fellow priests, and Zerubbabel the son of She-alti-el with his kinsmen, and they built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings upon it, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	3	3	They set the altar in its place, for fear was upon them because of the peoples of the lands, and they offered burnt offerings upon it to the Lord, burnt offerings morning and evening.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	3	4	And they kept the feast of booths, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number according to the ordinance, as each day required,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	3	5	and after that the continual burnt offerings, the offerings at the new moon and at all the appointed feasts of the Lord, and the offerings of every one who made a freewill offering to the Lord.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	3	6	From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord. But the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	3	7	So they gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant which they had from Cyrus king of Persia.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	3	8	Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of She-alti-el and Jeshua the son of Jozadak made a beginning, together with the rest of their brethren, the priests and the Levites and all who had come to Jerusalem from the captivity. They appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of the house of the Lord.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	3	9	And Jeshua with his sons and his kinsmen, and Kadmi-el and his sons, the sons of Judah, together took the oversight of the workmen in the house of God, along with the sons of Henadad and the Levites, their sons and kinsmen.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	3	10	And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests in their vestments came forward with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the Lord, according to the directions of David king of Israel;
+Ezra	Ezra	15	3	11	and they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures for ever toward Israel.” And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	3	12	But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ houses, old men who had seen the first house, wept with a loud voice when they saw the foundation of this house being laid, though many shouted aloud for joy;
+Ezra	Ezra	15	3	13	so that the people could not distinguish the sound of the joyful shout from the sound of the people’s weeping, for the people shouted with a great shout, and the sound was heard afar.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	4	1	Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple to the Lord, the God of Israel,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	4	2	they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers’ houses and said to them, “Let us build with you; for we worship your God as you do, and we have been sacrificing to him ever since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assyria who brought us here.”
+Ezra	Ezra	15	4	3	But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers’ houses in Israel said to them, “You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we alone will build to the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.”
+Ezra	Ezra	15	4	4	Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah, and made them afraid to build,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	4	5	and hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	4	6	And in the reign of Ahasu-erus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	4	7	And in the days of Ar-ta-xerxes, Bishlam and Mithredath and Tabeel and the rest of their associates wrote to Ar-ta-xerxes king of Persia; the letter was written in Aramaic and translated.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	4	8	Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Ar-ta-xerxes the king as follows—
+Ezra	Ezra	15	4	9	then wrote Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates, the judges, the governors, the officials, the Persians, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, that is, the Elamites,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	4	10	and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River, and now
+Ezra	Ezra	15	4	11	this is a copy of the letter that they sent—“To Ar-ta-xerxes the king: Your servants, the men of the province Beyond the River, send greeting. And now
+Ezra	Ezra	15	4	12	be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from you to us have gone to Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city; they are finishing the walls and repairing the foundations.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	4	13	Now be it known to the king that, if this city is rebuilt and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and the royal revenue will be impaired.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	4	14	Now because we eat the salt of the palace and it is not fitting for us to witness the king’s dishonor, therefore we send and inform the king,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	4	15	in order that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will find in the book of the records and learn that this city is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and that sedition was stirred up in it from of old. That was why this city was laid waste.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	4	16	We make known to the king that, if this city is rebuilt and its walls finished, you will then have no possession in the province Beyond the River.”
+Ezra	Ezra	15	4	17	The king sent an answer: “To Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their associates who live in Samaria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River, greeting. And now
+Ezra	Ezra	15	4	18	the letter which you sent to us has been plainly read before me.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	4	19	And I made a decree, and search has been made, and it has been found that this city from of old has risen against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made in it.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	4	20	And mighty kings have been over Jerusalem, who ruled over the whole province Beyond the River, to whom tribute, custom, and toll were paid.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	4	21	Therefore make a decree that these men be made to cease, and that this city be not rebuilt, until a decree is made by me.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	4	22	And take care not to be slack in this matter; why should damage grow to the hurt of the king?”
+Ezra	Ezra	15	4	23	Then, when the copy of King Ar-ta-xerxes’ letter was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their associates, they went in haste to the Jews at Jerusalem and by force and power made them cease.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	4	24	Then the work on the house of God which is in Jerusalem stopped; and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	5	1	Now the prophets, Haggai and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel who was over them.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	5	2	Then Zerubbabel the son of She-alti-el and Jeshua the son of Jozadak arose and began to rebuild the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God, helping them.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	5	3	At the same time Tattenai the governor of the province Beyond the River and Shethar-bozenai and their associates came to them and spoke to them thus, “Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?”
+Ezra	Ezra	15	5	4	They also asked them this, “What are the names of the men who are building this building?”
+Ezra	Ezra	15	5	5	But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them till a report should reach Darius and then answer be returned by letter concerning it.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	5	6	The copy of the letter which Tattenai the governor of the province Beyond the River and Shethar-bozenai and his associates the governors who were in the province Beyond the River sent to Darius the king;
+Ezra	Ezra	15	5	7	they sent him a report, in which was written as follows: “To Darius the king, all peace.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	5	8	Be it known to the king that we went to the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. It is being built with huge stones, and timber is laid in the walls; this work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	5	9	Then we asked those elders and spoke to them thus, ‘Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?’
+Ezra	Ezra	15	5	10	We also asked them their names, for your information, that we might write down the names of the men at their head.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	5	11	And this was their reply to us: ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the house that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	5	12	But because our fathers had angered the God of heaven, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house and carried away the people to Babylonia.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	5	13	However in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree that this house of God should be rebuilt.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	5	14	And the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple that was in Jerusalem and brought into the temple of Babylon, these Cyrus the king took out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to one whose name was Shesh-bazzar, whom he had made governor;
+Ezra	Ezra	15	5	15	and he said to him, “Take these vessels, go and put them in the temple which is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on its site.”
+Ezra	Ezra	15	5	16	Then this Shesh-bazzar came and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and from that time until now it has been in building, and it is not yet finished.’
+Ezra	Ezra	15	5	17	Therefore, if it seem good to the king, let search be made in the royal archives there in Babylon, to see whether a decree was issued by Cyrus the king for the rebuilding of this house of God in Jerusalem. And let the king send us his pleasure in this matter.”
+Ezra	Ezra	15	6	1	Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in Babylonia, in the house of the archives where the documents were stored.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	6	2	And in Ecbatana, the capital which is in the province of Media, a scroll was found on which this was written: “A record.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	6	3	In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king issued a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be rebuilt, the place where sacrifices are offered and burnt offerings are brought; its height shall be sixty cubits and its breadth sixty cubits,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	6	4	with three courses of great stones and one course of timber; let the cost be paid from the royal treasury.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	6	5	And also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that is in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought back to the temple which is in Jerusalem, each to its place; you shall put them in the house of God.”
+Ezra	Ezra	15	6	6	“Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and your associates the governors who are in the province Beyond the River, keep away;
+Ezra	Ezra	15	6	7	let the work on this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its site.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	6	8	Moreover I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the rebuilding of this house of God; the cost is to be paid to these men in full and without delay from the royal revenue, the tribute of the province from Beyond the River.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	6	9	And whatever is needed—young bulls, rams, or sheep for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, or oil, as the priests at Jerusalem require—let that be given to them day by day without fail,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	6	10	that they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king and his sons.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	6	11	Also I make a decree that if any one alters this edict, a beam shall be pulled out of his house, and he shall be impaled upon it, and his house shall be made a dunghill.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	6	12	May the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow any king or people that shall put forth a hand to alter this, or to destroy this house of God which is in Jerusalem. I Darius make a decree; let it be done with all diligence.”
+Ezra	Ezra	15	6	13	Then, according to the word sent by Darius the king, Tattenai, the governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates did with all diligence what Darius the king had ordered.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	6	14	And the elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They finished their building by command of the God of Israel and by decree of Cyrus and Darius and Ar-ta-xerxes king of Persia;
+Ezra	Ezra	15	6	15	and this house was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	6	16	And the people of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the returned exiles, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	6	17	They offered at the dedication of this house of God one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	6	18	And they set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God at Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	6	19	On the fourteenth day of the first month the returned exiles kept the passover.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	6	20	For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were clean. So they killed the passover lamb for all the returned exiles, for their fellow priests, and for themselves;
+Ezra	Ezra	15	6	21	it was eaten by the people of Israel who had returned from exile, and also by every one who had joined them and separated himself from the pollutions of the peoples of the land to worship the Lord, the God of Israel.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	6	22	And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; for the Lord had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, so that he aided them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	1	Now after this, in the reign of Ar-ta-xerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	2	son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	3	son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	4	son of Zerahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Bukki,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	5	son of Abishu-a, son of Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the chief priest—
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	6	this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses which the Lord the God of Israel had given; and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was upon him.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	7	And there went up also to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Ar-ta-xerxes the king, some of the people of Israel, and some of the priests and Levites, the singers and gatekeepers, and the temple servants.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	8	And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king;
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	9	for on the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylonia, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, for the good hand of his God was upon him.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	10	For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach his statutes and ordinances in Israel.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	11	This is a copy of the letter which King Ar-ta-xerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, learned in matters of the commandments of the Lord and his statutes for Israel:
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	12	“Ar-ta-xerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven. And now
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	13	I make a decree that any one of the people of Israel or their priests or Levites in my kingdom, who freely offers to go to Jerusalem, may go with you.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	14	For you are sent by the king and his seven counselors to make inquiries about Judah and Jerusalem according to the law of your God, which is in your hand,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	15	and also to convey the silver and gold which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	16	with all the silver and gold which you shall find in the whole province of Babylonia, and with the freewill offerings of the people and the priests, vowed willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	17	With this money, then, you shall with all diligence buy bulls, rams, and lambs, with their cereal offerings and their drink offerings, and you shall offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	18	Whatever seems good to you and your brethren to do with the rest of the silver and gold, you may do, according to the will of your God.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	19	The vessels that have been given you for the service of the house of your God, you shall deliver before the God of Jerusalem.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	20	And whatever else is required for the house of your God, which you have occasion to provide, you may provide it out of the king’s treasury.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	21	“And I, Ar-ta-xerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers in the province Beyond the River: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, requires of you, be it done with all diligence,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	22	up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred cors of wheat, a hundred baths of wine, a hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	23	Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done in full for the house of the God of heaven, lest his wrath be against the realm of the king and his sons.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	24	We also notify you that it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll upon any one of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the doorkeepers, the temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	25	“And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God which is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people in the province Beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God; and those who do not know them, you shall teach.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	26	Whoever will not obey the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be strictly executed upon him, whether for death or for banishment or for confiscation of his goods or for imprisonment.”
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	27	Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	7	28	and who extended to me his steadfast love before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty officers. I took courage, for the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, and I gathered leading men from Israel to go up with me.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	1	These are the heads of their fathers’ houses, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylonia, in the reign of Ar-ta-xerxes the king:
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	2	Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David, Hattush,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	3	of the sons of Shecaniah. Of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah, with whom were registered one hundred and fifty men.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	4	Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eli-e-ho-enai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred men.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	5	Of the sons of Zattu, Shecaniah the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred men.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	6	Of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty men.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	7	Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy men.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	8	Of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him eighty men.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	9	Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen men.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	10	Of the sons of Bani, Shelomith the son of Josiphiah, and with him a hundred and sixty men.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	11	Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, the son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight men.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	12	Of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him a hundred and ten men.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	13	Of the sons of Adonikam, those who came later, their names being Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty men.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	14	Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur, and with them seventy men.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	15	I gathered them to the river that runs to Ahava, and there we encamped three days. As I reviewed the people and the priests, I found there none of the sons of Levi.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	16	Then I sent for Eliezer, Ari-el, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, leading men, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of insight,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	17	and sent them to Iddo, the leading man at the place Casiphia, telling them what to say to Iddo and his brethren the temple servants at the place Casiphia, namely, to send us ministers for the house of our God.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	18	And by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli the son of Levi, son of Israel, namely Sherebiah with his sons and kinsmen, eighteen;
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	19	also Hashabiah and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, with his kinsmen and their sons, twenty;
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	20	besides two hundred and twenty of the temple servants, whom David and his officials had set apart to attend the Levites. These were all mentioned by name.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	21	Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a straight way for ourselves, our children, and all our goods.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	22	For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy on our way; since we had told the king, “The hand of our God is for good upon all that seek him, and the power of his wrath is against all that forsake him.”
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	23	So we fasted and besought our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	24	Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests: Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their kinsmen with them.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	25	And I weighed out to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God which the king and his counselors and his lords and all Israel there present had offered;
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	26	I weighed out into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels worth a hundred talents, and a hundred talents of gold,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	27	twenty bowls of gold worth a thousand darics, and two vessels of fine bright bronze as precious as gold.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	28	And I said to them, “You are holy to the Lord, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the Lord, the God of your fathers.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	29	Guard them and keep them until you weigh them before the chief priests and the Levites and the heads of fathers’ houses in Israel at Jerusalem, within the chambers of the house of the Lord.”
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	30	So the priests and the Levites took over the weight of the silver and the gold and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem, to the house of our God.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	31	Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes by the way.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	32	We came to Jerusalem, and there we remained three days.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	33	On the fourth day, within the house of our God, the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed into the hands of Meremoth the priest, son of Uriah, and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas, and with them were the Levites, Jozabad the son of Jeshua and No-adiah the son of Binnui.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	34	The whole was counted and weighed, and the weight of everything was recorded.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	35	At that time those who had come from captivity, the returned exiles, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and as a sin offering twelve he-goats; all this was a burnt offering to the Lord.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	8	36	They also delivered the king’s commissions to the king’s satraps and to the governors of the province Beyond the River; and they aided the people and the house of God.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	9	1	After these things had been done, the officials approached me and said, “The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands with their abominations, from the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	9	2	For they have taken some of their daughters to be wives for themselves and for their sons; so that the holy race has mixed itself with the peoples of the lands. And in this faithlessness the hand of the officials and chief men has been foremost.”
+Ezra	Ezra	15	9	3	When I heard this, I rent my garments and my mantle, and pulled hair from my head and beard, and sat appalled.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	9	4	Then all who trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the faithlessness of the returned exiles, gathered round me while I sat appalled until the evening sacrifice.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	9	5	And at the evening sacrifice I rose from my fasting, with my garments and my mantle rent, and fell upon my knees and spread out my hands to the Lord my God,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	9	6	saying: “O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to thee, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	9	7	From the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great guilt; and for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plundering, and to utter shame, as at this day.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	9	8	But now for a brief moment favor has been shown by the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant, and to give us a secure hold within his holy place, that our God may brighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our bondage.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	9	9	For we are bondmen; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended to us his steadfast love before the kings of Persia, to grant us some reviving to set up the house of our God, to repair its ruins, and to give us protection in Judea and Jerusalem.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	9	10	“And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken thy commandments,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	9	11	which thou didst command by thy servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land which you are entering, to take possession of it, is a land unclean with the pollutions of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations which have filled it from end to end with their uncleanness.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	9	12	Therefore give not your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters for your sons, and never seek their peace or prosperity, that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.’
+Ezra	Ezra	15	9	13	And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, seeing that thou, our God, hast punished us less than our iniquities deserved and hast given us such a remnant as this,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	9	14	shall we break thy commandments again and intermarry with the peoples who practice these abominations? Wouldst thou not be angry with us till thou wouldst consume us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?
+Ezra	Ezra	15	9	15	O Lord the God of Israel, thou art just, for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as at this day. Behold, we are before thee in our guilt, for none can stand before thee because of this.”
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	1	While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel; for the people wept bitterly.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	2	And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, addressed Ezra: “We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land, but even now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	3	Therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all these wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	4	Arise, for it is your task, and we are with you; be strong and do it.”
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	5	Then Ezra arose and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel take oath that they would do as had been said. So they took the oath.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	6	Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God, and went to the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib, where he spent the night, neither eating bread nor drinking water; for he was mourning over the faithlessness of the exiles.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	7	And a proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the returned exiles that they should assemble at Jerusalem,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	8	and that if any one did not come within three days, by order of the officials and the elders all his property should be forfeited, and he himself banned from the congregation of the exiles.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	9	Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month. And all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	10	And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have trespassed and married foreign women, and so increased the guilt of Israel.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	11	Now then make confession to the Lord the God of your fathers, and do his will; separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives.”
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	12	Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, “It is so; we must do as you have said.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	13	But the people are many, and it is a time of heavy rain; we cannot stand in the open. Nor is this a work for one day or for two; for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	14	Let our officials stand for the whole assembly; let all in our cities who have taken foreign wives come at appointed times, and with them the elders and judges of every city, till the fierce wrath of our God over this matter be averted from us.”
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	15	Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah opposed this, and Meshullum and Shabbethai the Levite supported them.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	16	Then the returned exiles did so. Ezra the priest selected men, heads of fathers’ houses, according to their fathers’ houses, each of them designated by name. On the first day of the tenth month they sat down to examine the matter;
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	17	and by the first day of the first month they had come to the end of all the men who had married foreign women.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	18	Of the sons of the priests who had married foreign women were found Ma-aseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brethren.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	19	They pledged themselves to put away their wives, and their guilt offering was a ram of the flock for their guilt.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	20	Of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	21	Of the sons of Harim: Ma-aseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	22	Of the sons of Pashhur: Eli-o-enai, Ma-aseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	23	Of the Levites: Jozabad, Shime-i, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Petha-hiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	24	Of the singers: Eliashib. Of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	25	And of Israel: of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Hashabiah, and Benaiah.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	26	Of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	27	Of the sons of Zattu: Eli-o-enai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	28	Of the sons of Bebai were Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	29	Of the sons of Bani were Meshullum, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	30	Of the sons of Pahath-moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Ma-aseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	31	Of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shime-on,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	32	Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	33	Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shime-i.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	34	Of the sons of Bani: Ma-adai, Amram, Uel,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	35	Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	36	Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	37	Mattaniah, Mattenai, Jaasu.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	38	Of the sons of Binnui: Shime-i,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	39	Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	40	Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	41	Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	42	Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	43	Of the sons of Nebo: Je-iel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.
+Ezra	Ezra	15	10	44	All these had married foreign women, and they put them away with their children.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	1	1	The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the capital,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	1	2	that Hanani, one of my brethren, came with certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that survived, who had escaped exile, and concerning Jerusalem.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	1	3	And they said to me, “The survivors there in the province who escaped exile are in great trouble and shame; the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire.”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	1	4	When I heard these words I sat down and wept, and mourned for days; and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	1	5	And I said, “O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	1	6	let thy ear be attentive, and thy eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy servant which I now pray before thee day and night for the people of Israel thy servants, confessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against thee. Yea, I and my father’s house have sinned.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	1	7	We have acted very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances which thou didst command thy servant Moses.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	1	8	Remember the word which thou didst command thy servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	1	9	but if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, though your dispersed be under the farthest skies, I will gather them thence and bring them to the place which I have chosen, to make my name dwell there.’
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	1	10	They are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power and by thy strong hand.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	1	11	O Lord, let thy ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who delight to fear thy name; and give success to thy servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cupbearer to the king.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	2	1	In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Ar-ta-xerxes, when wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	2	2	And the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is nothing else but sadness of the heart.” Then I was very much afraid.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	2	3	I said to the king, “Let the king live for ever! Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lies waste, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	2	4	Then the king said to me, “For what do you make request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	2	5	And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may rebuild it.”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	2	6	And the king said to me (the queen sitting beside him), “How long will you be gone, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	2	7	And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	2	8	and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house which I shall occupy.” And the king granted me what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	2	9	Then I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	2	10	But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard this, it displeased them greatly that some one had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	2	11	So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	2	12	Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me; and I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no beast with me but the beast on which I rode.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	2	13	I went out by night by the Valley Gate to the Jackal’s Well and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down and its gates which had been destroyed by fire.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	2	14	Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King’s Pool; but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	2	15	Then I went up in the night by the valley and inspected the wall; and I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	2	16	And the officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing; and I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, and the rest that were to do the work.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	2	17	Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer disgrace.”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	2	18	And I told them of the hand of my God which had been upon me for good, and also of the words which the king had spoken to me. And they said, “Let us rise up and build.” So they strengthened their hands for the good work.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	2	19	But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they derided us and despised us and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	2	20	Then I replied to them, “The God of heaven will make us prosper, and we his servants will arise and build; but you have no portion or right or memorial in Jerusalem.”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	1	Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors; they consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	2	And next to him the men of Jericho built. And next to them Zaccur the son of Imri built.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	3	And the sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	4	And next to them Meremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz repaired. And next to them Meshullam the son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel repaired. And next to them Zadok the son of Baana repaired.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	5	And next to them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles did not put their necks to the work of their Lord.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	6	And Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate; they laid its beams and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	7	And next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, who were under the jurisdiction of the governor of the province Beyond the River.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	8	Next to them Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths, repaired. Next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, repaired; and they restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	9	Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	10	Next to them Jedaiah the son of Harumaph repaired opposite his house; and next to him Hattush the son of Hashabneiah repaired.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	11	Malchijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab repaired another section and the Tower of the Ovens.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	12	Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired, he and his daughters.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	13	Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate; they rebuilt it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall, as far as the Dung Gate.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	14	Malchijah the son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem, repaired the Dung Gate; he rebuilt it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	15	And Shallum the son of Colhozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate; he rebuilt it and covered it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars; and he built the wall of the Pool of Shelah of the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the City of David.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	16	After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired to a point opposite the sepulchres of David, to the artificial pool, and to the house of the mighty men.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	17	After him the Levites repaired: Rehum the son of Bani; next to him Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah, repaired for his district.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	18	After him their brethren repaired: Bavvai the son of Henadad, ruler of half the district of Keilah;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	19	next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory at the Angle.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	20	After him Baruch the son of Zabbai repaired another section from the Angle to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	21	After him Meremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz repaired another section from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	22	After him the priests, the men of the Plain, repaired.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	23	After them Benjamin and Hasshub repaired opposite their house. After them Azariah the son of Ma-aseiah, son of Ananiah repaired beside his own house.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	24	After him Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the Angle
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	25	and to the corner. Palal the son of Uzai repaired opposite the Angle and the tower projecting from the upper house of the king at the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	26	and the temple servants living on Ophel repaired to a point opposite the Water Gate on the east and the projecting tower.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	27	After him the Tekoites repaired another section opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	28	Above the Horse Gate the priests repaired, each one opposite his own house.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	29	After them Zadok the son of Immer repaired opposite his own house. After him Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, repaired.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	30	After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph repaired another section. After him Meshullam the son of Berechiah repaired opposite his chamber.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	31	After him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, repaired as far as the house of the temple servants and of the merchants, opposite the Muster Gate, and to the upper chamber of the corner.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	3	32	And between the upper chamber of the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and the merchants repaired.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	4	1	Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he ridiculed the Jews.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	4	2	And he said in the presence of his brethren and of the army of Samaria, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore things? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish up in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, and burned ones at that?”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	4	3	Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, “Yes, what they are building—if a fox goes up on it he will break down their stone wall!
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	4	4	Hear, O our God, for we are despised; turn back their taunt upon their own heads, and give them up to be plundered in a land where they are captives.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	4	5	Do not cover their guilt, and let not their sin be blotted out from thy sight; for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	4	6	So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height. For the people had a mind to work.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	4	7	But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and that the breaches were beginning to be closed, they were very angry;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	4	8	and they all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause confusion in it.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	4	9	And we prayed to our God, and set a guard as a protection against them day and night.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	4	10	But Judah said, “The strength of the burden-bearers is failing, and there is much rubbish; we are not able to work on the wall.”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	4	11	And our enemies said, “They will not know or see till we come into the midst of them and kill them and stop the work.”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	4	12	When the Jews who lived by them came they said to us ten times, “From all the places where they live they will come up against us.”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	4	13	So in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in open places, I stationed the people according to their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	4	14	And I looked, and arose, and said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes.”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	4	15	When our enemies heard that it was known to us and that God had frustrated their plan, we all returned to the wall, each to his work.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	4	16	From that day on, half of my servants worked on construction, and half held the spears, shields, bows, and coats of mail; and the leaders stood behind all the house of Judah,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	4	17	who were building on the wall. Those who carried burdens were laden in such a way that each with one hand labored on the work and with the other held his weapon.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	4	18	And each of the builders had his sword girded at his side while he built. The man who sounded the trumpet was beside me.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	4	19	And I said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, “The work is great and widely spread, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	4	20	In the place where you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us.”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	4	21	So we labored at the work, and half of them held the spears from the break of dawn till the stars came out.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	4	22	I also said to the people at that time, “Let every man and his servant pass the night within Jerusalem, that they may be a guard for us by night and may labor by day.”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	4	23	So neither I nor my brethren nor my servants nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us took off our clothes; each kept his weapon in his hand.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	5	1	Now there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brethren.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	5	2	For there were those who said, “With our sons and our daughters, we are many; let us get grain, that we may eat and keep alive.”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	5	3	There were also those who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to get grain because of the famine.”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	5	4	And there were those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax upon our fields and our vineyards.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	5	5	Now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children are as their children; yet we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have already been enslaved; but it is not in our power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	5	6	I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these words.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	5	7	I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, “You are exacting interest, each from his brother.” And I held a great assembly against them,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	5	8	and said to them, “We, as far as we are able, have bought back our Jewish brethren who have been sold to the nations; but you even sell your brethren that they may be sold to us!” They were silent, and could not find a word to say.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	5	9	So I said, “The thing that you are doing is not good. Ought you not to walk in the fear of our God to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies?
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	5	10	Moreover I and my brethren and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us leave off this interest.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	5	11	Return to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses, and the hundredth of money, grain, wine, and oil which you have been exacting of them.”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	5	12	Then they said, “We will restore these and require nothing from them. We will do as you say.” And I called the priests, and took an oath of them to do as they had promised.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	5	13	I also shook out my lap and said, “So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not perform this promise. So may he be shaken out and emptied.” And all the assembly said “Amen” and praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	5	14	Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of Ar-ta-xerxes the king, twelve years, neither I nor my brethren ate the food allowance of the governor.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	5	15	The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens upon the people, and took from them food and wine, besides forty shekels of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	5	16	I also held to the work on this wall, and acquired no land; and all my servants were gathered there for the work.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	5	17	Moreover there were at my table a hundred and fifty men, Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations which were about us.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	5	18	Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; fowls likewise were prepared for me, and every ten days skins of wine in abundance; yet with all this I did not demand the food allowance of the governor, because the servitude was heavy upon this people.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	5	19	Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	6	1	Now when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arab and to the rest of our enemies that I had built the wall and that there was no breach left in it (although up to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	6	2	Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come and let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they intended to do me harm.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	6	3	And I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	6	4	And they sent to me four times in this way and I answered them in the same manner.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	6	5	In the same way Sanballat for the fifth time sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	6	6	In it was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Geshem also says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel; that is why you are building the wall; and you wish to become their king, according to this report.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	6	7	And you have also set up prophets to proclaim concerning you in Jerusalem, ‘There is a king in Judah.’ And now it will be reported to the king according to these words. So now come, and let us take counsel together.”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	6	8	Then I sent to him, saying, “No such things as you say have been done, for you are inventing them out of your own mind.”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	6	9	For they all wanted to frighten us, thinking, “Their hands will drop from the work, and it will not be done.” But now, O God, strengthen thou my hands.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	6	10	Now when I went into the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was shut up, he said, “Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple; for they are coming to kill you, at night they are coming to kill you.”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	6	11	But I said, “Should such a man as I flee? And what man such as I could go into the temple and live? I will not go in.”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	6	12	And I understood, and saw that God had not sent him, but he had pronounced the prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	6	13	For this purpose he was hired, that I should be afraid and act in this way and sin, and so they could give me an evil name, in order to taunt me.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	6	14	Remember Tobiah and Sanballat, O my God, according to these things that they did, and also the prophetess No-adiah and the rest of the prophets who wanted to make me afraid.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	6	15	So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	6	16	And when all our enemies heard of it, all the nations round about us were afraid and fell greatly in their own esteem; for they perceived that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	6	17	Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	6	18	For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah: and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah as his wife.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	6	19	Also they spoke of his good deeds in my presence, and reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to make me afraid.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	1	Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	2	I gave my brother Hanani and Hananiah the governor of the castle charge over Jerusalem, for he was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	3	And I said to them, “Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot; and while they are still standing guard let them shut and bar the doors. Appoint guards from among the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each to his station and each opposite his own house.”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	4	The city was wide and large, but the people within it were few and no houses had been built.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	5	Then God put it into my mind to assemble the nobles and the officials and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found written in it:
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	6	These were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried into exile; they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his town.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	7	They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	8	the sons of Parosh, two thousand a hundred and seventy-two.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	9	The sons of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	10	The sons of Arah, six hundred and fifty-two.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	11	The sons of Pahath-moab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	12	The sons of Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	13	The sons of Zattu, eight hundred and forty-five.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	14	The sons of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	15	The sons of Binnui, six hundred and forty-eight.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	16	The sons of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-eight.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	17	The sons of Azgad, two thousand three hundred and twenty-two.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	18	The sons of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-seven.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	19	The sons of Bigvai, two thousand and sixty-seven.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	20	The sons of Adin, six hundred and fifty-five.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	21	The sons of Ater, namely of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	22	The sons of Hashum, three hundred and twenty-eight.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	23	The sons of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-four.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	24	The sons of Hariph, a hundred and twelve.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	25	The sons of Gibeon, ninety-five.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	26	The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, a hundred and eighty-eight.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	27	The men of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty-eight.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	28	The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty-two.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	29	The men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Be-eroth, seven hundred and forty-three.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	30	The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	31	The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty-two.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	32	The men of Bethel and Ai, a hundred and twenty-three.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	33	The men of the other Nebo, fifty-two.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	34	The sons of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	35	The sons of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	36	The sons of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	37	The sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-one.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	38	The sons of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	39	The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, namely the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	40	The sons of Immer, a thousand and fifty-two.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	41	The sons of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred and forty-seven.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	42	The sons of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	43	The Levites: the sons of Jeshua, namely of Kadmi-el of the sons of Hodevah, seventy-four.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	44	The singers: the sons of Asaph, a hundred and forty-eight.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	45	The gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, a hundred and thirty-eight.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	46	The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	47	the sons of Keros, the sons of Sia, the sons of Padon,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	48	the sons of Lebana, the sons of Hagaba, the sons of Shalmai,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	49	the sons of Hanan, the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	50	the sons of Re-aiah, the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	51	the sons of Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	52	the sons of Besai, the sons of Me-unim, the sons of Nephushesim,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	53	the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	54	the sons of Bazlith, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	55	the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	56	the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	57	The sons of Solomon’s servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Perida,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	58	the sons of Jaala, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	59	the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the sons of Amon.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	60	All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon’s servants were three hundred and ninety-two.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	61	The following were those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not prove their fathers’ houses nor their descent, whether they belonged to Israel:
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	62	the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and forty-two.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	63	Also, of the priests: the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai (who had taken a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	64	These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but it was not found there, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	65	the governor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food, until a priest with Urim and Thummim should arise.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	66	The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	67	besides their menservants and maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five singers, male and female.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	68	Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six, their mules two hundred and forty-five,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	69	their camels four hundred and thirty-five, and their asses six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	70	Now some of the heads of fathers’ houses gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury a thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests’ garments.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	71	And some of the heads of fathers’ houses gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold and two thousand two hundred minas of silver.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	72	And what the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, two thousand minas of silver, and sixty-seven priests’ garments.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	7	73	So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel, lived in their towns. And when the seventh month had come, the children of Israel were in their towns.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	8	1	And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate; and they told Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	8	2	And Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	8	3	And he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	8	4	And Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden pulpit which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Ma-aseiah on his right hand; and Pedaiah, Misha-el, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam on his left hand.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	8	5	And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people; and when he opened it all the people stood.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	8	6	And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God; and all the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” lifting up their hands; and they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	8	7	Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Ma-aseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, helped the people to understand the law, while the people remained in their places.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	8	8	And they read from the book, from the law of God, clearly; and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	8	9	And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	8	10	Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord; and do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	8	11	So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, “Be quiet, for this day is holy; do not be grieved.”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	8	12	And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	8	13	On the second day the heads of fathers’ houses of all the people, with the priests and the Levites, came together to Ezra the scribe in order to study the words of the law.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	8	14	And they found it written in the law that the Lord had commanded by Moses that the people of Israel should dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	8	15	and that they should publish and proclaim in all their towns and in Jerusalem, “Go out to the hills and bring branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make booths, as it is written.”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	8	16	So the people went out and brought them and made booths for themselves, each on his roof, and in their courts and in the courts of the house of God, and in the square at the Water Gate and in the square at the Gate of Ephraim.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	8	17	And all the assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made booths and dwelt in the booths; for from the days of Jeshua the son of Nun to that day the people of Israel had not done so. And there was very great rejoicing.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	8	18	And day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read from the book of the law of God. They kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	1	Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the people of Israel were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth, and with earth upon their heads.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	2	And the Israelites separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	3	And they stood up in their place and read from the book of the law of the Lord their God for a fourth of the day; for another fourth of it they made confession and worshiped the Lord their God.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	4	Upon the stairs of the Levites stood Jeshua, Bani, Kadmi-el, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani; and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	5	Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmi-el, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless the Lord your God from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be thy glorious name which is exalted above all blessing and praise.”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	6	And Ezra said: “Thou art the Lord, thou alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and thou preservest all of them; and the host of heaven worships thee.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	7	Thou art the Lord, the God who didst choose Abram and bring him forth out of Ur of the Chaldeans and give him the name Abraham;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	8	and thou didst find his heart faithful before thee, and didst make with him the covenant to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite; and thou hast fulfilled thy promise, for thou art righteous.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	9	“And thou didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt and hear their cry at the Red Sea,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	10	and didst perform signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land, for thou knewest that they acted insolently against our fathers; and thou didst get thee a name, as it is to this day.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	11	And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on dry land; and thou didst cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into mighty waters.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	12	By a pillar of cloud thou didst lead them in the day, and by a pillar of fire in the night to light for them the way in which they should go.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	13	Thou didst come down upon Mount Sinai, and speak with them from heaven and give them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	14	and thou didst make known to them thy holy sabbath and command them commandments and statutes and a law by Moses thy servant.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	15	Thou didst give them bread from heaven for their hunger and bring forth water for them from the rock for their thirst, and thou didst tell them to go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	16	“But they and our fathers acted presumptuously and stiffened their neck and did not obey thy commandments;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	17	they refused to obey, and were not mindful of the wonders which thou didst perform among them; but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their bondage in Egypt. But thou art a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and didst not forsake them.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	18	Even when they had made for themselves a molten calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and had committed great blasphemies,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	19	thou in thy great mercies didst not forsake them in the wilderness; the pillar of cloud which led them in the way did not depart from them by day, nor the pillar of fire by night which lighted for them the way by which they should go.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	20	Thou gavest thy good Spirit to instruct them, and didst not withhold thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	21	Forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing; their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	22	And thou didst give them kingdoms and peoples, and didst allot to them every corner; so they took possession of the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and the land of Og king of Bashan.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	23	Thou didst multiply their descendants as the stars of heaven, and thou didst bring them into the land which thou hadst told their fathers to enter and possess.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	24	So the descendants went in and possessed the land, and thou didst subdue before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and didst give them into their hands, with their kings and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	25	And they captured fortified cities and a rich land, and took possession of houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, olive orchards and fruit trees in abundance; so they ate, and were filled and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	26	“Nevertheless they were disobedient and rebelled against thee and cast thy law behind their back and killed thy prophets, who had warned them in order to turn them back to thee, and they committed great blasphemies.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	27	Therefore thou didst give them into the hand of their enemies, who made them suffer; and in the time of their suffering they cried to thee and thou didst hear them from heaven; and according to thy great mercies thou didst give them saviors who saved them from the hand of their enemies.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	28	But after they had rest they did evil again before thee, and thou didst abandon them to the hand of their enemies, so that they had dominion over them; yet when they turned and cried to thee thou didst hear from heaven, and many times thou didst deliver them according to thy mercies.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	29	And thou didst warn them in order to turn them back to thy law. Yet they acted presumptuously and did not obey thy commandments, but sinned against thy ordinances, by the observance of which a man shall live, and turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck and would not obey.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	30	Many years thou didst bear with them, and didst warn them by thy Spirit through thy prophets; yet they would not give ear. Therefore thou didst give them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	31	Nevertheless in thy great mercies thou didst not make an end of them or forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	32	“Now therefore, our God, the great and mighty and terrible God, who keepest covenant and steadfast love, let not all the hardship seem little to thee that has come upon us, upon our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers, and all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria until this day.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	33	Yet thou hast been just in all that has come upon us, for thou hast dealt faithfully and we have acted wickedly;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	34	our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept thy law or heeded thy commandments and thy warnings which thou didst give them.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	35	They did not serve thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness which thou gavest them, and in the large and rich land which thou didst set before them; and they did not turn from their wicked works.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	36	Behold, we are slaves this day; in the land that thou gavest to our fathers to enjoy its fruit and its good gifts, behold, we are slaves.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	37	And its rich yield goes to the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins; they have power also over our bodies and over our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	9	38	Because of all this we make a firm covenant and write it, and our princes, our Levites, and our priests set their seal to it.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	1	Those who set their seal are Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, Zedekiah,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	2	Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	3	Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	4	Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	5	Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	6	Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	7	Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	8	Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these are the priests.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	9	And the Levites: Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmi-el;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	10	and their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	11	Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	12	Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	13	Hodiah, Bani, Beninu.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	14	The chiefs of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	15	Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	16	Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	17	Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	18	Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	19	Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	20	Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	21	Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddu-a,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	22	Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	23	Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	24	Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	25	Rehum, Hashabnah, Ma-aseiah,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	26	Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	27	Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	28	The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all who have separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, all who have knowledge and understanding,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	29	join with their brethren, their nobles, and enter into a curse and an oath to walk in God’s law which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord and his ordinances and his statutes.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	30	We will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	31	and if the peoples of the land bring in wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, we will not buy from them on the sabbath or on a holy day; and we will forego the crops of the seventh year and the exaction of every debt.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	32	We also lay upon ourselves the obligation to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	33	for the showbread, the continual cereal offering, the continual burnt offering, the sabbaths, the new moons, the appointed feasts, the holy things, and the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	34	We have likewise cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers’ houses, at times appointed, year by year, to burn upon the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	35	We obligate ourselves to bring the first fruits of our ground and the first fruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of the Lord;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	36	also to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God, the first-born of our sons and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	37	and to bring the first of our coarse meal, and our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the wine and the oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and to bring to the Levites the tithes from our ground, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our rural towns.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	38	And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites receive the tithes; and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers, to the storehouse.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	10	39	For the people of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the contribution of grain, wine, and oil to the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the gatekeepers and the singers. We will not neglect the house of our God.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	1	Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem; and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem the holy city, while nine tenths remained in the other towns.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	2	And the people blessed all the men who willingly offered to live in Jerusalem.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	3	These are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem; but in the towns of Judah every one lived on his property in their towns: Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon’s servants.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	4	And in Jerusalem lived certain of the sons of Judah and of the sons of Benjamin. Of the sons of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, of the sons of Perez;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	5	and Ma-aseiah the son of Baruch, son of Col-hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, son of the Shilonite.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	6	All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight valiant men.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	7	And these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Ma-aseiah, son of Ithi-el, son of Jeshaiah.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	8	And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred and twenty-eight.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	9	Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son of Hassenu-ah was second over the city.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	10	Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	11	Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, ruler of the house of God,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	12	and their brethren who did the work of the house, eight hundred and twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	13	and his brethren, heads of fathers’ houses, two hundred and forty-two; and Amashsai, the son of Azarel, son of Ahzai, son of Meshillemoth, son of Immer,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	14	and their brethren, mighty men of valor, a hundred and twenty-eight; their overseer was Zabdiel the son of Haggedolim.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	15	And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	16	and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who were over the outside work of the house of God;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	17	and Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, who was the leader to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	18	All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty-four.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	19	The gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brethren, who kept watch at the gates, were a hundred and seventy-two.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	20	And the rest of Israel, and of the priests and the Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, every one in his inheritance.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	21	But the temple servants lived on Ophel; and Ziha and Gishpa were over the temple servants.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	22	The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the work of the house of God.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	23	For there was a command from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as every day required.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	24	And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	25	And as for the villages, with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and its villages, and in Dibon and its villages, and in Jekabzeel and its villages,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	26	and in Jeshua and in Moladah and Beth-pelet,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	27	in Hazar-shual, in Beer-sheba and its villages,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	28	in Ziklag, in Meconah and its villages,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	29	in En-rimmon, in Zorah, in Jarmuth,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	30	Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, and Azekah and its villages. So they encamped from Beer-sheba to the valley of Hinnom.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	31	The people of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	32	Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	33	Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	34	Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	35	Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	11	36	And certain divisions of the Levites in Judah were joined to Benjamin.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	1	These are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel the son of She-alti-el, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	2	Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	3	Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	4	Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	5	Mijamin, Ma-adiah, Bilgah,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	6	Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	7	Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	8	And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmi-el, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who with his brethren was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	9	And Bakbukiah and Unno their brethren stood opposite them in the service.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	10	And Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim the father of Eliashib, Eliashib the father of Joiada,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	11	Joiada the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan the father of Jaddu-a.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	12	And in the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers’ houses: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	13	of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	14	of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	15	of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	16	of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	17	of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	18	of Bilgah, Shammu-a; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	19	of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	20	of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	21	of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	22	As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddu-a, there were recorded the heads of fathers’ houses; also the priests until the reign of Darius the Persian.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	23	The sons of Levi, heads of fathers’ houses, were written in the Book of the Chronicles until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	24	And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmi-el, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch corresponding to watch.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	25	Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers standing guard at the storehouses of the gates.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	26	These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest the scribe.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	27	And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with thanksgivings and with singing, with cymbals, harps, and lyres.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	28	And the sons of the singers gathered together from the circuit round Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	29	also from Beth-gilgal and from the region of Geba and Azmaveth; for the singers had built for themselves villages around Jerusalem.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	30	And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people and the gates and the wall.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	31	Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies which gave thanks and went in procession. One went to the right upon the wall to the Dung Gate;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	32	and after them went Hoshaiah and half of the princes of Judah,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	33	and Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	34	Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	35	and certain of the priests’ sons with trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Micaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	36	and his kinsmen, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe went before them.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	37	At the Fountain Gate they went up straight before them by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, to the Water Gate on the east.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	38	The other company of those who gave thanks went to the left, and I followed them with half of the people, upon the wall, above the Tower of the Ovens, to the Broad Wall,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	39	and above the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Old Gate, and by the Fish Gate and the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate; and they came to a halt at the Gate of the Guard.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	40	So both companies of those who gave thanks stood in the house of God, and I and half of the officials with me;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	41	and the priests Eliakim, Ma-aseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Eli-o-enai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	42	and Ma-aseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang with Jezrahiah as their leader.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	43	And they offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and children also rejoiced. And the joy of Jerusalem was heard afar off.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	44	On that day men were appointed over the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the first fruits, and the tithes, to gather into them the portions required by the law for the priests and for the Levites according to the fields of the towns; for Judah rejoiced over the priests and the Levites who ministered.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	45	And they performed the service of their God and the service of purification, as did the singers and the gatekeepers, according to the command of David and his son Solomon.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	46	For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and there were songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	12	47	And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave the daily portions for the singers and the gatekeepers; and they set apart that which was for the Levites; and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	1	On that day they read from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and in it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	2	for they did not meet the children of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them—yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	3	When the people heard the law, they separated from Israel all those of foreign descent.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	4	Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, and who was connected with Tobiah,
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	5	prepared for Tobiah a large chamber where they had previously put the cereal offering, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of grain, wine, and oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	6	While this was taking place I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Ar-ta-xerxes king of Babylon I went to the king. And after some time I asked leave of the king
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	7	and came to Jerusalem, and I then discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, preparing for him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	8	And I was very angry, and I threw all the household furniture of Tobiah out of the chamber.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	9	Then I gave orders and they cleansed the chambers; and I brought back thither the vessels of the house of God, with the cereal offering and the frankincense.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	10	I also found out that the portions of the Levites had not been given to them; so that the Levites and the singers, who did the work, had fled each to his field.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	11	So I remonstrated with the officials and said, “Why is the house of God forsaken?” And I gathered them together and set them in their stations.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	12	Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, wine, and oil into the storehouses.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	13	And I appointed as treasurers over the storehouses Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, and as their assistant Hanan the son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah, for they were counted faithful; and their duty was to distribute to their brethren.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	14	Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God and for his service.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	15	In those days I saw in Judah men treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in heaps of grain and loading them on asses; and also wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day; and I warned them on the day when they sold food.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	16	Men of Tyre also, who lived in the city, brought in fish and all kinds of wares and sold them on the sabbath to the people of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	17	Then I remonstrated with the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this evil thing which you are doing, profaning the sabbath day?
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	18	Did not your fathers act in this way, and did not our God bring all this evil on us and on this city? Yet you bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	19	When it began to be dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut and gave orders that they should not be opened until after the sabbath. And I set some of my servants over the gates, that no burden might be brought in on the sabbath day.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	20	Then the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	21	But I warned them and said to them, “Why do you lodge before the wall? If you do so again I will lay hands on you.” From that time on they did not come on the sabbath.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	22	And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves and come and guard the gates, to keep the sabbath day holy. Remember this also in my favor, O my God, and spare me according to the greatness of thy steadfast love.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	23	In those days also I saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	24	and half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod, and they could not speak the language of Judah, but the language of each people.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	25	And I contended with them and cursed them and beat some of them and pulled out their hair; and I made them take oath in the name of God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	26	Did not Solomon king of Israel sin on account of such women? Among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was beloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel; nevertheless foreign women made even him to sin.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	27	Shall we then listen to you and do all this great evil and act treacherously against our God by marrying foreign women?”
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	28	And one of the sons of Jehoiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was the son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite; therefore I chased him from me.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	29	Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	30	Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign, and I established the duties of the priests and Levites, each in his work;
+Nehemiah	Neh	16	13	31	and I provided for the wood offering, at appointed times, and for the first fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.
+Tobit	Tob	17	1	1	The book of the acts of Tobit the son of Tobiel, son of Ananiel, son of Aduel, son of Gabael, of the descendants of Asiel and the tribe of Naphtali,
+Tobit	Tob	17	1	2	who in the days of Shalmaneser, king of the Assyrians, was taken into captivity from Thisbe, which is to the south of Kedesh Naphtali in Galilee above Asher.
+Tobit	Tob	17	1	3	I, Tobit, walked in the ways of truth and righteousness all the days of my life, and I performed many acts of charity to my brethren and countrymen who went with me into the land of the Assyrians, to Nineveh.
+Tobit	Tob	17	1	4	Now when I was in my own country, in the land of Israel, while I was still a young man, the whole tribe of Naphtali my forefather deserted the house of Jerusalem. This was the place which had been chosen from among all the tribes of Israel, where all the tribes should sacrifice and where the temple of the dwelling of the Most High was consecrated and established for all generations for ever.
+Tobit	Tob	17	1	5	All the tribes that joined in apostasy used to sacrifice to the calf Baal, and so did the house of Naphtali my forefather.
+Tobit	Tob	17	1	6	But I alone went often to Jerusalem for the feasts, as it is ordained for all Israel by an everlasting decree. Taking the first fruits and the tithes of my produce and the first shearings, I would give these to the priests, the sons of Aaron, at the altar.
+Tobit	Tob	17	1	7	Of all my produce I would give a tenth to the sons of Levi who ministered at Jerusalem; a second tenth I would sell, and I would go and spend the proceeds each year at Jerusalem;
+Tobit	Tob	17	1	8	the third tenth I would give to those to whom it was my duty, as Deborah my father’s mother had commanded me, for I was left an orphan by my father.
+Tobit	Tob	17	1	9	When I became a man I married Anna, a member of our family, and by her I became the father of Tobias.
+Tobit	Tob	17	1	10	Now when I was carried away captive to Nineveh, all my brethren and my relatives ate the food of the Gentiles;
+Tobit	Tob	17	1	11	but I kept myself from eating it,
+Tobit	Tob	17	1	12	because I remembered God with all my heart.
+Tobit	Tob	17	1	13	Then the Most High gave me favor and good appearance in the sight of Shalmaneser, and I was his buyer of provisions.
+Tobit	Tob	17	1	14	So I used to go into Media, and once at Rages in Media I left ten talents of silver in trust with Gabael, the brother of Gabrias.
+Tobit	Tob	17	1	15	But when Shalmaneser died, Sennacherib his son reigned in his place; and under him the highways were unsafe, so that I could no longer go into Media.
+Tobit	Tob	17	1	16	In the days of Shalmaneser I performed many acts of charity to my brethren.
+Tobit	Tob	17	1	17	I would give my bread to the hungry and my clothing to the naked; and if I saw any one of my people dead and thrown out behind the wall of Nineveh, I would bury him.
+Tobit	Tob	17	1	18	And if Sennacherib the king put to death any who came fleeing from Judea, I buried them secretly. For in his anger he put many to death. When the bodies were sought by the king, they were not found.
+Tobit	Tob	17	1	19	Then one of the men of Nineveh went and informed the king about me, that I was burying them; so I hid myself. When I learned that I was being searched for, to be put to death, I left home in fear.
+Tobit	Tob	17	1	20	Then all my property was confiscated and nothing was left to me except my wife Anna and my son Tobias.
+Tobit	Tob	17	1	21	But not fifty days passed before two of Sennacherib’s sons killed him, and they fled to the mountains of Ararat. Then Esarhaddon, his son, reigned in his place; and he appointed Ahikar, the son of my brother Anael, over all the accounts of his kingdom and over the entire administration.
+Tobit	Tob	17	1	22	Ahikar interceded for me, and I returned to Nineveh. Now Ahikar was cupbearer, keeper of the signet, and in charge of administration of the accounts, for Esarhaddon had appointed him second to himself. He was my nephew.
+Tobit	Tob	17	2	1	When I arrived home and my wife Anna and my son Tobias were restored to me, at the feast of Pentecost, which is the sacred festival of the seven weeks, a good dinner was prepared for me and I sat down to eat.
+Tobit	Tob	17	2	2	Upon seeing the abundance of food I said to my son, “Go and bring whatever poor man of our brethren you may find who is mindful of the Lord, and I will wait for you.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	2	3	But he came back and said, “Father, one of our people has been strangled and thrown into the market place.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	2	4	So before I tasted anything I sprang up and removed the body to a place of shelter until sunset.
+Tobit	Tob	17	2	5	And when I returned I washed myself and ate my food in sorrow.
+Tobit	Tob	17	2	6	Then I remembered the prophecy of Amos, how he said, “Your feasts shall be turned into mourning, and all your festivities into lamentation.” And I wept.
+Tobit	Tob	17	2	7	When the sun had set I went and dug a grave and buried the body.
+Tobit	Tob	17	2	8	And my neighbors laughed at me and said, “He is no longer afraid that he will be put to death for doing this; he once ran away, and here he is burying the dead again!”
+Tobit	Tob	17	2	9	On the same night I returned from burying him, and because I was defiled I slept by the wall of the courtyard, and my face was uncovered.
+Tobit	Tob	17	2	10	I did not know that there were sparrows on the wall and their fresh droppings fell into my open eyes and white films formed on my eyes. I went to physicians, but they did not help me. Ahikar, however, took care of me until he went to Elymais.
+Tobit	Tob	17	2	11	Then my wife Anna earned money at women’s work.
+Tobit	Tob	17	2	12	She used to send the product to the owners. Once when they paid her wages, they also gave her a kid;
+Tobit	Tob	17	2	13	and when she returned to me it began to bleat. So I said to her, “Where did you get the kid? It is not stolen, is it? Return it to the owners; for it is not right to eat what is stolen.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	2	14	And she said, “It was given to me as a gift in addition to my wages.” But I did not believe her, and told her to return it to the owners; and I blushed for her. Then she replied to me, “Where are your charities and your righteous deeds? You seem to know everything!”
+Tobit	Tob	17	3	1	Then in my grief I wept, and I prayed in anguish, saying,
+Tobit	Tob	17	3	2	“Righteous art thou, O Lord; all thy deeds and all thy ways are mercy and truth, and thou dost render true and righteous judgment for ever.
+Tobit	Tob	17	3	3	Remember me and look favorably upon me; do not punish me for my sins and for my unwitting offences and those which my fathers committed before thee.
+Tobit	Tob	17	3	4	For they disobeyed thy commandments, and thou gavest us over to plunder, captivity, and death; thou madest us a byword of reproach in all the nations among which we have been dispersed.
+Tobit	Tob	17	3	5	And now thy many judgments are true in exacting penalty from me for my sins and those of my fathers, because we did not keep thy commandments. For we did not walk in truth before thee.
+Tobit	Tob	17	3	6	And now deal with me according to thy pleasure; command my spirit to be taken up, that I may depart and become dust. For it is better for me to die than to live, because I have heard false reproaches, and great is the sorrow within me. Command that I now be released from my distress to go to the eternal abode; do not turn thy face away from me.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	3	7	On the same day, at Ecbatana in Media, it also happened that Sarah, the daughter of Raguel, was reproached by her father’s maids,
+Tobit	Tob	17	3	8	because she had been given to seven husbands, and the evil demon Asmodeus had slain each of them before he had been with her as his wife. So the maids said to her, “Do you not know that you strangle your husbands? You already have had seven and have had no benefit from any of them.
+Tobit	Tob	17	3	9	Why do you beat us? If they are dead, go with them! May we never see a son or daughter of yours!”
+Tobit	Tob	17	3	10	When she heard these things she was deeply grieved, even to the thought of hanging herself. But she said, “I am the only child of my father; if I do this, it will be a disgrace to him, and I shall bring his old age down in sorrow to the grave.
+Tobit	Tob	17	3	11	So she prayed by her window and said, “Blessed art thou, O Lord my God, and blessed is thy holy and honored name for ever. May all thy works praise thee for ever.
+Tobit	Tob	17	3	12	And now, O Lord, I have turned my eyes and my face toward thee.
+Tobit	Tob	17	3	13	Command that I be released from the earth and that I hear reproach no more.
+Tobit	Tob	17	3	14	Thou knowest, O Lord, that I am innocent of any sin with man,
+Tobit	Tob	17	3	15	and that I did not stain my name or the name of my father in the land of my captivity. I am my father’s only child, and he has no child to be his heir, no near kinsman or kinsman’s son for whom I should keep myself as wife. Already seven husbands of mine are dead. Why should I live? But if it be not pleasing to thee to take my life, command that respect be shown to me and pity be taken upon me, and that I hear reproach no more.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	3	16	The prayer of both was heard in the presence of the glory of the great God.
+Tobit	Tob	17	3	17	And Raphael was sent to heal the two of them: to scale away the white films of Tobit’s eyes; to give Sarah the daughter of Raguel in marriage to Tobias the son of Tobit, and to bind Asmodeus the evil demon, because Tobias was entitled to possess her. At that very moment Tobit returned and entered his house and Sarah the daughter of Raguel came down from her upper room.
+Tobit	Tob	17	4	1	On that day Tobit remembered the money which he had left in trust with Gabael at Rages in Media, and he said to himself;
+Tobit	Tob	17	4	2	“I have asked for death. Why do I not call my son Tobias so that I may explain to him about the money before I die?”
+Tobit	Tob	17	4	3	So he called him and said, “My son, when I die, bury me, and do not neglect your mother. Honor her all the days of your life; do what is pleasing to her, and do not grieve her.
+Tobit	Tob	17	4	4	Remember, my son, that she faced many dangers for you while you were yet unborn. When she dies bury her beside me in the same grave.
+Tobit	Tob	17	4	5	“Remember the Lord our God all your days, my son, and refuse to sin or to transgress his commandments. Live uprightly all the days of your life, and do not walk in the ways of wrongdoing.
+Tobit	Tob	17	4	6	For if you do what is true, your ways will prosper through your deeds.
+Tobit	Tob	17	4	7	Give alms from your possessions to all who live uprightly, and do not let your eye begrudge the gift when you make it. Do not turn your face away from any poor man, and the face of God will not be turned away from you.
+Tobit	Tob	17	4	8	If you have many possessions, make your gift from them in proportion; if few, do not be afraid to give according to the little you have.
+Tobit	Tob	17	4	9	So you will be laying up a good treasure for yourself against the day of necessity.
+Tobit	Tob	17	4	10	For charity delivers from death and keeps you from entering the darkness;
+Tobit	Tob	17	4	11	and for all who practice it charity is an excellent offering in the presence of the Most High.
+Tobit	Tob	17	4	12	“Beware, my son, of all immorality. First of all take a wife from among the descendants of your fathers and do not marry a foreign woman, who is not of your father’s tribe; for we are the sons of the prophets. Remember, my son, that Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, our fathers of old, all took wives from among their brethren. They were blessed in their children, and their posterity will inherit the land.
+Tobit	Tob	17	4	13	So now, my son, love your brethren, and in your heart do not disdain your brethren and the sons and daughters of your people by refusing to take a wife for yourself from among them. For in pride there is ruin and great confusion; and in shiftlessness there is loss and great want, because shiftlessness is the mother of famine.
+Tobit	Tob	17	4	14	Do not hold over till the next day the wages of any man who works for you, but pay him at once; and if you serve God you will receive payment. “Watch yourself, my son, in everything you do, and be disciplined in all your conduct.
+Tobit	Tob	17	4	15	And what you hate, do not do to any one. Do not drink wine to excess or let drunkenness go with you on your way.
+Tobit	Tob	17	4	16	Give of your bread to the hungry, and of your clothing to the naked. Give all your surplus to charity, and do not let your eye begrudge the gift when you made it.
+Tobit	Tob	17	4	17	Place your bread on the grave of the righteous, but give none to sinners.
+Tobit	Tob	17	4	18	Seek advice from every wise man, and do not despise any useful counsel.
+Tobit	Tob	17	4	19	Bless the Lord God on every occasion; ask him that your ways may be made straight and that all your paths and plans may prosper. For none of the nations has understanding; but the Lord himself gives all good things, and according to his will he humbles whomever he wishes. “So, my son, remember my commands, and do not let them be blotted out of your mind.
+Tobit	Tob	17	4	20	And now let me explain to you about the ten talents of silver which I left in trust with Gabael the son of Gabrias at Rages in Media.
+Tobit	Tob	17	4	21	Do not be afraid, my son, because we have become poor. You have great wealth if you fear God and refrain from every sin and do what is pleasing in his sight.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	5	1	Then Tobias answered him, “Father, I will do everything that you have commanded me;
+Tobit	Tob	17	5	2	but how can I obtain the money when I do not know the man?”
+Tobit	Tob	17	5	3	Then Tobit gave him the receipt, and said to him, “Find a man to go with you and I will pay him wages as long as I live; and go and get the money.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	5	4	So he went to look for a man; and he found Raphael, who was an angel,
+Tobit	Tob	17	5	5	but Tobias did not know it. Tobias said to him, “Can you go with me to Rages in Media? Are you acquainted with that region?”
+Tobit	Tob	17	5	6	The angel replied, “I will go with you; I am familiar with the way, and I have stayed with our brother Gabael.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	5	7	Then Tobias said to him, “Wait for me, and I shall tell my father.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	5	8	And he said to him, “Go, and do not delay.” So he went in and said to his father, “I have found some one to go with me.” He said, “Call him to me, so that I may learn to what tribe he belongs, and whether he is a reliable man to go with you.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	5	9	So Tobias invited him in; he entered and they greeted each other.
+Tobit	Tob	17	5	10	Then Tobit said to him, “My brother, to what tribe and family do you belong? Tell me.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	5	11	But he answered, “Are you looking for a tribe and a family or for a man whom you will pay to go with your son?” And Tobit said to him, “I should like to know, my brother, your people and your name.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	5	12	He replied, “I am Azarias the son of the great Ananias, one of your relatives.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	5	13	Then Tobit said to him, “You are welcome, my brother. Do not be angry with me because I tried to learn your tribe and family. You are a relative of mine, of a good and noble lineage. For I used to know Ananias and Jathan, the sons of the great Shemaiah, when we went together to Jerusalem to worship and offered the first-born of our flocks and the tithes of our produce. They did not go astray in the error of our brethren. My brother, you come of good stock.
+Tobit	Tob	17	5	14	But tell me, what wages am I to pay you—a drachma a day, and expenses for yourself as for my son?
+Tobit	Tob	17	5	15	And besides, I will add to your wages if you both return safe and sound.” So they agreed to these terms.
+Tobit	Tob	17	5	16	Then he said to Tobias, “Get ready for the journey, and good success to you both.” So his son made the preparations for the journey. And his father said to him, “Go with this man; God who dwells in heaven will prosper your way, and may his angel attend you.” So they both went out and departed, and the young man’s dog was with them.
+Tobit	Tob	17	5	17	But Anna, his mother, began to weep, and said to Tobit, “Why have you sent our child away? Is he not the staff of our hands as he goes in and out before us?
+Tobit	Tob	17	5	18	Do not add money to money, but consider it as rubbish as compared to our child.
+Tobit	Tob	17	5	19	For the life that is given to us by the Lord is enough for us.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	5	20	And Tobit said to her, “Do not worry, my sister; he will return safe and sound, and your eyes will see him.
+Tobit	Tob	17	5	21	For a good angel will go with him; his journey will be successful, and he will come back safe and sound.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	5	22	So she stopped weeping.
+Tobit	Tob	17	6	1	Now as they proceeded on their way they came at evening to the Tigris river and camped there.
+Tobit	Tob	17	6	2	Then the young man went down to wash himself. A fish leaped up from the river and would have swallowed the young man;
+Tobit	Tob	17	6	3	and the angel said to him, “Catch the fish.” So the young man seized the fish and threw it up on the land.
+Tobit	Tob	17	6	4	Then the angel said to him, “Cut open the fish and take the heart and liver and gall and put them away safely.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	6	5	So the young man did as the angel told him; and they roasted and ate the fish. And they both continued on their way until they came near to Ecbatana.
+Tobit	Tob	17	6	6	Then the young man said to the angel, “Brother Azarias, of what use is the liver and heart and gall of the fish?”
+Tobit	Tob	17	6	7	He replied, “As for the heart and liver, if a demon or evil spirit gives trouble to any one, you make a smoke from these before the man or woman, and that person will never be troubled again.
+Tobit	Tob	17	6	8	And as for the gall, anoint with it a man who has white films in his eyes, and he will be cured.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	6	9	When they approached Ecbatana,
+Tobit	Tob	17	6	10	the angel said to the young man, “Brother, today we shall stay with Raguel. He is your relative, and he has an only daughter named Sarah. I will suggest that she be given to you in marriage,
+Tobit	Tob	17	6	11	because you are entitled to her and to her inheritance, for you are her only eligible kinsman.
+Tobit	Tob	17	6	12	The girl is also beautiful and sensible. Now listen to my plan. I will speak to her father, and as soon as we return from Rages we will celebrate the marriage. For I know that Raguel, according to the law of Moses, cannot give her to another man without incurring the penalty of death, because you rather than any other man are entitled to the inheritance.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	6	13	Then the young man said to the angel, “Brother Azarias, I have heard that the girl has been given to seven husbands and that each died in the bridal chamber.
+Tobit	Tob	17	6	14	Now I am the only son my father has, and I am afraid that if I go in I will die as those before me did, for a demon is in love with her, and he harms no one except those who approach her. So now I fear that I may die and bring the lives of my father and mother to the grave in sorrow on my account. And they have no other son to bury them.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	6	15	But the angel said to him, “Do you not remember the words with which your father commanded you to take a wife from among your own people? Now listen to me, brother, for she will become your wife; and do not worry about the demon, for this very night she will be given to you in marriage.
+Tobit	Tob	17	6	16	When you enter the bridal chamber, you shall take live ashes of incense and lay upon them some of the heart and liver of the fish so as to make a smoke.
+Tobit	Tob	17	6	17	Then the demon will smell it and flee away, and will never again return. And when you approach her, rise up, both of you, and cry out to the merciful God, and he will save you and have mercy on you. Do not be afraid, for she was destined for you from eternity. You will save her, and she will go with you, and I suppose that you will have children by her.” When Tobias heard these things, he fell in love with her and yearned deeply for her.
+Tobit	Tob	17	7	1	When they reached Ecbatana and arrived at the house of Raguel, Sarah met them and greeted them. They returned her greeting, and she brought them into the house.
+Tobit	Tob	17	7	2	Then Raguel said to his wife Edna, “How much the young man resembles my cousin Tobit!”
+Tobit	Tob	17	7	3	And Raguel asked them, “Where are you from, brethren?” They answered him, “We belong to the sons of Naphtali, who are captives in Nineveh.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	7	4	So he said to them, “Do you know our brother Tobit?” And they said, “Yes, we do.” And he asked them, “Is he in good health?”
+Tobit	Tob	17	7	5	They replied, “He is alive and in good health.” And Tobias said, “He is my father.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	7	6	Then Raguel sprang up and kissed him and wept.
+Tobit	Tob	17	7	7	And he blessed him and exclaimed, “Son of that good and noble man!” When he heard that Tobit had lost his sight, he was stricken with grief and wept.
+Tobit	Tob	17	7	8	And his wife Edna and his daughter Sarah wept. They received them very warmly; and they killed a ram from the flock and set large servings of food before them. Then Tobias said to Raphael, “Brother Azarias, speak of those things which you talked about on the journey, and let the matter be settled.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	7	9	So he communicated the proposal to Raguel. And Raguel said to Tobias, “Eat, drink, and be merry;
+Tobit	Tob	17	7	10	for it is your right to take my child. But let me explain the true situation to you.
+Tobit	Tob	17	7	11	I have given my daughter to seven husbands, and when each came to her he died in the night. But for the present be merry.” And Tobias said, “I will eat nothing here until you make a binding agreement with me.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	7	12	So Raguel said, “Take her right now, in accordance with the law. You are her relative, and she is yours. The merciful God will guide you both for the best.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	7	13	Then he called his daughter Sarah, and taking her by the hand he gave her to Tobias to be his wife, saying, “Here she is; take her according to the law of Moses, and take her with you to your father.” And he blessed them.
+Tobit	Tob	17	7	14	Next he called his wife Edna, and took a scroll and wrote out the contract; and they set their seals to it.
+Tobit	Tob	17	7	15	Then they began to eat.
+Tobit	Tob	17	7	16	And Raguel called his wife Edna and said to her, “Sister, make up the other room, and take her into it.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	7	17	so she did as he said, and took her there; and the girl began to weep. But the mother comforted her daughter in her tears, and said to her,
+Tobit	Tob	17	7	18	“Be brave, my child; the Lord of heaven and earth grant you joy in place of this sorrow of yours. Be brave, my daughter.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	8	1	When they had finished eating, they escorted Tobias in to her.
+Tobit	Tob	17	8	2	As he went he remembered the words of Raphael, and he took the live ashes of incense and put the heart and liver of the fish upon them and made a smoke.
+Tobit	Tob	17	8	3	And when the demon smelled the odor he fled to the remotest parts of Egypt, and the angel bound him.
+Tobit	Tob	17	8	4	When the door was shut and the two were alone, Tobias got up from the bed and said, “Sister, get up, and let us pray that the Lord may have mercy upon us.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	8	5	And Tobias began to pray, “Blessed art thou, O God of our fathers, and blessed be thy holy and glorious name for ever. Let the heavens and all thy creatures bless thee.
+Tobit	Tob	17	8	6	Thou madest Adam and gavest him Eve his wife as a helper and support. From them the race of mankind has sprung. Thou didst say, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone; let us make a helper for him like himself.’
+Tobit	Tob	17	8	7	And now, O Lord, I am not taking this sister of mine because of lust, but with sincerity. Grant that I may find mercy and may grow old together with her.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	8	8	And she said with him, “Amen.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	8	9	Then they both went to sleep for the night. But Raguel arose and went and dug a grave,
+Tobit	Tob	17	8	10	with the thought, “Perhaps he too will die.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	8	11	Then Raguel went into his house
+Tobit	Tob	17	8	12	and said to his wife Edna, “Send one of the maids to see whether he is alive; and if he is not, let us bury him without any one knowing about it.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	8	13	So the maid opened the door and went in, and found them both asleep.
+Tobit	Tob	17	8	14	And she came out and told them that he was alive.
+Tobit	Tob	17	8	15	Then Raguel blessed God and said, “Blessed art thou, O God, with every pure and holy blessing. Let thy saints and all thy creatures bless thee; let all thy angels and thy chosen people bless thee for ever.
+Tobit	Tob	17	8	16	Blessed art thou, because thou hast made me glad. It has not happened to me as I expected; but thou hast treated us according to thy great mercy.
+Tobit	Tob	17	8	17	Blessed art thou, because thou hast had compassion on two only children. Show them mercy, O Lord; and bring their lives to fulfilment in health and happiness and mercy.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	8	18	Then he ordered his servants to fill in the grave.
+Tobit	Tob	17	8	19	After this he gave a wedding feast for them which lasted fourteen days.
+Tobit	Tob	17	8	20	And before the days of the feast were over, Raguel declared by oath to Tobias that he should not leave until the fourteen days of the wedding feast were ended,
+Tobit	Tob	17	8	21	that then he should take half of Raguel’s property and return in safety to his father, and that the rest would be his “when my wife and I die.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	9	1	Then Tobias called Raphael and said to him,
+Tobit	Tob	17	9	2	“Brother Azarias, take a servant and two camels with you and go to Gabael at Rages in Media and get the money for me; and bring him to the wedding feast.
+Tobit	Tob	17	9	3	For Raguel has sworn that I should not leave;
+Tobit	Tob	17	9	4	but my father is counting the days, and if I delay long he will be greatly distressed.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	9	5	So Raphael made the journey and stayed over night with Gabael. He gave him the receipt, and Gabael brought out the money bags with their seals intact and gave them to him.
+Tobit	Tob	17	9	6	In the morning they both got up early and came to the wedding feast. And Gabael blessed Tobias and his wife.
+Tobit	Tob	17	10	1	Now his father Tobit was counting each day, and when the days for the journey had expired and they did not arrive,
+Tobit	Tob	17	10	2	he said, “Is it possible that he has been detained? Or is it possible that Gabael has died and there is no one to give him the money?”
+Tobit	Tob	17	10	3	And he was greatly distressed.
+Tobit	Tob	17	10	4	And his wife said to him, “The lad has perished; his long delay proves it.” Then she began to mourn for him, and said,
+Tobit	Tob	17	10	5	“Am I not distressed, my child, that I let you go, you who are the light of my eyes?”
+Tobit	Tob	17	10	6	But Tobit said to her, “Be still and stop worrying; he is well.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	10	7	And she answered him, “Be still and stop deceiving me; my child has perished.” And she went out every day to the road by which they had left; she ate nothing in the daytime, and throughout the nights she never stopped mourning for her son Tobias, until the fourteen days of the wedding feast had expired which Raguel had sworn that he should spend there. At that time Tobias said to Raguel, “Send me back, for my father and mother have given up hope of ever seeing me again.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	10	8	But his father-in-law said to him, “Stay with me, and I will send messengers to your father, and they will inform him how things are with you.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	10	9	Tobias replied, “No, send me back to my father.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	10	10	So Raguel arose and gave him his wife Sarah and half of his property in slaves, cattle, and money.
+Tobit	Tob	17	10	11	And when he had blessed them he sent them away, saying, “The God of heaven will prosper you, my children, before I die.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	10	12	He said also to his daughter, “Honor your father-in-law and your mother-in-law; they are now your parents. Let me hear a good report of you.” And he kissed her. And Edna said to Tobias, “The Lord of heaven bring you back safely, dear brother, and grant me to see your children by my daughter Sarah, that I may rejoice before the Lord. See, I am entrusting my daughter to you; do nothing to grieve her.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	11	1	After this Tobias went on his way, praising God because he had made his journey a success. And he blessed Raguel and his wife Edna. So he continued on his way until they came near to Nineveh.
+Tobit	Tob	17	11	2	Then Raphael said to Tobias, “Are you not aware, brother, of how you left your father?
+Tobit	Tob	17	11	3	Let us run ahead of your wife and prepare the house.
+Tobit	Tob	17	11	4	And take the gall of the fish with you.” So they went their way, and the dog went along behind them.
+Tobit	Tob	17	11	5	Now Anna sat looking intently down the road for her son.
+Tobit	Tob	17	11	6	And she caught sight of him coming, and said to his father, “Behold, your son is coming, and so is the man who went with him!”
+Tobit	Tob	17	11	7	Raphael said, “I know, Tobias, that your father will open his eyes.
+Tobit	Tob	17	11	8	You therefore must anoint his eyes with the gall; and when they smart he will rub them, and will cause the white films to fall away, and he will see you.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	11	9	Then Anna ran to meet them, and embraced her son, and said to him, “I have seen you, my child; now I am ready to die.” And they both wept.
+Tobit	Tob	17	11	10	Tobit started toward the door, and stumbled. But his son ran to him
+Tobit	Tob	17	11	11	and took hold of his father, and he sprinkled the gall upon his father’s eyes, saying, “Be of good cheer, father.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	11	12	And when his eyes began to smart he rubbed them,
+Tobit	Tob	17	11	13	and the white films scaled off from the corners of his eyes.
+Tobit	Tob	17	11	14	Then he saw his son and embraced him, and he wept and said, “Blessed art thou, O God, and blessed is thy name for ever, and blessed are all thy holy angels.
+Tobit	Tob	17	11	15	For thou hast afflicted me, but thou hast had mercy upon me; here I see my son Tobias!” And his son went in rejoicing, and he reported to his father the great things that had happened to him in Media.
+Tobit	Tob	17	11	16	Then Tobit went out to meet his daughter-in-law at the gate of Nineveh, rejoicing and praising God. Those who saw him as he went were amazed because he could see.
+Tobit	Tob	17	11	17	And Tobit gave thanks before them that God had been merciful to him. When Tobit came near to Sarah his daughter-in-law, he blessed her, saying, “Welcome, daughter! Blessed is God who has brought you to us, and blessed are your father and your mother.” So there was rejoicing among all his brethren in Nineveh.
+Tobit	Tob	17	11	18	Ahikar and his nephew Nadab came,
+Tobit	Tob	17	11	19	and Tobias’ marriage was celebrated for seven days with great festivity.
+Tobit	Tob	17	12	1	Tobit then called his son Tobias and said to him, “My son, see to the wages of the man who went with you; and he must also be given more.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	12	2	He replied, “Father, it would do me no harm to give him half of what I have brought back.
+Tobit	Tob	17	12	3	For he has led me back to you safely, he cured my wife, he obtained the money for me, and he also healed you.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	12	4	The old man said, “He deserves it.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	12	5	So he called the angel and said to him, “Take half of all that you two have brought back.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	12	6	Then the angel called the two of them privately and said to them: “Praise God and give thanks to him; exalt him and give thanks to him in the presence of all the living for what he has done for you. It is good to praise God and to exalt his name, worthily declaring the works of God. Do not be slow to give him thanks.
+Tobit	Tob	17	12	7	It is good to guard the secret of a king, but gloriously to reveal the works of God. Do good, and evil will not overtake you.
+Tobit	Tob	17	12	8	Prayer is good when accompanied by fasting, almsgiving, and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with wrongdoing. It is better to give alms than to treasure up gold.
+Tobit	Tob	17	12	9	For almsgiving delivers from death, and it will purge away every sin. Those who perform deeds of charity and of righteousness will have fulness of life;
+Tobit	Tob	17	12	10	but those who commit sin are the enemies of their own lives.
+Tobit	Tob	17	12	11	“I will not conceal anything from you. I have said, ‘It is good to guard the secret of a king, but gloriously to reveal the works of God.’
+Tobit	Tob	17	12	12	And so, when you and your daughter-in-law Sarah prayed, I brought a reminder of your prayer before the Holy One; and when you buried the dead, I was likewise present with you.
+Tobit	Tob	17	12	13	When you did not hesitate to rise and leave your dinner in order to go and lay out the dead, your good deed was not hidden from me, but I was with you.
+Tobit	Tob	17	12	14	So now God sent me to heal you and your daughter-in-law Sarah.
+Tobit	Tob	17	12	15	I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels who present the prayers of the saints and enter into the presence of the glory of the Holy One.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	12	16	They were both alarmed; and they fell upon their faces, for they were afraid.
+Tobit	Tob	17	12	17	But he said to them, “Do not be afraid; you will be safe. But praise God for ever.
+Tobit	Tob	17	12	18	For I did not come as a favor on my part, but by the will of our God. Therefore praise him for ever.
+Tobit	Tob	17	12	19	All these days I merely appeared to you and did not eat or drink, but you were seeing a vision.
+Tobit	Tob	17	12	20	And now give thanks to God, for I am ascending to him who sent me. Write in a book everything that has happened.”
+Tobit	Tob	17	12	21	Then they stood up; but they saw him no more.
+Tobit	Tob	17	12	22	So they confessed the great and wonderful works of God, and acknowledged that the angel of the Lord had appeared to them.
+Tobit	Tob	17	13	1	Then Tobit wrote a prayer of rejoicing, and said: “Blessed is God who lives for ever, and blessed is his kingdom.
+Tobit	Tob	17	13	2	For he afflicts, and he shows mercy; he leads down to Hades, and brings up again, and there is no one who can escape his hand.
+Tobit	Tob	17	13	3	Acknowledge him before the nations, O sons of Israel; for he has scattered us among them.
+Tobit	Tob	17	13	4	Make his greatness known there, and exalt him in the presence of all the living; because he is our Lord and God, he is our Father for ever.
+Tobit	Tob	17	13	5	He will afflict us for our iniquities; and again he will show mercy, and will gather us from all the nations among whom you have been scattered.
+Tobit	Tob	17	13	6	If you turn to him with all your heart and with all your soul, to do what is true before him, then he will turn to you and will not hide his face from you. But see what he will do with you; give thanks to him with your full voice. Praise the Lord of righteousness, and exalt the King of the ages. I give him thanks in the land of my captivity, and I show his power and majesty to a nation of sinners. Turn back, you sinners, and do right before him; who knows if he will accept you and have mercy on you?
+Tobit	Tob	17	13	7	I exalt my God; my soul exalts the King of heaven, and will rejoice in his majesty.
+Tobit	Tob	17	13	8	Let all men speak, and give him thanks in Jerusalem.
+Tobit	Tob	17	13	9	O Jerusalem, the holy city, he will afflict you for the deeds of your sons, but again he will show mercy to the sons of the righteous.
+Tobit	Tob	17	13	10	Give thanks worthily to the Lord, and praise the King of the ages, that his tent may be raised for you again with joy. May he cheer those within you who are captives, and love those within you who are distressed, to all generations for ever.
+Tobit	Tob	17	13	11	Many nations will come from afar to the name of the Lord God, bearing gifts in their hands, gifts for the King of heaven. Generations of generations will give you joyful praise.
+Tobit	Tob	17	13	12	Cursed are all who hate you; blessed for ever will be all who love you.
+Tobit	Tob	17	13	13	Rejoice and be glad for the sons of the righteous; for they will be gathered together, and will praise the Lord of the righteous.
+Tobit	Tob	17	13	14	How blessed are those who love you! They will rejoice in your peace. Blessed are those who grieved over all your afflictions; for they will rejoice for you upon seeing all your glory, and they will be made glad for ever.
+Tobit	Tob	17	13	15	Let my soul praise God the great King.
+Tobit	Tob	17	13	16	For Jerusalem will be built with sapphires and emeralds, her walls with precious stones, and her towers and battlements with pure gold.
+Tobit	Tob	17	13	17	The streets of Jerusalem will be paved with beryl and ruby and stones of Ophir;
+Tobit	Tob	17	13	18	all her lanes will cry ‘Hallelujah!’ and will give praise, saying, ‘Blessed is God, who has exalted you for ever.’”
+Tobit	Tob	17	14	1	Here Tobit ended his words of praise.
+Tobit	Tob	17	14	2	He was fifty-eight years old when he lost his sight, and after eight years he regained it. He gave alms, and he continued to fear the Lord God and to praise him.
+Tobit	Tob	17	14	3	When he had grown very old he called his son and grandsons, and said to him, “My son, take your sons; behold, I have grown old and am about to depart this life.
+Tobit	Tob	17	14	4	Go to Media, my son, for I fully believe what Jonah the prophet said about Nineveh, that it will be overthrown. But in Media there will be peace for a time. Our brethren will be scattered over the earth from the good land, and Jerusalem will be desolate. The house of God in it will be burned down and will be in ruins for a time.
+Tobit	Tob	17	14	5	But God will again have mercy on them, and bring them back into their land; and they will rebuild the house of God, though it will not be like the former one until the times of the age are completed. After this they will return from the places of their captivity, and will rebuild Jerusalem in splendor. And the house of God will be rebuilt there with a glorious building for all generations for ever, just as the prophets said of it.
+Tobit	Tob	17	14	6	Then all the Gentiles will turn to fear the Lord God in truth, and will bury their idols.
+Tobit	Tob	17	14	7	All the Gentiles will praise the Lord, and his people will give thanks to God, and the Lord will exalt his people. And all who love the Lord God in truth and righteousness will rejoice, showing mercy to our brethren.
+Tobit	Tob	17	14	8	“So now, my son, leave Nineveh, because what the prophet Jonah said will surely happen.
+Tobit	Tob	17	14	9	But keep the law and the commandments, and be merciful and just, so that it may be well with you.
+Tobit	Tob	17	14	10	Bury me properly, and your mother with me. And do not live in Nineveh any longer. See, my son, what Nadab did to Ahikar who had reared him, how he brought him from light into darkness, and with what he repaid him. But Ahikar was saved, and the other received repayment as he himself went down into the darkness. Ahikar gave alms and escaped the deathtrap which Nadab had set for him; but Nadab fell into the trap and perished.
+Tobit	Tob	17	14	11	So now, my children, consider what almsgiving accomplishes and how righteousness delivers.” As he said this he died in his bed. He was a hundred and fifty-eight years old; and Tobias gave him a magnificent funeral.
+Tobit	Tob	17	14	12	And when Anna died he buried her with his father. Then Tobias returned with his wife and his sons to Ecbatana, to Raguel his father-in-law.
+Tobit	Tob	17	14	13	He grew old with honor, and he gave his father-in-law and mother-in-law magnificent funerals. He inherited their property and that of his father Tobit.
+Tobit	Tob	17	14	14	He died in Ecbatana of Media at the age of a hundred and twenty-seven years.
+Tobit	Tob	17	14	15	But before he died he heard of the destruction of Nineveh, which Nebuchadnezzar and Ahasuerus had captured. Before his death he rejoiced over Nineveh.
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+Judith	Jdt	18	1	1	In the twelfth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, who ruled over the Assyrians in the great city of Nineveh, in the days of Arphaxad, who ruled over the Medes in Ecbatana—
+Judith	Jdt	18	1	2	he is the king who built walls about Ecbatana with hewn stones three cubits thick and six cubits long; he made the walls seventy cubits high and fifty cubits wide;
+Judith	Jdt	18	1	3	at the gates he built towers a hundred cubits high and sixty cubits wide at the foundations;
+Judith	Jdt	18	1	4	and he made its gates, which were seventy cubits high and forty cubits wide, so that his armies could march out in force and his infantry form their ranks—
+Judith	Jdt	18	1	5	it was in those days that King Nebuchadnezzar made war against King Arphaxad in the great plain which is on the borders of Ragae.
+Judith	Jdt	18	1	6	He was joined by all the people of the hill country and all those who lived along the Euphrates and the Tigris and the Hydaspes and in the plain where Arioch ruled the Elymaeans. Many nations joined the forces of the Chaldeans.
+Judith	Jdt	18	1	7	Then Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians sent to all who lived in Persia and to all who lived in the west, those who lived in Cilicia and Damascus and Lebanon and Antilebanon and all who lived along the seacoast,
+Judith	Jdt	18	1	8	and those among the nations of Carmel and Gilead, and Upper Galilee and the great Plain of Esdraelon,
+Judith	Jdt	18	1	9	and all who were in Samaria and its surrounding towns, and beyond the Jordan as far as Jerusalem and Bethany and Chelous and Kadesh and the river of Egypt, and Tahpanhes and Raamses and the whole land of Goshen,
+Judith	Jdt	18	1	10	even beyond Tanis and Memphis, and all who lived in Egypt as far as the borders of Ethiopia.
+Judith	Jdt	18	1	11	But all who lived in the whole region disregarded the orders of Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians, and refused to join him in the war; for they were not afraid of him, but looked upon him as only one man, and they sent back his messengers empty-handed and shamefaced.
+Judith	Jdt	18	1	12	Then Nebuchadnezzar was very angry with this whole region, and swore by his throne and kingdom that he would surely take revenge on the whole territory of Cilicia and Damascus and Syria, that he would kill them by the sword, and also all the inhabitants of the land of Moab, and the people of Ammon, and all Judea, and every one in Egypt, as far as the coasts of the two seas.
+Judith	Jdt	18	1	13	In the seventeenth year he led his forces against King Arphaxad, and defeated him in battle, and overthrew the whole army of Arphaxad, and all his cavalry and all his chariots.
+Judith	Jdt	18	1	14	Thus he took possession of his cities, and came to Ecbatana, captured its towers, plundered its markets, and turned its beauty into shame.
+Judith	Jdt	18	1	15	He captured Arphaxad in the mountains of Ragae and struck him down with hunting spears; and he utterly destroyed him, to this day.
+Judith	Jdt	18	1	16	Then he returned with them to Nineveh, he and all his combined forces, a vast body of troops; and there he and his forces rested and feasted for one hundred and twenty days.
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	1	In the eighteenth year, on the twenty-second day of the first month, there was talk in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians about carrying out his revenge on the whole region, just as he said.
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	2	He called together all his officers and all his nobles and set forth to them his secret plan and recounted fully, with his own lips, all the wickedness of the region;
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	3	and it was decided that every one who had not obeyed his command should be destroyed.
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	4	When he had finished setting forth his plan, Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians called Holofernes, the chief general of his army, second only to himself, and said to him,
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	5	“Thus says the Great King, the lord of the whole earth: When you leave my presence, take with you men confident in their strength, to the number of one hundred and twenty thousand foot soldiers and twelve thousand cavalry.
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	6	Go and attack the whole west country, because they disobeyed my orders.
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	7	Tell them to prepare earth and water, for I am coming against them in my anger, and will cover the whole face of the earth with the feet of my armies, and will hand them over to be plundered by my troops,
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	8	till their wounded shall fill their valleys, and every brook and river shall be filled with their dead, and overflow;
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	9	and I will lead them away captive to the ends of the whole earth.
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	10	You shall go and seize all their territory for me in advance. They will yield themselves to you, and you shall hold them for me till the day of their punishment.
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	11	But if they refuse, your eye shall not spare and you shall hand them over to slaughter and plunder throughout your whole region.
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	12	For as I live, and by the power of my kingdom, what I have spoken my hand will execute.
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	13	And you—take care not to transgress any of your sovereign’s commands, but be sure to carry them out just as I have ordered you; and do not delay about it.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	14	So Holofernes left the presence of his master, and called together all the commanders, generals, and officers of the Assyrian army,
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	15	and mustered the picked troops by divisions as his lord had ordered him to do, one hundred and twenty thousand of them, together with twelve thousand archers on horseback,
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	16	and he organized them as a great army is marshaled for a campaign.
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	17	He collected a vast number of camels and asses and mules for transport, and innumerable sheep and oxen and goats for provision;
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	18	also plenty of food for every man, and a huge amount of gold and silver from the royal palace.
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	19	So he set out with his whole army, to go ahead of King Nebuchadnezzar and to cover the whole face of the earth to the west with their chariots and horsemen and picked troops of infantry.
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	20	Along with them went a mixed crowd like a swarm of locusts, like the dust of the earth—a multitude that could not be counted.
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	21	They marched for three days from Nineveh to the plain of Bectileth, and camped opposite Bectileth near the mountain which is to the north of Upper Cilicia.
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	22	From there Holofernes took his whole army, his infantry, cavalry, and chariots, and went up into the hill country
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	23	and ravaged Put and Lud, and plundered all the people of Rassis and the Ishmaelites who lived along the desert, south of the country of the Chelleans.
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	24	Then he followed the Euphrates and passed through Mesopotamia and destroyed all the hilltop cities along the brook Abron, as far as the sea.
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	25	He also seized the territory of Cilicia, and killed every one who resisted him, and came to the southern borders of Japheth, fronting toward Arabia.
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	26	He surrounded all the Midianites, and burned their tents and plundered their sheepfolds.
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	27	Then he went down into the plain of Damascus during the wheat harvest, and burned all their fields and destroyed their flocks and herds and sacked their cities and ravaged their lands and put to death all their young men with the edge of the sword.
+Judith	Jdt	18	2	28	So fear and terror of him fell upon all the people who lived along the seacoast, at Sidon and Tyre, and those who lived in Sur and Ocina and all who lived in Jamnia. Those who lived in Azotus and Ascalon feared him exceedingly.
+Judith	Jdt	18	3	1	So they sent messengers to sue for peace, and said,
+Judith	Jdt	18	3	2	“Behold, we the servants of Nebuchadnezzar, the Great King, lie prostrate before you. Do with us whatever you will.
+Judith	Jdt	18	3	3	Behold, our buildings, and all our land, and all our wheat fields, and our flocks and herds, and all our sheepfolds with their tents, lie before you; do with them whatever you please.
+Judith	Jdt	18	3	4	Our cities also and their inhabitants are your slaves; come and deal with them in any way that seems good to you.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	3	5	The men came to Holofernes and told him all this.
+Judith	Jdt	18	3	6	Then he went down to the seacoast with his army and stationed garrisons in the hilltop cities and took picked men from them as his allies.
+Judith	Jdt	18	3	7	And these people and all in the country round about welcomed him with garlands and dances and tambourines.
+Judith	Jdt	18	3	8	And he demolished all their shrines and cut down their sacred groves; for it had been given to him to destroy all the gods of the land, so that all nations should worship Nebuchadnezzar only, and all their tongues and tribes should call upon him as god.
+Judith	Jdt	18	3	9	Then he came to the edge of Esdraelon, near Dothan, fronting the great ridge of Judea;
+Judith	Jdt	18	3	10	here he camped between Geba and Scythopolis, and remained for a whole month in order to assemble all the supplies for his army.
+Judith	Jdt	18	4	1	By this time the people of Israel living in Judea heard of everything that Holofernes, the general of Nebuchadnezzar the king of the Assyrians, had done to the nations, and how he had plundered and destroyed all their temples;
+Judith	Jdt	18	4	2	they were therefore very greatly terrified at his approach, and were alarmed both for Jerusalem and for the temple of the Lord their God.
+Judith	Jdt	18	4	3	For they had only recently returned from the captivity, and all the people of Judea were newly gathered together, and the sacred vessels and the altar and the temple had been consecrated after their profanation.
+Judith	Jdt	18	4	4	So they sent to every district of Samaria, and to Kona and Beth-horon and Belmain and Jericho and to Choba and Aesora and the valley of Salem,
+Judith	Jdt	18	4	5	and immediately seized all the high hilltops and fortified the villages on them and stored up food in preparation for war—since their fields had recently been harvested.
+Judith	Jdt	18	4	6	And Joakim, the high priest, who was in Jerusalem at the time, wrote to the people of Bethulia and Betomesthaim, which faces Esdraelon opposite the plain near Dothan,
+Judith	Jdt	18	4	7	ordering them to seize the passes up into the hills, since by them Judea could be invaded, and it was easy to stop any who tried to enter, for the approach was narrow, only wide enough for two men at the most.
+Judith	Jdt	18	4	8	So the Israelites did as Joakim the high priest and the senate of the whole people of Israel, in session at Jerusalem, had given order.
+Judith	Jdt	18	4	9	And every man of Israel cried out to God with great fervor, and they humbled themselves with much fasting.
+Judith	Jdt	18	4	10	They and their wives and their children and their cattle and every resident alien and hired laborer and purchased slave—they all girded themselves with sackcloth.
+Judith	Jdt	18	4	11	And all the men and women of Israel, and their children, living at Jerusalem, prostrated themselves before the temple and put ashes on their heads and spread out their sackcloth before the Lord.
+Judith	Jdt	18	4	12	They even surrounded the altar with sackcloth and cried out in unison, praying earnestly to the God of Israel not to give up their infants as prey and their wives as booty, and the cities they had inherited to be destroyed, and the sanctuary to be profaned and desecrated to the malicious joy of the Gentiles.
+Judith	Jdt	18	4	13	So the Lord heard their prayers and looked upon their affliction; for the people fasted many days throughout Judea and in Jerusalem before the sanctuary of the Lord Almighty.
+Judith	Jdt	18	4	14	And Joakim the high priest and all the priests who stood before the Lord and ministered to the Lord, with their loins girded with sackcloth, offered the continual burnt offerings and the vows and freewill offerings of the people.
+Judith	Jdt	18	4	15	With ashes upon their turbans, they cried out to the Lord with all their might to look with favor upon the whole house of Israel.
+Judith	Jdt	18	5	1	When Holofernes, the general of the Assyrian army, heard that the people of Israel had prepared for war and had closed the passes in the hills and fortified all the high hilltops and set up barricades in the plains,
+Judith	Jdt	18	5	2	he was very angry. So he called together all the princes of Moab and the commanders of Ammon and all the governors of the coastland,
+Judith	Jdt	18	5	3	and said to them, “Tell me, you Canaanites, what people is this that lives in the hill country? What cities do they inhabit? How large is their army, and in what does their power or strength consist? Who rules over them as king, leading their army?
+Judith	Jdt	18	5	4	And why have they alone, of all who live in the west, refused to come out and meet me?”
+Judith	Jdt	18	5	5	Then Achior, the leader of all the Ammonites, said to him, “Let my lord now hear a word from the mouth of your servant, and I will tell you the truth about this people that dwells in the nearby mountain district. No falsehood shall come from your servant’s mouth.
+Judith	Jdt	18	5	6	This people is descended from the Chaldeans.
+Judith	Jdt	18	5	7	At one time they lived in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers who were in Chaldea.
+Judith	Jdt	18	5	8	For they had left the ways of their ancestors, and they worshiped the God of heaven, the God they had come to know; hence they drove them out from the presence of their gods; and they fled to Mesopotamia, and lived there for a long time.
+Judith	Jdt	18	5	9	Then their God commanded them to leave the place where they were living and go to the land of Canaan. There they settled, and prospered, with much gold and silver and very many cattle.
+Judith	Jdt	18	5	10	When a famine spread over Canaan they went down to Egypt and lived there as long as they had food; and there they became a great multitude—so great that they could not be counted.
+Judith	Jdt	18	5	11	So the king of Egypt became hostile to them; he took advantage of them and set them to making bricks, and humbled them and made slaves of them.
+Judith	Jdt	18	5	12	Then they cried out to their God, and he afflicted the whole land of Egypt with incurable plagues; and so the Egyptians drove them out of their sight.
+Judith	Jdt	18	5	13	Then God dried up the Red Sea before them,
+Judith	Jdt	18	5	14	and he led them by the way of Sinai and Kadesh-barnea, and drove out all the people of the wilderness.
+Judith	Jdt	18	5	15	So they lived in the land of the Amorites, and by their might destroyed all the inhabitants of Heshbon; and crossing over the Jordan they took possession of all the hill country.
+Judith	Jdt	18	5	16	And they drove out before them the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Jebusites and the Shechemites and all the Gergesites, and lived there a long time.
+Judith	Jdt	18	5	17	As long as they did not sin against their God they prospered, for the God who hates iniquity is with them.
+Judith	Jdt	18	5	18	But when they departed from the way which he had appointed for them, they were utterly defeated in many battles and were led away captive to a foreign country; the temple of their God was razed to the ground, and their cities were captured by their enemies.
+Judith	Jdt	18	5	19	But now they have returned to their God, and have come back from the places to which they were scattered, and have occupied Jerusalem, where their sanctuary is, and have settled in the hill country, because it was uninhabited.
+Judith	Jdt	18	5	20	Now therefore, my master and lord, if there is any unwitting error in this people and they sin against their God and we find out their offense, then we will go up and defeat them.
+Judith	Jdt	18	5	21	But if there is no transgression in their nation, then let my lord pass them by; for their Lord will defend them, and their God will protect them, and we shall be put to shame before the whole world.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	5	22	When Achior had finished saying this, all the men standing around the tent began to complain; Holofernes’ officers and all the men from the seacoast and from Moab insisted that he must be put to death.
+Judith	Jdt	18	5	23	“For,” they said, “we will not be afraid of the Israelites; they are a people with no strength or power for making war.
+Judith	Jdt	18	5	24	Therefore let us go up, Lord Holofernes, and they will be devoured by your vast army.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	6	1	When the disturbance made by the men outside the council died down, Holofernes, the commander of the Assyrian army, said to Achior and all the Moabites in the presence of all the foreign contingents:
+Judith	Jdt	18	6	2	“And who are you, Achior, and you hirelings of Ephraim, to prophesy among us as you have done today and tell us not to make war against the people of Israel because their God will defend them? Who is God except Nebuchadnezzar?
+Judith	Jdt	18	6	3	He will send his forces and will destroy them from the face of the earth, and their God will not deliver them—we the king’s servants will destroy them as one man. They cannot resist the might of our cavalry.
+Judith	Jdt	18	6	4	We will burn them up, and their mountains will be drunk with their blood, and their fields will be full of their dead. They cannot withstand us, but will utterly perish. So says King Nebuchadnezzar, the lord of the whole earth. For he has spoken; none of his words shall be in vain.
+Judith	Jdt	18	6	5	“But you, Achior, you Ammonite hireling, who have said these words on the day of your iniquity, you shall not see my face again from this day until I take revenge on this race that came out of Egypt.
+Judith	Jdt	18	6	6	Then the sword of my army and the spear of my servants shall pierce your sides, and you shall fall among their wounded, when I return.
+Judith	Jdt	18	6	7	Now my slaves are going to take you back into the hill country and put you in one of the cities beside the passes,
+Judith	Jdt	18	6	8	and you will not die until you perish along with them.
+Judith	Jdt	18	6	9	If you really hope in your heart that they will not be taken, do not look downcast! I have spoken and none of my words shall fail.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	6	10	Then Holofernes ordered his slaves, who waited on him in his tent, to seize Achior and take him to Bethulia and hand him over to the men of Israel.
+Judith	Jdt	18	6	11	So the slaves took him and led him out of the camp into the plain, and from the plain they went up into the hill country and came to the springs below Bethulia.
+Judith	Jdt	18	6	12	When the men of the city saw them, they caught up their weapons and ran out of the city to the top of the hill, and all the slingers kept them from coming up by casting stones at them.
+Judith	Jdt	18	6	13	However, they got under the shelter of the hill and they bound Achior and left him lying at the foot of the hill, and returned to their master.
+Judith	Jdt	18	6	14	Then the men of Israel came down from their city and found him; and they untied him and brought him into Bethulia and placed him before the magistrates of their city,
+Judith	Jdt	18	6	15	who in those days were Uzziah the son of Micah, of the tribe of Simeon, and Chabris the son of Gothoniel, and Charmis the son of Melchiel.
+Judith	Jdt	18	6	16	They called together all the elders of the city, and all their young men and their women ran to the assembly; and they set Achior in the midst of all their people, and Uzziah asked him what had happened.
+Judith	Jdt	18	6	17	He answered and told them what had taken place at the council of Holofernes, and all that he had said in the presence of the Assyrian leaders, and all that Holofernes had said so boastfully against the house of Israel.
+Judith	Jdt	18	6	18	Then the people fell down and worshiped God, and cried out to him, and said,
+Judith	Jdt	18	6	19	“O Lord God of heaven, behold their arrogance, and have pity on the humiliation of our people, and look this day upon the faces of those who are consecrated to thee.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	6	20	Then they consoled Achior, and praised him greatly.
+Judith	Jdt	18	6	21	And Uzziah took him from the assembly to his own house and gave a banquet for the elders; and all that night they called on the God of Israel for help.
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	1	The next day Holofernes ordered his whole army, and all the allies who had joined him, to break camp and move against Bethulia, and to seize the passes up into the hill country and make war on the Israelites.
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	2	So all their warriors moved their camp that day; their force of men of war was one hundred and seventy thousand infantry and twelve thousand cavalry, together with the baggage and the foot soldiers handling it, a very great multitude.
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	3	They encamped in the valley near Bethulia, beside the spring, and they spread out in breadth over Dothan as far as Balbaim and in length from Bethulia to Cyamon, which faces Esdraelon.
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	4	When the Israelites saw their vast numbers they were greatly terrified, and every one said to his neighbor, “These men will now lick up the face of the whole land; neither the high mountains nor the valleys nor the hills will bear their weight.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	5	Then each man took up his weapons, and when they had kindled fires on their towers they remained on guard all that night.
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	6	On the second day Holofernes led out all his cavalry in full view of the Israelites in Bethulia,
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	7	and examined the approaches to the city, and visited the springs that supplied their water, and seized them and set guards of soldiers over them, and then returned to his army.
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	8	Then all the chieftains of the people of Esau and all the leaders of the Moabites and the commanders of the coastland came to him and said,
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	9	“Let our lord hear a word, lest his army be defeated.
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	10	For these people, the Israelites, do not rely on their spears but on the height of the mountains where they live, for it is not easy to reach the tops of their mountains.
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	11	Therefore, my lord, do not fight against them in battle array, and not a man of your army will fall.
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	12	Remain in your camp, and keep all the men in your forces with you; only let your servants take possession of the spring of water that flows from the foot of the mountain—
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	13	for this is where all the people of Bethulia get their water. So thirst will destroy them, and they will give up their city. We and our people will go up to the tops of the nearby mountains and camp there to keep watch that not a man gets out of the city.
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	14	They and their wives and children will waste away with famine, and before the sword reaches them they will be strewn about in the streets where they live.
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	15	So you will pay them back with evil, because they rebelled and did not receive you peaceably.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	16	These words pleased Holofernes and all his servants, and he gave orders to do as they had said.
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	17	So the army of the Ammonites moved forward, together with five thousand Assyrians, and they encamped in the valley and seized the water supply and the springs of the Israelites.
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	18	And the sons of Esau and the sons of Ammon went up and encamped in the hill country opposite Dothan; and they sent some of their men toward the south and the east, toward Acraba, which is near Chusi beside the brook Mochmur. The rest of the Assyrian army encamped in the plain, and covered the whole face of the land, and their tents and supply trains spread out in great number, and they formed a vast multitude.
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	19	The people of Israel cried out to the Lord their God, for their courage failed, because all their enemies had surrounded them and there was no way of escape from them.
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	20	The whole Assyrian army, their infantry, chariots, and cavalry, surrounded them for thirty-four days, until all the vessels of water belonging to every inhabitant of Bethulia were empty;
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	21	their cisterns were going dry, and they did not have enough water to drink their fill for a single day, because it was measured out to them to drink.
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	22	Their children lost heart, and the women and young men fainted from thirst and fell down in the streets of the city and in the passages through the gates; there was no strength left in them any longer.
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	23	Then all the people, the young men, the women, and the children, gathered about Uzziah and the rulers of the city and cried out with a loud voice, and said before all the elders,
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	24	“God be judge between you and us! For you have done us a great injury in not making peace with the Assyrians.
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	25	For now we have no one to help us; God has sold us into their hands, to strew us on the ground before them with thirst and utter destruction.
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	26	Now call them in and surrender the whole city to the army of Holofernes and to all his forces, to be plundered.
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	27	For it would be better for us to be captured by them; for we will be slaves, but our lives will be spared, and we shall not witness the death of our babes before our eyes, or see our wives and children draw their last breath.
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	28	We call to witness against you heaven and earth and our God, the Lord of our fathers, who punishes us according to our sins and the sins of our fathers. Let him not do this day the things which we have described!”
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	29	Then great and general lamentation arose throughout the assembly, and they cried out to the Lord God with a loud voice.
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	30	And Uzziah said to them, “Have courage, my brothers! Let us hold out for five more days; by that time the Lord our God will restore to us his mercy, for he will not forsake us utterly.
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	31	But if these days pass by, and no help comes for us, I will do what you say.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	7	32	Then he dismissed the people to their various posts, and they went up on the walls and towers of their city. The women and children he sent home. And they were greatly depressed in the city.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	1	At that time Judith heard about these things: she was the daughter of Merari the son of Ox, son of Joseph, son of Oziel, son of Elkiah, son of Ananias, son of Gideon, son of Raphaim, son of Ahitub, son of Elijah, son of Hilkiah, son of Eliab, son of Nathanael, son of Salamiel, son of Sarasadai, son of Israel.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	2	Her husband Manasseh, who belonged to her tribe and family, had died during the barley harvest.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	3	For as he stood overseeing the men who were binding sheaves in the field, he was overcome by the burning heat, and took to his bed and died in Bethulia his city. So they buried him with his fathers in the field between Dothan and Balamon.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	4	Judith had lived at home as a widow for three years and four months.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	5	She set up a tent for herself on the roof of her house, and girded sackcloth about her loins and wore the garments of her widowhood.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	6	She fasted all the days of her widowhood, except the day before the sabbath and the sabbath itself, the day before the new moon and the day of the new moon, and the feasts and days of rejoicing of the house of Israel.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	7	She was beautiful in appearance, and had a very lovely face; and her husband Manasseh had left her gold and silver, and men and women slaves, and cattle, and fields; and she maintained this estate.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	8	No one spoke ill of her, for she feared God with great devotion.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	9	When Judith heard the wicked words spoken by the people against the ruler, because they were faint for lack of water, and when she heard all that Uzziah said to them, and how he promised them under oath to surrender the city to the Assyrians after five days,
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	10	she sent her maid, who was in charge of all she possessed, to summon Chabris and Charmis, the elders of her city.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	11	They came to her, and she said to them, “Listen to me, rulers of the people of Bethulia! What you have said to the people today is not right; you have even sworn and pronounced this oath between God and you, promising to surrender the city to our enemies unless the Lord turns and helps us within so many days.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	12	Who are you, that have put God to the test this day, and are setting yourselves up in the place of God among the sons of men?
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	13	You are putting the Lord Almighty to the test—but you will never know anything!
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	14	You cannot plumb the depths of the human heart, nor find out what a man is thinking; how do you expect to search out God, who made all these things, and find out his mind or comprehend his thought? No, my brethren, do not provoke the Lord our God to anger.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	15	For if he does not choose to help us within these five days, he has power to protect us within any time he pleases, or even to destroy us in the presence of our enemies.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	16	Do not try to bind the purposes of the Lord our God; for God is not like man, to be threatened, nor like a human being, to be won over by pleading.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	17	Therefore, while we wait for his deliverance, let us call upon him to help us, and he will hear our voice, if it pleases him.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	18	“For never in our generation, nor in these present days, has there been any tribe or family or people or city of ours which worshiped gods made with hands, as was done in days gone by—
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	19	and that was why our fathers were handed over to the sword, and to be plundered, and so they suffered a great catastrophe before our enemies.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	20	But we know no other god but him, and therefore we hope that he will not disdain us or any of our nation.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	21	For if we are captured all Judea will be captured and our sanctuary will be plundered; and he will exact of us the penalty for its desecration.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	22	And the slaughter of our brethren and the captivity of the land and the desolation of our inheritance—all this he will bring upon our heads among the Gentiles, wherever we serve as slaves; and we shall be an offense and a reproach in the eyes of those who acquire us.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	23	For our slavery will not bring us into favor, but the Lord our God will turn it to dishonor.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	24	“Now therefore, brethren, let us set an example to our brethren, for their lives depend upon us, and the sanctuary and the temple and the altar rest upon us.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	25	In spite of everything let us give thanks to the Lord our God, who is putting us to the test as he did our forefathers.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	26	Remember what he did with Abraham, and how he tested Isaac, and what happened to Jacob in Mesopotamia in Syria, while he was keeping the sheep of Laban, his mother’s brother.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	27	For he has not tried us with fire, as he did them, to search their hearts, nor has he taken revenge upon us; but the Lord scourges those who draw near to him, in order to admonish them.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	28	Then Uzziah said to her, “All that you have said has been spoken out of a true heart, and there is no one who can deny your words.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	29	Today is not the first time your wisdom has been shown, but from the beginning of your life all the people have recognized your understanding, for your heart’s disposition is right.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	30	But the people were very thirsty, and they compelled us to do for them what we have promised, and made us take an oath which we cannot break.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	31	So pray for us, since you are a devout woman, and the Lord will send us rain to fill our cisterns and we will no longer be faint.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	32	Judith said to them, “Listen to me. I am about to do a thing which will go down through all generations of our descendants.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	33	Stand at the city gate tonight, and I will go out with my maid; and within the days after which you have promised to surrender the city to our enemies, the Lord will deliver Israel by my hand.
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	34	Only, do not try to find out what I plan; for I will not tell you until I have finished what I am about to do.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	35	Uzziah and the rulers said to her, “Go in peace, and may the Lord God go before you, to take revenge upon our enemies.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	8	36	So they returned from the tent and went to their posts.
+Judith	Jdt	18	9	1	Then Judith fell upon her face, and put ashes on her head, and uncovered the sackcloth she was wearing; and at the very time when that evening’s incense was being offered in the house of God in Jerusalem, Judith cried out to the Lord with a loud voice, and said,
+Judith	Jdt	18	9	2	“O Lord God of my father Simeon, to whom thou gavest a sword to take revenge on the strangers who had loosed the girdle of a virgin to defile her, and uncovered her thigh to put her to shame, and polluted her womb to disgrace her; for thou hast said, ‘It shall not be done’—yet they did it.
+Judith	Jdt	18	9	3	So thou gavest up their rulers to be slain, and their bed, which was ashamed of the deceit they had practiced, to be stained with blood, and thou didst strike down slaves along with princes, and princes on their thrones;
+Judith	Jdt	18	9	4	and thou gavest their wives for a prey and their daughters to captivity, and all their booty to be divided among thy beloved sons, who were zealous for thee, and abhorred the pollution of their blood, and called on thee for help—O God, my God, hear me also, a widow.
+Judith	Jdt	18	9	5	“For thou hast done these things and those that went before and those that followed; thou hast designed the things that are now, and those that are to come. Yea, the things thou didst intend came to pass,
+Judith	Jdt	18	9	6	and the things thou didst will presented themselves and said, ‘Lo, we are here’; for all thy ways are prepared in advance, and thy judgment is with foreknowledge.
+Judith	Jdt	18	9	7	“Behold now, the Assyrians are increased in their might; they are exalted, with their horses and riders; they glory in the strength of their foot soldiers; they trust in shield and spear, in bow and sling, and know not that thou art the Lord who crushest wars; the Lord is thy name.
+Judith	Jdt	18	9	8	Break their strength by thy might, and bring down their power in thy anger; for they intend to defile thy sanctuary, and to pollute the tabernacle where thy glorious name rests, and to cast down the horn of thy altar with the sword.
+Judith	Jdt	18	9	9	Behold their pride, and send thy wrath upon their heads; give to me, a widow, the strength to do what I plan.
+Judith	Jdt	18	9	10	By the deceit of my lips strike down the slave with the prince and the prince with his servant; crush their arrogance by the hand of a woman.
+Judith	Jdt	18	9	11	“For thy power depends not upon numbers, nor thy might upon men of strength; for thou art God of the lowly, helper of the oppressed, upholder of the weak, protector of the forlorn, savior of those without hope.
+Judith	Jdt	18	9	12	Hear, O hear me, God of my father, God of the inheritance of Israel, Lord of heaven and earth, Creator of the waters, King of all thy creation, hear my prayer!
+Judith	Jdt	18	9	13	Make my deceitful words to be their wound and stripe, for they have planned cruel things against thy covenant, and against thy consecrated house, and against the top of Zion, and against the house possessed by thy children.
+Judith	Jdt	18	9	14	And cause thy whole nation and every tribe to know and understand that thou art God, the God of all power and might, and that there is no other who protects the people of Israel but thou alone!”
+Judith	Jdt	18	10	1	When Judith had ceased crying out to the God of Israel, and had ended all these words,
+Judith	Jdt	18	10	2	she rose from where she lay prostrate and called her maid and went down into the house where she lived on sabbaths and on her feast days;
+Judith	Jdt	18	10	3	and she removed the sackcloth which she had been wearing, and took off her widow’s garments, and bathed her body with water, and anointed herself with precious ointment, and combed her hair and put on a tiara, and arrayed herself in her gayest apparel, which she used to wear while her husband Manasseh was living.
+Judith	Jdt	18	10	4	And she put sandals on her feet, and put on her anklets and bracelets and rings, and her earrings and all her ornaments, and made herself very beautiful, to entice the eyes of all men who might see her.
+Judith	Jdt	18	10	5	And she gave her maid a bottle of wine and a flask of oil, and filled a bag with parched grain and a cake of dried fruit and fine bread; and she wrapped up all her vessels and gave them to her to carry.
+Judith	Jdt	18	10	6	Then they went out to the city gate of Bethulia, and found Uzziah standing there with the elders of the city, Chabris and Charmis.
+Judith	Jdt	18	10	7	When they saw her, and noted how her face was altered and her clothing changed, they greatly admired her beauty, and said to her,
+Judith	Jdt	18	10	8	“May the God of our fathers grant you favor and fulfil your plans, that the people of Israel may glory and Jerusalem may be exalted.” And she worshiped God.
+Judith	Jdt	18	10	9	Then she said to them, “Order the gate of the city to be opened for me, and I will go out and accomplish the things about which you spoke with me.” So they ordered the young men to open the gate for her, as she had said.
+Judith	Jdt	18	10	10	When they had done this, Judith went out, she and her maid with her; and the men of the city watched her until she had gone down the mountain and passed through the valley and they could no longer see her.
+Judith	Jdt	18	10	11	The women went straight on through the valley; and an Assyrian patrol met her
+Judith	Jdt	18	10	12	and took her into custody, and asked her, “To what people do you belong, and where are you coming from, and where are you going?” She replied, “I am a daughter of the Hebrews, but I am fleeing from them, for they are about to be handed over to you to be devoured.
+Judith	Jdt	18	10	13	I am on my way to the presence of Holofernes the commander of your army, to give him a true report; and I will show him a way by which he can go and capture all the hill country without losing one of his men, captured or slain.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	10	14	When the men heard her words, and observed her face—she was in their eyes marvelously beautiful—they said to her,
+Judith	Jdt	18	10	15	“You have saved your life by hurrying down to the presence of our lord. Go at once to his tent; some of us will escort you and hand you over to him.
+Judith	Jdt	18	10	16	And when you stand before him, do not be afraid in your heart, but tell him just what you have said, and he will treat you well.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	10	17	They chose from their number a hundred men to accompany her and her maid, and they brought them to the tent of Holofernes.
+Judith	Jdt	18	10	18	There was great excitement in the whole camp, for her arrival was reported from tent to tent, and they came and stood around her as she waited outside the tent of Holofernes while they told him about her.
+Judith	Jdt	18	10	19	And they marveled at her beauty, and admired the Israelites, judging them by her, and every one said to his neighbor, “Who can despise these people, who have women like this among them? Surely not a man of them had better be left alive, for if we let them go they will be able to ensnare the whole world!”
+Judith	Jdt	18	10	20	Then Holofernes’ companions and all his servants came out and led her into the tent.
+Judith	Jdt	18	10	21	Holofernes was resting on his bed, under a canopy which was woven with purple and gold and emeralds and precious stones.
+Judith	Jdt	18	10	22	When they told him of her he came forward to the front of the tent, with silver lamps carried before him.
+Judith	Jdt	18	10	23	And when Judith came into the presence of Holofernes and his servants, they all marveled at the beauty of her face; and she prostrated herself and made obeisance to him, and his slaves raised her up.
+Judith	Jdt	18	11	1	Then Holofernes said to her, “Take courage, woman, and do not be afraid in your heart, for I have never hurt any one who chose to serve Nebuchadnezzar, the king of all the earth.
+Judith	Jdt	18	11	2	And even now, if your people who live in the hill country had not slighted me, I would never have lifted my spear against them; but they have brought all this on themselves.
+Judith	Jdt	18	11	3	And now tell me why you have fled from them and have come over to us—since you have come to safety.
+Judith	Jdt	18	11	4	Have courage; you will live, tonight and from now on. No one will hurt you, but all will treat you well, as they do the servants of my lord King Nebuchadnezzar.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	11	5	Judith replied to him, “Accept the words of your servant, and let your maidservant speak in your presence, and I will tell nothing false to my lord this night.
+Judith	Jdt	18	11	6	And if you follow out the words of your maidservant, God will accomplish something through you, and my lord will not fail to achieve his purposes.
+Judith	Jdt	18	11	7	Nebuchadnezzar the king of the whole earth lives, and as his power endures, who had sent you to direct every living soul, not only do men serve him because of you, but also the beasts of the field and the cattle and the birds of the air will live by your power under Nebuchadnezzar and all his house.
+Judith	Jdt	18	11	8	For we have heard of your wisdom and skill, and it is reported throughout the whole world that you are the one good man in the whole kingdom, thoroughly informed and marvelous in military strategy.
+Judith	Jdt	18	11	9	“Now as for the things Achior said in your council, we have heard his words, for the men of Bethulia spared him and he told them all he had said to you.
+Judith	Jdt	18	11	10	Therefore, my lord and master, do not disregard what he said, but keep it in your mind, for it is true: our nation cannot be punished, nor can the sword prevail against them, unless they sin against their God.
+Judith	Jdt	18	11	11	“And now, in order that my lord may not be defeated and his purpose frustrated, death will fall upon them, for a sin has overtaken them by which they are about to provoke their God to anger when they do what is wrong.
+Judith	Jdt	18	11	12	Since their food supply is exhausted and their water has almost given out, they have planned to kill their cattle and have determined to use all that God by his laws has forbidden them to eat.
+Judith	Jdt	18	11	13	They have decided to consume the first fruits of the grain and the tithes of the wine and oil, which they had consecrated and set aside for the priests who minister in the presence of our God at Jerusalem—although it is not lawful for any of the people so much as to touch these things with their hands.
+Judith	Jdt	18	11	14	They have sent men to Jerusalem, because even the people living there have been doing this, to bring back to them permission from the senate.
+Judith	Jdt	18	11	15	When the word reaches them and they proceed to do this, on that very day they will be handed over to you to be destroyed.
+Judith	Jdt	18	11	16	“Therefore, when I, your servant, learned all this, I fled from them; and God has sent me to accomplish with you things that will astonish the whole world, as many as shall hear about them.
+Judith	Jdt	18	11	17	For your servant is religious, and serves the God of heaven day and night; therefore, my lord, I will remain with you, and every night your servant will go out into the valley, and I will pray to God and he will tell me when they have committed their sins.
+Judith	Jdt	18	11	18	And I will come and tell you, and then you shall go out with your whole army, and not one of them will withstand you.
+Judith	Jdt	18	11	19	Then I will lead you through the middle of Judea, till you come to Jerusalem; and I will set your throne in the midst of it; and you will lead them like sheep that have no shepherd, and not a dog will so much as open its mouth to growl at you. For this has been told me, by my foreknowledge; it was announced to me, and I was sent to tell you.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	11	20	Her words pleased Holofernes and all his servants, and they marveled at her wisdom and said,
+Judith	Jdt	18	11	21	“There is not such a woman from one end of the earth to the other, either for beauty of face or wisdom of speech!”
+Judith	Jdt	18	11	22	And Holofernes said to her, “God has done well to send you before the people, to lend strength to our hands and to bring destruction upon those who have slighted my lord.
+Judith	Jdt	18	11	23	You are not only beautiful in appearance, but wise in speech; and if you do as you have said, your God shall be my God, and you shall live in the house of King Nebuchadnezzar and be renowned throughout the whole world.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	12	1	Then he commanded them to bring her in where his silver dishes were kept, and ordered them to set a table for her with some of his own food and to serve her with his own wine.
+Judith	Jdt	18	12	2	But Judith said, “I cannot eat it, lest it be an offense; but I will be provided from the things I have brought with me.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	12	3	Holofernes said to her, “If your supply runs out, where can we get more like it for you? For none of your people is here with us.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	12	4	Judith replied, “As your soul lives, my lord, your servant will not use up the things I have with me before the Lord carries out by my hand what he has determined to do.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	12	5	Then the servants of Holofernes brought her into the tent, and she slept until midnight. Along toward the morning watch she arose
+Judith	Jdt	18	12	6	and sent to Holofernes and said, “Let my lord now command that your servant be permitted to go out and pray.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	12	7	So Holofernes commanded his guards not to hinder her. And she remained in the camp for three days, and went out each night to the valley of Bethulia, and bathed at the spring in the camp.
+Judith	Jdt	18	12	8	When she came up from the spring she prayed the Lord God of Israel to direct her way for the raising up of her people.
+Judith	Jdt	18	12	9	So she returned clean and stayed in the tent until she ate her food toward evening.
+Judith	Jdt	18	12	10	On the fourth day Holofernes held a banquet for his slave only, and did not invite any of his officers.
+Judith	Jdt	18	12	11	And he said to Bagoas, the eunuch who had charge of his personal affairs, “Go now and persuade the Hebrew woman who is in your care to join us and eat and drink with us.
+Judith	Jdt	18	12	12	For it will be a disgrace if we let such a woman go without enjoying her company, for if we do not embrace her she will laugh at us.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	12	13	So Bagoas went out from the presence of Holofernes, and approached her and said, “This beautiful maidservant will please come to my lord and be honored in his presence, and drink wine and be merry with us, and become today like one of the daughters of the Assyrians who serve in the house of Nebuchadnezzar.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	12	14	And Judith said, “Who am I, to refuse my lord? Surely whatever pleases him I will do at once, and it will be a joy to me until the day of my death!”
+Judith	Jdt	18	12	15	So she got up and arrayed herself in all her woman’s finery, and her maid went and spread on the ground for her before Holofernes the soft fleeces which she had received from Bagoas for her daily use, so that she might recline on them when she ate.
+Judith	Jdt	18	12	16	Then Judith came in and lay down, and Holofernes’ heart was ravished with her and he was moved with great desire to possess her; for he had been waiting for an opportunity to deceive her, ever since the day he first saw her.
+Judith	Jdt	18	12	17	So Holofernes said to her. “Drink now, and be merry with us!”
+Judith	Jdt	18	12	18	Judith said, “I will drink now, my lord, because my life means more to me today than in all the days since I was born.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	12	19	Then she took and ate and drank before him what her maid had prepared.
+Judith	Jdt	18	12	20	And Holofernes was greatly pleased with her, and drank a great quantity of wine, much more than he had ever drunk in any one day since he was born.
+Judith	Jdt	18	13	1	When evening came, his slaves quickly withdrew, and Bagoas closed the tent from outside and shut out the attendants from his master’s presence; and they went to bed, for they all were weary because the banquet had lasted long.
+Judith	Jdt	18	13	2	So Judith was left alone in the tent, with Holofernes stretched out on his bed, for he was overcome with wine.
+Judith	Jdt	18	13	3	Now Judith had told her maid to stand outside the bedchamber and to wait for her to come out, as she did every day; for she said she would be going out for her prayers. And she had said the same thing to Bagoas.
+Judith	Jdt	18	13	4	So every one went out, and no one, either small or great, was left in the bedchamber. Then Judith, standing beside his bed, said in her heart, “O Lord God of all might, look in this hour upon the work of my hands for the exaltation of Jerusalem.
+Judith	Jdt	18	13	5	For now is the time to help thy inheritance, and to carry out my undertaking for the destruction of the enemies who have risen up against us.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	13	6	She went up to the post at the end of the bed, above Holofernes’ head, and took down his sword that hung there.
+Judith	Jdt	18	13	7	She came close to his bed and took hold of the hair of his head, and said, “Give me strength this day, O Lord God of Israel!”
+Judith	Jdt	18	13	8	And she struck his neck twice with all her might, and severed it from his body.
+Judith	Jdt	18	13	9	Then she tumbled his body off the bed and pulled down the canopy from the posts; after a moment she went out, and gave Holofernes’ head to her maid,
+Judith	Jdt	18	13	10	who placed it in her food bag. Then the two of them went out together, as they were accustomed to go for prayer; and they passed through the camp and circled around the valley and went up the mountain to Bethulia and came to its gates.
+Judith	Jdt	18	13	11	Judith called out from afar to the watchmen at the gates, “Open, open the gate! God, our God, is still with us, to show his power in Israel, and his strength against our enemies, even as he has done this day!”
+Judith	Jdt	18	13	12	When the men of her city heard her voice, they hurried down to the city gate and called together the elders of the city.
+Judith	Jdt	18	13	13	They all ran together, both small and great, for it was unbelievable that she had returned; they opened the gate and admitted them, and they kindled a fire for light, and gathered around them.
+Judith	Jdt	18	13	14	Then she said to them with a loud voice, “Praise God, O praise him! Praise God, who has not withdrawn his mercy from the house of Israel, but has destroyed our enemies by my hand this very night!”
+Judith	Jdt	18	13	15	Then she took the head out of the bag and showed it to them, and said, “See, here is the head of Holofernes, the commander of the Assyrian army, and here is the canopy beneath which he lay in his drunken stupor. The Lord has struck him down by the hand of a woman.
+Judith	Jdt	18	13	16	As the Lord lives, who has protected me in the way I went, it was my face that tricked him to his destruction, and yet he committed no act of sin with me, to defile and shame me.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	13	17	All the people were greatly astonished, and bowed down and worshiped God, and said with one accord, “Blessed art thou, our God, who hast brought into contempt this day the enemies of thy people.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	13	18	And Uzziah said to her, “O daughter, you are blessed by the Most High God above all women on earth; and blessed be the Lord God, who created the heavens and the earth, who has guided you to strike the head of the leader of our enemies.
+Judith	Jdt	18	13	19	Your hope will never depart from the hearts of men, as they remember the power of God.
+Judith	Jdt	18	13	20	May God grant this to be a perpetual honor to you, and may he visit you with blessings, because you did not spare your own life when our nation was brought low, but have avenged our ruin, walking in the straight path before our God.” And all the people said, “So be it, so be it!”
+Judith	Jdt	18	14	1	Then Judith said to them, “Listen to me, my brethren, and take this head and hang it upon the parapet of your wall.
+Judith	Jdt	18	14	2	And as soon as morning comes and the sun rises, let every valiant man take his weapons and go out of the city, and set a captain over them, as if you were going down to the plain against the Assyrian outpost; only do not go down.
+Judith	Jdt	18	14	3	Then they will seize their arms and go into the camp and rouse the officers of the Assyrian army; and they will rush into the tent of Holofernes, and will not find him. Then fear will come over them, and they will flee before you,
+Judith	Jdt	18	14	4	and you and all who live within the borders of Israel shall pursue them and cut them down as they flee.
+Judith	Jdt	18	14	5	But before you do all this, bring Achior the Ammonite to me, and let him see and recognize the man who despised the house of Israel and sent him to us as if to his death.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	14	6	So they summoned Achior from the house of Uzziah. And when he came and saw the head of Holofernes in the hand of one of the men at the gathering of the people, he fell down on his face and his spirit failed him.
+Judith	Jdt	18	14	7	And when they raised him up he fell at Judith’s feet, and knelt before her, and said, “Blessed are you in every tent of Judah! In every nation those who hear your name will be alarmed.
+Judith	Jdt	18	14	8	Now tell me what you have done during these days.” Then Judith described to him in the presence of the people all that she had done, from the day she left until the moment of her speaking to them.
+Judith	Jdt	18	14	9	And when she had finished, the people raised a great shout and made a joyful noise in their city.
+Judith	Jdt	18	14	10	And when Achior saw all that the God of Israel had done, he believed firmly in God, and was circumcised, and joined the house of Israel, remaining so to this day.
+Judith	Jdt	18	14	11	As soon as it was dawn they hung the head of Holofernes on the wall, and every man took his weapons, and they went out in companies to the passes in the mountains.
+Judith	Jdt	18	14	12	And when the Assyrians saw them they sent word to their commanders, and they went to the generals and the captains and to all their officers.
+Judith	Jdt	18	14	13	So they came to Holofernes’ tent and said to the steward in charge of all his personal affairs, “Wake up our lord, for the slaves have been so bold as to come down against us to give battle, in order to be destroyed completely.”
+Judith	Jdt	18	14	14	So Bagoas went in and knocked at the door of the tent, for he supposed that he was sleeping with Judith.
+Judith	Jdt	18	14	15	But when no one answered, he opened it and went into the bedchamber and found him thrown down on the platform dead, with his head cut off and missing.
+Judith	Jdt	18	14	16	And he cried out with a loud voice and wept and groaned and shouted, and rent his garments.
+Judith	Jdt	18	14	17	Then he went to the tent where Judith had stayed, and when he did not find her he rushed out to the people and shouted,
+Judith	Jdt	18	14	18	“The slaves have tricked us! One Hebrew woman has brought disgrace upon the house of King Nebuchadnezzar! For look, here is Holofernes lying on the ground, and his head is not on him!”
+Judith	Jdt	18	14	19	When the leaders of the Assyrian army heard this, they rent their tunics and were greatly dismayed, and their loud cries and shouts arose in the midst of the camp.
+Judith	Jdt	18	15	1	When the men in the tents heard it, they were amazed at what had happened.
+Judith	Jdt	18	15	2	Fear and trembling came over them, so that they did not wait for one another, but with one impulse all rushed out and fled by every path across the plain and through the hill country.
+Judith	Jdt	18	15	3	Those who had camped in the hills around Bethulia also took to flight. Then the men of Israel, every one that was a soldier, rushed out upon them.
+Judith	Jdt	18	15	4	And Uzziah sent men to Betomasthaim and Bebai and Choba and Kola, and to all the frontiers of Israel, to tell what had taken place and to urge all to rush out upon their enemies to destroy them.
+Judith	Jdt	18	15	5	And when the Israelites heard it, with one accord they fell upon the enemy, and cut them down as far as Choba. Those in Jerusalem and all the hill country also came, for they were told what had happened in the camp of the enemy; and those in Gilead and in Galilee outflanked them with great slaughter, even beyond Damascus and its borders.
+Judith	Jdt	18	15	6	The rest of the people of Bethulia fell upon the Assyrian camp and plundered it, and were greatly enriched.
+Judith	Jdt	18	15	7	And the Israelites, when they returned from the slaughter, took possession of what remained, and the villages and towns in the hill country and in the plain got a great amount of booty, for there was a vast quantity of it.
+Judith	Jdt	18	15	8	Then Joakim the high priest, and the senate of the people of Israel who lived at Jerusalem, came to witness the good things which the Lord had done for Israel, and to see Judith and to greet her.
+Judith	Jdt	18	15	9	And when they met her they all blessed her with one accord and said to her, “You are the exaltation of Jerusalem, you are the great glory of Israel, you are the great pride of our nation!
+Judith	Jdt	18	15	10	You have done all this singlehanded; you have done great good to Israel, and God is well pleased with it. May the Almighty Lord bless you for ever!” And all the people said, “So be it!”
+Judith	Jdt	18	15	11	So all the people plundered the camp for thirty days. They gave Judith the tent of Holofernes and all his silver dishes and his beds and his bowls and all his furniture; and she took them and loaded her mule and hitched up her carts and piled the things on them.
+Judith	Jdt	18	15	12	Then all the women of Israel gathered to see her, and blessed her, and some of them performed a dance for her; and she took branches in her hands and gave them to the women who were with her;
+Judith	Jdt	18	15	13	and they crowned themselves with olive wreaths, she and those who were with her; and she went before all the people in the dance, leading all the women, while all the men of Israel followed, bearing their arms and wearing garlands and with songs on their lips.
+Judith	Jdt	18	16	1	Then Judith began this thanksgiving before all Israel, and all the people loudly sang this song of praise.
+Judith	Jdt	18	16	2	And Judith said, Begin a song to my God with tambourines, sing to my Lord with cymbals. Raise to him a new psalm; exalt him, and call upon his name.
+Judith	Jdt	18	16	3	For God is the Lord who crushes wars; for he has delivered me out of the hands of my pursuers, and brought me to his camp, in the midst of the people.
+Judith	Jdt	18	16	4	The Assyrian came down from the mountains of the north; he came with myriads of his warriors; their multitude blocked up the valleys, their cavalry covered the hills.
+Judith	Jdt	18	16	5	He boasted that he would burn up my territory, and kill my young men with the sword, and dash my infants to the ground and seize my children as prey, and take my virgins as booty.
+Judith	Jdt	18	16	6	But the Lord Almighty has foiled them by the hand of a woman.
+Judith	Jdt	18	16	7	For their mighty one did not fall by the hands of the young men, nor did the sons of the Titans smite him, nor did tall giants set upon him; but Judith the daughter of Merari undid him with the beauty of her countenance.
+Judith	Jdt	18	16	8	For she took off her widow’s mourning to exalt the oppressed in Israel. She anointed her face with ointment and fastened her hair with a tiara and put on a linen gown to deceive him.
+Judith	Jdt	18	16	9	Her sandal ravished his eyes, her beauty captivated his mind, and the sword severed his neck.
+Judith	Jdt	18	16	10	The Persians trembled at her boldness, the Medes were daunted at her daring.
+Judith	Jdt	18	16	11	Then my oppressed people shouted for joy; my weak people shouted and the enemy trembled; they lifted up their voices, and the enemy were turned back.
+Judith	Jdt	18	16	12	The sons of maidservants have pierced them through; they were wounded like the children of fugitives, they perished before the army of my Lord.
+Judith	Jdt	18	16	13	I will sing to my God a new song: O Lord, thou are great and glorious, wonderful in strength, invincible.
+Judith	Jdt	18	16	14	Let all thy creatures serve thee, for thou didst speak, and they were made. Thou didst send forth thy Spirit, and it formed them; there is none that can resist thy voice.
+Judith	Jdt	18	16	15	For the mountains shall be shaken to their foundations with the waters; at thy presence the rocks shall melt like wax, but to those who fear thee thou wilt continue to show mercy.
+Judith	Jdt	18	16	16	For every sacrifice as a fragrant offering is a small thing, and all fat for burnt offerings to thee is a very little thing, but he who fears the Lord shall be great for ever.
+Judith	Jdt	18	16	17	Woe to the nations that rise up against my people! The Lord Almighty will take vengeance on them in the day of judgment; fire and worms he will give to their flesh; they shall weep in pain for ever.
+Judith	Jdt	18	16	18	When they arrived at Jerusalem they worshiped God. As soon as the people were purified, they offered their burnt offerings, their freewill offerings, and their gifts.
+Judith	Jdt	18	16	19	Judith also dedicated to God all the vessels of Holofernes, which the people had given her; and the canopy which she took for herself from his bedchamber she gave as a votive offering to the Lord.
+Judith	Jdt	18	16	20	So the people continued feasting in Jerusalem before the sanctuary for three months, and Judith remained with them.
+Judith	Jdt	18	16	21	After this every one returned home to his own inheritance, and Judith went to Bethulia, and remained on her estate, and was honored in her time throughout the whole country.
+Judith	Jdt	18	16	22	Many desired to marry her, but she remained a widow all the days of her life after Manasseh her husband died and was gathered to his people.
+Judith	Jdt	18	16	23	She became more and more famous, and grew old in her husband’s house, until she was one hundred and five years old. She set her maid free. She died in Bethulia, and they buried her in the cave of her husband Manasseh,
+Judith	Jdt	18	16	24	and the house of Israel mourned for her seven days. Before she died she distributed her property to all those who were next of kin to her husband Manasseh, and to her own nearest kindred.
+Judith	Jdt	18	16	25	And no one ever again spread terror among the people of Israel in the days of Judith, or for a long time after her death.
+Esther	Esther	19	1	1	In the days of Ahasu-erus, the Ahasu-erus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces,
+Esther	Esther	19	1	2	in those days when King Ahasu-erus sat on his royal throne in Susa the capital,
+Esther	Esther	19	1	3	in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his princes and servants, the army chiefs of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces being before him,
+Esther	Esther	19	1	4	while he showed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor and pomp of his majesty for many days, a hundred and eighty days.
+Esther	Esther	19	1	5	And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa the capital, both great and small, a banquet lasting for seven days, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.
+Esther	Esther	19	1	6	There were white cotton curtains and blue hangings caught up with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble pillars, and also couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and precious stones.
+Esther	Esther	19	1	7	Drinks were served in golden goblets, goblets of different kinds, and the royal wine was lavished according to the bounty of the king.
+Esther	Esther	19	1	8	And drinking was according to the law, no one was compelled; for the king had given orders to all the officials of his palace to do as every man desired.
+Esther	Esther	19	1	9	Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the palace which belonged to King Ahasu-erus.
+Esther	Esther	19	1	10	On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha and Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who served King Ahasu-erus as chamberlains,
+Esther	Esther	19	1	11	to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown, in order to show the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was fair to behold.
+Esther	Esther	19	1	12	But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command conveyed by the eunuchs. At this the king was enraged, and his anger burned within him.
+Esther	Esther	19	1	13	Then the king said to the wise men who knew the times—for this was the king’s procedure toward all who were versed in law and judgment,
+Esther	Esther	19	1	14	the men next to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king’s face, and sat first in the kingdom—:
+Esther	Esther	19	1	15	“According to the law, what is to be done to Queen Vashti, because she has not performed the command of King Ahasu-erus conveyed by the eunuchs?”
+Esther	Esther	19	1	16	Then Memucan said in presence of the king and the princes, “Not only to the king has Queen Vashti done wrong, but also to all the princes and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasu-erus.
+Esther	Esther	19	1	17	For this deed of the queen will be made known to all women, causing them to look with contempt upon their husbands, since they will say, ‘King Ahasu-erus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, and she did not come.’
+Esther	Esther	19	1	18	This very day the ladies of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen’s behavior will be telling it to all the king’s princes, and there will be contempt and wrath in plenty.
+Esther	Esther	19	1	19	If it please the king, let a royal order go forth from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so that it may not be altered, that Vashti is to come no more before King Ahasu-erus; and let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she.
+Esther	Esther	19	1	20	So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, vast as it is, all women will give honor to their husbands, high and low.”
+Esther	Esther	19	1	21	This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed;
+Esther	Esther	19	1	22	he sent letters to all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, that every man be lord in his own house and speak according to the language of his people.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	1	After these things, when the anger of King Ahasu-erus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	2	Then the king’s servants who attended him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	3	And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the capital, under custody of Hegai the king’s eunuch who is in charge of the women; let their ointments be given them.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	4	And let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	5	Now there was a Jew in Susa the capital whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shime-i, son of Kish, a Benjaminite,
+Esther	Esther	19	2	6	who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	7	He had brought up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother; the maiden was beautiful and lovely, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai adopted her as his own daughter.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	8	So when the king’s order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many maidens were gathered in Susa the capital in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king’s palace and put in custody of Hegai who had charge of the women.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	9	And the maiden pleased him and won his favor; and he quickly provided her with her ointments and her portion of food, and with seven chosen maids from the king’s palace, and advanced her and her maids to the best place in the harem.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	10	Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mordecai had charged her not to make it known.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	11	And every day Mordecai walked in front of the court of the harem, to learn how Esther was and how she fared.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	12	Now when the turn came for each maiden to go in to King Ahasu-erus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women—
+Esther	Esther	19	2	13	when the maiden went in to the king in this way she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the harem to the king’s palace.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	14	In the evening she went, and in the morning she came back to the second harem in custody of Sha-ashgaz the king’s eunuch who was in charge of the concubines; she did not go in to the king again, unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	15	When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had adopted her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king’s eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther found favor in the eyes of all who saw her.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	16	And when Esther was taken to King Ahasu-erus into his royal palace in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign,
+Esther	Esther	19	2	17	the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	18	Then the king gave a great banquet to all his princes and servants; it was Esther’s banquet. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces, and gave gifts with royal liberality.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	19	When the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	20	Now Esther had not made known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had charged her; for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	21	And in those days, as Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasu-erus.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	22	And this came to the knowledge of Mordecai, and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in the name of Mordecai.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	23	When the affair was investigated and found to be so, the men were both hanged on the gallows. And it was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the presence of the king.
+Esther	Esther	19	3	1	After these things King Ahasu-erus promoted Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, and advanced him and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.
+Esther	Esther	19	3	2	And all the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate bowed down and did obeisance to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow down or do obeisance.
+Esther	Esther	19	3	3	Then the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you transgress the king’s command?”
+Esther	Esther	19	3	4	And when they spoke to him day after day and he would not listen to them, they told Haman, in order to see whether Mordecai’s words would avail; for he had told them that he was a Jew.
+Esther	Esther	19	3	5	And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down or do obeisance to him, Haman was filled with fury.
+Esther	Esther	19	3	6	But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone. So, as they had made known to him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasu-erus.
+Esther	Esther	19	3	7	In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasu-erus, they cast Pur, that is the lot, before Haman day after day; and they cast it month after month till the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.
+Esther	Esther	19	3	8	Then Haman said to King Ahasu-erus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king’s laws, so that it is not for the king’s profit to tolerate them.
+Esther	Esther	19	3	9	If it please the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who have charge of the king’s business, that they may put it into the king’s treasuries.”
+Esther	Esther	19	3	10	So the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews.
+Esther	Esther	19	3	11	And the king said to Haman, “The money is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.”
+Esther	Esther	19	3	12	Then the king’s secretaries were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and an edict, according to all that Haman commanded, was written to the king’s satraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the princes of all the peoples, to every province in its own script and every people in its own language; it was written in the name of King Ahasu-erus and sealed with the king’s ring.
+Esther	Esther	19	3	13	Letters were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to slay, and to annihilate all Jews, young and old, women and children, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods.
+Esther	Esther	19	4	1	When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai rent his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, wailing with a loud and bitter cry;
+Esther	Esther	19	4	2	he went up to the entrance of the king’s gate, for no one might enter the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
+Esther	Esther	19	4	3	And in every province, wherever the king’s command and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting and weeping and lamenting, and most of them lay in sackcloth and ashes.
+Esther	Esther	19	4	4	When Esther’s maids and her eunuchs came and told her, the queen was deeply distressed; she sent garments to clothe Mordecai, so that he might take off his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
+Esther	Esther	19	4	5	Then Esther called for Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs, who had been appointed to attend her, and ordered him to go to Mordecai to learn what this was and why it was.
+Esther	Esther	19	4	6	Hathach went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the king’s gate,
+Esther	Esther	19	4	7	and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of money that Haman had promised to pay into the king’s treasuries for the destruction of the Jews.
+Esther	Esther	19	4	8	Mordecai also gave him a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for their destruction, that he might show it to Esther and explain it to her and charge her to go to the king to make supplication to him and entreat him for her people.
+Esther	Esther	19	4	9	And Hathach went and told Esther what Mordecai had said.
+Esther	Esther	19	4	10	Then Esther spoke to Hathach and gave him a message for Mordecai, saying,
+Esther	Esther	19	4	11	“All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that if any man or woman goes to the king inside the inner court without being called, there is but one law; all alike are to be put to death, except the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter that he may live. And I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.”
+Esther	Esther	19	4	12	And they told Mordecai what Esther had said.
+Esther	Esther	19	4	13	Then Mordecai told them to return answer to Esther, “Think not that in the king’s palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews.
+Esther	Esther	19	4	14	For if you keep silence at such a time as this, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another quarter, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
+Esther	Esther	19	4	15	Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai,
+Esther	Esther	19	4	16	“Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”
+Esther	Esther	19	4	17	Mordecai then went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him.
+Esther	Esther	19	5	3	And the king said to her, “What is it, Queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you, even to the half of my kingdom.”
+Esther	Esther	19	5	4	And Esther said, “If it please the king, let the king and Haman come this day to a dinner that I have prepared for the king.”
+Esther	Esther	19	5	5	Then said the king, “Bring Haman quickly, that we may do as Esther desires.” So the king and Haman came to the dinner that Esther had prepared.
+Esther	Esther	19	5	6	And as they were drinking wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.”
+Esther	Esther	19	5	7	But Esther said, “My petition and my request is:
+Esther	Esther	19	5	8	If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition and fulfil my request, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the dinner which I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said.”
+Esther	Esther	19	5	9	And Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart. But when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he neither rose nor trembled before him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.
+Esther	Esther	19	5	10	Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home; and he sent and fetched his friends and his wife Zeresh.
+Esther	Esther	19	5	11	And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and the servants of the king.
+Esther	Esther	19	5	12	And Haman added, “Even Queen Esther let no one come with the king to the banquet she prepared but myself. And tomorrow also I am invited by her together with the king.
+Esther	Esther	19	5	13	Yet all this does me no good, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
+Esther	Esther	19	5	14	Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows fifty cubits high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hanged upon it; then go merrily with the king to the dinner.” This counsel pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made.
+Esther	Esther	19	6	1	On that night the king could not sleep; and he gave orders to bring the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
+Esther	Esther	19	6	2	And it was found written how Mordecai had told about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, and who had sought to lay hands upon King Ahasu-erus.
+Esther	Esther	19	6	3	And the king said, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?” The king’s servants who attended him said, “Nothing has been done for him.”
+Esther	Esther	19	6	4	And the king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king’s palace to speak to the king about having Mordecai hanged on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
+Esther	Esther	19	6	5	So the king’s servants told him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” And the king said, “Let him come in.”
+Esther	Esther	19	6	6	So Haman came in, and the king said to him, “What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?” And Haman said to himself, “Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?”
+Esther	Esther	19	6	7	and Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor,
+Esther	Esther	19	6	8	let royal robes be brought, which the king has worn, and the horse which the king has ridden, and on whose head a royal crown is set;
+Esther	Esther	19	6	9	and let the robes and the horse be handed over to one of the king’s most noble princes; let him array the man whom the king delights to honor, and let him conduct the man on horseback through the open square of the city, proclaiming before him: ‘Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.’”
+Esther	Esther	19	6	10	Then the king said to Haman, “Make haste, take the robes and the horse, as you have said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew who sits at the king’s gate. Leave out nothing that you have mentioned.”
+Esther	Esther	19	6	11	So Haman took the robes and the horse, and he arrayed Mordecai and made him ride through the open square of the city, proclaiming, “Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.”
+Esther	Esther	19	6	12	Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered.
+Esther	Esther	19	6	13	And Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the Jewish people, you will not prevail against him but will surely fall before him.”
+Esther	Esther	19	6	14	While they were yet talking with him, the king’s eunuchs arrived and brought Haman in haste to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
+Esther	Esther	19	7	1	So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther.
+Esther	Esther	19	7	2	And on the second day, as they were drinking wine, the king again said to Esther, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.”
+Esther	Esther	19	7	3	Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request.
+Esther	Esther	19	7	4	For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have held my peace; for our affliction is not to be compared with the loss to the king.”
+Esther	Esther	19	7	5	Then King Ahasu-erus said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, that would presume to do this?”
+Esther	Esther	19	7	6	And Esther said, “A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!” Then Haman was in terror before the king and the queen.
+Esther	Esther	19	7	7	And the king rose from the feast in wrath and went into the palace garden; but Haman stayed to beg his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that evil was determined against him by the king.
+Esther	Esther	19	7	8	And the king returned from the palace garden to the place where they were drinking wine, as Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was; and the king said, “Will he even assault the queen in my presence, in my own house?” As the words left the mouth of the king, they covered Haman’s face.
+Esther	Esther	19	7	9	Then said Harbona, one of the eunuchs in attendance on the king, “Moreover, the gallows which Haman has prepared for Mordecai, whose word saved the king, is standing in Haman’s house, fifty cubits high.”
+Esther	Esther	19	7	10	And the king said, “Hang him on that.” So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.
+Esther	Esther	19	1	1	In the days of Ahasu-erus, the Ahasu-erus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces,
+Esther	Esther	19	1	2	in those days when King Ahasu-erus sat on his royal throne in Susa the capital,
+Esther	Esther	19	1	3	in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his princes and servants, the army chiefs of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces being before him,
+Esther	Esther	19	1	4	while he showed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor and pomp of his majesty for many days, a hundred and eighty days.
+Esther	Esther	19	1	5	And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa the capital, both great and small, a banquet lasting for seven days, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.
+Esther	Esther	19	1	6	There were white cotton curtains and blue hangings caught up with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble pillars, and also couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and precious stones.
+Esther	Esther	19	1	7	Drinks were served in golden goblets, goblets of different kinds, and the royal wine was lavished according to the bounty of the king.
+Esther	Esther	19	1	8	And drinking was according to the law, no one was compelled; for the king had given orders to all the officials of his palace to do as every man desired.
+Esther	Esther	19	1	9	Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the palace which belonged to King Ahasu-erus.
+Esther	Esther	19	1	10	On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha and Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who served King Ahasu-erus as chamberlains,
+Esther	Esther	19	1	11	to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown, in order to show the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was fair to behold.
+Esther	Esther	19	1	12	But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command conveyed by the eunuchs. At this the king was enraged, and his anger burned within him.
+Esther	Esther	19	1	13	Then the king said to the wise men who knew the times—for this was the king’s procedure toward all who were versed in law and judgment,
+Esther	Esther	19	1	14	the men next to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king’s face, and sat first in the kingdom—:
+Esther	Esther	19	1	15	“According to the law, what is to be done to Queen Vashti, because she has not performed the command of King Ahasu-erus conveyed by the eunuchs?”
+Esther	Esther	19	1	16	Then Memucan said in presence of the king and the princes, “Not only to the king has Queen Vashti done wrong, but also to all the princes and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasu-erus.
+Esther	Esther	19	1	17	For this deed of the queen will be made known to all women, causing them to look with contempt upon their husbands, since they will say, ‘King Ahasu-erus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, and she did not come.’
+Esther	Esther	19	1	18	This very day the ladies of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen’s behavior will be telling it to all the king’s princes, and there will be contempt and wrath in plenty.
+Esther	Esther	19	1	19	If it please the king, let a royal order go forth from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so that it may not be altered, that Vashti is to come no more before King Ahasu-erus; and let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she.
+Esther	Esther	19	1	20	So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, vast as it is, all women will give honor to their husbands, high and low.”
+Esther	Esther	19	1	21	This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed;
+Esther	Esther	19	1	22	he sent letters to all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, that every man be lord in his own house and speak according to the language of his people.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	1	After these things, when the anger of King Ahasu-erus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	2	Then the king’s servants who attended him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	3	And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the capital, under custody of Hegai the king’s eunuch who is in charge of the women; let their ointments be given them.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	4	And let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	5	Now there was a Jew in Susa the capital whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shime-i, son of Kish, a Benjaminite,
+Esther	Esther	19	2	6	who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	7	He had brought up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother; the maiden was beautiful and lovely, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai adopted her as his own daughter.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	8	So when the king’s order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many maidens were gathered in Susa the capital in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king’s palace and put in custody of Hegai who had charge of the women.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	9	And the maiden pleased him and won his favor; and he quickly provided her with her ointments and her portion of food, and with seven chosen maids from the king’s palace, and advanced her and her maids to the best place in the harem.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	10	Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mordecai had charged her not to make it known.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	11	And every day Mordecai walked in front of the court of the harem, to learn how Esther was and how she fared.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	12	Now when the turn came for each maiden to go in to King Ahasu-erus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women—
+Esther	Esther	19	2	13	when the maiden went in to the king in this way she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the harem to the king’s palace.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	14	In the evening she went, and in the morning she came back to the second harem in custody of Sha-ashgaz the king’s eunuch who was in charge of the concubines; she did not go in to the king again, unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	15	When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had adopted her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king’s eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther found favor in the eyes of all who saw her.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	16	And when Esther was taken to King Ahasu-erus into his royal palace in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign,
+Esther	Esther	19	2	17	the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	18	Then the king gave a great banquet to all his princes and servants; it was Esther’s banquet. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces, and gave gifts with royal liberality.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	19	When the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	20	Now Esther had not made known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had charged her; for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	21	And in those days, as Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasu-erus.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	22	And this came to the knowledge of Mordecai, and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in the name of Mordecai.
+Esther	Esther	19	2	23	When the affair was investigated and found to be so, the men were both hanged on the gallows. And it was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the presence of the king.
+Esther	Esther	19	3	1	After these things King Ahasu-erus promoted Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, and advanced him and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.
+Esther	Esther	19	3	2	And all the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate bowed down and did obeisance to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow down or do obeisance.
+Esther	Esther	19	3	3	Then the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you transgress the king’s command?”
+Esther	Esther	19	3	4	And when they spoke to him day after day and he would not listen to them, they told Haman, in order to see whether Mordecai’s words would avail; for he had told them that he was a Jew.
+Esther	Esther	19	3	5	And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down or do obeisance to him, Haman was filled with fury.
+Esther	Esther	19	3	6	But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone. So, as they had made known to him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasu-erus.
+Esther	Esther	19	3	7	In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasu-erus, they cast Pur, that is the lot, before Haman day after day; and they cast it month after month till the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.
+Esther	Esther	19	3	8	Then Haman said to King Ahasu-erus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king’s laws, so that it is not for the king’s profit to tolerate them.
+Esther	Esther	19	3	9	If it please the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who have charge of the king’s business, that they may put it into the king’s treasuries.”
+Esther	Esther	19	3	10	So the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews.
+Esther	Esther	19	3	11	And the king said to Haman, “The money is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.”
+Esther	Esther	19	3	12	Then the king’s secretaries were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and an edict, according to all that Haman commanded, was written to the king’s satraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the princes of all the peoples, to every province in its own script and every people in its own language; it was written in the name of King Ahasu-erus and sealed with the king’s ring.
+Esther	Esther	19	3	13	Letters were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to slay, and to annihilate all Jews, young and old, women and children, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods.
+Esther	Esther	19	4	1	When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai rent his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, wailing with a loud and bitter cry;
+Esther	Esther	19	4	2	he went up to the entrance of the king’s gate, for no one might enter the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
+Esther	Esther	19	4	3	And in every province, wherever the king’s command and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting and weeping and lamenting, and most of them lay in sackcloth and ashes.
+Esther	Esther	19	4	4	When Esther’s maids and her eunuchs came and told her, the queen was deeply distressed; she sent garments to clothe Mordecai, so that he might take off his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
+Esther	Esther	19	4	5	Then Esther called for Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs, who had been appointed to attend her, and ordered him to go to Mordecai to learn what this was and why it was.
+Esther	Esther	19	4	6	Hathach went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the king’s gate,
+Esther	Esther	19	4	7	and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of money that Haman had promised to pay into the king’s treasuries for the destruction of the Jews.
+Esther	Esther	19	4	8	Mordecai also gave him a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for their destruction, that he might show it to Esther and explain it to her and charge her to go to the king to make supplication to him and entreat him for her people.
+Esther	Esther	19	4	9	And Hathach went and told Esther what Mordecai had said.
+Esther	Esther	19	4	10	Then Esther spoke to Hathach and gave him a message for Mordecai, saying,
+Esther	Esther	19	4	11	“All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that if any man or woman goes to the king inside the inner court without being called, there is but one law; all alike are to be put to death, except the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter that he may live. And I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.”
+Esther	Esther	19	4	12	And they told Mordecai what Esther had said.
+Esther	Esther	19	4	13	Then Mordecai told them to return answer to Esther, “Think not that in the king’s palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews.
+Esther	Esther	19	4	14	For if you keep silence at such a time as this, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another quarter, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
+Esther	Esther	19	4	15	Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai,
+Esther	Esther	19	4	16	“Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”
+Esther	Esther	19	4	17	Mordecai then went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him.
+Esther	Esther	19	5	3	And the king said to her, “What is it, Queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you, even to the half of my kingdom.”
+Esther	Esther	19	5	4	And Esther said, “If it please the king, let the king and Haman come this day to a dinner that I have prepared for the king.”
+Esther	Esther	19	5	5	Then said the king, “Bring Haman quickly, that we may do as Esther desires.” So the king and Haman came to the dinner that Esther had prepared.
+Esther	Esther	19	5	6	And as they were drinking wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.”
+Esther	Esther	19	5	7	But Esther said, “My petition and my request is:
+Esther	Esther	19	5	8	If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition and fulfil my request, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the dinner which I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said.”
+Esther	Esther	19	5	9	And Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart. But when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he neither rose nor trembled before him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.
+Esther	Esther	19	5	10	Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home; and he sent and fetched his friends and his wife Zeresh.
+Esther	Esther	19	5	11	And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and the servants of the king.
+Esther	Esther	19	5	12	And Haman added, “Even Queen Esther let no one come with the king to the banquet she prepared but myself. And tomorrow also I am invited by her together with the king.
+Esther	Esther	19	5	13	Yet all this does me no good, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
+Esther	Esther	19	5	14	Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows fifty cubits high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hanged upon it; then go merrily with the king to the dinner.” This counsel pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made.
+Esther	Esther	19	6	1	On that night the king could not sleep; and he gave orders to bring the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
+Esther	Esther	19	6	2	And it was found written how Mordecai had told about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, and who had sought to lay hands upon King Ahasu-erus.
+Esther	Esther	19	6	3	And the king said, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?” The king’s servants who attended him said, “Nothing has been done for him.”
+Esther	Esther	19	6	4	And the king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king’s palace to speak to the king about having Mordecai hanged on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
+Esther	Esther	19	6	5	So the king’s servants told him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” And the king said, “Let him come in.”
+Esther	Esther	19	6	6	So Haman came in, and the king said to him, “What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?” And Haman said to himself, “Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?”
+Esther	Esther	19	6	7	and Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor,
+Esther	Esther	19	6	8	let royal robes be brought, which the king has worn, and the horse which the king has ridden, and on whose head a royal crown is set;
+Esther	Esther	19	6	9	and let the robes and the horse be handed over to one of the king’s most noble princes; let him array the man whom the king delights to honor, and let him conduct the man on horseback through the open square of the city, proclaiming before him: ‘Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.’”
+Esther	Esther	19	6	10	Then the king said to Haman, “Make haste, take the robes and the horse, as you have said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew who sits at the king’s gate. Leave out nothing that you have mentioned.”
+Esther	Esther	19	6	11	So Haman took the robes and the horse, and he arrayed Mordecai and made him ride through the open square of the city, proclaiming, “Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.”
+Esther	Esther	19	6	12	Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered.
+Esther	Esther	19	6	13	And Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the Jewish people, you will not prevail against him but will surely fall before him.”
+Esther	Esther	19	6	14	While they were yet talking with him, the king’s eunuchs arrived and brought Haman in haste to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
+Esther	Esther	19	7	1	So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther.
+Esther	Esther	19	7	2	And on the second day, as they were drinking wine, the king again said to Esther, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.”
+Esther	Esther	19	7	3	Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request.
+Esther	Esther	19	7	4	For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have held my peace; for our affliction is not to be compared with the loss to the king.”
+Esther	Esther	19	7	5	Then King Ahasu-erus said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, that would presume to do this?”
+Esther	Esther	19	7	6	And Esther said, “A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!” Then Haman was in terror before the king and the queen.
+Esther	Esther	19	7	7	And the king rose from the feast in wrath and went into the palace garden; but Haman stayed to beg his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that evil was determined against him by the king.
+Esther	Esther	19	7	8	And the king returned from the palace garden to the place where they were drinking wine, as Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was; and the king said, “Will he even assault the queen in my presence, in my own house?” As the words left the mouth of the king, they covered Haman’s face.
+Esther	Esther	19	7	9	Then said Harbona, one of the eunuchs in attendance on the king, “Moreover, the gallows which Haman has prepared for Mordecai, whose word saved the king, is standing in Haman’s house, fifty cubits high.”
+Esther	Esther	19	7	10	And the king said, “Hang him on that.” So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.
+Esther	Esther	19	8	1	On that day King Ahasu-erus gave to Queen Esther the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told what he was to her;
+Esther	Esther	19	8	2	and the king took off his signet ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
+Esther	Esther	19	8	3	Then Esther spoke again to the king; she fell at his feet and besought him with tears to avert the evil design of Haman the Agagite and the plot which he had devised against the Jews.
+Esther	Esther	19	8	4	And the king held out the golden scepter to Esther,
+Esther	Esther	19	8	5	and Esther rose and stood before the king. And she said, “If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and if the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let an order be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the provinces of the king.
+Esther	Esther	19	8	6	For how can I endure to see the calamity that is coming to my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?”
+Esther	Esther	19	8	7	Then King Ahasu-erus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows, because he would lay hands on the Jews.
+Esther	Esther	19	8	8	And you may write as you please with regard to the Jews, in the name of the king, and seal it with the king’s ring; for an edict written in the name of the king and sealed with the king’s ring cannot be revoked.”
+Esther	Esther	19	8	9	The king’s secretaries were summoned at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day; and an edict was written according to all that Mordecai commanded concerning the Jews to the satraps and the governors and the princes of the provinces from India to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, and also to the Jews in their script and their language.
+Esther	Esther	19	8	10	The writing was in the name of King Ahasu-erus and sealed with the king’s ring, and letters were sent by mounted couriers riding on swift horses that were used in the king’s service, bred from the royal stud.
+Esther	Esther	19	8	11	By these the king allowed the Jews who were in every city to gather and defend their lives, to destroy, to slay, and to annihilate any armed force of any people or province that might attack them, with their children and women, and to plunder their goods,
+Esther	Esther	19	8	12	upon one day throughout all the provinces of King Ahasu-erus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.
+Esther	Esther	19	9	1	Now in the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s command and edict were about to be executed, on the very day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to get the mastery over them, but which had been changed to a day when the Jews should get the mastery over their foes,
+Esther	Esther	19	9	2	the Jews gathered in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasu-erus to lay hands on such as sought their hurt. And no one could make a stand against them, for the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.
+Esther	Esther	19	9	3	All the princes of the provinces and the satraps and the governors and the royal officials also helped the Jews, for the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.
+Esther	Esther	19	9	4	For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai grew more and more powerful.
+Esther	Esther	19	9	5	So the Jews smote all their enemies with the sword, slaughtering, and destroying them, and did as they pleased to those who hated them.
+Esther	Esther	19	9	6	In Susa the capital itself the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men,
+Esther	Esther	19	9	7	and also slew Par-shan-datha and Dalphon and Aspatha
+Esther	Esther	19	9	8	and Poratha and Adalia and Aridatha
+Esther	Esther	19	9	9	and Parmashta and Arisai and Aridai and Vaizatha,
+Esther	Esther	19	9	10	the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews; but they laid no hand on the plunder.
+Esther	Esther	19	9	11	That very day the number of those slain in Susa the capital was reported to the king.
+Esther	Esther	19	9	12	And the king said to Queen Esther, “In Susa the capital the Jews have slain five hundred men and also the ten sons of Haman. What then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces! Now what is your petition? It shall be granted you. And what further is your request? It shall be fulfilled.”
+Esther	Esther	19	9	13	And Esther said, “If it please the king, let the Jews who are in Susa be allowed tomorrow also to do according to this day’s edict. And let the ten sons of Haman be hanged on the gallows.”
+Esther	Esther	19	9	14	So the king commanded this to be done; a decree was issued in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hanged.
+Esther	Esther	19	9	15	The Jews who were in Susa gathered also on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and they slew three hundred men in Susa; but they laid no hands on the plunder.
+Esther	Esther	19	9	16	Now the other Jews who were in the king’s provinces also gathered to defend their lives, and got relief from their enemies, and slew seventy-five thousand of those who hated them; but they laid no hands on the plunder.
+Esther	Esther	19	9	17	This was on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested and made that a day of feasting and gladness.
+Esther	Esther	19	9	18	But the Jews who were in Susa gathered on the thirteenth day and on the fourteenth, and rested on the fifteenth day, making that a day of feasting and gladness.
+Esther	Esther	19	9	19	Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the open towns, hold the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day for gladness and feasting and holiday-making, and a day on which they send choice portions to one another.
+Esther	Esther	19	9	20	And Mordecai recorded these things, and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasu-erus, both near and far,
+Esther	Esther	19	9	21	enjoining them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and also the fifteenth day of the same, year by year,
+Esther	Esther	19	9	22	as the days on which the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending choice portions to one another and gifts to the poor.
+Esther	Esther	19	9	23	So the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them.
+Esther	Esther	19	9	24	For Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is the lot, to crush and destroy them;
+Esther	Esther	19	9	25	but when Esther came before the king, he gave orders in writing that his wicked plot which he had devised against the Jews should come upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
+Esther	Esther	19	9	26	Therefore they called these days Purim, after the term Pur. And therefore, because of all that was written in this letter, and of what they had faced in this matter, and of what had befallen them,
+Esther	Esther	19	9	27	the Jews ordained and took it upon themselves and their descendants and all who joined them, that without fail they would keep these two days according to what was written and at the time appointed every year,
+Esther	Esther	19	9	28	that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, in every family, province, and city, and that these days of Purim should never fall into disuse among the Jews, nor should the commemoration of these days cease among their descendants.
+Esther	Esther	19	9	29	Then Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew gave full written authority, confirming this second letter about Purim.
+Esther	Esther	19	9	30	Letters were sent to all the Jews, to the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasu-erus, in words of peace and truth,
+Esther	Esther	19	9	31	that these days of Purim should be observed at their appointed seasons, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther enjoined upon the Jews, and as they had laid down for themselves and for their descendants, with regard to their fasts and their lamenting.
+Esther	Esther	19	9	32	The command of Queen Esther fixed these practices of Purim, and it was recorded in writing.
+Esther	Esther	19	10	1	King Ahasu-erus laid tribute on the land and on the coastlands of the sea.
+Esther	Esther	19	10	2	And all the acts of his power and might, and the full account of the high honor of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
+Esther	Esther	19	10	3	For Mordecai the Jew was next in rank to King Ahasu-erus, and he was great among the Jews and popular with the multitude of his brethren, for he sought the welfare of his people and spoke peace to all his people.
+Esther	Esther	19	11	2	In the second year of the reign of Artaxerxes the Great, on the first day of Nisan, Mordecai the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, had a dream.
+Esther	Esther	19	11	3	He was a Jew, dwelling in the city of Susa, a great man, serving in the court of the king.
+Esther	Esther	19	11	4	He was one of the captives whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had brought from Jerusalem with Jeconiah king of Judea. And this was his dream:
+Esther	Esther	19	11	5	Behold, noise and confusion, thunders and earthquake, tumult upon the earth!
+Esther	Esther	19	11	6	And behold, two great dragons came forward, both ready to fight, and they roared terribly.
+Esther	Esther	19	11	7	And at their roaring every nation prepared for war, to fight against the nation of the righteous.
+Esther	Esther	19	11	8	And behold, a day of darkness and gloom, tribulation and distress, affliction and great tumult upon the earth!
+Esther	Esther	19	11	9	And the whole righteous nation was troubled; they feared the evils that threatened them, and were ready to perish.
+Esther	Esther	19	11	10	Then they cried to God; and from their cry, as though from a tiny spring, there came a great river, with abundant water;
+Esther	Esther	19	11	11	light came, and the sun rose, and the lowly were exalted and consumed those held in honor.
+Esther	Esther	19	11	12	Mordecai saw in this dream what God had determined to do, and after he awoke he had it on his mind and sought all day to understand it in every detail.
+Esther	Esther	19	12	1	Now Mordecai took his rest in the courtyard with Gabatha and Tharra, the two eunuchs of the king who kept watch in the courtyard.
+Esther	Esther	19	12	2	He overheard their conversation and inquired into their purposes, and learned that they were preparing to lay hands upon Artaxerxes the king; and he informed the king concerning them.
+Esther	Esther	19	12	3	Then the king examined the two eunuchs, and when they confessed they were led to execution.
+Esther	Esther	19	12	4	The king made a permanent record of these things, and Mordecai wrote an account of them.
+Esther	Esther	19	12	5	And the king ordered Mordecai to serve in the court and rewarded him for these things.
+Esther	Esther	19	12	6	But Haman, the son of Hammedatha, a Bougaean, was in great honor with the king, and he sought to injure Mordecai and his people because of the two eunuchs of the king.
+Esther	Esther	19	13	1	This is a copy of the letter: “The Great King, Artaxerxes, to the rulers of the hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia and to the governors under them, writes thus:
+Esther	Esther	19	13	2	“Having become ruler of many nations and master of the whole world, not elated with presumption of authority but always acting reasonably and with kindness, I have determined to settle the lives of my subjects in lasting tranquillity and, in order to make my kingdom peaceable and open to travel throughout all its extent, to re-establish the peace which all men desire.
+Esther	Esther	19	13	3	“When I asked my counselors how this might be accomplished, Haman, who excels among us in sound judgment, and is distinguished for his unchanging good will and steadfast fidelity, and has attained the second place in the kingdom,
+Esther	Esther	19	13	4	pointed out to us that among all the nations in the world there is scattered a certain hostile people, who have laws contrary to those of every nation and continually disregard the ordinances of the kings, so that the unifying of the kingdom which we honorably intend cannot be brought about.
+Esther	Esther	19	13	5	We understand that this people, and it alone, stands constantly in opposition to all men, perversely following a strange manner of life and laws, and is ill-disposed to our government, doing all the harm they can so that our kingdom may not attain stability.
+Esther	Esther	19	13	6	“Therefore we have decreed that those indicated to you in the letters of Haman, who is in charge of affairs and is our second father, shall all, with their wives and children, be utterly destroyed by the sword of their enemies, without pity or mercy, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month, Adar, of this present year,
+Esther	Esther	19	13	7	so that those who have long been and are now hostile may in one day go down in violence to Hades, and leave our government completely secure and untroubled hereafter.”
+Esther	Esther	19	14	1	And Esther the queen, seized with deathly anxiety, fled to the Lord;
+Esther	Esther	19	14	2	she took off her splendid apparel and put on the garments of distress and mourning, and instead of costly perfumes she covered her head with ashes and dung, and she utterly humbled her body, and every part that she loved to adorn she covered with her tangled hair.
+Esther	Esther	19	14	3	And she prayed to the Lord God of Israel, and said: Lord, thou only art our King; help me, who am alone and have no helper but thee,
+Esther	Esther	19	14	4	for my danger is in my hand.
+Esther	Esther	19	14	5	Ever since I was born I have heard in the tribe of my family that thou, O Lord, didst take Israel out of all the nations, and our fathers from among all their ancestors, for an everlasting inheritance, and that thou didst do for them all that thou didst promise.
+Esther	Esther	19	14	6	And now we have sinned before thee, and thou hast given us into the hands of our enemies,
+Esther	Esther	19	14	7	because we glorified their gods. Thou art righteous, O Lord!
+Esther	Esther	19	14	8	And now they are not satisfied that we are in bitter slavery, but they have covenanted with their idols
+Esther	Esther	19	14	9	to abolish what thy mouth has ordained and to destroy thy inheritance, to stop the mouths of those who praise thee and to quench thy altar and the glory of thy house,
+Esther	Esther	19	14	10	to open the mouths of the nations for the praise of vain idols, and to magnify for ever a mortal king.
+Esther	Esther	19	14	11	O Lord, do not surrender thy scepter to what has no being; and do not let them mock at our downfall; but turn their plan against themselves, and make an example of the man who began this against us.
+Esther	Esther	19	14	12	Remember, O Lord; make thyself known in this time of our affliction, and give me courage, O King of the gods and Master of all dominion!
+Esther	Esther	19	14	13	Put eloquent speech in my mouth before the lion, and turn his heart to hate the man who is fighting against us, so that there may be an end of him and those who agree with him.
+Esther	Esther	19	14	14	But save us by thy hand, and help me, who am alone and have no helper but thee, O Lord.
+Esther	Esther	19	14	15	Thou hast knowledge of all things; and thou knowest that I hate the splendor of the wicked and abhor the bed of the uncircumcised and of any alien.
+Esther	Esther	19	14	16	Thou knowest my necessity—that I abhor the sign of my proud position, which is upon my head on the days when I appear in public. I abhor it like a menstruous rag, and I do not wear it on the days when I am at leisure.
+Esther	Esther	19	14	17	And thy servant has not eaten at Haman’s table, and I have not honored the king’s feast or drunk the wine of the libations.
+Esther	Esther	19	14	18	Thy servant has had no joy since the day that I was brought here until now, except in thee, O Lord God of Abraham.
+Esther	Esther	19	14	19	O God, whose might is over all, hear the voice of the despairing, and save us from the hands of evildoers. And save me from my fear!”
+Esther	Esther	19	15	1	On the third day, when she ended her prayer, she took off the garments in which she had worshiped, and arrayed herself in splendid attire.
+Esther	Esther	19	15	2	Then, majestically adorned, after invoking the aid of the all-seeing God and Savior, she took her two maids with her,
+Esther	Esther	19	15	3	leaning daintily on one,
+Esther	Esther	19	15	4	while the other followed carrying her train.
+Esther	Esther	19	15	5	She was radiant with perfect beauty, and she looked happy, as if beloved, but her heart was frozen with fear.
+Esther	Esther	19	15	6	When she had gone through all the doors, she stood before the king. He was seated on his royal throne, clothed in the full array of his majesty, all covered with gold and precious stones. And he was most terrifying.
+Esther	Esther	19	15	7	Lifting his face, flushed with splendor, he looked at her in fierce anger. And the queen faltered, and turned pale and faint, and collapsed upon the head of the maid who went before her.
+Esther	Esther	19	15	8	Then God changed the spirit of the king to gentleness, and in alarm he sprang from his throne and took her in his arms until she came to herself. And he comforted her with soothing words, and said to her,
+Esther	Esther	19	15	9	“What is it, Esther? I am your brother. Take courage;
+Esther	Esther	19	15	10	you shall not die, for our law applies only to the people. Come near.”
+Esther	Esther	19	15	11	Then he raised the golden scepter and touched it to her neck;
+Esther	Esther	19	15	12	and he embraced her, and said, “Speak to me.”
+Esther	Esther	19	15	13	And she said to him, “I saw you, my lord, like an angel of God and my heart was shaken with fear at your glory.
+Esther	Esther	19	15	14	For you are wonderful, my lord, and your countenance is full of grace.”
+Esther	Esther	19	15	15	But as she was speaking, she fell fainting.
+Esther	Esther	19	15	16	And the king was agitated, and all his servants sought to comfort her.
+Esther	Esther	19	16	1	The following is a copy of this letter: “The Great King, Artaxerxes, to the rulers of the provinces from India to Ethiopia, one hundred and twenty-seven satrapies, and to those who are loyal to our government, greeting.
+Esther	Esther	19	16	2	“The more often they are honored by the too great kindness of their benefactors, the more proud do many men become.
+Esther	Esther	19	16	3	They not only seek to injure our subjects, but in their inability to stand prosperity they even undertake to scheme against their own benefactors.
+Esther	Esther	19	16	4	They not only take away thankfulness from among men, but, carried away by the boasts of those who know nothing of goodness, they suppose that they will escape the evil-hating justice of God, who always sees everything.
+Esther	Esther	19	16	5	And often many of those who are set in places of authority have been made in part responsible for the shedding of innocent blood, and have been involved in irremediable calamities, by the persuasion of friends who have been entrusted with the administration of public affairs,
+Esther	Esther	19	16	6	when these men by the false trickery of their evil natures beguile the sincere good will of their sovereigns.
+Esther	Esther	19	16	7	“What has been wickedly accomplished through the pestilent behavior of those who exercise authority unworthily, can be seen not so much from the more ancient records which we hand on as from investigation of matters close at hand.
+Esther	Esther	19	16	8	For the future we will take care to render our kingdom quiet and peaceable for all men,
+Esther	Esther	19	16	9	by changing our methods and always judging what comes before our eyes with more equitable consideration.
+Esther	Esther	19	16	10	For Haman, the son of Hammedatha, a Macedonian (really an alien to the Persian blood, and quite devoid of our kindliness), having become our guest,
+Esther	Esther	19	16	11	so far enjoyed the good will that we have for every nation that he was called our father and was continually bowed down to by all as the person second to the royal throne.
+Esther	Esther	19	16	12	But, unable to restrain his arrogance, he undertook to deprive us of our kingdom and our life,
+Esther	Esther	19	16	13	and with intricate craft and deceit asked for the destruction of Mordecai, our savior and perpetual benefactor, and of Esther, the blameless partner of our kingdom, together with their whole nation.
+Esther	Esther	19	16	14	He thought that in this way he would find us undefended and would transfer the kingdom of the Persians to the Macedonians.
+Esther	Esther	19	16	15	“But we find that the Jews, who were consigned to annihilation by this thrice accursed man, are not evildoers but are governed by most righteous laws
+Esther	Esther	19	16	16	and are sons of the Most High, the most mighty living God, who has directed the kingdom both for us and for our fathers in the most excellent order.
+Esther	Esther	19	16	17	“You will therefore do well not to put in execution the letters sent by Haman the son of Hammedatha,
+Esther	Esther	19	16	18	because the man himself who did these things has been hanged at the gate of Susa, with all his household. For God, who rules over all things, has speedily inflicted on him the punishment he deserved.
+Esther	Esther	19	16	19	“Therefore post a copy of this letter publicly in every place, and permit the Jews to live under their own laws.
+Esther	Esther	19	16	20	And give them reinforcements, so that on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, Adar, on that very day they may defend themselves against those who attack them at the time of their affliction.
+Esther	Esther	19	16	21	For God, who rules over all things, has made this day to be a joy to his chosen people instead of a day of destruction for them.
+Esther	Esther	19	16	22	“Therefore you shall observe this with all good cheer as a notable day among your commemorative festivals,
+Esther	Esther	19	16	23	so that both now and hereafter it may mean salvation for us and the loyal Persians, but that for those who plot against us it may be a reminder of destruction.
+Esther	Esther	19	16	24	“Every city and country, without exception, which does not act accordingly, shall be destroyed in wrath with spear and fire. It shall be made not only impassable for men, but also most hateful for all time to beasts and birds.”
+Job	Job	20	1	1	There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
+Job	Job	20	1	2	There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
+Job	Job	20	1	3	He had seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and very many servants; so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east.
+Job	Job	20	1	4	His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each on his day; and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
+Job	Job	20	1	5	And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and sanctify them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually.
+Job	Job	20	1	6	Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.
+Job	Job	20	1	7	The Lord said to Satan, “Whence have you come?” Satan answered the Lord, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”
+Job	Job	20	1	8	And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?”
+Job	Job	20	1	9	Then Satan answered the Lord, “Does Job fear God for nought?
+Job	Job	20	1	10	Hast thou not put a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? Thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
+Job	Job	20	1	11	But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse thee to thy face.”
+Job	Job	20	1	12	And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power; only upon himself do not put forth your hand.” So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.
+Job	Job	20	1	13	Now there was a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house;
+Job	Job	20	1	14	and there came a messenger to Job, and said, “The oxen were plowing and the asses feeding beside them;
+Job	Job	20	1	15	and the Sabeans fell upon them and took them, and slew the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
+Job	Job	20	1	16	While he was yet speaking, there came another, and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
+Job	Job	20	1	17	While he was yet speaking, there came another, and said, “The Chaldeans formed three companies, and made a raid upon the camels and took them, and slew the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
+Job	Job	20	1	18	While he was yet speaking, there came another, and said, “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house;
+Job	Job	20	1	19	and behold, a great wind came across the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young people, and they are dead; and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
+Job	Job	20	1	20	Then Job arose, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell upon the ground, and worshiped.
+Job	Job	20	1	21	And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”
+Job	Job	20	1	22	In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.
+Job	Job	20	2	1	Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord.
+Job	Job	20	2	2	And the Lord said to Satan, “Whence have you come?” Satan answered the Lord, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”
+Job	Job	20	2	3	And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you moved me against him, to destroy him without cause.”
+Job	Job	20	2	4	Then Satan answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life.
+Job	Job	20	2	5	But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.”
+Job	Job	20	2	6	And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your power; only spare his life.”
+Job	Job	20	2	7	So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord, and afflicted Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
+Job	Job	20	2	8	And he took a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and sat among the ashes.
+Job	Job	20	2	9	Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God, and die.”
+Job	Job	20	2	10	But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
+Job	Job	20	2	11	Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to condole with him and comfort him.
+Job	Job	20	2	12	And when they saw him from afar, they did not recognize him; and they raised their voices and wept; and they rent their robes and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
+Job	Job	20	2	13	And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.
+Job	Job	20	3	1	After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
+Job	Job	20	3	2	And Job said:
+Job	Job	20	3	3	“Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night which said, ‘A man-child is conceived.’
+Job	Job	20	3	4	Let that day be darkness! May God above not seek it, nor light shine upon it.
+Job	Job	20	3	5	Let gloom and deep darkness claim it. Let clouds dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
+Job	Job	20	3	6	That night—let thick darkness seize it! let it not rejoice among the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
+Job	Job	20	3	7	Yea, let that night be barren; let no joyful cry be heard in it.
+Job	Job	20	3	8	Let those curse it who curse the day, who are skilled to rouse up Leviathan.
+Job	Job	20	3	9	Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light, but have none, nor see the eyelids of the morning;
+Job	Job	20	3	10	because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hide trouble from my eyes.
+Job	Job	20	3	11	“Why did I not die at birth, come forth from the womb and expire?
+Job	Job	20	3	12	Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should suck?
+Job	Job	20	3	13	For then I should have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then I should have been at rest,
+Job	Job	20	3	14	with kings and counselors of the earth who rebuilt ruins for themselves,
+Job	Job	20	3	15	or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
+Job	Job	20	3	16	Or why was I not as a hidden untimely birth, as infants that never see the light?
+Job	Job	20	3	17	There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest.
+Job	Job	20	3	18	There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
+Job	Job	20	3	19	The small and the great are there, and the slave is free from his master.
+Job	Job	20	3	20	“Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,
+Job	Job	20	3	21	who long for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
+Job	Job	20	3	22	who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they find the grave?
+Job	Job	20	3	23	Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, whom God has hedged in?
+Job	Job	20	3	24	For my sighing comes as my bread, and my groanings are poured out like water.
+Job	Job	20	3	25	For the thing that I fear comes upon me, and what I dread befalls me.
+Job	Job	20	3	26	I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest; but trouble comes.”
+Job	Job	20	4	1	Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:
+Job	Job	20	4	2	“If one ventures a word with you, will you be offended? Yet who can keep from speaking?
+Job	Job	20	4	3	Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands.
+Job	Job	20	4	4	Your words have upheld him who was stumbling, and you have made firm the feeble knees.
+Job	Job	20	4	5	But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; it touches you, and you are dismayed.
+Job	Job	20	4	6	Is not your fear of God your confidence, and the integrity of your ways your hope?
+Job	Job	20	4	7	“Think now, who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off?
+Job	Job	20	4	8	As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.
+Job	Job	20	4	9	By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
+Job	Job	20	4	10	The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
+Job	Job	20	4	11	The strong lion perishes for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
+Job	Job	20	4	12	“Now a word was brought to me stealthily, my ear received the whisper of it.
+Job	Job	20	4	13	Amid thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
+Job	Job	20	4	14	dread came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.
+Job	Job	20	4	15	A spirit glided past my face; the hair of my flesh stood up.
+Job	Job	20	4	16	It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes; there was silence, then I heard a voice:
+Job	Job	20	4	17	‘Can mortal man be righteous before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?
+Job	Job	20	4	18	Even in his servants he puts no trust, and his angels he charges with error;
+Job	Job	20	4	19	how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth.
+Job	Job	20	4	20	Between morning and evening they are destroyed; they perish for ever without any regarding it.
+Job	Job	20	4	21	If their tent-cord is plucked up within them, do they not die, and that without wisdom?’
+Job	Job	20	5	1	“Call now; is there any one who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
+Job	Job	20	5	2	Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.
+Job	Job	20	5	3	I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
+Job	Job	20	5	4	His sons are far from safety, they are crushed in the gate, and there is no one to deliver them.
+Job	Job	20	5	5	His harvest the hungry eat, and he takes it even out of thorns; and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
+Job	Job	20	5	6	For affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the ground;
+Job	Job	20	5	7	but man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward.
+Job	Job	20	5	8	“As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause;
+Job	Job	20	5	9	who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number:
+Job	Job	20	5	10	he gives rain upon the earth and sends waters upon the fields;
+Job	Job	20	5	11	he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
+Job	Job	20	5	12	He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
+Job	Job	20	5	13	He takes the wise in their own craftiness; and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
+Job	Job	20	5	14	They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night.
+Job	Job	20	5	15	But he saves the fatherless from their mouth, the needy from the hand of the mighty.
+Job	Job	20	5	16	So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
+Job	Job	20	5	17	“Behold, happy is the man whom God reproves; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
+Job	Job	20	5	18	For he wounds, but he binds up; he smites, but his hands heal.
+Job	Job	20	5	19	He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven there shall no evil touch you.
+Job	Job	20	5	20	In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
+Job	Job	20	5	21	You shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes.
+Job	Job	20	5	22	At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the beasts of the earth.
+Job	Job	20	5	23	For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
+Job	Job	20	5	24	You shall know that your tent is safe, and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.
+Job	Job	20	5	25	You shall know also that your descendants shall be many, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.
+Job	Job	20	5	26	You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, as a shock of grain comes up to the threshing floor in its season.
+Job	Job	20	5	27	Lo, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good.”
+Job	Job	20	6	1	Then Job answered:
+Job	Job	20	6	2	“O that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
+Job	Job	20	6	3	For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.
+Job	Job	20	6	4	For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
+Job	Job	20	6	5	Does the wild ass bray when he has grass, or the ox low over his fodder?
+Job	Job	20	6	6	Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the slime of the purslane?
+Job	Job	20	6	7	My appetite refuses to touch them; they are as food that is loathsome to me.
+Job	Job	20	6	8	“O that I might have my request, and that God would grant my desire;
+Job	Job	20	6	9	that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
+Job	Job	20	6	10	This would be my consolation; I would even exult in pain unsparing; for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
+Job	Job	20	6	11	What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?
+Job	Job	20	6	12	Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?
+Job	Job	20	6	13	In truth I have no help in me, and any resource is driven from me.
+Job	Job	20	6	14	“He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
+Job	Job	20	6	15	My brethren are treacherous as a torrent-bed, as freshets that pass away,
+Job	Job	20	6	16	which are dark with ice, and where the snow hides itself.
+Job	Job	20	6	17	In time of heat they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
+Job	Job	20	6	18	The caravans turn aside from their course; they go up into the waste, and perish.
+Job	Job	20	6	19	The caravans of Tema look, the travelers of Sheba hope.
+Job	Job	20	6	20	They are disappointed because they were confident; they come thither and are confounded.
+Job	Job	20	6	21	Such you have now become to me; you see my calamity, and are afraid.
+Job	Job	20	6	22	Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’? Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’?
+Job	Job	20	6	23	Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’? Or, ‘Ransom me from the hand of oppressors’?
+Job	Job	20	6	24	“Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have erred.
+Job	Job	20	6	25	How forceful are honest words! But what does reproof from you reprove?
+Job	Job	20	6	26	Do you think that you can reprove words, when the speech of a despairing man is wind?
+Job	Job	20	6	27	You would even cast lots over the fatherless, and bargain over your friend.
+Job	Job	20	6	28	“But now, be pleased to look at me; for I will not lie to your face.
+Job	Job	20	6	29	Turn, I pray, let no wrong be done. Turn now, my vindication is at stake.
+Job	Job	20	6	30	Is there any wrong on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern calamity?
+Job	Job	20	7	1	“Has not man a hard service upon earth, and are not his days like the days of a hireling?
+Job	Job	20	7	2	Like a slave who longs for the shadow, and like a hireling who looks for his wages,
+Job	Job	20	7	3	so I am allotted months of emptiness, and nights of misery are apportioned to me.
+Job	Job	20	7	4	When I lie down I say, ‘When shall I arise?’ But the night is long, and I am full of tossing till the dawn.
+Job	Job	20	7	5	My flesh is clothed with worms and dirt; my skin hardens, then breaks out afresh.
+Job	Job	20	7	6	My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and come to their end without hope.
+Job	Job	20	7	7	“Remember that my life is a breath; my eye will never again see good.
+Job	Job	20	7	8	The eye of him who sees me will behold me no more; while thy eyes are upon me, I shall be gone.
+Job	Job	20	7	9	As the cloud fades and vanishes, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up;
+Job	Job	20	7	10	he returns no more to his house, nor does his place know him any more.
+Job	Job	20	7	11	“Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
+Job	Job	20	7	12	Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that thou settest a guard over me?
+Job	Job	20	7	13	When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,’
+Job	Job	20	7	14	then thou dost scare me with dreams and terrify me with visions,
+Job	Job	20	7	15	so that I would choose strangling and death rather than my bones.
+Job	Job	20	7	16	I loathe my life; I would not live for ever. Let me alone, for my days are a breath.
+Job	Job	20	7	17	What is man, that thou dost make so much of him, and that thou dost set thy mind upon him,
+Job	Job	20	7	18	dost visit him every morning, and test him every moment?
+Job	Job	20	7	19	How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow my spittle?
+Job	Job	20	7	20	If I sin, what do I do to thee, thou watcher of men? Why hast thou made me thy mark? Why have I become a burden to thee?
+Job	Job	20	7	21	Why dost thou not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie in the earth; thou wilt seek me, but I shall not be.”
+Job	Job	20	8	1	Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
+Job	Job	20	8	2	“How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind?
+Job	Job	20	8	3	Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
+Job	Job	20	8	4	If your children have sinned against him, he has delivered them into the power of their transgression.
+Job	Job	20	8	5	If you will seek God and make supplication to the Almighty,
+Job	Job	20	8	6	if you are pure and upright, surely then he will rouse himself for you and reward you with a rightful habitation.
+Job	Job	20	8	7	And though your beginning was small, your latter days will be very great.
+Job	Job	20	8	8	“For inquire, I pray you, of bygone ages, and consider what the fathers have found;
+Job	Job	20	8	9	for we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days on earth are a shadow.
+Job	Job	20	8	10	Will they not teach you, and tell you, and utter words out of their understanding?
+Job	Job	20	8	11	“Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
+Job	Job	20	8	12	While yet in flower and not cut down, they wither before any other plant.
+Job	Job	20	8	13	Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless man shall perish.
+Job	Job	20	8	14	His confidence breaks in sunder, and his trust is a spider’s web.
+Job	Job	20	8	15	He leans against his house, but it does not stand; he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.
+Job	Job	20	8	16	He thrives before the sun, and his shoots spread over his garden.
+Job	Job	20	8	17	His roots twine about the stoneheap; he lives among the rocks.
+Job	Job	20	8	18	If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’
+Job	Job	20	8	19	Behold, this is the joy of his way; and out of the earth others will spring.
+Job	Job	20	8	20	“Behold, God will not reject a blameless man, nor take the hand of evildoers.
+Job	Job	20	8	21	He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting.
+Job	Job	20	8	22	Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
+Job	Job	20	9	1	Then Job answered:
+Job	Job	20	9	2	“Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be just before God?
+Job	Job	20	9	3	If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand times.
+Job	Job	20	9	4	He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength —who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded?—
+Job	Job	20	9	5	he who removes mountains, and they know it not, when he overturns them in his anger;
+Job	Job	20	9	6	who shakes the earth out of its place, and its pillars tremble;
+Job	Job	20	9	7	who commands the sun, and it does not rise; who seals up the stars;
+Job	Job	20	9	8	who alone stretched out the heavens, and trampled the waves of the sea;
+Job	Job	20	9	9	who made the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the chambers of the south;
+Job	Job	20	9	10	who does great things beyond understanding, and marvelous things without number.
+Job	Job	20	9	11	Lo, he passes by me, and I see him not; he moves on, but I do not perceive him.
+Job	Job	20	9	12	Behold, he snatches away; who can hinder him? Who will say to him, ‘What doest thou’?
+Job	Job	20	9	13	“God will not turn back his anger; beneath him bowed the helpers of Rahab.
+Job	Job	20	9	14	How then can I answer him, choosing my words with him?
+Job	Job	20	9	15	Though I am innocent, I cannot answer him; I must appeal for mercy to my accuser.
+Job	Job	20	9	16	If I summoned him and he answered me, I would not believe that he was listening to my voice.
+Job	Job	20	9	17	For he crushes me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds without cause;
+Job	Job	20	9	18	he will not let me get my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
+Job	Job	20	9	19	If it is a contest of strength, behold him! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?
+Job	Job	20	9	20	Though I am innocent, my own mouth would condemn me; though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.
+Job	Job	20	9	21	I am blameless; I regard not myself; I loathe my life.
+Job	Job	20	9	22	It is all one; therefore I say, he destroys both the blameless and the wicked.
+Job	Job	20	9	23	When disaster brings sudden death, he mocks at the calamity of the innocent.
+Job	Job	20	9	24	The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covers the faces of its judges— if it is not he, who then is it?
+Job	Job	20	9	25	“My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.
+Job	Job	20	9	26	They go by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping on the prey.
+Job	Job	20	9	27	If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer,’
+Job	Job	20	9	28	I become afraid of all my suffering, for I know thou wilt not hold me innocent.
+Job	Job	20	9	29	I shall be condemned; why then do I labor in vain?
+Job	Job	20	9	30	If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,
+Job	Job	20	9	31	yet thou wilt plunge me into a pit, and my own clothes will abhor me.
+Job	Job	20	9	32	For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together.
+Job	Job	20	9	33	There is no umpire between us, who might lay his hand upon us both.
+Job	Job	20	9	34	Let him take his rod away from me, and let not dread of him terrify me.
+Job	Job	20	9	35	Then I would speak without fear of him, for I am not so in myself.
+Job	Job	20	10	1	“I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
+Job	Job	20	10	2	I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why thou dost contend against me.
+Job	Job	20	10	3	Does it seem good to thee to oppress, to despise the work of thy hands and favor the designs of the wicked?
+Job	Job	20	10	4	Hast thou eyes of flesh? Dost thou see as man sees?
+Job	Job	20	10	5	Are thy days as the days of man, or thy years as man’s years,
+Job	Job	20	10	6	that thou dost seek out my iniquity and search for my sin,
+Job	Job	20	10	7	although thou knowest that I am not guilty, and there is none to deliver out of thy hand?
+Job	Job	20	10	8	Thy hands fashioned and made me; and now thou dost turn about and destroy me.
+Job	Job	20	10	9	Remember that thou hast made me of clay; and wilt thou turn me to dust again?
+Job	Job	20	10	10	Didst thou not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese?
+Job	Job	20	10	11	Thou didst clothe me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.
+Job	Job	20	10	12	Thou hast granted me life and steadfast love; and thy care has preserved my spirit.
+Job	Job	20	10	13	Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this was thy purpose.
+Job	Job	20	10	14	If I sin, thou dost mark me, and dost not acquit me of my iniquity.
+Job	Job	20	10	15	If I am wicked, woe to me! If I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head, for I am filled with disgrace and look upon my affliction.
+Job	Job	20	10	16	And if I lift myself up, thou dost hunt me like a lion, and again work wonders against me;
+Job	Job	20	10	17	thou dost renew thy witnesses against me, and increase thy vexation toward me; thou dost bring fresh hosts against me.
+Job	Job	20	10	18	“Why didst thou bring me forth from the womb? Would that I had died before any eye had seen me,
+Job	Job	20	10	19	and were as though I had not been, carried from the womb to the grave.
+Job	Job	20	10	20	Are not the days of my life few? Let me alone, that I may find a little comfort
+Job	Job	20	10	21	before I go whence I shall not return, to the land of gloom and deep darkness,
+Job	Job	20	10	22	the land of gloom and chaos, where light is as darkness.”
+Job	Job	20	11	1	Then Zophar the Naamathite answered:
+Job	Job	20	11	2	“Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and a man full of talk be vindicated?
+Job	Job	20	11	3	Should your babble silence men, and when you mock, shall no one shame you?
+Job	Job	20	11	4	For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in God’s eyes.’
+Job	Job	20	11	5	But oh, that God would speak, and open his lips to you,
+Job	Job	20	11	6	and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.
+Job	Job	20	11	7	“Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
+Job	Job	20	11	8	It is higher than heaven—what can you do? Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
+Job	Job	20	11	9	Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
+Job	Job	20	11	10	If he passes through, and imprisons, and calls to judgment, who can hinder him?
+Job	Job	20	11	11	For he knows worthless men; when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it?
+Job	Job	20	11	12	But a stupid man will get understanding, when a wild ass’s colt is born a man.
+Job	Job	20	11	13	“If you set your heart aright, you will stretch out your hands toward him.
+Job	Job	20	11	14	If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in your tents.
+Job	Job	20	11	15	Surely then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be secure, and will not fear.
+Job	Job	20	11	16	You will forget your misery; you will remember it as waters that have passed away.
+Job	Job	20	11	17	And your life will be brighter than the noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
+Job	Job	20	11	18	And you will have confidence, because there is hope; you will be protected and take your rest in safety.
+Job	Job	20	11	19	You will lie down, and none will make you afraid; many will entreat your favor.
+Job	Job	20	11	20	But the eyes of the wicked will fail; all way of escape will be lost to them, and their hope is to breathe their last.”
+Job	Job	20	12	1	Then Job answered:
+Job	Job	20	12	2	“No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
+Job	Job	20	12	3	But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
+Job	Job	20	12	4	I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called upon God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
+Job	Job	20	12	5	In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it is ready for those whose feet slip.
+Job	Job	20	12	6	The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hand.
+Job	Job	20	12	7	“But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
+Job	Job	20	12	8	or the plants of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you.
+Job	Job	20	12	9	Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?
+Job	Job	20	12	10	In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.
+Job	Job	20	12	11	Does not the ear try words as the palate tastes food?
+Job	Job	20	12	12	Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days.
+Job	Job	20	12	13	“With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding.
+Job	Job	20	12	14	If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open.
+Job	Job	20	12	15	If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.
+Job	Job	20	12	16	With him are strength and wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
+Job	Job	20	12	17	He leads counselors away stripped, and judges he makes fools.
+Job	Job	20	12	18	He looses the bonds of kings, and binds a waistcloth on their loins.
+Job	Job	20	12	19	He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
+Job	Job	20	12	20	He deprives of speech those who are trusted, and takes away the discernment of the elders.
+Job	Job	20	12	21	He pours contempt on princes, and looses the belt of the strong.
+Job	Job	20	12	22	He uncovers the deeps out of darkness, and brings deep darkness to light.
+Job	Job	20	12	23	He makes nations great, and he destroys them: he enlarges nations, and leads them away.
+Job	Job	20	12	24	He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and makes them wander in a pathless waste.
+Job	Job	20	12	25	They grope in the dark without light; and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.
+Job	Job	20	13	1	“Lo, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it.
+Job	Job	20	13	2	What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
+Job	Job	20	13	3	But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.
+Job	Job	20	13	4	As for you, you whitewash with lies; worthless physicians are you all.
+Job	Job	20	13	5	Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom!
+Job	Job	20	13	6	Hear now my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips.
+Job	Job	20	13	7	Will you speak falsely for God, and speak deceitfully for him?
+Job	Job	20	13	8	Will you show partiality toward him, will you plead the case for God?
+Job	Job	20	13	9	Will it be well with you when he searches you out? Or can you deceive him, as one deceives a man?
+Job	Job	20	13	10	He will surely rebuke you if in secret you show partiality.
+Job	Job	20	13	11	Will not his majesty terrify you, and the dread of him fall upon you?
+Job	Job	20	13	12	Your maxims are proverbs of ashes, your defenses are defenses of clay.
+Job	Job	20	13	13	“Let me have silence, and I will speak, and let come on me what may.
+Job	Job	20	13	14	I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.
+Job	Job	20	13	15	Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope; yet I will defend my ways to his face.
+Job	Job	20	13	16	This will be my salvation, that a godless man shall not come before him.
+Job	Job	20	13	17	Listen carefully to my words, and let my declaration be in your ears.
+Job	Job	20	13	18	Behold, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be vindicated.
+Job	Job	20	13	19	Who is there that will contend with me? For then I would be silent and die.
+Job	Job	20	13	20	Only grant two things to me, then I will not hide myself from thy face:
+Job	Job	20	13	21	withdraw thy hand far from me, and let not dread of thee terrify me.
+Job	Job	20	13	22	Then call, and I will answer; or let me speak, and do thou reply to me.
+Job	Job	20	13	23	How many are my iniquities and my sins? Make me know my transgression and my sin.
+Job	Job	20	13	24	Why dost thou hide thy face, and count me as thy enemy?
+Job	Job	20	13	25	Wilt thou frighten a driven leaf and pursue dry chaff?
+Job	Job	20	13	26	For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
+Job	Job	20	13	27	Thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and watchest all my paths; thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet.
+Job	Job	20	13	28	Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
+Job	Job	20	14	1	“Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
+Job	Job	20	14	2	He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he flees like a shadow, and continues not.
+Job	Job	20	14	3	And dost thou open thy eyes upon such a one and bring him into judgment with thee?
+Job	Job	20	14	4	Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? There is not one.
+Job	Job	20	14	5	Since his days are determined, and the number of his months is with thee, and thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass,
+Job	Job	20	14	6	look away from him, and desist, that he may enjoy, like a hireling, his day.
+Job	Job	20	14	7	“For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease.
+Job	Job	20	14	8	Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stump die in the ground,
+Job	Job	20	14	9	yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth branches like a young plant.
+Job	Job	20	14	10	But man dies, and is laid low; man breathes his last, and where is he?
+Job	Job	20	14	11	As waters fail from a lake, and a river wastes away and dries up,
+Job	Job	20	14	12	so man lies down and rises not again; till the heavens are no more he will not awake, or be roused out of his sleep.
+Job	Job	20	14	13	Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest conceal me until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
+Job	Job	20	14	14	If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my service I would wait, till my release should come.
+Job	Job	20	14	15	Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest long for the work of thy hands.
+Job	Job	20	14	16	For then thou wouldest number my steps, thou wouldest not keep watch over my sin;
+Job	Job	20	14	17	my transgression would be sealed up in a bag, and thou wouldest cover over my iniquity.
+Job	Job	20	14	18	“But the mountain falls and crumbles away, and the rock is removed from its place;
+Job	Job	20	14	19	the waters wear away the stones; the torrents wash away the soil of the earth; so thou destroyest the hope of man.
+Job	Job	20	14	20	Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passes; thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
+Job	Job	20	14	21	His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; they are brought low, and he perceives it not.
+Job	Job	20	14	22	He feels only the pain of his own body, and he mourns only for himself.”
+Job	Job	20	15	1	Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:
+Job	Job	20	15	2	“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
+Job	Job	20	15	3	Should he argue in unprofitable talk, or in words with which he can do no good?
+Job	Job	20	15	4	But you are doing away with the fear of God, and hindering meditation before God.
+Job	Job	20	15	5	For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
+Job	Job	20	15	6	Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; your own lips testify against you.
+Job	Job	20	15	7	“Are you the first man that was born? Or were you brought forth before the hills?
+Job	Job	20	15	8	Have you listened in the council of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
+Job	Job	20	15	9	What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
+Job	Job	20	15	10	Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, older than your father.
+Job	Job	20	15	11	Are the consolations of God too small for you, or the word that deals gently with you?
+Job	Job	20	15	12	Why does your heart carry you away, and why do your eyes flash,
+Job	Job	20	15	13	that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
+Job	Job	20	15	14	What is man, that he can be clean? Or he that is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
+Job	Job	20	15	15	Behold, God puts no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not clean in his sight;
+Job	Job	20	15	16	how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
+Job	Job	20	15	17	“I will show you, hear me; and what I have seen I will declare
+Job	Job	20	15	18	(what wise men have told, and their fathers have not hidden,
+Job	Job	20	15	19	to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them).
+Job	Job	20	15	20	The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless.
+Job	Job	20	15	21	Terrifying sounds are in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.
+Job	Job	20	15	22	He does not believe that he will return out of darkness, and he is destined for the sword.
+Job	Job	20	15	23	He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand;
+Job	Job	20	15	24	distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him, like a king prepared for battle.
+Job	Job	20	15	25	Because he has stretched forth his hand against God, and bids defiance to the Almighty,
+Job	Job	20	15	26	running stubbornly against him with a thick-bossed shield;
+Job	Job	20	15	27	because he has covered his face with his fat, and gathered fat upon his loins,
+Job	Job	20	15	28	and has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no man should inhabit, which were destined to become heaps of ruins;
+Job	Job	20	15	29	he will not be rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will he strike root in the earth;
+Job	Job	20	15	30	he will not escape from darkness; the flame will dry up his shoots, and his blossom will be swept away by the wind.
+Job	Job	20	15	31	Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; for emptiness will be his recompense.
+Job	Job	20	15	32	It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not be green.
+Job	Job	20	15	33	He will shake off his unripe grape, like the vine, and cast off his blossom, like the olive tree.
+Job	Job	20	15	34	For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery.
+Job	Job	20	15	35	They conceive mischief and bring forth evil and their heart prepares deceit.”
+Job	Job	20	16	1	Then Job answered:
+Job	Job	20	16	2	“I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are you all.
+Job	Job	20	16	3	Shall windy words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
+Job	Job	20	16	4	I also could speak as you do, if you were in my place; I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you.
+Job	Job	20	16	5	I could strengthen you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips would assuage your pain.
+Job	Job	20	16	6	“If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?
+Job	Job	20	16	7	Surely now God has worn me out; he has made desolate all my company.
+Job	Job	20	16	8	And he has shriveled me up, which is a witness against me; and my leanness has risen up against me, it testifies to my face.
+Job	Job	20	16	9	He has torn me in his wrath, and hated me; he has gnashed his teeth at me; my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.
+Job	Job	20	16	10	Men have gaped at me with their mouth, they have struck me insolently upon the cheek, they mass themselves together against me.
+Job	Job	20	16	11	God gives me up to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
+Job	Job	20	16	12	I was at ease, and he broke me asunder; he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces; he set me up as his target,
+Job	Job	20	16	13	his archers surround me. He slashes open my kidneys, and does not spare; he pours out my gall on the ground.
+Job	Job	20	16	14	He breaks me with breach upon breach; he runs upon me like a warrior.
+Job	Job	20	16	15	I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my strength in the dust.
+Job	Job	20	16	16	My face is red with weeping, and on my eyelids is deep darkness;
+Job	Job	20	16	17	although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
+Job	Job	20	16	18	“O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry find no resting place.
+Job	Job	20	16	19	Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and he that vouches for me is on high.
+Job	Job	20	16	20	My friends scorn me; my eye pours out tears to God,
+Job	Job	20	16	21	that he would maintain the right of a man with God, like that of a man with his neighbor.
+Job	Job	20	16	22	For when a few years have come I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
+Job	Job	20	17	1	My spirit is broken, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me.
+Job	Job	20	17	2	Surely there are mockers about me, and my eye dwells on their provocation.
+Job	Job	20	17	3	“Lay down a pledge for me with thyself; who is there that will give surety for me?
+Job	Job	20	17	4	Since thou hast closed their minds to understanding, therefore thou wilt not let them triumph.
+Job	Job	20	17	5	He who informs against his friends to get a share of their property, the eyes of his children will fail.
+Job	Job	20	17	6	“He has made me a byword of the peoples, and I am one before whom men spit.
+Job	Job	20	17	7	My eye has grown dim from grief, and all my members are like a shadow.
+Job	Job	20	17	8	Upright men are appalled at this, and the innocent stirs himself up against the godless.
+Job	Job	20	17	9	Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he that has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.
+Job	Job	20	17	10	But you, come on again, all of you, and I shall not find a wise man among you.
+Job	Job	20	17	11	My days are past, my plans are broken off, the desires of my heart.
+Job	Job	20	17	12	They make night into day; ‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’
+Job	Job	20	17	13	If I look for Sheol as my house, if I spread my couch in darkness,
+Job	Job	20	17	14	if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
+Job	Job	20	17	15	where then is my hope? Who will see my hope?
+Job	Job	20	17	16	Will it go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?”
+Job	Job	20	18	1	Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
+Job	Job	20	18	2	“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak.
+Job	Job	20	18	3	Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight?
+Job	Job	20	18	4	You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place?
+Job	Job	20	18	5	“Yea, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine.
+Job	Job	20	18	6	The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out.
+Job	Job	20	18	7	His strong steps are shortened and his own schemes throw him down.
+Job	Job	20	18	8	For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on a pitfall.
+Job	Job	20	18	9	A trap seizes him by the heel, a snare lays hold of him.
+Job	Job	20	18	10	A rope is hid for him in the ground, a trap for him in the path.
+Job	Job	20	18	11	Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels.
+Job	Job	20	18	12	His strength is hunger-bitten, and calamity is ready for his stumbling.
+Job	Job	20	18	13	By disease his skin is consumed, the first-born of death consumes his limbs.
+Job	Job	20	18	14	He is torn from the tent in which he trusted, and is brought to the king of terrors.
+Job	Job	20	18	15	In his tent dwells that which is none of his; brimstone is scattered upon his habitation.
+Job	Job	20	18	16	His roots dry up beneath, and his branches wither above.
+Job	Job	20	18	17	His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the street.
+Job	Job	20	18	18	He is thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world.
+Job	Job	20	18	19	He has no offspring or descendant among his people, and no survivor where he used to live.
+Job	Job	20	18	20	They of the west are appalled at his day, and horror seizes them of the east.
+Job	Job	20	18	21	Surely such are the dwellings of the ungodly, such is the place of him who knows not God.”
+Job	Job	20	19	1	Then Job answered:
+Job	Job	20	19	2	“How long will you torment me, and break me in pieces with words?
+Job	Job	20	19	3	These ten times you have cast reproach upon me; are you not ashamed to wrong me?
+Job	Job	20	19	4	And even if it be true that I have erred, my error remains with myself.
+Job	Job	20	19	5	If indeed you magnify yourselves against me, and make my humiliation an argument against me,
+Job	Job	20	19	6	know then that God has put me in the wrong, and closed his net about me.
+Job	Job	20	19	7	Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered; I call aloud, but there is no justice.
+Job	Job	20	19	8	He has walled up my way, so that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness upon my paths.
+Job	Job	20	19	9	He has stripped from me my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
+Job	Job	20	19	10	He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone, and my hope has he pulled up like a tree.
+Job	Job	20	19	11	He has kindled his wrath against me, and counts me as his adversary.
+Job	Job	20	19	12	His troops come on together; they have cast up siegeworks against me, and encamp round about my tent.
+Job	Job	20	19	13	“He has put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
+Job	Job	20	19	14	My kinsfolk and my close friends have failed me;
+Job	Job	20	19	15	the guests in my house have forgotten me; my maidservants count me as a stranger; I have become an alien in their eyes.
+Job	Job	20	19	16	I call to my servant, but he gives me no answer; I must beseech him with my mouth.
+Job	Job	20	19	17	I am repulsive to my wife, loathsome to the sons of my own mother.
+Job	Job	20	19	18	Even young children despise me; when I rise they talk against me.
+Job	Job	20	19	19	All my intimate friends abhor me, and those whom I loved have turned against me.
+Job	Job	20	19	20	My bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
+Job	Job	20	19	21	Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me!
+Job	Job	20	19	22	Why do you, like God, pursue me? Why are you not satisfied with my flesh?
+Job	Job	20	19	23	“Oh that my words were written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
+Job	Job	20	19	24	Oh that with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
+Job	Job	20	19	25	For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at last he will stand upon the earth;
+Job	Job	20	19	26	and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then from my flesh I shall see God,
+Job	Job	20	19	27	whom I shall see on my side, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!
+Job	Job	20	19	28	If you say, ‘How we will pursue him!’ and, ‘The root of the matter is found in him’;
+Job	Job	20	19	29	be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishment of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.”
+Job	Job	20	20	1	Then Zophar the Naamathite answered:
+Job	Job	20	20	2	“Therefore my thoughts answer me, because of my haste within me.
+Job	Job	20	20	3	I hear censure which insults me, and out of my understanding a spirit answers me.
+Job	Job	20	20	4	Do you not know this from of old, since man was placed upon earth,
+Job	Job	20	20	5	that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
+Job	Job	20	20	6	Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,
+Job	Job	20	20	7	he will perish for ever like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
+Job	Job	20	20	8	He will fly away like a dream, and not be found; he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
+Job	Job	20	20	9	The eye which saw him will see him no more, nor will his place any more behold him.
+Job	Job	20	20	10	His children will seek the favor of the poor, and his hands will give back his wealth.
+Job	Job	20	20	11	His bones are full of youthful vigor, but it will lie down with him in the dust.
+Job	Job	20	20	12	“Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue,
+Job	Job	20	20	13	though he is loath to let it go, and holds it in his mouth,
+Job	Job	20	20	14	yet his food is turned in his stomach; it is the gall of asps within him.
+Job	Job	20	20	15	He swallows down riches and vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly.
+Job	Job	20	20	16	He will suck the poison of asps; the tongue of a viper will kill him.
+Job	Job	20	20	17	He will not look upon the rivers, the streams flowing with honey and curds.
+Job	Job	20	20	18	He will give back the fruit of his toil, and will not swallow it down; from the profit of his trading he will get no enjoyment.
+Job	Job	20	20	19	For he has crushed and abandoned the poor, he has seized a house which he did not build.
+Job	Job	20	20	20	“Because his greed knew no rest, he will not save anything in which he delights.
+Job	Job	20	20	21	There was nothing left after he had eaten; therefore his prosperity will not endure.
+Job	Job	20	20	22	In the fulness of his sufficiency he will be in straits; all the force of misery will come upon him.
+Job	Job	20	20	23	To fill his belly to the full God will send his fierce anger into him, and rain it upon him as his food.
+Job	Job	20	20	24	He will flee from an iron weapon; a bronze arrow will strike him through.
+Job	Job	20	20	25	It is drawn forth and comes out of his body, the glittering point comes out of his gall; terrors come upon him.
+Job	Job	20	20	26	Utter darkness is laid up for his treasures; a fire not blown upon will devour him; what is left in his tent will be consumed.
+Job	Job	20	20	27	The heavens will reveal his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.
+Job	Job	20	20	28	The possessions of his house will be carried away, dragged off in the day of God’s wrath.
+Job	Job	20	20	29	This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the heritage decreed for him by God.”
+Job	Job	20	21	1	Then Job answered:
+Job	Job	20	21	2	“Listen carefully to my words, and let this be your consolation.
+Job	Job	20	21	3	Bear with me, and I will speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.
+Job	Job	20	21	4	As for me, is my complaint against man? Why should I not be impatient?
+Job	Job	20	21	5	Look at me, and be appalled, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
+Job	Job	20	21	6	When I think of it I am dismayed, and shuddering seizes my flesh.
+Job	Job	20	21	7	Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow mighty in power?
+Job	Job	20	21	8	Their children are established in their presence, and their offspring before their eyes.
+Job	Job	20	21	9	Their houses are safe from fear, and no rod of God is upon them.
+Job	Job	20	21	10	Their bull breeds without fail; their cow calves, and does not cast her calf.
+Job	Job	20	21	11	They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
+Job	Job	20	21	12	They sing to the tambourine and the lyre, and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.
+Job	Job	20	21	13	They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to Sheol.
+Job	Job	20	21	14	They say to God, ‘Depart from us! We do not desire the knowledge of thy ways.
+Job	Job	20	21	15	What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’
+Job	Job	20	21	16	Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand? The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
+Job	Job	20	21	17	“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity comes upon them? That God distributes pains in his anger?
+Job	Job	20	21	18	That they are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away?
+Job	Job	20	21	19	You say, ‘God stores up their iniquity for their sons.’ Let him recompense it to themselves, that they may know it.
+Job	Job	20	21	20	Let their own eyes see their destruction, and let them drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
+Job	Job	20	21	21	For what do they care for their houses after them, when the number of their months is cut off?
+Job	Job	20	21	22	Will any teach God knowledge, seeing that he judges those that are on high?
+Job	Job	20	21	23	One dies in full prosperity, being wholly at ease and secure,
+Job	Job	20	21	24	his body full of fat and the marrow of his bones moist.
+Job	Job	20	21	25	Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted of good.
+Job	Job	20	21	26	They lie down alike in the dust, and the worms cover them.
+Job	Job	20	21	27	“Behold, I know your thoughts, and your schemes to wrong me.
+Job	Job	20	21	28	For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked dwelt?’
+Job	Job	20	21	29	Have you not asked those who travel the roads, and do you not accept their testimony
+Job	Job	20	21	30	that the wicked man is spared in the day of calamity, that he is rescued in the day of wrath?
+Job	Job	20	21	31	Who declares his way to his face, and who requites him for what he has done?
+Job	Job	20	21	32	When he is borne to the grave, watch is kept over his tomb.
+Job	Job	20	21	33	The clods of the valley are sweet to him; all men follow after him, and those who go before him are innumerable.
+Job	Job	20	21	34	How then will you comfort me with empty nothings? There is nothing left of your answers but falsehood.”
+Job	Job	20	22	1	Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:
+Job	Job	20	22	2	“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
+Job	Job	20	22	3	Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous, or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless?
+Job	Job	20	22	4	Is it for your fear of him that he reproves you, and enters into judgment with you?
+Job	Job	20	22	5	Is not your wickedness great? There is no end to your iniquities.
+Job	Job	20	22	6	For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
+Job	Job	20	22	7	You have given no water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
+Job	Job	20	22	8	The man with power possessed the land, and the favored man dwelt in it.
+Job	Job	20	22	9	You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless were crushed.
+Job	Job	20	22	10	Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden terror overwhelms you;
+Job	Job	20	22	11	your light is darkened, so that you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
+Job	Job	20	22	12	“Is not God high in the heavens? See the highest stars, how lofty they are!
+Job	Job	20	22	13	Therefore you say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the deep darkness?
+Job	Job	20	22	14	Thick clouds enwrap him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the vault of heaven.’
+Job	Job	20	22	15	Will you keep to the old way which wicked men have trod?
+Job	Job	20	22	16	They were snatched away before their time; their foundation was washed away.
+Job	Job	20	22	17	They said to God, ‘Depart from us,’ and ‘What can the Almighty do to us?’
+Job	Job	20	22	18	Yet he filled their houses with good things— but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
+Job	Job	20	22	19	The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent laugh them to scorn,
+Job	Job	20	22	20	saying, ‘Surely our adversaries are cut off, and what they left the fire has consumed.’
+Job	Job	20	22	21	“Agree with God, and be at peace; thereby good will come to you.
+Job	Job	20	22	22	Receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
+Job	Job	20	22	23	If you return to the Almighty and humble yourself, if you remove unrighteousness far from your tents,
+Job	Job	20	22	24	if you lay gold in the dust, and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent bed,
+Job	Job	20	22	25	and if the Almighty is your gold, and your precious silver;
+Job	Job	20	22	26	then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and lift up your face to God.
+Job	Job	20	22	27	You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you; and you will pay your vows.
+Job	Job	20	22	28	You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.
+Job	Job	20	22	29	For God abases the proud, but he saves the lowly.
+Job	Job	20	22	30	He delivers the innocent man; you will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”
+Job	Job	20	23	1	Then Job answered:
+Job	Job	20	23	2	“Today also my complaint is bitter, his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.
+Job	Job	20	23	3	Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!
+Job	Job	20	23	4	I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
+Job	Job	20	23	5	I would learn what he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
+Job	Job	20	23	6	Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No; he would give heed to me.
+Job	Job	20	23	7	There an upright man could reason with him, and I should be acquitted for ever by my judge.
+Job	Job	20	23	8	“Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him;
+Job	Job	20	23	9	on the left hand I seek him, but I cannot behold him; I turn to the right hand, but I cannot see him.
+Job	Job	20	23	10	But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
+Job	Job	20	23	11	My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside.
+Job	Job	20	23	12	I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured in my bosom the words of his mouth.
+Job	Job	20	23	13	But he is unchangeable and who can turn him? What he desires, that he does.
+Job	Job	20	23	14	For he will complete what he appoints for me; and many such things are in his mind.
+Job	Job	20	23	15	Therefore I am terrified at his presence; when I consider, I am in dread of him.
+Job	Job	20	23	16	God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me;
+Job	Job	20	23	17	for I am hemmed in by darkness, and thick darkness covers my face.
+Job	Job	20	24	1	“Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almighty, and why do those who know him never see his days?
+Job	Job	20	24	2	Men remove landmarks; they seize flocks and pasture them.
+Job	Job	20	24	3	They drive away the ass of the fatherless; they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
+Job	Job	20	24	4	They thrust the poor off the road; the poor of the earth all hide themselves.
+Job	Job	20	24	5	Behold, like wild asses in the desert they go forth to their toil, seeking prey in the wilderness as food for their children.
+Job	Job	20	24	6	They gather their fodder in the field and they glean the vineyard of the wicked man.
+Job	Job	20	24	7	They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
+Job	Job	20	24	8	They are wet with the rain of the mountains, and cling to the rock for want of shelter.
+Job	Job	20	24	9	(There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast, and take in pledge the infant of the poor.)
+Job	Job	20	24	10	They go about naked, without clothing; hungry, they carry the sheaves;
+Job	Job	20	24	11	among the olive rows of the wicked they make oil; they tread the wine presses, but suffer thirst.
+Job	Job	20	24	12	From out of the city the dying groan, and the soul of the wounded cries for help; yet God pays no attention to their prayer.
+Job	Job	20	24	13	“There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths.
+Job	Job	20	24	14	The murderer rises in the dark, that he may kill the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.
+Job	Job	20	24	15	The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me’; and he disguises his face.
+Job	Job	20	24	16	In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves up; they do not know the light.
+Job	Job	20	24	17	For deep darkness is morning to all of them; for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.
+Job	Job	20	24	18	“You say, ‘They are swiftly carried away upon the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the land; no treader turns toward their vineyards.
+Job	Job	20	24	19	Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters; so does Sheol those who have sinned.
+Job	Job	20	24	20	The squares of the town forget them; their name is no longer remembered; so wickedness is broken like a tree.’
+Job	Job	20	24	21	“They feed on the barren childless woman, and do no good to the widow.
+Job	Job	20	24	22	Yet God prolongs the life of the mighty by his power; they rise up when they despair of life.
+Job	Job	20	24	23	He gives them security, and they are supported; and his eyes are upon their ways.
+Job	Job	20	24	24	They are exalted a little while, and then are gone; they wither and fade like the mallow; they are cut off like the heads of grain.
+Job	Job	20	24	25	If it is not so, who will prove me a liar, and show that there is nothing in what I say?”
+Job	Job	20	25	1	Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
+Job	Job	20	25	2	“Dominion and fear are with God; he makes peace in his high heaven.
+Job	Job	20	25	3	Is there any number to his armies? Upon whom does his light not arise?
+Job	Job	20	25	4	How then can man be righteous before God? How can he who is born of woman be clean?
+Job	Job	20	25	5	Behold, even the moon is not bright and the stars are not clean in his sight;
+Job	Job	20	25	6	how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!”
+Job	Job	20	26	1	Then Job answered:
+Job	Job	20	26	2	“How you have helped him who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength!
+Job	Job	20	26	3	How you have counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
+Job	Job	20	26	4	With whose help have you uttered words, and whose spirit has come forth from you?
+Job	Job	20	26	5	The shades below tremble, the waters and their inhabitants.
+Job	Job	20	26	6	Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
+Job	Job	20	26	7	He stretches out the north over the void, and hangs the earth upon nothing.
+Job	Job	20	26	8	He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them.
+Job	Job	20	26	9	He covers the face of the moon, and spreads over it his cloud.
+Job	Job	20	26	10	He has described a circle upon the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
+Job	Job	20	26	11	The pillars of heaven tremble, and are astounded at his rebuke.
+Job	Job	20	26	12	By his power he stilled the sea; by his understanding he smote Rahab.
+Job	Job	20	26	13	By his wind the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
+Job	Job	20	26	14	Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways; and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”
+Job	Job	20	27	1	And Job again took up his discourse, and said:
+Job	Job	20	27	2	“As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter;
+Job	Job	20	27	3	as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
+Job	Job	20	27	4	my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
+Job	Job	20	27	5	Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
+Job	Job	20	27	6	I hold fast my righteousness, and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
+Job	Job	20	27	7	“Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him that rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
+Job	Job	20	27	8	For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?
+Job	Job	20	27	9	Will God hear his cry, when trouble comes upon him?
+Job	Job	20	27	10	Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
+Job	Job	20	27	11	I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
+Job	Job	20	27	12	Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
+Job	Job	20	27	13	“This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage which oppressors receive from the Almighty:
+Job	Job	20	27	14	If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough to eat.
+Job	Job	20	27	15	Those who survive him the pestilence buries, and their widows make no lamentation.
+Job	Job	20	27	16	Though he heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay;
+Job	Job	20	27	17	he may pile it up, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.
+Job	Job	20	27	18	The house which he builds is like a spider’s web, like a booth which a watchman makes.
+Job	Job	20	27	19	He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.
+Job	Job	20	27	20	Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries him off.
+Job	Job	20	27	21	The east wind lifts him up and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
+Job	Job	20	27	22	It hurls at him without pity; he flees from its power in headlong flight.
+Job	Job	20	27	23	It claps its hands at him, and hisses at him from its place.
+Job	Job	20	28	1	“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
+Job	Job	20	28	2	Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted from the ore.
+Job	Job	20	28	3	Men put an end to darkness, and search out to the farthest bound the ore in gloom and deep darkness.
+Job	Job	20	28	4	They open shafts in a valley away from where men live; they are forgotten by travelers, they hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.
+Job	Job	20	28	5	As for the earth, out of it comes bread; but underneath it is turned up as by fire.
+Job	Job	20	28	6	Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.
+Job	Job	20	28	7	“That path no bird of prey knows, and the falcon’s eye has not seen it.
+Job	Job	20	28	8	The proud beasts have not trodden it; the lion has not passed over it.
+Job	Job	20	28	9	“Man puts his hand to the flinty rock, and overturns mountains by the roots.
+Job	Job	20	28	10	He cuts out channels in the rocks, and his eye sees every precious thing.
+Job	Job	20	28	11	He binds up the streams so that they do not trickle, and the thing that is hid he brings forth to light.
+Job	Job	20	28	12	“But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
+Job	Job	20	28	13	Man does not know the way to it, and it is not found in the land of the living.
+Job	Job	20	28	14	The deep says, ‘It is not in me,’ and the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
+Job	Job	20	28	15	It cannot be gotten for gold, and silver cannot be weighed as its price.
+Job	Job	20	28	16	It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
+Job	Job	20	28	17	Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
+Job	Job	20	28	18	No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls.
+Job	Job	20	28	19	The topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare with it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
+Job	Job	20	28	20	“Whence then comes wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
+Job	Job	20	28	21	It is hid from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the birds of the air.
+Job	Job	20	28	22	Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
+Job	Job	20	28	23	“God understands the way to it, and he knows its place.
+Job	Job	20	28	24	For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees everything under the heavens.
+Job	Job	20	28	25	When he gave to the wind its weight, and meted out the waters by measure;
+Job	Job	20	28	26	when he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder;
+Job	Job	20	28	27	then he saw it and declared it; he established it, and searched it out.
+Job	Job	20	28	28	And he said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.’”
+Job	Job	20	29	1	And Job again took up his discourse, and said:
+Job	Job	20	29	2	“Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;
+Job	Job	20	29	3	when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;
+Job	Job	20	29	4	as I was in my autumn days, when the friendship of God was upon my tent;
+Job	Job	20	29	5	when the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
+Job	Job	20	29	6	when my steps were washed with milk, and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
+Job	Job	20	29	7	When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the square,
+Job	Job	20	29	8	the young men saw me and withdrew, and the aged rose and stood;
+Job	Job	20	29	9	the princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth;
+Job	Job	20	29	10	the voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
+Job	Job	20	29	11	When the ear heard, it called me blessed, and when the eye saw, it approved;
+Job	Job	20	29	12	because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless who had none to help him.
+Job	Job	20	29	13	The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
+Job	Job	20	29	14	I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban.
+Job	Job	20	29	15	I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.
+Job	Job	20	29	16	I was a father to the poor, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.
+Job	Job	20	29	17	I broke the fangs of the unrighteous, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
+Job	Job	20	29	18	Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand,
+Job	Job	20	29	19	my roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches,
+Job	Job	20	29	20	my glory fresh with me, and my bow ever new in my hand.’
+Job	Job	20	29	21	“Men listened to me, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
+Job	Job	20	29	22	After I spoke they did not speak again, and my word dropped upon them.
+Job	Job	20	29	23	They waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.
+Job	Job	20	29	24	I smiled on them when they had no confidence; and the light of my countenance they did not cast down.
+Job	Job	20	29	25	I chose their way, and sat as chief, and I dwelt like a king among his troops, like one who comforts mourners.
+Job	Job	20	30	1	“But now they make sport of me, men who are younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
+Job	Job	20	30	2	What could I gain from the strength of their hands, men whose vigor is gone?
+Job	Job	20	30	3	Through want and hard hunger they gnaw the dry and desolate ground;
+Job	Job	20	30	4	they pick mallow and the leaves of bushes, and to warm themselves the roots of the broom.
+Job	Job	20	30	5	They are driven out from among men; they shout after them as after a thief.
+Job	Job	20	30	6	In the gullies of the torrents they must dwell, in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
+Job	Job	20	30	7	Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they huddle together.
+Job	Job	20	30	8	A senseless, a disreputable brood, they have been whipped out of the land.
+Job	Job	20	30	9	“And now I have become their song, I am a byword to them.
+Job	Job	20	30	10	They abhor me, they keep aloof from me; they do not hesitate to spit at the sight of me.
+Job	Job	20	30	11	Because God has loosed my cord and humbled me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.
+Job	Job	20	30	12	On my right hand the rabble rise, they drive me forth, they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
+Job	Job	20	30	13	They break up my path, they promote my calamity; no one restrains them.
+Job	Job	20	30	14	As through a wide breach they come; amid the crash they roll on.
+Job	Job	20	30	15	Terrors are turned upon me; my honor is pursued as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.
+Job	Job	20	30	16	“And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold of me.
+Job	Job	20	30	17	The night racks my bones, and the pain that gnaws me takes no rest.
+Job	Job	20	30	18	With violence it seizes my garment; it binds me about like the collar of my tunic.
+Job	Job	20	30	19	God has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.
+Job	Job	20	30	20	I cry to thee and thou dost not answer me; I stand, and thou dost not heed me.
+Job	Job	20	30	21	Thou hast turned cruel to me; with the might of thy hand thou dost persecute me.
+Job	Job	20	30	22	Thou liftest me up on the wind, thou makest me ride on it, and thou tossest me about in the roar of the storm.
+Job	Job	20	30	23	Yea, I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
+Job	Job	20	30	24	“Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand, and in his disaster cry for help?
+Job	Job	20	30	25	Did not I weep for him whose day was hard? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?
+Job	Job	20	30	26	But when I looked for good, evil came; and when I waited for light, darkness came.
+Job	Job	20	30	27	My heart is in turmoil, and is never still; days of affliction come to meet me.
+Job	Job	20	30	28	I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
+Job	Job	20	30	29	I am a brother of jackals, and a companion of ostriches.
+Job	Job	20	30	30	My skin turns black and falls from me, and my bones burn with heat.
+Job	Job	20	30	31	My lyre is turned to mourning, and my pipe to the voice of those who weep.
+Job	Job	20	31	1	“I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I look upon a virgin?
+Job	Job	20	31	2	What would be my portion from God above, and my heritage from the Almighty on high?
+Job	Job	20	31	3	Does not calamity befall the unrighteous, and disaster the workers of iniquity?
+Job	Job	20	31	4	Does not he see my ways, and number all my steps?
+Job	Job	20	31	5	“If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hastened to deceit;
+Job	Job	20	31	6	(Let me be weighed in a just balance, and let God know my integrity!)
+Job	Job	20	31	7	if my step has turned aside from the way, and my heart has gone after my eyes, and if any spot has cleaved to my hands;
+Job	Job	20	31	8	then let me sow, and another eat; and let what grows for me be rooted out.
+Job	Job	20	31	9	“If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door;
+Job	Job	20	31	10	then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.
+Job	Job	20	31	11	For that would be a heinous crime; that would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges;
+Job	Job	20	31	12	for that would be a fire which consumes unto Abaddon, and it would burn to the root all my increase.
+Job	Job	20	31	13	“If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me;
+Job	Job	20	31	14	what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?
+Job	Job	20	31	15	Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
+Job	Job	20	31	16	“If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
+Job	Job	20	31	17	or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
+Job	Job	20	31	18	(for from his youth I reared him as a father, and from his mother’s womb I guided him);
+Job	Job	20	31	19	if I have seen any one perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without covering;
+Job	Job	20	31	20	if his loins have not blessed me, and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
+Job	Job	20	31	21	if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw help in the gate;
+Job	Job	20	31	22	then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket.
+Job	Job	20	31	23	For I was in terror of calamity from God, and I could not have faced his majesty.
+Job	Job	20	31	24	“If I have made gold my trust, or called fine gold my confidence;
+Job	Job	20	31	25	if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, or because my hand had gotten much;
+Job	Job	20	31	26	if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor,
+Job	Job	20	31	27	and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand;
+Job	Job	20	31	28	this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I should have been false to God above.
+Job	Job	20	31	29	“If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him that hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him
+Job	Job	20	31	30	(I have not let my mouth sin by asking for his life with a curse);
+Job	Job	20	31	31	if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who is there that has not been filled with his meat?’
+Job	Job	20	31	32	(the sojourner has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the wayfarer);
+Job	Job	20	31	33	if I have concealed my transgressions from men, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
+Job	Job	20	31	34	because I stood in great fear of the multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors—
+Job	Job	20	31	35	Oh, that I had one to hear me! (Here is my signature! let the Almighty answer me!) Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary!
+Job	Job	20	31	36	Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me as a crown;
+Job	Job	20	31	37	I would give him an account of all my steps; like a prince I would approach him.
+Job	Job	20	31	38	“If my land has cried out against me, and its furrows have wept together;
+Job	Job	20	31	39	if I have eaten its yield without payment, and caused the death of its owners;
+Job	Job	20	31	40	let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.
+Job	Job	20	32	1	So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
+Job	Job	20	32	2	Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became angry. He was angry at Job because he justified himself rather than God;
+Job	Job	20	32	3	he was angry also at Job’s three friends because they had found no answer, although they had declared Job to be in the wrong.
+Job	Job	20	32	4	Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he.
+Job	Job	20	32	5	And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, he became angry.
+Job	Job	20	32	6	And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered: “I am young in years, and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you.
+Job	Job	20	32	7	I said, ‘Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.’
+Job	Job	20	32	8	But it is the spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand.
+Job	Job	20	32	9	It is not the old that are wise, nor the aged that understand what is right.
+Job	Job	20	32	10	Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me; let me also declare my opinion.’
+Job	Job	20	32	11	“Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your wise sayings, while you searched out what to say.
+Job	Job	20	32	12	I gave you my attention, and, behold, there was none that confuted Job, or that answered his words, among you.
+Job	Job	20	32	13	Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man.’
+Job	Job	20	32	14	He has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your speeches.
+Job	Job	20	32	15	“They are discomfited, they answer no more; they have not a word to say.
+Job	Job	20	32	16	And shall I wait, because they do not speak, because they stand there, and answer no more?
+Job	Job	20	32	17	I also will give my answer; I also will declare my opinion.
+Job	Job	20	32	18	For I am full of words, the spirit within me constrains me.
+Job	Job	20	32	19	Behold, my heart is like wine that has no vent; like new wineskins, it is ready to burst.
+Job	Job	20	32	20	I must speak, that I may find relief; I must open my lips and answer.
+Job	Job	20	32	21	I will not show partiality to any person or use flattery toward any man.
+Job	Job	20	32	22	For I do not know how to flatter, else would my Maker soon put an end to me.
+Job	Job	20	33	1	“But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words.
+Job	Job	20	33	2	Behold, I open my mouth; the tongue in my mouth speaks.
+Job	Job	20	33	3	My words declare the uprightness of my heart, and what my lips know they speak sincerely.
+Job	Job	20	33	4	The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
+Job	Job	20	33	5	Answer me, if you can; set your words in order before me; take your stand.
+Job	Job	20	33	6	Behold, I am toward God as you are; I too was formed from a piece of clay.
+Job	Job	20	33	7	Behold, no fear of me need terrify you; my pressure will not be heavy upon you.
+Job	Job	20	33	8	“Surely, you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the sound of your words.
+Job	Job	20	33	9	You say, ‘I am clean, without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me.
+Job	Job	20	33	10	Behold, he finds occasions against me, he counts me as his enemy;
+Job	Job	20	33	11	he puts my feet in the stocks, and watches all my paths.’
+Job	Job	20	33	12	“Behold, in this you are not right. I will answer you. God is greater than man.
+Job	Job	20	33	13	Why do you contend against him, saying, ‘He will answer none of my words’?
+Job	Job	20	33	14	For God speaks in one way, and in two, though man does not perceive it.
+Job	Job	20	33	15	In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while they slumber on their beds,
+Job	Job	20	33	16	then he opens the ears of men, and terrifies them with warnings,
+Job	Job	20	33	17	that he may turn man aside from his deed, and cut off pride from man;
+Job	Job	20	33	18	he keeps back his soul from the Pit, his life from perishing by the sword.
+Job	Job	20	33	19	“Man is also chastened with pain upon his bed, and with continual strife in his bones;
+Job	Job	20	33	20	so that his life loathes bread, and his appetite dainty food.
+Job	Job	20	33	21	His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen; and his bones which were not seen stick out.
+Job	Job	20	33	22	His soul draws near the Pit, and his life to those who bring death.
+Job	Job	20	33	23	If there be for him an angel, a mediator, one of the thousand, to declare to man what is right for him;
+Job	Job	20	33	24	and he is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down into the Pit, I have found a ransom;
+Job	Job	20	33	25	let his flesh become fresh with youth; let him return to the days of his youthful vigor’;
+Job	Job	20	33	26	then man prays to God, and he accepts him, he comes into his presence with joy. He recounts to men his salvation,
+Job	Job	20	33	27	and he sings before men, and says: ‘I sinned and perverted what was right, and it was not requited to me.
+Job	Job	20	33	28	He has redeemed my soul from going down into the Pit, and my life shall see the light.’
+Job	Job	20	33	29	“Behold, God does all these things, twice, three times, with a man,
+Job	Job	20	33	30	to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may see the light of life.
+Job	Job	20	33	31	Give heed, O Job, listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
+Job	Job	20	33	32	If you have anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you.
+Job	Job	20	33	33	If not, listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”
+Job	Job	20	34	1	Then Elihu said:
+Job	Job	20	34	2	“Hear my words, you wise men, and give ear to me, you who know;
+Job	Job	20	34	3	for the ear tests words as the palate tastes food.
+Job	Job	20	34	4	Let us choose what is right; let us determine among ourselves what is good.
+Job	Job	20	34	5	For Job has said, ‘I am innocent, and God has taken away my right;
+Job	Job	20	34	6	in spite of my right I am counted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
+Job	Job	20	34	7	What man is like Job, who drinks up scoffing like water,
+Job	Job	20	34	8	who goes in company with evildoers and walks with wicked men?
+Job	Job	20	34	9	For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should take delight in God.’
+Job	Job	20	34	10	“Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding, far be it from God that he should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.
+Job	Job	20	34	11	For according to the work of a man he will requite him, and according to his ways he will make it befall him.
+Job	Job	20	34	12	Of a truth, God will not do wickedly, and the Almighty will not pervert justice.
+Job	Job	20	34	13	Who gave him charge over the earth and who laid on him the whole world?
+Job	Job	20	34	14	If he should take back his spirit to himself, and gather to himself his breath,
+Job	Job	20	34	15	all flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust.
+Job	Job	20	34	16	“If you have understanding, hear this; listen to what I say.
+Job	Job	20	34	17	Shall one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,
+Job	Job	20	34	18	who says to a king, ‘Worthless one,’ and to nobles, ‘Wicked man’;
+Job	Job	20	34	19	who shows no partiality to princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor, for they are all the work of his hands?
+Job	Job	20	34	20	In a moment they die; at midnight the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away by no human hand.
+Job	Job	20	34	21	“For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.
+Job	Job	20	34	22	There is no gloom or deep darkness where evildoers may hide themselves.
+Job	Job	20	34	23	For he has not appointed a time for any man to go before God in judgment.
+Job	Job	20	34	24	He shatters the mighty without investigation, and sets others in their place.
+Job	Job	20	34	25	Thus, knowing their works, he overturns them in the night, and they are crushed.
+Job	Job	20	34	26	He strikes them for their wickedness in the sight of men,
+Job	Job	20	34	27	because they turned aside from following him, and had no regard for any of his ways,
+Job	Job	20	34	28	so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heard the cry of the afflicted—
+Job	Job	20	34	29	When he is quiet, who can condemn? When he hides his face, who can behold him, whether it be a nation or a man?—
+Job	Job	20	34	30	that a godless man should not reign, that he should not ensnare the people.
+Job	Job	20	34	31	“For has any one said to God, ‘I have borne chastisement; I will not offend any more;
+Job	Job	20	34	32	teach me what I do not see; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?
+Job	Job	20	34	33	Will he then make requital to suit you, because you reject it? For you must choose, and not I; therefore declare what you know.
+Job	Job	20	34	34	Men of understanding will say to me, and the wise man who hears me will say:
+Job	Job	20	34	35	‘Job speaks without knowledge, his words are without insight.’
+Job	Job	20	34	36	Would that Job were tried to the end, because he answers like wicked men.
+Job	Job	20	34	37	For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.”
+Job	Job	20	35	1	And Elihu said:
+Job	Job	20	35	2	“Do you think this to be just? Do you say, ‘It is my right before God,’
+Job	Job	20	35	3	that you ask, ‘What advantage have I? How am I better off than if I had sinned?’
+Job	Job	20	35	4	I will answer you and your friends with you.
+Job	Job	20	35	5	Look at the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds, which are higher than you.
+Job	Job	20	35	6	If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him? And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
+Job	Job	20	35	7	If you are righteous, what do you give to him; or what does he receive from your hand?
+Job	Job	20	35	8	Your wickedness concerns a man like yourself, and your righteousness a son of man.
+Job	Job	20	35	9	“Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out; they call for help because of the arm of the mighty.
+Job	Job	20	35	10	But none says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
+Job	Job	20	35	11	who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
+Job	Job	20	35	12	There they cry out, but he does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
+Job	Job	20	35	13	Surely God does not hear an empty cry, nor does the Almighty regard it.
+Job	Job	20	35	14	How much less when you say that you do not see him, that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him!
+Job	Job	20	35	15	And now, because his anger does not punish, and he does not greatly heed transgression,
+Job	Job	20	35	16	Job opens his mouth in empty talk, he multiplies words without knowledge.”
+Job	Job	20	36	1	And Elihu continued, and said:
+Job	Job	20	36	2	“Bear with me a little, and I will show you, for I have yet something to say on God’s behalf.
+Job	Job	20	36	3	I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
+Job	Job	20	36	4	For truly my words are not false; one who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
+Job	Job	20	36	5	“Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding.
+Job	Job	20	36	6	He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right.
+Job	Job	20	36	7	He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings upon the throne he sets them for ever, and they are exalted.
+Job	Job	20	36	8	And if they are bound in fetters and caught in the cords of affliction,
+Job	Job	20	36	9	then he declares to them their work and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.
+Job	Job	20	36	10	He opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.
+Job	Job	20	36	11	If they hearken and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness.
+Job	Job	20	36	12	But if they do not hearken, they perish by the sword, and die without knowledge.
+Job	Job	20	36	13	“The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them.
+Job	Job	20	36	14	They die in youth, and their life ends in shame.
+Job	Job	20	36	15	He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear by adversity.
+Job	Job	20	36	16	He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no cramping, and what was set on your table was full of fatness.
+Job	Job	20	36	17	“But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; judgment and justice seize you.
+Job	Job	20	36	18	Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing; and let not the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.
+Job	Job	20	36	19	Will your cry avail to keep you from distress, or all the force of your strength?
+Job	Job	20	36	20	Do not long for the night, when peoples are cut off in their place.
+Job	Job	20	36	21	Take heed, do not turn to iniquity, for this you have chosen rather than affliction.
+Job	Job	20	36	22	Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?
+Job	Job	20	36	23	Who has prescribed for him his way, or who can say, ‘Thou hast done wrong’?
+Job	Job	20	36	24	“Remember to extol his work, of which men have sung.
+Job	Job	20	36	25	All men have looked on it; man beholds it from afar.
+Job	Job	20	36	26	Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable.
+Job	Job	20	36	27	For he draws up the drops of water, he distils his mist in rain
+Job	Job	20	36	28	which the skies pour down, and drop upon man abundantly.
+Job	Job	20	36	29	Can any one understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?
+Job	Job	20	36	30	Behold, he scatters his lightning about him, and covers the roots of the sea.
+Job	Job	20	36	31	For by these he judges peoples; he gives food in abundance.
+Job	Job	20	36	32	He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.
+Job	Job	20	36	33	Its crashing declares concerning him, who is jealous with anger against iniquity.
+Job	Job	20	37	1	“At this also my heart trembles, and leaps out of its place.
+Job	Job	20	37	2	Hearken to the thunder of his voice and the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
+Job	Job	20	37	3	Under the whole heaven he lets it go, and his lightning to the corners of the earth.
+Job	Job	20	37	4	After it his voice roars; he thunders with his majestic voice and he does not restrain the lightnings when his voice is heard.
+Job	Job	20	37	5	God thunders wondrously with his voice; he does great things which we cannot comprehend.
+Job	Job	20	37	6	For to the snow he says, ‘Fall on the earth’; and to the shower and the rain, ‘Be strong.’
+Job	Job	20	37	7	He seals up the hand of every man, that all men may know his work.
+Job	Job	20	37	8	Then the beasts go into their lairs, and remain in their dens.
+Job	Job	20	37	9	From its chamber comes the whirlwind, and cold from the scattering winds.
+Job	Job	20	37	10	By the breath of God ice is given, and the broad waters are frozen fast.
+Job	Job	20	37	11	He loads the thick cloud with moisture; the clouds scatter his lightning.
+Job	Job	20	37	12	They turn round and round by his guidance, to accomplish all that he commands them on the face of the habitable world.
+Job	Job	20	37	13	Whether for correction, or for his land, or for love, he causes it to happen.
+Job	Job	20	37	14	“Hear this, O Job; stop and consider the wondrous works of God.
+Job	Job	20	37	15	Do you know how God lays his command upon them, and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?
+Job	Job	20	37	16	Do you know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge,
+Job	Job	20	37	17	you whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind?
+Job	Job	20	37	18	Can you, like him, spread out the skies, hard as a molten mirror?
+Job	Job	20	37	19	Teach us what we shall say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of darkness.
+Job	Job	20	37	20	Shall it be told him that I would speak? Did a man ever wish that he would be swallowed up?
+Job	Job	20	37	21	“And now men cannot look on the light when it is bright in the skies, when the wind has passed and cleared them.
+Job	Job	20	37	22	Out of the north comes golden splendor; God is clothed with terrible majesty.
+Job	Job	20	37	23	The Almighty—we cannot find him; he is great in power and justice, and abundant righteousness he will not violate.
+Job	Job	20	37	24	Therefore men fear him; he does not regard any who are wise in their own conceit.”
+Job	Job	20	38	1	Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind:
+Job	Job	20	38	2	“Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
+Job	Job	20	38	3	Gird up your loins like a man, I will question you, and you shall declare to me.
+Job	Job	20	38	4	“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
+Job	Job	20	38	5	Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it?
+Job	Job	20	38	6	On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone,
+Job	Job	20	38	7	when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
+Job	Job	20	38	8	“Or who shut in the sea with doors, when it burst forth from the womb;
+Job	Job	20	38	9	when I made clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,
+Job	Job	20	38	10	and prescribed bounds for it, and set bars and doors,
+Job	Job	20	38	11	and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed’?
+Job	Job	20	38	12	“Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place,
+Job	Job	20	38	13	that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?
+Job	Job	20	38	14	It is changed like clay under the seal, and it is dyed like a garment.
+Job	Job	20	38	15	From the wicked their light is withheld, and their uplifted arm is broken.
+Job	Job	20	38	16	“Have you entered into the springs of the sea, or walked in the recesses of the deep?
+Job	Job	20	38	17	Have the gates of death been revealed to you, or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
+Job	Job	20	38	18	Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth? Declare, if you know all this.
+Job	Job	20	38	19	“Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and where is the place of darkness,
+Job	Job	20	38	20	that you may take it to its territory and that you may discern the paths to its home?
+Job	Job	20	38	21	You know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!
+Job	Job	20	38	22	“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
+Job	Job	20	38	23	which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war?
+Job	Job	20	38	24	What is the way to the place where the light is distributed, or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?
+Job	Job	20	38	25	“Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain, and a way for the thunderbolt,
+Job	Job	20	38	26	to bring rain on a land where no man is, on the desert in which there is no man;
+Job	Job	20	38	27	to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground put forth grass?
+Job	Job	20	38	28	“Has the rain a father, or who has begotten the drops of dew?
+Job	Job	20	38	29	From whose womb did the ice come forth, and who has given birth to the hoarfrost of heaven?
+Job	Job	20	38	30	The waters become hard like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
+Job	Job	20	38	31	“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the cords of Orion?
+Job	Job	20	38	32	Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season, or can you guide the Bear with its children?
+Job	Job	20	38	33	Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth?
+Job	Job	20	38	34	“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that a flood of waters may cover you?
+Job	Job	20	38	35	Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go and say to you, ‘Here we are’?
+Job	Job	20	38	36	Who has put wisdom in the clouds, or given understanding to the mists?
+Job	Job	20	38	37	Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,
+Job	Job	20	38	38	when the dust runs into a mass and the clods cleave fast together?
+Job	Job	20	38	39	“Can you hunt the prey for the lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
+Job	Job	20	38	40	when they crouch in their dens, or lie in wait in their covert?
+Job	Job	20	38	41	Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God, and wander about for lack of food?
+Job	Job	20	39	1	“Do you know when the mountain goats bring forth? Do you observe the calving of the hinds?
+Job	Job	20	39	2	Can you number the months that they fulfil, and do you know the time when they bring forth,
+Job	Job	20	39	3	when they crouch, bring forth their offspring, and are delivered of their young?
+Job	Job	20	39	4	Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open; they go forth, and do not return to them.
+Job	Job	20	39	5	“Who has let the wild ass go free? Who has loosed the bonds of the swift ass,
+Job	Job	20	39	6	to whom I have given the steppe for his home, and the salt land for his dwelling place?
+Job	Job	20	39	7	He scorns the tumult of the city; he hears not the shouts of the driver.
+Job	Job	20	39	8	He ranges the mountains as his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.
+Job	Job	20	39	9	“Is the wild ox willing to serve you? Will he spend the night at your crib?
+Job	Job	20	39	10	Can you bind him in the furrow with ropes, or will he harrow the valleys after you?
+Job	Job	20	39	11	Will you depend on him because his strength is great, and will you leave to him your labor?
+Job	Job	20	39	12	Do you have faith in him that he will return, and bring your grain to your threshing floor?
+Job	Job	20	39	13	“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the pinions and plumage of love?
+Job	Job	20	39	14	For she leaves her eggs to the earth, and lets them be warmed on the ground,
+Job	Job	20	39	15	forgetting that a foot may crush them, and that the wild beast may trample them.
+Job	Job	20	39	16	She deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers; though her labor be in vain, yet she has no fear;
+Job	Job	20	39	17	because God has made her forget wisdom, and given her no share in understanding.
+Job	Job	20	39	18	When she rouses herself to flee, she laughs at the horse and his rider.
+Job	Job	20	39	19	“Do you give the horse his might? Do you clothe his neck with strength?
+Job	Job	20	39	20	Do you make him leap like the locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.
+Job	Job	20	39	21	He paws in the valley, and exults in his strength; he goes out to meet the weapons.
+Job	Job	20	39	22	He laughs at fear, and is not dismayed; he does not turn back from the sword.
+Job	Job	20	39	23	Upon him rattle the quiver, the flashing spear and the javelin.
+Job	Job	20	39	24	With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground; he cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
+Job	Job	20	39	25	When the trumpet sounds, he says ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle from afar, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
+Job	Job	20	39	26	“Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and spreads his wings toward the south?
+Job	Job	20	39	27	Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes his nest on high?
+Job	Job	20	39	28	On the rock he dwells and makes his home in the fastness of the rocky crag.
+Job	Job	20	39	29	Thence he spies out the prey; his eyes behold it afar off.
+Job	Job	20	39	30	His young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is he.”
+Job	Job	20	40	1	And the Lord said to Job:
+Job	Job	20	40	2	“Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
+Job	Job	20	40	3	Then Job answered the Lord:
+Job	Job	20	40	4	“Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer thee? I lay my hand on my mouth.
+Job	Job	20	40	5	I have spoken once, and I will not answer; twice, but I will proceed no further.”
+Job	Job	20	40	6	Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind:
+Job	Job	20	40	7	“Gird up your loins like a man; I will question you, and you declare to me.
+Job	Job	20	40	8	Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be justified?
+Job	Job	20	40	9	Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
+Job	Job	20	40	10	“Deck yourself with majesty and dignity; clothe yourself with glory and splendor.
+Job	Job	20	40	11	Pour forth the overflowings of your anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him.
+Job	Job	20	40	12	Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked where they stand.
+Job	Job	20	40	13	Hide them all in the dust together; bind their faces in the world below.
+Job	Job	20	40	14	Then will I also acknowledge to you, that your own right hand can give you victory.
+Job	Job	20	40	15	“Behold, Behemoth, which I made as I made you; he eats grass like an ox.
+Job	Job	20	40	16	Behold, his strength in his loins, and his power in the muscles of his belly.
+Job	Job	20	40	17	He makes his tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
+Job	Job	20	40	18	His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like bars of iron.
+Job	Job	20	40	19	“He is the first of the works of God; let him who made him bring near his sword!
+Job	Job	20	40	20	For the mountains yield food for him where all the wild beasts play.
+Job	Job	20	40	21	Under the lotus plants he lies, in the covert of the reeds and in the marsh.
+Job	Job	20	40	22	For his shade the lotus trees cover him; the willows of the brook surround him.
+Job	Job	20	40	23	Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened; he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth.
+Job	Job	20	40	24	Can one take him with hooks, or pierce his nose with a snare?
+Job	Job	20	41	1	“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook, or press down his tongue with a cord?
+Job	Job	20	41	2	Can you put a rope in his nose, or pierce his jaw with a hook?
+Job	Job	20	41	3	Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak to you soft words?
+Job	Job	20	41	4	Will he make a covenant with you to take him for your servant for ever?
+Job	Job	20	41	5	Will you play with him as with a bird, or will you put him on leash for your maidens?
+Job	Job	20	41	6	Will traders bargain over him? Will they divide him up among the merchants?
+Job	Job	20	41	7	Can you fill his skin with harpoons, or his head with fishing spears?
+Job	Job	20	41	8	Lay hands on him; think of the battle; you will not do it again!
+Job	Job	20	41	9	Behold, the hope of a man is disappointed; he is laid low even at the sight of him.
+Job	Job	20	41	10	No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up. Who then is he that can stand before me?
+Job	Job	20	41	11	Who has given to me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
+Job	Job	20	41	12	“I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, or his mighty strength, or his goodly frame.
+Job	Job	20	41	13	Who can strip off his outer garment? Who can penetrate his double coat of mail?
+Job	Job	20	41	14	Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.
+Job	Job	20	41	15	His back is made of rows of shields, shut up closely as with a seal.
+Job	Job	20	41	16	One is so near to another that no air can come between them.
+Job	Job	20	41	17	They are joined one to another; they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
+Job	Job	20	41	18	His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn.
+Job	Job	20	41	19	Out of his mouth go flaming torches; sparks of fire leap forth.
+Job	Job	20	41	20	Out of his nostrils comes forth smoke, as from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
+Job	Job	20	41	21	His breath kindles coals, and a flame comes forth from his mouth.
+Job	Job	20	41	22	In his neck abides strength, and terror dances before him.
+Job	Job	20	41	23	The folds of his flesh cleave together, firmly cast upon him and immovable.
+Job	Job	20	41	24	His heart is hard as a stone, hard as the nether millstone.
+Job	Job	20	41	25	When he raises himself up the mighty are afraid; at the crashing they are beside themselves.
+Job	Job	20	41	26	Though the sword reaches him, it does not avail; nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.
+Job	Job	20	41	27	He counts iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.
+Job	Job	20	41	28	The arrow cannot make him flee; for him slingstones are turned to stubble.
+Job	Job	20	41	29	Clubs are counted as stubble; he laughs at the rattle of javelins.
+Job	Job	20	41	30	His underparts are like sharp potsherds; he spreads himself like a threshing sledge on the mire.
+Job	Job	20	41	31	He makes the deep boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
+Job	Job	20	41	32	Behind him he leaves a shining wake; one would think the deep to be hoary.
+Job	Job	20	41	33	Upon earth there is not his like, a creature without fear.
+Job	Job	20	41	34	He beholds everything that is high; he is king over all the sons of pride.”
+Job	Job	20	42	1	Then Job answered the Lord:
+Job	Job	20	42	2	“I know that thou canst do all things, and that no purpose of thine can be thwarted.
+Job	Job	20	42	3	‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
+Job	Job	20	42	4	‘Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you declare to me.’
+Job	Job	20	42	5	I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees thee;
+Job	Job	20	42	6	therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”
+Job	Job	20	42	7	After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.
+Job	Job	20	42	8	Now therefore take seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept his prayer not to deal with you according to your folly; for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.”
+Job	Job	20	42	9	So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did what the Lord had told them; and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.
+Job	Job	20	42	10	And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends; and the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.
+Job	Job	20	42	11	Then came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and ate bread with him in his house; and they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him; and each of them gave him a piece of money and a ring of gold.
+Job	Job	20	42	12	And the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
+Job	Job	20	42	13	He had also seven sons and three daughters.
+Job	Job	20	42	14	And he called the name of the first Jemimah; and the name of the second Keziah; and the name of the third Keren-happuch.
+Job	Job	20	42	15	And in all the land there were no women so fair as Job’s daughters; and their father gave them inheritance among their brothers.
+Job	Job	20	42	16	And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, four generations.
+Job	Job	20	42	17	And Job died, an old man, and full of days.
+Psalms	Ps	21	1	1	Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
+Psalms	Ps	21	1	2	but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
+Psalms	Ps	21	1	3	He is like a tree planted by streams of water, that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.
+Psalms	Ps	21	1	4	The wicked are not so, but are like chaff which the wind drives away.
+Psalms	Ps	21	1	5	Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
+Psalms	Ps	21	1	6	for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
+Psalms	Ps	21	2	1	Why do the nations conspire, and the peoples plot in vain?
+Psalms	Ps	21	2	2	The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and his anointed, saying,
+Psalms	Ps	21	2	3	“Let us burst their bonds asunder, and cast their cords from us.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	2	4	He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord has them in derision.
+Psalms	Ps	21	2	5	Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying,
+Psalms	Ps	21	2	6	“I have set my king on Zion, my holy hill.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	2	7	I will tell of the decree of the Lord: He said to me, “You are my son, today I have begotten you.
+Psalms	Ps	21	2	8	Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.
+Psalms	Ps	21	2	9	You shall break them with a rod of iron, and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	2	10	Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	2	11	Serve the Lord with fear, with trembling
+Psalms	Ps	21	2	12	kiss his feet, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way; for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	3	1	(A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.) O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me;
+Psalms	Ps	21	3	2	many are saying of me, there is no help for him in God. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	3	3	But thou, O Lord, art a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.
+Psalms	Ps	21	3	4	I cry aloud to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy hill. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	3	5	I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the Lord sustains me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	3	6	I am not afraid of ten thousands of people who have set themselves against me round about.
+Psalms	Ps	21	3	7	Arise, O Lord! Deliver me, O my God! For thou dost smite all my enemies on the cheek, thou dost break the teeth of the wicked.
+Psalms	Ps	21	3	8	Deliverance belongs to the Lord; thy blessing be upon thy people! [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	4	1	(To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.) Answer me when I call, O God of my right! Thou hast given me room when I was in distress. Be gracious to me, and hear my prayer.
+Psalms	Ps	21	4	2	O men, how long shall my honor suffer shame? How long will you love vain words, and seek after lies? [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	4	3	But know that the Lord has set apart the godly for himself; the Lord hears when I call to him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	4	4	Be angry, but sin not; commune with your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	4	5	Offer right sacrifices, and put your trust in the Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	4	6	There are many who say, “O that we might see some good! Lift up the light of thy countenance upon us, O Lord!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	4	7	Thou hast put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound.
+Psalms	Ps	21	4	8	In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for thou alone, O Lord, makest me dwell in safety.
+Psalms	Ps	21	5	1	(To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David.) Give ear to my words, O Lord; give heed to my groaning.
+Psalms	Ps	21	5	2	Hearken to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to thee do I pray.
+Psalms	Ps	21	5	3	O Lord, in the morning thou dost hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for thee, and watch.
+Psalms	Ps	21	5	4	For thou art not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not sojourn with thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	5	5	The boastful may not stand before thy eyes; thou hatest all evildoers.
+Psalms	Ps	21	5	6	Thou destroyest those who speak lies; the Lord abhors bloodthirsty and deceitful men.
+Psalms	Ps	21	5	7	But I through the abundance of thy steadfast love will enter thy house, I will worship toward thy holy temple in the fear of thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	5	8	Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of my enemies; make thy way straight before me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	5	9	For there is no truth in their mouth; their heart is destruction, their throat is an open sepulchre, they flatter with their tongue.
+Psalms	Ps	21	5	10	Make them bear their guilt, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; because of their many transgressions cast them out, for they have rebelled against thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	5	11	But let all who take refuge in thee rejoice, let them ever sing for joy; and do thou defend them, that those who love thy name may exult in thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	5	12	For thou dost bless the righteous, O Lord; thou dost cover him with favor as with a shield.
+Psalms	Ps	21	6	1	(To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.) O Lord, rebuke me not in thy anger, nor chasten me in thy wrath.
+Psalms	Ps	21	6	2	Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
+Psalms	Ps	21	6	3	My soul also is sorely troubled. But thou, O Lord—how long?
+Psalms	Ps	21	6	4	Turn, O Lord, save my life; deliver me for the sake of thy steadfast love.
+Psalms	Ps	21	6	5	For in death there is no remembrance of thee; in Sheol who can give thee praise?
+Psalms	Ps	21	6	6	I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping.
+Psalms	Ps	21	6	7	My eye wastes away because of grief, it grows weak because of all my foes.
+Psalms	Ps	21	6	8	Depart from me, all you workers of evil; for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.
+Psalms	Ps	21	6	9	The Lord has heard my supplication; the Lord accepts my prayer.
+Psalms	Ps	21	6	10	All my enemies shall be ashamed and sorely troubled; they shall turn back, and be put to shame in a moment.
+Psalms	Ps	21	7	1	(A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush a Benjaminite.) O Lord my God, in thee do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me,
+Psalms	Ps	21	7	2	lest like a lion they rend me, dragging me away, with none to rescue.
+Psalms	Ps	21	7	3	O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,
+Psalms	Ps	21	7	4	if I have requited my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause,
+Psalms	Ps	21	7	5	let the enemy pursue me and overtake me, and let him trample my life to the ground, and lay my soul in the dust. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	7	6	Arise, O Lord, in thy anger, lift thyself up against the fury of my enemies; awake, O my God; thou hast appointed a judgment.
+Psalms	Ps	21	7	7	Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about thee; and over it take thy seat on high.
+Psalms	Ps	21	7	8	The Lord judges the peoples; judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	7	9	O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous, thou who triest the minds and hearts, thou righteous God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	7	10	My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
+Psalms	Ps	21	7	11	God is a righteous judge, and a God who has indignation every day.
+Psalms	Ps	21	7	12	If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and strung his bow;
+Psalms	Ps	21	7	13	he has prepared his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts.
+Psalms	Ps	21	7	14	Behold, the wicked man conceives evil, and is pregnant with mischief, and brings forth lies.
+Psalms	Ps	21	7	15	He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole which he has made.
+Psalms	Ps	21	7	16	His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own pate his violence descends.
+Psalms	Ps	21	7	17	I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.
+Psalms	Ps	21	8	1	(To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of David.) O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is thy name in all the earth! Thou whose glory above the heavens is chanted
+Psalms	Ps	21	8	2	by the mouth of babes and infants, thou hast founded a bulwark because of thy foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.
+Psalms	Ps	21	8	3	When I look at thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars which thou hast established;
+Psalms	Ps	21	8	4	what is man that thou art mindful of him, and the son of man that thou dost care for him?
+Psalms	Ps	21	8	5	Yet thou hast made him little less than God, and dost crown him with glory and honor.
+Psalms	Ps	21	8	6	Thou hast given him dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet,
+Psalms	Ps	21	8	7	all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,
+Psalms	Ps	21	8	8	the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the sea.
+Psalms	Ps	21	8	9	O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is thy name in all the earth!
+Psalms	Ps	21	9	1	(To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David.) I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will tell of all thy wonderful deeds.
+Psalms	Ps	21	9	2	I will be glad and exult in thee, I will sing praise to thy name, O Most High.
+Psalms	Ps	21	9	3	When my enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished before thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	9	4	For thou hast maintained my just cause; thou hast sat on the throne giving righteous judgment.
+Psalms	Ps	21	9	5	Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	9	6	The enemy have vanished in everlasting ruins; their cities thou hast rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.
+Psalms	Ps	21	9	7	But the Lord sits enthroned for ever, he has established his throne for judgment;
+Psalms	Ps	21	9	8	and he judges the world with righteousness, he judges the peoples with equity.
+Psalms	Ps	21	9	9	The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
+Psalms	Ps	21	9	10	And those who know thy name put their trust in thee, for thou, O Lord, hast not forsaken those who seek thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	9	11	Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds!
+Psalms	Ps	21	9	12	For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
+Psalms	Ps	21	9	13	Be gracious to me, O Lord! Behold what I suffer from those who hate me, O thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,
+Psalms	Ps	21	9	14	that I may recount all thy praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in thy deliverance.
+Psalms	Ps	21	9	15	The nations have sunk in the pit which they made; in the net which they hid has their own foot been caught.
+Psalms	Ps	21	9	16	The Lord has made himself known, he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. [Higgaion. Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	9	17	The wicked shall depart to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	9	18	For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	9	19	Arise, O Lord! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before thee!
+Psalms	Ps	21	9	20	Put them in fear, O Lord! Let the nations know that they are but men! [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	10	1	Why dost thou stand afar off, O Lord? Why dost thou hide thyself in times of trouble?
+Psalms	Ps	21	10	2	In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes which they have devised.
+Psalms	Ps	21	10	3	For the wicked boasts of the desires of his heart, and the man greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	10	4	In the pride of his countenance the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	10	5	His ways prosper at all times; thy judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	10	6	He thinks in his heart, “I shall not be moved; throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	10	7	His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
+Psalms	Ps	21	10	8	He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the hapless,
+Psalms	Ps	21	10	9	he lurks in secret like a lion in his covert; he lurks that he may seize the poor, he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.
+Psalms	Ps	21	10	10	The hapless is crushed, sinks down, and falls by his might.
+Psalms	Ps	21	10	11	He thinks in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	10	12	Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thy hand; forget not the afflicted.
+Psalms	Ps	21	10	13	Why does the wicked renounce God, and say in his heart, “Thou wilt not call to account”?
+Psalms	Ps	21	10	14	Thou dost see; yea, thou dost note trouble and vexation, that thou mayest take it into thy hands; the hapless commits himself to thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
+Psalms	Ps	21	10	15	Break thou the arm of the wicked and evildoer; seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
+Psalms	Ps	21	10	16	The Lord is king for ever and ever; the nations shall perish from his land.
+Psalms	Ps	21	10	17	O Lord, thou wilt hear the desire of the meek; thou wilt strengthen their heart, thou wilt incline thy ear
+Psalms	Ps	21	10	18	to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
+Psalms	Ps	21	11	1	(To the choirmaster. Of David.) In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to me, “Flee like a bird to the mountains;
+Psalms	Ps	21	11	2	for lo, the wicked bend the bow, they have fitted their arrow to the string, to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;
+Psalms	Ps	21	11	3	if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do”?
+Psalms	Ps	21	11	4	The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven; his eyes behold, his eyelids test, the children of men.
+Psalms	Ps	21	11	5	The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked, and his soul hates him that loves violence.
+Psalms	Ps	21	11	6	On the wicked he will rain coals of fire and brimstone; a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
+Psalms	Ps	21	11	7	For the Lord is righteous, he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.
+Psalms	Ps	21	12	1	(To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.) Help, Lord; for there is no longer any that is godly; for the faithful have vanished from among the sons of men.
+Psalms	Ps	21	12	2	Every one utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
+Psalms	Ps	21	12	3	May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,
+Psalms	Ps	21	12	4	those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is our master?”
+Psalms	Ps	21	12	5	“Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	12	6	The promises of the Lord are promises that are pure, silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.
+Psalms	Ps	21	12	7	Do thou, O Lord, protect us, guard us ever from this generation.
+Psalms	Ps	21	12	8	On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
+Psalms	Ps	21	13	1	(To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.) How long, O Lord? Wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
+Psalms	Ps	21	13	2	How long must I bear pain in my soul, and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
+Psalms	Ps	21	13	3	Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
+Psalms	Ps	21	13	4	lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him”; lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.
+Psalms	Ps	21	13	5	But I have trusted in thy steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
+Psalms	Ps	21	13	6	I will sing to the Lord, because he has dealt bountifully with me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	14	1	(To the choirmaster. Of David.) The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none that does good.
+Psalms	Ps	21	14	2	The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any that act wisely, that seek after God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	14	3	They have all gone astray, they are all alike corrupt; there is none that does good, no, not one.
+Psalms	Ps	21	14	4	Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon the Lord?
+Psalms	Ps	21	14	5	There they shall be in great terror, for God is with the generation of the righteous.
+Psalms	Ps	21	14	6	You would confound the plans of the poor, but the Lord is his refuge.
+Psalms	Ps	21	14	7	O that deliverance for Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, Israel shall be glad.
+Psalms	Ps	21	15	1	(A Psalm of David.) O Lord, who shall sojourn in thy tent? Who shall dwell on thy holy hill?
+Psalms	Ps	21	15	2	He who walks blamelessly, and does what is right, and speaks truth from his heart;
+Psalms	Ps	21	15	3	who does not slander with his tongue, and does no evil to his friend, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor;
+Psalms	Ps	21	15	4	in whose eyes a reprobate is despised, but who honors those who fear the Lord; who swears to his own hurt and does not change;
+Psalms	Ps	21	15	5	who does not put out his money at interest, and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
+Psalms	Ps	21	16	1	(A Miktam of David.) Preserve me, O God, for in thee I take refuge.
+Psalms	Ps	21	16	2	I say to the Lord, “Thou art my Lord; I have no good apart from thee.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	16	3	As for the saints in the land, they are the noble, in whom is all my delight.
+Psalms	Ps	21	16	4	Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows ; their libations of blood I will not pour out or take their names upon my lips.
+Psalms	Ps	21	16	5	The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; thou holdest my lot.
+Psalms	Ps	21	16	6	The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
+Psalms	Ps	21	16	7	I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	16	8	I keep the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
+Psalms	Ps	21	16	9	Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices; my body also dwells secure.
+Psalms	Ps	21	16	10	For thou dost not give me up to Sheol, or let thy godly one see the Pit.
+Psalms	Ps	21	16	11	Thou dost show me the path of life; in thy presence there is fulness of joy, in thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.
+Psalms	Ps	21	17	1	(A Prayer of David.) Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!
+Psalms	Ps	21	17	2	From thee let my vindication come! Let thy eyes see the right!
+Psalms	Ps	21	17	3	If thou triest my heart, if thou visitest me by night, if thou testest me, thou wilt find no wickedness in me; my mouth does not transgress.
+Psalms	Ps	21	17	4	With regard to the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
+Psalms	Ps	21	17	5	My steps have held fast to thy paths, my feet have not slipped.
+Psalms	Ps	21	17	6	I call upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God; incline thy ear to me, hear my words.
+Psalms	Ps	21	17	7	Wondrously show thy steadfast love, O savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at thy right hand.
+Psalms	Ps	21	17	8	Keep me as the apple of the eye; hide me in the shadow of thy wings,
+Psalms	Ps	21	17	9	from the wicked who despoil me, my deadly enemies who surround me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	17	10	They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.
+Psalms	Ps	21	17	11	They track me down; now they surround me; they set their eyes to cast me to the ground.
+Psalms	Ps	21	17	12	They are like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush.
+Psalms	Ps	21	17	13	Arise, O Lord! confront them, overthrow them! Deliver my life from the wicked by thy sword,
+Psalms	Ps	21	17	14	from men by thy hand, O Lord, from men whose portion in life is of the world. May their belly be filled with what thou hast stored up for them; may their children have more than enough; may they leave something over to their babes.
+Psalms	Ps	21	17	15	As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with beholding thy form.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	1	(To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord, who addressed the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said:) I love thee, O Lord, my strength.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	2	The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	3	I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	4	The cords of death encompassed me, the torrents of perdition assailed me;
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	5	the cords of Sheol entangled me, the snares of death confronted me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	6	In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	7	Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked, because he was angry.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	8	Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	9	He bowed the heavens, and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	10	He rode on a cherub, and flew; he came swiftly upon the wings of the wind.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	11	He made darkness his covering around him, his canopy thick clouds dark with water.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	12	Out of the brightness before him there broke through his clouds hailstones and coals of fire.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	13	The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	14	And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings, and routed them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	15	Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were laid bare, at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	16	He reached from on high, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	17	He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	18	They came upon me in the day of my calamity; but the Lord was my stay.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	19	He brought me forth into a broad place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	20	The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	21	For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	22	For all his ordinances were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	23	I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	24	Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	25	With the loyal thou dost show thyself loyal; with the blameless man thou dost show thyself blameless;
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	26	with the pure thou dost show thyself pure; and with the crooked thou dost show thyself perverse.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	27	For thou dost deliver a humble people; but the haughty eyes thou dost bring down.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	28	Yea, thou dost light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	29	Yea, by thee I can crush a troop; and by my God I can leap over a wall.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	30	This God—his way is perfect; the promise of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	31	For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?—
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	32	the God who girded me with strength, and made my way safe.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	33	He made my feet like hinds’ feet, and set me secure on the heights.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	34	He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	35	Thou hast given me the shield of thy salvation, and thy right hand supported me, and thy help made me great.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	36	Thou didst give a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	37	I pursued my enemies and overtook them; and did not turn back till they were consumed.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	38	I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	39	For thou didst gird me with strength for the battle; thou didst make my assailants sink under me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	40	Thou didst make my enemies turn their backs to me, and those who hated me I destroyed.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	41	They cried for help, but there was none to save, they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	42	I beat them fine as dust before the wind; I cast them out like the mire of the streets.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	43	Thou didst deliver me from strife with the peoples; thou didst make me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	44	As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	45	Foreigners lost heart, and came trembling out of their fastnesses.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	46	The Lord lives; and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation,
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	47	the God who gave me vengeance and subdued peoples under me;
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	48	who delivered me from my enemies; yea, thou didst exalt me above my adversaries; thou didst deliver me from men of violence.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	49	For this I will extol thee, O Lord, among the nations, and sing praises to thy name.
+Psalms	Ps	21	18	50	Great triumphs he gives to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his descendants for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	19	1	(To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.) The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.
+Psalms	Ps	21	19	2	Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge.
+Psalms	Ps	21	19	3	There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard;
+Psalms	Ps	21	19	4	yet their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,
+Psalms	Ps	21	19	5	which comes forth like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and like a strong man runs its course with joy.
+Psalms	Ps	21	19	6	Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them; and there is nothing hid from its heat.
+Psalms	Ps	21	19	7	The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;
+Psalms	Ps	21	19	8	the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;
+Psalms	Ps	21	19	9	the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever; the ordinances of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.
+Psalms	Ps	21	19	10	More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.
+Psalms	Ps	21	19	11	Moreover by them is thy servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.
+Psalms	Ps	21	19	12	But who can discern his errors? Clear thou me from hidden faults.
+Psalms	Ps	21	19	13	Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression.
+Psalms	Ps	21	19	14	Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
+Psalms	Ps	21	20	1	(To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.) The Lord answer you in the day of trouble! The name of the God of Jacob protect you!
+Psalms	Ps	21	20	2	May he send you help from the sanctuary, and give you support from Zion!
+Psalms	Ps	21	20	3	May he remember all your offerings, and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	20	4	May he grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfil all your plans!
+Psalms	Ps	21	20	5	May we shout for joy over your victory, and in the name of our God set up our banners! May the Lord fulfil all your petitions!
+Psalms	Ps	21	20	6	Now I know that the Lord will help his anointed; he will answer him from his holy heaven with mighty victories by his right hand.
+Psalms	Ps	21	20	7	Some boast of chariots, and some of horses; but we boast of the name of the Lord our God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	20	8	They will collapse and fall; but we shall rise and stand upright.
+Psalms	Ps	21	20	9	Give victory to the king, O Lord; answer us when we call.
+Psalms	Ps	21	21	1	(To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.) In thy strength the king rejoices, O Lord; and in thy help how greatly he exults!
+Psalms	Ps	21	21	2	Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withheld the request of his lips. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	21	3	For thou dost meet him with goodly blessings; thou dost set a crown of fine gold upon his head.
+Psalms	Ps	21	21	4	He asked life of thee; thou gavest it to him, length of days for ever and ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	21	5	His glory is great through thy help; splendor and majesty thou dost bestow upon him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	21	6	Yea, thou dost make him most blessed for ever; thou dost make him glad with the joy of thy presence.
+Psalms	Ps	21	21	7	For the king trusts in the Lord; and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be moved.
+Psalms	Ps	21	21	8	Your hand will find out all your enemies; your right hand will find out those who hate you.
+Psalms	Ps	21	21	9	You will make them as a blazing oven when you appear. The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath; and fire will consume them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	21	10	You will destroy their offspring from the earth, and their children from among the sons of men.
+Psalms	Ps	21	21	11	If they plan evil against you, if they devise mischief, they will not succeed.
+Psalms	Ps	21	21	12	For you will put them to flight; you will aim at their faces with your bows.
+Psalms	Ps	21	21	13	Be exalted, O Lord, in thy strength! We will sing and praise thy power.
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	1	(To the choirmaster: according to The Hind of the Dawn. A Psalm of David.) My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	2	O my God, I cry by day, but thou dost not answer; and by night, but find no rest.
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	3	Yet thou art holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	4	In thee our fathers trusted; they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	5	To thee they cried, and were saved; in thee they trusted, and were not disappointed.
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	6	But I am a worm, and no man; scorned by men, and despised by the people.
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	7	All who see me mock at me, they make mouths at me, they wag their heads;
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	8	“He committed his cause to the Lord; let him deliver him, let him rescue him, for he delights in him!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	9	Yet thou art he who took me from the womb; thou didst keep me safe upon my mother’s breasts.
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	10	Upon thee was I cast from my birth, and since my mother bore me thou hast been my God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	11	Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is none to help.
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	12	Many bulls encompass me, strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	13	they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion.
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	14	I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax, it is melted within my breast;
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	15	my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; thou dost lay me in the dust of death.
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	16	Yea, dogs are round about me; a company of evildoers encircle me; they have pierced my hands and feet—
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	17	I can count all my bones— they stare and gloat over me;
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	18	they divide my garments among them, and for my raiment they cast lots.
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	19	But thou, O Lord, be not far off! O thou my help, hasten to my aid!
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	20	Deliver my soul from the sword, my life from the power of the dog!
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	21	Save me from the mouth of the lion, my afflicted soul from the horns of the wild oxen!
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	22	I will tell of thy name to my brethren; in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee:
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	23	You who fear the Lord, praise him! all you sons of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you sons of Israel!
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	24	For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; and he has not hid his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	25	From thee comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will pay before those who fear him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	26	The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the Lord! May your hearts live for ever!
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	27	All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	28	For dominion belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations.
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	29	Yea, to him shall all the proud of the earth bow down; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, and he who cannot keep himself alive.
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	30	Posterity shall serve him; men shall tell of the Lord to the coming generation,
+Psalms	Ps	21	22	31	and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, that he has wrought it.
+Psalms	Ps	21	23	1	(A Psalm of David.) The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want;
+Psalms	Ps	21	23	2	he makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters;
+Psalms	Ps	21	23	3	he restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
+Psalms	Ps	21	23	4	Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	23	5	Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my enemies; thou anointest my head with oil, my cup overflows.
+Psalms	Ps	21	23	6	Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	24	1	(A Psalm of David.) The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein;
+Psalms	Ps	21	24	2	for he has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the rivers.
+Psalms	Ps	21	24	3	Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place?
+Psalms	Ps	21	24	4	He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false, and does not swear deceitfully.
+Psalms	Ps	21	24	5	He will receive blessing from the Lord, and vindication from the God of his salvation.
+Psalms	Ps	21	24	6	Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	24	7	Lift up your heads, O gates! and be lifted up, O ancient doors! that the King of glory may come in.
+Psalms	Ps	21	24	8	Who is the King of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle!
+Psalms	Ps	21	24	9	Lift up your heads, O gates! and be lifted up, O ancient doors! that the King of glory may come in.
+Psalms	Ps	21	24	10	Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory! [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	25	1	(A Psalm of David.) To thee, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
+Psalms	Ps	21	25	2	O my God, in thee I trust, let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	25	3	Yea, let none that wait for thee be put to shame; let them be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.
+Psalms	Ps	21	25	4	Make me to know thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.
+Psalms	Ps	21	25	5	Lead me in thy truth, and teach me, for thou art the God of my salvation; for thee I wait all the day long.
+Psalms	Ps	21	25	6	Be mindful of thy mercy, O Lord, and of thy steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
+Psalms	Ps	21	25	7	Remember not the sins of my youth, or my transgressions; according to thy steadfast love remember me, for thy goodness’ sake, O Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	25	8	Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
+Psalms	Ps	21	25	9	He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.
+Psalms	Ps	21	25	10	All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.
+Psalms	Ps	21	25	11	For thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon my guilt, for it is great.
+Psalms	Ps	21	25	12	Who is the man that fears the Lord? Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.
+Psalms	Ps	21	25	13	He himself shall abide in prosperity, and his children shall possess the land.
+Psalms	Ps	21	25	14	The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.
+Psalms	Ps	21	25	15	My eyes are ever toward the Lord, for he will pluck my feet out of the net.
+Psalms	Ps	21	25	16	Turn thou to me, and be gracious to me; for I am lonely and afflicted.
+Psalms	Ps	21	25	17	Relieve the troubles of my heart, and bring me out of my distresses.
+Psalms	Ps	21	25	18	Consider my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sins.
+Psalms	Ps	21	25	19	Consider how many are my foes, and with what violent hatred they hate me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	25	20	Oh guard my life, and deliver me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	25	21	May integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	25	22	Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
+Psalms	Ps	21	26	1	(A Psalm of David.) Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.
+Psalms	Ps	21	26	2	Prove me, O Lord, and try me; test my heart and my mind.
+Psalms	Ps	21	26	3	For thy steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in faithfulness to thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	26	4	I do not sit with false men, nor do I consort with dissemblers;
+Psalms	Ps	21	26	5	I hate the company of evildoers, and I will not sit with the wicked.
+Psalms	Ps	21	26	6	I wash my hands in innocence, and go about thy altar, O Lord,
+Psalms	Ps	21	26	7	singing aloud a song of thanksgiving, and telling all thy wondrous deeds.
+Psalms	Ps	21	26	8	O Lord, I love the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwells.
+Psalms	Ps	21	26	9	Sweep me not away with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men,
+Psalms	Ps	21	26	10	men in whose hands are evil devices, and whose right hands are full of bribes.
+Psalms	Ps	21	26	11	But as for me, I walk in my integrity; redeem me, and be gracious to me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	26	12	My foot stands on level ground; in the great congregation I will bless the Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	27	1	(A Psalm of David.) The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
+Psalms	Ps	21	27	2	When evildoers assail me, uttering slanders against me, my adversaries and foes, they shall stumble and fall.
+Psalms	Ps	21	27	3	Though a host encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident.
+Psalms	Ps	21	27	4	One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.
+Psalms	Ps	21	27	5	For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent, he will set me high upon a rock.
+Psalms	Ps	21	27	6	And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies round about me; and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melody to the Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	27	7	Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud, be gracious to me and answer me!
+Psalms	Ps	21	27	8	Thou hast said, “Seek ye my face.” My heart says to thee, “Thy face, Lord, do I seek.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	27	9	Hide not thy face from me. Turn not thy servant away in anger, thou who hast been my help. Cast me not off, forsake me not, O God of my salvation!
+Psalms	Ps	21	27	10	For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will take me up.
+Psalms	Ps	21	27	11	Teach me thy way, O Lord; and lead me on a level path because of my enemies.
+Psalms	Ps	21	27	12	Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence.
+Psalms	Ps	21	27	13	I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living!
+Psalms	Ps	21	27	14	Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; yea, wait for the Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	28	1	(A Psalm of David.) To thee, O Lord, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the Pit.
+Psalms	Ps	21	28	2	Hear the voice of my supplication, as I cry to thee for help, as I lift up my hands toward thy most holy sanctuary.
+Psalms	Ps	21	28	3	Take me not off with the wicked, with those who are workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighbors, while mischief is in their hearts.
+Psalms	Ps	21	28	4	Requite them according to their work, and according to the evil of their deeds; requite them according to the work of their hands; render them their due reward.
+Psalms	Ps	21	28	5	Because they do not regard the works of the Lord, or the work of his hands, he will break them down and build them up no more.
+Psalms	Ps	21	28	6	Blessed be the Lord! for he has heard the voice of my supplications.
+Psalms	Ps	21	28	7	The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts; so I am helped, and my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	28	8	The Lord is the strength of his people, he is the saving refuge of his anointed.
+Psalms	Ps	21	28	9	O save thy people, and bless thy heritage; be thou their shepherd, and carry them for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	29	1	(A Psalm of David.) Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
+Psalms	Ps	21	29	2	Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name; worship the Lord in holy array.
+Psalms	Ps	21	29	3	The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord, upon many waters.
+Psalms	Ps	21	29	4	The voice of the Lord is powerful, the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
+Psalms	Ps	21	29	5	The voice of the Lor breaks the cedars, the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
+Psalms	Ps	21	29	6	He makes Lebanon to skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox.
+Psalms	Ps	21	29	7	The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.
+Psalms	Ps	21	29	8	The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness, the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
+Psalms	Ps	21	29	9	The voice of the Lord makes the oaks to whirl, and strips the forests bare; and in his temple all cry, “Glory!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	29	10	The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord sits enthroned as king for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	29	11	May the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace!
+Psalms	Ps	21	30	1	(A Psalm of David. A Song at the dedication of the Temple.) I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast drawn me up, and hast not let my foes rejoice over me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	30	2	O Lord my God, I cried to thee for help, and thou hast healed me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	30	3	O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol, restored me to life from among those gone down to the Pit.
+Psalms	Ps	21	30	4	Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name.
+Psalms	Ps	21	30	5	For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
+Psalms	Ps	21	30	6	As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	30	7	By thy favor, O Lord, thou hadst established me as a strong mountain; thou didst hide thy face, I was dismayed.
+Psalms	Ps	21	30	8	To thee, O Lord, I cried; and to the Lord I made supplication:
+Psalms	Ps	21	30	9	“What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the Pit? Will the dust praise thee? Will it tell of thy faithfulness?
+Psalms	Ps	21	30	10	Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me! O Lord, be thou my helper!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	30	11	Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; thou hast loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,
+Psalms	Ps	21	30	12	that my soul may praise thee and not be silent. O Lor my God, I will give thanks to thee for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	31	1	(To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.) In thee, O Lord, do I seek refuge; let me never be put to shame; in thy righteousness deliver me!
+Psalms	Ps	21	31	2	Incline thy ear to me, rescue me speedily! Be thou a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me!
+Psalms	Ps	21	31	3	Yea, thou art my rock and my fortress; for thy name’s sake lead me and guide me,
+Psalms	Ps	21	31	4	take me out of the net which is hidden for me, for thou art my refuge.
+Psalms	Ps	21	31	5	Into thy hand I commit my spirit; thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	31	6	Thou hatest those who pay regard to vain idols; but I trust in the Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	31	7	I will rejoice and be glad for thy steadfast love, because thou hast seen my affliction, thou hast taken heed of my adversities,
+Psalms	Ps	21	31	8	and hast not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; thou hast set my feet in a broad place.
+Psalms	Ps	21	31	9	Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief, my soul and my body also.
+Psalms	Ps	21	31	10	For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my misery, and my bones waste away.
+Psalms	Ps	21	31	11	I am the scorn of all my adversaries, a horror to my neighbors, an object of dread to my acquaintances; those who see me in the street flee from me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	31	12	I have passed out of mind like one who is dead; I have become like a broken vessel.
+Psalms	Ps	21	31	13	Yea, I hear the whispering of many— terror on every side!— as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.
+Psalms	Ps	21	31	14	But I trust in thee, O Lord, I say, “Thou art my God.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	31	15	My times are in thy hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors!
+Psalms	Ps	21	31	16	Let thy face shine on thy servant; save me in thy steadfast love!
+Psalms	Ps	21	31	17	Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, for I call on thee; let the wicked be put to shame, let them go dumbfounded to Sheol.
+Psalms	Ps	21	31	18	Let the lying lips be dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
+Psalms	Ps	21	31	19	O how abundant is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for those who fear thee, and wrought for those who take refuge in thee, in the sight of the sons of men!
+Psalms	Ps	21	31	20	In the covert of thy presence thou hidest them from the plots of men; thou holdest them safe under thy shelter from the strife of tongues.
+Psalms	Ps	21	31	21	Blessed be the Lord, for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me when I was beset as in a besieged city.
+Psalms	Ps	21	31	22	I had said in my alarm, “I am driven far from thy sight.” But thou didst hear my supplications, when I cried to thee for help.
+Psalms	Ps	21	31	23	Love the Lord, all you his saints! The Lord preserves the faithful, but abundantly requites him who acts haughtily.
+Psalms	Ps	21	31	24	Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	32	1	(A Psalm of David. A Maskil.) Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
+Psalms	Ps	21	32	2	Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputes no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
+Psalms	Ps	21	32	3	When I declared not my sin, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long.
+Psalms	Ps	21	32	4	For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	32	5	I acknowledged my sin to thee, and I did not hide my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord”; then thou didst forgive the guilt of my sin. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	32	6	Therefore let every one who is godly offer prayer to thee; at a time of distress, in the rush of great waters, they shall not reach him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	32	7	Thou art a hiding place for me, thou preservest me from trouble; thou dost encompass me with deliverance. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	32	8	I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
+Psalms	Ps	21	32	9	Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, else it will not keep with you.
+Psalms	Ps	21	32	10	Many are the pangs of the wicked; but steadfast love surrounds him who trusts in the Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	32	11	Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!
+Psalms	Ps	21	33	1	Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright.
+Psalms	Ps	21	33	2	Praise the Lord with the lyre, make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!
+Psalms	Ps	21	33	3	Sing to him a new song, play skilfully on the strings, with loud shouts.
+Psalms	Ps	21	33	4	For the word of the Lord is upright; and all his work is done in faithfulness.
+Psalms	Ps	21	33	5	He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	33	6	By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all their host by the breath of his mouth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	33	7	He gathered the waters of the sea as in a bottle; he put the deeps in storehouses.
+Psalms	Ps	21	33	8	Let all the earth fear the Lord, let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!
+Psalms	Ps	21	33	9	For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood forth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	33	10	The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nought; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
+Psalms	Ps	21	33	11	The counsel of the Lord stands for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
+Psalms	Ps	21	33	12	Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!
+Psalms	Ps	21	33	13	The Lord looks down from heaven, he sees all the sons of men;
+Psalms	Ps	21	33	14	from where he sits enthroned he looks forth on all the inhabitants of the earth,
+Psalms	Ps	21	33	15	he who fashions the hearts of them all, and observes all their deeds.
+Psalms	Ps	21	33	16	A king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
+Psalms	Ps	21	33	17	The war horse is a vain hope for victory, and by its great might it cannot save.
+Psalms	Ps	21	33	18	Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,
+Psalms	Ps	21	33	19	that he may deliver their soul from death, and keep them alive in famine.
+Psalms	Ps	21	33	20	Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and shield.
+Psalms	Ps	21	33	21	Yea, our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name.
+Psalms	Ps	21	33	22	Let thy steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	34	1	(A Psalm of David, when he feigned madness before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away.) I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	34	2	My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the afflicted hear and be glad.
+Psalms	Ps	21	34	3	O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together!
+Psalms	Ps	21	34	4	I sought the Lord, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
+Psalms	Ps	21	34	5	Look to him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed.
+Psalms	Ps	21	34	6	This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
+Psalms	Ps	21	34	7	The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	34	8	O taste and see that the Lord is good! Happy is the man who takes refuge in him!
+Psalms	Ps	21	34	9	O fear the Lord, you his saints, for those who fear him have no want!
+Psalms	Ps	21	34	10	The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
+Psalms	Ps	21	34	11	Come, O sons, listen to me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	34	12	What man is there who desires life, and covets many days, that he may enjoy good?
+Psalms	Ps	21	34	13	Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.
+Psalms	Ps	21	34	14	Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
+Psalms	Ps	21	34	15	The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, and his ears toward their cry.
+Psalms	Ps	21	34	16	The face of the Lord is against evildoers, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	34	17	When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.
+Psalms	Ps	21	34	18	The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in spirit.
+Psalms	Ps	21	34	19	Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
+Psalms	Ps	21	34	20	He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.
+Psalms	Ps	21	34	21	Evil shall slay the wicked; and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
+Psalms	Ps	21	34	22	The Lord redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	1	(A Psalm of David.) Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	2	Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise for my help!
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	3	Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers! Say to my soul, “I am your deliverance!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	4	Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life! Let them be turned back and confounded who devise evil against me!
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	5	Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them on!
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	6	Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them!
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	7	For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	8	Let ruin come upon them unawares! And let the net which they hid ensnare them; let them fall therein to ruin!
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	9	Then my soul shall rejoice in the Lord, exulting in his deliverance.
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	10	All my bones shall say, “O Lord, who is like thee, thou who deliverest the weak from him who is too strong for him, the weak and needy from him who despoils him?”
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	11	Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not.
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	12	They requite me evil for good; my soul is forlorn.
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	13	But I, when they were sick— I wore sackcloth, I afflicted myself with fasting. I prayed with head bowed on my bosom,
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	14	as though I grieved for my friend or my brother; I went about as one who laments his mother, bowed down and in mourning.
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	15	But at my stumbling they gathered in glee, they gathered together against me; cripples whom I knew not slandered me without ceasing;
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	16	they impiously mocked more and more, gnashing at me with their teeth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	17	How long, O Lord, wilt thou look on? Rescue me from their ravages, my life from the lions!
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	18	Then I will thank thee in the great congregation; in the mighty throng I will praise thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	19	Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause.
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	20	For they do not speak peace, but against those who are quiet in the land they conceive words of deceit.
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	21	They open wide their mouths against me; they say, “Aha, Aha! our eyes have seen it!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	22	Thou hast seen, O Lord; be not silent! O Lord, be not far from me!
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	23	Bestir thyself, and awake for my right, for my cause, my God and my Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	24	Vindicate me, O Lord, my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me!
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	25	Let them not say to themselves, “Aha, we have our heart’s desire!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	26	Let them be put to shame and confusion altogether who rejoice at my calamity! Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me!
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	27	Let those who desire my vindication shout for joy and be glad, and say evermore, “Great is the Lord, who delights in the welfare of his servant!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	35	28	Then my tongue shall tell of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
+Psalms	Ps	21	36	1	(To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord.) Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.
+Psalms	Ps	21	36	2	For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
+Psalms	Ps	21	36	3	The words of his mouth are mischief and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
+Psalms	Ps	21	36	4	He plots mischief while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he spurns not evil.
+Psalms	Ps	21	36	5	Thy steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, thy faithfulness to the clouds.
+Psalms	Ps	21	36	6	Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God, thy judgments are like the great deep; man and beast thou savest, O Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	36	7	How precious is thy steadfast love, O God! The children of men take refuge in the shadow of thy wings.
+Psalms	Ps	21	36	8	They feast on the abundance of thy house, and thou givest them drink from the river of thy delights.
+Psalms	Ps	21	36	9	For with thee is the fountain of life; in thy light do we see light.
+Psalms	Ps	21	36	10	O continue thy steadfast love to those who know thee, and thy salvation to the upright of heart!
+Psalms	Ps	21	36	11	Let not the foot of arrogance come upon me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
+Psalms	Ps	21	36	12	There the evildoers lie prostrate, they are thrust down, unable to rise.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	1	(A Psalm of David.) Fret not yourself because of the wicked, be not envious of wrongdoers!
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	2	For they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	3	Trust in the Lord, and do good; so you will dwell in the land, and enjoy security.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	4	Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	5	Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	6	He will bring forth your vindication as the light, and your right as the noonday.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	7	Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over him who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	8	Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	9	For the wicked shall be cut off; but those who wait for the Lord shall possess the land.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	10	Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look well at his place, he will not be there.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	11	But the meek shall possess the land, and delight themselves in abundant prosperity.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	12	The wicked plots against the righteous, and gnashes his teeth at him;
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	13	but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	14	The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows, to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those who walk uprightly;
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	15	their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	16	Better is a little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	17	For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; but the Lord upholds the righteous.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	18	The Lord knows the days of the blameless, and their heritage will abide for ever;
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	19	they are not put to shame in evil times, in the days of famine they have abundance.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	20	But the wicked perish; the enemies of the Lord are like the glory of the pastures, they vanish—like smoke they vanish away.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	21	The wicked borrows, and cannot pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives;
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	22	for those blessed by the Lord shall possess the land, but those cursed by him shall be cut off.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	23	The steps of a man are from the Lord, and he establishes him in whose way he delights;
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	24	though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord is the stay of his hand.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	25	I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging bread.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	26	He is ever giving liberally and lending, and his children become a blessing.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	27	Depart from evil, and do good; so shall you abide for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	28	For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. The righteous shall be preserved for ever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	29	The righteous shall possess the land, and dwell upon it for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	30	The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	31	The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not slip.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	32	The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to slay him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	33	The Lord will not abandon him to his power, or let him be condemned when he is brought to trial.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	34	Wait for the Lord, and keep to his way, and he will exalt you to possess the land; you will look on the destruction of the wicked.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	35	I have seen a wicked man overbearing, and towering like a cedar of Lebanon.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	36	Again I passed by, and, lo, he was no more; though I sought him, he could not be found.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	37	Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright, for there is posterity for the man of peace.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	38	But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed; the posterity of the wicked shall be cut off.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	39	The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; he is their refuge in the time of trouble.
+Psalms	Ps	21	37	40	The Lord helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked, and saves them, because they take refuge in him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	38	1	(A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering.) O Lord, rebuke me not in thy anger, nor chasten me in thy wrath!
+Psalms	Ps	21	38	2	For thy arrows have sunk into me, and thy hand has come down on me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	38	3	There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.
+Psalms	Ps	21	38	4	For my iniquities have gone over my head; they weigh like a burden too heavy for me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	38	5	My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness,
+Psalms	Ps	21	38	6	I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning.
+Psalms	Ps	21	38	7	For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
+Psalms	Ps	21	38	8	I am utterly spent and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
+Psalms	Ps	21	38	9	Lord, all my longing is known to thee, my sighing is not hidden from thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	38	10	My heart throbs, my strength fails me; and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	38	11	My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand afar off.
+Psalms	Ps	21	38	12	Those who seek my life lay their snares, those who seek my hurt speak of ruin, and meditate treachery all the day long.
+Psalms	Ps	21	38	13	But I am like a deaf man, I do not hear, like a dumb man who does not open his mouth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	38	14	Yea, I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.
+Psalms	Ps	21	38	15	But for thee, O Lord, do I wait; it is thou, O Lord my God, who wilt answer.
+Psalms	Ps	21	38	16	For I pray, “Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	38	17	For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	38	18	I confess my iniquity, I am sorry for my sin.
+Psalms	Ps	21	38	19	Those who are my foes without cause are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
+Psalms	Ps	21	38	20	Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.
+Psalms	Ps	21	38	21	Do not forsake me, O Lord! O my God, be not far from me!
+Psalms	Ps	21	38	22	Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!
+Psalms	Ps	21	39	1	(To the choirmaster: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.) I said, “I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will bridle my mouth, so long as the wicked are in my presence.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	39	2	I was dumb and silent, I held my peace to no avail; my distress grew worse,
+Psalms	Ps	21	39	3	my heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:
+Psalms	Ps	21	39	4	“Lord, let me know my end, and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is!
+Psalms	Ps	21	39	5	Behold, thou hast made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in thy sight. Surely every man stands as a mere breath! [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	39	6	Surely man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nought are they in turmoil; man heaps up, and knows not who will gather!
+Psalms	Ps	21	39	7	“And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	39	8	Deliver me from all my transgressions. Make me not the scorn of the fool!
+Psalms	Ps	21	39	9	I am dumb, I do not open my mouth; for it is thou who hast done it.
+Psalms	Ps	21	39	10	Remove thy stroke from me; I am spent by the blows of thy hand.
+Psalms	Ps	21	39	11	When thou dost chasten man with rebukes for sin, thou dost consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely every man is a mere breath! [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	39	12	“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears! For I am thy passing guest, a sojourner, like all my fathers.
+Psalms	Ps	21	39	13	Look away from me, that I may know gladness, before I depart and be no more!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	40	1	(To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.) I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.
+Psalms	Ps	21	40	2	He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
+Psalms	Ps	21	40	3	He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	40	4	Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after false gods!
+Psalms	Ps	21	40	5	Thou hast multiplied, O Lord my God, thy wondrous deeds and thy thoughts toward us; none can compare with thee! Were I to proclaim and tell of them, they would be more than can be numbered.
+Psalms	Ps	21	40	6	Sacrifice and offering thou dost not desire; but thou hast given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering thou hast not required.
+Psalms	Ps	21	40	7	Then I said, “Lo, I come; in the roll of the book it is written of me;
+Psalms	Ps	21	40	8	I delight to do thy will, O my God; thy law is within my heart.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	40	9	I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; lo, I have not restrained my lips, as thou knowest, O Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	40	10	I have not hid thy saving help within my heart, I have spoken of thy faithfulness and thy salvation; I have not concealed thy steadfast love and thy faithfulness from the great congregation.
+Psalms	Ps	21	40	11	Do not thou, O Lord, withhold thy mercy from me, let thy steadfast love and thy faithfulness ever preserve me!
+Psalms	Ps	21	40	12	For evils have encompassed me without number; my iniquities have overtaken me, till I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	40	13	Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me! O Lord, make haste to help me!
+Psalms	Ps	21	40	14	Let them be put to shame and confusion altogether who seek to snatch away my life; let them be turned back and brought to dishonor who desire my hurt!
+Psalms	Ps	21	40	15	Let them be appalled because of their shame who say to me, “Aha, Aha!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	40	16	But may all who seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; may those who love thy salvation say continually, “Great is the Lord!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	40	17	As for me, I am poor and needy; but the Lord takes thought for me. Thou art my help and my deliverer; do not tarry, O my God!
+Psalms	Ps	21	41	1	(To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.) Blessed is he who considers the poor! The Lord delivers him in the day of trouble;
+Psalms	Ps	21	41	2	the Lord protects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land; thou dost not give him up to the will of his enemies.
+Psalms	Ps	21	41	3	The Lord sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness thou healest all his infirmities.
+Psalms	Ps	21	41	4	As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against thee!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	41	5	My enemies say of me in malice: “When will he die, and his name perish?”
+Psalms	Ps	21	41	6	And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers mischief; when he goes out, he tells it abroad.
+Psalms	Ps	21	41	7	All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	41	8	They say, “A deadly thing has fastened upon him; he will not rise again from where he lies.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	41	9	Even my bosom friend in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	41	10	But do thou, O Lord, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may requite them!
+Psalms	Ps	21	41	11	By this I know that thou art pleased with me, in that my enemy has not triumphed over me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	41	12	But thou hast upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in thy presence for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	41	13	Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen.
+Psalms	Ps	21	42	1	(To the choirmaster. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah.) As a hart longs for flowing streams, so longs my soul for thee, O God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	42	2	My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God?
+Psalms	Ps	21	42	3	My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me continually, “Where is your God?”
+Psalms	Ps	21	42	4	These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I went with the throng, and led them in procession to the house of God, with glad shouts and songs of thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.
+Psalms	Ps	21	42	5	Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help
+Psalms	Ps	21	42	6	and my God. My soul is cast down within me, therefore I remember thee from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
+Psalms	Ps	21	42	7	Deep calls to deep at the thunder of thy cataracts; all thy waves and thy billows have gone over me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	42	8	By day the Lord commands his steadfast love; and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
+Psalms	Ps	21	42	9	I say to God, my rock: “Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
+Psalms	Ps	21	42	10	As with a deadly wound in my body, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me continually, “Where is your God?”
+Psalms	Ps	21	42	11	Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	43	1	Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people; from deceitful and unjust men deliver me!
+Psalms	Ps	21	43	2	For thou art the God in whom I take refuge; why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
+Psalms	Ps	21	43	3	Oh send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me, let them bring me to thy holy hill and to thy dwelling!
+Psalms	Ps	21	43	4	Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy; and I will praise thee with the lyre, O God, my God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	43	5	Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	1	(To the choirmaster. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah.) We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what deeds thou didst perform in their days, in the days of old:
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	2	thou with thy own hand didst drive out the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them thou didst set free;
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	3	for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm give them victory; but thy right hand, and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance; for thou didst delight in them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	4	Thou art my King and my God, who ordainest victories for Jacob.
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	5	Through thee we push down our foes; through thy name we tread down our assailants.
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	6	For not in my bow do I trust, nor can my sword save me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	7	But thou hast saved us from our foes, and hast put to confusion those who hate us.
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	8	In God we have boasted continually, and we will give thanks to thy name for ever. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	9	Yet thou hast cast us off and abased us, and hast not gone out with our armies.
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	10	Thou hast made us turn back from the foe; and our enemies have gotten spoil.
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	11	Thou hast made us like sheep for slaughter, and hast scattered us among the nations.
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	12	Thou hast sold thy people for a trifle, demanding no high price for them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	13	Thou hast made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those about us.
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	14	Thou hast made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	15	All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	16	at the words of the taunters and revilers, at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	17	All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten thee, or been false to thy covenant.
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	18	Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from thy way,
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	19	that thou shouldst have broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with deep darkness.
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	20	If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god,
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	21	would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	22	Nay, for thy sake we are slain all the day long, and accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	23	Rouse thyself! Why sleepest thou, O Lord? Awake! Do not cast us off for ever!
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	24	Why dost thou hide thy face? Why dost thou forget our affliction and oppression?
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	25	For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body cleaves to the ground.
+Psalms	Ps	21	44	26	Rise up, come to our help! Deliver us for the sake of thy steadfast love!
+Psalms	Ps	21	45	1	(To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah a love song.) My heart overflows with a goodly theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.
+Psalms	Ps	21	45	2	You are the fairest of the sons of men; grace is poured upon your lips; therefore God has blessed you for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	45	3	Gird your sword upon your thigh, O mighty one, in your glory and majesty!
+Psalms	Ps	21	45	4	In your majesty ride forth victoriously for the cause of truth and to defend the right; let your right hand teach you dread deeds!
+Psalms	Ps	21	45	5	Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; the peoples fall under you.
+Psalms	Ps	21	45	6	Your divine throne endures for ever and ever. Your royal scepter is a scepter of equity;
+Psalms	Ps	21	45	7	you love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows;
+Psalms	Ps	21	45	8	your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia. From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad;
+Psalms	Ps	21	45	9	daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor; at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.
+Psalms	Ps	21	45	10	Hear, O daughter, consider, and incline your ear; forget your people and your father’s house;
+Psalms	Ps	21	45	11	and the king will desire your beauty. Since he is your lord, bow to him;
+Psalms	Ps	21	45	12	the people of Tyre will sue your favor with gifts, the richest of the people
+Psalms	Ps	21	45	13	with all kinds of wealth. The princess is decked in her chamber with gold-woven robes;
+Psalms	Ps	21	45	14	in many-colored robes she is led to the king, with her virgin companions, her escort, in her train.
+Psalms	Ps	21	45	15	With joy and gladness they are led along as they enter the palace of the king.
+Psalms	Ps	21	45	16	Instead of your fathers shall be your sons; you will make them princes in all the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	45	17	I will cause your name to be celebrated in all generations; therefore the peoples will praise you for ever and ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	46	1	(To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song.) God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
+Psalms	Ps	21	46	2	Therefore we will not fear though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;
+Psalms	Ps	21	46	3	though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	46	4	There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High.
+Psalms	Ps	21	46	5	God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God will help her right early.
+Psalms	Ps	21	46	6	The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts.
+Psalms	Ps	21	46	7	The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	46	8	Come, behold the works of the Lord, how he has wrought desolations in the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	46	9	He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear, he burns the chariots with fire!
+Psalms	Ps	21	46	10	“Be still, and know that I am God. I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	46	11	The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	47	1	(To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.) Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!
+Psalms	Ps	21	47	2	For the Lord, the Most High, is terrible, a great king over all the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	47	3	He subdued peoples under us, and nations under our feet.
+Psalms	Ps	21	47	4	He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom he loves. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	47	5	God has gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
+Psalms	Ps	21	47	6	Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
+Psalms	Ps	21	47	7	For God is the king of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!
+Psalms	Ps	21	47	8	God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne.
+Psalms	Ps	21	47	9	The princes of the peoples gather as the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is highly exalted!
+Psalms	Ps	21	48	1	(A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.) Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God! His holy mountain,
+Psalms	Ps	21	48	2	beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, in the far north, the city of the great King.
+Psalms	Ps	21	48	3	Within her citadels God has shown himself a sure defense.
+Psalms	Ps	21	48	4	For lo, the kings assembled, they came on together.
+Psalms	Ps	21	48	5	As soon as they saw it, they were astounded, they were in panic, they took to flight;
+Psalms	Ps	21	48	6	trembling took hold of them there, anguish as of a woman in travail.
+Psalms	Ps	21	48	7	By the east wind thou didst shatter the ships of Tarshish.
+Psalms	Ps	21	48	8	As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God, which God establishes for ever. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	48	9	We have thought on thy steadfast love, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
+Psalms	Ps	21	48	10	As thy name, O God, so thy praise reaches to the ends of the earth. Thy right hand is filled with victory;
+Psalms	Ps	21	48	11	let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of thy judgments!
+Psalms	Ps	21	48	12	Walk about Zion, go round about her, number her towers,
+Psalms	Ps	21	48	13	consider well her ramparts, go through her citadels; that you may tell the next generation
+Psalms	Ps	21	48	14	that this is God, our God for ever and ever. He will be our guide for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	49	1	(To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.) Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
+Psalms	Ps	21	49	2	both low and high, rich and poor together!
+Psalms	Ps	21	49	3	My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
+Psalms	Ps	21	49	4	I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.
+Psalms	Ps	21	49	5	Why should I fear in times of trouble, when the iniquity of my persecutors surrounds me,
+Psalms	Ps	21	49	6	men who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches?
+Psalms	Ps	21	49	7	Truly no man can ransom himself, or give to God the price of his life,
+Psalms	Ps	21	49	8	for the ransom of his life is costly, and can never suffice,
+Psalms	Ps	21	49	9	that he should continue to live on for ever, and never see the Pit.
+Psalms	Ps	21	49	10	Yea, he shall see that even the wise die, the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others.
+Psalms	Ps	21	49	11	Their graves are their homes for ever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they named lands their own.
+Psalms	Ps	21	49	12	Man cannot abide in his pomp, he is like the beasts that perish.
+Psalms	Ps	21	49	13	This is the fate of those who have foolish confidence, the end of those who are pleased with their portion. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	49	14	Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; straight to the grave they descend, and their form shall waste away; Sheol shall be their home.
+Psalms	Ps	21	49	15	But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	49	16	Be not afraid when one becomes rich, when the glory of his house increases.
+Psalms	Ps	21	49	17	For when he dies he will carry nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	49	18	Though, while he lives, he counts himself happy, and though a man gets praise when he does well for himself,
+Psalms	Ps	21	49	19	he will go to the generation of his fathers, who will never more see the light.
+Psalms	Ps	21	49	20	Man cannot abide in his pomp, he is like the beasts that perish.
+Psalms	Ps	21	50	1	(A Psalm of Asaph.) The Mighty One, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
+Psalms	Ps	21	50	2	Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	50	3	Our God comes, he does not keep silence, before him is a devouring fire, round about him a mighty tempest.
+Psalms	Ps	21	50	4	He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
+Psalms	Ps	21	50	5	“Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	50	6	The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	50	7	“Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	50	8	I do not reprove you for your sacrifices; your burnt offerings are continually before me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	50	9	I will accept no bull from your house, nor he-goat from your folds.
+Psalms	Ps	21	50	10	For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.
+Psalms	Ps	21	50	11	I know all the birds of the air, and all that moves in the field is mine.
+Psalms	Ps	21	50	12	“If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world and all that is in it is mine.
+Psalms	Ps	21	50	13	Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
+Psalms	Ps	21	50	14	Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High;
+Psalms	Ps	21	50	15	and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	50	16	But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to recite my statutes, or take my covenant on your lips?
+Psalms	Ps	21	50	17	For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.
+Psalms	Ps	21	50	18	If you see a thief, you are a friend of his; and you keep company with adulterers.
+Psalms	Ps	21	50	19	“You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
+Psalms	Ps	21	50	20	You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
+Psalms	Ps	21	50	21	These things you have done and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you, and lay the charge before you.
+Psalms	Ps	21	50	22	“Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I rend, and there be none to deliver!
+Psalms	Ps	21	50	23	He who brings thanksgiving as his sacrifice honors me; to him who orders his way aright I will show the salvation of God!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	51	1	(To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.) Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy steadfast love; according to thy abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
+Psalms	Ps	21	51	2	Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
+Psalms	Ps	21	51	3	For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	51	4	Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in thy sight, so that thou art justified in thy sentence and blameless in thy judgment.
+Psalms	Ps	21	51	5	Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	51	6	Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.
+Psalms	Ps	21	51	7	Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
+Psalms	Ps	21	51	8	Fill me with joy and gladness; let the bones which thou hast broken rejoice.
+Psalms	Ps	21	51	9	Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
+Psalms	Ps	21	51	10	Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	51	11	Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy holy Spirit from me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	51	12	Restore to me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.
+Psalms	Ps	21	51	13	Then I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners will return to thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	51	14	Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of thy deliverance.
+Psalms	Ps	21	51	15	O Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
+Psalms	Ps	21	51	16	For thou hast no delight in sacrifice; were I to give a burnt offering, thou wouldst not be pleased.
+Psalms	Ps	21	51	17	The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
+Psalms	Ps	21	51	18	Do good to Zion in thy good pleasure; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem,
+Psalms	Ps	21	51	19	then wilt thou delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on thy altar.
+Psalms	Ps	21	52	1	(To the choirmaster. A Maskil of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”) Why do you boast, O mighty man, of mischief done against the godly? All the day
+Psalms	Ps	21	52	2	you are plotting destruction. Your tongue is like a sharp razor, you worker of treachery.
+Psalms	Ps	21	52	3	You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking the truth. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	52	4	You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.
+Psalms	Ps	21	52	5	But God will break you down for ever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	52	6	The righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,
+Psalms	Ps	21	52	7	“See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and sought refuge in his wealth!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	52	8	But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God for ever and ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	52	9	I will thank thee for ever, because thou hast done it. I will proclaim thy name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly.
+Psalms	Ps	21	53	1	(To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David.) The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none that does good.
+Psalms	Ps	21	53	2	God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if there are any that are wise, that seek after God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	53	3	They have all fallen away; they are all alike depraved; there is none that does good, no, not one.
+Psalms	Ps	21	53	4	Have those who work evil no understanding, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon God?
+Psalms	Ps	21	53	5	There they are, in great terror, in terror such as has not been! For God will scatter the bones of the ungodly; they will be put to shame, for God has rejected them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	53	6	O that deliverance for Israel would come from Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice and Israel be glad.
+Psalms	Ps	21	54	1	(To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David, when the Ziphites went and told Saul, “David is in hiding among us.”) Save me, O God, by thy name, and vindicate me by thy might.
+Psalms	Ps	21	54	2	Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	54	3	For insolent men have risen against me, ruthless men seek my life; they do not set God before them. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	54	4	Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.
+Psalms	Ps	21	54	5	He will requite my enemies with evil; in thy faithfulness put an end to them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	54	6	With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to thee; I will give thanks to thy name, O Lord, for it is good.
+Psalms	Ps	21	54	7	For thou hast delivered me from every trouble, and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies.
+Psalms	Ps	21	55	1	(To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David.) Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication!
+Psalms	Ps	21	55	2	Attend to me, and answer me; I am overcome by my trouble. I am distraught
+Psalms	Ps	21	55	3	by the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring trouble upon me, and in anger they cherish enmity against me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	55	4	My heart is in anguish within me, the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	55	5	Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	55	6	And I say, “O that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;
+Psalms	Ps	21	55	7	yea, I would wander afar, I would lodge in the wilderness, [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	55	8	I would haste to find me a shelter from the raging wind and tempest.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	55	9	Destroy their plans, O Lord, confuse their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.
+Psalms	Ps	21	55	10	Day and night they go around it on its walls; and mischief and trouble are within it,
+Psalms	Ps	21	55	11	ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its market place.
+Psalms	Ps	21	55	12	It is not an enemy who taunts me— then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me— then I could hide from him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	55	13	But it is you, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend.
+Psalms	Ps	21	55	14	We used to hold sweet converse together; within God’s house we walked in fellowship.
+Psalms	Ps	21	55	15	Let death come upon them; let them go down to Sheol alive; let them go away in terror into their graves.
+Psalms	Ps	21	55	16	But I call upon God; and the Lord will save me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	55	17	Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he will hear my voice.
+Psalms	Ps	21	55	18	He will deliver my soul in safety from the battle that I wage, for many are arrayed against me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	55	19	God will give ear, and humble them, he who is enthroned from of old; because they keep no law, and do not fear God. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	55	20	My companion stretched out his hand against his friends, he violated his covenant.
+Psalms	Ps	21	55	21	His speech was smoother than butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
+Psalms	Ps	21	55	22	Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
+Psalms	Ps	21	55	23	But thou, O God, wilt cast them down into the lowest pit; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	56	1	(To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.) Be gracious to me, O God, for men trample upon me; all day long foemen oppress me;
+Psalms	Ps	21	56	2	my enemies trample upon me all day long, for many fight against me proudly.
+Psalms	Ps	21	56	3	When I am afraid, I put my trust in thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	56	4	In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust without a fear. What can flesh do to me?
+Psalms	Ps	21	56	5	All day long they seek to injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
+Psalms	Ps	21	56	6	They band themselves together, they lurk, they watch my steps. As they have waited for my life,
+Psalms	Ps	21	56	7	so recompense them for their crime; in wrath cast down the peoples, O God!
+Psalms	Ps	21	56	8	Thou hast kept count of my tossings; put thou my tears in thy bottle! Are they not in thy book?
+Psalms	Ps	21	56	9	Then my enemies will be turned back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	56	10	In God, whose word I praise, in the Lord, whose word I praise,
+Psalms	Ps	21	56	11	in God I trust without a fear. What can man do to me?
+Psalms	Ps	21	56	12	My vows to thee I must perform, O God; I will render thank offerings to thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	56	13	For thou hast delivered my soul from death, yea, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
+Psalms	Ps	21	57	1	(To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave.) Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in thee my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of thy wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by.
+Psalms	Ps	21	57	2	I cry to God Most High, to God who fulfils his purpose for me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	57	3	He will send from heaven and save me, he will put to shame those who trample upon me. [Selah] God will send forth his steadfast love and his faithfulness!
+Psalms	Ps	21	57	4	I lie in the midst of lions that greedily devour the sons of men; their teeth are spears and arrows, their tongues sharp swords.
+Psalms	Ps	21	57	5	Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let thy glory be over all the earth!
+Psalms	Ps	21	57	6	They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way, but they have fallen into it themselves. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	57	7	My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! I will sing and make melody!
+Psalms	Ps	21	57	8	Awake, my soul! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn!
+Psalms	Ps	21	57	9	I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to thee among the nations.
+Psalms	Ps	21	57	10	For thy steadfast love is great to the heavens, thy faithfulness to the clouds.
+Psalms	Ps	21	57	11	Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let thy glory be over all the earth!
+Psalms	Ps	21	58	1	(To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David.) Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? Do you judge the sons of men uprightly?
+Psalms	Ps	21	58	2	Nay, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	58	3	The wicked go astray from the womb, they err from their birth, speaking lies.
+Psalms	Ps	21	58	4	They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear,
+Psalms	Ps	21	58	5	so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning enchanter.
+Psalms	Ps	21	58	6	O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	58	7	Let them vanish like water that runs away; like grass let them be trodden down and wither.
+Psalms	Ps	21	58	8	Let them be like the snail which dissolves into slime, like the untimely birth that never sees the sun.
+Psalms	Ps	21	58	9	Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!
+Psalms	Ps	21	58	10	The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.
+Psalms	Ps	21	58	11	Men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	59	1	(To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him.) Deliver me from my enemies, O my God, protect me from those who rise up against me,
+Psalms	Ps	21	59	2	deliver me from those who work evil, and save me from bloodthirsty men.
+Psalms	Ps	21	59	3	For, lo, they lie in wait for my life; fierce men band themselves against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,
+Psalms	Ps	21	59	4	for no fault of mine, they run and make ready. Rouse thyself, come to my help, and see!
+Psalms	Ps	21	59	5	Thou, Lord God of hosts, art God of Israel. Awake to punish all the nations; spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	59	6	Each evening they come back, howling like dogs and prowling about the city.
+Psalms	Ps	21	59	7	There they are, bellowing with their mouths, and snarling with their lips— for “Who,” they think, “will hear us?”
+Psalms	Ps	21	59	8	But thou, O Lord, dost laugh at them; thou dost hold all the nations in derision.
+Psalms	Ps	21	59	9	O my Strength, I will sing praises to thee; for thou, O God, art my fortress.
+Psalms	Ps	21	59	10	My God in his steadfast love will meet me; my God will let me look in triumph on my enemies.
+Psalms	Ps	21	59	11	Slay them not, lest my people forget; make them totter by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield!
+Psalms	Ps	21	59	12	For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride. For the cursing and lies which they utter,
+Psalms	Ps	21	59	13	consume them in wrath, consume them till they are no more, that men may know that God rules over Jacob to the ends of the earth. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	59	14	Each evening they come back, howling like dogs and prowling about the city.
+Psalms	Ps	21	59	15	They roam about for food, and growl if they do not get their fill.
+Psalms	Ps	21	59	16	But I will sing of thy might; I will sing aloud of thy steadfast love in the morning. For thou hast been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress.
+Psalms	Ps	21	59	17	O my Strength, I will sing praises to thee, for thou, O God, art my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love.
+Psalms	Ps	21	60	1	(To the choirmaster: according to Shushan Eduth. A Miktam of David; for instruction; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.) O God, thou hast rejected us, broken our defenses; thou hast been angry; oh, restore us.
+Psalms	Ps	21	60	2	Thou hast made the land to quake, thou hast rent it open; repair its breaches, for it totters.
+Psalms	Ps	21	60	3	Thou hast made thy people suffer hard things; thou hast given us wine to drink that made us reel.
+Psalms	Ps	21	60	4	Thou hast set up a banner for those who fear thee, to rally to it from the bow. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	60	5	That thy beloved may be delivered, give victory by thy right hand and answer us!
+Psalms	Ps	21	60	6	God has spoken in his sanctuary: “With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Vale of Succoth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	60	7	Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet; Judah is my scepter.
+Psalms	Ps	21	60	8	Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom I cast my shoe; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	60	9	Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
+Psalms	Ps	21	60	10	Hast thou not rejected us, O God? Thou dost not go forth, O God, with our armies.
+Psalms	Ps	21	60	11	O grant us help against the foe, for vain is the help of man!
+Psalms	Ps	21	60	12	With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes.
+Psalms	Ps	21	61	1	(To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.) Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer;
+Psalms	Ps	21	61	2	from the end of the earth I call to thee, when my heart is faint. Lead thou me to the rock that is higher than I;
+Psalms	Ps	21	61	3	for thou art my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy.
+Psalms	Ps	21	61	4	Let me dwell in thy tent for ever! Oh to be safe under the shelter of thy wings! [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	61	5	For thou, O God, hast heard my vows, thou hast given me the heritage of those who fear thy name.
+Psalms	Ps	21	61	6	Prolong the life of the king; may his years endure to all generations!
+Psalms	Ps	21	61	7	May he be enthroned for ever before God; bid steadfast love and faithfulness watch over him!
+Psalms	Ps	21	61	8	So will I ever sing praises to thy name, as I pay my vows day after day.
+Psalms	Ps	21	62	1	(To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.) For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.
+Psalms	Ps	21	62	2	He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly moved.
+Psalms	Ps	21	62	3	How long will you set upon a man to shatter him, all of you, like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?
+Psalms	Ps	21	62	4	They only plan to thrust him down from his eminence. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	62	5	For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	62	6	He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.
+Psalms	Ps	21	62	7	On God rests my deliverance and my honor; my mighty rock, my refuge is God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	62	8	Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	62	9	Men of low estate are but a breath, men of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.
+Psalms	Ps	21	62	10	Put no confidence in extortion, set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	62	11	Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God;
+Psalms	Ps	21	62	12	and that to thee, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For thou dost requite a man according to his work.
+Psalms	Ps	21	63	1	(A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah.) O God, thou art my God, I seek thee, my soul thirsts for thee; my flesh faints for thee, as in a dry and weary land where no water is.
+Psalms	Ps	21	63	2	So I have looked upon thee in the sanctuary, beholding thy power and glory.
+Psalms	Ps	21	63	3	Because thy steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	63	4	So I will bless thee as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on thy name.
+Psalms	Ps	21	63	5	My soul is feasted as with marrow and fat, and my mouth praises thee with joyful lips,
+Psalms	Ps	21	63	6	when I think of thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the watches of the night;
+Psalms	Ps	21	63	7	for thou hast been my help, and in the shadow of thy wings I sing for joy.
+Psalms	Ps	21	63	8	My soul clings to thee; thy right hand upholds me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	63	9	But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth;
+Psalms	Ps	21	63	10	they shall be given over to the power of the sword, they shall be prey for jackals.
+Psalms	Ps	21	63	11	But the king shall rejoice in God; all who swear by him shall glory; for the mouths of liars will be stopped.
+Psalms	Ps	21	64	1	(To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.) Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy,
+Psalms	Ps	21	64	2	hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the scheming of evildoers,
+Psalms	Ps	21	64	3	who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,
+Psalms	Ps	21	64	4	shooting from ambush at the blameless, shooting at him suddenly and without fear.
+Psalms	Ps	21	64	5	They hold fast to their evil purpose; they talk of laying snares secretly, thinking, “Who can see us?
+Psalms	Ps	21	64	6	Who can search out our crimes? We have thought out a cunningly conceived plot.” For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep!
+Psalms	Ps	21	64	7	But God will shoot his arrow at them; they will be wounded suddenly.
+Psalms	Ps	21	64	8	Because of their tongue he will bring them to ruin; all who see them will wag their heads.
+Psalms	Ps	21	64	9	Then all men will fear; they will tell what God has wrought, and ponder what he has done.
+Psalms	Ps	21	64	10	Let the righteous rejoice in the Lord, and take refuge in him! Let all the upright in heart glory!
+Psalms	Ps	21	65	1	(To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song.) Praise is due to thee, O God, in Zion; and to thee shall vows be performed,
+Psalms	Ps	21	65	2	O thou who hearest prayer! To thee shall all flesh come
+Psalms	Ps	21	65	3	on account of sins. When our transgressions prevail over us, thou dost forgive them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	65	4	Blessed is he whom thou dost choose and bring near, to dwell in thy courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, thy holy temple!
+Psalms	Ps	21	65	5	By dread deeds thou dost answer us with deliverance, O God of our salvation, who art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of the farthest seas;
+Psalms	Ps	21	65	6	who by thy strength hast established the mountains, being girded with might;
+Psalms	Ps	21	65	7	who dost still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples;
+Psalms	Ps	21	65	8	so that those who dwell at earth’s farthest bounds are afraid at thy signs; thou makest the outgoings of the morning and the evening to shout for joy.
+Psalms	Ps	21	65	9	Thou visitest the earth and waterest it, thou greatly enrichest it; the river of God is full of water; thou providest their grain, for so thou hast prepared it.
+Psalms	Ps	21	65	10	Thou waterest its furrows abundantly, settling its ridges, softening it with showers, and blessing its growth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	65	11	Thou crownest the year with thy bounty; the tracks of thy chariot drip with fatness.
+Psalms	Ps	21	65	12	The pastures of the wilderness drip, the hills gird themselves with joy,
+Psalms	Ps	21	65	13	the meadows clothe themselves with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout and sing together for joy.
+Psalms	Ps	21	66	1	(To the choirmaster. A Song. A Psalm.) Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth;
+Psalms	Ps	21	66	2	sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise!
+Psalms	Ps	21	66	3	Say to God, “How terrible are thy deeds! So great is thy power that thy enemies cringe before thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	66	4	All the earth worships thee; they sing praises to thee, sing praises to thy name.” [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	66	5	Come and see what God has done: he is terrible in his deeds among men.
+Psalms	Ps	21	66	6	He turned the sea into dry land; men passed through the river on foot. There did we rejoice in him,
+Psalms	Ps	21	66	7	who rules by his might for ever, whose eyes keep watch on the nations— let not the rebellious exalt themselves. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	66	8	Bless our God, O peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard,
+Psalms	Ps	21	66	9	who has kept us among the living, and has not let our feet slip.
+Psalms	Ps	21	66	10	For thou, O God, hast tested us; thou hast tried us as silver is tried.
+Psalms	Ps	21	66	11	Thou didst bring us into the net; thou didst lay affliction on our loins;
+Psalms	Ps	21	66	12	thou didst let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet thou hast brought us forth to a spacious place.
+Psalms	Ps	21	66	13	I will come into thy house with burnt offerings; I will pay thee my vows,
+Psalms	Ps	21	66	14	that which my lips uttered and my mouth promised when I was in trouble.
+Psalms	Ps	21	66	15	I will offer to thee burnt offerings of fatlings, with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams; I will make an offering of bulls and goats. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	66	16	Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	66	17	I cried aloud to him, and he was extolled with my tongue.
+Psalms	Ps	21	66	18	If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
+Psalms	Ps	21	66	19	But truly God has listened; he has given heed to the voice of my prayer.
+Psalms	Ps	21	66	20	Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me!
+Psalms	Ps	21	67	1	(To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.) May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	67	2	that thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving power among all nations.
+Psalms	Ps	21	67	3	Let the peoples praise thee, O God; let all the peoples praise thee!
+Psalms	Ps	21	67	4	Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for thou dost judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	67	5	Let the peoples praise thee, O God; let all the peoples praise thee!
+Psalms	Ps	21	67	6	The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God, has blessed us.
+Psalms	Ps	21	67	7	God has blessed us; let all the ends of the earth fear him!
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	1	(To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song.) Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; let those who hate him flee before him!
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	2	As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melts before fire, let the wicked perish before God!
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	3	But let the righteous be joyful; let them exult before God; let them be jubilant with joy!
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	4	Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides upon the clouds; his name is the Lord, exult before him!
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	5	Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	6	God gives the desolate a home to dwell in; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity; but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	7	O God, when thou didst go forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness, [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	8	the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain, at the presence of God; yon Sinai quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	9	Rain in abundance, O God, thou didst shed abroad; thou didst restore thy heritage as it languished;
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	10	thy flock found a dwelling in it; in thy goodness, O God, thou didst provide for the needy.
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	11	The Lord gives the command; great is the host of those who bore the tidings:
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	12	“The kings of the armies, they flee, they flee!” The women at home divide the spoil,
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	13	though they stay among the sheepfolds— the wings of a dove covered with silver, its pinions with green gold.
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	14	When the Almighty scattered kings there, snow fell on Zalmon.
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	15	O mighty mountain, mountain of Bashan; O many-peaked mountain, mountain of Bashan!
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	16	Why look you with envy, O many-peaked mountain, at the mount which God desired for his abode, yea, where the Lord will dwell for ever?
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	17	With mighty chariotry, twice ten thousand, thousands upon thousands, the Lord came from Sinai into the holy place.
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	18	Thou didst ascend the high mount, leading captives in thy train, and receiving gifts among men, even among the rebellious, that the Lord God may dwell there.
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	19	Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	20	Our God is a God of salvation; and to GOD, the Lord, belongs escape from death.
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	21	But God will shatter the heads of his enemies, the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	22	The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	23	that you may bathe your feet in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	24	Thy solemn processions are seen, O God, the processions of my God, my King, into the sanctuary—
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	25	the singers in front, the minstrels last, between them maidens playing timbrels:
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	26	“Bless God in the great congregation, the Lord, O you who are of Israel’s fountain!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	27	There is Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead, the princes of Judah in their throng, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	28	Summon thy might, O God; show thy strength, O God, thou who hast wrought for us.
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	29	Because of thy temple at Jerusalem kings bear gifts to thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	30	Rebuke the beasts that dwell among the reeds, the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples. Trample under foot those who lust after tribute; scatter the peoples who delight in war.
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	31	Let bronze be brought from Egypt; let Ethiopia hasten to stretch out her hands to God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	32	Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth; sing praises to the Lord, [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	33	to him who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens; lo, he sends forth his voice, his mighty voice.
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	34	Ascribe power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, and his power is in the skies.
+Psalms	Ps	21	68	35	Terrible is God in his sanctuary, the God of Israel, he gives power and strength to his people. Blessed be God!
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	1	(To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Psalm of David.) Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	2	I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	3	I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	4	More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore?
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	5	O God, thou knowest my folly; the wrongs I have done are not hidden from thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	6	Let not those who hope in thee be put to shame through me, O Lord GOD of hosts; let not those who seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	7	For it is for thy sake that I have borne reproach, that shame has covered my face.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	8	I have become a stranger to my brethren, an alien to my mother’s sons.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	9	For zeal for thy house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult thee have fallen on me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	10	When I humbled my soul with fasting, it became my reproach.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	11	When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	12	I am the talk of those who sit in the gate, and the drunkards make songs about me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	13	But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Lord. At an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of thy steadfast love answer me. With thy faithful help
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	14	rescue me from sinking in the mire; let me be delivered from my enemies and from the deep waters.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	15	Let not the flood sweep over me, or the deep swallow me up, or the pit close its mouth over me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	16	Answer me, O Lord, for thy steadfast love is good; according to thy abundant mercy, turn to me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	17	Hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in distress, make haste to answer me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	18	Draw near to me, redeem me, set me free because of my enemies!
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	19	Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame and my dishonor; my foes are all known to thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	20	Insults have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	21	They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	22	Let their own table before them become a snare; let their sacrificial feasts be a trap.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	23	Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; and make their loins tremble continually.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	24	Pour out thy indignation upon them, and let thy burning anger overtake them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	25	May their camp be a desolation, let no one dwell in their tents.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	26	For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten, and him whom thou hast wounded, they afflict still more.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	27	Add to them punishment upon punishment; may they have no acquittal from thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	28	Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; let them not be enrolled among the righteous.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	29	But I am afflicted and in pain; let thy salvation, O God, set me on high!
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	30	I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	31	This will please the Lord more than an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	32	Let the oppressed see it and be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	33	For the Lord hears the needy, and does not despise his own that are in bonds.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	34	Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves therein.
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	35	For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah; and his servants shall dwell there and possess it;
+Psalms	Ps	21	69	36	the children of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name shall dwell in it.
+Psalms	Ps	21	70	1	(To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering.) Be pleased, O God, to deliver me! O Lord, make haste to help me!
+Psalms	Ps	21	70	2	Let them be put to shame and confusion who seek my life! Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor who desire my hurt!
+Psalms	Ps	21	70	3	Let them be appalled because of their shame who say, “Aha, Aha!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	70	4	May all who seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee! May those who love thy salvation say evermore, “God is great!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	70	5	But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God! Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not tarry!
+Psalms	Ps	21	71	1	In thee, O Lord, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame!
+Psalms	Ps	21	71	2	In thy righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline thy ear to me, and save me!
+Psalms	Ps	21	71	3	Be thou to me a rock of refuge, a strong fortress, to save me, for thou art my rock and my fortress.
+Psalms	Ps	21	71	4	Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.
+Psalms	Ps	21	71	5	For thou, O Lord, art my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	71	6	Upon thee I have leaned from my birth; thou art he who took me from my mother’s womb. My praise is continually of thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	71	7	I have been as a portent to many; but thou art my strong refuge.
+Psalms	Ps	21	71	8	My mouth is filled with thy praise, and with thy glory all the day.
+Psalms	Ps	21	71	9	Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent.
+Psalms	Ps	21	71	10	For my enemies speak concerning me, those who watch for my life consult together,
+Psalms	Ps	21	71	11	and say, “God has forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver him.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	71	12	O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me!
+Psalms	Ps	21	71	13	May my accusers be put to shame and consumed; with scorn and disgrace may they be covered who seek my hurt.
+Psalms	Ps	21	71	14	But I will hope continually, and will praise thee yet more and more.
+Psalms	Ps	21	71	15	My mouth will tell of thy righteous acts, of thy deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge.
+Psalms	Ps	21	71	16	With the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD I will come, I will praise thy righteousness, thine alone.
+Psalms	Ps	21	71	17	O God, from my youth thou hast taught me, and I still proclaim thy wondrous deeds.
+Psalms	Ps	21	71	18	So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, till I proclaim thy might to all the generations to come. Thy power
+Psalms	Ps	21	71	19	and thy righteousness, O God, reach the high heavens. Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like thee?
+Psalms	Ps	21	71	20	Thou who hast made me see many sore troubles wilt revive me again; from the depths of the earth thou wilt bring me up again.
+Psalms	Ps	21	71	21	Thou wilt increase my honor, and comfort me again.
+Psalms	Ps	21	71	22	I will also praise thee with the harp for thy faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praises to thee with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.
+Psalms	Ps	21	71	23	My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to thee; my soul also, which thou hast rescued.
+Psalms	Ps	21	71	24	And my tongue will talk of thy righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disgraced who sought to do me hurt.
+Psalms	Ps	21	72	1	(A Psalm of Solomon.) Give the king thy justice, O God, and thy righteousness to the royal son!
+Psalms	Ps	21	72	2	May he judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with justice!
+Psalms	Ps	21	72	3	Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness!
+Psalms	Ps	21	72	4	May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the needy, and crush the oppressor!
+Psalms	Ps	21	72	5	May he live while the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations!
+Psalms	Ps	21	72	6	May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth!
+Psalms	Ps	21	72	7	In his days may righteousness flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more!
+Psalms	Ps	21	72	8	May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth!
+Psalms	Ps	21	72	9	May his foes bow down before him, and his enemies lick the dust!
+Psalms	Ps	21	72	10	May the kings of Tarshish and of the isles render him tribute, may the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts!
+Psalms	Ps	21	72	11	May all kings fall down before him, all nations serve him!
+Psalms	Ps	21	72	12	For he delivers the needy when he calls, the poor and him who has no helper.
+Psalms	Ps	21	72	13	He has pity on the weak and the needy, and saves the lives of the needy.
+Psalms	Ps	21	72	14	From oppression and violence he redeems their life; and precious is their blood in his sight.
+Psalms	Ps	21	72	15	Long may he live, may gold of Sheba be given to him! May prayer be made for him continually, and blessings invoked for him all the day!
+Psalms	Ps	21	72	16	May there be abundance of grain in the land; on the tops of the mountains may it wave; may its fruit be like Lebanon; and may men blossom forth from the cities like the grass of the field!
+Psalms	Ps	21	72	17	May his name endure for ever, his fame continue as long as the sun! May men bless themselves by him, all nations call him blessed!
+Psalms	Ps	21	72	18	Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things.
+Psalms	Ps	21	72	19	Blessed be his glorious name for ever; may his glory fill the whole earth! Amen and Amen!
+Psalms	Ps	21	72	20	The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended.
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	1	(A Psalm of Asaph.) Truly God is good to the upright, to those who are pure in heart.
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	2	But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had well nigh slipped.
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	3	For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	4	For they have no pangs; their bodies are sound and sleek.
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	5	They are not in trouble as other men are; they are not stricken like other men.
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	6	Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment.
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	7	Their eyes swell out with fatness, their hearts overflow with follies.
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	8	They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression.
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	9	They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	10	Therefore the people turn and praise them; and find no fault in them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	11	And they say, “How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	12	Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches.
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	13	All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	14	For all the day long I have been stricken, and chastened every morning.
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	15	If I had said, “I will speak thus,” I would have been untrue to the generation of thy children.
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	16	But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task,
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	17	until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I perceived their end.
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	18	Truly thou dost set them in slippery places; thou dost make them fall to ruin.
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	19	How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors!
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	20	They are like a dream when one awakes, on awaking you despise their phantoms.
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	21	When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart,
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	22	I was stupid and ignorant, I was like a beast toward thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	23	Nevertheless I am continually with thee; thou dost hold my right hand.
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	24	Thou dost guide me with thy counsel, and afterward thou wilt receive me to glory.
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	25	Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is nothing upon earth that I desire besides thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	26	My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	27	For lo, those who are far from thee shall perish; thou dost put an end to those who are false to thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	73	28	But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all thy works.
+Psalms	Ps	21	74	1	(A Maskil of Asaph.) O God, why dost thou cast us off for ever? Why does thy anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
+Psalms	Ps	21	74	2	Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thy heritage! Remember Mount Zion, where thou hast dwelt.
+Psalms	Ps	21	74	3	Direct thy steps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!
+Psalms	Ps	21	74	4	Thy foes have roared in the midst of thy holy place; they set up their own signs for signs.
+Psalms	Ps	21	74	5	At the upper entrance they hacked the wooden trellis with axes.
+Psalms	Ps	21	74	6	And then all its carved wood they broke down with hatchets and hammers.
+Psalms	Ps	21	74	7	They set thy sanctuary on fire; to the ground they desecrated the dwelling place of thy name.
+Psalms	Ps	21	74	8	They said to themselves, “We will utterly subdue them”; they burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
+Psalms	Ps	21	74	9	We do not see our signs; there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long.
+Psalms	Ps	21	74	10	How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile thy name for ever?
+Psalms	Ps	21	74	11	Why dost thou hold back thy hand, why dost thou keep thy right hand in thy bosom?
+Psalms	Ps	21	74	12	Yet God my King is from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	74	13	Thou didst divide the sea by thy might; thou didst break the heads of the dragons on the waters.
+Psalms	Ps	21	74	14	Thou didst crush the heads of Leviathan, thou didst give him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.
+Psalms	Ps	21	74	15	Thou didst cleave open springs and brooks; thou didst dry up ever-flowing streams.
+Psalms	Ps	21	74	16	Thine is the day, thine also the night; thou hast established the luminaries and the sun.
+Psalms	Ps	21	74	17	Thou hast fixed all the bounds of the earth; thou hast made summer and winter.
+Psalms	Ps	21	74	18	Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy scoffs, and an impious people reviles thy name.
+Psalms	Ps	21	74	19	Do not deliver the soul of thy dove to the wild beasts; do not forget the life of thy poor for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	74	20	Have regard for thy covenant; for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
+Psalms	Ps	21	74	21	Let not the downtrodden be put to shame; let the poor and needy praise thy name.
+Psalms	Ps	21	74	22	Arise, O God, plead thy cause; remember how the impious scoff at thee all the day!
+Psalms	Ps	21	74	23	Do not forget the clamor of thy foes, the uproar of thy adversaries which goes up continually!
+Psalms	Ps	21	75	1	(To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.) We give thanks to thee, O God; we give thanks; we call on thy name and recount thy wondrous deeds.
+Psalms	Ps	21	75	2	At the set time which I appoint I will judge with equity.
+Psalms	Ps	21	75	3	When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants, it is I who keep steady its pillars. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	75	4	I say to the boastful, “Do not boast,” and to the wicked, “Do not lift up your horn;
+Psalms	Ps	21	75	5	do not lift up your horn on high, or speak with insolent neck.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	75	6	For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up;
+Psalms	Ps	21	75	7	but it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another.
+Psalms	Ps	21	75	8	For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, with foaming wine, well mixed; and he will pour a draught from it, and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs.
+Psalms	Ps	21	75	9	But I will rejoice for ever, I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
+Psalms	Ps	21	75	10	All the horns of the wicked he will cut off, but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
+Psalms	Ps	21	76	1	(To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.) In Judah God is known, his name is great in Israel.
+Psalms	Ps	21	76	2	His abode has been established in Salem, his dwelling place in Zion.
+Psalms	Ps	21	76	3	There he broke the flashing arrows, the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	76	4	Glorious art thou, more majestic than the everlasting mountains.
+Psalms	Ps	21	76	5	The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil; they sank into sleep; all the men of war were unable to use their hands.
+Psalms	Ps	21	76	6	At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both rider and horse lay stunned.
+Psalms	Ps	21	76	7	But thou, terrible art thou! Who can stand before thee when once thy anger is roused?
+Psalms	Ps	21	76	8	From the heavens thou didst utter judgment; the earth feared and was still,
+Psalms	Ps	21	76	9	when God arose to establish judgment to save all the oppressed of the earth. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	76	10	Surely the wrath of men shall praise thee; the residue of wrath thou wilt gird upon thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	76	11	Make your vows to the Lord your God, and perform them; let all around him bring gifts to him who is to be feared,
+Psalms	Ps	21	76	12	who cuts off the spirit of princes, who is terrible to the kings of the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	77	1	(To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.) I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, that he may hear me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	77	2	In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted.
+Psalms	Ps	21	77	3	I think of God, and I moan; I meditate, and my spirit faints. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	77	4	Thou dost hold my eyelids from closing; I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
+Psalms	Ps	21	77	5	I consider the days of old, I remember the years long ago.
+Psalms	Ps	21	77	6	I commune with my heart in the night; I meditate and search my spirit:
+Psalms	Ps	21	77	7	“Will the Lord spurn for ever, and never again be favorable?
+Psalms	Ps	21	77	8	Has his steadfast love for ever ceased? Are his promises at an end for all time?
+Psalms	Ps	21	77	9	Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	77	10	And I say, “It is my grief that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	77	11	I will call to mind the deeds of the Lord; yea, I will remember thy wonders of old.
+Psalms	Ps	21	77	12	I will meditate on all thy work, and muse on thy mighty deeds.
+Psalms	Ps	21	77	13	Thy way, O God, is holy. What god is great like our God?
+Psalms	Ps	21	77	14	Thou art the God who workest wonders, who hast manifested thy might among the peoples.
+Psalms	Ps	21	77	15	Thou didst with thy arm redeem thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	77	16	When the waters saw thee, O God, when the waters saw thee, they were afraid, yea, the deep trembled.
+Psalms	Ps	21	77	17	The clouds poured out water; the skies gave forth thunder; thy arrows flashed on every side.
+Psalms	Ps	21	77	18	The crash of thy thunder was in the whirlwind; thy lightnings lighted up the world; the earth trembled and shook.
+Psalms	Ps	21	77	19	Thy way was through the sea, thy path through the great waters; yet thy footprints were unseen.
+Psalms	Ps	21	77	20	Thou didst lead thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	1	(A Maskil of Asaph.) Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	2	I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old,
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	3	things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	4	We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders which he has wrought.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	5	He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children;
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	6	that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children,
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	7	so that they should set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments;
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	8	and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	9	The Ephraimites, armed with the bow, turned back on the day of battle.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	10	They did not keep God’s covenant, but refused to walk according to his law.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	11	They forgot what he had done, and the miracles that he had shown them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	12	In the sight of their fathers he wrought marvels in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	13	He divided the sea and let them pass through it, and made the waters stand like a heap.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	14	In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a fiery light.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	15	He cleft rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	16	He made streams come out of the rock, and caused waters to flow down like rivers.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	17	Yet they sinned still more against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	18	They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	19	They spoke against God, saying, “Can God spread a table in the wilderness?
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	20	He smote the rock so that water gushed out and streams overflowed. Can he also give bread, or provide meat for his people?”
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	21	Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of wrath; a fire was kindled against Jacob, his anger mounted against Israel;
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	22	because they had no faith in God, and did not trust his saving power.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	23	Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven;
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	24	and he rained down upon them manna to eat, and gave them the grain of heaven.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	25	Man ate of the bread of the angels; he sent them food in abundance.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	26	He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power he led out the south wind;
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	27	he rained flesh upon them like dust, winged birds like the sand of the seas;
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	28	he let them fall in the midst of their camp, all around their habitations.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	29	And they ate and were well filled, for he gave them what they craved.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	30	But before they had sated their craving, while the food was still in their mouths,
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	31	the anger of God rose against them and he slew the strongest of them, and laid low the picked men of Israel.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	32	In spite of all this they still sinned; despite his wonders they did not believe.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	33	So he made their days vanish like a breath, and their years in terror.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	34	When he slew them, they sought for him; they repented and sought God earnestly.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	35	They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God their redeemer.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	36	But they flattered him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	37	Their heart was not steadfast toward him; they were not true to his covenant.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	38	Yet he, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often, and did not stir up all his wrath.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	39	He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes and comes not again.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	40	How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert!
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	41	They tested him again and again, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	42	They did not keep in mind his power, or the day when he redeemed them from the foe;
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	43	when he wrought his signs in Egypt, and his miracles in the fields of Zoan.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	44	He turned their rivers to blood, so that they could not drink of their streams.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	45	He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	46	He gave their crops to the caterpillar, and the fruit of their labor to the locust.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	47	He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamores with frost.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	48	He gave over their cattle to the hail, and their flocks to thunderbolts.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	49	He let loose on them his fierce anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, a company of destroying angels.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	50	He made a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death, but gave their lives over to the plague.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	51	He smote all the first-born in Egypt, the first issue of their strength in the tents of Ham.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	52	Then he led forth his people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	53	He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid; but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	54	And he brought them to his holy land, to the mountain which his right hand had won.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	55	He drove out nations before them; he apportioned them for a possession and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	56	Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God, and did not observe his testimonies,
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	57	but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers; they twisted like a deceitful bow.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	58	For they provoked him to anger with their high places; they moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	59	When God heard, he was full of wrath, and he utterly rejected Israel.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	60	He forsook his dwelling at Shiloh, the tent where he dwelt among men,
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	61	and delivered his power to captivity, his glory to the hand of the foe.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	62	He gave his people over to the sword, and vented his wrath on his heritage.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	63	Fire devoured their young men, and their maidens had no marriage song.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	64	Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	65	Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a strong man shouting because of wine.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	66	And he put his adversaries to rout; he put them to everlasting shame.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	67	He rejected the tent of Joseph, he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	68	but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	69	He built his sanctuary like the high heavens, like the earth, which he has founded for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	70	He chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	71	from tending the ewes that had young he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob his people, of Israel his inheritance.
+Psalms	Ps	21	78	72	With upright heart he tended them, and guided them with skilful hand.
+Psalms	Ps	21	79	1	(A Psalm of Asaph.) O God, the heathen have come into thy inheritance; they have defiled thy holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
+Psalms	Ps	21	79	2	They have given the bodies of thy servants to the birds of the air for food, the flesh of thy saints to the beasts of the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	79	3	They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	79	4	We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those round about us.
+Psalms	Ps	21	79	5	How long, O Lord? Wilt thou be angry for ever? Will thy jealous wrath burn like fire?
+Psalms	Ps	21	79	6	Pour out thy anger on the nations that do not know thee, and on the kingdoms that do not call on thy name!
+Psalms	Ps	21	79	7	For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation.
+Psalms	Ps	21	79	8	Do not remember against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let thy compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low.
+Psalms	Ps	21	79	9	Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name’s sake!
+Psalms	Ps	21	79	10	Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of thy servants be known among the nations before our eyes!
+Psalms	Ps	21	79	11	Let the groans of the prisoners come before thee; according to thy great power preserve those doomed to die!
+Psalms	Ps	21	79	12	Return sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted thee, O Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	79	13	Then we thy people, the flock of thy pasture, will give thanks to thee for ever; from generation to generation we will recount thy praise.
+Psalms	Ps	21	80	1	(To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Testimony of Asaph. A Psalm.) Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou who leadest Joseph like a flock! Thou who art enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth
+Psalms	Ps	21	80	2	before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh! Stir up thy might, and come to save us!
+Psalms	Ps	21	80	3	Restore us, O God; let thy face shine, that we may be saved!
+Psalms	Ps	21	80	4	O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry with thy people’s prayers?
+Psalms	Ps	21	80	5	Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in full measure.
+Psalms	Ps	21	80	6	Thou dost make us the scorn of our neighbors; and our enemies laugh among themselves.
+Psalms	Ps	21	80	7	Restore us, O God of hosts; let thy face shine, that we may be saved!
+Psalms	Ps	21	80	8	Thou didst bring a vine out of Egypt; thou didst drive out the nations and plant it.
+Psalms	Ps	21	80	9	Thou didst clear the ground for it; it took deep root and filled the land.
+Psalms	Ps	21	80	10	The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches;
+Psalms	Ps	21	80	11	it sent out its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the River.
+Psalms	Ps	21	80	12	Why then hast thou broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
+Psalms	Ps	21	80	13	The boar from the forest ravages it, and all that move in the field feed on it.
+Psalms	Ps	21	80	14	Turn again, O God of hosts! Look down from heaven, and see; have regard for this vine,
+Psalms	Ps	21	80	15	the stock which thy right hand planted.
+Psalms	Ps	21	80	16	They have burned it with fire, they have cut it down; may they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance!
+Psalms	Ps	21	80	17	But let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, the son of man whom thou hast made strong for thyself!
+Psalms	Ps	21	80	18	Then we will never turn back from thee; give us life, and we will call on thy name!
+Psalms	Ps	21	80	19	Restore us, O Lord God of hosts! let thy face shine, that we may be saved!
+Psalms	Ps	21	81	1	(To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.) Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob!
+Psalms	Ps	21	81	2	Raise a song, sound the timbrel, the sweet lyre with the harp.
+Psalms	Ps	21	81	3	Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.
+Psalms	Ps	21	81	4	For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
+Psalms	Ps	21	81	5	He made it a decree in Joseph, when he went out over the land of Egypt. I hear a voice I had not known:
+Psalms	Ps	21	81	6	“I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket.
+Psalms	Ps	21	81	7	In distress you called, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	81	8	Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
+Psalms	Ps	21	81	9	There shall be no strange god among you; you shall not bow down to a foreign god.
+Psalms	Ps	21	81	10	I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
+Psalms	Ps	21	81	11	“But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would have none of me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	81	12	So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.
+Psalms	Ps	21	81	13	O that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
+Psalms	Ps	21	81	14	I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their foes.
+Psalms	Ps	21	81	15	Those who hate the Lord would cringe toward him, and their fate would last for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	81	16	I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	82	1	(A Psalm of Asaph.) God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:
+Psalms	Ps	21	82	2	“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	82	3	Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
+Psalms	Ps	21	82	4	Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	82	5	They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
+Psalms	Ps	21	82	6	I say, “You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you;
+Psalms	Ps	21	82	7	nevertheless, you shall die like men, and fall like any prince.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	82	8	Arise, O God, judge the earth; for to thee belong all the nations!
+Psalms	Ps	21	83	1	(A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.) O God, do not keep silence; do not hold thy peace or be still, O God!
+Psalms	Ps	21	83	2	For lo, thy enemies are in tumult; those who hate thee have raised their heads.
+Psalms	Ps	21	83	3	They lay crafty plans against thy people; they consult together against thy protected ones.
+Psalms	Ps	21	83	4	They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	83	5	Yea, they conspire with one accord; against thee they make a covenant—
+Psalms	Ps	21	83	6	the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
+Psalms	Ps	21	83	7	Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
+Psalms	Ps	21	83	8	Assyria also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	83	9	Do to them as thou didst to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
+Psalms	Ps	21	83	10	who were destroyed at En-dor, who became dung for the ground.
+Psalms	Ps	21	83	11	Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
+Psalms	Ps	21	83	12	who said, “Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	83	13	O my God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind.
+Psalms	Ps	21	83	14	As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,
+Psalms	Ps	21	83	15	so do thou pursue them with thy tempest and terrify them with thy hurricane!
+Psalms	Ps	21	83	16	Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	83	17	Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; let them perish in disgrace.
+Psalms	Ps	21	83	18	Let them know that thou alone, whose name is the Lord, art the Most High over all the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	84	1	(To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.) How lovely is thy dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!
+Psalms	Ps	21	84	2	My soul longs, yea, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	84	3	Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	84	4	Blessed are those who dwell in thy house, ever singing thy praise! [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	84	5	Blessed are the men whose strength is in thee, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
+Psalms	Ps	21	84	6	As they go through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools.
+Psalms	Ps	21	84	7	They go from strength to strength; the God of gods will be seen in Zion.
+Psalms	Ps	21	84	8	O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	84	9	Behold our shield, O God; look upon the face of thine anointed!
+Psalms	Ps	21	84	10	For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
+Psalms	Ps	21	84	11	For the Lord God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly.
+Psalms	Ps	21	84	12	O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in thee!
+Psalms	Ps	21	85	1	(To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.) Lord, thou wast favorable to thy land; thou didst restore the fortunes of Jacob.
+Psalms	Ps	21	85	2	Thou didst forgive the iniquity of thy people; thou didst pardon all their sin. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	85	3	Thou didst withdraw all thy wrath; thou didst turn from thy hot anger.
+Psalms	Ps	21	85	4	Restore us again, O God of our salvation, and put away thy indignation toward us!
+Psalms	Ps	21	85	5	Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou prolong thy anger to all generations?
+Psalms	Ps	21	85	6	Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee?
+Psalms	Ps	21	85	7	Show us thy steadfast love, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.
+Psalms	Ps	21	85	8	Let me hear what God the Lord will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints, to those who turn to him in their hearts.
+Psalms	Ps	21	85	9	Surely his salvation is at hand for those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.
+Psalms	Ps	21	85	10	Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other.
+Psalms	Ps	21	85	11	Faithfulness will spring up from the ground, and righteousness will look down from the sky.
+Psalms	Ps	21	85	12	Yea, the Lord will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
+Psalms	Ps	21	85	13	Righteousness will go before him, and make his footsteps a way.
+Psalms	Ps	21	86	1	(A Prayer of David.) Incline thy ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
+Psalms	Ps	21	86	2	Preserve my life, for I am godly; save thy servant who trusts in thee. Thou art my God;
+Psalms	Ps	21	86	3	be gracious to me, O Lord, for to thee do I cry all the day.
+Psalms	Ps	21	86	4	Gladden the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
+Psalms	Ps	21	86	5	For thou, O Lord, art good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	86	6	Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; hearken to my cry of supplication.
+Psalms	Ps	21	86	7	In the day of my trouble I call on thee, for thou dost answer me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	86	8	There is none like thee among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like thine.
+Psalms	Ps	21	86	9	All the nations thou hast made shall come and bow down before thee, O Lord, and shall glorify thy name.
+Psalms	Ps	21	86	10	For thou art great and doest wondrous things, thou alone art God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	86	11	Teach me thy way, O Lord, that I may walk in thy truth; unite my heart to fear thy name.
+Psalms	Ps	21	86	12	I give thanks to thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify thy name for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	86	13	For great is thy steadfast love toward me; thou hast delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
+Psalms	Ps	21	86	14	O God, insolent men have risen up against me; a band of ruthless men seek my life, and they do not set thee before them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	86	15	But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
+Psalms	Ps	21	86	16	Turn to me and take pity on me; give thy strength to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.
+Psalms	Ps	21	86	17	Show me a sign of thy favor, that those who hate me may see and be put to shame because thou, Lord, hast helped me and comforted me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	87	1	(A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. A Song.) On the holy mount stands the city he founded;
+Psalms	Ps	21	87	2	the Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.
+Psalms	Ps	21	87	3	Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	87	4	Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon; behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia— “This one was born there,” they say.
+Psalms	Ps	21	87	5	And of Zion it shall be said, “This one and that one were born in her”; for the Most High himself will establish her.
+Psalms	Ps	21	87	6	The Lord records as he registers the peoples, “This one was born there.” [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	87	7	Singers and dancers alike say, “All my springs are in you.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	88	1	(A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.) O Lord, my God, I call for help by day; I cry out in the night before thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	88	2	Let my prayer come before thee, incline thy ear to my cry!
+Psalms	Ps	21	88	3	For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
+Psalms	Ps	21	88	4	I am reckoned among those who go down to the Pit; I am a man who has no strength,
+Psalms	Ps	21	88	5	like one forsaken among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom thou dost remember no more, for they are cut off from thy hand.
+Psalms	Ps	21	88	6	Thou hast put me in the depths of the Pit, in the regions dark and deep.
+Psalms	Ps	21	88	7	Thy wrath lies heavy upon me, and thou dost overwhelm me with all thy waves. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	88	8	Thou hast caused my companions to shun me; thou hast made me a thing of horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
+Psalms	Ps	21	88	9	my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon thee, O Lord; I spread out my hands to thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	88	10	Dost thou work wonders for the dead? Do the shades rise up to praise thee? [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	88	11	Is thy steadfast love declared in the grave, or thy faithfulness in Abaddon?
+Psalms	Ps	21	88	12	Are thy wonders known in the darkness, or thy saving help in the land of forgetfulness?
+Psalms	Ps	21	88	13	But I, O Lord, cry to thee; in the morning my prayer comes before thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	88	14	O Lord, why dost thou cast me off? Why dost thou hide thy face from me?
+Psalms	Ps	21	88	15	Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer thy terrors; I am helpless.
+Psalms	Ps	21	88	16	Thy wrath has swept over me; thy dread assaults destroy me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	88	17	They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in upon me together.
+Psalms	Ps	21	88	18	Thou hast caused lover and friend to shun me; my companions are in darkness.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	1	(A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.) I will sing of thy steadfast love, O Lord, for ever; with my mouth I will proclaim thy faithfulness to all generations.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	2	For thy steadfast love was established for ever, thy faithfulness is firm as the heavens.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	3	Thou hast said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant:
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	4	‘I will establish your descendants for ever, and build your throne for all generations.’” [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	5	Let the heavens praise thy wonders, O Lord, thy faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	6	For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord? Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord,
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	7	a God feared in the council of the holy ones, great and terrible above all that are round about him?
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	8	O Lord God of hosts, who is mighty as thou art, O Lord, with thy faithfulness round about thee?
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	9	Thou dost rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, thou stillest them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	10	Thou didst crush Rahab like a carcass, thou didst scatter thy enemies with thy mighty arm.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	11	The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine; the world and all that is in it, thou hast founded them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	12	The north and the south, thou hast created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise thy name.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	13	Thou hast a mighty arm; strong is thy hand, high thy right hand.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	14	Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	15	Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance,
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	16	who exult in thy name all the day, and extol thy righteousness.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	17	For thou art the glory of their strength; by thy favor our horn is exalted.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	18	For our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	19	Of old thou didst speak in a vision to thy faithful one, and say: “I have set the crown upon one who is mighty, I have exalted one chosen from the people.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	20	I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him;
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	21	so that my hand shall ever abide with him, my arm also shall strengthen him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	22	The enemy shall not outwit him, the wicked shall not humble him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	23	I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	24	My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	25	I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	26	He shall cry to me, ‘Thou art my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	27	And I will make him the first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	28	My steadfast love I will keep for him for ever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	29	I will establish his line for ever and his throne as the days of the heavens.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	30	If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my ordinances,
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	31	if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments,
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	32	then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with scourges;
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	33	but I will not remove from him my steadfast love, or be false to my faithfulness.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	34	I will not violate my covenant, or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	35	Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	36	His line shall endure for ever, his throne as long as the sun before me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	37	Like the moon it shall be established for ever; it shall stand firm while the skies endure.” [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	38	But now thou hast cast off and rejected, thou art full of wrath against thy anointed.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	39	Thou hast renounced the covenant with thy servant; thou hast defiled his crown in the dust.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	40	Thou hast breached all his walls; thou hast laid his strongholds in ruins.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	41	All that pass by despoil him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	42	Thou hast exalted the right hand of his foes; thou hast made all his enemies rejoice.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	43	Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and thou hast not made him stand in battle.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	44	Thou hast removed the scepter from his hand, and cast his throne to the ground.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	45	Thou hast cut short the days of his youth; thou hast covered him with shame. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	46	How long, O Lord? Wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long will thy wrath burn like fire?
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	47	Remember, O Lord, what the measure of life is, for what vanity thou hast created all the sons of men!
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	48	What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	49	Lord, where is thy steadfast love of old, which by thy faithfulness thou didst swear to David?
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	50	Remember, O Lord, how thy servant is scorned; how I bear in my bosom the insults of the peoples,
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	51	with which thy enemies taunt, O Lord, with which they mock the footsteps of thy anointed.
+Psalms	Ps	21	89	52	Blessed be the Lord for ever! Amen and Amen.
+Psalms	Ps	21	90	1	(A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.) Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
+Psalms	Ps	21	90	2	Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting thou art God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	90	3	Thou turnest man back to the dust, and sayest, “Turn back, O children of men!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	90	4	For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.
+Psalms	Ps	21	90	5	Thou dost sweep men away; they are like a dream, like grass which is renewed in the morning:
+Psalms	Ps	21	90	6	in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers.
+Psalms	Ps	21	90	7	For we are consumed by thy anger; by thy wrath we are overwhelmed.
+Psalms	Ps	21	90	8	Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
+Psalms	Ps	21	90	9	For all our days pass away under thy wrath, our years come to an end like a sigh.
+Psalms	Ps	21	90	10	The years of our life are threescore and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.
+Psalms	Ps	21	90	11	Who considers the power of thy anger, and thy wrath according to the fear of thee?
+Psalms	Ps	21	90	12	So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.
+Psalms	Ps	21	90	13	Return, O Lord! How long? Have pity on thy servants!
+Psalms	Ps	21	90	14	Satisfy us in the morning with thy steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
+Psalms	Ps	21	90	15	Make us glad as many days as thou hast afflicted us, and as many years as we have seen evil.
+Psalms	Ps	21	90	16	Let thy work be manifest to thy servants, and thy glorious power to their children.
+Psalms	Ps	21	90	17	Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish thou the work of our hands upon us, yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
+Psalms	Ps	21	91	1	He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, who abides in the shadow of the Almighty,
+Psalms	Ps	21	91	2	will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	91	3	For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence;
+Psalms	Ps	21	91	4	he will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.
+Psalms	Ps	21	91	5	You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
+Psalms	Ps	21	91	6	nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.
+Psalms	Ps	21	91	7	A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.
+Psalms	Ps	21	91	8	You will only look with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked.
+Psalms	Ps	21	91	9	Because you have made the Lord your refuge, the Most High your habitation,
+Psalms	Ps	21	91	10	no evil shall befall you, no scourge come near your tent.
+Psalms	Ps	21	91	11	For he will give his angels charge of you to guard you in all your ways.
+Psalms	Ps	21	91	12	On their hands they will bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.
+Psalms	Ps	21	91	13	You will tread on the lion and the adder, the young lion and the serpent you will trample under foot.
+Psalms	Ps	21	91	14	Because he cleaves to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name.
+Psalms	Ps	21	91	15	When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will rescue him and honor him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	91	16	With long life I will satisfy him, and show him my salvation.
+Psalms	Ps	21	92	1	(A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.) It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to thy name, O Most High;
+Psalms	Ps	21	92	2	to declare thy steadfast love in the morning, and thy faithfulness by night,
+Psalms	Ps	21	92	3	to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre.
+Psalms	Ps	21	92	4	For thou, O Lord, hast made me glad by thy work; at the works of thy hands I sing for joy.
+Psalms	Ps	21	92	5	How great are thy works, O Lord! Thy thoughts are very deep!
+Psalms	Ps	21	92	6	The dull man cannot know, the stupid cannot understand this:
+Psalms	Ps	21	92	7	that, though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction for ever,
+Psalms	Ps	21	92	8	but thou, O Lord, art on high for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	92	9	For, lo, thy enemies, O Lord, for, lo, thy enemies shall perish; all evildoers shall be scattered.
+Psalms	Ps	21	92	10	But thou hast exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; thou hast poured over me fresh oil.
+Psalms	Ps	21	92	11	My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies, my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.
+Psalms	Ps	21	92	12	The righteous flourish like the palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
+Psalms	Ps	21	92	13	They are planted in the house of the Lord, they flourish in the courts of our God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	92	14	They still bring forth fruit in old age, they are ever full of sap and green,
+Psalms	Ps	21	92	15	to show that the Lord is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	93	1	The Lord reigns; he is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed, he is girded with strength. Yea, the world is established; it shall never be moved;
+Psalms	Ps	21	93	2	thy throne is established from of old; thou art from everlasting.
+Psalms	Ps	21	93	3	The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice, the floods lift up their roaring.
+Psalms	Ps	21	93	4	Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, the Lord on high is mighty!
+Psalms	Ps	21	93	5	Thy decrees are very sure; holiness befits thy house, O Lord, for evermore.
+Psalms	Ps	21	94	1	O Lord, thou God of vengeance, thou God of vengeance, shine forth!
+Psalms	Ps	21	94	2	Rise up, O judge of the earth; render to the proud their deserts!
+Psalms	Ps	21	94	3	O Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult?
+Psalms	Ps	21	94	4	They pour out their arrogant words, they boast, all the evildoers.
+Psalms	Ps	21	94	5	They crush thy people, O Lord, and afflict thy heritage.
+Psalms	Ps	21	94	6	They slay the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless;
+Psalms	Ps	21	94	7	and they say, “The Lord does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	94	8	Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise?
+Psalms	Ps	21	94	9	He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?
+Psalms	Ps	21	94	10	He who chastens the nations, does he not chastise? He who teaches men knowledge,
+Psalms	Ps	21	94	11	the Lord, knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath.
+Psalms	Ps	21	94	12	Blessed is the man whom thou dost chasten, O Lord, and whom thou dost teach out of thy law
+Psalms	Ps	21	94	13	to give him respite from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
+Psalms	Ps	21	94	14	For the Lord will not forsake his people; he will not abandon his heritage;
+Psalms	Ps	21	94	15	for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
+Psalms	Ps	21	94	16	Who rises up for me against the wicked? Who stands up for me against evildoers?
+Psalms	Ps	21	94	17	If the Lord had not been my help, my soul would soon have dwelt in the land of silence.
+Psalms	Ps	21	94	18	When I thought, “My foot slips,” thy steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.
+Psalms	Ps	21	94	19	When the cares of my heart are many, thy consolations cheer my soul.
+Psalms	Ps	21	94	20	Can wicked rulers be allied with thee, who frame mischief by statute?
+Psalms	Ps	21	94	21	They band together against the life of the righteous, and condemn the innocent to death.
+Psalms	Ps	21	94	22	But the Lord has become my stronghold, and my God the rock of my refuge.
+Psalms	Ps	21	94	23	He will bring back on them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness; the Lord our God will wipe them out.
+Psalms	Ps	21	95	1	O come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
+Psalms	Ps	21	95	2	Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
+Psalms	Ps	21	95	3	For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
+Psalms	Ps	21	95	4	In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also.
+Psalms	Ps	21	95	5	The sea is his, for he made it; for his hands formed the dry land.
+Psalms	Ps	21	95	6	O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
+Psalms	Ps	21	95	7	For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. O that today you would hearken to his voice!
+Psalms	Ps	21	95	8	Harden not your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
+Psalms	Ps	21	95	9	when your fathers tested me, and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.
+Psalms	Ps	21	95	10	For forty years I loathed that generation and said, “They are a people who err in heart, and they do not regard my ways.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	95	11	Therefore I swore in my anger that they should not enter my rest.
+Psalms	Ps	21	96	1	O sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth!
+Psalms	Ps	21	96	2	Sing to the Lord, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day.
+Psalms	Ps	21	96	3	Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!
+Psalms	Ps	21	96	4	For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.
+Psalms	Ps	21	96	5	For all the gods of the peoples are idols; but the Lord made the heavens.
+Psalms	Ps	21	96	6	Honor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
+Psalms	Ps	21	96	7	Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength!
+Psalms	Ps	21	96	8	Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts!
+Psalms	Ps	21	96	9	Worship the Lord in holy array; tremble before him, all the earth!
+Psalms	Ps	21	96	10	Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns! Yea, the world is established, it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	96	11	Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
+Psalms	Ps	21	96	12	let the field exult, and everything in it! Then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy
+Psalms	Ps	21	96	13	before the Lord, for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with his truth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	97	1	The Lord reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad!
+Psalms	Ps	21	97	2	Clouds and thick darkness are round about him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
+Psalms	Ps	21	97	3	Fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries round about.
+Psalms	Ps	21	97	4	His lightnings lighten the world; the earth sees and trembles.
+Psalms	Ps	21	97	5	The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	97	6	The heavens proclaim his righteousness; and all the peoples behold his glory.
+Psalms	Ps	21	97	7	All worshipers of images are put to shame, who make their boast in worthless idols; all gods bow down before him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	97	8	Zion hears and is glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoice, because of thy judgments, O God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	97	9	For thou, O Lord, art most high over all the earth; thou art exalted far above all gods.
+Psalms	Ps	21	97	10	The Lord loves those who hate evil; he preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
+Psalms	Ps	21	97	11	Light dawns for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.
+Psalms	Ps	21	97	12	Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous, and give thanks to his holy name!
+Psalms	Ps	21	98	1	(A Psalm.) O sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have gotten him victory.
+Psalms	Ps	21	98	2	The Lord has made known his victory, he has revealed his vindication in the sight of the nations.
+Psalms	Ps	21	98	3	He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	98	4	Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises!
+Psalms	Ps	21	98	5	Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody!
+Psalms	Ps	21	98	6	With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	98	7	Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world and those who dwell in it!
+Psalms	Ps	21	98	8	Let the floods clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together
+Psalms	Ps	21	98	9	before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
+Psalms	Ps	21	99	1	The Lord reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!
+Psalms	Ps	21	99	2	The Lord is great in Zion; he is exalted over all the peoples.
+Psalms	Ps	21	99	3	Let them praise thy great and terrible name! Holy is he!
+Psalms	Ps	21	99	4	Mighty King, lover of justice, thou hast established equity; thou hast executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
+Psalms	Ps	21	99	5	Extol the Lord our God; worship at his footstool! Holy is he!
+Psalms	Ps	21	99	6	Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel also was among those who called on his name. They cried to the Lord, and he answered them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	99	7	He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud; they kept his testimonies, and the statutes that he gave them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	99	8	O Lord our God, thou didst answer them; thou wast a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their wrongdoings.
+Psalms	Ps	21	99	9	Extol the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the Lord our God is holy!
+Psalms	Ps	21	100	1	(A Psalm for the thank offering.) Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the lands!
+Psalms	Ps	21	100	2	Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!
+Psalms	Ps	21	100	3	Know that the Lord is God! It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
+Psalms	Ps	21	100	4	Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him, bless his name!
+Psalms	Ps	21	100	5	For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures for ever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
+Psalms	Ps	21	101	1	(A Psalm of David.) I will sing of loyalty and of justice; to thee, O Lord, I will sing.
+Psalms	Ps	21	101	2	I will give heed to the way that is blameless. Oh when wilt thou come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house;
+Psalms	Ps	21	101	3	I will not set before my eyes anything that is base. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cleave to me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	101	4	Perverseness of heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil.
+Psalms	Ps	21	101	5	Him who slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. The man of haughty looks and arrogant heart I will not endure.
+Psalms	Ps	21	101	6	I will look with favor on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way that is blameless shall minister to me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	101	7	No man who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no man who utters lies shall continue in my presence.
+Psalms	Ps	21	101	8	Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land, cutting off all the evildoers from the city of the Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	1	(A prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the Lord.) Hear my prayer, O Lord; let my cry come to thee!
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	2	Do not hide thy face from me in the day of my distress! Incline thy ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call!
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	3	For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace.
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	4	My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; I forget to eat my bread.
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	5	Because of my loud groaning my bones cleave to my flesh.
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	6	I am like a vulture of the wilderness, like an owl of the waste places;
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	7	I lie awake, I am like a lonely bird on the housetop.
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	8	All the day my enemies taunt me, those who deride me use my name for a curse.
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	9	For I eat ashes like bread, and mingle tears with my drink,
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	10	because of thy indignation and anger; for thou hast taken me up and thrown me away.
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	11	My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	12	But thou, O Lord, art enthroned for ever; thy name endures to all generations.
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	13	Thou wilt arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	14	For thy servants hold her stones dear, and have pity on her dust.
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	15	The nations will fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	16	For the Lord will build up Zion, he will appear in his glory;
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	17	he will regard the prayer of the destitute, and will not despise their supplication.
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	18	Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet unborn may praise the Lord:
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	19	that he looked down from his holy height, from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	20	to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die;
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	21	that men may declare in Zion the name of the Lord, and in Jerusalem his praise,
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	22	when peoples gather together, and kingdoms, to worship the Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	23	He has broken my strength in mid-course; he has shortened my days.
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	24	“O my God,” I say, “take me not hence in the midst of my days, thou whose years endure throughout all generations!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	25	Of old thou didst lay the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	26	They will perish, but thou dost endure; they will all wear out like a garment. Thou changest them like raiment, and they pass away;
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	27	but thou art the same, and thy years have no end.
+Psalms	Ps	21	102	28	The children of thy servants shall dwell secure; their posterity shall be established before thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	103	1	(A Psalm of David.) Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name!
+Psalms	Ps	21	103	2	Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,
+Psalms	Ps	21	103	3	who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,
+Psalms	Ps	21	103	4	who redeems your life from the Pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
+Psalms	Ps	21	103	5	who satisfies you with good as long as you live so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
+Psalms	Ps	21	103	6	The Lord works vindication and justice for all who are oppressed.
+Psalms	Ps	21	103	7	He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel.
+Psalms	Ps	21	103	8	The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
+Psalms	Ps	21	103	9	He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	103	10	He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor requite us according to our iniquities.
+Psalms	Ps	21	103	11	For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
+Psalms	Ps	21	103	12	as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
+Psalms	Ps	21	103	13	As a father pities his children, so the Lord pities those who fear him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	103	14	For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.
+Psalms	Ps	21	103	15	As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field;
+Psalms	Ps	21	103	16	for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.
+Psalms	Ps	21	103	17	But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children,
+Psalms	Ps	21	103	18	to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.
+Psalms	Ps	21	103	19	The Lord has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.
+Psalms	Ps	21	103	20	Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, hearkening to the voice of his word!
+Psalms	Ps	21	103	21	Bless the Lord, all his hosts, his ministers that do his will!
+Psalms	Ps	21	103	22	Bless the Lord, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the Lord, O my soul!
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	1	Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, thou art very great! Thou art clothed with honor and majesty,
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	2	who coverest thyself with light as with a garment, who hast stretched out the heavens like a tent,
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	3	who hast laid the beams of thy chambers on the waters, who makest the clouds thy chariot, who ridest on the wings of the wind,
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	4	who makest the winds thy messengers, fire and flame thy ministers.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	5	Thou didst set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be shaken.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	6	Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	7	At thy rebuke they fled; at the sound of thy thunder they took to flight.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	8	The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place which thou didst appoint for them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	9	Thou didst set a bound which they should not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	10	Thou makest springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills,
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	11	they give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	12	By them the birds of the air have their habitation; they sing among the branches.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	13	From thy lofty abode thou waterest the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy work.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	14	Thou dost cause the grass to grow for the cattle, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth,
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	15	and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread to strengthen man’s heart.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	16	The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	17	In them the birds build their nests; the stork has her home in the fir trees.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	18	The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the badgers.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	19	Thou hast made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	20	Thou makest darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	21	The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	22	When the sun rises, they get them away and lie down in their dens.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	23	Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until the evening.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	24	O Lord, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all; the earth is full of thy creatures.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	25	Yonder is the sea, great and wide, which teems with things innumerable, living things both small and great.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	26	There go the ships, and Leviathan which thou didst form to sport in it.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	27	These all look to thee, to give them their food in due season.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	28	When thou givest to them, they gather it up; when thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good things.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	29	When thou hidest thy face, they are dismayed; when thou takest away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	30	When thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the ground.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	31	May the glory of the Lord endure for ever, may the Lord rejoice in his works,
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	32	who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke!
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	33	I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	34	May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	104	35	Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more! Bless the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	1	O give thanks to the Lord, call on his name, make known his deeds among the peoples!
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	2	Sing to him, sing praises to him, tell of all his wonderful works!
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	3	Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	4	Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his presence continually!
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	5	Remember the wonderful works that he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered,
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	6	O offspring of Abraham his servant, sons of Jacob, his chosen ones!
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	7	He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	8	He is mindful of his covenant for ever, of the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	9	the covenant which he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac,
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	10	which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	11	saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as your portion for an inheritance.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	12	When they were few in number, of little account, and sojourners in it,
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	13	wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people,
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	14	he allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their account,
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	15	saying, “Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	16	When he summoned a famine on the land, and broke every staff of bread,
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	17	he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	18	His feet were hurt with fetters, his neck was put in a collar of iron;
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	19	until what he had said came to pass the word of the Lord tested him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	20	The king sent and released him, the ruler of the peoples set him free;
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	21	he made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possessions,
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	22	to instruct his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	23	Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	24	And the Lord made his people very fruitful, and made them stronger than their foes.
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	25	He turned their hearts to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	26	He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron whom he had chosen.
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	27	They wrought his signs among them, and miracles in the land of Ham.
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	28	He sent darkness, and made the land dark; they rebelled against his words.
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	29	He turned their waters into blood, and caused their fish to die.
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	30	Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the chambers of their kings.
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	31	He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	32	He gave them hail for rain, and lightning that flashed through their land.
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	33	He smote their vines and fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	34	He spoke, and the locusts came, and young locusts without number;
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	35	which devoured all the vegetation in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	36	He smote all the first-born in their land, the first issue of all their strength.
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	37	Then he led forth Israel with silver and gold, and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	38	Egypt was glad when they departed, for dread of them had fallen upon it.
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	39	He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light by night.
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	40	They asked, and he brought quails, and gave them bread from heaven in abundance.
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	41	He opened the rock, and water gushed forth; it flowed through the desert like a river.
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	42	For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	43	So he led forth his people with joy, his chosen ones with singing.
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	44	And he gave them the lands of the nations; and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples’ toil,
+Psalms	Ps	21	105	45	to the end that they should keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise the Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	1	Praise the Lord! O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever!
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	2	Who can utter the mighty doings of the Lord, or show forth all his praise?
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	3	Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	4	Remember me, O Lord, when thou showest favor to thy people; help me when thou deliverest them;
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	5	that I may see the prosperity of thy chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thy heritage.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	6	Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	7	Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider thy wonderful works; they did not remember the abundance of thy steadfast love, but rebelled against the Most High at the Red Sea.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	8	Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make known his mighty power.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	9	He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry; and he led them through the deep as through a desert.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	10	So he saved them from the hand of the foe, and delivered them from the power of the enemy.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	11	And the waters covered their adversaries; not one of them was left.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	12	Then they believed his words; they sang his praise.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	13	But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	14	But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness, and put God to the test in the desert;
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	15	he gave them what they asked, but sent a wasting disease among them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	16	When men in the camp were jealous of Moses and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord,
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	17	the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	18	Fire also broke out in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	19	They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a molten image.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	20	They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	21	They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	22	wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red Sea.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	23	Therefore he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	24	Then they despised the pleasant land, having no faith in his promise.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	25	They murmured in their tents, and did not obey the voice of the Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	26	Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	27	and would disperse their descendants among the nations, scattering them over the lands.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	28	Then they attached themselves to the Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	29	they provoked the Lord to anger with their doings, and a plague broke out among them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	30	Then Phinehas stood up and interposed, and the plague was stayed.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	31	And that has been reckoned to him as righteousness from generation to generation for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	32	They angered him at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account;
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	33	for they made his spirit bitter, and he spoke words that were rash.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	34	They did not destroy the peoples, as the Lord commanded them,
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	35	but they mingled with the nations and learned to do as they did.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	36	They served their idols, which became a snare to them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	37	They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons;
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	38	they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	39	Thus they became unclean by their acts, and played the harlot in their doings.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	40	Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his heritage;
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	41	he gave them into the hand of the nations, so that those who hated them ruled over them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	42	Their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their power.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	43	Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their purposes, and were brought low through their iniquity.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	44	Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	45	He remembered for their sake his covenant, and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	46	He caused them to be pitied by all those who held them captive.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	47	Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to thy holy name and glory in thy praise.
+Psalms	Ps	21	106	48	Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	1	O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever!
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	2	Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	3	and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	4	Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in;
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	5	hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	6	Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress;
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	7	he led them by a straight way, till they reached a city to dwell in.
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	8	Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to the sons of men!
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	9	For he satisfies him who is thirsty, and the hungry he fills with good things.
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	10	Some sat in darkness and in gloom, prisoners in affliction and in irons,
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	11	for they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High.
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	12	Their hearts were bowed down with hard labor; they fell down, with none to help.
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	13	Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress;
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	14	he brought them out of darkness and gloom, and broke their bonds asunder.
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	15	Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to the sons of men!
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	16	For he shatters the doors of bronze, and cuts in two the bars of iron.
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	17	Some were sick through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	18	they loathed any kind of food, and they drew near to the gates of death.
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	19	Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress;
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	20	he sent forth his word, and healed them, and delivered them from destruction.
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	21	Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to the sons of men!
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	22	And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	23	Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters;
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	24	they saw the deeds of the Lord, his wondrous works in the deep.
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	25	For he commanded, and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea.
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	26	They mounted up to heaven, they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their evil plight;
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	27	they reeled and staggered like drunken men, and were at their wits’ end.
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	28	Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress;
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	29	he made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	30	Then they were glad because they had quiet, and he brought them to their desired haven.
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	31	Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to the sons of men!
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	32	Let them extol him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	33	He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into thirsty ground,
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	34	a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	35	He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water.
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	36	And there he lets the hungry dwell, and they establish a city to live in;
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	37	they sow fields, and plant vineyards, and get a fruitful yield.
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	38	By his blessing they multiply greatly; and he does not let their cattle decrease.
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	39	When they are diminished and brought low through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	40	he pours contempt upon princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes;
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	41	but he raises up the needy out of affliction, and makes their families like flocks.
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	42	The upright see it and are glad; and all wickedness stops its mouth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	107	43	Whoever is wise, let him give heed to these things; let men consider the steadfast love of the Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	108	1	(A Song. A Psalm of David.) My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! I will sing and make melody! Awake, my soul!
+Psalms	Ps	21	108	2	Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn!
+Psalms	Ps	21	108	3	I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, among the peoples, I will sing praises to thee among the nations.
+Psalms	Ps	21	108	4	For thy steadfast love is great above the heavens, thy faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
+Psalms	Ps	21	108	5	Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let thy glory be over all the earth!
+Psalms	Ps	21	108	6	That thy beloved may be delivered, give help by thy right hand, and answer me!
+Psalms	Ps	21	108	7	God has promised in his sanctuary: “With exultation I will divide up Shechem, and portion out the Vale of Succoth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	108	8	Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet; Judah my scepter.
+Psalms	Ps	21	108	9	Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom I cast my shoe; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	108	10	Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
+Psalms	Ps	21	108	11	Hast thou not rejected us, O God? Thou dost not go forth, O God, with our armies.
+Psalms	Ps	21	108	12	O grant us help against the foe, for vain is the help of man!
+Psalms	Ps	21	108	13	With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes.
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	1	(To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.) Be not silent, O God of my praise!
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	2	For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues.
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	3	They beset me with words of hate, and attack me without cause.
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	4	In return for my love they accuse me, even as I make prayer for them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	5	So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	6	Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser bring him to trial.
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	7	When he is tried, let him come forth guilty; let his prayer be counted as sin!
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	8	May his days be few; may another seize his goods!
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	9	May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow!
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	10	May his children wander about and beg; may they be driven out of the ruins they inhabit!
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	11	May the creditor seize all that he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	12	Let there be none to extend kindness to him, nor any to pity his fatherless children!
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	13	May his posterity be cut off; may his name be blotted out in the second generation!
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	14	May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out!
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	15	Let them be before the Lord continually; and may his memory be cut off from the earth!
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	16	For he did not remember to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and the brokenhearted to their death.
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	17	He loved to curse; let curses come on him! He did not like blessing; may it be far from him!
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	18	He clothed himself with cursing as his coat, may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones!
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	19	May it be like a garment which he wraps round him, like a belt with which he daily girds himself!
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	20	May this be the reward of my accusers from the Lord, of those who speak evil against my life!
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	21	But thou, O GOD my Lord, deal on my behalf for thy name’s sake; because thy steadfast love is good, deliver me!
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	22	For I am poor and needy, and my heart is stricken within me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	23	I am gone, like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust.
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	24	My knees are weak through fasting; my body has become gaunt.
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	25	I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they wag their heads.
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	26	Help me, O Lord my God! Save me according to thy steadfast love!
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	27	Let them know that this is thy hand; thou, O Lord, hast done it!
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	28	Let them curse, but do thou bless! Let my assailants be put to shame; may thy servant be glad!
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	29	May my accusers be clothed with dishonor; may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a mantle!
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	30	With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord; I will praise him in the midst of the throng.
+Psalms	Ps	21	109	31	For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who condemn him to death.
+Psalms	Ps	21	110	1	(A Psalm of David.) The Lord says to my lord: “Sit at my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	110	2	The Lord sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your foes!
+Psalms	Ps	21	110	3	Your people will offer themselves freely on the day you lead your host upon the holy mountains. From the womb of the morning like dew your youth will come to you.
+Psalms	Ps	21	110	4	The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	110	5	The Lord is at your right hand; he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.
+Psalms	Ps	21	110	6	He will execute judgment among the nations, filling them with corpses; he will shatter chiefs over the wide earth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	110	7	He will drink from the brook by the way; therefore he will lift up his head.
+Psalms	Ps	21	111	1	Praise the Lord. I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
+Psalms	Ps	21	111	2	Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who have pleasure in them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	111	3	Full of honor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	111	4	He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered; the Lord is gracious and merciful.
+Psalms	Ps	21	111	5	He provides food for those who fear him; he is ever mindful of his covenant.
+Psalms	Ps	21	111	6	He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the heritage of the nations.
+Psalms	Ps	21	111	7	The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy,
+Psalms	Ps	21	111	8	they are established for ever and ever, to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness.
+Psalms	Ps	21	111	9	He sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant for ever. Holy and terrible is his name!
+Psalms	Ps	21	111	10	The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who practice it. His praise endures for ever!
+Psalms	Ps	21	112	1	Praise the Lord. Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments!
+Psalms	Ps	21	112	2	His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
+Psalms	Ps	21	112	3	Wealth and riches are in his house; and his righteousness endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	112	4	Light rises in the darkness for the upright; the Lord is gracious, merciful, and righteous.
+Psalms	Ps	21	112	5	It is well with the man who deals generously and lends, who conducts his affairs with justice.
+Psalms	Ps	21	112	6	For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	112	7	He is not afraid of evil tidings; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	112	8	His heart is steady, he will not be afraid, until he sees his desire on his adversaries.
+Psalms	Ps	21	112	9	He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures for ever; his horn is exalted in honor.
+Psalms	Ps	21	112	10	The wicked man sees it and is angry; he gnashes his teeth and melts away; the desire of the wicked man comes to nought.
+Psalms	Ps	21	113	1	Praise the Lord! Praise, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	113	2	Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore!
+Psalms	Ps	21	113	3	From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the Lord is to be praised!
+Psalms	Ps	21	113	4	The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens!
+Psalms	Ps	21	113	5	Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high,
+Psalms	Ps	21	113	6	who looks far down upon the heavens and the earth?
+Psalms	Ps	21	113	7	He raises the poor from the dust, and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
+Psalms	Ps	21	113	8	to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people.
+Psalms	Ps	21	113	9	He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	114	1	When Israel went forth from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
+Psalms	Ps	21	114	2	Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
+Psalms	Ps	21	114	3	The sea looked and fled, Jordan turned back.
+Psalms	Ps	21	114	4	The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
+Psalms	Ps	21	114	5	What ails you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back?
+Psalms	Ps	21	114	6	O mountains, that you skip like rams? O hills, like lambs?
+Psalms	Ps	21	114	7	Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
+Psalms	Ps	21	114	8	who turns the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of water.
+Psalms	Ps	21	115	1	Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to thy name give glory, for the sake of thy steadfast love and thy faithfulness!
+Psalms	Ps	21	115	2	Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
+Psalms	Ps	21	115	3	Our God is in the heavens; he does whatever he pleases.
+Psalms	Ps	21	115	4	Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
+Psalms	Ps	21	115	5	They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see.
+Psalms	Ps	21	115	6	They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell.
+Psalms	Ps	21	115	7	They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat.
+Psalms	Ps	21	115	8	Those who make them are like them; so are all who trust in them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	115	9	O Israel, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.
+Psalms	Ps	21	115	10	O house of Aaron, put your trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.
+Psalms	Ps	21	115	11	You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.
+Psalms	Ps	21	115	12	The Lord has been mindful of us; he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron;
+Psalms	Ps	21	115	13	he will bless those who fear the Lord, both small and great.
+Psalms	Ps	21	115	14	May the Lord give you increase, you and your children!
+Psalms	Ps	21	115	15	May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth!
+Psalms	Ps	21	115	16	The heavens are the Lor’s heavens, but the earth he has given to the sons of men.
+Psalms	Ps	21	115	17	The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any that go down into silence.
+Psalms	Ps	21	115	18	But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	116	1	I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my supplications.
+Psalms	Ps	21	116	2	Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
+Psalms	Ps	21	116	3	The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.
+Psalms	Ps	21	116	4	Then I called on the name of the Lord: “O Lord, I beseech thee, save my life!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	116	5	Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; our God is merciful.
+Psalms	Ps	21	116	6	The Lord preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	116	7	Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.
+Psalms	Ps	21	116	8	For thou hast delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling;
+Psalms	Ps	21	116	9	I walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
+Psalms	Ps	21	116	10	I kept my faith, even when I said, “I am greatly afflicted”;
+Psalms	Ps	21	116	11	I said in my consternation, “Men are all a vain hope.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	116	12	What shall I render to the Lord for all his bounty to me?
+Psalms	Ps	21	116	13	I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord,
+Psalms	Ps	21	116	14	I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people.
+Psalms	Ps	21	116	15	Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
+Psalms	Ps	21	116	16	O Lord, I am thy servant; I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast loosed my bonds.
+Psalms	Ps	21	116	17	I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	116	18	I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people,
+Psalms	Ps	21	116	19	in the courts of the house of the Lord, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	117	1	Praise the Lord, all nations! Extol him, all peoples!
+Psalms	Ps	21	117	2	For great is his steadfast love toward us; and the faithfulness of the Lord endures for ever. Praise the Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	1	O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his steadfast love endures for ever!
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	2	Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures for ever.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	3	Let the house of Aaron say, “His steadfast love endures for ever.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	4	Let those who fear the Lord say, “His steadfast love endures for ever.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	5	Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free.
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	6	With the Lord on my side I do not fear. What can man do to me?
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	7	The Lord is on my side to help me; I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	8	It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to put confidence in man.
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	9	It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	10	All nations surrounded me; in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	11	They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side; in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	12	They surrounded me like bees, they blazed like a fire of thorns; in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	13	I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the Lord helped me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	14	The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	15	Hark, glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the Lord does valiantly,
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	16	the right hand of the Lord is exalted, the right hand of the Lord does valiantly!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	17	I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	18	The Lord has chastened me sorely, but he has not given me over to death.
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	19	Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	20	This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter through it.
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	21	I thank thee that thou hast answered me and hast become my salvation.
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	22	The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	23	This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	24	This is the day which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	25	Save us, we beseech thee, O Lord! O Lord, we beseech thee, give us success!
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	26	Blessed be he who enters in the name of the Lord! We bless you from the house of the Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	27	The Lord is God, and he has given us light. Bind the festal procession with branches, up to the horns of the altar!
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	28	Thou art my God, and I will give thanks to thee; thou art my God, I will extol thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	118	29	O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	1	Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	2	Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart,
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	3	who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	4	Thou hast commanded thy precepts to be kept diligently.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	5	O that my ways may be steadfast in keeping thy statutes!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	6	Then I shall not be put to shame, having my eyes fixed on all thy commandments.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	7	I will praise thee with an upright heart, when I learn thy righteous ordinances.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	8	I will observe thy statutes; O forsake me not utterly!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	9	How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to thy word.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	10	With my whole heart I seek thee; let me not wander from thy commandments!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	11	I have laid up thy word in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	12	Blessed be thou, O Lord; teach me thy statutes!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	13	With my lips I declare all the ordinances of thy mouth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	14	In the way of thy testimonies I delight as much as in all riches.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	15	I will meditate on thy precepts, and fix my eyes on thy ways.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	16	I will delight in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	17	Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live and observe thy word.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	18	Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	19	I am a sojourner on earth; hide not thy commandments from me!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	20	My soul is consumed with longing for thy ordinances at all times.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	21	Thou dost rebuke the insolent, accursed ones, who wander from thy commandments;
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	22	take away from me their scorn and contempt, for I have kept thy testimonies.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	23	Even though princes sit plotting against me, thy servant will meditate on thy statutes.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	24	Thy testimonies are my delight, they are my counselors.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	25	My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to thy word!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	26	When I told of my ways, thou didst answer me; teach me thy statutes!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	27	Make me understand the way of thy precepts, and I will meditate on thy wondrous works.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	28	My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to thy word!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	29	Put false ways far from me; and graciously teach me thy law!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	30	I have chosen the way of faithfulness, I set thy ordinances before me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	31	I cleave to thy testimonies, O Lord; let me not be put to shame!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	32	I will run in the way of thy commandments when thou enlargest my understanding!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	33	Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; and I will keep it to the end.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	34	Give me understanding, that I may keep thy law and observe it with my whole heart.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	35	Lead me in the path of thy commandments, for I delight in it.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	36	Incline my heart to thy testimonies, and not to gain!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	37	Turn my eyes from looking at vanities; and give me life in thy ways.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	38	Confirm to thy servant thy promise, which is for those who fear thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	39	Turn away the reproach which I dread; for thy ordinances are good.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	40	Behold, I long for thy precepts; in thy righteousness give me life!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	41	Let thy steadfast love come to me, O Lord, thy salvation according to thy promise;
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	42	then shall I have an answer for those who taunt me, for I trust in thy word.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	43	And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for my hope is in thy ordinances.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	44	I will keep thy law continually, for ever and ever;
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	45	and I shall walk at liberty, for I have sought thy precepts.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	46	I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, and shall not be put to shame;
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	47	for I find my delight in thy commandments, which I love.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	48	I revere thy commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on thy statutes.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	49	Remember thy word to thy servant, in which thou hast made me hope.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	50	This is my comfort in my affliction that thy promise gives me life.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	51	Godless men utterly deride me, but I do not turn away from thy law.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	52	When I think of thy ordinances from of old, I take comfort, O Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	53	Hot indignation seizes me because of the wicked, who forsake thy law.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	54	Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	55	I remember thy name in the night, O Lord, and keep thy law.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	56	This blessing has fallen to me, that I have kept thy precepts.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	57	The Lord is my portion; I promise to keep thy words.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	58	I entreat thy favor with all my heart; be gracious to me according to thy promise.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	59	When I think of thy ways, I turn my feet to thy testimonies;
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	60	I hasten and do not delay to keep thy commandments.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	61	Though the cords of the wicked ensnare me, I do not forget thy law.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	62	At midnight I rise to praise thee, because of thy righteous ordinances.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	63	I am a companion of all who fear thee, of those who keep thy precepts.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	64	The earth, O Lord, is full of thy steadfast love; teach me thy statutes!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	65	Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	66	Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in thy commandments.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	67	Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now I keep thy word.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	68	Thou art good and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	69	The godless besmear me with lies, but with my whole heart I keep thy precepts;
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	70	their heart is gross like fat, but I delight in thy law.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	71	It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	72	The law of thy mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	73	Thy hands have made and fashioned me; give me understanding that I may learn thy commandments.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	74	Those who fear thee shall see me and rejoice, because I have hoped in thy word.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	75	I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	76	Let thy steadfast love be ready to comfort me according to thy promise to thy servant.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	77	Let thy mercy come to me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	78	Let the godless be put to shame, because they have subverted me with guile; as for me, I will meditate on thy precepts.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	79	Let those who fear thee turn to me, that they may know thy testimonies.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	80	May my heart be blameless in thy statutes, that I may not be put to shame!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	81	My soul languishes for thy salvation; I hope in thy word.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	82	My eyes fail with watching for thy promise; I ask, “When wilt thou comfort me?”
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	83	For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, yet I have not forgotten thy statutes.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	84	How long must thy servant endure? When wilt thou judge those who persecute me?
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	85	Godless men have dug pitfalls for me, men who do not conform to thy law.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	86	All thy commandments are sure; they persecute me with falsehood; help me!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	87	They have almost made an end of me on earth; but I have not forsaken thy precepts.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	88	In thy steadfast love spare my life, that I may keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	89	For ever, O Lord, thy word is firmly fixed in the heavens.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	90	Thy faithfulness endures to all generations; thou hast established the earth, and it stands fast.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	91	By thy appointment they stand this day; for all things are thy servants.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	92	If thy law had not been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	93	I will never forget thy precepts; for by them thou hast given me life.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	94	I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	95	The wicked lie in wait to destroy me; but I consider thy testimonies.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	96	I have seen a limit to all perfection, but thy commandment is exceedingly broad.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	97	Oh, how I love thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	98	Thy commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	99	I have more understanding than all my teachers, for thy testimonies are my meditation.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	100	I understand more than the aged, for I keep thy precepts.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	101	I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep thy word.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	102	I do not turn aside from thy ordinances, for thou hast taught me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	103	How sweet are thy words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	104	Through thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	105	Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	106	I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to observe thy righteous ordinances.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	107	I am sorely afflicted; give me life, O Lord, according to thy word!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	108	Accept my offerings of praise, O Lord, and teach me thy ordinances.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	109	I hold my life in my hand continually, but I do not forget thy law.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	110	The wicked have laid a snare for me, but I do not stray from thy precepts.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	111	Thy testimonies are my heritage for ever; yea, they are the joy of my heart.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	112	I incline my heart to perform thy statutes for ever, to the end.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	113	I hate double-minded men, but I love thy law.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	114	Thou art my hiding place and my shield; I hope in thy word.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	115	Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	116	Uphold me according to thy promise, that I may live, and let me not be put to shame in my hope!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	117	Hold me up, that I may be safe and have regard for thy statutes continually!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	118	Thou dost spurn all who go astray from thy statutes; yea, their cunning is in vain.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	119	All the wicked of the earth thou dost count as dross; therefore I love thy testimonies.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	120	My flesh trembles for fear of thee, and I am afraid of thy judgments.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	121	I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	122	Be surety for thy servant for good; let not the godless oppress me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	123	My eyes fail with watching for thy salvation, and for the fulfilment of thy righteous promise.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	124	Deal with thy servant according to thy steadfast love, and teach me thy statutes.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	125	I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	126	It is time for the Lord to act, for thy law has been broken.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	127	Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, above fine gold.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	128	Therefore I direct my steps by all thy precepts; I hate every false way.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	129	Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore my soul keeps them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	130	The unfolding of thy words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	131	With open mouth I pant, because I long for thy commandments.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	132	Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is thy wont toward those who love thy name.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	133	Keep steady my steps according to thy promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	134	Redeem me from man’s oppression, that I may keep thy precepts.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	135	Make thy face shine upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	136	My eyes shed streams of tears, because men do not keep thy law.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	137	Righteous art thou, O Lord, and right are thy judgments.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	138	Thou hast appointed thy testimonies in righteousness and in all faithfulness.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	139	My zeal consumes me, because my foes forget thy words.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	140	Thy promise is well tried, and thy servant loves it.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	141	I am small and despised, yet I do not forget thy precepts.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	142	Thy righteousness is righteous for ever, and thy law is true.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	143	Trouble and anguish have come upon me, but thy commandments are my delight.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	144	Thy testimonies are righteous for ever; give me understanding that I may live.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	145	With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord! I will keep thy statutes.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	146	I cry to thee; save me, that I may observe thy testimonies.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	147	I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in thy words.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	148	My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate upon thy promise.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	149	Hear my voice in thy steadfast love; O Lord, in thy justice preserve my life.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	150	They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose; they are far from thy law.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	151	But thou art near, O Lord, and all thy commandments are true.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	152	Long have I known from thy testimonies that thou hast founded them for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	153	Look on my affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget thy law.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	154	Plead my cause and redeem me; give me life according to thy promise!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	155	Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek thy statutes.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	156	Great is thy mercy, O Lord; give me life according to thy justice.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	157	Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, but I do not swerve from thy testimonies.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	158	I look at the faithless with disgust, because they do not keep thy commands.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	159	Consider how I love thy precepts! Preserve my life according to thy steadfast love.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	160	The sum of thy word is truth; and every one of thy righteous ordinances endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	161	Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of thy words.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	162	I rejoice at thy word like one who finds great spoil.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	163	I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love thy law.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	164	Seven times a day I praise thee for thy righteous ordinances.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	165	Great peace have those who love thy law; nothing can make them stumble.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	166	I hope for thy salvation, O Lord, and I do thy commandments.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	167	My soul keeps thy testimonies; I love them exceedingly.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	168	I keep thy precepts and testimonies, for all my ways are before thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	169	Let my cry come before thee, O Lord; give me understanding according to thy word!
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	170	Let my supplication come before thee; deliver me according to thy word.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	171	My lips will pour forth praise that thou dost teach me thy statutes.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	172	My tongue will sing of thy word, for all thy commandments are right.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	173	Let thy hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen thy precepts.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	174	I long for thy salvation, O Lord, and thy law is my delight.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	175	Let me live, that I may praise thee, and let thy ordinances help me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	119	176	I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments.
+Psalms	Ps	21	120	1	(A Song of Ascents.) In my distress I cry to the Lord, that he may answer me:
+Psalms	Ps	21	120	2	“Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	120	3	What shall be given to you? And what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue?
+Psalms	Ps	21	120	4	A warrior’s sharp arrows, with glowing coals of the broom tree!
+Psalms	Ps	21	120	5	Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
+Psalms	Ps	21	120	6	Too long have I had my dwelling among those who hate peace.
+Psalms	Ps	21	120	7	I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war!
+Psalms	Ps	21	121	1	(A Song of Ascents.) I lift up my eyes to the hills. From whence does my help come?
+Psalms	Ps	21	121	2	My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	121	3	He will not let your foot be moved, he who keeps you will not slumber.
+Psalms	Ps	21	121	4	Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
+Psalms	Ps	21	121	5	The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand.
+Psalms	Ps	21	121	6	The sun shall not smite you by day, nor the moon by night.
+Psalms	Ps	21	121	7	The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.
+Psalms	Ps	21	121	8	The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and for evermore.
+Psalms	Ps	21	122	1	(A Song of Ascents. Of David.) I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	122	2	Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem!
+Psalms	Ps	21	122	3	Jerusalem, built as a city which is bound firmly together,
+Psalms	Ps	21	122	4	to which the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	122	5	There thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David.
+Psalms	Ps	21	122	6	Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they prosper who love you!
+Psalms	Ps	21	122	7	Peace be within your walls, and security within your towers!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	122	8	For my brethren and companions’ sake I will say, “Peace be within you!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	122	9	For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good.
+Psalms	Ps	21	123	1	(A Song of Ascents.) To thee I lift up my eyes, O thou who art enthroned in the heavens!
+Psalms	Ps	21	123	2	Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he have mercy upon us.
+Psalms	Ps	21	123	3	Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt.
+Psalms	Ps	21	123	4	Too long our soul has been sated with the scorn of those who are at ease, the contempt of the proud.
+Psalms	Ps	21	124	1	(A Song of Ascents. Of David.) If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, let Israel now say—
+Psalms	Ps	21	124	2	if it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us,
+Psalms	Ps	21	124	3	then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;
+Psalms	Ps	21	124	4	then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us;
+Psalms	Ps	21	124	5	then over us would have gone the raging waters.
+Psalms	Ps	21	124	6	Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us as prey to their teeth!
+Psalms	Ps	21	124	7	We have escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped!
+Psalms	Ps	21	124	8	Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	125	1	(A Song of Ascents.) Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	125	2	As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people, from this time forth and for evermore.
+Psalms	Ps	21	125	3	For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous put forth their hands to do wrong.
+Psalms	Ps	21	125	4	Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts!
+Psalms	Ps	21	125	5	But those who turn aside upon their crooked ways the Lord will lead away with evildoers! Peace be in Israel!
+Psalms	Ps	21	126	1	(A Song of Ascents.) When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.
+Psalms	Ps	21	126	2	Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	126	3	The Lord has done great things for us; we are glad.
+Psalms	Ps	21	126	4	Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like the watercourses in the Negeb!
+Psalms	Ps	21	126	5	May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy!
+Psalms	Ps	21	126	6	He that goes forth weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	127	1	(A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.) Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
+Psalms	Ps	21	127	2	It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.
+Psalms	Ps	21	127	3	Lo, sons are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.
+Psalms	Ps	21	127	4	Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the sons of one’s youth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	127	5	Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.
+Psalms	Ps	21	128	1	(A Song of Ascents.) Blessed is every one who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways!
+Psalms	Ps	21	128	2	You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.
+Psalms	Ps	21	128	3	Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.
+Psalms	Ps	21	128	4	Lo, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	128	5	The Lor bless you from Zion! May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life!
+Psalms	Ps	21	128	6	May you see your children’s children! Peace be upon Israel!
+Psalms	Ps	21	129	1	(A Song of Ascents.) “Sorely have they afflicted me from my youth,” let Israel now say—
+Psalms	Ps	21	129	2	“Sorely have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	129	3	The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	129	4	The Lord is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.
+Psalms	Ps	21	129	5	May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward!
+Psalms	Ps	21	129	6	Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
+Psalms	Ps	21	129	7	with which the reaper does not fill his hand or the binder of sheaves his bosom,
+Psalms	Ps	21	129	8	while those who pass by do not say, “The blessing of the Lord be upon you! We bless you in the name of the Lord!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	130	1	(A Song of Ascents.) Out of the depths I cry to thee, O Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	130	2	Lord, hear my voice! Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications!
+Psalms	Ps	21	130	3	If thou, O Lord, shouldst mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand?
+Psalms	Ps	21	130	4	But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
+Psalms	Ps	21	130	5	I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope;
+Psalms	Ps	21	130	6	my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.
+Psalms	Ps	21	130	7	O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is plenteous redemption.
+Psalms	Ps	21	130	8	And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
+Psalms	Ps	21	131	1	(A Song of Ascents. Of David.) O Lord, my heart is not lifted up, my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	131	2	But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a child quieted at its mother’s breast; like a child that is quieted is my soul.
+Psalms	Ps	21	131	3	O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and for evermore.
+Psalms	Ps	21	132	1	(A Song of Ascents.) Remember, O Lord, in David’s favor, all the hardships he endured;
+Psalms	Ps	21	132	2	how he swore to the Lord and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,
+Psalms	Ps	21	132	3	“I will not enter my house or get into my bed;
+Psalms	Ps	21	132	4	I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,
+Psalms	Ps	21	132	5	until I find a place for the Lord, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	132	6	Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah, we found it in the fields of Jaar.
+Psalms	Ps	21	132	7	“Let us go to his dwelling place; let us worship at his footstool!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	132	8	Arise, O Lord, and go to thy resting place, thou and the ark of thy might.
+Psalms	Ps	21	132	9	Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness, and let thy saints shout for joy.
+Psalms	Ps	21	132	10	For thy servant David’s sake do not turn away the face of thy anointed one.
+Psalms	Ps	21	132	11	The Lord swore to David a sure oath from which he will not turn back: “One of the sons of your body I will set on your throne.
+Psalms	Ps	21	132	12	If your sons keep my covenant and my testimonies which I shall teach them, their sons also for ever shall sit upon your throne.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	132	13	For the Lord has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation:
+Psalms	Ps	21	132	14	“This is my resting place for ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
+Psalms	Ps	21	132	15	I will abundantly bless her provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.
+Psalms	Ps	21	132	16	Her priests I will clothe with salvation, and her saints will shout for joy.
+Psalms	Ps	21	132	17	There I will make a horn to sprout for David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.
+Psalms	Ps	21	132	18	His enemies I will clothe with shame, but upon himself his crown will shed its luster.”
+Psalms	Ps	21	133	1	(A Song of Ascents.) Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!
+Psalms	Ps	21	133	2	It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down upon the beard, upon the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes!
+Psalms	Ps	21	133	3	It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the Lord has commanded the blessing, life for evermore.
+Psalms	Ps	21	134	1	(A Song of Ascents.) Come, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who stand by night in the house of the Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	134	2	Lift up your hands to the holy place, and bless the Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	134	3	May the Lord bless you from Zion, he who made heaven and earth!
+Psalms	Ps	21	135	1	Praise the Lord. Praise the name of the Lord, give praise, O servants of the Lord,
+Psalms	Ps	21	135	2	you that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God!
+Psalms	Ps	21	135	3	Praise the Lor, for the Lord is good; sing to his name, for he is gracious!
+Psalms	Ps	21	135	4	For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his own possession.
+Psalms	Ps	21	135	5	For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.
+Psalms	Ps	21	135	6	Whatever the Lord pleases he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.
+Psalms	Ps	21	135	7	He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth, who makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
+Psalms	Ps	21	135	8	He it was who smote the first-born of Egypt, both of man and of beast;
+Psalms	Ps	21	135	9	who in thy midst, O Egypt, sent signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants;
+Psalms	Ps	21	135	10	who smote many nations and slew mighty kings,
+Psalms	Ps	21	135	11	Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan,
+Psalms	Ps	21	135	12	and gave their land as a heritage, a heritage to his people Israel.
+Psalms	Ps	21	135	13	Thy name, O Lord, endures for ever, thy renown, O Lord, throughout all ages.
+Psalms	Ps	21	135	14	For the Lord will vindicate his people, and have compassion on his servants.
+Psalms	Ps	21	135	15	The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
+Psalms	Ps	21	135	16	They have mouths, but they speak not, they have eyes, but they see not,
+Psalms	Ps	21	135	17	they have ears, but they hear not, nor is there any breath in their mouths.
+Psalms	Ps	21	135	18	Like them be those who make them!— yea, every one who trusts in them!
+Psalms	Ps	21	135	19	O house of Israel, bless the Lord! O house of Aaron, bless the Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	135	20	O house of Levi, bless the Lord! You that fear the Lord, bless the Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	135	21	Blessed be the Lord from Zion, he who dwells in Jerusalem! Praise the Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	1	O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	2	O give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	3	O give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	4	to him who alone does great wonders, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	5	to him who by understanding made the heavens, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	6	to him who spread out the earth upon the waters, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	7	to him who made the great lights, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	8	the sun to rule over the day, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	9	the moon and stars to rule over the night, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	10	to him who smote the first-born of Egypt, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	11	and brought Israel out from among them, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	12	with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	13	to him who divided the Red Sea in sunder, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	14	and made Israel pass through the midst of it, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	15	but overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	16	to him who led his people through the wilderness, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	17	to him who smote great kings, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	18	and slew famous kings, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	19	Sihon, king of the Amorites, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	20	and Og, king of Bashan, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	21	and gave their land as a heritage, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	22	a heritage to Israel his servant, for his steadfast love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	23	It is he who remembered us in our low estate, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	24	and rescued us from our foes, for his steadfast love endures for ever;
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	25	he who gives food to all flesh, for his steadfast love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	136	26	O give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures for ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	137	1	By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.
+Psalms	Ps	21	137	2	On the willows there we hung up our lyres.
+Psalms	Ps	21	137	3	For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	137	4	How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land?
+Psalms	Ps	21	137	5	If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither!
+Psalms	Ps	21	137	6	Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy!
+Psalms	Ps	21	137	7	Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, “Rase it, rase it! Down to its foundations!”
+Psalms	Ps	21	137	8	O daughter of Babylon, you devastator! Happy shall he be who requites you with what you have done to us!
+Psalms	Ps	21	137	9	Happy shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock!
+Psalms	Ps	21	138	1	(A Psalm of David.) I give thee thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing thy praise;
+Psalms	Ps	21	138	2	I bow down toward thy holy temple and give thanks to thy name for thy steadfast love and thy faithfulness; for thou hast exalted above everything thy name and thy word.
+Psalms	Ps	21	138	3	On the day I called, thou didst answer me, my strength of soul thou didst increase.
+Psalms	Ps	21	138	4	All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord, for they have heard the words of thy mouth;
+Psalms	Ps	21	138	5	and they shall sing of the ways of the Lord, for great is the glory of the Lord.
+Psalms	Ps	21	138	6	For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly; but the haughty he knows from afar.
+Psalms	Ps	21	138	7	Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou dost preserve my life; thou dost stretch out thy hand against the wrath of my enemies, and thy right hand delivers me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	138	8	The Lord will fulfil his purpose for me; thy steadfast love, O Lord, endures for ever. Do not forsake the work of thy hands.
+Psalms	Ps	21	139	1	(To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.) O Lord, thou hast searched me and known me!
+Psalms	Ps	21	139	2	Thou knowest when I sit down and when I rise up; thou discernest my thoughts from afar.
+Psalms	Ps	21	139	3	Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
+Psalms	Ps	21	139	4	Even before a word is on my tongue, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
+Psalms	Ps	21	139	5	Thou dost beset me behind and before, and layest thy hand upon me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	139	6	Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain it.
+Psalms	Ps	21	139	7	Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
+Psalms	Ps	21	139	8	If I ascend to heaven, thou art there! If I make my bed in Sheol, thou art there!
+Psalms	Ps	21	139	9	If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
+Psalms	Ps	21	139	10	even there thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	139	11	If I say, “Let only darkness cover me, and the light about me be night,”
+Psalms	Ps	21	139	12	even the darkness is not dark to thee, the night is bright as the day; for darkness is as light with thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	139	13	For thou didst form my inward parts, thou didst knit me together in my mother’s womb.
+Psalms	Ps	21	139	14	I praise thee, for thou art fearful and wonderful. Wonderful are thy works! Thou knowest me right well;
+Psalms	Ps	21	139	15	my frame was not hidden from thee, when I was being made in secret, intricately wrought in the depths of the earth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	139	16	Thy eyes beheld my unformed substance; in thy book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	139	17	How precious to me are thy thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
+Psalms	Ps	21	139	18	If I would count them, they are more than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	139	19	O that thou wouldst slay the wicked, O God, and that men of blood would depart from me,
+Psalms	Ps	21	139	20	men who maliciously defy thee, who lift themselves up against thee for evil!
+Psalms	Ps	21	139	21	Do I not hate them that hate thee, O Lord? And do I not loathe them that rise up against thee?
+Psalms	Ps	21	139	22	I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies.
+Psalms	Ps	21	139	23	Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!
+Psalms	Ps	21	139	24	And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!
+Psalms	Ps	21	140	1	(To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.) Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men; preserve me from violent men,
+Psalms	Ps	21	140	2	who plan evil things in their heart, and stir up wars continually.
+Psalms	Ps	21	140	3	They make their tongue sharp as a serpent’s, and under their lips is the poison of vipers. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	140	4	Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet.
+Psalms	Ps	21	140	5	Arrogant men have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net, by the wayside they have set snares for me. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	140	6	I say to the Lord, Thou art my God; give ear to the voice of my supplications, O Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	140	7	O Lord, my Lord, my strong deliverer, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
+Psalms	Ps	21	140	8	Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; do not further his evil plot! [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	140	9	Those who surround me lift up their head, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!
+Psalms	Ps	21	140	10	Let burning coals fall upon them! Let them be cast into pits, no more to rise!
+Psalms	Ps	21	140	11	Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!
+Psalms	Ps	21	140	12	I know that the Lord maintains the cause of the afflicted, and executes justice for the needy.
+Psalms	Ps	21	140	13	Surely the righteous shall give thanks to thy name; the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
+Psalms	Ps	21	141	1	(A Psalm of David.) I call upon thee, O Lord; make haste to me! Give ear to my voice, when I call to thee!
+Psalms	Ps	21	141	2	Let my prayer be counted as incense before thee, and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice!
+Psalms	Ps	21	141	3	Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord, keep watch over the door of my lips!
+Psalms	Ps	21	141	4	Incline not my heart to any evil, to busy myself with wicked deeds in company with men who work iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties!
+Psalms	Ps	21	141	5	Let a good man strike or rebuke me in kindness, but let the oil of the wicked never anoint my head; for my prayer is continually against their wicked deeds.
+Psalms	Ps	21	141	6	When they are given over to those who shall condemn them, then they shall learn that the word of the Lord is true.
+Psalms	Ps	21	141	7	As a rock which one cleaves and shatters on the land, so shall their bones be strewn at the mouth of Sheol.
+Psalms	Ps	21	141	8	But my eyes are toward thee, O Lord God; in thee I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!
+Psalms	Ps	21	141	9	Keep me from the trap which they have laid for me, and from the snares of evildoers!
+Psalms	Ps	21	141	10	Let the wicked together fall into their own nets, while I escape.
+Psalms	Ps	21	142	1	(A Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer.) I cry with my voice to the Lord, with my voice I make supplication to the Lord,
+Psalms	Ps	21	142	2	I pour out my complaint before him, I tell my trouble before him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	142	3	When my spirit is faint, thou knowest my way! In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	142	4	I look to the right and watch, but there is none who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me, no man cares for me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	142	5	I cry to thee, O Lord; I say, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.
+Psalms	Ps	21	142	6	Give heed to my cry; for I am brought very low! Deliver me from my persecutors; for they are too strong for me!
+Psalms	Ps	21	142	7	Bring me out of prison, that I may give thanks to thy name! The righteous will surround me; for thou wilt deal bountifully with me.
+Psalms	Ps	21	143	1	(A Psalm of David.) Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my supplications! In thy faithfulness answer me, in thy righteousness!
+Psalms	Ps	21	143	2	Enter not into judgment with thy servant; for no man living is righteous before thee.
+Psalms	Ps	21	143	3	For the enemy has pursued me; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
+Psalms	Ps	21	143	4	Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled.
+Psalms	Ps	21	143	5	I remember the days of old, I meditate on all that thou hast done; I muse on what thy hands have wrought.
+Psalms	Ps	21	143	6	I stretch out my hands to thee; my soul thirsts for thee like a parched land. [Selah]
+Psalms	Ps	21	143	7	Make haste to answer me, O Lord! My spirit fails! Hide not thy face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the Pit.
+Psalms	Ps	21	143	8	Let me hear in the morning of thy steadfast love, for in thee I put my trust. Teach me the way I should go, for to thee I lift up my soul.
+Psalms	Ps	21	143	9	Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies! I have fled to thee for refuge!
+Psalms	Ps	21	143	10	Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God! Let thy good spirit lead me on a level path!
+Psalms	Ps	21	143	11	For thy name’s sake, O Lord, preserve my life! In thy righteousness bring me out of trouble!
+Psalms	Ps	21	143	12	And in thy steadfast love cut off my enemies, and destroy all my adversaries, for I am thy servant.
+Psalms	Ps	21	144	1	(A Psalm of David.) Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;
+Psalms	Ps	21	144	2	my rock and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues the peoples under him.
+Psalms	Ps	21	144	3	O Lord, what is man that thou dost regard him, or the son of man that thou dost think of him?
+Psalms	Ps	21	144	4	Man is like a breath, his days are like a passing shadow.
+Psalms	Ps	21	144	5	Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down! Touch the mountains that they smoke!
+Psalms	Ps	21	144	6	Flash forth the lightning and scatter them, send out thy arrows and rout them!
+Psalms	Ps	21	144	7	Stretch forth thy hand from on high, rescue me and deliver me from the many waters, from the hand of aliens,
+Psalms	Ps	21	144	8	whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
+Psalms	Ps	21	144	9	I will sing a new song to thee, O God; upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to thee,
+Psalms	Ps	21	144	10	who givest victory to kings, who rescuest David thy servant.
+Psalms	Ps	21	144	11	Rescue me from the cruel sword, and deliver me from the hand of aliens, whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
+Psalms	Ps	21	144	12	May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars cut for the structure of a palace;
+Psalms	Ps	21	144	13	may our garners be full, providing all manner of store; may our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;
+Psalms	Ps	21	144	14	may our cattle be heavy with young, suffering no mischance or failure in bearing; may there be no cry of distress in our streets!
+Psalms	Ps	21	144	15	Happy the people to whom such blessings fall! Happy the people whose God is the Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	145	1	(A Song of Praise. Of David.) I will extol thee, my God and King, and bless thy name for ever and ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	145	2	Every day I will bless thee, and praise thy name for ever and ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	145	3	Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.
+Psalms	Ps	21	145	4	One generation shall laud thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
+Psalms	Ps	21	145	5	On the glorious splendor of thy majesty, and on thy wondrous works, I will meditate.
+Psalms	Ps	21	145	6	Men shall proclaim the might of thy terrible acts, and I will declare thy greatness.
+Psalms	Ps	21	145	7	They shall pour forth the fame of thy abundant goodness, and shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
+Psalms	Ps	21	145	8	The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
+Psalms	Ps	21	145	9	The Lord is good to all, and his compassion is over all that he has made.
+Psalms	Ps	21	145	10	All thy works shall give thanks to thee, O Lord, and all thy saints shall bless thee!
+Psalms	Ps	21	145	11	They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and tell of thy power,
+Psalms	Ps	21	145	12	to make known to the sons of men thy mighty deeds, and the glorious splendor of thy kingdom.
+Psalms	Ps	21	145	13	Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endures throughout all generations. The Lord is faithful in all his words, and gracious in all his deeds.
+Psalms	Ps	21	145	14	The Lord upholds all who are falling, and raises up all who are bowed down.
+Psalms	Ps	21	145	15	The eyes of all look to thee, and thou givest them their food in due season.
+Psalms	Ps	21	145	16	Thou openest thy hand, thou satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
+Psalms	Ps	21	145	17	The Lord is just in all his ways, and kind in all his doings.
+Psalms	Ps	21	145	18	The Lord is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth.
+Psalms	Ps	21	145	19	He fulfils the desire of all who fear him, he also hears their cry, and saves them.
+Psalms	Ps	21	145	20	The Lord preserves all who love him; but all the wicked he will destroy.
+Psalms	Ps	21	145	21	My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord, and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
+Psalms	Ps	21	146	1	Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul!
+Psalms	Ps	21	146	2	I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have being.
+Psalms	Ps	21	146	3	Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no help.
+Psalms	Ps	21	146	4	When his breath departs he returns to his earth; on that very day his plans perish.
+Psalms	Ps	21	146	5	Happy is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lor his God,
+Psalms	Ps	21	146	6	who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps faith for ever;
+Psalms	Ps	21	146	7	who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free;
+Psalms	Ps	21	146	8	the Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous.
+Psalms	Ps	21	146	9	The Lord watches over the sojourners, he upholds the widow and the fatherless; but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
+Psalms	Ps	21	146	10	The Lord will reign for ever, thy God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	147	1	Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is seemly.
+Psalms	Ps	21	147	2	The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
+Psalms	Ps	21	147	3	He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.
+Psalms	Ps	21	147	4	He determines the number of the stars, he gives to all of them their names.
+Psalms	Ps	21	147	5	Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.
+Psalms	Ps	21	147	6	The Lord lifts up the downtrodden, he casts the wicked to the ground.
+Psalms	Ps	21	147	7	Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make melody to our God upon the lyre!
+Psalms	Ps	21	147	8	He covers the heavens with clouds, he prepares rain for the earth, he makes grass grow upon the hills.
+Psalms	Ps	21	147	9	He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens which cry.
+Psalms	Ps	21	147	10	His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man;
+Psalms	Ps	21	147	11	but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.
+Psalms	Ps	21	147	12	Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!
+Psalms	Ps	21	147	13	For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your sons within you.
+Psalms	Ps	21	147	14	He makes peace in your borders; he fills you with the finest of the wheat.
+Psalms	Ps	21	147	15	He sends forth his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
+Psalms	Ps	21	147	16	He gives snow like wool; he scatters hoarfrost like ashes.
+Psalms	Ps	21	147	17	He casts forth his ice like morsels; who can stand before his cold?
+Psalms	Ps	21	147	18	He sends forth his word, and melts them; he makes his wind blow, and the waters flow.
+Psalms	Ps	21	147	19	He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and ordinances to Israel.
+Psalms	Ps	21	147	20	He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his ordinances. Praise the Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	148	1	Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise him in the heights!
+Psalms	Ps	21	148	2	Praise him, all his angels, praise him, all his host!
+Psalms	Ps	21	148	3	Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars!
+Psalms	Ps	21	148	4	Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens!
+Psalms	Ps	21	148	5	Let them praise the name of the Lord! For he commanded and they were created.
+Psalms	Ps	21	148	6	And he established them for ever and ever; he fixed their bounds which cannot be passed.
+Psalms	Ps	21	148	7	Praise the Lord from the earth, you sea monsters and all deeps,
+Psalms	Ps	21	148	8	fire and hail, snow and frost, stormy wind fulfilling his command!
+Psalms	Ps	21	148	9	Mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars!
+Psalms	Ps	21	148	10	Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and flying birds!
+Psalms	Ps	21	148	11	Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth!
+Psalms	Ps	21	148	12	Young men and maidens together, old men and children!
+Psalms	Ps	21	148	13	Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his glory is above earth and heaven.
+Psalms	Ps	21	148	14	He has raised up a horn for his people, praise for all his saints, for the people of Israel who are near to him. Praise the Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	149	1	Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of the faithful!
+Psalms	Ps	21	149	2	Let Israel be glad in his Maker, let the sons of Zion rejoice in their King!
+Psalms	Ps	21	149	3	Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with timbrel and lyre!
+Psalms	Ps	21	149	4	For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with victory.
+Psalms	Ps	21	149	5	Let the faithful exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their couches.
+Psalms	Ps	21	149	6	Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands,
+Psalms	Ps	21	149	7	to wreak vengeance on the nations and chastisement on the peoples,
+Psalms	Ps	21	149	8	to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron,
+Psalms	Ps	21	149	9	to execute on them the judgment written! This is glory for all his faithful ones. Praise the Lord!
+Psalms	Ps	21	150	1	Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty firmament!
+Psalms	Ps	21	150	2	Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his exceeding greatness!
+Psalms	Ps	21	150	3	Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp!
+Psalms	Ps	21	150	4	Praise him with timbrel and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!
+Psalms	Ps	21	150	5	Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
+Psalms	Ps	21	150	6	Let everything that breathes praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	1	The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	2	That men may know wisdom and instruction, understand words of insight,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	3	receive instruction in wise dealing, righteousness, justice, and equity;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	4	that prudence may be given to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth—
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	5	the wise man also may hear and increase in learning, and the man of understanding acquire skill,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	6	to understand a proverb and a figure, the words of the wise and their riddles.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	7	The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	8	Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and reject not your mother’s teaching;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	9	for they are a fair garland for your head, and pendants for your neck.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	10	My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	11	If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us wantonly ambush the innocent;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	12	like Sheol let us swallow them alive and whole, like those who go down to the Pit;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	13	we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with spoil;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	14	throw in your lot among us, we will all have one purse”—
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	15	my son, do not walk in the way with them, hold back your foot from their paths;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	16	for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	17	For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	18	but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they set an ambush for their own lives.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	19	Such are the ways of all who get gain by violence; it takes away the life of its possessors.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	20	Wisdom cries aloud in the street; in the markets she raises her voice;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	21	on the top of the walls she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	22	“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	23	Give heed to my reproof; behold, I will pour out my thoughts to you; I will make my words known to you.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	24	Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	25	and you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	26	I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic strikes you,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	27	when panic strikes you like a storm, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	28	Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	29	Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	30	would have none of my counsel, and despised all my reproof,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	31	therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sated with their own devices.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	32	For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacence of fools destroys them;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	1	33	but he who listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of evil.”
+Proverbs	Prov	22	2	1	My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	2	2	making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	2	3	yes, if you cry out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	2	4	if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	2	5	then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	2	6	For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	2	7	he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	2	8	guarding the paths of justice and preserving the way of his saints.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	2	9	Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	2	10	for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	2	11	discretion will watch over you; understanding will guard you;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	2	12	delivering you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	2	13	who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	2	14	who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	2	15	men whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	2	16	You will be saved from the loose woman, from the adventuress with her smooth words,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	2	17	who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	2	18	for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the shades;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	2	19	none who go to her come back nor do they regain the paths of life.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	2	20	So you will walk in the way of good men and keep to the paths of the righteous.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	2	21	For the upright will inhabit the land, and men of integrity will remain in it;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	2	22	but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	1	My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	2	for length of days and years of life and abundant welfare will they give you.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	3	Let not loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them about your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	4	So you will find favor and good repute in the sight of God and man.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	5	Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	6	In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	7	Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	8	It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	9	Honor the Lord with your substance and with the first fruits of all your produce;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	10	then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	11	My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline or be weary of his reproof,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	12	for the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	13	Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	14	for the gain from it is better than gain from silver and its profit better than gold.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	15	She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	16	Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	17	Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	18	She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called happy.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	19	The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	20	by his knowledge the deeps broke forth, and the clouds drop down the dew.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	21	My son, keep sound wisdom and discretion; let them not escape from your sight,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	22	and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	23	Then you will walk on your way securely and your foot will not stumble.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	24	If you sit down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	25	Do not be afraid of sudden panic, or of the ruin of the wicked, when it comes;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	26	for the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	27	Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	28	Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	29	Do not plan evil against your neighbor who dwells trustingly beside you.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	30	Do not contend with a man for no reason, when he has done you no harm.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	31	Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	32	for the perverse man is an abomination to the Lord, but the upright are in his confidence.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	33	The Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the abode of the righteous.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	34	Toward the scorners he is scornful, but to the humble he shows favor.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	3	35	The wise will inherit honor, but fools get disgrace.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	1	Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	2	for I give you good precepts: do not forsake my teaching.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	3	When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	4	he taught me, and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	5	do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. Get wisdom; get insight.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	6	Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	7	The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	8	Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	9	She will place on your head a fair garland; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.”
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	10	Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	11	I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	12	When you walk, your step will not be hampered; and if you run, you will not stumble.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	13	Keep hold of instruction, do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	14	Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil men.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	15	Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	16	For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made some one stumble.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	17	For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	18	But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	19	The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	20	My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	21	Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	22	For they are life to him who finds them, and healing to all his flesh.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	23	Keep your heart with all vigilance; for from it flow the springs of life.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	24	Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	25	Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	26	Take heed to the path of your feet, then all your ways will be sure.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	4	27	Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	5	1	My son, be attentive to my wisdom, incline your ear to my understanding;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	5	2	that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	5	3	For the lips of a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	5	4	but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	5	5	Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	5	6	she does not take heed to the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	5	7	And now, O sons, listen to me, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	5	8	Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	5	9	lest you give your honor to others and your years to the merciless;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	5	10	lest strangers take their fill of your strength, and your labors go to the house of an alien;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	5	11	and at the end of your life you groan, when your flesh and body are consumed,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	5	12	and you say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
+Proverbs	Prov	22	5	13	I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	5	14	I was at the point of utter ruin in the assembled congregation.”
+Proverbs	Prov	22	5	15	Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	5	16	Should your springs be scattered abroad, streams of water in the streets?
+Proverbs	Prov	22	5	17	Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	5	18	Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	5	19	a lovely hind, a graceful doe. Let her affection fill you at all times with delight, be infatuated always with her love.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	5	20	Why should you be infatuated, my son, with a loose woman and embrace the bosom of an adventuress?
+Proverbs	Prov	22	5	21	For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he watches all his paths.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	5	22	The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is caught in the toils of his sin.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	5	23	He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is lost.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	1	My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	2	if you are snared in the utterance of your lips, caught in the words of your mouth;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	3	then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into your neighbor’s power: go, hasten, and importune your neighbor.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	4	Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	5	save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	6	Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	7	Without having any chief, officer or ruler,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	8	she prepares her food in summer, and gathers her sustenance in harvest.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	9	How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	10	A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	11	and poverty will come upon you like a vagabond, and want like an armed man.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	12	A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	13	winks with his eyes, scrapes with his feet, points with his finger,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	14	with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	15	therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	16	There are six things which the Lord hates, seven which are an abomination to him:
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	17	haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	18	a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	19	a false witness who breathes out lies, and a man who sows discord among brothers.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	20	My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not your mother’s teaching.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	21	Bind them upon your heart always; tie them about your neck.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	22	When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	23	For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	24	to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adventuress.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	25	Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	26	for a harlot may be hired for a loaf of bread, but an adulteress stalks a man’s very life.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	27	Can a man carry fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burned?
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	28	Or can one walk upon hot coals and his feet not be scorched?
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	29	So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife; none who touches her will go unpunished.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	30	Do not men despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry?
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	31	And if he is caught, he will pay sevenfold; he will give all the goods of his house.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	32	He who commits adultery has no sense; he who does it destroys himself.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	33	Wounds and dishonor will he get, and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	34	For jealousy makes a man furious, and he will not spare when he takes revenge.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	6	35	He will accept no compensation, nor be appeased though you multiply gifts.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	1	My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	2	keep my commandments and live, keep my teachings as the apple of your eye;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	3	bind them on your fingers, write them on the tablet of your heart.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	4	Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call insight your intimate friend;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	5	to preserve you from the loose woman, from the adventuress with her smooth words.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	6	For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	7	and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man without sense,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	8	passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her house
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	9	in the twilight, in the evening, at the time of night and darkness.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	10	And lo, a woman meets him, dressed as a harlot, wily of heart.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	11	She is loud and wayward, her feet do not stay at home;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	12	now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	13	She seizes him and kisses him, and with impudent face she says to him:
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	14	“I had to offer sacrifices, and today I have paid my vows;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	15	so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	16	I have decked my couch with coverings, colored spreads of Egyptian linen;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	17	I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	18	Come, let us take our fill of love till morning; let us delight ourselves with love.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	19	For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	20	he took a bag of money with him; at full moon he will come home.”
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	21	With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	22	All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	23	till an arrow pierces its entrails; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	24	And now, O sons, listen to me, and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	25	Let not your heart turn aside to her ways, do not stray into her paths;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	26	for many a victim has she laid low; yea, all her slain are a mighty host.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	7	27	Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	1	Does not wisdom call, does not understanding raise her voice?
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	2	On the heights beside the way, in the paths she takes her stand;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	3	beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud:
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	4	“To you, O men, I call, and my cry is to the sons of men.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	5	O simple ones, learn prudence; O foolish men, pay attention.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	6	Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will come what is right;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	7	for my mouth will utter truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	8	All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	9	They are all straight to him who understands and right to those who find knowledge.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	10	Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	11	for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	12	I, wisdom, dwell in prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	13	The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	14	I have counsel and sound wisdom, I have insight, I have strength.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	15	By me kings reign, and rulers decree what is just;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	16	by me princes rule, and nobles govern the earth.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	17	I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	18	Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and prosperity.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	19	My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold, and my yield than choice silver.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	20	I walk in the way of righteousness, in the paths of justice,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	21	endowing with wealth those who love me, and filling their treasuries.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	22	The Lord created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	23	Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	24	When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	25	Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	26	before he had made the earth with its fields, or the first of the dust of the world.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	27	When he established the heavens, I was there, when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	28	when he made firm the skies above, when he established the fountains of the deep,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	29	when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	30	then I was beside him, like a master workman; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	31	rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the sons of men.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	32	And now, my sons, listen to me: happy are those who keep my ways.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	33	Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	34	Happy is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	35	For he who finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	8	36	but he who misses me injures himself; all who hate me love death.”
+Proverbs	Prov	22	9	1	Wisdom has built her house, she has set up her seven pillars.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	9	2	She has slaughtered her beasts, she has mixed her wine, she has also set her table.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	9	3	She has sent out her maids to call from the highest places in the town,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	9	4	“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” To him who is without sense she says,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	9	5	“Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	9	6	Leave simpleness, and live, and walk in the way of insight.”
+Proverbs	Prov	22	9	7	He who corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	9	8	Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	9	9	Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man and he will increase in learning.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	9	10	The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	9	11	For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	9	12	If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	9	13	A foolish woman is noisy; she is wanton and knows no shame.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	9	14	She sits at the door of her house, she takes a seat on the high places of the town,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	9	15	calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	9	16	“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” And to him who is without sense she says,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	9	17	“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
+Proverbs	Prov	22	9	18	But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	1	The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	2	Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	3	The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	4	A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	5	A son who gathers in summer is prudent, but a son who sleeps in harvest brings shame.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	6	Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	7	The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	8	The wise of heart will heed commandments, but a prating fool will come to ruin.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	9	He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	10	He who winks the eye causes trouble, but he who boldly reproves makes peace.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	11	The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	12	Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	13	On the lips of him who has understanding wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	14	Wise men lay up knowledge, but the babbling of a fool brings ruin near.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	15	A rich man’s wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	16	The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	17	He who heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who rejects reproof goes astray.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	18	He who conceals hatred has lying lips, and he who utters slander is a fool.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	19	When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is prudent.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	20	The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the mind of the wicked is of little worth.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	21	The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	22	The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	23	It is like sport to a fool to do wrong, but wise conduct is pleasure to a man of understanding.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	24	What the wicked dreads will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	25	When the tempest passes, the wicked is no more, but the righteous is established for ever.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	26	Like vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	27	The fear of the Lord prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be short.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	28	The hope of the righteous ends in gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to nought.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	29	The Lord is a stronghold to him whose way is upright, but destruction to evildoers.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	30	The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	31	The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	10	32	The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	1	A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	2	When pride comes, then comes disgrace; but with the humble is wisdom.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	3	The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	4	Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	5	The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	6	The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their lust.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	7	When the wicked dies, his hope perishes, and the expectation of the godless comes to nought.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	8	The righteous is delivered from trouble, and the wicked gets into it instead.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	9	With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	10	When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices; and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	11	By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	12	He who belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but a man of understanding remains silent.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	13	He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing hidden.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	14	Where there is no guidance, a people falls; but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	15	He who gives surety for a stranger will smart for it, but he who hates suretyship is secure.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	16	A gracious woman gets honor, and violent men get riches.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	17	A man who is kind benefits himself, but a cruel man hurts himself.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	18	A wicked man earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	19	He who is steadfast in righteousness will live, but he who pursues evil will die.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	20	Men of perverse mind are an abomination to the Lord, but those of blameless ways are his delight.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	21	Be assured, an evil man will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will be delivered.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	22	Like a gold ring in a swine’s snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	23	The desire of the righteous ends only in good; the expectation of the wicked in wrath.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	24	One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	25	A liberal man will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	26	The people curse him who holds back grain, but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	27	He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but evil comes to him who searches for it.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	28	He who trusts in his riches will wither, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	29	He who troubles his household will inherit wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	30	The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but lawlessness takes away lives.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	11	31	If the righteous is requited on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	1	Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	2	A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices he condemns.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	3	A man is not established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	4	A good wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	5	The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are treacherous.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	6	The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers men.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	7	The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	8	A man is commended according to his good sense, but one of perverse mind is despised.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	9	Better is a man of humble standing who works for himself than one who plays the great man but lacks bread.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	10	A righteous man has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	11	He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits has no sense.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	12	The strong tower of the wicked comes to ruin, but the root of the righteous stands firm.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	13	An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes from trouble.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	14	From the fruit of his words a man is satisfied with good, and the work of a man’s hand comes back to him.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	15	The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	16	The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent man ignores an insult.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	17	He who speaks the truth gives honest evidence, but a false witness utters deceit.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	18	There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	19	Truthful lips endure for ever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	20	Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, but those who plan good have joy.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	21	No ill befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	22	Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	23	A prudent man conceals his knowledge, but fools proclaim their folly.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	24	The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	25	Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	26	A righteous man turns away from evil, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	27	A slothful man will not catch his prey, but the diligent man will get precious wealth.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	12	28	In the path of righteousness is life, but the way of error leads to death.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	13	1	A wise son hears his father’s instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	13	2	From the fruit of his mouth a good man eats good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	13	3	He who guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	13	4	The soul of the sluggard craves, and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	13	5	A righteous man hates falsehood, but a wicked man acts shamefully and disgracefully.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	13	6	Righteousness guards him whose way is upright, but sin overthrows the wicked.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	13	7	One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	13	8	The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth, but a poor man has no means of redemption.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	13	9	The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	13	10	By insolence the heedless make strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	13	11	Wealth hastily gotten will dwindle, but he who gathers little by little will increase it.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	13	12	Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	13	13	He who despises the word brings destruction on himself, but he who respects the commandment will be rewarded.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	13	14	The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	13	15	Good sense wins favor, but the way of the faithless is their ruin.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	13	16	In everything a prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	13	17	A bad messenger plunges men into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	13	18	Poverty and disgrace come to him who ignores instruction, but he who heeds reproof is honored.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	13	19	A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul; but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	13	20	He who walks with wise men becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	13	21	Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	13	22	A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	13	23	The fallow ground of the poor yields much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	13	24	He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	13	25	The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked suffers want.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	1	Wisdom builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	2	He who walks in uprightness fears the Lord, but he who is devious in his ways despises him.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	3	The talk of a fool is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	4	Where there are no oxen, there is no grain; but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	5	A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	6	A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	7	Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	8	The wisdom of a prudent man is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	9	God scorns the wicked, but the upright enjoy his favor.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	10	The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	11	The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	12	There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	13	Even in laughter the heart is sad, and the end of joy is grief.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	14	A perverse man will be filled with the fruit of his ways, and a good man with the fruit of his deeds.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	15	The simple believes everything, but the prudent looks where he is going.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	16	A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is careless.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	17	A man of quick temper acts foolishly, but a man of discretion is patient.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	18	The simple acquire folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	19	The evil bow down before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	20	The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the rich has many friends.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	21	He who despises his neighbor is a sinner, but happy is he who is kind to the poor.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	22	Do they not err that devise evil? Those who devise good meet loyalty and faithfulness.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	23	In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to want.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	24	The crown of the wise is their wisdom, but folly is the garland of fools.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	25	A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is a betrayer.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	26	In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and his children will have a refuge.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	27	The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	28	In a multitude of people is the glory of a king, but without people a prince is ruined.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	29	He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	30	A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh, but passion makes the bones rot.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	31	He who oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	32	The wicked is overthrown through his evil-doing, but the righteous finds refuge through his integrity.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	33	Wisdom abides in the mind of a man of understanding, but it is not known in the heart of fools.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	34	Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	14	35	A servant who deals wisely has the king’s favor, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	1	A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	2	The tongue of the wise dispenses knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	3	The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	4	A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	5	A fool despises his father’s instruction, but he who heeds admonition is prudent.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	6	In the house of the righteous there is much treasure, but trouble befalls the income of the wicked.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	7	The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the minds of fools.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	8	The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	9	The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but he loves him who pursues righteousness.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	10	There is severe discipline for him who forsakes the way; he who hates reproof will die.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	11	Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord, how much more the hearts of men!
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	12	A scoffer does not like to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	13	A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	14	The mind of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	15	All the days of the afflicted are evil, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	16	Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	17	Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fatted ox and hatred with it.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	18	A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	19	The way of a sluggard is overgrown with thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	20	A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	21	Folly is a joy to him who has no sense, but a man of understanding walks aright.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	22	Without counsel plans go wrong, but with many advisers they succeed.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	23	To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	24	The wise man’s path leads upward to life, that he may avoid Sheol beneath.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	25	The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but maintains the widow’s boundaries.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	26	The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord, the words of the pure are pleasing to him.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	27	He who is greedy for unjust gain makes trouble for his household, but he who hates bribes will live.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	28	The mind of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	29	The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	30	The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and good news refreshes the bones.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	31	He whose ear heeds wholesome admonition will abide among the wise.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	32	He who ignores instruction despises himself, but he who heeds admonition gains understanding.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	15	33	The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility goes before honor.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	1	The plans of the mind belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	2	All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	3	Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	4	The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	5	Every one who is arrogant is an abomination to the Lord; be assured, he will not go unpunished.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	6	By loyalty and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the Lord a man avoids evil.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	7	When a man’s ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	8	Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	9	A man’s mind plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	10	Inspired decisions are on the lips of a king; his mouth does not sin in judgment.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	11	A just balance and scales are the Lord’s; all the weights in the bag are his work.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	12	It is an abomination to kings to do evil, for the throne is established by righteousness.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	13	Righteous lips are the delight of a king, and he loves him who speaks what is right.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	14	A king’s wrath is a messenger of death, and a wise man will appease it.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	15	In the light of a king’s face there is life, and his favor is like the clouds that bring the spring rain.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	16	To get wisdom is better than gold; to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	17	The highway of the upright turns aside from evil; he who guards his way preserves his life.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	18	Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	19	It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	20	He who gives heed to the word will prosper, and happy is he who trusts in the Lord.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	21	The wise of heart is called a man of discernment, and pleasant speech increases persuasiveness.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	22	Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it, but folly is the chastisement of fools.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	23	The mind of the wise makes his speech judicious, and adds persuasiveness to his lips.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	24	Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	25	There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	26	A worker’s appetite works for him; his mouth urges him on.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	27	A worthless man plots evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	28	A perverse man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	29	A man of violence entices his neighbor and leads him in a way that is not good.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	30	He who winks his eyes plans perverse things, he who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	31	A hoary head is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	32	He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	16	33	The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is wholly from the Lord.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	1	Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	2	A slave who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully, and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	3	The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tries hearts.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	4	An evildoer listens to wicked lips; and a liar gives heed to a mischievous tongue.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	5	He who mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	6	Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of sons is their fathers.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	7	Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	8	A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	9	He who forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter alienates a friend.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	10	A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	11	An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	12	Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs, rather than a fool in his folly.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	13	If a man returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	14	The beginning of strife is like letting out water; so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	15	He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	16	Why should a fool have a price in his hand to buy wisdom, when he has no mind?
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	17	A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	18	A man without sense gives a pledge, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	19	He who loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	20	A man of crooked mind does not prosper, and one with a perverse tongue falls into calamity.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	21	A stupid son is a grief to a father; and the father of a fool has no joy.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	22	A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	23	A wicked man accepts a bribe from the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	24	A man of understanding sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	25	A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	26	To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good; to flog noble men is wrong.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	27	He who restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	17	28	Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	18	1	He who is estranged seeks pretexts to break out against all sound judgment.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	18	2	A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	18	3	When wickedness comes, contempt comes also; and with dishonor comes disgrace.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	18	4	The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a gushing stream.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	18	5	It is not good to be partial to a wicked man, or to deprive a righteous man of justice.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	18	6	A fool’s lips bring strife, and his mouth invites a flogging.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	18	7	A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to himself.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	18	8	The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	18	9	He who is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	18	10	The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	18	11	A rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall protecting him.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	18	12	Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty, but humility goes before honor.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	18	13	If one gives answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	18	14	A man’s spirit will endure sickness; but a broken spirit who can bear?
+Proverbs	Prov	22	18	15	An intelligent mind acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	18	16	A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before great men.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	18	17	He who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	18	18	The lot puts an end to disputes and decides between powerful contenders.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	18	19	A brother helped is like a strong city, but quarreling is like the bars of a castle.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	18	20	From the fruit of his mouth a man is satisfied; he is satisfied by the yield of his lips.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	18	21	Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	18	22	He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the Lord.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	18	23	The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	18	24	There are friends who pretend to be friends, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	1	Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a man who is perverse in speech, and is a fool.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	2	It is not good for a man to be without knowledge, and he who makes haste with his feet misses his way.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	3	When a man’s folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the Lord.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	4	Wealth brings many new friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	5	A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who utters lies will not escape.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	6	Many seek the favor of a generous man, and every one is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	7	All a poor man’s brothers hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but does not have them.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	8	He who gets wisdom loves himself; he who keeps understanding will prosper.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	9	A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who utters lies will perish.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	10	It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, much less for a slave to rule over princes.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	11	Good sense makes a man slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	12	A king’s wrath is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew upon the grass.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	13	A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	14	House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	15	Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	16	He who keeps the commandment keeps his life; he who despises the word will die.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	17	He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	18	Discipline your son while there is hope; do not set your heart on his destruction.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	19	A man of great wrath will pay the penalty; for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	20	Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom for the future.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	21	Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	22	What is desired in a man is loyalty, and a poor man is better than a liar.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	23	The fear of the Lord leads to life; and he who has it rests satisfied; he will not be visited by harm.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	24	The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not even bring it back to his mouth.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	25	Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	26	He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	27	Cease, my son, to hear instruction only to stray from the words of knowledge.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	28	A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	19	29	Condemnation is ready for scoffers, and flogging for the backs of fools.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	1	Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	2	The dread wrath of a king is like the growling of a lion; he who provokes him to anger forfeits his life.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	3	It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	4	The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	5	The purpose in a man’s mind is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	6	Many a man proclaims his own loyalty, but a faithful man who can find?
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	7	A righteous man who walks in his integrity— blessed are his sons after him!
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	8	A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	9	Who can say, “I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin”?
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	10	Diverse weights and diverse measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	11	Even a child makes himself known by his acts, whether what he does is pure and right.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	12	The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the Lord has made them both.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	13	Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	14	“It is bad, it is bad,” says the buyer; but when he goes away, then he boasts.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	15	There is gold, and abundance of costly stones; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	16	Take a man’s garment when he has given surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	17	Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	18	Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	19	He who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with one who speaks foolishly.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	20	If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	21	An inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning will in the end not be blessed.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	22	Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the Lord, and he will help you.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	23	Diverse weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	24	A man’s steps are ordered by the Lord; how then can man understand his way?
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	25	It is a snare for a man to say rashly, “It is holy,” and to reflect only after making his vows.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	26	A wise king winnows the wicked, and drives the wheel over them.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	27	The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	28	Loyalty and faithfulness preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by righteousness.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	29	The glory of young men is their strength, but the beauty of old men is their gray hair.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	20	30	Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	1	The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	2	Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	3	To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	4	Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	5	The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but every one who is hasty comes only to want.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	6	The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	7	The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	8	The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is right.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	9	It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	10	The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	11	When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	12	The righteous observes the house of the wicked; the wicked are cast down to ruin.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	13	He who closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself cry out and not be heard.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	14	A gift in secret averts anger; and a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	15	When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous, but dismay to evildoers.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	16	A man who wanders from the way of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	17	He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	18	The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	19	It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful woman.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	20	Precious treasure remains in a wise man’s dwelling, but a foolish man devours it.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	21	He who pursues righteousness and kindness will find life and honor.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	22	A wise man scales the city of the mighty and brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	23	He who keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	24	“Scoffer” is the name of the proud, haughty man who acts with arrogant pride.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	25	The desire of the sluggard kills him for his hands refuse to labor.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	26	All day long the wicked covets, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	27	The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	28	A false witness will perish, but the word of a man who hears will endure.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	29	A wicked man puts on a bold face, but an upright man considers his ways.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	30	No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel, can avail against the Lord.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	21	31	The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the Lord.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	1	A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	2	The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the maker of them all.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	3	A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	4	The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	5	Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards himself will keep far from them.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	6	Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	7	The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	8	He who sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	9	He who has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	10	Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	11	He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	12	The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the faithless.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	13	The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!”
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	14	The mouth of a loose woman is a deep pit; he with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	15	Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	16	He who oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to want.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	17	Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	18	for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	19	That your trust may be in the Lord, I have made them known to you today, even to you.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	20	Have I not written for you thirty sayings of admonition and knowledge,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	21	to show you what is right and true, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	22	Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	23	for the Lord will plead their cause and despoil of life those who despoil them.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	24	Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	25	lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	26	Be not one of those who give pledges, who become surety for debts.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	27	If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	28	Remove not the ancient landmark which your fathers have set.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	22	29	Do you see a man skilful in his work? he will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	1	When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	2	and put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	3	Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	4	Do not toil to acquire wealth; be wise enough to desist.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	5	When your eyes light upon it, it is gone; for suddenly it takes to itself wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	6	Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy; do not desire his delicacies;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	7	for he is like one who is inwardly reckoning. “Eat and drink!” he says to you; but his heart is not with you.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	8	You will vomit up the morsels which you have eaten, and waste your pleasant words.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	9	Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	10	Do not remove an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	11	for their Redeemer is strong; he will plead their cause against you.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	12	Apply your mind to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	13	Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	14	If you beat him with the rod you will save his life from Sheol.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	15	My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	16	My soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	17	Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	18	Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	19	Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your mind in the way.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	20	Be not among winebibbers, or among gluttonous eaters of meat;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	21	for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	22	Hearken to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	23	Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	24	The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who begets a wise son will be glad in him.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	25	Let your father and mother be glad, let her who bore you rejoice.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	26	My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	27	For a harlot is a deep pit; an adventuress is a narrow well.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	28	She lies in wait like a robber and increases the faithless among men.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	29	Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	30	Those who tarry long over wine, those who go to try mixed wine.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	31	Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	32	At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	33	Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind utter perverse things.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	34	You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, like one who lies on the top of a mast.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	23	35	“They struck me,” you will say, “but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drink.”
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	1	Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	2	for their minds devise violence, and their lips talk of mischief.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	3	By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	4	by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	5	A wise man is mightier than a strong man, and a man of knowledge than he who has strength;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	6	for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	7	Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	8	He who plans to do evil will be called a mischief-maker.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	9	The devising of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to men.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	10	If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	11	Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	12	If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not requite man according to his work?
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	13	My son, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	14	Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	15	Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous; do not violence to his home;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	16	for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	17	Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	18	lest the Lord see it, and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	19	Fret not yourself because of evildoers, and be not envious of the wicked;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	20	for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	21	My son, fear the Lord and the king, and do not disobey either of them;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	22	for disaster from them will rise suddenly, and who knows the ruin that will come from them both?
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	23	These also are sayings of the wise. Partiality in judging is not good.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	24	He who says to the wicked, “You are innocent,” will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	25	but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will be upon them.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	26	He who gives a right answer kisses the lips.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	27	Prepare your work outside, get everything ready for you in the field; and after that build your house.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	28	Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	29	Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done.”
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	30	I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man without sense;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	31	and lo, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	32	Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	33	A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	24	34	and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	1	These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	2	It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	3	As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the mind of kings is unsearchable.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	4	Take away the dross from the silver, and the smith has material for a vessel;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	5	take away the wicked from the presence of the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	6	Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence or stand in the place of the great;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	7	for it is better to be told, “Come up here,” than to be put lower in the presence of the prince. What your eyes have seen
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	8	do not hastily bring into court; for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	9	Argue your case with your neighbor himself, and do not disclose another’s secret;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	10	lest he who hears you bring shame upon you, and your ill repute have no end.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	11	A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	12	Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold is a wise reprover to a listening ear.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	13	Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a faithful messenger to those who send him, he refreshes the spirit of his masters.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	14	Like clouds and wind without rain is a man who boasts of a gift he does not give.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	15	With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	16	If you have found honey, eat only enough for you, lest you be sated with it and vomit it.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	17	Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	18	A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	19	Trust in a faithless man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	20	He who sings songs to a heavy heart is like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, and like vinegar on a wound.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	21	If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	22	for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will reward you.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	23	The north wind brings forth rain; and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	24	It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	25	Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	26	Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	27	It is not good to eat much honey, so be sparing of complimentary words.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	25	28	A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	1	Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	2	Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	3	A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	4	Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	5	Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	6	He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	7	Like a lame man’s legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	8	Like one who binds the stone in the sling is he who gives honor to a fool.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	9	Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	10	Like an archer who wounds everybody is he who hires a passing fool or drunkard.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	11	Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool that repeats his folly.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	12	Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	13	The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!”
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	14	As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	15	The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	16	The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer discreetly.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	17	He who meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	18	Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	19	is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I am only joking!”
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	20	For lack of wood the fire goes out; and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	21	As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	22	The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	23	Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	24	He who hates, dissembles with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	25	when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	26	though his hatred be covered with guile, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	27	He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back upon him who starts it rolling.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	26	28	A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	1	Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	2	Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	3	A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	4	Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming; but who can stand before jealousy?
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	5	Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	6	Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	7	He who is sated loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	8	Like a bird that strays from its nest, is a man who strays from his home.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	9	Oil and perfume make the heart glad, but the soul is torn by trouble.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	10	Your friend, and your father’s friend, do not forsake; and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	11	Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	12	A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	13	Take a man’s garment when he has given surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	14	He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	15	A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	16	to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in his right hand.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	17	Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	18	He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	19	As in water face answers to face, so the mind of man reflects the man.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	20	Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	21	The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is judged by his praise.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	22	Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	23	Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	24	for riches do not last for ever; and does a crown endure to all generations?
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	25	When the grass is gone, and the new growth appears, and the herbage of the mountains is gathered,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	26	the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	27	27	there will be enough goats’ milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your maidens.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	1	The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	2	When a land transgresses it has many rulers; but with men of understanding and knowledge its stability will long continue.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	3	A poor man who oppresses the poor is a beating rain that leaves no food.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	4	Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law strive against them.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	5	Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	6	Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is perverse in his ways.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	7	He who keeps the law is a wise son, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	8	He who augments his wealth by interest and increase gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	9	If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	10	He who misleads the upright into an evil way will fall into his own pit; but the blameless will have a goodly inheritance.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	11	A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who has understanding will find him out.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	12	When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	13	He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	14	Blessed is the man who fears the Lord always; but he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	15	Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	16	A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor; but he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	17	If a man is burdened with the blood of another, let him be a fugitive until death; let no one help him.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	18	He who walks in integrity will be delivered, but he who is perverse in his ways will fall into a pit.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	19	He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	20	A faithful man will abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	21	To show partiality is not good; but for a piece of bread a man will do wrong.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	22	A miserly man hastens after wealth, and does not know that want will come upon him.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	23	He who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than he who flatters with his tongue.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	24	He who robs his father or his mother and says, “That is no transgression,” is the companion of a man who destroys.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	25	A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the Lord will be enriched.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	26	He who trusts in his own mind is a fool; but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	27	He who gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	28	28	When the wicked rise, men hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	1	He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck will suddenly be broken beyond healing.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	2	When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	3	He who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but one who keeps company with harlots squanders his substance.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	4	By justice a king gives stability to the land, but one who exacts gifts ruins it.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	5	A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	6	An evil man is ensnared in his transgression, but a righteous man sings and rejoices.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	7	A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	8	Scoffers set a city aflame, but wise men turn away wrath.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	9	If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	10	Bloodthirsty men hate one who is blameless, and the wicked seek his life.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	11	A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man quietly holds it back.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	12	If a ruler listens to falsehood, all his officials will be wicked.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	13	The poor man and the oppressor meet together; the Lord gives light to the eyes of both.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	14	If a king judges the poor with equity his throne will be established for ever.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	15	The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	16	When the wicked are in authority, transgression increases; but the righteous will look upon their downfall.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	17	Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	18	Where there is no prophecy the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	19	By mere words a servant is not disciplined, for though he understands, he will not give heed.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	20	Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	21	He who pampers his servant from childhood, will in the end find him his heir.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	22	A man of wrath stirs up strife, and a man given to anger causes much transgression.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	23	A man’s pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	24	The partner of a thief hates his own life; he hears the curse, but discloses nothing.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	25	The fear of man lays a snare, but he who trusts in the Lord is safe.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	26	Many seek the favor of a ruler, but from the Lord a man gets justice.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	29	27	An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, but he whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	1	The words of Agur son of Jakeh of Massa. The man says to Ithi-el, to Ithi-el and Ucal:
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	2	Surely I am too stupid to be a man. I have not the understanding of a man.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	3	I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	4	Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name? Surely you know!
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	5	Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	6	Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you, and you be found a liar.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	7	Two things I ask of thee; deny them not to me before I die:
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	8	Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	9	lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor, and steal, and profane the name of my God.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	10	Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	11	There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	12	There are those who are pure in their own eyes but are not cleansed of their filth.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	13	There are those—how lofty are their eyes, how high their eyelids lift!
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	14	There are those whose teeth are swords, whose teeth are knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, the needy from among men.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	15	The leech has two daughters; “Give, give,” they cry. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough”:
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	16	Sheol, the barren womb, the earth ever thirsty for water, and the fire which never says, “Enough.”
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	17	The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	18	Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand:
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	19	the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	20	This is the way of an adulteress: she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, “I have done no wrong.”
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	21	Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up:
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	22	a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is filled with food;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	23	an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maid when she succeeds her mistress.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	24	Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise:
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	25	the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	26	the badgers are a people not mighty, yet they make their homes in the rocks;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	27	the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	28	the lizard you can take in your hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	29	Three things are stately in their tread; four are stately in their stride:
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	30	the lion, which is mightiest among beasts and does not turn back before any;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	31	the strutting cock, the he-goat, and a king striding before his people.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	32	If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	30	33	For pressing milk produces curds, pressing the nose produces blood, and pressing anger produces strife.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	1	The words of Lemuel, king of Massa, which his mother taught him:
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	2	What, my son? What, son of my womb? What, son of my vows?
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	3	Give not your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	4	It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to desire strong drink;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	5	lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	6	Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress;
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	7	let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	8	Open your mouth for the dumb, for the rights of all who are left desolate.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	9	Open your mouth, judge righteously, maintain the rights of the poor and needy.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	10	A good wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	11	The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	12	She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	13	She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	14	She is like the ships of the merchant, she brings her food from afar.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	15	She rises while it is yet night and provides food for her household and tasks for her maidens.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	16	She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	17	She girds her loins with strength and makes her arms strong.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	18	She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	19	She puts her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	20	She opens her hand to the poor, and reaches out her hands to the needy.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	21	She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household are clothed in scarlet.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	22	She makes herself coverings; her clothing is fine linen and purple.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	23	Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	24	She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers girdles to the merchant.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	25	Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	26	She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	27	She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	28	Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	29	“Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.”
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	30	Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
+Proverbs	Prov	22	31	31	Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	1	The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	2	Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	3	What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	4	A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains for ever.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	5	The sun rises and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	6	The wind blows to the south, and goes round to the north; round and round goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	7	All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	8	All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	9	What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	10	Is there a thing of which it is said, “See, this is new”? It has been already, in the ages before us.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	11	There is no remembrance of former things, nor will there be any remembrance of later things yet to happen among those who come after.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	12	I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	13	And I applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven; it is an unhappy business that God has given to the sons of men to be busy with.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	14	I have seen everything that is done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	15	What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is lacking cannot be numbered.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	16	I said to myself, “I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	17	And I applied my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	1	18	For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	1	I said to myself, “Come now, I will make a test of pleasure; enjoy yourself.” But behold, this also was vanity.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	2	I said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?”
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	3	I searched with my mind how to cheer my body with wine—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under heaven during the few days of their life.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	4	I made great works; I built houses and planted vineyards for myself;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	5	I made myself gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	6	I made myself pools from which to water the forest of growing trees.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	7	I bought male and female slaves, and had slaves who were born in my house; I had also great possessions of herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	8	I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces; I got singers, both men and women, and many concubines, man’s delight.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	9	So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem; also my wisdom remained with me.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	10	And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them; I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	11	Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had spent in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	12	So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what he has already done.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	13	Then I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	14	The wise man has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness; and yet I perceived that one fate comes to all of them.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	15	Then I said to myself, “What befalls the fool will befall me also; why then have I been so very wise?” And I said to myself that this also is vanity.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	16	For of the wise man as of the fool there is no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How the wise man dies just like the fool!
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	17	So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	18	I hated all my toil in which I had toiled under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will come after me;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	19	and who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	20	So I turned about and gave my heart up to despair over all the toil of my labors under the sun,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	21	because sometimes a man who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave all to be enjoyed by a man who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	22	What has a man from all the toil and strain with which he toils beneath the sun?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	23	For all his days are full of pain, and his work is a vexation; even in the night his mind does not rest. This also is vanity.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	24	There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	25	for apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyment?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	2	26	For to the man who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	1	For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	2	a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	3	a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	4	a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	5	a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	6	a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	7	a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	8	a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	9	What gain has the worker from his toil?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	10	I have seen the business that God has given to the sons of men to be busy with.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	11	He has made everything beautiful in its time; also he has put eternity into man’s mind, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	12	I know that there is nothing better for them than to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	13	also that it is God’s gift to man that every one should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	14	I know that whatever God does endures for ever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; God has made it so, in order that men should fear before him.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	15	That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	16	Moreover I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	17	I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for he has appointed a time for every matter, and for every work.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	18	I said in my heart with regard to the sons of men that God is testing them to show them that they are but beasts.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	19	For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts; for all is vanity.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	20	All go to one place; all are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	21	Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down to the earth?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	3	22	So I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should enjoy his work, for that is his lot; who can bring him to see what will be after him?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	1	Again I saw all the oppressions that are practiced under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	2	And I thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	3	but better than both is he who has not yet been, and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	4	Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	5	The fool folds his hands, and eats his own flesh.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	6	Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	7	Again, I saw vanity under the sun:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	8	a person who has no one, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	9	Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	10	For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	11	Again, if two lie together, they are warm; but how can one be warm alone?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	12	And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him. A threefold cord is not quickly broken.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	13	Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who will no longer take advice,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	14	even though he had gone from prison to the throne or in his own kingdom had been born poor.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	15	I saw all the living who move about under the sun, as well as that youth, who was to stand in his place;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	4	16	there was no end of all the people; he was over all of them. Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	1	Guard your steps when you go to the house of God; to draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know that they are doing evil.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	2	Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven, and you upon earth; therefore let your words be few.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	3	For a dream comes with much business, and a fool’s voice with many words.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	4	When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	5	It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	6	Let not your mouth lead you into sin, and do not say before the messenger that it was a mistake; why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	7	For when dreams increase, empty words grow many: but do you fear God.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	8	If you see in a province the poor oppressed and justice and right violently taken away, do not be amazed at the matter; for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	9	But in all, a king is an advantage to a land with cultivated fields.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	10	He who loves money will not be satisfied with money; nor he who loves wealth, with gain: this also is vanity.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	11	When goods increase, they increase who eat them; and what gain has their owner but to see them with his eyes?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	12	Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much; but the surfeit of the rich will not let him sleep.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	13	There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	14	and those riches were lost in a bad venture; and he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	15	As he came from his mother’s womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil, which he may carry away in his hand.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	16	This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go; and what gain has he that he toiled for the wind,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	17	and spent all his days in darkness and grief, in much vexation and sickness and resentment?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	18	Behold, what I have seen to be good and to be fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life which God has given him, for this is his lot.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	19	Every man also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and find enjoyment in his toil—this is the gift of God.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	5	20	For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	6	1	There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy upon men:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	6	2	a man to whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them; this is vanity; it is a sore affliction.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	6	3	If a man begets a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but he does not enjoy life’s good things, and also has no burial, I say that an untimely birth is better off than he.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	6	4	For it comes into vanity and goes into darkness, and in darkness its name is covered;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	6	5	moreover it has not seen the sun or known anything; yet it finds rest rather than he.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	6	6	Even though he should live a thousand years twice told, yet enjoy no good—do not all go to the one place?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	6	7	All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	6	8	For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	6	9	Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire; this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	6	10	Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	6	11	The more words, the more vanity, and what is man the better?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	6	12	For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	1	A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death, than the day of birth.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	2	It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for this is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to heart.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	3	Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of countenance the heart is made glad.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	4	The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	5	It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	6	For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fools; this also is vanity.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	7	Surely oppression makes the wise man foolish, and a bribe corrupts the mind.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	8	Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	9	Be not quick to anger, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	10	Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	11	Wisdom is good with an inheritance, an advantage to those who see the sun.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	12	For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money; and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	13	Consider the work of God; who can make straight what he has made crooked?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	14	In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	15	In my vain life I have seen everything; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evil-doing.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	16	Be not righteous overmuch, and do not make yourself overwise; why should you destroy yourself?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	17	Be not wicked overmuch, neither be a fool; why should you die before your time?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	18	It is good that you should take hold of this, and from that withhold not your hand; for he who fears God shall come forth from them all.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	19	Wisdom gives strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	20	Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	21	Do not give heed to all the things that men say, lest you hear your servant cursing you;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	22	your heart knows that many times you have yourself cursed others.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	23	All this I have tested by wisdom; I said, “I will be wise”; but it was far from me.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	24	That which is, is far off, and deep, very deep; who can find it out?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	25	I turned my mind to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the sum of things, and to know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness which is madness.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	26	And I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters; he who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	27	Behold, this is what I found, says the Preacher, adding one thing to another to find the sum,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	28	which my mind has sought repeatedly, but I have not found. One man among a thousand I found, but a woman among all these I have not found.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	7	29	Behold, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	1	Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his countenance is changed.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	2	Keep the king’s command, and because of your sacred oath be not dismayed;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	3	go from his presence, do not delay when the matter is unpleasant, for he does whatever he pleases.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	4	For the word of the king is supreme, and who may say to him, “What are you doing?”
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	5	He who obeys a command will meet no harm, and the mind of a wise man will know the time and way.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	6	For every matter has its time and way, although man’s trouble lies heavy upon him.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	7	For he does not know what is to be, for who can tell him how it will be?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	8	No man has power to retain the spirit, or authority over the day of death; there is no discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	9	All this I observed while applying my mind to all that is done under the sun, while man lords it over man to his hurt.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	10	Then I saw the wicked buried; they used to go in and out of the holy place, and were praised in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	11	Because sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the sons of men is fully set to do evil.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	12	Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they fear before him;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	13	but it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	14	There is a vanity which takes place on earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked, and there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	15	And I commend enjoyment, for man has no good thing under the sun but to eat and drink, and enjoy himself, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of life which God gives him under the sun.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	16	When I applied my mind to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how neither day nor night one’s eyes see sleep;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	8	17	then I saw all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. However much man may toil in seeking, he will not find it out; even though a wise man claims to know, he cannot find it out.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	1	But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hate man does not know. Everything before them is vanity,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	2	since one fate comes to all, to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil, to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As is the good man, so is the sinner; and he who swears is as he who shuns an oath.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	3	This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that one fate comes to all; also the hearts of men are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	4	But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	5	For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward; but the memory of them is lost.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	6	Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and they have no more for ever any share in all that is done under the sun.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	7	Go, eat your bread with enjoyment, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already approved what you do.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	8	Let your garments be always white; let not oil be lacking on your head.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	9	Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life which he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	10	Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	11	Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	12	For man does not know his time. Like fish which are taken in an evil net, and like birds which are caught in a snare, so the sons of men are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	13	I have also seen this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	14	There was a little city with few men in it; and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	15	But there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	16	But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heeded.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	17	The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	9	18	Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	1	Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off an evil odor; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	2	A wise man’s heart inclines him toward the right, but a fool’s heart toward the left.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	3	Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense, and he says to every one that he is a fool.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	4	If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for deference will make amends for great offenses.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	5	There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler:
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	6	folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	7	I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking on foot like slaves.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	8	He who digs a pit will fall into it; and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	9	He who quarries stones is hurt by them; and he who splits logs is endangered by them.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	10	If the iron is blunt, and one does not whet the edge, he must put forth more strength; but wisdom helps one to succeed.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	11	If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage in a charmer.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	12	The words of a wise man’s mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	13	The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is wicked madness.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	14	A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him?
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	15	The toil of a fool wearies him, so that he does not know the way to the city.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	16	Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning!
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	17	Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of free men, and your princes feast at the proper time, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	18	Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	19	Bread is made for laughter, and wine gladdens life, and money answers everything.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	10	20	Even in your thought, do not curse the king, nor in your bedchamber curse the rich; for a bird of the air will carry your voice, or some winged creature tell the matter.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	11	1	Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	11	2	Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know not what evil may happen on earth.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	11	3	If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	11	4	He who observes the wind will not sow; and he who regards the clouds will not reap.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	11	5	As you do not know how the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	11	6	In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand; for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	11	7	Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to behold the sun.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	11	8	For if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	11	9	Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	11	10	Remove vexation from your mind, and put away pain from your body; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	1	Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	2	before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	3	in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look through the windows are dimmed,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	4	and the doors on the street are shut; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one rises up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	5	they are afraid also of what is high, and terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along and desire fails; because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets;
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	6	before the silver cord is snapped, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern,
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	7	and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	8	Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	9	Besides being wise, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging proverbs with great care.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	10	The Preacher sought to find pleasing words, and uprightly he wrote words of truth.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	11	The sayings of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings which are given by one Shepherd.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	12	My son, beware of anything beyond these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	13	The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.
+Ecclesiastes	Eccles	23	12	14	For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	1	1	The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	1	2	O that you would kiss me with the kisses of your mouth! For your love is better than wine,
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	1	3	your anointing oils are fragrant, your name is oil poured out; therefore the maidens love you.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	1	4	Draw me after you, let us make haste. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	1	5	I am very dark, but comely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	1	6	Do not gaze at me because I am swarthy, because the sun has scorched me. My mother’s sons were angry with me, they made me keeper of the vineyards; but, my own vineyard I have not kept!
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	1	7	Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who wanders beside the flocks of your companions?
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	1	8	If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your kids beside the shepherds’ tents.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	1	9	I compare you, my love, to a mare of Pharaoh’s chariots.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	1	10	Your cheeks are comely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	1	11	We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with silver.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	1	12	While the king was on his couch, my nard gave forth its fragrance.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	1	13	My beloved is to me a bag of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	1	14	My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of Engedi.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	1	15	Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	1	16	Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly lovely. Our couch is green;
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	1	17	the beams of our house are cedar, our rafters are pine.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	2	1	I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	2	2	As a lily among brambles, so is my love among maidens.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	2	3	As an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	2	4	He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	2	5	Sustain me with raisins, refresh me with apples; for I am sick with love.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	2	6	O that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand embraced me!
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	2	7	I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the hinds of the field, that you stir not up nor awaken love until it please.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	2	8	The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	2	9	My beloved is like a gazelle, or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking through the lattice.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	2	10	My beloved speaks and says to me: “Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away;
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	2	11	for lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	2	12	The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	2	13	The fig tree puts forth its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	2	14	O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is comely.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	2	15	Catch us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom.”
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	2	16	My beloved is mine and I am his, he pastures his flock among the lilies.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	2	17	Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle, or a young stag upon rugged mountains.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	3	1	Upon my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he gave no answer.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	3	2	“I will rise now and go about the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my soul loves.” I sought him, but found him not.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	3	3	The watchmen found me, as they went about in the city. “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	3	4	Scarcely had I passed them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	3	5	I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the hinds of the field, that you stir not up nor awaken love until it please.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	3	6	What is that coming up from the wilderness, like a column of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the fragrant powders of the merchant?
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	3	7	Behold, it is the litter of Solomon! About it are sixty mighty men of the mighty men of Israel,
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	3	8	all girt with swords and expert in war, each with his sword at his thigh, against alarms by night.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	3	9	King Solomon made himself a palanquin from the wood of Lebanon.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	3	10	He made its posts of silver, its back of gold, its seat of purple; it was lovingly wrought within by the daughters of Jerusalem.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	3	11	Go forth, O daughters of Zion, and behold King Solomon, with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, on the day of the gladness of his heart.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	4	1	Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats, moving down the slopes of Gilead.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	4	2	Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes that have come up from the washing, all of which bear twins, and not one among them is bereaved.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	4	3	Your lips are like a scarlet thread, and your mouth is lovely. Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	4	4	Your neck is like the tower of David, built for an arsenal, whereon hang a thousand bucklers, all of them shields of warriors.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	4	5	Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, that feed among the lilies.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	4	6	Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, I will hie me to the mountain of myrrh and the hill of frankincense.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	4	7	You are all fair, my love; there is no flaw in you.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	4	8	Come with me from Lebanon, my bride; come with me from Lebanon. Depart from the peak of Amana, from the peak of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountains of leopards.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	4	9	You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride, you have ravished my heart with a glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	4	10	How sweet is your love, my sister, my bride! how much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	4	11	Your lips distil nectar, my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue; the scent of your garments is like the scent of Lebanon.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	4	12	A garden locked is my sister, my bride, a garden locked, a fountain sealed.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	4	13	Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates with all choicest fruits, henna with nard,
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	4	14	nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, with all chief spices—
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	4	15	a garden fountain, a well of living water, and flowing streams from Lebanon.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	4	16	Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind! Blow upon my garden, let its fragrance be wafted abroad. Let my beloved come to his garden, and eat its choicest fruits.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	5	1	I come to my garden, my sister, my bride, I gather my myrrh with my spice, I eat my honeycomb with my honey, I drink my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink: drink deeply, O lovers!
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	5	2	I slept, but my heart was awake. Hark! my beloved is knocking. “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one; for my head is wet with dew, my locks with the drops of the night.”
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	5	3	I had put off my garment, how could I put it on? I had bathed my feet, how could I soil them?
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	5	4	My beloved put his hand to the latch, and my heart was thrilled within me.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	5	5	I arose to open to my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, upon the handles of the bolt.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	5	6	I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had turned and gone. My soul failed me when he spoke. I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he gave no answer.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	5	7	The watchmen found me, as they went about in the city; they beat me, they wounded me, they took away my mantle, those watchmen of the walls.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	5	8	I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am sick with love.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	5	9	What is your beloved more than another beloved, O fairest among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you thus adjure us?
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	5	10	My beloved is all radiant and ruddy, distinguished among ten thousand.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	5	11	His head is the finest gold; his locks are wavy, black as a raven.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	5	12	His eyes are like doves beside springs of water, bathed in milk, fitly set.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	5	13	His cheeks are like beds of spices, yielding fragrance. His lips are lilies, distilling liquid myrrh.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	5	14	His arms are rounded gold, set with jewels. His body is ivory work, encrusted with sapphires.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	5	15	His legs are alabaster columns, set upon bases of gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as the cedars.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	5	16	His speech is most sweet, and he is altogether desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	6	1	Whither has your beloved gone, O fairest among women? Whither has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	6	2	My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	6	3	I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	6	4	You are beautiful as Tirzah, my love, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	6	5	Turn away your eyes from me, for they disturb me— Your hair is like a flock of goats, moving down the slopes of Gilead.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	6	6	Your teeth are like a flock of ewes, that have come up from the washing, all of them bear twins, not one among them is bereaved.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	6	7	Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	6	8	There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	6	9	My dove, my perfect one, is only one, the darling of her mother, flawless to her that bore her. The maidens saw her and called her happy; the queens and concubines also, and they praised her.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	6	10	“Who is this that looks forth like the dawn, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army with banners?”
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	6	11	I went down to the nut orchard, to look at the blossoms of the valley, to see whether the vines had budded, whether the pomegranates were in bloom.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	6	12	Before I was aware, my fancy set me in a chariot beside my prince.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	6	13	Return, return, O Shulammite, return, return, that we may look upon you. Why should you look upon the Shulammite, as upon a dance before two armies?
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	7	1	How graceful are your feet in sandals, O queenly maiden! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a master hand.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	7	2	Your navel is a rounded bowl that never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is a heap of wheat, encircled with lilies.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	7	3	Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	7	4	Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon, overlooking Damascus.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	7	5	Your head crowns you like Carmel, and your flowing locks are like purple; a king is held captive in the tresses.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	7	6	How fair and pleasant you are, O loved one, delectable maiden!
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	7	7	You are stately as a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	7	8	I say I will climb the palm tree and lay hold of its branches. Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the scent of your breath like apples,
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	7	9	and your kisses like the best wine that goes down smoothly, gliding over lips and teeth.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	7	10	I am my beloved’s, and his desire is for me.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	7	11	Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the fields, and lodge in the villages;
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	7	12	let us go out early to the vineyards, and see whether the vines have budded, whether the grape blossoms have opened and the pomegranates are in bloom. There I will give you my love.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	7	13	The mandrakes give forth fragrance, and over our doors are all choice fruits, new as well as old, which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	8	1	O that you were like a brother to me, that nursed at my mother’s breast! If I met you outside, I would kiss you, and none would despise me.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	8	2	I would lead you and bring you into the house of my mother, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the juice of my pomegranates.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	8	3	O that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand embraced me!
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	8	4	I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you stir not up nor awaken love until it please.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	8	5	Who is that coming up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother was in travail with you, there she who bore you was in travail.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	8	6	Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, jealousy is cruel as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a most vehement flame.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	8	7	Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, it would be utterly scorned.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	8	8	We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister, on the day when she is spoken for?
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	8	9	If she is a wall, we will build upon her a battlement of silver; but if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	8	10	I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who brings peace.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	8	11	Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; each one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	8	12	My vineyard, my very own, is for myself; you, O Solomon, may have the thousand, and the keepers of the fruit two hundred.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	8	13	O you who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice; let me hear it.
+Song of Solomon	Song	24	8	14	Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag upon the mountains of spices.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	1	1	Love righteousness, you rulers of the earth, think of the Lord with uprightness, and seek him with sincerity of heart;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	1	2	because he is found by those who do not put him to the test, and manifests himself to those who do not distrust him.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	1	3	For perverse thoughts separate men from God, and when his power is tested, it convicts the foolish;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	1	4	because wisdom will not enter a deceitful soul, nor dwell in a body enslaved to sin.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	1	5	For a holy and disciplined spirit will flee from deceit, and will rise and depart from foolish thoughts, and will be ashamed at the approach of unrighteousness.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	1	6	For wisdom is a kindly spirit and will not free a blasphemer from the guilt of his words; because God is witness of his inmost feelings, and a true observer of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	1	7	Because the Spirit of the Lord has filled the world, and that which holds all things together knows what is said;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	1	8	therefore no one who utters unrighteous things will escape notice, and justice, when it punishes, will not pass him by.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	1	9	For inquiry will be made into the counsels of an ungodly man, and a report of his words will come to the Lord, to convict him of his lawless deeds;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	1	10	because a jealous ear hears all things, and the sound of murmurings does not go unheard.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	1	11	Beware then of useless murmuring, and keep your tongue from slander; because no secret word is without result, and a lying mouth destroys the soul.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	1	12	Do not invite death by the error of your life, nor bring on destruction by the works of your hands;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	1	13	because God did not make death, and he does not delight in the death of the living.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	1	14	For he created all things that they might exist, and the generative forces of the world are wholesome, and there is no destructive poison in them; and the dominion of Hades is not on earth.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	1	15	For righteousness is immortal.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	1	16	But ungodly men by their words and deeds summoned death; considering him a friend, they pined away, and they made a covenant with him, because they are fit to belong to his party.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	2	1	For they reasoned unsoundly, saying to themselves, “Short and sorrowful is our life, and there is no remedy when a man comes to his end, and no one has been known to return from Hades.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	2	2	Because we were born by mere chance, and hereafter we shall be as though we had never been; because the breath in our nostrils is smoke, and reason is a spark kindled by the beating of our hearts.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	2	3	When it is extinguished, the body will turn to ashes, and the spirit will dissolve like empty air.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	2	4	Our name will be forgotten in time and no one will remember our works; our life will pass away like the traces of a cloud, and be scattered like mist that is chased by the rays of the sun and overcome by its heat.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	2	5	For our allotted time is the passing of a shadow, and there is no return from our death, because it is sealed up and no one turns back.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	2	6	“Come, therefore, let us enjoy the good things that exist, and make use of the creation to the full as in youth.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	2	7	Let us take our fill of costly wine and perfumes, and let no flower of spring pass by us.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	2	8	Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	2	9	Let none of us fail to share in our revelry, everywhere let us leave signs of enjoyment, because this is our portion, and this our lot.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	2	10	Let us oppress the righteous poor man; let us not spare the widow nor regard the gray hairs of the aged.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	2	11	But let our might be our law of right, for what is weak proves itself to be useless.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	2	12	“Let us lie in wait for the righteous man, because he is inconvenient to us and opposes our actions; he reproaches us for sins against the law, and accuses us of sins against our training.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	2	13	He professes to have knowledge of God, and calls himself a child of the Lord.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	2	14	He became to us a reproof of our thoughts;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	2	15	the very sight of him is a burden to us, because his manner of life is unlike that of others, and his ways are strange.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	2	16	We are considered by him as something base, and he avoids our ways as unclean; he calls the last end of the righteous happy, and boasts that God is his father.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	2	17	Let us see if his words are true, and let us test what will happen at the end of his life;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	2	18	for if the righteous man is God’s son, he will help him, and will deliver him from the hand of his adversaries.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	2	19	Let us test him with insult and torture, that we may find out how gentle he is, and make trial of his forbearance.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	2	20	Let us condemn him to a shameful death, for, according to what he says, he will be protected.”
+Wisdom	Wis	25	2	21	Thus they reasoned, but they were led astray, for their wickedness blinded them,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	2	22	and they did not know the secret purposes of God, nor hope for the wages of holiness, nor discern the prize for blameless souls;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	2	23	for God created man for incorruption, and made him in the image of his own eternity,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	2	24	but through the devil’s envy death entered the world, and those who belong to his party experience it.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	3	1	But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	3	2	In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure was thought to be an affliction,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	3	3	and their going from us to be their destruction; but they are at peace.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	3	4	For though in the sight of men they were punished, their hope is full of immortality.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	3	5	Having been disciplined a little, they will receive great good, because God tested them and found them worthy of himself;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	3	6	like gold in the furnace he tried them, and like a sacrificial burnt offering he accepted them.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	3	7	In the time of their visitation they will shine forth, and will run like sparks through the stubble.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	3	8	They will govern nations and rule over peoples, and the Lord will reign over them for ever.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	3	9	Those who trust in him will understand truth, and the faithful will abide with him in love, because grace and mercy are upon his elect, and he watches over his holy ones.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	3	10	But the ungodly will be punished as their reasoning deserves, who disregarded the righteous man and rebelled against the Lord;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	3	11	for whoever despises wisdom and instruction is miserable. Their hope is vain, their labors are unprofitable, and their works are useless.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	3	12	Their wives are foolish, and their children evil;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	3	13	their offspring are accursed. For blessed is the barren woman who is undefiled, who has not entered into a sinful union; she will have fruit when God examines souls.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	3	14	Blessed also is the eunuch whose hands have done no lawless deed, and who has not devised wicked things against the Lord; for special favor will be shown him for his faithfulness, and a place of great delight in the temple of the Lord.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	3	15	For the fruit of good labors is renowned, and the root of understanding does not fail.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	3	16	But children of adulterers will not come to maturity, and the offspring of an unlawful union will perish.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	3	17	Even if they live long they will be held of no account, and finally their old age will be without honor.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	3	18	If they die young, they will have no hope and no consolation in the day of decision.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	3	19	For the end of an unrighteous generation is grievous.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	4	1	Better than this is childlessness with virtue, for in the memory of virtue is immortality, because it is known both by God and by men.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	4	2	When it is present, men imitate it, and they long for it when it has gone; and throughout all time it marches crowned in triumph, victor in the contest for prizes that are undefiled.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	4	3	But the prolific brood of the ungodly will be of no use, and none of their illegitimate seedlings will strike a deep root or take a firm hold.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	4	4	For even if they put forth boughs for a while, standing insecurely they will be shaken by the wind, and by the violence of the winds they will be uprooted.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	4	5	The branches will be broken off before they come to maturity, and their fruit will be useless, not ripe enough to eat, and good for nothing.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	4	6	For children born of unlawful unions are witnesses of evil against their parents when God examines them.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	4	7	But the righteous man, though he die early, will be at rest.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	4	8	For old age is not honored for length of time, nor measured by number of years;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	4	9	but understanding is gray hair for men, and a blameless life is ripe old age.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	4	10	There was one who pleased God and was loved by him, and while living among sinners he was taken up.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	4	11	He was caught up lest evil change his understanding or guile deceive his soul.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	4	12	For the fascination of wickedness obscures what is good, and roving desire perverts the innocent mind.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	4	13	Being perfected in a short time, he fulfilled long years;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	4	14	for his soul was pleasing to the Lord, therefore he took him quickly from the midst of wickedness.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	4	15	Yet the peoples saw and did not understand, nor take such a thing to heart, that God’s grace and mercy are with his elect, and he watches over his holy ones.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	4	16	The righteous man who had died will condemn the ungodly who are living, and youth that is quickly perfected will condemn the prolonged old age of the unrighteous man.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	4	17	For they will see the end of the wise man, and will not understand what the Lord purposed for him, and for what he kept him safe.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	4	18	They will see, and will have contempt for him, but the Lord will laugh them to scorn. After this they will become dishonored corpses, and an outrage among the dead for ever;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	4	19	because he will dash them speechless to the ground, and shake them from the foundations; they will be left utterly dry and barren, and they will suffer anguish, and the memory of them will perish.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	4	20	They will come with dread when their sins are reckoned up, and their lawless deeds will convict them to their face.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	5	1	Then the righteous man will stand with great confidence in the presence of those who have afflicted him, and those who make light of his labors.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	5	2	When they see him, they will be shaken with dreadful fear, and they will be amazed at his unexpected salvation.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	5	3	They will speak to one another in repentance, and in anguish of spirit they will groan, and say,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	5	4	“This is the man whom we once held in derision and made a byword of reproach—we fools! We thought that his life was madness and that his end was without honor.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	5	5	Why has he been numbered among the sons of God? And why is his lot among the saints?
+Wisdom	Wis	25	5	6	So it was we who strayed from the way of truth, and the light of righteousness did not shine on us, and the sun did not rise upon us.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	5	7	We took our fill of the paths of lawlessness and destruction, and we journeyed through trackless deserts, but the way of the Lord we have not known.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	5	8	What has our arrogance profited us? And what good has our boasted wealth brought us?
+Wisdom	Wis	25	5	9	“All those things have vanished like a shadow, and like a rumor that passes by;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	5	10	like a ship that sails through the billowy water, and when it has passed no trace can be found, nor track of its keel in the waves;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	5	11	or as, when a bird flies through the air, no evidence of its passage is found; the light air, lashed by the beat of its pinions and pierced by the force of its rushing flight, is traversed by the movement of its wings, and afterward no sign of its coming is found there;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	5	12	or as, when an arrow is shot at a target, the air, thus divided, comes together at once, so that no one knows its pathway.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	5	13	So we also, as soon as we were born, ceased to be, and we had no sign of virtue to show, but were consumed in our wickedness.”
+Wisdom	Wis	25	5	14	Because the hope of the ungodly man is like chaff carried by the wind, and like a light hoarfrost driven away by a storm; it is dispersed like smoke before the wind, and it passes like the remembrance of a guest who stays but a day.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	5	15	But the righteous live for ever, and their reward is with the Lord; the Most High takes care of them.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	5	16	Therefore they will receive a glorious crown and a beautiful diadem from the hand of the Lord, because with his right hand he will cover them, and with his arm he will shield them.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	5	17	The Lord will take his zeal as his whole armor, and will arm all creation to repel his enemies;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	5	18	he will put on righteousness as a breastplate, and wear impartial justice as a helmet;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	5	19	he will take holiness as an invincible shield,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	5	20	and sharpen stern wrath for a sword, and creation will join with him to fight against the madmen.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	5	21	Shafts of lightning will fly with true aim, and will leap to the target as from a well-drawn bow of clouds,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	5	22	and hailstones full of wrath will be hurled as from a catapult; the water of the sea will rage against them, and rivers will relentlessly overwhelm them;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	5	23	a mighty wind will rise against them, and like a tempest it will winnow them away. Lawlessness will lay waste the whole earth, and evil-doing will overturn the thrones of rulers.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	6	1	Listen therefore, O kings, and understand; learn, O judges of the ends of the earth.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	6	2	Give ear, you that rule over multitudes, and boast of many nations.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	6	3	For your dominion was given you from the Lord, and your sovereignty from the Most High, who will search out your works and inquire into your plans.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	6	4	Because as servants of his kingdom you did not rule rightly, nor keep the law, nor walk according to the purpose of God,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	6	5	he will come upon you terribly and swiftly, because severe judgment falls on those in high places.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	6	6	For the lowliest man may be pardoned in mercy, but mighty men will be mightily tested.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	6	7	For the Lord of all will not stand in awe of any one, nor show deference to greatness; because he himself made both small and great, and he takes thought for all alike.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	6	8	But a strict inquiry is in store for the mighty.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	6	9	To you then, O monarchs, my words are directed, that you may learn wisdom and not transgress.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	6	10	For they will be made holy who observe holy things in holiness, and those who have been taught them will find a defense.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	6	11	Therefore set your desire on my words; long for them, and you will be instructed.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	6	12	Wisdom is radiant and unfading, and she is easily discerned by those who love her, and is found by those who seek her.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	6	13	She hastens to make herself known to those who desire her.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	6	14	He who rises early to seek her will have no difficulty, for he will find her sitting at his gates.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	6	15	To fix one’s thought on her is perfect understanding, and he who is vigilant on her account will soon be free from care,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	6	16	because she goes about seeking those worthy of her, and she graciously appears to them in their paths, and meets them in every thought.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	6	17	The beginning of wisdom is the most sincere desire for instruction, and concern for instruction is love of her,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	6	18	and love of her is the keeping of her laws, and giving heed to her laws is assurance of immortality,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	6	19	and immortality brings one near to God;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	6	20	so the desire for wisdom leads to a kingdom.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	6	21	Therefore if you delight in thrones and scepters, O monarchs over the peoples, honor wisdom, that you may reign for ever.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	6	22	I will tell you what wisdom is and how she came to be, and I will hide no secrets from you, but I will trace her course from the beginning of creation, and make knowledge of her clear, and I will not pass by the truth;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	6	23	neither will I travel in the company of sickly envy, for envy does not associate with wisdom.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	6	24	A multitude of wise men is the salvation of the world, and a sensible king is the stability of his people.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	6	25	Therefore be instructed by my words, and you will profit.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	1	I also am mortal, like all men, a descendant of the first-formed child of earth; and in the womb of a mother I was molded into flesh,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	2	within the period of ten months, compacted with blood, from the seed of a man and the pleasure of marriage.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	3	And when I was born, I began to breathe the common air, and fell upon the kindred earth, and my first sound was a cry, like that of all.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	4	I was nursed with care in swaddling cloths.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	5	For no king has had a different beginning of existence;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	6	there is for all mankind one entrance into life, and a common departure.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	7	Therefore I prayed, and understanding was given me; I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	8	I preferred her to scepters and thrones, and I accounted wealth as nothing in comparison with her.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	9	Neither did I liken to her any priceless gem, because all gold is but a little sand in her sight, and silver will be accounted as clay before her.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	10	I loved her more than health and beauty, and I chose to have her rather than light, because her radiance never ceases.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	11	All good things came to me along with her, and in her hands uncounted wealth.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	12	I rejoiced in them all, because wisdom leads them; but I did not know that she was their mother.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	13	I learned without guile and I impart without grudging; I do not hide her wealth,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	14	for it is an unfailing treasure for men; those who get it obtain friendship with God, commended for the gifts that come from instruction.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	15	May God grant that I speak with judgment and have thought worthy of what I have received, for he is the guide even of wisdom and the corrector of the wise.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	16	For both we and our words are in his hand, as are all understanding and skill in crafts.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	17	For it is he who gave me unerring knowledge of what exists, to know the structure of the world and the activity of the elements;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	18	the beginning and end and middle of times, the alternations of the solstices and the changes of the seasons,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	19	the cycles of the year and the constellations of the stars,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	20	the natures of animals and the tempers of wild beasts, the powers of spirits and the reasonings of men, the varieties of plants and the virtues of roots;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	21	I learned both what is secret and what is manifest,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	22	for wisdom, the fashioner of all things, taught me. For in her there is a spirit that is intelligent, holy, unique, manifold, subtle, mobile, clear, unpolluted, distinct, invulnerable, loving the good, keen, irresistible,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	23	beneficent, humane, steadfast, sure, free from anxiety, all-powerful, overseeing all, and penetrating through all spirits that are intelligent and pure and most subtle.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	24	For wisdom is more mobile than any motion; because of her pureness she pervades and penetrates all things.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	25	For she is a breath of the power of God, and a pure emanation of the glory of the Almighty; therefore nothing defiled gains entrance into her.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	26	For she is a reflection of eternal light, a spotless mirror of the working of God, and an image of his goodness.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	27	Though she is but one, she can do all things, and while remaining in herself, she renews all things; in every generation she passes into holy souls and makes them friends of God, and prophets;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	28	for God loves nothing so much as the man who lives with wisdom.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	29	For she is more beautiful than the sun, and excels every constellation of the stars. Compared with the light she is found to be superior,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	7	30	for it is succeeded by the night, but against wisdom evil does not prevail.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	8	1	She reaches mightily from one end of the earth to the other, and she orders all things well.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	8	2	I loved her and sought her from my youth, and I desired to take her for my bride, and I became enamored of her beauty.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	8	3	She glorifies her noble birth by living with God, and the Lord of all loves her.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	8	4	For she is an initiate in the knowledge of God, and an associate in his works.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	8	5	If riches are a desirable possession in life, what is richer than wisdom who effects all things?
+Wisdom	Wis	25	8	6	And if understanding is effective, who more than she is fashioner of what exists?
+Wisdom	Wis	25	8	7	And if any one loves righteousness, her labors are virtues; for she teaches self-control and prudence, justice and courage; nothing in life is more profitable for men than these.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	8	8	And if any one longs for wide experience, she knows the things of old, and infers the things to come; she understands turns of speech and the solutions of riddles; she has foreknowledge of signs and wonders and of the outcome of seasons and times.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	8	9	Therefore I determined to take her to live with me, knowing that she would give me good counsel and encouragement in cares and grief.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	8	10	Because of her I shall have glory among the multitudes and honor in the presence of the elders, though I am young.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	8	11	I shall be found keen in judgment, and in the sight of rulers I shall be admired.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	8	12	When I am silent they will wait for me, and when I speak they will give heed; and when I speak at greater length they will put their hands on their mouths.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	8	13	Because of her I shall have immortality, and leave an everlasting remembrance to those who come after me.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	8	14	I shall govern peoples, and nations will be subject to me;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	8	15	dread monarchs will be afraid of me when they hear of me; among the people I shall show myself capable, and courageous in war.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	8	16	When I enter my house, I shall find rest with her, for companionship with her has no bitterness, and life with her has no pain, but gladness and joy.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	8	17	When I considered these things inwardly, and thought upon them in my mind, that in kinship with wisdom there is immortality,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	8	18	and in friendship with her, pure delight, and in the labors of her hands, unfailing wealth, and in the experience of her company, understanding, and renown in sharing her words, I went about seeking how to get her for myself.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	8	19	As a child I was by nature well endowed, and a good soul fell to my lot;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	8	20	or rather, being good, I entered an undefiled body.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	8	21	But I perceived that I would not possess wisdom unless God gave her to me— and it was a mark of insight to know whose gift she was— so I appealed to the Lord and besought him, and with my whole heart I said:
+Wisdom	Wis	25	9	1	“O God of my fathers and Lord of mercy, who hast made all things by thy word,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	9	2	and by thy wisdom hast formed man, to have dominion over the creatures thou hast made,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	9	3	and rule the world in holiness and righteousness, and pronounce judgment in uprightness of soul,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	9	4	give me the wisdom that sits by thy throne, and do not reject me from among thy servants.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	9	5	For I am thy slave and the son of thy maidservant, a man who is weak and short-lived, with little understanding of judgment and laws;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	9	6	for even if one is perfect among the sons of men, yet without the wisdom that comes from thee he will be regarded as nothing.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	9	7	Thou hast chosen me to be king of thy people and to be judge over thy sons and daughters.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	9	8	Thou hast given command to build a temple on thy holy mountain, and an altar in the city of thy habitation, a copy of the holy tent which thou didst prepare from the beginning.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	9	9	With thee is wisdom, who knows thy works and was present when thou didst make the world, and who understand what is pleasing in thy sight and what is right according to thy commandments.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	9	10	Send her forth from the holy heavens, and from the throne of thy glory send her, that she may be with me and toil, and that I may learn what is pleasing to thee.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	9	11	For she knows and understands all things, and she will guide me wisely in my actions and guard me with her glory.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	9	12	Then my works will be acceptable, and I shall judge thy people justly, and shall be worthy of the throne of my father.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	9	13	For what man can learn the counsel of God? Or who can discern what the Lord wills?
+Wisdom	Wis	25	9	14	For the reasoning of mortals is worthless, and our designs are likely to fail,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	9	15	for a perishable body weighs down the soul, and this earthy tent burdens the thoughtful mind.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	9	16	We can hardly guess at what is on earth, and what is at hand we find with labor; but who has traced out what is in the heavens?
+Wisdom	Wis	25	9	17	Who has learned thy counsel, unless thou hast given wisdom and sent thy holy Spirit from on high?
+Wisdom	Wis	25	9	18	And thus the paths of those on earth were set right, and men were taught what pleases thee, and were saved by wisdom.”
+Wisdom	Wis	25	10	1	Wisdom protected the first-formed father of the world, when he alone had been created; she delivered him from his transgression,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	10	2	and gave him strength to rule all things.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	10	3	But when an unrighteous man departed from her in his anger, he perished because in rage he slew his brother.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	10	4	When the earth was flooded because of him, wisdom again saved it, steering the righteous man by a paltry piece of wood.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	10	5	Wisdom also, when the nations in wicked agreement had been confounded, recognized the righteous man and preserved him blameless before God, and kept him strong in the face of his compassion for his child.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	10	6	Wisdom rescued a righteous man when the ungodly were perishing; he escaped the fire that descended on the Five Cities.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	10	7	Evidence of their wickedness still remains: a continually smoking wasteland, plants bearing fruit that does not ripen, and a pillar of salt standing as a monument to an unbelieving soul.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	10	8	For because they passed wisdom by, they not only were hindered from recognizing the good, but also left for mankind a reminder of their folly, so that their failures could never go unnoticed.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	10	9	Wisdom rescued from troubles those who served her.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	10	10	When a righteous man fled from his brother’s wrath, she guided him on straight paths; she showed him the kingdom of God, and gave him knowledge of angels; she prospered him in his labors, and increased the fruit of his toil.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	10	11	When his oppressors were covetous, she stood by him and made him rich.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	10	12	She protected him from his enemies, and kept him safe from those who lay in wait for him; in his arduous contest she gave him the victory, so that he might learn that godliness is more powerful than anything.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	10	13	When a righteous man was sold, wisdom did not desert him, but delivered him from sin. She descended with him into the dungeon,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	10	14	and when he was in prison she did not leave him, until she brought him the scepter of a kingdom and authority over his masters. Those who accused him she showed to be false, and she gave him everlasting honor.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	10	15	A holy people and blameless race wisdom delivered from a nation of oppressors.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	10	16	She entered the soul of a servant of the Lord, and withstood dread kings with wonders and signs.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	10	17	She gave holy men the reward of their labors; she guided them along a marvelous way, and became a shelter to them by day, and a starry flame through the night.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	10	18	She brought them over the Red Sea, and led them through deep waters;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	10	19	but she drowned their enemies, and cast them up from the depth of the sea.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	10	20	Therefore the righteous plundered the ungodly; they sang hymns, O Lord, to thy holy name, and praised with one accord thy defending hand,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	10	21	because wisdom opened the mouth of the dumb, and made the tongues of babes speak clearly.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	1	Wisdom prospered their works by the hand of a holy prophet.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	2	They journeyed through an uninhabited wilderness, and pitched their tents in untrodden places.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	3	They withstood their enemies and fought off their foes.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	4	When they thirsted they called upon thee, and water was given them out of flinty rock, and slaking of thirst from hard stone.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	5	For through the very things by which their enemies were punished, they themselves received benefit in their need.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	6	Instead of the fountain of an ever-flowing river, stirred up and defiled with blood
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	7	in rebuke for the decree to slay the infants, thou gavest them abundant water unexpectedly,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	8	showing by their thirst at that time how thou didst punish their enemies.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	9	For when they were tried, though they were being disciplined in mercy, they learned how the ungodly were tormented when judged in wrath.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	10	For thou didst test them as a father does in warning, but thou didst examine the ungodly as a stern king does in condemnation.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	11	Whether absent or present, they were equally distressed,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	12	for a twofold grief possessed them, and a groaning at the memory of what had occurred.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	13	For when they heard that through their own punishments the righteous had received benefit, they perceived it was the Lord’s doing.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	14	For though they had mockingly rejected him who long before had been cast out and exposed, at the end of the events they marveled at him, for their thirst was not like that of the righteous.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	15	In return for their foolish and wicked thoughts, which led them astray to worship irrational serpents and worthless animals, thou didst send upon them a multitude of irrational creatures to punish them,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	16	that they might learn that one is punished by the very things by which he sins.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	17	For thy all-powerful hand, which created the world out of formless matter, did not lack the means to send upon them a multitude of bears, or bold lions,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	18	or newly created unknown beasts full of rage, or such as breathe out fiery breath, or belch forth a thick pall of smoke, or flash terrible sparks from their eyes;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	19	not only could their damage exterminate men, but the mere sight of them could kill by fright.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	20	Even apart from these, men could fall at a single breath when pursued by justice and scattered by the breath of thy power. But thou hast arranged all things by measure and number and weight.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	21	For it is always in thy power to show great strength, and who can withstand the might of thy arm?
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	22	Because the whole world before thee is like a speck that tips the scales, and like a drop of morning dew that falls upon the ground.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	23	But thou art merciful to all, for thou canst do all things, and thou dost overlook men’s sins, that they may repent.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	24	For thou lovest all things that exist, and hast loathing for none of the things which thou hast made, for thou wouldst not have made anything if thou hadst hated it.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	25	How would anything have endured if thou hadst not willed it? Or how would anything not called forth by thee have been preserved?
+Wisdom	Wis	25	11	26	Thou sparest all things, for they are thine, O Lord who lovest the living.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	1	For thy immortal spirit is in all things.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	2	Therefore thou dost correct little by little those who trespass, and dost remind and warn them of the things wherein they sin, that they may be freed from wickedness and put their trust in thee, O Lord.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	3	Those who dwelt of old in thy holy land
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	4	thou didst hate for their detestable practices, their works of sorcery and unholy rites,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	5	their merciless slaughter of children, and their sacrificial feasting on human flesh and blood. These initiates from the midst of a heathen cult,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	6	these parents who murder helpless lives, thou didst will to destroy by the hands of our fathers,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	7	that the land most precious of all to thee might receive a worthy colony of the servants of God.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	8	But even these thou didst spare, since they were but men, and didst send wasps as forerunners of thy army, to destroy them little by little,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	9	though thou wast not unable to give the ungodly into the hands of the righteous in battle, or to destroy them at one blow by dread wild beasts or thy stern word.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	10	But judging them little by little thou gavest them a chance to repent, though thou wast not unaware that their origin was evil and their wickedness inborn, and that their way of thinking would never change.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	11	For they were an accursed race from the beginning, and it was not through fear of any one that thou didst leave them unpunished for their sins.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	12	For who will say, “What hast thou done?” Or will resist thy judgment? Who will accuse thee for the destruction of nations which thou didst make? Or who will come before thee to plead as an advocate for unrighteous men?
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	13	For neither is there any god besides thee, whose care is for all men, to whom thou shouldst prove that thou hast not judged unjustly;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	14	nor can any king or monarch confront thee about those whom thou hast punished.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	15	Thou art righteous and rulest all things righteously, deeming it alien to thy power to condemn him who does not deserve to be punished.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	16	For thy strength is the source of righteousness, and thy sovereignty over all causes thee to spare all.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	17	For thou dost show thy strength when men doubt the completeness of thy power, and dost rebuke any insolence among those who know it.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	18	Thou who art sovereign in strength dost judge with mildness, and with great forbearance thou dost govern us; for thou hast power to act whenever thou dost choose.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	19	Through such works thou has taught thy people that the righteous man must be kind, and thou hast filled thy sons with good hope, because thou givest repentance for sins.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	20	For if thou didst punish with such great care and indulgence the enemies of thy servants and those deserving of death, granting them time and opportunity to give up their wickedness,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	21	with what strictness thou hast judged thy sons, to whose fathers thou gavest oaths and covenants full of good promises!
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	22	So while chastening us thou scourgest our enemies ten thousand times more, so that we may meditate upon thy goodness when we judge, and when we are judged we may expect mercy.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	23	Therefore those who in folly of life lived unrighteously thou didst torment through their own abominations.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	24	For they went far astray on the paths of error, accepting as gods those animals which even their enemies despised; they were deceived like foolish babes.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	25	Therefore, as to thoughtless children, thou didst send thy judgment to mock them.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	26	But those who have not heeded the warning of light rebukes will experience the deserved judgment of God.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	12	27	For when in their suffering they became incensed at those creatures which they had thought to be gods, being punished by means of them, they saw and recognized as the true God him whom they had before refused to know. Therefore the utmost condemnation came upon them.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	13	1	For all men who were ignorant of God were foolish by nature; and they were unable from the good things that are seen to know him who exists, nor did they recognize the craftsman while paying heed to his works;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	13	2	but they supposed that either fire or wind or swift air, or the circle of the stars, or turbulent water, or the luminaries of heaven were the gods that rule the world.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	13	3	If through delight in the beauty of these things men assumed them to be gods, let them know how much better than these is their Lord, for the author of beauty created them.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	13	4	And if men were amazed at their power and working, let them perceive from them how much more powerful is he who formed them.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	13	5	For from the greatness and beauty of created things comes a corresponding perception of their Creator.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	13	6	Yet these men are little to be blamed, for perhaps they go astray while seeking God and desiring to find him.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	13	7	For as they live among his works they keep searching, and they trust in what they see, because the things that are seen are beautiful.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	13	8	Yet again, not even they are to be excused;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	13	9	for if they had the power to know so much that they could investigate the world, how did they fail to find sooner the Lord of these things?
+Wisdom	Wis	25	13	10	But miserable, with their hopes set on dead things, are the men who give the name “gods” to the works of men’s hands, gold and silver fashioned with skill, and likenesses of animals, or a useless stone, the work of an ancient hand.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	13	11	A skilled woodcutter may saw down a tree easy to handle and skilfully strip off all its bark, and then with pleasing workmanship make a useful vessel that serves life’s needs,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	13	12	and burn the castoff pieces of his work to prepare his food, and eat his fill.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	13	13	But a castoff piece from among them, useful for nothing, a stick crooked and full of knots, he takes and carves with care in his leisure, and shapes it with skill gained in idleness; he forms it like the image of a man,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	13	14	or makes it like some worthless animal, giving it a coat of red paint and coloring its surface red and covering every blemish in it with paint;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	13	15	then he makes for it a niche that befits it, and sets it in the wall, and fastens it there with iron.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	13	16	So he takes thought for it, that it may not fall, because he knows that it cannot help itself, for it is only an image and has need of help.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	13	17	When he prays about possessions and his marriage and children, he is not ashamed to address a lifeless thing.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	13	18	For health he appeals to a thing that is weak; for life he prays to a thing that is dead; for aid he entreats a thing that is utterly inexperienced; for a prosperous journey, a thing that cannot take a step;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	13	19	for money-making and work and success with his hands he asks strength of a thing whose hands have no strength.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	1	Again, one preparing to sail and about to voyage over raging waves calls upon a piece of wood more fragile than the ship which carries him.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	2	For it was desire for gain that planned that vessel, and wisdom was the craftsman who built it;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	3	but it is thy providence, O Father, that steers its course, because thou hast given it a path in the sea, and a safe way through the waves,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	4	showing that thou canst save from every danger, so that even if a man lacks skill, he may put to sea.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	5	It is thy will that works of thy wisdom should not be without effect; therefore men trust their lives even to the smallest piece of wood, and passing through the billows on a raft they come safely to land.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	6	For even in the beginning, when arrogant giants were perishing, the hope of the world took refuge on a raft, and guided by thy hand left to the world the seed of a new generation.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	7	For blessed is the wood by which righteousness comes.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	8	But the idol made with hands is accursed, and so is he who made it; because he did the work, and the perishable thing was named a god.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	9	For equally hateful to God are the ungodly man and his ungodliness,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	10	for what was done will be punished together with him who did it.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	11	Therefore there will be a visitation also upon the heathen idols, because, though part of what God created, they became an abomination, and became traps for the souls of men and a snare to the feet of the foolish.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	12	For the idea of making idols was the beginning of fornication, and the invention of them was the corruption of life,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	13	for neither have they existed from the beginning nor will they exist for ever.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	14	For through the vanity of men they entered the world, and therefore their speedy end has been planned.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	15	For a father, consumed with grief at an untimely bereavement, made an image of his child, who had been suddenly taken from him; and he now honored as a god what was once a dead human being, and handed on to his dependents secret rites and initiations.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	16	Then the ungodly custom, grown strong with time, was kept as a law, and at the command of monarchs graven images were worshiped.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	17	When men could not honor monarchs in their presence, since they lived at a distance, they imagined their appearance far away, and made a visible image of the king whom they honored, so that by their zeal they might flatter the absent one as though present.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	18	Then the ambition of the craftsman impelled even those who did not know the king to intensify their worship.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	19	For he, perhaps wishing to please his ruler, skilfully forced the likeness to take more beautiful form,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	20	and the multitude, attracted by the charm of his work, now regarded as an object of worship the one whom shortly before they had honored as a man.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	21	And this became a hidden trap for mankind, because men, in bondage to misfortune or to royal authority, bestowed on objects of stone or wood the name that ought not to be shared.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	22	Afterward it was not enough for them to err about the knowledge of God, but they live in great strife due to ignorance, and they call such great evils peace.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	23	For whether they kill children in their initiations, or celebrate secret mysteries, or hold frenzied revels with strange customs,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	24	they no longer keep either their lives or their marriages pure, but they either treacherously kill one another, or grieve one another by adultery,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	25	and all is a raging riot of blood and murder, theft and deceit, corruption, faithlessness, tumult, perjury,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	26	confusion over what is good, forgetfulness of favors, pollution of souls, sex perversion, disorder in marriage, adultery, and debauchery.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	27	For the worship of idols not to be named is the beginning and cause and end of every evil.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	28	For their worshipers either rave in exultation, or prophesy lies, or live unrighteously, or readily commit perjury;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	29	for because they trust in lifeless idols they swear wicked oaths and expect to suffer no harm.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	30	But just penalties will overtake them on two counts: because they thought wickedly of God in devoting themselves to idols, and because in deceit they swore unrighteously through contempt for holiness.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	14	31	For it is not the power of the things by which men swear, but the just penalty for those who sin, that always pursues the transgression of the unrighteous.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	15	1	But thou, our God, art kind and true, patient, and ruling all things in mercy.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	15	2	For even if we sin we are thine, knowing thy power; but we will not sin, because we know that we are accounted thine.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	15	3	For to know thee is complete righteousness, and to know thy power is the root of immortality.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	15	4	For neither has the evil intent of human art misled us, nor the fruitless toil of painters, a figure stained with varied colors,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	15	5	whose appearance arouses yearning in fools, so that they desire the lifeless form of a dead image.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	15	6	Lovers of evil things and fit for such objects of hope are those who either make or desire or worship them.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	15	7	For when a potter kneads the soft earth and laboriously molds each vessel for our service, he fashions out of the same clay both the vessels that serve clean uses and those for contrary uses, making all in like manner; but which shall be the use of each of these the worker in clay decides.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	15	8	With misspent toil, he forms a futile god from the same clay— this man who was made of earth a short time before and after a little while goes to the earth from which he was taken, when he is required to return the soul that was lent him.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	15	9	But he is not concerned that he is destined to die or that his life is brief, but he competes with workers in gold and silver, and imitates workers in copper; and he counts it his glory that he molds counterfeit gods.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	15	10	His heart is ashes, his hope is cheaper than dirt, and his life is of less worth than clay,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	15	11	because he failed to know the one who formed him and inspired him with an active soul and breathed into him a living spirit.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	15	12	But he considered our existence an idle game, and life a festival held for profit, for he says one must get money however one can, even by base means.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	15	13	For this man, more than all others, knows that he sins when he makes from earthy matter fragile vessels and graven images.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	15	14	But most foolish, and more miserable than an infant, are all the enemies who oppressed thy people.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	15	15	For they thought that all their heathen idols were gods, though these have neither the use of their eyes to see with, nor nostrils with which to draw breath, nor ears with which to hear, nor fingers to feel with, and their feet are of no use for walking.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	15	16	For a man made them, and one whose spirit is borrowed formed them; for no man can form a god which is like himself.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	15	17	He is mortal, and what he makes with lawless hands is dead, for he is better than the objects he worships, since he has life, but they never have.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	15	18	The enemies of thy people worship even the most hateful animals, which are worse than all others, when judged by their lack of intelligence;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	15	19	and even as animals they are not so beautiful in appearance that one would desire them, but they have escaped both the praise of God and his blessing.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	1	Therefore those men were deservedly punished through such creatures, and were tormented by a multitude of animals.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	2	Instead of this punishment thou didst show kindness to thy people, and thou didst prepare quails to eat, a delicacy to satisfy the desire of appetite;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	3	in order that those men, when they desired food, might lose the least remnant of appetite because of the odious creatures sent to them, while thy people, after suffering want a short time, might partake of delicacies.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	4	For it was necessary that upon those oppressors inexorable want should come, while to these it was merely shown how their enemies were being tormented.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	5	For when the terrible rage of wild beasts came upon thy people and they were being destroyed by the bites of writhing serpents, thy wrath did not continue to the end;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	6	they were troubled for a little while as a warning, and received a token of deliverance to remind them of thy law’s command.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	7	For he who turned toward it was saved, not by what he saw, but by thee, the Savior of all.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	8	And by this also thou didst convince our enemies that it is thou who deliverest from every evil.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	9	For they were killed by the bites of locusts and flies, and no healing was found for them, because they deserved to be punished by such things;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	10	but thy sons were not conquered even by the teeth of venomous serpents, for thy mercy came to their help and healed them.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	11	To remind them of thy oracles they were bitten, and then were quickly delivered, lest they should fall into deep forgetfulness and become unresponsive to thy kindness.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	12	For neither herb nor poultice cured them, but it was thy word, O Lord, which heals all men.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	13	For thou hast power over life and death; thou dost lead men down to the gates of Hades and back again.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	14	A man in his wickedness kills another, but he cannot bring back the departed spirit, nor set free the imprisoned soul.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	15	To escape from thy hand is impossible;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	16	for the ungodly, refusing to know thee, were scourged by the strength of thy arm, pursued by unusual rains and hail and relentless storms, and utterly consumed by fire.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	17	For—most incredible of all—in the water, which quenches all things, the fire had still greater effect, for the universe defends the righteous.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	18	At one time the flame was restrained, so that it might not consume the creatures sent against the ungodly, but that seeing this they might know that they were being pursued by the judgment of God;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	19	and at another time even in the midst of water it burned more intensely than fire, to destroy the crops of the unrighteous land.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	20	Instead of these things thou didst give thy people food of angels, and without their toil thou didst supply them from heaven with bread ready to eat, providing every pleasure and suited to every taste.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	21	For thy sustenance manifested thy sweetness toward thy children; and the bread, ministering to the desire of the one who took it, was changed to suit every one’s liking.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	22	Snow and ice withstood fire without melting, so that they might know that the crops of their enemies were being destroyed by the fire that blazed in the hail and flashed in the showers of rain;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	23	whereas the fire, in order that the righteous might be fed, even forgot its native power.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	24	For creation, serving thee who hast made it, exerts itself to punish the unrighteous, and in kindness relaxes on behalf of those who trust in thee.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	25	Therefore at that time also, changed into all forms, it served thy all-nourishing bounty, according to the desire of those who had need,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	26	so that thy sons, whom thou didst love, O Lord, might learn that it is not the production of crops that feeds man, but that thy word preserves those who trust in thee.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	27	For what was not destroyed by fire was melted when simply warmed by a fleeting ray of the sun,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	28	to make it known that one must rise before the sun to give thee thanks, and must pray to thee at the dawning of the light;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	16	29	for the hope of an ungrateful man will melt like wintry frost, and flow away like waste water.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	17	1	Great are thy judgments and hard to describe; therefore uninstructed souls have gone astray.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	17	2	For when lawless men supposed that they held the holy nation in their power, they themselves lay as captives of darkness and prisoners of long night, shut in under their roofs, exiles from eternal providence.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	17	3	For thinking that in their secret sins they were unobserved behind a dark curtain of forgetfulness, they were scattered, terribly alarmed, and appalled by specters.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	17	4	For not even the inner chamber that held them protected them from fear, but terrifying sounds rang out around them, and dismal phantoms with gloomy faces appeared.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	17	5	And no power of fire was able to give light, nor did the brilliant flames of the stars avail to illumine that hateful night.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	17	6	Nothing was shining through to them except a dreadful, self-kindled fire, and in terror they deemed the things which they saw to be worse than that unseen appearance.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	17	7	The delusions of their magic art lay humbled, and their boasted wisdom was scornfully rebuked.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	17	8	For those who promised to drive off the fears and disorders of a sick soul were sick themselves with ridiculous fear.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	17	9	For even if nothing disturbing frightened them, yet, scared by the passing of beasts and the hissing of serpents,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	17	10	they perished in trembling fear, refusing to look even at the air, though it nowhere could be avoided.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	17	11	For wickedness is a cowardly thing, condemned by its own testimony; distressed by conscience, it has always exaggerated the difficulties.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	17	12	For fear is nothing but surrender of the helps that come from reason;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	17	13	and the inner expectation of help, being weak, prefers ignorance of what causes the torment.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	17	14	But throughout the night, which was really powerless, and which beset them from the recesses of powerless Hades, they all slept the same sleep,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	17	15	and now were driven by monstrous specters, and now were paralyzed by their souls’ surrender, for sudden and unexpected fear overwhelmed them.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	17	16	And whoever was there fell down, and thus was kept shut up in a prison not made of iron;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	17	17	for whether he was a farmer or a shepherd or a workman who toiled in the wilderness, he was seized, and endured the inescapable fate; for with one chain of darkness they all were bound.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	17	18	Whether there came a whistling wind, or a melodious sound of birds in wide-spreading branches, or the rhythm of violently rushing water,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	17	19	or the harsh crash of rocks hurled down, or the unseen running of leaping animals, or the sound of the most savage roaring beasts, or an echo thrown back from a hollow of the mountains, it paralyzed them with terror.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	17	20	For the whole world was illumined with brilliant light, and was engaged in unhindered work,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	17	21	while over those men alone heavy night was spread, an image of the darkness that was destined to receive them; but still heavier than darkness were they to themselves.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	18	1	But for thy holy ones there was very great light. Their enemies heard their voices but did not see their forms, and counted them happy for not having suffered,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	18	2	and were thankful that thy holy ones, though previously wronged, were doing them no injury; and they begged their pardon for having been at variance with them.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	18	3	Therefore thou didst provide a flaming pillar of fire as a guide for thy people’s unknown journey, and a harmless sun for their glorious wandering.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	18	4	For their enemies deserved to be deprived of light and imprisoned in darkness, those who had kept thy sons imprisoned, through whom the imperishable light of the law was to be given to the world.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	18	5	When they had resolved to kill the babes of thy holy ones, and one child had been exposed and rescued, thou didst in punishment take away a multitude of their children; and thou didst destroy them all together by a mighty flood.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	18	6	That night was made known beforehand to our fathers, so that they might rejoice in sure knowledge of the oaths in which they trusted.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	18	7	The deliverance of the righteous and the destruction of their enemies were expected by thy people.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	18	8	For by the same means by which thou didst punish our enemies thou didst call us to thyself and glorify us.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	18	9	For in secret the holy children of good men offered sacrifices, and with one accord agreed to the divine law, that the saints would share alike the same things, both blessings and dangers; and already they were singing the praises of the fathers.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	18	10	But the discordant cry of their enemies echoed back, and their piteous lament for their children was spread abroad.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	18	11	The slave was punished with the same penalty as the master, and the common man suffered the same loss as the king;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	18	12	and they all together, by the one form of death, had corpses too many to count. For the living were not sufficient even to bury them, since in one instant their most valued children had been destroyed.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	18	13	For though they had disbelieved everything because of their magic arts, yet, when their first-born were destroyed, they acknowledged thy people to be God’s son.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	18	14	For while gentle silence enveloped all things, and night in its swift course was now half gone,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	18	15	thy all-powerful word leaped from heaven, from the royal throne, into the midst of the land that was doomed, a stern warrior
+Wisdom	Wis	25	18	16	carrying the sharp sword of thy authentic command, and stood and filled all things with death, and touched heaven while standing on the earth.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	18	17	Then at once apparitions in dreadful dreams greatly troubled them, and unexpected fears assailed them;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	18	18	and one here and another there, hurled down half dead, made known why they were dying;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	18	19	for the dreams which disturbed them forewarned them of this, so that they might not perish without knowing why they suffered.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	18	20	The experience of death touched also the righteous, and a plague came upon the multitude in the desert, but the wrath did not long continue.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	18	21	For a blameless man was quick to act as their champion; he brought forward the shield of his ministry, prayer and propitiation by incense; he withstood the anger and put an end to the disaster, showing that he was thy servant.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	18	22	He conquered the wrath not by strength of body, and not by force of arms, but by his word he subdued the punisher, appealing to the oaths and covenants given to our fathers.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	18	23	For when the dead had already fallen on one another in heaps, he intervened and held back the wrath, and cut off its way to the living.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	18	24	For upon his long robe the whole world was depicted, and the glories of the fathers were engraved on the four rows of stones, and thy majesty on the diadem upon his head.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	18	25	To these the destroyer yielded, these he feared; for merely to test the wrath was enough.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	19	1	But the ungodly were assailed to the end by pitiless anger, for God knew in advance even their future actions,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	19	2	that, though they themselves had permitted thy people to depart and hastily sent them forth, they would change their minds and pursue them.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	19	3	For while they were still busy at mourning, and were lamenting at the graves of their dead, they reached another foolish decision, and pursued as fugitives those whom they had begged and compelled to depart.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	19	4	For the fate they deserved drew them on to this end, and made them forget what had happened, in order that they might fill up the punishment which their torments still lacked,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	19	5	and that thy people might experience an incredible journey, but they themselves might meet a strange death.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	19	6	For the whole creation in its nature was fashioned anew, complying with thy commands, that thy children might be kept unharmed.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	19	7	The cloud was seen overshadowing the camp, and dry land emerging where water had stood before, an unhindered way out of the Red Sea, and a grassy plain out of the raging waves,
+Wisdom	Wis	25	19	8	where those protected by thy hand passed through as one nation, after gazing on marvelous wonders.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	19	9	For they ranged like horses, and leaped like lambs, praising thee, O Lord, who didst deliver them.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	19	10	For they still recalled the events of their sojourn, how instead of producing animals the earth brought forth gnats, and instead of fish the river spewed out vast numbers of frogs.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	19	11	Afterward they saw also a new kind of birds, when desire led them to ask for luxurious food;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	19	12	for, to give them relief, quails came up from the sea.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	19	13	The punishments did not come upon the sinners without prior signs in the violence of thunder, for they justly suffered because of their wicked acts; for they practiced a more bitter hatred of strangers.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	19	14	Others had refused to receive strangers when they came to them, but these made slaves of guests who were their benefactors.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	19	15	And not only so, but punishment of some sort will come upon the former for their hostile reception of the aliens;
+Wisdom	Wis	25	19	16	but the latter, after receiving them with festal celebrations, afflicted with terrible sufferings those who had already shared the same rights.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	19	17	They were stricken also with loss of sight— just as were those at the door of the righteous man— when, surrounded by yawning darkness, each tried to find the way through his own door.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	19	18	For the elements changed places with one another, as on a harp the notes vary the nature of the rhythm, while each note remains the same. This may be clearly inferred from the sight of what took place.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	19	19	For land animals were transformed into water creatures, and creatures that swim moved over to the land.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	19	20	Fire even in water retained its normal power, and water forgot its fire-quenching nature.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	19	21	Flames, on the contrary, failed to consume the flesh of perishable creatures that walked among them, nor did they melt the crystalline, easily melted kind of heavenly food.
+Wisdom	Wis	25	19	22	For in everything, O Lord, thou hast exalted and glorified thy people; and thou hast not neglected to help them at all times and in all places.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	1	All wisdom comes from the Lord and is with him for ever.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	2	The sand of the sea, the drops of rain, and the days of eternity—who can count them?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	3	The height of heaven, the breadth of the earth, the abyss, and wisdom—who can search them out?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	4	Wisdom was created before all things, and prudent understanding from eternity.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	6	The root of wisdom—to whom has it been revealed? Her clever devices—who knows them?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	8	There is One who is wise, greatly to be feared, sitting upon his throne.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	9	The Lord himself created wisdom; he saw her and apportioned her, he poured her out upon all his works.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	10	She dwells with all flesh according to his gift, and he supplied her to those who love him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	11	The fear of the Lord is glory and exultation, and gladness and a crown of rejoicing.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	12	The fear of the Lord delights the heart, and gives gladness and joy and long life.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	13	With him who fears the Lord it will go well at the end; on the day of his death he will be blessed.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	14	To fear the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; she is created with the faithful in the womb.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	15	She made among men an eternal foundation, and among their descendants she will be trusted.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	16	To fear the Lord is wisdom’s full measure; she satisfies men with her fruits;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	17	she fills their whole house with desirable goods, and their storehouses with her produce.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	18	The fear of the Lord is the crown of wisdom, making peace and perfect health to flourish.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	19	He saw her and apportioned her; he rained down knowledge and discerning comprehension, and he exalted the glory of those who held her fast.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	20	To fear the Lord is the root of wisdom, and her branches are long life.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	22	Unrighteous anger cannot be justified, for a man’s anger tips the scale to his ruin.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	23	A patient man will endure until the right moment, and then joy will burst forth for him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	24	He will hide his words until the right moment, and the lips of many will tell of his good sense.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	25	In the treasuries of wisdom are wise sayings, but godliness is an abomination to a sinner.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	26	If you desire wisdom, keep the commandments, and the Lord will supply it for you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	27	For the fear of the Lord is wisdom and instruction, and he delights in fidelity and meekness.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	28	Do not disobey the fear of the Lord; do not approach him with a divided mind.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	29	Be not a hypocrite in men’s sight, and keep watch over your lips.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	1	30	Do not exalt yourself lest you fall, and thus bring dishonor upon yourself. The Lord will reveal your secrets and cast you down in the midst of the congregation, because you did not come in the fear of the Lord, and your heart was full of deceit.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	2	1	My son, if you come forward to serve the Lord, prepare yourself for temptation.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	2	2	Set your heart right and be steadfast, and do not be hasty in time of calamity.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	2	3	Cleave to him and do not depart, that you may be honored at the end of your life.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	2	4	Accept whatever is brought upon you, and in changes that humble you be patient.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	2	5	For gold is tested in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	2	6	Trust in him, and he will help you; make your ways straight, and hope in him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	2	7	You who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy; and turn not aside, lest you fall.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	2	8	You who fear the Lord, trust in him, and your reward will not fail;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	2	9	you who fear the Lord, hope for good things, for everlasting joy and mercy.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	2	10	Consider the ancient generations and see: who ever trusted in the Lord and was put to shame? Or who ever persevered in the fear of the Lord and was forsaken? Or who ever called upon him and was overlooked?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	2	11	For the Lord is compassionate and merciful; he forgives sins and saves in time of affliction.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	2	12	Woe to timid hearts and to slack hands, and to the sinner who walks along two ways!
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	2	13	Woe to the faint heart, for it has no trust! Therefore it will not be sheltered.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	2	14	Woe to you who have lost your endurance! What will you do when the Lord punishes you?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	2	15	Those who fear the Lord will not disobey his words, and those who love him will keep his ways.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	2	16	Those who fear the Lord will seek his approval, and those who love him will be filled with the law.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	2	17	Those who fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and will humble themselves before him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	2	18	Let us fall into the hands of the Lord, but not into the hands of men; for as his majesty is, so also is his mercy.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	1	Listen to me your father, O children; and act accordingly, that you may be kept in safety.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	2	For the Lord honored the father above the children, and he confirmed the right of the mother over her sons.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	3	Whoever honors his father atones for sins,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	4	and whoever glorifies his mother is like one who lays up treasure.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	5	Whoever honors his father will be gladdened by his own children, and when he prays he will be heard.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	6	Whoever glorifies his father will have long life, and whoever obeys the Lord will refresh his mother;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	7	he will serve his parents as his masters.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	8	Honor your father by word and deed, that a blessing from him may come upon you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	9	For a father’s blessing strengthens the houses of the children, but a mother’s curse uproots their foundations.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	10	Do not glorify yourself by dishonoring your father, for your father’s dishonor is no glory to you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	11	For a man’s glory comes from honoring his father, and it is a disgrace for children not to respect their mother.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	12	O son, help your father in his old age, and do not grieve him as long as he lives;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	13	even if he is lacking in understanding, show forbearance; in all your strength do not despise him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	14	For kindness to a father will not be forgotten, and against your sins it will be credited to you;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	15	in the day of your affliction it will be remembered in your favor; as frost in fair weather, your sins will melt away.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	16	Whoever forsakes his father is like a blasphemer, and whoever angers his mother is cursed by the Lord.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	17	My son, perform your tasks in meekness; then you will be loved by those whom God accepts.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	18	The greater you are, the more you must humble yourself; so you will find favor in the sight of the Lord.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	20	For great is the might of the Lord; he is glorified by the humble.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	21	Seek not what is too difficult for you, nor investigate what is beyond your power.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	22	Reflect upon what has been assigned to you, for you do not need what is hidden.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	23	Do not meddle in what is beyond your tasks, for matters too great for human understanding have been shown you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	24	For their hasty judgment has led many astray, and wrong opinion has caused their thoughts to slip.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	26	A stubborn mind will be afflicted at the end, and whoever loves danger will perish by it.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	27	A stubborn mind will be burdened by troubles, and the sinner will heap sin upon sin.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	28	The affliction of the proud has no healing, for a plant of wickedness has taken root in him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	29	The mind of the intelligent man will ponder a parable, and an attentive ear is the wise man’s desire.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	30	Water extinguishes a blazing fire: so almsgiving atones for sin.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	3	31	Whoever requites favors gives thought to the future; at the moment of his falling he will find support.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	1	My son, deprive not the poor of his living, and do not keep needy eyes waiting.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	2	Do not grieve the one who is hungry, nor anger a man in want.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	3	Do not add to the troubles of an angry mind, nor delay your gift to a beggar.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	4	Do not reject an afflicted suppliant, nor turn your face away from the poor.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	5	Do not avert your eye from the needy, nor give a man occasion to curse you;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	6	for if in bitterness of soul he calls down a curse upon you, his Creator will hear his prayer.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	7	Make yourself beloved in the congregation; bow your head low to a great man.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	8	Incline your ear to the poor, and answer him peaceably and gently.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	9	Deliver him who is wronged from the hand of the wrongdoer; and do not be fainthearted in judging a case.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	10	Be like a father to orphans, and instead of a husband to their mother; you will then be like a son of the Most High, and he will love you more than does your mother.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	11	Wisdom exalts her sons and gives help to those who seek her.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	12	Whoever loves her loves life, and those who seek her early will be filled with joy.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	13	Whoever holds her fast will obtain glory, and the Lord will bless the place she enters.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	14	Those who serve her will minister to the Holy One; the Lord loves those who love her.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	15	He who obeys her will judge the nations, and whoever gives heed to her will dwell secure.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	16	If he has faith in her he will obtain her; and his descendants will remain in possession of her.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	17	For at first she will walk with him on tortuous paths, she will bring fear and cowardice upon him, and will torment him by her discipline until she trusts him, and she will test him with her ordinances.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	18	Then she will come straight back to him and gladden him, and will reveal her secrets to him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	19	If he goes astray she will forsake him, and hand him over to his ruin.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	20	Observe the right time, and beware of evil; and do not bring shame on yourself.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	21	For there is a shame which brings sin, and there is a shame which is glory and favor.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	22	Do not show partiality, to your own harm, or deference, to your downfall.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	23	Do not refrain from speaking at the crucial time, and do not hide your wisdom.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	24	For wisdom is known through speech, and education through the words of the tongue.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	25	Never speak against the truth, but be mindful of your ignorance.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	26	Do not be ashamed to confess your sins, and do not try to stop the current of a river.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	27	Do not subject yourself to a foolish fellow, nor show partiality to a ruler.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	28	Strive even to death for the truth and the Lord God will fight for you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	29	Do not be reckless in your speech, or sluggish and remiss in your deeds.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	30	Do not be like a lion in your home, nor be a faultfinder with your servants.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	4	31	Let not your hand be extended to receive, but withdrawn when it is time to repay.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	5	1	Do not set your heart on your wealth, nor say, “I have enough.”
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	5	2	Do not follow your inclination and strength, walking according to the desires of your heart.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	5	3	Do not say, “Who will have power over me?” for the Lord will surely punish you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	5	4	Do not say, “I sinned, and what happened to me?” for the Lord is slow to anger.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	5	5	Do not be so confident of atonement that you add sin to sin.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	5	6	Do not say, “His mercy is great, he will forgive the multitude of my sins,” for both mercy and wrath are with him, and his anger rests on sinners.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	5	7	Do not delay to turn to the Lord, nor postpone it from day to day; for suddenly the wrath of the Lord will go forth, and at the time of punishment you will perish.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	5	8	Do not depend on dishonest wealth, for it will not benefit you in the day of calamity.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	5	9	Do not winnow with every wind, nor follow every path: the double-tongued sinner does that.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	5	10	Be steadfast in your understanding, and let your speech be consistent.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	5	11	Be quick to hear, and be deliberate in answering.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	5	12	If you have understanding, answer your neighbor; but if not, put your hand on your mouth.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	5	13	Glory and dishonor come from speaking, and a man’s tongue is his downfall.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	5	14	Do not be called a slanderer, and do not lie in ambush with your tongue; for shame comes to the thief, and severe condemnation to the double-tongued.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	5	15	In great and small matters do not act amiss, and do not become an enemy instead of a friend;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	1	for a bad name incurs shame and reproach: so fares the double-tongued sinner.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	2	Do not exalt yourself through your soul’s counsel, lest your soul be torn in pieces like a bull.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	3	You will devour your leaves and destroy your fruit, and will be left like a withered tree.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	4	An evil soul will destroy him who has it, and make him the laughingstock of his enemies.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	5	A pleasant voice multiplies friends, and a gracious tongue multiplies courtesies.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	6	Let those that are at peace with you be many, but let your advisers be one in a thousand.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	7	When you gain a friend, gain him through testing, and do not trust him hastily.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	8	For there is a friend who is such at his own convenience, but will not stand by you in your day of trouble.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	9	And there is a friend who changes into an enemy, and will disclose a quarrel to your disgrace.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	10	And there is a friend who is a table companion, but will not stand by you in your day of trouble.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	11	In prosperity he will make himself your equal, and be bold with your servants;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	12	but if you are brought low he will turn against you, and will hide himself from your presence.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	13	Keep yourself far from your enemies, and be on guard toward your friends.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	14	A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter: he that has found one has found a treasure.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	15	There is nothing so precious as a faithful friend, and no scales can measure his excellence.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	16	A faithful friend is an elixir of life; and those who fear the Lord will find him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	17	Whoever fears the Lord directs his friendship aright, for as he is, so is his neighbor also.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	18	My son, from your youth up choose instruction, and until you are old you will keep finding wisdom.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	19	Come to her like one who plows and sows, and wait for her good harvest. For in her service you will toil a little while, and soon you will eat of her produce.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	20	She seems very harsh to the uninstructed; a weakling will not remain with her.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	21	She will weigh him down like a heavy testing stone, and he will not be slow to cast her off.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	22	For wisdom is like her name, and is not manifest to many.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	23	Listen, my son, and accept my judgment; do not reject my counsel.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	24	Put your feet into her fetters, and your neck into her collar.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	25	Put your shoulder under her and carry her, and do not fret under her bonds.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	26	Come to her with all your soul, and keep her ways with all your might.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	27	Search out and seek, and she will become known to you; and when you get hold of her, do not let her go.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	28	For at last you will find the rest she gives, and she will be changed into joy for you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	29	Then her fetters will become for you a strong protection, and her collar a glorious robe.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	30	Her yoke is a golden ornament, and her bonds are a cord of blue.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	31	You will wear her like a glorious robe, and put her on like a crown of gladness.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	32	If you are willing, my son, you will be taught, and if you apply yourself you will become clever.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	33	If you love to listen you will gain knowledge, and if you incline your ear you will become wise.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	34	Stand in the assembly of the elders. Who is wise? Cleave to him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	35	Be ready to listen to every narrative, and do not let wise proverbs escape you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	36	If you see an intelligent man, visit him early; let your foot wear out his doorstep.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	6	37	Reflect on the statutes of the Lord, and meditate at all times on his commandments. It is he who will give insight to your mind, and your desire for wisdom will be granted.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	1	Do no evil, and evil will never befall you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	2	Stay away from wrong, and it will turn away from you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	3	My son, do not sow the furrows of injustice, and you will not reap a sevenfold crop.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	4	Do not seek from the Lord the highest office, nor the seat of honor from the king.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	5	Do not assert your righteousness before the Lord, nor display your wisdom before the king.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	6	Do not seek to become a judge, lest you be unable to remove iniquity, lest you be partial to a powerful man, and thus put a blot on your integrity.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	7	Do not offend against the public, and do not disgrace yourself among the people.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	8	Do not commit a sin twice; even for one you will not go unpunished.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	9	Do not say, “He will consider the multitude of my gifts, and when I make an offering to the Most High God he will accept it.”
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	10	Do not be fainthearted in your prayer, nor neglect to give alms.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	11	Do not ridicule a man who is bitter in soul, for there is One who abases and exalts.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	12	Do not devise a lie against your brother, nor do the like to a friend.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	13	Refuse to utter any lie, for the habit of lying serves no good.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	14	Do not prattle in the assembly of the elders, nor repeat yourself in your prayer.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	15	Do not hate toilsome labor, or farm work, which were created by the Most High.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	16	Do not count yourself among the crowd of sinners; remember that wrath does not delay.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	17	Humble yourself greatly, for the punishment of the ungodly is fire and worms.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	18	Do not exchange a friend for money, or a real brother for the gold of Ophir.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	19	Do not deprive yourself of a wise and good wife, for her charm is worth more than gold.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	20	Do not abuse a servant who performs his work faithfully, or a hired laborer who devotes himself to you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	21	Let your soul love an intelligent servant; do not withhold from him his freedom.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	22	Do you have cattle? Look after them; if they are profitable to you, keep them.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	23	Do you have children? Discipline them, and make them obedient from their youth.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	24	Do you have daughters? Be concerned for their chastity, and do not show yourself too indulgent with them.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	25	Give a daughter in marriage; you will have finished a great task. But give her to a man of understanding.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	26	If you have a wife who pleases you, do not cast her out; but do not trust yourself to one whom you detest.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	27	With all your heart honor your father, and do not forget the birth pangs of your mother.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	28	Remember that through your parents you were born; and what can you give back to them that equals their gift to you?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	29	With all your soul fear the Lord, and honor his priests.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	30	With all your might love your Maker, and do not forsake his ministers.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	31	Fear the Lord and honor the priest, and give him his portion, as is commanded you: the first fruits, the guilt offering, the gift of the shoulders, the sacrifice of sanctification, and the first fruits of the holy things.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	32	Stretch forth your hand to the poor, so that your blessing may be complete.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	33	Give graciously to all the living, and withhold not kindness from the dead.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	34	Do not fail those who weep, but mourn with those who mourn.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	35	Do not shrink from visiting a sick man, because for such deeds you will be loved.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	7	36	In all you do, remember the end of your life, and then you will never sin.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	8	1	Do not contend with a powerful man, lest you fall into his hands.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	8	2	Do not quarrel with a rich man, lest his resources outweigh yours; for gold has ruined many, and has perverted the minds of kings.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	8	3	Do not argue with a chatterer, nor heap wood on his fire.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	8	4	Do not jest with an ill-bred person, lest your ancestors be disgraced.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	8	5	Do not reproach a man who is turning away from sin; remember that we all deserve punishment.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	8	6	Do not disdain a man when he is old, for some of us are growing old.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	8	7	Do not rejoice over any one’s death; remember that we all must die.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	8	8	Do not slight the discourse of the sages, but busy yourself with their maxims; because from them you will gain instruction and learn how to serve great men.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	8	9	Do not disregard the discourse of the aged, for they themselves learned from their fathers; because from them you will gain understanding and learn how to give an answer in time of need.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	8	10	Do not kindle the coals of a sinner, lest you be burned in his flaming fire.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	8	11	Do not get up and leave an insolent fellow, lest he lie in ambush against your words.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	8	12	Do not lend to a man who is stronger than you; but if you do lend anything, be as one who has lost it.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	8	13	Do not give surety beyond your means, but if you give surety, be concerned as one who must pay.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	8	14	Do not go to law against a judge, for the decision will favor him because of his standing.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	8	15	Do not travel on the road with a foolhardy fellow, lest he be burdensome to you; for he will act as he pleases, and through his folly you will perish with him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	8	16	Do not fight with a wrathful man, and do not cross the wilderness with him; because blood is as nothing in his sight, and where no help is at hand, he will strike you down.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	8	17	Do not consult with a fool, for he will not be able to keep a secret.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	8	18	In the presence of a stranger do nothing that is to be kept secret, for you do not know what he will divulge.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	8	19	Do not reveal your thoughts to every one, lest you drive away your good luck.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	9	1	Do not be jealous of the wife of your bosom, and do not teach her an evil lesson to your own hurt.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	9	2	Do not give yourself to a woman so that she gains mastery over your strength.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	9	3	Do not go to meet a loose woman, lest you fall into her snares.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	9	4	Do not associate with a woman singer, lest you be caught in her intrigues.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	9	5	Do not look intently at a virgin, lest you stumble and incur penalties for her.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	9	6	Do not give yourself to harlots lest you lose your inheritance.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	9	7	Do not look around in the streets of a city, nor wander about in its deserted sections.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	9	8	Turn away your eyes from a shapely woman, and do not look intently at beauty belonging to another; many have been misled by a woman’s beauty, and by it passion is kindled like a fire.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	9	9	Never dine with another man’s wife, nor revel with her at wine; lest your heart turn aside to her, and in blood you be plunged into destruction.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	9	10	Forsake not an old friend, for a new one does not compare with him. A new friend is like new wine; when it has aged you will drink it with pleasure.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	9	11	Do not envy the honors of a sinner, for you do not know what his end will be.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	9	12	Do not delight in what pleases the ungodly; remember that they will not be held guiltless as long as they live.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	9	13	Keep far from a man who has the power to kill, and you will not be worried by the fear of death. But if you approach him, make no misstep, lest he rob you of your life. Know that you are walking in the midst of snares, and that you are going about on the city battlements.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	9	14	As much as you can, aim to know your neighbors, and consult with the wise.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	9	15	Let your conversation be with men of understanding, and let all your discussion be about the law of the Most High.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	9	16	Let righteous men be your dinner companions, and let your glorying be in the fear of the Lord.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	9	17	A work will be praised for the skill of the craftsmen; so a people’s leader is proved wise by his words.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	9	18	A babbler is feared in his city, and the man who is reckless in speech will be hated.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	1	A wise magistrate will educate his people, and the rule of an understanding man will be well ordered.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	2	Like the magistrate of the people, so are his officials; and like the ruler of the city, so are all its inhabitants.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	3	An undisciplined king will ruin his people, but a city will grow through the understanding of its rulers.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	4	The government of the earth is in the hands of the Lord, and over it he will raise up the right man for the time.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	5	The success of a man is in the hands of the Lord, and he confers his honor upon the person of the scribe.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	6	Do not be angry with your neighbor for any injury, and do not attempt anything by acts of insolence.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	7	Arrogance is hateful before the Lord and before men, and injustice is outrageous to both.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	8	Sovereignty passes from nation to nation on account of injustice and insolence and wealth.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	9	How can he who is dust and ashes be proud? for even in life his bowels decay.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	10	A long illness baffles the physician; the king of today will die tomorrow.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	11	For when a man is dead, he will inherit creeping things, and wild beasts, and worms.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	12	The beginning of man’s pride is to depart from the Lord; his heart has forsaken his Maker.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	13	For the beginning of pride is sin, and the man who clings to it pours out abominations. Therefore the Lord brought upon them extraordinary afflictions, and destroyed them utterly.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	14	The Lord has cast down the thrones of rulers, and has seated the lowly in their place.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	15	The Lord has plucked up the roots of the nations, and has planted the humble in their place.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	16	The Lord has overthrown the lands of the nations, and has destroyed them to the foundations of the earth.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	17	He has removed some of them and destroyed them, and has extinguished the memory of them from the earth.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	18	Pride was not created for men, nor fierce anger for those born of women.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	19	What race is worthy of honor? The human race. What race is worthy of honor? Those who fear the Lord. What race is unworthy of honor? The human race. What race is unworthy of honor? Those who transgress the commandments.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	20	Among brothers their leader is worthy of honor, and those who fear the Lord are worthy of honor in his eyes.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	22	The rich, and the eminent, and the poor— their glory is the fear of the Lord.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	23	It is not right to despise an intelligent poor man, nor is it proper to honor a sinful man.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	24	The nobleman, and the judge, and the ruler will be honored, but none of them is greater than the man who fears the Lord.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	25	Free men will be at the service of a wise servant, and a man of understanding will not grumble.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	26	Do not make a display of your wisdom when you do your work, nor glorify yourself at a time when you are in want.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	27	Better is a man who works and has an abundance of everything, than one who goes about boasting, but lacks bread.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	28	My son, glorify yourself with humility, and ascribe to yourself honor according to your worth.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	29	Who will justify the man that sins against himself? And who will honor the man that dishonors his own life?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	30	A poor man is honored for his knowledge, while a rich man is honored for his wealth.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	10	31	A man honored in poverty, how much more in wealth! And a man dishonored in wealth, how much more in poverty!
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	1	The wisdom of a humble man will lift up his head, and will seat him among the great.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	2	Do not praise a man for his good looks, nor loathe a man because of his appearance.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	3	The bee is small among flying creatures, but her product is the best of sweet things.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	4	Do not boast about wearing fine clothes, nor exalt yourself in the day that you are honored; for the works of the Lord are wonderful, and his works are concealed from men.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	5	Many kings have had to sit on the ground, but one who was never thought of has worn a crown.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	6	Many rulers have been greatly disgraced, and illustrious men have been handed over to others.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	7	Do not find fault before you investigate; first consider, and then reprove.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	8	Do not answer before you have heard, nor interrupt a speaker in the midst of his words.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	9	Do not argue about a matter which does not concern you, nor sit with sinners when they judge a case.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	10	My son, do not busy yourself with many matters; if you multiply activities you will not go unpunished, and if you pursue you will not overtake, and by fleeing you will not escape.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	11	There is a man who works, and toils, and presses on, but is so much the more in want.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	12	There is another who is slow and needs help, who lacks strength and abounds in poverty; but the eyes of the Lord look upon him for his good; he lifts him out of his low estate
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	13	and raises up his head, so that many are amazed at him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	14	Good things and bad, life and death, poverty and wealth, come from the Lord.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	17	The gift of the Lord endures for those who are godly, and what he approves will have lasting success.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	18	There is a man who is rich through his diligence and self-denial, and this is the reward allotted to him:
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	19	when he says, “I have found rest, and now I shall enjoy my goods!” he does not know how much time will pass until he leaves them to others and dies.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	20	Stand by your covenant and attend to it, and grow old in your work.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	21	Do not wonder at the works of a sinner, but trust in the Lord and keep at your toil; for it is easy in the sight of the Lord to enrich a poor man quickly and suddenly.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	22	The blessing of the Lord is the reward of the godly, and quickly God causes his blessing to flourish.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	23	Do not say, “What do I need, and what prosperity could be mine in the future?”
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	24	Do not say, “I have enough, and what calamity could happen to me in the future?”
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	25	In the day of prosperity, adversity is forgotten, and in the day of adversity, prosperity is not remembered.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	26	For it is easy in the sight of the Lord to reward a man on the day of death according to his conduct.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	27	The misery of an hour makes one forget luxury, and at the close of a man’s life his deeds will be revealed.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	28	Call no one happy before his death; a man will be known through his children.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	29	Do not bring every man into your home, for many are the wiles of the crafty.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	30	Like a decoy partridge in a cage, so is the mind of a proud man, and like a spy he observes your weakness;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	31	for he lies in wait, turning good into evil, and to worthy actions he will attach blame.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	32	From a spark of fire come many burning coals, and a sinner lies in wait to shed blood.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	33	Beware of a scoundrel, for he devises evil, lest he give you a lasting blemish.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	11	34	Receive a stranger into your home and he will upset you with commotion, and will estrange you from your family.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	12	1	If you do a kindness, know to whom you do it, and you will be thanked for your good deeds.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	12	2	Do good to a godly man, and you will be repaid— if not by him, certainly by the Most High.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	12	3	No good will come to the man who persists in evil or to him who does not give alms.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	12	4	Give to the godly man, but do not help the sinner.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	12	5	Do good to the humble, but do not give to the ungodly; hold back his bread, and do not give it to him, lest by means of it he subdue you; for you will receive twice as much evil for all the good which you do to him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	12	6	For the Most High also hates sinners and will inflict punishment on the ungodly.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	12	7	Give to the good man, but do not help the sinner.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	12	8	A friend will not be known in prosperity, nor will an enemy be hidden in adversity.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	12	9	A man’s enemies are grieved when he prospers, and in his adversity even his friend will separate from him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	12	10	Never trust your enemy, for like the rusting of copper, so is his wickedness.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	12	11	Even if he humbles himself and goes about cringing, watch yourself, and be on your guard against him; and you will be to him like one who has polished a mirror, and you will know that it was not hopelessly tarnished.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	12	12	Do not put him next to you, lest he overthrow you and take your place; do not have him sit at your right, lest he try to take your seat of honor, and at last you will realize the truth of my words, and be stung by what I have said.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	12	13	Who will pity a snake charmer bitten by a serpent, or any who go near wild beasts?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	12	14	So no one will pity a man who associates with a sinner and becomes involved in his sins.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	12	15	He will stay with you for a time, but if you falter, he will not stand by you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	12	16	An enemy will speak sweetly with his lips, but in his mind he will plan to throw you into a pit; an enemy will weep with his eyes, but if he finds an opportunity his thirst for blood will be insatiable.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	12	17	If calamity befalls you, you will find him there ahead of you; and while pretending to help you, he will trip you by the heel;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	12	18	he will shake his head, and clap his hands, and whisper much, and change his expression.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	13	1	Whoever touches pitch will be defiled, and whoever associates with a proud man will become like him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	13	2	Do not lift a weight beyond your strength, nor associate with a man mightier and richer than you. How can the clay pot associate with the iron kettle? The pot will strike against it, and will itself be broken.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	13	3	A rich man does wrong, and he even adds reproaches; a poor man suffers wrong, and he must add apologies.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	13	4	A rich man will exploit you if you can be of use to him, but if you are in need he will forsake you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	13	5	If you own something, he will live with you; he will drain your resources and he will not care.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	13	6	When he needs you he will deceive you, he will smile at you and give you hope. He will speak to you kindly and say, “What do you need?”
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	13	7	He will shame you with his foods, until he has drained you two or three times; and finally he will deride you. Should he see you afterwards, he will forsake you, and shake his head at you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	13	8	Take care not to be led astray, and not to be humiliated in your feasting.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	13	9	When a powerful man invites you, be reserved; and he will invite you the more often.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	13	10	Do not push forward, lest you be repulsed; and do not remain at a distance, lest you be forgotten.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	13	11	Do not try to treat him as an equal, nor trust his abundance of words; for he will test you through much talk, and while he smiles he will be examining you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	13	12	Cruel is he who does not keep words to himself; he will not hesitate to injure or to imprison.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	13	13	Keep words to yourself and be very watchful, for you are walking about with your own downfall.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	13	15	Every creature loves its like, and every person his neighbor;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	13	16	all living beings associate by species, and a man clings to one like himself.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	13	17	What fellowship has a wolf with a lamb? No more has a sinner with a godly man.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	13	18	What peace is there between a hyena and a dog? And what peace between a rich man and a poor man?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	13	19	Wild asses in the wilderness are the prey of lions; likewise the poor are pastures for the rich.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	13	20	Humility is an abomination to a proud man; likewise a poor man is an abomination to a rich one.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	13	21	When a rich man totters, he is steadied by friends, but when a humble man falls, he is even pushed away by friends.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	13	22	If a rich man slips, his helpers are many; he speaks unseemly words, and they justify him. If a humble man slips, they even reproach him; he speaks sensibly, and receives no attention.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	13	23	When the rich man speaks all are silent, and they extol to the clouds what he says. When the poor man speaks they say, “Who is this fellow?” And should he stumble, they even push him down.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	13	24	Riches are good if they are free from sin, and poverty is evil in the opinion of the ungodly.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	13	25	A man’s heart changes his countenance, either for good or for evil.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	13	26	The mark of a happy heart is a cheerful face, but to devise proverbs requires painful thinking.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	1	Blessed is the man who does not blunder with his lips and need not suffer grief for sin.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	2	Blessed is he whose heart does not condemn him, and who has not given up his hope.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	3	Riches are not seemly for a stingy man; and of what use is property to an envious man?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	4	Whoever accumulates by depriving himself, accumulates for others; and others will live in luxury on his goods.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	5	If a man is mean to himself, to whom will he be generous? He will not enjoy his own riches.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	6	No one is meaner than the man who is grudging to himself, and this is the retribution for his baseness;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	7	even if he does good, he does it unintentionally, and betrays his baseness in the end.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	8	Evil is the man with a grudging eye; he averts his face and disregards people.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	9	A greedy man’s eye is not satisfied with a portion, and mean injustice withers the soul.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	10	A stingy man’s eye begrudges bread, and it is lacking at his table.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	11	My son, treat yourself well, according to your means, and present worthy offerings to the Lord.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	12	Remember that death will not delay, and the decree of Hades has not been shown to you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	13	Do good to a friend before you die, and reach out and give to him as much as you can.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	14	Do not deprive yourself of a happy day; let not your share of desired good pass by you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	15	Will you not leave the fruit of your labors to another, and what you acquired by toil to be divided by lot?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	16	Give, and take, and beguile yourself, because in Hades one cannot look for luxury.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	17	All living beings become old like a garment, for the decree from of old is, “You must surely die!”
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	18	Like flourishing leaves on a spreading tree which sheds some and puts forth others, so are the generations of flesh and blood: one dies and another is born.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	19	Every product decays and ceases to exist, and the man who made it will pass away with it.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	20	Blessed is the man who meditates on wisdom and who reasons intelligently.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	21	He who reflects in his mind on her ways will also ponder her secrets.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	22	Pursue wisdom like a hunter, and lie in wait on her paths.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	23	He who peers through her windows will also listen at her doors;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	24	he who encamps near her house will also fasten his tent peg to her walls;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	25	he will pitch his tent near her, and will lodge in an excellent lodging place;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	26	he will place his children under her shelter, and will camp under her boughs;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	14	27	he will be sheltered by her from the heat, and will dwell in the midst of her glory.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	15	1	The man who fears the Lord will do this, and he who holds to the law will obtain wisdom.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	15	2	She will come to meet him like a mother, and like the wife of his youth she will welcome him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	15	3	She will feed him with the bread of understanding, and give him the water of wisdom to drink.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	15	4	He will lean on her and will not fall, and he will rely on her and will not be put to shame.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	15	5	She will exalt him above his neighbors, and will open his mouth in the midst of the assembly.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	15	6	He will find gladness and a crown of rejoicing, and will acquire an everlasting name.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	15	7	Foolish men will not obtain her, and sinful men will not see her.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	15	8	She is far from men of pride, and liars will never think of her.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	15	9	A hymn of praise is not fitting on the lips of a sinner, for it has not been sent from the Lord.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	15	10	For a hymn of praise should be uttered in wisdom, and the Lord will prosper it.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	15	11	Do not say, “Because of the Lord I left the right way”; for he will not do what he hates.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	15	12	Do not say, “It was he who led me astray”; for he had no need of a sinful man.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	15	13	The Lord hates all abominations, and they are not loved by those who fear him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	15	14	It was he who created man in the beginning, and he left him in the power of his own inclination.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	15	15	If you will, you can keep the commandments, and to act faithfully is a matter of your own choice.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	15	16	He has placed before you fire and water: stretch out your hand for whichever you wish.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	15	17	Before a man are life and death, and whichever he chooses will be given to him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	15	18	For great is the wisdom of the Lord; he is mighty in power and sees everything;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	15	19	his eyes are on those who fear him, and he knows every deed of man.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	15	20	He has not commanded any one to be ungodly, and he has not given any one permission to sin.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	1	Do not desire a multitude of useless children, nor rejoice in ungodly sons.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	2	If they multiply, do not rejoice in them, unless the fear of the Lord is in them.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	3	Do not trust in their survival, and do not rely on their multitude; for one is better than a thousand, and to die childless is better than to have ungodly children.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	4	For through one man of understanding a city will be filled with people, but through a tribe of lawless men it will be made desolate.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	5	Many such things my eye has seen, and my ear has heard things more striking than these.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	6	In an assembly of sinners a fire will be kindled, and in a disobedient nation wrath was kindled.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	7	He was not propitiated for the ancient giants who revolted in their might.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	8	He did not spare the neighbors of Lot, whom he loathed on account of their insolence.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	9	He showed no pity for a nation devoted to destruction, for those destroyed in their sins;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	10	nor for the six hundred thousand men on foot, who rebelliously assembled in their stubbornness.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	11	Even if there is only one stiff-necked person, it will be a wonder if he remains unpunished. For mercy and wrath are with the Lord; he is mighty to forgive, and he pours out wrath.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	12	As great as his mercy, so great is also his reproof; he judges a man according to his deeds.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	13	The sinner will not escape with his plunder, and the patience of the godly will not be frustrated.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	14	He will make room for every act of mercy; every one will receive in accordance with his deeds.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	17	Do not say, “I shall be hidden from the Lord, and who from on high will remember me? Among so many people I shall not be known, for what is my soul in the boundless creation?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	18	Behold, heaven and the highest heaven, the abyss and the earth, will tremble at his visitation.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	19	The mountains also and the foundations of the earth shake with trembling when he looks upon them.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	20	And no mind will reflect on this. Who will ponder his ways?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	21	Like a tempest which no man can see, so most of his works are concealed.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	22	Who will announce his acts of justice? Or who will await them? For the covenant is far off.”
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	23	This is what one devoid of understanding thinks; a senseless and misguided man thinks foolishly.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	24	Listen to me, my son, and acquire knowledge, and pay close attention to my words.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	25	I will impart instruction by weight, and declare knowledge accurately.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	26	The works of the Lord have existed from the beginning by his creation, and when he made them, he determined their divisions.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	27	He arranged his works in an eternal order, and their dominion for all generations; they neither hunger nor grow weary, and they do not cease from their labors.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	28	They do not crowd one another aside, and they will never disobey his word.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	29	After this the Lord looked upon the earth, and filled it with his good things;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	16	30	with all kinds of living beings he covered its surface, and to it they return.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	1	The Lord created man out of earth, and turned him back to it again.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	2	He gave to men few days, a limited time, but granted them authority over the things upon the earth.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	3	He endowed them with strength like his own, and made them in his own image.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	4	He placed the fear of them in all living beings, and granted them dominion over beasts and birds.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	6	He made for them tongue and eyes; he gave them ears and a mind for thinking.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	7	He filled them with knowledge and understanding, and showed them good and evil.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	8	He set his eye upon their hearts to show them the majesty of his works.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	10	And they will praise his holy name, to proclaim the grandeur of his works.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	11	He bestowed knowledge upon them, and allotted to them the law of life.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	12	He established with them an eternal covenant, and showed them his judgments.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	13	Their eyes saw his glorious majesty, and their ears heard the glory of his voice.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	14	And he said to them, “Beware of all unrighteousness.” And he gave commandment to each of them concerning his neighbor.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	15	Their ways are always before him, they will not be hid from his eyes.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	17	He appointed a ruler for every nation, but Israel is the Lord’s own portion.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	19	All their works are as the sun before him, and his eyes are continually upon their ways.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	20	Their iniquities are not hidden from him, and all their sins are before the Lord.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	22	A man’s almsgiving is like a signet with the Lord and he will keep a person’s kindness like the apple of his eye.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	23	Afterward he will arise and requite them, and he will bring their recompense on their heads.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	24	Yet to those who repent he grants a return, and he encourages those whose endurance is failing.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	25	Turn to the Lord and forsake your sins; pray in his presence and lessen your offenses.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	26	Return to the Most High and turn away from iniquity, and hate abominations intensely.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	27	Who will sing praises to the Most High in Hades, as do those who are alive and give thanks?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	28	From the dead, as from one who does not exist, thanksgiving has ceased; he who is alive and well sings the Lord’s praises.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	29	How great is the mercy of the Lord, and his forgiveness for those who turn to him!
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	30	For all things cannot be in men, since a son of man is not immortal.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	31	What is brighter than the sun? Yet its light fails. So flesh and blood devise evil.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	17	32	He marshals the host of the height of heaven; but all men are dust and ashes.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	1	He who lives for ever created the whole universe;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	2	the Lord alone will be declared righteous.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	4	To none has he given power to proclaim his works; and who can search out his mighty deeds?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	5	Who can measure his majestic power? And who can fully recount his mercies?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	6	It is not possible to diminish or increase them, nor is it possible to trace the wonders of the Lord.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	7	When a man has finished, he is just beginning, and when he stops, he will be at a loss.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	8	What is man, and of what use is he? What is his good and what is his evil?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	9	The number of a man’s days is great if he reaches a hundred years.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	10	Like a drop of water from the sea and a grain of sand so are a few years in the day of eternity.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	11	Therefore the Lord is patient with them and pours out his mercy upon them.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	12	He sees and recognizes that their end will be evil; therefore he grants them forgiveness in abundance.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	13	The compassion of man is for his neighbor, but the compassion of the Lord is for all living beings. He rebukes and trains and teaches them, and turns them back, as a shepherd his flock.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	14	He has compassion on those who accept his discipline and who are eager for his judgments.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	15	My son, do not mix reproach with your good deeds, nor cause grief by your words when you present a gift.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	16	Does not the dew assuage the scorching heat? So a word is better than a gift.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	17	Indeed, does not a word surpass a good gift? Both are to be found in a gracious man.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	18	A fool is ungracious and abusive, and the gift of a grudging man makes the eyes dim.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	19	Before you speak, learn, and before you fall ill, take care of your health.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	20	Before judgment, examine yourself, and in the hour of visitation you will find forgiveness.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	21	Before falling ill, humble yourself, and when you are on the point of sinning, turn back.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	22	Let nothing hinder you from paying a vow promptly, and do not wait until death to be released from it.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	23	Before making a vow, prepare yourself; and do not be like a man who tempts the Lord.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	24	Think of his wrath on the day of death, and of the moment of vengeance when he turns away his face.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	25	In the time of plenty think of the time of hunger; in the days of wealth think of poverty and need.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	26	From morning to evening conditions change, and all things move swiftly before the Lord.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	27	A wise man is cautious in everything, and in days of sin he guards against wrongdoing.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	28	Every intelligent man knows wisdom, and he praises the one who finds her.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	29	Those who understand sayings become skilled themselves, and pour forth apt proverbs.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	30	Do not follow your base desires, but restrain your appetites.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	31	If you allow your soul to take pleasure in base desire, it will make you the laughingstock of your enemies.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	32	Do not revel in great luxury, lest you become impoverished by its expense.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	18	33	Do not become a beggar by feasting with borrowed money, when you have nothing in your purse.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	1	A workman who is a drunkard will not become rich; he who despises small things will fail little by little.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	2	Wine and women lead intelligent men astray, and the man who consorts with harlots is very reckless.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	3	Decay and worms will inherit him, and the reckless soul will be snatched away.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	4	One who trusts others too quickly is lightminded, and one who sins does wrong to himself.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	5	One who rejoices in wickedness will be condemned,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	6	and for one who hates gossip evil is lessened.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	7	Never repeat a conversation, and you will lose nothing at all.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	8	With friend or foe do not report it, and unless it would be a sin for you, do not disclose it;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	9	for some one has heard you and watched you, and when the time comes he will hate you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	10	Have you heard a word? Let it die with you. Be brave! It will not make you burst!
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	11	With such a word a fool will suffer pangs like a woman in labor with a child.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	12	Like an arrow stuck in the flesh of the thigh, so is a word inside a fool.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	13	Question a friend, perhaps he did not do it; but if he did anything, so that he may do it no more.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	14	Question a neighbor, perhaps he did not say it; but if he said it, so that he may not say it again.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	15	Question a friend, for often it is slander; so do not believe everything you hear.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	16	A person may make a slip without intending it. Who has never sinned with his tongue?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	17	Question your neighbor before you threaten him; and let the law of the Most High take its course.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	20	All wisdom is the fear of the Lord, and in all wisdom there is the fulfilment of the law.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	22	But the knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom, nor is there prudence where sinners take counsel.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	23	There is a cleverness which is abominable, but there is a fool who merely lacks wisdom.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	24	Better is the God-fearing man who lacks intelligence, than the highly prudent man who transgresses the law.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	25	There is a cleverness which is scrupulous but unjust, and there are people who distort kindness to gain a verdict.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	26	There is a rascal bowed down in mourning, but inwardly he is full of deceit.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	27	He hides his face and pretends not to hear; but where no one notices, he will forestall you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	28	And if by lack of strength he is prevented from sinning, he will do evil when he finds an opportunity.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	29	A man is known by his appearance, and a sensible man is known by his face, when you meet him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	19	30	A man’s attire and open-mouthed laughter, and a man’s manner of walking, show what he is.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	1	There is a reproof which is not timely; and there is a man who keeps silent but is wise.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	2	How much better it is to reprove than to stay angry! And the one who confesses his fault will be kept from loss.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	4	Like a eunuch’s desire to violate a maiden is a man who executes judgments by violence.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	5	There is one who by keeping silent is found wise, while another is detested for being too talkative.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	6	There is one who keeps silent because he has no answer, while another keeps silent because he knows when to speak.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	7	A wise man will be silent until the right moment, but a braggart and fool goes beyond the right moment.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	8	Whoever uses too many words will be loathed, and whoever usurps the right to speak will be hated.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	9	There may be good fortune for a man in adversity, and a windfall may result in a loss.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	10	There is a gift that profits you nothing, and there is a gift that brings a double return.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	11	There are losses because of glory, and there are men who have raised their heads from humble circumstances.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	12	There is a man who buys much for a little, but pays for it seven times over.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	13	The wise man makes himself beloved through his words, but the courtesies of fools are wasted.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	14	A fool’s gift will profit you nothing, for he has many eyes instead of one.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	15	He gives little and upbraids much, he opens his mouth like a herald; today he lends and tomorrow he asks it back; such a one is a hateful man.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	16	A fool will say, “I have no friend, and there is no gratitude for my good deeds; those who eat my bread speak unkindly.”
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	17	How many will ridicule him, and how often!
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	18	A slip on the pavement is better than a slip of the tongue; so the downfall of the wicked will occur speedily.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	19	An ungracious man is like a story told at the wrong time, which is continually on the lips of the ignorant.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	20	A proverb from a fool’s lips will be rejected, for he does not tell it at its proper time.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	21	A man may be prevented from sinning by his poverty, so when he rests he feels no remorse.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	22	A man may lose his life through shame, or lose it because of his foolish look.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	23	A man may for shame make promises to a friend, and needlessly make him an enemy.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	24	A lie is an ugly blot on a man; it is continually on the lips of the ignorant.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	25	A thief is preferable to a habitual liar, but the lot of both is ruin.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	26	The disposition of a liar brings disgrace, and his shame is ever with him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	27	He who speaks wisely will advance himself, and a sensible man will please great men.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	28	Whoever cultivates the soil will heap up his harvest, and whoever pleases great men will atone for injustice.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	29	Presents and gifts blind the eyes of the wise; like a muzzle on the mouth they avert reproofs.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	30	Hidden wisdom and unseen treasure, what advantage is there in either of them?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	20	31	Better is the man who hides his folly than the man who hides his wisdom.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	1	Have you sinned, my son? Do so no more, but pray about your former sins.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	2	Flee from sin as from a snake; for if you approach sin, it will bite you. Its teeth are lion’s teeth, and destroy the souls of men.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	3	All lawlessness is like a two-edged sword; there is no healing for its wound.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	4	Terror and violence will lay waste riches; thus the house of the proud will be laid waste.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	5	The prayer of a poor man goes from his lips to the ears of God, and his judgment comes speedily.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	6	Whoever hates reproof walks in the steps of the sinner, but he that fears the Lord will repent in his heart.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	7	He who is mighty in speech is known from afar; but the sensible man, when he slips, is aware of it.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	8	A man who builds his house with other people’s money is like one who gathers stones for his burial mound.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	9	An assembly of the wicked is like tow gathered together, and their end is a flame of fire.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	10	The way of sinners is smoothly paved with stones, but at its end is the pit of Hades.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	11	Whoever keeps the law controls his thoughts, and wisdom is the fulfilment of the fear of the Lord.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	12	He who is not clever cannot be taught, but there is a cleverness which increases bitterness.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	13	The knowledge of a wise man will increase like a flood, and his counsel like a flowing spring.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	14	The mind of a fool is like a broken jar; it will hold no knowledge.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	15	When a man of understanding hears a wise saying, he will praise it and add to it; when a reveler hears it, he dislikes it and casts it behind his back.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	16	A fool’s narration is like a burden on a journey, but delight will be found in the speech of the intelligent.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	17	The utterance of a sensible man will be sought in the assembly, and they will ponder his words in their minds.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	18	Like a house that has vanished, so is wisdom to a fool; and the knowledge of the ignorant is unexamined talk.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	19	To a senseless man education is fetters on his feet, and like manacles on his right hand.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	20	A fool raises his voice when he laughs, but a clever man smiles quietly.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	21	To a sensible man education is like a golden ornament, and like a bracelet on the right arm.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	22	The foot of a fool rushes into a house, but a man of experience stands respectfully before it.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	23	A boor peers into the house from the door, but a cultivated man remains outside.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	24	It is ill-mannered for a man to listen at a door, and a discreet man is grieved by the disgrace.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	25	The lips of strangers will speak of these things, but the words of the prudent will be weighed in the balance.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	26	The mind of fools is in their mouth, but the mouth of wise men is in their mind.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	27	When an ungodly man curses his adversary, he curses his own soul.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	21	28	A whisperer defiles his own soul and is hated in his neighborhood.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	22	1	The indolent may be compared to a filthy stone, and every one hisses at his disgrace.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	22	2	The indolent may be compared to the filth of dunghills; any one that picks it up will shake it off his hand.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	22	3	It is a disgrace to be the father of an undisciplined son, and the birth of a daughter is a loss.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	22	4	A sensible daughter obtains her husband, but one who acts shamefully brings grief to her father.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	22	5	An impudent daughter disgraces father and husband, and will be despised by both.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	22	6	Like music in mourning is a tale told at the wrong time, but chastising and discipline are wisdom at all times.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	22	7	He who teaches a fool is like one who glues potsherds together, or who rouses a sleeper from deep slumber.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	22	8	He who tells a story to a fool tells it to a drowsy man; and at the end he will say, “What is it?”
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	22	11	Weep for the dead, for he lacks the light; and weep for the fool, for he lacks intelligence; weep less bitterly for the dead, for he has attained rest; but the life of the fool is worse than death.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	22	12	Mourning for the dead lasts seven days, but for a fool or an ungodly man it lasts all his life.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	22	13	Do not talk much with a foolish man, and do not visit an unintelligent man; guard yourself from him to escape trouble, and you will not be soiled when he shakes himself off; avoid him and you will find rest, and you will never be wearied by his madness.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	22	14	What is heavier than lead? And what is its name except “Fool”?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	22	15	Sand, salt, and a piece of iron are easier to bear than a stupid man.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	22	16	A wooden beam firmly bonded into a building will not be torn loose by an earthquake; so the mind firmly fixed on a reasonable counsel will not be afraid in a crisis.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	22	17	A mind settled on an intelligent thought is like the stucco decoration on the wall of a colonnade.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	22	18	Fences set on a high place will not stand firm against the wind; so a timid heart with a fool’s purpose will not stand firm against any fear.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	22	19	A man who pricks an eye will make tears fall, and one who pricks the heart makes it show feeling.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	22	20	One who throws a stone at birds scares them away, and one who reviles a friend will break off the friendship.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	22	21	Even if you have drawn your sword against a friend, do not despair, for a renewal of friendship is possible.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	22	22	If you have opened your mouth against your friend, do not worry, for reconciliation is possible; but as for reviling, arrogance, disclosure of secrets, or a treacherous blow— in these cases any friend will flee.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	22	23	Gain the trust of your neighbor in his poverty, that you may rejoice with him in his prosperity; stand by him in time of affliction, that you may share with him in his inheritance.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	22	24	The vapor and smoke of the furnace precede the fire; so insults precede bloodshed.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	22	25	I will not be ashamed to protect a friend, and I will not hide from him;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	22	26	but if some harm should happen to me because of him, whoever hears of it will beware of him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	22	27	O that a guard were set over my mouth, and a seal of prudence upon my lips, that it may keep me from falling, so that my tongue may not destroy me!
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	1	O Lord, Father and Ruler of my life, do not abandon me to their counsel, and let me not fall because of them!
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	2	O that whips were set over my thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom over my mind! That they may not spare me in my errors, and that it may not pass by my sins;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	3	in order that my mistakes may not be multiplied, and my sins may not abound; then I will not fall before my adversaries, and my enemy will not rejoice over me.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	4	O Lord, Father and God of my life, do not give me haughty eyes,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	5	and remove from me evil desire.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	6	Let neither gluttony nor lust overcome me, and do not surrender me to a shameless soul.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	7	Listen, my children, to instruction concerning speech; the one who observes it will never be caught.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	8	The sinner is overtaken through his lips, the reviler and the arrogant are tripped by them.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	9	Do not accustom your mouth to oaths, and do not habitually utter the name of the Holy One;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	10	for as a servant who is continually examined under torture will not lack bruises, so also the man who always swears and utters the Name will not be cleansed from sin.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	11	A man who swears many oaths will be filled with iniquity, and the scourge will not leave his house; if he offends, his sin remains on him, and if he disregards it, he sins doubly; if he has sworn needlessly, he will not be justified, for his house will be filled with calamities.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	12	There is an utterance which is comparable to death; may it never be found in the inheritance of Jacob! For all these errors will be far from the godly, and they will not wallow in sins.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	13	Do not accustom your mouth to lewd vulgarity, for it involves sinful speech.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	14	Remember your father and mother when you sit among great men; lest you be forgetful in their presence, and be deemed a fool on account of your habits; then you will wish that you had never been born, and you will curse the day of your birth.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	15	A man accustomed to use insulting words will never become disciplined all his days.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	16	Two sorts of men multiply sins, and a third incurs wrath. The soul heated like a burning fire will not be quenched until it is consumed; a man who commits fornication with his near of kin will never cease until the fire burns him up.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	17	To a fornicator all bread tastes sweet; he will never cease until he dies.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	18	A man who breaks his marriage vows says to himself, “Who sees me? Darkness surrounds me, and the walls hide me, and no one sees me. Why should I fear? The Most High will not take notice of my sins.”
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	19	His fear is confined to the eyes of men, and he does not realize that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun; they look upon all the ways of men, and perceive even the hidden places.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	20	Before the universe was created, it was known to him; so it was also after it was finished.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	21	This man will be punished in the streets of the city, and where he least suspects it, he will be seized.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	22	So it is with a woman who leaves her husband and provides an heir by a stranger.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	23	For first of all, she has disobeyed the law of the Most High; second, she has committed an offense against her husband; and third, she has committed adultery through harlotry and brought forth children by another man.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	24	She herself will be brought before the assembly, and punishment will fall on her children.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	25	Her children will not take root, and her branches will not bear fruit.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	26	She will leave her memory for a curse, and her disgrace will not be blotted out.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	23	27	Those who survive her will recognize that nothing is better than the fear of the Lord, and nothing sweeter than to heed the commandments of the Lord.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	1	Wisdom will praise herself, and will glory in the midst of her people.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	2	In the assembly of the Most High she will open her mouth, and in the presence of his host she will glory:
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	3	“I came forth from the mouth of the Most High, and covered the earth like a mist.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	4	I dwelt in high places, and my throne was in a pillar of cloud.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	5	Alone I have made the circuit of the vault of heaven and have walked in the depths of the abyss.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	6	In the waves of the sea, in the whole earth, and in every people and nation I have gotten a possession.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	7	Among all these I sought a resting place; I sought in whose territory I might lodge.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	8	“Then the Creator of all things gave me a commandment, and the one who created me assigned a place for my tent. And he said, ‘Make your dwelling in Jacob, and in Israel receive your inheritance.’
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	9	From eternity, in the beginning, he created me, and for eternity I shall not cease to exist.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	10	In the holy tabernacle I ministered before him, and so I was established in Zion.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	11	In the beloved city likewise he gave me a resting place, and in Jerusalem was my dominion.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	12	So I took root in an honored people, in the portion of the Lord, who is their inheritance.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	13	“I grew tall like a cedar in Lebanon, and like a cypress on the heights of Hermon.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	14	I grew tall like a palm tree in En-gedi, and like rose plants in Jericho; like a beautiful olive tree in the field, and like a plane tree I grew tall.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	15	Like cassia and camel’s thorn I gave forth the aroma of spices, and like choice myrrh I spread a pleasant odor, like galbanum, onycha, and stacte, and like the fragrance of frankincense in the tabernacle.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	16	Like a terebinth I spread out my branches, and my branches are glorious and graceful.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	17	Like a vine I caused loveliness to bud, and my blossoms became glorious and abundant fruit.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	19	“Come to me, you who desire me, and eat your fill of my produce.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	20	For the remembrance of me is sweeter than honey, and my inheritance sweeter than the honeycomb.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	21	Those who eat me will hunger for more, and those who drink me will thirst for more.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	22	Whoever obeys me will not be put to shame, and those who work with my help will not sin.”
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	23	All this is the book of the covenant of the Most High God, the law which Moses commanded us as an inheritance for the congregations of Jacob.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	25	It fills men with wisdom, like the Pishon, and like the Tigris at the time of the first fruits.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	26	It makes them full of understanding, like the Euphrates, and like the Jordan at harvest time.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	27	It makes instruction shine forth like light, like the Gihon at the time of vintage.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	28	Just as the first man did not know her perfectly, the last one has not fathomed her;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	29	for her thought is more abundant than the sea, and her counsel deeper than the great abyss.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	30	I went forth like a canal from a river and like a water channel into a garden.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	31	I said, “I will water my orchard and drench my garden plot”; and lo, my canal became a river, and my river became a sea.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	32	I will again make instruction shine forth like the dawn, and I will make it shine afar;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	33	I will again pour out teaching like prophecy, and leave it to all future generations.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	24	34	Observe that I have not labored for myself alone, but for all who seek instruction.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	25	1	My soul takes pleasure in three things, and they are beautiful in the sight of the Lord and of men; agreement between brothers, friendship between neighbors, and a wife and a husband who live in harmony.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	25	2	My soul hates three kinds of men, and I am greatly offended at their life: a beggar who is proud, a rich man who is a liar, and an adulterous old man who lacks good sense.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	25	3	You have gathered nothing in your youth; how then can you find anything in your old age?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	25	4	What an attractive thing is judgment in gray-haired men, and for the aged to possess good counsel!
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	25	5	How attractive is wisdom in the aged, and understanding and counsel in honorable men!
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	25	6	Rich experience is the crown of the aged, and their boast is the fear of the Lord.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	25	7	With nine thoughts I have gladdened my heart, and a tenth I shall tell with my tongue: a man rejoicing in his children; a man who lives to see the downfall of his foes;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	25	8	happy is he who lives with an intelligent wife, and he who has not made a slip with his tongue, and he who has not served a man inferior to himself;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	25	9	happy is he who has gained good sense, and he who speaks to attentive listeners.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	25	10	How great is he who has gained wisdom! But there is no one superior to him who fears the Lord.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	25	11	The fear of the Lord surpasses everything; to whom shall be likened the one who holds it fast?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	25	13	Any wound, but not a wound of the heart! Any wickedness, but not the wickedness of a wife!
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	25	14	Any attack, but not an attack from those who hate! And any vengeance, but not the vengeance of enemies!
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	25	15	There is no venom worse than a snake’s venom, and no wrath worse than an enemy’s wrath.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	25	16	I would rather dwell with a lion and a dragon than dwell with an evil wife.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	25	17	The wickedness of a wife changes her appearance, and darkens her face like that of a bear.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	25	18	Her husband takes his meals among the neighbors, and he cannot help sighing bitterly.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	25	19	Any iniquity is insignificant compared to a wife’s iniquity; may a sinner’s lot befall her!
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	25	20	A sandy ascent for the feet of the aged— such is a garrulous wife for a quiet husband.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	25	21	Do not be ensnared by a woman’s beauty, and do not desire a woman for her possessions.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	25	22	There is wrath and impudence and great disgrace when a wife supports her husband.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	25	23	A dejected mind, a gloomy face, and a wounded heart are caused by an evil wife. Drooping hands and weak knees are caused by the wife who does not make her husband happy.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	25	24	From a woman sin had its beginning, and because of her we all die.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	25	25	Allow no outlet to water, and no boldness of speech in an evil wife.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	25	26	If she does not go as you direct, separate her from yourself.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	26	1	Happy is the husband of a good wife; the number of his days will be doubled.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	26	2	A loyal wife rejoices her husband, and he will complete his years in peace.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	26	3	A good wife is a great blessing; she will be granted among the blessings of the man who fears the Lord.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	26	4	Whether rich or poor, his heart is glad, and at all times his face is cheerful.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	26	5	Of three things my heart is afraid, and of a fourth I am frightened: The slander of a city, the gathering of a mob, and false accusation—all these are worse than death.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	26	6	There is grief of heart and sorrow when a wife is envious of a rival, and a tongue-lashing makes it known to all.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	26	7	An evil wife is an ox yoke which chafes; taking hold of her is like grasping a scorpion.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	26	8	There is great anger when a wife is drunken; she will not hide her shame.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	26	9	A wife’s harlotry shows in her lustful eyes, and she is known by her eyelids.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	26	10	Keep strict watch over a headstrong daughter, lest, when she finds liberty, she use it to her hurt.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	26	11	Be on guard against her impudent eye, and do not wonder if she sins against you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	26	12	As a thirsty wayfarer opens his mouth and drinks from any water near him, so will she sit in front of every post and open her quiver to the arrow.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	26	13	A wife’s charm delights her husband, and her skill puts fat on his bones.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	26	14	A silent wife is a gift of the Lord, and there is nothing so precious as a disciplined soul.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	26	15	A modest wife adds charm to charm, and no balance can weigh the value of a chaste soul.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	26	16	Like the sun rising in the heights of the Lord, so is the beauty of a good wife in her well-ordered home.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	26	17	Like the shining lamp on the holy lampstand, so is a beautiful face on a stately figure.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	26	18	Like pillars of gold on a base of silver, so are beautiful feet with a steadfast heart.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	26	28	At two things my heart is grieved, and because of a third anger comes over me: a warrior in want through poverty, and intelligent men who are treated contemptuously; a man who turns back from righteousness to sin— the Lord will prepare him for the sword!
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	26	29	A merchant can hardly keep from wrongdoing, and a tradesman will not be declared innocent of sin.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	1	Many have committed sin for a trifle, and whoever seeks to get rich will avert his eyes.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	2	As a stake is driven firmly into a fissure between stones, so sin is wedged in between selling and buying.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	3	If a man is not steadfast and zealous in the fear of the Lord, his house will be quickly overthrown.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	4	When a sieve is shaken, the refuse remains; so a man’s filth remains in his thoughts.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	5	The kiln tests the potter’s vessels; so the test of a man is in his reasoning.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	6	The fruit discloses the cultivation of a tree; so the expression of a thought discloses the cultivation of a man’s mind.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	7	Do not praise a man before you hear him reason, for this is the test of men.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	8	If you pursue justice, you will attain it and wear it as a glorious robe.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	9	Birds flock with their kind; so truth returns to those who practice it.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	10	A lion lies in wait for prey; so does sin for the workers of iniquity.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	11	The talk of the godly man is always wise, but the fool changes like the moon.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	12	Among stupid people watch for a chance to leave, but among thoughtful people stay on.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	13	The talk of fools is offensive, and their laughter is wantonly sinful.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	14	The talk of men given to swearing makes one’s hair stand on end, and their quarrels make a man stop his ears.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	15	The strife of the proud leads to bloodshed, and their abuse is grievous to hear.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	16	Whoever betrays secrets destroys confidence, and he will never find a congenial friend.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	17	Love your friend and keep faith with him; but if you betray his secrets, do not run after him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	18	For as a man destroys his enemy, so you have destroyed the friendship of your neighbor.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	19	And as you allow a bird to escape from your hand, so you have let your neighbor go, and will not catch him again.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	20	Do not go after him, for he is too far off, and has escaped like a gazelle from a snare.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	21	For a wound may be bandaged, and there is reconciliation after abuse, but whoever has betrayed secrets is without hope.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	22	Whoever winks his eye plans evil deeds, and no one can keep him from them.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	23	In your presence his mouth is all sweetness, and he admires your words; but later he will twist his speech and with your own words he will give offense.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	24	I have hated many things, but none to be compared to him; even the Lord will hate him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	25	Whoever throws a stone straight up throws it on his own head; and a treacherous blow opens up wounds.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	26	He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who sets a snare will be caught in it.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	27	If a man does evil, it will roll back upon him, and he will not know where it came from.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	28	Mockery and abuse issue from the proud man, but vengeance lies in wait for him like a lion.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	29	Those who rejoice in the fall of the godly will be caught in a snare, and pain will consume them before their death.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	27	30	Anger and wrath, these also are abominations, and the sinful man will possess them.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	1	He that takes vengeance will suffer vengeance from the Lord, and he will firmly establish his sins.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	2	Forgive your neighbor the wrong he has done, and then your sins will be pardoned when you pray.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	3	Does a man harbor anger against another, and yet seek for healing from the Lord?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	4	Does he have no mercy toward a man like himself, and yet pray for his own sins?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	5	If he himself, being flesh, maintains wrath, who will make expiation for his sins?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	6	Remember the end of your life, and cease from enmity, remember destruction and death, and be true to the commandments.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	7	Remember the commandments, and do not be angry with your neighbor; remember the covenant of the Most High, and overlook ignorance.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	8	Refrain from strife, and you will lessen sins; for a man given to anger will kindle strife,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	9	and a sinful man will disturb friends and inject enmity among those who are at peace.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	10	In proportion to the fuel for the fire, so will be the burning, and in proportion to the obstinacy of strife will be the burning; in proportion to the strength of the man will be his anger, and in proportion to his wealth he will heighten his wrath.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	11	A hasty quarrel kindles fire, and urgent strife sheds blood.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	12	If you blow on a spark, it will glow; if you spit on it, it will be put out; and both come out of your mouth.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	13	Curse the whisperer and deceiver, for he has destroyed many who were at peace.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	14	Slander has shaken many, and scattered them from nation to nation, and destroyed strong cities, and overturned the houses of great men.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	15	Slander has driven away courageous women, and deprived them of the fruit of their toil.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	16	Whoever pays heed to slander will not find rest, nor will he settle down in peace.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	17	The blow of a whip raises a welt, but a blow of the tongue crushes the bones.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	18	Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but not so many as have fallen because of the tongue.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	19	Happy is the man who is protected from it, who has not been exposed to its anger, who has not borne its yoke, and has not been bound with its fetters;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	20	for its yoke is a yoke of iron, and its fetters are fetters of bronze;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	21	its death is an evil death, and Hades is preferable to it.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	22	It will not be master over the godly, and they will not be burned in its flame.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	23	Those who forsake the Lord will fall into its power; it will burn among them and will not be put out. It will be sent out against them like a lion; like a leopard it will mangle them.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	24	See that you fence in your property with thorns, lock up your silver and gold,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	25	make balances and scales for your words, and make a door and a bolt for your mouth.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	28	26	Beware lest you err with your tongue, lest you fall before him who lies in wait.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	1	He that shows mercy will lend to his neighbor, and he that strengthens him with his hand keeps the commandments.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	2	Lend to your neighbor in the time of his need; and in turn, repay your neighbor promptly.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	3	Confirm your word and keep faith with him, and on every occasion you will find what you need.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	4	Many persons regard a loan as a windfall, and cause trouble to those who help them.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	5	A man will kiss another’s hands until he gets a loan, and will lower his voice in speaking of his neighbor’s money; but at the time for repayment he will delay, and will pay in words of unconcern, and will find fault with the time.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	6	If the lender exert pressure, he will hardly get back half, and will regard that as a windfall. If he does not, the borrower has robbed him of his money, and he has needlessly made him his enemy; he will repay him with curses and reproaches, and instead of glory will repay him with dishonor.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	7	Because of such wickedness, therefore, many have refused to lend; they have been afraid of being defrauded needlessly.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	8	Nevertheless, be patient with a man in humble circumstances, and do not make him wait for your alms.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	9	Help a poor man for the commandment’s sake, and because of his need do not send him away empty.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	10	Lose your silver for the sake of a brother or a friend, and do not let it rust under a stone and be lost.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	11	Lay up your treasure according to the commandments of the Most High, and it will profit you more than gold.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	12	Store up almsgiving in your treasury, and it will rescue you from all affliction;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	13	more than a mighty shield and more than a heavy spear, it will fight on your behalf against your enemy.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	14	A good man will be surety for his neighbor, but a man who has lost his sense of shame will fail him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	15	Do not forget all the kindness of your surety, for he has given his life for you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	16	A sinner will overthrow the prosperity of his surety,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	17	and one who does not feel grateful will abandon his rescuer.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	18	Being surety has ruined many men who were prosperous, and has shaken them like a wave of the sea; it has driven men of power into exile, and they have wandered among foreign nations.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	19	The sinner who has fallen into suretyship and pursues gain will fall into lawsuits.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	20	Assist your neighbor according to your ability, but take heed to yourself lest you fall.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	21	The essentials for life are water and bread and clothing and a house to cover one’s nakedness.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	22	Better is the life of a poor man under the shelter of his roof than sumptuous food in another man’s house.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	23	Be content with little or much.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	24	It is a miserable life to go from house to house, and where you are a stranger you may not open your mouth;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	25	you will play the host and provide drink without being thanked, and besides this you will hear bitter words:
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	26	“Come here, stranger, prepare the table, and if you have anything at hand, let me have it to eat.”
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	27	“Give place, stranger, to an honored person; my brother has come to stay with me; I need my house.”
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	29	28	These things are hard to bear for a man who has feeling: scolding about lodging and the reproach of the moneylender.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	30	1	He who loves his son will whip him often, in order that he may rejoice at the way he turns out.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	30	2	He who disciplines his son will profit by him, and will boast of him among acquaintances.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	30	3	He who teaches his son will make his enemies envious, and will glory in him in the presence of friends.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	30	4	The father may die, and yet he is not dead, for he has left behind him one like himself;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	30	5	while alive he saw and rejoiced, and when he died he was not grieved;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	30	6	he has left behind him an avenger against his enemies, and one to repay the kindness of his friends.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	30	7	He who spoils his son will bind up his wounds, and his feelings will be troubled at every cry.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	30	8	A horse that is untamed turns out to be stubborn, and a son unrestrained turns out to be wilful.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	30	9	Pamper a child, and he will frighten you; play with him, and he will give you grief.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	30	10	Do not laugh with him, lest you have sorrow with him, and in the end you will gnash your teeth.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	30	11	Give him no authority in his youth, and do not ignore his errors.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	30	12	Bow down his neck in his youth, and beat his sides while he is young, lest he become stubborn and disobey you, and you have sorrow of soul from him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	30	13	Discipline your son and take pains with him, that you may not be offended by his shamelessness.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	30	14	Better off is a poor man who is well and strong in constitution than a rich man who is severely afflicted in body.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	30	15	Health and soundness are better than all gold, and a robust body than countless riches.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	30	16	There is no wealth better than health of body, and there is no gladness above joy of heart.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	30	17	Death is better than a miserable life, and eternal rest than chronic sickness.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	30	18	Good things poured out upon a mouth that is closed are like offerings of food placed upon a grave.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	30	19	Of what use to an idol is an offering of fruit? For it can neither eat nor smell. So is he who is afflicted by the Lord;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	30	20	he sees with his eyes and groans, like a eunuch who embraces a maiden and groans.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	30	21	Do not give yourself over to sorrow, and do not afflict yourself deliberately.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	30	22	Gladness of heart is the life of man, and the rejoicing of a man is length of days.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	30	23	Delight your soul and comfort your heart, and remove sorrow far from you, for sorrow has destroyed many, and there is no profit in it.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	30	24	Jealousy and anger shorten life, and anxiety brings on old age too soon.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	30	25	A man of cheerful and good heart will give heed to the food he eats.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	1	Wakefulness over wealth wastes away one’s flesh, and anxiety about it removes sleep.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	2	Wakeful anxiety prevents slumber, and a severe illness carries off sleep.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	3	The rich man toils as his wealth accumulates, and when he rests he fills himself with his dainties.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	4	The poor man toils as his livelihood diminishes, and when he rests he becomes needy.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	5	He who loves gold will not be justified, and he who pursues money will be led astray by it.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	6	Many have come to ruin because of gold, and their destruction has met them face to face.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	7	It is a stumbling block to those who are devoted to it, and every fool will be taken captive by it.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	8	Blessed is the rich man who is found blameless, and who does not go after gold.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	9	Who is he? And we will call him blessed, for he has done wonderful things among his people.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	10	Who has been tested by it and been found perfect? Let it be for him a ground for boasting. Who has had the power to transgress and did not transgress, and to do evil and did not do it?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	11	His prosperity will be established, and the assembly will relate his acts of charity.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	12	Are you seated at the table of a great man? Do not be greedy at it, and do not say, “There is certainly much upon it!”
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	13	Remember that a greedy eye is a bad thing. What has been created more greedy than the eye? Therefore it sheds tears from every face.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	14	Do not reach out your hand for everything you see, and do not crowd your neighbor at the dish.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	15	Judge your neighbor’s feelings by your own, and in every matter be thoughtful.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	16	Eat like a human being what is set before you, and do not chew greedily, lest you be hated.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	17	Be the first to stop eating, for the sake of good manners, and do not be insatiable, lest you give offense.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	18	If you are seated among many persons, do not reach out your hand before they do.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	19	How ample a little is for a well-disciplined man! He does not breathe heavily upon his bed.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	20	Healthy sleep depends on moderate eating; he rises early, and feels fit. The distress of sleeplessness and of nausea and colic are with the glutton.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	21	If you are overstuffed with food, get up in the middle of the meal, and you will have relief.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	22	Listen to me, my son, and do not disregard me, and in the end you will appreciate my words. In all your work be industrious, and no sickness will overtake you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	23	Men will praise the one who is liberal with food, and their testimony to his excellence is trustworthy.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	24	The city will complain of the one who is niggardly with food, and their testimony to his niggardliness is accurate.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	25	Do not aim to be valiant over wine, for wine has destroyed many.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	26	Fire and water prove the temper of steel, so wine tests hearts in the strife of the proud.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	27	Wine is like life to men, if you drink it in moderation. What is life to a man who is without wine? It has been created to make men glad.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	28	Wine drunk in season and temperately is rejoicing of heart and gladness of soul.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	29	Wine drunk to excess is bitterness of soul, with provocation and stumbling.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	30	Drunkenness increases the anger of a fool to his injury, reducing his strength and adding wounds.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	31	31	Do not reprove your neighbor at a banquet of wine, and do not despise him in his merrymaking; speak no word of reproach to him, and do not afflict him by making demands of him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	32	1	If they make you master of the feast, do not exalt yourself; be among them as one of them; take good care of them and then be seated;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	32	2	when you have fulfilled your duties, take your place, that you may be merry on their account and receive a wreath for your excellent leadership.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	32	3	Speak, you who are older, for it is fitting that you should, but with accurate knowledge, and do not interrupt the music.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	32	4	Where there is entertainment, do not pour out talk; do not display your cleverness out of season.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	32	5	A ruby seal in a setting of gold is a concert of music at a banquet of wine.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	32	6	A seal of emerald in a rich setting of gold is the melody of music with good wine.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	32	7	Speak, young man, if there is need of you, but no more than twice, and only if asked.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	32	8	Speak concisely, say much in few words; be as one who knows and yet holds his tongue.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	32	9	Among the great do not act as their equal; and when another is speaking, do not babble.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	32	10	Lightning speeds before the thunder, and approval precedes a modest man.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	32	11	Leave in good time and do not be the last; go home quickly and do not linger.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	32	12	Amuse yourself there, and do what you have in mind, but do not sin through proud speech.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	32	13	And for these things bless him who made you and satisfies you with his good gifts.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	32	14	He who fears the Lord will accept his discipline, and those who rise early to seek him will find favor.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	32	15	He who seeks the law will be filled with it, but the hypocrite will stumble at it.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	32	16	Those who fear the Lord will form true judgments, and like a light they will kindle righteous deeds.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	32	17	A sinful man will shun reproof, and will find a decision according to his liking.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	32	18	A man of judgment will not overlook an idea, and an insolent and proud man will not cower in fear.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	32	19	Do nothing without deliberation; and when you have acted, do not regret it.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	32	20	Do not go on a path full of hazards, and do not stumble over stony ground.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	32	21	Do not be overconfident on a smooth way,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	32	22	and give good heed to your paths.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	32	23	Guard yourself in every act, for this is the keeping of the commandments.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	32	24	He who believes the law gives heed to the commandments, and he who trusts the Lord will not suffer loss.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	1	No evil will befall the man who fears the Lord, but in trial he will deliver him again and again.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	2	A wise man will not hate the law, but he who is hypocritical about it is like a boat in a storm.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	3	A man of understanding will trust in the law; for him the law is as dependable as an inquiry by means of Urim.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	4	Prepare what to say, and thus you will be heard; bind together your instruction, and make your answer.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	5	The heart of a fool is like a cart wheel, and his thoughts like a turning axle.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	6	A stallion is like a mocking friend; he neighs under every one who sits on him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	7	Why is any day better than another, when all the daylight in the year is from the sun?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	8	By the Lord’s decision they were distinguished, and he appointed the different seasons and feasts;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	9	some of them he exalted and hallowed, and some of them he made ordinary days.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	10	All men are from the ground, and Adam was created of the dust.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	11	In the fulness of his knowledge the Lord distinguished them and appointed their different ways;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	12	some of them he blessed and exalted, and some of them he made holy and brought near to himself; but some of them he cursed and brought low, and he turned them out of their place.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	13	As clay in the hand of the potter— for all his ways are as he pleases— so men are in the hand of him who made them, to give them as he decides.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	14	Good is the opposite of evil, and life the opposite of death; so the sinner is the opposite of the godly.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	15	Look upon all the works of the Most High; they likewise are in pairs, one the opposite of the other.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	16	I was the last on watch; I was like one who gleans after the grape-gatherers; by the blessing of the Lord I excelled, and like a grape-gatherer I filled my wine press.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	17	Consider that I have not labored for myself alone, but for all who seek instruction.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	18	Hear me, you who are great among the people, and you leaders of the congregation, hearken.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	19	To son or wife, to brother or friend, do not give power over yourself, as long as you live; and do not give your property to another, lest you change your mind and must ask for it.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	20	While you are still alive and have breath in you, do not let any one take your place.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	21	For it is better that your children should ask from you than that you should look to the hand of your sons.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	22	Excel in all that you do; bring no stain upon your honor.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	23	At the time when you end the days of your life, in the hour of death, distribute your inheritance.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	24	Fodder and a stick and burdens for an ass; bread and discipline and work for a servant.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	25	Set your slave to work, and you will find rest; leave his hands idle, and he will seek liberty.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	26	Yoke and thong will bow the neck, and for a wicked servant there are racks and tortures.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	27	Put him to work, that he may not be idle, for idleness teaches much evil.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	28	Set him to work, as is fitting for him, and if he does not obey, make his fetters heavy.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	29	Do not act immoderately toward anybody, and do nothing without discretion.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	30	If you have a servant, let him be as yourself, because you have bought him with blood.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	33	31	If you have a servant, treat him as a brother, for as your own soul you will need him. If you ill-treat him, and he leaves and runs away, which way will you go to seek him?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	1	A man of no understanding has vain and false hopes, and dreams give wings to fools.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	2	As one who catches at a shadow and pursues the wind, so is he who gives heed to dreams.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	3	The vision of dreams is this against that, the likeness of a face confronting a face.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	4	From an unclean thing what will be made clean? And from something false what will be true?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	5	Divinations and omens and dreams are folly, and like a woman in travail the mind has fancies.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	6	Unless they are sent from the Most High as a visitation, do not give your mind to them.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	7	For dreams have deceived many, and those who put their hope in them have failed.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	8	Without such deceptions the law will be fulfilled, and wisdom is made perfect in truthful lips.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	9	An educated man knows many things, and one with much experience will speak with understanding.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	10	He that is inexperienced knows few things, but he that has traveled acquires much cleverness.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	11	I have seen many things in my travels, and I understand more than I can express.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	12	I have often been in danger of death, but have escaped because of these experiences.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	13	The spirit of those who fear the Lord will live, for their hope is in him who saves them.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	14	He who fears the Lord will not be timid, nor play the coward, for he is his hope.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	15	Blessed is the soul of the man who fears the Lord! To whom does he look? And who is his support?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	16	The eyes of the Lord are upon those who love him, a mighty protection and strong support, a shelter from the hot wind and a shade from noonday sun, a guard against stumbling and a defense against falling.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	17	He lifts up the soul and gives light to the eyes; he grants healing, life, and blessing.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	18	If one sacrifices from what has been wrongfully obtained, the offering is blemished; the gifts of the lawless are not acceptable.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	19	The Most High is not pleased with the offerings of the ungodly; and he is not propitiated for sins by a multitude of sacrifices.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	20	Like one who kills a son before his father’s eyes is the man who offers a sacrifice from the property of the poor.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	21	The bread of the needy is the life of the poor; whoever deprives them of it is a man of blood.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	22	To take away a neighbor’s living is to murder him; to deprive an employee of his wages is to shed blood.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	23	When one builds and another tears down, what do they gain but toil?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	24	When one prays and another curses, to whose voice will the Lord listen?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	25	If a man washes after touching a dead body, and touches it again, what has he gained by his washing?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	34	26	So if a man fasts for his sins, and goes again and does the same things, who will listen to his prayer? And what has he gained by humbling himself?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	35	1	He who keeps the law makes many offerings; he who heeds the commandments sacrifices a peace offering.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	35	2	He who returns a kindness offers fine flour, and he who gives alms sacrifices a thank offering.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	35	3	To keep from wickedness is pleasing to the Lord, and to forsake unrighteousness is atonement.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	35	4	Do not appear before the Lord empty-handed,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	35	5	for all these things are to be done because of the commandment.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	35	6	The offering of a righteous man anoints the altar, and its pleasing odor rises before the Most High.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	35	7	The sacrifice of a righteous man is acceptable, and the memory of it will not be forgotten.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	35	8	Glorify the Lord generously, and do not stint the first fruits of your hands.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	35	9	With every gift show a cheerful face, and dedicate your tithe with gladness.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	35	10	Give to the Most High as he has given, and as generously as your hand has found.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	35	11	For the Lord is the one who repays, and he will repay you sevenfold.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	35	12	Do not offer him a bribe, for he will not accept it; and do not trust to an unrighteous sacrifice; for the Lord is the judge, and with him is no partiality.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	35	13	He will not show partiality in the case of a poor man; and he will listen to the prayer of one who is wronged.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	35	14	He will not ignore the supplication of the fatherless, nor the widow when she pours out her story.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	35	15	Do not the tears of the widow run down her cheek as she cries out against him who has caused them to fall?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	35	16	He whose service is pleasing to the Lord will be accepted, and his prayer will reach to the clouds.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	35	17	The prayer of the humble pierces the clouds, and he will not be consoled until it reaches the Lord; he will not desist until the Most High visits him, and does justice for the righteous, and executes judgment.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	35	18	And the Lord will not delay, neither will he be patient with them, till he crushes the loins of the unmerciful and repays vengeance on the nations; till he takes away the multitude of the insolent, and breaks the scepters of the unrighteous;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	35	19	till he repays the man according to his deeds, and the works of men according to their devices; till he judges the case of his people and makes them rejoice in his mercy.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	35	20	Mercy is as welcome when he afflicts them as clouds of rain in the time of drought.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	1	Have mercy upon us, O Lord, the God of all, and look upon us,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	2	and cause the fear of thee to fall upon all the nations.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	3	Lift up thy hand against foreign nations and let them see thy might.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	4	As in us thou hast been sanctified before them, so in them be thou magnified before us;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	5	and let them know thee, as we have known that there is not God but thee, O Lord.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	6	Show signs anew, and work further wonders; make thy hand and thy right arm glorious.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	7	Rouse thy anger and pour out thy wrath; destroy the adversary and wipe out the enemy.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	8	Hasten the day, and remember the appointed time, and let people recount thy mighty deeds.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	9	Let him who survives be consumed in the fiery wrath, and may those who harm thy people meet destruction.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	10	Crush the heads of the rulers of the enemy, who say, “There is no one but ourselves.”
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	11	Gather all the tribes of Jacob, and give them their inheritance, as at the beginning.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	12	Have mercy, O Lord, upon the people called by thy name, upon Israel, whom thou hast likened to a first-born son.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	13	Have pity on the city of thy sanctuary, Jerusalem, the place of thy rest.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	14	Fill Zion with the celebration of thy wondrous deeds, and thy temple with thy glory.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	15	Bear witness to those whom thou didst create in the beginning, and fulfil the prophecies spoken in thy name.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	16	Reward those who wait for thee, and let thy prophets be found trustworthy.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	17	Hearken, O Lord, to the prayer of thy servants, according to the blessing of Aaron for thy people, and all who are on the earth will know that thou art the Lord, the God of the ages.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	18	The stomach will take any food, yet one food is better than another.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	19	As the palate tastes the kinds of game, so an intelligent mind detects false words.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	20	A perverse mind will cause grief, but a man of experience will pay him back.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	21	A woman will accept any man, but one daughter is better than another.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	22	A woman’s beauty gladdens the countenance, and surpasses every human desire.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	23	If kindness and humility mark her speech, her husband is not like other men.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	24	He who acquires a wife gets his best possession, a helper fit for him and a pillar of support.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	25	Where there is no fence, the property will be plundered; and where there is no wife, a man will wander about and sigh.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	36	26	For who will trust a nimble robber that skips from city to city? So who will trust a man that has no home, and lodges wherever night finds him?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	1	Every friend will say, “I too am a friend”; but some friends are friends only in name.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	2	Is it not a grief to the death when a companion and friend turns to enmity?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	3	O evil imagination, why were you formed to cover the land with deceit?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	4	Some companions rejoice in the happiness of a friend, but in time of trouble are against him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	5	Some companions help a friend for their stomach’s sake, and in the face of battle take up the shield.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	6	Do not forget a friend in your heart, and be not unmindful of him in your wealth.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	7	Every counselor praises counsel, but some give counsel in their own interest.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	8	Be wary of a counselor, and learn first what is his interest— for he will take thought for himself— lest he cast the lot against you
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	9	and tell you, “Your way is good,” and then stand aloof to see what will happen to you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	10	Do not consult the one who looks at you suspiciously; hide your counsel from those who are jealous of you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	11	Do not consult with a woman about her rival or with a coward about war, with a merchant about barter or with a buyer about selling, with a grudging man about gratitude or with a merciless man about kindness, with an idler about any work or with a man hired for a year about completing his work, with a lazy servant about a big task— pay no attention to these in any matter of counsel.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	12	But stay constantly with a godly man whom you know to be a keeper of the commandments, whose soul is in accord with your soul, and who will sorrow with you if you fail.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	13	And establish the counsel of your own heart, for no one is more faithful to you than it is.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	14	For a man’s soul sometimes keeps him better informed than seven watchmen sitting high on a watchtower.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	15	And besides all this pray to the Most High that he may direct your way in truth.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	16	Reason is the beginning of every work, and counsel precedes every undertaking.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	17	As a clue to changes of heart
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	18	four turns of fortune appear, good and evil, life and death; and it is the tongue that continually rules them.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	19	A man may be shrewd and the teacher of many, and yet be unprofitable to himself.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	20	A man skilled in words may be hated; he will be destitute of all food,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	21	for grace was not given him by the Lord, since he is lacking in all wisdom.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	22	A man may be wise to his own advantage, and the fruits of his understanding may be trustworthy on his lips.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	23	A wise man will instruct his own people, and the fruits of his understanding will be trustworthy.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	24	A wise man will have praise heaped upon him, and all who see him will call him happy.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	25	The life of a man is numbered by days, but the days of Israel are without number.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	26	He who is wise among his people will inherit confidence, and his name will live for ever.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	27	My son, test your soul while you live; see what is bad for it and do not give it that.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	28	For not everything is good for every one, and not every person enjoys everything.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	29	Do not have an insatiable appetite for any luxury, and do not give yourself up to food;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	30	for overeating brings sickness, and gluttony leads to nausea.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	37	31	Many have died of gluttony, but he who is careful to avoid it prolongs his life.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	1	Honor the physician with the honor due him, according to your need of him, for the Lord created him;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	2	for healing comes from the Most High, and he will receive a gift from the king.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	3	The skill of the physician lifts up his head, and in the presence of great men he is admired.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	4	The Lord created medicines from the earth, and a sensible man will not despise them.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	5	Was not water made sweet with a tree in order that his power might be known?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	6	And he gave skill to men that he might be glorified in his marvelous works.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	7	By them he heals and takes away pain;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	8	the pharmacist makes of them a compound. His works will never be finished; and from him health is upon the face of the earth.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	9	My son, when you are sick do not be negligent, but pray to the Lord, and he will heal you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	10	Give up your faults and direct your hands aright, and cleanse your heart from all sin.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	11	Offer a sweet-smelling sacrifice, and a memorial portion of fine flour, and pour oil on your offering, as much as you can afford.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	12	And give the physician his place, for the Lord created him; let him not leave you, for there is need of him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	13	There is a time when success lies in the hands of physicians,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	14	for they too will pray to the Lord that he should grant them success in diagnosis and in healing, for the sake of preserving life.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	15	He who sins before his Maker, may he fall into the care of a physician.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	16	My son, let your tears fall for the dead, and as one who is suffering grievously begin the lament. Lay out his body with the honor due him, and do not neglect his burial.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	17	Let your weeping be bitter and your wailing fervent; observe the mourning according to his merit, for one day, or two, to avoid criticism; then be comforted for your sorrow.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	18	For sorrow results in death, and sorrow of heart saps one’s strength.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	19	In calamity sorrow continues, and the life of the poor man weighs down his heart.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	20	Do not give your heart to sorrow; drive it away, remembering the end of life.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	21	Do not forget, there is no coming back; you do the dead no good, and you injure yourself.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	22	“Remember my doom, for yours is like it: yesterday it was mine, and today it is yours.”
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	23	When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance cease, and be comforted for him when his spirit is departed.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	24	The wisdom of the scribe depends on the opportunity of leisure; and he who has little business may become wise.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	25	How can he become wise who handles the plow, and who glories in the shaft of a goad, who drives oxen and is occupied with their work, and whose talk is about bulls?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	26	He sets his heart on plowing furrows, and he is careful about fodder for the heifers.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	27	So too is every craftsman and master workman who labors by night as well as by day; those who cut the signets of seals, each is diligent in making a great variety; he sets his heart on painting a lifelike image, and he is careful to finish his work.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	28	So too is the smith sitting by the anvil, intent upon his handiwork in iron; the breath of the fire melts his flesh, and he wastes away in the heat of the furnace; he inclines his ear to the sound of the hammer, and his eyes are on the pattern of the object. He sets his heart on finishing his handiwork, and he is careful to complete its decoration.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	29	So too is the potter sitting at his work and turning the wheel with his feet; he is always deeply concerned over his work, and all his output is by number.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	30	He moulds the clay with his arm and makes it pliable with his feet; he sets his heart to finish the glazing, and he is careful to clean the furnace.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	31	All these rely upon their hands, and each is skilful in his own work.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	32	Without them a city cannot be established, and men can neither sojourn nor live there.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	33	Yet they are not sought out for the council of the people, nor do they attain eminence in the public assembly. They do not sit in the judge’s seat, nor do they understand the sentence of judgment; they cannot expound discipline or judgment, and they are not found using proverbs.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	38	34	But they keep stable the fabric of the world, and their prayer is in the practice of their trade.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	1	On the other hand he who devotes himself to the study of the law of the Most High will seek out the wisdom of all the ancients, and will be concerned with prophecies;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	2	he will preserve the discourse of notable men and penetrate the subtleties of parables;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	3	he will seek out the hidden meanings of proverbs and be at home with the obscurities of parables.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	4	He will serve among great men and appear before rulers; he will travel through the lands of foreign nations, for he tests the good and the evil among men.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	5	He will set his heart to rise early to seek the Lord who made him, and will make supplication before the Most High; he will open his mouth in prayer and make supplication for his sins.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	6	If the great Lord is willing, he will be filled with the spirit of understanding; he will pour forth words of wisdom and give thanks to the Lord in prayer.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	7	He will direct his counsel and knowledge aright, and meditate on his secrets.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	8	He will reveal instruction in his teaching, and will glory in the law of the Lord’s covenant.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	9	Many will praise his understanding, and it will never be blotted out; his memory will not disappear, and his name will live through all generations.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	10	Nations will declare his wisdom, and the congregation will proclaim his praise;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	11	if he lives long, he will leave a name greater than a thousand, and if he goes to rest, it is enough for him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	12	I have yet more to say, which I have thought upon, and I am filled, like the moon at the full.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	13	Listen to me, O you holy sons, and bud like a rose growing by a stream of water;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	14	send forth fragrance like frankincense, and put forth blossoms like a lily. Scatter the fragrance, and sing a hymn of praise; bless the Lord for all his works;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	15	ascribe majesty to his name and give thanks to him with praise, with songs on your lips, and with lyres; and this you shall say in thanksgiving:
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	16	“All things are the works of the Lord, for they are very good, and whatever he commands will be done in his time.”
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	17	No one can say, “What is this?” “Why is that?” for in God’s time all things will be sought after. At his word the waters stood in a heap, and the reservoirs of water at the word of his mouth.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	18	At his command whatever pleases him is done, and none can limit his saving power.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	19	The works of all flesh are before him, and nothing can be hid from his eyes.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	20	From everlasting to everlasting he beholds them, and nothing is marvelous to him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	21	No one can say, “What is this?” “Why is that?” for everything has been created for its use.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	22	His blessing covers the dry land like a river, and drenches it like a flood.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	23	The nations will incur his wrath, just as he turns fresh water into salt.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	24	To the holy his ways are straight, just as they are obstacles to the wicked.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	25	From the beginning good things were created for good people, just as evil things for sinners.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	26	Basic to all the needs of man’s life are water and fire and iron and salt and wheat flour and milk and honey, the blood of the grape, and oil and clothing.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	27	All these are for good to the godly, just as they turn into evils for sinners.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	28	There are winds that have been created for vengeance, and in their anger they scourge heavily; in the time of consummation they will pour out their strength and calm the anger of their Maker.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	29	Fire and hail and famine and pestilence, all these have been created for vengeance;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	30	the teeth of wild beasts, and scorpions and vipers, and the sword that punishes the ungodly with destruction;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	31	they will rejoice in his commands, and be made ready on earth for their service, and when their times come they will not transgress his word.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	32	Therefore from the beginning I have been convinced, and have thought this out and left it in writing:
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	33	The works of the Lord are all good, and he will supply every need in its hour.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	34	And no one can say, “This is worse than that,” for all things will prove good in their season.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	39	35	So now sing praise with all your heart and voice, and bless the name of the Lord.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	1	Much labor was created for every man, and a heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam, from the day they come forth from their mother’s womb till the day they return to the mother of all.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	2	Their perplexities and fear of heart— their anxious thought is the day of death,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	3	from the man who sits on a splendid throne to the one who is humbled in dust and ashes,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	4	from the man who wears purple and a crown to the one who is clothed in burlap;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	5	there is anger and envy and trouble and unrest, and fear of death, and fury and strife. And when one rests upon his bed, his sleep at night confuses his mind.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	6	He gets little or no rest, and afterward in his sleep, as though he were on watch, he is troubled by the visions of his mind like one who has escaped from the battle-front;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	7	at the moment of his rescue he wakes up, and wonders that his fear came to nothing.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	8	With all flesh, both man and beast, and upon sinners seven times more,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	9	are death and bloodshed and strife and sword, calamities, famine and affliction and plague.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	10	All these were created for the wicked, and on their account the flood came.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	11	All things that are from the earth turn back to the earth, and what is from the waters returns to the sea.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	12	All bribery and injustice will be blotted out, but good faith will stand for ever.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	13	The wealth of the unjust will dry up like a torrent, and crash like a loud clap of thunder in a rain.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	14	A generous man will be made glad; likewise transgressors will utterly fail.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	15	The children of the ungodly will not put forth many branches; they are unhealthy roots upon sheer rock.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	16	The reeds by any water or river bank will be plucked up before any grass.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	17	Kindness is like a garden of blessings, and almsgiving endures for ever.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	18	Life is sweet for the self-reliant and the worker, but he who finds treasure is better off than both.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	19	Children and the building of a city establish a man’s name, but a blameless wife is accounted better than both.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	20	Wine and music gladden the heart, but the love of wisdom is better than both.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	21	The flute and the harp make pleasant melody, but a pleasant voice is better than both.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	22	The eye desires grace and beauty, but the green shoots of grain more than both.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	23	A friend or a companion never meets one amiss, but a wife with her husband is better than both.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	24	Brothers and help are for a time of trouble, but almsgiving rescues better than both.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	25	Gold and silver make the foot stand sure, but good counsel is esteemed more than both.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	26	Riches and strength lift up the heart, but the fear of the Lord is better than both. There is no loss in the fear of the Lord, and with it there is no need to seek for help.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	27	The fear of the Lord is like a garden of blessing, and covers a man better than any glory.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	28	My son, do not lead the life of a beggar; it is better to die than to beg.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	29	When a man looks to the table of another, his existence cannot be considered as life. He pollutes himself with another man’s food, but a man who is intelligent and well instructed guards against that.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	40	30	In the mouth of the shameless begging is sweet, but in his stomach a fire is kindled.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	41	1	O death, how bitter is the reminder of you to one who lives at peace among his possessions, to a man without distractions, who is prosperous in everything, and who still has the vigor to enjoy his food!
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	41	2	O death, how welcome is your sentence to one who is in need and is failing in strength, very old and distracted over everything; to one who is contrary, and has lost his patience!
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	41	3	Do not fear the sentence of death; remember your former days and the end of life; this is the decree from the Lord for all flesh,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	41	4	and how can you reject the good pleasure of the Most High? Whether life is for ten or a hundred or a thousand years, there is no inquiry about it in Hades.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	41	5	The children of sinners are abominable children, and they frequent the haunts of the ungodly.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	41	6	The inheritance of the children of sinners will perish, and on their posterity will be a perpetual reproach.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	41	7	Children will blame an ungodly father, for they suffer reproach because of him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	41	8	Woe to you, ungodly men, who have forsaken the law of the Most High God!
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	41	9	When you are born, you are born to a curse; and when you die, a curse is your lot.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	41	10	Whatever is from the dust returns to dust; so the ungodly go from curse to destruction.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	41	11	The mourning of men is about their bodies, but the evil name of sinners will be blotted out.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	41	12	Have regard for your name, since it will remain for you longer than a thousand great stores of gold.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	41	13	The days of a good life are numbered, but a good name endures for ever.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	41	14	My children, observe instruction and be at peace; hidden wisdom and unseen treasure, what advantage is there in either of them?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	41	15	Better is the man who hides his folly than the man who hides his wisdom.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	41	16	Therefore show respect for my words: For it is good to retain every kind of shame, and not everything is confidently esteemed by every one.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	41	17	Be ashamed of immorality, before your father or mother; and of a lie, before a prince or a ruler;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	41	18	of a transgression, before a judge or magistrate; and of iniquity, before a congregation or the people; of unjust dealing, before your partner or friend;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	41	19	and of theft, in the place where you live. Be ashamed before the truth of God and his covenant. Be ashamed of selfish behavior at meals, of surliness in receiving and giving,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	41	20	and of silence, before those who greet you; of looking at a woman who is a harlot,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	41	21	and of rejecting the appeal of a kinsman; of taking away some one’s portion or gift, and of gazing at another man’s wife;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	41	22	of meddling with his maidservant— and do not approach her bed; of abusive words, before friends— and do not upbraid after making a gift;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	41	23	of repeating and telling what you hear, and of revealing secrets. Then you will show proper shame, and will find favor with every man.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	42	1	Of the following things do not be ashamed, and do not let partiality lead you to sin:
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	42	2	of the law of the Most High and his covenant, and of rendering judgment to acquit the ungodly;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	42	3	of keeping accounts with a partner or with traveling companions, and of dividing the inheritance of friends;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	42	4	of accuracy with scales and weights, and of acquiring much or little;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	42	5	of profit from dealing with merchants, and of much discipline of children, and of whipping a wicked servant severely.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	42	6	Where there is an evil wife, a seal is a good thing; and where there are many hands, lock things up.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	42	7	Whatever you deal out, let it be by number and weight, and make a record of all that you give out or take in.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	42	8	Do not be ashamed to instruct the stupid or foolish or the aged man who quarrels with the young. Then you will be truly instructed, and will be approved before all men.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	42	9	A daughter keeps her father secretly wakeful, and worry over her robs him of sleep; when she is young, lest she do not marry, or if married, lest she be hated;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	42	10	while a virgin, lest she be defiled or become pregnant in her father’s house; or having a husband, lest she prove unfaithful, or, though married, lest she be barren.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	42	11	Keep strict watch over a headstrong daughter, lest she make you a laughingstock to your enemies, a byword in the city and notorious among the people, and put you to shame before the great multitude.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	42	12	Do not look upon any one for beauty, and do not sit in the midst of women;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	42	13	for from garments comes the moth, and from a woman comes woman’s wickedness.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	42	14	Better is the wickedness of a man than a woman who does good; and it is a woman who brings shame and disgrace.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	42	15	I will now call to mind the works of the Lord, and will declare what I have seen. By the words of the Lord his works are done.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	42	16	The sun looks down on everything with its light, and the work of the Lord is full of his glory.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	42	17	The Lord has not enabled his holy ones to recount all his marvelous works, which the Lord the Almighty has established that the universe may stand firm in his glory.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	42	18	He searches out the abyss, and the hearts of men, and considers their crafty devices. For the Most High knows all that may be known, and he looks into the signs of the age.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	42	19	He declares what has been and what is to be, and he reveals the tracks of hidden things.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	42	20	No thought escapes him, and not one word is hidden from him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	42	21	He has ordained the splendors of his wisdom, and he is from everlasting and to everlasting. Nothing can be added or taken away, and he needs no one to be his counselor.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	42	22	How greatly to be desired are all his works, and how sparkling they are to see!
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	42	23	All these things live and remain for ever for every need, and are all obedient.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	42	24	All things are twofold, one opposite the other, and he has made nothing incomplete.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	42	25	One confirms the good things of the other, and who can have enough of beholding his glory?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	1	The pride of the heavenly heights is the clear firmament, the appearance of heaven in a spectacle of glory.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	2	The sun, when it appears, making proclamation as it goes forth, is a marvelous instrument, the work of the Most High.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	3	At noon it parches the land; and who can withstand its burning heat?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	4	A man tending a furnace works in burning heat, but the sun burns the mountains three times as much; it breathes out fiery vapors, and with bright beams it blinds the eyes.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	5	Great is the Lord who made it; and at his command it hastens on its course.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	6	He made the moon also, to serve in its season to mark the times and to be an everlasting sign.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	7	From the moon comes the sign for feast days, a light that wanes when it has reached the full.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	8	The month is named for the moon, increasing marvelously in its phases, an instrument of the hosts on high shining forth in the firmament of heaven.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	9	The glory of the stars is the beauty of heaven, a gleaming array in the heights of the Lord.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	10	At the command of the Holy One they stand as ordered, they never relax in their watches.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	11	Look upon the rainbow, and praise him who made it, exceedingly beautiful in its brightness.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	12	It encircles the heaven with its glorious arc; the hands of the Most High have stretched it out.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	13	By his command he sends the driving snow and speeds the lightnings of his judgment.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	14	Therefore the storehouses are opened, and the clouds fly forth like birds.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	15	In his majesty he amasses the clouds, and the hailstones are broken in pieces.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	16	At his appearing the mountains are shaken; at his will the south wind blows.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	17	The voice of his thunder rebukes the earth; so do the tempest from the north and the whirlwind. He scatters the snow like birds flying down, and its descent is like locusts alighting.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	18	The eye marvels at the beauty of its whiteness, and the mind is amazed at its falling.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	19	He pours the hoarfrost upon the earth like salt, and when it freezes, it becomes pointed thorns.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	20	The cold north wind blows, and ice freezes over the water; it rests upon every pool of water, and the water puts it on like a breastplate.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	21	He consumes the mountains and burns up the wilderness, and withers the tender grass like fire.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	22	A mist quickly heals all things; when the dew appears, it refreshes from the heat.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	23	By his counsel he stilled the great deep and planted islands in it.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	24	Those who sail the sea tell of its dangers, and we marvel at what we hear.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	25	for in it are strange and marvelous works, all kinds of living things, and huge creatures of the sea.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	26	Because of him his messenger finds the way, and by his word all things hold together.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	27	Though we speak much we cannot reach the end, and the sum of our words is: “He is the all.”
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	28	Where shall we find strength to praise him? For he is greater than all his works.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	29	Terrible is the Lord and very great, and marvelous is his power.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	30	When you praise the Lord, exalt him as much as you can; for he will surpass even that. When you exalt him, put forth all your strength, and do not grow weary, for you cannot praise him enough.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	31	Who has seen him and can describe him? Or who can extol him as he is?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	32	Many things greater than these lie hidden, for we have seen but few of his works.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	43	33	For the Lord has made all things, and to the godly he has granted wisdom.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	44	1	Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers in their generations.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	44	2	The Lord apportioned to them great glory, his majesty from the beginning.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	44	3	There were those who ruled in their kingdoms, and were men renowned for their power, giving counsel by their understanding, and proclaiming prophecies;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	44	4	leaders of the people in their deliberations and in understanding of learning for the people, wise in their words of instruction;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	44	5	those who composed musical tunes, and set forth verses in writing;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	44	6	rich men furnished with resources, living peaceably in their habitations—
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	44	7	all these were honored in their generations, and were the glory of their times.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	44	8	There are some of them who have left a name, so that men declare their praise.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	44	9	And there are some who have no memorial, who have perished as though they had not lived; they have become as though they had not been born, and so have their children after them.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	44	10	But these were men of mercy, whose righteous deeds have not been forgotten;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	44	11	their prosperity will remain with their descendants, and their inheritance to their children’s children.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	44	12	Their descendants stand by the covenants; their children also, for their sake.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	44	13	Their posterity will continue for ever, and their glory will not be blotted out.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	44	14	Their bodies were buried in peace, and their name lives to all generations.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	44	15	Peoples will declare their wisdom, and the congregation proclaims their praise.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	44	16	Enoch pleased the Lord, and was taken up; he was an example of repentance to all generations.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	44	17	Noah was found perfect and righteous; in the time of wrath he was taken in exchange; therefore a remnant was left to the earth when the flood came.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	44	18	Everlasting covenants were made with him that all flesh should not be blotted out by a flood.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	44	19	Abraham was the great father of a multitude of nations, and no one has been found like him in glory;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	44	20	he kept the law of the Most High, and was taken into covenant with him; he established the covenant in his flesh, and when he was tested he was found faithful.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	44	21	Therefore the Lord assured him by an oath that the nations would be blessed through his posterity; that he would multiply him like the dust of the earth, and exalt his posterity like the stars, and cause them to inherit from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	44	22	To Isaac also he gave the same assurance for the sake of Abraham his father.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	44	23	The blessing of all men and the covenant he made to rest upon the head of Jacob; he acknowledged him with his blessings, and gave him his inheritance; he determined his portions, and distributed them among twelve tribes.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	1	From his descendants the Lord brought forth a man of mercy, who found favor in the sight of all flesh and was beloved by God and man, Moses, whose memory is blessed.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	2	He made him equal in glory to the holy ones, and made him great in the fears of his enemies.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	3	By his words he caused signs to cease; the Lord glorified him in the presence of kings. He gave him commands for his people, and showed him part of his glory.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	4	He sanctified him through faithfulness and meekness; he chose him out of all mankind.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	5	He made him hear his voice, and led him into the thick darkness, and gave him the commandments face to face, the law of life and knowledge, to teach Jacob the covenant, and Israel his judgments.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	6	He exalted Aaron, the brother of Moses, a holy man like him, of the tribe of Levi.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	7	He made an everlasting covenant with him, and gave him the priesthood of the people. He blessed him with splendid vestments, and put a glorious robe upon him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	8	He clothed him with superb perfection, and strengthened him with the symbols of authority, the linen breeches, the long robe, and the ephod.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	9	And he encircled him with pomegranates, with very many golden bells round about, to send forth a sound as he walked, to make their ringing heard in the temple as a reminder to the sons of his people;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	10	with a holy garment, of gold and blue and purple, the work of an embroiderer; with the oracle of judgment, Urim and Thummim;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	11	with twisted scarlet, the work of a craftsman; with precious stones engraved like signets, in a setting of gold, the work of a jeweler, for a reminder, in engraved letters, according to the number of the tribes of Israel;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	12	with a gold crown upon his turban, inscribed like a signet with “Holiness,” a distinction to be prized, the work of an expert, the delight of the eyes, richly adorned.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	13	Before his time there never were such beautiful things. No outsider ever put them on, but only his sons and his descendants perpetually.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	14	His sacrifices shall be wholly burned twice every day continually.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	15	Moses ordained him, and anointed him with holy oil; it was an everlasting covenant for him and for his descendants all the days of heaven, to minister to the Lord and serve as priest and bless his people in his name.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	16	He chose him out of all the living to offer sacrifice to the Lord, incense and a pleasing odor as a memorial portion, to make atonement for the people.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	17	In his commandments he gave him authority and statutes and judgments, to teach Jacob the testimonies, and to enlighten Israel with his law.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	18	Outsiders conspired against him, and envied him in the wilderness, Dathan and Abiram and their men and the company of Korah, in wrath and anger.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	19	The Lord saw it and was not pleased, and in the wrath of his anger they were destroyed; he wrought wonders against them to consume them in flaming fire.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	20	He added glory to Aaron and gave him a heritage; he allotted to him the first of the first fruits, he prepared bread of first fruits in abundance;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	21	for they eat the sacrifices to the Lord, which he gave to him and his descendants.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	22	But in the land of the people he has no inheritance, and he has no portion among the people; for the Lord himself is his portion and inheritance.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	23	Phinehas the son of Eleazar is the third in glory, for he was zealous in the fear of the Lord, and stood fast, when the people turned away, in the ready goodness of his soul, and made atonement for Israel.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	24	Therefore a covenant of peace was established with him, that he should be leader of the sanctuary and of his people, that he and his descendants should have the dignity of the priesthood for ever.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	25	A covenant was also established with David, the son of Jesse, of the tribe of Judah: the heritage of the king is from son to son only; so the heritage of Aaron is for his descendants.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	45	26	May the Lord grant you wisdom in your heart to judge his people in righteousness, so that their prosperity may not vanish, and that their glory may endure throughout their generations.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	46	1	Joshua the son of Nun was mighty in war, and was the successor of Moses in prophesying. He became, in accordance with his name, a great savior of God’s elect, to take vengeance on the enemies that rose against them, so that he might give Israel its inheritance.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	46	2	How glorious he was when he lifted his hands and stretched out his sword against the cities!
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	46	3	Who before him ever stood so firm? For he waged the wars of the Lord.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	46	4	Was not the sun held back by his hand? And did not one day become as long as two?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	46	5	He called upon the Most High, the Mighty One, when enemies pressed him on every side,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	46	6	and the great Lord answered him with hailstones of mighty power. He hurled down war upon that nation, and at the descent of Beth-horon he destroyed those who resisted, so that the nations might know his armament, that he was fighting in the sight of the Lord; for he wholly followed the Mighty One.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	46	7	And in the days of Moses he did a loyal deed, he and Caleb the son of Jephunneh: they withstood the congregation, restrained the people from sin, and stilled their wicked murmuring.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	46	8	And these two alone were preserved out of six hundred thousand people on foot, to bring them into their inheritance, into a land flowing with milk and honey.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	46	9	And the Lord gave Caleb strength, which remained with him to old age, so that he went up to the hill country, and his children obtained it for an inheritance;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	46	10	so that all the sons of Israel might see that it is good to follow the Lord.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	46	11	The judges also, with their respective names, those whose hearts did not fall into idolatry and who did not turn away from the Lord— may their memory be blessed!
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	46	12	May their bones revive from where they lie, and may the name of those who have been honored live again in their sons!
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	46	13	Samuel, beloved by his Lord, a prophet of the Lord, established the kingdom and anointed rulers over his people.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	46	14	By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation, and the Lord watched over Jacob.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	46	15	By his faithfulness he was proved to be a prophet, and by his words he became known as a trustworthy seer.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	46	16	He called upon the Lord, the Mighty One, when his enemies pressed him on every side, and he offered in sacrifice a sucking lamb.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	46	17	Then the Lord thundered from heaven, and made his voice heard with a mighty sound;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	46	18	and he wiped out the leaders of the people of Tyre and all the rulers of the Philistines.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	46	19	Before the time of his eternal sleep, Samuel called men to witness before the Lord and his anointed: “I have not taken any one’s property, not so much as a pair of shoes.” And no man accused him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	46	20	Even after he had fallen asleep he prophesied and revealed to the king his death, and lifted up his voice out of the earth in prophecy, to blot out the wickedness of the people.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	47	1	And after him Nathan rose up to prophesy in the days of David.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	47	2	As the fat is selected from the peace offering, so David was selected from the sons of Israel.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	47	3	He played with lions as with young goats, and with bears as with lambs of the flock.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	47	4	In his youth did he not kill a giant, and take away reproach from the people, when he lifted his hand with a stone in the sling and struck down the boasting of Goliath?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	47	5	For he appealed to the Lord, the Most High, and he gave him strength in his right hand to slay a man mighty in war, to exalt the power of his people.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	47	6	So they glorified him for his ten thousands, and praised him for the blessings of the Lord, when the glorious diadem was bestowed upon him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	47	7	For he wiped out his enemies on every side, and annihilated his adversaries the Philistines; he crushed their power even to this day.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	47	8	In all that he did he gave thanks to the Holy One, the Most High, with ascriptions of glory; he sang praise with all his heart, and he loved his Maker.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	47	9	He placed singers before the altar, to make sweet melody with their voices.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	47	10	He gave beauty to the feasts, and arranged their times throughout the year, while they praised God’s holy name, and the sanctuary resounded from early morning.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	47	11	The Lord took away his sins, and exalted his power for ever; he gave him the covenant of kings and a throne of glory in Israel.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	47	12	After him rose up a wise son who fared amply because of him;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	47	13	Solomon reigned in days of peace, and God gave him rest on every side, that he might build a house for his name and prepare a sanctuary to stand for ever.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	47	14	How wise you became in your youth! You overflowed like a river with understanding.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	47	15	Your soul covered the earth, and you filled it with parables and riddles.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	47	16	Your name reached to far-off islands, and you were loved for your peace.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	47	17	For your songs and proverbs and parables, and for your interpretations, the countries marveled at you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	47	18	In the name of the Lord God, who is called the God of Israel, you gathered gold like tin and amassed silver like lead.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	47	19	But you laid your loins beside women, and through your body you were brought into subjection.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	47	20	You put stain upon your honor, and defiled your posterity, so that you brought wrath upon your children and they were grieved at your folly,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	47	21	so that the sovereignty was divided and a disobedient kingdom arose out of Ephraim.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	47	22	But the Lord will never give up his mercy, nor cause any of his works to perish; he will never blot out the descendants of his chosen one, nor destroy the posterity of him who loved him; so he gave a remnant to Jacob, and to David a root of his stock.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	47	23	Solomon rested with his fathers, and left behind him one of his sons, ample in folly and lacking in understanding, Rehoboam, whose policy caused the people to revolt. Also Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin and gave to Ephraim a sinful way.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	47	24	Their sins became exceedingly many, so as to remove them from their land.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	47	25	For they sought out every sort of wickedness, till vengeance came upon them.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	48	1	Then the prophet Elijah arose like a fire, and his word burned like a torch.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	48	2	He brought a famine upon them, and by his zeal he made them few in number.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	48	3	By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens, and also three times brought down fire.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	48	4	How glorious you were, O Elijah, in your wondrous deeds! And who has the right to boast which you have?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	48	5	You who raised a corpse from death and from Hades, by the word of the Most High;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	48	6	who brought kings down to destruction, and famous men from their beds;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	48	7	who heard rebuke at Sinai and judgments of vengeance at Horeb;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	48	8	who anointed kings to inflict retribution, and prophets to succeed you.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	48	9	You who were taken up by a whirlwind of fire, in a chariot with horses of fire;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	48	10	you who are ready at the appointed time, it is written, to calm the wrath of God before it breaks out in fury, to turn the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	48	11	Blessed are those who saw you, and those who have been adorned in love; for we also shall surely live.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	48	12	It was Elijah who was covered by the whirlwind, and Elisha was filled with his spirit; in all his days he did not tremble before any ruler, and no one brought him into subjection.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	48	13	Nothing was too hard for him, and when he was dead his body prophesied.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	48	14	As in his life he did wonders, so in death his deeds were marvelous.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	48	15	For all this the people did not repent, and they did not forsake their sins, till they were carried away captive from their land and were scattered over all the earth; the people were left very few in number, but with rulers from the house of David.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	48	16	Some of them did what was pleasing to God, but others multiplied sins.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	48	17	Hezekiah fortified his city, and brought water into the midst of it; he tunneled the sheer rock with iron and built pools for water.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	48	18	In his days Sennacherib came up, and sent the Rabshakeh; he lifted up his hand against Zion and made great boasts in his arrogance.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	48	19	Then their hearts were shaken and their hands trembled, and they were in anguish, like women in travail.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	48	20	But they called upon the Lord who is merciful, spreading forth their hands toward him; and the Holy One quickly heard them from heaven, and delivered them by the hand of Isaiah.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	48	21	The Lord smote the camp of the Assyrians, and his angel wiped them out.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	48	22	For Hezekiah did what was pleasing to the Lord, and he held strongly to the ways of David his father, which Isaiah the prophet commanded, who was great and faithful in his vision.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	48	23	In his days the sun went backward, and he lengthened the life of the king.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	48	24	By the spirit of might he saw the last things, and comforted those who mourned in Zion.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	48	25	He revealed what was to occur to the end of time, and the hidden things before they came to pass.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	49	1	The memory of Josiah is like a blending of incense prepared by the art of the perfumer; it is sweet as honey to every mouth, and like music at a banquet of wine.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	49	2	He was led aright in converting the people, and took away the abominations of iniquity.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	49	3	He set his heart upon the Lord; in the days of wicked men he strengthened godliness.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	49	4	Except David and Hezekiah and Josiah they all sinned greatly, for they forsook the law of the Most High; the kings of Judah came to an end;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	49	5	for they gave their power to others, and their glory to a foreign nation,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	49	6	who set fire to the chosen city of the sanctuary, and made her streets desolate, according to the word of Jeremiah.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	49	7	For they had afflicted him; yet he had been consecrated in the womb as prophet, to pluck up and afflict and destroy, and likewise to build and to plant.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	49	8	It was Ezekiel who saw the vision of glory which God showed him above the chariot of the cherubim.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	49	9	For God remembered his enemies with storm, and did good to those who directed their ways aright.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	49	10	May the bones of the twelve prophets revive from where they lie, for they comforted the people of Jacob and delivered them with confident hope.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	49	11	How shall we magnify Zerubbabel? He was like a signet on the right hand,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	49	12	and so was Jeshua the son of Jozadak; in their days they built the house and raised a temple holy to the Lord, prepared for everlasting glory.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	49	13	The memory of Nehemiah also is lasting; he raised for us the walls that had fallen, and set up the gates and bars and rebuilt our ruined houses.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	49	14	No one like Enoch has been created on earth, for he was taken up from the earth.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	49	15	And no man like Joseph has been born, and his bones are cared for.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	49	16	Shem and Seth were honored among men, and Adam above every living being in the creation.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	1	The leader of his brethren and the pride of his people was Simon the high priest, son of Onias, who in his life repaired the house, and in his time fortified the temple.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	2	He laid the foundations for the high double walls, the high retaining walls for the temple enclosure.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	3	In his days a cistern for water was quarried out, a reservoir like the sea in circumference.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	4	He considered how to save his people from ruin, and fortified the city to withstand a siege.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	5	How glorious he was when the people gathered round him as he came out of the inner sanctuary!
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	6	Like the morning star among the clouds, like the moon when it is full;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	7	like the sun shining upon the temple of the Most High, and like the rainbow gleaming in glorious clouds;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	8	like roses in the days of the first fruits, like lilies by a spring of water, like a green shoot on Lebanon on a summer day;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	9	like fire and incense in the censer, like a vessel of hammered gold adorned with all kinds of precious stones;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	10	like an olive tree putting forth its fruit, and like a cypress towering in the clouds.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	11	When he put on his glorious robe and clothed himself with superb perfection and went up to the holy altar, he made the court of the sanctuary glorious.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	12	And when he received the portions from the hands of the priests, as he stood by the hearth of the altar with a garland of brethren around him, he was like a young cedar on Lebanon; and they surrounded him like the trunks of palm trees,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	13	all the sons of Aaron in their splendor with the Lord’s offering in their hands, before the whole congregation of Israel.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	14	Finishing the service at the altars, and arranging the offering to the Most High, the Almighty,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	15	he reached out his hand to the cup and poured a libation of the blood of the grape; he poured it out at the foot of the altar, a pleasing odor to the Most High, the King of all.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	16	Then the sons of Aaron shouted, they sounded the trumpets of hammered work, they made a great noise to be heard for remembrance before the Most High.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	17	Then all the people together made haste and fell to the ground upon their faces to worship their Lord, the Almighty, God Most High.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	18	And the singers praised him with their voices in sweet and full-toned melody.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	19	And the people besought the Lord Most High in prayer before him who is merciful, till the order of worship of the Lord was ended; so they completed his service.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	20	Then Simon came down, and lifted up his hands over the whole congregation of the sons of Israel, to pronounce the blessing of the Lord with his lips, and to glory in his name;
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	21	and they bowed down in worship a second time, to receive the blessing from the Most High.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	22	And now bless the God of all, who in every way does great things; who exalts our days from birth, and deals with us according to his mercy.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	23	May he give us gladness of heart, and grant that peace may be in our days in Israel, as in the days of old.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	24	May he entrust to us his mercy! And let him deliver us in our days!
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	25	With two nations my soul is vexed, and the third is no nation:
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	26	Those who live on Mount Seir, and the Philistines, and the foolish people that dwell in Shechem.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	27	Instruction in understanding and knowledge I have written in this book, Jesus the son of Sirach, son of Eleazar, of Jerusalem, who out of his heart poured forth wisdom.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	28	Blessed is he who concerns himself with these things, and he who lays them to heart will become wise.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	50	29	For if he does them, he will be strong for all things, for the light of the Lord is his path.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	1	I will give thanks to thee, O Lord and King, and will praise thee as God my Savior. I give thanks to thy name,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	2	for thou hast been my protector and helper and hast delivered my body from destruction and from the snare of a slanderous tongue, from lips that utter lies. Before those who stood by thou wast my helper,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	3	and didst deliver me, in the greatness of thy mercy and of thy name, from the gnashings of teeth about to devour me, from the hand of those who sought my life, from the many afflictions that I endured,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	4	from choking fire on every side and from the midst of fire which I did not kindle,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	5	from the depths of the belly of Hades, from an unclean tongue and lying words—
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	6	the slander of an unrighteous tongue to the king. My soul drew near to death, and my life was very near to Hades beneath.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	7	They surrounded me on every side, and there was no one to help me; I looked for the assistance of men, and there was none.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	8	Then I remembered thy mercy, O Lord, and thy work from of old, that thou dost deliver those who wait for thee and dost save them from the hand of their enemies.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	9	And I sent up my supplication from the earth, and prayed for deliverance from death.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	10	I appealed to the Lord, the Father of my lord, not to forsake me in the days of affliction, at the time when there is no help against the proud.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	11	I will praise thy name continually, and will sing praise with thanksgiving. My prayer was heard,
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	12	for thou didst save me from destruction and rescue me from an evil plight. Therefore I will give thanks to thee and praise thee, and I will bless the name of the Lord.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	13	While I was still young, before I went on my travels, I sought wisdom openly in my prayer.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	14	Before the temple I asked for her, and I will search for her to the last.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	15	From blossom to ripening grape my heart delighted in her; my foot entered upon the straight path; from my youth I followed her steps.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	16	I inclined my ear a little and received her, and I found for myself much instruction.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	17	I made progress therein; to him who gives wisdom I will give glory.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	18	For I resolved to live according to wisdom, and I was zealous for the good; and I shall never be put to shame.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	19	My soul grappled with wisdom, and in my conduct I was strict; I spread out my hands to the heavens, and lamented my ignorance of her.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	20	I directed my soul to her, and through purification I found her. I gained understanding with her from the first, therefore I will not be forsaken.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	21	My heart was stirred to seek her, therefore I have gained a good possession.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	22	The Lord gave me a tongue as my reward, and I will praise him with it.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	23	Draw near to me, you who are untaught, and lodge in my school.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	24	Why do you say you are lacking in these things, and why are your souls very thirsty?
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	25	I opened my mouth and said, Get these things for yourselves without money.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	26	Put your neck under the yoke, and let your souls receive instruction; it is to be found close by.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	27	See with your eyes that I have labored little and found myself much rest.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	28	Get instruction with a large sum of silver, and you will gain by it much gold.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	29	May your soul rejoice in his mercy, and may you not be put to shame when you praise him.
+Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)	Sir	26	51	30	Do your work before the appointed time, and in God’s time he will give you your reward.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	1	The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	2	Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: “Sons have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	3	The ox knows its owner, and the ass its master’s crib; but Israel does not know, my people does not understand.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	4	Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, sons who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	5	Why will you still be smitten, that you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	6	From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, but bruises and sores and bleeding wounds; they are not pressed out, or bound up, or softened with oil.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	7	Your country lies desolate, your cities are burned with fire; in your very presence aliens devour your land; it is desolate, as overthrown by aliens.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	8	And the daughter of Zion is left like a booth in a vineyard, like a lodge in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	9	If the Lord of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and become like Gomorrah.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	10	Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom! Give ear to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	11	“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the Lord; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	12	“When you come to appear before me, who requires of you this trampling of my courts?
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	13	Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and sabbath and the calling of assemblies— I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	14	Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they have become a burden to me, I am weary of bearing them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	15	When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	16	Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil,
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	17	learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	18	“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	19	If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	20	But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	21	How the faithful city has become a harlot, she that was full of justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	22	Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	23	Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, and the widow’s cause does not come to them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	24	Therefore the Lord says, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: “Ah, I will vent my wrath on my enemies, and avenge myself on my foes.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	25	I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	26	And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	27	Zion shall be redeemed by justice, and those in her who repent, by righteousness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	28	But rebels and sinners shall be destroyed together, and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	29	For you shall be ashamed of the oaks in which you delighted; and you shall blush for the gardens which you have chosen.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	30	For you shall be like an oak whose leaf withers, and like a garden without water.
+Isaiah	Is	27	1	31	And the strong shall become tow and his work a spark, and both of them shall burn together, with none to quench them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	1	The word which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	2	It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it,
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	3	and many peoples shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	4	He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	5	O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	6	For thou hast rejected thy people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of diviners from the east and of soothsayers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with foreigners.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	7	Their land is filled with silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures; their land is filled with horses, and there is no end to their chariots.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	8	Their land is filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	9	So man is humbled, and men are brought low— forgive them not!
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	10	Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust from before the terror of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	11	The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the pride of men shall be humbled; and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	12	For the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up and high;
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	13	against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up; and against all the oaks of Bashan;
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	14	against all the high mountains, and against all the lofty hills;
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	15	against every high tower, and against every fortified wall;
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	16	against all the ships of Tarshish, and against all the beautiful craft.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	17	And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled, and the pride of men shall be brought low; and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	18	And the idols shall utterly pass away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	19	And men shall enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, from before the terror of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	20	In that day men will cast forth their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the bats,
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	21	to enter the caverns of the rocks and the clefts of the cliffs, from before the terror of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	2	22	Turn away from man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he?
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	1	For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water;
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	2	the mighty man and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder,
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	3	the captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor and the skilful magician and the expert in charms.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	4	And I will make boys their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	5	And the people will oppress one another, every man his fellow and every man his neighbor; the youth will be insolent to the elder, and the base fellow to the honorable.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	6	When a man takes hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying: “You have a mantle; you shall be our leader, and this heap of ruins shall be under your rule”;
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	7	in that day he will speak out, saying: “I will not be a healer; in my house there is neither bread nor mantle; you shall not make me leader of the people.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	8	For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen; because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord, defying his glorious presence.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	9	Their partiality witnesses against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom, they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil upon themselves.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	10	Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	11	Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have done shall be done to him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	12	My people—children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, your leaders mislead you, and confuse the course of your paths.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	13	The Lord has taken his place to contend, he stands to judge his people.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	14	The Lord enters into judgment with the elders and princes of his people: “It is you who have devoured the vineyard, the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	15	What do you mean by crushing my people, by grinding the face of the poor?” says the Lord GOD of hosts.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	16	The Lord said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks, glancing wantonly with their eyes, mincing along as they go, tinkling with their feet;
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	17	the Lord will smite with a scab the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	18	In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the anklets, the headbands, and the crescents;
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	19	the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarfs;
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	20	the headdresses, the armlets, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets;
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	21	the signet rings and nose rings;
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	22	the festal robes, the mantles, the cloaks, and the handbags;
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	23	the garments of gauze, the linen garments, the turbans, and the veils.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	24	Instead of perfume there will be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	25	Your men shall fall by the sword and your mighty men in battle.
+Isaiah	Is	27	3	26	And her gates shall lament and mourn; ravaged, she shall sit upon the ground.
+Isaiah	Is	27	4	1	And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	4	2	In that day the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and glory of the survivors of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	4	3	And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, every one who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem,
+Isaiah	Is	27	4	4	when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning.
+Isaiah	Is	27	4	5	Then the Lord will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be a canopy and a pavilion.
+Isaiah	Is	27	4	6	It will be for a shade by day from the heat, and for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	1	Let me sing for my beloved a love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	2	He digged it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; and he looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	3	And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	4	What more was there to do for my vineyard, that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes?
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	5	And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it shall be devoured; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	6	I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and briers and thorns shall grow up; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	7	For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, a cry!
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	8	Woe to those who join house to house, who add field to field, until there is no more room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	9	The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing: “Surely many houses shall be desolate, large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	10	For ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	11	Woe to those who rise early in the morning, that they may run after strong drink, who tarry late into the evening till wine inflames them!
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	12	They have lyre and harp, timbrel and flute and wine at their feasts; but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord, or see the work of his hands.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	13	Therefore my people go into exile for want of knowledge; their honored men are dying of hunger, and their multitude is parched with thirst.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	14	Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure, and the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude go down, her throng and he who exults in her.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	15	Man is bowed down, and men are brought low, and the eyes of the haughty are humbled.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	16	But the Lord of hosts is exalted in justice, and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	17	Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture, fatlings and kids shall feed among the ruins.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	18	Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin as with cart ropes,
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	19	who say: “Let him make haste, let him speed his work that we may see it; let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near, and let it come, that we may know it!”
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	20	Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	21	Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	22	Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine, and valiant men in mixing strong drink,
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	23	who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	24	Therefore, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root will be as rottenness, and their blossom go up like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts, and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	25	Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people, and he stretched out his hand against them and smote them, and the mountains quaked; and their corpses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out still.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	26	He will raise a signal for a nation afar off, and whistle for it from the ends of the earth; and lo, swiftly, speedily it comes!
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	27	None is weary, none stumbles, none slumbers or sleeps, not a waistcloth is loose, not a sandal-thong broken;
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	28	their arrows are sharp, all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs seem like flint, and their wheels like the whirlwind.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	29	Their roaring is like a lion, like young lions they roar; they growl and seize their prey, they carry it off, and none can rescue.
+Isaiah	Is	27	5	30	They will growl over it on that day, like the roaring of the sea. And if one look to the land, behold, darkness and distress; and the light is darkened by its clouds.
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	1	In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	2	Above him stood the seraphim; each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	3	And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	4	And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	5	And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	6	Then flew one of the seraphim to me, having in his hand a burning coal which he had taken with tongs from the altar.
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	7	And he touched my mouth, and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin forgiven.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	8	And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	9	And he said, “Go, and say to this people: ‘Hear and hear, but do not understand; see and see, but do not perceive.’
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	10	Make the heart of this people fat, and their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	11	Then I said, “How long, O Lord?” And he said: “Until cities lie waste without inhabitant, and houses without men, and the land is utterly desolate,
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	12	and the Lord removes men far away, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
+Isaiah	Is	27	6	13	And though a tenth remain in it, it will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak, whose stump remains standing when it is felled.” The holy seed is its stump.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	1	In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah the king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but they could not conquer it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	2	When the house of David was told, “Syria is in league with Ephraim,” his heart and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	3	And the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go forth to meet Ahaz, you and Shear-jashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Fuller’s Field,
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	4	and say to him, ‘Take heed, be quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two smoldering stumps of firebrands, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and the son of Remaliah.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	5	Because Syria, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has devised evil against you, saying,
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	6	“Let us go up against Judah and terrify it, and let us conquer it for ourselves, and set up the son of Tabe-el as king in the midst of it,”
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	7	thus says the Lord GOD: It shall not stand, and it shall not come to pass.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	8	For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. (Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken to pieces so that it will no longer be a people.)
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	9	And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.’”
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	10	Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz,
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	11	“Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	12	But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	13	And he said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you weary my God also?
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	14	Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, a young woman shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanu-el.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	15	He shall eat curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	16	For before the child knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land before whose two kings you are in dread will be deserted.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	17	The Lord will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father’s house such days as have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah—the king of Assyria.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	18	In that day the Lord will whistle for the fly which is at the sources of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the land of Assyria.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	19	And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines, and in the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thornbushes, and on all the pastures.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	20	In that day the Lord will shave with a razor which is hired beyond the River—with the king of Assyria—the head and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard also.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	21	In that day a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep;
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	22	and because of the abundance of milk which they give, he will eat curds; for every one that is left in the land will eat curds and honey.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	23	In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels of silver, will become briers and thorns.
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	24	With bow and arrows men will come there, for all the land will be briers and thorns;
+Isaiah	Is	27	7	25	and as for all the hills which used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	1	Then the Lord said to me, “Take a large tablet and write upon it in common characters, ‘Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz.’”
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	2	And I got reliable witnesses, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah, to attest for me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	3	And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the Lord said to me, “Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz;
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	4	for before the child knows how to cry ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	5	The Lord spoke to me again:
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	6	“Because this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that flow gently, and melt in fear before Rezin and the son of Remaliah;
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	7	therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up against them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory; and it will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks;
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	8	and it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass on, reaching even to the neck; and its outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanu-el.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	9	Be broken, you peoples, and be dismayed; give ear, all you far countries; gird yourselves and be dismayed; gird yourselves and be dismayed.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	10	Take counsel together, but it will come to nought; speak a word, but it will not stand, for God is with us.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	11	For the Lord spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	12	“Do not call conspiracy all that this people call conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	13	But the Lord of hosts, him you shall regard as holy; let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	14	And he will become a sanctuary, and a stone of offense, and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	15	And many shall stumble thereon; they shall fall and be broken; they shall be snared and taken.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	16	Bind up the testimony, seal the teaching among my disciples.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	17	I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	18	Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	19	And when they say to you, “Consult the mediums and the wizards who chirp and mutter,” should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	20	To the teaching and to the testimony! Surely for this word which they speak there is no dawn.
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	21	They will pass through the land, greatly distressed and hungry; and when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will curse their king and their God, and turn their faces upward;
+Isaiah	Is	27	8	22	and they will look to the earth, but behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be thrust into thick darkness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	1	But there will be no gloom for her that was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he will make glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	2	The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shined.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	3	Thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast increased its joy; they rejoice before thee as with joy at the harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	4	For the yoke of his burden, and the staff for his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou hast broken as on the day of Midian.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	5	For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	6	For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called “Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	7	Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David, and over his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and for evermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	8	The Lord has sent a word against Jacob, and it will light upon Israel;
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	9	and all the people will know, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, who say in pride and in arrogance of heart:
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	10	“The bricks have fallen, but we will build with dressed stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	11	So the Lord raises adversaries against them, and stirs up their enemies.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	12	The Syrians on the east and the Philistines on the west devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out still.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	13	The people did not turn to him who smote them, nor seek the Lord of hosts.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	14	So the Lord cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed in one day—
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	15	the elder and honored man is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail;
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	16	for those who lead this people lead them astray, and those who are led by them are swallowed up.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	17	Therefore the Lord does not rejoice over their young men, and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows; for every one is godless and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out still.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	18	For wickedness burns like a fire, it consumes briers and thorns; it kindles the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	19	Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts the land is burned, and the people are like fuel for the fire; no man spares his brother.
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	20	They snatch on the right, but are still hungry, and they devour on the left, but are not satisfied; each devours his neighbor’s flesh,
+Isaiah	Is	27	9	21	Manasseh Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh, and together they are against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out still.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	1	Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression,
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	2	to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	3	What will you do on the day of punishment, in the storm which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	4	Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out still.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	5	Ah, Assyria, the rod of my anger, the staff of my fury!
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	6	Against a godless nation I send him, and against the people of my wrath I command him, to take spoil and seize plunder, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	7	But he does not so intend, and his mind does not so think; but it is in his mind to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few;
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	8	for he says: “Are not my commanders all kings?
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	9	Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	10	As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols whose graven images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	11	shall I not do to Jerusalem and her idols as I have done to Samaria and her images?”
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	12	When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem he will punish the arrogant boasting of the king of Assyria and his haughty pride.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	13	For he says: “By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding; I have removed the boundaries of peoples, and have plundered their treasures; like a bull I have brought down those who sat on thrones.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	14	My hand has found like a nest the wealth of the peoples; and as men gather eggs that have been forsaken so I have gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved a wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	15	Shall the axe vaunt itself over him who hews with it, or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield him who lifts it, or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	16	Therefore the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will send wasting sickness among his stout warriors, and under his glory a burning will be kindled, like the burning of fire.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	17	The light of Israel will become a fire, and his Holy One a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and briers in one day.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	18	The glory of his forest and of his fruitful land the Lord will destroy, both soul and body, and it will be as when a sick man wastes away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	19	The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child can write them down.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	20	In that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more lean upon him that smote them, but will lean upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	21	A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	22	For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	23	For the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will make a full end, as decreed, in the midst of all the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	24	Therefore thus says the Lord, the Lord of hosts: “O my people, who dwell in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrians when they smite with the rod and lift up their staff against you as the Egyptians did.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	25	For in a very little while my indignation will come to an end, and my anger will be directed to their destruction.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	26	And the Lord of hosts will wield against them a scourge, as when he smote Midian at the rock of Oreb; and his rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it as he did in Egypt.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	27	And in that day his burden will depart from your shoulder, and his yoke will be destroyed from your neck.” He has gone up from Rimmon,
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	28	he has come to Aiath; he has passed through Migron, at Michmash he stores his baggage;
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	29	they have crossed over the pass, at Geba they lodge for the night; Ramah trembles, Gibe-ah of Saul has fled.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	30	Cry aloud, O daughter of Gallim! Hearken, O Laishah! Answer her, O Anathoth!
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	31	Madmenah is in flight, the inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	32	This very day he will halt at Nob, he will shake his fist at the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	33	Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts will lop the boughs with terrifying power; the great in height will be hewn down, and the lofty will be brought low.
+Isaiah	Is	27	10	34	He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an axe, and Lebanon with its majestic trees will fall.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	1	There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	2	And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	3	And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide by what his ears hear;
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	4	but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	5	Righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	6	The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	7	The cow and the bear shall feed; their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	8	The sucking child shall play over the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	9	They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	10	In that day the root of Jesse shall stand as an ensign to the peoples; him shall the nations seek, and his dwellings shall be glorious.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	11	In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant which is left of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Ethiopia, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	12	He will raise an ensign for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	13	The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart, and those who harass Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	14	But they shall swoop down upon the shoulder of the Philistines in the west, and together they shall plunder the people of the east. They shall put forth their hand against Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites shall obey them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	15	And the Lord will utterly destroy the tongue of the sea of Egypt; and will wave his hand over the River with his scorching wind, and smite it into seven channels that men may cross dryshod.
+Isaiah	Is	27	11	16	And there will be a highway from Assyria for the remnant which is left of his people, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.
+Isaiah	Is	27	12	1	You will say in that day: “I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, for though thou wast angry with me, thy anger turned away, and thou didst comfort me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	12	2	“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	12	3	With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
+Isaiah	Is	27	12	4	And you will say in that day: “Give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name; make known his deeds among the nations, proclaim that his name is exalted.
+Isaiah	Is	27	12	5	“Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously; let this be known in all the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	12	6	Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	1	The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	2	On a bare hill raise a signal, cry aloud to them; wave the hand for them to enter the gates of the nobles.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	3	I myself have commanded my consecrated ones, have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger, my proudly exulting ones.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	4	Hark, a tumult on the mountains as of a great multitude! Hark, an uproar of kingdoms, of nations gathering together! The Lord of hosts is mustering a host for battle.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	5	They come from a distant land, from the end of the heavens, the Lord and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	6	Wail, for the day of the Lord is near; as destruction from the Almighty it will come!
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	7	Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every man’s heart will melt,
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	8	and they will be dismayed. Pangs and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in travail. They will look aghast at one another; their faces will be aflame.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	9	Behold, the day of the Lord comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger, to make the earth a desolation and to destroy its sinners from it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	10	For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not give their light; the sun will be dark at its rising and the moon will not shed its light.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	11	I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant, and lay low the haughtiness of the ruthless.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	12	I will make men more rare than fine gold, and mankind than the gold of Ophir.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	13	Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place, at the wrath of the Lord of hosts in the day of his fierce anger.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	14	And like a hunted gazelle, or like sheep with none to gather them, every man will turn to his own people, and every man will flee to his own land.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	15	Whoever is found will be thrust through, and whoever is caught will fall by the sword.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	16	Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	17	Behold, I am stirring up the Medes against them, who have no regard for silver and do not delight in gold.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	18	Their bows will slaughter the young men; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; their eyes will not pity children.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	19	And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the splendor and pride of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	20	It will never be inhabited or dwelt in for all generations; no Arab will pitch his tent there, no shepherds will make their flocks lie down there.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	21	But wild beasts will lie down there, and its houses will be full of howling creatures; there ostriches will dwell, and there satyrs will dance.
+Isaiah	Is	27	13	22	Hyenas will cry in its towers, and jackals in the pleasant palaces; its time is close at hand and its days will not be prolonged.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	1	The Lord will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel, and will set them in their own land, and aliens will join them and will cleave to the house of Jacob.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	2	And the peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them in the Lord’s land as male and female slaves; they will take captive those who were their captors, and rule over those who oppressed them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	3	When the Lord has given you rest from your pain and turmoil and the hard service with which you were made to serve,
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	4	you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: “How the oppressor has ceased, the insolent fury ceased!
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	5	The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers,
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	6	that smote the peoples in wrath with unceasing blows, that ruled the nations in anger with unrelenting persecution.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	7	The whole earth is at rest and quiet; they break forth into singing.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	8	The cypresses rejoice at you, the cedars of Lebanon, saying, ‘Since you were laid low, no hewer comes up against us.’
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	9	Sheol beneath is stirred up to meet you when you come, it rouses the shades to greet you, all who were leaders of the earth; it raises from their thrones all who were kings of the nations.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	10	All of them will speak and say to you: ‘You too have become as weak as we! You have become like us!’
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	11	Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, the sound of your harps; maggots are the bed beneath you, and worms are your covering.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	12	“How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low!
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	13	You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far north;
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	14	I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will make myself like the Most High.’
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	15	But you are brought down to Sheol, to the depths of the Pit.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	16	Those who see you will stare at you, and ponder over you: ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms,
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	17	who made the world like a desert and overthrew its cities, who did not let his prisoners go home?’
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	18	All the kings of the nations lie in glory, each in his own tomb;
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	19	but you are cast out, away from your sepulchre, like a loathed untimely birth, clothed with the slain, those pierced by the sword, who go down to the stones of the Pit, like a dead body trodden under foot.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	20	You will not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, you have slain your people. “May the descendants of evildoers nevermore be named!
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	21	Prepare slaughter for his sons because of the guilt of their fathers, lest they rise and possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	22	“I will rise up against them,” says the Lord of hosts, “and will cut off from Babylon name and remnant, offspring and posterity, says the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	23	And I will make it a possession of the hedgehog, and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says the Lord of hosts.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	24	The Lord of hosts has sworn: “As I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand,
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	25	that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains trample him under foot; and his yoke shall depart from them, and his burden from their shoulder.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	26	This is the purpose that is purposed concerning the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	27	For the Lord of hosts has purposed, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	28	In the year that King Ahaz died came this oracle:
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	29	“Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of you, that the rod which smote you is broken, for from the serpent’s root will come forth an adder, and its fruit will be a flying serpent.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	30	And the first-born of the poor will feed, and the needy lie down in safety; but I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant I will slay.
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	31	Wail, O gate; cry, O city; melt in fear, O Philistia, all of you! For smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	14	32	What will one answer the messengers of the nation? “The Lord has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	15	1	An oracle concerning Moab. Because Ar is laid waste in a night Moab is undone; because Kir is laid waste in a night Moab is undone.
+Isaiah	Is	27	15	2	The daughter of Dibon has gone up to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. On every head is baldness, every beard is shorn;
+Isaiah	Is	27	15	3	in the streets they gird on sackcloth; on the housetops and in the squares every one wails and melts in tears.
+Isaiah	Is	27	15	4	Heshbon and Ele-aleh cry out, their voice is heard as far as Jahaz; therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembles.
+Isaiah	Is	27	15	5	My heart cries out for Moab; his fugitives flee to Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah. For at the ascent of Luhith they go up weeping; on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of destruction;
+Isaiah	Is	27	15	6	the waters of Nimrim are a desolation; the grass is withered, the new growth fails, the verdure is no more.
+Isaiah	Is	27	15	7	Therefore the abundance they have gained and what they have laid up they carry away over the Brook of the Willows.
+Isaiah	Is	27	15	8	For a cry has gone round the land of Moab; the wailing reaches to Eglaim, the wailing reaches to Beer-elim.
+Isaiah	Is	27	15	9	For the waters of Dibon are full of blood; yet I will bring upon Dibon even more, a lion for those of Moab who escape, for the remnant of the land.
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	1	They have sent lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela, by way of the desert, to the mount of the daughter of Zion.
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	2	Like fluttering birds, like scattered nestlings, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	3	“Give counsel, grant justice; make your shade like night at the height of noon; hide the outcasts, betray not the fugitive;
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	4	let the outcasts of Moab sojourn among you; be a refuge to them from the destroyer. When the oppressor is no more, and destruction has ceased, and he who tramples under foot has vanished from the land,
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	5	then a throne will be established in steadfast love and on it will sit in faithfulness in the tent of David one who judges and seeks justice and is swift to do righteousness.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	6	We have heard of the pride of Moab, how proud he was; of his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence— his boasts are false.
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	7	Therefore let Moab wail, let every one wail for Moab. Mourn, utterly stricken, for the raisin-cakes of Kir-hareseth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	8	For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have struck down its branches, which reached to Jazer and strayed to the desert; its shoots spread abroad and passed over the sea.
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	9	Therefore I weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Ele-aleh; for upon your fruit and your harvest the battle shout has fallen.
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	10	And joy and gladness are taken away from the fruitful field; and in the vineyards no songs are sung, no shouts are raised; no treader treads out wine in the presses; the vintage shout is hushed.
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	11	Therefore my soul moans like a lyre for Moab, and my heart for Kir-heres.
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	12	And when Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself upon the high place, when he comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail.
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	13	This is the word which the Lord spoke concerning Moab in the past.
+Isaiah	Is	27	16	14	But now the Lord says, “In three years, like the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt, in spite of all his great multitude, and those who survive will be very few and feeble.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	1	An oracle concerning Damascus. Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city, and will become a heap of ruins.
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	2	Her cities will be deserted for ever; they will be for flocks, which will lie down, and none will make them afraid.
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	3	The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus; and the remnant of Syria will be like the glory of the children of Israel, says the Lord of hosts.
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	4	And in that day the glory of Jacob will be brought low, and the fat of his flesh will grow lean.
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	5	And it shall be as when the reaper gathers standing grain and his arm harvests the ears, and as when one gleans the ears of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	6	Gleanings will be left in it, as when an olive tree is beaten— two or three berries in the top of the highest bough, four or five on the branches of a fruit tree, says the Lord God of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	7	In that day men will regard their Maker, and their eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel;
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	8	they will not have regard for the altars, the work of their hands, and they will not look to what their own fingers have made, either the Asherim or the altars of incense.
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	9	In that day their strong cities will be like the deserted places of the Hivites and the Amorites, which they deserted because of the children of Israel, and there will be desolation.
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	10	For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not remembered the Rock of your refuge; therefore, though you plant pleasant plants and set out slips of an alien god,
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	11	though you make them grow on the day that you plant them, and make them blossom in the morning that you sow; yet the harvest will flee away in a day of grief and incurable pain.
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	12	Ah, the thunder of many peoples, they thunder like the thundering of the sea! Ah, the roar of nations, they roar like the roaring of mighty waters!
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	13	The nations roar like the roaring of many waters, but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away, chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind and whirling dust before the storm.
+Isaiah	Is	27	17	14	At evening time, behold, terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who despoil us, and the lot of those who plunder us.
+Isaiah	Is	27	18	1	Ah, land of whirring wings which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;
+Isaiah	Is	27	18	2	which sends ambassadors by the Nile, in vessels of papyrus upon the waters! Go, you swift messengers, to a nation, tall and smooth, to a people feared near and far, a nation mighty and conquering, whose land the rivers divide.
+Isaiah	Is	27	18	3	All you inhabitants of the world, you who dwell on the earth, when a signal is raised on the mountains, look! When a trumpet is blown, hear!
+Isaiah	Is	27	18	4	For thus the Lord said to me: “I will quietly look from my dwelling like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	18	5	For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the shoots with pruning hooks, and the spreading branches he will hew away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	18	6	They shall all of them be left to the birds of prey of the mountains and to the beasts of the earth. And the birds of prey will summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth will winter upon them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	18	7	At that time gifts will be brought to the Lord of hosts from a people tall and smooth, from a people feared near and far, a nation mighty and conquering, whose land the rivers divide, to Mount Zion, the place of the name of the Lord of hosts.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	1	An oracle concerning Egypt. Behold, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and comes to Egypt; and the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence, and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	2	And I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians, and they will fight, every man against his brother and every man against his neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom;
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	3	and the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out, and I will confound their plans; and they will consult the idols and the sorcerers, and the mediums and the wizards;
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	4	and I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a hard master; and a fierce king will rule over them, says the Lord, the Lord of hosts.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	5	And the waters of the Nile will be dried up, and the river will be parched and dry;
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	6	and its canals will become foul, and the branches of Egypt’s Nile will diminish and dry up, reeds and rushes will rot away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	7	There will be bare places by the Nile, on the brink of the Nile, and all that is sown by the Nile will dry up, be driven away, and be no more.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	8	The fishermen will mourn and lament, all who cast hook in the Nile; and they will languish who spread nets upon the water.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	9	The workers in combed flax will be in despair, and the weavers of white cotton.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	10	Those who are the pillars of the land will be crushed, and all who work for hire will be grieved.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	11	The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the wise counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	12	Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you and make known what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	13	The princes of Zoan have become fools, and the princes of Memphis are deluded; those who are the cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	14	The Lord has mingled within her a spirit of confusion; and they have made Egypt stagger in all her doings as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	15	And there will be nothing for Egypt which head or tail, palm branch or reed, may do.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	16	In that day the Egyptians will be like women, and tremble with fear before the hand which the Lord of hosts shakes over them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	17	And the land of Judah will become a terror to the Egyptians; every one to whom it is mentioned will fear because of the purpose which the Lord of hosts has purposed against them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	18	In that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt which speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord of hosts. One of these will be called the City of the Sun.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	19	In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the Lord at its border.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	20	It will be a sign and a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt; when they cry to the Lord because of oppressors he will send them a savior, and will defend and deliver them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	21	And the Lord will make himself known to the Egyptians; and the Egyptians will know the Lord in that day and worship with sacrifice and burnt offering, and they will make vows to the Lord and perform them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	22	And the Lord will smite Egypt, smiting and healing, and they will return to the Lord, and he will heed their supplications and heal them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	23	In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	24	In that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth,
+Isaiah	Is	27	19	25	whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my heritage.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	20	1	In the year that the commander in chief, who was sent by Sargon the king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and fought against it and took it,—
+Isaiah	Is	27	20	2	at that time the Lord had spoken by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loose the sackcloth from your loins and take off your shoes from your feet,” and he had done so, walking naked and barefoot—
+Isaiah	Is	27	20	3	the Lord said, “As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Ethiopia,
+Isaiah	Is	27	20	4	so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians captives and the Ethiopians exiles, both the young and the old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
+Isaiah	Is	27	20	5	Then they shall be dismayed and confounded because of Ethiopia their hope and of Egypt their boast.
+Isaiah	Is	27	20	6	And the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, ‘Behold, this is what has happened to those in whom we hoped and to whom we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria! And we, how shall we escape?’”
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	1	The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on, it comes from the desert, from a terrible land.
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	2	A stern vision is told to me; the plunderer plunders, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam, lay siege, O Media; all the sighing she has caused I bring to an end.
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	3	Therefore my loins are filled with anguish; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in travail; I am bowed down so that I cannot hear, I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	4	My mind reels, horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	5	They prepare the table, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink. Arise, O princes, oil the shield!
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	6	For thus the Lord said to me: “Go, set a watchman, let him announce what he sees.
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	7	When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, riders on asses, riders on camels, let him listen diligently, very diligently.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	8	Then he who saw cried: “Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord, continually by day, and at my post I am stationed whole nights.
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	9	And, behold, here come riders, horsemen in pairs!” And he answered, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the images of her gods he has shattered to the ground.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	10	O my threshed and winnowed one, what I have heard from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I announce to you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	11	The oracle concerning Dumah. One is calling to me from Seir, “Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	12	The watchman says: “Morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; come back again.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	13	The oracle concerning Arabia. In the thickets in Arabia you will lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	14	To the thirsty bring water, meet the fugitive with bread, O inhabitants of the land of Tema.
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	15	For they have fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the press of battle.
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	16	For thus the Lord said to me, “Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end;
+Isaiah	Is	27	21	17	and the remainder of the archers of the mighty men of the sons of Kedar will be few; for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	1	The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What do you mean that you have gone up, all of you, to the housetops,
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	2	you who are full of shoutings, tumultuous city, exultant town? Your slain are not slain with the sword or dead in battle.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	3	All your rulers have fled together, without the bow they were captured. All of you who were found were captured, though they had fled far away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	4	Therefore I said: “Look away from me, let me weep bitter tears; do not labor to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	5	For the Lord GOD of hosts has a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the valley of vision, a battering down of walls and a shouting to the mountains.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	6	And Elam bore the quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	7	Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen took their stand at the gates.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	8	He has taken away the covering of Judah. In that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest,
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	9	and you saw that the breaches of the city of David were many, and you collected the waters of the lower pool,
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	10	and you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	11	You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to him who did it, or have regard for him who planned it long ago.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	12	In that day the Lord GOD of hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and girding with sackcloth;
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	13	and behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	14	The Lord of hosts has revealed himself in my ears: “Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you till you die,” says the Lord GOD of hosts.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	15	Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, “Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is over the household, and say to him:
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	16	What have you to do here and whom have you here, that you have hewn here a tomb for yourself, you who hew a tomb on the height, and carve a habitation for yourself in the rock?
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	17	Behold, the Lord will hurl you away violently, O you strong man. He will seize firm hold on you,
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	18	and whirl you round and round, and throw you like a ball into a wide land; there you shall die, and there shall be your splendid chariots, you shame of your master’s house.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	19	I will thrust you from your office, and you will be cast down from your station.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	20	In that day I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	21	and I will clothe him with your robe, and will bind your girdle on him, and will commit your authority to his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	22	And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	23	And I will fasten him like a peg in a sure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his father’s house.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	24	And they will hang on him the whole weight of his father’s house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons.
+Isaiah	Is	27	22	25	In that day, says the Lord of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a sure place will give way; and it will be cut down and fall, and the burden that was upon it will be cut off, for the Lord has spoken.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	1	The oracle concerning Tyre. Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or haven! From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	2	Be still, O inhabitants of the coast, O merchants of Sidon; your messengers passed over the sea
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	3	and were on many waters; your revenue was the grain of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile; you were the merchant of the nations.
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	4	Be ashamed, O Sidon, for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying: “I have neither travailed nor given birth, I have neither reared young men nor brought up virgins.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	5	When the report comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish over the report about Tyre.
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	6	Pass over to Tarshish, wail, O inhabitants of the coast!
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	7	Is this your exultant city whose origin is from days of old, whose feet carried her to settle afar?
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	8	Who has purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	9	The Lor of hosts has purposed it, to defile the pride of all glory, to dishonor all the honored of the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	10	Overflow your land like the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no restraint any more.
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	11	He has stretched out his hand over the sea, he has shaken the kingdoms; the Lord has given command concerning Canaan to destroy its strongholds.
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	12	And he said: “You will no more exult, O oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon; arise, pass over to Cyprus, even there you will have no rest.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	13	Behold the land of the Chaldeans! This is the people; it was not Assyria. They destined Tyre for wild beasts. They erected their siegetowers, they razed her palaces, they made her a ruin.
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	14	Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste.
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	15	In that day Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, like the days of one king. At the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	16	“Take a harp, go about the city, O forgotten harlot! Make sweet melody, sing many songs, that you may be remembered.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	17	At the end of seventy years, the Lord will visit Tyre, and she will return to her hire, and will play the harlot with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	23	18	Her merchandise and her hire will be dedicated to the Lord; it will not be stored or hoarded, but her merchandise will supply abundant food and fine clothing for those who dwell before the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	1	Behold, the Lord will lay waste the earth and make it desolate, and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	2	And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the slave, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	3	The earth shall be utterly laid waste and utterly despoiled; for the Lord has spoken this word.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	4	The earth mourns and withers, the world languishes and withers; the heavens languish together with the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	5	The earth lies polluted under its inhabitants; for they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	6	Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched, and few men are left.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	7	The wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted sigh.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	8	The mirth of the timbrels is stilled, the noise of the jubilant has ceased, the mirth of the lyre is stilled.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	9	No more do they drink wine with singing; strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	10	The city of chaos is broken down, every house is shut up so that none can enter.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	11	There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine; all joy has reached its eventide; the gladness of the earth is banished.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	12	Desolation is left in the city, the gates are battered into ruins.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	13	For thus it shall be in the midst of the earth among the nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, as at the gleaning when the vintage is done.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	14	They lift up their voices, they sing for joy; over the majesty of the Lord they shout from the west.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	15	Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord; in the coastlands of the sea, to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	16	From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise, of glory to the Righteous One. But I say, “I pine away, I pine away. Woe is me! For the treacherous deal treacherously, the treacherous deal very treacherously.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	17	Terror, and the pit, and the snare are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	18	He who flees at the sound of the terror shall fall into the pit; and he who climbs out of the pit shall be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	19	The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is violently shaken.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	20	The earth staggers like a drunken man, it sways like a hut; its transgression lies heavy upon it, and it falls, and will not rise again.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	21	On that day the Lord will punish the host of heaven, in heaven, and the kings of the earth, on the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	22	They will be gathered together as prisoners in a pit; they will be shut up in a prison, and after many days they will be punished.
+Isaiah	Is	27	24	23	Then the moon will be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for the Lord of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem and before his elders he will manifest his glory.
+Isaiah	Is	27	25	1	O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure.
+Isaiah	Is	27	25	2	For thou hast made the city a heap, the fortified city a ruin; the palace of aliens is a city no more, it will never be rebuilt.
+Isaiah	Is	27	25	3	Therefore strong peoples will glorify thee; cities of ruthless nations will fear thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	25	4	For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat; for the blast of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall,
+Isaiah	Is	27	25	5	like heat in a dry place. Thou dost subdue the noise of the aliens; as heat by the shade of a cloud, so the song of the ruthless is stilled.
+Isaiah	Is	27	25	6	On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wine on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wine on the lees well refined.
+Isaiah	Is	27	25	7	And he will destroy on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations.
+Isaiah	Is	27	25	8	He will swallow up death for ever, and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth; for the Lord has spoken.
+Isaiah	Is	27	25	9	It will be said on that day, “Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	25	10	For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain, and Moab shall be trodden down in his place, as straw is trodden down in a dung-pit.
+Isaiah	Is	27	25	11	And he will spread out his hands in the midst of it as a swimmer spreads his hands out to swim; but the Lord will lay low his pride together with the skill of his hands.
+Isaiah	Is	27	25	12	And the high fortifications of his walls he will bring down, lay low, and cast to the ground, even to the dust.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	1	In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	2	Open the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps faith may enter in.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	3	Thou dost keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusts in thee.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	4	Trust in the Lord for ever, for the Lord GOD is an everlasting rock.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	5	For he has brought low the inhabitants of the height, the lofty city. He lays it low, lays it low to the ground, casts it to the dust.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	6	The foot tramples it, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	7	The way of the righteous is level; thou dost make smooth the path of the righteous.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	8	In the path of thy judgments, O Lord, we wait for thee; thy memorial name is the desire of our soul.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	9	My soul yearns for thee in the night, my spirit within me earnestly seeks thee. For when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	10	If favor is shown to the wicked, he does not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he deals perversely and does not see the majesty of the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	11	O Lord, thy hand is lifted up, but they see it not. Let them see thy zeal for thy people, and be ashamed. Let the fire for thy adversaries consume them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	12	O Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us, thou hast wrought for us all our works.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	13	O Lord our God, other lords besides thee have ruled over us, but thy name alone we acknowledge.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	14	They are dead, they will not live; they are shades, they will not arise; to that end thou hast visited them with destruction and wiped out all remembrance of them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	15	But thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified; thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	16	O Lord, in distress they sought thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	17	Like a woman with child, who writhes and cries out in her pangs, when she is near her time, so were we because of thee, O Lord;
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	18	we were with child, we writhed, we have as it were brought forth wind. We have wrought no deliverance in the earth, and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	19	Thy dead shall live, their bodies shall rise. O dwellers in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For thy dew is a dew of light, and on the land of the shades thou wilt let it fall.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	20	Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the wrath is past.
+Isaiah	Is	27	26	21	For behold, the Lord is coming forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity, and the earth will disclose the blood shed upon her, and will no more cover her slain.
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	1	In that day the Lord with his hard and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea.
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	2	In that day: “A pleasant vineyard, sing of it!
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	3	I, the Lord, am its keeper; every moment I water it. Lest any one harm it, I guard it night and day;
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	4	I have no wrath. Would that I had thorns and briers to battle! I would set out against them, I would burn them up together.
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	5	Or let them lay hold of my protection, let them make peace with me, let them make peace with me.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	6	In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots, and fill the whole world with fruit.
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	7	Has he smitten them as he smote those who smote them? Or have they been slain as their slayers were slain?
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	8	Measure by measure, by exile thou didst contend with them; he removed them with his fierce blast in the day of the east wind.
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	9	Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be expiated, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altars like chalkstones crushed to pieces, no Asherim or incense altars will remain standing.
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	10	For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness; there the calf grazes, there he lies down, and strips its branches.
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	11	When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without discernment; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them, he that formed them will show them no favor.
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	12	In that day from the river Euphrates to the Brook of Egypt the Lord will thresh out the grain, and you will be gathered one by one, O people of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	27	13	And in that day a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were driven out to the land of Egypt will come and worship the Lord on the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	1	Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with wine!
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	2	Behold, the Lord has one who is mighty and strong; like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest, like a storm of mighty, overflowing waters, he will cast down to the earth with violence.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	3	The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden under foot;
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	4	and the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the rich valley, will be like a first-ripe fig before the summer: when a man sees it, he eats it up as soon as it is in his hand.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	5	In that day the Lord of hosts will be a crown of glory, and a diadem of beauty, to the remnant of his people;
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	6	and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	7	These also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are confused with wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in giving judgment.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	8	For all tables are full of vomit, no place is without filthiness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	9	“Whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, those taken from the breast?
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	10	For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	11	Nay, but by men of strange lips and with an alien tongue the Lord will speak to this people,
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	12	to whom he has said, “This is rest; give rest to the weary; and this is repose”; yet they would not hear.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	13	Therefore the word of the Lord will be to them precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	14	Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers, who rule this people in Jerusalem!
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	15	Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement; when the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	16	therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I am laying in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: ‘He who believes will not be in haste.’
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	17	And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	18	Then your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; when the overwhelming scourge passes through you will be beaten down by it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	19	As often as it passes through it will take you; for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night; and it will be sheer terror to understand the message.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	20	For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on it, and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	21	For the Lord will rise up as on Mount Perazim, he will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon; to do his deed—strange is his deed! and to work his work—alien is his work!
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	22	Now therefore do not scoff, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord god of hosts upon the whole land.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	23	Give ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	24	Does he who plows for sowing plow continually? does he continually open and harrow his ground?
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	25	When he has leveled its surface, does he not scatter dill, sow cummin, and put in wheat in rows and barley in its proper place, and spelt as the border?
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	26	For he is instructed aright; his God teaches him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	27	Dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge, nor is a cart wheel rolled over cummin; but dill is beaten out with a stick, and cummin with a rod.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	28	Does one crush bread grain? No, he does not thresh it for ever; when he drives his cart wheel over it with his horses, he does not crush it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	28	29	This also comes from the Lord of hosts; he is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	1	Ho Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts run their round.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	2	Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be moaning and lamentation, and she shall be to me like an Ariel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	3	And I will encamp against you round about, and will besiege you with towers and I will raise siegeworks against you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	4	Then deep from the earth you shall speak, from low in the dust your words shall come; your voice shall come from the ground like the voice of a ghost, and your speech shall whisper out of the dust.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	5	But the multitude of your foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the ruthless like passing chaff. And in an instant, suddenly,
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	6	you will be visited by the Lord of hosts with thunder and with earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	7	And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, all that fight against her and her stronghold and distress her, shall be like a dream, a vision of the night.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	8	As when a hungry man dreams he is eating and awakes with his hunger not satisfied, or as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking and awakes faint, with his thirst not quenched, so shall the multitude of all the nations be that fight against Mount Zion.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	9	Stupefy yourselves and be in a stupor, blind yourselves and be blind! Be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not with strong drink!
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	10	For the Lord has poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets, and covered your heads, the seers.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	11	And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	12	And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot read.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	13	And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men learned by rote;
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	14	therefore, behold, I will again do marvelous things with this people, wonderful and marvelous; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hid.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	15	Woe to those who hide deep from the Lord their counsel, whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	16	You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay; that the thing made should say of its maker, “He did not make me”; or the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	17	Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest?
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	18	In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book, and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	19	The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	20	For the ruthless shall come to nought and the scoffer cease, and all who watch to do evil shall be cut off,
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	21	who by a word make a man out to be an offender, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	22	Therefore thus says the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: “Jacob shall no more be ashamed, no more shall his face grow pale.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	23	For when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in his midst, they will sanctify my name; they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	29	24	And those who err in spirit will come to understanding, and those who murmur will accept instruction.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	1	“Woe to the rebellious children,” says the Lord, “who carry out a plan, but not mine; and who make a league, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin;
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	2	who set out to go down to Egypt, without asking for my counsel, to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh, and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	3	Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your humiliation.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	4	For though his officials are at Zoan and his envoys reach Hanes,
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	5	every one comes to shame through a people that cannot profit them, that brings neither help nor profit, but shame and disgrace.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	6	An oracle on the beasts of the Negeb. Through a land of trouble and anguish, from where come the lioness and the lion, the viper and the flying serpent, they carry their riches on the backs of asses, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people that cannot profit them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	7	For Egypt’s help is worthless and empty, therefore I have called her “Rahab who sits still.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	8	And now, go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come as a witness for ever.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	9	For they are a rebellious people, lying sons, sons who will not hear the instruction of the Lord;
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	10	who say to the seers, “See not”; and to the prophets, “Prophesy not to us what is right; speak to us smooth things, prophesy illusions,
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	11	leave the way, turn aside from the path, let us hear no more of the Holy One of Israel.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	12	Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, “Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely on them;
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	13	therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a break in a high wall, bulging out, and about to collapse, whose crash comes suddenly, in an instant;
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	14	and its breaking is like that of a potter’s vessel which is smashed so ruthlessly that among its fragments not a sherd is found with which to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	15	For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.” And you would not,
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	16	but you said, “No! We will speed upon horses,” therefore you shall speed away; and, “We will ride upon swift steeds,” therefore your pursuers shall be swift.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	17	A thousand shall flee at the threat of one, at the threat of five you shall flee, till you are left like a flagstaff on the top of a mountain, like a signal on a hill.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	18	Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you; therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	19	Yea, O people in Zion who dwell at Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when he hears it, he will answer you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	20	And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself any more, but your eyes shall see your Teacher.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	21	And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	22	Then you will defile your silver-covered graven images and your gold-plated molten images. You will scatter them as unclean things; you will say to them, “Begone!”
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	23	And he will give rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and grain, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous. In that day your cattle will graze in large pastures;
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	24	and the oxen and the asses that till the ground will eat salted provender, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	25	And upon every lofty mountain and every high hill there will be brooks running with water, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	26	Moreover the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day when the Lord binds up the hurt of his people, and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	27	Behold, the name of the Lord comes from far, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke; his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is like a devouring fire;
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	28	his breath is like an overflowing stream that reaches up to the neck; to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction, and to place on the jaws of the peoples a bridle that leads astray.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	29	You shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one sets out to the sound of the flute to go to the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	30	And the Lord will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst and tempest and hailstones.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	31	The Assyrians will be terror-stricken at the voice of the Lord, when he smites with his rod.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	32	And every stroke of the staff of punishment which the Lord lays upon them will be to the sound of timbrels and lyres; battling with brandished arm he will fight with them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	30	33	For a burning place has long been prepared; yea, for the king it is made ready, its pyre made deep and wide, with fire and wood in abundance; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, kindles it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	31	1	Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the Lord!
+Isaiah	Is	27	31	2	And yet he is wise and brings disaster, he does not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the helpers of those who work iniquity.
+Isaiah	Is	27	31	3	The Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord stretches out his hand, the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall, and they will all perish together.
+Isaiah	Is	27	31	4	For thus the Lord said to me, As a lion or a young lion growls over his prey, and when a band of shepherds is called forth against him is not terrified by their shouting or daunted at their noise, so the Lord of hosts will come down to fight upon Mount Zion and upon its hill.
+Isaiah	Is	27	31	5	Like birds hovering, so the Lord of hosts will protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver it, he will spare and rescue it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	31	6	Turn to him from whom you have deeply revolted, O people of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	31	7	For in that day every one shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your hands have sinfully made for you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	31	8	“And the Assyrian shall fall by a sword, not of man; and a sword, not of man, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be put to forced labor.
+Isaiah	Is	27	31	9	His rock shall pass away in terror, and his officers desert the standard in panic,” says the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	1	Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	2	Each will be like a hiding place from the wind, a covert from the tempest, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	3	Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed, and the ears of those who hear will hearken.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	4	The mind of the rash will have good judgment, and the tongue of the stammerers will speak readily and distinctly.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	5	The fool will no more be called noble, nor the knave said to be honorable.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	6	For the fool speaks folly, and his mind plots iniquity: to practice ungodliness, to utter error concerning the Lord, to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied, and to deprive the thirsty of drink.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	7	The knaveries of the knave are evil; he devises wicked devices to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	8	But he who is noble devises noble things, and by noble things he stands.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	9	Rise up, you women who are at ease, hear my voice; you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	10	In little more than a year you will shudder, you complacent women; for the vintage will fail, the fruit harvest will not come.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	11	Tremble, you women who are at ease, shudder, you complacent ones; strip, and make yourselves bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	12	Beat upon your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	13	for the soil of my people growing up in thorns and briers; yea, for all the joyous houses in the joyful city.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	14	For the palace will be forsaken, the populous city deserted; the hill and the watchtower will become dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	15	until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	16	Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	17	And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust for ever.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	18	My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	19	And the forest will utterly go down, and the city will be utterly laid low.
+Isaiah	Is	27	32	20	Happy are you who sow beside all waters, who let the feet of the ox and the ass range free.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	1	Woe to you, destroyer, who yourself have not been destroyed; you treacherous one, with whom none has dealt treacherously! When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed; and when you have made an end of dealing treacherously, you will be dealt with treacherously.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	2	O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for thee. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	3	At the thunderous noise peoples flee, at the lifting up of thyself nations are scattered;
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	4	and spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers; as locusts leap, men leap upon it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	5	The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness;
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	6	and he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is his treasure.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	7	Behold, the valiant ones cry without; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	8	The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceases. Covenants are broken, witnesses are despised, there is no regard for man.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	9	The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is confounded and withers away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	10	“Now I will arise,” says the Lord, “now I will lift myself up; now I will be exalted.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	11	You conceive chaff, you bring forth stubble; your breath is a fire that will consume you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	12	And the peoples will be as if burned to lime, like thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	13	Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and you who are near, acknowledge my might.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	14	The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless: “Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?”
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	15	He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil,
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	16	he will dwell on the heights; his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be given him, his water will be sure.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	17	Your eyes will see the king in his beauty; they will behold a land that stretches afar.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	18	Your mind will muse on the terror: “Where is he who counted, where is he who weighed the tribute? Where is he who counted the towers?”
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	19	You will see no more the insolent people, the people of an obscure speech which you cannot comprehend, stammering in a tongue which you cannot understand.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	20	Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, an immovable tent, whose stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	21	But there the Lord in majesty will be for us a place of broad rivers and streams, where no galley with oars can go, nor stately ship can pass.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	22	For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our ruler, the Lord is our king; he will save us.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	23	Your tackle hangs loose; it cannot hold the mast firm in its place, or keep the sail spread out. Then prey and spoil in abundance will be divided; even the lame will take the prey.
+Isaiah	Is	27	33	24	And no inhabitant will say, “I am sick”; the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	1	Draw near, O nations, to hear, and hearken, O peoples! Let the earth listen, and all that fills it; the world, and all that comes from it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	2	For the Lord is enraged against all the nations, and furious against all their host, he has doomed them, has given them over for slaughter.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	3	Their slain shall be cast out, and the stench of their corpses shall rise; the mountains shall flow with their blood.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	4	All the host of heaven shall rot away, and the skies roll up like a scroll. All their host shall fall, as leaves fall from the vine, like leaves falling from the fig tree.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	5	For my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens; behold, it descends for judgment upon Edom, upon the people I have doomed.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	6	The Lord has a sword; it is sated with blood, it is gorged with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	7	Wild oxen shall fall with them, and young steers with the mighty bulls. Their land shall be soaked with blood, and their soil made rich with fat.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	8	For the Lord has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	9	And the streams of Edom shall be turned into pitch, and her soil into brimstone; her land shall become burning pitch.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	10	Night and day it shall not be quenched; its smoke shall go up for ever. From generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	11	But the hawk and the porcupine shall possess it, the owl and the raven shall dwell in it. He shall stretch the line of confusion over it, and the plummet of chaos over its nobles.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	12	They shall name it No Kingdom There, and all its princes shall be nothing.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	13	Thorns shall grow over its strongholds, nettles and thistles in its fortresses. It shall be the haunt of jackals, an abode for ostriches.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	14	And wild beasts shall meet with hyenas, the satyr shall cry to his fellow; yea, there shall the night hag alight, and find for herself a resting place.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	15	There shall the owl nest and lay and hatch and gather her young in her shadow; yea, there shall the kites be gathered, each one with her mate.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	16	Seek and read from the book of the Lord: Not one of these shall be missing; none shall be without her mate. For the mouth of the Lord has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	34	17	He has cast the lot for them, his hand has portioned it out to them with the line; they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation they shall dwell in it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	35	1	The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom; like the crocus
+Isaiah	Is	27	35	2	it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty of our God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	35	3	Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees.
+Isaiah	Is	27	35	4	Say to those who are of a fearful heart, “Be strong, fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	35	5	Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped;
+Isaiah	Is	27	35	6	then shall the lame man leap like a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing for joy. For waters shall break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert;
+Isaiah	Is	27	35	7	the burning sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; the haunt of jackals shall become a swamp, the grass shall become reeds and rushes.
+Isaiah	Is	27	35	8	And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way; the unclean shall not pass over it, and fools shall not err therein.
+Isaiah	Is	27	35	9	No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it; they shall not be found there, but the redeemed shall walk there.
+Isaiah	Is	27	35	10	And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	1	In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	2	And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem, with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Fuller’s Field.
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	3	And there came out to him Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder.
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	4	And the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: On what do you rest this confidence of yours?
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	5	Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? On whom do you now rely, that you have rebelled against me?
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	6	Behold, you are relying on Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	7	But if you say to me, “We rely on the Lord our God,” is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, “You shall worship before this altar”?
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	8	Come now, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders upon them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	9	How then can you repulse a single captain among the least of my master’s servants, when you rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	10	Moreover, is it without the Lord that I have come up against this land to destroy it? The Lord said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.’”
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	11	Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Pray, speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it; do not speak to us in the language of Judah within the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	12	But the Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are doomed with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	13	Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out in a loud voice in the language of Judah: “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	14	Thus says the king: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	15	Do not let Hezekiah make you rely on the Lord by saying, “The Lord will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	16	Do not listen to Hezekiah; for thus says the king of Assyria: Make your peace with me and come out to me; then every one of you will eat of his own vine, and every one of his own fig tree, and every one of you will drink the water of his own cistern;
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	17	until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	18	Beware lest Hezekiah mislead you by saying, “The Lord will deliver us.” Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	19	Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	20	Who among all the gods of these countries have delivered their countries out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?’”
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	21	But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king’s command was, “Do not answer him.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	36	22	Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	1	When King Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	2	And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests, clothed with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	3	They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	4	It may be that the Lord your God heard the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’”
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	5	When the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah,
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	6	Isaiah said to them, “Say to your master, ‘Thus says the Lord: Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have reviled me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	7	Behold, I will put a spirit in him, so that he shall hear a rumor, and return to his own land; and I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.’”
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	8	The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah; for he had heard that the king had left Lachish.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	9	Now the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “He has set out to fight against you.” And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	10	“Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God on whom you rely deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	11	Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, destroying them utterly. And shall you be delivered?
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	12	Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations which my fathers destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Tel-assar?
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	13	Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, the king of Hena, or the king of Ivvah?’”
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	14	Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	15	And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord:
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	16	“O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, who art enthroned above the cherubim, thou art the God, thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	17	Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear; open thy eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	18	Of a truth, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands,
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	19	and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone; therefore they were destroyed.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	20	So now, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou alone art the Lord.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	21	Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	22	this is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him: ‘She despises you, she scorns you— the virgin daughter of Zion; she wags her head behind you— the daughter of Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	23	‘Whom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and haughtily lifted your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	24	By your servants you have mocked the Lord, and you have said, With my many chariots I have gone up the heights of the mountains, to the far recesses of Lebanon; I felled its tallest cedars, its choicest cypresses; I came to its remotest height, its densest forest.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	25	I dug wells and drank waters, and I dried up with the sole of my foot all the streams of Egypt.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	26	‘Have you not heard that I determined it long ago? I planned from days of old what now I bring to pass, that you should make fortified cities crash into heaps of ruins,
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	27	while their inhabitants, shorn of strength, are dismayed and confounded, and have become like plants of the field and like tender grass, like grass on the housetops, blighted before it is grown.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	28	‘I know your sitting down and your going out and coming in, and your raging against me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	29	Because you have raged against me and your arrogance has come to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came.’
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	30	“And this shall be the sign for you: this year eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs of the same; then in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	31	And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward;
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	32	for out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	33	“Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city, or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with a shield, or cast up a siege mound against it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	34	By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, says the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	35	For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	36	And the angel of the Lord went forth, and slew a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	37	Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went home and dwelt at Nineveh.
+Isaiah	Is	27	37	38	And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, slew him with the sword, and escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	1	In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order; for you shall die, you shall not recover.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	2	Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the Lord,
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	3	and said, “Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in thy sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	4	Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah:
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	5	“Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	6	I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and defend this city.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	7	“This is the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he has promised:
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	8	Behold, I will make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the dial of Ahaz turn back ten steps.” So the sun turned back on the dial the ten steps by which it had declined.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	9	A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, after he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness:
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	10	I said, In the noontide of my days I must depart; I am consigned to the gates of Sheol for the rest of my years.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	11	I said, I shall not see the Lord in the land of the living; I shall look upon man no more among the inhabitants of the world.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	12	My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent; like a weaver I have rolled up my life; he cuts me off from the loom; from day to night thou dost bring me to an end;
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	13	I cry for help until morning; like a lion he breaks all my bones; from day to night thou dost bring me to an end.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	14	Like a swallow or a crane I clamor, I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be thou my security!
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	15	But what can I say? For he has spoken to me, and he himself has done it. All my sleep has fled because of the bitterness of my soul.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	16	O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these is the life of my spirit. Oh, restore me to health and make me live!
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	17	Lo, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but thou hast held back my life from the pit of destruction, for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	18	For Sheol cannot thank thee, death cannot praise thee; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for thy faithfulness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	19	The living, the living, he thanks thee, as I do this day; the father makes known to the children thy faithfulness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	20	The Lord will save me, and we will sing to stringed instruments all the days of our life, at the house of the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	21	Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs, and apply it to the boil, that he may recover.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	38	22	Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?”
+Isaiah	Is	27	39	1	At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and had recovered.
+Isaiah	Is	27	39	2	And Hezekiah welcomed them; and he showed them his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oil, his whole armory, all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his house or in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	39	3	Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah, and said to him, “What did these men say? And whence did they come to you?” Hezekiah said, “They have come to me from a far country, from Babylon.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	39	4	He said, “What have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing in my storehouses that I did not show them.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	39	5	Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord of hosts:
+Isaiah	Is	27	39	6	Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up till this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left, says the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	39	7	And some of your own sons, who are born to you, shall be taken away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	39	8	Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “There will be peace and security in my days.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	1	Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	2	Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	3	A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	4	Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	5	And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	6	A voice says, “Cry!” And I said, “What shall I cry?” All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	7	The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the Lord blows upon it; surely the people is grass.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	8	The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand for ever.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	9	Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good tidings; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings, lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, “Behold your God!”
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	10	Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and his arm rules for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	11	He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arms, he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	12	Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	13	Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, or as his counselor has instructed him?
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	14	Whom did he consult for his enlightenment, and who taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	15	Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are accounted as the dust on the scales; behold, he takes up the isles like fine dust.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	16	Lebanon would not suffice for fuel, nor are its beasts enough for a burnt offering.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	17	All the nations are as nothing before him, they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	18	To whom then will you liken God, or what likeness compare with him?
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	19	The idol! a workman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts for it silver chains.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	20	He who is impoverished chooses for an offering wood that will not rot; he seeks out a skilful craftsman to set up an image that will not move.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	21	Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	22	It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	23	who brings princes to nought, and makes the rulers of the earth as nothing.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	24	Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown, scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth, when he blows upon them, and they wither, and the tempest carries them off like stubble.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	25	To whom then will you compare me, that I should be like him? says the Holy One.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	26	Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power not one is missing.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	27	Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, “My way is hid from the Lord, and my right is disregarded by my God”?
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	28	Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary, his understanding is unsearchable.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	29	He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	30	Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted;
+Isaiah	Is	27	40	31	but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	1	Listen to me in silence, O coastlands; let the peoples renew their strength; let them approach, then let them speak; let us together draw near for judgment.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	2	Who stirred up one from the east whom victory meets at every step? He gives up nations before him, so that he tramples kings under foot; he makes them like dust with his sword, like driven stubble with his bow.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	3	He pursues them and passes on safely, by paths his feet have not trod.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	4	Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am He.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	5	The coastlands have seen and are afraid, the ends of the earth tremble; they have drawn near and come.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	6	Every one helps his neighbor, and says to his brother, “Take courage!”
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	7	The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who smooths with the hammer him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, “It is good”; and they fasten it with nails so that it cannot be moved.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	8	But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend;
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	9	you whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, “You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you off”;
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	10	fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	11	Behold, all who are incensed against you shall be put to shame and confounded; those who strive against you shall be as nothing and shall perish.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	12	You shall seek those who contend with you, but you shall not find them; those who war against you shall be as nothing at all.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	13	For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Fear not, I will help you.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	14	Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I will help you, says the Lord; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	15	Behold, I will make of you a threshing sledge, new, sharp, and having teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and crush them, and you shall make the hills like chaff;
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	16	You shall winnow them and the wind shall carry them away, and the tempest shall scatter them. And you shall rejoice in the Lord; in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	17	When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	18	I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	19	I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive; I will set in the desert the cypress, the plane and the pine together;
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	20	that men may see and know, may consider and understand together, that the hand of the Lord has done this, the Holy One of Israel has created it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	21	Set forth your case, says the Lord; bring your proofs, says the King of Jacob.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	22	Let them bring them, and tell us what is to happen. Tell us the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, that we may know their outcome; or declare to us the things to come.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	23	Tell us what is to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods; do good, or do harm, that we may be dismayed and terrified.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	24	Behold, you are nothing, and your work is nought; an abomination is he who chooses you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	25	I stirred up one from the north, and he has come, from the rising of the sun, and he shall call on my name; he shall trample on rulers as on mortar, as the potter treads clay.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	26	Who declared it from the beginning, that we might know, and beforetime, that we might say, “He is right”? There was none who declared it, none who proclaimed, none who heard your words.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	27	I first have declared it to Zion, and I give to Jerusalem a herald of good tidings.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	28	But when I look there is no one; among these there is no counselor who, when I ask, gives an answer.
+Isaiah	Is	27	41	29	Behold, they are all a delusion; their works are nothing; their molten images are empty wind.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	1	Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him, he will bring forth justice to the nations.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	2	He will not cry or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street;
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	3	a bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	4	He will not fail or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	5	Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread forth the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it:
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	6	“I am the Lord, I have called you in righteousness, I have taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations,
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	7	to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	8	I am the Lord, that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to graven images.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	9	Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	10	Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise from the end of the earth! Let the sea roar and all that fills it, the coastlands and their inhabitants.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	11	Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar inhabits; let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	12	Let them give glory to the Lord, and declare his praise in the coastlands.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	13	The Lord goes forth like a mighty man, like a man of war he stirs up his fury; he cries out, he shouts aloud, he shows himself mighty against his foes.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	14	For a long time I have held my peace, I have kept still and restrained myself; now I will cry out like a woman in travail, I will gasp and pant.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	15	I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbage; I will turn the rivers into islands, and dry up the pools.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	16	And I will lead the blind in a way that they know not, in paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I will do, and I will not forsake them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	17	They shall be turned back and utterly put to shame, who trust in graven images, who say to molten images, “You are our gods.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	18	Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see!
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	19	Who is blind but my servant, or deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is blind as my dedicated one, or blind as the servant of the Lord?
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	20	He sees many things, but does not observe them; his ears are open, but he does not hear.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	21	The Lord was pleased, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify his law and make it glorious.
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	22	But this is a people robbed and plundered, they are all of them trapped in holes and hidden in prisons; they have become a prey with none to rescue, a spoil with none to say, “Restore!”
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	23	Who among you will give ear to this, will attend and listen for the time to come?
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	24	Who gave up Jacob to the spoiler, and Israel to the robbers? Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned, in whose ways they would not walk, and whose law they would not obey?
+Isaiah	Is	27	42	25	So he poured upon him the heat of his anger and the might of battle; it set him on fire round about, but he did not understand; it burned him, but he did not take it to heart.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	1	But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	2	When you pass through the waters I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	3	For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	4	Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	5	Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you;
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	6	I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Do not withhold; bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth,
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	7	every one who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	8	Bring forth the people who are blind, yet have eyes, who are deaf, yet have ears!
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	9	Let all the nations gather together, and let the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and show us the former things? Let them bring their witnesses to justify them, and let them hear and say, It is true.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	10	“You are my witnesses,” says the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am He. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	11	I, I am the Lord, and besides me there is no savior.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	12	I declared and saved and proclaimed, when there was no strange god among you; and you are my witnesses,” says the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	13	“I am God, and also henceforth I am He; there is none who can deliver from my hand; I work and who can hinder it?”
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	14	Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake I will send to Babylon and break down all the bars, and the shouting of the Chaldeans will be turned to lamentations.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	15	I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	16	Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, a path in the mighty waters,
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	17	who brings forth chariot and horse, army and warrior; they lie down, they cannot rise, they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	18	“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	19	Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	20	The wild beasts will honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; for I give water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my chosen people,
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	21	the people whom I formed for myself that they might declare my praise.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	22	“Yet you did not call upon me, O Jacob; but you have been weary of me, O Israel!
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	23	You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings, or honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, or wearied you with frankincense.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	24	You have not bought me sweet cane with money, or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened me with your sins, you have wearied me with your iniquities.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	25	“I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	26	Put me in remembrance, let us argue together; set forth your case, that you may be proved right.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	27	Your first father sinned, and your mediators transgressed against me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	43	28	Therefore I profaned the princes of the sanctuary, I delivered Jacob to utter destruction and Israel to reviling.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	1	“But now hear, O Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen!
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	2	Thus says the Lord who made you, who formed you from the womb and will help you: Fear not, O Jacob my servant, Jeshurun whom I have chosen.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	3	For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	4	They shall spring up like grass amid waters, like willows by flowing streams.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	5	This one will say, ‘I am the Lord’s,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and another will write on his hand, ‘The Lord’s,’ and surname himself by the name of Israel.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	6	Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: “I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	7	Who is like me? Let him proclaim it, let him declare and set it forth before me. Who has announced from of old the things to come? Let them tell us what is yet to be.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	8	Fear not, nor be afraid; have I not told you from of old and declared it? And you are my witnesses! Is there a God besides me? There is no Rock; I know not any.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	9	All who make idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit; their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	10	Who fashions a god or casts an image, that is profitable for nothing?
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	11	Behold, all his fellows shall be put to shame, and the craftsmen are but men; let them all assemble, let them stand forth, they shall be terrified, they shall be put to shame together.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	12	The ironsmith fashions it and works it over the coals; he shapes it with hammers, and forges it with his strong arm; he becomes hungry and his strength fails, he drinks no water and is faint.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	13	The carpenter stretches a line, he marks it out with a pencil; he fashions it with planes, and marks it with a compass; he shapes it into the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	14	He cuts down cedars; or he chooses a holm tree or an oak and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest; he plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	15	Then it becomes fuel for a man; he takes a part of it and warms himself, he kindles a fire and bakes bread; also he makes a god and worships it, he makes it a graven image and falls down before it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	16	Half of it he burns in the fire; over the half he eats flesh, he roasts meat and is satisfied; also he warms himself and says, “Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire!”
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	17	And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol; and falls down to it and worships it; he prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for thou art my god!”
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	18	They know not, nor do they discern; for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their minds, so that they cannot understand.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	19	No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire, I also baked bread on its coals, I roasted flesh and have eaten; and shall I make the residue of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?”
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	20	He feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	21	Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for you are my servant; I formed you, you are my servant; O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	22	I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	23	Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it; shout, O depths of the earth; break forth into singing, O mountains, O forest, and every tree in it! For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, and will be glorified in Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	24	Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, who formed you from the womb: “I am the Lord, who made all things, who stretched out the heavens alone, who spread out the earth—Who was with me? —
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	25	who frustrates the omens of liars, and makes fools of diviners; who turns wise men back, and makes their knowledge foolish;
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	26	who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; who says of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall be built, and I will raise up their ruins’;
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	27	who says to the deep, ‘Be dry, I will dry up your rivers’;
+Isaiah	Is	27	44	28	who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and he shall fulfil all my purpose’; saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be built,’ and of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’”
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	1	Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and ungird the loins of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed:
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	2	“I will go before you and level the mountains, I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut asunder the bars of iron,
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	3	I will give you the treasures of darkness and the hoards in secret places, that you may know that it is I, the Lord, the God of Israel, who call you by your name.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	4	For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, I call you by your name, I surname you, though you do not know me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	5	I am the Lord, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I gird you, though you do not know me,
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	6	that men may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the Lord, and there is no other.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	7	I form light and create darkness, I make weal and create woe, I am the Lord, who do all these things.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	8	“Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation may sprout forth, and let it cause righteousness to spring up also; I the Lord have created it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	9	“Woe to him who strives with his Maker, an earthen vessel with the potter! Does the clay say to him who fashions it, ‘What are you making’? or ‘Your work has no handles’?
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	10	Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’ or to a woman, ‘With what are you in travail?’”
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	11	Thus says the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: “Will you question me about my children, or command me concerning the work of my hands?
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	12	I made the earth, and created man upon it; it was my hands that stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	13	I have aroused him in righteousness, and I will make straight all his ways; he shall build my city and set my exiles free, not for price or reward,” says the Lord of hosts.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	14	Thus says the Lord: “The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you and be yours, they shall follow you; they shall come over in chains and bow down to you. They will make supplication to you, saying: ‘God is with you only, and there is no other, no god besides him.’”
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	15	Truly, thou art a God who hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	16	All of them are put to shame and confounded, the makers of idols go in confusion together.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	17	But Israel is saved by the Lord with everlasting salvation; you shall not be put to shame or confounded to all eternity.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	18	For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens (he is God!), who formed the earth and made it (he established it; he did not create it a chaos, he formed it to be inhabited!): “I am the Lord, and there is no other.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	19	I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in chaos.’ I the Lord speak the truth, I declare what is right.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	20	“Assemble yourselves and come, draw near together, you survivors of the nations! They have no knowledge who carry about their wooden idols, and keep on praying to a god that cannot save.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	21	Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together! Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the Lord? And there is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	22	“Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	23	By myself I have sworn, from my mouth has gone forth in righteousness a word that shall not return: ‘To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.’
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	24	“Only in the Lord, it shall be said of me, are righteousness and strength; to him shall come and be ashamed, all who were incensed against him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	45	25	In the Lord all the offspring of Israel shall triumph and glory.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	46	1	Bel bows down, Nebo stoops, their idols are on beasts and cattle; these things you carry are loaded as burdens on weary beasts.
+Isaiah	Is	27	46	2	They stoop, they bow down together, they cannot save the burden, but themselves go into captivity.
+Isaiah	Is	27	46	3	“Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from your birth, carried from the womb;
+Isaiah	Is	27	46	4	even to your old age I am He, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.
+Isaiah	Is	27	46	5	“To whom will you liken me and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike?
+Isaiah	Is	27	46	6	Those who lavish gold from the purse, and weigh out silver in the scales, hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god; then they fall down and worship!
+Isaiah	Is	27	46	7	They lift it upon their shoulders, they carry it, they set it in its place, and it stands there; it cannot move from its place. If one cries to it, it does not answer or save him from his trouble.
+Isaiah	Is	27	46	8	“Remember this and consider, recall it to mind, you transgressors,
+Isaiah	Is	27	46	9	remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me,
+Isaiah	Is	27	46	10	declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
+Isaiah	Is	27	46	11	calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, and I will do it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	46	12	“Hearken to me, you stubborn of heart, you who are far from deliverance:
+Isaiah	Is	27	46	13	I bring near my deliverance, it is not far off, and my salvation will not tarry; I will put salvation in Zion, for Israel my glory.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	1	Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you shall no more be called tender and delicate.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	2	Take the millstones and grind meal, put off your veil, strip off your robe, uncover your legs, pass through the rivers.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	3	Your nakedness shall be uncovered, and your shame shall be seen. I will take vengeance, and I will spare no man.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	4	Our Redeemer—the Lord of hosts is his name— is the Holy One of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	5	Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no more be called the mistress of kingdoms.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	6	I was angry with my people, I profaned my heritage; I gave them into your hand, you showed them no mercy; on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	7	You said, “I shall be mistress for ever,” so that you did not lay these things to heart or remember their end.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	8	Now therefore hear this, you lover of pleasures, who sit securely, who say in your heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me; I shall not sit as a widow or know the loss of children”:
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	9	These two things shall come to you in a moment, in one day; the loss of children and widowhood shall come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the great power of your enchantments.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	10	You felt secure in your wickedness, you said, “No one sees me”; your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	11	But evil shall come upon you, for which you cannot atone; disaster shall fall upon you, which you will not be able to expiate; and ruin shall come on you suddenly, of which you know nothing.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	12	Stand fast in your enchantments and your many sorceries, with which you have labored from your youth; perhaps you may be able to succeed, perhaps you may inspire terror.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	13	You are wearied with your many counsels; let them stand forth and save you, those who divide the heavens, who gaze at the stars, who at the new moons predict what shall befall you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	14	Behold, they are like stubble, the fire consumes them; they cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. No coal for warming oneself is this, no fire to sit before!
+Isaiah	Is	27	47	15	Such to you are those with whom you have labored, who have trafficked with you from your youth; they wander about each in his own direction; there is no one to save you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	1	Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and who came forth from the loins of Judah; who swear by the name of the Lord, and confess the God of Israel, but not in truth or right.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	2	For they call themselves after the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; the Lord of hosts is his name.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	3	“The former things I declared of old, they went forth from my mouth and I made them known; then suddenly I did them and they came to pass.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	4	Because I know that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew and your forehead brass,
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	5	I declared them to you from of old, before they came to pass I announced them to you, lest you should say, ‘My idol did them, my graven image and my molten image commanded them.’
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	6	“You have heard; now see all this; and will you not declare it? From this time forth I make you hear new things, hidden things which you have not known.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	7	They are created now, not long ago; before today you have never heard of them, lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	8	You have never heard, you have never known, from of old your ear has not been opened. For I knew that you would deal very treacherously, and that from birth you were called a rebel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	9	“For my name’s sake I defer my anger, for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	10	Behold, I have refined you, but not like silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	11	For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	12	“Hearken to me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I called! I am He, I am the first, and I am the last.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	13	My hand laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I call to them, they stand forth together.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	14	“Assemble, all of you, and hear! Who among them has declared these things? The Lord loves him; he shall perform his purpose on Babylon, and his arm shall be against the Chaldeans.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	15	I, even I, have spoken and called him, I have brought him, and he will prosper in his way.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	16	Draw near to me, hear this: from the beginning I have not spoken in secret, from the time it came to be I have been there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me and his Spirit.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	17	Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	18	O that you had hearkened to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea;
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	19	your offspring would have been like the sand, and your descendants like its grains; their name would never be cut off or destroyed from before me.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	20	Go forth from Babylon, flee from Chaldea, declare this with a shout of joy, proclaim it, send it forth to the end of the earth; say, “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob!”
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	21	They thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; he made water flow for them from the rock; he cleft the rock and the water gushed out.
+Isaiah	Is	27	48	22	“There is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	1	Listen to me, O coastlands, and hearken, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	2	He made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow, in his quiver he hid me away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	3	And he said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	4	But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my right is with the Lord, and my recompense with my God.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	5	And now the Lord says, who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him, and that Israel might be gathered to him, for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord, and my God has become my strength—
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	6	he says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	7	Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nations, the servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall prostrate themselves; because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	8	Thus says the Lord: “In a time of favor I have answered you, in a day of salvation I have helped you; I have kept you and given you as a covenant to the people, to establish the land, to apportion the desolate heritages;
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	9	saying to the prisoners, ‘Come forth,’ to those who are in darkness, ‘Appear.’ They shall feed along the ways, on all bare heights shall be their pasture;
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	10	they shall not hunger or thirst, neither scorching wind nor sun shall smite them, for he who has pity on them will lead them, and by springs of water will guide them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	11	And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be raised up.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	12	Lo, these shall come from afar, and lo, these from the north and from the west, and these from the land of Syene.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	13	Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the Lord has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	14	But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me, my Lord has forgotten me.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	15	“Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	16	Behold, I have graven you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	17	Your builders outstrip your destroyers, and those who laid you waste go forth from you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	18	Lift up your eyes round about and see; they all gather, they come to you. As I live, says the Lord, you shall put them all on as an ornament, you shall bind them on as a bride does.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	19	“Surely your waste and your desolate places and your devastated land— surely now you will be too narrow for your inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up will be far away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	20	The children born in the time of your bereavement will yet say in your ears: ‘The place is too narrow for me; make room for me to dwell in.’
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	21	Then you will say in your heart: ‘Who has borne me these? I was bereaved and barren, exiled and put away, but who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; whence then have these come?’”
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	22	Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and raise my signal to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	23	Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	24	Can the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be rescued?
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	25	Surely, thus says the Lord: “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken, and the prey of the tyrant be rescued, for I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.
+Isaiah	Is	27	49	26	I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh, and they shall be drunk with their own blood as with wine. Then all flesh shall know that I am the Lord your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	50	1	Thus says the Lord: “Where is your mother’s bill of divorce, with which I put her away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities you were sold, and for your transgressions your mother was put away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	50	2	Why, when I came, was there no man? When I called, was there no one to answer? Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, by my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a desert; their fish stink for lack of water, and die of thirst.
+Isaiah	Is	27	50	3	I clothe the heavens with blackness, and make sackcloth their covering.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	50	4	The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him that is weary. Morning by morning he wakens, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
+Isaiah	Is	27	50	5	The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, I turned not backward.
+Isaiah	Is	27	50	6	I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
+Isaiah	Is	27	50	7	For the Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been confounded; therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame;
+Isaiah	Is	27	50	8	he who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together. Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	50	9	Behold, the Lord God helps me; who will declare me guilty? Behold, all of them will wear out like a garment; the moth will eat them up.
+Isaiah	Is	27	50	10	Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the voice of his servant, who walks in darkness and has no light, yet trusts in the name of the Lord and relies upon his God?
+Isaiah	Is	27	50	11	Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who set brands alight! Walk by the light of your fire, and by the brands which you have kindled! This shall you have from my hand: you shall lie down in torment.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	1	“Hearken to me, you who pursue deliverance, you who seek the Lord; look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were digged.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	2	Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him and made him many.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	3	For the Lord will comfort Zion; he will comfort all her waste places, and will make her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	4	“Listen to me, my people, and give ear to me, my nation; for a law will go forth from me, and my justice for a light to the peoples.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	5	My deliverance draws near speedily, my salvation has gone forth, and my arms will rule the peoples; the coastlands wait for me, and for my arm they hope.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	6	Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and they who dwell in it will die like gnats; but my salvation will be for ever, and my deliverance will never be ended.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	7	“Hearken to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of men, and be not dismayed at their revilings.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	8	For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my deliverance will be for ever, and my salvation to all generations.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	9	Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not thou that didst cut Rahab in pieces, that didst pierce the dragon?
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	10	Was it not thou that didst dry up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that didst make the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	11	And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	12	“I, I am he that comforts you; who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, of the son of man who is made like grass,
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	13	and have forgotten the Lord, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth, and fear continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he sets himself to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	14	He who is bowed down shall speedily be released; he shall not die and go down to the Pit, neither shall his bread fail.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	15	For I am the Lord your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the Lord of hosts is his name.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	16	And I have put my words in your mouth, and hid you in the shadow of my hand, stretching out the heavens and laying the foundations of the earth, and saying to Zion, ‘You are my people.’”
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	17	Rouse yourself, rouse yourself, stand up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his wrath, who have drunk to the dregs the bowl of staggering.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	18	There is none to guide her among all the sons she has borne; there is none to take her by the hand among all the sons she has brought up.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	19	These two things have befallen you— who will condole with you?— devastation and destruction, famine and sword; who will comfort you?
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	20	Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of every street like an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of the Lord, the rebuke of your God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	21	Therefore hear this, you who are afflicted, who are drunk, but not with wine:
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	22	Thus says your Lord, the Lord, your God who pleads the cause of his people: “Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering; the bowl of my wrath you shall drink no more;
+Isaiah	Is	27	51	23	and I will put it into the hand of your tormentors, who have said to you, ‘Bow down, that we may pass over’; and you have made your back like the ground and like the street for them to pass over.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	1	Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	2	Shake yourself from the dust, arise, O captive Jerusalem; loose the bonds from your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	3	For thus says the Lord: “You were sold for nothing, and you shall be redeemed without money.
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	4	For thus says the Lord GOD: My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and the Assyrian oppressed them for nothing.
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	5	Now therefore what have I here, says the Lord, seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail, says the Lord, and continually all the day my name is despised.
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	6	Therefore my people shall know my name; therefore in that day they shall know that it is I who speak; here am I.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	7	How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good tidings, who publishes peace, who brings good tidings of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	8	Hark, your watchmen lift up their voice, together they sing for joy; for eye to eye they see the return of the Lord to Zion.
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	9	Break forth together into singing, you waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	10	The Lord has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	11	Depart, depart, go out thence, touch no unclean thing; go out from the midst of her, purify yourselves, you who bear the vessels of the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	12	For you shall not go out in haste, and you shall not go in flight, for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	13	Behold, my servant shall prosper, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	14	As many were astonished at him — his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of the sons of men—
+Isaiah	Is	27	52	15	so shall he startle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths because of him; for that which has not been told them they shall see, and that which they have not heard they shall understand.
+Isaiah	Is	27	53	1	Who has believed what we have heard? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
+Isaiah	Is	27	53	2	For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or comeliness that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	53	3	He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
+Isaiah	Is	27	53	4	Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
+Isaiah	Is	27	53	5	But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that made us whole, and with his stripes we are healed.
+Isaiah	Is	27	53	6	All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
+Isaiah	Is	27	53	7	He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	53	8	By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people?
+Isaiah	Is	27	53	9	And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	53	10	Yet it was the will of the Lord to bruise him; he has put him to grief; when he makes himself an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring, he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand;
+Isaiah	Is	27	53	11	he shall see the fruit of the travail of his soul and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous; and he shall bear their iniquities.
+Isaiah	Is	27	53	12	Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	1	“Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in travail! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her that is married, says the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	2	Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; hold not back, lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	3	For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left, and your descendants will possess the nations and will people the desolate cities.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	4	“Fear not, for you will not be ashamed; be not confounded, for you will not be put to shame; for you will forget the shame of your youth, and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	5	For your Maker is your husband, the Lord of hosts is his name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	6	For the Lord has called you like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, like a wife of youth when she is cast off, says your God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	7	For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will gather you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	8	In overflowing wrath for a moment I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you, says the Lord, your Redeemer.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	9	“For this is like the days of Noah to me: as I swore that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you and will not rebuke you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	10	For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed, says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	11	“O afflicted one, storm-tossed, and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in antimony, and lay your foundations with sapphires.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	12	I will make your pinnacles of agate, your gates of carbuncles, and all your wall of precious stones.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	13	All your sons shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the prosperity of your sons.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	14	In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	15	If any one stirs up strife, it is not from me; whoever stirs up strife with you shall fall because of you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	16	Behold, I have created the smith who blows the fire of coals, and produces a weapon for its purpose. I have also created the ravager to destroy;
+Isaiah	Is	27	54	17	no weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, says the Lord.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	1	“Ho, every one who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	2	Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in fatness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	3	Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	4	Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples.
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	5	Behold, you shall call nations that you know not, and nations that knew you not shall run to you, because of the Lord your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	6	“Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near;
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	7	let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	8	For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	9	For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	10	“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return not thither but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	11	so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	12	“For you shall go out in joy, and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
+Isaiah	Is	27	55	13	Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress; instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle; and it shall be to the Lord for a memorial, for an everlasting sign which shall not be cut off.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	56	1	Thus says the Lord: “Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed.
+Isaiah	Is	27	56	2	Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the sabbath, not profaning it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	56	3	Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say, “The Lord will surely separate me from his people”; and let not the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	56	4	For thus says the Lord: “To the eunuchs who keep my sabbaths, who choose the things that please me and hold fast my covenant,
+Isaiah	Is	27	56	5	I will give in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name which shall not be cut off.
+Isaiah	Is	27	56	6	“And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord, and to be his servants, every one who keeps the sabbath, and does not profane it, and holds fast my covenant—
+Isaiah	Is	27	56	7	these I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.
+Isaiah	Is	27	56	8	Thus says the Lord God, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, I will gather yet others to him besides those already gathered.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	56	9	All you beasts of the field, come to devour— all you beasts in the forest.
+Isaiah	Is	27	56	10	His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
+Isaiah	Is	27	56	11	The dogs have a mighty appetite; they never have enough. The shepherds also have no understanding; they have all turned to their own way, each to his own gain, one and all.
+Isaiah	Is	27	56	12	“Come,” they say, “let us get wine, let us fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be like this day, great beyond measure.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	1	The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity,
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	2	he enters into peace; they rest in their beds who walk in their uprightness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	3	But you, draw near hither, sons of the sorceress, offspring of the adulterer and the harlot.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	4	Of whom are you making sport? Against whom do you open your mouth wide and put out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, the offspring of deceit,
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	5	you who burn with lust among the oaks, under every green tree; who slay your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	6	Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion; they, they, are your lot; to them you have poured out a drink offering, you have brought a cereal offering. Shall I be appeased for these things?
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	7	Upon a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed, and thither you went up to offer sacrifice.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	8	Behind the door and the doorpost you have set up your symbol; for, deserting me, you have uncovered your bed, you have gone up to it, you have made it wide; and you have made a bargain for yourself with them, you have loved their bed, you have looked on nakedness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	9	You journeyed to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes; you sent your envoys far off, and sent down even to Sheol.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	10	You were wearied with the length of your way, but you did not say, “It is hopeless”; you found new life for your strength, and so you were not faint.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	11	Whom did you dread and fear, so that you lied, and did not remember me, did not give me a thought? Have I not held my peace, even for a long time, and so you do not fear me?
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	12	I will tell of your righteousness and your doings, but they will not help you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	13	When you cry out, let your collection of idols deliver you! The wind will carry them off, a breath will take them away. But he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	14	And it shall be said, “Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from my people’s way.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	15	For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	16	For I will not contend for ever, nor will I always be angry; for from me proceeds the spirit, and I have made the breath of life.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	17	Because of the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry, I smote him, I hid my face and was angry; but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	18	I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and requite him with comfort, creating for his mourners the fruit of the lips.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	19	Peace, peace, to the far and to the near, says the Lord; and I will heal him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	20	But the wicked are like the tossing sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters toss up mire and dirt.
+Isaiah	Is	27	57	21	There is no peace, says my God, for the wicked.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	1	“Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their transgression, to the house of Jacob their sins.
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	2	Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments, they delight to draw near to God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	3	‘Why have we fasted, and thou seest it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and thou takest no knowledge of it?’ Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers.
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	4	Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to hit with wicked fist. Fasting like yours this day will not make your voice to be heard on high.
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	5	Is such the fast that I choose, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it to bow down his head like a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the Lord?
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	6	“Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	7	Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	8	Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you, the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	9	Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, Here I am. “If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	10	if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	11	And the Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your desire with good things, and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	12	And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to dwell in.
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	13	“If you turn back your foot from the sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the sabbath a delight and the holy day of the Lord honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly;
+Isaiah	Is	27	58	14	then you shall take delight in the Lord, and I will make you ride upon the heights of the earth; I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	1	Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	2	but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you so that he does not hear.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	3	For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue mutters wickedness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	4	No one enters suit justly, no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, they conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	5	They hatch adders’ eggs, they weave the spider’s web; he who eats their eggs dies, and from one which is crushed a viper is hatched.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	6	Their webs will not serve as clothing; men will not cover themselves with what they make. Their works are works of iniquity, and deeds of violence are in their hands.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	7	Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, desolation and destruction are in their highways.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	8	The way of peace they know not, and there is no justice in their paths; they have made their roads crooked, no one who goes in them knows peace.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	9	Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us; we look for light, and behold, darkness, and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	10	We grope for the wall like the blind, we grope like those who have no eyes; we stumble at noon as in the twilight, among those in full vigor we are like dead men.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	11	We all growl like bears, we moan and moan like doves; we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	12	For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and we know our iniquities:
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	13	transgressing, and denying the Lord, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	14	Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth has fallen in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	15	Truth is lacking, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. The Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	16	He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no one to intervene; then his own arm brought him victory, and his righteousness upheld him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	17	He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in fury as a mantle.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	18	According to their deeds, so will he repay, wrath to his adversaries, requital to his enemies; to the coastlands he will render requital.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	19	So they shall fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come like a rushing stream, which the wind of the Lord drives.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	20	“And he will come to Zion as Redeemer, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression, says the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	59	21	“And as for me, this is my covenant with them, says the Lord: my spirit which is upon you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your children, or out of the mouth of your children’s children, says the Lord, from this time forth and for evermore.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	1	Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	2	For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you, and his glory will be seen upon you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	3	And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	4	Lift up your eyes round about, and see; they all gather together, they come to you; your sons shall come from far, and your daughters shall be carried in the arms.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	5	Then you shall see and be radiant, your heart shall thrill and rejoice; because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, the wealth of the nations shall come to you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	6	A multitude of camels shall cover you, the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba shall come. They shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall proclaim the praise of the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	7	All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall come up with acceptance on my altar, and I will glorify my glorious house.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	8	Who are these that fly like a cloud, and like doves to their windows?
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	9	For the coastlands shall wait for me, the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from far, their silver and gold with them, for the name of the Lord your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	10	Foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you; for in my wrath I smote you, but in my favor I have had mercy on you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	11	Your gates shall be open continually; day and night they shall not be shut; that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations, with their kings led in procession.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	12	For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations shall be utterly laid waste.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	13	The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the cypress, the plane, and the pine, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	14	The sons of those who oppressed you shall come bending low to you; and all who despised you shall bow down at your feet; they shall call you the City of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	15	Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, with no one passing through, I will make you majestic for ever, a joy from age to age.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	16	You shall suck the milk of nations, you shall suck the breast of kings; and you shall know that I, the Lord, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	17	Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver; instead of wood, bronze, instead of stones, iron. I will make your overseers peace and your taskmasters righteousness.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	18	Violence shall no more be heard in your land, devastation or destruction within your borders; you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	19	The sun shall be no more your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you by night; but the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	20	Your sun shall no more go down, nor your moon withdraw itself; for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your days of mourning shall be ended.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	21	Your people shall all be righteous; they shall possess the land for ever, the shoot of my planting, the work of my hands, that I might be glorified.
+Isaiah	Is	27	60	22	The least one shall become a clan, and the smallest one a mighty nation; I am the Lord; in its time I will hasten it.
+Isaiah	Is	27	61	1	The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good tidings to the afflicted; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
+Isaiah	Is	27	61	2	to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;
+Isaiah	Is	27	61	3	to grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified.
+Isaiah	Is	27	61	4	They shall build up the ancient ruins, they shall raise up the former devastations; they shall repair the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations.
+Isaiah	Is	27	61	5	Aliens shall stand and feed your flocks, foreigners shall be your plowmen and vinedressers;
+Isaiah	Is	27	61	6	but you shall be called the priests of the Lord, men shall speak of you as the ministers of our God; you shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their riches you shall glory.
+Isaiah	Is	27	61	7	Instead of your shame you shall have a double portion, instead of dishonor you shall rejoice in your lot; therefore in your land you shall possess a double portion; yours shall be everlasting joy.
+Isaiah	Is	27	61	8	For I the Lord love justice, I hate robbery and wrong; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	61	9	Their descendants shall be known among the nations, and their offspring in the midst of the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are a people whom the Lord has blessed.
+Isaiah	Is	27	61	10	I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
+Isaiah	Is	27	61	11	For as the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
+Isaiah	Is	27	62	1	For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her vindication goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch.
+Isaiah	Is	27	62	2	The nations shall see your vindication, and all the kings your glory; and you shall be called by a new name which the mouth of the Lord will give.
+Isaiah	Is	27	62	3	You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	62	4	You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate; but you shall be called My delight is in her, and your land Married; for the Lord delights in you, and your land shall be married.
+Isaiah	Is	27	62	5	For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall your sons marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.
+Isaiah	Is	27	62	6	Upon your walls, O Jerusalem, I have set watchmen; all the day and all the night they shall never be silent. You who put the Lord in remembrance, take no rest,
+Isaiah	Is	27	62	7	and give him no rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes it a praise in the earth.
+Isaiah	Is	27	62	8	The Lord has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: “I will not again give your grain to be food for your enemies, and foreigners shall not drink your wine for which you have labored;
+Isaiah	Is	27	62	9	but those who garner it shall eat it and praise the Lord, and those who gather it shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	62	10	Go through, go through the gates, prepare the way for the people; build up, build up the highway, clear it of stones, lift up an ensign over the peoples.
+Isaiah	Is	27	62	11	Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	62	12	And they shall be called The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord; and you shall be called Sought out, a city not forsaken.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	1	Who is this that comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, he that is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is I, announcing vindication, mighty to save.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	2	Why is thy apparel red, and thy garments like his that treads in the wine press?
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	3	“I have trodden the wine press alone, and from the peoples no one was with me; I trod them in my anger and trampled them in my wrath; their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	4	For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and my year of redemption has come.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	5	I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled, but there was no one to uphold; so my own arm brought me victory, and my wrath upheld me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	6	I trod down the peoples in my anger, I made them drunk in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	7	I will recount the steadfast love of the Lord, the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord has granted us, and the great goodness to the house of Israel which he has granted them according to his mercy, according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	8	For he said, Surely they are my people, sons who will not deal falsely; and he became their Savior.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	9	In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	10	But they rebelled and grieved his holy Spirit; therefore he turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	11	Then he remembered the days of old, of Moses his servant. Where is he who brought up out of the sea the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put in the midst of them his holy Spirit,
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	12	who caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to make for himself an everlasting name,
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	13	who led them through the depths? Like a horse in the desert, they did not stumble.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	14	Like cattle that go down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord gave them rest. So thou didst lead thy people, to make for thyself a glorious name.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	15	Look down from heaven and see, from thy holy and glorious habitation. Where are thy zeal and thy might? The yearning of thy heart and thy compassion are withheld from me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	16	For thou art our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us; thou, O Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer from of old is thy name.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	17	O Lord, why dost thou make us err from thy ways and harden our heart, so that we fear thee not? Return for the sake of thy servants, the tribes of thy heritage.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	18	Thy holy people possessed thy sanctuary a little while; our adversaries have trodden it down.
+Isaiah	Is	27	63	19	We have become like those over whom thou hast never ruled, like those who are not called by thy name.
+Isaiah	Is	27	64	1	O that thou wouldst rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence—
+Isaiah	Is	27	64	2	as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil— to make thy name known to thy adversaries, and that the nations might tremble at thy presence!
+Isaiah	Is	27	64	3	When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains quaked at thy presence.
+Isaiah	Is	27	64	4	From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides thee, who works for those who wait for him.
+Isaiah	Is	27	64	5	Thou meetest him that joyfully works righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways. Behold, thou wast angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?
+Isaiah	Is	27	64	6	We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
+Isaiah	Is	27	64	7	There is no one that calls upon thy name, that bestirs himself to take hold of thee; for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast delivered us into the hand of our iniquities.
+Isaiah	Is	27	64	8	Yet, O Lord, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou art our potter; we are all the work of thy hand.
+Isaiah	Is	27	64	9	Be not exceedingly angry, O Lord, and remember not iniquity for ever. Behold, consider, we are all thy people.
+Isaiah	Is	27	64	10	Thy holy cities have become a wilderness, Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
+Isaiah	Is	27	64	11	Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, has been burned by fire, and all our pleasant places have become ruins.
+Isaiah	Is	27	64	12	Wilt thou restrain thyself at these things, O Lord? Wilt thou keep silent, and afflict us sorely?
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	1	I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, “Here am I, here am I,” to a nation that did not call on my name.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	2	I spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own devices;
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	3	a people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens and burning incense upon bricks;
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	4	who sit in tombs, and spend the night in secret places; who eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	5	who say, “Keep to yourself, do not come near me, for I am set apart from you.” These are a smoke in my nostrils, a fire that burns all the day.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	6	Behold, it is written before me: “I will not keep silent, but I will repay, yea, I will repay into their bosom
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	7	their iniquities and their fathers’ iniquities together, says the Lord; because they burned incense upon the mountains and reviled me upon the hills, I will measure into their bosom payment for their former doings.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	8	Thus says the Lord: “As the wine is found in the cluster, and they say, ‘Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing in it,’ so I will do for my servants’ sake, and not destroy them all.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	9	I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah inheritors of my mountains; my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	10	Sharon shall become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down, for my people who have sought me.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	11	But you who forsake the Lord, who forget my holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny;
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	12	I will destine you to the sword, and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter; because, when I called, you did not answer, when I spoke, you did not listen, but you did what was evil in my eyes, and chose what I did not delight in.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	13	Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be put to shame;
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	14	behold, my servants shall sing for gladness of heart, but you shall cry out for pain of heart, and shall wail for anguish of spirit.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	15	You shall leave your name to my chosen for a curse, and the Lord God will slay you; but his servants he will call by a different name.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	16	So that he who blesses himself in the land shall bless himself by the God of truth, and he who takes an oath in the land shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten and are hid from my eyes.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	17	“For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	18	But be glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	19	I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and be glad in my people; no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and the cry of distress.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	20	No more shall there be in it an infant that lives but a few days, or an old man who does not fill out his days, for the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	21	They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	22	They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat; for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	23	They shall not labor in vain, or bear children for calamity; for they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the Lord, and their children with them.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	24	Before they call I will answer, while they are yet speaking I will hear.
+Isaiah	Is	27	65	25	The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain, says the Lord.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	1	Thus says the Lord: “Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool; what is the house which you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	2	All these things my hand has made, and so all these things are mine, says the Lord. But this is the man to whom I will look, he that is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	3	“He who slaughters an ox is like him who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, like him who breaks a dog’s neck; he who presents a cereal offering, like him who offers swine’s blood; he who makes a memorial offering of frankincense, like him who blesses an idol. These have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations;
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	4	I also will choose affliction for them, and bring their fears upon them; because, when I called, no one answered, when I spoke they did not listen; but they did what was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I did not delight.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	5	Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at his word: “Your brethren who hate you and cast you out for my name’s sake have said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy’; but it is they who shall be put to shame.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	6	“Hark, an uproar from the city! A voice from the temple! The voice of the Lord, rendering recompense to his enemies!
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	7	“Before she was in labor she gave birth; before her pain came upon her she was delivered of a son.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	8	Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? Shall a nation be brought forth in one moment? For as soon as Zion was in labor she brought forth her sons.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	9	Shall I bring to the birth and not cause to bring forth? says the Lord; shall I, who cause to bring forth, shut the womb? says your God.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	10	“Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice with her in joy, all you who mourn over her;
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	11	that you may suck and be satisfied with her consoling breasts; that you may drink deeply with delight from the abundance of her glory.”
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	12	For thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will extend prosperity to her like a river, and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream; and you shall suck, you shall be carried upon her hip, and dandled upon her knees.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	13	As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	14	You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice; your bones shall flourish like the grass; and it shall be known that the hand of the Lord is with his servants, and his indignation is against his enemies.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	15	“For behold, the Lord will come in fire, and his chariots like the stormwind, to render his anger in fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	16	For by fire will the Lord execute judgment, and by his sword, upon all flesh; and those slain by the Lord shall be many.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	17	“Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one in the midst, eating swine’s flesh and the abomination and mice, shall come to an end together, says the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	18	“For I know their works and their thoughts, and I am coming to gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and shall see my glory,
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	19	and I will set a sign among them. And from them I will send survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Put, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off, that have not heard my fame or seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	20	And they shall bring all your brethren from all the nations as an offering to the Lord, upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, just as the Israelites bring their cereal offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	21	And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	22	“For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before me, says the Lord; so shall your descendants and your name remain.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	23	From new moon to new moon, and from sabbath to sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before me, says the Lord.
+Isaiah	Is	27	66	24	“And they shall go forth and look on the dead bodies of the men that have rebelled against me; for their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	1	The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	2	to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	3	It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, and until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	4	Now the word of the Lord came to me saying,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	5	“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	6	Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	7	But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’; for to all to whom I send you you shall go, and whatever I command you you shall speak.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	8	Be not afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	9	Then the Lord put forth his hand and touched my mouth; and the Lord said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	10	See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	11	And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see a rod of almond.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	12	Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	13	The word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	14	Then the Lord said to me, “Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	15	For, lo, I am calling all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north, says the Lord; and they shall come and every one shall set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all its walls round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	16	And I will utter my judgments against them, for all their wickedness in forsaking me; they have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	17	But you, gird up your loins; arise, and say to them everything that I command you. Do not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	18	And I, behold, I make you this day a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, its princes, its priests, and the people of the land.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	1	19	They will fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you, says the Lord, to deliver you.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	1	The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	2	“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord, I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	3	Israel was holy to the Lord, the first fruits of his harvest. All who ate of it became guilty; evil came upon them, says the Lord.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	4	Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	5	Thus says the Lord: “What wrong did your fathers find in me that they went far from me, and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	6	They did not say, ‘Where is the Lord who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and pits, in a land of drought and deep darkness, in a land that none passes through, where no man dwells?’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	7	And I brought you into a plentiful land to enjoy its fruits and its good things. But when you came in you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	8	The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’ Those who handle the law did not know me; the rulers transgressed against me; the prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after things that do not profit.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	9	“Therefore I still contend with you, says the Lord, and with your children’s children I will contend.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	10	For cross to the coasts of Cyprus and see, or send to Kedar and examine with care; see if there has been such a thing.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	11	Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	12	Be appalled, O heavens, at this, be shocked, be utterly desolate, says the Lord,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	13	for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	14	“Is Israel a slave? Is he a homeborn servant? Why then has he become a prey?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	15	The lions have roared against him, they have roared loudly. They have made his land a waste; his cities are in ruins, without inhabitant.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	16	Moreover, the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	17	Have you not brought this upon yourself by forsaking the Lord your God, when he led you in the way?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	18	And now what do you gain by going to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Nile? Or what do you gain by going to Assyria, to drink the waters of the Euphrates?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	19	Your wickedness will chasten you, and your apostasy will reprove you. Know and see that it is evil and bitter for you to forsake the Lord your God; the fear of me is not in you, says the Lord GOD of hosts.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	20	“For long ago you broke your yoke and burst your bonds; and you said, ‘I will not serve.’ Yea, upon every high hill and under every green tree you bowed down as a harlot.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	21	Yet I planted you a choice vine, wholly of pure seed. How then have you turned degenerate and become a wild vine?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	22	Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me, says the Lord God.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	23	How can you say, ‘I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals’? Look at your way in the valley; know what you have done— a restive young camel interlacing her tracks,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	24	a wild ass used to the wilderness, in her heat sniffing the wind! Who can restrain her lust? None who seek her need weary themselves; in her month they will find her.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	25	Keep your feet from going unshod and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is hopeless, for I have loved strangers, and after them I will go.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	26	“As a thief is shamed when caught, so the house of Israel shall be shamed: they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	27	who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their back to me, and not their face. But in the time of their trouble they say, ‘Arise and save us!’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	28	But where are your gods that you made for yourself? Let them arise, if they can save you, in your time of trouble; for as many as your cities are your gods, O Judah.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	29	“Why do you complain against me? You have all rebelled against me, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	30	In vain have I smitten your children, they took no correction; your own sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	31	And you, O generation, heed the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Why then do my people say, ‘We are free, we will come no more to thee’?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	32	Can a maiden forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	33	“How well you direct your course to seek lovers! So that even to wicked women you have taught your ways.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	34	Also on your skirts is found the lifeblood of guiltless poor; you did not find them breaking in. Yet in spite of all these things
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	35	you say, ‘I am innocent; surely his anger has turned from me.’ Behold, I will bring you to judgment for saying, ‘I have not sinned.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	36	How lightly you gad about, changing your way! You shall be put to shame by Egypt as you were put to shame by Assyria.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	2	37	From it too you will come away with your hands upon your head, for the Lord has rejected those in whom you trust, and you will not prosper by them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	1	“If a man divorces his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man’s wife, will he return to her? Would not that land be greatly polluted? You have played the harlot with many lovers; and would you return to me? says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	2	Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? By the waysides you have sat awaiting lovers like an Arab in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your vile harlotry.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	3	Therefore the showers have been withheld, and the spring rain has not come; yet you have a harlot’s brow, you refuse to be ashamed.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	4	Have you not just now called to me, ‘My father, thou art the friend of my youth—
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	5	will he be angry for ever, will he be indignant to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken, but you have done all the evil that you could.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	6	The Lord said to me in the days of King Josiah: “Have you seen what she did, that faithless one, Israel, how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there played the harlot?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	7	And I thought, ‘After she has done all this she will return to me’; but she did not return, and her false sister Judah saw it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	8	She saw that for all the adulteries of that faithless one, Israel, I had sent her away with a decree of divorce; yet her false sister Judah did not fear, but she too went and played the harlot.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	9	Because harlotry was so light to her, she polluted the land, committing adultery with stone and tree.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	10	Yet for all this her false sister Judah did not return to me with her whole heart, but in pretense, says the Lord.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	11	And the Lord said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself less guilty than false Judah.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	12	Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, ‘Return, faithless Israel, says the Lord. I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, says the Lord; I will not be angry for ever.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	13	Only acknowledge your guilt, that you rebelled against the Lord your God and scattered your favors among strangers under every green tree, and that you have not obeyed my voice, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	14	Return, O faithless children, says the Lord; for I am your master; I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	15	“‘And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	16	And when you have multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, says the Lord, they shall no more say, “The ark of the covenant of the Lord.” It shall not come to mind, or be remembered, or missed; it shall not be made again.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	17	At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the Lord, and all nations shall gather to it, to the presence of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they shall no more stubbornly follow their own evil heart.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	18	In those days the house of Judah shall join the house of Israel, and together they shall come from the land of the north to the land that I gave your fathers for a heritage.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	19	“‘I thought how I would set you among my sons, and give you a pleasant land, a heritage most beauteous of all nations. And I thought you would call me, My Father, and would not turn from following me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	20	Surely, as a faithless wife leaves her husband, so have you been faithless to me, O house of Israel, says the Lord.’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	21	A voice on the bare heights is heard, the weeping and pleading of Israel’s sons, because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten the Lord their God.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	22	“Return, O faithless sons, I will heal your faithlessness.” “Behold, we come to thee; for thou art the Lord our God.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	23	Truly the hills are a delusion, the orgies on the mountains. Truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	24	“But from our youth the shameful thing has devoured all for which our fathers labored, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	3	25	Let us lie down in our shame, and let our dishonor cover us; for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day; and we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	1	“If you return, O Israel, says the Lord, to me you should return. If you remove your abominations from my presence, and do not waver,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	2	and if you swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in uprightness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	3	For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: “Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	4	Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, remove the foreskin of your hearts, O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	5	Declare in Judah, and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say, “Blow the trumpet through the land; cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble, and let us go into the fortified cities!’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	6	Raise a standard toward Zion, flee for safety, stay not, for I bring evil from the north, and great destruction.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	7	A lion has gone up from his thicket, a destroyer of nations has set out; he has gone forth from his place to make your land a waste; your cities will be ruins without inhabitant.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	8	For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned back from us.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	9	“In that day, says the Lord, courage shall fail both king and princes; the priests shall be appalled and the prophets astounded.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	10	Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, surely thou hast utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘It shall be well with you’; whereas the sword has reached their very life.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	11	At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A hot wind from the bare heights in the desert toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow or cleanse,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	12	a wind too full for this comes for me. Now it is I who speak in judgment upon them.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	13	Behold, he comes up like clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles— woe to us, for we are ruined!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	14	O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	15	For a voice declares from Dan and proclaims evil from Mount Ephraim.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	16	Warn the nations that he is coming; announce to Jerusalem, “Besiegers come from a distant land; they shout against the cities of Judah.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	17	Like keepers of a field are they against her round about, because she has rebelled against me, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	18	Your ways and your doings have brought this upon you. This is your doom, and it is bitter; it has reached your very heart.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	19	My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the walls of my heart! My heart is beating wildly; I cannot keep silent; for I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	20	Disaster follows hard on disaster, the whole land is laid waste. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, my curtains in a moment.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	21	How long must I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	22	“For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are stupid children, they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but how to do good they know not.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	23	I looked on the earth, and lo, it was waste and void; and to the heavens, and they had no light.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	24	I looked on the mountains, and lo, they were quaking, and all the hills moved to and fro.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	25	I looked, and lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the air had fled.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	26	I looked, and lo, the fruitful land was a desert, and all its cities were laid in ruins before the Lord, before his fierce anger.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	27	For thus says the Lord, “The whole land shall be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	28	For this the earth shall mourn, and the heavens above be black; for I have spoken, I have purposed; I have not relented nor will I turn back.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	29	At the noise of horseman and archer every city takes to flight; they enter thickets; they climb among rocks; all the cities are forsaken, and no man dwells in them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	30	And you, O desolate one, what do you mean that you dress in scarlet, that you deck yourself with ornaments of gold, that you enlarge your eyes with paint? In vain you beautify yourself. Your lovers despise you; they seek your life.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	4	31	For I heard a cry as of a woman in travail, anguish as of one bringing forth her first child, the cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands, “Woe is me! I am fainting before murderers.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	1	Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look and take note! Search her squares to see if you can find a man, one who does justice and seeks truth; that I may pardon her.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	2	Though they say, “As the Lord lives,” yet they swear falsely.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	3	O Lord, do not thy eyes look for truth? Thou hast smitten them, but they felt no anguish; thou hast consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to repent.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	4	Then I said, “These are only the poor, they have no sense; for they do not know the way of the Lord, the law of their God.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	5	I will go to the great, and will speak to them; for they know the way of the Lord, the law of their God.” But they all alike had broken the yoke, they had burst the bonds.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	6	Therefore a lion from the forest shall slay them, a wolf from the desert shall destroy them. A leopard is watching against their cities, every one who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, their apostasies are great.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	7	“How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and have sworn by those who are no gods. When I fed them to the full, they committed adultery and trooped to the houses of harlots.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	8	They were well-fed lusty stallions, each neighing for his neighbor’s wife.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	9	Shall I not punish them for these things? says the Lord; and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	10	“Go up through her vine-rows and destroy, but make not a full end; strip away her branches, for they are not the Lord’s.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	11	For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly faithless to me, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	12	They have spoken falsely of the Lord, and have said, ‘He will do nothing; no evil will come upon us, nor shall we see sword or famine.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	13	The prophets will become wind; the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them!’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	14	Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts: “Because they have spoken this word, behold, I am making my words in your mouth a fire, and this people wood, and the fire shall devour them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	15	Behold, I am bringing upon you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, says the Lord. It is an enduring nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, nor can you understand what they say.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	16	Their quiver is like an open tomb, they are all mighty men.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	17	They shall eat up your harvest and your food; they shall eat up your sons and your daughters; they shall eat up your flocks and your herds; they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees; your fortified cities in which you trust they shall destroy with the sword.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	18	“But even in those days, says the Lord, I will not make a full end of you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	19	And when your people say, ‘Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?’ you shall say to them, ‘As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	20	Declare this in the house of Jacob, proclaim it in Judah:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	21	“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes, but see not, who have ears, but hear not.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	22	Do you not fear me? says the Lord; Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as the bound for the sea, a perpetual barrier which it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail, though they roar, they cannot pass over it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	23	But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; they have turned aside and gone away.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	24	They do not say in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the Lord our God, who gives the rain in its season, the autumn rain and the spring rain, and keeps for us the weeks appointed for the harvest.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	25	Your iniquities have turned these away, and your sins have kept good from you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	26	For wicked men are found among my people; they lurk like fowlers lying in wait. They set a trap; they catch men.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	27	Like a basket full of birds, their houses are full of treachery; therefore they have become great and rich,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	28	they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of wickedness; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	29	Shall I not punish them for these things? says the Lord, and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	30	An appalling and horrible thing has happened in the land:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	5	31	the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	1	Flee for safety, O people of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise a signal on Beth-haccherem; for evil looms out of the north, and great destruction.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	2	The comely and delicately bred I will destroy, the daughter of Zion.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	3	Shepherds with their flocks shall come against her; they shall pitch their tents around her, they shall pasture, each in his place.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	4	“Prepare war against her; up, and let us attack at noon!” “Woe to us, for the day declines, for the shadows of evening lengthen!”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	5	“Up, and let us attack by night, and destroy her palaces!”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	6	For thus says the Lord of hosts: “Hew down her trees; cast up a siege mound against Jerusalem. This is the city which must be punished; there is nothing but oppression within her.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	7	As a well keeps its water fresh, so she keeps fresh her wickedness; violence and destruction are heard within her; sickness and wounds are ever before me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	8	Be warned, O Jerusalem, lest I be alienated from you; lest I make you a desolation, an uninhabited land.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	9	Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Glean thoroughly as a vine the remnant of Israel; like a grape-gatherer pass your hand again over its branches.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	10	To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed, they cannot listen; behold, the word of the Lord is to them an object of scorn, they take no pleasure in it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	11	Therefore I am full of the wrath of the Lord; I am weary of holding it in. “Pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the gatherings of young men, also; both husband and wife shall be taken, the old folk and the very aged.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	12	Their houses shall be turned over to others, their fields and wives together; for I will stretch out my hand against the inhabitants of the land,” says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	13	“For from the least to the greatest of them, every one is greedy for unjust gain; and from prophet to priest, every one deals falsely.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	14	They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	15	Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I punish them, they shall be overthrown,” says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	16	Thus says the Lord: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	17	I set watchmen over you, saying, ‘Give heed to the sound of the trumpet!’ But they said, ‘We will not give heed.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	18	Therefore hear, O nations, and know, O congregation, what will happen to them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	19	Hear, O earth; behold, I am bringing evil upon this people, the fruit of their devices, because they have not given heed to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	20	To what purpose does frankincense come to me from Sheba, or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	21	Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will lay before this people stumbling blocks against which they shall stumble; fathers and sons together, neighbor and friend shall perish.’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	22	Thus says the Lord: “Behold, a people is coming from the north country, a great nation is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	23	They lay hold on bow and spear, they are cruel and have no mercy, the sound of them is like the roaring sea; they ride upon horses, set in array as a man for battle, against you, O daughter of Zion!”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	24	We have heard the report of it, our hands fall helpless; anguish has taken hold of us, pain as of a woman in travail.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	25	Go not forth into the field, nor walk on the road; for the enemy has a sword, terror is on every side.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	26	O daughter of my people, gird on sackcloth, and roll in ashes; make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	27	“I have made you an assayer and tester among my people, that you may know and assay their ways.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	28	They are all stubbornly rebellious, going about with slanders; they are bronze and iron, all of them act corruptly.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	29	The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed by the fire; in vain the refining goes on, for the wicked are not removed.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	6	30	Refuse silver they are called, for the Lord has rejected them.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	1	The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	2	“Stand in the gate of the Lord’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord, all you men of Judah who enter these gates to worship the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	3	Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will let you dwell in this place.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	4	Do not trust in these deceptive words: ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	5	“For if you truly amend your ways and your doings, if you truly execute justice one with another,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	6	if you do not oppress the alien, the fatherless or the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own hurt,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	7	then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your fathers for ever.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	8	“Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	9	Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	10	and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—only to go on doing all these abominations?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	11	Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	12	Go now to my place that was in Shiloh, where I made my name dwell at first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	13	And now, because you have done all these things, says the Lord, and when I spoke to you persistently you did not listen, and when I called you, you did not answer,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	14	therefore I will do to the house which is called by my name, and in which you trust, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	15	And I will cast you out of my sight, as I cast out all your kinsmen, all the offspring of Ephraim.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	16	“As for you, do not pray for this people, or lift up cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I do not hear you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	17	Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	18	The children gather wood, the fathers kindle fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	19	Is it I whom they provoke? says the Lord. Is it not themselves, to their own confusion?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	20	Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, my anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, upon man and beast, upon the trees of the field and the fruit of the ground; it will burn and not be quenched.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	21	Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat the flesh.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	22	For in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to your fathers or command them concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	23	But this command I gave them, ‘Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; and walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	24	But they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and the stubbornness of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	25	From the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt to this day, I have persistently sent all my servants the prophets to them, day after day;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	26	yet they did not listen to me, or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	27	“So you shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you. You shall call to them, but they will not answer you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	28	And you shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God, and did not accept discipline; truth has perished; it is cut off from their lips.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	29	Cut off your hair and cast it away; raise a lamentation on the bare heights, for the Lord has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	30	“For the sons of Judah have done evil in my sight, says the Lord; they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	31	And they have built the high place of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I did not command, nor did it come into my mind.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	32	Therefore, behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when it will no more be called Topheth, or the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of Slaughter: for they will bury in Topheth, because there is no room elsewhere.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	33	And the dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the air, and for the beasts of the earth; and none will frighten them away.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	7	34	And I will make to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land shall become a waste.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	1	“At that time, says the Lord, the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its princes, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be brought out of their tombs;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	2	and they shall be spread before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, which they have gone after, and which they have sought and worshiped; and they shall not be gathered or buried; they shall be as dung on the surface of the ground.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	3	Death shall be preferred to life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family in all the places where I have driven them, says the Lord of hosts.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	4	“You shall say to them, Thus says the Lord: When men fall, do they not rise again? If one turns away, does he not return?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	5	Why then has this people turned away in perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit, they refuse to return.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	6	I have given heed and listened, but they have not spoken aright; no man repents of his wickedness, saying, ‘What have I done?’ Every one turns to his own course, like a horse plunging headlong into battle.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	7	Even the stork in the heavens knows her times; and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming; but my people know not the ordinance of the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	8	“How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us’? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	9	The wise men shall be put to shame, they shall be dismayed and taken; lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord, and what wisdom is in them?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	10	Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to conquerors, because from the least to the greatest every one is greedy for unjust gain; from prophet to priest every one deals falsely.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	11	They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	12	Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they shall be overthrown, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	13	When I would gather them, says the Lord, there are no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree; even the leaves are withered, and what I gave them has passed away from them.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	14	Why do we sit still? Gather together, let us go into the fortified cities and perish there; for the Lord our God has doomed us to perish, and has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	15	We looked for peace, but no good came, for a time of healing, but behold, terror.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	16	“The snorting of their horses is heard from Dan; at the sound of the neighing of their stallions the whole land quakes. They come and devour the land and all that fills it, the city and those who dwell in it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	17	For behold, I am sending among you serpents, adders which cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you,” says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	18	My grief is beyond healing, my heart is sick within me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	19	Hark, the cry of the daughter of my people from the length and breadth of the land: “Is the Lord not in Zion? Is her King not in her?” “Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with their foreign idols?”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	20	“The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	21	For the wound of the daughter of my people is my heart wounded, I mourn, and dismay has taken hold on me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	8	22	Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	1	O that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	2	O that I had in the desert a wayfarers’ lodging place, that I might leave my people and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, a company of treacherous men.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	3	They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	4	Let every one beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother; for every brother is a supplanter, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	5	Every one deceives his neighbor, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they commit iniquity and are too weary to repent.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	6	Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit, they refuse to know me, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	7	Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do, because of my people?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	8	Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully; with his mouth each speaks peaceably to his neighbor, but in his heart he plans an ambush for him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	9	Shall I not punish them for these things? says the Lord; and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	10	“Take up weeping and wailing for the mountains, and a lamentation for the pastures of the wilderness, because they are laid waste so that no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard; both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled and are gone.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	11	I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a lair of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	12	Who is the man so wise that he can understand this? To whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined and laid waste like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	13	And the Lor says: “Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, or walked in accord with it,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	14	but have stubbornly followed their own hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	15	Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed this people with wormwood, and give them poisonous water to drink.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	16	I will scatter them among the nations whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	17	Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider, and call for the mourning women to come; send for the skilful women to come;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	18	let them make haste and raise a wailing over us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush with water.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	19	For a sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How we are ruined! We are utterly shamed, because we have left the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	20	Hear, O women, the word of the Lord, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; teach to your daughters a lament, and each to her neighbor a dirge.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	21	For death has come up into our windows, it has entered our palaces, cutting off the children from the streets and the young men from the squares.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	22	Speak, “Thus says the Lord: ‘The dead bodies of men shall fall like dung upon the open field, like sheaves after the reaper, and none shall gather them.’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	23	Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	24	but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practice steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, says the Lord.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	25	“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will punish all those who are circumcised but yet uncircumcised—
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	9	26	Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and all who dwell in the desert that cut the corners of their hair; for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	1	Hear the word which the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	2	Thus says the Lord: “Learn not the way of the nations, nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens because the nations are dismayed at them,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	3	for the customs of the peoples are false. A tree from the forest is cut down, and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	4	Men deck it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so that it cannot move.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	5	Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field, and they cannot speak; they have to be carried, for they cannot walk. Be not afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	6	There is none like thee, O Lord; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	7	Who would not fear thee, O King of the nations? For this is thy due; for among all the wise ones of the nations and in all their kingdoms there is none like thee.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	8	They are both stupid and foolish; the instruction of idols is but wood!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	9	Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz. They are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith; their clothing is violet and purple; they are all the work of skilled men.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	10	But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	11	Thus shall you say to them: “The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	12	It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	13	When he utters his voice there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain, and he brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	14	Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols; for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	15	They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	16	Not like these is he who is the portion of Jacob, for he is the one who formed all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the Lord of hosts is his name.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	17	Gather up your bundle from the ground, O you who dwell under siege!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	18	For thus says the Lord: “Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and I will bring distress on them, that they may feel it.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	19	Woe is me because of my hurt! My wound is grievous. But I said, “Truly this is an affliction, and I must bear it.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	20	My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken; my children have gone from me, and they are not; there is no one to spread my tent again, and to set up my curtains.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	21	For the shepherds are stupid, and do not inquire of the Lord; therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	22	Hark, a rumor! Behold, it comes!— a great commotion out of the north country to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a lair of jackals.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	23	I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	24	Correct me, O Lord, but in just measure; not in thy anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	10	25	Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the peoples that call not on thy name; for they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	1	The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	2	“Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	3	You shall say to them, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man who does not heed the words of this covenant
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	4	which I commanded your fathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Listen to my voice, and do all that I command you. So shall you be my people, and I will be your God,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	5	that I may perform the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day.” Then I answered, “So be it, Lord.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	6	And the Lord said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: Hear the words of this covenant and do them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	7	For I solemnly warned your fathers when I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, warning them persistently, even to this day, saying, Obey my voice.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	8	Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but every one walked in the stubbornness of his evil heart. Therefore I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	9	Again the Lord said to me, “There is revolt among the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	10	They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; they have gone after other gods to serve them; the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	11	Therefore, thus says the Lord, Behold, I am bringing evil upon them which they cannot escape; though they cry to me, I will not listen to them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	12	Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they cannot save them in the time of their trouble.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	13	For your gods have become as many as your cities, O Judah; and as many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to shame, altars to burn incense to Baal.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	14	“Therefore do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer on their behalf, for I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their trouble.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	15	What right has my beloved in my house, when she has done vile deeds? Can vows and sacrificial flesh avert your doom? Can you then exult?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	16	The Lord once called you, ‘A green olive tree, fair with goodly fruit’; but with the roar of a great tempest he will set fire to it, and its branches will be consumed.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	17	The Lord of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you, because of the evil which the house of Israel and the house of Judah have done, provoking me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	18	The Lord made it known to me and I knew; then thou didst show me their evil deeds.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	19	But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. I did not know it was against me they devised schemes, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name be remembered no more.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	20	But, O Lord of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance upon them, for to thee have I committed my cause.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	21	Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, and say, “Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, or you will die by our hand”—
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	22	therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: “Behold, I will punish them; the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	11	23	and none of them shall be left. For I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, the year of their punishment.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	1	Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I complain to thee; yet I would plead my case before thee. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	2	Thou plantest them, and they take root; they grow and bring forth fruit; thou art near in their mouth and far from their heart.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	3	But thou, O Lord, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my mind toward thee. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	4	How long will the land mourn, and the grass of every field wither? For the wickedness of those who dwell in it the beasts and the birds are swept away, because men said, “He will not see our latter end.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	5	“If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you fall down, how will you do in the jungle of the Jordan?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	6	For even your brothers and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; they are in full cry after you; believe them not, though they speak fair words to you.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	7	“I have forsaken my house, I have abandoned my heritage; I have given the beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	8	My heritage has become to me like a lion in the forest, she has lifted up her voice against me; therefore I hate her.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	9	Is my heritage to me like a speckled bird of prey? Are the birds of prey against her round about? Go, assemble all the wild beasts; bring them to devour.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	10	Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trampled down my portion, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	11	They have made it a desolation; desolate, it mourns to me. The whole land is made desolate, but no man lays it to heart.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	12	Upon all the bare heights in the desert destroyers have come; for the sword of the Lord devours from one end of the land to the other; no flesh has peace.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	13	They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns, they have tired themselves out but profit nothing. They shall be ashamed of their harvests because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	14	Thus says the Lord concerning all my evil neighbors who touch the heritage which I have given my people Israel to inherit: “Behold, I will pluck them up from their land, and I will pluck up the house of Judah from among them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	15	And after I have plucked them up, I will again have compassion on them, and I will bring them again each to his heritage and each to his land.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	16	And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, ‘As the Lord lives,’ even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	12	17	But if any nation will not listen, then I will utterly pluck it up and destroy it, says the Lord.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	1	Thus said the Lord to me, “Go and buy a linen waistcloth, and put it on your loins, and do not dip it in water.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	2	So I bought a waistcloth according to the word of the Lord, and put it on my loins.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	3	And the word of the Lord came to me a second time,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	4	“Take the waistcloth which you have bought, which is upon your loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	5	So I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	6	And after many days the Lord said to me, “Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take from there the waistcloth which I commanded you to hide there.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	7	Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and I took the waistcloth from the place where I had hidden it. And behold, the waistcloth was spoiled; it was good for nothing.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	8	Then the word of the Lord came to me:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	9	“Thus says the Lord: Even so will I spoil the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	10	This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who stubbornly follow their own heart and have gone after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be like this waistcloth, which is good for nothing.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	11	For as the waistcloth clings to the loins of a man, so I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me, says the Lord, that they might be for me a people, a name, a praise, and a glory, but they would not listen.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	12	“You shall speak to them this word: ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, “Every jar shall be filled with wine.”’ And they will say to you, ‘Do we not indeed know that every jar will be filled with wine?’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	13	Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will fill with drunkenness all the inhabitants of this land: the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	14	And I will dash them one against another, fathers and sons together, says the Lord. I will not pity or spare or have compassion, that I should not destroy them.’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	15	Hear and give ear; be not proud, for the Lord has spoken.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	16	Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the twilight mountains, and while you look for light he turns it into gloom and makes it deep darkness.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	17	But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret for your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears, because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	18	Say to the king and the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your beautiful crown has come down from your head.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	19	The cities of the Negeb are shut up, with none to open them; all Judah is taken into exile, wholly taken into exile.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	20	“Lift up your eyes and see those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given you, your beautiful flock?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	21	What will you say when they set as head over you those whom you yourself have taught to be friends to you? Will not pangs take hold of you, like those of a woman in travail?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	22	And if you say in your heart, ‘Why have these things come upon me?’ it is for the greatness of your iniquity that your skirts are lifted up, and you suffer violence.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	23	Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then also you can do good who are accustomed to do evil.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	24	I will scatter you like chaff driven by the wind from the desert.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	25	This is your lot, the portion I have measured out to you, says the Lord, because you have forgotten me and trusted in lies.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	26	I myself will lift up your skirts over your face, and your shame will be seen.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	13	27	I have seen your abominations, your adulteries and neighings, your lewd harlotries, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will it be before you are made clean?”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	1	The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	2	“Judah mourns and her gates languish; her people lament on the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	3	Her nobles send their servants for water; they come to the cisterns, they find no water, they return with their vessels empty; they are ashamed and confounded and cover their heads.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	4	Because of the ground which is dismayed, since there is no rain on the land, the farmers are ashamed, they cover their heads.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	5	Even the hind in the field forsakes her newborn calf because there is no grass.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	6	The wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail because there is no herbage.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	7	“Though our iniquities testify against us, act, O Lord, for thy name’s sake; for our backslidings are many, we have sinned against thee.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	8	O thou hope of Israel, its savior in time of trouble, why shouldst thou be like a stranger in the land, like a wayfarer who turns aside to tarry for a night?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	9	Why shouldst thou be like a man confused, like a mighty man who cannot save? Yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	10	Thus says the Lord concerning this people: “They have loved to wander thus, they have not restrained their feet; therefore the Lord does not accept them, now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	11	The Lord said to me: “Do not pray for the welfare of this people.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	12	Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, and though they offer burnt offering and cereal offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	13	Then I said: “Ah, Lord GOD, behold, the prophets say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	14	And the Lord said to me: “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name; I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	15	Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name although I did not send them, and who say, ‘Sword and famine shall not come on this land’: By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	16	And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and sword, with none to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out their wickedness upon them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	17	“You shall say to them this word: ‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people is smitten with a great wound, with a very grievous blow.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	18	If I go out into the field, behold, those slain by the sword! And if I enter the city, behold, the diseases of famine! For both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land, and have no knowledge.’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	19	Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? Does thy soul loathe Zion? Why hast thou smitten us so that there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; for a time of healing, but behold, terror.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	20	We acknowledge our wickedness, O Lord, and the iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against thee.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	21	Do not spurn us, for thy name’s sake; do not dishonor thy glorious throne; remember and do not break thy covenant with us.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	14	22	Are there any among the false gods of the nations that can bring rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Art thou not he, O Lord our God? We set our hope on thee, for thou doest all these things.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	1	Then the Lord said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	2	And when they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Those who are for pestilence, to pestilence, and those who are for the sword, to the sword; those who are for famine, to famine, and those who are for captivity, to captivity.”’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	3	“I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, says the Lord: the sword to slay, the dogs to tear, and the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	4	And I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	5	“Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem, or who will bemoan you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	6	You have rejected me, says the Lord, you keep going backward; so I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you;— I am weary of relenting.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	7	I have winnowed them with a winnowing fork in the gates of the land; I have bereaved them, I have destroyed my people; they did not turn from their ways.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	8	I have made their widows more in number than the sand of the seas; I have brought against the mothers of young men a destroyer at noonday; I have made anguish and terror fall upon them suddenly.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	9	She who bore seven has languished; she has swooned away; her sun went down while it was yet day; she has been shamed and disgraced. And the rest of them I will give to the sword before their enemies, says the Lord.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	10	Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land! I have not lent, nor have I borrowed, yet all of them curse me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	11	So let it be, O Lord, if I have not entreated thee for their good, if I have not pleaded with thee on behalf of the enemy in the time of trouble and in the time of distress!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	12	Can one break iron, iron from the north, and bronze?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	13	“Your wealth and your treasures I will give as spoil, without price, for all your sins, throughout all your territory.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	14	I will make you serve your enemies in a land which you do not know, for in my anger a fire is kindled which shall burn for ever.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	15	O Lord, thou knowest; remember me and visit me, and take vengeance for me on my persecutors. In thy forbearance take me not away; know that for thy sake I bear reproach.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	16	Thy words were found, and I ate them, and thy words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart; for I am called by thy name, O Lord, God of hosts.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	17	I did not sit in the company of merrymakers, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone, because thy hand was upon me, for thou hadst filled me with indignation.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	18	Why is my pain unceasing, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Wilt thou be to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	19	Therefore thus says the Lord: “If you return, I will restore you, and you shall stand before me. If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless, you shall be as my mouth. They shall turn to you, but you shall not turn to them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	20	And I will make you to this people a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you, but they shall not prevail over you, for I am with you to save you and deliver you, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	15	21	I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	1	The word of the Lord came to me:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	2	“You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	3	For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place, and concerning the mothers who bore them and the fathers who begot them in this land:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	4	They shall die of deadly diseases. They shall not be lamented, nor shall they be buried; they shall be as dung on the surface of the ground. They shall perish by the sword and by famine, and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	5	“For thus says the Lord: Do not enter the house of mourning, or go to lament, or bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, says the Lord, my steadfast love and mercy.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	6	Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, and no one shall lament for them or cut himself or make himself bald for them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	7	No one shall break bread for the mourner, to comfort him for the dead; nor shall any one give him the cup of consolation to drink for his father or his mother.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	8	You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	9	For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will make to cease from this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	10	“And when you tell this people all these words, and they say to you, ‘Why has the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? What is our iniquity? What is the sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	11	then you shall say to them: ‘Because your fathers have forsaken me, says the Lord, and have gone after other gods and have served and worshiped them, and have forsaken me and have not kept my law,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	12	and because you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, every one of you follows his stubborn evil will, refusing to listen to me;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	13	therefore I will hurl you out of this land into a land which neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	14	“Therefore, behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when it shall no longer be said, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	15	but ‘As the Lord lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the north country and out of all the countries where he had driven them.’ For I will bring them back to their own land which I gave to their fathers.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	16	“Behold, I am sending for many fishers, says the Lord, and they shall catch them; and afterwards I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	17	For my eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from me, nor is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	18	And I will doubly recompense their iniquity and their sin, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and have filled my inheritance with their abominations.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	19	O Lord, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in the day of trouble, to thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth and say: “Our fathers have inherited nought but lies, worthless things in which there is no profit.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	20	Can man make for himself gods? Such are no gods!”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	16	21	“Therefore, behold, I will make them know, this once I will make them know my power and my might, and they shall know that my name is the Lord.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	1	“The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron; with a point of diamond it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of their altars,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	2	while their children remember their altars and their Asherim, beside every green tree, and on the high hills,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	3	on the mountains in the open country. Your wealth and all your treasures I will give for spoil as the price of your sin throughout all your territory.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	4	You shall loosen your hand from your heritage which I gave to you, and I will make you serve your enemies in a land which you do not know, for in my anger a fire is kindled which shall burn for ever.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	5	Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his arm, whose heart turns away from the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	6	He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	7	“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	8	He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	9	The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately corrupt; who can understand it?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	10	“I the Lord search the mind and try the heart, to give to every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	11	Like the partridge that gathers a brood which she did not hatch, so is he who gets riches but not by right; in the midst of his days they will leave him, and at his end he will be a fool.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	12	A glorious throne set on high from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	13	O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who forsake thee shall be put to shame; those who turn away from thee shall be written in the earth, for they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living water.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	14	Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved; for thou art my praise.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	15	Behold, they say to me, “Where is the word of the Lord? Let it come!”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	16	I have not pressed thee to send evil, nor have I desired the day of disaster, thou knowest; that which came out of my lips was before thy face.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	17	Be not a terror to me; thou art my refuge in the day of evil.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	18	Let those be put to shame who persecute me, but let me not be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed; bring upon them the day of evil; destroy them with double destruction!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	19	Thus said the Lord to me: “Go and stand in the Benjamin Gate, by which the kings of Judah enter and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	20	and say: ‘Hear the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who enter by these gates.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	21	Thus says the Lord: Take heed for the sake of your lives, and do not bear a burden on the sabbath day or bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	22	And do not carry a burden out of your houses on the sabbath or do any work, but keep the sabbath day holy, as I commanded your fathers.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	23	Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck, that they might not hear and receive instruction.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	24	“‘But if you listen to me, says the Lord, and bring in no burden by the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but keep the sabbath day holy and do no work on it,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	25	then there shall enter by the gates of this city kings who sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city shall be inhabited for ever.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	26	And people shall come from the cities of Judah and the places round about Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the Shephelah, from the hill country, and from the Negeb, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, cereal offerings and frankincense, and bringing thank offerings to the house of the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	17	27	But if you do not listen to me, to keep the sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter by the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem and shall not be quenched.’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	1	The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	2	“Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	3	So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was working at his wheel.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	4	And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	5	Then the word of the Lord came to me:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	6	“O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done? says the Lord. Behold, like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	7	If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	8	and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will repent of the evil that I intended to do to it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	9	And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	10	and if it does evil in my sight, not listening to my voice, then I will repent of the good which I had intended to do to it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	11	Now, therefore, say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: ‘Thus says the Lord, Behold, I am shaping evil against you and devising a plan against you. Return, every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	12	“But they say, ‘That is in vain! We will follow our own plans, and will every one act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	13	“Therefore thus says the Lord: Ask among the nations, who has heard the like of this? The virgin Israel has done a very horrible thing.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	14	Does the snow of Lebanon leave the crags of Sirion? Do the mountain waters run dry, the cold flowing streams?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	15	But my people have forgotten me, they burn incense to false gods; they have stumbled in their ways, in the ancient roads, and have gone into bypaths, not the highway,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	16	making their land a horror, a thing to be hissed at for ever. Every one who passes by it is horrified and shakes his head.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	17	Like the east wind I will scatter them before the enemy. I will show them my back, not my face, in the day of their calamity.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	18	Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not heed any of his words.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	19	Give heed to me, O Lord, and hearken to my plea.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	20	Is evil a recompense for good? Yet they have dug a pit for my life. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	21	Therefore deliver up their children to famine; give them over to the power of the sword, let their wives become childless and widowed. May their men meet death by pestilence, their youths be slain by the sword in battle.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	22	May a cry be heard from their houses, when thou bringest the marauder suddenly upon them! For they have dug a pit to take me, and laid snares for my feet.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	18	23	Yet, thou, O Lord, knowest all their plotting to slay me. Forgive not their iniquity, nor blot out their sin from thy sight. Let them be overthrown before thee; deal with them in the time of thine anger.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	1	Thus said the Lord, “Go, buy a potter’s earthen flask, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the senior priests,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	2	and go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom at the entry of the Potsherd Gate, and proclaim there the words that I tell you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	3	You shall say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon this place that the ears of every one who hears of it will tingle.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	4	Because the people have forsaken me, and have profaned this place by burning incense in it to other gods whom neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have known; and because they have filled this place with the blood of innocents,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	5	and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, which I did not command or decree, nor did it come into my mind;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	6	therefore, behold, days are coming, says the Lord, when this place shall no more be called Topheth, or the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of Slaughter.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	7	And in this place I will make void the plans of Judah and Jerusalem, and will cause their people to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life. I will give their dead bodies for food to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the earth.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	8	And I will make this city a horror, a thing to be hissed at; every one who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	9	And I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and their daughters, and every one shall eat the flesh of his neighbor in the siege and in the distress, with which their enemies and those who seek their life afflict them.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	10	“Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	11	and shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: So will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel, so that it can never be mended. Men shall bury in Topheth because there will be no place else to bury.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	12	Thus will I do to this place, says the Lord, and to its inhabitants, making this city like Topheth.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	13	The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah—all the houses upon whose roofs incense has been burned to all the host of heaven, and drink offerings have been poured out to other gods—shall be defiled like the place of Topheth.’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	14	Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the court of the Lord’s house, and said to all the people:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	19	15	“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing upon this city and upon all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have stiffened their neck, refusing to hear my words.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	1	Now Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer, who was chief officer in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	2	Then Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate of the house of the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	3	On the morrow, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord does not call your name Pashhur, but Terror on every side.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	4	For thus says the Lord: Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They shall fall by the sword of their enemies while you look on. And I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon; he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	5	Moreover, I will give all the wealth of the city, all its gains, all its prized belongings, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah into the hand of their enemies, who shall plunder them, and seize them, and carry them to Babylon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	6	And you, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house, shall go into captivity; to Babylon you shall go; and there you shall die, and there you shall be buried, you and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied falsely.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	7	O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art stronger than I, and thou hast prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all the day; every one mocks me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	8	For whenever I speak, I cry out, I shout, “Violence and destruction!” For the word of the Lord has become for me a reproach and derision all day long.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	9	If I say, “I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,” there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	10	For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side! “Denounce him! Let us denounce him!” say all my familiar friends, watching for my fall. “Perhaps he will be deceived, then we can overcome him, and take our revenge on him.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	11	But the Lord is with me as a dread warrior; therefore my persecutors will stumble, they will not overcome me. They will be greatly shamed, for they will not succeed. Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	12	O Lord of hosts, who triest the righteous, who seest the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance upon them, for to thee have I committed my cause.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	13	Sing to the Lord; praise the Lord! For he has delivered the life of the needy from the hand of evildoers.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	14	Cursed be the day on which I was born! The day when my mother bore me, let it not be blessed!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	15	Cursed be the man who brought the news to my father, “A son is born to you,” making him very glad.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	16	Let that man be like the cities which the Lord overthrew without pity; let him hear a cry in the morning and an alarm at noon,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	17	because he did not kill me in the womb; so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb for ever great.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	20	18	Why did I come forth from the womb to see toil and sorrow, and spend my days in shame?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	1	This is the word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Ma-aseiah, saying,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	2	“Inquire of the Lord for us, for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon is making war against us; perhaps the Lord will deal with us according to all his wonderful deeds, and will make him withdraw from us.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	3	Then Jeremiah said to them:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	4	“Thus you shall say to Zedekiah, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war which are in your hands and with which you are fighting against the king of Babylon and against the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the walls; and I will bring them together into the midst of this city.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	5	I myself will fight against you with outstretched hand and strong arm, in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	6	And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they shall die of a great pestilence.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	7	Afterward, says the Lord, I will give Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people in this city who survive the pestilence, sword, and famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of their enemies, into the hand of those who seek their lives. He shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not pity them, or spare them, or have compassion.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	8	“And to this people you shall say: ‘Thus says the Lord: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	9	He who stays in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who are besieging you shall live and shall have his life as a prize of war.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	10	For I have set my face against this city for evil and not for good, says the Lord: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	11	“And to the house of the king of Judah say, ‘Hear the word of the Lor,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	12	O house of David! Thus says the Lord: “‘Execute justice in the morning, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of your evil doings.’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	13	“Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, O rock of the plain, says the Lord; you who say, ‘Who shall come down against us, or who shall enter our habitations?’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	21	14	I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says the Lord; I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is round about her.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	1	Thus says the Lord: “Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	2	and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, O King of Judah, who sit on the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people who enter these gates.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	3	Thus says the Lord: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	4	For if you will indeed obey this word, then there shall enter the gates of this house kings who sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their servants, and their people.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	5	But if you will not heed these words, I swear by myself, says the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	6	For thus says the Lord concerning the house of the king of Judah: “‘You are as Gilead to me, as the summit of Lebanon, yet surely I will make you a desert, an uninhabited city.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	7	I will prepare destroyers against you, each with his weapons; and they shall cut down your choicest cedars, and cast them into the fire.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	8	“‘And many nations will pass by this city, and every man will say to his neighbor, “Why has the Lord dealt thus with this great city?”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	9	And they will answer, “Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshiped other gods and served them.”’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	10	Weep not for him who is dead, nor bemoan him; but weep bitterly for him who goes away, for he shall return no more to see his native land.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	11	For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went away from this place: “He shall return here no more,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	12	but in the place where they have carried him captive, there shall he die, and he shall never see this land again.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	13	“Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice; who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing, and does not give him his wages;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	14	who says, ‘I will build myself a great house with spacious upper rooms,’ and cuts out windows for it, paneling it with cedar, and painting it with vermilion.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	15	Do you think you are a king because you compete in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	16	He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Is not this to know me? says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	17	But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	18	Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: “They shall not lament for him, saying, ‘Ah my brother!’ or ‘Ah sister!’ They shall not lament for him, saying, ‘Ah lord!’ or ‘Ah his majesty!’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	19	With the burial of an ass he shall be buried, dragged and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	20	“Go up to Lebanon, and cry out, and lift up your voice in Bashan; cry from Abarim, for all your lovers are destroyed.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	21	I spoke to you in your prosperity, but you said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from your youth, that you have not obeyed my voice.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	22	The wind shall shepherd all your shepherds, and your lovers shall go into captivity; then you will be ashamed and confounded because of all your wickedness.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	23	O inhabitant of Lebanon, nested among the cedars, how you will groan when pangs come upon you, pain as of a woman in travail!”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	24	“As I live, says the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the signet ring on my right hand, yet I would tear you off
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	25	and give you into the hand of those who seek your life, into the hand of those of whom you are afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	26	I will hurl you and the mother who bore you into another country, where you were not born, and there you shall die.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	27	But to the land to which they will long to return, there they shall not return.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	28	Is this man Coniah a despised, broken pot, a vessel no one cares for? Why are he and his children hurled and cast into a land which they do not know?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	29	O land, land, land, hear the word of the Lord!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	22	30	Thus says the Lord: “Write this man down as childless, a man who shall not succeed in his days; for none of his offspring shall succeed in sitting on the throne of David, and ruling again in Judah.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	1	“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	2	Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people: “You have scattered my flock, and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for your evil doings, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	3	Then I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	4	I will set shepherds over them who will care for them, and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be missing, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	5	“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	6	In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	7	“Therefore, behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when men shall no longer say, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	8	but ‘As the Lord lives who brought up and led the descendants of the house of Israel out of the north country and out of all the countries where he had driven them.’ Then they shall dwell in their own land.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	9	Concerning the prophets: My heart is broken within me, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, like a man overcome by wine, because of the Lord and because of his holy words.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	10	For the land is full of adulterers; because of the curse the land mourns, and the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. Their course is evil, and their might is not right.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	11	“Both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in my house I have found their wickedness, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	12	Therefore their way shall be to them like slippery paths in the darkness, into which they shall be driven and fall; for I will bring evil upon them in the year of their punishment, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	13	In the prophets of Samaria I saw an unsavory thing: they prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	14	But in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery and walk in lies; they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns from his wickedness; all of them have become like Sodom to me, and its inhabitants like Gomorrah.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	15	Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets: “Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and give them poisoned water to drink; for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has gone forth into all the land.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	16	Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, filling you with vain hopes; they speak visions of their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	17	They say continually to those who despise the word of the Lord, ‘It shall be well with you’; and to every one who stubbornly follows his own heart, they say, ‘No evil shall come upon you.’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	18	For who among them has stood in the council of the Lord to perceive and to hear his word, or who has given heed to his word and listened?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	19	Behold, the storm of the Lord! Wrath has gone forth, a whirling tempest; it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	20	The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has executed and accomplished the intents of his mind. In the latter days you will understand it clearly.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	21	“I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	22	But if they had stood in my council, then they would have proclaimed my words to my people, and they would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	23	“Am I a God at hand, says the Lord, and not a God afar off?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	24	Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	25	I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in my name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	26	How long shall there be lies in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	27	who think to make my people forget my name by their dreams which they tell one another, even as their fathers forgot my name for Baal?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	28	Let the prophet who has a dream tell the dream, but let him who has my word speak my word faithfully. What has straw in common with wheat? says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	29	Is not my word like fire, says the Lord, and like a hammer which breaks the rock in pieces?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	30	Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who steal my words from one another.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	31	Behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who use their tongues and say, ‘Says the Lord.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	32	Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says the Lord, and who tell them and lead my people astray by their lies and their recklessness, when I did not send them or charge them; so they do not profit this people at all, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	33	“When one of this people, or a prophet, or a priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the Lord?’ you shall say to them, ‘You are the burden, and I will cast you off, says the Lord.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	34	And as for the prophet, priest, or one of the people who says, ‘The burden of the Lord,’ I will punish that man and his household.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	35	Thus shall you say, every one to his neighbor and every one to his brother, ‘What has the Lord answered?’ or ‘What has the Lord spoken?’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	36	But ‘the burden of the Lord’ you shall mention no more, for the burden is every man’s own word, and you pervert the words of the living God, the Lord of hosts, our God.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	37	Thus you shall say to the prophet, ‘What has the Lord answered you?’ or ‘What has the Lord spoken?’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	38	But if you say, ‘The burden of the Lord,’ thus says the Lord, ‘Because you have said these words, “The burden of the Lord,” when I sent to you, saying, “You shall not say, ‘The burden of the Lord,’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	39	therefore, behold, I will surely lift you up and cast you away from my presence, you and the city which I gave to you and your fathers.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	23	40	And I will bring upon you everlasting reproach and perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	24	1	After Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile from Jerusalem Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, together with the princes of Judah, the craftsmen, and the smiths, and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me this vision: Behold, two baskets of figs placed before the temple of the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	24	2	One basket had very good figs, like first-ripe figs, but the other basket had very bad figs, so bad that they could not be eaten.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	24	3	And the Lord said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I said, “Figs, the good figs very good, and the bad figs very bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	24	4	Then the word of the Lord came to me:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	24	5	“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so I will regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	24	6	I will set my eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up, and not tear them down; I will plant them, and not uproot them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	24	7	I will give them a heart to know that I am the Lord; and they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	24	8	“But thus says the Lord: Like the bad figs which are so bad they cannot be eaten, so will I treat Zedekiah the king of Judah, his princes, the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	24	9	I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a reproach, a byword, a taunt, and a curse in all the places where I shall drive them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	24	10	And I will send sword, famine, and pestilence upon them, until they shall be utterly destroyed from the land which I gave to them and their fathers.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	1	The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon),
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	2	which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	3	“For twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, to this day, the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken persistently to you, but you have not listened.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	4	You have neither listened nor inclined your ears to hear, although the Lord persistently sent to you all his servants the prophets,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	5	saying, ‘Turn now, every one of you, from his evil way and wrong doings, and dwell upon the land which the Lord has given to you and your fathers from of old and for ever;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	6	do not go after other gods to serve and worship them, or provoke me to anger with the work of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	7	Yet you have not listened to me, says the Lord, that you might provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own harm.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	8	“Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Because you have not obeyed my words,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	9	behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, says the Lord, and for Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about; I will utterly destroy them, and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting reproach.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	10	Moreover, I will banish from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the grinding of the millstones and the light of the lamp.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	11	This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	12	Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, says the Lord, making the land an everlasting waste.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	13	I will bring upon that land all the words which I have uttered against it, everything written in this book, which Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	14	For many nations and great kings shall make slaves even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	15	Thus the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	16	They shall drink and stagger and be crazed because of the sword which I am sending among them.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	17	So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand, and made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink it:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	18	Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and princes, to make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	19	Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes, all his people,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	20	and all the foreign folk among them; all the kings of the land of Uz and all the kings of the land of the Philistines (Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod);
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	21	Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	22	all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastland across the sea;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	23	Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	24	all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the mixed tribes that dwell in the desert;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	25	all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	26	all the kings of the north, far and near, one after another, and all the kingdoms of the world which are on the face of the earth. And after them the king of Babylon shall drink.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	27	“Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink, be drunk and vomit, fall and rise no more, because of the sword which I am sending among you.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	28	“And if they refuse to accept the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: You must drink!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	29	For behold, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name, and shall you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, says the Lord of hosts.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	30	“You, therefore, shall prophesy against them all these words, and say to them: ‘The Lord will roar from on high, and from his holy habitation utter his voice; he will roar mightily against his fold, and shout, like those who tread grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	31	The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth, for the Lord has an indictment against the nations; he is entering into judgment with all flesh, and the wicked he will put to the sword, says the Lord.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	32	“Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, evil is going forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	33	“And those slain by the Lord on that day shall extend from one end of the earth to the other. They shall not be lamented, or gathered, or buried; they shall be dung on the surface of the ground.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	34	“Wail, you shepherds, and cry, and roll in ashes, you lords of the flock, for the days of your slaughter and dispersion have come, and you shall fall like choice rams.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	35	No refuge will remain for the shepherds, nor escape for the lords of the flock.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	36	Hark, the cry of the shepherds, and the wail of the lords of the flock! For the Lord is despoiling their pasture,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	37	and the peaceful folds are devastated, because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	25	38	Like a lion he has left his covert, for their land has become a waste because of the sword of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	1	In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the Lord,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	2	“Thus says the Lord: Stand in the court of the Lord’s house, and speak to all the cities of Judah which come to worship in the house of the Lord all the words that I command you to speak to them; do not hold back a word.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	3	It may be they will listen, and every one turn from his evil way, that I may repent of the evil which I intend to do to them because of their evil doings.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	4	You shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord: If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law which I have set before you,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	5	and to heed the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you urgently, though you have not heeded,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	6	then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse for all the nations of the earth.’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	7	The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	8	And when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, then the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold of him, saying, “You shall die!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	9	Why have you prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant’?” And all the people gathered about Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	10	When the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king’s house to the house of the Lord and took their seat in the entry of the New Gate of the house of the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	11	Then the priests and the prophets said to the princes and to all the people, “This man deserves the sentence of death, because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	12	Then Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and all the people, saying, “The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the words you have heard.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	13	Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God, and the Lord will repent of the evil which he has pronounced against you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	14	But as for me, behold, I am in your hands. Do with me as seems good and right to you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	15	Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants, for in truth the Lord sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	16	Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, “This man does not deserve the sentence of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	17	And certain of the elders of the land arose and spoke to all the assembled people, saying,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	18	“Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and said to all the people of Judah: ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house a wooded height.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	19	Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the Lord and entreat the favor of the Lord, and did not the Lord repent of the evil which he had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great evil upon ourselves.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	20	There was another man who prophesied in the name of the Lord, Uriah the son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land in words like those of Jeremiah.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	21	And when King Jehoiakim, with all his warriors and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death; but when Uriah heard of it, he was afraid and fled and escaped to Egypt.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	22	Then King Jehoiakim sent to Egypt certain men, Elnathan the son of Achbor and others with him,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	23	and they fetched Uriah from Egypt and brought him to King Jehoiakim, who slew him with the sword and cast his dead body into the burial place of the common people.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	26	24	But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah so that he was not given over to the people to be put to death.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	1	In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	2	Thus the Lord said to me: “Make yourself thongs and yoke-bars, and put them on your neck.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	3	Send word to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the sons of Ammon, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon by the hand of the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	4	Give them this charge for their masters: ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: This is what you shall say to your masters:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	5	“It is I who by my great power and my outstretched arm have made the earth, with the men and animals that are on the earth, and I give it to whomever it seems right to me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	6	Now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant, and I have given him also the beasts of the field to serve him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	7	All the nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings shall make him their slave.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	8	“‘“But if any nation or kingdom will not serve this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, says the Lord, until I have consumed it by his hand.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	9	So do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers, or your sorcerers, who are saying to you, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	10	For it is a lie which they are prophesying to you, with the result that you will be removed far from your land, and I will drive you out, and you will perish.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	11	But any nation which will bring its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave on its own land, to till it and dwell there, says the Lord.”’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	12	To Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke in like manner: “Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	13	Why will you and your people die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, as the Lord has spoken concerning any nation which will not serve the king of Babylon?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	14	Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are saying to you, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon,’ for it is a lie which they are prophesying to you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	15	I have not sent them, says the Lord, but they are prophesying falsely in my name, with the result that I will drive you out and you will perish, you and the prophets who are prophesying to you.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	16	Then I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, “Thus says the Lord: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who are prophesying to you, saying, ‘Behold, the vessels of the Lord’s house will now shortly be brought back from Babylon,’ for it is a lie which they are prophesying to you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	17	Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon and live. Why should this city become a desolation?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	18	If they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord is with them, then let them intercede with the Lord of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the Lord, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem may not go to Babylon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	19	For thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the pillars, the sea, the stands, and the rest of the vessels which are left in this city,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	20	which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take away, when he took into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem—
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	21	thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels which are left in the house of the Lord, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	27	22	They shall be carried to Babylon and remain there until the day when I give attention to them, says the Lord. Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	1	In that same year, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fifth month of the fourth year, Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet from Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and all the people, saying,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	2	“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	3	Within two years I will bring back to this place all the vessels of the Lord’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	4	I will also bring back to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon, says the Lord, for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	5	Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to Hananiah the prophet in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the Lord;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	6	and the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! May the Lord do so; may the Lord make the words which you have prophesied come true, and bring back to this place from Babylon the vessels of the house of the Lord, and all the exiles.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	7	Yet hear now this word which I speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	8	The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	9	As for the prophet who prophesies peace, when the word of that prophet comes to pass, then it will be known that the Lord has truly sent the prophet.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	10	Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke-bars from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, and broke them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	11	And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, “Thus says the Lord: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations within two years.” But Jeremiah the prophet went his way.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	12	Sometime after the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke-bars from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	13	“Go, tell Hananiah, ‘Thus says the Lord: You have broken wooden bars, but I will make in their place bars of iron.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	14	For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I have put upon the neck of all these nations an iron yoke of servitude to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they shall serve him, for I have given to him even the beasts of the field.’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	15	And Jeremiah the prophet said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah, the Lord has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	16	Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will remove you from the face of the earth. This very year you shall die, because you have uttered rebellion against the Lord.’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	28	17	In that same year, in the seventh month, the prophet Hananiah died.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	1	These are the words of the letter which Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the elders of the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	2	This was after King Jeconiah, and the queen mother, the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the smiths had departed from Jerusalem.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	3	The letter was sent by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. It said:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	4	“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	5	Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	6	Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	7	But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	8	For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams which they dream,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	9	for it is a lie which they are prophesying to you in my name; I did not send them, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	10	“For thus says the Lord: When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit you, and I will fulfil to you my promise and bring you back to this place.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	11	For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	12	Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	13	You will seek me and find me; when you seek me with all your heart,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	14	I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	15	“Because you have said, ‘The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon,’—
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	16	Thus says the Lord concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your kinsmen who did not go out with you into exile:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	17	‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, Behold, I am sending on them sword, famine, and pestilence, and I will make them like vile figs which are so bad they cannot be eaten.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	18	I will pursue them with sword, famine, and pestilence, and will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, a terror, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	19	because they did not heed my words, says the Lord, which I persistently sent to you by my servants the prophets, but you would not listen, says the Lord.’—
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	20	Hear the word of the Lord, all you exiles whom I sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	21	‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah the son of Ma-aseiah, who are prophesying a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	22	Because of them this curse shall be used by all the exiles from Judah in Babylon: “The Lord make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire,”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	23	because they have committed folly in Israel, they have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and they have spoken in my name lying words which I did not command them. I am the one who knows, and I am witness, says the Lord.’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	24	To Shemaiah of Nehelam you shall say:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	25	“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You have sent letters in your name to all the people who are in Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Ma-aseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	26	‘The Lord has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to have charge in the house of the Lord over every madman who prophesies, to put him in the stocks and collar.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	27	Now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who is prophesying to you?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	28	For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, “Your exile will be long; build houses and live in them, and plant gardens and eat their produce.”’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	29	Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	30	Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	31	“Send to all the exiles, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord concerning Shemaiah of Nehelam: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you when I did not send him, and has made you trust in a lie,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	29	32	therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah of Nehelam and his descendants; he shall not have any one living among this people to see the good that I will do to my people, says the Lord, for he has talked rebellion against the Lord.’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	1	The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	2	“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	3	For behold, days are coming, says the Lord, when I will restore the fortunes of my people, Israel and Judah, says the Lord, and I will bring them back to the land which I gave to their fathers, and they shall take possession of it.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	4	These are the words which the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	5	“Thus says the Lord: We have heard a cry of panic, of terror, and no peace.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	6	Ask now, and see, can a man bear a child? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his loins like a woman in labor? Why has every face turned pale?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	7	Alas! that day is so great there is none like it; it is a time of distress for Jacob; yet he shall be saved out of it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	8	“And it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord of hosts, that I will break the yoke from off their neck, and I will burst their bonds, and strangers shall no more make servants of them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	9	But they shall serve the Lord their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	10	“Then fear not, O Jacob my servant, says the Lord, nor be dismayed, O Israel; for lo, I will save you from afar, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease, and none shall make him afraid.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	11	For I am with you to save you, says the Lord; I will make a full end of all the nations among whom I scattered you, but of you I will not make a full end. I will chasten you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	12	“For thus says the Lord: Your hurt is incurable, and your wound is grievous.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	13	There is none to uphold your cause, no medicine for your wound, no healing for you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	14	All your lovers have forgotten you; they care nothing for you; for I have dealt you the blow of an enemy, the punishment of a merciless foe, because your guilt is great, because your sins are flagrant.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	15	Why do you cry out over your hurt? Your pain is incurable. Because your guilt is great, because your sins are flagrant, I have done these things to you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	16	Therefore all who devour you shall be devoured, and all your foes, every one of them, shall go into captivity; those who despoil you shall become a spoil, and all who prey on you I will make a prey.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	17	For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal, says the Lord, because they have called you an outcast: ‘It is Zion, for whom no one cares!’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	18	“Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob, and have compassion on his dwellings; the city shall be rebuilt upon its mound, and the palace shall stand where it used to be.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	19	Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving, and the voices of those who make merry. I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will make them honored, and they shall not be small.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	20	Their children shall be as they were of old, and their congregation shall be established before me; and I will punish all who oppress them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	21	Their prince shall be one of themselves, their ruler shall come forth from their midst; I will make him draw near, and he shall approach me, for who would dare of himself to approach me? says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	22	And you shall be my people, and I will be your God.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	23	Behold the storm of the Lord! Wrath has gone forth, a whirling tempest; it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	30	24	The fierce anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has executed and accomplished the intents of his mind. In the latter days you will understand this.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	1	“At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	2	Thus says the Lord: “The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness; when Israel sought for rest,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	3	the Lord appeared to him from afar. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	4	Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin Israel! Again you shall adorn yourself with timbrels, and shall go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	5	Again you shall plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall enjoy the fruit.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	6	For there shall be a day when watchmen will call in the hill country of Ephraim: ‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion, to the Lord our God.’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	7	For thus says the Lord: “Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, and raise shouts for the chief of the nations; proclaim, give praise, and say, ‘The Lord has saved his people, the remnant of Israel.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	8	Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, among them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who is in travail, together; a great company, they shall return here.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	9	With weeping they shall come, and with consolations I will lead them back, I will make them walk by brooks of water, in a straight path in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	10	“Hear the word of the Lord, O nations, and declare it in the coastlands afar off; say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, and will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	11	For the Lord has ransomed Jacob, and has redeemed him from hands too strong for him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	12	They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion, and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the Lord, over the grain, the wine, and the oil, and over the young of the flock and the herd; their life shall be like a watered garden, and they shall languish no more.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	13	Then shall the maidens rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old shall be merry. I will turn their mourning into joy, I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	14	I will feast the soul of the priests with abundance, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says the Lord.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	15	Thus says the Lord: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are not.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	16	Thus says the Lord: “Keep your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work shall be rewarded, says the Lord, and they shall come back from the land of the enemy.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	17	There is hope for your future, says the Lord, and your children shall come back to their own country.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	18	I have heard Ephraim bemoaning, ‘Thou hast chastened me, and I was chastened, like an untrained calf; bring me back that I may be restored, for thou art the Lord my God.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	19	For after I had turned away I repented; and after I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh; I was ashamed, and I was confounded, because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	20	Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he my darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I do remember him still. Therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	21	“Set up waymarks for yourself, make yourself guideposts; consider well the highway, the road by which you went. Return, O virgin Israel, return to these your cities.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	22	How long will you waver, O faithless daughter? For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth: a woman protects a man.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	23	Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Once more they shall use these words in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I restore their fortunes: ‘The Lord bless you, O habitation of righteousness, O holy hill!’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	24	And Judah and all its cities shall dwell there together, and the farmers and those who wander with their flocks.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	25	For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	26	Thereupon I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	27	“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	28	And it shall come to pass that as I have watched over them to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring evil, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	29	In those days they shall no longer say: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	30	But every one shall die for his own sin; each man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	31	“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	32	not like the covenant which I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant which they broke, though I was their husband, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	33	But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	34	And no longer shall each man teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	35	Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the Lord of hosts is his name:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	36	“If this fixed order departs from before me, says the Lord, then shall the descendants of Israel cease from being a nation before me for ever.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	37	Thus says the Lord: “If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth below can be explored, then I will cast off all the descendants of Israel for all that they have done, says the Lord.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	38	“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when the city shall be rebuilt for the Lord from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	39	And the measuring line shall go out farther, straight to the hill Gareb, and shall then turn to Goah.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	31	40	The whole valley of the dead bodies and the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be sacred to the Lord. It shall not be uprooted or overthrown any more for ever.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	1	The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	2	At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard which was in the palace of the king of Judah.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	3	For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying, “Why do you prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord: Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	4	Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	5	and he shall take Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall remain until I visit him, says the Lord; though you fight against the Chaldeans, you shall not succeed’?”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	6	Jeremiah said, “The word of the Lord came to me:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	7	Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you and say, ‘Buy my field which is at Anathoth, for the right of redemption by purchase is yours.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	8	Then Hanamel my cousin came to me in the court of the guard, in accordance with the word of the Lord, and said to me, ‘Buy my field which is at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for the right of possession and redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	9	“And I bought the field at Anathoth from Hanamel my cousin, and weighed out the money to him, seventeen shekels of silver.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	10	I signed the deed, sealed it, got witnesses, and weighed the money on scales.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	11	Then I took the sealed deed of purchase, containing the terms and conditions, and the open copy;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	12	and I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my cousin, in the presence of the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, and in the presence of all the Jews who were sitting in the court of the guard.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	13	I charged Baruch in their presence, saying,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	14	‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, both this sealed deed of purchase and this open deed, and put them in an earthenware vessel, that they may last for a long time.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	15	For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this land.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	16	“After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, saying:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	17	‘Ah Lord GOD! It is thou who hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and by thy outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for thee,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	18	who showest steadfast love to thousands, but dost requite the guilt of fathers to their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the Lord of hosts,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	19	great in counsel and mighty in deed; whose eyes are open to all the ways of men, rewarding every man according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	20	who hast shown signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and to this day in Israel and among all mankind, and hast made thee a name, as at this day.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	21	Thou didst bring thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and outstretched arm, and with great terror;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	22	and thou gavest them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	23	and they entered and took possession of it. But they did not obey thy voice or walk in thy law; they did nothing of all thou didst command them to do. Therefore thou hast made all this evil come upon them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	24	Behold, the siege mounds have come up to the city to take it, and because of sword and famine and pestilence the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What thou didst speak has come to pass, and behold, thou seest it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	25	Yet thou, O Lord GOD, hast said to me, “Buy the field for money and get witnesses”—though the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans.’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	26	The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	27	“Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is anything too hard for me?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	28	Therefore, thus says the Lord: Behold, I am giving this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	29	The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city shall come and set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses on whose roofs incense has been offered to Baal and drink offerings have been poured out to other gods, to provoke me to anger.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	30	For the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have done nothing but evil in my sight from their youth; the sons of Israel have done nothing but provoke me to anger by the work of their hands, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	31	This city has aroused my anger and wrath, from the day it was built to this day, so that I will remove it from my sight
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	32	because of all the evil of the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah which they did to provoke me to anger—their kings and their princes, their priests and their prophets, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	33	They have turned to me their back and not their face; and though I have taught them persistently they have not listened to receive instruction.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	34	They set up their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	35	They built the high places of Baal in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, though I did not command them, nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	36	“Now therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, ‘It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, by famine, and by pestilence’:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	37	Behold, I will gather them from all the countries to which I drove them in my anger and my wrath and in great indignation; I will bring them back to this place, and I will make them dwell in safety.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	38	And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	39	I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for their own good and the good of their children after them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	40	I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them; and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	41	I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	42	“For thus says the Lord: Just as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so I will bring upon them all the good that I promise them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	43	Fields shall be bought in this land of which you are saying, It is a desolation, without man or beast; it is given into the hands of the Chaldeans.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	32	44	Fields shall be bought for money, and deeds shall be signed and sealed and witnessed, in the land of Benjamin, in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the Shephelah, and in the cities of the Negeb; for I will restore their fortunes, says the Lord.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	1	The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the guard:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	2	“Thus says the Lord who made the earth, the Lord who formed it to establish it—the Lord is his name:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	3	Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things which you have not known.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	4	For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah which were torn down to make a defense against the siege mounds and before the sword:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	5	The Chaldeans are coming in to fight and to fill them with the dead bodies of men whom I shall smite in my anger and my wrath, for I have hidden my face from this city because of all their wickedness.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	6	Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	7	I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel, and rebuild them as they were at first.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	8	I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	9	And this city shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good that I do for them; they shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	10	“Thus says the Lord: In this place of which you say, ‘It is a waste without man or beast,’ in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man or inhabitant or beast, there shall be heard again
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	11	the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing, as they bring thank offerings to the house of the Lord: ‘Give thanks to the Lord of hosts, for the Lord is good, for his steadfast love endures for ever!’ For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	12	“Thus says the Lord of hosts: In this place which is waste, without man or beast, and in all of its cities, there shall again be habitations of shepherds resting their flocks.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	13	In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the Shephelah, and in the cities of the Negeb, in the land of Benjamin, the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, flocks shall again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	14	“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfil the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	15	In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring forth for David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	16	In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	17	“For thus says the Lord: David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	18	and the Levitical priests shall never lack a man in my presence to offer burnt offerings, to burn cereal offerings, and to make sacrifices for ever.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	19	The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	20	“Thus says the Lord: If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night will not come at their appointed time,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	21	then also my covenant with David my servant may be broken, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne, and my covenant with the Levitical priests my ministers.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	22	As the host of heaven cannot be numbered and the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of David my servant, and the Levitical priests who minister to me.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	23	The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	24	“Have you not observed what these people are saying, ‘The Lord has rejected the two families which he chose’? Thus they have despised my people so that they are no longer a nation in their sight.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	25	Thus says the Lord: If I have not established my covenant with day and night and the ordinances of heaven and earth,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	33	26	then I will reject the descendants of Jacob and David my servant and will not choose one of his descendants to rule over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes, and will have mercy upon them.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	1	The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army and all the kingdoms of the earth under his dominion and all the peoples were fighting against Jerusalem and all of its cities:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	2	“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	3	You shall not escape from his hand, but shall surely be captured and delivered into his hand; you shall see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face; and you shall go to Babylon.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	4	Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah king of Judah! Thus says the Lord concerning you: ‘You shall not die by the sword.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	5	You shall die in peace. And as spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so men shall burn spices for you and lament for you, saying, “Alas, lord!”’ For I have spoken the word, says the Lord.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	6	Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah, in Jerusalem,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	7	when the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that were left, Lachish and Azekah; for these were the only fortified cities of Judah that remained.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	8	The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to make a proclamation of liberty to them,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	9	that every one should set free his Hebrew slaves, male and female, so that no one should enslave a Jew, his brother.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	10	And they obeyed, all the princes and all the people who had entered into the covenant that every one would set free his slave, male or female, so that they would not be enslaved again; they obeyed and set them free.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	11	But afterward they turned around and took back the male and female slaves they had set free, and brought them into subjection as slaves.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	12	The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	13	“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	14	‘At the end of six years each of you must set free the fellow Hebrew who has been sold to you and has served you six years; you must set him free from your service.’ But your fathers did not listen to me or incline their ears to me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	15	You recently repented and did what was right in my eyes by proclaiming liberty, each to his neighbor, and you made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	16	but then you turned around and profaned my name when each of you took back his male and female slaves, whom you had set free according to their desire, and you brought them into subjection to be your slaves.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	17	Therefore, thus says the Lord: You have not obeyed me by proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and to his neighbor; behold, I proclaim to you liberty to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine, says the Lord. I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	18	And the men who transgressed my covenant and did not keep the terms of the covenant which they made before me, I will make like the calf which they cut in two and passed between its parts—
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	19	the princes of Judah, the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	20	and I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their lives. Their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	21	And Zedekiah king of Judah, and his princes I will give into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their lives, into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon which has withdrawn from you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	34	22	Behold, I will command, says the Lord, and will bring them back to this city; and they will fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	1	The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	2	“Go to the house of the Rechabites, and speak with them, and bring them to the house of the Lord, into one of the chambers; then offer them wine to drink.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	3	So I took Ja-azaniah the son of Jeremiah, son of Habazziniah, and his brothers, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	4	I brought them to the house of the Lord into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was near the chamber of the princes, above the chamber of Ma-aseiah the son of Shallum, keeper of the threshold.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	5	Then I set before the Rechabites pitchers full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, “Drink wine.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	6	But they answered, “We will drink no wine, for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, ‘You shall not drink wine, neither you nor your sons for ever;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	7	you shall not build a house; you shall not sow seed; you shall not plant or have a vineyard; but you shall live in tents all your days, that you may live many days in the land where you sojourn.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	8	We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, to drink no wine all our days, ourselves, our wives, our sons, or our daughters,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	9	and not to build houses to dwell in. We have no vineyard or field or seed;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	10	but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed and done all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	11	But when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up against the land, we said, ‘Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans and the army of the Syrians.’ So we are living in Jerusalem.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	12	Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	13	“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Go and say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will you not receive instruction and listen to my words? says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	14	The command which Jonadab the son of Rechab gave to his sons, to drink no wine, has been kept; and they drink none to this day, for they have obeyed their father’s command. I have spoken to you persistently, but you have not listened to me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	15	I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, sending them persistently, saying, ‘Turn now every one of you from his evil way, and amend your doings, and do not go after other gods to serve them, and then you shall dwell in the land which I gave to you and your fathers.’ But you did not incline your ear or listen to me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	16	The sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have kept the command which their father gave them, but this people has not obeyed me.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	17	Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing on Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them; because I have spoken to them and they have not listened, I have called to them and they have not answered.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	18	But to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said, “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the command of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done all that he commanded you,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	35	19	therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Jonadab the son of Rechab shall never lack a man to stand before me.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	1	In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	2	“Take a scroll and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel and Judah and all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah until today.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	3	It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I intend to do to them, so that every one may turn from his evil way, and that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	4	Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote upon a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord which he had spoken to him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	5	And Jeremiah ordered Baruch, saying, “I am debarred from going to the house of the Lord;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	6	so you are to go, and on a fast day in the hearing of all the people in the Lord’s house you shall read the words of the Lord from the scroll which you have written at my dictation. You shall read them also in the hearing of all the men of Judah who come out of their cities.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	7	It may be that their supplication will come before the Lord, and that every one will turn from his evil way, for great is the anger and wrath that the Lord has pronounced against this people.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	8	And Baruch the son of Neriah did all that Jeremiah the prophet ordered him about reading from the scroll the words of the Lord in the Lord’s house.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	9	In the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem proclaimed a fast before the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	10	Then, in the hearing of all the people, Baruch read the words of Jeremiah from the scroll, in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the secretary, which was in the upper court, at the entry of the New Gate of the Lord’s house.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	11	When Micaiah the son of Gemariah, son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the Lord from the scroll,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	12	he went down to the king’s house, into the secretary’s chamber; and all the princes were sitting there: Elishama the secretary, Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, Elnathan the son of Achbor, Gemariah the son of Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	13	And Micaiah told them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the scroll in the hearing of the people.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	14	Then all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, son of Shelemiah, son of Cushi, to say to Baruch, “Take in your hand the scroll that you read in the hearing of the people, and come.” So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand and came to them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	15	And they said to him, “Sit down and read it.” So Baruch read it to them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	16	When they heard all the words, they turned one to another in fear; and they said to Baruch, “We must report all these words to the king.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	17	Then they asked Baruch, “Tell us, how did you write all these words? Was it at his dictation?”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	18	Baruch answered them, “He dictated all these words to me, while I wrote them with ink on the scroll.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	19	Then the princes said to Baruch, “Go and hide, you and Jeremiah, and let no one know where you are.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	20	So they went into the court to the king, having put the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the secretary; and they reported all the words to the king.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	21	Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the secretary; and Jehudi read it to the king and all the princes who stood beside the king.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	22	It was the ninth month, and the king was sitting in the winter house and there was a fire burning in the brazier before him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	23	As Jehudi read three or four columns, the king would cut them off with a penknife and throw them into the fire in the brazier, until the entire scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	24	Yet neither the king, nor any of his servants who heard all these words, was afraid, nor did they rend their garments.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	25	Even when Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	26	And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son and Seraiah the son of Azri-el and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel to seize Baruch the secretary and Jeremiah the prophet, but the Lord hid them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	27	Now, after the king had burned the scroll with the words which Baruch wrote at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	28	“Take another scroll and write on it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	29	And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say, ‘Thus says the Lord, You have burned this scroll, saying, “Why have you written in it that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land, and will cut off from it man and beast?”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	30	Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah, He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David, and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat by day and the frost by night.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	31	And I will punish him and his offspring and his servants for their iniquity; I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them, but they would not hear.’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	36	32	Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote on it at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the scroll which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and many similar words were added to them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	1	Zedekiah the son of Josiah, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah, reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	2	But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the Lord which he spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	3	King Zedekiah sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Ma-aseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “Pray for us to the Lord our God.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	4	Now Jeremiah was still going in and out among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	5	The army of Pharaoh had come out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	6	Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	7	“Thus says the Lord, God of Israel: Thus shall you say to the king of Judah who sent you to me to inquire of me, ‘Behold, Pharaoh’s army which came to help you is about to return to Egypt, to its own land.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	8	And the Chaldeans shall come back and fight against this city; they shall take it and burn it with fire.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	9	Thus says the Lord, Do not deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely stay away from us,” for they will not stay away.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	10	For even if you should defeat the whole army of Chaldeans who are fighting against you, and there remained of them only wounded men, every man in his tent, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	11	Now when the Chaldean army had withdrawn from Jerusalem at the approach of Pharaoh’s army,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	12	Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to receive his portion there among the people.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	13	When he was at the Benjamin Gate, a sentry there named Irijah the son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah, seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	14	And Jeremiah said, “It is false; I am not deserting to the Chaldeans.” But Irijah would not listen to him, and seized Jeremiah and brought him to the princes.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	15	And the princes were enraged at Jeremiah, and they beat him and imprisoned him in the house of Jonathan the secretary, for it had been made a prison.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	16	When Jeremiah had come to the dungeon cells, and remained there many days,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	17	King Zedekiah sent for him, and received him. The king questioned him secretly in his house, and said, “Is there any word from the Lord?” Jeremiah said, “There is.” Then he said, “You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	18	Jeremiah also said to King Zedekiah, “What wrong have I done to you or your servants or this people, that you have put me in prison?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	19	Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land’?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	20	Now hear, I pray you, O my lord the king: let my humble plea come before you, and do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the secretary, lest I die there.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	37	21	So King Zedekiah gave orders, and they committed Jeremiah to the court of the guard; and a loaf of bread was given him daily from the bakers’ street, until all the bread of the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	1	Now Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchiah heard the words that Jeremiah was saying to all the people,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	2	“Thus says the Lord, He who stays in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes out to the Chaldeans shall live; he shall have his life as a prize of war, and live.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	3	Thus says the Lord, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon and be taken.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	4	Then the princes said to the king, “Let this man be put to death, for he is weakening the hands of the soldiers who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking the welfare of this people, but their harm.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	5	King Zedekiah said, “Behold, he is in your hands; for the king can do nothing against you.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	6	So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down by ropes. And there was no water in the cistern, but only mire, and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	7	When Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern—the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate—
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	8	Ebed-melech went from the king’s house and said to the king,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	9	“My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they did to Jeremiah the prophet by casting him into the cistern; and he will die there of hunger, for there is no bread left in the city.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	10	Then the king commanded Ebed-melech, the Ethiopian, “Take three men with you from here, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	11	So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the house of the king, to a wardrobe of the storehouse, and took from there old rags and worn-out clothes, which he let down to Jeremiah in the cistern by ropes.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	12	Then Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, “Put the rags and clothes between your armpits and the ropes.” Jeremiah did so.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	13	Then they drew Jeremiah up with ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	14	King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance of the temple of the Lord. The king said to Jeremiah, “I will ask you a question; hide nothing from me.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	15	Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “If I tell you, will you not be sure to put me to death? And if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	16	Then King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As the Lord lives, who made our souls, I will not put you to death or deliver you into the hand of these men who seek your life.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	17	Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, If you will surrender to the princes of the king of Babylon, then your life shall be spared, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and you and your house shall live.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	18	But if you do not surrender to the princes of the king of Babylon, then this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape from their hand.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	19	King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, lest I be handed over to them and they abuse me.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	20	Jeremiah said, “You shall not be given to them. Obey now the voice of the Lord in what I say to you, and it shall be well with you, and your life shall be spared.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	21	But if you refuse to surrender, this is the vision which the Lord has shown to me:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	22	Behold, all the women left in the house of the king of Judah were being led out to the princes of the king of Babylon and were saying, ‘Your trusted friends have deceived you and prevailed against you; now that your feet are sunk in the mire, they turn away from you.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	23	All your wives and your sons shall be led out to the Chaldeans, and you yourself shall not escape from their hand, but shall be seized by the king of Babylon; and this city shall be burned with fire.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	24	Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Let no one know of these words and you shall not die.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	25	If the princes hear that I have spoken with you and come to you and say to you, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what the king said to you; hide nothing from us and we will not put you to death,’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	26	then you shall say to them, ‘I made a humble plea to the king that he would not send me back to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	27	Then all the princes came to Jeremiah and asked him, and he answered them as the king had instructed him. So they left off speaking with him, for the conversation had not been overheard.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	38	28	And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	1	In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and besieged it;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	2	in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	3	When Jerusalem was taken, all the princes of the king of Babylon came and sat in the middle gate: Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, with all the rest of the officers of the king of Babylon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	4	When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled, going out of the city at night by way of the king’s garden through the gate between the two walls; and they went toward the Arabah.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	5	But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, at Riblah, in the land of Hamath; and he passed sentence upon him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	6	The king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah at Riblah before his eyes; and the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	7	He put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters to take him to Babylon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	8	The Chaldeans burned the king’s house and the house of the people, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	9	Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, carried into exile to Babylon the rest of the people who were left in the city, those who had deserted to him, and the people who remained.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	10	Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, left in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	11	Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave command concerning Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, saying,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	12	“Take him, look after him well and do him no harm, but deal with him as he tells you.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	13	So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	14	sent and took Jeremiah from the court of the guard. They entrusted him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, that he should take him home. So he dwelt among the people.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	15	The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah while he was shut up in the court of the guard:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	16	“Go, and say to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will fulfil my words against this city for evil and not for good, and they shall be accomplished before you on that day.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	17	But I will deliver you on that day, says the Lord, and you shall not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	39	18	For I will surely save you, and you shall not fall by the sword; but you shall have your life as a prize of war, because you have put your trust in me, says the Lord.’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	1	The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he took him bound in chains along with all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	2	The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, “The Lord your God pronounced this evil against this place;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	3	the Lord has brought it about, and has done as he said. Because you sinned against the Lord, and did not obey his voice, this thing has come upon you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	4	Now, behold, I release you today from the chains on your hands. If it seems good to you to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will look after you well; but if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, do not come. See, the whole land is before you; go wherever you think it good and right to go.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	5	If you remain, then return to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon appointed governor of the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wherever you think it right to go.” So the captain of the guard gave him an allowance of food and a present, and let him go.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	6	Then Jeremiah went to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, at Mizpah, and dwelt with him among the people who were left in the land.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	7	When all the captains of the forces in the open country and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed to him men, women, and children, those of the poorest of the land who had not been taken into exile to Babylon,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	8	they went to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, Jezaniah the son of the Ma-acathite, they and their men.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	9	Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, swore to them and their men, saying, “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	10	As for me, I will dwell at Mizpah, to stand for you before the Chaldeans who will come to us; but as for you, gather wine and summer fruits and oil, and store them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that you have taken.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	11	Likewise, when all the Jews who were in Moab and among the Ammonites and in Edom and in other lands heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, as governor over them,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	12	then all the Jews returned from all the places to which they had been driven and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah; and they gathered wine and summer fruits in great abundance.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	13	Now Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces in the open country came to Gedaliah at Mizpah
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	14	and said to him, “Do you know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam would not believe them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	15	Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke secretly to Gedaliah at Mizpah, “Let me go and slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no one will know it. Why should he take your life, so that all the Jews who are gathered about you would be scattered, and the remnant of Judah would perish?”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	40	16	But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, “You shall not do this thing, for you are speaking falsely of Ishmael.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	1	In the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal family, one of the chief officers of the king, came with ten men to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, at Mizpah. As they ate bread together there at Mizpah,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	2	Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the ten men with him rose up and struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had appointed governor in the land.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	3	Ishmael also slew all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Chaldean soldiers who happened to be there.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	4	On the day after the murder of Gedaliah, before any one knew of it,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	5	eighty men arrived from Shechem and Shiloh and Samaria, with their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and their bodies gashed, bringing cereal offerings and incense to present at the temple of the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	6	And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah came out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he came. As he met them, he said to them, “Come in to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	7	When they came into the city, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the men with him slew them, and cast them into a cistern.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	8	But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil, and honey hidden in the fields.” So he refrained and did not kill them with their companions.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	9	Now the cistern into which Ishmael cast all the bodies of the men whom he had slain was the large cistern which King Asa had made for defense against Baasha king of Israel; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	10	Then Ishmael took captive all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah, the king’s daughters and all the people who were left at Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah took them captive and set out to cross over to the Ammonites.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	11	But when Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces with him heard of all the evil which Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	12	they took all their men and went to fight against Ishmael the son of Nethaniah. They came upon him at the great pool which is in Gibeon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	13	And when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces with him, they rejoiced.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	14	So all the people whom Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned about and came back, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	15	But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	16	Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces with him took all the rest of the people whom Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had carried away captive from Mizpah after he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam—soldiers, women, children, and eunuchs, whom Johanan brought back from Gibeon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	17	And they went and stayed at Geruth Chimham near Bethlehem, intending to go to Egypt
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	41	18	because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	1	Then all the commanders of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah and Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, came near
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	2	and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Let our supplication come before you, and pray to the Lord your God for us, for all this remnant (for we are left but a few of many, as your eyes see us),
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	3	that the Lord your God may show us the way we should go, and the thing that we should do.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	4	Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you; behold, I will pray to the Lord your God according to your request, and whatever the Lord answers you I will tell you; I will keep nothing back from you.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	5	Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act according to all the word with which the Lord your God sends you to us.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	6	Whether it is good or evil, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God to whom we are sending you, that it may be well with us when we obey the voice of the Lord our God.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	7	At the end of ten days the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	8	Then he summoned Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	9	and said to them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your supplication before him:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	10	If you will remain in this land, then I will build you up and not pull you down; I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I repent of the evil which I did to you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	11	Do not fear the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid; do not fear him, says the Lord, for I am with you, to save you and to deliver you from his hand.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	12	I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy on you and let you remain in your own land.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	13	But if you say, ‘We will not remain in this land,’ disobeying the voice of the Lord your God
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	14	and saying, ‘No, we will go to the land of Egypt, where we shall not see war, or hear the sound of the trumpet, or be hungry for bread, and we will dwell there,’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	15	then hear the word of the Lord, O remnant of Judah. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: If you set your faces to enter Egypt and go to live there,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	16	then the sword which you fear shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine of which you are afraid shall follow hard after you to Egypt; and there you shall die.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	17	All the men who set their faces to go to Egypt to live there shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; they shall have no remnant or survivor from the evil which I will bring upon them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	18	“For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: As my anger and my wrath were poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my wrath will be poured out on you when you go to Egypt. You shall become an execration, a horror, a curse, and a taunt. You shall see this place no more.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	19	The Lord has said to you, O remnant of Judah, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Know for a certainty that I have warned you this day
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	20	that you have gone astray at the cost of your lives. For you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, ‘Pray for us to the Lord our God, and whatever the Lord our God says declare to us and we will do it.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	21	And I have this day declared it to you, but you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God in anything that he sent me to tell you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	42	22	Now therefore know for a certainty that you shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence in the place where you desire to go to live.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	1	When Jeremiah finished speaking to all the people all these words of the Lord their God, with which the Lord their God had sent him to them,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	2	Azariah the son of Hoshaiah and Johanan the son of Kareah and all the insolent men said to Jeremiah, “You are telling a lie. The Lord our God did not send you to say, ‘Do not go to Egypt to live there’;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	3	but Baruch the son of Neriah has set you against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may kill us or take us into exile in Babylon.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	4	So Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces and all the people did not obey the voice of the Lord, to remain in the land of Judah.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	5	But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took all the remnant of Judah who had returned to live in the land of Judah from all the nations to which they had been driven—
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	6	the men, the women, the children, the princesses, and every person whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan; also Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	7	And they came into the land of Egypt, for they did not obey the voice of the Lord. And they arrived at Tahpanhes.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	8	Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	9	“Take in your hands large stones, and hide them in the mortar in the pavement which is at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	10	and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and he will set his throne above these stones which I have hid, and he will spread his royal canopy over them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	11	He shall come and smite the land of Egypt, giving to the pestilence those who are doomed to the pestilence, to captivity those who are doomed to captivity, and to the sword those who are doomed to the sword.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	12	He shall kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them and carry them away captive; and he shall clean the land of Egypt, as a shepherd cleans his cloak of vermin; and he shall go away from there in peace.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	43	13	He shall break the obelisks of Heliopolis which is in the land of Egypt; and the temples of the gods of Egypt he shall burn with fire.’”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	1	The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews that dwelt in the land of Egypt, at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Memphis, and in the land of Pathros,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	2	“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You have seen all the evil that I brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah. Behold, this day they are a desolation, and no one dwells in them,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	3	because of the wickedness which they committed, provoking me to anger, in that they went to burn incense and serve other gods that they knew not, neither they, nor you, nor your fathers.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	4	Yet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, ‘Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate!’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	5	But they did not listen or incline their ear, to turn from their wickedness and burn no incense to other gods.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	6	Therefore my wrath and my anger were poured forth and kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they became a waste and a desolation, as at this day.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	7	And now thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel: Why do you commit this great evil against yourselves, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and child, from the midst of Judah, leaving you no remnant?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	8	Why do you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have come to live, that you may be cut off and become a curse and a taunt among all the nations of the earth?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	9	Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, the wickedness of the kings of Judah, the wickedness of their wives, your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	10	They have not humbled themselves even to this day, nor have they feared, nor walked in my law and my statutes which I set before you and before your fathers.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	11	“Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, to cut off all Judah.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	12	I will take the remnant of Judah who have set their faces to come to the land of Egypt to live, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt they shall fall; by the sword and by famine they shall be consumed; from the least to the greatest, they shall die by the sword and by famine; and they shall become an execration, a horror, a curse, and a taunt.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	13	I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	14	so that none of the remnant of Judah who have come to live in the land of Egypt shall escape or survive or return to the land of Judah, to which they desire to return to dwell there; for they shall not return, except some fugitives.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	15	Then all the men who knew that their wives had offered incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, all the people who dwelt in Pathros in the land of Egypt, answered Jeremiah:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	16	“As for the word which you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not listen to you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	17	But we will do everything that we have vowed, burn incense to the queen of heaven and pour out libations to her, as we did, both we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of food, and prospered, and saw no evil.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	18	But since we left off burning incense to the queen of heaven and pouring out libations to her, we have lacked everything and have been consumed by the sword and by famine.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	19	And the women said, “When we burned incense to the queen of heaven and poured out libations to her, was it without our husbands’ approval that we made cakes for her bearing her image and poured out libations to her?”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	20	Then Jeremiah said to all the people, men and women, all the people who had given him this answer:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	21	“As for the incense that you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the Lord remember it? Did it not come into his mind?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	22	The Lord could no longer bear your evil doings and the abominations which you committed; therefore your land has become a desolation and a waste and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	23	It is because you burned incense, and because you sinned against the Lord and did not obey the voice of the Lord or walk in his law and in his statutes and in his testimonies, that this evil has befallen you, as at this day.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	24	Jeremiah said to all the people and all the women, “Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who are in the land of Egypt,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	25	Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You and your wives have declared with your mouths, and have fulfilled it with your hands, saying, ‘We will surely perform our vows that we have made, to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to pour out libations to her.’ Then confirm your vows and perform your vows!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	26	Therefore hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says the Lord, that my name shall no more be invoked by the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, ‘As the Lord GOD lives.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	27	Behold, I am watching over them for evil and not for good; all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there is an end of them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	28	And those who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, who came to the land of Egypt to live, shall know whose word will stand, mine or theirs.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	29	This shall be the sign to you, says the Lord, that I will punish you in this place, in order that you may know that my words will surely stand against you for evil:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	44	30	Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek his life, as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and sought his life.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	45	1	The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the dictation of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	45	2	“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	45	3	You said, ‘Woe is me! for the Lord has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	45	4	Thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord: Behold, what I have built I am breaking down, and what I have planted I am plucking up—that is, the whole land.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	45	5	And do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not; for, behold, I am bringing evil upon all flesh, says the Lord; but I will give you your life as a prize of war in all places to which you may go.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	1	The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	2	About Egypt. Concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish and which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	3	“Prepare buckler and shield, and advance for battle!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	4	Harness the horses; mount, O horsemen! Take your stations with your helmets, polish your spears, put on your coats of mail!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	5	Why have I seen it? They are dismayed and have turned backward. Their warriors are beaten down, and have fled in haste; they look not back— terror on every side! says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	6	The swift cannot flee away, nor the warrior escape; in the north by the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	7	“Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	8	Egypt rises like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge. He said, I will rise, I will cover the earth, I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	9	Advance, O horses, and rage, O chariots! Let the warriors go forth: men of Ethiopia and Put who handle the shield, men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	10	That day is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, to avenge himself on his foes. The sword shall devour and be sated, and drink its fill of their blood. For the Lord GOD of hosts holds a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	11	Go up to Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt! In vain you have used many medicines; there is no healing for you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	12	The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for warrior has stumbled against warrior; they have both fallen together.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	13	The word which the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon to smite the land of Egypt:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	14	“Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol; proclaim in Memphis and Tahpanhes; Say, ‘Stand ready and be prepared, for the sword shall devour round about you.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	15	Why has Apis fled? Why did not your bull stand? Because the Lord thrust him down.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	16	Your multitude stumbled and fell, and they said one to another, ‘Arise, and let us go back to our own people and to the land of our birth, because of the sword of the oppressor.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	17	Call the name of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, ‘Noisy one who lets the hour go by.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	18	“As I live, says the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts, like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, shall one come.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	19	Prepare yourselves baggage for exile, O inhabitants of Egypt! For Memphis shall become a waste, a ruin, without inhabitant.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	20	“A beautiful heifer is Egypt, but a gadfly from the north has come upon her.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	21	Even her hired soldiers in her midst are like fatted calves; yea, they have turned and fled together, they did not stand; for the day of their calamity has come upon them, the time of their punishment.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	22	“She makes a sound like a serpent gliding away; for her enemies march in force, and come against her with axes, like those who fell trees.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	23	They shall cut down her forest, says the Lord, though it is impenetrable, because they are more numerous than locusts; they are without number.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	24	The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame, she shall be delivered into the hand of a people from the north.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	25	The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: “Behold, I am bringing punishment upon Amon of Thebes, and Pharaoh, and Egypt and her gods and her kings, upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	26	I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their life, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and his officers. Afterward Egypt shall be inhabited as in the days of old, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	27	“But fear not, O Jacob my servant, nor be dismayed, O Israel; for lo, I will save you from afar, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease, and none shall make him afraid.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	46	28	Fear not, O Jacob my servant, says the Lord, for I am with you. I will make a full end of all the nations to which I have driven you, but of you I will not make a full end. I will chasten you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	47	1	The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh smote Gaza.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	47	2	“Thus says the Lord: Behold, waters are rising out of the north, and shall become an overflowing torrent; they shall overflow the land and all that fills it, the city and those who dwell in it. Men shall cry out, and every inhabitant of the land shall wail.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	47	3	At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of their wheels, the fathers look not back to their children, so feeble are their hands,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	47	4	because of the day that is coming to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remains. For the Lord is destroying the Philistines, the remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	47	5	Baldness has come upon Gaza, Ashkelon has perished. O remnant of the Anakim, how long will you gash yourselves?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	47	6	Ah, sword of the Lord! How long till you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard, rest and be still!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	47	7	How can it be quiet, when the Lord has given it a charge? Against Ashkelon and against the seashore he has appointed it.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	1	Concerning Moab. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Woe to Nebo, for it is laid waste! Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken; the fortress is put to shame and broken down;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	2	the renown of Moab is no more. In Heshbon they planned evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from being a nation!’ You also, O Madmen, shall be brought to silence; the sword shall pursue you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	3	“Hark! a cry from Horonaim, ‘Desolation and great destruction!’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	4	Moab is destroyed; a cry is heard as far as Zoar.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	5	For at the ascent of Luhith they go up weeping; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the cry of destruction.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	6	Flee! Save yourselves! Be like a wild ass in the desert!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	7	For, because you trusted in your strongholds and your treasures, you also shall be taken; and Chemosh shall go forth into exile, with his priests and his princes.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	8	The destroyer shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the Lord has spoken.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	9	“Give wings to Moab, for she would fly away; her cities shall become a desolation, with no inhabitant in them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	10	“Cursed is he who does the work of the Lord with slackness; and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from bloodshed.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	11	“Moab has been at ease from his youth and has settled on his lees; he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, nor has he gone into exile; so his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	12	“Therefore, behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I shall send to him tilters who will tilt him, and empty his vessels, and break his jars in pieces.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	13	Then Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	14	“How do you say, ‘We are heroes and mighty men of war’?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	15	The destroyer of Moab and his cities has come up, and the choicest of his young men have gone down to slaughter, says the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	16	The calamity of Moab is near at hand and his affliction hastens apace.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	17	Bemoan him, all you who are round about him, and all who know his name; say, ‘How the mighty scepter is broken, the glorious staff.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	18	“Come down from your glory, and sit on the parched ground, O inhabitant of Dibon! For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you; he has destroyed your strongholds.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	19	Stand by the way and watch, O inhabitant of Aroer! Ask him who flees and her who escapes; say, ‘What has happened?’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	20	Moab is put to shame, for it is broken; wail and cry! Tell it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	21	“Judgment has come upon the tableland, upon Holon, and Jahzah, and Mepha-ath,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	22	and Dibon, and Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	23	and Kiriathaim, and Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	24	and Keri-oth, and Bozrah, and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	25	The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	26	“Make him drunk, because he magnified himself against the Lord; so that Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he too shall be held in derision.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	27	Was not Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves, that whenever you spoke of him you wagged your head?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	28	“Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, O inhabitants of Moab! Be like the dove that nests in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	29	We have heard of the pride of Moab— he is very proud— of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	30	I know his insolence, says the Lord; his boasts are false, his deeds are false.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	31	Therefore I wail for Moab; I cry out for all Moab; for the men of Kir-heres I mourn.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	32	More than for Jazer I weep for you, O vine of Sibmah! Your branches passed over the sea, reached as far as Jazer; upon your summer fruits and your vintage the destroyer has fallen.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	33	Gladness and joy have been taken away from the fruitful land of Moab; I have made the wine cease from the wine presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; the shouting is not the shout of joy.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	34	“Heshbon and Ele-aleh cry out; as far as Jahaz they utter their voice, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. For the waters of Nimrim also have become desolate.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	35	And I will bring to an end in Moab, says the Lord, him who offers sacrifice in the high place and burns incense to his god.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	36	Therefore my heart moans for Moab like a flute, and my heart moans like a flute for the men of Kir-heres; therefore the riches they gained have perished.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	37	“For every head is shaved and every beard cut off; upon all the hands are gashes, and on the loins is sackcloth.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	38	On all the housetops of Moab and in the squares there is nothing but lamentation; for I have broken Moab like a vessel for which no one cares, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	39	How it is broken! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become a derision and a horror to all that are round about him.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	40	For thus says the Lord: “Behold, one shall fly swiftly like an eagle, and spread his wings against Moab;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	41	the cities shall be taken and the strongholds seized. The heart of the warriors of Moab shall be in that day like the heart of a woman in her pangs;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	42	Moab shall be destroyed and be no longer a people, because he magnified himself against the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	43	Terror, pit, and snare are before you, O inhabitant of Moab! says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	44	He who flees from the terror shall fall into the pit, and he who climbs out of the pit shall be caught in the snare. For I will bring these things upon Moab in the year of their punishment, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	45	“In the shadow of Heshbon fugitives stop without strength; for a fire has gone forth from Heshbon, a flame from the house of Sihon; it has destroyed the forehead of Moab, the crown of the sons of tumult.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	46	Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh is undone; for your sons have been taken captive, and your daughters into captivity.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	48	47	Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days, says the Lord.” Thus far is the judgment on Moab.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	1	Concerning the Ammonites. Thus says the Lord: “Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why then has Milcom dispossessed Gad, and his people settled in its cities?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	2	Therefore, behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will cause the battle cry to be heard against Rabbah of the Ammonites; it shall become a desolate mound, and its villages shall be burned with fire; then Israel shall dispossess those who dispossessed him, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	3	“Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste! Cry, O daughters of Rabbah! Gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament, and run to and fro among the hedges! For Milcom shall go into exile, with his priests and his princes.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	4	Why do you boast of your valleys, O faithless daughter, who trusted in her treasures, saying, ‘Who will come against me?’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	5	Behold, I will bring terror upon you, says the Lord GOD of hosts, from all who are round about you, and you shall be driven out, every man straight before him, with none to gather the fugitives.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	6	But afterward I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites, says the Lord.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	7	Concerning Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	8	Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan! For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time when I punish him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	9	If grape-gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings? If thieves came by night, would they not destroy only enough for themselves?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	10	But I have stripped Esau bare, I have uncovered his hiding places, and he is not able to conceal himself. His children are destroyed, and his brothers, and his neighbors; and he is no more.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	11	Leave your fatherless children, I will keep them alive; and let your widows trust in me.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	12	For thus says the Lord: “If those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, will you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you must drink.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	13	For I have sworn by myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse; and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	14	I have heard tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Gather yourselves together and come against her, and rise up for battle!”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	15	For behold, I will make you small among the nations, despised among men.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	16	The horror you inspire has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, you who live in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle’s, I will bring you down from there, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	17	“Edom shall become a horror; every one who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	18	As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbor cities were overthrown, says the Lord, no man shall dwell there, no man shall sojourn in her.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	19	Behold, like a lion coming up from the jungle of the Jordan against a strong sheepfold, I will suddenly make them run away from her; and I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	20	Therefore hear the plan which the Lord has made against Edom and the purposes which he has formed against the inhabitants of Teman: Even the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	21	At the sound of their fall the earth shall tremble; the sound of their cry shall be heard at the Red Sea.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	22	Behold, one shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle, and spread his wings against Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart of a woman in her pangs.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	23	Concerning Damascus. “Hamath and Arpad are confounded, for they have heard evil tidings; they melt in fear, they are troubled like the sea which cannot be quiet.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	24	Damascus has become feeble, she turned to flee, and panic seized her; anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	25	How the famous city is forsaken, the joyful city!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	26	Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed in that day, says the Lord of hosts.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	27	And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	28	Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote. Thus says the Lord: “Rise up, advance against Kedar! Destroy the people of the east!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	29	Their tents and their flocks shall be taken, their curtains and all their goods; their camels shall be borne away from them, and men shall cry to them: ‘Terror on every side!’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	30	Flee, wander far away, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Hazor! says the Lord. For Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has made a plan against you, and formed a purpose against you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	31	“Rise up, advance against a nation at ease, that dwells securely, says the Lord, that has no gates or bars, that dwells alone.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	32	Their camels shall become booty, their herds of cattle a spoil. I will scatter to every wind those who cut the corners of their hair, and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	33	Hazor shall become a haunt of jackals, an everlasting waste; no man shall dwell there, no man shall sojourn in her.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	34	The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	35	Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the mainstay of their might;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	36	and I will bring upon Elam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven; and I will scatter them to all those winds, and there shall be no nation to which those driven out of Elam shall not come.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	37	I will terrify Elam before their enemies, and before those who seek their life; I will bring evil upon them, my fierce anger, says the Lord. I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	38	and I will set my throne in Elam, and destroy their king and princes, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	49	39	“But in the latter days I will restore the fortunes of Elam, says the Lord.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	1	The word which the Lord spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	2	“Declare among the nations and proclaim, set up a banner and proclaim, conceal it not, and say: ‘Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed. Her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	3	“For out of the north a nation has come up against her, which shall make her land a desolation, and none shall dwell in it; both man and beast shall flee away.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	4	“In those days and in that time, says the Lord, the people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, weeping as they come; and they shall seek the Lord their God.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	5	They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, saying, ‘Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an everlasting covenant which will never be forgotten.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	6	“My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains; from mountain to hill they have gone, they have forgotten their fold.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	7	All who found them have devoured them, and their enemies have said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the Lord, their true habitation, the Lord, the hope of their fathers.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	8	“Flee from the midst of Babylon, and go out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as he-goats before the flock.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	9	For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon a company of great nations, from the north country; and they shall array themselves against her; from there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	10	Chaldea shall be plundered; all who plunder her shall be sated, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	11	“Though you rejoice, though you exult, O plunderers of my heritage, though you are wanton as a heifer at grass, and neigh like stallions,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	12	your mother shall be utterly shamed, and she who bore you shall be disgraced. Lo, she shall be the last of the nations, a wilderness dry and desert.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	13	Because of the wrath of the Lord she shall not be inhabited, but shall be an utter desolation; every one who passes by Babylon shall be appalled, and hiss because of all her wounds.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	14	Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all you that bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows, for she has sinned against the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	15	Raise a shout against her round about, she has surrendered; her bulwarks have fallen, her walls are thrown down. For this is the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance on her, do to her as she has done.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	16	Cut off from Babylon the sower, and the one who handles the sickle in time of harvest; because of the sword of the oppressor, every one shall turn to his own people, and every one shall flee to his own land.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	17	“Israel is a hunted sheep driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has gnawed his bones.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	18	Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing punishment on the king of Babylon and his land, as I punished the king of Assyria.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	19	I will restore Israel to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and in Bashan, and his desire shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	20	In those days and in that time, says the Lord, iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none; and sin in Judah, and none shall be found; for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	21	“Go up against the land of Merathaim, and against the inhabitants of Pekod. Slay, and utterly destroy after them, says the Lord, and do all that I have commanded you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	22	The noise of battle is in the land, and great destruction!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	23	How the hammer of the whole earth is cut down and broken! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	24	I set a snare for you and you were taken, O Babylon, and you did not know it; you were found and caught, because you strove against the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	25	The Lord has opened his armory, and brought out the weapons of his wrath, for the Lord God of hosts has a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	26	Come against her from every quarter; open her granaries; pile her up like heaps of grain, and destroy her utterly; let nothing be left of her.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	27	Slay all her bulls, let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	28	“Hark! they flee and escape from the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, vengeance for his temple.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	29	“Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp round about her; let no one escape. Requite her according to her deeds, do to her according to all that she has done; for she has proudly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	30	Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed on that day, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	31	“Behold, I am against you, O proud one, says the Lord GOD of hosts; for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	32	The proud one shall stumble and fall, with none to raise him up, and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour all that is round about him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	33	“Thus says the Lord of hosts: The people of Israel are oppressed, and the people of Judah with them; all who took them captive have held them fast, they refuse to let them go.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	34	Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name. He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	35	“A sword upon the Chaldeans, says the Lord, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes and her wise men!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	36	A sword upon the diviners, that they may become fools! A sword upon her warriors, that they may be destroyed!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	37	A sword upon her horses and upon her chariots, and upon all the foreign troops in her midst, that they may become women! A sword upon all her treasures, that they may be plundered!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	38	A drought upon her waters, that they may be dried up! For it is a land of images, and they are mad over idols.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	39	“Therefore wild beasts shall dwell with hyenas in Babylon, and ostriches shall dwell in her; she shall be peopled no more for ever, nor inhabited for all generations.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	40	As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbor cities, says the Lord, so no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn in her.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	41	“Behold, a people comes from the north; a mighty nation and many kings are stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	42	They lay hold of bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy. The sound of them is like the roaring of the sea; they ride upon horses, arrayed as a man for battle against you, O daughter of Babylon!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	43	“The king of Babylon heard the report of them, and his hands fell helpless; anguish seized him, pain as of a woman in travail.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	44	“Behold, like a lion coming up from the jungle of the Jordan against a strong sheepfold, I will suddenly make them run away from her; and I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	45	Therefore hear the plan which the Lord has made against Babylon, and the purposes which he has formed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of their flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	50	46	At the sound of the capture of Babylon the earth shall tremble, and her cry shall be heard among the nations.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	1	Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer against Babylon, against the inhabitants of Chaldea;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	2	and I will send to Babylon winnowers, and they shall winnow her, and they shall empty her land, when they come against her from every side on the day of trouble.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	3	Let not the archer bend his bow, and let him not stand up in his coat of mail. Spare not her young men; utterly destroy all her host.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	4	They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and wounded in her streets.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	5	For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken by their God, the Lord of hosts; but the land of the Chaldeans is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	6	“Flee from the midst of Babylon, let every man save his life! Be not cut off in her punishment, for this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance, the requital he is rendering her.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	7	Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, making all the earth drunken; the nations drank of her wine, therefore the nations went mad.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	8	Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; wail for her! Take balm for her pain; perhaps she may be healed.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	9	We would have healed Babylon, but she was not healed. Forsake her, and let us go each to his own country; for her judgment has reached up to heaven and has been lifted up even to the skies.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	10	The Lord has brought forth our vindication; come, let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	11	“Sharpen the arrows! Take up the shields! The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance for his temple.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	12	Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon; make the watch strong; set up watchmen; prepare the ambushes; for the Lord has both planned and done what he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	13	O you who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, the thread of your life is cut.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	14	The Lord of hosts has sworn by himself: Surely I will fill you with men, as many as locusts, and they shall raise the shout of victory over you.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	15	“It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	16	When he utters his voice there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain, and he brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	17	Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols; for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	18	They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	19	Not like these is he who is the portion of Jacob, for he is the one who formed all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the Lord of hosts is his name.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	20	“You are my hammer and weapon of war: with you I break nations in pieces; with you I destroy kingdoms;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	21	with you I break in pieces the horse and his rider; with you I break in pieces the chariot and the charioteer;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	22	with you I break in pieces man and woman; with you I break in pieces the old man and the youth; with you I break in pieces the young man and the maiden;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	23	with you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock; with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team; with you I break in pieces governors and commanders.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	24	“I will requite Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea before your very eyes for all the evil that they have done in Zion, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	25	“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, says the Lord, which destroys the whole earth; I will stretch out my hand against you, and roll you down from the crags, and make you a burnt mountain.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	26	No stone shall be taken from you for a corner and no stone for a foundation, but you shall be a perpetual waste, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	27	“Set up a standard on the earth, blow the trumpet among the nations; prepare the nations for war against her, summon against her the kingdoms, Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a marshal against her, bring up horses like bristling locusts.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	28	Prepare the nations for war against her, the kings of the Medes, with their governors and deputies, and every land under their dominion.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	29	The land trembles and writhes in pain, for the Lord’s purposes against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	30	The warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting, they remain in their strongholds; their strength has failed, they have become women; her dwellings are on fire, her bars are broken.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	31	One runner runs to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every side;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	32	the fords have been seized, the bulwarks are burned with fire, and the soldiers are in panic.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	33	For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while and the time of her harvest will come.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	34	“Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me; he has made me an empty vessel, he has swallowed me like a monster; he has filled his belly with my delicacies, he has rinsed me out.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	35	The violence done to me and to my kinsmen be upon Babylon,” let the inhabitant of Zion say. “My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,” let Jerusalem say.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	36	Therefore thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will plead your cause and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her fountain dry;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	37	and Babylon shall become a heap of ruins, the haunt of jackals, a horror and a hissing, without inhabitant.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	38	“They shall roar together like lions; they shall growl like lions’ whelps.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	39	While they are inflamed I will prepare them a feast and make them drunk, till they swoon away and sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	40	I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and he-goats.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	41	“How Babylon is taken, the praise of the whole earth seized! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	42	The sea has come up on Babylon; she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	43	Her cities have become a horror, a land of drought and a desert, a land in which no one dwells, and through which no son of man passes.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	44	And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and take out of his mouth what he has swallowed. The nations shall no longer flow to him; the wall of Babylon has fallen.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	45	“Go out of the midst of her, my people! Let every man save his life from the fierce anger of the Lord!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	46	Let not your heart faint, and be not fearful at the report heard in the land, when a report comes in one year and afterward a report in another year, and violence is in the land, and ruler is against ruler.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	47	“Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the images of Babylon; her whole land shall be put to shame, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	48	Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is in them, shall sing for joy over Babylon; for the destroyers shall come against them out of the north, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	49	Babylon must fall for the slain of Israel, as for Babylon have fallen the slain of all the earth.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	50	“You that have escaped from the sword, go, stand not still! Remember the Lord from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind:
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	51	‘We are put to shame, for we have heard reproach; dishonor has covered our face, for aliens have come into the holy places of the Lord’s house.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	52	“Therefore, behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will execute judgment upon her images, and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	53	Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify her strong height, yet destroyers would come from me upon her, says the Lord.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	54	“Hark! a cry from Babylon! The noise of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	55	For the Lord is laying Babylon waste, and stilling her mighty voice. Their waves roar like many waters, the noise of their voice is raised;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	56	for a destroyer has come upon her, upon Babylon; her warriors are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for the Lord is a God of recompense, he will surely requite.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	57	I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors, her commanders, and her warriors; they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, says the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	58	“Thus says the Lord of hosts: The broad wall of Babylon shall be leveled to the ground and her high gates shall be burned with fire. The peoples labor for nought, and the nations weary themselves only for fire.”
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	59	The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign. Seraiah was the quartermaster.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	60	Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, all these words that are written concerning Babylon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	61	And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: “When you come to Babylon, see that you read all these words,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	62	and say, ‘O Lord, thou hast said concerning this place that thou wilt cut it off, so that nothing shall dwell in it, neither man nor beast, and it shall be desolate for ever.’
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	63	When you finish reading this book, bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates,
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	51	64	and say, ‘Thus shall Babylon sink, to rise no more, because of the evil that I am bringing upon her.’” Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	1	Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	2	And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	3	Surely because of the anger of the Lord things came to such a pass in Jerusalem and Judah that he cast them out from his presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	4	And in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem, and they laid siege to it and built siegeworks against it round about.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	5	So the city was besieged till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	6	On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city, that there was no food for the people of the land.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	7	Then a breach was made in the city; and all the men of war fled and went out from the city by night by the way of a gate between the two walls, by the king’s garden, while the Chaldeans were round about the city. And they went in the direction of the Arabah.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	8	But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	9	Then they captured the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he passed sentence upon him.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	10	The king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and also slew all the princes of Judah at Riblah.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	11	He put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and the king of Babylon took him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	12	In the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month—which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon—Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard who served the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	13	And he burned the house of the Lord, and the king’s house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	14	And all the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down all the walls round about Jerusalem.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	15	And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive some of the poorest of the people and the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon, together with the rest of the artisans.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	16	But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	17	And the pillars of bronze that were in the house of the Lord, and the stands and the bronze sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and carried all the bronze to Babylon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	18	And they took away the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the dishes for incense, and all the vessels of bronze used in the temple service;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	19	also the small bowls, and the firepans, and the basins, and the pots, and the lampstands, and the dishes for incense, and the bowls for libation. What was of gold the captain of the guard took away as gold, and what was of silver, as silver.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	20	As for the two pillars, the one sea, the twelve bronze bulls which were under the sea, and the stands, which Solomon the king had made for the house of the Lord, the bronze of all these things was beyond weight.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	21	As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, its circumference was twelve cubits, and its thickness was four fingers, and it was hollow.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	22	Upon it was a capital of bronze; the height of the one capital was five cubits; a network and pomegranates, all of bronze, were upon the capital round about. And the second pillar had the like, with pomegranates.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	23	There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network round about.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	24	And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	25	and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and seven men of the king’s council, who were found in the city; and the secretary of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the midst of the city.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	26	And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	27	And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried captive out of its land.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	28	This is the number of the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty-three Jews;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	29	in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred and thirty-two persons;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	30	in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadrezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred and forty-five persons; all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	31	And in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he became king, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	32	and he spoke kindly to him, and gave him a seat above the seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon.
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	33	So Jehoiachin put off his prison garments. And every day of his life he dined regularly at the king’s table;
+Jeremiah	Jer	28	52	34	as for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king according to his daily need, until the day of his death as long as he lived.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	1	How lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow has she become, she that was great among the nations! She that was a princess among the cities has become a vassal.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	2	She weeps bitterly in the night, tears on her cheeks; among all her lovers she has none to comfort her; all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they have become her enemies.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	3	Judah has gone into exile because of affliction and hard servitude; she dwells now among the nations, but finds no resting place; her pursuers have all overtaken her in the midst of her distress.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	4	The roads to Zion mourn, for none come to the appointed feasts; all her gates are desolate, her priests groan; her maidens have been dragged away, and she herself suffers bitterly.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	5	Her foes have become the head, her enemies prosper, because the Lord has made her suffer for the multitude of her transgressions; her children have gone away, captives before the foe.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	6	From the daughter of Zion has departed all her majesty. Her princes have become like harts that find no pasture; they fled without strength before the pursuer.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	7	Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and bitterness all the precious things that were hers from days of old. When her people fell into the hand of the foe, and there was none to help her, the foe gloated over her, mocking at her downfall.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	8	Jerusalem sinned grievously, therefore she became filthy; all who honored her despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; yea, she herself groans, and turns her face away.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	9	Her uncleanness was in her skirts; she took no thought of her doom; therefore her fall is terrible, she has no comforter. “O Lord, behold my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!”
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	10	The enemy has stretched out his hands over all her precious things; yea, she has seen the nations invade her sanctuary, those whom thou didst forbid to enter thy congregation.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	11	All her people groan as they search for bread; they trade their treasures for food to revive their strength. “Look, O Lord, and behold, for I am despised.”
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	12	“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow which was brought upon me, which the Lord inflicted on the day of his fierce anger.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	13	“From on high he sent fire; into my bones he made it descend; he spread a net for my feet; he turned me back; he has left me stunned, faint all the day long.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	14	“My transgressions were bound into a yoke; by his hand they were fastened together; they were set upon my neck; he caused my strength to fail; the Lord gave me into the hands of those whom I cannot withstand.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	15	“The Lord flouted all my mighty men in the midst of me; he summoned an assembly against me to crush my young men; the Lord has trodden as in a wine press the virgin daughter of Judah.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	16	“For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears; for a comforter is far from me, one to revive my courage; my children are desolate, for the enemy has prevailed.”
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	17	Zion stretches out her hands, but there is none to comfort her; the Lord has commanded against Jacob that his neighbors should be his foes; Jerusalem has become a filthy thing among them.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	18	“The Lord is in the right, for I have rebelled against his word; but hear, all you peoples, and behold my suffering; my maidens and my young men have gone into captivity.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	19	“I called to my lovers but they deceived me; my priests and elders perished in the city, while they sought food to revive their strength.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	20	“Behold, O Lord, for I am in distress, my soul is in tumult, my heart is wrung within me, because I have been very rebellious. In the street the sword bereaves; in the house it is like death.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	21	“Hear how I groan; there is none to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it. Bring thou the day thou hast announced, and let them be as I am.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	1	22	“Let all their evil doing come before thee; and deal with them as thou hast dealt with me because of all my transgressions; for my groans are many and my heart is faint.”
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	1	How the Lord in his anger has set the daughter of Zion under a cloud! He has cast down from heaven to earth the splendor of Israel; he has not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	2	The Lord has destroyed without mercy all the habitations of Jacob; in his wrath he has broken down the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; he has brought down to the ground in dishonor the kingdom and its rulers.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	3	He has cut down in fierce anger all the might of Israel; he has withdrawn from them his right hand in the face of the enemy; he has burned like a flaming fire in Jacob, consuming all around.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	4	He has bent his bow like an enemy, with his right hand set like a foe; and he has slain all the pride of our eyes in the tent of the daughter of Zion; he has poured out his fury like fire.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	5	The Lord has become like an enemy, he has destroyed Israel; he has destroyed all its palaces, laid in ruins its strongholds; and he has multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	6	He has broken down his booth like that of a garden, laid in ruins the place of his appointed feasts; the Lord has brought to an end in Zion appointed feast and sabbath, and in his fierce indignation has spurned king and priest.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	7	The Lord has scorned his altar, disowned his sanctuary; he has delivered into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; a clamor was raised in the house of the Lord as on the day of an appointed feast.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	8	The Lord determined to lay in ruins the wall of the daughter of Zion; he marked it off by the line; he restrained not his hand from destroying; he caused rampart and wall to lament, they languish together.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	9	Her gates have sunk into the ground; he has ruined and broken her bars; her king and princes are among the nations; the law is no more, and her prophets obtain no vision from the Lord.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	10	The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have cast dust on their heads and put on sackcloth; the maidens of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	11	My eyes are spent with weeping; my soul is in tumult; my heart is poured out in grief because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, because infants and babes faint in the streets of the city.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	12	They cry to their mothers, “Where is bread and wine?” as they faint like wounded men in the streets of the city, as their life is poured out on their mothers’ bosom.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	13	What can I say for you, to what compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For vast as the sea is your ruin; who can restore you?
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	14	Your prophets have seen for you false and deceptive visions; they have not exposed your iniquity to restore your fortunes, but have seen for you oracles false and misleading.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	15	All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem; “Is this the city which was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	16	All your enemies rail against you; they hiss, they gnash their teeth, they cry: “We have destroyed her! Ah, this is the day we longed for; now we have it; we see it!”
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	17	The Lord has done what he purposed, has carried out his threat; as he ordained long ago, he has demolished without pity; he has made the enemy rejoice over you, and exalted the might of your foes.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	18	Cry aloud to the Lord! O daughter of Zion! Let tears stream down like a torrent day and night! Give yourself no rest, your eyes no respite!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	19	Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches! Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord! Lift your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	20	Look, O Lord, and see! With whom hast thou dealt thus? Should women eat their offspring, the children of their tender care? Should priest and prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	21	In the dust of the streets lie the young and the old; my maidens and my young men have fallen by the sword; in the day of thy anger thou hast slain them, slaughtering without mercy.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	2	22	Thou didst invite as to the day of an appointed feast my terrors on every side; and on the day of the anger of the Lord none escaped or survived; those whom I dandled and reared my enemy destroyed.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	1	I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of his wrath;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	2	he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	3	surely against me he turns his hand again and again the whole day long.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	4	He has made my flesh and my skin waste away, and broken my bones;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	5	he has besieged and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	6	he has made me dwell in darkness like the dead of long ago.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	7	He has walled me about so that I cannot escape; he has put heavy chains on me;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	8	though I call and cry for help, he shuts out my prayer;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	9	he has blocked my ways with hewn stones, he has made my paths crooked.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	10	He is to me like a bear lying in wait, like a lion in hiding;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	11	he led me off my way and tore me to pieces; he has made me desolate;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	12	he bent his bow and set me as a mark for his arrow.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	13	He drove into my heart the arrows of his quiver;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	14	I have become the laughingstock of all peoples, the burden of their songs all day long.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	15	He has filled me with bitterness, he has sated me with wormwood.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	16	He has made my teeth grind on gravel, and made me cower in ashes;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	17	my soul is bereft of peace, I have forgotten what happiness is;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	18	so I say, “Gone is my glory, and my expectation from the Lord.”
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	19	Remember my affliction and my bitterness, the wormwood and the gall!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	20	My soul continually thinks of it and is bowed down within me.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	21	But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope:
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	22	The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	23	they are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	24	“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	25	The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	26	It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	27	It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	28	Let him sit alone in silence when he has laid it on him;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	29	let him put his mouth in the dust— there may yet be hope;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	30	let him give his cheek to the smiter, and be filled with insults.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	31	For the Lord will not cast off for ever,
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	32	but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	33	for he does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	34	To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	35	to turn aside the right of a man in the presence of the Most High,
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	36	to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord does not approve.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	37	Who has commanded and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	38	Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and evil come?
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	39	Why should a living man complain, a man, about the punishment of his sins?
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	40	Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	41	Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	42	“We have transgressed and rebelled, and thou hast not forgiven.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	43	“Thou hast wrapped thyself with anger and pursued us, slaying without pity;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	44	thou hast wrapped thyself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	45	Thou hast made us offscouring and refuse among the peoples.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	46	“All our enemies rail against us;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	47	panic and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	48	my eyes flow with rivers of tears because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	49	“My eyes will flow without ceasing, without respite,
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	50	until the Lord from heaven looks down and sees;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	51	my eyes cause me grief at the fate of all the maidens of my city.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	52	“I have been hunted like a bird by those who were my enemies without cause;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	53	they flung me alive into the pit and cast stones on me;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	54	water closed over my head; I said, ‘I am lost.’
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	55	“I called on thy name, O Lor, from the depths of the pit;
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	56	thou didst hear my plea, ‘Do not close thine ear to my cry for help!’
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	57	Thou didst come near when I called on thee; thou didst say, ‘Do not fear!’
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	58	“Thou hast taken up my cause, O Lord, thou hast redeemed my life.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	59	Thou hast seen the wrong done to me, O Lord; judge thou my cause.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	60	Thou hast seen all their vengeance, all their devices against me.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	61	“Thou hast heard their taunts, O Lord, all their devices against me.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	62	The lips and thoughts of my assailants are against me all the day long.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	63	Behold their sitting and their rising; I am the burden of their songs.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	64	“Thou wilt requite them, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	65	Thou wilt give them dullness of heart; thy curse will be on them.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	3	66	Thou wilt pursue them in anger and destroy them from under thy heavens, O Lord.”
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	1	How the gold has grown dim, how the pure gold is changed! The holy stones lie scattered at the head of every street.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	2	The precious sons of Zion, worth their weight in fine gold, how they are reckoned as earthen pots, the work of a potter’s hands!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	3	Even the jackals give the breast and suckle their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	4	The tongue of the nursling cleaves to the roof of its mouth for thirst; the children beg for food, but no one gives to them.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	5	Those who feasted on dainties perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple lie on ash heaps.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	6	For the chastisement of the daughter of my people has been greater than the punishment of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, no hand being laid on it.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	7	Her princes were purer than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than coral, the beauty of their form was like sapphire.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	8	Now their visage is blacker than soot, they are not recognized in the streets; their skin has shriveled upon their bones, it has become as dry as wood.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	9	Happier were the victims of the sword than the victims of hunger, who pined away, stricken by want of the fruits of the field.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	10	The hands of compassionate women have boiled their own children; they became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	11	The Lord gave full vent to his wrath, he poured out his hot anger; and he kindled a fire in Zion, which consumed its foundations.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	12	The kings of the earth did not believe, or any of the inhabitants of the world, that foe or enemy could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	13	This was for the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed in the midst of her the blood of the righteous.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	14	They wandered, blind, through the streets, so defiled with blood that none could touch their garments.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	15	“Away! Unclean!” men cried at them; “Away! Away! Touch not!” So they became fugitives and wanderers; men said among the nations, “They shall stay with us no longer.”
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	16	The Lord himself has scattered them, he will regard them no more; no honor was shown to the priests, no favor to the elders.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	17	Our eyes failed, ever watching vainly for help; in our watching we watched for a nation which could not save.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	18	Men dogged our steps so that we could not walk in our streets; our end drew near; our days were numbered; for our end had come.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	19	Our pursuers were swifter than the vultures in the heavens; they chased us on the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	20	The breath of our nostrils, the Lord’s anointed, was taken in their pits, he of whom we said, “Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.”
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	21	Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, dweller in the land of Uz; but to you also the cup shall pass; you shall become drunk and strip yourself bare.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	4	22	The punishment of your iniquity, O daughter of Zion, is accomplished, he will keep you in exile no longer; but your iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he will punish, he will uncover your sins.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	1	Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us; behold, and see our disgrace!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	2	Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to aliens.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	3	We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are like widows.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	4	We must pay for the water we drink, the wood we get must be bought.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	5	With a yoke on our necks we are hard driven; we are weary, we are given no rest.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	6	We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria, to get bread enough.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	7	Our fathers sinned, and are no more; and we bear their iniquities.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	8	Slaves rule over us; there is none to deliver us from their hand.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	9	We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	10	Our skin is hot as an oven with the burning heat of famine.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	11	Women are ravished in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	12	Princes are hung up by their hands; no respect is shown to the elders.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	13	Young men are compelled to grind at the mill; and boys stagger under loads of wood.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	14	The old men have quit the city gate, the young men their music.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	15	The joy of our hearts has ceased; our dancing has been turned to mourning.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	16	The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	17	For this our heart has become sick, for these things our eyes have grown dim,
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	18	for Mount Zion which lies desolate; jackals prowl over it.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	19	But thou, O Lord, dost reign for ever; thy throne endures to all generations.
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	20	Why dost thou forget us for ever, why dost thou so long forsake us?
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	21	Restore us to thyself, O Lord, that we may be restored! Renew our days as of old!
+Lamentations	Lam	29	5	22	Or hast thou utterly rejected us? Art thou exceedingly angry with us?
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	1	These are the words of the book which Baruch the son of Neraiah, son of Mahseiah, son of Zedekiah, son of Hasadiah, son of Hilkiah, wrote in Babylon,
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	2	in the fifth year, on the seventh day of the month, at the time when the Chaldeans took Jerusalem and burned it with fire.
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	3	And Baruch read the words of this book in the hearing of Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and in the hearing of all the people who came to hear the book,
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	4	and in the hearing of the mighty men and the princes, and in the hearing of the elders, and in the hearing of all the people, small and great, all who dwelt in Babylon by the river Sud.
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	5	Then they wept, and fasted, and prayed before the Lord;
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	6	and they collected money, each giving what he could;
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	7	and they sent it to Jerusalem to Jehoiakim the high priest, the son of Hilkiah, son of Shallum, and to the priests, and to all the people who were present with him in Jerusalem.
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	8	At the same time, on the tenth day of Sivan, Baruch took the vessels of the house of the Lord, which had been carried away from the temple, to return them to the land of Judah—the silver vessels which Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, had made,
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	9	after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away from Jerusalem Jeconiah and the princes and the prisoners and the mighty men and the people of the land, and brought them to Babylon.
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	10	And they said: “Herewith we send you money; so buy with the money burnt offerings and sin offerings and incense, and prepare a cereal offering, and offer them upon the altar of the Lord our God;
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	11	and pray for the life of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and for the life of Belshazzar his son, that their days on earth may be like the days of heaven.
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	12	And the Lord will give us strength, and he will give light to our eyes, and we shall live under the protection of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and under the protection of Belshazzar his son, and we shall serve them many days and find favor in their sight.
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	13	And pray for us to the Lord our God, for we have sinned against the Lord our God, and to this day the anger of the Lord and his wrath have not turned away from us.
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	14	And you shall read this book which we are sending you, to make your confession in the house of the Lord on the days of the feasts and at appointed seasons.
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	15	“And you shall say: ‘Righteousness belongs to the Lord our God, but confusion of face, as at this day, to us, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	16	and to our kings and our princes and our priests and our prophets and our fathers,
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	17	because we have sinned before the Lord,
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	18	and have disobeyed him, and have not heeded the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in the statutes of the Lord which he set before us.
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	19	From the day when the Lord brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, we have been disobedient to the Lord our God, and we have been negligent, in not heeding his voice.
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	20	So to this day there have clung to us the calamities and the curse which the Lord declared through Moses his servant at the time when he brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt to give to us a land flowing with milk and honey.
+Baruch	Bar	30	1	21	We did not heed the voice of the Lord our God in all the words of the prophets whom he sent to us, but we each followed the intent of his own wicked heart by serving other gods and doing what is evil in the sight of the Lord our God.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	1	“‘So the Lord confirmed his word, which he spoke against us, and against our judges who judged Israel, and against our kings and against our princes and against the men of Israel and Judah.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	2	Under the whole heaven there has not been done the like of what he has done in Jerusalem, in accordance with what is written in the law of Moses,
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	3	that we should eat, one the flesh of his son and another the flesh of his daughter.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	4	And he gave them into subjection to all the kingdoms around us, to be a reproach and a desolation among all the surrounding peoples, where the Lord has scattered them.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	5	They were brought low and not raised up, because we sinned against the Lord our God, in not heeding his voice.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	6	“‘Righteousness belongs to the Lord our God, but confusion of face to us and our fathers, as at this day.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	7	All those calamities with which the Lord threatened us have come upon us.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	8	Yet we have not entreated the favor of the Lord by turning away, each of us, from the thoughts of his wicked heart.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	9	And the Lord has kept the calamities ready, and the Lord has brought them upon us, for the Lord is righteous in all his works which he has commanded us to do.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	10	Yet we have not obeyed his voice, to walk in the statutes of the Lord which he set before us.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	11	“‘And now, O Lord God of Israel, who didst bring thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and with signs and wonders and with great power and outstretched arm, and hast made thee a name, as at this day,
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	12	we have sinned, we have been ungodly, we have done wrong, O Lord our God, against all thy ordinances.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	13	Let thy anger turn away from us, for we are left, few in number, among the nations where thou hast scattered us.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	14	Hear, O Lord, our prayer and our supplication, and for thy own sake deliver us, and grant us favor in the sight of those who have carried us into exile;
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	15	that all the earth may know that thou art the Lord our God, for Israel and his descendants are called by thy name.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	16	O Lord, look down from thy holy habitation, and consider us. Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear;
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	17	open thy eyes, O Lord, and see; for the dead who are in Hades, whose spirit has been taken from their bodies, will not ascribe glory or justice to the Lord,
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	18	but the person that is greatly distressed, that goes about bent over and feeble, and the eyes that are failing, and the person that hungers, will ascribe to thee glory and righteousness, O Lord.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	19	For it is not because of any righteous deeds of our fathers or our kings that we bring before thee our prayer for mercy, O Lord our God.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	20	For thou hast sent thy anger and thy wrath upon us, as thou didst declare by thy servants the prophets, saying:
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	21	“Thus says the Lord: Bend your shoulders and serve the king of Babylon, and you will remain in the land which I gave to your fathers.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	22	But if you will not obey the voice of the Lord and will not serve the king of Babylon,
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	23	I will make to cease from the cities of Judah and from the region about Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, and the whole land will be a desolation without inhabitants.”
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	24	“‘But we did not obey thy voice, to serve the king of Babylon; and thou hast confirmed thy words, which thou didst speak by thy servants the prophets, that the bones of our kings and the bones of our fathers would be brought out of their graves;
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	25	and behold, they have been cast out to the heat of day and the frost of night. They perished in great misery, by famine and sword and pestilence.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	26	And the house which is called by thy name thou hast made as it is today, because of the wickedness of the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	27	“‘Yet thou hast dealt with us, O Lord our God, in all thy kindness and in all thy great compassion,
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	28	as thou didst speak by thy servant Moses on the day when thou didst command him to write thy law in the presence of the people of Israel, saying,
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	29	“If you will not obey my voice, this very great multitude will surely turn into a small number among the nations, where I will scatter them.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	30	For I know that they will not obey me, for they are a stiff-necked people. But in the land of their exile they will come to themselves,
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	31	and they will know that I am the Lord their God. I will give them a heart that obeys and ears that hear;
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	32	and they will praise me in the land of their exile, and will remember my name,
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	33	and will turn from their stubbornness and their wicked deeds; for they will remember the ways of their fathers, who sinned before the Lord.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	34	I will bring them again into the land which I swore to give to their fathers, to Abraham and to Isaac and to Jacob, and they will rule over it; and I will increase them, and they will not be diminished.
+Baruch	Bar	30	2	35	I will make an everlasting covenant with them to be their God and they shall be my people; and I will never again remove my people Israel from the land which I have given them.”
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	1	“‘O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, the soul in anguish and the wearied spirit cry out to thee.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	2	Hear, O Lord, and have mercy, for we have sinned before thee.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	3	For thou art enthroned for ever, and we are perishing for ever.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	4	O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, hear now the prayer of the dead of Israel and of the sons of those who sinned before thee, who did not heed the voice of the Lord their God, so that calamities have clung to us.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	5	Remember not the iniquities of our fathers, but in this crisis remember thy power and thy name.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	6	For thou art the Lord our God, and thee, O Lord, will we praise.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	7	For thou hast put the fear of thee in our hearts in order that we should call upon thy name; and we will praise thee in our exile, for we have put away from our hearts all the iniquity of our fathers who sinned before thee.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	8	Behold, we are today in our exile where thou hast scattered us, to be reproached and cursed and punished for all the iniquities of our fathers who forsook the Lord our God.’”
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	9	Hear the commandments of life, O Israel; give ear, and learn wisdom!
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	10	Why is it, O Israel, why is it that you are in the land of your enemies, that you are growing old in a foreign country, that you are defiled with the dead,
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	11	that you are counted among those in Hades?
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	12	You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	13	If you had walked in the way of God, you would be dwelling in peace for ever.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	14	Learn where there is wisdom, where there is strength, where there is understanding, that you may at the same time discern where there is length of days, and life, where there is light for the eyes, and peace.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	15	Who has found her place? And who has entered her storehouses?
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	16	Where are the princes of the nations, and those who rule over the beasts on earth;
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	17	those who have sport with the birds of the air, and who hoard up silver and gold, in which men trust, and there is no end to their getting;
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	18	those who scheme to get silver, and are anxious, whose labors are beyond measure?
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	19	They have vanished and gone down to Hades, and others have arisen in their place.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	20	Young men have seen the light of day, and have dwelt upon the earth; but they have not learned the way to knowledge, nor understood her paths, nor laid hold of her.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	21	Their sons have strayed far from her way.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	22	She has not been heard of in Canaan, nor seen in Teman;
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	23	the sons of Hagar, who seek for understanding on the earth, the merchants of Merran and Teman, the story-tellers and the seekers for understanding, have not learned the way to wisdom, nor given thought to her paths.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	24	O Israel, how great is the house of God! And how vast the territory that he possesses!
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	25	It is great and has no bounds; it is high and immeasurable.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	26	The giants were born there, who were famous of old, great in stature, expert in war.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	27	God did not choose them, nor give them the way to knowledge;
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	28	so they perished because they had no wisdom, they perished through their folly.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	29	Who has gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	30	Who has gone over the sea, and found her, and will buy her for pure gold?
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	31	No one knows the way to her, or is concerned about the path to her.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	32	But he who knows all things knows her, he found her by his understanding. He who prepared the earth for all time filled it with four-footed creatures;
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	33	he who sends forth the light, and it goes, called it, and it obeyed him in fear;
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	34	the stars shone in their watches, and were glad; he called them, and they said, “Here we are!” They shone with gladness for him who made them.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	35	This is our God; no other can be compared to him!
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	36	He found the whole way to knowledge, and gave her to Jacob his servant and to Israel whom he loved.
+Baruch	Bar	30	3	37	Afterward she appeared upon earth and lived among men.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	1	She is the book of the commandments of God, and the law that endures for ever. All who hold her fast will live, and those who forsake her will die.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	2	Turn, O Jacob, and take her; walk toward the shining of her light.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	3	Do not give your glory to another, or your advantages to an alien people.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	4	Happy are we, O Israel, for we know what is pleasing to God.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	5	Take courage, my people, O memorial of Israel!
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	6	It was not for destruction that you were sold to the nations, but you were handed over to your enemies because you angered God.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	7	For you provoked him who made you, by sacrificing to demons and not to God.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	8	You forgot the everlasting God, who brought you up, and you grieved Jerusalem, who reared you.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	9	For she saw the wrath that came upon you from God, and she said: “Hearken, you neighbors of Zion, God has brought great sorrow upon me;
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	10	for I have seen the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting brought upon them.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	11	With joy I nurtured them, but I sent them away with weeping and sorrow.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	12	Let no one rejoice over me, a widow and bereaved of many; I was left desolate because of the sins of my children, because they turned away from the law of God.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	13	They had no regard for his statutes; they did not walk in the ways of God’s commandments, nor tread the paths of discipline in his righteousness.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	14	Let the neighbors of Zion come; remember the capture of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting brought upon them.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	15	For he brought against them a nation from afar, a shameless nation, of a strange language, who had no respect for an old man, and had no pity for a child.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	16	They led away the widow’s beloved sons, and bereaved the lonely woman of her daughters.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	17	“But I, how can I help you?
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	18	For he who brought these calamities upon you will deliver you from the hand of your enemies.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	19	Go, my children, go; for I have been left desolate.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	20	I have taken off the robe of peace and put on the sackcloth of my supplication; I will cry to the Everlasting all my days.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	21	“Take courage, my children, cry to God, and he will deliver you from the power and hand of the enemy.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	22	For I have put my hope in the Everlasting to save you, and joy has come to me from the Holy One, because of the mercy which soon will come to you from your everlasting Savior.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	23	For I sent you out with sorrow and weeping, but God will give you back to me with joy and gladness for ever.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	24	For as the neighbors of Zion have now seen your capture, so they soon will see your salvation by God, which will come to you with great glory and with the splendor of the Everlasting.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	25	My children, endure with patience the wrath that has come upon you from God. Your enemy has overtaken you, but you will soon see their destruction and will tread upon their necks.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	26	My tender sons have traveled rough roads; they were taken away like a flock carried off by the enemy.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	27	“Take courage, my children, and cry to God, for you will be remembered by him who brought this upon you.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	28	For just as you purposed to go astray from God, return with tenfold zeal to seek him.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	29	For he who brought these calamities upon you will bring you everlasting joy with your salvation.”
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	30	Take courage, O Jerusalem, for he who named you will comfort you.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	31	Wretched will be those who afflicted you and rejoiced at your fall.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	32	Wretched will be the cities which your children served as slaves; wretched will be the city which received your sons.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	33	For just as she rejoiced at your fall and was glad for your ruin, so she will be grieved at her own desolation.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	34	And I will take away her pride in her great population, and her insolence will be turned to grief.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	35	For fire will come upon her from the Everlasting for many days, and for a long time she will be inhabited by demons.
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	36	Look toward the east, O Jerusalem, and see the joy that is coming to you from God!
+Baruch	Bar	30	4	37	Behold, your sons are coming, whom you sent away; they are coming, gathered from east and west, at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the glory of God.
+Baruch	Bar	30	5	1	Take off the garment of your sorrow and affliction, O Jerusalem, and put on for ever the beauty of the glory from God.
+Baruch	Bar	30	5	2	Put on the robe of the righteousness from God; put on your head the diadem of the glory of the Everlasting.
+Baruch	Bar	30	5	3	For God will show your splendor everywhere under heaven.
+Baruch	Bar	30	5	4	For your name will for ever be called by God, “Peace of righteousness and glory of godliness.”
+Baruch	Bar	30	5	5	Arise, O Jerusalem, stand upon the height and look toward the east, and see your children gathered from west and east, at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing that God has remembered them.
+Baruch	Bar	30	5	6	For they went forth from you on foot, led away by their enemies; but God will bring them back to you, carried in glory, as on a royal throne.
+Baruch	Bar	30	5	7	For God has ordered that every high mountain and the everlasting hills be made low and the valleys filled up, to make level ground, so that Israel may walk safely in the glory of God.
+Baruch	Bar	30	5	8	The woods and every fragrant tree have shaded Israel at God’s command.
+Baruch	Bar	30	5	9	For God will lead Israel with joy, in the light of his glory, with the mercy and righteousness that come from him.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	1	A copy of a letter which Jeremiah sent to those who were to be taken to Babylon as captives by the king of the Babylonians, to give them the message which God had commanded him.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	2	Because of the sins which you have committed before God, you will be taken to Babylon as captives by Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Babylonians.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	3	Therefore when you have come to Babylon you will remain there for many years, for a long time, up to seven generations; after that I will bring you away from there in peace.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	4	Now in Babylon you will see gods made of silver and gold and wood, which are carried on men’s shoulders and inspire fear in the heathen.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	5	So take care not to become at all like the foreigners or to let fear for these gods possess you, when you see the multitude before and behind them worshiping them.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	6	But say in your heart, “It is thou, O Lord, whom we must worship.”
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	7	For my angel is with you, and he is watching your lives.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	8	Their tongues are smoothed by the craftsman, and they themselves are overlaid with gold and silver; but they are false and cannot speak.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	9	People take gold and make crowns for the heads of their gods, as they would for a girl who loves ornaments;
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	10	and sometimes the priests secretly take gold and silver from their gods and spend it upon themselves,
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	11	and even give some of it to the harlots in the brothel. They deck their gods out with garments like men—these gods of silver and gold and wood,
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	12	which cannot save themselves from rust and corrosion. When they have been dressed in purple robes,
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	13	their faces are wiped because of the dust from the temple, which is thick upon them.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	14	Like a local ruler the god holds a scepter, though unable to destroy any one who offends it.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	15	It has a dagger in its right hand, and has an axe; but it cannot save itself from war and robbers.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	16	Therefore they evidently are not gods; so do not fear them.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	17	For just as one’s dish is useless when it is broken, so are the gods of the heathen, when they have been set up in the temples. Their eyes are full of the dust raised by the feet of those who enter.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	18	And just as the gates are shut on every side upon a man who has offended a king, as though he were sentenced to death, so the priests make their temples secure with doors and locks and bars, in order that they may not be plundered by robbers.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	19	They light lamps, even more than they light for themselves, though their gods can see none of them.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	20	They are just like a beam of the temple, but men say their hearts have melted, when worms from the earth devour them and their robes. They do not notice
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	21	when their faces have been blackened by the smoke of the temple.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	22	Bats, swallows, and birds light on their bodies and heads; and so do cats.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	23	From this you will know that they are not gods; so do not fear them.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	24	As for the gold which they wear for beauty—they will not shine unless some one wipes off the rust; for even when they were being cast, they had no feeling.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	25	They are bought at any cost, but there is no breath in them.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	26	Having no feet, they are carried on men’s shoulders, revealing to mankind their worthlessness.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	27	And those who serve them are ashamed because through them these gods are made to stand, lest they fall to the ground. If any one sets one of them upright, it cannot move itself; and if it is tipped over, it cannot straighten itself; but gifts are placed before them just as before the dead.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	28	The priests sell the sacrifices that are offered to these gods and use the money; and likewise their wives preserve some with salt, but give none to the poor or helpless.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	29	Sacrifices to them may be touched by women in menstruation or at childbirth. Since you know by these things that they are not gods, do not fear them.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	30	For why should they be called gods? Women serve meals for gods of silver and gold and wood;
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	31	and in their temples the priests sit with their clothes rent, their heads and beards shaved, and their heads uncovered.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	32	They howl and shout before their gods as some do at a funeral feast for a man who has died.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	33	The priests take some of the clothing of their gods to clothe their wives and children.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	34	Whether one does evil to them or good, they will not be able to repay it. They cannot set up a king or depose one.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	35	Likewise they are not able to give either wealth or money; if one makes a vow to them and does not keep it, they will not require it.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	36	They cannot save a man from death or rescue the weak from the strong.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	37	They cannot restore sight to a blind man; they cannot rescue a man who is in distress.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	38	They cannot take pity on a widow or do good to an orphan.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	39	These things that are made of wood and overlaid with gold and silver are like stones from the mountain, and those who serve them will be put to shame.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	40	Why then must any one think that they are gods, or call them gods? Besides, even the Chaldeans themselves dishonor them;
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	41	for when they see a dumb man, who cannot speak, they bring him and pray Bel that the man may speak, as though Bel were able to understand.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	42	Yet they themselves cannot perceive this and abandon them, for they have no sense.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	43	And the women, with cords about them, sit along the passageways, burning bran for incense; and when one of them is led off by one of the passers-by and is lain with, she derides the woman next to her, because she was not as attractive as herself and her cord was not broken.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	44	Whatever is done for them is false. Why then must any one think that they are gods, or call them gods?
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	45	They are made by carpenters and goldsmiths; they can be nothing but what the craftsmen wish them to be.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	46	The men that make them will certainly not live very long themselves; how then can the things that are made by them be gods?
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	47	They have left only lies and reproach for those who come after.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	48	For when war or calamity comes upon them, the priests consult together as to where they can hide themselves and their gods.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	49	How then can one fail to see that these are not gods, for they cannot save themselves from war or calamity?
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	50	Since they are made of wood and overlaid with gold and silver, it will afterward be known that they are false.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	51	It will be manifest to all the nations and kings that they are not gods but the work of men’s hands, and that there is no work of God in them.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	52	Who then can fail to know that they are not gods?
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	53	For they cannot set up a king over a country or give rain to men.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	54	They cannot judge their own cause or deliver one who is wronged, for they have no power; they are like crows between heaven and earth.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	55	When fire breaks out in a temple of wooden gods overlaid with gold or silver, their priests will flee and escape, but the gods will be burnt in two like beams.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	56	Besides, they can offer no resistance to a king or any enemies. Why then must any one admit or think that they are gods?
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	57	Gods made of wood and overlaid with silver and gold are not able to save themselves from thieves and robbers.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	58	Strong men will strip them of their gold and silver and of the robes they wear, and go off with this booty, and they will not be able to help themselves.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	59	So it is better to be a king who shows his courage, or a household utensil that serves its owner’s need, than to be these false gods; better even the door of a house that protects its contents, than these false gods; better also a wooden pillar in a palace, than these false gods.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	60	For sun and moon and stars, shining and sent forth for service, are obedient.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	61	So also the lightning, when it flashes, is widely seen; and the wind likewise blows in every land.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	62	When God commands the clouds to go over the whole world, they carry out his command.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	63	And the fire sent from above to consume mountains and woods does what it is ordered. But these idols are not to be compared with them in appearance or power.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	64	Therefore one must not think that they are gods nor call them gods, for they are not able either to decide a case or to do good to men.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	65	Since you know then that they are not gods, do not fear them.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	66	For they can neither curse nor bless kings;
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	67	they cannot show signs in the heavens and among the nations, or shine like the sun or give light like the moon.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	68	The wild beasts are better than they are, for they can flee to cover and help themselves.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	69	So we have no evidence whatever that they are gods; therefore do not fear them.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	70	Like a scarecrow in a cucumber bed, that guards nothing, so are their gods of wood, overlaid with gold and silver.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	71	In the same way, their gods of wood, overlaid with gold and silver, and like a thorn bush in a garden, on which every bird sits; or like a dead body cast out in the darkness.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	72	By the purple and linen that rot upon them you will know that they are not gods; and they will finally themselves be consumed, and be a reproach in the land.
+Baruch	Bar	30	6	73	Better therefore is a just man who has no idols, for he will be far from reproach.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	1	In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	2	On the fifth day of the month (it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin),
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	3	the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was upon him there.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	4	As I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, and a great cloud, with brightness round about it, and fire flashing forth continually, and in the midst of the fire, as it were gleaming bronze.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	5	And from the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the form of men,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	6	but each had four faces, and each of them had four wings.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	7	Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the sole of a calf’s foot; and they sparkled like burnished bronze.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	8	Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. And the four had their faces and their wings thus:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	9	their wings touched one another; they went every one straight forward, without turning as they went.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	10	As for the likeness of their faces, each had the face of a man in front; the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four had the face of an eagle at the back.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	11	Such were their faces. And their wings were spread out above; each creature had two wings, each of which touched the wing of another, while two covered their bodies.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	12	And each went straight forward; wherever the spirit would go, they went, without turning as they went.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	13	In the midst of the living creatures there was something that looked like burning coals of fire, like torches moving to and fro among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	14	And the living creatures darted to and fro, like a flash of lightning.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	15	Now as I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, one for each of the four of them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	16	As for the appearance of the wheels and their construction: their appearance was like the gleaming of a chrysolite; and the four had the same likeness, their construction being as it were a wheel within a wheel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	17	When they went, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	18	The four wheels had rims and they had spokes; and their rims were full of eyes round about.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	19	And when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures rose from the earth, the wheels rose.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	20	Wherever the spirit would go, they went, and the wheels rose along with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	21	When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those rose from the earth, the wheels rose along with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	22	Over the heads of the living creatures there was the likeness of a firmament, shining like crystal, spread out above their heads.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	23	And under the firmament their wings were stretched out straight, one toward another; and each creature had two wings covering its body.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	24	And when they went, I heard the sound of their wings like the sound of many waters, like the thunder of the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the sound of a host; when they stood still, they let down their wings.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	25	And there came a voice from above the firmament over their heads; when they stood still, they let down their wings.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	26	And above the firmament over their heads there was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like sapphire; and seated above the likeness of a throne was a likeness as it were of a human form.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	27	And upward from what had the appearance of his loins I saw as it were gleaming bronze, like the appearance of fire enclosed round about; and downward from what had the appearance of his loins I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness round about him.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	1	28	Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lor. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard the voice of one speaking.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	2	1	And he said to me, “Son of man, stand upon your feet, and I will speak with you.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	2	2	And when he spoke to me, the Spirit entered into me and set me upon my feet; and I heard him speaking to me.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	2	3	And he said to me, “Son of man, I send you to the people of Israel, to a nation of rebels, who have rebelled against me; they and their fathers have transgressed against me to this very day.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	2	4	The people also are impudent and stubborn: I send you to them; and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD.’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	2	5	And whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house) they will know that there has been a prophet among them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	2	6	And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you and you sit upon scorpions; be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	2	7	And you shall speak my words to them, whether they hear or refuse to hear; for they are a rebellious house.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	2	8	“But you, son of man, hear what I say to you; be not rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth, and eat what I give you.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	2	9	And when I looked, behold, a hand was stretched out to me, and, lo, a written scroll was in it;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	2	10	and he spread it before me; and it had writing on the front and on the back, and there were written on it words of lamentation and mourning and woe.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	1	And he said to me, “Son of man, eat what is offered to you; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	2	So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	3	And he said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it.” Then I ate it; and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	4	And he said to me, “Son of man, go, get you to the house of Israel, and speak with my words to them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	5	For you are not sent to a people of foreign speech and a hard language, but to the house of Israel—
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	6	not to many peoples of foreign speech and a hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, if I sent you to such, they would listen to you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	7	But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they are not willing to listen to me; because all the house of Israel are of a hard forehead and of a stubborn heart.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	8	Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	9	Like adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead; fear them not, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	10	Moreover he said to me, “Son of man, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	11	And go, get you to the exiles, to your people, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD’; whether they hear or refuse to hear.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	12	Then the Spirit lifted me up, and as the glory of the Lord arose from its place, I heard behind me the sound of a great earthquake;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	13	it was the sound of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the sound of the wheels beside them, that sounded like a great earthquake.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	14	The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the hand of the Lord being strong upon me;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	15	and I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who dwelt by the river Chebar. And I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	16	And at the end of seven days, the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	17	“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	18	If I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	19	But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you will have saved your life.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	20	Again, if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die; because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	21	Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man not to sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning; and you will have saved your life.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	22	And the hand of the Lord was there upon me; and he said to me, “Arise, go forth into the plain, and there I will speak with you.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	23	So I arose and went forth into the plain; and, lo, the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory which I had seen by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	24	But the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet; and he spoke with me and said to me, “Go, shut yourself within your house.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	25	And you, O son of man, behold, cords will be placed upon you, and you shall be bound with them, so that you cannot go out among the people;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	26	and I will make your tongue cleave to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be dumb and unable to reprove them; for they are a rebellious house.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	3	27	But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD’; he that will hear, let him hear; and he that will refuse to hear, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	4	1	“And you, O son of man, take a brick and lay it before you, and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	4	2	and put siegeworks against it, and build a siege wall against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it round about.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	4	3	And take an iron plate, and place it as an iron wall between you and the city; and set your face toward it, and let it be in a state of siege, and press the siege against it. This is a sign for the house of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	4	4	“Then lie upon your left side, and I will lay the punishment of the house of Israel upon you; for the number of the days that you lie upon it, you shall bear their punishment.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	4	5	For I assign to you a number of days, three hundred and ninety days, equal to the number of the years of their punishment; so long shall you bear the punishment of the house of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	4	6	And when you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the punishment of the house of Judah; forty days I assign you, a day for each year.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	4	7	And you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm bared; and you shall prophesy against the city.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	4	8	And, behold, I will put cords upon you, so that you cannot turn from one side to the other, till you have completed the days of your siege.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	4	9	“And you, take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt, and put them into a single vessel, and make bread of them. During the number of days that you lie upon your side, three hundred and ninety days, you shall eat it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	4	10	And the food which you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; once a day you shall eat it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	4	11	And water you shall drink by measure, the sixth part of a hin; once a day you shall drink.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	4	12	And you shall eat it as a barley cake, baking it in their sight on human dung.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	4	13	And the Lord said, “Thus shall the people of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	4	14	Then I said, “Ah Lord GOD! behold, I have never defiled myself; from my youth up till now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has foul flesh come into my mouth.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	4	15	Then he said to me, “See, I will let you have cow’s dung instead of human dung, on which you may prepare your bread.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	4	16	Moreover he said to me, “Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; they shall eat bread by weight and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure and in dismay.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	4	17	I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and look at one another in dismay, and waste away under their punishment.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	5	1	“And you, O son of man, take a sharp sword; use it as a barber’s razor and pass it over your head and your beard; then take balances for weighing, and divide the hair.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	5	2	A third part you shall burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are completed; and a third part you shall take and strike with the sword round about the city; and a third part you shall scatter to the wind, and I will unsheathe the sword after them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	5	3	And you shall take from these a small number, and bind them in the skirts of your robe.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	5	4	And of these again you shall take some, and cast them into the fire, and burn them in the fire; from there a fire will come forth into all the house of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	5	5	Thus says the Lord GOD: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the center of the nations, with countries round about her.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	5	6	And she has wickedly rebelled against my ordinances more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries round about her, by rejecting my ordinances and not walking in my statutes.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	5	7	Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you are more turbulent than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes or kept my ordinances, but have acted according to the ordinances of the nations that are round about you;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	5	8	therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I, even I, am against you; and I will execute judgments in the midst of you in the sight of the nations.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	5	9	And because of all your abominations I will do with you what I have never yet done, and the like of which I will never do again.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	5	10	Therefore fathers shall eat their sons in the midst of you, and sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on you, and any of you who survive I will scatter to all the winds.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	5	11	Wherefore, as I live, says the Lord GOD, surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will cut you down; my eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	5	12	A third part of you shall die of pestilence and be consumed with famine in the midst of you; a third part shall fall by the sword round about you; and a third part I will scatter to all the winds and will unsheathe the sword after them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	5	13	“Thus shall my anger spend itself, and I will vent my fury upon them and satisfy myself; and they shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken in my jealousy, when I spend my fury upon them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	5	14	Moreover I will make you a desolation and an object of reproach among the nations round about you and in the sight of all that pass by.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	5	15	You shall be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror, to the nations round about you, when I execute judgments on you in anger and fury, and with furious chastisements—I, the Lord, have spoken—
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	5	16	when I loose against you my deadly arrows of famine, arrows for destruction, which I will loose to destroy you, and when I bring more and more famine upon you, and break your staff of bread.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	5	17	I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will rob you of your children; pestilence and blood shall pass through you; and I will bring the sword upon you. I, the Lord, have spoken.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	6	1	The word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	6	2	“Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	6	3	and say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	6	4	Your altars shall become desolate, and your incense altars shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain before your idols.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	6	5	And I will lay the dead bodies of the people of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	6	6	Wherever you dwell your cities shall be waste and your high places ruined, so that your altars will be waste and ruined, your idols broken and destroyed, your incense altars cut down, and your works wiped out.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	6	7	And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	6	8	“Yet I will leave some of you alive. When you have among the nations some who escape the sword, and when you are scattered through the countries,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	6	9	then those of you who escape will remember me among the nations where they are carried captive, when I have broken their wanton heart which has departed from me, and blinded their eyes which turn wantonly after their idols; and they will be loathsome in their own sight for the evils which they have committed, for all their abominations.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	6	10	And they shall know that I am the Lord; I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to them.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	6	11	Thus says the Lord GOD: “Clap your hands, and stamp your foot, and say, Alas! because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel; for they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	6	12	He that is far off shall die of pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that is left and is preserved shall die of famine. Thus I will spend my fury upon them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	6	13	And you shall know that I am the Lord, when their slain lie among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, on all the mountain tops, under every green tree, and under every leafy oak, wherever they offered pleasing odor to all their idols.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	6	14	And I will stretch out my hand against them, and make the land desolate and waste, throughout all their habitations, from the wilderness to Riblah. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	1	The word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	2	“And you, O son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel: An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	3	Now the end is upon you, and I will let loose my anger upon you, and will judge you according to your ways; and I will punish you for all your abominations.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	4	And my eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity; but I will punish you for your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	5	“Thus says the Lord GOD: Disaster after disaster! Behold, it comes.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	6	An end has come, the end has come; it has awakened against you. Behold, it comes.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	7	Your doom has come to you, O inhabitant of the land; the time has come, the day is near, a day of tumult, and not of joyful shouting upon the mountains.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	8	Now I will soon pour out my wrath upon you, and spend my anger against you, and judge you according to your ways; and I will punish you for all your abominations.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	9	And my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; I will punish you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. Then you will know that I am the Lord, who smite.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	10	“Behold, the day! Behold, it comes! Your doom has come, injustice has blossomed, pride has budded.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	11	Violence has grown up into a rod of wickedness; none of them shall remain, nor their abundance, nor their wealth; neither shall there be preeminence among them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	12	The time has come, the day draws near. Let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn, for wrath is upon all their multitude.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	13	For the seller shall not return to what he has sold, while they live. For wrath is upon all their multitude; it shall not turn back; and because of his iniquity, none can maintain his life.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	14	“They have blown the trumpet and made all ready; but none goes to battle, for my wrath is upon all their multitude.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	15	The sword is without, pestilence and famine are within; he that is in the field dies by the sword; and him that is in the city famine and pestilence devour.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	16	And if any survivors escape, they will be on the mountains, like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one over his iniquity.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	17	All hands are feeble, and all knees weak as water.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	18	They gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror covers them; shame is upon all faces, and baldness on all their heads.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	19	They cast their silver into the streets, and their gold is like an unclean thing; their silver and gold are not able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord; they cannot satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it. For it was the stumbling block of their iniquity.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	20	Their beautiful ornament they used for vainglory, and they made their abominable images and their detestable things of it; therefore I will make it an unclean thing to them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	21	And I will give it into the hands of foreigners for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	22	I will turn my face from them, that they may profane my precious place; robbers shall enter and profane it,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	23	and make a desolation. “Because the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	24	I will bring the worst of the nations to take possession of their houses; I will put an end to their proud might, and their holy places shall be profaned.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	25	When anguish comes, they will seek peace, but there shall be none.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	26	Disaster comes upon disaster, rumor follows rumor; they seek a vision from the prophet, but the law perishes from the priest, and counsel from the elders.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	7	27	The king mourns, the prince is wrapped in despair, and the hands of the people of the land are palsied by terror. According to their way I will do to them, and according to their own judgments I will judge them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	8	1	In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, with the elders of Judah sitting before me, the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	8	2	Then I beheld, and, lo, a form that had the appearance of a man; below what appeared to be his loins it was fire, and above his loins it was like the appearance of brightness, like gleaming bronze.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	8	3	He put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the gateway of the inner court that faces north, where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	8	4	And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, like the vision that I saw in the plain.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	8	5	Then he said to me, “Son of man, lift up your eyes now in the direction of the north.” So I lifted up my eyes toward the north, and behold, north of the altar gate, in the entrance, was this image of jealousy.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	8	6	And he said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations that the house of Israel are committing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see still greater abominations.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	8	7	And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, there was a hole in the wall.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	8	8	Then said he to me, “Son of man, dig in the wall”; and when I dug in the wall, lo, there was a door.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	8	9	And he said to me, “Go in, and see the vile abominations that they are committing here.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	8	10	So I went in and saw; and there, portrayed upon the wall round about, were all kinds of creeping things, and loathsome beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	8	11	And before them stood seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, with Ja-azaniah the son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had his censer in his hand, and the smoke of the cloud of incense went up.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	8	12	Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, every man in his room of pictures? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	8	13	He said also to me, “You will see still greater abominations which they commit.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	8	14	Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the Lord; and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	8	15	Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? You will see still greater abominations than these.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	8	16	And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord; and behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping the sun toward the east.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	8	17	Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it too slight a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here, that they should fill the land with violence, and provoke me further to anger? Lo, they put the branch to their nose.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	8	18	Therefore I will deal in wrath; my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	9	1	Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, “Draw near, you executioners of the city, each with his destroying weapon in his hand.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	9	2	And lo, six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, every man with his weapon for slaughter in his hand, and with them was a man clothed in linen, with a writing case at his side. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	9	3	Now the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherubim on which it rested to the threshold of the house; and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writing case at his side.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	9	4	And the Lord said to him, “Go through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	9	5	And to the others he said in my hearing, “Pass through the city after him, and smite; your eye shall not spare, and you shall show no pity;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	9	6	slay old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women, but touch no one upon whom is the mark. And begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the house.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	9	7	Then he said to them, “Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth.” So they went forth, and smote in the city.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	9	8	And while they were smiting, and I was left alone, I fell upon my face, and cried, “Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all that remains of Israel in the outpouring of thy wrath upon Jerusalem?”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	9	9	Then he said to me, “The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice; for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	9	10	As for me, my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity, but I will requite their deeds upon their heads.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	9	11	And lo, the man clothed in linen, with the writing case at his side, brought back word, saying, “I have done as thou didst command me.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	10	1	Then I looked, and behold, on the firmament that was over the heads of the cherubim there appeared above them something like a sapphire, in form resembling a throne.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	10	2	And he said to the man clothed in linen, “Go in among the whirling wheels underneath the cherubim; fill your hands with burning coals from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city.” And he went in before my eyes.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	10	3	Now the cherubim were standing on the south side of the house, when the man went in; and a cloud filled the inner court.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	10	4	And the glory of the Lord went up from the cherubim to the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the glory of the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	10	5	And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	10	6	And when he commanded the man clothed in linen, “Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim,” he went in and stood beside a wheel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	10	7	And a cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took some of it, and put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who took it and went out.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	10	8	The cherubim appeared to have the form of a human hand under their wings.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	10	9	And I looked, and behold, there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one beside each cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like sparkling chrysolite.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	10	10	And as for their appearance, the four had the same likeness, as if a wheel were within a wheel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	10	11	When they went, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went, but in whatever direction the front wheel faced the others followed without turning as they went.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	10	12	And their rims, and their spokes, and the wheels were full of eyes round about—the wheels that the four of them had.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	10	13	As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing the whirling wheels.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	10	14	And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	10	15	And the cherubim mounted up. These were the living creatures that I saw by the river Chebar.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	10	16	And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels did not turn from beside them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	10	17	When they stood still, these stood still, and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	10	18	Then the glory of the Lord went forth from the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	10	19	And the cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight as they went forth, with the wheels beside them; and they stood at the door of the east gate of the house of the Lord; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	10	20	These were the living creatures that I saw underneath the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	10	21	Each had four faces, and each four wings, and underneath their wings the semblance of human hands.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	10	22	And as for the likeness of their faces, they were the very faces whose appearance I had seen by the river Chebar. They went every one straight forward.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	11	1	The Spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of the house of the Lord, which faces east. And behold, at the door of the gateway there were twenty-five men; and I saw among them Ja-azaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	11	2	And he said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	11	3	who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses; this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	11	4	Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	11	5	And the Spirit of the Lor fell upon me, and he said to me, “Say, Thus says the Lord: So you think, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	11	6	You have multiplied your slain in this city, and have filled its streets with the slain.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	11	7	Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron; but you shall be brought forth out of the midst of it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	11	8	You have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword upon you, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	11	9	And I will bring you forth out of the midst of it, and give you into the hands of foreigners, and execute judgments upon you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	11	10	You shall fall by the sword; I will judge you at the border of Israel; and you shall know that I am the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	11	11	This city shall not be your caldron, nor shall you be the flesh in the midst of it; I will judge you at the border of Israel;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	11	12	and you shall know that I am the Lord; for you have not walked in my statutes, nor executed my ordinances, but have acted according to the ordinances of the nations that are round about you.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	11	13	And it came to pass, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, “Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	11	14	And the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	11	15	“Son of man, your brethren, even your brethren, your fellow exiles, the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those of whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘They have gone far from the Lord; to us this land is given for a possession.’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	11	16	Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: Though I removed them far off among the nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet I have been a sanctuary to them for a while in the countries where they have gone.’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	11	17	Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	11	18	And when they come there, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	11	19	And I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them; I will take the stony heart out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	11	20	that they may walk in my statutes and keep my ordinances and obey them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	11	21	But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, I will requite their deeds upon their own heads, says the Lord GOD.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	11	22	Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	11	23	And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	11	24	And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to the exiles. Then the vision that I had seen went up from me.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	11	25	And I told the exiles all the things that the Lord had showed me.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	1	The word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	2	“Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see, but see not, who have ears to hear, but hear not;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	3	for they are a rebellious house. Therefore, son of man, prepare for yourself an exile’s baggage, and go into exile by day in their sight; you shall go like an exile from your place to another place in their sight. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	4	You shall bring out your baggage by day in their sight, as baggage for exile; and you shall go forth yourself at evening in their sight, as men do who must go into exile.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	5	Dig through the wall in their sight, and go out through it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	6	In their sight you shall lift the baggage upon your shoulder, and carry it out in the dark; you shall cover your face, that you may not see the land; for I have made you a sign for the house of Israel.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	7	And I did as I was commanded. I brought out my baggage by day, as baggage for exile, and in the evening I dug through the wall with my own hands; I went forth in the dark, carrying my outfit upon my shoulder in their sight.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	8	In the morning the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	9	“Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, ‘What are you doing?’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	10	Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: This oracle concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are in it.’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	11	Say, ‘I am a sign for you: as I have done, so shall it be done to them; they shall go into exile, into captivity.’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	12	And the prince who is among them shall lift his baggage upon his shoulder in the dark, and shall go forth; he shall dig through the wall and go out through it; he shall cover his face, that he may not see the land with his eyes.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	13	And I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon in the land of the Chaldeans, yet he shall not see it; and he shall die there.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	14	And I will scatter toward every wind all who are round about him, his helpers and all his troops; and I will unsheathe the sword after them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	15	And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them through the countries.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	16	But I will let a few of them escape from the sword, from famine and pestilence, that they may confess all their abominations among the nations where they go, and may know that I am the Lord.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	17	Moreover the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	18	“Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink water with trembling and with fearfulness;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	19	and say of the people of the land, Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with fearfulness, and drink water in dismay, because their land will be stripped of all it contains, on account of the violence of all those who dwell in it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	20	And the inhabited cities shall be laid waste, and the land shall become a desolation; and you shall know that I am the Lord.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	21	And the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	22	“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have about the land of Israel, saying, ‘The days grow long, and every vision comes to nought’?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	23	Tell them therefore, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: I will put an end to this proverb, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel.’ But say to them, The days are at hand, and the fulfilment of every vision.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	24	For there shall be no more any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	25	But I the Lord will speak the word which I will speak, and it will be performed. It will no longer be delayed, but in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and perform it, says the Lord GOD.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	26	Again the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	27	“Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, ‘The vision that he sees is for many days hence, and he prophesies of times far off.’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	12	28	Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: None of my words will be delayed any longer, but the word which I speak will be performed, says the Lord GOD.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	13	1	The word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	13	2	“Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, prophesy and say to those who prophesy out of their own minds: ‘Hear the word of the Lord!’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	13	3	Thus says the Lord GOD, Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	13	4	Your prophets have been like foxes among ruins, O Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	13	5	You have not gone up into the breaches, or built up a wall for the house of Israel, that it might stand in battle in the day of the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	13	6	They have spoken falsehood and divined a lie; they say, ‘Says the Lord,’ when the Lord has not sent them, and yet they expect him to fulfil their word.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	13	7	Have you not seen a delusive vision, and uttered a lying divination, whenever you have said, ‘Says the Lord,’ although I have not spoken?”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	13	8	Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Because you have uttered delusions and seen lies, therefore behold, I am against you, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	13	9	My hand will be against the prophets who see delusive visions and who give lying divinations; they shall not be in the council of my people, nor be enrolled in the register of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter the land of Israel; and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	13	10	Because, yea, because they have misled my people, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace; and because, when the people build a wall, these prophets daub it with whitewash;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	13	11	say to those who daub it with whitewash that it shall fall! There will be a deluge of rain, great hailstones will fall, and a stormy wind break out;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	13	12	and when the wall falls, will it not be said to you, ‘Where is the daubing with which you daubed it?’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	13	13	Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: I will make a stormy wind break out in my wrath; and there shall be a deluge of rain in my anger, and great hailstones in wrath to destroy it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	13	14	And I will break down the wall that you have daubed with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be laid bare; when it falls, you shall perish in the midst of it; and you shall know that I am the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	13	15	Thus will I spend my wrath upon the wall, and upon those who have daubed it with whitewash; and I will say to you, The wall is no more, nor those who daubed it,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	13	16	the prophets of Israel who prophesied concerning Jerusalem and saw visions of peace for her, when there was no peace, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	13	17	“And you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own minds; prophesy against them
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	13	18	and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Woe to the women who sew magic bands upon all wrists, and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature, in the hunt for souls! Will you hunt down souls belonging to my people, and keep other souls alive for your profit?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	13	19	You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, putting to death persons who should not die and keeping alive persons who should not live, by your lies to my people, who listen to lies.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	13	20	“Wherefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against your magic bands with which you hunt the souls, and I will tear them from your arms; and I will let the souls that you hunt go free like birds.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	13	21	Your veils also I will tear off, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand as prey; and you shall know that I am the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	13	22	Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not disheartened him, and you have encouraged the wicked, that he should not turn from his wicked way to save his life;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	13	23	therefore you shall no more see delusive visions nor practice divination; I will deliver my people out of your hand. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	14	1	Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me; and sat before me.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	14	2	And the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	14	3	“Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their hearts, and set the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces; should I let myself be inquired of at all by them?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	14	4	Therefore speak to them, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Any man of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart and sets the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to the prophet, I the Lord will answer him myself because of the multitude of his idols,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	14	5	that I may lay hold of the hearts of the house of Israel, who are all estranged from me through their idols.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	14	6	“Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: Repent and turn away from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	14	7	For any one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, who separates himself from me, taking his idols into his heart and putting the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to a prophet to inquire for himself of me, I the Lord will answer him myself;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	14	8	and I will set my face against that man, I will make him a sign and a byword and cut him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know that I am the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	14	9	And if the prophet be deceived and speak a word, I, the Lord, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	14	10	And they shall bear their punishment—the punishment of the prophet and the punishment of the inquirer shall be alike—
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	14	11	that the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, nor defile themselves any more with all their transgressions, but that they may be my people and I may be their God, says the Lord GOD.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	14	12	And the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	14	13	“Son of man, when a land sins against me by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it, and break its staff of bread and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	14	14	even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	14	15	If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the beasts;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	14	16	even if these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord GOD, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters; they alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	14	17	Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Let a sword go through the land; and I cut off from it man and beast;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	14	18	though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord GOD, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they alone would be delivered.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	14	19	Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath upon it with blood, to cut off from it man and beast;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	14	20	even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, says the Lord GOD, they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	14	21	“For thus says the Lord GOD: How much more when I send upon Jerusalem my four sore acts of judgment, sword, famine, evil beasts, and pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	14	22	Yet, if there should be left in it any survivors to lead out sons and daughters, when they come forth to you, and you see their ways and their doings, you will be consoled for the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, for all that I have brought upon it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	14	23	They will console you, when you see their ways and their doings; and you shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, says the Lord GOD.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	15	1	And the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	15	2	“Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any wood, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	15	3	Is wood taken from it to make anything? Do men take a peg from it to hang any vessel on?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	15	4	Lo, it is given to the fire for fuel; when the fire has consumed both ends of it, and the middle of it is charred, is it useful for anything?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	15	5	Behold, when it was whole, it was used for nothing; how much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it ever be used for anything!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	15	6	Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give up the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	15	7	And I will set my face against them; though they escape from the fire, the fire shall yet consume them; and you will know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	15	8	And I will make the land desolate, because they have acted faithlessly, says the Lord GOD.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	1	Again the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	2	“Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	3	and say, Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth are of the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite, and your mother a Hittite.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	4	And as for your birth, on the day you were born your navel string was not cut, nor were you washed with water to cleanse you, nor rubbed with salt, nor swathed with bands.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	5	No eye pitied you, to do any of these things to you out of compassion for you; but you were cast out on the open field, for you were abhorred, on the day that you were born.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	6	“And when I passed by you, and saw you weltering in your blood, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	7	and grow up like a plant of the field.’ And you grew up and became tall and arrived at full maidenhood; your breasts were formed, and your hair had grown; yet you were naked and bare.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	8	“When I passed by you again and looked upon you, behold, you were at the age for love; and I spread my skirt over you, and covered your nakedness: yea, I plighted my troth to you and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord GOD, and you became mine.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	9	Then I bathed you with water and washed off your blood from you, and anointed you with oil.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	10	I clothed you also with embroidered cloth and shod you with leather, I swathed you in fine linen and covered you with silk.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	11	And I decked you with ornaments, and put bracelets on your arms, and a chain on your neck.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	12	And I put a ring on your nose, and earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	13	Thus you were decked with gold and silver; and your raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and embroidered cloth; you ate fine flour and honey and oil. You grew exceedingly beautiful, and came to regal estate.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	14	And your renown went forth among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through the splendor which I had bestowed upon you, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	15	“But you trusted in your beauty, and played the harlot because of your renown, and lavished your harlotries on any passer-by.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	16	You took some of your garments, and made for yourself gaily decked shrines, and on them played the harlot; the like has never been, nor ever shall be.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	17	You also took your fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself images of men, and with them played the harlot;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	18	and you took your embroidered garments to cover them, and set my oil and my incense before them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	19	Also my bread which I gave you—I fed you with fine flour and oil and honey—you set before them for a pleasing odor, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	20	And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you had borne to me, and these you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your harlotries so small a matter
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	21	that you slaughtered my children and delivered them up as an offering by fire to them?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	22	And in all your abominations and your harlotries you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, weltering in your blood.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	23	“And after all your wickedness (woe, woe to you! says the Lord GOD),
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	24	you built yourself a vaulted chamber, and made yourself a lofty place in every square;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	25	at the head of every street you built your lofty place and prostituted your beauty, offering yourself to any passer-by, and multiplying your harlotry.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	26	You also played the harlot with the Egyptians, your lustful neighbors, multiplying your harlotry, to provoke me to anger.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	27	Behold, therefore, I stretched out my hand against you, and diminished your allotted portion, and delivered you to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd behavior.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	28	You played the harlot also with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable; yea, you played the harlot with them, and still you were not satisfied.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	29	You multiplied your harlotry also with the trading land of Chaldea; and even with this you were not satisfied.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	30	“How lovesick is your heart, says the Lord GOD, seeing you did all these things, the deeds of a brazen harlot;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	31	building your vaulted chamber at the head of every street, and making your lofty place in every square. Yet you were not like a harlot, because you scorned hire.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	32	Adulterous wife, who receives strangers instead of her husband!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	33	Men give gifts to all harlots; but you gave your gifts to all your lovers, bribing them to come to you from every side for your harlotries.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	34	So you were different from other women in your harlotries: none solicited you to play the harlot; and you gave hire, while no hire was given to you; therefore you were different.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	35	“Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	36	Thus says the Lord GOD, Because your shame was laid bare and your nakedness uncovered in your harlotries with your lovers, and because of all your idols, and because of the blood of your children that you gave to them,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	37	therefore, behold, I will gather all your lovers, with whom you took pleasure, all those you loved and all those you loathed; I will gather them against you from every side, and will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	38	And I will judge you as women who break wedlock and shed blood are judged, and bring upon you the blood of wrath and jealousy.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	39	And I will give you into the hand of your lovers, and they shall throw down your vaulted chamber and break down your lofty places; they shall strip you of your clothes and take your fair jewels, and leave you naked and bare.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	40	They shall bring up a host against you, and they shall stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	41	And they shall burn your houses and execute judgments upon you in the sight of many women; I will make you stop playing the harlot, and you shall also give hire no more.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	42	So will I satisfy my fury on you, and my jealousy shall depart from you; I will be calm, and will no more be angry.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	43	Because you have not remembered the days of your youth, but have enraged me with all these things; therefore, behold, I will requite your deeds upon your head, says the Lord GOD. “Have you not committed lewdness in addition to all your abominations?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	44	Behold, every one who uses proverbs will use this proverb about you, ‘Like mother, like daughter.’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	45	You are the daughter of your mother, who loathed her husband and her children; and you are the sister of your sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	46	And your elder sister is Samaria, who lived with her daughters to the north of you; and your younger sister, who lived to the south of you, is Sodom with her daughters.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	47	Yet you were not content to walk in their ways, or do according to their abominations; within a very little time you were more corrupt than they in all your ways.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	48	As I live, says the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters have not done as you and your daughters have done.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	49	Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, surfeit of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	50	They were haughty, and did abominable things before me; therefore I removed them, when I saw it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	51	Samaria has not committed half your sins; you have committed more abominations than they, and have made your sisters appear righteous by all the abominations which you have committed.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	52	Bear your disgrace, you also, for you have made judgment favorable to your sisters; because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. So be ashamed, you also, and bear your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	53	“I will restore their fortunes, both the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters, and the fortunes of Samaria and her daughters, and I will restore your own fortunes in the midst of them,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	54	that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all that you have done, becoming a consolation to them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	55	As for your sisters, Sodom and her daughters shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate; and you and your daughters shall return to your former estate.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	56	Was not your sister Sodom a byword in your mouth in the day of your pride,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	57	before your wickedness was uncovered? Now you have become like her an object of reproach for the daughters of Edom and all her neighbors, and for the daughters of the Philistines, those round about who despise you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	58	You bear the penalty of your lewdness and your abominations, says the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	59	“Yea, thus says the Lord GOD: I will deal with you as you have done, who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	60	yet I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish with you an everlasting covenant.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	61	Then you will remember your ways, and be ashamed when I take your sisters, both your elder and your younger, and give them to you as daughters, but not on account of the covenant with you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	62	I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall know that I am the Lord,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	16	63	that you may remember and be confounded, and never open your mouth again because of your shame, when I forgive you all that you have done, says the Lord GOD.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	17	1	The word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	17	2	“Son of man, propound a riddle, and speak an allegory to the house of Israel;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	17	3	say, Thus says the Lord GOD: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, rich in plumage of many colors, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	17	4	he broke off the topmost of its young twigs and carried it to a land of trade, and set it in a city of merchants.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	17	5	Then he took of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil; he placed it beside abundant waters. He set it like a willow twig,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	17	6	and it sprouted and became a low spreading vine, and its branches turned toward him, and its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine, and brought forth branches and put forth foliage.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	17	7	“But there was another great eagle with great wings and much plumage; and behold, this vine bent its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him that he might water it. From the bed where it was planted
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	17	8	he transplanted it to good soil by abundant waters, that it might bring forth branches, and bear fruit, and become a noble vine.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	17	9	Say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Will it thrive? Will he not pull up its roots and cut off its branches, so that all its fresh sprouting leaves wither? It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it from its roots.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	17	10	Behold, when it is transplanted, will it thrive? Will it not utterly wither when the east wind strikes it—wither away on the bed where it grew?”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	17	11	Then the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	17	12	“Say now to the rebellious house, Do you not know what these things mean? Tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took her king and her princes and brought them to him to Babylon.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	17	13	And he took one of the seed royal and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. (The chief men of the land he had taken away,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	17	14	that the kingdom might be humble and not lift itself up, and that by keeping his covenant it might stand.)
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	17	15	But he rebelled against him by sending ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Can a man escape who does such things? Can he break the covenant and yet escape?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	17	16	As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant with him he broke, in Babylon he shall die.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	17	17	Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not help him in war, when mounds are cast up and siege walls built to cut off many lives.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	17	18	Because he despised the oath and broke the covenant, because he gave his hand and yet did all these things, he shall not escape.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	17	19	Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: As I live, surely my oath which he despised, and my covenant which he broke, I will requite upon his head.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	17	20	I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon and enter into judgment with him there for the treason he has committed against me.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	17	21	And all the pick of his troops shall fall by the sword, and the survivors shall be scattered to every wind; and you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	17	22	Thus says the Lord GOD: “I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it out; I will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I myself will plant it upon a high and lofty mountain;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	17	23	on the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bring forth boughs and bear fruit, and become a noble cedar; and under it will dwell all kinds of beasts; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	17	24	And all the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	1	The word of the Lord came to me again:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	2	“What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	3	As I live, says the Lord GOD, this proverb shall no more be used by you in Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	4	Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sins shall die.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	5	“If a man is righteous and does what is lawful and right—
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	6	if he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman in her time of impurity,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	7	does not oppress any one, but restores to the debtor his pledge, commits no robbery, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	8	does not lend at interest or take any increase, withholds his hand from iniquity, executes true justice between man and man,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	9	walks in my statutes, and is careful to observe my ordinances—he is righteous, he shall surely live, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	10	“If he begets a son who is a robber, a shedder of blood,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	11	who does none of these duties, but eats upon the mountains, defiles his neighbor’s wife,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	12	oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore the pledge, lifts up his eyes to the idols, commits abomination,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	13	lends at interest, and takes increase; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominable things; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon himself.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	14	“But if this man begets a son who sees all the sins which his father has done, and fears, and does not do likewise,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	15	who does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	16	does not wrong any one, exacts no pledge, commits no robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	17	withholds his hand from iniquity, takes no interest or increase, observes my ordinances, and walks in my statutes; he shall not die for his father’s iniquity; he shall surely live.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	18	As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people, behold, he shall die for his iniquity.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	19	“Yet you say, ‘Why should not the son suffer for the iniquity of the father?’ When the son has done what is lawful and right, and has been careful to observe all my statutes, he shall surely live.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	20	The soul that sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	21	“But if a wicked man turns away from all his sins which he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	22	None of the transgressions which he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness which he has done he shall live.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	23	Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, says the Lord GOD, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	24	But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity and does the same abominable things that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of the righteous deeds which he has done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, he shall die.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	25	“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	26	When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die for it; for the iniquity which he has committed he shall die.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	27	Again, when a wicked man turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is lawful and right, he shall save his life.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	28	Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions which he had committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	29	Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, are my ways not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	30	“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, says the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	31	Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed against me, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	18	32	For I have no pleasure in the death of any one, says the Lord GOD; so turn, and live.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	19	1	And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	19	2	and say: What a lioness was your mother among lions! She couched in the midst of young lions, rearing her whelps.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	19	3	And she brought up one of her whelps; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	19	4	The nations sounded an alarm against him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	19	5	When she saw that she was baffled, that her hope was lost, she took another of her whelps and made him a young lion.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	19	6	He prowled among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	19	7	And he ravaged their strongholds, and laid waste their cities; and the land was appalled and all who were in it at the sound of his roaring.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	19	8	Then the nations set against him snares on every side; they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	19	9	With hooks they put him in a cage, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into custody, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	19	10	Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard transplanted by the water, fruitful and full of branches by reason of abundant water.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	19	11	Its strongest stem became a ruler’s scepter; it towered aloft among the thick boughs; it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	19	12	But the vine was plucked up in fury, cast down to the ground; the east wind dried it up; its fruit was stripped off, its strong stem was withered; the fire consumed it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	19	13	Now it is transplanted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	19	14	And fire has gone out from its stem, has consumed its branches and fruit, so that there remains in it no strong stem, no scepter for a ruler. This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	1	In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, and sat before me.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	2	And the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	3	“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD, Is it to inquire of me that you come? As I live, says the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	4	Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Then let them know the abominations of their fathers,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	5	and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: On the day when I chose Israel, I swore to the seed of the house of Jacob, making myself known to them in the land of Egypt, I swore to them, saying, I am the Lord your God.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	6	On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most glorious of all lands.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	7	And I said to them, Cast away the detestable things your eyes feast on, every one of you, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	8	But they rebelled against me and would not listen to me; they did not every man cast away the detestable things their eyes feasted on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. “Then I thought I would pour out my wrath upon them and spend my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	9	But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they dwelt, in whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	10	So I led them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	11	I gave them my statutes and showed them my ordinances, by whose observance man shall live.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	12	Moreover I gave them my sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, that they might know that I the Lord sanctify them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	13	But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness; they did not walk in my statutes but rejected my ordinances, by whose observance man shall live; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned. “Then I thought I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to make a full end of them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	14	But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	15	Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most glorious of all lands,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	16	because they rejected my ordinances and did not walk in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	17	Nevertheless my eye spared them, and I did not destroy them or make a full end of them in the wilderness.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	18	“And I said to their children in the wilderness, Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	19	I the Lord am your God; walk in my statutes, and be careful to observe my ordinances,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	20	and hallow my sabbaths that they may be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I the Lord am your God.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	21	But the children rebelled against me; they did not walk in my statutes, and were not careful to observe my ordinances, by whose observance man shall live; they profaned my sabbaths. “Then I thought I would pour out my wrath upon them and spend my anger against them in the wilderness.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	22	But I withheld my hand, and acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	23	Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	24	because they had not executed my ordinances, but had rejected my statutes and profaned my sabbaths, and their eyes were set on their fathers’ idols.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	25	Moreover I gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not have life;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	26	and I defiled them through their very gifts in making them offer by fire all their first-born, that I might horrify them; I did it that they might know that I am the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	27	“Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: In this again your fathers blasphemed me, by dealing treacherously with me.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	28	For when I had brought them into the land which I swore to give them, then wherever they saw any high hill or any leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices and presented the provocation of their offering; there they sent up their soothing odors, and there they poured out their drink offerings.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	29	(I said to them, What is the high place to which you go? So its name is called Bamah to this day.)
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	30	Wherefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: Will you defile yourselves after the manner of your fathers and go astray after their detestable things?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	31	When you offer your gifts and sacrifice your sons by fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. And shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	32	“What is in your mind shall never happen—the thought, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the tribes of the countries, and worship wood and stone.’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	33	“As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out, I will be king over you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	34	I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you are scattered, with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	35	and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	36	As I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	37	I will make you pass under the rod, and I will let you go in by number.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	38	I will purge out the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against me; I will bring them out of the land where they sojourn, but they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	39	“As for you, O house of Israel, thus says the Lord GOD: Go serve every one of you his idols, now and hereafter, if you will not listen to me; but my holy name you shall no more profane with your gifts and your idols.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	40	“For on my holy mountain, the mountain height of Israel, says the Lord GOD, there all the house of Israel, all of them, shall serve me in the land; there I will accept them, and there I will require your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your sacred offerings.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	41	As a pleasing odor I will accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will manifest my holiness among you in the sight of the nations.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	42	And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I bring you into the land of Israel, the country which I swore to give to your fathers.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	43	And there you shall remember your ways and all the doings with which you have polluted yourselves; and you shall loathe yourselves for all the evils that you have committed.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	44	And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I deal with you for my name’s sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O house of Israel, says the Lord GOD.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	45	And the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	46	“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest land in the Negeb;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	47	say to the forest of the Negeb, Hear the word of the Lord: Thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you and every dry tree; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from south to north shall be scorched by it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	48	All flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	20	49	Then I said, “Ah Lord GOD! they are saying of me, ‘Is he not a maker of allegories?’”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	1	The word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	2	“Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries; prophesy against the land of Israel
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	3	and say to the land of Israel, Thus says the Lord: Behold, I am against you, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you both righteous and wicked.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	4	Because I will cut off from you both righteous and wicked, therefore my sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh from south to north;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	5	and all flesh shall know that I the Lord have drawn my sword out of its sheath; it shall not be sheathed again.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	6	Sigh therefore, son of man; sigh with breaking heart and bitter grief before their eyes.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	7	And when they say to you, ‘Why do you sigh?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the tidings. When it comes, every heart will melt and all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it comes and it will be fulfilled,’” says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	8	And the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	9	“Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord, Say: A sword, a sword is sharpened and also polished,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	10	sharpened for slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Or do we make mirth? You have despised the rod, my son, with everything of wood.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	11	So the sword is given to be polished, that it may be handled; it is sharpened and polished to be given into the hand of the slayer.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	12	Cry and wail, son of man, for it is against my people; it is against all the princes of Israel; they are delivered over to the sword with my people. Smite therefore upon your thigh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	13	For it will not be a testing—what could it do if you despise the rod?” says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	14	“Prophesy therefore, son of man; clap your hands and let the sword come down twice, yea thrice, the sword for those to be slain; it is the sword for the great slaughter, which encompasses them,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	15	that their hearts may melt, and many fall at all their gates. I have given the glittering sword; ah! it is made like lightning, it is polished for slaughter.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	16	Cut sharply to right and left where your edge is directed.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	17	I also will clap my hands, and I will satisfy my fury; I the Lord have spoken.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	18	The word of the Lord came to me again:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	19	“Son of man, mark two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to come; both of them shall come forth from the same land. And make a signpost, make it at the head of the way to a city;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	20	mark a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the Ammonites and to Judah and to Jerusalem the fortified.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	21	For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shakes the arrows, he consults the teraphim, he looks at the liver.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	22	Into his right hand comes the lot for Jerusalem, to open the mouth with a cry, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build siege towers.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	23	But to them it will seem like a false divination; they have sworn solemn oaths; but he brings their guilt to remembrance, that they may be captured.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	24	“Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have made your guilt to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear—because you have come to remembrance, you shall be taken in them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	25	And you, O unhallowed wicked one, prince of Israel, whose day has come, the time of your final punishment,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	26	thus says the Lord GOD: Remove the turban, and take off the crown; things shall not remain as they are; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	27	A ruin, ruin, ruin I will make it; there shall not be even a trace of it until he comes whose right it is; and to him I will give it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	28	“And you, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; say, A sword, a sword is drawn for the slaughter, it is polished to glitter and to flash like lightning—
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	29	while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies for you—to be laid on the necks of the unhallowed wicked, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	30	Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	31	And I will pour out my indignation upon you; I will blow upon you with the fire of my wrath; and I will deliver you into the hands of brutal men, skilful to destroy.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	21	32	You shall be fuel for the fire; your blood shall be in the midst of the land; you shall be no more remembered; for I the Lor have spoken.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	1	Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	2	“And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then declare to her all her abominable deeds.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	3	You shall say, Thus says the Lord GOD: A city that sheds blood in the midst of her, that her time may come, and that makes idols to defile herself!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	4	You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and defiled by the idols which you have made; and you have brought your day near, the appointed time of your years has come. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mocking to all the countries.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	5	Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you infamous one, full of tumult.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	6	“Behold, the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	7	Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the sojourner suffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow are wronged in you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	8	You have despised my holy things, and profaned my sabbaths.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	9	There are men in you who slander to shed blood, and men in you who eat upon the mountains; men commit lewdness in your midst.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	10	In you men uncover their fathers’ nakedness; in you they humble women who are unclean in their impurity.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	11	One commits abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; another in you defiles his sister, his father’s daughter.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	12	In you men take bribes to shed blood; you take interest and increase and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; and you have forgotten me, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	13	“Behold, therefore, I strike my hands together at the dishonest gain which you have made, and at the blood which has been in the midst of you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	14	Can your courage endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with you? I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	15	I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you through the countries, and I will consume your filthiness out of you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	16	And I shall be profaned through you in the sight of the nations; and you shall know that I am the Lord.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	17	And the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	18	“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them, silver and bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace, have become dross.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	19	Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	20	As men gather silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into a furnace, to blow the fire upon it in order to melt it; so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will put you in and melt you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	21	I will gather you and blow upon you with the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the midst of it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	22	As silver is melted in a furnace, so you shall be melted in the midst of it; and you shall know that I the Lord have poured out my wrath upon you.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	23	And the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	24	“Son of man, say to her, You are a land that is not cleansed, or rained upon in the day of indignation.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	25	Her princes in the midst of her are like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in the midst of her.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	26	Her priests have done violence to my law and have profaned my holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and they have disregarded my sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	27	Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	28	And her prophets have daubed for them with whitewash, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD,’ when the Lord has not spoken.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	29	The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery; they have oppressed the poor and needy, and have extorted from the sojourner without redress.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	30	And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	22	31	Therefore I have poured out my indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath; their way have I requited upon their heads, says the Lord GOD.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	1	The word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	2	“Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	3	they played the harlot in Egypt; they played the harlot in their youth; there their breasts were pressed and their virgin bosoms handled.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	4	Oholah was the name of the elder and Oholibah the name of her sister. They became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	5	“Oholah played the harlot while she was mine; and she doted on her lovers the Assyrians,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	6	warriors clothed in purple, governors and commanders, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	7	She bestowed her harlotries upon them, the choicest men of Assyria all of them; and she defiled herself with all the idols of every one on whom she doted.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	8	She did not give up her harlotry which she had practiced since her days in Egypt; for in her youth men had lain with her and handled her virgin bosom and poured out their lust upon her.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	9	Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	10	These uncovered her nakedness; they seized her sons and her daughters; and her they slew with the sword; and she became a byword among women, when judgment had been executed upon her.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	11	“Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt than she in her doting and in her harlotry, which was worse than that of her sister.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	12	She doted upon the Assyrians, governors and commanders, warriors clothed in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	13	And I saw that she was defiled; they both took the same way.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	14	But she carried her harlotry further; she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	15	girded with belts on their loins, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, a picture of Babylonians whose native land was Chaldea.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	16	When she saw them she doted upon them, and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	17	And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their lust; and after she was polluted by them, she turned from them in disgust.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	18	When she carried on her harlotry so openly and flaunted her nakedness, I turned in disgust from her, as I had turned from her sister.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	19	Yet she increased her harlotry, remembering the days of her youth, when she played the harlot in the land of Egypt
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	20	and doted upon her paramours there, whose members were like those of asses, and whose issue was like that of horses.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	21	Thus you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when the Egyptians handled your bosom and pressed your young breasts.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	22	Therefore, O Oholibah, thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I will rouse against you your lovers from whom you turned in disgust, and I will bring them against you from every side:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	23	the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, desirable young men, governors and commanders all of them, officers and warriors, all of them riding on horses.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	24	And they shall come against you from the north with chariots and wagons and a host of peoples; they shall set themselves against you on every side with buckler, shield, and helmet, and I will commit the judgment to them, and they shall judge you according to their judgments.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	25	And I will direct my indignation against you, that they may deal with you in fury. They shall cut off your nose and your ears, and your survivors shall fall by the sword. They shall seize your sons and your daughters, and your survivors shall be devoured by fire.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	26	They shall also strip you of your clothes and take away your fine jewels.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	27	Thus I will put an end to your lewdness and your harlotry brought from the land of Egypt; so that you shall not lift up your eyes to the Egyptians or remember them any more.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	28	For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will deliver you into the hands of those whom you hate, into the hands of those from whom you turned in disgust;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	29	and they shall deal with you in hatred, and take away all the fruit of your labor, and leave you naked and bare, and the nakedness of your harlotry shall be uncovered. Your lewdness and your harlotry
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	30	have brought this upon you, because you played the harlot with the nations, and polluted yourself with their idols.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	31	You have gone the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	32	Thus says the Lord GOD: “You shall drink your sister’s cup which is deep and large; you shall be laughed at and held in derision, for it contains much;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	33	you will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow. A cup of horror and desolation, is the cup of your sister Samaria;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	34	you shall drink it and drain it out, and pluck out your hair, and tear your breasts; for I have spoken, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	35	Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, therefore bear the consequences of your lewdness and harlotry.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	36	The Lord said to me: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominable deeds.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	37	For they have committed adultery, and blood is upon their hands; with their idols they have committed adultery; and they have even offered up to them for food the sons whom they had borne to me.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	38	Moreover this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary on the same day and profaned my sabbaths.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	39	For when they had slaughtered their children in sacrifice to their idols, on the same day they came into my sanctuary to profane it. And lo, this is what they did in my house.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	40	They even sent for men to come from far, to whom a messenger was sent, and lo, they came. For them you bathed yourself, painted your eyes, and decked yourself with ornaments;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	41	you sat upon a stately couch, with a table spread before it on which you had placed my incense and my oil.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	42	The sound of a carefree multitude was with her; and with men of the common sort drunkards were brought from the wilderness; and they put bracelets upon the hands of the women, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	43	“Then I said, Do not men now commit adultery when they practice harlotry with her?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	44	For they have gone in to her, as men go in to a harlot. Thus they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah to commit lewdness.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	45	But righteous men shall pass judgment on them with the sentence of adulteresses, and with the sentence of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is upon their hands.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	46	For thus says the Lord GOD: “Bring up a host against them, and make them an object of terror and a spoil.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	47	And the host shall stone them and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	48	Thus will I put an end to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not commit lewdness as you have done.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	23	49	And your lewdness shall be requited upon you, and you shall bear the penalty for your sinful idolatry; and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	1	In the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	2	“Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	3	And utter an allegory to the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Set on the pot, set it on, pour in water also;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	4	put in it the pieces of flesh, all the good pieces, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice bones.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	5	Take the choicest one of the flock, pile the logs under it; boil its pieces, seethe also its bones in it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	6	“Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose rust is in it, and whose rust has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, without making any choice.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	7	For the blood she has shed is still in the midst of her; she put it on the bare rock, she did not pour it upon the ground to cover it with dust.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	8	To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance, I have set on the bare rock the blood she has shed, that it may not be covered.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	9	Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	10	Heap on the logs, kindle the fire, boil well the flesh, and empty out the broth, and let the bones be burned up.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	11	Then set it empty upon the coals, that it may become hot, and its copper may burn, that its filthiness may be melted in it, its rust consumed.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	12	In vain I have wearied myself; its thick rust does not go out of it by fire.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	13	Its rust is your filthy lewdness. Because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your filthiness, you shall not be cleansed any more till I have satisfied my fury upon you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	14	I the Lord have spoken; it shall come to pass, I will do it; I will not go back, I will not spare, I will not repent; according to your ways and your doings I will judge you, says the Lord GOD.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	15	Also the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	16	“Son of man, behold, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you at a stroke; yet you shall not mourn or weep nor shall your tears run down.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	17	Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban, and put your shoes on your feet; do not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of mourners.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	18	So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. And on the next morning I did as I was commanded.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	19	And the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are acting thus?”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	20	Then I said to them, “The word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	21	‘Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the desire of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	22	And you shall do as I have done; you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of mourners.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	23	Your turbans shall be on your heads and your shoes on your feet; you shall not mourn or weep, but you shall pine away in your iniquities and groan to one another.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	24	Thus shall Ezekiel be to you a sign; according to all that he has done you shall do. When this comes, then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	25	“And you, son of man, on the day when I take from them their stronghold, their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes and their heart’s desire, and also their sons and daughters,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	26	on that day a fugitive will come to you to report to you the news.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	24	27	On that day your mouth will be opened to the fugitive, and you shall speak and be no longer dumb. So you will be a sign to them; and they will know that I am the Lord.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	25	1	The word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	25	2	“Son of man, set your face toward the Ammonites, and prophesy against them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	25	3	Say to the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD: Thus says the Lord GOD, Because you said, ‘Aha!’ over my sanctuary when it was profaned, and over the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and over the house of Judah when it went into exile;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	25	4	therefore I am handing you over to the people of the East for a possession, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings in your midst; they shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	25	5	I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and the cities of the Ammonites a fold for flocks. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	25	6	For thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced with all the malice within you against the land of Israel,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	25	7	therefore, behold, I have stretched out my hand against you, and will hand you over as spoil to the nations; and I will cut you off from the peoples and will make you perish out of the countries; I will destroy you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	25	8	“Thus says the Lord GOD: Because Moab said, Behold, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	25	9	therefore I will lay open the flank of Moab from the cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	25	10	I will give it along with the Ammonites to the people of the East as a possession, that it may be remembered no more among the nations,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	25	11	and I will execute judgments upon Moab. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	25	12	“Thus says the Lord GOD: Because Edom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has grievously offended in taking vengeance upon them,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	25	13	therefore thus says the Lord GOD, I will stretch out my hand against Edom, and cut off from it man and beast; and I will make it desolate; from Teman even to Dedan they shall fall by the sword.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	25	14	And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel; and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath; and they shall know my vengeance, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	25	15	“Thus says the Lord GOD: Because the Philistines acted revengefully and took vengeance with malice of heart to destroy in never-ending enmity;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	25	16	therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I will stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites, and destroy the rest of the seacoast.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	25	17	I will execute great vengeance upon them with wrathful chastisements. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I lay my vengeance upon them.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	26	1	In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	26	2	“Son of man, because Tyre said concerning Jerusalem, ‘Aha, the gate of the peoples is broken, it has swung open to me; I shall be replenished, now that she is laid waste,’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	26	3	therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	26	4	They shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers; and I will scrape her soil from her, and make her a bare rock.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	26	5	She shall be in the midst of the sea a place for the spreading of nets; for I have spoken, says the Lord GOD; and she shall become a spoil to the nations;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	26	6	and her daughters on the mainland shall be slain by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	26	7	“For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, and with horsemen and a host of many soldiers.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	26	8	He will slay with the sword your daughters on the mainland; he will set up a siege wall against you, and throw up a mound against you, and raise a roof of shields against you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	26	9	He will direct the shock of his battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	26	10	His horses will be so many that their dust will cover you; your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen and wagons and chariots, when he enters your gates as one enters a city which has been breached.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	26	11	With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets; he will slay your people with the sword; and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	26	12	They will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise; they will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses; your stones and timber and soil they will cast into the midst of the waters.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	26	13	And I will stop the music of your songs, and the sound of your lyres shall be heard no more.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	26	14	I will make you a bare rock; you shall be a place for the spreading of nets; you shall never be rebuilt; for I the Lord have spoken, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	26	15	“Thus says the Lord GOD to Tyre: Will not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, when slaughter is made in the midst of you?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	26	16	Then all the princes of the sea will step down from their thrones, and remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments; they will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit upon the ground and tremble every moment, and be appalled at you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	26	17	And they will raise a lamentation over you, and say to you, ‘How you have vanished from the seas, O city renowned, that was mighty on the sea, you and your inhabitants, who imposed your terror on all the mainland!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	26	18	Now the isles tremble on the day of your fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea are dismayed at your passing.’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	26	19	“For thus says the Lord GOD: When I make you a city laid waste, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep over you, and the great waters cover you,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	26	20	then I will thrust you down with those who descend into the Pit, to the people of old, and I will make you to dwell in the nether world, among primeval ruins, with those who go down to the Pit, so that you will not be inhabited or have a place in the land of the living.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	26	21	I will bring you to a dreadful end, and you shall be no more; though you be sought for, you will never be found again, says the Lord GOD.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	1	The word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	2	“Now you, son of man, raise a lamentation over Tyre,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	3	and say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrance to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord GOD: “O Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	4	Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders made perfect your beauty.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	5	They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; they took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	6	Of oaks of Bashan they made your oars; they made your deck of pines from the coasts of Cyprus, inlaid with ivory.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	7	Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail, serving as your ensign; blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was your awning.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	8	The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; skilled men of Zemer were in you, they were your pilots.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	9	The elders of Gebal and her skilled men were in you, caulking your seams; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you, to barter for your wares.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	10	“Persia and Lud and Put were in your army as your men of war; they hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	11	The men of Arvad and Helech were upon your walls round about, and men of Gamad were in your towers; they hung their shields upon your walls round about; they made perfect your beauty.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	12	“Tarshish trafficked with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your wares.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	13	Javan, Tubal, and Meshech traded with you; they exchanged the persons of men and vessels of bronze for your merchandise.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	14	Beth-togarmah exchanged for your wares horses, war horses, and mules.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	15	The men of Rhodes traded with you; many coastlands were your own special markets, they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	16	Edom trafficked with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and agate.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	17	Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise wheat, olives and early figs, honey, oil, and balm.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	18	Damascus trafficked with you for your abundant goods, because of your great wealth of every kind; wine of Helbon, and white wool,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	19	and wine from Uzal they exchanged for your wares; wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were bartered for your merchandise.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	20	Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	21	Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your favored dealers in lambs, rams, and goats; in these they trafficked with you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	22	The traders of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; they exchanged for your wares the best of all kinds of spices, and all precious stones, and gold.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	23	Haran, Canneh, Eden, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	24	These traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of colored stuff, bound with cords and made secure; in these they traded with you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	25	The ships of Tarshish traveled for you with your merchandise. “So you were filled and heavily laden in the heart of the seas.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	26	Your rowers have brought you out into the high seas. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	27	Your riches, your wares, your merchandise, your mariners and your pilots, your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise, and all your men of war who are in you, with all your company that is in your midst, sink into the heart of the seas on the day of your ruin.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	28	At the sound of the cry of your pilots the countryside shakes,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	29	and down from their ships come all that handle the oar. The mariners and all the pilots of the sea stand on the shore
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	30	and wail aloud over you, and cry bitterly. They cast dust on their heads and wallow in ashes;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	31	they make themselves bald for you, and gird themselves with sackcloth, and they weep over you in bitterness of soul, with bitter mourning.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	32	In their wailing they raise a lamentation for you, and lament over you: ‘Who was ever destroyed like Tyre in the midst of the sea?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	33	When your wares came from the seas, you satisfied many peoples; with your abundant wealth and merchandise you enriched the kings of the earth.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	34	Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your crew have sunk with you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	35	All the inhabitants of the coastlands are appalled at you; and their kings are horribly afraid, their faces are convulsed.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	27	36	The merchants among the peoples hiss at you; you have come to a dreadful end and shall be no more for ever.’”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	1	The word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	2	“Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord GOD: “Because your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,’ yet you are but a man, and no god, though you consider yourself as wise as a god—
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	3	you are indeed wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	4	by your wisdom and your understanding you have gotten wealth for yourself, and have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	5	by your great wisdom in trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth—
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	6	therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “Because you consider yourself as wise as a god,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	7	therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon you, the most terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendor.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	8	They shall thrust you down into the Pit, and you shall die the death of the slain in the heart of the seas.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	9	Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you, though you are but a man, and no god, in the hands of those who wound you?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	10	You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners; for I have spoken, says the Lord GOD.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	11	Moreover the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	12	“Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord GOD: “You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	13	You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, carnelian, topaz, and jasper, chrysolite, beryl, and onyx, sapphire, carbuncle, and emerald; and wrought in gold were your settings and your engravings. On the day that you were created they were prepared.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	14	With an anointed guardian cherub I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	15	You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created, till iniquity was found in you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	16	In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned; so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God, and the guardian cherub drove you out from the midst of the stones of fire.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	17	Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	18	By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade you profaned your sanctuaries; so I brought forth fire from the midst of you; it consumed you, and I turned you to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all who saw you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	19	All who know you among the peoples are appalled at you; you have come to a dreadful end and shall be no more for ever.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	20	The word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	21	“Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	22	and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will manifest my glory in the midst of you. And they shall know that I am the Lord when I execute judgments in her, and manifest my holiness in her;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	23	for I will send pestilence into her, and blood into her streets; and the slain shall fall in the midst of her, by the sword that is against her on every side. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	24	“And for the house of Israel there shall be no more a brier to prick or a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	25	“Thus says the Lord GOD: When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and manifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they shall dwell in their own land which I gave to my servant Jacob.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	28	26	And they shall dwell securely in it, and they shall build houses and plant vineyards. They shall dwell securely, when I execute judgments upon all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	29	1	In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	29	2	“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	29	3	speak, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lies in the midst of his streams, that says, ‘My Nile is my own; I made it.’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	29	4	I will put hooks in your jaws, and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales; and I will draw you up out of the midst of your streams, with all the fish of your streams which stick to your scales.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	29	5	And I will cast you forth into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your streams; you shall fall upon the open field, and not be gathered and buried. To the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the air I have given you as food.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	29	6	“Then all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord. Because you have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	29	7	when they grasped you with the hand, you broke, and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned upon you, you broke, and made all their loins to shake;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	29	8	therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will bring a sword upon you, and will cut off from you man and beast;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	29	9	and the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. Then they will know that I am the Lord. “Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I made it,’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	29	10	therefore, behold, I am against you, and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Ethiopia.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	29	11	No foot of man shall pass through it, and no foot of beast shall pass through it; it shall be uninhabited forty years.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	29	12	And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of desolated countries; and her cities shall be a desolation forty years among cities that are laid waste. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	29	13	“For thus says the Lord GOD: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	29	14	and I will restore the fortunes of Egypt, and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin; and there they shall be a lowly kingdom.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	29	15	It shall be the most lowly of the kingdoms, and never again exalt itself above the nations; and I will make them so small that they will never again rule over the nations.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	29	16	And it shall never again be the reliance of the house of Israel, recalling their iniquity, when they turn to them for aid. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	29	17	In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	29	18	“Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre; every head was made bald and every shoulder was rubbed bare; yet neither he nor his army got anything from Tyre to pay for the labor that he had performed against it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	29	19	Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry off its wealth and despoil it and plunder it; and it shall be the wages for his army.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	29	20	I have given him the land of Egypt as his recompense for which he labored, because they worked for me, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	29	21	“On that day I will cause a horn to spring forth to the house of Israel, and I will open your lips among them. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	1	The word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	2	“Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: “Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	3	For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near; it will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	4	A sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain fall in Egypt, and her wealth is carried away, and her foundations are torn down.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	5	Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all Arabia, and Libya, and the people of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	6	“Thus says the Lord: Those who support Egypt shall fall, and her proud might shall come down; from Migdol to Syene they shall fall within her by the sword, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	7	And she shall be desolated in the midst of desolated countries and her cities shall be in the midst of cities that are laid waste.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	8	Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have set fire to Egypt, and all her helpers are broken.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	9	“On that day swift messengers shall go forth from me to terrify the unsuspecting Ethiopians; and anguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom; for, lo, it comes!
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	10	“Thus says the Lord GOD: I will put an end to the wealth of Egypt, by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	11	He and his people with him, the most terrible of the nations, shall be brought in to destroy the land; and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	12	And I will dry up the Nile, and will sell the land into the hand of evil men; I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it, by the hand of foreigners; I, the Lord, have spoken.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	13	“Thus says the Lord GOD: I will destroy the idols, and put an end to the images, in Memphis; there shall no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt; so I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	14	I will make Pathros a desolation, and will set fire to Zoan, and will execute acts of judgment upon Thebes.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	15	And I will pour my wrath upon Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the multitude of Thebes.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	16	And I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium shall be in great agony; Thebes shall be breached, and its walls broken down.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	17	The young men of On and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword; and the women shall go into captivity.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	18	At Tehaphnehes the day shall be dark, when I break there the dominion of Egypt, and her proud might shall come to an end; she shall be covered by a cloud, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	19	Thus I will execute acts of judgment upon Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	20	In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	21	“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and lo, it has not been bound up, to heal it by binding it with a bandage, so that it may become strong to wield the sword.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	22	Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, both the strong arm and the one that was broken; and I will make the sword fall from his hand.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	23	I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the lands.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	24	And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand; but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him like a man mortally wounded.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	25	I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall; and they shall know that I am the Lord. When I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, he shall stretch it out against the land of Egypt;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	30	26	and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	31	1	In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	31	2	“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: “Whom are you like in your greatness?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	31	3	Behold, I will liken you to a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches and forest shade, and of great height, its top among the clouds.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	31	4	The waters nourished it, the deep made it grow tall, making its rivers flow round the place of its planting, sending forth its streams to all the trees of the forest.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	31	5	So it towered high above all the trees of the forest; its boughs grew large and its branches long, from abundant water in its shoots.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	31	6	All the birds of the air made their nests in its boughs; under its branches all the beasts of the field brought forth their young; and under its shadow dwelt all great nations.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	31	7	It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its roots went down to abundant waters.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	31	8	The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it, nor the fir trees equal its boughs; the plane trees were as nothing compared with its branches; no tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	31	9	I made it beautiful in the mass of its branches, and all the trees of Eden envied it, that were in the garden of God.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	31	10	“Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because it towered high and set its top among the clouds, and its heart was proud of its height,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	31	11	I will give it into the hand of a mighty one of the nations; he shall surely deal with it as its wickedness deserves. I have cast it out.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	31	12	Foreigners, the most terrible of the nations, will cut it down and leave it. On the mountains and in all the valleys its branches will fall, and its boughs will lie broken in all the watercourses of the land; and all the peoples of the earth will go from its shadow and leave it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	31	13	Upon its ruin will dwell all the birds of the air, and upon its branches will be all the beasts of the field.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	31	14	All this is in order that no trees by the waters may grow to lofty height or set their tops among the clouds, and that no trees that drink water may reach up to them in height; for they are all given over to death, to the nether world among mortal men, with those who go down to the Pit.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	31	15	“Thus says the Lord GOD: When it goes down to Sheol I will make the deep mourn for it, and restrain its rivers, and many waters shall be stopped; I will clothe Lebanon in gloom for it, and all the trees of the field shall faint because of it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	31	16	I will make the nations quake at the sound of its fall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who go down to the Pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, will be comforted in the nether world.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	31	17	They also shall go down to Sheol with it, to those who are slain by the sword; yea, those who dwelt under its shadow among the nations shall perish.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	31	18	Whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? You shall be brought down with the trees of Eden to the nether world; you shall lie among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword. “This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the Lord GOD.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	1	In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	2	“Son of man, raise a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him: “You consider yourself a lion among the nations, but you are like a dragon in the seas; you burst forth in your rivers, trouble the waters with your feet, and foul their rivers.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	3	Thus says the Lord GOD: I will throw my net over you with a host of many peoples; and I will haul you up in my dragnet.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	4	And I will cast you on the ground, on the open field I will fling you, and will cause all the birds of the air to settle on you, and I will gorge the beasts of the whole earth with you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	5	I will strew your flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with your carcass.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	6	I will drench the land even to the mountains with your flowing blood; and the watercourses will be full of you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	7	When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens, and make their stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	8	All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over you, and put darkness upon your land, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	9	“I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I carry you captive among the nations, into the countries which you have not known.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	10	I will make many peoples appalled at you, and their kings shall shudder because of you, when I brandish my sword before them; they shall tremble every moment, every one for his own life, on the day of your downfall.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	11	For thus says the Lord GOD: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	12	I will cause your multitude to fall by the swords of mighty ones, all of them most terrible among the nations. “They shall bring to nought the pride of Egypt, and all its multitude shall perish.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	13	I will destroy all its beasts from beside many waters; and no foot of man shall trouble them any more, nor shall the hoofs of beasts trouble them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	14	Then I will make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	15	When I make the land of Egypt desolate and when the land is stripped of all that fills it, when I smite all who dwell in it, then they will know that I am the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	16	This is a lamentation which shall be chanted; the daughters of the nations shall chant it; over Egypt, and over all her multitude, shall they chant it, says the Lord GOD.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	17	In the twelfth year, in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	18	“Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, and send them down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, to the nether world, to those who have gone down to the Pit:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	19	‘Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised.’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	20	They shall fall amid those who are slain by the sword, and with her shall lie all her multitudes.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	21	The mighty chiefs shall speak of them, with their helpers, out of the midst of Sheol: ‘They have come down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	22	“Assyria is there, and all her company, their graves round about her, all of them slain, fallen by the sword;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	23	whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the Pit, and her company is round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who spread terror in the land of the living.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	24	“Elam is there, and all her multitude about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised into the nether world, who spread terror in the land of the living, and they bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	25	They have made her a bed among the slain with all her multitude, their graves round about her, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for terror of them was spread in the land of the living, and they bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit; they are placed among the slain.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	26	“Meshech and Tubal are there, and all their multitude, their graves round about them, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for they spread terror in the land of the living.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	27	And they do not lie with the fallen mighty men of old who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were laid under their heads, and whose shields are upon their bones; for the terror of the mighty men was in the land of the living.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	28	So you shall be broken and lie among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	29	“Edom is there, her kings and all her princes, who for all their might are laid with those who are slain by the sword; they lie with the uncircumcised, with those who go down to the Pit.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	30	“The princes of the north are there, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who have gone down in shame with the slain, for all the terror which they caused by their might; they lie uncircumcised with those who are slain by the sword, and bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	31	“When Pharaoh sees them, he will comfort himself for all his multitude, Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	32	32	For he spread terror in the land of the living; therefore he shall be laid among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword, Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the Lord GOD.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	1	The word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	2	“Son of man, speak to your people and say to them, If I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and make him their watchman;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	3	and if he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the trumpet and warns the people;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	4	then if any one who hears the sound of the trumpet does not take warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	5	He heard the sound of the trumpet, and did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But if he had taken warning, he would have saved his life.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	6	But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes, and takes any one of them; that man is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	7	“So you, son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	8	If I say to the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	9	But if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	10	“And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus have you said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we waste away because of them; how then can we live?’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	11	Say to them, As I live, says the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways; for why will you die, O house of Israel?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	12	And you, son of man, say to your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him when he transgresses; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall by it when he turns from his wickedness; and the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness when he sins.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	13	Though I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, yet if he trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but in the iniquity that he has committed he shall die.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	14	Again, though I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ yet if he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	15	if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has taken by robbery, and walks in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	16	None of the sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him; he has done what is lawful and right, he shall surely live.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	17	“Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just’; when it is their own way that is not just.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	18	When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall die for it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	19	And when the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does what is lawful and right, he shall live by it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	20	Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his ways.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	21	In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, a man who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	22	Now the hand of the Lord had been upon me the evening before the fugitive came; and he had opened my mouth by the time the man came to me in the morning; so my mouth was opened, and I was no longer dumb.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	23	The word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	24	“Son of man, the inhabitants of these waste places in the land of Israel keep saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he got possession of the land; but we are many; the land is surely given us to possess.’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	25	Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: You eat flesh with the blood, and lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood; shall you then possess the land?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	26	You resort to the sword, you commit abominations and each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife; shall you then possess the land?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	27	Say this to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: As I live, surely those who are in the waste places shall fall by the sword; and him that is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured; and those who are in strongholds and in caves shall die by pestilence.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	28	And I will make the land a desolation and a waste; and her proud might shall come to an end; and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that none will pass through.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	29	Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have made the land a desolation and a waste because of all their abominations which they have committed.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	30	“As for you, son of man, your people who talk together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, say to one another, each to his brother, ‘Come, and hear what the word is that comes forth from the Lord.’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	31	And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with their lips they show much love, but their heart is set on their gain.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	32	And, lo, you are to them like one who sings love songs with a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument, for they hear what you say, but they will not do it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	33	33	When this comes—and come it will!—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	1	The word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	2	“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord GOD: Ho, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	3	You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fatlings; but you do not feed the sheep.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	4	The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the crippled you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and with force and harshness you have ruled them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	5	So they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food for all the wild beasts.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	6	My sheep were scattered, they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill; my sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, with none to search or seek for them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	7	“Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	8	As I live, says the Lord GOD, because my sheep have become a prey, and my sheep have become food for all the wild beasts, since there was no shepherd; and because my shepherds have not searched for my sheep, but the shepherds have fed themselves, and have not fed my sheep;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	9	therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	10	Thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and put a stop to their feeding the sheep; no longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	11	“For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	12	As a shepherd seeks out his flock when some of his sheep have been scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	13	And I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the fountains, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	14	I will feed them with good pasture, and upon the mountain heights of Israel shall be their pasture; there they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on fat pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	15	I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will make them lie down, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	16	I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the crippled, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will watch over; I will feed them in justice.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	17	“As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, rams and he-goats.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	18	Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture; and to drink of clear water, that you must foul the rest with your feet?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	19	And must my sheep eat what you have trodden with your feet, and drink what you have fouled with your feet?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	20	“Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD to them: Behold, I, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	21	Because you push with side and shoulder, and thrust at all the weak with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	22	I will save my flock, they shall no longer be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	23	And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	24	And I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them; I, the Lord, have spoken.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	25	“I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild beasts from the land, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	26	And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	27	And the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke, and deliver them from the hand of those who enslaved them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	28	They shall no more be a prey to the nations, nor shall the beasts of the land devour them; they shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	29	And I will provide for them prosperous plantations so that they shall no more be consumed with hunger in the land, and no longer suffer the reproach of the nations.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	30	And they shall know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	34	31	And you are my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, says the Lord GOD.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	35	1	The word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	35	2	“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	35	3	and say to it, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and a waste.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	35	4	I will lay your cities waste, and you shall become a desolation; and you shall know that I am the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	35	5	Because you cherished perpetual enmity, and gave over the people of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	35	6	therefore, as I live, says the Lord GOD, I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you; because you are guilty of blood, therefore blood shall pursue you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	35	7	I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation; and I will cut off from it all who come and go.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	35	8	And I will fill your mountains with the slain; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those slain with the sword shall fall.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	35	9	I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	35	10	“Because you said, ‘These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will take possession of them,’—although the Lord was there—
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	35	11	therefore, as I live, says the Lord GOD, I will deal with you according to the anger and envy which you showed because of your hatred against them; and I will make myself known among you, when I judge you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	35	12	And you shall know that I, the Lord, have heard all the revilings which you uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour.’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	35	13	And you magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and multiplied your words against me; I heard it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	35	14	Thus says the Lord GOD: For the rejoicing of the whole earth I will make you desolate.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	35	15	As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	1	“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	2	Thus says the Lord GOD: Because the enemy said of you, ‘Aha!’ and, ‘The ancient heights have become our possession,’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	3	therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Because, yea, because they made you desolate, and crushed you from all sides, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you became the talk and evil gossip of the people;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	4	therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD: Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains and the hills, the ravines and the valleys, the desolate wastes and the deserted cities, which have become a prey and derision to the rest of the nations round about;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	5	therefore thus says the Lord GOD: I speak in my hot jealousy against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who gave my land to themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, that they might possess it and plunder it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	6	Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I speak in my jealous wrath, because you have suffered the reproach of the nations;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	7	therefore thus says the Lord GOD: I swear that the nations that are round about you shall themselves suffer reproach.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	8	“But you, O mountains of Israel, shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they will soon come home.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	9	For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	10	and I will multiply men upon you, the whole house of Israel, all of it; the cities shall be inhabited and the waste places rebuilt;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	11	and I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and be fruitful; and I will cause you to be inhabited as in your former times, and will do more good to you than ever before. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	12	Yea, I will let men walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no longer bereave them of children.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	13	Thus says the Lord GOD: Because men say to you, ‘You devour men, and you bereave your nation of children,’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	14	therefore you shall no longer devour men and no longer bereave your nation of children, says the Lord GOD;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	15	and I will not let you hear any more the reproach of the nations, and you shall no longer bear the disgrace of the peoples and no longer cause your nation to stumble, says the Lord GOD.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	16	The word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	17	“Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their doings; their conduct before me was like the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	18	So I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood which they had shed in the land, for the idols with which they had defiled it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	19	I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries; in accordance with their conduct and their deeds I judged them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	20	But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned my holy name, in that men said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they had to go out of his land.’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	21	But I had concern for my holy name, which the house of Israel caused to be profaned among the nations to which they came.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	22	“Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	23	And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them; and the nations will know that I am the Lord, says the Lord GOD, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	24	For I will take you from the nations, and gather you from all the countries, and bring you into your own land.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	25	I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	26	A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will take out of your flesh the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	27	And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	28	You shall dwell in the land which I gave to your fathers; and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	29	And I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses; and I will summon the grain and make it abundant and lay no famine upon you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	30	I will make the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field abundant, that you may never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	31	Then you will remember your evil ways, and your deeds that were not good; and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abominable deeds.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	32	It is not for your sake that I will act, says the Lord GOD; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	33	“Thus says the Lord GOD: On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be rebuilt.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	34	And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, instead of being the desolation that it was in the sight of all who passed by.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	35	And they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now inhabited and fortified.’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	36	Then the nations that are left round about you shall know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruined places, and replanted that which was desolate; I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	37	“Thus says the Lord GOD: This also I will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them: to increase their men like a flock.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	36	38	Like the flock for sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	1	The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley; it was full of bones.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	2	And he led me round among them; and behold, there were very many upon the valley; and lo, they were very dry.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	3	And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord GOD, thou knowest.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	4	Again he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	5	Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	6	And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the Lord.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	7	So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to its bone.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	8	And as I looked, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them; but there was no breath in them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	9	Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord GOD: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	10	So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great host.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	11	Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	12	Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people; and I will bring you home into the land of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	13	And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	14	And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken, and I have done it, says the Lord.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	15	The word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	16	“Son of man, take a stick and write on it, ‘For Judah, and the children of Israel associated with him’; then take another stick and write upon it, ‘For Joseph (the stick of Ephraim) and all the house of Israel associated with him’;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	17	and join them together into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	18	And when your people say to you, ‘Will you not show us what you mean by these?’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	19	say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am about to take the stick of Joseph (which is in the hand of Ephraim) and the tribes of Israel associated with him; and I will join with it the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, that they may be one in my hand.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	20	When the sticks on which you write are in your hand before their eyes,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	21	then say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will take the people of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from all sides, and bring them to their own land;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	22	and I will make them one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them all; and they shall be no longer two nations, and no longer divided into two kingdoms.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	23	They shall not defile themselves any more with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; but I will save them from all the backslidings in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	24	“My servant David shall be king over them; and they shall all have one shepherd. They shall follow my ordinances and be careful to observe my statutes.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	25	They shall dwell in the land where your fathers dwelt that I gave to my servant Jacob; they and their children and their children’s children shall dwell there for ever; and David my servant shall be their prince for ever.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	26	I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will bless them and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	27	My dwelling place shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	37	28	Then the nations will know that I the Lord sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary is in the midst of them for evermore.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	38	1	The word of the Lord came to me:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	38	2	“Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	38	3	and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	38	4	and I will turn you about, and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you forth, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great company, all of them with buckler and shield, wielding swords;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	38	5	Persia, Cush, and Put are with them, all of them with shield and helmet;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	38	6	Gomer and all his hordes; Beth-togarmah from the uttermost parts of the north with all his hordes—many peoples are with you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	38	7	“Be ready and keep ready, you and all the hosts that are assembled about you, and be a guard for them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	38	8	After many days you will be mustered; in the latter years you will go against the land that is restored from war, the land where people were gathered from many nations upon the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste; its people were brought out from the nations and now dwell securely, all of them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	38	9	You will advance, coming on like a storm, you will be like a cloud covering the land you and all your hordes, and many peoples with you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	38	10	“Thus says the Lord GOD: On that day thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	38	11	and say, ‘I will go up against the land of unwalled villages; I will fall upon the quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates’;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	38	12	to seize spoil and carry off plunder; to assail the waste places which are now inhabited, and the people who were gathered from the nations, who have gotten cattle and goods, who dwell at the center of the earth.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	38	13	Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all its villages will say to you, ‘Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hosts to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to seize great spoil?’
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	38	14	“Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and say to Gog, Thus says the Lord GOD: On that day when my people Israel are dwelling securely, you will bestir yourself
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	38	15	and come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great host, a mighty army;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	38	16	you will come up against my people Israel, like a cloud covering the land. In the latter days I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when through you, O Gog, I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	38	17	“Thus says the Lord GOD: Are you he of whom I spoke in former days by my servants the prophets of Israel, who in those days prophesied for years that I would bring you against them?
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	38	18	But on that day, when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, says the Lord GOD, my wrath will be roused.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	38	19	For in my jealousy and in my blazing wrath I declare, On that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	38	20	the fish of the sea, and the birds of the air, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep on the ground, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall quake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the cliffs shall fall, and every wall shall tumble to the ground.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	38	21	I will summon every kind of terror against Gog, says the Lord GOD; every man’s sword will be against his brother.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	38	22	With pestilence and bloodshed I will enter into judgment with him; and I will rain upon him and his hordes and the many peoples that are with him, torrential rains and hailstones, fire and brimstone.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	38	23	So I will show my greatness and my holiness and make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	1	“And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	2	and I will turn you about and drive you forward, and bring you up from the uttermost parts of the north, and lead you against the mountains of Israel;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	3	then I will strike your bow from your left hand, and will make your arrows drop out of your right hand.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	4	You shall fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all your hordes and the peoples that are with you; I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the wild beasts to be devoured.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	5	You shall fall in the open field; for I have spoken, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	6	I will send fire on Magog and on those who dwell securely in the coastlands; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	7	“And my holy name I will make known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let my holy name be profaned any more; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	8	Behold, it is coming and it will be brought about, says the Lord GOD. That is the day of which I have spoken.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	9	“Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go forth and make fires of the weapons and burn them, shields and bucklers, bows and arrows, handpikes and spears, and they will make fires of them for seven years;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	10	so that they will not need to take wood out of the field or cut down any out of the forests, for they will make their fires of the weapons; they will despoil those who despoiled them, and plunder those who plundered them, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	11	“On that day I will give to Gog a place for burial in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers east of the sea; it will block the travelers, for there Gog and all his multitude will be buried; it will be called the Valley of Hamon-gog.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	12	For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order to cleanse the land.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	13	All the people of the land will bury them; and it will redound to their honor on the day that I show my glory, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	14	They will set apart men to pass through the land continually and bury those remaining upon the face of the land, so as to cleanse it; at the end of seven months they will make their search.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	15	And when these pass through the land and any one sees a man’s bone, then he shall set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-gog.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	16	(A city Hamonah is there also.) Thus shall they cleanse the land.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	17	“As for you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD: Speak to the birds of every sort and to all beasts of the field, ‘Assemble and come, gather from all sides to the sacrificial feast which I am preparing for you, a great sacrificial feast upon the mountains of Israel, and you shall eat flesh and drink blood.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	18	You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth—of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	19	And you shall eat fat till you are filled, and drink blood till you are drunk, at the sacrificial feast which I am preparing for you.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	20	And you shall be filled at my table with horses and riders, with mighty men and all kinds of warriors,’ says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	21	“And I will set my glory among the nations; and all the nations shall see my judgment which I have executed, and my hand which I have laid on them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	22	The house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God, from that day forward.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	23	And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity, because they dealt so treacherously with me that I hid my face from them and gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they all fell by the sword.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	24	I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their transgressions, and hid my face from them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	25	“Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	26	They shall forget their shame, and all the treachery they have practiced against me, when they dwell securely in their land with none to make them afraid,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	27	when I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from their enemies’ lands, and through them have vindicated my holiness in the sight of many nations.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	28	Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God because I sent them into exile among the nations, and then gathered them into their own land. I will leave none of them remaining among the nations any more;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	39	29	and I will not hide my face any more from them, when I pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, says the Lord GOD.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	1	In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was conquered, on that very day, the hand of the Lord was upon me,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	2	and brought me in the visions of God into the land of Israel, and set me down upon a very high mountain, on which was a structure like a city opposite me.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	3	When he brought me there, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like bronze, with a line of flax and a measuring reed in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	4	And the man said to me, “Son of man, look with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your mind upon all that I shall show you, for you were brought here in order that I might show it to you; declare all that you see to the house of Israel.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	5	And behold, there was a wall all around the outside of the temple area, and the length of the measuring reed in the man’s hand was six long cubits, each being a cubit and a handbreadth in length; so he measured the thickness of the wall, one reed; and the height, one reed.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	6	Then he went into the gateway facing east, going up its steps, and measured the threshold of the gate, one reed deep;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	7	and the side rooms, one reed long, and one reed broad; and the space between the side rooms, five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the vestibule of the gate at the inner end, one reed.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	8	Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	9	and its jambs, two cubits; and the vestibule of the gate was at the inner end.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	10	And there were three side rooms on either side of the east gate; the three were of the same size; and the jambs on either side were of the same size.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	11	Then he measured the breadth of the opening of the gateway, ten cubits; and the breadth of the gateway, thirteen cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	12	There was a barrier before the side rooms, one cubit on either side; and the side rooms were six cubits on either side.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	13	Then he measured the gate from the back of the one side room to the back of the other, a breadth of five and twenty cubits, from door to door.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	14	He measured also the vestibule, twenty cubits; and round about the vestibule of the gateway was the court.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	15	From the front of the gate at the entrance to the end of the inner vestibule of the gate was fifty cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	16	And the gateway had windows round about, narrowing inwards into their jambs in the side rooms, and likewise the vestibule had windows round about inside, and on the jambs were palm trees.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	17	Then he brought me into the outer court; and behold, there were chambers and a pavement, round about the court; thirty chambers fronted on the pavement.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	18	And the pavement ran along the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	19	Then he measured the distance from the inner front of the lower gate to the outer front of the inner court, a hundred cubits. Then he went before me to the north,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	20	and behold, there was a gate which faced toward the north, belonging to the outer court. He measured its length and its breadth.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	21	Its side rooms, three on either side, and its jambs and its vestibule were of the same size as those of the first gate; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	22	And its windows, its vestibule, and its palm trees were of the same size as those of the gate which faced toward the east; and seven steps led up to it; and its vestibule was on the inside.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	23	And opposite the gate on the north, as on the east, was a gate to the inner court; and he measured from gate to gate, a hundred cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	24	And he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate on the south; and he measured its jambs and its vestibule; they had the same size as the others.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	25	And there were windows round about in it and in its vestibule, like the windows of the others; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	26	And there were seven steps leading up to it, and its vestibule was on the inside; and it had palm trees on its jambs, one on either side.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	27	And there was a gate on the south of the inner court; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a hundred cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	28	Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it was of the same size as the others;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	29	Its side rooms, its jambs, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others; and there were windows round about in it and in its vestibule; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	30	And there were vestibules round about, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits broad.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	31	Its vestibule faced the outer court, and palm trees were on its jambs, and its stairway had eight steps.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	32	Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gate; it was of the same size as the others.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	33	Its side rooms, its jambs, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others; and there were windows round about in it and in its vestibule; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	34	Its vestibule faced the outer court, and it had palm trees on its jambs, one on either side; and its stairway had eight steps.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	35	Then he brought me to the north gate, and he measured it; it had the same size as the others.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	36	Its side rooms, its jambs, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others; and it had windows round about; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	37	Its vestibule faced the outer court, and it had palm trees on its jambs, one on either side; and its stairway had eight steps.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	38	There was a chamber with its door in the vestibule of the gate, where the burnt offering was to be washed.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	39	And in the vestibule of the gate were two tables on either side, on which the burnt offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering were to be slaughtered.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	40	And on the outside of the vestibule at the entrance of the north gate were two tables; and on the other side of the vestibule of the gate were two tables.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	41	Four tables were on the inside, and four tables on the outside of the side of the gate, eight tables, on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	42	And there were also four tables of hewn stone for the burnt offering, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high, on which the instruments were to be laid with which the burnt offerings and the sacrifices were slaughtered.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	43	And hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened round about within. And on the tables the flesh of the offering was to be laid.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	44	Then he brought me from without into the inner court, and behold, there were two chambers in the inner court, one at the side of the north gate facing south, the other at the side of the south gate facing north.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	45	And he said to me, This chamber which faces south is for the priests who have charge of the temple,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	46	and the chamber which faces north is for the priests who have charge of the altar; these are the sons of Zadok, who alone among the sons of Levi may come near to the Lord to minister to him.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	47	And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was in front of the temple.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	48	Then he brought me to the vestibule of the temple and measured the jambs of the vestibule, five cubits on either side; and the breadth of the gate was fourteen cubits; and the sidewalls of the gate were three cubits on either side.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	40	49	The length of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the breadth twelve cubits; and ten steps led up to it; and there were pillars beside the jambs on either side.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	1	Then he brought me to the nave, and measured the jambs; on each side six cubits was the breadth of the jambs.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	2	And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits; and the sidewalls of the entrance were five cubits on either side; and he measured the length of the nave forty cubits, and its breadth, twenty cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	3	Then he went into the inner room and measured the jambs of the entrance, two cubits; and the breadth of the entrance, six cubits; and the sidewalls of the entrance, seven cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	4	And he measured the length of the room, twenty cubits, and its breadth, twenty cubits, beyond the nave. And he said to me, This is the most holy place.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	5	Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits thick; and the breadth of the side chambers, four cubits, round about the temple.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	6	And the side chambers were in three stories, one over another, thirty in each story. There were offsets all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side chambers, so that they should not be supported by the wall of the temple.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	7	And the side chambers became broader as they rose from story to story, corresponding to the enlargement of the offset from story to story round about the temple; on the side of the temple a stairway led upward, and thus one went up from the lowest story to the top story through the middle story.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	8	I saw also that the temple had a raised platform round about; the foundations of the side chambers measured a full reed of six long cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	9	The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits; and the part of the platform which was left free was five cubits. Between the platform of the temple and the
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	10	chambers of the court was a breadth of twenty cubits round about the temple on every side.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	11	And the doors of the side chambers opened on the part of the platform that was left free, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south; and the breadth of the part that was left free was five cubits round about.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	12	The building that was facing the temple yard on the west side was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and its length ninety cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	13	Then he measured the temple, a hundred cubits long; and the yard and the building with its walls, a hundred cubits long;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	14	also the breadth of the east front of the temple and the yard, a hundred cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	15	Then he measured the length of the building facing the yard which was at the west and its walls on either side, a hundred cubits. The nave of the temple and the inner room and the outer vestibule
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	16	were paneled and round about all three had windows with recessed frames. Over against the threshold the temple was paneled with wood round about, from the floor up to the windows (now the windows were covered),
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	17	to the space above the door, even to the inner room, and on the outside. And on all the walls round about in the inner room and the nave were carved likenesses
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	18	of cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Every cherub had two faces:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	19	the face of a man toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved on the whole temple round about;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	20	from the floor to above the door cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	21	The doorposts of the nave were squared; and in front of the holy place was something resembling
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	22	an altar of wood, three cubits high, two cubits long, and two cubits broad; its corners, its base, and its walls were of wood. He said to me, “This is the table which is before the Lord.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	23	The nave and the holy place had each a double door.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	24	The doors had two leaves apiece, two swinging leaves for each door.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	25	And on the doors of the nave were carved cherubim and palm trees, such as were carved on the walls; and there was a canopy of wood in front of the vestibule outside.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	41	26	And there were recessed windows and palm trees on either side, on the sidewalls of the vestibule.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	42	1	Then he led me out into the inner court, toward the north, and he brought me to the chambers which were opposite the temple yard and opposite the building on the north.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	42	2	The length of the building which was on the north side was a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty cubits.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	42	3	Adjoining the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and facing the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	42	4	And before the chambers was a passage inward, ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long, and their doors were on the north.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	42	5	Now the upper chambers were narrower, for the galleries took more away from them than from the lower and middle chambers in the building.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	42	6	For they were in three stories, and they had no pillars like the pillars of the outer court; hence the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and the middle ones.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	42	7	And there was a wall outside parallel to the chambers, toward the outer court, opposite the chambers, fifty cubits long.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	42	8	For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those opposite the temple were a hundred cubits long.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	42	9	Below these chambers was an entrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer court,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	42	10	where the outside wall begins. On the south also, opposite the yard and opposite the building, there were chambers
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	42	11	with a passage in front of them; they were similar to the chambers on the north, of the same length and breadth, with the same exits and arrangements and doors.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	42	12	And below the south chambers was an entrance on the east side, where one enters the passage, and opposite them was a dividing wall.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	42	13	Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers opposite the yard are the holy chambers, where the priests who approach the Lord shall eat the most holy offerings; there they shall put the most holy offerings—the cereal offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, for the place is holy.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	42	14	When the priests enter the holy place, they shall not go out of it into the outer court without laying there the garments in which they minister, for these are holy; they shall put on other garments before they go near to that which is for the people.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	42	15	Now when he had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by the gate which faced east, and measured the temple area round about.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	42	16	He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	42	17	Then he turned and measured the north side, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	42	18	Then he turned and measured the south side, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	42	19	Then he turned to the west side and measured, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	42	20	He measured it on the four sides. It had a wall around it, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits broad, to make a separation between the holy and the common.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	1	Afterward he brought me to the gate, the gate facing east.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	2	And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the east; and the sound of his coming was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with his glory.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	3	And the vision I saw was like the vision which I had seen when he came to destroy the city, and like the vision which I had seen by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	4	As the glory of the Lord entered the temple by the gate facing east,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	5	the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the temple.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	6	While the man was standing beside me, I heard one speaking to me out of the temple;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	7	and he said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the people of Israel for ever. And the house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their harlotry, and by the dead bodies of their kings,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	8	by setting their threshold by my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them. They have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed, so I have consumed them in my anger.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	9	Now let them put away their idolatry and the dead bodies of their kings far from me, and I will dwell in their midst for ever.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	10	“And you, son of man, describe to the house of Israel the temple and its appearance and plan, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	11	And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, portray the temple, its arrangement, its exits and its entrances, and its whole form; and make known to them all its ordinances and all its laws; and write it down in their sight, so that they may observe and perform all its laws and all its ordinances.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	12	This is the law of the temple: the whole territory round about upon the top of the mountain shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	13	“These are the dimensions of the altar by cubits (the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth): its base shall be one cubit high, and one cubit broad, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this shall be the height of the altar:
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	14	from the base on the ground to the lower ledge, two cubits, with a breadth of one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, four cubits, with a breadth of one cubit;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	15	and the altar hearth, four cubits; and from the altar hearth projecting upward, four horns, one cubit high.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	16	The altar hearth shall be square, twelve cubits long by twelve broad.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	17	The ledge also shall be square, fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad, with a rim around it half a cubit broad, and its base one cubit round about. The steps of the altar shall face east.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	18	And he said to me, “Son of man, thus says the Lord GOD: These are the ordinances for the altar: On the day when it is erected for offering burnt offerings upon it and for throwing blood against it,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	19	you shall give to the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok, who draw near to me to minister to me, says the Lord GOD, a bull for a sin offering.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	20	And you shall take some of its blood, and put it on the four horns of the altar, and on the four corners of the ledge, and upon the rim round about; thus you shall cleanse the altar and make atonement for it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	21	You shall also take the bull of the sin offering, and it shall be burnt in the appointed place belonging to the temple, outside the sacred area.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	22	And on the second day you shall offer a he-goat without blemish for a sin offering; and the altar shall be cleansed, as it was cleansed with the bull.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	23	When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a bull without blemish and a ram from the flock without blemish.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	24	You shall present them before the Lord, and the priests shall sprinkle salt upon them and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	25	For seven days you shall provide daily a goat for a sin offering; also a bull and a ram from the flock, without blemish, shall be provided.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	26	Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and purify it, and so consecrate it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	43	27	And when they have completed these days, then from the eighth day onward the priests shall offer upon the altar your burnt offerings and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, says the Lord GOD.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	1	Then he brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces east; and it was shut.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	2	And he said to me, “This gate shall remain shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it; for the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered by it; therefore it shall remain shut.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	3	Only the prince may sit in it to eat bread before the Lord; he shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gate, and shall go out by the same way.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	4	Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple; and I looked, and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the temple of the Lord; and I fell upon my face.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	5	And the Lord said to me, “Son of man, mark well, see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I shall tell you concerning all the ordinances of the temple of the Lord and all its laws; and mark well those who may be admitted to the temple and all those who are to be excluded from the sanctuary.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	6	And say to the rebellious house, to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: O house of Israel, let there be an end to all your abominations,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	7	in admitting foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, to be in my sanctuary, profaning it, when you offer to me my food, the fat and the blood. You have broken my covenant, in addition to all your abominations.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	8	And you have not kept charge of my holy things; but you have set foreigners to keep my charge in my sanctuary.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	9	“Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the people of Israel, shall enter my sanctuary.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	10	But the Levites who went far from me, going astray from me after their idols when Israel went astray, shall bear their punishment.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	11	They shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the temple, and serving in the temple; they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall attend on the people, to serve them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	12	Because they ministered to them before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have sworn concerning them, says the Lord GOD, that they shall bear their punishment.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	13	They shall not come near to me, to serve me as priest, nor come near any of my sacred things and the things that are most sacred; but they shall bear their shame, because of the abominations which they have committed.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	14	Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the temple, to do all its service and all that is to be done in it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	15	“But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, shall come near to me to minister to me; and they shall attend on me to offer me the fat and the blood, says the Lord GOD;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	16	they shall enter my sanctuary, and they shall approach my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charge.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	17	When they enter the gates of the inner court, they shall wear linen garments; they shall have nothing of wool on them, while they minister at the gates of the inner court, and within.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	18	They shall have linen turbans upon their heads, and linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything that causes sweat.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	19	And when they go out into the outer court to the people, they shall put off the garments in which they have been ministering, and lay them in the holy chambers; and they shall put on other garments, lest they communicate holiness to the people with their garments.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	20	They shall not shave their heads or let their locks grow long; they shall only trim the hair of their heads.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	21	No priest shall drink wine, when he enters the inner court.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	22	They shall not marry a widow, or a divorced woman, but only a virgin of the stock of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	23	They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	24	In a controversy they shall act as judges, and they shall judge it according to my judgments. They shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts, and they shall keep my sabbaths holy.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	25	They shall not defile themselves by going near to a dead person; however, for father or mother, for son or daughter, for brother or unmarried sister they may defile themselves.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	26	After he is defiled, he shall count for himself seven days, and then he shall be clean.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	27	And on the day that he goes into the holy place, into the inner court, to minister in the holy place, he shall offer his sin offering, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	28	“They shall have no inheritance; I am their inheritance: and you shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	29	They shall eat the cereal offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	30	And the first of all the first fruits of all kinds, and every offering of all kinds from all your offerings, shall belong to the priests; you shall also give to the priests the first of your coarse meal, that a blessing may rest on your house.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	44	31	The priests shall not eat of anything, whether bird or beast, that has died of itself or is torn.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	45	1	“When you allot the land as a possession, you shall set apart for the Lord a portion of the land as a holy district, twenty-five thousand cubits long and twenty thousand cubits broad; it shall be holy throughout its whole extent.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	45	2	Of this a square plot of five hundred by five hundred cubits shall be for the sanctuary, with fifty cubits for an open space around it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	45	3	And in the holy district you shall measure off a section twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand broad, in which shall be the sanctuary, the most holy place.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	45	4	It shall be the holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, who minister in the sanctuary and approach the Lord to minister to him; and it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	45	5	Another section, twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand cubits broad, shall be for the Levites who minister at the temple, as their possession for cities to live in.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	45	6	“Alongside the portion set apart as the holy district you shall assign for the possession of the city an area five thousand cubits broad, and twenty-five thousand cubits long; it shall belong to the whole house of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	45	7	“And to the prince shall belong the land on both sides of the holy district and the property of the city, alongside the holy district and the property of the city, on the west and on the east, corresponding in length to one of the tribal portions, and extending from the western to the eastern boundary of the land.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	45	8	It is to be his property in Israel. And my princes shall no more oppress my people; but they shall let the house of Israel have the land according to their tribes.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	45	9	“Thus says the Lord GOD: Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and execute justice and righteousness; cease your evictions of my people, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	45	10	“You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	45	11	The ephah and the bath shall be of the same measure, the bath containing one tenth of a homer, and the ephah one tenth of a homer; the homer shall be the standard measure.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	45	12	The shekel shall be twenty gerahs; five shekels shall be five shekels, and ten shekels shall be ten shekels, and your mina shall be fifty shekels.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	45	13	“This is the offering which you shall make: one sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat, and one sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	45	14	and as the fixed portion of oil, one tenth of a bath from each cor (the cor, like the homer, contains ten baths);
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	45	15	and one sheep from every flock of two hundred, from the families of Israel. This is the offering for cereal offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for them, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	45	16	All the people of the land shall give this offering to the prince in Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	45	17	It shall be the prince’s duty to furnish the burnt offerings, cereal offerings, and drink offerings, at the feasts, the new moons, and the sabbaths, all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel: he shall provide the sin offerings, cereal offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for the house of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	45	18	“Thus says the Lord GOD: In the first month, on the first day of the month, you shall take a young bull without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	45	19	The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and the posts of the gate of the inner court.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	45	20	You shall do the same on the seventh day of the month for any one who has sinned through error or ignorance; so you shall make atonement for the temple.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	45	21	“In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall celebrate the feast of the passover, and for seven days unleavened bread shall be eaten.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	45	22	On that day the prince shall provide for himself and all the people of the land a young bull for a sin offering.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	45	23	And on the seven days of the festival he shall provide as a burnt offering to the Lord seven young bulls and seven rams without blemish, on each of the seven days; and a he-goat daily for a sin offering.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	45	24	And he shall provide as a cereal offering an ephah for each bull, an ephah for each ram, and a hin of oil to each ephah.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	45	25	In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month and for the seven days of the feast, he shall make the same provision for sin offerings, burnt offerings, and cereal offerings, and for the oil.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	46	1	“Thus says the Lord GOD: The gate of the inner court that faces east shall be shut on the six working days; but on the sabbath day it shall be opened and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	46	2	The prince shall enter by the vestibule of the gate from without, and shall take his stand by the post of the gate. The priests shall offer his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until evening.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	46	3	The people of the land shall worship at the entrance of that gate before the Lord on the sabbaths and on the new moons.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	46	4	The burnt offering that the prince offers to the Lord on the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	46	5	and the cereal offering with the ram shall be an ephah, and the cereal offering with the lambs shall be as much as he is able, together with a hin of oil to each ephah.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	46	6	On the day of the new moon he shall offer a young bull without blemish, and six lambs and a ram, which shall be without blemish;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	46	7	as a cereal offering he shall provide an ephah with the bull and an ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as he is able, together with a hin of oil to each ephah.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	46	8	When the prince enters, he shall go in by the vestibule of the gate, and he shall go out by the same way.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	46	9	“When the people of the land come before the Lord at the appointed feasts, he who enters by the north gate to worship shall go out by the south gate; and he who enters by the south gate shall go out by the north gate: no one shall return by way of the gate by which he entered, but each shall go out straight ahead.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	46	10	When they go in, the prince shall go in with them; and when they go out, he shall go out.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	46	11	“At the feasts and the appointed seasons the cereal offering with a young bull shall be an ephah, and with a ram an ephah, and with the lambs as much as one is able to give, together with a hin of oil to an ephah.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	46	12	When the prince provides a freewill offering, either a burnt offering or peace offerings as a freewill offering to the Lord, the gate facing east shall be opened for him; and he shall offer his burnt offering or his peace offerings as he does on the sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and after he has gone out the gate shall be shut.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	46	13	“He shall provide a lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering to the Lord daily; morning by morning he shall provide it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	46	14	And he shall provide a cereal offering with it morning by morning, one sixth of an ephah, and one third of a hin of oil to moisten the flour, as a cereal offering to the Lord; this is the ordinance for the continual burnt offering.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	46	15	Thus the lamb and the meal offering and the oil shall be provided, morning by morning, for a continual burnt offering.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	46	16	“Thus says the Lord GOD: If the prince makes a gift to any of his sons out of his inheritance, it shall belong to his sons, it is their property by inheritance.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	46	17	But if he makes a gift out of his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his to the year of liberty; then it shall revert to the prince; only his sons may keep a gift from his inheritance.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	46	18	The prince shall not take any of the inheritance of the people, thrusting them out of their property; he shall give his sons their inheritance out of his own property, so that none of my people shall be dispossessed of his property.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	46	19	Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, to the north row of the holy chambers for the priests; and there I saw a place at the extreme western end of them.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	46	20	And he said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the cereal offering, in order not to bring them out into the outer court and so communicate holiness to the people.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	46	21	Then he brought me forth to the outer court, and led me to the four corners of the court; and in each corner of the court there was a court—
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	46	22	in the four corners of the court were small courts, forty cubits long and thirty broad; the four were of the same size.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	46	23	On the inside, around each of the four courts was a row of masonry, with hearths made at the bottom of the rows round about.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	46	24	Then he said to me, “These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple shall boil the sacrifices of the people.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	47	1	Then he brought me back to the door of the temple; and behold, water was issuing from below the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east); and the water was flowing down from below the south end of the threshold of the temple, south of the altar.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	47	2	Then he brought me out by way of the north gate, and led me round on the outside to the outer gate, that faces toward the east; and the water was coming out on the south side.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	47	3	Going on eastward with a line in his hand, the man measured a thousand cubits, and then led me through the water; and it was ankle-deep.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	47	4	Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water; and it was knee-deep. Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water; and it was up to the loins.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	47	5	Again he measured a thousand, and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the water had risen; it was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	47	6	And he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?” Then he led me back along the bank of the river.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	47	7	As I went back, I saw upon the bank of the river very many trees on the one side and on the other.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	47	8	And he said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah; and when it enters the stagnant waters of the sea, the water will become fresh.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	47	9	And wherever the river goes every living creature which swarms will live, and there will be very many fish; for this water goes there, that the waters of the sea may become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	47	10	Fishermen will stand beside the sea; from En-gedi to En-eglaim it will be a place for the spreading of nets; its fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	47	11	But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they are to be left for salt.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	47	12	And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing.”
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	47	13	Thus says the Lord GOD: “These are the boundaries by which you shall divide the land for inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph shall have two portions.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	47	14	And you shall divide it equally; I swore to give it to your fathers, and this land shall fall to you as your inheritance.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	47	15	“This shall be the boundary of the land: On the north side, from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, and on to Zedad,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	47	16	Berothah, Sibraim (which lies on the border between Damascus and Hamath), as far as Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	47	17	So the boundary shall run from the sea to Hazar-enon, which is on the northern border of Damascus, with the border of Hamath to the north. This shall be the north side.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	47	18	“On the east side, the boundary shall run from Hazar-enon between Hauran and Damascus; along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel; to the eastern sea and as far as Tamar. This shall be the east side.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	47	19	“On the south side, it shall run from Tamar as far as the waters of Meribath-kadesh, thence along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. This shall be the south side.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	47	20	“On the west side, the Great Sea shall be the boundary to a point opposite the entrance of Hamath. This shall be the west side.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	47	21	“So you shall divide this land among you according to the tribes of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	47	22	You shall allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the aliens who reside among you and have begotten children among you. They shall be to you as native-born sons of Israel; with you they shall be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	47	23	In whatever tribe the alien resides, there you shall assign him his inheritance, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	1	“These are the names of the tribes: Beginning at the northern border, from the sea by way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, as far as Hazar-enon (which is on the northern border of Damascus over against Hamath), and extending from the east side to the west, Dan, one portion.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	2	Adjoining the territory of Dan, from the east side to the west, Asher, one portion.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	3	Adjoining the territory of Asher, from the east side to the west, Naphtali, one portion.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	4	Adjoining the territory of Naphtali, from the east side to the west, Manasseh, one portion.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	5	Adjoining the territory of Manasseh, from the east side to the west, Ephraim, one portion.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	6	Adjoining the territory of Ephraim, from the east side to the west, Reuben, one portion.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	7	Adjoining the territory of Reuben, from the east side to the west, Judah, one portion.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	8	“Adjoining the territory of Judah, from the east side to the west, shall be the portion which you shall set apart, twenty-five thousand cubits in breadth, and in length equal to one of the tribal portions, from the east side to the west, with the sanctuary in the midst of it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	9	The portion which you shall set apart for the Lord shall be twenty-five thousand cubits in length, and twenty thousand in breadth.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	10	These shall be the allotments of the holy portion: the priests shall have an allotment measuring twenty-five thousand cubits on the northern side, ten thousand cubits in breadth on the western side, ten thousand in breadth on the eastern side, and twenty-five thousand in length on the southern side, with the sanctuary of the Lord in the midst of it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	11	This shall be for the consecrated priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept my charge, who did not go astray when the people of Israel went astray, as the Levites did.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	12	And it shall belong to them as a special portion from the holy portion of the land, a most holy place, adjoining the territory of the Levites.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	13	And alongside the territory of the priests, the Levites shall have an allotment twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in breadth. The whole length shall be twenty-five thousand cubits and the breadth twenty thousand.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	14	They shall not sell or exchange any of it; they shall not alienate this choice portion of the land, for it is holy to the Lord.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	15	“The remainder, five thousand cubits in breadth and twenty-five thousand in length, shall be for ordinary use for the city, for dwellings and for open country. In the midst of it shall be the city;
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	16	and these shall be its dimensions: the north side four thousand five hundred cubits, the south side four thousand five hundred, the east side four thousand five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	17	And the city shall have open land: on the north two hundred and fifty cubits, on the south two hundred and fifty, on the east two hundred and fifty, and on the west two hundred and fifty.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	18	The remainder of the length alongside the holy portion shall be ten thousand cubits to the east, and ten thousand to the west, and it shall be alongside the holy portion. Its produce shall be food for the workers of the city.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	19	And the workers of the city, from all the tribes of Israel, shall till it.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	20	The whole portion which you shall set apart shall be twenty-five thousand cubits square, that is, the holy portion together with the property of the city.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	21	“What remains on both sides of the holy portion and of the property of the city shall belong to the prince. Extending from the twenty-five thousand cubits of the holy portion to the east border, and westward from the twenty-five thousand cubits to the west border, parallel to the tribal portions, it shall belong to the prince. The holy portion with the sanctuary of the temple in its midst,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	22	and the property of the Levites and the property of the city, shall be in the midst of that which belongs to the prince. The portion of the prince shall lie between the territory of Judah and the territory of Benjamin.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	23	“As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west, Benjamin, one portion.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	24	Adjoining the territory of Benjamin, from the east side to the west, Simeon, one portion.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	25	Adjoining the territory of Simeon, from the east side to the west, Issachar, one portion.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	26	Adjoining the territory of Issachar, from the east side to the west, Zebulun, one portion.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	27	Adjoining the territory of Zebulun, from the east side to the west, Gad, one portion.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	28	And adjoining the territory of Gad to the south, the boundary shall run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, thence along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	29	This is the land which you shall allot as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel, and these are their several portions, says the Lord GOD.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	30	“These shall be the exits of the city: On the north side, which is to be four thousand five hundred cubits by measure,
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	31	three gates, the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah, and the gate of Levi, the gates of the city being named after the tribes of Israel.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	32	On the east side, which is to be four thousand five hundred cubits, three gates, the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin, and the gate of Dan.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	33	On the south side, which is to be four thousand five hundred cubits by measure, three gates, the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar, and the gate of Zebulun.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	34	On the west side, which is to be four thousand five hundred cubits, three gates, the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher, and the gate of Naphtali.
+Ezekiel	Ezek	31	48	35	The circumference of the city shall be eighteen thousand cubits. And the name of the city henceforth shall be, The Lord is there.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	1	In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	2	And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the vessels of the house of God; and he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and placed the vessels in the treasury of his god.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	3	Then the king commanded Ashpenaz, his chief eunuch, to bring some of the people of Israel, both of the royal family and of the nobility,
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	4	youths without blemish, handsome and skilful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding learning, and competent to serve in the king’s palace, and to teach them the letters and language of the Chaldeans.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	5	The king assigned them a daily portion of the rich food which the king ate, and of the wine which he drank. They were to be educated for three years, and at the end of that time they were to stand before the king.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	6	Among these were Daniel, Hananiah, Misha-el, and Azariah of the tribe of Judah.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	7	And the chief of the eunuchs gave them names: Daniel he called Belteshazzar, Hananiah he called Shadrach, Misha-el he called Meshach, and Azariah he called Abednego.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	8	But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s rich food, or with the wine which he drank; therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	9	And God gave Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the chief of the eunuchs;
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	10	and the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I fear lest my lord the king, who appointed your food and your drink, should see that you were in poorer condition than the youths who are of your own age. So you would endanger my head with the king.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	11	Then Daniel said to the steward whom the chief of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Misha-el, and Azariah;
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	12	“Test your servants for ten days; let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	13	Then let our appearance and the appearance of the youths who eat the king’s rich food be observed by you, and according to what you see deal with your servants.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	14	So he hearkened to them in this matter, and tested them for ten days.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	15	At the end of ten days it was seen that they were better in appearance and fatter in flesh than all the youths who ate the king’s rich food.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	16	So the steward took away their rich food and the wine they were to drink, and gave them vegetables.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	17	As for these four youths, God gave them learning and skill in all letters and wisdom; and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	18	At the end of the time, when the king had commanded that they should be brought in, the chief of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	19	And the king spoke with them, and among them all none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Misha-el, and Azariah; therefore they stood before the king.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	20	And in every matter of wisdom and understanding concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters that were in all his kingdom.
+Daniel	Dan	32	1	21	And Daniel continued until the first year of King Cyrus.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	1	In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep left him.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	2	Then the king commanded that the magicians, the enchanters, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans be summoned, to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	3	And the king said to them, “I had a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	4	Then the Chaldeans said to the king, “O king, live for ever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	5	The king answered the Chaldeans, “The word from me is sure: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be torn limb from limb, and your houses shall be laid in ruins.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	6	But if you show the dream and its interpretation, you shall receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. Therefore show me the dream and its interpretation.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	7	They answered a second time, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show its interpretation.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	8	The king answered, “I know with certainty that you are trying to gain time, because you see that the word from me is sure
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	9	that if you do not make the dream known to me, there is but one sentence for you. You have agreed to speak lying and corrupt words before me till the times change. Therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can show me its interpretation.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	10	The Chaldeans answered the king, “There is not a man on earth who can meet the king’s demand; for no great and powerful king has asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or Chaldean.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	11	The thing that the king asks is difficult, and none can show it to the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	12	Because of this the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	13	So the decree went forth that the wise men were to be slain, and they sought Daniel and his companions, to slay them.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	14	Then Daniel replied with prudence and discretion to Ari-och, the captain of the king’s guard, who had gone out to slay the wise men of Babylon;
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	15	he said to Ari-och, the king’s captain, “Why is the decree of the king so severe?” Then Ari-och made the matter known to Daniel.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	16	And Daniel went in and besought the king to appoint him a time, that he might show to the king the interpretation.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	17	Then Daniel went to his house and made the matter known to Hananiah, Misha-el, and Azariah, his companions,
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	18	and told them to seek mercy of the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	19	Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	20	Daniel said: “Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever. to whom belong wisdom and might.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	21	He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding;
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	22	he reveals deep and mysterious things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	23	To thee, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, for thou hast given me wisdom and strength, and hast now made known to me what we asked of thee, for thou hast made known to us the king’s matter.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	24	Therefore Daniel went in to Ari-och, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus to him, “Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will show the king the interpretation.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	25	Then Ari-och brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus to him: “I have found among the exiles from Judah a man who can make known to the king the interpretation.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	26	The king said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream that I have seen and its interpretation?”
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	27	Daniel answered the king, “No wise men, enchanters, magicians, or astrologers can show to the king the mystery which the king has asked,
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	28	but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream and the visions of your head as you lay in bed are these:
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	29	To you, O king, as you lay in bed came thoughts of what would be hereafter, and he who reveals mysteries made known to you what is to be.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	30	But as for me, not because of any wisdom that I have more than all the living has this mystery been revealed to me, but in order that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your mind.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	31	“You saw, O king, and behold, a great image. This image, mighty and of exceeding brightness, stood before you, and its appearance was frightening.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	32	The head of this image was of fine gold, its breast and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze,
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	33	its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	34	As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it smote the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces;
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	35	then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, all together were broken in pieces, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	36	“This was the dream; now we will tell the king its interpretation.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	37	You, O king, the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the might, and the glory,
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	38	and into whose hand he has given, wherever they dwell, the sons of men, the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air, making you rule over them all—you are the head of gold.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	39	After you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you, and yet a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	40	And there shall be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron, because iron breaks to pieces and shatters all things; and like iron which crushes, it shall break and crush all these.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	41	And as you saw the feet and toes partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but some of the firmness of iron shall be in it, just as you saw iron mixed with the miry clay.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	42	And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly brittle.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	43	As you saw the iron mixed with miry clay, so they will mix with one another in marriage, but they will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with clay.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	44	And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand for ever;
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	45	just as you saw that a stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A great God has made known to the king what shall be hereafter. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	46	Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and did homage to Daniel, and commanded that an offering and incense be offered up to him.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	47	The king said to Daniel, “Truly, your God is God of gods and Lord of kings, and a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	48	Then the king gave Daniel high honors and many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.
+Daniel	Dan	32	2	49	Daniel made request of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but Daniel remained at the king’s court.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	1	King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its breadth six cubits. He set it up on the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	2	Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent to assemble the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	3	Then the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces, were assembled for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	4	And the herald proclaimed aloud, “You are commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	5	that when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up;
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	6	and whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	7	Therefore, as soon as all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, all the peoples, nations, and languages fell down and worshiped the golden image which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	8	Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came forward and maliciously accused the Jews.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	9	They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live for ever!
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	10	You, O king, have made a decree, that every man who hears the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	11	and whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast into a burning fiery furnace.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	12	There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, pay no heed to you; they do not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	13	Then Nebuchadnezzar in furious rage commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. Then they brought these men before the king.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	14	Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden image which I have set up?
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	15	Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the image which I have made, well and good; but if you do not worship, you shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace; and who is the god that will deliver you out of my hands?”
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	16	Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	17	If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	18	But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	19	Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the expression of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	20	And he ordered certain mighty men of his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	21	Then these men were bound in their mantles, their tunics, their hats, and their other garments, and they were cast into the burning fiery furnace.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	22	Because the king’s order was strict and the furnace very hot, the flame of the fire slew those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
+Daniel	Dan	32	3	23	And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell bound into the burning fiery furnace.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	1	King Nebuchadnezzar to all peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you!
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	2	It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has wrought toward me.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	3	How great are his signs, how mighty his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	4	I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and prospering in my palace.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	5	I had a dream which made me afraid; as I lay in bed the fancies and the visions of my head alarmed me.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	6	Therefore I made a decree that all the wise men of Babylon should be brought before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	7	Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers came in; and I told them the dream, but they could not make known to me its interpretation.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	8	At last Daniel came in before me—he who was named Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods—and I told him the dream, saying,
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	9	“O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery is difficult for you, here is the dream which I saw; tell me its interpretation.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	10	The visions of my head as I lay in bed were these: I saw, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth; and its height was great.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	11	The tree grew and became strong, and its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	12	Its leaves were fair and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all. The beasts of the field found shade under it, and the birds of the air dwelt in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	13	“I saw in the visions of my head as I lay in bed, and behold, a watcher, a holy one, came down from heaven.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	14	He cried aloud and said thus, ‘Hew down the tree and cut off its branches, strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit; let the beasts flee from under it and the birds from its branches.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	15	But leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, amid the tender grass of the field. Let him be wet with the dew of heaven; let his lot be with the beasts in the grass of the earth;
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	16	let his mind be changed from a man’s, and let a beast’s mind be given to him; and let seven times pass over him.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	17	The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, the decision by the word of the holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men, and gives it to whom he will, and sets over it the lowliest of men.’
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	18	This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. And you, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation, but you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	19	Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was dismayed for a moment, and his thoughts alarmed him. The king said, “Belteshazzar, let not the dream or the interpretation alarm you.” Belteshazzar answered, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you and its interpretation for your enemies!
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	20	The tree you saw, which grew and became strong, so that its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth;
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	21	whose leaves were fair and its fruit abundant, and in which was food for all; under which beasts of the field found shade, and in whose branches the birds of the air dwelt—
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	22	it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong. Your greatness has grown and reaches to heaven, and your dominion to the ends of the earth.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	23	And whereas the king saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, ‘Hew down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field; and let him be wet with the dew of heaven; and let his lot be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him’;
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	24	this is the interpretation, O king: It is a decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king,
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	25	that you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; you shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and you shall be wet with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, till you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men, and gives it to whom he will.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	26	And as it was commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree, your kingdom shall be sure for you from the time that you know that Heaven rules.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	27	Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you; break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your tranquillity.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	28	All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	29	At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	30	and the king said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	31	While the words were still in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, “O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom has departed from you,
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	32	and you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; and you shall be made to eat grass like an ox; and seven times shall pass over you, until you have learned that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	33	Immediately the word was fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from among men, and ate grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven till his hair grew as long as eagles’ feathers, and his nails were like birds’ claws.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	34	At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives for ever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom endures from generation to generation;
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	35	all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing; and he does according to his will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, “What doest thou?”
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	36	At the same time my reason returned to me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and splendor returned to me. My counselors and my lords sought me, and I was established in my kingdom, and still more greatness was added to me.
+Daniel	Dan	32	4	37	Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are right and his ways are just; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	1	King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine in front of the thousand.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	2	Belshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that the vessels of gold and of silver which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem be brought, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	3	Then they brought in the golden and silver vessels which had been taken out of the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	4	They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	5	Immediately the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, opposite the lampstand; and the king saw the hand as it wrote.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	6	Then the king’s color changed, and his thoughts alarmed him; his limbs gave way, and his knees knocked together.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	7	The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. The king said to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	8	Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or make known to the king the interpretation.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	9	Then King Belshazzar was greatly alarmed, and his color changed; and his lords were perplexed.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	10	The queen, because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banqueting hall; and the queen said, “O king, live for ever! Let not your thoughts alarm you or your color change.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	11	There is in your kingdom a man in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him, and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father, made him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers,
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	12	because an excellent spirit, knowledge, and understanding to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve problems were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	13	Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king said to Daniel, “You are that Daniel, one of the exiles of Judah, whom the king my father brought from Judah.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	14	I have heard of you that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	15	Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation; but they could not show the interpretation of the matter.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	16	But I have heard that you can give interpretations and solve problems. Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	17	Then Daniel answered before the king, “Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another; nevertheless I will read the writing to the king and make known to him the interpretation.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	18	O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father kingship and greatness and glory and majesty;
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	19	and because of the greatness that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him; whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive; whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	20	But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him;
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	21	he was driven from among men, and his mind was made like that of a beast, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; he was fed grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, until he knew that the Most High God rules the kingdom of men, and sets over it whom he will.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	22	And you his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	23	but you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, but the God in whose hand is your breath, and whose are all your ways, you have not honored.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	24	“Then from his presence the hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	25	And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, and PARSIN.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	26	This is the interpretation of the matter: MENE, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end;
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	27	TEKEL, you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting;
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	28	PERES, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	29	Then Belshazzar commanded, and Daniel was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put about his neck, and proclamation was made concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	30	That very night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain.
+Daniel	Dan	32	5	31	And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	1	It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, to be throughout the whole kingdom;
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	2	and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one, to whom these satraps should give account, so that the king might suffer no loss.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	3	Then this Daniel became distinguished above all the other presidents and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	4	Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find a ground for complaint against Daniel with regard to the kingdom; but they could find no ground for complaint or any fault, because he was faithful, and no error or fault was found in him.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	5	Then these men said, “We shall not find any ground for complaint against this Daniel unless we find it in connection with the law of his God.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	6	Then these presidents and satraps came by agreement to the king and said to him, “O King Darius, live for ever!
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	7	All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors are agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an interdict, that whoever makes petition to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	8	Now, O king, establish the interdict and sign the document, so that it cannot be changed, according to the law of the Medes and the Persians, which cannot be revoked.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	9	Therefore King Darius signed the document and interdict.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	10	When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem; and he got down upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	11	Then these men came by agreement and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	12	Then they came near and said before the king, concerning the interdict, “O king! Did you not sign an interdict, that any man who makes petition to any god or man within thirty days except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?” The king answered, “The thing stands fast, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be revoked.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	13	Then they answered before the king, “That Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no heed to you, O king, or the interdict you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	14	Then the king, when he heard these words, was much distressed, and set his mind to deliver Daniel; and he labored till the sun went down to rescue him.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	15	Then these men came by agreement to the king, and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no interdict or ordinance which the king establishes can be changed.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	16	Then the king commanded, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!”
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	17	And a stone was brought and laid upon the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet and with the signet of his lords, that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	18	Then the king went to his palace, and spent the night fasting; no diversions were brought to him, and sleep fled from him.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	19	Then, at break of day, the king arose and went in haste to the den of lions.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	20	When he came near to the den where Daniel was, he cried out in a tone of anguish and said to Daniel, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	21	Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live for ever!
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	22	My God sent his angel and shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me, because I was found blameless before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no wrong.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	23	Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of hurt was found upon him, because he had trusted in his God.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	24	And the king commanded, and those men who had accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions—they, their children, and their wives; and before they reached the bottom of the den the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	25	Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth: “Peace be multiplied to you.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	26	I make a decree, that in all my royal dominion men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel, for he is the living God, enduring for ever; his kingdom shall never be destroyed, and his dominion shall be to the end.
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	27	He delivers and rescues, he works signs and wonders in heaven and on earth, he who has saved Daniel from the power of the lions.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	6	28	So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	1	In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head as he lay in his bed. Then he wrote down the dream, and told the sum of the matter.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	2	Daniel said, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	3	And four great beasts came up out of the sea, different from one another.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	4	The first was like a lion and had eagles’ wings. Then as I looked its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand upon two feet like a man; and the mind of a man was given to it.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	5	And behold, another beast, a second one, like a bear. It was raised up on one side; it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was told, ‘Arise, devour much flesh.’
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	6	After this I looked, and lo, another, like a leopard, with four wings of a bird on its back; and the beast had four heads; and dominion was given to it.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	7	After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, terrible and dreadful and exceedingly strong; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	8	I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots; and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	9	As I looked, thrones were placed and one that was ancient of days took his seat; his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, its wheels were burning fire.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	10	A stream of fire issued and came forth from before him; a thousand thousands served him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him; the court sat in judgment, and the books were opened.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	11	I looked then because of the sound of the great words which the horn was speaking. And as I looked, the beast was slain, and its body destroyed and given over to be burned with fire.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	12	As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	13	I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	14	And to him was given dominion and glory and kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	15	“As for me, Daniel, my spirit within me was anxious and the visions of my head alarmed me.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	16	I approached one of those who stood there and asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me, and made known to me the interpretation of the things.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	17	‘These four great beasts are four kings who shall arise out of the earth.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	18	But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, for ever and ever.’
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	19	“Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which was different from all the rest, exceedingly terrible, with its teeth of iron and claws of bronze; and which devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	20	and concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up and before which three of them fell, the horn which had eyes and a mouth that spoke great things, and which seemed greater than its fellows.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	21	As I looked, this horn made war with the saints, and prevailed over them,
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	22	until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given for the saints of the Most High, and the time came when the saints received the kingdom.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	23	“Thus he said: ‘As for the fourth beast, there shall be a fourth kingdom on earth, which shall be different from all the kingdoms, and it shall devour the whole earth, and trample it down, and break it to pieces.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	24	As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings shall arise, and another shall arise after them; he shall be different from the former ones, and shall put down three kings.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	25	He shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand for a time, two times, and half a time.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	26	But the court shall sit in judgment, and his dominion shall be taken away, to be consumed and destroyed to the end.
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	27	And the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; their kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey them.’
+Daniel	Dan	32	7	28	“Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts greatly alarmed me, and my color changed; but I kept the matter in my mind.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	1	In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	2	And I saw in the vision; and when I saw, I was in Susa the capital, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision, and I was at the river Ulai.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	3	I raised my eyes and saw, and behold, a ram standing on the bank of the river. It had two horns; and both horns were high, but one was higher than the other, and the higher one came up last.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	4	I saw the ram charging westward and northward and southward; no beast could stand before him, and there was no one who could rescue from his power; he did as he pleased and magnified himself.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	5	As I was considering, behold, a he-goat came from the west across the face of the whole earth, without touching the ground; and the goat had a conspicuous horn between his eyes.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	6	He came to the ram with the two horns, which I had seen standing on the bank of the river, and he ran at him in his mighty wrath.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	7	I saw him come close to the ram, and he was enraged against him and struck the ram and broke his two horns; and the ram had no power to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground and trampled upon him; and there was no one who could rescue the ram from his power.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	8	Then the he-goat magnified himself exceedingly; but when he was strong, the great horn was broken, and instead of it there came up four conspicuous horns toward the four winds of heaven.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	9	Out of one of them came forth a little horn, which grew exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east, and toward the glorious land.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	10	It grew great, even to the host of heaven; and some of the host of the stars it cast down to the ground, and trampled upon them.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	11	It magnified itself, even up to the Prince of the host; and the continual burnt offering was taken away from him, and the place of his sanctuary was overthrown.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	12	And the host was given over to it together with the continual burnt offering through transgression; and truth was cast down to the ground, and the horn acted and prospered.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	13	Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to the one that spoke, “For how long is the vision concerning the continual burnt offering, the transgression that makes desolate, and the giving over of the sanctuary and host to be trampled under foot?”
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	14	And he said to him, “For two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary shall be restored to its rightful state.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	15	When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it; and behold, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	16	And I heard a man’s voice between the banks of the Ulai, and it called, “Gabriel, make this man understand the vision.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	17	So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened and fell upon my face. But he said to me, “Understand, O son of man, that the vision is for the time of the end.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	18	As he was speaking to me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face to the ground; but he touched me and set me on my feet.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	19	He said, “Behold, I will make known to you what shall be at the latter end of the indignation; for it pertains to the appointed time of the end.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	20	As for the ram which you saw with the two horns, these are the kings of Media and Persia.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	21	And the he-goat is the king of Greece; and the great horn between his eyes is the first king.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	22	As for the horn that was broken, in place of which four others arose, four kingdoms shall arise from his nation, but not with his power.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	23	And at the latter end of their rule, when the transgressors have reached their full measure, a king of bold countenance, one who understands riddles, shall arise.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	24	His power shall be great, and he shall cause fearful destruction, and shall succeed in what he does, and destroy mighty men and the people of the saints.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	25	By his cunning he shall make deceit prosper under his hand, and in his own mind he shall magnify himself. Without warning he shall destroy many; and he shall even rise up against the Prince of princes; but, by no human hand, he shall be broken.
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	26	The vision of the evenings and the mornings which has been told is true; but seal up the vision, for it pertains to many days hence.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	8	27	And I, Daniel, was overcome and lay sick for some days; then I rose and went about the king’s business; but I was appalled by the vision and did not understand it.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	1	In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasu-erus, by birth a Mede, who became king over the realm of the Chaldeans—
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	2	in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years which, according to the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	3	Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and supplications with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	4	I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession, saying, “O Lord, the great and terrible God, who keepest covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments,
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	5	we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from thy commandments and ordinances;
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	6	we have not listened to thy servants the prophets, who spoke in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	7	To thee, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us confusion of face, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those that are near and those that are far away, in all the lands to which thou hast driven them, because of the treachery which they have committed against thee.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	8	To us, O Lord, belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	9	To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness; because we have rebelled against him,
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	10	and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by following his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	11	All Israel has transgressed thy law and turned aside, refusing to obey thy voice. And the curse and oath which are written in the law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because we have sinned against him.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	12	He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against our rulers who ruled us, by bringing upon us a great calamity; for under the whole heaven there has not been done the like of what has been done against Jerusalem.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	13	As it is written in the law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us, yet we have not entreated the favor of the Lord our God, turning from our iniquities and giving heed to thy truth.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	14	Therefore the Lord has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us; for the Lord our God is righteous in all the works which he has done, and we have not obeyed his voice.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	15	And now, O Lord our God, who didst bring thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast made thee a name, as at this day, we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	16	O Lord, according to all thy righteous acts, let thy anger and thy wrath turn away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy hill; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people have become a byword among all who are round about us.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	17	Now therefore, O our God, hearken to the prayer of thy servant and to his supplications, and for thy own sake, O Lord, cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary, which is desolate.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	18	O my God, incline thy ear and hear; open thy eyes and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name; for we do not present our supplications before thee on the ground of our righteousness, but on the ground of thy great mercy.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	19	O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, give heed and act; delay not, for thy own sake, O my God, because thy city and thy people are called by thy name.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	20	While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy hill of my God;
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	21	while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first, came to me in swift flight at the time of the evening sacrifice.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	22	He came and he said to me, “O Daniel, I have now come out to give you wisdom and understanding.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	23	At the beginning of your supplications a word went forth, and I have come to tell it to you, for you are greatly beloved; therefore consider the word and understand the vision.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	24	“Seventy weeks of years are decreed concerning your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	25	Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the word to restore and build Jerusalem to the coming of an anointed one, a prince, there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again with squares and moat, but in a troubled time.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	26	And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off, and shall have nothing; and the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war; desolations are decreed.
+Daniel	Dan	32	9	27	And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week; and for half of the week he shall cause sacrifice and offering to cease; and upon the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until the decreed end is poured out on the desolator.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	1	In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a word was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar. And the word was true, and it was a great conflict. And he understood the word and had understanding of the vision.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	2	In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three weeks.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	3	I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, for the full three weeks.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	4	On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, that is, the Tigris,
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	5	I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, a man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with gold of Uphaz.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	6	His body was like beryl, his face like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and the sound of his words like the noise of a multitude.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	7	And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see the vision, but a great trembling fell upon them, and they fled to hide themselves.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	8	So I was left alone and saw this great vision, and no strength was left in me; my radiant appearance was fearfully changed, and I retained no strength.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	9	Then I heard the sound of his words; and when I heard the sound of his words, I fell on my face in a deep sleep with my face to the ground.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	10	And behold, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	11	And he said to me, “O Daniel, man greatly beloved, give heed to the words that I speak to you, and stand upright, for now I have been sent to you.” While he was speaking this word to me, I stood up trembling.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	12	Then he said to me, “Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your mind to understand and humbled yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	13	The prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; but Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, so I left him there with the prince of the kingdom of Persia
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	14	and came to make you understand what is to befall your people in the latter days. For the vision is for days yet to come.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	15	When he had spoken to me according to these words, I turned my face toward the ground and was dumb.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	16	And behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips; then I opened my mouth and spoke. I said to him who stood before me, “O my lord, by reason of the vision pains have come upon me, and I retain no strength.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	17	How can my lord’s servant talk with my lord? For now no strength remains in me, and no breath is left in me.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	18	Again one having the appearance of a man touched me and strengthened me.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	19	And he said, “O man greatly beloved, fear not, peace be with you; be strong and of good courage.” And when he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, “Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	20	Then he said, “Do you know why I have come to you? But now I will return to fight against the prince of Persia; and when I am through with him, lo, the prince of Greece will come.
+Daniel	Dan	32	10	21	But I will tell you what is inscribed in the book of truth: there is none who contends by my side against these except Michael, your prince.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	1	And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	2	“And now I will show you the truth. Behold, three more kings shall arise in Persia; and a fourth shall be far richer than all of them; and when he has become strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the kingdom of Greece.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	3	Then a mighty king shall arise, who shall rule with great dominion and do according to his will.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	4	And when he has arisen, his kingdom shall be broken and divided toward the four winds of heaven, but not to his posterity, nor according to the dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked up and go to others besides these.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	5	“Then the king of the south shall be strong, but one of his princes shall be stronger than he and his dominion shall be a great dominion.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	6	After some years they shall make an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north to make peace; but she shall not retain the strength of her arm, and he and his offspring shall not endure; but she shall be given up, and her attendants, her child, and he who got possession of her.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	7	“In those times a branch from her roots shall arise in his place; he shall come against the army and enter the fortress of the king of the north, and he shall deal with them and shall prevail.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	8	He shall also carry off to Egypt their gods with their molten images and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and for some years he shall refrain from attacking the king of the north.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	9	Then the latter shall come into the realm of the king of the south but shall return into his own land.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	10	“His sons shall wage war and assemble a multitude of great forces, which shall come on and overflow and pass through, and again shall carry the war as far as his fortress.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	11	Then the king of the south, moved with anger, shall come out and fight with the king of the north; and he shall raise a great multitude, but it shall be given into his hand.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	12	And when the multitude is taken, his heart shall be exalted, and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	13	For the king of the north shall again raise a multitude, greater than the former; and after some years he shall come on with a great army and abundant supplies.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	14	“In those times many shall rise against the king of the south; and the men of violence among your own people shall lift themselves up in order to fulfil the vision; but they shall fail.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	15	Then the king of the north shall come and throw up siegeworks, and take a well-fortified city. And the forces of the south shall not stand, or even his picked troops, for there shall be no strength to stand.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	16	But he who comes against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him; and he shall stand in the glorious land, and all of it shall be in his power.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	17	He shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and he shall bring terms of peace and perform them. He shall give him the daughter of women to destroy the kingdom; but it shall not stand or be to his advantage.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	18	Afterward he shall turn his face to the coastlands, and shall take many of them; but a commander shall put an end to his insolence; indeed he shall turn his insolence back upon him.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	19	Then he shall turn his face back toward the fortresses of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	20	“Then shall arise in his place one who shall send an exactor of tribute through the glory of the kingdom; but within a few days he shall be broken, neither in anger nor in battle.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	21	In his place shall arise a contemptible person to whom royal majesty has not been given; he shall come in without warning and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	22	Armies shall be utterly swept away before him and broken, and the prince of the covenant also.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	23	And from the time that an alliance is made with him he shall act deceitfully; and he shall become strong with a small people.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	24	Without warning he shall come into the richest parts of the province; and he shall do what neither his fathers nor his fathers’ fathers have done, scattering among them plunder, spoil, and goods. He shall devise plans against strongholds, but only for a time.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	25	And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall wage war with an exceedingly great and mighty army; but he shall not stand, for plots shall be devised against him.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	26	Even those who eat his rich food shall be his undoing; his army shall be swept away, and many shall fall down slain.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	27	And as for the two kings, their minds shall be bent on mischief; they shall speak lies at the same table, but to no avail; for the end is yet to be at the time appointed.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	28	And he shall return to his land with great substance, but his heart shall be set against the holy covenant. And he shall work his will, and return to his own land.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	29	“At the time appointed he shall return and come into the south; but it shall not be this time as it was before.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	30	For ships of Kittim shall come against him, and he shall be afraid and withdraw, and shall turn back and be enraged and take action against the holy covenant. He shall turn back and give heed to those who forsake the holy covenant.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	31	Forces from him shall appear and profane the temple and fortress, and shall take away the continual burnt offering. And they shall set up the abomination that makes desolate.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	32	He shall seduce with flattery those who violate the covenant; but the people who know their God shall stand firm and take action.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	33	And those among the people who are wise shall make many understand, though they shall fall by sword and flame, by captivity and plunder, for some days.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	34	When they fall, they shall receive a little help. And many shall join themselves to them with flattery;
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	35	and some of those who are wise shall fall, to refine and to cleanse them and to make them white, until the time of the end, for it is yet for the time appointed.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	36	“And the king shall do according to his will; he shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak astonishing things against the God of gods. He shall prosper till the indignation is accomplished; for what is determined shall be done.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	37	He shall give no heed to the gods of his fathers, or to the one beloved by women; he shall not give heed to any other god, for he shall magnify himself above all.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	38	He shall honor the god of fortresses instead of these; a god whom his fathers did not know he shall honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and costly gifts.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	39	He shall deal with the strongest fortresses by the help of a foreign god; those who acknowledge him he shall magnify with honor. He shall make them rulers over many and shall divide the land for a price.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	40	“At the time of the end the king of the south shall attack him; but the king of the north shall rush upon him like a whirlwind, with chariots and horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall come into countries and shall overflow and pass through.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	41	He shall come into the glorious land. And tens of thousands shall fall, but these shall be delivered out of his hand: Edom and Moab and the main part of the Ammonites.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	42	He shall stretch out his hand against the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	43	He shall become ruler of the treasures of gold and of silver, and all the precious things of Egypt; and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall follow in his train.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	44	But tidings from the east and the north shall alarm him, and he shall go forth with great fury to exterminate and utterly destroy many.
+Daniel	Dan	32	11	45	And he shall pitch his palatial tents between the sea and the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, with none to help him.
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	1	“At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time; but at that time your people shall be delivered, every one whose name shall be found written in the book.
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	2	And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	3	And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	4	But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	5	Then I Daniel looked, and behold, two others stood, one on this bank of the stream and one on that bank of the stream.
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	6	And I said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream, “How long shall it be till the end of these wonders?”
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	7	The man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven; and I heard him swear by him who lives for ever that it would be for a time, two times, and half a time; and that when the shattering of the power of the holy people comes to an end all these things would be accomplished.
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	8	I heard, but I did not understand. Then I said, “O my lord, what shall be the issue of these things?”
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	9	He said, “Go your way, Daniel, for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end.
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	10	Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but those who are wise shall understand.
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	11	And from the time that the continual burnt offering is taken away, and the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	12	Blessed is he who waits and comes to the thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.
+Daniel	Dan	32	12	13	But go your way till the end; and you shall rest, and shall stand in your allotted place at the end of the days.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	1	There was a man living in Babylon whose name was Joakim.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	2	And he took a wife named Susanna, the daughter of Hilkiah, a very beautiful woman and one who feared the Lord.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	3	Her parents were righteous, and had taught their daughter according to the law of Moses.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	4	Joakim was very rich, and had a spacious garden adjoining his house; and the Jews used to come to him because he was the most honored of them all.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	5	In that year two elders from the people were appointed as judges. Concerning them the Lord had said: “Iniquity came forth from Babylon, from elders who were judges, who were supposed to govern the people.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	6	These men were frequently at Joakim’s house, and all who had suits at law came to them.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	7	When the people departed at noon, Susanna would go into her husband’s garden to walk.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	8	The two elders used to see her every day, going in and walking about, and they began to desire her.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	9	And they perverted their minds and turned away their eyes from looking to Heaven or remembering righteous judgments.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	10	Both were overwhelmed with passion for her, but they did not tell each other of their distress,
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	11	for they were ashamed to disclose their lustful desire to possess her.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	12	And they watched eagerly, day after day, to see her.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	13	They said to each other, “Let us go home, for it is mealtime.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	14	And when they went out, they parted from each other. But turning back, they met again; and when each pressed the other for the reason, they confessed their lust. And then together they arranged for a time when they could find her alone.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	15	Once, while they were watching for an opportune day, she went in as before with only two maids, and wished to bathe in the garden, for it was very hot.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	16	And no one was there except the two elders, who had hid themselves and were watching her.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	17	She said to her maids, “Bring me oil and ointments, and shut the garden doors so that I may bathe.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	18	They did as she said, shut the garden doors, and went out by the side doors to bring what they had been commanded; and they did not see the elders, because they were hidden.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	19	When the maids had gone out, the two elders rose and ran to her, and said:
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	20	“Look, the garden doors are shut, no one sees us, and we are in love with you; so give your consent, and lie with us.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	21	If you refuse, we will testify against you that a young man was with you, and this was why you sent your maids away.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	22	Susanna sighed deeply, and said, “I am hemmed in on every side. For if I do this thing, it is death for me; and if I do not, I shall not escape your hands.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	23	I choose not to do it and to fall into your hands, rather than to sin in the sight of the Lord.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	24	Then Susanna cried out with a loud voice, and the two elders shouted against her.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	25	And one of them ran and opened the garden doors.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	26	When the household servants heard the shouting in the garden, they rushed in at the side door to see what had happened to her.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	27	And when the elders told their tale, the servants were greatly ashamed, for nothing like this had ever been said about Susanna.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	28	The next day, when the people gathered at the house of her husband Joakim, the two elders came, full of their wicked plot to have Susanna put to death.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	29	They said before the people, “Send for Susanna, the daughter of Hilkiah, who is the wife of Joakim.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	30	So they sent for her. And she came, with her parents, her children, and all her kindred.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	31	Now Susanna was a woman of great refinement, and beautiful in appearance.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	32	As she was veiled, the wicked men ordered her to be unveiled, that they might feed upon her beauty.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	33	But her family and friends and all who saw her wept.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	34	Then the two elders stood up in the midst of the people, and laid their hands upon her head.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	35	And she, weeping, looked up toward heaven, for her heart trusted in the Lord.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	36	The elders said, “As we were walking in the garden alone, this woman came in with two maids, shut the garden doors, and dismissed the maids.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	37	Then a young man, who had been hidden, came to her and lay with her.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	38	We were in a corner of the garden, and when we saw this wickedness we ran to them.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	39	We saw them embracing, but we could not hold the man, for he was too strong for us, and he opened the doors and dashed out.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	40	So we seized this woman and asked her who the young man was, but she would not tell us. These things we testify.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	41	The assembly believed them, because they were elders of the people and judges; and they condemned her to death.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	42	Then Susanna cried out with a loud voice, and said, “O eternal God, who dost discern what is secret, who art aware of all things before they come to be,
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	43	thou knowest that these men have borne false witness against me. And now I am to die! Yet I have done none of the things that they have wickedly invented against me!”
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	44	The Lord heard her cry.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	45	And as she was being led away to be put to death, God aroused the holy spirit of a young lad named Daniel;
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	46	and he cried with a loud voice, “I am innocent of the blood of this woman.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	47	All the people turned to him, and said, “What is this that you have said?”
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	48	Taking his stand in the midst of them, he said, “Are you such fools, you sons of Israel? Have you condemned a daughter of Israel without examination and without learning the facts?
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	49	Return to the place of judgment. For these men have borne false witness against her.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	50	Then all the people returned in haste. And the elders said to him, “Come, sit among us and inform us, for God has given you that right.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	51	And Daniel said to them, “Separate them far from each other, and I will examine them.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	52	When they were separated from each other, he summoned one of them and said to him, “You old relic of wicked days, your sins have now come home, which you have committed in the past,
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	53	pronouncing unjust judgments, condemning the innocent and letting the guilty go free, though the Lord said, ‘Do not put to death an innocent and righteous person.’
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	54	Now then, if you really saw her, tell me this: Under what tree did you see them being intimate with each other?” He answered, “Under a mastic tree.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	55	And Daniel said, “Very well! You have lied against your own head, for the angel of God has received the sentence from God and will immediately cut you in two.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	56	Then he put him aside, and commanded them to bring the other. And he said to him, “You offspring of Canaan and not of Judah, beauty has deceived you and lust has perverted your heart.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	57	This is how you both have been dealing with the daughters of Israel, and they were intimate with you through fear; but a daughter of Judah would not endure your wickedness.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	58	Now then, tell me: Under what tree did you catch them being intimate with each other?” He answered, “Under an evergreen oak.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	59	And Daniel said to him, “Very well! You also have lied against your own head, for the angel of God is waiting with his sword to saw you in two, that he may destroy you both.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	60	Then all the assembly shouted loudly and blessed God, who saves those who hope in him.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	61	And they rose against the two elders, for out of their own mouths Daniel had convicted them of bearing false witness;
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	62	and they did to them as they had wickedly planned to do to their neighbor; acting in accordance with the law of Moses, they put them to death. Thus innocent blood was saved that day.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	63	And Hilkiah and his wife praised God for their daughter Susanna, and so did Joakim her husband and all her kindred, because nothing shameful was found in her.
+Daniel	Dan	32	13	64	And from that day onward Daniel had a great reputation among the people.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	1	When King Astyages was laid with his fathers, Cyrus the Persian received his kingdom.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	2	And Daniel was a companion of the king, and was the most honored of his friends.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	3	Now the Babylonians had an idol called Bel, and every day they spent on it twelve bushels of fine flour and forty sheep and fifty gallons of wine.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	4	The king revered it and went every day to worship it. But Daniel worshiped his own God.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	5	And the king said to him, “Why do you not worship Bel?” He answered, “Because I do not revere man-made idols, but the living God, who created heaven and earth and has dominion over all flesh.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	6	The king said to him, “Do you not think that Bel is a living God? Do you not see how much he eats and drinks every day?”
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	7	Then Daniel laughed, and said, “Do not be deceived, O king; for this is but clay inside and brass outside, and it never ate or drank anything.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	8	Then the king was angry, and he called his priests and said to them, “If you do not tell me who is eating these provisions, you shall die.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	9	But if you prove that Bel is eating them, Daniel shall die, because he blasphemed against Bel.” And Daniel said to the king, “Let it be done as you have said.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	10	Now there were seventy priests of Bel, besides their wives and children. And the king went with Daniel into the temple of Bel.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	11	And the priests of Bel said, “Behold, we are going outside; you yourself, O king, shall set forth the food and mix and place the wine, and shut the door and seal it with your signet.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	12	And when you return in the morning, if you do not find that Bel has eaten it all, we will die; or else Daniel will, who is telling lies about us.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	13	They were unconcerned, for beneath the table they had made a hidden entrance, through which they used to go in regularly and consume the provisions.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	14	When they had gone out, the king set forth the food for Bel. Then Daniel ordered his servants to bring ashes and they sifted them throughout the whole temple in the presence of the king alone. Then they went out, shut the door and sealed it with the king’s signet, and departed.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	15	In the night the priests came with their wives and children, as they were accustomed to do, and ate and drank everything.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	16	Early in the morning the king rose and came, and Daniel with him.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	17	And the king said, “Are the seals unbroken, Daniel?” He answered, “They are unbroken, O king.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	18	As soon as the doors were opened, the king looked at the table, and shouted in a loud voice, “You are great, O Bel; and with you there is no deceit, none at all.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	19	Then Daniel laughed, and restrained the king from going in, and said, “Look at the floor, and notice whose footsteps these are.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	20	The king said, “I see the footsteps of men and women and children.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	21	Then the king was enraged, and he seized the priests and their wives and children; and they showed him the secret doors through which they were accustomed to enter and devour what was on the table.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	22	Therefore the king put them to death, and gave Bel over to Daniel, who destroyed it and its temple.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	23	There was also a great dragon, which the Babylonians revered.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	24	And the king said to Daniel, “You cannot deny that this is a living god; so worship him.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	25	Daniel said, “I will worship the Lord my God, for he is the living God.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	26	But if you, O king, will give me permission, I will slay the dragon without sword or club.” The king said, “I give you permission.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	27	Then Daniel took pitch, fat, and hair, and boiled them together and made cakes, which he fed to the dragon. The dragon ate them, and burst open. And Daniel said, “See what you have been worshiping!”
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	28	When the Babylonians heard it, they were very indignant and conspired against the king, saying, “The king has become a Jew; he has destroyed Bel, and slain the dragon, and slaughtered the priests.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	29	Going to the king, they said, “Hand Daniel over to us, or else we will kill you and your household.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	30	The king saw that they were pressing him hard, and under compulsion he handed Daniel over to them.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	31	They threw Daniel into the lions’ den, and he was there for six days.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	32	There were seven lions in the den, and every day they had been given two human bodies and two sheep; but these were not given to them now, so that they might devour Daniel.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	33	Now the prophet Habakkuk was in Judea. He had boiled pottage and had broken bread into a bowl, and was going into the field to take it to the reapers.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	34	But the angel of the Lord said to Habakkuk, “Take the dinner which you have to Babylon, to Daniel, in the lions’ den.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	35	Habakkuk said, “Sir, I have never seen Babylon, and I know nothing about the den.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	36	Then the angel of the Lord took him by the crown of his head, and lifted him by his hair and set him down in Babylon, right over the den, with the rushing sound of the wind itself.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	37	Then Habakkuk shouted, “Daniel, Daniel! Take the dinner which God has sent you.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	38	And Daniel said, “Thou hast remembered me, O God, and hast not forsaken those who love thee.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	39	So Daniel arose and ate. And the angel of God immediately returned Habakkuk to his own place.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	40	On the seventh day the king came to mourn for Daniel. When he came to the den he looked in, and there sat Daniel.
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	41	And the king shouted with a loud voice, “Thou art great, O Lord God of Daniel, and there is no other besides thee.”
+Daniel	Dan	32	14	42	And he pulled Daniel out, and threw into the den the men who had attempted his destruction, and they were devoured immediately before his eyes.
+Hosea	Hos	33	1	1	The word of the Lord that came to Hosea the son of Be-eri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
+Hosea	Hos	33	1	2	When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, “Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry, for the land commits great harlotry by forsaking the Lord.”
+Hosea	Hos	33	1	3	So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
+Hosea	Hos	33	1	4	And the Lord said to him, “Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
+Hosea	Hos	33	1	5	And on that day, I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”
+Hosea	Hos	33	1	6	She conceived again and bore a daughter. And the Lord said to him, “Call her name Not pitied, for I will no more have pity on the house of Israel, to forgive them at all.
+Hosea	Hos	33	1	7	But I will have pity on the house of Judah, and I will deliver them by the Lord their God; I will not deliver them by bow, nor by sword, nor by war, nor by horses, nor by horsemen.”
+Hosea	Hos	33	1	8	When she had weaned Not pitied, she conceived and bore a son.
+Hosea	Hos	33	1	9	And the Lord said, “Call his name Not my people, for you are not my people and I am not your God.”
+Hosea	Hos	33	1	10	Yet the number of the people of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which can be neither measured nor numbered; and in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Sons of the living God.”
+Hosea	Hos	33	1	11	And the people of Judah and the people of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint for themselves one head; and they shall go up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
+Hosea	Hos	33	2	1	Say to your brother, “My people,” and to your sister, “She has obtained pity.”
+Hosea	Hos	33	2	2	“Plead with your mother, plead— for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband— that she put away her harlotry from her face, and her adultery from between her breasts;
+Hosea	Hos	33	2	3	lest I strip her naked and make her as in the day she was born, and make her like a wilderness, and set her like a parched land, and slay her with thirst.
+Hosea	Hos	33	2	4	Upon her children also I will have no pity, because they are children of harlotry.
+Hosea	Hos	33	2	5	For their mother has played the harlot; she that conceived them has acted shamefully. For she said, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’
+Hosea	Hos	33	2	6	Therefore I will hedge up her way with thorns; and I will build a wall against her, so that she cannot find her paths.
+Hosea	Hos	33	2	7	She shall pursue her lovers, but not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them. Then she shall say, ‘I will go and return to my first husband, for it was better with me then than now.’
+Hosea	Hos	33	2	8	And she did not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the wine, and the oil, and who lavished upon her silver and gold which they used for Baal.
+Hosea	Hos	33	2	9	Therefore I will take back my grain in its time, and my wine in its season; and I will take away my wool and my flax, which were to cover her nakedness.
+Hosea	Hos	33	2	10	Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one shall rescue her out of my hand.
+Hosea	Hos	33	2	11	And I will put an end to all her mirth, her feasts, her new moons, her sabbaths, and all her appointed feasts.
+Hosea	Hos	33	2	12	And I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees, of which she said, ‘These are my hire, which my lovers have given me.’ I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall devour them.
+Hosea	Hos	33	2	13	And I will punish her for the feast days of the Baals when she burned incense to them and decked herself with her ring and jewelry, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, says the Lord.
+Hosea	Hos	33	2	14	“Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.
+Hosea	Hos	33	2	15	And there I will give her her vineyards, and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth, as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt.
+Hosea	Hos	33	2	16	“And in that day, says the Lord, you will call me, ‘My husband,’ and no longer will you call me, ‘My Baal.’
+Hosea	Hos	33	2	17	For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be mentioned by name no more.
+Hosea	Hos	33	2	18	And I will make for you a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the creeping things of the ground; and I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land; and I will make you lie down in safety.
+Hosea	Hos	33	2	19	And I will betroth you to me for ever; I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love, and in mercy.
+Hosea	Hos	33	2	20	I will betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know the Lord.
+Hosea	Hos	33	2	21	“And in that day, says the Lord, I will answer the heavens and they shall answer the earth;
+Hosea	Hos	33	2	22	and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil, and they shall answer Jezreel;
+Hosea	Hos	33	2	23	and I will sow him for myself in the land. And I will have pity on Not pitied, and I will say to Not my people, ‘You are my people’; and he shall say ‘Thou art my God.’”
+Hosea	Hos	33	3	1	And the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is beloved of a paramour and is an adulteress; even as the Lord loves the people of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.”
+Hosea	Hos	33	3	2	So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.
+Hosea	Hos	33	3	3	And I said to her, “You must dwell as mine for many days; you shall not play the harlot, or belong to another man; so will I also be to you.”
+Hosea	Hos	33	3	4	For the children of Israel shall dwell many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or pillar, without ephod or teraphim.
+Hosea	Hos	33	3	5	Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the latter days.
+Hosea	Hos	33	4	1	Hear the word of the Lord, O people of Israel; for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or kindness, and no knowledge of God in the land;
+Hosea	Hos	33	4	2	there is swearing, lying, killing, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds and murder follows murder.
+Hosea	Hos	33	4	3	Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air; and even the fish of the sea are taken away.
+Hosea	Hos	33	4	4	Yet let no one contend, and let none accuse, for with you is my contention, O priest.
+Hosea	Hos	33	4	5	You shall stumble by day, the prophet also shall stumble with you by night; and I will destroy your mother.
+Hosea	Hos	33	4	6	My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
+Hosea	Hos	33	4	7	The more they increased, the more they sinned against me; I will change their glory into shame.
+Hosea	Hos	33	4	8	They feed on the sin of my people; they are greedy for their iniquity.
+Hosea	Hos	33	4	9	And it shall be like people, like priest; I will punish them for their ways, and requite them for their deeds.
+Hosea	Hos	33	4	10	They shall eat, but not be satisfied; they shall play the harlot, but not multiply; because they have forsaken the Lord to cherish harlotry.
+Hosea	Hos	33	4	11	Wine and new wine take away the understanding.
+Hosea	Hos	33	4	12	My people inquire of a thing of wood, and their staff gives them oracles. For a spirit of harlotry has led them astray, and they have left their God to play the harlot.
+Hosea	Hos	33	4	13	They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and make offerings upon the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the harlot, and your brides commit adultery.
+Hosea	Hos	33	4	14	I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go aside with harlots, and sacrifice with cult prostitutes, and a people without understanding shall come to ruin.
+Hosea	Hos	33	4	15	Though you play the harlot, O Israel, let not Judah become guilty. Enter not into Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-aven, and swear not, “As the Lord lives.”
+Hosea	Hos	33	4	16	Like a stubborn heifer, Israel is stubborn; can the Lord now feed them like a lamb in a broad pasture?
+Hosea	Hos	33	4	17	Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone.
+Hosea	Hos	33	4	18	A band of drunkards, they give themselves to harlotry; they love shame more than their glory.
+Hosea	Hos	33	4	19	A wind has wrapped them in its wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their altars.
+Hosea	Hos	33	5	1	Hear this, O priests! Give heed, O house of Israel! Hearken, O house of the king! For the judgment pertains to you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
+Hosea	Hos	33	5	2	And they have made deep the pit of Shittim; but I will chastise all of them.
+Hosea	Hos	33	5	3	I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, O Ephraim, you have played the harlot, Israel is defiled.
+Hosea	Hos	33	5	4	Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God. For the spirit of harlotry is within them, and they know not the Lord.
+Hosea	Hos	33	5	5	The pride of Israel testifies to his face; Ephraim shall stumble in his guilt; Judah also shall stumble with them.
+Hosea	Hos	33	5	6	With their flocks and herds they shall go to seek the Lord, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.
+Hosea	Hos	33	5	7	They have dealt faithlessly with the Lord; for they have borne alien children. Now the new moon shall devour them with their fields.
+Hosea	Hos	33	5	8	Blow the horn in Gibe-ah, the trumpet in Ramah. Sound the alarm at Beth-aven; tremble, O Benjamin!
+Hosea	Hos	33	5	9	Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of punishment; among the tribes of Israel I declare what is sure.
+Hosea	Hos	33	5	10	The princes of Judah have become like those who remove the landmark; upon them I will pour out my wrath like water.
+Hosea	Hos	33	5	11	Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because he was determined to go after vanity.
+Hosea	Hos	33	5	12	Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like dry rot to the house of Judah.
+Hosea	Hos	33	5	13	When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to the great king. But he is not able to cure you or heal your wound.
+Hosea	Hos	33	5	14	For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will rend and go away, I will carry off, and none shall rescue.
+Hosea	Hos	33	5	15	I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress they seek me, saying,
+Hosea	Hos	33	6	1	“Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn, that he may heal us; he has stricken, and he will bind us up.
+Hosea	Hos	33	6	2	After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.
+Hosea	Hos	33	6	3	Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord; his going forth is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.”
+Hosea	Hos	33	6	4	What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away.
+Hosea	Hos	33	6	5	Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth as the light.
+Hosea	Hos	33	6	6	For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God, rather than burnt offerings.
+Hosea	Hos	33	6	7	But at Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me.
+Hosea	Hos	33	6	8	Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood.
+Hosea	Hos	33	6	9	As robbers lie in wait for a man, so the priests are banded together; they murder on the way to Shechem, yea, they commit villainy.
+Hosea	Hos	33	6	10	In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim’s harlotry is there, Israel is defiled.
+Hosea	Hos	33	6	11	For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed. When I would restore the fortunes of my people,
+Hosea	Hos	33	7	1	when I would heal Israel, the corruption of Ephraim is revealed, and the wicked deeds of Samaria; for they deal falsely, the thief breaks in, and the bandits raid without.
+Hosea	Hos	33	7	2	But they do not consider that I remember all their evil works. Now their deeds encompass them, they are before my face.
+Hosea	Hos	33	7	3	By their wickedness they make the king glad, and the princes by their treachery.
+Hosea	Hos	33	7	4	They are all adulterers; they are like a heated oven, whose baker ceases to stir the fire, from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
+Hosea	Hos	33	7	5	On the day of our king the princes became sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with mockers.
+Hosea	Hos	33	7	6	For like an oven their hearts burn with intrigue; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
+Hosea	Hos	33	7	7	All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings have fallen; and none of them calls upon me.
+Hosea	Hos	33	7	8	Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
+Hosea	Hos	33	7	9	Aliens devour his strength, and he knows it not; gray hairs are sprinkled upon him, and he knows it not.
+Hosea	Hos	33	7	10	The pride of Israel witnesses against him; yet they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him, for all this.
+Hosea	Hos	33	7	11	Ephraim is like a dove, silly and without sense, calling to Egypt, going to Assyria.
+Hosea	Hos	33	7	12	As they go, I will spread over them my net; I will bring them down like birds of the air; I will chastise them for their wicked deeds.
+Hosea	Hos	33	7	13	Woe to them, for they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me! I would redeem them, but they speak lies against me.
+Hosea	Hos	33	7	14	They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; for grain and wine they gash themselves, they rebel against me.
+Hosea	Hos	33	7	15	Although I trained and strengthened their arms, yet they devise evil against me.
+Hosea	Hos	33	7	16	They turn to Baal; they are like a treacherous bow, their princes shall fall by the sword because of the insolence of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
+Hosea	Hos	33	8	1	Set the trumpet to your lips, for a vulture is over the house of the Lord, because they have broken my covenant, and transgressed my law.
+Hosea	Hos	33	8	2	To me they cry, My God, we Israel know thee.
+Hosea	Hos	33	8	3	Israel has spurned the good; the enemy shall pursue him.
+Hosea	Hos	33	8	4	They made kings, but not through me. They set up princes, but without my knowledge. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction.
+Hosea	Hos	33	8	5	I have spurned your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will it be till they are pure
+Hosea	Hos	33	8	6	in Israel? A workman made it; it is not God. The calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.
+Hosea	Hos	33	8	7	For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads, it shall yield no meal; if it were to yield, aliens would devour it.
+Hosea	Hos	33	8	8	Israel is swallowed up; already they are among the nations as a useless vessel.
+Hosea	Hos	33	8	9	For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild ass wandering alone; Ephraim has hired lovers.
+Hosea	Hos	33	8	10	Though they hire allies among the nations, I will soon gather them up. And they shall cease for a little while from anointing king and princes.
+Hosea	Hos	33	8	11	Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they have become to him altars for sinning.
+Hosea	Hos	33	8	12	Were I to write for him my laws by ten thousands, they would be regarded as a strange thing.
+Hosea	Hos	33	8	13	They love sacrifice; they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but the Lord has no delight in them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
+Hosea	Hos	33	8	14	For Israel has forgotten his Maker, and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour his strongholds.
+Hosea	Hos	33	9	1	Rejoice not, O Israel! Exult not like the peoples; for you have played the harlot, forsaking your God. You have loved a harlot’s hire upon all threshing floors.
+Hosea	Hos	33	9	2	Threshing floor and winevat shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail them.
+Hosea	Hos	33	9	3	They shall not remain in the land of the Lord; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.
+Hosea	Hos	33	9	4	They shall not pour libations of wine to the Lord; and they shall not please him with their sacrifices. Their bread shall be like mourners’ bread; all who eat of it shall be defiled; for their bread shall be for their hunger only; it shall not come to the house of the Lord.
+Hosea	Hos	33	9	5	What will you do on the day of appointed festival, and on the day of the feast of the Lord?
+Hosea	Hos	33	9	6	For behold, they are going to Assyria; Egypt shall gather them, Memphis shall bury them. Nettles shall possess their precious things of silver; thorns shall be in their tents.
+Hosea	Hos	33	9	7	The days of punishment have come, the days of recompense have come; Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool, the man of the spirit is mad, because of your great iniquity and great hatred.
+Hosea	Hos	33	9	8	The prophet is the watchman of Ephraim, the people of my God, yet a fowler’s snare is on all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.
+Hosea	Hos	33	9	9	They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibe-ah: he will remember their iniquity, he will punish their sins.
+Hosea	Hos	33	9	10	Like grapes in the wilderness, I found Israel. Like the first fruit on the fig tree, in its first season, I saw your fathers. But they came to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Baal, and became detestable like the thing they loved.
+Hosea	Hos	33	9	11	Ephraim’s glory shall fly away like a bird— no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!
+Hosea	Hos	33	9	12	Even if they bring up children, I will bereave them till none is left. Woe to them when I depart from them!
+Hosea	Hos	33	9	13	Ephraim’s sons, as I have seen, are destined for a prey; Ephraim must lead forth his sons to slaughter.
+Hosea	Hos	33	9	14	Give them, O Lord— what wilt thou give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
+Hosea	Hos	33	9	15	Every evil of theirs is in Gilgal; there I began to hate them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house. I will love them no more; all their princes are rebels.
+Hosea	Hos	33	9	16	Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit. Even though they bring forth, I will slay their beloved children.
+Hosea	Hos	33	9	17	My God will cast them off, because they have not hearkened to him; they shall be wanderers among the nations.
+Hosea	Hos	33	10	1	Israel is a luxuriant vine that yields its fruit. The more his fruit increased the more altars he built; as his country improved he improved his pillars.
+Hosea	Hos	33	10	2	Their heart is false; now they must bear their guilt. The Lord will break down their altars, and destroy their pillars.
+Hosea	Hos	33	10	3	For now they will say: “We have no king, for we fear not the Lord, and a king, what could he do for us?”
+Hosea	Hos	33	10	4	They utter mere words; with empty oaths they make covenants; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
+Hosea	Hos	33	10	5	The inhabitants of Samaria tremble for the calf of Beth-aven. Its people shall mourn for it, and its idolatrous priests shall wail over it, over its glory which has departed from it.
+Hosea	Hos	33	10	6	Yea, the thing itself shall be carried to Assyria, as tribute to the great king. Ephraim shall be put to shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his idol.
+Hosea	Hos	33	10	7	Samaria’s king shall perish, like a chip on the face of the waters.
+Hosea	Hos	33	10	8	The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed. Thorn and thistle shall grow up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us, and to the hills, Fall upon us.
+Hosea	Hos	33	10	9	From the days of Gibe-ah, you have sinned, O Israel; there they have continued. Shall not war overtake them in Gibe-ah?
+Hosea	Hos	33	10	10	I will come against the wayward people to chastise them; and nations shall be gathered against them when they are chastised for their double iniquity.
+Hosea	Hos	33	10	11	Ephraim was a trained heifer that loved to thresh, and I spared her fair neck; but I will put Ephraim to the yoke, Judah must plow, Jacob must harrow for himself.
+Hosea	Hos	33	10	12	Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain salvation upon you.
+Hosea	Hos	33	10	13	You have plowed iniquity, you have reaped injustice, you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your chariots and in the multitude of your warriors,
+Hosea	Hos	33	10	14	therefore the tumult of war shall arise among your people, and all your fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle; mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.
+Hosea	Hos	33	10	15	Thus it shall be done to you, O house of Israel, because of your great wickedness. In the storm the king of Israel shall be utterly cut off.
+Hosea	Hos	33	11	1	When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
+Hosea	Hos	33	11	2	The more I called them, the more they went from me; they kept sacrificing to the Baals, and burning incense to idols.
+Hosea	Hos	33	11	3	Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I took them up in my arms; but they did not know that I healed them.
+Hosea	Hos	33	11	4	I led them with cords of compassion, with the bands of love, and I became to them as one, who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them.
+Hosea	Hos	33	11	5	They shall return to the land of Egypt, and Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me.
+Hosea	Hos	33	11	6	The sword shall rage against their cities, consume the bars of their gates, and devour them in their fortresses.
+Hosea	Hos	33	11	7	My people are bent on turning away from me; so they are appointed to the yoke, and none shall remove it.
+Hosea	Hos	33	11	8	How can I give you up, O Ephraim! How can I hand you over, O Israel! How can I make you like Admah! How can I treat you like Zeboiim! My heart recoils within me, my compassion grows warm and tender.
+Hosea	Hos	33	11	9	I will not execute my fierce anger, I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come to destroy.
+Hosea	Hos	33	11	10	They shall go after the Lord, he will roar like a lion; yea, he will roar, and his sons shall come trembling from the west;
+Hosea	Hos	33	11	11	they shall come trembling like birds from Egypt, and like doves from the land of Assyria; and I will return them to their homes, says the Lord.
+Hosea	Hos	33	11	12	Ephraim has encompassed me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah is still known by God, and is faithful to the Holy One.
+Hosea	Hos	33	12	1	Ephraim herds the wind, and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a bargain with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.
+Hosea	Hos	33	12	2	The Lord has an indictment against Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways, and requite him according to his deeds.
+Hosea	Hos	33	12	3	In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he strove with God.
+Hosea	Hos	33	12	4	He strove with the angel and prevailed, he wept and sought his favor. He met God at Bethel, and there God spoke with him—
+Hosea	Hos	33	12	5	the Lord the God of hosts, the Lord is his name:
+Hosea	Hos	33	12	6	“So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God.”
+Hosea	Hos	33	12	7	A trader, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress.
+Hosea	Hos	33	12	8	Ephraim has said, “Ah, but I am rich, I have gained wealth for myself”: but all his riches can never offset the guilt he has incurred.
+Hosea	Hos	33	12	9	I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.
+Hosea	Hos	33	12	10	I spoke to the prophets; it was I who multiplied visions, and through the prophets gave parables.
+Hosea	Hos	33	12	11	If there is iniquity in Gilead they shall surely come to nought; if in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, their altars also shall be like stone heaps on the furrows of the field.
+Hosea	Hos	33	12	12	(Jacob fled to the land of Aram, there Israel did service for a wife, and for a wife he herded sheep.)
+Hosea	Hos	33	12	13	By a prophet the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
+Hosea	Hos	33	12	14	Ephraim has given bitter provocation; so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him, and will turn back upon him his reproaches.
+Hosea	Hos	33	13	1	When Ephraim spoke, men trembled; he was exalted in Israel; but he incurred guilt through Baal and died.
+Hosea	Hos	33	13	2	And now they sin more and more, and make for themselves molten images, idols skilfully made of their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. Sacrifice to these, they say. Men kiss calves!
+Hosea	Hos	33	13	3	Therefore they shall be like the morning mist or like the dew that goes early away, like the chaff that swirls from the threshing floor or like smoke from a window.
+Hosea	Hos	33	13	4	I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; you know no God but me, and besides me there is no savior.
+Hosea	Hos	33	13	5	It was I who knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought;
+Hosea	Hos	33	13	6	but when they had fed to the full, they were filled, and their heart was lifted up; therefore they forgot me.
+Hosea	Hos	33	13	7	So I will be to them like a lion, like a leopard I will lurk beside the way.
+Hosea	Hos	33	13	8	I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs, I will tear open their breast, and there I will devour them like a lion, as a wild beast would rend them.
+Hosea	Hos	33	13	9	I will destroy you, O Israel; who can help you?
+Hosea	Hos	33	13	10	Where now is your king, to save you; where are all your princes, to defend you— those of whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?
+Hosea	Hos	33	13	11	I have given you kings in my anger, and I have taken them away in my wrath.
+Hosea	Hos	33	13	12	The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up, his sin is kept in store.
+Hosea	Hos	33	13	13	The pangs of childbirth come for him, but he is an unwise son; for now he does not present himself at the mouth of the womb.
+Hosea	Hos	33	13	14	Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from Death? O Death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your destruction? Compassion is hid from my eyes.
+Hosea	Hos	33	13	15	Though he may flourish as the reed plant, the east wind, the wind of the Lord, shall come, rising from the wilderness; and his fountain shall dry up, his spring shall be parched; it shall strip his treasury of every precious thing.
+Hosea	Hos	33	13	16	Samaria shall bear her guilt, because she has rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword, their little ones shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
+Hosea	Hos	33	14	1	Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
+Hosea	Hos	33	14	2	Take with you words and return to the Lord; say to him, “Take away all iniquity; accept that which is good and we will render the fruit of our lips.
+Hosea	Hos	33	14	3	Assyria shall not save us, we will not ride upon horses; and we will say no more, ‘Our God,’ to the work of our hands. In thee the orphan finds mercy.”
+Hosea	Hos	33	14	4	I will heal their faithlessness; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them.
+Hosea	Hos	33	14	5	I will be as the dew to Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, he shall strike root as the poplar;
+Hosea	Hos	33	14	6	his shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be like the olive, and his fragrance like Lebanon.
+Hosea	Hos	33	14	7	They shall return and dwell beneath my shadow, they shall flourish as a garden; they shall blossom as the vine, their fragrance shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
+Hosea	Hos	33	14	8	O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like an evergreen cypress, from me comes your fruit.
+Hosea	Hos	33	14	9	Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the Lord are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	1	The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel:
+Joel	Joel	34	1	2	Hear this, you aged men, give ear, all inhabitants of the land! Has such a thing happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
+Joel	Joel	34	1	3	Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	4	What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten. What the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten, and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	5	Awake, you drunkards, and weep; and wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	6	For a nation has come up against my land, powerful and without number; its teeth are lions’ teeth, and it has the fangs of a lioness.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	7	It has laid waste my vines, and splintered my fig trees; it has stripped off their bark and thrown it down; their branches are made white.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	8	Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the bridegroom of her youth.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	9	The cereal offering and the drink offering are cut off from the house of the Lord. The priests mourn, the ministers of the Lord.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	10	The fields are laid waste, the ground mourns; because the grain is destroyed, the wine fails, the oil languishes.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	11	Be confounded, O tillers of the soil, wail, O vinedressers, for the wheat and the barley; because the harvest of the field has perished.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	12	The vine withers, the fig tree languishes. Pomegranate, palm, and apple, all the trees of the field are withered; and gladness fails from the sons of men.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	13	Gird on sackcloth and lament, O priests, wail, O ministers of the altar. Go in, pass the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God! Because cereal offering and drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	14	Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the Lord your God; and cry to the Lord.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	15	Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Almighty it comes.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	16	Is not the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
+Joel	Joel	34	1	17	The seed shrivels under the clods, the storehouses are desolate; the granaries are ruined because the grain has failed.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	18	How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed because there is no pasture for them; even the flocks of sheep are dismayed.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	19	Unto thee, O Lord, I cry. For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and flame has burned all the trees of the field.
+Joel	Joel	34	1	20	Even the wild beasts cry to thee because the water brooks are dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	1	Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming, it is near,
+Joel	Joel	34	2	2	a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains a great and powerful people; their like has never been from of old, nor will be again after them through the years of all generations.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	3	Fire devours before them, and behind them a flame burns. The land is like the garden of Eden before them, but after them a desolate wilderness, and nothing escapes them.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	4	Their appearance is like the appearance of horses, and like war horses they run.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	5	As with the rumbling of chariots, they leap on the tops of the mountains, like the crackling of a flame of fire devouring the stubble, like a powerful army drawn up for battle.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	6	Before them peoples are in anguish, all faces grow pale.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	7	Like warriors they charge, like soldiers they scale the wall. They march each on his way, they do not swerve from their paths.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	8	They do not jostle one another, each marches in his path; they burst through the weapons and are not halted.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	9	They leap upon the city, they run upon the walls; they climb up into the houses, they enter through the windows like a thief.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	10	The earth quakes before them, the heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	11	The Lord utters his voice before his army, for his host is exceedingly great; he that executes his word is powerful. For the day of the Lord is great and very terrible; who can endure it?
+Joel	Joel	34	2	12	“Yet even now,” says the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
+Joel	Joel	34	2	13	and rend your hearts and not your garments.” Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repents of evil.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	14	Who knows whether he will not turn and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, a cereal offering and a drink offering for the Lord, your God?
+Joel	Joel	34	2	15	Blow the trumpet in Zion; sanctify a fast; call a solemn assembly;
+Joel	Joel	34	2	16	gather the people. Sanctify the congregation; assemble the elders; gather the children, even nursing infants. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	17	Between the vestibule and the altar let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep and say, “Spare thy people, O Lord, and make not thy heritage a reproach, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
+Joel	Joel	34	2	18	Then the Lord became jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	19	The Lord answered and said to his people, “Behold, I am sending to you grain, wine, and oil, and you will be satisfied; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	20	“I will remove the northerner far from you, and drive him into a parched and desolate land, his front into the eastern sea, and his rear into the western sea; the stench and foul smell of him will rise, for he has done great things.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	21	“Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice, for the Lord has done great things!
+Joel	Joel	34	2	22	Fear not, you beasts of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness are green; the tree bears its fruit, the fig tree and vine give their full yield.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	23	“Be glad, O sons of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord, your God; for he has given the early rain for your vindication, he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the latter rain, as before.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	24	“The threshing floors shall be full of grain, the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	25	I will restore to you the years which the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	26	“You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, who has dealt wondrously with you. And my people shall never again be put to shame.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	27	You shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I, the Lord, am your God and there is none else. And my people shall never again be put to shame.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	28	“And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	29	Even upon the menservants and maidservants in those days, I will pour out my spirit.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	30	“And I will give portents in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	31	The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
+Joel	Joel	34	2	32	And it shall come to pass that all who call upon the name of the Lord shall be delivered; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	1	“For behold, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
+Joel	Joel	34	3	2	I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat, and I will enter into judgment with them there, on account of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations, and have divided up my land,
+Joel	Joel	34	3	3	and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and have sold a girl for wine, and have drunk it.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	4	“What are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, I will requite your deed upon your own head swiftly and speedily.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	5	For you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my rich treasures into your temples.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	6	You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, removing them far from their own border.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	7	But now I will stir them up from the place to which you have sold them, and I will requite your deed upon your own head.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	8	I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far off; for the Lord has spoken.”
+Joel	Joel	34	3	9	Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare war, stir up the mighty men. Let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	10	Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, “I am a warrior.”
+Joel	Joel	34	3	11	Hasten and come, all you nations round about, gather yourselves there. Bring down thy warriors, O Lord.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	12	Let the nations bestir themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the nations round about.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	13	Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Go in, tread, for the wine press is full. The vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	14	Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	15	The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	16	And the Lord roars from Zion, and utters his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shake. But the Lord is a refuge to his people, a stronghold to the people of Israel.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	17	“So you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who dwell in Zion, my holy mountain. And Jerusalem shall be holy and strangers shall never again pass through it.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	18	“And in that day the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the stream beds of Judah shall flow with water; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord and water the valley of Shittim.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	19	“Egypt shall become a desolation and Edom a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the people of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	20	But Judah shall be inhabited for ever, and Jerusalem to all generations.
+Joel	Joel	34	3	21	I will avenge their blood, and I will not clear the guilty, for the Lord dwells in Zion.”
+Amos	Amos	35	1	1	The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
+Amos	Amos	35	1	2	And he said: “The Lord roars from Zion, and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withers.”
+Amos	Amos	35	1	3	Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron.
+Amos	Amos	35	1	4	So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.
+Amos	Amos	35	1	5	I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven, and him that holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir,” says the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	1	6	Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because they carried into exile a whole people to deliver them up to Edom.
+Amos	Amos	35	1	7	So I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour her strongholds.
+Amos	Amos	35	1	8	I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod, and him that holds the scepter from Ashkelon; I will turn my hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,” says the Lord GOD.
+Amos	Amos	35	1	9	Thus says the Lor: “For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because they delivered up a whole people to Edom, and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.
+Amos	Amos	35	1	10	So I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour her strongholds.”
+Amos	Amos	35	1	11	Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast off all pity, and his anger tore perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever.
+Amos	Amos	35	1	12	So I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah.”
+Amos	Amos	35	1	13	Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because they have ripped up women with child in Gilead, that they might enlarge their border.
+Amos	Amos	35	1	14	So I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour her strongholds, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;
+Amos	Amos	35	1	15	and their king shall go into exile, he and his princes together,” says the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	2	1	Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because he burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom.
+Amos	Amos	35	2	2	So I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth, and Moab shall die amid uproar, amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;
+Amos	Amos	35	2	3	I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and will slay all its princes with him,” says the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	2	4	Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because they have rejected the law of the Lord, and have not kept his statutes, but their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked.
+Amos	Amos	35	2	5	So I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.”
+Amos	Amos	35	2	6	Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes—
+Amos	Amos	35	2	7	they that trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the afflicted; a man and his father go in to the same maiden, so that my holy name is profaned;
+Amos	Amos	35	2	8	they lay themselves down beside every altar upon garments taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.
+Amos	Amos	35	2	9	“Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and who was as strong as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above, and his roots beneath.
+Amos	Amos	35	2	10	Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
+Amos	Amos	35	2	11	And I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?” says the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	2	12	“But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘You shall not prophesy.’
+Amos	Amos	35	2	13	“Behold, I will press you down in your place, as a cart full of sheaves presses down.
+Amos	Amos	35	2	14	Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain his strength, nor shall the mighty save his life;
+Amos	Amos	35	2	15	he who handles the bow shall not stand, and he who is swift of foot shall not save himself, nor shall he who rides the horse save his life;
+Amos	Amos	35	2	16	and he who is stout of heart among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day,” says the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	3	1	Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
+Amos	Amos	35	3	2	“You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
+Amos	Amos	35	3	3	“Do two walk together, unless they have made an appointment?
+Amos	Amos	35	3	4	Does a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from his den, if he has taken nothing?
+Amos	Amos	35	3	5	Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth, when there is no trap for it? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when it has taken nothing?
+Amos	Amos	35	3	6	Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does evil befall a city, unless the Lord has done it?
+Amos	Amos	35	3	7	Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.
+Amos	Amos	35	3	8	The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken; who can but prophesy?”
+Amos	Amos	35	3	9	Proclaim to the strongholds in Assyria, and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt, and say, “Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and see the great tumults within her, and the oppressions in her midst.”
+Amos	Amos	35	3	10	“They do not know how to do right,” says the Lord, “those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”
+Amos	Amos	35	3	11	Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “An adversary shall surround the land, and bring down your defenses from you, and your strongholds shall be plundered.”
+Amos	Amos	35	3	12	Thus says the Lord: “As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the people of Israel who dwell in Samaria be rescued, with the corner of a couch and part of a bed.”
+Amos	Amos	35	3	13	“Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob,” says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
+Amos	Amos	35	3	14	“that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions, I will punish the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground.
+Amos	Amos	35	3	15	I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall come to an end,” says the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	4	1	“Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’
+Amos	Amos	35	4	2	The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness that, behold, the days are coming upon you, when they shall take you away with hooks, even the last of you with fishhooks.
+Amos	Amos	35	4	3	And you shall go out through the breaches, every one straight before her; and you shall be cast forth into Harmon,” says the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	4	4	“Come to Bethel, and transgress; to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days;
+Amos	Amos	35	4	5	offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim freewill offerings, publish them; for so you love to do, O people of Israel!” says the Lord GOD.
+Amos	Amos	35	4	6	“I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places, yet you did not return to me,” says the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	4	7	“And I also withheld the rain from you when there were yet three months to the harvest; I would send rain upon one city, and send no rain upon another city; one field would be rained upon, and the field on which it did not rain withered;
+Amos	Amos	35	4	8	so two or three cities wandered to one city to drink water, and were not satisfied; yet you did not return to me,” says the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	4	9	“I smote you with blight and mildew; I laid waste your gardens and your vineyards; your fig trees and your olive trees the locust devoured; yet you did not return to me,” says the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	4	10	“I sent among you a pestilence after the manner of Egypt; I slew your young men with the sword; I carried away your horses; and I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils; yet you did not return to me,” says the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	4	11	“I overthrew some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were as a brand plucked out of the burning; yet you did not return to me,” says the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	4	12	“Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”
+Amos	Amos	35	4	13	For lo, he who forms the mountains, and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought; who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth— the Lord, the God of hosts, is his name!
+Amos	Amos	35	5	1	Hear this word which I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:
+Amos	Amos	35	5	2	“Fallen, no more to rise, is the virgin Israel; forsaken on her land, with none to raise her up.”
+Amos	Amos	35	5	3	For thus says the Lord GOD: “The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”
+Amos	Amos	35	5	4	For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: “Seek me and live;
+Amos	Amos	35	5	5	but do not seek Bethel, and do not enter into Gilgal or cross over to Beer-sheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into exile, and Bethel shall come to nought.”
+Amos	Amos	35	5	6	Seek the Lord and live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, with none to quench it for Bethel,
+Amos	Amos	35	5	7	O you who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!
+Amos	Amos	35	5	8	He who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns deep darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the surface of the earth, the Lord is his name,
+Amos	Amos	35	5	9	who makes destruction flash forth against the strong, so that destruction comes upon the fortress.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	10	They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks the truth.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	11	Therefore because you trample upon the poor and take from him exactions of wheat, you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	12	For I know how many are your transgressions, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	13	Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time; for it is an evil time.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	14	Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	15	Hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	16	Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord: “In all the squares there shall be wailing; and in all the streets they shall say, ‘Alas! alas!’ They shall call the farmers to mourning and to wailing those who are skilled in lamentation,
+Amos	Amos	35	5	17	and in all vineyards there shall be wailing, for I will pass through the midst of you,” says the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	18	Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why would you have the day of the Lord? It is darkness, and not light;
+Amos	Amos	35	5	19	as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned with his hand against the wall, and a serpent bit him.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	20	Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light, and gloom with no brightness in it?
+Amos	Amos	35	5	21	“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	22	Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and cereal offerings, I will not accept them, and the peace offerings of your fatted beasts I will not look upon.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	23	Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	24	But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
+Amos	Amos	35	5	25	“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
+Amos	Amos	35	5	26	You shall take up Sakkuth your king, and Kaiwan your star-god, your images, which you made for yourselves;
+Amos	Amos	35	5	27	therefore I will take you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts.
+Amos	Amos	35	6	1	“Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!
+Amos	Amos	35	6	2	Pass over to Calneh, and see; and thence go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? Or is their territory greater than your territory,
+Amos	Amos	35	6	3	O you who put far away the evil day, and bring near the seat of violence?
+Amos	Amos	35	6	4	“Woe to those who lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the midst of the stall;
+Amos	Amos	35	6	5	who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp, and like David invent for themselves instruments of music;
+Amos	Amos	35	6	6	who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!
+Amos	Amos	35	6	7	Therefore they shall now be the first of those to go into exile, and the revelry of those who stretch themselves shall pass away.”
+Amos	Amos	35	6	8	The Lord GOD has sworn by himself (says the Lord, the God of hosts): “I abhor the pride of Jacob, and hate his strongholds; and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it.”
+Amos	Amos	35	6	9	And if ten men remain in one house, they shall die.
+Amos	Amos	35	6	10	And when a man’s kinsman, he who burns him, shall take him up to bring the bones out of the house, and shall say to him who is in the innermost parts of the house, “Is there still any one with you?” he shall say, “No”; and he shall say, “Hush! We must not mention the name of the Lord.”
+Amos	Amos	35	6	11	For behold, the Lord commands, and the great house shall be smitten into fragments, and the little house into bits.
+Amos	Amos	35	6	12	Do horses run upon rocks? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
+Amos	Amos	35	6	13	you who rejoice in Lo-debar, who say, “Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim for ourselves?”
+Amos	Amos	35	6	14	“For behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel,” says the Lord, the God of hosts; “and they shall oppress you from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”
+Amos	Amos	35	7	1	Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, he was forming locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.
+Amos	Amos	35	7	2	When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said, “O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee! How can Jacob stand? He is so small!”
+Amos	Amos	35	7	3	The Lord repented concerning this; “It shall not be,” said the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	7	4	Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, the Lord GOD was calling for a judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep and was eating up the land.
+Amos	Amos	35	7	5	Then I said, “O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee! How can Jacob stand? He is so small!”
+Amos	Amos	35	7	6	The Lord repented concerning this; “This also shall not be,” said the Lord GOD.
+Amos	Amos	35	7	7	He showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.
+Amos	Amos	35	7	8	And the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said, “Behold, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel; I will never again pass by them;
+Amos	Amos	35	7	9	the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”
+Amos	Amos	35	7	10	Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words.
+Amos	Amos	35	7	11	For thus Amos has said, ‘Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel must go into exile away from his land.’”
+Amos	Amos	35	7	12	And Amaziah said to Amos, “O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there;
+Amos	Amos	35	7	13	but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.”
+Amos	Amos	35	7	14	Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I am no prophet, nor a prophet’s son; but I am a herdsman, and a dresser of sycamore trees,
+Amos	Amos	35	7	15	and the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
+Amos	Amos	35	7	16	“Now therefore hear the word of the Lord. You say, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not preach against the house of Isaac.’
+Amos	Amos	35	7	17	Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Your wife shall be a harlot in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be parceled out by line; you yourself shall die in an unclean land, and Israel shall surely go into exile away from its land.’”
+Amos	Amos	35	8	1	Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit.
+Amos	Amos	35	8	2	And he said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me, “The end has come upon my people Israel; I will never again pass by them.
+Amos	Amos	35	8	3	The songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day,” says the Lord GOD; “the dead bodies shall be many; in every place they shall be cast out in silence.”
+Amos	Amos	35	8	4	Hear this, you who trample upon the needy, and bring the poor of the land to an end,
+Amos	Amos	35	8	5	saying, “When will the new moon be over, that we may sell grain? And the sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great, and deal deceitfully with false balances,
+Amos	Amos	35	8	6	that we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, and sell the refuse of the wheat?”
+Amos	Amos	35	8	7	The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob: “Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.
+Amos	Amos	35	8	8	Shall not the land tremble on this account, and every one mourn who dwells in it, and all of it rise like the Nile, and be tossed about and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt?”
+Amos	Amos	35	8	9	“And on that day,” says the Lord GOD, “I will make the sun go down at noon, and darken the earth in broad daylight.
+Amos	Amos	35	8	10	I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness on every head; I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.
+Amos	Amos	35	8	11	“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord GOD, “when I will send a famine on the land; not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	8	12	They shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the Lord, but they shall not find it.
+Amos	Amos	35	8	13	“In that day the fair virgins and the young men shall faint for thirst.
+Amos	Amos	35	8	14	Those who swear by Ashimah of Samaria, and say, ‘As thy god lives, O Dan,’ and, ‘As the way of Beer-sheba lives,’ they shall fall, and never rise again.”
+Amos	Amos	35	9	1	I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said: “Smite the capitals until the thresholds shake, and shatter them on the heads of all the people; and what are left of them I will slay with the sword; not one of them shall flee away, not one of them shall escape.
+Amos	Amos	35	9	2	“Though they dig into Sheol, from there shall my hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.
+Amos	Amos	35	9	3	Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, from there I will search out and take them; and though they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
+Amos	Amos	35	9	4	And though they go into captivity before their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it shall slay them; and I will set my eyes upon them for evil and not for good.”
+Amos	Amos	35	9	5	The Lord, GOD of hosts, he who touches the earth and it melts, and all who dwell in it mourn, and all of it rises like the Nile, and sinks again, like the Nile of Egypt;
+Amos	Amos	35	9	6	who builds his upper chambers in the heavens, and founds his vault upon the earth; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the surface of the earth— the Lord is his name.
+Amos	Amos	35	9	7	“Are you not like the Ethiopians to me, O people of Israel?” says the Lord. “Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor and the Syrians from Kir?
+Amos	Amos	35	9	8	Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the surface of the ground; except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” says the Lord.
+Amos	Amos	35	9	9	“For lo, I will command, and shake the house of Israel among all the nations as one shakes with a sieve, but no pebble shall fall upon the earth.
+Amos	Amos	35	9	10	All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, ‘Evil shall not overtake or meet us.’
+Amos	Amos	35	9	11	“In that day I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen and repair its breaches, and raise up its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old;
+Amos	Amos	35	9	12	that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name,” says the Lord who does this.
+Amos	Amos	35	9	13	“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “when the plowman shall overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed; the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and all the hills shall flow with it.
+Amos	Amos	35	9	14	I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.
+Amos	Amos	35	9	15	I will plant them upon their land, and they shall never again be plucked up out of the land which I have given them,” says the Lord your God.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	1	1	The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! let us rise against her for battle!”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	1	2	Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you shall be utterly despised.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	1	3	The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	1	4	Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the Lord.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	1	5	If thieves came to you, if plunderers by night— how you have been destroyed!— would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	1	6	How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
+Obadiah	Obad	36	1	7	All your allies have deceived you, they have driven you to the border; your confederates have prevailed against you; your trusted friends have set a trap under you— there is no understanding of it.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	1	8	Will I not on that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	1	9	And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	1	10	For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	1	11	On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	1	12	But you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	1	13	You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	1	14	You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	1	15	For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you, your deeds shall return on your own head.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	1	16	For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, all the nations round about shall drink; they shall drink, and stagger, and shall be as though they had not been.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	1	17	But in Mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	1	18	The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor to the house of Esau; for the Lord has spoken.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	1	19	Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau, and those of the Shephelah the land of the Philistines; they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	1	20	The exiles in Halah who are of the people of Israel shall possess Phoenicia as far as Zarephath; and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	1	21	Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	2	1	The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! let us rise against her for battle!”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	2	2	Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you shall be utterly despised.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	2	3	The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	2	4	Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the Lord.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	2	5	If thieves came to you, if plunderers by night— how you have been destroyed!— would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	2	6	How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
+Obadiah	Obad	36	2	7	All your allies have deceived you, they have driven you to the border; your confederates have prevailed against you; your trusted friends have set a trap under you— there is no understanding of it.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	2	8	Will I not on that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	2	9	And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	2	10	For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	2	11	On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	2	12	But you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	2	13	You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	2	14	You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	2	15	For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you, your deeds shall return on your own head.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	2	16	For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, all the nations round about shall drink; they shall drink, and stagger, and shall be as though they had not been.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	2	17	But in Mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	2	18	The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor to the house of Esau; for the Lord has spoken.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	2	19	Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau, and those of the Shephelah the land of the Philistines; they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	2	20	The exiles in Halah who are of the people of Israel shall possess Phoenicia as far as Zarephath; and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	2	21	Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	3	1	The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! let us rise against her for battle!”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	3	2	Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you shall be utterly despised.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	3	3	The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	3	4	Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the Lord.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	3	5	If thieves came to you, if plunderers by night— how you have been destroyed!— would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	3	6	How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
+Obadiah	Obad	36	3	7	All your allies have deceived you, they have driven you to the border; your confederates have prevailed against you; your trusted friends have set a trap under you— there is no understanding of it.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	3	8	Will I not on that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	3	9	And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	3	10	For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	3	11	On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	3	12	But you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	3	13	You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	3	14	You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	3	15	For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you, your deeds shall return on your own head.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	3	16	For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, all the nations round about shall drink; they shall drink, and stagger, and shall be as though they had not been.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	3	17	But in Mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	3	18	The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor to the house of Esau; for the Lord has spoken.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	3	19	Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau, and those of the Shephelah the land of the Philistines; they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	3	20	The exiles in Halah who are of the people of Israel shall possess Phoenicia as far as Zarephath; and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	3	21	Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	4	1	The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! let us rise against her for battle!”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	4	2	Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you shall be utterly despised.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	4	3	The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	4	4	Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the Lord.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	4	5	If thieves came to you, if plunderers by night— how you have been destroyed!— would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	4	6	How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
+Obadiah	Obad	36	4	7	All your allies have deceived you, they have driven you to the border; your confederates have prevailed against you; your trusted friends have set a trap under you— there is no understanding of it.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	4	8	Will I not on that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	4	9	And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	4	10	For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	4	11	On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	4	12	But you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	4	13	You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	4	14	You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	4	15	For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you, your deeds shall return on your own head.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	4	16	For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, all the nations round about shall drink; they shall drink, and stagger, and shall be as though they had not been.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	4	17	But in Mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	4	18	The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor to the house of Esau; for the Lord has spoken.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	4	19	Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau, and those of the Shephelah the land of the Philistines; they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	4	20	The exiles in Halah who are of the people of Israel shall possess Phoenicia as far as Zarephath; and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	4	21	Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	5	1	The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! let us rise against her for battle!”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	5	2	Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you shall be utterly despised.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	5	3	The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	5	4	Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the Lord.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	5	5	If thieves came to you, if plunderers by night— how you have been destroyed!— would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	5	6	How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
+Obadiah	Obad	36	5	7	All your allies have deceived you, they have driven you to the border; your confederates have prevailed against you; your trusted friends have set a trap under you— there is no understanding of it.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	5	8	Will I not on that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	5	9	And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	5	10	For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	5	11	On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	5	12	But you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	5	13	You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	5	14	You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	5	15	For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you, your deeds shall return on your own head.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	5	16	For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, all the nations round about shall drink; they shall drink, and stagger, and shall be as though they had not been.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	5	17	But in Mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	5	18	The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor to the house of Esau; for the Lord has spoken.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	5	19	Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau, and those of the Shephelah the land of the Philistines; they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	5	20	The exiles in Halah who are of the people of Israel shall possess Phoenicia as far as Zarephath; and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	5	21	Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	6	1	The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! let us rise against her for battle!”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	6	2	Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you shall be utterly despised.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	6	3	The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	6	4	Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the Lord.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	6	5	If thieves came to you, if plunderers by night— how you have been destroyed!— would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	6	6	How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
+Obadiah	Obad	36	6	7	All your allies have deceived you, they have driven you to the border; your confederates have prevailed against you; your trusted friends have set a trap under you— there is no understanding of it.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	6	8	Will I not on that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	6	9	And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	6	10	For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	6	11	On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	6	12	But you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	6	13	You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	6	14	You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	6	15	For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you, your deeds shall return on your own head.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	6	16	For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, all the nations round about shall drink; they shall drink, and stagger, and shall be as though they had not been.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	6	17	But in Mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	6	18	The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor to the house of Esau; for the Lord has spoken.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	6	19	Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau, and those of the Shephelah the land of the Philistines; they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	6	20	The exiles in Halah who are of the people of Israel shall possess Phoenicia as far as Zarephath; and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	6	21	Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	7	1	The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! let us rise against her for battle!”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	7	2	Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you shall be utterly despised.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	7	3	The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	7	4	Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the Lord.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	7	5	If thieves came to you, if plunderers by night— how you have been destroyed!— would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	7	6	How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
+Obadiah	Obad	36	7	7	All your allies have deceived you, they have driven you to the border; your confederates have prevailed against you; your trusted friends have set a trap under you— there is no understanding of it.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	7	8	Will I not on that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	7	9	And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	7	10	For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	7	11	On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	7	12	But you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	7	13	You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	7	14	You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	7	15	For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you, your deeds shall return on your own head.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	7	16	For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, all the nations round about shall drink; they shall drink, and stagger, and shall be as though they had not been.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	7	17	But in Mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	7	18	The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor to the house of Esau; for the Lord has spoken.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	7	19	Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau, and those of the Shephelah the land of the Philistines; they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	7	20	The exiles in Halah who are of the people of Israel shall possess Phoenicia as far as Zarephath; and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	7	21	Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	8	1	The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! let us rise against her for battle!”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	8	2	Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you shall be utterly despised.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	8	3	The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	8	4	Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the Lord.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	8	5	If thieves came to you, if plunderers by night— how you have been destroyed!— would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	8	6	How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
+Obadiah	Obad	36	8	7	All your allies have deceived you, they have driven you to the border; your confederates have prevailed against you; your trusted friends have set a trap under you— there is no understanding of it.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	8	8	Will I not on that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	8	9	And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	8	10	For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	8	11	On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	8	12	But you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	8	13	You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	8	14	You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	8	15	For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you, your deeds shall return on your own head.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	8	16	For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, all the nations round about shall drink; they shall drink, and stagger, and shall be as though they had not been.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	8	17	But in Mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	8	18	The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor to the house of Esau; for the Lord has spoken.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	8	19	Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau, and those of the Shephelah the land of the Philistines; they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	8	20	The exiles in Halah who are of the people of Israel shall possess Phoenicia as far as Zarephath; and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	8	21	Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	9	1	The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! let us rise against her for battle!”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	9	2	Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you shall be utterly despised.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	9	3	The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	9	4	Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the Lord.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	9	5	If thieves came to you, if plunderers by night— how you have been destroyed!— would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	9	6	How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
+Obadiah	Obad	36	9	7	All your allies have deceived you, they have driven you to the border; your confederates have prevailed against you; your trusted friends have set a trap under you— there is no understanding of it.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	9	8	Will I not on that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	9	9	And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	9	10	For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	9	11	On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	9	12	But you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	9	13	You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	9	14	You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	9	15	For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you, your deeds shall return on your own head.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	9	16	For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, all the nations round about shall drink; they shall drink, and stagger, and shall be as though they had not been.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	9	17	But in Mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	9	18	The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor to the house of Esau; for the Lord has spoken.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	9	19	Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau, and those of the Shephelah the land of the Philistines; they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	9	20	The exiles in Halah who are of the people of Israel shall possess Phoenicia as far as Zarephath; and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	9	21	Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	10	1	The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! let us rise against her for battle!”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	10	2	Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you shall be utterly despised.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	10	3	The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	10	4	Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the Lord.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	10	5	If thieves came to you, if plunderers by night— how you have been destroyed!— would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	10	6	How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
+Obadiah	Obad	36	10	7	All your allies have deceived you, they have driven you to the border; your confederates have prevailed against you; your trusted friends have set a trap under you— there is no understanding of it.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	10	8	Will I not on that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	10	9	And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	10	10	For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	10	11	On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	10	12	But you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	10	13	You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	10	14	You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	10	15	For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you, your deeds shall return on your own head.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	10	16	For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, all the nations round about shall drink; they shall drink, and stagger, and shall be as though they had not been.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	10	17	But in Mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	10	18	The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor to the house of Esau; for the Lord has spoken.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	10	19	Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau, and those of the Shephelah the land of the Philistines; they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	10	20	The exiles in Halah who are of the people of Israel shall possess Phoenicia as far as Zarephath; and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	10	21	Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	11	1	The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! let us rise against her for battle!”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	11	2	Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you shall be utterly despised.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	11	3	The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	11	4	Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the Lord.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	11	5	If thieves came to you, if plunderers by night— how you have been destroyed!— would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	11	6	How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
+Obadiah	Obad	36	11	7	All your allies have deceived you, they have driven you to the border; your confederates have prevailed against you; your trusted friends have set a trap under you— there is no understanding of it.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	11	8	Will I not on that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	11	9	And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	11	10	For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	11	11	On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	11	12	But you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	11	13	You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	11	14	You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	11	15	For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you, your deeds shall return on your own head.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	11	16	For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, all the nations round about shall drink; they shall drink, and stagger, and shall be as though they had not been.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	11	17	But in Mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	11	18	The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor to the house of Esau; for the Lord has spoken.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	11	19	Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau, and those of the Shephelah the land of the Philistines; they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	11	20	The exiles in Halah who are of the people of Israel shall possess Phoenicia as far as Zarephath; and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	11	21	Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	12	1	The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! let us rise against her for battle!”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	12	2	Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you shall be utterly despised.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	12	3	The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	12	4	Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the Lord.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	12	5	If thieves came to you, if plunderers by night— how you have been destroyed!— would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	12	6	How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
+Obadiah	Obad	36	12	7	All your allies have deceived you, they have driven you to the border; your confederates have prevailed against you; your trusted friends have set a trap under you— there is no understanding of it.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	12	8	Will I not on that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	12	9	And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	12	10	For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	12	11	On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	12	12	But you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	12	13	You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	12	14	You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	12	15	For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you, your deeds shall return on your own head.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	12	16	For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, all the nations round about shall drink; they shall drink, and stagger, and shall be as though they had not been.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	12	17	But in Mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	12	18	The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor to the house of Esau; for the Lord has spoken.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	12	19	Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau, and those of the Shephelah the land of the Philistines; they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	12	20	The exiles in Halah who are of the people of Israel shall possess Phoenicia as far as Zarephath; and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	12	21	Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	13	1	The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! let us rise against her for battle!”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	13	2	Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you shall be utterly despised.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	13	3	The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	13	4	Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the Lord.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	13	5	If thieves came to you, if plunderers by night— how you have been destroyed!— would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	13	6	How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
+Obadiah	Obad	36	13	7	All your allies have deceived you, they have driven you to the border; your confederates have prevailed against you; your trusted friends have set a trap under you— there is no understanding of it.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	13	8	Will I not on that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	13	9	And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	13	10	For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	13	11	On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	13	12	But you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	13	13	You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	13	14	You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	13	15	For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you, your deeds shall return on your own head.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	13	16	For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, all the nations round about shall drink; they shall drink, and stagger, and shall be as though they had not been.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	13	17	But in Mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	13	18	The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor to the house of Esau; for the Lord has spoken.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	13	19	Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau, and those of the Shephelah the land of the Philistines; they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	13	20	The exiles in Halah who are of the people of Israel shall possess Phoenicia as far as Zarephath; and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	13	21	Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	14	1	The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! let us rise against her for battle!”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	14	2	Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you shall be utterly despised.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	14	3	The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	14	4	Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the Lord.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	14	5	If thieves came to you, if plunderers by night— how you have been destroyed!— would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	14	6	How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
+Obadiah	Obad	36	14	7	All your allies have deceived you, they have driven you to the border; your confederates have prevailed against you; your trusted friends have set a trap under you— there is no understanding of it.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	14	8	Will I not on that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	14	9	And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	14	10	For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	14	11	On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	14	12	But you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	14	13	You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	14	14	You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	14	15	For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you, your deeds shall return on your own head.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	14	16	For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, all the nations round about shall drink; they shall drink, and stagger, and shall be as though they had not been.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	14	17	But in Mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	14	18	The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor to the house of Esau; for the Lord has spoken.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	14	19	Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau, and those of the Shephelah the land of the Philistines; they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	14	20	The exiles in Halah who are of the people of Israel shall possess Phoenicia as far as Zarephath; and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	14	21	Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	15	1	The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! let us rise against her for battle!”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	15	2	Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you shall be utterly despised.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	15	3	The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	15	4	Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the Lord.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	15	5	If thieves came to you, if plunderers by night— how you have been destroyed!— would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	15	6	How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
+Obadiah	Obad	36	15	7	All your allies have deceived you, they have driven you to the border; your confederates have prevailed against you; your trusted friends have set a trap under you— there is no understanding of it.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	15	8	Will I not on that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	15	9	And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	15	10	For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	15	11	On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	15	12	But you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	15	13	You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	15	14	You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	15	15	For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you, your deeds shall return on your own head.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	15	16	For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, all the nations round about shall drink; they shall drink, and stagger, and shall be as though they had not been.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	15	17	But in Mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	15	18	The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor to the house of Esau; for the Lord has spoken.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	15	19	Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau, and those of the Shephelah the land of the Philistines; they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	15	20	The exiles in Halah who are of the people of Israel shall possess Phoenicia as far as Zarephath; and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	15	21	Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	16	1	The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! let us rise against her for battle!”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	16	2	Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you shall be utterly despised.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	16	3	The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	16	4	Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the Lord.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	16	5	If thieves came to you, if plunderers by night— how you have been destroyed!— would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	16	6	How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
+Obadiah	Obad	36	16	7	All your allies have deceived you, they have driven you to the border; your confederates have prevailed against you; your trusted friends have set a trap under you— there is no understanding of it.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	16	8	Will I not on that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	16	9	And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	16	10	For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	16	11	On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	16	12	But you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	16	13	You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	16	14	You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	16	15	For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you, your deeds shall return on your own head.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	16	16	For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, all the nations round about shall drink; they shall drink, and stagger, and shall be as though they had not been.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	16	17	But in Mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	16	18	The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor to the house of Esau; for the Lord has spoken.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	16	19	Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau, and those of the Shephelah the land of the Philistines; they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	16	20	The exiles in Halah who are of the people of Israel shall possess Phoenicia as far as Zarephath; and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	16	21	Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	17	1	The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! let us rise against her for battle!”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	17	2	Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you shall be utterly despised.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	17	3	The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	17	4	Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the Lord.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	17	5	If thieves came to you, if plunderers by night— how you have been destroyed!— would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	17	6	How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
+Obadiah	Obad	36	17	7	All your allies have deceived you, they have driven you to the border; your confederates have prevailed against you; your trusted friends have set a trap under you— there is no understanding of it.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	17	8	Will I not on that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	17	9	And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	17	10	For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	17	11	On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	17	12	But you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	17	13	You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	17	14	You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	17	15	For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you, your deeds shall return on your own head.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	17	16	For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, all the nations round about shall drink; they shall drink, and stagger, and shall be as though they had not been.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	17	17	But in Mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	17	18	The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor to the house of Esau; for the Lord has spoken.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	17	19	Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau, and those of the Shephelah the land of the Philistines; they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	17	20	The exiles in Halah who are of the people of Israel shall possess Phoenicia as far as Zarephath; and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	17	21	Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	18	1	The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! let us rise against her for battle!”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	18	2	Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you shall be utterly despised.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	18	3	The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	18	4	Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the Lord.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	18	5	If thieves came to you, if plunderers by night— how you have been destroyed!— would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	18	6	How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
+Obadiah	Obad	36	18	7	All your allies have deceived you, they have driven you to the border; your confederates have prevailed against you; your trusted friends have set a trap under you— there is no understanding of it.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	18	8	Will I not on that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	18	9	And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	18	10	For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	18	11	On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	18	12	But you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	18	13	You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	18	14	You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	18	15	For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you, your deeds shall return on your own head.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	18	16	For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, all the nations round about shall drink; they shall drink, and stagger, and shall be as though they had not been.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	18	17	But in Mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	18	18	The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor to the house of Esau; for the Lord has spoken.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	18	19	Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau, and those of the Shephelah the land of the Philistines; they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	18	20	The exiles in Halah who are of the people of Israel shall possess Phoenicia as far as Zarephath; and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	18	21	Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	19	1	The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! let us rise against her for battle!”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	19	2	Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you shall be utterly despised.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	19	3	The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	19	4	Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the Lord.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	19	5	If thieves came to you, if plunderers by night— how you have been destroyed!— would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	19	6	How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
+Obadiah	Obad	36	19	7	All your allies have deceived you, they have driven you to the border; your confederates have prevailed against you; your trusted friends have set a trap under you— there is no understanding of it.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	19	8	Will I not on that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	19	9	And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	19	10	For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	19	11	On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	19	12	But you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	19	13	You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	19	14	You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	19	15	For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you, your deeds shall return on your own head.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	19	16	For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, all the nations round about shall drink; they shall drink, and stagger, and shall be as though they had not been.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	19	17	But in Mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	19	18	The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor to the house of Esau; for the Lord has spoken.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	19	19	Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau, and those of the Shephelah the land of the Philistines; they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	19	20	The exiles in Halah who are of the people of Israel shall possess Phoenicia as far as Zarephath; and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	19	21	Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	20	1	The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! let us rise against her for battle!”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	20	2	Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you shall be utterly despised.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	20	3	The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	20	4	Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the Lord.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	20	5	If thieves came to you, if plunderers by night— how you have been destroyed!— would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	20	6	How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
+Obadiah	Obad	36	20	7	All your allies have deceived you, they have driven you to the border; your confederates have prevailed against you; your trusted friends have set a trap under you— there is no understanding of it.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	20	8	Will I not on that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	20	9	And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	20	10	For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	20	11	On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	20	12	But you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	20	13	You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	20	14	You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	20	15	For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you, your deeds shall return on your own head.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	20	16	For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, all the nations round about shall drink; they shall drink, and stagger, and shall be as though they had not been.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	20	17	But in Mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	20	18	The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor to the house of Esau; for the Lord has spoken.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	20	19	Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau, and those of the Shephelah the land of the Philistines; they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	20	20	The exiles in Halah who are of the people of Israel shall possess Phoenicia as far as Zarephath; and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	20	21	Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	21	1	The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! let us rise against her for battle!”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	21	2	Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you shall be utterly despised.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	21	3	The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”
+Obadiah	Obad	36	21	4	Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the Lord.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	21	5	If thieves came to you, if plunderers by night— how you have been destroyed!— would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	21	6	How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
+Obadiah	Obad	36	21	7	All your allies have deceived you, they have driven you to the border; your confederates have prevailed against you; your trusted friends have set a trap under you— there is no understanding of it.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	21	8	Will I not on that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
+Obadiah	Obad	36	21	9	And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	21	10	For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	21	11	On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	21	12	But you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	21	13	You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	21	14	You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	21	15	For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you, your deeds shall return on your own head.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	21	16	For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, all the nations round about shall drink; they shall drink, and stagger, and shall be as though they had not been.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	21	17	But in Mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	21	18	The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor to the house of Esau; for the Lord has spoken.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	21	19	Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau, and those of the Shephelah the land of the Philistines; they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	21	20	The exiles in Halah who are of the people of Israel shall possess Phoenicia as far as Zarephath; and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
+Obadiah	Obad	36	21	21	Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
+Jonah	Jon	37	1	1	Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
+Jonah	Jon	37	1	2	“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness has come up before me.”
+Jonah	Jon	37	1	3	But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went on board, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.
+Jonah	Jon	37	1	4	But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up.
+Jonah	Jon	37	1	5	Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried to his god; and they threw the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down, and was fast asleep.
+Jonah	Jon	37	1	6	So the captain came and said to him, “What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, call upon your god! Perhaps the god will give a thought to us, that we do not perish.”
+Jonah	Jon	37	1	7	And they said to one another, “Come, let us cast lots, that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
+Jonah	Jon	37	1	8	Then they said to him, “Tell us, on whose account this evil has come upon us? What is your occupation? And whence do you come? What is your country? And of what people are you?”
+Jonah	Jon	37	1	9	And he said to them, “I am a Hebrew; and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”
+Jonah	Jon	37	1	10	Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, “What is this that you have done!” For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them.
+Jonah	Jon	37	1	11	Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may quiet down for us?” For the sea grew more and more tempestuous.
+Jonah	Jon	37	1	12	He said to them, “Take me up and throw me into the sea; then the sea will quiet down for you; for I know it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you.”
+Jonah	Jon	37	1	13	Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring the ship back to land, but they could not, for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.
+Jonah	Jon	37	1	14	Therefore they cried to the Lord, “We beseech thee, O Lord, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not on us innocent blood; for thou, O Lord, hast done as it pleased thee.”
+Jonah	Jon	37	1	15	So they took up Jonah and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.
+Jonah	Jon	37	1	16	Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows.
+Jonah	Jon	37	1	17	And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
+Jonah	Jon	37	2	1	Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish,
+Jonah	Jon	37	2	2	saying, “I called to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and thou didst hear my voice.
+Jonah	Jon	37	2	3	For thou didst cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me; all thy waves and thy billows passed over me.
+Jonah	Jon	37	2	4	Then I said, ‘I am cast out from thy presence; how shall I again look upon thy holy temple?’
+Jonah	Jon	37	2	5	The waters closed in over me, the deep was round about me; weeds were wrapped about my head
+Jonah	Jon	37	2	6	at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me for ever; yet thou didst bring up my life from the Pit, O Lord my God.
+Jonah	Jon	37	2	7	When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord; and my prayer came to thee, into thy holy temple.
+Jonah	Jon	37	2	8	Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their true loyalty.
+Jonah	Jon	37	2	9	But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to thee; what I have vowed I will pay. Deliverance belongs to the Lord!”
+Jonah	Jon	37	2	10	And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
+Jonah	Jon	37	3	1	Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying,
+Jonah	Jon	37	3	2	“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.”
+Jonah	Jon	37	3	3	So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey in breadth.
+Jonah	Jon	37	3	4	Jonah began to go into the city, going a day’s journey. And he cried, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”
+Jonah	Jon	37	3	5	And the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
+Jonah	Jon	37	3	6	Then tidings reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
+Jonah	Jon	37	3	7	And he made proclamation and published through Nineveh, “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, or drink water,
+Jonah	Jon	37	3	8	but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them cry mightily to God; yea, let every one turn from his evil way and from the violence which is in his hands.
+Jonah	Jon	37	3	9	Who knows, God may yet repent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we perish not?”
+Jonah	Jon	37	3	10	When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did not do it.
+Jonah	Jon	37	4	1	But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
+Jonah	Jon	37	4	2	And he prayed to the Lord and said, “I pray thee, Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repentest of evil.
+Jonah	Jon	37	4	3	Therefore now, O Lord, take my life from me, I beseech thee, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
+Jonah	Jon	37	4	4	And the Lord said, “Do you do well to be angry?”
+Jonah	Jon	37	4	5	Then Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city, and made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, till he should see what would become of the city.
+Jonah	Jon	37	4	6	And the Lord God appointed a plant, and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant.
+Jonah	Jon	37	4	7	But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm which attacked the plant, so that it withered.
+Jonah	Jon	37	4	8	When the sun rose, God appointed a sultry east wind, and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah so that he was faint; and he asked that he might die, and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
+Jonah	Jon	37	4	9	But God said to Jonah, “Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.”
+Jonah	Jon	37	4	10	And the Lord said, “You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night, and perished in a night.
+Jonah	Jon	37	4	11	And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?”
+Micah	Mic	38	1	1	The word of the Lord that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
+Micah	Mic	38	1	2	Hear, you peoples, all of you; hearken, O earth, and all that is in it; and let the Lord GOD be a witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
+Micah	Mic	38	1	3	For behold, the Lord is coming forth out of his place, and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.
+Micah	Mic	38	1	4	And the mountains will melt under him and the valleys will be cleft, like wax before the fire, like waters poured down a steep place.
+Micah	Mic	38	1	5	All this is for the transgression of Jacob and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the sin of the house of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?
+Micah	Mic	38	1	6	Therefore I will make Samaria a heap in the open country, a place for planting vineyards; and I will pour down her stones into the valley, and uncover her foundations.
+Micah	Mic	38	1	7	All her images shall be beaten to pieces, all her hires shall be burned with fire, and all her idols I will lay waste; for from the hire of a harlot she gathered them, and to the hire of a harlot they shall return.
+Micah	Mic	38	1	8	For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make lamentation like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches.
+Micah	Mic	38	1	9	For her wound is incurable; and it has come to Judah, it has reached to the gate of my people, to Jerusalem.
+Micah	Mic	38	1	10	Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all; in Beth-le-aphrah roll yourselves in the dust.
+Micah	Mic	38	1	11	Pass on your way, inhabitants of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame; the inhabitants of Zaanan do not come forth; the wailing of Beth-ezel shall take away from you its standing place.
+Micah	Mic	38	1	12	For the inhabitants of Maroth wait anxiously for good, because evil has come down from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem.
+Micah	Mic	38	1	13	Harness the steeds to the chariots, inhabitants of Lachish; you were the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion, for in you were found the transgressions of Israel.
+Micah	Mic	38	1	14	Therefore you shall give parting gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib shall be a deceitful thing to the kings of Israel.
+Micah	Mic	38	1	15	I will again bring a conqueror upon you, inhabitants of Mareshah; the glory of Israel shall come to Adullam.
+Micah	Mic	38	1	16	Make yourselves bald and cut off your hair, for the children of your delight; make yourselves as bald as the eagle, for they shall go from you into exile.
+Micah	Mic	38	2	1	Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil upon their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.
+Micah	Mic	38	2	2	They covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away; they oppress a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.
+Micah	Mic	38	2	3	Therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, against this family I am devising evil, from which you cannot remove your necks; and you shall not walk haughtily, for it will be an evil time.
+Micah	Mic	38	2	4	In that day they shall take up a taunt song against you, and wail with bitter lamentation, and say, “We are utterly ruined; he changes the portion of my people; how he removes it from me! Among our captors he divides our fields.”
+Micah	Mic	38	2	5	Therefore you will have none to cast the line by lot in the assembly of the Lord.
+Micah	Mic	38	2	6	“Do not preach”—thus they preach— “one should not preach of such things; disgrace will not overtake us.”
+Micah	Mic	38	2	7	Should this be said, O house of Jacob? Is the Spirit of the Lord impatient? Are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him who walks uprightly?
+Micah	Mic	38	2	8	But you rise against my people as an enemy; you strip the robe from the peaceful, from those who pass by trustingly with no thought of war.
+Micah	Mic	38	2	9	The women of my people you drive out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away my glory for ever.
+Micah	Mic	38	2	10	Arise and go, for this is no place to rest; because of uncleanness that destroys with a grievous destruction.
+Micah	Mic	38	2	11	If a man should go about and utter wind and lies, saying, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be the preacher for this people!
+Micah	Mic	38	2	12	I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob, I will gather the remnant of Israel; I will set them together like sheep in a fold, like a flock in its pasture, a noisy multitude of men.
+Micah	Mic	38	2	13	He who opens the breach will go up before them; they will break through and pass the gate, going out by it. Their king will pass on before them, the Lord at their head.
+Micah	Mic	38	3	1	And I said: Hear, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to know justice?—
+Micah	Mic	38	3	2	you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin from off my people, and their flesh from off their bones;
+Micah	Mic	38	3	3	who eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones in pieces, and chop them up like meat in a kettle, like flesh in a caldron.
+Micah	Mic	38	3	4	Then they will cry to the Lord, but he will not answer them; he will hide his face from them at that time, because they have made their deeds evil.
+Micah	Mic	38	3	5	Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who cry “Peace” when they have something to eat, but declare war against him who puts nothing into their mouths.
+Micah	Mic	38	3	6	Therefore it shall be night to you, without vision, and darkness to you, without divination. The sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them;
+Micah	Mic	38	3	7	the seers shall be disgraced, and the diviners put to shame; they shall all cover their lips, for there is no answer from God.
+Micah	Mic	38	3	8	But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the Lord, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
+Micah	Mic	38	3	9	Hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice and pervert all equity,
+Micah	Mic	38	3	10	who build Zion with blood and Jerusalem with wrong.
+Micah	Mic	38	3	11	Its heads give judgment for a bribe, its priests teach for hire, its prophets divine for money; yet they lean upon the Lord and say, “Is not the Lord in the midst of us? No evil shall come upon us.”
+Micah	Mic	38	3	12	Therefore because of you Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house a wooded height.
+Micah	Mic	38	4	1	It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised up above the hills; and peoples shall flow to it,
+Micah	Mic	38	4	2	and many nations shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
+Micah	Mic	38	4	3	He shall judge between many peoples, and shall decide for strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more;
+Micah	Mic	38	4	4	but they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree, and none shall make them afraid; for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.
+Micah	Mic	38	4	5	For all the peoples walk each in the name of its god, but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.
+Micah	Mic	38	4	6	In that day, says the Lord, I will assemble the lame and gather those who have been driven away, and those whom I have afflicted;
+Micah	Mic	38	4	7	and the lame I will make the remnant; and those who were cast off, a strong nation; and the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion from this time forth and for evermore.
+Micah	Mic	38	4	8	And you, O tower of the flock, hill of the daughter of Zion, to you shall it come, the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.
+Micah	Mic	38	4	9	Now why do you cry aloud? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished, that pangs have seized you like a woman in travail?
+Micah	Mic	38	4	10	Writhe and groan, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now you shall go forth from the city and dwell in the open country; you shall go to Babylon. There you shall be rescued, there the Lord will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.
+Micah	Mic	38	4	11	Now many nations are assembled against you, saying, “Let her be profaned, and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.”
+Micah	Mic	38	4	12	But they do not know the thoughts of the Lord, they do not understand his plan, that he has gathered them as sheaves to the threshing floor.
+Micah	Mic	38	4	13	Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion, for I will make your horn iron and your hoofs bronze; you shall beat in pieces many peoples, and shall devote their gain to the Lord, their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth.
+Micah	Mic	38	5	1	Now you are walled about with a wall; siege is laid against us; with a rod they strike upon the cheek the ruler of Israel.
+Micah	Mic	38	5	2	But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days.
+Micah	Mic	38	5	3	Therefore he shall give them up until the time when she who is in travail has brought forth; then the rest of his brethren shall return to the people of Israel.
+Micah	Mic	38	5	4	And he shall stand and feed his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth.
+Micah	Mic	38	5	5	And this shall be peace, when the Assyrian comes into our land and treads upon our soil, that we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight princes of men;
+Micah	Mic	38	5	6	they shall rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the drawn sword; and they shall deliver us from the Assyrian when he comes into our land and treads within our border.
+Micah	Mic	38	5	7	Then the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers upon the grass, which tarry not for men nor wait for the sons of men.
+Micah	Mic	38	5	8	And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, which, when it goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is none to deliver.
+Micah	Mic	38	5	9	Your hand shall be lifted up over your adversaries, and all your enemies shall be cut off.
+Micah	Mic	38	5	10	And in that day, says the Lord, I will cut off your horses from among you and will destroy your chariots;
+Micah	Mic	38	5	11	and I will cut off the cities of your land and throw down all your strongholds;
+Micah	Mic	38	5	12	and I will cut off sorceries from your hand, and you shall have no more soothsayers;
+Micah	Mic	38	5	13	and I will cut off your images and your pillars from among you, and you shall bow down no more to the work of your hands;
+Micah	Mic	38	5	14	and I will root out your Asherim from among you and destroy your cities.
+Micah	Mic	38	5	15	And in anger and wrath I will execute vengeance upon the nations that did not obey.
+Micah	Mic	38	6	1	Hear what the Lord says: Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.
+Micah	Mic	38	6	2	Hear, you mountains, the controversy of the Lord, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for the Lord has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.
+Micah	Mic	38	6	3	“O my people, what have I done to you? In what have I wearied you? Answer me!
+Micah	Mic	38	6	4	For I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and redeemed you from the house of bondage; and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
+Micah	Mic	38	6	5	O my people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the saving acts of the Lord.”
+Micah	Mic	38	6	6	“With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
+Micah	Mic	38	6	7	Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”
+Micah	Mic	38	6	8	He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
+Micah	Mic	38	6	9	The voice of the Lord cries to the city— and it is sound wisdom to fear thy name: “Hear, O tribe and assembly of the city!
+Micah	Mic	38	6	10	Can I forget the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is accursed?
+Micah	Mic	38	6	11	Shall I acquit the man with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful weights?
+Micah	Mic	38	6	12	Your rich men are full of violence; your inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
+Micah	Mic	38	6	13	Therefore I have begun to smite you, making you desolate because of your sins.
+Micah	Mic	38	6	14	You shall eat, but not be satisfied, and there shall be hunger in your inward parts; you shall put away, but not save, and what you save I will give to the sword.
+Micah	Mic	38	6	15	You shall sow, but not reap; you shall tread olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil; you shall tread grapes, but not drink wine.
+Micah	Mic	38	6	16	For you have kept the statutes of Omri, and all the works of the house of Ahab; and you have walked in their counsels; that I may make you a desolation, and your inhabitants a hissing; so you shall bear the scorn of the peoples.”
+Micah	Mic	38	7	1	Woe is me! For I have become as when the summer fruit has been gathered, as when the vintage has been gleaned: there is no cluster to eat, no first-ripe fig which my soul desires.
+Micah	Mic	38	7	2	The godly man has perished from the earth, and there is none upright among men; they all lie in wait for blood, and each hunts his brother with a net.
+Micah	Mic	38	7	3	Their hands are upon what is evil, to do it diligently; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together.
+Micah	Mic	38	7	4	The best of them is like a brier, the most upright of them a thorn hedge. The day of their watchmen, of their punishment, has come; now their confusion is at hand.
+Micah	Mic	38	7	5	Put no trust in a neighbor, have no confidence in a friend; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom;
+Micah	Mic	38	7	6	for the son treats the father with contempt, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
+Micah	Mic	38	7	7	But as for me, I will look to the Lord, I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.
+Micah	Mic	38	7	8	Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.
+Micah	Mic	38	7	9	I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light; I shall behold his deliverance.
+Micah	Mic	38	7	10	Then my enemy will see, and shame will cover her who said to me, “Where is the Lord your God?” My eyes will gloat over her; now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets.
+Micah	Mic	38	7	11	A day for the building of your walls! In that day the boundary shall be far extended.
+Micah	Mic	38	7	12	In that day they will come to you, from Assyria to Egypt, and from Egypt to the River, from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain.
+Micah	Mic	38	7	13	But the earth will be desolate because of its inhabitants, for the fruit of their doings.
+Micah	Mic	38	7	14	Shepherd thy people with thy staff, the flock of thy inheritance, who dwell alone in a forest in the midst of a garden land; let them feed in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of old.
+Micah	Mic	38	7	15	As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt I will show them marvelous things.
+Micah	Mic	38	7	16	The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hands on their mouths; their ears shall be deaf;
+Micah	Mic	38	7	17	they shall lick the dust like a serpent, like the crawling things of the earth; they shall come trembling out of their strongholds, they shall turn in dread to the Lord our God, and they shall fear because of thee.
+Micah	Mic	38	7	18	Who is a God like thee, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger for ever because he delights in steadfast love.
+Micah	Mic	38	7	19	He will again have compassion upon us, he will tread our iniquities under foot. Thou wilt cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.
+Micah	Mic	38	7	20	Thou wilt show faithfulness to Jacob and steadfast love to Abraham, as thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	1	1	An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	1	2	The Lord is a jealous God and avenging, the Lord is avenging and wrathful; the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries and keeps wrath for his enemies.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	1	3	The Lord is slow to anger and of great might, and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	1	4	He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, he dries up all the rivers; Bashan and Carmel wither, the bloom of Lebanon fades.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	1	5	The mountains quake before him, the hills melt; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all that dwell therein.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	1	6	Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	1	7	The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	1	8	But with an overflowing flood he will make a full end of his adversaries, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	1	9	What do you plot against the Lord? He will make a full end; he will not take vengeance twice on his foes.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	1	10	Like entangled thorns they are consumed, like dry stubble.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	1	11	Did one not come out from you, who plotted evil against the Lord, and counseled villainy?
+Nahum	Nahum	39	1	12	Thus says the Lord, “Though they be strong and many, they will be cut off and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	1	13	And now I will break his yoke from off you and will burst your bonds asunder.”
+Nahum	Nahum	39	1	14	The Lord has given commandment about you: “No more shall your name be perpetuated; from the house of your gods I will cut off the graven image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile.”
+Nahum	Nahum	39	1	15	Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good tidings, who proclaims peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah, fulfil your vows, for never again shall the wicked come against you, he is utterly cut off.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	2	1	The shatterer has come up against you. Man the ramparts; watch the road; gird your loins; collect all your strength.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	2	2	(For the Lord is restoring the majesty of Jacob as the majesty of Israel, for plunderers have stripped them and ruined their branches.)
+Nahum	Nahum	39	2	3	The shield of his mighty men is red, his soldiers are clothed in scarlet. The chariots flash like flame when mustered in array; the chargers prance.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	2	4	The chariots rage in the streets, they rush to and fro through the squares; they gleam like torches, they dart like lightning.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	2	5	The officers are summoned, they stumble as they go, they hasten to the wall, the mantelet is set up.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	2	6	The river gates are opened, the palace is in dismay;
+Nahum	Nahum	39	2	7	its mistress is stripped, she is carried off, her maidens lamenting, moaning like doves, and beating their breasts.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	2	8	Nineveh is like a pool whose waters run away. “Halt! Halt!” they cry; but none turns back.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	2	9	Plunder the silver, plunder the gold! There is no end of treasure, or wealth of every precious thing.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	2	10	Desolate! Desolation and ruin! Hearts faint and knees tremble, anguish is on all loins, all faces grow pale!
+Nahum	Nahum	39	2	11	Where is the lions’ den, the cave of the young lions, where the lion brought his prey, where his cubs were, with none to disturb?
+Nahum	Nahum	39	2	12	The lion tore enough for his whelps and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his caves with prey and his dens with torn flesh.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	2	13	Behold, I am against you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will burn your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall no more be heard.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	3	1	Woe to the bloody city, all full of lies and booty— no end to the plunder!
+Nahum	Nahum	39	3	2	The crack of whip, and rumble of wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!
+Nahum	Nahum	39	3	3	Horsemen charging, flashing sword and glittering spear, hosts of slain, heaps of corpses, dead bodies without end— they stumble over the bodies!
+Nahum	Nahum	39	3	4	And all for the countless harlotries of the harlot, graceful and of deadly charms, who betrays nations with her harlotries, and peoples with her charms.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	3	5	Behold, I am against you, says the Lord of hosts, and will lift up your skirts over your face; and I will let nations look on your nakedness and kingdoms on your shame.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	3	6	I will throw filth at you and treat you with contempt, and make you a gazingstock.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	3	7	And all who look on you will shrink from you and say, Wasted is Nineveh; who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for her?
+Nahum	Nahum	39	3	8	Are you better than Thebes that sat by the Nile, with water around her, her rampart a sea, and water her wall?
+Nahum	Nahum	39	3	9	Ethiopia was her strength, Egypt too, and that without limit; Put and the Libyans were her helpers.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	3	10	Yet she was carried away, she went into captivity; her little ones were dashed in pieces at the head of every street; for her honored men lots were cast, and all her great men were bound in chains.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	3	11	You also will be drunken, you will be dazed; you will seek a refuge from the enemy.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	3	12	All your fortresses are like fig trees with first-ripe figs— if shaken they fall into the mouth of the eater.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	3	13	Behold, your troops are women in your midst. The gates of your land are wide open to your foes; fire has devoured your bars.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	3	14	Draw water for the siege, strengthen your forts; go into the clay, tread the mortar, take hold of the brick mold!
+Nahum	Nahum	39	3	15	There will the fire devour you, the sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the locust. Multiply yourselves like the locust, multiply like the grasshopper!
+Nahum	Nahum	39	3	16	You increased your merchants more than the stars of the heavens. The locust spreads its wings and flies away.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	3	17	Your princes are like grasshoppers, your scribes like clouds of locusts settling on the fences in a day of cold— when the sun rises, they fly away; no one knows where they are.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	3	18	Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains with none to gather them.
+Nahum	Nahum	39	3	19	There is no assuaging your hurt, your wound is grievous. All who hear the news of you clap their hands over you. For upon whom has not come your unceasing evil?
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	1	1	The oracle of God which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	1	2	O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and thou wilt not hear? Or cry to thee “Violence!” and thou wilt not save?
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	1	3	Why dost thou make me see wrongs and look upon trouble? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	1	4	So the law is slacked and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous, so justice goes forth perverted.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	1	5	Look among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	1	6	For lo, I am rousing the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, who march through the breadth of the earth, to seize habitations not their own.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	1	7	Dread and terrible are they; their justice and dignity proceed from themselves.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	1	8	Their horses are swifter than leopards, more fierce than the evening wolves; their horsemen press proudly on. Yea, their horsemen come from afar; they fly like an eagle swift to devour.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	1	9	They all come for violence; terror of them goes before them. They gather captives like sand.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	1	10	At kings they scoff, and of rulers they make sport. They laugh at every fortress, for they heap up earth and take it.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	1	11	Then they sweep by like the wind and go on, guilty men, whose own might is their god!
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	1	12	Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O Lord, thou hast ordained them as a judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast established them for chastisement.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	1	13	Thou who art of purer eyes than to behold evil and canst not look on wrong, why dost thou look on faithless men, and art silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	1	14	For thou makest men like the fish of the sea, like crawling things that have no ruler.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	1	15	He brings all of them up with a hook, he drags them out with his net, he gathers them in his seine; so he rejoices and exults.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	1	16	Therefore he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his seine; for by them he lives in luxury, and his food is rich.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	1	17	Is he then to keep on emptying his net, and mercilessly slaying nations for ever?
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	2	1	I will take my stand to watch, and station myself on the tower, and look forth to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	2	2	And the Lord answered me: “Write the vision; make it plain upon tablets, so he may run who reads it.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	2	3	For still the vision awaits its time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seem slow, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	2	4	Behold, he whose soul is not upright in him shall fail, but the righteous shall live by his faith.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	2	5	Moreover, wine is treacherous; the arrogant man shall not abide. His greed is as wide as Sheol; like death he has never enough. He gathers for himself all nations, and collects as his own all peoples.”
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	2	6	Shall not all these take up their taunt against him, in scoffing derision of him, and say, “Woe to him who heaps up what is not his own— for how long?— and loads himself with pledges!”
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	2	7	Will not your debtors suddenly arise, and those awake who will make you tremble? Then you will be booty for them.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	2	8	Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you, for the blood of men and violence to the earth, to cities and all who dwell therein.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	2	9	Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of harm!
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	2	10	You have devised shame to your house by cutting off many peoples; you have forfeited your life.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	2	11	For the stone will cry out from the wall, and the beam from the woodwork respond.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	2	12	Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and founds a city on iniquity!
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	2	13	Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts that peoples labor only for fire, and nations weary themselves for nought?
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	2	14	For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	2	15	Woe to him who makes his neighbors drink of the cup of his wrath, and makes them drunk, to gaze on their shame!
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	2	16	You will be sated with contempt instead of glory. Drink, yourself, and stagger! The cup in the Lord’s right hand will come around to you, and shame will come upon your glory!
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	2	17	The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you; the destruction of the beasts will terrify you, for the blood of men and violence to the earth, to cities and all who dwell therein.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	2	18	What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For the workman trusts in his own creation when he makes dumb idols!
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	2	19	Woe to him who says to a wooden thing, Awake; to a dumb stone, Arise! Can this give revelation? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in it.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	2	20	But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	3	1	A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	3	2	O Lord, I have heard the report of thee, and thy work, O Lord, do I fear. In the midst of the years renew it; in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	3	3	God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. Selah
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	3	4	His brightness was like the light, rays flashed from his hand; and there he veiled his power.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	3	5	Before him went pestilence, and plague followed close behind.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	3	6	He stood and measured the earth; he looked and shook the nations; then the eternal mountains were scattered, the everlasting hills sank low. His ways were as of old.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	3	7	I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	3	8	Was thy wrath against the rivers, O Lord? Was thy anger against the rivers, or thy indignation against the sea, when thou didst ride upon thy horses, upon thy chariot of victory?
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	3	9	Thou didst strip the sheath from thy bow, and put the arrows to the string. Selah Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	3	10	The mountains saw thee, and writhed; the raging waters swept on; the deep gave forth its voice, it lifted its hands on high.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	3	11	The sun and moon stood still in their habitation at the light of thine arrows as they sped, at the flash of thy glittering spear.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	3	12	Thou didst bestride the earth in fury, thou didst trample the nations in anger.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	3	13	Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, for the salvation of thy anointed. Thou didst crush the head of the wicked, laying him bare from thigh to neck. Selah
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	3	14	Thou didst pierce with thy shafts the head of his warriors, who came like a whirlwind to scatter me, rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	3	15	Thou didst trample the sea with thy horses, the surging of mighty waters.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	3	16	I hear, and my body trembles, my lips quiver at the sound; rottenness enters into my bones, my steps totter beneath me. I will quietly wait for the day of trouble to come upon people who invade us.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	3	17	Though the fig tree do not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls,
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	3	18	yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
+Habakkuk	Hab	40	3	19	GOD, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like hinds’ feet, he makes me tread upon my high places. To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	1	1	The word of the Lord which came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	1	2	“I will utterly sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” says the Lord.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	1	3	“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air and the fish of the sea. I will overthrow the wicked; I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” says the Lord.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	1	4	“I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off from this place the remnant of Baal and the name of the idolatrous priests;
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	1	5	those who bow down on the roofs to the host of the heavens; those who bow down and swear to the Lord and yet swear by Milcom;
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	1	6	those who have turned back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him.”
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	1	7	Be silent before the Lord GOD! For the day of the Lord is at hand; the Lord has prepared a sacrifice and consecrated his guests.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	1	8	And on the day of the Lord’s sacrifice— “I will punish the officials and the king’s sons and all who array themselves in foreign attire.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	1	9	On that day I will punish every one who leaps over the threshold, and those who fill their master’s house with violence and fraud.”
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	1	10	“On that day,” says the Lord, “a cry will be heard from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second Quarter, a loud crash from the hills.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	1	11	Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar! For all the traders are no more; all who weigh out silver are cut off.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	1	12	At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are thickening upon their lees, those who say in their hearts, ‘The Lord will not do good, nor will he do ill.’
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	1	13	Their goods shall be plundered, and their houses laid waste. Though they build houses, they shall not inhabit them; though they plant vineyards, they shall not drink wine from them.”
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	1	14	The great day of the Lord is near, near and hastening fast; the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter, the mighty man cries aloud there.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	1	15	A day of wrath is that day, a day of distress and anguish, a day of ruin and devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	1	16	a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the lofty battlements.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	1	17	I will bring distress on men, so that they shall walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the Lord; their blood shall be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	1	18	Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of the Lord. In the fire of his jealous wrath, all the earth shall be consumed; for a full, yea, sudden end he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	2	1	Come together and hold assembly, O shameless nation,
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	2	2	before you are driven away like the drifting chaff, before there comes upon you the fierce anger of the Lord, before there comes upon you the day of the wrath of the Lord.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	2	3	Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his commands; seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the wrath of the Lord.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	2	4	For Gaza shall be deserted, and Ashkelon shall become a desolation; Ashdod’s people shall be driven out at noon, and Ekron shall be uprooted.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	2	5	Woe to you inhabitants of the seacoast, you nation of the Cherethites! The word of the Lord is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines; and I will destroy you till no inhabitant is left.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	2	6	And you, O seacoast, shall be pastures, meadows for shepherds and folds for flocks.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	2	7	The seacoast shall become the possession of the remnant of the house of Judah, on which they shall pasture, and in the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down at evening. For the Lord their God will be mindful of them and restore their fortunes.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	2	8	“I have heard the taunts of Moab and the revilings of the Ammonites, how they have taunted my people and made boasts against their territory.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	2	9	Therefore, as I live,” says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Moab shall become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land possessed by nettles and salt pits, and a waste for ever. The remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	2	10	This shall be their lot in return for their pride, because they scoffed and boasted against the people of the Lord of hosts.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	2	11	The Lord will be terrible against them; yea, he will famish all the gods of the earth, and to him shall bow down, each in its place, all the lands of the nations.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	2	12	You also, O Ethiopians, shall be slain by my sword.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	2	13	And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and he will make Nineveh a desolation, a dry waste like the desert.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	2	14	Herds shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the field; the vulture and the hedgehog shall lodge in her capitals; the owl shall hoot in the window, the raven croak on the threshold; for her cedar work will be laid bare.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	2	15	This is the exultant city that dwelt secure, that said to herself, “I am and there is none else.” What a desolation she has become, a lair for wild beasts! Every one who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	3	1	Woe to her that is rebellious and defiled, the oppressing city!
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	3	2	She listens to no voice, she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the Lord, she does not draw near to her God.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	3	3	Her officials within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves that leave nothing till the morning.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	3	4	Her prophets are wanton, faithless men; her priests profane what is sacred, they do violence to the law.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	3	5	The Lord within her is righteous, he does no wrong; every morning he shows forth his justice, each dawn he does not fail; but the unjust knows no shame.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	3	6	“I have cut off nations; their battlements are in ruins; I have laid waste their streets so that none walks in them; their cities have been made desolate, without a man, without an inhabitant.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	3	7	I said, ‘Surely she will fear me, she will accept correction; she will not lose sight of all that I have enjoined upon her.’ But all the more they were eager to make all their deeds corrupt.”
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	3	8	“Therefore wait for me,” says the Lord, “for the day when I arise as a witness. For my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them my indignation, all the heat of my anger; for in the fire of my jealous wrath all the earth shall be consumed.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	3	9	“Yea, at that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call on the name of the Lord and serve him with one accord.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	3	10	From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, the daughter of my dispersed ones, shall bring my offering.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	3	11	“On that day you shall not be put to shame because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me; for then I will remove from your midst your proudly exultant ones, and you shall no longer be haughty in my holy mountain.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	3	12	For I will leave in the midst of you a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord,
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	3	13	those who are left in Israel; they shall do no wrong and utter no lies, nor shall there be found in their mouth a deceitful tongue. For they shall pasture and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.”
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	3	14	Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem!
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	3	15	The Lord has taken away the judgments against you, he has cast out your enemies. The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; you shall fear evil no more.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	3	16	On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: “Do not fear, O Zion; let not your hands grow weak.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	3	17	The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	3	18	as on a day of festival. “I will remove disaster from you, so that you will not bear reproach for it.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	3	19	Behold, at that time I will deal with all your oppressors. And I will save the lame and gather the outcast, and I will change their shame into praise and renown in all the earth.
+Zephaniah	Zeph	41	3	20	At that time I will bring you home, at the time when I gather you together; yea, I will make you renowned and praised among all the peoples of the earth, when I restore your fortunes before your eyes,” says the Lord.
+Haggai	Hag	42	1	1	In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of She-alti-el, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest,
+Haggai	Hag	42	1	2	“Thus says the Lord of hosts: This people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord.”
+Haggai	Hag	42	1	3	Then the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet,
+Haggai	Hag	42	1	4	“Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?
+Haggai	Hag	42	1	5	Now therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider how you have fared.
+Haggai	Hag	42	1	6	You have sown much, and harvested little; you eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes.
+Haggai	Hag	42	1	7	“Thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider how you have fared.
+Haggai	Hag	42	1	8	Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that I may take pleasure in it and that I may appear in my glory, says the Lord.
+Haggai	Hag	42	1	9	You have looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of hosts. Because of my house that lies in ruins, while you busy yourselves each with his own house.
+Haggai	Hag	42	1	10	Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce.
+Haggai	Hag	42	1	11	And I have called for a drought upon the land and the hills, upon the grain, the new wine, the oil, upon what the ground brings forth, upon men and cattle, and upon all their labors.”
+Haggai	Hag	42	1	12	Then Zerubbabel the son of She-alti-el, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God had sent him; and the people feared before the Lord.
+Haggai	Hag	42	1	13	Then Haggai, the messenger of the Lord, spoke to the people with the Lord’s message, “I am with you, says the Lord.”
+Haggai	Hag	42	1	14	And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of She-alti-el, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God,
+Haggai	Hag	42	1	15	on the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month. In the second year of Darius the king,
+Haggai	Hag	42	2	1	in the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet,
+Haggai	Hag	42	2	2	“Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of She-alti-el, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to all the remnant of the people, and say,
+Haggai	Hag	42	2	3	‘Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory? How do you see it now? Is it not in your sight as nothing?
+Haggai	Hag	42	2	4	Yet now take courage, O Zerubbabel, says the Lord; take courage, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; take courage, all you people of the land, says the Lord; work, for I am with you, says the Lord of hosts,
+Haggai	Hag	42	2	5	according to the promise that I made you when you came out of Egypt. My Spirit abides among you; fear not.
+Haggai	Hag	42	2	6	For thus says the Lord of hosts: Once again, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land;
+Haggai	Hag	42	2	7	and I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with splendor, says the Lord of hosts.
+Haggai	Hag	42	2	8	The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, says the Lord of hosts.
+Haggai	Hag	42	2	9	The latter splendor of this house shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts; and in this place I will give prosperity, says the Lord of hosts.’”
+Haggai	Hag	42	2	10	On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet,
+Haggai	Hag	42	2	11	“Thus says the Lord of hosts: Ask the priests to decide this question,
+Haggai	Hag	42	2	12	‘If one carries holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and touches with his skirt bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any kind of food, does it become holy?’” The priests answered, “No.”
+Haggai	Hag	42	2	13	Then said Haggai, “If one who is unclean by contact with a dead body touches any of these, does it become unclean?” The priests answered, “It does become unclean.”
+Haggai	Hag	42	2	14	Then Haggai said, “So is it with this people, and with this nation before me, says the Lord; and so with every work of their hands; and what they offer there is unclean.
+Haggai	Hag	42	2	15	Pray now, consider what will come to pass from this day onward. Before a stone was placed upon a stone in the temple of the Lord,
+Haggai	Hag	42	2	16	how did you fare? When one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the winevat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty.
+Haggai	Hag	42	2	17	I smote you and all the products of your toil with blight and mildew and hail; yet you did not return to me, says the Lord.
+Haggai	Hag	42	2	18	Consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Since the day that the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid, consider:
+Haggai	Hag	42	2	19	Is the seed yet in the barn? Do the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree still yield nothing? From this day on I will bless you.”
+Haggai	Hag	42	2	20	The word of the Lord came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month,
+Haggai	Hag	42	2	21	“Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I am about to shake the heavens and the earth,
+Haggai	Hag	42	2	22	and to overthrow the throne of kingdoms; I am about to destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations, and overthrow the chariots and their riders; and the horses and their riders shall go down, every one by the sword of his fellow.
+Haggai	Hag	42	2	23	On that day, says the Lord of hosts, I will take you, O Zerubbabel my servant, the son of She-alti-el, says the Lord, and make you like a signet ring; for I have chosen you, says the Lord of hosts.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	1	1	In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,
+Zechariah	Zech	43	1	2	“The Lord was very angry with your fathers.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	1	3	Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord of hosts: Return to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	1	4	Be not like your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried out, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.’ But they did not hear or heed me, says the Lord.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	1	5	Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live for ever?
+Zechariah	Zech	43	1	6	But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? So they repented and said, As the Lord of hosts purposed to deal with us for our ways and deeds, so has he dealt with us.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	1	7	On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month which is the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, the prophet; and Zechariah said,
+Zechariah	Zech	43	1	8	“I saw in the night, and behold, a man riding upon a red horse! He was standing among the myrtle trees in the glen; and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	1	9	Then I said, ‘What are these, my lord?’ The angel who talked with me said to me, ‘I will show you what they are.’
+Zechariah	Zech	43	1	10	So the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered, ‘These are they whom the Lord has sent to patrol the earth.’
+Zechariah	Zech	43	1	11	And they answered the angel of the Lord who was standing among the myrtle trees, ‘We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth remains at rest.’
+Zechariah	Zech	43	1	12	Then the angel of the Lord said, ‘O Lord of hosts, how long wilt thou have no mercy on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these seventy years?’
+Zechariah	Zech	43	1	13	And the Lord answered gracious and comforting words to the angel who talked with me.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	1	14	So the angel who talked with me said to me, ‘Cry out, Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	1	15	And I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for while I was angry but a little they furthered the disaster.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	1	16	Therefore, thus says the Lord, I have returned to Jerusalem with compassion; my house shall be built in it, says the Lord of hosts, and the measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	1	17	Cry again, Thus says the Lord of hosts: My cities shall again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord will again comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem.’”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	1	18	And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, four horns!
+Zechariah	Zech	43	1	19	And I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these?” And he answered me, “These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	1	20	Then the Lord showed me four smiths.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	1	21	And I said, “What are these coming to do?” He answered, “These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man raised his head; and these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations who lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	2	1	And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand!
+Zechariah	Zech	43	2	2	Then I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	2	3	And behold, the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him,
+Zechariah	Zech	43	2	4	and said to him, “Run, say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and cattle in it.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	2	5	For I will be to her a wall of fire round about, says the Lord, and I will be the glory within her.’”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	2	6	Ho! ho! Flee from the land of the north, says the Lord; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, says the Lord.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	2	7	Ho! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	2	8	For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye:
+Zechariah	Zech	43	2	9	“Behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	2	10	Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for lo, I come and I will dwell in the midst of you, says the Lord.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	2	11	And many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	2	12	And the Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	2	13	Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord; for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	3	1	Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	3	2	And the Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this a brand plucked from the fire?”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	3	3	Now Joshua was standing before the angel, clothed with filthy garments.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	3	4	And the angel said to those who were standing before him, “Remove the filthy garments from him.” And to him he said, “Behold, I have taken your iniquity away from you, and I will clothe you with rich apparel.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	3	5	And I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments; and the angel of the Lord was standing by.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	3	6	And the angel of the Lord enjoined Joshua,
+Zechariah	Zech	43	3	7	“Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and keep my charge, then you shall rule my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you the right of access among those who are standing here.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	3	8	Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who sit before you, for they are men of good omen: behold, I will bring my servant the Branch.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	3	9	For behold, upon the stone which I have set before Joshua, upon a single stone with seven facets, I will engrave its inscription, says the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the guilt of this land in a single day.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	3	10	In that day, says the Lord of hosts, every one of you will invite his neighbor under his vine and under his fig tree.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	4	1	And the angel who talked with me came again, and waked me, like a man that is wakened out of his sleep.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	4	2	And he said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps which are on the top of it.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	4	3	And there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	4	4	And I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	4	5	Then the angel who talked with me answered me, “Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	4	6	Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	4	7	What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain; and he shall bring forward the top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	4	8	Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
+Zechariah	Zech	43	4	9	“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also complete it. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	4	10	For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel. “These seven are the eyes of the Lord, which range through the whole earth.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	4	11	Then I said to him, “What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	4	12	And a second time I said to him, “What are these two branches of the olive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes from which the oil is poured out?”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	4	13	He said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	4	14	Then he said, “These are the two anointed who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	5	1	Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying scroll!
+Zechariah	Zech	43	5	2	And he said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits, and its breadth ten cubits.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	5	3	Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land; for every one who steals shall be cut off henceforth according to it, and every one who swears falsely shall be cut off henceforth according to it.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	5	4	I will send it forth, says the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it shall abide in his house and consume it, both timber and stones.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	5	5	Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, “Lift your eyes, and see what this is that goes forth.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	5	6	And I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is the ephah that goes forth.” And he said, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	5	7	And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the ephah!
+Zechariah	Zech	43	5	8	And he said, “This is Wickedness.” And he thrust her back into the ephah, and thrust down the leaden weight upon its mouth.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	5	9	Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! The wind was in their wings; they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah between earth and heaven.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	5	10	Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they taking the ephah?”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	5	11	He said to me, “To the land of Shinar, to build a house for it; and when this is prepared, they will set the ephah down there on its base.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	6	1	And again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of bronze.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	6	2	The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses,
+Zechariah	Zech	43	6	3	the third white horses, and the fourth chariot dappled gray horses.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	6	4	Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	6	5	And the angel answered me, “These are going forth to the four winds of heaven, after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	6	6	The chariot with the black horses goes toward the north country, the white ones go toward the west country, and the dappled ones go toward the south country.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	6	7	When the steeds came out, they were impatient to get off and patrol the earth. And he said, “Go, patrol the earth.” So they patrolled the earth.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	6	8	Then he cried to me, “Behold, those who go toward the north country have set my Spirit at rest in the north country.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	6	9	And the word of the Lord came to me:
+Zechariah	Zech	43	6	10	“Take from the exiles Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon; and go the same day to the house of Josiah, the son of Zephaniah.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	6	11	Take from them silver and gold, and make a crown, and set it upon the head of Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest;
+Zechariah	Zech	43	6	12	and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: for he shall grow up in his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	6	13	It is he who shall build the temple of the Lord, and shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule upon his throne. And there shall be a priest by his throne, and peaceful understanding shall be between them both.”’
+Zechariah	Zech	43	6	14	And the crown shall be in the temple of the Lord as a reminder to Heldai, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Josiah the son of Zephaniah.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	6	15	“And those who are far off shall come and help to build the temple of the Lord; and you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. And this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	7	1	In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	7	2	Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech and their men, to entreat the favor of the Lord,
+Zechariah	Zech	43	7	3	and to ask the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and the prophets, “Should I mourn and fast in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	7	4	Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me;
+Zechariah	Zech	43	7	5	“Say to all the people of the land and the priests, When you fasted and mourned in the fifth month and in the seventh, for these seventy years, was it for me that you fasted?
+Zechariah	Zech	43	7	6	And when you eat and when you drink, do you not eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?
+Zechariah	Zech	43	7	7	When Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, with her cities round about her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited, were not these the words which the Lord proclaimed by the former prophets?”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	7	8	And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying,
+Zechariah	Zech	43	7	9	“Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy each to his brother,
+Zechariah	Zech	43	7	10	do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	7	11	But they refused to hearken, and turned a stubborn shoulder, and stopped their ears that they might not hear.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	7	12	They made their hearts like adamant lest they should hear the law and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from the Lord of hosts.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	7	13	“As I called, and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear,” says the Lord of hosts,
+Zechariah	Zech	43	7	14	“and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they had not known. Thus the land they left was desolate, so that no one went to and fro, and the pleasant land was made desolate.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	8	1	And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying,
+Zechariah	Zech	43	8	2	“Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	8	3	Thus says the Lord: I will return to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the holy mountain.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	8	4	Thus says the Lor of hosts: Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand for very age.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	8	5	And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	8	6	Thus says the Lord of hosts: If it is marvelous in the sight of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvelous in my sight, says the Lord of hosts?
+Zechariah	Zech	43	8	7	Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country and from the west country;
+Zechariah	Zech	43	8	8	and I will bring them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be my people and I will be their God, in faithfulness and in righteousness.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	8	9	Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Let your hands be strong, you who in these days have been hearing these words from the mouth of the prophets, since the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	8	10	For before those days there was no wage for man or any wage for beast, neither was there any safety from the foe for him who went out or came in; for I set every man against his fellow.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	8	11	But now I will not deal with the remnant of this people as in the former days, says the Lord of hosts.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	8	12	For there shall be a sowing of peace; the vine shall yield its fruit, and the ground shall give its increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	8	13	And as you have been a byword of cursing among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you and you shall be a blessing. Fear not, but let your hands be strong.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	8	14	For thus says the Lord of hosts: “As I purposed to do evil to you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, and I did not relent, says the Lord of hosts,
+Zechariah	Zech	43	8	15	so again have I purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; fear not.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	8	16	These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another, render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace,
+Zechariah	Zech	43	8	17	do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and love no false oath, for all these things I hate, says the Lord.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	8	18	And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying,
+Zechariah	Zech	43	8	19	“Thus says the Lord of hosts: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah seasons of joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love truth and peace.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	8	20	“Thus says the Lord of hosts: Peoples shall yet come, even the inhabitants of many cities;
+Zechariah	Zech	43	8	21	the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, ‘Let us go at once to entreat the favor of the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts; I am going.’
+Zechariah	Zech	43	8	22	Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favor of the Lord.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	8	23	Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	9	1	An Oracle The word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach and will rest upon Damascus. For to the Lord belong the cities of Aram, even as all the tribes of Israel;
+Zechariah	Zech	43	9	2	Hamath also, which borders thereon, Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	9	3	Tyre has built herself a rampart, and heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	9	4	But lo, the Lord will strip her of her possessions and hurl her wealth into the sea, and she shall be devoured by fire.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	9	5	Ashkelon shall see it, and be afraid; Gaza too, and shall writhe in anguish; Ekron also, because its hopes are confounded. The king shall perish from Gaza; Ashkelon shall be uninhabited;
+Zechariah	Zech	43	9	6	a mongrel people shall dwell in Ashdod; and I will make an end of the pride of Philistia.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	9	7	I will take away its blood from its mouth, and its abominations from between its teeth; it too shall be a remnant for our God; it shall be like a clan in Judah, and Ekron shall be like the Jebusites.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	9	8	Then I will encamp at my house as a guard, so that none shall march to and fro; no oppressor shall again overrun them, for now I see with my own eyes.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	9	9	Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Lo, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on an ass, on a colt the foal of an ass.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	9	10	I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall command peace to the nations; his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	9	11	As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your captives free from the waterless pit.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	9	12	Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	9	13	For I have bent Judah as my bow; I have made Ephraim its arrow. I will brandish your sons, O Zion, over your sons, O Greece, and wield you like a warrior’s sword.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	9	14	Then the Lord will appear over them, and his arrow go forth like lightning; the Lord GOD will sound the trumpet, and march forth in the whirlwinds of the south.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	9	15	The Lord of hosts will protect them, and they shall devour and tread down the slingers; and they shall drink their blood like wine, and be full like a bowl, drenched like the corners of the altar.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	9	16	On that day the Lord their God will save them for they are the flock of his people; for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on his land.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	9	17	Yea, how good and how fair it shall be! Grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maidens.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	10	1	Ask rain from the Lord in the season of the spring rain, from the Lord who makes the storm clouds, who gives men showers of rain, to every one the vegetation in the field.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	10	2	For the teraphim utter nonsense, and the diviners see lies; the dreamers tell false dreams, and give empty consolation. Therefore the people wander like sheep; they are afflicted for want of a shepherd.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	10	3	“My anger is hot against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders; for the Lord of hosts cares for his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them like his proud steed in battle.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	10	4	Out of them shall come the cornerstone, out of them the tent peg, out of them the battle bow, out of them every ruler.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	10	5	Together they shall be like mighty men in battle, trampling the foe in the mud of the streets; they shall fight because the Lord is with them, and they shall confound the riders on horses.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	10	6	“I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back because I have compassion on them, and they shall be as though I had not rejected them; for I am the Lord their God and I will answer them.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	10	7	Then Ephraim shall become like a mighty warrior, and their hearts shall be glad as with wine. Their children shall see it and rejoice, their hearts shall exult in the Lord.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	10	8	“I will signal for them and gather them in, for I have redeemed them, and they shall be as many as of old.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	10	9	Though I scattered them among the nations, yet in far countries they shall remember me, and with their children they shall live and return.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	10	10	I will bring them home from the land of Egypt, and gather them from Assyria; and I will bring them to the land of Gilead and to Lebanon, till there is no room for them.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	10	11	They shall pass through the sea of Egypt, and the waves of the sea shall be smitten, and all the depths of the Nile dried up. The pride of Assyria shall be laid low, and the scepter of Egypt shall depart.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	10	12	I will make them strong in the Lord and they shall glory in his name,” says the Lord.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	11	1	Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars!
+Zechariah	Zech	43	11	2	Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, for the glorious trees are ruined! Wail, oaks of Bashan, for the thick forest has been felled!
+Zechariah	Zech	43	11	3	Hark, the wail of the shepherds, for their glory is despoiled! Hark, the roar of the lions, for the jungle of the Jordan is laid waste!
+Zechariah	Zech	43	11	4	Thus said the Lord my God: “Become shepherd of the flock doomed to slaughter.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	11	5	Those who buy them slay them and go unpunished; and those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, I have become rich’; and their own shepherds have no pity on them.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	11	6	For I will no longer have pity on the inhabitants of this land, says the Lord. Lo, I will cause men to fall each into the hand of his shepherd, and each into the hand of his king; and they shall crush the earth, and I will deliver none from their hand.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	11	7	So I became the shepherd of the flock doomed to be slain for those who trafficked in the sheep. And I took two staffs; one I named Grace, the other I named Union. And I tended the sheep.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	11	8	In one month I destroyed the three shepherds. But I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	11	9	So I said, “I will not be your shepherd. What is to die, let it die; what is to be destroyed, let it be destroyed; and let those that are left devour the flesh of one another.”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	11	10	And I took my staff Grace, and I broke it, annulling the covenant which I had made with all the peoples.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	11	11	So it was annulled on that day, and the traffickers in the sheep, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the Lord.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	11	12	Then I said to them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” And they weighed out as my wages thirty shekels of silver.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	11	13	Then the Lord said to me, “Cast it into the treasury”—the lordly price at which I was paid off by them. So I took the thirty shekels of silver and cast them into the treasury in the house of the Lord.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	11	14	Then I broke my second staff Union, annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	11	15	Then the Lord said to me, “Take once more the implements of a worthless shepherd.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	11	16	For lo, I am raising up in the land a shepherd who does not care for the perishing, or seek the wandering, or heal the maimed, or nourish the sound, but devours the flesh of the fat ones, tearing off even their hoofs.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	11	17	Woe to my worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May the sword smite his arm and his right eye! Let his arm be wholly withered, his right eye utterly blinded!”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	12	1	An Oracle The word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus says the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the spirit of man within him:
+Zechariah	Zech	43	12	2	“Lo, I am about to make Jerusalem a cup of reeling to all the peoples round about; it will be against Judah also in the siege against Jerusalem.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	12	3	On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it shall grievously hurt themselves. And all the nations of the earth will come together against it.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	12	4	On that day, says the Lord, I will strike every horse with panic, and its rider with madness. But upon the house of Judah I will open my eyes, when I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	12	5	Then the clans of Judah shall say to themselves, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem have strength through the Lord of hosts, their God.’
+Zechariah	Zech	43	12	6	“On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a blazing pot in the midst of wood, like a flaming torch among sheaves; and they shall devour to the right and to the left all the peoples round about, while Jerusalem shall still be inhabited in its place, in Jerusalem.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	12	7	“And the Lord will give victory to the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not be exalted over that of Judah.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	12	8	On that day the Lord will put a shield about the inhabitants of Jerusalem so that the feeblest among them on that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the angel of the Lord, at their head.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	12	9	And on that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	12	10	“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of compassion and supplication, so that, when they look on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a first-born.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	12	11	On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning for Hadadrimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	12	12	The land shall mourn, each family by itself; the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves;
+Zechariah	Zech	43	12	13	the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the Shime-ites by itself, and their wives by themselves;
+Zechariah	Zech	43	12	14	and all the families that are left, each by itself, and their wives by themselves.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	13	1	“On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	13	2	“And on that day, says the Lord of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that they shall be remembered no more; and also I will remove from the land the prophets and the unclean spirit.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	13	3	And if any one again appears as a prophet, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the Lord’; and his father and mother who bore him shall pierce him through when he prophesies.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	13	4	On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; he will not put on a hairy mantle in order to deceive,
+Zechariah	Zech	43	13	5	but he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the soil; for the land has been my possession since my youth.’
+Zechariah	Zech	43	13	6	And if one asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your back?’ he will say, ‘The wounds I received in the house of my friends.’”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	13	7	“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me,” says the Lord of hosts. “Strike the shepherd, that the sheep may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	13	8	In the whole land, says the Lord, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	13	9	And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people’; and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
+Zechariah	Zech	43	14	1	Behold, a day of the Lord is coming, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in the midst of you.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	14	2	For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses plundered and the women ravished; half of the city shall go into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	14	3	Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	14	4	On that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives which lies before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a very wide valley; so that one half of the Mount shall withdraw northward, and the other half southward.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	14	5	And the valley of my mountains shall be stopped up, for the valley of the mountains shall touch the side of it; and you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord your God will come, and all the holy ones with him.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	14	6	On that day there shall be neither cold nor frost.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	14	7	And there shall be continuous day (it is known to the Lord), not day and not night, for at evening time there shall be light.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	14	8	On that day living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea; it shall continue in summer as in winter.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	14	9	And the Lord will become king over all the earth; on that day the Lord will be one and his name one.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	14	10	The whole land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But Jerusalem shall remain aloft upon its site from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s wine presses.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	14	11	And it shall be inhabited, for there shall be no more curse; Jerusalem shall dwell in security.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	14	12	And this shall be the plague with which the Lord will smite all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem: their flesh shall rot while they are still on their feet, their eyes shall rot in their sockets, and their tongues shall rot in their mouths.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	14	13	And on that day a great panic from the Lord shall fall on them, so that each will lay hold on the hand of his fellow, and the hand of the one will be raised against the hand of the other;
+Zechariah	Zech	43	14	14	even Judah will fight against Jerusalem. And the wealth of all the nations round about shall be collected, gold, silver, and garments in great abundance.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	14	15	And a plague like this plague shall fall on the horses, the mules, the camels, the asses, and whatever beasts may be in those camps.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	14	16	Then every one that survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem shall go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of booths.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	14	17	And if any of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, there will be no rain upon them.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	14	18	And if the family of Egypt do not go up and present themselves, then upon them shall come the plague with which the Lord afflicts the nations that do not go up to keep the feast of booths.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	14	19	This shall be the punishment to Egypt and the punishment to all the nations that do not go up to keep the feast of booths.
+Zechariah	Zech	43	14	20	And on that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, “Holy to the Lord.” And the pots in the house of the Lord shall be as the bowls before the altar;
+Zechariah	Zech	43	14	21	and every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be sacred to the Lord of hosts, so that all who sacrifice may come and take of them and boil the flesh of the sacrifice in them. And there shall no longer be a trader in the house of the Lord of hosts on that day.
+Malachi	Mal	44	1	1	The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.
+Malachi	Mal	44	1	2	“I have loved you,” says the Lord. But you say, “How hast thou loved us?” “Is not Esau Jacob’s brother?” says the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob
+Malachi	Mal	44	1	3	but I have hated Esau; I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert.”
+Malachi	Mal	44	1	4	If Edom says, “We are shattered but we will rebuild the ruins,” the Lord of hosts says, “They may build, but I will tear down, till they are called the wicked country, the people with whom the Lord is angry for ever.”
+Malachi	Mal	44	1	5	Your own eyes shall see this, and you shall say, “Great is the Lord, beyond the border of Israel!”
+Malachi	Mal	44	1	6	“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. You say, ‘How have we despised thy name?’
+Malachi	Mal	44	1	7	By offering polluted food upon my altar. And you say, ‘How have we polluted it?’ By thinking that the Lord’s table may be despised.
+Malachi	Mal	44	1	8	When you offer blind animals in sacrifice, is that no evil? And when you offer those that are lame or sick, is that no evil? Present that to your governor; will he be pleased with you or show you favor? says the Lord of hosts.
+Malachi	Mal	44	1	9	And now entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With such a gift from your hand, will he show favor to any of you? says the Lord of hosts.
+Malachi	Mal	44	1	10	Oh, that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire upon my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hand.
+Malachi	Mal	44	1	11	For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure offering; for my name is great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts.
+Malachi	Mal	44	1	12	But you profane it when you say that the Lord’s table is polluted, and the food for it may be despised.
+Malachi	Mal	44	1	13	‘What a weariness this is,’ you say, and you sniff at me, says the Lord of hosts. You bring what has been taken by violence or is lame or sick, and this you bring as your offering! Shall I accept that from your hand? says the Lord.
+Malachi	Mal	44	1	14	Cursed be the cheat who has a male in his flock, and vows it, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished; for I am a great King, says the Lord of hosts, and my name is feared among the nations.
+Malachi	Mal	44	2	1	“And now, O priests, this command is for you.
+Malachi	Mal	44	2	2	If you will not listen, if you will not lay it to heart to give glory to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings; indeed I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart.
+Malachi	Mal	44	2	3	Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and spread dung upon your faces, the dung of your offerings, and I will put you out of my presence.
+Malachi	Mal	44	2	4	So shall you know that I have sent this command to you, that my covenant with Levi may hold, says the Lord of hosts.
+Malachi	Mal	44	2	5	My covenant with him was a covenant of life and peace, and I gave them to him, that he might fear; and he feared me, he stood in awe of my name.
+Malachi	Mal	44	2	6	True instruction was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.
+Malachi	Mal	44	2	7	For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
+Malachi	Mal	44	2	8	But you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble by your instruction; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts,
+Malachi	Mal	44	2	9	and so I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you have not kept my ways but have shown partiality in your instruction.”
+Malachi	Mal	44	2	10	Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
+Malachi	Mal	44	2	11	Judah has been faithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
+Malachi	Mal	44	2	12	May the Lord cut off from the tents of Jacob, for the man who does this, any to witness or answer, or to bring an offering to the Lord of hosts!
+Malachi	Mal	44	2	13	And this again you do. You cover the Lord’s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor at your hand.
+Malachi	Mal	44	2	14	You ask, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord was witness to the covenant between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
+Malachi	Mal	44	2	15	Has not the one God made and sustained for us the spirit of life? And what does he desire? Godly offspring. So take heed to yourselves, and let none be faithless to the wife of his youth.
+Malachi	Mal	44	2	16	“For I hate divorce, says the Lord the God of Israel, and covering one’s garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So take heed to yourselves and do not be faithless.”
+Malachi	Mal	44	2	17	You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Every one who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”
+Malachi	Mal	44	3	1	“Behold, I send my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.
+Malachi	Mal	44	3	2	But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? “For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap;
+Malachi	Mal	44	3	3	he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, till they present right offerings to the Lord.
+Malachi	Mal	44	3	4	Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.
+Malachi	Mal	44	3	5	“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
+Malachi	Mal	44	3	6	“For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
+Malachi	Mal	44	3	7	From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. But you say, ‘How shall we return?’
+Malachi	Mal	44	3	8	Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, ‘How are we robbing thee?’ In your tithes and offerings.
+Malachi	Mal	44	3	9	You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me; the whole nation of you.
+Malachi	Mal	44	3	10	Bring the full tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house; and thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you an overflowing blessing.
+Malachi	Mal	44	3	11	I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil; and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the Lord of hosts.
+Malachi	Mal	44	3	12	Then all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of hosts.
+Malachi	Mal	44	3	13	“Your words have been stout against me, says the Lord. Yet you say, ‘How have we spoken against thee?’
+Malachi	Mal	44	3	14	You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God. What is the good of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts?
+Malachi	Mal	44	3	15	Henceforth we deem the arrogant blessed; evildoers not only prosper but when they put God to the test they escape.’”
+Malachi	Mal	44	3	16	Then those who feared the Lor spoke with one another; the Lord heeded and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and thought on his name.
+Malachi	Mal	44	3	17	“They shall be mine, says the Lor of hosts, my special possession on the day when I act, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
+Malachi	Mal	44	3	18	Then once more you shall distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
+Malachi	Mal	44	4	1	“For behold, the day comes, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
+Malachi	Mal	44	4	2	But for you who fear my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go forth leaping like calves from the stall.
+Malachi	Mal	44	4	3	And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.
+Malachi	Mal	44	4	4	“Remember the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.
+Malachi	Mal	44	4	5	“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
+Malachi	Mal	44	4	6	And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the land with a curse.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	1	After Alexander son of Philip, the Macedonian, who came from the land of Kittim, had defeated Darius, king of the Persians and the Medes, he succeeded him as king. (He had previously become king of Greece.)
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	2	He fought many battles, conquered strongholds, and put to death the kings of the earth.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	3	He advanced to the ends of the earth, and plundered many nations. When the earth became quiet before him, he was exalted, and his heart was lifted up.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	4	He gathered a very strong army and ruled over countries, nations, and princes, and they became tributary to him.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	5	After this he fell sick and perceived that he was dying.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	6	So he summoned his most honored officers, who had been brought up with him from youth, and divided his kingdom among them while he was still alive.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	7	And after Alexander had reigned twelve years, he died.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	8	Then his officers began to rule, each in his own place.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	9	They all put on crowns after his death, and so did their sons after them for many years; and they caused many evils on the earth.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	10	From them came forth a sinful root, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of Antiochus the king; he had been a hostage in Rome. He began to reign in the one hundred and thirty-seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	11	In those days lawless men came forth from Israel, and misled many, saying, “Let us go and make a covenant with the Gentiles round about us, for since we separated from them many evils have come upon us.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	12	This proposal pleased them,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	13	and some of the people eagerly went to the king. He authorized them to observe the ordinances of the Gentiles.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	14	So they built a gymnasium in Jerusalem, according to Gentile custom,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	15	and removed the marks of circumcision, and abandoned the holy covenant. They joined with the Gentiles and sold themselves to do evil.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	16	When Antiochus saw that his kingdom was established, he determined to become king of the land of Egypt, that he might reign over both kingdoms.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	17	So he invaded Egypt with a strong force, with chariots and elephants and cavalry and with a large fleet.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	18	He engaged Ptolemy king of Egypt in battle, and Ptolemy turned and fled before him, and many were wounded and fell.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	19	And they captured the fortified cities in the land of Egypt, and he plundered the land of Egypt.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	20	After subduing Egypt, Antiochus returned in the one hundred and forty-third year. He went up against Israel and came to Jerusalem with a strong force.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	21	He arrogantly entered the sanctuary and took the golden altar, the lampstand for the light, and all its utensils.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	22	He took also the table for the bread of the Presence, the cups for drink offerings, the bowls, the golden censers, the curtain, the crowns, and the gold decoration on the front of the temple; he stripped it all off.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	23	He took the silver and the gold, and the costly vessels; he took also the hidden treasures which he found.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	24	Taking them all, he departed to his own land. He committed deeds of murder, and spoke with great arrogance.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	25	Israel mourned deeply in every community,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	26	rulers and elders groaned, maidens and young men became faint, the beauty of women faded.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	27	Every bridegroom took up the lament; she who sat in the bridal chamber was mourning.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	28	Even the land shook for its inhabitants, and all the house of Jacob was clothed with shame.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	29	Two years later the king sent to the cities of Judah a chief collector of tribute, and he came to Jerusalem with a large force.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	30	Deceitfully he spoke peaceable words to them, and they believed him; but he suddenly fell upon the city, dealt it a severe blow, and destroyed many people of Israel.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	31	He plundered the city, burned it with fire, and tore down its houses and its surrounding walls.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	32	And they took captive the women and children, and seized the cattle.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	33	Then they fortified the city of David with a great strong wall and strong towers, and it became their citadel.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	34	And they stationed there a sinful people, lawless men. These strengthened their position;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	35	they stored up arms and food, and collecting the spoils of Jerusalem they stored them there, and became a great snare.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	36	It became an ambush against the sanctuary, an evil adversary of Israel continually.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	37	On every side of the sanctuary they shed innocent blood; they even defiled the sanctuary.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	38	Because of them the residents of Jerusalem fled; she became a dwelling of strangers; she became strange to her offspring, and her children forsook her.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	39	Her sanctuary became desolate as a desert; her feasts were turned into mourning, her sabbaths into a reproach, her honor into contempt.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	40	Her dishonor now grew as great as her glory; her exaltation was turned into mourning.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	41	Then the king wrote to his whole kingdom that all should be one people,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	42	and that each should give up his customs.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	43	All the Gentiles accepted the command of the king. Many even from Israel gladly adopted his religion; they sacrificed to idols and profaned the sabbath.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	44	And the king sent letters by messengers to Jerusalem and the cities of Judah; he directed them to follow customs strange to the land,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	45	to forbid burnt offerings and sacrifices and drink offerings in the sanctuary, to profane sabbaths and feasts,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	46	to defile the sanctuary and the priests,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	47	to build altars and sacred precincts and shrines for idols, to sacrifice swine and unclean animals,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	48	and to leave their sons uncircumcised. They were to make themselves abominable by everything unclean and profane,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	49	so that they should forget the law and change all the ordinances.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	50	“And whoever does not obey the command of the king shall die.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	51	In such words he wrote to his whole kingdom. And he appointed inspectors over all the people and commanded the cities of Judah to offer sacrifice, city by city.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	52	Many of the people, every one who forsook the law, joined them, and they did evil in the land;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	53	they drove Israel into hiding in every place of refuge they had.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	54	Now on the fifteenth day of Chislev, in the one hundred and forty-fifth year, they erected a desolating sacrilege upon the altar of burnt offering. They also built altars in the surrounding cities of Judah,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	55	and burned incense at the doors of the houses and in the streets.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	56	The books of the law which they found they tore to pieces and burned with fire.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	57	Where the book of the covenant was found in the possession of any one, or if any one adhered to the law, the decree of the king condemned him to death.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	58	They kept using violence against Israel, against those found month after month in the cities.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	59	And on the twenty-fifth day of the month they offered sacrifice on the altar which was upon the altar of burnt offering.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	60	According to the decree, they put to death the women who had their children circumcised,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	61	and their families and those who circumcised them; and they hung the infants from their mothers’ necks.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	62	But many in Israel stood firm and were resolved in their hearts not to eat unclean food.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	63	They chose to die rather than to be defiled by food or to profane the holy covenant; and they did die.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	1	64	And very great wrath came upon Israel.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	1	In those days Mattathias the son of John, son of Simeon, a priest of the sons of Joarib, moved from Jerusalem and settled in Modein.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	2	He had five sons, John surnamed Gaddi,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	3	Simon called Thassi,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	4	Judas called Maccabeus,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	5	Eleazar called Avaran, and Jonathan called Apphus.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	6	He saw the blasphemies being committed in Judah and Jerusalem,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	7	and said, “Alas! Why was I born to see this, the ruin of my people, the ruin of the holy city, and to dwell there when it was given over to the enemy, the sanctuary given over to aliens?
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	8	Her temple has become like a man without honor;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	9	her glorious vessels have been carried into captivity. Her babes have been killed in her streets, her youths by the sword of the foe.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	10	What nation has not inherited her palaces and has not seized her spoils?
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	11	All her adornment has been taken away; no longer free, she has become a slave.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	12	And behold, our holy place, our beauty, and our glory have been laid waste; the Gentiles have profaned it.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	13	Why should we live any longer?”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	14	And Mattathias and his sons rent their clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned greatly.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	15	Then the king’s officers who were enforcing the apostasy came to the city of Modein to make them offer sacrifice.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	16	Many from Israel came to them; and Mattathias and his sons were assembled.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	17	Then the king’s officers spoke to Mattathias as follows: “You are a leader, honored and great in this city, and supported by sons and brothers.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	18	Now be the first to come and do what the king commands, as all the Gentiles and the men of Judah and those that are left in Jerusalem have done. Then you and your sons will be numbered among the friends of the king, and you and your sons will be honored with silver and gold and many gifts.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	19	But Mattathias answered and said in a loud voice: “Even if all the nations that live under the rule of the king obey him, and have chosen to do his commandments, departing each one from the religion of his fathers,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	20	yet I and my sons and my brothers will live by the covenant of our fathers.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	21	Far be it from us to desert the law and the ordinances.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	22	We will not obey the king’s words by turning aside from our religion to the right hand or to the left.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	23	When he had finished speaking these words, a Jew came forward in the sight of all to offer sacrifice upon the altar in Modein, according to the king’s command.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	24	When Mattathias saw it, be burned with zeal and his heart was stirred. He gave vent to righteous anger; he ran and killed him upon the altar.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	25	At the same time he killed the king’s officer who was forcing them to sacrifice, and he tore down the altar.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	26	Thus he burned with zeal for the law, as Phinehas did against Zimri the son of Salu.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	27	Then Mattathias cried out in the city with a loud voice, saying: “Let every one who is zealous for the law and supports the covenant come out with me!”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	28	And he and his sons fled to the hills and left all that they had in the city.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	29	Then many who were seeking righteousness and justice went down to the wilderness to dwell there,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	30	they, their sons, their wives, and their cattle, because evils pressed heavily upon them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	31	And it was reported to the king’s officers, and to the troops in Jerusalem the city of David, that men who had rejected the king’s command had gone down to the hiding places in the wilderness.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	32	Many pursued them, and overtook them; they encamped opposite them and prepared for battle against them on the sabbath day.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	33	And they said to them, “Enough of this! Come out and do what the king commands, and you will live.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	34	But they said, “We will not come out, nor will we do what the king commands and so profane the sabbath day.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	35	Then the enemy hastened to attack them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	36	But they did not answer them or hurl a stone at them or block up their hiding places,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	37	for they said, “Let us all die in our innocence; heaven and earth testify for us that you are killing us unjustly.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	38	So they attacked them on the sabbath, and they died, with their wives and children and cattle, to the number of a thousand persons.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	39	When Mattathias and his friends learned of it, they mourned for them deeply.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	40	And each said to his neighbor: “If we all do as our brethren have done and refuse to fight with the Gentiles for our lives and for our ordinances, they will quickly destroy us from the earth.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	41	So they made this decision that day: “Let us fight against every man who comes to attack us on the sabbath day; let us not all die as our brethren died in their hiding places.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	42	Then there united with them a company of Hasideans, mighty warriors of Israel, every one who offered himself willingly for the law.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	43	And all who became fugitives to escape their troubles joined them and reinforced them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	44	They organized an army, and struck down sinners in their anger and lawless men in their wrath; the survivors fled to the Gentiles for safety.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	45	And Mattathias and his friends went about and tore down the altars;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	46	they forcibly circumcised all the uncircumcised boys that they found within the borders of Israel.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	47	They hunted down the arrogant men, and the work prospered in their hands.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	48	They rescued the law out of the hands of the Gentiles and kings, and they never let the sinner gain the upper hand.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	49	Now the days drew near for Mattathias to die, and he said to his sons: “Arrogance and reproach have now become strong; it is a time of ruin and furious anger.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	50	Now, my children, show zeal for the law, and give your lives for the covenant of our fathers.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	51	“Remember the deeds of the fathers, which they did in their generations; and receive great honor and an everlasting name.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	52	Was not Abraham found faithful when tested, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness?
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	53	Joseph in the time of his distress kept the commandment, and became lord of Egypt.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	54	Phinehas our father, because he was deeply zealous, received the covenant of everlasting priesthood.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	55	Joshua, because he fulfilled the command, became a judge in Israel.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	56	Caleb, because he testified in the assembly, received an inheritance in the land.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	57	David, because he was merciful, inherited the throne of the kingdom for ever.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	58	Elijah because of great zeal for the law was taken up into heaven.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	59	Hannaniah, Azariah, and Mishael believed and were saved from the flame.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	60	Daniel because of his innocence was delivered from the mouth of the lions.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	61	“And so observe, from generation to generation, that none who put their trust in him will lack strength.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	62	Do not fear the words of a sinner, for his splendor will turn into dung and worms.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	63	Today he will be exalted, but tomorrow he will not be found, because he has returned to the dust, and his plans will perish.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	64	My children, be courageous and grow strong in the law, for by it you will gain honor.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	65	“Now behold, I know that Simeon your brother is wise in counsel; always listen to him; he shall be your father.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	66	Judas Maccabeus has been a mighty warrior from his youth; he shall command the army for you and fight the battle against the peoples.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	67	You shall rally about you all who observe the law, and avenge the wrong done to your people.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	68	Pay back the Gentiles in full, and heed what the law commands.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	69	Then he blessed them, and was gathered to his fathers.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	2	70	He died in the one hundred and forty-sixth year and was buried in the tomb of his fathers at Modein. And all Israel mourned for him with great lamentation.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	1	Then Judas his son, who was called Maccabeus, took command in his place.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	2	All his brothers and all who had joined his father helped him; they gladly fought for Israel.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	3	He extended the glory of his people. Like a giant he put on his breastplate; he girded on his armor of war and waged battles, protecting the host by his sword.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	4	He was like a lion in his deeds, like a lion’s cub roaring for prey.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	5	He searched out and pursued the lawless; he burned those who troubled his people.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	6	Lawless men shrank back for fear of him; all the evildoers were confounded; and deliverance prospered by his hand.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	7	He embittered many kings, but he made Jacob glad by his deeds, and his memory is blessed for ever.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	8	He went through the cities of Judah; he destroyed the ungodly out of the land; thus he turned away wrath from Israel.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	9	He was renowned to the ends of the earth; he gathered in those who were perishing.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	10	But Apollonius gathered together Gentiles and a large force from Samaria to fight against Israel.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	11	When Judas learned of it, he went out to meet him, and he defeated and killed him. Many were wounded and fell, and the rest fled.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	12	Then they seized their spoils; and Judas took the sword of Apollonius, and used it in battle the rest of his life.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	13	Now when Seron, the commander of the Syrian army, heard that Judas had gathered a large company, including a body of faithful men who stayed with him and went out to battle,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	14	he said, “I will make a name for myself and win honor in the kingdom. I will make war on Judas and his companions, who scorn the king’s command.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	15	And again a strong army of ungodly men went up with him to help him, to take vengeance on the sons of Israel.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	16	When he approached the ascent of Beth-horon, Judas went out to meet him with a small company.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	17	But when they saw the army coming to meet them, they said to Judas, “How can we, few as we are, fight against so great and strong a multitude? And we are faint, for we have eaten nothing today.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	18	Judas replied, “It is easy for many to be hemmed in by few, for in the sight of Heaven there is no difference between saving by many or by few.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	19	It is not on the size of the army that victory in battle depends, but strength comes from Heaven.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	20	They come against us in great pride and lawlessness to destroy us and our wives and our children, and to despoil us;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	21	but we fight for our lives and our laws.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	22	He himself will crush them before us; as for you, do not be afraid of them.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	23	When he finished speaking, he rushed suddenly against Seron and his army, and they were crushed before him.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	24	They pursued them down the descent of Beth-horon to the plain; eight hundred of them fell, and the rest fled into the land of the Philistines.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	25	Then Judas and his brothers began to be feared, and terror fell upon the Gentiles round about them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	26	His fame reached the king, and the Gentiles talked of the battles of Judas.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	27	When king Antiochus heard these reports, he was greatly angered; and he sent and gathered all the forces of his kingdom, a very strong army.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	28	And he opened his coffers and gave a year’s pay to his forces, and ordered them to be ready for any need.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	29	Then he saw that the money in the treasury was exhausted, and that the revenues from the country were small because of the dissension and disaster which he had caused in the land by abolishing the laws that had existed from the earliest days.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	30	He feared that he might not have such funds as he had before for his expenses and for the gifts which he used to give more lavishly than preceding kings.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	31	He was greatly perplexed in mind, and determined to go to Persia and collect the revenues from those regions and raise a large fund.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	32	He left Lysias, a distinguished man of royal lineage, in charge of the king’s affairs from the river Euphrates to the borders of Egypt.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	33	Lysias was also to take care of Antiochus his son until he returned.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	34	And he turned over to Lysias half of his troops and the elephants, and gave him orders about all that he wanted done. As for the residents of Judea and Jerusalem,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	35	Lysias was to send a force against them to wipe out and destroy the strength of Israel and the remnant of Jerusalem; he was to banish the memory of them from the place,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	36	settle aliens in all their territory, and distribute their land.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	37	Then the king took the remaining half of his troops and departed from Antioch his capital in the one hundred and forty-seventh year. He crossed the Euphrates river and went through the upper provinces.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	38	Lysias chose Ptolemy the son of Dorymenes, and Nicanor and Gorgias, mighty men among the friends of the king,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	39	and sent with them forty thousand infantry and seven thousand cavalry to go into the land of Judah and destroy it, as the king had commanded.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	40	so they departed with their entire force, and when they arrived they encamped near Emmaus in the plain.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	41	When the traders of the region heard what was said to them, they took silver and gold in immense amounts, and fetters, and went to the camp to get the sons of Israel for slaves. And forces from Syria and the land of the Philistines joined with them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	42	Now Judas and his brothers saw that misfortunes had increased and that the forces were encamped in their territory. They also learned what the king had commanded to do to the people to cause their final destruction.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	43	But they said to one another, “Let us repair the destruction of our people, and fight for our people and the sanctuary.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	44	And the congregation assembled to be ready for battle, and to pray and ask for mercy and compassion.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	45	Jerusalem was uninhabited like a wilderness; not one of her children went in or out. The sanctuary was trampled down, and the sons of aliens held the citadel; it was a lodging place for the Gentiles. Joy was taken from Jacob; the flute and the harp ceased to play.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	46	So they assembled and went to Mizpah, opposite Jerusalem, because Israel formerly had a place of prayer in Mizpah.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	47	They fasted that day, put on sackcloth and sprinkled ashes on their heads, and rent their clothes.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	48	And they opened the book of the law to inquire into those matters about which the Gentiles were consulting the images of their idols.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	49	They also brought the garments of the priesthood and the first fruits and the tithes, and they stirred up the Nazirites who had completed their days;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	50	and they cried aloud to Heaven, saying, “What shall we do with these? Where shall we take them?
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	51	Thy sanctuary is trampled down and profaned, and thy priests mourn in humiliation.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	52	And behold, the Gentiles are assembled against us to destroy us; thou knowest what they plot against us.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	53	How will we be able to withstand them, if thou dost not help us?”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	54	Then they sounded the trumpets and gave a loud shout.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	55	After this Judas appointed leaders of the people, in charge of thousands and hundreds and fifties and tens.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	56	And he said to those who were building houses, or were betrothed, or were planting vineyards, or were fainthearted, that each should return to his home, according to the law.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	57	Then the army marched out and encamped to the south of Emmaus.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	58	And Judas said, “Gird yourselves and be valiant. Be ready early in the morning to fight with these Gentiles who have assembled against us to destroy us and our sanctuary.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	59	It is better for us to die in battle than to see the misfortunes of our nation and of the sanctuary.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	3	60	But as his will in heaven may be, so he will do.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	1	Now Gorgias took five thousand infantry and a thousand picked cavalry, and this division moved out by night
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	2	to fall upon the camp of the Jews and attack them suddenly. Men from the citadel were his guides.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	3	But Judas heard of it, and he and his mighty men moved out to attack the king’s force in Emmaus
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	4	while the division was still absent from the camp.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	5	When Gorgias entered the camp of Judas by night, he found no one there, so he looked for them in the hills, because he said, “These men are fleeing from us.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	6	At daybreak Judas appeared in the plain with three thousand men, but they did not have armor and swords such as they desired.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	7	And they saw the camp of the Gentiles, strong and fortified, with cavalry round about it; and these men were trained in war.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	8	But Judas said to the men who were with him, “Do not fear their numbers or be afraid when they charge.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	9	Remember how our fathers were saved at the Red Sea, when Pharaoh with his forces pursued them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	10	And now let us cry to Heaven, to see whether he will favor us and remember his covenant with our fathers and crush this army before us today.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	11	Then all the Gentiles will know that there is one who redeems and saves Israel.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	12	When the foreigners looked up and saw them coming against them,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	13	they went forth from their camp to battle. Then the men with Judas blew their trumpets
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	14	and engaged in battle. The Gentiles were crushed and fled into the plain,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	15	and all those in the rear fell by the sword. They pursued them to Gazara, and to the plains of Idumea, and to Azotus and Jamnia; and three thousand of them fell.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	16	Then Judas and his force turned back from pursuing them,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	17	and he said to the people, “Do not be greedy for plunder, for there is a battle before us;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	18	Gorgias and his force are near us in the hills. But stand now against our enemies and fight them, and afterward seize the plunder boldly.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	19	Just as Judas was finishing this speech, a detachment appeared, coming out of the hills.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	20	They saw that their army had been put to flight, and that the Jews were burning the camp, for the smoke that was seen showed what had happened.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	21	When they perceived this they were greatly frightened, and when they also saw the army of Judas drawn up in the plain for battle,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	22	they all fled into the land of the Philistines.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	23	Then Judas returned to plunder the camp, and they seized much gold and silver, and cloth dyed blue and sea purple, and great riches.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	24	On their return they sang hymns and praises to Heaven, for he is good, for his mercy endures for ever.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	25	Thus Israel had a great deliverance that day.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	26	Those of the foreigners who escaped went and reported to Lysias all that had happened.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	27	When he heard it, he was perplexed and discouraged, for things had not happened to Israel as he had intended, nor had they turned out as the king had commanded him.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	28	But the next year he mustered sixty thousand picked infantrymen and five thousand cavalry to subdue them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	29	They came into Idumea and encamped at Beth-zur, and Judas met them with ten thousand men.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	30	When he saw that the army was strong, he prayed, saying, “Blessed art thou, O Savior of Israel, who didst crush the attack of the mighty warrior by the hand of thy servant David, and didst give the camp of the Philistines into the hands of Jonathan, the son of Saul, and of the man who carried his armor.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	31	So do thou hem in this army by the hand of thy people Israel, and let them be ashamed of their troops and their cavalry.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	32	Fill them with cowardice; melt the boldness of their strength; let them tremble in their destruction.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	33	Strike them down with the sword of those who love thee, and let all who know thy name praise thee with hymns.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	34	Then both sides attacked, and there fell of the army of Lysias five thousand men; they fell in action.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	35	And when Lysias saw the rout of his troops and observed the boldness which inspired those of Judas, and how ready they were either to live or to die nobly, he departed to Antioch and enlisted mercenaries, to invade Judea again with an even larger army.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	36	Then said Judas and his brothers, “Behold, our enemies are crushed; let us go up to cleanse the sanctuary and dedicate it.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	37	So all the army assembled and they went up to Mount Zion.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	38	And they saw the sanctuary desolate, the altar profaned, and the gates burned. In the courts they saw bushes sprung up as in a thicket, or as on one of the mountains. They saw also the chambers of the priests in ruins.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	39	Then they rent their clothes, and mourned with great lamentation, and sprinkled themselves with ashes.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	40	They fell face down on the ground, and sounded the signal on the trumpets, and cried out to Heaven.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	41	Then Judas detailed men to fight against those in the citadel until he had cleansed the sanctuary.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	42	He chose blameless priests devoted to the law,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	43	and they cleansed the sanctuary and removed the defiled stones to an unclean place.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	44	They deliberated what to do about the altar of burnt offering, which had been profaned.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	45	And they thought it best to tear it down, lest it bring reproach upon them, for the Gentiles had defiled it. So they tore down the altar,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	46	and stored the stones in a convenient place on the temple hill until there should come a prophet to tell what to do with them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	47	Then they took unhewn stones, as the law directs, and built a new altar like the former one.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	48	They also rebuilt the sanctuary and the interior of the temple, and consecrated the courts.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	49	They made new holy vessels, and brought the lampstand, the altar of incense, and the table into the temple.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	50	Then they burned incense on the altar and lighted the lamps on the lampstand, and these gave light in the temple.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	51	They placed the bread on the table and hung up the curtains. Thus they finished all the work they had undertaken.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	52	Early in the morning on the twenty-fifth day of the ninth month, which is the month of Chislev, in the one hundred and forty-eighth year,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	53	they rose and offered sacrifice, as the law directs, on the new altar of burnt offering which they had built.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	54	At the very season and on the very day that the Gentiles had profaned it, it was dedicated with songs and harps and lutes and cymbals.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	55	All the people fell on their faces and worshiped and blessed Heaven, who had prospered them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	56	So they celebrated the dedication of the altar for eight days, and offered burnt offerings with gladness; they offered a sacrifice of deliverance and praise.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	57	They decorated the front of the temple with golden crowns and small shields; they restored the gates and the chambers for the priests, and furnished them with doors.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	58	There was very great gladness among the people, and the reproach of the Gentiles was removed.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	59	Then Judas and his brothers and all the assembly of Israel determined that every year at that season the days of dedication of the altar should be observed with gladness and joy for eight days, beginning with the twenty-fifth day of the month of Chislev.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	60	At that time they fortified Mount Zion with high walls and strong towers round about, to keep the Gentiles from coming and trampling them down as they had done before.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	4	61	And he stationed a garrison there to hold it. He also fortified Beth-zur, so that the people might have a stronghold that faced Idumea.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	1	When the Gentiles round about heard that the altar had been built and the sanctuary dedicated as it was before, they became very angry,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	2	and they determined to destroy the descendants of Jacob who lived among them. So they began to kill and destroy among the people.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	3	But Judas made war on the sons of Esau in Idumea, at Akrabattene, because they kept lying in wait for Israel. He dealt them a heavy blow and humbled them and despoiled them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	4	He also remembered the wickedness of the sons of Baean, who were a trap and a snare to the people and ambushed them on the highways.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	5	They were shut up by him in their towers; and he encamped against them, vowed their complete destruction, and burned with fire their towers and all who were in them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	6	Then he crossed over to attack the Ammonites, where he found a strong band and many people with Timothy as their leader.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	7	He engaged in many battles with them and they were crushed before him; he struck them down.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	8	He also took Jazer and its villages; then he returned to Judea.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	9	Now the Gentiles in Gilead gathered together against the Israelites who lived in their territory, and planned to destroy them. But they fled to the stronghold of Dathema,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	10	and sent to Judas and his brothers a letter which said, “The Gentiles around us have gathered together against us to destroy us.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	11	They are preparing to come and capture the stronghold to which we have fled, and Timothy is leading their forces.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	12	Now then come and rescue us from their hands, for many of us have fallen,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	13	and all our brethren who were in the land of Tob have been killed; the enemy have captured their wives and children and goods, and have destroyed about a thousand men there.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	14	While the letter was still being read, behold, other messengers, with their garments rent, came from Galilee and made a similar report;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	15	they said that against them had gathered together men of Ptolemais and Tyre and Sidon, and all Galilee of the Gentiles, “to annihilate us.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	16	When Judas and the people heard these messages, a great assembly was called to determine what they should do for their brethren who were in distress and were being attacked by enemies.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	17	Then Judas said to Simon his brother, “Choose your men and go and rescue your brethren in Galilee; I and Jonathan my brother will go to Gilead.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	18	But he left Joseph, the son of Zechariah, and Azariah, a leader of the people, with the rest of the forces, in Judea to guard it;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	19	and he gave them this command, “Take charge of this people, but do not engage in battle with the Gentiles until we return.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	20	Then three thousand men were assigned to Simon to go to Galilee, and eight thousand to Judas for Gilead.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	21	so Simon went to Galilee and fought many battles against the Gentiles, and the Gentiles were crushed before him.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	22	He pursued them to the gate of Ptolemais, and as many as three thousand of the Gentiles fell, and he despoiled them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	23	Then he took the Jews of Galilee and Arbatta, with their wives and children, and all they possessed, and led them to Judea with great rejoicing.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	24	Judas Maccabeus and Jonathan his brother crossed the Jordan and went three days’ journey into the wilderness.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	25	They encountered the Nabateans, who met them peaceably and told them all that had happened to their brethren in Gilead:
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	26	“Many of them have been shut up in Bozrah and Bosor, in Alema and Chaspho, Maked and Carnaim”—all these cities were strong and large—
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	27	“and some have been shut up in the other cities of Gilead; the enemy are getting ready to attack the strongholds tomorrow and take and destroy all these men in one day.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	28	Then Judas and his army quickly turned back by the wilderness road to Bozrah; and he took the city, and killed every male by the edge of the sword; then he seized all its spoils and burned it with fire.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	29	He departed from there at night, and they went all the way to the stronghold of Dathema.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	30	At dawn they looked up, and behold, a large company, that could not be counted, carrying ladders and engines of war to capture the stronghold, and attacking the Jews within.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	31	So Judas saw that the battle had begun and that the cry of the city went up to Heaven with trumpets and loud shouts,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	32	and he said to the men of his forces, “Fight today for your brethren!”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	33	Then he came up behind them in three companies, who sounded their trumpets and cried aloud in prayer.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	34	And when the army of Timothy realized that it was Maccabeus, they fled before him, and he dealt them a heavy blow. As many as eight thousand of them fell that day.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	35	Next he turned aside to Alema, and fought against it and took it; and he killed every male in it, plundered it, and burned it with fire.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	36	From there he marched on and took Chaspho, Maked, and Bosor, and the other cities of Gilead.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	37	After these things Timothy gathered another army and encamped opposite Raphon, on the other side of the stream.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	38	Judas sent men to spy out the camp, and they reported to him, “All the Gentiles around us have gathered to him; it is a very large force.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	39	They also have hired Arabs to help them, and they are encamped across the stream, ready to come and fight against you.” And Judas went to meet them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	40	Now as Judas and his army drew near to the stream of water, Timothy said to the officers of his forces, “If he crosses over to us first, we will not be able to resist him, for he will surely defeat us.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	41	But if he shows fear and camps on the other side of the river, we will cross over to him and defeat him.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	42	When Judas approached the stream of water, he stationed the scribes of the people at the stream and gave them this command, “Permit no man to encamp, but make them all enter the battle.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	43	Then he crossed over against them first, and the whole army followed him. All the Gentiles were defeated before him, and they threw away their arms and fled into the sacred precincts at Carnaim.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	44	But he took the city and burned the sacred precincts with fire, together with all who were in them. Thus Carnaim was conquered; they could stand before Judas no longer.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	45	Then Judas gathered together all the Israelites in Gilead, the small and the great, with their wives and children and goods, a very large company, to go to the land of Judah.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	46	So they came to Ephron. This was a large and very strong city on the road, and they could not go round it to the right or to the left; they had to go through it.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	47	But the men of the city shut them out and blocked up the gates with stones.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	48	And Judas sent them this friendly message, “Let us pass through your land to get to our land. No one will do you harm; we will simply pass by on foot.” But they refused to open to him.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	49	Then Judas ordered proclamation to be made to the army that each should encamp where he was.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	50	So the men of the forces encamped, and he fought against the city all that day and all the night, and the city was delivered into his hands.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	51	He destroyed every male by the edge of the sword, and razed and plundered the city. Then he passed through the city over the slain.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	52	And they crossed the Jordan into the large plain before Beth-shan.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	53	And Judas kept rallying the laggards and encouraging the people all the way till he came to the land of Judah.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	54	So they went up to Mount Zion with gladness and joy, and offered burnt offerings, because not one of them had fallen before they returned in safety.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	55	Now while Judas and Jonathan were in Gilead and Simon his brother was in Galilee before Ptolemais,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	56	Joseph, the son of Zechariah, and Azariah, the commanders of the forces, heard of their brave deeds and of the heroic war they had fought.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	57	So they said, “Let us also make a name for ourselves; let us go and make war on the Gentiles around us.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	58	And they issued orders to the men of the forces that were with them, and they marched against Jamnia.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	59	And Gorgias and his men came out of the city to meet them in battle.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	60	Then Joseph and Azariah were routed, and were pursued to the borders of Judea; as many as two thousand of the people of Israel fell that day.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	61	Thus the people suffered a great rout because, thinking to do a brave deed, they did not listen to Judas and his brothers.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	62	But they did not belong to the family of those men through whom deliverance was given to Israel.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	63	The man Judas and his brothers were greatly honored in all Israel and among all the Gentiles, wherever their name was heard.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	64	Men gathered to them and praised them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	65	Then Judas and his brothers went forth and fought the sons of Esau in the land to the south. He struck Hebron and its villages and tore down its strongholds and burned its towers round about.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	66	Then he marched off to go into the land of the Philistines, and passed through Marisa.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	67	On that day some priests, who wished to do a brave deed, fell in battle, for they went out to battle unwisely.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	5	68	But Judas turned aside to Azotus in the land of the Philistines; he tore down their altars, and the graven images of their gods he burned with fire; he plundered the cities and returned to the land of Judah.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	1	King Antiochus was going through the upper provinces when he heard that Elymais in Persia was a city famed for its wealth in silver and gold.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	2	Its temple was very rich, containing golden shields, breastplates, and weapons left there by Alexander, the son of Philip, the Macedonian king who first reigned over the Greeks.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	3	So he came and tried to take the city and plunder it, but he could not, because his plan became known to the men of the city
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	4	and they withstood him in battle. So he fled and in great grief departed from there to return to Babylon.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	5	Then some one came to him in Persia and reported that the armies which had gone into the land of Judah had been routed;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	6	that Lysias had gone first with a strong force, but had turned and fled before the Jews; that the Jews had grown strong from the arms, supplies, and abundant spoils which they had taken from the armies they had cut down;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	7	that they had torn down the abomination which he had erected upon the altar in Jerusalem; and that they had surrounded the sanctuary with high walls as before, and also Beth-zur, his city.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	8	When the king heard this news, he was astounded and badly shaken. He took to his bed and became sick from grief, because things had not turned out for him as he had planned.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	9	He lay there for many days, because deep grief continually gripped him, and he concluded that he was dying.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	10	So he called all his friends and said to them, “Sleep departs from my eyes and I am downhearted with worry.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	11	I said to myself, ‘To what distress I have come! And into what a great flood I now am plunged! For I was kind and beloved in my power.’
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	12	But now I remember the evils I did in Jerusalem. I seized all her vessels of silver and gold; and I sent to destroy the inhabitants of Judah without good reason.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	13	I know that it is because of this that these evils have come upon me; and behold, I am perishing of deep grief in a strange land.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	14	Then he called for Philip, one of his friends, and made him ruler over all his kingdom.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	15	He gave him the crown and his robe and the signet, that he might guide Antiochus his son and bring him up to be king.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	16	Thus Antiochus the king died there in the one hundred and forty-ninth year.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	17	And when Lysias learned that the king was dead, he set up Antiochus the king’s son to reign. Lysias had brought him up as a boy, and he named him Eupator.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	18	Now the men in the citadel kept hemming Israel in around the sanctuary. They were trying in every way to harm them and strengthen the Gentiles.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	19	So Judas decided to destroy them, and assembled all the people to besiege them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	20	They gathered together and besieged the citadel in the one hundred and fiftieth year; and he built siege towers and other engines of war.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	21	But some of the garrison escaped from the siege and some of the ungodly Israelites joined them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	22	They went to the king and said, “How long will you fail to do justice and to avenge our brethren?
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	23	We were happy to serve your father, to live by what he said and to follow his commands.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	24	For this reason the sons of our people besieged the citadel and became hostile to us; moreover, they have put to death as many of us as they have caught, and they have seized our inheritances.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	25	And not against us alone have they stretched out their hands, but also against all the lands on their borders.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	26	And behold, today they have encamped against the citadel in Jerusalem to take it; they have fortified both the sanctuary and Beth-zur;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	27	and unless you quickly prevent them, they will do still greater things, and you will not be able to stop them.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	28	The king was enraged when he heard this. He assembled all his friends, the commanders of his forces and those in authority.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	29	And mercenary forces came to him from other kingdoms and from islands of the seas.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	30	The number of his forces was a hundred thousand foot soldiers, twenty thousand horsemen, and thirty-two elephants accustomed to war.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	31	They came through Idumea and encamped against Beth-zur, and for many days they fought and built engines of war; but the Jews sallied out and burned these with fire, and fought manfully.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	32	Then Judas marched away from the citadel and encamped at Beth-zechariah, opposite the camp of the king.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	33	Early in the morning the king rose and took his army by a forced march along the road to Beth-zechariah, and his troops made ready for battle and sounded their trumpets.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	34	They showed the elephants the juice of grapes and mulberries, to arouse them for battle.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	35	And they distributed the beasts among the phalanxes; with each elephant they stationed a thousand men armed with coats of mail, and with brass helmets on their heads; and five hundred picked horsemen were assigned to each beast.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	36	These took their position beforehand wherever the beast was; wherever it went they went with it, and they never left it.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	37	And upon the elephants were wooden towers, strong and covered; they were fastened upon each beast by special harness, and upon each were four armed men who fought from there, and also its Indian driver.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	38	The rest of the horsemen were stationed on either side, on the two flanks of the army, to harass the enemy while being themselves protected by the phalanxes.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	39	When the sun shone upon the shields of gold and brass, the hills were ablaze with them and gleamed like flaming torches.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	40	Now a part of the king’s army was spread out on the high hills, and some troops were on the plain, and they advanced steadily and in good order.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	41	All who heard the noise made by their multitude, by the marching of the multitude and the clanking of their arms, trembled, for the army was very large and strong.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	42	But Judas and his army advanced to the battle, and six hundred men of the king’s army fell.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	43	And Eleazar, called Avaran, saw that one of the beasts was equipped with royal armor. It was taller than all the others, and he supposed that the king was upon it.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	44	So he gave his life to save his people and to win for himself an everlasting name.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	45	He courageously ran into the midst of the phalanx to reach it; he killed men right and left, and they parted before him on both sides.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	46	He got under the elephant, stabbed it from beneath, and killed it; but it fell to the ground upon him and he died.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	47	And when the Jews saw the royal might and the fierce attack of the forces, they turned away in flight.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	48	The soldiers of the king’s army went up to Jerusalem against them, and the king encamped in Judea and at Mount Zion.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	49	He made peace with the men of Beth-zur, and they evacuated the city, because they had no provisions there to withstand a siege, since it was a sabbatical year for the land.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	50	So the king took Beth-zur and stationed a guard there to hold it.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	51	Then he encamped before the sanctuary for many days. He set up siege towers, engines of war to throw fire and stones, machines to shoot arrows, and catapults.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	52	The Jews also made engines of war to match theirs, and fought for many days.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	53	But they had no food in storage, because it was the seventh year; those who found safety in Judea from the Gentiles had consumed the last of the stores.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	54	Few men were left in the sanctuary, because famine had prevailed over the rest and they had been scattered, each to his own place.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	55	Then Lysias heard that Philip, whom King Antiochus while still living had appointed to bring up Antiochus his son to be king,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	56	had returned from Persia and Media with the forces that had gone with the king, and that he was trying to seize control of the government.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	57	So he quickly gave orders to depart, and said to the king, to the commanders of the forces, and to the men, “We daily grow weaker, our food supply is scant, the place against which we are fighting is strong, and the affairs of the kingdom press urgently upon us.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	58	Now then let us come to terms with these men, and make peace with them and with all their nation,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	59	and agree to let them live by their laws as they did before; for it was on account of their laws which we abolished that they became angry and did all these things.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	60	The speech pleased the king and the commanders, and he sent to the Jews an offer of peace, and they accepted it.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	61	So the king and the commanders gave them their oath. On these conditions the Jews evacuated the stronghold.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	62	But when the king entered Mount Zion and saw what a strong fortress the place was, he broke the oath he had sworn and gave orders to tear down the wall all around.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	6	63	Then he departed with haste and returned to Antioch. He found Philip in control of the city, but he fought against him, and took the city by force.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	1	In the one hundred and fifty-first year Demetrius the son of Seleucus set forth from Rome, sailed with a few men to a city by the sea, and there began to reign.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	2	As he was entering the royal palace of his fathers, the army seized Antiochus and Lysias to bring them to him.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	3	But when this act became known to him, he said, “Do not let me see their faces!”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	4	So the army killed them, and Demetrius took his seat upon the throne of his kingdom.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	5	Then there came to him all the lawless and ungodly men of Israel; they were led by Alcimus, who wanted to be high priest.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	6	And they brought to the king this accusation against the people: “Judas and his brothers have destroyed all your friends, and have driven us out of our land.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	7	Now then send a man whom you trust; let him go and see all the ruin which Judas has brought upon us and upon the land of the king, and let him punish them and all who help them.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	8	So the king chose Bacchides, one of the king’s friends, governor of the province Beyond the River; he was a great man in the kingdom and was faithful to the king.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	9	And he sent him, and with him the ungodly Alcimus, whom he made high priest; and he commanded him to take vengeance on the sons of Israel.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	10	So they marched away and came with a large force into the land of Judah; and he sent messengers to Judas and his brothers with peaceable but treacherous words.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	11	But they paid no attention to their words, for they saw that they had come with a large force.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	12	Then a group of scribes appeared in a body before Alcimus and Bacchides to ask for just terms.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	13	The Hasideans were first among the sons of Israel to seek peace from them,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	14	for they said, “A priest of the line of Aaron has come with the army, and he will not harm us.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	15	And he spoke peaceable words to them and swore this oath to them, “We will not seek to injure you or your friends.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	16	So they trusted him; but he seized sixty of them and killed them in one day, in accordance with the word which was written,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	17	“The flesh of thy saints and their blood they poured out round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	18	Then the fear and dread of them fell upon all the people, for they said, “There is no truth or justice in them, for they have violated the agreement and the oath which they swore.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	19	Then Bacchides departed from Jerusalem and encamped in Beth-zaith. And he sent and seized many of the men who had deserted to him, and some of the people, and killed them and threw them into a great pit.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	20	He placed Alcimus in charge of the country and left with him a force to help him; then Bacchides went back to the king.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	21	Alcimus strove for the high priesthood,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	22	and all who were troubling their people joined him. They gained control of the land of Judah and did great damage in Israel.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	23	And Judas saw all the evil that Alcimus and those with him had done among the sons of Israel; it was more than the Gentiles had done.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	24	So Judas went out into all the surrounding parts of Judea, and took vengeance on the men who had deserted, and he prevented those in the city from going out into the country.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	25	When Alcimus saw that Judas and those with him had grown strong, and realized that he could not withstand them, he returned to the king and brought wicked charges against them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	26	Then the king sent Nicanor, one of his honored princes, who hated and detested Israel, and he commanded him to destroy the people.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	27	So Nicanor came to Jerusalem with a large force, and treacherously sent to Judas and his brothers this peaceable message,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	28	“Let there be no fighting between me and you; I shall come with a few men to see you face to face in peace.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	29	So he came to Judas, and they greeted one another peaceably. But the enemy were ready to seize Judas.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	30	It became known to Judas that Nicanor had come to him with treacherous intent, and he was afraid of him and would not meet him again.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	31	When Nicanor learned that his plan had been disclosed, he went out to meet Judas in battle near Caphar-salama.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	32	About five hundred men of the army of Nicanor fell, and the rest fled into the city of David.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	33	After these events Nicanor went up to Mount Zion. Some of the priests came out of the sanctuary, and some of the elders of the people, to greet him peaceably and to show him the burnt offering that was being offered for the king.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	34	But he mocked them and derided them and defiled them and spoke arrogantly,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	35	and in anger he swore this oath, “Unless Judas and his army are delivered into my hands this time, then if I return safely I will burn up this house.” And he went out in great anger.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	36	Then the priests went in and stood before the altar and the temple, and they wept and said,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	37	“Thou didst choose this house to be called by thy name, and to be for thy people a house of prayer and supplication.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	38	Take vengeance on this man and on his army, and let them fall by the sword; remember their blasphemies, and let them live no longer.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	39	Now Nicanor went out from Jerusalem and encamped in Beth-horon, and the Syrian army joined him.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	40	And Judas encamped in Adasa with three thousand men. Then Judas prayed and said,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	41	“When the messengers from the king spoke blasphemy, thy angel went forth and struck down one hundred and eighty-five thousand of the Assyrians.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	42	So also crush this army before us today; let the rest learn that Nicanor has spoken wickedly against the sanctuary, and judge him according to this wickedness.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	43	So the armies met in battle on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. The army of Nicanor was crushed, and he himself was the first to fall in the battle.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	44	When his army saw that Nicanor had fallen, they threw down their arms and fled.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	45	The Jews pursued them a day’s journey, from Adasa as far as Gazara, and as they followed kept sounding the battle call on the trumpets.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	46	And men came out of all the villages of Judea round about, and they out-flanked the enemy and drove them back to their pursuers, so that they all fell by the sword; not even one of them was left.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	47	Then the Jews seized the spoils and the plunder, and they cut off Nicanor’s head and the right hand which he so arrogantly stretched out, and brought them and displayed them just outside Jerusalem.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	48	The people rejoiced greatly and celebrated that day as a day of great gladness.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	49	And they decreed that this day should be celebrated each year on the thirteenth day of Adar.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	7	50	So the land of Judah had rest for a few days.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	1	Now Judas heard of the fame of the Romans, that they were very strong and were well-disposed toward all who made an alliance with them, that they pledged friendship to those who came to them,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	2	and that they were very strong. Men told him of their wars and of the brave deeds which they were doing among the Gauls, how they had defeated them and forced them to pay tribute,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	3	and what they had done in the land of Spain to get control of the silver and gold mines there,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	4	and how they had gained control of the whole region by their planning and patience, even though the place was far distant from them. They also subdued the kings who came against them from the ends of the earth, until they crushed them and inflicted great disaster upon them; the rest paid them tribute every year.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	5	Philip, and Perseus king of the Macedonians, and the others who rose up against them, they crushed in battle and conquered.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	6	They also defeated Antiochus the Great, king of Asia, who went to fight against them with a hundred and twenty elephants and with cavalry and chariots and a very large army. He was crushed by them;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	7	they took him alive and decreed that he and those who should reign after him should pay a heavy tribute and give hostages and surrender some of their best provinces,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	8	the country of India and Media and Lydia. These they took from him and gave to Eumenes the king.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	9	The Greeks planned to come and destroy them,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	10	but this became known to them, and they sent a general against the Greeks and attacked them. Many of them were wounded and fell, and the Romans took captive their wives and children; they plundered them, conquered the land, tore down their strongholds, and enslaved them to this day.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	11	The remaining kingdoms and islands, as many as ever opposed them, they destroyed and enslaved;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	12	but with their friends and those who rely on them they have kept friendship. They have subdued kings far and near, and as many as have heard of their fame have feared them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	13	Those whom they wish to help and to make kings, they make kings, and those whom they wish they depose; and they have been greatly exalted.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	14	Yet for all this not one of them has put on a crown or worn purple as a mark of pride,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	15	but they have built for themselves a senate chamber, and every day three hundred and twenty senators constantly deliberate concerning the people, to govern them well.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	16	They trust one man each year to rule over them and to control all their land; they all heed the one man, and there is no envy or jealousy among them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	17	So Judas chose Eupolemus the son of John, son of Accos, and Jason the son of Eleazar, and sent them to Rome to establish friendship and alliance,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	18	and to free themselves from the yoke; for they saw that the kingdom of the Greeks was completely enslaving Israel.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	19	They went to Rome, a very long journey; and they entered the senate chamber and spoke as follows:
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	20	“Judas, who is also called Maccabeus, and his brothers and the people of the Jews have sent us to you to establish alliance and peace with you, that we may be enrolled as your allies and friends.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	21	The proposal pleased them,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	22	and this is a copy of the letter which they wrote in reply, on bronze tablets, and sent to Jerusalem to remain with them there as a memorial of peace and alliance:
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	23	“May all go well with the Romans and with the nation of the Jews at sea and on land for ever, and may sword and enemy be far from them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	24	If war comes first to Rome or to any of their allies in all their dominion,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	25	the nation of the Jews shall act as their allies wholeheartedly, as the occasion may indicate to them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	26	And to the enemy who makes war they shall not give or supply grain, arms, money, or ships, as Rome has decided; and they shall keep their obligations without receiving any return.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	27	In the same way, if war comes first to the nation of the Jews, the Romans shall willingly act as their allies, as the occasion may indicate to them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	28	And to the enemy allies shall be given no grain, arms, money, or ships, as Rome has decided; and they shall keep these obligations and do so without deceit.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	29	Thus on these terms the Romans make a treaty with the Jewish people.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	30	If after these terms are in effect both parties shall determine to add or delete anything, they shall do so at their discretion, and any addition or deletion that they may make shall be valid.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	31	“And concerning the wrongs which King Demetrius is doing to them we have written to him as follows, ‘Why have you made your yoke heavy upon our friends and allies the Jews?
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	8	32	If now they appeal again for help against you, we will defend their rights and fight you on sea and on land.’”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	1	When Demetrius heard that Nicanor and his army had fallen in battle, he sent Bacchides and Alcimus into the land of Judah a second time, and with them the right wing of the army.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	2	They went by the road which leads to Gilgal and encamped against Mesaloth in Arbela, and they took it and killed many people.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	3	In the first month of the one hundred and fifty-second year they encamped against Jerusalem;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	4	then they marched off and went to Berea with twenty thousand foot soldiers and two thousand cavalry.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	5	Now Judas was encamped in Elasa, and with him were three thousand picked men.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	6	When they saw the huge number of the enemy forces, they were greatly frightened, and many slipped away from the camp, until no more than eight hundred of them were left.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	7	When Judas saw that his army had slipped away and the battle was imminent, he was crushed in spirit, for he had no time to assemble them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	8	He became faint, but he said to those who were left, “Let us rise and go up against our enemies. We may be able to fight them.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	9	But they tried to dissuade him, saying, “We are not able. Let us rather save our own lives now, and let us come back with our brethren and fight them; we are too few.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	10	But Judas said, “Far be it from us to do such a thing as to flee from them. If our time has come, let us die bravely for our brethren, and leave no cause to question our honor.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	11	Then the army of Bacchides marched out from the camp and took its stand for the encounter. The cavalry was divided into two companies, and the slingers and the archers went ahead of the army, as did all the chief warriors.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	12	Bacchides was on the right wing. Flanked by the two companies, the phalanx advanced to the sound of the trumpets; and the men with Judas also blew their trumpets.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	13	The earth was shaken by the noise of the armies, and the battle raged from morning till evening.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	14	Judas saw that Bacchides and the strength of his army were on the right; then all the stouthearted men went with him,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	15	and they crushed the right wing, and he pursued them as far as Mount Azotus.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	16	When those on the left wing saw that the right wing was crushed, they turned and followed close behind Judas and his men.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	17	The battle became desperate, and many on both sides were wounded and fell.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	18	Judas also fell, and the rest fled.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	19	Then Jonathan and Simon took Judas their brother and buried him in the tomb of their fathers at Modein,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	20	and wept for him. And all Israel made great lamentation for him; they mourned many days and said,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	21	“How is the mighty fallen, the savior of Israel!”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	22	Now the rest of the acts of Judas, and his wars and the brave deeds that he did, and his greatness, have not been recorded, for they were very many.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	23	After the death of Judas, the lawless emerged in all parts of Israel; all the doers of injustice appeared.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	24	In those days a very great famine occurred, and the country deserted with them to the enemy.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	25	And Bacchides chose the ungodly and put them in charge of the country.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	26	They sought and searched for the friends of Judas, and brought them to Bacchides, and he took vengeance on them and made sport of them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	27	Thus there was great distress in Israel, such as had not been since the time that prophets ceased to appear among them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	28	Then all the friends of Judas assembled and said to Jonathan,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	29	“Since the death of your brother Judas there has been no one like him to go against our enemies and Bacchides, and to deal with those of our nation who hate us.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	30	So now we have chosen you today to take his place as our ruler and leader, to fight our battle.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	31	And Jonathan at that time accepted the leadership and took the place of Judas his brother.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	32	When Bacchides learned of this, he tried to kill him.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	33	But Jonathan and Simon his brother and all who were with him heard of it, and they fled into the wilderness of Tekoa and camped by the water of the pool of Asphar.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	34	Bacchides found this out on the sabbath day, and he with all his army crossed the Jordan.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	35	And Jonathan sent his brother as leader of the multitude and begged the Nabateans, who were his friends, for permission to store with them the great amount of baggage which they had.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	36	But the sons of Jambri from Medeba came out and seized John and all that he had, and departed with it.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	37	After these things it was reported to Jonathan and Simon his brother, “The sons of Jambri are celebrating a great wedding, and are conducting the bride, a daughter of one of the great nobles of Canaan, from Nadabath with a large escort.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	38	And they remembered the blood of John their brother, and went up and hid under cover of the mountain.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	39	They raised their eyes and looked, and saw a tumultuous procession with much baggage; and the bridegroom came out with his friends and his brothers to meet them with tambourines and musicians and many weapons.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	40	Then they rushed upon them from the ambush and began killing them. Many were wounded and fell, and the rest fled to the mountain; and they took all their goods.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	41	Thus the wedding was turned into mourning and the voice of their musicians into a funeral dirge.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	42	And when they had fully avenged the blood of their brother, they returned to the marshes of the Jordan.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	43	When Bacchides heard of this, he came with a large force on the sabbath day to the banks of the Jordan.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	44	And Jonathan said to those with him, “Let us rise up now and fight for our lives, for today things are not as they were before.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	45	For look! the battle is in front of us and behind us; the water of the Jordan is on this side and on that, with marsh and thicket; there is no place to turn.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	46	Cry out now to Heaven that you may be delivered from the hands of our enemies.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	47	So the battle began, and Jonathan stretched out his hand to strike Bacchides, but he eluded him and went to the rear.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	48	Then Jonathan and the men with him leaped into the Jordan and swam across to the other side, and the enemy did not cross the Jordan to attack them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	49	And about one thousand of Bacchides’ men fell that day.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	50	Bacchides then returned to Jerusalem and built strong cities in Judea: the fortress in Jericho, and Emmaus, and Beth-horon, and Bethel, and Timnath, and Pharathon, and Tephon, with high walls and gates and bars.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	51	And he placed garrisons in them to harass Israel.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	52	He also fortified the city of Beth-zur, and Gazara, and the citadel, and in them he put troops and stores of food.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	53	And he took the sons of the leading men of the land as hostages and put them under guard in the citadel at Jerusalem.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	54	In the one hundred and fifty-third year, in the second month, Alcimus gave orders to tear down the wall of the inner court of the sanctuary. He tore down the work of the prophets!
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	55	But he only began to tear it down, for at that time Alcimus was stricken and his work was hindered; his mouth was stopped and he was paralyzed, so that he could no longer say a word or give commands concerning his house.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	56	And Alcimus died at that time in great agony.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	57	When Bacchides saw that Alcimus was dead, he returned to the king, and the land of Judah had rest for two years.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	58	Then all the lawless plotted and said, “See! Jonathan and his men are living in quiet and confidence. So now let us bring Bacchides back, and he will capture them all in one night.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	59	And they went and consulted with him.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	60	He started to come with a large force, and secretly sent letters to all his allies in Judea, telling them to seize Jonathan and his men; but they were unable to do it, because their plan became known.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	61	And Jonathan’s men seized about fifty of the men of the country who were leaders in this treachery, and killed them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	62	Then Jonathan with his men, and Simon, withdrew to Bethbasi in the wilderness; he rebuilt the parts of it that had been demolished, and they fortified it.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	63	When Bacchides learned of this, he assembled all his forces, and sent orders to the men of Judea.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	64	Then he came and encamped against Bethbasi; he fought against it for many days and made machines of war.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	65	But Jonathan left Simon his brother in the city, while he went out into the country; and he went with only a few men.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	66	He struck down Odomera and his brothers and the sons of Phasiron in their tents.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	67	Then he began to attack and went into battle with his forces; and Simon and his men sallied out from the city and set fire to the machines of war.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	68	They fought with Bacchides, and he was crushed by them. They distressed him greatly, for his plan and his expedition had been in vain.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	69	So he was greatly enraged at the lawless men who had counseled him to come into the country, and he killed many of them. Then he decided to depart to his own land.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	70	When Jonathan learned of this, he sent ambassadors to him to make peace with him and obtain release of the captives.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	71	He agreed, and did as he said; and he swore to Jonathan that he would not try to harm him as long as he lived.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	72	He restored to him the captives whom he had formerly taken from the land of Judah; then he turned and departed to his own land, and came no more into their territory.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	9	73	Thus the sword ceased from Israel. And Jonathan dwelt in Michmash. And Jonathan began to judge the people, and he destroyed the ungodly out of Israel.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	1	In the one hundred and sixtieth year Alexander Epiphanes, the son of Antiochus, landed and occupied Ptolemais. They welcomed him, and there he began to reign.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	2	When Demetrius the king heard of it, he assembled a very large army and marched out to meet him in battle.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	3	And Demetrius sent Jonathan a letter in peaceable words to honor him;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	4	for he said, “Let us act first to make peace with him before he makes peace with Alexander against us,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	5	for he will remember all the wrongs which we did to him and to his brothers and his nation.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	6	So Demetrius gave him authority to recruit troops, to equip them with arms, and to become his ally; and he commanded that the hostages in the citadel should be released to him.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	7	Then Jonathan came to Jerusalem and read the letter in the hearing of all the people and of the men in the citadel.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	8	They were greatly alarmed when they heard that the king had given him authority to recruit troops.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	9	But the men in the citadel released the hostages to Jonathan, and he returned them to their parents.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	10	And Jonathan dwelt in Jerusalem and began to rebuild and restore the city.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	11	He directed those who were doing the work to build the walls and encircle Mount Zion with squared stones, for better fortification; and they did so.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	12	Then the foreigners who were in the strongholds that Bacchides had built fled;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	13	each left his place and departed to his own land.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	14	Only in Beth-zur did some remain who had forsaken the law and the commandments, for it served as a place of refuge.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	15	Now Alexander the king heard of all the promises which Demetrius had sent to Jonathan, and men told him of the battles that Jonathan and his brothers had fought, of the brave deeds that they had done, and of the troubles that they had endured.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	16	So he said, “Shall we find another such man? Come now, we will make him our friend and ally.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	17	And he wrote a letter and sent it to him, in the following words:
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	18	“King Alexander to his brother Jonathan, greeting.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	19	We have heard about you, that you are a mighty warrior and worthy to be our friend.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	20	And so we have appointed you today to be the high priest of your nation; you are to be called the king’s friend” (and he sent him a purple robe and a golden crown) “and you are to take our side and keep friendship with us.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	21	So Jonathan put on the holy garments in the seventh month of the one hundred and sixtieth year, at the feast of tabernacles, and he recruited troops and equipped them with arms in abundance.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	22	When Demetrius heard of these things he was grieved and said,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	23	“What is this that we have done? Alexander has gotten ahead of us in forming a friendship with the Jews to strengthen himself.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	24	I also will write them words of encouragement and promise them honor and gifts, that I may have their help.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	25	So he sent a message to them in the following words: “King Demetrius to the nation of the Jews, greeting.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	26	Since you have kept your agreement with us and have continued your friendship with us, and have not sided with our enemies, we have heard of it and rejoiced.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	27	And now continue still to keep faith with us, and we will repay you with good for what you do for us.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	28	We will grant you many immunities and give you gifts.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	29	“And now I free you and exempt all the Jews from payment of tribute and salt tax and crown levies,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	30	and instead of collecting the third of the grain and the half of the fruit of the trees that I should receive, I release them from this day and henceforth. I will not collect them from the land of Judah or from the three districts added to it from Samaria and Galilee, from this day and for all time.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	31	And let Jerusalem and her environs, her tithes and her revenues, be holy and free from tax.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	32	I release also my control of the citadel in Jerusalem and give it to the high priest, that he may station in it men of his own choice to guard it.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	33	And every one of the Jews taken as a captive from the land of Judah into any part of my kingdom, I set free without payment; and let all officials cancel also the taxes on their cattle.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	34	“And all the feasts and sabbaths and new moons and appointed days, and the three days before a feast and the three after a feast—let them all be days of immunity and release for all the Jews who are in my kingdom.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	35	No one shall have authority to exact anything from them or annoy any of them about any matter.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	36	“Let Jews be enrolled in the king’s forces to the number of thirty thousand men, and let the maintenance be given them that is due to all the forces of the king.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	37	Let some of them be stationed in the great strongholds of the king, and let some of them be put in positions of trust in the kingdom. Let their officers and leaders be of their own number, and let them live by their own laws, just as the king has commanded in the land of Judah.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	38	“As for the three districts that have been added to Judea from the country of Samaria, let them be so annexed to Judea that they are considered to be under one ruler and obey no other authority but the high priest.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	39	Ptolemais and the land adjoining it I have given as a gift to the sanctuary in Jerusalem, to meet the necessary expenses of the sanctuary.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	40	I also grant fifteen thousand shekels of silver yearly out of the king’s revenues from appropriate places.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	41	And all the additional funds which the government officials have not paid as they did in the first years, they shall give from now on for the service of the temple.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	42	Moreover, the five thousand shekels of silver which my officials have received every year from the income of the services of the temple, this too is canceled, because it belongs to the priests who minister there.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	43	And whoever takes refuge at the temple in Jerusalem, or in any of its precincts, because he owes money to the king or has any debt, let him be released and receive back all his property in my kingdom.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	44	“Let the cost of rebuilding and restoring the structures of the sanctuary be paid from the revenues of the king.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	45	And let the cost of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem and fortifying it round about, and the cost of rebuilding the walls in Judea, also be paid from the revenues of the king.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	46	When Jonathan and the people heard these words, they did not believe or accept them, because they remembered the great wrongs which Demetrius had done in Israel and how he had greatly oppressed them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	47	They favored Alexander, because he had been the first to speak peaceable words to them, and they remained his allies all his days.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	48	Now Alexander the king assembled large forces and encamped opposite Demetrius.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	49	The two kings met in battle, and the army of Demetrius fled, and Alexander pursued him and defeated them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	50	He pressed the battle strongly until the sun set, and Demetrius fell on that day.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	51	Then Alexander sent ambassadors to Ptolemy king of Egypt with the following message:
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	52	“Since I have returned to my kingdom and have taken my seat on the throne of my fathers, and established my rule—for I crushed Demetrius and gained control of our country;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	53	I met him in battle, and he and his army were crushed by us, and we have taken our seat on the throne of his kingdom—
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	54	now therefore let us establish friendship with one another; give me now your daughter as my wife, and I will become your son-in-law, and will make gifts to you and to her in keeping with your position.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	55	Ptolemy the king replied and said, “Happy was the day on which you returned to the land of your fathers and took your seat on the throne of their kingdom.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	56	And now I will do for you as you wrote, but meet me at Ptolemais, so that we may see one another, and I will become your father-in-law, as you have said.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	57	So Ptolemy set out from Egypt, he and Cleopatra his daughter, and came to Ptolemais in the one hundred and sixty-second year.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	58	Alexander the king met him, and Ptolemy gave him Cleopatra his daughter in marriage, and celebrated her wedding at Ptolemais with great pomp, as kings do.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	59	Then Alexander the king wrote to Jonathan to come to meet him.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	60	So he went with pomp to Ptolemais and met the two kings; he gave them and their friends silver and gold and many gifts, and found favor with them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	61	A group of pestilent men from Israel, lawless men, gathered together against him to accuse him; but the king paid no attention to them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	62	The king gave orders to take off Jonathan’s garments and to clothe him in purple, and they did so.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	63	The king also seated him at his side; and he said to his officers, “Go forth with him into the middle of the city and proclaim that no one is to bring charges against him about any matter, and let no one annoy him for any reason.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	64	And when his accusers saw the honor that was paid him, in accordance with the proclamation, and saw him clothed in purple, they all fled.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	65	Thus the king honored him and enrolled him among his chief friends, and made him general and governor of the province.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	66	And Jonathan returned to Jerusalem in peace and gladness.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	67	In the one hundred and sixty-fifth year Demetrius the son of Demetrius came from Crete to the land of his fathers.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	68	When Alexander the king heard of it, he was greatly grieved and returned to Antioch.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	69	And Demetrius appointed Apollonius the governor of Coelesyria, and he assembled a large force and encamped against Jamnia. Then he sent the following message to Jonathan the high priest:
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	70	“You are the only one to rise up against us, and I have become a laughingstock and reproach because of you. Why do you assume authority against us in the hill country?
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	71	If you now have confidence in your forces, come down to the plain to meet us, and let us match strength with each other there, for I have with me the power of the cities.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	72	Ask and learn who I am and who the others are that are helping us. Men will tell you that you cannot stand before us, for your fathers were twice put to flight in their own land.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	73	And now you will not be able to withstand my cavalry and such an army in the plain, where there is no stone or pebble, or place to flee.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	74	When Jonathan heard the words of Apollonius, his spirit was aroused. He chose ten thousand men and set out from Jerusalem, and Simon his brother met him to help him.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	75	He encamped before Joppa, but the men of the city closed its gates, for Apollonius had a garrison in Joppa.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	76	So they fought against it, and the men of the city became afraid and opened the gates, and Jonathan gained possession of Joppa.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	77	When Apollonius heard of it, he mustered three thousand cavalry and a large army, and went to Azotus as though he were going farther. At the same time he advanced into the plain, for he had a large troop of cavalry and put confidence in it.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	78	Jonathan pursued him to Azotus, and the armies engaged in battle.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	79	Now Apollonius had secretly left a thousand cavalry behind them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	80	Jonathan learned that there was an ambush behind him, for they surrounded his army and shot arrows at his men from early morning till late afternoon.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	81	But his men stood fast, as Jonathan commanded, and the enemy’s horses grew tired.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	82	Then Simon brought forward his force and engaged the phalanx in battle (for the cavalry was exhausted); they were overwhelmed by him and fled,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	83	and the cavalry was dispersed in the plain. They fled to Azotus and entered Beth-dagon, the temple of their idol, for safety.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	84	But Jonathan burned Azotus and the surrounding towns and plundered them; and the temple of Dagon, and those who had taken refuge in it he burned with fire.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	85	The number of those who fell by the sword, with those burned alive, came to eight thousand men.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	86	Then Jonathan departed from there and encamped against Askalon, and the men of the city came out to meet him with great pomp.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	87	And Jonathan and those with him returned to Jerusalem with much booty.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	88	When Alexander the king heard of these things, he honored Jonathan still more;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	10	89	and he sent to him a golden buckle, such as it is the custom to give to the kinsmen of kings. He also gave him Ekron and all its environs as his possession.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	1	Then the king of Egypt gathered great forces, like the sand by the seashore, and many ships; and he tried to get possession of Alexander’s kingdom by trickery and add it to his own kingdom.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	2	He set out for Syria with peaceable words, and the people of the cities opened their gates to him and went to meet him, for Alexander the king had commanded them to meet him, since he was Alexander’s father-in-law.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	3	But when Ptolemy entered the cities he stationed forces as a garrison in each city.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	4	When he approached Azotus, they showed him the temple of Dagon burned down, and Azotus and its suburbs destroyed, and the corpses lying about, and the charred bodies of those whom Jonathan had burned in the war, for they had piled them in heaps along his route.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	5	They also told the king what Jonathan had done, to throw blame on him; but the king kept silent.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	6	Jonathan met the king at Joppa with pomp, and they greeted one another and spent the night there.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	7	And Jonathan went with the king as far as the river called Eleutherus; then he returned to Jerusalem.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	8	So King Ptolemy gained control of the coastal cities as far as Seleucia by the sea, and he kept devising evil designs against Alexander.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	9	He sent envoys to Demetrius the king, saying, “Come, let us make a covenant with each other, and I will give you in marriage my daughter who was Alexander’s wife, and you shall reign over your father’s kingdom.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	10	For I now regret that I gave him my daughter, for he has tried to kill me.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	11	He threw blame on Alexander because he coveted his kingdom.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	12	So he took his daughter away from him and gave her to Demetrius. He was estranged from Alexander, and their enmity became manifest.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	13	Then Ptolemy entered Antioch and put on the crown of Asia. Thus he put two crowns upon his head, the crown of Egypt and that of Asia.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	14	Now Alexander the king was in Cilicia at that time, because the people of that region were in revolt.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	15	And Alexander heard of it and came against him in battle. Ptolemy marched out and met him with a strong force, and put him to flight.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	16	So Alexander fled into Arabia to find protection there, and King Ptolemy was exalted.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	17	And Zabdiel the Arab cut off the head of Alexander and sent it to Ptolemy.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	18	But King Ptolemy died three days later, and his troops in the strongholds were killed by the inhabitants of the strongholds.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	19	So Demetrius became king in the one hundred and sixty-seventh year.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	20	In those days Jonathan assembled the men of Judea to attack the citadel in Jerusalem, and he built many engines of war to use against it.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	21	But certain lawless men who hated their nation went to the king and reported to him that Jonathan was besieging the citadel.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	22	When he heard this he was angry, and as soon as he heard it he set out and came to Ptolemais; and he wrote Jonathan not to continue the siege, but to meet him for a conference at Ptolemais as quickly as possible.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	23	When Jonathan heard this, he gave orders to continue the siege; and he chose some of the elders of Israel and some of the priests, and put himself in danger,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	24	for he went to the king at Ptolemais, taking silver and gold and clothing and numerous other gifts. And he won his favor.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	25	Although certain lawless men of his nation kept making complaints against him,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	26	the king treated him as his predecessors had treated him; he exalted him in the presence of all his friends.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	27	He confirmed him in the high priesthood and in as many other honors as he had formerly had, and made him to be regarded as one of his chief friends.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	28	Then Jonathan asked the king to free Judea and the three districts of Samaria from tribute, and promised him three hundred talents.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	29	The king consented, and wrote a letter to Jonathan about all these things; its contents were as follows:
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	30	“King Demetrius to Jonathan his brother and to the nation of the Jews, greeting.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	31	This copy of the letter which we wrote concerning you to Lasthenes our kinsman we have written to you also, so that you may know what it says.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	32	‘King Demetrius to Lasthenes his father, greeting.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	33	To the nation of the Jews, who are our friends and fulfil their obligations to us, we have determined to do good, because of the good will they show toward us.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	34	We have confirmed as their possession both the territory of Judea and the three districts of Aphairema and Lydda and Rathamin; the latter, with all the region bordering them, were added to Judea from Samaria. To all those who offer sacrifice in Jerusalem, we have granted release from the royal taxes which the king formerly received from them each year, from the crops of the land and the fruit of the trees.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	35	And the other payments henceforth due to us of the tithes, and the taxes due to us, and the salt pits and the crown taxes due to us—from all these we shall grant them release.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	36	And not one of these grants shall be canceled from this time forth for ever.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	37	Now therefore take care to make a copy of this, and let it be given to Jonathan and put up in a conspicuous place on the holy mountain.’”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	38	Now when Demetrius the king saw that the land was quiet before him and that there was no opposition to him, he dismissed all his troops, each man to his own place, except the foreign troops which he had recruited from the islands of the nations. So all the troops who had served his fathers hated him.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	39	Now Trypho had formerly been one of Alexander’s supporters. He saw that all the troops were murmuring against Demetrius. So he went to Imalkue the Arab, who was bringing up Antiochus, the young son of Alexander,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	40	and insistently urged him to hand Antiochus over to him, to become king in place of his father. He also reported to Imalkue what Demetrius had done and told of the hatred which the troops of Demetrius had for him; and he stayed there many days.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	41	Now Jonathan sent to Demetrius the king the request that he remove the troops of the citadel from Jerusalem, and the troops in the strongholds; for they kept fighting against Israel.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	42	And Demetrius sent this message to Jonathan, “Not only will I do these things for you and your nation, but I will confer great honor on you and your nation, if I find an opportunity.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	43	Now then you will do well to send me men who will help me, for all my troops have revolted.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	44	So Jonathan sent three thousand stalwart men to him at Antioch, and when they came to the king, the king rejoiced at their arrival.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	45	Then the men of the city assembled within the city, to the number of a hundred and twenty thousand, and they wanted to kill the king.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	46	But the king fled into the palace. Then the men of the city seized the main streets of the city and began to fight.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	47	So the king called the Jews to his aid, and they all rallied about him and then spread out through the city; and they killed on that day as many as a hundred thousand men.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	48	They set fire to the city and seized much spoil on that day, and they saved the king.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	49	When the men of the city saw that the Jews had gained control of the city as they pleased, their courage failed and they cried out to the king with this entreaty,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	50	“Grant us peace, and make the Jews stop fighting against us and our city.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	51	And they threw down their arms and made peace. So the Jews gained glory in the eyes of the king and of all the people in his kingdom, and they returned to Jerusalem with much spoil.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	52	So Demetrius the king sat on the throne of his kingdom, and the land was quiet before him.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	53	But he broke his word about all that he had promised; and he became estranged from Jonathan and did not repay the favors which Jonathan had done him, but oppressed him greatly.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	54	After this Trypho returned, and with him the young boy Antiochus who began to reign and put on the crown.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	55	All the troops that Demetrius had cast off gathered around him, and they fought against Demetrius, and he fled and was routed.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	56	And Trypho captured the elephants and gained control of Antioch.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	57	Then the young Antiochus wrote to Jonathan, saying, “I confirm you in the high priesthood and set you over the four districts and make you one of the friends of the king.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	58	And he sent him gold plate and a table service, and granted him the right to drink from gold cups and dress in purple and wear a gold buckle.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	59	Simon his brother he made governor from the Ladder of Tyre to the borders of Egypt.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	60	Then Jonathan set forth and traveled beyond the river and among the cities, and all the army of Syria gathered to him as allies. When he came to Askalon, the people of the city met him and paid him honor.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	61	From there he departed to Gaza, but the men of Gaza shut him out. So he beseiged it and burned its suburbs with fire and plundered them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	62	Then the people of Gaza pleaded with Jonathan, and he made peace with them, and took the sons of their rulers as hostages and sent them to Jerusalem. And he passed through the country as far as Damascus.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	63	Then Jonathan heard that the officers of Demetrius had come to Kadesh in Galilee with a large army, intending to remove him from office.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	64	He went to meet them, but left his brother Simon in the country.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	65	Simon encamped before Beth-zur and fought against it for many days and hemmed it in.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	66	Then they asked him to grant them terms of peace, and he did so. He removed them from there, took possession of the city, and set a garrison over it.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	67	Jonathan and his army encamped by the waters of Gennesaret. Early in the morning they marched to the plain of Hazor,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	68	and behold, the army of the foreigners met him in the plain; they had set an ambush against him in the mountains, but they themselves met him face to face.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	69	Then the men in ambush emerged from their places and joined battle.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	70	All the men with Jonathan fled; not one of them was left except Mattathias the son of Absalom and Judas the son of Chalphi, commanders of the forces of the army.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	71	Jonathan rent his garments and put dust on his head, and prayed.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	72	Then he turned back to the battle against the enemy and routed them, and they fled.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	73	When his men who were fleeing saw this, they returned to him and joined him in the pursuit as far as Kadesh, to their camp, and there they encamped.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	11	74	As many as three thousand of the foreigners fell that day. And Jonathan returned to Jerusalem.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	1	Now when Jonathan saw that the time was favorable for him, he chose men and sent them to Rome to confirm and renew the friendship with them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	2	He also sent letters to the same effect to the Spartans and to other places.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	3	So they went to Rome and entered the senate chamber and said, “Jonathan the high priest and the Jewish nation have sent us to renew the former friendship and alliance with them.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	4	And the Romans gave them letters to the people in every place, asking them to provide for the envoys safe conduct to the land of Judah.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	5	This is a copy of the letter which Jonathan wrote to the Spartans:
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	6	“Jonathan the high priest, the senate of the nation, the priests, and the rest of the Jewish people to their brethren the Spartans, greeting.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	7	Already in time past a letter was sent to Onias the high priest from Arius, who was king among you, stating that you are our brethren, as the appended copy shows.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	8	Onias welcomed the envoy with honor, and received the letter, which contained a clear declaration of alliance and friendship.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	9	Therefore, though we have no need of these things, since we have as encouragement the holy books which are in our hands,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	10	we have undertaken to send to renew our brotherhood and friendship with you, so that we may not become estranged from you, for considerable time has passed since you sent your letter to us.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	11	We therefore remember you constantly on every occasion, both in our feasts and on other appropriate days, at the sacrifices which we offer and in our prayers, as it is right and proper to remember brethren.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	12	And we rejoice in your glory.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	13	But as for ourselves, many afflictions and many wars have encircled us; the kings round about us have waged war against us.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	14	We were unwilling to annoy you and our other allies and friends with these wars,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	15	for we have the help which comes from Heaven for our aid; and we were delivered from our enemies and our enemies were humbled.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	16	We therefore have chosen Numenius the son of Antiochus and Antipater the son of Jason, and have sent them to Rome to renew our former friendship and alliance with them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	17	We have commanded them to go also to you and greet you and deliver to you this letter from us concerning the renewal of our brotherhood.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	18	And now please send us a reply to this.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	19	This is a copy of the letter which they sent to Onias:
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	20	“Arius, king of the Spartans, to Onias the high priest, greeting.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	21	It has been found in writing concerning the Spartans and the Jews that they are brethren and are of the family of Abraham.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	22	And now that we have learned this, please write us concerning your welfare;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	23	we on our part write to you that your cattle and your property belong to us, and ours belong to you. We therefore command that our envoys report to you accordingly.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	24	Now Jonathan heard that the commanders of Demetrius had returned, with a larger force than before, to wage war against him.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	25	So he marched away from Jerusalem and met them in the region of Hamath, for he gave them no opportunity to invade his own country.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	26	He sent spies to their camp, and they returned and reported to him that the enemy were being drawn up in formation to fall upon the Jews by night.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	27	So when the sun set, Jonathan commanded his men to be alert and to keep their arms at hand so as to be ready all night for battle, and he stationed outposts around the camp.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	28	When the enemy heard that Jonathan and his men were prepared for battle, they were afraid and were terrified at heart; so they kindled fires in their camp and withdrew.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	29	But Jonathan and his men did not know it until morning, for they saw the fires burning.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	30	Then Jonathan pursued them, but he did not overtake them, for they had crossed the Eleutherus river.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	31	So Jonathan turned aside against the Arabs who are called Zabadeans, and he crushed them and plundered them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	32	Then he broke camp and went to Damascus, and marched through all that region.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	33	Simon also went forth and marched through the country as far as Askalon and the neighboring strongholds. He turned aside to Joppa and took it by surprise,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	34	for he had heard that they were ready to hand over the stronghold to the men whom Demetrius had sent. And he stationed a garrison there to guard it.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	35	When Jonathan returned he convened the elders of the people and planned with them to build strongholds in Judea,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	36	to build the walls of Jerusalem still higher, and to erect a high barrier between the citadel and the city to separate it from the city, in order to isolate it so that its garrison could neither buy nor sell.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	37	So they gathered together to build up the city; part of the wall on the valley to the east had fallen, and he repaired the section called Chaphenatha.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	38	And Simon built Adida in the Shephelah; he fortified it and installed gates with bolts.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	39	Then Trypho attempted to become king in Asia and put on the crown, and to raise his hand against Antiochus the king.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	40	He feared that Jonathan might not permit him to do so, but might make war on him, so he kept seeking to seize and kill him, and he marched forth and came to Beth-shan.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	41	Jonathan went out to meet him with forty thousand picked fighting men, and he came to Beth-shan.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	42	When Trypho saw that he had come with a large army, he was afraid to raise his hand against him.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	43	So he received him with honor and commended him to all his friends, and he gave him gifts and commanded his friends and his troops to obey him as they would himself.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	44	Then he said to Jonathan, “Why have you wearied all these people when we are not at war?
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	45	Dismiss them now to their homes and choose for yourself a few men to stay with you, and come with me to Ptolemais. I will hand it over to you as well as the other strongholds and the remaining troops and all the officials, and will turn round and go home. For that is why I am here.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	46	Jonathan trusted him and did as he said; he sent away the troops, and they returned to the land of Judah.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	47	He kept with himself three thousand men, two thousand of whom he left in Galilee, while a thousand accompanied him.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	48	But when Jonathan entered Ptolemais, the men of Ptolemais closed the gates and seized him, and all who had entered with him they killed with the sword.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	49	Then Trypho sent troops and cavalry into Galilee and the Great Plain to destroy all Jonathan’s soldiers.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	50	But they realized that Jonathan had been seized and had perished along with his men, and they encouraged one another and kept marching in close formation, ready for battle.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	51	When their pursuers saw that they would fight for their lives, they turned back.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	52	So they all reached the land of Judah safely, and they mourned for Jonathan and his companions and were in great fear; and all Israel mourned deeply.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	12	53	And all the nations round about them tried to destroy them, for they said, “They have no leader or helper. Now therefore let us make war on them and blot out the memory of them from among men.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	1	Simon heard that Trypho had assembled a large army to invade the land of Judah and destroy it,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	2	and he saw that the people were trembling and fearful. So he went up to Jerusalem, and gathering the people together
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	3	he encouraged them, saying to them, “You yourselves know what great things I and my brothers and the house of my father have done for the laws and the sanctuary; you know also the wars and the difficulties which we have seen.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	4	By reason of this all my brothers have perished for the sake of Israel, and I alone am left.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	5	And now, far be it from me to spare my life in any time of distress, for I am not better than my brothers.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	6	But I will avenge my nation and the sanctuary and your wives and children, for all the nations have gathered together out of hatred to destroy us.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	7	The spirit of the people was rekindled when they heard these words,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	8	and they answered in a loud voice, “You are our leader in place of Judas and Jonathan your brother.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	9	Fight our battles, and all that you say to us we will do.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	10	So he assembled all the warriors and hastened to complete the walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified it on every side.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	11	He sent Jonathan the son of Absalom to Joppa, and with him a considerable army; he drove out its occupants and remained there.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	12	Then Trypho departed from Ptolemais with a large army to invade the land of Judah, and Jonathan was with him under guard.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	13	And Simon encamped in Adida, facing the plain.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	14	Trypho learned that Simon had risen up in place of Jonathan his brother, and that he was about to join battle with him, so he sent envoys to him and said,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	15	“It is for the money that Jonathan your brother owed the royal treasury, in connection with the offices he held, that we are detaining him.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	16	Send now a hundred talents of silver and two of his sons as hostages, so that when released he will not revolt against us, and we will release him.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	17	Simon knew that they were speaking deceitfully to him, but he sent to get the money and the sons, lest he arouse great hostility among the people, who might say,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	18	“Because Simon did not send him the money and the sons, he perished.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	19	So he sent the sons and the hundred talents, but Trypho broke his word and did not release Jonathan.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	20	After this Trypho came to invade the country and destroy it, and he circled around by the way to Adora. But Simon and his army kept marching along opposite him to every place he went.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	21	Now the men in the citadel kept sending envoys to Trypho urging him to come to them by way of the wilderness and to send them food.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	22	So Trypho got all his cavalry ready to go, but that night a very heavy snow fell, and he did not go because of the snow. He marched off and went into the land of Gilead.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	23	When he approached Baskama, he killed Jonathan, and he was buried there.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	24	Then Trypho turned back and departed to his own land.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	25	And Simon sent and took the bones of Jonathan his brother, and buried him in Modein, the city of his fathers.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	26	All Israel bewailed him with great lamentation, and mourned for him many days.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	27	And Simon built a monument over the tomb of his father and his brothers; he made it high that it might be seen, with polished stone at the front and back.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	28	He also erected seven pyramids, opposite one another, for his father and mother and four brothers.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	29	And for the pyramids he devised an elaborate setting, erecting about them great columns, and upon the columns he put suits of armor for a permanent memorial, and beside the suits of armor carved ships, so that they could be seen by all who sail the sea.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	30	This is the tomb which he built in Modein; it remains to this day.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	31	Trypho dealt treacherously with the young king Antiochus; he killed him
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	32	and became king in his place, putting on the crown of Asia; and he brought great calamity upon the land.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	33	But Simon built up the strongholds of Judea and walled them all around, with high towers and great walls and gates and bolts, and he stored food in the strongholds.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	34	Simon also chose men and sent them to Demetrius the king with a request to grant relief to the country, for all that Trypho did was to plunder.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	35	Demetrius the king sent him a favorable reply to this request, and wrote him a letter as follows,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	36	“King Demetrius to Simon, the high priest and friend of kings, and to the elders and nation of the Jews, greeting.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	37	We have received the gold crown and the palm branch which you sent, and we are ready to make a general peace with you and to write to our officials to grant you release from tribute.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	38	All the grants that we have made to you remain valid, and let the strongholds that you have built be your possession.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	39	We pardon any errors and offenses committed to this day, and cancel the crown tax which you owe; and whatever other tax has been collected in Jerusalem shall be collected no longer.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	40	And if any of you are qualified to be enrolled in our bodyguard, let them be enrolled, and let there be peace between us.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	41	In the one hundred and seventieth year the yoke of the Gentiles was removed from Israel,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	42	and the people began to write in their documents and contracts, “In the first year of Simon the great high priest and commander and leader of the Jews.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	43	In those days Simon encamped against Gazara and surrounded it with troops. He made a siege engine, brought it up to the city, and battered and captured one tower.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	44	The men in the siege engine leaped out into the city, and a great tumult arose in the city.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	45	The men in the city, with their wives and children, went up on the wall with their clothes rent, and they cried out with a loud voice, asking Simon to make peace with them;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	46	they said, “Do not treat us according to our wicked acts but according to your mercy.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	47	So Simon reached an agreement with them and stopped fighting against them. But he expelled them from the city and cleansed the houses in which the idols were, and then entered it with hymns and praise.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	48	He cast out of it all uncleanness, and settled in it men who observed the law. He also strengthened its fortifications and built in it a house for himself.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	49	The men in the citadel at Jerusalem were prevented from going out to the country and back to buy and sell. So they were very hungry, and many of them perished from famine.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	50	Then they cried to Simon to make peace with them, and he did so. But he expelled them from there and cleansed the citadel from its pollutions.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	51	On the twenty-third day of the second month, in the one hundred and seventy-first year, the Jews entered it with praise and palm branches, and with harps and cymbals and stringed instruments, and with hymns and songs, because a great enemy had been crushed and removed from Israel.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	52	And Simon decreed that every year they should celebrate this day with rejoicing. He strengthened the fortifications of the temple hill alongside the citadel, and he and his men dwelt there.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	13	53	And Simon saw that John his son had reached manhood, so he made him commander of all the forces, and he dwelt in Gazara.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	1	In the one hundred and seventy-second year Demetrius the king assembled his forces and marched into Media to secure help, so that he could make war against Trypho.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	2	When Arsaces the king of Persia and Media heard that Demetrius had invaded his territory, he sent one of his commanders to take him alive.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	3	And he went and defeated the army of Demetrius, and seized him and took him to Arsaces, who put him under guard.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	4	The land had rest all the days of Simon. He sought the good of his nation; his rule was pleasing to them, as was the honor shown him, all his days.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	5	To crown all his honors he took Joppa for a harbor, and opened a way to the isles of the sea.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	6	He extended the borders of his nation, and gained full control of the country.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	7	He gathered a host of captives; he ruled over Gazara and Beth-zur and the citadel, and he removed its uncleanness from it; and there was none to oppose him.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	8	They tilled their land in peace; the ground gave its increase, and the trees of the plains their fruit.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	9	Old men sat in the streets; they all talked together of good things; and the youths donned the glories and garments of war.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	10	He supplied the cities with food, and furnished them with the means of defense, till his renown spread to the ends of the earth.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	11	He established peace in the land, and Israel rejoiced with great joy.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	12	Each man sat under his vine and his fig tree, and there was none to make them afraid.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	13	No one was left in the land to fight them, and the kings were crushed in those days.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	14	He strengthened all the humble of his people; he sought out the law, and did away with every lawless and wicked man.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	15	He made the sanctuary glorious, and added to the vessels of the sanctuary.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	16	It was heard in Rome, and as far away as Sparta, that Jonathan had died, and they were deeply grieved.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	17	When they heard that Simon his brother had become high priest in his place, and that he was ruling over the country and the cities in it,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	18	they wrote to him on bronze tablets to renew with him the friendship and alliance which they had established with Judas and Jonathan his brothers.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	19	And these were read before the assembly in Jerusalem.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	20	This is a copy of the letter which the Spartans sent: “The rulers and the city of the Spartans to Simon the high priest and to the elders and the priests and the rest of the Jewish people, our brethren, greeting.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	21	The envoys who were sent to our people have told us about your glory and honor, and we rejoiced at their coming.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	22	And what they said we have recorded in our public decrees, as follows, ‘Numenius the son of Antiochus and Antipater the son of Jason, envoys of the Jews, have come to us to renew their friendship with us.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	23	It has pleased our people to receive these men with honor and to put a copy of their words in the public archives, so that the people of the Spartans may have a record of them. And they have sent a copy of this to Simon the high priest.’”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	24	After this Simon sent Numenius to Rome with a large gold shield weighing a thousand minas, to confirm the alliance with the Romans.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	25	When the people heard these things they said, “How shall we thank Simon and his sons?
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	26	For he and his brothers and the house of his father have stood firm; they have fought and repulsed Israel’s enemies and established its freedom.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	27	So they made a record on bronze tablets and put it upon pillars on Mount Zion. This is a copy of what they wrote: “On the eighteenth day of Elul, in the one hundred and seventy-second year, which is the third year of Simon the great high priest,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	28	in Asaramel, in the great assembly of the priests and the people and the rulers of the nation and the elders of the country, the following was proclaimed to us:
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	29	“Since wars often occurred in the country, Simon the son of Mattathias, a priest of the sons of Joarib, and his brothers, exposed themselves to danger and resisted the enemies of their nation, in order that their sanctuary and the law might be perserved; and they brought great glory to their nation.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	30	Jonathan rallied the nation, and became their high priest, and was gathered to his people.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	31	And when their enemies decided to invade their country and lay hands on their sanctuary,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	32	then Simon rose up and fought for his nation. He spent great sums of his own money; he armed the men of his nation’s forces and paid them wages.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	33	He fortified the cities of Judea, and Beth-zur on the borders of Judea, where formerly the arms of the enemy had been stored, and he placed there a garrison of Jews.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	34	He also fortified Joppa, which is by the sea, and Gazara, which is on the borders of Azotus, where the enemy formerly dwelt. He settled Jews there, and provided in those cities whatever was necessary for their restoration.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	35	“The people saw Simon’s faithfulness and the glory which he had resolved to win for his nation, and they made him their leader and high priest, because he had done all these things and because of the justice and loyalty which he had maintained toward his nation. He sought in every way to exalt his people.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	36	And in his days things prospered in his hands, so that the Gentiles were put out of the country, as were also the men in the city of David in Jerusalem, who had built themselves a citadel from which they used to sally forth and defile the environs of the sanctuary and do great damage to its purity.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	37	He settled Jews in it, and fortified it for the safety of the country and of the city, and built the walls of Jerusalem higher.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	38	“In view of these things King Demetrius confirmed him in the high priesthood,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	39	and he made him one of the king’s friends and paid him high honors.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	40	For he had heard that the Jews were addressed by the Romans as friends and allies and brethren, and that the Romans had received the envoys of Simon with honor.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	41	“And the Jews and their priests decided that Simon should be their leader and high priest for ever, until a trustworthy prophet should arise,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	42	and that he should be governor over them and that he should take charge of the sanctuary and appoint men over its tasks and over the country and the weapons and the strongholds, and that he should take charge of the sanctuary,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	43	and that he should be obeyed by all, and that all contracts in the country should be written in his name, and that he should be clothed in purple and wear gold.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	44	“And none of the people or priests shall be permitted to nullify any of these decisions or to oppose what he says, or to convene an assembly in the country without his permission, or to be clothed in purple or put on a gold buckle.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	45	Whoever acts contrary to these decisions or nullifies any of them shall be liable to punishment.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	46	And all the people agreed to grant Simon the right to act in accord with these decisions.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	47	So Simon accepted and agreed to be high priest, to be commander and ethnarch of the Jews and priests, and to be protector of them all.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	48	And they gave orders to inscribe this decree upon bronze tablets, to put them up in a conspicuous place in the precincts of the sanctuary,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	14	49	and to deposit copies of them in the treasury, so that Simon and his sons might have them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	1	Antiochus, the son of Demetrius the king, sent a letter from the islands of the sea to Simon, the priest and ethnarch of the Jews, and to all the nation;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	2	its contents were as follows: “King Antiochus to Simon the high priest and ethnarch and to the nation of the Jews, greeting.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	3	Whereas certain pestilent men have gained control of the kingdom of our fathers, and I intend to lay claim to the kingdom so that I may restore it as it formerly was, and have recruited a host of mercenary troops and have equipped warships,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	4	and intend to make a landing in the country so that I may proceed against those who have destroyed our country and those who have devastated many cities in my kingdom,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	5	now therefore I confirm to you all the tax remissions that the kings before me have granted you, and release from all the other payments from which they have released you.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	6	I permit you to mint your own coinage as money for your country,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	7	and I grant freedom to Jerusalem and the sanctuary. All the weapons which you have prepared and the strongholds which you have built and now hold shall remain yours.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	8	Every debt you owe to the royal treasury and any such future debts shall be canceled for you from henceforth and for all time.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	9	When we gain control of our kingdom, we will bestow great honor upon you and your nation and the temple, so that your glory will become manifest in all the earth.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	10	In the one hundred and seventy-fourth year Antiochus set out and invaded the land of his fathers. All the troops rallied to him, so that there were few with Trypho.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	11	Antiochus pursued him, and he came in his flight to Dor, which is by the sea;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	12	for he knew that troubles had converged upon him, and his troops had deserted him.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	13	So Antiochus encamped against Dor, and with him were a hundred and twenty thousand warriors and eight thousand cavalry.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	14	He surrounded the city, and the ships joined battle from the sea; he pressed the city hard from land and sea, and permitted no one to leave or enter it.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	15	Then Numenius and his companions arrived from Rome, with letters to the kings and countries, in which the following was written:
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	16	“Lucius, consul of the Romans, to King Ptolemy, greeting.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	17	The envoys of the Jews have come to us as our friends and allies to renew our ancient friendship and alliance. They had been sent by Simon the high priest and by the people of the Jews,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	18	and have brought a gold shield weighing a thousand minas.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	19	We therefore have decided to write to the kings and countries that they should not seek their harm or make war against them and their cities and their country, or make alliance with those who war against them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	20	And it has seemed good to us to accept the shield from them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	21	Therefore if any pestilent men have fled to you from their country, hand them over to Simon the high priest, that he may punish them according to their law.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	22	The consul wrote the same thing to Demetrius the king and to Attalus and Ariarathes and Arsaces,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	23	and to all the countries, and to Sampsames, and to the Spartans, and to Delos, and to Myndos, and to Sicyon, and to Caria, and to Samos, and to Pamphylia, and to Lycia, and to Halicarnassus, and to Rhodes, and to Phaselis, and to Cos, and to Side, and to Aradus and Gortyna and Cnidus and Cyprus and Cyrene.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	24	They also sent a copy of these things to Simon the high priest.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	25	Antiochus the king besieged Dor anew, continually throwing his forces against it and making engines of war; and he shut Trypho up and kept him from going out or in.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	26	And Simon sent to Antiochus two thousand picked men, to fight for him, and silver and gold and much military equipment.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	27	But he refused to receive them, and he broke all the agreements he formerly had made with Simon, and became estranged from him.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	28	He sent to him Athenobius, one of his friends, to confer with him, saying, “You hold control of Joppa and Gazara and the citadel in Jerusalem; they are cities of my kingdom.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	29	You have devastated their territory, you have done great damage in the land, and you have taken possession of many places in my kingdom.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	30	Now then, hand over the cities which you have seized and the tribute money of the places which you have conquered outside the borders of Judea;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	31	or else give me for them five hundred talents of silver, and for the destruction that you have caused and the tribute money of the cities, five hundred talents more. Otherwise we will come and conquer you.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	32	So Athenobius the friend of the king came to Jerusalem, and when he saw the splendor of Simon, and the sideboard with its gold and silver plate, and his great magnificence, he was amazed. He reported to him the words of the king,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	33	but Simon gave him this reply: “We have neither taken foreign land nor seized foreign property, but only the inheritance of our fathers, which at one time had been unjustly taken by our enemies.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	34	Now that we have the opportunity, we are firmly holding the inheritance of our fathers.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	35	As for Joppa and Gazara, which you demand, they were causing great damage among the people and to our land; for them we will give you a hundred talents.” Athenobius did not answer him a word,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	36	but returned in wrath to the king and reported to him these words and the splendor of Simon and all that he had seen. And the king was greatly angered.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	37	Now Trypho embarked on a ship and escaped to Orthosia.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	38	Then the king made Cendebeus commander-in-chief of the coastal country, and gave him troops of infantry and cavalry.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	39	He commanded him to encamp against Judea, and commanded him to build up Kedron and fortify its gates, and to make war on the people; but the king pursued Trypho.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	40	So Cendebeus came to Jamnia and began to provoke the people and invade Judea and take the people captive and kill them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	15	41	He built up Kedron and stationed there horsemen and troops, so that they might go out and make raids along the highways of Judea, as the king had ordered him.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	16	1	John went up from Gazara and reported to Simon his father what Cendebeus had done.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	16	2	And Simon called in his two older sons Judas and John, and said to them: “I and my brothers and the house of my father have fought the wars of Israel from our youth until this day, and things have prospered in our hands so that we have delivered Israel many times.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	16	3	But now I have grown old, and you by His mercy are mature in years. Take my place and my brother’s, and go out and fight for our nation, and may the help which comes from Heaven be with you.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	16	4	So John chose out of the country twenty thousand warriors and horsemen, and they marched against Cendebeus and camped for the night in Modein.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	16	5	Early in the morning they arose and marched into the plain, and behold, a large force of infantry and horsemen was coming to meet them; and a stream lay between them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	16	6	Then he and his army lined up against them. And he saw that the soldiers were afraid to cross the stream, so he crossed over first; and when his men saw him, they crossed over after him.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	16	7	Then he divided the army and placed the horsemen in the midst of the infantry, for the cavalry of the enemy were very numerous.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	16	8	And they sounded the trumpets, and Cendebeus and his army were put to flight, and many of them were wounded and fell; the rest fled into the stronghold.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	16	9	At that time Judas the brother of John was wounded, but John pursued them until Cendebeus reached Kedron, which he had built.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	16	10	They also fled into the towers that were in the fields of Azotus, and John burned it with fire, and about two thousand of them fell. And he returned to Judea safely.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	16	11	Now Ptolemy the son of Abubus had been appointed governor over the plain of Jericho, and he had much silver and gold,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	16	12	for he was son-in-law of the high priest.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	16	13	His heart was lifted up; he determined to get control of the country, and made treacherous plans against Simon and his sons, to do away with them.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	16	14	Now Simon was visiting the cities of the country and attending to their needs, and he went down to Jericho with Mattathias and Judas his sons, in the one hundred and seventy-seventh year, in the eleventh month, which is the month of Shebat.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	16	15	The son of Abubus received them treacherously in the little stronghold called Dok, which he had built; he gave them a great banquet, and hid men there.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	16	16	When Simon and his sons were drunk, Ptolemy and his men rose up, took their weapons, and rushed in against Simon in the banquet hall, and they killed him and his two sons and some of his servants.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	16	17	So he committed an act of great treachery and returned evil for good.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	16	18	Then Ptolemy wrote a report about these things and sent it to the king, asking him to send troops to aid him and to turn over to him the cities and the country.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	16	19	He sent other men to Gazara to do away with John; he sent letters to the captains asking them to come to him so that he might give them silver and gold and gifts;
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	16	20	and he sent other men to take possession of Jerusalem and the temple hill.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	16	21	But some one ran ahead and reported to John at Gazara that his father and brothers had perished, and that “he has sent men to kill you also.”
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	16	22	When he heard this, he was greatly shocked; and he seized the men who came to destroy him and killed them, for he had found out that they were seeking to destroy him.
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	16	23	The rest of the acts of John and his wars and the brave deeds which he did, and the building of the walls which he built, and his achievements,
+1 Maccabees	1Mac	45	16	24	behold, they are written in the chronicles of his high priesthood, from the time that he became high priest after his father.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	1	The Jewish brethren in Jerusalem and those in the land of Judea, To their Jewish brethren in Egypt, Greeting, and good peace.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	2	May God do good to you, and may he remember his covenant with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, his faithful servants.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	3	May he give you all a heart to worship him and to do his will with a strong heart and a willing spirit.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	4	May he open your heart to his law and his commandments, and may he bring peace.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	5	May he hear your prayers and be reconciled to you, and may he not forsake you in time of evil.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	6	We are now praying for you here.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	7	In the reign of Demetrius, in the one hundred and sixty-ninth year, we Jews wrote to you, in the critical distress which came upon us in those years after Jason and his company revolted from the holy land and the kingdom
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	8	and burned the gate and shed innocent blood. We besought the Lord and we were heard, and we offered sacrifice and cereal offering, and we lighted the lamps and we set out the loaves.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	9	And now see that you keep the feast of booths in the month of Chislev, in the one hundred and eighty-eighth year.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	10	Those in Jerusalem and those in Judea and the senate and Judas, To Aristobulus, who is of the family of the anointed priests, teacher of Ptolemy the king, and to the Jews in Egypt, Greeting, and good health.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	11	Having been saved by God out of grave dangers we thank him greatly for taking our side against the king.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	12	For he drove out those who fought against the holy city.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	13	For when the leader reached Persia with a force that seemed irresistible, they were cut to pieces in the temple of Nanea by a deception employed by the priests of Nanea.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	14	For under pretext of intending to marry her, Antiochus came to the place together with his friends, to secure most of its treasures as a dowry.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	15	When the priests of the temple of Nanea had set out the treasures and Antiochus had come with a few men inside the wall of the sacred precinct, they closed the temple as soon as he entered it.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	16	Opening the secret door in the ceiling, they threw stones and struck down the leader and his men, and dismembered them and cut off their heads and threw them to the people outside.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	17	Blessed in every way be our God, who has brought judgment upon those who have behaved impiously.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	18	Since on the twenty-fifth day of Chislev we shall celebrate the purification of the temple, we thought it necessary to notify you, in order that you also may celebrate the feast of booths and the feast of the fire given when Nehemiah, who built the temple and the altar, offered sacrifices.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	19	For when our fathers were being led captive to Persia, the pious priests of that time took some of the fire of the altar and secretly hid it in the hollow of a dry cistern, where they took such precautions that the place was unknown to any one.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	20	But after many years had passed, when it pleased God, Nehemiah, having been commissioned by the king of Persia, sent the descendants of the priests who had hidden the fire to get it. And when they reported to us that they had not found fire but thick liquid, he ordered them to dip it out and bring it.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	21	And when the materials for the sacrifices were presented, Nehemiah ordered the priests to sprinkle the liquid on the wood and what was laid upon it.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	22	When this was done and some time had passed and the sun, which had been clouded over, shone out, a great fire blazed up, so that all marveled.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	23	And while the sacrifice was being consumed, the priests offered prayer—the priests and every one. Jonathan led, and the rest responded, as did Nehemiah.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	24	The prayer was to this effect: “O Lord, Lord God, Creator of all things, who art awe-inspiring and strong and just and merciful, who alone art King and art kind,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	25	who alone art bountiful, who alone art just and almighty and eternal, who dost rescue Israel from every evil, who didst choose the fathers and consecrate them,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	26	accept this sacrifice on behalf of all thy people Israel and preserve thy portion and make it holy.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	27	Gather together our scattered people, set free those who are slaves among the Gentiles, look upon those who are rejected and despised, and let the Gentiles know that thou art our God.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	28	Afflict those who oppress and are insolent with pride.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	29	Plant thy people in thy holy place, as Moses said.”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	30	Then the priests sang the hymns.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	31	And when the materials of the sacrifice were consumed, Nehemiah ordered that the liquid that was left should be poured upon large stones.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	32	When this was done, a flame blazed up; but when the light from the altar shone back, it went out.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	33	When this matter became known, and it was reported to the king of the Persians that, in the place where the exiled priests had hidden the fire, the liquid had appeared with which Nehemiah and his associates had burned the materials of the sacrifice,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	34	the king investigated the matter, and enclosed the place and made it sacred.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	35	And with those persons whom the king favored he exchanged many excellent gifts.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	1	36	Nehemiah and his associates called this “nephthar,” which means purification, but by most people it is called naphtha.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	1	One finds in the records that Jeremiah the prophet ordered those who were being deported to take some of the fire, as has been told,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	2	and that the prophet after giving them the law instructed those who were being deported not to forget the commandments of the Lord, nor to be led astray in their thoughts upon seeing the gold and silver statues and their adornment.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	3	And with other similar words he exhorted them that the law should not depart from their hearts.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	4	It was also in the writing that the prophet, having received an oracle, ordered that the tent and the ark should follow with him, and that he went out to the mountain where Moses had gone up and had seen the inheritance of God.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	5	And Jeremiah came and found a cave, and he brought there the tent and the ark and the altar of incense, and he sealed up the entrance.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	6	Some of those who followed him came up to mark the way, but could not find it.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	7	When Jeremiah learned of it, he rebuked them and declared: “The place shall be unknown until God gathers his people together again and shows his mercy.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	8	And then the Lord will disclose these things, and the glory of the Lord and the cloud will appear, as they were shown in the case of Moses, and as Solomon asked that the place should be specially consecrated.”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	9	It was also made clear that being possessed of wisdom Solomon offered sacrifice for the dedication and completion of the temple.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	10	Just as Moses prayed to the Lord, and fire came down from heaven and devoured the sacrifices, so also Solomon prayed, and the fire came down and consumed the whole burnt offerings.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	11	And Moses said, “They were consumed because the sin offering had not been eaten.”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	12	Likewise Solomon also kept the eight days.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	13	The same things are reported in the records and in the memoirs of Nehemiah, and also that he founded a library and collected the books about the kings and prophets, and the writings of David, and letters of kings about votive offerings.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	14	In the same way Judas also collected all the books that had been lost on account of the war which had come upon us, and they are in our possession.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	15	So if you have need of them, send people to get them for you.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	16	Since, therefore, we are about to celebrate the purification, we write to you. Will you therefore please keep the days?
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	17	It is God who has saved all his people, and has returned the inheritance to all, and the kingship and priesthood and consecration,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	18	as he promised through the law. For we have hope in God that he will soon have mercy upon us and will gather us from everywhere under heaven into his holy place, for he has rescued us from great evils and has purified the place.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	19	The story of Judas Maccabeus and his brothers, and the purification of the great temple, and the dedication of the altar,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	20	and further the wars against Antiochus Epiphanes and his son Eupator,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	21	and the appearances which came from heaven to those who strove zealously on behalf of Judaism, so that though few in number they seized the whole land and pursued the barbarian hordes,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	22	and recovered the temple famous throughout the world and freed the city and restored the laws that were about to be abolished, while the Lord with great kindness became gracious to them—
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	23	all this, which has been set forth by Jason of Cyrene in five volumes, we shall attempt to condense into a single book.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	24	For considering the flood of numbers involved and the difficulty there is for those who wish to enter upon the narratives of history because of the mass of material,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	25	we have aimed to please those who wish to read, to make it easy for those who are inclined to memorize, and to profit all readers.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	26	For us who have undertaken the toil of abbreviating, it is no light matter but calls for sweat and loss of sleep,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	27	just as it is not easy for one who prepares a banquet and seeks the benefit of others. However, to secure the gratitude of many we will gladly endure the uncomfortable toil,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	28	leaving the responsibility for exact details to the compiler, while devoting our effort to arriving at the outlines of the condensation.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	29	For as the master builder of a new house must be concerned with the whole construction, while the one who undertakes its painting and decoration has to consider only what is suitable for its adornment, such in my judgment is the case with us.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	30	It is the duty of the original historian to occupy the ground and to discuss matters from every side and to take trouble with details,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	31	but the one who recasts the narrative should be allowed to strive for brevity of expression and to forego exhaustive treatment.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	2	32	At this point therefore let us begin our narrative, adding only so much to what has already been said; for it is foolish to lengthen the preface while cutting short the history itself.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	1	While the holy city was inhabited in unbroken peace and the laws were very well observed because of the piety of the high priest Onias and his hatred of wickedness,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	2	it came about that the kings themselves honored the place and glorified the temple with the finest presents,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	3	so that even Seleucus, the king of Asia, defrayed from his own revenues all the expenses connected with the service of the sacrifices.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	4	But a man named Simon, of the tribe of Benjamin, who had been made captain of the temple, had a disagreement with the high priest about the administration of the city market;
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	5	and when he could not prevail over Onias he went to Apollonius of Tarsus, who at that time was governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	6	He reported to him that the treasury in Jerusalem was full of untold sums of money, so that the amount of the funds could not be reckoned, and that they did not belong to the account of the sacrifices, but that it was possible for them to fall under the control of the king.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	7	When Apollonius met the king, he told him of the money about which he had been informed. The king chose Heliodorus, who was in charge of his affairs, and sent him with commands to effect the removal of the aforesaid money.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	8	Heliodorus at once set out on his journey, ostensibly to make a tour of inspection of the cities of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, but in fact to carry out the king’s purpose.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	9	When he had arrived at Jerusalem and had been kindly welcomed by the high priest of the city, he told about the disclosure that had been made and stated why he had come, and he inquired whether this really was the situation.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	10	The high priest explained that there were some deposits belonging to widows and orphans,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	11	and also some money of Hyrcanus, son of Tobias, a man of very prominent position, and that it totaled in all four hundred talents of silver and two hundred of gold. To such an extent the impious Simon had misrepresented the facts.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	12	And he said that it was utterly impossible that wrong should be done to those people who had trusted in the holiness of the place and in the sanctity and inviolability of the temple which is honored throughout the whole world.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	13	But Heliodorus, because of the king’s commands which he had, said that this money must in any case be confiscated for the king’s treasury.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	14	So he set a day and went in to direct the inspection of these funds. There was no little distress throughout the whole city.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	15	The priests prostrated themselves before the altar in their priestly garments and called toward heaven upon him who had given the law about deposits, that he should keep them safe for those who had deposited them.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	16	To see the appearance of the high priest was to be wounded at heart, for his face and the change in his color disclosed the anguish of his soul.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	17	For terror and bodily trembling had come over the man, which plainly showed to those who looked at him the pain lodged in his heart.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	18	People also hurried out of their houses in crowds to make a general supplication because the holy place was about to be brought into contempt.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	19	Women, girded with sackcloth under their breasts, thronged the streets. Some of the maidens who were kept indoors ran together to the gates, and some to the walls, while others peered out of the windows.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	20	And holding up their hands to heaven, they all made entreaty.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	21	There was something pitiable in the prostration of the whole populace and the anxiety of the high priest in his great anguish.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	22	While they were calling upon the Almighty Lord that he would keep what had been entrusted safe and secure for those who had entrusted it,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	23	Heliodorus went on with what had been decided.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	24	But when he arrived at the treasury with his bodyguard, then and there the Sovereign of spirits and of all authority caused so great a manifestation that all who had been so bold as to accompany him were astounded by the power of God, and became faint with terror.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	25	For there appeared to them a magnificently caparisoned horse, with a rider of frightening mien, and it rushed furiously at Heliodorus and struck at him with its front hoofs. Its rider was seen to have armor and weapons of gold.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	26	Two young men also appeared to him, remarkably strong, gloriously beautiful and splendidly dressed, who stood on each side of him and scourged him continuously, inflicting many blows on him.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	27	When he suddenly fell to the ground and deep darkness came over him, his men took him up and put him on a stretcher
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	28	and carried him away, this man who had just entered the aforesaid treasury with a great retinue and all his bodyguard but was now unable to help himself; and they recognized clearly the sovereign power of God.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	29	While he lay prostrate, speechless because of the divine intervention and deprived of any hope of recovery,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	30	they praised the Lord who had acted marvelously for his own place. And the temple, which a little while before was full of fear and disturbance, was filled with joy and gladness, now that the Almighty Lord had appeared.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	31	Quickly some of Heliodorus’ friends asked Onias to call upon the Most High and to grant life to one who was lying quite at his last breath.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	32	And the high priest, fearing that the king might get the notion that some foul play had been perpetrated by the Jews with regard to Heliodorus, offered sacrifice for the man’s recovery.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	33	While the high priest was making the offering of atonement, the same young men appeared again to Heliodorus dressed in the same clothing, and they stood and said, “Be very grateful to Onias the high priest, since for his sake the Lord has granted you your life.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	34	And see that you, who have been scourged by heaven, report to all men the majestic power of God.” Having said this they vanished.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	35	Then Heliodorus offered sacrifice to the Lord and made very great vows to the Savior of his life, and having bidden Onias farewell, he marched off with his forces to the king.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	36	And he bore testimony to all men of the deeds of the supreme God, which he had seen with his own eyes.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	37	When the king asked Heliodorus what sort of person would be suitable to send on another mission to Jerusalem, he replied,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	38	“If you have any enemy or plotter against your government, send him there, for you will get him back thoroughly scourged, if he escapes at all, for there certainly is about the place some power of God.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	39	For he who has his dwelling in heaven watches over that place himself and brings it aid, and he strikes and destroys those who come to do it injury.”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	3	40	This was the outcome of the episode of Heliodorus and the protection of the treasury.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	1	The previously mentioned Simon, who had informed about the money against his own country, slandered Onias, saying that it was he who had incited Heliodorus and had been the real cause of the misfortune.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	2	He dared to designate as a plotter against the government the man who was the benefactor of the city, the protector of his fellow countrymen, and a zealot for the laws.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	3	When his hatred progressed to such a degree that even murders were committed by one of Simon’s approved agents,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	4	Onias recognized that the rivalry was serious and that Apollonius, the son of Menestheus and governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, was intensifying the malice of Simon.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	5	So he betook himself to the king, not accusing his fellow citizens but having in view the welfare, both public and private, of all the people.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	6	For he saw that without the king’s attention public affairs could not again reach a peaceful settlement, and that Simon would not stop his folly.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	7	When Seleucus died and Antiochus who was called Epiphanes succeeded to the kingdom, Jason the brother of Onias obtained the high priesthood by corruption,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	8	promising the king at an interview three hundred and sixty talents of silver and, from another source of revenue, eighty talents.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	9	In addition to this he promised to pay one hundred and fifty more if permission were given to establish by his authority a gymnasium and a body of youth for it, and to enrol the men of Jerusalem as citizens of Antioch.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	10	When the king assented and Jason came to office, he at once shifted his countrymen over to the Greek way of life.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	11	He set aside the existing royal concessions to the Jews, secured through John the father of Eupolemus, who went on the mission to establish friendship and alliance with the Romans; and he destroyed the lawful ways of living and introduced new customs contrary to the law.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	12	For with alacrity he founded a gymnasium right under the citadel, and he induced the noblest of the young men to wear the Greek hat.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	13	There was such an extreme of Hellenization and increase in the adoption of foreign ways because of the surpassing wickedness of Jason, who was ungodly and no high priest,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	14	that the priests were no longer intent upon their service at the altar. Despising the sanctuary and neglecting the sacrifices, they hastened to take part in the unlawful proceedings in the wrestling arena after the call to the discus,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	15	disdaining the honors prized by their fathers and putting the highest value upon Greek forms of prestige.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	16	For this reason heavy disaster overtook them, and those whose ways of living they admired and wished to imitate completely became their enemies and punished them.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	17	For it is no light thing to show irreverence to the divine laws—a fact which later events will make clear.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	18	When the quadrennial games were being held at Tyre and the king was present,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	19	the vile Jason sent envoys, chosen as being Antiochian citizens from Jerusalem, to carry three hundred silver drachmas for the sacrifice to Hercules. Those who carried the money, however, thought best not to use it for sacrifice, because that was inappropriate, but to expend it for another purpose.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	20	So this money was intended by the sender for the sacrifice to Hercules, but by the decision of its carriers it was applied to the construction of triremes.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	21	When Apollonius the son of Menestheus was sent to Egypt for the coronation of Philometor as king, Antiochus learned that Philometor had become hostile to his government, and he took measures for his own security. Therefore upon arriving at Joppa he proceeded to Jerusalem.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	22	He was welcomed magnificently by Jason and the city, and ushered in with a blaze of torches and with shouts. Then he marched into Phoenicia.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	23	After a period of three years Jason sent Menelaus, the brother of the previously mentioned Simon, to carry the money to the king and to complete the records of essential business.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	24	But he, when presented to the king, extolled him with an air of authority, and secured the high priesthood for himself, outbidding Jason by three hundred talents of silver.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	25	After receiving the king’s orders he returned, possessing no qualification for the high priesthood, but having the hot temper of a cruel tyrant and the rage of a savage wild beast.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	26	So Jason, who after supplanting his own brother was supplanted by another man, was driven as a fugitive into the land of Ammon.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	27	And Menelaus held the office, but he did not pay regularly any of the money promised to the king.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	28	When Sostratus the captain of the citadel kept requesting payment, for the collection of the revenue was his responsibility, the two of them were summoned by the king on account of this issue.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	29	Menelaus left his own brother Lysimachus as deputy in the high priesthood, while Sostratus left Crates, the commander of the Cyprian troops.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	30	While such was the state of affairs, it happened that the people of Tarsus and of Mallus revolted because their cities had been given as a present to Antiochis, the king’s concubine.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	31	So the king went hastily to settle the trouble, leaving Andronicus, a man of high rank, to act as his deputy.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	32	But Menelaus, thinking he had obtained a suitable opportunity, stole some of the gold vessels of the temple and gave them to Andronicus; other vessels, as it happened, he had sold to Tyre and the neighboring cities.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	33	When Onias became fully aware of these acts he publicly exposed them, having first withdrawn to a place of sanctuary at Daphne near Antioch.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	34	Therefore Menelaus, taking Andronicus aside, urged him to kill Onias. Andronicus came to Onias, and resorting to treachery offered him sworn pledges and gave him his right hand, and in spite of his suspicion persuaded Onias to come out from the place of sanctuary; then, with no regard for justice, he immediately put him out of the way.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	35	For this reason not only Jews, but many also of other nations, were grieved and displeased at the unjust murder of the man.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	36	When the king returned from the region of Cilicia, the Jews in the city appealed to him with regard to the unreasonable murder of Onias, and the Greeks shared their hatred of the crime.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	37	Therefore Antiochus was grieved at heart and filled with pity, and wept because of the moderation and good conduct of the deceased;
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	38	and inflamed with anger, he immediately stripped off the purple robe from Andronicus, tore off his garments, and led him about the whole city to that very place where he had committed the outrage against Onias, and there he dispatched the bloodthirsty fellow. The Lord thus repaid him with the punishment he deserved.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	39	When many acts of sacrilege had been committed in the city by Lysimachus with the connivance of Menelaus, and when report of them had spread abroad, the populace gathered against Lysimachus, because many of the gold vessels had already been stolen.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	40	And since the crowds were becoming aroused and filled with anger, Lysimachus armed about three thousand men and launched an unjust attack, under the leadership of a certain Auranus, a man advanced in years and no less advanced in folly.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	41	But when the Jews became aware of Lysimachus’ attack, some picked up stones, some blocks of wood, and others took handfuls of the ashes that were lying about, and threw them in wild confusion at Lysimachus and his men.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	42	As a result, they wounded many of them, and killed some, and put them all to flight; and the temple robber himself they killed close by the treasury.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	43	Charges were brought against Menelaus about this incident.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	44	When the king came to Tyre, three men sent by the senate presented the case before him.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	45	But Menelaus, already as good as beaten, promised a substantial bribe to Ptolemy son of Dorymenes to win over the king.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	46	Therefore Ptolemy, taking the king aside into a colonnade as if for refreshment, induced the king to change his mind.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	47	Menelaus, the cause of all the evil, he acquitted of the charges against him, while he sentenced to death those unfortunate men, who would have been freed uncondemned if they had pleaded even before Scythians.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	48	And so those who had spoken for the city and the villages and the holy vessels quickly suffered the unjust penalty.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	49	Therefore even the Tyrians, showing their hatred of the crime, provided magnificently for their funeral.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	4	50	But Menelaus, because of the cupidity of those in power, remained in office, growing in wickedness, having become the chief plotter against his fellow citizens.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	1	About this time Antiochus made his second invasion of Egypt.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	2	And it happened that over all the city, for almost forty days, there appeared golden-clad horsemen charging through the air, in companies fully armed with lances and drawn swords—
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	3	troops of horsemen drawn up, attacks and counterattacks made on this side and on that, brandishing of shields, massing of spears, hurling of missiles, the flash of golden trappings, and armor of all sorts.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	4	Therefore all men prayed that the apparition might prove to have been a good omen.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	5	When a false rumor arose that Antiochus was dead, Jason took no less than a thousand men and suddenly made an assault upon the city. When the troops upon the wall had been forced back and at last the city was being taken, Menelaus took refuge in the citadel.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	6	But Jason kept relentlessly slaughtering his fellow citizens, not realizing that success at the cost of one’s kindred is the greatest misfortune, but imagining that he was setting up trophies of victory over enemies and not over fellow countrymen.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	7	He did not gain control of the government, however; and in the end got only disgrace from his conspiracy, and fled again into the country of the Ammonites.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	8	Finally he met a miserable end. Accused before Aretas the ruler of the Arabs, fleeing from city to city, pursued by all men, hated as a rebel against the laws, and abhorred as the executioner of his country and his fellow citizens, he was cast ashore in Egypt;
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	9	and he who had driven many from their own country into exile died in exile, having embarked to go to the Lacedaemonians in hope of finding protection because of their kinship.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	10	He who had cast out many to lie unburied had no one to mourn for him; he had no funeral of any sort and no place in the tomb of his fathers.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	11	When news of what had happened reached the king, he took it to mean that Judea was in revolt. So, raging inwardly, he left Egypt and took the city by storm.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	12	And he commanded his soldiers to cut down relentlessly every one they met and to slay those who went into the houses.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	13	Then there was killing of young and old, destruction of boys, women, and children, and slaughter of virgins and infants.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	14	Within the total of three days eighty thousand were destroyed, forty thousand in hand-to-hand fighting; and as many were sold into slavery as were slain.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	15	Not content with this, Antiochus dared to enter the most holy temple in all the world, guided by Menelaus, who had become a traitor both to the laws and to his country.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	16	He took the holy vessels with his polluted hands, and swept away with profane hands the votive offerings which other kings had made to enhance the glory and honor of the place.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	17	Antiochus was elated in spirit, and did not perceive that the Lord was angered for a little while because of the sins of those who dwelt in the city, and that therefore he was disregarding the holy place.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	18	But if it had not happened that they were involved in many sins, this man would have been scourged and turned back from his rash act as soon as he came forward, just as Heliodorus was, whom Seleucus the king sent to inspect the treasury.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	19	But the Lord did not choose the nation for the sake of the holy place, but the place for the sake of the nation.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	20	Therefore the place itself shared in the misfortunes that befell the nation and afterward participated in its benefits; and what was forsaken in the wrath of the Almighty was restored again in all its glory when the great Lord became reconciled.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	21	So Antiochus carried off eighteen hundred talents from the temple, and hurried away to Antioch, thinking in his arrogance that he could sail on the land and walk on the sea, because his mind was elated.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	22	And he left governors to afflict the people: at Jerusalem, Philip, by birth a Phrygian and in character more barbarous than the man who appointed him;
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	23	and at Gerizim, Andronicus; and besides these Menelaus, who lorded it over his fellow citizens worse than the others did. In his malice toward the Jewish citizens,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	24	Antiochus sent Apollonius, the captain of the Mysians, with an army of twenty-two thousand, and commanded him to slay all the grown men and to sell the women and boys as slaves.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	25	When this man arrived in Jerusalem, he pretended to be peaceably disposed and waited until the holy sabbath day; then, finding the Jews not at work, he ordered his men to parade under arms.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	26	He put to the sword all those who came out to see them, then rushed into the city with his armed men and killed great numbers of people.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	5	27	But Judas Maccabeus, with about nine others, got away to the wilderness, and kept himself and his companions alive in the mountains as wild animals do; they continued to live on what grew wild, so that they might not share in the defilement.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	1	Not long after this, the king sent an Athenian senator to compel the Jews to forsake the laws of their fathers and cease to live by the laws of God,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	2	and also to pollute the temple in Jerusalem and call it the temple of Olympian Zeus, and to call the one in Gerizim the temple of Zeus the Friend of Strangers, as did the people who dwelt in that place.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	3	Harsh and utterly grievous was the onslaught of evil.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	4	For the temple was filled with debauchery and reveling by the Gentiles, who dallied with harlots and had intercourse with women within the sacred precincts, and besides brought in things for sacrifice that were unfit.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	5	The altar was covered with abominable offerings which were forbidden by the laws.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	6	A man could neither keep the sabbath, nor observe the feasts of his fathers, nor so much as confess himself to be a Jew.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	7	On the monthly celebration of the king’s birthday, the Jews were taken, under bitter constraint, to partake of the sacrifices; and when the feast of Dionysus came, they were compelled to walk in the procession in honor of Dionysus, wearing wreaths of ivy.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	8	At the suggestion of Ptolemy a decree was issued to the neighboring Greek cities, that they should adopt the same policy toward the Jews and make them partake of the sacrifices,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	9	and should slay those who did not choose to change over to Greek customs. One could see, therefore, the misery that had come upon them.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	10	For example, two women were brought in for having circumcised their children. These women they publicly paraded about the city, with their babies hung at their breasts, then hurled them down headlong from the wall.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	11	Others who had assembled in the caves near by, to observe the seventh day secretly, were betrayed to Philip and were all burned together, because their piety kept them from defending themselves, in view of their regard for that most holy day.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	12	Now I urge those who read this book not to be depressed by such calamities, but to recognize that these punishments were designed not to destroy but to discipline our people.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	13	In fact, not to let the impious alone for long, but to punish them immediately, is a sign of great kindness.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	14	For in the case of the other nations the Lord waits patiently to punish them until they have reached the full measure of their sins; but he does not deal in this way with us,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	15	in order that he may not take vengeance on us afterward when our sins have reached their height.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	16	Therefore he never withdraws his mercy from us. Though he disciplines us with calamities, he does not forsake his own people.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	17	Let what we have said serve as a reminder; we must go on briefly with the story.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	18	Eleazar, one of the scribes in high position, a man now advanced in age and of noble presence, was being forced to open his mouth to eat swine’s flesh.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	19	But he, welcoming death with honor rather than life with pollution, went up to the rack of his own accord, spitting out the flesh,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	20	as men ought to go who have the courage to refuse things that it is not right to taste, even for the natural love of life.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	21	Those who were in charge of that unlawful sacrifice took the man aside, because of their long acquaintance with him, and privately urged him to bring meat of his own providing, proper for him to use, and pretend that he was eating the flesh of the sacrificial meal which had been commanded by the king,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	22	so that by doing this he might be saved from death, and be treated kindly on account of his old friendship with them.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	23	But making a high resolve, worthy of his years and the dignity of his old age and the gray hairs which he had reached with distinction and his excellent life even from childhood, and moreover according to the holy God-given law, he declared himself quickly, telling them to send him to Hades.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	24	“Such pretense is not worthy of our time of life,” he said, “lest many of the young should suppose that Eleazar in his ninetieth year has gone over to an alien religion,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	25	and through my pretense, for the sake of living a brief moment longer, they should be led astray because of me, while I defile and disgrace my old age.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	26	For even if for the present I should avoid the punishment of men, yet whether I live or die I shall not escape the hands of the Almighty.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	27	Therefore, by manfully giving up my life now, I will show myself worthy of my old age
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	28	and leave to the young a noble example of how to die a good death willingly and nobly for the revered and holy laws.” When he had said this, he went at once to the rack.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	29	And those who a little before had acted toward him with good will now changed to ill will, because the words he had uttered were in their opinion sheer madness.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	30	When he was about to die under the blows, he groaned aloud and said: “It is clear to the Lord in his holy knowledge that, though I might have been saved from death, I am enduring terrible sufferings in my body under this beating, but in my soul I am glad to suffer these things because I fear him.”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	6	31	So in this way he died, leaving in his death an example of nobility and a memorial of courage, not only to the young but to the great body of his nation.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	1	It happened also that seven brothers and their mother were arrested and were being compelled by the king, under torture with whips and cords, to partake of unlawful swine’s flesh.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	2	One of them, acting as their spokesman, said, “What do you intend to ask and learn from us? For we are ready to die rather than transgress the laws of our fathers.”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	3	The king fell into a rage, and gave orders that pans and caldrons be heated.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	4	These were heated immediately, and he commanded that the tongue of their spokesman be cut out and that they scalp him and cut off his hands and feet, while the rest of the brothers and the mother looked on.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	5	When he was utterly helpless, the king ordered them to take him to the fire, still breathing, and to fry him in a pan. The smoke from the pan spread widely, but the brothers and their mother encouraged one another to die nobly, saying,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	6	“The Lord God is watching over us and in truth has compassion on us, as Moses declared in his song which bore witness against the people to their faces, when he said, ‘And he will have compassion on his servants.’”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	7	After the first brother had died in this way, they brought forward the second for their sport. They tore off the skin of his head with the hair, and asked him, “Will you eat rather than have your body punished limb by limb?”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	8	He replied in the language of his fathers, and said to them, “No.” Therefore he in turn underwent tortures as the first brother had done.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	9	And when he was at his last breath, he said, “You accursed wretch, you dismiss us from this present life, but the King of the universe will raise us up to an everlasting renewal of life, because we have died for his laws.”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	10	After him, the third was the victim of their sport. When it was demanded, he quickly put out his tongue and courageously stretched forth his hands,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	11	and said nobly, “I got these from Heaven, and because of his laws I disdain them, and from him I hope to get them back again.”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	12	As a result the king himself and those with him were astonished at the young man’s spirit, for he regarded his sufferings as nothing.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	13	When he too had died, they maltreated and tortured the fourth in the same way.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	14	And when he was near death, he said, “One cannot but choose to die at the hands of men and to cherish the hope that God gives of being raised again by him. But for you there will be no resurrection to life!”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	15	Next they brought forward the fifth and maltreated him.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	16	But he looked at the king, and said, “Because you have authority among men, mortal though you are, you do what you please. But do not think that God has forsaken our people.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	17	Keep on, and see how his mighty power will torture you and your descendants!”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	18	After him they brought forward the sixth. And when he was about to die, he said, “Do not deceive yourself in vain. For we are suffering these things on our own account, because of our sins against our own God. Therefore astounding things have happened.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	19	But do not think that you will go unpunished for having tried to fight against God!”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	20	The mother was especially admirable and worthy of honorable memory. Though she saw her seven sons perish within a single day, she bore it with good courage because of her hope in the Lord.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	21	She encouraged each of them in the language of their fathers. Filled with a noble spirit, she fired her woman’s reasoning with a man’s courage, and said to them,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	22	“I do not know how you came into being in my womb. It was not I who gave you life and breath, nor I who set in order the elements within each of you.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	23	Therefore the Creator of the world, who shaped the beginning of man and devised the origin of all things, will in his mercy give life and breath back to you again, since you now forget yourselves for the sake of his laws.”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	24	Antiochus felt that he was being treated with contempt, and he was suspicious of her reproachful tone. The youngest brother being still alive, Antiochus not only appealed to him in words, but promised with oaths that he would make him rich and enviable if he would turn from the ways of his fathers, and that he would take him for his friend and entrust him with public affairs.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	25	Since the young man would not listen to him at all, the king called the mother to him and urged her to advise the youth to save himself.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	26	After much urging on his part, she undertook to persuade her son.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	27	But, leaning close to him, she spoke in their native tongue as follows, deriding the cruel tyrant: “My son, have pity on me. I carried you nine months in my womb, and nursed you for three years, and have reared you and brought you up to this point in your life, and have taken care of you.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	28	I beseech you, my child, to look at the heaven and the earth and see everything that is in them, and recognize that God did not make them out of things that existed. Thus also mankind comes into being.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	29	Do not fear this butcher, but prove worthy of your brothers. Accept death, so that in God’s mercy I may get you back again with your brothers.”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	30	While she was still speaking, the young man said, “What are you waiting for? I will not obey the king’s command, but I obey the command of the law that was given to our fathers through Moses.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	31	But you, who have contrived all sorts of evil against the Hebrews, will certainly not escape the hands of God.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	32	For we are suffering because of our own sins.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	33	And if our living Lord is angry for a little while, to rebuke and discipline us, he will again be reconciled with his own servants.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	34	But you, unholy wretch, you most defiled of all men, do not be elated in vain and puffed up by uncertain hopes, when you raise your hand against the children of heaven.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	35	You have not yet escaped the judgment of the almighty, all-seeing God.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	36	For our brothers after enduring a brief suffering have drunk of everflowing life under God’s covenant; but you, by the judgment of God, will receive just punishment for your arrogance.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	37	I, like my brothers, give up body and life for the laws of our fathers, appealing to God to show mercy soon to our nation and by afflictions and plagues to make you confess that he alone is God,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	38	and through me and my brothers to bring to an end the wrath of the Almighty which has justly fallen on our whole nation.”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	39	The king fell into a rage, and handled him worse than the others, being exasperated at his scorn.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	40	So he died in his integrity, putting his whole trust in the Lord.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	41	Last of all, the mother died, after her sons.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	7	42	Let this be enough, then, about the eating of sacrifices and the extreme tortures.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	1	But Judas, who was also called Maccabeus, and his companions secretly entered the villages and summoned their kinsmen and enlisted those who had continued in the Jewish faith, and so they gathered about six thousand men.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	2	They besought the Lord to look upon the people who were oppressed by all, and to have pity on the temple which had been profaned by ungodly men,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	3	and to have mercy on the city which was being destroyed and about to be leveled to the ground, and to hearken to the blood that cried out to him,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	4	and to remember also the lawless destruction of the innocent babies and the blasphemies committed against his name, and to show his hatred of evil.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	5	As soon as Maccabeus got his army organized, the Gentiles could not withstand him, for the wrath of the Lord had turned to mercy.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	6	Coming without warning, he would set fire to towns and villages. He captured strategic positions and put to flight not a few of the enemy.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	7	He found the nights most advantageous for such attacks. And talk of his valor spread everywhere.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	8	When Philip saw that the man was gaining ground little by little, and that he was pushing ahead with more frequent successes, he wrote to Ptolemy, the governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, for aid to the king’s government.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	9	And Ptolemy promptly appointed Nicanor the son of Patroclus, one of the king’s chief friends, and sent him, in command of no fewer than twenty thousand Gentiles of all nations, to wipe out the whole race of Judea. He associated with him Gorgias, a general and a man of experience in military service.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	10	Nicanor determined to make up for the king the tribute due to the Romans, two thousand talents, by selling the captured Jews into slavery.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	11	And he immediately sent to the cities on the seacoast, inviting them to buy Jewish slaves and promising to hand over ninety slaves for a talent, not expecting the judgment from the Almighty that was about to overtake him.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	12	Word came to Judas concerning Nicanor’s invasion; and when he told his companions of the arrival of the army,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	13	those who were cowardly and distrustful of God’s justice ran off and got away.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	14	Others sold all their remaining property, and at the same time besought the Lord to rescue those who had been sold by the ungodly Nicanor before he ever met them,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	15	if not for their own sake, yet for the sake of the covenants made with their fathers, and because he had called them by his holy and glorious name.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	16	But Maccabeus gathered his men together, to the number six thousand, and exhorted them not to be frightened by the enemy and not to fear the great multitude of Gentiles who were wickedly coming against them, but to fight nobly,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	17	keeping before their eyes the lawless outrage which the Gentiles had committed against the holy place, and the torture of the derided city, and besides, the overthrow of their ancestral way of life.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	18	“For they trust to arms and acts of daring,” he said, “but we trust in the Almighty God, who is able with a single nod to strike down those who are coming against us and even the whole world.”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	19	Moreover, he told them of the times when help came to their ancestors; both the time of Sennacherib, when one hundred and eighty-five thousand perished,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	20	and the time of the battle with the Galatians that took place in Babylonia, when eight thousand in all went into the affair, with four thousand Macedonians; and when the Macedonians were hard pressed, the eight thousand, by the help that came to them from heaven, destroyed one hundred and twenty thousand and took much booty.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	21	With these words he filled them with good courage and made them ready to die for their laws and their country; then he divided his army into four parts.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	22	He appointed his brothers also, Simon and Joseph and Jonathan, each to command a division, putting fifteen hundred men under each.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	23	Besides, he appointed Eleazar to read aloud from the holy book, and gave the watchword, “God’s help”; then, leading the first division himself, he joined battle with Nicanor.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	24	With the Almighty as their ally, they slew more than nine thousand of the enemy, and wounded and disabled most of Nicanor’s army, and forced them all to flee.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	25	They captured the money of those who had come to buy them as slaves. After pursuing them for some distance, they were obliged to return because the hour was late.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	26	For it was the day before the sabbath, and for that reason they did not continue their pursuit.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	27	And when they had collected the arms of the enemy and stripped them of their spoils, they kept the sabbath, giving great praise and thanks to the Lord, who had preserved them for that day and allotted it to them as the beginning of mercy.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	28	After the sabbath they gave some of the spoils to those who had been tortured and to the widows and orphans, and distributed the rest among themselves and their children.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	29	When they had done this, they made common supplication and besought the merciful Lord to be wholly reconciled with his servants.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	30	In encounters with the forces of Timothy and Bacchides they killed more than twenty thousand of them and got possession of some exceedingly high strongholds, and they divided very much plunder, giving to those who had been tortured and to the orphans and widows, and also to the aged, shares equal to their own.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	31	Collecting the arms of the enemy, they stored them all carefully in strategic places, and carried the rest of the spoils to Jerusalem.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	32	They killed the commander of Timothy’s forces, a most unholy man, and one who had greatly troubled the Jews.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	33	While they were celebrating the victory in the city of their fathers, they burned those who had set fire to the sacred gates, Callisthenes and some others, who had fled into one little house; so these received the proper recompense for their impiety.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	34	The thrice-accursed Nicanor, who had brought the thousand merchants to buy the Jews,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	35	having been humbled with the help of the Lord by opponents whom he regarded as of the least account, took off his splendid uniform and made his way alone like a runaway slave across the country till he reached Antioch, having succeeded chiefly in the destruction of his own army!
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	8	36	Thus he who had undertaken to secure tribute for the Romans by the capture of the people of Jerusalem proclaimed that the Jews had a Defender, and that therefore the Jews were invulnerable, because they followed the laws ordained by him.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	1	About that time, as it happened, Antiochus had retreated in disorder from the region of Persia.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	2	For he had entered the city called Persepolis, and attempted to rob the temples and control the city. Therefore the people rushed to the rescue with arms, and Antiochus and his men were defeated, with the result that Antiochus was put to flight by the inhabitants and beat a shameful retreat.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	3	While he was in Ecbatana, news came to him of what had happened to Nicanor and the forces of Timothy.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	4	Transported with rage, he conceived the idea of turning upon the Jews the injury done by those who had put him to flight; so he ordered his charioteer to drive without stopping until he completed the journey. But the judgment of heaven rode with him! For in his arrogance he said, “When I get there I will make Jerusalem a cemetery of Jews.”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	5	But the all-seeing Lord, the God of Israel, struck him an incurable and unseen blow. As soon as he ceased speaking he was seized with a pain in his bowels for which there was no relief and with sharp internal tortures—
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	6	and that very justly, for he had tortured the bowels of others with many and strange inflictions.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	7	Yet he did not in any way stop his insolence, but was even more filled with arrogance, breathing fire in his rage against the Jews, and giving orders to hasten the journey. And so it came about that he fell out of his chariot as it was rushing along, and the fall was so hard as to torture every limb of his body.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	8	Thus he who had just been thinking that he could command the waves of the sea, in his superhuman arrogance, and imagining that he could weigh the high mountains in a balance, was brought down to earth and carried in a litter, making the power of God manifest to all.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	9	And so the ungodly man’s body swarmed with worms, and while he was still living in anguish and pain, his flesh rotted away, and because of his stench the whole army felt revulsion at his decay.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	10	Because of his intolerable stench no one was able to carry the man who a little while before had thought that he could touch the stars of heaven.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	11	Then it was that, broken in spirit, he began to lose much of his arrogance and to come to his senses under the scourge of God, for he was tortured with pain every moment.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	12	And when he could not endure his own stench, he uttered these words: “It is right to be subject to God, and no mortal should think that he is equal to God.”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	13	Then the abominable fellow made a vow to the Lord, who would no longer have mercy on him, stating
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	14	that the holy city, which he was hastening to level to the ground and to make a cemetery, he was now declaring to be free;
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	15	and the Jews, whom he had not considered worth burying but had planned to throw out with their children to the beasts, for the birds to pick, he would make, all of them, equal to citizens of Athens;
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	16	and the holy sanctuary, which he had formerly plundered, he would adorn with the finest offerings; and the holy vessels he would give back, all of them, many times over; and the expenses incurred for the sacrifices he would provide from his own revenues;
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	17	and in addition to all this he also would become a Jew and would visit every inhabited place to proclaim the power of God.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	18	But when his sufferings did not in any way abate, for the judgment of God had justly come upon him, he gave up all hope for himself and wrote to the Jews the following letter, in the form of a supplication. This was its content:
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	19	“To his worthy Jewish citizens, Antiochus their king and general sends hearty greetings and good wishes for their health and prosperity.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	20	If you and your children are well and your affairs are as you wish, I am glad. As my hope is in heaven,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	21	I remember with affection your esteem and good will. On my way back from the region of Persia I suffered an annoying illness, and I have deemed it necessary to take thought for the general security of all.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	22	I do not despair of my condition, for I have good hope of recovering from my illness,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	23	but I observed that my father, on the occasions when he made expeditions into the upper country, appointed his successor,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	24	so that, if anything unexpected happened or any unwelcome news came, the people throughout the realm would not be troubled, for they would know to whom the government was left.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	25	Moreover, I understand how the princes along the borders and the neighbors to my kingdom keep watching for opportunities and waiting to see what will happen. So I have appointed my son Antiochus to be king, whom I have often entrusted and commended to most of you when I hastened off to the upper provinces; and I have written to him what is written here.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	26	I therefore urge and beseech you to remember the public and private services rendered to you and to maintain your present good will, each of you, toward me and my son.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	27	For I am sure that he will follow my policy and will treat you with moderation and kindness.”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	28	So the murderer and blasphemer, having endured the more intense suffering, such as he had inflicted on others, came to the end of his life by a most pitiable fate, among the mountains in a strange land.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	9	29	And Philip, one of his courtiers, took his body home; then, fearing the son of Antiochus, he betook himself to Ptolemy Philometor in Egypt.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	1	Now Maccabeus and his followers, the Lord leading them on, recovered the temple and the city;
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	2	and they tore down the altars which had been built in the public square by the foreigners, and also destroyed the sacred precincts.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	3	They purified the sanctuary, and made another altar of sacrifice; then, striking fire out of flint, they offered sacrifices, after a lapse of two years, and they burned incense and lighted lamps and set out the bread of the Presence.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	4	And when they had done this, they fell prostrate and besought the Lord that they might never again fall into such misfortunes, but that, if they should ever sin, they might be disciplined by him with forbearance and not be handed over to blasphemous and barbarous nations.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	5	It happened that on the same day on which the sanctuary had been profaned by the foreigners, the purification of the sanctuary took place, that is, on the twenty-fifth day of the same month, which was Chislev.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	6	And they celebrated it for eight days with rejoicing, in the manner of the feast of booths, remembering how not long before, during the feast of booths, they had been wandering in the mountains and caves like wild animals.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	7	Therefore bearing ivy-wreathed wands and beautiful branches and also fronds of palm, they offered hymns of thanksgiving to him who had given success to the purifying of his own holy place.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	8	They decreed by public ordinance and vote that the whole nation of the Jews should observe these days every year.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	9	Such then was the end of Antiochus, who was called Epiphanes.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	10	Now we will tell what took place under Antiochus Eupator, who was the son of that ungodly man, and will give a brief summary of the principal calamities of the wars.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	11	This man, when he succeeded to the kingdom, appointed one Lysias to have charge of the government and to be chief governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	12	Ptolemy, who was called Macron, took the lead in showing justice to the Jews because of the wrong that had been done to them, and attempted to maintain peaceful relations with them.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	13	As a result he was accused before Eupator by the king’s friends. He heard himself called a traitor at every turn, because he had abandoned Cyprus, which Philometor had entrusted to him, and had gone over to Antiochus Epiphanes. Unable to command the respect due his office, he took poison and ended his life.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	14	When Gorgias became governor of the region, he maintained a force of mercenaries, and at every turn kept on warring against the Jews.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	15	Besides this, the Idumeans, who had control of important strongholds, were harassing the Jews; they received those who were banished from Jerusalem, and endeavored to keep up the war.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	16	But Maccabeus and his men, after making solemn supplication and beseeching God to fight on their side, rushed to the strongholds of the Idumeans.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	17	Attacking them vigorously, they gained possession of the places, and beat off all who fought upon the wall, and slew those whom they encountered, killing no fewer than twenty thousand.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	18	When no less than nine thousand took refuge in two very strong towers well equipped to withstand a siege,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	19	Maccabeus left Simon and Joseph, and also Zacchaeus and his men, a force sufficient to besiege them; and he himself set off for places where he was more urgently needed.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	20	But the men with Simon, who were money-hungry, were bribed by some of those who were in the towers, and on receiving seventy thousand drachmas let some of them slip away.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	21	When word of what had happened came to Maccabeus, he gathered the leaders of the people, and accused these men of having sold their brethren for money by setting their enemies free to fight against them.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	22	Then he slew these men who had turned traitor, and immediately captured the two towers.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	23	Having success at arms in everything he undertook, he destroyed more than twenty thousand in the two strongholds.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	24	Now Timothy, who had been defeated by the Jews before, gathered a tremendous force of mercenaries and collected the cavalry from Asia in no small number. He came on, intending to take Judea by storm.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	25	As he drew near, Maccabeus and his men sprinkled dust upon their heads and girded their loins with sackcloth, in supplication to God.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	26	Falling upon the steps before the altar, they besought him to be gracious to them and to be an enemy to their enemies and an adversary to their adversaries, as the law declares.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	27	And rising from their prayer they took up their arms and advanced a considerable distance from the city; and when they came near to the enemy they halted.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	28	Just as dawn was breaking, the two armies joined battle, the one having as pledge of success and victory not only their valor but their reliance upon the Lord, while the other made rage their leader in the fight.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	29	When the battle became fierce, there appeared to the enemy from heaven five resplendent men on horses with golden bridles, and they were leading the Jews.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	30	Surrounding Maccabeus and protecting him with their own armor and weapons, they kept him from being wounded. And they showered arrows and thunderbolts upon the enemy, so that, confused and blinded, they were thrown into disorder and cut to pieces.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	31	Twenty thousand five hundred were slaughtered, besides six hundred horsemen.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	32	Timothy himself fled to a stronghold called Gazara, especially well garrisoned, where Chaereas was commander.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	33	Then Maccabeus and his men were glad, and they besieged the fort for four days.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	34	The men within, relying on the strength of the place, blasphemed terribly and hurled out wicked words.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	35	But at dawn of the fifth day, twenty young men in the army of Maccabeus, fired with anger because of the blasphemies, bravely stormed the wall and with savage fury cut down every one they met.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	36	Others who came up in the same way wheeled around against the defenders and set fire to the towers; they kindled fires and burned the blasphemers alive. Others broke open the gates and let in the rest of the force, and they occupied the city.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	37	They killed Timothy, who was hidden in a cistern, and his brother Chaereas, and Apollophanes.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	10	38	When they had accomplished these things, with hymns and thanksgivings they blessed the Lord who shows great kindness to Israel and gives them the victory.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	1	Very soon after this, Lysias, the king’s guardian and kinsman, who was in charge of the government, being vexed at what had happened,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	2	gathered about eighty thousand men and all his cavalry and came against the Jews. He intended to make the city a home for Greeks,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	3	and to levy tribute on the temple as he did on the sacred places of the other nations, and to put up the high priesthood for sale every year.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	4	He took no account whatever of the power of God, but was elated with his ten thousands of infantry, and his thousands of cavalry, and his eighty elephants.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	5	Invading Judea, he approached Beth-zur, which was a fortified place about five leagues from Jerusalem, and pressed it hard.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	6	When Maccabeus and his men got word that Lysias was besieging the strongholds, they and all the people, with lamentations and tears, besought the Lord to send a good angel to save Israel.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	7	Maccabeus himself was the first to take up arms, and he urged the others to risk their lives with him to aid their brethren. Then they eagerly rushed off together.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	8	And there, while they were still near Jerusalem, a horseman appeared at their head, clothed in white and brandishing weapons of gold.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	9	And they all together praised the merciful God, and were strengthened in heart, ready to assail not only men but the wildest beasts or walls of iron.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	10	They advanced in battle order, having their heavenly ally, for the Lord had mercy on them.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	11	They hurled themselves like lions against the enemy, and slew eleven thousand of them and sixteen hundred horsemen, and forced all the rest to flee.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	12	Most of them got away stripped and wounded, and Lysias himself escaped by disgraceful flight.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	13	And as he was not without intelligence, he pondered over the defeat which had befallen him, and realized that the Hebrews were invincible because the mighty God fought on their side. So he sent to them
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	14	and persuaded them to settle everything on just terms, promising that he would persuade the king, constraining him to be their friend.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	15	Maccabeus, having regard for the common good, agreed to all that Lysias urged. For the king granted every request in behalf of the Jews which Maccabeus delivered to Lysias in writing.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	16	The letter written to the Jews by Lysias was to this effect: “Lysias to the people of the Jews, greeting.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	17	John and Absalom, who were sent by you, have delivered your signed communication and have asked about the matters indicated therein.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	18	I have informed the king of everything that needed to be brought before him, and he has agreed to what was possible.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	19	If you will maintain your good will toward the government, I will endeavor for the future to help promote your welfare.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	20	And concerning these matters and their details, I have ordered these men and my representatives to confer with you.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	21	Farewell. The one hundred and forty-eighth year, Dioscorinthius twenty-fourth.”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	22	The king’s letter ran thus: “King Antiochus to his brother Lysias, greeting.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	23	Now that our father has gone on to the gods, we desire that the subjects of the kingdom be undisturbed in caring for their own affairs.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	24	We have heard that the Jews do not consent to our father’s change to Greek customs but prefer their own way of living and ask that their own customs be allowed them.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	25	Accordingly, since we choose that this nation also be free from disturbance, our decision is that their temple be restored to them and that they live according to the customs of their ancestors.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	26	You will do well, therefore, to send word to them and give them pledges of friendship, so that they may know our policy and be of good cheer and go on happily in the conduct of their own affairs.”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	27	To the nation the king’s letter was as follows: “King Antiochus to the senate of the Jews and to the other Jews, greeting.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	28	If you are well, it is as we desire. We also are in good health.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	29	Menelaus has informed us that you wish to return home and look after your own affairs.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	30	Therefore those who go home by the thirtieth day of Xanthicus will have our pledge of friendship and full permission
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	31	for the Jews to enjoy their own food and laws, just as formerly, and none of them shall be molested in any way for what he may have done in ignorance.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	32	And I have also sent Menelaus to encourage you.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	33	Farewell. The one hundred and forty-eighth year, Xanthicus fifteenth.”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	34	The Romans also sent them a letter, which read thus: “Quintus Memmius and Titus Manius, envoys of the Romans, to the people of the Jews, greeting.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	35	With regard to what Lysias the kinsman of the king has granted you, we also give consent.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	36	But as to the matters which he decided are to be referred to the king, as soon as you have considered them, send some one promptly, so that we may make proposals appropriate for you. For we are on our way to Antioch.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	37	Therefore make haste and send some men, so that we may have your judgment.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	11	38	Farewell. The one hundred and forty-eighth year, Xanthicus fifteenth.”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	1	When this agreement had been reached, Lysias returned to the king, and the Jews went about their farming.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	2	But some of the governors in various places, Timothy and Apollonius the son of Gennaeus, as well as Hieronymus and Demophon, and in addition to these Nicanor the governor of Cyprus, would not let them live quietly and in peace.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	3	And some men of Joppa did so ungodly a deed as this: they invited the Jews who lived among them to embark, with their wives and children, on boats which they had provided, as though there were no ill will to the Jews;
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	4	and this was done by public vote of the city. And when they accepted, because they wished to live peaceably and suspected nothing, the men of Joppa took them out to sea and drowned them, not less than two hundred.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	5	When Judas heard of the cruelty visited on his countrymen, he gave orders to his men
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	6	and, calling upon God the righteous Judge, attacked the murderers of his brethren. He set fire to the harbor by night, and burned the boats, and massacred those who had taken refuge there.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	7	Then, because the city’s gates were closed, he withdrew, intending to come again and root out the whole community of Joppa.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	8	But learning that the men in Jamnia meant in the same way to wipe out the Jews who were living among them,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	9	he attacked the people of Jamnia by night and set fire to the harbor and the fleet, so that the glow of the light was seen in Jerusalem, thirty miles distant.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	10	When they had gone more than a mile from there, on their march against Timothy, not less than five thousand Arabs with five hundred horsemen attacked them.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	11	After a hard fight Judas and his men won the victory, by the help of God. The defeated nomads besought Judas to grant them pledges of friendship, promising to give him cattle and to help his people in all other ways.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	12	Judas, thinking that they might really be useful in many ways, agreed to make peace with them; and after receiving his pledges they departed to their tents.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	13	He also attacked a certain city which was strongly fortified with earthworks and walls, and inhabited by all sorts of Gentiles. Its name was Caspin.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	14	And those who were within, relying on the strength of the walls and on their supply of provisions, behaved most insolently toward Judas and his men, railing at them and even blaspheming and saying unholy things.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	15	But Judas and his men, calling upon the great Sovereign of the world, who without battering-rams or engines of war overthrew Jericho in the days of Joshua, rushed furiously upon the walls.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	16	They took the city by the will of God, and slaughtered untold numbers, so that the adjoining lake, a quarter of a mile wide, appeared to be running over with blood.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	17	When they had gone ninety-five miles from there, they came to Charax, to the Jews who are called Toubiani.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	18	They did not find Timothy in that region, for he had by then departed from the region without accomplishing anything, though in one place he had left a very strong garrison.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	19	Dositheus and Sosipater, who were captains under Maccabeus, marched out and destroyed those whom Timothy had left in the stronghold, more than ten thousand men.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	20	But Maccabeus arranged his army in divisions, set men in command of the divisions, and hastened after Timothy, who had with him a hundred and twenty thousand infantry and two thousand five hundred cavalry.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	21	When Timothy learned of the approach of Judas, he sent off the women and the children and also the baggage to a place called Carnaim; for that place was hard to besiege and difficult of access because of the narrowness of all the approaches.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	22	But when Judas’ first division appeared, terror and fear came over the enemy at the manifestation to them of him who sees all things; and they rushed off in flight and were swept on, this way and that, so that often they were injured by their own men and pierced by the points of their swords.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	23	And Judas pressed the pursuit with the utmost vigor, putting the sinners to the sword, and destroyed as many as thirty thousand men.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	24	Timothy himself fell into the hands of Dositheus and Sosipater and their men. With great guile he besought them to let him go in safety, because he held the parents of most of them and the brothers of some and no consideration would be shown them.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	25	And when with many words he had confirmed his solemn promise to restore them unharmed, they let him go, for the sake of saving their brethren.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	26	Then Judas marched against Carnaim and the temple of Atargatis, and slaughtered twenty-five thousand people.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	27	After the rout and destruction of these, he marched also against Ephron, a fortified city where Lysias dwelt with multitudes of people of all nationalities. Stalwart young men took their stand before the walls and made a vigorous defense; and great stores of war engines and missiles were there.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	28	But the Jews called upon the Sovereign who with power shatters the might of his enemies, and they got the city into their hands, and killed as many as twenty-five thousand of those who were within it.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	29	Setting out from there, they hastened to Scythopolis, which is seventy-five miles from Jerusalem.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	30	But when the Jews who dwelt there bore witness to the good will which the people of Scythopolis had shown them and their kind treatment of them in times of misfortune,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	31	they thanked them and exhorted them to be well disposed to their race in the future also. Then they went up to Jerusalem, as the feast of weeks was close at hand.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	32	After the feast called Pentecost, they hastened against Gorgias, the governor of Idumea.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	33	And he came out with three thousand infantry and four hundred cavalry.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	34	When they joined battle, it happened that a few of the Jews fell.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	35	But a certain Dositheus, one of Bacenor’s men, who was on horseback and was a strong man, caught hold of Gorgias, and grasping his cloak was dragging him off by main strength, wishing to take the accursed man alive, when one of the Thracian horsemen bore down upon him and cut off his arm; so Gorgias escaped and reached Marisa.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	36	As Esdris and his men had been fighting for a long time and were weary, Judas called upon the Lord to show himself their ally and leader in the battle.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	37	In the language of their fathers he raised the battle cry, with hymns; then he charged against Gorgias’ men when they were not expecting it, and put them to flight.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	38	Then Judas assembled his army and went to the city of Adullam. As the seventh day was coming on, they purified themselves according to the custom, and they kept the sabbath there.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	39	On the next day, as by that time it had become necessary, Judas and his men went to take up the bodies of the fallen and to bring them back to lie with their kinsmen in the sepulchres of their fathers.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	40	Then under the tunic of every one of the dead they found sacred tokens of the idols of Jamnia, which the law forbids the Jews to wear. And it became clear to all that this was why these men had fallen.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	41	So they all blessed the ways of the Lord, the righteous Judge, who reveals the things that are hidden;
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	42	and they turned to prayer, beseeching that the sin which had been committed might be wholly blotted out. And the noble Judas exhorted the people to keep themselves free from sin, for they had seen with their own eyes what had happened because of the sin of those who had fallen.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	43	He also took up a collection, man by man, to the amount of two thousand drachmas of silver, and sent it to Jerusalem to provide for a sin offering. In doing this he acted very well and honorably, taking account of the resurrection.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	44	For if he were not expecting that those who had fallen would rise again, it would have been superfluous and foolish to pray for the dead.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	12	45	But if he was looking to the splendid reward that is laid up for those who fall asleep in godliness, it was a holy and pious thought. Therefore he made atonement for the dead, that they might be delivered from their sin.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	1	In the one hundred and forty-ninth year word came to Judas and his men that Antiochus Eupator was coming with a great army against Judea,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	2	and with him Lysias, his guardian, who had charge of the government. Each of them had a Greek force of one hundred and ten thousand infantry, five thousand three hundred cavalry, twenty-two elephants, and three hundred chariots armed with scythes.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	3	Menelaus also joined them and with utter hypocrisy urged Antiochus on, not for the sake of his country’s welfare, but because he thought that he would be established in office.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	4	But the King of kings aroused the anger of Antiochus against the scoundrel; and when Lysias informed him that this man was to blame for all the trouble, he ordered them to take him to Beroea and to put him to death by the method which is the custom in that place.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	5	For there is a tower in that place, fifty cubits high, full of ashes, and it has a rim running around it which on all sides inclines precipitously into the ashes.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	6	There they all push to destruction any man guilty of sacrilege or notorious for other crimes.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	7	By such a fate it came about that Menelaus the lawbreaker died, without even burial in the earth.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	8	And this was eminently just; because he had committed many sins against the altar whose fire and ashes were holy, he met his death in ashes.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	9	The king with barbarous arrogance was coming to show the Jews things far worse than those that had been done in his father’s time.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	10	But when Judas heard of this, he ordered the people to call upon the Lord day and night, now if ever to help those who were on the point of being deprived of the law and their country and the holy temple,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	11	and not to let the people who had just begun to revive fall into the hands of the blasphemous Gentiles.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	12	When they had all joined in the same petition and had besought the merciful Lord with weeping and fasting and lying prostrate for three days without ceasing, Judas exhorted them and ordered them to stand ready.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	13	After consulting privately with the elders, he determined to march out and decide the matter by the help of God before the king’s army could enter Judea and get possession of the city.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	14	So, committing the decision to the Creator of the world and exhorting his men to fight nobly to the death for the laws, temple, city, country, and commonwealth, he pitched his camp near Modein.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	15	He gave his men the watchword, “God’s victory,” and with a picked force of the bravest young men, he attacked the king’s pavilion at night and slew as many as two thousand men in the camp. He stabbed the leading elephant and its rider.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	16	In the end they filled the camp with terror and confusion and withdrew in triumph.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	17	This happened, just as day was dawning, because the Lord’s help protected him.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	18	The king, having had a taste of the daring of the Jews, tried strategy in attacking their positions.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	19	He advanced against Beth-zur, a strong fortress of the Jews, was turned back, attacked again, and was defeated.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	20	Judas sent in to the garrison whatever was necessary.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	21	But Rhodocus, a man from the ranks of the Jews, gave secret information to the enemy; he was sought for, caught, and put in prison.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	22	The king negotiated a second time with the people in Beth-zur, gave pledges, received theirs, withdrew, attacked Judas and his men, was defeated;
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	23	he got word that Philip, who had been left in charge of the government, had revolted in Antioch; he was dismayed, called in the Jews, yielded and swore to observe all their rights, settled with them and offered sacrifice, honored the sanctuary and showed generosity to the holy place.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	24	He received Maccabeus, left Hegemonides as governor from Ptolemais to Gerar,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	25	and went to Ptolemais. The people of Ptolemais were indignant over the treaty; in fact they were so angry that they wanted to annul its terms.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	13	26	Lysias took the public platform, made the best possible defense, convinced them, appeased them, gained their good will, and set out for Antioch. This is how the king’s attack and withdrawal turned out.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	1	Three years later, word came to Judas and his men that Demetrius, the son of Seleucus, had sailed into the harbor of Tripolis with a strong army and a fleet,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	2	and had taken possession of the country, having made away with Antiochus and his guardian Lysias.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	3	Now a certain Alcimus, who had formerly been high priest but had wilfully defiled himself in the times of separation, realized that there was no way for him to be safe or to have access again to the holy altar,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	4	and went to King Demetrius in about the one hundred and fifty-first year, presenting to him a crown of gold and a palm, and besides these some of the customary olive branches from the temple. During that day he kept quiet.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	5	But he found an opportunity that furthered his mad purpose when he was invited by Demetrius to a meeting of the council and was asked about the disposition and intentions of the Jews. He answered:
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	6	“Those of the Jews who are called Hasideans, whose leader is Judas Maccabeus, are keeping up war and stirring up sedition, and will not let the kingdom attain tranquillity.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	7	Therefore I have laid aside my ancestral glory—I mean the high priesthood—and have now come here,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	8	first because I am genuinely concerned for the interests of the king, and second because I have regard also for my fellow citizens. For through the folly of those whom I have mentioned our whole nation is now in no small misfortune.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	9	Since you are acquainted, O king, with the details of this matter, deign to take thought for our country and our hard-pressed nation with the gracious kindness which you show to all.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	10	For as long as Judas lives, it is impossible for the government to find peace.”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	11	When he had said this, the rest of the king’s friends, who were hostile to Judas, quickly inflamed Demetrius still more.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	12	And he immediately chose Nicanor, who had been in command of the elephants, appointed him governor of Judea, and sent him off
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	13	with orders to kill Judas and scatter his men, and to set up Alcimus as high priest of the greatest temple.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	14	And the Gentiles throughout Judea, who had fled before Judas, flocked to join Nicanor, thinking that the misfortunes and calamities of the Jews would mean prosperity for themselves.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	15	When the Jews heard of Nicanor’s coming and the gathering of the Gentiles, they sprinkled dust upon their heads and prayed to him who established his own people for ever and always upholds his own heritage by manifesting himself.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	16	At the command of the leader, they set out from there immediately and engaged them in battle at a village called Dessau.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	17	Simon, the brother of Judas, had encountered Nicanor, but had been temporarily checked because of the sudden consternation created by the enemy.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	18	Nevertheless Nicanor, hearing of the valor of Judas and his men and their courage in battle for their country, shrank from deciding the issue by bloodshed.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	19	Therefore he sent Posidonius and Theodotus and Mattathias to give and receive pledges of friendship.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	20	When the terms had been fully considered, and the leader had informed the people, and it had appeared that they were of one mind, they agreed to the covenant.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	21	And the leaders set a day on which to meet by themselves. A chariot came forward from each army; seats of honor were set in place;
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	22	Judas posted armed men in readiness at key places to prevent sudden treachery on the part of the enemy; they held the proper conference.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	23	Nicanor stayed on in Jerusalem and did nothing out of the way, but dismissed the flocks of people that had gathered.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	24	And he kept Judas always in his presence; he was warmly attached to the man.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	25	And he urged him to marry and have children; so he married, settled down, and shared the common life.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	26	But when Alcimus noticed their good will for one another, he took the covenant that had been made and went to Demetrius. He told him that Nicanor was disloyal to the government, for he had appointed that conspirator against the kingdom, Judas, to be his successor.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	27	The king became excited and, provoked by the false accusations of that depraved man, wrote to Nicanor, stating that he was displeased with the covenant and commanding him to send Maccabeus to Antioch as a prisoner without delay.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	28	When this message came to Nicanor, he was troubled and grieved that he had to annul their agreement when the man had done no wrong.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	29	Since it was not possible to oppose the king, he watched for an opportunity to accomplish this by a stratagem.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	30	But Maccabeus, noticing that Nicanor was more austere in his dealings with him and was meeting him more rudely than had been his custom, concluded that this austerity did not spring from the best motives. So he gathered not a few of his men, and went into hiding from Nicanor.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	31	When the latter became aware that he had been cleverly outwitted by the man, he went to the great and holy temple while the priests were offering the customary sacrifices, and commanded them to hand the man over.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	32	And when they declared on oath that they did not know where the man was whom he sought,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	33	he stretched out his right hand toward the sanctuary, and swore this oath: “If you do not hand Judas over to me as a prisoner, I will level this precinct of God to the ground and tear down the altar, and I will build here a splendid temple to Dionysus.”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	34	Having said this, he went away. Then the priests stretched forth their hands toward heaven and called upon the constant Defender of our nation, in these words:
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	35	“O Lord of all, who hast need of nothing, thou wast pleased that there be a temple for thy habitation among us;
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	36	so now, O holy One, Lord of all holiness, keep undefiled for ever this house that has been so recently purified.”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	37	A certain Razis, one of the elders of Jerusalem, was denounced to Nicanor as a man who loved his fellow citizens and was very well thought of and for his good will was called father of the Jews.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	38	For in former times, when there was no mingling with the Gentiles, he had been accused of Judaism, and for Judaism he had with all zeal risked body and life.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	39	Nicanor, wishing to exhibit the enmity which he had for the Jews, sent more than five hundred soldiers to arrest him;
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	40	for he thought that by arresting him he would do them an injury.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	41	When the troops were about to capture the tower and were forcing the door of the courtyard, they ordered that fire be brought and the doors burned. Being surrounded, Razis fell upon his own sword,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	42	preferring to die nobly rather than to fall into the hands of sinners and suffer outrages unworthy of his noble birth.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	43	But in the heat of the struggle he did not hit exactly, and the crowd was now rushing in through the doors. He bravely ran up on the wall, and manfully threw himself down into the crowd.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	44	But as they quickly drew back, a space opened and he fell in the middle of the empty space.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	45	Still alive and aflame with anger, he rose, and though his blood gushed forth and his wounds were severe he ran through the crowd; and standing upon a steep rock,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	14	46	with his blood now completely drained from him, he tore out his entrails, took them with both hands and hurled them at the crowd, calling upon the Lord of life and spirit to give them back to him again. This was the manner of his death.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	1	When Nicanor heard that Judas and his men were in the region of Samaria, he made plans to attack them with complete safety on the day of rest.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	2	And when the Jews who were compelled to follow him said, “Do not destroy so savagely and barbarously, but show respect for the day which he who sees all things has honored and hallowed above other days,”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	3	the thrice-accursed wretch asked if there were a sovereign in heaven who had commanded the keeping of the sabbath day.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	4	And when they declared, “It is the living Lord himself, the Sovereign in heaven, who ordered us to observe the seventh day,”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	5	he replied, “And I am a sovereign also, on earth, and I command you to take up arms and finish the king’s business.” Nevertheless, he did not succeed in carrying out his abominable design.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	6	This Nicanor in his utter boastfulness and arrogance had determined to erect a public monument of victory over Judas and his men.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	7	But Maccabeus did not cease to trust with all confidence that he would get help from the Lord.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	8	And he exhorted his men not to fear the attack of the Gentiles, but to keep in mind the former times when help had come to them from heaven, and now to look for the victory which the Almighty would give them.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	9	Encouraging them from the law and the prophets, and reminding them also of the struggles they had won, he made them the more eager.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	10	And when he had aroused their courage, he gave his orders, at the same time pointing out the perfidy of the Gentiles and their violation of oaths.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	11	He armed each of them not so much with confidence in shields and spears as with the inspiration of brave words, and he cheered them all by relating a dream, a sort of vision, which was worthy of belief.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	12	What he saw was this: Onias, who had been high priest, a noble and good man, of modest bearing and gentle manner, one who spoke fittingly and had been trained from childhood in all that belongs to excellence, was praying with outstretched hands for the whole body of the Jews.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	13	Then likewise a man appeared, distinguished by his gray hair and dignity, and of marvelous majesty and authority.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	14	And Onias spoke, saying, “This is a man who loves the brethren and prays much for the people and the holy city, Jeremiah, the prophet of God.”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	15	Jeremiah stretched out his right hand and gave to Judas a golden sword, and as he gave it he addressed him thus:
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	16	“Take this holy sword, a gift from God, with which you will strike down your adversaries.”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	17	Encouraged by the words of Judas, so noble and so effective in arousing valor and awaking manliness in the souls of the young, they determined not to carry on a campaign but to attack bravely, and to decide the matter, by fighting hand to hand with all courage, because the city and the sanctuary and the temple were in danger.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	18	Their concern for wives and children, and also for brethren and relatives, lay upon them less heavily; their greatest and first fear was for the consecrated sanctuary.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	19	And those who had to remain in the city were in no little distress, being anxious over the encounter in the open country.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	20	When all were now looking forward to the coming decision, and the enemy was already close at hand with their army drawn up for battle, the elephants strategically stationed and the cavalry deployed on the flanks,
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	21	Maccabeus, perceiving the hosts that were before him and the varied supply of arms and the savagery of the elephants, stretched out his hands toward heaven and called upon the Lord who works wonders; for he knew that it is not by arms, but as the Lord decides, that he gains the victory for those who deserve it.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	22	And he called upon him in these words: “O Lord, thou didst send thy angel in the time of Hezekiah king of Judea, and he slew fully a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of Sennacherib.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	23	So now, O Sovereign of the heavens, send a good angel to carry terror and trembling before us.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	24	By the might of thy arm may these blasphemers who come against thy holy people be struck down.” With these words he ended his prayer.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	25	Nicanor and his men advanced with trumpets and battle songs;
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	26	and Judas and his men met the enemy in battle with invocation to God and prayers.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	27	So, fighting with their hands and praying to God in their hearts, they laid low no less than thirty-five thousand men, and were greatly gladdened by God’s manifestation.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	28	When the action was over and they were returning with joy, they recognized Nicanor, lying dead, in full armor.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	29	Then there was shouting and tumult, and they blessed the Sovereign Lord in the language of their fathers.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	30	And the man who was ever in body and soul the defender of his fellow citizens, the man who maintained his youthful good will toward his countrymen, ordered them to cut off Nicanor’s head and arm and carry them to Jerusalem.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	31	And when he arrived there and had called his countrymen together and stationed the priests before the altar, he sent for those who were in the citadel.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	32	He showed them the vile Nicanor’s head and that profane man’s arm, which had been boastfully stretched out against the holy house of the Almighty;
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	33	and he cut out the tongue of the ungodly Nicanor and said that he would give it piecemeal to the birds and hang up these rewards of his folly opposite the sanctuary.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	34	And they all, looking to heaven, blessed the Lord who had manifested himself, saying, “Blessed is he who has kept his own place undefiled.”
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	35	And he hung Nicanor’s head from the citadel, a clear and conspicuous sign to every one of the help of the Lord.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	36	And they all decreed by public vote never to let this day go unobserved, but to celebrate the thirteenth day of the twelfth month—which is called Adar in the Syrian language—the day before Mordecai’s day.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	37	This, then, is how matters turned out with Nicanor. And from that time the city has been in the possession of the Hebrews. So I too will here end my story.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	38	If it is well told and to the point, that is what I myself desired; if it is poorly done and mediocre, that was the best I could do.
+2 Maccabees	2Mac	46	15	39	For just as it is harmful to drink wine alone, or, again, to drink water alone, while wine mixed with water is sweet and delicious and enhances one’s enjoyment, so also the style of the story delights the ears of those who read the work. And here will be the end.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	1	The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	2	Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	3	and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	4	and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon,
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	5	and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse,
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	6	and Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah,
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	7	and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa,
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	8	and Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah,
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	9	and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	10	and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos, and Amos the father of Josiah,
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	11	and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	12	And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of She-alti-el, and She-alti-el the father of Zerubbabel,
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	13	and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor,
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	14	and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud,
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	15	and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob,
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	16	and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	17	So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	18	Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit;
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	19	and her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to send her away quietly.
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	20	But as he considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit;
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	21	she will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	22	All this took place to fulfil what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	23	“Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel” (which means, God with us).
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	24	When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took his wife,
+Matthew	Mt	47	1	25	but knew her not until she had borne a son; and he called his name Jesus.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	1	Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying,
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	2	“Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East, and have come to worship him.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	3	When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	4	and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	5	They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea; for so it is written by the prophet:
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	6	‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will govern my people Israel.’”
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	7	Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star appeared;
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	8	and he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	9	When they had heard the king they went their way; and lo, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came to rest over the place where the child was.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	10	When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy;
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	11	and going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	12	And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	13	Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there till I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	14	And he rose and took the child and his mother by night, and departed to Egypt,
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	15	and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfil what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt have I called my son.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	16	Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was in a furious rage, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise men.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	17	Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	18	“A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be consoled, because they were no more.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	19	But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	20	“Rise, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child’s life are dead.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	21	And he rose and took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	22	But when he heard that Archelaus reigned over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee.
+Matthew	Mt	47	2	23	And he went and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, “He shall be called a Nazarene.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	1	In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	2	“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	3	For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	4	Now John wore a garment of camel’s hair, and a leather girdle around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	5	Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan,
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	6	and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	7	But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	8	Bear fruit that befits repentance,
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	9	and do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	10	Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	11	“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	12	His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the granary, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	13	Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	14	John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	15	But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now; for thus it is fitting for us to fulfil all righteousness.” Then he consented.
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	16	And when Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and alighting on him;
+Matthew	Mt	47	3	17	and lo, a voice from heaven, saying, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	1	Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	2	And he fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he was hungry.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	3	And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	4	But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	5	Then the devil took him to the holy city, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	6	and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, ‘He will give his angels charge of you,’ and ‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	7	Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’”
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	8	Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them;
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	9	and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	10	Then Jesus said to him, “Begone, Satan! for it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’”
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	11	Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	12	Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee;
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	13	and leaving Nazareth he went and dwelt in Caperna-um by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali,
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	14	that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	15	“The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	16	the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	17	From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	18	As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	19	And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	20	Immediately they left their nets and followed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	21	And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	22	Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	23	And he went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	24	So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics, and he healed them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	4	25	And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	1	Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down his disciples came to him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	2	And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	3	“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	4	“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	5	“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	6	“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	7	“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	8	“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	9	“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	10	“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	11	“Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	12	Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	13	“You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	14	“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	15	Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	16	Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	17	“Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	18	For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	19	Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	20	For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	21	“You have heard that it was said to the men of old, ‘You shall not kill; and whoever kills shall be liable to judgment.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	22	But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother shall be liable to the council, and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be liable to the hell of fire.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	23	So if you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	24	leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	25	Make friends quickly with your accuser, while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison;
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	26	truly, I say to you, you will never get out till you have paid the last penny.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	27	“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	28	But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	29	If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	30	And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	31	“It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	32	But I say to you that every one who divorces his wife, except on the ground of unchastity, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	33	“Again you have heard that it was said to the men of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	34	But I say to you, Do not swear at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God,
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	35	or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	36	And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	37	Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	38	“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	39	But I say to you, Do not resist one who is evil. But if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also;
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	40	and if any one would sue you and take your coat, let him have your cloak as well;
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	41	and if any one forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	42	Give to him who begs from you, and do not refuse him who would borrow from you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	43	“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	44	But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	45	so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	46	For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	47	And if you salute only your brethren, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?
+Matthew	Mt	47	5	48	You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	1	“Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen by them; for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	2	“Thus, when you give alms, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	3	But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	4	so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	5	“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	6	But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	7	“And in praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	8	Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	9	Pray then like this: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	10	Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	11	Give us this day our daily bread;
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	12	And forgive us our debts, As we also have forgiven our debtors;
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	13	And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	14	For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will forgive you;
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	15	but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	16	“And when you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	17	But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	18	that your fasting may not be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	19	“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal,
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	20	but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	21	For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	22	“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light;
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	23	but if your eye is not sound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	24	“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	25	“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	26	Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	27	And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life?
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	28	And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin;
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	29	yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	30	But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O men of little faith?
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	31	Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	32	For the Gentiles seek all these things; and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	33	But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well.
+Matthew	Mt	47	6	34	“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	1	“Judge not, that you be not judged.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	2	For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	3	Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	4	Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye?
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	5	You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	6	“Do not give dogs what is holy; and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under foot and turn to attack you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	7	“Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	8	For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	9	Or what man of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	10	Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	11	If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	12	So whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	13	“Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	14	For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	15	“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	16	You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles?
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	17	So, every sound tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears evil fruit.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	18	A sound tree cannot bear evil fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	19	Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	20	Thus you will know them by their fruits.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	21	“Not every one who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	22	On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	23	And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	24	“Every one then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock;
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	25	and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	26	And every one who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand;
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	27	and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	28	And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching,
+Matthew	Mt	47	7	29	for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	1	When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him;
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	2	and behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	3	And he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	4	And Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to any one; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to the people.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	5	As he entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, beseeching him
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	6	and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, in terrible distress.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	7	And he said to him, “I will come and heal him.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	8	But the centurion answered him, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be healed.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	9	For I am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	10	When Jesus heard him, he marveled, and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	11	I tell you, many will come from east and west and sit at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	12	while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	13	And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; be it done for you as you have believed.” And the servant was healed at that very moment.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	14	And when Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever;
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	15	he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and served him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	16	That evening they brought to him many who were possessed with demons; and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	17	This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah, “He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	18	Now when Jesus saw great crowds around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	19	And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	20	And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	21	Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	22	But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	23	And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	24	And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	25	And they went and woke him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	26	And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, O men of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	27	And the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	28	And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demoniacs met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	29	And behold, they cried out, “What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	30	Now a herd of many swine was feeding at some distance from them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	31	And the demons begged him, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	32	And he said to them, “Go.” So they came out and went into the swine; and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and perished in the waters.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	33	The herdsmen fled, and going into the city they told everything, and what had happened to the demoniacs.
+Matthew	Mt	47	8	34	And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their neighborhood.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	1	And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	2	And behold, they brought to him a paralytic, lying on his bed; and when Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	3	And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	4	But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	5	For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’?
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	6	But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he then said to the paralytic—“Rise, take up your bed and go home.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	7	And he rose and went home.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	8	When the crowds saw it, they were afraid, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	9	As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax office; and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	10	And as he sat at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	11	And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	12	But when he heard it, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	13	Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	14	Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	15	And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come, when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	16	And no one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	17	Neither is new wine put into old wineskins; if it is, the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins are destroyed; but new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	18	While he was thus speaking to them, behold, a ruler came in and knelt before him, saying, “My daughter has just died; but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	19	And Jesus rose and followed him, with his disciples.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	20	And behold, a woman who had suffered from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment;
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	21	for she said to herself, “If I only touch his garment, I shall be made well.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	22	Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, “Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well.” And instantly the woman was made well.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	23	And when Jesus came to the ruler’s house, and saw the flute players, and the crowd making a tumult,
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	24	he said, “Depart; for the girl is not dead but sleeping.” And they laughed at him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	25	But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	26	And the report of this went through all that district.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	27	And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, “Have mercy on us, Son of David.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	28	When he entered the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	29	Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it done to you.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	30	And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly charged them, “See that no one knows it.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	31	But they went away and spread his fame through all that district.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	32	As they were going away, behold, a dumb demoniac was brought to him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	33	And when the demon had been cast out, the dumb man spoke; and the crowds marveled, saying, “Never was anything like this seen in Israel.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	34	But the Pharisees said, “He casts out demons by the prince of demons.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	35	And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every infirmity.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	36	When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	37	Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few;
+Matthew	Mt	47	9	38	pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	1	And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every infirmity.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	2	The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	3	Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	4	Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	5	These twelve Jesus sent out, charging them, “Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans,
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	6	but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	7	And preach as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	8	Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying, give without pay.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	9	Take no gold, nor silver, nor copper in your belts,
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	10	no bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor a staff; for the laborer deserves his food.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	11	And whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy in it, and stay with him until you depart.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	12	As you enter the house, salute it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	13	And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	14	And if any one will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	15	Truly, I say to you, it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	16	“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	17	Beware of men; for they will deliver you up to councils, and flog you in their synagogues,
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	18	and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	19	When they deliver you up, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour;
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	20	for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	21	Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death;
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	22	and you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	23	When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel, before the Son of man comes.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	24	“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master;
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	25	it is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Be-elzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	26	“So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	27	What I tell you in the dark, utter in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim upon the housetops.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	28	And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	29	Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father’s will.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	30	But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	31	Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	32	So every one who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven;
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	33	but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	34	“Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	35	For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	36	and a man’s foes will be those of his own household.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	37	He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	38	and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	39	He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	40	“He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	41	He who receives a prophet because he is a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward, and he who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.
+Matthew	Mt	47	10	42	And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	1	And when Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	2	Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	3	and said to him, “Are you he who is to come, or shall we look for another?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	4	And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see:
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	5	the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	6	And blessed is he who takes no offense at me.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	7	As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind?
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	8	Why then did you go out? To see a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, those who wear soft raiment are in kings’ houses.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	9	Why then did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	10	This is he of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	11	Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	12	From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and men of violence take it by force.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	13	For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John;
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	14	and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	15	He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	16	“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places and calling to their playmates,
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	17	‘We piped to you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	18	For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon’;
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	19	the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	20	Then he began to upbraid the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	21	“Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, Beth-saida! for if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	22	But I tell you, it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	23	And you, Caperna-um, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	24	But I tell you that it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	25	At that time Jesus declared, “I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes;
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	26	yea, Father, for such was thy gracious will.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	27	All things have been delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	28	Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	29	Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
+Matthew	Mt	47	11	30	For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	1	At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the sabbath; his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	2	But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	3	He said to them, “Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him:
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	4	how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	5	Or have you not read in the law how on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	6	I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	7	And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	8	For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	9	And he went on from there, and entered their synagogue.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	10	And behold, there was a man with a withered hand. And they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?” so that they might accuse him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	11	He said to them, “What man of you, if he has one sheep and it falls into a pit on the sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out?
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	12	Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the sabbath.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	13	Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And the man stretched it out, and it was restored, whole like the other.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	14	But the Pharisees went out and took counsel against him, how to destroy him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	15	Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. And many followed him, and he healed them all,
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	16	and ordered them not to make him known.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	17	This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	18	“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	19	He will not wrangle or cry aloud, nor will any one hear his voice in the streets;
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	20	he will not break a bruised reed or quench a smoldering wick, till he brings justice to victory;
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	21	and in his name will the Gentiles hope.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	22	Then a blind and dumb demoniac was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the dumb man spoke and saw.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	23	And all the people were amazed, and said, “Can this be the Son of David?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	24	But when the Pharisees heard it they said, “It is only by Be-elzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	25	Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand;
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	26	and if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand?
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	27	And if I cast out demons by Be-elzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	28	But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	29	Or how can one enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	30	He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	31	Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	32	And whoever says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	33	“Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	34	You brood of vipers! how can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	35	The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	36	I tell you, on the day of judgment men will render account for every careless word they utter;
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	37	for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	38	Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	39	But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign; but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	40	For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	41	The men of Nineveh will arise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	42	The queen of the South will arise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	43	“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places seeking rest, but he finds none.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	44	Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	45	Then he goes and brings with him seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. So shall it be also with this evil generation.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	46	While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood outside, asking to speak to him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	48	But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brethren?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	49	And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brethren!
+Matthew	Mt	47	12	50	For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	1	That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	2	And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat there; and the whole crowd stood on the beach.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	3	And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	4	And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	5	Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they had not much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil,
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	6	but when the sun rose they were scorched; and since they had no root they withered away.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	7	Other seeds fell upon thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	8	Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	9	He who has ears, let him hear.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	10	Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	11	And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	12	For to him who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	13	This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	14	With them indeed is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah which says: ‘You shall indeed hear but never understand, and you shall indeed see but never perceive.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	15	For this people’s heart has grown dull, and their ears are heavy of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should perceive with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn for me to heal them.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	16	But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	17	Truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	18	“Hear then the parable of the sower.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	19	When any one hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in his heart; this is what was sown along the path.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	20	As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	21	yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	22	As for what was sown among thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the delight in riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	23	As for what was sown on good soil, this is he who hears the word and understands it; he indeed bears fruit, and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	24	Another parable he put before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field;
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	25	but while men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	26	So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	27	And the servants of the householder came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then has it weeds?’
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	28	He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	29	But he said, ‘No; lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	30	Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.’”
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	31	Another parable he put before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field;
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	32	it is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	33	He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	34	All this Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed he said nothing to them without a parable.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	35	This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	36	Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	37	He answered, “He who sows the good seed is the Son of man;
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	38	the field is the world, and the good seed means the sons of the kingdom; the weeds are the sons of the evil one,
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	39	and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	40	Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the close of the age.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	41	The Son of man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers,
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	42	and throw them into the furnace of fire; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	43	Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	44	“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	45	“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls,
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	46	who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	47	“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net which was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind;
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	48	when it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into vessels but threw away the bad.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	49	So it will be at the close of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous,
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	50	and throw them into the furnace of fire; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	51	“Have you understood all this?” They said to him, “Yes.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	52	And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	53	And when Jesus had finished these parables, he went away from there,
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	54	and coming to his own country he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works?
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	55	Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brethren James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	56	And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all this?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	57	And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	13	58	And he did not do many mighty works there, because of their unbelief.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	1	At that time Herod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus;
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	2	and he said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist, he has been raised from the dead; that is why these powers are at work in him.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	3	For Herod had seized John and bound him and put him in prison, for the sake of Herodi-as, his brother Philip’s wife;
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	4	because John said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	5	And though he wanted to put him to death, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	6	But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company, and pleased Herod,
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	7	so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	8	Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	9	And the king was sorry; but because of his oaths and his guests he commanded it to be given;
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	10	he sent and had John beheaded in the prison,
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	11	and his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	12	And his disciples came and took the body and buried it; and they went and told Jesus.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	13	Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a lonely place apart. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	14	As he went ashore he saw a great throng; and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	15	When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a lonely place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	16	Jesus said, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	17	They said to him, “We have only five loaves here and two fish.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	18	And he said, “Bring them here to me.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	19	Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass; and taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	20	And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	21	And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	22	Then he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	23	And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	24	but the boat by this time was many furlongs distant from the land, beaten by the waves; for the wind was against them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	25	And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	26	But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out for fear.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	27	But immediately he spoke to them, saying, “Take heart, it is I; have no fear.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	28	And Peter answered him, “Lord, if it is you, bid me come to you on the water.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	29	He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus;
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	30	but when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	31	Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, “O man of little faith, why did you doubt?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	32	And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	33	And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	34	And when they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	35	And when the men of that place recognized him, they sent round to all that region and brought to him all that were sick,
+Matthew	Mt	47	14	36	and besought him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched it were made well.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	1	Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	2	“Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	3	He answered them, “And why do you transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	4	For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	5	But you say, ‘If any one tells his father or his mother, What you would have gained from me is given to God, he need not honor his father.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	6	So, for the sake of your tradition, you have made void the word of God.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	7	You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	8	‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	9	in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’”
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	10	And he called the people to him and said to them, “Hear and understand:
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	11	not what goes into the mouth defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	12	Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	13	He answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	14	Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	15	But Peter said to him, “Explain the parable to us.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	16	And he said, “Are you also still without understanding?
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	17	Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and so passes on?
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	18	But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a man.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	19	For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	20	These are what defile a man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	21	And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	22	And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	23	But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying after us.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	24	He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	25	But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	26	And he answered, “It is not fair to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	27	She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	28	Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	29	And Jesus went on from there and passed along the Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountain, and sat down there.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	30	And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the maimed, the blind, the dumb, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them,
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	31	so that the throng wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	32	Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat; and I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	33	And the disciples said to him, “Where are we to get bread enough in the desert to feed so great a crowd?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	34	And Jesus said to them, “How many loaves have you?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	35	And commanding the crowd to sit down on the ground,
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	36	he took the seven loaves and the fish, and having given thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	37	And they all ate and were satisfied; and they took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left over.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	38	Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
+Matthew	Mt	47	15	39	And sending away the crowds, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	1	And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	2	He answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather; for the sky is red.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	3	And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	4	An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” So he left them and departed.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	5	When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to bring any bread.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	6	Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	7	And they discussed it among themselves, saying, “We brought no bread.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	8	But Jesus, aware of this, said, “O men of little faith, why do you discuss among yourselves the fact that you have no bread?
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	9	Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	10	Or the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	11	How is it that you fail to perceive that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	12	Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	13	Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that the Son of man is?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	14	And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	15	He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	16	Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	17	And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	18	And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	19	I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	20	Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	21	From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	22	And Peter took him and began to rebuke him, saying, “God forbid, Lord! This shall never happen to you.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	23	But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me; for you are not on the side of God, but of men.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	24	Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	25	For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	26	For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life?
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	27	For the Son of man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay every man for what he has done.
+Matthew	Mt	47	16	28	Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	1	And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain apart.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	2	And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his garments became white as light.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	3	And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	4	And Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is well that we are here; if you wish, I will make three booths here, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	5	He was still speaking, when lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	6	When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces, and were filled with awe.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	7	But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Rise, and have no fear.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	8	And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	9	And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Tell no one the vision, until the Son of man is raised from the dead.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	10	And the disciples asked him, “Then why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	11	He replied, “Elijah does come, and he is to restore all things;
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	12	but I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not know him, but did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son of man will suffer at their hands.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	13	Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	14	And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and kneeling before him said,
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	15	“Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire, and often into the water.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	16	And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	17	And Jesus answered, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	18	And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was cured instantly.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	19	Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	20	He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	22	As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men,
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	23	and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.” And they were greatly distressed.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	24	When they came to Caperna-um, the collectors of the half-shekel tax went up to Peter and said, “Does not your teacher pay the tax?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	25	He said, “Yes.” And when he came home, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tribute? From their sons or from others?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	26	And when he said, “From others,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free.
+Matthew	Mt	47	17	27	However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook, and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel; take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	1	At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	2	And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them,
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	3	and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	4	Whoever humbles himself like this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	5	“Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me;
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	6	but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	7	“Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the man by whom the temptation comes!
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	8	And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; it is better for you to enter life maimed or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	9	And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away; it is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	10	“See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	12	What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	13	And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	14	So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	15	“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	16	But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	17	If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	18	Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	19	Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	20	For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	21	Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	22	Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	23	“Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	24	When he began the reckoning, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents;
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	25	and as he could not pay, his lord ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	26	So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	27	And out of pity for him the lord of that servant released him and forgave him the debt.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	28	But that same servant, as he went out, came upon one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him by the throat he said, ‘Pay what you owe.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	29	So his fellow servant fell down and besought him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	30	He refused and went and put him in prison till he should pay the debt.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	31	When his fellow servants saw what had taken place, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their lord all that had taken place.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	32	Then his lord summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you besought me;
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	33	and should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?’
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	34	And in anger his lord delivered him to the jailers, till he should pay all his debt.
+Matthew	Mt	47	18	35	So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	1	Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Judea beyond the Jordan;
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	2	and large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	3	And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	4	He answered, “Have you not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	5	and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	6	So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	7	They said to him, “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	8	He said to them, “For your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	9	And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for unchastity, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries a divorced woman, commits adultery.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	10	The disciples said to him, “If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	11	But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but only those to whom it is given.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	12	For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to receive this, let him receive it.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	13	Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people;
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	14	but Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	15	And he laid his hands on them and went away.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	16	And behold, one came up to him, saying, “Teacher, what good deed must I do, to have eternal life?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	17	And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? One there is who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	18	He said to him, “Which?” And Jesus said, “You shall not kill, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	19	Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	20	The young man said to him, “All these I have observed; what do I still lack?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	21	Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	22	When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	23	And Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly, I say to you, it will be hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	24	Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	25	When the disciples heard this they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	26	But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	27	Then Peter said in reply, “Lo, we have left everything and followed you. What then shall we have?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	28	Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of man shall sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	29	And every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.
+Matthew	Mt	47	19	30	But many that are first will be last, and the last first.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	1	“For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	2	After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	3	And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the market place;
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	4	and to them he said, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	5	Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	6	And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing; and he said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	7	They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	8	And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	9	And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	10	Now when the first came, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	11	And on receiving it they grumbled at the householder,
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	12	saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	13	But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius?
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	14	Take what belongs to you, and go; I choose to give to this last as I give to you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	15	Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	16	So the last will be first, and the first last.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	17	And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	18	“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	19	and deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	20	Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him, with her sons, and kneeling before him she asked him for something.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	21	And he said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Command that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	22	But Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	23	He said to them, “You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	24	And when the ten heard it, they were indignant at the two brothers.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	25	But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	26	It shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant,
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	27	and whoever would be first among you must be your slave;
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	28	even as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	29	And as they went out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	30	And behold, two blind men sitting by the roadside, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	31	The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be silent; but they cried out the more, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	32	And Jesus stopped and called them, saying, “What do you want me to do for you?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	33	They said to him, “Lord, let our eyes be opened.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	20	34	And Jesus in pity touched their eyes, and immediately they received their sight and followed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	1	And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	2	saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find an ass tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	3	If any one says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and he will send them immediately.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	4	This took place to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet, saying,
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	5	“Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on an ass, and on a colt, the foal of an ass.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	6	The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them;
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	7	they brought the ass and the colt, and put their garments on them, and he sat thereon.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	8	Most of the crowd spread their garments on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	9	And the crowds that went before him and that followed him shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	10	And when he entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, “Who is this?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	11	And the crowds said, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	12	And Jesus entered the temple of God and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	13	He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you make it a den of robbers.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	14	And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	15	But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant;
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	16	and they said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes; have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast brought perfect praise’?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	17	And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	18	In the morning, as he was returning to the city, he was hungry.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	19	And seeing a fig tree by the wayside he went to it, and found nothing on it but leaves only. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	20	When the disciples saw it they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither at once?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	21	And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and never doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it will be done.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	22	And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	23	And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	24	Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you a question; and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	25	The baptism of John, whence was it? From heaven or from men?” And they argued with one another, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	26	But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the multitude; for all hold that John was a prophet.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	27	So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	28	“What do you think? A man had two sons; and he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	29	And he answered, ‘I will not’; but afterward he repented and went.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	30	And he went to the second and said the same; and he answered, ‘I go, sir,’ but did not go.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	31	Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	32	For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him; and even when you saw it, you did not afterward repent and believe him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	33	“Hear another parable. There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to tenants, and went into another country.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	34	When the season of fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants, to get his fruit;
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	35	and the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	36	Again he sent other servants, more than the first; and they did the same to them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	37	Afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	38	But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	39	And they took him and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	40	When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	41	They said to him, “He will put those wretches to a miserable death, and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	42	Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the scriptures: ‘The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	43	Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing the fruits of it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	44	And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but when it falls on any one, it will crush him.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	45	When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	21	46	But when they tried to arrest him, they feared the multitudes, because they held him to be a prophet.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	1	And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying,
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	2	“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a marriage feast for his son,
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	3	and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast; but they would not come.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	4	Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have made ready my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves are killed, and everything is ready; come to the marriage feast.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	5	But they made light of it and went off, one to his farm, another to his business,
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	6	while the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	7	The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	8	Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	9	Go therefore to the thoroughfares, and invite to the marriage feast as many as you find.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	10	And those servants went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good; so the wedding hall was filled with guests.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	11	“But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment;
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	12	and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	13	Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, and cast him into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	14	For many are called, but few are chosen.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	15	Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how to entangle him in his talk.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	16	And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodi-ans, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God truthfully, and care for no man; for you do not regard the position of men.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	17	Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	18	But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why put me to the test, you hypocrites?
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	19	Show me the money for the tax.” And they brought him a coin.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	20	And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	21	They said, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	22	When they heard it, they marveled; and they left him and went away.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	23	The same day Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him a question,
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	24	saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies, having no children, his brother must marry the widow, and raise up children for his brother.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	25	Now there were seven brothers among us; the first married, and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	26	So too the second and third, down to the seventh.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	27	After them all, the woman died.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	28	In the resurrection, therefore, to which of the seven will she be wife? For they all had her.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	29	But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	30	For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	31	And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God,
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	32	‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	33	And when the crowd heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	34	But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they came together.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	35	And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, to test him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	36	“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	37	And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	38	This is the great and first commandment.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	39	And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	40	On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	41	Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	42	saying, “What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	43	He said to them, “How is it then that David, inspired by the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying,
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	44	‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I put thy enemies under thy feet’?
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	45	If David thus calls him Lord, how is he his son?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	22	46	And no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did any one dare to ask him any more questions.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	1	Then said Jesus to the crowds and to his disciples,
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	2	“The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat;
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	3	so practice and observe whatever they tell you, but not what they do; for they preach, but do not practice.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	4	They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	5	They do all their deeds to be seen by men; for they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long,
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	6	and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues,
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	7	and salutations in the market places, and being called rabbi by men.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	8	But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brethren.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	9	And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	10	Neither be called masters, for you have one master, the Christ.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	11	He who is greatest among you shall be your servant;
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	12	whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	13	“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter yourselves, nor allow those who would enter to go in.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	15	Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you traverse sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	16	“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘If any one swears by the temple, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	17	You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred?
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	18	And you say, ‘If any one swears by the altar, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	19	You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	20	So he who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it;
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	21	and he who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it;
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	22	and he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	23	“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, justice and mercy and faith; these you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	24	You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	25	“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of extortion and rapacity.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	26	You blind Pharisee! first cleanse the inside of the cup and of the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	27	“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	28	So you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	29	“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	30	saying, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	31	Thus you witness against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	32	Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	33	You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	34	Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town,
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	35	that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	36	Truly, I say to you, all this will come upon this generation.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	37	“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	38	Behold, your house is forsaken and desolate.
+Matthew	Mt	47	23	39	For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	1	Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	2	But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another, that will not be thrown down.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	3	As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will this be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	4	And Jesus answered them, “Take heed that no one leads you astray.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	5	For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	6	And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not alarmed; for this must take place, but the end is not yet.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	7	For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places:
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	8	all this is but the beginning of the birth-pangs.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	9	“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation, and put you to death; and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	10	And then many will fall away, and betray one another, and hate one another.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	11	And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	12	And because wickedness is multiplied, most men’s love will grow cold.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	13	But he who endures to the end will be saved.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	14	And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, as a testimony to all nations; and then the end will come.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	15	“So when you see the desolating sacrilege spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	16	then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains;
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	17	let him who is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house;
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	18	and let him who is in the field not turn back to take his mantle.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	19	And alas for those who are with child and for those who give suck in those days!
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	20	Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a sabbath.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	21	For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	22	And if those days had not been shortened, no human being would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	23	Then if any one says to you, ‘Lo, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There he is!’ do not believe it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	24	For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	25	Lo, I have told you beforehand.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	26	So, if they say to you, ‘Lo, he is in the wilderness,’ do not go out; if they say, ‘Lo, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	27	For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of man.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	28	Wherever the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	29	“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	30	then will appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory;
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	31	and he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	32	“From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	33	So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	34	Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away till all these things take place.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	35	Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	36	“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	37	As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	38	For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark,
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	39	and they did not know until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of man.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	40	Then two men will be in the field; one is taken and one is left.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	41	Two women will be grinding at the mill; one is taken and one is left.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	42	Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	43	But know this, that if the householder had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched and would not have let his house be broken into.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	44	Therefore you also must be ready; for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	45	“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	46	Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so doing.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	47	Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions.
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	48	But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed,’
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	49	and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eats and drinks with the drunken,
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	50	the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know,
+Matthew	Mt	47	24	51	and will punish him, and put him with the hypocrites; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	1	“Then the kingdom of heaven shall be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	2	Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	3	For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them;
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	4	but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	5	As the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	6	But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	7	Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	8	And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	9	But the wise replied, ‘Perhaps there will not be enough for us and for you; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	10	And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast; and the door was shut.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	11	Afterward the other maidens came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	12	But he replied, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	13	Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	14	“For it will be as when a man going on a journey called his servants and entrusted to them his property;
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	15	to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	16	He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them; and he made five talents more.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	17	So also, he who had the two talents made two talents more.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	18	But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master’s money.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	19	Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	20	And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents; here I have made five talents more.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	21	His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	22	And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here I have made two talents more.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	23	His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	24	He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not winnow;
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	25	so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	26	But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not winnowed?
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	27	Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	28	So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	29	For to every one who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	30	And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	31	“When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	32	Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	33	and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left.
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	34	Then the King will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	35	for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	36	I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	37	Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink?
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	38	And when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee?
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	39	And when did we see thee sick or in prison and visit thee?’
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	40	And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	41	Then he will say to those at his left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels;
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	42	for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink,
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	43	I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	44	Then they also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to thee?’
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	45	Then he will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	25	46	And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	1	When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples,
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	2	“You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of man will be delivered up to be crucified.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	3	Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	4	and took counsel together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	5	But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be a tumult among the people.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	6	Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	7	a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head, as he sat at table.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	8	But when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	9	For this ointment might have been sold for a large sum, and given to the poor.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	10	But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	11	For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	12	In pouring this ointment on my body she has done it to prepare me for burial.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	13	Truly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	14	Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	15	and said, “What will you give me if I deliver him to you?” And they paid him thirty pieces of silver.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	16	And from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	17	Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the passover?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	18	He said, “Go into the city to a certain one, and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at your house with my disciples.’”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	19	And the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the passover.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	20	When it was evening, he sat at table with the twelve disciples;
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	21	and as they were eating, he said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	22	And they were very sorrowful, and began to say to him one after another, “Is it I, Lord?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	23	He answered, “He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me, will betray me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	24	The Son of man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	25	Judas, who betrayed him, said, “Is it I, Master?” He said to him, “You have said so.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	26	Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	27	And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you;
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	28	for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	29	I tell you I shall not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	30	And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	31	Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of me this night; for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	32	But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	33	Peter declared to him, “Though they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	34	Jesus said to him, “Truly, I say to you, this very night, before the cock crows, you will deny me three times.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	35	Peter said to him, “Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you.” And so said all the disciples.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	36	Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go yonder and pray.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	37	And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	38	Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	39	And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	40	And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping; and he said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me one hour?
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	41	Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	42	Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, thy will be done.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	43	And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	44	So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	45	Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	46	Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	47	While he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	48	Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I shall kiss is the man; seize him.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	49	And he came up to Jesus at once and said, “Hail, Master!” And he kissed him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	50	Jesus said to him, “Friend, why are you here?” Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and seized him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	51	And behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	52	Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place; for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	53	Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels?
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	54	But how then should the scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	55	At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	56	But all this has taken place, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples forsook him and fled.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	57	Then those who had seized Jesus led him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	58	But Peter followed him at a distance, as far as the courtyard of the high priest, and going inside he sat with the guards to see the end.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	59	Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	60	but they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. At last two came forward
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	61	and said, “This fellow said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.’”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	62	And the high priest stood up and said, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	63	But Jesus was silent. And the high priest said to him, “I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	64	Jesus said to him, “You have said so. But I tell you, hereafter you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	65	Then the high priest tore his robes, and said, “He has uttered blasphemy. Why do we still need witnesses? You have now heard his blasphemy.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	66	What is your judgment?” They answered, “He deserves death.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	67	Then they spat in his face, and struck him; and some slapped him,
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	68	saying, “Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who is it that struck you?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	69	Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. And a maid came up to him, and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	70	But he denied it before them all, saying, “I do not know what you mean.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	71	And when he went out to the porch, another maid saw him, and she said to the bystanders, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	72	And again he denied it with an oath, “I do not know the man.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	73	After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Certainly you are also one of them, for your accent betrays you.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	74	Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know the man.” And immediately the cock crowed.
+Matthew	Mt	47	26	75	And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, “Before the cock crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	1	When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death;
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	2	and they bound him and led him away and delivered him to Pilate the governor.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	3	When Judas, his betrayer, saw that he was condemned, he repented and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders,
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	4	saying, “I have sinned in betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? See to it yourself.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	5	And throwing down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed; and he went and hanged himself.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	6	But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since they are blood money.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	7	So they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	8	Therefore that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	9	Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel,
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	10	and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	11	Now Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus said, “You have said so.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	12	But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he made no answer.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	13	Then Pilate said to him, “Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	14	But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge; so that the governor wondered greatly.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	15	Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	16	And they had then a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	17	So when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you, Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	18	For he knew that it was out of envy that they had delivered him up.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	19	Besides, while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered much over him today in a dream.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	20	Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the people to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	21	The governor again said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	22	Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all said, “Let him be crucified.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	23	And he said, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Let him be crucified.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	24	So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this righteous man’s blood; see to it yourselves.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	25	And all the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	26	Then he released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	27	Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the praetorium, and they gathered the whole battalion before him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	28	And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe upon him,
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	29	and plaiting a crown of thorns they put it on his head, and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	30	And they spat upon him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	31	And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe, and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	32	As they went out, they came upon a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; this man they compelled to carry his cross.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	33	And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull),
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	34	they offered him wine to drink, mingled with gall; but when he tasted it, he would not drink it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	35	And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots;
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	36	then they sat down and kept watch over him there.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	37	And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus the King of the Jews.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	38	Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	39	And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	40	and saying, “You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	41	So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying,
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	42	“He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	43	He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	44	And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	45	Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	46	And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lama sabach-thani?” that is, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	47	And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “This man is calling Elijah.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	48	And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	49	But the others said, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	50	And Jesus cried again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	51	And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom; and the earth shook, and the rocks were split;
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	52	the tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	53	and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	54	When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe, and said, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	55	There were also many women there, looking on from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him;
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	56	among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	57	When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	58	He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	59	And Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud,
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	60	and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock; and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	61	Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the sepulchre.
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	62	Next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	63	and said, “Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	64	Therefore order the sepulchre to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away, and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last fraud will be worse than the first.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	65	Pilate said to them, “You have a guard of soldiers; go, make it as secure as you can.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	27	66	So they went and made the sepulchre secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	1	Now after the sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the sepulchre.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	2	And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone, and sat upon it.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	3	His appearance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	4	And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	5	But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	6	He is not here; for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	7	Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him. Lo, I have told you.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	8	So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	9	And behold, Jesus met them and said, “Hail!” And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	10	Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	11	While they were going, behold, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	12	And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sum of money to the soldiers
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	13	and said, “Tell people, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	14	And if this comes to the governor’s ears, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	15	So they took the money and did as they were directed; and this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	16	Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	17	And when they saw him they worshiped him; but some doubted.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	18	And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	19	Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
+Matthew	Mt	47	28	20	teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.”
+Mark	Mk	48	1	1	The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	2	As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way;
+Mark	Mk	48	1	3	the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight—”
+Mark	Mk	48	1	4	John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	5	And there went out to him all the country of Judea, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	6	Now John was clothed with camel’s hair, and had a leather girdle around his waist, and ate locusts and wild honey.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	7	And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	8	I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
+Mark	Mk	48	1	9	In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	10	And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens opened and the Spirit descending upon him like a dove;
+Mark	Mk	48	1	11	and a voice came from heaven, “Thou art my beloved Son; with thee I am well pleased.”
+Mark	Mk	48	1	12	The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	13	And he was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to him.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	14	Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God,
+Mark	Mk	48	1	15	and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the gospel.”
+Mark	Mk	48	1	16	And passing along by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	17	And Jesus said to them, “Follow me and I will make you become fishers of men.”
+Mark	Mk	48	1	18	And immediately they left their nets and followed him.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	19	And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	20	And immediately he called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and followed him.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	21	And they went into Capernaum; and immediately on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	22	And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	23	And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit;
+Mark	Mk	48	1	24	and he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.”
+Mark	Mk	48	1	25	But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!”
+Mark	Mk	48	1	26	And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	27	And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching! With authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.”
+Mark	Mk	48	1	28	And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	29	And immediately he left the synagogue, and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	30	Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him of her.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	31	And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her; and she served them.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	32	That evening, at sundown, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	33	And the whole city was gathered together about the door.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	34	And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	35	And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose and went out to a lonely place, and there he prayed.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	36	And Simon and those who were with him pursued him,
+Mark	Mk	48	1	37	and they found him and said to him, “Every one is searching for you.”
+Mark	Mk	48	1	38	And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also; for that is why I came out.”
+Mark	Mk	48	1	39	And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	40	And a leper came to him beseeching him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.”
+Mark	Mk	48	1	41	Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, “I will; be clean.”
+Mark	Mk	48	1	42	And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean.
+Mark	Mk	48	1	43	And he sternly charged him, and sent him away at once,
+Mark	Mk	48	1	44	and said to him, “See that you say nothing to any one; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to the people.”
+Mark	Mk	48	1	45	But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in the country; and people came to him from every quarter.
+Mark	Mk	48	2	1	And when he returned to Caperna-um after some days, it was reported that he was at home.
+Mark	Mk	48	2	2	And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room for them, not even about the door; and he was preaching the word to them.
+Mark	Mk	48	2	3	And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.
+Mark	Mk	48	2	4	And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him; and when they had made an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic lay.
+Mark	Mk	48	2	5	And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “My son, your sins are forgiven.”
+Mark	Mk	48	2	6	Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts,
+Mark	Mk	48	2	7	“Why does this man speak thus? It is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
+Mark	Mk	48	2	8	And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question thus in your hearts?
+Mark	Mk	48	2	9	Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your pallet and walk’?
+Mark	Mk	48	2	10	But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic—
+Mark	Mk	48	2	11	“I say to you, rise, take up your pallet and go home.”
+Mark	Mk	48	2	12	And he rose, and immediately took up the pallet and went out before them all; so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”
+Mark	Mk	48	2	13	He went out again beside the sea; and all the crowd gathered about him, and he taught them.
+Mark	Mk	48	2	14	And as he passed on, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.
+Mark	Mk	48	2	15	And as he sat at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were sitting with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many who followed him.
+Mark	Mk	48	2	16	And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
+Mark	Mk	48	2	17	And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
+Mark	Mk	48	2	18	Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and people came and said to him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”
+Mark	Mk	48	2	19	And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
+Mark	Mk	48	2	20	The days will come, when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.
+Mark	Mk	48	2	21	No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; if he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made.
+Mark	Mk	48	2	22	And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and so are the skins; but new wine is for fresh skins.”
+Mark	Mk	48	2	23	One sabbath he was going through the grainfields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.
+Mark	Mk	48	2	24	And the Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?”
+Mark	Mk	48	2	25	And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him:
+Mark	Mk	48	2	26	how he entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?”
+Mark	Mk	48	2	27	And he said to them, “The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath;
+Mark	Mk	48	2	28	so the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath.”
+Mark	Mk	48	3	1	Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	2	And they watched him, to see whether he would heal him on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	3	And he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come here.”
+Mark	Mk	48	3	4	And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	5	And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	6	The Pharisees went out, and immediately held counsel with the Herodi-ans against him, how to destroy him.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	7	Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed; also from Judea
+Mark	Mk	48	3	8	and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from about Tyre and Sidon a great multitude, hearing all that he did, came to him.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	9	And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they should crush him;
+Mark	Mk	48	3	10	for he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch him.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	11	And whenever the unclean spirits beheld him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”
+Mark	Mk	48	3	12	And he strictly ordered them not to make him known.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	13	And he went up on the mountain, and called to him those whom he desired; and they came to him.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	14	And he appointed twelve, to be with him, and to be sent out to preach
+Mark	Mk	48	3	15	and have authority to cast out demons:
+Mark	Mk	48	3	16	Simon whom he surnamed Peter;
+Mark	Mk	48	3	17	James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, whom he surnamed Bo-anerges, that is, sons of thunder;
+Mark	Mk	48	3	18	Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean,
+Mark	Mk	48	3	19	and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. Then he went home;
+Mark	Mk	48	3	20	and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	21	And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for people were saying, “He is beside himself.”
+Mark	Mk	48	3	22	And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Be-elzebul, and by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.”
+Mark	Mk	48	3	23	And he called them to him, and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?
+Mark	Mk	48	3	24	If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	25	And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	26	And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	27	But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man; then indeed he may plunder his house.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	28	“Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter;
+Mark	Mk	48	3	29	but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”—
+Mark	Mk	48	3	30	for they had said, “He has an unclean spirit.”
+Mark	Mk	48	3	31	And his mother and his brethren came; and standing outside they sent to him and called him.
+Mark	Mk	48	3	32	And a crowd was sitting about him; and they said to him, “Your mother and your brethren are outside, asking for you.”
+Mark	Mk	48	3	33	And he replied, “Who are my mother and my brethren?”
+Mark	Mk	48	3	34	And looking around on those who sat about him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brethren!
+Mark	Mk	48	3	35	Whoever does the will of God is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
+Mark	Mk	48	4	1	Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	2	And he taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them:
+Mark	Mk	48	4	3	“Listen! A sower went out to sow.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	4	And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	5	Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it had not much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil;
+Mark	Mk	48	4	6	and when the sun rose it was scorched, and since it had no root it withered away.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	7	Other seed fell among thorns and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	8	And other seeds fell into good soil and brought forth grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”
+Mark	Mk	48	4	9	And he said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
+Mark	Mk	48	4	10	And when he was alone, those who were about him with the twelve asked him concerning the parables.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	11	And he said to them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables;
+Mark	Mk	48	4	12	so that they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand; lest they should turn again, and be forgiven.”
+Mark	Mk	48	4	13	And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
+Mark	Mk	48	4	14	The sower sows the word.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	15	And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown; when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word which is sown in them.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	16	And these in like manner are the ones sown upon rocky ground, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy;
+Mark	Mk	48	4	17	and they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	18	And others are the ones sown among thorns; they are those who hear the word,
+Mark	Mk	48	4	19	but the cares of the world, and the delight in riches, and the desire for other things, enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	20	But those that were sown upon the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”
+Mark	Mk	48	4	21	And he said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a bushel, or under a bed, and not on a stand?
+Mark	Mk	48	4	22	For there is nothing hid, except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret, except to come to light.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	23	If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.”
+Mark	Mk	48	4	24	And he said to them, “Take heed what you hear; the measure you give will be the measure you get, and still more will be given you.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	25	For to him who has will more be given; and from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”
+Mark	Mk	48	4	26	And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed upon the ground,
+Mark	Mk	48	4	27	and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he knows not how.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	28	The earth produces of itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	29	But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
+Mark	Mk	48	4	30	And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it?
+Mark	Mk	48	4	31	It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth;
+Mark	Mk	48	4	32	yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”
+Mark	Mk	48	4	33	With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it;
+Mark	Mk	48	4	34	he did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	35	On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.”
+Mark	Mk	48	4	36	And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	37	And a great storm of wind arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already filling.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	38	But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care if we perish?”
+Mark	Mk	48	4	39	And he awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
+Mark	Mk	48	4	40	He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?”
+Mark	Mk	48	4	41	And they were filled with awe, and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even wind and sea obey him?”
+Mark	Mk	48	5	1	They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	2	And when he had come out of the boat, there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
+Mark	Mk	48	5	3	who lived among the tombs; and no one could bind him any more, even with a chain;
+Mark	Mk	48	5	4	for he had often been bound with fetters and chains, but the chains he wrenched apart, and the fetters he broke in pieces; and no one had the strength to subdue him.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	5	Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out, and bruising himself with stones.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	6	And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped him;
+Mark	Mk	48	5	7	and crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me.”
+Mark	Mk	48	5	8	For he had said to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”
+Mark	Mk	48	5	9	And Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “My name is Legion; for we are many.”
+Mark	Mk	48	5	10	And he begged him eagerly not to send them out of the country.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	11	Now a great herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside;
+Mark	Mk	48	5	12	and they begged him, “Send us to the swine, let us enter them.”
+Mark	Mk	48	5	13	So he gave them leave. And the unclean spirits came out, and entered the swine; and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and were drowned in the sea.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	14	The herdsmen fled, and told it in the city and in the country. And people came to see what it was that had happened.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	15	And they came to Jesus, and saw the demoniac sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, the man who had had the legion; and they were afraid.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	16	And those who had seen it told what had happened to the demoniac and to the swine.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	17	And they began to beg Jesus to depart from their neighborhood.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	18	And as he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be with him.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	19	But he refused, and said to him, “Go home to your friends, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.”
+Mark	Mk	48	5	20	And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him; and all men marveled.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	21	And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him; and he was beside the sea.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	22	Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and seeing him, he fell at his feet,
+Mark	Mk	48	5	23	and besought him, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and live.”
+Mark	Mk	48	5	24	And he went with him. And a great crowd followed him and thronged about him.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	25	And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years,
+Mark	Mk	48	5	26	and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	27	She had heard the reports about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	28	For she said, “If I touch even his garments, I shall be made well.”
+Mark	Mk	48	5	29	And immediately the hemorrhage ceased; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	30	And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him, immediately turned about in the crowd, and said, “Who touched my garments?”
+Mark	Mk	48	5	31	And his disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, ‘Who touched me?’”
+Mark	Mk	48	5	32	And he looked around to see who had done it.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	33	But the woman, knowing what had been done to her, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him, and told him the whole truth.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	34	And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”
+Mark	Mk	48	5	35	While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler’s house some who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?”
+Mark	Mk	48	5	36	But ignoring what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.”
+Mark	Mk	48	5	37	And he allowed no one to follow him except Peter and James and John the brother of James.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	38	When they came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, he saw a tumult, and people weeping and wailing loudly.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	39	And when he had entered, he said to them, “Why do you make a tumult and weep? The child is not dead but sleeping.”
+Mark	Mk	48	5	40	And they laughed at him. But he put them all outside, and took the child’s father and mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	41	Taking her by the hand he said to her, “Talitha cumi”; which means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise.”
+Mark	Mk	48	5	42	And immediately the girl got up and walked (she was twelve years of age), and they were immediately overcome with amazement.
+Mark	Mk	48	5	43	And he strictly charged them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	1	He went away from there and came to his own country; and his disciples followed him.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	2	And on the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue; and many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get all this? What is the wisdom given to him? What mighty works are wrought by his hands!
+Mark	Mk	48	6	3	Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	4	And Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.”
+Mark	Mk	48	6	5	And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands upon a few sick people and healed them.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	6	And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went about among the villages teaching.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	7	And he called to him the twelve, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	8	He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money in their belts;
+Mark	Mk	48	6	9	but to wear sandals and not put on two tunics.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	10	And he said to them, “Where you enter a house, stay there until you leave the place.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	11	And if any place will not receive you and they refuse to hear you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet for a testimony against them.”
+Mark	Mk	48	6	12	So they went out and preached that men should repent.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	13	And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many that were sick and healed them.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	14	King Herod heard of it; for Jesus’ name had become known. Some said, “John the baptizer has been raised from the dead; that is why these powers are at work in him.”
+Mark	Mk	48	6	15	But others said, “It is Elijah.” And others said, “It is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”
+Mark	Mk	48	6	16	But when Herod heard of it he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised.”
+Mark	Mk	48	6	17	For Herod had sent and seized John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodi-as, his brother Philip’s wife; because he had married her.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	18	For John said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
+Mark	Mk	48	6	19	And Herodi-as had a grudge against him, and wanted to kill him. But she could not,
+Mark	Mk	48	6	20	for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he was much perplexed; and yet he heard him gladly.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	21	But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his courtiers and officers and the leading men of Galilee.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	22	For when Herodi-as’ daughter came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests; and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will grant it.”
+Mark	Mk	48	6	23	And he vowed to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, even half of my kingdom.”
+Mark	Mk	48	6	24	And she went out, and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the baptizer.”
+Mark	Mk	48	6	25	And she came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”
+Mark	Mk	48	6	26	And the king was exceedingly sorry; but because of his oaths and his guests he did not want to break his word to her.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	27	And immediately the king sent a soldier of the guard and gave orders to bring his head. He went and beheaded him in the prison,
+Mark	Mk	48	6	28	and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	29	When his disciples heard of it, they came and took his body, and laid it in a tomb.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	30	The apostles returned to Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	31	And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a lonely place, and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	32	And they went away in the boat to a lonely place by themselves.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	33	Now many saw them going, and knew them, and they ran there on foot from all the towns, and got there ahead of them.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	34	As he went ashore he saw a great throng, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	35	And when it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a lonely place, and the hour is now late;
+Mark	Mk	48	6	36	send them away, to go into the country and villages round about and buy themselves something to eat.”
+Mark	Mk	48	6	37	But he answered them, “You give them something to eat.” And they said to him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give it to them to eat?”
+Mark	Mk	48	6	38	And he said to them, “How many loaves have you? Go and see.” And when they had found out, they said, “Five, and two fish.”
+Mark	Mk	48	6	39	Then he commanded them all to sit down by companies upon the green grass.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	40	So they sat down in groups, by hundreds and by fifties.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	41	And taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples to set before the people; and he divided the two fish among them all.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	42	And they all ate and were satisfied.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	43	And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	44	And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	45	Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, to Beth-saida, while he dismissed the crowd.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	46	And after he had taken leave of them, he went up on the mountain to pray.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	47	And when evening came, the boat was out on the sea, and he was alone on the land.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	48	And he saw that they were making headway painfully, for the wind was against them. And about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. He meant to pass by them,
+Mark	Mk	48	6	49	but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost, and cried out;
+Mark	Mk	48	6	50	for they all saw him, and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take heart, it is I; have no fear.”
+Mark	Mk	48	6	51	And he got into the boat with them and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astounded,
+Mark	Mk	48	6	52	for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	53	And when they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	54	And when they got out of the boat, immediately the people recognized him,
+Mark	Mk	48	6	55	and ran about the whole neighborhood and began to bring sick people on their pallets to any place where they heard he was.
+Mark	Mk	48	6	56	And wherever he came, in villages, cities, or country, they laid the sick in the market places, and besought him that they might touch even the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched it were made well.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	1	Now when the Pharisees gathered together to him, with some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem,
+Mark	Mk	48	7	2	they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands defiled, that is, unwashed.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	3	(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they wash their hands, observing the tradition of the elders;
+Mark	Mk	48	7	4	and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they purify themselves; and there are many other traditions which they observe, the washing of cups and pots and vessels of bronze.)
+Mark	Mk	48	7	5	And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with hands defiled?”
+Mark	Mk	48	7	6	And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;
+Mark	Mk	48	7	7	in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’
+Mark	Mk	48	7	8	You leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men.”
+Mark	Mk	48	7	9	And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God, in order to keep your tradition!
+Mark	Mk	48	7	10	For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die’;
+Mark	Mk	48	7	11	but you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, What you would have gained from me is Corban’ (that is, given to God)—
+Mark	Mk	48	7	12	then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother,
+Mark	Mk	48	7	13	thus making void the word of God through your tradition which you hand on. And many such things you do.”
+Mark	Mk	48	7	14	And he called the people to him again, and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand:
+Mark	Mk	48	7	15	there is nothing outside a man which by going into him can defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defile him.”
+Mark	Mk	48	7	17	And when he had entered the house, and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	18	And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside cannot defile him,
+Mark	Mk	48	7	19	since it enters, not his heart but his stomach, and so passes on?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.)
+Mark	Mk	48	7	20	And he said, “What comes out of a man is what defiles a man.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	21	For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, fornication, theft, murder, adultery,
+Mark	Mk	48	7	22	coveting, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	23	All these evil things come from within, and they defile a man.”
+Mark	Mk	48	7	24	And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house, and would not have any one know it; yet he could not be hid.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	25	But immediately a woman, whose little daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell down at his feet.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	26	Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	27	And he said to her, “Let the children first be fed, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
+Mark	Mk	48	7	28	But she answered him, “Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
+Mark	Mk	48	7	29	And he said to her, “For this saying you may go your way; the demon has left your daughter.”
+Mark	Mk	48	7	30	And she went home, and found the child lying in bed, and the demon gone.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	31	Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of the Decapolis.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	32	And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech; and they besought him to lay his hand upon him.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	33	And taking him aside from the multitude privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue;
+Mark	Mk	48	7	34	and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.”
+Mark	Mk	48	7	35	And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	36	And he charged them to tell no one; but the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it.
+Mark	Mk	48	7	37	And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well; he even makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak.”
+Mark	Mk	48	8	1	In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him, and said to them,
+Mark	Mk	48	8	2	“I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat;
+Mark	Mk	48	8	3	and if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come a long way.”
+Mark	Mk	48	8	4	And his disciples answered him, “How can one feed these men with bread here in the desert?”
+Mark	Mk	48	8	5	And he asked them, “How many loaves have you?” They said, “Seven.”
+Mark	Mk	48	8	6	And he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground; and he took the seven loaves, and having given thanks he broke them and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and they set them before the crowd.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	7	And they had a few small fish; and having blessed them, he commanded that these also should be set before them.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	8	And they ate, and were satisfied; and they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	9	And there were about four thousand people.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	10	And he sent them away; and immediately he got into the boat with his disciples, and went to the district of Dalmanutha.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	11	The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, to test him.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	12	And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.”
+Mark	Mk	48	8	13	And he left them, and getting into the boat again he departed to the other side.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	14	Now they had forgotten to bring bread; and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	15	And he cautioned them, saying, “Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”
+Mark	Mk	48	8	16	And they discussed it with one another, saying, “We have no bread.”
+Mark	Mk	48	8	17	And being aware of it, Jesus said to them, “Why do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened?
+Mark	Mk	48	8	18	Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember?
+Mark	Mk	48	8	19	When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They said to him, “Twelve.”
+Mark	Mk	48	8	20	“And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” And they said to him, “Seven.”
+Mark	Mk	48	8	21	And he said to them, “Do you not yet understand?”
+Mark	Mk	48	8	22	And they came to Beth-saida. And some people brought to him a blind man, and begged him to touch him.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	23	And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the village; and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands upon him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?”
+Mark	Mk	48	8	24	And he looked up and said, “I see men; but they look like trees, walking.”
+Mark	Mk	48	8	25	Then again he laid his hands upon his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and saw everything clearly.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	26	And he sent him away to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.”
+Mark	Mk	48	8	27	And Jesus went on with his disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that I am?”
+Mark	Mk	48	8	28	And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others one of the prophets.”
+Mark	Mk	48	8	29	And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Christ.”
+Mark	Mk	48	8	30	And he charged them to tell no one about him.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	31	And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	32	And he said this plainly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	33	But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter, and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not on the side of God, but of men.”
+Mark	Mk	48	8	34	And he called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them, “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	35	For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.
+Mark	Mk	48	8	36	For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?
+Mark	Mk	48	8	37	For what can a man give in return for his life?
+Mark	Mk	48	8	38	For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
+Mark	Mk	48	9	1	And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see that the kingdom of God has come with power.”
+Mark	Mk	48	9	2	And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves; and he was transfigured before them,
+Mark	Mk	48	9	3	and his garments became glistening, intensely white, as no fuller on earth could bleach them.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	4	And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses; and they were talking to Jesus.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	5	And Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is well that we are here; let us make three booths, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.”
+Mark	Mk	48	9	6	For he did not know what to say, for they were exceedingly afraid.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	7	And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son; listen to him.”
+Mark	Mk	48	9	8	And suddenly looking around they no longer saw any one with them but Jesus only.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	9	And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of man should have risen from the dead.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	10	So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what the rising from the dead meant.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	11	And they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?”
+Mark	Mk	48	9	12	And he said to them, “Elijah does come first to restore all things; and how is it written of the Son of man, that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt?
+Mark	Mk	48	9	13	But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him.”
+Mark	Mk	48	9	14	And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd about them, and scribes arguing with them.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	15	And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and ran up to him and greeted him.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	16	And he asked them, “What are you discussing with them?”
+Mark	Mk	48	9	17	And one of the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a dumb spirit;
+Mark	Mk	48	9	18	and wherever it seizes him, it dashes him down; and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able.”
+Mark	Mk	48	9	19	And he answered them, “O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me.”
+Mark	Mk	48	9	20	And they brought the boy to him; and when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	21	And Jesus asked his father, “How long has he had this?” And he said, “From childhood.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	22	And it has often cast him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you can do anything, have pity on us and help us.”
+Mark	Mk	48	9	23	And Jesus said to him, “If you can! All things are possible to him who believes.”
+Mark	Mk	48	9	24	Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!”
+Mark	Mk	48	9	25	And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again.”
+Mark	Mk	48	9	26	And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse; so that most of them said, “He is dead.”
+Mark	Mk	48	9	27	But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	28	And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?”
+Mark	Mk	48	9	29	And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting.”
+Mark	Mk	48	9	30	They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it;
+Mark	Mk	48	9	31	for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he will rise.”
+Mark	Mk	48	9	32	But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to ask him.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	33	And they came to Caperna-um; and when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”
+Mark	Mk	48	9	34	But they were silent; for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the greatest.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	35	And he sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them, “If any one would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”
+Mark	Mk	48	9	36	And he took a child, and put him in the midst of them; and taking him in his arms, he said to them,
+Mark	Mk	48	9	37	“Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.”
+Mark	Mk	48	9	38	John said to him, “Teacher, we saw a man casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he was not following us.”
+Mark	Mk	48	9	39	But Jesus said, “Do not forbid him; for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon after to speak evil of me.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	40	For he that is not against us is for us.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	41	For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ, will by no means lose his reward.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	42	“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung round his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	43	And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	45	And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell.,
+Mark	Mk	48	9	47	And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell,
+Mark	Mk	48	9	48	where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	49	For every one will be salted with fire.
+Mark	Mk	48	9	50	Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its saltness, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	1	And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again; and again, as his custom was, he taught them.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	2	And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	3	He answered them, “What did Moses command you?”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	4	They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to put her away.”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	5	But Jesus said to them, “For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	6	But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
+Mark	Mk	48	10	7	‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,
+Mark	Mk	48	10	8	and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	9	What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder.”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	10	And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	11	And he said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery against her;
+Mark	Mk	48	10	12	and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	13	And they were bringing children to him, that he might touch them; and the disciples rebuked them.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	14	But when Jesus saw it he was indignant, and said to them, “Let the children come to me, do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	15	Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	16	And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands upon them.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	17	And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	18	And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	19	You know the commandments: ‘Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	20	And he said to him, “Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth.”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	21	And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing; go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	22	At that saying his countenance fell, and he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	23	And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it will be for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	24	And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God!
+Mark	Mk	48	10	25	It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	26	And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him, “Then who can be saved?”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	27	Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	28	Peter began to say to him, “Lo, we have left everything and followed you.”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	29	Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel,
+Mark	Mk	48	10	30	who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	31	But many that are first will be last, and the last first.”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	32	And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them; and they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him,
+Mark	Mk	48	10	33	saying, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles;
+Mark	Mk	48	10	34	and they will mock him, and spit upon him, and scourge him, and kill him; and after three days he will rise.”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	35	And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him, and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	36	And he said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	37	And they said to him, “Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	38	But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	39	And they said to him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized;
+Mark	Mk	48	10	40	but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	41	And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	42	And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are supposed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	43	But it shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant,
+Mark	Mk	48	10	44	and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	45	For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	46	And they came to Jericho; and as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	47	And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	48	And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	49	And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart; rise, he is calling you.”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	50	And throwing off his mantle he sprang up and came to Jesus.
+Mark	Mk	48	10	51	And Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” And the blind man said to him, “Master, let me receive my sight.”
+Mark	Mk	48	10	52	And Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he received his sight and followed him on the way.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	1	And when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
+Mark	Mk	48	11	2	and said to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat; untie it and bring it.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	3	If any one says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.’”
+Mark	Mk	48	11	4	And they went away, and found a colt tied at the door out in the open street; and they untied it.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	5	And those who stood there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?”
+Mark	Mk	48	11	6	And they told them what Jesus had said; and they let them go.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	7	And they brought the colt to Jesus, and threw their garments on it; and he sat upon it.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	8	And many spread their garments on the road, and others spread leafy branches which they had cut from the fields.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	9	And those who went before and those who followed cried out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
+Mark	Mk	48	11	10	Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is coming! Hosanna in the highest!”
+Mark	Mk	48	11	11	And he entered Jerusalem, and went into the temple; and when he had looked round at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	12	On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	13	And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	14	And he said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	15	And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons;
+Mark	Mk	48	11	16	and he would not allow any one to carry anything through the temple.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	17	And he taught, and said to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers.”
+Mark	Mk	48	11	18	And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and sought a way to destroy him; for they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	19	And when evening came they went out of the city.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	20	As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	21	And Peter remembered and said to him, “Master, look! The fig tree which you cursed has withered.”
+Mark	Mk	48	11	22	And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	23	Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	24	Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	25	And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against any one; so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”
+Mark	Mk	48	11	27	And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him,
+Mark	Mk	48	11	28	and they said to him, “By what authority are you doing these things, or who gave you this authority to do them?”
+Mark	Mk	48	11	29	Jesus said to them, “I will ask you a question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	30	Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men? Answer me.”
+Mark	Mk	48	11	31	And they argued with one another, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
+Mark	Mk	48	11	32	But shall we say, ‘From men’?”—they were afraid of the people, for all held that John was a real prophet.
+Mark	Mk	48	11	33	So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
+Mark	Mk	48	12	1	And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a pit for the wine press, and built a tower, and let it out to tenants, and went into another country.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	2	When the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants, to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	3	And they took him and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	4	Again he sent to them another servant, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	5	And he sent another, and him they killed; and so with many others, some they beat and some they killed.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	6	He had still one other, a beloved son; finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
+Mark	Mk	48	12	7	But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
+Mark	Mk	48	12	8	And they took him and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	9	What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants, and give the vineyard to others.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	10	Have you not read this scripture: ‘The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner;
+Mark	Mk	48	12	11	this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”
+Mark	Mk	48	12	12	And they tried to arrest him, but feared the multitude, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them; so they left him and went away.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	13	And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodi-ans, to entrap him in his talk.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	14	And they came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are true, and care for no man; for you do not regard the position of men, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
+Mark	Mk	48	12	15	Should we pay them, or should we not?” But knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why put me to the test? Bring me a coin, and let me look at it.”
+Mark	Mk	48	12	16	And they brought one. And he said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They said to him, “Caesar’s.”
+Mark	Mk	48	12	17	Jesus said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they were amazed at him.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	18	And Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him a question, saying,
+Mark	Mk	48	12	19	“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the wife, and raise up children for his brother.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	20	There were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and when he died left no children;
+Mark	Mk	48	12	21	and the second took her, and died, leaving no children; and the third likewise;
+Mark	Mk	48	12	22	and the seven left no children. Last of all the woman also died.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	23	In the resurrection whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife.”
+Mark	Mk	48	12	24	Jesus said to them, “Is not this why you are wrong, that you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God?
+Mark	Mk	48	12	25	For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	26	And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
+Mark	Mk	48	12	27	He is not God of the dead, but of the living; you are quite wrong.”
+Mark	Mk	48	12	28	And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the first of all?”
+Mark	Mk	48	12	29	Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one;
+Mark	Mk	48	12	30	and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’
+Mark	Mk	48	12	31	The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
+Mark	Mk	48	12	32	And the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher; you have truly said that he is one, and there is no other but he;
+Mark	Mk	48	12	33	and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
+Mark	Mk	48	12	34	And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And after that no one dared to ask him any question.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	35	And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
+Mark	Mk	48	12	36	David himself, inspired by the Holy Spirit, declared, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I put thy enemies under thy feet.’
+Mark	Mk	48	12	37	David himself calls him Lord; so how is he his son?” And the great throng heard him gladly.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	38	And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to go about in long robes, and to have salutations in the market places
+Mark	Mk	48	12	39	and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,
+Mark	Mk	48	12	40	who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”
+Mark	Mk	48	12	41	And he sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the multitude putting money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	42	And a poor widow came, and put in two copper coins, which make a penny.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	43	And he called his disciples to him, and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury.
+Mark	Mk	48	12	44	For they all contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, her whole living.”
+Mark	Mk	48	13	1	And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!”
+Mark	Mk	48	13	2	And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another, that will not be thrown down.”
+Mark	Mk	48	13	3	And as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
+Mark	Mk	48	13	4	“Tell us, when will this be, and what will be the sign when these things are all to be accomplished?”
+Mark	Mk	48	13	5	And Jesus began to say to them, “Take heed that no one leads you astray.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	6	Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he!’ and they will lead many astray.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	7	And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed; this must take place, but the end is not yet.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	8	For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places, there will be famines; this is but the beginning of the birth-pangs.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	9	“But take heed to yourselves; for they will deliver you up to councils; and you will be beaten in synagogues; and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to bear testimony before them.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	10	And the gospel must first be preached to all nations.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	11	And when they bring you to trial and deliver you up, do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say; but say whatever is given you in that hour, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	12	And brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death;
+Mark	Mk	48	13	13	and you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	14	“But when you see the desolating sacrilege set up where it ought not to be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains;
+Mark	Mk	48	13	15	let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter his house, to take anything away;
+Mark	Mk	48	13	16	and let him who is in the field not turn back to take his mantle.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	17	And alas for those who are with child and for those who give suck in those days!
+Mark	Mk	48	13	18	Pray that it may not happen in winter.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	19	For in those days there will be such tribulation as has not been from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	20	And if the Lord had not shortened the days, no human being would be saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he shortened the days.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	21	And then if any one says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe it.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	22	False Christs and false prophets will arise and show signs and wonders, to lead astray, if possible, the elect.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	23	But take heed; I have told you all things beforehand.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	24	“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light,
+Mark	Mk	48	13	25	and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	26	And then they will see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	27	And then he will send out the angels, and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	28	“From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	29	So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he is near, at the very gates.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	30	Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away before all these things take place.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	31	Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	32	“But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	33	Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time will come.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	34	It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	35	Watch therefore—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning—
+Mark	Mk	48	13	36	lest he come suddenly and find you asleep.
+Mark	Mk	48	13	37	And what I say to you I say to all: Watch.”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	1	It was now two days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth, and kill him;
+Mark	Mk	48	14	2	for they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be a tumult of the people.”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	3	And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	4	But there were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment thus wasted?
+Mark	Mk	48	14	5	For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor.” And they reproached her.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	6	But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	7	For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you will, you can do good to them; but you will not always have me.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	8	She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burying.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	9	And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	10	Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	11	And when they heard it they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	12	And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the passover lamb, his disciples said to him, “Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the passover?”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	13	And he sent two of his disciples, and said to them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him,
+Mark	Mk	48	14	14	and wherever he enters, say to the householder, ‘The Teacher says, Where is my guest room, where I am to eat the passover with my disciples?’
+Mark	Mk	48	14	15	And he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; there prepare for us.”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	16	And the disciples set out and went to the city, and found it as he had told them; and they prepared the passover.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	17	And when it was evening he came with the twelve.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	18	And as they were at table eating, Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me.”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	19	They began to be sorrowful, and to say to him one after another, “Is it I?”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	20	He said to them, “It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping bread into the dish with me.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	21	For the Son of man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	22	And as they were eating, he took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	23	And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	24	And he said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	25	Truly, I say to you, I shall not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	26	And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	27	And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away; for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’
+Mark	Mk	48	14	28	But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	29	Peter said to him, “Even though they all fall away, I will not.”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	30	And Jesus said to him, “Truly, I say to you, this very night, before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times.”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	31	But he said vehemently, “If I must die with you, I will not deny you.” And they all said the same.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	32	And they went to a place which was called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I pray.”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	33	And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	34	And he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch.”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	35	And going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	36	And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; remove this cup from me; yet not what I will, but what thou wilt.”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	37	And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour?
+Mark	Mk	48	14	38	Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	39	And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	40	And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy; and they did not know what to answer him.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	41	And he came the third time, and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough; the hour has come; the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	42	Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	43	And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	44	Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I shall kiss is the man; seize him and lead him away under guard.”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	45	And when he came, he went up to him at once, and said, “Master!” And he kissed him.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	46	And they laid hands on him and seized him.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	47	But one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	48	And Jesus said to them, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me?
+Mark	Mk	48	14	49	Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But let the scriptures be fulfilled.”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	50	And they all forsook him, and fled.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	51	And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body; and they seized him,
+Mark	Mk	48	14	52	but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	53	And they led Jesus to the high priest; and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes were assembled.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	54	And Peter had followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the guards, and warming himself at the fire.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	55	Now the chief priests and the whole council sought testimony against Jesus to put him to death; but they found none.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	56	For many bore false witness against him, and their witness did not agree.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	57	And some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying,
+Mark	Mk	48	14	58	“We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.’”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	59	Yet not even so did their testimony agree.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	60	And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	61	But he was silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	62	And Jesus said, “I am; and you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	63	And the high priest tore his garments, and said, “Why do we still need witnesses?
+Mark	Mk	48	14	64	You have heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?” And they all condemned him as deserving death.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	65	And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to strike him, saying to him, “Prophesy!” And the guards received him with blows.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	66	And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the maids of the high priest came;
+Mark	Mk	48	14	67	and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said, “You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus.”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	68	But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you mean.” And he went out into the gateway.
+Mark	Mk	48	14	69	And the maid saw him, and began again to say to the bystanders, “This man is one of them.”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	70	But again he denied it. And after a little while again the bystanders said to Peter, “Certainly you are one of them; for you are a Galilean.”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	71	But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak.”
+Mark	Mk	48	14	72	And immediately the cock crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, “Before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	1	And as soon as it was morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council held a consultation; and they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him to Pilate.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	2	And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.”
+Mark	Mk	48	15	3	And the chief priests accused him of many things.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	4	And Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you.”
+Mark	Mk	48	15	5	But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate wondered.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	6	Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	7	And among the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	8	And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he was wont to do for them.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	9	And he answered them, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?”
+Mark	Mk	48	15	10	For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	11	But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	12	And Pilate again said to them, “Then what shall I do with the man whom you call the King of the Jews?”
+Mark	Mk	48	15	13	And they cried out again, “Crucify him.”
+Mark	Mk	48	15	14	And Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him.”
+Mark	Mk	48	15	15	So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas; and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	16	And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the praetorium); and they called together the whole battalion.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	17	And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and plaiting a crown of thorns they put it on him.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	18	And they began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
+Mark	Mk	48	15	19	And they struck his head with a reed, and spat upon him, and they knelt down in homage to him.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	20	And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak, and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	21	And they compelled a passer-by, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	22	And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull).
+Mark	Mk	48	15	23	And they offered him wine mingled with myrrh; but he did not take it.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	24	And they crucified him, and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	25	And it was the third hour, when they crucified him.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	26	And the inscription of the charge against him read, “The King of the Jews.”
+Mark	Mk	48	15	27	And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	29	And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads, and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days,
+Mark	Mk	48	15	30	save yourself, and come down from the cross!”
+Mark	Mk	48	15	31	So also the chief priests mocked him to one another with the scribes, saying, “He saved others; he cannot save himself.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	32	Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	33	And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	34	And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Elo-i, Elo-i, lama sabach-thani?” which means, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
+Mark	Mk	48	15	35	And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.”
+Mark	Mk	48	15	36	And one ran and, filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.”
+Mark	Mk	48	15	37	And Jesus uttered a loud cry, and breathed his last.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	38	And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	39	And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that he thus breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
+Mark	Mk	48	15	40	There were also women looking on from afar, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome,
+Mark	Mk	48	15	41	who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered to him; and also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	42	And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
+Mark	Mk	48	15	43	Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	44	And Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	45	And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the body to Joseph.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	46	And he bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
+Mark	Mk	48	15	47	Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	1	And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	2	And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	3	And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?”
+Mark	Mk	48	16	4	And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back;—it was very large.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	5	And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	6	And he said to them, “Do not be amazed; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen, he is not here; see the place where they laid him.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	7	But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him, as he told you.”
+Mark	Mk	48	16	8	And they went out and fled from the tomb; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them; and they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	9	Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	10	She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	11	But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	12	After this he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	13	And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	14	Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat at table; and he upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	15	And he said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	16	He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	17	And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
+Mark	Mk	48	16	18	they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
+Mark	Mk	48	16	19	So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
+Mark	Mk	48	16	20	And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it. Amen.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	1	Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things which have been accomplished among us,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	2	just as they were delivered to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	3	it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	4	that you may know the truth concerning the things of which you have been informed.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	5	In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	6	And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	7	But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	8	Now while he was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	9	according to the custom of the priesthood, it fell to him by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	10	And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	11	And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	12	And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	13	But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	14	And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth;
+Luke	Lk	49	1	15	for he will be great before the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	16	And he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	17	and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”
+Luke	Lk	49	1	18	And Zechariah said to the angel, “How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.”
+Luke	Lk	49	1	19	And the angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stand in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	20	And behold, you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things come to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.”
+Luke	Lk	49	1	21	And the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they wondered at his delay in the temple.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	22	And when he came out, he could not speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple; and he made signs to them and remained dumb.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	23	And when his time of service was ended, he went to his home.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	24	After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and for five months she hid herself, saying,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	25	“Thus the Lord has done to me in the days when he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.”
+Luke	Lk	49	1	26	In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	27	to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	28	And he came to her and said, “Hail, full of grace,b
+Luke	Lk	49	1	2	the Lord is with you!”
+Luke	Lk	49	1	29	But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	30	And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	31	And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	32	He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	33	and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
+Luke	Lk	49	1	34	And Mary said to the angel, “How shall this be, since I have no husband?”
+Luke	Lk	49	1	35	And the angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	36	And behold, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	37	For with God nothing will be impossible.”
+Luke	Lk	49	1	38	And Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	39	In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	40	and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	41	And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit
+Luke	Lk	49	1	42	and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
+Luke	Lk	49	1	43	And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
+Luke	Lk	49	1	44	For behold, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears, the babe in my womb leaped for joy.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	45	And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.”
+Luke	Lk	49	1	46	And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	47	and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	48	for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed;
+Luke	Lk	49	1	49	for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	50	And his mercy is on those who fear him from generation to generation.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	51	He has shown strength with his arm, he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	52	he has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted those of low degree;
+Luke	Lk	49	1	53	he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent empty away.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	54	He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	55	as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his posterity for ever.”
+Luke	Lk	49	1	56	And Mary remained with her about three months, and returned to her home.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	57	Now the time came for Elizabeth to be delivered, and she gave birth to a son.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	58	And her neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	59	And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they would have named him Zechariah after his father,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	60	but his mother said, “Not so; he shall be called John.”
+Luke	Lk	49	1	61	And they said to her, “None of your kindred is called by this name.”
+Luke	Lk	49	1	62	And they made signs to his father, inquiring what he would have him called.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	63	And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.” And they all marveled.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	64	And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	65	And fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about through all the hill country of Judea;
+Luke	Lk	49	1	66	and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, “What then will this child be?” For the hand of the Lord was with him.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	67	And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	68	“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	69	and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	70	as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	71	that we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us;
+Luke	Lk	49	1	72	to perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	73	the oath which he swore to our father Abraham,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	74	to grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	75	in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.
+Luke	Lk	49	1	76	And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	77	to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins,
+Luke	Lk	49	1	78	through the tender mercy of our God, when the day shall dawn upon us from on high
+Luke	Lk	49	1	79	to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
+Luke	Lk	49	1	80	And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness till the day of his manifestation to Israel.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	1	In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	2	This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	3	And all went to be enrolled, each to his own city.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	4	And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,
+Luke	Lk	49	2	5	to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	6	And while they were there, the time came for her to be delivered.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	7	And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	8	And in that region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	9	And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	10	And the angel said to them, “Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people;
+Luke	Lk	49	2	11	for to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	12	And this will be a sign for you: you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”
+Luke	Lk	49	2	13	And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,
+Luke	Lk	49	2	14	“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom he is pleased!”
+Luke	Lk	49	2	15	When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
+Luke	Lk	49	2	16	And they went with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	17	And when they saw it they made known the saying which had been told them concerning this child;
+Luke	Lk	49	2	18	and all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	19	But Mary kept all these things, pondering them in her heart.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	20	And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	21	And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	22	And when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord
+Luke	Lk	49	2	23	(as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”)
+Luke	Lk	49	2	24	and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.”
+Luke	Lk	49	2	25	Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	26	And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	27	And inspired by the Spirit he came into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law,
+Luke	Lk	49	2	28	he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said,
+Luke	Lk	49	2	29	“Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word;
+Luke	Lk	49	2	30	for mine eyes have seen thy salvation
+Luke	Lk	49	2	31	which thou hast prepared in the presence of all peoples,
+Luke	Lk	49	2	32	a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to thy people Israel.”
+Luke	Lk	49	2	33	And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him;
+Luke	Lk	49	2	34	and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is spoken against
+Luke	Lk	49	2	35	(and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.”
+Luke	Lk	49	2	36	And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanu-el, of the tribe of Asher; she was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years from her virginity,
+Luke	Lk	49	2	37	and as a widow till she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	38	And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks to God, and spoke of him to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	39	And when they had performed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	40	And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	41	Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	42	And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom;
+Luke	Lk	49	2	43	and when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it,
+Luke	Lk	49	2	44	but supposing him to be in the company they went a day’s journey, and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintances;
+Luke	Lk	49	2	45	and when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking him.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	46	After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions;
+Luke	Lk	49	2	47	and all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	48	And when they saw him they were astonished; and his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.”
+Luke	Lk	49	2	49	And he said to them, “How is it that you sought me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
+Luke	Lk	49	2	50	And they did not understand the saying which he spoke to them.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	51	And he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them; and his mother kept all these things in her heart.
+Luke	Lk	49	2	52	And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and man.
+Luke	Lk	49	3	1	In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberi-us Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysani-as tetrarch of Abilene,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	2	in the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness;
+Luke	Lk	49	3	3	and he went into all the region about the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
+Luke	Lk	49	3	4	As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
+Luke	Lk	49	3	5	Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
+Luke	Lk	49	3	6	and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.”
+Luke	Lk	49	3	7	He said therefore to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
+Luke	Lk	49	3	8	Bear fruits that befit repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
+Luke	Lk	49	3	9	Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”
+Luke	Lk	49	3	10	And the multitudes asked him, “What then shall we do?”
+Luke	Lk	49	3	11	And he answered them, “He who has two coats, let him share with him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.”
+Luke	Lk	49	3	12	Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?”
+Luke	Lk	49	3	13	And he said to them, “Collect no more than is appointed you.”
+Luke	Lk	49	3	14	Soldiers also asked him, “And we, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Rob no one by violence or by false accusation, and be content with your wages.”
+Luke	Lk	49	3	15	As the people were in expectation, and all men questioned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he were the Christ,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	16	John answered them all, “I baptize you with water; but he who is mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
+Luke	Lk	49	3	17	His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor, and to gather the wheat into his granary, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”
+Luke	Lk	49	3	18	So, with many other exhortations, he preached good news to the people.
+Luke	Lk	49	3	19	But Herod the tetrarch, who had been reproved by him for Herodi-as, his brother’s wife, and for all the evil things that Herod had done,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	20	added this to them all, that he shut up John in prison.
+Luke	Lk	49	3	21	Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	22	and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form, as a dove, and a voice came from heaven, “Thou art my beloved Son; with thee I am well pleased.”
+Luke	Lk	49	3	23	Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	24	the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Janna-i, the son of Joseph,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	25	the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Nagga-i,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	26	the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Seme-in, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	27	the son of Jo-anan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of She-alti-el, the son of Neri,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	28	the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	29	the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	30	the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	31	the son of Mele-a, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	32	the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	33	the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	34	the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	35	the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	36	the son of Ca-inan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	37	the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalale-el, the son of Ca-inan,
+Luke	Lk	49	3	38	the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	1	And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit
+Luke	Lk	49	4	2	for forty days in the wilderness, tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days; and when they were ended, he was hungry.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	3	The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”
+Luke	Lk	49	4	4	And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’”
+Luke	Lk	49	4	5	And the devil took him up, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time,
+Luke	Lk	49	4	6	and said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory; for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	7	If you, then, will worship me, it shall all be yours.”
+Luke	Lk	49	4	8	And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’”
+Luke	Lk	49	4	9	And he took him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here;
+Luke	Lk	49	4	10	for it is written, ‘He will give his angels charge of you, to guard you,’
+Luke	Lk	49	4	11	and ‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”
+Luke	Lk	49	4	12	And Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’”
+Luke	Lk	49	4	13	And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	14	And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and a report concerning him went out through all the surrounding country.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	15	And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	16	And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up; and he went to the synagogue, as his custom was, on the sabbath day. And he stood up to read;
+Luke	Lk	49	4	17	and there was given to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened the book and found the place where it was written,
+Luke	Lk	49	4	18	“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
+Luke	Lk	49	4	19	to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”
+Luke	Lk	49	4	20	And he closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	21	And he began to say to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
+Luke	Lk	49	4	22	And all spoke well of him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth; and they said, “Is not this Joseph’s son?”
+Luke	Lk	49	4	23	And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself; what we have heard you did at Caperna-um, do here also in your own country.’”
+Luke	Lk	49	4	24	And he said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his own country.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	25	But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land;
+Luke	Lk	49	4	26	and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	27	And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.”
+Luke	Lk	49	4	28	When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	29	And they rose up and put him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw him down headlong.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	30	But passing through the midst of them he went away.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	31	And he went down to Caperna-um, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the sabbath;
+Luke	Lk	49	4	32	and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with authority.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	33	And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon; and he cried out with a loud voice,
+Luke	Lk	49	4	34	“Ah! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.”
+Luke	Lk	49	4	35	But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	36	And they were all amazed and said to one another, “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.”
+Luke	Lk	49	4	37	And reports of him went out into every place in the surrounding region.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	38	And he arose and left the synagogue, and entered Simon’s house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was ill with a high fever, and they besought him for her.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	39	And he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her; and immediately she rose and served them.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	40	Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	41	And demons also came out of many, crying, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
+Luke	Lk	49	4	42	And when it was day he departed and went into a lonely place. And the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them;
+Luke	Lk	49	4	43	but he said to them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other cities also; for I was sent for this purpose.”
+Luke	Lk	49	4	44	And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	1	While the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	2	And he saw two boats by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	3	Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	4	And when he had ceased speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”
+Luke	Lk	49	5	5	And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.”
+Luke	Lk	49	5	6	And when they had done this, they enclosed a great shoal of fish; and as their nets were breaking,
+Luke	Lk	49	5	7	they beckoned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	8	But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.”
+Luke	Lk	49	5	9	For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the catch of fish which they had taken;
+Luke	Lk	49	5	10	and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; henceforth you will be catching men.”
+Luke	Lk	49	5	11	And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	12	While he was in one of the cities, there came a man full of leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and besought him, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.”
+Luke	Lk	49	5	13	And he stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	14	And he charged him to tell no one; but “go and show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, for a proof to the people.”
+Luke	Lk	49	5	15	But so much the more the report went abroad concerning him; and great multitudes gathered to hear and to be healed of their infirmities.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	16	But he withdrew to the wilderness and prayed.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	17	On one of those days, as he was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	18	And behold, men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they sought to bring him in and lay him before Jesus;
+Luke	Lk	49	5	19	but finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	20	And when he saw their faith he said, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”
+Luke	Lk	49	5	21	And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God only?”
+Luke	Lk	49	5	22	When Jesus perceived their questionings, he answered them, “Why do you question in your hearts?
+Luke	Lk	49	5	23	Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’?
+Luke	Lk	49	5	24	But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the man who was paralyzed—“I say to you, rise, take up your bed and go home.”
+Luke	Lk	49	5	25	And immediately he rose before them, and took up that on which he lay, and went home, glorifying God.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	26	And amazement seized them all, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, “We have seen strange things today.”
+Luke	Lk	49	5	27	After this he went out, and saw a tax collector, named Levi, sitting at the tax office; and he said to him, “Follow me.”
+Luke	Lk	49	5	28	And he left everything, and rose and followed him.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	29	And Levi made him a great feast in his house; and there was a large company of tax collectors and others sitting at table with them.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	30	And the Pharisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
+Luke	Lk	49	5	31	And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick;
+Luke	Lk	49	5	32	I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
+Luke	Lk	49	5	33	And they said to him, “The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.”
+Luke	Lk	49	5	34	And Jesus said to them, “Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?
+Luke	Lk	49	5	35	The days will come, when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days.”
+Luke	Lk	49	5	36	He told them a parable also: “No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it upon an old garment; if he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	37	And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	38	But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.
+Luke	Lk	49	5	39	And no one after drinking old wine desires new; for he says, ‘The old is good.’”
+Luke	Lk	49	6	1	On a sabbath, while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	2	But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath?”
+Luke	Lk	49	6	3	And Jesus answered, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him:
+Luke	Lk	49	6	4	how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him?”
+Luke	Lk	49	6	5	And he said to them, “The Son of man is lord of the sabbath.”
+Luke	Lk	49	6	6	On another sabbath, when he entered the synagogue and taught, a man was there whose right hand was withered.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	7	And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	8	But he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come and stand here.” And he rose and stood there.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	9	And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?”
+Luke	Lk	49	6	10	And he looked around on them all, and said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did so, and his hand was restored.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	11	But they were filled with fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	12	In these days he went out to the mountain to pray; and all night he continued in prayer to God.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	13	And when it was day, he called his disciples, and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles;
+Luke	Lk	49	6	14	Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew,
+Luke	Lk	49	6	15	and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot,
+Luke	Lk	49	6	16	and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	17	And he came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases;
+Luke	Lk	49	6	18	and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	19	And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power came forth from him and healed them all.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	20	And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: “Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	21	“Blessed are you that hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. “Blessed are you that weep now, for you shall laugh.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	22	“Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of man!
+Luke	Lk	49	6	23	Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	24	“But woe to you that are rich, for you have received your consolation.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	25	“Woe to you that are full now, for you shall hunger. “Woe to you that laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	26	“Woe to you, when all men speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	27	“But I say to you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
+Luke	Lk	49	6	28	bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	29	To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from him who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	30	Give to every one who begs from you; and of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	31	And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	32	“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	33	And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	34	And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	35	But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	36	Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	37	“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;
+Luke	Lk	49	6	38	give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For the measure you give will be the measure you get back.”
+Luke	Lk	49	6	39	He also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?
+Luke	Lk	49	6	40	A disciple is not above his teacher, but every one when he is fully taught will be like his teacher.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	41	Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?
+Luke	Lk	49	6	42	Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	43	“For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit;
+Luke	Lk	49	6	44	for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	45	The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil man out of his evil treasure produces evil; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	46	“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?
+Luke	Lk	49	6	47	Every one who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like:
+Luke	Lk	49	6	48	he is like a man building a house, who dug deep, and laid the foundation upon rock; and when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it had been well built.
+Luke	Lk	49	6	49	But he who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation; against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”
+Luke	Lk	49	7	1	After he had ended all his sayings in the hearing of the people he entered Caperna-um.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	2	Now a centurion had a slave who was dear to him, who was sick and at the point of death.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	3	When he heard of Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his slave.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	4	And when they came to Jesus, they besought him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy to have you do this for him,
+Luke	Lk	49	7	5	for he loves our nation, and he built us our synagogue.”
+Luke	Lk	49	7	6	And Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof;
+Luke	Lk	49	7	7	therefore I did not presume to come to you. But say the word, and let my servant be healed.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	8	For I am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me: and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
+Luke	Lk	49	7	9	When Jesus heard this he marveled at him, and turned and said to the multitude that followed him, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.”
+Luke	Lk	49	7	10	And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave well.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	11	Soon afterward he went to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	12	As he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a large crowd from the city was with her.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	13	And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.”
+Luke	Lk	49	7	14	And he came and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.”
+Luke	Lk	49	7	15	And the dead man sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	16	Fear seized them all; and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and “God has visited his people!”
+Luke	Lk	49	7	17	And this report concerning him spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	18	The disciples of John told him of all these things.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	19	And John, calling to him two of his disciples, sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are you he who is to come, or shall we look for another?”
+Luke	Lk	49	7	20	And when the men had come to him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you he who is to come, or shall we look for another?’”
+Luke	Lk	49	7	21	In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits, and on many that were blind he bestowed sight.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	22	And he answered them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	23	And blessed is he who takes no offense at me.”
+Luke	Lk	49	7	24	When the messengers of John had gone, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind?
+Luke	Lk	49	7	25	What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously appareled and live in luxury are in kings’ courts.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	26	What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	27	This is he of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.’
+Luke	Lk	49	7	28	I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
+Luke	Lk	49	7	29	(When they heard this all the people and the tax collectors justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John;
+Luke	Lk	49	7	30	but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)
+Luke	Lk	49	7	31	“To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like?
+Luke	Lk	49	7	32	They are like children sitting in the market place and calling to one another, ‘We piped to you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not weep.’
+Luke	Lk	49	7	33	For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine; and you say, ‘He has a demon.’
+Luke	Lk	49	7	34	The Son of man has come eating and drinking; and you say, ‘Behold, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
+Luke	Lk	49	7	35	Yet wisdom is justified by all her children.”
+Luke	Lk	49	7	36	One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house, and took his place at table.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	37	And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was at table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment,
+Luke	Lk	49	7	38	and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	39	Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.”
+Luke	Lk	49	7	40	And Jesus answering said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he answered, “What is it, Teacher?”
+Luke	Lk	49	7	41	“A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	42	When they could not pay, he forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more?”
+Luke	Lk	49	7	43	Simon answered, “The one, I suppose, to whom he forgave more.” And he said to him, “You have judged rightly.”
+Luke	Lk	49	7	44	Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house, you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	45	You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	46	You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
+Luke	Lk	49	7	47	Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little.”
+Luke	Lk	49	7	48	And he said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
+Luke	Lk	49	7	49	Then those who were at table with him began to say among themselves, “Who is this, who even forgives sins?”
+Luke	Lk	49	7	50	And he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
+Luke	Lk	49	8	1	Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him,
+Luke	Lk	49	8	2	and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
+Luke	Lk	49	8	3	and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	4	And when a great crowd came together and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable:
+Luke	Lk	49	8	5	“A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the path, and was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air devoured it.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	6	And some fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	7	And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew with it and choked it.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	8	And some fell into good soil and grew, and yielded a hundredfold.” As he said this, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
+Luke	Lk	49	8	9	And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant,
+Luke	Lk	49	8	10	he said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but for others they are in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	11	Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	12	The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, that they may not believe and be saved.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	13	And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy; but these have no root, they believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	14	And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	15	And as for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bring forth fruit with patience.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	16	“No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, that those who enter may see the light.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	17	For nothing is hid that shall not be made manifest, nor anything secret that shall not be known and come to light.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	18	Take heed then how you hear; for to him who has will more be given, and from him who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away.”
+Luke	Lk	49	8	19	Then his mother and his brethren came to him, but they could not reach him for the crowd.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	20	And he was told, “Your mother and your brethren are standing outside, desiring to see you.”
+Luke	Lk	49	8	21	But he said to them, “My mother and my brethren are those who hear the word of God and do it.”
+Luke	Lk	49	8	22	One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So they set out,
+Luke	Lk	49	8	23	and as they sailed he fell asleep. And a storm of wind came down on the lake, and they were filling with water, and were in danger.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	24	And they went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; and they ceased, and there was a calm.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	25	He said to them, “Where is your faith?” And they were afraid, and they marveled, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that he commands even wind and water, and they obey him?”
+Luke	Lk	49	8	26	Then they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	27	And as he stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons; for a long time he had worn no clothes, and he lived not in a house but among the tombs.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	28	When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beseech you, do not torment me.”
+Luke	Lk	49	8	29	For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him; he was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters, but he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the desert.)
+Luke	Lk	49	8	30	Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion”; for many demons had entered him.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	31	And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	32	Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside; and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them leave.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	33	Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	34	When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	35	Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	36	And those who had seen it told them how he who had been possessed with demons was healed.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	37	Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them; for they were seized with great fear; so he got into the boat and returned.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	38	The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him; but he sent him away, saying,
+Luke	Lk	49	8	39	“Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.” And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	40	Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	41	And there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue; and falling at Jesus’ feet he besought him to come to his house,
+Luke	Lk	49	8	42	for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. As he went, the people pressed round him.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	43	And a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years and had spent all her living upon physicians and could not be healed by any one,
+Luke	Lk	49	8	44	came up behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment; and immediately her flow of blood ceased.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	45	And Jesus said, “Who was it that touched me?” When all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the multitudes surround you and press upon you!”
+Luke	Lk	49	8	46	But Jesus said, “Some one touched me; for I perceive that power has gone forth from me.”
+Luke	Lk	49	8	47	And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	48	And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.”
+Luke	Lk	49	8	49	While he was still speaking, a man from the ruler’s house came and said, “Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the Teacher any more.”
+Luke	Lk	49	8	50	But Jesus on hearing this answered him, “Do not fear; only believe, and she shall be well.”
+Luke	Lk	49	8	51	And when he came to the house, he permitted no one to enter with him, except Peter and John and James, and the father and mother of the child.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	52	And all were weeping and bewailing her; but he said, “Do not weep; for she is not dead but sleeping.”
+Luke	Lk	49	8	53	And they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	54	But taking her by the hand he called, saying, “Child, arise.”
+Luke	Lk	49	8	55	And her spirit returned, and she got up at once; and he directed that something should be given her to eat.
+Luke	Lk	49	8	56	And her parents were amazed; but he charged them to tell no one what had happened.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	1	And he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases,
+Luke	Lk	49	9	2	and he sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	3	And he said to them, “Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two tunics.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	4	And whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	5	And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”
+Luke	Lk	49	9	6	And they departed and went through the villages, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	7	Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done, and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead,
+Luke	Lk	49	9	8	by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	9	Herod said, “John I beheaded; but who is this about whom I hear such things?” And he sought to see him.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	10	On their return the apostles told him what they had done. And he took them and withdrew apart to a city called Beth-saida.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	11	When the crowds learned it, they followed him; and he welcomed them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God, and cured those who had need of healing.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	12	Now the day began to wear away; and the twelve came and said to him, “Send the crowd away, to go into the villages and country round about, to lodge and get provisions; for we are here in a lonely place.”
+Luke	Lk	49	9	13	But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish—unless we are to go and buy food for all these people.”
+Luke	Lk	49	9	14	For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, “Make them sit down in companies, about fifty each.”
+Luke	Lk	49	9	15	And they did so, and made them all sit down.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	16	And taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	17	And all ate and were satisfied. And they took up what was left over, twelve baskets of broken pieces.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	18	Now it happened that as he was praying alone the disciples were with him; and he asked them, “Who do the people say that I am?”
+Luke	Lk	49	9	19	And they answered, “John the Baptist; but others say, Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets has risen.”
+Luke	Lk	49	9	20	And he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”
+Luke	Lk	49	9	21	But he charged and commanded them to tell this to no one,
+Luke	Lk	49	9	22	saying, “The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”
+Luke	Lk	49	9	23	And he said to all, “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	24	For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake, he will save it.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	25	For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?
+Luke	Lk	49	9	26	For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	27	But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”
+Luke	Lk	49	9	28	Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	29	And as he was praying, the appearance of his countenance was altered, and his raiment became dazzling white.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	30	And behold, two men talked with him, Moses and Elijah,
+Luke	Lk	49	9	31	who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure, which he was to accomplish at Jerusalem.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	32	Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, and when they wakened they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	33	And as the men were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is well that we are here; let us make three booths, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah”—not knowing what he said.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	34	As he said this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	35	And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!”
+Luke	Lk	49	9	36	And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silence and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	37	On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	38	And behold, a man from the crowd cried, “Teacher, I beg you to look upon my son, for he is my only child;
+Luke	Lk	49	9	39	and behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out; it convulses him till he foams, and shatters him, and will hardly leave him.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	40	And I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not.”
+Luke	Lk	49	9	41	Jesus answered, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.”
+Luke	Lk	49	9	42	While he was coming, the demon tore him and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	43	And all were astonished at the majesty of God. But while they were all marveling at everything he did, he said to his disciples,
+Luke	Lk	49	9	44	“Let these words sink into your ears; for the Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men.”
+Luke	Lk	49	9	45	But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	46	And an argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	47	But when Jesus perceived the thought of their hearts, he took a child and put him by his side,
+Luke	Lk	49	9	48	and said to them, “Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me; for he who is least among you all is the one who is great.”
+Luke	Lk	49	9	49	John answered, “Master, we saw a man casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he does not follow with us.”
+Luke	Lk	49	9	50	But Jesus said to him, “Do not forbid him; for he that is not against you is for you.”
+Luke	Lk	49	9	51	When the days drew near for him to be received up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	52	And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him;
+Luke	Lk	49	9	53	but the people would not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	54	And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to bid fire come down from heaven and consume them?”
+Luke	Lk	49	9	55	But he turned and rebuked them.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	56	And they went on to another village.
+Luke	Lk	49	9	57	As they were going along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
+Luke	Lk	49	9	58	And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.”
+Luke	Lk	49	9	59	To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”
+Luke	Lk	49	9	60	But he said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
+Luke	Lk	49	9	61	Another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but let me first say farewell to those at my home.”
+Luke	Lk	49	9	62	Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
+Luke	Lk	49	10	1	After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to come.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	2	And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	3	Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	4	Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals; and salute no one on the road.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	5	Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house!’
+Luke	Lk	49	10	6	And if a son of peace is there, your peace shall rest upon him; but if not, it shall return to you.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	7	And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages; do not go from house to house.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	8	Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you;
+Luke	Lk	49	10	9	heal the sick in it and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’
+Luke	Lk	49	10	10	But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say,
+Luke	Lk	49	10	11	‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off against you; nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.’
+Luke	Lk	49	10	12	I tell you, it shall be more tolerable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	13	“Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, Beth-saida! for if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	14	But it shall be more tolerable in the judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	15	And you, Caperna-um, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	16	“He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”
+Luke	Lk	49	10	17	The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!”
+Luke	Lk	49	10	18	And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	19	Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	20	Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
+Luke	Lk	49	10	21	In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes; yea, Father, for such was thy gracious will.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	22	All things have been delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”
+Luke	Lk	49	10	23	Then turning to the disciples he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see what you see!
+Luke	Lk	49	10	24	For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.”
+Luke	Lk	49	10	25	And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
+Luke	Lk	49	10	26	He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read?”
+Luke	Lk	49	10	27	And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
+Luke	Lk	49	10	28	And he said to him, “You have answered right; do this, and you will live.”
+Luke	Lk	49	10	29	But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
+Luke	Lk	49	10	30	Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	31	Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	32	So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	33	But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion,
+Luke	Lk	49	10	34	and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	35	And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’
+Luke	Lk	49	10	36	Which of these three, do you think, proved neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?”
+Luke	Lk	49	10	37	He said, “The one who showed mercy on him.” And Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”
+Luke	Lk	49	10	38	Now as they went on their way, he entered a village; and a woman named Martha received him into her house.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	39	And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching.
+Luke	Lk	49	10	40	But Martha was distracted with much serving; and she went to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.”
+Luke	Lk	49	10	41	But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things;
+Luke	Lk	49	10	42	one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion, which shall not be taken away from her.”
+Luke	Lk	49	11	1	He was praying in a certain place, and when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.”
+Luke	Lk	49	11	2	And he said to them, “When you pray, say: “Father, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	3	Give us each day our daily bread;
+Luke	Lk	49	11	4	and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive every one who is indebted to us; and lead us not into temptation.”
+Luke	Lk	49	11	5	And he said to them, “Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves;
+Luke	Lk	49	11	6	for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’;
+Luke	Lk	49	11	7	and he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything’?
+Luke	Lk	49	11	8	I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him whatever he needs.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	9	And I tell you, Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	10	For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	11	What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent;
+Luke	Lk	49	11	12	or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
+Luke	Lk	49	11	13	If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
+Luke	Lk	49	11	14	Now he was casting out a demon that was dumb; when the demon had gone out, the dumb man spoke, and the people marveled.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	15	But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Be-elzebul, the prince of demons”;
+Luke	Lk	49	11	16	while others, to test him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	17	But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a divided household falls.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	18	And if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Be-elzebul.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	19	And if I cast out demons by Be-elzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	20	But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	21	When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are in peace;
+Luke	Lk	49	11	22	but when one stronger than he assails him and overcomes him, he takes away his armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoil.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	23	He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	24	“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places seeking rest; and finding none he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’
+Luke	Lk	49	11	25	And when he comes he finds it swept and put in order.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	26	Then he goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.”
+Luke	Lk	49	11	27	As he said this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts that you sucked!”
+Luke	Lk	49	11	28	But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
+Luke	Lk	49	11	29	When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	30	For as Jonah became a sign to the men of Nineveh, so will the Son of man be to this generation.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	31	The queen of the South will arise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	32	The men of Nineveh will arise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	33	“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a bushel, but on a stand, that those who enter may see the light.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	34	Your eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is sound, your whole body is full of light; but when it is not sound, your body is full of darkness.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	35	Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	36	If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light.”
+Luke	Lk	49	11	37	While he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; so he went in and sat at table.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	38	The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	39	And the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of extortion and wickedness.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	40	You fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside also?
+Luke	Lk	49	11	41	But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, everything is clean for you.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	42	“But woe to you Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God; these you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	43	Woe to you Pharisees! for you love the best seat in the synagogues and salutations in the market places.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	44	Woe to you! for you are like graves which are not seen, and men walk over them without knowing it.”
+Luke	Lk	49	11	45	One of the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying this you reproach us also.”
+Luke	Lk	49	11	46	And he said, “Woe to you lawyers also! for you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	47	Woe to you! for you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	48	So you are witnesses and consent to the deeds of your fathers; for they killed them, and you build their tombs.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	49	Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’
+Luke	Lk	49	11	50	that the blood of all the prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation,
+Luke	Lk	49	11	51	from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it shall be required of this generation.
+Luke	Lk	49	11	52	Woe to you lawyers! for you have taken away the key of knowledge; you did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.”
+Luke	Lk	49	11	53	As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard, and to provoke him to speak of many things,
+Luke	Lk	49	11	54	lying in wait for him, to catch at something he might say.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	1	In the meantime, when so many thousands of the multitude had gathered together that they trod upon one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	2	Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	3	Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	4	“I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	5	But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear him!
+Luke	Lk	49	12	6	Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	7	Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	8	“And I tell you, every one who acknowledges me before men, the Son of man also will acknowledge before the angels of God;
+Luke	Lk	49	12	9	but he who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	10	And every one who speaks a word against the Son of man will be forgiven; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	11	And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious how or what you are to answer or what you are to say;
+Luke	Lk	49	12	12	for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”
+Luke	Lk	49	12	13	One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.”
+Luke	Lk	49	12	14	But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or divider over you?”
+Luke	Lk	49	12	15	And he said to them, “Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
+Luke	Lk	49	12	16	And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man brought forth plentifully;
+Luke	Lk	49	12	17	and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’
+Luke	Lk	49	12	18	And he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	19	And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.’
+Luke	Lk	49	12	20	But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’
+Luke	Lk	49	12	21	So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
+Luke	Lk	49	12	22	And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat, nor about your body, what you shall put on.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	23	For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	24	Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!
+Luke	Lk	49	12	25	And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his span of life?
+Luke	Lk	49	12	26	If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest?
+Luke	Lk	49	12	27	Consider the lilies, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	28	But if God so clothes the grass which is alive in the field today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O men of little faith!
+Luke	Lk	49	12	29	And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be of anxious mind.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	30	For all the nations of the world seek these things; and your Father knows that you need them.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	31	Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things shall be yours as well.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	32	“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	33	Sell your possessions, and give alms; provide yourselves with purses that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	34	For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	35	“Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning,
+Luke	Lk	49	12	36	and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the marriage feast, so that they may open to him at once when he comes and knocks.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	37	Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes; truly, I say to you, he will gird himself and have them sit at table, and he will come and serve them.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	38	If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those servants!
+Luke	Lk	49	12	39	But know this, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	40	You also must be ready; for the Son of man is coming at an unexpected hour.”
+Luke	Lk	49	12	41	Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for all?”
+Luke	Lk	49	12	42	And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?
+Luke	Lk	49	12	43	Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so doing.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	44	Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	45	But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
+Luke	Lk	49	12	46	the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will punish him, and put him with the unfaithful.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	47	And that servant who knew his master’s will, but did not make ready or act according to his will, shall receive a severe beating.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	48	But he who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, shall receive a light beating. Every one to whom much is given, of him will much be required; and of him to whom men commit much they will demand the more.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	49	“I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled!
+Luke	Lk	49	12	50	I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how I am constrained until it is accomplished!
+Luke	Lk	49	12	51	Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division;
+Luke	Lk	49	12	52	for henceforth in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three;
+Luke	Lk	49	12	53	they will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against her mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
+Luke	Lk	49	12	54	He also said to the multitudes, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, ‘A shower is coming’; and so it happens.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	55	And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat’; and it happens.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	56	You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky; but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?
+Luke	Lk	49	12	57	“And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?
+Luke	Lk	49	12	58	As you go with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison.
+Luke	Lk	49	12	59	I tell you, you will never get out till you have paid the very last copper.”
+Luke	Lk	49	13	1	There were some present at that very time who told him of the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
+Luke	Lk	49	13	2	And he answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered thus?
+Luke	Lk	49	13	3	I tell you, No; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.
+Luke	Lk	49	13	4	Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who dwelt in Jerusalem?
+Luke	Lk	49	13	5	I tell you, No; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.”
+Luke	Lk	49	13	6	And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.
+Luke	Lk	49	13	7	And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Lo, these three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down; why should it use up the ground?’
+Luke	Lk	49	13	8	And he answered him, ‘Let it alone, sir, this year also, till I dig about it and put on manure.
+Luke	Lk	49	13	9	And if it bears fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’”
+Luke	Lk	49	13	10	Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
+Luke	Lk	49	13	11	And there was a woman who had had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years; she was bent over and could not fully straighten herself.
+Luke	Lk	49	13	12	And when Jesus saw her, he called her and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.”
+Luke	Lk	49	13	13	And he laid his hands upon her, and immediately she was made straight, and she praised God.
+Luke	Lk	49	13	14	But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the sabbath, said to the people, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.”
+Luke	Lk	49	13	15	Then the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead it away to water it?
+Luke	Lk	49	13	16	And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?”
+Luke	Lk	49	13	17	As he said this, all his adversaries were put to shame; and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.
+Luke	Lk	49	13	18	He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?
+Luke	Lk	49	13	19	It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.”
+Luke	Lk	49	13	20	And again he said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?
+Luke	Lk	49	13	21	It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.”
+Luke	Lk	49	13	22	He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.
+Luke	Lk	49	13	23	And some one said to him, “Lord, will those who are saved be few?” And he said to them,
+Luke	Lk	49	13	24	“Strive to enter by the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
+Luke	Lk	49	13	25	When once the householder has risen up and shut the door, you will begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us.’ He will answer you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’
+Luke	Lk	49	13	26	Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
+Luke	Lk	49	13	27	But he will say, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you come from; depart from me, all you workers of iniquity!’
+Luke	Lk	49	13	28	There you will weep and gnash your teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and you yourselves thrust out.
+Luke	Lk	49	13	29	And men will come from east and west, and from north and south, and sit at table in the kingdom of God.
+Luke	Lk	49	13	30	And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”
+Luke	Lk	49	13	31	At that very hour some Pharisees came, and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.”
+Luke	Lk	49	13	32	And he said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I finish my course.
+Luke	Lk	49	13	33	Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.’
+Luke	Lk	49	13	34	O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
+Luke	Lk	49	13	35	Behold, your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
+Luke	Lk	49	14	1	One sabbath when he went to dine at the house of a ruler who belonged to the Pharisees, they were watching him.
+Luke	Lk	49	14	2	And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy.
+Luke	Lk	49	14	3	And Jesus spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not?”
+Luke	Lk	49	14	4	But they were silent. Then he took him and healed him, and let him go.
+Luke	Lk	49	14	5	And he said to them, “Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well, will not immediately pull him out on a sabbath day?”
+Luke	Lk	49	14	6	And they could not reply to this.
+Luke	Lk	49	14	7	Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he marked how they chose the places of honor, saying to them,
+Luke	Lk	49	14	8	“When you are invited by any one to a marriage feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest a more eminent man than you be invited by him;
+Luke	Lk	49	14	9	and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give place to this man,’ and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place.
+Luke	Lk	49	14	10	But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher’; then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you.
+Luke	Lk	49	14	11	For every one who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
+Luke	Lk	49	14	12	He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your kinsmen or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and you be repaid.
+Luke	Lk	49	14	13	But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind,
+Luke	Lk	49	14	14	and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”
+Luke	Lk	49	14	15	When one of those who sat at table with him heard this, he said to him, “Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!”
+Luke	Lk	49	14	16	But he said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet, and invited many;
+Luke	Lk	49	14	17	and at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come; for all is now ready.’
+Luke	Lk	49	14	18	But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it; I pray you, have me excused.’
+Luke	Lk	49	14	19	And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them; I pray you, have me excused.’
+Luke	Lk	49	14	20	And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’
+Luke	Lk	49	14	21	So the servant came and reported this to his master. Then the householder in anger said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and maimed and blind and lame.’
+Luke	Lk	49	14	22	And the servant said, ‘Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’
+Luke	Lk	49	14	23	And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.
+Luke	Lk	49	14	24	For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.’”
+Luke	Lk	49	14	25	Now great multitudes accompanied him; and he turned and said to them,
+Luke	Lk	49	14	26	“If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
+Luke	Lk	49	14	27	Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
+Luke	Lk	49	14	28	For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
+Luke	Lk	49	14	29	Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him,
+Luke	Lk	49	14	30	saying, ‘This man began to build, and was not able to finish.’
+Luke	Lk	49	14	31	Or what king, going to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
+Luke	Lk	49	14	32	And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an embassy and asks terms of peace.
+Luke	Lk	49	14	33	So therefore, whoever of you does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
+Luke	Lk	49	14	34	“Salt is good; but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltness be restored?
+Luke	Lk	49	14	35	It is fit neither for the land nor for the dunghill; men throw it away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
+Luke	Lk	49	15	1	Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	2	And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
+Luke	Lk	49	15	3	So he told them this parable:
+Luke	Lk	49	15	4	“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost, until he finds it?
+Luke	Lk	49	15	5	And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	6	And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.’
+Luke	Lk	49	15	7	Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	8	“Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it?
+Luke	Lk	49	15	9	And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost.’
+Luke	Lk	49	15	10	Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
+Luke	Lk	49	15	11	And he said, “There was a man who had two sons;
+Luke	Lk	49	15	12	and the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that falls to me.’ And he divided his living between them.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	13	Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took his journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in loose living.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	14	And when he had spent everything, a great famine arose in that country, and he began to be in want.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	15	So he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	16	And he would gladly have fed on the pods that the swine ate; and no one gave him anything.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	17	But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, but I perish here with hunger!
+Luke	Lk	49	15	18	I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you;
+Luke	Lk	49	15	19	I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired servants.”’
+Luke	Lk	49	15	20	And he arose and came to his father. But while he was yet at a distance, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	21	And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
+Luke	Lk	49	15	22	But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet;
+Luke	Lk	49	15	23	and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry;
+Luke	Lk	49	15	24	for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to make merry.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	25	“Now his elder son was in the field; and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	26	And he called one of the servants and asked what this meant.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	27	And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him safe and sound.’
+Luke	Lk	49	15	28	But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him,
+Luke	Lk	49	15	29	but he answered his father, ‘Lo, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command; yet you never gave me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	30	But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your living with harlots, you killed for him the fatted calf!’
+Luke	Lk	49	15	31	And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
+Luke	Lk	49	15	32	It was fitting to make merry and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’”
+Luke	Lk	49	16	1	He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a steward, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his goods.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	2	And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.’
+Luke	Lk	49	16	3	And the steward said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	4	I have decided what to do, so that people may receive me into their houses when I am put out of the stewardship.’
+Luke	Lk	49	16	5	So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
+Luke	Lk	49	16	6	He said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’
+Luke	Lk	49	16	7	Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’
+Luke	Lk	49	16	8	The master commended the dishonest steward for his shrewdness; for the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	9	And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal habitations.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	10	“He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and he who is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	11	If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you the true riches?
+Luke	Lk	49	16	12	And if you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?
+Luke	Lk	49	16	13	No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”
+Luke	Lk	49	16	14	The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they scoffed at him.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	15	But he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	16	“The law and the prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and every one enters it violently.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	17	But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one dot of the law to become void.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	18	“Every one who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	19	“There was a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	20	And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, full of sores,
+Luke	Lk	49	16	21	who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	22	The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried;
+Luke	Lk	49	16	23	and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus in his bosom.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	24	And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.’
+Luke	Lk	49	16	25	But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.
+Luke	Lk	49	16	26	And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’
+Luke	Lk	49	16	27	And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house,
+Luke	Lk	49	16	28	for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’
+Luke	Lk	49	16	29	But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’
+Luke	Lk	49	16	30	And he said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if some one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’
+Luke	Lk	49	16	31	He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead.’”
+Luke	Lk	49	17	1	And he said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin are sure to come; but woe to him by whom they come!
+Luke	Lk	49	17	2	It would be better for him if a millstone were hung round his neck and he were cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	3	Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him;
+Luke	Lk	49	17	4	and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, and says, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
+Luke	Lk	49	17	5	The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”
+Luke	Lk	49	17	6	And the Lord said, “If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this sycamine tree, ‘Be rooted up, and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	7	“Will any one of you, who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep, say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down at table’?
+Luke	Lk	49	17	8	Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and gird yourself and serve me, till I eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink’?
+Luke	Lk	49	17	9	Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded?
+Luke	Lk	49	17	10	So you also, when you have done all that is commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’”
+Luke	Lk	49	17	11	On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	12	And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance
+Luke	Lk	49	17	13	and lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.”
+Luke	Lk	49	17	14	When he saw them he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	15	Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice;
+Luke	Lk	49	17	16	and he fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	17	Then said Jesus, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?
+Luke	Lk	49	17	18	Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?”
+Luke	Lk	49	17	19	And he said to him, “Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.”
+Luke	Lk	49	17	20	Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed;
+Luke	Lk	49	17	21	nor will they say, ‘Lo, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.”
+Luke	Lk	49	17	22	And he said to the disciples, “The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you will not see it.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	23	And they will say to you, ‘Lo, there!’ or ‘Lo, here!’ Do not go, do not follow them.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	24	For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of man be in his day.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	25	But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	26	As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of man.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	27	They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	28	Likewise as it was in the days of Lot—they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built,
+Luke	Lk	49	17	29	but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom fire and sulphur rained from heaven and destroyed them all—
+Luke	Lk	49	17	30	so will it be on the day when the Son of man is revealed.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	31	On that day, let him who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away; and likewise let him who is in the field not turn back.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	32	Remember Lot’s wife.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	33	Whoever seeks to gain his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	34	I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.
+Luke	Lk	49	17	35	There will be two women grinding together; one will be taken and the other left.”
+Luke	Lk	49	17	37	And they said to him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together.”
+Luke	Lk	49	18	1	And he told them a parable, to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
+Luke	Lk	49	18	2	He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor regarded man;
+Luke	Lk	49	18	3	and there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Vindicate me against my adversary.’
+Luke	Lk	49	18	4	For a while he refused; but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor regard man,
+Luke	Lk	49	18	5	yet because this widow bothers me, I will vindicate her, or she will wear me out by her continual coming.’”
+Luke	Lk	49	18	6	And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says.
+Luke	Lk	49	18	7	And will not God vindicate his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?
+Luke	Lk	49	18	8	I tell you, he will vindicate them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
+Luke	Lk	49	18	9	He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others:
+Luke	Lk	49	18	10	“Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
+Luke	Lk	49	18	11	The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank thee that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
+Luke	Lk	49	18	12	I fast twice a week, I give tithes of all that I get.’
+Luke	Lk	49	18	13	But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’
+Luke	Lk	49	18	14	I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
+Luke	Lk	49	18	15	Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them; and when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
+Luke	Lk	49	18	16	But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
+Luke	Lk	49	18	17	Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”
+Luke	Lk	49	18	18	And a ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
+Luke	Lk	49	18	19	And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
+Luke	Lk	49	18	20	You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.’”
+Luke	Lk	49	18	21	And he said, “All these I have observed from my youth.”
+Luke	Lk	49	18	22	And when Jesus heard it, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
+Luke	Lk	49	18	23	But when he heard this he became sad, for he was very rich.
+Luke	Lk	49	18	24	Jesus looking at him said, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!
+Luke	Lk	49	18	25	For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
+Luke	Lk	49	18	26	Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?”
+Luke	Lk	49	18	27	But he said, “What is impossible with men is possible with God.”
+Luke	Lk	49	18	28	And Peter said, “Lo, we have left our homes and followed you.”
+Luke	Lk	49	18	29	And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is no man who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,
+Luke	Lk	49	18	30	who will not receive manifold more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.”
+Luke	Lk	49	18	31	And taking the twelve, he said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written of the Son of man by the prophets will be accomplished.
+Luke	Lk	49	18	32	For he will be delivered to the Gentiles, and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon;
+Luke	Lk	49	18	33	they will scourge him and kill him, and on the third day he will rise.”
+Luke	Lk	49	18	34	But they understood none of these things; this saying was hid from them, and they did not grasp what was said.
+Luke	Lk	49	18	35	As he drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging;
+Luke	Lk	49	18	36	and hearing a multitude going by, he inquired what this meant.
+Luke	Lk	49	18	37	They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”
+Luke	Lk	49	18	38	And he cried, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
+Luke	Lk	49	18	39	And those who were in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
+Luke	Lk	49	18	40	And Jesus stopped, and commanded him to be brought to him; and when he came near, he asked him,
+Luke	Lk	49	18	41	“What do you want me to do for you?” He said, “Lord, let me receive my sight.”
+Luke	Lk	49	18	42	And Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has made you well.”
+Luke	Lk	49	18	43	And immediately he received his sight and followed him, glorifying God; and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	1	He entered Jericho and was passing through.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	2	And there was a man named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector, and rich.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	3	And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not, on account of the crowd, because he was small of stature.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	4	So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	5	And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down; for I must stay at your house today.”
+Luke	Lk	49	19	6	So he made haste and came down, and received him joyfully.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	7	And when they saw it they all murmured, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”
+Luke	Lk	49	19	8	And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded any one of anything, I restore it fourfold.”
+Luke	Lk	49	19	9	And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	10	For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost.”
+Luke	Lk	49	19	11	As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	12	He said therefore, “A nobleman went into a far country to receive a kingdom and then return.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	13	Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten pounds, and said to them, ‘Trade with these till I come.’
+Luke	Lk	49	19	14	But his citizens hated him and sent an embassy after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’
+Luke	Lk	49	19	15	When he returned, having received the kingdom, he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by trading.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	16	The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your pound has made ten pounds more.’
+Luke	Lk	49	19	17	And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’
+Luke	Lk	49	19	18	And the second came, saying, ‘Lord, your pound has made five pounds.’
+Luke	Lk	49	19	19	And he said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’
+Luke	Lk	49	19	20	Then another came, saying, ‘Lord, here is your pound, which I kept laid away in a napkin;
+Luke	Lk	49	19	21	for I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man; you take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.’
+Luke	Lk	49	19	22	He said to him, ‘I will condemn you out of your own mouth, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a severe man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?
+Luke	Lk	49	19	23	Why then did you not put my money into the bank, and at my coming I should have collected it with interest?’
+Luke	Lk	49	19	24	And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the pound from him, and give it to him who has the ten pounds.’
+Luke	Lk	49	19	25	(And they said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten pounds!’)
+Luke	Lk	49	19	26	‘I tell you, that to every one who has will more be given; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	27	But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.’”
+Luke	Lk	49	19	28	And when he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	29	When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples,
+Luke	Lk	49	19	30	saying, “Go into the village opposite, where on entering you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat; untie it and bring it here.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	31	If any one asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say this, ‘The Lord has need of it.’”
+Luke	Lk	49	19	32	So those who were sent went away and found it as he had told them.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	33	And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?”
+Luke	Lk	49	19	34	And they said, “The Lord has need of it.”
+Luke	Lk	49	19	35	And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their garments on the colt they set Jesus upon it.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	36	And as he rode along, they spread their garments on the road.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	37	As he was now drawing near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen,
+Luke	Lk	49	19	38	saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
+Luke	Lk	49	19	39	And some of the Pharisees in the multitude said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”
+Luke	Lk	49	19	40	He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.”
+Luke	Lk	49	19	41	And when he drew near and saw the city he wept over it,
+Luke	Lk	49	19	42	saying, “Would that even today you knew the things that make for peace! But now they are hid from your eyes.
+Luke	Lk	49	19	43	For the days shall come upon you, when your enemies will cast up a bank about you and surround you, and hem you in on every side,
+Luke	Lk	49	19	44	and dash you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another in you; because you did not know the time of your visitation.”
+Luke	Lk	49	19	45	And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold,
+Luke	Lk	49	19	46	saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer’; but you have made it a den of robbers.”
+Luke	Lk	49	19	47	And he was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people sought to destroy him;
+Luke	Lk	49	19	48	but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people hung upon his words.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	1	One day, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up
+Luke	Lk	49	20	2	and said to him, “Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority.”
+Luke	Lk	49	20	3	He answered them, “I also will ask you a question; now tell me,
+Luke	Lk	49	20	4	Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?”
+Luke	Lk	49	20	5	And they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’
+Luke	Lk	49	20	6	But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us; for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
+Luke	Lk	49	20	7	So they answered that they did not know whence it was.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	8	And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
+Luke	Lk	49	20	9	And he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to tenants, and went into another country for a long while.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	10	When the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants, that they should give him some of the fruit of the vineyard; but the tenants beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	11	And he sent another servant; him also they beat and treated shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	12	And he sent yet a third; this one they wounded and cast out.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	13	Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it may be they will respect him.’
+Luke	Lk	49	20	14	But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.’
+Luke	Lk	49	20	15	And they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
+Luke	Lk	49	20	16	He will come and destroy those tenants, and give the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “God forbid!”
+Luke	Lk	49	20	17	But he looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written: ‘The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner’?
+Luke	Lk	49	20	18	Every one who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but when it falls on any one it will crush him.”
+Luke	Lk	49	20	19	The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on him at that very hour, but they feared the people; for they perceived that he had told this parable against them.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	20	So they watched him, and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might take hold of what he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	21	They asked him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and show no partiality, but truly teach the way of God.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	22	Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?”
+Luke	Lk	49	20	23	But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them,
+Luke	Lk	49	20	24	“Show me a coin. Whose likeness and inscription has it?” They said, “Caesar’s.”
+Luke	Lk	49	20	25	He said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
+Luke	Lk	49	20	26	And they were not able in the presence of the people to catch him by what he said; but marveling at his answer they were silent.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	27	There came to him some Sadducees, those who say that there is no resurrection,
+Luke	Lk	49	20	28	and they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must take the wife and raise up children for his brother.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	29	Now there were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and died without children;
+Luke	Lk	49	20	30	and the second
+Luke	Lk	49	20	31	and the third took her, and likewise all seven left no children and died.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	32	Afterward the woman also died.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	33	In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had her as wife.”
+Luke	Lk	49	20	34	And Jesus said to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage;
+Luke	Lk	49	20	35	but those who are accounted worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage,
+Luke	Lk	49	20	36	for they cannot die any more, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	37	But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	38	Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living; for all live to him.”
+Luke	Lk	49	20	39	And some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you have spoken well.”
+Luke	Lk	49	20	40	For they no longer dared to ask him any question.
+Luke	Lk	49	20	41	But he said to them, “How can they say that the Christ is David’s son?
+Luke	Lk	49	20	42	For David himself says in the Book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand,
+Luke	Lk	49	20	43	till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet.’
+Luke	Lk	49	20	44	David thus calls him Lord; so how is he his son?”
+Luke	Lk	49	20	45	And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples,
+Luke	Lk	49	20	46	“Beware of the scribes, who like to go about in long robes, and love salutations in the market places and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,
+Luke	Lk	49	20	47	who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”
+Luke	Lk	49	21	1	He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury;
+Luke	Lk	49	21	2	and he saw a poor widow put in two copper coins.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	3	And he said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them;
+Luke	Lk	49	21	4	for they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all the living that she had.”
+Luke	Lk	49	21	5	And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings, he said,
+Luke	Lk	49	21	6	“As for these things which you see, the days will come when there shall not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.”
+Luke	Lk	49	21	7	And they asked him, “Teacher, when will this be, and what will be the sign when this is about to take place?”
+Luke	Lk	49	21	8	And he said, “Take heed that you are not led astray; for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he!’ and, ‘The time is at hand!’ Do not go after them.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	9	And when you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified; for this must first take place, but the end will not be at once.”
+Luke	Lk	49	21	10	Then he said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;
+Luke	Lk	49	21	11	there will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	12	But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name’s sake.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	13	This will be a time for you to bear testimony.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	14	Settle it therefore in your minds, not to meditate beforehand how to answer;
+Luke	Lk	49	21	15	for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	16	You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends, and some of you they will put to death;
+Luke	Lk	49	21	17	you will be hated by all for my name’s sake.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	18	But not a hair of your head will perish.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	19	By your endurance you will gain your lives.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	20	“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	21	Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are inside the city depart, and let not those who are out in the country enter it;
+Luke	Lk	49	21	22	for these are days of vengeance, to fulfil all that is written.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	23	Alas for those who are with child and for those who give suck in those days! For great distress shall be upon the earth and wrath upon this people;
+Luke	Lk	49	21	24	they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led captive among all nations; and Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	25	“And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves,
+Luke	Lk	49	21	26	men fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	27	And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	28	Now when these things begin to take place, look up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
+Luke	Lk	49	21	29	And he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree, and all the trees;
+Luke	Lk	49	21	30	as soon as they come out in leaf, you see for yourselves and know that the summer is already near.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	31	So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God is near.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	32	Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away till all has taken place.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	33	Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	34	“But take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a snare;
+Luke	Lk	49	21	35	for it will come upon all who dwell upon the face of the whole earth.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	36	But watch at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that will take place, and to stand before the Son of man.”
+Luke	Lk	49	21	37	And every day he was teaching in the temple, but at night he went out and lodged on the mount called Olivet.
+Luke	Lk	49	21	38	And early in the morning all the people came to him in the temple to hear him.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	1	Now the feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	2	And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put him to death; for they feared the people.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	3	Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve;
+Luke	Lk	49	22	4	he went away and conferred with the chief priests and officers how he might betray him to them.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	5	And they were glad, and engaged to give him money.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	6	So he agreed, and sought an opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of the multitude.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	7	Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the passover lamb had to be sacrificed.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	8	So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the passover for us, that we may eat it.”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	9	They said to him, “Where will you have us prepare it?”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	10	He said to them, “Behold, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him into the house which he enters,
+Luke	Lk	49	22	11	and tell the householder, ‘The Teacher says to you, Where is the guest room, where I am to eat the passover with my disciples?’
+Luke	Lk	49	22	12	And he will show you a large upper room furnished; there make ready.”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	13	And they went, and found it as he had told them; and they prepared the passover.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	14	And when the hour came, he sat at table, and the apostles with him.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	15	And he said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer;
+Luke	Lk	49	22	16	for I tell you I shall not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	17	And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he said, “Take this, and divide it among yourselves;
+Luke	Lk	49	22	18	for I tell you that from now on I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	19	And he took bread, and when he had given thanks he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	20	And likewise the cup after supper, saying, “This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	21	But behold the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	22	For the Son of man goes as it has been determined; but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	23	And they began to question one another, which of them it was that would do this.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	24	A dispute also arose among them, which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	25	And he said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and those in authority over them are called benefactors.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	26	But not so with you; rather let the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	27	For which is the greater, one who sits at table, or one who serves? Is it not the one who sits at table? But I am among you as one who serves.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	28	“You are those who have continued with me in my trials;
+Luke	Lk	49	22	29	and I assign to you, as my Father assigned to me, a kingdom,
+Luke	Lk	49	22	30	that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	31	“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat,
+Luke	Lk	49	22	32	but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail; and when you have turned again, strengthen your brethren.”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	33	And he said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	34	He said, “I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow this day, until you three times deny that you know me.”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	35	And he said to them, “When I sent you out with no purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” They said, “Nothing.”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	36	He said to them, “But now, let him who has a purse take it, and likewise a bag. And let him who has no sword sell his mantle and buy one.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	37	For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me, ‘And he was reckoned with transgressors’; for what is written about me has its fulfilment.”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	38	And they said, “Look, Lord, here are two swords.” And he said to them, “It is enough.”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	39	And he came out, and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples followed him.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	40	And when he came to the place he said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	41	And he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed,
+Luke	Lk	49	22	42	“Father, if thou art willing, remove this cup from me; nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	43	And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	44	And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	45	And when he rose from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow,
+Luke	Lk	49	22	46	and he said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	47	While he was still speaking, there came a crowd, and the man called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He drew near to Jesus to kiss him;
+Luke	Lk	49	22	48	but Jesus said to him, “Judas, would you betray the Son of man with a kiss?”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	49	And when those who were about him saw what would follow, they said, “Lord, shall we strike with the sword?”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	50	And one of them struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	51	But Jesus said, “No more of this!” And he touched his ear and healed him.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	52	Then Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders, who had come out against him, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?
+Luke	Lk	49	22	53	When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	54	Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest’s house. Peter followed at a distance;
+Luke	Lk	49	22	55	and when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	56	Then a maid, seeing him as he sat in the light and gazing at him, said, “This man also was with him.”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	57	But he denied it, saying, “Woman, I do not know him.”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	58	And a little later some one else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not.”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	59	And after an interval of about an hour still another insisted, saying, “Certainly this man also was with him; for he is a Galilean.”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	60	But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are saying.” And immediately, while he was still speaking, the cock crowed.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	61	And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the cock crows today, you will deny me three times.”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	62	And he went out and wept bitterly.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	63	Now the men who were holding Jesus mocked him and beat him;
+Luke	Lk	49	22	64	they also blindfolded him and asked him, “Prophesy! Who is it that struck you?”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	65	And they spoke many other words against him, reviling him.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	66	When day came, the assembly of the elders of the people gathered together, both chief priests and scribes; and they led him away to their council, and they said,
+Luke	Lk	49	22	67	“If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe;
+Luke	Lk	49	22	68	and if I ask you, you will not answer.
+Luke	Lk	49	22	69	But from now on the Son of man shall be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	70	And they all said, “Are you the Son of God, then?” And he said to them, “You say that I am.”
+Luke	Lk	49	22	71	And they said, “What further testimony do we need? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips.”
+Luke	Lk	49	23	1	Then the whole company of them arose, and brought him before Pilate.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	2	And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ a king.”
+Luke	Lk	49	23	3	And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.”
+Luke	Lk	49	23	4	And Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, “I find no crime in this man.”
+Luke	Lk	49	23	5	But they were urgent, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place.”
+Luke	Lk	49	23	6	When Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	7	And when he learned that he belonged to Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who was himself in Jerusalem at that time.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	8	When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see him, because he had heard about him, and he was hoping to see some sign done by him.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	9	So he questioned him at some length; but he made no answer.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	10	The chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing him.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	11	And Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him; then, arraying him in gorgeous apparel, he sent him back to Pilate.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	12	And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before this they had been at enmity with each other.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	13	Pilate then called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
+Luke	Lk	49	23	14	and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was perverting the people; and after examining him before you, behold, I did not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him;
+Luke	Lk	49	23	15	neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Behold, nothing deserving death has been done by him;
+Luke	Lk	49	23	16	I will therefore chastise him and release him.”
+Luke	Lk	49	23	18	But they all cried out together, “Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas”—
+Luke	Lk	49	23	19	a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	20	Pilate addressed them once more, desiring to release Jesus;
+Luke	Lk	49	23	21	but they shouted out, “Crucify, crucify him!”
+Luke	Lk	49	23	22	A third time he said to them, “Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no crime deserving death; I will therefore chastise him and release him.”
+Luke	Lk	49	23	23	But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. And their voices prevailed.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	24	So Pilate gave sentence that their demand should be granted.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	25	He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, whom they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	26	And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	27	And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	28	But Jesus turning to them said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	29	For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never gave suck!’
+Luke	Lk	49	23	30	Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us’; and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’
+Luke	Lk	49	23	31	For if they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
+Luke	Lk	49	23	32	Two others also, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	33	And when they came to the place which is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	34	And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	35	And the people stood by, watching; but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!”
+Luke	Lk	49	23	36	The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him vinegar,
+Luke	Lk	49	23	37	and saying, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!”
+Luke	Lk	49	23	38	There was also an inscription over him, “This is the King of the Jews.”
+Luke	Lk	49	23	39	One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!”
+Luke	Lk	49	23	40	But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?
+Luke	Lk	49	23	41	And we indeed justly; for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.”
+Luke	Lk	49	23	42	And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”
+Luke	Lk	49	23	43	And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”
+Luke	Lk	49	23	44	It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour,
+Luke	Lk	49	23	45	while the sun’s light failed; and the curtain of the temple was torn in two.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	46	Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this he breathed his last.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	47	Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, and said, “Certainly this man was innocent!”
+Luke	Lk	49	23	48	And all the multitudes who assembled to see the sight, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	49	And all his acquaintances and the women who had followed him from Galilee stood at a distance and saw these things.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	50	Now there was a man named Joseph from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man,
+Luke	Lk	49	23	51	who had not consented to their purpose and deed, and he was looking for the kingdom of God.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	52	This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	53	Then he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud, and laid him in a rock-hewn tomb, where no one had ever yet been laid.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	54	It was the day of Preparation, and the sabbath was beginning.
+Luke	Lk	49	23	55	The women who had come with him from Galilee followed, and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid;
+Luke	Lk	49	23	56	then they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	1	But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices which they had prepared.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	2	And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
+Luke	Lk	49	24	3	but when they went in they did not find the body.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	4	While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel;
+Luke	Lk	49	24	5	and as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	6	Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee,
+Luke	Lk	49	24	7	that the Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise.”
+Luke	Lk	49	24	8	And they remembered his words,
+Luke	Lk	49	24	9	and returning from the tomb they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	10	Now it was Mary Magdalene and Jo-anna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told this to the apostles;
+Luke	Lk	49	24	11	but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	12	But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home wondering at what had happened.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	13	That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem,
+Luke	Lk	49	24	14	and talking with each other about all these things that had happened.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	15	While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	16	But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	17	And he said to them, “What is this conversation which you are holding with each other as you walk?” And they stood still, looking sad.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	18	Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”
+Luke	Lk	49	24	19	And he said to them, “What things?” And they said to him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,
+Luke	Lk	49	24	20	and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	21	But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since this happened.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	22	Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning
+Luke	Lk	49	24	23	and did not find his body; and they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	24	Some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just as the women had said; but him they did not see.”
+Luke	Lk	49	24	25	And he said to them, “O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
+Luke	Lk	49	24	26	Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?”
+Luke	Lk	49	24	27	And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	28	So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He appeared to be going further,
+Luke	Lk	49	24	29	but they constrained him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent.” So he went in to stay with them.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	30	When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	31	And their eyes were opened and they recognized him; and he vanished out of their sight.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	32	They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the scriptures?”
+Luke	Lk	49	24	33	And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them,
+Luke	Lk	49	24	34	who said, “The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!”
+Luke	Lk	49	24	35	Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	36	As they were saying this, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace to You.”
+Luke	Lk	49	24	37	But they were startled and frightened, and supposed that they saw a spirit.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	38	And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do questionings rise in your hearts?
+Luke	Lk	49	24	39	See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself; handle me, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have.”
+Luke	Lk	49	24	40	And when he had said this he showed them his hands and his feet.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	41	And while they still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?”
+Luke	Lk	49	24	42	They gave him a piece of broiled fish,
+Luke	Lk	49	24	43	and he took it and ate before them.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	44	Then he said to them, “These are my words which I spoke to you, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.”
+Luke	Lk	49	24	45	Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures,
+Luke	Lk	49	24	46	and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead,
+Luke	Lk	49	24	47	and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	48	You are witnesses of these things.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	49	And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city, until you are clothed with power from on high.”
+Luke	Lk	49	24	50	Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	51	While he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven.
+Luke	Lk	49	24	52	And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
+Luke	Lk	49	24	53	and were continually in the temple blessing God.
+John	Jn	50	1	1	In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
+John	Jn	50	1	2	He was in the beginning with God;
+John	Jn	50	1	3	all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made.
+John	Jn	50	1	4	In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
+John	Jn	50	1	5	The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
+John	Jn	50	1	6	There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
+John	Jn	50	1	7	He came for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through him.
+John	Jn	50	1	8	He was not the light, but came to bear witness to the light.
+John	Jn	50	1	9	The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world.
+John	Jn	50	1	10	He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world knew him not.
+John	Jn	50	1	11	He came to his own home, and his own people received him not.
+John	Jn	50	1	12	But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God;
+John	Jn	50	1	13	who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
+John	Jn	50	1	14	And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father.
+John	Jn	50	1	15	(John bore witness to him, and cried, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, for he was before me.’”)
+John	Jn	50	1	16	And from his fulness have we all received, grace upon grace.
+John	Jn	50	1	17	For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
+John	Jn	50	1	18	No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.
+John	Jn	50	1	19	And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
+John	Jn	50	1	20	He confessed, he did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”
+John	Jn	50	1	21	And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” And he answered, “No.”
+John	Jn	50	1	22	They said to him then, “Who are you? Let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
+John	Jn	50	1	23	He said, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”
+John	Jn	50	1	24	Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.
+John	Jn	50	1	25	They asked him, “Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
+John	Jn	50	1	26	John answered them, “I baptize with water; but among you stands one whom you do not know,
+John	Jn	50	1	27	even he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”
+John	Jn	50	1	28	This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
+John	Jn	50	1	29	The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
+John	Jn	50	1	30	This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, for he was before me.’
+John	Jn	50	1	31	I myself did not know him; but for this I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.”
+John	Jn	50	1	32	And John bore witness, “I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.
+John	Jn	50	1	33	I myself did not know him; but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’
+John	Jn	50	1	34	And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.”
+John	Jn	50	1	35	The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples;
+John	Jn	50	1	36	and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”
+John	Jn	50	1	37	The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.
+John	Jn	50	1	38	Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them, “What do you seek?” And they said to him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying?”
+John	Jn	50	1	39	He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where he was staying; and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.
+John	Jn	50	1	40	One of the two who heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.
+John	Jn	50	1	41	He first found his brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ).
+John	Jn	50	1	42	He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, “So you are Simon the son of John? You shall be called Cephas” (which means Peter).
+John	Jn	50	1	43	The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.”
+John	Jn	50	1	44	Now Philip was from Beth-saida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
+John	Jn	50	1	45	Philip found Nathana-el, and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
+John	Jn	50	1	46	Nathana-el said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
+John	Jn	50	1	47	Jesus saw Nathana-el coming to him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!”
+John	Jn	50	1	48	Nathana-el said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
+John	Jn	50	1	49	Nathana-el answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
+John	Jn	50	1	50	Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater things than these.”
+John	Jn	50	1	51	And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.”
+John	Jn	50	2	1	On the third day there was a marriage at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there;
+John	Jn	50	2	2	Jesus also was invited to the marriage, with his disciples.
+John	Jn	50	2	3	When the wine failed, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.”
+John	Jn	50	2	4	And Jesus said to her, “O woman, what have you to do with me? My hour has not yet come.”
+John	Jn	50	2	5	His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
+John	Jn	50	2	6	Now six stone jars were standing there, for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.
+John	Jn	50	2	7	Jesus said to them, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim.
+John	Jn	50	2	8	He said to them, “Now draw some out, and take it to the steward of the feast.” So they took it.
+John	Jn	50	2	9	When the steward of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward of the feast called the bridegroom
+John	Jn	50	2	10	and said to him, “Every man serves the good wine first; and when men have drunk freely, then the poor wine; but you have kept the good wine until now.”
+John	Jn	50	2	11	This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
+John	Jn	50	2	12	After this he went down to Caperna-um, with his mother and his brethren and his disciples; and there they stayed for a few days.
+John	Jn	50	2	13	The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
+John	Jn	50	2	14	In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers at their business.
+John	Jn	50	2	15	And making a whip of cords, he drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out of the temple; and he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.
+John	Jn	50	2	16	And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; you shall not make my Father’s house a house of trade.”
+John	Jn	50	2	17	His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for thy house will consume me.”
+John	Jn	50	2	18	The Jews then said to him, “What sign have you to show us for doing this?”
+John	Jn	50	2	19	Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
+John	Jn	50	2	20	The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?”
+John	Jn	50	2	21	But he spoke of the temple of his body.
+John	Jn	50	2	22	When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.
+John	Jn	50	2	23	Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs which he did;
+John	Jn	50	2	24	but Jesus did not trust himself to them,
+John	Jn	50	2	25	because he knew all men and needed no one to bear witness of man; for he himself knew what was in man.
+John	Jn	50	3	1	Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
+John	Jn	50	3	2	This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”
+John	Jn	50	3	3	Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
+John	Jn	50	3	4	Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”
+John	Jn	50	3	5	Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
+John	Jn	50	3	6	That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
+John	Jn	50	3	7	Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born anew.’
+John	Jn	50	3	8	The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes; so it is with every one who is born of the Spirit.”
+John	Jn	50	3	9	Nicodemus said to him, “How can this be?”
+John	Jn	50	3	10	Jesus answered him, “Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand this?
+John	Jn	50	3	11	Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen; but you do not receive our testimony.
+John	Jn	50	3	12	If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
+John	Jn	50	3	13	No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man.
+John	Jn	50	3	14	And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up,
+John	Jn	50	3	15	that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.”
+John	Jn	50	3	16	For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
+John	Jn	50	3	17	For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
+John	Jn	50	3	18	He who believes in him is not condemned; he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
+John	Jn	50	3	19	And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
+John	Jn	50	3	20	For every one who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
+John	Jn	50	3	21	But he who does what is true comes to the light, that it may be clearly seen that his deeds have been wrought in God.
+John	Jn	50	3	22	After this Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judea; there he remained with them and baptized.
+John	Jn	50	3	23	John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people came and were baptized.
+John	Jn	50	3	24	For John had not yet been put in prison.
+John	Jn	50	3	25	Now a discussion arose between John’s disciples and a Jew over purifying.
+John	Jn	50	3	26	And they came to John, and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you bore witness, here he is, baptizing, and all are going to him.”
+John	Jn	50	3	27	John answered, “No one can receive anything except what is given him from heaven.
+John	Jn	50	3	28	You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.
+John	Jn	50	3	29	He who has the bride is the bridegroom; the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice; therefore this joy of mine is now full.
+John	Jn	50	3	30	He must increase, but I must decrease.”
+John	Jn	50	3	31	He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth belongs to the earth, and of the earth he speaks; he who comes from heaven is above all.
+John	Jn	50	3	32	He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony;
+John	Jn	50	3	33	he who receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true.
+John	Jn	50	3	34	For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for it is not by measure that he gives the Spirit;
+John	Jn	50	3	35	the Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
+John	Jn	50	3	36	He who believes in the Son has eternal life; he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God rests upon him.
+John	Jn	50	4	1	Now when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
+John	Jn	50	4	2	(although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples),
+John	Jn	50	4	3	he left Judea and departed again to Galilee.
+John	Jn	50	4	4	He had to pass through Samaria.
+John	Jn	50	4	5	So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
+John	Jn	50	4	6	Jacob’s well was there, and so Jesus, wearied as he was with his journey, sat down beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.
+John	Jn	50	4	7	There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”
+John	Jn	50	4	8	For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
+John	Jn	50	4	9	The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?” For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.
+John	Jn	50	4	10	Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
+John	Jn	50	4	11	The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; where do you get that living water?
+John	Jn	50	4	12	Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle?”
+John	Jn	50	4	13	Jesus said to her, “Every one who drinks of this water will thirst again,
+John	Jn	50	4	14	but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
+John	Jn	50	4	15	The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.”
+John	Jn	50	4	16	Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”
+John	Jn	50	4	17	The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’;
+John	Jn	50	4	18	for you have had five husbands, and he whom you now have is not your husband; this you said truly.”
+John	Jn	50	4	19	The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
+John	Jn	50	4	20	Our fathers worshiped on this mountain; and you say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.”
+John	Jn	50	4	21	Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
+John	Jn	50	4	22	You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
+John	Jn	50	4	23	But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship him.
+John	Jn	50	4	24	God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
+John	Jn	50	4	25	The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ); when he comes, he will show us all things.”
+John	Jn	50	4	26	Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he.”
+John	Jn	50	4	27	Just then his disciples came. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but none said, “What do you wish?” or, “Why are you talking with her?”
+John	Jn	50	4	28	So the woman left her water jar, and went away into the city, and said to the people,
+John	Jn	50	4	29	“Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?”
+John	Jn	50	4	30	They went out of the city and were coming to him.
+John	Jn	50	4	31	Meanwhile the disciples besought him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.”
+John	Jn	50	4	32	But he said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.”
+John	Jn	50	4	33	So the disciples said to one another, “Has any one brought him food?”
+John	Jn	50	4	34	Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
+John	Jn	50	4	35	Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see how the fields are already white for harvest.
+John	Jn	50	4	36	He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.
+John	Jn	50	4	37	For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’
+John	Jn	50	4	38	I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”
+John	Jn	50	4	39	Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me all that I ever did.”
+John	Jn	50	4	40	So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days.
+John	Jn	50	4	41	And many more believed because of his word.
+John	Jn	50	4	42	They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of your words that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.”
+John	Jn	50	4	43	After the two days he departed to Galilee.
+John	Jn	50	4	44	For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
+John	Jn	50	4	45	So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they too had gone to the feast.
+John	Jn	50	4	46	So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Caperna-um there was an official whose son was ill.
+John	Jn	50	4	47	When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.
+John	Jn	50	4	48	Jesus therefore said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.”
+John	Jn	50	4	49	The official said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”
+John	Jn	50	4	50	Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went his way.
+John	Jn	50	4	51	As he was going down, his servants met him and told him that his son was living.
+John	Jn	50	4	52	So he asked them the hour when he began to mend, and they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.”
+John	Jn	50	4	53	The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live”; and he himself believed, and all his household.
+John	Jn	50	4	54	This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.
+John	Jn	50	5	1	After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
+John	Jn	50	5	2	Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Hebrew called Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes.
+John	Jn	50	5	3	In these lay a multitude of invalids, blind, lame, paralyzed.
+John	Jn	50	5	5	One man was there, who had been ill for thirty-eight years.
+John	Jn	50	5	6	When Jesus saw him and knew that he had been lying there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?”
+John	Jn	50	5	7	The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is troubled, and while I am going another steps down before me.”
+John	Jn	50	5	8	Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your pallet, and walk.”
+John	Jn	50	5	9	And at once the man was healed, and he took up his pallet and walked. Now that day was the sabbath.
+John	Jn	50	5	10	So the Jews said to the man who was cured, “It is the sabbath, it is not lawful for you to carry your pallet.”
+John	Jn	50	5	11	But he answered them, “The man who healed me said to me, ‘Take up your pallet, and walk.’”
+John	Jn	50	5	12	They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your pallet, and walk’?”
+John	Jn	50	5	13	Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place.
+John	Jn	50	5	14	Afterward, Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse befall you.”
+John	Jn	50	5	15	The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.
+John	Jn	50	5	16	And this was why the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did this on the sabbath.
+John	Jn	50	5	17	But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working still, and I am working.”
+John	Jn	50	5	18	This was why the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but also called God his Father, making himself equal with God.
+John	Jn	50	5	19	Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, that the Son does likewise.
+John	Jn	50	5	20	For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all that he himself is doing; and greater works than these will he show him, that you may marvel.
+John	Jn	50	5	21	For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.
+John	Jn	50	5	22	The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,
+John	Jn	50	5	23	that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
+John	Jn	50	5	24	Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me, has eternal life; he does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
+John	Jn	50	5	25	“Truly, truly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
+John	Jn	50	5	26	For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself,
+John	Jn	50	5	27	and has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of man.
+John	Jn	50	5	28	Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
+John	Jn	50	5	29	and come forth, those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.
+John	Jn	50	5	30	“I can do nothing on my own authority; as I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
+John	Jn	50	5	31	If I bear witness to myself, my testimony is not true;
+John	Jn	50	5	32	there is another who bears witness to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is true.
+John	Jn	50	5	33	You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.
+John	Jn	50	5	34	Not that the testimony which I receive is from man; but I say this that you may be saved.
+John	Jn	50	5	35	He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
+John	Jn	50	5	36	But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father has granted me to accomplish, these very works which I am doing, bear me witness that the Father has sent me.
+John	Jn	50	5	37	And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness to me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen;
+John	Jn	50	5	38	and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe him whom he has sent.
+John	Jn	50	5	39	You search the scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness to me;
+John	Jn	50	5	40	yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.
+John	Jn	50	5	41	I do not receive glory from men.
+John	Jn	50	5	42	But I know that you have not the love of God within you.
+John	Jn	50	5	43	I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not receive me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.
+John	Jn	50	5	44	How can you believe, who receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
+John	Jn	50	5	45	Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; it is Moses who accuses you, on whom you set your hope.
+John	Jn	50	5	46	If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote of me.
+John	Jn	50	5	47	But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”
+John	Jn	50	6	1	After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias.
+John	Jn	50	6	2	And a multitude followed him, because they saw the signs which he did on those who were diseased.
+John	Jn	50	6	3	Jesus went up on the mountain, and there sat down with his disciples.
+John	Jn	50	6	4	Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
+John	Jn	50	6	5	Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a multitude was coming to him, Jesus said to Philip, “How are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?”
+John	Jn	50	6	6	This he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.
+John	Jn	50	6	7	Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little.”
+John	Jn	50	6	8	One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him,
+John	Jn	50	6	9	“There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are they among so many?”
+John	Jn	50	6	10	Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place; so the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
+John	Jn	50	6	11	Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted.
+John	Jn	50	6	12	And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the fragments left over, that nothing may be lost.”
+John	Jn	50	6	13	So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten.
+John	Jn	50	6	14	When the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, “This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world!”
+John	Jn	50	6	15	Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
+John	Jn	50	6	16	When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,
+John	Jn	50	6	17	got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.
+John	Jn	50	6	18	The sea rose because a strong wind was blowing.
+John	Jn	50	6	19	When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat. They were frightened,
+John	Jn	50	6	20	but he said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.”
+John	Jn	50	6	21	Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.
+John	Jn	50	6	22	On the next day the people who remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.
+John	Jn	50	6	23	However, boats from Tiberi-as came near the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
+John	Jn	50	6	24	So when the people saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
+John	Jn	50	6	25	When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?”
+John	Jn	50	6	26	Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.
+John	Jn	50	6	27	Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you; for on him has God the Father set his seal.”
+John	Jn	50	6	28	Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?”
+John	Jn	50	6	29	Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”
+John	Jn	50	6	30	So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you perform?
+John	Jn	50	6	31	Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
+John	Jn	50	6	32	Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
+John	Jn	50	6	33	For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven, and gives life to the world.”
+John	Jn	50	6	34	They said to him, “Lord, give us this bread always.”
+John	Jn	50	6	35	Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst.
+John	Jn	50	6	36	But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe.
+John	Jn	50	6	37	All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will not cast out.
+John	Jn	50	6	38	For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me;
+John	Jn	50	6	39	and this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up at the last day.
+John	Jn	50	6	40	For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
+John	Jn	50	6	41	The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.”
+John	Jn	50	6	42	They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”
+John	Jn	50	6	43	Jesus answered them, “Do not murmur among yourselves.
+John	Jn	50	6	44	No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.
+John	Jn	50	6	45	It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Every one who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me.
+John	Jn	50	6	46	Not that any one has seen the Father except him who is from God; he has seen the Father.
+John	Jn	50	6	47	Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life.
+John	Jn	50	6	48	I am the bread of life.
+John	Jn	50	6	49	Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
+John	Jn	50	6	50	This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die.
+John	Jn	50	6	51	I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
+John	Jn	50	6	52	The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
+John	Jn	50	6	53	So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you;
+John	Jn	50	6	54	he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
+John	Jn	50	6	55	For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
+John	Jn	50	6	56	He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.
+John	Jn	50	6	57	As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats me will live because of me.
+John	Jn	50	6	58	This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live for ever.”
+John	Jn	50	6	59	This he said in the synagogue, as he taught at Capernaum.
+John	Jn	50	6	60	Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?”
+John	Jn	50	6	61	But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it, said to them, “Do you take offense at this?
+John	Jn	50	6	62	Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending where he was before?
+John	Jn	50	6	63	It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
+John	Jn	50	6	64	But there are some of you that do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the first who those were that did not believe, and who it was that would betray him.
+John	Jn	50	6	65	And he said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”
+John	Jn	50	6	66	After this many of his disciples drew back and no longer went about with him.
+John	Jn	50	6	67	Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also wish to go away?”
+John	Jn	50	6	68	Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life;
+John	Jn	50	6	69	and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.”
+John	Jn	50	6	70	Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?”
+John	Jn	50	6	71	He spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was to betray him.
+John	Jn	50	7	1	After this Jesus went about in Galilee; he would not go about in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
+John	Jn	50	7	2	Now the Jews’ feast of Tabernacles was at hand.
+John	Jn	50	7	3	So his brethren said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples may see the works you are doing.
+John	Jn	50	7	4	For no man works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.”
+John	Jn	50	7	5	For even his brethren did not believe in him.
+John	Jn	50	7	6	Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always here.
+John	Jn	50	7	7	The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify of it that its works are evil.
+John	Jn	50	7	8	Go to the feast yourselves; I am not going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come.”
+John	Jn	50	7	9	So saying, he remained in Galilee.
+John	Jn	50	7	10	But after his brethren had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private.
+John	Jn	50	7	11	The Jews were looking for him at the feast, and saying, “Where is he?”
+John	Jn	50	7	12	And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said, “He is a good man,” others said, “No, he is leading the people astray.”
+John	Jn	50	7	13	Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.
+John	Jn	50	7	14	About the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught.
+John	Jn	50	7	15	The Jews marveled at it, saying, “How is it that this man has learning, when he has never studied?”
+John	Jn	50	7	16	So Jesus answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me;
+John	Jn	50	7	17	if any man’s will is to do his will, he shall know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.
+John	Jn	50	7	18	He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood.
+John	Jn	50	7	19	Did not Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?”
+John	Jn	50	7	20	The people answered, “You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?”
+John	Jn	50	7	21	Jesus answered them, “I did one deed, and you all marvel at it.
+John	Jn	50	7	22	Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man upon the sabbath.
+John	Jn	50	7	23	If on the sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because on the sabbath I made a man’s whole body well?
+John	Jn	50	7	24	Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”
+John	Jn	50	7	25	Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom they seek to kill?
+John	Jn	50	7	26	And here he is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ?
+John	Jn	50	7	27	Yet we know where this man comes from; and when the Christ appears, no one will know where he comes from.”
+John	Jn	50	7	28	So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the temple, “You know me, and you know where I come from? But I have not come of my own accord; he who sent me is true, and him you do not know.
+John	Jn	50	7	29	I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me.”
+John	Jn	50	7	30	So they sought to arrest him; but no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.
+John	Jn	50	7	31	Yet many of the people believed in him; they said, “When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?”
+John	Jn	50	7	32	The Pharisees heard the crowd thus muttering about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
+John	Jn	50	7	33	Jesus then said, “I shall be with you a little longer, and then I go to him who sent me;
+John	Jn	50	7	34	you will seek me and you will not find me; where I am you cannot come.”
+John	Jn	50	7	35	The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we shall not find him? Does he intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?
+John	Jn	50	7	36	What does he mean by saying, ‘You will seek me and you will not find me,’ and, ‘Where I am you cannot come’?”
+John	Jn	50	7	37	On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and proclaimed, “If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink.
+John	Jn	50	7	38	He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water.’”
+John	Jn	50	7	39	Now this he said about the Spirit, which those who believed in him were to receive; for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
+John	Jn	50	7	40	When they heard these words, some of the people said, “This is really the prophet.”
+John	Jn	50	7	41	Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “Is the Christ to come from Galilee?
+John	Jn	50	7	42	Has not the scripture said that the Christ is descended from David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
+John	Jn	50	7	43	So there was a division among the people over him.
+John	Jn	50	7	44	Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.
+John	Jn	50	7	45	The officers then went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?”
+John	Jn	50	7	46	The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”
+John	Jn	50	7	47	The Pharisees answered them, “Are you led astray, you also?
+John	Jn	50	7	48	Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him?
+John	Jn	50	7	49	But this crowd, who do not know the law, are accursed.”
+John	Jn	50	7	50	Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them,
+John	Jn	50	7	51	“Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?”
+John	Jn	50	7	52	They replied, “Are you from Galilee too? Search and you will see that no prophet is to rise from Galilee.”
+John	Jn	50	7	53	They went each to his own house,
+John	Jn	50	8	1	but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
+John	Jn	50	8	2	Early in the morning he came again to the temple; all the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.
+John	Jn	50	8	3	The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst
+John	Jn	50	8	4	they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.
+John	Jn	50	8	5	Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such. What do you say about her?”
+John	Jn	50	8	6	This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.
+John	Jn	50	8	7	And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”
+John	Jn	50	8	8	And once more he bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.
+John	Jn	50	8	9	But when they heard it, they went away, one by one, beginning with the eldest, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.
+John	Jn	50	8	10	Jesus looked up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”
+John	Jn	50	8	11	She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and do not sin again.”
+John	Jn	50	8	12	Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
+John	Jn	50	8	13	The Pharisees then said to him, “You are bearing witness to yourself; your testimony is not true.”
+John	Jn	50	8	14	Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness to myself, my testimony is true, for I know whence I have come and whither I am going, but you do not know whence I come or whither I am going.
+John	Jn	50	8	15	You judge according to the flesh, I judge no one.
+John	Jn	50	8	16	Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I alone that judge, but I and he who sent me.
+John	Jn	50	8	17	In your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true;
+John	Jn	50	8	18	I bear witness to myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness to me.”
+John	Jn	50	8	19	They said to him therefore, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father; if you knew me, you would know my Father also.”
+John	Jn	50	8	20	These words he spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
+John	Jn	50	8	21	Again he said to them, “I go away, and you will seek me and die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.”
+John	Jn	50	8	22	Then said the Jews, “Will he kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”
+John	Jn	50	8	23	He said to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world.
+John	Jn	50	8	24	I told you that you would die in your sins, for you will die in your sins unless you believe that I am he.”
+John	Jn	50	8	25	They said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Even what I have told you from the beginning.
+John	Jn	50	8	26	I have much to say about you and much to judge; but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.”
+John	Jn	50	8	27	They did not understand that he spoke to them of the Father.
+John	Jn	50	8	28	So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority but speak thus as the Father taught me.
+John	Jn	50	8	29	And he who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what is pleasing to him.”
+John	Jn	50	8	30	As he spoke thus, many believed in him.
+John	Jn	50	8	31	Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples,
+John	Jn	50	8	32	and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
+John	Jn	50	8	33	They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham, and have never been in bondage to any one. How is it that you say, ‘You will be made free’?”
+John	Jn	50	8	34	Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, every one who commits sin is a slave to sin.
+John	Jn	50	8	35	The slave does not continue in the house for ever; the son continues for ever.
+John	Jn	50	8	36	So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
+John	Jn	50	8	37	I know that you are descendants of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.
+John	Jn	50	8	38	I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”
+John	Jn	50	8	39	They answered him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would do what Abraham did,
+John	Jn	50	8	40	but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God; this is not what Abraham did.
+John	Jn	50	8	41	You do what your father did.” They said to him, “We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.”
+John	Jn	50	8	42	Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I proceeded and came forth from God; I came not of my own accord, but he sent me.
+John	Jn	50	8	43	Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.
+John	Jn	50	8	44	You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
+John	Jn	50	8	45	But, because I tell the truth, you do not believe me.
+John	Jn	50	8	46	Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
+John	Jn	50	8	47	He who is of God hears the words of God; the reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.”
+John	Jn	50	8	48	The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?”
+John	Jn	50	8	49	Jesus answered, “I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.
+John	Jn	50	8	50	Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it and he will be the judge.
+John	Jn	50	8	51	Truly, truly, I say to you, if any one keeps my word, he will never see death.”
+John	Jn	50	8	52	The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, as did the prophets; and you say, ‘If any one keeps my word, he will never taste death.’
+John	Jn	50	8	53	Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you claim to be?”
+John	Jn	50	8	54	Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is your God.
+John	Jn	50	8	55	But you have not known him; I know him. If I said, I do not know him, I should be a liar like you; but I do know him and I keep his word.
+John	Jn	50	8	56	Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my day; he saw it and was glad.”
+John	Jn	50	8	57	The Jews then said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?”
+John	Jn	50	8	58	Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”
+John	Jn	50	8	59	So they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.
+John	Jn	50	9	1	As he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth.
+John	Jn	50	9	2	And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
+John	Jn	50	9	3	Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him.
+John	Jn	50	9	4	We must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day; night comes, when no one can work.
+John	Jn	50	9	5	As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
+John	Jn	50	9	6	As he said this, he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and anointed the man’s eyes with the clay,
+John	Jn	50	9	7	saying to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.
+John	Jn	50	9	8	The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar, said, “Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?”
+John	Jn	50	9	9	Some said, “It is he”; others said, “No, but he is like him.” He said, “I am the man.”
+John	Jn	50	9	10	They said to him, “Then how were your eyes opened?”
+John	Jn	50	9	11	He answered, “The man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash’; so I went and washed and received my sight.”
+John	Jn	50	9	12	They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”
+John	Jn	50	9	13	They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.
+John	Jn	50	9	14	Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.
+John	Jn	50	9	15	The Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”
+John	Jn	50	9	16	Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” There was a division among them.
+John	Jn	50	9	17	So they again said to the blind man, “What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”
+John	Jn	50	9	18	The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight,
+John	Jn	50	9	19	and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”
+John	Jn	50	9	20	His parents answered, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
+John	Jn	50	9	21	but how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself.”
+John	Jn	50	9	22	His parents said this because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if any one should confess him to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.
+John	Jn	50	9	23	Therefore his parents said, “He is of age, ask him.”
+John	Jn	50	9	24	So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, “Give God the praise; we know that this man is a sinner.”
+John	Jn	50	9	25	He answered, “Whether he is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I know, that though I was blind, now I see.”
+John	Jn	50	9	26	They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
+John	Jn	50	9	27	He answered them, “I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you too want to become his disciples?”
+John	Jn	50	9	28	And they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
+John	Jn	50	9	29	We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.”
+John	Jn	50	9	30	The man answered, “Why, this is a marvel! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes.
+John	Jn	50	9	31	We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any one is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.
+John	Jn	50	9	32	Never since the world began has it been heard that any one opened the eyes of a man born blind.
+John	Jn	50	9	33	If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
+John	Jn	50	9	34	They answered him, “You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they cast him out.
+John	Jn	50	9	35	Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in the Son of man?”
+John	Jn	50	9	36	He answered, “And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?”
+John	Jn	50	9	37	Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and it is he who speaks to you.”
+John	Jn	50	9	38	He said, “Lord, I believe”; and he worshiped him.
+John	Jn	50	9	39	Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind.”
+John	Jn	50	9	40	Some of the Pharisees near him heard this, and they said to him, “Are we also blind?”
+John	Jn	50	9	41	Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.
+John	Jn	50	10	1	“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber;
+John	Jn	50	10	2	but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
+John	Jn	50	10	3	To him the gatekeeper opens; the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
+John	Jn	50	10	4	When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
+John	Jn	50	10	5	A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”
+John	Jn	50	10	6	This figure Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
+John	Jn	50	10	7	So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
+John	Jn	50	10	8	All who came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not heed them.
+John	Jn	50	10	9	I am the door; if any one enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
+John	Jn	50	10	10	The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
+John	Jn	50	10	11	I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
+John	Jn	50	10	12	He who is a hireling and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
+John	Jn	50	10	13	He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.
+John	Jn	50	10	14	I am the good shepherd; I know my own and my own know me,
+John	Jn	50	10	15	as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
+John	Jn	50	10	16	And I have other sheep, that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock, one shepherd.
+John	Jn	50	10	17	For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
+John	Jn	50	10	18	No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again; this charge I have received from my Father.”
+John	Jn	50	10	19	There was again a division among the Jews because of these words.
+John	Jn	50	10	20	Many of them said, “He has a demon, and he is mad; why listen to him?”
+John	Jn	50	10	21	Others said, “These are not the sayings of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
+John	Jn	50	10	22	It was the feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem;
+John	Jn	50	10	23	it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon.
+John	Jn	50	10	24	So the Jews gathered round him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
+John	Jn	50	10	25	Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness to me;
+John	Jn	50	10	26	but you do not believe, because you do not belong to my sheep.
+John	Jn	50	10	27	My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me;
+John	Jn	50	10	28	and I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.
+John	Jn	50	10	29	My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
+John	Jn	50	10	30	I and the Father are one.”
+John	Jn	50	10	31	The Jews took up stones again to stone him.
+John	Jn	50	10	32	Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of these do you stone me?”
+John	Jn	50	10	33	The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we stone you but for blasphemy; because you, being a man, make yourself God.”
+John	Jn	50	10	34	Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods’?
+John	Jn	50	10	35	If he called them gods to whom the word of God came (and scripture cannot be broken),
+John	Jn	50	10	36	do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
+John	Jn	50	10	37	If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me;
+John	Jn	50	10	38	but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”
+John	Jn	50	10	39	Again they tried to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.
+John	Jn	50	10	40	He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John at first baptized, and there he remained.
+John	Jn	50	10	41	And many came to him; and they said, “John did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.”
+John	Jn	50	10	42	And many believed in him there.
+John	Jn	50	11	1	Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
+John	Jn	50	11	2	It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill.
+John	Jn	50	11	3	So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.”
+John	Jn	50	11	4	But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness is not unto death; it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by means of it.”
+John	Jn	50	11	5	Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
+John	Jn	50	11	6	So when he heard that he was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.
+John	Jn	50	11	7	Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let us go into Judea again.”
+John	Jn	50	11	8	The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were but now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?”
+John	Jn	50	11	9	Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
+John	Jn	50	11	10	But if any one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”
+John	Jn	50	11	11	Thus he spoke, and then he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awake him out of sleep.”
+John	Jn	50	11	12	The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”
+John	Jn	50	11	13	Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep.
+John	Jn	50	11	14	Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead;
+John	Jn	50	11	15	and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
+John	Jn	50	11	16	Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”
+John	Jn	50	11	17	Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.
+John	Jn	50	11	18	Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off,
+John	Jn	50	11	19	and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.
+John	Jn	50	11	20	When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary sat in the house.
+John	Jn	50	11	21	Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
+John	Jn	50	11	22	And even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.”
+John	Jn	50	11	23	Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
+John	Jn	50	11	24	Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
+John	Jn	50	11	25	Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,
+John	Jn	50	11	26	and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
+John	Jn	50	11	27	She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, he who is coming into the world.”
+John	Jn	50	11	28	When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying quietly, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”
+John	Jn	50	11	29	And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him.
+John	Jn	50	11	30	Now Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him.
+John	Jn	50	11	31	When the Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
+John	Jn	50	11	32	Then Mary, when she came where Jesus was and saw him, fell at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
+John	Jn	50	11	33	When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled;
+John	Jn	50	11	34	and he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.”
+John	Jn	50	11	35	Jesus wept.
+John	Jn	50	11	36	So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”
+John	Jn	50	11	37	But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
+John	Jn	50	11	38	Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb; it was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
+John	Jn	50	11	39	Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days.”
+John	Jn	50	11	40	Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?”
+John	Jn	50	11	41	So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
+John	Jn	50	11	42	I knew that thou hearest me always, but I have said this on account of the people standing by, that they may believe that thou didst send me.”
+John	Jn	50	11	43	When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.”
+John	Jn	50	11	44	The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with bandages, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”
+John	Jn	50	11	45	Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him;
+John	Jn	50	11	46	but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
+John	Jn	50	11	47	So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council, and said, “What are we to do? For this man performs many signs.
+John	Jn	50	11	48	If we let him go on thus, every one will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our holy place and our nation.”
+John	Jn	50	11	49	But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all;
+John	Jn	50	11	50	you do not understand that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation should not perish.”
+John	Jn	50	11	51	He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation,
+John	Jn	50	11	52	and not for the nation only, but to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
+John	Jn	50	11	53	So from that day on they took counsel how to put him to death.
+John	Jn	50	11	54	Jesus therefore no longer went about openly among the Jews, but went from there to the country near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim; and there he stayed with the disciples.
+John	Jn	50	11	55	Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
+John	Jn	50	11	56	They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?”
+John	Jn	50	11	57	Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if any one knew where he was, he should let them know, so that they might arrest him.
+John	Jn	50	12	1	Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
+John	Jn	50	12	2	There they made him a supper; Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at table with him.
+John	Jn	50	12	3	Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
+John	Jn	50	12	4	But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was to betray him), said,
+John	Jn	50	12	5	“Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”
+John	Jn	50	12	6	This he said, not that he cared for the poor but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box he used to take what was put into it.
+John	Jn	50	12	7	Jesus said, “Let her alone, let her keep it for the day of my burial.
+John	Jn	50	12	8	The poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.”
+John	Jn	50	12	9	When the great crowd of the Jews learned that he was there, they came, not only on account of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
+John	Jn	50	12	10	So the chief priests planned to put Lazarus also to death,
+John	Jn	50	12	11	because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.
+John	Jn	50	12	12	The next day a great crowd who had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.
+John	Jn	50	12	13	So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!”
+John	Jn	50	12	14	And Jesus found a young ass and sat upon it; as it is written,
+John	Jn	50	12	15	“Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on an ass’s colt!”
+John	Jn	50	12	16	His disciples did not understand this at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that this had been written of him and had been done to him.
+John	Jn	50	12	17	The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness.
+John	Jn	50	12	18	The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign.
+John	Jn	50	12	19	The Pharisees then said to one another, “You see that you can do nothing; look, the world has gone after him.”
+John	Jn	50	12	20	Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks.
+John	Jn	50	12	21	So these came to Philip, who was from Beth-saida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”
+John	Jn	50	12	22	Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew went with Philip and they told Jesus.
+John	Jn	50	12	23	And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified.
+John	Jn	50	12	24	Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
+John	Jn	50	12	25	He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
+John	Jn	50	12	26	If any one serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there shall my servant be also; if any one serves me, the Father will honor him.
+John	Jn	50	12	27	“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, for this purpose I have come to this hour.
+John	Jn	50	12	28	Father, glorify thy name.” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”
+John	Jn	50	12	29	The crowd standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”
+John	Jn	50	12	30	Jesus answered, “This voice has come for your sake, not for mine.
+John	Jn	50	12	31	Now is the judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out;
+John	Jn	50	12	32	and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.”
+John	Jn	50	12	33	He said this to show by what death he was to die.
+John	Jn	50	12	34	The crowd answered him, “We have heard from the law that the Christ remains for ever. How can you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?”
+John	Jn	50	12	35	Jesus said to them, “The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, lest the darkness overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.
+John	Jn	50	12	36	While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus had said this, he departed and hid himself from them.
+John	Jn	50	12	37	Though he had done so many signs before them, yet they did not believe in him;
+John	Jn	50	12	38	it was that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: “Lord, who has believed our report, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
+John	Jn	50	12	39	Therefore they could not believe. For Isaiah again said,
+John	Jn	50	12	40	“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes and perceive with their heart, and turn for me to heal them.”
+John	Jn	50	12	41	Isaiah said this because he saw his glory and spoke of him.
+John	Jn	50	12	42	Nevertheless many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
+John	Jn	50	12	43	for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
+John	Jn	50	12	44	And Jesus cried out and said, “He who believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me.
+John	Jn	50	12	45	And he who sees me sees him who sent me.
+John	Jn	50	12	46	I have come as light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.
+John	Jn	50	12	47	If any one hears my sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
+John	Jn	50	12	48	He who rejects me and does not receive my sayings has a judge; the word that I have spoken will be his judge on the last day.
+John	Jn	50	12	49	For I have not spoken on my own authority; the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what to say and what to speak.
+John	Jn	50	12	50	And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has bidden me.”
+John	Jn	50	13	1	Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
+John	Jn	50	13	2	And during supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,
+John	Jn	50	13	3	Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God,
+John	Jn	50	13	4	rose from supper, laid aside his garments, and girded himself with a towel.
+John	Jn	50	13	5	Then he poured water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.
+John	Jn	50	13	6	He came to Simon Peter; and Peter said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?”
+John	Jn	50	13	7	Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not know now, but afterward you will understand.”
+John	Jn	50	13	8	Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no part in me.”
+John	Jn	50	13	9	Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!”
+John	Jn	50	13	10	Jesus said to him, “He who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but he is clean all over; and you are clean, but not every one of you.”
+John	Jn	50	13	11	For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, “You are not all clean.”
+John	Jn	50	13	12	When he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you?
+John	Jn	50	13	13	You call me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am.
+John	Jn	50	13	14	If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
+John	Jn	50	13	15	For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.
+John	Jn	50	13	16	Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.
+John	Jn	50	13	17	If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
+John	Jn	50	13	18	I am not speaking of you all; I know whom I have chosen; it is that the scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’
+John	Jn	50	13	19	I tell you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he.
+John	Jn	50	13	20	Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives any one whom I send receives me; and he who receives me receives him who sent me.”
+John	Jn	50	13	21	When Jesus had thus spoken, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, “Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”
+John	Jn	50	13	22	The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke.
+John	Jn	50	13	23	One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was lying close to the breast of Jesus;
+John	Jn	50	13	24	so Simon Peter beckoned to him and said, “Tell us who it is of whom he speaks.”
+John	Jn	50	13	25	So lying thus, close to the breast of Jesus, he said to him, “Lord, who is it?”
+John	Jn	50	13	26	Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I shall give this morsel when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the morsel, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
+John	Jn	50	13	27	Then after the morsel, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.”
+John	Jn	50	13	28	Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him.
+John	Jn	50	13	29	Some thought that, because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the feast”; or, that he should give something to the poor.
+John	Jn	50	13	30	So, after receiving the morsel, he immediately went out; and it was night.
+John	Jn	50	13	31	When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of man glorified, and in him God is glorified;
+John	Jn	50	13	32	if God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once.
+John	Jn	50	13	33	Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me; and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, ‘Where I am going you cannot come.’
+John	Jn	50	13	34	A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
+John	Jn	50	13	35	By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
+John	Jn	50	13	36	Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered, “Where I am going you cannot follow me now; but you shall follow afterward.”
+John	Jn	50	13	37	Peter said to him, “Lord, why cannot I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”
+John	Jn	50	13	38	Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, the cock will not crow, till you have denied me three times.
+John	Jn	50	14	1	“Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me.
+John	Jn	50	14	2	In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
+John	Jn	50	14	3	And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
+John	Jn	50	14	4	And you know the way where I am going.”
+John	Jn	50	14	5	Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?”
+John	Jn	50	14	6	Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me.
+John	Jn	50	14	7	If you had known me, you would have known my Father also; henceforth you know him and have seen him.”
+John	Jn	50	14	8	Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied.”
+John	Jn	50	14	9	Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
+John	Jn	50	14	10	Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the Father who dwells in me does his works.
+John	Jn	50	14	11	Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me; or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves.
+John	Jn	50	14	12	“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I go to the Father.
+John	Jn	50	14	13	Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son;
+John	Jn	50	14	14	if you ask anything in my name, I will do it.
+John	Jn	50	14	15	“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
+John	Jn	50	14	16	And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with you for ever,
+John	Jn	50	14	17	even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him; you know him, for he dwells with you, and will be in you.
+John	Jn	50	14	18	“I will not leave you desolate; I will come to you.
+John	Jn	50	14	19	Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more, but you will see me; because I live, you will live also.
+John	Jn	50	14	20	In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
+John	Jn	50	14	21	He who has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”
+John	Jn	50	14	22	Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?”
+John	Jn	50	14	23	Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
+John	Jn	50	14	24	He who does not love me does not keep my words; and the word which you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.
+John	Jn	50	14	25	“These things I have spoken to you, while I am still with you.
+John	Jn	50	14	26	But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
+John	Jn	50	14	27	Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
+John	Jn	50	14	28	You heard me say to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I go to the Father; for the Father is greater than I.
+John	Jn	50	14	29	And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place, you may believe.
+John	Jn	50	14	30	I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me;
+John	Jn	50	14	31	but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go hence.
+John	Jn	50	15	1	“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
+John	Jn	50	15	2	Every branch of mine that bears no fruit, he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
+John	Jn	50	15	3	You are already made clean by the word which I have spoken to you.
+John	Jn	50	15	4	Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.
+John	Jn	50	15	5	I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
+John	Jn	50	15	6	If a man does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire and burned.
+John	Jn	50	15	7	If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.
+John	Jn	50	15	8	By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be my disciples.
+John	Jn	50	15	9	As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love.
+John	Jn	50	15	10	If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.
+John	Jn	50	15	11	These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
+John	Jn	50	15	12	“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
+John	Jn	50	15	13	Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
+John	Jn	50	15	14	You are my friends if you do what I command you.
+John	Jn	50	15	15	No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
+John	Jn	50	15	16	You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
+John	Jn	50	15	17	This I command you, to love one another.
+John	Jn	50	15	18	“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.
+John	Jn	50	15	19	If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
+John	Jn	50	15	20	Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
+John	Jn	50	15	21	But all this they will do to you on my account, because they do not know him who sent me.
+John	Jn	50	15	22	If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
+John	Jn	50	15	23	He who hates me hates my Father also.
+John	Jn	50	15	24	If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.
+John	Jn	50	15	25	It is to fulfil the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’
+John	Jn	50	15	26	But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness to me;
+John	Jn	50	15	27	and you also are witnesses, because you have been with me from the beginning.
+John	Jn	50	16	1	“I have said all this to you to keep you from falling away.
+John	Jn	50	16	2	They will put you out of the synagogues; indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
+John	Jn	50	16	3	And they will do this because they have not known the Father, nor me.
+John	Jn	50	16	4	But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you of them. “I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.
+John	Jn	50	16	5	But now I am going to him who sent me; yet none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’
+John	Jn	50	16	6	But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts.
+John	Jn	50	16	7	Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
+John	Jn	50	16	8	And when he comes, he will convince the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:
+John	Jn	50	16	9	concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;
+John	Jn	50	16	10	concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more;
+John	Jn	50	16	11	concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
+John	Jn	50	16	12	“I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
+John	Jn	50	16	13	When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
+John	Jn	50	16	14	He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
+John	Jn	50	16	15	All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
+John	Jn	50	16	16	“A little while, and you will see me no more; again a little while, and you will see me.”
+John	Jn	50	16	17	Some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, ‘because I go to the Father’?”
+John	Jn	50	16	18	They said, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We do not know what he means.”
+John	Jn	50	16	19	Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him; so he said to them, “Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, ‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’?
+John	Jn	50	16	20	Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.
+John	Jn	50	16	21	When a woman is in travail she has sorrow, because her hour has come; but when she is delivered of the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a child is born into the world.
+John	Jn	50	16	22	So you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
+John	Jn	50	16	23	In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father, he will give it to you in my name.
+John	Jn	50	16	24	Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name; ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
+John	Jn	50	16	25	“I have said this to you in figures; the hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures but tell you plainly of the Father.
+John	Jn	50	16	26	In that day you will ask in my name; and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you;
+John	Jn	50	16	27	for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from the Father.
+John	Jn	50	16	28	I came from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”
+John	Jn	50	16	29	His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly, not in any figure!
+John	Jn	50	16	30	Now we know that you know all things, and need none to question you; by this we believe that you came from God.”
+John	Jn	50	16	31	Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe?
+John	Jn	50	16	32	The hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, every man to his home, and will leave me alone; yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
+John	Jn	50	16	33	I have said this to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
+John	Jn	50	17	1	When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify thy Son that the Son may glorify thee,
+John	Jn	50	17	2	since thou hast given him power over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom thou hast given him.
+John	Jn	50	17	3	And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
+John	Jn	50	17	4	I glorified thee on earth, having accomplished the work which thou gavest me to do;
+John	Jn	50	17	5	and now, Father, glorify thou me in thy own presence with the glory which I had with thee before the world was made.
+John	Jn	50	17	6	“I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world; thine they were, and thou gavest them to me, and they have kept thy word.
+John	Jn	50	17	7	Now they know that everything that thou hast given me is from thee;
+John	Jn	50	17	8	for I have given them the words which thou gavest me, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from thee; and they have believed that thou didst send me.
+John	Jn	50	17	9	I am praying for them; I am not praying for the world but for those whom thou hast given me, for they are thine;
+John	Jn	50	17	10	all mine are thine, and thine are mine, and I am glorified in them.
+John	Jn	50	17	11	And now I am no more in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name, which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.
+John	Jn	50	17	12	While I was with them, I kept them in thy name, which thou hast given me; I have guarded them, and none of them is lost but the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled.
+John	Jn	50	17	13	But now I am coming to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
+John	Jn	50	17	14	I have given them thy word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
+John	Jn	50	17	15	I do not pray that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil one.
+John	Jn	50	17	16	They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
+John	Jn	50	17	17	Sanctify them in the truth; thy word is truth.
+John	Jn	50	17	18	As thou didst send me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
+John	Jn	50	17	19	And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be consecrated in truth.
+John	Jn	50	17	20	“I do not pray for these only, but also for those who believe in me through their word,
+John	Jn	50	17	21	that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
+John	Jn	50	17	22	The glory which thou hast given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one,
+John	Jn	50	17	23	I in them and thou in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved them even as thou hast loved me.
+John	Jn	50	17	24	Father, I desire that they also, whom thou hast given me, may be with me where I am, to behold my glory which thou hast given me in thy love for me before the foundation of the world.
+John	Jn	50	17	25	O righteous Father, the world has not known thee, but I have known thee; and these know that thou hast sent me.
+John	Jn	50	17	26	I made known to them thy name, and I will make it known, that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
+John	Jn	50	18	1	When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples across the Kidron valley, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.
+John	Jn	50	18	2	Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place; for Jesus often met there with his disciples.
+John	Jn	50	18	3	So Judas, procuring a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons.
+John	Jn	50	18	4	Then Jesus, knowing all that was to befall him, came forward and said to them, “Whom do you seek?”
+John	Jn	50	18	5	They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.” Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.
+John	Jn	50	18	6	When he said to them, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground.
+John	Jn	50	18	7	Again he asked them, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”
+John	Jn	50	18	8	Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he; so, if you seek me, let these men go.”
+John	Jn	50	18	9	This was to fulfil the word which he had spoken, “Of those whom thou gavest me I lost not one.”
+John	Jn	50	18	10	Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s slave and cut off his right ear. The slave’s name was Malchus.
+John	Jn	50	18	11	Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given me?”
+John	Jn	50	18	12	So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews seized Jesus and bound him.
+John	Jn	50	18	13	First they led him to Annas; for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
+John	Jn	50	18	14	It was Caiaphas who had given counsel to the Jews that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
+John	Jn	50	18	15	Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. As this disciple was known to the high priest, he entered the court of the high priest along with Jesus,
+John	Jn	50	18	16	while Peter stood outside at the door. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the maid who kept the door, and brought Peter in.
+John	Jn	50	18	17	The maid who kept the door said to Peter, “Are not you also one of this man’s disciples?” He said, “I am not.”
+John	Jn	50	18	18	Now the servants and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves; Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself.
+John	Jn	50	18	19	The high priest then questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.
+John	Jn	50	18	20	Jesus answered him, “I have spoken openly to the world; I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together; I have said nothing secretly.
+John	Jn	50	18	21	Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me, what I said to them; they know what I said.”
+John	Jn	50	18	22	When he had said this, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, “Is that how you answer the high priest?”
+John	Jn	50	18	23	Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken wrongly, bear witness to the wrong; but if I have spoken rightly, why do you strike me?”
+John	Jn	50	18	24	Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.
+John	Jn	50	18	25	Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said to him, “Are not you also one of his disciples?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”
+John	Jn	50	18	26	One of the servants of the high priest, a kinsman of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Did I not see you in the garden with him?”
+John	Jn	50	18	27	Peter again denied it; and at once the cock crowed.
+John	Jn	50	18	28	Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the praetorium. It was early. They themselves did not enter the praetorium, so that they might not be defiled, but might eat the passover.
+John	Jn	50	18	29	So Pilate went out to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?”
+John	Jn	50	18	30	They answered him, “If this man were not an evildoer, we would not have handed him over.”
+John	Jn	50	18	31	Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.” The Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put any man to death.”
+John	Jn	50	18	32	This was to fulfil the word which Jesus had spoken to show by what death he was to die.
+John	Jn	50	18	33	Pilate entered the praetorium again and called Jesus, and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”
+John	Jn	50	18	34	Jesus answered, “Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?”
+John	Jn	50	18	35	Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me; what have you done?”
+John	Jn	50	18	36	Jesus answered, “My kingship is not of this world; if my kingship were of this world, my servants would fight, that I might not be handed over to the Jews; but my kingship is not from the world.”
+John	Jn	50	18	37	Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Every one who is of the truth hears my voice.”
+John	Jn	50	18	38	Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” After he had said this, he went out to the Jews again, and told them, “I find no crime in him.
+John	Jn	50	18	39	But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover; will you have me release for you the King of the Jews?”
+John	Jn	50	18	40	They cried out again, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.
+John	Jn	50	19	1	Then Pilate took Jesus and scourged him.
+John	Jn	50	19	2	And the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and arrayed him in a purple robe;
+John	Jn	50	19	3	they came up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and struck him with their hands.
+John	Jn	50	19	4	Pilate went out again, and said to them, “See, I am bringing him out to you, that you may know that I find no crime in him.”
+John	Jn	50	19	5	So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Behold the man!”
+John	Jn	50	19	6	When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, “Crucify him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no crime in him.”
+John	Jn	50	19	7	The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he has made himself the Son of God.”
+John	Jn	50	19	8	When Pilate heard these words, he was the more afraid;
+John	Jn	50	19	9	he entered the praetorium again and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave no answer.
+John	Jn	50	19	10	Pilate therefore said to him, “You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you, and power to crucify you?”
+John	Jn	50	19	11	Jesus answered him, “You would have no power over me unless it had been given you from above; therefore he who delivered me to you has the greater sin.”
+John	Jn	50	19	12	Upon this Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend; every one who makes himself a king sets himself against Caesar.”
+John	Jn	50	19	13	When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Pavement, and in Hebrew, Gabbatha.
+John	Jn	50	19	14	Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold your King!”
+John	Jn	50	19	15	They cried out, “Away with him, away with him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.”
+John	Jn	50	19	16	Then he handed him over to them to be crucified.
+John	Jn	50	19	17	So they took Jesus, and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called the place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha.
+John	Jn	50	19	18	There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them.
+John	Jn	50	19	19	Pilate also wrote a title and put it on the cross; it read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.”
+John	Jn	50	19	20	Many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek.
+John	Jn	50	19	21	The chief priests of the Jews then said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘This man said, I am King of the Jews.’”
+John	Jn	50	19	22	Pilate answered, “What I have written I have written.”
+John	Jn	50	19	23	When the soldiers had crucified Jesus they took his garments and made four parts, one for each soldier; also his tunic. But the tunic was without seam, woven from top to bottom;
+John	Jn	50	19	24	so they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be.” This was to fulfil the scripture, “They parted my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.”
+John	Jn	50	19	25	So the soldiers did this. But standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
+John	Jn	50	19	26	When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”
+John	Jn	50	19	27	Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.
+John	Jn	50	19	28	After this Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfil the scripture), “I thirst.”
+John	Jn	50	19	29	A bowl full of vinegar stood there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop and held it to his mouth.
+John	Jn	50	19	30	When Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished”; and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
+John	Jn	50	19	31	Since it was the day of Preparation, in order to prevent the bodies from remaining on the cross on the sabbath (for that sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
+John	Jn	50	19	32	So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him;
+John	Jn	50	19	33	but when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.
+John	Jn	50	19	34	But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water.
+John	Jn	50	19	35	He who saw it has borne witness—his testimony is true, and he knows that he tells the truth—that you also may believe.
+John	Jn	50	19	36	For these things took place that the scripture might be fulfilled, “Not a bone of him shall be broken.”
+John	Jn	50	19	37	And again another scripture says, “They shall look on him whom they have pierced.”
+John	Jn	50	19	38	After this Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him leave. So he came and took away his body.
+John	Jn	50	19	39	Nicodemus also, who had at first come to him by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds’ weight.
+John	Jn	50	19	40	They took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.
+John	Jn	50	19	41	Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb where no one had ever been laid.
+John	Jn	50	19	42	So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, as the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.
+John	Jn	50	20	1	Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
+John	Jn	50	20	2	So she ran, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.”
+John	Jn	50	20	3	Peter then came out with the other disciple, and they went toward the tomb.
+John	Jn	50	20	4	They both ran, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first;
+John	Jn	50	20	5	and stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.
+John	Jn	50	20	6	Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; he saw the linen cloths lying,
+John	Jn	50	20	7	and the napkin, which had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself.
+John	Jn	50	20	8	Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed;
+John	Jn	50	20	9	for as yet they did not know the scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
+John	Jn	50	20	10	Then the disciples went back to their homes.
+John	Jn	50	20	11	But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb;
+John	Jn	50	20	12	and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet.
+John	Jn	50	20	13	They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.”
+John	Jn	50	20	14	Saying this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus.
+John	Jn	50	20	15	Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”
+John	Jn	50	20	16	Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rab-boni!” (which means Teacher).
+John	Jn	50	20	17	Jesus said to her, “Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.”
+John	Jn	50	20	18	Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”; and she told them that he had said these things to her.
+John	Jn	50	20	19	On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
+John	Jn	50	20	20	When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.
+John	Jn	50	20	21	Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.”
+John	Jn	50	20	22	And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
+John	Jn	50	20	23	If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
+John	Jn	50	20	24	Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came.
+John	Jn	50	20	25	So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in his side, I will not believe.”
+John	Jn	50	20	26	Eight days later, his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them, and said, “Peace be with you.”
+John	Jn	50	20	27	Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side; do not be faithless, but believing.”
+John	Jn	50	20	28	Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”
+John	Jn	50	20	29	Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.”
+John	Jn	50	20	30	Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;
+John	Jn	50	20	31	but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.
+John	Jn	50	21	1	After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberi-as; and he revealed himself in this way.
+John	Jn	50	21	2	Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathana-el of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together.
+John	Jn	50	21	3	Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat; but that night they caught nothing.
+John	Jn	50	21	4	Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.
+John	Jn	50	21	5	Jesus said to them, “Children, have you any fish?” They answered him, “No.”
+John	Jn	50	21	6	He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, for the quantity of fish.
+John	Jn	50	21	7	That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his clothes, for he was stripped for work, and sprang into the sea.
+John	Jn	50	21	8	But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards off.
+John	Jn	50	21	9	When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish lying on it, and bread.
+John	Jn	50	21	10	Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.”
+John	Jn	50	21	11	So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three of them; and although there were so many, the net was not torn.
+John	Jn	50	21	12	Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” Now none of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord.
+John	Jn	50	21	13	Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish.
+John	Jn	50	21	14	This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.
+John	Jn	50	21	15	When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”
+John	Jn	50	21	16	A second time he said to him, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.”
+John	Jn	50	21	17	He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” And he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.
+John	Jn	50	21	18	Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you girded yourself and walked where you would; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go.”
+John	Jn	50	21	19	(This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.) And after this he said to him, “Follow me.”
+John	Jn	50	21	20	Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved, who had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said, “Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?”
+John	Jn	50	21	21	When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?”
+John	Jn	50	21	22	Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? Follow me!”
+John	Jn	50	21	23	The saying spread abroad among the brethren that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?”
+John	Jn	50	21	24	This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things, and who has written these things; and we know that his testimony is true.
+John	Jn	50	21	25	But there are also many other things which Jesus did; were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.
+Acts	Acts	51	1	1	In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach,
+Acts	Acts	51	1	2	until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.
+Acts	Acts	51	1	3	To them he presented himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days, and speaking of the kingdom of God.
+Acts	Acts	51	1	4	And while staying with them he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me,
+Acts	Acts	51	1	5	for John baptized with water, but before many days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
+Acts	Acts	51	1	6	So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
+Acts	Acts	51	1	7	He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority.
+Acts	Acts	51	1	8	But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth.”
+Acts	Acts	51	1	9	And when he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
+Acts	Acts	51	1	10	And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes,
+Acts	Acts	51	1	11	and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”
+Acts	Acts	51	1	12	Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day’s journey away;
+Acts	Acts	51	1	13	and when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James.
+Acts	Acts	51	1	14	All these with one accord devoted themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
+Acts	Acts	51	1	15	In those days Peter stood up among the brethren (the company of persons was in all about a hundred and twenty), and said,
+Acts	Acts	51	1	16	“Brethren, the scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David, concerning Judas who was guide to those who arrested Jesus.
+Acts	Acts	51	1	17	For he was numbered among us, and was allotted his share in this ministry.
+Acts	Acts	51	1	18	(Now this man bought a field with the reward of his wickedness; and falling headlong he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out.
+Acts	Acts	51	1	19	And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the field was called in their language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)
+Acts	Acts	51	1	20	For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his habitation become desolate, and let there be no one to live in it’; and ‘His office let another take.’
+Acts	Acts	51	1	21	So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
+Acts	Acts	51	1	22	beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us—one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection.”
+Acts	Acts	51	1	23	And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
+Acts	Acts	51	1	24	And they prayed and said, “Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show which one of these two thou hast chosen
+Acts	Acts	51	1	25	to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside, to go to his own place.”
+Acts	Acts	51	1	26	And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was enrolled with the eleven apostles.
+Acts	Acts	51	2	1	When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.
+Acts	Acts	51	2	2	And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
+Acts	Acts	51	2	3	And there appeared to them tongues as of fire, distributed and resting on each one of them.
+Acts	Acts	51	2	4	And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
+Acts	Acts	51	2	5	Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven.
+Acts	Acts	51	2	6	And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.
+Acts	Acts	51	2	7	And they were amazed and wondered, saying, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
+Acts	Acts	51	2	8	And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language?
+Acts	Acts	51	2	9	Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
+Acts	Acts	51	2	10	Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
+Acts	Acts	51	2	11	Cretans and Arabians, we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.”
+Acts	Acts	51	2	12	And all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”
+Acts	Acts	51	2	13	But others mocking said, “They are filled with new wine.”
+Acts	Acts	51	2	14	But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words.
+Acts	Acts	51	2	15	For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day;
+Acts	Acts	51	2	16	but this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
+Acts	Acts	51	2	17	‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;
+Acts	Acts	51	2	18	yea, and on my menservants and my maidservants in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy.
+Acts	Acts	51	2	19	And I will show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth beneath, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke;
+Acts	Acts	51	2	20	the sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and manifest day.
+Acts	Acts	51	2	21	And it shall be that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’
+Acts	Acts	51	2	22	“Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs which God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know—
+Acts	Acts	51	2	23	this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.
+Acts	Acts	51	2	24	But God raised him up, having loosed the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
+Acts	Acts	51	2	25	For David says concerning him, ‘I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken;
+Acts	Acts	51	2	26	therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; moreover my flesh will dwell in hope.
+Acts	Acts	51	2	27	For thou wilt not abandon my soul to Hades, nor let thy Holy One see corruption.
+Acts	Acts	51	2	28	Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou wilt make me full of gladness with thy presence.’
+Acts	Acts	51	2	29	“Brethren, I may say to you confidently of the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
+Acts	Acts	51	2	30	Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants upon his throne,
+Acts	Acts	51	2	31	he foresaw and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.
+Acts	Acts	51	2	32	This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses.
+Acts	Acts	51	2	33	Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which you see and hear.
+Acts	Acts	51	2	34	For David did not ascend into the heavens; but he himself says, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand,
+Acts	Acts	51	2	35	till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet.’
+Acts	Acts	51	2	36	Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
+Acts	Acts	51	2	37	Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brethren, what shall we do?”
+Acts	Acts	51	2	38	And Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
+Acts	Acts	51	2	39	For the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are far off, every one whom the Lord our God calls to him.”
+Acts	Acts	51	2	40	And he testified with many other words and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.”
+Acts	Acts	51	2	41	So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.
+Acts	Acts	51	2	42	And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
+Acts	Acts	51	2	43	And fear came upon every soul; and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.
+Acts	Acts	51	2	44	And all who believed were together and had all things in common;
+Acts	Acts	51	2	45	and they sold their possessions and goods and distributed them to all, as any had need.
+Acts	Acts	51	2	46	And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they partook of food with glad and generous hearts,
+Acts	Acts	51	2	47	praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
+Acts	Acts	51	3	1	Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
+Acts	Acts	51	3	2	And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at that gate of the temple which is called Beautiful to ask alms of those who entered the temple.
+Acts	Acts	51	3	3	Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked for alms.
+Acts	Acts	51	3	4	And Peter directed his gaze at him, with John, and said, “Look at us.”
+Acts	Acts	51	3	5	And he fixed his attention upon them, expecting to receive something from them.
+Acts	Acts	51	3	6	But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but I give you what I have; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.”
+Acts	Acts	51	3	7	And he took him by the right hand and raised him up; and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.
+Acts	Acts	51	3	8	And leaping up he stood and walked and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.
+Acts	Acts	51	3	9	And all the people saw him walking and praising God,
+Acts	Acts	51	3	10	and recognized him as the one who sat for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
+Acts	Acts	51	3	11	While he clung to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico called Solomon’s, astounded.
+Acts	Acts	51	3	12	And when Peter saw it he addressed the people, “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we had made him walk?
+Acts	Acts	51	3	13	The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him.
+Acts	Acts	51	3	14	But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
+Acts	Acts	51	3	15	and killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.
+Acts	Acts	51	3	16	And his name, by faith in his name, has made this man strong whom you see and know; and the faith which is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all.
+Acts	Acts	51	3	17	“And now, brethren, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
+Acts	Acts	51	3	18	But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.
+Acts	Acts	51	3	19	Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
+Acts	Acts	51	3	20	and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus,
+Acts	Acts	51	3	21	whom heaven must receive until the time for establishing all that God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old.
+Acts	Acts	51	3	22	Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet from your brethren as he raised me up. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you.
+Acts	Acts	51	3	23	And it shall be that every soul that does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people.’
+Acts	Acts	51	3	24	And all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came afterwards, also proclaimed these days.
+Acts	Acts	51	3	25	You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God gave to your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your posterity shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’
+Acts	Acts	51	3	26	God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you in turning every one of you from your wickedness.”
+Acts	Acts	51	4	1	And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
+Acts	Acts	51	4	2	annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
+Acts	Acts	51	4	3	And they arrested them and put them in custody until the morrow, for it was already evening.
+Acts	Acts	51	4	4	But many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
+Acts	Acts	51	4	5	On the morrow their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem,
+Acts	Acts	51	4	6	with Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family.
+Acts	Acts	51	4	7	And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, “By what power or by what name did you do this?”
+Acts	Acts	51	4	8	Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders,
+Acts	Acts	51	4	9	if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a cripple, by what means this man has been healed,
+Acts	Acts	51	4	10	be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him this man is standing before you well.
+Acts	Acts	51	4	11	This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, but which has become the head of the corner.
+Acts	Acts	51	4	12	And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
+Acts	Acts	51	4	13	Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they wondered; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus.
+Acts	Acts	51	4	14	But seeing the man that had been healed standing beside them, they had nothing to say in opposition.
+Acts	Acts	51	4	15	But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred with one another,
+Acts	Acts	51	4	16	saying, “What shall we do with these men? For that a notable sign has been performed through them is manifest to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.
+Acts	Acts	51	4	17	But in order that it may spread no further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to any one in this name.”
+Acts	Acts	51	4	18	So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
+Acts	Acts	51	4	19	But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge;
+Acts	Acts	51	4	20	for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.”
+Acts	Acts	51	4	21	And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for all men praised God for what had happened.
+Acts	Acts	51	4	22	For the man on whom this sign of healing was performed was more than forty years old.
+Acts	Acts	51	4	23	When they were released they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
+Acts	Acts	51	4	24	And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, who didst make the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them,
+Acts	Acts	51	4	25	who by the mouth of our father David, thy servant, didst say by the Holy Spirit, ‘Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples imagine vain things?
+Acts	Acts	51	4	26	The kings of the earth set themselves in array, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord and against his Anointed’—
+Acts	Acts	51	4	27	for truly in this city there were gathered together against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
+Acts	Acts	51	4	28	to do whatever thy hand and thy plan had predestined to take place.
+Acts	Acts	51	4	29	And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness,
+Acts	Acts	51	4	30	while thou stretchest out thy hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of thy holy servant Jesus.”
+Acts	Acts	51	4	31	And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness.
+Acts	Acts	51	4	32	Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had everything in common.
+Acts	Acts	51	4	33	And with great power the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.
+Acts	Acts	51	4	34	There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of what was sold
+Acts	Acts	51	4	35	and laid it at the apostles’ feet; and distribution was made to each as any had need.
+Acts	Acts	51	4	36	Thus Joseph who was surnamed by the apostles Barnabas (which means, Son of encouragement), a Levite, a native of Cyprus,
+Acts	Acts	51	4	37	sold a field which belonged to him, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
+Acts	Acts	51	5	1	But a man named Ananias with his wife Sapphira sold a piece of property,
+Acts	Acts	51	5	2	and with his wife’s knowledge he kept back some of the proceeds, and brought only a part and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
+Acts	Acts	51	5	3	But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the proceeds of the land?
+Acts	Acts	51	5	4	While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.”
+Acts	Acts	51	5	5	When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and died. And great fear came upon all who heard of it.
+Acts	Acts	51	5	6	The young men rose and wrapped him up and carried him out and buried him.
+Acts	Acts	51	5	7	After an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.
+Acts	Acts	51	5	8	And Peter said to her, “Tell me whether you sold the land for so much.” And she said, “Yes, for so much.”
+Acts	Acts	51	5	9	But Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Hark, the feet of those that have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”
+Acts	Acts	51	5	10	Immediately she fell down at his feet and died. When the young men came in they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
+Acts	Acts	51	5	11	And great fear came upon the whole church, and upon all who heard of these things.
+Acts	Acts	51	5	12	Now many signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico.
+Acts	Acts	51	5	13	None of the rest dared join them, but the people held them in high honor.
+Acts	Acts	51	5	14	And more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women,
+Acts	Acts	51	5	15	so that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and pallets, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them.
+Acts	Acts	51	5	16	The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed.
+Acts	Acts	51	5	17	But the high priest rose up and all who were with him, that is, the party of the Sadducees, and filled with jealousy
+Acts	Acts	51	5	18	they arrested the apostles and put them in the common prison.
+Acts	Acts	51	5	19	But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out and said,
+Acts	Acts	51	5	20	“Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life.”
+Acts	Acts	51	5	21	And when they heard this, they entered the temple at daybreak and taught. Now the high priest came and those who were with him and called together the council and all the senate of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
+Acts	Acts	51	5	22	But when the officers came, they did not find them in the prison, and they returned and reported,
+Acts	Acts	51	5	23	“We found the prison securely locked and the sentries standing at the doors, but when we opened it we found no one inside.”
+Acts	Acts	51	5	24	Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed about them, wondering what this would come to.
+Acts	Acts	51	5	25	And some one came and told them, “The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.”
+Acts	Acts	51	5	26	Then the captain with the officers went and brought them, but without violence, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.
+Acts	Acts	51	5	27	And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them,
+Acts	Acts	51	5	28	saying, “We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and you intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.”
+Acts	Acts	51	5	29	But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
+Acts	Acts	51	5	30	The God of our fathers raised Jesus whom you killed by hanging him on a tree.
+Acts	Acts	51	5	31	God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
+Acts	Acts	51	5	32	And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.”
+Acts	Acts	51	5	33	When they heard this they were enraged and wanted to kill them.
+Acts	Acts	51	5	34	But a Pharisee in the council named Gamali-el, a teacher of the law, held in honor by all the people, stood up and ordered the men to be put outside for a while.
+Acts	Acts	51	5	35	And he said to them, “Men of Israel, take care what you do with these men.
+Acts	Acts	51	5	36	For before these days Theudas arose, giving himself out to be somebody, and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him; but he was slain and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing.
+Acts	Acts	51	5	37	After him Judas the Galilean arose in the days of the census and drew away some of the people after him; he also perished, and all who followed him were scattered.
+Acts	Acts	51	5	38	So in the present case I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone; for if this plan or this undertaking is of men, it will fail;
+Acts	Acts	51	5	39	but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You might even be found opposing God!”
+Acts	Acts	51	5	40	So they took his advice, and when they had called in the apostles, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
+Acts	Acts	51	5	41	Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name.
+Acts	Acts	51	5	42	And every day in the temple and at home they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.
+Acts	Acts	51	6	1	Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists murmured against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution.
+Acts	Acts	51	6	2	And the twelve summoned the body of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables.
+Acts	Acts	51	6	3	Therefore, brethren, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint to this duty.
+Acts	Acts	51	6	4	But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
+Acts	Acts	51	6	5	And what they said pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.
+Acts	Acts	51	6	6	These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them.
+Acts	Acts	51	6	7	And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.
+Acts	Acts	51	6	8	And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
+Acts	Acts	51	6	9	Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, arose and disputed with Stephen.
+Acts	Acts	51	6	10	But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.
+Acts	Acts	51	6	11	Then they secretly instigated men, who said, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”
+Acts	Acts	51	6	12	And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council,
+Acts	Acts	51	6	13	and set up false witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law;
+Acts	Acts	51	6	14	for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us.”
+Acts	Acts	51	6	15	And gazing at him, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	1	And the high priest said, “Is this so?”
+Acts	Acts	51	7	2	And Stephen said: “Brethren and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
+Acts	Acts	51	7	3	and said to him, ‘Depart from your land and from your kindred and go into the land which I will show you.’
+Acts	Acts	51	7	4	Then he departed from the land of the Chaldeans, and lived in Haran. And after his father died, God removed him from there into this land in which you are now living;
+Acts	Acts	51	7	5	yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot’s length, but promised to give it to him in possession and to his posterity after him, though he had no child.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	6	And God spoke to this effect, that his posterity would be aliens in a land belonging to others, who would enslave them and ill-treat them four hundred years.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	7	‘But I will judge the nation which they serve,’ said God, ‘and after that they shall come out and worship me in this place.’
+Acts	Acts	51	7	8	And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	9	“And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him,
+Acts	Acts	51	7	10	and rescued him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him governor over Egypt and over all his household.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	11	Now there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	12	But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	13	And at the second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	14	And Joseph sent and called to him Jacob his father and all his kindred, seventy-five souls;
+Acts	Acts	51	7	15	and Jacob went down into Egypt. And he died, himself and our fathers,
+Acts	Acts	51	7	16	and they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	17	“But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt
+Acts	Acts	51	7	18	till there arose over Egypt another king who had not known Joseph.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	19	He dealt craftily with our race and forced our fathers to expose their infants, that they might not be kept alive.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	20	At this time Moses was born, and was beautiful before God. And he was brought up for three months in his father’s house;
+Acts	Acts	51	7	21	and when he was exposed, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	22	And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	23	“When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	24	And seeing one of them being wronged, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking the Egyptian.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	25	He supposed that his brethren understood that God was giving them deliverance by his hand, but they did not understand.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	26	And on the following day he appeared to them as they were quarreling and would have reconciled them, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren, why do you wrong each other?’
+Acts	Acts	51	7	27	But the man who was wronging his neighbor thrust him aside, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
+Acts	Acts	51	7	28	Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
+Acts	Acts	51	7	29	At this retort Moses fled, and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	30	“Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	31	When Moses saw it he wondered at the sight; and as he drew near to look, the voice of the Lord came,
+Acts	Acts	51	7	32	‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.’ And Moses trembled and did not dare to look.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	33	And the Lord said to him, ‘Take off the shoes from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	34	I have surely seen the ill-treatment of my people that are in Egypt and heard their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt.’
+Acts	Acts	51	7	35	“This Moses whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ God sent as both ruler and deliverer by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	36	He led them out, having performed wonders and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	37	This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet from your brethren as he raised me up.’
+Acts	Acts	51	7	38	This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; and he received living oracles to give to us.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	39	Our fathers refused to obey him, but thrust him aside, and in their hearts they turned to Egypt,
+Acts	Acts	51	7	40	saying to Aaron, ‘Make for us gods to go before us; as for this Moses who led us out from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’
+Acts	Acts	51	7	41	And they made a calf in those days, and offered a sacrifice to the idol and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	42	But God turned and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you offer to me slain beasts and sacrifices, forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
+Acts	Acts	51	7	43	And you took up the tent of Moloch, and the star of the god Rephan, the figures which you made to worship; and I will remove you beyond Babylon.’
+Acts	Acts	51	7	44	“Our fathers had the tent of witness in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses directed him to make it, according to the pattern that he had seen.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	45	Our fathers in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations which God thrust out before our fathers. So it was until the days of David,
+Acts	Acts	51	7	46	who found favor in the sight of God and asked leave to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	47	But it was Solomon who built a house for him.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	48	Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made with hands; as the prophet says,
+Acts	Acts	51	7	49	‘Heaven is my throne, and earth my footstool. What house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?
+Acts	Acts	51	7	50	Did not my hand make all these things?’
+Acts	Acts	51	7	51	“You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	52	Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,
+Acts	Acts	51	7	53	you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it.”
+Acts	Acts	51	7	54	Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth against him.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	55	But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God;
+Acts	Acts	51	7	56	and he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.”
+Acts	Acts	51	7	57	But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together upon him.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	58	Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him; and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
+Acts	Acts	51	7	59	And as they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
+Acts	Acts	51	7	60	And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
+Acts	Acts	51	8	1	And Saul was consenting to his death. And on that day a great persecution arose against the church in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the region of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
+Acts	Acts	51	8	2	Devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.
+Acts	Acts	51	8	3	But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.
+Acts	Acts	51	8	4	Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word.
+Acts	Acts	51	8	5	Philip went down to a city of Samaria, and proclaimed to them the Christ.
+Acts	Acts	51	8	6	And the multitudes with one accord gave heed to what was said by Philip, when they heard him and saw the signs which he did.
+Acts	Acts	51	8	7	For unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, crying with a loud voice; and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.
+Acts	Acts	51	8	8	So there was much joy in that city.
+Acts	Acts	51	8	9	But there was a man named Simon who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the nation of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great.
+Acts	Acts	51	8	10	They all gave heed to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is that power of God which is called Great.”
+Acts	Acts	51	8	11	And they gave heed to him, because for a long time he had amazed them with his magic.
+Acts	Acts	51	8	12	But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
+Acts	Acts	51	8	13	Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles performed, he was amazed.
+Acts	Acts	51	8	14	Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John,
+Acts	Acts	51	8	15	who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit;
+Acts	Acts	51	8	16	for it had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
+Acts	Acts	51	8	17	Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
+Acts	Acts	51	8	18	Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,
+Acts	Acts	51	8	19	saying, “Give me also this power, that any one on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
+Acts	Acts	51	8	20	But Peter said to him, “Your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
+Acts	Acts	51	8	21	You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.
+Acts	Acts	51	8	22	Repent therefore of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.
+Acts	Acts	51	8	23	For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.”
+Acts	Acts	51	8	24	And Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.”
+Acts	Acts	51	8	25	Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.
+Acts	Acts	51	8	26	But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert road.
+Acts	Acts	51	8	27	And he rose and went. And behold, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a minister of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of all her treasure, had come to Jerusalem to worship
+Acts	Acts	51	8	28	and was returning; seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah.
+Acts	Acts	51	8	29	And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go up and join this chariot.”
+Acts	Acts	51	8	30	So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
+Acts	Acts	51	8	31	And he said, “How can I, unless some one guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
+Acts	Acts	51	8	32	Now the passage of the scripture which he was reading was this: “As a sheep led to the slaughter or a lamb before its shearer is dumb, so he opens not his mouth.
+Acts	Acts	51	8	33	In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken up from the earth.”
+Acts	Acts	51	8	34	And the eunuch said to Philip, “About whom, pray, does the prophet say this, about himself or about some one else?”
+Acts	Acts	51	8	35	Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this scripture he told him the good news of Jesus.
+Acts	Acts	51	8	36	And as they went along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What is to prevent my being baptized?”
+Acts	Acts	51	8	38	And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.
+Acts	Acts	51	8	39	And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught up Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing.
+Acts	Acts	51	8	40	But Philip was found at Azotus, and passing on he preached the gospel to all the towns till he came to Caesarea.
+Acts	Acts	51	9	1	But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
+Acts	Acts	51	9	2	and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
+Acts	Acts	51	9	3	Now as he journeyed he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed about him.
+Acts	Acts	51	9	4	And he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
+Acts	Acts	51	9	5	And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting;
+Acts	Acts	51	9	6	but rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.”
+Acts	Acts	51	9	7	The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no one.
+Acts	Acts	51	9	8	Saul arose from the ground; and when his eyes were opened, he could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.
+Acts	Acts	51	9	9	And for three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.
+Acts	Acts	51	9	10	Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” And he said, “Here I am, Lord.”
+Acts	Acts	51	9	11	And the Lord said to him, “Rise and go to the street called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for a man of Tarsus named Saul; for behold, he is praying,
+Acts	Acts	51	9	12	and he has seen a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight.”
+Acts	Acts	51	9	13	But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to thy saints at Jerusalem;
+Acts	Acts	51	9	14	and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call upon thy name.”
+Acts	Acts	51	9	15	But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;
+Acts	Acts	51	9	16	for I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”
+Acts	Acts	51	9	17	So Ananias departed and entered the house. And laying his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
+Acts	Acts	51	9	18	And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized,
+Acts	Acts	51	9	19	and took food and was strengthened. For several days he was with the disciples at Damascus.
+Acts	Acts	51	9	20	And in the synagogues immediately he proclaimed Jesus, saying, “He is the Son of God.”
+Acts	Acts	51	9	21	And all who heard him were amazed, and said, “Is not this the man who made havoc in Jerusalem of those who called on this name? And he has come here for this purpose, to bring them bound before the chief priests.”
+Acts	Acts	51	9	22	But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the Christ.
+Acts	Acts	51	9	23	When many days had passed, the Jews plotted to kill him,
+Acts	Acts	51	9	24	but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night, to kill him;
+Acts	Acts	51	9	25	but his disciples took him by night and let him down over the wall, lowering him in a basket.
+Acts	Acts	51	9	26	And when he had come to Jerusalem he attempted to join the disciples; and they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple.
+Acts	Acts	51	9	27	But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how on the road he had seen the Lord, who spoke to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.
+Acts	Acts	51	9	28	So he went in and out among them at Jerusalem,
+Acts	Acts	51	9	29	preaching boldly in the name of the Lord. And he spoke and disputed against the Hellenists; but they were seeking to kill him.
+Acts	Acts	51	9	30	And when the brethren knew it, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him off to Tarsus.
+Acts	Acts	51	9	31	So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was built up; and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit it was multiplied.
+Acts	Acts	51	9	32	Now as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints that lived at Lydda.
+Acts	Acts	51	9	33	There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years and was paralyzed.
+Acts	Acts	51	9	34	And Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; rise and make your bed.” And immediately he rose.
+Acts	Acts	51	9	35	And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
+Acts	Acts	51	9	36	Now there was at Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of charity.
+Acts	Acts	51	9	37	In those days she fell sick and died; and when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room.
+Acts	Acts	51	9	38	Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him entreating him, “Please come to us without delay.”
+Acts	Acts	51	9	39	So Peter rose and went with them. And when he had come, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping, and showing tunics and other garments which Dorcas made while she was with them.
+Acts	Acts	51	9	40	But Peter put them all outside and knelt down and prayed; then turning to the body he said, “Tabitha, rise.” And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up.
+Acts	Acts	51	9	41	And he gave her his hand and lifted her up. Then calling the saints and widows he presented her alive.
+Acts	Acts	51	9	42	And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
+Acts	Acts	51	9	43	And he stayed in Joppa for many days with one Simon, a tanner.
+Acts	Acts	51	10	1	At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort,
+Acts	Acts	51	10	2	a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms liberally to the people, and prayed constantly to God.
+Acts	Acts	51	10	3	About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming in and saying to him, “Cornelius.”
+Acts	Acts	51	10	4	And he stared at him in terror, and said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God.
+Acts	Acts	51	10	5	And now send men to Joppa, and bring one Simon who is called Peter;
+Acts	Acts	51	10	6	he is lodging with Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the seaside.”
+Acts	Acts	51	10	7	When the angel who spoke to him had departed, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among those that waited on him,
+Acts	Acts	51	10	8	and having related everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
+Acts	Acts	51	10	9	The next day, as they were on their journey and coming near the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour.
+Acts	Acts	51	10	10	And he became hungry and desired something to eat; but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance
+Acts	Acts	51	10	11	and saw the heaven opened, and something descending, like a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth.
+Acts	Acts	51	10	12	In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air.
+Acts	Acts	51	10	13	And there came a voice to him, “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.”
+Acts	Acts	51	10	14	But Peter said, “No, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.”
+Acts	Acts	51	10	15	And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has cleansed, you must not call common.”
+Acts	Acts	51	10	16	This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven.
+Acts	Acts	51	10	17	Now while Peter was inwardly perplexed as to what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men that were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon’s house, stood before the gate
+Acts	Acts	51	10	18	and called out to ask whether Simon who was called Peter was lodging there.
+Acts	Acts	51	10	19	And while Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.
+Acts	Acts	51	10	20	Rise and go down, and accompany them without hesitation; for I have sent them.”
+Acts	Acts	51	10	21	And Peter went down to the men and said, “I am the one you are looking for; what is the reason for your coming?”
+Acts	Acts	51	10	22	And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house, and to hear what you have to say.”
+Acts	Acts	51	10	23	So he called them in to be his guests. The next day he rose and went off with them, and some of the brethren from Joppa accompanied him.
+Acts	Acts	51	10	24	And on the following day they entered Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his kinsmen and close friends.
+Acts	Acts	51	10	25	When Peter entered, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him.
+Acts	Acts	51	10	26	But Peter lifted him up, saying, “Stand up; I too am a man.”
+Acts	Acts	51	10	27	And as he talked with him, he went in and found many persons gathered;
+Acts	Acts	51	10	28	and he said to them, “You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with or to visit any one of another nation; but God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
+Acts	Acts	51	10	29	So when I was sent for, I came without objection. I ask then why you sent for me.”
+Acts	Acts	51	10	30	And Cornelius said, “Four days ago, about this hour, I was keeping the ninth hour of prayer in my house; and behold, a man stood before me in bright apparel,
+Acts	Acts	51	10	31	saying, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God.
+Acts	Acts	51	10	32	Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon who is called Peter; he is lodging in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the seaside.’
+Acts	Acts	51	10	33	So I sent to you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God, to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord.”
+Acts	Acts	51	10	34	And Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I perceive that God shows no partiality,
+Acts	Acts	51	10	35	but in every nation any one who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.
+Acts	Acts	51	10	36	You know the word which he sent to Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all),
+Acts	Acts	51	10	37	the word which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached:
+Acts	Acts	51	10	38	how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
+Acts	Acts	51	10	39	And we are witnesses to all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree;
+Acts	Acts	51	10	40	but God raised him on the third day and made him manifest;
+Acts	Acts	51	10	41	not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
+Acts	Acts	51	10	42	And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that he is the one ordained by God to be judge of the living and the dead.
+Acts	Acts	51	10	43	To him all the prophets bear witness that every one who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”
+Acts	Acts	51	10	44	While Peter was still saying this, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word.
+Acts	Acts	51	10	45	And the believers from among the circumcised who came with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.
+Acts	Acts	51	10	46	For they heard them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared,
+Acts	Acts	51	10	47	“Can any one forbid water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”
+Acts	Acts	51	10	48	And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.
+Acts	Acts	51	11	1	Now the apostles and the brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
+Acts	Acts	51	11	2	So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him,
+Acts	Acts	51	11	3	saying, “Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them?”
+Acts	Acts	51	11	4	But Peter began and explained to them in order:
+Acts	Acts	51	11	5	“I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, something descending, like a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came down to me.
+Acts	Acts	51	11	6	Looking at it closely I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air.
+Acts	Acts	51	11	7	And I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’
+Acts	Acts	51	11	8	But I said, ‘No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
+Acts	Acts	51	11	9	But the voice answered a second time from heaven, ‘What God has cleansed you must not call common.’
+Acts	Acts	51	11	10	This happened three times, and all was drawn up again into heaven.
+Acts	Acts	51	11	11	At that very moment three men arrived at the house in which we were, sent to me from Caesarea.
+Acts	Acts	51	11	12	And the Spirit told me to go with them, making no distinction. These six brethren also accompanied me, and we entered the man’s house.
+Acts	Acts	51	11	13	And he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa and bring Simon called Peter;
+Acts	Acts	51	11	14	he will declare to you a message by which you will be saved, you and all your household.’
+Acts	Acts	51	11	15	As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning.
+Acts	Acts	51	11	16	And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
+Acts	Acts	51	11	17	If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could withstand God?”
+Acts	Acts	51	11	18	When they heard this they were silenced. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance unto life.”
+Acts	Acts	51	11	19	Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none except Jews.
+Acts	Acts	51	11	20	But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus.
+Acts	Acts	51	11	21	And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number that believed turned to the Lord.
+Acts	Acts	51	11	22	News of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
+Acts	Acts	51	11	23	When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad; and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose;
+Acts	Acts	51	11	24	for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a large company was added to the Lord.
+Acts	Acts	51	11	25	So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul;
+Acts	Acts	51	11	26	and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church, and taught a large company of people; and in Antioch the disciples were for the first time called Christians.
+Acts	Acts	51	11	27	Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
+Acts	Acts	51	11	28	And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world; and this took place in the days of Claudius.
+Acts	Acts	51	11	29	And the disciples determined, every one according to his ability, to send relief to the brethren who lived in Judea;
+Acts	Acts	51	11	30	and they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
+Acts	Acts	51	12	1	About that time Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church.
+Acts	Acts	51	12	2	He killed James the brother of John with the sword;
+Acts	Acts	51	12	3	and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread.
+Acts	Acts	51	12	4	And when he had seized him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people.
+Acts	Acts	51	12	5	So Peter was kept in prison; but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church.
+Acts	Acts	51	12	6	The very night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison;
+Acts	Acts	51	12	7	and behold, an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his hands.
+Acts	Acts	51	12	8	And the angel said to him, “Dress yourself and put on your sandals.” And he did so. And he said to him, “Wrap your mantle around you and follow me.”
+Acts	Acts	51	12	9	And he went out and followed him; he did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.
+Acts	Acts	51	12	10	When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to them of its own accord, and they went out and passed on through one street; and immediately the angel left him.
+Acts	Acts	51	12	11	And Peter came to himself, and said, “Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”
+Acts	Acts	51	12	12	When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose other name was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.
+Acts	Acts	51	12	13	And when he knocked at the door of the gateway, a maid named Rhoda came to answer.
+Acts	Acts	51	12	14	Recognizing Peter’s voice, in her joy she did not open the gate but ran in and told that Peter was standing at the gate.
+Acts	Acts	51	12	15	They said to her, “You are mad.” But she insisted that it was so. They said, “It is his angel!”
+Acts	Acts	51	12	16	But Peter continued knocking; and when they opened, they saw him and were amazed.
+Acts	Acts	51	12	17	But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Tell this to James and to the brethren.” Then he departed and went to another place.
+Acts	Acts	51	12	18	Now when day came, there was no small stir among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.
+Acts	Acts	51	12	19	And when Herod had sought for him and could not find him, he examined the sentries and ordered that they should be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea, and remained there.
+Acts	Acts	51	12	20	Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and they came to him in a body, and having persuaded Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king’s country for food.
+Acts	Acts	51	12	21	On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and made an oration to them.
+Acts	Acts	51	12	22	And the people shouted, “The voice of a god, and not of man!”
+Acts	Acts	51	12	23	Immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not give God the glory; and he was eaten by worms and died.
+Acts	Acts	51	12	24	But the word of God grew and multiplied.
+Acts	Acts	51	12	25	And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their mission, bringing with them John whose other name was Mark.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	1	Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Mana-en a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	2	While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
+Acts	Acts	51	13	3	Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	4	So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	5	When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	6	When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came upon a certain magician, a Jewish false prophet, named Bar-Jesus.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	7	He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	8	But Elymas the magician (for that is the meaning of his name) withstood them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	9	But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him
+Acts	Acts	51	13	10	and said, “You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?
+Acts	Acts	51	13	11	And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind and unable to see the sun for a time.” Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him and he went about seeking people to lead him by the hand.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	12	Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had occurred, for he was astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	13	Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem;
+Acts	Acts	51	13	14	but they passed on from Perga and came to Antioch of Pisidia. And on the sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	15	After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, “Brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it.”
+Acts	Acts	51	13	16	So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said: “Men of Israel, and you that fear God, listen.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	17	The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	18	And for about forty years he bore with them in the wilderness.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	19	And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	20	And after that he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	21	Then they asked for a king; and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	22	And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; of whom he testified and said, ‘I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’
+Acts	Acts	51	13	23	Of this man’s posterity God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as he promised.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	24	Before his coming John had preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	25	And as John was finishing his course, he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’
+Acts	Acts	51	13	26	“Brethren, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you that fear God, to us has been sent the message of this salvation.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	27	For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning him.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	28	Though they could charge him with nothing deserving death, yet they asked Pilate to have him killed.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	29	And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	30	But God raised him from the dead;
+Acts	Acts	51	13	31	and for many days he appeared to those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	32	And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers,
+Acts	Acts	51	13	33	this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus; as also it is written in the second psalm, ‘Thou art my Son, today I have begotten thee.’
+Acts	Acts	51	13	34	And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he spoke in this way, ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.’
+Acts	Acts	51	13	35	Therefore he says also in another psalm, ‘Thou wilt not let thy Holy One see corruption.’
+Acts	Acts	51	13	36	For David, after he had served the counsel of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw corruption;
+Acts	Acts	51	13	37	but he whom God raised up saw no corruption.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	38	Let it be known to you therefore, brethren, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,
+Acts	Acts	51	13	39	and by him every one that believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	40	Beware, therefore, lest there come upon you what is said in the prophets:
+Acts	Acts	51	13	41	‘Behold, you scoffers, and wonder, and perish; for I do a deed in your days, a deed you will never believe, if one declares it to you.’”
+Acts	Acts	51	13	42	As they went out, the people begged that these things might be told them the next sabbath.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	43	And when the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	44	The next sabbath almost the whole city gathered together to hear the word of God.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	45	But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted what was spoken by Paul, and reviled him.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	46	And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	47	For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you to be a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.’”
+Acts	Acts	51	13	48	And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of God; and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	49	And the word of the Lord spread throughout all the region.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	50	But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, and stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	51	But they shook off the dust from their feet against them, and went to Iconium.
+Acts	Acts	51	13	52	And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
+Acts	Acts	51	14	1	Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue, and so spoke that a great company believed, both of Jews and of Greeks.
+Acts	Acts	51	14	2	But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brethren.
+Acts	Acts	51	14	3	So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who bore witness to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
+Acts	Acts	51	14	4	But the people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.
+Acts	Acts	51	14	5	When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to molest them and to stone them,
+Acts	Acts	51	14	6	they learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country;
+Acts	Acts	51	14	7	and there they preached the gospel.
+Acts	Acts	51	14	8	Now at Lystra there was a man sitting, who could not use his feet; he was a cripple from birth, who had never walked.
+Acts	Acts	51	14	9	He listened to Paul speaking; and Paul, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be made well,
+Acts	Acts	51	14	10	said in a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” And he sprang up and walked.
+Acts	Acts	51	14	11	And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in Lycaonian, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!”
+Acts	Acts	51	14	12	Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, because he was the chief speaker, they called Hermes.
+Acts	Acts	51	14	13	And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was in front of the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and wanted to offer sacrifice with the people.
+Acts	Acts	51	14	14	But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their garments and rushed out among the multitude, crying,
+Acts	Acts	51	14	15	“Men, why are you doing this? We also are men, of like nature with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.
+Acts	Acts	51	14	16	In past generations he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways;
+Acts	Acts	51	14	17	yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.”
+Acts	Acts	51	14	18	With these words they scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice to them.
+Acts	Acts	51	14	19	But Jews came there from Antioch and Iconium; and having persuaded the people, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
+Acts	Acts	51	14	20	But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city; and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe.
+Acts	Acts	51	14	21	When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,
+Acts	Acts	51	14	22	strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
+Acts	Acts	51	14	23	And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they believed.
+Acts	Acts	51	14	24	Then they passed through Pisidia, and came to Pamphylia.
+Acts	Acts	51	14	25	And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia;
+Acts	Acts	51	14	26	and from there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.
+Acts	Acts	51	14	27	And when they arrived, they gathered the church together and declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.
+Acts	Acts	51	14	28	And they remained no little time with the disciples.
+Acts	Acts	51	15	1	But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brethren, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
+Acts	Acts	51	15	2	And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question.
+Acts	Acts	51	15	3	So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, reporting the conversion of the Gentiles, and they gave great joy to all the brethren.
+Acts	Acts	51	15	4	When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them.
+Acts	Acts	51	15	5	But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up, and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses.”
+Acts	Acts	51	15	6	The apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter.
+Acts	Acts	51	15	7	And after there had been much debate, Peter rose and said to them, “Brethren, you know that in the early days God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.
+Acts	Acts	51	15	8	And God who knows the heart bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us;
+Acts	Acts	51	15	9	and he made no distinction between us and them, but cleansed their hearts by faith.
+Acts	Acts	51	15	10	Now therefore why do you make trial of God by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
+Acts	Acts	51	15	11	But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will.”
+Acts	Acts	51	15	12	And all the assembly kept silence; and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.
+Acts	Acts	51	15	13	After they finished speaking, James replied, “Brethren, listen to me.
+Acts	Acts	51	15	14	Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
+Acts	Acts	51	15	15	And with this the words of the prophets agree, as it is written,
+Acts	Acts	51	15	16	‘After this I will return, and I will rebuild the dwelling of David, which has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will set it up,
+Acts	Acts	51	15	17	that the rest of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name,
+Acts	Acts	51	15	18	says the Lord, who has made these things known from of old.’
+Acts	Acts	51	15	19	Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God,
+Acts	Acts	51	15	20	but should write to them to abstain from the pollutions of idols and from unchastity and from what is strangled and from blood.
+Acts	Acts	51	15	21	For from early generations Moses has had in every city those who preach him, for he is read every sabbath in the synagogues.”
+Acts	Acts	51	15	22	Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren,
+Acts	Acts	51	15	23	with the following letter: “The brethren, both the apostles and the elders, to the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting.
+Acts	Acts	51	15	24	Since we have heard that some persons from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions,
+Acts	Acts	51	15	25	it has seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
+Acts	Acts	51	15	26	men who have risked their lives for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ.
+Acts	Acts	51	15	27	We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth.
+Acts	Acts	51	15	28	For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:
+Acts	Acts	51	15	29	that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from unchastity. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.”
+Acts	Acts	51	15	30	So when they were sent off, they went down to Antioch; and having gathered the congregation together, they delivered the letter.
+Acts	Acts	51	15	31	And when they read it, they rejoiced at the exhortation.
+Acts	Acts	51	15	32	And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, exhorted the brethren with many words and strengthened them.
+Acts	Acts	51	15	33	And after they had spent some time, they were sent off in peace by the brethren to those who had sent them.
+Acts	Acts	51	15	34	Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still
+Acts	Acts	51	15	35	But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
+Acts	Acts	51	15	36	And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Come, let us return and visit the brethren in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are.”
+Acts	Acts	51	15	37	And Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark.
+Acts	Acts	51	15	38	But Paul thought best not to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work.
+Acts	Acts	51	15	39	And there arose a sharp contention, so that they separated from each other; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus,
+Acts	Acts	51	15	40	but Paul chose Silas and departed, being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord.
+Acts	Acts	51	15	41	And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
+Acts	Acts	51	16	1	And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer; but his father was a Greek.
+Acts	Acts	51	16	2	He was well spoken of by the brethren at Lystra and Iconium.
+Acts	Acts	51	16	3	Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him; and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews that were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
+Acts	Acts	51	16	4	As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions which had been reached by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.
+Acts	Acts	51	16	5	So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily.
+Acts	Acts	51	16	6	And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
+Acts	Acts	51	16	7	And when they had come opposite Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them;
+Acts	Acts	51	16	8	so, passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas.
+Acts	Acts	51	16	9	And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing beseeching him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”
+Acts	Acts	51	16	10	And when he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
+Acts	Acts	51	16	11	Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Ne-apolis,
+Acts	Acts	51	16	12	and from there to Philippi, which is the leading city of the district of Macedonia, and a Roman colony. We remained in this city some days;
+Acts	Acts	51	16	13	and on the sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.
+Acts	Acts	51	16	14	One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to give heed to what was said by Paul.
+Acts	Acts	51	16	15	And when she was baptized, with her household, she besought us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.
+Acts	Acts	51	16	16	As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by soothsaying.
+Acts	Acts	51	16	17	She followed Paul and us, crying, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.”
+Acts	Acts	51	16	18	And this she did for many days. But Paul was annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, “I charge you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And it came out that very hour.
+Acts	Acts	51	16	19	But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the market place before the rulers;
+Acts	Acts	51	16	20	and when they had brought them to the magistrates they said, “These men are Jews and they are disturbing our city.
+Acts	Acts	51	16	21	They advocate customs which it is not lawful for us Romans to accept or practice.”
+Acts	Acts	51	16	22	The crowd joined in attacking them; and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods.
+Acts	Acts	51	16	23	And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.
+Acts	Acts	51	16	24	Having received this charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
+Acts	Acts	51	16	25	But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,
+Acts	Acts	51	16	26	and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and every one’s fetters were unfastened.
+Acts	Acts	51	16	27	When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
+Acts	Acts	51	16	28	But Paul cried with a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.”
+Acts	Acts	51	16	29	And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas,
+Acts	Acts	51	16	30	and brought them out and said, “Men, what must I do to be saved?”
+Acts	Acts	51	16	31	And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
+Acts	Acts	51	16	32	And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all that were in his house.
+Acts	Acts	51	16	33	And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their wounds, and he was baptized at once, with all his family.
+Acts	Acts	51	16	34	Then he brought them up into his house, and set food before them; and he rejoiced with all his household that he had believed in God.
+Acts	Acts	51	16	35	But when it was day, the magistrates sent the police, saying, “Let those men go.”
+Acts	Acts	51	16	36	And the jailer reported the words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out and go in peace.”
+Acts	Acts	51	16	37	But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now cast us out secretly? No! let them come themselves and take us out.”
+Acts	Acts	51	16	38	The police reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Roman citizens;
+Acts	Acts	51	16	39	so they came and apologized to them. And they took them out and asked them to leave the city.
+Acts	Acts	51	16	40	So they went out of the prison, and visited Lydia; and when they had seen the brethren, they exhorted them and departed.
+Acts	Acts	51	17	1	Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
+Acts	Acts	51	17	2	And Paul went in, as was his custom, and for three weeks he argued with them from the scriptures,
+Acts	Acts	51	17	3	explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”
+Acts	Acts	51	17	4	And some of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas; as did a great many of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women.
+Acts	Acts	51	17	5	But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked fellows of the rabble, they gathered a crowd, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the people.
+Acts	Acts	51	17	6	And when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brethren before the city authorities, crying, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
+Acts	Acts	51	17	7	and Jason has received them; and they are all acting against the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.”
+Acts	Acts	51	17	8	And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard this.
+Acts	Acts	51	17	9	And when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
+Acts	Acts	51	17	10	The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea; and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue.
+Acts	Acts	51	17	11	Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all eagerness, examining the scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
+Acts	Acts	51	17	12	Many of them therefore believed, with not a few Greek women of high standing as well as men.
+Acts	Acts	51	17	13	But when the Jews of Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they came there too, stirring up and inciting the crowds.
+Acts	Acts	51	17	14	Then the brethren immediately sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained there.
+Acts	Acts	51	17	15	Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.
+Acts	Acts	51	17	16	Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols.
+Acts	Acts	51	17	17	So he argued in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the market place every day with those who chanced to be there.
+Acts	Acts	51	17	18	Some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers met him. And some said, “What would this babbler say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
+Acts	Acts	51	17	19	And they took hold of him and brought him to the Are-opagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is which you present?
+Acts	Acts	51	17	20	For you bring some strange things to our ears; we wish to know therefore what these things mean.”
+Acts	Acts	51	17	21	Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new.
+Acts	Acts	51	17	22	So Paul, standing in the middle of the Are-opagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious.
+Acts	Acts	51	17	23	For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, ‘To an unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.
+Acts	Acts	51	17	24	The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by man,
+Acts	Acts	51	17	25	nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all men life and breath and everything.
+Acts	Acts	51	17	26	And he made from one every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their habitation,
+Acts	Acts	51	17	27	that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after him and find him. Yet he is not far from each one of us,
+Acts	Acts	51	17	28	for ‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your poets have said, ‘For we are indeed his offspring.’
+Acts	Acts	51	17	29	Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the Deity is like gold, or silver, or stone, a representation by the art and imagination of man.
+Acts	Acts	51	17	30	The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all men everywhere to repent,
+Acts	Acts	51	17	31	because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all men by raising him from the dead.”
+Acts	Acts	51	17	32	Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We will hear you again about this.”
+Acts	Acts	51	17	33	So Paul went out from among them.
+Acts	Acts	51	17	34	But some men joined him and believed, among them Dionysius the Are-opagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.
+Acts	Acts	51	18	1	After this he left Athens and went to Corinth.
+Acts	Acts	51	18	2	And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, lately come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them;
+Acts	Acts	51	18	3	and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them, and they worked, for by trade they were tentmakers.
+Acts	Acts	51	18	4	And he argued in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
+Acts	Acts	51	18	5	When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with preaching, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.
+Acts	Acts	51	18	6	And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be upon your heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
+Acts	Acts	51	18	7	And he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God; his house was next door to the synagogue.
+Acts	Acts	51	18	8	Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with all his household; and many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized.
+Acts	Acts	51	18	9	And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent;
+Acts	Acts	51	18	10	for I am with you, and no man shall attack you to harm you; for I have many people in this city.”
+Acts	Acts	51	18	11	And he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
+Acts	Acts	51	18	12	But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack upon Paul and brought him before the tribunal,
+Acts	Acts	51	18	13	saying, “This man is persuading men to worship God contrary to the law.”
+Acts	Acts	51	18	14	But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or vicious crime, I should have reason to bear with you, O Jews;
+Acts	Acts	51	18	15	but since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; I refuse to be a judge of these things.”
+Acts	Acts	51	18	16	And he drove them from the tribunal.
+Acts	Acts	51	18	17	And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to this.
+Acts	Acts	51	18	18	After this Paul stayed many days longer, and then took leave of the brethren and sailed for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchre-ae he cut his hair, for he had a vow.
+Acts	Acts	51	18	19	And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself went into the synagogue and argued with the Jews.
+Acts	Acts	51	18	20	When they asked him to stay for a longer period, he declined;
+Acts	Acts	51	18	21	but on taking leave of them he said, “I will return to you if God wills,” and he set sail from Ephesus.
+Acts	Acts	51	18	22	When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch.
+Acts	Acts	51	18	23	After spending some time there he departed and went from place to place through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
+Acts	Acts	51	18	24	Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the scriptures.
+Acts	Acts	51	18	25	He had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.
+Acts	Acts	51	18	26	He began to speak boldly in the synagogue; but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him and expounded to him the way of God more accurately.
+Acts	Acts	51	18	27	And when he wished to cross to Achaia, the brethren encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed,
+Acts	Acts	51	18	28	for he powerfully confuted the Jews in public, showing by the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	1	While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	2	And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said, “No, we have never even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
+Acts	Acts	51	19	3	And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John’s baptism.”
+Acts	Acts	51	19	4	And Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.”
+Acts	Acts	51	19	5	On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	6	And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	7	There were about twelve of them in all.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	8	And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, arguing and pleading about the kingdom of God;
+Acts	Acts	51	19	9	but when some were stubborn and disbelieved, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them, taking the disciples with him, and argued daily in the hall of Tyrannus.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	10	This continued for two years, so that all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	11	And God did extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,
+Acts	Acts	51	19	12	so that handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	13	Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
+Acts	Acts	51	19	14	Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	15	But the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”
+Acts	Acts	51	19	16	And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, mastered all of them, and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	17	And this became known to all residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks; and fear fell upon them all; and the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	18	Many also of those who were now believers came, confessing and divulging their practices.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	19	And a number of those who practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all; and they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	20	So the word of the Lord grew and prevailed mightily.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	21	Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”
+Acts	Acts	51	19	22	And having sent into Macedonia two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	23	About that time there arose no little stir concerning the Way.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	24	For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	25	These he gathered together, with the workmen of like occupation, and said, “Men, you know that from this business we have our wealth.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	26	And you see and hear that not only at Ephesus but almost throughout all Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable company of people, saying that gods made with hands are not gods.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	27	And there is danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis may count for nothing, and that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world worship.”
+Acts	Acts	51	19	28	When they heard this they were enraged, and cried out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
+Acts	Acts	51	19	29	So the city was filled with the confusion; and they rushed together into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul’s companions in travel.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	30	Paul wished to go in among the crowd, but the disciples would not let him;
+Acts	Acts	51	19	31	some of the Asi-archs also, who were friends of his, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	32	Now some cried one thing, some another; for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	33	Some of the crowd prompted Alexander, whom the Jews had put forward. And Alexander motioned with his hand, wishing to make a defense to the people.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	34	But when they recognized that he was a Jew, for about two hours they all with one voice cried out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
+Acts	Acts	51	19	35	And when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great Artemis, and of the sacred stone that fell from the sky?
+Acts	Acts	51	19	36	Seeing then that these things cannot be contradicted, you ought to be quiet and do nothing rash.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	37	For you have brought these men here who are neither sacrilegious nor blasphemers of our goddess.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	38	If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen with him have a complaint against any one, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges against one another.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	39	But if you seek anything further, it shall be settled in the regular assembly.
+Acts	Acts	51	19	40	For we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, there being no cause that we can give to justify this commotion.”
+Acts	Acts	51	19	41	And when he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	1	After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples and having exhorted them took leave of them and departed for Macedonia.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	2	When he had gone through these parts and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	3	There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	4	Sopater of Beroea, the son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	5	These went on and were waiting for us at Troas,
+Acts	Acts	51	20	6	but we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	7	On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the morrow; and he prolonged his speech until midnight.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	8	There were many lights in the upper chamber where we were gathered.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	9	And a young man named Eutychus was sitting in the window. He sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer; and being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	10	But Paul went down and bent over him, and embracing him said, “Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him.”
+Acts	Acts	51	20	11	And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	12	And they took the lad away alive, and were not a little comforted.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	13	But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there; for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	14	And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	15	And sailing from there we came the following day opposite Chios; the next day we touched at Samos; and the day after that we came to Miletus.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	16	For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	17	And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	18	And when they came to him, he said to them: “You yourselves know how I lived among you all the time from the first day that I set foot in Asia,
+Acts	Acts	51	20	19	serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials which befell me through the plots of the Jews;
+Acts	Acts	51	20	20	how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house,
+Acts	Acts	51	20	21	testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance to God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	22	And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, bound in the Spirit, not knowing what shall befall me there;
+Acts	Acts	51	20	23	except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	24	But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may accomplish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	25	And now, behold, I know that all you among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom will see my face no more.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	26	Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all of you,
+Acts	Acts	51	20	27	for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	28	Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you guardians, to feed the church of the Lord which he obtained with his own blood.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	29	I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;
+Acts	Acts	51	20	30	and from among your own selves will arise men speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	31	Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tears.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	32	And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	33	I coveted no one’s silver or gold or apparel.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	34	You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those who were with me.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	35	In all things I have shown you that by so toiling one must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
+Acts	Acts	51	20	36	And when he had spoken thus, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
+Acts	Acts	51	20	37	And they all wept and embraced Paul and kissed him,
+Acts	Acts	51	20	38	sorrowing most of all because of the word he had spoken, that they should see his face no more. And they brought him to the ship.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	1	And when we had parted from them and set sail, we came by a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	2	And having found a ship crossing to Phoenicia, we went aboard, and set sail.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	3	When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload its cargo.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	4	And having sought out the disciples, we stayed there for seven days. Through the Spirit they told Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	5	And when our days there were ended, we departed and went on our journey; and they all, with wives and children, brought us on our way till we were outside the city; and kneeling down on the beach we prayed and bade one another farewell.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	6	Then we went on board the ship, and they returned home.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	7	When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais; and we greeted the brethren and stayed with them for one day.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	8	On the morrow we departed and came to Caesarea; and we entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	9	And he had four unmarried daughters, who prophesied.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	10	While we were staying for some days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	11	And coming to us he took Paul’s girdle and bound his own feet and hands, and said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit, ‘So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this girdle and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’”
+Acts	Acts	51	21	12	When we heard this, we and the people there begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	13	Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
+Acts	Acts	51	21	14	And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased and said, “The will of the Lord be done.”
+Acts	Acts	51	21	15	After these days we made ready and went up to Jerusalem.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	16	And some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, bringing us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we should lodge.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	17	When we had come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	18	On the following day Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	19	After greeting them, he related one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	20	And when they heard it, they glorified God. And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed; they are all zealous for the law,
+Acts	Acts	51	21	21	and they have been told about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe the customs.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	22	What then is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	23	Do therefore what we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow;
+Acts	Acts	51	21	24	take these men and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may shave their heads. Thus all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you but that you yourself live in observance of the law.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	25	But as for the Gentiles who have believed, we have sent a letter with our judgment that they should abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from unchastity.”
+Acts	Acts	51	21	26	Then Paul took the men, and the next day he purified himself with them and went into the temple, to give notice when the days of purification would be fulfilled and the offering presented for every one of them.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	27	When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, who had seen him in the temple, stirred up all the crowd, and laid hands on him,
+Acts	Acts	51	21	28	crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching men everywhere against the people and the law and this place; moreover he also brought Greeks into the temple, and he has defiled this holy place.”
+Acts	Acts	51	21	29	For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	30	Then all the city was aroused, and the people ran together; they seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	31	And as they were trying to kill him, word came to the tribune of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	32	He at once took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them; and when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	33	Then the tribune came up and arrested him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	34	Some in the crowd shouted one thing, some another; and as he could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.
+Acts	Acts	51	21	35	And when he came to the steps, he was actually carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;
+Acts	Acts	51	21	36	for the mob of the people followed, crying, “Away with him!”
+Acts	Acts	51	21	37	As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the tribune, “May I say something to you?” And he said, “Do you know Greek?
+Acts	Acts	51	21	38	Are you not the Egyptian, then, who recently stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?”
+Acts	Acts	51	21	39	Paul replied, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city; I beg you, let me speak to the people.”
+Acts	Acts	51	21	40	And when he had given him leave, Paul, standing on the steps, motioned with his hand to the people; and when there was a great hush, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying:
+Acts	Acts	51	22	1	“Brethren and fathers, hear the defense which I now make before you.”
+Acts	Acts	51	22	2	And when they heard that he addressed them in the Hebrew language, they were the more quiet. And he said:
+Acts	Acts	51	22	3	“I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamali-el, educated according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God as you all are this day.
+Acts	Acts	51	22	4	I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women,
+Acts	Acts	51	22	5	as the high priest and the whole council of elders bear me witness. From them I received letters to the brethren, and I journeyed to Damascus to take those also who were there and bring them in bonds to Jerusalem to be punished.
+Acts	Acts	51	22	6	“As I made my journey and drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven suddenly shone about me.
+Acts	Acts	51	22	7	And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?’
+Acts	Acts	51	22	8	And I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And he said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth whom you are persecuting.’
+Acts	Acts	51	22	9	Now those who were with me saw the light but did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me.
+Acts	Acts	51	22	10	And I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ And the Lord said to me, ‘Rise, and go into Damascus, and there you will be told all that is appointed for you to do.’
+Acts	Acts	51	22	11	And when I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me, and came into Damascus.
+Acts	Acts	51	22	12	“And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,
+Acts	Acts	51	22	13	came to me, and standing by me said to me, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight.’ And in that very hour I received my sight and saw him.
+Acts	Acts	51	22	14	And he said, ‘The God of our fathers appointed you to know his will, to see the Just One and to hear a voice from his mouth;
+Acts	Acts	51	22	15	for you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.
+Acts	Acts	51	22	16	And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name.’
+Acts	Acts	51	22	17	“When I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance
+Acts	Acts	51	22	18	and saw him saying to me, ‘Make haste and get quickly out of Jerusalem, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’
+Acts	Acts	51	22	19	And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that in every synagogue I imprisoned and beat those who believed in thee.
+Acts	Acts	51	22	20	And when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I also was standing by and approving, and keeping the garments of those who killed him.’
+Acts	Acts	51	22	21	And he said to me, ‘Depart; for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
+Acts	Acts	51	22	22	Up to this word they listened to him; then they lifted up their voices and said, “Away with such a fellow from the earth! For he ought not to live.”
+Acts	Acts	51	22	23	And as they cried out and waved their garments and threw dust into the air,
+Acts	Acts	51	22	24	the tribune commanded him to be brought into the barracks, and ordered him to be examined by scourging, to find out why they shouted thus against him.
+Acts	Acts	51	22	25	But when they had tied him up with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman citizen, and uncondemned?”
+Acts	Acts	51	22	26	When the centurion heard that, he went to the tribune and said to him, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.”
+Acts	Acts	51	22	27	So the tribune came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” And he said, “Yes.”
+Acts	Acts	51	22	28	The tribune answered, “I bought this citizenship for a large sum.” Paul said, “But I was born a citizen.”
+Acts	Acts	51	22	29	So those who were about to examine him withdrew from him instantly; and the tribune also was afraid, for he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had bound him.
+Acts	Acts	51	22	30	But on the morrow, desiring to know the real reason why the Jews accused him, he unbound him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and he brought Paul down and set him before them.
+Acts	Acts	51	23	1	And Paul, looking intently at the council, said, “Brethren, I have lived before God in all good conscience up to this day.”
+Acts	Acts	51	23	2	And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.
+Acts	Acts	51	23	3	Then Paul said to him, “God shall strike you, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and yet contrary to the law you order me to be struck?”
+Acts	Acts	51	23	4	Those who stood by said, “Would you revile God’s high priest?”
+Acts	Acts	51	23	5	And Paul said, “I did not know, brethren, that he was the high priest; for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”
+Acts	Acts	51	23	6	But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead I am on trial.”
+Acts	Acts	51	23	7	And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and the assembly was divided.
+Acts	Acts	51	23	8	For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
+Acts	Acts	51	23	9	Then a great clamor arose; and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ party stood up and contended, “We find nothing wrong in this man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?”
+Acts	Acts	51	23	10	And when the dissension became violent, the tribune, afraid that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them and bring him into the barracks.
+Acts	Acts	51	23	11	The following night the Lord stood by him and said, “Take courage, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must bear witness also at Rome.”
+Acts	Acts	51	23	12	When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
+Acts	Acts	51	23	13	There were more than forty who made this conspiracy.
+Acts	Acts	51	23	14	And they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, “We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food till we have killed Paul.
+Acts	Acts	51	23	15	You therefore, along with the council, give notice now to the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case more exactly. And we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”
+Acts	Acts	51	23	16	Now the son of Paul’s sister heard of their ambush; so he went and entered the barracks and told Paul.
+Acts	Acts	51	23	17	And Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the tribune; for he has something to tell him.”
+Acts	Acts	51	23	18	So he took him and brought him to the tribune and said, “Paul the prisoner called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, as he has something to say to you.”
+Acts	Acts	51	23	19	The tribune took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, “What is it that you have to tell me?”
+Acts	Acts	51	23	20	And he said, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they were going to inquire somewhat more closely about him.
+Acts	Acts	51	23	21	But do not yield to them; for more than forty of their men lie in ambush for him, having bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him; and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.”
+Acts	Acts	51	23	22	So the tribune dismissed the young man, charging him, “Tell no one that you have informed me of this.”
+Acts	Acts	51	23	23	Then he called two of the centurions and said, “At the third hour of the night get ready two hundred soldiers with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go as far as Caesarea.
+Acts	Acts	51	23	24	Also provide mounts for Paul to ride, and bring him safely to Felix the governor.”
+Acts	Acts	51	23	25	And he wrote a letter to this effect:
+Acts	Acts	51	23	26	“Claudius Lysias to his Excellency the governor Felix, greeting.
+Acts	Acts	51	23	27	This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them, when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman citizen.
+Acts	Acts	51	23	28	And desiring to know the charge on which they accused him, I brought him down to their council.
+Acts	Acts	51	23	29	I found that he was accused about questions of their law, but charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment.
+Acts	Acts	51	23	30	And when it was disclosed to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, ordering his accusers also to state before you what they have against him.”
+Acts	Acts	51	23	31	So the soldiers, according to their instructions, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.
+Acts	Acts	51	23	32	And on the morrow they returned to the barracks, leaving the horsemen to go on with him.
+Acts	Acts	51	23	33	When they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they presented Paul also before him.
+Acts	Acts	51	23	34	On reading the letter, he asked to what province he belonged. When he learned that he was from Cilicia
+Acts	Acts	51	23	35	he said, “I will hear you when your accusers arrive.” And he commanded him to be guarded in Herod’s praetorium.
+Acts	Acts	51	24	1	And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertullus. They laid before the governor their case against Paul;
+Acts	Acts	51	24	2	and when he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying: “Since through you we enjoy much peace, and since by your provision, most excellent Felix, reforms are introduced on behalf of this nation,
+Acts	Acts	51	24	3	in every way and everywhere we accept this with all gratitude.
+Acts	Acts	51	24	4	But, to detain you no further, I beg you in your kindness to hear us briefly.
+Acts	Acts	51	24	5	For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, an agitator among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
+Acts	Acts	51	24	6	He even tried to profane the temple, but we seized him.
+Acts	Acts	51	24	8	By examining him yourself you will be able to learn from him about everything of which we accuse him.”
+Acts	Acts	51	24	9	The Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that all this was so.
+Acts	Acts	51	24	10	And when the governor had motioned to him to speak, Paul replied: “Realizing that for many years you have been judge over this nation, I cheerfully make my defense.
+Acts	Acts	51	24	11	As you may ascertain, it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem;
+Acts	Acts	51	24	12	and they did not find me disputing with any one or stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues, or in the city.
+Acts	Acts	51	24	13	Neither can they prove to you what they now bring up against me.
+Acts	Acts	51	24	14	But this I admit to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything laid down by the law or written in the prophets,
+Acts	Acts	51	24	15	having a hope in God which these themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.
+Acts	Acts	51	24	16	So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward God and toward men.
+Acts	Acts	51	24	17	Now after some years I came to bring to my nation alms and offerings.
+Acts	Acts	51	24	18	As I was doing this, they found me purified in the temple, without any crowd or tumult. But some Jews from Asia—
+Acts	Acts	51	24	19	they ought to be here before you and to make an accusation, if they have anything against me.
+Acts	Acts	51	24	20	Or else let these men themselves say what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the council,
+Acts	Acts	51	24	21	except this one thing which I cried out while standing among them, ‘With respect to the resurrection of the dead I am on trial before you this day.’”
+Acts	Acts	51	24	22	But Felix, having a rather accurate knowledge of the Way, put them off, saying, “When Lysias the tribune comes down, I will decide your case.”
+Acts	Acts	51	24	23	Then he gave orders to the centurion that he should be kept in custody but should have some liberty, and that none of his friends should be prevented from attending to his needs.
+Acts	Acts	51	24	24	After some days Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess; and he sent for Paul and heard him speak upon faith in Christ Jesus.
+Acts	Acts	51	24	25	And as he argued about justice and self-control and future judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, “Go away for the present; when I have an opportunity I will summon you.”
+Acts	Acts	51	24	26	At the same time he hoped that money would be given him by Paul. So he sent for him often and conversed with him.
+Acts	Acts	51	24	27	But when two years had elapsed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and desiring to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.
+Acts	Acts	51	25	1	Now when Festus had come into his province, after three days he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
+Acts	Acts	51	25	2	And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul; and they urged him,
+Acts	Acts	51	25	3	asking as a favor to have the man sent to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him on the way.
+Acts	Acts	51	25	4	Festus replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea, and that he himself intended to go there shortly.
+Acts	Acts	51	25	5	“So,” said he, “let the men of authority among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong about the man, let them accuse him.”
+Acts	Acts	51	25	6	When he had stayed among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and the next day he took his seat on the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought.
+Acts	Acts	51	25	7	And when he had come, the Jews who had gone down from Jerusalem stood about him, bringing against him many serious charges which they could not prove.
+Acts	Acts	51	25	8	Paul said in his defense, “Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I offended at all.”
+Acts	Acts	51	25	9	But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Do you wish to go up to Jerusalem, and there be tried on these charges before me?”
+Acts	Acts	51	25	10	But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s tribunal, where I ought to be tried; to the Jews I have done no wrong, as you know very well.
+Acts	Acts	51	25	11	If then I am a wrongdoer, and have committed anything for which I deserve to die, I do not seek to escape death; but if there is nothing in their charges against me, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar.”
+Acts	Acts	51	25	12	Then Festus, when he had conferred with his council, answered, “You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you shall go.”
+Acts	Acts	51	25	13	Now when some days had passed, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to welcome Festus.
+Acts	Acts	51	25	14	And as they stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a man left prisoner by Felix;
+Acts	Acts	51	25	15	and when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews gave information about him, asking for sentence against him.
+Acts	Acts	51	25	16	I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to give up any one before the accused met the accusers face to face, and had opportunity to make his defense concerning the charge laid against him.
+Acts	Acts	51	25	17	When therefore they came together here, I made no delay, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought in.
+Acts	Acts	51	25	18	When the accusers stood up, they brought no charge in his case of such evils as I supposed;
+Acts	Acts	51	25	19	but they had certain points of dispute with him about their own superstition and about one Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul asserted to be alive.
+Acts	Acts	51	25	20	Being at a loss how to investigate these questions, I asked whether he wished to go to Jerusalem and be tried there regarding them.
+Acts	Acts	51	25	21	But when Paul had appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of the emperor, I commanded him to be held until I could send him to Caesar.”
+Acts	Acts	51	25	22	And Agrippa said to Festus, “I should like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” said he, “you shall hear him.”
+Acts	Acts	51	25	23	So on the morrow Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp, and they entered the audience hall with the military tribunes and the prominent men of the city. Then by command of Festus Paul was brought in.
+Acts	Acts	51	25	24	And Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man about whom the whole Jewish people petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.
+Acts	Acts	51	25	25	But I found that he had done nothing deserving death; and as he himself appealed to the emperor, I decided to send him.
+Acts	Acts	51	25	26	But I have nothing definite to write to my lord about him. Therefore I have brought him before you, and, especially before you, King Agrippa, that, after we have examined him, I may have something to write.
+Acts	Acts	51	25	27	For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to indicate the charges against him.”
+Acts	Acts	51	26	1	Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense:
+Acts	Acts	51	26	2	“I think myself fortunate that it is before you, King Agrippa, I am to make my defense today against all the accusations of the Jews,
+Acts	Acts	51	26	3	because you are especially familiar with all customs and controversies of the Jews; therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.
+Acts	Acts	51	26	4	“My manner of life from my youth, spent from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem, is known by all the Jews.
+Acts	Acts	51	26	5	They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee.
+Acts	Acts	51	26	6	And now I stand here on trial for hope in the promise made by God to our fathers,
+Acts	Acts	51	26	7	to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly worship night and day. And for this hope I am accused by Jews, O king!
+Acts	Acts	51	26	8	Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?
+Acts	Acts	51	26	9	“I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
+Acts	Acts	51	26	10	And I did so in Jerusalem; I not only shut up many of the saints in prison, by authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.
+Acts	Acts	51	26	11	And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme; and in raging fury against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
+Acts	Acts	51	26	12	“Thus I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.
+Acts	Acts	51	26	13	At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining round me and those who journeyed with me.
+Acts	Acts	51	26	14	And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It hurts you to kick against the goads.’
+Acts	Acts	51	26	15	And I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.
+Acts	Acts	51	26	16	But rise and stand upon your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you to serve and bear witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you,
+Acts	Acts	51	26	17	delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles—to whom I send you
+Acts	Acts	51	26	18	to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
+Acts	Acts	51	26	19	“Wherefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
+Acts	Acts	51	26	20	but declared first to those at Damascus, then at Jerusalem and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God and perform deeds worthy of their repentance.
+Acts	Acts	51	26	21	For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
+Acts	Acts	51	26	22	To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass:
+Acts	Acts	51	26	23	that the Christ must suffer, and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.”
+Acts	Acts	51	26	24	And as he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are mad; your great learning is turning you mad.”
+Acts	Acts	51	26	25	But Paul said, “I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but I am speaking the sober truth.
+Acts	Acts	51	26	26	For the king knows about these things, and to him I speak freely; for I am persuaded that none of these things has escaped his notice, for this was not done in a corner.
+Acts	Acts	51	26	27	King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
+Acts	Acts	51	26	28	And Agrippa said to Paul, “In a short time you think to make me a Christian!”
+Acts	Acts	51	26	29	And Paul said, “Whether short or long, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day might become such as I am—except for these chains.”
+Acts	Acts	51	26	30	Then the king rose, and the governor and Bernice and those who were sitting with them;
+Acts	Acts	51	26	31	and when they had withdrawn, they said to one another, “This man is doing nothing to deserve death or imprisonment.”
+Acts	Acts	51	26	32	And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
+Acts	Acts	51	27	1	And when it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort, named Julius.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	2	And embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia, we put to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	3	The next day we put in at Sidon; and Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to go to his friends and be cared for.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	4	And putting to sea from there we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were against us.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	5	And when we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	6	There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, and put us on board.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	7	We sailed slowly for a number of days, and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus, and as the wind did not allow us to go on, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	8	Coasting along it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	9	As much time had been lost, and the voyage was already dangerous because the fast had already gone by, Paul advised them,
+Acts	Acts	51	27	10	saying, “Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.”
+Acts	Acts	51	27	11	But the centurion paid more attention to the captain and to the owner of the ship than to what Paul said.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	12	And because the harbor was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised to put to sea from there, on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, looking northeast and southeast, and winter there.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	13	And when the south wind blew gently, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close inshore.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	14	But soon a tempestuous wind, called the northeaster, struck down from the land;
+Acts	Acts	51	27	15	and when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	16	And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we managed with difficulty to secure the boat;
+Acts	Acts	51	27	17	after hoisting it up, they took measures to undergird the ship; then, fearing that they should run on the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and so were driven.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	18	As we were violently storm-tossed, they began next day to throw the cargo overboard;
+Acts	Acts	51	27	19	and the third day they cast out with their own hands the tackle of the ship.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	20	And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many a day, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	21	As they had been long without food, Paul then came forward among them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me, and should not have set sail from Crete and incurred this injury and loss.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	22	I now bid you take heart; for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	23	For this very night there stood by me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship,
+Acts	Acts	51	27	24	and he said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and lo, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’
+Acts	Acts	51	27	25	So take heart, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	26	But we shall have to run on some island.”
+Acts	Acts	51	27	27	When the fourteenth night had come, as we were drifting across the sea of Adria, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	28	So they sounded and found twenty fathoms; a little farther on they sounded again and found fifteen fathoms.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	29	And fearing that we might run on the rocks, they let out four anchors from the stern, and prayed for day to come.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	30	And as the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, under pretense of laying out anchors from the bow,
+Acts	Acts	51	27	31	Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.”
+Acts	Acts	51	27	32	Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let it go.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	33	As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have continued in suspense and without food, having taken nothing.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	34	Therefore I urge you to take some food; it will give you strength, since not a hair is to perish from the head of any of you.”
+Acts	Acts	51	27	35	And when he had said this, he took bread, and giving thanks to God in the presence of all he broke it and began to eat.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	36	Then they all were encouraged and ate some food themselves.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	37	(We were in all two hundred and seventy-six persons in the ship.)
+Acts	Acts	51	27	38	And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	39	Now when it was day, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, on which they planned if possible to bring the ship ashore.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	40	So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that tied the rudders; then hoisting the foresail to the wind they made for the beach.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	41	But striking a shoal they ran the vessel aground; the bow stuck and remained immovable, and the stern was broken up by the surf.
+Acts	Acts	51	27	42	The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any should swim away and escape;
+Acts	Acts	51	27	43	but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, kept them from carrying out their purpose. He ordered those who could swim to throw themselves overboard first and make for the land,
+Acts	Acts	51	27	44	and the rest on planks or on pieces of the ship. And so it was that all escaped to land.
+Acts	Acts	51	28	1	After we had escaped, we then learned that the island was called Malta.
+Acts	Acts	51	28	2	And the natives showed us unusual kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold.
+Acts	Acts	51	28	3	Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, when a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand.
+Acts	Acts	51	28	4	When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, justice has not allowed him to live.”
+Acts	Acts	51	28	5	He, however, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.
+Acts	Acts	51	28	6	They waited, expecting him to swell up or suddenly fall down dead; but when they had waited a long time and saw no misfortune come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.
+Acts	Acts	51	28	7	Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us and entertained us hospitably for three days.
+Acts	Acts	51	28	8	It happened that the father of Publius lay sick with fever and dysentery; and Paul visited him and prayed, and putting his hands on him healed him.
+Acts	Acts	51	28	9	And when this had taken place, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured.
+Acts	Acts	51	28	10	They presented many gifts to us; and when we sailed, they put on board whatever we needed.
+Acts	Acts	51	28	11	After three months we set sail in a ship which had wintered in the island, a ship of Alexandria, with the Twin Brothers as figurehead.
+Acts	Acts	51	28	12	Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there for three days.
+Acts	Acts	51	28	13	And from there we made a circuit and arrived at Rhegium; and after one day a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli.
+Acts	Acts	51	28	14	There we found brethren, and were invited to stay with them for seven days. And so we came to Rome.
+Acts	Acts	51	28	15	And the brethren there, when they heard of us, came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. On seeing them Paul thanked God and took courage.
+Acts	Acts	51	28	16	And when we came into Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself, with the soldier that guarded him.
+Acts	Acts	51	28	17	After three days he called together the local leaders of the Jews; and when they had gathered, he said to them, “Brethren, though I had done nothing against the people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
+Acts	Acts	51	28	18	When they had examined me, they wished to set me at liberty, because there was no reason for the death penalty in my case.
+Acts	Acts	51	28	19	But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar—though I had no charge to bring against my nation.
+Acts	Acts	51	28	20	For this reason therefore I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
+Acts	Acts	51	28	21	And they said to him, “We have received no letters from Judea about you, and none of the brethren coming here has reported or spoken any evil about you.
+Acts	Acts	51	28	22	But we desire to hear from you what your views are; for with regard to this sect we know that everywhere it is spoken against.”
+Acts	Acts	51	28	23	When they had appointed a day for him, they came to him at his lodging in great numbers. And he expounded the matter to them from morning till evening, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the law of Moses and from the prophets.
+Acts	Acts	51	28	24	And some were convinced by what he said, while others disbelieved.
+Acts	Acts	51	28	25	So, as they disagreed among themselves, they departed, after Paul had made one statement: “The Holy Spirit was right in saying to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
+Acts	Acts	51	28	26	‘Go to this people, and say, You shall indeed hear but never understand, and you shall indeed see but never perceive.
+Acts	Acts	51	28	27	For this people’s heart has grown dull, and their ears are heavy of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest they should perceive with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn for me to heal them.’
+Acts	Acts	51	28	28	Let it be known to you then that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen.”
+Acts	Acts	51	28	30	And he lived there two whole years at his own expense, and welcomed all who came to him,
+Acts	Acts	51	28	31	preaching the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ quite openly and unhindered.
+Romans	Rom	52	1	1	Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God
+Romans	Rom	52	1	2	which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures,
+Romans	Rom	52	1	3	the gospel concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh
+Romans	Rom	52	1	4	and designated Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,
+Romans	Rom	52	1	5	through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,
+Romans	Rom	52	1	6	including yourselves who are called to belong to Jesus Christ;
+Romans	Rom	52	1	7	To all God’s beloved in Rome, who are called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Romans	Rom	52	1	8	First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.
+Romans	Rom	52	1	9	For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you always in my prayers,
+Romans	Rom	52	1	10	asking that somehow by God’s will I may now at last succeed in coming to you.
+Romans	Rom	52	1	11	For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,
+Romans	Rom	52	1	12	that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.
+Romans	Rom	52	1	13	I want you to know, brethren, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles.
+Romans	Rom	52	1	14	I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish:
+Romans	Rom	52	1	15	so I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
+Romans	Rom	52	1	16	For I am not ashamed of the gospel: it is the power of God for salvation to every one who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
+Romans	Rom	52	1	17	For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is written, “He who through faith is righteous shall live.”
+Romans	Rom	52	1	18	For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness of men who by their wickedness suppress the truth.
+Romans	Rom	52	1	19	For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
+Romans	Rom	52	1	20	Ever since the creation of the world his invisible nature, namely, his eternal power and deity, has been clearly perceived in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse;
+Romans	Rom	52	1	21	for although they knew God they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking and their senseless minds were darkened.
+Romans	Rom	52	1	22	Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
+Romans	Rom	52	1	23	and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man or birds or animals or reptiles.
+Romans	Rom	52	1	24	Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,
+Romans	Rom	52	1	25	because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever! Amen.
+Romans	Rom	52	1	26	For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural,
+Romans	Rom	52	1	27	and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in their own persons the due penalty for their error.
+Romans	Rom	52	1	28	And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a base mind and to improper conduct.
+Romans	Rom	52	1	29	They were filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity, they are gossips,
+Romans	Rom	52	1	30	slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,
+Romans	Rom	52	1	31	foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.
+Romans	Rom	52	1	32	Though they know God’s decree that those who do such things deserve to die, they not only do them but approve those who practice them.
+Romans	Rom	52	2	1	Therefore you have no excuse, O man, whoever you are, when you judge another; for in passing judgment upon him you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things.
+Romans	Rom	52	2	2	We know that the judgment of God rightly falls upon those who do such things.
+Romans	Rom	52	2	3	Do you suppose, O man, that when you judge those who do such things and yet do them yourself, you will escape the judgment of God?
+Romans	Rom	52	2	4	Or do you presume upon the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not know that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
+Romans	Rom	52	2	5	But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
+Romans	Rom	52	2	6	For he will render to every man according to his works:
+Romans	Rom	52	2	7	to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;
+Romans	Rom	52	2	8	but for those who are factious and do not obey the truth, but obey wickedness, there will be wrath and fury.
+Romans	Rom	52	2	9	There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek,
+Romans	Rom	52	2	10	but glory and honor and peace for every one who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek.
+Romans	Rom	52	2	11	For God shows no partiality.
+Romans	Rom	52	2	12	All who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.
+Romans	Rom	52	2	13	For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.
+Romans	Rom	52	2	14	When Gentiles who have not the law do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.
+Romans	Rom	52	2	15	They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or perhaps excuse them
+Romans	Rom	52	2	16	on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.
+Romans	Rom	52	2	17	But if you call yourself a Jew and rely upon the law and boast of your relation to God
+Romans	Rom	52	2	18	and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed in the law,
+Romans	Rom	52	2	19	and if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
+Romans	Rom	52	2	20	a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
+Romans	Rom	52	2	21	you then who teach others, will you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal?
+Romans	Rom	52	2	22	You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
+Romans	Rom	52	2	23	You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
+Romans	Rom	52	2	24	For, as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
+Romans	Rom	52	2	25	Circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law; but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.
+Romans	Rom	52	2	26	So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
+Romans	Rom	52	2	27	Then those who are physically uncircumcised but keep the law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law.
+Romans	Rom	52	2	28	For he is not a real Jew who is one outwardly, nor is true circumcision something external and physical.
+Romans	Rom	52	2	29	He is a Jew who is one inwardly, and real circumcision is a matter of the heart, spiritual and not literal. His praise is not from men but from God.
+Romans	Rom	52	3	1	Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
+Romans	Rom	52	3	2	Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews are entrusted with the oracles of God.
+Romans	Rom	52	3	3	What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?
+Romans	Rom	52	3	4	By no means! Let God be true though every man be false, as it is written, “That thou mayest be justified in thy words, and prevail when thou art judged.”
+Romans	Rom	52	3	5	But if our wickedness serves to show the justice of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.)
+Romans	Rom	52	3	6	By no means! For then how could God judge the world?
+Romans	Rom	52	3	7	But if through my falsehood God’s truthfulness abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner?
+Romans	Rom	52	3	8	And why not do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.
+Romans	Rom	52	3	9	What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all; for I have already charged that all men, both Jews and Greeks, are under the power of sin,
+Romans	Rom	52	3	10	as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;
+Romans	Rom	52	3	11	no one understands, no one seeks for God.
+Romans	Rom	52	3	12	All have turned aside, together they have gone wrong; no one does good, not even one.”
+Romans	Rom	52	3	13	“Their throat is an open grave, they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of asps is under their lips.”
+Romans	Rom	52	3	14	“Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
+Romans	Rom	52	3	15	“Their feet are swift to shed blood,
+Romans	Rom	52	3	16	in their paths are ruin and misery,
+Romans	Rom	52	3	17	and the way of peace they do not know.”
+Romans	Rom	52	3	18	“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
+Romans	Rom	52	3	19	Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
+Romans	Rom	52	3	20	For no human being will be justified in his sight by works of the law, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
+Romans	Rom	52	3	21	But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from law, although the law and the prophets bear witness to it,
+Romans	Rom	52	3	22	the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction;
+Romans	Rom	52	3	23	since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
+Romans	Rom	52	3	24	they are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus,
+Romans	Rom	52	3	25	whom God put forward as an expiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins;
+Romans	Rom	52	3	26	it was to prove at the present time that he himself is righteous and that he justifies him who has faith in Jesus.
+Romans	Rom	52	3	27	Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On the principle of works? No, but on the principle of faith.
+Romans	Rom	52	3	28	For we hold that a man is justified by faith apart from works of law.
+Romans	Rom	52	3	29	Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,
+Romans	Rom	52	3	30	since God is one; and he will justify the circumcised on the ground of their faith and the uncircumcised through their faith.
+Romans	Rom	52	3	31	Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
+Romans	Rom	52	4	1	What then shall we say about Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh?
+Romans	Rom	52	4	2	For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.
+Romans	Rom	52	4	3	For what does the scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.”
+Romans	Rom	52	4	4	Now to one who works, his wages are not reckoned as a gift but as his due.
+Romans	Rom	52	4	5	And to one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness.
+Romans	Rom	52	4	6	So also David pronounces a blessing upon the man to whom God reckons righteousness apart from works:
+Romans	Rom	52	4	7	“Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;
+Romans	Rom	52	4	8	blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not reckon his sin.”
+Romans	Rom	52	4	9	Is this blessing pronounced only upon the circumcised, or also upon the uncircumcised? We say that faith was reckoned to Abraham as righteousness.
+Romans	Rom	52	4	10	How then was it reckoned to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised.
+Romans	Rom	52	4	11	He received circumcision as a sign or seal of the righteousness which he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned to them,
+Romans	Rom	52	4	12	and likewise the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but also follow the example of the faith which our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
+Romans	Rom	52	4	13	The promise to Abraham and his descendants, that they should inherit the world, did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
+Romans	Rom	52	4	14	If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void.
+Romans	Rom	52	4	15	For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.
+Romans	Rom	52	4	16	That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants—not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, for he is the father of us all,
+Romans	Rom	52	4	17	as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
+Romans	Rom	52	4	18	In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations; as he had been told, “So shall your descendants be.”
+Romans	Rom	52	4	19	He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead because he was about a hundred years old, or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah’s womb.
+Romans	Rom	52	4	20	No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God,
+Romans	Rom	52	4	21	fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.
+Romans	Rom	52	4	22	That is why his faith was “reckoned to him as righteousness.”
+Romans	Rom	52	4	23	But the words, “it was reckoned to him,” were written not for his sake alone,
+Romans	Rom	52	4	24	but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him that raised from the dead Jesus our Lord,
+Romans	Rom	52	4	25	who was put to death for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
+Romans	Rom	52	5	1	Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
+Romans	Rom	52	5	2	Through him we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God.
+Romans	Rom	52	5	3	More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
+Romans	Rom	52	5	4	and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,
+Romans	Rom	52	5	5	and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
+Romans	Rom	52	5	6	While we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
+Romans	Rom	52	5	7	Why, one will hardly die for a righteous man—though perhaps for a good man one will dare even to die.
+Romans	Rom	52	5	8	But God shows his love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.
+Romans	Rom	52	5	9	Since, therefore, we are now justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.
+Romans	Rom	52	5	10	For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
+Romans	Rom	52	5	11	Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received our reconciliation.
+Romans	Rom	52	5	12	Therefore as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all men sinned—
+Romans	Rom	52	5	13	sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.
+Romans	Rom	52	5	14	Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.
+Romans	Rom	52	5	15	But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift in the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.
+Romans	Rom	52	5	16	And the free gift is not like the effect of that one man’s sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brings justification.
+Romans	Rom	52	5	17	If, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.
+Romans	Rom	52	5	18	Then as one man’s trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one man’s act of righteousness leads to acquittal and life for all men.
+Romans	Rom	52	5	19	For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by one man’s obedience many will be made righteous.
+Romans	Rom	52	5	20	Law came in, to increase the trespass; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,
+Romans	Rom	52	5	21	so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
+Romans	Rom	52	6	1	What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?
+Romans	Rom	52	6	2	By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?
+Romans	Rom	52	6	3	Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
+Romans	Rom	52	6	4	We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
+Romans	Rom	52	6	5	For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.
+Romans	Rom	52	6	6	We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the sinful body might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.
+Romans	Rom	52	6	7	For he who has died is freed from sin.
+Romans	Rom	52	6	8	But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him.
+Romans	Rom	52	6	9	For we know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.
+Romans	Rom	52	6	10	The death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God.
+Romans	Rom	52	6	11	So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
+Romans	Rom	52	6	12	Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions.
+Romans	Rom	52	6	13	Do not yield your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but yield yourselves to God as men who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments of righteousness.
+Romans	Rom	52	6	14	For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
+Romans	Rom	52	6	15	What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!
+Romans	Rom	52	6	16	Do you not know that if you yield yourselves to any one as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
+Romans	Rom	52	6	17	But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed,
+Romans	Rom	52	6	18	and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.
+Romans	Rom	52	6	19	I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once yielded your members to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now yield your members to righteousness for sanctification.
+Romans	Rom	52	6	20	When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.
+Romans	Rom	52	6	21	But then what return did you get from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is death.
+Romans	Rom	52	6	22	But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the return you get is sanctification and its end, eternal life.
+Romans	Rom	52	6	23	For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
+Romans	Rom	52	7	1	Do you not know, brethren—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only during his life?
+Romans	Rom	52	7	2	Thus a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives; but if her husband dies she is discharged from the law concerning the husband.
+Romans	Rom	52	7	3	Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress.
+Romans	Rom	52	7	4	Likewise, my brethren, you have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God.
+Romans	Rom	52	7	5	While we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.
+Romans	Rom	52	7	6	But now we are discharged from the law, dead to that which held us captive, so that we serve not under the old written code but in the new life of the Spirit.
+Romans	Rom	52	7	7	What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet, if it had not been for the law, I should not have known sin. I should not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”
+Romans	Rom	52	7	8	But sin, finding opportunity in the commandment, wrought in me all kinds of covetousness. Apart from the law sin lies dead.
+Romans	Rom	52	7	9	I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died;
+Romans	Rom	52	7	10	the very commandment which promised life proved to be death to me.
+Romans	Rom	52	7	11	For sin, finding opportunity in the commandment, deceived me and by it killed me.
+Romans	Rom	52	7	12	So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.
+Romans	Rom	52	7	13	Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, working death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure.
+Romans	Rom	52	7	14	We know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold under sin.
+Romans	Rom	52	7	15	I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.
+Romans	Rom	52	7	16	Now if I do what I do not want, I agree that the law is good.
+Romans	Rom	52	7	17	So then it is no longer I that do it, but sin which dwells within me.
+Romans	Rom	52	7	18	For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot do it.
+Romans	Rom	52	7	19	For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do.
+Romans	Rom	52	7	20	Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I that do it, but sin which dwells within me.
+Romans	Rom	52	7	21	So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand.
+Romans	Rom	52	7	22	For I delight in the law of God, in my inmost self,
+Romans	Rom	52	7	23	but I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin which dwells in my members.
+Romans	Rom	52	7	24	Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?
+Romans	Rom	52	7	25	Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I of myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
+Romans	Rom	52	8	1	There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
+Romans	Rom	52	8	2	For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.
+Romans	Rom	52	8	3	For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do: sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
+Romans	Rom	52	8	4	in order that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
+Romans	Rom	52	8	5	For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
+Romans	Rom	52	8	6	To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
+Romans	Rom	52	8	7	For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, indeed it cannot;
+Romans	Rom	52	8	8	and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
+Romans	Rom	52	8	9	But you are not in the flesh, you are in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Any one who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
+Romans	Rom	52	8	10	But if Christ is in you, although your bodies are dead because of sin, your spirits are alive because of righteousness.
+Romans	Rom	52	8	11	If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit who dwells in you.
+Romans	Rom	52	8	12	So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—
+Romans	Rom	52	8	13	for if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.
+Romans	Rom	52	8	14	For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
+Romans	Rom	52	8	15	For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the spirit of sonship. When we cry, “Abba! Father!”
+Romans	Rom	52	8	16	it is the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
+Romans	Rom	52	8	17	and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
+Romans	Rom	52	8	18	I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
+Romans	Rom	52	8	19	For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God;
+Romans	Rom	52	8	20	for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of him who subjected it in hope;
+Romans	Rom	52	8	21	because the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the children of God.
+Romans	Rom	52	8	22	We know that the whole creation has been groaning in travail together until now;
+Romans	Rom	52	8	23	and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
+Romans	Rom	52	8	24	For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?
+Romans	Rom	52	8	25	But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
+Romans	Rom	52	8	26	Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words.
+Romans	Rom	52	8	27	And he who searches the hearts of men knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
+Romans	Rom	52	8	28	We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose.
+Romans	Rom	52	8	29	For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the first-born among many brethren.
+Romans	Rom	52	8	30	And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified.
+Romans	Rom	52	8	31	What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who is against us?
+Romans	Rom	52	8	32	He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, will he not also give us all things with him?
+Romans	Rom	52	8	33	Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies;
+Romans	Rom	52	8	34	who is to condemn? Is it Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us?
+Romans	Rom	52	8	35	Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
+Romans	Rom	52	8	36	As it is written, “For thy sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
+Romans	Rom	52	8	37	No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
+Romans	Rom	52	8	38	For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
+Romans	Rom	52	8	39	nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
+Romans	Rom	52	9	1	I am speaking the truth in Christ, I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit,
+Romans	Rom	52	9	2	that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
+Romans	Rom	52	9	3	For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen by race.
+Romans	Rom	52	9	4	They are Israelites, and to them belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises;
+Romans	Rom	52	9	5	to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, be blessed for ever. Amen.
+Romans	Rom	52	9	6	But it is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel,
+Romans	Rom	52	9	7	and not all are children of Abraham because they are his descendants; but “Through Isaac shall your descendants be named.”
+Romans	Rom	52	9	8	This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are reckoned as descendants.
+Romans	Rom	52	9	9	For this is what the promise said, “About this time I will return and Sarah shall have a son.”
+Romans	Rom	52	9	10	And not only so, but also when Rebecca had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac,
+Romans	Rom	52	9	11	though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad, in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of his call,
+Romans	Rom	52	9	12	she was told, “The elder will serve the younger.”
+Romans	Rom	52	9	13	As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
+Romans	Rom	52	9	14	What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means!
+Romans	Rom	52	9	15	For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
+Romans	Rom	52	9	16	So it depends not upon man’s will or exertion, but upon God’s mercy.
+Romans	Rom	52	9	17	For the scripture says to Pharaoh, “I have raised you up for the very purpose of showing my power in you, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”
+Romans	Rom	52	9	18	So then he has mercy upon whomever he wills, and he hardens the heart of whomever he wills.
+Romans	Rom	52	9	19	You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”
+Romans	Rom	52	9	20	But who are you, a man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me thus?”
+Romans	Rom	52	9	21	Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for beauty and another for menial use?
+Romans	Rom	52	9	22	What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the vessels of wrath made for destruction,
+Romans	Rom	52	9	23	in order to make known the riches of his glory for the vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory,
+Romans	Rom	52	9	24	even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles?
+Romans	Rom	52	9	25	As indeed he says in Hosea, “Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’ and her who was not beloved I will call ‘my beloved.’”
+Romans	Rom	52	9	26	“And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
+Romans	Rom	52	9	27	And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved;
+Romans	Rom	52	9	28	for the Lord will execute his sentence upon the earth with rigor and dispatch.”
+Romans	Rom	52	9	29	And as Isaiah predicted, “If the Lord of hosts had not left us children, we would have fared like Sodom and been made like Gomorrah.”
+Romans	Rom	52	9	30	What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, righteousness through faith;
+Romans	Rom	52	9	31	but that Israel who pursued the righteousness which is based on law did not succeed in fulfilling that law.
+Romans	Rom	52	9	32	Why? Because they did not pursue it through faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,
+Romans	Rom	52	9	33	as it is written, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone that will make men stumble, a rock that will make them fall; and he who believes in him will not be put to shame.”
+Romans	Rom	52	10	1	Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.
+Romans	Rom	52	10	2	I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but it is not enlightened.
+Romans	Rom	52	10	3	For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
+Romans	Rom	52	10	4	For Christ is the end of the law, that every one who has faith may be justified.
+Romans	Rom	52	10	5	Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on the law shall live by it.
+Romans	Rom	52	10	6	But the righteousness based on faith says, Do not say in your heart, “Who will ascend into heaven?” (that is, to bring Christ down)
+Romans	Rom	52	10	7	or “Who will descend into the abyss?” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).
+Romans	Rom	52	10	8	But what does it say? The word is near you, on your lips and in your heart (that is, the word of faith which we preach);
+Romans	Rom	52	10	9	because, if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
+Romans	Rom	52	10	10	For man believes with his heart and so is justified, and he confesses with his lips and so is saved.
+Romans	Rom	52	10	11	The scripture says, “No one who believes in him will be put to shame.”
+Romans	Rom	52	10	12	For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and bestows his riches upon all who call upon him.
+Romans	Rom	52	10	13	For, “every one who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.”
+Romans	Rom	52	10	14	But how are men to call upon him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher?
+Romans	Rom	52	10	15	And how can men preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news!”
+Romans	Rom	52	10	16	But they have not all obeyed the gospel; for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?”
+Romans	Rom	52	10	17	So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Christ.
+Romans	Rom	52	10	18	But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have; for “Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.”
+Romans	Rom	52	10	19	Again I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says, “I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation; with a foolish nation I will make you angry.”
+Romans	Rom	52	10	20	Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, “I have been found by those who did not seek me; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.”
+Romans	Rom	52	10	21	But of Israel he says, “All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”
+Romans	Rom	52	11	1	I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
+Romans	Rom	52	11	2	God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
+Romans	Rom	52	11	3	“Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have demolished thy altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.”
+Romans	Rom	52	11	4	But what is God’s reply to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
+Romans	Rom	52	11	5	So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace.
+Romans	Rom	52	11	6	But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
+Romans	Rom	52	11	7	What then? Israel failed to obtain what it sought. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened,
+Romans	Rom	52	11	8	as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that should not see and ears that should not hear, down to this very day.”
+Romans	Rom	52	11	9	And David says, “Let their table become a snare and a trap, a pitfall and a retribution for them;
+Romans	Rom	52	11	10	let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and bend their backs for ever.”
+Romans	Rom	52	11	11	So I ask, have they stumbled so as to fall? By no means! But through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous.
+Romans	Rom	52	11	12	Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean!
+Romans	Rom	52	11	13	Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
+Romans	Rom	52	11	14	in order to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them.
+Romans	Rom	52	11	15	For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?
+Romans	Rom	52	11	16	If the dough offered as first fruits is holy, so is the whole lump; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
+Romans	Rom	52	11	17	But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in their place to share the richness of the olive tree,
+Romans	Rom	52	11	18	do not boast over the branches. If you do boast, remember it is not you that support the root, but the root that supports you.
+Romans	Rom	52	11	19	You will say, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”
+Romans	Rom	52	11	20	That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast only through faith. So do not become proud, but stand in awe.
+Romans	Rom	52	11	21	For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
+Romans	Rom	52	11	22	Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off.
+Romans	Rom	52	11	23	And even the others, if they do not persist in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again.
+Romans	Rom	52	11	24	For if you have been cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree.
+Romans	Rom	52	11	25	Lest you be wise in your own conceits, I want you to understand this mystery, brethren: a hardening has come upon part of Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles come in,
+Romans	Rom	52	11	26	and so all Israel will be saved; as it is written, “The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob”;
+Romans	Rom	52	11	27	“and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins.”
+Romans	Rom	52	11	28	As regards the gospel they are enemies of God, for your sake; but as regards election they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers.
+Romans	Rom	52	11	29	For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.
+Romans	Rom	52	11	30	Just as you were once disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience,
+Romans	Rom	52	11	31	so they have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may receive mercy.
+Romans	Rom	52	11	32	For God has consigned all men to disobedience, that he may have mercy upon all.
+Romans	Rom	52	11	33	O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
+Romans	Rom	52	11	34	“For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?”
+Romans	Rom	52	11	35	“Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?”
+Romans	Rom	52	11	36	For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory for ever. Amen.
+Romans	Rom	52	12	1	I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
+Romans	Rom	52	12	2	Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
+Romans	Rom	52	12	3	For by the grace given to me I bid every one among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith which God has assigned him.
+Romans	Rom	52	12	4	For as in one body we have many members, and all the members do not have the same function,
+Romans	Rom	52	12	5	so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
+Romans	Rom	52	12	6	Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith;
+Romans	Rom	52	12	7	if service, in our serving; he who teaches, in his teaching;
+Romans	Rom	52	12	8	he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who contributes, in liberality; he who gives aid, with zeal; he who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
+Romans	Rom	52	12	9	Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good;
+Romans	Rom	52	12	10	love one another with brotherly affection; outdo one another in showing honor.
+Romans	Rom	52	12	11	Never flag in zeal, be aglow with the Spirit, serve the Lord.
+Romans	Rom	52	12	12	Rejoice in your hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
+Romans	Rom	52	12	13	Contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality.
+Romans	Rom	52	12	14	Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.
+Romans	Rom	52	12	15	Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
+Romans	Rom	52	12	16	Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; never be conceited.
+Romans	Rom	52	12	17	Repay no one evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all.
+Romans	Rom	52	12	18	If possible, so far as it depends upon you, live peaceably with all.
+Romans	Rom	52	12	19	Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God; for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
+Romans	Rom	52	12	20	No, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals upon his head.”
+Romans	Rom	52	12	21	Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
+Romans	Rom	52	13	1	Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
+Romans	Rom	52	13	2	Therefore he who resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.
+Romans	Rom	52	13	3	For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of him who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval,
+Romans	Rom	52	13	4	for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain; he is the servant of God to execute his wrath on the wrongdoer.
+Romans	Rom	52	13	5	Therefore one must be subject, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience.
+Romans	Rom	52	13	6	For the same reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing.
+Romans	Rom	52	13	7	Pay all of them their dues, taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
+Romans	Rom	52	13	8	Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
+Romans	Rom	52	13	9	The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this sentence, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
+Romans	Rom	52	13	10	Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
+Romans	Rom	52	13	11	Besides this you know what hour it is, how it is full time now for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed;
+Romans	Rom	52	13	12	the night is far gone, the day is at hand. Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light;
+Romans	Rom	52	13	13	let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.
+Romans	Rom	52	13	14	But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
+Romans	Rom	52	14	1	As for the man who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not for disputes over opinions.
+Romans	Rom	52	14	2	One believes he may eat anything, while the weak man eats only vegetables.
+Romans	Rom	52	14	3	Let not him who eats despise him who abstains, and let not him who abstains pass judgment on him who eats; for God has welcomed him.
+Romans	Rom	52	14	4	Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Master is able to make him stand.
+Romans	Rom	52	14	5	One man esteems one day as better than another, while another man esteems all days alike. Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
+Romans	Rom	52	14	6	He who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. He also who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; while he who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God.
+Romans	Rom	52	14	7	None of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.
+Romans	Rom	52	14	8	If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.
+Romans	Rom	52	14	9	For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
+Romans	Rom	52	14	10	Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God;
+Romans	Rom	52	14	11	for it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall give praise to God.”
+Romans	Rom	52	14	12	So each of us shall give account of himself to God.
+Romans	Rom	52	14	13	Then let us no more pass judgment on one another, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.
+Romans	Rom	52	14	14	I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but it is unclean for any one who thinks it unclean.
+Romans	Rom	52	14	15	If your brother is being injured by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not let what you eat cause the ruin of one for whom Christ died.
+Romans	Rom	52	14	16	So do not let your good be spoken of as evil.
+Romans	Rom	52	14	17	For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit;
+Romans	Rom	52	14	18	he who thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men.
+Romans	Rom	52	14	19	Let us then pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.
+Romans	Rom	52	14	20	Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for any one to make others fall by what he eats;
+Romans	Rom	52	14	21	it is right not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that makes your brother stumble.
+Romans	Rom	52	14	22	The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God; happy is he who has no reason to judge himself for what he approves.
+Romans	Rom	52	14	23	But he who has doubts is condemned, if he eats, because he does not act from faith; for whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.
+Romans	Rom	52	15	1	We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves;
+Romans	Rom	52	15	2	let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to edify him.
+Romans	Rom	52	15	3	For Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached thee fell on me.”
+Romans	Rom	52	15	4	For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.
+Romans	Rom	52	15	5	May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus,
+Romans	Rom	52	15	6	that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
+Romans	Rom	52	15	7	Welcome one another, therefore, as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.
+Romans	Rom	52	15	8	For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs,
+Romans	Rom	52	15	9	and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Therefore I will praise thee among the Gentiles, and sing to thy name”;
+Romans	Rom	52	15	10	and again it is said, “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people”;
+Romans	Rom	52	15	11	and again, “Praise the Lord, all Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise him”;
+Romans	Rom	52	15	12	and further Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse shall come, he who rises to rule the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles hope.”
+Romans	Rom	52	15	13	May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
+Romans	Rom	52	15	14	I myself am satisfied about you, my brethren, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.
+Romans	Rom	52	15	15	But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder, because of the grace given me by God
+Romans	Rom	52	15	16	to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
+Romans	Rom	52	15	17	In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to be proud of my work for God.
+Romans	Rom	52	15	18	For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has wrought through me to win obedience from the Gentiles, by word and deed,
+Romans	Rom	52	15	19	by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Holy Spirit, so that from Jerusalem and as far round as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ,
+Romans	Rom	52	15	20	thus making it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on another man’s foundation,
+Romans	Rom	52	15	21	but as it is written, “They shall see who have never been told of him, and they shall understand who have never heard of him.”
+Romans	Rom	52	15	22	This is the reason why I have so often been hindered from coming to you.
+Romans	Rom	52	15	23	But now, since I no longer have any room for work in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to come to you,
+Romans	Rom	52	15	24	I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain, and to be sped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a little.
+Romans	Rom	52	15	25	At present, however, I am going to Jerusalem with aid for the saints.
+Romans	Rom	52	15	26	For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem;
+Romans	Rom	52	15	27	they were pleased to do it, and indeed they are in debt to them, for if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to be of service to them in material blessings.
+Romans	Rom	52	15	28	When therefore I have completed this, and have delivered to them what has been raised, I shall go on by way of you to Spain;
+Romans	Rom	52	15	29	and I know that when I come to you I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of Christ.
+Romans	Rom	52	15	30	I appeal to you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf,
+Romans	Rom	52	15	31	that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,
+Romans	Rom	52	15	32	so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company.
+Romans	Rom	52	15	33	The God of peace be with you all. Amen.
+Romans	Rom	52	16	1	I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deaconess of the church at Cenchre-ae,
+Romans	Rom	52	16	2	that you may receive her in the Lord as befits the saints, and help her in whatever she may require from you, for she has been a helper of many and of myself as well.
+Romans	Rom	52	16	3	Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,
+Romans	Rom	52	16	4	who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I but also all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks;
+Romans	Rom	52	16	5	greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert in Asia for Christ.
+Romans	Rom	52	16	6	Greet Mary, who has worked hard among you.
+Romans	Rom	52	16	7	Greet Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners; they are men of note among the apostles, and they were in Christ before me.
+Romans	Rom	52	16	8	Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.
+Romans	Rom	52	16	9	Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys.
+Romans	Rom	52	16	10	Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the family of Aristobulus.
+Romans	Rom	52	16	11	Greet my kinsman Herodion. Greet those in the Lord who belong to the family of Narcissus.
+Romans	Rom	52	16	12	Greet those workers in the Lord, Tryphaena and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis, who has worked hard in the Lord.
+Romans	Rom	52	16	13	Greet Rufus, eminent in the Lord, also his mother and mine.
+Romans	Rom	52	16	14	Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brethren who are with them.
+Romans	Rom	52	16	15	Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.
+Romans	Rom	52	16	16	Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.
+Romans	Rom	52	16	17	I appeal to you, brethren, to take note of those who create dissensions and difficulties, in opposition to the doctrine which you have been taught; avoid them.
+Romans	Rom	52	16	18	For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by fair and flattering words they deceive the hearts of the simple-minded.
+Romans	Rom	52	16	19	For while your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, I would have you wise as to what is good and guileless as to what is evil;
+Romans	Rom	52	16	20	then the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
+Romans	Rom	52	16	21	Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you; so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.
+Romans	Rom	52	16	22	I Tertius, the writer of this letter, greet you in the Lord.
+Romans	Rom	52	16	23	Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you.
+Romans	Rom	52	16	25	Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which was kept secret for long ages
+Romans	Rom	52	16	26	but is now disclosed and through the prophetic writings is made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith—
+Romans	Rom	52	16	27	to the only wise God be glory for evermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	1	Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	2	To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	4	I give thanks to God always for you because of the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	5	that in every way you were enriched in him with all speech and all knowledge—
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	6	even as the testimony to Christ was confirmed among you—
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	7	so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	8	who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	9	God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	10	I appeal to you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree and that there be no dissensions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	11	For it has been reported to me by Chloe’s people that there is quarreling among you, my brethren.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	12	What I mean is that each one of you says, “I belong to Paul,” or “I belong to Apollos,” or “I belong to Cephas,” or “I belong to Christ.”
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	13	Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	14	I am thankful that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius;
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	15	lest any one should say that you were baptized in my name.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	16	(I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any one else.)
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	17	For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	18	For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	19	For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the cleverness of the clever I will thwart.”
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	20	Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	21	For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	22	For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	23	but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	24	but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	25	For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	26	For consider your call, brethren; not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth;
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	27	but God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	28	God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	29	so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	30	He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom, our righteousness and sanctification and redemption;
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	1	31	therefore, as it is written, “Let him who boasts, boast of the Lord.”
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	2	1	When I came to you, brethren, I did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God in lofty words or wisdom.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	2	2	For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	2	3	And I was with you in weakness and in much fear and trembling;
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	2	4	and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	2	5	that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	2	6	Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	2	7	But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glorification.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	2	8	None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	2	9	But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him,”
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	2	10	God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	2	11	For what person knows a man’s thoughts except the spirit of the man which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	2	12	Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might understand the gifts bestowed on us by God.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	2	13	And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who possess the Spirit.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	2	14	The unspiritual man does not receive the gifts of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	2	15	The spiritual man judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	2	16	“For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	3	1	But I, brethren, could not address you as spiritual men, but as men of the flesh, as babes in Christ.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	3	2	I fed you with milk, not solid food; for you were not ready for it; and even yet you are not ready,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	3	3	for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh, and behaving like ordinary men?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	3	4	For when one says, “I belong to Paul,” and another, “I belong to Apollos,” are you not merely men?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	3	5	What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	3	6	I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	3	7	So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	3	8	He who plants and he who waters are equal, and each shall receive his wages according to his labor.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	3	9	For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	3	10	According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and another man is building upon it. Let each man take care how he builds upon it.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	3	11	For no other foundation can any one lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	3	12	Now if any one builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw—
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	3	13	each man’s work will become manifest; for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	3	14	If the work which any man has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	3	15	If any man’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	3	16	Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	3	17	If any one destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and that temple you are.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	3	18	Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	3	19	For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,”
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	3	20	and again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	3	21	So let no one boast of men. For all things are yours,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	3	22	whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future, all are yours;
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	3	23	and you are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	4	1	This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	4	2	Moreover it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	4	3	But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. I do not even judge myself.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	4	4	I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	4	5	Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then every man will receive his commendation from God.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	4	6	I have applied all this to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brethren, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	4	7	For who sees anything different in you? What have you that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if it were not a gift?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	4	8	Already you are filled! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! And would that you did reign, so that we might share the rule with you!
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	4	9	For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	4	10	We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	4	11	To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	4	12	and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	4	13	when slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become, and are now, as the refuse of the world, the offscouring of all things.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	4	14	I do not write this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	4	15	For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	4	16	I urge you, then, be imitators of me.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	4	17	Therefore I sent to you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	4	18	Some are arrogant, as though I were not coming to you.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	4	19	But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but their power.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	4	20	For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	4	21	What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	5	1	It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and of a kind that is not found even among pagans; for a man is living with his father’s wife.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	5	2	And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	5	3	For though absent in body I am present in spirit, and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	5	4	in the name of the Lord Jesus on the man who has done such a thing. When you are assembled, and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	5	5	you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	5	6	Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	5	7	Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our paschal lamb, has been sacrificed.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	5	8	Let us, therefore, celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	5	9	I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with immoral men;
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	5	10	not at all meaning the immoral of this world, or the greedy and robbers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	5	11	But rather I wrote to you not to associate with any one who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or robber—not even to eat with such a one.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	5	12	For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	5	13	God judges those outside. “Drive out the wicked person from among you.”
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	6	1	When one of you has a grievance against a brother, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	6	2	Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	6	3	Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, matters pertaining to this life!
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	6	4	If then you have such cases, why do you lay them before those who are least esteemed by the church?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	6	5	I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no man among you wise enough to decide between members of the brotherhood,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	6	6	but brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	6	7	To have lawsuits at all with one another is defeat for you. Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	6	8	But you yourselves wrong and defraud, and that even your own brethren.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	6	9	Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor sexual perverts,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	6	10	nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	6	11	And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	6	12	“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be enslaved by anything.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	6	13	“Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	6	14	And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	6	15	Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I therefore take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	6	16	Do you not know that he who joins himself to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, “The two shall become one flesh.”
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	6	17	But he who is united to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	6	18	Shun immorality. Every other sin which a man commits is outside the body; but the immoral man sins against his own body.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	6	19	Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God? You are not your own;
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	6	20	you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	1	Now concerning the matters about which you wrote. It is well for a man not to touch a woman.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	2	But because of the temptation to immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	3	The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	4	For the wife does not rule over her own body, but the husband does; likewise the husband does not rule over his own body, but the wife does.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	5	Do not refuse one another except perhaps by agreement for a season, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, lest Satan tempt you through lack of self-control.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	6	I say this by way of concession, not of command.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	7	I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own special gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	8	To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is well for them to remain single as I do.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	9	But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	10	To the married I give charge, not I but the Lord, that the wife should not separate from her husband
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	11	(but if she does, let her remain single or else be reconciled to her husband)—and that the husband should not divorce his wife.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	12	To the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	13	If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	14	For the unbelieving husband is consecrated through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is consecrated through her husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, but as it is they are holy.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	15	But if the unbelieving partner desires to separate, let it be so; in such a case the brother or sister is not bound. For God has called us to peace.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	16	Wife, how do you know whether you will save your husband? Husband, how do you know whether you will save your wife?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	17	Only, let every one lead the life which the Lord has assigned to him, and in which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	18	Was any one at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was any one at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	19	For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of God.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	20	Every one should remain in the state in which he was called.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	21	Were you a slave when called? Never mind. But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	22	For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a slave of Christ.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	23	You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	24	So, brethren, in whatever state each was called, there let him remain with God.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	25	Now concerning the unmarried,x
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	2	I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	26	I think that in view of the present distress it is well for a person to remain as he is.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	27	Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek marriage.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	28	But if you marry, you do not sin, and if a girl marries she does not sin. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	29	I mean, brethren, the appointed time has grown very short; from now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	30	and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	31	and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the form of this world is passing away.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	32	I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to please the Lord;
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	33	but the married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how to please his wife,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	34	and his interests are divided. And the unmarried woman or girl is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit; but the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs, how to please her husband.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	35	I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	36	If any one thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his betrothed, if his passions are strong, and it has to be, let him do as he wishes: let them marry—it is no sin.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	37	But whoever is firmly established in his heart, being under no necessity but having his desire under control, and has determined this in his heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	38	So that he who marries his betrothed does well; and he who refrains from marriage will do better.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	39	A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. If the husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	7	40	But in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I have the Spirit of God.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	8	1	Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” “Knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	8	2	If any one imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	8	3	But if one loves God, one is known by him.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	8	4	Hence, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an idol has no real existence,” and that “there is no God but one.”
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	8	5	For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”—
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	8	6	yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	8	7	However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through being hitherto accustomed to idols, eat food as really offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	8	8	Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	8	9	Only take care lest this liberty of yours somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	8	10	For if any one sees you, a man of knowledge, at table in an idol’s temple, might he not be encouraged, if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	8	11	And so by your knowledge this weak man is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	8	12	Thus, sinning against your brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	8	13	Therefore, if food is a cause of my brother’s falling, I will never eat meat, lest I cause my brother to fall.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	1	Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	2	If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	3	This is my defense to those who would examine me.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	4	Do we not have the right to our food and drink?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	5	Do we not have the right to be accompanied by a wife, as the other apostles and the brethren of the Lord and Cephas?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	6	Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	7	Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Who tends a flock without getting some of the milk?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	8	Do I say this on human authority? Does not the law say the same?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	9	For it is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.” Is it for oxen that God is concerned?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	10	Does he not speak entirely for our sake? It was written for our sake, because the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of a share in the crop.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	11	If we have sown spiritual good among you, is it too much if we reap your material benefits?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	12	If others share this rightful claim upon you, do not we still more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	13	Do you not know that those who are employed in the temple service get their food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the sacrificial offerings?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	14	In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	15	But I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing this to secure any such provision. For I would rather die than have any one deprive me of my ground for boasting.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	16	For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	17	For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with a commission.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	18	What then is my reward? Just this: that in my preaching I may make the gospel free of charge, not making full use of my right in the gospel.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	19	For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, that I might win the more.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	20	To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews; to those under the law I became as one under the law—though not being myself under the law—that I might win those under the law.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	21	To those outside the law I became as one outside the law—not being without law toward God but under the law of Christ—that I might win those outside the law.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	22	To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	23	I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	24	Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	25	Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	26	Well, I do not run aimlessly, I do not box as one beating the air;
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	9	27	but I pommel my body and subdue it, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	1	I want you to know, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	2	and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	3	and all ate the same supernatural food
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	4	and all drank the same supernatural drink. For they drank from the supernatural Rock which followed them, and the Rock was Christ.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	5	Nevertheless with most of them God was not pleased; for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	6	Now these things are warnings for us, not to desire evil as they did.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	7	Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to dance.”
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	8	We must not indulge in immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	9	We must not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents;
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	10	nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	11	Now these things happened to them as a warning, but they were written down for our instruction, upon whom the end of the ages has come.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	12	Therefore let any one who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	13	No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptation will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	14	Therefore, my beloved, shun the worship of idols.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	15	I speak as to sensible men; judge for yourselves what I say.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	16	The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	17	Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	18	Consider the people of Israel; are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	19	What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	20	No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	21	You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	22	Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	23	“All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	24	Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	25	Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	26	For “the earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.”
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	27	If one of the unbelievers invites you to dinner and you are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	28	(But if some one says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then out of consideration for the man who informed you, and for conscience’ sake—
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	29	I mean his conscience, not yours—do not eat it.) For why should my liberty be determined by another man’s scruples?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	30	If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	31	So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	32	Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	10	33	just as I try to please all men in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	1	Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	2	I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I have delivered them to you.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	3	But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	4	Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	5	but any woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled dishonors her head—it is the same as if her head were shaven.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	6	For if a woman will not veil herself, then she should cut off her hair; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her wear a veil.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	7	For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	8	(For man was not made from woman, but woman from man.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	9	Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.)
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	10	That is why a woman ought to have a veil on her head, because of the angels.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	11	(Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man nor man of woman;
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	12	for as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And all things are from God.)
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	13	Judge for yourselves; is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	14	Does not nature itself teach you that for a man to wear long hair is degrading to him,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	15	but if a woman has long hair, it is her pride? For her hair is given to her for a covering.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	16	If any one is disposed to be contentious, we recognize no other practice, nor do the churches of God.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	17	But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	18	For, in the first place, when you assemble as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	19	for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	20	When you meet together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	21	For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal, and one is hungry and another is drunk.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	22	What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you in this? No, I will not.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	23	For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	24	and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	25	In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	26	For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	27	Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	28	Let a man examine himself, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	29	For any one who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment upon himself.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	30	That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	31	But if we judged ourselves truly, we should not be judged.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	32	But when we are judged by the Lord, we are chastened so that we may not be condemned along with the world.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	33	So then, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another—
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	11	34	if any one is hungry, let him eat at home—lest you come together to be condemned. About the other things I will give directions when I come.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	1	Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be uninformed.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	2	You know that when you were heathen, you were led astray to dumb idols, however you may have been moved.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	3	Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus be cursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except by the Holy Spirit.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	4	Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	5	and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord;
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	6	and there are varieties of working, but it is the same God who inspires them all in every one.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	7	To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	8	To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	9	to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	10	to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	11	All these are inspired by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	12	For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	13	For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	14	For the body does not consist of one member but of many.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	15	If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	16	And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	17	If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	18	But as it is, God arranged the organs in the body, each one of them, as he chose.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	19	If all were a single organ, where would the body be?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	20	As it is, there are many parts, yet one body.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	21	The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	22	On the contrary, the parts of the body which seem to be weaker are indispensable,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	23	and those parts of the body which we think less honorable we invest with the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	24	which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving the greater honor to the inferior part,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	25	that there may be no discord in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	26	If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	27	Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	28	And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, then healers, helpers, administrators, speakers in various kinds of tongues.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	29	Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	30	Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	12	31	But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	13	1	If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	13	2	And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	13	3	If I give away all I have, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	13	4	Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful;
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	13	5	it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	13	6	it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	13	7	Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	13	8	Love never ends; as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	13	9	For our knowledge is imperfect and our prophecy is imperfect;
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	13	10	but when the perfect comes, the imperfect will pass away.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	13	11	When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I gave up childish ways.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	13	12	For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall understand fully, even as I have been fully understood.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	13	13	So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	1	Make love your aim, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	2	For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	3	On the other hand, he who prophesies speaks to men for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	4	He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	5	Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than he who speaks in tongues, unless some one interprets, so that the church may be edified.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	6	Now, brethren, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how shall I benefit you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	7	If even lifeless instruments, such as the flute or the harp, do not give distinct notes, how will any one know what is played?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	8	And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound, who will get ready for battle?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	9	So with yourselves; if you in a tongue utter speech that is not intelligible, how will any one know what is said? For you will be speaking into the air.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	10	There are doubtless many different languages in the world, and none is without meaning;
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	11	but if I do not know the meaning of the language, I shall be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	12	So with yourselves; since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	13	Therefore, he who speaks in a tongue should pray for the power to interpret.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	14	For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	15	What am I to do? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind also.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	16	Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how can any one in the position of an outsider say the “Amen” to your thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	17	For you may give thanks well enough, but the other man is not edified.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	18	I thank God that I speak in tongues more than you all;
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	19	nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind, in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	20	Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; be babes in evil, but in thinking be mature.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	21	In the law it is written, “By men of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people, and even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord.”
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	22	Thus, tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is not for unbelievers but for believers.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	23	If, therefore, the whole church assembles and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are mad?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	24	But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	25	the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so, falling on his face, he will worship God and declare that God is really among you.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	26	What then, brethren? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	27	If any speak in a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn; and let one interpret.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	28	But if there is no one to interpret, let each of them keep silence in church and speak to himself and to God.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	29	Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	30	If a revelation is made to another sitting by, let the first be silent.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	31	For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged;
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	32	and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	33	For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	34	the women should keep silence in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be subordinate, as even the law says.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	35	If there is anything they desire to know, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	36	What! Did the word of God originate with you, or are you the only ones it has reached?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	37	If any one thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that what I am writing to you is a command of the Lord.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	38	If any one does not recognize this, he is not recognized.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	39	So, my brethren, earnestly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues;
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	14	40	but all things should be done decently and in order.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	1	Now I would remind you, brethren, in what terms I preached to you the gospel, which you received, in which you stand,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	2	by which you are saved, if you hold it fast—unless you believed in vain.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	3	For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	4	that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	5	and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	6	Then he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	7	Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	8	Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	9	For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	10	But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God which is with me.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	11	Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	12	Now if Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	13	But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised;
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	14	if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	15	We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified of God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	16	For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	17	If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	18	Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	19	If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most to be pitied.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	20	But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	21	For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	22	For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	23	But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	24	Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	25	For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	26	The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	27	“For God has put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when it says, “All things are put in subjection under him,” it is plain that he is excepted who put all things under him.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	28	When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things under him, that God may be everything to every one.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	29	Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	30	Why am I in peril every hour?
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	31	I protest, brethren, by my pride in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day!
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	32	What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	33	Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	34	Come to your right mind, and sin no more. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	35	But some one will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?”
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	36	You foolish man! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	37	And what you sow is not the body which is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	38	But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	39	For not all flesh is alike, but there is one kind for men, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	40	There are celestial bodies and there are terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	41	There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	42	So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	43	It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	44	It is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	45	Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	46	But it is not the spiritual which is first but the physical, and then the spiritual.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	47	The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	48	As was the man of dust, so are those who are of the dust; and as is the man of heaven, so are those who are of heaven.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	49	Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	50	I tell you this, brethren: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	51	Lo! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	52	in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	53	For this perishable nature must put on the imperishable, and this mortal nature must put on immortality.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	54	When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	55	“O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?”
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	56	The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	57	But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	15	58	Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	16	1	Now concerning the contribution for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	16	2	On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that contributions need not be made when I come.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	16	3	And when I arrive, I will send those whom you accredit by letter to carry your gift to Jerusalem.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	16	4	If it seems advisable that I should go also, they will accompany me.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	16	5	I will visit you after passing through Macedonia, for I intend to pass through Macedonia,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	16	6	and perhaps I will stay with you or even spend the winter, so that you may speed me on my journey, wherever I go.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	16	7	For I do not want to see you now just in passing; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	16	8	But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	16	9	for a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	16	10	When Timothy comes, see that you put him at ease among you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, as I am.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	16	11	So let no one despise him. Speed him on his way in peace, that he may return to me; for I am expecting him with the brethren.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	16	12	As for our brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to visit you with the other brethren, but it was not at all his will to come now. He will come when he has opportunity.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	16	13	Be watchful, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	16	14	Let all that you do be done in love.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	16	15	Now, brethren, you know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints;
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	16	16	I urge you to be subject to such men and to every fellow worker and laborer.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	16	17	I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because they have made up for your absence;
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	16	18	for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give recognition to such men.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	16	19	The churches of Asia send greetings. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, send you hearty greetings in the Lord.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	16	20	All the brethren send greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	16	21	I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	16	22	If any one has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come!
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	16	23	The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.
+1 Corinthians	1Cor	53	16	24	My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	1	1	Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother. To the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	1	2	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	1	3	Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	1	4	who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	1	5	For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	1	6	If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	1	7	Our hope for you is unshaken; for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	1	8	For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of the affliction we experienced in Asia; for we were so utterly, unbearably crushed that we despaired of life itself.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	1	9	Why, we felt that we had received the sentence of death; but that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead;
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	1	10	he delivered us from so deadly a peril, and he will deliver us; on him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	1	11	You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us in answer to many prayers.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	1	12	For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience that we have behaved in the world, and still more toward you, with holiness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	1	13	For we write you nothing but what you can read and understand; I hope you will understand fully,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	1	14	as you have understood in part, that you can be proud of us as we can be of you, on the day of the Lord Jesus.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	1	15	Because I was sure of this, I wanted to come to you first, so that you might have a double pleasure;
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	1	16	I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to come back to you from Macedonia and have you send me on my way to Judea.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	1	17	Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans like a worldly man, ready to say Yes and No at once?
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	1	18	As surely as God is faithful, our word to you has not been Yes and No.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	1	19	For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we preached among you, Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No; but in him it is always Yes.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	1	20	For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why we utter the Amen through him, to the glory of God.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	1	21	But it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has commissioned us;
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	1	22	he has put his seal upon us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	1	23	But I call God to witness against me—it was to spare you that I refrained from coming to Corinth.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	1	24	Not that we lord it over your faith; we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	2	1	For I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	2	2	For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained?
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	2	3	And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	2	4	For I wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	2	5	But if any one has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure—not to put it too severely—to you all.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	2	6	For such a one this punishment by the majority is enough;
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	2	7	so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	2	8	So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	2	9	For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	2	10	Any one whom you forgive, I also forgive. What I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	2	11	to keep Satan from gaining the advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his designs.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	2	12	When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, a door was opened for me in the Lord;
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	2	13	but my mind could not rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	2	14	But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumph, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	2	15	For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	2	16	to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	2	17	For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God’s word; but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	3	1	Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you?
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	3	2	You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on your hearts, to be known and read by all men;
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	3	3	and you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	3	4	Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	3	5	Not that we are competent of ourselves to claim anything as coming from us; our competence is from God,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	3	6	who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not in a written code but in the Spirit; for the written code kills, but the Spirit gives life.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	3	7	Now if the dispensation of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such splendor that the Israelites could not look at Moses’ face because of its brightness, fading as this was,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	3	8	will not the dispensation of the Spirit be attended with greater splendor?
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	3	9	For if there was splendor in the dispensation of condemnation, the dispensation of righteousness must far exceed it in splendor.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	3	10	Indeed, in this case, what once had splendor has come to have no splendor at all, because of the splendor that surpasses it.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	3	11	For if what faded away came with splendor, what is permanent must have much more splendor.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	3	12	Since we have such a hope, we are very bold,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	3	13	not like Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not see the end of the fading splendor.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	3	14	But their minds were hardened; for to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	3	15	Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their minds;
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	3	16	but when a man turns to the Lord the veil is removed.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	3	17	Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	3	18	And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being changed into his likeness from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	4	1	Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	4	2	We have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways; we refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	4	3	And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	4	4	In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the likeness of God.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	4	5	For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	4	6	For it is the God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	4	7	But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	4	8	We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	4	9	persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	4	10	always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	4	11	For while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	4	12	So death is at work in us, but life in you.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	4	13	Since we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we too believe, and so we speak,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	4	14	knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	4	15	For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	4	16	So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed every day.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	4	17	For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	4	18	because we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	5	1	For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	5	2	Here indeed we groan, and long to put on our heavenly dwelling,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	5	3	so that by putting it on we may not be found naked.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	5	4	For while we are still in this tent, we sigh with anxiety; not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	5	5	He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	5	6	So we are always of good courage; we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	5	7	for we walk by faith, not by sight.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	5	8	We are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	5	9	So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	5	10	For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive good or evil, according to what he has done in the body.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	5	11	Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men; but what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	5	12	We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you cause to be proud of us, so that you may be able to answer those who pride themselves on a man’s position and not on his heart.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	5	13	For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	5	14	For the love of Christ controls us, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	5	15	And he died for all, that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	5	16	From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once regarded Christ from a human point of view, we regard him thus no longer.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	5	17	Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	5	18	All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	5	19	that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	5	20	So we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	5	21	For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	6	1	Working together with him, then, we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	6	2	For he says, “At the acceptable time I have listened to you, and helped you on the day of salvation.” Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	6	3	We put no obstacle in any one’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	6	4	but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: through great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	6	5	beatings, imprisonments, tumults, labors, watching, hunger;
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	6	6	by purity, knowledge, forbearance, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	6	7	truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	6	8	in honor and dishonor, in ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true;
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	6	9	as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as punished, and yet not killed;
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	6	10	as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	6	11	Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	6	12	You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	6	13	In return—I speak as to children—widen your hearts also.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	6	14	Do not be mismated with unbelievers. For what partnership have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	6	15	What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever?
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	6	16	What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, “I will live in them and move among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	6	17	Therefore come out from them, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch nothing unclean; then I will welcome you,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	6	18	and I will be a father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	7	1	Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	7	2	Open your hearts to us; we have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	7	3	I do not say this to condemn you, for I said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	7	4	I have great confidence in you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. With all our affliction, I am overjoyed.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	7	5	For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest but we were afflicted at every turn—fighting without and fear within.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	7	6	But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	7	7	and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	7	8	For even if I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it (though I did regret it), for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	7	9	As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting; for you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	7	10	For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	7	11	For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves guiltless in the matter.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	7	12	So although I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did the wrong, nor on account of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your zeal for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	7	13	Therefore we are comforted. And besides our own comfort we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his mind has been set at rest by you all.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	7	14	For if I have expressed to him some pride in you, I was not put to shame; but just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting before Titus has proved true.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	7	15	And his heart goes out all the more to you, as he remembers the obedience of you all, and the fear and trembling with which you received him.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	7	16	I rejoice, because I have perfect confidence in you.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	8	1	We want you to know, brethren, about the grace of God which has been shown in the churches of Macedonia,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	8	2	for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of liberality on their part.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	8	3	For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own free will,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	8	4	begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints—
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	8	5	and this, not as we expected, but first they gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	8	6	Accordingly we have urged Titus that as he had already made a beginning, he should also complete among you this gracious work.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	8	7	Now as you excel in everything—in faith, in utterance, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in your love for us—see that you excel in this gracious work also.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	8	8	I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	8	9	For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	8	10	And in this matter I give my advice: it is best for you now to complete what a year ago you began not only to do but to desire,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	8	11	so that your readiness in desiring it may be matched by your completing it out of what you have.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	8	12	For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a man has, not according to what he has not.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	8	13	I do not mean that others should be eased and you burdened,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	8	14	but that as a matter of equality your abundance at the present time should supply their want, so that their abundance may supply your want, that there may be equality.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	8	15	As it is written, “He who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack.”
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	8	16	But thanks be to God who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	8	17	For he not only accepted our appeal, but being himself very earnest he is going to you of his own accord.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	8	18	With him we are sending the brother who is famous among all the churches for his preaching of the gospel;
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	8	19	and not only that, but he has been appointed by the churches to travel with us in this gracious work which we are carrying on, for the glory of the Lord and to show our good will.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	8	20	We intend that no one should blame us about this liberal gift which we are administering,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	8	21	for we aim at what is honorable not only in the Lord’s sight but also in the sight of men.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	8	22	And with them we are sending our brother whom we have often tested and found earnest in many matters, but who is now more earnest than ever because of his great confidence in you.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	8	23	As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker in your service; and as for our brethren, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	8	24	So give proof, before the churches, of your love and of our boasting about you to these men.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	9	1	Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the offering for the saints,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	9	2	for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year; and your zeal has stirred up most of them.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	9	3	But I am sending the brethren so that our boasting about you may not prove vain in this case, so that you may be ready, as I said you would be;
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	9	4	lest if some Macedonians come with me and find that you are not ready, we be humiliated—to say nothing of you—for being so confident.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	9	5	So I thought it necessary to urge the brethren to go on to you before me, and arrange in advance for this gift you have promised, so that it may be ready not as an exaction but as a willing gift.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	9	6	The point is this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	9	7	Each one must do as he has made up his mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	9	8	And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abundance for every good work.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	9	9	As it is written, “He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor; his righteousness endures for ever.”
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	9	10	He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your resources and increase the harvest of your righteousness.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	9	11	You will be enriched in every way for great generosity, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God;
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	9	12	for the rendering of this service not only supplies the wants of the saints but also overflows in many thanksgivings to God.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	9	13	Under the test of this service, you will glorify God by your obedience in acknowledging the gospel of Christ, and by the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others;
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	9	14	while they long for you and pray for you, because of the surpassing grace of God in you.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	9	15	Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	10	1	I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold to you when I am away!—
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	10	2	I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show boldness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of acting in worldly fashion.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	10	3	For though we live in the world we are not carrying on a worldly war,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	10	4	for the weapons of our warfare are not worldly but have divine power to destroy strongholds.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	10	5	We destroy arguments and every proud obstacle to the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	10	6	being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	10	7	Look at what is before your eyes. If any one is confident that he is Christ’s, let him remind himself that as he is Christ’s, so are we.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	10	8	For even if I boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I shall not be put to shame.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	10	9	I would not seem to be frightening you with letters.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	10	10	For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.”
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	10	11	Let such people understand that what we say by letter when absent, we do when present.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	10	12	Not that we venture to class or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another, and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	10	13	But we will not boast beyond limit, but will keep to the limits God has apportioned us, to reach even to you.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	10	14	For we are not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach you; we were the first to come all the way to you with the gospel of Christ.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	10	15	We do not boast beyond limit, in other men’s labors; but our hope is that as your faith increases, our field among you may be greatly enlarged,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	10	16	so that we may preach the gospel in lands beyond you, without boasting of work already done in another’s field.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	10	17	“Let him who boasts, boast of the Lord.”
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	10	18	For it is not the man who commends himself that is accepted, but the man whom the Lord commends.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	1	I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me!
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	2	I feel a divine jealousy for you, for I betrothed you to Christ to present you as a pure bride to her one husband.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	3	But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	4	For if some one comes and preaches another Jesus than the one we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you submit to it readily enough.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	5	I think that I am not in the least inferior to these superlative apostles.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	6	Even if I am unskilled in speaking, I am not in knowledge; in every way we have made this plain to you in all things.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	7	Did I commit a sin in abasing myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached God’s gospel without cost to you?
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	8	I robbed other churches by accepting support from them in order to serve you.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	9	And when I was with you and was in want, I did not burden any one, for my needs were supplied by the brethren who came from Macedonia. So I refrained and will refrain from burdening you in any way.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	10	As the truth of Christ is in me, this boast of mine shall not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	11	And why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	12	And what I do I will continue to do, in order to undermine the claim of those who would like to claim that in their boasted mission they work on the same terms as we do.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	13	For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	14	And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	15	So it is not strange if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	16	I repeat, let no one think me foolish; but even if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	17	(What I am saying I say not with the Lord’s authority but as a fool, in this boastful confidence;
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	18	since many boast of worldly things, I too will boast.)
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	19	For you gladly bear with fools, being wise yourselves!
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	20	For you bear it if a man makes slaves of you, or preys upon you, or takes advantage of you, or puts on airs, or strikes you in the face.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	21	To my shame, I must say, we were too weak for that! But whatever any one dares to boast of—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast of that.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	22	Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	23	Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	24	Five times I have received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	25	Three times I have been beaten with rods; once I was stoned. Three times I have been shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been adrift at sea;
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	26	on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brethren;
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	27	in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	28	And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure upon me of my anxiety for all the churches.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	29	Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant?
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	30	If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	31	The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for ever, knows that I do not lie.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	32	At Damascus, the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus in order to seize me,
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	11	33	but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped his hands.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	12	1	I must boast; there is nothing to be gained by it, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	12	2	I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	12	3	And I know that this man was caught up into Paradise—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows—
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	12	4	and he heard things that cannot be told, which man may not utter.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	12	5	On behalf of this man I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except of my weaknesses.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	12	6	Though if I wish to boast, I shall not be a fool, for I shall be speaking the truth. But I refrain from it, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from me.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	12	7	And to keep me from being too elated by the abundance of revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to harass me, to keep me from being too elated.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	12	8	Three times I besought the Lord about this, that it should leave me;
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	12	9	but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	12	10	For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	12	11	I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not at all inferior to these superlative apostles, even though I am nothing.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	12	12	The signs of a true apostle were performed among you in all patience, with signs and wonders and mighty works.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	12	13	For in what were you less favored than the rest of the churches, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong!
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	12	14	Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for I seek not what is yours but you; for children ought not to lay up for their parents, but parents for their children.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	12	15	I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you the more, am I to be loved the less?
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	12	16	But granting that I myself did not burden you, I was crafty, you say, and got the better of you by guile.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	12	17	Did I take advantage of you through any of those whom I sent to you?
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	12	18	I urged Titus to go, and sent the brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not act in the same spirit? Did we not take the same steps?
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	12	19	Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves before you? It is in the sight of God that we have been speaking in Christ, and all for your upbuilding, beloved.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	12	20	For I fear that perhaps I may come and find you not what I wish, and that you may find me not what you wish; that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	12	21	I fear that when I come again my God may humble me before you, and I may have to mourn over many of those who sinned before and have not repented of the impurity, immorality, and licentiousness which they have practiced.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	13	1	This is the third time I am coming to you. Any charge must be sustained by the evidence of two or three witnesses.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	13	2	I warned those who sinned before and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again I will not spare them—
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	13	3	since you desire proof that Christ is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful in you.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	13	4	For he was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we are weak in him, but in dealing with you we shall live with him by the power of God.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	13	5	Examine yourselves, to see whether you are holding to your faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	13	6	I hope you will find out that we have not failed.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	13	7	But we pray God that you may not do wrong—not that we may appear to have met the test, but that you may do what is right, though we may seem to have failed.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	13	8	For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	13	9	For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. What we pray for is your improvement.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	13	10	I write this while I am away from you, in order that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	13	11	Finally, brethren, farewell. Mend your ways, heed my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	13	12	Greet one another with a holy kiss.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	13	13	All the saints greet you.
+2 Corinthians	2Cor	54	13	14	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
+Galatians	Gal	55	1	1	Paul an apostle—not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—
+Galatians	Gal	55	1	2	and all the brethren who are with me, To the churches of Galatia:
+Galatians	Gal	55	1	3	Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,
+Galatians	Gal	55	1	4	who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father;
+Galatians	Gal	55	1	5	to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
+Galatians	Gal	55	1	6	I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and turning to a different gospel—
+Galatians	Gal	55	1	7	not that there is another gospel, but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.
+Galatians	Gal	55	1	8	But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to that which we preached to you, let him be accursed.
+Galatians	Gal	55	1	9	As we have said before, so now I say again, If any one is preaching to you a gospel contrary to that which you received, let him be accursed.
+Galatians	Gal	55	1	10	Am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.
+Galatians	Gal	55	1	11	For I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not man’s gospel.
+Galatians	Gal	55	1	12	For I did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
+Galatians	Gal	55	1	13	For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it;
+Galatians	Gal	55	1	14	and I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers.
+Galatians	Gal	55	1	15	But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and had called me through his grace,
+Galatians	Gal	55	1	16	was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with flesh and blood,
+Galatians	Gal	55	1	17	nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia; and again I returned to Damascus.
+Galatians	Gal	55	1	18	Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and remained with him fifteen days.
+Galatians	Gal	55	1	19	But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord’s brother.
+Galatians	Gal	55	1	20	(In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie!)
+Galatians	Gal	55	1	21	Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
+Galatians	Gal	55	1	22	And I was still not known by sight to the churches of Christ in Judea;
+Galatians	Gal	55	1	23	they only heard it said, “He who once persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”
+Galatians	Gal	55	1	24	And they glorified God because of me.
+Galatians	Gal	55	2	1	Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me.
+Galatians	Gal	55	2	2	I went up by revelation; and I laid before them (but privately before those who were of repute) the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, lest somehow I should be running or had run in vain.
+Galatians	Gal	55	2	3	But even Titus, who was with me, was not compelled to be circumcised, though he was a Greek.
+Galatians	Gal	55	2	4	But because of false brethren secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy out our freedom which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage—
+Galatians	Gal	55	2	5	to them we did not yield submission even for a moment, that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.
+Galatians	Gal	55	2	6	And from those who were reputed to be something (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)—those, I say, who were of repute added nothing to me;
+Galatians	Gal	55	2	7	but on the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised
+Galatians	Gal	55	2	8	(for he who worked through Peter for the mission to the circumcised worked through me also for the Gentiles),
+Galatians	Gal	55	2	9	and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised;
+Galatians	Gal	55	2	10	only they would have us remember the poor, which very thing I was eager to do.
+Galatians	Gal	55	2	11	But when Cephas came to Antioch I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
+Galatians	Gal	55	2	12	For before certain men came from James, he ate with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party.
+Galatians	Gal	55	2	13	And with him the rest of the Jews acted insincerely, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their insincerity.
+Galatians	Gal	55	2	14	But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
+Galatians	Gal	55	2	15	We ourselves, who are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,
+Galatians	Gal	55	2	16	yet who know that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law, because by works of the law shall no one be justified.
+Galatians	Gal	55	2	17	But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we ourselves were found to be sinners, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not!
+Galatians	Gal	55	2	18	But if I build up again those things which I tore down, then I prove myself a transgressor.
+Galatians	Gal	55	2	19	For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God.
+Galatians	Gal	55	2	20	I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
+Galatians	Gal	55	2	21	I do not nullify the grace of God; for if justification were through the law, then Christ died to no purpose.
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	1	O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified?
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	2	Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	3	Are you so foolish? Having begun with the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh?
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	4	Did you experience so many things in vain?—if it really is in vain.
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	5	Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	6	Thus Abraham “believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.”
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	7	So you see that it is men of faith who are the sons of Abraham.
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	8	And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.”
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	9	So then, those who are men of faith are blessed with Abraham who had faith.
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	10	For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be every one who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, and do them.”
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	11	Now it is evident that no man is justified before God by the law; for “He who through faith is righteous shall live”;
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	12	but the law does not rest on faith, for “He who does them shall live by them.”
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	13	Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed be every one who hangs on a tree”—
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	14	that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	15	To give a human example, brethren: no one annuls even a man’s will, or adds to it, once it has been ratified.
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	16	Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many; but, referring to one, “And to your offspring,” which is Christ.
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	17	This is what I mean: the law, which came four hundred and thirty years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to make the promise void.
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	18	For if the inheritance is by the law, it is no longer by promise; but God gave it to Abraham by a promise.
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	19	Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made; and it was ordained by angels through an intermediary.
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	20	Now an intermediary implies more than one; but God is one.
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	21	Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not; for if a law had been given which could make alive, then righteousness would indeed be by the law.
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	22	But the scripture consigned all things to sin, that what was promised to faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	23	Now before faith came, we were confined under the law, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed.
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	24	So that the law was our custodian until Christ came, that we might be justified by faith.
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	25	But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a custodian;
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	26	for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	27	For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	28	There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
+Galatians	Gal	55	3	29	And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	1	I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no better than a slave, though he is the owner of all the estate;
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	2	but he is under guardians and trustees until the date set by the father.
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	3	So with us; when we were children, we were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe.
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	4	But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	5	to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	6	And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	7	So through God you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son then an heir.
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	8	Formerly, when you did not know God, you were in bondage to beings that by nature are no gods;
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	9	but now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and beggarly elemental spirits, whose slaves you want to be once more?
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	10	You observe days, and months, and seasons, and years!
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	11	I am afraid I have labored over you in vain.
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	12	Brethren, I beseech you, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong;
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	13	you know it was because of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel to you at first;
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	14	and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not scorn or despise me, but received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	15	What has become of the satisfaction you felt? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	16	Have I then become your enemy by telling you the truth?
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	17	They make much of you, but for no good purpose; they want to shut you out, that you may make much of them.
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	18	For a good purpose it is always good to be made much of, and not only when I am present with you.
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	19	My little children, with whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you!
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	20	I could wish to be present with you now and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	21	Tell me, you who desire to be under law, do you not hear the law?
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	22	For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and one by a free woman.
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	23	But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, the son of the free woman through promise.
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	24	Now this is an allegory: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery; she is Hagar.
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	25	Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	26	But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	27	For it is written, “Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and shout, you who are not in travail; for the children of the desolate one are many more than the children of her that is married.”
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	28	Now we, brethren, like Isaac, are children of promise.
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	29	But as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now.
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	30	But what does the scripture say? “Cast out the slave and her son; for the son of the slave shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.”
+Galatians	Gal	55	4	31	So, brethren, we are not children of the slave but of the free woman.
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	1	For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	2	Now I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you.
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	3	I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is bound to keep the whole law.
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	4	You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	5	For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait for the hope of righteousness.
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	6	For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any avail, but faith working through love.
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	7	You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	8	This persuasion is not from him who calls you.
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	9	A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	10	I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view than mine; and he who is troubling you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	11	But if I, brethren, still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? In that case the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	12	I wish those who unsettle you would mutilate themselves!
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	13	For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants of one another.
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	14	For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	15	But if you bite and devour one another take heed that you are not consumed by one another.
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	16	But I say, walk by the Spirit, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh.
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	17	For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you would.
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	18	But if you are led by the Spirit you are not under the law.
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	19	Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornication, impurity, licentiousness,
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	20	idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit,
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	21	envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	22	But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	23	gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law.
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	24	And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	25	If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.
+Galatians	Gal	55	5	26	Let us have no self-conceit, no provoking of one another, no envy of one another.
+Galatians	Gal	55	6	1	Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Look to yourself, lest you too be tempted.
+Galatians	Gal	55	6	2	Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
+Galatians	Gal	55	6	3	For if any one thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
+Galatians	Gal	55	6	4	But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor.
+Galatians	Gal	55	6	5	For each man will have to bear his own load.
+Galatians	Gal	55	6	6	Let him who is taught the word share all good things with him who teaches.
+Galatians	Gal	55	6	7	Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
+Galatians	Gal	55	6	8	For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption; but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
+Galatians	Gal	55	6	9	And let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not lose heart.
+Galatians	Gal	55	6	10	So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
+Galatians	Gal	55	6	11	See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand.
+Galatians	Gal	55	6	12	It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh that would compel you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.
+Galatians	Gal	55	6	13	For even those who receive circumcision do not themselves keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh.
+Galatians	Gal	55	6	14	But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
+Galatians	Gal	55	6	15	For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
+Galatians	Gal	55	6	16	Peace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rule, upon the Israel of God.
+Galatians	Gal	55	6	17	Henceforth let no man trouble me; for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.
+Galatians	Gal	55	6	18	The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	1	1	Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are also faithful in Christ Jesus:
+Ephesians	Eph	56	1	2	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	1	3	Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	1	4	even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	1	5	He destined us in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	1	6	to the praise of his glorious grace which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	1	7	In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
+Ephesians	Eph	56	1	8	which he lavished upon us.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	1	9	For he has made known to us in all wisdom and insight the mystery of his will, according to his purpose which he set forth in Christ
+Ephesians	Eph	56	1	10	as a plan for the fulness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	1	11	In him, according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	1	12	we who first hoped in Christ have been destined and appointed to live for the praise of his glory.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	1	13	In him you also, who have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and have believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	1	14	who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	1	15	For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	1	16	I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	1	17	that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	1	18	having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	1	19	and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power in us who believe, according to the working of his great might
+Ephesians	Eph	56	1	20	which he accomplished in Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	1	21	far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come;
+Ephesians	Eph	56	1	22	and he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	1	23	which is his body, the fulness of him who fills all in all.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	2	1	And you he made alive, when you were dead through the trespasses and sins
+Ephesians	Eph	56	2	2	in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	2	3	Among these we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of body and mind, and so we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	2	4	But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	2	5	even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
+Ephesians	Eph	56	2	6	and raised us up with him, and made us sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	2	7	that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	2	8	For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God—
+Ephesians	Eph	56	2	9	not because of works, lest any man should boast.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	2	10	For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	2	11	Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called the uncircumcision by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands—
+Ephesians	Eph	56	2	12	remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	2	13	But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near in the blood of Christ.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	2	14	For he is our peace, who has made us both one, and has broken down the dividing wall of hostility,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	2	15	by abolishing in his flesh the law of commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	2	16	and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby bringing the hostility to an end.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	2	17	And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near;
+Ephesians	Eph	56	2	18	for through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	2	19	So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	2	20	built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	2	21	in whom the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord;
+Ephesians	Eph	56	2	22	in whom you also are built into it for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	3	1	For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—
+Ephesians	Eph	56	3	2	assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	3	3	how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	3	4	When you read this you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	3	5	which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
+Ephesians	Eph	56	3	6	that is, how the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	3	7	Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God’s grace which was given me by the working of his power.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	3	8	To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	3	9	and to make all men see what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things;
+Ephesians	Eph	56	3	10	that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	3	11	This was according to the eternal purpose which he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	3	12	in whom we have boldness and confidence of access through our faith in him.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	3	13	So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	3	14	For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	3	15	from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	3	16	that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with might through his Spirit in the inner man,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	3	17	and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	3	18	may have power to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	3	19	and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fulness of God.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	3	20	Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	3	21	to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, for ever and ever. Amen.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	1	I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	2	with all lowliness and meekness, with patience, forbearing one another in love,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	3	eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	4	There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	5	one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	6	one God and Father of us all, who is above all and through all and in all.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	7	But grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	8	Therefore it is said, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.”
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	9	(In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth?
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	10	He who descended is he who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	11	And his gifts were that some should be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	12	to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	13	until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ;
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	14	so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the cunning of men, by their craftiness in deceitful wiles.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	15	Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	16	from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every joint with which it is supplied, when each part is working properly, makes bodily growth and upbuilds itself in love.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	17	Now this I affirm and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds;
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	18	they are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart;
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	19	they have become callous and have given themselves up to licentiousness, greedy to practice every kind of uncleanness.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	20	You did not so learn Christ!—
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	21	assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	22	Put off your old nature which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful lusts,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	23	and be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	24	and put on the new nature, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	25	Therefore, putting away falsehood, let every one speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	26	Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	27	and give no opportunity to the devil.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	28	Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his hands, so that he may be able to give to those in need.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	29	Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for edifying, as fits the occasion, that it may impart grace to those who hear.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	30	And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	31	Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, with all malice,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	4	32	and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	1	Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	2	And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	3	But fornication and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is fitting among saints.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	4	Let there be no filthiness, nor silly talk, nor levity, which are not fitting; but instead let there be thanksgiving.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	5	Be sure of this, that no fornicator or impure man, or one who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	6	Let no one deceive you with empty words, for it is because of these things that the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	7	Therefore do not associate with them,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	8	for once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	9	(for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	10	and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	11	Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	12	For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret;
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	13	but when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	14	Therefore it is said, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.”
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	15	Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	16	making the most of the time, because the days are evil.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	17	Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	18	And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	19	addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	20	always and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	21	Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	22	Wives, be subject to your husbands, as to the Lord.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	23	For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	24	As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	25	Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	26	that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	27	that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	28	Even so husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	29	For no man ever hates his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ does the church,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	30	because we are members of his body.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	31	“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	32	This is a great mystery, and I mean in reference to Christ and the church;
+Ephesians	Eph	56	5	33	however, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	6	1	Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	6	2	“Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise),
+Ephesians	Eph	56	6	3	“that it may be well with you and that you may live long on the earth.”
+Ephesians	Eph	56	6	4	Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	6	5	Slaves, be obedient to those who are your earthly masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of heart, as to Christ;
+Ephesians	Eph	56	6	6	not in the way of eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	6	7	rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to men,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	6	8	knowing that whatever good any one does, he will receive the same again from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	6	9	Masters, do the same to them, and forbear threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	6	10	Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	6	11	Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	6	12	For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	6	13	Therefore take the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	6	14	Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	6	15	and having shod your feet with the equipment of the gospel of peace;
+Ephesians	Eph	56	6	16	besides all these, taking the shield of faith, with which you can quench all the flaming darts of the evil one.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	6	17	And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	6	18	Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	6	19	and also for me, that utterance may be given me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel,
+Ephesians	Eph	56	6	20	for which I am an ambassador in chains; that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	6	21	Now that you also may know how I am and what I am doing, Tychicus the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord will tell you everything.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	6	22	I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage your hearts.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	6	23	Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Ephesians	Eph	56	6	24	Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love undying.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	1	Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	2	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	3	I thank my God in all my remembrance of you,
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	4	always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy,
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	5	thankful for your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	6	And I am sure that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	7	It is right for me to feel thus about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	8	For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	9	And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	10	so that you may approve what is excellent, and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	11	filled with the fruits of righteousness which come through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	12	I want you to know, brethren, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel,
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	13	so that it has become known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ;
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	14	and most of the brethren have been made confident in the Lord because of my imprisonment, and are much more bold to speak the word of God without fear.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	15	Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	16	The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel;
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	17	the former proclaim Christ out of partisanship, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	18	What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in that I rejoice.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	19	Yes, and I shall rejoice. For I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance,
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	20	as it is my eager expectation and hope that I shall not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	21	For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	22	If it is to be life in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	23	I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	24	But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	25	Convinced of this, I know that I shall remain and continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith,
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	26	so that in me you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus, because of my coming to you again.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	27	Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you stand firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	28	and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear omen to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God.
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	29	For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake,
+Philippians	Phil	57	1	30	engaged in the same conflict which you saw and now hear to be mine.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	1	So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any incentive of love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy,
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	2	complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	3	Do nothing from selfishness or conceit, but in humility count others better than yourselves.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	4	Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	5	Have this mind among yourselves, which was in Christ Jesus,
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	6	who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	7	but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	8	And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	9	Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name,
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	10	that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	11	and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	12	Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	13	for God is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	14	Do all things without grumbling or questioning,
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	15	that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	16	holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	17	Even if I am to be poured as a libation upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	18	Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	19	I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I may be cheered by news of you.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	20	I have no one like him, who will be genuinely anxious for your welfare.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	21	They all look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	22	But Timothy’s worth you know, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	23	I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with me;
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	24	and I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself shall come also.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	25	I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need,
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	26	for he has been longing for you all, and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	27	Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	28	I am the more eager to send him, therefore, that you may rejoice at seeing him again, and that I may be less anxious.
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	29	So receive him in the Lord with all joy; and honor such men,
+Philippians	Phil	57	2	30	for he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete your service to me.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	1	Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is not irksome to me, and is safe for you.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	2	Look out for the dogs, look out for the evil-workers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	3	For we are the true circumcision, who worship God in spirit, and glory in Christ Jesus, and put no confidence in the flesh.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	4	Though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If any other man thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more:
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	5	circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law a Pharisee,
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	6	as to zeal a persecutor of the church, as to righteousness under the law blameless.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	7	But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	8	Indeed I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as refuse, in order that I may gain Christ
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	9	and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, based on law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith;
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	10	that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	11	that if possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	12	Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	13	Brethren, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but one thing I do, forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	14	I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	15	Let those of us who are mature be thus minded; and if in anything you are otherwise minded, God will reveal that also to you.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	16	Only let us hold true to what we have attained.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	17	Brethren, join in imitating me, and mark those who so live as you have an example in us.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	18	For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	19	Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	20	But our commonwealth is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
+Philippians	Phil	57	3	21	who will change our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power which enables him even to subject all things to himself.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	1	Therefore, my brethren, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	2	I entreat Eu-odia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	3	And I ask you also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	4	Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	5	Let all men know your forbearance. The Lord is at hand.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	6	Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	7	And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	8	Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	9	What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, do; and the God of peace will be with you.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	10	I rejoice in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me; you were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	11	Not that I complain of want; for I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	12	I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound; in any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and want.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	13	I can do all things in him who strengthens me.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	14	Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	15	And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving except you only;
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	16	for even in Thessalonica you sent me help once and again.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	17	Not that I seek the gift; but I seek the fruit which increases to your credit.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	18	I have received full payment, and more; I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	19	And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	20	To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	21	Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren who are with me greet you.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	22	All the saints greet you, especially those of Caesar’s household.
+Philippians	Phil	57	4	23	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Colossians	Col	58	1	1	Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
+Colossians	Col	58	1	2	To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
+Colossians	Col	58	1	3	We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,
+Colossians	Col	58	1	4	because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you have for all the saints,
+Colossians	Col	58	1	5	because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel
+Colossians	Col	58	1	6	which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and growing—so among yourselves, from the day you heard and understood the grace of God in truth,
+Colossians	Col	58	1	7	as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf
+Colossians	Col	58	1	8	and has made known to us your love in the Spirit.
+Colossians	Col	58	1	9	And so, from the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
+Colossians	Col	58	1	10	to lead a life worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.
+Colossians	Col	58	1	11	May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy,
+Colossians	Col	58	1	12	giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.
+Colossians	Col	58	1	13	He has delivered us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,
+Colossians	Col	58	1	14	in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
+Colossians	Col	58	1	15	He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation;
+Colossians	Col	58	1	16	for in him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
+Colossians	Col	58	1	17	He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
+Colossians	Col	58	1	18	He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in everything he might be pre-eminent.
+Colossians	Col	58	1	19	For in him all the fulness of God was pleased to dwell,
+Colossians	Col	58	1	20	and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
+Colossians	Col	58	1	21	And you, who once were estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,
+Colossians	Col	58	1	22	he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him,
+Colossians	Col	58	1	23	provided that you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which has been preached to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
+Colossians	Col	58	1	24	Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,
+Colossians	Col	58	1	25	of which I became a minister according to the divine office which was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known,
+Colossians	Col	58	1	26	the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now made manifest to his saints.
+Colossians	Col	58	1	27	To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
+Colossians	Col	58	1	28	Him we proclaim, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man mature in Christ.
+Colossians	Col	58	1	29	For this I toil, striving with all the energy which he mightily inspires within me.
+Colossians	Col	58	2	1	For I want you to know how greatly I strive for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not seen my face,
+Colossians	Col	58	2	2	that their hearts may be encouraged as they are knit together in love, to have all the riches of assured understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, of Christ,
+Colossians	Col	58	2	3	in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
+Colossians	Col	58	2	4	I say this in order that no one may delude you with beguiling speech.
+Colossians	Col	58	2	5	For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
+Colossians	Col	58	2	6	As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so live in him,
+Colossians	Col	58	2	7	rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
+Colossians	Col	58	2	8	See to it that no one makes a prey of you by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the universe, and not according to Christ.
+Colossians	Col	58	2	9	For in him the whole fulness of deity dwells bodily,
+Colossians	Col	58	2	10	and you have come to fulness of life in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.
+Colossians	Col	58	2	11	In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of flesh in the circumcision of Christ;
+Colossians	Col	58	2	12	and you were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
+Colossians	Col	58	2	13	And you, who were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
+Colossians	Col	58	2	14	having canceled the bond which stood against us with its legal demands; this he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
+Colossians	Col	58	2	15	He disarmed the principalities and powers and made a public example of them, triumphing over them in him.
+Colossians	Col	58	2	16	Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a sabbath.
+Colossians	Col	58	2	17	These are only a shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.
+Colossians	Col	58	2	18	Let no one disqualify you, insisting on self-abasement and worship of angels, taking his stand on visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind,
+Colossians	Col	58	2	19	and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.
+Colossians	Col	58	2	20	If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the universe, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations,
+Colossians	Col	58	2	21	“Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch”
+Colossians	Col	58	2	22	(referring to things which all perish as they are used), according to human precepts and doctrines?
+Colossians	Col	58	2	23	These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting rigor of devotion and self-abasement and severity to the body, but they are of no value in checking the indulgence of the flesh.
+Colossians	Col	58	3	1	If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
+Colossians	Col	58	3	2	Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
+Colossians	Col	58	3	3	For you have died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
+Colossians	Col	58	3	4	When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
+Colossians	Col	58	3	5	Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
+Colossians	Col	58	3	6	On account of these the wrath of God is coming.
+Colossians	Col	58	3	7	In these you once walked, when you lived in them.
+Colossians	Col	58	3	8	But now put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and foul talk from your mouth.
+Colossians	Col	58	3	9	Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old nature with its practices
+Colossians	Col	58	3	10	and have put on the new nature, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
+Colossians	Col	58	3	11	Here there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free man, but Christ is all, and in all.
+Colossians	Col	58	3	12	Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience,
+Colossians	Col	58	3	13	forbearing one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
+Colossians	Col	58	3	14	And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
+Colossians	Col	58	3	15	And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful.
+Colossians	Col	58	3	16	Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, and sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
+Colossians	Col	58	3	17	And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
+Colossians	Col	58	3	18	Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
+Colossians	Col	58	3	19	Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.
+Colossians	Col	58	3	20	Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
+Colossians	Col	58	3	21	Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.
+Colossians	Col	58	3	22	Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord.
+Colossians	Col	58	3	23	Whatever your task, work heartily, as serving the Lord and not men,
+Colossians	Col	58	3	24	knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward; you are serving the Lord Christ.
+Colossians	Col	58	3	25	For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.
+Colossians	Col	58	4	1	Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
+Colossians	Col	58	4	2	Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving;
+Colossians	Col	58	4	3	and pray for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison,
+Colossians	Col	58	4	4	that I may make it clear, as I ought to speak.
+Colossians	Col	58	4	5	Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time.
+Colossians	Col	58	4	6	Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer every one.
+Colossians	Col	58	4	7	Tychicus will tell you all about my affairs; he is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord.
+Colossians	Col	58	4	8	I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts,
+Colossians	Col	58	4	9	and with him Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of yourselves. They will tell you of everything that has taken place here.
+Colossians	Col	58	4	10	Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions—if he comes to you, receive him),
+Colossians	Col	58	4	11	and Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.
+Colossians	Col	58	4	12	Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always remembering you earnestly in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.
+Colossians	Col	58	4	13	For I bear him witness that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hi-erapolis.
+Colossians	Col	58	4	14	Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you.
+Colossians	Col	58	4	15	Give my greetings to the brethren at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her house.
+Colossians	Col	58	4	16	And when this letter has been read among you, have it read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and see that you read also the letter from Laodicea.
+Colossians	Col	58	4	17	And say to Archippus, “See that you fulfil the ministry which you have received in the Lord.”
+Colossians	Col	58	4	18	I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my fetters. Grace be with you.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	1	1	Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	1	2	We give thanks to God always for you all, constantly mentioning you in our prayers,
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	1	3	remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	1	4	For we know, brethren beloved by God, that he has chosen you;
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	1	5	for our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	1	6	And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit;
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	1	7	so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	1	8	For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	1	9	For they themselves report concerning us what a welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	1	10	and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	1	For you yourselves know, brethren, that our visit to you was not in vain;
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	2	but though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the face of great opposition.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	3	For our appeal does not spring from error or uncleanness, nor is it made with guile;
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	4	but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please men, but to please God who tests our hearts.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	5	For we never used either words of flattery, as you know, or a cloak for greed, as God is witness;
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	6	nor did we seek glory from men, whether from you or from others, though we might have made demands as apostles of Christ.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	7	But we were gentle among you, like a nurse taking care of her children.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	8	So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	9	For you remember our labor and toil, brethren; we worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you, while we preached to you the gospel of God.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	10	You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our behavior to you believers;
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	11	for you know how, like a father with his children, we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	12	to lead a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	13	And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	14	For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus which are in Judea; for you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews,
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	15	who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all men
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	16	by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they may be saved—so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But God’s wrath has come upon them at last!
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	17	But since we were bereft of you, brethren, for a short time, in person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you face to face;
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	18	because we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, again and again—but Satan hindered us.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	19	For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	2	20	For you are our glory and joy.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	1	Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left behind at Athens alone,
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	2	and we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s servant in the gospel of Christ, to establish you in your faith and to exhort you,
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	3	that no one be moved by these afflictions. You yourselves know that this is to be our lot.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	4	For when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction; just as it has come to pass, and as you know.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	5	For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent that I might know your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and that our labor would be in vain.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	6	But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, as we long to see you—
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	7	for this reason, brethren, in all our distress and affliction we have been comforted about you through your faith;
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	8	for now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	9	For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you, for all the joy which we feel for your sake before our God,
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	10	praying earnestly night and day that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith?
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	11	Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you;
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	12	and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all men, as we do to you,
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	3	13	so that he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	1	Finally, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God, just as you are doing, you do so more and more.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	2	For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	3	For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from unchastity;
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	4	that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	5	not in the passion of lust like heathen who do not know God;
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	6	that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we solemnly forewarned you.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	7	For God has not called us for uncleanness, but in holiness.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	8	Therefore whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	9	But concerning love of the brethren you have no need to have any one write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another;
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	10	and indeed you do love all the brethren throughout Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, to do so more and more,
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	11	to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we charged you;
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	12	so that you may command the respect of outsiders, and be dependent on nobody.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	13	But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	14	For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	15	For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those who have fallen asleep.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	16	For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the archangel’s call, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first;
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	17	then we who are alive, who are left, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so we shall always be with the Lord.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	4	18	Therefore comfort one another with these words.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	1	But as to the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need to have anything written to you.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	2	For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	3	When people say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as travail comes upon a woman with child, and there will be no escape.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	4	But you are not in darkness, brethren, for that day to surprise you like a thief.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	5	For you are all sons of light and sons of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	6	So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	7	For those who sleep sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	8	But, since we belong to the day, let us be sober, and put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	9	For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	10	who died for us so that whether we wake or sleep we might live with him.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	11	Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	12	But we beseech you, brethren, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you,
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	13	and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	14	And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	15	See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	16	Rejoice always,
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	17	pray constantly,
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	18	give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	19	Do not quench the Spirit,
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	20	do not despise prophesying,
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	21	but test everything; hold fast what is good,
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	22	abstain from every form of evil.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	23	May the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	24	He who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	25	Brethren, pray for us.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	26	Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	27	I adjure you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the brethren.
+1 Thessalonians	1Thess	59	5	28	The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	1	1	Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	1	2	Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	1	3	We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as is fitting, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	1	4	Therefore we ourselves boast of you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you are enduring.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	1	5	This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be made worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering—
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	1	6	since indeed God deems it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	1	7	and to grant rest with us to you who are afflicted, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	1	8	inflicting vengeance upon those who do not know God and upon those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	1	9	They shall suffer the punishment of eternal destruction and exclusion from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	1	10	when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at in all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	1	11	To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his call, and may fulfil every good resolve and work of faith by his power,
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	1	12	so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	1	Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling to meet him, we beg you, brethren,
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	2	not to be quickly shaken in mind or excited, either by spirit or by word, or by letter purporting to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	3	Let no one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of perdition,
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	4	who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	5	Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you this?
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	6	And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	7	For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	8	And then the lawless one will be revealed, and the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by his appearing and his coming.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	9	The coming of the lawless one by the activity of Satan will be with all power and with pretended signs and wonders,
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	10	and with all wicked deception for those who are to perish, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	11	Therefore God sends upon them a strong delusion, to make them believe what is false,
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	12	so that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	13	But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	14	To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	15	So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	16	Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	2	17	comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	1	Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed on and triumph, as it did among you,
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	2	and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men; for not all have faith.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	3	But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from evil.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	4	And we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things which we command.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	5	May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	6	Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is living in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	7	For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us; we were not idle when we were with you,
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	8	we did not eat any one’s bread without paying, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	9	It was not because we have not that right, but to give you in our conduct an example to imitate.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	10	For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: If any one will not work, let him not eat.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	11	For we hear that some of you are living in idleness, mere busybodies, not doing any work.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	12	Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work in quietness and to earn their own living.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	13	Brethren, do not be weary in well-doing.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	14	If any one refuses to obey what we say in this letter, note that man, and have nothing to do with him, that he may be ashamed.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	15	Do not look on him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	16	Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	17	I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. This is the mark in every letter of mine; it is the way I write.
+2 Thessalonians	2Thess	60	3	18	The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	1	1	Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	1	2	To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	1	3	As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine,
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	1	4	nor to occupy themselves with myths and endless genealogies which promote speculations rather than the divine training that is in faith;
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	1	5	whereas the aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	1	6	Certain persons by swerving from these have wandered away into vain discussion,
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	1	7	desiring to be teachers of the law, without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make assertions.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	1	8	Now we know that the law is good, if any one uses it lawfully,
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	1	9	understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	1	10	immoral persons, sodomites, kidnapers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine,
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	1	11	in accordance with the glorious gospel of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	1	12	I thank him who has given me strength for this, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful by appointing me to his service,
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	1	13	though I formerly blasphemed and persecuted and insulted him; but I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	1	14	and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	1	15	The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the foremost of sinners;
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	1	16	but I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience for an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	1	17	To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	1	18	This charge I commit to you, Timothy, my son, in accordance with the prophetic utterances which pointed to you, that inspired by them you may wage the good warfare,
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	1	19	holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting conscience, certain persons have made shipwreck of their faith,
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	1	20	among them Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have delivered to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	2	1	First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all men,
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	2	2	for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, godly and respectful in every way.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	2	3	This is good, and it is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	2	4	who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	2	5	For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	2	6	who gave himself as a ransom for all, the testimony to which was borne at the proper time.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	2	7	For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	2	8	I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	2	9	also that women should adorn themselves modestly and sensibly in seemly apparel, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly attire
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	2	10	but by good deeds, as befits women who profess religion.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	2	11	Let a woman learn in silence with all submissiveness.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	2	12	I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men; she is to keep silent.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	2	13	For Adam was formed first, then Eve;
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	2	14	and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	2	15	Yet woman will be saved through bearing children, if she continues in faith and love and holiness, with modesty.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	3	1	The saying is sure: If any one aspires to the office of bishop, he desires a noble task.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	3	2	Now a bishop must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, dignified, hospitable, an apt teacher,
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	3	3	no drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and no lover of money.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	3	4	He must manage his own household well, keeping his children submissive and respectful in every way;
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	3	5	for if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for God’s church?
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	3	6	He must not be a recent convert, or he may be puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil;
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	3	7	moreover he must be well thought of by outsiders, or he may fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	3	8	Deacons likewise must be serious, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for gain;
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	3	9	they must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	3	10	And let them also be tested first; then if they prove themselves blameless let them serve as deacons.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	3	11	The women likewise must be serious, no slanderers, but temperate, faithful in all things.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	3	12	Let deacons be the husband of one wife, and let them manage their children and their households well;
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	3	13	for those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	3	14	I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to you so that,
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	3	15	if I am delayed, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	3	16	Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of our religion: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	4	1	Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by giving heed to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons,
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	4	2	through the pretensions of liars whose consciences are seared,
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	4	3	who forbid marriage and enjoin abstinence from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	4	4	For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving;
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	4	5	for then it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	4	6	If you put these instructions before the brethren, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished on the words of the faith and of the good doctrine which you have followed.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	4	7	Have nothing to do with godless and silly myths. Train yourself in godliness;
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	4	8	for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	4	9	The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	4	10	For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	4	11	Command and teach these things.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	4	12	Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	4	13	Till I come, attend to the public reading of scripture, to preaching, to teaching.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	4	14	Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophetic utterance when the council of elders laid their hands upon you.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	4	15	Practice these duties, devote yourself to them, so that all may see your progress.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	4	16	Take heed to yourself and to your teaching; hold to that, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	5	1	Do not rebuke an older man but exhort him as you would a father; treat younger men like brothers,
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	5	2	older women like mothers, younger women like sisters, in all purity.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	5	3	Honor widows who are real widows.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	5	4	If a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn their religious duty to their own family and make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	5	5	She who is a real widow, and is left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day;
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	5	6	whereas she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	5	7	Command this, so that they may be without reproach.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	5	8	If any one does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his own family, he has disowned the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	5	9	Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband;
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	5	10	and she must be well attested for her good deeds, as one who has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, relieved the afflicted, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	5	11	But refuse to enroll younger widows; for when they grow wanton against Christ they desire to marry,
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	5	12	and so they incur condemnation for having violated their first pledge.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	5	13	Besides that, they learn to be idlers, gadding about from house to house, and not only idlers but gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	5	14	So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, rule their households, and give the enemy no occasion to revile us.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	5	15	For some have already strayed after Satan.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	5	16	If any believing woman has relatives who are widows, let her assist them; let the church not be burdened, so that it may assist those who are real widows.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	5	17	Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching;
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	5	18	for the scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain,” and, “The laborer deserves his wages.”
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	5	19	Never admit any charge against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	5	20	As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	5	21	In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without favor, doing nothing from partiality.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	5	22	Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor participate in another man’s sins; keep yourself pure.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	5	23	No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	5	24	The sins of some men are conspicuous, pointing to judgment, but the sins of others appear later.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	5	25	So also good deeds are conspicuous; and even when they are not, they cannot remain hidden.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	6	1	Let all who are under the yoke of slavery regard their masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be defamed.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	6	2	Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brethren; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their service are believers and beloved. Teach and urge these duties.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	6	3	If any one teaches otherwise and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching which accords with godliness,
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	6	4	he is puffed up with conceit, he knows nothing; he has a morbid craving for controversy and for disputes about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, base suspicions,
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	6	5	and wrangling among men who are depraved in mind and bereft of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	6	6	There is great gain in godliness with contentment;
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	6	7	for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world;
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	6	8	but if we have food and clothing, with these we shall be content.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	6	9	But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and hurtful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	6	10	For the love of money is the root of all evils; it is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced their hearts with many pangs.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	6	11	But as for you, man of God, shun all this; aim at righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	6	12	Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	6	13	In the presence of God who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession,
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	6	14	I charge you to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	6	15	and this will be made manifest at the proper time by the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	6	16	who alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	6	17	As for the rich in this world, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches but on God who richly furnishes us with everything to enjoy.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	6	18	They are to do good, to be rich in good deeds, liberal and generous,
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	6	19	thus laying up for themselves a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of the life which is life indeed.
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	6	20	O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the godless chatter and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge,
+1 Timothy	1Tim	61	6	21	for by professing it some have missed the mark as regards the faith. Grace be with you.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	1	1	Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	1	2	To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	1	3	I thank God whom I serve with a clear conscience, as did my fathers, when I remember you constantly in my prayers.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	1	4	As I remember your tears, I long night and day to see you, that I may be filled with joy.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	1	5	I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	1	6	Hence I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands;
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	1	7	for God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	1	8	Do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God,
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	1	9	who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not in virtue of our works but in virtue of his own purpose and the grace which he gave us in Christ Jesus ages ago,
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	1	10	and now has manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	1	11	For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher,
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	1	12	and therefore I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	1	13	Follow the pattern of the sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus;
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	1	14	guard the truth that has been entrusted to you by the Holy Spirit who dwells within us.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	1	15	You are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me, and among them Phygelus and Hermogenes.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	1	16	May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me; he was not ashamed of my chains,
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	1	17	but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me eagerly and found me—
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	1	18	may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that Day—and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesus.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	1	You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus,
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	2	and what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	3	Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	4	No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	5	An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	6	It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	7	Think over what I say, for the Lord will grant you understanding in everything.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	8	Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descended from David, as preached in my gospel,
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	9	the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	10	Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	11	The saying is sure: If we have died with him, we shall also live with him;
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	12	if we endure, we shall also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us;
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	13	if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	14	Remind them of this, and charge them before the Lord to avoid disputing about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	15	Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	16	Avoid such godless chatter, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	17	and their talk will eat its way like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	18	who have swerved from the truth by holding that the resurrection is past already. They are upsetting the faith of some.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	19	But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	20	In a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and earthenware, and some for noble use, some for ignoble.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	21	If any one purifies himself from what is ignoble, then he will be a vessel for noble use, consecrated and useful to the master of the house, ready for any good work.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	22	So shun youthful passions and aim at righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call upon the Lord from a pure heart.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	23	Have nothing to do with stupid, senseless controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	24	And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kindly to every one, an apt teacher, forbearing,
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	25	correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they will repent and come to know the truth,
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	2	26	and they may escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	3	1	But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of stress.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	3	2	For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	3	3	inhuman, implacable, slanderers, profligates, fierce, haters of good,
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	3	4	treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	3	5	holding the form of religion but denying the power of it. Avoid such people.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	3	6	For among them are those who make their way into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and swayed by various impulses,
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	3	7	who will listen to anybody and can never arrive at a knowledge of the truth.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	3	8	As Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of corrupt mind and counterfeit faith;
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	3	9	but they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	3	10	Now you have observed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness,
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	3	11	my persecutions, my sufferings, what befell me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra, what persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	3	12	Indeed all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	3	13	while evil men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceivers and deceived.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	3	14	But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	3	15	and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	3	16	All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	3	17	that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	4	1	I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	4	2	preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be unfailing in patience and in teaching.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	4	3	For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own likings,
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	4	4	and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander into myths.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	4	5	As for you, always be steady, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	4	6	For I am already on the point of being sacrificed; the time of my departure has come.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	4	7	I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	4	8	Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	4	9	Do your best to come to me soon.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	4	10	For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	4	11	Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you; for he is very useful in serving me.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	4	12	Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	4	13	When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and above all the parchments.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	4	14	Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will requite him for his deeds.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	4	15	Beware of him yourself, for he strongly opposed our message.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	4	16	At my first defense no one took my part; all deserted me. May it not be charged against them!
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	4	17	But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength to proclaim the message fully, that all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	4	18	The Lord will rescue me from every evil and save me for his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	4	19	Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	4	20	Erastus remained at Corinth; Trophimus I left ill at Miletus.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	4	21	Do your best to come before winter. Eubulus sends greetings to you, as do Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brethren.
+2 Timothy	2Tim	62	4	22	The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.
+Titus	Tit	63	1	1	Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth which accords with godliness,
+Titus	Tit	63	1	2	in hope of eternal life which God, who never lies, promised ages ago
+Titus	Tit	63	1	3	and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by command of God our Savior;
+Titus	Tit	63	1	4	To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
+Titus	Tit	63	1	5	This is why I left you in Crete, that you might amend what was defective, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you,
+Titus	Tit	63	1	6	if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of being profligate or insubordinate.
+Titus	Tit	63	1	7	For a bishop, as God’s steward, must be blameless; he must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,
+Titus	Tit	63	1	8	but hospitable, a lover of goodness, master of himself, upright, holy, and self-controlled;
+Titus	Tit	63	1	9	he must hold firm to the sure word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to confute those who contradict it.
+Titus	Tit	63	1	10	For there are many insubordinate men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially the circumcision party;
+Titus	Tit	63	1	11	they must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for base gain what they have no right to teach.
+Titus	Tit	63	1	12	One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
+Titus	Tit	63	1	13	This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
+Titus	Tit	63	1	14	instead of giving heed to Jewish myths or to commands of men who reject the truth.
+Titus	Tit	63	1	15	To the pure all things are pure, but to the corrupt and unbelieving nothing is pure; their very minds and consciences are corrupted.
+Titus	Tit	63	1	16	They profess to know God, but they deny him by their deeds; they are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good deed.
+Titus	Tit	63	2	1	But as for you, teach what befits sound doctrine.
+Titus	Tit	63	2	2	Bid the older men be temperate, serious, sensible, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.
+Titus	Tit	63	2	3	Bid the older women likewise to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or slaves to drink; they are to teach what is good,
+Titus	Tit	63	2	4	and so train the young women to love their husbands and children,
+Titus	Tit	63	2	5	to be sensible, chaste, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands, that the word of God may not be discredited.
+Titus	Tit	63	2	6	Likewise urge the younger men to control themselves.
+Titus	Tit	63	2	7	Show yourself in all respects a model of good deeds, and in your teaching show integrity, gravity,
+Titus	Tit	63	2	8	and sound speech that cannot be censured, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us.
+Titus	Tit	63	2	9	Bid slaves to be submissive to their masters and to give satisfaction in every respect; they are not to be refractory,
+Titus	Tit	63	2	10	nor to pilfer, but to show entire and true fidelity, so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.
+Titus	Tit	63	2	11	For the grace of God has appeared for the salvation of all men,
+Titus	Tit	63	2	12	training us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions, and to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this world,
+Titus	Tit	63	2	13	awaiting our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
+Titus	Tit	63	2	14	who gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity and to purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.
+Titus	Tit	63	2	15	Declare these things; exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you.
+Titus	Tit	63	3	1	Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for any honest work,
+Titus	Tit	63	3	2	to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all men.
+Titus	Tit	63	3	3	For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by men and hating one another;
+Titus	Tit	63	3	4	but when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared,
+Titus	Tit	63	3	5	he saved us, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness, but in virtue of his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit,
+Titus	Tit	63	3	6	which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
+Titus	Tit	63	3	7	so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life.
+Titus	Tit	63	3	8	The saying is sure. I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds; these are excellent and profitable to men.
+Titus	Tit	63	3	9	But avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels over the law, for they are unprofitable and futile.
+Titus	Tit	63	3	10	As for a man who is factious, after admonishing him once or twice, have nothing more to do with him,
+Titus	Tit	63	3	11	knowing that such a person is perverted and sinful; he is self-condemned.
+Titus	Tit	63	3	12	When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.
+Titus	Tit	63	3	13	Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they lack nothing.
+Titus	Tit	63	3	14	And let our people learn to apply themselves to good deeds, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not to be unfruitful.
+Titus	Tit	63	3	15	All who are with me send greetings to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all.
+Philemon	Philem	64	1	1	Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
+Philemon	Philem	64	1	2	and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
+Philemon	Philem	64	1	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	1	4	I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
+Philemon	Philem	64	1	5	because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
+Philemon	Philem	64	1	6	and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	1	7	For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	1	8	Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
+Philemon	Philem	64	1	9	yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
+Philemon	Philem	64	1	10	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
+Philemon	Philem	64	1	11	(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
+Philemon	Philem	64	1	12	I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
+Philemon	Philem	64	1	13	I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
+Philemon	Philem	64	1	14	but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
+Philemon	Philem	64	1	15	Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
+Philemon	Philem	64	1	16	no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
+Philemon	Philem	64	1	17	So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+Philemon	Philem	64	1	18	If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
+Philemon	Philem	64	1	19	I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
+Philemon	Philem	64	1	20	Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	1	21	Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
+Philemon	Philem	64	1	22	At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	1	23	Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
+Philemon	Philem	64	1	24	and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+Philemon	Philem	64	1	25	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Philemon	Philem	64	2	1	Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
+Philemon	Philem	64	2	2	and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
+Philemon	Philem	64	2	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	2	4	I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
+Philemon	Philem	64	2	5	because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
+Philemon	Philem	64	2	6	and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	2	7	For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	2	8	Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
+Philemon	Philem	64	2	9	yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
+Philemon	Philem	64	2	10	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
+Philemon	Philem	64	2	11	(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
+Philemon	Philem	64	2	12	I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
+Philemon	Philem	64	2	13	I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
+Philemon	Philem	64	2	14	but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
+Philemon	Philem	64	2	15	Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
+Philemon	Philem	64	2	16	no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
+Philemon	Philem	64	2	17	So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+Philemon	Philem	64	2	18	If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
+Philemon	Philem	64	2	19	I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
+Philemon	Philem	64	2	20	Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	2	21	Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
+Philemon	Philem	64	2	22	At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	2	23	Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
+Philemon	Philem	64	2	24	and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+Philemon	Philem	64	2	25	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Philemon	Philem	64	3	1	Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
+Philemon	Philem	64	3	2	and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
+Philemon	Philem	64	3	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	3	4	I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
+Philemon	Philem	64	3	5	because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
+Philemon	Philem	64	3	6	and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	3	7	For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	3	8	Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
+Philemon	Philem	64	3	9	yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
+Philemon	Philem	64	3	10	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
+Philemon	Philem	64	3	11	(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
+Philemon	Philem	64	3	12	I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
+Philemon	Philem	64	3	13	I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
+Philemon	Philem	64	3	14	but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
+Philemon	Philem	64	3	15	Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
+Philemon	Philem	64	3	16	no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
+Philemon	Philem	64	3	17	So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+Philemon	Philem	64	3	18	If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
+Philemon	Philem	64	3	19	I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
+Philemon	Philem	64	3	20	Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	3	21	Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
+Philemon	Philem	64	3	22	At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	3	23	Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
+Philemon	Philem	64	3	24	and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+Philemon	Philem	64	3	25	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Philemon	Philem	64	4	1	Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
+Philemon	Philem	64	4	2	and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
+Philemon	Philem	64	4	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	4	4	I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
+Philemon	Philem	64	4	5	because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
+Philemon	Philem	64	4	6	and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	4	7	For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	4	8	Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
+Philemon	Philem	64	4	9	yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
+Philemon	Philem	64	4	10	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
+Philemon	Philem	64	4	11	(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
+Philemon	Philem	64	4	12	I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
+Philemon	Philem	64	4	13	I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
+Philemon	Philem	64	4	14	but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
+Philemon	Philem	64	4	15	Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
+Philemon	Philem	64	4	16	no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
+Philemon	Philem	64	4	17	So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+Philemon	Philem	64	4	18	If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
+Philemon	Philem	64	4	19	I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
+Philemon	Philem	64	4	20	Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	4	21	Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
+Philemon	Philem	64	4	22	At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	4	23	Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
+Philemon	Philem	64	4	24	and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+Philemon	Philem	64	4	25	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Philemon	Philem	64	5	1	Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
+Philemon	Philem	64	5	2	and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
+Philemon	Philem	64	5	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	5	4	I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
+Philemon	Philem	64	5	5	because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
+Philemon	Philem	64	5	6	and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	5	7	For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	5	8	Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
+Philemon	Philem	64	5	9	yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
+Philemon	Philem	64	5	10	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
+Philemon	Philem	64	5	11	(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
+Philemon	Philem	64	5	12	I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
+Philemon	Philem	64	5	13	I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
+Philemon	Philem	64	5	14	but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
+Philemon	Philem	64	5	15	Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
+Philemon	Philem	64	5	16	no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
+Philemon	Philem	64	5	17	So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+Philemon	Philem	64	5	18	If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
+Philemon	Philem	64	5	19	I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
+Philemon	Philem	64	5	20	Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	5	21	Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
+Philemon	Philem	64	5	22	At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	5	23	Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
+Philemon	Philem	64	5	24	and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+Philemon	Philem	64	5	25	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Philemon	Philem	64	6	1	Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
+Philemon	Philem	64	6	2	and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
+Philemon	Philem	64	6	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	6	4	I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
+Philemon	Philem	64	6	5	because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
+Philemon	Philem	64	6	6	and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	6	7	For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	6	8	Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
+Philemon	Philem	64	6	9	yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
+Philemon	Philem	64	6	10	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
+Philemon	Philem	64	6	11	(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
+Philemon	Philem	64	6	12	I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
+Philemon	Philem	64	6	13	I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
+Philemon	Philem	64	6	14	but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
+Philemon	Philem	64	6	15	Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
+Philemon	Philem	64	6	16	no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
+Philemon	Philem	64	6	17	So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+Philemon	Philem	64	6	18	If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
+Philemon	Philem	64	6	19	I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
+Philemon	Philem	64	6	20	Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	6	21	Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
+Philemon	Philem	64	6	22	At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	6	23	Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
+Philemon	Philem	64	6	24	and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+Philemon	Philem	64	6	25	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Philemon	Philem	64	7	1	Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
+Philemon	Philem	64	7	2	and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
+Philemon	Philem	64	7	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	7	4	I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
+Philemon	Philem	64	7	5	because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
+Philemon	Philem	64	7	6	and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	7	7	For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	7	8	Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
+Philemon	Philem	64	7	9	yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
+Philemon	Philem	64	7	10	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
+Philemon	Philem	64	7	11	(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
+Philemon	Philem	64	7	12	I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
+Philemon	Philem	64	7	13	I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
+Philemon	Philem	64	7	14	but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
+Philemon	Philem	64	7	15	Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
+Philemon	Philem	64	7	16	no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
+Philemon	Philem	64	7	17	So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+Philemon	Philem	64	7	18	If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
+Philemon	Philem	64	7	19	I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
+Philemon	Philem	64	7	20	Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	7	21	Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
+Philemon	Philem	64	7	22	At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	7	23	Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
+Philemon	Philem	64	7	24	and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+Philemon	Philem	64	7	25	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Philemon	Philem	64	8	1	Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
+Philemon	Philem	64	8	2	and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
+Philemon	Philem	64	8	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	8	4	I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
+Philemon	Philem	64	8	5	because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
+Philemon	Philem	64	8	6	and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	8	7	For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	8	8	Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
+Philemon	Philem	64	8	9	yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
+Philemon	Philem	64	8	10	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
+Philemon	Philem	64	8	11	(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
+Philemon	Philem	64	8	12	I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
+Philemon	Philem	64	8	13	I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
+Philemon	Philem	64	8	14	but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
+Philemon	Philem	64	8	15	Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
+Philemon	Philem	64	8	16	no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
+Philemon	Philem	64	8	17	So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+Philemon	Philem	64	8	18	If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
+Philemon	Philem	64	8	19	I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
+Philemon	Philem	64	8	20	Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	8	21	Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
+Philemon	Philem	64	8	22	At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	8	23	Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
+Philemon	Philem	64	8	24	and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+Philemon	Philem	64	8	25	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Philemon	Philem	64	9	1	Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
+Philemon	Philem	64	9	2	and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
+Philemon	Philem	64	9	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	9	4	I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
+Philemon	Philem	64	9	5	because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
+Philemon	Philem	64	9	6	and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	9	7	For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	9	8	Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
+Philemon	Philem	64	9	9	yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
+Philemon	Philem	64	9	10	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
+Philemon	Philem	64	9	11	(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
+Philemon	Philem	64	9	12	I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
+Philemon	Philem	64	9	13	I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
+Philemon	Philem	64	9	14	but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
+Philemon	Philem	64	9	15	Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
+Philemon	Philem	64	9	16	no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
+Philemon	Philem	64	9	17	So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+Philemon	Philem	64	9	18	If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
+Philemon	Philem	64	9	19	I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
+Philemon	Philem	64	9	20	Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	9	21	Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
+Philemon	Philem	64	9	22	At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	9	23	Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
+Philemon	Philem	64	9	24	and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+Philemon	Philem	64	9	25	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Philemon	Philem	64	10	1	Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
+Philemon	Philem	64	10	2	and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
+Philemon	Philem	64	10	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	10	4	I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
+Philemon	Philem	64	10	5	because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
+Philemon	Philem	64	10	6	and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	10	7	For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	10	8	Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
+Philemon	Philem	64	10	9	yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
+Philemon	Philem	64	10	10	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
+Philemon	Philem	64	10	11	(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
+Philemon	Philem	64	10	12	I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
+Philemon	Philem	64	10	13	I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
+Philemon	Philem	64	10	14	but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
+Philemon	Philem	64	10	15	Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
+Philemon	Philem	64	10	16	no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
+Philemon	Philem	64	10	17	So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+Philemon	Philem	64	10	18	If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
+Philemon	Philem	64	10	19	I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
+Philemon	Philem	64	10	20	Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	10	21	Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
+Philemon	Philem	64	10	22	At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	10	23	Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
+Philemon	Philem	64	10	24	and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+Philemon	Philem	64	10	25	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Philemon	Philem	64	11	1	Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
+Philemon	Philem	64	11	2	and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
+Philemon	Philem	64	11	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	11	4	I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
+Philemon	Philem	64	11	5	because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
+Philemon	Philem	64	11	6	and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	11	7	For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	11	8	Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
+Philemon	Philem	64	11	9	yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
+Philemon	Philem	64	11	10	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
+Philemon	Philem	64	11	11	(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
+Philemon	Philem	64	11	12	I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
+Philemon	Philem	64	11	13	I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
+Philemon	Philem	64	11	14	but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
+Philemon	Philem	64	11	15	Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
+Philemon	Philem	64	11	16	no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
+Philemon	Philem	64	11	17	So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+Philemon	Philem	64	11	18	If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
+Philemon	Philem	64	11	19	I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
+Philemon	Philem	64	11	20	Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	11	21	Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
+Philemon	Philem	64	11	22	At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	11	23	Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
+Philemon	Philem	64	11	24	and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+Philemon	Philem	64	11	25	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Philemon	Philem	64	12	1	Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
+Philemon	Philem	64	12	2	and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
+Philemon	Philem	64	12	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	12	4	I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
+Philemon	Philem	64	12	5	because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
+Philemon	Philem	64	12	6	and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	12	7	For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	12	8	Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
+Philemon	Philem	64	12	9	yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
+Philemon	Philem	64	12	10	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
+Philemon	Philem	64	12	11	(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
+Philemon	Philem	64	12	12	I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
+Philemon	Philem	64	12	13	I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
+Philemon	Philem	64	12	14	but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
+Philemon	Philem	64	12	15	Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
+Philemon	Philem	64	12	16	no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
+Philemon	Philem	64	12	17	So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+Philemon	Philem	64	12	18	If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
+Philemon	Philem	64	12	19	I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
+Philemon	Philem	64	12	20	Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	12	21	Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
+Philemon	Philem	64	12	22	At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	12	23	Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
+Philemon	Philem	64	12	24	and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+Philemon	Philem	64	12	25	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Philemon	Philem	64	13	1	Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
+Philemon	Philem	64	13	2	and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
+Philemon	Philem	64	13	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	13	4	I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
+Philemon	Philem	64	13	5	because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
+Philemon	Philem	64	13	6	and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	13	7	For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	13	8	Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
+Philemon	Philem	64	13	9	yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
+Philemon	Philem	64	13	10	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
+Philemon	Philem	64	13	11	(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
+Philemon	Philem	64	13	12	I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
+Philemon	Philem	64	13	13	I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
+Philemon	Philem	64	13	14	but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
+Philemon	Philem	64	13	15	Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
+Philemon	Philem	64	13	16	no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
+Philemon	Philem	64	13	17	So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+Philemon	Philem	64	13	18	If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
+Philemon	Philem	64	13	19	I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
+Philemon	Philem	64	13	20	Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	13	21	Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
+Philemon	Philem	64	13	22	At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	13	23	Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
+Philemon	Philem	64	13	24	and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+Philemon	Philem	64	13	25	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Philemon	Philem	64	14	1	Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
+Philemon	Philem	64	14	2	and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
+Philemon	Philem	64	14	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	14	4	I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
+Philemon	Philem	64	14	5	because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
+Philemon	Philem	64	14	6	and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	14	7	For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	14	8	Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
+Philemon	Philem	64	14	9	yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
+Philemon	Philem	64	14	10	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
+Philemon	Philem	64	14	11	(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
+Philemon	Philem	64	14	12	I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
+Philemon	Philem	64	14	13	I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
+Philemon	Philem	64	14	14	but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
+Philemon	Philem	64	14	15	Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
+Philemon	Philem	64	14	16	no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
+Philemon	Philem	64	14	17	So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+Philemon	Philem	64	14	18	If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
+Philemon	Philem	64	14	19	I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
+Philemon	Philem	64	14	20	Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	14	21	Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
+Philemon	Philem	64	14	22	At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	14	23	Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
+Philemon	Philem	64	14	24	and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+Philemon	Philem	64	14	25	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Philemon	Philem	64	15	1	Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
+Philemon	Philem	64	15	2	and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
+Philemon	Philem	64	15	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	15	4	I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
+Philemon	Philem	64	15	5	because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
+Philemon	Philem	64	15	6	and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	15	7	For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	15	8	Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
+Philemon	Philem	64	15	9	yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
+Philemon	Philem	64	15	10	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
+Philemon	Philem	64	15	11	(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
+Philemon	Philem	64	15	12	I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
+Philemon	Philem	64	15	13	I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
+Philemon	Philem	64	15	14	but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
+Philemon	Philem	64	15	15	Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
+Philemon	Philem	64	15	16	no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
+Philemon	Philem	64	15	17	So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+Philemon	Philem	64	15	18	If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
+Philemon	Philem	64	15	19	I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
+Philemon	Philem	64	15	20	Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	15	21	Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
+Philemon	Philem	64	15	22	At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	15	23	Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
+Philemon	Philem	64	15	24	and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+Philemon	Philem	64	15	25	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Philemon	Philem	64	16	1	Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
+Philemon	Philem	64	16	2	and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
+Philemon	Philem	64	16	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	16	4	I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
+Philemon	Philem	64	16	5	because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
+Philemon	Philem	64	16	6	and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	16	7	For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	16	8	Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
+Philemon	Philem	64	16	9	yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
+Philemon	Philem	64	16	10	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
+Philemon	Philem	64	16	11	(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
+Philemon	Philem	64	16	12	I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
+Philemon	Philem	64	16	13	I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
+Philemon	Philem	64	16	14	but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
+Philemon	Philem	64	16	15	Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
+Philemon	Philem	64	16	16	no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
+Philemon	Philem	64	16	17	So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+Philemon	Philem	64	16	18	If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
+Philemon	Philem	64	16	19	I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
+Philemon	Philem	64	16	20	Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	16	21	Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
+Philemon	Philem	64	16	22	At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	16	23	Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
+Philemon	Philem	64	16	24	and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+Philemon	Philem	64	16	25	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Philemon	Philem	64	17	1	Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
+Philemon	Philem	64	17	2	and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
+Philemon	Philem	64	17	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	17	4	I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
+Philemon	Philem	64	17	5	because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
+Philemon	Philem	64	17	6	and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	17	7	For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	17	8	Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
+Philemon	Philem	64	17	9	yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
+Philemon	Philem	64	17	10	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
+Philemon	Philem	64	17	11	(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
+Philemon	Philem	64	17	12	I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
+Philemon	Philem	64	17	13	I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
+Philemon	Philem	64	17	14	but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
+Philemon	Philem	64	17	15	Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
+Philemon	Philem	64	17	16	no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
+Philemon	Philem	64	17	17	So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+Philemon	Philem	64	17	18	If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
+Philemon	Philem	64	17	19	I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
+Philemon	Philem	64	17	20	Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	17	21	Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
+Philemon	Philem	64	17	22	At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	17	23	Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
+Philemon	Philem	64	17	24	and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+Philemon	Philem	64	17	25	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Philemon	Philem	64	18	1	Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
+Philemon	Philem	64	18	2	and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
+Philemon	Philem	64	18	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	18	4	I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
+Philemon	Philem	64	18	5	because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
+Philemon	Philem	64	18	6	and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	18	7	For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	18	8	Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
+Philemon	Philem	64	18	9	yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
+Philemon	Philem	64	18	10	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
+Philemon	Philem	64	18	11	(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
+Philemon	Philem	64	18	12	I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
+Philemon	Philem	64	18	13	I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
+Philemon	Philem	64	18	14	but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
+Philemon	Philem	64	18	15	Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
+Philemon	Philem	64	18	16	no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
+Philemon	Philem	64	18	17	So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+Philemon	Philem	64	18	18	If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
+Philemon	Philem	64	18	19	I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
+Philemon	Philem	64	18	20	Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	18	21	Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
+Philemon	Philem	64	18	22	At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	18	23	Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
+Philemon	Philem	64	18	24	and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+Philemon	Philem	64	18	25	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Philemon	Philem	64	19	1	Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
+Philemon	Philem	64	19	2	and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
+Philemon	Philem	64	19	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	19	4	I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
+Philemon	Philem	64	19	5	because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
+Philemon	Philem	64	19	6	and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	19	7	For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	19	8	Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
+Philemon	Philem	64	19	9	yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
+Philemon	Philem	64	19	10	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
+Philemon	Philem	64	19	11	(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
+Philemon	Philem	64	19	12	I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
+Philemon	Philem	64	19	13	I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
+Philemon	Philem	64	19	14	but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
+Philemon	Philem	64	19	15	Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
+Philemon	Philem	64	19	16	no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
+Philemon	Philem	64	19	17	So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+Philemon	Philem	64	19	18	If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
+Philemon	Philem	64	19	19	I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
+Philemon	Philem	64	19	20	Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	19	21	Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
+Philemon	Philem	64	19	22	At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	19	23	Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
+Philemon	Philem	64	19	24	and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+Philemon	Philem	64	19	25	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Philemon	Philem	64	20	1	Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
+Philemon	Philem	64	20	2	and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
+Philemon	Philem	64	20	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	20	4	I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
+Philemon	Philem	64	20	5	because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
+Philemon	Philem	64	20	6	and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	20	7	For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	20	8	Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
+Philemon	Philem	64	20	9	yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
+Philemon	Philem	64	20	10	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
+Philemon	Philem	64	20	11	(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
+Philemon	Philem	64	20	12	I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
+Philemon	Philem	64	20	13	I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
+Philemon	Philem	64	20	14	but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
+Philemon	Philem	64	20	15	Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
+Philemon	Philem	64	20	16	no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
+Philemon	Philem	64	20	17	So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+Philemon	Philem	64	20	18	If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
+Philemon	Philem	64	20	19	I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
+Philemon	Philem	64	20	20	Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	20	21	Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
+Philemon	Philem	64	20	22	At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	20	23	Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
+Philemon	Philem	64	20	24	and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+Philemon	Philem	64	20	25	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Philemon	Philem	64	21	1	Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
+Philemon	Philem	64	21	2	and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
+Philemon	Philem	64	21	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	21	4	I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
+Philemon	Philem	64	21	5	because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
+Philemon	Philem	64	21	6	and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	21	7	For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	21	8	Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
+Philemon	Philem	64	21	9	yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
+Philemon	Philem	64	21	10	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
+Philemon	Philem	64	21	11	(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
+Philemon	Philem	64	21	12	I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
+Philemon	Philem	64	21	13	I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
+Philemon	Philem	64	21	14	but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
+Philemon	Philem	64	21	15	Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
+Philemon	Philem	64	21	16	no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
+Philemon	Philem	64	21	17	So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+Philemon	Philem	64	21	18	If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
+Philemon	Philem	64	21	19	I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
+Philemon	Philem	64	21	20	Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	21	21	Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
+Philemon	Philem	64	21	22	At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	21	23	Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
+Philemon	Philem	64	21	24	and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+Philemon	Philem	64	21	25	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Philemon	Philem	64	22	1	Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
+Philemon	Philem	64	22	2	and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
+Philemon	Philem	64	22	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	22	4	I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
+Philemon	Philem	64	22	5	because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
+Philemon	Philem	64	22	6	and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	22	7	For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	22	8	Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
+Philemon	Philem	64	22	9	yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
+Philemon	Philem	64	22	10	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
+Philemon	Philem	64	22	11	(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
+Philemon	Philem	64	22	12	I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
+Philemon	Philem	64	22	13	I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
+Philemon	Philem	64	22	14	but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
+Philemon	Philem	64	22	15	Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
+Philemon	Philem	64	22	16	no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
+Philemon	Philem	64	22	17	So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+Philemon	Philem	64	22	18	If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
+Philemon	Philem	64	22	19	I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
+Philemon	Philem	64	22	20	Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	22	21	Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
+Philemon	Philem	64	22	22	At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	22	23	Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
+Philemon	Philem	64	22	24	and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+Philemon	Philem	64	22	25	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Philemon	Philem	64	23	1	Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
+Philemon	Philem	64	23	2	and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
+Philemon	Philem	64	23	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	23	4	I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
+Philemon	Philem	64	23	5	because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
+Philemon	Philem	64	23	6	and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	23	7	For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	23	8	Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
+Philemon	Philem	64	23	9	yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
+Philemon	Philem	64	23	10	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
+Philemon	Philem	64	23	11	(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
+Philemon	Philem	64	23	12	I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
+Philemon	Philem	64	23	13	I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
+Philemon	Philem	64	23	14	but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
+Philemon	Philem	64	23	15	Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
+Philemon	Philem	64	23	16	no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
+Philemon	Philem	64	23	17	So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+Philemon	Philem	64	23	18	If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
+Philemon	Philem	64	23	19	I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
+Philemon	Philem	64	23	20	Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	23	21	Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
+Philemon	Philem	64	23	22	At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	23	23	Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
+Philemon	Philem	64	23	24	and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+Philemon	Philem	64	23	25	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Philemon	Philem	64	24	1	Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
+Philemon	Philem	64	24	2	and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
+Philemon	Philem	64	24	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	24	4	I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
+Philemon	Philem	64	24	5	because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
+Philemon	Philem	64	24	6	and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	24	7	For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	24	8	Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
+Philemon	Philem	64	24	9	yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
+Philemon	Philem	64	24	10	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
+Philemon	Philem	64	24	11	(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
+Philemon	Philem	64	24	12	I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
+Philemon	Philem	64	24	13	I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
+Philemon	Philem	64	24	14	but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
+Philemon	Philem	64	24	15	Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
+Philemon	Philem	64	24	16	no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
+Philemon	Philem	64	24	17	So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+Philemon	Philem	64	24	18	If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
+Philemon	Philem	64	24	19	I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
+Philemon	Philem	64	24	20	Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	24	21	Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
+Philemon	Philem	64	24	22	At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	24	23	Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
+Philemon	Philem	64	24	24	and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+Philemon	Philem	64	24	25	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Philemon	Philem	64	25	1	Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
+Philemon	Philem	64	25	2	and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
+Philemon	Philem	64	25	3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	25	4	I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
+Philemon	Philem	64	25	5	because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
+Philemon	Philem	64	25	6	and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	25	7	For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	25	8	Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
+Philemon	Philem	64	25	9	yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
+Philemon	Philem	64	25	10	I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
+Philemon	Philem	64	25	11	(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
+Philemon	Philem	64	25	12	I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
+Philemon	Philem	64	25	13	I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
+Philemon	Philem	64	25	14	but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
+Philemon	Philem	64	25	15	Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
+Philemon	Philem	64	25	16	no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
+Philemon	Philem	64	25	17	So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
+Philemon	Philem	64	25	18	If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
+Philemon	Philem	64	25	19	I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
+Philemon	Philem	64	25	20	Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
+Philemon	Philem	64	25	21	Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
+Philemon	Philem	64	25	22	At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted to you.
+Philemon	Philem	64	25	23	Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
+Philemon	Philem	64	25	24	and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
+Philemon	Philem	64	25	25	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	1	1	In many and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets;
+Hebrews	Heb	65	1	2	but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	1	3	He reflects the glory of God and bears the very stamp of his nature, upholding the universe by his word of power. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	1	4	having become as much superior to angels as the name he has obtained is more excellent than theirs.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	1	5	For to what angel did God ever say, “Thou art my Son, today I have begotten thee”? Or again, “I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son”?
+Hebrews	Heb	65	1	6	And again, when he brings the first-born into the world, he says, “Let all God’s angels worship him.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	1	7	Of the angels he says, “Who makes his angels winds, and his servants flames of fire.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	1	8	But of the Son he says, “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever, the righteous scepter is the scepter of thy kingdom.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	1	9	Thou hast loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness beyond thy comrades.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	1	10	And, “Thou, Lord, didst found the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of thy hands;
+Hebrews	Heb	65	1	11	they will perish, but thou remainest; they will all grow old like a garment,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	1	12	like a mantle thou wilt roll them up, and they will be changed. But thou art the same, and thy years will never end.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	1	13	But to what angel has he ever said, “Sit at my right hand, till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet”?
+Hebrews	Heb	65	1	14	Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to serve, for the sake of those who are to obtain salvation?
+Hebrews	Heb	65	2	1	Therefore we must pay the closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	2	2	For if the message declared by angels was valid and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	2	3	how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard him,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	2	4	while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his own will.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	2	5	For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	2	6	It has been testified somewhere, “What is man that thou art mindful of him, or the son of man, that thou carest for him?
+Hebrews	Heb	65	2	7	Thou didst make him for a little while lower than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honor,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	2	8	putting everything in subjection under his feet.” Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. As it is, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	2	9	But we see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for every one.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	2	10	For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	2	11	For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified have all one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	2	12	saying, “I will proclaim thy name to my brethren, in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	2	13	And again, “I will put my trust in him.” And again, “Here am I, and the children God has given me.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	2	14	Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same nature, that through death he might destroy him who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	2	15	and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	2	16	For surely it is not with angels that he is concerned but with the descendants of Abraham.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	2	17	Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make expiation for the sins of the people.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	2	18	For because he himself has suffered and been tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	3	1	Therefore, holy brethren, who share in a heavenly call, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	3	2	He was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in God’s house.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	3	3	Yet Jesus has been counted worthy of as much more glory than Moses as the builder of a house has more honor than the house.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	3	4	(For every house is built by some one, but the builder of all things is God.)
+Hebrews	Heb	65	3	5	Now Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant, to testify to the things that were to be spoken later,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	3	6	but Christ was faithful over God’s house as a son. And we are his house if we hold fast our confidence and pride in our hope.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	3	7	Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, when you hear his voice,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	3	8	do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	3	9	where your fathers put me to the test and saw my works for forty years.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	3	10	Therefore I was provoked with that generation, and said, ‘They always go astray in their hearts; they have not known my ways.’
+Hebrews	Heb	65	3	11	As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	3	12	Take care, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	3	13	But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	3	14	For we share in Christ, if only we hold our first confidence firm to the end,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	3	15	while it is said, “Today, when you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	3	16	Who were they that heard and yet were rebellious? Was it not all those who left Egypt under the leadership of Moses?
+Hebrews	Heb	65	3	17	And with whom was he provoked forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
+Hebrews	Heb	65	3	18	And to whom did he swear that they should never enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient?
+Hebrews	Heb	65	3	19	So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	4	1	Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest remains, let us fear lest any of you be judged to have failed to reach it.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	4	2	For good news came to us just as to them; but the message which they heard did not benefit them, because it did not meet with faith in the hearers.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	4	3	For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall never enter my rest,’” although his works were finished from the foundation of the world.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	4	4	For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way, “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	4	5	And again in this place he said, “They shall never enter my rest.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	4	6	Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	4	7	again he sets a certain day, “Today,” saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted, “Today, when you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	4	8	For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not speak later of another day.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	4	9	So then, there remains a sabbath rest for the people of God;
+Hebrews	Heb	65	4	10	for whoever enters God’s rest also ceases from his labors as God did from his.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	4	11	Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, that no one fall by the same sort of disobedience.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	4	12	For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	4	13	And before him no creature is hidden, but all are open and laid bare to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	4	14	Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	4	15	For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	4	16	Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	5	1	For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	5	2	He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	5	3	Because of this he is bound to offer sacrifice for his own sins as well as for those of the people.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	5	4	And one does not take the honor upon himself, but he is called by God, just as Aaron was.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	5	5	So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, “Thou art my Son, today I have begotten thee”;
+Hebrews	Heb	65	5	6	as he says also in another place, “Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	5	7	In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard for his godly fear.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	5	8	Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered;
+Hebrews	Heb	65	5	9	and being made perfect he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	5	10	being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	5	11	About this we have much to say which is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	5	12	For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need some one to teach you again the first principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food;
+Hebrews	Heb	65	5	13	for every one who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a child.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	5	14	But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their faculties trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	6	1	Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	6	2	with instruction about ablutions, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	6	3	And this we will do if God permits.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	6	4	For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	6	5	and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	6	6	if they then commit apostasy, since they crucify the Son of God on their own account and hold him up to contempt.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	6	7	For land which has drunk the rain that often falls upon it, and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	6	8	But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed; its end is to be burned.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	6	9	Though we speak thus, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things that belong to salvation.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	6	10	For God is not so unjust as to overlook your work and the love which you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	6	11	And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness in realizing the full assurance of hope until the end,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	6	12	so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	6	13	For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	6	14	saying, “Surely I will bless you and multiply you.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	6	15	And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	6	16	Men indeed swear by a greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	6	17	So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he interposed with an oath,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	6	18	so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God should prove false, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	6	19	We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner shrine behind the curtain,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	6	20	where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	1	For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him;
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	2	and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	3	He is without father or mother or genealogy, and has neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest for ever.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	4	See how great he is! Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe of the spoils.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	5	And those descendants of Levi who receive the priestly office have a commandment in the law to take tithes from the people, that is, from their brethren, though these also are descended from Abraham.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	6	But this man who has not their genealogy received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	7	It is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	8	Here tithes are received by mortal men; there, by one of whom it is testified that he lives.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	9	One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	10	for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	11	Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron?
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	12	For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a change in the law as well.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	13	For the one of whom these things are spoken belonged to another tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	14	For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	15	This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	16	who has become a priest, not according to a legal requirement concerning bodily descent but by the power of an indestructible life.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	17	For it is witnessed of him, “Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	18	On the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	19	(for the law made nothing perfect); on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	20	And it was not without an oath.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	21	Those who formerly became priests took their office without an oath, but this one was addressed with an oath, “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘Thou art a priest for ever.’”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	22	This makes Jesus the surety of a better covenant.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	23	The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office;
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	24	but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues for ever.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	25	Consequently he is able for all time to save those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	26	For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, unstained, separated from sinners, exalted above the heavens.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	27	He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people; he did this once for all when he offered up himself.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	7	28	Indeed, the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	8	1	Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	8	2	a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	8	3	For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; hence it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	8	4	Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer gifts according to the law.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	8	5	They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary; for when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, “See that you make everything according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	8	6	But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry which is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	8	7	For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	8	8	For he finds fault with them when he says: “The days will come, says the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
+Hebrews	Heb	65	8	9	not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they did not continue in my covenant, and so I paid no heed to them, says the Lord.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	8	10	This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	8	11	And they shall not teach every one his fellow or every one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all shall know me, from the least of them to the greatest.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	8	12	For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	8	13	In speaking of a new covenant he treats the first as obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	1	Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	2	For a tent was prepared, the outer one, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence; it is called the Holy Place.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	3	Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	4	having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, which contained a golden urn holding the manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	5	above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	6	These preparations having thus been made, the priests go continually into the outer tent, performing their ritual duties;
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	7	but into the second only the high priest goes, and he but once a year, and not without taking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	8	By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the sanctuary is not yet opened as long as the outer tent is still standing
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	9	(which is symbolic for the present age). According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	10	but deal only with food and drink and various ablutions, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	11	But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation)
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	12	he entered once for all into the Holy Place, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	13	For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	14	how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	15	Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred which redeems them from the transgressions under the first covenant.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	16	For where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	17	For a will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	18	Hence even the first covenant was not ratified without blood.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	19	For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	20	saying, “This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded you.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	21	And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both the tent and all the vessels used in worship.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	22	Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	23	Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	24	For Christ has entered, not into a sanctuary made with hands, a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	25	Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the Holy Place yearly with blood not his own;
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	26	for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the age to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	27	And just as it is appointed for men to die once, and after that comes judgment,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	9	28	so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	1	For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices which are continually offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	2	Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered? If the worshipers had once been cleansed, they would no longer have any consciousness of sin.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	3	But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sin year after year.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	4	For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	5	Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, “Sacrifices and offerings thou hast not desired, but a body hast thou prepared for me;
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	6	in burnt offerings and sin offerings thou hast taken no pleasure.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	7	Then I said, ‘Lo, I have come to do thy will, O God,’ as it is written of me in the roll of the book.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	8	When he said above, “Thou hast neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law),
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	9	then he added, “Lo, I have come to do thy will.” He abolishes the first in order to establish the second.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	10	And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	11	And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	12	But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	13	then to wait until his enemies should be made a stool for his feet.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	14	For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	15	And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	16	“This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds,”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	17	then he adds, “I will remember their sins and their misdeeds no more.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	18	Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	19	Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	20	by the new and living way which he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	21	and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	22	let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	23	Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful;
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	24	and let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	25	not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	26	For if we sin deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	27	but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire which will consume the adversaries.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	28	A man who has violated the law of Moses dies without mercy at the testimony of two or three witnesses.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	29	How much worse punishment do you think will be deserved by the man who has spurned the Son of God, and profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and outraged the Spirit of grace?
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	30	For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	31	It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	32	But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	33	sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	34	For you had compassion on the prisoners, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	35	Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	36	For you have need of endurance, so that you may do the will of God and receive what is promised.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	37	“For yet a little while, and the coming one shall come and shall not tarry;
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	38	but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	10	39	But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and keep their souls.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	1	Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	2	For by it the men of old received divine approval.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	3	By faith we understand that the world was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was made out of things which do not appear.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	4	By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he received approval as righteous, God bearing witness by accepting his gifts; he died, but through his faith he is still speaking.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	5	By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was attested as having pleased God.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	6	And without faith it is impossible to please him. For whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	7	By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, took heed and constructed an ark for the saving of his household; by this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness which comes by faith.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	8	By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place which he was to receive as an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was to go.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	9	By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	10	For he looked forward to the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	11	By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	12	Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	13	These all died in faith, not having received what was promised, but having seen it and greeted it from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	14	For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	15	If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	16	But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	17	By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was ready to offer up his only son,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	18	of whom it was said, “Through Isaac shall your descendants be named.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	19	He considered that God was able to raise men even from the dead; hence he did receive him back and this was a symbol.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	20	By faith Isaac invoked future blessings on Jacob and Esau.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	21	By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, bowing in worship over the head of his staff.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	22	By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his burial.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	23	By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid for three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful; and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	24	By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	25	choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	26	He considered abuse suffered for the Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he looked to the reward.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	27	By faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king; for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	28	By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the first-born might not touch them.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	29	By faith the people crossed the Red Sea as if on dry land; but the Egyptians, when they attempted to do the same, were drowned.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	30	By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	31	By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had given friendly welcome to the spies.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	32	And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets—
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	33	who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, received promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	34	quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, won strength out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	35	Women received their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, that they might rise again to a better life.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	36	Others suffered mocking and scourging, and even chains and imprisonment.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	37	They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, ill-treated—
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	38	of whom the world was not worthy—wandering over deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	39	And all these, though well attested by their faith, did not receive what was promised,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	11	40	since God had foreseen something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	1	Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	2	looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	3	Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	4	In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	5	And have you forgotten the exhortation which addresses you as sons?— “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose courage when you are punished by him.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	6	For the Lord disciplines him whom he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	7	It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	8	If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	9	Besides this, we have had earthly fathers to discipline us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	10	For they disciplined us for a short time at their pleasure, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	11	For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant; later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	12	Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	13	and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	14	Strive for peace with all men, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	15	See to it that no one fail to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” spring up and cause trouble, and by it the many become defiled;
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	16	that no one be immoral or irreligious like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	17	For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	18	For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire, and darkness, and gloom, and a tempest,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	19	and the sound of a trumpet, and a voice whose words made the hearers entreat that no further messages be spoken to them.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	20	For they could not endure the order that was given, “If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	21	Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, “I tremble with fear.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	22	But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	23	and to the assembly of the first-born who are enrolled in heaven, and to a judge who is God of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	24	and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks more graciously than the blood of Abel.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	25	See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less shall we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	26	His voice then shook the earth; but now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heaven.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	27	This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of what is shaken, as of what has been made, in order that what cannot be shaken may remain.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	28	Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe;
+Hebrews	Heb	65	12	29	for our God is a consuming fire.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	13	1	Let brotherly love continue.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	13	2	Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	13	3	Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you also are in the body.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	13	4	Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled; for God will judge the immoral and adulterous.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	13	5	Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have; for he has said, “I will never fail you nor forsake you.”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	13	6	Hence we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid; what can man do to me?”
+Hebrews	Heb	65	13	7	Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God; consider the outcome of their life, and imitate their faith.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	13	8	Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	13	9	Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings; for it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited their adherents.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	13	10	We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	13	11	For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	13	12	So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	13	13	Therefore let us go forth to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he endured.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	13	14	For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city which is to come.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	13	15	Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	13	16	Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	13	17	Obey your leaders and submit to them; for they are keeping watch over your souls, as men who will have to give account. Let them do this joyfully, and not sadly, for that would be of no advantage to you.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	13	18	Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	13	19	I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order that I may be restored to you the sooner.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	13	20	Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant,
+Hebrews	Heb	65	13	21	equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in you that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	13	22	I appeal to you, brethren, bear with my word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	13	23	You should understand that our brother Timothy has been released, with whom I shall see you if he comes soon.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	13	24	Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those who come from Italy send you greetings.
+Hebrews	Heb	65	13	25	Grace be with all of you. Amen.
+James	Jas	66	1	1	James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greeting.
+James	Jas	66	1	2	Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials,
+James	Jas	66	1	3	for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
+James	Jas	66	1	4	And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
+James	Jas	66	1	5	If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all men generously and without reproaching, and it will be given him.
+James	Jas	66	1	6	But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
+James	Jas	66	1	7	For that person must not suppose that a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways, will receive anything from the Lord.
+James	Jas	66	1	9	Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation,
+James	Jas	66	1	10	and the rich in his humiliation, because like the flower of the grass he will pass away.
+James	Jas	66	1	11	For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
+James	Jas	66	1	12	Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him.
+James	Jas	66	1	13	Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted with evil and he himself tempts no one;
+James	Jas	66	1	14	but each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.
+James	Jas	66	1	15	Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin; and sin when it is full-grown brings forth death.
+James	Jas	66	1	16	Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.
+James	Jas	66	1	17	Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
+James	Jas	66	1	18	Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
+James	Jas	66	1	19	Know this, my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
+James	Jas	66	1	20	for the anger of man does not work the righteousness of God.
+James	Jas	66	1	21	Therefore put away all filthiness and rank growth of wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
+James	Jas	66	1	22	But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
+James	Jas	66	1	23	For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who observes his natural face in a mirror;
+James	Jas	66	1	24	for he observes himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.
+James	Jas	66	1	25	But he who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer that forgets but a doer that acts, he shall be blessed in his doing.
+James	Jas	66	1	26	If any one thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is vain.
+James	Jas	66	1	27	Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
+James	Jas	66	2	1	My brethren, show no partiality as you hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.
+James	Jas	66	2	2	For if a man with gold rings and in fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in,
+James	Jas	66	2	3	and you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “Have a seat here, please,” while you say to the poor man, “Stand there,” or, “Sit at my feet,”
+James	Jas	66	2	4	have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
+James	Jas	66	2	5	Listen, my beloved brethren. Has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?
+James	Jas	66	2	6	But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you, is it not they who drag you into court?
+James	Jas	66	2	7	Is it not they who blaspheme that honorable name which was invoked over you?
+James	Jas	66	2	8	If you really fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
+James	Jas	66	2	9	But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
+James	Jas	66	2	10	For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.
+James	Jas	66	2	11	For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” said also, “Do not kill.” If you do not commit adultery but do kill, you have become a transgressor of the law.
+James	Jas	66	2	12	So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty.
+James	Jas	66	2	13	For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy; yet mercy triumphs over judgment.
+James	Jas	66	2	14	What does it profit, my brethren, if a man says he has faith but has not works? Can his faith save him?
+James	Jas	66	2	15	If a brother or sister is ill-clad and in lack of daily food,
+James	Jas	66	2	16	and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what does it profit?
+James	Jas	66	2	17	So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.
+James	Jas	66	2	18	But some one will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith.
+James	Jas	66	2	19	You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder.
+James	Jas	66	2	20	Do you want to be shown, you shallow man, that faith apart from works is barren?
+James	Jas	66	2	21	Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered his son Isaac upon the altar?
+James	Jas	66	2	22	You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by works,
+James	Jas	66	2	23	and the scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness”; and he was called the friend of God.
+James	Jas	66	2	24	You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.
+James	Jas	66	2	25	And in the same way was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?
+James	Jas	66	2	26	For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so faith apart from works is dead.
+James	Jas	66	3	1	Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, for you know that we who teach shall be judged with greater strictness.
+James	Jas	66	3	2	For we all make many mistakes, and if any one makes no mistakes in what he says he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
+James	Jas	66	3	3	If we put bits into the mouths of horses that they may obey us, we guide their whole bodies.
+James	Jas	66	3	4	Look at the ships also; though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.
+James	Jas	66	3	5	So the tongue is a little member and boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire!
+James	Jas	66	3	6	And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is an unrighteous world among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the cycle of nature, and set on fire by hell.
+James	Jas	66	3	7	For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by humankind,
+James	Jas	66	3	8	but no human being can tame the tongue—a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
+James	Jas	66	3	9	With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the likeness of God.
+James	Jas	66	3	10	From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be so.
+James	Jas	66	3	11	Does a spring pour forth from the same opening fresh water and brackish?
+James	Jas	66	3	12	Can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a grapevine figs? No more can salt water yield fresh.
+James	Jas	66	3	13	Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good life let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.
+James	Jas	66	3	14	But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.
+James	Jas	66	3	15	This wisdom is not such as comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish.
+James	Jas	66	3	16	For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.
+James	Jas	66	3	17	But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without uncertainty or insincerity.
+James	Jas	66	3	18	And the harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
+James	Jas	66	4	1	What causes wars, and what causes fightings among you? Is it not your passions that are at war in your members?
+James	Jas	66	4	2	You desire and do not have; so you kill. And you covet and cannot obtain; so you fight and wage war. You do not have, because you do not ask.
+James	Jas	66	4	3	You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
+James	Jas	66	4	4	Unfaithful creatures! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
+James	Jas	66	4	5	Or do you suppose it is in vain that the scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit which he has made to dwell in us”?
+James	Jas	66	4	6	But he gives more grace; therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
+James	Jas	66	4	7	Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
+James	Jas	66	4	8	Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you men of double mind.
+James	Jas	66	4	9	Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to dejection.
+James	Jas	66	4	10	Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.
+James	Jas	66	4	11	Do not speak evil against one another, brethren. He that speaks evil against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
+James	Jas	66	4	12	There is one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you that you judge your neighbor?
+James	Jas	66	4	13	Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and get gain”;
+James	Jas	66	4	14	whereas you do not know about tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
+James	Jas	66	4	15	Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and we shall do this or that.”
+James	Jas	66	4	16	As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
+James	Jas	66	4	17	Whoever knows what is right to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
+James	Jas	66	5	1	Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.
+James	Jas	66	5	2	Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten.
+James	Jas	66	5	3	Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure for the last days.
+James	Jas	66	5	4	Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
+James	Jas	66	5	5	You have lived on the earth in luxury and in pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
+James	Jas	66	5	6	You have condemned, you have killed the righteous man; he does not resist you.
+James	Jas	66	5	7	Be patient, therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it until it receives the early and the late rain.
+James	Jas	66	5	8	You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
+James	Jas	66	5	9	Do not grumble, brethren, against one another, that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the doors.
+James	Jas	66	5	10	As an example of suffering and patience, brethren, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
+James	Jas	66	5	11	Behold, we call those happy who were steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.
+James	Jas	66	5	12	But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath, but let your yes be yes and your no be no, that you may not fall under condemnation.
+James	Jas	66	5	13	Is any one among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise.
+James	Jas	66	5	14	Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
+James	Jas	66	5	15	and the prayer of faith will save the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
+James	Jas	66	5	16	Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects.
+James	Jas	66	5	17	Elijah was a man of like nature with ourselves and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.
+James	Jas	66	5	18	Then he prayed again and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit.
+James	Jas	66	5	19	My brethren, if any one among you wanders from the truth and some one brings him back,
+James	Jas	66	5	20	let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	1	1	Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	1	2	chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	1	3	Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	1	4	and to an inheritance which is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	1	5	who by God’s power are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	1	6	In this you rejoice, though now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials,
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	1	7	so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold which though perishable is tested by fire, may redound to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	1	8	Without having seen him you love him; though you do not now see him you believe in him and rejoice with unutterable and exalted joy.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	1	9	As the outcome of your faith you obtain the salvation of your souls.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	1	10	The prophets who prophesied of the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired about this salvation;
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	1	11	they inquired what person or time was indicated by the Spirit of Christ within them when predicting the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glory.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	1	12	It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things which have now been announced to you by those who preached the good news to you through the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	1	13	Therefore gird up your minds, be sober, set your hope fully upon the grace that is coming to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	1	14	As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance,
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	1	15	but as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct;
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	1	16	since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	1	17	And if you invoke as Father him who judges each one impartially according to his deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	1	18	You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	1	19	but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	1	20	He was destined before the foundation of the world but was made manifest at the end of the times for your sake.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	1	21	Through him you have confidence in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	1	22	Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brethren, love one another earnestly from the heart.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	1	23	You have been born anew, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	1	24	for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	1	25	but the word of the Lord abides for ever.” That word is the good news which was preached to you.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	2	1	So put away all malice and all guile and insincerity and envy and all slander.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	2	2	Like newborn babes, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up to salvation;
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	2	3	for you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	2	4	Come to him, to that living stone, rejected by men but in God’s sight chosen and precious;
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	2	5	and like living stones be yourselves built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	2	6	For it stands in scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and he who believes in him will not be put to shame.”
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	2	7	To you therefore who believe, he is precious, but for those who do not believe, “The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner,”
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	2	8	and “A stone that will make men stumble, a rock that will make them fall”; for they stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	2	9	But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, that you may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	2	10	Once you were no people but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy but now you have received mercy.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	2	11	Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh that wage war against your soul.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	2	12	Maintain good conduct among the Gentiles, so that in case they speak against you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	2	13	Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme,
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	2	14	or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	2	15	For it is God’s will that by doing right you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	2	16	Live as free men, yet without using your freedom as a pretext for evil; but live as servants of God.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	2	17	Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	2	18	Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to the kind and gentle but also to the overbearing.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	2	19	For one is approved if, mindful of God, he endures pain while suffering unjustly.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	2	20	For what credit is it, if when you do wrong and are beaten for it you take it patiently? But if when you do right and suffer for it you take it patiently, you have God’s approval.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	2	21	For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	2	22	He committed no sin; no guile was found on his lips.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	2	23	When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten; but he trusted to him who judges justly.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	2	24	He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	2	25	For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	3	1	Likewise you wives, be submissive to your husbands, so that some, though they do not obey the word, may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives,
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	3	2	when they see your reverent and chaste behavior.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	3	3	Let not yours be the outward adorning with braiding of hair, decoration of gold, and wearing of fine clothing,
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	3	4	but let it be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable jewel of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	3	5	So once the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves and were submissive to their husbands,
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	3	6	as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are now her children if you do right and let nothing terrify you.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	3	7	Likewise you husbands, live considerately with your wives, bestowing honor on the woman as the weaker sex, since you are joint heirs of the grace of life, in order that your prayers may not be hindered.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	3	8	Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love of the brethren, a tender heart and a humble mind.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	3	9	Do not return evil for evil or reviling for reviling; but on the contrary bless, for to this you have been called, that you may obtain a blessing.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	3	10	For “He that would love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile;
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	3	11	let him turn away from evil and do right; let him seek peace and pursue it.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	3	12	For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those that do evil.”
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	3	13	Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is right?
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	3	14	But even if you do suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled,
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	3	15	but in your hearts reverence Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverence;
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	3	16	and keep your conscience clear, so that, when you are abused, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	3	17	For it is better to suffer for doing right, if that should be God’s will, than for doing wrong.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	3	18	For Christ also died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit;
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	3	19	in which he went and preached to the spirits in prison,
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	3	20	who formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	3	21	Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	3	22	who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	4	1	Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same thought, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	4	2	so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer by human passions but by the will of God.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	4	3	Let the time that is past suffice for doing what the Gentiles like to do, living in licentiousness, passions, drunkenness, revels, carousing, and lawless idolatry.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	4	4	They are surprised that you do not now join them in the same wild profligacy, and they abuse you;
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	4	5	but they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	4	6	For this is why the gospel was preached even to the dead, that though judged in the flesh like men, they might live in the spirit like God.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	4	7	The end of all things is at hand; therefore keep sane and sober for your prayers.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	4	8	Above all hold unfailing your love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	4	9	Practice hospitality ungrudgingly to one another.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	4	10	As each has received a gift, employ it for one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace:
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	4	11	whoever speaks, as one who utters oracles of God; whoever renders service, as one who renders it by the strength which God supplies; in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	4	12	Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal which comes upon you to prove you, as though something strange were happening to you.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	4	13	But rejoice in so far as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	4	14	If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	4	15	But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a wrongdoer, or a mischief-maker;
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	4	16	yet if one suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but under that name let him glorify God.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	4	17	For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	4	18	And “If the righteous man is scarcely saved, where will the impious and sinner appear?”
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	4	19	Therefore let those who suffer according to God’s will do right and entrust their souls to a faithful Creator.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	5	1	So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ as well as a partaker in the glory that is to be revealed.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	5	2	Tend the flock of God that is your charge, not by constraint but willingly, not for shameful gain but eagerly,
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	5	3	not as domineering over those in your charge but being examples to the flock.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	5	4	And when the chief Shepherd is manifested you will obtain the unfading crown of glory.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	5	5	Likewise you that are younger be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	5	6	Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that in due time he may exalt you.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	5	7	Cast all your anxieties on him, for he cares about you.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	5	8	Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	5	9	Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experience of suffering is required of your brotherhood throughout the world.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	5	10	And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, establish, and strengthen you.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	5	11	To him be the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	5	12	By Silvanus, a faithful brother as I regard him, I have written briefly to you, exhorting and declaring that this is the true grace of God; stand fast in it.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	5	13	She who is at Babylon, who is likewise chosen, sends you greetings; and so does my son Mark.
+1 Peter	1Pet	67	5	14	Greet one another with the kiss of love. Peace to all of you that are in Christ.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	1	1	Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours in the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	1	2	May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	1	3	His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	1	4	by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, that through these you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of passion, and become partakers of the divine nature.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	1	5	For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	1	6	and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	1	7	and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	1	8	For if these things are yours and abound, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	1	9	For whoever lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	1	10	Therefore, brethren, be the more zealous to confirm your call and election, for if you do this you will never fall;
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	1	11	so there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	1	12	Therefore I intend always to remind you of these things, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	1	13	I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to arouse you by way of reminder,
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	1	14	since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	1	15	And I will see to it that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	1	16	For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	1	17	For when he received honor and glory from God the Father and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased,”
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	1	18	we heard this voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	1	19	And we have the prophetic word made more sure. You will do well to pay attention to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	1	20	First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation,
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	1	21	because no prophecy ever came by the impulse of man, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	2	1	But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	2	2	And many will follow their licentiousness, and because of them the way of truth will be reviled.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	2	3	And in their greed they will exploit you with false words; from of old their condemnation has not been idle, and their destruction has not been asleep.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	2	4	For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of nether gloom to be kept until the judgment;
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	2	5	if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven other persons, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	2	6	if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction and made them an example to those who were to be ungodly;
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	2	7	and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the licentiousness of the wicked
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	2	8	(for by what that righteous man saw and heard as he lived among them, he was vexed in his righteous soul day after day with their lawless deeds),
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	2	9	then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	2	10	and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and wilful, they are not afraid to revile the glorious ones,
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	2	11	whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not pronounce a reviling judgment upon them before the Lord.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	2	12	But these, like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and killed, reviling in matters of which they are ignorant, will be destroyed in the same destruction with them,
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	2	13	suffering wrong for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their dissipation, carousing with you.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	2	14	They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	2	15	Forsaking the right way they have gone astray; they have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved gain from wrongdoing,
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	2	16	but was rebuked for his own transgression; a dumb ass spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	2	17	These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm; for them the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	2	18	For, uttering loud boasts of folly, they entice with licentious passions of the flesh men who have barely escaped from those who live in error.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	2	19	They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption; for whatever overcomes a man, to that he is enslaved.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	2	20	For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overpowered, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	2	21	For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	2	22	It has happened to them according to the true proverb, The dog turns back to his own vomit, and the sow is washed only to wallow in the mire.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	3	1	This is now the second letter that I have written to you, beloved, and in both of them I have aroused your sincere mind by way of reminder;
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	3	2	that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	3	3	First of all you must understand this, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own passions
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	3	4	and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things have continued as they were from the beginning of creation.”
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	3	5	They deliberately ignore this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago, and an earth formed out of water and by means of water,
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	3	6	through which the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	3	7	But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist have been stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	3	8	But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	3	9	The Lord is not slow about his promise as some count slowness, but is forbearing toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	3	10	But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fire, and the earth and the works that are upon it will be burned up.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	3	11	Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of persons ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	3	12	waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be kindled and dissolved, and the elements will melt with fire!
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	3	13	But according to his promise we wait for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	3	14	Therefore, beloved, since you wait for these, be zealous to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	3	15	And count the forbearance of our Lord as salvation. So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	3	16	speaking of this as he does in all his letters. There are some things in them hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other scriptures.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	3	17	You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, beware lest you be carried away with the error of lawless men and lose your own stability.
+2 Peter	2Pet	68	3	18	But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
+1 John	1Jn	69	1	1	That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—
+1 John	1Jn	69	1	2	the life was made manifest, and we saw it, and testify to it, and proclaim to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was made manifest to us—
+1 John	1Jn	69	1	3	that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
+1 John	1Jn	69	1	4	And we are writing this that our joy may be complete.
+1 John	1Jn	69	1	5	This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all.
+1 John	1Jn	69	1	6	If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth;
+1 John	1Jn	69	1	7	but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
+1 John	1Jn	69	1	8	If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
+1 John	1Jn	69	1	9	If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
+1 John	1Jn	69	1	10	If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	1	My little children, I am writing this to you so that you may not sin; but if any one does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	2	and he is the expiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	3	And by this we may be sure that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	4	He who says “I know him” but disobeys his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	5	but whoever keeps his word, in him truly love for God is perfected. By this we may be sure that we are in him:
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	6	he who says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	7	Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard.
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	8	Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	9	He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness still.
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	10	He who loves his brother abides in the light, and in it there is no cause for stumbling.
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	11	But he who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	12	I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his sake.
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	13	I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because you know the Father.
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	14	I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	15	Do not love the world or the things in the world. If any one loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	16	For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the Father but is of the world.
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	17	And the world passes away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides for ever.
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	18	Children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come; therefore we know that it is the last hour.
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	19	They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out, that it might be plain that they all are not of us.
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	20	But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all know.
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	21	I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and know that no lie is of the truth.
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	22	Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	23	No one who denies the Son has the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	24	Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you will abide in the Son and in the Father.
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	25	And this is what he has promised us, eternal life.
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	26	I write this to you about those who would deceive you;
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	27	but the anointing which you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that any one should teach you; as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie, just as it has taught you, abide in him.
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	28	And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.
+1 John	1Jn	69	2	29	If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that every one who does right is born of him.
+1 John	1Jn	69	3	1	See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
+1 John	1Jn	69	3	2	Beloved, we are God’s children now; it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
+1 John	1Jn	69	3	3	And every one who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
+1 John	1Jn	69	3	4	Every one who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.
+1 John	1Jn	69	3	5	You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.
+1 John	1Jn	69	3	6	No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen him or known him.
+1 John	1Jn	69	3	7	Little children, let no one deceive you. He who does right is righteous, as he is righteous.
+1 John	1Jn	69	3	8	He who commits sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
+1 John	1Jn	69	3	9	No one born of God commits sin; for God’s nature abides in him, and he cannot sin because he is born of God.
+1 John	1Jn	69	3	10	By this it may be seen who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not do right is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.
+1 John	1Jn	69	3	11	For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another,
+1 John	1Jn	69	3	12	and not be like Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.
+1 John	1Jn	69	3	13	Do not wonder, brethren, that the world hates you.
+1 John	1Jn	69	3	14	We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death.
+1 John	1Jn	69	3	15	Any one who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
+1 John	1Jn	69	3	16	By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
+1 John	1Jn	69	3	17	But if any one has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?
+1 John	1Jn	69	3	18	Little children, let us not love in word or speech but in deed and in truth.
+1 John	1Jn	69	3	19	By this we shall know that we are of the truth, and reassure our hearts before him
+1 John	1Jn	69	3	20	whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
+1 John	1Jn	69	3	21	Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God;
+1 John	1Jn	69	3	22	and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
+1 John	1Jn	69	3	23	And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
+1 John	1Jn	69	3	24	All who keep his commandments abide in him, and he in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.
+1 John	1Jn	69	4	1	Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
+1 John	1Jn	69	4	2	By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,
+1 John	1Jn	69	4	3	and every spirit which does not confess Jesus is not of God. This is the spirit of antichrist, of which you heard that it was coming, and now it is in the world already.
+1 John	1Jn	69	4	4	Little children, you are of God, and have overcome them; for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
+1 John	1Jn	69	4	5	They are of the world, therefore what they say is of the world, and the world listens to them.
+1 John	1Jn	69	4	6	We are of God. Whoever knows God listens to us, and he who is not of God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
+1 John	1Jn	69	4	7	Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and he who loves is born of God and knows God.
+1 John	1Jn	69	4	8	He who does not love does not know God; for God is love.
+1 John	1Jn	69	4	9	In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
+1 John	1Jn	69	4	10	In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins.
+1 John	1Jn	69	4	11	Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
+1 John	1Jn	69	4	12	No man has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
+1 John	1Jn	69	4	13	By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his own Spirit.
+1 John	1Jn	69	4	14	And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world.
+1 John	1Jn	69	4	15	Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
+1 John	1Jn	69	4	16	So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
+1 John	1Jn	69	4	17	In this is love perfected with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so are we in this world.
+1 John	1Jn	69	4	18	There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and he who fears is not perfected in love.
+1 John	1Jn	69	4	19	We love, because he first loved us.
+1 John	1Jn	69	4	20	If any one says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.
+1 John	1Jn	69	4	21	And this commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should love his brother also.
+1 John	1Jn	69	5	1	Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God, and every one who loves the parent loves the child.
+1 John	1Jn	69	5	2	By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.
+1 John	1Jn	69	5	3	For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.
+1 John	1Jn	69	5	4	For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith.
+1 John	1Jn	69	5	5	Who is it that overcomes the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
+1 John	1Jn	69	5	6	This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the blood.
+1 John	1Jn	69	5	7	And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is the truth.
+1 John	1Jn	69	5	8	There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree.
+1 John	1Jn	69	5	9	If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God that he has borne witness to his Son.
+1 John	1Jn	69	5	10	He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne to his Son.
+1 John	1Jn	69	5	11	And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
+1 John	1Jn	69	5	12	He who has the Son has life; he who has not the Son of God has not life.
+1 John	1Jn	69	5	13	I write this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.
+1 John	1Jn	69	5	14	And this is the confidence which we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.
+1 John	1Jn	69	5	15	And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him.
+1 John	1Jn	69	5	16	If any one sees his brother committing what is not a mortal sin, he will ask, and God will give him life for those whose sin is not mortal. There is sin which is mortal; I do not say that one is to pray for that.
+1 John	1Jn	69	5	17	All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin which is not mortal.
+1 John	1Jn	69	5	18	We know that any one born of God does not sin, but He who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.
+1 John	1Jn	69	5	19	We know that we are of God, and the whole world is in the power of the evil one.
+1 John	1Jn	69	5	20	And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, to know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
+1 John	1Jn	69	5	21	Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
+2 John	2Jn	70	1	1	The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth,
+2 John	2Jn	70	1	2	because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us for ever:
+2 John	2Jn	70	1	3	Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father’s Son, in truth and love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	1	4	I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children following the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.
+2 John	2Jn	70	1	5	And now I beg you, lady, not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.
+2 John	2Jn	70	1	6	And this is love, that we follow his commandments; this is the commandment, as you have heard from the beginning, that you follow love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	1	7	For many deceivers have gone out into the world, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
+2 John	2Jn	70	1	8	Look to yourselves, that you may not lose what you have worked for, but may win a full reward.
+2 John	2Jn	70	1	9	Any one who goes ahead and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God; he who abides in the doctrine has both the Father and the Son.
+2 John	2Jn	70	1	10	If any one comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into the house or give him any greeting;
+2 John	2Jn	70	1	11	for he who greets him shares his wicked work.
+2 John	2Jn	70	1	12	Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink, but I hope to come to see you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
+2 John	2Jn	70	1	13	The children of your elect sister greet you.
+2 John	2Jn	70	2	1	The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth,
+2 John	2Jn	70	2	2	because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us for ever:
+2 John	2Jn	70	2	3	Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father’s Son, in truth and love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	2	4	I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children following the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.
+2 John	2Jn	70	2	5	And now I beg you, lady, not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.
+2 John	2Jn	70	2	6	And this is love, that we follow his commandments; this is the commandment, as you have heard from the beginning, that you follow love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	2	7	For many deceivers have gone out into the world, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
+2 John	2Jn	70	2	8	Look to yourselves, that you may not lose what you have worked for, but may win a full reward.
+2 John	2Jn	70	2	9	Any one who goes ahead and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God; he who abides in the doctrine has both the Father and the Son.
+2 John	2Jn	70	2	10	If any one comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into the house or give him any greeting;
+2 John	2Jn	70	2	11	for he who greets him shares his wicked work.
+2 John	2Jn	70	2	12	Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink, but I hope to come to see you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
+2 John	2Jn	70	2	13	The children of your elect sister greet you.
+2 John	2Jn	70	3	1	The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth,
+2 John	2Jn	70	3	2	because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us for ever:
+2 John	2Jn	70	3	3	Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father’s Son, in truth and love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	3	4	I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children following the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.
+2 John	2Jn	70	3	5	And now I beg you, lady, not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.
+2 John	2Jn	70	3	6	And this is love, that we follow his commandments; this is the commandment, as you have heard from the beginning, that you follow love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	3	7	For many deceivers have gone out into the world, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
+2 John	2Jn	70	3	8	Look to yourselves, that you may not lose what you have worked for, but may win a full reward.
+2 John	2Jn	70	3	9	Any one who goes ahead and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God; he who abides in the doctrine has both the Father and the Son.
+2 John	2Jn	70	3	10	If any one comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into the house or give him any greeting;
+2 John	2Jn	70	3	11	for he who greets him shares his wicked work.
+2 John	2Jn	70	3	12	Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink, but I hope to come to see you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
+2 John	2Jn	70	3	13	The children of your elect sister greet you.
+2 John	2Jn	70	4	1	The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth,
+2 John	2Jn	70	4	2	because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us for ever:
+2 John	2Jn	70	4	3	Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father’s Son, in truth and love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	4	4	I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children following the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.
+2 John	2Jn	70	4	5	And now I beg you, lady, not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.
+2 John	2Jn	70	4	6	And this is love, that we follow his commandments; this is the commandment, as you have heard from the beginning, that you follow love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	4	7	For many deceivers have gone out into the world, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
+2 John	2Jn	70	4	8	Look to yourselves, that you may not lose what you have worked for, but may win a full reward.
+2 John	2Jn	70	4	9	Any one who goes ahead and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God; he who abides in the doctrine has both the Father and the Son.
+2 John	2Jn	70	4	10	If any one comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into the house or give him any greeting;
+2 John	2Jn	70	4	11	for he who greets him shares his wicked work.
+2 John	2Jn	70	4	12	Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink, but I hope to come to see you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
+2 John	2Jn	70	4	13	The children of your elect sister greet you.
+2 John	2Jn	70	5	1	The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth,
+2 John	2Jn	70	5	2	because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us for ever:
+2 John	2Jn	70	5	3	Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father’s Son, in truth and love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	5	4	I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children following the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.
+2 John	2Jn	70	5	5	And now I beg you, lady, not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.
+2 John	2Jn	70	5	6	And this is love, that we follow his commandments; this is the commandment, as you have heard from the beginning, that you follow love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	5	7	For many deceivers have gone out into the world, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
+2 John	2Jn	70	5	8	Look to yourselves, that you may not lose what you have worked for, but may win a full reward.
+2 John	2Jn	70	5	9	Any one who goes ahead and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God; he who abides in the doctrine has both the Father and the Son.
+2 John	2Jn	70	5	10	If any one comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into the house or give him any greeting;
+2 John	2Jn	70	5	11	for he who greets him shares his wicked work.
+2 John	2Jn	70	5	12	Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink, but I hope to come to see you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
+2 John	2Jn	70	5	13	The children of your elect sister greet you.
+2 John	2Jn	70	6	1	The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth,
+2 John	2Jn	70	6	2	because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us for ever:
+2 John	2Jn	70	6	3	Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father’s Son, in truth and love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	6	4	I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children following the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.
+2 John	2Jn	70	6	5	And now I beg you, lady, not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.
+2 John	2Jn	70	6	6	And this is love, that we follow his commandments; this is the commandment, as you have heard from the beginning, that you follow love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	6	7	For many deceivers have gone out into the world, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
+2 John	2Jn	70	6	8	Look to yourselves, that you may not lose what you have worked for, but may win a full reward.
+2 John	2Jn	70	6	9	Any one who goes ahead and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God; he who abides in the doctrine has both the Father and the Son.
+2 John	2Jn	70	6	10	If any one comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into the house or give him any greeting;
+2 John	2Jn	70	6	11	for he who greets him shares his wicked work.
+2 John	2Jn	70	6	12	Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink, but I hope to come to see you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
+2 John	2Jn	70	6	13	The children of your elect sister greet you.
+2 John	2Jn	70	7	1	The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth,
+2 John	2Jn	70	7	2	because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us for ever:
+2 John	2Jn	70	7	3	Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father’s Son, in truth and love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	7	4	I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children following the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.
+2 John	2Jn	70	7	5	And now I beg you, lady, not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.
+2 John	2Jn	70	7	6	And this is love, that we follow his commandments; this is the commandment, as you have heard from the beginning, that you follow love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	7	7	For many deceivers have gone out into the world, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
+2 John	2Jn	70	7	8	Look to yourselves, that you may not lose what you have worked for, but may win a full reward.
+2 John	2Jn	70	7	9	Any one who goes ahead and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God; he who abides in the doctrine has both the Father and the Son.
+2 John	2Jn	70	7	10	If any one comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into the house or give him any greeting;
+2 John	2Jn	70	7	11	for he who greets him shares his wicked work.
+2 John	2Jn	70	7	12	Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink, but I hope to come to see you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
+2 John	2Jn	70	7	13	The children of your elect sister greet you.
+2 John	2Jn	70	8	1	The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth,
+2 John	2Jn	70	8	2	because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us for ever:
+2 John	2Jn	70	8	3	Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father’s Son, in truth and love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	8	4	I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children following the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.
+2 John	2Jn	70	8	5	And now I beg you, lady, not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.
+2 John	2Jn	70	8	6	And this is love, that we follow his commandments; this is the commandment, as you have heard from the beginning, that you follow love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	8	7	For many deceivers have gone out into the world, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
+2 John	2Jn	70	8	8	Look to yourselves, that you may not lose what you have worked for, but may win a full reward.
+2 John	2Jn	70	8	9	Any one who goes ahead and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God; he who abides in the doctrine has both the Father and the Son.
+2 John	2Jn	70	8	10	If any one comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into the house or give him any greeting;
+2 John	2Jn	70	8	11	for he who greets him shares his wicked work.
+2 John	2Jn	70	8	12	Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink, but I hope to come to see you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
+2 John	2Jn	70	8	13	The children of your elect sister greet you.
+2 John	2Jn	70	9	1	The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth,
+2 John	2Jn	70	9	2	because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us for ever:
+2 John	2Jn	70	9	3	Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father’s Son, in truth and love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	9	4	I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children following the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.
+2 John	2Jn	70	9	5	And now I beg you, lady, not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.
+2 John	2Jn	70	9	6	And this is love, that we follow his commandments; this is the commandment, as you have heard from the beginning, that you follow love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	9	7	For many deceivers have gone out into the world, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
+2 John	2Jn	70	9	8	Look to yourselves, that you may not lose what you have worked for, but may win a full reward.
+2 John	2Jn	70	9	9	Any one who goes ahead and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God; he who abides in the doctrine has both the Father and the Son.
+2 John	2Jn	70	9	10	If any one comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into the house or give him any greeting;
+2 John	2Jn	70	9	11	for he who greets him shares his wicked work.
+2 John	2Jn	70	9	12	Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink, but I hope to come to see you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
+2 John	2Jn	70	9	13	The children of your elect sister greet you.
+2 John	2Jn	70	10	1	The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth,
+2 John	2Jn	70	10	2	because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us for ever:
+2 John	2Jn	70	10	3	Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father’s Son, in truth and love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	10	4	I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children following the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.
+2 John	2Jn	70	10	5	And now I beg you, lady, not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.
+2 John	2Jn	70	10	6	And this is love, that we follow his commandments; this is the commandment, as you have heard from the beginning, that you follow love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	10	7	For many deceivers have gone out into the world, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
+2 John	2Jn	70	10	8	Look to yourselves, that you may not lose what you have worked for, but may win a full reward.
+2 John	2Jn	70	10	9	Any one who goes ahead and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God; he who abides in the doctrine has both the Father and the Son.
+2 John	2Jn	70	10	10	If any one comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into the house or give him any greeting;
+2 John	2Jn	70	10	11	for he who greets him shares his wicked work.
+2 John	2Jn	70	10	12	Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink, but I hope to come to see you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
+2 John	2Jn	70	10	13	The children of your elect sister greet you.
+2 John	2Jn	70	11	1	The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth,
+2 John	2Jn	70	11	2	because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us for ever:
+2 John	2Jn	70	11	3	Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father’s Son, in truth and love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	11	4	I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children following the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.
+2 John	2Jn	70	11	5	And now I beg you, lady, not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.
+2 John	2Jn	70	11	6	And this is love, that we follow his commandments; this is the commandment, as you have heard from the beginning, that you follow love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	11	7	For many deceivers have gone out into the world, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
+2 John	2Jn	70	11	8	Look to yourselves, that you may not lose what you have worked for, but may win a full reward.
+2 John	2Jn	70	11	9	Any one who goes ahead and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God; he who abides in the doctrine has both the Father and the Son.
+2 John	2Jn	70	11	10	If any one comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into the house or give him any greeting;
+2 John	2Jn	70	11	11	for he who greets him shares his wicked work.
+2 John	2Jn	70	11	12	Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink, but I hope to come to see you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
+2 John	2Jn	70	11	13	The children of your elect sister greet you.
+2 John	2Jn	70	12	1	The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth,
+2 John	2Jn	70	12	2	because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us for ever:
+2 John	2Jn	70	12	3	Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father’s Son, in truth and love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	12	4	I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children following the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.
+2 John	2Jn	70	12	5	And now I beg you, lady, not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.
+2 John	2Jn	70	12	6	And this is love, that we follow his commandments; this is the commandment, as you have heard from the beginning, that you follow love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	12	7	For many deceivers have gone out into the world, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
+2 John	2Jn	70	12	8	Look to yourselves, that you may not lose what you have worked for, but may win a full reward.
+2 John	2Jn	70	12	9	Any one who goes ahead and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God; he who abides in the doctrine has both the Father and the Son.
+2 John	2Jn	70	12	10	If any one comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into the house or give him any greeting;
+2 John	2Jn	70	12	11	for he who greets him shares his wicked work.
+2 John	2Jn	70	12	12	Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink, but I hope to come to see you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
+2 John	2Jn	70	12	13	The children of your elect sister greet you.
+2 John	2Jn	70	13	1	The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth,
+2 John	2Jn	70	13	2	because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us for ever:
+2 John	2Jn	70	13	3	Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father’s Son, in truth and love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	13	4	I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children following the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.
+2 John	2Jn	70	13	5	And now I beg you, lady, not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.
+2 John	2Jn	70	13	6	And this is love, that we follow his commandments; this is the commandment, as you have heard from the beginning, that you follow love.
+2 John	2Jn	70	13	7	For many deceivers have gone out into the world, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
+2 John	2Jn	70	13	8	Look to yourselves, that you may not lose what you have worked for, but may win a full reward.
+2 John	2Jn	70	13	9	Any one who goes ahead and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God; he who abides in the doctrine has both the Father and the Son.
+2 John	2Jn	70	13	10	If any one comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into the house or give him any greeting;
+2 John	2Jn	70	13	11	for he who greets him shares his wicked work.
+2 John	2Jn	70	13	12	Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink, but I hope to come to see you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
+2 John	2Jn	70	13	13	The children of your elect sister greet you.
+3 John	3Jn	71	1	1	The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	1	2	Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in health; I know that it is well with your soul.
+3 John	3Jn	71	1	3	For I greatly rejoiced when some of the brethren arrived and testified to the truth of your life, as indeed you do follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	1	4	No greater joy can I have than this, to hear that my children follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	1	5	Beloved, it is a loyal thing you do when you render any service to the brethren, especially to strangers,
+3 John	3Jn	71	1	6	who have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey as befits God’s service.
+3 John	3Jn	71	1	7	For they have set out for his sake and have accepted nothing from the heathen.
+3 John	3Jn	71	1	8	So we ought to support such men, that we may be fellow workers in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	1	9	I have written something to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority.
+3 John	3Jn	71	1	10	So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, prating against me with evil words. And not content with that, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren, and also stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the church.
+3 John	3Jn	71	1	11	Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has not seen God.
+3 John	3Jn	71	1	12	Demetrius has testimony from every one, and from the truth itself; I testify to him too, and you know my testimony is true.
+3 John	3Jn	71	1	13	I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink;
+3 John	3Jn	71	1	14	I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together face to face.
+3 John	3Jn	71	1	15	Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, every one of them.
+3 John	3Jn	71	2	1	The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	2	2	Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in health; I know that it is well with your soul.
+3 John	3Jn	71	2	3	For I greatly rejoiced when some of the brethren arrived and testified to the truth of your life, as indeed you do follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	2	4	No greater joy can I have than this, to hear that my children follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	2	5	Beloved, it is a loyal thing you do when you render any service to the brethren, especially to strangers,
+3 John	3Jn	71	2	6	who have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey as befits God’s service.
+3 John	3Jn	71	2	7	For they have set out for his sake and have accepted nothing from the heathen.
+3 John	3Jn	71	2	8	So we ought to support such men, that we may be fellow workers in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	2	9	I have written something to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority.
+3 John	3Jn	71	2	10	So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, prating against me with evil words. And not content with that, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren, and also stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the church.
+3 John	3Jn	71	2	11	Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has not seen God.
+3 John	3Jn	71	2	12	Demetrius has testimony from every one, and from the truth itself; I testify to him too, and you know my testimony is true.
+3 John	3Jn	71	2	13	I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink;
+3 John	3Jn	71	2	14	I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together face to face.
+3 John	3Jn	71	2	15	Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, every one of them.
+3 John	3Jn	71	3	1	The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	3	2	Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in health; I know that it is well with your soul.
+3 John	3Jn	71	3	3	For I greatly rejoiced when some of the brethren arrived and testified to the truth of your life, as indeed you do follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	3	4	No greater joy can I have than this, to hear that my children follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	3	5	Beloved, it is a loyal thing you do when you render any service to the brethren, especially to strangers,
+3 John	3Jn	71	3	6	who have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey as befits God’s service.
+3 John	3Jn	71	3	7	For they have set out for his sake and have accepted nothing from the heathen.
+3 John	3Jn	71	3	8	So we ought to support such men, that we may be fellow workers in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	3	9	I have written something to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority.
+3 John	3Jn	71	3	10	So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, prating against me with evil words. And not content with that, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren, and also stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the church.
+3 John	3Jn	71	3	11	Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has not seen God.
+3 John	3Jn	71	3	12	Demetrius has testimony from every one, and from the truth itself; I testify to him too, and you know my testimony is true.
+3 John	3Jn	71	3	13	I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink;
+3 John	3Jn	71	3	14	I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together face to face.
+3 John	3Jn	71	3	15	Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, every one of them.
+3 John	3Jn	71	4	1	The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	4	2	Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in health; I know that it is well with your soul.
+3 John	3Jn	71	4	3	For I greatly rejoiced when some of the brethren arrived and testified to the truth of your life, as indeed you do follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	4	4	No greater joy can I have than this, to hear that my children follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	4	5	Beloved, it is a loyal thing you do when you render any service to the brethren, especially to strangers,
+3 John	3Jn	71	4	6	who have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey as befits God’s service.
+3 John	3Jn	71	4	7	For they have set out for his sake and have accepted nothing from the heathen.
+3 John	3Jn	71	4	8	So we ought to support such men, that we may be fellow workers in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	4	9	I have written something to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority.
+3 John	3Jn	71	4	10	So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, prating against me with evil words. And not content with that, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren, and also stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the church.
+3 John	3Jn	71	4	11	Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has not seen God.
+3 John	3Jn	71	4	12	Demetrius has testimony from every one, and from the truth itself; I testify to him too, and you know my testimony is true.
+3 John	3Jn	71	4	13	I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink;
+3 John	3Jn	71	4	14	I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together face to face.
+3 John	3Jn	71	4	15	Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, every one of them.
+3 John	3Jn	71	5	1	The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	5	2	Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in health; I know that it is well with your soul.
+3 John	3Jn	71	5	3	For I greatly rejoiced when some of the brethren arrived and testified to the truth of your life, as indeed you do follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	5	4	No greater joy can I have than this, to hear that my children follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	5	5	Beloved, it is a loyal thing you do when you render any service to the brethren, especially to strangers,
+3 John	3Jn	71	5	6	who have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey as befits God’s service.
+3 John	3Jn	71	5	7	For they have set out for his sake and have accepted nothing from the heathen.
+3 John	3Jn	71	5	8	So we ought to support such men, that we may be fellow workers in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	5	9	I have written something to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority.
+3 John	3Jn	71	5	10	So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, prating against me with evil words. And not content with that, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren, and also stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the church.
+3 John	3Jn	71	5	11	Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has not seen God.
+3 John	3Jn	71	5	12	Demetrius has testimony from every one, and from the truth itself; I testify to him too, and you know my testimony is true.
+3 John	3Jn	71	5	13	I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink;
+3 John	3Jn	71	5	14	I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together face to face.
+3 John	3Jn	71	5	15	Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, every one of them.
+3 John	3Jn	71	6	1	The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	6	2	Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in health; I know that it is well with your soul.
+3 John	3Jn	71	6	3	For I greatly rejoiced when some of the brethren arrived and testified to the truth of your life, as indeed you do follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	6	4	No greater joy can I have than this, to hear that my children follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	6	5	Beloved, it is a loyal thing you do when you render any service to the brethren, especially to strangers,
+3 John	3Jn	71	6	6	who have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey as befits God’s service.
+3 John	3Jn	71	6	7	For they have set out for his sake and have accepted nothing from the heathen.
+3 John	3Jn	71	6	8	So we ought to support such men, that we may be fellow workers in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	6	9	I have written something to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority.
+3 John	3Jn	71	6	10	So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, prating against me with evil words. And not content with that, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren, and also stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the church.
+3 John	3Jn	71	6	11	Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has not seen God.
+3 John	3Jn	71	6	12	Demetrius has testimony from every one, and from the truth itself; I testify to him too, and you know my testimony is true.
+3 John	3Jn	71	6	13	I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink;
+3 John	3Jn	71	6	14	I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together face to face.
+3 John	3Jn	71	6	15	Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, every one of them.
+3 John	3Jn	71	7	1	The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	7	2	Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in health; I know that it is well with your soul.
+3 John	3Jn	71	7	3	For I greatly rejoiced when some of the brethren arrived and testified to the truth of your life, as indeed you do follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	7	4	No greater joy can I have than this, to hear that my children follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	7	5	Beloved, it is a loyal thing you do when you render any service to the brethren, especially to strangers,
+3 John	3Jn	71	7	6	who have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey as befits God’s service.
+3 John	3Jn	71	7	7	For they have set out for his sake and have accepted nothing from the heathen.
+3 John	3Jn	71	7	8	So we ought to support such men, that we may be fellow workers in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	7	9	I have written something to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority.
+3 John	3Jn	71	7	10	So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, prating against me with evil words. And not content with that, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren, and also stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the church.
+3 John	3Jn	71	7	11	Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has not seen God.
+3 John	3Jn	71	7	12	Demetrius has testimony from every one, and from the truth itself; I testify to him too, and you know my testimony is true.
+3 John	3Jn	71	7	13	I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink;
+3 John	3Jn	71	7	14	I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together face to face.
+3 John	3Jn	71	7	15	Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, every one of them.
+3 John	3Jn	71	8	1	The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	8	2	Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in health; I know that it is well with your soul.
+3 John	3Jn	71	8	3	For I greatly rejoiced when some of the brethren arrived and testified to the truth of your life, as indeed you do follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	8	4	No greater joy can I have than this, to hear that my children follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	8	5	Beloved, it is a loyal thing you do when you render any service to the brethren, especially to strangers,
+3 John	3Jn	71	8	6	who have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey as befits God’s service.
+3 John	3Jn	71	8	7	For they have set out for his sake and have accepted nothing from the heathen.
+3 John	3Jn	71	8	8	So we ought to support such men, that we may be fellow workers in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	8	9	I have written something to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority.
+3 John	3Jn	71	8	10	So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, prating against me with evil words. And not content with that, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren, and also stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the church.
+3 John	3Jn	71	8	11	Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has not seen God.
+3 John	3Jn	71	8	12	Demetrius has testimony from every one, and from the truth itself; I testify to him too, and you know my testimony is true.
+3 John	3Jn	71	8	13	I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink;
+3 John	3Jn	71	8	14	I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together face to face.
+3 John	3Jn	71	8	15	Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, every one of them.
+3 John	3Jn	71	9	1	The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	9	2	Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in health; I know that it is well with your soul.
+3 John	3Jn	71	9	3	For I greatly rejoiced when some of the brethren arrived and testified to the truth of your life, as indeed you do follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	9	4	No greater joy can I have than this, to hear that my children follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	9	5	Beloved, it is a loyal thing you do when you render any service to the brethren, especially to strangers,
+3 John	3Jn	71	9	6	who have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey as befits God’s service.
+3 John	3Jn	71	9	7	For they have set out for his sake and have accepted nothing from the heathen.
+3 John	3Jn	71	9	8	So we ought to support such men, that we may be fellow workers in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	9	9	I have written something to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority.
+3 John	3Jn	71	9	10	So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, prating against me with evil words. And not content with that, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren, and also stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the church.
+3 John	3Jn	71	9	11	Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has not seen God.
+3 John	3Jn	71	9	12	Demetrius has testimony from every one, and from the truth itself; I testify to him too, and you know my testimony is true.
+3 John	3Jn	71	9	13	I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink;
+3 John	3Jn	71	9	14	I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together face to face.
+3 John	3Jn	71	9	15	Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, every one of them.
+3 John	3Jn	71	10	1	The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	10	2	Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in health; I know that it is well with your soul.
+3 John	3Jn	71	10	3	For I greatly rejoiced when some of the brethren arrived and testified to the truth of your life, as indeed you do follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	10	4	No greater joy can I have than this, to hear that my children follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	10	5	Beloved, it is a loyal thing you do when you render any service to the brethren, especially to strangers,
+3 John	3Jn	71	10	6	who have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey as befits God’s service.
+3 John	3Jn	71	10	7	For they have set out for his sake and have accepted nothing from the heathen.
+3 John	3Jn	71	10	8	So we ought to support such men, that we may be fellow workers in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	10	9	I have written something to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority.
+3 John	3Jn	71	10	10	So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, prating against me with evil words. And not content with that, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren, and also stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the church.
+3 John	3Jn	71	10	11	Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has not seen God.
+3 John	3Jn	71	10	12	Demetrius has testimony from every one, and from the truth itself; I testify to him too, and you know my testimony is true.
+3 John	3Jn	71	10	13	I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink;
+3 John	3Jn	71	10	14	I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together face to face.
+3 John	3Jn	71	10	15	Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, every one of them.
+3 John	3Jn	71	11	1	The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	11	2	Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in health; I know that it is well with your soul.
+3 John	3Jn	71	11	3	For I greatly rejoiced when some of the brethren arrived and testified to the truth of your life, as indeed you do follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	11	4	No greater joy can I have than this, to hear that my children follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	11	5	Beloved, it is a loyal thing you do when you render any service to the brethren, especially to strangers,
+3 John	3Jn	71	11	6	who have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey as befits God’s service.
+3 John	3Jn	71	11	7	For they have set out for his sake and have accepted nothing from the heathen.
+3 John	3Jn	71	11	8	So we ought to support such men, that we may be fellow workers in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	11	9	I have written something to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority.
+3 John	3Jn	71	11	10	So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, prating against me with evil words. And not content with that, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren, and also stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the church.
+3 John	3Jn	71	11	11	Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has not seen God.
+3 John	3Jn	71	11	12	Demetrius has testimony from every one, and from the truth itself; I testify to him too, and you know my testimony is true.
+3 John	3Jn	71	11	13	I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink;
+3 John	3Jn	71	11	14	I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together face to face.
+3 John	3Jn	71	11	15	Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, every one of them.
+3 John	3Jn	71	12	1	The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	12	2	Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in health; I know that it is well with your soul.
+3 John	3Jn	71	12	3	For I greatly rejoiced when some of the brethren arrived and testified to the truth of your life, as indeed you do follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	12	4	No greater joy can I have than this, to hear that my children follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	12	5	Beloved, it is a loyal thing you do when you render any service to the brethren, especially to strangers,
+3 John	3Jn	71	12	6	who have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey as befits God’s service.
+3 John	3Jn	71	12	7	For they have set out for his sake and have accepted nothing from the heathen.
+3 John	3Jn	71	12	8	So we ought to support such men, that we may be fellow workers in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	12	9	I have written something to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority.
+3 John	3Jn	71	12	10	So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, prating against me with evil words. And not content with that, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren, and also stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the church.
+3 John	3Jn	71	12	11	Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has not seen God.
+3 John	3Jn	71	12	12	Demetrius has testimony from every one, and from the truth itself; I testify to him too, and you know my testimony is true.
+3 John	3Jn	71	12	13	I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink;
+3 John	3Jn	71	12	14	I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together face to face.
+3 John	3Jn	71	12	15	Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, every one of them.
+3 John	3Jn	71	13	1	The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	13	2	Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in health; I know that it is well with your soul.
+3 John	3Jn	71	13	3	For I greatly rejoiced when some of the brethren arrived and testified to the truth of your life, as indeed you do follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	13	4	No greater joy can I have than this, to hear that my children follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	13	5	Beloved, it is a loyal thing you do when you render any service to the brethren, especially to strangers,
+3 John	3Jn	71	13	6	who have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey as befits God’s service.
+3 John	3Jn	71	13	7	For they have set out for his sake and have accepted nothing from the heathen.
+3 John	3Jn	71	13	8	So we ought to support such men, that we may be fellow workers in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	13	9	I have written something to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority.
+3 John	3Jn	71	13	10	So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, prating against me with evil words. And not content with that, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren, and also stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the church.
+3 John	3Jn	71	13	11	Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has not seen God.
+3 John	3Jn	71	13	12	Demetrius has testimony from every one, and from the truth itself; I testify to him too, and you know my testimony is true.
+3 John	3Jn	71	13	13	I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink;
+3 John	3Jn	71	13	14	I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together face to face.
+3 John	3Jn	71	13	15	Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, every one of them.
+3 John	3Jn	71	14	1	The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	14	2	Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in health; I know that it is well with your soul.
+3 John	3Jn	71	14	3	For I greatly rejoiced when some of the brethren arrived and testified to the truth of your life, as indeed you do follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	14	4	No greater joy can I have than this, to hear that my children follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	14	5	Beloved, it is a loyal thing you do when you render any service to the brethren, especially to strangers,
+3 John	3Jn	71	14	6	who have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey as befits God’s service.
+3 John	3Jn	71	14	7	For they have set out for his sake and have accepted nothing from the heathen.
+3 John	3Jn	71	14	8	So we ought to support such men, that we may be fellow workers in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	14	9	I have written something to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority.
+3 John	3Jn	71	14	10	So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, prating against me with evil words. And not content with that, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren, and also stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the church.
+3 John	3Jn	71	14	11	Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has not seen God.
+3 John	3Jn	71	14	12	Demetrius has testimony from every one, and from the truth itself; I testify to him too, and you know my testimony is true.
+3 John	3Jn	71	14	13	I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink;
+3 John	3Jn	71	14	14	I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together face to face.
+3 John	3Jn	71	14	15	Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, every one of them.
+3 John	3Jn	71	15	1	The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	15	2	Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in health; I know that it is well with your soul.
+3 John	3Jn	71	15	3	For I greatly rejoiced when some of the brethren arrived and testified to the truth of your life, as indeed you do follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	15	4	No greater joy can I have than this, to hear that my children follow the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	15	5	Beloved, it is a loyal thing you do when you render any service to the brethren, especially to strangers,
+3 John	3Jn	71	15	6	who have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey as befits God’s service.
+3 John	3Jn	71	15	7	For they have set out for his sake and have accepted nothing from the heathen.
+3 John	3Jn	71	15	8	So we ought to support such men, that we may be fellow workers in the truth.
+3 John	3Jn	71	15	9	I have written something to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority.
+3 John	3Jn	71	15	10	So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, prating against me with evil words. And not content with that, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren, and also stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the church.
+3 John	3Jn	71	15	11	Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has not seen God.
+3 John	3Jn	71	15	12	Demetrius has testimony from every one, and from the truth itself; I testify to him too, and you know my testimony is true.
+3 John	3Jn	71	15	13	I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink;
+3 John	3Jn	71	15	14	I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together face to face.
+3 John	3Jn	71	15	15	Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, every one of them.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	1	Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
+Jude	Jude	72	1	2	May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	3	Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	4	For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	5	Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	6	And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;
+Jude	Jude	72	1	7	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	8	Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	9	But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
+Jude	Jude	72	1	10	But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	11	Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	12	These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
+Jude	Jude	72	1	13	wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	14	It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,
+Jude	Jude	72	1	15	to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
+Jude	Jude	72	1	16	These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	17	But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+Jude	Jude	72	1	18	they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
+Jude	Jude	72	1	19	It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	20	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
+Jude	Jude	72	1	21	keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	22	And convince some, who doubt;
+Jude	Jude	72	1	23	save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
+Jude	Jude	72	1	24	Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
+Jude	Jude	72	1	25	to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
+Jude	Jude	72	2	1	Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
+Jude	Jude	72	2	2	May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
+Jude	Jude	72	2	3	Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	2	4	For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	2	5	Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
+Jude	Jude	72	2	6	And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;
+Jude	Jude	72	2	7	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	2	8	Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
+Jude	Jude	72	2	9	But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
+Jude	Jude	72	2	10	But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.
+Jude	Jude	72	2	11	Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion.
+Jude	Jude	72	2	12	These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
+Jude	Jude	72	2	13	wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	2	14	It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,
+Jude	Jude	72	2	15	to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
+Jude	Jude	72	2	16	These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
+Jude	Jude	72	2	17	But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+Jude	Jude	72	2	18	they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
+Jude	Jude	72	2	19	It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	2	20	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
+Jude	Jude	72	2	21	keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
+Jude	Jude	72	2	22	And convince some, who doubt;
+Jude	Jude	72	2	23	save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
+Jude	Jude	72	2	24	Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
+Jude	Jude	72	2	25	to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
+Jude	Jude	72	3	1	Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
+Jude	Jude	72	3	2	May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
+Jude	Jude	72	3	3	Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	3	4	For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	3	5	Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
+Jude	Jude	72	3	6	And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;
+Jude	Jude	72	3	7	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	3	8	Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
+Jude	Jude	72	3	9	But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
+Jude	Jude	72	3	10	But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.
+Jude	Jude	72	3	11	Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion.
+Jude	Jude	72	3	12	These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
+Jude	Jude	72	3	13	wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	3	14	It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,
+Jude	Jude	72	3	15	to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
+Jude	Jude	72	3	16	These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
+Jude	Jude	72	3	17	But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+Jude	Jude	72	3	18	they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
+Jude	Jude	72	3	19	It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	3	20	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
+Jude	Jude	72	3	21	keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
+Jude	Jude	72	3	22	And convince some, who doubt;
+Jude	Jude	72	3	23	save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
+Jude	Jude	72	3	24	Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
+Jude	Jude	72	3	25	to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
+Jude	Jude	72	4	1	Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
+Jude	Jude	72	4	2	May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
+Jude	Jude	72	4	3	Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	4	4	For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	4	5	Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
+Jude	Jude	72	4	6	And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;
+Jude	Jude	72	4	7	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	4	8	Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
+Jude	Jude	72	4	9	But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
+Jude	Jude	72	4	10	But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.
+Jude	Jude	72	4	11	Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion.
+Jude	Jude	72	4	12	These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
+Jude	Jude	72	4	13	wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	4	14	It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,
+Jude	Jude	72	4	15	to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
+Jude	Jude	72	4	16	These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
+Jude	Jude	72	4	17	But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+Jude	Jude	72	4	18	they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
+Jude	Jude	72	4	19	It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	4	20	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
+Jude	Jude	72	4	21	keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
+Jude	Jude	72	4	22	And convince some, who doubt;
+Jude	Jude	72	4	23	save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
+Jude	Jude	72	4	24	Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
+Jude	Jude	72	4	25	to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
+Jude	Jude	72	5	1	Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
+Jude	Jude	72	5	2	May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
+Jude	Jude	72	5	3	Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	5	4	For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	5	5	Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
+Jude	Jude	72	5	6	And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;
+Jude	Jude	72	5	7	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	5	8	Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
+Jude	Jude	72	5	9	But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
+Jude	Jude	72	5	10	But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.
+Jude	Jude	72	5	11	Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion.
+Jude	Jude	72	5	12	These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
+Jude	Jude	72	5	13	wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	5	14	It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,
+Jude	Jude	72	5	15	to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
+Jude	Jude	72	5	16	These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
+Jude	Jude	72	5	17	But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+Jude	Jude	72	5	18	they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
+Jude	Jude	72	5	19	It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	5	20	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
+Jude	Jude	72	5	21	keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
+Jude	Jude	72	5	22	And convince some, who doubt;
+Jude	Jude	72	5	23	save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
+Jude	Jude	72	5	24	Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
+Jude	Jude	72	5	25	to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
+Jude	Jude	72	6	1	Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
+Jude	Jude	72	6	2	May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
+Jude	Jude	72	6	3	Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	6	4	For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	6	5	Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
+Jude	Jude	72	6	6	And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;
+Jude	Jude	72	6	7	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	6	8	Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
+Jude	Jude	72	6	9	But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
+Jude	Jude	72	6	10	But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.
+Jude	Jude	72	6	11	Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion.
+Jude	Jude	72	6	12	These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
+Jude	Jude	72	6	13	wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	6	14	It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,
+Jude	Jude	72	6	15	to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
+Jude	Jude	72	6	16	These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
+Jude	Jude	72	6	17	But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+Jude	Jude	72	6	18	they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
+Jude	Jude	72	6	19	It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	6	20	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
+Jude	Jude	72	6	21	keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
+Jude	Jude	72	6	22	And convince some, who doubt;
+Jude	Jude	72	6	23	save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
+Jude	Jude	72	6	24	Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
+Jude	Jude	72	6	25	to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
+Jude	Jude	72	7	1	Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
+Jude	Jude	72	7	2	May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
+Jude	Jude	72	7	3	Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	7	4	For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	7	5	Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
+Jude	Jude	72	7	6	And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;
+Jude	Jude	72	7	7	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	7	8	Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
+Jude	Jude	72	7	9	But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
+Jude	Jude	72	7	10	But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.
+Jude	Jude	72	7	11	Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion.
+Jude	Jude	72	7	12	These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
+Jude	Jude	72	7	13	wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	7	14	It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,
+Jude	Jude	72	7	15	to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
+Jude	Jude	72	7	16	These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
+Jude	Jude	72	7	17	But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+Jude	Jude	72	7	18	they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
+Jude	Jude	72	7	19	It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	7	20	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
+Jude	Jude	72	7	21	keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
+Jude	Jude	72	7	22	And convince some, who doubt;
+Jude	Jude	72	7	23	save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
+Jude	Jude	72	7	24	Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
+Jude	Jude	72	7	25	to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
+Jude	Jude	72	8	1	Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
+Jude	Jude	72	8	2	May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
+Jude	Jude	72	8	3	Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	8	4	For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	8	5	Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
+Jude	Jude	72	8	6	And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;
+Jude	Jude	72	8	7	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	8	8	Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
+Jude	Jude	72	8	9	But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
+Jude	Jude	72	8	10	But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.
+Jude	Jude	72	8	11	Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion.
+Jude	Jude	72	8	12	These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
+Jude	Jude	72	8	13	wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	8	14	It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,
+Jude	Jude	72	8	15	to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
+Jude	Jude	72	8	16	These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
+Jude	Jude	72	8	17	But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+Jude	Jude	72	8	18	they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
+Jude	Jude	72	8	19	It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	8	20	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
+Jude	Jude	72	8	21	keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
+Jude	Jude	72	8	22	And convince some, who doubt;
+Jude	Jude	72	8	23	save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
+Jude	Jude	72	8	24	Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
+Jude	Jude	72	8	25	to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
+Jude	Jude	72	9	1	Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
+Jude	Jude	72	9	2	May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
+Jude	Jude	72	9	3	Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	9	4	For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	9	5	Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
+Jude	Jude	72	9	6	And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;
+Jude	Jude	72	9	7	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	9	8	Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
+Jude	Jude	72	9	9	But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
+Jude	Jude	72	9	10	But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.
+Jude	Jude	72	9	11	Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion.
+Jude	Jude	72	9	12	These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
+Jude	Jude	72	9	13	wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	9	14	It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,
+Jude	Jude	72	9	15	to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
+Jude	Jude	72	9	16	These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
+Jude	Jude	72	9	17	But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+Jude	Jude	72	9	18	they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
+Jude	Jude	72	9	19	It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	9	20	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
+Jude	Jude	72	9	21	keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
+Jude	Jude	72	9	22	And convince some, who doubt;
+Jude	Jude	72	9	23	save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
+Jude	Jude	72	9	24	Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
+Jude	Jude	72	9	25	to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
+Jude	Jude	72	10	1	Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
+Jude	Jude	72	10	2	May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
+Jude	Jude	72	10	3	Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	10	4	For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	10	5	Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
+Jude	Jude	72	10	6	And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;
+Jude	Jude	72	10	7	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	10	8	Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
+Jude	Jude	72	10	9	But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
+Jude	Jude	72	10	10	But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.
+Jude	Jude	72	10	11	Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion.
+Jude	Jude	72	10	12	These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
+Jude	Jude	72	10	13	wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	10	14	It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,
+Jude	Jude	72	10	15	to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
+Jude	Jude	72	10	16	These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
+Jude	Jude	72	10	17	But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+Jude	Jude	72	10	18	they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
+Jude	Jude	72	10	19	It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	10	20	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
+Jude	Jude	72	10	21	keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
+Jude	Jude	72	10	22	And convince some, who doubt;
+Jude	Jude	72	10	23	save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
+Jude	Jude	72	10	24	Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
+Jude	Jude	72	10	25	to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
+Jude	Jude	72	11	1	Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
+Jude	Jude	72	11	2	May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
+Jude	Jude	72	11	3	Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	11	4	For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	11	5	Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
+Jude	Jude	72	11	6	And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;
+Jude	Jude	72	11	7	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	11	8	Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
+Jude	Jude	72	11	9	But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
+Jude	Jude	72	11	10	But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.
+Jude	Jude	72	11	11	Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion.
+Jude	Jude	72	11	12	These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
+Jude	Jude	72	11	13	wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	11	14	It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,
+Jude	Jude	72	11	15	to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
+Jude	Jude	72	11	16	These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
+Jude	Jude	72	11	17	But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+Jude	Jude	72	11	18	they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
+Jude	Jude	72	11	19	It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	11	20	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
+Jude	Jude	72	11	21	keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
+Jude	Jude	72	11	22	And convince some, who doubt;
+Jude	Jude	72	11	23	save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
+Jude	Jude	72	11	24	Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
+Jude	Jude	72	11	25	to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
+Jude	Jude	72	12	1	Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
+Jude	Jude	72	12	2	May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
+Jude	Jude	72	12	3	Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	12	4	For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	12	5	Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
+Jude	Jude	72	12	6	And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;
+Jude	Jude	72	12	7	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	12	8	Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
+Jude	Jude	72	12	9	But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
+Jude	Jude	72	12	10	But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.
+Jude	Jude	72	12	11	Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion.
+Jude	Jude	72	12	12	These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
+Jude	Jude	72	12	13	wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	12	14	It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,
+Jude	Jude	72	12	15	to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
+Jude	Jude	72	12	16	These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
+Jude	Jude	72	12	17	But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+Jude	Jude	72	12	18	they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
+Jude	Jude	72	12	19	It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	12	20	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
+Jude	Jude	72	12	21	keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
+Jude	Jude	72	12	22	And convince some, who doubt;
+Jude	Jude	72	12	23	save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
+Jude	Jude	72	12	24	Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
+Jude	Jude	72	12	25	to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
+Jude	Jude	72	13	1	Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
+Jude	Jude	72	13	2	May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
+Jude	Jude	72	13	3	Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	13	4	For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	13	5	Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
+Jude	Jude	72	13	6	And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;
+Jude	Jude	72	13	7	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	13	8	Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
+Jude	Jude	72	13	9	But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
+Jude	Jude	72	13	10	But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.
+Jude	Jude	72	13	11	Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion.
+Jude	Jude	72	13	12	These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
+Jude	Jude	72	13	13	wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	13	14	It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,
+Jude	Jude	72	13	15	to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
+Jude	Jude	72	13	16	These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
+Jude	Jude	72	13	17	But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+Jude	Jude	72	13	18	they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
+Jude	Jude	72	13	19	It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	13	20	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
+Jude	Jude	72	13	21	keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
+Jude	Jude	72	13	22	And convince some, who doubt;
+Jude	Jude	72	13	23	save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
+Jude	Jude	72	13	24	Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
+Jude	Jude	72	13	25	to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
+Jude	Jude	72	14	1	Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
+Jude	Jude	72	14	2	May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
+Jude	Jude	72	14	3	Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	14	4	For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	14	5	Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
+Jude	Jude	72	14	6	And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;
+Jude	Jude	72	14	7	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	14	8	Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
+Jude	Jude	72	14	9	But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
+Jude	Jude	72	14	10	But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.
+Jude	Jude	72	14	11	Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion.
+Jude	Jude	72	14	12	These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
+Jude	Jude	72	14	13	wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	14	14	It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,
+Jude	Jude	72	14	15	to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
+Jude	Jude	72	14	16	These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
+Jude	Jude	72	14	17	But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+Jude	Jude	72	14	18	they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
+Jude	Jude	72	14	19	It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	14	20	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
+Jude	Jude	72	14	21	keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
+Jude	Jude	72	14	22	And convince some, who doubt;
+Jude	Jude	72	14	23	save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
+Jude	Jude	72	14	24	Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
+Jude	Jude	72	14	25	to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
+Jude	Jude	72	15	1	Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
+Jude	Jude	72	15	2	May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
+Jude	Jude	72	15	3	Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	15	4	For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	15	5	Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
+Jude	Jude	72	15	6	And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;
+Jude	Jude	72	15	7	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	15	8	Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
+Jude	Jude	72	15	9	But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
+Jude	Jude	72	15	10	But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.
+Jude	Jude	72	15	11	Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion.
+Jude	Jude	72	15	12	These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
+Jude	Jude	72	15	13	wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	15	14	It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,
+Jude	Jude	72	15	15	to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
+Jude	Jude	72	15	16	These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
+Jude	Jude	72	15	17	But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+Jude	Jude	72	15	18	they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
+Jude	Jude	72	15	19	It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	15	20	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
+Jude	Jude	72	15	21	keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
+Jude	Jude	72	15	22	And convince some, who doubt;
+Jude	Jude	72	15	23	save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
+Jude	Jude	72	15	24	Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
+Jude	Jude	72	15	25	to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
+Jude	Jude	72	16	1	Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
+Jude	Jude	72	16	2	May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
+Jude	Jude	72	16	3	Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	16	4	For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	16	5	Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
+Jude	Jude	72	16	6	And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;
+Jude	Jude	72	16	7	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	16	8	Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
+Jude	Jude	72	16	9	But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
+Jude	Jude	72	16	10	But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.
+Jude	Jude	72	16	11	Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion.
+Jude	Jude	72	16	12	These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
+Jude	Jude	72	16	13	wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	16	14	It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,
+Jude	Jude	72	16	15	to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
+Jude	Jude	72	16	16	These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
+Jude	Jude	72	16	17	But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+Jude	Jude	72	16	18	they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
+Jude	Jude	72	16	19	It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	16	20	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
+Jude	Jude	72	16	21	keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
+Jude	Jude	72	16	22	And convince some, who doubt;
+Jude	Jude	72	16	23	save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
+Jude	Jude	72	16	24	Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
+Jude	Jude	72	16	25	to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
+Jude	Jude	72	17	1	Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
+Jude	Jude	72	17	2	May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
+Jude	Jude	72	17	3	Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	17	4	For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	17	5	Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
+Jude	Jude	72	17	6	And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;
+Jude	Jude	72	17	7	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	17	8	Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
+Jude	Jude	72	17	9	But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
+Jude	Jude	72	17	10	But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.
+Jude	Jude	72	17	11	Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion.
+Jude	Jude	72	17	12	These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
+Jude	Jude	72	17	13	wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	17	14	It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,
+Jude	Jude	72	17	15	to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
+Jude	Jude	72	17	16	These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
+Jude	Jude	72	17	17	But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+Jude	Jude	72	17	18	they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
+Jude	Jude	72	17	19	It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	17	20	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
+Jude	Jude	72	17	21	keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
+Jude	Jude	72	17	22	And convince some, who doubt;
+Jude	Jude	72	17	23	save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
+Jude	Jude	72	17	24	Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
+Jude	Jude	72	17	25	to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
+Jude	Jude	72	18	1	Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
+Jude	Jude	72	18	2	May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
+Jude	Jude	72	18	3	Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	18	4	For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	18	5	Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
+Jude	Jude	72	18	6	And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;
+Jude	Jude	72	18	7	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	18	8	Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
+Jude	Jude	72	18	9	But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
+Jude	Jude	72	18	10	But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.
+Jude	Jude	72	18	11	Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion.
+Jude	Jude	72	18	12	These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
+Jude	Jude	72	18	13	wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	18	14	It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,
+Jude	Jude	72	18	15	to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
+Jude	Jude	72	18	16	These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
+Jude	Jude	72	18	17	But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+Jude	Jude	72	18	18	they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
+Jude	Jude	72	18	19	It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	18	20	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
+Jude	Jude	72	18	21	keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
+Jude	Jude	72	18	22	And convince some, who doubt;
+Jude	Jude	72	18	23	save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
+Jude	Jude	72	18	24	Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
+Jude	Jude	72	18	25	to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
+Jude	Jude	72	19	1	Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
+Jude	Jude	72	19	2	May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
+Jude	Jude	72	19	3	Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	19	4	For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	19	5	Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
+Jude	Jude	72	19	6	And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;
+Jude	Jude	72	19	7	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	19	8	Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
+Jude	Jude	72	19	9	But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
+Jude	Jude	72	19	10	But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.
+Jude	Jude	72	19	11	Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion.
+Jude	Jude	72	19	12	These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
+Jude	Jude	72	19	13	wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	19	14	It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,
+Jude	Jude	72	19	15	to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
+Jude	Jude	72	19	16	These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
+Jude	Jude	72	19	17	But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+Jude	Jude	72	19	18	they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
+Jude	Jude	72	19	19	It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	19	20	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
+Jude	Jude	72	19	21	keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
+Jude	Jude	72	19	22	And convince some, who doubt;
+Jude	Jude	72	19	23	save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
+Jude	Jude	72	19	24	Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
+Jude	Jude	72	19	25	to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
+Jude	Jude	72	20	1	Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
+Jude	Jude	72	20	2	May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
+Jude	Jude	72	20	3	Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	20	4	For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	20	5	Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
+Jude	Jude	72	20	6	And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;
+Jude	Jude	72	20	7	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	20	8	Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
+Jude	Jude	72	20	9	But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
+Jude	Jude	72	20	10	But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.
+Jude	Jude	72	20	11	Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion.
+Jude	Jude	72	20	12	These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
+Jude	Jude	72	20	13	wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	20	14	It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,
+Jude	Jude	72	20	15	to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
+Jude	Jude	72	20	16	These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
+Jude	Jude	72	20	17	But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+Jude	Jude	72	20	18	they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
+Jude	Jude	72	20	19	It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	20	20	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
+Jude	Jude	72	20	21	keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
+Jude	Jude	72	20	22	And convince some, who doubt;
+Jude	Jude	72	20	23	save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
+Jude	Jude	72	20	24	Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
+Jude	Jude	72	20	25	to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
+Jude	Jude	72	21	1	Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
+Jude	Jude	72	21	2	May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
+Jude	Jude	72	21	3	Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	21	4	For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	21	5	Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
+Jude	Jude	72	21	6	And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;
+Jude	Jude	72	21	7	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	21	8	Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
+Jude	Jude	72	21	9	But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
+Jude	Jude	72	21	10	But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.
+Jude	Jude	72	21	11	Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion.
+Jude	Jude	72	21	12	These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
+Jude	Jude	72	21	13	wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	21	14	It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,
+Jude	Jude	72	21	15	to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
+Jude	Jude	72	21	16	These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
+Jude	Jude	72	21	17	But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+Jude	Jude	72	21	18	they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
+Jude	Jude	72	21	19	It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	21	20	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
+Jude	Jude	72	21	21	keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
+Jude	Jude	72	21	22	And convince some, who doubt;
+Jude	Jude	72	21	23	save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
+Jude	Jude	72	21	24	Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
+Jude	Jude	72	21	25	to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
+Jude	Jude	72	22	1	Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
+Jude	Jude	72	22	2	May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
+Jude	Jude	72	22	3	Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	22	4	For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	22	5	Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
+Jude	Jude	72	22	6	And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;
+Jude	Jude	72	22	7	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	22	8	Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
+Jude	Jude	72	22	9	But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
+Jude	Jude	72	22	10	But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.
+Jude	Jude	72	22	11	Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion.
+Jude	Jude	72	22	12	These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
+Jude	Jude	72	22	13	wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	22	14	It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,
+Jude	Jude	72	22	15	to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
+Jude	Jude	72	22	16	These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
+Jude	Jude	72	22	17	But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+Jude	Jude	72	22	18	they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
+Jude	Jude	72	22	19	It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	22	20	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
+Jude	Jude	72	22	21	keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
+Jude	Jude	72	22	22	And convince some, who doubt;
+Jude	Jude	72	22	23	save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
+Jude	Jude	72	22	24	Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
+Jude	Jude	72	22	25	to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
+Jude	Jude	72	23	1	Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
+Jude	Jude	72	23	2	May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
+Jude	Jude	72	23	3	Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	23	4	For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	23	5	Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
+Jude	Jude	72	23	6	And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;
+Jude	Jude	72	23	7	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	23	8	Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
+Jude	Jude	72	23	9	But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
+Jude	Jude	72	23	10	But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.
+Jude	Jude	72	23	11	Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion.
+Jude	Jude	72	23	12	These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
+Jude	Jude	72	23	13	wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	23	14	It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,
+Jude	Jude	72	23	15	to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
+Jude	Jude	72	23	16	These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
+Jude	Jude	72	23	17	But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+Jude	Jude	72	23	18	they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
+Jude	Jude	72	23	19	It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	23	20	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
+Jude	Jude	72	23	21	keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
+Jude	Jude	72	23	22	And convince some, who doubt;
+Jude	Jude	72	23	23	save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
+Jude	Jude	72	23	24	Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
+Jude	Jude	72	23	25	to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
+Jude	Jude	72	24	1	Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
+Jude	Jude	72	24	2	May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
+Jude	Jude	72	24	3	Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	24	4	For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	24	5	Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
+Jude	Jude	72	24	6	And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;
+Jude	Jude	72	24	7	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	24	8	Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
+Jude	Jude	72	24	9	But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
+Jude	Jude	72	24	10	But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.
+Jude	Jude	72	24	11	Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion.
+Jude	Jude	72	24	12	These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
+Jude	Jude	72	24	13	wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	24	14	It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,
+Jude	Jude	72	24	15	to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
+Jude	Jude	72	24	16	These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
+Jude	Jude	72	24	17	But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+Jude	Jude	72	24	18	they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
+Jude	Jude	72	24	19	It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	24	20	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
+Jude	Jude	72	24	21	keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
+Jude	Jude	72	24	22	And convince some, who doubt;
+Jude	Jude	72	24	23	save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
+Jude	Jude	72	24	24	Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
+Jude	Jude	72	24	25	to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
+Jude	Jude	72	25	1	Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
+Jude	Jude	72	25	2	May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
+Jude	Jude	72	25	3	Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
+Jude	Jude	72	25	4	For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
+Jude	Jude	72	25	5	Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
+Jude	Jude	72	25	6	And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day;
+Jude	Jude	72	25	7	just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
+Jude	Jude	72	25	8	Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.
+Jude	Jude	72	25	9	But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”
+Jude	Jude	72	25	10	But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed.
+Jude	Jude	72	25	11	Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion.
+Jude	Jude	72	25	12	These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
+Jude	Jude	72	25	13	wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
+Jude	Jude	72	25	14	It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads,
+Jude	Jude	72	25	15	to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
+Jude	Jude	72	25	16	These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
+Jude	Jude	72	25	17	But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
+Jude	Jude	72	25	18	they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
+Jude	Jude	72	25	19	It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
+Jude	Jude	72	25	20	But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
+Jude	Jude	72	25	21	keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
+Jude	Jude	72	25	22	And convince some, who doubt;
+Jude	Jude	72	25	23	save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
+Jude	Jude	72	25	24	Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,
+Jude	Jude	72	25	25	to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
+Revelation	Rev	73	1	1	The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants what must soon take place; and he made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,
+Revelation	Rev	73	1	2	who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.
+Revelation	Rev	73	1	3	Blessed is he who reads aloud the words of the prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written therein; for the time is near.
+Revelation	Rev	73	1	4	John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,
+Revelation	Rev	73	1	5	and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
+Revelation	Rev	73	1	6	and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
+Revelation	Rev	73	1	7	Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, every one who pierced him; and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.
+Revelation	Rev	73	1	8	“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.
+Revelation	Rev	73	1	9	I John, your brother, who share with you in Jesus the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
+Revelation	Rev	73	1	10	I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet
+Revelation	Rev	73	1	11	saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	1	12	Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands,
+Revelation	Rev	73	1	13	and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden girdle round his breast;
+Revelation	Rev	73	1	14	his head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; his eyes were like a flame of fire,
+Revelation	Rev	73	1	15	his feet were like burnished bronze, refined as in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters;
+Revelation	Rev	73	1	16	in his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth issued a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.
+Revelation	Rev	73	1	17	When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand upon me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last,
+Revelation	Rev	73	1	18	and the living one; I died, and behold I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.
+Revelation	Rev	73	1	19	Now write what you see, what is and what is to take place hereafter.
+Revelation	Rev	73	1	20	As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	1	“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands.
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	2	“‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear evil men but have tested those who call themselves apostles but are not, and found them to be false;
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	3	I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name’s sake, and you have not grown weary.
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	4	But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	5	Remember then from what you have fallen, repent and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	6	Yet this you have, you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	7	He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.’
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	8	“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life.
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	9	“‘I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	10	Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	11	He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who conquers shall not be hurt by the second death.’
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	12	“And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: ‘The words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword.
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	13	“‘I know where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is; you hold fast my name and you did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	14	But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice immorality.
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	15	So you also have some who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	16	Repent then. If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth.
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	17	He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone which no one knows except him who receives it.’
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	18	“And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: ‘The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze.
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	19	“‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	20	But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and beguiling my servants to practice immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	21	I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her immorality.
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	22	Behold, I will throw her on a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her doings;
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	23	and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches shall know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you as your works deserve.
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	24	But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call the deep things of Satan, to you I say, I do not lay upon you any other burden;
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	25	only hold fast what you have, until I come.
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	26	He who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, I will give him power over the nations,
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	27	and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received power from my Father;
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	28	and I will give him the morning star.
+Revelation	Rev	73	2	29	He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
+Revelation	Rev	73	3	1	“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. “‘I know your works; you have the name of being alive, and you are dead.
+Revelation	Rev	73	3	2	Awake, and strengthen what remains and is on the point of death, for I have not found your works perfect in the sight of my God.
+Revelation	Rev	73	3	3	Remember then what you received and heard; keep that, and repent. If you will not awake, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come upon you.
+Revelation	Rev	73	3	4	Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy.
+Revelation	Rev	73	3	5	He who conquers shall be clad thus in white garments, and I will not blot his name out of the book of life; I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.
+Revelation	Rev	73	3	6	He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
+Revelation	Rev	73	3	7	“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one shall shut, who shuts and no one opens.
+Revelation	Rev	73	3	8	“‘I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut; I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.
+Revelation	Rev	73	3	9	Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and learn that I have loved you.
+Revelation	Rev	73	3	10	Because you have kept my word of patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial which is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell upon the earth.
+Revelation	Rev	73	3	11	I am coming soon; hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.
+Revelation	Rev	73	3	12	He who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God; never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.
+Revelation	Rev	73	3	13	He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
+Revelation	Rev	73	3	14	“And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation.
+Revelation	Rev	73	3	15	“‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were cold or hot!
+Revelation	Rev	73	3	16	So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth.
+Revelation	Rev	73	3	17	For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing; not knowing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.
+Revelation	Rev	73	3	18	Therefore I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may be rich, and white garments to clothe you and to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.
+Revelation	Rev	73	3	19	Those whom I love, I reprove and chasten; so be zealous and repent.
+Revelation	Rev	73	3	20	Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
+Revelation	Rev	73	3	21	He who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I myself conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
+Revelation	Rev	73	3	22	He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”
+Revelation	Rev	73	4	1	After this I looked, and lo, in heaven an open door! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up hither, and I will show you what must take place after this.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	4	2	At once I was in the Spirit, and lo, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne!
+Revelation	Rev	73	4	3	And he who sat there appeared like jasper and carnelian, and round the throne was a rainbow that looked like an emerald.
+Revelation	Rev	73	4	4	Round the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, clad in white garments, with golden crowns upon their heads.
+Revelation	Rev	73	4	5	From the throne issue flashes of lightning, and voices and peals of thunder, and before the throne burn seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God;
+Revelation	Rev	73	4	6	and before the throne there is as it were a sea of glass, like crystal. And round the throne, on each side of the throne, are four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind:
+Revelation	Rev	73	4	7	the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like a flying eagle.
+Revelation	Rev	73	4	8	And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all round and within, and day and night they never cease to sing, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
+Revelation	Rev	73	4	9	And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, who lives for ever and ever,
+Revelation	Rev	73	4	10	the twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever; they cast their crowns before the throne, singing,
+Revelation	Rev	73	4	11	“Worthy art thou, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for thou didst create all things, and by thy will they existed and were created.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	5	1	And I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals;
+Revelation	Rev	73	5	2	and I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?”
+Revelation	Rev	73	5	3	And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it,
+Revelation	Rev	73	5	4	and I wept much that no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.
+Revelation	Rev	73	5	5	Then one of the elders said to me, “Weep not; lo, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	5	6	And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders, I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth;
+Revelation	Rev	73	5	7	and he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne.
+Revelation	Rev	73	5	8	And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and with golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints;
+Revelation	Rev	73	5	9	and they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy art thou to take the scroll and to open its seals, for thou wast slain and by thy blood didst ransom men for God from every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
+Revelation	Rev	73	5	10	and hast made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on earth.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	5	11	Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands,
+Revelation	Rev	73	5	12	saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!”
+Revelation	Rev	73	5	13	And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all therein, saying, “To him who sits upon the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might for ever and ever!”
+Revelation	Rev	73	5	14	And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” and the elders fell down and worshiped.
+Revelation	Rev	73	6	1	Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say, as with a voice of thunder, “Come!”
+Revelation	Rev	73	6	2	And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and its rider had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.
+Revelation	Rev	73	6	3	When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”
+Revelation	Rev	73	6	4	And out came another horse, bright red; its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that men should slay one another; and he was given a great sword.
+Revelation	Rev	73	6	5	When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” And I saw, and behold, a black horse, and its rider had a balance in his hand;
+Revelation	Rev	73	6	6	and I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; but do not harm oil and wine!”
+Revelation	Rev	73	6	7	When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”
+Revelation	Rev	73	6	8	And I saw, and behold, a pale horse, and its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed him; and they were given power over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.
+Revelation	Rev	73	6	9	When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne;
+Revelation	Rev	73	6	10	they cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before thou wilt judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell upon the earth?”
+Revelation	Rev	73	6	11	Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.
+Revelation	Rev	73	6	12	When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood,
+Revelation	Rev	73	6	13	and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale;
+Revelation	Rev	73	6	14	the sky vanished like a scroll that is rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
+Revelation	Rev	73	6	15	Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the generals and the rich and the strong, and every one, slave and free, hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,
+Revelation	Rev	73	6	16	calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb;
+Revelation	Rev	73	6	17	for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand before it?”
+Revelation	Rev	73	7	1	After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree.
+Revelation	Rev	73	7	2	Then I saw another angel ascend from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea,
+Revelation	Rev	73	7	3	saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God upon their foreheads.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	7	4	And I heard the number of the sealed, a hundred and forty-four thousand sealed, out of every tribe of the sons of Israel,
+Revelation	Rev	73	7	5	twelve thousand sealed out of the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand of the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand of the tribe of Gad,
+Revelation	Rev	73	7	6	twelve thousand of the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand of the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand of the tribe of Manasseh,
+Revelation	Rev	73	7	7	twelve thousand of the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand of the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand of the tribe of Issachar,
+Revelation	Rev	73	7	8	twelve thousand of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand of the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand sealed out of the tribe of Benjamin.
+Revelation	Rev	73	7	9	After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,
+Revelation	Rev	73	7	10	and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb!”
+Revelation	Rev	73	7	11	And all the angels stood round the throne and round the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,
+Revelation	Rev	73	7	12	saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God for ever and ever! Amen.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	7	13	Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and whence have they come?”
+Revelation	Rev	73	7	14	I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
+Revelation	Rev	73	7	15	Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night within his temple; and he who sits upon the throne will shelter them with his presence.
+Revelation	Rev	73	7	16	They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat.
+Revelation	Rev	73	7	17	For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	8	1	When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
+Revelation	Rev	73	8	2	Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
+Revelation	Rev	73	8	3	And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer; and he was given much incense to mingle with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar before the throne;
+Revelation	Rev	73	8	4	and the smoke of the incense rose with the prayers of the saints from the hand of the angel before God.
+Revelation	Rev	73	8	5	Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth; and there were peals of thunder, voices, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
+Revelation	Rev	73	8	6	Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets made ready to blow them.
+Revelation	Rev	73	8	7	The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, which fell on the earth; and a third of the earth was burnt up, and a third of the trees were burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
+Revelation	Rev	73	8	8	The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea;
+Revelation	Rev	73	8	9	and a third of the sea became blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
+Revelation	Rev	73	8	10	The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the fountains of water.
+Revelation	Rev	73	8	11	The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died of the water, because it was made bitter.
+Revelation	Rev	73	8	12	The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light was darkened; a third of the day was kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night.
+Revelation	Rev	73	8	13	Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice, as it flew in midheaven, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets which the three angels are about to blow!”
+Revelation	Rev	73	9	1	And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key of the shaft of the bottomless pit;
+Revelation	Rev	73	9	2	he opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft.
+Revelation	Rev	73	9	3	Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth;
+Revelation	Rev	73	9	4	they were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green growth or any tree, but only those of mankind who have not the seal of God upon their foreheads;
+Revelation	Rev	73	9	5	they were allowed to torture them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torture was like the torture of a scorpion, when it stings a man.
+Revelation	Rev	73	9	6	And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death will fly from them.
+Revelation	Rev	73	9	7	In appearance the locusts were like horses arrayed for battle; on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces,
+Revelation	Rev	73	9	8	their hair like women’s hair, and their teeth like lions’ teeth;
+Revelation	Rev	73	9	9	they had scales like iron breastplates, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle.
+Revelation	Rev	73	9	10	They have tails like scorpions, and stings, and their power of hurting men for five months lies in their tails.
+Revelation	Rev	73	9	11	They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.
+Revelation	Rev	73	9	12	The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.
+Revelation	Rev	73	9	13	Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God,
+Revelation	Rev	73	9	14	saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	9	15	So the four angels were released, who had been held ready for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, to kill a third of mankind.
+Revelation	Rev	73	9	16	The number of the troops of cavalry was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number.
+Revelation	Rev	73	9	17	And this was how I saw the horses in my vision: the riders wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire and of sulphur, and the heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, and fire and smoke and sulphur issued from their mouths.
+Revelation	Rev	73	9	18	By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulphur issuing from their mouths.
+Revelation	Rev	73	9	19	For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; their tails are like serpents, with heads, and by means of them they wound.
+Revelation	Rev	73	9	20	The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot either see or hear or walk;
+Revelation	Rev	73	9	21	nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their immorality or their thefts.
+Revelation	Rev	73	10	1	Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire.
+Revelation	Rev	73	10	2	He had a little scroll open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the land,
+Revelation	Rev	73	10	3	and called out with a loud voice, like a lion roaring; when he called out, the seven thunders sounded.
+Revelation	Rev	73	10	4	And when the seven thunders had sounded, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	10	5	And the angel whom I saw standing on sea and land lifted up his right hand to heaven
+Revelation	Rev	73	10	6	and swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that there should be no more delay,
+Revelation	Rev	73	10	7	but that in the days of the trumpet call to be sounded by the seventh angel, the mystery of God, as he announced to his servants the prophets, should be fulfilled.
+Revelation	Rev	73	10	8	Then the voice which I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the scroll which is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	10	9	So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll; and he said to me, “Take it and eat; it will be bitter to your stomach, but sweet as honey in your mouth.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	10	10	And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it; it was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it my stomach was made bitter.
+Revelation	Rev	73	10	11	And I was told, “You must again prophesy about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	11	1	Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told: “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there,
+Revelation	Rev	73	11	2	but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample over the holy city for forty-two months.
+Revelation	Rev	73	11	3	And I will grant my two witnesses power to prophesy for one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	11	4	These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands which stand before the Lord of the earth.
+Revelation	Rev	73	11	5	And if any one would harm them, fire pours out from their mouth and consumes their foes; if any one would harm them, thus he is doomed to be killed.
+Revelation	Rev	73	11	6	They have power to shut the sky, that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.
+Revelation	Rev	73	11	7	And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends from the bottomless pit will make war upon them and conquer them and kill them,
+Revelation	Rev	73	11	8	and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which is allegorically called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified.
+Revelation	Rev	73	11	9	For three days and a half men from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations gaze at their dead bodies and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb,
+Revelation	Rev	73	11	10	and those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and exchange presents, because these two prophets had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth.
+Revelation	Rev	73	11	11	But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.
+Revelation	Rev	73	11	12	Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up hither!” And in the sight of their foes they went up to heaven in a cloud.
+Revelation	Rev	73	11	13	And at that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
+Revelation	Rev	73	11	14	The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe is soon to come.
+Revelation	Rev	73	11	15	Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	11	16	And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,
+Revelation	Rev	73	11	17	saying, “We give thanks to thee, Lord God Almighty, who art and who wast, that thou hast taken thy great power and begun to reign.
+Revelation	Rev	73	11	18	The nations raged, but thy wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, for rewarding thy servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear thy name, both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	11	19	Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple; and there were flashes of lightning, voices, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.
+Revelation	Rev	73	12	1	And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars;
+Revelation	Rev	73	12	2	she was with child and she cried out in her pangs of birth, in anguish for delivery.
+Revelation	Rev	73	12	3	And another portent appeared in heaven; behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems upon his heads.
+Revelation	Rev	73	12	4	His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven, and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bear a child, that he might devour her child when she brought it forth;
+Revelation	Rev	73	12	5	she brought forth a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne,
+Revelation	Rev	73	12	6	and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which to be nourished for one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
+Revelation	Rev	73	12	7	Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought,
+Revelation	Rev	73	12	8	but they were defeated and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.
+Revelation	Rev	73	12	9	And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
+Revelation	Rev	73	12	10	And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.
+Revelation	Rev	73	12	11	And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.
+Revelation	Rev	73	12	12	Rejoice then, O heaven and you that dwell therein! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!”
+Revelation	Rev	73	12	13	And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had borne the male child.
+Revelation	Rev	73	12	14	But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
+Revelation	Rev	73	12	15	The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with the flood.
+Revelation	Rev	73	12	16	But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river which the dragon had poured from his mouth.
+Revelation	Rev	73	12	17	Then the dragon was angry with the woman, and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and bear testimony to Jesus. And he stood on the sand of the sea.
+Revelation	Rev	73	13	1	And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems upon its horns and a blasphemous name upon its heads.
+Revelation	Rev	73	13	2	And the beast that I saw was like a leopard, its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority.
+Revelation	Rev	73	13	3	One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth followed the beast with wonder.
+Revelation	Rev	73	13	4	Men worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?”
+Revelation	Rev	73	13	5	And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months;
+Revelation	Rev	73	13	6	it opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven.
+Revelation	Rev	73	13	7	Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and tongue and nation,
+Revelation	Rev	73	13	8	and all who dwell on earth will worship it, every one whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slain.
+Revelation	Rev	73	13	9	If any one has an ear, let him hear:
+Revelation	Rev	73	13	10	If any one is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if any one slays with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.
+Revelation	Rev	73	13	11	Then I saw another beast which rose out of the earth; it had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon.
+Revelation	Rev	73	13	12	It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed.
+Revelation	Rev	73	13	13	It works great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in the sight of men;
+Revelation	Rev	73	13	14	and by the signs which it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast, it deceives those who dwell on earth, bidding them make an image for the beast which was wounded by the sword and yet lived;
+Revelation	Rev	73	13	15	and it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast so that the image of the beast should even speak, and to cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain.
+Revelation	Rev	73	13	16	Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead,
+Revelation	Rev	73	13	17	so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.
+Revelation	Rev	73	13	18	This calls for wisdom: let him who has understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number, its number is six hundred and sixty-six.
+Revelation	Rev	73	14	1	Then I looked, and lo, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.
+Revelation	Rev	73	14	2	And I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder; the voice I heard was like the sound of harpers playing on their harps,
+Revelation	Rev	73	14	3	and they sing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.
+Revelation	Rev	73	14	4	It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are chaste; it is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes; these have been redeemed from mankind as first fruits for God and the Lamb,
+Revelation	Rev	73	14	5	and in their mouth no lie was found, for they are spotless.
+Revelation	Rev	73	14	6	Then I saw another angel flying in midheaven, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and tongue and people;
+Revelation	Rev	73	14	7	and he said with a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, for the hour of his judgment has come; and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the fountains of water.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	14	8	Another angel, a second, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of her impure passion.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	14	9	And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If any one worships the beast and its image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,
+Revelation	Rev	73	14	10	he also shall drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured unmixed into the cup of his anger, and he shall be tormented with fire and sulphur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
+Revelation	Rev	73	14	11	And the smoke of their torment goes up for ever and ever; and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	14	12	Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
+Revelation	Rev	73	14	13	And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord henceforth.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”
+Revelation	Rev	73	14	14	Then I looked, and lo, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man, with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand.
+Revelation	Rev	73	14	15	And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat upon the cloud, “Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	14	16	So he who sat upon the cloud swung his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.
+Revelation	Rev	73	14	17	And another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.
+Revelation	Rev	73	14	18	Then another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has power over fire, and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Put in your sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	14	19	So the angel swung his sickle on the earth and gathered the vintage of the earth, and threw it into the great wine press of the wrath of God;
+Revelation	Rev	73	14	20	and the wine press was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the wine press, as high as a horse’s bridle, for one thousand six hundred stadia.
+Revelation	Rev	73	15	1	Then I saw another portent in heaven, great and wonderful, seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is ended.
+Revelation	Rev	73	15	2	And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands.
+Revelation	Rev	73	15	3	And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and wonderful are thy deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are thy ways, O King of the ages!
+Revelation	Rev	73	15	4	Who shall not fear and glorify thy name, O Lord? For thou alone art holy. All nations shall come and worship thee, for thy judgments have been revealed.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	15	5	After this I looked, and the temple of the tent of witness in heaven was opened,
+Revelation	Rev	73	15	6	and out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues, robed in pure bright linen, and their breasts girded with golden girdles.
+Revelation	Rev	73	15	7	And one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God who lives for ever and ever;
+Revelation	Rev	73	15	8	and the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were ended.
+Revelation	Rev	73	16	1	Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling the seven angels, “Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	16	2	So the first angel went and poured his bowl on the earth, and foul and evil sores came upon the men who bore the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.
+Revelation	Rev	73	16	3	The second angel poured his bowl into the sea, and it became like the blood of a dead man, and every living thing died that was in the sea.
+Revelation	Rev	73	16	4	The third angel poured his bowl into the rivers and the fountains of water, and they became blood.
+Revelation	Rev	73	16	5	And I heard the angel of water say, “Just art thou in these thy judgments, thou who art and wast, O Holy One.
+Revelation	Rev	73	16	6	For men have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink. It is their due!”
+Revelation	Rev	73	16	7	And I heard the altar cry, “Yea, Lord God the Almighty, true and just are thy judgments!”
+Revelation	Rev	73	16	8	The fourth angel poured his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch men with fire;
+Revelation	Rev	73	16	9	men were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory.
+Revelation	Rev	73	16	10	The fifth angel poured his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was in darkness; men gnawed their tongues in anguish
+Revelation	Rev	73	16	11	and cursed the God of heaven for their pain and sores, and did not repent of their deeds.
+Revelation	Rev	73	16	12	The sixth angel poured his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east.
+Revelation	Rev	73	16	13	And I saw, issuing from the mouth of the dragon and from the mouth of the beast and from the mouth of the false prophet, three foul spirits like frogs;
+Revelation	Rev	73	16	14	for they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.
+Revelation	Rev	73	16	15	(“Lo, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is he who is awake, keeping his garments that he may not go naked and be seen exposed!”)
+Revelation	Rev	73	16	16	And they assembled them at the place which is called in Hebrew Armageddon.
+Revelation	Rev	73	16	17	The seventh angel poured his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, “It is done!”
+Revelation	Rev	73	16	18	And there were flashes of lightning, voices, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake such as had never been since men were on the earth, so great was that earthquake.
+Revelation	Rev	73	16	19	The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God remembered great Babylon, to make her drain the cup of the fury of his wrath.
+Revelation	Rev	73	16	20	And every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found;
+Revelation	Rev	73	16	21	and great hailstones, heavy as a hundred-weight, dropped on men from heaven, till men cursed God for the plague of the hail, so fearful was that plague.
+Revelation	Rev	73	17	1	Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who is seated upon many waters,
+Revelation	Rev	73	17	2	with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and with the wine of whose fornication the dwellers on earth have become drunk.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	17	3	And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns.
+Revelation	Rev	73	17	4	The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and bedecked with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication;
+Revelation	Rev	73	17	5	and on her forehead was written a name of mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of harlots and of earth’s abominations.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	17	6	And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her I marveled greatly.
+Revelation	Rev	73	17	7	But the angel said to me, “Why marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her.
+Revelation	Rev	73	17	8	The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is to ascend from the bottomless pit and go to perdition; and the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will marvel to behold the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.
+Revelation	Rev	73	17	9	This calls for a mind with wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated;
+Revelation	Rev	73	17	10	they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he comes he must remain only a little while.
+Revelation	Rev	73	17	11	As for the beast that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to perdition.
+Revelation	Rev	73	17	12	And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast.
+Revelation	Rev	73	17	13	These are of one mind and give over their power and authority to the beast;
+Revelation	Rev	73	17	14	they will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	17	15	And he said to me, “The waters that you saw, where the harlot is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
+Revelation	Rev	73	17	16	And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the harlot; they will make her desolate and naked, and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire,
+Revelation	Rev	73	17	17	for God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and giving over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
+Revelation	Rev	73	17	18	And the woman that you saw is the great city which has dominion over the kings of the earth.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	18	1	After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority; and the earth was made bright with his splendor.
+Revelation	Rev	73	18	2	And he called out with a mighty voice, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! It has become a dwelling place of demons, a haunt of every foul spirit, a haunt of every foul and hateful bird;
+Revelation	Rev	73	18	3	for all nations have drunk the wine of her impure passion, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich with the wealth of her wantonness.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	18	4	Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues;
+Revelation	Rev	73	18	5	for her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
+Revelation	Rev	73	18	6	Render to her as she herself has rendered, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double draught for her in the cup she mixed.
+Revelation	Rev	73	18	7	As she glorified herself and played the wanton, so give her a like measure of torment and mourning. Since in her heart she says, ‘A queen I sit, I am no widow, mourning I shall never see,’
+Revelation	Rev	73	18	8	so shall her plagues come in a single day, pestilence and mourning and famine, and she shall be burned with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	18	9	And the kings of the earth, who committed fornication and were wanton with her, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning;
+Revelation	Rev	73	18	10	they will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say, “Alas! alas! thou great city, thou mighty city, Babylon! In one hour has thy judgment come.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	18	11	And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo any more,
+Revelation	Rev	73	18	12	cargo of gold, silver, jewels and pearls, fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet, all kinds of scented wood, all articles of ivory, all articles of costly wood, bronze, iron and marble,
+Revelation	Rev	73	18	13	cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human souls.
+Revelation	Rev	73	18	14	“The fruit for which thy soul longed has gone from thee, and all thy dainties and thy splendor are lost to thee, never to be found again!”
+Revelation	Rev	73	18	15	The merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, will stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud,
+Revelation	Rev	73	18	16	“Alas, alas, for the great city that was clothed in fine linen, in purple and scarlet, bedecked with gold, with jewels, and with pearls!
+Revelation	Rev	73	18	17	In one hour all this wealth has been laid waste.” And all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off
+Revelation	Rev	73	18	18	and cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning, “What city was like the great city?”
+Revelation	Rev	73	18	19	And they threw dust on their heads, as they wept and mourned, crying out, “Alas, alas, for the great city where all who had ships at sea grew rich by her wealth! In one hour she has been laid waste.
+Revelation	Rev	73	18	20	Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against her!”
+Revelation	Rev	73	18	21	Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “So shall Babylon the great city be thrown down with violence, and shall be found no more;
+Revelation	Rev	73	18	22	and the sound of harpers and minstrels, of flute players and trumpeters, shall be heard in thee no more; and a craftsman of any craft shall be found in thee no more; and the sound of the millstone shall be heard in thee no more;
+Revelation	Rev	73	18	23	and the light of a lamp shall shine in thee no more; and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall be heard in thee no more; for thy merchants were the great men of the earth, and all nations were deceived by thy sorcery.
+Revelation	Rev	73	18	24	And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	19	1	After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
+Revelation	Rev	73	19	2	for his judgments are true and just; he has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and he has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	19	3	Once more they cried, “Hallelujah! The smoke from her goes up for ever and ever.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	19	4	And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who is seated on the throne, saying, “Amen. Hallelujah!”
+Revelation	Rev	73	19	5	And from the throne came a voice crying, “Praise our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, small and great.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	19	6	Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty thunderpeals, crying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.
+Revelation	Rev	73	19	7	Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready;
+Revelation	Rev	73	19	8	it was granted her to be clothed with fine linen, bright and pure”— for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.
+Revelation	Rev	73	19	9	And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are true words of God.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	19	10	Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
+Revelation	Rev	73	19	11	Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! He who sat upon it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.
+Revelation	Rev	73	19	12	His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems; and he has a name inscribed which no one knows but himself.
+Revelation	Rev	73	19	13	He is clad in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God.
+Revelation	Rev	73	19	14	And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, followed him on white horses.
+Revelation	Rev	73	19	15	From his mouth issues a sharp sword with which to smite the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron; he will tread the wine press of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
+Revelation	Rev	73	19	16	On his robe and on his thigh he has a name inscribed, King of kings and Lord of lords.
+Revelation	Rev	73	19	17	Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to all the birds that fly in midheaven, “Come, gather for the great supper of God,
+Revelation	Rev	73	19	18	to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both small and great.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	19	19	And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies gathered to make war against him who sits upon the horse and against his army.
+Revelation	Rev	73	19	20	And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had worked the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulphur.
+Revelation	Rev	73	19	21	And the rest were slain by the sword of him who sits upon the horse, the sword that issues from his mouth; and all the birds were gorged with their flesh.
+Revelation	Rev	73	20	1	Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain.
+Revelation	Rev	73	20	2	And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,
+Revelation	Rev	73	20	3	and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years were ended. After that he must be loosed for a little while.
+Revelation	Rev	73	20	4	Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom judgment was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony to Jesus and for the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
+Revelation	Rev	73	20	5	The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection.
+Revelation	Rev	73	20	6	Blessed and holy is he who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and they shall reign with him a thousand years.
+Revelation	Rev	73	20	7	And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be loosed from his prison
+Revelation	Rev	73	20	8	and will come out to deceive the nations which are at the four corners of the earth, that is, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea.
+Revelation	Rev	73	20	9	And they marched up over the broad earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city; but fire came down from heaven and consumed them,
+Revelation	Rev	73	20	10	and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulphur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
+Revelation	Rev	73	20	11	Then I saw a great white throne and him who sat upon it; from his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them.
+Revelation	Rev	73	20	12	And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Also another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, by what they had done.
+Revelation	Rev	73	20	13	And the sea gave up the dead in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead in them, and all were judged by what they had done.
+Revelation	Rev	73	20	14	Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire;
+Revelation	Rev	73	20	15	and if any one’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	1	Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	2	And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband;
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	3	and I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling of God is with men. He will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them;
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	4	he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain any more, for the former things have passed away.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	5	And he who sat upon the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Also he said, “Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	6	And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the fountain of the water of life without payment.
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	7	He who conquers shall have this heritage, and I will be his God and he shall be my son.
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	8	But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, as for murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their lot shall be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	9	Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues, and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	10	And in the Spirit he carried me away to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	11	having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	12	It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed;
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	13	on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	14	And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	15	And he who talked to me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls.
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	16	The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its breadth; and he measured the city with his rod, twelve thousand stadia; its length and breadth and height are equal.
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	17	He also measured its wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits by a man’s measure, that is, an angel’s.
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	18	The wall was built of jasper, while the city was pure gold, clear as glass.
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	19	The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every jewel; the first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	20	the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	21	And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and the street of the city was pure gold, transparent as glass.
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	22	And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	23	And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine upon it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	24	By its light shall the nations walk; and the kings of the earth shall bring their glory into it,
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	25	and its gates shall never be shut by day—and there shall be no night there;
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	26	they shall bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations.
+Revelation	Rev	73	21	27	But nothing unclean shall enter it, nor any one who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
+Revelation	Rev	73	22	1	Then he showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
+Revelation	Rev	73	22	2	through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
+Revelation	Rev	73	22	3	There shall no more be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and his servants shall worship him;
+Revelation	Rev	73	22	4	they shall see his face, and his name shall be on their foreheads.
+Revelation	Rev	73	22	5	And night shall be no more; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they shall reign for ever and ever.
+Revelation	Rev	73	22	6	And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.
+Revelation	Rev	73	22	7	And behold, I am coming soon.” Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.
+Revelation	Rev	73	22	8	I John am he who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me;
+Revelation	Rev	73	22	9	but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brethren the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	22	10	And he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.
+Revelation	Rev	73	22	11	Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	22	12	“Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense, to repay every one for what he has done.
+Revelation	Rev	73	22	13	I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	22	14	Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates.
+Revelation	Rev	73	22	15	Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and fornicators and murderers and idolaters, and every one who loves and practices falsehood.
+Revelation	Rev	73	22	16	“I Jesus have sent my angel to you with this testimony for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright morning star.”
+Revelation	Rev	73	22	17	The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let him who hears say, “Come.” And let him who is thirsty come, let him who desires take the water of life without price.
+Revelation	Rev	73	22	18	I warn every one who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if any one adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book,
+Revelation	Rev	73	22	19	and if any one takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
+Revelation	Rev	73	22	20	He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
+Revelation	Rev	73	22	21	The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen.

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